Votes at a glance: Chino City Council actions on Sept. 2, 2025

The Chino City Council took several formal actions during its Sept. 2 meeting. This summary lists each voted item, the motion maker and seconder where recorded, the basic motion text, vote tally and relevant notes drawn from the staff reports and hearing record.

1) Consent calendar (general consent items) Motion: Approve the consent calendar as presented. Mover: Council member Comstock. Second: Council member Lucio. Vote: Passed (recorded as passing with the mayor absent). Outcome: Approved.

2) Ordinance No. 2025‑006 — Zone change PL 23‑0129 (Item 14) Motion: Read title and waive further reading; adopt ordinance approving zone change amending the zoning map for the identified properties. Mover: Council member Lucio. Second: Council member Comstock. Vote: Passed 4-0 (mayor absent). Outcome: Ordinance adopted; staff will proceed with the targeted zoning map amendments tied to the draft 2045 General Plan.

3) Option to ground‑lease Orange County Flood Control District property (Item 15) Motion: Approve option/ground lease agreement with Orange County Flood Control District as presented. Mover: Council member Comstock. Second: Council member Flores. Vote: Passed 4-0 (mayor absent). Outcome: Council authorized executing option agreement allowing the city to enter into long‑term ground leases for selected flood‑control parcels (10‑year option, then 65‑year lease with extensions as outlined in the staff report).

4) Award of contract — City‑owned building restoration at 5210 D Street (Item 16) Motion: Reject nonresponsive low bid; award construction contract to Oak Hollow Restoration Inc. in the amount of $466,007; authorize 10% contingency ($46,600); appropriate $362,607 from general fund reserves to cover total project cost of $512,607; authorize city manager to execute documents. Mover: Council member Flores. Second: Council member Comstock. Vote: Passed 4-0 (mayor absent). Outcome: Contract awarded; total project funding to come from adopted budget plus appropriation.

5) Award of contract — Well 16 upgrades (Item 17) Motion: Reject nonresponsive low bid; award construction contract to R2Build in the amount of $967,000; authorize contingencies and appropriate funds as summarized in staff report (total revised project budget reported as $1,145,200); authorize city manager to execute documents. Mover: Council member Flores. Second: Council member Lucio. Vote: Passed (recorded as passing with mayor absent). Outcome: Contract awarded; staff will proceed with electrical, SCADA and related upgrades to reactivate Well 16.

6) Community support fund contributions (Item 18) Motion: Approve discretionary community support fund contributions to Food for Life Ministry and Saint Margaret Mary School. Mover: Council member Comstock. Second: Council member Lucio. Vote: Passed (mayor absent). Outcome: Contributions approved.

Notes on nonresponsive bids: For two construction procurements (the building restoration project and Well 16 upgrades), staff reported the apparent low bidder was judged nonresponsive after bid‑protest evaluation (for the Well 16 project, the apparent low bidder had not retained the required SCADA subcontractor/vendor and could not meet written bid specifications). In both cases staff recommended awarding to the lowest responsive and responsible bidder.

Provenance: Each line item corresponds to the staff reports, presentations and recorded motions in the Sept. 2 meeting agenda.

Ending: All items listed above passed; several require follow‑up (contract execution, budget appropriations, implementation of the general plan work program and continued regional coordination).