City Council - Regular Meeting

We knew Chino was in demand for more restaurants, but we also knew that the location that we were gonna be going into, that there was a lot of growth and there was gonna be a lot that was gonna come in. But we also knew it was gonna take time to get there, but still just with it, like how it is right now, we're still doing really good. Like we knew coming into it, we were gonna be busy right off the bat. It seemed like a great place for the second location for us to grow and, you know, make our name bigger. The customers, you know, have been awesome with us. You know, we've been busy. It's been a year and we've been busier and busier every day. You know, we've sponsored a lot of the youth baseball teams, football teams. We know customers on a first-name basis and, you know, we have a good set of regulars. So, you know, the community has supported us tremendously and they're keeping this place open. They're keeping it going. We always knew that this is what we wanted to do. Both the owners always wanted to own their own restaurants. I knew them closely. I wanted to own restaurants as well. And that was just the goal behind it was, hey, let's turn Kenwoods into a household name. We love when the kids that come in here, hey, we want to go to Kenwoods. That was the goal to be the next big thing. I would say what sets us apart, one thing is we are a scratch kitchen, so everything is recipe-based, everything is made fresh, everything is made fresh daily. One thing that we really preach is giving the best service possible. Again, it all falls back to, you know, you can have great food, which we do, and a great atmosphere, but at the end of the day, the customers are coming back for the experience, for the service part. And we try to teach our staff every day, hey, make each visit count. Put a smile on someone's face. Get to know them on a personal level. When that customer comes in, we want them saying, hey, is so-and-so working today? You know, we have a lot of good things going on, live music, we do a taco special, we have a brunch, we have a happy hour from 3 to 6, Monday through Friday. So as, you know, the community, you know, hears about us and finds these things out, we just continue to grow. My name is Matt Meraz. I am the general manager of Kenwood's Kitchen and Tap in Chino, located in the Preserve Shopping Center off of Chino and Main.

Chino is an absolute beautiful community. My husband and I are from Los Angeles, and so we were trying to get closer to family. We have a little toddler, and in LA, there's wellness bars on every corner, whereas here, we kind of noticed that there was missing link. There's lots of big corporations and franchises, and so we decided this would be the absolute perfect location to bring a little bit of that here. The community in Chino has been the most important part, I think, of growing this business. Word of mouth in this community is so major. Everybody knows somebody and it's such a tight-knit community, especially in the wellness world. And so it's just been incredible to, you know, grow with the community. You know, there's smoothie bars everywhere, but do they truly, you know, care about the ingredients? What's in it? Are they organic? And so really, I don't think there's anywhere here in the area that really brings that to the community. So that's truly what sets us apart. And the aesthetic, of course. Sana in Arabic means brilliant praise, and in Spanish it means healthy or healing, and mana is the bread that God made rain, the nourishment, God's nourishment. And so altogether it means praise God's healing nourishment, which is really just taking it back to the root of how he intended us to eat, not the processed foods, really just nurture our bodies with whole food ingredients. And then really the intention behind Sanamana, there's such a bigger picture with the community and how we want to grow. This is our first location and we have exceeded what our expectation was within the community and so it's so beautiful to see. Stay rooted in faith. Stay rooted in your beliefs. And when it gets tough, keep going because there was tons of times where we wanted to give up. But just stay true to your calling and what you believe in your vision and you'll succeed.

Hello, I'm Chino Mariunishiloa. Summer is here and as temperatures rise, Chino has plenty of cool things to do all season long. I'm excited to invite you to our summertime events, which are perfect for the entire family. First, mark your calendars for Saturday, June 6th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stuby Family Park. We're hosting our first ever Chino in Action event. It's a great opportunity to meet our city staff, enjoy a free barbecue, and see our brand new police helicopter up close. Next, we're bringing back our Chino Summer Nights movie series, happening every Friday from June 12th to July 31st, except for June 26th. This year, we're adding a special twist. Half of our summer movies will take place at the newly opened Steubing Family Park, in the preserve. That's right, we're giving more Chino residents the opportunity to enjoy our movie nights closer to home. Be sure to bring your blankets, snacks, and lawn chairs and enjoy a beautiful night under the stars watching exciting movies the whole family will love. If live music is more your style, I encourage you to join us for our summer concerts on the lawn presented by the Chino Kiwanis Club. We have a fantastic lineup of bands performing every Thursday from June 12th to July 25th, except July 3rd. It promises to be a toe-tapping good time. And be sure to join us as we light up the Chino night sky during our annual two-day fireworks spectacular on June 26th and 27th at Iola Park. For more information on all our exciting events happening all summer long, visit cityofchino.org forward slash events. With all these events and amenities, Chino is the place to be this summer.

At Chino's 2026 State of the City, something unexpected happened. A surprise appearance from Oral Hirschheiser delivering big news for Chino. It was a night that brought the community together as the City of Chino welcomed residents, businesses, and community leaders annual State of the City presented in partnership with the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Eunice Ulloa highlighted the progress shaping Chino today while sharing a look at what's ahead, all centered around this year's theme, Always Home. From continued investment in infrastructure and public safety to a growing business community, the momentum is clear. The evening also honored those making a difference, including Business of the Year recipients, Royalty Cakes, and B&B Lock and Security, and Spirit of Achievement honorees Dale and Sandra Subright, whose impact spans decades. The Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce also highlighted the continued growth of Chino's business community and the opportunities ahead. And then a surprise appearance from none other than Dodger legend Oral Hershiser interrupted the mayor's speech to formally announce his partnership with Chino's legacy business, M.K. Smith's Chevrolet, to rename the dealership Oral Hershiser Chevrolet. A moment that captured the energy of a city on the rise while staying rooted in what matters most. This is Chino. Always home. Watch the full state of the city at cityofchino.org forward slash SOTC.

are here because we're brewing up business. Chino is absolutely a phenomenal place to be. Multi-generational city. We've been here over a hundred years and very business friendly. You're going to love Chino. As far as businesses are concerned, I personally want to see something for everyone. I want our kids to be able to stay in town, have entertainment places to go. I also want all kinds of entertainment for every age group. We need to stay here, we work here, we live here, and we play here. So I'm looking for businesses that are going to fill any void that we have.

So welcome to the Business Roundtable. This is the Broker's Edition.

I was first elected in 1984. Chino used to be very, very heavily agricultural, and over time we have evolved into something for everyone when it comes to housing stock, which is wonderful, and also businesses. We're growing by leaps and bounds. Very, very proud of our community. Multi-generational, so we have grandparents, parents, kids. So Chino's a wonderful place to be, and I'm very, very proud to represent it.

Hey there, I'm Samantha. I'm the community engagement manager here at the Animal Resource Center of the Inland Empire. We're the new animal services agency for this region. We serve Ontario, Montclair, Chino, and the unincorporated areas of West San Bernardino County. We provide all animal services for this area, things like pet licensing, microchipping your pets, supporting the community when they find stray animals, adoptions, foster opportunities. We also have volunteer opportunities. Come on down, come meet some of our very cute animals.

Community support since we opened was pretty good, very incredibly supportive. What I understand from the city part, the mayor and all the people around the city was very helpful since we started operation of construction and then fully operational opening in December 2023. Our business sets apart, I would say, being a Marriott hotel, we more focus on service as well as local community, what we support and more hospitality, I would say. So it's not only just a basic room and, you know, guests can come and sleep, but we focus as a whole hospitality, more warmth and welcoming. That's what our goal normally we follow. business grown every year pretty much I would say since opening December 6 2023 right now we are at about one and a half year plus but every year we see significant growth this year is much more I would say 10 to 20 percent more than what we were in the first year and surrounding area what we see a lot of opportunity still considering our location and one of the biggest location i would say about the baps swaminarayan temple that helps a lot a lot of weddings and a lot of Events happening there, guests do come and stay here. Besides that, we do get a lot of teams. That gives us a good growth opportunity and we are still seeing a lot of opportunity around the businesses in the area, which we are trying to explore too.

On April 9th, 2026, the City of Chino, in partnership with Adrian's World, hosted an event at the Chino Police Department called Safe and Sound. This inclusive event is for the neurodivergent community to interact with first responders of the Chino Police Department, Chino Hills Sheriff's Department, and the Chino Valley Fire District. Various vendors like the Autism Society Inland Empire and the Special Olympics of Southern California were present, giving out information as well as special needs coffee with their unique brand of drinks. Public safety vehicles like a fire engine and bear cap were on display for exploration and photo ops. There were also demonstrations including the blue envelope program which helps police officers identify and interact with a person with special needs. The Chino Valley Fire District showed off their defibrillator and Chino PD focused on a civil interaction between officers and pedestrians. Safe and Sound is another event bringing inclusivity to residents of all abilities while making it fun to interact with our first responders. Thank you to our sponsors for this event. For more information please visit www.cityofchino.org.

Well, interestingly, I opened up the very first LA Fitness that was the very first ground up they'd ever built here in Chino in December of 96. and I just had become a new yoga teacher and decided I wanted to open up my own studio and Fit Body was nice enough to let me sublease space from them and it grew from there. About 11 years ago we opened up the space you see here behind me and this weekend we celebrate our 14th year anniversary and this just has become my home community. Most of our advertising is simply word of mouth. And so the fact that people continue to tell their friends to come here is something that we're eternally grateful for beyond words. Not only do we have yoga, but we have heated kettlebell classes where people do barefoot kettlebell to good music in hour-long heated room. And we have ice bath classes in the backyard where people come together and get into the ice. We have sauna and lockers and showers. But I think really what sets us apart more than anything is this vein of mindfulness that we try to thread throughout our offering. You know, to go from a small boot camp spot, subleasing behind Sprouts to this large 4,000 square foot space with lockers and showers and two big yoga rooms is beyond our original vision and literally a dream come true. We're just super grateful that the community continues to show up for us. As long as they do, we're so excited about continuing to show up for them. Continue to persevere. Grit, work ethic is something that goes a long way when you own your own business. We're just super grateful to be here. So I would say more than anything, just the sense of humility that the challenges have brought created this grit and gratitude for what it is we do.

President of the city of Chino, do you recycle your bottles and cans? Here's something you should know. Bottles and cans are good for the environment when recycled properly. The city of Chino encourages its residents to recycle their bottles and cans on trash day in their curbside recycling cart or by taking them to a certified collection center for a cash refund. Do your part. Keep Chino clean and recycle your bottles and cans. For more information, visit the City of Chino's website under recycling or call 909-334-3289. This program is being brought to you by the City of Chino.

Haz tu parte. Mantén limpia la ciudad de Chino y recicla tus botellas y latas. Visita el sitio web de la ciudad de Chino en la sección de reciclaje o llama al 9093-3432-89.

Chino has both modern side and countryside charm. My husband, he likes the countryside. I like the modern side. He loved eating here. He'll even bring his clients here. And when it was up for sale, he took the opportunity and we bought it. And we're very happy because we get to eat food here more often for free and I don't have to cook as much. First, I really need to thank Larry and Shelly. They're the ones who started the Avocado House, and they're the ones who made this a Chino failure. When we took over, we kept the same recipes. We just upgraded ingredients, switched oil to the avocado oil, and added new menu items. The support from community is awesome. Police officers, city staff, residents from Chino and all around cities, they come and support us, so we're very grateful.

What sets your business apart?

First, food. It's homemade food made with love, like grandma would. And that was Shelly's motto, and we really like it, and we're keeping it, too. And second is the high-quality ingredient, especially the avocado oil. It costs us $3,000 more per month to use avocado oil instead of canola oil. But we made the decision to do it because we care for the health of our customers, our employees who eat our food every day, and for our family. If you want cozy countryside warm feeling, you could eat inside the restaurant. And if you want to like a more modern feel, you can eat at a veranda and the backyard, which is everyone's favorite. It's like having a picnic. You can relax and enjoy, you know, nice Southern California weather. We're very grateful as we continue to grow so we plan to increase ours and we're gonna open for dinner so you know people can now enjoy Avocado House all day long. We started a coffee shop called Rabbit and Bean in La Habra and it's really doing well so we want to open a second coffee shop here so you know customers enjoy specialty coffee and matcha. We're very excited. First, you know, don't focus on money, profit, but just focus on giving joy and happiness to your customers and employees. Always serve, you know, high quality food that you would serve your own family. People will notice and they'll come back and also take good care of your employees because they'll take good care of your customers.

On January 31st, the City of Chino hosted the first annual Lunar New Year's event, an event that celebrated culture, heritage, and new beginnings in the City of Chino. Senryu Taiko and the La'ou Matero Club Lion Dance began the festivities with a fascinating performance as part of the opening ceremony. After words from Councilmember Marc Lucio, the festive confetti popped as the celebration began. Performances by Shaolin Kung Fu showed off incredible martial arts moves with weapons. and the Chino Valley Chinese Alliance Children's Choir brought smiles to the crowd's faces with singing and dancing. Vendors were all around the Chino Civic Center with festive merchandise, art, and a fun zone, making every moment fun and exciting. Food vendors were plenty, giving residents a chance to try out various tasty treats. Lunar New Year is a time for family, gratitude, and connection, and an event like this brings Chino together, honoring diversity while celebrating what unites us. For more information on this and any upcoming events, please visit www.cityofchino.org.

So my dad came like 45 years ago to the city of Chino. He thought the city of Chino was a good opportunity to open a new business and he was right. First of all, I want to thank the community of the city of Chino because all these years they support us and they love us and I want to say a big thank you to them. Quality, the good quality for the products, the good customer service and I think they love what we're doing for that. So we opened the first location four years ago, and now we moved like two years ago over here, with a bigger, nicer location, and we drive through. Because it was the first project for us, it was a little bit hard at the beginning, thank God we made it. With the help of the city of Chino, the help of the people of Chino, we are here now to serve them.

We knew Chino was in demand for more restaurants, but we also knew that the location that we were gonna be going into, that there was a lot of growth and there was gonna be a lot that was gonna come in. But we also knew it was gonna take time to get there, but still just with it, like how it is right now, we're still doing really good. Like we knew coming into it, we were gonna be busy right off the bat. It seemed like a great place for the second location for us to grow and, you know, make our name bigger. The customers, you know, have been awesome with us. You know, we've been busy. It's been a year and we've been busier and busier every day. You know, we've sponsored a lot of the youth baseball teams, football teams. We know customers on a first-name basis and, you know, we have a good set of regulars. So, you know, the community has supported us tremendously and they're keeping this place open. They're keeping it going. We always knew that this is what we wanted to do. Both the owners always wanted to own their own restaurants. I knew them closely. I wanted to own restaurants as well. And that was just the goal behind it was, hey, let's turn Kenwoods into a household name. We love when the kids that come in here, hey, we want to go to Kenwoods. That was the goal to be the next big thing. I would say what sets us apart, one thing is we are a scratch kitchen, so everything is recipe-based, everything is made fresh, everything's made fresh daily. One thing that we really preach is giving the best service possible. Again, it all falls back to, you know, you can have great food, which we do, and a great atmosphere, but at the end of the day, the customers are coming back for the experience, for the service part. And we try to teach our staff every day, hey, make each visit count. Put a smile on someone's face. Get to know them on a personal level. When that customer comes in, we want them saying, hey, is so-and-so working today? You know, we have a lot of good things going on, live music, we do a taco special, we have a brunch, we have a happy hour from 3 to 6, Monday through Friday. So as, you know, the community, you know, hears about us and finds these things out, we just continue to grow. My name is Matt Meraz. I am the general manager of Kenwood's Kitchen and Tap in Chino, located in the Preserve Shopping Center off of Chino in Maine.

Chino is an absolute beautiful community. My husband and I are from Los Angeles, and so we were trying to get closer to family. We have a little toddler, and in LA, there's wellness bars on every corner, whereas here, we kind of noticed that there was missing link. You know, there's lots of big corporations and franchises, and so we decided this would be the absolute perfect location to bring a little bit of that here. The community in Chino has been the most important part, I think, of growing this business. Word of mouth in this community is so major. Everybody knows somebody and it's such a tight knit community, especially in the wellness world. And so it's just been incredible to, you know, grow with the community. You know, there's smoothie bars everywhere, but do they truly, you know, care about the ingredients? What's in it? Are they organic? And so really, I don't think there's anywhere here in the area that really brings that to the community. So that's truly what sets us apart. And the aesthetic, of course. Sana in Arabic means brilliant praise and in Spanish it means healthy or healing and mana is the bread that God made rain the nourishment God's nourishment and so all together it means praise God's healing nourishment which is really just taking it back to the root of how he intended us to eat not the processed foods really just nurture our bodies with whole food ingredients And then really the intention behind Sanamana, there's such a bigger picture with the community and how we want to grow. This is our first location and we have exceeded what our expectation was within the community and so it's so beautiful to see. Stay rooted in faith. Stay rooted in your beliefs. And when it gets tough, keep going because there was tons of times where we wanted to give up. But just stay true to your calling and what you believe in your vision and you'll succeed.

Hello, I'm Chino Mariunishiloa. Summer is here and as temperatures rise, Chino has plenty of cool things to do all season long. I'm excited to invite you to our summertime events, which are perfect for the entire family. First, mark your calendars for Saturday, June 6th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stuby Family Park. We're hosting our first ever Chino in Action event. It's a great opportunity to meet our city staff, enjoy a free barbecue, and see our brand new police helicopter up close. Next, we're bringing back our Chino Summer Nights movie series, happening every Friday from June 12th to July 31st, except for June 26th. This year, we're adding a special twist. Half of our summer movies will take place at the newly opened Studi Family Park, in the Preserve. That's right, we're giving more Chino residents the opportunity to enjoy our movie nights closer to home. Be sure to bring your blankets, snacks, and lawn chairs and enjoy a beautiful night under the stars watching exciting movies the whole family will love. If live music is more your style, I encourage you to join us for our summer concerts on the lawn presented by the Chino Kiwanis Club. We have a fantastic lineup of bands performing every Thursday from June 12th to July 25th, except July 3rd. It promises to be a toe-tapping good time. And be sure to join us as we light up the Chino night sky during our annual two-day fireworks spectacular on June 26th and 27th at Iola Park. For more information on all our exciting events happening all summer long, visit cityofchino.org forward slash events. With all these events and amenities, Chino is the place to be this summer.

At Chino's 2026 State of the City, something unexpected happened. A surprise appearance from Oral Hirschheiser delivering big news for Chino. It was a night that brought the community together as the City of Chino welcomed residents, businesses, and community leaders for its annual State of the City presented in partnership with the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Eunice Ulloa highlighted the progress shaping Chino today while sharing a look at what's ahead, all centered around this year's theme, Always Home. From continued investments in infrastructure and public safety to a growing business community, the momentum is clear. The evening also honored those making a difference, including Business of the Year recipients, Royalty Cakes and B&B Lock and Security, and Spirit of Achievement honorees Dale and Sandra Subright, whose impact spans decades. The Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce also highlighted the continued growth of Chino's business community and the opportunities ahead. And then, a surprise appearance from none other than Dodger legend Earl Hershiser interrupted the mayor's speech to formally announce his partnership with Chino's legacy business, M.K. Smith's Chevrolet, to rename the dealership Earl Hershiser's Chevrolet. A moment that captured the energy of a city on the rise while staying rooted in what matters most. This is Chino. Always home. Watch the full state of the city at cityofchino.org forward slash SOTC.

here because we're brewing up business Chino is absolutely a phenomenal place to be multi-generational city we've been here over a hundred years and very business friendly you're gonna love Chino As far as businesses are concerned, I personally want to see something for everyone. I want our kids to be able to stay in town, have entertainment places to go. I also want all kinds of entertainment for every age group. We need to stay here, we work here, we live here, and we play here. So I'm looking for businesses that are going to fill any void that we have.

So welcome to the Business Roundtable. This is the Broker's Edition.

I was first elected in 1984. Chino used to be very, very heavily agricultural, and over time we have evolved into something for everyone when it comes to housing stock, which is wonderful, and also businesses. We're growing by leaps and bounds. Very, very proud of our community. Multi-generational, so we have grandparents, parents, kids. So Chino's a wonderful place to be, and I'm very, very proud to represent it.

Hey there, I'm Samantha. I'm the community engagement manager here at the Animal Resource Center of the Inland Empire. We're the new animal services agency for this region. We serve Ontario, Montclair, Chino, and the unincorporated areas of West San Bernardino County. We provide all animal services for this area, things like pet licensing, microchipping your pets, supporting the community when they find stray animals, adoptions, foster opportunities. We also have volunteer opportunities. Come on down, come meet some of our very cute animals.

Community support since we opened was pretty good, you know, very incredibly supportive. What I understand from the city part, the mayor and all the people around the city was very helpful since we started operation of construction and then, you know, fully operational opening in December 2023. Our business sets apart, I would say, being a Marriott hotel, we more focus on service as well as local community, what we support and more hospitality, I would say. So it's not only just a basic room and guests can come and sleep, but we focus as a whole hospitality, more warmth and welcoming. That's what our goal normally we follow. Business grown every year pretty much, I would say since opening December 6, 2023, right? Now we are at about one and a half year plus, but every year we see significant growth. This year is much more, I would say 10 to 20% more than what we were in the first year. and surrounding area what we see a lot of opportunity still considering our location and one of the biggest location I would say about the BAPS Swaminarayan temple that helps a lot a lot of weddings and a lot of events happening there, guests do come and stay here. Besides that we do get a lot of teams. That gives us a good growth opportunity and we are still seeing a lot of opportunity around the businesses in the area which we are trying to explore too.

On April 9, 2026, the City of Chino, in partnership with Adrian's World, hosted an event at the Chino Police Department called Safe and Sound. This inclusive event is for the neurodivergent community to interact with first responders of the Chino Police Department, Chino Hills Sheriff's Department, and the Chino Valley Fire District. Various vendors like the Autism Society Inland Empire and the Special Olympics of Southern California were present, giving out information as well as special needs coffee with their unique brand of drinks. Public safety vehicles like a fire engine and bear cap were on display for exploration and photo ops. There were also demonstrations including the Blue Envelope program, which helps police officers identify and interact with a person with special needs. The Chino Valley Fire District showed off their defibrillator and Chino PD focused on a civil interaction between officers and pedestrians. Safe and Sound is another event bringing inclusivity to residents of all abilities while making it fun to interact with our first responders. Thank you to our sponsors for this event. For more information, please visit www.cityofchino.org

Well, interestingly, I opened up the very first LA Fitness. That was the very first ground up they'd ever built here in Chino in December of 96. and I just had become a new yoga teacher and decided I wanted to open up my own studio and Fit Body was nice enough to let me sublease space from them and it grew from there. About 11 years ago we opened up the space you see here behind me and this weekend we celebrate our 14th year anniversary and this just has become my home community. Most of our advertising is simply word of mouth. And so the fact that people continue to tell their friends to come here is something that we're eternally grateful for beyond words. Not only do we have yoga, but we have heated kettlebell classes where people do barefoot kettlebell to good music in hour-long heated room. And we have ice bath classes in the backyard where people come together and get into the ice. We have sauna and lockers and showers. But I think really what sets us apart more than anything is this vein of mindfulness that we try to thread throughout our offering. You know, to go from a small boot camp spot, subleasing behind Sprouts to this large 4,000 square foot space with lockers and showers and two big yoga rooms is beyond our original vision and literally a dream come true. We're just super grateful that the community continues to show up for us. As long as they do, we're so excited about continuing to show up for them. Continue to persevere. Grit, work ethic is something that goes a long way when you own your own business. We're just super grateful to be here. So I would say more than anything, just the sense of humility that the challenges have brought created this grit and gratitude for what it is we do.

President of the City of Chino, do you recycle your bottles and cans? Here's something you should know. Bottles and cans are good for the environment when recycled properly. The City of Chino encourages its residents to recycle their bottles and cans on trash day in their curbside recycling cart or by taking them to a certified collection center for a cash refund. Do your part. Keep Chino clean and recycle your bottles and cans. For more information, Visit the City of Chino's website under recycling or call 909-334-3289. This program is being brought to you by the City of Chino.

¡Hasta la próxima!

Chino has both modern side and countryside charm. My husband, he likes the countryside. I like the modern side. He loved eating here. He'll even bring his clients here. And when it was up for sale, he took the opportunity and we bought it. And we're very happy because we get to eat food here more often for free and I don't have to cook as much. First, I really need to thank Larry and Shelly. They're the ones who started the Avocado House, and they're the ones who made this a Chino favorite. When we took over, we kept the same recipes. We just upgraded ingredients, switched oil to the avocado oil, and added new menu items. The support from community is awesome. Police officers, city staff, residents from Chino and all around cities, they come and support us, so we're very grateful.

What sets your business apart?

First, food. It's homemade food made with love, like grandma would. And that was Shelly's motto, and we really like it, and we're keeping it, too. And second is the high-quality ingredient, especially the avocado oil. It costs us $3,000 more per month to use avocado oil instead of canola oil. But we made the decision to do it because we care for the health of our customers, our employees who eat our food every day, and for our family. If you want cozy countryside warm feeling, you could eat inside the restaurant. And if you want to like a more modern feel, you can eat at a veranda and the backyard, which is everyone's favorite. It's like having a picnic. You can relax and enjoy, you know, nice Southern California weather. We're very grateful as we continue to grow so we plan to increase ours and we're gonna open for dinner so you know people can now enjoy Avocado House all day long. We started a coffee shop called Rabbit and Bean in La Habra and it's really doing well so we want to open a second coffee shop here so you know customers enjoy specialty coffee and matcha. We're very excited. First, you know, don't focus on money, profit, but just focus on giving joy and happiness to your customers and employees. Always serve high quality food that you would serve your own family. People will notice and they'll come back and also take good care of your employees because they'll take good care of your customers.

On January 31st, the city of Chino hosted the first annual Lunar New Year's event, an event that celebrated culture, heritage, and new beginnings in the city of Chino. Senryu Taiko and the La'o-Matero Club Lion Dance began the festivities with a fascinating performance as part of the opening ceremony. After words from Councilmember Mark Lucio, the festive confetti popped as the celebration began. Performances by Shaolin Kung Fu showed off incredible martial arts moves with weapons, and the Chino Valley Chinese Alliance Children's Choir brought smiles to the crowd's faces with singing and dancing. Vendors were all around the Chino Civic Center with festive merchandise, art and a fun zone, making every moment fun and exciting. Food vendors were plenty, giving residents a chance to try out various tasty treats. Lunar New Year is a time for family, gratitude and connection. And an event like this brings Chino together, honoring diversity while celebrating what unites us. For more information on this and any upcoming events, please visit www.cityofchino.org forward slash events.

So my dad came like 45 years ago in the city of Chino. He thought the city of Chino was a good opportunity to open a new business and he was right. First of all I want to thank the community of the city of Chino because all these years they support us and they love us and I want to say a big thank you to them. quality, the good quality for the products, the good customer service and I think they love what we're doing for that. So we opened the first location four years ago and now we moved like two years ago over here with a bigger, nicer location and we try it through. Because it was the first project for us, it was a little bit hard at the beginning, thank God we made it. With the help of the city of Chino, the help of the people of Chino, we are here now to serve them.

We knew Chino was in demand for more restaurants, but we also knew that the location that we were gonna be going into, that there was a lot of growth and there was gonna be a lot that was gonna come in. But we also knew it was gonna take time to get there, but still just with it, like how it is right now, we're still doing really good. Like we knew coming into it, we were gonna be busy right off the bat. It seemed like a great place for the second location for us to grow and, you know, make our name bigger. The customers have been awesome with us. We've been busy. It's been a year, and we've been busier and busier every day. We've sponsored a lot of the youth baseball teams, football teams. We know customers on a first-name basis, and we have a good set of regulars. So the community has supported us tremendously, and they're keeping this place open. They're keeping it going. We always knew that this is what we wanted to do. Both the owners always wanted to own their own restaurants. I knew them closely. I wanted to own restaurants as well. And that was just the goal behind it was, hey, let's turn Kenwoods into a household name. We love when the kids that come in here, hey, we want to go to Kenwoods. That was the goal to be the next big thing. I would say what sets us apart, one thing is we are a scratch kitchen, so everything is recipe-based, everything is made fresh, everything's made fresh daily. One thing that we really preach is giving the best service possible. Again, it all falls back to, you know, you can have great food, which we do, and a great atmosphere, but at the end of the day, the customers are coming back, for the experience, for the service part. And we try to teach our staff every day, hey, make each visit count. Put a smile on someone's face. Get to know them on a personal level. When that customer comes in, we want them saying, hey, is so-and-so working today? You know, we have a lot of good things going on, live music, we do a taco special, we have a brunch, we have a happy hour from 3 to 6, Monday through Friday. So as, you know, the community, you know, hears about us and finds these things out, we just continue to grow. My name is Matt Mraz. I am the general manager of Kenwood's Kitchen and Tap in Chino, located in the Preserve Shopping Center off of Chino and Main.

Chino is an absolute beautiful community. My husband and I are from Los Angeles. And so we were trying to get closer to family. We have a little toddler and in LA there's wellness bars on every corner. Whereas here we kind of noticed that there was missing link. You know, there's lots of big corporations and franchises. And so we decided this would be the absolute perfect location to bring a little bit of that here. The community in Chino has been the most important part, I think, of growing this business. Word of mouth in this community is so major. Everybody knows somebody and it's such a tight-knit community, especially in the wellness world. And so it's just been incredible to, you know, grow with the community. You know, there's smoothie bars everywhere, but do they truly, you know, care about the ingredients? What's in it? Are they organic? And so really, I don't think there's anywhere here in the area that really brings that to the community. So that's truly what sets us apart. And the aesthetic, of course. Sana in Arabic means brilliant praise, and in Spanish it means healthy or healing, and mana is the bread that God made rain, the nourishment, God's nourishment. And so altogether it means praise God's healing nourishment, which is really just taking it back to the root of how he intended us to eat, not the processed foods, really just nurture our bodies with whole food ingredients. And then really the intention behind Sanamana, there's such a bigger picture with the community and how we want to grow. This is our first location and we have exceeded what our expectation was within the community. And so it's so beautiful to see. Stay rooted in faith. Stay rooted in your beliefs. And when it gets tough, keep going because there was tons of times where we wanted to give up. But just stay true to your calling and what you believe in your vision and you'll succeed.

Hello, I'm Chino Mariunishiloa. Summer is here and as temperatures rise, Chino has plenty of cool things to do all season long. I'm excited to invite you to our summertime events, which are perfect for the entire family. First, mark your calendars for Saturday, June 6th from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Stuby Family Park. We're hosting our first ever Chino in Action event. It's a great opportunity to meet our city staff, enjoy a free barbecue, and see our brand new police helicopter up close. Next, we're bringing back our Chino Summer Nights movie series, happening every Friday from June 12th to July 31st, except for June 26th. This year, we're adding a special twist. Half of our summer movies will take place at the newly opened Stubing Family Park, in the Preserve. That's right, we're giving more Chino residents the opportunity to enjoy our movie nights closer to home. Be sure to bring your blankets, snacks, and lawn chairs and enjoy a beautiful night under the stars watching exciting movies the whole family will love. If live music is more your style, I encourage you to join us for our summer concerts on the lawn presented by the Chino Kiwanis Club. We have a fantastic lineup of bands performing every Thursday from June 12th to July 25th, except July 3rd. It promises to be a toe-tapping good time. And be sure to join us as we light up the Chino night sky during our annual two-day fireworks spectacular on June 26th and 27th at Iola Park. For more information on all our exciting events happening all summer long, visit cityofchino.org forward slash events. With all these events and amenities, Chino is the place to be this summer.

At Chino's 2026 State of the City, something unexpected happened. A surprise appearance from Oral Hirschheiser delivering big news for Chino. It was a night that brought the community together as the City of Chino welcomed residents, businesses, and community leaders for its annual State of the City presented in partnership with the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce. Mayor Eunice Ulloa highlighted the progress shaping Chino today while sharing a look at what's ahead, all centered around this year's theme, Always Home. From continued investments in infrastructure and public safety to a growing business community, the momentum is clear. The evening also honored those making a difference, including Business of the Year recipients Royalty Cakes and B&B Lock and Security, and Spirit of Achievement honorees Dale and Sandra Subright, whose impact spans decades. The Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce also highlighted the continued growth of Chino's business community and the opportunities ahead. And then, a surprise appearance from none other than Dodger legend Oral Hershiser interrupted the mayor's speech to formally announce his partnership with Chino's legacy business, M.K. Smith's Chevrolet, to rename the dealership Oral Hershiser's Chevrolet. A moment that captured the energy of a city on the rise while staying rooted in what matters most. This is Chino. Always home. Watch the full state of the city at cityofchino.org forward slash SOTC.

are here because we're brewing up business chino is absolutely a phenomenal place to be multi-generational city we've been here over a hundred years and very business friendly you're gonna love chino As far as businesses are concerned, I personally want to see something for everyone. I want our kids to be able to stay in town, have entertainment places to go. I also want all kinds of entertainment for every age group. We need to stay here, we work here, we live here, and we play here. So I'm looking for businesses that are going to fill any void that we have.

So welcome to the Business Roundtable. This is the Broker's Edition.

I was first elected in 1984. Chino used to be very, very heavily agricultural, and over time we have evolved into something for everyone when it comes to housing stock, which is wonderful, and also businesses. We're growing by leaps and bounds. Very, very proud of our community. Multi-generational, so we have grandparents, parents, kids. So Chino's a wonderful place to be, and I'm very, very proud to represent it.

Hey there, I'm Samantha. I'm the community engagement manager here at the Animal Resource Center of the Inland Empire. We're the new animal services agency for this region. We serve Ontario, Montclair, Chino, and the unincorporated areas of West San Bernardino County. We provide all animal services for this area, things like pet licensing, microchipping your pets, supporting the community when they find stray animals, adoptions, foster opportunities. We also have volunteer opportunities. Come on down, come meet some of our very cute animals.

Community support since we opened was pretty good, very incredibly supportive. What I understand from the city part, the mayor and all the people around the city was very helpful since we started operation of construction and then fully operational opening in December 2023. Our business sets apart, I would say, being a Marriott hotel, we more focus on service as well as local community, what we support, and more hospitality, I would say. So it's not only just a basic room and guests can come and sleep, but we focus as a whole hospitality, more warmth and welcoming. That's what our goal normally we follow. Business grown every year pretty much, I would say since opening December 6, 2023, right? Now we are at about one and a half year plus, but every year we see significant growth. This year is much more, I would say 10 to 20% more than what we were in the first year. and surrounding area what we see a lot of opportunity still considering our location and one of the biggest location I would say about the BAPS Swaminarayan temple that helps a lot a lot of weddings and a lot of Events happening there, guests do come and stay here. Besides that, we do get a lot of teams. That gives us a good growth opportunity, and we are still seeing a lot of opportunity around the businesses in the area, which we are trying to explore too.

On April 9, 2026, the City of Chino, in partnership with Adrian's World, hosted an event at the Chino Police Department called Safe and Sound. This inclusive event is for the neurodivergent community to interact with first responders of the Chino Police Department, Chino Hills Sheriff's Department, and the Chino Valley Fire District. Various vendors like the Autism Society Inland Empire and the Special Olympics of Southern California were present, giving out information as well as special needs coffee with their unique brand of drinks. Public safety vehicles like a fire engine and bear cap were on display for exploration and photo ops. There were also demonstrations including the Blue Envelope program, which helps police officers identify and interact with a person with special needs. The Chino Valley Fire District showed off their defibrillator and Chino PD focused on a civil interaction between officers and pedestrians. Safe and Sound is another event bringing inclusivity to residents of all abilities while making it fun to interact with our first responders. Thank you to our sponsors for this event. For more information, please visit www.cityofchino.org

Well, interestingly, I opened up the very first LA Fitness that was the very first ground up they'd ever built here in Chino in December of 96. and I just had become a new yoga teacher and decided I wanted to open up my own studio and Fit Body was nice enough to let me sublease space from them and it grew from there. About 11 years ago we opened up the space you see here behind me and this weekend we celebrate our 14th year anniversary and this just has become my home community. Most of our advertising is simply word of mouth. And so the fact that people continue to tell their friends to come here is something that we're eternally grateful for beyond words. Not only do we have yoga, but we have heated kettlebell classes where people do barefoot kettlebell to good music in hour-long heated room. And we have ice bath classes in the backyard where people come together and get into the ice. We have sauna and lockers and showers. But I think really what sets us apart more than anything is this vein of mindfulness that we try to thread throughout our offering. To go from a small boot camp spot, subleasing behind Sprouts, to this large 4,000 square foot space with lockers and showers and two big yoga rooms is beyond our original vision and literally a dream come true. We're just super grateful that the community continues to show up for us. As long as they do, we're so excited about continuing to show up for them. Continue to persevere. Grit, work ethic is something that goes a long way when you own your own business. We're just super grateful to be here. So I would say more than anything, just the sense of humility that the challenges have brought created this grit and gratitude for what it is we do.

president of the city of chino do you recycle your bottles and cans here's something you should know bottles and cans are good for the environment when recycled properly the city of chino encourages its residents to recycle their bottles and cans on trash day in their curbside recycling cart or by taking them to a certified collection center for a cash refund do your part keep chino clean and recycle your bottles and cans for more information Visit the City of Chino's website under recycling or call 909-334-3289. This program is being brought to you by the City of Chino. Presidente de la Ciudad de Chino, recicla.

Thank you.

Good evening, everyone, and welcome to the June 16th council meeting. We have a special presentation for our flag salute this evening. I'd like to call up Chino Troop 202, led by Nate Franco. He's going to lead us in the pledge. Please stand.

Hi, Nate. Hi. Would you like your fellow spouse? Yeah, for sure.

All right. Please put your right hand over your heart. Please face the flag. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Two. Audience, you may be seated. Troop at ease.

Thank you. Would you like to introduce your troop members before they leave? Yeah.

Troop to two, if you'd like to stay. Thank you. Hi, thank you for having us, first of all. My name is Nate. I'm the Assistant Senior Patrol Leader of Troop 202, and it's just an honor being here, because we're located out of Chino, so it just feels great being here at the City Hall, getting to do the flag ceremony in front of all you. We just want to say thank you, and otherwise, let's have a great council meeting. Thank you. Thank you.

He is the son of one of our employees, Kerry Franco. Kerry, wave to everyone. Proud mama. Okay, next we have the recognition of Pop Warner Little Scholars. It's my honor this evening to recognize the Pop Warner Little Scholars National All-American Honors students from Chino Pop Warner. I'd like to call up Mark Beatrice. Please join me up front. The Pop Warner Program, which provides competitive football and cheer, has a program called Little Scholars, which gives children the opportunity to compete with their academic achievement at the national level. The program emphasizes the balance of academics, sports, and community outreach. This year, Chino was represented by nine players that were awarded with national All-American honors.

Thank you. Hi, my name is Mark Petrez. I do assist with the organization of Chino Pop Warner. This year we had the pleasure of announcing nine players at the national academic level. There is a West Conn region and there's a national level that is nationwide through all 50 states. And Chino is part of a 25-team conference. So you can imagine the boys are submitting one essay that was due October 1st. And they were handpicked by a committee. Honorable mentions, second team and first team All-Americans. And it's a great feat to... be on that list. I told the boys, I said, uh, you know, if this happens in college, it's a straight trip to the white house and dinner dinner with the president. So, you know, if they keep that up, maybe one day we'll see them on TV, uh, doing what they do best.

You want to call them out?

Absolutely. Yeah. So, uh, we have Jace Andrew not here, not here this evening. We have Roman Betrez. And he was awarded the First Team National All-American. And then we have Jackson Aguilar, who receives Second Team National All-American Scholar. He's not here due to a All-Star game in Upland. And then we also have Sebastian Alboran, National Honorable Mention. Xavier Castaneda, who received the All-American Scholar Honorable Mention. We have Marco Avalos Jr., who received the All-American Honorable Mention. And we have Jacob Lopez Jr., who received the All-American honorable mention as well. We have Andres Contreras, who received the All-American honorable mention. And last but not least, we have Elijah Montes, who received the honorable mention for National American.

Thank you so much.

I appreciate it, boys.

Congratulations.

I'm going to get a picture for you.

Congratulations again. Good job.

Okay, next we have the business of the month. Our first business of the month is not only one of the most popular in Chino, but beloved throughout the Inland Empire. For the month of June 2026, I'd like to congratulate the Avocado House as one of our businesses of the month. I'd like to call up Carrie Kim and any other guests that are with you this evening. Bring up family members. The Avocado House. The Avocado House is family owned and has been operated in Chino actually for 22 years. The restaurant specializes in breakfast and lunch. Their goal is simple, serve great food that people treat well and make every customer feel welcome. The team at the Avocado House puts people before profit. They support our local schools, city events, and nonprofits through donations. They also support our local businesses. They proudly purchase meats from Hottinger's and purchase groceries at our local grocery stores. The Avocado House was founded in Chino by former owners Larry and Shelly. When they sold the business, Carrie and her family were grateful for the opportunity to take it over. As residents themselves, they are honored to continue serving our local community. Please join me in congratulating one of our June 2026 Businesses of the Month recipients, the Avocado House. And... I have a congratulations plaque to provide to you. Would you like to say a few words? And introduce your family.

Hi, my name is Carrie Kim, and this is my daughter Monica and Isaac Kim. Thank you, Mayor, City Council members, and City staff for this recognition. On behalf of everyone at the Avocado House, we are truly honored to receive this award. We want to thank the City of Chino for its continued support of local business and for making this such a great community to be part of. We would also like to recognize Larry and Shelly, who created the Avocado House, and they're the one who made this into a local favorite, and we're just proud to carry on their legacy. A special thanks to all our incredible staff and loyal customers. We remain committed to serving fresh food, high-quality food, and using healthy ingredients like avocado oil, and providing a place where friends and family can come together and enjoy a great meal. We are proud to call Chino home, and we look forward to serving this community for many years to come. Thank you.

Fantastic. Thank you. Thank you. Let's get a picture. Wait, sweetie. Okay.

Okay, our next business of the month specializes in serving our community and communities all over the world. For the month of June 2026, I would like to congratulate the Salvation Army in Chino as one of our businesses of the month. Will store manager Miguel Gonzalez please join me up in front? Many know the Salvation Army as a thrift store and a great place to find hidden gems. However, they also give community members a second chance by helping with rehabilitation and housing. The Salvation Army's mission is to serve the community no matter who is in need. Oftentimes, each store is staffed with individuals who have received services, giving them an opportunity to work and contribute to people in need. They also support our local businesses. All signage here at the Chino store is purchased from U.S. Printing right here in Chino. When needed, they also make referrals to our local Goodwill and Three-Way Thrift. The Salvation Army chose Chino because of the community support and outreach our city does to help our residents. Join me in congratulating one of our June 2026 Businesses of the Month, Salvation Army of Chino.

Hi, this is my daughter Madison. My wife and my son and my mother-in-law are sitting right over there. Little shy, little shy. This is actually a really good honor. We've been here since May 8th was our first day. I was actually the first employee hired at that store. So I got hired and they're like, we have an idea for Chino. And six months later, it came true. First of all, I just want to thank the mayor and the city and everybody for accepting us and including us into the city. It was hard in the beginning. It was slow. People didn't know about us. But we grew. We continue to grow. We continue to help people. There's a school right next to us. donate, we volunteer, we try to be part of the community. For back to school, we sell dollar backpacks just to help the kids. Me and my wife, what we do is we buy a hundred backpacks and we fill them up and we give them away to the kids. It's a good honor though. Really appreciate you guys for inviting us and having us. Thank you. Tell the people where you're located. Oh, we're located off the corner of Central Philadelphia, right next to the Chuck E. Cheese. Come visit. We have a 50% off sale this weekend.

Congratulations.

Thank you so much. You're welcome, you're welcome.

Okay, I'm pleased this evening to recognize Finance Department employee Hilda Miller for 28 years of dedicated service. Have your family come up. Hilde began her journey with the city on April 20th, 1998, as a part-time clerk typist at the senior center. Through hard work, dedication, and a commitment to excellence, she steadily advanced throughout the organization. Over the years, she has served as clerk typist two, secretary, and ultimately administrative assistant, a position that she has held for more than a decade in the finance department. Hilda's career is a true example of what can be achieved through perseverance, professionalism, and a strong work ethic. Throughout her 28 years with the city, she has earned the respect and admiration of coworkers, department directors, city leadership, and everyone fortunate enough to work alongside her. Anyone who knows Hilda knows that she's one of the most organized people you will ever meet. Whether coordinating, you agree, huh? Whether organized people, I'm sorry, whether organizing projects, keeping departments on track, or helping staff navigate a challenge, Hilda has always been the person people could count on. She's helpful, dependable, and consistently goes above and beyond to support others. But what truly sets Hilda apart is her personality. She brings warmth, kindness, and fun to every workplace she enters. Her positive attitude is contagious, and her sense of humor has brightened countless days throughout City Hall. Many of us know her affectionately as our resident Fleming gal. proudly embracing her love of flamingos and bringing a little extra color and joy wherever she goes. Hilda's dedication extends far beyond the workplace. She's a devoted wife, a proud mother of two daughters, and a loving grandmother to four grandchildren who are undoubtedly among her greatest accomplishments. In fact, her commitment to public service has come full circle. as one of her daughters now proudly serves alongside us right here in Chino. Throughout her career, excuse me, Hilda has been much more than an employee. Excuse me. She's been a mentor, a teammate, a friend, and a trusted source of knowledge. Her willingness to help others, her loyalty to her department, and her dedication to serving the residents of Chino have left a lasting impact on our organization. While we will certainly miss her expertise, her laughter, her flamingo spirit, and her friendly presence in the office, we're excited for her as she begins this well-earned next chapter of life. Hilda, on behalf of the City Council and the entire City of Chino, Thank you for your 28 years of outstanding service. We want to thank you for your dedication, your friendship, and the countless ways you've contributed to making our city a better place. We wish you many years filled with family gatherings, activities with your grandchildren, travel adventures, relaxation, and of course, plenty of flamingos. Congratulations on your retirement, Hilda. Your legacy of service, kindness, and dedication will not be forgotten. And we would love to present you with our coveted city child. Anne, would you like to say a few words and introduce your family? Sure.

This is my husband, Randy. My daughter, Janelle, her daughter, Juliana, and her husband, John. And I just want to let you all know I'm just ever so grateful for the opportunity to work for this city that I also live in. It's been a really great run. I've worked for three different departments, so I've learned a lot. And I'm just grateful for the opportunity that we had here.

Well, we appreciate everything that you've done for our community. Thank you so much. We'll miss you.

Thank you.

And if you get bored at home, you know you can come back.

Oh, absolutely.

All right. I told her if she gets bored at home, she can come back.

She might. She might. Let's get a picture.

28 years is a long time. A long time. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Okay, the City of Chino Annual Employee Award Recognitions. This is fun. It's my honor this evening to recognize a few members of our Chino family who are recognized as Employee of the Year for their respective departments. These men and women have served our community with dedication, professionalism, and a sense of purpose. that you could only find right here in Chino. Their work has not only elevated their respective departments, but also elevated the level of public service that our residents deserve. I'd like you to please join me in congratulating our Chino Employees of the Year. Now when I call up your name, please join me in front. For administration, I'd like to call up Vivian Castro and Jackie Melendez. Who wants the mic?

Thank you, Mayor. It's our pleasure to talk a little bit about Vivian Castro. She is a secret weapon here in the city. We keep her behind closed doors because Vivian is busy with her brain. She is a genius, and I tell her this all the time. She is responsible for bringing in money through our grants program. She's part of every grant that comes in through the city. She works on legislative items. and she is a major foodie as well. And so she always has amazing food being delivered, always supporting Chino businesses. And Vivian, just wanna say thank you for your service to our city. I don't know how we would do the things that we do without you, because the work that you do is so mighty and important to our work. Thank you.

Mr. Mayor, can I get a picture?

I stole Vivian from the Conservation District when I left there. I brought her with me. Our hidden jewel.

Do you want to get a picture now or after? We're going to do a picture of everybody.

Oh, everybody together? Okay, never mind. Okay, next, for Community Services, Parks, and Recreation, I'd like to call up Ernie Quintana and Sylvia Avalos.

Hello. So Ernie Quintana is a Community Services Parks and Recreation Coordinator. He is assigned at Ayala Park Operations Center, which is one of our largest parks, 140 acre park. Also this afternoon, afternoon we learned that Ayala from June 2025 to May 2026, Ayala Park has had 2.1 million visitors. So he is overly, this is him as a coordinator. So Ernie, he exemplifies what it means to be a member of our team. He consistently demonstrates professionalism, exceptional customer service, and his strong commitment to our city mission. He goes above and beyond to support our user groups, our large special events that we host at Ayala Park, large-scale sports tournaments, and works very closely with many members that come there to participate in nonprofit 5K runs. So he's always really busy, works, I believe, every Saturday, if I'm not mistaken. So he's constantly there. His commitment to service makes a lasting impact in our department and in our community. We're really excited to receive the Employee of the Year for our CSPR department.

And of course, he's gonna be very instrumental for our Independence Day celebration coming up. Okay, next we have Development Services. I don't know if she's here or not. Stevie Meneses, I never say it right. Warren, oh, she's here.

thank you for coming of course well well hello everybody uh i am the department head for the development service department one of the part or one of the divisions we have is the code enforcement division and i want to say that when we looked at trying to determine who would be the employee of the year all the managers get together we nominate people that we think are important that did a good job that year unanimously it was stevie Oh, unanimously, it was Stevie. So we're proud of her. She works out of our Code Enforcement Division. I wrote five pages of what she's good about, but I figured I would just go to the nuts and bolts. It is professionalism, dependability, and hardworking. So put it in a nutshell, she simply gets the job done and makes a difference for the department. So I really appreciate her effort, and I hope that you stay for many, many more years.

Thank you, Warren. You're not allowed to leave, you know. Good to know. Okay. Thanks. Thank you. Congratulations. Thank you.

Okay, next, for Finance Department, we have Jamie Klump. I'd like Kim to come up, please. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Thank you, Mayor. I would like to introduce Jamie Klump. She has been with the finance department for 14 years. And while most of us will be pulling out our hair, trying to pay hundreds and hundreds of bills with millions and millions of dollars every month, Jamie does it with a quiet smile, with incredible attention to details. Now, you don't want to mess up with one number because you'll be paying the wrong bill, right? But Jamie has incredible attention to detail, and I was told that she has incredible stories to tell. She's always making everyone smile. She keeps our vendors happy, and she has a great sense of humor. So I hope this will be an unforgettable night for Jamie, and please help me congratulate Jamie Klump.

Congratulations, Jamie.

Next for Human Resources, I'd like to call up Genevieve Huge, who's Terry.

Thank you, Mayor. So let me tell you a little bit about Genevieve. She is new to the city of Chino. She's been here for about a year. And Human Resources is behind the scenes, but many of you may know Genevieve as one of the first people who calls you and offers you a job. She does it with such professionalism and kindness and she also works behind the scenes with payroll and she is the one who actually develops all of our salary schedules and she works all of the problems before the payroll can actually pay us, so you're welcome. and we are very proud that she chose Chino, and I am so glad that she's part of the Human Resources Risk Management Department, and I'm honored that you were able to be chosen as our Employee of the Year, so congratulations, Genevieve.

Congratulations.

Okay, next for Public Works, we have Tabitha Aguilera, Aguilera, and Andy Yamas. And we have Haijin Lee.

Thank you. I got two. Because one just wasn't enough. So let's start with Andy. Andy is our lead in our wastewater and storm drain collection system. So all of you guys who are able to take a shower and flush your toilets this morning, you got to thank Andy. Because he makes sure that our sewer system and our storm drain system is in compliance with all the state regulations. And he also, I am very thankful that he embraced technology. So he was instrumental in transferring all of our underground dig alert from paper to automation. So they're all digitized so we could keep track. Yes. Absolutely. So I'm very thankful for that. And he also embraced the technology of GIS so that he has a map and he also makes sure he records what kind of maintenance was done and what was repaired on a map and also checks to ensure that the map is accurate for any future work that we do. And he is truly not only just on his title, but he's a leader. And he rallies everybody and also oversees our FOC program. It's a fat, oil, and grease program to make sure that our sewer is flowing smoothly. And Tabitha, she is epitome of a truly our public work spirit. She is our engineering technician. She also lives here and plays here and she works here too. And she knows where everything is buried. And when we can't find anything or we don't know where to go, we go to Tabitha. But one of the things that I really want to highlight about Tabitha and why we really thought that she was just a standout employee is last year we had a lot of employees that were, for good reasons, were out of the office due to, you know, having babies or have medical issues. And we had a lot of vacancies in our front counter. she stepped right in to help out and she just did it because it just needed to get done and she did not miss a beat. So anyone who had ever visited the front counter, she was there helping out and also she was doing behind the scenes work in making sure all the plans and things got recorded accurately and helping out our engineers. And she just epitomizes the team spirit. So I am really, really thankful for what she did in the last past year and just kind of rallying the team. And Public Works is not the same without you and just your spirit of collaboration. So thank you.

Okay, and next we have Employee of the Year, and unfortunately, Ariana Ferjardo is not here, and our city manager, Linda, I know. Linda Reich will talk about her.

So just very quickly, out of our 650 employees, Ariana was chosen by her peers as our Employee of the Year. And if you don't know her, she's our communications manager. She's the one behind the scenes that makes sure that this council meeting is video, that our social media is the best in the Inland Empire. She puts on the state of the city for the most part. And she just works so hard behind the scenes to make sure that city of Chino looks great. Since we started our social media, it has increased tenfold behind her and her team. So we're grateful for that. Unfortunately, she is on vacation, which is well deserved for her. So she couldn't be here tonight. But we are so proud of all of our Department Employees of the Year and our Citywide Employee of the Year. And the benefit of the Citywide Employee of the Year is they get a fancy parking space, which she keeps forgetting to park in. And we have to keep reminding her. So congratulations to Ariana. We're very proud that she is the Employee of the Year for Chino for 2026.

Congratulations to you all.

Okay, he's going to get a picture.

No, don't leave. You have to get a picture. Now, I hope you all know that this means you have to stay with us. You cannot leave us, ever.

Congratulations.

You're welcome. You keep everything going now. Thank you. Okay, prior to the council meeting starting, we did have close.

Mayor, we have one more presentation.

We do?

The bottom.

I missed one. Oh, I'm sorry, we sure do. Okay. We have a Welcome to Chino presentation on the Welcome to Chino New Business Program. I'd like to call up Jackie Melendez, Assistant City Manager, and Renisha Perry, our Economic Development Manager. Sorry, ladies, I missed that part.

Well, I'd just like to say good evening to Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, our council, and our lovely community that is here this evening. I am really excited to first just say thank you. Over the last year, your Economic Development Division has remained focused on bringing in the city priorities and focusing on business attraction, revenue generation, job creation, positioning Chino as a premier place to live, work, and play. Our efforts have been centered around attracting high-quality commercial and retail investment that enhances the quality of life for our residents with strengthening the city's long-term fiscal sustainability. We are proud of the momentum we have built through the years with strategic business attraction initiatives, strong partnerships throughout the community. Over the past year, Chino has welcomed an impressive number of new businesses, including H Mart, Northgate Markets, I'm sorry, Angry Chicks, Aki Tacos, Domino's, Tiger Cherries, and many, many more. We have also seen tremendous growth in the local coffee culture with more than eight new coffee establishments opening through the city, creating new gathering places for residents and visitors alike. looking ahead we are excited to announce kava is coming to chino in and out will be opening soon in the preserve dutch bros will be redeveloping the old olive garden and we look for further expanding the lifestyle options within our community these business attraction efforts directly support our goals in generating new sales tax revenues, creating employment with new jobs, opportunities, supporting entrepreneurship, expanding our legacy businesses, and providing new experiences for residents and our daytime work population, and not to forget our visitors. Fiscal year to date, I'm just going to pause right here. Fiscal year to date, the city has issued 871 new business licenses in Chino, representing continued growth in the city and investment into our local economy. As shown on the slides, we're going to go to the first slide. As shown on the slides, the numbers tell a compelling story about the momentum occurring within Chino. In economic development, we often say economic development is a contact sport. Success is driven through relationships, collaboration, and consistent engagement. I would like to recognize our internal partners, including planning, public works, building code enforcement. For more than one year, our team has met internally weekly to review development projects, identify opportunities to streamline processes, and shorten development timelines. Together, we have worked diligently to advance zoning codes, modernize ordinances, improve customer service, and demonstrate to the development community that Chino's competitive edge extends beyond just being business friendly. We are committed to being partners in the development process. We are equally grateful for our external partners, including San Bernardino County Workforce and Economic Development Departments, go-biz, which is part of our governor's office, Chafee College, local legislators, community leaders, and the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce. These strategic partnerships allow us to expand our reach, strengthen our retention efforts, and connect job seekers and employers to workforce resources and create new opportunities and new investment opportunities throughout the city. Most importantly, I would like to thank the development and business community as they have invested throughout the decades. Many of these businesses are located right here in the heart of our community and have helped shape the city as we know today. Their vision, entrepreneurship, and commitment to serve our residents continue to drive Chino's success. Last but never least, I would like to extend a heartfelt appreciation to our residents who choose Chino as a place to live, work, play, shop, eat local. On behalf of our business community, I would just like to say thank you. Now moving to the next slide. at one major win for this fiscal year economic development has expanded its efforts to support new the new business community we introduced a formal business retention and engagement initiative welcome to chino program the welcome to chino program this program was created to elevate the voice of the local business, increase their visibility, and help them establish strong connections within the community. To qualify, businesses must be less than one year old, maintain a valid business license, and operate from a brick and mortar location within Chino. Participating businesses receive a combination of support including a one-year chamber membership a chamber hosted ribbon-cutting featured in a monthly economic development newsletter inclusion in our city's press releases a choose Chino feature video and Advertising space in our discover Chino eat shop eat. I'm sorry shop eat local mailer since the Excuse me, since the launch, the program has supported 15 Chino businesses and continues to serve as an important tool as business retention, marketing, and engagement. One of the program's most notable successes was the grand opening of the Earl Hershiser Chevy. Oh, Chevy. Through a collaborative partnership between ownership, the city welcomed more than 100 VIP guests during the ribbon cutting and later attracted more than 4,000 attendees for the grand opening community celebration held on City Hall lawn for additional festivities. It was a star-studded event. These types of partnerships create momentum, generate positive attention, and strengthen Chino's reputation as a destination for investment and opportunity.

I wanted to take a step back on this last slide, if it will allow me. Is it going? There you go. Because I saw a lot of people in the audience kind of looking at it, and so I wanted to just take a moment. 872 new businesses, 6.3% retail commercial vacancy rate. That is down over last year, which was 11.2. That means that the interventions that we're doing as a city team are working. 5.7 industrial vacancy rate. That one is slightly higher. slightly above last year. And so we're actually in the process of hiring somebody that's gonna help us get that rate down. And then you'll notice we have a little thing there on the zip codes there, 91708. We've been posting about this. It's the largest, it's the fastest growing zip code in the nation. And so that growth comes with pros and cons for sure. And so that's something that as we as a city continue to grow, almost reaching 100,000, we wanna make sure that everything that makes Chino special and unique and wonderful for the people that live, work, and play here, that we're not losing any of that as we grow, as we bring in new opportunities for our residents. You heard Renisha talk about the departments. Economic development is a city-wide endeavor. You heard her talk about specific departments. Those are the departments that have been working to fast-track, modernize our development process so that we can make way for economic development and new businesses. But I would be remiss if I didn't talk about our police and fire, who are also a very critical part of our economic development strategy. Let it be known that in the economic development world, when businesses and areas fail, it's police and fire that have to bear the brunt of those businesses going out of business, those blighted areas. And so we're especially fortunate in our city, especially for our police department, who's been a partner in economic development in a way that throughout my 20 years in this business I've never seen before. So just wanted to say this is a citywide effort and we thank our council, we thank our internal partners and our external partners for allowing us to do the work that we do to provide these services to our businesses and our residents. And with that I'll turn it back over to Renisha.

Thank you, Jackie. And I think really what you think about Chino, we are raising the bar. And investment opportunity is right at our door. And so this is just proof that we are working hard. and we're seeing the fruits of our labor. Just to the last tidbit, I would like to invite Upzeb, our Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce, to provide a few accomplishments in our partnership, and then also to speak a little bit about the job fair coming up on Thursday that will be held at our Chino Community Building.

Yeah, no, I'd be happy to do that. First off, thanks for the opportunity to kind of share the work that we've been doing in partnership together. Before I get started, one of the things I do like to share is one of the reasons why I took this job eight years ago is because of the opportunity that we saw in this region and the opportunity that we saw. I have some friends that I grew up with here in the audience. One of the reasons why I started in this work was because I saw my dad commute for an hour to two every single day for 40 years during his professional career. And that's not something that I aspired to do myself, but I love this community, and this is where I wanted to stay, live, work, and play. And I think what we want to do is create opportunities for that, and the businesses that are here create opportunities for that. I know that Ariana was mentioned as the employee of the year. She and I connected really early on that. I know many of you connected on that because as we all know, Chino is a place where everything grows. So with that, we want to see this business community grow and thrive. And I just want to thank you and your leadership for the work that you guys have been doing because it's very clear from those statistics and that data that things are going in a very positive direction here in Chino. And that's something that us as a Chamber of Commerce is very excited to see and to be a part of because we see this opportunity together. And so thank you for investing in the work that we've been doing and that we're now doing in partnership with the city in a much more substantial way. So I'll highlight some of the things that we've been doing on this. So one of the things is hosting ribbon cuttings. And so they talked about some of the ones that do. They've been gracious enough to connect us with businesses where we can host these ribbon cuttings and open those. So to date, we've done 15 ribbon cuttings this year. So that's something we do for businesses on their behalf. They also get a chance to have membership with the Chamber. We go above and beyond in those ribbon-cutting scenarios. I think when we were working, we mentioned the oral hearsay and Chevrolet thing. That was a huge undertaking, and our team took the responsibility of applying for those permits and getting things together. So those are things that we do in partnership to help drive that local economy. We also invited 44 new members of the Chamber. So if you're not familiar, Chamber of Commerce, we have 450 members. These are businesses that help make up our community. They all have a vested interest in growing this community. I just had a board meeting where we have 18 of our top businesses that guide us in the direction on how can we best support this business community and community at large. So we did 44. We welcomed 44 new businesses to the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce. We've conducted a ton of events in the city. So we work to educate business owners. We work to form legislation. We work to do a whole bunch of stuff. So we've done tons of events. We've done 44 in Chino this year alone. And we're looking to do lots more based on our strategic planning session that we just did earlier today with my board of directors. uh we've also done some big larger events where we've had collaborations with the city of chino and kind of sharing what the economic impact and the resources are that we're doing so we've had six of those major events here uh renesia mentioned one of the things that is coming up one of the things that we worked on for the last three years was a workforce development initiative to help local people find opportunities with local businesses. This helps the local community because you're getting local people jobs, but it also helps the businesses grow because they're sourcing local talent, and that's something we want to try to foster here as the Chamber of Commerce, but also here at the city. So we do have a hiring fair that is coming up. It is at the Chino Community Center. We have 700 people that have registered to participate in that. I want to say there's about 30 or 40 businesses that are also registered for that, so we are helping those businesses get connected here. And then one of the other things we're doing as part of that relationship is doing business visits to just check in on businesses, see how they're doing, see if there's anything that we can do to help. So the number was added from on that list because we just did one this past week. So we visited 32 local businesses with... Our ambassador team and our board of directors, we've hopped in, checked in. And then the city of Chino also provides a bag of here's all the things that you might need from the city of Chino and resources. Devin came along with us on those tours as well. So that's a great way to provide some resources to local businesses. So with that, that's the list of the things that we've been in partnership doing together. Obviously, we partnered a ton of different ways. We've talked about the entrepreneurship center that we've got some funding for to help develop that. So there's just tons of exciting opportunities and that's what I'd like to leave us with. I just see so much opportunity here and I know you all do too as well. So thank you for pursuing that and working with us to achieve those goals.

Thank you, Zach.

Yeah. So before we take our seats, are there any questions from the dais?

Questions comments comment no, thank you very much mayor if I if I may just say also councilmember Flores is our liaison to the chamber and so thank you for the many many hours that you go to meetings and ribbon cuttings and representing our City and also our whole council has been going to so many of these ribbon cuttings and the more that we have that's the more work that you all have to do to So we want to thank you for not only your support, but actually being out there and trying new tacos and new chicken sandos. I just like saying chicken sandos. But thank you very much for that. And then Zeb, one thing on your slides there. We are halfway through the year, if we can imagine that. We have 15 ribbon cuttings so far. Last year I believe the number was 11 that we did in ribbon cuttings. So already just halfway through, we're rocking and rolling. So it's so fun to do this work and amazing to do it here in Chino. Thank you.

Thank you.

Chris?

Yeah. First of all, thank you for the presentation. I have amazing things to say about you guys. But real quick, Zeb, I just want to say, I mean, your leadership there at the chamber, I mean, is astonishing. One thing I've never really heard anybody say about you, and I've noticed this, I think, over the last six months, is just your skill for finding talent, right? The people you have around you, the new board members, right, that are part of the team. I think that's a huge skill, right, for anyone to have, is being able to have the... the eye for finding talent. So congratulations to you, congratulations to the chamber, and I look forward to more collaboration and more opportunity in the future.

Awesome, thank you. This is one of the things that I found is the most talented thing that I got right here. But I do want to say the economic development team that you guys have put together is also phenomenal as well. So it's a great partnership because we are both top-notch organizations doing great things.

I think you need to introduce your sidekick.

Yes. This is my son, my youngest son, Leonardo. So I have three. So I have a 10-year-old, a 7-year-old, and this is my 5. You're 5 years old, right?

Well, pick him up so people can see him. Here, come up. He ran all the way up here to be seen. Say hello.

Hello. Hi. All right. And to our economic development team, I just want to say, oh, Ronisha. That's cute.

Good job, good job. Thank you all.

Great job, ladies.

Okay, we did have closed session prior to the council meeting starting. I'd like to ask our attorney to give us a report out of that meeting.

Thank you, Mayor, members of the Council, and all of those present. The City Council met in closed session, as announced by the Mayor, and discussed the following three items as listed on the closed session portion of the agenda. Item one, conference with legal counsel, existing litigation, the matter of Goat Babadi versus City of Chino. City Council received a briefing, provided direction, and no further reportable action was taken. Item number two, conference with real property negotiator concerning the property at 16358 Main Street, Building 7, Suites 130 and 140, with the negotiating party being Homecoming V at the Preserve LLC. City Council discussed price in terms of a potential lease provided direction and no further reportable action was taken. Finally, item number three, conference with legal counsel. One item of anticipated litigation under the heading significant exposure to litigation. City Council received a briefing on that matter and no further reportable action was taken. That concludes the report. Thank you.

thank you very much city manager right do we have any agenda additions or changes no changes ma'am thank you very much We have an external agency report for June in our information packet. I encourage you all to access that online. Next, under public announcements, first, I invite you to celebrate America's 250th anniversary with us during our two-day fireworks spectacular on Friday, June 26th, and Saturday, June 27th at Ayala Park. Enjoy carnival rides, delicious food, information and retail vendors, live music, and the best fireworks show in the Inland Empire on June 27th at 9 p.m. For more information, please visit cityofchino.org forward slash FS, and we will see you there. Also, please note that the City of Chino and most city facilities will be closed on Friday, July 3rd in celebration of the Fourth of July holiday. We'll be back to our normal business hours on Monday, July 6th. Next, I'd like to adjourn tonight's meeting in honor of three beloved members of the Chino community. Ralph Berger was a long time Chino Fire Captain who was a treasured member of this community for over 60 years. He loved classic cars, especially his 1962 Chevy Impala. He was known for making friends wherever he went, and he was also known for volunteering as Santa Claus during the Christmas season. He was an active member in the Chino Valley Fire Foundation and was awarded the Fred L. Burns Community Service Award after many years of dedicated service to his community. Ralph passed away after a very short illness on May 23rd. Next, Mary Wolfenbarger was a pillar of this community for many years, working dutifully alongside her late husband, Jerry, at the family business, OF Wolfenbarger Incorporated, which provides landscaping materials to the community for nearly a century. Mary was a devoted mother to five children and a cherished member of her community. She is lovingly remembered not only by her children, by her 14 grandchildren, 13 great-grandchildren, and one great, great grandchild who we'll all miss her very dearly. She passed away on April 26th. And last, Joe Alex Cavalier was a dedicated and cherished member of the Chino, city of Chino family. Working in the public works department for many years before celebrating his retirement. In retirement, he found joy 37 years.

Okay.

In his retirement, he found joy in the open road, seeking out adventure on his Harley Davidson motorcycle. But above all, Joe was dedicated to his family, including his wife of 41 years, Gabriela, his three daughters, his grandson, and his grandson. Joe will be remembered for his generosity for building a close-knit family and for working with his grandson on trucks, bikes, and other projects. Joe passed away in March of this year. On behalf of the city council and the entire city of Chino, we extend our deepest condolences to their families and loved ones of Ralph Berger, Mary Wolfenberger, and Joe Cavalier. So tonight we will be adjourning in their memory. Next is public communication. This is the time and the place for the general public to address the City Council about subjects that do not appear elsewhere on the agenda. Due to Council policy and Brown Act requirements, actions cannot be taken on any issues that are not on the agenda. Ordinance number 97-08, Chino Municipal Code section 2.04.090. Limit speakers to no more than five minutes in which to address the Council except as provided under Government Code 54954.3 . If more than three persons seek to address the same agenda item or the same subject matter, a maximum period of time not to exceed 30 minutes may be established. My first written request to speak is Pastor Lon Wagner from Crosspoint Church. Pastor Wagner will be leading us in an invocation. For all those who would like to join us, please stand.

Thank you, Mayor.

Let's pray.

Lord, you made us to do life together. When we are in healthy families, we thrive. When we participate in thriving neighborhoods and communities, we are blessed. And when our city flourishes, it helps to make life good for every citizen, every school, every business, and every church in that city. Thank you for all the good things happening in Chino. We're grateful for all the successes experienced, whether they be on the Little League baseball field, in the classroom, at the business office, in the worship center, or in the city council boardroom. We thank you, Lord, for the good things happening here. We pray for the protection of those who protect us, protect our police officers and firefighters. Lord, their work is often dangerous, at the same time so important. We truly appreciate all that they do, Lord. Help them to serve us with excellence. And Lord, we pray for our leaders, for our mayor, our city council members, for our city manager and city attorney, and for so many others whose leadership affects our lives in so many ways. Thank you, Lord, for their hard work. Give them wisdom and discernment in all the decisions that they must make. In all these things, we pray for our city. May we continue to thrive in our life together. It's in Jesus' name we pray. Amen.

Thank you, Pastor. Okay, that's the only written request that I have to speak on a non-agenda item. City Clerk, do we have any remote speakers?

Yes, Mayor. We do have one public comment from Mr. Connor. I'll bring him into the meeting. Okay.

Hi, Mayor Ulloa. Hi, City Staff. I'd like to see a I'd like to see a presentation from staff on how Channel 3 works and what went into the last upgrade and just generally how it works and how much it cost to put the TV station on the air. If you could do that at a A future council meeting, I would appreciate it.

Okay, thank you very much, sir, and we will look into that. Are there any other comments, Natalie?

No.

Okay, is there anyone in the audience that would like to address the council on an item that is not on the agenda? Okay, seeing none, now we do have a tradition here, and that is any student or scout that happens to be in the audience to get credit for a class or a badge, we would like you to come up and introduce yourself and tell us why you're here. So I see several scouts in the audience. I'd like to have you come up one at a time and introduce yourselves. Tell us what you're working on. Come on, fellas. Here comes the first brave one. Come to the lectern, sweetie. Right there. The microphone. Right on the other side. Yep, line up. Come on.

Hi, my name is Hunter. I'm a first, second class scout and I'm here to get some requirements done for merit badges.

Which merit badge?

It's community, citizenship in the community and WITH THE OTHER COMMUNICATIONS. OKAY.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE. NEXT.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. I AM AUSTIN LEBLANC. I'M HERE FOR WORKING ON REQUIREMENT 3A FOR THE CITIZENSHIP AND COMMUNITY MAYOR BADGE. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

HELLO, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M AIDEN FLORES, AND I'M A STAR SCOUT, AND I'M WORKING ON COMMUNICATIONS AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY MAYOR BADGES.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEMBERS AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS WYATT MCDONALD AND I'M WORKING ON THE COMMUNICATIONS AND CITIZENSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY MERIT BADGE.

HELLO, MAYOR. MY NAME IS MATTHEW SEESLICK AND I'M HERE TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.

THANK YOU.

HELLO, MAYOR. I AM J.V. NYAMBA. I'M CURRENTLY HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY MERIT BADGE.

OKAY.

Good evening. My name is Jarrell, and I'm here to work on requirements for the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge and Communication Merit Badge.

Hello, Mayor. I'm Preston Johnson. I'm here for the Citizenship in the Community Merit Badge.

We appreciate all of you being here. Thank you very much. I hope you find it interesting. Is there anyone else in the audience that has not addressed the council yet on an item that is not on the agenda? Okay, seeing none, we will move on. Our first item of action is the consent calendar. Do any council members wish to have any items pulled for discussion? Okay, we do have one request to get some information from item number five, Mr. Stubby Bar.

Natalie, I'll send this to you electronically.

Thank you.

Good evening, counselors. Just got too much upbeat stuff tonight. I got to bring it down a little bit, unfortunately. So, at the last meeting, I brought to your attention the lack of the accessibility issues at the Chino Airport parking lot. And I mentioned the code sections that required it, and I just want to remind you once again, because we have, on tonight's consent calendar, we have the A Block Batting Cages Project, which, again, failed to provide the accessibility requirements that the law requires. As a matter of fact, just for your general information, we have spent, at last count, it was $41 million on Ayala Park since 2008, and we have failed to do the $8 million worth of accessibility upgrades that are required for each and every project. So the first page is the section of the Government Code 4453, which I have quoted to you and now you can see in person. This is part of what's referred to as Government Code 4450 because the title of the act is long and awkward. It's the Access to Public Facilities by Disabled Persons Act. There's no good acronym, so we just refer to it as Government Code 4450. 4453, and I'll just read the highlighted portion. The responsibility for enforcement of this chapter, and the chapter that I'm referring to is the accessibility requirements for public facilities, shall be as follows. By the governing bodies thereof where funds of municipalities are utilized. I mentioned this last time. It isn't dependent on who does the work. It's dependent on where the funding comes from. And if you turn over to page two on the back side, you'll see this exact same language in the building code. The highlighted portion in the middle at 191444.2 is exactly the same. And you'll notice that the DSA and its advisory, that's the Department of the State Architect, refers it back to Government Code 4453. To contrast that, Below in Section 4.3, highlighted in blue, you'll see that the building department of every city is the enforcing agency where private funds are utilized. So the difference is the building code and the staff is responsible for accessibility on private projects. you as the council are responsible for enforcing accessibility anywhere we spend public funds. So, thank you. Just another reminder, it's something we need to improve on.

Is it your position, Stubby, that the batting cages are not accessible?

I'm sorry?

Is it your position that the batting cages are not accessible?

Anything you build, under both federal and state law. I don't care what it is. It could be a staircase that's not accessible. It has to be on an accessible route. APOC and the batting cages, you can't get there in a wheelchair. It's not connected to the city sidewalk, which is required. It's not connected to the entrances, and it's not connected to any other portion of the city, of the park. All of that is required. All of that was required in 2008 when we did the addition. But we didn't start it, we didn't do it, and every project we do is just a little self-contained project, but we never connect them together. That's not the only issue that arises. You can't have a batting cage that doesn't have an accessible path of travel from where you get your tokens to where the batting cage is. These are just general things that we've been over and over and over, and in 2017 to 2019, I did a, I don't know, 1400 page report on accessibility for Ayala Park, and none of those items have been corrected. So that's where we stand, unfortunately.

Thank you very much.

Does that answer your question?

Yes, thank you. I think this item needs to be a workshop in the future on accessibility in Ayala Park so we can put this to bed and figure out why things are not connected.

Okay, Mayor, we can take it to the infrastructure committee. Yes.

Yeah, we need this looked into. Okay, do any council members wish to have any items polled or discussed? Anyone in the audience have any items on the consent calendar they wish to have discussed? Okay, then I would have, yes. I'll make a motion. Okay, there's a motion from Councilman Burton, I mean Mayor Tim Burton. Is there a second? Second. Second from Councilmember Lucio. Please vote. Oh, do we have any, Natalie, do we have any communication from the outside? No, okay.

So, ready to vote.

Okay, consent calendar passes unanimously. There's, for the audience's information, there's a new law that's passed. It goes into effect, I think it's July 1st, where we're required to allow public communication through telephone calls. So we always have to ask if there's anyone online that wants to communicate with us. So we're testing it out tonight because it goes into effect July 1st. Under new business, item number 15, fiscal year 2026-27, budget adoption. Our staff report this evening will be provided by our director of finance, Kim Sal, and our city manager, Linda Reich.

Oh, what happened?

The system's frozen.

Okay, it's back up now, I guess. We're okay now.

Good evening Madam Mayor and council members. On June 2nd we held the budget workshop and staff presented an in-depth review of what we are requesting for next fiscal year. So tonight we will continue with the budget review but much shorter. I will present a recap of what we are proposing for next year. Before we start with our expenditures, I would like to quickly review the revenues. This is a new report that we created for this meeting. The revenues is the foundation of our entire budget. We have to know what we will be receiving in order to know how much we could spend For next fiscal year, we estimated that we will bring in about $151 million. So I'm going to go over each line item quickly. For the taxes, we are expecting $116.8 million, which is a $3.7 million increase, or 3.3% of the prior fiscal year's budget. This increase includes about 2.3 increase in property taxes and about one million in sales tax. Under licenses and permits, we're expecting 1.9 million, which is an increase of about 400,000, and this includes mostly building permits, special events, and fireworks penalty. Under intergovernmental revenue, we're expecting 2.9 million, and that is an increase of about 756,000. And this increase is made up mainly of about 657,000 of the Euclid Avenue relinquished money. As you know, during this fiscal year, we were expecting about $18 million. However, when the money comes in, we're not going to spend all $18 million, so we're budgeting about $657,000 of that $18 million. Under charges for services, a total of 14 million, which is an increase of about 3.3 million. And this is made up mostly of the fact that we moved the CSPR, Community Services Department, from its own fund to the general fund. And so all of their revenues are now included in the general fund estimates. Under use of money and property, we expect $6.3 million, which is a 3.5 increase from the prior year budget. So the 3.5 million increase is made up of mostly $1 million of increase in interest earning. and about 2.5 million of loan proceeds. So normally, loan proceeds is a one-time revenue, or not even in revenue, but it's considered other finding sources. And we included here so that we could, we also budget for about 2.5 million in expenditure for property acquisition. During the next council meeting on July 7th, we expect to bring back an item. We may be amending this portion of the budget for the 2.5 million because we will be financing the property acquisition instead. under fines and forfeitures, we expect about $1.5 million. So the $3.9 thousand increase is made up of, let me see, fines and forfeitures. I just skipped my mind. Okay, parking citation fines. administrative citation revenues. So total wise we have $145 million in projected revenues and transfers in of 6.1 million from other funds mainly to pay for various reimbursement for operation Under expenditures, we are expecting 150 million, and that is made up of, well, actually, we show various increases under each line item, and we went over why there was increase. Bottom line is that the total increase is about $11.3 million, which is an 8.1% increase. mostly made up of increases in personnel services and increases in the inclusion of the community services budget. In addition to the budget request, we just wanted to highlight under personnel changes that during our February council meeting, council approved 17 positions and eight of them or nine of them are being funded during this fiscal year's budget. And so that was already approved for tonight. We're only asking for an approval of an additional public safety dispatcher, a part-time position for the police department. So in summary, the general fund totals resources and revenues total $151.5 million and expenditures and transfers out of $150.5 million, which will end with a surplus of about $1 million. During the budget workshop, we also informed the city council that we will be making a revision to the revenue estimates for the development impact fee. And with that revision, we are reducing the 20 million estimate by about 16 million down to $3.5 million. And therefore, the total special revenue funds, we will estimate a total of $57.5 million in total resources and $39.8 million in total uses, ending with a surplus of $17 million. So a lot of under special revenue funds The surplus, whenever we have a surplus, it will go back to the reserve. Some of the special revenue funds come in advance that will not be used and so it will be reserved in the fund balance and it will be used for the following year when the projects are being appropriated at that time. Under the enterprise funds, we projected a total of 115.6 million and total expenditures and CIPs and transfers out of 92.2 million. So we also wanted to note that within the revenues and expenditures, we have a one-time $25 million emerging contaminants grant and $2 million of federal grant. And both of those resources are being appropriated for the State Street Water Treatment Project. So for this enterprise fund, we will end with a surplus of $23 million. So with a $23 million surplus, most of it, about $19 million is from the water fund. So when we do not utilize all the budget within that year, the surplus goes back into the reserve, which will be mostly spent for a lot of carryover projects that are still in progress. As of this budget, we have about 70 million worth of incomplete CIP projects under the water fund. For the internal services funds, we estimate 67.7 million in revenues and transfers in, and 69 million in expenditures, CIP, and transfers out. There is a shortfall of 0.6 million, which will be covered by the reserves in each of those funds. And again, this is the year where we will be looking closely at the reserves that we set for each of the internal services fund, which we will bring back to the city council in the future city council meeting. Because our budget requires that every changes and increases to the budget is being approved by the city council at the fund level. So we also have transfers in and out between funds. So therefore we just wanted to highlight that we have about $37.6 million worth of transfers in and out between funds. And each of these, the detail of what makes up these transfers in and out can be found on page 13 to 15 of the budget book. As you know, we have transfers of about 12.9 million from the general fund to other funds, which is being detailed in here. So general fund is transferring out about 5.9 million next year to other funds and these are the funds that they will be going to. 3.8 million to support other funds in operation and 2.1 million to support CIP projects. In addition, we're also transferring out about $7 million to other funds for the prior year approved CIP. So these $7 million, because they were previously approved in the prior year, they're being paid for by the fund balance in the general fund and not from the current year's budget. So total wise, we have about $13 million transfer out of general fund to other funds. And again, at the end of the year, we also have capital projects that are incomplete by June 30, 2026, and we estimate about 126 million will be transferred to the next fiscal year. So this is just an estimate. By the end of maybe September or October when all of our bills for this year have been paid, we will true up what is left of those budget and we will carry the actual amount over to the next fiscal year. So again, finally, the general fund, we expect to end next year, June 30, 2027, with a fund balance of 42.9 million. So as you can see from 2024, starting with 32.1 million, the fund balance is growing steadily each year. And the reason for this growth is several factors. When we receive more revenues than we expected, that helps grow the fund balance. If we spend less than what we budgeted, that helps grow the fund balance. And also at the end of the year when our estimate is less than what we projected and the auditor, after we close out the year, True ups a fund balance that also adds up to what we projected So then the number is growing steadily and it's a good sign So that concludes my presentation of the budget so we recommend that the City Council adopt resolution You can read Resolution number 2026039, approving the fiscal year 2627 proposed budget and also the five-year capital improvement program. And second, adopt resolution 2026040, approving the appropriations limit for fiscal year 2027. And finally, authorize the city manager to execute all necessary documents on behalf of the city. Thank you.

Thank you, Kim. Are there any members of the audience that would like to address the council on the budget? Natalie, are there any inquiries online?

No.

Any council members have any questions or comments? Okay, then I would entertain a motion and a second.

I'll make the motion.

Motion from Council Member Lucio, second from Mayor Pro Tem Burton. Please vote. Maybe.

I'm sorry, I'm having trouble with the system.

Okay, you wanna have a vote?

Does Lucio and Burton?

Yes.

Try one more time.

Wanna do a voice vote then?

I just came up.

Come on. Okay, the item. I can't vote. You can't vote? Councilmember Comstock, you want to provide your vote?

Yes.

Okay, then the item passes unanimously. Item number 16, award a contract to HDL for business license software and compliance services. Report is from our revenue manager, Lisa Conlon, and our director of finance, Kim Sowell.

Thank you, Madam Mayor. I'm very pleased to present this contract during tonight's council meeting. In tandem with the economic team's effort to bring in new businesses to the city, we would also like to match that effort by ensuring that businesses who operate in the city has the ability to apply for a business license and be compliant with our business license code. Therefore, this year we reached out to HDL for that service to help us search for businesses who are not licensed and to bring them into compliance because currently we only have two business license technicians who's doing this work and we need additional help. So I would like to turn this time over to our revenue manager, Lisa Conlon, to provide us a review of this service.

Good evening, Madam Mayor and Council Members. Before you this evening is a proposed agreement with Hinderlighter, Delamas, and Associates, going forward I'll refer to them as HDL, for implementation of a new business license software platform and business license compliance services. The city currently processes approximately 5,300 business license annually, generating just over $1 million in annual revenue. Business licenses are required for all businesses operating within the city. However, our current process is largely manual and paper-based, requiring applications and payments to be submitted in person or by mail. As the number of businesses operating in Chino continues to grow, staff resources have become increasingly limited in our ability to proactively monitor compliance. Based on HDL's analysis, it is estimated that as many as 500 businesses may be currently operating without a valid business license. The proposed services would modernize the city's business license program, improve customer service, and help ensure all businesses are treated fairly and consistently. The contract at hand has actually two different components. There is a business license and then the compliance services. So the first component of the proposal is the business license software system. This is a cloud-based platform which will replace the manual processes with a modern, secure web-based solution. Businesses will be able to apply for, renew, and pay for licenses online at their convenience, reducing the need for in-person visits and paper forms. The system will improve accessibility by providing ADA-compliant online services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week. It will also improve data security, streamline internal workflows, and allow staff to spend less time on administrative processes and more time assisting customers. Overall, the software modernizes service delivery while supporting the long-term sustainability of the business licensing program. The second component is the business license discovery and compliance services. These services are designed to identify businesses operating within the city that have not obtained their required business license and assist them in becoming compliant with city regulations. The program promotes fairness by ensuring that businesses complying with city requirements are not disadvantaged compared to those operating without a license. HDL estimates the program could generate up to $330,000 in one-time revenue from previously unidentified businesses along with approximately $130,000 in recurring annual revenue moving forward. To encourage voluntary compliance, businesses identified through the program will be offered a 30-day amnesty period on penalties before enforcement measures are pursued. If approved, implementation of the Prime software system is expected to take approximately two months. During that period, HDL will configure the software, develop the public-facing portal, and migrate the city's existing business license data. Staff will then conduct testing and training prior to launching the system for public use. At the same time, HDL will begin researching potentially unlicensed businesses. Once the software platform is operational, compliance outreach efforts are expected to begin approximately one month later. This phased approach allows the city to first establish the modernized licensing platform before beginning broader compliance efforts. Funding for these services has been included within the proposed fiscal year 26-27 operating budget. The prime business license software system has an estimated first year cost of approximately $100,000, which includes implementation and annual licensing costs. Ongoing annual costs are estimated at approximately $25,500, subject to CPI adjustments kept at 5%. Over the five-year term, the total software cost is estimated at approximately $201,500. Staff believes these costs are reasonable given the operational efficiencies, customer service improvements, and revenue enhancement opportunities provided by the system. The compliance services component is contingency fee based, meaning the city only pays for results achieved through the program. The contingency fee covers all compliance related activities, including research, outreach, processing applications and payments, and uploading records into the city's database. While compliance is directed at businesses who have never obtained a business license, collection services are available for delinquent accounts and audit services are available for active accounts. Collections and audit services are included in the contract but are optional and can be employed on a case-by-case basis. Staff have no immediate plan to use the collections or auditing service. Based on HDL's estimates, the city could realize up to $330,000 in one-time revenue and approximately $130,000 in recurring annual revenue from the compliance program, helping offset the cost of the overall program. In summary, this proposal modernizes the city's business license program, improves customer service and accessibility, increases operational efficiency, and enhances compliance with city requirements. Therefore, staff recommends that the city council adopt the resolution awarding a five-year professional services agreement to HDL for implementation and support of the prime business license software system and business license discovery and compliance services and authorize the city manager to execute all necessary documents on behalf of the city. Staff is available to answer any questions.

Thank you very much. Is there anyone in the audience that would like to address the council on item number 16? Anyone online?

No, Mayor.

Okay. Any comments from council members? Then I entertain a motion and a second.

I'll make the motion, Mayor.

Okay. Second. Motion from Councilman Flores, second from Mayor of Pro Tamburton. Please vote. Okay, item. Karen, yours still won't work? No, I vote yes, Mayor. Okay, thank you. Item passes unanimously. Item number 17, approve amendment number four with Biggs Cardosa Associates Incorporated and enter into a memorandum of understanding with Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority for Euclid Avenue Bridge Project, ST-243. This item is to approve the transfer of $508,068 and approve an amendment number four for $891,409 with Biggs Cardoza Associates for Engineering. Staff reports this evening will be provided by our Senior Engineer, Michelle Hinson, and our Director of Public Works, Haijin Lee.

Good evening Madam Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem and Council Members. Tonight I will be recommending approval of amendment number four to the professional service agreement with Biggs Cardoso Associates and approval to enter into a memorandum of understanding with the Santa Ana Watershed Project Authority or SAPA for the Euclid Avenue Bridge project. The Euclid Avenue Bridge project is a critical project for the regional connectivity in the city of Chino, as well as the cities of Chino Hills, Eastvale, Ontario, and other adjacent communities. The project aims to replace the existing bridge with a new structure elevated above the 100-year Chino Creek floodplain elevation and the 50-year Prado Basin inundation pool elevation. This will provide reliable access and increased safety for motorists during heavy rain events. The project will also remove the bottleneck along this route by providing a continuous four-lane roadway and will also provide an improved access to Pomona-Rincon Road serving the archery and shooting range facilities. Finally, the project will include designated pedestrian and cycling facilities to enhance multimodal transport through this corridor. In November of 2023, the city entered into a professional services agreement with Biggs Cardoza Associates for engineering design and bid support services. In February of 2025, city council approved amendment number two with Biggs Cardoza for additional consultant services to prepare an environmental impact report or EIR for the project. Subsequently, in May of 2025, Council approved a professional services agreement with Arellano Associates to support the public outreach activities related to the EIR. A feasibility study for the bridge concept was completed in 2024. The city is currently in the environmental review stage, which will continue through this summer. The final design is anticipated to be completed by the end of the year. Upon completion of a constructability review and receipt of environmental permits, the project could be shelf ready as early as summer of 2027. Advertisement for construction would be entirely dependent upon the city securing funding. As the design of the Euclid Bridge project advances, several items have been identified by the city and Bix Cardosa as beneficial or necessary for the project that were not included in the original project scope. The city has determined that the addition of a traffic signal at the intersection of Euclid Avenue and the entrance to the Prado Regional Park would be advantageous to include with this project due to the forecasted traffic volumes. Shown on this slide is that intersection and this is facing northbound. The proposed amendment includes design of the traffic signal, extension of the multi-use path and lighting from the current project terminus to this intersection, and environmental documentation for this expanded project scope. As part of the geotechnical field work proposed for the project, additional unanticipated biological and archeological monitoring will also be required in accordance with pending local tribal monitoring agreements. The amendment with Biggs Cardosa also adds the design of a new pipeline carrying brine waste owned by Sapa to replace a segment interfering with the project as further discussed on the next slide. As part of the utility coordination for the project, an existing brine line owned by Sapa was identified as conflicting with the deep foundation and retaining walls of the proposed bridge, as shown as the yellow segments on this exhibit. Sapa staff determined that relocation of the entire reach 4A, shown in red here, would be the most appropriate solution. The new alignment, which is shown in green, would be designed by the city of Chino through the amendment with Biggs Cardosa. The city and Sapa engaged into terms of a memorandum of understanding for the cost share for the design of the Brine Line relocation. The MOU establishes that those design costs would be split equally amongst the two parties. Sapa would reimburse the city for design services included in the Bakes Cardoza contract upon completion of the design. The cost shares will be revisited during the construction phase of the project. The MOU was approved by Sapa at their project agreement 24 committee meeting that was held on April 7th, 2026. Staff therefore recommends that City Council approve Amendment Number 4 with Biggs Cardosa Associates for $891,409 for a new not-to-exceed contract amount of $5,224,168.58 and approve a Memorandum of Understanding with Sapa for the Brine Line Relocation Design Cost Share, which will equally divide the design costs. 13. The slide shown here provides a breakdown of the project's overall budget, including these recommended actions. And that concludes the presentation. I'd be happy to answer any questions.

Michelle, I have a question. There have been comments over the years that the Brine line, we're going to run out of room. Has there been any thought of enlarging it at all? Do you know?

Yes, I could answer that. We negotiated with SAPA and this is actually a very good agreement that we negotiated with SAPA that they're gonna pay for half of the design and half of the construction and they are gonna upsize it sooner rather than later. So they could capitalize on the fact that early construction would allow for them to capitalize on additional capacity So it's actually a very good collaboration with Sapa.

Are we going to be able to obtain any additional space?

If we need to, yes. Right now we don't have a need, but if we need to, yes.

Okay, because I know that's been an issue in the past. We may run out of space.

Yes, they are going to upsize it as a part of the project. This is going to be expensive. Yes. Oh, man.

Any questions, comments? Any comments, questions?

I have some comments. Can you please, Michelle, can you please go back?

Keep going.

Hold on. One more. Yeah, there.

Okay.

Those are just my comments. I know we entered into this initial agreement in 2023. I mean, reading this report, it wasn't clear, but in seeing the presentation tonight, I just, like anything else, I don't want to rush something, but I am looking forward to the finish line on it, right? I do think it's nice that we identified this issue with SAPA. I think that's also one of the benefits with hiring big, so thank you for that. but it is nice to see that design will hopefully come to a conclusion and with the appropriate funding, maybe we can get under construction sometime maybe next year. My only other comment is the name of the street there that you're talking about in front of Prado Park is actually McCombs Way, not M. Combs, named after the McCombs family, the former owners of the Chino Champion. Yes. So, thank you. It's posted right there at the entry to Prado Park.

If I may, if I could kind of go back on history here. As you recall, we pivoted on how we're going to approach this project. The original scope was a... basically earthen embankment, and also mitigated negative declaration. And we didn't think that that will be a good way to proceed such a magnitude of a project. So we did a review of that methodology and also go with the EIR to protect the city. And that's one of the reasons why it has taken a little longer, because the environmental process takes some time.

Agent, I do not wish for this to be expressed as displeasure about any of these projects. We have advanced and made more progress on both this project and obviously the Pine Avenue Connector in the past few years than we have in several years, partly because of timing, opportunity, and other things that have come our way, but also the work of our staff. So thank you. Thank you for also seeing the opportunity to upgrade, as the mayor pointed out, our SOPA line, and just to keep up the good work. I was just, you know, you do get anxious, like these design projects can just kind of linger on for years. And, you know, just for the sake of us at the council and the public, I want to know hopefully when we're going to get into construction. So this is an appropriate timeline. Thank you.

And to piggyback off of that, do we have any idea when we want to start contacting our other elected officials to start trying to work on some funding?

We've already started having some conversations. The difficulty will be you have to have the shelf ready. So we've already started having those conversations with our partners. But I would say once we have it shelf ready, we'll start looking. Vivian, who our Employee of the Year, she'll start looking for those opportunities. And then we will go after it, council members, staff, because it's going to be a very expensive project.

This has been our Achilles tendon for years, not having the shelf-ready project, not being able to take somebody to somebody and say, hey, we want to do this. Well, what's it look like? What's it going to cost? What is the design? So this is great news, great news for us on a couple levels for transportation improvements down there. So keep up the good work.

I'm hoping that the county will also help us since part of the off-ramp goes into the shooting range and stuff, so they need to participate.

At this point, we have really good support in the region. So it's just a matter of identifying those federal funds really is what we're going to need.

Maybe it's probably good for us to get more involved with the National League of Cities so we can spend some time talking about that.

And also I think we need to start talking to our lobbyists in Washington to see when's a good time for us to head down there and start talking to our folks down there. And Sacramento. Sacramento.

Okay, any comments from the audience? Anyone online? Yes, sir, if you want to come up, please, to the lectern.

Thank you for the presentation. Actually, I had been living in Chino Preserve for the last 17 years, and Euclid off-ramp, on-ramp, that's quite a very challenging experience because of the congestion and everything. And as I know that Euclid Avenue is a Caltrans facilities, right?

Actually, we have a relinquishment completed, so now Euclid is City of Chinos.

Whole Euclid or some portion of the Euclid?

All of them from upland to down here, because each city got relinquishment from Caltrans.

That's very good news. Otherwise, I was thinking about that there are some additional collaboration needed with Caltrans, and especially when you are designing and constructing the bridge, and ultimately the on-ramp, off-ramps will be connecting so that it's not only bridge, all through how you can add the capacity of the lens and everything, probably at the design phase they will be doing that. but since it's been relinquished, so you get that. The solution is there already. Thank you.

Now we just need the money.

And money, I think there's breeze money, safety money, FDIP money, a lot of money is sitting around, and as long as we can find it. Actually, just for your information, I do work for Caltrans in District 7, but I know this area is under District 8. Anyway, thanks for the great work.

You're welcome. Thank you. Okay, anyone else in the audience? And we have no one online? Okay, motion and a second, please.

I'll make a motion, Mayor.

Okay, motion from Councilmember Comstock. Second. Second from Councilman Lucille, please vote.

I'll give a voice vote, Mayor, I vote yes. Yeah, mine's not come up yet.

We'll just do a voice vote. Okay. Council Member Lucio?

Yes.

Council Member Flores?

Yes.

Council Member Comstock, yes, thank you. Yes, thank you. Mayor Patem-Burton?

Yes.

And Mayor Yaloa? Yes.

Thank you. Item passes unanimously. Item number 18, award contract for security guard services. Staff report this evening by, is, golly whiz, is by our Assistant City Manager, Rogelio Huerta, and our Assistant City Manager, Jackie Melendez. I'm getting tongue-tied.

Yeah, close to the end.

good evening members of the council tonight we bring forward a request for approval of a five-year professional service agreement with american global security for unarmed security guard services for the civic center including city hall the senior center and the carolyn almost community center right across the street the city utilizes these contract services to maintain safety for employees and visitors at these three public facilities and the city's current contract for security services with american guard services expires at the end of the month In preparation for this expiration, staff issued a request for proposals on April 16th. The city received 33 proposals by the deadline. An evaluation committee with representatives from administration, community services, park and recreation, and the police departments reviewed and scored each submission. And proposals were evaluated based on experience, qualification, past performance, project methodology, responsiveness, and cost. And following the initial evaluation process, staff then conducted interviews of our top three submittals. American Global Security was identified as the highest-ranked proposer following the evaluation and interview process. And the total estimated cost for the five-year agreement is $1,114,412. And funding for the first year, totaling $209,362, is included in the proposed fiscal year 26-27 budget, which was just approved a few items ago. And then funding for future fiscal year will be budgeted accordingly upon Council's approval. And with that, staff recommends that the City Council approve the five-year agreement with American Global Security for an estimated amount of $1,114,412 and authorize the City Manager or their designee to execute any necessary documents. This concludes my presentation, and we're happy to answer any questions you may have.

Thank you, Rogelio. Is there anyone in the audience that would like to address the council on this item? Anyone online? Councilmember comments? Questions?

I just want to say they've done a good job keeping the homeless away from City Hall. I mean, before we had them, we had an issue with them being inside the bathrooms. them being on the lawn and what we're starting to see is we're starting to see the regular community come out and enjoy the lawn. So I think they've done a great job and I'm glad you guys are retaining them for another five years.

This is a new service.

A different company? Yes. Mayor, Council Member Lucio, yes. This is the new company that was selected for this service. With that being said, the interview process, we made it clear that that's one of our key points that we want to address. And they have extensive training with de-escalation, mental health issues, and things like that for the on-house community. So we're very confident in this provider to provide the same, if not maybe even better, service than our current provider.

Okay.

Thank you.

Okay, then I would entertain a motion and a second, please.

I'll make the motion, Mayor. I'll second.

Motion from Councilmember Comstock, second from Councilmember Lucio. I don't know if we're going to, you want a voice vote? No? It's not coming up.

Okay. Councilmember Lucio?

Yes.

Councilmember Flores?

Yes.

Council Member Comstock? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem Burton? Yes. Mayor Ulloa?

Yes. Item passes unanimously. Next item on the agenda is Mayor and Council Reports. I'm going to try to make mine very quick. Monday, June 3rd, I attended Omnitrans and SPCT Boards of Directors. On Friday, June 5th, I attended the Senior Center Club June Birthday Celebrations. Saturday, June 6th, I attended the memorial service for Lori Viramontes and we will be adjourning in her memory at the next council meeting. Tuesday, June 9th, I attended the budget study session with the rest of the council and many of our staff members. Wednesday, June 10th, I attended the investment committee with council member Flores and a meeting regarding zoning update with city staff. Thursday, June 11th, I attended the Omnitrans and Bin and Finance Committee meeting and SBCTA Transit Committee and Metro Valley Committee meetings. And that afternoon, I attended the funeral and celebration of life for Ralph Berger. Sunday, this last Sunday, June 14th, I attended our Chino Rodeo. It's been 20 years since we've had one, and it was a lot of fun. I want to thank Captain Dustin Tomasek for driving the pickup truck. Myself and our last rodeo queen, Tamara Ureno, was with us. She was the queen 20 years ago. Now she's all grown up. She spent 10 years as a military nurse and is now an actual trainer for nurses. It was a lot of fun. Oh, my goodness sakes. It was a sold-out crowd. It was fun seeing the Chino community come out in total Western regalia. They had some line dancing going on, and it was just so much fun. Hot. It was very, very hot. Next year they're hoping to have it in May, and it might be a two to three day event. So I'm hoping they'll bring back the milk drinking contests, and I don't think we'll have hay bucking contests, because we don't have the dairies anymore, but there's still, they did have mountain busting, which was fun for the kids, and they had bronc riding and bull riding. So I'm not gonna challenge our chief to ride a bull. Or a fire chief, because I don't want you guys hurt. That is one rough sport. But I was a proud horse mama. One of my horses, Jenna Houlihan, she does a lot of training for me and riding for me. She rode one of my horses and carried the great big gigantic U.S. flag. And he did a really, really good job. It was fun seeing him running around. He did a great job. I want to remind everyone that on July 10th, Friday night is the FFA 4-H auction that's held at the Chino Junior Fairground. I think it starts at about 5 o'clock. They have a delicious barbecue and then the auction of the animals that the kids have raised. You don't have to buy an animal. You can donate just some money to some kids. But it's such a wonderful program and it helps us maintain some of our heritage. which we're still trying to hang on to, doggone it, and hopefully we'll get a farm back when and if we ever take control of the old Heman Steep, G. Stark facility. And then today, I had a teleconference with our city manager and assistant city manager about today's agenda, and then I attended closed session. Mayor Pro Tem Burton, you have item number 19.

Thank you, Mayor. I'd like to request community support contribution for You Choose Positive Youth and also the neighborhood house.

Okay, we need a motion and a second. I'll make the motion, Mayor. Motion from Councilman Flores. I'll make the second, Mayor. Thank you. Second from Councilmember Comstock. We'll call vote, please.

Councilmember Lucio. Yes.

Yes.

Council Member Flores?

Yes.

Council Member Comstock? Yes. Mayor Pertem Burton?

Yes.

And Mayor Ulloa?

Yes. There is to be a report, sir.

Thank you, Mayor. On the third, I attended a meeting with a representative from Southern California, Edison, and then I attended a ribbon cutting for Aki Tacos out at Schaefer and Fern in the Stater Brothers Shopping Center. Great tacos. If you haven't been out there, go out and try them. You won't regret it. On the fourth, I attended the employee recognition luncheon. We had a lot of employees out there. I was very, very proud of each and every one of their accomplishments. And the food was incredible. I believe it was catered by Roscoe's, but it was really, really good. So thank you to staff for that. After that, I attended the IEUA Policy Committee meeting, and then I closed the day out with staff attending the State of the City for Chino Hills. On the 6th, I attended the Chino in Action Community Event at Steube Park. It highlighted many of our departments, as well as our brand new police helicopter. It was really neat. Supervisor Kurt Hagman out there. We were able to thank him again for his contribution to the program as well as Senator Susan Rubio. She was there in attendance. Lots of people. It was really neat after I attended that I hustled up to the community building where I was able to. attend the 100th anniversary of troop boy scout troop 201 right here in the chino community it was incredible boy was that well attended troop 201 has been here for a hundred years council member comstock was with me senator rubio also attended that event but that was really neat as well was john anderson there john was not there No, unfortunately.

I think he's the oldest living Boy Scout in Chino.

That's what I understand.

Eagle Scout. Eagle, yeah, Eagle Scout.

And then after that, Councilmember Comstock and I attended the celebration of life for Joe Cavalier. As everyone knows, Joe was a longtime city employee. I had the great honor of having my wife accompany me as well. She knows Joe's family pretty well. But what a loss. He's going to be missed. On the 8th, I attended my one-on-one with the city manager. On the 9th, the city council study session. On the 11th, I attended the Watermaster Appropriative Committee meeting. The 15th, I met with Fire Board President Krieger about some fire issues. On the zoning code update later in that afternoon with my one-on-one with the city manager, I ended my day at the Cultural Arts Foundation meeting. On the 16th, I had a water meeting with staff, meeting with some developers, with Councilmember Lucio, And then we had closed session today, and Mayor, that pretty much ends. I do want to offer my condolences once again to Ralph Berger's family, Mary Wolfenbarger, and once again, Joe Cavaliere. And also I do want to remind everyone, I don't think we're going to have another council meeting, but we have our fireworks spectacular coming up at the end of the month, June 26th, the last Saturday. If you've never been there, go out and check it out. It's going to be a great time. Thousands of people arrived for this. It's our 250th anniversary of independence. I tell you, it's a great time anyway, but with 250 years under our belt, We're going to have a great time. So I look forward to it. And that's all I have, Mayor. Thank you.

Okay. Council Member Comstock, you have item number 20.

Yes, Mayor. I would like to request the community support for each of the listed nonprofits attached to this page. I am personally familiar with the operations of each one. And I do believe that the contributions will help each of these organizations be equipped to provide services to the city of Chino. I would ask for the support from the council for each of these donations. Okay, we need a motion and a second.

I'll make the motion, ma'am. Second.

Okay, motion from Councilman Flores, second from Councilman Lucio. I don't think it's working. Voice vote, vote please.

Yes.

Council Member Lucio. Yes. Council Member Flores.

Yes.

Council Member Comstock.

Yes.

Mayor Pro Tem Burton.

Yes.

And Mayor Ulloa? Yes.

Thank you. I was trying to move it along.

Thank you, Mayor. The rest of my report consists of on June 4th, I attended the annual employee recognition luncheon at the Chino Fairgrounds. As discussed, the theme was Chino in the Summer. It was a lot of fun and well attended. I want to also thank all of our company sponsors that helped bring that event together. And it was just fun. Great job by everybody that was there. Thank you to all the people from all the different departments who helped coordinate it as well. On June 6th, I attended the Connecting Chino event at Steube Park in the preserve, which has been covered by Council Member Burton quite well. We introduced the helicopter to the preserve area, as well as several other departments within the city, from planning to community services to some of our community partners for resources that are available to our residents there in the preserve. It was actually very well attended by preserved residents. It was a great turnout there that day. And boy, I'm proud of the air support and just the work that's continued to be done in our community. I also went to Boy Scout Troop 201's 100-year celebration at their house located at the corner of 11th and 11th and B Street here in Chino. Scouting's rich heritage here in Chino has left a great legacy in our community, as you saw tonight with Troop 202. I am a firm believer in scouting and the transformative change that it produces in young men across the nation. I'm also very proud of John Anderson's work there. Mayor, they named the housing, the cub house there, the John Anderson House. So that's very nice for him. Yes, later that day I attended a celebration of life for former city employee and coworker Joe Cavalier at the Senior Center. I just want to say wow, Joe touched a lot of people's lives in addition to being just a great coworker for a long time. There were so many people there at the Senior Center to celebrate him and the legacy that he has left and Joe will be missed. On June 9th, I attended the DIF study session along with the rest of the council here in the chambers, which brings me to tonight. I attended a meeting with Council Member Lucio, staff, and Lewis Land Management about operations of mutual concern. Then later today, I attended a closed session with the rest of the city council. I'd like to extend my... Congratulations to Hilda Miller on her retirement. She's just a lovely lady to work with, hard worker. I wish her the best in her retirement and her family. Also to all the employees that received the Employee of the Year Award. We are so proud of you, your departments, and all the work that you continue to do in our city. We don't say it often enough, but congratulations. And, again, my sympathy to the Berger, Wolfenbarger, and Cavalier families. The legacy that each of your family members has left in our community will live on in their service. And that concludes my report tonight, Mayor. Thank you. Thank you, Karen.

Council Member Flores, you have item number 21.

Yes, Mayor. Thank you. I'm asking for approval from the Council for community support fund contributions of $325 to Rancho del Chino Rotary. and $325 to the Chino Valley Seroptimist Club.

Okay, we need a motion and a second. I'll make the second, Mayor. Motion from Mayor Pro Tem Burton, second from Council Member Comstock. Voice vote, please.

Council Member Lucio?

Yes.

Council Member Flores? Yes. Council Member Comstock? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem Burton?

Yes.

And Mayor Ulloa?

Yes. Continue. Yes, thank you for that. So on the second, I attended the council budget workshop. On the fifth, I attended a grand opening, one of the 15 under the new program for Angry Chicks Chino down in the preserve. On the ninth, I attended the city... COUNCIL STUDY SESSION ON THE 10TH, THE INVESTMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE WITH THE MAYOR, AND THAT SAME DAY, I ATTENDED THE ZONING CODE UPDATE, AND THAT CONCLUDES MY UPDATE, MAYOR. I THINK ONE LAST THING I DO WANT TO SAY IS I KNOW YOU SAID YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THE CHIEF'S BULL RIDING, BUT WE STILL WOULD LIKE TO SEE A BOXING MATCH.

OKAY.

I GUESS THAT CHALLENGE STILL STAYS, GENTLEMEN. Council Member Lucille, you have item number 22.

Yes, I'd like to ask for approval for community support fund contribution to the Chino Kiwanis Club for $250, the Corn Feed Run, the Chino Valley Rotary Club Bingo Event, $250, the Chino Youth Museum, $250, and the You Choose Positive Youth, $500.

Motion and a second, please. Make the motion, ma'am. Motion from Councilman Flores, second from Mayor Pro Tem Burton. Voice, vote, please.

Councilmember Lucio?

Yes.

Councilmember Flores? Yes. Councilmember Comstock? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem Burton? Yes. Mayor Ulloa?

Yes.

Okay. My report, also on the 6th, I attended the Chino in action, reaching new heights with the introduction of the of the helicopter. Again, I want to thank Supervisor Hagen for his $1 million contribution to the helicopter. On the 9th, I attended the Chinos Institution for Men and the Chinos Institution for Women Advisory Committee meeting. We still have 43 death row inmates in there. The 44th died of natural causes. He was a, again, I don't understand how they get into level ones, but he was a cop killer, killed a police officer from West Covina, and ended up dying in prison. One thing I did talk to Aaron about, and I'm hoping you can help facilitate this, Chief, is We have a bloodhound, and obviously we have the new helicopter. I would love to start training with them. They said that they're all for training with us in case of an escape. So if and when something like this happens, that it isn't the first time that we're working with them. It's something that we've already had in place, and we've worked out through those bugs because obviously we have some inmates in there that should never get out of prison. They also told us that the 50 hospital bed facility that was supposed to be done at the end of this month has been pushed back due to the contractors, I guess, having completed some items that need to be completed. So they said that they're anticipating maybe a 60-day delay. But they said that once they get the facility, because after they get the building, then they have to go through some some sort of licensing from the state for the nursing and everything else that's gonna go on. So he said that during that time while they're waiting for their licensing before they get the inmates that he will invite us to go take a look at the facility so that we can walk through it so that we have an idea of what they have and having a better understanding of how secure the facility is going to be. So when they get the building released from the contractor, but before they get inmates, they'll reach out to us and if we're interested in touring the facility, we can tour it.

Are they going to notify us when they start transferring? Are they going to notify PD?

I'm assuming they're going to start. They'll tell us when they're going to start receiving the inmates. It's up to 50 bodies that they're going to be able to.

I mean, they have a hospital there now. This is a separate facility, right? I mean, they would just transfer them. I think they would just transfer them over some of them, right?

Well, this is for mentally ill. So this is like they're more mentally ill.

But they have a wing of it now that they kind of use for it, right?

Well, I don't think so. That was the AIDS facility originally.

To our understanding is the mental health, that is one challenge that we're going to have with this mental health facility coming. Same we did with the contended inmates. It's one thing to have them in the institution, secured behind the walls. But if they do get transported because they're sick or ill, there is a possibility of them going to our local hospital. You bring up a good point as far as the notification on those 50 inmates, because we're going to have to follow up on that. We are notified on the condemned inmates if one of us is transported to Chino Hospital.

But they haven't said if they're going to notify you when they're going to start transferring these mentally?

They have not said one way or the other. We'll follow up based on Lucy's as far as the training. We're going to do that beginning next week.

They need to coordinate that with you because if anything goes wrong.

Oh, absolutely. No, that's been our biggest contention. I mean, if you go back in time when they held the hearing down at Chafee College at the 5Cs and we contested that, spoke on, actually, the chief at the time spoke on your behalf at that event. to obviously everything we went through with the condendo inmates.

Well, and like what you brought up, too, in transport, if anything happens during transport.

And that's probably one of the biggest vulnerabilities is during that time. Thank you.

Later that afternoon, I had a meeting with the city manager, and then we had the city council study session that night. On the 16th, I had a meeting with the city manager today, an update with our zoning code, and then a meeting with the developer regarding the Magnolia Riverside Drive project. Later that day, we attended the Chaffey College Community Center Oversight. They're doing very, very well. They're getting more and more booked on a regular basis. So that's the new coordinators over there that are really doing a great job down there. And so the center is really paying for themselves and it's really turning a profit. So it's nice to see that it's doing well. Then later on, before this, I had a meeting with Louis regarding the homecoming and some of the things that we're gonna be working on together. And then especially with the, potentially the substation that's gonna be going down there. So they're interested in doing some things and working with the community and obviously bringing in some additional services so that we can start doing some programming down there with some of the kids. And then earlier, I attended a closed session and then today. And that's all I have. Oh, I do have one more thing. The Chino Derby's coming up, the Demolition Derby. We are gonna have another car. KAREN, MYSELF and the Fraga Foundation. We're the defending champions. The proceeds will go to feed, you know, we're shooting for another 500 families during Thanksgiving. But Fred and everybody else, just we hope that you guys can contribute this year like you did last year. Happy to do so. And I will say that you might want a bigger sticker because, again, we are the champions. Not everybody can say that. At the same pricing? Okay, thank you. And that's all I have, thank you.

Oh my goodness. City Manager Reich.

No report tonight, Mayor.

City Attorney Galante.

No report, thank you.

Nothing at all? Good heavens. Director report.

Good evening, Mayor and members of the Council. I have two updates for you today. I want to bring an update regarding the MS4 permit that I talked about last time. There was a hearing last Friday. It actually was at IUA. our staff spoke on behalf of City of Chino to request for extension of being able to review the document that they have released. So they did extended additional 30 days and next hearing will be in Orange in July 24th. Our suspicion is that the Water Board is not really interested in hearing what the agencies are saying. Obviously, the permit that was expired in 2012, and this is a renewal of that 2012 permit, the impacts of that is pretty far and wide to not only to City of Chino, but to the region and for municipal agencies. And these are some of the impacts that are that will be imposed. Additional reporting requirements that's been keep going, not just on MS4, but in every regulatory compliance, additional reporting. Mandatory inspection programs. Increased monitoring and testing obligations. that obviously that's just additional cost. Bacteria compliance requirement. And we don't even know where the bacteria actually is coming from. It might not even be originating in City of Chino. We might be getting bacteria that might have originated in Ontario or upland, but we're required to monitor that. and expanded trash monitoring and reporting and provision that could shift the burden to the primities to demonstrate compliance. So not only they're going to regulate compliance, they're going to make us prove that we are complying. So those are just some of the potential impacts and we have not determined physical impact to those additional unfunded mandates. But staff is keeping very close track of them and we're working with the county working group to unify the message. So this permit is a They're basically combining all the permits to the watershed, so it's actually San Bernardino, Riverside, and Orange County. And all of us, except minus Riverside has not really spoken out as much, but Orange County and San Bernardino County have been very vocal about the burden that's gonna impose on municipal agencies. It's gonna be huge. Yes. It'll be huge. Yeah. But staff is really keeping track of that, and we are representing our position as the board meetings are going.

Wow. Yeah.

And the second one is, this is more like a public announcement. We talk about funded mandates. Waste management, our trash hauler, will be starting to monitor organics contamination starting on July 1st. As you recall, part of the SB 1383 was a reduction of methane production as a result of organics. And they want to divert organics into good use. So that compliance is beginning to fruition. So they're going to start. It's not something that city wants to do or waste management wants to do. We're required to do this because we have to report that we've done it.

And how are they going to monitor that?

Waste management has cameras so that they will be looking into the trash and see if the organics are mixed with the regular trash. But there will be a grace period. July and August they will not be fining. But starting in September, the fines will be as follows. $17.89 for contamination. and $29.81 for overfilling and they will be added to the bill. I just wanna make sure that our residents are made aware. Again, this is not something city wants to do or waste management wants to do. We are required to do this because now we're gonna have to report the fact that we are doing monitoring to the Cal Recycle.

Good grief. How did they ever come up with numbers like that?

I don't know.

And I believe that there was an article in the Channel Champion that said that they were gonna start monitoring the recyclables as well.

Yeah, that's part of this recycling, includes the organics, yes. But this is primarily for organics, cuz it's SB 1383 compliance.

But I think the article said it was the organics are supposed to be mixed with the grass and green waste, but they're also supposed to be having cameras making sure that you're only throwing away recyclables and the recyclable trash.

Yeah, all three containers. Yeah. Yeah. Oh, good grief.

So if they find not compliance, is the poor truck driver supposed to get out and provide a ticket or does he just report it and then waste management sends out the notice?

Yeah, it will be included as a part of your regular billing. I guess associated with the address.

My goodness sakes.

Okay, gee, thanks a lot, hey, Jim.

Chief Menson.

Thank you, Mayor. So just with 4th of July coming up here in a few weeks, I want to let you know that our police department will be out in full force that evening. We have 65 members of the department that will be working that operation. We're going to expand on a portion of that operation that we did last year, and that's illegal firework enforcement with drones. So last year we tested it with one drone, and this year we are going to have multiple drone teams out through all different areas of the city enforcing illegal fireworks. And what the drone... While it's up in the air, it is recording the person, the violation, the person writing or lighting the illegal fireworks while also capturing them how they have a connection to the house. There's a Chino Municipal Code that allows it for being the social host of them allowing the fireworks to be lit. And so they will get then a $1,000 citation in the mail with a letter from me explaining to it. And if they choose to contest it, we'll have the video evidence to prove that what took place, what infraction took place. So we'll be out that way. Like I said, our whole goal is that everyone celebrates safely and does not bring their illegal fireworks here to Chino.

The tickets that were written last year, do most people pay those tickets?

They do. So we wrote 17, we wrote 18 of them, we dismissed one, and we wrote in the 17 one of them, and we did. I don't know what the, I remember I looked it up recently, and I don't recall what it was, but the percentage-wise, almost all of them were paid.

Does that money go right back into the general fund? Is that where that goes? Okay.

That was part of, yeah, when Kim did her presentation, a part of the revenue, that was under the administration fee. So our administration specifically, we have parking, truck routes, and fireworks.

Okay.

Good job. That was fun. I got to observe some of that last year. And it's very interesting when people are filmed and then they deny that they've done anything until the officer says, well, we have you on video. And then all of a sudden the whole story changes.

And also to include officers to be at the first year with our air support operational to assist with priority calls and then also directing officers to where the illegal fireworks are taking place.

Thank you. Chief Williams.

Well, as you can imagine, the fire district will also be really prepared for the 4th of July, and we do up staff as well. I really didn't have much of a report tonight, but I just wanted to put a shameless plug since you mentioned the boxing. If you remember Phil Vasquez, he's actually going to be fighting again. This time he's fighting an Oceanside firefighter on October 9th at the Rose Bowl for mental health. So if you guys have an interest in supporting him, I thought I'd just do a little shameless plug for him. So we're excited that he's back. continuing with this thing. I'm excited. I'm a previous boxer, so I think it's kind of cool. I think I could actually probably take Phil if I wasn't so old. But anyway, shameless plug. Have you told him that yet? Yeah, I say that all the time. Then I'll back down when it comes down to it.

And then you back down.

Yeah. At any rate, yeah, so if you're inclined to support him, let us know and we'll try to get you tickets. And that's all.

Oh, how neat. Okay. All right, with that, then we will adjourn tonight's meeting in memory of Ralph Berger, Mary Wolf Barger, and Joe Cavalier. Our next meeting will be held on Tuesday, July 7th at 6 o'clock with closed session starting no earlier than 4 if necessary. We are adjourned.