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[ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL]
WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING WITH THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL FOR SEPTEMBER 22ND, 2020.MAYOR BENNETT COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THIS MEETING IS BEING HELD PURSUANT TO SECTION THREE OF EXECUTIVE ORDER IN 29, 20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR NEWSOME ON MARCH 17TH, 2020.
MAYOR BENNETT HERE, VICE MAYOR JO'S COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, YOUR COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN HERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBER.
YEAH, ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT.
[ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG]
IN THE AUDIENCE.IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE AND REMAIN STANDING, I WILL LEAD YOU IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
AND THEN WE WILL HAVE OUR INVOCATION BY ELDER PETER CHUNG OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
LET'S ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
[ INVOCATION: Peter Chung, Elder, Good Shepherd Presbyterian Church]
ELDER CHONG.CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, WE CAN HEAR YOU.
WE'LL DO A BALL AND PRAY WITH ME.
WE HAVE COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO ASK FOR YOUR FORGIVENESS AND TO SEEK YOUR DIRECTION AND GUIDANCE.
WE ASK THAT YOU WILL HEAL OUR NATION AND HEAL THOSE WHO ARE SICK OR WHO ARE CARRYING THE CORONAVIRUS UNKNOWINGLY LORD.
WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD CALM THE RAGING FIGHTERS IN OUR STATE AND ALONG THE WESTERN COAST, WE BELIEVE AND HAVE FAITH THAT YOU WILL HEAR AND REDEEM OUR WORD.
KEEP WHAT I WANT TO LEADERS, EXTRA WISDOM.
AS THEY NAVIGATE THROUGH AN UNPRECEDENTED EMERGENCIES AND ECONOMY, UNCERTAINTY AS PRESIDENTIAL AND LOCAL ELECTIONS ARE COMING HER OF THE ELECTED LEADERS WHO HONOR YOU AND RESPECT YOUR WORLD.
ALTHOUGH THOSE WHO CARE FOR OTHERS WHO UPHOLD CHRIST THE NAME AND WHO DEMONSTRATE RIGHTEOUSNESS TO THE ELECTED INTO A POSITION OF POWER.
WE PRAY FOR LEADERS WHO ARE ACT ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL AND YOUR WILL ALONE LEADERS WHO ARE NOT SWAYED BY VOTE BY PRIDE OR BY THEIR OWN AGENDA.
BUT THOSE WHO LOOK TO YOU AND TO THE CROSS IN ALL OUR THINGS GRACIOUS FATHER THIS EVENING, OUR CIVIC LEADERS CONVENE TOGETHER.
CLEESE ORCHESTRATE THEIR TIME TOGETHER WITH YOUR PRESENCE AND GUIDANCE GRANT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR COMMUNITY LEADERS, GOOD DISCERNMENT AND THE GIFT OVER GRACE TO ENCOURAGE AND LIFT ONE ANOTHER HOLY SPIRIT, MOVING IN THIS SPACE AND HEADPHONE WHAT A LEADER TRULY REPRESENT AND BE A VOICE FOR THOSE WHO ARE WEAK.
THOSE WHO ARE POOR, THOSE WHO ARE HUNGRY JUST AS JESUS DID, BUILD THEM UP IN YOUR IMAGE, OH GOD, THAT THEY MAY SERVE HUMBLY WITH COMPASSION AND EMPATHY GUIDE THE CONVERSATION THIS EVENING.
SO THEY'RE YOUR WILL NOT, OURS WILL BE DONE.
FATHER GOD USE OUR HARVEST SHIFTS, THE PANDEMIC AND WILDFIRES TO PAVE THE WAY FOR SPIRITUAL RENEWAL.
WE WANT YOUR GLORY, POWER AND HEALING TO BE ON DISPLAY, CALM, MOLDED JESUS.
[4. RECOGNITION - Recognizing Deputy City Clerk II, Jessica Contreras, for receiving the Master Municipal Clerk (MMC) designation]
CHERYL, ON THE FIRST ONE, I KNOW WE HAVE A LITTLE DIFFERENT PROCEDURE FOR DOING THIS.WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE RECOGNITION AND THEN I'LL CARRY ON? YES.
SO THIS RECOGNITION, UM, WELL ACTUALLY YOU STARTED AND THEN I COME IN, BUT I, I END IT WITH JUST A PRESENTATION FROM THE IMS. ALL RIGHT.
WELL, THE, THE RECOGNITION IS GOING TO BE FOR DEPUTY CITY CLERK TO JESSICA CONTRARAS FOR RECEIVING A MASTER MUNICIPAL
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CLERK, M M C DESIGNATION.JESSICA RECENTLY COMPLETED THE TRAINING REQUIRED TO EARN HER MASTER'S MUNICIPAL CLERK DESIGNATION FROM THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL COURT CLERKS TO EARN THE MMC DESIGNATION.
JESSICA HAD TO PARTICIPATE IN EXTENSIVE TRAINING AND EDUCATION PROGRAMS. SHE HAD TO EARN HER C MC DESIGNATION AND SHE HAD TO GAIN RELEVANT EXPERIENCE IN A MUNICIPAL ORGANIZATION.
JESSICA, I'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU ON BEHALF OF THE CITY AND PRESENT THIS CERTIFICATE.
JESSICA'S BOSS, OUR CITY CLERK, TERRELL BALLS IS ALSO A MASTERED MUNICIPAL CLERK.
AND SHE WILL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE PROGRAM.
AND SHE DID THIS WHILE SHE WAS EXPECTING LAST YEAR.
AND OF COURSE HE IS AT HOME SPOILING THAT BEAUTIFUL LITTLE DANIEL.
AND JESSICA IS ON THE PHONE, ON THE CALL WITH US TONIGHT.
SO SHE MAY WANT TO SAY FEW WORDS AFTER I FINISHED, BUT I'M SO PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF JESSICA.
CONTRARAS OUR DEPUTY CITY CLERK TOO, SINCE 1970, THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MUNICIPAL CLERKS PROGRAM HAS HELPED ENHANCE JOB PERFORMANCE IN THE CHALLENGING AND COMPLEX ROLE OF MUNICIPAL CLERK.
AS MAYOR STATED, THE MMC DESIGNATION REQUIRES ADVANCED EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL CONTRIBUTION, AND REQUIRES HAVING YOUR CMC DESIGNATION.
IT TAKES QUITE A FEW YEARS TO GET THROUGH IT.
THERE ARE ONLY 1,388 MASTER MUNICIPAL CLERKS WORLDWIDE AND ONLY 165 IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO THIS IS A GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT AND THE CITY IS PROUD TO HAVE JESSICA ON OUR TEAM.
CONGRATULATIONS, JESSICA, YOUR PLAQUE AND PEN ARE WAITING IN OUR OFFICE FOR YOUR RETURN AND CHERYL OF THOSE HUNDRED AND 65 IN CALIFORNIA.
HOW MANY OF THEM HAPPENED TO BE IN THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS? WE HAVE THREE AND WE HAVE ONE THAT'S ON, UM, WHO HAS HER CMC, WHO IS ON THE TRACK FOR MMC.
SO THAT'S VERY EXCITING THAT CHINO HILLS HAS SUCH, UM, YOU KNOW, ACHIEVE, HAS ACHIEVED SOME SUCCESS IN THAT.
WELL, WE ALWAYS BRAG ABOUT HOW PROFESSIONAL OUR EMPLOYEES ARE, JESSICA YOU ON THE LINE.
HI, CAN YOU HEAR ME? WE SURE CAN.
WHICH YOU'RE MISSING YOUR LOVELY FACE AROUND HERE EVERY DAY, BUT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE HAVING FUN SPOILING THAT NEW BABY.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR THE RECOGNITION.
I LIKE TO THANK OUR CITY CLERK, CHERYL AND I'M ASSISTANT CITY CLERK, THE NAMES FOR ALL THEIR GUIDANCE AND MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION DURING THE PROCESS TO OBTAIN MY MMC.
AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, UM, MAYOR BENNETT, VICE MAYOR, JOE'S COUNCIL MEMBER, MORAN, MARQUEZ, AND ROGERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO WORK FOR A GREAT ORGANIZATION WHERE THERE'S SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
WELL THANK YOU AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING THAT YOU DO FOR OUR ORGANIZATION AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR A WELL ATTAINED DESIGNATION.
[5. INTRODUCTION - New Employee: Miguel Rueff, Senior Maintenance Worker in Street Division, Public Works]
NUMBER.SO THE NEXT ITEM IS TO INTRODUCE OUR NEWEST SENIOR MAINTENANCE WORKER IN THE PUBLIC WORK STREET DIVISION, MIGUEL ROOF.
HE IS NOT ON THE LINE, BUT I KNOW YOU WANT TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, I'D LIKE TO WELCOME MIGUEL ROOF TO A CITY OF CHINO HILLS PUBLIC WORKS TEAM.
MIGUEL IS OUR NEWEST SENIOR MAINTENANCE WORKER IN THE STREET DIVISION.
MIGUEL COMES TO US FROM THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WHERE HE WORKED FOR 19 YEARS DURING HIS FREE TIME, MIGUEL ENJOYS WATCHING AND PLAYING SPORTS WITH HIS WIFE AND THREE DAUGHTERS.
CONGRATULATIONS, MIGUEL, AND WELCOME TO THE TEAM.
AND I'M SURE AT SOME POINT WE WILL HAVE A CITY PIN FOR HIM AS WELL.
YES, WE'LL BE PLACING THAT INTO A MAIL TO HERE, RIGHT.
AND WE KNOW YOU'RE NOT ON THE LINE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
[6. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month]
NUMBER SIX.PROCLAIMING OCTOBER IS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.
ALL RIGHT, EVERY OCTOBER AMERICAN STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE WHO ARE BATTLING BREAST CANCER.
AND THOSE AT RISK OF BREAST CANCER, BREAST CANCER TOUCHES THE LIVES OF AMERICANS FROM EVERY BACKGROUND AND IN EVERY COMMUNITY ACROSS OUR NATION.
THIS YEAR MORE THAN 266,120 WOMEN.
AND 2,550 MEN WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.
WE ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO RECOGNIZE THOSE WHO ARE BATTLING BREAST CANCER, AS WELL AS THE ONGOING EFFORTS OF DEDICATED ADVOCATES, RESEARCHERS, AND HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS WHO STRIVE EACH DAY TO DEFEAT THIS TERRIBLE DISEASE.
TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS COUNCIL MEMBERS SENT THE MORAN.
CYNTHIA, PLEASE TELL US MORE ABOUT BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
I WAS GOING TO READ THE PROCLAMATION, BUT YOU JUST DID.
SO THANK YOU FOR READING THAT.
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TO HAVE AN ORGANIZATION COME, BUT BECAUSE OF KOBE, THEY, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE REALLY INVOLVED IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH WALKS AND DIFFERENT THINGS.SO I AM HAPPILY ACCEPTING THE PROCLAMATION AND I'M A BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR OF NINE YEARS NOW, 2011.
SO I WILL ACCEPT THIS, UH, GRACIOUSLY.
AND, UM, WE'RE NOT INTO OCTOBER YET, BUT I KNOW OCTOBER, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS, PRESENTATIONS.
THAT'S WHY WE'RE DOING IT EARLY.
SO YOU'LL GET MY REMINDER THAT WE'RE ALL GONNA WEAR PINK BOYS.
SO MAKE SURE YOU FIND YOUR PINK SHIRTS AND TIES.
WE'LL BE WEARING THEM NEXT MONTH.
AND ALSO I'LL BE SHARING INFORMATION ABOUT, UM, LOCAL AGENCIES THAT OFFER FREE MAMMOGRAMS. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
THAT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST, UM, KEYS IN DETECTING EARLY BREAST CANCER AND A LOT OF PEOPLE EITHER THEY CAN'T AFFORD IT OR SOMETIMES LAZINESS, UNFORTUNATELY.
SO I'LL REALLY BE PUSHING OUT THE MONTH OF OCTOBER IN SHARING RESOURCES OF WHERE YOU GUYS CAN GET YOUR MAMMOGRAMS WORTH MEN AND WOMEN.
AND THIS DOES TOUCH, UH, EVERYONE.
UH, MY WIFE'S GRANDMOTHER PASSED MANY, MANY YEARS AGO WITH BREAST CANCER.
SHE WAS IN REMISSION FOR FIVE YEARS AND IT CAME BACK.
OF COURSE TECHNOLOGY'S NOW IS A LOT BETTER.
SO THE SURVIVAL RATE IS MUCH BETTER, BUT, UH, WE WILL BE PROUDLY WEARING PINK, UH, THE NEXT COUPLE OF MEETINGS AND I SEE THAT OUR, UH, CAPTAIN IS ALREADY WEARING HIS PINK TIE TONIGHT.
SO WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.
[7. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming October as National Crime Prevention Month]
THIS IS A PROCLAMATION FOR CLAIMING OCTOBER AS NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY CAPTAIN WALKER.IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE CITY CONTINUOUSLY ADVOCATES FOR CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AMONG ALL AGES THROUGH THESE EFFORTS, CHINO HILLS IS, AND HAS BEEN ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND IN THE NATION DUE TO THE STRONG PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE RESIDENTS AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR COMMUNITY BENEFITS MOST WHEN OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT ARE PROACTIVE AND WORKING TOGETHER TO PREVENT CRIME, CRIME, PRES PREVENTION PROGRAMS LIKE OUR COMMUNITY SAFE MEETINGS AND ANNUAL NATIONAL NIGHT OUT EVENT.
AND THEN NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM ARE EFFECTIVE BECAUSE THEY ENCOURAGE PARTNERSHIPS BETWEEN LAW ENFORCEMENT, OTHER GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, CIVIC GROUPS, SCHOOLS, FAITH, COMMUNITIES, BUSINESSES, AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO HAVING EVENTS AGAIN, POST COVID-19.
SO EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES LIKE THIS, OUR RESIDENTS ARE GIVEN A CHANCE TO LEARN THE STEPS THEY CAN TAKE TO REDUCE THE CHANCES OF BECOMING A VICTIM TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION IS OUR LEADER OF OUR CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, CAPTAIN JOHN WALKER, CAPTAIN WALKER.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADD ANYTHING? MAYBE SOME WAYS OUR RESIDENTS CAN DO THEIR PART TO HELP SUPPORT LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PREVENT CRIME.
JOHN AEROBAHN BENNETT COUNCIL.
GOOD EVENING ON BEHALF OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT.
I GRACIOUSLY ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION.
UM, WE'RE PROUD OF THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS HAVE RANKED THE 20TH SAFETY SAFEST CITY OUT OF 231 CITIES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
BUT WE WANT TO MAKE THE CITY EVEN THAT MUCH SAFER WHEN IT COMES TO COMBATING CRIME, LAW ENFORCEMENT CANNOT DO THE JOB ALONE.
WE MUST WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR RESIDENTS TO REMAIN VIGILANT AGAINST CRIME BY REPORTING SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY.
CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN SUCCESSFUL IN COLLABORATING, COLLABORATING WITH RESIDENTS, BUSINESS OWNERS AND VISITORS AND PROMOTING AWARENESS OF CRIMINAL ACTIVITY AND PREVENTION STRATEGIES.
THIS HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED BY HOSTING SEVERAL INTERACTIVE QUALITY OF LIFE WORKSHOPS.
COLLABORATING WITH OUR MEMBERS HAVE A ROBUST NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM, 576 MEMBERS SINCE INCEPTION AND THROUGH PERSONAL CONTEXT BETWEEN OUR DEDICATED DEPUTIES AND RESIDENTS FOR COVID-19 HAS RESTRICTED OUR ABILITY TO HAVE GATHERINGS.
WE HAVE ADAPTED BY FOCUSING OUR EFFORTS TO COMMUNICATE AND PROMOTE CRIME PREVENTION AWARENESS THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA AND THE DAILY INTERACTIONS WITH RESIDENTS AND OUR DEPUTIES AND RECOGNITION OF THIS YEAR.
AS A NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION MONTH, WE WILL BE CONDUCTING A FOUR WEEK CAMPAIGN HIGHLIGHTING IDENTITY THEFT, SAFETY, FIREARM STORAGE, STOP BULLYING, SOCIAL MEDIA AND CRIME PREVENTION.
CHINO HILLS POLICE DEPARTMENT IS GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT AND COLLABORATION OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS AND OUR MISSION TO COME BACK CRIME AND MAKE CHINO HILLS A SAFE PLACE TO LIVE, WORK AND PLAY.
AND PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOUR ENTIRE STAFF KNOWS HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE WHAT THEY DO FOR US EACH AND EVERY DAY, KEEPING THE CITY SAFE FOR ALL OF OUR RESIDENTS.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ACCEPTING THIS PROCLAMATION.
[8. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming October 4-10, 2020, as Fire Prevention Week]
NEXT IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH 10TH AS FIRE PREVENTION WEEK TO BE ACCEPTED BY DEPUTY CHIEF ATKINSON.GOOD EVENING, DEPUTY CHIEF THIS WEEK COMMEMORATES THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE OF 1871, WHICH KILLED MORE THAN 250 PEOPLE LEFT 100,000 HOMELESS DESTROYED MORE THAN 17,400 BUILDINGS AND BURNED MORE THAN THOUSAND ACRES TODAY FIRES KILL MORE THAN 3000 PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES EACH YEAR.
AND MORE THAN 80% OF ALL FIRE DEATHS OCCUR IN THE HOME.
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2020 FIRE PREVENTION WEEK THEME IS SERVE UP SAFETY.EXCUSE ME, SERVE UP FIRE SAFETY IN THE KITCHEN.
THE GOAL IS TO REMIND EVERYONE ABOUT THE SIMPLE, YET IMPORTANT, IMPORTANT ACTIONS THEY CAN TAKE TO KEEP THEMSELVES AND THOSE AROUND THEM, SAFE IN THE KITCHEN.
THE CITY JOINS WITH THE CHINO VALLEY INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT TO ENCOURAGE THE PEOPLE OF CHINO VALLEY TO PARTICIPATE IN FIRE SAFETY AND PREPARED THISNESS ACTIVITIES AROUND OR AT HOME WORK AND SCHOOL, AND TO TAKE THE STEPS NECESSARY AND NEEDED TO MAKE THEIR HOMES AND FAMILIES SAFE FROM FIRE.
TO ACCEPT THIS PROCLAMATION AS DEPUTY CHIEF, CHIEF SCOTT ATKINSON, DEPUTY CHIEF GUNSON, WE UNDERSTAND THE CHINO VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT PLANS TO HOLD THEIR ANNUAL OPEN HOUSE THROUGH A VIRTUAL FACEBOOK LIVE STREAM ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 10TH AT 11:00 AM.
COULD YOU PLEASE TELL US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE EVENT AND HOW THE RESIDENTS CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT BUYER PROTECTION? THANK YOU, MAYOR BENNETT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AS A PLEASURE AND AN HONOR FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION.
UH, JUST, UH, TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT COOKING IS A LEADING CAUSE OF HOME FIRES AND HOME FIRE INJURIES IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABOUT HALF BALL REPORTED HOME FIRES START THE KITCHEN.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO BE PREPARED AND, AND EDUCATED ON WHAT TO DO WHEN YOU HAVE A KITCHEN FIRE, YOU CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND YOU CAN FIND MORE INFORMATION REGARDING WHAT ACTIONS TO TAKE IN THE EVENT.
ALSO AS MAYOR BENNETT, UM, TALKED ABOUT ON, UH, THE OCTOBER 10TH, 2020 AT, UM, 10, EIGHT, OR EXCUSE ME AT 11:00 AM VIA FACEBOOK LIBRARY.
SHOULD WE BE DOING A FIRE STATION TOUR? SO SOMETHING NEW FOR US.
UM, WE ARE UNFORTUNATELY NOT ABLE TO HAVE OUR ANNUAL, UH, FAIR THAT WE HAVE AND ALL THE DEMOS THAT WE WOULD HAVE THAT TIME OF YEAR DUE TO THE COVID, UH, ISSUE RIGHT NOW.
SO, UH, HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR AND STRONG WITH THAT, BUT, UH, THIS IS ANOTHER WAY TO TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR LOCAL FIRE SERVICE AND TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FIRE STATION.
SO WHEN WE HAVE THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, I'VE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE PROBLEM.
AND THIS EVENING, UH, REPRESENTING THE CITY IS ELIZABETH KALI HASSAN COSSIE CASIANO AKA BETH.
UH, SHE'S OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, UH, ANY ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION.
[9. PRESENTATION - Chino Hills Water System]
INTO PUBLIC COMMENTS.WE HAVE ONE OTHER PRESENTATION.
I GOT A GRANT FROM THE UTILITIES.
IT'S STUCK ON THE BACK OF THIS OTHER ONE AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT TO, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I WILL GET IT RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ME.
IT'S NUMBER NINE, CORRECT? YES.
SO THIS IS FROM UTILITIES, OPERATION MANAGER, MARK WILEY ON THE CHINO HILLS WATER SYSTEM.
I APOLOGIZE THAT I'M NOT READING THE INTRO TO YOUR ITEM, BUT THAT'S OKAY FOR YOU.
UM, APPARENTLY AT THE LAST COUNCIL MEETING, UH, THE, UH, KITCHEN COUNCILMAN ROGERS ASKED, UH, DIRECTOR OF BELVEDERE, IF I WOULD, UH, GIVE AN UPDATE TO OUR WATER SYSTEM AND BRIEF HISTORY.
AND SO THAT'S WHAT I'M GOING TO DO.
UM, I'M GOING TO GIVE YOU GUYS A LOT OF DATA, A LOT OF INFORMATION, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO STOP ME AT ANY TIME AND, UH, UM, UH, BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WE GO THROUGH.
I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE KINDA OVERWHELMING FOR YOU, AND I KNOW THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF TALK ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA TOO, SO HOPEFULLY I CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.
UM, SO BRIEFLY I'LL BE TALKING ABOUT OUR HISTORY AND OUR, AND OUR, UH, UM, OUR AREA THAT WE SERVE HERE IN CHINO HILLS.
UM, THEN I'LL DISCUSS OUR APPLIES OF WATER AND WE HAVE SIX.
UM, THE FIRST ONE IS OUR GROUNDWATER WELLS HERE IN THE CHINO BASIN.
WE GET FROM, UH, MONEY, JUST A WATER DISTRICT.
UH, WE GET WATER FROM THE WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, AND I'LL BE GOING INTO DEPTH ON EACH ONE OF THESE, UH, UH, THAT WE ALSO GET WATER FROM THE CHINO BASIN TO SOLVE FOR AUTHORITY.
UM, WE GET READ RECYCLED WATER FROM MY UA, INLAND EMPIRE UTILITIES AGENCY, AND THEN I'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, BUT FEEL FREE TO ASK AS WE GO ALONG.
CAUSE THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF INFORMATION SINCE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT WATER OR WATER SUPPLY, WHAT ARE THE WE YOU GET FROM THE GROUND WE DON'T USE, CORRECT.
ALL OF OUR WELLS ARE INACTIVATED AND I'LL BE GOING INTO DEPTH ON THAT.
AND WHY, YEAH, I'LL GIVE YOU SO MUCH INFORMATION.
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SO THE HISTORY AND IN SERVICE AREA.SO BACK IN THE 20 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WATERWORKS DISTRICT, NUMBER EIGHT, UH, SERVED THIS AREA APPROXIMATELY A HUNDRED HOMES OUT IN CARBON CANYON.
UH, THE LITTLE AREA WAS REFERRED TO AS SLEEPY HOLLOW, UM, IN AUGUST OF 83 WATER DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT, EXPANDED TO SERVE THE WHAT'S.
NOW THE HILLS AREA, UM, WEST OF HIGHWAY, WHAT'S NOW STATE ROUTE 71, UM, AND ACQUIRED AND CONSOLIDATED FIVE OTHER, UH, SMALLER, UH, AGENCIES.
UH, THEY WERE PROBABLY AGRICULTURE TYPE OF, UH, UH, MUTUAL WATER AGENCIES IN 89, UH, WATER DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT.
SO APPROXIMATELY 25% OF THEIR SERVICE AREA OR, UH, THAT THEY SERVED.
AND THAT INCLUDES ALL THEIR DISTRIBUTION PIPELINES.
AND THAT WAS PURCHASED BY THE MONTEVISTA WATER DISTRICT AND THE CITY CHINO, UM, IN DECEMBER OF 91, THE REMAINING AREA, WHICH IS BASICALLY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE 71 FREEWAY, UM, UH, THAT, THAT WAS, UH, RETAINED BY DISTRICT NUMBER EIGHT.
BUT THEN, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS TOOK THAT OVER AND, UH, DOW THE CITY, CHINO HILLS OWNS AND OPERATES, UH, THAT WATER SYSTEM.
UH, AND NOW OUR POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 82,000 A LITTLE BIT MORE GIVE OR TAKE, AND IT HAS GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY.
UM, SO WE HAVE, UM, OUR SIXTH WATER SOURCES, LIKE I MENTIONED, WE HAVE OUR WELL WATER, BONAVISTA WATER, DISTRICT WATER, UM, WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY, THAT'S IMPORTED WATER FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA BASED INTO CELTRA AUTHORITY, WHICH IS A, UH, A JOINT POWERS, JUST LIKE THE WFA.
AND WE, WE ACTUALLY PURCHASE WATER FROM THEM.
AND, UH, LIKE I MENTIONED, RECYCLED WATER FROM MY UA AND ALSO WE OWN A LITTLE BIT OF STOCK IN SAN ANTONIO WATER COMPANY.
AND THE REASON THAT THAT'S IMPORTANT, ALTHOUGH WE DON'T HAVE A INTERCONNECTION WITH SAN ANTONIO WATER COMPANY, WE PURCHASED ONE SHARE A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO AND IT MAY SEEM INSIGNIFICANT.
BUT WHAT THAT ONE SHARE ALLOWS US TO DO IS WE ARE ABLE TO DO WATER TRANSFERS NOW WITH SAN ANTONIO WATER COMPANY.
AND, UH, WE CAN TRANSFER WATER WITH THEM.
SOMETIMES THEY MAY HAVE AN ABUNDANCE AND WE CAN PURCHASE GROUND OR LEASE GROUNDWATER RIGHTS FROM THEM IN THE CHINO BASIN, IF WE NEED TO.
AND SINCE WE'RE A MEMBER HOLDING THAT ONE SHARE, WE WILL GET A SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED RATE ON THAT.
AND IF WE EVER DO GET AN INNER TIE, UM, MAYBE WITH AMONA OR THE CITY OF CHINO, UM, WE CAN ACTUALLY GET WET WATER FROM THEM IF THEY HAVE IT IN ABUNDANCE.
UM, YES, USUALLY DURING A WET YEAR, WE WON'T NEED IT, BUT IT'S THERE.
IT'S JUST, JUST ANOTHER, UH, SOURCE IN OUR UP R A OR FOLIO THAT WE HAVE THAT IS, IS, UH, REALLY QUITE VAST IF YOU, IF YOU ASK MY OPINION.
UM, SO STATISTICS ABOUT OUR, OUR WATER APPLY.
WE, WE HAVE THE CAPABLE WITH EVERYTHING WORKING 100% TO GET 41.1 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT.
UM, OUR HIGH, OUR HIGHEST USAGE, UH, THIS YEAR WAS JUST A, UH, ABOUT A MONTH AGO.
AND WE USED ABOUT 17 MILLION FELONS A DAY.
SO WE HAVE QUITE A BIT OF REDUNDANCY BUILT INTO OUR SYSTEM.
UM, WE HAVE THE CAPABILITY OF, OF USING ONE, 1.8 MILLION GALLONS A DAY OF RECYCLED WATER.
UM, THE AVERAGE DAILY DEMAND FOR FISCAL YEAR 1920, UM, WAS ABOUT 12 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
THAT WAS OUR AVERAGE, UM, WITH ABOUT A 16 MILLION GALLONS A DAY MAXIMUM.
WE HAD A REALLY HOT AUGUST, SO WE USE A LITTLE BIT MORE THIS YEAR.
SO WELLS IS, YOU KNOW, BASED IN GROUNDWATER WELLS.
UM, SO THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WE HAVE RIGHTS TO PUMP FROM THE GENO BAY, UH, FROM THE CHINO BASIN.
THIS WAS A COURT DECISION THAT'S KNOWN AS THE CHINO BASED IN JUDGMENT, BACK IN 1978, UM, A SAFE YIELD AT THE BASE.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS WAS WHAT IT SAY FIELD MEANS IS THE AMOUNT OF, OF WATER THAT ALL THE APPROPRIATORS ARE ALLOWED TO PUMP OUT OF THAT BASIN.
UM, WE HAVE INDUSTRIES THAT PUMP OUT OF THE BASIN AND THEN THE APPROPRIATORS, WHICH ARE, UH, THE, UH, WATER AGENCIES LIKE CITY CHINO HILLS, CITY, CHINO, CITY OF UPLAND, ONTARIO GROUP OF VALLEY.
UM, WE ALL PUMPED OUT AT THE SAME BASELINE.
UM, THE SAFE YIELD WAS ESTABLISHED AT, UM, OUR SAFE YIELD OR OUR RIGHT TO PUMP OUT OF THAT BASE.
AND IT'S ABOUT 4,000, UH, IN 56 ACRE FEET A YEAR.
UM, WE ARE ALLOWED TO HAVE WHAT'S CALLED A STORAGE ACCOUNT.
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WE DON'T PUMP ALL THAT WATER, IT GOES INTO A STORAGE ACCOUNT AND IT CARRIES OVER EVERY YEAR.SO RIGHT NOW, UH, SINCE WE HAVE OUR WELL DOT WELLS OFFICE, COUNCILMAN MARQUEZ MENTIONED, AND I'LL GET INTO WHY HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, WE ARE, UH, IT'S LIKE WE HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT AND WE HAVE ABOUT 25,000 ACRE FEET OF WATER IN OUR BANK ACCOUNT.
MARK JUST SAID FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC, HOW MANY GALLONS WOULD THE EQUIVALENT BE FOR ONE ACRE FOOT, ROUGHLY.
UH, AN ACRE FOOT OF WATER ON, YEAH, I'M SORRY.
I'M I'M AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THAT UP.
UM, IT'S A, IT'S A TERM THAT WE USE IN THE, UH, UH, WATER INDUSTRY.
SO IF YOU WERE TO TAKE AN ACRE OF LAND AND YOU WERE TO FILL THAT ACRE OF LAND TO A DEPTH OF ONE FOOT, THAT WOULD BE AN ACRE FOOT OF WATER, IT'S ABOUT 326,000 GALLONS OF WATER A LITTLE BIT LESS THAN THAT.
SO A GOOD EXAMPLE OF WHATEVER WOULD BE TO TAKE SAY, IF YOU WERE TO TAKE A FOOTBALL FIELD OR LIKE A SOCCER FIELD AND FILL IT UP TO A DEPTH OF ONE FOOT, THAT'S AN ACRE FOOT OF WATER.
AN ACRES ROUGHLY 208 SQUARE FEET ON ALL SIDES.
SO WITH THE JUDGMENT, WE HAVE THE, ALSO HAVE THE RIGHT TO LEASE OR TRANSFER WATER.
SO IF WE HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF WATER, LIKE WE DO, NOW, WE CAN REACH OUT TO ONE OF THE OTHER AGENCIES THAT MAY BE STRUGGLING AND WE CAN TRANSFER OUR RIGHTS OR OUR, OR LEASE THOSE RIGHTS OR THE YEAR.
UM, SO I, THAT HAPPENS QUITE OFTEN IN THE BASE AND THEY TRANSFER RIGHTS ALL THE TIME.
UM, BUT WE NEVER LOSE OUR, OUR INITIAL 4,000 ACRE FEET.
WE WOULD NEVER TRANSFER THAT, OR AT LEAST THAT JUST OUT OF OUR STORAGE ACCOUNT QUICK.
IF WE DO LEASE A WATER RIGHTS TO ANOTHER AGENCY, THE FUNDS GENERATED FROM THAT GOES BACK INTO THE WATER SYSTEM, CORRECT? YEAH.
I JUST WANT TO JUST ASK HIM, THANK YOU.
CAN YOU RESTATE THE QUESTION PLEASE? YEAH.
SO, SO IF WE HAVE RIGHTS TO X AMOUNT A YEAR AND WE LEASE THEM TO ANOTHER CITY, Y I IMAGINE WE GET PAID FOR THAT.
SO THEN THE FUNDS FROM THAT GO BACK INTO THE WATER SYSTEM TO KEEP IT HEALTHY.
IF WE CAN SELL THEM, UM, WE, WE WOULD, IT WOULD GO BACK INTO OUR SYSTEM.
AND I'M NOT SURE IF IT, IF IT GOES DIRECTLY TO THE WATER DEPARTMENT OR IF OTHER DIVISIONS YEAH.
BUT IT'S NOT AN ENTERPRISE FUND OR YEAH.
AND THE GOING RATE RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT 600 BUCKS AN ACRE FOR IT.
SO FIVE, IF WE, IF WE SOLD OFF 5,005 TIMES SIX, YOU KNOW, WE GET ABOUT $13 MILLION.
SO AT FISCAL YEAR 14, 15, AND THE REASON I'M USING THAT FISCAL YEAR IS BECAUSE, UH, WE HAD, UH, FIVE WELLS THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT, THAT WERE WORKING.
AND, UM, WE PUMPED ABOUT 2.6 MILLION GALLONS A DAY, OR OF WATER OUT OF THOSE WELLS FOR ABOUT 3000 ACRE FEET FOR THE YEAR.
UM, SO WHEN WE'RE, WE'RE UP AND OPERATING, WE DO, UH, UM, IT'S ABOUT 25% OF ALL THE WATER THAT WE USE ANNUALLY.
UM, WE HAVE 10 WELLS THAT WE OWN, LIKE I SAID, BEFORE SIX OR SEVEN OF THEM WERE UP IN OPERATING, UM, ALL THOSE WELLS.
UH, WE HAVE NO WELLS LOCATED WITHIN THE SUSPENDED CHINO HILLS.
THEY'RE ALL LOCATED ON THE, UH, EAST SIDE OF THE ALBANY ONE IN THE, DID SHE KNOW THERE? SO WE HAVE NOTHING IN OUR CITY LIMITS.
UM, SO IN DECEMBER OF 2017, I HAD TO, I INACTIVATED OUR WELLS WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DUE TO A CHANGE IN GROUND TWO CHANGING GROUNDWATER REGULATIONS.
AND I'M GOING TO TALK IN DEPTH ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A MINUTE.
UM, I DIDN'T JUST TURN THE WELLS OFF.
I INACTIVATED THEM AND THAT'S A SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCE OR, UH, THAT YOU DO WITH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UM, AND THE REASON I DID THAT IS BECAUSE IF I JUST TURNED THEM ON, I WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE TO, TO RUN TESTS ON THOSE WELLS AND TESTING.
THOSE WELLS IS VERY EXPENSIVE IN TURNING ON THE PUMPS, JUST TO TEST A WELL, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE BUILD, UH, WHEN WE USE OUR WELLS AND EDISON PUTS US ON A TIME OF USE TYPE OF A THING.
AND IF WE DON'T USE THOSE WELLS AND I WAS TO JUST FIRE UP A WELL, ONE TIME TO GET A SAMPLE OUT OF IT, IT USUALLY COSTS ABOUT 1300 BUCKS JUST TO FIRE UP THAT WELL, ONE TIME, AND THAT COMBINED WITH THE COST OF THE SAMPLING, WHICH IS VERY EXPENSIVE, I CHOSE TO INACTIVATE THESE WELLS BECAUSE IT WAS VERY CLEAR TO ME AND WILL BE CLEAR TO YOU HERE IN A MINUTE, THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO BE USING THESE WELLS ANYTIME IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
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OKAY.SO THIS IS A LITTLE MAP THAT SHOWS THE LOCATION OF ALL 10 WELLS, UH, THAT, UH, THIS IS IT'S, YOU KNOW, HILLS ZONES.
UM, AND THEY'RE KIND OF SCATTERED, UH, THEY'RE ALL WITHIN A FEW MILES OF ONE ANOTHER.
THE A, AN UNREGULATED, UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING RULE.
WE JUST CALL IT THE USE EMR. UM, THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF WHY ALL OF OUR WELLS ARE OFFLINE.
SO IN 1996, THERE WAS AN AMENDMENT TO THE SAFE DRINKING WATER ACT.
UM, THAT RE THAT THE EPA REQUIRED THAT ONCE EVERY FIVE YEARS, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ISSUE A NEW LIST OF, UH, 30 CONTAMINANTS AT THAT AT THE MOST.
AND WE WERE GOING TO MONITOR FOR THESE THINGS, AND I'M REGULATED.
CONTAMINANT IS A CONTAMINANT THAT THEY THINK, YOU KNOW, MAYBE CAUSE SOME TYPE OF HARM IN CERTAIN LEVELS.
THEY'RE NOT SURE THEY HAVEN'T DONE ENOUGH TESTING ON IT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO START.
SO, UM, THE UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING RULE PROVIDES EPA AND OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES WITH SCIENTIFICALLY VALID DATA ON THE OCCURRENCE OF CONTAMINANTS IN DRINKING WATER.
AND, UH, SO THEY TAKE THAT DATA THAT ALL THE WATER SYSTEMS PROVIDE AND THEN THEY DO THEIR ANALYSIS AND THEN THEY SAY WHAT'S SAFE.
AND WHAT, ISN'T THE THIRD, UH, RULE OR THE UCMR THREE, WHICH IS THE, A REVISION TO THE FIRST RULE IN 1996, CAME OUT IN 2012.
AND, UH, IN THE UCMR RULE, UM, WAS 20 H CHEMICALS AND VIRUSES, UH, THAT THEY WANTED US TO MONITOR FOR.
ONE OF THOSE CHEMICALS WAS CALLED ONE, TWO, THREE TCP, AND TCP STANDS FOR TRY CORAL PROPANE.
AND IT'S, UH, NOT GOOD STUFF IN THE UCMR THREE, UH, LETTER THAT I GOT, WHICH I HAVE IN MY HANDS SAYS, WE WILL MONITOR IT UP 2.03 MICROGRAMS PER LITER.
THEN FOR THE PUBLIC, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE REGULATORY AGENCY THAT PUSHES THESE DOWN TO US? I WILL BE GLAD TO.
SO IN THE WATERWORLD, THE EPA IS GOD, OKAY, EPA MAKES ALL THE RULES, BUT THEN THEY TELL THE STATES, THEY SAY, HEY, IF YOU JUST, YOU AT LEAST HAVE TO FOLLOW OUR RULES, BUT IF YOU WANT TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND AND EDIT ANYMORE YOUR OWN AND MAKE THE TESTING IN THE LIMITS, MORE STRINGENT, KNOCK YOURSELF OUT.
SO CALIFORNIA DID KIND DO THAT.
UM, SO, UM, YOU HAVE THE EPA, WHICH IS THE FEDS, AND THEN EACH STATE HAS THEIR OWN.
AND IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD, AND THEY CONTROL EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, WE, UH, WE REPORT TO THEM EVERY WEEK.
SO I WANT YOU GUYS TO REMEMBER THAT THE, UH, MINIMUM REPORTING LEVEL OR THE MRR MRL FOR TCP WAS 0.03 MICROGRAMS PER LITER.
SO GIVE A LITTLE BACKGROUND, WENT TO THREE IS A MANMADE CHEMICAL TYPICALLY USED AS A SOLVENT OR A CLEANING INTO GREASING AGENT, UM, AND WAS FOUNDED THEN IMPURITY AND PESTICIDES IS CLASSIFIED BY THE EPA AS LIKELY TO BE CARCINOGENS TO HUMANS.
MEANING CAUSING CANCER, STATE OF CALIFORNIA SAYS IT DOES CARLOS CAUSE CANCER.
SO THAT'S THEM ENFORCING THEIR POWER ABOVE THE EPA.
TCP IS A NON ACQUIESCED PHASE LIQUID KNOWN TO HAVE LOW SOIL ABSORPTION AND CHARACTERISTICS DENSITY GREATER THAN WATER IT'S VOLATILE.
BUT ONCE IT GETS INTO THE GROUNDWATER, IT'S HEAVIER THAN WATER.
SO IT SINKS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE VEHICLE.
I MEAN LIKE PINE SOL, LIKE WHAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT SAYS, UH, AN INDUSTRIAL SOBBING CLEANINGS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD USE IN OUR HOMES, NOT ANYMORE, BUT PREVIOUSLY THAT'S WHY, UH, PREVIOUSLY, UM, DOW CHEMICAL AND SHELL HAD A STOCKPILE OF THIS.
AND FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY NEEDED A WAY TO GET RID OF IT.
SO THEY PUT IT IN PESTICIDES AND HERBICIDES AND THEN AGRICULTURE GOT AHOLD OF IT AND UNKNOWINGLY CONTAMINATED GROUND WATER, ESPECIALLY ON THE CHINO BASIN BECAUSE OF THE FARMS. AND IT WAS ACTUALLY SHADED.
ALL THIS WHOLE AREA WAS AGRICULTURE.
SO THIS IS A VERY BUSY SLIDE, BUT IT'S ALL VERY IMPORTANT STUFF.
SO I'M GOING TO TRY AND, UH, GET THROUGH IT REAL QUICK HERE, BUT THIS KIND OF TELLS, UM, WHAT STATE OF CALIFORNIA DID IT AND HOW IT AFFECTED US AND WHY ALL OF OUR WELLS ARE NOW CURRENTLY AN ACTIVATED, UH, SO ON THE SEVENTH ON JULY 17TH OR 18TH OF 2017, THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD OPTUM, UH, ADOPTED A RESOLUTION WHICH ESTABLISHED A PROPOSED MCL
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OF 0.005.SO REMEMBER THE LAST COUPLE OF SIDES, I SAY, REMEMBER 0.03, OKAY.
MICROGRAMS PER LITER IS A LOT BIGGER OF A NUMBER THAN 0.0, ZERO FIVE MICROGRAMS. OKAY.
SO, UM, ALSO IN, IN, IN CASES LIKE THIS, UM, WATER AGENCIES AND DIFFERENT ORGANIZATIONS LOBBY THE STATE AND SAY, HEY, THIS IS A PRETTY LOW MCL.
CAN WE HAVE SOME TIME TO ADAPT TO IT SO WE CAN MAKE PLANS SO WE CAN BUILD OUR TREATMENT PLANTS SO WE CAN, UH, TAKE CARE OF THIS.
SO THEY WENT AHEAD AND ADOPTED THAT RESOLUTION ON, UH, DECEMBER 7TH, DECEMBER 17TH OF 2017.
SO, UM, FROM JULY OF 17, WE FOUND OUT THAT THE MCL WENT FROM, UH, 0.03 TO 0.005.
AND WE HAD SIX MONTHS TO KIND OF PLAN FOR, TO GET THIS GOING.
AND THEN, UM, OR JUST NOT ENOUGH TIME.
SO ALL OF OUR WELLS ARE, ARE ACTIVATED WITH THE STATE, UM, THERE.
SO MARK, HOW MANY OTHER AGENCIES WERE IMPACTED IN THE CHINO BASIN OR THOSE THAT PULL FROM THE CHANNEL WATER SUPPLY? EVERY, EVERY AGENCY, CHINO BASIN, NOT JUST CHINO HILLS, CHINO HILLS, CHINO, TERRIO BONAVISTA THERE AND CROSS THE STREET.
CAUSE THIS HAS TO BE A GIGANTIC, HIT WAS MAJOR FOR ALL THE OTHER STATE IS MAJOR FOR THE WHOLE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO IT'S NOT JUST CHINO HILLS THAT WAS IMPACTED.
IT WAS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, EVERYONE IN MY WATERWORLD, EVERYONE, EVERYONE WAS FREAKING OUT FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM.
UM, SO YEAH, SO USUALLY THEY GIVE US TIME TO REACT TO IT.
UM, SO OF THE WELLS THAT WE HAD AFFECTED THIS, THIS SLIDE IS AN ILLUSTRATION THAT WE LOOK GOLDEN.
UM, WHEN WE DID OUR BLEND, UH, WE CAME OUT WITH 0.028.
WE'RE UNDER THE MCL WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING GOOD.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO BE ABLE TO BLEND.
UM, WE CAN BRING IN WATER FROM IMPORTED WATER.
WE CAN BRING IN, UH, WATER FROM THE CDA.
WE CAN DO A BLEND, NO PROBLEM AT ALL.
UM, EXCEPT THAT, UM, THEY LOWERED IT TO 0.0, ZERO FIVE.
AND, UH, NOW WE CAN'T AND THEY ALSO SAID, YOU CANNOT BLEND THIS.
YOU HAVE TO REMOVE TCP FROM THE WATER.
THAT'S WHY I KNEW THAT OUR WELLS WOULD NOT BE IN USE ANYTIME SOON.
WHY PAY FOR THE TESTING ON THEM? BECAUSE WE HAVE TO TEST, UH, WE HAVE TO TEST OUR WELLS EVERY QUARTER AND WE, WE ALSO HAVE TO FIRE UP EACH WELL AND IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE.
AND, UM, I THOUGHT WE'D SAVE ABOUT 60 GRAND A YEAR BY NOT DOING THAT.
AND IT WOULD, IT WOULD BE AN IN BAIN ANYWAY.
UM, SO ALL OF OUR WELLS ARE TAKEN OFFLINE, UH, AND, AND, AND INACTIVATED WITH THE STATE.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS TO REMEMBER WHEN WE INACTIVATE A WELL WITH THE STATE, I'M AN ENGINEER FROM THE, FROM THE STATE WATER RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD COMES OUT AND HE PHYSICALLY LOOKS AT THE PIPE.
WE HAVE TO TAKE A SECTION OF PIPE OUT TO SHOW THAT THERE'S NO WAY WE COULD EVEN TURN IT ON AND PUMP THE WATER IN YOUR SYSTEM.
ARE YOU GOING TO ADDRESS FUTURE ABILITIES TO REACTIVATE THOSE WELLS? OR SHOULD I JUST ASK THE CORRECT QUESTIONS? OKAY, SIR.
IF I COULD JUST INTERJECT REAL QUICK, CAUSE I KNOW THAT PEOPLE AT HOME LISTENING.
SO I THINK THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY IS THAT AT THE TIME WHEN, UM, OUR RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED THAT, OH MY GOSH, TCP WAS FOUND IN OUR WELLS AND THEY'RE SHUTTING OUR WATER SUPPLY DOWN IS THAT THIS REALLY EXPLAINS THAT, UM, BECAUSE OF THE CHANGE BY THE STATE WATER RESOURCE BOARD, UM, WE WERE NO LONGER COMPLIANT LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY IN CALIFORNIA.
SO I THINK THAT'S A REALLY IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BECAUSE I THINK THERE WAS A LOT OF, UM, UH, MISCONCEPTION ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THAT CHINO HILLS HAD BAD WATER.
WE, WE GOT BUSTED IN OUR WELLS GOT SHUT DOWN.
SO YEAH, IT'S US AND THE REST OF CALIFORNIA.
AND I THINK THIS SLIDE IS IMPORTANT IN THAT IT SHOWS THAT WE WERE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE FORMER MEASURE OF 0.03.
BUT WHEN THEY CHANGED THE RULES, THAT'S WHEN WE HAD TO SHUT THE WELLS BECAUSE WE COULDN'T MEET THE COMPLIANCE LEVELS.
AND AGAIN, THAT WAS FOR THE U S YOU USE THE UNREGULATED CHEMICAL, CHEMICAL MONITORING RULE, WHICH THAT'S ALL WE WERE DOING WITH MONITORING AND SENDING THAT DATA TO THE STATE.
UH, I MEAN, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THIS CHEMICAL IS BEFORE THIS, YOU KNOW, I HAD, YOU KNOW, WE HAD
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NO IDEA THERE'S, THERE'S 49.OTHER CHEMICALS MENTIONED IN THAT, IN THAT REPORT TOO.
UM, BUT WE JUST GOT KIND OF LUCKY THAT, WHERE WE PUMPED OUT OF THE BASE AND IT WASN'T THAT HIGH OTHER PARTS OF THE BASIN, IT'S, IT'S PRETTY HIGH.
UM, BUT ALSO, UH, TO, TO, TO, TO JUST DOVETAIL OFF OF YOUR POINT, UH, UH, YOU ALL IN HISTORICALLY HAVE DONE A LOT TO PROVIDE RELIABILITY AND REDUNDANCY FOR YOUR SYSTEM.
I MEAN, YOU INVESTED IN THE, THE CDA.
I MEAN, THAT WAS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT THAT THE CITY MADE YOU INVESTED IN THE WFA, WHICH IS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT.
AND THEN, UH, YOU ALL HAD THE FORESIGHT TO WORK IN AGREEMENT WITH MONTEVISTA WATER DISTRICT.
I MEAN, THESE ARE ALL JUST, UH, THESE ARE VERY IMPORTANT STEPS THAT YOU HAD THE FORETHOUGHT OF SEEING BACK IN THE DAY.
SO WE STILL, WE DO HAVE THIS RELIABILITY WE'RE I GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU.
SO WE DID IT, WE DID DEACTIVATE IT, THE WELLS BACK IN DECEMBER, 2007 17.
AND I KNOW RECENTLY WITHIN THE LAST YEAR THERE WAS A LOT OF SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
WE HAD ONE, TWO, THREE TCP IN OUR WATER SYSTEM.
WHAT, WHAT ARE WE DOING AS A CITY? GETTING THAT INFORMATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC THAT WE SHUT DOWN OUR WATER WELLS BACK IN 2017.
UM, I AM REQUIRED BY, UH, THE FEDS, THE EPA.
THEY, UH, MAKE US, UH, OR THEY US PUT OUT WHAT'S CALLED A CONSUMER CONFIDENCE REPORT EVERY YEAR.
AND, UM, THERE WERE CERTAIN CRITERIA THAT MUST GO INTO THAT REPORT.
AND, UH, IN THAT REPORT, WE, UH, MENTIONED THOSE, UH, THAT, THAT, YEAH, WE, WE TOOK OFFLINE AND WE TOLD IT, TOLD WHY.
AND THEN I BELIEVE THE DEAN WHEN HE WAS THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS, HE HAD ALSO MENTIONED IT AT, UH, AT A COUNCIL MEETING.
BUT, UM, WE, WE NEVER HAD A, A GLITCH OR A BLIP IN OUR, OUR, OUR SYSTEM.
SO, UM, MAYBE WE COULD JUST ANOTHER QUESTION, YOU SAID THAT WE HAD SIX SOURCES OF WATER.
MY UNDERSTANDING WE ACTUALLY BUY WATER TOO FROM METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT.
UM, I'M GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON, UH, SO THE, UH, WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, AND THIS IS GOING TO GET REALLY KIND OF COMPLICATED.
SO STOP ME IF IT, IF I LOSE YOU, BUT, UM, THE WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY IS OWNED BY THE CITY OF CHINO, THE CITY, CHINO HILLS, CITY OF UPLAND MONTEVISTA WATER DISTRICT, AND THIS VIA VOLUNTARIO AND THE, THE, THE, THE WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY, UM, TAKES WATER FROM THE STATE WATER PROJECT AND TREATS IT.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE GET OUR IMPORTED WATER THROUGH THEM.
UH, WE ACTUALLY BUY IT FROM IUA WHO IS THE MEMBER AGENCY THAT RUNS IT THROUGH THE WFA PLANT.
IT'S COMPLICATED, ISN'T IT? SO WE'LL NEVER HAVE TO IMPORT WHAT, BRINGING WATER IN TRUCKS AS MANY CENTRAL VALLEY CITIES HAD TO DO IN 2015.
WELL, WE, YOU KNOW WHAT, I PRAY NOT, BUT THEY'LL SAY IN CALIFORNIA, THEY CAN MAKE UP SOME WACKY RULE AND WHO KNOWS, BUT, UH, HOPEFULLY NOT.
YOU GUYS HAD IT, YOU, YOU, YOU, IT'S VERY IMPRESSIVE.
THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE IN THE PAST TO SAVE US FROM WHAT WE'RE GOING THROUGH RIGHT NOW.
UM, SO THESE, THIS IS A LITTLE MAP OF THE WELLS THAT WERE, UH, UM, OPERATING PRIOR TO OUR SHUTDOWN.
UM, THERE WERE SEVEN OF THOSE WELLS, THE OTHER THREE WERE, UH, THAT THEY NEED TO BE REHABILITATED.
AND, UH, BUT, BUT THOSE ARE THE WELLS THAT WERE SHUT DOWN AND ALL OF THOSE WELLS, UM, THAT YOU SEE THERE, THEY ALL PUMP TO A CENTRAL LOCATION AND THAT'S THE, UH, UH, BOOSTER NINE BOOSTER STATION.
SO ALL THOSE WELLS GO THERE AND THEN WE PUMP IT FROM A BOOSTER, NINE BOOSTER STATION OUT INTO OUR DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.
SO IT'S LIKE A CENTRALIZED LOCATION.
AND THAT HAS SIGNIFICANCE BECAUSE WE ARE THINKING ABOUT, WELL, WE'RE MORE THAN THINKING ABOUT IT.
WE'RE W WE WANT TO BUILD A TREATMENT PLANT AT OUR BENIGN BOOSTER STATION TO TREAT THAT, UH, UH, THE TCP, THE BEST AVAILABLE TECHNOLOGY FOR MOVING THE ONE, TWO, THREE TCP IS CALLED GRANULATED ACTIVATED CARBON TAKES, IT, TAKES IT OUT.
WE DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT IT.
UM, SO, UH, ACTUALLY DANIEL AND, AND I, AND, AND JOE DYER'S TEAM, UH, WE, WE JUST ARE PUTTING THE FINISHES, FINISHING TOUCHES ON AN RFP
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TO TAKE IT TO A DESIGN PHASE.AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, UH, BEN IS WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH BOYS' REPUBLIC, AND WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAYBE ACQUIRE THAT PIECE OF LAND THERE SO WE COULD BUILD OUR PLANT RIGHT THERE AT THE BOOSTER UNITED STATION.
UM, SO THERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF IT, AND YOU CAN SEE THE TREES THERE ON THE SIDE, UM, AND THAT'S OWNED BY THE BOYS' REPUBLIC.
AND THIS NEXT SLIDE WOULD INDICATE, UM, WHERE THE TRAINS WOULD GO, UH, IN RELATIONSHIP TO THAT PROPERTY.
SO, MARK, THE TWO CHOICES THAT CITIES OR OUR CITY HAS IS EITHER WE DON'T USE THE WELLS AT EVER AGAIN, OR WE TAKE THE CHEMICAL OUT OF IT AND THEREBY HAVING TO BUILD THIS PLANT AND WITHOUT GETTING ANY, UM, SUBSIDY FROM THE STATE TO DO ALL THIS, THERE ARE GRANTS THAT I HAVE APPLIED FOR.
I MISSED THE LAST, A REVOLVING FUND GRANT BECAUSE WE DIDN'T REALLY HAVE EVERYTHING NAILED DOWN THAT WE NEED TO, BUT THERE ARE GRANTS AVAILABLE.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S OTHER OPTIONS TOO, THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER.
AND OTHER CITIES ARE ALSO PURSUING SIMILAR SOLUTIONS TO TREATING THEIR WATER.
IN FACT, THE CITY OF CHINO, THEY, THEY WERE ABLE TO FAST TRACK THEIR PLANT.
UM, AND THEY ARE, THEY JUST HAD IT BUILT WITHIN THE LAST YEAR.
AND, UH, IT'S SEEMS TO BE WORKING.
IT'S, IT'S VERY LABOR INTENSIVE.
I THINK THEY'RE STILL WORKING THE BUGS OUT OF IT, BUT, UH, UM, IT'S A VERY LABOR INTENSIVE PLANT.
UM, AND THE, UH, AMOUNT OF JUST A WATER DISTRICT IS ALSO GOING TO BE BUILDING, UH, PLANTS, UH, LIKE THIS ONE.
THIS BRINGS ME TO CONSTITUENTS OF EMERGING CONCERN.
SO ON THE UCMR THREE, THE SAME LIST THAT THE, THE TCP WAS ON.
THERE'S MORE CONSTITUENTS ON THERE THAT ARE GOING TO BE REARING THEIR UGLY HEAD IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
AND THEY'RE CALLED PER, UH, PER FLOOR PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID AND PER FLORAL OCTANE SOL PHONIC ACID.
I'M SORRY, WHAT WAS THAT? CAN YOU REPEAT THAT? YOU'RE GOING TO BE THOSE AS PFF.
UH, THESE, THESE TWO P TO P UH, CHEMICALS ARE, AND THERE'S, THAT'S JUST TWO OUT OF A LIST OF 16.
I MEAN, THERE'S, THERE'S A TON OF THESE THINGS.
UM, THEY HAVE BEEN USED EXTENSIVELY IN CONSUMER PRODUCTS, SUCH AS CARPET, UH, CLOTHING, FABRICS, UH, UM, THEY ARE GOOD FOR STAIN RESISTANT.
YOU MAY KNOW IT AS, UH, MORE LIKE, UH, THE, UH, NAME OF TEFLON.
THEY USED THESE PFO AND PFO SS.
UM, SO THEY THINK THAT THESE, UH, PFS AND PFS IS IN FACT, THERE ARE CERTAIN THAT THESE THINGS WILL CAUSE REPRODUCTIVE PROBLEMS AND, UM, ALL KINDS OF CANCERS, ALL KINDS OF NASTY STUFF.
UM, SO AFTER AN INDEPENDENT REVIEW, THEY TOOK ALL THAT INFORMATION THAT THE WATER DISTRICTS WERE PROVIDING.
THE UCMR PUT ALL THE INFORMATION AND DATA, AND THEY CAME UP WITH A WHAT'S CALLED A NOTIFICATION LIMIT, AND THEY ARE PUTTING THESE NOTIFICATION LIMITS FOR PFAS AND PFS IS AT 6.5 MICROGRAMS PER LITER.
WHEN I SAY MICROGRAMS PER LITER, I'M TALKING ABOUT PARTS PER TRILLION.
AND YES, SIR, NO OTHER THAN THE, YOU MIGHT BE GETTING TO IT.
BUT OTHER THAN THAT, TCP ONE THROUGH ONE, TWO, THREE, WILL OUR NEW FILTERING SYSTEM BE ABLE TO PULL THESE TYPES OF THINGS OUT AND OTHER THINGS ON THE POTENTIAL LIST.
IT ANSWERED IT TO YOUR TEACHER TO YOUR QUESTION.
THAT WAS PART OF, OF, UH, WHEN WE HAD OUR, UH, UM, WHEN WE DID THE STUDY FOR WHAT TYPE OF CONTAMINANTS THAT WE WOULD NEED TO BE TAKING OUT, UM, THE TREATMENT PATH THAT WE'RE GONNA GOING TO BUILD, OR WE WOULD LIKE TO BUILD IS, UH, IT WILL ALSO TAKE OUT OUT THIS AS WELL.
UH, SO WE, WE GOT KIND OF LUCKY WITH THAT ONE.
UM, SO I WAS TRYING TO GET MY HEAD AROUND THIS NUMBER, THIS 6.5 OR THIS FIVE PARTS PER TRILLION NUMBER, BECAUSE IT IT'S SO SMALL TO ME.
SO I LOOKED AROUND AND I FOUND A, UH, AN ANALOGY.
AND SO I HOPE THIS JUST MAKES SENSE TO YOU.
SO FIVE PARTS PER TRILLION, THE ANALOGY THAT I FOUND WAS IF WE TOOK THE ROSE BALL, LET'S SAY IT HELD WATER, AND WE WERE TO FILL THE ROSE BOWL TO THE TOP WITH WATER.
AND THEN WE WERE TAKE AN EYEDROPPER AND DROP FIVE DROPS OF WHATEVER WAS IN THAT EYEDROPPER.
AND IN THAT WATER, THAT'S FIVE PARTS PER TRILLION.
SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN INCREDIBLY SMALL NUMBER THAT, I MEAN, IT DEVASTATES US AND
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IT JUST, JUST IT, AND THERE'S NO WAY THE STATE SAYS WE CAN'T BLEND IT.AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW IF THERE'S ENOUGH WATER THAT WE, EVEN IF WE HAD IT, WE COULD BLEND IT DOWN TO THESE NUMBERS.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE LAST BULLET POINT THERE, UM, ON NETFLIX, THERE'S THE DOCUMENTARY CALLED A DEVIL.
WE KNOW, AND IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO WATCH THIS, THIS TELLS YOU THE HISTORY OF THIS CHEMICAL HERE, UM, PFS AND PFS IS, AND IT'S, IT'S ABOUT THE, UH, THE DUPONT COMPANY AND IT'S FANTASTIC.
AND THEY MADE A MOVIE ABOUT, ABOUT IT'S CALLED, UH, UH, DARK WATERS.
AND SO IF YOU HAVE A CHANCE TO CATCH THAT, UH, DOCUMENTARY, UH, IT WILL, YOU KNOW, EXPAND YOUR KNOWLEDGE ON, ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT.
SO THAT'S OUR GROUNDWATER BY PROMISE THAT, UH, REST OF THIS WILL MOVE VERY QUICKLY.
SO BACK IN JULY OF 98, WE ENTERED INTO AGREEMENT WITH MONTEVISTA TO PURCHASE WATER FROM THEM.
UM, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE AGREEMENT, UH, MONTEVISTA AGREED TO PROVIDE US WITH UP TO 20.2, 2 MILLION GALLONS, A DAY OF WATER, UM, WHICH IS SIGNIFICANT.
UM, AND I'M HAPPY TO SAY SINCE THOSE TIMES WE DON'T USE NEAR THAT MUCH OF WATER DAILY.
WE ONLY USE ABOUT 12 ON AVERAGE, UM, THE MONTEVISTA AGREEMENT, UH, RENEWS AUTOMATICALLY EACH YEAR, UM, IN FISCAL YEAR 18, 19, THE CITY PURCHASED AN AVERAGE OF 4.4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY UNDER THE MONTEVISTA AGREEMENT, UM, FOR ABOUT 5,000, A LITTLE SHY OF 5,000 ACRE FEET.
UM, MONTEVISTA ALSO HAS A WELL, AND THAT WE'RE JOINT OWNERS WITH, AND THEY'LL PUMP OUR, UH, OUR GROUNDWATER RIGHTS OUT OF THAT.
WELL, UM, FOR US, WE JUST PAY FOR THE MAINTENANCE MARK.
WASN'T ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE RE HAVE REDUCED THE AMOUNT OF WATER POTABLE WATER THAT WE USE AND NEED FOR OUR CITY IS THE FACT THAT THE CITY IN THE PAST HAS BEEN THE LARGEST USER OF WATER.
AND WHEN WE STARTED CHANGING OVER OUR IRRIGATION OF LANDSCAPING TO, UH, UH, RECYCLED WATER, THAT WE BASICALLY FREED UP THE AMOUNT OF WATER THAT IS AVAILABLE FOR POTABLE USE, AND THEREFORE WE REDUCED GREATLY THE NUMBER OF ACRE FEET OR MILLION GALLONS PER DAY THAT THE CITY NEEDS TO BUY.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS ABSOLUTELY 100% CORRECT.
AND WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT THAT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, AND I'M SURE YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TO TACK ONTO THAT, CAUSE THAT'S A, THAT'S A SIGNIFICANT POINT.
UM, SO THIS IS, UH, A LITTLE MAP OF MONTEVISTA WATER DISTRICT AND WHERE WE GET OUR WATER.
IT'S KIND OF TOP HEAVY WORD WAY DOWN AT THE BOTTOM, BUT, UH, THEY HAVE TWO PIPELINES, UH, WENT ON RAMONA AVENUE AND ONE ON EAST AVENUE.
AND THOSE ARE THE TWO PIPELINES THAT, UH, SERVICE, UH, UH, THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND, UM, ALSO WATER IMPORTED WATER FROM THE WFA, THE WATER FACILITIES AUTHORITY THAT'S LOCATED UP IN UPLAND, CALIFORNIA.
THAT WATER ALSO COMES DOWN THROUGH THOSE PIPELINES, UH, WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY.
UH, THIS IS A CITY OWNED, UH, UH, THE CITY JOINED THE WFA, WHICH IS A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY.
UM, AND THEY, US WITH THE OTHER FIVE AGENCIES THAT I MENTIONED, WE ALL BUILT THAT PLANT.
UM, AND, UH, WE HAVE AN ALLOCATION OR WE HAVE A RIGHT TO UP TO A 12.7, 2 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
THAT'S OUR SHARE OF THAT PIE, WHICH IS QUITE A LOT.
IT'S ONE OF OUR MORE EXPENSIVE SOURCES, BUT, UM, I TRY TO USE, I TRY TO USE ABOUT THREE TO 4,000 ACRE FEET A YEAR FROM THE WFA.
AND THE REASON I DO THAT, PEOPLE ASK WHY, BECAUSE IT'S OUR MOST EXPENSIVE WATER, BUT OUR, OUR ALLOCATION OR OUR ALLOTMENT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS BASED ON A 10 YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.
AND IF WE HAVE A CONDITION LIKE WE DO NOW, OR WE GO INTO A DROUGHT, UM, AND THEY START TO CURTAIL THAT A LOT, IT'S BASED THAT THAT CURTAILMENT IS BASED ON A 10 YEAR ROLLING AVERAGE.
SO I TRY TO KEEP OUR EVEN GO, IT IS EXPENSIVE.
I TRY TO USE, UM, ENOUGH THAT IF WE WERE HIT WITH A CURTAILMENT AND SOME OF OUR OTHER SOURCES WEREN'T AVAILABLE, WE WOULD NOT BE HIT HARD.
SO EVEN THOUGH IT IS EXPENSIVE, WE STILL NEED TO USE THAT, THAT WATER.
DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? SEE THE USE OF ELICIT WELL, THE ALLOTMENT EACH YEAR, OR POTENTIALLY WE COULD LOSE IT.
SO METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT SETS THE RATES
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FOR THAT.AND THEN THERE'S A FEE FOR TREATMENT ALSO BEFORE HE SHIPPED TO US, WE HAVE HAD TO TREAT THAT WATER.
SO THAT WATER COMES FROM THE STATE WATER PROJECT STARTS UP IN OROVILLE, COMES DOWN, THE AQUEDUCT WINDS UP IN SILVER, WOODLAKE COMES DOWN DEVIL'S CANYON.
AND THEN, UM, THE, THAT THE WFA IS SITS ARE RIGHT ON TOP OF THE RAIL OF FEEDER, WHICH RIDING RUNS ABOUT 19TH STREET AND THEY GET THEIR WATER RIGHT THERE, RIGHT INTO THAT PIPELINE.
UM, AND SO THAT'S, THAT'S A PICTURE OF IT OVER THERE AND UPLAND.
AND, UH, SO WE PERSONALLY AN AVERAGE OF ONE AND A HALF MILLION GALLONS A DAY FROM WFA 1700 ACRE FEET FOR THE YEAR.
IF, YOU KNOW, BASED ON THE SALTER AUTHORITY, UM, THIS IS, UH, UH, WE HAVE A LITTLE, WHAT'S CALLED A LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THEM AND WE ARE, UH, UM, WE ARE GUARANTEED 4,200 ACRE FEET A YEAR, UH, FROM THE, UH, THE CCDA, WHICH IS ABOUT A ONE THIRD OF OUR TOTAL PORTFOLIO AND WHERE, WHERE THAT WATER HAPPENS TO COME INTO THE, UH, UH, CITY THAT MAINLY SERVES, UH, FROM BELL SOCO CANYON ON SOUTH, IN, IN THE, UH, BUTTERFIELD RANCH AREA.
BUT WE DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO MOVE IT TO THE NORTH END IF, IF WE NEED TO.
SO WE PROBABLY GET ABOUT, UH, ABOUT ALMOST 4 MILLION GALLONS A DAY.
SO WE HAVE THE PUMPING STATIONS IN PLACE THAT CAN MOVE IT TO THE NORTH PART OF THE CITY.
UM, SO THE MEMORY AGENCIES OF THE CDA OR CHINO CHINO HILLS, ONTARIO NORCO IUA THROUGH COMMUNITY SERVICES, DISTRICT, SANTA ANA RIVER WATER COMPANY, AND WESTERN BEAUTY, A WATER DISTRICT IN RIVERSIDE.
SO WE ALL OWN A LITTLE BIT OF THAT.
UM, AND THEN ARE YOU A RECYCLED WATER, AS YOU WERE MENTIONING THERE? UM, SO RECYCLED WATER FROM THE IUI.
THIS IS THE, THIS IS OUR ENTITLEMENT IS BASED ON A PERCENTAGE OF THE, UH, OF THE SEWAGE THAT WE SEND THEM.
UH, SO WE HAVE A BASE ENTITLEMENT OF ABOUT 5,000 ACRE FEET, A YEAR OF RECYCLED WATER.
UM, SO LAST YEAR WE USED APPROXIMATELY, UH, INTO A RECORD USED, UH, WE USED ABOUT 1400 ACRE FEET.
THAT MEANS THE, UH, GOLF CART GOLF COURSES, UH, THAT THE PARKS, THE MEDIANS, UM, ANY PLACE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO GET ON THE ALIGNMENT OF THAT PIPELINE, UM, WHERE IT COMES DOWN, WE, WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE, THOSE, THOSE, UH, BUSINESSES AND PARKS.
WE WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE, UH, THINGS ON RECYCLED WATER.
UH, THE OTHER 1200 ACRE FEET IS, UH, UH, USED FOR GROUNDWATER RECHARGE, WHICH LEAVES ABOUT, I DON'T KNOW, ABOUT ANOTHER 1200 ACRE FEET ON THE TABLE.
UM, WE, WE ARE TRYING TO BROKER A DEAL RIGHT NOW WITH THE CITY OF CHINO TO SEE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THAT USE OR TAKE THAT EXTRA.
UM, SO THAT, THAT THAT'S IN THE WORKS RIGHT NOW, BUT, UM, I HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF LUCK WITH THEM AS OF LATE, BUT I'M WORKING ON IT.
THE REAL ISSUE HERE WITH RECYCLED IS WE'D USE MORE IF WE HAD THE PUMPING STATIONS AND THE ABILITY TO GET IT TO SOME OF THESE OTHER AREAS, CORRECT.
BECAUSE THE VAST MAJORITY OF THIS I'M ASSUMING IS PRETTY MUCH GRAVITY FED WELL OR FLOW PARTIALLY, RIGHT.
AT LEAST WE'RE, WE'RE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BASIN WITHOUT UA.
SO EVERY OTHER PLACE THAT, THAT USES IT, ONTARIO UPLAND, SHE, AND SHE KNOWS IT HAS TO BE, OR, UH, UH, CUCAMONGA VALLEY HAS TO BE PUMPED.
YOU FONTANA HERE, IT JUST COMES AS IT COMES OUT.
WE HAVE A BIG RESERVOIR RIGHT.
OVER HERE ON EUCALYPTUS THAT IUI BUILT.
SO YEAH, WE WERE LIKE THE FIRST STEP IN THE, IN THE CHAIN, YOU GET THAT WATER MUCH PIPING THAT'S ONE OF THE
AND, UM, ANOTHER THING THAT THAT KIND OF DOES IS, IS, UH, KIND OF HURTS US WITH THIS IS, IS BACK IN 2018 IN JANUARY OF 2018, IUA DECIDED THAT THEY WERE GOING TO PUT, UM, UH, AN ACTION FEE ON TOP OF THEIR CHARGES.
SO PRIOR TO THAT, WHEN WE WERE TRYING TO GET EVERYBODY ON, UM, AND, UM, YOU MENTIONED THIS A MINUTE, UH, PROVIDE A PEER ON PAID AND THERE WAS A COUPLE OF CHURCHES AND WE ACTUALLY INSTALLED A PIECE OF PIPELINES.
WE GET TO THESE, UH, UH, CHURCHES AND SCHOOLS ON IT.
THEY WEREN'T CHARGING A CONNECTION FEE.
AND WE, I, I, I BELIEVE WE WAIVED OURS, IF THEY WOULD GO ON TO RECYCLE WATER THAT WOULD FREE UP MORE WATER FOR OUR OTHER RESIDENTS.
UM, WE WOULD WAIVE THE FEE, WAIVE OUR FEE AND WE'D, SO WE WOULD GET THESE, THESE, UH, OTHER CHURCHES,
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SCHOOLS, BUSINESSES ON RECYCLED WATER.BUT, UM, I UA HAS, UH, HAS ENACTED A, UH, AN ACTION FEE, WHICH MAKES IT REALLY, REALLY QUITE EXPENSIVE IN RECOVERY.
AND THE COST OF RECYCLED WATER IS NOT GOING DOWN.
WE KIND OF LOST OUR LEVERAGE SOME MARKETS IT'S STILL CHEAPER THAN POTABLE WATER, JUST, YEAH, JUST A LITTLE BIT.
AND THIS IS THE PURPLE PIPE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, RIGHT? YEP, EXACTLY.
UM, SO, UM, OUR PERSON IN RECENT YEARS, 2011 TO PRESENT, UH, WE HAVE, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 1700, HUNDRED ACRE FEET A YEAR OF RECYCLED WATER, THAT NUMBER, UM, AGAIN, THAT'S DEATH, AN AVERAGE WHEN THE BLOT WEALTH COURSE WENT OFFLINE, IT, UH, WE, WE TOOK A HIT ON THAT.
WE DIDN'T USE NEAR AS MUCH, UM, WHEN I UAA EXPANDED THEIR STORAGE AND DELIVERY FACILITIES OVER HERE, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO ADD THIS BUILDING, UM, THAT THE, THE PARKS AND THE SHOPS, WE WERE ABLE TO INSTALL A PIPELINE AND WE ADDED ALL THESE, UH, UH, SPOTS ONTO THE, UH, ON, UH, ON THE RECYCLE LINE.
AND THAT WAS PRIOR TO THE, UH, THAT CONNECTION FEE.
SO THAT WAS, UH, UH, A REALLY GREAT THING Y'ALL DID GETTING THAT DONE.
UM, SO THE EXPANSION CAPTURED, UH, THE COMMUNITY PARK, RUBIN SIL, A HIGH SCHOOL MCCOY QUESTIONING CENTER, COMMUNITY AND GOVERNMENT CENTERS AND THE SHOPS.
UM, AND SO WITH US PUTTING THAT IN THAT FREED UP, JUST THIS AREA, FREED UP ABOUT A HUNDRED ACRE FEET, A YEAR OF, UH, WATER AND STUFF.
THIS IS JUST OUR EXISTING FACILITIES, JUST FOR YOUR INFORMATION.
WE HAVE 18 STORAGE RESERVOIRS IN THE CITY, RAGING FROM A QUARTER OF A MILLION GALLONS TO ABOUT 5 MILLION GALLONS AS OUR LARGEST TANK, OUR COMBINED CAPACITY FOR ALL OUR, ALL OF OUR TANKS IS ABOUT 40 MILLION GALLONS OF STORAGE.
UM, WE HAVE 10 ACTIVE, UH, UH, CAMPING FACILITIES THAT ALLOWS US TO MOVE WATER AND FIVE HYDRO PNEUMATIC STATIONS WITH WHICH, UH, COUNCILMAN ROGERS IS VERY FAMILIAR WITH.
UNFORTUNATELY, UM, WE HAVE ABOUT 300 MILES OF WATER PIPELINES, UH, VARY IN SIZE FROM TWO TO 42 INCHES, AND WE HAVE FOUR ZONES.
AND I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT MIGHT HAVE POPPED UP.
PETER, YOU ARE A RESIDENT EXPERT.
ANY QUESTIONS? NO, JUST A COMMENT.
HENCE, WHY WATER IS SO EXPENSIVE? YEAH, THAT IS WHY WE, WE ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR WATER SYSTEM COMPARED TO MANY OTHER CITIES.
AND A LOT OF IT IS MONEY THAT HAS COME OUT OF OUR WATER BUDGET TO REPAIR UNDERLYING UNDERGROUND PIPING, ET CETERA.
BUT WE'RE VERY FORTUNATE ALONG WITH CHINO AND MANY OF THE OTHER LOCALS TO HAVE SO MUCH WATER, AS LONG AS WE MANAGE IT PROPERLY, BUT IT COSTS SO MUCH MONEY.
JUST THE WATER PART, MUCH LESS INFRASTRUCTURE MARK'S TALKING ABOUT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE COST OF THIS PROPOSED PROJECT MAY BE, BUT THAT'S JUST ONE SMALL ELEMENT TO FILTER THE WATER, TO ALLOW US TO PULL IT OUT OF THE GROUND LOCALLY.
SO I THINK, UH, I THINK WE DO AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND WE'VE BEEN WANTING TO GO IN DEPTH WITH THIS TYPE.
WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS FOR YEARS.
WE TALK ABOUT WATER, BUT WE HAVEN'T DONE A TRUE EDUCATION AND WE MAY WANT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS AGAIN, OR, OR AT LEAST BROADCAST THIS FOR EDUCATION PURPOSES.
SO A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS DON'T ARE NOT MISTAKEN IN HOW THEY CRITICIZE, UH, HOW EXPENSIVE WATER IS UNTIL YOU FIND OUT JUST THE COST OF WATER.
I THINK THIS HAS SERVED WELL AS A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT BECAUSE OUR, OUR RESIDENTS WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE WATER RATE INCREASES THAT WE'VE HAD.
THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELLS SHUT DOWNS AND WHETHER OR NOT THE DRINKING WATER IS SAFE.
AND HOPEFULLY IF THEY'VE TAKEN THE TIME TO LISTEN IN ON THIS CALL AND WE'LL FOLLOW IT UP ON THE WEBSITE OF THE CITY WEBSITE SITE, THEY WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT THEIR WATER IS SAFE.
AND WE ARE DOING A VERY GOOD JOB OF TRYING TO KEEP THE COSTS DOWN AND THAT WE ARE USING THE WATER AS AN, A VERY CHERISHED, UH, RESOURCE, UH, NOT ONLY STATEWIDE, BUT IN OUR CITY AND THAT WE'RE TAKING EVERY MEASURE TO TRY AND SAFEGUARD IT AND USE IT JUDICIOUSLY AND KEEP US OUT OF THOSE DROUGHT SITUATIONS WHERE PEOPLE HAVE TO LIMIT THE NUMBER OF SHOWERS THEY TAKE, WHICH THEY SHOULD BE DOING.
UH, CYNTHIA, DID YOU HAVE A FOLLOW UP TO PETER'S COMMENT ABOUT THE EXPENSE? I KNOW SEVERAL OF US HAVE WENT ON THE STATE WATER PROJECT TOUR AND HOOVER DAM.
AND WHEN YOU GO ON THAT TOUR AND YOU SEE THE PATH THAT WATER HAS TRAVELED TO COME
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TO LIKE YOUR GLASS IN CHINO HILLS, IT'S, IT'S AMAZING.AND I KNOW FOR ME, WHEN YOU PAY YOUR WATER BILL, I MEAN, IT MAY SEEM LIKE A LOT, BUT IT PALES IN COMPARISON TO WHAT IS BEING DONE TO GET THAT WATER TO US.
AND I THINK, UM, METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT DOES A GOOD JOB AT GETTING ON THAT TOUR BECAUSE WE'VE, WE SEE WHERE IT COMES FROM AND HOW IT, YOU KNOW, HOW IT'S GOTTEN TO US.
SO I KNOW THAT WATER IS A TOUCHY SUBJECT IN THIS TOWN, BUT I CAN SAY FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE ON THAT TOUR AND A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT APPEAR THAT, YOU KNOW, FOR WHAT WE GET AND WHAT IT'S BEEN THROUGH, IT'S LIKE, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S STILL A BARGAIN.
I'VE GOT A QUESTION TO ASK, FIRST OF ALL, THE COSTS, ONCE WE SHUT DOWN THE WELLS, WE HAD TO BUY WATER TO BASE DOG FOR THAT WATER.
CAN THAT COST THE CITY, I THINK BACK IN 2017, ABOUT A MILLION DOLLARS.
AND SO ONCE THOSE WELLS GO BACK ON SERVICE, ONCE WE CLEAN THE WATER, WE HAVE A COST SAVINGS ONCE WE PAID FOR THE FILTER.
SO, SO, SO FOR PUMPING ABOUT 3000 ACRE FEET A YEAR, WE READ THAT THAT'S 3000 ACRE FEET THAT WE WON'T HAVE TO BUY.
IT JUST A TOUCH ON YOUR POINT TOO.
YOU JUST MADE, UM, OUR TIER ONE RATE IS $2 AND 61 CENTS.
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE CHARGED $2 AND 61 CENTS A UNIT AND A UNIT IS 740 YEARS IN GALLONS.
SO IF YOU GO TO SEDER BROTHERS, I SEE PEOPLE BUYING GALLON JUGS FOR A BUCK 50.
SO WE WILL SELL YOU 750 GALLONS.
WE'LL DELIVER IT TO YOUR HOUSE.
AND IT MEANS STATE AND FEDERAL DRINKING WATER STANDARDS.
WHEREAS THAT WATER MEETS FDA STANDARDS THAT YOU PURCHASE IN A STORE.
WE COULDN'T PUT THAT WATER IN OUR PIPELINE BECAUSE IT DOESN'T MEET OUR STRINGENT STANDARDS THAT WE HERE HAVE HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO, I MEAN, THAT'S A REALLY GOOD, A GOOD POINT BIG TIME.
BUT TO YOUR POINT, RAY, THOUGH, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE WELL IT'S SHUTTING DOWN, WHAT, I DON'T THINK WE HAD ANY OTHER CHOICE, BUT TO DEACTIVATE THOSE WELLS THAT WAS GOING TO INCUR COSTS, WE HAD NO OTHER CHOICE.
BASICALLY THERE WAS A COST TO THE CITY WHEN WE DID THAT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
SO ONCE WE START USING THE WELL, WATER WILL BE A COST SAVINGS TO YES, AND MANY OTHER AGENCIES FACE THAT SAME COST BURDEN THAT WAS FOISTED UPON THEM ALSO.
MARK, TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE QUALITY OF WATER TO GET IN A BOTTLE IN A BOTTLE OF WATER THAT YOU BUY, TYPICALLY THOSE THAT BOTTLED WATER ONLY GOES THROUGH REVERSE OSMOSIS, CORRECT? SO IT DOESN'T NEAR IT'S WATER FROM A CITY SOURCE THAT IS RUN THROUGH.
I MEAN, I WORKED FOR COCA COLA FOR AWHILE, AND I WENT THROUGH THOSE PLANTS AND THIS IS NOT THE BAD MOUTHING.
AND THE REALITY IS THEY TAKE THE CITY WATER, RUN THROUGH REVERSE OSMOSIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT GOES IN YOUR, YOUR BOTTLE OF WATER.
AND I THINK MOST, ALL BOTTLED WATER IS THE SAME WAY.
SO WHAT WE'RE BEING REQUIRED TO DO NOW, BECAUSE THE STATE EDICT IS BASICALLY NOT DELIVER WATER TO OUR RESIDENTS THAT IS ANYWHERE NEAR AS DIRTY AS A BOTTLE OF WATER THEY'RE BUYING AND DRINKING BECAUSE THEY'RE AFRAID TO DRINK IT OUT OF THE TAP.
SO IT'S, IT'S KIND OF COMES FROM THE SAME SOURCE.
SO, UM, ALSO WHAT, WHAT THEY DO TOO, IS THEY ALSO RUN IT THROUGH A CHARCOAL FILTER TO TAKE THE CHLORINE OUT.
SO WE HAVE TO LEAVE A LITTLE BIT OF CORN IN OUR WATER BECAUSE WE HAVE TO GUARANTEE THE BACTERIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF THE WATER TO THE TAP.
SO WE HAVE TO HAVE SOMETHING IN THERE TO MEASURE.
SO IF WE DIDN'T HAVE ANY CORN, IF I WENT TO YOUR HOUSE AND I TOOK A, UH, A SAMPLE, I DIDN'T HAVE ANY, UH, CHLORINE RESIDUAL IN IT'S VERY, VERY LOW.
BUT IF I DIDN'T HAVE THAT, THAT WOULD BE INDICATIVE OF CONTAMINATION IN THE SYSTEM.
AND THEN, UM, THAT WOULD BE BAD.
SO THAT'S WHY WE COORDINATE THE WATER, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HYPERSENSITIVE TO THE POINT I'M NOT, BUT IF YOU TAKE A CHARCOAL FILTER AND POUR OUR TAP WATER THROUGH THE CHARCOAL FILTER TAKES POURING OUT BAD.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT LIKE PURE, YOU CAN BUY THESE PURE.
WE USE THAT FOR MOST, EVERY PERSONAL USE AND IT'S TAP WATER GOING THROUGH BRITTA AND IT JUST FURTHER SCOPES THAT'S RIGHT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WITH THE REFRIGERATOR? JUST ONE QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW IN THE PAST WE'VE HEARD, HEY, CHINO HILLS IS BUILT OUT.
OH MY GOSH, ALL THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN.
THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF EXCESS CAPACITY IN OUR CITY SYSTEM.
YOU ARE YOU AND YOUR, YOUR PREDECESSORS ON THE COUNCIL DESIGNED REDUNDANCY AND RELIABILITY INTO THE SYSTEM.
ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I KNOW IT WAS A DIFFICULT FOUND PRESENTATION YOU HAVE TO MAKE, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH.
YOU'RE MOVING BACK TO WHAT I SAID BEFORE THIS PRESENTATION.
AND I APOLOGIZE BECAUSE THE POWERPOINT IS WHAT WE GOT HANDED RIGHT BEFORE THE MEETING.
AND THAT'S WHERE I LOST MY PLACE.
[ ANNOUNCEMENT OF ACTION TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION]
HAVE ANY ACTION THAT WAS TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION? NO, THERE IS NO ACTION TO REPORT.AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO INTERJECT BECAUSE WE'RE ABOUT TO BEGIN PUBLIC COMMENT THAT PEOPLE SHOULD REFRAIN
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FROM MAKING STATEMENTS ADVOCATING FOR POLITICAL CANDIDATES OR BALLOT MEASURES.THIS IS A COUNCIL MEETING AND SUCH MATTERS ARE OUTSIDE THE JURISDICTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
[10. 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. ]
WOULD YOU LIKE TO READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES.NOW IS THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS AT THIS TIME, MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC MAY ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY ITEMS WITHIN THE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION OF THE COUNCIL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER SPEAKER.
IF YOU WISH TO MAKE A COMMENT, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND IN THE ZOOM APPLICATION AND YOU WILL BE CALLED UPON WHEN IT IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK, TO RAISE YOUR HAND FROM A PHONE DIAL STAR NINE.
YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT TO SPEAK.
AND AGAIN, WHEN TIME HAS ELAPSED, ALL CALLS WILL BE MUTED AFTER THE TIME HAS EXPIRED.
AND PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME FOR THE RECORD BEFORE BEGINNING YOUR COMMENTS.
I DO HAVE SOME WRITTEN COMMENTS, BUT I'LL HOLD THOSE TO THE END OF THE PUBLIC COMMENTS.
SO WHO IS OUR FIRST PUBLIC COMICS? OUR FIRST COMMENT IS ZEB.
HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? I'M DOING GREAT.
MY NAME IS CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
YOU CAN HEAR ME? YES, YES CAN.
WELL, THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT WITH YOU ALL TODAY.
I JUST WANTED TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT SOME CHAMBER HAPPENINGS THAT ARE COMING UP.
UM, WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS WEBINARS THAT IS HAPPENING TOMORROW.
UH, THURSDAY FROM 1130 TO ONE, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN EMPIRE CHAMBER ALLIANCE.
WHO'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE PROPOSITIONS.
I'M NOT GOING TO ADVOCATE FOR ANY OF THEM, BUT HE'S GOING TO TALK ABOUT THOSE AT OUR PIZZA AND POLITICS MEETING ON THURSDAY.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN HOW BUSINESSES WILL BE IMPACTED BY THE PROPOSITIONS THAT ARE ON THE BALLOT, IT WOULD BE A GOOD THING TO ATTEND.
SO I ENCOURAGE ALL BUSINESS OWNERS TO TRY AND MAKE THAT ONE THURSDAY FROM 1130 TO ONE, UH, WE'RE PLANNING A DOCTRINE.
SO THE CHAMBER IS HOSTING A DOCTOR'S APPOINTMENT ON MONDAY AND NEXT WEEK.
UH, WE ARE SOLD OUT SO WE CAN'T TAKE ANY MORE GOLFERS.
SO WE STILL HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY SPONSORS TO SIGN UP AND GET T SIGNS.
SO THE THING IS YOU JUST HAVE TO EMAIL ME.
SO IF YOU'RE INTERESTED IN BECOMING A SPONSOR FOR THE GOLF TOURNAMENT AND SEND ME AN EMAIL, I'LL MAKE SURE YOU CAN SUPPORT IT THAT WAY.
ALSO WE'RE ACCEPTING DONATIONS STILL.
WE'RE GOING TO HAVE, YOU KNOW, A RAFFLE AND AUCTION FOR THE GOLF TOURNAMENT.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SUPPORT BUSINESS, YOU KNOW, THE GOLF TOURNAMENT IS SUPPORTING OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WHO'S GONE THROUGH A LOT OVER THE LAST SIX MONTHS.
AND SO THIS IS A WAY TO HELP US RAISE FUNDS SO THAT WE CAN KEEP DOING THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES.
UH, AND THEN LASTLY, I WANT TO TALK ABOUT OUR CANDIDATE FORUMS. SO WE HAVE THREE CANDIDATE FORUMS THAT ARE COMING UP.
WE THINK IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR OUR COMMUNITY AT LARGE, TO BE AWARE OF THE POSITIONS OF THE CANDIDATES WHO ARE RUNNING FOR OFFICE FOR THE CITY OF JEANS, FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS AND FOR THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL BOARD.
WE'RE ALSO DOING ONE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO.
UH, SO, SO THOSE ARE THE THREE THAT WE'RE DOING.
THE ONE FOR THE CHINO HILLS CANDIDATE FORM IS GOING TO BE ON A TONE, PUBLIC FIT.
WE'RE GOING TO BE FROM SEVEN TO EIGHT 30, WE ARE GOING TO RECORD IT.
SO IT'S NOT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
LIKE WE WOULD HAVE BEEN IN YEARS PAST, BUT WE ARE GOING TO RECORD IT.
WE'RE GOING TO SHARE IT ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE'RE GOING TO PUT IT ON OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
WE'RE GOING TO SEND OUT TO OUR EMAIL SYSTEM.
THAT'S ALSO GOING TO GO UP ON THE CHANNEL THREE NEWS STATION THREE AND 41 FOR OUR LOCAL CABLE COMPANIES.
WE'RE ALSO DOING THE SCHOOL BOARD FORUM.
THAT ONE IS GOING TO BE ON OCTOBER 8TH, THAT ONE'S GOING TO BE ON ZOOM.
WE'RE GOING TO POST THAT ONE LIVE, UH, THROUGH OUR PLATFORMS, LIVE, UH, ZOOM AND IT'LL BE LIVE THROUGH FACEBOOK LIVE.
AND THEN WE'LL ALSO SHARE THAT, UH HUH.
ALSO SHARE THAT WITH THE CHANNEL THREE AS WELL.
SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE HAVE COMING UP FROM THE CHAMBER.
UH, AND I JUST WANT TO KIND OF HIGHLIGHT OUR BUSINESSES.
YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR BUSINESS HAS BEEN THROUGH A LOT AND WE'RE THERE, IT'S KIND OF MIND BLOWING HOW SUPPORTIVE THEY'VE BEEN OF LIKE OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT.
AS EXAMPLE, EVEN THOUGH THESE BUSINESSES ARE FACING CHALLENGES, THEY'RE STILL STEPPING UP TO SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
SO IF YOU ARE A BUSINESS AND EVERYTHING QUESTION, HOW WOULD SOMEBODY, UH, LINK OR GET LINKED INTO THAT WEBINAR? DEALING WITH THE CALIFORNIA PROPOSITIONS ON THURSDAY FROM 1130 TO ONE, WE DID POST THE INFORMATION ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE POSTED ON OUR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNTS.
WE SENT IT OUT THROUGH OUR EMAIL SYSTEM AND IT'S ON IT AND IT SHOULDN'T BE ON OUR WEBSITE.
SO ANY ONE OF THOSE PLACES I WOULD GO TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE.
WE JUST, I SHARED A FLYER THAT HAS ALL THE DETAILS ABOUT IT ON FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, AND OUR, AND OUR EMAIL.
WITH 12 PROPOSITIONS, THAT'LL BE A GOOD WAY FOR PEOPLE TO HEAR WHAT THEY'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON IT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH UNLESS YOU HAVE ANYTHING ELSE THAT I KNOW.
NEXT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LISTED AS
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PAUL SWIM.I'M A RESIDENT ON HIGH RIDGE DRIVE IN THE GRAND POINT COMMUNITY ON MAGIC.
AND GRAND AVENUE AND, UM, UH, ASKING WHY OUR COMMUNITY WAS ASSESSED.
THE CHINO HILLS CFD IN THE AMOUNT OF $611 AND 73 CENTS.
I CONTACTED THE CITY MANAGER AND ASKED WHY OUR STREETS ARE NOT BEING UNPAVED AS ALL THE OTHER RESIDENTIAL STREETS IN THE CITY ARE BEING PAVED.
SO MY QUESTION IS, IS EITHER WE WOULD LIKE A REFUND OF THAT, OR WE WOULD LIKE OUR STREET PAVED.
AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, WE CANNOT ACT ON OR COMMENT ON, UH, ITEMS UNDER PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH MR. BEN MONTGOMERY.
IF YOU WILL FOLLOW UP WITH HIM, HOPEFULLY HE WILL GET YOU AN ANSWER TO YOUR QUESTION.
HE TOLD ME I GOT AN ANSWER FROM BEN AND I ALSO GOT AN ANSWER FROM, UM, UM, ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, UM, WHEN THE SENT ME HIS NAME THAT I COULD, I WOULD HAVE TO TALK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
THEY'RE SAYING THAT WE ARE CONSIDERED A PRIVATE STREET.
HOWEVER, THE CITY MAINTAINS ALL THE UTILITY HERE.
AND WHY WOULD OUR DEVELOPMENT BE ASSESSED IN ASSESSMENT THAT WE DON'T BENEFIT FROM PAUL BRIEFLY? WE'LL HAVE, UH, BETH, UH, OUR ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY MAKE A COMMENT TO YOU REAL QUICK.
ARE YOU DISCUSSING THE POLITICAL STATEMENTS? NO, NO.
THIS ONE HAS TO DO WITH THE FACT PRIVATE LET MR. MONTGOMERY GIVE YOU A LITTLE MORE CLARIFICATION ABOUT YOUR ISSUE.
UM, WE TYPICALLY DON'T COMMENT ON, UH, THESE, UH, ON PUBLIC COMMENTS, BUT, BUT MR. SWIM HAS ALREADY INDICATED THAT HE'S SPOKEN TO MY OFFICE AND IT WAS THE PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR WHO RESPONDED ALSO TO INFORM HIM THAT, UH, THIS SERVICE HE'S REQUESTING, UH, SHOULD BE PROVIDED BY HIS HOA.
UH, UH, WE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO CLARIFY, UH, THE MATTER, UH, OFFLINE, BUT WE HAVE BEEN RESPONSIVE ON THIS ALREADY.
AND OBVIOUSLY GONNA SAY PAUL, SO WE'LL HOPEFULLY GET YOU AN ANSWER AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, UH, BOTH MR. ROGERS AND MYSELF WERE BOTH, UH, PRESIDENTS OF HOS AND WHEN YOU HAVE PRIVATE STREETS, THAT IS AN HOA REQUIREMENT.
SO, UH, WE CAN, WE CAN GET BACK TO YOU WITH FURTHER CLARIFICATION, BUT, UH, THAT'S ALL WE CAN DO AT THIS POINT.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THAT I JUST WANT TO MAKE, CAN I JUST MAKE ONE LAST COMMENT? ALRIGHT, GO RIGHT AHEAD.
DO YOU HAVE TIME SO MUCH? UM, WHICH IS FINE.
UH, AND, AND I'M OKAY WITH THAT.
I JUST, UM, UH, MEMBER UPSET CITIZEN, I'VE LIVED HERE FOR 25 YEARS AND, UM, TO BE ASSESSED SOMETHING THAT WE'RE NOT IN, UH, GAINING ANY HEIDELMAN FROM, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE TO ME.
THAT CDFI, I BELIEVE IS ONLY FOR RESIDENTIAL STREETS, NOT FOR THE MAIN THOROUGHFARES AND TO TAX US CITIZENS THAT WE DON'T GET ANY BENEFIT FROM.
IT JUST IT'S, IT'S, UH, UPSETTING, BUT I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR BACK FROM MR. MONTGOMERY.
YOU CALL ME IN AND I APPRECIATE THAT.
UM, ANY COOL, WELL THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET THE CLARIFICATION FOR YOU.
SO YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS THAT YOU'RE BEING ASSESSED FOR WHEN THE CFD.
THANK YOU, SIR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
DO YOU NOT SEE ANY OTHER HANDS RAISED, BUT THERE ARE SEVERAL PHONE IN COLORS.
SO BEFORE I MOVE ON TO THE COMMENTS TO BE READ, I JUST WANT TO STATE ONE FINAL TIME THAT IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK AND YOU'RE CALLING IN ON A PHONE LINE, YOU NEED TO DIAL STAR NINE TO RAISE YOUR HAND.
WE HAVE ONE, WE HAVE ONE CALLER RAISED HIS HAND AND THIS IS COLIN USER NUMBER ONE.
SO I DO NOT HAVE A NAME FOR THIS.
I'VE UN-MUTED YOUR MIC? COLLIN USER NUMBER ONE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE IDENTIFY YOURSELF? JUST SO WE KNOW WHO'S TALKING, YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION.
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OKAY.HI, THIS IS KENNETH GALLAGHER.
ARE YOU ABLE TO HEAR ME? I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SUBMITTED SOME COMMENTS, ITEM NUMBER TWO THIS EVENING, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH.
FOR THE CLOSED SESSION, I'M ABLE TO MAKE A COMMENT REGARDING THE, UH, THE WATER PROPOSAL UNDER THE PUBLIC MEETING PORTION.
SO I WAS WONDERING, I REMEMBER A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, BESIDES THE CITY BEING THE NUMBER ONE USER OF WATER IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT, UH, BOYS' REPUBLIC AND THE BOYS' REPUBLIC WAS A BIG USER OF PORTABLE WATER.
SO WONDERING IF BOYS REPUBLIC HAS SINCE, UM, STARTED USING RECYCLED WATER FOR THE LARGE FIELDS THAT THEY HAVE, UM, SINCE MARK MENTIONED ABOUT THE DIFFERENT CHURCHES AND WAVING CONNECTION FEES, UM, IF BOYS' REPUBLIC HAS SWITCHED OVER, UM, BEING THAT FROM MY UNDERSTANDING FROM A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THEY WERE THE THIRD LARGEST USER OF POTABLE WATER.
UM, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO MENTION IS ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I FOUND OUT AND I'M BRING THIS UP BECAUSE, UH, MR. MARQUEZ, WHEN HE WAS VOTING ON THE WATER RATE INCREASE, A COUPLE OF MONTHS AGO, MENTIONED ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE BAD TIMING.
UM, I FOUND OUT A COUPLE ABOUT A YEAR AGO THAT THE CITY BILLING DEPARTMENT, THAT THE WATER AND RECYCLED WATER RATES STUDY REPORT AND THE FACTORS FOR THE DIFFERENT TIER LEVELS, THEY'RE USING THE SEPTEMBER TO GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE, THEY'RE USING A SEPTEMBER FACTOR FOR ALL THE BILLS THAT THEY DO IN SEPTEMBER.
SO EVEN IF YOU HAVE A BILL THAT'S BEING PRODUCED ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, AND IT'S GOING TO BE MOSTLY FOR ALL THE WATER THAT WAS USED IN AUGUST WITH A HIGHER FACTOR IN HOTTER WEATHER THAT THEY'RE USING THIS SEPTEMBER ETE FACTOR.
AND MY GUESS IS THE PERSON THAT WAS HIRED TO PRODUCE THE STUDY REPORT.
THE COMPANY DIDN'T HAVE THAT IN MIND IN TERMS OF HOW IT'D BE ALLOCATED.
I'M LOOKING AT THE TABLE OF THE T FACTORS.
IT DOESN'T LOOK, IT DOESN'T APPEAR THAT WAY.
UM, TO ME, IT'D BE MORE APPROPRIATE WHERE WHEN YOU'RE PRODUCING A BILL IN SEPTEMBER YOU'RE, SINCE MOST OF THE WIRE WILL HAVE BEEN USED IN AUGUST, UM, THAT YOU'RE USING THE FACTOR IN AUGUST.
NOW, IT'S ONLY GOING TO BE A DIFFERENCE OF A COUPLE OF BUCKS FOR PEOPLE I THINK ON A HIGHER TIER, IT TAKES WATER TO GET AND THEN HIGHER TIER.
BUT, UM, I BRING IT UP BECAUSE OF MR. MARQUEZ COMMENTS A COUPLE MONTHS AGO.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, OTHERS RAISING THEIR HANDS.
NOW I DO NOT SEE ANY OTHERS COMMENTS THAT YOU HAVE RECEIVED.
THE FIRST COMMENT IS FROM JOANNE JENISE, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS AND STAFF THIS PAST WEDNESDAY EVENING.
I ATTENDED A PUBLIC WORKSHOP HOSTED BY THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL TO ADDRESS QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS REGARDING THE PROPOSED CARBON CANYON CHANNEL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT ALSO REFERRED TO AS LITTLE CHINO CREEK.
THE WORKSHOP CONSISTED OF THREE STATIONS, ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND OPERATIONS WITH SEVERAL COUNTY REPRESENTATIVES AT EACH STATION.
THE REPRESENTATIVES PROVIDED PAMPHLETS, PICTURES AND ANSWERED QUESTIONS REGARDING THE PROJECT.
I AM SOMEWHAT SADDENED BY THE FACT THAT THE BEDROCK CREEK THAT IS NOW HOME TO DIFFERENT TYPES OF WILDLIFE WILL BE TRANSFORMED INTO THE LOOK OF A FLOOD CHANNEL AND THE WILDLIFE WILL NEED TO RELOCATE, BUT I'M HAPPY TO HEAR THAT THE PROPOSED DESIGN FOR THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE CHANNEL WILL ALLOW FOR SOME VEGETATION GROWTH TO RETURN, WHICH HOPEFULLY WILL ATTRACT THE WILDLIFE TO RETURN.
ALSO, THE TYPE OF FENCING IN OUR BACKYARD ALLOWS US FOR US TO VIEW THE UPPER PORTION OF THE CREEK, WHICH IN TURN ALSO ALLOWS US TO SEE THE DUCKS AND EGRETS FLYING IN AND OUT OF THE CREEK AMONG THE OTHER WILDLIFE THAT USE THE CREEK AS THEIR HABITAT.
ACCORDING TO THE FEMA FLOOD MAP THAT THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE MADE AVAILABLE.
MY HOUSE IS NOT IN THE FLOOD ZONE.
IF THERE WERE EVER TO BE A HUNDRED YEAR RAIN EVENT EVER TO BE A HUNDRED YEAR RAIN EVENT, BUT SOME OF THE PROPERTIES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CREEK WOULD BE AFFECTED.
IT IS COMFORTING TO KNOW THAT THE IMPROVEMENTS PLAN FOR THE CREEK WOULD PROTECT PEOPLE'S PROPERTIES.
AND IT WILL ALSO ADDRESS THE CURRENT FLOODING PROBLEM THAT OCCURS ON DAISY DRIVE.
WHENEVER IT RAINS DUE TO THE RUNOFF THAT GENERATES FROM THE CREEKS ROADWAY, THE COMMENT PERIOD FOR THE PROJECT IS NOW CLOSED.
BUT ACCORDING TO THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE, THERE WILL BE A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROJECT IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT FOR HOSTING THE EVENT AND THANK COUNCIL MEMBERS, PETER ROGERS, RAY MARQUEZ, ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER, JOE DYER, AND PUBLIC WORKS COMMISSIONER BOB GOODWIN FOR ATTENDING THE EVENT.
MY APOLOGIES, IF I FAILED TO MENTION ANY OTHER CITY OFFICIALS THAT MAY HAVE ATTENDED THE EVENT, MAY YOU ALL STAY SAFE AND WELL, ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR JOANNE IN CASE YOU'RE OUT THERE.
OUR NEXT COMMENT IS FROM KEVIN STENSON.
I LIVE ON DAISY DRIVE, LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE SURVIVED THE DRIVE THROUGH WORKSHOP,
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AND I BELIEVE THAT WENT WELL.IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE PARTICIPATION, BUT THAT'S THE WAY IT GOES.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE PARTICIPATION FROM THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS.
I WISH TO THANK COUNCILMAN PETER ROGERS AND RATE MARQUEZ FOR ATTENDING THE WORKSHOP AT MCCOY EQUESTRIAN, AND ALSO COMMISSIONER BOB GOODWIN, ALSO CITY MANAGER, BENJAMIN MONTGOMERY AND ASSISTANT CITY ENGINEER.
JOE DYER WERE ALSO THERE AND IT WAS MUCH APPRECIATED.
AGAIN, HAVE ALSO RESORTED TO POSTING ON THE NEXT DOOR, SOCIAL MEDIA APP, ANY COMMENTS OR OPINIONS ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AS I'VE NOTICED THAT THE CITY IS NOT INFORMING RESIDENTS.
WHEN BIG PROJECTS COME TO THE CITY THAT ARE NOT THEIR OWN, AND IT'S LEADING RESIDENTS TO ACT UPON THEMSELVES TO NOTIFY RESIDENTS MOVING FORWARD.
I HOPE THE CITY WILL INFORM THE COMMUNITY ABOUT THIS AND OTHER IMPORTANT PROJECTS.
THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT.
AND LAST WE HAVE COMMENTS FROM MARK THOMPSON.
I WANTED TO EXPRESS MY OPINION ON THE TREES THAT WERE DESTROYED ALONG A TRAIL BY RANCHO HILLS ROAD.
I SURPRISED TO SEE THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WITH A CHARGE OF DAMAGES OF ABOUT $18,500.
WHEN AN ARTICLE IN THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMPION QUOTED DENISE KATRIN AS THE ESTIMATED VALUE OF THE LOSS ASSETS AT MORE THAN 91,000, THE ARTICLE ALSO SAID ADDITIONAL COST WILL INCLUDE DEBRIS, REMOVAL, REPLACEMENT, IRRIGATION, INSTALLATION, AND ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
I HOPE THE CITY WILL HOLD THE PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE RESPONSIBLE.
IF THOSE PERSONS HAVE THE MEANS RESOURCES TO PAY A JUDGMENT, THE CITY WOULD BE AWARDED IN CIVIL COURT.
THERE IS NO POINT IN TAKING THE PERSONS RESPONSIBLE TO CIVIL COURT.
IF ALL THE CITY IS GOING TO END UP WITH IS A JUDGMENT, THEY CAN HANG ON THE WALL AND NOT COLLECT ON.
I AM REMINDED OF ANOTHER CASE INVOLVING OPEN SPACE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE CITY HAD NO LEGAL BIAS IN THE LAWSUIT AGAINST THE DENTONS IN THAT ONCE THE BUILDER ERECTS A FENCE THAT IS NOW THE LOT LINES OF THE PROPERTY, REGARDLESS OF WHAT THE LEGAL DESCRIPTION SAYS, THE CITY HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE BUILDER CORRECT IT AND DID NOT.
IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL THE ENCROACHMENT OF THE BUILDER, WHEREAS THE PERSON OR PERSONS THAT DESTROYED THOSE TREES WAS A WILLFUL ACT.
MAKE SURE THEY'RE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS THE FINAL PUBLIC COMMENT AND THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED.
[ CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS: Council Member abstentions shall be stated at this time for recordation on the appropriate item.]
CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS.ANY COUNCIL MEMBER ABSTENTION SHOULD BE STATED AT THIS TIME, SEEING NONE WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE CONSENT CALENDAR
[ CONSENT CALENDAR (12 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.]
ITEMS 11 THROUGH 22.WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INTRO INTO CONSENT CALENDAR? SO THE CONSENT CALENDAR WILL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER PROSE PULLS AN ITEM TO BE DISCUSSED SEPARATELY.
SO AT THIS TIME, IF YOU, THERE ARE ANY COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO WISH TO PULL AN ITEM, HOW ABOUT YOU PETER? NUMBER 2121 FOR PETER.
HOW ABOUT YOU RAY? NOTHING, SIR.
NOW, MR. MERRICK, CYNTHIA, I HAVE NOTHING TO POPE.
SO I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL ITEMS OTHER THAN 21.
JOE'S COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN.
THE ITEM THAT WAS PULLED WAS ITEM
[21. Adopt budget amendment resolution increasing various funding sources for Fiscal Year 2020-21 in amount of $100,000; authorize execution of agreement with Carollo Engineers, Inc., in amount of $469,275 for Citywide Wastewater Master Plan Update Project]
NUMBER 21.AND THIS IS TO ADOPT A BUDGET AMENDMENT RESOLUTION AND AUTHORIZE THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT WITH CARRILLO ENGINEERS FOR THE CITY WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN UPDATE PROJECT.
I DIDN'T WANT TO GO TOO IN DEPTH WITH THIS, BUT THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT PROJECT WITH A $470,000 PROJECT.
SO I THOUGHT I'D JUST PULL IT SO WE COULD JUST BRIEFLY DESCRIBE WHAT THIS EXPENDITURE IS GOING TO BE AND WHAT IT'S GOING TO BENEFIT THE CITY.
THAT'S CERTAINLY THIS HAS TO DO WITH THE AWARDING TO COROLLA ENGINEER ENGINEERING FOR A CITYWIDE WASTEWATER MASTER PLAN.
MAYOR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, BEFORE TONIGHT IS, UH, AN AGREEMENT TO AWARD A CONTRACT TO COROLLA ENGINEERS WHO WILL PERFORM A, UH, AN UPDATE TO OUR WASTE WATER SOURCE SYSTEM.
UH, THE KEY THING HERE IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT HAS SOUND THAT DOES NOT HAVE ANY DEFICIENCIES, UH, HAS ENOUGH CAPACITY.
AND IN ORDER FOR US TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT, WE WOULD NEED THE STUDY TO BE APPROVED.
UM, BUT THEY WOULD DO WHAT THIS CONTRACTOR WOULD DO WITH ANALYZING OUR ENTIRE SYSTEM, UH, TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE, UM, UH, AGAIN, A SOUND SYSTEM, UM, IT'LL IDENTIFY ANY PROJECTS THAT WE MAY NEED TO IMPLEMENT OVER THE NEXT 25 YEARS AND WE'LL DO SO IN FIBER INCREMENTS.
UM, BUT THE KEY THING HERE IS JUST MAKING SURE THAT, UH, WITH THE CITY, UH, EXPANDING, UH, OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS WHEN THIS WAS LAST LOOKED AT, UH, AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE A SYSTEM THAT WILL GET US THROUGH THE NEXT 25 YEARS.
AND THEN DO A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
UH, ONCE YOU DO THIS ASSESSMENT, IF THERE ARE PAIRS THAT
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ARE REQUIRED, WILL THAT GO INTO OUR A FIVE YEAR PLAN, THE COP CLAN ORWE'LL START WITH OUR NEXT FISCAL YEAR AND INCLUDE THAT, UH, UH, UPDATES EVERY SINGLE, UH, FISCAL YEAR THEREAFTER.
OR RESERVOIR, IS THIS GOING TO BE LOOKING AT THAT TOO? AS FAR AS CAPACITY, I KNOW WHERE THE TANK WAS GOING TO BE BUILT.
WE'RE GONNA HOLD OFF FOR A STUDY PART OF THAT STUDY.
UM, WE HAVE A SEPARATE WATER, UM, UH, WATER, UH, UPDATE THAT WE'RE DOING.
UH, WE AWARDED THAT CONTRACT TO A SEPARATE, UH, CONSULTANT BACK IN APRIL AND THEY ARE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THAT, UH, AS WE SPEAK.
YES, CYNTHIA, DID YOU HAVE A QUESTION? OKAY.
DO WE HAVE A SECOND? SECOND? ALL RIGHT.
[23. Provide direction on use of remaining funds from Microenterprise Business Grant Program]
DISCUSSION CALENDAR ITEM 23, PROVIDE DIRECTION FOR USE OF REMAINING FUNDS FROM MICRO ENTERPRISE BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM WHO WILL BE MAKING THAT REPORT.I'M GOING TO ASK, UH, ALMA HERNANDEZ WITH THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT TO COME UP AND JOIN ME, UH, IN THIS PRESENTATION, UH, WHILE SHE'S ON HER WAY UP.
UM, ON JUNE 23RD, 2020, THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZED, UH, STAFF TO DEVELOP A MICROENTERPRISE GRANT PROGRAM THAT WOULD, UH, PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR BUSINESSES IMPACTED BY, UH, THE CORONAVIRUS.
UH, UM, WE, UH, RECEIVED THROUGH THE CARES ACT $245,000.
UH, AND WE ALLOCATED, UH, THAT MONEY TO THIS PROGRAM AND TO THE SUPPORT OF THE PROGRAM THROUGH, UH, A THIRD PARTY REVIEWER.
UM, WE, THAT WE WOULD, UH, EXHAUST THE ENTIRE AMOUNT WITH THE RESPONSE.
UH, HOWEVER THAT HASN'T OCCURRED, UH, WE RECEIVED 45, UM, APPLICATIONS.
WE WERE, I THINK, ORIGINALLY SHOOTING FOR ROUGHLY 78.
UH, SO WHAT WE WANTED TO DO IS BRING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL, A COUPLE OPTIONS, UH, ON WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE REMAINDER OF THE MONEY.
UH, STAFF IDENTIFY THE, UH, POSSIBLE CONSIDERATIONS OF INCREASING THE GRANT DOLLAR AMOUNT FROM 2,500 TO 5,000.
UH, WE ALSO LOOKED AT, UH, EXTENDING OR HAVING A SECOND, UH, AROUND FOR BUSINESSES TO APPLY FOR THE GRANT PROGRAM.
UH, AND THEN WE ALSO CONSIDER IT THE OPTION OF MAYBE REALLOCATING THE MONEY FOR A NEW, DIFFERENT PROJECT, UH, THIS MONEY, UH, THROUGH THE CARES ACT AND THROUGH HUD HAS RESTRICTIONS.
AND, UH, ALMA HAS BECOME OUR EXPERT IN ALL OF THAT, UH, RED TAPE.
AND SO, UM, WE HAVE IDENTIFIED SOME POTENTIAL, UH, ADDITIONAL, UH, USES, UH, BUT OUR FIRST RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL IS TO REOPEN THE APPLICATION PERIOD, UH, AND GIVE, UH, BUSINESSES THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO RESPOND, UH, IN THE ORIGINAL TIMEFRAME AND OPPORTUNITY TO APPLY.
UH, I BELIEVE MS. HERNANDEZ DID RECEIVE A COUPLE OF LATE, UH, APPLICATIONS.
AND SO WE DO BELIEVE THERE'S A, UH, AN INTEREST IN A SECOND APPLICATION PERIOD.
AND THEN, UH, MS. HERNANDEZ WAS ALSO ABLE TO, UH, VET A POTENTIAL PROGRAM, UH, FOR A MEAL DELIVERY, UH, PROGRAM TARGET, UH, SERVING SENIORS IN THE COMMUNITY THAT SHOULD, UH, MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF, UH, THE CARES ACT, HUD HUD PROGRAM.
IT WOULD REQUIRE A, UH, SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO OUR, UH, PROGRAM, I BELIEVE, BUT, UH, IF COUNCIL GIVES STAFF DIRECTION TO MOVE IN THAT AREA, THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL, WE'LL FIGURE OUT ALL THE DETAILS AND THEN BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR IMPLEMENTATION.
ELLA, DID I MISS ANYTHING QUICK QUESTION WITH RESPECT TO THAT PROPOSAL, UH, IS THE BUSINESS THAT WOULD BE DOING THAT MEALS ON WHEELS OR WHATEVER ARE THEY, IN FACT, THEY CHINO HILLS BUSINESS.
CURRENTLY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE THE OPTION TO STRUCTURE IT THAT WAY ALBUM, BECAUSE I THINK IF WE'RE GOING TO USE THIS MONEY TO HELP CHINO HILLS BUSINESSES, THAT THAT SHOULD BE A REQUIREMENT THAT IF WE GO THAT WAY WITH SOME OF THAT MONEY, THAT POSSIBLY IT SHOULD BE A BUSINESS THAT'S BASED HERE IN CHINO HILLS, BUT LET'S DO YOUR PRESENTATION AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE.
WE WOULD STRUCTURE THEIR PROGRAMS SO THAT THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE PARTNER WITH WOULD HAVE TO BE IN CHINO HILLS.
AND SO FAR YOU'VE GOT, UH, GRANTS, WELL REQUEST FOR AROUND $120,000.
IT WAS LIKE 112 FIVE PLUS A COUPLE
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MORE THAT YOU'VE ADDED AT 2,500 A PIECE.SO WE'RE STILL ROUGHLY HALF THE MONEY THAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE SET ASIDE FOR THIS PROGRAM.
WELL, I DID WANT TO GIVE AN UPDATE ON THE STATUS OF THE GRANTS.
UH, SO WE DO, UM, HAVE EIGHT THAT HAVE BEEN, UH, FINAL APPROVED ENTER IN THE PAYMENT PROCESS.
UH, 14 OF THEM ARE IN THE SECOND REVIEW, SO THEY PASS THE INITIAL, WE'RE JUST CROSSING OUR T'S AND DOTTING OUR I'S.
UM, ONE OF THEM DID WITHDRAW AND THEN WE ARE STILL WAITING ON 16 TO PROVIDE SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION.
SO WE ARE GOING FORWARD, UM, WITH THE PROCESS.
WE ONLY HAVE 37 GRANTS, CORRECT.
THAT, UH, THAT WE'RE MOVING FORWARD A ROUGH 42.
MY UNDERSTANDING TOO, THAT YOU CAN HAVE NO MORE THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES, AND I KNOW THERE'S A LOT MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE, BUSINESSES SUCH AS A RESTAURANT, UM, THAT COULD USE THIS MONEY, BUT BECAUSE IT'S MORE THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES, THEY'RE NOT ELIGIBLE, CORRECT.
UM, WE COULD, IF THE COUNCIL SO DESIRES, WE COULD IMPLEMENT A PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES, BUT THAT WOULD BE A, ANOTHER SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO OUR ACTION PLAN.
SO IT WOULD NOT BE PART OF THIS CYCLE.
IT WAS MANDATED BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT THIS GRANT, BECAUSE I KNOW THE COUNTY DID IT MORE THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES, BUT MY UNDERSTANDING, WE ONLY COULD DO GO UP TO FIVE.
SO YOU'RE TELLING ME NOW WE COULD HAVE GONE FOR IT.
SO THERE ARE TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROGRAMS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ELIGIBLE UNDER CDBG REQUIREMENTS.
ONE OF THEM IS ON MICRO ENTERPRISE, WHICH IS STRICTLY FOR FIVE OR LESS EMPLOYEES.
THE OTHER PROGRAM HAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NOT NECESSARILY TIED TO THE NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES WITH ALLEN PERSONALLY, JUST MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION.
THERE'S BUSINESSES OUT THERE THAT COULD USE THIS MONEY.
AND IF WE COULD ALLOW BUSINESSES WITH MORE THAN FIVE EMPLOYEES, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
AND YES, I STILL WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING FOR THE SENIORS, BUT HOPEFULLY IN THE FUTURE, WE'LL GET MORE AS IT CURES ZACK MONIES POSSIBLY WE HAVE.
AND SO, UH, I BELIEVE, UH, AS OF, WAS IT LAST WEEK, WE GOT ANOTHER ALLOCATION OF 413,000.
SO WE WILL BE LOOKING TO, UH, EXPAND ON OUR CURRENT PROGRAMS. SO, OKAY.
I'LL GO AFTER PERRY, I WOULD EXTEND THE PR.
I WOULD PERSONALLY KEEP IT AS A MICRO ENTERPRISE AND EXTEND THE PROGRAM FOR ANOTHER MONTH, SEE HOW MUCH INTEREST IS DEVELOPED AND THEN, UH, AND RE ADVERTISE.
AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN UTILIZE THOSE SUMS AND THEN WE HAVE MORE MONEY COMING IN AND MAYBE WE CAN UTILIZE FOR A PROGRAM MORE IN LINE WITH WHAT RAY HAD IN MIND.
CAUSE I, I, I AGREE WITH RAY, I THINK THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, TO, TO LIMIT THE BUSINESS'S ONLY FIVE EMPLOYEES, WE MIGHT BE BEING A LITTLE BIT TOO RESTRICTIVE.
UH, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THE MAGIC NUMBER REALLY IS, BUT, UM, IT SEEMS TO START ALL OVER.
UM, IT WOULD REQUIRE AN, A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE ACTION PLAN.
SO WOULD THAT STOP START THE CLOCK ALL OVER FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE WAITING FOR THAT MONEY? UH, FOR, UH, BEYOND THE MICRO ENTERPRISE, IT WOULD BE AN ENTIRELY NEW PLANT.
THAT'S WHAT I'M GETTING AT, EXTEND THIS ONE.
I'M LOOKING AT GOING WITH THE WHOLE MINT ONE, BUT ALSO MAYBE TAKE SOME OTHER SUMS OF MONEY AND STRUCTURE IT A LITTLE MORE, BE OKAY WITH THAT.
BECAUSE IF YOU CLOCK, IF THE, YES.
SO MY QUESTION WOULD BE, SO I KNOW WE HAVE 37 THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
NOW, HOW MANY, HOW MANY BUSINESSES REACH OUT TO US, I GUESS, CAUSE IF WE EXTEND IT FOR ANOTHER MONTH, HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE WE EXPECTING TO ACTUALLY COME INTO IT VERSUS GOING FROM 2,500 WHERE WE ARE NOW TO DOUBLING THEIR AMOUNT AND JUST GOING WITH THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS AND IN TERMS OF HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BE OUTREACHING TO US FOR? WELL, I MEAN LIKE, YOU KNOW, I DUNNO SAY ONLY 37 BUSINESSES APPLIED AND HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, BUT WE HEARD IT FROM A HUNDRED AND HEY, THAT OTHER 53 JUST THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE TOO MUCH.
SO WHAT'S ONE MORE MONTH GOING TO DO FOR THEM VERSUS, HEY, THESE 37 HAVE GONE THROUGH THE PROCESS, LIKE DOUBLE THE AMOUNT THEY HAVE THE MONEY.
AND I THINK WE'RE MISSING A VALID POINT THOUGH.
I THINK MAYBE THE NUMBER OF APPLICANTS WE HAVE IS BECAUSE OF THE RESTRICTION OF FIVE EMPLOYEES OR LESS, MAYBE THAT'S WHERE THE PROBLEM IS.
UM, SO ONE OF THE SUGGESTIONS WE HAD, UM, WOULD BE THAT WE WOULD OPEN FOR THE SECOND CYCLE AND, UM, WE WOULD ALLOW THE FIRST APPLICANTS TO REAPPLY, BUT THEY WOULD BE COME SECOND PRIORITY.
UM, SO WE WOULD STILL GIVE EVERYBODY A CHANCE TO APPLY FOR THE $2,500.
AND IF WE HAVE ANY FUN THERE, THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO REAPPLY IN ADDITION TO THE INITIAL ADDITION TO, OKAY, OKAY.
ARE THEY HELD UP IF WE EXTEND THIS A MONTH, ARE THE INITIAL APPLICANTS, THOSE 37
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OR SO? CAN THEY RECEIVE THEIR MONEY SOONER RATHER THAN LATER? YES.THEY WOULD STILL GO FORWARD AS THE PROCESS BECAUSE WE WOULDN'T BE CHANGING THE DOLLAR AMOUNT.
I THINK, DO WE HAVE A CONSENSUS THAT WE'RE HAPPY OR PLEASED WITH THE IDEA OF PROCESSING THE ONES THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW SO THAT THEY CAN GET THEIR MONEY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE? WAIT, AND SEE, GO AHEAD AND OPEN IT BACK UP TO SEE IF WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL ONES.
IF THERE'S A RESTRICTION BECAUSE OF THE, THEY HAVE TOO MANY EMPLOYEES, THEN WE LOOK AT THE BALANCE OF THIS FIRST 20 240,000 PLUS THE 400 PLUS THOUSAND.
AND WE THEN SAY, OKAY, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A NEW PROGRAM.
AND MAYBE WE DO SENIOR MEALS OR MAYBE WE DO 15 EMPLOYEES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WOULD THAT QUICKLY, WHERE ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HIT THE GROUND RUNNING WITH WHETHER IT'S THE, YOU KNOW, FOR THE LARGER BUSINESSES OR THE RESTAURANTS? UM, I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE OPENING THIS MIA, THEORETICALLY, YOU'RE GONNA OPEN THIS UP THROUGH OCTOBER 12TH.
CAN WE HAVE ALL THOSE OTHER SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENTS READY TO GO AT OUR NEXT COUNCIL MEETING? UM, SO FOR OPENING THE SECOND CYCLE, UH, WE WOULDN'T NEED TO DO A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT CAUSE WE'VE, WE'VE ALREADY DEFINED THAT IT WOULD JUST BE A SECOND WAVE OF APPLICATIONS.
SO WE WOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE THEM DOWN THE WORD OUT, GETTING THEIR CHECKS CUT.
MY GUESS IS THAT THE RESTAURANTS ARE GOING TO BE ONE OF THE BUSINESSES THAT ARE GOING TO BE HURTING THE MOST.
AND I DOUBT THAT THERE'S MANY WITH FIVE OR LESS THAN THERE ARE WITH MORE SO I THINK MAYBE THAT WOULD BE A GOOD TARGET FOR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, SOLICITATION AND MAYOR TO EVEN THE OWNERS, IF YOU HAVE LIKE HUSBAND AND WIFE AND A KID.
THOSE ARE CONSIDERED EMPLOYEES.
SO I THINK MAYBE THAT'S, I HAVE A QUICK QUESTION FOR BEN, SO OF THE 400,000 OF THE NEXT CYCLE OF MONEY THAT WE'RE GETTING.
SO THAT'S CONFIRMED THAT WE'RE RECEIVING THAT.
AND THEN WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS ON THAT AGAIN? YEAH, THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL MONEY.
UH, AND SO, UM, THE GOAL OF, OF TONIGHT'S MEETING WAS ONE, UH, AND I'M HEARING A CONSENSUS FROM THE COUNCIL TO GET AUTHORIZATION, TO, UH, HAVE ANOTHER APPLICATION PERIOD FOR OUR ORIGINAL PROGRAM.
UH, BUT BECAUSE ANY OTHER PROGRAMS WOULD REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF WORK AND COMING BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL WITH A POTENTIAL PROGRAM AND, AND A, UH, SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, WE WANTED TO BE SURE THAT WE HAD, UH, THE COUNCIL'S INTEREST IN THOSE PROGRAMS AND HEARING TONIGHT THAT, UH, THERE'S AN INTEREST IN DEVELOPING A PROGRAM THAT WOULD ALLOW A BUSINESS WITH MORE, UH, EMPLOYEES.
I DON'T KNOW IF WE CAN BRING IT BACK IN TWO WEEKS, BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THE POTENTIAL OF A PROGRAM, UH, TARGETING SENIORS WITH A MEAL DELIVERY THAT WOULD, IN ADDITION TO, UH, SERVING THAT POPULATION, IT WOULD ALSO BE AN ECONOMIC BENEFIT TO OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS.
AND SO IF THE COUNCIL GIVES US THE DIRECTION, THEN WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL DO ALL THE LEGWORK TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GET AS ALMA, PUT IT ALL OUR T'S CROSSED AND I'S DOTTED SO THAT THEN YOU CAN, UH, TAKE THE NECESSARY STEP FOR US TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PROGRAMS. BUT GIVEN THAT WE'VE GOT ANOTHER $400,000 THAT WE WEREN'T ANTICIPATING WHEN WE FIRST BROUGHT THIS FORWARD, WE DEFINITELY WANT TO, UH, BRING THAT TO YOU.
THEN IF WE HAVE THAT ADDITIONAL MONEY COMING, CAN WE ALSO INCREASE, CAN WE ALSO DOUBLE THE AMOUNT FROM THE 2,500 TO THE 5,000 FOR THE EXISTING, FOR THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE ALREADY APPLIED TO 5,000? YEAH.
THAT WON'T REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT TO THE CURRENT ONE, RIGHT? YEAH.
I'D SAY WE'D GO THAT ROUTE TOO.
I THINK ONE IS THE BENEFITS LESS THAN FIVE PEOPLE.
I MEAN, THEY'RE PROBABLY THE ONES THAT ARE REALLY HURTING THE MOST AND POSSIBLY THEY COULD, I MEAN, WE COULD DOUBLE THAT AMOUNT WITH EVERYBODY.
WE HAVE A CONSENSUS THAT THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE TO DOUBLE IT FOR THE, FOR THIS FIRST 37 RAY.
I'VE SEEN SOME, NOT ALL I WOULD GUESS IF IT DOES THE MOTION, I WOULD SECOND THAT MOTION.
AND WE OKAY WITH THAT THEN? ALL RIGHT.
WELL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT WE TAKE THE EXISTING ONES THAT ARE IN THE PIPELINE TO BE PAID.
AND THAT HAD BEEN BEING VETTED AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE INCREASED THEIR ALLOTMENT TO 25 OR TWO FROM 25 TO 5,000.
AND THEN WE START DEALING WITH WHATEVER BEN CAN COME UP WITH FOR THE OTHER 460,000 OR WHATEVER THAT WE'VE GOT BASICALLY COMING IN FOR ANY OTHER TYPE OF PROGRAM AND EXTENDING THE PROGRAM FOR THE ADDITIONAL MONTH.
I KNOW IT'S QUICK CALCULATIONS, BUT IF WE'RE DOUBLING IT FOR THE INITIAL 37, THAT JUST MONEY IS LEFT OVER, DOESN'T IT? THAT ALMOST FUNNEL, BUT THAT'S PROBABLY, WELL, LET'S SEE, REAL QUICK.
WHAT WAS THE INITIAL FINANCE? 37 TIMES FIVE, ALMOST 200,200, 200,000.
SO YEAH, THAT'D BE 5,000 FOR 37 WAS 185,000 THAT'S.
SO WE'RE STILL UNDER THE THRESHOLD OF WHAT TWO 40 IS
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THE FIRST ONE.SO WE'D GET CLOSE TO THE AMOUNT WE ALLOCATED FOR ADMINISTRATION, BUT WE THINK WE COULD STILL GET THERE, UH, ELMA.
ARE THERE ANY CHALLENGES TO US ALLOCATING THE 417,000 WHEN WE SET OUR SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT, DO WE GIVE A DOLLAR AMOUNT OR JUST THE PROGRAM? A DOLLAR AMOUNT AND PROGRAM.
SO WE'LL DOUBLING CHANGE OUR, UH, OUR SUBSTANTIAL AMENDMENT.
OH, I MEAN THE DOLLAR AMOUNT IS FOR THE ALLOCATION, BUT I DID NOT INCLUDE A GRANT AMOUNT WHEN I, SO WE'RE FINE.
SO WE COULD EXECUTE IT THE WAY AS HAS DESCRIBED, SO, RIGHT.
SO I'VE MADE MY MOTION TO INCREASE IT TO 5,000 SECONDS A SECOND VERBAL VOTE.
BEN, JUST A FOLLOW UP QUESTION.
SO THE 400,000, ARE YOU GOING TO COME BACK WITH SPECIFIC CAUSE OF WHAT WE WANT FOR HOW MANY EMPLOYEES AND THINGS LIKE THAT? OR DO YOU HAVE ENOUGH? YEAH, FOR THAT, I BELIEVE I HAVE DIRECTION FROM THE COUNCIL TO DEVELOP, UH, TWO ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS, UH, A, UH, SENIOR, UH, MEALS PROGRAM, UH, WITH, UH, STRUCTURED WHERE THE PROVIDER OF THOSE MEALS WOULD BE CHINO HILLS RESTAURANTS.
AND THEN ALSO A, UH, BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM THAT WOULD EXPAND THE NUMBER OF, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, FROM FIVE, UH, ALMA.
WAS THERE A THRESHOLD IN THE HUD OR CARES ACT GUIDELINES FOR HOW MANY BUSINESSES ARE, HOW MANY, MANY EMPLOYEES OF A BUSINESS TO, SO THAT WE WOULD STRUCTURE IT AT US PARTICULAR? UM, I THERE'S NO SPECIFIC IN THE CODE.
WOULD THE COUNCIL LIKE TO GIVE ANY GUIDANCE ON HOW, YOU KNOW, IF, IF MICRO IS FIVE, IS MANY 25 OR, OR DOES IT MATTER TO THE COUNCIL OR DID THEY COUNT THEM? I DIDN'T READ THE, HOW, WHAT THEIR PARAMETERS WERE.
SO LIKE IF IT'S A PART TIME EMPLOYEE COUNT DIFFERENT FROM FULL TIME OR IT'S ALL THE SAME.
UM, SO WE ARE LOOKING FOR A FULL TIME EQUIVALENT, SO YOU COULD HAVE SIX INDIVIDUALS, BUT AS LONG AS YOU CALCULATE IT AS FULL TIME, THEY WOULD QUALIFY.
SO IF SOMEONE HAS PART TIME SERVERS AND THEY CAN COMBINE IT, SO IT'S NOT GOING TO EXCLUDE A LOT OF PEOPLE, IF THEY'RE COUNTING A PART, TIME IS ONE EMPLOYEE ONE.
COULD WE, WHEN WE SOLICIT THE BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN APPLYING, CAN WE ASK THEM FOR THE NUMBER OF FULL TIME EQUIVALENT EMPLOYEES SO THAT WE, WE GET A ROUGH IDEA AND THEN WE SET THE, THE NUMBER, OR SHOULD WE HAVE AN IDEA IS 20 ENOUGH FOR TWO MINUTES? WELL, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW HOW, HOW MUCH TIME IT WOULD TAKE, BUT, AND THE BUSINESS LICENSE YOU HAVE TO PUT HOW MANY EMPLOYEES YOU HAVE.
SO IF WE SEE WHAT KIND OF THE CAP IS, AND THEN THERE'S A HUGE JUMP TO LIKE COSTCO OR LOWE'S.
AND WITH THAT, WE KNOW THAT MAYBE IT CAPS IT AT 25 OR 30 WE'LL, WE'LL KIND OF KNOW WHERE THE NEXT BIG JUMP IS.
IF WE LOOK AT BUSINESS LICENSE, WHEN, WHEN WE DEVELOPED THE INITIAL PROGRAM, WE LOOKED AT DATA THAT WAS AVAILABLE SO THAT WE, UH, ANTICIPATED, THERE WERE PLENTY OF MICRO BUSINESSES THAT WOULD APPLY.
UH, I'LL OFFER THAT, UH, FOR OUR PROPOSAL.
WHEN WE COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL, WE'LL LOOK AT THAT SAME DATA AND SEE IF THERE ARE ANY CLEAR BREAK POINTS FOR HERE'S THE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU, IF YOU GO UP TO 25, IT'S THIS MANY PEOPLE, IF YOU GO UP TO 50, IT MAY GIVE US, UH, SOME CLEAR IDEA OF, AND WE'LL JUST PRESENT THOSE OPTIONS TO THE COUNCIL.
I JUST WANT IT TO BE SURE SINCE ALMA IS THE EXPERT, THAT IF THERE WERE ANY RESTRICTIONS, I WANTED YOU TO BE AWARE OF THAT SO THAT WE WOULD THEN FRAME IT WITHIN THOSE GUIDELINES, BUT WE CAN, WE CAN BRING IT FORTH WITH THOSE OPTIONS.
YOU ESTIMATING IT THROUGH SOME RESEARCH RATHER THAN US JUST COME UP WITH THE NUMBERS.
THEY WERE VERY GOOD WITH THAT.
ALRIGHT, THEN MOVING ON ALONG, SORRY.
JUST REAL, REAL FAST FOR PEOPLE THAT WERE GOING TO BE GIVING LOANS TO THEY'RE STILL OPERATIONAL, CORRECT? YEAH.
PETER, DID YOU ASK A COUPLE THINGS? ONE? UH, SO SINCE WE'RE OPENING IT UP TO, LET'S SAY 20, WHATEVER, THE NUMBER ENDS UP BEING, ARE WE GOING TO DISALLOW THOSE INITIAL 37 OR 40 THAT APPLY? THEY'RE ALL GONNA HAVE BEEN PAID, RIGHT.
ARE THEY EXCLUDED FROM THE NEXT ROUND? I THINK WE HAVE TO LOOK AT ANY NEW APPLICANTS, 37 GONNA APPLY FOR THAT ONE ALSO BECAUSE THEY'RE, WELL, I WOULD TRY TO COVER AS MANY PEOPLE AS WE CAN AND DOUBLE DIP.
SO WHY DON'T WE WAIT AND SEE WHO APPLIED? OKAY.
BUT MY THINKING IS, IF YOU KNOW, IF IT'S THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE, THEN MAYBE WE NEED TO TAKE A LITTLE CLOSER, LOOK AT IT.
AND THEN THE OTHER IS THE PARAMETERS.
IS IT A CHINO HILLS BASED COMPANY? OR IS IT, CAN IT BE ANY COMPLEX LOWERS? WHAT'S AN EXAMPLE OF A LOT OF THE CORPORATE COSTCO AND LOWE'S, AND COSTCO IS IN OUR CITY, BUT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MICRO-BUSINESS
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AND NOW WE'RE GOING TO JACK IT UP A LITTLE BIT MORE.SO WE JUST HAVE THOSE BIG SALES TAX PRODUCERS ARE ALREADY GOING TO HAVE
BUT THAT IS THE ONE THING THAT WE'RE ASKING BEN TO LOOK AT SPECIFICALLY THAT IT HAS TO BE CHINO HILLS BASED COMPANY.
AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO, WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO IS WE'RE GOING TO HIT MORE OF THE SMALL RESTAURANTS.
I DOUBT THAT THERE'LL BE MANY BOUTIQUE SHOPS, BUT THERE, THERE MAY BE SOME OF THOSE OUT THERE THAT CAN ALSO USE THE MONEY.
THERE'S BIG BUSINESSES OUT THERE THAT ACTUALLY HAVE GOTTEN CARE ZACH'S MONEY.
SO IN OTHER WORDS, COULD WE FIND THAT OUT? SO, AND SOMEBODY HAD APPLIED FOR THE MONEY TO MAKE SURE THEY DIDN'T ALREADY RECEIVE ANY MONEY.
SO WE DO ASK ON THE APPLICATION IF THEY RECEIVED ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDING.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HUD IS REALLY HARPING ON IS DUPLICATION OF BENEFITS.
SO GETTING MORE MONEY THAN YOU ACTUALLY NEED FOR THE SAME RESOURCE.
SO THAT'S ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE ARE BETTING AS WELL, IS THAT THEY'RE NOT GETTING THE SAME RESOURCES FROM MULTIPLE AGENCIES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS WE ALREADY VOTED ON THIS OR DID WE TAKE THE VERBAL? YES, WE DID THE VERBAL, I'M SORRY.
[24. Receive and file Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) update]
TO ITEM 24 RECEIVING FILE OF CORONA DISEASE, 2019 UPDATE.UM, WE'D LIKE TO UPDATE THE, UH, COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY ON, UH, ACTIVITY ASSOCIATED WITH THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, UH, ON SEPTEMBER 3RD, UH, THE CITY LAUNCHED A GET BACK IN THE HABIT CAMPAIGN.
UH, AND I REALLY DO NEED TO CLARIFY THIS PROGRAM BECAUSE I BELIEVE IT WAS, UM, UM, MISREPORTED IN THE PAPER.
UH, THIS CAMPAIGN IS DESIGNED TO REMIND OUR RESIDENTS THAT WHILE WE'RE NOT ISSUING, UH, CITATIONS FOR OUR, UH, STREET SWEEPING PROGRAM, UH, THERE'S STILL AN OBLIGATION FOR THE CITY TO SWEEP THE STREETS.
THERE'S STILL AN OBLIGATION FOR US TO, UH, PREVENT THAT DEBRIS FROM GETTING INTO OUR STORM DRAIN SYSTEM AND INTO OUR WATERWAYS.
AND SO STAFF HAS BEEN, UH, PROVIDING, UH, NOTICES TO CARS PARKED ON THIS, ON THE, ON THE STREET, JUST REMINDING THEM, HEY, IF AT ALL POSSIBLE MOVE YOUR CAR INTO YOUR DRIVEWAY.
SO THAT THE STREET SWEEPER DOESN'T HAVE TO GO AROUND, UH, THIS, THIS ISN'T, UH, UH, IN PREPARATION FOR, UH, CITATIONS.
IT'S NOT IN LIEU OF CITATIONS.
UH, THEIR MAKE, THERE MAY COME IN THE FUTURE A TIME WHEN WE HAVE TO REINITIATE OUR CITATION PROGRAM.
UH, BUT THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN A TOOL FOR ENSURING COMPLIANCE AND WHAT WE'VE DONE WHILE WE RECOGNIZE THAT MORE PEOPLE MAY BE HOME DUE TO, UH COVID-19.
UH, WE ALSO WANTED TO REMIND PEOPLE THAT IF THEY HAVE THE ABILITY, PLEASE MOVE THE CAR SO THAT OUR PROGRAM CAN HAVE MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS, AN OPERATIVE WORD AS A REMINDER VERSUS MORNING, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT I THINK WAS PUT IN THE PAPER THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO GET WARNING TICKETS, IF YOU WILL, UH, OR SOMETHING TO THAT VARIETY.
SO WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE JUST TELLING, OH, OKAY, GET READY FOR WHEN WE START, UH, HAVING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE ISSUED A CITATION IF THEY'RE PARKED THERE, BUT AS WE ALL KNOW, WE'LL BE DETERMINING WHAT, WHAT THAT DATE IS, BUT YOU KNOW, NOTHING, NOTHING BUT RAIN AND THE DRAIN.
WELL, LOOK AT ALL THE SUIT AND EVERYTHING THAT'S BEEN ON OUR STREETS WITH THE FIRES.
SO WE NEED TO GET THIS THE STREET SWEPT AND WE WERE JUST ASKING OUR RESIDENTS TO HELP US.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION, BECAUSE I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE GOT THE WRONG IDEA.
UM, I ALSO WANTED TO SHARE THAT, UH, AS WE ALL, UH, ANTICIPATE A, UH, VACCINE AT SOME POINT IN TIME, UH, WILL, UH, BE A CRITICAL STEP IN SOLVING, UH, THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WANTED TO COMMUNICATE TO THE COMMUNITY IS THAT THE AGENCIES, OUR DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, THE CDC, THEY'RE ALL WORKING ON PLANS ON HOW THAT, UH, VACCINE, WHEN IT'S BECOMES AVAILABLE IS, UH, HOW IT WILL BE DISTRIBUTED.
AND SO, UH, THE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL, UH, RELEASE THEIR PLAYBOOK FOR, UH, VACCINATIONS ARE, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH IS DEVELOPING THEIR PLANS FOR THAT.
SO WE, WE DON'T HAVE A CLEAR SENSE OF WHEN THAT WILL BE AVAILABLE, BUT I JUST WANTED TO ASSURE THE PUBLIC THAT THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING AND PREPARING ARE, UH, WORKING OUT A WAY TO BE READY WHEN, WHEN THE TIME COMES.
UM, ONE THING THAT THE CITY STAFF, UH, WORKS TO IDENTIFY, UH, TYPICALLY ON A MONTHLY
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BASIS IS, UH, HOW OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS AFFECT OUR OPERATIONS.AND SO, UH, WE, UH, UNFORTUNATELY ARE EXTENDING SOME OF OUR, UH, CLOSURES, UH, TONIGHT.
UM, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST, UH, SEVERAL OF OUR FACILITIES, UH, WILL NOT BE ABLE TO REOPEN, UH, WHILE WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, USE OUR PARK FACILITIES AND SPORTS ARE WORKING THEIR WAY BACK TO SOME NORMALCY WITH CONDITIONING.
UH, GIVEN THE FACT THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY, UH, IN THE PURPLE TIER, UH, WE ANTICIPATE VERY SOON TO BE GOING TO THE RED TIER, WHICH WILL ALLOW MORE ACTIVITY BASED ON OUR CURRENT AND OUR CURRENT CONDITIONS.
THINGS LIKE, UH, PARKING, UH, ARE LIKE A PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT, EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, AND SOME OF OUR FACILITIES REMAIN RESTRICTED DUE TO DUE THE, THE VIRUS.
I ALWAYS TRY TO POINT OUT TO THE, UH, COMMUNITY THAT, AND I KNOW THE COUNCIL KNOWS THIS STAFF LOOKS AT THIS EVERY WEEK, IF NOT EVERY DAY ON WHAT WE MAY BE ABLE TO MAKE A AVAILABLE AGAIN TO OUR RESIDENTS, EVEN THOUGH WE'VE FORECASTED THE WINDOW THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST, IF SOMETHING CHANGES, WE WILL OPEN ANY AMENITY OR ANY FEATURE IN THE CITY BASED ON THE, ON THE GUIDANCE GIVEN BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR AND ADJUST AS ACCORDINGLY BEFORE FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.
WE ANTICIPATE THROUGH NOVEMBER 1ST, UH, THOSE CLOSURES.
AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THE CORONAVIRUS REPORT.
ANY QUESTIONS OF BEN? ALL RIGHT, MOVING RIGHT ALONG.
[25. Design Review No. 478 - 14762 Cherry Circle, Jose Luis Avalos, Applicant: The Planning Commission adopted a Resolution approving Design Review No. 478 for the development of a two-story addition to an existing one-story, single-family detached residence with an attached, two-car garage. The 1,270 square-foot addition will expand the first story by 150 square feet and would add a 1,120 square foot second story to the existing 1,830 square-foot house and determining the project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act based on findings of fact and subject to Conditions of Approval]
[26. Conditional Use Permit 20CUP01 - Adult Day Health Care at 4200 Chino Hills Parkway, Suites 320, 325, and 330, within Chino Hills Marketplace Commercial Center, Matthew Jeng, Applicant: The Planning Commission adopted a resolution approving Conditional Use Permit 20CUP01 for the operation of an adult day health care facility and determining that the project is exempt from review under the California Environmental Quality Act based on findings of fact and subject to conditions of approval]
WE HAVE, UH, TWO PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS.UH, IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION WE CAN MOVE RIGHT THROUGH THESE TWO ITEMS. WAS THERE ANYONE FROM THE PUBLIC THAT HAS REQUESTED TO SPEAK ON THESE CHERYL? NO.
I JUST WANTED TO SPEAK ABOUT, UH, ITEM 24 WHEN YOU GET THROUGH IT.
UH, UNLESS YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK NOW? WELL, WE, WE JUST COVERED THAT, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
I DON'T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
THE NUMBER, UH, REGARDING THE, UH, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR THE ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE ITEM 26.
SO IF YOU WANT ME TO SPEAK ABOUT THAT NOW I WILL CLARIFICATION FROM LEGAL COUNSEL.
WE'VE PASSED ON THAT WITH NO DISCUSSION FROM THE COUNCIL.
DO WE ENTERTAIN PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS DEATH? UM, YOU, YOU ENTERTAIN PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM? YES, WE CAN.
THIS IS A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, THE ADULT DAY HEALTH CARE.
AND, AND, UH, MY NAME'S JIM GALLAGHER HAS, YOU KNOW, GREETINGS MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS.
UM, KEY THING IS I THINK THIS IS A GREAT FACILITY, BY THE WAY, I'M REALLY IN FAVOR OF THIS ADULT DAY HEALTHCARE FACILITY.
AND, UH, DURING THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING, AND YOU'LL NOTE THE MANAGERS CITY MANAGER'S MEMO, I DID MENTION, I SPOKE OUT A CONCERN ABOUT CIRCULATION AND TRAFFIC THERE.
UH, THIS WAS LOCATED, YOU KNOW, NEXT TO THE JUST TIRES, UH, SOIL.
THAT'S WHERE IT'S GOING TO GO.
AND I KNOW THAT DURING THE DAY WITH ALL THE FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS THERE AND THE TRAFFIC, THAT THERE IS A TRAFFIC ISSUE.
SO I ADDRESSED THAT AT THE TIME THEY DO HAVE PARKING PLAN FOR THE BACK, AND THEY WILL USE, UH, TRANSPORT VEHICLES, UH, TO SOME BRING IN THE BRAND, THE USERS, THE PEOPLE.
AND, UH, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT HE SAID THAT DURING THE DAY, THE HONOR, THAT HE WOULD COME IN EARLY IN THE MORNING AND DROPPED HIM OFF IN THE FRONT ENTRANCE.
AND THEN THEY WOULD BE PICKED UP AT THE END OF THE DAY AND TAKEN BACK TO THEIR RESPECTIVE FACILITIES AT THE END OF THE DAY IN THE BACK.
BUT MY RECOMMENDATION WAS THAT THEY PERHAPS USE THE BACK ENTRANCE BEHIND THE SHOPPING CENTER FOR, TO UNLOAD AND TO BRING THEM IN AND TO BRING THEM OUT.
OTHERWISE I THINK THIS IS FANTASTIC.
I THINK IT'S LONG OVERDUE IN THIS FACILITY AND I THINK IT WILL BE A GREAT ADDITION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
UH, JOANNE, A REAL QUICK QUESTION.
WERE THERE ANY CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL ON THIS ITEM THAT TALKS ABOUT THE, UH, I DON'T WANT THIS TO SOUND INSENSITIVE, BUT THE LOADING AND UNLOADING OF, OF THE USERS OF THIS, WHETHER IT WOULD BE THE FRONT OF THE EXIT, THE EXIT OR ENTRANCE OR THE BACK IT, WAS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OF THIS? UM, YES.
YOUR DISCUSSION, BOTH IN THE SITE PLAN AND THE OPERATION PLAN FOR THE PROJECT.
SO AS THE FACILITY WILL BE DEVELOPED, THERE WILL
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BE THE TRENDS, TRAM PARKING IN THE REAR, AND THOSE ARE PARTICIPANTS WILL ENTER THROUGH THE RARE, THERE MAY BE ALSO OTHER PARTICIPANTS WHO WOULD ENTER IN THE FRONT, BUT WE WERE ANTICIPATE THAT MOST OF THE ENTRANCES WOULD BE THROUGH THE REAR OF THE PROPERTY.SO IT IS DISCUSSED AND IT IS CONDITIONED AS WELL.
ANY, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS ON THIS ITEM? OKAY.
AND WE DIDN'T PULL IT, SO I THINK THAT WOULD BE IT.
THANK YOU, JIM, FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
[27. Approve Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for Community Development Block Grant Program for 2019-20 program year]
ITEM NUMBER 27 IS PUBLIC HEARING.UH, CHERYL, WILL YOU PLEASE DISCUSS THE GUIDELINES FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS OR PUBLIC HEARING? EXCUSE ME.
THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING PORTION OF THE MEETING.
IF YOU WISH TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZOOM OR DIAL STAR NINE TO BE SELECTED FROM THE MEETING.
HUGH, THIS ITEM IS TO APPROVE THE CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT.
ALRIGHT, ALMA, YOU'RE GOING TO GIVE US A STAFF REPORT ON THIS.
UM, SO WE HERE AGAIN FOR OUR ANNUAL APPROVAL OF OUR 1920 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE AND EVALUATION REPORT KNOWN AS THE CAPER.
IT SUMMARIZES THE ACTIVITIES THAT HAPPENED THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
UM, SO LAST YEAR WE WERE AWARDED A LITTLE OVER 385,000 IN CDBG FUNDS.
PLUS WE HAD A LITTLE OVER 42,000 THAT WE HAD, UM, UNSPENT FROM PRIOR YEARS.
SO 20% OF THE FUNDS WERE ALLOCATED TO ADMINISTRATION, WHICH INCLUDES THE ALLEN FAIR HOUSING AND MEDIATION BOARD TO, UH, UH, FOR FAIR HOUSING SERVICES, WHICH IS PART OF OUR MANDATE.
UM, FROM HIGH TO AFFIRMATIVELY, FURTHER FAIR HOUSING.
THERE IS AN UNUSED BALANCE OF $9,800 THAT WILL BE REALLOCATED IN THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
15% WAS ALLOCATED TO PUBLIC SERVICES AND THERE WAS AN UNUSED BALANCE OF $9,000.
THOSE FUNDS WILL BE REALLOCATED IN THE UPCOMING YEAR AND, UM, THE LITERACY PROGRAM AND THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS PROGRAM FOR TONY WAR SUSPENDED DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, OR AT LEAST DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER.
SO THOSE ARE THE ELA IS WHAT THE $9,000 IS FOR.
AND THEN 65% WAS ALLOCATED TO THE LOS TORONTO'S INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS.
TWO PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED DURING THE YEAR.
UM, BUT, UM, WE STILL HAD MONEY LEFT OVER FROM PRIOR YEARS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE WE USED FIRST.
SO THIS YEAR'S MONEY HAS BEEN CARRIED FORWARD TO THE CURRENT YEAR.
AND THEN THE REMAINING FUNDS WERE, UM, ALLOCATED TO THE HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT.
FROM THE PRIOR YEARS, WE HAD A TOTAL OF FIVE GRANTS THAT WERE AWARDED ALL PROJECTS WERE COMPLETED DURING THE PROGRAM YEAR.
UM, AND WE STILL HAD MONEY FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR.
SO WE USE THAT MONEY FIRST AND ANY, UM, SO THIS YEAR'S PASTOR'S ALLOCATION IS BEING CARRIED FORWARD TO THE CURRENT YEAR.
UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE 14 APPLICATIONS FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UM, AND WE ARE CURRENTLY, UH, REVIEWING THOSE.
SO WE ARE HOPEFUL THAT WE WILL BE SPENDING THOSE FUNDS THIS YEAR.
AND WHEN WILL THOSE, THOSE, UM, PROPOSED RECIPIENTS COME IN AND MAKE THEIR PITCH TO US? WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE THAT? AND WHEN WILL WE HAVE THE FINAL DOLLAR AMOUNT THAT WE CAN ALLOCATE THAT'S FOR NEXT YEAR, THE NEXT YEAR FOR THE COMING YEAR? CAUSE YOU WERE SAYING, THIS IS, THIS IS THE PAST FISCAL YEAR, BUT YOU HAVE A TIMELINE ON WHEN WE'RE GOING TO, BECAUSE THIS MONEY IS GOING TO BE A LEFTOVER, IT'S GOING TO BE ADDED TO NEXT YEAR'S ALLOCATION.
UH, SO I'LL USUALLY COME BACK IN FEBRUARY TO THE COUNCIL AND WE CAN REALLOCATE IT THEN JUST TO GIVE PEOPLE OUT THERE.
CAUSE THERE WAS A COUPLE OF APPLICANTS THAT DIDN'T APPLY THIS YEAR THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY APPLIED.
SO WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S PLENTY OF INFORMATION PUT OUT THERE TO THE PEOPLE THAT COULD POTENTIALLY FILE AND APPLY FOR THIS, FOR PUBLIC SERVICE OR FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT.
WELL, FOR, FOR ANY OF THE CDBG.
SO FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT, WE ARE CURRENTLY TAKING, UH, APPLICATIONS AND THEN FOR PUBLIC SERVICE FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, THE PROCESS WILL START IN NOVEMBER AND THEN I'LL COME BACK IN FEBRUARY FOR COUNCIL AND HOME IMPROVEMENT IS STILL WHAT, 5,000? YES.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF QUESTION? UM, SO READING THE CHART, IT SAYS THAT THE SEVEN PEOPLE THAT WERE HELPING WITH HOUSING THAT WERE SPENDING 2016 FUNDINGS FOR THE HOME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, IS THAT CORRECT? YEAH, THAT WAS OUR GOAL AND WE HELPED FIVE.
SO THEN DO WE STILL HAVE 2017, 18? YEAH, I WAS GOING TO THEN MAYBE NEXT YEAR AS WE MOVE FORWARD, WE LOOK AT SUBSTANTIALLY SCALING, WHATEVER WE ALLOCATE FOR THAT IMPROVEMENT BACK AND PUT IT INTO PROGRAMS THAT ARE BEING UTILIZED.
SO WE HADN'T REALLOCATED THAT MONEY UNTIL LAST YEAR.
SO FROM 2016, 2009 IT'S T UM, FROM, SO FROM 17, 18 TO, UH, LAST YEAR WE DIDN'T ALLOCATE ANY ADDITIONAL FUNDS TO HOME IMPROVEMENT.
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A QUESTION MR. MARIA? WELL, THE MONIES THAT WE USE FOR HOME IMPROVEMENT, THAT'S BASICALLY LOS SWADDLES.IS THERE ANY OTHER AREAS IN CHINO HILLS, SUCH AS SLEEPY HOLLOW, THERE COULD QUALIFY.
SO THE PROGRAM IS OPEN CITYWIDE, SO YOU DO HAVE TO INCOME QUALIFY.
SO THEN SLEEPY HOLLOW, IF THEY COME HERE QUALIFY THE WHAT, BUT YES.
BEAUTIFUL QUALIFICATIONS ANXIOUS IN TERMS OF INCOME.
SO JUST BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING MAYBE TO REMIND THEM, UM, I DON'T REMEMBER THAT, BUT IT HAS TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED TOO.
IT HAS TO BE OWNER OCCUPIED FOR AT LEAST A YEAR.
UM, IF MY MEMORY SERVES ME CORRECT IT'S FOR ONE, A FAMILY SIZE OF ONE IT'S FOR YOU CANNOT MAKE MORE THAN 42,000 A YEAR.
AND SO THEN IT INCREMENTS FROM THERE.
CAUSE THERE'S NO OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF I'LL OFFICIALLY OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
DO WE HAVE ANY REQUESTS TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? I DO NOT SEE ANY HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME.
YOU DON'T SEE ANY IN THE, IN THE AUDIENCE.
SO WE WILL OFFICIALLY CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK UP HERE FOR A MOTION.
MOTION TO APPROVE MOTION BY PETER ALL SECOND SECOND BY BRIAN VERBAL VOTE PLEASE.
[ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT]
DENISE, COME ON DOWN.WELL, MARIN COUNCIL, UM, HAVE THE, THE TYPICAL TWO WEEK UPDATES ON OUR COVID NUMBERS IN THE COUNTY AND ALSO IN OUR CITY.
UH, WE CURRENTLY IN THE COUNTY HAVE 52,650 CAN SERVE CONFIRMED CASES.
THAT'S UP FROM TWO WEEKS AGO BY SEVERAL THOUSAND.
UH, THE DAY TO DAY INCREASE HAS BEEN JUST 0.3%.
THE TOTAL TOTAL POSITIVE CASES IN CHINO HILLS IS 919, WHICH IS UP 79 FROM TWO WEEKS AGO.
THE TOTAL TESTS IN THE COUNTY, UH, THE TESTING CAPACITY IS VERY HIGH.
IT IS VERY EASY TO GET A TEST.
UM, WE ARE WATCHING THE LABOR DAY.
WE'RE ABOUT TWO WEEKS PAST LABOR DAY.
SO WE'RE WATCHING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS AS A RESULT OF ANY ACTIVITIES ON LABOR DAY, BUT 586,400 TESTS IN OUR COUNTY, WHICH IS UP 63,000 IN JUST TWO WEEKS ON THE DAY TO DAY UPDATE.
IT'S 8% UP FROM THE PREVIOUS DATE.
IF YOU RECALL, THE TARGET IS 8% POSITIVITY RATE AND THE COUNTY HAS BEEN ON A POSITIVE TREND FOR THAT, BUT CURRENTLY IT'S 8.98.
SO WHEN THEY DO THEIR ROLLING AVERAGES, IT'S LOOKING BETTER.
UM, IN CHINO HILLS, THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTS ARE 16,006, SIX 30, WHICH IS UP A COUPLE OF THOUSAND FROM TWO WEEKS AGO.
OUR POSITIVITY RATE IS 5.5% AND TWO WEEKS AGO IT WAS 5.8.
SO WE'RE HEADING DOWN DESTINED THE COUNTY 908, WHICH IS UP 143 PEOPLE IN TWO WEEKS.
OUR DEATH RATE IN CHINO HILLS HAS NOW CLIMBED TO EIGHT.
SO THAT COMPLETES THE STATISTICS ON COVID, UM, TO FOLLOW UP ON THE CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE ON CITY OPERATIONS.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO MENTION THAT WE HAD LATE NEWS TODAY FROM THE COUNTY THAT NAIL SALONS CAN NOW OPEN INDOORS.
SO WE'RE WORKING TO PUT THAT INFORMATION OUT.
I GET THE, I GUESS THAT WAS A BIT OF A SURPRISE COMING FROM THE STATE.
SO THERE ARE RESTRICTIONS AND REQUIREMENTS AND WE'LL BE WORKING TO POST ALL OF THAT.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION, WE ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO THE ANNUAL SALUTE SERVICE VETERANS BREAKFAST IN CEREMONY EACH YEAR.
UM, AS A RESULT OF THE CURRENT CONDITIONS, WE WON'T BE HOLDING THAT EVENT THIS YEAR ON NOVEMBER 10TH.
BUT WHAT WE'RE DOING INSTEAD IS, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES HAS LAUNCHED A PROGRAM WHERE VETERANS CAN REQUEST A LAWN SIGN INDICATING THAT A VETERAN LIVES IN THE HOME, WHICH WOULD GIVE THE COMMUNITY A CHANCE TO PERHAPS HAVE GREETINGS FOR THAT, FOR THAT PERSON.
ALSO RESIDENTS THAT HAVE AN INTEREST IN PUTTING A SIGN IN THEIR YARD THAT SAYS, THANKS FOR YOUR SERVICE.
UH, YOU CAN DO THAT IN THE SIGNUPS HAVE STARTED TODAY.
THE COST FOR THE RESIDENTS IS $10.
SO WE'VE ADDED THAT INSTEAD OF BUYING PANCAKES, IS THERE ANY WAY WE COULD DO SOME SORT OF A DRIVES UP LIKE WE'VE DONE WITH THE ICE CREAM SOCIALS AND MAYBE GET A LOCAL RESTAURANT RESTAURANT LIKE CHICK-FIL-A TO OFFER BREAKFAST SANDWICHES OR SOMETHING AND HAVE A DRIVE UP VETERAN'S DAY BREAKFAST THAT WAY AND GIVE THE VETERANS A BREAKFAST SANDWICH OR SOMETHING.
IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD WORK UP? DO WE HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO MAYBE TRY AND MOVE THAT FROM? WE CAN CERTAINLY ASK THE QUESTION.
I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD, I THINK, AND TH THEY'RE ALWAYS GOOD ABOUT, UH, AND I KNOW THAT CYNTHIA HAS A REALLY GOOD RELATIONSHIP WITH THAT ORGANIZATION TO
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USE.SHE USED TO WORK BEAR OR WORK FOR THEM.
SO IF YOU COULD WORK ON THAT, CYNTHIA, THAT WOULD BE GREAT.
COULD YOU, COULD YOU HELP, UH, DENISE OR STAFF IF YOU NEED SOME, UH, UM, YOU KNOW, IF THEY NEED TO CONTACT, LET ME JUST ADD IT TO MY LIST.
SO I THINK THAT'D BE GREAT, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE A GOOD WAY OF DOING THE BREAKFAST THAT WE CAN'T HAVE.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, IT EITHER THE OWNER OPERATORS OR ROTARY MEMBERS IN THIS ROOM, I SENSE PRESSURE.
I SENSE PRESSURE TAKES THE PRESSURE OR ISSUING A CHALLENGE.
LET'S SEE IF WE, AS A CITY, CAN'T GET SOMEBODY TO DO AND RACE RAY.
YOU'RE NOT EVEN, I'M A VETERAN.
I SHOULD, I SHOULD PARTICIPATE AND I WILL.
UH, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO MAKE THAT A DRIVE UP VETERANS BREAKFAST, I THINK THAT'D BE A GREAT IDEA.
IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR DONATIONS, YOU GOT FIVE PEOPLE UP HERE, SO YES, I THINK THEY CAN DO THAT AND WE CAN DO IT FROM PERSONAL FUNDS, PERSONAL PHONES ONLY.
UM, I DID ALSO WANT TO MENTION TOO, THAT WE'RE PLANNING A VIDEO REMEMBRANCE FOR OUR VETERANS.
SO WE'RE, UH, WE'RE, WE'VE BEEN ASKING THE VETERANS TO SUBMIT A PHOTO AND THEIR NAME AND BRANCH OF SERVICE.
AND IN ADDITION, WE'LL, WE'RE WORKING ON A LITTLE MONTAGE.
THAT'LL BE NICE THAT WE'LL RELEASE ON VETERANS DAY, THIS YEAR, PICTURES OF, UH, YOU KNOW, THE DRIVE UP WITH THE, UH, EASY UPS AND GIVEN VETERANS, UH, THE BREAKFAST SANDWICH.
SO MAYBE WE CAN REALLY MAKE A BIG DEAL OF IT.
CAUSE WE CAN'T LET SOMETHING MAJOR LIKE THAT GO BY WITHOUT MAKING EVERY EFFORT TO MAKE IT VERY SPECIAL.
MOVING ON THEN I'D ALSO LIKE TO MENTION, WE HEARD SOME GOOD REPORTS ON THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WEBINAR AND THAT WAS LAST WEEKEND.
IT WAS OUR FIRST ZOOM EVENT LIKE THAT.
AND I WAS KEEPING TRACK AND PEOPLE STAYED TUNED IN THE ENTIRE HOUR AND A HALF.
SO IF YOU VISIT OUR WEBSITE, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO WATCH A VIDEO OF THAT EVENT.
YOU CAN CHECK THE TOPICS AS WELL TOO, TO WATCH THAT, BUT THERE'S A VARIETY OF TOPICS, GENERATORS, POWER OUTAGES, GO BAGS, YOU KNOW, YOU NAME IT COMMUNICATIONS.
SO YEAH, AND I'VE ALREADY TOLD HIM PERSONALLY, BUT CHRIS NEEDS TO GET KUDOS FOR THIS.
HE, HE RAN THAT FANTASTICALLY.
HE DID A FANTASTIC JOB, JUST ANOTHER TRIBUTE TO THE TYPE OF EMPLOYEES WE HAVE.
HE HAD TO HARNESS ABOUT FIVE DIFFERENT ENTITIES THAT WERE TALKING AND HE DID A GREAT JOB.
SO AGAIN, PUBLICLY TO EVERYBODY WE'RE GOING TO RECOMMEND OR ACKNOWLEDGED HIM FOR THAT.
I KNOW HE REALLY APPRECIATES THAT.
HE TAKES HIS JOB TO PREPARE THE COMMUNITY VERY SERIOUSLY.
AND YOU KNOW, THE SAD THING IS, AS WE KNOW, BECAUSE WE HONORED HIS MOTHER AT THE LAST MEETING, HE HAD JUST LOST HIS MOM TOO.
SO, YOU KNOW, TO BE ABLE TO RECOUP AND PUT ON A PROGRAM LIKE THAT, THAT TOOK A LOT OF COORDINATION FOR, YOU KNOW, AN HOUR AND A HALF OR SO, A ZOOM MEETING.
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE ARE, WE ARE BUSY WITH OUR, OUR CALENDAR.
SO I'LL JUST QUICKLY GO OVER A FEW THINGS THAT ARE COMING UP, UH, CONCERTS IN THE CAR, OCTOBER 10TH ON A SATURDAY, IT'S A TRIBUTE BAND TO JOURNEY.
UM, WE'RE HAVING AN ICE CREAM SOCIAL FOR OUR ACTIVE ADULTS, 50 PLUS THIS, THIS WEEK ON THE 24TH, IT'LL BE FROM ONE TO TWO, RIGHT BY THE MONUMENT, THE MILITARY MONUMENT AT THE COMMUNITY CENTER.
SO THAT'S WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, UH, WE HAVE BLOOD DRIVE.
SO THE BLOOD BANK HAS LOST SOME OF THEIR LOCATIONS AND THEY'RE HAVING WEEKLY BLOOD DRIVES HERE AT OUR, AT OUR CITY HALL ON PEYTON DRIVE OVER HERE, THEY'LL BE HERE FOR THE NEXT THREE TUESDAYS, AND THEN WE'LL GO FROM THERE AND SEE HOW, HOW IT WAS GOING FOR THEM.
A SIDE BENEFIT IS THAT YOU CAN BE TESTED FOR ANTIBODIES, COVERT ANTIBODIES.
IF YOU COMPLETE A SUCCESSFUL DONATION, UH, AGAIN, WE'RE DOWN TO THE WIRE.
THIS IS OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE CENSUS.
GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND WE'LL LINK YOU RIGHT UP TO THAT WEBSITE FREE MULTI-VENDOR.
WE WEREN'T ABLE TO HAVE ONE IN THE SPRING.
SO WE WILL BE HAVING OUR FREMONT EVENT ON OCTOBER 3RD AT THE SHOPS IT'S WHILE SUPPLIES LAST, WEAR A MASK, BRING YOUR OWN SHOVEL, BRING SOMETHING THAT SHOWS YOUR RESIDENT, AND WE'LL BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU HOME WITH FREE MULCH COMPOST AS WELL.
IN WOODCHIPS VIRTUAL RECREATION IS SOMETHING YOU NEED TO CHECK INTO ON OUR WEBSITE, LOTS OF ACTIVITIES, BOREDOM BUSTERS, EXERCISE VIDEOS, PROJECT VIDEOS.
AND WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW REC TO GO PROGRAM.
THIS IS THE FIRST WEEK THAT WE'LL HAVE WRECKED TO GO.
UH, IT'S A FREE PROGRAM, BUT WE NEED TO GO ONLINE TO REGISTER, TO BE INCLUDED.
SO IF YOU'VE COME SIGN UP TOMORROW, YOU COULD BE INCLUDED IN A FRIDAY GIVEAWAY.
IT'S A PACKET WITH SUPPLIES AND DIRECTIONS FOR SIX PROJECTS, STEM ACTIVITIES, ART PROJECTS, AND SOME WORKSHEETS AND FUN THINGS TO DO.
WHEN YOU SIGN UP, YOU'LL BE NOTIFIED OF WHERE YOU CAN GO TO PICK UP YOUR KID AND IT'S ONLY TWO PER HOUSEHOLD.
SO IF YOU HAVE MORE THAN TWO KIDS, MAKE A DEAL WITH A NEIGHBOR TO SIGN UP FOR YOU.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE HAVEN'T PROMOTED THIS VERY MUCH YET, UH, AT THE
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COUNCIL MEETING, BUT WE DO HAVE OUR PHOTO CONTEST COMING UP.THE DEADLINE'S NOVEMBER 20TH, JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HAVE PEOPLE TAKE A LOOK AT THE WEBSITE AND LEARN WHAT THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES ARE AND GET THEIR PHOTOGRAPHS READY TO SUBMIT.
THERE ARE BIG CASH PRIZES FOR THIS EVENT, SO IT'S WELL WORTH IT.
AND THE PHOTOGRAPHERS ENJOY MEETING EACH OTHER.
HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT MAYBE NEXT YEAR.
[ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire]
IT'S THAT TIME FOR SAFETY UPDATES, UH, DEPUTY CHIEF ATKINSON.WOULD YOU WANT TO DO YOURS? I SAW THAT THE CHIEF OF POLICE LEFT MOMENTARILY.
IS HE GONE? IS HE OUTSIDE OR IS HE GONE? HE'S GONE.
THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME UP HERE THIS EVENING.
MAYOR BENNETT MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, JUST TO GIVE YOU A BRIEF UPDATE ON THE FIRE ACTIVITY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS YOU KNOW, IT'S VERY ROBUST THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND HERE LOCALLY, UM, THE FIRE OUT IN THE GLEN, UH, OUT IN THE GLEN HELEN, OR EXCUSE ME OUT IN YUCAIPA AREA IS, UM, WE'RE STARTING TO SEE EQUIPMENT GET RELEASED FROM THAT FIRE.
AND, UM, FORTUNATELY THAT EQUIPMENT, ONCE THEY GET RELEASED ARE GETTING TRANSFERRED OVER TO THE BOBCAT FIRE.
SO CURRENTLY WE HAVE 19 PERSONNEL OUT.
UM, SO THAT'S THREE ENGINES, A WATER TINDER, A TWO LINE PARAMEDICS, AND, UH, ONE DC IS OUT AS A SAFETY OFFICER.
SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THAT, WE NORMALLY STAFF ON A DAILY BASIS, 33 PERSONNEL, WE HAVE 19 PERSONNEL THAT ARE OUT ON A CONSTANT BASIS, AND WE ALSO CURRENTLY HAVE 10 OPENINGS WITHIN OUR DEPARTMENT.
SO IN REALITY, WE HAVE A THIRD OF OUR PERSONNEL ARE OUT SO KUDOS TO THE PERSONNEL THAT WE HAVE HERE, PROTECTING THE CITY.
AND WE ALWAYS MAINTAIN OUR STAFFING.
HERE IS OUR FIRST AND FOREMOST HERE IN THE CHINO VALLEY AREA.
AND THEN WE ALSO SEND THAT EQUIPMENT OUT TO MUTUAL AID SYSTEM.
UH, ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT THE STATE OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL BOTH, UM, THEY DO PAY FOR ALL THAT PERSONNEL TO BE OUT DURING THAT TIME WHEN WE ARE REIMBURSED.
UM, ONCE THOSE FIRES ARE OVER, WE DO RECEIVE A REIMBURSEMENT.
THAT'S WHEN HE QUESTIONS I COULD ANSWER ON, UH, THE FIRE AND THEN I'LL SHARE SOMETHING ELSE WITH YOU.
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE 19 THAT WE HAVE, UH, THEY JUST HAD THE TRANSITION A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, DIDN'T THEY? OR WAS IT YES.
SO THERE'S A, TYPICALLY A CREW WILL GO OUT FOR 14 DAYS AND THEN CAN BE EXTENDED TO 21.
UH, WE'VE HAD SEVERAL CREWS THAT HAVE EXTENDED OUT TO 21 DAYS, BUT THE CREW THAT WE JUST TRAN THAT WE JUST EXCHANGED WAS ONLY ON A 14 DAY ASSIGNMENT.
AND THEN THEY DID COME BACK AND WE DID SEND PEOPLE IN THEIR PLACE, UM, FIREFIGHTERS BACK OUT TO, TO COVER THEM AS WELL.
AND THEY ALL WENT OUT TO THE ELDORADO FIRE, CORRECT? THEY DID GO OUT TO, EXCUSE ME, THEY DID GO OUT, TELL RENTAL FIRE, BUT, UM, JUST SAW SOME UPDATE.
THE, THAT CREW NOW WILL SUPPOSEDLY BE DEMOTE TOMORROW ARE RELEASED FROM THAT INCIDENT ELDORADO, BUT THEY'RE ANTICIPATING GOING TO THE BOBCAT FIRE, THE BOBCAT FIRE, AS YOU KNOW, IS, UH, HAS, UM, REALLY SIGNIFICANTLY EXPLODED AND STARTED TO CHALLENGE.
UH, THERE'S MANY DIFFERENT FRONTS THERE.
SO THERE NEED UPGRADE ASSISTANCE AT THAT FIRE.
THE REASON I BRING THAT UP IS I WAS WITH, UH, YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, PRESIDENT, UH, RB LUTH AND ASSISTANCE, SARAH RAMOS EVENGER ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, WE WERE HAVING PEOPLE DRIVE UP AND SIGN.
THANK YOU CARDS FOR THE FIREFIGHTERS THAT WERE ALL FIRE FIGHTING, THE ELDORADO FIRE.
AND I UNDERSTOOD THEY WERE GOING TO DELIVER THOSE CARDS.
WE HAD PROBABLY ABOUT 30 PEOPLE RESIDENTS BRINGING UP FAMILIES AND HAVING THEM SIGN THE POSTERS.
THAT IS A THANK YOU TO OUR HEROES AS WE'RE UP THERE.
IT'S LEARN SHADED BY OUR FIREFIGHTERS.
UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S VERY NICE TO HEAR FROM THE COMMUNITY, THE IMPACT ON, UH, AN IMAGINE OF FAMILY OF THE FIREFIGHTER THAT'S GOING UP AND SERVING FOR 14 DAYS, IF NOT 21, UM, IS, IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
THANK YOU TO THE, TO THE PUBLIC THAT DID.
AND SENATOR LING LING, CHAN'S THE ONE THAT WAS BEHIND IT, MOSTLY AND SARAH PICKED UP THE LABORING OR ON THIS SIDE.
SO IT WAS, IT WAS A GOOD EVENT.
WE HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE, SO, LIKE I SAID, BUT 30.
AND, UH, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE, UH, WE CURRENTLY ARE IN A TESTING PROCESS FOR A NEW FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDICS.
UH, OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, WE HAD OUR ACTUAL TESTS WHERE THEY COME TO, UH, OUR FIRE ADMINISTRATION AND THEY HAD TO A, UH, EMS OR EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE TEST, AS WELL AS AN INTERVIEW.
UM, FROM THERE WE'LL BE TAKING A SELECT GROUP ONTO THE INTERVIEW PANEL AND, UH, AND THEN FROM THERE TO ACHIEVE THE INTERVIEW, UH, WITH OUR HOPEFUL THAT, UH, EARLY SPRING, WE'LL BE BRINGING NEW FIREFIGHTERS ON, UM, TO THE DISTRICT.
THAT'S VERY MUCH WHERE YOU REPORT FOR SURE.
IF WE LOSE A FIREFIGHTER RECENTLY, I'M SORRY.
CAN WE LOSE A FIREFIGHTER? THAT'S CORRECT.
UH, A MEMBER OF A HOT SHOT CREW WAS, UH, WAS KILLED, UM, ON THE ALVARADO FIRE.
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HE WAS ONLY 39 YEARS OLD, RIGHT? CORRECT.THAT'S JUST TRAGIC, REALLY IS VERY TRAGIC FROM A FIRE.
THIS WAS STARTED WITH A SUPPOSEDLY
SO VERY IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT A FIREFIGHTING IS A DANGEROUS DUTY.
AND AS FAR AS THE STATE GOES UP AND DOWN THE STATE, WE'VE HAD SOME VERY SIGNIFICANT FIRES.
UM, IT'S VERY IMPERATIVE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTAND THE DANGERS OF, UH, OF USING ANY SUCH DEVICE AS WHAT WAS USED IN ELDORADO FIRE THAT, UM, IT WAS A SMOKE BOMB ESSENTIALLY, AND IT CAUGHT THE BRUSH ON FIRE.
SO IMPORTANT REMINDER THAT, UM, RIGHT NOW WE WANT TO BE VERY CAUTIOUS, UH, WHILE YOU'RE IN THE WILD LAND AREA.
AND HERE IN CHINO HILLS, WE HAVE A VERY, UM, LARGE INTERFACE, UM, UH, THE WILD LAND AND THE HOMES AND SOMETHING THAT ALWAYS BE CONCERNED.
AND OBVIOUSLY IF YOU SEE ANYTHING, IT'S ALWAYS SAY SOMETHING, CALL NINE ONE ONE, AND THEN THAT CAN BE VETTED OUT.
WELL, UH, THE POLICE CHIEF HAD HAD TO LEAVE, SO WE'RE SORRY ABOUT THAT.
[ COUNCIL REPORTS Mayor Bennett Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce Chino Valley Independent Fire District Vice Mayor Johsz West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees Council Member Marquez League of California Cities Latino Caucus Legislative Committee San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Transit Committee San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Metro Valley Committee Southern California Association of Governments Legislative/Communications and Membership Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority (Metrolink) Contracts, Operations, Maintenance, and Safety Committee Council Member Moran Chino Valley Unified School District Board Council Member Rogers Chino Hills Community Foundation Water Facilities Authority Board]
COUNCIL REPORTS.UM, FIRST WENT UP AS A CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER.
UH, ZEB BASICALLY REPORTED THE ITEMS THAT I WANTED TO TALK ABOUT, BUT BASICALLY QUICK RECAP.
UH, THE PROPOSITION A WEBINAR IS GOING TO BE ON THURSDAY FROM 1130 TO ONE O'CLOCK HE TOLD YOU HOW YOU CAN LOG IN AND FIND OUT ABOUT THAT THE CHINO VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE GOLF TOURNAMENT, WHICH IS GOING TO BE NEXT MONDAY, THE 28TH OF WESTERN HILLS, BECAUSE OF COVID COVID, UH, 19, WE'RE GOING TO DO IT.
THERE'S GOING TO BE DIFFERENT TEE OFF TIMES FROM EIGHT TO 12.
IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A TYPICAL SHOTGUN START.
UH, BUT I WON'T SAY MORE BECAUSE IT'S ALREADY BEEN SOLD OUT THAT'S IT'S, IT SHOULD BE A GREAT EVENT.
AND FINALLY, THE CA CANDIDATE FORUM WILL BE COMING UP ON MONDAY, THE 5TH OF OCTOBER, AND THE FOUR CANDIDATES WILL BE IN THIS ROOM LIVE, AND THE PUBLIC WILL, UH, AS ALWAYS, THEY CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS ANYHOW, BUT THEY WILL BE VIEWING IN ON A TAPE REVIEW, UH, FROM ZOOM AND THE QUESTIONS ARE BEING FILTERED THROUGH THE CHAMBER.
SO IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS THAT YOU'D LIKE TO ASK THE CANDIDATES THAT WILL BE THERE THAT NIGHT, UH, FEEL FREE TO GET YOUR QUESTIONS INTO THERE.
UH, AND THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT, UH, THE LAST MEETING WAS, UH, UH, VERY GOOD.
WE HAD, UH, COUPLE THINGS HERE I WANTED TO JUST COVER.
UM, WE HAD SOME SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS THAT ARE CHINO HILLS SHERIFF DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION WAS MADE TO INSPECTOR LENA LYNN, UH, FIRST, UH, ACTION THAT SHE TOOK.
WE HAD TWO SERVICES, UH, AWARDS, UH, EMS NURSE.
LESLIE PARAM HAS FIVE YEARS ACCOUNTANT, DON BURNS, 15 YEARS.
AND THEY, UH, ISSUED PROCLAMATIONS FOR THE NINE 11 FIRE FIGHTER DAY OF REMEMBRANCE, WHICH OF COURSE WAS 19 YEARS.
AND THAT HAD TO GO VIRTUAL THIS YEAR FOR THE FIRST TIME.
BUT THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF GREAT STUFF ON SOCIAL MEDIA ABOUT THAT, UH, ANNUAL REMEMBRANCE, UH, ALSO THE, UH, PROCLAMATION FOR FIRE PREVENTION WEEK NATIONAL AWARENESS WEEK AND BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
SO, UH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE TIED INTO ALL OF THE SAME GREAT THINGS THAT WE ARE.
AND, UH, OTHER NET THAT I MUST SAY THAT THE, THE MEETING WAS VERY CORDIAL ALL MEMBERS AND, UH, IT WAS A PLEASANT TIME TO BE THERE.
SO, UH, WITH THAT, I'LL MOVE ON TO, UM, VICE MAYOR JOE'S WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL.
WE HAD OUR MEETING EARLIER TODAY AND THE ONLY REAL ITEM OF ANY SIGNIFICANCE WAS THAT OUR STAFF FOUND ONE MOSQUITO IN THE COLLEGE PARK AREA OF CHINO THAT HAD WEST NILE.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO MONITOR, BUT ONLY FOUND ONE WELL FOR THE LAST WEEK.
COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, THE LATINO CAUCUS LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE.
FIRST OF ALL, LEGAL CALIFORNIA CITIES, LATINO CAUCUS, REALLY NOTHING REPORT THERE.
I'LL GO BACK TO SPCA SAN BERDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
I ATTENDED MORE MOBILE SOURCE AIR POLLUTION.
THERE REALLY WASN'T ANYTHING TO REPORT THERE.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
WE TALKED ABOUT OMNI TRANS CONSOLIDATIONS STUDY.
THE REPORT ALSO, WE TALKED ABOUT REDLANDS RAIL.
WE CREASE THE CONTRACT BY 900,000 FOR A FIFTH FACILITIES.
AND THEN METRO VALLEY, THERE WAS REALLY NOTHING TO REPORTS GOING DOWN TO SCAG.
WE DID GO OVER THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEGISLATION THAT THE HOT TOPICS FOR THIS PAST PAST YEAR.
AND THERE REALLY WASN'T A WHOLE LOT TO REPORT THERE.
AND THEN METRO LINK, THERE'S NOTHING TO REPORT IT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH QUICK AND CONCISE COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN, CHINO VALLEY, UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, YOU KNOW, AND NOTHING REALLY NEW TO REPORT.
SO, UM, IF SOMETHING SIGNIFICANT HAPPENS, EVEN IF IT'S NOT ON THE AGENDA, I'LL MAKE SURE TO REPORT IT.
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UM, I WENT BACK TO WORK AT SEVEN.SO I'VE EXPERIENCED WHAT THE TEACHERS ARE SUBBING, I MEAN ARE, ARE EXPERIENCING AS WELL AS WHAT SOME PARENTS ARE BY HELPING SOME PARENTS AT HOME WITH THEIR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL STUDENTS.
AND ALL I CAN SAY IS THAT EVERYONE MEET EVERYONE, BE PATIENT AND BE KIND.
AND HOPEFULLY THIS WILL BE OVER REALLY SOON BECAUSE KUDOS TO THOSE TEACHERS.
AND I DO NOT KNOW HOW YOU WERE DOING IT.
MY CHILDREN ARE GROWN WELL, BRIAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING.
I DON'T KNOW HOW LIBBY'S DOING IT.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT IS DOING THE BEST THEY CAN.
AND, UM, SO ARE THE TEACHERS THAT ARE NOT TRAINED FOR VIRTUAL.
SO I'M HOPING THIS WILL BE OVER SOON BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO PUBLICLY SAY TO THE PARENTS AND TEACHERS, YOU GUYS ARE ROCK STARS RIGHT NOW.
I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE DOING IT.
SO THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR SCHOOL BOARD AND ON NUTRIENTS IS NOT ON THE AGENDA, BUT I WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT THAT.
SO YESTERDAY, UM, RAY AND I, UM, WROTE ON ONE OF THE NEW MICRO TRANSIT BUSES AND WE VISITED LAKE LOS SERRANOS IN WESTERN HILLS COUNTRY CLUB TO INTRODUCE, UH, TO THE SENIOR POPULATION.
UM, HOW DO YOU USE IT? THE WHEELCHAIR ACCESS? WE HAD KEVIN LONG BE GUINEA, GUINEA PIG ON THERE, AND THEY LOVED IT.
SO WE'RE JUST TRYING TO REALLY, UM, GET THIS NEW PROGRAM OF TRANSPORTATION OUT TO THE PUBLIC.
SO THANK YOU, RAY, FOR ARRANGING.
NOW JEAN, WITH ALL OF THE WATER TALK WE HAD EARLIER.
HOW ABOUT THAT? YOU KNOW, HILLS COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FIRST.
UM, ACTUALLY BOTH OF MY REPORTS ARE GOING TO BE QUITE BRIEF, UH, THAT FOUNDATION, THERE'S NOT A LOT GOING ON BECAUSE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN CANCELED THAT WE TEND TO HOST.
SO WE JUST REVIEWED PRIMARILY OUR FINANCIAL POSITION, UNDERSTANDING THE FACT THAT WINE WALK, WHICH IS, WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THREE WEEKS OR SO IS CANCELED.
AND THAT BROUGHT IN MORE THAN $80,000 LAST YEAR PROFIT.
SO WE'RE JUST EVALUATING WHAT WE CAN DO OVER THE NEXT HALF YEAR OR SO UNTIL WE CAN HOPEFULLY HOST THE, UH, UM, HOME TOUR, BUT WE JUST REVIEWED THE ISSUES OF BEING CONFINED AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DO COMMUNITY OUTREACH.
SO I REALLY SIMPLE, SIMPLE MEETING.
HOW ABOUT, UH, WFA WFA, WHICH WE ARE NOW ALL EXPERTS ON WATER FACILITIES, AUTHORITY ON THAT, UM, WHICH IS A STATE WATER AND OUR BOARD MEETING THIS TIME AROUND, UH, FINANCE, A LOT OF FINANCES, AGAIN, ANNUAL FINANCE, UH, AUDIT REPORT, WHICH WE HAD TO APPROVE BASED ON THE YEAR END JUNE 30TH, UH, TIMEFRAME.
AND WE WENT OVER AN ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN THAT WE'RE STARTING TO INITIATE THAT WE'VE NEVER REALLY HAD A SOPHISTICATED ASSET MANAGEMENT PLAN FOR THE PLANT THAT WAS MENTIONED EARLIER BY MARK, UH, WHICH IS BASED IN UPLAND.
SO WE WERE ONE OF THE ESSENTIALLY CO-OWNERS OF A ACTUAL WATER TREATMENT PLANT THAT BRINGS IN THE STATE WATER.
[ COUNCIL COMMENTS]
UP, HOW ABOUT COUNCIL COMMENTS? UH, I WAS HAD NOTHING ESSENTIALLY, UH, UNTIL, UH, ONE OF THE INDIVIDUALS.SO WHAT'S GOING TO GIVE A REPORT, SAID SHE HAD TO LEAVE.
SO SHE SENT A TEXT, UH, THE OFFICE OF SUPERVISOR KURT HAGMAN, UH, WILL BE HOSTING A SHREDDING EVENT.
SO DOCUMENT SHREDDING EVENT, WHICH, UH, THAT OFFICE HAS HOSTED IN EACH OF THE CITIES IN THE PAST YEAR.
SO AS CHANNEL HOLES, TURN, IT'LL BE TAKING PLACE THIS COMING SATURDAY, WHICH IS THE 26TH, SATURDAY MORNING AND MAI KHOI EQUESTRIAN CENTER.
AND IT'S A DRIVE THROUGH, IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN A DRIVE THROUGH NINE TO NOON, AND YOU CAN BRING ITEMS, ALL PAPER ITEMS, NO CDS, NOTHING THAT IS A HARD, IT HAS TO BE JUST PAPER RELATED.
UH, YOU CAN BRING A MAXIMUM OF FIVE BANKER BOXES.
SOME PEOPLE JUST BRING BAGS AND BAGS THINGS, AND THEY CAN'T TAKE IT BECAUSE WE'VE GOT ABOUT 140 CARS PASSED THROUGH UPLAND A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
AND THAT TOOK A WHILE TO GET THROUGH THOSE BECAUSE YOU CAN WATCH YOUR DOCUMENTS BEING SHREDDED.
SO JUST LET EVERYBODY KNOW MAXIMUM FIVE BANKER BOX SIZE BOXES AND NO CDS, NO HARD ITEMS TO SATURDAY, THE 26TH MACQUARIE EQUESTRIAN CENTER NINE TO NOON, AND IT'S A DRIVE THROUGH THAT'S IT.
UM, I DID ATTEND CARBON CANYON CHANNEL DRIVE THROUGH AND THE ENGINEERING MANAGER WAS DAVID DRAKE.
SO I DID AN EXCELLENT JOB WITH THE STAFF.
ALSO WANT TO COMPLIMENT JOE DRYER FOR BEING THERE.
AND THEN MR. P ROGERS, THANKS FOR SHOWING UP SAME TO YOU, RIGHT.
UM, I DID ATTEND THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP.
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HOUR AND A HALF.DENISE SEEMED LIKE IT WENT BY REAL FAST, BUT I DO WANT TO THANK SPECIAL.
THANKS TO CHRIS EDDY, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND SAN BERNARDINO HEALTH.
THIRDLY, WE, I DID ATTEND TO A RIDE ALONG WITH THE CYNTHIA ROMNEY, RIGHT TOUR.
YOU WENT DOWN TO LITTLE SERRANO'S.
WE MET WITH THE MANAGER PAM, AND THEY HAD A VIRTUAL STOP, WHICH WAS MAYBE ABOUT A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY FROM THE CLUBHOUSE.
SO CYNTHIA SOLVED THAT AND SHE PUT PRESSURE ON OMNITRACS AND WE CHANGED IT TO THE CLUBHOUSE.
THEN WE WENT TO WESTERN HILLS, WE MET WITH THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
OH, I THOUGHT WE WERE ONLY GONNA MEET WITH MAYBE ONE OR TWO PEOPLE.
IT WAS PROBABLY PRETTY CLOSE TO 10 IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, CYNTHIA.
AND THEN WE ALSO CHANGED THE VIRTUAL STOP FOR THE CLUBHOUSE.
AND THE REASON THAT WE DID IT AT THESE ARE SENIORS AND WE DIDN'T WANT THEM TO BE WAITING IN THE SUN.
SO THIS IS AIR CONDITIONED CLUBHOUSES.
SO IT WAS REALLY A SMART MOVE.
AND WE HAD JEREMY THERE FROM OMNITRACS AND HE ACTUALLY MADE THOSE CHANGES RIGHT THEN AND THERE.
AND THEN ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AARON ROGERS, UH, RODE WITH US AND, UH, WHAT AN AMAZING LADY SHE'S, SHE'S DONE A TREMENDOUS JOB THIS PAST YEAR.
I ONLY HAVE A COUPLE OF THINGS.
ONE IS FOR, UM, DANIEL REAL QUICK.
IT'S JUST A QUICK QUESTION ABOUT WOODBURY ROAD.
UM, ONE HALF OF THE PAVING IS EXCELLENT.
SO SOME RESIDENTS HAVE ASKED WHEN AN, IF THE REMAINDER OF WOULD BE REALLY IS GOING TO BE PAID REPAID.
THE REMAINDER WOULD BE WROTE AT THE PLAN TO BE REPAVED NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
UH, THE REASON WHY WE STOPPED WHERE IT'S AT NOW IS BECAUSE OF LIMITED FUNDS.
SO WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THE AREA THAT WAS IN WORSE CONDITION.
UM, WE DO PLAN ON GOING BACK AND FINISHING THE REST OF THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR.
SO, UM, THAT WOULD BE SOONER THAN JULY ONE.
AND I MEAN, WAIT SOMEWHERE AROUND THE SECOND HALF OF JULY, EXCUSE ME, OF 20, 21.
THEY GO, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB, BUT PEOPLE WERE WONDERING WHY HALF.
SO THEY'LL BE HAPPY TO KNOW IT IS GOING TO BE COMPLETED AT SOME POINT.
AND THEN FOR BEN, UM, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY BANNERS THAT WE HAD PUT UP WHEN COBIT HIT WAS GREAT.
I JUST KINDA THINK THAT THEY'VE RUN ITS COURSE AND WE NEED ANOTHER LIKE POSITIVITY MESSAGE OUT THERE MAYBE TO SUPPORT, SUPPORT, LOCAL BUSINESS SHOP DINE, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SO I KNOW THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS DO.
SO I JUST THOUGHT I'D PUT IT OUT THERE THAT MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR A NEW BANNER.
WELL, WE ALL JUST KIND OF LOOK PAST THOSE BANNERS NOW BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN UP FOR SIX MONTHS.
SO IT'S JUST KIND OF, THERE IT IS.
IT'S JUST IT'S TIME FOR A REFRESH GREAT IDEA.
AND THEN, UM, THE ONLY THING I WAS GOING TO BRING UP TO MARK HAD TALKED ABOUT THAT NETFLIX WATER MOVIE TO WATCH, BUT ANOTHER ONE THAT YOU GUYS HAVE PROBABLY WATCHED IT, NADIEM HAD RECOMMENDED A LONG TIME AGO.
IT'S ON NETFLIX AND IT'S CALLED WATER AND POWER, AND IT'S AN AMAZING DOCUMENTARY ABOUT WATER AND POLITICS.
SO IF ANYONE WAS LISTENING IS JUST INTRIGUED WITH WATER NOW WATER AND POWER ON NETFLIX IS GREAT.
NOW, MY ONLY COMMENT WOULD JUST BE AGAIN TO TOUCH BASE ON WHAT EVERYBODY SAID WITH REGARDS TO THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP.
I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY INTERESTING THAT A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER WE HAD A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT EARTHQUAKE UP IN SAN GABRIEL.
IF ANYTHING, IT JUST REMINDS EVERYONE, HEY, THE BIG ONE'S GOING TO BE COMMON, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF FAULTS, RUN IT THROUGH CHINO HILLS.
THANK YOU FOR COORDINATING THAT.
ALL RIGHT, MR. MARIKA, ONE QUICK COMA.
IF I COULD HEAR NO PROBLEM, DANIEL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I GOT A PHONE CALL FROM MR. FOX AND HE CALLED COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS ROAD.
SO I CALL UP DANIEL THE NEXT DAY HE STARTED THE WORK.
I HAVE FRIENDS IN HIGH PLACES.
AND HERE'S YOUR NAME? CERTAIN.
UH WE'VE THIS HAS BEEN, UH, INTERESTING TWO WEEKS.
UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S UNUSUAL WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE SCHOOLS GETTING BACK IN AND THAT MY, UH, MY SON WHO LIVED IN A RANCHO WITH THREE OF MY GRANDKIDS, UH, JUST A JOB IN ABILENE, TEXAS, AND THE, TO, UH, TO, TO THE GRANDDAUGHTER AND GRANDSON STARTED, UH, HIGH SCHOOL THERE YESTERDAY, FULL ON CAMPUS.
YOU KNOW, CLASSROOMS ARE OPEN, UH, JUST LIKE NOTHING'S HAPPENING.
SO IT'S VERY UNUSUAL HOW FROM AREA TO AREA IN THIS COUNTRY THAT, UH, THINGS ARE BEING HANDLED DIFFERENTLY, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE STILL WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY STAYS SAFE.
SO, UH, AS INDIVIDUALS CONTINUE TO SOCIAL DISTANCE AND, AND WEAR MASKS, AND WE APPRECIATE THAT.
[ 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.]
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AND IDEALS THAT HAVE MADE THIS COUNTRY.AND WITH THAT WE'LL ADJOURN,