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CHINO CITY COUNCIL
SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
FINAL REVISED - CHINO SENIOR CENTER
13170 CENTRAL AVENUE
CHINO, CA 91710
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 2026
REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
CLOSED SESSION – 4:00 PM
OPEN SESSION – 6:00 PM
PLEASE NOTE: THE SEPTEMBER 1, 2026 CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING WILL BE HELD AT THE CHINO SENIOR CENTER LOCATED AT 13170 CENTRAL AVENUE, CHINO, CA 91710 _________________________________________________________________________________ Public Participation
Those persons wishing to speak on any item included on the agenda, or on any matter within the subject matter jurisdiction of the City Council, are invited fill out and submit to the City Clerk a “Request to Speak” form (name and address optional) which is available at the entrance to the meeting.
Members of the public may call (909) 340-4280 to provide remote public comments by phone. Phone lines are open 30 minutes prior to the scheduled meeting start time.
Electronic public comments may be submitted to [email protected] no later than two hours prior to meeting start time. In your email, please include the meeting date, agenda item you are commenting on, and your comment. All comments received by the deadline will be forwarded to the City Council for consideration before action is taken on the matter and will be entered into the record for the meeting specified in the email received.
Ordinance No. 97-08 (Chino Municipal Code Section 2.04.090) limits speakers to no more than five (5) minutes in which to address Council, unless a different time is announced by the Mayor prior to the start of the public comment period (except as provided under Government Code 54954.3 (b)(2)). If more than three (3) people seek to address the same agenda item or the same subject matter, the Mayor shall establish a maximum period of time not to exceed thirty (30) minutes.
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CLOSED SESSION - 4:00 PM
CALL TO ORDER / ROLL CALL
Mayor Eunice M. Ulloa, Mayor Pro Tem Curtis Burton, Council Member Karen C. Comstock, Council Member Christopher Flores, Council Member Marc Lucio.
CLOSED SESSION PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time and place for the general public to address the City Council about the closed session items. Ordinance No. 97-08 (Chino Municipal Code Section 2.04.090) limits speakers to no more than five (5) minutes in which to address the Council, except as provided under Government Code 54954.3(b)(2).
CLOSED SESSION
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
Pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Government Code Section 54956.9 Name of case: Mary Ingrid Culp vs. City of Chino; (Case No. CIVSB2222717)
2. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957
Title: City Manager
3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency designated representatives: Fred Galante, City Attorney Unrepresented employee: City Manager
OPEN SESSION - 6:00 PM
FLAG SALUTE
CEREMONIALS
Proclamations
Suicide Prevention Awareness Month - Proclaim September 2026 as Suicide Prevention Awareness Month.
National Childhood Obesity Awareness Month - Proclaim September 2026 as National Childhood Obesity Month.
Presentations
Chino National Little League District 23 Champions - Recognition of Chino National Little League Junior District 23 and 50/70 District 23 Tournament of Champions, and District 23 Intermediate All-Star Championship Winners.
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Business of the Month - Award of Business of the Month for September 2026 to:
- Loren's Glass
- Carrie Out Burgers
Mayor’s Home Beautification Award - Award of Mayor’s Home Beautification Award for September 2026.
REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
AGENDA ADDITIONS/REVISIONS
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
This is the time and place for the Mayor to inform the public of upcoming events and past occurrences of communitywide interest and concern.
REPORTS
Department Directors
Police Chief
Fire Chief
PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time and place for the general public to address the City Council about subjects that do not appear elsewhere on the agenda. Due to Council policy and Brown Act requirements, action will not be taken on any issues not on the Agenda. Ordinance No. 97-08 (Chino Municipal Code Section
2.04.090) limits speakers to no more than five (5) minutes in which to address Council, except as provided under Government Code 54954.3(b)(2). If more than three (3) persons seek to address the same agenda item or the same subject matter, the Mayor shall establish a maximum period of time not to exceed thirty (30) minutes.
INFORMATION
External Agency Report for September 1, 2026. Receive and file the External Agency Report for September 1, 2026 (Covering Meetings from June 1-30, 2026).
APPOINTMENTS
1. Community Services, Parks & Recreation Commission Appointment. Approve appointment to the Community Services, Parks & Recreation Commission.
Staff Report By: Mayor Eunice Ulloa
RECOMMENDATION: Approve the appointment of Natalie Sanders to the Community Services, Parks & Recreation Commission.
CONSENT CALENDAR
At this time, members of the public may present testimony as to why an item should be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion. Unless a member of the public or City Council requests that an item be removed from the Consent Calendar, all items will be acted upon as a whole and by one vote. City Council and members of the public may offer comments or ask questions of clarification without removing an item. Items placed on the Consent Calendar represent routine expenditures and/or actions that support ongoing City operations.
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2. Warrants. Approve expenses as audited and within budget for warrants 7776213 to 7776804, and Electronic Fund Transfers 526976E to 52291E, totaling $22,446,335.90.
3. Minutes. Approve Minutes for the Regular Meeting on July 21, 2026 (All Members Present).
4. Elected City Officials’ Report Regarding Travel, Training, and Meetings. Receive and file the Elected City Officials’ Report reflecting City Council business related expenses incurred by the City.
5. Award of Contract for Security Guard Services. Approve a five -year professional services agreement with Citiguard, Inc. for security guard services at City Hall, the Senior Center, and the Carolyn Owens Community Center for an estimated total amount of $983,468.04.
6. Approval of a Contract Vendor Increase to Authorize the Final Fourth Quarter FY25 -26 Payment for the Animal Resource Center of the Inland Empire (ARC). Approve a retroactive contract vendor increase for FY2025 -26 to the City of Ontario No. 2025 -291 by $54,587.90 for an adjusted contract balance of $2,043,791.90 to satisfy the remaining fiscal years fourth-quarter cost-share financial obligation for ARC.
7. Agreement with San Bernardino County for funding of the new Preserve Community Center/County Library Building. Approve an agreement in the amount of $4,000,000, of which $2,000,000 will be provided from the Fourth District’s Priorities Program budget and $2,000,000 will be provided from the San Bernardino County Library Budget Unit.
8. Reimbursement Agreement for Human Services Programs for residents of Chino Hills. Approve a contract effective retroactive to July 1, 2026, in the amount of $303,255.94, for the provision of Human Services Programs for residents of Chino Hills for Fiscal Year 2026-27.
9. Master Contract - Chino Valley Unified School District. Approve the Master Contract with the Chino Valley Unified School District effective retroactive to July 1, 2026, in the amount of $1,807,066.45 for the SOAR After School Program.
10. Revisions to Unrepresented Management Job Classifications and Salary Adjustments. Adopt Resolution Nos. 2026-053, 2026-054 approving revisions to job classifications, amendments to the Compensation and Benefit Plan, and amendments to the Classification Plan and Compensation Schedule for Unrepresented Management Employees.
11. Amendment No.1 to the Law Enforcement Services Agreement - Chino Valley Law Enforcement Services Agreement - Chino Valley Unified School District (CVUSD) for School Resource Officers. Approve an amendment with the CVUSD, effective retroactive to July 1, 2026, to revise the D.A.R.E. Officer assignment from a twelve (12)-month, year-round, to a ten (10)-month school-year assignment and reduce the revenue budget to reflect the update.
12. Approve a Reimbursement and Credit Reconciliation for Sewer Development Impact Fee (DIF) Construction Credit Reimbursement Agreements with various Lewis Companies. Approve the Consolidation and Reconciliation of Lewis Companies Construction Credit Reimbursement Agreements for Sewer Development Impact Fee Credit Reconciliation through May 31, 2025 and corresponding reimbursement in the amount of $600,000.
13. Public Improvement Agreement with BCT Corporate Center, LLC for Site Approval PL24 -0151, located on Corporate Center Drive, approximately 625 feet west of Ramona Avenue. Approve a Public Improvement Agreement for Site Approval PL24 -0151LD, located on the west side of Corporate Center Drive, approximately 625 Feet west of Ramona Avenue.
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PUBLIC HEARINGS
Prior to the vote of the City Council, any member of the audience will have the opportunity to address Council on any items listed under Public Hearings. Council requests, but it is not required, that you state your name and address prior to making any remarks.
14. Consider the Applicant’s appeal of Public Works Condition of Approval No. 3.2, which requires the undergrounding of existing overhead utility lines and denies the Applicant’s requested concession, pursuant to the State Density Bonus Law, for the housing project consisting of 100 for-sale housing units located at the southwest corner of Riverside Drive and Magnolia Avenue (6033 and 6041 Riverside Drive). Appeal of Planning Commission condition to require the applicant to underground overhead utility lines for the affordable housing project located at the southwest corner of Riverside Drive and Magnolia Avenue.
Staff Report By: Maria Staar, Senior Planner
RECOMMENDATION: Conduct a Public Hearing and adopt Resolution No. 2026 -056, denying the Applicant’s appeal to remove Public Works Condition of Approval No. 3.2 which requires the undergrounding of existing overhead utility lines for the development project located at the southwest corner of Riverside Drive and Magnolia Avenue in the Affordable Housing Overlay.
15. Consider the Applicant’s appeal of the Planning Commission’s June 17, 2026 action on the 210-unit rental housing project located at the northwest corner of Riverside Drive and Mountain Avenue (6210 Riverside Drive), which received a 3 -3 vote and, therefore, did not result in an approval or denial of the project. The Applicant is also appealing Public Works Condition of Approval No. 2.2, which requires the undergrounding of existing overhead utility lines and denies the Applicant’s requested concession pursuant to the State Density Bonus Law. Appeal of the Planning Commission's June 17, 2026 action, in which a 3 -3 vote resulted in neither approval nor denial of the proposed affordable housing project located at the northwest corner of Riverside Drive and Mountain Avenue.
Staff Report By: Maria Staar, Senior Planner
RECOMMENDATION: Conduct a Public Hearing and adopt Resolution No. 2026 -057, granting the appeal in part by approving PL25 -0022 (Site Approval ), and denying the portion of the appeal requesting removal of Public Works Condition of Approval No. 2.2, which requires undergrounding of the existing overhead utility lines located at the southeast corner of the project site.
NEW BUSINESS
16. Naming of park site located in Block 1 at The Preserve. Adopt the name "Harmony Park" as the name of the new park to be part of Block 1 at The Preserve.
Staff Report By: Jeffrey Benson, Parks & Facilities Manager RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the name “Harmony Park” as the name of the new park to be part of Block 1 at The Preserve.
17. Amendment No. 2 to the Construction Reimbursement Agreement and Partial Acceptance of Improvements for the Ontario Ranch Business Park Project (referred to as the REDA Project) - Merrill Avenue Widening, Interconnect, and Euclid Avenue Median Improvements Project R2501. Approve an amendment to the Construction Reimbursement Agreement for the Merrill Avenue Widening, Interconnect, and Euclid Median Improvements.
Staff Report By: Sylvia Ramos, Contracts & DIF Administrator & Jesus Plascenia, Assistant City Engineer
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RECOMMENDATION: 1) Accept the completed portions of the public improvements associated with the Merrill Avenue widening and Euclid Avenue improvements; 2) approve a budget increase for Project R2501 - Merrill Avenue Widening, Interconnect, and Euclid Avenue Median Improvements for the remaining change order work and landscaping on Merrill Avenue, increasing the project budget by $984,250 for a revised total project budget not to exceed $18,677,118; 3) appropriate $868,150 to Transportation Fund 320 and approve an immediate budget transfer in the same amount from The Preserve Circulation Development Impact Fee Fund (Fund 260); 4 ) appropriate $116,100 from the Euclid Ave. Relinquishment Program; 5) approve an Amendment No. 2 to the Construction Reimbursement Agreement between the City of Chino and Euclid Land Venture, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, increasing the reimbursement amount by $984,250 for a total not -to-exceed amount of $18,677,118; and 6) authorize the City Manager to execute all the necessary documents on behalf of the City.
MAYOR AND COUNCIL REPORTS
This is the time and place for the Mayor and Council Members to report on prescheduled Council Committee Assignment Meetings that were held since the last Regular Council Meeting, and any other items of interest. Upon request by an individual Council Member, the City Council may choose to take action on any of the subject matters listed below.
Mayor Ulloa
Mayor Pro Tem Burton
Council Member Comstock
Council Member Flores
Council Member Lucio
OTHER REPORTS
City Manager
City Attorney
ADJOURN
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 6:00 p.m. with Closed Session no earlier than 4:00 p.m. if necessary.
I, Natalie Gonzaga, City Clerk of the City of Chino, hereby declare that on Thursday, August 27, 2026 this agenda was posted at the Chino Senior Center and on the south window of Chino City Hall. This agenda, together with all of the agenda reports and related documents, were posted on the City’s website at www.cityofchino.org by myself or under my direction.
A revision to the agenda was posted on August 31, 2026 at 8:30 a.m. to correct Item #10 text on p. 4 of this agenda coversheet.
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Natalie Gonzaga, City Clerk.