* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [ 7:00 P.M. - CONVENE MEETING / ROLL CALL] [00:00:42] GOOD EVENING, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO THE REGULARLY SCHEDULED MEETING OF THE CHANNEL HILL CITY COUNCIL FOR OCTOBER 13TH, 2020. UM, MAY I HAVE ROLL CALL PLEASE? GOOD EVENING. 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 JONES HERE. COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN HERE IN COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. SURE. ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT. ALL RIGHT, FOR THOSE THAT ARE IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE RISE WITH ME FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND REMAIN STANDING FOR THE INVOCATION, WHICH WILL BE BY ROBERT LEWIS, JR. CHAPLAIN OF THE CHANNEL VALLEY, INDEPENDENT FIRE DISTRICT. READY [ PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG] BEGIN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY CHAPLAIN LEWIS. THANK YOU. [ INVOCATION: Robert Lewis, Jr., Chaplain, Chino Valley Independent Fire District] THANK YOU FOR THIS PRIVILEGE TO PLAY. AND THE PARTICIPANTS OF THE CITIZENS WHO'VE BEEN AFFECTED BY THIS, THERE WILL CONTINUE TO KEEP THE NUMBERS AFFECTED PERSONS LOW. KEEP IN MIND, YOU GOT TO BE VIGILANT TO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE HEALTH AUTHORITIES BLESS ALL THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD. SO THEY WILL CONTINUE TO DO THE WORK THAT IS PLEASING TO YOU AND TO EACH OTHER. AND GRANTED IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST. WE PRAY. AMEN. CHAPLAIN. ALRIGHT, PRESENTATIONS. [4. PROCLAMATION - Proclaiming September 15 - October 15, 2020 as Hispanic Heritage Month] OKAY. THE FIRST ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS A PROCLAMATION PROCLAIMING SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TO BE ACCEPTED BY COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. ALL RIGHT, DURING THE NATIONAL HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, LET US ALL CELEBRATE THE COUNTLESS TRUNK CONTRIBUTIONS OF MORE THAN 60 MILLION HISPANIC AMERICANS TO OUR CULTURE AND SOCIETY. ALTHOUGH A SPANISH AMERICANS ARE THE LARGEST MINORITY GROUP IN THE UNITED STATES TODAY, GENERATIONS OF HISPANIC AMERICANS HAVE CONSISTENTLY HELPED MAKE OUR COUNTRY STRONG AND PROSPEROUS. THEY EMBODIED THE BEST OF OUR AMERICAN VALUES, INCLUDING COMMITMENT TO FAITH, FAMILY, AND COUNTRY. THEY SERVE IN OUR MILITARY, PROTECT US AS MEMBERS OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THEY LEFT, LEFT A LASTING MARK ON OUR GOVERNMENT CULTURE. IN THAT ECONOMY, HISPANIC AMERICANS WILL CONTINUE TO PLAY AN INCREDIBLE ROLE IN OUR COUNTRY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I WOULD LIKE TO PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER 15TH THROUGH OCTOBER 15TH IS HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH TO ACCEPT THE PROCLAMATION IS OUR VERY OWN COUNCIL MEMBER. RAY MARQUEZ, RAY COMMENTS, NO COMMENTS, MAYOR JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE CONSIDERATION. ALRIGHT. AND I AM PRESENTING YOU THE CERTIFICATE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, [5. PRESENTATION - San Bernardino County Registrar of Voters - Voter Education presentation] NEXT ITEM, CHERYL. OUR NEXT ITEM IS A VOTER EDUCATION PRESENTATION BY THE REGISTRAR VOTERS BOB PAGE. RIGHT? UM, GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD EVENING. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BOB PAIGE. I AM THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGISTRAR OF VOTERS. UM, AND CHERYL, WILL YOU BE RUNNING OUR PRESENTATION? YES, CHERYL, THIS IS ROBERT SEVEN. I COULD ALSO RUN IT IF HOWEVER, YOU'D LIKE WE CAN RUN IT ON THIS END IF YOU'LL JUST LET US KNOW WHEN YOU'RE READY FOR US TO ADVANCE THE SLIDE OR YOU CAN JUST SAY NEXT SLIDE. OKAY. AND AS I'M [00:05:01] OKAY, THANK YOU. SO TONIGHT AGAIN, MY NAME'S BOB PAGE, ROBERT CHAVEZ FROM WESTBOUND COMMUNICATIONS IS HERE ASSISTING US WITH OUR VOTER EDUCATION CAMPAIGN AS WELL AS MELISSA EICHMANN, WHO IS MY MEDIA SPECIALIST IN THE OFFICE IS HERE TO HELP ME ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS IN CASE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OR THE COUNCIL STUMPS ME ON SOMETHING. SO, UM, I DO WANT TO, I DO APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION THAT HAS STARTED NOW, UH, TO THE COUNCIL AS WELL AS TO THE RESIDENTS OF CHINO HILLS. SO THANK YOU. UM, WHAT I DID WANT TO DO, IF YOU COULD ADVANCE THE SLIDE, LET'S GO FORWARD TO PLEASE. ONE MORE. THANK YOU. SO, UM, WHAT I CAN OUTLINE TODAY FOR YOU TONIGHT IS A WHAT'S NEW FOR CALIFORNIA VOTERS SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS ELECTION. UM, AND WHAT THESE CHANGES MEAN, UH, IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AND, AND HOW THINGS ARE NOT CHANGING IN OUR COUNTY, JUST BECAUSE OF THESE MANDATES, WHAT WE'RE DOING SPECIFICALLY TO KEEP VOTERS WHO WANT TO VOTE IN PERSON SAFE, AS WELL AS THE POLL WORKERS AND ELECTION WORKERS THAT ARE ASSISTING THEM AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO KEEP MAINTAIN THE SECURITY OF THE ELECTION AND YOUR BALLOT. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IN TERMS OF WHAT'S NEW FOR CALIFORNIA VOTERS NEXT, PLEASE, UM, THERE WERE TWO, UM, GOVERNOR'S EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT CODIFIED THE REQUIREMENTS AND THE GOVERNOR'S ORDERS, UH, THAT WERE ENACTED THIS SUMMER. UH, THERE WERE A NUMBER OF REQUIREMENTS. THESE ARE KIND OF THE TOP FIVE REQUIREMENTS. THE FIRST WAS, IS THAT THE COUNTY WAS REQUIRED TO MAIL BALLOT TO ALL ACTIVE, REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE COUNTY, WHETHER THEY REQUESTED A MAIL BALLOT OR NOT. ADDITIONALLY THOUGH WE MUST CONTINUE TO PROVIDE IN PERSON VOTING OPPORTUNITIES. SO WE MUST PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE POLLING PLACE FOR EVERY 10,000 VOTERS IN OUR COUNTY. AND WE ALSO MUST PROVIDE AT LEAST ONE SECURE BALLOT DROP BOX FOR EVERY 15,000 VOTERS IN OUR COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY, WE MUST PROVIDE A WAY FOR OUR VOTERS TO TRACK THEIR MAIL BALLOT AND TO GET AUTOMATIC NOTIFICATIONS ABOUT THEIR, THEIR MAIL BALLOT. AND FINALLY, WE ARE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE A VOTER EDUCATION CAMPAIGN. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IN THE NEXT SLIDE, SO WHAT THIS MEANS IN TERMS OF SAN DIEGO COUNTY, WHAT HASN'T CHANGED AS WELL, ALL VOTERS ARE RECEIVING A MAIL BALLOT. UM, AS I SAID, THEY STILL HAVE, UH, IN-PERSON VOTING OPPORTUNITIES, AS WELL AS ALL OF THE REGULAR OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAD FOR RETURNING A MAIL BALLOT. SO A VOTER CAN CHOOSE TO RETURN THEIR MAIL BALLOT USING THE POSTAL SERVICE BY MAIL. UM, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD BALLOT DROP OFF LOCATIONS. WE JUST HAVE A NEW MINIMUM REQUIREMENT NOW TO MEET. UM, BUT WE ALWAYS HAD, UM, BALLOT DROP OFF LOCATIONS AT CITY CLERK'S OFFICES AND COUNTY LIBRARY BRANCHES AROUND THE COUNTY. ADDITIONALLY VOTERS CAN RETURN THE VOTED MAIL BALLOT AT AN EARLY VOTE SITE, WHICH INCLUDES OUR OFFICE, UH, AS WELL AS AT FIVE ADDITIONAL SITES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT WE OPENED UP CLOSER TO ELECTION DAY AND, UM, VOTERS CAN VOTE A MAIL BALLOT AT HOME, UM, PLACE THAT IN THE RETURN ENVELOPE, SEAL IT, SIGN IT AND DATE IT AND JUST DROP IT OFF AT ANY POLLING PLACE IN THE COUNTY AS WELL. OR THEY CAN STILL VOTE THE POLLS BALLOT AT A POINT PLACE. NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. SO IN TERMS OF VOTE BY MAIL, UM, WE DID MAIL OUT, UM, ABOUT 1.1 MILLION BALLOTS, UH, STARTING ON MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 5TH. SO IF ANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL OR ANY RESIDENTS, UH, VOTERS WITHIN THE CITY HAVE NOT YET RECEIVED AS OF TODAY'S MAIL THEIR MAIL BALLOT. I DO ENCOURAGE THEM TO CONTACT THE REGISTRAR VOTERS OFFICE AND LET US KNOW THAT, AND WE CAN PROVIDE YOU WITH A REPLACEMENT VALUE THAT YOU CAN COME IN AND GET IT, OR WE CAN MAIL YOU A REPLACEMENT BALLOT. UM, FOR ANYBODY WHO'S NOT CURRENTLY REGISTERED THAT DOES WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS ELECTION IN ORDER TO RECEIVE A MAIL BALLOT, THEY MUST BE REGISTERED TO VOTE BY NEXT MONDAY, OCTOBER 19TH. UM, THERE ARE OPPORTUNITIES TO READ YOUR APPS REGISTERED TO VOTE AFTER THAT, BUT THEN YOU HAVE TO ACTUALLY COME IN PERSON TO BE SERVICED. WE CANNOT MAIL YOU ABOUT IF YOU MISS THAT DEADLINE, UM, VOTERS, UM, AS THEY, IF THEY WANT TO RETURN THEIR MAIL BALLOT THROUGH THE MAIL, THEY DO HAVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY ARE POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 3RD. UM, AND THEN THE POSTAL SERVICE FOR THE SELECTION HAS BEEN GIVEN ADDITIONAL TIME TO ACTUALLY DELIVER THAT MAIL BALLOT TO US. THEY HAVE UP UNTIL NOVEMBER 20TH TO ACTUALLY DELIVER MAIL BALLOTS TO US SO LONG AS THEY ARE POSTMARKED ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 3RD OR TRACKING, UH, WHAT SERVICES WE'RE PROVIDING TO VOTERS FOR TRACKING THEIR MAIL BALLOT. WE DID SIGN UP FOR THE SECRETARY OF STATE'S, UH, TRACKING SYSTEM, WHICH IS CALLED WHERE'S MY BALLOT. SO NOW THAT WE'VE DONE THAT, UM, AND WE DID THAT SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, VOTERS IN OUR COUNTY NOW CAN ENROLL. IT'S NOT AN AUTOMATIC THING WHERE ALL VOTERS GET NOTIFIED. THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TO GO TO SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE ENROLL IN THAT WHERE'S MY BALLOT TRACKING SYSTEM AND MAKE A DECISION ABOUT WHETHER THEY WANT TO RECEIVE NOTIFICATIONS BY EITHER A PHONE CALL, A EMAIL OR A TEXT MESSAGE. UH, AND THEN, UM, FOR THOSE WHO WERE SIGNED UP AHEAD OF US MAILING THE BALLOTS LAST WEEK, UM, MONDAY MORNING ON THE FIFTH, THEY WOULD HAVE RECEIVED A NOTIFICATION THAT WE HAD MAILED THEIR BALLOT TO THEM. ONCE THEY VOTED AND RETURN IT TO US, THEY SHOULD RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION FROM THE SYSTEM TO LET IT, LET THEM KNOW THAT WE HAVE RECEIVED THEIR BALLOT AT [00:10:01] THE RESTAURANT VOTERS OFFICE. AND ULTIMATELY WHEN WE PROCESS THAT THROUGH AND DETERMINE IT'S ELIGIBLE TO BE OPENED AND TO TAKE THE BALLOT OUT TO BE COUNTED, THAT WE'LL GET A NOTIFICATION THAT WE COUNTED THEIR BALLOT. ADDITIONALLY, JUST AS AN ASIDE, WE DID, WE DO TRADITIONALLY MAIL, A COUNTY INFORMATION VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE TO ALL VOTERS IN THE COUNTY FOR THIS ELECTION. WE DID HAVE A SUP AND THE REASON WE HAD A SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDE FOR THIS ELECTION IS THAT, UM, THERE WERE TWO COUNTYWIDE MEASURES MEASURE J AND K, WHICH SEEKS EITHER REVISE OR AMEND THE COUNTY GOVERNMENTS CHARTER. UM, AND THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS HAD DIRECTED ME TO PRINT THE FULL PROPOSALS IN THE VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE. AND SO THOSE TWO MEASURES ACTUALLY TAKE UP 72 PAGES ON THEIR OWN. SO TO ENSURE THAT WE COULD GET ALL THE VOTER INFORMATION GUIDES AND MAIL TO VOTERS BEFORE WE PUT OUT THE MAIL BALLOTS, AS WELL AS TO SAY IT ABOUT $300,000, WE DID DECIDE TO PUT INFORMATION ABOUT MEASURES J AND K AND A SUPPLEMENTAL GUIDE SEPARATELY. SO THAT, THAT COULD ALL GET OUT THE FINAL POINT ABOUT BOTH BY MAIL THAT I DID WANT TO MAKE IS THAT, UM, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT WE HAVE PLENTY CAPACITY TO PROCESS AN INCREASED NUMBER OF MAIL BALLOTS IN THE MARCH PRIMARY. WE HAD ABOUT 70% OF OUR VOTERS WHO REQUESTED A MAIL BALLOT. UM, AND THE ADDITIONAL THING BEFORE THAT PRIMARY, WHEN WE REPLACED THE COUNTY'S VOTING SYSTEM IN 2019, WE ALSO REPLACED AND EXPANDED OUR CAPACITY TO PROCESS MAIL BALLOTS. WE ESSENTIALLY DOUBLED OUR CAPACITY WITH DOUBLE THE NUMBER OF WORKSTATIONS WHERE ELECTION WORKERS EXAMINED SIGNATURES ON THE, ON THE ENVELOPES BEFORE WE OPENED THEM TO COMPARE THEM TO THE SIGNATURES WE HAVE ON FILE. AND WE DOUBLED THE NUMBER OF MAIL, BOUTS, SORTER SCANNERS THAT WE HAVE IN THE OFFICE. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. THE OTHER OPTION FOR VOTERS, WOULDN'T SAY, GET A MAIL BALLOT AS THEY CAN. UM, AGAIN, MARKET PLACE IT IN THE ENVELOPE, SEAL IT, SIGN IT AND DATE IT, AND THEY CAN DROP IT OFF AT ONE OF 72 ABOUT DROP BOXES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. OUR MINIMUM REQUIREMENT WAS 70 LOCATIONS. SO WE WE'VE MET THAT REQUIREMENT. UM, THOSE ABOUT DROP BOXES WERE OPENED FOR VOTING, UM, EITHER ON OCTOBER 5TH, BUT THEY HAD TO BE OPENED BY THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 6TH AND THEY WILL REMAIN OPEN THROUGH 8:00 PM ON NOVEMBER 3RD. SO, WHEREAS IF YOU MAIL BACK YOUR BALLOT, IT HAS TO BE POSTMARKED ON NOVEMBER 3RD. UM, YOU CAN DROP OFF ABOUT EITHER AT A DROPBOX OR IN PERSON AT ONE OF OUR LOCATIONS UP UNTIL 8:00 PM ON NOVEMBER 3RD. UM, THE LOCATIONS OF THE DROPBOX BOXES. UM, AND THERE IS ONE I KNOW AT THE CITY HALL CAMPUS IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY, UM, BUT VOTERS IN THE CITY OR ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTY CAN GO TO OUR WEBSITE. WE'VE GOT A NEW AND IMPROVED MAIL BALLOT DROP OFF LOCATION MAPPING TOOL THAT NOW ALLOWS THE VOTERS TO BE THE USER GPS COORDINATES OF WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED OR TYPE IN AN ADDRESS. AND THEY WILL BE GIVEN A LIST OF ALL THE DROP OFF LOCATIONS WITHIN A THREE MILE RADIUS TO START AS A DEFAULT. AND THEY CAN EXPAND THAT RADIUS AND FIND ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS. THEY CAN THEN, UM, CLICK ON THE ONE THAT THEY WANT TO USE. AND THEY'LL GET A LINK FOR DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO THAT. DROPBOX, MOST OF OUR DROPBOX HAS, ARE AVAILABLE 24 HOURS A DAY. UM, WE DO HAVE FOUR LOCATIONS WHERE THE DROPBOXES ARE IN FRONT OF PUBLIC FACILITIES THAT HAVE GATES AROUND THEIR PARKING LOT. AND SO THEY ARE ONLY AVAILABLE DURING BUSINESS HOURS, BUT OUR MAPPING TOOL DOES INDICATE WHICH ONES ARE 24 HOUR ACCESSIBILITY. AND WHICH ONES HAVE BUSINESS HOUR ACCESSIBILITY. QUICK, QUICK QUESTION ABOUT THE DROP OFF BOX, UH, AT 8:00 PM ON THE THIRD, HOW WILL WE MAKE SURE THAT THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE SEALED OR WILL SOMEONE BE THERE TO COLLECT THE BALANCE AT THAT POINT? AND WE'LL SHUT IT. I NOTICED THAT THE PICTURE SAYS KIOSK CLOSED. WILL IT BE LOCKED SO THAT NO ONE CAN PUT IN THEIR BALLOTS IN AIR AFTER THE 8:00 PM ON THE THIRD? CORRECT? YEAH. BY REQUIRED BY LAW, WE'RE REQUIRED TO LOCK THOSE AT 8:00 PM OR A FEW MINUTES AFTER THAT, IF THERE'S PEOPLE IN LINE WAITING TO DROP THEIR BALLOTS OFF AT 8:00 PM, WE ALLOW THOSE PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY DO IT BEFORE WE LOCK IT. UM, THE BOW BOXES WERE EITHER BE LOCKED BY, UM, TEAM BOUND SECURITY TEAMS FROM THE REGISTRAR VOTERS OFFICE OR SOME OF OUR PARTNERS WHO ALLOWED US TO INSTALL BOXES AT THEIR FACILITIES HAVE AGREED TO, UM, TAKE CARE OF LOCKING THOSE BOXES ON THEIR PROPERTY FOR US EIGHT O'CLOCK. SO THOSE LOCATIONS WHERE WE'LL HAVE A TWO PERSON TEAM THERE TO LOCK IT OURSELVES, WE WILL RETRIEVE THOSE BALLOTS AT THAT POINT. UM, FOR THOSE BOXES THAT ARE LOCKED AT 8:00 PM BY ONE OF OUR PARTNERS, WE WILL COME LATER AND PICK UP THOSE, THOSE BALLOTS FROM THE, OKAY. AND AS FAR AS THE CUSTODY OF THOSE BALLOTS THAT ARE PULLED OUT OF THESE BOXES, UH, WHO WILL MAINTAIN THE CUSTODY OF THOSE UNTIL THEY GET BACK TO YOUR OFFICE FOR COUNTY, UM, WE ARE REQUIRED UNDER STATE REGULATIONS TO BOTH, UM, RETRIEVE THEM IN A CERTAIN SCHEDULE. SO BETWEEN NOW AND OCTOBER 23RD, WE MUST PICK UP OUT THAT EACH BOX, AT LEAST EVERY 96 HOURS. AND AFTER OCTOBER 23RD, WE MUST RETRIEVE BALLOTS AT LEAST EVERY 48 HOURS, BUT WE WILL MONITOR [00:15:01] THE USE. AND IF WARRANTED, WE WILL INCREASE THE FREQUENCY OF THOSE PICKUPS. WE'RE ALSO REQUIRED UNDER THE REGULATIONS TO HAVE TWO PERSON TEAMS RETRIEVE THE BALLOTS FROM THOSE THAT CAN'T JUST BE A SINGLE PERSON. UM, AND THERE ARE, UM, CHAIN OF CUSTODY, UM, REQUIREMENTS AND DOCUMENTATION WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN, BUT THE PEOPLE WHO RETRIEVED THE BALLOTS ARE ACTUALLY WORKING FOR US, AUTHORIZED BY US TO RETRIEVE THOSE BALLOTS. AND SO THEY ARE DRIVING THEM BACK DIRECTLY TO, THEY'LL BE GIVEN A ROUTE OF A CERTAIN NUMBER OF BOXES TO RETRIEVE FROM, BUT THEN ONCE THEY'RE DONE DOING THEIR ROUTE, THEY BRING THOSE STRAIGHT BACK TO OUR OFFICE IN SAN BERNARDINO AND THOSE BALLOTS BEGIN PROCESSING. OKAY. I ONLY ASK THOSE QUESTIONS SO THAT THE PEOPLE THAT WILL VIEW THIS MEETING CAN GET THAT INFORMATION BECAUSE THERE'S, AS YOU KNOW, LOTS OF CONCERN ABOUT VOTER FRAUD AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO, UH, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE I APPRECIATE THAT. ALRIGHT. AND I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS SOME, THERE WAS, THERE WAS SOME NEWS, THERE WAS SOME NEWS, UM, PIECES THIS WEEKEND AS WELL OF SOME, UM, BOXES THAT HAVE BEEN INSTALLED AROUND THE STATE THAT WEREN'T OFF OFFICIAL BOXES. AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S A CONCERN FOR PEOPLE. SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM ANSWERING THOSE QUESTIONS. DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT CHINO HILLS, WHEN THEY PUT THEIR, THEIR BALLOTS IN THOSE BOXES, IT'S GOING TO BE OFFICIAL AND IT WILL BE A CHAIN OF CUSTODY ALL THE WAY BACK TO YOUR OFFICE AND THEY WILL GET COUNTED. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT EXPLANATION, RIGHT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR. THANK YOU. UM, ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE ALWAYS HAD EARLY VOTES SITES. UM, OUR OFFICE IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO VOTE STARTING 29 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION DAY. AND THAT STARTED ON OCTOBER 5TH. WE HAD ABOUT 250 PEOPLE WHO SHOWED UP AT OUR OFFICE THAT DAY TO VOTE THAT DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT FOR THEIR MAIL BALLOT TO SHOW UP AT HOME. UM, SO WE SERVICE THOSE VOTERS. ADDITIONALLY, WE'VE TRADITIONALLY OPENED, UM, FOUR OR FIVE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, CLOSER TO THE ELECTION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL LEVEL OF SERVICE. SO FOR THIS YEAR, THOSE, UM, ADDITIONAL EARLY VOTE SITES WILL OPEN THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 26TH, THAT MONDAY, THE 26TH THROUGH FRIDAY, THE 30TH. UM, THOSE WILL BE OPEN EACH DAY FROM 10:00 AM TO 6:00 PM. UM, AND THOSE ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS ARE IN ONTARIO, UM, VICTORVILLE, APPLE VALLEY, JOSHUA TREE. AND THEN WE ARE OPENING A SECOND LOCATION HERE IN SAN BERNARDINO, CLOSE TO OUR OFFICE BECAUSE OUR OFFICE TYPICALLY GETS THE MOST USAGE. AND, UM, WE'RE ANTICIPATING HAVING SOME WINES HERE AND WANTED TO HAVE A PLACE WE COULD SEND PEOPLE CLOSE BY IF THEY DIDN'T WANT TO WAIT IN LINE. THOSE LOCATIONS WERE PRINTED INSIDE EACH VOTERS, VOTER COUNTY VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE, AS WELL AS THE LOCATIONS ADDRESSES AND HOURS OF OPERATION ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS WWW.SBCOUNTYELECTIONS.COM. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. FINALLY, AS I SAID, WE ARE REQUIRED TO STILL HAVE POLLING PLACES IN OUR COUNTY. THE MINIMUM NUMBER OF ONE PER 10,000 THAT WE HAD TO HAVE WAS 105. WE ACTUALLY SECURED HUNDRED 10 POINT PLACES FOR THIS ELECTION. SO WE DOUBLED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FROM THE STATE, BUT BECAUSE 210 IS FEWER POLLING PLACES THAT WE HAD IN THE MARCH PRIMARY, WHICH WE HAD 396 FOR THAT ELECTION. WE ARE REQUIRED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF DAYS. THEY OPERATE TO FOUR DAYS TO ENSURE THERE'S ADEQUATE ACCESS FOR THE VOTERS USING THEM. SO, UM, AS I SAID, THE EARLY VOTE SITES WILL BE OPEN OCTOBER 26TH THROUGH THE 30TH. THEN THE NEXT DAY ON THE, ON THE 31ST 210 POINT, PLACES WILL OPEN AT 10:00 AM. UM, THEY WILL BE OPEN SATURDAY, SUNDAY AND MONDAY, UM, FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL 6:00 PM. AND THEN ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3RD, ALL THE POINT PLACES WILL BE OPEN THE TRADITIONAL HOURS OF 7:00 AM TO 8:00 PM. UM, A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL 210 LOCATIONS IS VIEWABLE ON OUR WEBSITE IN OUR PUBLIC NOTICES, UM, SECTION OF OUR WEBSITE FOR THE SELECTION. BUT WE ALSO, UM, PRINT EACH VOTERS ASSIGNMENT TO THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD POINT, PLACES PRINTED ON THE BACK COVER OF THEIR COUNTY VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE. IF THEY MISPLACED THAT THEY CAN ALSO GO TO OUR WEBSITE AND ON OUR HOMEPAGE IS SOMETHING CALLED FIND MY POINT PLACE TOOL. THEY CAN CLICK ON THAT, UM, INSERT THEIR ADDRESS AND THEN, UM, IT WILL PROVIDE THEM WITH THEIR ASSIGNED POINT PLACE, UH, LINKED TO DRIVING INSTRUCTIONS AS WELL AS A LINK TO AN ELECTRONIC VERSION OF, UH, THE, UM, VOTER INFORMATION GUIDE THAT CAN BE YOU ONLINE NEXT, AS I SAID, I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU AND THE VOTERS, UM, WHAT SAFETY MEASURES WE'RE PUTTING INTO PLACE TO ENSURE OUR VOTERS CAN VOTE SAFELY IN PERSON. UH, DURING THIS, THIS PANDEMIC, WE HAVE SECURED A GREAT AMOUNT OF PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, EITHER PURCHASE IT DIRECTLY, UM, OR, UM, IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND SHARED WITH US. SO EVERY ONE OF OUR, UM, ELECTION WORKERS, POLL WORKERS, OR, OR PEOPLE WORKING AT OUR OFFICE AS WELL WITH VOTERS OR AT AN EARLY VOTE SITE, WE'LL BE WEARING FACE MASKS AS WELL AS PLASTIC FACE SHIELD OVER THOSE, UM, WE'RE, WE ARE ISSUING GLOVES THAT THEY HAVE THE OPTION OF WEARING. UM, BUT ULTIMATELY THE KEY THING WITH THE HANDS IS TO MAKE SURE THEY REGULARLY, UH, SANITIZE AND CLEAN THEIR HANDS. SO WE'LL HAVE [00:20:01] AN AMPLE AMOUNT OF HAND SANITIZER AT EVERY THE VOTING LOCATION, AS WELL AS CLEANING WIPES AND SUPPLIES. OUR ELECTION WORKERS ARE BEING TRAINED TO WIPE DOWN AND CLEAN DISINFECT HIGH TOUCH SURFACES AT THE VOTING LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THEY ARE ALSO BEING TRAINED TO IMPLEMENT SOCIAL DISTANCING GUIDANCE AT THE, UM, VOTING LOCATIONS, UH, WHICH INCLUDES, UM, WE'VE PURCHASED, UM, AND PRINTED FOUR STICKERS SO THAT THEY CAN MARK OFF SIX FEET INTERVALS WHILE PEOPLE ARE WAITING IN LINE TO CHECK IN, UM, AND TO SOCIALLY DISTANCE, THE CHECKING TABLES AND THE VOTING BOOTH. AND THE FINAL THING I DID WANT TO SAY BEFORE WE ADVANCE THE NEXT SLIDE IS WE DID, UM, SECURE ENOUGH, UH, PPE TO BE ABLE TO OFFER IT TO THE VOTERS THEMSELVES. SO IF THEY VOTER COMES INTO A POLLING PLACE OR AT A REALLY VOTE SITE, OR OUR OFFICE WOULD NOT WEARING A FACE COVERING, WE DO HAVE ENOUGH TO OFFER THEM ONE, A DISPOSABLE FACE MASK TO WEAR. UM, BUT I WILL KNOW THAT IF A VOTER REFUSES TO WEAR A FACE MASK, UM, I STILL HAVE TO ALLOW THAT VOTER TO VOTE. UM, AND SO WHAT WE WILL DO BECAUSE THEY HAVE TO HAVE THAT RIGHT TO, TO EXERCISE AND VOTE. SO WHAT I HAVE TO DO THEN IS, UM, WE WILL OFFER PLASTIC FACE SHIELDS TO EVERY OTHER VOTER WHO'S PRESENT AT THAT TIME TO PROVIDE THEM WITH AN EXTRA LEVEL OF PROTECTION WHILE SOMEBODY ELSE'S PRESENT NOT WEARING ANY FACE COVERING AT ALL. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. SO FINALLY, I DID WANT TO TOUCH ON THE SECURITY OF THE ELECTION AND THE MEASURES WE'RE TAKING NEXT FLOOD. WE TYPICALLY GET ASKED THREE QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY, THE ELECTION, AND THE FIRST ONE IS ABOUT CYBER SECURITY. AND I DID WANT TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE RESIDENTS THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT IS AN ONGOING, IMPORTANT EFFORT AT OUR OFFICE TO CONSTANTLY MONITOR OUR SYSTEMS AND IMPROVE THEM. WE HAVE IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, INVITED IN EITHER A STATE AGENCY OR A FEDERAL AGENCY TO ASSESS OUR SYSTEMS, TRY TO HACK INTO THEM AND WHERE THEY MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS OF WHAT WE CAN DO TO STRENGTHEN OUR PROTECTIONS. WE DO IMPLEMENT THOSE. OBVIOUSLY I CANNOT SHARE WITH ANY OF THOSE MEASURES ARE BECAUSE THEY LOSE THEIR ABILITY TO PROTECT OUR SYSTEMS. BUT WHAT I CAN'T SHARE WITH YOU IS A COUPLE OF THINGS ABOUT OUR SYSTEM AND OUR TRAINING OF OUR EMPLOYEES IS ANNUALLY. WE REQUIRE ALL OF OUR EMPLOYEES TO TAKE CYBER SECURITY TRAINING, UM, YOU KNOW, PRIMARILY TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY DON'T FALL VICTIM TO ANY KIND OF PHISHING EMAIL SCAM THAT WOULD ALLOW PEOPLE TO ACCESS OUR, OUR, UM, GENERAL COUNTY SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS, UM, I DID WANT TO SHARE THAT THE LAW REQUIRES THAT THE BALLOT SCANNERS AND THE VOTING SYSTEM THAT AND SERVERS THAT TABULATE COUNT AND TABULATE, THE VOTES TO ADD UP THE RESULTS ARE REQUIRED TO NOT BE CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET. UM, BUT ADDITIONALLY TO THAT, WE ALSO DO NOT CONNECT ANY OF THAT EQUIPMENT AND SYSTEMS TO THE COUNTIES, INTERNAL WIDE AREA NETWORK. THOSE, THOSE, THAT EQUIPMENT IS, IS AIR GAPPED IN OUR, A FEW ROOMS IN OUR OFFICE. AND EACH OF THOSE ROOMS THAT, THAT HAS THAT EQUIPMENT HAVE CARD, KEY ACCESS, SECURE DOORS THAT ONLY CERTAIN PEOPLE ARE ALLOWED TO GO IN AND OUT OF. UM, SO IT WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO HACK, UH, IN A, IN EFFECT, THE, UM, RESULT OF AN ELECTION FROM OUTSIDE AND BOTTOM LINE IS REQUIRED IN THE STATE. ALL VOTES MUST BE, UM, CAST ON PAPER. SO EVEN IF THERE WAS SOME WAY THAT SOMEBODY COULD ATTACK THAT SYSTEM, WE WILL ALWAYS HAVE PAPER BACKUPS AND BE ABLE TO COUNT THE BOATS THAT WAY. UM, AS YOU MENTIONED, THERE WAS SOME EARLY WITH YOUR QUESTIONS. THERE HAVE BEEN ALSO A LOT OF QUESTIONS WE'VE RECEIVED ABOUT THE SECURITY OF THE BALLOT DROP BOXES. UM, SO WHAT I CAN SHARE, ADDITIONALLY, FROM WHAT I HAD MENTIONED BEFORE, ABOUT A FREQUENCY OF OUR PICKUPS AND THE CHAIN OF CUSTODY IS THAT THOSE, UM, MAILBAG DROPBOXES ARE CONSTRUCTED OUT OF 18 GAUGE STEEL. THEY WEIGH JUST UNDER 200 POUNDS. SO THEY'RE NOT SOMETHING SOMEBODY COULD JUST WALK UP WITH AND OFF. UM, BUT TO PROTECT ABOUT AGAINST SOMEBODY, UM, COMING UP WITH A WAY OF WALKING OFF WITH THEM OR CARRYING THEM, THEY ARE ALSO BOLTED TO THE CONCRETE. I AM. THOSE ANCHOR BOLTS ARE ACTUALLY INSIDE THE BOXES THEMSELVES. THEY'RE NOT ACCESSIBLE FROM OUTSIDE. SO YOU, EACH BOX HAS ITS OWN UNIQUE TOO, A SET OF TWO KEYS TO OPEN THE DOOR TO THE BOXES. SO SOMEBODY WOULD HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GET PAST THAT, TO GET TO THE BALLOTS, GET TO THE, UM, THE ANCHOR BOLTS. ADDITIONALLY, THE, ANY OF YOU HAVE USED, ONE OF OUR BOXES YOU'LL KNOW THIS, UM, THE BALLOT DEPOSIT SLOT IS VERY NARROW AND ESSENTIALLY ONLY ACCEPTS A AND AN ENVELOPE. I KNOW WHEN I USED IT, I TRIED TO SEE IF I COULD EVEN GET MY FINGER THROUGH, THROUGH THE CRACK IN THE, IN THE SLOT AND MY FINGER WOULDN'T EVEN FIT IN THERE. THE OTHER THING ABOUT THAT BALLOT DEPOSIT SLOT IS IT IS ANGLED UPWARDS SO THAT IT PROTECTS AGAINST ANYBODY TRYING TO POUR LIQUID INTO THE BOX TO DAMAGE THE BALLOTS. SO DIFFERENT PROTECTIONS FOR THOSE AS WELL AS BECAUSE WE HAVE, UM, WORKED WITH OUR PUBLIC AGENCY PARTNERS, EITHER CITIES OR COUNTY LIBRARIES OR SOME OTHER COUNTY FACILITIES, AS WELL AS SOME SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND CAL STATE SAN FRAN. DO YOU KNOW, UM, WE HAVE ENSURED THAT THESE LOCATIONS ARE PLACED IN AREAS THAT ARE NOT ONLY ACCESSIBLE TO VOTERS, UM, BUT ALSO ARE IN [00:25:01] HIGH VISIBILITY AREAS. AND WE'RE ASKING OUR PARTNERS THAT TO KEEP AN EYE ON THOSE DURING THE DAY. AND IF THEY COME IN IN THE MORNING AND FIND THAT SOMEBODY HAS DEFACED A BOX IN SOME WAY TO GIVE US A CALL RIGHT AWAY SO THAT WE CAN COME OUT AND ADDRESS IT'S THAT ISSUE. FINALLY, UM, WE HAVE BEEN GETTING QUESTIONS ABOUT, UM, POTENTIAL VOTER INTIMIDATION AT OUR POLLING PLACE AND WHAT WE'RE DOING TO ENSURE THAT VOTERS, UH, REMAIN SAFE, UM, IF THEY DO WANT TO VOTE IN PERSON. SO WHAT I CAN SHARE WITH YOU AND, AND THE RESIDENTS IS THAT, UM, IT IS SORT OF STANDARD PROCEDURE TO TRAIN OR POLL WORKERS ON CUSTOMER SERVICE, RIGHT? AS WELL AS GIVING THEM SOME BASIC DEESCALATION TECHNIQUES SO THAT THEY LEARN HOW TO REMAIN CALM AND NOT ALLOW A SITUATION TO ESCALATE IF SOMEBODY COMES IN AND SET. UM, BUT WE'VE ALSO, UM, BEEN WORKING WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO EXPAND THAT, UM, DEESCALATION TECHNIQUE TRAINING FOR OUR POLLING PLACE, SUPERVISORS AND ASSISTANT SUPERVISORS WHO WILL BE A TREND NEXT WEEK ON THE SHERIFFS HAS, HAS PROVIDED US WITH AN ADDITIONAL, UM, HALF HOUR TO HOUR OR SO OF TRAINING TO PROVIDE EVEN MORE ASSISTANCE TO OUR STAFF, TO MANAGE THEIR POLLING PLACES. AND ULTIMATELY IF THEY, IF THEY CAN'T ESCALATE, WE DO TRAIN THEM TOO AND INSTRUCT THEM TO CALL OUR OFFICE FOR ASSISTANCE. AND IF A SITUATION THEY FIND YES IS, UM, POSES AN IMMEDIATE DANGER, THEY ARE TRAINED TO CALL NINE ONE ONE. UM, AND TO ENSURE THAT WE HAVE A QUICK RESPONSE FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE SHARED THE LOCATIONS OF ALL OF OUR POINT PLACES OR DROPBOX. THIS IS AN EARLY VOTE SITES WITH THE SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND ALL THOSE CITY CITY POLICE DEPARTMENTS IN THE COUNTY. SO THEY KNOW WHERE OUR VOTING IS OCCURRING AND THEY CAN RESPOND QUICKLY. LASTLY, I WILL SAY THAT, UM, I DO ASK FROM TIME TIME WHETHER I WILL STATION SECURITY FORCES OR SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAVE A POINT PLACE, AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE CAN DO UNDER THE LAW. UM, THE ELECTIONS CODE SPECIFICALLY MAKES IT A FELONY OFFENSE FOR EVERY, ANYBODY TO BE CARRYING A FIREARM WITH A HUNDRED FEET OF A POLLING PLACE. AND I, SO I HAVE TO FIND A BALANCE BETWEEN, UM, PROVIDING GOOD CUSTOMER SERVICE AND HANDLING THINGS OUR OWN, UM, SMOOTHLY AND MAKING SURE WE'VE GOT A QUICK RESPONSE TO ENSURE THAT THE VOTERS DO NOT GET INTIMIDATED AND AGAIN, CAN, CAN VOTE SAFELY. AND THEN CHERYL, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND SKIPPING AHEAD TO SLIDE NUMBER 25, MAYBE I'VE GOT DIFFERENT NUMBERS HERE, BUT IT'S A SLIDE NEAR THE END THAT HAS GENERAL ELECTION WORKER UP WORKER OPPORTUNITIES. BUT I DON'T WANT TO GO OVER TOO LONG. MY NOODLE PRESENTATION IS ABOUT HALF HOUR, SO I WANTED TO KIND OF WRAP UP THINGS AND TAKE QUESTIONS. SO LASTLY, I DID WANT TO MENTION THAT, UM, WE ARE STILL RECRUITING, UM, HELP, UM, FOR PEOPLE WORKING IN THE ELECTION, UM, SOME EXTRA HELP POSITIONS AS GENERAL ELECTION WORKERS OR OUR COUNTY HUMAN RESOURCES DEPARTMENT IS HELPING US DO THIS RECRUITMENT. THE POSITIONS PAY JUST UNDER $16 AN HOUR, AND, UH, APPLICATIONS ARE CONTINUING TO BE ACCEPTED THIS WEEK. UM, THIS IS FOR A RANGE OF JOBS, YOU KNOW, FROM HELPING US ANSWER THE PHONES, UM, TO, UH, HELPING US, UM, DELIVER EQUIPMENT TO, UM, VOTING LOCATIONS, TO POTENTIALLY EVEN WORKING AS A SUPERVISOR AND A POLLING PLACE. UM, AND THE JOB ANNOUNCEMENT IS ON THE COUNTY'S JOBS WEBSITE, WHICH IS WWW.SB COUNTY.GOV/JOBS. UH, AND JUST LOOK FOR THE, UH, RECRUITMENT FOR GENERAL ELECTION WORKER. AND YOU'LL GET ALL THAT INFORMATION. WE'RE ENCOURAGING ANYBODY, ANYBODY THAT WANTS TO HELP OUT TO APPLY FOR THAT. THERE'LL BE JOBS THAT, THAT START AS EARLY AS NEXT WEEK, ALTHOUGH IN POTENTIALLY WORK, THAT WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THE TIME THAT WE, UM, CERTIFY THE ELECTION ON DECEMBER 1ST. SO FINALLY WE WILL BE PROVIDING, WE HAVE PROVIDED, I THINK WE EITHER HAVE, OR WE WILL PROVIDE A PDF VERSION OF THIS, UM, PRESENTATION. SO THE LAST SLIDE, IF YOU GO TO FORWARD, THERE ARE SOME, SOME, SOME CONTACT INFORMATION AND LINKS TO DIFFERENT DOCUMENTS THAT PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN, IN SIGNING UP FOR THE ABOUT TRACKING SYSTEM. WHERE'S MY BOW. THERE'S A LINK TO THAT. UM, IF THEY WANT TO CALL US OR EMAIL US, WE'VE GOT THAT INFORMATION. IF ANYONE'S INTERESTED IN READING MORE ABOUT THE EXECUTIVE ORDERS OR THE BILLS, THERE'S LINKS TO THOSE. UH, AND FINALLY WE HAVE A LINK TO OUR, MY ELECTIONS GATEWAY TOOL ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH WE ENCOURAGE ANY VOTER WHO HAS MOVED SINCE THE LAST TIME THEY VOTE TO GET ON THAT, UM, INTO THAT TOOL AND DOUBLE CHECK THAT WE'VE GOT YOUR CURRENT INFORMATION AND IF WE DON'T UPDATE IT SO WE CAN GET YOU A BALLOT. SO AT THIS POINT, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HAVE QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THOSE. ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS UP HERE, BRIAN. ALRIGHT, BOB, BUT IT'S BRIAN, JOE SAID, THANKS FOR, UH, YOUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. IT WAS REALLY IN DEPTH. SO A GOOD JOB JUST GOT A QUICK QUESTION. I KNOW WE HAVE A NUMBER OF RESIDENTS THAT ARE MEMBERS OF THE MILITARY AND POTENTIALLY DEPLOYED. WHAT ARE THEIR OPTIONS OR WHAT CAN WE TELL THEIR FAMILIES TO TELL THEM THAT TELL THOSE FOLKS THAT ARE DEPLOYED, WHAT THEIR OPTIONS ARE WHEN IT COMES TO VOTING? YES. SO THE LAW REQUIRED US TO MAIL BALLOTS TO MILITARY [00:30:01] AND OVERSEAS VOTERS. UM, 45 DAYS BEFORE ELECTION DAY, WHICH I BELIEVE WAS SEPTEMBER 19TH IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY. SO THOSE, THOSE BALLOTS SHOULD ALREADY BE OUT. UM, AND THOSE MILITARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS ARE ABLE TO, UM, ALSO ACCESS REMOTE, ACCESSIBLE VOTE BY MAIL BALLOTS, UM, AND MARKET ON THEIR COMPUTER. BUT THEY HAVE TO PRINT OUT A BALLOT AND EITHER, EITHER MAIL IT BACK TO US OR THEY HAVE MILITARY VOTERS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO FAX THEIR BALLOTS BACK TO US WITH A STATEMENT ACKNOWLEDGING, UM, THAT DOING SO DOES KIND OF, UM, ELIMINATE THE PRIVACY OF THEIR BALLOT IF THEY FAX IT BACK. BUT, UM, WE DO HAVE THAT AVAILABILITY AND THOSE, THOSE BALLOTS WENT OUT. SO IF, IF, UM, YOU KNOW, IF SOMEBODY DIDN'T FIND UP FOR THAT, AND WE DIDN'T KNOW, THERE WERE A MILITARY VOTER AND THEY WERE REGISTERED, THEN THEY NEEDED, THEIR FAMILIES SHOULD CONTACT OUR OFFICE SO WE CAN FIGURE OUT HOW TO COMMUNICATE WITH THEIR, UM, THEIR LOVED ONE WHO'S WHO'S IN THE MILITARY OVERSEAS SO WE CAN MAKE SURE THEY CAN VOTE. WONDERFUL. THANKS PETER. YOU'RE WELCOME QUESTIONS, BOB. THIS IS PETER ROGERS. HOW ARE YOU DOING WELL, SIR? HOW ARE YOU? EXCELLENT. A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, A FRIEND OF MINE IN TOWN, SEND ME A PHOTO OF THE TWO BALLOTS SHE RECEIVED UNDER HER HUSBAND'S NAME. WHAT'S THE PROTOCOL ON, ON RECEIVING TWO BALLOTS. AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE EVER RECEIVED TWO BALLOTS, SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT NAME, BUT IT WAS STILL HER HUSBAND'S NAME. I THINK MY MIDDLE INITIAL IS ON ONE, WHAT'S A PROTOCOL, RIGHT? SO WITHOUT KNOWING THE SPECIFICS OF THAT VOTE OR WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE IS THAT MOST LIKELY YOUR HUSBAND REREGISTERED RECENTLY AND, UM, AND, UM, PROVIDED A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT INFORMATION REGARDING THE NAME. AND SO, UM, IF THAT, IF THAT REREGISTRATION HAPPENED AFTER WE RAN THE VOTERS LIST, UM, IN, IN EARLY SEPTEMBER FOR THE INITIAL MAILING OF MAIL BALLOTS, UM, THEN WHEN THERE WASN'T UPDATE RECEIVED, WE THEN WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE CURRENT INFORMATION THAT THEY WERE MAILED ABOUT UNDER THAT. SO, UM, IF THEY CALL OUR OFFICE AND LET US KNOW, UM, YOU KNOW, WHO THEY ARE, AND THEN WE CAN RESEARCH FIGURE OUT WHICH OF THE TWO BALLOTS IS STILL VALID BECAUSE WHEN WE ISSUE A NEW BALLOT, UM, WE SUSPEND THE FIRST ONE THAT WAS MAILED GRANTED, GIVEN THE TIMING, IF THEY MADE THAT CHANGE BEFORE OCTOBER 5TH, THEY MOST LIKELY RECEIVE BOTH BALLOTS AT THE SAME TIME. SO WE'LL HAVE TO ASSIST THEM TO, UH, HELP THEM FIGURE OUT, WHICH IS THE ONE THAT IS STILL VALID AND WHICH ONE'S BEEN SUSPENDED. CAUSE ULTIMATELY THEY CAN ONLY VOTE ONE, UM, BALLOT. UH, HER HUSBAND CAN ONLY VOTE VALID IN THE SELECTION. SO TYPICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS SOMEBODY AND CHANGES SOME INFORMATION IN SOME WAY AFTER WE'VE ALREADY RUN THE INITIAL FILE. ALL RIGHT, PERFECT. I'LL LET HER KNOW. ALSO, UH, ACTUALLY OUR OFFICE, THE KURT HAGMAN OFFICE, WE SENT YOU A NOTE TODAY ON THIS PARTICULAR SUBJECT, MIGHT AS WELL TALK ABOUT IT PUBLICLY. WE HAVE SOME OF THE CARE FACILITIES, SENIORS, ET CETERA. UH, WE HAD A LETTER COME IN TODAY WITH A DAUGHTER. I BELIEVE IT'S THE DAUGHTER WAS ASKING HOW HER FATHER CAN VOTE BECAUSE SHE'S NOT ALLOWED TO VISIT HIM AT THE FACILITY. AND SHE DOESN'T USUALLY DOES HIS VOTING FOR HIM, FILLS IN THE DOTS, ET CETERA, CONNECTS THE DOTS. AND SHE WANTED TO KNOW WHAT SHE CAN DO TO, OR WHAT THE COUNTY WAS GOING TO DO TO HER, HIS SISTER, HER FATHER IN VOTING. AND YOU RESPONDED WITH A GOOD ANSWER. CAN YOU, UM, LET OTHERS THAT MAYBE HAVE A SIMILAR SITUATION OF A, OF A PARENT THAT'S NOT ACCESSIBLE, WHAT THE PROTOCOL MIGHT BE, RIGHT. SO, UM, ANY, ANY VOTER WHO'S NOT ABLE TO MARK ABOUT ON THEIR OWN IS, UM, ENTITLED TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE FOR MARKING THAT BALLOT AND VOTING. UM, AND SO HER FATHER, UM, CAN, IF, IF SHE'S NOT ALLOWED TO PROVIDE, GET ACCESS TO HER FATHER, TO HELP HIM WITH THAT PROCESS, UM, HER FATHER CAN'T AUTHORIZE ANYBODY THAT WORKS IN THAT FACILITY. HE LIVES IN TO ASSIST HIM WITH THAT. UM, AND AS I INDICATED, UH, WHEN YOU GUYS CONTACTED US EARLIER TODAY, UM, IF SHE WAS TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE, UM, AND OUR HOTLINE AT THREE EIGHT, SEVEN 8,300 TOMORROW, AND PROVIDE US WITH THE NAME OF THE, UM, ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY OR FATHER RESIDES, AND WE CAN REACH OUT TO THAT FACILITY, MAKE SURE THEY UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY CAN DO TO HELP THEIR, THEIR RESIDENTS VOTE. OKAY. AND THEN LAST QUESTION, JUST FOR MY KNOWLEDGE, LEGALLY, WHEN ARE YOU ALLOWED TO START COUNTING AND VOTES? YOU HAVE MY BALLOT SITTING IN YOUR OFFICE RIGHT NOW. I SIGNED UP FOR THE NOTICE. WHEN IS IT AFTER EIGHT O'CLOCK ON ELECTION NIGHT? OR CAN YOU START THE PROCESS AT A CERTAIN POINT? SO, UM, WE CAN FOR, AND THIS IS NEW FOR THE SELECTION BECAUSE OF COVID. WE WERE AUTHORIZED TO START PROCESSING MAIL BALLOTS AS EARLY AS OCTOBER 5TH. SO WE ARE CURRENTLY PROCESSING MAIL BALLOTS. UM, WE ARE, WE ARE. AND WHEN I SAY PROCESSING, [00:35:01] YOU KNOW, WE'RE RUNNING THEM THROUGH THE SORTERS, UM, TAKING SCANS OF THE SIGNATURES ON THEM. AND THEN THOSE SIGNATURES ARE BEING SENT TO OUR WORKSTATIONS FOR OUR ELECTION WORKERS TO THEN COMPARE THOSE SIGNATURES AGAINST THE SIGNATURE WE HAVE ON FILE. UM, AND WE ARE ABLE TO THEN DETERMINE WHICH ONES MATCH. AND WHEN WE FIND A MATCH, WE THEN SEND THOSE BALLOTS TO THE EXTRACTION TEAM. UM, WE CAN DO EVERYTHING UP UNTIL, UM, EIGHT O'CLOCK ON ELECTION NIGHT EXCEPT REPORT THE ACTUAL, UM, TOTALS. SO WE CAN ACTUALLY, YOU KNOW, PROCESS ABOUT ALL THE WAY THROUGH RUNNING THEM THROUGH THIS COUNTERS TO COUNT THE VOTES ON EACH BALLOT, BUT WE CANNOT ACTUALLY REPORT RESULTS UNTIL ALL VOTERS, UM, WHO ARE STANDING IN LINE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT A POLLING PLACE, I'VE HAD A CHANCE TO VOTE. SO, UM, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED SINCE I BECAME THE REGISTRAR VOTERS, UM, WE ARE NOT ISSUING OUR FIRST ELECTION NIGHT RESULTS AT EIGHT OH FIVE. THAT HAS BEEN THE TRADITION. UM, I, WE ACTUALLY, UM, MAKE SURE THAT ALL CHECK IN WITH ALL OF OUR POLLING PLACES AND THEY ALL HAVE NOW ELECTRONIC ROSTERS THAT THEY INDICATE TO US ELECTRONICALLY WHEN THEY'VE SERVED THE LAST VOTER. SO WE'RE MONITORING THAT. AND AS SOON AS THE LAST VOTER HAS HAD A CHANCE TO VOTE THEN, AND ONLY THEN DO WE POST OUR ELECTION RESULTS. SO IN THE MARCH PRIMARY, I THINK WE, OUR FIRST RESULTS WERE POSTED, UM, ABOUT, UH, I WANT TO SAY ABOUT EIGHT 45 OR EIGHT 50 OR SOMETHING. UM, AND SO, UM, THAT IS ANOTHER CHANGE WE IMPLEMENTED BECAUSE I, AND THE REASON I DID THAT WAS, UM, THERE ARE SOME REGISTRARS WHO INTERPRET THE CLOSE OF POLLING PLACES TO BE EIGHT O'CLOCK. UM, BUT, UM, I, I, THE WAY I'M READING THE LAW IS THAT IT SAYS A POINT PLACE DOESN'T ACTUALLY CLOSE UNTIL EVERYBODY WAITING IN LINE TO VOTE AT EIGHT O'CLOCK HAS HAD A CHANCE TO VOTE. AND GIVEN OUR TECHNOLOGY TODAY, VOTERS COULD VERY EASILY STILL BE STANDING IN LINE TO CHECK IN, TO VOTE. AND IF I POST POST RESULTS AT EIGHT OH FIVE, THEY CAN SEE THE VOTES BEING COUNTED IN THAT FIRST RESULTS FOR SOMETHING THEY'RE ELIGIBLE TO VOTE IN. AND I DON'T WANT TO INFLUENCE THEIR VOTE OR MAKE THEM THINK IN ANY WAY THAT THEIR VOTE DOESN'T COUNT BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T PROBABLY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IN TERMS OF COUNTING BALLOTS IN ELECTIONS, THAT WE ONLY, THAT FIRST ELECTION NIGHT RESULT REPORT PRETTY MUCH ONLY HAS ABOUT ONE THIRD OF THE VOTE IN IT BECAUSE WE GET, UM, TRADITIONALLY ABOUT A THIRD OF OUR VOTERS VOTED AT POLLING PLACES ON ELECTION DAY, AND ABOUT HALF OF OUR MAILBAG VOTERS RETURN THEIR BALLOTS ON ELECTION DAY, OR WE RECEIVE IT IN THE DAYS AFTER. UM, AND SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE, THOSE RESULTS ON ELECTION NIGHT ARE, ARE NOT THE FINAL RESULTS AND THERE'S STILL PLENTY OF WORK TO GO TO, TO PROCESS BALLOTS AND, AND DO THAT. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. OKAY. RIGHT. HEY BOB, HEY, BOB IT'S FRAMEWORK IS HOW YOU DON'T SIR. UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FOR YOU. POLL POLL WATCHERS, WHAT ARE THE DO'S AND DON'TS, BASICALLY WATCH HE VOTER, WHAT IS HE SUPPOSED TO BE DOING? UM, OBSERVER OBSERVATION IN OUR POLLS, AS WELL AS IN OUR OFFICE IS SOMETHING THAT IS, UM, SOMETHING THAT IS ALLOWED. WE'RE VERY TRANSPARENT WITH ALL OF OUR ACTIVITIES. UM, A POLL WATCHER IS NOT ALLOWED TO INTIMIDATE A VOTER IN ANY WAY. UM, SO, UM, BUT THEY ARE ABLE TO WATCH, UM, IN TERMS OF, AND I, AND I JUST WANTED TO DOUBLE CHECK CHERYL IS, IS MELISSA ABLE TO HELP ME ANSWER THIS QUESTION? IN TERMS OF CHEESE, SHE MANAGES OUR OBSERVER PROGRAM. MOST LIKELY WHEN WHO'S MY MEDIA SPECIALIST, SHE COULD PROBABLY ADD A COUPLE OF POINTS REGARDING, UM, SOME OF THE DO'S AND DON'TS, I MEAN, THE MAJOR ONE IS NO INTIMIDATION. UH, THEY DEFINITELY CAN'T BE STANDING OVER SOMEBODY AND WATCHING THEM MARK THE BALLOT. WE ARE GOING TO BE ENFORCING SOCIAL DISTANCING. UM, OUR OBSERVERS WILL BE REQUIRED TO BE WEARING A FACE COVERING OF SOME SORT. THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE WILL TOLERATE. THEY CAN'T BE IN THERE WITHOUT ONE. AND IF WE HAVE TOO MANY PEOPLE IN THERE, WE MAY HAVE TO, BECAUSE OF SOCIAL DISTANCE THAT WE MAY LIMIT THE NUMBER OF OBSERVERS THAT CAN BE ANY POLLING PLACE AT ONE TIME. AND YES, MELISSA IS ABLE TO RESPOND. OKAY. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES. OH, PERFECT. OKAY. SO SOME OF THE OTHER RULES FOR OBSERVERS IS THEY CAN'T INTERFERE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THEY CANNOT INTERFERE WITH THE PROCESSING OF VOTERS, OR IF THEY'RE IN OUR OFFICE, THEY CAN'T INTERFERE WITH THE PROCESSING OF BALLOTS, BUT THEY CERTAINLY CAN WATCH WHAT'S GOING ON. SO THEY WOULDN'T BE ALLOWED INTO THE VOTING AREA, BUT THEY CAN BE IN THE POLLING PLACE. IF THEY HAVE QUESTIONS, THEY CAN ASK IT OF THE SUPERVISOR AT THE POLLING PLACE, BUT THEY CANNOT, UM, JUST TALK TO, THEY CAN'T TALK TO THE VOTERS IN THERE. THEY CAN'T TALK TO THE OTHER WORKERS, SO THEY JUST, THEY NEED TO BE, UM, WATCHING AND NOT INTERFERING WITH THE PROCESS. AND THE OTHER THING THEY CANNOT DO IS THEY CANNOT CHALLENGE THE ELIGIBILITY OF A VOTER IN THE POLLING PLACE. THAT IS A ROLE THAT'S, THAT'S LIMITED TO THE POLLING PLACE SUPERVISOR TO DO THAT [00:40:01] ONE LAST QUESTION, IF I'M A CANDIDATE, CAN I WEAR A TEE SHIRT WHERE IT SAYS, SAY, ELECT GRAY MARQUEZ, OR WEAR A HAT THAT SAYS SELECT REMARK IS, IS THAT, IS THAT OKAY? YOU COULD WEAR THAT IN THE COMMUNITY, BUT YOU CANNOT WEAR SOMETHING LIKE THAT WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF A POLLING PLACE OR ANY VOTING LOCATION. UM, THAT IS, UM, ELECTIONEERING IS, IS PROHIBITED WITHIN A HUNDRED FEET OF THE, UM, THE VOTING LOCATIONS. SO, UM, IF PEOPLE COME IN WEARING A HAT WITH A CANDIDATES NAME ON IT, WE WILL BE ASKING THEM TO REMOVE THAT. UH, IF THEY'RE WEARING A SHIRT WITH A CANDIDATES NAME ON IT, WE'LL ASK THEM TO GO OUTSIDE AND TURN IT INSIDE OUT OR SOMETHING SO THAT PEOPLE CAN'T SEE THAT THOUGH, THAT DOES NOT EXTEND TO, UM, YOU KNOW, SOME OF YOUR COMMON, UM, SLOGANS THAT CANDIDATES MAY BE USING. IT'S LIMITED TO ACTUALLY THE CANDIDATES NAMES. THANK YOU, SIR. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE ONE OTHER QUESTION. DON RAISED COMMENTS. SO IF I HAD, UM, HYPOTHETICALLY LIKE A VAN THAT I HAD WRAPPED THE SYMBOL FOR ME WITH MY FACE ON IT, AND I PARKED OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL WHERE I WAS VOTING, COULD I DO THAT? YOU'D HAVE, YOU'D HAVE TO BE PARKED AT LEAST A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THE DOOR TO THE POLLING PLACE. OKAY. ALRIGHTY, YOU'RE WELCOME. I DO BELIEVE THAT'S ALL THE QUESTIONS, BUT I JUST, FOR THE PUBLIC'S KNOWLEDGE, I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THAT, UH, YOU'VE BEEN LISTENING TO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY REGISTRARS OF VOTERS, REGISTRAR, BOB PAIGE. AND WE THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, BOB. UH, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THIS. THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT TIME. AND, UH, IT IS TO SAY THIS AN UNUSUAL ELECTION. UH, IT IS FOR MANY, MANY, MANY REASONS. NONE, THE LEAST OF WHICH OF COURSE IS COVID-19. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. AND, UH, IF ANYONE HAS QUESTIONS THAT THEY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THE, UH, POWERPOINT WE WERE LOOKING AT AND THEY CAN CONTACT YOU THROUGH THE VARIOUS METHODS THAT YOU PRESCRIBED. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR PRESENTATION AND YOU HAVE A GREAT REST OF YOUR EVENING, AND THANK YOU FOR MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU AND YOUR RESIDENTS. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, SIR. ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM ACTION TAKEN ON CLOSED SESSION? UH, MARK. HEY STATURE. YOU'RE GOOD, MARK. YOU'RE UP PASSING. THERE WE GO. YEAH. MAYOR COUNCIL. THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION FROM CLOSENESS IN THIS EVENING. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. CHERYL WOULD LIKE TO READ [6. 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. ] THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR PUBLIC COMMENTS? YES. THANK YOU. 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 PRESS STAR NINE, YOU WILL BE NOTIFIED WHEN YOU HAVE 30 SECONDS LEFT TO SPEAK. AND AGAIN, WHEN YOUR 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. RIGHT? DO WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS? THE FIRST SPEAKER IS JIM GALLAGHER. ALL RIGHT. DID HE HAVE ANY GYM? GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, UH, STAFF AND FELLOW RESIDENTS. UM, BOB PAGE'S PRESENTATION WAS EXCELLENT. I THINK IT ALREADY, WHENEVER HE SPEAKS, IT DOES RESTORE MY CONFIDENCE AND VOTING SYSTEM. AND SINCE WE'RE ON THE TOPIC OF THE VOTING, I WANTED TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT OUR MEASURE WITHOUT ELECTIONEERING. SO I'M HONORED TO MAKE THAT CLEAR. UM, I, I THINK I CANNOT REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THE CITY AS SUBMITTED A MEASURE TO THE BALLOT AND THAT'S TO OUR CREDIT. WHAT WE'VE DONE THIS, HOWEVER, I'M A LITTLE DISCONCERTED. I MIGHT ADD THAT HERE IN JUNE, ALL FIVE OF YOU VOTED TO APPROVE THIS MEASURE TO PUT IT ON THE BALLOT. AND THEN A FEW WEEKS LATER, YOU ALSO ALL FIVE VOTED TO PUT IN A WRITTEN STATEMENT AND ARGUMENT ON THE RESOLUTION. AND THEN I FIND AFTER READING THE CHAMPION AND ALSO LOOKING AT MY BALANCE STATEMENTS THAT ARE FUTURE POSSIBLY FUTURE MAYOR WHO WILL BE ROTATED IN DECIDED TO WITHDRAW HIS SUPPORT FOR THE MEASURE ON THE BALLOT. AND I FIND THAT KIND OF DISCERNING JUST CONCERNING. AND IT MAKES ME WONDER WHY, YOU KNOW, I, I FEEL THAT IF YOU SAY WHAT YOU DO, YOU SHOULD DO WHAT YOU SAY AND THAT'S ALL I'M GONNA SAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, JIM. THE NEXT SPEAK UP. THERE ARE NO OTHER HANDS RAISED AT THIS TIME. ALRIGHT. ANY REQUEST TO READ A STATEMENT SUBMITTED? WE DID NOT RECEIVE ANY EMAIL STATES. ALL RIGHT. IF THERE'S NO OTHER PUBLIC COMMENTS, WE'LL GO ON TO CONFLICT OF INTEREST ANNOUNCEMENTS. DOES ANY MEMBER HAVE ANY CONFLICT OF INTEREST THEY [00:45:01] WOULD LIKE TO MENTION HEARING NONE. WE'LL MOVE [ CONSENT CALENDAR (7 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.] ON TO CITY DEPARTMENT BUSINESS. COULD YOU PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS, PLEASE? ALL SEVEN OF THOSE? YES. THERE'S SEVEN ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. IF THERE'S ANY ITEMS TO BE PULLED. WE'LL DO SO NOW. ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HAVE ANY TO PULL? ALRIGHT. AND I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I'LL MOVE TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER MOTION BY ROGERS. SECOND BY MARQUEZ, A VERBAL VOTE, PLEASE. MAYOR BENNETT, VICE MAYOR. JOE'S COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. YES. COUNCIL MEMBER ROGERS. YES. MOTION PASSES FIVE. ALL RIGHT. [14. Receive and file Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) update] WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE DISCUSSION COUNT CALENDAR. THIS PORTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA IS FOR ALL MATTERS WHERE STAFF AND PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IS ANTICIPATED. PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND VIA ZHU OR DOWNLINE TO BE SELECTED FOR THE MEETING A Q OR TWO BEFORE THE MEETING QUEUE INDIVIDUAL AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION IS LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES. NUMBER 14, RECEIVE AND FILE CORONA DISEASE. 2019. COVID-19 UPDATE BEN, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR BENNETT AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, TONIGHT I'D LIKE TO BRIEFLY GO OVER A FEW KEY AREAS WHERE WE'VE HAD ACTIVITY IN THE CORONAVIRUS, UH, REALM. UH, THE CITY HAS TAKEN A COUPLE, UH, EFFORTS TO SUPPORT, UH, OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY. I'M HAPPY TO SAY AS OF TODAY, WE'VE, UH, UH, APPROVED 19 MICRO BUSINESS LOANS. UH, AND AS THE COMMUNITY MAY KNOW, UH, THE COUNCIL ELECTED TO INCREASE OUR INITIAL, UH, ALLOTMENT FROM, UH, $2,500 TO $5,000. AND I KNOW WE'VE GOTTEN GOOD FEEDBACK FROM MANY BUSINESSES WHO, UH, HAVE, UH, RELIED ON THIS MONEY TO HELP THEM STAY, UH, VIABLE. UM, THE STAFF IS ALSO WORKING, UH, ON ADDITIONAL SUPPORT MEASURES, UH, THAT, UH, THAT MICRO-BUSINESS GRANT PROGRAM, UH, SERVES BUSINESSES FIVE OR FEWER. AND WE'RE DEVELOPING FOR THE COUNCIL'S FUTURE CONSIDERATION. UH, A I'LL CALL IT A MEDIUM, UH, BUSINESS THAT WOULD EXPAND THAT, UH, AS LONG AS IT COMPLIES WITH THE HUD GUIDELINES AND THAT'LL BE COMING TO THE COUNCIL REAL SOON AND THANKS FOR THAT DIRECTION. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO LOOKING AT, UH, INDIVIDUAL SUPPORT, UH, ALONG THE LINES OF A, UH, SENIOR MEAL PROGRAM WILL BE COMING BACK TO THE COUNCIL. UM, SINCE OUR LAST MEETING, WE WE'VE ALSO SEEN SOME MOVEMENT AT THE STATE LEVEL WITH, UH, PERSONAL CARE BUSINESSES BEING ALLOWED TO OPEN NAIL NAIL SALONS. UH, WE HAD GUIDANCE ON PLAYGROUNDS AND I KNOW A LOT OF OUR RESIDENTS WERE VERY HAPPY TO NOW BE ABLE TO WITH PROPER PRECAUTIONS, USE OUR PLAYGROUNDS AND EXERCISE EQUIPMENT. UM, AND THEN A VERY RECENT RULING FROM THE STATE HAS EXPANDED THE DEFINITION OF WHAT A GATHERING IS. SO STAFF IS LOOKING AT WHETHER OR NOT, UH, GOING FROM A RESTRICTION OF A SINGLE HOUSEHOLD TO THREE HOUSEHOLDS, UH, WILL AFFECT OUR, UH, OUR SERVICES. AND SO WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE HOW THAT MAY, UH, HELP US, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL, UM, REOPENINGS AND THEN I ALSO WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ACTIVITY. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS REPORT FOCUSES SO MUCH ON WHAT WE CAN'T DO. I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT TO EXPLAIN SOME OF THE GOOD THINGS THAT ARE STILL OCCURRING AT THE CITY LEVEL. UH, WE CONTINUE TO HAVE OUR MOVIES IN THE PARKING LOT AND OUR, UH, FIRST, UH, SATURDAY, WE, UH, WE HAD OUR FIRST CONCERT, UH, IN THE PARKING LOT AND IT'S BEEN REALLY, REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT OUR RESIDENTS AND ATTENDEES HAVE REMAINED WITHIN THE GUIDELINES, KEPT THEIR FACE COVERINGS ON WHEN THEY WERE OUT AND ABOUT, AND, AND REALLY FOUND, UH, THE ENJOYMENT THAT WAS DESIGNED IN THESE PROGRAMS. AND SO WE THANK THE CITY FOR BEING ABLE TO, TO CONTINUE TO OFFER THIS BECAUSE OUR RESIDENTS ARE, ARE STAYING IN COMPLIANCE. UH WE'VE WE'VE ALSO ROLLED OUT OUR, UH, MOBILE REC REC TO GO PROGRAM WHERE WE'VE HAD, UH, SEVERAL SITES WHERE OUR MOBILE REC VAN HAS GONE OUT TO PROVIDE, UH, ARTS AND CRAFTS AND STEM, SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY, TECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, AND MATH, UH, TYPE OF PROGRAMS. AND THEY'VE BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL. WE INITIALLY THOUGHT WE'D SERVE 60, UH, KIDS PER VISIT. AND STAFF HAS RAMPED THAT UP TO A HUNDRED NOW, AND IT'S, IT'S, IT'S SELLING OUT QUICKLY. SO WE APPRECIATE BEING ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR, OUR, OUR YOUTH OUT IN THE COMMUNITY THROUGH, THROUGH THIS PROGRAM. AND, UH, THAT WILL CONCLUDE MY KIND OF SUMMARY SUMMARY OF THE COVID ACTIVITY, BUT JUST TO MAKE THE POINT THAT THE STATE CONTINUES TO MOVE, EVEN THOUGH WE'RE STILL IN THE PURPLE [00:50:01] COLOR BAND AND CONSIDERED A WIDESPREAD CONTAMINANT RISK, I WOULD CALL IT A, WE STILL FIND WAYS TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES AND HAVE ACTIVITIES. AND I JUST WANTED TO CONCLUDE IT THAT WELL, I APPRECIATE YOU REPORTING THAT TO, AND FOR THE LISTENING PUBLIC, UH, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN CRITICIZED OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS ABOUT HOW CAUTIOUS WE HAVE BEEN ABOUT ROLLING THINGS OUT AND HOW HAVE BEEN LOCKING THINGS DOWN WHEN INSTRUCTED TO DO SO. SO IT'S GOOD FOR YOU TO CONTINUE TO REALIZE AND SEE THAT WE ARE WHEN WE ARE GIVEN THE APPROVAL TO GO AHEAD, WE STILL LOOK FOR THE FIRST AND FOREMOST THING, WHICH IS YOUR SAFETY AND YOUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY. SO WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THOSE STRICT GUIDELINES AND WHEN IT IS SAFE TO DO SO, WE WILL OPEN UP ADDITIONAL FACILITIES AND ADDITIONAL PROGRAMS. AND WE'RE JUST GLAD THAT WE'RE ABLE TO GIVE YOU SOME GOOD NEWS. AND FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE AMONGST THE 140 CARS THAT SOLD OUT ON SATURDAY EVENING FOR THE SB JOURNEY TRIBUTE BAND, YOU PROBABLY GOT YOUR MONEY'S WORTH, ESPECIALLY SINCE YOU'VE GOT A $10 GIFT CARD BACK FROM THE SHOPS AFTER ONLY PAYING $25 A CAR. SO WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO DO THAT. WE'RE LOOKING AT POSSIBLY ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE IMMENSE BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR AND WEATHER PERMITTING. SO WITHOUT BELABORING THAT ANYMORE, THANK YOU, BEN, TO YOU AND THE STAFF AND TO JONATHAN, THE STAFF FOR MAKING THESE THINGS HAPPEN, WE'RE GOING THAT EXTRA YARD TO TRY AND GET US BACK TO SOME SORT OF A NORMAL, SO WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH. NEXT UP [ PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS - This portion of the City Council Agenda is for matters from the October 6, 2020 Planning Commission Meeting. No action is required unless two members of the City Council wish to request a review of the matter, in accordance with Section 16.58.070 of the Chino Hills Municipal Code. Expiration of the public appeal period on Planning Commission Items 5b and 5c is October 20, 2020, 5:30 p.m.] IS OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MATTERS. WE HAVE TWO ITEMS THAT DEAL WITH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DISCUSS THOSE OR PULL THOSE? AND IF NOT, WE'LL, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PULL FOR COMMENT, COMMENT. OKAY. YOU WANT TO HAVE, WHICH ONE WOULD YOU LIKE TO COMMENT ON 15 OR 16 OR BOTH FOR BOTH. OKAY, GO RIGHT AHEAD. JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT I'M REALLY HAPPY THAT THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS IS AGAIN DOING TO HOMELESS, THROUGH HABITAT FOR HUMANITY. UM, WE HAVE SOME ALREADY IN THAT COMMUNITY, SO, UM, IT'LL BE NICE TO SEE THE HOMES EVOLVE AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THESE HOMES WILL BE FOR VETERANS. SO THAT'S THE ONLY COMMENT ONE. YEAH. ALL RIGHT. AND BRIAN, THAT'S JUST TO TAG ONTO THAT. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE AT SOME POINT TO WHEN, AS HABITAT FOR HUMANITY MOVES DOWN THE ROAD WITH THIS SHOW ME NOBODY ELSE. NOBODY PULLS IT. WOULD IT BE POSSIBLE TO PUMP OUT THAT INFORMATION IF THEY DO NEED HELP DOWN THE ROAD AND MAYBE GET THAT OUT ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA? WELL, WE HAVE A LOCAL RESIDENT, JEFF HAKA, AND HE ACTUALLY WORKS FOR THEM OR VOLUNTEERS FOR THEM. SO HE, THE BOARD SHE'S ON THE BOARD. THAT'S GREAT. SO HE'D BE GREAT TO GIVE, KEEP US IN THE LOOP. YEAH, JEFF . IT WAS A VERY GOOD IDEA. ALRIGHT. HEARING NOTHING ELSE. DO WE ACTUALLY NEED A MOTION ON THIS ONE FOR, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG. WE DON'T NEED OFFICIALLY. OKAY. SO [ PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER REPORT] NEXT STEP WE HAVE OUR PIO OR PUBLIC INFORMATION REPORT, DENISE, UM, AS IS TYPICAL, I'LL GO OVER THE KOBE RESULTS AS OF YESTERDAY. UH, IT HAS BEEN THREE WEEKS SINCE WE MET LAST TIME. SO WE TYPICALLY ARE COMPARING TWO WEEKS, BUT THIS TIME IT WILL BE THREE WEEKS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, JUST ABOUT 58,000 CONFIRMED CASES, WHICH IS UP 5,000 FROM THREE WEEKS AGO. THE TOTAL POSITIVE TESTS IN CHINO HILLS ARE JUST OVER A THOUSAND, WHICH IS 92 ADDITIONAL ON THREE WEEKS. THE TESTING, I THINK I MENTIONED TO YOU BEFORE ABOUT A LULL AND TESTING, IT'S REALLY, REALLY RAMPED UP WITH A BIG EFFORT THAT THE COUNTY PUT ON AND WE SUPPORTED THEM AS WELL. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF TESTS IS OVER 685,000, WHICH IS ALMOST A HUNDRED THOUSAND MORE TESTS IN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. UH, YOU RECALL THE TARGET FOR POSITIVITY RATE IS EIGHT AND THE CURRENT RATE IS 8.46. THE TOTAL TEST AND CHINO HILLS IS JUST ABOUT 20,000, WHICH IS NEARLY 3,500 SINCE THREE WEEKS AGO. OUR POSITIVE ACTIVITY RATE IS 5%, WHICH IS ACTUALLY DOWN FROM THREE WEEKS AGO. THE DEATHS IN THE COUNTY UNFORTUNATELY ARE AT 986, WHICH IS UP 78. UH, THE FATALITY RATE IN THE COUNTY IS 1.7% OF THE CONFIRMED CASES IN CHINO HILLS. OUR FATALITY RATE IS ABOUT HALF THAT AT 0.9%. WE'VE STAYED STEADY WITH NINE DESTINED CHINO HILLS. UH, IN RECENT WEEKS, THE COUNTY HAS EXPERIENCED A RISE IN INFECTIONS, WHICH HAS, UH, LEGENDARY RESTRICTIONS AND KEPT US ON THE PURPLE LEVEL. I, YOU PROBABLY READ ABOUT THE COUNTY EFFORTS TO TRY TO WORK WITH THE STATE ON HAVING THE BARS NOT MOVE AS MUCH AS THEY DO DURING THE, AS IN THE CURRENT PLAN, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION OUR VETERANS EVENT. UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE BEEN PLANNING TO NOT HOLD OUR TRADITIONAL EVENT, WHICH WOULD NORMALLY HAVE BEEN THE [00:55:01] INSIDE BREAKFAST AND OUTSIDE CEREMONY. THE COUNCIL HAD AN IDEA A FEW WEEKS AGO TO TRY TO THINK OF ANOTHER KIND OF ACTIVITY, POSSIBLY A DRIVE THROUGH BREAKFAST AND STAFF IS WORKING TO SEE IF WE CAN PULL SOMETHING TOGETHER ON THAT. SO NO ANNOUNCEMENT YET, BUT STAY TUNED. IF YOU KNOW, A VETERAN, LET THEM KNOW THAT THEY CAN REQUEST A LAWN SIGN. WE'D LIKE TO DELIVER A LAWN SIGN TO OUR VETERANS TO HONOR THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE. THERE'S NO COST, BUT THEY DO HAVE TO REGISTER ONLINE. AND IF YOU'RE A RESIDENT THAT SUPPORTS VETERANS AND YOU'D LIKE TO DISPLAY A LAWN SIGN IN YOUR YARD, THANK YOU VETERANS. THEN THAT WOULD BE A $10 CHARGE. AND WE'LL DELIVER ASSIGNED TO ALSO ONLINE REGISTRATION. I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE ARE ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET BACK IN THE HABIT OF PARKING, KEEPING THEIR VEHICLES OFF THE STREET ON THE STREET SWEEPING DAY. WE'RE NOT ISSUING TICKETS, BUT IT DOES HELP US MEET OUR REGULATIONS TO KEEP DEBRIS FROM GOING INTO THE STORM DRAINS. THE CITY MANAGER MENTIONED THE MOVIES IN THE PARKING LOT, AND WE HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING UP THIS SATURDAY. THERE ARE STILL TICKETS AVAILABLE AND IN THE HALLOWEEN SPIRIT, IT'S THE ANIMATED MOVIE, THE ADAMS FAMILY, $10 A CAR AND ONLINE TICKETS ARE AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW. WE LISTENED TO A PRESENTATION BY BOB PAIGE, THE REGISTRAR VOTERS TONIGHT, AND THEY ARE GOING TO OFFER A ZOOM WEBINAR ON THURSDAY, UH, THAT WE'RE CO-HOSTING WITH THEM. UH, RESIDENTS CAN REGISTER REGISTERED ADVANCE FOR WEBINAR, AND THEY CAN HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND LISTEN TO A PROBABLY VERY SIMILAR PRESENTATION. ADVANCED REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED, AND YOU CAN FIND THAT LINK ON OUR WEBSITE. HE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THE SECURE BALLOT DROP-OFF BOX. IT IS AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE LIBRARY, AND WE WANTED TO HELP OUR RESIDENTS, UH, HAVE AN EASY WAY TO DROP THEIR BOUTS OFF. AND WE'RE HAVING AN EVENT ON THURSDAY, THE 22ND FROM THREE TO 8:00 PM. SO TAKE YOUR BELT WITH YOU TO WORK AND ON YOUR WAY HOME. UM, COME DRIVE THROUGH THE CIRCLE. DRIVE ON CITY CENTER, DRIVE STAFF WILL DIRECT YOU. WE'LL LET YOU PARK AND WALK INTO DROP OFF YOUR BALLOT. AND IF YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME ASSISTANCE, WE'LL HAVE STAFF THERE TO HELP PEOPLE THAT DON'T WISH TO GET TO THEIR CARS. DENISE, I THINK THE IMPORTANT THING THERE IS FOR PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL DROP BOX IN CHINO HILLS ALSO, RIGHT? RIGHT. THIS IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL DROPBOX. AND I THINK MAYBE ONE THING HE DIDN'T MENTION AS WELL IS THAT, UM, PEOPLE, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHER POLLING LOCATIONS IN CHINO HILLS THAT WILL BE OPEN FOR FOUR DAYS. YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO TO THE ONE LISTED ON YOUR BALLOT. SO IF YOU WISH TO GO TO A DIFFERENT ONE, YOU CAN CHECK THE COUNTY WEBSITE, GO TO A DIFFERENT ONE FOR SOME REASON. YEAH. IT WAS BETTER FOR YOU. SO IT'S VERY EASY TO VOTE THIS YEAR AND YOU CAN FIND INFORMATION EVERYWHERE. UM, THE CHIA VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HOSTED CANDIDATE FORUMS, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED THE, UH, THE FILE AND WE'LL BEGIN AIRING THOSE FORUMS ON OUR TELEVISION CHANNEL, UH, CITY TV THREE SLASH 41. IF YOU HAVE VERIZON, OR IF YOU HAVE SPECTRUM, THERE'S A SCHEDULE ON OUR WEBSITE AND IT'S CHINO HILLS.ORG FORWARD SLASH CITY TV SCHEDULE, WHICH WILL SHOW YOU THE AIRING TIMES. IF YOU DON'T HAVE EITHER OF THOSE CABLE SYSTEMS, YOU CAN GO TO DOT ORG SLASH VIDEO STREAMING, AND YOU CAN WATCH IT ON YOUR COMPUTER DURING THOSE SAME SCHEDULED TIMINGS. AND THAT WILL BE BOTH FOR THE CHINO HILLS CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE FORUM, AS WELL AS THE CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FORUM. UH, THE CHAMBER ALSO HAS A YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND YOU CAN WATCH IT ON DEMAND ON THAT CHANNEL AS WELL. BLOOD DRIVE, UH, THEY'VE LOST A LOT OF LOCATIONS. SO CHINO HILLS IS A POPULAR LOCATION. WE'RE HAVING BLOOD DRIVES HERE EVERY TUESDAY, AT LEAST THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR IS WHAT WE'RE TOLD. SO, UM, AND AGAIN, THEY TEST YOUR COMPLETED DONATION FOR THE COVID TWO ANTIBODIES. THE CENSUS DEADLINE KEEPS MOVING. SO YOU'VE PROBABLY NOTICED THAT IT'S MOVING AROUND AND THEY'VE JUST EXTENDED AGAIN THROUGH OCTOBER 31ST. SO THE DEADLINE TO COMPLETE THE CENSUS IS OCTOBER 31ST. IF YOU HAVEN'T FILLED IT OUT, YOU MAY HAVE A KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR. AND WE ASK YOU TO JUST COOPERATE WITH THE CENSUS TAKERS. THEY'LL BE EASY TO IDENTIFY WITH A PROPER ID AND THINGS, AND THEY'LL JUST HAVE NINE QUESTIONS FOR YOU. THE MAYOR MENTIONED CONCERTS IN THE CAR AND EVERYONE HAD FUN ON SATURDAY. WE JUST RELEASED A NICE LITTLE VIDEO ABOUT IT TODAY. SO TAKE A LOOK AT OUR VIDEO ON SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THEN YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU'RE GOING TO WANT A TICKET TO SEE KENNY MET KATH IN THE EARLY YEARS OF BAND, WHICH IS A TRIBUTE TO ELTON JOHN. THOSE TICKETS ARE FOR SALE. NOW WE HAVE A EARLY BIRD, WHICH IS ONLY OPEN TO CHINO HILLS RESIDENTS. AND AFTER THAT DATE PASSES, THEN IT'S OPEN TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC. AND AGAIN, THE MAYOR MENTIONED THE COST IS $25 A CAR, BUT IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO $15 A CAR BECAUSE YOU GET A $10 GIFT CARD TO THE SHOPS. SORRY, IT'S MY FAN. SORRY ABOUT THAT. THAT COMPLETES MY REPORT FOR THAT FAN. AND I'M NOT GOING TO EXPLAIN [01:00:01] WHAT THAT IS. OKAY. UM, SAFETY [ SAFETY UPDATES - Police and Fire] UPDATES, UH, KEITH SHACKLEFORD. I SEE YOU THERE. SO WE'LL CALL ON YOU FIRST AND THEN WE'LL HAVE TO BAIT. LET ME KNOW IF SOMEONE'S ON FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT. OKAY. W EXCUSE ME, EXCUSE ME. JUST A COUPLE ITEMS TONIGHT. YES. 2020 HAS BEEN A DEVASTATING AND HISTORIC FIRE SEASON IN EXCESS OF 4 MILLION ACRES OF BURNED THROUGHOUT THE STATE. WE'VE HAD NUMEROUS FIRE DISTRICT PERSONNEL ASSISTING OR THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS. AND I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REMIND OUR RESIDENTS TO BE EXTRA CAREFUL. UM, WE ARE IN SANTA ANA SEASON AND WHEN TEMPERATURES ARE HIGH, WINDS ARE BLOWING AND HUMIDITY IS LOW. WE WILL HAVE SOME EXTREME FIRE DANGER. SO PLEASE BE CAUTIOUS FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE YEAR UNTIL WE GET WELL INTO THE RAINY SEASON, ESPECIALLY WITH OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. AND SECONDLY, I'D JUST LIKE TO SHARE A PRESS RELEASE THAT WE PUT OUT YESTERDAY. WE'RE SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR AN AWARD. THE CHINE OF ALI FIRE DISTRICT IS SEEKING NOMINATIONS FOR THE FRED L BURNS COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD NOMINATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED UNTIL MIDNIGHT, DECEMBER 31ST, 2020 WAR RECIPIENTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED IN JANUARY OF 2021. THE FRED L BURNS AWARD WAS ESTABLISHED TO RECOGNIZE AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DISTRICT IN THE AREA OF FURTHERING THE DISTRICT'S MISSION STATEMENT AND, OR WHO'S MADE A SIGNIFICANT CONTRIBUTION TO THE NOVELLA COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF COMMUNITY SERVICE IN SUPPORTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY. THE FIRE DISTRICT MISSION IS TO PROVIDE EXCEPTIONAL SERVICE AND SAFEGUARD THE COMMUNITY NOMINATIONS CAN BE SUBMITTED ONLINE AT DOT ORG BY ACCESSING THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS TAB AND CLICKING ON THE FRED L BURNS HEADER IN THE DROPDOWN MENU. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT CB. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CHIEF. THANK YOU. WOULD YOU MIND IF I SHARED THE MESSAGE THAT I GOT, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU DON'T WANT TO BE SELF SERVING, SO I'M GOING TO TOOT YOUR HORN HERE. SO WE'LL TALK LATER MORE, BUT THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A CALL THIS WEEKEND. SO THE GAL TEXTED ME AND SHE SAYS, UM, I JUST WANTED TO REACH OUT AND SHARE HOW BLOWN AWAY I AM BY THE COMMUNITY OF CHINO HILLS. I CANNOT BELIEVE THE OUTPOURING OF LOVE MY FAMILY HAS RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO MY DAD'S PASSING. I WOULD LIKE TO IN PARTICULAR, ACKNOWLEDGE THE CHINO VALLEY FIRE DEPARTMENT. TWO FIRE TRUCKS FULL OF MEN CAME BY ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON TO DROP FLOWERS OFF WITH MY MOM AND TO OFFER THEIR CONDOLENCES ON SUNDAY. ANOTHER TRUCK CAME BY WITH FLOWERS. AREN'T A RETIRED CAPTAIN, EVEN MADE THE TRIP FROM EASTVALE TO PROVIDE SUPPORT TO OUR FAMILY. IT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE INCREDIBLE PEOPLE OF THIS COMMUNITY AND TO THE AMAZING FIRST RESPONDERS YOU HAVE SERVING CHINO HILLS. MY HEART IS OVERFLOWING WITH GRATITUDE. CAPTAIN TOM LAMON GAVE HIS PERSONAL CELL TO MY MOM AND TOLD HER NEVER TO HESITATE TO CALL IF SHE NEEDED ANYTHING. YOU WON'T FIND THIS KIND OF SUPPORT IN ANY OTHER TOWN. I'M GRATEFUL TO THE MEN SERVING AT STATION 64. THEY HAVE BEEN SO INCREDIBLY GOOD TO MY PARENTS. I FEEL IN THE CURRENT STATE OF OUR NATION, THESE RARE OVER THE TOP ACTS OF KINDNESS, KINDNESS NEED TO BE ACKNOWLEDGED AND SHARED. SO LET ME SHARE THAT AND I'M SURE YOU'LL JUST SHARE IT WITH THE GENTLEMEN. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WONDERFUL. WHO IS ON FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT? CAPTAIN WALKER. OKAY. CAPTAIN WALKER. HOW ARE YOU TONIGHT? WELL, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING. UM, I HAVE TWO THINGS FOR THIS EVENING. WE'VE GOT A OPPOSITE OF THE TRAFFIC SAFETY, TWO CAMPAIGNS THAT ARE COMING UP, UM, STARTING ON OCTOBER 19TH THROUGH THE 23RD, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A ROBUST SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN REFERENCED TEEN DRIVER SAFETY WEEK. UM, WE ENCOURAGE OUR, OUR FAMILIES WITH TEENAGE DRIVERS TO, UM, GO TO OUR TWITTER ACCOUNT AT CHINO HILLS UNDERSCORE PD, UM, FOR A LOT OF HITS ON DRIVER AWARENESS AND SAFETY. AND THEN ON OCTOBER 29TH, WE WILL BE DOING A PEDESTRIAN SAFETY CAMPAIGN. UM, I ENCOURAGE OUR, OUR RESIDENTS AS ALWAYS TO, UM, KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR PEDESTRIANS AND THE ROADWAY AND, UM, AND CROSSWALKS. AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION FOR THE SEAT. WELL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, CAPTAIN WALKER. WE APPRECIATE THAT. UH, NEXT WE [ COUNCIL REPORTS Council Member Marquez League of California Cities Latino Caucus Board Latino Caucus Legislative Committee San Bernardino County Transportation Authority Board State Route 91 Advisory Committee Southern California Association of Governments Regional Council Transportation Committee Southern California Regional Rail Authority Board (Metrolink) Contracts, Operations, Maintenance, and Safety Committee Council Member Moran Chino Valley Unified School District Board Omnitrans Board Southern California Association of Governments Energy and Environmental Committee Southern California Edison Local Advisory Panel West End Advisory Committee - Superintendent of Schools Council Member Rogers Chino Basin Desalter Authority Board] HAVE COUNCIL REPORTS, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MARQUEZ, YOU'RE UP FIRST, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES, LATINO CAUCUS BOARD, AND THE KEEN LATINO CAUCUS, LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE. MR. MAYOR. I FORGOT MY REPORTS AT HOME. SO I'M GOING TO SORT OF NOT SAY ANYTHING, THIS MEETING AND THE NEXT MEETING, I'LL SAY SOMETHING. SO I APOLOGIZE. ALL RIGHT. FOR, FOR ALL OF THESE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. NO PROBLEM AT ALL. UH, COUNCIL MEMBER MIRANDA. HOW ABOUT YOU FOR CHINO VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT? YES, IT'S NOT TOO LENGTHY, BUT IT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION AND WHAT'S INTERESTING IS, SO THIS IS FROM THE OCTOBER 1ST MEETING, AND THEN THEY'RE GOING TO BE MEETING AGAIN THIS THURSDAY, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON. SO BASICALLY SUPERINTENDENT INFIELD, HE GAVE RECOMMENDED RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE BOARD. THEY DID NOT VOTE ON ANY OF IT, BUT THIS THURSDAY'S MEETING, THEY'RE GOING TO BE VOTING ON LIKE FOUR DIFFERENT AREAS. SO THE ONE WAS, UM, GOING BACK TO IN PERSON BLENDED LEARNING TRANSITION, AND HE SAID, OH, SO EVEN [01:05:01] THOUGH, UH, LET'S SEE HIS COUNTY'S MOVED FROM PURPLE TO RED. HE BASICALLY JUST BECAUSE THE, UM, WE MOVE INTO RED AS A DISTRICT, HE WANTS US TO BE IN RED FOR 14 DAYS. SO BASICALLY ON ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WAIVERS, SPECIAL EDUCATION, UM, SPORTS AND ATHLETICS. IT'S, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME. THAT'S HIS RECOMMENDATION. AGAIN, THE BOARD IS GOING TO HAVE TO VOTE ON IT, UM, TO BE IN THE RED TIER FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS. UM, SO EVERYTHING ELSE IS A LITTLE BIT REDUNDANT, BUT IF PARENTS ARE INTERESTED, UM, THURSDAY'S MEETING WILL BE REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY'LL ACTUALLY BE VOTING ON THAT. AND LET ME SEE, IT WAS ACTUALLY BOARD MEMBER CRUZ THAT REQUESTED THE ACTION TO PUT IT ON THE AGENDA FOR THIS THURSDAY. OKAY. THEN OMNI TRANSPORT OMNI WAS A VERY SHORT MEETING, BUT I WANTED TO GIVE YOU SOME STATS ON OUR NEW OMNI RIGHTS SINCE THAT'S WHAT RAY AND I HAVE BEEN PROMOTING LATELY. SO, UM, SO FAR, UM, 740 PEOPLE HAVE LOADED THE, THE APP ON THEIR PHONE. UM, THE PROGRAM TO DATE, WE HAVE PROVIDED JUST OVER 200 TRIPS. THE AVERAGE WAIT TIME FOR THE BUS TO ARRIVE ONCE REQUESTED IS SIX MINUTES. AND THE MOST FREQUENT DESTINATIONS ARE THE SHOPS AND THE CHINO TRANSIT CENTER WHERE THEY CAN CONNECT TO DIFFERENT PARTS OF OUR VALLEY. UM, COLON COVID HAS PREVENTED A CHALLENGE, BUT THEY'RE STILL GOING TO BE DOING OUTREACH, MARKETING OUTREACH, UTILITY INSERTS. WE HAD SOMETHING IN ALL OF THE WATER BILLS, UM, MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY DISTRIBUTION, WHICH RAY AND I DID. UM, THEY HAVE, UH, RIGHT NOW THEY HAVE A, UM, HATE SAYING SPECIAL. THAT SOUNDS SO, UM, BUT THEY DO HAVE A SPECIAL THAT, UM, OCTOBER 12TH THROUGH 23RD, UM, IF YOU USE THE, WHEN YOU USE THE APP AND LOAD IT, YOU GET HALF PRICE RIGHTS. SO THAT'S SOMETHING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. AND WE REALLY WANT TO INCLUDE OUR TEENS TO USE THIS APP TO GET AROUND WHEN MOM AND DAD AREN'T AROUND TO TAKE THEM. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE FROM TRANS. ALL RIGHT. HOW ABOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS? ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL COMMITTEE? UM, WE JUST HAD THREE PRESENTATIONS, SO WE DIDN'T, WE DIDN'T VOTE ON ANY POLICY TO RECOMMEND TO THE REGIONAL BOARD. SO, UM, THE THREE, UM, PRESENTATIONS WE HAD, IT'S ALMOST AS LONG AS MY OTHER TWO REPORTS JUST SAYING THE TITLE OF THEM, BUT, UM, CAL ZERO TRAFFIC FATALITIES TASK FORCE GAVE A PRESENTATION PATHWAYS TO CLEAN VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY PRESENTATION, AND THEN A RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND RESILIENT COMMUNITY. SO THOSE THREE GROUPS, THEY BASICALLY CAME IN TO GIVE 20 MINUTES OF THEIR TIME TO SPEAK TO THE COMMITTEE, BUT WE DIDN'T VOTE ON ANYTHING TO PASS ON TO RAY'S GROUP. OKAY. HOW ABOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON LOCAL ADVISORY PANEL? A LOT OF THE STUFF THAT WAS COVERED IN THIS WAS ALSO COVERED IN THE EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS, PREPAREDNESS WORKSHOP THAT, UM, I WAS NOT ABLE TO ATTEND, BUT I KNOW, I THINK ALL FOUR OF YOU WERE ABLE TO ATTEND. UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO PASS A LOT, A COUPLE OF THINGS IN CASE OTHER PEOPLE MISS THAT, UM, THEY TALKED ABOUT RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS ASSISTANCE, UH, RELATED TO COVID WAVING LATE PAYMENT FEES, FLEXIBLE PAYMENT ARRANGEMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. BUT, BUT BASICALLY WHERE YOU NEED TO VISIT IS SCE DOT BACKSLASH SAFETY BACKSLASH CORONA VIRUS, AND THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION YOU NEED. UM, THEN THEY ALSO HAVE A SPECIFIC LINK FOR BUSINESSES, S E.COM BACKSLASH BUSINESS SPECS SLASH SMALL BUSINESS RESOURCES. UM, ONE THING THEY TALKED ABOUT WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT, UM, COMMUNICATIONS, UM, LOCAL COMMUNITY RESOURCES. SO THEY TALKED ABOUT, UM, OFFERING, UH, THEY HAVE REBATES AND PR THEY HAVE REBATES FOR IF PEOPLE WANT TO BUY LIKE, UM, DEVICE, BATTERY BACKUPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT TO HELP PEOPLE GET THOSE. SO WE'RE PREPARED IF WE HAVE AN OUTAGE. SO, UM, IT'S BETWEEN 50 AND $500. SOME US FOR LIKE, UM, GENERATORS, UM, AGAIN, DEVICE, DEVICE, BATTERY BACKUP. SO TO GET INFORMATION ON THOSE REBATES, IT'S S C E.COM BACKSLASH WILD, FLAT WILD FIRE AND QUESTION I HAD FOR YOU BEN, AND THEY MIGHT'VE BROUGHT THIS UP AT THE EMERGENCY. SO AT THIS PARTICULAR MEETING I WAS AT, THEY KEPT BOASTING ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY CREW VEHICLES AND COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTERS. AND I HAD TALKED TO DENISE AND VALERIE ABOUT THIS TOO, BECAUSE I WASN'T REALLY GETTING ANYTHING CONCRETE FROM SCE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING TO WARRANT, YOU KNOW, HILLS GETTING THESE THINGS, BECAUSE THEY'RE SAYING LIKE THE COMMUNITY CREW VEHICLES WOULD HAND OUT WATER, ICE BLANKETS AND CASE IN POINT, WE HAD AN, AN AREA OVER BY GLEN MEAD ELEMENTARY, UM, WHEN IT WAS LIKE 115 DEGREES THAT HAD, IT WAS NOT, UM, PSPS. IT WAS, IT WAS A D IT WAS A REPAIR, BUT THEY WERE WITHOUT POWER FOR OVER 24 HOURS AND PEOPLE [01:10:01] LOST FOOD AND THIS, THAT KIND OF THING. AND THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY FRUSTRATED. SO IF YOU CAN, YOU KNOW, WORK WITH, UM, JENNIFER SHAW AND JUST KIND OF GET SOMETHING MORE ACCURATE FROM THEM ABOUT WHAT WE CAN EXPECT THEM TO DO FOR US. SURE. COUNCIL MEMBER MORAN. I WILL SAY THAT OUR EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS ANALYSTS AND OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER ARE LOOKING INTO THAT. OKAY, PERFECT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR THAT ART. OKAY. DAN, FINALLY, WEST END ADVISORY COMMITTEE, SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS. THIS LAST ONE IS NOT TOO MUCH DIFFERENT THAN SCHOOL DISTRICT. THIS WAS, I WAS INVITED BY TED ALEJANDRE, THE, THE COUNTY SUPERINTENDENT TO SERVE ON THIS. SO I ACCEPTED HIS INVITATION ONLY BECAUSE I AM A BIG COMPLAINER THAT THE WEST END NEVER GETS REPRESENTATION. SO I FIGURED IF THEY'RE INVITE ME, I NEED TO ACCEPT IT BECAUSE I ALWAYS COMPLAIN ABOUT IT. SO IT'S VERY DIFFERENT WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU'RE ON A COUNTYWIDE, UM, PANEL LIKE THIS, BECAUSE EVERYONE'S CHALLENGES ARE SO DIFFERENT, YOU KNOW, SO WE HAVE ELECTED OFFICIALS FROM THE HIGH DESERT THAT THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH BROADBAND AND THEIR KIDS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH COMPUTERS. SO IT WAS, IT WAS, IT WAS A LONG MEETING AT COVERED A LOT. UM, THE ONE TAKEAWAY I COULD SHARE WITH CHINO HILLS THAT MIGHT BE OF ASSISTANCE IS THAT THEY HAVE, UM, THE COUNTY HAS A REMOTE LEARNING RESOURCE HUB FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS, AND I HAVEN'T VISITED. SO IF ANYTHING IS WRONG WITH IT, BLAME PETER OR ASK PETER ABOUT IT. UM, IT'S DISTANCE LEARNING, S B C S S.NET. SO IF YOU'RE A PARENTS, YOU WANNA CHECK IT OUT, BRIAN, SEE WHAT'S ON THERE. AND THEN WHAT WAS VERY INTERESTING IS SO SOMETHING THEY'RE VOTING ON THURSDAY IN OUR DISTRICT IS WHETHER OR NOT TO ALLOW THE SCHOOL WAIVERS. SO WHAT WAS INTERESTING, ISN'T THIS, OUR WHOLE REGION IN THE CITY OF UPLAND, UM, 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, UH, HAVE GOT WAIVERS TO OPEN, BUT, UM, I HEARD FROM JOE SHAVER, THEY HAVE NOT ACTUALLY OPENED, THEY'RE PREPARING TO, BUT THEY'VE ALREADY HAD THEIR WAIVER APPROVED TO OPEN. AND THAT'S AN UPLAND 10 ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS. AND IF THE WAIVER IS APPROVED THURSDAY, THAT DOES NOT APPLY, UM, TO JUNIOR HIGHER HIGH SCHOOLS. IT'S ONLY FOR ELEMENTARY. SO SORRY, HIGH SCHOOL PARENTS. YEAH, IT DOESN'T APPLY THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL MEMBER, ROGER SAID TINO BASIN, THE SALTER AUTHORITY CDA. WE HAD A LIVELY MEETING ON SEVERAL ISSUES, BUT MOST OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH CONTRACT APPROVALS FOR DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT ARE GOING ON, SOME MONITORING, WELLS, ET CETERA. SO WE APPROVED MONIES OR, OR, UH, GRANT FUNDINGS FOR SEVERAL OF THESE PROJECTS. UH, ONE OF THE PROJECTS GOING ON, WE HAD AN UPDATE ON SOUTH ARCHIBALD PLUME PROJECT, WHICH IS A TRAVELING, UH, BODY OF WATER. THAT'S BEEN CONTAMINATED AND WE'RE WORKING ON CDA IS WORKING ON SOME WELLS AND SOME MONITORING WELLS AND SOME PIPELINES THAT CAN TREAT THE WATER THAT'S BEING PULLED OUT OF THE GROUND AND, AND FILTERED TO PUT INTO THE SYSTEM. THAT'S NICE AND CLEAN. SO WE APPROVED CERTAIN MONIES FOR THAT ONGOING PROJECT ALSO. AND WE HAVE A COUPLE OF FACILITIES THAT PRODUCE ALL OF OUR WATER FOR CDA, AND THEY'RE ALL PRODUCING AT THE MAXIMUM THEY'RE THERE, THEY'RE IN GREAT SHAPE. SO ALL GOOD WITH CDA AND ALL RIGHT. GREAT. ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL [ COUNCIL COMMENTS] COMMENTS, RAY, SINCE YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO SPEAK TONIGHT, HOW ABOUT YOUR COUNCIL COMMENTS? THANK YOU, SIR. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND ACTUALLY, I DIDN'T DO MY REPORT BECAUSE BRIAN TOLD ME MAKING SURE. SO I DID LINCOLN, CALIFORNIA CITIES. I ATTENDED, UH, VIRTUALLY AND ATTENDED A COUPLE OF BREAKOUT SESSIONS TALKING ABOUT CITY REVENUES. IT WAS QUITE INFORMATIVE. ALSO, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE BELL SCANDAL THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED 10 YEARS AGO. A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION ON THE CITY ITSELF, HOW IT CAME BACK AND THEY'RE DOING REALLY WELL, UM, PARTY HOUSE LIQUOR STORE THAT WAS ACTUALLY DEMOED LAST THURSDAY, I BELIEVE. AND PRIOR TO THAT, THE CITY DID LOOK AT THE BUILDING. CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF COMMUNITY PEOPLE, PEOPLE THAT REALLY WANTED TO KEEP THAT OLD LIQUOR STORE AND BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS WITH THIS BESTEST MOLD AND A CRACKED FOUNDATION, THE COST TRYING TO REFURBISH THAT BUILDING WAS GOING TO BE WAY TOO EXPENSIVE. SO THAT BUILDING IS DEMOED IN THE COMMUNITY. THERE, THERE A LOT OF POSITIVE COMMENTS. SO THEY DO APPRECIATE THAT THE CAPTAIN OR LIEUTENANT O'BRIAN, I DID TALK TO BAN, WE WERE HAVING ISSUES WITH RACING AND CARBON CANYON. I WANT TO THANK BAND FOR TALKING TO MRS. LOPEZ AND THEN ALSO THE PD FOR MAKING CONTENT CONTACT MRS. LOPEZ. AND SHE HAD SOME GOOD INFORMATION THAT YOU WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE PD. SO CAPTAIN, THANK YOU. AND ALSO LET LIEUTENANT O'BRIEN KNOW. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. AND THEN THE LAST THING IS, GO AHEAD. SAY, SO I THINK HE SAID WE'LL DO OKAY. AND THEN ALSO A SISTER CITY MANAGER ROD, AND THEN ALSO JOIN LABARDO. I [01:15:01] HAD A CALL FROM MRS. MERITA. SHE LIVES IN THE H SHE'S PART OF THE HOA FOR HILLCREST DEVELOPMENT AND SHE WANTED INFORMATION ON THE DEVELOPER OF THE BOND REQUIREMENTS. AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU, ROD AND JOANNA FOR PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION TO MRS. MERIDA. SO THAT'S MY REPORT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU, PETER. HOW ABOUT YOU? ALRIGHT. YES, I ALSO, THIS WAS A UNIQUE YEAR FOR ALL OF US BECAUSE MOST OF US ATTEND LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES AT SOME POINT OR OVER A TWO TO THREE DAY PERIOD, EITHER IN LONG BEACH OR SACRAMENTO. AND THAT DID NOT TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR, EXCEPT IN A VIRTUAL SENSE. SO I ATTENDED ON AND OFF ALL THREE DAYS AND IT'S, UM, I MEAN, IT'S FINE TO DO THIS AND YOU PICK UP INFORMATION. THERE WAS ONE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ET CETERA, BUT THE BENEFIT OF, OF THIS TYPE OF GATHERING IS THAT THE COLLEAGUES THAT YOU INTERACT WITH AND SHARE STORIES WITH ONE-ON-ONE OR SMALL GROUPS. AND THAT'S WHAT I MISSED ABOUT NOT HAVING A LIVE LEAGUE OF CITIES. SO HOPEFULLY WE'RE BACK TO NORMAL NEXT YEAR, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING TO ATTEND ALL THOSE BREAKOUT SESSIONS AND GENERAL SESSIONS AND THE MOTIVATIONAL SPEECHES THAT TOOK PLACE LAST WEEK. JUST A COUPLE OF QUICK THINGS. UH, I WAS KIND OF IN THE DOLDRUMS ON, ON SATURDAY, SATURDAY AFTERNOON, SATURDAY EVENING, BECAUSE THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN OUR 10TH ANNUAL WINE WALK AND IT WAS A 10, 10, 20 10TH ANNUAL. AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT SAVED ME HUNDREDS OF HOURS OVER THE SUMMER, BUT S THE COMMUNITY LOST OUT AS WE'RE LOSING OUT ON SO MANY THINGS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC. UH, LAST YEAR WE MADE, UM, PROFIT $84,000, WHICH CAUSE ALL GOES BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER. SO I WAS THINKING ABOUT THAT AS THE PERFECT WEATHER WAS UNFOLDING THAT AFTERNOON AND EVENING LAST SATURDAY. SO WE WILL, UH, BE BACK STRONGER THAN EVER NEXT YEAR, UH, GOD WILLING. AND IT WAS FUN TO VISIT. UH, I JOINED IN, I HAVE A LITTLE BIT LATE, BUT JOINED IN ON THE MICRO CHECK DISTRIBUTIONS WITH BRIAN AND OUR MAYOR. AND I WAS ABLE TO VISIT THREE OF THE SITES. AND AS A, AS WE PRESENTED $5,000, EACH OF THOSE SITES AND THE EMOTION WAS QUITE FROM BOTH SIDES FROM OUR SIDE AND THEIR SIDE, HOW IMPORTANT THAT $5,000 CHECK WAS TO THOSE INDIVIDUALS, UM, HMM. FILLED OUT AN APPLICATION AND THEY QUALIFIED. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY'RE BEING HANDED A CHECK FOR $5,000 FOR A DRY CLEANING FACILITY OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT'VE BEEN. I'M SURE OTHERS MAY TALK ABOUT IT, BUT I JUST FOUND THAT QUITE A, IT WAS KIND OF HELPS DEFINE THE GOOD THINGS THAT CAN TAKE PLACE WHEN YOU DO IT RIGHT IN OUR CITY. AND OUR CITY STAFF JUST KNOWS HOW TO DO IT. RIGHT. AND IT FELT GOOD TO DO, TO, TO VISIT THOSE LOCATIONS. UH, I'M SURE ALL OF YOU BENEFITED, UH, LAST MEETING FROM MARK WILEY'S WATER MEETING. SO I WOULD HIGHLY RECOMMEND THAT EVERY THREE MONTHS YOU'D GO BACK AND WATCH THAT 45 MINUTE PRESENTATION. SO YOU CAN MEMORIZE EACH OF THE, EACH OF THE ENTITIES AND WHAT, WHAT THE WATER IS THAT PROVIDE, IF NOT, WE CAN CALL MARK BACK AND HE CAN BRING IT BACK TO THE COMMUNITY FOR, AND I'D RECOMMEND ACTUALLY TO THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT HAVE ANY CONCERNS ABOUT WATER IN OUR COMMUNITY, EITHER THE COST OF WATER OR HOW WATER IS SOURCED FOR OUR, OUR, UH, OUR CITY TO TRACK DOWN THAT OCTOBER, WHAT WAS THE LATE SEPTEMBER MEETING? AND IT WAS VERY WELL DONE. PRESENTATION, MARK KNOWS HIS STUFF, AND IT WAS VERY WELL DONE. UH, MAYOR ARTS AND I ATTENDED CONCERTS IN THE, AT THE PARKING LOT, UH, ON SATURDAY EVENING. AND WE CHATTED CHANCE TO GREET THE PUBLIC THERE AND, UH, TELL, TOLD THEM THAT WE MISSED INTERACTING WITH THEM THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER. AND THAT WE, UM, MORE TO COME WAS IT WAS WELL DONE. SOUND WAS FANTASTIC. AND, UM, HAD A GREAT TIME. I WAS GLAD WE WERE THERE AND I WANT TO THANK THE RECREATION DEPARTMENT. JONATHAN PASSED US ON TO YOUR TEAM, SAID IT BEFORE, BUT THEY ARE JUST STELLAR IN WHAT THEY DO. THIS TEAM IS SO CREATIVE AND EVERYTHING THEY DO, THE CONCERTS AND THE PARKING LOT WAS ONE. IT'S NOT AS IF IT'S BRAND NEW BECAUSE OTHER COMMUNITIES ARE DOING THIS ALSO, BUT IT'S JUST SO WELL DONE THE WAY THEY TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND TRY TO THINK CREATIVE THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY TO DO IN THESE TIMES WHEN IT'S CHALLENGING TO GET SOME, EITHER SOME INTERACTION WITH THE COMMUNITY, UH, WITH THE KIDS, ET CETERA, OR JUST SOMETHING CREATIVE TO DO. SO THANK OUR STAFF FOR EVERYTHING THEY DO TO KEEP, UM, OUR ADULTS AND OUR KIDS ENGAGED IN OUR COMMUNITY. SO THANK THEM. AND ANOTHER NOTE, UNFORTUNATELY [01:20:02] JUST WAS WINE WALK AND EVERYTHING ELSE WHERE THINGS ARE BEING CANCELED, LEFT, AND RIGHT, UNTIL WE CAN GET PAST SOME OF THE CHALLENGES THAT EXIST. AND, UH, I HAVE BEFORE ME A LIST OF A FEW THINGS THAT WILL BE CANCELED AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME. BUT THE ONE I WAS GOING TO MENTION IS THAT, UH, AFTER A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH DISCUSSION BOAT PARADE WILL NOT BE TAKING PLACE IN ITS TRADITIONAL WAY. UH, STAFF IS EXPLORING TO SEE IF THEY CAN COME UP WITH A CREATIVE ALTERNATIVE THAT OTHERS MAY WANT TO PARTICIPATE IN, UH, THE BOAT, THE BOAT, UH, INDIVIDUALS, IF THEY'RE GOING TO WANT TO MAYBE DO SOMETHING, BUT FOR NOW BOAT PER WELL, FOR SURE BOAT PARADE IS OFF IN ITS TRADITIONAL SENSE OF UP AND DOWN AND IN CROWDS GATHERING AT THE CORNERS, ET CETERA. UM, IF THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE THAT COMES OF IT, WE'LL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT IT IN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO, BUT FOR NOW BOAT PARADES OFF AS WITH SEVERAL THINGS THAT TAKE PLACE AROUND CHRISTMAS TIME, UNFORTUNATELY. AND THAT'S IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALRIGHT, CYNTHIA, I HAVE NOTHING. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN. ALL RIGHT. JUST ONE QUICK THING. UM, YEAH. TO ECHO, PETER'S SENTIMENT ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GO ACTUALLY HAVE AN IMPACT WITH RESIDENTS OR WITH BUSINESS OWNERS WITH THE MICRO ENTERPRISE GRANT PROGRAM. I JUST WANT TO ENCOURAGE, AS WE START TO SHIFT WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO AND POTENTIALLY EXPAND IT, YOU KNOW, FOR RESIDENTS, WHEN, IF THERE ARE SMALL BUSINESSES THAT YOU FREQUENT, GO TALK TO THEM ABOUT APPLYING IN THE NEXT ROUND, BECAUSE IT WAS INTERESTING THAT A COUPLE OF THE LOCATIONS, THE ONLY WAY THAT SOME OF THESE OWNERS KNEW IS THAT ONE, ONE GUY GOT HIS FOOT IN THE DOOR, YOU KNOW, FOUND OUT IT WAS A SUCCESS AND THEN ENCOURAGED HIS FELLOW FOLKS TO DO IT. SO IF YOU WANT TO SAY, IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE SMALL BUSINESSES CONTINUE, ENCOURAGE THEM TO APPLY WHEN WE OPENED UP, BACK UP GREAT TIME. ALL RIGHT. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. YEAH. IN THAT SAME VEIN, I HAVE TO TELL YOU I'VE BEEN ON THIS COUNCIL 12 YEARS, AND I DON'T THINK I'VE HAD ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN EVER SO EMOTIONAL HERE, YOU HAD SEVEN BUSINESSES THAT THE THREE OF US, UH, VISITED, UH, THEY HAD APPLIED FOR $2,500 GRANTS. UH, WE IN EARLY SEPTEMBER, AS A COUNCIL, DECIDED THAT SINCE THE APPLICANT'S NUMBERS WERE ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE HAD ORIGINALLY ANTICIPATED, WE MADE A DECISION TO DOUBLE THAT GRANT TO $5,000. SO, UH, WE VISITED SEVEN BUSINESSES AND, UH, WHEN WE GAVE THOSE CHECKS OUT, A COUPLE OF THEM ACTUALLY CRIED BECAUSE IT REALLY MEANS KEEPING THEIR DOORS OPEN. AND WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT TELLING EACH OTHER, WE HAD TWO COMPETING, UH, UH, CLEANERS THAT ACTUALLY ONE TOLD THE OTHER ONE ABOUT THIS. SO TWO CLEANERS GOT CHECKS AND THEY'RE BASICALLY IN DIRECT COMPETITION, CAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY A FEW HUNDRED YARDS AWAY FROM EACH OTHER, BUT JUST SHOWS YOU THE, THE SPIRIT THAT IS GOING ON WITHIN OUR HEALTH, OUR SMALL BUSINESSES, AND THE NEXT GO AROUND, AS BEN HAD MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT CONSIDERABLE ADDITIONAL IN GRANT FUNDS. WE'RE GOING TO, INSTEAD OF GENX BEING FIVE AND UNDER, WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 TO 25 EMPLOYEES IN THE BUSINESS, SO WE'LL BE READY TO DO IT. SO IF YOU'RE OUT THERE AND YOU HAVE A BUSINESS, OR YOU'RE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE BUSINESS, TELL YOUR BOSSES THAT IF YOU HAVE 20 OR 25 EMPLOYEES TO TALK TO THE CITY AND APPLY FOR THIS GRANT, THAT WOULD BE FANTASTIC. SO REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I WANT TO THANK PERSONALLY, THANK BRIAN AND PETER, BECAUSE THEY LET ME KNOW THAT THEY HAD HAD COVID TESTING ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO. AND LET ME KNOW WHERE IT WAS BEING DONE. THEY BOTH WENT TO THE ONTARIO CONVENTION CENTER, NORTH PARKING LOT. SO I WENT ONLINE, MADE RESERVATIONS FOR MY WIFE AND I, AND EARLY LAST WEEK WE TOOK THE COVID TEST AND GOOD NEWS IS WE BOTH CAME BACK NEGATIVE. AND THEN ADDITIONALLY, WHILE WE WERE THERE, WE FOUND OUT THEY WERE GIVING OUT FREE FLU SHOTS ON SATURDAY. SO WE WENT BACK SATURDAY AND GOT FREE FLU SHOTS. SO IF YOU HAVEN'T ALREADY AVAILED YOURSELF OF THAT, COVID TESTING AND OR FLU SHOTS, BECAUSE THIS IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH FLU SEASON, ESPECIALLY ON, ON TOP OF, COVID-19 BE SURE TO LOOK INTO THE COUNTY WEBSITE AND FIND OUT THE LOCATION OF THERE'S PROBABLY 20 LOCATIONS. I THINK THE CONVENTION CENTER IS PROBABLY THE CLOSEST ONE FOR THE CITY OF CHINO HILLS. I PIGGYBACK ON WHAT YOU TO SAID. SURE. THERE ACTUALLY IS ANOTHER SITE. THAT'S MUCH CLOSER. IT'S IN CHINO AT THAT BOXING CLUB ACROSS FROM OWENSBORO THAT YOU TOLD ME ABOUT. THEY CALL IT THE NECK. IT'S A STATE RUN, NOT COUNTY. THAT'S WHY WE JUST DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT IT, BUT IT'S STATE RUN. AND ONE OF OUR EMPLOYEES [01:25:01] AND THE KURT HAGMAN'S OFFICE WENT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO. SHE SIGNED UP AND WENT THE SAME DAY. NO ONE WAS THERE. THOSE STATISTICS ARE PROVIDED TO THE COUNTY. SO IT'S NOT AS IF IT BYPASSES THE COUNTY FOR THE STATISTICS WE'RE LOOKING FOR. SHE SAID SHE AND HER HUSBAND DID IT. AND THEY'RE OUT IN SIX OR SEVEN MINUTES WITH BOTH OF THEM HAVING BEEN TESTED. AND THE RESULTS CAME BACK 24 HOURS. YEAH. SO THAT'S A, THAT'S IN CHINO AT, I THINK THEY CALL IT THE NECK. YEAH. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE LISTENING IN, IF YOU'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT YOU'RE A COVERT POSITIVE, DO YOURSELF A FAVOR, GET TESTED. IT'S QUICK, IT'S EASY. YOU'LL GET A RETURN. I THINK OUR S CAME BACK IN 36 HOURS, BUT IT MAKES YOU FEEL A LITTLE BIT BETTER. IT DOES NOT RELIEVE YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CONTINUE TO WEAR A MASK, WASH YOUR HANDS AND SOCIAL DISTANCE. BUT AT LEAST IT LETS, YOU KNOW, AT THAT POINT IN TIME, YOU ARE NOT POSITIVE. NOW, TONIGHT, WHAT I'M GOING TO DO IN ADJOURNMENT IS I'M GOING TO READ A STATEMENT ABOUT INDIVIDUAL THAT WE, WE LOST THIS LAST WEEKEND. AND AFTER I READ THIS, I KNOW THAT THEY'RE MY FELLOW COUNCIL MEMBERS WHO KNEW KEVIN ARE GOING TO WANT TO MAKE SOME COMMENTS AS WELL. SO THIS IS GOING TO BE A LITTLE BIT UNUSUAL, A GERMAN. AND WHEN EVERYONE IS DONE, THEN WE WILL OFFICIALLY CALL THE MEETING TO CLOSE. BUT WHAT I WANT TO DO TONIGHT IS ADJOURN. THIS MEETING OCTOBER 13TH, IN MEMORY OF KEVIN LONG, WHO UNEXPECTEDLY PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 9TH, HE AND HIS WIFE, DEBBIE MOVED TO CHINO HILLS IN 1991. KEVIN AND DEBBIE BECAME SWEETHEARTS. WHEN THEY MET IN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1970, THEY CELEBRATED THEIR 46TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY IN MAY. KEVIN WAS DIAGNOSED WITH MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS IN 1997 AND WAS EVENTUALLY CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR. HE AND DEBBIE WERE CONSTANT COMPANIONS. HE WAS A FAMILIAR SITE, COURTSIDE AT ALL, CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL BASKETBALL AND FOOTBALL GAMES. HE WAS SUCH A FAN BECAUSE HIS WIFE AFFECTIONATELY KNOWN AS DABA WORKS AT CHINO HILLS HIGH SCHOOL. AS THE ASB SECRETARY, KEVIN ALWAYS HAD A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE AND A WITTY COMEBACK. HE WAS AN AMAZING HUSBAND, FATHER AND FRIEND TO SO MANY. THE FAMILY IS EXTREMELY GRATEFUL FOR THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT THAT THEY RECEIVED FROM THE COMMUNITY. WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST SYMPATHIES TO DEBBIE AND HER ENTIRE FAMILY. AND WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK FIRST THAT YOU ACTUALLY WORKED THERE? WHY DON'T YOU START NEXT TO THE, UM, DEVIN? ACTUALLY, I THINK RAIL BRING IT UP TO THAT. WE ACTUALLY SAW KEVIN ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THIS HAPPENED AND HE WAS FINE. SO WHEN WE GOT THE NEWS THAT HE HAD PASSED, IT WAS JUST VERY SHOCKING AND DEVASTATING TO EVERYONE AS YOU COULD IMAGINE. AND I THINK, UM, WHAT REALLY, UM, THE LAST 10 YEARS, PROBABLY KEVIN HAS JUST LOVED HIS, ALL OF HIS GRANDCHILDREN AND HE'S, THAT'S KIND OF HIS, WHAT'S HIS MELTED, HIS HEART AND EVERYTHING. AND EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT A GOOD CAREGIVER CAREGIVER DEBBIE IS. SO SHE WENT HOME EVERY DAY TO FIX HIS LUNCH. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS ALWAYS VERY SUPPORTIVE WHEN SOME, WHEN SHE NEEDED ASSISTANCE OR HELP WITH KEVIN, THEY WERE ALWAYS THERE. SO LIKE TIM AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT, THERE'S VERY STRONG RELATIONSHIPS WITH A LOT OF THE FIRE PERSONNEL AS WELL. SO HE WILL BE MISSED. HE WAS ALWAYS AT COURT SIDE, LIKE, LIKE WHAT YOU READ AND BECAUSE DEVAA TOOK HIM EVERYWHERE. AND, UM, HE WAS, UH, IT'S, IT'S FUNNY. I DON'T WANT TO SAY THE WORD FEEL SORRY, BUT LIKE YOU WOULD FORGET THAT KEVIN WAS IN A WHEELCHAIR BECAUSE HE JUST WAS, HE HAS SUCH WITTY BANTER AND SNARKY AND LIKE, YOU JUST, HE WAS NOT A PD PARTY. SO YOU ALMOST FORGOT THAT HE HAD MS BECAUSE HE WAS JUST ALWAYS FULL OF LIFE. GREAT SMILE. AND, UM, ALWAYS LIKED TO BANTER AND HUG AND GIVE YOU A BIG KISS. IT WAS PRE COVID, BUT HE WILL BE MISSED. SO I'M, I'M GLAD WE'RE A JOURNEY IN HIS HONOR TONIGHT. RIGHT. PETER, HOW ABOUT YOU? CAUSE I KNOW WE DO GO WAY BACK. OUR KIDS, LITTLE LEAGUE TOGETHER, PETS. NO, THE LAWNS AT THAT TIME, THEIR SON, CHRIS ONG AND OUR SON, CHRIS, I WERE BEST FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL AND, AND, AND EXERCISE TOGETHER. AND THEY BOTH ATE US OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME. AND I'M SURE I WAS SENDING CHRIS DID THE SAME WITH DEBBIE AND KEVIN. SO WE DEVELOPED A VERY CLOSE BOND. ANOTHER PART OF THE BOND THAT I APPRECIATED WAS MY WIFE'S MOTHER. UH, SHE HAD MS ALSO FOR 56 YEARS. SO WE COMPARED NOTES KEVIN IN HIS EARLY STAGES, ESPECIALLY WHEN HE WAS TRANSITIONING TO A WHEELCHAIR AND JUST THE UNCERTAINTY OF HIS, HIS WALK AND HIS GAIT. WE CHATTED ABOUT MANY TIMES ABOUT HOW MARY'S MOTHER DEALT WITH IT AND HOW KEVIN DEALT WITH IT. AND WE, I MEAN, WE TALKED ALL THE TIME AND HE IS, AS CYNTHIA SAID, HE WAS SUCH A JOKESTER. UH, SOMEBODY YOU CAN'T REPEAT, BUT HE LOVED PASSING ON JOKES, ET CETERA. AND I GUESS A, THE MOST RECENT MEMORY [01:30:01] IS FRIDAY. THE DAY HE PASSED AWAY THAT EVENING, THAT MORNING HE SENT MY WIFE A NOTE, WISHING HER HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND MAY ALL HER DREAMS COME TRUE. AND THAT WAS, LET'S SAY AT NINE O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING. AND THAT EVENING HE HAD HIS HEART ATTACK, BUT WE VERY CLOSE WITH THEM. UH, THEY, THEY WERE RELUCTANT TO MOVE FROM ONE PART OF THE CITY TO WHERE THEY ENDED UP. ONCE THEY MOVED, THEY DEVELOPED SUCH A GREAT BOND AT WESTERN HILLS MOBILE HOME PARK, WHICH THEY, THEY LOVE LIVING THERE AND, UM, UH, INTERACTED WITH THEM ON, ON THAT A COUPLE OF TIMES, BUT IT WAS, IT'S SO SAD. AND YET KEVIN DID NOT, HE USED TO BE A RUNNER, A MARATHON RUNNER IN THE OLD DAYS. AND, UH, UH, WE HAVE CLOSE FRIENDS THAT WORKED WITH HIM IN HIS PROFESSIONAL LIFE. AND IT'S JUST THAT, THAT WHOLE FULL CIRCLE MAKES YOU, UM, APPRECIATE EVERYBODY, YOU KNOW, FIRST OF ALL, AND YOUR COLLEAGUES, UH, AND THOSE YOU WORK WITH EVEN MORE SO BECAUSE KEVIN WAS IN GREAT SPIRITS THAT MORNING AND THEN HE PASSES AWAY THAT, THAT EVENING. SO IT JUST MAKES YOU APPRECIATE AND YOU HEAR THAT OFTEN, BUT IT, IT REALLY SOLIDIFIES THE FACT THAT, UH, DON'T TAKE PEOPLE FOR GRANTED. AND KEVIN WAS ONE OF THOSE THAT, UH, HE JUST LAID UP EVERYBODY'S LIFE. SO I COULD GO ON AND ON, BUT WE'RE ALL HAVE THE SAME STORIES, BUT VERY CLOSE WITH THE LONG FAMILY RAY. YES. AND COMMENTS. YES, SIR. UM, I MET KEVIN BASICALLY IS HIS PROFESSION. HE USED TO BE A FOOD BROKER IN SANTA FE SPRINGS AND I WAS A FIREFIGHTER. AND I THINK I WENT FIRST TIME I MET HIM. I THINK I WAS WRITING HIM UP, BUT HE'S SUCH A GOOD GUY. I THINK I TORE UP THE VIOLATIONS. AND THEN LATER ON FOUND OUT THAT HE WAS MOVING TO, TO CHINO HILLS ON HIS OWN. ONE OF HIS OLDEST SONS, NICK AND MY OLDEST SON GOT TO RUSTLE TOGETHER FOR AN OUTSTANDING PROGRAM OVER TO YELLOW HIGH SCHOOL. AND DEB AND KEVIN RAN THE BOOSTER CLUB. AND I REALLY GOT TO KNOW HIM. YES. HE WAS A MARATHON RUNNER. HE WROTE, HE RAN NUMEROUS MARATHONS AND EVEN THE YEAR PRIOR TO HIM GETTING THEM HOUSE, I THINK HE MUST'VE HAD MAYBE FOUR OR FIVE MARATHONS THAT HE HAD RAN THAT YEAR. BUT AS HE WAS GOING THROUGH THE MLS, DEBBIE WAS VERY, SHE, SHE LOVED HER HUSBAND AND, UM, KEVIN JUST DIDN'T WANT TO ACCEPT IT. I MEAN, HE WAS JUST TRYING TO, TO MOVE FORWARD THE STRONG PERSON THAT HE IS, AND HE JUST DIDN'T WANT TO GIVE UP HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE. SO HE GETS INTO AN ACCIDENT. DEBBIE TELLS ME, I SEE HER, SHE'S ROLLING HER EYES AND KEVIN'S MAKING ALL THESE EXCUSES. SO I SEE HIM MAYBE A MONTH LATER. AND THERE WAS ANOTHER ACCIDENT THAT HE WAS INVOLVED IN. SO THEY LOOK AT DEBBIE AND SHE JUST SHAKING HER HEAD. SO ABOUT AFTER THE FOURTH OR FIFTH ACCIDENT THAT HE, HE ACTUALLY HAD, HE DECIDED THAT MAYBE IT'S TIME FOR ME NOT TO DRIVE IT ANYMORE, BUT THE GUY WAS A WARRIOR, ALWAYS HAD A SMILE ON HIS FACE, WAS JUST A, JUST A GREAT PERSON. AND CYNTHIA, MYSELF, I DID RUN INTO HIM A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO AND WE CAME UP WITH THIS TRANSIT BUS SERVICE AND IT NEVER, OUR BUS SERVICE NEVER SERVICED CARBON CANYON AND KEVIN DIDN'T DRIVE. AND HE WAS REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS TRANSIT BUS SERVICE. SO I CALL HIM UP, TELL HIM THAT WE'RE GOING TO GO TO THE MOBILE HOME PARK. AND HE SETS UP THIS BIG MEETING WITH ALL THE, THE HOA, YOU KNOW, I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE KEVIN, MAYBE DEBBIE. AND THAT WAS GOING TO BE IT. I THINK WE HAD MAYBE WHAT, 12, 15 PEOPLE THERE AND KEVIN HAD TO DRIVE IN THE BUS. SO WE HAD A, WE HAD A LIFT. SO WE PUT THEM ON THE BUS AND HE DROVE AROUND FOR, FOR MAYBE HALF AN HOUR. BUT HE WAS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROGRAM. AND ALL I'M GOING TO SAY IS KEVIN, YOU'RE GONNA BE MISSED A YEAR WARRIOR. I'VE KNOWN YOU FOR A LOT OF YEARS. AND DEBBIE, UM, WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE FOR YOU. MOST OF MY COMMENTS. ALRIGHT, BRIAN, WHAT REALLY CAN BE ADDED TO THAT? I DIDN'T HAVE THAT CLOSE OF A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP, JUST, YOU KNOW, AND THE CIRCLES WE RUN IN, ANY, ANYTIME YOU SAW HIM, YOU KNEW HE HAD A BIG PERSONALITY AND SHE'S CERTAINLY GOING TO BE MISSED. YEAH. WELL, I LIKE HIM WISHED FOR AND SAY AT THIS POINT IN TIME, IS THAT, UH, KEVIN, WE HOPE YOU'RE RUNNING MANY OF THEM MARATHON UP IN HEAVEN. UH, WE HOPE THAT, UH, WHATEVER BASKETBALL GAMES ARE GOING ON UP THERE, THAT YOU'RE SITTING COURT SIDE, MAYBE GETTING OUT THERE AND SHOOTING A FEW HOOPS, BUT, UH, ARE YOU GOING TO BE SORELY MISSED? AND DEBBIE ARE SINCERE SYMPATHIES GO OUT TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. SO WITH THAT, WE'LL OFFICIALLY ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN HIS HONOR. [01:35:02] , , . * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.