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TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS DECEMBER 20TH, 2023, FIVE DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS.
AND MYSELF AND THE REST OF THE COUNCIL WOULD LIKE TO WISH EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU IN THIS COMMUNITY A VERY BLESSED CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY, CHRISTMAS DAY, CHRISTMAS EVE, THROUGHOUT THE HOLIDAYS, AND UP VERY PROSPEROUS 2024.
AS WE START OUR MEETING, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ASK OUR MAYOR PRO TIM LYNN KENNEDY TO LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS OR, UH, ADJUSTMENTS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO.
MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.
OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF SYMPATHY IN MEMORY OF JOHN L MACHADO, JR.
A BOARD MEMBER OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA PUBLIC ARTS COMMITTEE.
I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING, WE WILL BE ADJOURNING IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE THE MEETING IN HONOR AND IN MEMORY OF JOHN MACHADO, BOARD MEMBER FOR OUR PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
TONIGHT WE HAVE JOHN'S FAMILY IN ATTENDANCE.
SO I WOULD LIKE AT THIS TIME TO INVITE HIS WIFE, EVA RAMIREZ.
ALSO JOINING US IS LESLIE MADAM MORROS, RANCHO CUCAMONGA PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE MEMBER AND FELLOW COLLEAGUE OF MR. MACHADOS AND INTERIM CEO AND PRESIDENT OF THE ARTS ARENA.
WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? OH, NO, YOU COME UP.
SO I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO COME UP OVER HERE? THIS IS ALL, THIS IS IT? OKAY.
MY SON THOMAS HAR THOMAS, HOW ARE YOU? AND LESLIE
UH, I'D JUST LIKE TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MR. MACHADO DID IN HIS LIFE.
UM, PRETTY AMAZING INDIVIDUAL.
I MET HIM AS A, AND AS AN APPLICANT FOR OUR PUBLIC ART.
WE ALL MET HIM AS AN APPLICANT OF OUR PUBLIC, UH, ARTS COMMITTEE.
AND, UH, HIS PRESENTATION AND HIS INTERVIEW WAS ABSOLUTELY SPOT ON.
JUST AN INCREDIBLE MAN, UH, THAT WE WILL SURELY MISS.
PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 21ST, 2023, AND TO SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE EVA RAMIREZ.
PARENTS JOHN AND MAGGIE MACHADO, MARJORIE MACHADO AND SISTERS, MELANIE AND MONICA, AS WELL AS HIS SON.
WILL BE REMEMBERED AS AN EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANT AND DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY.
JOHN WAS A PROFESSOR OF ART HISTORY AT CHAFFEE COLLEGE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WHERE HE ENJOYED SHARING HIS COLLECTIVE KNOWLEDGE AND PASSION FOR CULTURE AND THE ARTS WITH HIS MANY STUDENTS.
JOHN WAS DEDICATED TO SERVING AND BUILDING THE ARTS COMMUNITY IN THE INLAND EMPIRE AND SAW THE VALUE AND POTENTIAL THAT THE ARTS PROVIDED TO GROWING INLAND EMPIRE AND THE COMMUNITY AND THE ENTIRE REGION.
HE WAS ACTIVE ON VARIOUS CITY AND REGIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE, INCLUDING THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
JOHN DEDICATED COUNTLESS HOURS IN HIS REQUEST TO EXPAND AND SUPPORT THE FLOURISHING ARTISTS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE.
ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, OUR ENTIRE STAFF, AND THE ENTIRE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WE SEND OUR SINCEREST HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO YOU AND THE FAMILY, UM, WHO SUFFERED THE LOSS OF A GREAT, GREAT MAN.
UM, SO WE DO HAVE A CERTIFICATE HERE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO YOU, EVA, AND IT READS IN DEPA DEEPEST SYMPATHY.
THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA ADJOURNED THEIR MEETING ON DECEMBER 20TH IN MEMORY OF JOHN L MACHADO JR.
AND BY THIS TOKEN EXTENDS OUR CONDOLENCES IN CONSOLATION TO THE BRIEF FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
SO I'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU, AND I KNOW THAT YOU, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? YES, PLEASE.
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HONOR.UH, MAYOR MICHAEL, MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR FAMILY IS SO APPRECIATIVE OF THIS, UM, RECOGNITION OF JOHN AS A LONG TIME ART HISTORY PROFESSOR AT CHAFFEE COLLEGE HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UH, MY HUSBAND TRULY UNDERSTOOD THE IMPORTANCE OF ART, NOT ONLY IN AS A RECORDED HISTORY OF CIVILIZATIONS OVER MILLENNIA, BUT ALSO THE IMPORTANCE OF ART IN SHAPING OUR COMMUNITIES AND IN ENRICHING PEOPLE'S LIVES.
AND JOHN TRULY APPRECIATED SERVING ON THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE AS A BOARD MEMBER FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, A CITY THAT IS INVESTING IN IMPROVING AND BEAUTIFYING ITS BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND IS INVESTING IN NOURISHING ITS CREATIVE TALENT.
SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MAYOR.
AND COUNCIL, AND, UH, THOSE OF YOU THAT TRAVEL AROUND RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND YOU SEE THE PUBLIC ART THAT'S GOING UP ALL THROUGHOUT OUR CITY AND THE WRAPS AROUND SOME OF OUR UTILITY BOXES, UH, THAT IS ANOTHER TESTAMENT OF JOHN MACHADO'S VISION FOR THIS CITY AND ITS FUTURE.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CONTINUE HOLDING ONTO THAT VISION NEAR AND DEAR TO US.
AND, AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES ON THE COUNCIL WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO SHAKE YOUR HAND AND CONDOLENCES.
AND I KNOW, I THINK YOU WANTED THE PICTURE.
THOSE ARE ALWAYS TOUGH, BUT, UM, WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT WE HONOR HIM ONCE AGAIN AT THE CONCLUSION OF OUR COUNCIL MEETING.
OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS THE PRESENTATION OF THE OATH OF OFFICE TO REAPPOINTED PLANNING AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSIONER BRIAN DOPP AND OUR NEWLY APPOINTED PLANNING AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSIONER MELISSA DIAZ.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD BOTH BRIAN DOPP AND MELISSA DIAZ, MEMBERS OF OUR PLANNING AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSION, AND YOU'LL BE TAKING THE OATH OF OFFICE.
AND SINCE OUR CITY CLERK ISN'T HERE, I'VE BEEN ASKED TO DO THE HONOR.
SO I WOULD LIKE YOU TO HOLD THIS MICROPHONE SO YOU CAN RESPOND AFTER I CONCLUDE WITH THE SWEARING IN.
BUT WE'RE GONNA DO THIS, I'LL JUST READ IT AND THEN YOU AFFIRM AT THE CONCLUSION BY SAYING, I DO, IF YOU REALLY MEAN WHAT ARE REALLY GONNA DO WHAT THIS DOCUMENT SAYS, WOULD YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? DO YOU SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT YOU'LL BEAR TWO FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THAT YOU TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY ME MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT YOU WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER.
IF YOU SO DO MAY I HEAR YOUR POSITIVE RESPONSE? I DO, I DO.
WE HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF DOCUMENTS.
WE HAVE CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT FOR YOU, MELISSA.
THESE TWO FOLKS ARE GONNA BE AT AND TRULY, BRIAN HAS BEEN AN AMAZING COMMISSIONER FOR SOME TIME NOW.
MELISSA'S NEW, BUT WHAT A, A BALL OF ENERGY SHE'S GONNA BE.
AND IT'S GONNA BE A GREAT COMMISSION.
WE'VE, WE'VE GOT AN OUTSTANDING PLANNING COMMISSION AND YOU'RE JUST GONNA ADD MORE VALUE TO IT THAT THANK YOU.
WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WE'D LIKE TO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING, BRIAN? I THINK I NEED TOO.
NO, THANK I'VE SPOKEN ENOUGH OVER THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
THANK YOU AGAIN, IF YOU WANNA GET A PICTURE OVER HERE.
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VERY GOOD.THANK YOU, MR. NOW THE WORK BEGINS, RIGHT? YEAH.
OUR LAST PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION TO TAMARA OATMAN, RETIRING FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR HER YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
TAMARA, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? I WAS IN TAMARA'S OFFICE EARLIER THIS MORNING AND, UH, EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON ACTUALLY.
AND, UH, I TRIED MY BEST TO CONVINCE HER NOT TO LEAVE, BUT SHE'S, SHE'S READY TO RETIRE AFTER MANY YEARS OF SERVING THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE CITY OF RIALTO BEFORE SHE CAME HERE.
SO WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION AND, AND I'M GONNA READ IT'S AN ENTIRETY BECAUSE IT SAYS SO MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED FOR OUR CITY, WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING EMPLOYEES WHO HAVE MADE LASTING IMPACTS ON OUR CITY.
AND WHEREAS TAMARA OMAN SAID, OMAN OATMAN OATMAN, THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT IT WAS, BEGAN HER DISTINGUISHED CAREER WITH THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FINANCE OFFICER ON MARCH 30TH, 1998, JUST A LITTLE SHY OF 26 YEARS AGO, DEMONSTRATING EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS AND DEDICATION.
AND WHEREAS TAMARA OATMAN WAS PROMOTED TO THE ROLE OF FINANCE DIRECTOR ON OCTOBER 16TH, 2006, BECOMING THE THIRD INDIVIDUAL TO HOLD THIS ESTEEM POSITION IN THE HISTORY OF OUR CITY, RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND WHEREAS DURING HER TENURE, TAMARA OATMAN DISTINGUISHED HERSELF AS THE LONGEST SERVING FINANCE DIRECTOR FOR THE CITY, EXPERTLY OVERSEEING ALL AREAS OF FINANCE, OPERATIONS, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT AND PROFICIENCY.
AND WHEREAS UNDER HER STEWARDSHIP, THE CITY NAVIGATED BOTH PERIODS OF ECONOMIC PROSPERITY AND CHALLENGING TIMES, INCLUDING THE 2008 RECESSION AND THE DISILLUSION OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY DEMONSTRATING HER RESILIENCE AND STRATEGIC FORESIGHT.
AND WHEREAS TAMARA OMAN IMPLEMENTED THE CONSERVATIVE BUDGETING AND SPENDING PACKAGES AND PRACTICES SIGNIFICANTLY CONTRIBUTING TO THE CITY'S OVERALL FINANCIAL STABILITY AND LEADING TO AN, THAT LED TO AN UPGRADE IN THE CITY'S CREDIT RATING FROM A TO AA IN 2018.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY UNDER HER GUIDANCE CONSISTENTLY EARNED THE GFOA CERTIFICATE OF ACHIEVEMENT FOR EXCELLENCE IN FINANCIAL REPORTING EACH YEAR OF HER TENURE, A TESTAMENT TO HER EXCEPTIONAL SKILLS AND FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS REPORTING.
AND WHEREAS TAMARA OATMAN'S EFFORTS WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN SECURING THE CITY'S FIRST DISTINGUISHED BUDGET PRESENTATION AWARD FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013, 14, A PRESTIGIOUS RECOGNITION THAT THE CITY HAS CONTINUED TO RECEIVE EACH AND EVERY YEAR UNDER HER LEADERSHIP.
AND WHEREAS TOMORROW, OMAN IS A STRONG ADVOCATE OF EMPATHY AND LEADERSHIP FOSTERING A CULTURE OF EXCELLENT WITHIN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT.
EFFECTIONATELY KNOWN, AND I JUST LEARNED THIS TODAY AS A FABULOUS FINANCE FOLK
NOW THEN WHERE, WHERE ARE THEY AT? ALL RIGHT.
I KNEW THAT
AND WE WISH HER MANY YEARS OF HAPPINESS IN A WELL DESERVED BUT SORROWFUL RETIREMENT FOR THOSE OF US THAT STILL HAVE TO BE AROUND HERE.
SO, TAMARA, THANK GOD BLESS YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR OUR CITY.
AND WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? JUST A COUPLE.
NO, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SHORT.
IF I GO TOO LONG, IT'LL GET CRAZY
UM, BUT JUST, I WANNA SAY IT'S BEEN AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
UH, I'VE LIVED IN THE COMMUNITY SINCE 1969, SO I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME RESIDENT.
SO IT WAS VERY A PRIVILEGE DEFINITELY TO SERVE MY FELLOW CITIZENS OF RANCHO.
I WANNA THANK THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CITY MANAGER, JOHN GILLISON, FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE YEARS.
AND IT'S BEEN, IT'S BEEN A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL JOURNEY.
ESPECIALLY WANNA THANK MY FABULOUS FINANCE FOLKS IN THE BACK ROW THERE, IN MIDDLE ROW HERE.
ALL THE, ALL THE THINGS I ACCOMPLISHED WERE AS A TEAM.
WE, WE ALL CONTRIBUTED TO THAT.
AND I WANNA THANK MY SISTER AND MY HUSBAND OUT THERE TOO, MY FAMILY SUPPORT THROUGHOUT ALL THIS.
UM, BUT JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS HONOR.
WELL, WE'RE CERTAINLY GONNA MISS YOU.
AND, UH, YOU KNOW, TAMARA, I I CAN SPEAK ON ALL OUR BEHALFS, UH, WHAT YOU DID IN THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, WORKING WITH EVERY OTHER DEPARTMENT, KEEPING OUR BUDGETS, WHICH IS A VERY CRITICAL COMPONENT OF CITY BUSINESS
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IN THE BLACK AND NEVER GOING IN THE RED, AND ALWAYS ENDING UP WITH A FUND BALANCE THAT WE WERE ABLE TO, TO PUT INTO OUR RESERVES.AND EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE, UM, WILL BE CERTAINLY, UM, SOMETHING THAT THIS WILL CARRY A LEGACY ON INTO MANY, MANY YEARS AFTER YOU'RE GONE.
HERE'S YOUR PROCLAMATION, AND THANK YOU AGAIN.
AND WE NEED YOU TO GET A PICTURE.
AND YOU FOLKS, UH, IF YOU'RE FROM THE STAFF, IF YOU'RE TAKING A PICTURE, YOU CAN COME UP FRONT IF YOU WANT.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR.
AND THEN WE WILL BEGIN ON OUR BUSINESS COMMITTEE OR MEETING.
AND THEN AFTER THAT, IF THERE'S ANYONE THAT'S STILL HERE THAT WANTS TO SPEAK, THEY CAN SPEAK TOWARDS THE END OF THE CONCLUSION OF OUR MEETING.
UM, WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM, THIS RED LIGHT WILL BE ON YOUR MICROPHONE TO THAT PODIUM OVER THERE.
UM, WHEN THAT RED LIGHT GOES OFF, YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP.
AND THERE'S A TIMER UP HERE ON THE SCREEN ALSO THAT YOU MIGHT KEEP TRACK OF.
SO OUR, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS TONIGHT, SO WE HAVE 12 SPEAKERS AT PRESENT.
MIGUEL ESPINOZA IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER, FOLLOWED BY ABIGAIL ESPINOZA.
I THINK I READ THAT CORRECTLY.
UH, FOR THE RECORD, MY NAME IS, UM, MIGUEL ESPINOZA, JUST LIKE YOU SAID, RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR 40 YEARS, SAME STREET.
UM, SO I'M HERE TO SPEAK AGAINST THE PROPOSAL TO OPEN UP A BREWERY ON OUR STREET.
UM, IT'S THE HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY.
THEY HAVE AN ESTABLISHMENT ALREADY.
THEY'RE TRYING TO MOVE IT, LIKE I SAID, ON MAIN, ON THE CORNER OF MAIN STREET IN ARCHIBALD, RIGHT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.
LITERALLY RIGHT IN FRONT, I COULD THROW A ROCK AND HIT THEM.
UM, SO THERE'S, THERE'S THREE SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA, A CHARTER SCHOOL ON ARCHIBALD, WHICH IS 482 FEET FROM THE PROPOSED BREWERY.
IT WAS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT A BREWERY OR A BAR CAN'T BE OPEN NO LESS THAN 500 FEET FROM A SCHOOL.
SOME MORE POINTS THAT I WANNA MAKE HERE ARE, SINCE 2013, THE NUMBER OF TEENS AGE BETWEEN 12 AND 19 KILLED IN PEDESTRIAN ACCIDENTS INCREASED BY 13%.
ONE IN SIX MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WERE OBSERVED TO BE DISTRACTED WALKERS.
80% OF ALL STUDENTS WERE OBSERVED CROSSING THE STREET IN UNSAFE MANNER.
44% OF STUDENTS WERE WEARING HEADPHONES WHILE WALK, WHILE IN SCHOOL ZONES ONLY FOUR.
ONE IN THREE DRIVERS WERE OBSERVED TO BE DRIVING DISTRACTED THROUGH SCHOOL ZONES.
ONE IN FOUR CHILDREN, ONE IN FOUR CHILD PEDESTRIAN FATALITIES OCCURRED DURING THE HOURS RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL, RIGHT AFTER SCHOOL ENDS.
I BRING THESE POINTS UP BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THERE'S THREE SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA.
IN 2022, THERE WAS 216,453 CONVICTED DUIS.
34% OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE REPEAT OFFENDERS CHILDREN KILLED BY DRUNK DRIVERS IN 2020, A SLOW YEAR.
'CAUSE BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC,
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229 CHILDREN WERE KILLED IN DRUNK DRIVING ACCIDENTS.ACCORDING TO THE CDC WHEN IT COMES TO DRUNK DRIVING, IT AFFECTS MORE THAN JUST THE DRIVER IN 2021, AMONG CHILDREN, 14 AND YOUNGER, WHICH ALL THREE OF THOSE SCHOOLS HAVE 14 AND UNDER KILLED IN MOTOR VEHICLE CRASHES, 25% WERE IN DRUNK DRIVING CRASHES.
OUT OF THOSE 25%, 45 WERE NOT IN THE VEHICLE WITH THE DRUNK DRIVER.
NOT ONLY WILL, UM, WE DROVE BY IT LAST SATURDAY, THERE WAS DRINKING OUTSIDE OF THEIR AREA, AND THEY SAY THAT THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
ABIGAIL ESPINOZA, FOLLOWED BY CAESAR MENDEZ.
HI, MY NAME IS ABIGAIL ESPINOZA.
I'M 12 YEARS OLD AND I'M A SEVENTH GRADE STUDENT AT RANCHO CUCAMONGA MIDDLE SCHOOL.
I BELIEVE THAT HAVING A BREWERY SO CLOSE TO MY HOME AND SCHOOL IS UNSAFE.
I WALK HOME FROM SCHOOL SOMETIMES ALONE, BUT MOST OF THE TIME WITH MY LITTLE COUSIN WHO IS A SIXTH GRADER, I WOULD NOT FEEL SAFE AND SECURE IN MY OWN NEIGHBORHOOD.
KNOWING STRANGERS ARE DRIVING AROUND MY COMMUNITY, POSSIBLY UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL.
THIS IS WHY I'M AGAINST HAVING A BREWERY 30 STEPS AWAY FROM MY FRONT DOOR RIGHT NOW.
WHEN I COME HOME FROM SCHOOL OR ANY OTHER AFTERSCHOOL ACTIVITIES, IT'S PEACEFUL AND QUIET OUTSIDE.
THIS MAKES ME FEEL LIKE I'M SHIELDED IN MY ATMOSPHERE.
WHAT STEPS COULD COULD BE TAKEN BY THE HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY TO PROTECT THE RESIDENTS NEAR THE AREA.
HOW WOULD YOU FEEL HAVING A BREWERY IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD? THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
CAESAR MENDEZ, FOLLOWED BY BENJAMIN LOPEZ.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR OVER 25 YEARS.
AND LIKE, UH, MY PREVIOUS NEIGHBORS MENTIONED, UH, REGARDING THE HAMILTON BREWERY.
UH, IT'S A SAFETY ISSUE REGARDING THE ZONING THAT WAS, UM, ASSIGNED TO THIS LOCATION.
ARCHIBALD MIGHT BE A COMMERCIAL LOCATION OR A COMMERCIAL ZONING, BUT THE MAIN STREET SIDE OF THAT PROPERTY, IT'S ACTUALLY RESIDENTIAL, SO IT'S GOTTA BE SOME SORT OF, UH, REZONING FOR THIS BUILDING THAT IS NOW BEING ASSIGNED AS A, AS A BREWERY THAT'S LESS THAN A HUNDRED YARDS AWAY FROM MY HOUSE.
UH, LIKE MY NEIGHBOR SAID, UM, LAST SATURDAY, YOU COULD HEAR THE MUSIC ALL THE WAY FROM THE CURRENT LOCATION TO OUR HOUSE.
SO WE'RE GONNA HAVE 'EM LESS THAN A HUNDRED YARDS IN, IN THE NEAR FUTURE IF THIS IS APPROVED.
AND, UM, I BELIEVE THAT WE REQUIRE SOME SORT OF, UH, THIRD PARTY TO EVALUATE THIS ZONING PROBLEM.
AND, UM, SOME CONSULTING AGENCY THAT CAN HELP US OUT AND, UH, REDEFINING THE LOCATION OF THIS BREWERY.
UM, I BELIEVE THEY'RE CURRENTLY IN THE, THE BETTER LOCATION THAT THEY CAN BE IN.
UH, WE ALL KNOW THAT ALCOHOL BRINGS OUT THE WORST IN PEOPLE, REGARDLESS OF ONE DRINK OR 10 DRINKS.
UM, IT'S A DEAD END STREET WHERE WE LIVE, AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE, UH, WE WERE NOT CONSULTED, UH, PRIOR TO THIS BEING APPROVED.
AND, UH, FEELS LIKE WE ARE LIKE THE, THE STEPCHILD WHERE WE'RE NOT BEING PAID ATTENTION.
ON ANOTHER OCCASIONS WE'VE REQUESTED OTHER THINGS, UM, FOR EXAMPLE, TO PAVE OUR, OUR, UH, ALLEYWAY, WHICH IT'S LIKE A DIRT ROAD.
AND BECAUSE THERE'S NO MONEY, BUT YET INSTEAD OF BEAUTIFYING OUR CITY OR OUR AREA, WE'RE FORGOTTEN.
AND NOW A BREWERY WOULD MAKE IT EVEN WORSE FOR OUR LIFE.
UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY FOR TODAY.
BENJAMIN LOPEZ BARBA, FOLLOWED BY SEBASTIAN LOPEZ.
HELLO, UH, MY NAME IS BENJAMIN LOPEZ BARBA, UH, FIRST TIME HERE.
UH, I AM A GRADUATE OF TWO IVY LEAGUE INSTITUTIONS, INCLUDING HARVARD UNIVERSITY.
I CURRENTLY WAKE WORK AT FACEBOOK, AND I HAVE LIVED HERE AT RANCHO FOR 25 YEARS.
UM, I CARE VERY DEEPLY ABOUT THE ANIMALS HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS THE CARETAKERS
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AND THE SHELTERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.THE ISSUE AT HAND IS THIS, THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA ANIMAL SHELTER REFUSES TO RETURN STRAY CATS TO THEIR TAKERS THROUGH THEIR TRAP NEUTER AND TER RETURN PROGRAM, AND DOESN'T EVEN HAVE A PROTOCOL FOR RETURNING THESE CATS TO THE CARETAKERS.
INSTEAD, THE SHELTER TREATS CARETAKERS WITH HOSTILITY AND RELEASES CATS INTO UNFAMILIAR LOCATIONS.
THE RESULT OF THESE ACTIONS ARE LOWER TNR PROGRAM PARTICIPATION, HIGHER RELEASED CAT MORTALITY, AND INCREASED NOISING COMPLAINTS.
UM, WHEN THESE CATS ARE LEFT IN COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY MIGHT NOT BE WANTED, SIMPLY PUT THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA SHELTERS.
TNR PRACTICES ARE NOT ADEQUATELY SERVING THE CATS OR THE HUMANS OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE SHELTER NEEDS TO BE MAKING AN EFFORT TO IDENTIFY AND PARTNER WITH THOSE CARETAKERS THAT ARE ALREADY PARTNERING WITH THE TNR PROGRAM.
HERE'S MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE.
I CARED FOR A FAMILY OF CATS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND DECIDED TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS PROGRAM.
AFTER NUMEROUS CALLS WITH THE STAFF AT THE SHELTER, I WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD BE RETURNED TO MY BACKYARD, UM, SO THAT I COULD CONTINUE TO GIVE THEM ADEQUATE RECOVERY TIME AND CARE.
NOT ONCE DID THEY STATE THE CATS WOULD NOT BE RETURNED TO ME.
INSTEAD, THESE CATS WERE RELEASED TO A LOCATION HALF A MILE FROM MY HOUSE.
UM, THEY WERE ACTUALLY RELEASED IN FRONT OF THE VALLEY VISTA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WHICH I'M NOT SURE HOW THAT'S EVEN APPROPRIATE, UH, LEAVING ME AND MY FAMILY DEVASTATED ABOUT THESE ANIMALS WE CARED FOR, AND LEAVING THESE KITTENS AND CATS AT RISK INSTEAD OF SUPPORTING ME.
THE RC SHELTER ACTUALLY BANNED ME FROM THEIR TNR PROGRAM FOR TRYING TO CARE FOR THESE CATS POST-SURGERY AND SENT POLICEMEN TO MY HOUSE BECAUSE I CALLED THE SHELTER TOO FREQUENTLY TO GET ANSWERS ABOUT WHAT HAD GONE WRONG.
THIS IS NOT HOW THE SHELTER SHOULD TREAT THEIR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE.
THE CARE TAKERS WHO ARE ON THE GROUND IN OUR COM COMMUNITY PROVIDING THIS VOLUNTEER SERVICE, INSTEAD, WE SHOULD BE SEEN AS PARTNERS AND ALLIES.
WHAT THEY DID WAS RELOCATE 11 WEEK OLD KITTENS WITH FRESH INCISIONS INTO THE MIDDLE OF WINTER.
THAT IS AN ANIMAL CRUELTY THAT CANNOT BE TOLERATED, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S WILLING AND LOVING CARETAKERS WHO CAN TEND TO THESE ANIMALS IN NEED.
TWO REFORMS THAT CAN BE IMPLEMENTED IMMEDIATELY AT LITTLE TO NO COST TO THE CITY.
WE ASK THAT THE TNR PROGRAM IDENTIFY WHETHER ANY TNR PARTICIPANTS ARE ACTIVE CARETAKERS, AND IF SO, JUST PROVIDE THEM WITH THE OPTION OF HAVING THE CATS RETURN BACK TO THEM.
THE SECOND REQUEST IS THAT THE P-A-T-N-R PROGRAM PROVIDE WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS AND A FORM DOCUMENTING WHAT HAPPENED DURING THIS PROCESS, THE OUTCOMES FOR EVERY PARTICIPANT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR TIME.
BARBARA FOLLOWED BY DON HORVAT.
UM, I'M SEBASTIAN LOPEZ, BARBARA, UM, BENJAMIN'S BROTHER.
I DID NOT GO TO AN IVY LEAGUE, UM, BUT I GOT THE LOOKS.
SO WHO'S THE REAL WINNER? UM, I AM HERE JUST TO SPEAK TO THE TURMOIL THAT I'VE SEEN THIS, UH, IN THE DISTRESS IT'S GIVEN MY BROTHER.
UM, THE FACT THAT THIS MORNING THE SHELTER SENT COPS OVER, UH, TO OUR HOUSE CONCERNED ABOUT THE REACTION THAT WE HAD ABOUT SUFFERING ANIMALS SPEAKS VOLUMES TO HOW FAR THEY ARE DETACHED FROM THE WORK THAT THEY'RE DOING TODAY.
THEY HAVE COMPLETELY BROKEN AND SHATTERED OUR YEAR AND ARE MAKING US RING IN A NEW YEAR WITH HALF THE FAMILY WE THOUGHT WE'D HAVE GOING INTO IT.
MY BROTHER IS PROBABLY THE, THE SMARTEST, MOST RESPECTFUL, CARING PERSON THAT I KNOW.
TO SEE MY BROTHER MAINTAIN HIMSELF UNDER SUCH AN EXTREME LEVEL OF DURESS AGAINST A SITUATION WHERE PEOPLE IN PLACE ARE PUT IN PLACE TO HELP, ARE ACTUALLY THE ONES CREATING THE PROBLEM.
HE SOMEHOW STILL FINDS THE HUMILITY AND THE HUMANITY WITHIN HIMSELF TO SPEAK TO THEM, TO, WITH RESPECT WHEN ALL THEY'VE DONE IS DISRESPECT HIM AND ABUSE HIS TRUST.
I KNOW VERY FEW PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH THAT ARE CAPABLE OF SHOWING SO MUCH COMPOSURE DURING SUCH A TRYING TIME TO SEND THREE SHERIFFS LOOKING FOR HIM WHILE HE'S AT WORK.
IT'S NOT ONLY EXTREMELY INSULTING AND DISRESPECTFUL, IT'S A WASTE OF OUR COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND TAX DOLLARS ABOVE THOSE BEING WASTED WITHIN THE SHELTER.
TO BE IN UTTER DISTRESS IS EXACTLY WHAT ANY PET OWNER OR ANIMAL LOVER WOULD FEEL IN THIS SITUATION.
AND TO ME AND MY FAMILY, ONLY FURTHER HIGHLIGHTS THE COMPLETE AND TOTAL LACK OF SYMPATHY COMING FROM THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA ANIMAL SHELTER.
SO INSTEAD OF FEELING CONCERNED AND THREATENED BY MY BROTHER'S EMOTIONAL STATE DURING AN, AN EXTREMELY SENSITIVE TIME, I THINK WHAT THEY NEED TO DO IS LOOK IN THE MIRROR AT THEIR ABSOLUTE LACK OF HUMANITY AND COMPASSION.
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THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES DIRECTOR OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ANIMAL SHELTER.I PRAY THAT YOU TAKE A DEEP LOOK AT YOUR ORGANIZATION TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED HERE AND WHAT HAPPENED TO US AND WHAT YOU DID TO US.
THIS WAS CRUEL, UNACCEPTABLE, AND SHOULD USHER IN AN ERA OF REFORM AND CHANGE FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION.
IF VERONICA AND THE SHELTER ARE UNWILLING OR ARE UNABLE TO ACCEPT THIS REQUEST JUST AS UNWILLINGLY AS THEY HAVE BEEN TO HELPING US OR EVEN SHOWING ANY SEMBLANCE OF SYMPATHY OR COMPASSION FOR OUR SITUATION, I TRULY PRAY FOR ALL THE ANIMALS, STRAY OR NOT IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT HAVE TO PASS THROUGH THAT SHELTER.
DON JAVADI, FOLLOWED BY RAPHAEL CABRA, JR.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU AS WELL.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF RANCHO FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
I CURRENTLY LIVE UP OFF OF TWANDA.
UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK, UH, IN OPPOSITION TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND THE DEMOLITION OF THE NICHOLSON STRAWBERRY FARM.
UM, DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY IS, IN MY OPINION, WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE RESIDENTS AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE THE AGRI, THE AGRARIAN HISTORY THAT CUCAMONGA IS KNOWN FOR.
THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR 70 YEARS.
UH, IT'S NOT REALLY JUST A PLACE TO GET STRAWBERRIES.
SCHOOLS HAVE FIELD TRIPS THERE.
PARENTS BRING THEIR KIDS THERE, NOT JUST FOR THE STRAWBERRIES, BUT FOR THE MEMORIES.
I MEAN, HONESTLY, WE CAN GO BUY STRAWBERRIES AT SPROUTS OR RALPH'S OR ANYWHERE.
WE DON'T TAKE PICTURES OF THAT, BUT WE TAKE PICTURES OF US GOING THERE WITH OUR KIDS TO PICK STRAWBERRIES, TO PICK ORANGES OR APPLES OR WHEREVER WE GO.
THOSE ARE MEMORIES, AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA BE TAKEN AWAY.
WE PICK ORANGES AT THE, AT LAVERNE'S LAST FUNCTIONING ORANGE GROVE.
BUT IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THERE, IT'S, IT'S REALLY A COOL PLACE.
IT'S A PRESERVATION PRESERVED THERE.
THEY HAVE OLD BUILDINGS AND SCHOOLS GO THERE AND RIGHT AROUND ORANGE PICKING TIME, EVERYBODY GOES THERE.
IT'S, IT'S AN ASSET TO THEIR COMMUNITY.
SOMETHING THAT WE KIND OF HAVE HERE TOO, ON THE SAME LEVEL.
UM, WE ALSO GO TO, UH, SPEND TIME AT, AT AMY'S FARM, WHICH NO LONGER EXISTS, UNFORTUNATELY.
MY DAUGHTER WENT THERE, THEY WOULD SPEND A DAY THERE.
THEY WOULD SHOW 'EM HOW TO TAKE CARE OF THE COWS AND, YOU KNOW, SHOVEL THE MANURE AND ALL THAT.
BUT AGAIN, IT'S AN EXPERIENCE FROM AN AGRARIAN STANDPOINT THAT OUR KIDS EXPERIENCE.
AND QUITE FRANKLY, WE DON'T HAVE MUCH OF THAT LEFT, HONESTLY.
UM, SO THEY WANNA DEVELOP THIS PLACE.
THEY WANT TO PUT HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN MORE SHOPS.
THE RANCHO ALREADY HAS OVER A THOUSAND UNITS OF HOUSING STARTED.
SO DO WE REALLY NEED MORE? UH, AS FAR AS SHOPS GO IN EVERY DIRECTION FROM STANDING FROM NICHOLSON'S, AS FAR AS YOU CAN SEE, THERE'S SHOPS AND OFFICES AND BUILDINGS AND THINGS.
UM, I'M ASKING THAT THE COMMUNITY, IF THE COMMUNITY WOULD BE BETTER SERVED BY PRESERVING SOME SEMBLANCE OF THE AGRARIAN CULTURE FOR OUR CHILDREN AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN TO ENJOY, TO MAKE MEMORIES.
UM, I'M HOPING THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION CAN CONSIDER DOING SOMETHING ELSE WITH THE PROPERTY.
SOMETHING ALONG THE LINES OF AN AGRARIAN PRESERVATION, A HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, SINCE THEY'VE BEEN THERE FOR SO LONG.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE AN ASSET TO THE COMMUNITY.
JUST LIKE AMY'S FARM WAS, JUST LIKE THE, UH, LAVERNE ORCHARD.
AND, UH, CITRUS GROVE IS, THEY'RE WONDERFUL PLACES.
AND THE COMMUNITY WOULD MISS THEM, JUST LIKE I'M SURE THE COMMUNITY WOULD MISS NICHOLSON'S.
FOLLOWED BY, I BELIEVE I CAN PRONOUNCE THIS, LIO CABRERA, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG ON THAT FIRST NAME.
THAT WAS MY BROTHER'S NAME, AND IT WAS WRONG.
IT'S BRALY, BUT NOBODY EVER GETS IT RIGHT.
UM, SO I'M HERE, MY NAME'S RAFAEL.
I'M HERE SEWING, SORRY, SHOWING SUPPORT AGAINST THE, UH, RELOCATION OF THE HAMILTON BREWERY.
UM, WE LIVE JUST ON THE OTHER SIDE ON FARRIN.
AND, UM, I'M NOT COMPLETELY UP TO DATE ON ALL THE ZONING REQUIREMENTS AND WHATNOT, BUT, UM, IN MY OPINION, THERE'S DEFINITELY MORE RESIDENTIAL AREA THERE THAN COMMERCIAL.
AND, UH, IN, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR A GOOD AMOUNT OF TIME NOW, AND WE HAVE TWO NEIGHBORS RIGHT IN FRONT OF US THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED, UM, A COUPLE OF DRUNK DRIVERS CRASHING RIGHT ONTO THEIR FRONT YARD.
UM, AND THERE'S JUST A LOT OF FAMILY IN THE AREA.
YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL BUS COMES AROUND
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AND DROPS KIDS OFF, AND, UM, JUST IF IT PASSES, IT PASSES.HONESTLY, MAYBE NOTHING WILL EVER HAPPEN.
UH, BUT THEN WHY TAKE A CHANCE? AND THAT'S JUST MY OPINION ON IT.
UM, I KNOW IT'D DEFINITELY BE A SAFER COMMUNITY.
AND, UM, THAT'S ALL I GOT ON IT.
CABRERA, FOLLOWED BY JESS SANOR.
UM, I'M ALSO GONNA ADDRESS THE, UH, RELOCATION OF THE HAMILTON BREWERY.
UM, UM, IT IS SOMETHING THAT I JUST FOUND OUT NOT TOO LONG AGO, AND I'M NOT HONESTLY TOO PREPARED FOR IT.
BUT AS SOON AS I HEARD THAT THE RELOCATION WAS HAPPENING NEAR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, HONESTLY, AS YOU CAN HEAR WITH A BUNCH OF OUR OTHER NEIGHBORS, YEAH, WE, WE OPPOSE AND WE DON'T REALLY THINK IT'S APPROPRIATE.
UM, NOBODY REALLY KNOWS HOW, UM, THE SECURITY OF THAT PLACE IS GONNA GO, HOW EVERYTHING'S GONNA GET MANAGED.
BUT HONESTLY, WHY TAKE THE CHANCE? ONE THING IS FOR SURE, PEOPLE GO THERE TO DRINK.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, AS YOU HEARD FROM OTHER PEOPLE, ALCOHOL JUST DOESN'T BRING OUT THE BEST.
WE, THERE'S BEEN RECORDS, UM, AND CASES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE CARS HAVE CRASHED IN THE HOUSES, PEOPLE BREAKING IN, ROBBING, UM, AND A BUNCH OF THOSE WERE FROM PEOPLE UNDER THE INFLUENCE.
WHY TAKE THE CHANCE? WHY RISK IT? WE DON'T REALLY WANT TO.
UM, AND I'M OPPOSED, BUT THANK YOU.
HI, UH, MY NAME'S JESS SANTA CRUZ.
I, UH, MOVED INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD 10 YEARS AGO.
MY TAXES HAVE BEEN RAISED TWICE IN THAT 10 YEARS.
AND IT FEELS LIKE I'M PAYING RANCHO CUCAMONGA TAXES, BUT NOT ACTUALLY BEING HEARD.
LIKE THE AFFLUENT PART OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WHICH IS NORTH OF US.
IT, IT'S A ICE BREWERY MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, NINE TO FIVE.
AFTER THAT, THOUGH, IT'S NO LONGER A ICE BREWERY.
THE FACT THAT YOU GUYS ALLOW THEM TO HAVE FOOD TRUCKS AND BANDS TAKES, TAKES AWAY FROM THAT FAMILY FEEL.
SO MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, I'M SURE THEY, THEY HAVE A REALLY CLEAN, NICE BREWERY.
AFTER THAT, YOU HAVE SECURITY GUARDS THAT DO NOTHING BUT CHECK IDS AT THE FRONT.
UH, THE STAFF IS REALLY NICE, OF COURSE, BUT PEOPLE GET OVERSERVED.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE THROW UP IN THE PARKING LOT.
I'VE SEEN PEOPLE STAY PAST THAT TASTING PERIOD, BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT A TASTING ROOM SHOULD BE, TWO TO THREE BEERS MAX.
THAT'S NO LONGER A TASTING ROOM.
THAT'S A BAR THAT YOU WERE PUTTING RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HOUSES THAT HAVE CHILDREN.
WHY IS IT THAT MY VOTE, MY SAY, DOESN'T COUNT? BECAUSE I DON'T LIVE IN THE NICE PART OF RANCHO.
YOU ARE PUTTING A BREWERY ACROSS THE STREET FROM CHILDREN FOR WHAT? FOR MONEY TO INCREASE OUR TAXES MORE.
AS MY NEIGHBORS HAVE SAID, WE PAY RANCHO CUCAMONGA TAXES, BUT WE GET FORGOTTEN.
I'VE BEEN TO THIS BREWERY, LIKE I SAID, THIS STOPS BEING A TASTING ROOM AND STARTS BEING A BAR.
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO US? THE AS IT IS, IT'S THREE BLOCKS AWAY, WHICH ISN'T FAR ENOUGH.
IT'S IN A, A BUSINESS COMPLEX.
THERE'S NO HOUSES AROUND THEM.
THERE'S ACTUALLY A HUGE BUILDING BETWEEN US AND THEM.
IF THEY WANT TO MOVE, THEY CAN MOVE DOWN THE STREET FROM THEIR HOME.
WHY ARE WE NOW SAYING BECAUSE OF BUREAUCRACY, BECAUSE OF ZONING.
THIS IS ALLOWED BECAUSE THE ADDRESS ISN'T ACTUALLY MAIN STREET.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE SUCH A WORKAROUND.
WHY ARE WE DOING THIS TO OUR COMMUNITY? THAT'S ALL I HAVE.
MAYBE YOU DIDN'T HEAR ME SAY THE LAST NAME, BUT THAT'S ALL RIGHT.
SO SARAH EDEL, FOLLOWED BY JULIA MORENO.
UM, I LIVE AT 87 10 KAI CORONE
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UP OFF OF RED HILL.AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK TODAY ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF, UH, THE NICHOLSON STRAWBERRY FARM.
BUT MORE SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE LAND THAT IT'S ON, AND WHY IT SHOULD BE PRESERVED.
THE NICHOLSON FARM'S BEEN AT THIS LOCATION FOR 36 YEARS.
THEY HAVE ESTABLISHED THEMSELVES AS PART OF THE COMMUNITY.
I'M PERSONALLY NEW TO THE AREA, BUT EVERYONE THAT I'VE SPOKEN TO TELLS ME THAT THEY GET THEIR STRAWBERRIES THERE, AND A LOT OF THEM TALK ABOUT THEM BEING THE BEST.
I LOVE DRIVING BY AND SEEING FAMILIES THERE WITH THEIR KIDS PICKING THE STRAWBERRIES.
WE LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE MOST CITY KIDS HAVE NO IDEA WHERE THEIR FOOD COMES FROM, AND LOCAL FARMS CAN BE AN IMPORTANT PART OF EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN.
BEFORE THE NICHOLSONS, THE LAND WAS OCCUPIED BY THE KRAMER BROTHERS CHAMELEON NURSERY.
THE NURSERY BEGAN ITS LIFE ON RED HILL IN 1927.
IN THE THIRTIES THEY STARTED GROWING AZALEAS AND CAMELIAS, WHICH THEY BECAME FAMOUS FOR.
THE BARN ITSELF, WAS BUILT IN 1937.
ACCORDING TO A 1972 ARTICLE ABOUT THEM THAT WAS IN THE UPLAND NEWS, THEY USED TO DEAL WITH PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR THE FABLED RED HILL TREASURE AND DIGGING UP THEIR PLANTS.
WHEN THEY'D GET A HIT OFF OF A METAL DETECTOR, USUALLY THEY FOUND PIPES.
BUT ONCE THEY FOUND A SKELETON WITH A SPANISH DAGGER, GO TO ANY NURSERY TODAY, AND YOU'LL FIND THE KRAMER'S SUPREME CAM.
THEY DEVELOPED MANY VARIETIES OVER THE YEAR, YEARS.
CITED IN THAT SAME ARTICLE IS THE PAT NIXON CAMELIA, WHICH THE FIRST LADY HERSELF PLANTED IN STATE CAPITOL GROUNDS.
ROUTE 66 WAS BUILT BETWEEN 1926 AND 1932.
THIS MEANS THAT THOSE KRAMER BROTHERS WERE THERE TO SEE THE FIRST FEDERAL HIGHWAY PAVED.
THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE STATES THAT UNTIL THE HEIGHT OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, AND THE DESERT COMMUNITIES OF SOUTHEAST CALIFORNIA HAD A COLLECTIVE TOTAL OF ONLY 64 MILES OF SURFACED HIGHWAY.
ALONG ROUTE 66, A PART OF MY OWN FAMILY WERE DUST BOWLERS WHO LIKELY CAME TO CALIFORNIA ALONG ROUTE 66.
I DOUBT I NEED TO SPEAK MORE ON THE HISTORY OR IMPORTANCE OF THE HIGHWAY, BECAUSE ANYBODY WHO GREW UP AROUND IT IS SURELY AWARE.
I DON'T KNOW THAT ANY OF THIS HISTORY IS ENOUGH TO DESIGNATE THE LAND AS A HISTORICAL LANDMARK, BUT WITHOUT A DOUBT, IT IS OF HISTORICAL IMPORTANCE.
OUR CITY MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.24 STATES THAT WE WILL PROTECT, PRESERVE, ENHANCE, AND PERPETUATE THOSE HIS HISTORIC SITES THAT EMBODY AND REFLECT THE CITY'S AESTHETIC, CULTURAL, ARCHITECTURAL, AND HISTORICAL HERITAGE.
WE WILL FOSTER CIVIC PRIDE REGARDLESS IF THESE SPACES HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED AS HISTORICAL RESOURCES OR NOT.
HERE'S THIS LAND PART OF THE ORIGINAL RANCH RUN BY JOHN RAINS.
IT'S BEEN A LOCAL FARM FOR THE LAST A HUNDRED YEARS, SITUATED ON A HISTORIC ROUTE.
IT'S RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM THE HISTORIC SYCAMORE INN AND THE JOHN RAINS HOUSE.
AND IT'S THE LAST LOCAL FARM WITHIN OUR CITY LIMITS.
I'M SORRY, MA'AM, BUT YOU'RE THREE MINUTES.
JULIA MORENO, FOLLOWED BY PHILLIP E WALKER.
MY NAME IS JULIA MORENO AND I'M HERE, UH, AGAINST, UH, HAMILTON BREWERY AS WELL.
UH, YESTERDAY WE WENT, UM, A FRIEND OF MINE I WENT TO AROUND THE BUSINESSES THERE ASKING IF THEY HAD ANY, UH, PROBLEMS OR ISSUES WITH HAMILTON BREWERY.
THEY HAVE NO PROBLEMS WITH THEM AT ALL.
BUT THE PROBLEM IS THERE, PEOPLE THAT GO THERE AND DRINK, THEY, UM, THEY SAID THAT THERE WAS, UM, BEER CANS, UH, IN SEP SEPARATE AREAS THAT COME FROM THE BREWERY.
UM, PEOPLE STILL DRINK OUTSIDE OF THE BREWERY.
THEY ALSO FOUND, UM, SEE ON THEIR CAMERAS THAT PEOPLE ARE THROWING UP EVERYWHERE.
THEY ALSO HAVE, UM, SEEN, UH, MANY USED CONDOMS. AND I FEEL THAT THAT SHOULD NOT BE SOMEWHERE WHERE A, UM, IT SHOULD NOT BE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.
WE ARE LITERALLY ACROSS THE STREET FROM THAT.
AND I DON'T WANT ANY OF THAT ON MY LAWN IF THEY WANT TO.
I MEAN, I HONESTLY DON'T THINK ANY OF YOU WOULD BE OKAY WITH A BREWERY RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOMES.
SO WHY SHOULD WE, BECAUSE WE'RE IN THE POOR SIDE OF THE, OF THE STATE, OF THE, UM, CITY.
WHY? SO I PLEAD THAT YOU DON'T LET THEM DO THAT TO US.
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THANK YOU VERY MUCH.AND PHILLIP, DO YOU MIND IF I SPEAK REAL QUICK? SURE.
UM, WE'RE NOT AGAINST A BUSINESS IN BUSINESS.
UH, WE'RE NOT AGAINST ANY BUSINESS TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING, TRYING TO MAKE, YOU KNOW, MONEY.
BUT WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE AGAINST IS A BUSINESS THAT SERVES LIQUOR IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE.
THAT'S, THAT'S OUR MAIN CONCERN.
UM, BUT 'CAUSE WE WERE USED TO A BUSINESS BEING THERE, WE'RE JUST AGAINST THE LIQUOR ACROSS THE STREET FROM US.
SO WE WANT TO KEEP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFE.
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THERE IS ALREADY A TWO LIQUOR STORES, RIGHT? ONE RIGHT ACROSS FROM EACH OTHER.
AND THEN YOU HAVE THE, THE BREWERY RIGHT ACROSS FROM ALL THREE OF 'EM.
IT'S A, IT'S A TRIANGLE, ALL OF THAT.
WHAT IS THAT TELLING OUR CHILDREN THAT WALK BY THERE OR THAT ARE IN, IN OUR AREA? THANK YOU.
I THANK THE COUNCIL FOR SEEING ME.
I AM PHILIP E. WALKER, UH, EMPLOYED AS A HOLLYWOOD TALENT, AND, UH, BEEN A RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR A NEAR DECADE NOW.
BUT MY PASSION IS TO ESTABLISH IN THE WORLD THAT SHORT FILMS COME FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
I AM, UH, EXECUTING TWO PROGRAMS USING MY OWN PERSONAL RESOURCES THAT HAVE BEEN WILDLY SUCCESSFUL IN HELPING TO ESTABLISH THAT GOAL OF MINE.
ONE OF THEM IS THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA 48 HOUR FILM PROJECT WHERE WE CREATE A SHORT FILM IN 48 HOURS.
SWEDISH VACATION WAS THE FIRST FILM THAT WE, UH, DID THIS WITH.
AND SWEDISH VACATION HAS QUITE, LIKE, QUITE FRANKLY, BEEN A MONSTER.
IT HAS GAINED, UH, MORE THAN 160 AWARDS AROUND THE WORLD.
UM, IT HAS, UH, HAD A RUN OF, UH, OSCAR NOMINATION QUALIFYING.
IT HAS, UH, SCREENED IN TEMECULA HERE RECENTLY.
AND IT'S JUST BEEN SO SUCCESSFUL.
I JUST RETURNED FROM SACRAMENTO WHERE IT WON A BEST, UH, UM, COMEDY AWARD.
UM, THE WORD IS GETTING OUT WITH THIS FILM ALL AROUND THE WORLD, AND I'M SO EXCITED AT HOW IT'S AFFECTING MY LITTLE GOAL.
UM, WE CREATED ANOTHER 40 HOUR, HOUR FILM PROJECT JUST LAST OCTOBER, AND, UH, SOON IT WILL BE FOLLOWING THE SAME PATH THAT SWEDISH VACATION FOLLOWED.
AND SO I THANK THE CITY FOR ALLOWING ME TO CREATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
THE OTHER PROGRAM THAT WE ARE DOING IS 100 FILMS RETREAT.
WE PRESENT 100 SHORT FILMS EVERY QUARTER OF EVERY YEAR FOR FOREVER.
UM, WE STARTED IN MAY, UH, AND, UH, SELECTED OF THOSE A HUNDRED FILMS, 59 COUNTRIES.
AND THEN IN OUR SECOND SESSION, OUR SECOND QUARTERLY SESSION, UH, WE PRESENTED, UM, WE SELECTED 79 COUNTRIES.
WE JUST DID OUR THIRD SESSION, UH, THIS MONTH WHERE WE HAD 84, 85 COUNTRIES.
UH, THE WORLD IS ALREADY GETTING TO KNOW WITH JUST THIS LITTLE PROGRAM THAT WE'RE DOING TO, TO, UH, UH, ALLOW FILMMAKERS TO JAM TOGETHER.
AND, UM, YOU'RE GOING TO BE HEARING MORE AND MORE ABOUT IT.
WE ARE CONSIDERING, UH, PRESENTING A PROPOSAL TO THE NEW STARLIGHT THEATER TO TURN THIS PROGRAM INTO A FILM FESTIVAL, WHERE WE WILL THEN START AIMING AT NOT JUST THE ARTISTS, BUT ALSO THE PUBLIC.
AND I THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN HELPING US PULL THIS THING OFF.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
I'D LIKE TO TURN OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER WHO WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A COUPLE OF RESPONSES, UH, COMMENTS REGARDING SOME OF THE TESTIMONY THIS EVENING.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY FOR EVERYONE.
NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON HAMILTON BREWERY.
UH, MR. HAMILTON PURCHASED THE PROPERTY, UM, AND AS A PROPERTY OWNER, UM, IS ABLE, AS ANY PROPERTY OWNER IS TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, BUT NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE YET.
SO IF THERE IS A DECISION, IT WILL HAPPEN IN JANUARY.
UM, THE DECISION WOULD COME FROM THE PLANNING DIRECTOR, AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT DECISION WAS, EITHER SIDE COULD APPEAL IT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, WHO WOULD THEN BE THE NEXT ENTITY TO REVIEW.
SO, JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR ON THAT.
THE SECOND WAS, UM, UH, IN REGARDS TO, UM, THE,
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THE STRAWBERRY FARM AND STRAWBERRY PATCH, AGAIN, JUST WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR, UH, NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE ON THAT ONE EASY OR E EITHER.UM, THAT'S OBVIOUSLY A DIFFICULT ONE.
UM, AND THERE'S, UM, A LOT OF, UM, THINGS TO BE, UH, SAID IN REGARDS TO THAT PROJECT.
UM, AT THIS POINT, IT IS IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL PHASE, WHICH IS THE VERY FIRST PHASE OF AN APPLICATION FOR DEVELOPMENT.
UM, A COMMUNITY MEETING HAS BEEN HELD.
WE REQUIRE THAT BEFORE IT EVER GOES TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR REVIEW, THAT THEY MEET WITH THE COMMUNITY.
SO FOR THIS VERY REASON, SO THAT IF PEOPLE ARE CONCERNED OR IF THEY'RE SUPPORTIVE, THEY'RE AWARE OF THE PROJECT.
SO, UM, FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD, PROBABLY SEVERAL MONTHS, IT SHOULD BE IN FRONT OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THAT TIME, AND PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO OFFER PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, AS PART OF THE HEARING.
AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION WILL THEN VOTE AND MAKE A, A RECOMMENDATION OR A DECISION ON THAT PROJECT ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
AND AGAIN, SIMILAR TO THE OTHER ONE, UM, IF ONE SIDE OR THE OTHER WASN'T HAPPY WITH THE OUTCOME, IT COULD BE APPEALED TO THE COUNCIL.
SO JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WERE CLEAR ON WHERE BOTH THOSE PROJECTS WERE, UM, IN THE PROCESS.
AND THEY'RE REALLY, UM, NEITHER ONE OF 'EM HAS COME TO A DECISION YET, SO THANK YOU.
WHEN I MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDARS, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
AND THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON A ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION.
ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR FIRE PROTECTION BOARD CAN REMOVE ANY ITEM, UH, SHOULD THEY SO DESIRE.
UM, MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOQUEL GAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
I ABSTENTION NOTED ON ITEM D THREE.
SO, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS EVENING'S CONSENT CALENDAR? SO, MOVED A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
WE HAVE ONE CONSENT ORDINANCE.
AND, UH, IS THERE ANYONE ON THE, THE COUNSEL THAT WOULD LIKE TO, UM, HAVE ANY DISCUSSION? THIS ITEM HAD A PUBLIC HEARING, OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING.
THIS IS EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL, SO IF THERE'S NO ONE WILLING TO WANTING TO DISCUSS IT ANY FURTHER, UM, WE'RE CONSIDER E ONE, WHICH IS A SECOND READING, AND I WOULD LIKE OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 2 2.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR, UM, UH, COUNSEL TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING AND ADOPT THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY.
SECOND MADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 2 2.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 17 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING NON STOREFRONT MEDICAL CANNABIS RETAIL AS A USE PERMITTED WITH THE MINOR USE PERMIT FOR PROPERTIES LOCATED IN PORTIONS OF THE NEO INDUSTRIAL NI AND INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT IE ZONES AMENDING CHAPTER 8.52 OF TITLE VIII OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE, ACCEPTING CERTAIN NON-STORE FRONT MEDICAL CANNABIS RETAIL FROM THE PROHIBITION ON COMMERCIAL CANNABIS ACTIVITY, ADDING CHAPTER 5.20 TO TITLE V OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING REGULATORY AND OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS FOR SUCH A NON STOREFRONT MEDICAL CANNABIS RETAILER, AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
WE HAVE TWO ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS THIS EVENING, SO I'LL TURN THAT ONE OVER TO THIS FIRST ONE.
ACTUALLY, BOTH OF THEM OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR THE INTRODUCTION.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, UM, CONCERNS, UH, THE POTENTIAL ADOPTION OF A MASTER PLAN FOR THE EPICENTER AREA.
UH, AS THE COUNCIL AND AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE AWARE, UM, RANCH CUCAMONGA HAS A MINOR LEAGUE STADIUM, THE EPICENTER AND, UH, LARGELY AROUND THE EPICENTER ARE PARKING LOTS.
WE DO HAVE OUR, UH, ANIMAL CENTER FACILITY.
WE ALSO HAVE THE, SO FIVE SOCCER CENTER.
UM, AND THEN ACROSS THE STREET WE HAVE THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA SPORTS CENTER.
UM, BUT ONE OF THE ITEMS THAT WAS IDENTIFIED IN THE NEW GENERAL PLAN IS THAT THERE REALLY IS A LOT MORE POTENTIAL FOR THAT AREA.
UM, BASEBALL STADIUMS AT ALL LEVELS, MAJOR AND MINOR LEAGUES, UM, CAN BE ACTIVITY CENTERS.
UM, AND WHEN YOU SURROUND THEM WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF BUSINESSES, UM, YOU CAN ENHANCE THAT ACTIVITY, UM, AND CREATE, UM, A, A NICE, UH, FOCUS IF POINT OR FOCUS AREA, IF
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YOU WILL, FOR THE COMMUNITY.SO THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN WAS KICKED OFF FOR THAT REASON, TO ARTICULATE A VISION FOR ENHANCED USES AND ACTIVITY, UM, AND IMPLEMENT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS IN THAT AREA.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MATT MARQUEZ, OUR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, AS MENTIONED, THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN, WE WILL START WITH PROVIDING YOU, UH, SOME INFORMATION ON THE CONTENTS, UH, OF THE PLAN ITSELF, FIRST AND FOREMOST, UH, A VISION, REALLY WHAT, UM, WAS BEHIND THE IMPLEMENT OR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PLAN MOVING FORWARD FROM THERE.
UH, FOCUS AREA CONCEPTS, SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, REGULATIONS PERTAINING TO THE DIFFERENT, UM, AREAS OF THE PLAN, REALLY, UM, TWO PLAN AREAS IN NORTH AND SOUTH.
ALSO, THE PLAN INCLUDES SOME DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS, UH, RULES FOR ENSURING THAT DEVELOPMENT, UH, IN THE AREA CONTRIBUTES TO THE VISION, UH, THAT WAS OUTLINED IN THE GENERAL PLAN AND OUTLINED NOW IN THE MASTER PLAN.
AND THEN IMPLEMENTATION PLAYBOOK AT THE END OF THE, UH, PLAN ITSELF.
SO A WORKING TOOL THAT HELPS US, UH, ANALYZE AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE BENEFITS AND TRADE-OFFS OF POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, THAT'S OUTLINED IN, IN THE PLAN ITSELF.
UM, AS MENTIONED, UH, IN THE GENERAL PLAN, REALLY CREATING A DOWNTOWN, UH, FOR THE CITY.
THIS AREA INCLUDES VICTORIA GARDENS, UH, PORTIONS OF FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AND THE EPICENTER AREA.
OF COURSE, CUCAMONGA STATION IS ROUGHLY ONE MILE AWAY FROM THE EPICENTER, UH, MASTER PLAN AREA.
SO A LOT OF ACTIVITY, UH, WITHIN THIS AREA AND AROUND THE AREA HERE.
ZOOMING IN ON FOCUS AREA, UH, ONE, WE'RE SHOWING THE BOUNDARY OF THE, THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN, UH, AREA ITSELF.
SO, UM, THE PLAN BRINGS MORE SPECIFIC DIRECTION FOR IMPLEMENTING THE GENERAL PLAN VISION FOR CREATING A WALKABLE, UH, URBAN FABRIC AND GENERATING VALUE FOR PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, AND THE COMMUNITY.
SO THE VISION AND DESIGN APPROACH, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD TO START WITH CREATING A WALKABLE, UH, FRAMEWORK.
SOMETHING YOU ARE ALL FAMILIAR WITH.
I KNOW FOR MANY YEARS THE CITY'S DISCUSSED, UH, CREATING WALKABLE FRAMEWORKS OR FRAMEWORK THROUGHOUT THE CITY, A GREATER CONNECTIVITY, GREATER ACCESSIBILITY, A GENERAL PLAN.
UH, BIG IDEAS INCLUDE SOME OF THOSE THINGS.
AND ALSO, UH, DESIGNING FOR PEOPLE FIRST, UH, WE WANNA LEVERAGE THE REALLY GREAT ANCHORS THAT ARE OUT THERE WITHIN THIS AREA.
OBVIOUSLY THE STADIUM, THE SUPPORT CENTER, THE ANIMAL CENTER, AND, AND TO BUILD OFF OF THOSE AND BRING IN NEW LIVELY USES THAT HELP COMPLEMENT, UH, THESE ANCHORS.
SO THE PLAN IN THE SHORT TERM TALKS ABOUT ACTIVATING CERTAIN AREAS WITH TACTICAL IMPROVEMENTS, SOME EXAMPLES SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN.
AND OF COURSE, TRYING TO CREATE A SUSTAINABLE, UH, MIX OF USES, PROVIDE EFFICIENT PARKING MORE THAN LIKELY IN, IN A SHARED TYPE OF ENVIRONMENT AS THIS AREA DEVELOPS OVER TIME.
AND THEN ALL WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING TO SUPPORT AND BRING TO LIFE THE DOWNTOWN ENVIRONMENT THAT'S ENVISIONED IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO THIS AREA HAS A LOT OF, UH, REALLY, UH, LIVELY, UH, IMAGES, UH, ON IT.
SO MANY ASPECTS OF THE VISION, UH, OF THE PLAN ARE, ARE COMMON TO WALKABLE ENVIRONMENTS.
AND, AND A LOT OF THAT YOU ALREADY KNOW ABOUT AND HAVE HEARD ABOUT MULTIPLE TIMES.
UH, THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN'S IDENTITY IS ROOTED IN RECREATIONAL AND ANIMAL RELATED ANCHORS.
AND THIS PLAN SUPPORTS THAT ROLE FOR THE FUTURE, UH, OF THIS AREA, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS IMAGERY HERE.
SO THE IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY, AGAIN, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, STARTING WITH THIS EVENING.
IF EVERYTHING GOES WELL, ADOPTION OF THE MASTER PLAN, THEN WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO WORK TO ATTRACT NEW DEVELOPMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS.
NEAR TERM GOALS, UH, INCLUDE ACTIVATING THE HUB, WHICH IS SHOWN IN THE IMAGE ON, ON THE LOWER RIGHT, AND THEN OVER THE LONG TERM BUILDING OUT AND AROUND THE HUB, WHICH IS THE IMAGE SHOWN, UH, IN THE UPPER RIGHT EIGHT.
SO CREATING GREATER CONNECTIVITY, OBVIOUSLY AT THE FOREFRONT OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO HERE.
UM, WE WANT TO CAPITALIZE ON THE LOCATION OF THE EPICENTER AS WELL.
SO IT'S IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, THERE'S A PLAN FOR FUTURE BRT STOP
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AT FOOTHILL IN ROCHESTER.WE WILL, WHICH WILL PLAY A, A HUGE PART IN BRINGING PEOPLE TO THIS AREA.
YOU ALSO HAVE A NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION AT ROCHESTER AVENUE.
UM, CONNECTIONS, UH, VIA ARROW ROUTE, MILKEN, CONNECTING THIS AREA TO CUCAMONGA STATION, WHICH WILL ALSO HAVE A BRT STOP IN OTHER AREAS, UH, OF THE CITY.
ALSO CREATING CONNECTIVITY TO SOME OF THE OTHER USES THAT ARE IN, OR, OR LOCATIONS THAT ARE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
CREATING BETTER CONNECTIONS TO NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, WE THINK WILL REALLY HELP BOTH THOSE NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES AND, UH, THIS AREA AS WELL.
AND THEN FUTURE CONNECTIONS TO THE EAST, UH, DAY CREEK CHANNEL, JACK BENNY AND DAY CREEK BOULEVARD.
AND AGAIN, SOME ADDITIONAL, UH, CONNECTIONS THAT ARE POSSIBLE TO NEIGHBORING COMPLIMENTARY USES AND SHARED PARKING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE FUTURE.
SO THE, THE AREA, UH, THAT'S SUBJECT TO THIS MASTER PLAN INCLUDES ONLY CITY OWNED PROPERTY.
UM, REALLY THE PURPOSE OF THIS SLIDE IS TO WALK YOU THROUGH HOW THE WALKABLE FRAMEWORK COULD BE CREATED.
UH, THERE'S THESE CORE STREETS THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN WHITE, UH, THAT REALLY KIND OF HOLD THE PLACE TOGETHER.
THAT'S SOME MINOR OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE DOTTED IN HERE.
THAT COULD HAPPEN IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
AND OF COURSE, WHAT JUMPS OUT AT EVERYONE WHO GOES TO, UH, THIS LOCATION IS THE AMOUNT OF SURFACE PARKING THAT'S IN THE AREA.
AND THAT'S WHERE WE THINK THE MOST VALUE CAN OCCUR IN THE MOST CHANGE CAN OCCUR WITH UTILIZING, UH, THOSE SPACES.
SO YOU CAN SEE WHERE THERE'S A, WHERE THOSE ARE LOCATED AND HOW A BLOCK NET NETWORK CAN BE CREATED.
YOU FACTOR IN SOME OPEN SPACE IMPROVEMENTS, AS WELL AS ADDITIONAL PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE, UH, NETWORK CONNECTIONS.
AND THEN ALSO THE PROMENADE, UH, FAULT LINE, WHICH IS MEANT TO BE THE EAST WEST SPINE, CONNECTING THE HEART OF THE STADIUM AREA TO THE SPORTS CENTER AREA ACROSS ROCHESTER AVENUE.
WE'LL TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME TO FOCUS ON THE FAULT LINE ITSELF.
UM, YOU KNOW, THE GOAL TO CREATE A MORE ACTIVATED PUBLIC SPACE, MULTIPLE USES FOR BIKES, PEDESTRIANS, UH, GROUND FLOOR ACTIVATED SPACES, AND WE'LL WALK YOU THROUGH WHAT THE VISION IS FOR, FOR THIS AREA.
SO FOCUSING TO THE WEST OF ROCHESTER AVENUE, SOMETHING THAT WE, WE HAVE ENVISIONED OR WE THINK COULD BE CREATED IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS IMAGE THAT YOU SEE ON THE SCREEN REALLY LIVELY, A LOT OF ACTIVITY TAKING PLACE, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO DO, A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT USES.
JUST A REALLY ENJOYABLE, UH, SPACE THAT'S EASY TO ACCESS AND FEELS REALLY COMFORTABLE FOR VISITORS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ROCHESTER, BUT A BIT OF A DIFFERENT LOOK, BUT STILL A, A SPACE AND AN AREA THAT'S REALLY COMFORTABLE AND EASY, UH, TO MOVE ALONG OR MOVE THROUGH.
STILL OFFERING UP SOME SPACE FOR FOLKS TO SIT DOWN, UH, ENJOY SOMETHING TO EAT, ENJOY SOMETHING TO DRINK, HANG OUT AND TALK TO FOLKS.
BUT JUST A REALLY, UH, COMFORTABLE SPACE.
AND THEN AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL IS CREATING A GATEWAY, HELPING VISITORS TO REALIZE THAT THIS IS A SPECIAL AND UNIQUE PLACE, AND RECOGNIZE THAT THEY ARE HERE IN THAT PLACE WITH SOME SORT OF, UH, MONUMENTAL GATEWAY PIECE.
SO WE ALL KNOW PARKING IS ALWAYS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THESE PLANNING EFFORTS.
AND AS MENTIONED, AND AS WE ALL KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF SURFACE PARKING, UH, CURRENTLY IN THE AREA.
SO AS, UH, WE, WE MOVE FORWARD AS TACTICAL AND PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, UH, THINGS MAY CHANGE.
UM, WE HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO UTILIZE THE VACANT LOT AT ROCHESTER AND ARROW, FOR EXAMPLE, FOR SURFACE PARKING, AS OTHER, UH, PARKING LOTS DEVELOP OVER TIME AND CHANGE OVER TIME.
SO THERE'S LONG-TERM PLAN FOR THIS SITE AS WELL.
UH, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THAT LATER ON IN THE PRESENTATION.
UH, ALSO, SO AS THE AREA DEVELOPS, WE THINK THERE'LL BE A NEED FOR SOME SHARED STRUCTURES, AN IMAGE WHICH IS SHOWN HERE, ALL WITH THE IDEA OF TRYING TO CREATE A PARK.
SOMEONE WANTS TO COME TO THIS AREA, THEY CAN FIND A PARKING SPOT.
UH, THEY PARK THERE ONCE AND THEY CAN ENJOY A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, THROUGHOUT THEIR STAY WITHIN THIS EPICENTER AREA.
SO TAKING A FURTHER, UH, LOOK AT PARKING OPPORTUNITIES, AGAIN, ALL OF THESE EXISTING LOTS ARE SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN.
I BELIEVE THERE'S OVER 1700, UH, PARKING SPACES WITHIN THAT AREA, SHOWING ALSO THAT ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITY THERE AT ARROW IN ROCHESTER.
SOME OPPORTUNITIES FOR SHARED PARKING SPACES.
AGAIN, AS THIS DEVELOPS OVER TIME, THERE MAY BE A NEED, UH, TO PARTNER WITH SOME NEIGHBORING SITES FOR SHARED PARKING.
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CREATING THESE PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY ROUTES FROM NEARBY, UH, PARKING OPPORTUNITIES.SO YOU CAN SEE HOW THIS ALL COMES TOGETHER IN THIS GRAPHIC.
SO, AGAIN, AS MENTIONED, THERE'S TWO FOCUS AREAS ON THE PLAN, NORTH AND SOUTH, SOUTH, BOTH SHOWN AND LABELED.
UH, ON THE SCREEN WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UH, SOME NEAR TERM, SOME NEAR TERM ACTION ITEMS, EXCUSE ME.
AND THEN GET INTO SOME OF THE LONGER TERM VISION FOR THESE AREAS AS WELL.
SO STARTING IN THE NORTH, UH, THIS IMAGE REALLY OUTLINES AND ILLUSTRATES WHAT, WHAT CAN OCCUR.
UM, A LOT OF THE FOCUS INITIALLY IS IN AND AROUND THE EPICENTER GREEN.
THAT'S THE AREA LABELED AS NUMBER ONE, UH, ON THE SCREEN.
IT'S IDENTIFIED AS THE HUB IN THE PLAN.
UM, WE THINK THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY HERE TO FOCUS ON SOME NEAR TERM ACTIONS THAT CAN REALLY KICKSTART ACTIVITY IN THE AREA, AND WE'LL GET INTO WHAT SOME OF THAT COULD LOOK LIKE.
AND THIS AREA IS REALLY MEANT TO SERVE AS KIND OF THE FRONT DOOR FOR THE STADIUM AND THE SPORTS CENTER.
PEOPLE COME TO THIS AREA, THEY'RE WELCOMED IN THIS SPACE.
AND WHAT IT COULD LOOK LIKE IS SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
SO CREATING AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO DO A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO DO SO.
UM, THEY CAN WORK OUT, THEY CAN PLAY A GAME, THEY CAN WATCH A GAME, THEY COULD LOUNGE ON SOME NICE CHAIRS, ENJOY, UH, SOME TIME WITH FRIENDS AND FAMILY.
JUST REALLY HAVE A, A SPACE THAT'S REALLY FUN, INVITING AND COMFORTABLE AS WE MOVE ALONG.
SOME ADDITIONAL NEAR TERM ACTION ITEMS INCLUDE INTRODUCING, UH, PROMENADES.
UH, THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST PHASE OF THE FAULT LINE PROMENADE THAT'S SHOWN HERE.
ULTIMATELY, IT WOULD CONNECT AS WE, WE MENTIONED THIS AREA WITH THE SPORTS CENTER ACROSS ROCHESTER.
AND THIS IS SOME IMAGERY OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, BOTH IN AN ILLUSTRATIVE MANNER, BUT THEN ALSO SOME REAL LIFE EXAMPLES, CONTINUING TO MOVE ALONG.
TACTICAL ACTIVATION, UH, FOOD TRUCKS, TACTICAL STRUCTURES, REALLY ANYTHING THAT VENDORS CAN UTILIZE DURING EVENTS OR SPEC OR DURING SPECIFIC TIMES OF THE DAY THAT CAN HELP BREATHE LIFE INTO THIS SPACE WITH SOME IMAGERY OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE, BOTH IN A, UH, FAIRLY TEMPORARY MANNER, BUT THEN ALSO A PERMANENT MANNER.
SO, UH, IT COULD EVOLVE OVER TIME.
START AS TEMPORARY TURN INTO SOMETHING A BIT MORE PERMANENT, THEN IMPROVING THE BEER GARDEN ONCE THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FUN HAPPENING AROUND THE STADIUM.
UH, THE GOAL IS TO OPEN UP THE BEER GARDEN A BIT MORE AND MAKE IT A MORE LIVELY AND ACCESSIBLE FEATURE ALONG THE PROMENADE.
UH, CONNECTING TO SEBASTIAN WAY, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT BEFORE ABOUT, UH, CONNECTIVITY AND HOW IMPORTANT THOSE CONNECTIONS ARE.
YOU COULD SEE HERE POTENTIALLY WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE WITH MOSSY PLAZA BEING DIRECTLY TO THE NORTH AND SOME OF THOSE SPACES IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT OR ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL, IF YOU WILL, OF THE EPICENTER AREA REALLY BEING, UH, UNDERUTILIZED.
WE THINK THAT CREATING GREATER PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS CAN HELP ACTIVATE, UH, BOTH OF THESE AREAS, PROVIDING AN EASY FLOW OF, OF TRAFFIC OR PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC, GOING, UH, BACK AND FORTH, AND ULTIMATELY PROVIDING A CONNECTION TO FOOTHILL BOULEVARD WHERE WE ALL KNOW A LOT OF ACTIVITY IS ALREADY OCCURRING, AND THEN A LOT MORE ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR, UH, IN THE FUTURE.
AND THEN MANAGING PARKING AGAIN, UH, GETTING BACK TO THE PARKING, UH, SITUATION AND WHAT THE FUTURE CAN HOLD.
THIS IS JUST AN, AN IMAGE OF AN EXISTING LOT.
AND THEN THE, THE SIGHTED ARROW IN ROCHESTER THAT WE CAN UTILIZE IN A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT WAYS IN THE FUTURE, INCLUDING FOR PARKING.
UH, LASTLY, IN THE NEAR TERM FOR THE FOCUS AREA NORTH, UH, STADIUM PROGRAMMING, UH, HOW CAN WE CREATE MORE, UH, EVENTS FOR FOLKS, UH, TO VISIT THE STADIUM AND TO ACTIVATE THE, A THE AREA DURING ITS DOWNTIMES, AND THEN REALLY TRYING TO CAPTURE AS MUCH VALUE AS POSSIBLE FOR THE CITY AND THE COMMUNITY.
SO THIS COULD TAKE THE FORM OF A NUMBER OF A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS OR IN A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT WAYS.
WE ALL KNOW THE SAVANNAH BANANAS, FOR EXAMPLE, ARE A HUGE, HUGE DRAW.
UM, THERE'S OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THERE, UH, CONCERTS, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, MONSTER TRUCKS AND OTHER SIMILAR SHOWS.
AND THEN ALSO REPURPOSING, UH, THE FIELD FOR SOCCER AND SOME OTHER SPORTING EVENTS.
SO NOW GETTING INTO THE FOCUS AREA SOUTH AND SOME OF THE NEARER TERM, UH, ACTION ITEMS HERE CHANGES, UH, PROBABLY LESS LIKELY TO OCCUR IN THE NEAR TERM JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NOT AS MANY OPPORTUNITIES.
HOWEVER, ONE OPTION, AGAIN, DISCUSSING THE PLAN IS UTILIZING THE SITE AT, UH, ARROW AND ROCHESTER,
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UM, FOR PARKING.BUT ALONG WITH PARKING, THE SITE COULD BE USED FOR SOME SORT OF ANIMAL ORIENTED USE.
UH, COULD BE A COMBINATION OF THOSE TWO, KINDA SETTING THE STAGE FOR THE ANIMAL CENTER AND THE FUTURE OF THE ANIMAL CENTER AT THAT LOCATION.
SO JUST A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF, OF WHAT THAT, THAT COULD BE.
SO LONGER TERM, TAKING A LOOK AT THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN AREA AS A WHOLE, WE CERTAINLY WANT TO ACTIVATE, UH, CERTAIN FRONTAGES TO DRAW PEOPLE, CLO PEOPLE CLOSER TO THE STREETS, AND THEN CLOSER TO THE DIS DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES THAT ARE PLANNED FOR THE AREA.
SO YOU COULD SEE THOSE, THOSE AREAS IN RED.
AND THEN EXAMPLES OF WHAT WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT ACTIVE FRONTAGES, UH, PLACES AND, AND, UH, AREAS THAT PEOPLE CAN EASILY ACCESS, UM, ARE REALLY ENJOYABLE.
AND PEOPLE CAN PULL UP A CHAIR, HANG OUT, UH, ENJOY THEMSELVES, UH, WHEN THEY'RE IN THOSE SPACES.
AND REALLY, UM, NOT NECESSARILY PUTTING UP ANY SORT OF, UH, BORDER BETWEEN, UH, THE STREET AND, AND THE USE REALLY CREATING THIS, THIS KIND OF OPEN SPACE, UH, THAT ALLOWS PEOPLE FREE TO FREELY FLOW IN AND OUT.
SUP SUPPORTING COMPATIBLE, UH, USES IS SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO FOCUS ON.
THESE COMPATIBLE USES COULD BE GROUND LEVEL, UPPER, UPPER LEVEL USES, BUT REALLY JUST BRINGING FORWARD COMPATIBLE USES THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT, UH, THE ANCHOR USES ACTUALLY, UH, IN THE AREA.
UH, SHARED PARKING, AS I MENTIONED, SOMETHING THAT THIS PLAN LOOKS TO IN THE FUTURE.
UH, POTENTIAL SITES FOR SHARED PARKING ARE SHOWN HERE, UH, IN RED.
AND THEN THE ANIMAL CENTER EXPANSION OR FUTURE EXPANSION AT THE CORNER OF ARROW AND ROCHESTER.
AND THEN AGAIN, WE WANNA KEEP THE FOCUS ON RECREATION AND ANIMAL ORIENTED USES.
UH, SO DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS WERE CREATED TO HELP GUIDE NOT ONLY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO ADDRESS THE TYPES OF USES THAT WILL BE ALLOWED AND, AND HELP TO SUPPORT THE VISION OF THIS AREA.
SO LASTLY, THE PLAN INCLUDES, UH, THIS IMPLEMENTATION, UH, PLAYBOOK, UH, GIVE STAFF, UH, INTERESTED PARTIES, POLICYMAKERS, AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE BENEFITS AND IMPACTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS THAT ARE ENVISIONED IN THE PLAN.
PROVIDES A SCORECARD, IF YOU WILL, THAT SHOWS DIFFERENT VALUES FOR THESE DIFFERENT CONCEPTS, UH, BASED ON FINANCIAL IMPACT, PARKING IMPACT, PRIORITY, AND TIMING.
AND THEN, UH, THE PEOPLE DRAW AS WELL.
UH, LASTLY, I WOULD SAY, UM, OR WOULD LIKE TO SAY THAT, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO REVIEW THIS PLAN AT THEIR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 8TH.
AND AT THAT TIME, THEY UNANIMOUSLY, UNANIMOUSLY, EXCUSE ME, VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL, UH, TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION THIS EVENING, AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER THOSE FOR YOU.
THANK ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR CITY PLANNER BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? I NOTICED THAT THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENTS AT OUR PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING ALSO ON THIS MATTER, SO, OKAY.
WITH THAT, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED, SO WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF OF STAFF BEFORE WE DECIDE ON A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RESOLUTION.
UH, MATT, ANY IDEA? IT LOOKS LIKE MOST OF THE KIND OF EATERIES RESTAURANT PLACES ARE KIND OF INFORMAL HERE.
DO YOU NOT REALLY THINK THAT THIS IS A, A PLACE THAT'S GONNA HAVE, LIKE AN ANCHORING RESTAURANT WITH LIKE A BRICK AND MORTAR, OR IS THAT JUST KIND OF A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FUTURE? UH, WE, WE CERTAINLY THINK THAT THERE'S OPPORTUNITY FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO, UM, SHORT TERM AND LONG TERM AS WE MENTIONED.
SO SHORTER TERM, PERHAPS MAYBE NOT SO PERMANENT.
UH, BUT THEN OVER TIME, YES, SOMETHING THAT'S, THAT'S A BIT MORE PERMANENT.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE THOUGHT THAT WAS PUT INTO THIS PLAN AS A SUBSET TO OUR GENERAL PLAN.
IT REALLY IS GOING TO MAKE THIS AREA MORE VIBRANT, BRING SOME LIFE TO IT THAT GOES FAR BEYOND JUST THE STADIUM THAT EXISTS THERE.
NOW, THAT IS GOING TO BE A, A YEAR-ROUND USE, AND CERTAINLY ANOTHER DRAW THAT COMPLIMENTS VICTORIA GARDENS AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IN THE HEART DISTRICT.
SO, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE EFFORT AND THE INTENTIONAL USE THAT WAS PUT INTO VISIONING OUT THIS PLAN FOR THE FUTURE.
ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, KENNEDY SAID.
I'M ALSO EXCITED ABOUT THE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES.
I MEAN, OTHER CITIES, GRANTED, THEY ARE BIGGER STADIUMS. YOU'VE SEEN THE EATERIES AND THE OTHER WALKABLE COMMUNITIES NEARBY IT.
SO EXCITING TO SEE IT ON A SMALLER SCALE,
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BUT ALSO WHAT WE CAN DO WITH THE OPPORTUNITIES WITH THE STADIUM, UM, WHEN IT'S NOT BASEBALL SEASON.I MEAN, I KNOW, SO HOW MANY FOLKS CAME FROM ALL OVER THE COUNTRY TO RANCHO WENT TO SEE THE SAVANNAH BANANAS PLAY AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES IT BROUGHT FOR THAT.
SO THIS IS REALLY EXCITING NEWS, AND AGAIN, MAKING SURE THAT ALL OF OUR RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENTS CAN BENEFIT FROM THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT OR MASTER PLAN.
ANYONE ELSE? JUST A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, MATT, AND TO YOU AND YOUR STAFF, THANK YOU FOR, AND THE WHOLE CITY TEAM, TEAM, RC, THAT, THAT PUT THIS TOGETHER AT THIS POINT, UM, FORWARD THINKING, VERY, VERY VISIONARY.
UM, YOU KNOW, THAT THAT WHOLE SITE IS VERY UNDERUTILIZED.
AND TO CREATE, KIND OF ADDING TO A DOWNTOWN, A VICTORIA GARDEN, SAY CUCAMONGA STATION, THE HEART DISTRICT, ALL THOSE THINGS, TO PUT THIS BACK TO WHAT IT COULD BE THAT IT HASN'T BEEN IS, IS REALLY EXCITING.
I, I KNOW, UH, WHEN YOU MENTIONED STADIUM PROGRAMMING, UH, WE TALKED ABOUT THE BANANA HANNAH BANANAS.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO, LEANNE RYANS PERFORMED AT THE EPICENTER AT THE, AT THE, AT THIS BASEBALL STADIUM AND, AND WAS A HUGE DRAW.
SO I'M REALLY GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE GONNA LOOK AT UTILIZING THE STADIUM FOR MORE, MORE ACTIVITIES, MORE KINDS OF PERFORMANCES.
UM, YOU KNOW, UH, AND JUST THE VARIOUS ISSUES WHERE YOU COULD GO THERE, HAVE SOME, SOME ANIMAL ORIENTED ACTIVITIES, UH, HAVE SOME PLACE TO GO WITH FOOD TRUCKS AND EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY A BRICK AND MORTAR RESTAURANTS.
UM, IT'S VERY EXCITING AND I, I REALLY DO, UM, LIKE THE IDEA BECAUSE THAT SITE, WE'RE NOT MAKING ANY MONEY ON THAT SITE.
IT'S COSTING A LOT OF MONEY TO, TO MAINTAIN IT EACH YEAR AND TO ADD MORE, MORE OPERATIONS, MORE VENUES TO GENERATE REVENUE BACK.
SO THE TAXPAYERS BENEFIT FROM REVENUE BEING GENERATED IS REALLY EXCITING.
AND SO, UM, I WOULD JUST ASK THE CITY COUNCIL FOR A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 1 25 THAT WILL ADOPT THE MASTER PLAN FOR THE, UM, EPICENTER COMPLEX.
SO, MOVED A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.
VERY THOROUGH REPORT, AND I'LL AGAIN TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. GILLISON.
IT'S A LONG TITLE, BUT YOU CAN SHORTEN, THIS IS A VERY LONG TITLE, AND I WILL SHORTEN IT UP THAT IT IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 10 23, WHICH WILL AMEND MULTIPLE ARTICLES OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE MUNICIPAL CODE, AND MAKE A WHOLE BUNCH OF CHANGES RELATED TO A WHOLE BUNCH OF TABLES AND A WHOLE BUNCH OF STANDARDS IN THERE.
ALL OF WHICH RELATE TO THE CHANGES THAT WE MADE IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO, UM, DRIVE-THROUGH USES SERVICE STATION STANDARDS, SUBDIVISIONS, OUR FORM-BASED CODE, OPEN SPACE REQUIREMENTS.
UM, SO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, UH, DID A TREMENDOUS JOB STARTING IN 2020, OR REALLY, OR ACTUALLY BEFORE 2020, UM, IN BRINGING FORWARD A NEW GENERAL PLAN.
AND IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF A CHICKEN AND AN EGG.
YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE DEVELOPMENT CODE UNTIL YOU CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN FIRST.
BUT THEN AS SOON AS YOU CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN, THE DEVELOPMENT CODE IS THEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY OUT OF DATE.
SO THEN YOU'VE GOTTA UPDATE IT.
AND THEN AS SOON AS YOU GET DONE UPDATING THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, YOU'RE ACTUALLY AFTER THAT, GETTING THE FIRST FEEDBACK ON HOW YOUR GENERAL PLAN CHANGES WENT, WHICH THEN DRIVES ANOTHER CYCLE OF SOME MORE CODE UPDATES.
SO, UM, WE ARE REALLY IN THAT SECOND CYCLE, IF YOU WILL, OF DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATES.
UH, WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT THERE WILL BE SOME MORE AFTER THIS.
UM, BUT AS THE OLD SAYING GOES, THESE WERE THE, THE, UH, LOW HANGING FRUIT, IF YOU WILL, AND THE THINGS THAT, UM, WERE THE MOST APPARENT THAT WE WANTED TO GET DONE AND PACKAGED TOGETHER.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER, SEAN MCPHERSON, AND HE WILL GO THROUGH THESE WITH YOU.
AND THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
UH, WE'LL, UH, JUMP RIGHT INTO IT.
SO THE COUNCIL WILL, UH, CERTAINLY WELL REMEMBER THAT FOLLOWING THE ADOPTION OF THE GENERAL PLAN IN, UH, DECEMBER OF 2021, STAFF EMBARKED ON A VERY EXTENSIVE UPDATE TO THE ZONING CODE IN ORDER TO EFFECTUATE THAT VISION OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THIS COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT, UM, UH, WAS ADOPTED BY COUNCIL IN MAY OF 2022, AFTER WHICH POINT STAFF PROPOSED VARIOUS ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS AND REFINEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF 2023.
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I WAS LAST BEFORE YOU FOLKS WITH A, UH, A PHASED CODE AMENDMENT, UH, BACK IN MARCH.BUT, UH, HERE WE ARE WITH, UH, PHASE THREE OF OUR ONGOING, UH, CODE AMENDMENTS, AGAIN, TO CONTINUE TO CALIBRATE, UH, A, CALIBRATE THE CODE TO THE VISION OF THE GENERAL PLAN, AND B, MAKE SURE THAT WE REMAIN ON TOP OF CHANGES IN THE REAL WORLD ENVIRONMENT WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY WITHIN DEVELOPMENT, UH, TRENDS AND SUCH.
ALL OF THIS GOES TO THE IDEA OF THE CODE, UH, AS A LIVING DOCUMENT.
SO, UM, UH, THAT SAID, UM, IN ORDER TO ALWAYS MAKE SURE THAT OUR CODE IS CALIBRATED, UM, WE NOW PROPOSE, AS I SAID, A THIRD PHASE OF CODE AMENDMENTS, WHICH INCLUDES IS, UH, UH, CITY MANAGER GILSON ALLUDED TO VARIOUS TEXT AMENDMENTS, BUT ALSO JUST TO BE CLEAR, UH, VARIOUS, UH, CERTAIN CHANGES TO THE ZONING MAP TO BE CRYSTAL, CRYSTAL CLEAR FROM THE GET-GO.
ANY CHANGES TO THE ZONING MAP WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT, THOSE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATIONS HAVE ALREADY BEEN ESTABLISHED.
SO THIS EXERCISE TONIGHT SIMPLY JUST COMPLETES THE, UH, UPDATE OF, UM, THAT MAPPING EXERCISE.
SO FIRST WE HAVE TEXT AMENDMENTS, UH, WHICH BEGIN WITH ARTICLE THREE.
HERE WE HAVE, UH, JUST A VARIETY OF REALLY KIND OF HOUSEKEEPING, UH, ITEMS IN, IN A, IN A, UH, LOT OF WAYS, UH, ADDING AND CLARIFYING USES IN THE USE TABLE, FOR EXAMPLE, UH, CLARIFYING USE DESCRIPTIONS TO MEET, UH, AND TO, UH, KIND OF CORRESPOND TO THOSE CHANGES TO THE USE TABLE.
UM, STAFF, UH, HAS, UH, REMOVED AN AFFORDABILITY REQUIREMENT WITH REGARD TO SSB NINE UNITS, UH, IN RESPONSE TO POTENTIAL, UH, LEGAL CONCERNS IN THAT REGARD.
UM, AND, UH, UH, REMOVED, UH, WE'VE ALSO REMOVED IN ARTICLE THREE, ERRANT REFERENCES TO INDUSTRIAL ZONES, WHICH THAT WAS SIMPLY JUST AN ERROR.
THERE ARE REFERENCES TO AN INDUSTRIAL ZONE, UH, STANDARD IN THE RESORT SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH SHOULDN'T HAVE BEEN THERE.
UH, PROPOSED CHANGES IN ARTICLE FIVE.
UH, UH, SIMILARLY KIND OF HOUSEKEEPING TYPE ITEMS. UH, REMOVING CONFLICTING LANGUAGE RELATED TO SERVICE STATION PROXIMITY REQUIREMENTS, UH, AND OTHER PROVISIONS.
UH, SIMILAR CON CONFLICTING LANGUAGE FOR DRIVE THROUGH LANES AND DRIVE-THROUGH USES, UH, PROPOSED CHANGES TO ARTICLE SEVEN, UH, INVOLVED, UM, REDUCING THE NUMBER OF REQUIRED FLOOR AREAS, UH, I'M SORRY, FLOOR PLANS, UH, PER THE NUMBER OF DWELLING UNITS IN A SUBDIVISION.
THIS TABLE, WHICH ACTUALLY YOU SEE ILLUSTRATED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, UH, HAD LED TO SOME COMPLICATIONS WITH REGARD TO, UH, SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPERS.
UH, THAT HAS NOW BEEN CLEANED UP AS WELL.
UH, WITH REGARD TO CHANGES TO ARTICLE EIGHT, WHICH COMPRISES OUR FORM-BASED CODE, UH, THERE WERE A VARIETY OF CHANGES THERE AS WELL.
AND WE'LL TALK ABOUT ONE OF THESE CHANGES A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL AS WE GET INTO THE ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS.
UH, BUT IN A NUTSHELL, UH, THESE TEXT AMENDMENTS TO ARTICLE EIGHT, MORE OR LESS, KIND OF COMBINE SOME CLEANUP ITEMS AS WELL AS SOME CLARIFICATION ITEMS TO BETTER CALIBRATE THAT VISION OF OUR FORM-BASED ZONING AREAS, UH, TO THE VISION OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
UH, AND THEN, UH, JUST FOR THOROUGHNESS SAKE, THERE WERE ALSO CHANGES, ARTICLE NINE, WHICH COMPRISED VARIOUS CHANGES TO THE DEFINITIONS IN GLOSSARY, UH, AS IS NECESSARY WHENEVER NEW TERMS ARE INTRODUCED OR OLD TERMS ARE REVISED OR DELETED.
SO, WITH REGARD TO THE, UM, ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS, UH, I WANNA MAKE ONE POINT CLEAR HERE IS THAT, UM, WHILE THE GENERAL PLAN, AS I HAD KIND OF ALLUDED TO, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS PRESENTATION WAS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, UM, THE MAJORITY OF THESE ZONING CHANGES, UH, WHICH WERE AFFILIATED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, UM, AND LARGER CODE UPDATE IN 2022, CONSTITUTED RELATIVELY MINOR CHANGES FROM WHAT EXISTED PREVIOUSLY.
UM, WHAT WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT TOOK A LITTLE BIT MORE CAREFUL CONSIDERATION, HENCE THE, THE TIMING, UH, THE ADDITIONAL TIME THAT STAFF TOOK TO ANALYZE THESE SPECIFIC AREAS.
SO, UH, FIRST UP IS AN AREA WITHIN, UH, SOUTHWEST RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE REZONED TO A NEW SUB ZONE, WHICH IS KNOWN AS CENTER ONE SOUTHWEST CUCAMONGA.
UH, AGAIN, THE THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION IS ALREADY IN PLACE.
SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT TONIGHT IS EFFECTIVELY GETTING THE ZONING CODE UP TO COMPLIANCE WITH THE, UM, GENERAL PLAN VISION.
UH, IN THIS CASE, UH, THE COMMUNITY DESIRED AS A RESULT OF OUR TWO YEAR EFFORT FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, THE COMMUNITY DESIRED A TOWN CENTER WITHIN SOUTHWEST CUCAMONGA TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO GOODS AND SERVICES IN A WALK
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IN THE COMMUNITY.IN FACT, WE HEARD SOME OF THAT, UH, THAT, UH, DESIRE IN, IN, UH, COMMENTS MADE EARLIER THIS EVENING.
UM, THE COMMUNITY ALSO EXPRESSED VALUE IN MAINTAINING THE EXISTING AUTO ORIENTED BUSINESSES.
THERE'S A VARIETY OF STAKEHOLDERS WHO ARE INVOLVED IN THESE, UH, ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS.
UH, THE GENERAL PLAN NOW DESIGNATES A TRADITIONAL TOWN CENTER LAND USE.
THEREFORE, STAFF PROPOSES THIS NEW SUB ZONE THAT WOULD REALLY BALANCE THAT DESIRE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, NEIGHBORHOOD ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT WITH THE BENEFIT OF EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING USES.
MOVING ON, WE HAVE, UM, THE AREA AROUND ROCHESTER AND JACK, BENNY AND ARROW.
UH, THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION PRIOR TO THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE WAS INDUSTRIAL.
THE GENERAL PLAN HAD CHANGED THAT TO CORRIDOR HIGH, UH, THE RE WHICH IS A, A MORE OF A COMMERCIAL DESIGNATION.
THE REASON WHY IS BECAUSE THE, THE BUSINESSES WHICH ALREADY EXIST IN THIS AREA ARE REALLY MORE PREDOMINANTLY COMMERCIAL AS OPPOSED TO INDUSTRIAL.
THE GENERAL PLAN IDENTIFIES THAT NOW, AND THE ZONING IS SIMPLY JUST CATCHING UP.
IN THAT CASE, UH, THE REZONING WILL ALLOW FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENVISIONED COMMERCIAL GROWTH, UH, KIND OF IMMEDIATELY AROUND THE EPICENTER AS, UM, DIRECTOR MARQUEZ HAD JUST ALLUDED TO WITH THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN, THIS WOULD KIND OF CAP ALONG THE EDGE, THAT EPICENTER MASTER PLAN.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF VINEYARD AND ARROW ROUTE.
AGAIN, SIMILARLY, THIS WAS ACTUALLY ZONED INDUSTRIAL, AND, UH, AS YOU CAN TELL, THERE ARE, UM, RESIDENTIAL USES IN CLOSE PROXIMITY.
UH, WHAT WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS A DESIRE TO CHANGE, UH, THAT, SO THE GENERAL PLAN DID.
AND NOW AGAIN, SIMPLY JUST CATCHING THE ZONING UP.
UH, THIS NEW ZONING DESIGNATION OF NG THREE, UH, WOULD ALLOW AND FACILITATE FOR A MEDIUM INTENSITY NEIGHBORHOOD SERVING USES, UH, THAT COULD BE DEVELOPED IN THE FUTURE.
AND LASTLY, THIS IS, THIS WAS ACTUALLY AN ERROR.
UH, THERE WAS A PARCEL WHICH HAD BEEN, UH,
SO THIS WAS FOUND BY STAFF, AND WE ARE SIMPLY PRESCRIBING THE LOW RESIDENTIAL ZONE, WHICH IS CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONE FOR THE PAR, UH, PARCELS, WHICH ARE SIMILARLY SITUATED AROUND THIS PIECE.
UH, FOR THE, UH, FOR THIS PHASE THREE AMENDMENT, INCLUDING THE TEXT AMENDMENTS AND THE MAPPING AMENDMENTS, THE, UH, CITY, UH, CITY STAFF PREPARED A, UM, A, UH, A, UH, EIR ADDENDUM, WHICH IS INCLUDED AS AN ATTACHMENT, UH, TO THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, NOTICES FOR THIS ITEM WERE ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN, UH, SEPTEMBER FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, UH, MEETING, AND AGAIN AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.
FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING, WE DID HAVE INPUT, UH, FROM, UH, INTERESTED PARTIES.
THERE WAS ONE INDIVIDUAL IN PARTICULAR, UH, WHO ENGAGED WITH STAFF PRIOR TO, UH, THE, WHAT WAS ORIGINALLY SCHEDULED AS THE OCTOBER 11TH PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING.
BECAUSE OF THE CONCERNS THAT THAT, UH, INDIVIDUAL RAISED.
THE MEETING WAS CONTINUED TO NOVEMBER 8TH, AT WHICH POINT THE, UM, THAT SAME INTERESTED PARTY PROVIDED ADDITIONAL COMMENTS.
STAFF ENGAGED THAT, UH, THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THE COUNCIL APPROVE, UH, THE RECOMMENDED CHANGE, UH, RECOMMENDED AMENDMENTS WITH TWO CHANGES.
THERE WAS A MAPPING ERROR THAT WAS CAUGHT, WHICH STAFF HAS FIXED, UM, IN OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT.
AND ALSO, THERE WERE CHANGES THAT STAFF HAD PROPOSED FOR ARTICLE TWO, WHICH INVOLVED, UH, UH, PROPOSED WHAT WE HAD REFERRED TO AS MAJOR EXCEPTIONS.
MAJOR EXCEPTIONS WERE A PROPOSED TOOL THAT COULD BE USED TO ALLEVIATE CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR PROJECTS WITHIN FORM-BASED ZONES.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION FELT THAT THAT IDEA COULD RUN AFOUL OF SOME OF THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES OF THE GENERAL PLAN, AND THEY KICKED IT BACK TO STAFF, UH, TOOK IT OUT OF THE AMENDMENT, UM, AND, UH, ASKED STAFF THAT WE FURTHER, THAT WE CONSIDER THAT IDEA FURTHER.
UH, THAT SAID, UM, AS I HAD MENTIONED, NOTICES FOR THIS PARTICULAR MEETING WERE, WERE, UH, PUBLISHED IN THE INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER.
WE'VE RECEIVED NO CORRESPONDENCE IN RESPONSE TO THAT NOTICE.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, ADOPT THE ADDENDUM TO THE GENERAL PLAN EIR, AND APPROVE THE TEXT AMENDMENTS AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS, UH, AS PRESENTED AND AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION.
WITH THAT, I CONCLUDE MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
VERY NICE REPORT, VERY THOROUGH.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF, OF SEAN BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE THIS EVENING THAT WISH TO SPEAK
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ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION OF ADOPTING ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 2 3.JUST A QUICK QUESTION THAT I HAVE, UM, AND I FOR, I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THIS EARLIER, BUT WHAT IS A FUEL? I KNOW WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ALTERNATIVE FUELS, ELECTRIC CHARGING FACILITIES FOR NEW GAS.
WHAT'S, WHAT'S A LOUNGE ALONG WITH A FUEL STATION? SO, UH, IT HAS TO DO, UH, RIGHT NOW, AT LEAST WITH THE EXISTING, UH, DIFFERENCES WHEN YOU REFUEL, UH, AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE VEHICLE VERSUS AN EV, UH, GENERALLY SPEAKING WITH, UM, A GASOLINE ENGINE, DIESEL ENGINE, ET CETERA, DEPENDS ON THE SIZE OF YOUR TANK, BUT YOU'RE STANDING IN FRONT OF THE PUMP SOMEWHERE FROM FIVE TO 10 MINUTES AND YOU MOVE ON.
BUT MOST EVS ARE GONNA BE THERE ABOUT SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 20 AND 40 MINUTES.
UM, AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHAT'S REALLY THE GOLD STANDARD RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS THE TESLA CHARGERS, THEY HAVE GENERALLY BEEN LOCATED IN THE PARKING LOTS OF, OR ADJACENT TO SHOPPING CENTERS WHERE THERE ARE PLACES TO GO EAT, UM, SHOP OR GO TO THE BATHROOM.
SO THE, THE, UM, UH, THE INDUSTRY IS STARTING TO EVOLVE, AND THE IDEA NOW IS THAT THOSE, UM, ALTERNATIVE FUEL SERVICE STATIONS IN THE FUTURE WILL CONTAIN SOME OF THOSE AMENITIES OKAY.
ON THEIR SITE TO HELP, UM, ENCOURAGE, UH, AND, AND, UM, UH, UH, UH, ENHANCE THEIR BUSINESS MODEL.
OKAY, SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND INTRODUCE FIRST READING OF, OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 2 3 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READINGS? SO MOVED.
SECOND MADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 2 3, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT DRC 2 0 2 3 DASH 0 0 3 1 8, AMENDING ARTICLES 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, AND NINE OF TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE VARIOUS DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS APPROVING ZONING MAP AMENDMENT DRC 2 0 2 3 DASH 0 0 3 1 7, APPLICABLE TO VARIOUS PROPERTIES LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY, AND THEN ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO A CERTIFIED FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, SCH NUMBER 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 2 6 1 FOR THE GENERAL PLAN, UPDATE AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN, AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF.
YOU DON'T WANNA READ THAT AGAIN, DO YOU?
WE HAVE THREE CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS THIS EVENING.
THE FIRST ONE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO, UM, I, I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO JUSTINE GARCIA, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES.
WE HAVE BEFORE YOU, UM, UH, AN UPDATED AND INCREDIBLY COMPREHENSIVE A DA TITLE TWO SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN.
UM, JUSTINE WAS THE PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS, AND SO, UM, WE WANTED TO BRING THIS FORWARD.
WE NEED THE COUNCIL TO, UM, APPROVE AND ADOPT THIS, UM, AND THEN WE'LL BE ABLE TO WORK ON IMPLEMENTATION OVER THE ENSUING YEARS.
SO, WITH THAT, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO JUSTINE FOR MORE DETAIL.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MICHAEL, AND CITY COUNCIL.
UH, AS JOHN ALLUDED TO, THIS WAS A PRETTY COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE TO OUR, UH, A DA TITLE TWO SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN.
UM, I WILL TRY AND BE AS BRIEF AS I CAN, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO COVER.
UM, SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND TO SET THE STAGE.
UM, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, UH, THE A DA OR AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT WAS ENACTED IN 1990, AND ESSENTIALLY, UM, IS A COMPREHENSIVE, UM, WIDE RANGING RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS.
IT PROVIDES WIDE RANGING RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES IN VARIOUS AREAS, INCLUDING, UM, STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS.
UM, AND ESSENTIALLY ENSURES THAT, UH, THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION TOWARDS INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES.
AND THAT ACCESS CAN BE OR IS PROVIDED TO SERVICES AND FACILITIES, UH, THROUGHOUT THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, AS A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS GOVERNED UNDER
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TITLE II.UM, AND AGAIN, TITLE II JUST STATES THAT, UM, WE AS A LOCAL AGENCY SHALL NOT DISCRIMINATE AGAINST PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, UM, AND THAT WE WILL PROVIDE ACCESS, UH, TO OUR FACILITIES, PROGRAMS, AND POLICIES.
THE SELF-EVALUATION PLAN, UM, IS REQUIRED, UM, AS SET FORTH IN TITLE TWO.
UM, WE ARE REQUIRED TO COMPLETE PERIODIC UPDATES TO THE SELF-EVALUATION PLAN, AND THAT INCLUDES AN ASSESSMENT OF POLICIES, PRACTICES, AND PROGRAMS, AND ALSO PROVIDES FOR STRATEGY TO CORRECT THINGS THAT ARE INCONSISTENT WITHIN TITLE TWO.
AGENCIES WITH 50 OR MORE EMPLOYEES ARE ALSO REQUIRED TO COMPLETE THE TRANSITION PLAN PORTION OF THIS, UH, PLAN.
AND THAT ESSENTIALLY ASSESSES CITY FACILITIES, INCLUDING PARKS AND RIGHT OF WAY, AND ADDRESSES STRUCTURAL CHANGES NEEDED TO ACHIEVE PROGRAM FACILITY ACCESS.
SO THE TRANSITION PLAN PROVIDES FOR A MORE DETAILED LOOK AT COSTS, UM, ASSOCIATED WITH SPECIFIC BARRIER PHYSICAL BARRIER REMOVAL, AND PROVIDES A PRIORITIZATION STRATEGY TO WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING THAT BARRIER REMOVAL OVER A PERIOD OF TIME.
SO THIS PLAN, UM, WAS VERY COMPREHENSIVE, AND WE TACKLED IT IN A THREE PHASE APPROACH.
UM, WE DID HAVE A CONSULTANT ON BOARD TO, UM, COMPLETE THIS WORK, UM, BUT IT WAS ALSO A COORDINATION WITH STAFF.
SO, UM, THE THREE PHASES INCLUDED A FIRST LOOK AT POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, INCLUDING TAKING A LOOK AT SOME OF OUR CITY WEBSITE PAGES, OUR HIRING POLICIES, AND ALSO CITY PROGRAM OFFERINGS.
WE ASSESSED 49 CITY FACILITIES AND PARKS IN OUR SECOND PHASE THROUGH OUR FACILITIES ASSESSMENT.
UM, THE, THAT PHASE INCLUDED, UH, AN ASSESSMENT OF, UH, THINGS LIKE, UH, PASSIVE TRAVEL AND PARKING STALLS AND RESTROOMS IN OUR FACILITIES AND PARKS.
AND THE FINAL PHASE WAS A COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF OUR RIGHT OF WAY.
AND WE HAVE A LOT OF RIGHT OF WAY HERE IN CITY, IN THE CITY.
UM, AND SO WHILE WE WEREN'T ABLE TO COLLECT DATA FOR EVERY INCH OF SIDEWALK OR RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE DID DO A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT EFFORT, UH, AND COLLECTED INFORMATION RELATED TO A LITTLE OVER 3000 CURB RAMPS AND A LITTLE OVER A HUNDRED MILES OF SIDEWALK AND PEOS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, A VERY CRITICAL AND IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PLAN WAS COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT.
UM, SO WE DID TWO SEPARATE EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THIS, UH, PROCESS.
THE INITIAL OUTREACH SURVEY WAS CONDUCTED IN THE SPRING OF 2021.
UM, THIS SURVEY INCLUDED QUESTIONS RELATED TO, UH, FACILITIES THAT PEOPLE VISIT, PROGRAMS THAT THEY'RE PARTICIPATING IN, UM, IF THEY'VE, UH, EVER EXPERIENCED, UH, INSTANCES WHERE THEY FELT THAT A BARRIER WAS IN PLACE FOR THEM AS AN INDIVIDUAL, EITHER WITH A DISABILITY OR AS SOMEBODY WHO, UM, HAS A FAMILY MEMBER OR IS A CARETAKER OF AN, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS A DISABILITY.
UM, AND IN THAT SURVEY, UH, WE DID HAVE ABOUT 119 PARTICIPANTS.
UH, 87% OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS LIVED WITHIN THE CITY, 10% WORK WITHIN THE CITY, AND THE REST KIND OF JUST PLAY HERE OR DO OTHER THINGS HERE.
AND, UH, 56% OF THOSE RESPONDENTS ALSO STATED THAT THEY THEMSELVES HAD A DISABILITY.
UM, INITIAL COMMENTS IN THAT, UH, SURVEY THAT WE RECEIVED INCLUDED ITEMS RELATED TO PARKING AND PATHS OF TRAVEL, UH, THROUGHOUT MULTIPLE FACILITIES THROUGHOUT THE STUDY.
UM, DESIRES FOR INCREASED PROGRAM OFFERINGS FOR THOSE WITH DISABILITIES.
AND, UM, PROBABLY THE MOST POPULAR, UH, AS YOU WOULD IMAGINE, IS, UM, INSTANCES WHERE SIDEWALKS ARE EITHER LIFTED BECAUSE OF TREE ROOTS OR, OR OTHER THINGS.
THE FINAL PHASE OF OUTREACH, UM, ACTUALLY ENDS TONIGHT,
UH, WE BEGAN OUR FINAL PHASE OF OUT OUTREACH ON NOVEMBER 30TH.
UH, WE PUBLISHED THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE PLAN ON OUR WEBSITE, UH, AND, UH, HAVE MADE IT AVAILABLE TO, UH, INDIVIDUALS AT OUR CITY FACILITIES AS WELL IN PAPER, IN PAPER FORMAT.
UM, TO DATE, WE HAVE ONLY RECEIVED TWO COMMENTS ON THE FINAL PLAN OVER EMAIL.
UH, ONE OF THOSE COMMENTS RELATED TO AN INCREASE IN SPECIFIC PROGRAM OFFERINGS FOR DISABLED INDIVIDUALS.
AND THE OTHER, UH, WAS FOR A SPECIFIC REQUEST FOR A CURB RAMP, UM, IN A LOCATION WHERE IT'S SEEMINGLY MISSING.
AND SO ALL OF THOSE THINGS WILL BE COVERED IN, UH, OR ARE COVERED IN THE PLAN.
UM, AND THOSE COMMENTS, UH, AND ANY COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED TONIGHT FOLLOWING WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE FINAL, FINAL DOCUMENT, UH, THAT WE WILL HAVE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC, UH, AFTER TONIGHT'S MEETING, UH, SHOULD YOU APPROVE.
UM, THE RESULTS OF THE PLAN, UH, WERE PRETTY WIDE,
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WIDE REACHING, UM, UNDER OUR POLICIES AND PROGRAMS SECTION, UH, WE NOTED THERE WERE SOME SUGGESTIONS RELATED TO WEBSITE EDITS AND EXPANSION OF PROGRAM OFFERINGS.UM, SO VERY MUCH IN LINE WITH SOME OF THE COMMENTS WE'VE HEARD FROM THE PUBLIC.
UM, AND THEN MORE SPECIFICALLY, I WANTED TO TOUCH BASE ON THE, UH, FINANCIAL ASPECTS OF THE PHYSICAL BARRIERS THAT HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN, WHICH, UH, ARE APPROXIMATELY 47 MILLION IN TOTAL, AND THAT SPANS FACILITIES AND, UH, ALL OF THAT RIGHT OF WAY THAT WE ASSESSED AS WELL.
AND YOU CAN SEE THE BREAKDOWN THERE ON THE SLIDE.
THE PLAN, NOT ONLY SPECIFIC BARRIERS TO BE REMOVED, BUT IT ALSO, UH, INCLUDES A PRIORITIZATION STRATEGY, UM, FOR REMOVAL OF THOSE BARRIERS, UH, WITHIN OUR POLICIES AND PROGRAMS, BARRIERS, RECOMMENDATIONS, THE PRIORITIZATION AND STRATEGY TO, UM, TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE REALLY IS TO INCLUDE THOSE IN OUR ANNUAL OPERATIONAL ASSESSMENTS, UH, FOR EACH DEPARTMENT.
SO, UM, WE WILL LOOK AT THOSE THROUGHOUT, UH, PRO, PRO PROGRAM AND PROJECT PLANNING, UH, AND, UH, WE'LL MAKE ADJUSTMENTS WHERE WE CAN, UH, OVER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, UH, WHERE WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF A STRUCTURED PRIORITIZATION STRATEGIES WITH OUR PHYSICAL BARRIER REMOVAL.
UM, AS YOU SAW IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THAT DOLLAR AMOUNT IS PRETTY SIGNIFICANT.
AND SO, UM, THE, UH, TRANSITION PLAN REALLY ALLOWS FOR US TO HAVE TIME TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO ASSESS AND PRIORITIZE AND INCLUDE THAT BARRIER REMOVAL OVER A PERIOD OF TIME WITHIN, UM, OTHER PROJECTS SUCH AS CAPITAL PROJECTS OR OPERATIONAL PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, WE'VE PRIORITIZED OUR FACILITIES, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE INTO FIVE DIFFERENT PHASES.
AND THEN OUR RIGHT OF WAY PRIORITIZATION STRATEGY.
UH, WE RECEIVED A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT DATA SET IN THE FORM OF A GIS MAP.
UH, I DON'T HAVE THAT HERE TO SHOW YOU TONIGHT, UM, BUT, UM, WE WILL MAKE THAT AVAILABLE, UM, IF YOU'D LIKE TO SEE THAT INFORMATION.
UH, BUT REALLY IT'S, UH, BASED ON THE SEVERITY OF THE BARRIER AND THE DATA THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDED, AS WELL AS A COMBINATION OF PUBLIC NOTIFICATION SUCH AS, UM, REQUESTS THAT COME THROUGH OUR RC TO GO, UH, NOTIFICATION, UH, UH, FRAMEWORK.
SO, UH, WE'LL TAKE ALL THAT INTO CONSIDERATION AND INCLUDE BARRIER REMOVAL WHERE WE CAN, WHEN WE CAN.
UH, AT THIS TIME, I WANNA MAKE A POINT THAT THERE IS NO DEDICATED FUNDING SOURCES FOR CAPITAL AND MAINTENANCE PROJECTS THAT SPECIFICALLY FOCUSES SOLELY ON A DA BARRIER REMOVAL.
SO THAT IS WHY IT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR US TO TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PLAN ANNUALLY THROUGH OUR CIP PROCESS AND OUR ANNUAL BUDGET PROCESS TO INCLUDE WHERE WE CAN.
SO TONIGHT, THE RECOMMENDATION IS THAT YOU DETERMINE THAT THE PLAN IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER CQA AND ALSO THAT YOU ADOPT THE PLAN, UM, WITH ONE MINOR CHANGE TO THE STAFF REPORT, UH, I GUESS IS TO ADD ANY FINAL PUBLIC COMMENTS AND FEEDBACK RECEIVED TONIGHT OR THROUGH TONIGHT, UH, TO THE FINAL VERSION OF THAT PLAN THAT WE WILL MAKE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS REGARDING THIS MATTER? JUST A BRIEF ONE, MR. MAYOR.
UM, WHEN YOU SAID THAT THIS REPORT'S COMPREHENSIVE, I THINK IT WAS 541 PAGES IN OUR AGENDA, SO SAY IT WAS COMPREHENSIVE IS PROBABLY AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
WE TALKED ABOUT THERE'S A LOT OF DATA, UH, YEAH, 102 MILES OF SIDEWALK WITH INDIVIDUAL MEASUREMENTS AND LOCATIONS FOR EACH OF THOSE THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THAT BEING SAID, I'M REALLY GLAD WE DID IT.
IT'S OUR FRIENDS AND FAMILIES AND NEIGHBORS THAT FACE IMPEDIMENTS THAT NOT ALL OF US FACE.
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE THINK ABOUT, UM, WITH ALL OF OUR NEW DEVELOPMENT, HOW WE CAN MAKE, UH, OUR PARKS, OUR PLAYGROUNDS, OUR FACILITIES MORE INCLUSIVE FOR EVERYONE.
IT'S SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT TO US AS A COUNCIL.
SO I'M GLAD WE'RE LOOKING AT IT.
BUT ALSO UNDERSTANDING TOO, THE MAGNITUDE OF THE COST OF THESE CHANGES WON'T BE DONE OVERNIGHT, BUT KNOW THAT IT IS A PRIORITY FOR US.
UM, WE'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, A DA TITLE TWO, SELF-EVALUATION AND TRANSITION PLAN, AND DETERMINATION THAT THE PLAN IS CATEGOR CATEGORY EX CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU, JUSTINE, FOR A WHOLE LOT OF HARD WORK, OF COURSE.
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA, IF I CAN OPEN THIS PAGE.
I, I DON'T THINK WE WANT TO DEAL WITH THIS MATTER,
I DON'T KNOW WHY ALL THESE FIRE GUYS ARE OUT HERE.
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YOU WHAT WE WANT TO CONS, A CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THE COUNTY AMBULANCE CONTRACT RECENTLY APPROVED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR AMBULANCE PERSONNEL IN EMS CAMP.UH, CAPTAIN AND DATA AL ANALYST, MR. CITY MANAGER, MR. MAYOR, UH, CHIEF OF KLEINMAN AND I ARE BOTH GONNA DO THE REPORT.
SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'LL, I'LL COME DOWN HERE AND SIT NEXT TO HIM.
IT DOES MAKE IT A LITTLE EASIER TO KIND OF COORDINATE ON THIS.
SO, UM, WANTED TO THANK YOU GUYS.
THIS IS, UH, TRULY, UH, AN IMPORTANT PROJECT.
UM, AND IN MANY WAYS, UM, THIS IS JUST THE NEXT STEP IN A PROCESS THAT STARTED WELL OVER 10 YEARS AGO WHEN WE ORIGINALLY STARTED THE TRANSITION TO CONFIRE, UM, UH, DISPATCH AGENCY.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, LET'S GO AHEAD AND START.
SO, UM, UH, THERE IS A LONG HISTORY OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY'S GROUND, UH, AMBULANCE TRANSPORT.
UM, THE CURRENT CONTRACT GOES BACK AROUND 40 YEARS OR SO.
UM, AND IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT IT, IT IS VERY INTERESTING.
SO YOU HAVE A MAP UP THERE ON THE SCREEN, AND YOU CAN SEE HOW THE COUNTY'S DIVIDED OUT.
AND IN, IN BLUE OR TURQUOISE, IF YOU WILL, YOU'VE GOT WHAT'S CALLED THE NON-EXCLUSIVE OPERATING AREAS, AND THERE'S SEVEN OF THOSE.
AND THEN IN GREEN, YOU'VE GOT 19 DIFFERENT, UM, EXCLUSIVE OPERATING AREAS.
IN THE EXCLUSIVE OPERATING AREAS, THERE'S REALLY ONLY A SINGLE PROVIDER.
UM, AND, UH, WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, BUT, UM, IT'S WORTH UNDERSTANDING IN THE CONTEXT OF EMERGENCY SERVICES, HOW UNIQUE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IS.
WE ARE THE SIZE OF MULTIPLE STATES.
UM, WE'RE SOUTH CAROLINA, IF YOU WILL.
AND SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT IS THE STRUCTURE TO COVER AND PROVIDE EMERGENCY SERVICES TO AN AREA THE SIZE OF A STATE.
UM, AND IT'S VERY CHALLENGING IN PART BECAUSE, UM, LIKE SOME STATES, UM, THREE QUARTERS OF OUR COUNTY, UM, IS REALLY PRETTY REMOTE, AND IT'S PRETTY INACCESSIBLE.
THERE ARE HIGHWAYS IN THAT THAT RUN THROUGH IT.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN TALK ABOUT, UM, YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE IN AN ACCIDENT NEAR THE ZIZI ROAD EXIT ON THE 15 FREEWAY, YOU BETTER HOPE IT'S A MINOR ACCIDENT.
'CAUSE IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE TO GET SOMEBODY THERE, AND IT'S PROBABLY GONNA BECOME, COME VIA A HELICOPTER, UM, IN MANY CASES.
SO THERE'S A CHALLENGE IN HOW YOU, UM, IF YOU WILL PAY FOR ALL THESE SERVICES AND HOW WE TRY AND PROVIDE THEM AT THE BEST LEVEL AND STANDARD THAT WE CAN.
AND SO FOR MANY YEARS, THERE'S BEEN A DESIRE TO TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THESE SERVICES ARE PROVIDED AND SORT OF, UM, REIMAGINE HOW THEY MIGHT BE IN LIGHT OF ALL THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED.
AND SO ON DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR, THE COUNTY, UH, RELEASED A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL.
UM, AND THEY INVITED BOTH PRIVATE AND PUBLIC ENTITIES TO SUBMIT AS PART OF THAT PROCESS.
THERE WERE ONLY TWO ENTITIES THAT SUBMITTED IN THE END.
UM, ONE WAS CONFIRE, THE CONSOLIDATED FIRE AGENCIES, AND THE OTHER WAS A MR, UM, A MR BEING THE CURRENT INCUMBENT.
THERE WAS AN INDIVIDUAL EVALUATION PANEL THAT WENT THROUGH AND INDIVIDUALLY SCORED EACH PROPOSAL.
AND THE PANEL'S SCORING WAS ESSENTIALLY LESS THAN, UH, ONE PERCENTAGE POINT DIFFERENT.
THE PROPOSALS WERE FOUND TO BE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL.
UM, AND, UH, AS, AS A RESULT, THE COUNTY MADE A DETERMINATION TO TAKE BOTH PROPOSALS TO THE BOARD FOR SELECTION AND AWARD.
AND THE RFP WAS CLEAR THAT THE COUNTY, UM, WOULD AWARD THE PROPOSAL TO THE AGENCY THAT DEMONSTRATES THE BEST VALUE AND MEETS THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTY THAT IS NOT NECESSARILY THE SAME AS THE LOWEST PRICE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT IS PARTICULARLY NEAT ABOUT THIS, UM, IS THAT THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF ENHANCEMENTS AS A RESULT OF THE NEW AWARD.
SO, UM, UP JUST ABOUT A YEAR LATER, UM, THE COUNTY BOARD, UH, VOTED AND THEY AWARDED CONTRACT 23 1 2 8 2 FOR GROUND AMBULANCE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES TO CONFIRE.
AND IN THIS CASE, UM, WHAT, WHAT I DIDN'T MENTION A SECOND AGO IS THAT CONFIRE APPLIED AS, UH, A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
THEY HAVE A PRIVATE SUBCONTRACTOR PARTNER THAT'S PRIORITY AMBULANCE.
THEY'RE ONE OF THE LARGEST AMBULANCE PROVIDERS IN THE COUNTRY.
UM, AND SO CONFIRE PARTNERED WITH THEM, UM, FOR ITS SUBMISSION.
SO THE INITIAL TERM IS IMPORTANT.
IT'S FIVE YEARS, IT WOULD START NEXT OCTOBER, IT WOULD RUN THROUGH THE END OF SEPTEMBER, 2029.
THERE'S AN OPTION TO EXTEND FOR A SECOND FIVE YEAR TERM, BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE'S GONNA BE, UM, A LOT INVOLVED IN SPOOLING UP ON THIS.
AND SO THOSE FIRST COUPLE YEARS
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ARE GONNA GO PRETTY QUICK.UM, AND ABOUT THE TIME THE FIRST COUPLE YEARS ARE DONE AND EVERYTHING'S STABILIZED, IT'LL LITERALLY BE TIME TO START THINKING ABOUT, UM, THAT OPTION TO EXTEND.
SO THE, UM, THE, THE CONTRACT REQUIRED AND PROVIDED FOR A CERTAIN LEVEL OF SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UM, SOME OF WHICH COMES FROM PRIORITY CONFIRE AND THE MEMBER AGENCIES OF CONFIRE.
SO WHAT WE'RE HERE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THIS EVENING, AND WHAT I'M GONNA HAND OVER TO CHIEF MCCLEON IS RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRES.
PART OF THAT, UM, WHAT WE AGREED TO COMMIT TO, UM, WHERE, HOW, AND WHERE WE WILL PROVIDE THE SERVICE AND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE GONNA BE IN TERMS OF PERSONNEL TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE.
SO CHIEF, THANK YOU, MR. GILLISON.
SO FIRST, UM, I MUST START BY SAYING THANK YOU TO ALL OF YOU.
IT'S, UM, AND TO MR. GILSON, I CAN'T TELL YOU ENOUGH HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS, UM, AND WHAT A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT WAS.
I, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE DAY OF THE PRESENTATION ON THE FIFTH, HAVING THE MAYOR PROTE BE A PART OF OUR PRESENTATION PANEL, UM, BE A PART OF OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM, THE LEADERSHIP THAT WE HAD FROM, FROM JOHN, UH, WITH THE CITY MANAGERS, THE LEVEL OF COOPERATION THAT IT TOOK THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UH, IS TRULY HISTORIC.
AND ALL OF YOU PLAYED A BIG PART IN THAT.
AND WHAT THAT END RESULT WILL BE, WILL BE A DE A BETTER DELIVERY OF SERVICE TO THE CITIZENS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, BUT ALSO ENTIRE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
SO IT WAS AN HONOR TO BE A PART OF, BUT IT WAS TRULY DONE IN A, IN A HUGE EFFORT.
SO THANK YOU, JOHN, AND THANK YOU TO CITY COUNCIL AND FIREBOARD.
UH, AS JOHN MENTIONED, PART OF THAT, UH, DELIVERY OF SERVICE, UM, AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM, WE, WE REALLY HAD TO, UM, EVERYBODY HAD TO GIVE A LITTLE, AND EVERYBODY WON A LITTLE BIT, BUT REALLY IT WAS FOR THE BETTERMENT OF THE COUNTY.
AND IN DOING SUCH, THERE WAS SOME, UH, WAYS IN WHICH WE THOUGHT WE CAN CRAFT SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A JPA THAT HAS BID ON A COUNTYWIDE AMBULANCE CONTRACT.
IN FACT, IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, YOU HAVE MULTIPLE, UH, CONTRACTS UP FOR BID NOW, AND THOSE ARE ALL BEING AWARDED TO THE COUNTY ITSELF TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE, UM, EITHER THEM DIRECTLY OR IN SOME TYPE OF PUBLIC, PUBLIC-PRIVATE MODEL.
SO TO GET THIS MANY ENTITIES ON BOARD IS, IS INCREDIBLE.
SO PART OF THE CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT FOR US IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA WAS TO PUT AN AMBULANCE IN SERVICE TO STAFF THAT AMBULANCE AND TO PUT SOME SUPPORTING PERSONNEL AROUND THAT TO ENSURE THAT THE AMBULANCE WAS TRULY FUNCTIONAL AND PROVIDED THE NEEDS FOR US AND THE SYSTEM.
UM, OUR PARTICULAR CONTRACTUAL STAFF, UH, STAFFING OBLIGATIONS WERE PER THE AGREEMENT.
UH, THERE WERE THREE DEPARTMENTS THAT WERE, WERE TO PUT AMBULANCE, UH, AMBULANCES IN SERVICE, UM, WITH A FIREFIGHTER AND A FIREFIGHTER PARAMEDIC THAT IS RANCHO CUCAMONGA, ONTARIO, AND CHINO VALLEY.
UM, THE REASON BEING IS OUR PRIVATE PARTNER WHO IS PRIORITY AMBULANCE, CURRENTLY HIRES SINGLE FUNCTION, UH, FIRE OR EMTS AND PARAMEDICS.
IF WE WERE TO HIRE SINGLE FUNCTION EMT AND PARAMEDICS, WE WOULD BE DIRECTLY COMPETING WITH OUR PARTNER ALSO.
UH, THE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT CURRENTLY PROVIDES SERVICE, AND, UH, WE DIDN'T WANT TO COMPETE WITH THAT AS WELL AS A GOOD PARTNER WITH THEM.
SO WHAT WE ARE, UH, GONNA DO IS, AS WE IMPLEMENT, WE ARE LOOKING TO HIRE, WHICH IS PART OF THE RECOMMENDATION, UH, SIX FIREFIGHTERS.
WE HAVE SOME THAT ARE IN SCHOOL.
SO WE ALREADY HAVE THE ABILITY TO STAFF IT WITH A EMT AND A PARAMEDIC WHEN IT GOES INTO SERVICE.
SO THE, THE DIRECT SERVICE IS SOMETHING THAT WE KNOW CONTRACTUALLY, IT'S PART OF, AND IT'S PART OF THE IMMEDIATE DELIVERY OF SERVICE.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE BELIEVE LOGISTICALLY AND ADMINISTRATIVELY THAT WE KNOW THIS, UH, BOARD VALUES, WE OBVIOUSLY KNOW MR. GILLISON VALUES VERY MUCH, AND THAT WE VALUE AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM IS STARTING TO PROVIDE A DIFFERENT TYPE OF SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY, UM, FOREVER.
UH, AS AN EXAMPLE, A PERSON CALLS 9 1 1 THAT GOES TO CONFIRE DISPATCH.
CONFIRE DISPATCH HAS AN EMD, WHICH IS EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCHING.
OUR CAPTAINS SEE THAT IN FRONT OF THEM.
AND THERE'S EVEN A NURSE THROUGH ECNS.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS IT SITS TODAY, A FIRE ENGINE STILL RESPONDS AND SO DOES AN AMBULANCE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT THE CALL TYPE IS.
SO, UH, UH, WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS LOOK, UH, RETROSPECTIVELY BUT ALSO PROSPECTIVELY AND SAY, OKAY, WELL, HOW HAVE WE DONE IT? WHAT ARE WE DOING NOW? AND WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THE FUTURE? SO THE DATA ANALYST IS GONNA COME ON BOARD.
THEY'RE GONNA BEGIN TO ANALYZE THAT DATA AND TRULY LOOK AT IT IN REAL TIME.
UH, WE WANT THEM TO PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS AND STAFF REPORTS TO THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, WHO'S CHIEF BERETTA AND KNOW CHIEF BERETTA WILL TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE HOW IT'S, WHAT CALL TYPES ARE BEING RESPONDED TO, AND IS IT NECESSARY FOR THAT TYPE OF APPARATUS TO RESPOND TO THAT CALL TYPE.
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ULTIMATELY IT'S JUST ABOUT SENDING THE RIGHT RESOURCE TO THE RIGHT CALL.UM, AN EMS CAPTAIN, THAT'S ANOTHER, UH, THING, AGAIN, AGAIN RETROSPECTIVELY, BUT ALSO PROSPECTIVELY.
SO, UH, AN EMS CAPTAIN WOULD GO INTO PLACE ON A 40 HOUR POSITION.
AND THE THE POINT OF THAT EMS CAPTAIN AS WE LOOK, UM, IN HINDSIGHT, BUT ALSO IN THE FUTURE, IS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE OUR PARAMEDICS THAT WE HAVE, AND WE HAVE QUITE A NUMBER OF PARAMEDICS THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT, AND ENSURE THAT THE CONTINUING TRAINING IS HAPPENING AND ALLOW OUR EMS ADMINISTRATOR TO DO HER JOB, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING AN AMBULANCE IN SERVICE.
SO NOW WE'RE, WE ARE, UM, OBLIGATED TO MEET FEDERAL AND STATE, UH, TRANSPORTATION OBLIGATIONS, WHICH IS A COMPLETE CHANGE.
IT'S A COMPLETE PARADIGM SHIFT, UH, FOR US HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, BUT ALSO OTHER NEIGHBORING CITIES.
THEY'RE GONNA ASSIST WITH THE CONTINUOUS QUALITY IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, FACILITATE TRAINING AND OVERSIGHT OF PROPER PATIENT DOCUMENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH TRANSPORTATION.
AGAIN, THERE'S DIFFERENT REGULATIONS THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THIS.
AND, UM, AND THEY'RE GONNA ASSIST IN THE COORDINATION AND IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY PARAMEDIC PROGRAM AND A COAST TEAM.
SO, AS WE LOOK AHEAD ON HOW ARE WE GOING TO PROVIDE US THIS SERVICE IN THE FUTURE, I, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU IT'S NOT GONNA LOOK THE SAME TODAY AS IT WILL HOPEFULLY NEXT YEAR, TWO YEARS, AND EVEN FIVE TO 10 YEARS DOWN THE LINE.
IT'S GONNA BE COMPLETELY DIFFERENT.
WE'RE LOOKING AT A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO OUR PATIENTS IN WHICH WE'RE TRYING TO GET OUT AHEAD OF IT.
UM, MAYBE LOOK AT A WAY IN WHICH WE DO FOLLOW UP CARE AND COORDINATION WITH OUR LOCAL HOSPITALS, UM, JUST THINGS THAT ARE COMPLETELY OUTSIDE THE BOX, BUT, UM, MUCH NEEDED FOR THE FUTURE OF, OF THIS SYSTEM.
SO THE BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY, OBVIOUSLY FOR FIREFIGHTERS, UH, ON THE AMBULANCE OR FULLY STAFFED AMBULANCE IN THE CITY TO BETTER SERVE OUR RESIDENTS AND REGION ADDED DEPTH TO THE FIREFIGHTER RANK, TO ASSIST IN CONSTANT STAFFING FOR ALL OUR RESOURCES.
BECAUSE OF THE WAY IN WHICH WE HIRE, THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE ABLE TO WORK THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT ON ANY RESOURCE.
THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CHANGE OUR DEPLOYMENT MODEL.
UH, WE, WE ARE LOOKING AT HIRING THEM THIS SPRING, WHICH THE CONTRACT ITSELF GOES IN PLACE TECHNICALLY ON OCTOBER 1ST, 2024, BUT WE DON'T KNOW WHAT MAY HAPPEN BEFORE THEN.
WITH THAT SAID, WE PLAN TO UTILIZE 'EM LIKE A SQUAD AS THEY GO INTO SERVICE AND BEGIN CAPTURING THAT DATA, UH, IMMEDIATELY AS SOON AS THEY GO, UH, START STAFFING THE UNIT IN RIGHT AROUND MAY, UP THROUGH OCTOBER.
AGAIN, WAYS IN WHICH WE CAN TRY TO, UH, DEPLOY OUR MODEL.
THEN NEXT, UH, WE'LL BE REIMBURSED.
SO PART OF THIS PLAN WAS TO BE REIMBURSED AT $160 PER UNIT HOUR, ULTIMATELY RESULTING IN A NET ZERO COST WHEN IT COMES TO THE STAFFING OF THE AMBULANCE PERSONNEL FOR THE DATA ANALYST.
ALLOW THE FIRE DISTRICT TO CAPTURE DATA, HAVEN'T HASN'T BEEN DONE BEFORE.
SOMETHING WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO.
UH, THE DATA WILL DICTATE OPERATIONAL DEPLOYMENT THAT SUPPORTS WHEN AND WHAT RESOURCE SHOULD BE DEPLOYED.
UH, AGAIN, CRITICAL FOR THE FUTURE AND LONG RANGE PLANNING FOR SERVICE ENHANCEMENTS AND CHANGES WILL BE BASED ON GATHERED ON THE DATA GATHERED.
AND THEN LASTLY, FOR THE EMS CAPTAIN, MORE CONTROL AND OVERSIGHT OF THE LARGEST AND HIGHEST VOLUME OF SERVICE THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT PROVIDES.
EMS MAKES UP ROUGHLY 80 TO 85% OF OUR CALL VOLUME.
UM, AND WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD GOOD, GOOD STRONG OVERSIGHT OF THAT, UH, SUPPORT TO THE EMS DIVISION THAT WILL ALLOW THE TRAINING TO BE HANDLED BY THE EMS CAPTAIN.
FREEING, UPDATED ADMINISTRATORS, I ALREADY TALKED ABOUT ENSURING THAT WE'RE MEETING THOSE LEGAL OBLIGATIONS AND, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE MENTORING OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR FLOOR PERSONNEL.
IT'S, IT PRE PROVIDES A, AN ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION THAT AGAIN, ALLOWS A CAPTAIN TO GO IN AND, AND GET MORE, UM, UH, JUST MORE EDUCATION AND TRAINING.
OUR TIMELINE WOULD BE, UH, EMS CAPTAIN INTO IMPLEMENTATION.
SO SHOULD YOU APPROVE, WE'RE GONNA PUT THE EMS CAPTAIN INTO SERVICE RELATIVELY SOON.
UH, WE'RE GONNA BEGIN A RECRUITMENT FOR THE DATA ANALYSTS IN JANUARY.
UH, BEGIN HIRING THE FIRE ACADEMY.
WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, CHIEF HARRIS, OUR DEPUTY CHIEF ADMINISTRATION IS HANDLING, UH, THAT RECRUITMENT NOW, GETTING READY TO START THEM IN BACKGROUNDS.
UM, WE'LL BE HIRING THE DATA ANALYSTS SOMEWHERE AROUND APRIL.
PUT THE SQUAD, UH, IN SERVICE AT STATION EIGHT.
SO WHEN STATION 1 7 8 BEHIND TERRA VISTA OPENS UP THE BRAND NEW STATION, WE PLAN TO PUT THE NEW ENGINE THERE, AS WELL AS THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA PUT THE SQUAD.
IT'S RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF THE CITY.
THE HEAT MAP SHOW, THAT'S WHERE OUR HIGHEST CALL VOLUME WARRANT MAKES THE MOST SENSE.
AND THEN THE, AGAIN, THE AMBULANCE CONTRACT WILL GO INTO SERVICE OCTOBER 1ST, 2024.
UH, THE FISCAL IMPACTS, AS WE STATED, IF YOU NOTICE, UH, THE FUNDING, THE ANNUAL EXPENSE IS 1.2 MILLION JUST OVER.
WE, THE REIMBURSEMENT FROM CONFIRE BASED UPON THAT UNIT HOUR IS 1.4 MILLION.
WHEN WE CALCULATED THIS WITH OUR PARTNERS AS WE WENT THROUGH THIS, UM, IN BUILDING OUT THE RFP, THE REASON WHY WE CAME TO 1 60 81 IS BECAUSE WE WANTED
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TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UM, MAINTENANCE AND SERVICE AND FUEL COSTS.AS FAR AS THE REIMBURSEMENT, UH, THE EMS CAPTAIN, THE ANNUAL EXPENSE, UH, IN TOTAL COMPENSATION WOULD BE APPROXIMATELY 272 AND THE DATA ANALYST 156, BUT A NET FISCAL IMPACT TO OUR BUDGET OF 2 27 5 40.
UM, THIS IS THE HIRING AND EQUIPMENT.
SO WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS BASICALLY JUST THE CAPITAL COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH BRINGING THEM ON, INCLUDING THEIR SAFETY GEAR, TABLETS AND WORKSTATIONS.
AND LASTLY, I SIT HERE BEFORE YOU AND, UH, HUMBLY ASK WHAT OUR RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE, WOULD BE STAFF RECOMMENDS THE FIRE BOARD APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2324 BUDGET TO PROVIDE FOR THE HIRING OF SIX FIREFIGHTERS, ONE EMS CAPTAIN AND ONE DATA ANALYST TO SUPPORT AND IMPLEMENT THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO CONTRACT FOR GROUND AMBULANCE MEDICAL TRANSPORTATION SERVICES.
AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? VERY GOOD QUESTIONS OF STAFF COMMENTS? I DO.
UM, I SEE IN OUR AUDIENCE TODAY THAT WE HAVE BOTH OF OUR DEPUTY CHIEFS.
I SEE BATTALION CHIEFS, I SEE CAPTAINS, I SEE A PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER, I SEE DARCY
I STILL HAVE 2020 VISION, I THINK
UH, THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE BEEN LUCKY ENOUGH WITH THE REST OF MY COLLEAGUES TO BE IN A CONVERSATION ABOUT, UH, FOR A VERY, VERY LONG TIME COMING.
AND WHEN IT WAS FIRST INTRODUCED TO US AN IDEA, UH, IT ALMOST SEEMED TOO BIG TO WRAP MY MIND AROUND.
LIKE JOHN SAID, UH, OUR COUNTY IS THE SIZE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
WE HAVE MOUNTAINS, WE HAVE DESERT, WE HAVE A VALLEY.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WE ARE CHANGING FOR THE BIGGEST COUNTY IN THE UNITED STATES, GROUND AMBULANCE TRANSPORTATION.
WE'RE BRINGING IT LOCAL WITH A, UH, PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
AND WE LOOKED AFTER CORONAVIRUS AT WHAT OUR RESPONSE TIMES THAT WE WERE PROVIDING FOR RESIDENTS TO OUR CITY.
AND THERE'S NO QUESTION TO ME THAT THOSE TIMES WERE UNACCEPTABLE WHEN IT CAME TO AMBULANCES SHOWING UP.
UH, ON OUR BOARD HERE TODAY, WE ACTUALLY HAVE THE PRESIDENT OF CONFIRE, LYNN KENNEDY, WHO IS PART OF THE PITCH TEAM RECENTLY.
UM, NATE COOK, WHO WORKS AT A CHINO VALLEY, WHO IS, UH, MOTHER'S, MY NEIGHBOR, POLLY.
AND, UM, WHEN I THINK, UH, IMMENSE, IMMENSE PRIDE THAT I HAVE IN ALL OF THE EFFORT, THE PRESSURE THAT WAS ON YOU GUYS TO PERFORM IN FRONT OF EVERY CITY IN THE COUNTY, IN FRONT OF JUST ABOUT EVERY SINGLE FIRE CHIEF IN THE COUNTY, AND THE LEADERSHIP THAT CAME FROM YOU, JOHN, FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THIS, UM, I'M CONFIDENT WHEN I SAY THAT THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS THAT YOU WILL HAVE IN YOUR ENTIRE LIVES BECAUSE OF THE IMPACT THAT IT'S GONNA HAVE ON THE RESIDENTS OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WHEN THEY DIAL 9 1 1 ON THEIR VERY, VERY WORST DAY.
AND FOR YOU TO ACHIEVE THIS GOAL AFTER YEARS AND YEARS IN EFFORT AND BLAZING A TRAIL AND DOING SOMETHING BRAND NEW THAT'S NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE, I'M SO PROUD TO BE ABLE TO DELIVER THIS SERVICE TO OUR RESIDENTS.
AND I'M SO PROUD TO SIT AT A TABLE, LYNN WITH YOU, UH, AS A CITY COUNCIL, AND KNOW THE TIME, EFFORT, AND SACRIFICE THAT YOU MADE ON YOUR SHOULDERS TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN FOR ALL OF US.
SO AGAIN, I, I THINK FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART, THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ACHIEVEMENTS YOU'LL EVER MAKE IN YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
AND IT MAY BE THE BIGGEST IMPACT ON OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE WILL EVER MAKE.
ANYONE ELSE? I DO YOU HAVE A COMMENT? I WANNA SAY THIS, I'M GONNA START WITH THIS.
NO WONDER THIS TOOK 40 YEARS
THIS WAS THE MOST COMPLICATED, COMPLEX PROCESS THAT I HAVE WITNESSED.
JUST THE RFP ALONE WHEN I WENT TO THE COUNTY PRESENTATION, WAS TRULY OVERWHELMING.
AND I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND 5% OF WHAT WAS MENTIONED IN TERMS OF THE DETAIL THAT NEEDED TO BE INCLUDED IN THAT RFP AND ACKNOWLEDGING THE TENACITY AND LEADERSHIP OF THE TEAM.
THIS WAS, THIS WAS A, A PASSION AND A WORK OF TRUE CARING ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR DEPARTMENT, EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT IN THIS COUNTY, NOT JUST RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND SO JUST WITNESSING THAT AND THEN THE RFP PROCESS
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AND SEEING WHAT CONFIRE DELIVERED, THE INNOVATIVE AND THE COLLABORATION AND THE PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERSHIP, AND JUST THE QUALITY OF CARE THAT IS GOING TO RESULT FROM THIS NEW DELIVERY SYSTEM.AND JOHN, I KNOW YOU WERE IN THERE WITH THE CITY MANAGERS, MAKING SURE THEY WERE ON BOARD AND ATTENDING THOSE MEETINGS.
ISAM, I BELIEVE, AND JUST BEING THERE EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
AND WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT REAL, REAL TIME SERVICE EVERY TIME WITHOUT EXCEPTION, AND THAT'S WHAT THIS IS GOING TO DO.
AND WE DID NOT HAVE THAT DELIVERY MODEL WITH A MR, AND IT WAS THE SAME THING ALL THE TIME, AND NOT CHANGING WITH THE NEEDS OF OUR POPULATION HEALTHCARE IN TERMS OF MENTAL, PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL CARE.
IT WAS JUST CALLING 9 1 1 AND SEND AN AMBULANCE.
AND NOW WITH OUR ECNS NURSES, LIKE I SAID, REAL TIME, REAL PEOPLE, QUALITY CARE, EVERY TIME THAT CONFIRE AND EVERY SINGLE MAN AND WOMAN THAT IS A FIRST RESPONDER HAS BEEN DOING, THAT'S THE SYSTEM.
I MEAN, IT'S, AND WE TRY TO DO IT BETTER AND FASTER JUST SO WE GET TO THE PEOPLE.
AND THAT WAS NOT THE LEVEL OR THE QUALITY OR STANDARD THAT A MR WAS DELIVERING.
SO I WANNA THANK JOHN CHIEF MCCLEON AND EVERY SINGLE PERSON THAT WAS THERE, THE COUNCIL THAT ATTENDED FOR THAT PRESENTATION, TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND THE PEOPLE THAT SHOWED UP TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A MR, THAT WAS, THAT WAS IMPRESSIVE AS WELL.
SO, UM, THANK YOU AGAIN AND I HUMBLY APPRECIATE THE VERY SMALL PART THAT I WAS ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE.
I SECOND DOES SOMEBODY, WE HAVEN'T HAD A MOTION YET.
WELL LET, LET'S GET ANYBODY ELSE.
ANY COMMENTS? I'LL GO LAST, I WILL TELL YOU, I COULD GET CHOKED UP RIGHT NOW BECAUSE IN NEARLY THREE DECADES IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND A NEARLY TWO DECADES ON THIS CITY COUNCIL, I DIDN'T THINK I'D EVER LIVE TO SEE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, I KNOW A LOT OF THE BACKGROUND ABOUT AMBULANCE SERVICES AND EXCLUSIVE OPERATING AREAS AND, AND THE EFFORTS THAT MANY CHIEFS OVER DECADES THOUGHT OF TRYING TO SEE IF WE COULD GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO OPEN THIS UP FOR A COMPETITIVE REQUEST FOR A PROPOSAL PROCESS.
BUT TO HAVE TURNED THIS OUT TO, TO TURN INTO CONFIRE AND THEN A PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
AND THEN NOW WE'RE GONNA BRING AN ON AN AMBULANCE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE'RE GONNA START TALKING ABOUT DO WE REALLY NEED TO SEND A FIRE ENGINE AND AN AMBULANCE AND, AND, UM, OTHER RESOURCES TO EVERY SINGLE CALL.
UH, THIS IS, THIS IS GONNA BE A LIFE-CHANGING EXPERIENCE FOR, FOR ALL OF US.
AND SO, UH, ALL THE COMMENTS FOR, FOR WHAT LYNN DID, AMAZING PRESENTATION WHEN WE FIRST STARTED OUT.
UM, SHE HAD ENDED UP ALMOST DROPPING A BRICK ON HER FOOT, BUT
UM, I I, I, I'M STILL PINCHING MYSELF THINKING THIS IS REALLY GONNA HAPPEN, BUT I DO HAVE ONE QUICK QUESTION BEFORE WE TAKE A MOTION.
AND THAT IS, SIR, THAT IS WHEN, WHEN PRIORITY AMBULANCE STAFFS UP THEIR, THEIR AMBULANCES, ARE THEY, HOW MANY AMBULANCES DO YOU PROJECT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AVAILABLE FOR RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENTS RESPONSES? AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE WAY THE IMPLEMENTATION TEAM IS LOOKING AT, WHEN WE PUT IN THE RFP WAS 93 AMBULANCES WILL BE IN THE SYSTEM.
UH, WHAT YOU MAY HEAR IN THE PUBLIC AND HAS ALREADY BEEN COMING OUT AS A MR PART OF THEIR PROPOSALS, THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD ADD ESSENTIALLY 28 MORE OR 29 MORE AMBULANCES THAN WHAT WE PUT IN OUR PROPOSAL.
UM, OUR RESPONSE TO THAT WAS, WELL, YOU COULD DO THAT TODAY BECAUSE THE SYSTEM DOES NOT NEED MORE AMBULANCES.
THE SYSTEM NEEDS TO BE MONUMENTALLY CHANGED.
THE WAY IN WHICH WE RESPOND IS WHAT THE PROBLEM IS.
AND I THINK AS FIRE CHIEFS, TO YOUR POINT, MR. MARION, UM, I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
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YOU MAY, UH, LOVE THE MOST.THE, THE PEERS THAT I GET TO WORK WITH, THE FIRE CHIEFS AROUND THIS COUNTY, EVERY ONE OF 'EM ARE SAYING THE SAME THING.
WE GOTTA STOP DOING BUSINESS THE SAME WAY WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN DOING IT.
AND I THINK THAT THAT IS A TESTAMENT TO THE LEADERSHIP TEAM IN THE COUNTY AND, UH, MY COLLEAGUES AND PEERS.
AND WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THEM IS THAT WE WENT, WE SAID, NO, IT'S TIME TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
AND I WOULD JUST ADD TO THAT, I THINK WHAT CHIEF MCCLEON SAID IS IMPORTANT.
SO THERE'S TWO WAYS YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS.
AND I THINK THE TWO RFPS CAPTURED THE TWO DIFFERENT WAYS OF LOOKING AT IT.
AND, AND THAT SYSTEM IS LIKE THE HUMAN BODY.
IT IT, IT'S AN INTERCONNECTED SYSTEM, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, IF, IF YOU ARE HURT IN ONE PART OF YOUR BODY, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE IMPACTS THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE SYSTEM.
THE OTHER WAY IS JUST TO LOOK AT EVERYTHING IN ISOLATION.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE OTHER RFP REALLY DID SAID THAT, THAT WE'RE JUST DEALING WITH THE AMBULANCE PART OF IT.
AND AS THE CHIEF SAID, REALLY THE PROBLEM WE HAVE LARGELY, UM, IT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT CAN BE ADDRESSED AND THAT CONFIS PROPOSAL WILL ADDRESS WITH THE HOSPITALS, WITH GETTING PEOPLE OUT OF HOSPITALS AND INTO SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES AND OTHER LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES, WHICH WILL THEN FREE UP BED SPACE IN THE HOSPITAL, WHICH WILL THEN FREE UP BED SPACE IN THE ER, WHICH WILL THEN RESULT IN THE AMBULANCES AND PARAMEDICS BEING ABLE TO TRANSFER PATIENT CARE FASTER AND GET BACK IN SERVICE.
SO IF YOU'RE DOING ALL OF THAT, YOU DON'T NEED TO FLOOD IT WITH MORE AMBULANCES, RIGHT? WHAT YOU NEED IS TO DELIVER IT MORE EFFICIENTLY AND BETTER.
AND THAT IS WHAT CON FIRE'S PROPOSAL WILL DO.
UM, AND HONESTLY, UH, THE CHIEF DIDN'T MENTION IT, BUT WHAT IF, IF IT ALL COMES TOGETHER, AND I BELIEVE IT ALL WILL COME TOGETHER THE WAY WE'RE PROPOSING, WE, WE WILL BE DELIVERING A LEVEL OF SERVICE AND A TYPE OF CARE AT A SCALE THAT REALLY IS GONNA BE UNMATCHED ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE COUNTRY.
IT, IT, IT WILL BE, UM, A NEW PARADIGM SHIFT THAT I THINK YOU WILL SEE OTHERS START TO LOOK AT.
UM, 'CAUSE THIS REALLY ESSENTIALLY TAKES US, IF YOU WILL, FROM THE 19TH CENTURY WAY INTO THE 21ST CENTURY.
UM, AND THAT'S GONNA MAKE A HUGE DIFFERENCE.
WELL, I CAN, I CAN ALMOST ENVISION THAT ONCE WE IMPLEMENT THIS SYSTEM, OTHER CITIES IN CALIFORNIA AND OTHER CITIES ACROSS THE NATION ARE GONNA GO, YOU'RE DOING WHAT AND HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS? AND THEY'RE GONNA LOOK AT IT AND GO, THEIR LEADERS ARE PROBABLY GONNA GO, WHY AREN'T WE DOING WHAT WE'RE DOING IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY? I I CAN ALMOST BANK ON THAT.
IT, IT'S, IT'S ALREADY HAPPENING.
OKAY, SO ANYWAY, NOW SECOND, LET'S HAVE A MOTION
NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD SEE THE DAY.
UM, EMS CAPTAIN AND DATA AND ANALYST.
NOW YOU CAN SECOND PLEASE VOTE.
THANK YOU ALL FOR WHAT WE JUST, OKAY, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION OF THEIR CONVERSION OF THE VACANT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR POSITION TO AN EMERGENCY MANAGER.
MR. SISON? YES, MR. MAYOR, I'M GONNA HAND THIS OVER TO THE CHIEF.
BUT, UM, I THINK, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, UM, TAKEAWAYS OUT OF ALL THIS IS THAT, UM, LIKE WITH EVERYTHING ELSE, HOW WE VIEW AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OR EMERGENCY MANAGER, WHAT USED TO BE AN EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, WHICH BEFORE THAT USED TO BE DUTIES THAT WERE ASSIGNED TO A MANAGEMENT ANALYST CLASS LEVEL PERSON, ALL OF THIS HAS CHANGED AND EVOLVED OVER TIME.
UM, AND IT, IT IS VERY DIFFERENT TODAY.
THE REGULATIONS ARE AMAZINGLY COMPLEX.
THE LEVEL OF REPORTING IS A SKILLSET UNTO ITSELF.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVE EMERGENCIES ON A PRETTY ROUTINE BASIS THESE DAYS FOR WEATHER AND FOR OTHER REASONS.
SO, UM, THERE'S REALLY BEEN AN EVOLUTION OF THINKING ABOUT WHAT WE NEED WHEN WE NEED IT, AND WHAT SKILL SETS THEY NEED.
AND SO A, THE CHIEF HAS A GOOD PRESENTATION HERE, UM, IN TERMS OF THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR POSITION, CONVERTING IT TO AN EMERGENCY MANAGER CHIEF.
AND AGAIN, I THINK YOU'RE GONNA GET SICK OF ME, BUT I'LL, I'LL CONTINUE ON TO THIS PART.
SO WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU, UH, LOOKING TO CONVERT, UH, LIKE MR. GILSON SAID, THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR TO THE EMERGENCY MANAGER POSITION.
UH, THE HISTORY, UH, ESSENTIALLY
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HAS BEEN LIKE, LIKE HE SAID, IT KIND OF STARTED OUT AS A MANAGEMENT ANALYST.IT WENT BACK INTO THE, I WOULD SAY RIGHT AROUND 2005, 2006 WAS A MANAGEMENT ANALYST.
AND THEN IT WENT AHEAD AND CONVERTED TO A, UM, UH, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR 2007.
AND ESSENTIALLY, UH, THE JOB CLASSIFICATION RESPONSIBILITIES WERE IN LINE WITH THE CITY AND THE FIRE DISTRICT'S NEEDS AT THAT TIME.
SO IT MADE SENSE, UH, TO DO THAT IN 2007 AND KEEP IT AS A, AS A COORDINATOR.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, THE APPLICANT POOL.
WE HAD SOME REALLY GOOD EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATORS.
IN FACT, I WOULD SAY SOME OF THE BEST.
BRIANNA MEDINA, IF YOU REMEMBER BRIANNA, BRIANNA WAS PHENOMENAL.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THEM AND WHAT THEY WERE DOING, THEY WERE TRULY ACTING REALLY AS ESSENTIALLY EMERGENCY MANAGERS.
UH, BUT THEY WERE CLASSIFIED AS, AS COORDINATORS.
AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE RESPONSIBILITIES AS THEY'RE LAID OUT HERE AND EVERYTHING INVOLVED WITH EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT, AND, UH, AND YOU, AND YOU START TALKING ABOUT, I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE NATURAL DISASTER RESPONSE AND PREPAREDNESS.
THERE'S THE EOC, THE WEB, EOC, THE EMERGENCY OPERATIONS PLAN, UH, CITY MANAGER ELLISON JUST SENT ME AGAIN, WHAT HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
THESE ARE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE THAT THEY HAVE TO DO TO ENSURE THAT WE GET GRANTS.
AND THE CITY IS, IS PROPERLY FUNDED THAT WAY.
UH, THEY DO THE TRAINING THROUGHOUT THE CITY, THE EQUIPMENT, THE INVENTORY, THE PUBLIC EDUCATION, BERT CERT READY, RC, ALL OF THOSE THINGS.
UH, IT'S A, IT'S A PRETTY BIG RESPONSIBILITY AND A BIG JOB.
IF YOU THINK BACK OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, I MEAN, THE ELWANDA FIRE, OBVIOUSLY A BIG EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT RESPONSE.
COVID-19, AS YOU'RE AWARE, JOSEPH RAMOS ALMOST RAN THAT FOR THE COUNTY.
BUT I KNOW HE WORKED HAND IN HAND WITH, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE WITH, WITH JOHN AND ISSA AND HOW WE WERE HANDLING THAT IN THE CITY.
AND JOSEPH WAS THE, WAS THE REALLY THE FOCAL POINT OF THAT.
AND THEN THE 2023 WINTER STORMS THIS LAST YEAR, IT WAS THE COUNTY EOC WHO REACHED OUT TO US AND SAID, COULD WE USE JOSEPH AND BRING HIM TO THE EOC TO HANDLE THAT INCIDENT? SO, AND I'M JUST SAYING THAT THAT ROLE AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE HERE HISTORICALLY IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS JUST BEEN THE RANCHO WAY.
AND, AND I THINK, AGAIN, YOU LOOK AT ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES IN THE DIFFERENT, UM, PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU SEE TONIGHT, THAT'S JUST WHAT RANCHO DOES.
AND AND THAT'S THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FILLED THAT ROLE AND THAT'S WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
SO THE CURRENT STATUS, IF YOU RECALL, UM, THE, THE COORDINATOR POSITION, THEY TOOK A POSITION SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE SAT DOWN AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM AND TALKED TO JOHN AND WE REALLY WENT BACK AND FORTH.
AND I'LL TELL YOU, WE STRUGGLED WITH IT A LOT.
AND, UM, AND I APPRECIATE, UH, UH, JOHN A LOT JUST AS A MENTOR AND SOMEBODY THAT I ADMIRE AND LOOK UP TO, BUT ALSO SOMEBODY THAT'S GONNA GIVE GOOD COUNSEL.
AND WE SAID, IS THIS THE BEST WAY TO DO IT? SO WE LOOKED AT EVERYTHING AND THREW IT ALL ON THE TABLE.
AND I THINK WHAT HE TRUSTED IS THAT WE REEVALUATED AS A LEADERSHIP TEAM AND SAID, OKAY, WHAT'S THE BEST THING TO DO? AND THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO FIND SOMEBODY THAT IS PASSIONATE ABOUT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
AND I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THE POSITION, THAT'S WHAT WE'VE HAD IN THE PAST.
SOMEBODY THAT'S PASSIONATE ABOUT IT AND THEN REALLY CLASSIFY IT THE WAY IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE.
SO TO MAKE THIS SHORT AND BRIEF, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS CONVERSION OF THE VACANT EM COORDINATOR POSITION TO A NEW EMERGENCY MANAGER POSITION.
IT'LL BE A NON-SWORN CIVILIAN CLASSIFICATION WITHIN THE FIRE SUPPORT SERVICES LABOR GROUP, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A SALARY RANGE THAT, UH, WE ALREADY DID A SURVEY, WORKED WITH HR ON IT, APPRECIATE THEIR HELP.
AND, UH, IT SETTLES RIGHT BETWEEN 102 TO 130 A TOP STEP ANNUALLY.
AND, UH, AGAIN, THEY'LL JUST HAVE SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE OF, UM, EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PROGRAMS AND SERVICES.
AGAIN, BENEFITS TO THE COMMUNITY.
ALL HAZARD TECHNICAL EXPERT, EOC, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF THE HAZARDOUS, UH, HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN.
THEY, UH, ALL THE, THEY CONSTANTLY COORDINATE WITH THE CMOS OFFICE AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC WORKS.
THEY WORK CONSTANTLY WITH PUBLIC WORKS.
UM, AND AGAIN, UPGRADED POSITION ADDS VALUE AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, WE BELIEVE WILL RETAIN OUR EMPLOYEES WITH THAT CLASSIFICATION.
AND THEN THE BUDGETARY IMPACT.
SO CURRENTLY WE'RE GOING TO, AS YOU SEE, WE'RE GONNA DEFUND THE EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR POSITION AT THAT RATE FUND THE A MANAGER POSITION AT THAT RATE.
SO THE NET FISCAL IMPACT WOULD BE THE 47,000 THAT YOU SEE.
AND THEN DUE TO THE HIRING TIMELINE, THE, THE FULLY REALIZED, UH, IMPACT, UH, TO THE BUDGET, UM, WILL BE A LITTLE BIT LATER ON.
WE WON'T REALLY, UH, FEEL IT NOW.
AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? WE SEEING NONE THEN WE WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONVERSION OF THE VACANT EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR POSITION TO EMERGENCY MANAGER MANAGER.
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JOHN, I REALLY LIKE YOU SITTING THERE THAT'S, CAN SEE YOU.WE HAVE ONE ITEM ON COUNCIL BUSINESS AND I'M GONNA TURN THAT OVER TO, I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE OF YOU.
IT'S EITHER GONNA BE COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT OR COUNCILWOMAN STICKLER WHO ARE THE COMMUNITY SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE TO DEAL WITH THE CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE REAPPOINTMENT OF ONE PUBLIC MEMBER AND ONE APPOINTMENT OF TWO PUBLIC, TWO NEW MEMBERS TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
I'LL BE TAKING THIS ONE, MAYOR.
SO ON DECEMBER 4TH, 2023, JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, COUNCILWOMAN STICKLER AND MYSELF, UH, PARTICIPATED IN SOME INTERVIEWS.
AS YOU'VE INDICATED, WE HAD, UM, THREE OPENINGS ON THE PUBLIC, UH, ART COMMITTEE.
UM, AND SO WE HOPE WE, I JUST HAVE TO SAY WE DID HAVE A LOT OF APPLICATIONS AND IT WAS REALLY NICE BECAUSE EVERYONE THAT SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION HAD A BACKGROUND IN ART AND A PASSION FOR ART AND A PASSION FOR THE CITY.
AND SO IT WAS REALLY HARD TO NARROW IT DOWN.
I MEAN, THIS WAS A TOUGH CHOICE, BUT WE DID RECOMMEND THE REAPPOINTMENT OF LESLIE MONTE MORROS AND NEW APPOINTMENTS OF EBONY J MCGEE, ANDERSON AND I, LILIANA SOLACE TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
THOSE ARE OUR RECOMMENDATIONS.
AND THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS OR INTERAGENCY UPDATES? ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS? I DO HAVE ONE ITEM, MR. MAYOR.
ON ITEM D, ONE OF THE CLOSED SESSION AGENDA, THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED MY OFFICE TO FILE A LAWSUIT AGAINST AMI AND ASSOCIATES DOING BUSINESS AS LA DESIGN GROUP.
AND IT'S SURETY, TOKYO MARINE, HCC, UH, THE CONTRACT.
THIS IS THE CONTRACTOR FOR THE SECOND STORY PROJECT.
AND THEN I'D JUST LIKE TO WISH EVERYBODY A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR.
UM, BEFORE WE MOVE ON FOR ITEMS OF NEXT MEETING, ARE THERE ANY, WELL, NO.
ARE THERE ANY ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING? SEEING NONE, UH, TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, UH, IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
OR AS A REMINDER, IF YOU ALREADY KNOW THE CITY HALL AND MOST OF OUR CITY FACILITIES ARE GONNA BE CLOSED FROM DECEMBER 22ND THROUGH JANUARY 1ST, 2024.
CITY HALL WILL REOPEN AGAIN ON TUESDAY, THE 2ND OF JANUARY NEXT YEAR.
UH, SPECIFIC CLOSURE DATES FOR ALL CITY FACILITIES CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, MANY SERVICES ARE STILL GONNA BE AVAILABLE, UH, VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.CITY RC US.
SO ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF, WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH ONCE AGAIN EVERYONE A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS AND HOLIDAY SEASON.
UM, SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ADUR AS WE STARTED OUR MEETING OFF, WITH THE RECOGNITION OF THE LOSS OF A VERY, VERY FINE MAN THAT WAS SERVING OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, WE WILL NOW TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO ADJOURN A MEMORY OF JOHN AL MACHADO JR.
BOARD MEMBER OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.
AND THANK YOU TO THE MACHADO FAMILY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND ENDURING THIS ENTIRE MEETING.