Thank you.
Good evening, and welcome to the June 17th meeting.
If you would please stand, Councilman Flores is going to lead us in the flag salute.
Hi, everybody.
Please please to right hand over your heart, ready, begin.
I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which
it stands.
One nation and a God, indivisible with the routine of justice at all.
Thank you very much.
You may be seated.
So our first ceremonial this evening is recognition of the city of Chino's community emergency
response team or a cert.
I'd like to invite Diana Manzano Garcia, Area D. Director of the 7 Chapter of the California
Emergency Services Association to recognize the Chino's cert program, Eaton Fire Volunteers.
Diana?
All the way up here.
Hi, good evening.
Thank you all for coming.
My name is Diana Manzano Garcia, I'm a disaster management, area coordinator, and
LA County for area D, a neighbor of yours.
So yeah, for that, real quick, and I'll read what I actually wrote out for the cert members.
I'm really thankful for the collaboration, cooperation, and coordination that we were able
to do for our partners in the in fire, which were the cities of Altadena, Pasadena, and
Seram Andre.
The call that we received was a last minute call, gave us 24 hours to deploy our cert members,
and we're very grateful of the work that they did for the week deployments, so if I can say
some words.
Good evening.
Mayor, council members, and residents of Chino.
It is both an honor and a privilege to stand before you this evening to recognize the group
of individuals whose dedication, bravery, and compassion, truly exemplify the best of
community service.
We are here to celebrate the outstanding efforts of the Chino community emergency response team,
also known as Sir.
Who answered the call when our community needed them the most?
When they eat and fire threaten homes, displaced families and disrupted lives in Altadena, Pasadena,
Seram Andre, our community face and urgent need, not just for resources, but for calm, coordinated
action, and compassionate outreach.
In those critical days following the fire, the Sir, following to your step-up without hesitation.
Following the in-fire, the Sir members were deployed at the request of the Los Angeles County
Office of Emergency Management through Area D, Area D, and sort of mutual aid to assisting
the operations of the disaster resource center in Pasadena.
Their role was vital in managing influx of community members, seeking assistance, ensuring that
individuals and families were directed to the appropriate service stations, efficiently and
compassionately.
Their participation helps streamline the process, reducing confusion and allowing residents to receive
the necessary support without unnecessary delays.
For an entire week, the Sir members were tirelessly demonstrated remarkable teamwork, adaptability,
and problem-solving skills.
They assisted with logistics, provided accurate information to community members, and facilitated
coordination between different service providers.
Their presence significantly eased the burden of local emergency personnel and agency
representatives, allowing for more focus and effect or disaster recovery operation.
Beyond their operational contributions, the Sir members exhibited exemplary professionalism,
and empathy while interacting with affected residents, their ability to provide reassurance,
clear guidance, and support to those navigating difficult circumstances was invaluable.
They acted as a bridge between community members and available resources, ensuring that,
thank you, everyone received the appropriate assistance with negative and respect.
The outstanding service demonstrated by the Sir members at a high standard for community emergency
response efforts.
They're willing as to step up at the time of crisis.
They're really to work with, sorry, to work seamlessly across multiple jurisdictions,
and their dedication to public service to serve the highest recognition.
Their selfless contributions not only helped with immediate disaster leave, but also reinforced
the importance of well-trained community responders' emergency management.
The Sir team demonstrated not only skill but an extraordinary commitment to the values that
bind our community together, service, solidarity, and hope.
Today we present California Emergency Services Association, Southern Chapter Silver Award,
as a symbol of our deepest gratitude, not just for what they did during the eaten fire, but
who they are every day, steadfast, reliable, and selfless.
Their collective efforts had the profound impact on disaster recovery operations and exemplify
the true spirit of emergency response.
It is dedicated to disaster recovery.
Sorry, it seems like these that strengthen our communities and enhance our ability to recover
from that nursery.
They're training for pair of them, and they're hard to let them.
To each member of the Sir team, thank you, our communities are stronger, safer, and more
resilient because of you.
Please join me in giving a warm round of applause as we present the CISA Southern Chapter
Silver Award to the Chino Community Emergency Response Team.
Good evening, my name is Brian Erzumi.
My full-time job, I'm the Public Safety Manager for the City of Dewordy, but Diana and I are both
directors on the CISA Southern Chapter, Board of Directors, and I also assist and I'm
the chair for the Area D Regional CERT Mutual Aid, and so we recognize nine teams, Chino is one
of nine teams that responded to our call for service, and so this is our small way of thanking,
especially Chino being a brand new CERT team.
We want to recognize a leadership of the City of Chino City Council, as Chino PD, and the
leadership of the CERT program under Denise's tutelage, so it shows that they're willing to
cross county borders to offer assistance, and so disasters, no boundaries, and this demonstrates
that effort.
So we have the plaque.
This is the California Emergency Services Association Southern Chapter, Silver Award,
probably presented CERT teams from the cities of Chino, Claremont, Dewordy, Glendora, La Verne,
Monrovia, Ontario, Sandimus, and Temple City, recognizing the CERT teams, it's hard to see
it.
I recognize the CERT teams for their exceptional service and commitment to community resilience during
their deployment to the Eaton Fire Disaster Recovery Center.
So we do want to present this Silver Award to the CERT team, and we also have individual awards,
and I understand the mayor also has some awards as well.
And so, thank you, Chino, and color.
All right.
Sir, remember Anna Savantes.
Thank you.
Now I know what my hinder's got to do.
All right.
Jamie Decker.
Amy Decker.
Thank you.
Bob Gahagen.
Thank you.
Oscar Lee Mon.
You're seeing you Oscar.
And I know she's going to fight it, but the knee score.
I don't know if she's here.
Thank you.
I'd like to congratulate you all and on behalf of the City Council.
Thank you very much for going through the training and reaching out.
Thank you very much for being here this evening and recognizing their efforts.
So I think everybody needs to shift to the left so that they can get a picture.
Thank you again.
Okay.
Next we have recognition of Chinovali Medical Center's CEO Gail Aviato.
Would you like to bring up your team as well?
Come on up, team.
Ms. Aviato was recently honored as the 25 leading woman by modern health care.
Among, among your mental, the achievement that highlights her continued dedication to the health and wellness for the entire Chinovali.
On behalf of the Chino City Council and the entire city of Chino, we thank you for your tireless work and commitment to our communities well-being.
And we have a certificate for you.
And it reads, certificate of recognition.
The City of Chino congratulates you for being recognized as one of modern health care leading women for 2025.
Thank you for your dedication and commitment to patient care and for serving as a mentor for all in health care.
Thank you.
Thank you, Mayor.
Thank you for having us here again.
I didn't know that the entire team will be here, but thank you all.
And my family is here as well.
This is how we feel this recognition is important to all of us coming from the City Council, the Mayor, and the community members of Chino.
This is an incredible honor.
I always think, Doctor, sorry.
Mayor, and I am truly, truly humbled to receive this 2025 modern health care leading women award to represent Chinovali Medical Center and also the vibrant city of Chino.
I was recognized under Chino's name and Chinovali Medical Center.
And I am grateful for your support for empowering women leader as you are a woman leader as well.
And it just gives us an inspiration to continue to do what's best for our patients and the community of Chino.
Thank you so much for this esteemed honor.
Thank you.
But see, let's gather around so he can get a really good picture of you with your team.
Oh, you're son.
Would you like to introduce your team?
Oh.
Sure, Mayor.
So.
Thank you.
To your right, Mayor is my husband.
I believe they've been my anchor.
So for me to be able to do what I do for two hospitals.
And here, my son who just graduated.
Doctor of pharmacy.
And he will be.
Thank you.
He will be joining the healthcare workforce for everybody.
For the community that he can serve.
And.
My team our team from Chino Valley Medical Center.
All of them are leaders of our organization.
Christine use of.
She is the director of emergency department.
And we have grandpa here.
We call him grandpa.
Yeah, he is our charge nurse in the emergency department.
And then we have aura.
Uh, who is our house supervisor.
And our director for business development.
Roxanne Myers.
She's helping us in the entire region.
San Dimas and Montclair.
And also, we have.
Cindy are a manager for respiratory services.
And our performance improvement quality.
Uh, director of my year.
And, um, a delma are meeting managers.
So you would see them around the hospital.
If you come and visit us.
And then our chief nursing officer from one clear hospital medical center is also here.
Thank you.
One thing that she did not say is the gentleman with the white hair and the glasses is also known as the Jurassic Man, because he's been around forever. Right. Okay, let's get a nice.
He's been with the House Bill 37 years.
So much fun. Okay. Next we have very special recognition of Tina Valley fire districts, Brown, New
Higher Firefighter, Paramedics. I'd like to call up district battalion chief Dean Smith, who's going to introduce the gentleman.
Thank you so much. I brought their names, though, because I'm not as good as scale.
For remembering all my staff and they are very new. So we are very honored to be able to just share with you a momentous time for us as a fire department.
Whenever we bring on board new firefighters, new firefighter, paramedics to serve this community, that is an honor.
And each of these members have come from other departments to be able to join us. And I'd like to share that with you. I am going to read for a second here.
Some short bios. And I've just asked them to maybe take a step forward when we introduce them. So you can guys get a, put the name with who these folks are. So with that we have Julian Elvarado.
He began as a Chino Valley. Yeah, it was a short applause.
That's okay.
The game is a Chino Valley fire explorer before gaining experiences a firefighter, paramedic with Cal Fire Riverside.
In his free time, Julian enjoys surfing, fishing with friends and shaping surfboards. Thanks.
Gabriel. Gabriel. Gabriel.
Gabriel of yeah.
Gabriel enjoys snowboarding, mountain biking, dirt bag riding and working with a sand, especially selling and welding.
Thank you. I was not to pause there. So great. So great. Robert Figaroa.
So Robert brings 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.
Thank you.
That brings us to James and Matthias.
He brings experience from his time with Carl's bad fire department. He and his family enjoy traveling and spending quality time together and not so much so.
Right? Okay. Just checking. Thank you so much.
Matthew Shields. Matthew brings experience from Lakeside Fire Protection District, the Lomalinda Fire Department and rural metro ambulance.
In his free time, Matthew enjoys fishing, free diving, boating, mountain biking and camping with his family.
Oscar top. He brings experience from his career working with Cal Fire in his free time. Oscar enjoys fishing, surfing, body building.
Thanks.
And Adam Webb.
He joins us with five years of experience from the North County Fire Protection District, including three years as an EMT in two years as a paramedic there.
In his free time Adam enjoys mountain biking, hiking, camping, riding both motorcycles and or bikes. Thank you.
So Mayor, we are in council. We are so excited to bring these firefighters on board, as I said. This actually is a perfect time of season as we know to make sure that we're at full staff.
And so with this team members and with these family members that we bring on board today, we are here to serve the community and we're so happy to celebrate with you.
Thank you.
Well, we welcome you aboard and I know you come from other agencies. I think you are going to find that working with our police departments going to be very different from any experience you ever had.
We truly have a team between police and fire. You're going to have companions. You're not going to have any kind of competition going. You will find that our officers are absolutely phenomenal.
And you're going to love working here. So welcome to Tino Valley and welcome to the city of Tino.
Thank you very much for coming.
Any of you are going to be your boxer?
We want to get it one picture.
Okay. We're going to get a picture.
Just all lineup.
Come on.
Yeah.
You can tell Matt Snowies to take a picture.
Thank you very much for coming this evening.
Look forward to seeing you around.
We've got to get you to speak.
I know.
Need the steps to go.
Okay. Prior to the council meeting, we did have a close session.
So I'd like to ask our attorney to please leave the results from our meeting.
Thank you, Mayor. Members of the council and all those present.
The city council met in close session is announced by the mayor and held a discussion on the following items.
Conference with real property negotiator concerning the property at 13272.
Sixth Street with a negotiating party being Tana Hill, Langdon TR.
Under negotiation, price in terms of a potential acquisition.
City Council held a discussion provided direction to staff and no further report of election was taken.
Item number two conference with real property negotiator concerning the property at 53.
Number three conference with labor negotiating.
Nick O. Shader concerning the various public employee associations listed on the agenda.
Previously announced.
City Council.
Received an update provided direction.
No further report of election was taken.
That concludes the report, Mayor.
Thank you very much.
City manager, right.
Do we have any agenda modifications?
No changes, Mayor.
Okay.
In our packets this evening is the external agency report.
For this evening, I encourage you all to access and read that as a very interesting information.
Under public announcements.
First, I'd like to thank you all for attending and tuning in to our state of the city address on June 11.
The thing for this year was Chino is ready for take off.
And we showcased everything we've done to make Chino soar while offering an exciting glimpse of our future.
To watch the entire state of the city address, please visit cityofchino.org forward slash SOTC.
Temperatures are heating up, which means it's a perfect time to listen to music or catch a movie on the city hall lawn.
Join us this Thursday, June 19th, to watch totapping country group, the Marry White Band at 7pm right here at City Hall.
On Friday, June 20th, don't miss free screening of Beetlejuice Beetlejuice at 630pm.
Join the fun.
Don't forget to bring your lawn chairs and blankets.
For more information, please visit cityofchino.org forward slash events.
Now, calling all Chino skaters, Chris.
Drop into Iolapart this Saturday, June 21st from 3 to 6pm for our annual GoScape Day.
We're celebrating the International GoScape Boarding Day with an afternoon full of great food, giveaways, competitions, and plenty of skateboarding fun.
For more information, contact the Community Services Parks and Recreation Department and 909-334-3257.
And finally, join us as we celebrate the Independence Day, the Chino Valley Way,
during our annual 2-day firework spectacular on Friday, June 27th from 4 to 10pm, and Saturday, June 28th from 1 to 10pm at Iolapart.
This fun and family-friendly event brings the community together in a celebration of freedom and unity, complete with carnival rides,
fun live performances, a salute to our men and women in uniform, and the best fireworks show in the Indian Empire on June 28th at 9pm.
Pre-sale wrist bands will go on sale from Monday, June 23rd, and will be available until Thursday, June 26th.
Join the fun and learn more at city of Chino.org forward slash F.S.
Also, please note City Hall and City Facilities will be closed on Friday, July 4th, in recognition of Independence Day.
We will reopen for our regular business hours on Monday, July 7th.
Additionally, there will be no waste collection on Friday, July 4th.
Services will be delayed by one day and will take place on Saturday, July 5th.
Next on our agenda is the section for public comments.
I take the written comments first and then open it up to anyone else.
This is the time in the place for the general public to address the council and items that do not appear elsewhere on the agenda.
We can't take action on things that are not agenda is but we can hear your concerns.
Our first written request is speak. Speak is past or Steve Hurlbert from Cavalry Chapel, Chino Hills.
He's going to lead us in invocation if you'd like to join us.
Thank you for the opportunity to be here this evening.
The book of James chapter 1 verse 5 says,
If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God who gives generously to all without reproach and it will be given him.
Chapter 3 verse 17 tells us what that wisdom looks like.
It says, but the wisdom from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, open to reason.
Full of mercy and good fruits, impartial, and sincere.
That's my prayer for this board tonight.
Lord, thank you for the opportunity.
Lord, you just call on your name as this group begins.
Lord, I ask and pray.
Lord, you would give them wisdom.
Wisdom comes from you.
And Lord, may that wisdom look like we just described it.
Lord full of mercy, open to reason, impartials, sincere.
Lord, I pray that your good hand would be on this city.
But we thank you for the leadership here tonight.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Thank you, Steve.
Okay, next, we have the Anthony Moreno, representing representing Senator Susan Rubio.
Thank you, Mayor.
My name is Anthony Moreno, my district representative for State Center, Susan Rubio.
And I'm here today on behalf of the Senator to invite the Chino community to our open house and resource fair.
That's going to be held at our district office in Ontario.
It's located at 1520 North Mountain Avenue.
It's located in the parking lot.
It's only about a 15 to 18-minute drive from Chino, so it's not too far away.
We're expecting a agreeable weather as opposed to how it's been the last few days.
And so, if anyone in our community would like to come out, we'd love to have you.
There'll be food available in refreshments as well.
And the Senator will be making remarks around 11, 11, 11, 30.
She'll be providing a legislative update, so let's see our residents there.
Thank you very much.
What time does it start?
It's from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thank you.
I also left some flyers for the event.
I believe it's in the hallway.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Next up, Bob Nick.
Thank you.
My name is Bob Nick.
I'm here to speak on the orbit's Eden development.
If this development is built as proposed, it will not become Eden.
It will become the project from hell.
I'd make 21st of planning commission heard the applicants for the applications for the project.
Unfortunately, I was not able to attend that meeting.
What I heard, the Commission rushed their decision to approve the project. The Commission had the responsibility to listen to and provide findings of facts in response to very
dollar concerns and objections made by the channels of citizens. Unfortunately, the Commission failed to perform their duties by
contacting an independent quasi-judicial review of the facts. It was disrespectful to our community when they ignored
valid comments and objections that then failed to provide transparent answers and take for accountability
for their actions. Based upon a last minute notice by orbits, a challenge was made under the
housing accountability act. This would notice outlined why the Commission's actions would prevent or
hinder the project's approval under HAA. This notice should be recognized as a challenge to the
agency's conduct and a basis for arguing that the project would be effectively
disapproved under the HAA to commission the way the project by addressing the concerns of the
public, including the storage facility. And June 5, I submitted a complaint to the city
of which in various violations of all, including not the city not abiding by the requirements of
HAA under Section 65589.5 H6D. The city was required to post the written notice within five days
and not make a determination for at least 60 days after receiving the notice. No determination to
approve or discipline should have been made for 60 days to give opportunity for objections.
A commission decided that night to approve the project. I'm not claiming to be an expert in all
the complexities of the affordable housing laws of California to tell you the city provided me
an incomplete and one-sided explanation that there's not addressed all the facts. It is upon the
Commission to approve the project without knowing the full requirements of the law. The city argued
Section 65589.5H2 is the only definitive requirement. However, Section 82 is not exclusive and does
not remove the requirements of H3 for 13% low-income units to be included in the HECD
approved site. Our housing element requires low-income units and that's the 13% low-income
requirement that H3 is required by law for a low-income housing development project covered under the
HAA. In completing questionable advice by the city attorney's not justification to violate the law.
The commission should have been informed that the requirements of H3 before making their decision.
Why was the project approved to require an only 9% low-income units? The application states 21 and
64 units will be built and the city is only requiring 9% low-income units for 24 units.
State law and local zoning code require that all calculations of the number of affordable
units required in the project that result in fractured units shall be rounded up to the next
whole number. The planning division did not even perform basic math and calculated a minimum.
There should have been 27 will in-club units. 264 units divided by 9.8, 82 acres equals 26.9
units per acre, rounded to 27. Should have required 10%. The commission also failed to provide
written findings of fact for the tentative track-mac map application under the Wiggles standards
of state law and a local zoning code. Just saying no negative impact is not regulatory sufficient.
The city still has the Wiggles opportunity to mitigate the negative effects of this project.
Even under HAA the city can still enforce objective quantifiable written development standards,
conditions and policies of our city's greatest would only lessons to the citizens we can
improve this project. Instead of looking for unsupported technical reasons and excuses to
approve the project, the city should govern in accordance with the law to protect the citizens from
proper driven developers. I understand the council cannot take action on an issue not on the agenda.
Council members, do you have the right to request an item be placed on the next agenda? I request
that my complaint be placed on the next agenda, so that city staff can be required to provide a full status
report and explain to the community how the city is in compliance with state laws and also provide
that building for the public to eject to the one side opinions of the city. Unfortunately not at
time. I might not always be correct in my understanding of the law, but our citywriters should do their
job and provide appropriate explanations in a timely manner. The citizens' channels should be treated
with respect and deserve better from our citywaves. Thank you. Does anyone have any questions or comments?
Thank you very much, Paul. Next is Carissa Ramirez.
Good evening. My name is Carissa Ramirez. I have been a lifelong resident of Chino and I came
to express my disappointment and my concern with the Chino Police Department's cooperation with ICE.
I recently saw the statement from Chief Benson that was made on Facebook, which is not an official
city website. I might add on June 10th and was really dissatisfied with the dodgy language that was
used. It made it seem like Chino PD was not working with ICE. When later in this statement it was confirmed
that support would be given when they request mutual aid. I want to say for the record, I know myself
and likely many other Chino residents as well would be appalled by any aid given by our city to ICE
raids that are ravaging our community, especially if this so-called aid was to preserve officer's safety
and a situation that ICE is instigating. There have been multiple accounts within this state and across
the country that have shown ICE unlawfully detaining people. Some include US citizens, some include
people with valid work visas, and sometimes people are being arrested with false or expired warrants.
While that might not be happening here, the mere chance of that happening should be of great concern to
you as the leaders and the protectors of this community. Chino as a city and especially the Chino
police department who potentially is providing aid should not participate since it threatens our
communities well-being, safety, and rights. One of Chino's missions as seen many times in tonight's
agenda is to have exemplary leadership and public service. This is an opportunity to demonstrate that
by making a choice to protect all of the constituents who live here and not just the ones that you think
should be here or line with the beliefs or identities that you know. I will say on a general note,
I'm extremely displeased and concerned with the city as demonstrated by the guest speaker at the
prayer breakfast. Additionally, I was here and recall the dismissive responses during the George Floyd protests
of 2020 and the following request to consider defunding the police and how those were ignored. At this point,
there is, unfortunately, an undeniable pattern that members of certain marginalized communities are not
always taken seriously and supported in the same way that others are in our city. Chino is seemingly
becoming a place where not everything and everyone can grow, like our city claims, but only those
who fall into a certain background or belief system. Other California cities like Glendale have refused
to cooperate with ICE. I ask our city to consider the same course of action. I worry my plea today
will not be taken seriously. However, I hope that there is a public response from this body that upholds
their mission and statement right there. That proves me wrong. Thank you. Thank you.
It was a deal only really because I had to speak. Is there anyone else in the audience that would
like to address the council on any item that is not on the agenda? Come on up, sir.
Good evening, my name is Daniel Madrono, resident of Chino. I'm talking about the eating project also
just like Bob. My concerns were that the attorney mentioned at the Planning Commission meeting that
this some Orbus had just sent the morgue on them, the document. Yet I got a copy of the letter from their
law firm and it says the electronic email may continue. That's five days before the Planning Commission
meeting. So how could it be sprung on someone if he had it already? It talks about all the information
of under HAA or HHA and to me, this problem I see here is that it seemed like he was telling them or
giving them a device that they had no choice but to approve it that night. It's something this
large that has such a major impact on our city. As Bob mentioned, you have 60 days to look at this.
This is a major decision that's being made. Being here in Chino, our area where we're at is going to be
heavily impacted to us. One of the other big problems that we're having is if it gets approved the way it is,
you're telling other developers, here's the roadmap on how to do whatever you want in the city of
Chino for development. Because they're going to say what you approved it at the Eden Project,
why can't I have the same thing over in my area where I purchased the land. We are setting a really
bad precedent by doing this. Please, I implore you to take the time, look at everything and make decisions.
I know a lot of people are against that project and I know part of it is your hands are tied on
some things. But overall, I think we need to do things that help our city, that make Chino what it is,
a beautiful place to live. So I ask you to please take that under advisement and please ask the planning
commission either to either rescind what they did or ask them to take a look at it again because it just
seems so quick what they did. It almost seemed like it was pre-rehearsed. Like, you know, the city attorney says,
oh, I got this and there's nothing you guys can do. Some of the planning commission members were actually
wanted to ask questions. See, snedles and they didn't have an opportunity. They said, well, we can't do anything
because we're being advised that we have to approve it today. No, we're just saying that. And that's,
you know, it almost feels like these developers are wagging our tail around the city. And I am very
upset about that. And please, I ask you to do what's right for Chino. Thank you. Thank you, Dan.
So anyone else in the audience would like to address the council on an item that is not on the agenda?
Okay, seeing none of them, we will move on to the consent calendar. Item number two is being pulled
to of our members. We're not at that meeting. I would like to entertain a motion for the balance of the consent calendar,
unless any council members wish to have any other items pulled. Okay, then we need a motion and a set
couple, please. We have a motion for Mayor Pro Temberton, second from Councilman Lucio, please vote.
And then I'm missing. Karen, you don't need to abstain because we pulled out of number two. Oh,
I'm sorry, Mayor. I made a mistake. Can we retake that vote, please Natalie?
I've got it backwards. My apologies. That's okay. Okay, once again, the motion in the second, please.
A motion from Councilman Lucio, set up for Mayor Rotten, please vote.
Okay, the balance to the consent calendar passage in Annemesley. Item number two,
with the minutes from June 3, Council member Comstock was absent, special meeting from June 11,
I was absent. So we need a motion in a second for those items. Motion from Mayor Pro Temberton,
second from Councilman Flores, please vote. And the item passes three years with two abstinions.
Next on the agenda is under public hearing. Prior to the vote of city council members,
that the public will be having opportunity to address the council on any public hearings.
Item number nine, introduction of ordinance number 2025 to 0003, zoning ordinance,
amendment to PL25 to 0301. This item is a proposed amendment to title 20 zoning of the
Chino Municipal Code consisting of modifications and additions to chapter 20.06 commercial land uses,
chapter 20.07 industrial land uses, chapter 20.23 administration, and chapter 20.24 the glossary. I'd like
to declare the public hearing. And I ask for a staff report from our city planner Andrea Gilbert
and Director of Development Services Warren Morellian. Good evening, Mayor, council members.
The item before you tonight, PL25003 one is a request to amend several chapters of the Chino zoning code,
including the commercial chapter, specifically the commercial land use table, the industrial chapter,
which includes the industrial land use table, the administration chapter, as well as the glossary.
The last zoning code update was approved by the city council in April 2023. Typically, the planning
division prepares an annual update to zoning to reflect changes in state law and update regulations
that may be obsolete. Planning staff has been working with the Office of Economic Development on the
current update to allow greater flexibility in commercial land uses in a comprehensive update will follow
the city's general plan adoption later this year. The proposed updates are designed to align
with ever changing economic trends with the objective of supporting business attraction.
Retention, and expansion, citywide. The updates will also cultivate a more dynamic business friendly environment that promotes new business development, job creation, supports local, on-triper,
newer ship, and enhances overall economic vitality in the city. The zoning code generally defines uses as being permitted by right, administratively permitted or conditionally permitted.
The administrative process is reviewed by staff with approval granted by the director of development services.
The conditional use permit process follows a similar path of review, however these applications are required to go to the planning commission for approval.
The conditional use permit process can be both time consuming and costly for prospective business owners looking to establish a business within the city of genome.
The proposed zoning code amendments aimed to streamline the approval process for commercial uses that have become more common and do not necessitate that stricter approval process.
Proposed changes would permit uses such as gyms and commercial recreation facilities by right instead of conditionally permit them in the more intensive commercial zones while still requiring that administrative approval process in the less intensive zones.
Other uses such as veterinary clinics and hotels would now be permitted by right if this own ordinance amendment is approved in all commercial zones.
Changes to the industrial and use matrix would allow vehicle sales offices and hotels in the industrial zoning districts.
Included in the proposed zoning code changes is an update to the administrative chapter specifically section 20.23100 which applies to variances.
variances are a tool that allow for minor deviations from zoning codes standards when the strict application of the code would deprive development rights to a property that is possessed by other properties and that same zone of vicinity.
Incenses when this may occur and typically would include an irregular shaped lot or the topography of the land in typically applies to setbacks.
variances are currently classified as either minor variance, which allows a deviation of no more than 25% from a measurable standard or a major variance would apply to anything over 25%.
Minor variances are approved by the director of development services while major variances require planning commission approval.
The proposal would modify the minor variance deviation to 50% of the measurable standard in any variance requested over 50% would still require planning commission approval.
The proposed changes will create equal inconsistent development opportunities throughout the city for people living on lots that may not possess the same development rights.
A public notice for the zoning code amendment was published in the Chino champion and staff has received no comments to date.
The proposed amendments are also exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act and the Planning Commission reviewed the proposed amendments on May 7 at their planning commission hearing and unanimously recommended approval to the city council with no changes.
This concludes my report tonight and I'm available to answer any questions.
Thank you Andrea.
Is there anyone in the audience that would like to address the council on this item?
Okay.
Seeing none, we will close the public hearing.
Any questions of staff or comments?
Okay.
I'd like to ask for a motion in a second please.
We have a motion by council member Comstock.
Second by Mayor Pro Temberton.
City Attorney Galante.
Thank you, Mayor.
Members of the council.
The city council has before it.
The following ordinance, which is being read by title only and waving for the reading.
Ordnance number 2025-003 entitled an ordinance of the city council of the city of Chino California.
And many selected provisions of the zoning code titled 20 of the municipal code of the city of Chino PL25-0031.
Zone ordinance amendment that concludes the reading of the ordinance title.
Thank you.
Thank you very much.
Please vote.
The item passes unanimously.
Item number 10 community development block grant.
2025-30 consolidated plan.
And 2025-26-1 year action plan.
Conduct public hearing and approve the 2025-35 year consolidated plan, which includes.
The 2025-26-1 year action plan governing the use of the community development block grant funds.
So, we're looking forward to seeing the public hearing open.
And as Chris Tafriport from our senior management analyst, Tracy Rosetti Smith and our director of.
Development Services Warren Morellian.
Good evening, Mayor.
Council.
Every five years per head regulations, the city updates the five year consolidated plan, which guides the use of allocated CDBG funds.
Recommended for funding must be aligned with the needs and priorities identified in this plan.
In compliance with the city's citizen participation plan, community meetings were held on February 10th and 20th.
These meetings provided the opportunity for residents, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and the development community to come and give input on the priority needs in the preparation to aid in the preparation of this plan.
Included as part of the consolidated plan is the 2526-1 year action plan, which provides the funding recommendations as outlined by the community services commission subcommittee.
These recommendations follow a comprehensive review of applicants projects, as well as presentations that were made to the commission in February.
Exhibit one displays the 2526 spending recommendations for public service projects, which accounts for 15% of the total allocation of 585-259, as well as administration at 20% and 65% for capital improvement.
Public service projects recommended for funding based on the review and prioritization of the subcommittee.
Included.
Chino neighborhood house.
Food assistance 11,558.
Family Services Association, Senior Nutrition 11,558.
Inland Valley Hope Partners, Food and Shelter, 10,000.
Human Services Family Counseling Program, 11,558.
House of Ruth Domestic Violence Services, 11,557.
Inland Fair Housing and Mediation Services, 11,558.
Sunrise Church of California, Food Distribution, 10,000.
Public Works Graffiti Abatement, 10,000.
Exhibit one also includes the proposed reallocation of an expanded 2324 funds in the amount of 81-101.
To Capital Street Improvement Project at Monavist Apart.
As well as estimated carryover funds in the amount of 525,715 dollars.
This public hearing fulfills HUD citizen participation requirements for the adoption of the five year consolidated and one year CDBG action plan.
A 30 day public notice was conducted April 1st through May 1st.
No comments have been received.
Following adoption, the plans will be submitted to HUD for review and approval.
Thank you.
This concludes my report.
I'd be happy to answer any questions.
Thank you, Tracy.
Is there anyone in the audience that would like to address the council on this item?
Seeing none, I'll close the public hearing.
Council comments?
I have a question, Linda.
Some of the carryover money is going to be able to be used for street improvements for Monavist Apart.
Can Monavist from CDBG also use be used to create a parking lot on that vacant lot that we acquired?
I think it can if we designate it towards that and I don't know.
I don't know what this Monavist Apart project is.
Is it the parking lot or is it?
It is the parking lot, right?
Yes, I believe for 88 accessibility.
It is accessibility and the current parking lot.
Yes, Mayor, future money could be used for that because it was in the CDBG zone.
If we want to allocate that in a future year, yes, we can.
Because we would like to get that additional parking lot built.
We do need parking there.
Definitely, especially in the summertime.
I'd like to just have you keep that in mind, please.
Okay, with that then we need a motion and a second please to approve item number 10.
Motion from Council Member Flores, second from Council Member Comstock, please vote.
Item passes unanimously.
Item number 11.
The adoption of resolution 2025 to have zero annual adjustment of development impact fees,
park development fees and administration fees for fiscal year 2526.
This is to adopt the resolution authorizing the annual adjustment of these fees for 2526.
So I'd like to declare the public hearing open and ask for a staff report from our contracts
Administrators Sylvia Ramos and our Director of Public Works, Hygiene Lee.
Good evening, Mayor and Council members.
This evening, staff is recommending adjustments to the city's development impact fees,
park development fees and administrative fee for fiscal year 2526.
A development impact fee is a one-time charge imposed by local governments on new
development to fund the public infrastructure and facilities needed to support that
development.
The city committed to a major effort to identify all capital needs through its general plan,
build out and calculate it a full schedule of difficulties.
The city established its first development impact view program in 1989 and has since
retained revenue cost specialists to prepare the initial and all subsequent
drift studies.
In 2003 and 2004, the city adopted new next-to-studies and
master facility plans for both the city-wide dip program and the
preserve in anticipation of significant growth following the preserves
annexation and the broader increase in development activity.
A comprehensive update to the 2003 and four studies was completed in 2018
incorporating land use changes adopted with the 2010 general plan update and
in 2022 a targeted update to the preserve dip was completed to ensure cost
estimates were current development potential was accurately reflected and
revenues in developer credits were appropriately reconciled.
It should be noted a new comprehensive next-to-study is currently underway.
The city has engaged a new consultant will den group which has extensive experience
preparing development impact being next-to-studies for public agencies through
California.
As this new next-to-studies expected to take 12 months to complete staff recommends applying
inflation-based via adjustments in the interim consistent with the methodology
outlined in chapter 3.40 and 3.45.
The Chino Municipal Code into a new schedule of fees is brought to the city council
in the future for consideration.
pursuant to the mitigation fee act the city provided written notice of the
proposed fee increases to all parties who had requested such notice at least
14 days prior to the public hearing.
In addition, the city published notice of public hearing in accordance with legal
requirements on June 7 and June 14 in the Chino champion.
Staff also met with the building industry association to address concerns related to
the 12 percent admin fee applied to development impact fees and the
notice 90 percent increase to the park development fee in the preserve.
Additional details on these discussions will be provided in the presentation later.
Development impact fees in both the preserve and city-wide programs are subject to
annual adjustments as authorized by the Chino Municipal Code.
The current next-to-study identifies three recognized cost indexes for
calculating pass-through increases.
The consumer price index which is 3.1 percent, construction cost index which is 4.8 percent
and the building cost index which is 11.8 percent.
Each respective fee category will receive a direct pass-through adjustment based on
the most appropriate index for that category as shown in the slide.
Chapter 18, well I'm sorry, moving on to the park development fees.
Chapter 18 of the Chino Municipal Code establishes the process for developing park land values
throughout the city as well as the cost to construct public parks on a per acre basis.
At Baker Praisels LLC completed a praisel estimates for 2024 for city owned park land and
in the general city and also the preserve areas.
The initial park fee calculation resulted in a 90 percent increase in the preserve.
The fee would increase from $13,920 a unit to $26,464 based on the title 18 calculation
and newer praisel reports.
During the 14-day public comment period, the BIA submitted concerns regarding the
originally proposed 90 percent increase.
They noted that such an increase would hinder a new housing development.
Cities current cost per acre to construct a fully built and immunatized park
exceeds the assumptions typically used by other cities to calculate the fees under
the mitigation fee act for conventional parks.
Additionally, a regional comparison shows Chino's fees are generally aligned with
the city of Ontario's wall ranch of Kukumanga and Fantana have lower fees.
In response to the BIA's feedback, the city is now proposing a reduced
interim increase of 11 percent allowing time for staff to complete a comprehensive
nexus update to include the park fees.
This approach addresses near term funding needs while ensuring future fees are
regionally competitive and legally defensible.
Additionally, as part of the recently completed user fee study, which is scheduled
for presentation next, the city identified the allocation of both direct and
indirect administrative overhead costs across development related services.
Since these costs are now captured within the updated user fees.
The current 12% administrative surcharge on diff collections is no longer justified. Staff recommends reducing
a diff admin fee from 12 to 3%. Reflecting only those costs directly tied to the diff program,
administration such as staff time and consultant time. This is not a reduction in overall cost recovery,
but a reallocation of overhead, moving it from the diff to the appropriate development related user
fee where the cost actually occurs. This change response to prior diff, our development feedback,
and reflects a fair, more transparent, cost structure. A more detailed review will follow in the upcoming
next study, which will evaluate the administrative fee comprehensively. The proposed adjustments to the
diff, park fee and the administrative fee for fiscal year 2526 are necessary to preserve fiscal integrity
and legal compliance of the city's development financing programs. These updates align with current
infrastructure costs, land valuations and actual administrative expenditures. By applying an interim
park fee adjustment, reducing the administrative fee to reflect actual program costs, the city reinforces
its commitment to transparency, equity, and responsible long-term planning. Therefore, it is
staff's recommendation to the city council to adopt a resolution 2025-030 to support continued investment
in critical infrastructure while the comprehensive next study and related master facility updates are
underway. That concludes my report. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Thank you very much, Sylvia. Is there anyone in the audience that would like to address the council on
item number 11? We've seen none. We will close the public hearing. Any questions or comments from
council members? Council member? I wouldn't like to thank the staff. I took a look at the report and
looking at all of the other cities involved. It's like we were very happy. We were well below in a couple
of areas and a little bit higher in other areas. But I appreciate you being reasonable,
rational and responsible in lowering those fees to make those more equitable to what's going on.
Thank you very much for making those adjustments. I think that was a well done. Thank you.
Okay, if there's no more comments or questions, I'd like to entertain a motion in a second, please.
Motion from Council Member Liziel, second from Mayor Protem Burton, please vote.
Item passes, oops.
He blocked me out. I'll add your vote in. Five, zero. All right. You know item passage unanimously.
Item number 12, comprehensive use of fee study. This item is to conduct public hearing and adopt
resolution number 2025-2029, updating use of fees for city provided services, like to declare the public hearing
open as Chris staff report from our city manager Linda Wright. Also our director of finance
Kim So and our will then consultant Tony Thresher.
Thank you, Mayor. I would just like to start by saying that we are very pleased to present the user
v-study to the council. It's been a long time since we've actually done a comprehensive study of our
user fees and our team has spent a lot of time on this and I'm going to turn it over to Kim and
our consultant to go through the process, the fees and what the recommendation is tonight. Thank you.
Good evening, Madam Mayor and members of the city council. Since I started in March,
the user fee has already taken place and I found out that this is the first time or in a long time
that the user fee has been done and so in discussion with the other departments, we found that it
was important to make sure that all those who will be impacted by this fee will be informed ahead of time.
On April 23rd, we held a training session or an introduction session session of the user fee study.
We provided this PowerPoint presentation invited all the developers to attend and we held that meeting
in this chamber. After the session was held representatives from BIA for the questions and since
then we had four more meetings with them to provide additional information and clarify any questions or
concerns they had. So I know that the fee will impact a lot of people. The result of the fee study,
some of the fees that are non-developer related such as those coming from the community service
department, they have been included in the revenue projection. However, all other fees
that will impact the revenue estimate for next year, those revenues would not include it in the
general fund revenue projection. I just wanted to let you know that and now I will turn the time
over to our consultant, Tony Thrasher. Tony is from a well-down group and he has been working with the
city and staff back and forth for the last year to come up with the results of the study that he will be presenting tonight.
Tony? Great. Thank you, Kim. Thank you, Mayor and Council. I am Tony Thrasher with Will Den Financial,
the project manager for the fee study. So I'll just dive right in. Just start off with kind of what we're
talking about because the previous matter was impact fees. So these are user fees. Operational
costs provided services that are private benefit primarily. So when I talk about the different
departments and their fees, I'll kind of point out what there's some perceived community benefit here
there. But by and large, when we're talking user fees, we're talking about private benefit services that are
funded generally through the general fund. So most of the costs and effort that comes out of this
impact through general fund. Under state law, the fees must reasonably relate to the costs
are estimated costs providing service, right? And so it's been some time since the city has done a
fee study. And so kind of the results and everything you see in here comparing the current fee to the full cost,
so the suggested fee is a reflection of all that. And we'll go through those individual departments
further on in the presentation. Fees are adopted through city council action and public hearing. Any fees
at effect development, there's a six-day hold and when those can be put effective. So we'll talk about
kind of the next steps towards the end of the presentation as well. This is a city-wide fee study. So
all departments are included within this, right? No one's exempt from this whole process. But
when we're kind of going through it and we're talking about the different departments, keep in mind,
it's cross-departmental too, just because the fee is shown within one department or another,
doesn't just mean that department's working on those fee services, you know, cities,
family, they all work together to kind of provide those services. And it's also important to note
we don't include development impact fees, utility rates, taxes, these are purely operational costs
provided services. So what's purpose of the study? The primary purpose of the study is to identify
what the full cost of services. Because the cost of these services are within your general fund,
any subsidies that you have impact your general fund, you're unobligated dollars. So because these fees
is offsetting your usage of tax dollars for community benefits, right? So any subsidies that you
have in there can limit your ability to fund those. So put another way, any subsidies, a private benefit,
offsets your ability to use for general benefit public safety, community events, things of that nature,
right? If you have sustained subsidies over a period of time and it becomes,
it gets too much, it can impact your service delivery because it impacts your ability to fully
staff your departments and provide those services on a timely basis. Ultimately, it comes down to kind of
three things, right? Identify what your cost of services is so that you can make the policy decisions
you want, where to set those fees and what subsidy levels you want to set them and maintain compliance
with state law that your fees are set based off the reasonable estimate of cost for each of your fees.
So I mentioned primary goal of the study determine the full cost of service. So that's where we start.
We review the fee schedule with the departments. Go through identifying structural changes that need
be made to make sure that they reasonably relate to how service being provided, adding new fees,
removing obsolete fees, changing the fee structures themselves. And once the fee schedules in a place
that we're good to proceed, then we start collecting cost information primarily through time.
What's a reasonable time it takes to provide these services on a single case basis.
Once we identify the full cost, then we compare that to the current fee. Identify where your current
subsidies exist and talk about cost recovery policies that are typical of most cities and kind of go
through that kind of process and identify those suggested fee amounts to bring here tonight, right?
So again, those three things, right? Make sure that you know your costs are, so you can make policy
decisions and maintain compliance with state law and that's kind of the theme of tonight, right?
So, you can see these are operational costs provided services. The data that we use is your operational
costs through budget documents, or obstructures, staffing costs, indirect overhead or internal
service overhead as well is in factored in so we can get a full picture of the full cost providing all
services. We divide staff time by productive or build hours so identify when they're on the jump,
able to provide services, taking out holidays, vacation, things like that so that could be fully covered
in those hours. And then we use time estimates from the subject matter experts, which is your staff
on what it takes to provide services for your city, right? As listed within your fee schedule. So it's important
out that at every step of the process, the way that we use data, make the calculations and come to the
results, it has to be a collaborative effort with your staff to make sure that they're every step of the
way and kind of making sure that the way that we use data, the way that we do the calculations is reasonable.
Here's a graph that just kind of represents summary steps of the process itself, right? So we start off
the model development so we can calculate the overheads as well as the fully Bernoulli rates for all
city staff. And then we meet with the departments and go over the fee schedules to update those so that we can then
collect time data on the updated fee schedules and calculate full cost of service.
Compared to that to the current fee to identify what current subsidies exist and talk about setting
suggested fees for your consideration. We create the report around that. Now the ultimate angle,
who is to come before you in a public caring for consideration of an updated fee schedule.
As I mentioned, there's been a lot of interaction with the public and the building community to ensure
that there's full disclosure. We walk through all that sort of thing. We've actually provided
all the raw calculations that are within the study, the time data, as well as the fully Bernoulli
rate calculations that go into that full cost calculation, above and beyond what's required
by that state law. So it kind of get here tonight so that we can make sure that the public's fully
aware exactly what goes into all that. Here's an example of those cost calculations. So the fully Bernoulli
rates is the basis of costs for most services in the study. It includes salaries and benefits,
services supplies, indirect or support costs as well, divided by a product of hours to get to a
fully Bernoulli rate that is then multiplied by the amount of time it takes to write each and every
service to get to a full cost calculation. I mentioned across the departmental. So we're talking about
the planning fee. It doesn't just mean planning is working on it. You got planning, you got building,
engineering, you got a ton of different departments that are incorporated within the fee if they're
directly or indirectly involved. If they're indirectly involved, it's part of the overhead.
But if they're directly involved, they need to spend time on an exact service then they are included
within the time data that's existing in there, as well as any contract costs that might be involved too.
Now I get to go into the individual departments. I want to note every city has hundreds of fees.
So this is meant to be kind of a summary of the recommendations and results that came out of the study.
So I'll kind of go through them. You're going to hear a lot of similar language.
But so for administration, primarily duplication and appeal-related fees,
it was a time-based cost analysis to found that appeal fees are being heavily subsidized, which is typical
and would still remain. But the suggested fee notes are a $3 increase to the administrative decision
appeal, and then all other 13 fees remain as currently set. For finance, it was a time-based cost analysis,
the found that current services are below the cost providing them. So there's a suggested increase to 20 fees.
Three fees remain as currently set and the average fee increase would be 15%.
For business license, same story, time-based cost analysis to found the current fees are most
liberal over the full cost providing services. So the suggestion is an increase to 15 fees.
Three fees would decrease four fees remain as currently set and the average fee change would be an increase of 9%.
Now for community service, this work I talked about a little differently. So for community
services, their fees fall into a different classification of an exemption under Prop 26.
A lot of the fees are for facility rentals, recreation programs, and should be set based off policy,
usage factors, market factors. So when we look at those fees, we do a cost analysis to ensure that
the fees are under full cost recovery. But I've never worked with the city that does recover 100%.
So when we come into this, it is mostly making sure that we do that analysis and then any fee changes or suggestions are based off to have recommendations to right size or normalize fees if they have a change in a while, right? So the Department is currently operating at around 64% cost recovery. There are individual target cost recovery that's detailed within the report for each of those fees. And there's a suggested increase to 100 fees. 10 new fees would be added and the rest of the fees remain as currently set.
Again, revenue production or cost recovery was not the primary goal of that is to right size those fees make sure that they are reasonable.
For police, if the time base costs analysis, the found that fees are mostly set below the full cost providing them.
So there is a suggested increase to 11 fees, decrease the two fees, the total service fees or five of them would be set at the contract rate, so that they can be in line with whatever the contract states at that any given point in time.
So you get full cost recovery that is listed within there. And 19 fees remain at the current amounts and the average fee change would be an increase of 11%.
And for planning fees, it was also a time-based cost analysis and there's two findings. These have been updated in a very long time.
And I don't quite know exactly what went into the previous calculations. So we did find the current fees are below full cost recovery and they didn't include the cost departmental support, so all that kind of goes into that.
And so there's a suggested increase to 59 of those fees with a decrease to 11 fee and 11 new fees would be added. Seven fees remains currently set and the average fee increase would be 40% for those fees.
For building, there's two parts to their schedule.
One is the flat fees which use time-based calculation for those that found that they are below the full cost recovery. So there's an increase recommended for 11 of those fees.
There is a decrease recommended for the residential solar permit fee to be in line with the government code that restricts the limit on those.
And then the seven other fees as well as the map schedules remain as currently set.
Now the other part is the building permit program.
It uses valuation as a base to determine the amount of level of effort on the staff spends in providing service.
And for that one, we determine the cost recovery of the program is operating at 97% cost recovery. So the recommendation is just to increase that by 3% to get to full cost recovery. So small increase there.
For engineering, time-based analysis, the found the current fees are below the cost providing services and we're not including cost departmental support on providing services.
So there's an increase suggested to 57 fees. 10 fees would decrease 11 fees remain unchanged.
The seven grading plan check fees would change in their methodology instead of be based off acreage that we've based off of per sheet.
To better reflect how service is being provided.
And nine new fees would be added for an average fee change of 40%.
And that's the list of all the departments and summary of that, right? So just to circle back.
General, general fund provided services, private benefit services. So the general standard is if there is a private benefit being conveyed that 100% of the full cost gets collected.
So that you are not, you know, having to limit the amount of general benefit activities that you can spend on your general tax office, right?
Suggested fees or sorry, yeah, the suggested fees were compared to your neighbors and found to be comparable.
That time of suggested fees, not the current fees. Current fees are well below your neighbors, but the suggested fees were found to be comparable to your neighbors.
So kind of keep in line, but it's been decades since you last updated these. So there's a jump in there, right?
Now the effective date of the fees would be different depending on what type of fee it is.
So be July 1st for non-development related fees and August 18 for any fees that affect development because there's that 60 day hold and when they can be effective.
And then there's a recommendation starting on July 1st of each year to adjust fees based off of the February to February CPI consumer price index.
So you kind of keep up with your fees and costs over the years and not have to have these jobs, right?
And then to have a comprehensive analysis every five years instead of maybe 20 years, right?
And I'm here to answer any questions as well as staff for the departments.
And disclosure, willing financial services also provides municipal advisor services, but I am not here in that capacity in any way shape or form.
So small text, but thank you for your time.
Okay, we do have one written request to speak Anna Gromus.
Before we do that, I would like to add a little note on the CPI adjustment.
There will be a correction that will be made by the city attorney in the resolution.
It currently reads that the adjustment will be will take effect on February 1st of each year that will be corrected to reach a live 1st of each year.
I'm using the February CPI.
And also, I wanted to note that today we have met with representatives from BIA.
And one of the requests that they wanted me to pass on to the city council was that they're requesting a phasin of all user fee increases.
If the city council approves, that means 50% phasin at the time of implementation on August 18 and the other 50% to be effective on June 2026.
My comment on this is that, like Tony said, our objective is to recover our fees of doing business.
The information, the data that we used to calculate the fee is the fiscal year 2425 midterm budget.
So, these fees, if it becomes effective, will be for next year.
So, as you know, next year's budget, the cost will go higher than the current year budget.
So, already will one year be high in just by using the current year alone.
So, from a financial standpoint, I would recommend that staff recommends that the city council approves the full cost recovery of these user fees.
Thank you.
Thank you, Kim.
Anna?
Good evening, Mayor, members of the council.
Anna Gromis here representing the building industry associations, specifically the San Bernardino County chapter.
I want to start by saying we do appreciate the dialogue.
We've had many conversations, lots of emails, and it does not go unnoticed.
So, we thank you for the open conversation that you've had with our industry.
I'm here before you because we still have three concerns that we want you all to consider before you vote on this agenda item this evening.
The building community acknowledges and understands the city's need to update fees, protect the general fund, and improve cost recovery.
However, we would like you to consider the following three matters before taking action.
We're just being that 22 of the fees are proposed for increase are increasing by over 100%.
Which means that these fees are now more than doubling.
Some of the fees are increasing by higher amounts, some up to 400%.
None of our members have budgeted for 500% increases on their projects that are currently in progress.
We ask that you either place a cap on these increases or phase in these increases over the next year.
We hope that you are agreeable to an effective date of August 18th and then an increase again six months from that date.
Or the next fiscal year, whichever is more convenient for city staff.
Our second concern is with the valuation table for plan check.
We believe that this is flawed and it needs to be updated so that it scales for projects past one million.
The base rates are acceptable but the city should modify the per 1000 of project valuation to ensure that two three five and ten million dollar projects are not penalized by the suggested fees.
We ask that you direct staff to modify the table between now and the August 18th effective date to ensure that larger projects are not penalized by an outdated table that stops at one million one dollar.
The BAA membership feels this step will provide clarity on larger multi-million dollar projects and will protect the city from any legal challenges to the fees on very large projects.
Lastly, staff made it clear today that submissions prior to the effective date of new fees which would be charged the old rates.
We ask that your motion related to the fee changes include consideration of in progress projects.
What this means is that any submission prior to the August 18th date would still get charged using the old fee structure and rates.
In closing, we ask for the following considerations.
The first being a cap on large increases or phasing of the free and fee increases.
Modification of the valuation table to consider projects over one million and projects in progress should still be subject to the old fee structure.
We respectfully request a 30 day delay to continue these conversations so that we can get better clarity on the three items that we brought up this evening but again we just want to thank you the city, the staff for the open dialogue, the collaboration and we hope that we can continue to partner with you all.
Thank you.
Is there anyone else in the audience that would like to address the council on this item?
You see, now I'll close the public hearing. Council questions or comments?
There's a pretend button.
Can you mention that it's been a while since we've updated these user fees.
We know exactly when the last time these were updated.
From discussion with our staff, the last time was done in the 1980s.
Okay, so that's quite a long time ago.
And when we went out and we determined what these new fees would be.
Did we do a comparison with all of the other cities in our area?
At that time? Yes, we have.
And that was in the comparisons are included in the book that was provided.
If you look at the book, it's on page 23 of the user fee stake.
So really, when we think about builders and developers and paying these fees in other communities,
they're used to paying these higher fees and when they come to Chino,
they've been given basically just gratis on a lot of things that they didn't have to pay in other communities.
Isn't that correct?
It appears to be so.
Okay.
I think it's definitely reasonable when we talk about 400% increases,
especially if we haven't had any increases since the 1980s that we would raise them to that level.
So thank you very much.
I just wanted to clarify that the comment regarding the 1980s is that we have not had a formal study by a consultant.
But over the years, staff has done incremental increases by our staff.
But those incremental increases are not always approved.
And sometimes the costs used did not incorporate all the overheads that the study has incorporated at this time.
Linda, you've had a comment.
I was going to say that.
Okay.
Thank you, Mayor.
Well, I'm very familiar with the user fees from my work.
And I agree with the comments that Council Member Burton made.
There's been a long time since we've actually examined these and looked at them.
And this is the problem when we just not do it in a nuanced manner.
I was a part of us looking at these and trying to, you know, basically each director, each department trying to take what I would call it, you know, an educated calculation or guess at it.
And it is helpful when we have somebody come in and analyze this for us and check our own work and compare it to our neighbors.
So I happen to be an agreement with the comments from Council Member Burton and that.
It would be like saying, hey, if we had a homicide increase of 100% in June, we may have went from one to two homicides.
So although I will say some of the fees that have increased for development are high, it seems like a lot of money.
But then on the flip side when you start talking about the cost that was pointed out.
I also think that larger developments are more impactful and required more time and effort.
So there are fees associated with that, which I think are responsible.
The one thing I would like to ask the Council to discuss, they would is to give consideration to is the request for the in-process fees.
I understand her point on that and maybe a part of a conversation do we, I mean.
Listen, we just are previous staff or we're very aware that you see a Council pass a report that says we're going to reduce fees.
Right? And we have reduced some fees here, but we're also increasing some.
So I guess what I'm asking is, do we want to, in this particular case, look at anything that's already been submitted and allow for them to pay the current fee before this goes into effect.
It's my question.
And if I may, Mayor and Council, just for clarification is the thought process that if an applicant has actually submitted an application is undertaking undergoing the entitlement process would not be subjected to the fees of trying to figure out what timeline.
Well, I think that was her request and that's I'm wrong, but here's the problem.
Got it in there and you know, just the lack of timing, right? I mean, sometimes it's hard for us to get that stuff turned around quickly enough for them. They probably would have wanted for all of us to be done already before these fees changed.
I guess the staff is how many projects we would be talking about that way. Do we have an estimation? Is it, is it tender? Is it a thousand? I'm not exactly sure that matters, but what are we looking at?
Member council. So I think the issue is for the plan check process. So the way it works and the entitlement when they come in, they pay already. So there's no need to rectil a pay on the entitlement, they pay up front. During the plan check process, that's when they submit plans, they pay for the plan check. And they don't get the bill to permit fee till the very end, or they don't get charged for till the very end.
So what they're asking for is once they have a project again, maybe staff can go in and calculate it, have them pay that fee, because even if the plan check takes longer past the 60 days, they still are in and they're going through the plan check, they just don't want to be penalized by finishing right after the fee goes into effect. So that's the issue I think.
So they want to make sure that title is not a problem. It's the plan check fee process. And I think in the staff that we be okay with working with them, if we can, subject to council approval.
Thank you, Warren.
I also think that's reasonable. You know, they've already submitted for it. I had a time like this. I would agree that that is a reasonable request, and I would say yes to that.
Well, obviously, they have things that are budgeted, and they've already figured that out. So yeah, is there any objection?
So perhaps just to sort of close the loop and make sure there's clarity, if an applicant has a member of the public has submitted an application for development.
They are able to pre-paid, for example, that building permit fee before the increase would become effective, is that the suggestion.
I'm seeing.
Okay, yes.
Okay, so that would be an opportunity. Obviously after the fee comes into place, if an applicant doesn't want to take advantage of pre-paying that fee, then presumably the council would be okay imposing the updated fee.
If they pre-paid it, I think it's fair because like the mayor said they budget for, but if they haven't, then the fee can be imposed.
Okay, I just want to make sure that's clear.
Okay.
So anyone else in the public that wants to address the council on this item?
Okay.
And we've got that tank curve.
Public hearing is closed.
Any other council discussion?
Mark.
Can you give me an example of which, which user fees going up 400%.
Okay.
Can you find one?
Okay.
I can find one that's 388%.
388%.
Special conditional use permit.
Is it intentional or not?
Okay.
What pages of?
Well, I just have a chart out there.
Okay.
Maybe we can reopen the hearing mayor and ask the applicant, which one is she's referring to?
Fred is.
Okay.
Can I do that?
Yes, it's your.
You can open the public hearing.
Do you recall which fee that was?
I do.
So this is the chart.
I apologize.
This is the chart.
That was what we shared with us by staff.
So there are several.
The one.
There's one.
Eight hundred and forty three percent, which is the simple inspection traffic control fee.
The.
There is.
Four hundred and forty three percent is the right of way encroachment permit.
For a minor encroachment.
Three hundred and eighty one percent.
For the special conditional conditional use permit.
Three ninety five.
For the master site approval review.
I'm happy to go through more of them if you'd like, but that was the chart that was provided.
You have to be amount.
Yes.
What amount to what amount?
So the chart does not have the dollar signs.
So associated with it, just the percentages.
So are you referring to the fee change?
Call them at the right on the table in the report.
Correct.
That's dollars.
The percentages.
I'm not familiar with that chart.
That's not from our report.
Okay.
We can.
Yes.
I'd like to.
Just so.
Just so report shows the fee change and dollars.
Comparing the.
The suggested fee to the current fee.
Right.
So for instance, the right away encroachment.
Number thirty seven under public courts engineering goes from.
One eighty five to four eighty, which is a two hundred and ninety five dollar increase.
Are you able to point the council to page on the agenda?
Oh, it's a page when you warm looking out right now.
Fifty four the report.
Yes.
Yeah.
I think to the point, some of them do sound egregious and some of the.
Work expensive, but when you look at it in its total sum, it was a two hundred ninety five dollar increase.
Yeah, and also keep in mind that the the code.
Has changed quite a bit from the eighties.
Right.
What's involved?
What's required?
We're involved in any step in the process.
How much time is needed in order to do that.
And so over the past thirty years.
Right.
A lot of changed.
So if we're talking about a hundred and eighty five dollar fee.
That is not really seeing any more in any capacity.
That's quite low.
Unless it's just a simple hourly.
For more.
Okay.
Thank you for the clever.
Yeah.
Sometimes the percentage.
When an astronomical increase, but when you look at the dollar amount.
It's less than that.
I think that was my point instead of percentages versus the actual amount.
Right.
That's why I wanted to ask the applicant which fee she was specifically referring to.
I don't have any more for any more questions.
Okay.
This is a question.
I don't believe you've closed the public hearing.
Yeah.
Okay.
We closed the public hearing.
Any other questions from staff or comments?
Okay.
We do have a note to change to the.
The resolution there just lost my own note.
Oh gosh.
What is this thing?
Too many papers.
If we do have a modification to the resolution.
Date changes.
So that will become part of the.
Record on item number 12.
Okay.
The staff recommendation is to.
Adopt the new and change city fees for the services.
Per the concert.
Comprehensive use of fee study report.
Is there a motion in a second?
Do we do we need to include the recommendation that we gave to staff in it.
Mayor?
Yes.
That should be clarified in the motion.
And the modification to the resolution.
Resolution and if they've got their application in.
The application is already in.
Then it's locked to the current fees.
As long as they've pre-picked giving them an opportunity to pre-picked before.
Yes.
Okay.
There's motion from council members.
Com stop second from Mayor.
Please vote.
Item has decision anonymously.
Item number 13 under new business fiscal year 2526 budget adoption.
This is to approve the 2526 proposed budget.
And appropriations limit for fiscal year 2526.
And authorizes the city manager.
Tech skewed on this.
Sorry documents on behalf of the city.
Staff reports is healing will be provided by our director of finance.
Kim Sal.
Thank you, Madam Mayor.
So this is a continuation of our budget workshop.
That was held on May 22nd.
Twenty twenty five.
I'm doing that budget workshop.
Staff provided a basic understanding of the budget.
We also did an overview of the general fund and other funds.
Position changes.
Also it was followed by a department presentation.
And then a wrap up.
Since the budget workshop was held.
We have made more changes.
Some of them are from feedback from the city council.
Some of them are just minor corrections.
And some of them are from appropriation that were approved by the city council.
In other agenda items.
Some of them will be presented to the city council tonight for those appropriation.
We included all those appropriation requests into this final proposed budget for the city council's consideration tonight.
This is an overview of the total budget city white budget that was presented to the city council on May 22nd.
As you can see, just a highlight on the general fund.
At that time, the general fund ended with a point two million dollars.
And those numbers will change tonight.
On the attachment A is a summary of all the changes that were made since the budget workshop.
However, for purpose of this presentation, I would just highlight a few of them.
Before I go through those three bullet points.
One of the ones I did not include was an adjustment to the general fund.
Revenue estimate.
In the item agenda item 11 that was presented by public works tonight regarding the diff fee.
That change the rate from 12% to 3%.
That change impacted the general fund revenue estimate by $3 million.
So we are reducing the general fund revenue by $3 million.
So as you can see, the 8.2 million dollar surplus will be reduced further by $3 million.
In this screen here, you will see the Civic Center paint project.
This was something that the city council requested.
We got a preliminary estimate of 2.5 million to paint the city hall facility.
We are including 50,000 in the proposed budget so that we have more time to do further research on this project.
However, to ensure that we do have funding, we will set aside 2.45 million in the fiscal year 2425 fund balance.
So when we close this fiscal year, we will set aside that much money.
So that when the project is ready to move forward, we will have enough fund to appropriate at that time.
Next one is the Preserve Teen Center Programming.
We are adding $168,000.
Part of that is for staffing and supplies which total 78,000.
And the cost of the fan for 90,000.
And lastly, the West and Regional Navigation Center, we added 200,000 more.
And this will be paid for by the Affordable Housing Fund.
And all other changes are in the attachment A. They will be included in the final proposal.
This is the snapshot again of the revised transfers in and out.
During the budget, there is movement of money between funds.
And in this snapshot, as you could see, general fund is transferring out close to $28 million.
So in addition to the operating budget, there is also a $28 million transfer out from the general fund.
So this money goes out to the other rarest fund, as you can see, it's going into the special revenue funds.
That $51 million includes a lot of that transfer out from the general fund.
The community services department budget is included in the special revenue funds.
So the money is going there to subsidize what the community services cannot pay just from their fees alone.
And also, it's funding the lighting district in the operation.
So, transfers in and out, usually equal each other, because they're just money coming in and out of each funds.
But there is no, as you could see, there's an effect to each fund, but no bottom line effect overall.
I just, this, this screen is just to highlight the importance of measure V that was approved last year.
As you could see, in this general fund proposed budget, we have total sources of $1.132,000.
24.5 million of that comes from general fund.
And expenditure, total uses, represent total, total, 128,000.
So the difference between the total sources and uses results in a $4.5 million surplus.
So, if we were to show a different picture, taking the 24.5 million out of the picture, you could see the impact of how important measure V is.
We would have had a $20 million deficit instead.
Again, I showed this during the budget workshop, but it's important to highlight it again.
This is a history, a 10 year history of the sales tax.
And you could see the jump from 36 million to 60 million in the current year, 24.25 due to the infusion of measure V revenue.
So I know that when we approve the measure V that the city has promised that some of the money will be used towards initiatives that the city council had requested.
And so in this summary, we show that we're spending about $16 million of the measure V money toward those items.
On the first one, we have personal retention, $4.1 million.
A lot of those are to pay for the class that was done last year.
That had a large increase to sell some benefits and also to addition of new positions.
And also there were deferred maintenance that we are now trying to include in next year's budget.
For non-capital projects, $2.1 million.
That includes a big portion of the arc and the forest management plan of about $200,000.
And for capital projects, the $8.6 million includes a lot of projects that is too much for me to list.
But we could provide a detail if the city council wishes to see what makes up the $8.6 million.
So in summary, so 67% of the $24 million is being spent on measure the investments.
This is the screenshot that I showed also at the budget workshop, but we left out one line item at the bottom.
And this is the retitling of management analyst to permit center coordinator.
And this is just a retitle and has no fiscal impact.
So at the end of each fiscal year, there are projects that are not completed by June 30.
And those are what we call continuing appropriation.
Instead of budgeting it again, we normally just carry over the budget.
I should know most of the budget for operations labs at June 30, except for projects.
There are CIP projects or large projects that continue from year to year.
And at June 30, we estimated that 87 million of the budget that has previously been approved by the city council.
Those projects will not complete at the end of June.
And so we will carry forward to next year.
So as you can see, 87 million, these money, it's not spent by June.
The money goes back into the bucket into the fund balance.
So when we carry these forward, it's actually funding.
They're being funded from the fund balance instead of the current year of operation operating revenue.
This is a final snapshot of the proposed budget, which includes all the adjustments.
The citywide total revenues are 325 million total expenditures of 266 million total capital projects 8.9 million total transfers in and out 61.8 million.
And looking at the general fund, the revised surplus is now 4.5 million due to the reduction of the $3 million adjustment in the diff revenue.
And also we are including the successor agency, which is something that we include in the budget year to year and is for the winding down of the former redevelopment agency.
In summary, at the end of the year, we estimated that for this year, the year will end with a 37.37.7 million dollars in ending fund balance.
Plus the 4.5 million next year, which will result in a 42 million dollar at the end of June 30, 2026.
As part of the budget process, we also asked the city council to adopt the GAN limit.
So the city is required to adopt an appropriation limit in accordance with the GAN limit to ensure that government spending remains within the constitutional limits.
For fiscal year 2526, the appropriation limit is this is a big number of $3.8 billion, meaning that the city cannot allocate tax revenues beyond this threshold.
I think we'll fly from that.
The total tax revenue subject to the limit for this fiscal year is $116 million.
So that means the city is well under the limit of 3.7 million billion.
So this difference represents the maximum amount of tax revenue.
The city could legally appropriate if additional revenue were available.
And so by adopting this limit, we ensure that we are in compliance with the state fiscal constraints.
And we want to show this as part of our accountability and transparency.
Oh, and on exhibit or attachment A, that was included in the website.
We have since revised the attachment A to reflect it.
So additional changes, but those changes have been included in the summary that I have just presented.
And we have provided the city council with the revised.
So this is our recommendation is for the city council to adopt the resolution of putting the fiscal year 2526 proposed budget.
And also the resolution to approve the appropriations limit for 2526.
And also authorize the city manager to execute all necessary documents on behalf of the city.
And this concludes my presentation.
And would be happy to answer any questions that you may have.
Okay, is there anyone in the audience that would like to address the council on item number 13.
Can you see none, I'll turn it over to council comments.
Chris any comments? Mark.
Curt.
Karen.
I have a comment, of course.
Measure V. We promised the citizens that we would have full accountability of the income and the expenditures.
And the accountability that we are reflecting is a very, very high level, which I personally am not happy with.
So I would like those numbers to be expanded to show the detail and what we're doing with measure V money.
And then I have a question that was eight million dollars carry over I guess that's not proposed to be expanded.
What are we doing with the eight million dollars?
If you can go back to that chart, you'll see it.
Okay.
So you have we are making twenty four million dollars.
The investments are 16 million.
So there's eight million dollars that's not accounted for.
For next year, next fiscal year.
Is that going to be rolled over to the next fiscal year?
Or is it being your mark for future capital projects?
See, this chart to me does not show full xx disclosure on what we're going to do with measure V money.
Okay.
So there's the personnel retention that went towards salary adjustments and things like that.
That's a little bit.
I think more difficult to get into the details, but deferred maintenance.
You can certainly define that.
Staff augmentation not sure non capital projects capital projects.
All that can be expanded to show what we're reflecting where it's going to go.
But what about the balance?
Yes, I agree.
So as I had mentioned earlier, I do have details of this summary.
And we can provide it to the city council.
We're also working with the administration department to provide
these transparency portal on the city website.
That will show how much we have been spending on measure V investments.
And I believe I'm not sure when we will put that up, but we will gather pictures of the items that we are expanding on.
We will expand these in detail so that the public can view them.
And regarding the balance of the eight million.
So this total number is part of the general fund revenue estimate.
So as as I had highlight earlier.
Without the 2.24 million.
The budget will be in deficit of 20 million.
I understand.
So you need to show where the rest of that money is going to go.
So I know it's part of the general fund.
I get that.
But again, we promise the public full accountability for the 24 million.
And that one chart does not give full accountability.
I get it.
So we have projects of $933,000.
And there are projects that are underway.
That we are appropriating $4.9 million.
And an additional $2.9 million for projects that are underway.
So we have a list of what makes up the $8.6 million.
That's remaining.
Then I would like that.
I would like that.
So that we know it and so the public knows it.
I think we should put it on our city website exactly.
What projects we're paying for out of measure V.
I think it would also be important that if there's a project that we're doing out there in the community
that you put some signage up there that says paid for by measure Vs
or the community that doesn't log onto our website.
It can also see it and they can see where their tax money is being spent.
I think that's really what we promised them.
So I think to the what the mayor is saying when you say we have $8.6 million in capital projects,
the general public doesn't know what those $8.6 million are.
And I think it's important for them to know exactly what's getting improved.
Because we told them there was a lot of deferred maintenance that we had.
A lot of roads that needed to be constructed.
And I think it's important to tell them exactly what roads we're fixing.
Well, playgrounds we're fixing.
So, to those comments, I actually share with the city manager that a, but the capital improvement
portal that we have that we just launched, how you can track it. I thought it would be nice to have
that somehow, with the measure of V money, be able to reflect those projects and how they're connected. I'm sure there's
a way through a portal now that, to the mayor's point, we can break out deferred maintenance, capital improvement
projects and have them listed in, appropriately, represent each other, hopefully through, not positive
it's possible, but somehow that they correlate in the public and see that through the portal.
So, right.
I just want to add that, yes, we will be doing that and we'll take these comments and we'll add it.
One other thing that we're doing is we're not only going to notice our measure V projects, we'll
say we have a sign, we've created a logo brought to you by measure V. We're also going to do brought
to you by measure I, so that people understand that that's also funding they assume from there.
Their gas tax, correct, mayor? Their gas tax.
It's a lot of people don't understand where we get that funding.
So, September of 25, I know we don't usually give you a date, but that's our target to have all of this information
up on the website. We'll have our budget up there, our act for up there and then we will also have our
information for measure V. And we will break it all out by project. So, we're doing well not
park. We already did Iolapark and some of the other projects we've already did, we already completed
or are in process of. We'll list all the parks brought to you by measure V. All the things we've got in the
current budget, which I know it's a big list, but I know we're doing several parks coming up. We've got the
HVAC systems and a lot of things that are going to be brought to you by measure V.
Now, I also wanted to clarify something because I know it says the paint the civic center, but then we
said city hall. So, the 2.5 million dollars is not just the paint this one building correct. It's the paint.
All of it. All the civic center.
That's correct.
Okay.
And probably the comprehensive repairs that need to be conducted to you.
Well, yeah, we'll have to do all the stuck over pair and different repair and then paint buildings.
Well, I just think, you know, the public was so good in trusting us and passing measure V.
We're other communities haven't been as fortunate, you know, to have the trust of their constituency.
And we promised them full disclosure. And I want to make sure that we follow through with what we promised.
It's very important.
Yes, Mary.
Okay. Then with that, I would ask for emotion and a second for item number 13.
Motion from Councilmember Comstock, second from Councilmember Lucio, please vote.
I am half says you can handle this.
Item number 14, a word of contract, citywide janitorial services.
This is to award a professional services contract with CCS facilities services from Orange County,
coast to Mason, California for citywide janitorial services in the amount of 580,753 dollars and six cents with four additional one year options to renew.
Staff reports has saved name provided by Parks and Facilities Manager Jeff Benson and our director of C.P. CSPR.
So we are all those.
Good evening, Madam Mayor and members of the Council.
Before this evening we have the award of a new janitorial contract to CCS facility services of coast to Mason for the 2526 fiscal year.
For the past five years CCS facility services has provided citywide janitorial services.
The existing contract expires on June 30 of 2025 and CCS has maintained a consistent and satisfactory level of cleanliness and service.
The proposed new contract maintains existing services such as office, restroom and commentary cleaning,
along with several new items added to the scope of work, including monthly declining of the Senior Center's Commercial Kitchen,
additional day porter services at city hall and janitorial coverage for the former chief college bank building.
Staff worked with the finance procurement division to pursue a piggyback agreement also known as a cooperative procurement agreement.
Using a recent competitive bid process for janitorial services done by the city of Rancho Cucumanga, which CCS was awarded.
The same pricing and terms will apply.
The sufficient funding is available in the fiscal year 2526 custodial maintenance budget.
Staff recommends to award a professional services agreement.
Contract to CCS facility services Orange County in close to Mason California for citywide janitorial services in the amount of 580,000,
seven hundred fifty three dollars and six cents.
With four additional years, year options to renew and authorize the city manager to execute all necessary documents on behalf of the city.
Thank you.
I'm happy to answer any questions at this time.
Thank you, Jeff.
Is there anyone in the audience that would like to address the council on item number 14?
Seeing none council comments?
Questions?
Would entertain a motion in a second then?
Motion from Mayor Protem Burton.
Second from council member Lucio please vote.
Item passage unanimously.
Item number 15 amendment number five to professional services agreement with Kaplan Kirch.
LLC for legal services approve amendment number five to the professional services agreement.
For legal services with Kaplan Kirch.
LLC in the amount of two hundred twenty thousand dollars.
Staff reports as evening provided by our associate engineer Natalie Avela.
And our director of public works.
Good evening, Madam Mayor.
Mayor Protem council members and members of the audience.
Tonight I will bring to you an overview historical timeline of how we arrived here today.
Funding sources and next step for these legal service task.
The public works department is responsible for maintaining the city's groundwater well number 11.
Located west of San Antonio Avenue and south of state route 60.
This wall has been inactive since 2018 due to the presence of one two three TCP exceeding the maximum contaminant level in the groundwater produced by the well.
As part of the effort to bring back the well back into production the city completed two projects.
The east side water treatment facility expansion and well 11 raw water transmission line projects which were both completed by 2023.
During the phase of the design the city had discussions with the regulatory agency responsible for public water systems.
California state water resources control board division of drinking water otherwise known as DDW.
At which time the city was advised to test the groundwater from well number 11 for try.
Chloro ethylene which is also known as TCE.
Due to the concerns of a TCE contaminant bloom that may have reached the well.
Beginning in 2022 the city retained legal services from Kaplan Kersh.
Their former procurement to identify potential remedies and initiate communication with general electric corporation.
Which was the responsible party for the TCE bloom.
The recent action by Council just made earlier this evening to adopt the budget for the water services program includes the $220,000 for Kaplan Kersh.
That Kim had mentioned to complete the additional legal services for the potential to recover these ongoing maintenance costs due to the bloom.
The total breakdown of legal services for this item is shown on the table and will result in a not to exceed contract amount of $310,000.
Currently Kaplan Kersh LLC is working on behalf of the city to have continued communications with DDW and GE.
Amendment number five is proposed to extend services for two years and requires this action to amend their contract.
Therefore the city asks Council's approval for this amendment number five to the professional services agreement with Kaplan Kersh in the amount of the $220,000.
Bringing the total not to exceed contract amount to $310,000 for these continued legal services in this concludes my report and I'm happy to answer any questions that you might have.
Is there anyone in the audience that would like to address the Council on item number 15.
Natalie, I have a question.
The GE bloom, the GE facility that flat iron facility I think it was in Ontario.
Correct.
Have that contamination?
Wasn't that way up near mission and you clip?
Correct.
There is a couple miles away from the actual well but it has migrated.
The state water board is knowledgeable about this.
They've required GE to have an implementation plan for cleanup and so over the past I believe nearly 30 years.
They've been implementing portions to remedy the plume.
Unfortunately it has continued to migrate.
Not at the rate at it would have if nothing was done but nevertheless has migrated and affected the well and we had discovered that like I mentioned in 2019 or so or 2020 when we were having those discussions to try to bring back the well into service.
Interesting because they have a treatment center and they have an injection well.
Yes, correct.
So they still haven't gotten a cleaner.
It is still not cleaned.
That's amazing because that's been ongoing for a long time.
Wow.
So now is GE going to be required to fix our will?
Well, those are the communications that we've been having.
Kaplan Kirch has been instrumental in having that rapport with them and working alongside with their legal services to come to a settlement.
But right now they've had open discussion in dialogue to help us get through our DDW permitting.
Most importantly they have a proprietary model.
We've investigated having to do the model ourselves and it's quite expensive so we've partnered with GE.
DDW was supportive of that level of effort as well as the cleanup program from the state water board as well.
So we've been in communication with various divisions of the water board and DDW.
We've been working with GE and Kaplan Kirch has been that instrument to convey the information.
And we are looking for some settlement of course.
And that's why we've retained their services initially to help us with those ongoing maintenance costs.
Well, I would hope it wouldn't be a one time settlement.
I would hope that whatever's been negotiated would be an ongoing treatment.
It is and we've worked out an incremental cost.
What we believe those maintenance impacts would be.
So we've calculated those using our design team.
Who built the treatment power extremely who designed the treatment plan at east side.
So we've we've generated a service life if you will of what we could expect.
To help us with those ongoing costs.
Well, if they've treated this for 30 years and it's still migrating, I would say that that needs to be a very long term agreement.
It is yes.
Okay.
Great.
Can you remind me how long has this been shut down this well now since 2018.
What kind of an impact has that had on our community?
Well, that's a great question initially the city suffered some low pressures within that area because originally the well was capable of feeding right into our distribution system.
So it helped bring about pretty adequate pressures.
Once the well was turned off, I understand that there were some concerns that were brought to the city's attention with low pressures.
We've done some improvements to help alleviate some of the pressures in that area and they are better, but they haven't returned to the level that they were prior.
But yeah, there's there's been concerns that have been raised regarding just having that that well turned off for that reason.
So all of those efforts that have been put into bringing that pressure back up on our end.
Can we go back and recover the costs as part of what's going on now with the legal system legal fees.
Yes, that's a great question.
And now we'll look into that to make sure that we've also considered those additional levels of efforts to bring the well back.
And they have no time lying at this point as when they're going to be able to clean up that plume for the weekend get that well up and running again.
I'm not.
Similar with what might be in their implementation plan if identifies a duration when the cleanup is anticipated to be completed by, but I can certainly follow up and provide you that information.
I could add to that a little bit. Once the plume have a spread underground, it's very, very difficult to continue it back in.
So only way to treat the water that has been spread beyond their sphere of influence, sphere of treatment, is whoever is pumping downstream have to treat it.
Because once it spreads, it's the sphere gets bigger and bigger.
So I've seen treatment plans operate over 30 years and it never gets cleaned up. It might decrease, but it's never, it doesn't go to zero.
That's it.
And how many, how many wells do we currently have that are inactive as a result of some contaminants right now in the city of contaminants in general or specifically this contaminant that we're discussing general in general.
I believe there's five.
And are we working to resolve those issues right now as well?
Yes, absolutely. So if you recall a couple about a month ago, we brought forward to you the state street project, which are going to be cleaning up two of the wells that I'm referring to as being offline due to contamination.
While 11 is another.
And then we have a couple of others that we're working right now on to also bring back.
Thank you. I appreciate your efforts.
Of course, thank you.
Most of those are impacted by TCP 123 correct.
That is correct. And the nitrates.
Yeah.
Okay.
But questions or.
But I guess from what they're saying, Mayor, what agent is said.
In predicting the future, we'll have to anticipate that all our wells will be required to mitigate against this as well for the future.
So that's going to be impactful.
And they're looking at even more emerging contaminants with crazy, crazy levels.
You can't even test for right now. So it's just going to get more and more expensive to provide the good quality drinking water.
Okay.
Thank you very much.
We need a motion in a second, please.
Motion from Mayor Potembrton.
Second from Councilmember Lucio, please vote.
Item passage unanimously.
Item number 16.
Professionals Service is agreement for community facilities district program management and related services.
This is to award an agreement to David.
I think it's Towsick.
And associates incorporated for $265,000 for the community facilities district program management and related services.
Our staff reports has evening will be provided by contracts and different administrators, Sylvia Romos,
and Director of Public Works, Hygiene Lee.
Good evening again, Madam Mayor and Members of the City Council.
Public Works oversees the program management and construction administration of various public improvements associated with community facilities districts.
For to ask CFDs and a development impact key program.
Currently the city consults with David Towsick and associates refer to as DTA for the review of various payment requests received from
developers for public improvements paid for through CFD bond proceeds and or the different programs.
The existing professional services agreement with DTA expires on June 30, 2025.
Consequently, staff prepared a request for proposal which was published on planet bits on February 27, 2025.
The city received three proposals in response to the RFP.
The proposals were evaluated in ranked based on qualifications, references, proposal quality and cost.
DTA has extensive knowledge of the city's programs and currently supports several ongoing projects to maintain continuity and to ensure timely delivery.
Staff recommended continuing services with DTA as they ranked top firm following the evaluation process.
Therefore, staff's recommendation to the City Council to award a professional services agreement to DTA in the amount of $265,000.
The initial term of the agreement is one year beginning July 1, 2025 with two additional one year extensions.
Lastly, all costs associated with this agreement are offset through bond proceeds collected through the CFD and the administration fee collected through the dip program.
That concludes my report. I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Thank you very much. Would anyone like to address Council another number 16?
Seeing none, Council comments, questions?
Motion and a second, please.
Motion from Council Member Constock, second from Council Member Flores, please vote.
I don't have such an anonymously.
Okay, next item on the agenda is Mayor and Council report, child number 17.
Community support fund, I always wait till the last month to put in my request, which I've done it again.
You see the list in the report of all the organizations that I wish to donate money to.
So, I would entertain a motion in a second, please, to approve the list.
Motion from Council Member Lucio, second from Council Member Flores, please vote.
Item 17 has such an anonymously.
My report.
On Wednesday June 4th, I attended the Omnitrans and San Bernardino County Transpricvation Authority boards of directors.
Thursday June 5th, along with Mayor Protem Burton and Council Member Flores, attended the employee recognition luncheon attended by over 350 employees.
The theme is here was Western, which I thought was absolutely phenomenal.
The committee did an wonderful job with the decorations and it was so unique to Chino.
It was really fun. Employees received their 510, 15, 20, 25, 30, and 35 year pins.
I received my 40 year pin and a beautiful glass sculpture.
And I'd like to congratulate all the employees that received special recognition from their peers and other departments.
It's always rewarding to see how well you all work together and acknowledge each other.
Special, did she leave? No, she's still here. Special congratulations to Sherry, who's talking.
Special congratulations to Sherry. She received, I think, three different recognition, which is pretty phenomenal.
Congratulations, Sherry.
And then attended the Chino Hills State of the City Address.
That was very well attended well done. Friday, June 6th, attended the Senior Center,
June 5th, birthdays, Saturday, June 7th.
I attended Boy Scout troop two of one's Eagle Scout Awards ceremony.
Five boys received their Eagle Scout rank, Garrett Hayakawa, Andrew Xu, Chase Wills, Wilson, Mark Anthony Roberts,
Junior Anne, Trent U. O'er, my grandson.
Monday, June 9th, Mayor Potembrit and I conducted one community services, Parks Recreation Committee interview,
and City Manager at Comstock, City Manager, oh my gosh.
Councilmember, you just, Linda, you've been replaced.
I put, say, I got more.
Oh, my goodness, six.
Councilmember, Comstock, and I conducted three.
Tuesday, June 10th, I attended our grandson Trent Ulo as Sea Scout Quartermasker Award ceremony.
And we are so very proud of him.
He has now earned the highest awards possible for Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts.
And we've found out that evening that of all the Boy Scouts, only 2% achieved Eagle Scout.
And of the 2% only 1% of the 2% ever get quartermaster.
So we are really, really proud of that young man.
He's 17, he'll turn 18 in July.
He wants to go into the Coast Guard and then he wants to retire after 20 years,
and be a harbor master.
He has this whole life planned out.
That's incredible.
It's 17.
I didn't know what I was going to do.
Wednesday, June 11th, that morning, I attended the mayor's prayer breakfast that evening.
We held our state of the city address, which I believe was very, very successful.
And I'm sure the rest of the council will provide additional details.
I thought it wouldn't really well.
Thank you.
Thank you very much to staff.
You guys did a phenomenal job.
It was really nice.
Thursday, June 12th, they attended the Omni-Trans admin and finance committee meeting and
SPCTA transit, much valley committee.
That afternoon, I attended the Inland Empire Utilities Agency,
Chino Basin Program, stakeholder workshop, which I don't know how to do.
I don't know if they really clarified much with that either.
Monday, June 16th, yesterday participated in a teams meeting with Chino Postmaster Fernando
Guzman, and I think we received some pretty positive information.
Finally, they're going to analyze that post office and see if they can either make some modifications.
If not, they may look for a new location.
And if nothing else, they're going to look for possibly a satellite location down in the
Preserve because they have grown so much.
So maybe we'll finally get a nice post office.
And then today, Council Member Comstock and I participated in the legislative committee meeting.
And I have my one-on-one meeting with City Manager Reich.
We had a close session and then our meeting tonight.
And then I have to publicly wish my dear husband a happy 50th wedding anniversary.
We celebrate that Saturday.
So can you imagine putting up with me for 50 years?
I can't imagine either.
He deserves the biggest trophy in the whole world.
He is just the most amazing man in my whole time with him.
50 years, that man has never told me no.
If there's anything I want to do or try or anything, he's always said if that's what you want to do.
And that poor man, I mean, he's put up with dogs and chickens and horses and goats.
And he's not even an animal die.
But he just, I don't know, I'm just really, really blessed.
And he's put up with a lot from 50 years.
So if you ever seen just, you know, patting on the back and telling him,
hang in there, we've got probably another 50 to go.
Right?
And that's my report.
My report, Timber.
You're right.
Thank you, Mayor.
And June 4th, I took a tour of the Yorbus Slaughter Adobe down on the south side of the city,
with members of the San Bernardino County ZM system as well as our staff and the historical society.
On the fifth, I also attended the Employee Recognition Luncheon.
After that, I attended the Chino Basin Disalter Authority Board meeting.
And then headed down south to the United Bar Utilities Agency Board meeting.
And then ended my day with the Chino Hills State of the City address.
On the sixth, I attended the South Coast AQMD Board meeting with Deputy City Manager.
Vivienne.
And to oppose 11, 11, 11, 11, 21, on behalf of the City of Chino.
And by the way, there were hundreds of people there in in in mids.
And they reduced our time for one minute that we could speak down to 45 seconds.
And it's very difficult for me to speak quickly as it is.
And a lot of these people will attest to that.
But I'll tell you, I think I got it down to 45 seconds.
And I did pretty well.
Believe it or not.
On the ninth, I participated in Community Service Parks and Recreation Commission interviews with the mayor.
And then my one-on-one with the City Manager.
On the 11th, I attended the E-Mairs Prep Breakfast.
And then attended the City Council Special Meeting with the rest of the council.
And then attended our State of the City down at the Plains of Fame, which was very, very nice.
On the 12th, I attended the Inland Empire Utilities Workshop.
And then I went to the concerts on the lawn.
The co-honest concerts on the lawn with my wife.
We enjoyed these smooth sounds of Santana, which is a Santana tribute band.
And it was really, really nice and very well attended.
If you have a chance to attend these concerts on Thursday evenings here at City Hall,
do it.
It's a very family-friendly, fun event.
It's free.
And you can't meet it.
It's great entertainment.
Please come out.
On Thursday, I'm sorry, on the 13th.
I attended the Water Facility Tour with a geologist, myself, and agent.
Andy Malone.
I didn't realize we had some instruments located down at I.A.A.
Park that measured the subsistence, subsidence within our community.
As a result of over pumping years ago from cities that I won't mention right now.
But they were...
We're able to get a handle on it, and they've got these really intense intricate instruments down there at I.L.A. Park, just south of the softballs for fields, that you just can't imagine. What it measures, but anyway, it's pretty cool. And I appreciate it any more long coming out and helping us out with that. On the 16th, I had my one-on-one with the city manager, and then I attended the Cultural Arts Foundation meeting.
And I would like to thank Bob Nigg and Daniel Madrono for their comments tonight regarding the Eden Project.
You know, people are not going to agree all the time on things, and we just have to agree to disagree on a lot of issues, but I do appreciate Bob Nigg and what he had to say and Daniel for coming out.
Which leads me and I'm really sorry that our local newspaper media person left, which doesn't surprise me.
But as a reminder, I would encourage everyone to go to our fact page. The city has a fact page that will tell you what a myth is that's being circulated on social media as well as our local newspaper.
And then it will tell you what the facts are. So please do not believe everything you read on social media and in our local newspaper.
Good horror fact page. And you'll get the information. If it doesn't make sense, please call. Because I guarantee there will be somebody here that will explain it to you and you'll have a full understanding.
And then finally, Mayor, I want to say happy anniversary to you and Bob. I think it's awesome 50 years is a long, long time.
And I just think it's awesome and one of the blessing that you're able to share that time together. So that concludes my report.
Thank you, Mayor. I'm Monday June 9th. I attended my weekly one-on-one with the city manager. And then as you stated earlier, Mayor, I conducted community services parks and recreation interviews with you.
It was a good group of candidates. And I want to thank everybody who applied and congratulations to those that were either reappointed or selected.
On June 10th, I attended a meeting with staff and a local business owner regarding some business concerns in the area of East End and Philadelphia Avenue.
On June 11th, I attended the state of the city at the Plains of Fame, which has already been covered tonight. The only thing I would like to add in addition to thank you to our staff and job well done is just congratulations to the spirit of achievement winner, which is central basketball.
As well as the businesses of the year to Dr. Hill and his veterinary clinic, as well as to Hoddan Jersmeets. That was a great evening, Mayor. You did a great job and so to those staff. So thank you to everybody for that evening.
On June 16th, I attended my weekly meeting with the city manager. And that brings me to today. I attended the legislative policy meeting with the mayor and our staff, which has already been covered.
Close session after our legislative policy meeting. And just congratulations as well to those that was a nice award presented tonight by the Area D coordinator for the cert members.
I was out of town on vacation, which is why I missed the meeting earlier in the month, but more importantly,
I'm not going to be equally important as I did miss a couple of memorial ceremonies in that of Joe Fraga and Judge Junquist. I just wanted to extend my apologies for missing and my, again, my sympathy both are family.
Mayor also happy anniversary that's a great milestone. A lot of people won't reach it any longer. I'm looking forward to celebrating with you this weekend.
Last thing I'd like to add is that council member Burton myself or traveling to Sacramento tomorrow morning.
Along overdue inspection and audit of the California Institute for men is on the consent calendar in the state assembly.
So we're hoping to go up there that that item doesn't get pulled into this past and we can look forward to a proper review of the operating conditions over at CIM.
I just want the employees of CIM to know as well that we are wanting that audit to be done so that we can hopefully appropriately fund and make corrections to an institution as long overdue for its fair share of funding.
As a matter of working and conditions for the people worked down there for the inmate population that is housed on there as and most importantly to community and public safety.
So look forward to traveling with you tomorrow to Sacramento court and that concludes my report, Mayor.
Council member Flores. Yes, thank you, Mayor. Mayor, I think I'm going to for a go a lot of just my reports tonight, but a couple of things I do want to share is number one happy belated fathers days while the fathers out there.
And we, not we, but you guys get overlooked a lot and down so I just want to put that out there.
I drove by many restaurants and a lot of them weren't as full as a mother's day, but that's okay. You guys are definitely appreciate it because we were on the grill.
To the better that it's family again, congratulations to you know your hard work and just you know a lot of what you sowed in the city and continue to sow it is you know being recognized in your spirit of achieving a work.
And Mayor, congratulations 50 years and I will add.
I don't think it's true that he says yes to everything because there's been a couple of fundraisers I've been to and when he's buying those raffle tickets and you guys are deciding what you know where to put those raffle tickets and what prices.
He knows where to put them and he's told you to know in a couple of items and he's been right.
So Bob happy fathers day to you as well.
Thank you, Mayor, I can conclude my call.
I do I'm going to forego my report I'm just going to wish you happy anniversary 50 years is a great accomplishment I hope to achieve that as well.
And I just want to end with wishing my my wife happy birthday birthday is going to be on the 30th.
Thank you Mayor members of the council I'll be quick because I see us trying to get out of here but I just wanted to thank our team over the last two months we've had a lot of.
I'll say heavy lifts so we had the state of the city we had the employee lunch and getting past our budget and our budget workshop and our user fees that was a lot of work for our team and they work really hard.
And I want to thank the council for your you know passing those items tonight but also your insight to make sure that we're on track with with what you really want us to do.
And second I just want to thank you all for your participation in the state of the city and the video you all did a fantastic job.
I think we really had the opportunity and we highlighted what a fantastic place.
Chinoez to live and to work into play and that's it for tonight Mayor city attorney galante.
Thank you I would agree about the state of the city it does make you proud and watching it and everybody did a great job just a short comment about.
Some of the testimony that was presented today on the Eden project it's not that I don't have responses it's the time to respond is not now but I do have corrections and.
Some responses to the statements that were made those will be appropriately made during the appeal of that matter that has been appealed to the city council so.
That's when I will be free to respond to the comments.
Thank you.
And where is Kevin.
He's waiting for him.
I am a stand-in this evening at a mayor.
He is up at Sacramento having.
He went up early.
The staff to stay happily he had meetings today and he will be meeting tomorrow as well.
Okay.
For the J like this.
So the council members up there as well.
So but he does said his greetings have been in contact with them several times throughout the day so.
Good evening Madam Mayor and council members.
I like to address the recent concerns regarding the involvement of our local police department with federal immigration.
Operations.
I want to make it clear that our department does not participate in immigration enforcement or ice operations.
This is guided by both our internal policy and Senate bill 54 which is the California values act.
Both our policy and SB 54 limits local law enforcement's cooperation with federal immigration authorities.
The general place permit strictly adherence to this law.
We've done some training recently and refreshed our officers understanding of what their expectations are for policy and the law.
Officers committed to helping our community.
Up holding the law with fairness professionalism and respect for all members of the community regardless of their immigration status.
Our priority is and always will be to keep Chino safe.
While we do not engage in immigration enforcement we may respond to assess other law enforcement agencies in the event of emergency situation for officer safety.
Or an immediate at risk such as during attack or a life threatening emergency we're going to help our law enforcement partners.
If their lives are in jeopardy.
We want to assure the Council on our community that the safety and well-being of every resident remains our top priority.
And we are committed to serving everyone in the Chino community.
So sorry our comments for tonight and things have been busy.
Obviously in the long first of year I'm very thankful that our community is safe.
And we're working obviously to continue to keep our city safe.
Thank you madam.
That an incident in our neighborhood where there was a gentleman acting in a bizarre way walking down the street.
So had an opportunity to call in and ask them to check him out and gosh the response was not immediate but very very quick.
I don't know how it was resolved they didn't tell me but I appreciate the response because this man was acting very strange.
Yeah unfortunately we continue to see those types of incidents on the rise but obviously our commitment is to be out there and when you call we come.
Yeah it's best if I can if I can say a couple of things captain Corley.
You know the police department oftentimes are bombarded with negative comments.
I want you to know that this Council supports our police department 100%.
I think you know that but if somebody's life is in jeopardy I would expect our police officers to respond to that situation.
Whether it is minimal is it may be if somebody's getting hurt somebody's out there that there's a potential for any kind of injury.
I expect our officers to be out there and to be able to provide that safety as necessary.
You're backed up by your Council we expect that of you and more than anything else we appreciate you and the work that the general police department does for our community.
Thank you.
So I'll make sure I pass on your comments to our officers.
I have one more comment there.
Yes.
Captain thank you.
I'd also you probably took note of the fact of Chief Vincent's interview with the champion regarding the enhancement of regarding the investigation with the.
Miss Ken Kenos.
How are you pronounced on him?
I can.
Cano.
Yes.
So again, thank you for all the departments work not just with the fundraiser and supporting your family.
But also the critical look that hopefully we're taking with the DA and the state and looking at enhancing.
The punishment for these types of crimes and how devastating they are.
To not just the the cano family but to our entire community up and down the state.
And I just want to echo the sentiments of obviously Councilmember Burton.
We live in a great community we're grateful for our police department and I too.
You know.
The statement that you made tonight's you know.
Perfect and accurate but also there's something we're happening to any local law enforcement entity.
We would expect for the chief police department to be there to assist them in their mission.
So thank you for for standing solid on that and explaining that this evening and keeping our community safe.
Thank you.
So the things that chief medicine has made part of his mission is goals to make sure that we can do everything that we can.
To make sure we get good legislation and be able to have good influence in our state capital.
And obviously being there yesterday and today it's just an example of his commitment to making sure that the laws that are being passed are are good laws.
Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Do I have to report course.
This is a quick one.
Good evening Mayor and members of the Council.
Every year around this time we produce a consumer conference report regarding our water quality.
So we are in the process of publishing that and we will be available in all of our public buildings and also it will be published on our website.
So we have excellent water quality and we have our water operators to an excellent job making sure that our water system.
Our water system is protected from any even cross connections and such.
So rest assured that our water system is safe.
When you look at our consumer conference report there is a section this year regarding lead based.
Lead based services or sometimes it could be.
Or other type of metal and sometimes they reach.
What metal into the.
Plumbing back into the homes and if you suspect that the water quality inside the home may not be.
Cosure and every three years we do lead.
Lead copper lead and copper rule testing so if they suspect that their water quality inside is not.
They have some suspicions they could volunteer to be one of the water quality sample provider so we could test that.
So that happens every three years and I think we just collected them last year so you might come around in the next couple years.
So but I just want to assure everybody that our water quality is an excellent.
Thank you very much.
And I kept and quarterly I've been into six different agencies.
I have to say Chino PD is the best.
We know that.
Thank you.
Good evening, Mayor and City Council. I just wanted to share that we have selected to be our deputy director for our department.
Effectively, he'll start on Monday. So Ted has been with us now 10 years as our community is responsible as a city, as our manager and has been in our field for 25 years.
We're excited to have a measure of deputy director. Congratulations, Ted.
You're on excited and honored for the opportunity and just, sorry, I'm extremely honored and excited about this opportunity and beyond, I can't even say, I'm a tongue-tied and think I was going to say, but look really looking forward to serving our community in a new capacity.
Thank you all very much.
I appreciate it. Thank you.
The Italian chief Dean Smith. And where is your chief?
Where is our chief? He's at a much deserved vacation with his family back east. Certainly he does extend his wishes to be here tonight, but I will stand in his presence. So thankful to be here.
I don't know how you did it, but we are super thankful first off to say that you would allow us to introduce our newest firefighter paramedics, those seven members to bring us to a staffing of 111 members to serve this community.
Thank you. That's an honor for them to be here, to meet you all, to meet our community. That's an honor for us to have them. So thank you for that.
And then two other items real quickly to bring to your attention. Something that's very momentous for us as a fire district. We did approve the bid contract for construction for station 68.
We've talked about that in the past. So we are thankful. We should see that ground being broken officially with tractors this time and not golden shovels.
But hopefully within the next 30 days or so. So we are very excited to bring that station on board. It'll serve both communities of the Chino and Chino Hills.
And then last we did take delivery of what's called an arth. If you're not familiar with that term, that's an aircraft rescue and firefighting apparatus.
So we took that delivery. It's a joint venture between the fire district and the county of San Bernardino to be able to have adjunct apparatus to serve the airport for crashes there at the airport or off airport.
And so we are outfitting that apparatus. At this point, it is something that's going to greatly improve our ability to respond to those types of incidents.
We hope to be able to bring that into full service in the next 60 days. So we're excited about that and working with our partners at both Ontario International Airport in the San Bernardino County airports to be able to train our staff as well.
So we're really excited about that. But two brief comments of two momentous things that the fire district has just celebrated. So thank you very much. Thank you for allowing us to be here and step in for day.
I have a question here.
Her group, JCSD, her group of services community district has invested in helicopter and these tanks that are placed in strategic areas where it can help with firefighting.
Have you guys looked into anything like that at all?
Yeah, we have. Actually, we do have two helicopter heliadrants. I think you're referring to and those are activated by radio interface from our helicopters or firefighting helicopters that are in the area. They do open and flood.
A sister, essentially, that's underneath the ground and allows for the rotor wing helicopters to be able to draft out of those.
It's all secure from the public as far as drowning in things like that. So it's all secure with fencing and then doors and so forth.
We do have two up in the Geno Hills. One of our closest ones is a near where the Blue Ridge incident was in 2020. That was operational. In fact, we just drafted out of that at a fire in the Geno Hills State Park just about two weeks ago.
So they work great. We have two along the, if you will, the Chino Hills area, the R in Orange County. We have looked at them.
It's, it would be, it would be a large endeavor for us to do, but certainly we could do that maybe with a, as a joint initiative or something like that with some grant funding.
But certainly, we are surrounded well in our community in the hills that surrounds.
That's a, you know, it's a pretty impressive system. It's incredible. He had a, you need to ask to see that video. There was a video of how quickly those systems can fill up helicopter comes in.
It's just, it's pretty incredible.
Yeah, it works really well. Like I said, we had, I know fewer than 20 return trips by helicopters, including the helicopter that you see down the street from Calvire,
Copper 609, about two or three weeks ago on our fire in the State Park. So, yeah.
That's not the way that we had that. Great. Sorry.
Wasn't aware that we have that. Thank you very much.
Thank you.
Okay. With that then, we are adjourned to our next regular meeting, which will be held on July 1st, six o'clock with closed sessions starting now,
further than four if necessary.
We are adjourned.
Thank you.
From the parks where we gather to the streets we drive.
Every part of our city is reaching new heights. The work we've done, the progress we've made.
It's all preparing us for what's next. In Chino, we don't stand still. We move forward.
And now, with a strong foundation and momentum on our side, Chino is ready for takeoff.
Chino is a place where families put down roots, businesses thrive and neighbors support one another.
Over the past year, we've strengthened our city, expanded opportunities and laid the groundwork for an even brighter future.
In Chino, we believe a promise made is a promise kept.
When the residents of Chino voted to pass Measure B, they placed their trust in a vision for a safer, stronger and more connected city.
That trust has been honored with meaningful investments that are shaping the Chino of today and preparing us for the future.
Chino's success has always been built on our community.
Thanks to the support of our residents, Measure B is delivering real visible improvements.
Investments you can see and feel in your neighborhoods on your streets and in the places where we gather as a community.
Measure B has strengthened public safety by expanding resources, increasing enforcement, and improving response times ensuring that Chino remains a place where families and businesses feel secure.
Retail theft union. Launched in June, this specialized team has already reduced retail theft by 10%.
School resource officer expansion, providing an additional officer dedicated to junior high schools, strengthening security for students and educators.
We made a commitment to safeguarding our residents and we're delivering on that.