Planning Commission - Regular Meeting

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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 one who started the avocado house, and they're the one 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 a food 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 eat inside the restaurant. And if you want a, 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 very grateful as we continue to grow. So we plan to increase hours, 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 wanna 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 31, 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 Lao Motiva Club lion dance began the festivities with a fascinating performance as part of the opening ceremony. Afterwards from council member Mark Lucio, the festive confetti popped as the celebration began. Performances by Xiaolin Kung Fu showed off incredible martial arts moves with weapons, and the Chino Valley Chinese Alliance Children's Choir brought smile 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/events.

So my dad came, like, forty five years ago in City Of Chino. He thought that 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 City Of Chino because all these years, we 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 big and nice location with drive through.

Because it was the first project for us, it was a little bit hard at the beginning. Thank god we make it with the help of the city of Chino, the help of the people of Chino. We're 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, 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. 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. You know, the community has supported us tremendously, and they're keeping this place open. They're keeping they're keeping it going.

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always knew that this is what we wanted to do. You know, both the owners always, know, wanted to own their own restaurants. You know, I knew them closely. I wanted to own restaurants as well. And that was just the goal behind it was, hey, let's let's turn, you know, Kenwoods into a household name. You know, we love when, you know, even the kids that come in here, hey, wanna go to Kenwoods. Like, 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, you know, every day, hey, make each visit count. Put a smile on someone's face. Get to know them on personal level.

You know, 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 three to six, Monday through Friday. So as, you know, the community, you know, hears about us and finds this thing 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 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 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 Santa Monica, it's there's such a bigger picture with the community and how we wanna 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. Yeah. Stay rooted in faith.

Stay rooted in your beliefs. And when the tough when it gets tough, keep going because there was tons of times where we wanted to give up. But just stay true to, you know, your calling and what you what you believe in your vision, and you'll succeed.

At Chino's twenty twenty six state of the city, something unexpected happened, a surprise appearance from Oral Ferschiser 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 BNB 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 Hirschweiser interrupted the mayor's speech to formally announce his partnership with Chino's legacy business, MK Smith's Chevrolet, to rename the dealership Oral Hirschweiser 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/sotc.

We are here because we're brewing up business. Chino is absolutely a phenomenal place to be. Multigenerational 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 wanna 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 gonna fill any void that we have.

So welcome to the business roundtable. This is the brokers 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, multigenerational. So we have grandparents, parents, kids. So Chino's a wonderful place to be, and I'm very, very proud to represent.

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 and opening in December 2023. Our business at Supard, 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, the guests can come and sleep, but we focus as a whole hospitality more warm and welcoming. That's what our goal normally we follow.

Business grown every year pretty much, I would say, open in 12/06/2023. 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. Surrounding area, what we see, a lot of opportunity still considering our location.

And one of the biggest location, would say, about the BAPS Swaminaran Temple. That helps a lot. 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 give 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 04/09/2026, 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 well as special needs coffee with their unique brand of drinks. Public safety vehicles like a fire engine and bear cat 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 '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 eleven years ago, we opened up the space you see here behind me and this weekend, we celebrate our fourteenth 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.

Evening everyone and welcome to the May 19 council meeting. We have a special treat this evening. Our flag salute will be led by, troop Cub Scout Luke Garcia Garcia and the Cub Scout Chino Cub Scout PAC three zero nine. So if you'd please stand and join us.

Thank you for coming, and please stand if you can. I I pledge allegiance to the flag of The United States Of America and to the republic for it just stands one nation under God, indivisible, liberty, and justice for all.

Let's give them a hand. Have a good evening. Thank you all for being here this evening. That's always such a special treat. Next, we have a proclamation for National Public Works Week two thousand, 2026.

It's my honor this evening to proclaim this week as National Public Works Week in the city of Chino. I'd like to call up Keith Martinez, Public Works Services Manager, and any other Public Works employees that are here tonight. Let's see. Let's move down this way even more. And the proclamation reads, whereas public works professionals focus on infrastructure, facilities, and services that are of vital importance to sustainability and resilient communities and the public health, high quality of life and well-being of the people of Chino.

These facilities and services could not be provided without the dedicated efforts of public works professionals who are engineers, managers, and employees at all levels of government who are responsible for rebuilding, improving, and protecting our city and the nation's transportation, water supply, water treatment, and solid waste systems, public buildings, and other structures and facilities essential for the community. It is in the public interest for citizens, civic leaders, and children of the city of Chino to gain knowledge of and maintain an ongoing interest and understanding of the importance of public works and public works programs in their respective communities. The year 2026 marks the sixty sixth annual National Public Works Week sponsored by the American Public Works Association. The American Public Works Association or APWA has announced the theme for twenty twenty six National Public Works Weeks as rooted in service powered by community. And this year's theme acknowledges that the roots of service run deep in public works.

It's what has propelled public works innovations that have helped our communities evolve into places where people can lead lives of purpose and possibility. And whereas some work like building roads and bridges is highly visible, while other public works contributions like maintaining fleet of city vehicles, water and sewer systems, and sometimes hidden from view or sometimes hidden from view. Together, these efforts form the foundation of thriving communities reminding that us that every project, seen or unseen, powers the connection between service and the people it supports. Now there I'm Eunice Mulelo, mayor of the city of Chino, do here to designate the week of May 17 through the twenty third as National Public Works Week. Keith?

Good evening, mayor, council members, residents, staff here tonight. Thank you, mayor. On behalf of public works department, I would like to sincerely thank the city council for recognizing National Public Works Week and for your continued support of the work our staff performs every day. Public Works is often described as a foundation of the community because many of the services that we provide happen behind the scenes, but impact residents every single day. From maintaining streets, sidewalks, parks, sewers, storm drains, fleet vehicles and the public right of way to responding during emergencies and keeping our city safe, clean and operating efficiently.

The recognition truly belongs to our dedicated public works employees who work tirelessly, often early mornings, late nights, weekends, and during difficult conditions to serve our community with professionalism and pride, just as our mission statement eloquently states here on this wall. There is a reason why there are city staff with twenty, thirty, forty plus years of service. This city is a home away from home and in my opinion, great place to work. I want to personally thank our staff for their commitment, teamwork and the care they show toward our city each day. In closing, I would also like to thank our residents for their continued support, patience and partnership.

Public Works is most successful when we work together with the community we serve. The residents of Chino take just as much pride in this community as city staff does, especially since many of our employees are also Chino residents themselves. That shared connection creates a strong sense of ownership and commitment to maintain the quality, safety, and appearance of our city. It is honestly truly rewarding to serve a community that our employees not only work in, but also call home. We are proud to serve this city and appreciate the opportunity to continue providing exceptional services for everyone in our community. Thank you.

Would you like to introduce the operator?

We do have some staff here tonight. So I will pass the mic on. I'll start with Joey Alla. Joey Alla, Street supervisor.

Alina Ferrer, engineering need. Albert Espinoza, deputy director, city engineer.

Jesus Placencia, assistant city engineer.

Mario Strata, associate engineer.

Eduardo Diaz, Associate Engineer.

Steven Galindo, Management Analyst.

Michelle Chapman, CIP Engineering Manager.

Jorge Alvarado, Associate Engineer, Land Development.

Ben Orosco, Public Works Deputy Director of Public Works Services. Dennis Rawls, City Traffic

Engineer. Sylvia Ramos, Contracts Administrator.

Gishan, Associate Engineer. Regina De Avila, Associate Engineer, Traffic.

Brian Aleman, Associate Engineer.

Michelle Henderson, Senior Engineer.

These people keep our community going and flowing. So even if you don't see their work, you experience it every single day. So while they might not be visible right in front of you, they're very, very important to our community. Let's give them a big hand. Now Ari is going to try to get a picture of everybody.

So you might some people might have to get down on their knees in the front for everybody to fit. Thank you again for coming this evening. Now for a very special presentation. This is the recognition of the twenty twenty six Hall of Fame Award recipients. This prestigious award is presented to the individuals who have made a major and lasting contribution to the development and progress of the City Of Chino and who have outstanding examples of leadership and service in a manner that reflects honor and respect from a historical perspective.

We will be inducting new members into the city of Chino's hall of fame. The award presented tonight will be on permanent display in the Chino Community Building. I'd like to call up Chino Valley Historical Society President, Steve Halstead, and Vice President, Bobby Martinez, along with any members of the Chino Valley Historical Society who are present this evening to assist in the presentation. Tonight, we will recognize Earl and Carolyn Owens. Would the members of the family please join me upfront?

Yes.

Thank you very much, mayor. And just a quick note, as we were going over a number of people that are well deserving of this, The historical society, we were going over all the records, and this is kind of unprecedented. This year, we are inducting two as a power couple for the city of Chino. And, at this point, Carolyn Owens and Earl devoted their lives to the city of Chino through education, civic leadership and timeless community service. Through a lifetime of service, their dedication became part of the very fabric that defines Chino.

Earl was born on 09/15/1936 in Rock Island, Illinois and served as the medic in the United States Navy from 1954 until 1957. He earned an associate arts degree at Mount San Antonio College in 1959 and a bachelor of arts degree from California State University Los Angeles in 1963 and a Master of Science from the University of Southern California in 1968. He dedicated his professional career in education as a special education teacher at Ramona Junior High School and later served in the Los Angeles County School District Superintendent's Office. Carolyn was born on 03/11/1937 to Jean and Ann Valengra. Valparaiso.

Valparaiso. Thank you. Sorry. I didn't put my glasses on. And grew up in Chino at the family property on the Southeast Corner of Central And Schafer Avenues, home to one of the city's earliest restaurants.

Cafe. She graduated from Chino High School in 1955 and Mount San Antonio College in 1957. Carolyn later earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Cal Poly Pomona in 1973, where she conducted an important research on historical Yorba slaughter adobe and interviewed descendants of the family who donated the property to the San Bernardino County. In 1962, purchasing their first home in Chino established deep roots in the community they would serve for decades. Both of them were deeply committed to community involvement.

Caroline served as the Parent Teacher Association, PTA, President at Newman Elementary School in the late 1960s and early 1970s and organized the first volunteer group providing tours and educational programs for the school children of the Yorba Slaughter Adobe before formal museum program existed. Yes, I happen to be on those tours.

I'm going to complete the rest. She served twenty two years on the Chino Parks and Recreation Commission, helped guide the development and opening of numerous city parks, including Rubin Esaiello Park. She was an active member of the Chino Valley Historical Society and Soroptimus International, while supporting programs benefiting women and community service initiatives. She serves, she served as chairwoman of the Chino Centennial Committee in 1987. Carolyn was also named woman of the year to for California's Senatorial District in 1987 and declared Chino's Citizen of the Year in 1988.

In recognition of her enduring contributions, Centennial Square was renamed Carolyn Owens Centennial Square in 2007, and the Carolyn Owens Community Center was dedicated in her memory in 2008. Earl devoted countless hours to community service. He volunteered with Chino National Little League and helped transform Heritage Park into the league's home by clearing brush and helping create ball fields for local youth. He was a member of the Chino Valley Historical Society, Chino Chamber of Commerce, Chino Valley YMCA and a lifetime member of the Chino Rotary Club. Earl embodied Rotary's guiding principle of service above self.

He served on the Chino Community Center Corporation from 1979 to 2008. He chaired numerous sweetheart ball fundraisers. During his tenure, the former GTE Telephone Building was transformed into the 7th Street Theatre, strengthening the city's cultural arts programs. Continue his commitment to education, he served on the Chino Unified School District Board of Education from 1989 to 1983 and chaired the DARE Anti Drug Education Program fundraiser in 1989. In recognition of Earl's lasting contributions to the community and the arts, the two thousand and nine Chino Community Festival of the Arts was dedicated in his memory.

Together, they contributed significantly through their lifelong dedication to education, civic leadership, cultural and historic preservation and community service. Carolyn died 02/22/2007. Earl died 10/13/2008. And that is a mouthful for two individuals. I tell you, your family is well known in the community. I know the mayor is very familiar with them, and I'm sure council and staff are too. But you guys should be proud of them, what they've done. And as we're all adults now, we're older, as kids, I think Phil we were talking Phil and I go way back to Little League days and we were talking about it, but oh, mom and dad, they have to do this, mom and dad have to do that. But now we realize as adults what was going on. But I want you to introduce your family, Phil.

Yes, And say a few things, please.

Hi, I'm Phil Owens. I'm the son and this is my uncle. This is Carolyn's brother. Favorite brother.

Only brother.

And Cody is the grandchild of Karen, my sister, and my cousins are at the end, Joanne and And Grace. And Gracie. So we thank you. And I just have a couple of words because it's you wonder why mom and dad weren't at home. And I guess after hearing all that, I know where they were at, right?

They're staying out of trouble. But it's quite humbling to come back in and have my third baseman back at Don Lugo talk about my parents because they were just mom and dad, right? But a couple of words that I wanted to say, and this is very special because mom and your mayor had a very, very special relationship. And, I think they still do. And, so for for for our family, we wanted to say thank you city council.

We wanted to say thank you historical society. Miss mayor, we wanted to say thank you for this honor. It's very humbling to stand up in front of individuals after you leave and and had a time to enjoy the Chino Rancho ride way back when and to go to the Chino Fair and bid on cows and steers and it's just humbling. So we're honored to be here. As a family, I was chosen to speak. But on behalf of our parents, our family, Earl and Carolyn Owens, we wanted to say thank you. This is this is quite humbling. In 1962, mom and and dad bought their first house in Chino. They never left. They stayed here.

They dug in. They said, okay. We're going to spend the rest of our lives raising Karen and I. She's carrying on the legacy. She retired as a thirty three year Chino Unified School District teacher, shaping the lives of 1,000 people. So she is carrying on that. I left, but great coming back and knowing that your parents made an impact. For the next forty five years, they live by Rotary's motto, service before self. And I think although they've been gone since 2007 and 2009 or 2008, excuse me, I know they're looking down from heaven. They're smiling.

Huge smile and a humble thank you. Mom and dad believe the community is only as strong as the people who show up for it. And Chino showed up again for us tonight, and we thank you. It's it's quite quite honoring. We thank you for remembering them, and we thank you for seeing the buildings that might exist and know that they made a difference. And we're proud to be part of Chino's great history.

All right. Well,

I have very, very fond memories and I miss your mom. When it was the centennial, Carolyn went to a seamstress and had all of these costumes made that were period appropriate. So she looked like a southern belle out of the early 1900s, 1800s. I mean, was quite something. And then the balls that were held, the sweetheart balls, everybody had to get dressed up.

Karen, you remember. But Carolyn was a force to contend with. She could organize volunteers like you can't believe. She always liked to work for Fred Aguirre and helping him and all of his various, you know, political aspirations. And she would get Fred's aunts and she called them Annie's aunts and they would make homemade cookies for all of the volunteers. But she could rally people and get groups together to to work like you cannot believe. We used to go out to dinner periodically and have our girls night. So I miss that. I miss your mom. But Earl and Carolyn were quite a force in Chino and they're missed.

They were very missed. So this acknowledgment is very, very well earned. And I want to thank you all for being here this evening. Let's give them another hand. Next we have introduction of our new Chino Valley Fire District Fighter Paramedics.

I'd like to call up Deputy Fire Chief Jeremy Ault to join me upfront to make the introductions along with Lucas Tim, Arturo Villalobos, and Anthony Ramos.

Thank you, mayor. It's been a very busy day for us. I just hurried here from our second vegetation fire of the day, so forgive my dirty boots. Actually, in addition, what I'd like to do first is start off by introducing, one of our fire captains, Jeff Brady. Jeff Brady is currently our training officer, a very long time Chino resident. I'm going to have him introduce our new firefighter program next today.

Jeff?

Good evening. So tonight, we have three of our new hires. They're in Tower 14. So they spend eight weeks at our training center, before being pushed out to the floor. So first off, we've got Anthony Ramos, Lucas Timm, and Art Villalobas.

Thank you, captain Brady. So they're all firefighter paramedics. As he mentioned, they're completing our, what we call our mini academy. So in about a week and a half, they'll be out in the streets working on one of our paramedic fire engines serving the community. So thank you so much for this opportunity to bring them before the public. Hopefully, the public doesn't get a chance to see them. But if they do, we just want you to know that we have the best and brightest here to serve our community. So thank you so much.

Well, wake welcome to this area. I think you're gonna find it very, rewarding to work with Chino's police department. There's a very unusual, very tight relationship between fire and PD, which every community doesn't enjoy, but we do here. So welcome to the family. Thank you. You're welcome.

Great. I'll try to get a picture.

She always has to have her picture.

Thank you. Thank you, Jeremy.

Okay. City manager, you're right. Do we have any agenda or revisions or changes or additions or deletions?

No changes,

mayor. Okay. Within our packet is the external agency report from May 19. I encourage you all to access that via online and read what's going on. Next, under public announcements, first, you are invited to celebrate Oral Hirschweiser Chevrolet at their grand opening ceremony on Thursday, May 28 from 11AM to 2PM right here at the Civic Center at one three two two zero Central Avenue.

Presented in partnership with Oral Huttershiser Chevrolet, City of Chino and the Chino Valley Chamber of Commerce, the grand opening event will feature live music and DJ entertainment, food trucks, a parade down 7th Street featuring oral and special appearances by Dodger legends, including Mike Socha, Mickey Hatcher, Joe Kelly, Ramon Martinez, and more. Addition to the grand opening is free, though residents are encouraged to register in advance. Please visit the Chamber of Commerce website to sign up for this great event, and we will see you there. Next, I invite you to join us for Chino in action, reaching new heights on Saturday, June 6 from 10AM to 2PM at Steuve Family Park located at 16050 East Preserve Loop. Be among the first to get up close with Chino's brand new police helicopter, explore a touch a truck showcase featuring police, public works, and Chino Valley Fire District vehicles, and enjoy activities for kids, a delicious barbecue hosted by the Chino Police Officers Association, and more.

This is a one of a kind opportunity to experience your city in action from the ground to the sky. We hope to see you there. Next, we're bringing back Cartino's summer nights movie series happening every Friday from June 12 to July 31 except for June 26. This year, we're adding a special twist. Half of our summer movies will take place at the newly opened Stueve Family Park in the preserve.

So 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. To learn more, visit cityofchino.org/movies. And finally, please note that city hall and city hall facilities will be closed on Monday, May 25 in honor of Memorial Day. I encourage you to join us as we honor our American heroes during the annual Memorial Day event hosted at the in partnership with the Chino American Legion at 10AM at the Chino Community Building located at the corner of 10th And B. Next, our agenda are public communications.

This is the time and the place for the general public to address items that are not elsewhere on the agenda. Our first written request to speak is pastor Roy Robbins from Christ Lutheran Church, and you better behave. If you'd like to join us in an invocation, please stand.

I

can say that because he's my neighbor, and he's on it.

Yep. Actually, indulge me for just a moment, if you would. My ten year ordination at Christ Lutheran is coming up July 30. And it's my wife Janine's birthday and my granddaughter Kira's birthday also. Janine and I are so glad that we moved here to Chino after living in Anaheim for thirty five years. I love being involved in this city with the police. I've gone through three chiefs now. I'm on my third chief. So city government, the neighborhood house, care closet, all that. We just love this area.

We love our neighbors too. Well, most of them. Anyway, let's pray. Heavenly Father, we come to you this evening asking for your guidance and wisdom as this meeting begins. Often, our lives can be a blur of activity.

Help us to slow down and enjoy the beauty of your kingdom. Thank you for the leadership represented here in these chambers, but also for those behind the scenes who tend to the business of the city each and every day. Fill them with compassion, grace, and foresight as decisions are made that affect our city and surrounding communities. May we always have a keen eye for the lonely, forgotten, and the ashamed, and may our compassion spur us into action. Father, you're constantly inviting us to seek you and accept you. Thank you for never giving up on us. Lord, it's in your presence that we find joy. Thank you for your grace, which sustains us in Jesus' name. Amen. Amen.

Thank you. That's Kathy.

I wasn't too bad.

No. You're good. If you really wanna get down, call

them Kansas City Chiefs, ma'am.

Okay.

Okay. We have miss Melissa Campani with us this evening from supervisor Kurt Hagman's office.

Well, good evening, mayor, council, staff, and of course, community members. My name is Melissa Compani and I'm here representing York County Supervisor, Kurt Hagman. Have you noticed? It's about that time of year, school's drawing to a close and what does that mean even though it's May? It means it's summer.

We're getting ready for that. And to kick off your summer, it would be great if you could swing on by supervisor Kurt Hagman's annual open house. This is our last call for the event as it is tomorrow, Wednesday, May 20 from five to 7PM. And the event is going to be held at his district office in Chino Hills. The address is 14010 City Center Drive, the street in front of the office actually.

We're closing that street so that we can host 20 county partners and services, that people might be interested in. Maybe you've wanted to talk to a county department and just didn't know how to go about it, but we can, get you set up. You can meet supervisor Hagman, meet people from many of the departments that you may need. And I would also like to say, please bring your whole family. We love to see little kids running around having a good time.

We have food. It'll be provided by the Chino Valley Professional Firefighters and Chino Police Officers Association and also some snacks provided by the Chino Hills cops. If you can, please preregister. It's an Eventbrite address, so it's supervisor hagman dot eventbrite dot com, or you can call the office at (909) 465-5265 for any additional information. Remember, that is tomorrow.

So get those reservations in. It's gonna be very crowded, but we're looking forward to seeing a lot of, friendly faces, new faces, as a matter of fact too. And then that brings us to our shredding event. It's gonna be such a busy day here in Chino on June 6. We know it is, but my work partner, Suzette and I, we are ready.

We are ready to go and help you get rid of those materials that you don't wanna hang on to anymore. The date for the shredding event, which is free by the way, is Saturday, June 6 from 9AM to twelve noon or until the trucks reach capacity. This event is free for San Bernardino County residents only and is held in partnership with the city of Chino. Please limit your shredding materials to three standard sized filing boxes of documents per vehicle, no batteries, CDs, binders, DVDs, plastics, x rays, etcetera. And the trucks are gonna just shred those materials right in front of you.

Whoosh. And they're gone. You don't have to worry about that information getting into the wrong hands. We do have on the website for supervisor Hagman or on flyers. We have a map of how we're gonna be entering, and then we'll get the, materials out of the car for you and ride into those big trucks. So if you have any questions, please give us a call. Thank you so much.

I wish I had the enthusiasm for shredding papers. There you go.

It's tons and tons of paper. I once thought we wouldn't have as many shredding papers and materials because we just don't have as many papers. But guess what? Those papers are still out there. We're going to get them all.

She's determined. Those are the only written requests that I have to speak during public communication. Is there anyone else in the audience that would like to address the council on an item that's not on the agenda? Now we have a tradition to call on students if they're required to be here for a class, and I'm not sure. Do we have any students this evening? Okay. No. Then we will move on to our consent calendar. We do have a request to speak on item number 10. Stubby.

Thanks.

Good

evening, short council. That's an unusual thing.

Short two council members. Councilman Burton and Councilman Lucio. They are at the, International Shopping Center Convention in Las Vegas.

Hopefully successfully. I hope so too. Nevertheless, Item 10 is, they're at the staff is asking you to approve a project that we did at, San Bernardino County Airport. We patched, repaved and slurried and restriped a parking lot. So as I have brought to well, to counsel and staff 73 dozen times, restriping of parking lots under California law and under federal law is required to provide accessible parking.

We did not do so. I'm sure staff is going to say, hey, it's not our property. We don't own it. It's owned by the county and we did what we were told to do. But nevertheless, I want to read to you and I have done this in the past section of the California government code.

This act was passed in 1968 before this building was even built. And it is the, access to public facilities by Persons with Physical Disabilities Act, but no one uses that name. We just refer to it as Government Code 4,450. The first paragraph reads as follows: It is the purpose of this chapter to ensure that all buildings, structures, sidewalks, curbs and related facilities constructed in the state by the use of state, county or municipal funds or the funds of any other political subdivision shall be accessible to and usable by persons with disabilities. It goes on to, address the state architect creating the standards and that the standards have to comply with the federal standards.

Federal standards at that time were the UFIS, which is the precursor to the ADA standards we have in place today. It isn't a question of who owns the property. It isn't a question whether it's leased. It's a question of wherever we spend municipal funds. So whatever we spend municipal funds, we are required by federal and by state law to provide the required minimum accessibility features, and we did not do so here.

So I just want to be on record for that once again. And hopefully, someday in the future, we will start doing these projects in compliance with the law and and stop discriminating against the disabled community because that's what it boils down to. The ADA is actually a civil rights law. Thank you for your time. Thank you, Stubby.

Linda, is is this parking lot that we fixed not accessible to people?

I don't know if Albert or Michelle. So if you recall, this was a project where the we put the median in on Kimball Avenue and it limited access to the airport. So the county came to us and asked us if we would repair that or open the opening and then maybe they can address the parking lot.

Well, I think it was worse than that, Linda. They were just driving over a median. Well, let me go there.

So we remember that, Mary.

There was county to make those improvements. Good evening. Michelle Chapman, CIP engineering manager. So for this project, this is entirely on private property as far as the county's airport. As far as building code jurisdiction, our we would default to our city building department. However, when we addressed this with the county, they said that because of our agreement, it's actually administered and overseen by the county's building department. And for them, that was not a requirement to add additional ADA stalls. And if I

may add, on 03/31/2026, staff did meet along with the San Bernardino County representative, and they did the walk side of the project, and they also approved it. So, as Michelle mentioned, these were items brought up. Again, this project was something that was brought to our attention by Kurt Hagman as a partnership with the airport. They were trying to do this work for this slurry work on-site. They weren't able to procure any sort of contractors to do this work.

They asked of us to assist them with this project. As Michelle mentioned, we did meet with county representatives and they approved this project as is. One key note, these are using ARPA funds, is the American with Rescue Plan Act funding, which does expire 12/31/2026. So there was a timeline where we were asked to see if we can do this a lot quicker so we can finalize the project.

It seems strange that that a project that supposedly is legally required to to do certain things, then for some reason, county said they don't wanna do it

or they couldn't do it? So the the enforcing, would be under building department, and they deferred that their agreement is with the count our agreement with them as as the authority to oversee building permits is the county in this

particular case. So the county paid for this project Correct. Totally Correct. And directed how it be done? Correct. Interesting.

And, mayor, we can we can certainly go back to the county and talk with their building team and say that we believe there should be accessible parking spaces in here and encourage them to make those changes. And I know that's airport land leased by threshold aviation. Is that correct?

So We did bring that to their attention. That that is something that we did early on and we said any restriping of this, because we understand the process and the and the policy, would require additional eighty day stalls or addressing of eighty day stalls when you restripe a parking lot. So we brought that to their attention. They said because their agreement is not overseen by the city, Therefore, that property is not overseen by our building department to enforce. Doesn't make any sense.

Okay. So would you get back with the county?

Certainly, we can. Yes. Thank you

very much.

We we'll follow through, mayor. We'll we'll reach out back to the county.

Thank you,

Albert. One more comment.

Thank

you. I would just want a short chance to to rebut. The building official has no authority over accessibility on publicly owned facilities. The county should know that. You should know that. I've provided it before. It's part of the government code, and it is specifically in the Building Code into Section 1.9 states that responsibility for accessibility in any public where any public funds are spent is with the City Council. So you guys have that responsibility. That's number one. And number two, just to reinforce, staff is saying it's private property.

It's not. It's public property. And it wouldn't matter if it was private property. If we spend municipal funds, even on private property, it has to comply with the law.

We'll get to the bottom of it, Stubby. Thank you. We will get to the bottom of it.

Thank you.

Thank you very much. Do council members wanna have any other items pulled or any items pulled? No, thank you, ma'am. Okay, then I would entertain a motion and a second. I'll make

the motion, ma'am.

I'll second.

Motion from council member Comstock, second from council member Flores. Please vote. And the consent calendar passes three yes with two absent. Under public hearings, we have community development block grant fiscal year twenty six-twenty seven action plan. I'm going to declare the public hearing open and our staff report this evening will be provided by our senior management analyst, Tracy Rosetta Smith and our deputy director of development services, Christopher Corbin.

Good evening mayor, council members. Tonight's staff presents the twenty six twenty seven one year CDBG action plan, which identifies the recommended usage of HUD funds in the amount of 570,458. Exhibit one displays the funding recommendations broken down by categories. This year, there were seven public service applicants recommended for funding. Each project was evaluated and allocated funding based on prioritization by the Community Services, Parks and Recreation Commission, CDBG subcommittee, following a comprehensive review process in February.

The funding recommendations include Human Services Family Counseling at $21,000 Family Services Association for senior meals, 12,284 Chino Neighborhood House Food Assistance, 12,284 House of Ruth Services for Women and Children, 10,000 Public Works Graffiti Abatement, 10,000 Inland Fair Housing Landlord Tenant Mediation, 10,000 and Foothill Family Shelters at $10,000 Exhibit one also includes new capital improvement project funding in the amount of $370,907.98 dollars and carryover funds estimated at 305,004 and $50 This public hearing fulfills HUD's citizen participation requirements. There were no comments received during the thirty day public review period, which was held March 7 through April 9. Staff recommends the council conduct this public hearing, receive any public comments, and approve the twenty six twenty seven action plan to be submitted to HUD for their approval. This concludes my report should there be any questions.

Thank you very much, Tracy. Chris, did you have some questions or comments?

No, mayor.

Okay. Are there any comments from the audience this evening on this item? Okay. Seeing none, I'll close the hearing, public hearing. Karen, do you have any No, Okay. Vice Then I would request request a motion and a second, please.

I make the motion, mayor.

Motion from council member Flores. I make the second, Second from council member Comstock. Please vote. Item passes three yes with one absent. Next item on the agenda is mayor and council reports. I'm going to skip mine this evening. Mayor Pro Tem Burton is not here. Council member Comstock.

Thank you, mayor. I'll make mine, quick as well. On May 8, Mayor, I had the pleasure of going to Rancho Del Chino Park and playing pickleball in Corporate Challenge with my ladies' partner, which was Hai Jin from Public Works, our director. I'm happy to report out that we actually I was feeling quite golden that day, but apparently, I was really only bronzy. So but yes. Yeah. So there it is. We were able to secure a bronze for team Chino, and I wanna thank Cajun for putting up with me. She is hard to get mad at, actually. So we she would hit the ball that they would serve the ball to her, she would swing and, like, miss or just hit the ball in the air, and then she would just laugh.

I would kinda look at her like like, have you ever seen Bryce miss? Like, have you ever played before? No. Was a lot of fun. Like, our opponents were really nice ladies. And, you know, even when I got off the court, like, my family was like, I can't believe you just like, those people beat you. So but it was seriously a lot of fun. And I wanna thank Haijin for playing with me and putting up with my weird looks. But Yeah.

You need

to understand. Karen plays tennis, and she's extremely competitive. So

it's better than I did last year, but yeah. So maybe maybe next year, but, you know, thank you again. I had to play

a few times with her before the competition.

Yeah. It it so it is it is you know, she's so happy all the time. So anyway, thank you again. On the ninth, I actually attended the No More Locked Doors event here. It was a trade event for young men and women who want to go into like the brotherhood of electrical workers or plumbing or HVAC or different things.

It was a co op between the chamber, our city, but particularly Michael Montevallis and his nonprofit. It was extremely well attended. There was probably no less at any given time between 25 to 30 young men and women standing in line to get their resume and their name in front of these different trades, which if you know is just very promising for us. I mean this is the next generation of Americans who's going to continue to improve and secure our infrastructure and build America. And I was just happy to see so many good young men and women there and so many members from the trades there to mentor them and to help them into those jobs in the future.

On the twelfth Mayor, attended our legislative policy meeting here with you. We got some updates on some the legislation as the session comes to a close for summer break. And then on the fifteenth, I actually drove up on the fourteenth with the city manager, and we discussed operational matters of interest since I was not able to get to my one on one this week, but we had time to on the way up to Lake Arrowhead. With our staff, I attended the city county conference. And the last the panel that I attended, including an economic update, was a panel hosted by Chad Mays.

He's a former member of Assembly in Sacramento. But it was a former like a it was a lobbyist as well as our lead legislative lobbyist, Jason Ryan from Cal Cities, and another gentleman, his name eludes me right now, but they were talking about just how difficult Sacramento is and how hard it is to get things done. But of particular, they were all kind of on alignment in housing law and legislation that's come through us in the last arena cycle and over the years. And they're just all in agreement that over the 600, sometimes 800 plus housing laws that come our way and land use and different things really has actually, I think, served to stall more housing than it has to actually advance it. And make a more sense.

Yes. So and the expense involved in it. So I think that hopefully we're hopefully, that that message is starting to get back to Sacramento. But I'm not saying, you know I don't know what the solution is, but there certainly is a I think, an awakening happening like, hey, we're getting housing elements passed, doing different things, working with the BIA. There's been several things that you've passed either ministerially or by right, and we're still not able to effectively build housing in the state.

Or enough housing as required by arena requirement and to the affordability. So I thought it was actually, I don't know if the city manager agrees, it actually kind of an enlightening real conversation to have with people about what's happening with development and different things in the state. And then of course, the last session was an economic update. But that being said, I want to congratulate the Owens family. That's a really well deserved tribute to both Carolyn Ann Earl Owens. I knew them, but I wasn't I'm kind of on the the end where I I wasn't old enough to spend time working with them, but I do know how engaged they were in this community. So that being said, that concludes my report tonight. Thank you, mayor. Chris?

Thank you, Mayor. I'll forego my reports as well. Just want to share two things. Number one, to our police department. I'm excited to see this air support unit become fully operational this month, really exciting. And to our fire district, we received good news this week, at least in my email regarding this Confire ground ambulance contract. So good luck to you guys.

City manager Reich.

Thank you, mayor. So council member Comstock talked about corporate challenge. So I'm gonna give you a full update. So it ended on last Friday night and city of Chino for the fourth year in a row won first place.

It was

that bronze medal, Hajin and Karen, that took us over the top. NFI was second and Chino Hills came in third. So it was a really good competition. We have a really good team Chino team that runs our city team and then the CSPR team always does a fantastic job for two weeks putting on this event, which is really fun for our community and I think most people come out of there, they have a great time, they make new friends and it's an awesome event. For city of Chino winning it four times in a row, it might be a little too much, But No. It's it's it's fantastic that we won it. So I wanna thank all of our teams for everything they did. There were a lot of gold medals coming our way, which is fantastic.

Great. Congratulations.

So that's it tonight, mayor.

Alright. City attorney Galante.

No legal report. Thank you.

None. Something else, Karen? No. I just Linda, did you have anything? It looked like you had something else. Okay. Any director's report? You're Hae Jin this evening,

I'll be Hae Jin for the night. She is in Hawaii celebrating her thirtieth anniversary, so I am filling in for her for the director's report. We do have an update on the Euclid relinquishment. We did meet with Caltrans earlier today, and Euclid will officially become the city's this Thursday, May 21. So that's scheduled to happen.

Caltrans will be recording the final documents with the County Of San Bernardino, and so that will officially occur this week. And within the next thirty days, we're creating the invoice to send to District 8 who will then send it to Sacramento so we can get the funds of the $18,800,000 plus to the city of Chino before the end of the fiscal year. So we're trying to get that within the next thirty days. So that's the next step, but Euclid will officially be relinquished to the city this Thursday.

When are we going to fix the potholes?

As soon as we get those funds, we've already been working with Ben and Keith and their team. We already have a plan with Michelle Chapman as well as putting together our CIPs. So we do have a game plan once we get those funds to invest to do some upgrades, ADA, potholes, pavement projects, traffic signal upgrades. And with these funds, we've already been in coordination with City of Ontario. Dennis has been doing a great job of meeting with their traffic engineers next time any grant opportunities come up.

City of Ontario and City of Chino can partner for the whole Euclid Corridor if SBCTA puts out any grant opportunities with the state. So we would use some of those funds also for matching opportunities. So, we're excited having that local control. It's coming sooner than later. And, with those funds as well as potential other opportunities, we we can make Euclid how we envision it.

I think we also need to work very strongly with the county because a lot of that right away is county territory.

It is.

Thank you very much. Of course. Chief Minson.

Announce that yesterday we took delivery of our police bill five zero five helicopter. So long time in the works. A lot of people have been involved with this. So we flew back from Hanger one Avionics down in Carlsbad where it's been for the past six months, having all the police equipment installed on it. And this week, they're gonna be doing some intermittent testing with it, some some some patrol flights, kinda getting getting the bugs worked out of it, and then fully operational come come next week.

The the scheduled flights for for starting for now is gonna be Wednesday through Saturday, kind of a a 9AM to 7PM on Wednesdays and Thursdays, and then a 11AM to 9PM on Fridays and Saturdays. The schedule is going to fluctuate depending on the most amount of calls for service that we're getting. So we're continuing to evaluate our calls and then adjust our patrol time for that team. And it's it's staffed. We have two part time pilots and then one full time police officer that's assigned to it.

And so we we moved a patrol officer from from patrol and reassigned him to our aviation unit. So we're extremely excited about this. You talked about the June 6 event down at Stevie Park. That will be the first opportunity for the community to come out and see it up and close and get hands on to take a look at it. But this is going to be a significant movement to enhance public safety in our community.

And just seeing you know, I'm a stats person, so I get our crime stats every month and seeing what's taking place. And it's a consistent theme of people coming in from outside of the community, coming into Chino to victimize our community. And so, obviously, we've been very successful with our real time crime center, our cameras, everything else. And this is gonna help us just to take it to the next level, provide a significant amount of safety for officers and the community. And, obviously, and then a a crime deterrent for for people coming into to the city.

And and I talk about these hours nine to seven. That's prime time when a lot of your residential burglaries are taking place. And so people go away to work, they come home at evening time, and they find that their house and that's probably one of the most when it comes to a property crime, one of the most you're violated. Somebody's been into your bedroom and and just ransacked your house. And so having that helicopter up in the air during those hours, I we're confident we're gonna see a decrease in our residential brewers along with a bunch of other crimes. So very exciting times for us.

Do we have agreements with surrounding communities in case they need our helicopter? Like, now we call on San Bernardino County and stuff.

Yeah. So we've been using San Bernardino County is our first mutual aid agreement. That's who we count on. Ontario just because they have they have several helicopters that have a very robust aviation program that yeah. And in in the event, obviously, if it's a if it's a safety issue, an officer safety issue, we will respond to help other communities as well. They will, in return, now with Ontario, will be more of a mutual leg where we have something to provide to them if if they need our help and vice versa. Because we I mean, we're having one helicopter. The the hours that they're not flying the entire ten hours of their shift. And so if they're down or if it's on a day that we're we're not they're not deployed, they will immediately come into our city to help. So it's it's a it's a big mutual aid agreement.

And then, obviously, we talked about in the past the the challenges with the prison and having this where if we were to have, god forbid, something happen in the middle of the night like we had the escape and it's three o'clock in the morning, all the helicopters are grounded. This is our helicopter. We will call our own team in from home and launch the helicopter.

What about some kind of aid for Chino Hills? Have they reached out to us at all?

No. I mean, they're covered by the county. And if it's a if it's a critical event, like an officer safety type issue and they're requesting, then, yeah, then then we would we would respond. The system is designed where they actually the the the the tactical flight officer, he hears our primary channel, but in the background, he hears all the other surrounding agencies and hears. So if there's a critical thing, an event that's happening and maybe they're coming to our city or what and our need mutual aid, then we can assist.

Ontario has been been huge in helping us and train our tactical flight officer along with the the Pomona Police Department, along with the sheriff's department. So it's I got to fly in it yesterday. I got to fly in the front seat to actually see it is it is it's not an easy job being a tactical flight officer, but he's gone through a lot of training with some of our allied agencies to be ready for come next week to be operational.

So Great. Very good. And by the way, congratulations on your daughter's graduation.

You. Yes.

Welcome back home.

Proud of her. She's they're actually in Flagstaff on their way home right as I as I speak right now. So, yeah, thank you.

Great. You're welcome. The question? Yes. Chief, what is the call sign of the airship?

Air five. Okay. And so the five number goes back in time back when and it's I mean, you know, obviously, 501? Yeah. It's it's a five always distinguished Chino. Ontario was one back when we shared before my time, we shared one radio frequency. So it's five Paul and then whatever the call sign was. So a little bit from historical of using a call sign from a using the the 5 number from from the history before.

So air five?

Air five.

Who's our TFO?

So it's it's it's officer Brown, Steven Brown. So he's he actually he's a tactical flight officer, but he actually has his private airline license, his his aviation license. Okay. He flies next to being on his own time.

Would a compliment be the first person selected for that assignment?

It is. And then we have two alternates because, obviously, vacation or whatever else, we have two alternates that they will fill in if he's if he's out.

And the alternates are?

Tyler. Sorry, Dave.

Tyler Scott and then Ryan and Corporal Ryan Nguyen.

Oh, okay.

Yeah. Really good guys. And they've been good. We it's our hangar. We got the hangar down at Chino Airport. So we've they've already been down and developing relationships with them down there along with the tower staff. So, yeah, looking forward to it.

Congratulations.

Thank you.

Very exciting.

Deputy chief Holt.

Thank you very much, mayor. Good evening again. Just a brief update. Yes, council Flores. Thank you for acknowledging the the ambulance program. We're gonna have some great messaging moving forward on what the next steps are, so look forward to that soon. I do wanna take a moment just to highlight. We had a unique opportunity this past Friday. Our urban search and rescue team actually hosted a drill for what are called Hurt teams, h e r t. So within the county, we have hospital emergency response teams that are available, and they're composed of trauma surgeons, emergency room physicians, and staff that come alongside them.

So in the event what we're doing is making our preparations for the Olympics and for the World Cup and to be more robust in our response for urban search and rescue and disasters. So in the event, like, our scenario was a parking lot parking structure collapse where we had victims in our scenario that couldn't be extracted because of concrete on parts of their bodies, if you will. So we were able to bring out these physicians, these trauma surgeons into our training prop at our training center down in Schaeffer, and they were able to work alongside our urban search and rescue firefighters to get into that urban search and rescue prop and perform medical procedures on different dummies that we had in there. So it was a really great opportunity to work with our county partners. There's one team from Arrowhead and one team from Loma Linda.

And this is the last time they did this drill was probably ten years ago. So a really great opportunity to showcase what we have in the city of Chino and to bring those folks out and to help sharpen their skills, build relationship with our firefighters, and ultimately prepare and better serve the community. That concludes my report this evening. I'm happy to answer any questions.

Thank you very much, Jeremy. Any questions? All right. With that, we will adjourn to our next regular meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, June 2 at 06:00, with closed session starting no earlier than four if necessary. We are adjourned.

On 04/09/2026, 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 cat 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 '96. And I just had become a new yoga teacher and decided I wanted to open up my own studio and FitBody was nice enough to let me sublease space from them and it grew from there. About eleven years ago, we opened up the space you see here behind me and this weekend, we celebrate our fourteenth 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 the 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 are 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.

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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 one who started the avocado house, and they're the one who made this a chain of 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 food 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 eat inside the restaurant. And if you want a, like, a more modern feel, you can eat at a veranda and the back 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 hours, 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 wanna 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 31, 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 Lao Material Club lion dance began the festivities with a fascinating performance as part of the opening ceremony. Afterwards from council member 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 smile 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/events.

So my dad came, like, forty five years ago in City Of Chino. He thought that 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 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 big and nice location with drive thru.

Because it was the first project for us, it was a little bit hard at the beginning. Thank god we make 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 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 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 they're keeping it going.

Always knew that this is what we wanted to do. You know, both the owners always, you know, wanted to own their own restaurants. You know, I knew them closely. I wanted to own restaurants as well. And that was just the goal behind it was, hey, let's let's turn, you know, Kenwoods into a household name. We love when, know, even the kids that come in here, hey, we wanna go to Kenwoods. Like, 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. We try to teach our staff, you know, 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? 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 three to six, Monday through Friday. So as, you know, the community, you know, hears about us and finds Yssing 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 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 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 Santa Monica, it's there's such a bigger picture with the community and how we wanna grow. This is our first location, and we have exceeded what our expectation was the community, and so it's so beautiful to see. Yeah. Stay rooted in faith.

Stay rooted in your beliefs. And when the tough when it gets tough, keep going because there was tons of times where we wanted to give up, but just stay true to, you know, your calling and what you what you believe in your vision, and you'll succeed.

At Chino's twenty twenty six state of the city, something unexpected happened, a surprise appearance from Oral Ferschiser 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 BNB 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 Hirschweiser interrupted the mayor's speech to formally announce his partnership with Chino's legacy business, MK Smith's Chevrolet, to rename the dealership Oral Hirschweiser Chevrolet, a moment that captured the energy of a city on the rise while staying staying rooted in what matters most. This is Chino, always home. Watch the full state of the city at cityofchino.org forward /sotc.

We are here because we're brewing up business. Chino is absolutely a phenomenal place to be. Multigenerational 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 wanna 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 gonna fill any void that we have.

So welcome to the business roundtable. This is the brokers 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, multigenerational. So we have grandparents, parents, kids. So Tino's a wonderful place to be, and I'm very, very proud to represent.

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 Ameren El County. We provide all animal services for this area, things like pet licensing, micro chipping 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 at support, 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, the guests can come and sleep, but we focus as a whole hospitality more warm and welcoming. That's what our goal normally we follow.

Business grown every year pretty much, I would say, since opening 12/06/2023. 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. Surrounding area, what we see, a lot of opportunity still considering our location.

And one of the biggest location, I would say, about BAPS Swaminaran Temple, that helps a lot. 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 give 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 04/09/2026, 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 cat 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 '96. And I just had become a new yoga teacher and decided, I wanted to open up my own studio and FitBody was nice enough to let me sublease space from them and, it grew from there. About eleven years ago, we opened up the space you see here behind me and this weekend, we celebrate our fourteenth 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 the 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 are 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.

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 one who started the avocado house, and they're the one who made this a chain of 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 a food homemade food made with love like grandma would. And that was Shelly's model, 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 eat inside the restaurant. And if you want a, 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 hours, 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 wanna 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 31, 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 Lao Material Club lion dance began the festivities with a fascinating performance as part of the opening ceremony. Afterwards from council member 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 smile 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/events.

So my dad came, like, forty five years ago in City Of Chino. He thought that 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 City Of Chino because all these years, we 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 with drive through.

Because it was the first project for us, it was a little bit hard at the beginning. Thank god we make it with the help of the city of Chino, the help of the people of Chino. We are here now to serve it.

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, 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. 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 they're keeping it going.

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always knew that this is what we wanted to do. You know, both the owners always, you know, wanted to own their own restaurants. You know, I knew them closely. I wanted to own restaurants as well. And that was just the goal behind it was, hey. Let's let's turn, you know, Kenwoods into a household name. You know, we love when, you know, even the kids that come in here. Hey. We wanna go to Kenwoods. Like, 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, we do, and a great atmosphere, but at the end of day, the customers are coming back for the experience, for the service part. And we try to teach our staff, you know, every day, hey. Make each visit count. Put a smile on someone's face. Get to know them on a personal level.

You know, 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 three to six Monday through Friday. So as, you know, the community, you know, hears about us and finds this thing 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 at 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, 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 Santa Monica, it's there's such a bigger picture with the community and how we wanna 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. Yeah. Stay rooted in faith.

Stay rooted in your beliefs. And when the tough when it gets tough, keep going because there was tons of times where we wanted to give up, but just stay true to, you know, your calling and what you what you believe in your vision, and you'll succeed.

At Chino's twenty twenty six state of the city, something unexpected happened. A surprise appearance from Oral Furchizer 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 BNB 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 Hirschweiser, interrupted the mayor's speech to formally announce his partnership with Chino's legacy business, MK Smith's Chevrolet, to rename the dealership Oral Hirschweiser Chevrolet, A moment that captured the energy of a city on the rise while staying rooted in what matters most. This is Cheen, always home. Watch the full state of the city at cityofcheaho.org/sotc.

We are here because we're brewing up business. Chino is absolutely a phenomenal place to be. Multigenerational 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 wanna 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 gonna fill any void that we have.

So welcome to the business roundtable. This is the brokers 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, multigenerational. So we have grandparents, parents, kids. So Chino's a wonderful place to be, and I'm very, very proud to represent.

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 at support, 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 warm and welcoming. That's what our goal normally we follow.

Business grown every year pretty much, I would say, since opening 12/06/2023. 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 Swaminaran Temple, that helps a lot. 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 give 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.