Good evening and welcome to the regularly Scheduled meeting of the chino hills city
council meeting for july 8th, 2025. Roll call. All members are present except for Vice mayor jones and he is in route.
he is in route. Okay. We are going to ask you All to stand for the pledge of allegiance,
which is going to be led tonight by fire Board member mike krieger,
followed by the invocation by chaplain marco Miranda of the chino valley fire district.
good evening everybody. Please join me in honoring our great nation. Ready? Begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag Of the united states of america.
and to the republic for which it stands. One nation under god, Indivisible, with liberty and justice for
all. Good evening,
everyone. Mayor. Bennett. Council. Attendees. Let's pray.
father god, we thank you for your grace, Your mercy, the great love that you have shown us.
and I ask your blessings upon this meeting Here tonight. I pray that you'd give the council members Wisdom and discernment to make good choices
that would honor and please you as they serve The public. And I want to lift up all first responders in Chino hills and chino valley fire paramedics
and police. I pray that you'd be with them, Protect them, and bring them home safely tonight.
in jesus name, amen. Thank you. Chaplain. You may be seated.
let's see if I can. Make
this one here. I just.
cara. Do you want to announce these?
I'm sorry. I was trying to get the mics to Work. We have to get our photographer slash every Other day here in place tonight.
all right. The first item is a proclamation Proclaiming july is parks makes life better.
month to. All right. Could we please have Let's see.
are you going to come up cheryl on this one? No, I'm sorry, I don't have those notes on The mayor's notes,
so give me just one moment. Let me find this. This is to be accepted by The community services staff.
all right. Yeah. So come on, Wherever you are at the podium,
we're going to have a group. Good deal. Come On up.
how's everybody doing tonight? Good.
chino hills place a high priority on things That improve our quality of life,
such as parks, trails, Open spaces and recreation programs.
each of these provides many benefits for our Residents, like recreational exercise, Places to gather and come together,
or simply spending time outdoors in beautiful Environments. Tonight, we are proud to proclaim july as Parks make life better month.
to accept this proclamation, We have some of our community services staff. Please introduce yourself and tell us what Your role is here on the upcoming events that
residents will enjoy. Hello, My name is nathan and I'm here representing
the summer day camp program. I work at grand avenue park as a specialist, And I'd like to thank the mayor and the city
council for the honor of being one of the Recipients for this proclamation.
one of the many things that is so wonderful With working for the summer day camp program
is that it is immediate proof of how the Parks make life better because each and every
day for all of the children, Just being able to hear their laughter at the parks, whether or not their kids who are Going through the summer camp program,
or even just the children who are there with Their families at the parks and every single
day running all of the children through the Various games and activities that they get to
partake in, is just an excellent reminder of How much the parks and this department brings
families together, brings the community Together, and just truly makes a wonderful
place for all the residents of the city to be Able to live and enjoy their time in.
all right. Thank you for your comments. Next.
thank you, mayor and council members. Good evening everyone. My name is katie tang And I serve as a specialist for teen
programing here in the city. In my time at the city, I've gotten the honor and the privilege to
not only work behind the scenes, But alongside the youth in our community, from the teams that frequent the teen Activity center to those who attend our teens
night out events and to our teen advisory Board. I've gotten to witness firsthand the Creativity,
resilience, and their desire to be heard. Each interaction is a reminder of how capable And thoughtful our youth truly are,
and that parks and recreation truly does make Life better. I've seen how much it means for
teens to have a community that believes in Them, and that these programs aren't just activities, they're lifelines.
they're where connection happens and where Trust is built and where we find the voices
of tomorrow's leaders. Thank you. All right. Thank you. And last but not least.
there you go. Thank you, Council members.
thank you. Mayor. My name is robert gonzalez. I am the assistant manager for aquatics Program,
and I'm also the facility assistant at the Community center. And one thing I want to say is that I want I Really enjoy working for the city.
I enjoy my job. One thing I really find is That I love and I love.
sorry. I love helping kids, Especially teaching them how to swim.
I feel it's important for everyone, Even for not even just kids, teenagers, adults. And I feel that I feel Confident.
so sorry. Sorry. So one of the most Meaningful parts of my job is teaching
children water safety and helping them build Confidence as they learn how to swim.
these are not just summer activities and Stuff that we do.
we're teaching them safety. We're teaching Them how to be safe survival instincts.
and in the end of the day, I truly just want to make a huge impact for
these kids. Thank you. All right. Well, I'm going to present this to The young lady and take your hands.
and we're going to do a photo op real quick. Come on over here, please.
thank you. Thank you. Thank you guys. Thank you. Thank you very much.
you're welcome. Thank you.
next on the agenda, we have a proclamation Proclaiming august 5th as national night out
to be accepted by joyce lee. Joyce, will you please join the mayor at the Podium?
you've been rather busy lately.
chino hills is recognized as one of the Safest cities in california and the nation.
a key part of that safety is a strong Partnership between the city, law enforcement and the community.
each year, national night out brings Neighbors together to support crime
prevention and crime prevention efforts and Strengthen those connections and chino hills
neighborhoods host their own events and our Law enforcement. Firefighters. City council members and city Staff try to visit as many events as
possible, and we do about 25 events within Our city,
and we're one of the highest participating Cities within the nation.
I'm here to tell us more about national night Out and how to get involved is our emergency
services coordinator, Joyce lee.
thank you, mayor bennett and council. This year, national night out will be held on Tuesday,
august 5th. National night out is an annual Community building campaign held throughout
the nation. As the mayor said, To promote police and community partnerships.
these partnerships help combat crime and drug Prevention awareness and strengthen
neighborhood camaraderie. Neighborhoods in chino hills participate each Year by hosting their own potlucks,
ice cream socials, block gatherings, Tons of food and fun times.
I can attest to a few of them. As of all accounts, all they can tell you It's a great time.
encourage you to host or attend an event in Your area.
residents who are interested in hosting a National night out event can register online
at chino hills.org/nno by july 22nd.
to receive a free organizational kit, Kids giveaway kit,
as well as a banner and customize event Fliers.
chino hills city council members, City staff, police deputies, chino valley fire district Personnel along with mcgruff,
the crime fighting dog, And sparky, the fire safety dog will visit as
many registered events as possible. If you're interested in learning more or Hosting an event,
please visit chino hills.org/nno. And thank you to all the residents who host An event each year in our neighborhoods.
you are what makes this such a successful Program for our city and such a great award
winning program. So thank you. All right, here we go.
thank you. Next, we have the introduction of The new chino valley fire district.
firefighters, paramedics, Will you please join the mayor at the podium along with chief williams, Who will introduce his team?
all right. Why don't you just go right around There?
there you go.
we'll let you introduce them individually. I Know the chief wants to be here as well. And
by the way, I was privileged last board Meeting to meet you all at the fire board
fire district meeting. So it's like visiting Old good friends. And I know you've had a lot of stuff going On,
and you can tell us a little bit about what Their process is from here. On behalf of the city council, I would like to welcome seven new employees
to the chino valley fire district. We are very proud to have one of the best Fire districts in the nation,
and look forward to having you all in our City. Before we take a group photo, I'd like to have chief williams introduce his
team and tell us a little bit more about Them. And chief, you want to introduce the Battalion chief and go from there.
thank you, mayor, council and committee Members. I'm going to have battalion chief chuck kenney do the introductions.
I just want to welcome these gentlemen. I've had multiple times. I had another chance to sit with them this Morning,
and I can rest assured the community is going To be in good hands for the next 30, 40, 50 years. So I'll have chuck kenny do the Introductions.
all right. Thanks, chief. Mayor bennett, council staff.
again, my name is chuck kenny, Battalion chief with the district. And tonight I have the pleasure of introducing The newest members of the chino valley fire
family. This is members of tower 13. I'll start with julian alvarado.
julian began as a chino valley fire explorer Before gaining experience as a firefighter
paramedic with cal fire riverside. In his free time, julian enjoys surfing, Fishing with friends,
and shaping surfboards. Next we have gabriel avila.
gabriel brings experience from long beach Fire department. In his free time, gabriel enjoys Snowboarding,
mountain biking, riding dirt bikes and Working with his hands, especially welding. Robert figueroa.
robert brings his experience from dallas fire Rescue, where he served as a firefighter paramedic.
outside of work, robert enjoys spending time With his family, camping, fishing and exploring new places to Eat.
james mathias. James brings experience from His time with carlsbad fire department.
he and his family enjoy traveling and Spending quality time together.
matthew shields. Matthew brings experience From lakeside fire protection district,
loma linda fire department and rural metro Ambulance. In his free time, matthew enjoys fishing, Free diving,
boating, mountain biking and camping with his Family. Oscar. Oscar brings experience from his Career working with cal fire.
in his free time, oscar enjoys fishing, Surfing, and bodybuilding. And adam webb.
adam brings five years of experience from North county fire protection district, including three years as an emt and two years As a paramedic.
in his free time, adam enjoys mountain Biking, hiking, camping, and riding both motorcycles and dirt bikes.
they've just finished their eight week Academy. They will get their station assignments tomorrow and they hit the floor As soon as saturday.
so welcome.
once you get one guy a little bit shorter Than me. Guys,
thank you very much. The greatest department Around.
thank you for your prior experiences.
thank you guys. Welcome. Congratulations.
next is our public information officer Report.
thank you and good evening, Mayor bennett, council and residents, just a few announcements tonight.
city hall remediation and recovery efforts Continue following the june fire and water damage. While significant progress has been Made,
full restoration is expected to take several Months. We are committed to serving our community During this time and city services have
continued without interruption. The temporary customer service centers open In the city hall lobby and council chambers,
and provides residents with all in-person City hall services during normal business hours. In just the first week, Staff at the customer service center have
assisted over 250 customers with utility Billing payments, passport appointments, Building planning and engineering permit
pickups, and more. The city's it team Relocated all computers and city phones into
new temporary workstations for 72 city hall Employees. Throughout the closure and transition, Staff maintained service community services
hosted all summer programs and events, Including movies and concerts in the park and the city wide independence celebration, Which had an estimated 4000 people in
attendance. We also launched our new mobile Recreation vehicle, which is now in use at our summer sites.
community development issued certificates of Occupancy for phases of a major residential project and final permits for costco Engineering relocated and held pre-bid
meetings and continued to manage our major Street improvement projects throughout the city. Human resources conducted interviews For employee recruitment and finance.
stayed on track with all the city's accounts Payable, ensuring all vendors and employees continue to be paid on time.
in other news, the 2024 water quality report Is now available and provides information to
chino hills customers about the quality of Their drinking water and the reliability of the water supply. Residents can view the Report online at chino hills.org/ccr.
and that concludes my report and I would be Happy to answer any questions. Anyone have any questions?
all right. Thank you nicole. Next public comments on agenda item agendized Items.
at this time, members of the public may Address the city council regarding any item appearing on the agenda, Except that testimony on public hearing items
which must be provided during those hearings. Those persons wishing to address the city Council must complete and submit to the
deputy city clerk a request to speak card Available at the entrance to the city council
chambers. At this time, We do not have any speaker cards for agendized items. All right.
well, thank you very much. Moving right along. Conflict of interest. Levine. Act announcements.
any member have any abstentions due to that? All right. And just as information, We are not going to have any report from
closed session because we had none this Evening. So moving along to city department business, We have a consent calendar of four items.
anyone would like to pull any. Not for me. All right then I would eight for Information,
eight for information. All right. So how About a motion on five,
six and seven made a motion. I'll second. All right. Lock in your votes. Motion passes four zero.
all right, item eight. Item eight is to authorize the execution of An agreement with the city of chino for human
services programs. All right. Your question. We're all very familiar with It.
but for the public that's watching our Meeting, it might seem kind of unusual that we're entering into an agreement with the City of chino for something that's kind of
very broad as human services. So at this time, because they're here, I'd like to have laura come up and give us
just the elevator kind of description of what That program is and how much it has benefited
chino hills throughout the decades, Right now. Jonathan. Decades, probably. Yeah, actually, Councilmember moran,
there are four staff that's here, And I'd like to acknowledge each of them for being here. The city of chino certainly does The the heavy lifting as it relates to this
program. And just as we always talk about Best bang for our buck as far as pd and stuff
this truly is another one of those programs. Best bang for our buck. So in attendance here this evening we have Monica zanotto,
clinical program manager. We have kari larson, human services Supervisor.
we have michelle meza, Community services coordinator for the hope resource center. And of course, Who you made reference to representing the
school district is miss liz lara, Family services program specialist.
good evening. Oh, it's always good to to come Back here. See everyone and our friends at city of chino Hills.
I just a clarification as well. So I'm part I oversee, I manage the hope family resource center,
which is just like a little tiny nugget of What our partners at the city of chino do. And when they talk about heavy lifting, It is a lot broader than just our social
services part. Do you want to talk a little Bit? And then I'll go into just really real quick. Good evening everyone. Carrie franco, Supervisor,
city of chino. Thank you for having us here Today. Like liz was saying, the chino human services Encompasses not only hope family resource
center, mckinney-vento, But also our counseling program so that teen and youth counseling under that umbrella, As well as £0.02 tobacco use prevention
education program. With your support, We've been able to continue to foster a good
relationship with the school district, With city of chino hills, so that we can provide these services all Throughout chino valley unified.
so thank you, and we'll be happy to answer Any questions you might have.
and just a little update on the hope program Itself. For anyone who doesn't who isn't familiar, It's actually it was a really the brainchild
of a lot of great community members, Including our former superintendent,
mr. Wayne joseph and council member moran, And a lot of great people who saw the need
that not everyone in chino, Chino hills, south ontario, not all families were as stable as as we'd Like,
and a lot of students were going to school And really kind of struggling with either clothing or the school or school supplies or Even lunch or families on the verge of being
evicted and really kind of affecting the Stability. And that's where the program came
from, came from. And so it's over ten years Old. And I would like to report, I'd love to come and report.
every year it's become stronger and stronger Thanks to the community support of the chino
valley. And I just there's no way around it. We've been given grants from at the state Level for being a model collaborative
initiative, and that's pretty much because we Have we have all these stakeholders who
genuinely are investing time, Energy, money into making sure that our
students and our families that are Disadvantaged and really going through something, feel the support of community. And That has made all the difference in the
world. We've served thousands over the Thousands over the past ten years. We have a community care closet that is Stocked.
we do not ever have to even go out and post, You know,
like we're needing this. We have our faith based. We have our community groups.
I see jim here democratic club just came in With with great donation.
we we have become a safety net for a lot of Families and a lot of students in our in our
community. And it's thanks to the support of People here in this room and a lot of people
who really, really do care about families and About children. So thank you for that.
thank you. And that is a great organization. Both cynthia and I were involved right from Day one,
ten years ago. We went to the 10th Anniversary last year. And of course, wayne was honored for starting It.
but for people that don't know, Hope is helping our people every day. And we do have one center that does a lot of Distribution right here in our city with the
los alimentos los serranos elementary campus. So people that are in need, We wouldn't realize that in the affluent
community that we live in, That there are children out there. Some of them are basically homeless don't Have in need of clothes and food and all
kinds of things. And hope does so much to, To bridge that gap and help them out.
and it's great that they've gotten to the Point where they don't even need to go on drives to get the stuff.
it's just being voluntarily funded and Everything. So does that answer your question?
I just wanted to yeah, Thank you for that program. It's wonderful. And we're happy to partner. All right. Well thank you. I appreciate your
update. Yes. Yes. Quick question. So just for me, I just first of all, Thank you for what you do.
is this social services contract or is this Just hope? Yeah. So can you clarify that for me?
so the funding goes to the city of chino, And we have the collaboration with the school
district for the hope piece and Mckinney-vento piece. The counseling is what we additionally have a Collaboration with the school district for
the counseling portion. But ultimately the contract is with the city Of chino. We are contracted by the school district and Receive funds also in order to provide
services. Want to say I think I've seen some Of your work. My wife was a teacher at dj marshall, and I never realized that a lot of Kids actually live in the car.
and if it wasn't for you guys helping them, It'd be a lot worse than what it is. So thank you for everything you do. Appreciate it. I don't think people realize
as many families as what we have who are Living in the car and the the one stat that
really is hitting us. Even greater is the Number of families that we are seeing
homeless. And so these are in hotels and Motels, double deckers, unsheltered.
the number of families with 0 to 5 has Increased over 23% in the past two years.
that is like an incredibly horrific number. And so we are seeing these families showing Up at schools.
they've got little ones and they are staying In cars and motels, which is so unfortunate.
and it goes back to the housing and just how Expensive housing has become. But it is absolutely something. It's a it's a crisis For sure.
yeah. It's to the tune of about 1800 kids That are involved. Or is it over 2000 identified?
and we always say that we under identify for Sure. These are kids and families that want to stay Under the radar unless they feel they're safe
to be able to come out and kind of say, Yes, I need assistance. A lot of them, and especially now in our climate now with Immigration, with everything else, they're
not going to willingly say, You know, I, I need support. You know, I they want to go under the radar.
and that's about 6 or 7% of the entire Population of the school district because
we're at about 26,000 now, As I recall. Probably. But yes, we're closer to like 8 to 10.
again, I believe it's we're probably closer To 10%. But those identified, Yes, it's over 2000.
yeah. All right. Well, Thank you for all that you do. Peter, did you have any comment? And thank You for what you did.
it did. Thank you very much. Well, Thank you very much. I'll entertain a motion. I'll move. I'll move that, Please.
second and a second by someone second. Okay, ray. Second. All right.
motion passes, four zero. And thank you again for everything that you Do.
we appreciate that discussion calendar.
you want to read into the record what we're Covering, cheryl? Sure. This is to adopt a resolution By 4/5 vote of the city council pursuant to
public contracts code, Section 20168. Finding an emergency exists within the city And authorizing the city manager to negotiate
and execute all necessary agreements and Amendments to agreements related to the repair and restoration of city hall and Other.
I'm sorry for remediation of the fire and Water damage to and the reconstruction of the
building, elevator cubicles, And purchase of replacement workstations.
all right. Any questions or. Ben, do you want to make an update report on That?
yes. As to what where we're at and what our Progress prognosis is.
happy to sir. Good evening, Mayor. City council, members of the public.
just as the mayor pointed out, To kind of set the stage on june 23rd,
we had an isolated equipment fire that Happened at one of the workstations here at
city hall on the second floor. The fire caused the building's fire Suppression sprinklers to activate.
and so city hall suffered. In addition to the fire, The smoke.
we also had water damage throughout a large Portion of this building.
again, the incident started on the second Floor, but the water flow permeated not only the Second floor but a large portion of the
second floor city hall. The damage was so extensive that we ended up Having to close city hall to the public for a
number of days until june 30th, And we reopened to the public.
actually, in this room here, Which is one of the rare areas of city hall
that didn't suffer damage. And so our team has been extremely resilient And flexible,
and they've been working out of new offices.
in the interim, we now have established some Work areas for city staff in portable office
trailers just adjacent to city hall. And this project is more than just the city.
we have a great insurer, The california joint powers insurance agency,
that we're working through. They also have consultants claim adjusters That's working with us.
and then our staff and contractors that are Specialized in this type of recovery are also
involved. The goal is to kind of diagnose the Damage.
it seems like every day we discover something Else got wet or damaged along the way.
we are replacing ceiling tiles, Carpet, furniture countertops.
a variety of areas have been damaged, And so they've been remediated.
and we're starting to start looking at the Reconstruction phase.
and so a project of this scope, Ordinarily, if it wasn't in an emergency.
the city would contract out for all of that Work through an open,
competitive bidding process. However, the public contracts code does allow For us to be able to,
in an emergency, as declared by the council, To forego the public process in order to more
quickly move along with the process.
and so what we're bringing to the council Tonight is an item that would allow us to
work with our partners, Work with our contractors, have the city manager be able to execute Contracts based on that emergency
authorization under the public contracts code With the items listed tonight would,
in addition to allowing us to not have to do Competitive bidding,
which would take quite a bit of time. Our goal is to restore, City hall to functionality as quickly as
possible, but allowing the city manager me to Be able to execute contracts as part of this
process. And that would also allow us to move More quickly.
this also this action also establishes that Because this is an emergency,
we don't have to go through the sequel Process for a project like this.
and even if we if the council takes this Action tonight,
we would also bring this back at subsequent Council meetings to give you updates and to
continue getting authorization for this to be A emergency.
so that's kind of the synopsis of where we Are. Okay. I might add too, And please make sure that I'm not stepping
out of line here. Even though we're not going To have to go to competitive bid,
the jpa will be oversighting or overlooking Everything that we do.
and the good news is, The silver lining is that they are going to be covering the vast majority of this, But it's not that we have absolute free hand
to do what we want. They still will be over Overlooking or looking over our shoulder
because they're going to be covering it. So not being a competitive bid doesn't mean That we are going to be disabled to throw
caution to the wind and hire anybody and Everybody. So I think it's important that the, The city know or the residents know that
we're still going to be monitored by the Insurance carrier. And that's a very important thing.
any other questions or comments? Yes. Comment. So I've been around quite a bit Over the last two weeks,
and I've been especially impressed besides The attitude of the staff with relocation.
obviously, we're back to our roots. We're Back in trailers again, as we used to be.
but servpro, the vendor that took over from a Couple hours into this all the way through.
been very impressed with their at least from From my point of view,
I'm not hip deep in it, But servpro is the company that's been doing
everything here essentially, And they. I've been impressed with how professional They are and how how they move so quickly to
get things done. So I give them five stars on My yelp review.
so thank you. Servpro has done a great job, At least from my point of view.
okay, sure. I just want to say the jpia They're a great organization. They have a lot of contractors that they've Used over the years and months,
and I'm just really happy that they're part Of this by helping us out. Number one. Number two, Do we have a timeline or a budget by any
chance for this project? You know, I have to couch any numbers I would Give you by it changes three times a day.
not even daily. Our initial estimate was that It would be about a million and a half for
the remediation. So that's just making sure The water damage has been stopped and cutting
out pieces of walls to do those inspections, Pulling up carpet, removing tiles. So just basically freezing The damage where it is.
and then the restoration, Which includes things like our, our temporary offices and stuff that could Bring the total to the 4 million total.
so a million and a and a half another two and A half on top of that.
that number was last week's number. I haven't received a new one to, To both art and peter's point is that the
good thing is, is that that is a professional Company like servpro telling us what they
forecast it would take to get us back to the, the standard we were before the event.
but in addition to having servpro, As you pointed out, ray, the cpia does this all the time so they Know what the scope should look like.
they know what the restoration project should Look like. I've been in contact with the president of cg A pia just to make sure that they're,
you know, everyone's aware. And so while the number may bounce around, I think the key message is,
is that this is a covered event. So our insurer will be paying for the Majority of it,
just our deductible. It would be the city's Expense and that they're committed to
restoring us to the level. The city hall was before the fire.
one last question. A follow up question. First of all, our employees are so important to us.
the water. Water that leaks. What's the significance for water?
for standing water. Does it create a health Problem that we know of if it's not addressed? I think many of us have heard Stories of,
you know, water leaks in homes, Which is not that different from a city hall
that we what we're really working for is not Only the esthetic repair,
but ensuring that we don't have long term Problems like mold.
we don't want corrosion on our electrical Equipment that got wet,
and we don't want hazards associated with Standing water. And so much of the work that's happened so Far has been in that phase of remediation,
making sure that any drywall that got wet is Removed. So we don't have an opportunity for mold to Grow.
and to council member marquez's point is That's a key investment in making sure that
the health of our staff is preserved by not Having any of those issues becoming part of,
you know, the future of city hall. Yeah. Thank you. I think something that's Important for the residents to know.
well, if you're sitting here, You think what happened? I mean, there's there's no big damage in Here,
right? Well, there's no second story above This room. If you were to go look right behind that wall You'll see wall boards missing.
ceiling tiles are gone. There are just from from right.
within a day or so after this happened, Each one of us on the council had been in
here examining what's going on, Seeing the devastation.
we've all taken multiple tours, Even as recent as yesterday. And I think cynthia was walking around today.
we've got four temporary trailers in what we Call the old shops two site,
which is adjacent to the fire district. On that thursday, right after two days after This happened,
there was over 30 servpro employees in here Just tearing out you know,
wet carpeting and wet ceiling tiles. There were literally, I mean, how many tons of debris was taken out
because they had to literally open everything Up to find out where the damage was,
but they had not only did we have 30 servpro In here, we had people from for recreation.
some of these employees that were Representing and taking the the resolution
tonight were actually in here lifeguards, Rec staff in here helping individuals box up
their individual work stations. It's just amazing the cooperative effort that Everybody has pitched in on.
so yeah, the silver lining is that when it's All done, it'll be almost like a facelift that the city Hall is getting after 17 years of being in
this building. But I cannot say enough for All of the staff and all of the people that
have been working on our behalf through jpa And trying to get us back to normal.
but I think the one thing that we didn't get Your question answered, reyes, is looking like what almost at least Two months.
been is what the anticipated is unless Something crazy shows up.
yeah. The initial estimate was that we could Be back operational,
not, you know, completely 100% restored, But we could be operational to the normal
capacity within two months. However, we continue to find new areas that May require additional reconstruction.
and so we don't know. I would say the window Is between 2 and 6 months.
so when I talk to the representative cjpia, They say that a project could take six
months. Our team thinks two months. And I think that we will be pushing Aggressively to be closer to two months,
rather than the far out window of six months. Yeah. And what people don't realize is during The day,
this is about the only section of city hall That's open. The community room in the back has people Workstations in there with computer setups.
some of the aisles that you're sitting in Right now have staff working in it.
you saw the wall when you came in to city Hall, that temporary wall that keeps people in this Area.
the restrooms aren't working and functional, So people are having to go to the library
across. So there's a lot of flexibility Required by our staff. So, you know, thank god it was not worse than It was.
and I do want to mention one thing that the Investigation, initial investigation.
so there was no negligence on anyone's part That caused this fire. It was some sort of an electrical short that Overheated a computer station.
and two stations basically were the ones that Were the fire was pretty much contained to
those. It was in the general area of where we Issued passports on the second floor.
but like you say, when the both of those Sprinkler systems went on,
they were on for over a half an hour and Literally thousands of gallons of water got
into that area. And of course, Behind these walls, we don't have wood studs, We have metal studs.
and there's a channel in all those metal Studs. And you know what water does? It'll go find its its own path.
so it's just caused a tremendous amount of Damage. So I will call for the question here for an Adoption of this resolution.
I'll make the motion to approve. All right. And we have a second. Would you like to make the second. All right.
so we have four people here and it takes a 4/5. So lock in your vote. Motion passes four Zero.
okay. Very good. All right. Moving right along to public hearing.
would you like to announce the public Hearing, cheryl? Sure. The this is to adopt a resolution adopting a Written report regarding residential sewer
charges for all residential parcels to which The city provides sewer only service for
fiscal year 2526. Finance director is to Present.
all right, krista, what's up? Good evening, mayor, council members and Members of the public. Each year,
the city council must approve placing the Sewer charges for sewer only accounts on the
county tax roll at a public hearing. Currently, the city builds approximately 20,600 customers for sewer service on a
monthly basis. Among these customers, 222 are residential sewer only accounts.
these customers are billed solely for sewer Service as their water is provided by another
agency, and trash service is billed by waste Management. For fiscal year 2526, The total annual sewer charges will amount to
$495.12 per parcel. This is comprised of two Components $324.24 for the sewer treatment
charge, and $170.88 for the chino hills sewer Fee.
after the public hearing, If there is no majority protest, I recommend that the city council adopt the Resolution to approve the sewer charges
report and direct staff to have the charges Collected via the tax roll. I can take any questions you might have. And The question that everyone asks, is there a
218 vote required under this particular Action item.
the 218 happened when we adopted the rates. These are just passing through rates that Have already been adopted, and we know that.
I just want to be sure that the public knows It. Okay. All right. Any other questions?
no. Just let everybody know. A reminder that we're collecting on behalf of Iowa,
our sewer agency. Oh yeah. We're doing it on their behalf. All right. We wish they would collect on Their own, but that's a different story.
yeah. All right, well, I'm officially going to open the public hearing. Do we have any request to speak?
we do not. All right. I will officially close The public hearing. Bring it back up here for a rest.
a motion to adopt the resolution. I'll move the item. All right, I'll second.
all right, move in a second. All right. Motion and second.
motion passes four zero. Okay, now we're going to move into the public Comments on non agendized items.
do we have anyone wishing to speak tonight. We have one speaker card.
all right. The speaker is jim gallagher. All right. And I think the record shows what The guidelines are for this.
and because there's one he'll have three Minutes to speak. Correct. That is correct. All right. Welcome, jim.
thank you. I've come here tonight for an item That does deeply disturb me.
as you know, we had the big, Beautiful tax bill that was passed this past weekend. And of course, One of the items on that I noted was 10,000
more homeland security officers were going to Be hired to a tune of $75 billion.
what I'm concerned about is based on what We're seeing in los angeles and other
communities the way that some of these Activities are being carried out when
citizens are being or non citizens are being Arrested and deported.
it seems to me there's two types of agents. Can I can we pause this time for a second?
mark. Is this out of the area of city Business? Because in fact, that is very much.
but I need to hear a little more about what He's. Yeah. Okay. I just want to give you the Caution or.
I know we want you speaking to something Broad that I don't think you have influence on. Okay. All right. Just so we understand.
go ahead and proceed. So to me, There's two types of agents that I've been seeing, and I'm sure all of you have as well On the news.
there's the ones that are fully uniformed That do come in an immigration trucks and
vehicles. Then there's the others that Aren't. They come in unmarked cars.
they come in casual city clothes.
all of them are masked. What I'm concerned about is they have Anecdotal evidence.
now, some of them may, In fact, may not be federal agents that are
duly conscripted by our federal government. I would press upon our local police.
this is where it gets local. I do think we have a right in the community For our local police to perhaps be informed
if they are, in fact, Going to come into this city. I don't know if they have yet or not, That they should be informed that when
they're coming. And I'd like to see our local Police at least be allowed to get a list of
who is taken so that they can inform their Loved ones or their family,
and we follow some kind of due process. I am very concerned about it.
I do think that this has an opportunity to Divide our community in many ways.
people will take note when ice comes in. I think people may in fact, Start to push back like you've seen in los
angeles. I think the support of our police, Who cannot assist,
but at least can intervene to the point where They can get a list of who's been taken,
I think might help. So I appreciate it. I am interested in to what?
can you do about it? All right. Thank you jim. That is the only speaker that We have in this.
all right. Then moving on to safety updates. Chief williams for fire.
thank you. Mayor. Really? I just wanted to provide some stats that Might be of interest to the council and the
community related to the 4th of july. It was the second busiest in the past five Years,
with a total of 49 calls. That is between both cities. But I'll hone in A little bit on some stuff for the city of
chino hills, but we typically run about 33 Ems calls, emergency medical calls per day.
we ran 26 on that day. Here's where it gets interesting on we had on The non structure fire related calls.
we normally run 1.2 average. We ran 17 on that day.
and then on the structure fires we would Qualify usually as about a 0.3 average.
and we ran two structure fires that day. So those all were related to the fireworks And that we confiscated 360 pounds of
fireworks. And three citations were written In the city of chino hills.
so those are just some interesting stats. Although I believe that the residents did a Really good job.
I would just continue to encourage, You know, caution. And again, in our city here in chino Hills,
you know, it's a no fireworks at all. So we just ask you to be mindful of, Of those restrictions.
that's all I have. All right. And so the majority of the calls were Actually in the area serviced by the district
in chino. Is that so? So with the stats I Have, I don't have the ability to break it down at This point into two different cities.
I just wanted to give an overall general call Volume because at the end of the day,
our, our responses service both cities, But specifically to chino hills.
I thought it was interesting that we had Three citations. And I want to say significantly more in our Other partner city,
but they do permit same fights, The same fireworks. But that could contribute to the fact that There's probably more increase in that in
city of chino. Okay. Just trying to ask a Question that the public may want to know.
and if you can't split it, That's the way it is. All right. Lieutenant juarez, Let me ask.
excuse me. I'm sorry. Go ahead. What's the fee these days for a citation when It comes to fireworks?
it's $1,000, isn't it? I believe it is a thousand. My apologies. I'd have to get back to you, But I believe it is $1,000.
I wanted verification. Yeah. Yeah. I'm sorry. Okay. Question? Sure. Question I have is.
I know the city of brea. They have drones. So they were up. They cited a lot of people. Is that something That we would do in the future? Possibly. We
did use drones in collaboration with the law Enforcement agencies that we partner with,
the fire district. The fire district also Does have its own drones. But for this particular mission, We partnered with the police departments to
utilize their drones for those purposes Because ultimately they're writing the citations. We can write an administrative Citation,
but they're writing the additional citations. Okay. Thank you so much. Appreciate that. Thank you. Cynthia.
any questions? And let the record reflect That.
councilmember or excuse me, Vice mayor jones has been here for a few
minutes now. Okay. All right then.
police update. Lieutenant. Good evening, honorable mayor and city Council members and staff and members of the
public. Just to follow up on the fireworks Enforcement on july 3rd,
2025 and july 4th, 2025, The chino hills multiple enforcement team
teamed up with the chino valley fire Inspectors to work fireworks enforcement. They responded to 36 firework calls for Service inspectors issued three citations,
and a total of 10 pounds of illegal fireworks Were confiscated. We had we didn't have any arrests.
and again, we repeat that chino hills. All fireworks, including safe and sane, Are illegal in chino hills.
all right. Thank you very much real quick for The questions. Yes, lieutenant juarez, for those of us that don't Know,
can you let the public know the significance Of the black man on your badges?
what recently has happened? Oh, yes. When an officer dies in the line of Duty is we're authorized to wear wear the
mourning ban on all police officers in California where the mourning ban.
unfortunately, we have lost three. And I think the last one was a sergeant Helping a I believe it was lapd helping a
stranded motorist and got hit by a vehicle. So that's we we're allowed the sheriff Authorizes the ban to be worn up to the day
of the funeral, and then we take it off. Thank you for sharing that. So people know. Thank you. All right.
any other questions, ray? Just one quick question, Lieutenant.
I know in other parts of the city we always Have bad people, right? We know that. Is there anybody out there? Because I've been Reading and listening and seeing that there's
criminals out there that are pretending They're ice agents. So if they were to be in the city, There's nothing to identify who they are.
we could call 911 to to investigate.
correct? Yes. If there's anything suspicious, a suspicious person or someone that believes, Please do call us.
we will do. Make sure they are who they say They are. And but again, the sheriff's department and We had some talking points came out with the
sheriff. They do not intervene with federal Enforcement at all. So but we will make sure that they are who They say they are.
and if they're not, then we can always take It to another level. Thank you. All right. If no other questions.
city manager update. Ben. The only comment I'll make is I've had an Opportunity to see some of the residents who
came to city hall to receive services through Our community services center and I thank
them for their patience and they they have All been very supportive of our staff.
I was talking to a family today that came in For passports,
actually, and they were very happy to have Local services.
so thank you for all the support we've Received, not only the buy in from our staff, But our community has been very supportive as
well. And passport services are actually Handled right here in this in these chambers.
isn't that. Yes, sir. Yes. And there are signs in the lobby that show Where the people need to go for various
services, including utility billing and Things like that. Right. Right. And we have greeters that help People navigate within the,
the confines of this room. So. Okay. Any other questions? The city manager. All right.
council reports. I have no report tonight.
vice mayor jones. All right. We. There we go. We ended up not having our Legislative advocacy committee meeting.
so I'll move on to omnitrans. It was a pretty mundane meeting.
we mostly employee recognition, Nothing of real substance.
it was ellen wapner's first go again at being Chair of chair of omnitrans.
so you ran a smooth ship. Good. All right. Peter, Did you have a question with respect to
legislative advocacy committee? Yeah. I, I want to suggest a discussion as to Putting an alternate in place,
because brian and I are the the means and we Don't have someone to back us up if one of us
can't attend. So I'd like to see if we can Schedule that for a discussion at some point.
all right. Maybe we can agendize that for Next month. As I'll remind everybody right now, We have no future meeting in the month of
july. So our next meeting will be after the National night out. That's why we made such a big deal about it Tonight.
so everybody would know before we have our Next meeting, but. Okay. And I think you understand, Brian,
what we're trying to do there, Because I know your work is conflicting with
city business a little bit now. Well, yeah. And I still I still think we're Trying to figure out why we need to
necessarily have it. Well, Never mind. That'll be a discussion for a discussion Item.
okay. All right. Moving on. Councilmember marquez. Sure. I got a short report.
we approved two contracts, One for metrolink and then one one also for
aero service. That's my report. We passed it. Thank you very much, Councilmember rogers.
yes. I'm sorry. I was just curious. Have they got a replacement for ray wolff?
I'm sorry. Has there been a replacement? Schiller is a new kerry schindler.
okay. So ray basically will be leaving this Week. Okay. Thank you. Yeah.
he was honored that the city county Conference. Right? Yeah, yeah. A couple of things.
one the new animal resource center and animal Resource.
we are now on that committee and board. I attended the first meeting this in the past Week.
as with our participation, We bought in to the system.
so our only item that we talked about, And again, I'm new to this. Others have been meeting for A couple of months.
was we approved the temporary there's a Temporary operation for the next couple of
years until the new facility is built. And they approved a, an a warehouse, The use of additional warehouse on top of the
one that they've already contracted with, Because they're realizing they need more room
to take care of business. So they approved some funding for that. And I just want to remind everybody that Although chino hills is represented on that
board, we still are being serviced by inland Valley humane society for the next two years.
so we can't forget that aspect that we're on The board,
but we're really there to assist board Members in decision making,
but inland valley is our primary for the next Two years. Okay. All right. And then cdh you know, Does alter authority again,
a light agenda also for us. And we just approved a facility.
improvements and contracts. Nothing significant for authority.
so that's it. All right. Council comments. Cynthia, Please. I just have a quick question for nick.
hi, nick. Nick. All right. So over. And he's not he's not front loaded, So he's always good on his thinking on his
feet. Okay. Cynthia, can you pull your mic? I had a resident reach out wondering if next,
the empty lot next to the pub shopping center Where the villa borba, like second or third phase is supposed to Happen someday.
I think they're getting confused with maybe Weed abatement. Is there construction going on there? Are they getting ready to start Something there? So the the project will
begin some grading for the detention basin. Number three. They're in the final stages.
lennar is in the final stages of obtaining Their permits from the army corps and from
the california department of fish and Wildlife. So we will begin to see some dirt moving on That the east side of butterfield and.
okay. And then hopefully construction permits Will be obtained by next spring or summer
next spring. Okay. And I know this project is Approved, but can you remind the public what's going There?
so there will be 220 two story townhomes That'll be developed as well as the 19
lot subdivision on azor street.
oh, the other side that's been empty forever. Perfect. Okay. Thank you for that update. And that's all I have. Art.
okay. Very good. Peter. Really nothing significant. I just wanted to Thank city staff and the community for coming
out for our 2nd of july event that took Place.
did you say there were about estimated 4000 People? It seemed like it. This is one of the more Crowded events that I've seen for the city of
chino hills. It was very impressive to see. So gone are the days when we used to do this At big league dreams.
the morning of usually the fourth with the Children's wagon parade. And then by the time noon rolled around, Everybody was leaving because it was too hot
and they didn't want to take advantage of the Facility that had been put up with water,
water, features, etc.. This is a much improved presentation for the Last 7 or 8 years or however long we've been
doing this. So thank staff, Rec staff especially.
we have a very professional staff and they Stepped especially in the time when we've
been transitioning with city hall as to What's going on. They really they really stepped up.
so thank staff. Please. Jonathan. That's all I have. Okay, great. Thank you, Mr.
mayor. Appreciate that. Sbcta had its first Ad hoc committee for measure I.
that measure basically goes to 2040, But we want to continuously continue it past
2040. So we will have a presentation to our City and all the surrounding city partner
cities to maybe extend that past 2040 Streets.
eucalyptus chino hills parkway. I know we're doing some repaving. I've noticed that it's done on one side of The street or maybe two lanes,
maybe one lane, not the other. Can you give me a status of where we are with The with the road?
certainly. As you may have noticed, There is quite a bit of construction going on on our streets regarding eucalyptus avenue.
we will be paving or repaving the entire road From paint to parkway.
you may have seen some, Some activities that took place. That work is not complete.
that will be done in the next few weeks. In addition to that, we have as part of the Eucalyptus project,
there will be some areas of chino hills Parkway that do get repaved,
but we have a larger project coming in the Next several months where we will be repaving
all of chino parkway within the city Boundaries. In addition to that, you may have seen Construction on butterfield ranch road,
soquel canyon parkway as well, And pretty soon we will be improving english
english road as part of that recycled water Project as well.
and then water project tcp 123. I guess the state gave us a curveball or now There's changes or something.
something. Another thing that we have to do In order for that to go online. That's correct. While the tcp plant is Substantially complete,
we cannot operate it quite just yet as we Need to make some additional improvements
offsite at some of our wells before we can Introduce our wall water into the facility.
we're hoping to have those improvements Completed by by the end of this calendar year. And just the last thing real fast truck Traffic coming through carbon canyon
serenity. I understand that's all done. Is that do you know that for a fact?
I cannot confirm that. I can maybe ask nick if he's aware of truck Traffic.
the grading is substantially complete. There may be a little bit more cleanup left.
additionally, there will be some work tying Into the city's sewer system.
and so there will still be some construction Traffic associated with the with the sewer
line construction. Thank you sir. And last question for daniel.
you were on vacation. I could tell because You look a lot younger. So good job, buddy. Thank you. All right.
brian. All right. Just to follow up on ray's Question regarding the street projects,
when do we expect butterfield and sokol to be Striped?
butterfield is scheduled to be striped the End of this week. Okay, so will follow up, If not next week, the week after it all
should be buttoned up by the end of july, Definitely before school resumes in august.
I can't believe. Great job. Yeah. No, definitely. And then just just a Quick thought.
I know some of us knew horace boatwright with The sheriff's department. I know he passed away. I think it was last Week.
he was a good guy. So just keep his family in Your thoughts.
that's it. Mr.. Mayor. All right. Couple things. I wanted to mention.
we have a local builder who did some in Building on seven lots on morning field.
I attended the open house back on june 28th. This gentleman and the quality of houses that They built is just a kind of a breath of
fresh air for the problems that we see within The city. We have a lot of small lots that big Developers just can't afford.
they can't pencil it out to make it work. But here's a developer that I understand.
they're going to be actually building some on Whirlaway. Nick may know the builder.
apparently those areas where we had Landslides a couple of years ago, they're going to actually go in and be able To shore up the,
the soil and build a couple homes in there in Addition to the seven they've done.
but my point in bringing it up now is now we Have a small developer who has demonstrated
that he can do small infill developments, And we start looking around the city for
parcels of land that are small, That the city owns, or former parks that aren't being used or Anything.
that is a small development that a big Developer couldn't build on. All of which, we're trying to meet our arena Numbers.
this would be a very good candidate. So and I can get you all the information. I Think nick's probably already got it,
but really nice homes and expensive 26 to 2900 square foot homes,
you know, million for 2,000,006. So it's not for the faint of heart to go in There,
but beautiful homes, including solar and all Of the current requirements.
I want to bring a thank publicly the staff For making the july 4th celebration,
which was held on july 2nd at the concerts in The park. I don't think any of us have ever seen that Park so full.
I'd love to know if we had any estimates of How many were there, but my guess would be 3 to 4000 people.
did we get a count? Nicole, Did you have a count? My. The estimated that I was provided was Nearly 4000 or around 4000.
yeah, it was packed. I do not remember it Ever being that full.
and it looks like everybody had. And the Weather we you know, we ordered up some perfect weather for the Event.
so, you know, thank you to the good lord Above for providing a nice,
cool evening. A couple of things coming up Immediately. As close as tomorrow. Tomorrow morning at 815.
the chamber is having the costco re grand Opening at 815 in the morning.
and then tomorrow night, I wanted to mention that the fire district is
going to be celebrating retirements of two Individuals, and I won't give their names.
now, we'll wait until after this in my next Report, but a lot of stuff going on.
thank you again for all of the staff's Putting up with the inconvenience of,
of all that's going on at city hall. But, you know, we just celebrated the 4th of July and it was hopefully for everybody a
happy occasion. But we can't help but focus On what happened in texas and the tragedy
that occurred there and make us all realize That,
you know, bad things happen to good people. When we were talking about the recreation Staff providing summer camps and everything
for young children. And look at, You know, what happened there. So I want everybody to hold everybody that Was involved there in,
in their prayers and in that in respect to That,
I'm going to adjourn tonight. We adjourn in memory of the more than 100 Victims who lost their lives in the
devastating texas flooding flooding event. We extend our heartfelt condolences to the Individuals and families who have suffered
the unimaginable loss of children attending a Summer camp, and loved ones who were washed away in the Flooding.
our thoughts are with those who have been Displaced and all the first responders in
kerr county working to recover victims Reunite families and work throughout the
aftermath. And with that, I will officially adjourn tonight's meeting.
and god bless the united states and god Bless. Chino hills.