* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:07] TO THE JANUARY 17TH, 2024. HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE. CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE PROTECTION [REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS] DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS. THIS MEET THIS EVENING. WE CALL THE MEETING NOW TO ORDER. AND WE'D LIKE TO ASK OUR COUNCILWOMAN, CHRISTINE SCOTT, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG. PLEASE STAND, PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL:  Mayor Michael  Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy  Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler] OF THE UNITED STATES AMERICA. AMERICA. AND TO REPUBLIC ONE NATION, INDIVISIBLE. LIBERTY, JUSTICE. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT. MAYOR PRO. TIM LYNN KENNEDY. PRESENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON. PRESENT. CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT. AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO. WE HAVE NO AMENDMENTS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. MAYOR MICHAEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. [AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA] WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE THREE OF THEM THIS EVENING, AND OUR FIRST ONE IN A VERY SOMBER MANNER IS A PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF SYMPATHY IN MEMORY OF JOHN MELCHER, FORMER [B1. Presentation of a Certificate of Sympathy in Memory of John Melcher, Former Planning Commissioner for the City of Rancho Cucamonga. ] CITY PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND, AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSIONER FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ANNOUNCE THAT AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING, WE WILL BE ADJOURNING AND TAKING A MOMENT OF SILENT AND ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF JOHN MELCHER, FORMER PLANNING COMMISSIONER ON OCTOBER 20TH OF LAST YEAR, 2023. JOHN MELCHER PASSED AWAY AT THE AGE OF 88. THROUGH THE YEARS JOHN WORKED BOTH IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR AND PRIVATE PUBLIC SECTOR AND FOR VARIOUS ARCHITECTURAL FIRMS AND DEVELOPMENT FIRMS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. AND HE DID SO FROM 1963 THROUGH 2021, HE WAS A FELLOW MEMBER OF, I BELONGED TO THE SAME ROTARY CLUB THAT MR. MELCHER WAS A MEMBER OF A VERY FINE MAN, A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL SERVANT, UH, AND A OUTSTANDING PLANNING COMMISSIONER, UH, FOR RANCHO CUCAMONGA. FROM MAY OF 1990 TO JUNE OF 1996, OUR CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO THE ENTIRE MELCHER FAMILY AND FRIENDS. UH, WE WILL BE MAILING HIS CERTIFICATE OF SYMPATHY TO THE MELCHER FAMILY AS THEY WERE UNABLE TO ATTEND THIS EVENING. BUT I WOULD LIKE TO READ THIS INTO THE RECORD. AND THAT IS THE CITY COUNCIL IS PRESENTING THIS IN DEEPEST SYMPATHY CITY COUNCIL. THE CITY RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA ADJOURNED THEIR MEETING OF JANUARY 17TH, 2024 IN MEMORY OF JOHN MELCHER. AND BY THIS TOKEN EXTENDS OUR CONDOLENCES AND CONSOLATION TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY AND FRIENDS. SO WE WILL BE ADJOURNING AT THE END OF THE MEETING IN MR. MELCHER'S MEMORY. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION [B2.Presentation of Certificates of Recognition to Two Rancho Cucamonga Businesses Awarded with the Prestigious Award of Being 2023 Spirit of the Entrepreneur Recipients. ] IS A PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO TWO RANCHO CUCAMONGA BUSINESSES AWARDED WITH THE PRESTIGIOUS AWARD OF BEING THE 2023 SPIRIT OF ENTREPRENEUR RECIPIENTS. I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD THOSE RECIPIENTS. ONE IS CHRISTINE HOLYFIELD OF MY HEALTHY PENGUIN AND DANA WALKER JACKSON OF CINDERELLA'S CLOSET. WOULD YOU PLEASE BOTH PLEASE COME FORWARD. AND I DON'T HAVE MICROPHONES UP HERE. YOU HAVE VERY LOUD, UH, THAT'S OKAY. I CAN Y'ALL HEAR ME OKAY? OR YOU WANT ME TO DO THIS? I THINK WE'RE GONNA ASK THEM TO SAY A FEW WORDS SO THEY MIGHT NEED THE MICROPHONE. PERFECT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. SO, UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR RECOGNITION. AND SO WE'D LIKE TO MAYBE FOR EACH ONE OF YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS AND, UH, THE REASON WHY YOU BELIEVE YOU RECEIVED THIS AWARD. WELL, MY NAME IS, IS THIS ON? OH, MY NAME IS CHRISTINE HOLYFIELD AND I AM THE OWNER OF MY HEALTHY PENGUIN. UM, I GREW UP HERE IN RANCHO MY WHOLE LIFE, SO, UM, IT WAS JUST RIGHT TO BUILD A BUSINESS HERE IN MY HOMETOWN. UM, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE, SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UM, WE ARE A MEAL DELIVERY SERVICE WHERE WE PREPARE YOUR MEALS FRESH EVERY WEEK AND DELIVER THEM IN REFRIGERATED VANS TO YOUR HOME EVERY SUNDAY. UM, OUR MENU CHANGES EVERY WEEK, UM, GIVING YOU VARIETY OF FOOD. UM, AND WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS SINCE 2015. GOOD. WELL THEN, UH, SINCE YOU DELIVER AROUND THE CITY, IS HOW WOULD SOMEONE BE IN THAT MAY BE INTERESTED IN THIS? HOW WOULD THEY REACH YOU? HOW WOULD THEY CONTACT YOU? DO YOU HAVE A WEBSITE? IF YES, YOU WANT, MIGHT WANT TO GIVE THEM THAT WEBSITE, SO, SO WE CAN GROW YOUR BUSINESS. YES, IT'S MY HEALTHY PENGUIN.COM. UM, AND THAT'S WHERE YOU WOULD CHECK OUT OUR MENU AND PLACE YOUR ORDER. UM, EVERY WEEK BY WEDNESDAY AT MIDNIGHT IS OUR CUTOFF. VERY GOOD. AND SO THIS CERTIFICATE, CHRISTINE REEDS, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE CHRISTINE [00:05:01] HOLYFIELD, MY HEALTHY PENGUIN IN HONOR OF RECEIVING THE 2023 MARY ANN FOX TOP FEMALE ENTREPRENEUR AWARD PRESENTED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE ENTREPRENEUR. CONGRATULATIONS. AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LOVE TO SHAKE YOUR HAND AND CONGRATULATE YOU. THANK YOU, CONGRAT. THANK YOU. AND OUR NEXT WELL, WE'RE GONNA GET, WE'RE GONNA GET A PICTURE OF BOTH OF 'EM TOGETHER. SO IF YOU JUST STAY UP HERE WITH US FOR A MOMENT, THEN WE'LL GET A PICTURE OF BOTH OF YOU. OKAY. SO OUR NEXT RECIPIENT IS DANA. YES, SIR. DANA, WHY DON'T YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESS? WELL, GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MY NAME IS DANA WALKER JACKSON, AND I'M THE PROUD OWNER, CINDERELLA'S CLOSET. YOUR SPECIALTY LINGERIE BOUTIQUE HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA. IN 2013, I HEARD THE WORDS YOU HAVE BREAST CANCER. AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU THAT MY JOURNEY LED ME TO MY PURPOSE. AND EVERY DAY I HAVE THE HONOR OF FITTING BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS IN THEIR POST MASTECTOMY BRASS AND THEIR BREAST PROSTHESIS. WE STARTED, WE OPENED IN 2013. I AM IN A 700 SQUARE FOOT UNIT. WE HAVE GROWN, I HAVE MOVING TO ANOTHER SPACE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, 1900 SQUARE FEET RIGHT HERE ON ARCHIE BALD IN ARROW. THIS IS A WONDERFUL CITY TO BE IN, AND I WOULDN'T WANNA HAVE MY BUSINESS ANYWHERE ELSE. AND HOW WOULD THEY REACH YOU? DO YOU HAVE A WEBSITE? YES. YOU CAN REACH ME AT CINDERELLA'S CLOSET LINGERIE.COM. AND YOUR BUSINESS IS LOCATED, CAN THEY COME BACK AND COME BY AND DO SOME SHOPPING? ABSOLUTELY. RIGHT NOW WE'RE ON BASELINE. UM, AND LIKE I SAID, WE'LL BE MOVING NEXT MONTH TO ARROW TO THE BUSINESS RANCHO CUCAMONGA PARK. WE'LL BE OVER IN THAT CENTER OVER THERE. EXCELLENT. UM, BY THE WAY, I, I FORGOT TO ASK, UH, THE PREVIOUS CHRISTINA, UH, WHAT, HOW DID YOU COMPETE FOR THIS RECOGNITION? WAS THERE COMPETITION OR WAS IT JUST YOU SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION AND THEY TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND THEY REALIZE YOU'RE A SMALL BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR? IS THAT KIND OF HOW IT WENT? YES, WE HAD TO FILL OUT SOME ESSAYS. UM, BUT I THINK THE MAIN THING THAT ACTUALLY GOT ME THE AWARD WAS MY GROWTH. WE HAVE SEEN 400% GROWTH, UM, IN ONE YEAR. SO LAST YEAR WE DID LIKE 69,000. IN 20 22, 20 23, WE DID 324,000. OH, THAT'S INCREDIBLE. WELL, CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. UH, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOU. DANA WALKER JACKSON FOR CINDERELLA'S CLOSET, YOUR SPECIALTY LINGERIE BOUTIQUE IN HONOR OF RECEIVING THE 2023 SMALL EMERGING ENTERPRISE AWARD PRESENTED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE ENTREPRENEUR. CONGRATULATIONS, YOUNG LADY. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, JUDGE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND THIS CITY LOVES ALL OF OUR SMALL BUSINESSES. YOU'RE THE BACKBONE OF THIS COMMUNITY AS WELL AS THE NATION ACROSS THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND OUR SMALL BUSINESS COMMUNITY. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. OKAY, WE CAN BRING THE CHAIRS OVER. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKING [B3.Presentation of Rancho Cucamonga’s Ranking – 24 Best Cities for Women to Live and Work. ] 24 BEST CITIES FOR WOMEN. AS YOU JUST SAW, JUST A MOMENT AGO, TO LIVE AS WELL AS TO WORK. I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD TO THE PODIUM OR TO THE DAAS CARINA CAMPOS MANAGEMENT ANALYST TWO AND TANIKA HILL COMMUNITY AFFAIRS COORDINATOR. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I AM TANIKA HILL, AND THIS IS CARINA CAMPOS. WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO SHARE HOW RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKED IN A RECENT STUDY, WEALTH OF GEEKS HIGHLIGHTED THE TOP 24 CITIES FROM AN ANALYSIS CONDUCTED BY WALLET HUB THAT ASSESSED THE BEST CITIES FOR WOMEN TO LIVE AND WORK. WOMEN HAVE MADE GREAT STRIDES IN THE LAST 50 YEARS IN THEIR QUEST FOR EQUALITY. WHILE WOMEN GENERALLY MAKE UP A HIGHER PERCENTAGE OF THE POPULATION IN MOST AREAS ACROSS THE NATION, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS IN THE BEST LOCATION TO MAXIMIZE THEIR POTENTIAL. FOR INSTANCE, ONLY 22 OF 250 METRO AREAS IN THE US REPORT WOMEN UNDER THE AGE OF 30 EARNING THE SAME AMOUNT AS OR MORE THAN THEIR MALE COUNTERPARTS. MOREOVER, WOMEN ONLY EARN APPROXIMATELY 82 CENTS FOR EVERY DOLLAR EARNED BY MEN TO DETERMINE [00:10:01] THE BEST PLACES FOR WOMEN TO THRIVE. WHILE IT HUB COMPARED 182 CITIES ACROSS 15 KEY INDICATORS OF LIVING STANDARDS FOR WOMEN, THEIR DATA SET RANGES FROM THE MEDIAN EARNINGS FOR FEMALE WORKERS TO THE QUALITY OF WOMEN'S HOSPITALS TO SUICIDE RATES FOR WOMEN. THE STUDY DETERMINED THAT RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKED NUMBER 17 OUT OF 182 CITIES THROUGHOUT THE NATION. NOT ONLY DOES RANCHO CUCAMONGA OFFER A SUBURBAN ESCAPE WITH SOLID LOGISTICS, HEALTHCARE AND EDUCATION JOB OPPORTUNITIES, IT IS ALSO KNOWN FOR ITS SAFETY, EARNING IT A TOTAL SCORE OF 65.95 IN OVERALL WELLBEING. ADDITIONALLY, THE CITY RANKED NUMBER 32 FOR WOMEN'S ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL WELLBEING. FACTORS TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION INCLUDED MEDIAN EARNINGS OF FEMALE WORKERS, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR WOMEN AND JOB SECURITY FOR WOMEN. MOREOVER, THE CITY RANKED NUMBER 35 FOR WOMEN'S HEALTHCARE AND SAFETY. SOME ASPECTS FACTORED INTO THESE RANKINGS INCLUDED ABORTION POLICIES AND ACCESS AND WOMEN'S PREVENTATIVE HEALTHCARE. AND NOW CARINA WILL GO OVER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR THIS ARTICLE. THANK YOU, TANIKA, BEFORE YOU ON THIS SLIDE IS DATA FROM THE US CENSUS BUREAU, SPECIFICALLY FOR RANCHO CUCAMONGA. FROM VARIOUS STUDIES OF CENSUS PERFORMED STAFF WANTED TO PROVIDE YOU RANCHO DATA THAT IS SPECIFIC TO WOMEN TO SHOW THE CITY'S PERFORMANCE IN CORRELATION WITH THE ARTICLE. SO ACCORDING TO THE CENSUS, 50% OF THE POPULATION IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS FEMALE. 24.9% OF HOUSEHOLDS ARE LED BY WOMEN WITH NO, UH, SPOUSE PRESENT. AND 29.7% OF FEMALES IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA ARE EITHER IN THE COMPUTER ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE OCCUPATIONS. AND LASTLY, 724 EMPLOYER FIRMS ARE OWNED BY WOMEN ACCORDING TO THE LATEST STUDY PERFORMED, UM, IN 2018, THE ANNUAL BUSINESS SURVEY PROGRAM, AN UPDATED NUMBER WILL BE AND CAN BE PROVIDED ONCE THE CENSUS COMPLETES THERE. UH, 2022 STUDY ON THAT NUMBER. ADDITIONALLY, UM, OTHER RANCHO CUCAMONGA DATA, WHILE IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO WOMEN, IT IS, UH, TO SHOWCASE, UH, THE CITY IN, IN ITS ENTIRETY, WHICH ALSO FURTHER SUPPORTS THE ARTICLE. SO THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FOR RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS 3.6% COMPARED TO THE COUNTY AT 5%. AND THE STATE AT 4.8%. 2.7% OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENTS ARE WITHOUT HEALTH INSURANCE, WHICH IS RATHER LOW WHEN YOU COMPARE IT TO THE COUNTY AT 8 1 8 0.1%, AND 6.5% WITH THE STATE. AND LASTLY, ACCORDING TO OUR PLAN, RC HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EXISTING CONDITIONS REPORT THAT WE COMPLETED DURING PLAN RC, UH, GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, 35% OF ADULTS WALK IN THE CITY FOR AT LEAST 150 MINUTES WEEKLY FOR EITHER TRANSPORTATION OR LEISURE NEEDS. AND SO WITH THAT, THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF TANIKA, COULD YOU DO ME A FAVOR AND PUT THE VERY FIRST SLIDE ON THE 17TH, UH, RANKINGS? NUMBER 17? WAS IT THAT ONE? NO, IT'S, OH, THERE IT IS. OKAY. AND WHAT WAS THAT ONE AGAIN? I ONE THE NEXT ONE? NO, I THINK IT'S A, IS IT THE NEXT ONE? IT SAYS NUMBER 17, THE NEXT ONE IS 32. NO, UH, THAT ONE. CAN YOU EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE, THE FIRST ONE, THE 20, THE SEVENTH, THE SEVENTH RANKING 17TH? SURE. SO OUT OF 182 CITIES THAT WERE COMPARED ACROSS THE NATION, RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKED NUMBER 17. OKAY, THANK YOU. AND SO THEY USE 15 DIFFERENT KEY INDICATORS TO DETERMINE, UM, THE RANKINGS FOR THE VARIOUS CITIES THAT ARE LISTED. WELL, ALL YOU LADIES THAT ARE IN HAVE YOUR BUSINESSES HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. WE JUST RECOGNIZE TWO EXCELLENT ENTREPRENEURS. UH, CONGRATULATIONS. IT'S WELL DESERVED AND, AND WE LOVE, UH, THE DIVERSITY IN OUR COMMUNITY. AND, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT. THAT WAS VERY, VERY, UH, ENLIGHTENING FOR ALL OF US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS EVENING. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO [PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Fire Protection District, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, Public Financing Authority Board, and City Council on any item listed or not listed on the agenda. State law prohibits us from addressing any issue not on the Agenda. Testimony may be received and referred to staff or scheduled for a future meeting. Comments are to be limited to three (3) minutes per individual. All communications are to be addressed directly to the Fire Board, Agencies, Successor Agency, Authority Board, or City Council not to the members of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, disorderly or boisterous conduct that disturbs, disrupts, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting. For more information, refer to the City Council Rules of Decorum and Order (Resolution No. 2023-086) located in the back of the Council Chambers. The public communications period will not exceed one hour prior to the commencement of the business portion of the agenda. During this one hour period, all those who wish to speak on a topic contained in the business portion of the agenda will be given priority, and no further speaker cards for these business items (with the exception of public hearing items) will be accepted once the business portion of the agenda commences. Any other public communications which have not concluded during this one hour period may resume after the regular business portion of the agenda has been completed] PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL TO, TO HAVE THE PUBLIC COME AND VISIT US AT THE PODIUM AND SPEAK ON ANY ISSUE RELATED TO THIS EVENING AGENDA OR ANY ISSUE THAT MAY NOT BE INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, UM, AND COMMENT PERIOD WILL NOT EXCEED [00:15:01] ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING. AND IF THERE'S ANY SPEAKERS REMAINING, YOU, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT BEFORE WE ADJOURN TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING. UH, SO WE HAVE 10 SPEAKERS THIS NIGHT, THIS EVENING. YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION. THIS RED LIGHT THAT'S ON HERE IS GONNA BE ON THAT MICROPHONE OUT THERE WHEN THE RED LIGHT GOES OFF, OR THERE'S A TIMER ON THE, ON THE, ON THE, ON THE SCREEN UP HERE. UH, WHEN THE THREE MINUTES, UH, ARE, ARE MET, THEN UM, WE HAVE TO ASK YOU TO TAKE YOUR SEAT. SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LANCE ASRA, FOLLOWED BY SCAN EWT. COME ON. THERE WE GO. LEMME MAYOR MICHAELS AND CITY COUNCIL, HAPPY NEW YEAR AND GOOD TO BE BACK, BE ABLE TO JUST DO WHAT I DO EVERY MONTH, WHICH IS JUST TO PRAY. AND I WAS THINKING ABOUT WHAT VERSE AND I AND I, AND I FELT THE LORD GAVE ME A VERSE FOR THE CITY. AND I HEARD ALL THE SPEAKERS. THERE'S NO DOUBT. SO IT'S PSALM 1 27 VERSE ONE. IT SAYS, UNLESS THE LORD BUILDS THE HOUSE, THEY LABOR IN VAIN WHO BUILD IT. UNLESS THE LORD GUARDS THE CITY, THE WATCHMAN KEEPS AWAKE IN VAIN. I FELT THAT'S VERY APPROPRIATE FOR JUST INVITING THE LORD'S PRESENCE AND BLESSING AND JUST THANKING HIM FOR THIS LAST YEAR. SO IT'S GONNA TAKE A MINUTE TO PRAY, TO THANK THE LORD, AND JUST ASK HIS BLESSING. SO, FATHER, THANK YOU THAT YOU BROUGHT US THROUGH THIS LAST YEAR. GOD, YOU BROUGHT US THROUGH. YOU BLESSED THIS CITY, LORD, AND, AND YOU'VE BLESSED FAMILIES, LORD, NO DOUBT WITH THE PRESENTATION, UH, WHERE WE RANK AND HOW WE, HOW WELL WE DO, 'CAUSE THE HARD WORK OF OTHERS. 'CAUSE YOUR BLESSING, YOUR GOODNESS, LORD, FOR THE FEMALES THAT, THAT HAVE STARTED NEW BUSINESSES. LORD, AGAIN, WE THANK YOU FOR LAST YEAR. AND WE, WE INVITE YOU, LORD, TO GUARD THE CITY. WE INVITE YOU TO BE A PART OF IT, LORD, TO THAT WE WOULD PARTNER WITH YOU. LORD, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING OVER MAYOR MICHAELS OVER THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY ATTORNEY, LORD, THE CITY MANAGER. LORD, WE ASK YOUR BLESSING OVER THE, THE SHERIFF, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, ALL THE EMPLOYEES THAT WORK HERE, LORD, AND FOR THE, THE FAMILIES. GOD, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING OVER THE MARRIAGES AND THE FAMILIES AND FOR THE CHILDREN AND THOSE THAT ARE PRODIGAL, LORD, BRING THEM BACK HOME. WE ASK GOD, WE PRAY YOUR BLESSING AND YOUR PROTECTION OVER OUR SCHOOLS AND OVER, UM, OUR TEACHERS, OUR STAFFS, LORD. LORD, WE JUST ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO BLESS THE BUSINESSES OF THIS, THIS CITY, LORD, THAT WE'VE SEE MORE ENTREPRENEURS, MORE WHO'D WANNA START BUSINESSES AND MORE WOMEN WHO'D WANT TO START BUSINESSES, LORD, THAT WE WOULD SEE YOUR HAND AND WE WOULD KNOW THAT IT'S YOU. WE'D KNOW. WE KNOW THAT YOU'RE FAITHFUL GOD. SO WE ASK FOR YOUR BLESSING. WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD BE KING OVER THIS CITY, LORD, AND THAT YOU WOULD GUIDE US AND YOU WOULD POUR YOUR LOVE OVER THIS CITY. LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR SUCH A GREAT CITY. WE THANK YOU FOR THE PROTECTION, LORD, AND JUST PRAY THESE THINGS IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. I'M NOT SURE I'M PRONOUNCING THIS NAME CORRECTLY, BUT IT'S S IT LOOKS LIKE SGAN. OKAY, HERE YOU ARE, SIR. PLEASE PRONOUNCE YOUR NAME FOR ME. . GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS SEAN JUTT. OKAY . AND I'M, UH, HERE ON BEHALF OF THE DAY CREEK TENNIS CLUB, MEMBERS OF WHICH ARE, HAVE COME TONIGHT TO SUPPORT. WE'RE, UH, WE'RE A GROUP OF 50, APPROXIMATELY 50 DOUBLES ENTHUSIASTS WHO HAVE BEEN ENJOYING THE DAY CREEK PARKS. THOSE ARE UP AT, UH, DAY CREEK AND BANYAN RIGHT ABOVE THE TWO 10. WE, THERE'S FOUR COURTS THERE. WE'VE BEEN, UH, ENJOYING THOSE ON WEEKEND MORNINGS AND WEEKDAY EVENINGS SINCE THE DAY THEY FIRST OPENED WE'RE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY AND TAXPAYERS AS WELL. AND AS SUCH, WE TAKE PRIDE IN THE CONDITION AND THE APPEARANCE OF THEM. TONIGHT, WE WOULD LIKE TO ONCE AGAIN BRING YOUR ATTENTION TO THE DEPLORABLE CONDITION OF THE PLAIN SURFACES AT THE FOUR COURTS. AMONG OTHER DEFICIENCIES, LARGE CRACKS RUN THROUGH THE ENTIRE COMPLEX. SOME THE WIDTH OF THE WHOLE COURT OF EACH COURT, QUARTER SIZED CHUNKS OF THE ORIGINAL CONCRETE FINISH HAVE BROKEN AWAY ON EVERY SIDE OF THE NET. THE NORMAL LEVEL OF ABRASIVENESS HAS BEEN REDUCED TO THE POINT THAT IT'S NOW SLICK AND SHINY, EXPOSING THE UNDERLYING PRIMER, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COURTS HAVE SIMPLY RUN THE COURSE OF THEIR USABLE AND EXPECTED LIFETIME AND ARE OVERDUE FOR RESURFACING. WE'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE PARKS DEPARTMENT THAT THE CITY IS AWARE, BUT HAS NO PLANS OR FUNDS TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE AT THIS TIME. MEANWHILE, OTHER, UH, ANOTHER VERY REAL CONCERN IS THE POSSIBILITY OF INJURIES AS WE, UH, JUST FROM NORMAL PLAY AS WE GO FORWARD INTO 2024. UH, FURTHERMORE, THE LED LIGHTING SYSTEM SO RECENTLY INSTALLED HAS [00:20:01] PROVEN TO BE PROBLEMATIC AND ERRATIC CALLS AND INQUIRIES REPORTING THE SAME HAVE GONE UNANSWERED IN SOME. THIS FACILITY IS DUE FOR RENEWAL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, AND WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST YOUR IMMEDIATE ATTENTION TO THE MATTER. WHILE WE'RE NOT UNSYMPATHETIC TO THE FISCAL CHALLENGES FACING MUNICIPALITIES, PARTICULARLY IN REGARD TO THE OBLIGATIONS TO PUBLIC SAFETY PENSIONS, WE ARE INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED AT THE CITY'S LACK OF ACTION ON THIS. PLEASE LET US KNOW IF THERE'S ANYTHING WE CAN DO AS A GROUP, UH, TO HELP, SUCH AS GRANT WRITING, UH, BAKE SALES, OR OTHER CREATIVE FORMS OF BEGGING. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. SARAH DEL WIRE, FOLLOWED BY ELDER CHRISTOPHER MIRANDA. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE CITY ADOPT THE KRAMER SUPREME CAMELIA AS ITS OFFICIAL FLOWER. UH, THE KRAMER BROTHERS AUGUSTINE OTTO BOUGHT LAND ON RED HILL FROM THE COUNTRY CLUB IN 1926 AND BEGAN, BEGAN GROWING CAMELIAS IN THE 1930S. THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR CREATING OVER 70 VARIETIES. THEY FIRST STARTED GROWING THE KRAMER SUPREME IN THE FIFTIES, AND IT HAS WON MANY AWARDS OVER THE YEARS. AND IT DREW ATTENTION BECAUSE IT HAD A FRAGRANCE UNLIKE MOST OTHER CHAMS. UM, THE CITY OF ONTARIO HAS THE CHARLOTTE ARMSTRONG ROSE AS ITS OFFICIAL FLOWER, RECOGNIZING THAT THE ARMSTRONG NURSERIES BEGAN IN THEIR CITY. AND I THINK THAT RANCHO SHOULD RECOGNIZE THE HORTICULTURAL INNOVATIONS THAT TOOK PLACE IN OUR CITY. UH, THE KRAMER SUPREME'S GORGEOUS, LARGE, FULL P AND E RED FLOWER THAT GROWS VERY WELL HERE. IT'S ONE OF THE MOST COMMON VARIETIES THAT YOU'LL FIND, AND IT WOULD MAKE A LOVELY ADDITION TO LANDSCAPES ALL AROUND THE CITY. UH, THEY'RE LOW MAINTENANCE PLANTS AND THEY'RE EVERGREENS AND EARLY BLOOMERS. UM, SO I THINK, YOU KNOW, JUST WANTED TO PROPOSE THAT SINCE WE DON'T CURRENTLY HAVE AN OFFICIAL CITY FLOWER THAT I COULD FIND, AT LEAST CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. AND I DO HAVE, UM, SOME ARTICLES ABOUT THE FLOWER ITSELF AND ABOUT THE KRAMERS GROWING IT THAT DATE BACK ALL THE WAY TO WHEN THEY GOT THEIR LAND IN 1926 THAT I'M GONNA SUBMIT FOR THE RECORD. VERY NICE. THANK YOU. I WAS JUST GONNA ASK YOU IF YOU PLEASE PROVIDE THAT TO OUR CLERK'S OFFICE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ELDER, ELDER CHRISTOPHER MIRANDA. ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UM, SO INTRODUCE MYSELF A LITTLE BIT. MY NAME IS ELLA. CHRIS FROM MIRANDA. I'M A MISSIONARY FOR A CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. AND WE JUST WANNA INTRODUCE A LITTLE BIT OF A WEBSITE AND APP THAT WE HAVE CALLED JUST SERVE.ORG. UM, BEFORE WE GET INTO THAT, I JUST WANNA EXPLAIN A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT WE DO. SO WE'VE BEEN HERE IN RANCHO FOR A DECADES NOW. WE SERVE ALL AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND RANCHO ON ELWANDA DAY CREEK AND THE HAVEN AREA. AND WE'VE BEEN DOING OUR BEST TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY WITH ALL OF OUR HEART MIGHT MINE STRENGTH. AND SO RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND MORE WAYS TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. AND SO WE'VE BEEN INTRODUCED WITH THIS WEBSITE AND THIS APP THAT IS A GREAT RESOURCE THAT WE CAN USE TO HELP OUT. AND SO IF ANYONE HAS ANY IDEAS OF A SERVICE OR KNOWS OF ANYONE THAT MAY NEED EXTRA HELP, THAT WEBSITE, YOU CAN POST IT FROM THERE. AND THEN PEOPLE LIKE US, US YOUNG FELLOW, COME UP AND WE LOVE TO JUST COME OUT AND HELP SERVE THE PEOPLE FREE OF CHARGE. UH, WE LOVE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY WITH ALL OF OUR HEART, MY MIND STRENGTH, AND IT'S BEEN AN HONOR BEING HERE IN RANCHO. IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING COMMUNITY. AND SO WE JUST WANTED TO INTRODUCE A LITTLE BIT OF US. MAYBE YOU'VE SEEN US BIKING AROUND, BUT WE LOVE TO DEFINITELY SERVE PEOPLE AND WE DEFINITELY LOVE TO JUST SHARE THAT SPIRIT OF GOD WITHIN PEOPLE. WE LOVE TO PRAY FOR PEOPLE, AND WE HOPE THAT THIS WILL GIVE, GRANT US OPPORTUNITIES FOR US TO BE ABLE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY MORE, UM, SO WE CAN JUST HELP OTHERS TO MAKE THEIR DAY A LITTLE BETTER. AND SO WE CAN HELP US TO JUST MAKE OUR DAY A LITTLE BIT BETTER AS WELL. AND SO, ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. UM, AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL FOR NOW. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH, AND WE'LL GET YOU CONNECTED WITH THE RIGHT PEOPLE. OKAY. UM, SAL ZAVALA JR. FOLLOWED BY PHILLIP WALKER. I COME WITH, WITH THE MISSIONARIES. UH, I AM, UH, ONE OF THREE INDIVIDUALS THAT PRESIDE OVER APPROXIMATELY 200 MISSIONARIES [00:25:01] AND WHAT'S CALLED THE ARCADIA CALIFORNIA MISSION. THAT GOES ALL THE WAY FROM, UM, TOJUNGA HERE TO RANCHO AND, UH, DOWN TO, UH, CHINO, CHINO HILLS, UH, ALL THE WAY THROUGH EAST LOS ANGELES. SO IT'S, IT'S A GREAT PART OF, UH, SAN GABRIEL VALLEY AND A GOOD PART OF THE INLAND EMPIRE. AND, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE, UH, APPROXIMATELY AROUND 200 MISSIONARIES, GIVE OR TAKE. UM, IN THIS AREA ALONE, WE HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MISSIONARIES IN THE CITY OF RANCHO IN THE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES. UH, WE HAVE DOZENS MORE. UH, WE'VE BEEN PROVIDING SERVICE TO MANY COMMUNITIES, UH, FOR DECADES NOW. UM, AND THE, UM, THE CHURCH, THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTERDAY SAINTS HAS CREATED A WEBSITE THAT'S CALLED JUST SERVE.ORG. AND IF YOU GO TO THAT WEBSITE, YOU, ANY, ANY INDIVIDUAL CAN CREATE AN ACCOUNT JUST WITH AN EMAIL AND CREATE A PASSWORD WITH THAT INFORMATION. THEN YOU CAN LOOK FOR SERVICE PROJECTS THAT ALREADY EXIST WITHIN YOUR COMMUNITY. SO ANY, ANYBODY HERE THAT WANTS TO, FOR INSTANCE, HAVE A SERVICE PROJECT WITH THEIR FAMILY CAN GO IN THERE AND LOOK FOR A SERVICE PROJECT FOR THEIR FAMILY. UH, IF, IF, UH, IF THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO DO THAT. BUT IN ADDITION TO THAT, UM, AS A CITY, YOU COULD ALSO HAVING AN ACCOUNT, YOU CAN CREATE A PROJECT FOR THE CITY. AND IN ADDITION TO HAVING ANYWHERE BETWEEN 15 TO 20 MISSIONARY, WE HAVE THOUSANDS OF MEMBERS OF THE CHURCH IN THIS COMMUNITY. YOU KNOW, WHO ARE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT ARE PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY, THEY'RE YOUR NEIGHBORS. AND, UH, AND SO WE'VE DONE, UH, PROJECTS FROM HELPING, YOU KNOW, PAINT, UH, UH, COM, YOU KNOW, UH, CITY BUILDINGS, UH, CLEAN PARKS, PLANT TREES, ANYTHING THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, IF THERE'S SOMETHING THAT REQUIRES MATERIAL COURSE, THE CITY WOULD HAVE TO PROVIDE THE MATERIALS, BUT WE WOULD PROVIDE, UH, THE LABOR, YOU KNOW. AND, UH, THESE YOUNG MEN AND, AND MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH THAT LIVE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY ARE, WE'RE ANXIOUS TO PROVIDE SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY. SO, AGAIN, THE, THE, THE WAY THE WEBSITE IS JUST JUSTER.ORG. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. PHILIP WALKER, THE COUNCIL FOR SEEING ME. I AM PHILIP E. WALKER, A, UH, COMING UPON MY 10TH YEAR AS RESIDENT IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND, UH, EMPLOYED AS A FULL-TIME HOLLYWOOD TALENT. I'M EXCITED TO TELL YOU THAT MY BEST YEAR WAS LAST YEAR, BUT THIS YEAR IS ALREADY KICKING OFF. I HAVE TWO PRODUCERS THAT ARE FIGHTING EACH OTHER TO HIRE ME FOR ON FRIDAY. AND, UH, I SIGNED WITH A NEW TALENT AGENT ON TONIGHT. BUT I COME TO YOU NOT TO TALK ABOUT MY ACTING CAREER, BUT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT MY PASSION AND THAT SHORT FILMS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE BEGUN 100 FILMS RETREAT WHERE IT DOES, IT IS OUR GOAL TO PRESENT 100 SHORT FILMS EVERY QUARTER OF EVERY YEAR FOREVER. AND I AM ELATED TO TELL YOU THAT OUR FIRST, UH, QUARTER, WE, UH, WE HAD FILMS FROM 57 COUNTRIES, AND IN OUR SECOND QUARTER FROM 79 COUNTRIES LASTED LAST MONTH. OUR THIRD QUARTER, WE HAD FILMS FROM 85 COUNTRIES. WE WILL DO OUR FOURTH QUARTER TO, UH, OPEN BLACK HISTORY MONTH, FEBRUARY ONE THROUGH FOUR. AND WE'RE ANTICIPATING TO HAVE SEVEN CONTINENTS WHEN WE OPEN, UH, FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH. THIS THING HAS BEEN A MONSTER. I AM JUST SHOCKED AT HOW THE WORLD HAS RESPONDED TO OUR CALL TO REVIEW THEIR FILMS. UH, RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS FAST BECOMING AN IMPORTANT LOCATION FOR SHORT FILMS IN THE WORLD, AND I THANK YOU ALL FOR CREATING AN ENVIRONMENT TO MAKE THIS HAPPEN. I INVITE EVERYONE IN THE CITY TO COME AND WATCH ONE OF OUR 100 FILMS, FEBRUARY ONE THROUGH FOUR, WE ARE RETREAT. WE ARE NOT A FESTIVAL. AND SO, UH, WE BRING TOGETHER A HANDFUL OF FILMMAKERS AND, UH, WE GET VERY CLOSE AND PERSONAL. AND SO, UH, THE ADDRESS OF THE LOCATION IS NOT PUBLIC, BUT ANYONE THAT GOES TO ALL EVENTS BY ALL EVENTS.BY/PHIL E CAN GET FREE ACCESS TO WATCH THE FILMS. I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE, AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP. THANK YOU. ELIJAH GRACIA, FOLLOWED BY DR. LAURA ESPINOZA. HELLO, [00:30:01] COUNSEL. HELLO EVERYONE. UH, GOOD EVENING. I JUST, I'M HERE IN OPPOSITION OF THE HAMILTON BREWERY YET AGAIN. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY OTHER THAN JUST KIND OF DISAPPOINTMENT ACROSS THE BOARD UPON THE DECISION. I UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S FROM A COMMITTEE, RIGHT? NOT FROM YOU AT THIS MOMENT, UNLESS WE PUSH APPEALS THROUGH TO THAT, TO THAT POINT. BUT IT'S STILL A COUNCIL MANAGED COMMITTEE, SO YOU'RE STILL HELD RESPONSIBLE, PARAMOUNT TO ALL. SO HAVING SAID THAT, IT'S JUST, UNLESS WE HAVE ANOTHER 1850 TO THROW AT IT FOR YOU GUYS TO GIVE US OPPORTUNITY AT THE CHANCE TO BE HEARD, THAT'S INSULTING. I REMEMBER, MAYOR, YOU SAID HOW MANY, I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WEEKS AGO, BUT WHEN WE FIRST STARTED THIS JOURNEY TOGETHER, YOU, YOU LOOKED AT YOUR ALL AMERICAN CITY, UH, POSTER BEHIND YOU, AND YOU SAID, THIS IS, THIS IS IT. AND I SAID, YEAH, IT IS. I AGREE. AND WHAT'S MORE AMERICAN THAN NEEDING MONEY TO BE HEARD FURTHER FOR A CAUSE THAT YOU'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT, THAT WON'T IMPACT THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GETS THE MONEY, REGARDLESS OF THE, OF THE DECISION MADE. SO I JUST ASK THAT YOU KEEP THAT IN MIND. MOVING FORWARD FOR EVERYONE HERE, EVERYONE NOT HERE AS WELL, AND EVERYONE THAT'S GONNA SPEAK AFTER ME, WHO ARE ACTUAL HOMEOWNERS ON MAIN STREET. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, DR. LORIS ESPINOZA, FOLLOWED BY ARMANDO MORENO. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL SCOTT, UM, WHO REPRESENTS OUR AREA. I WAS PREPARED WITH A POWERPOINT, OOPS, PREPARED WITH A POWERPOINT, BUT I DIDN'T SEND IT IN EARLY ENOUGH, SO I WILL BE PREPARED NEXT TIME. I WANTED TO SHOW YOU THE LOCATION OF WHERE HAMILTON BREWERY IS GONNA BE, IN CASE YOU HAVE NOT BEEN THERE YOURSELVES. IT IS LITERALLY FROM HERE TO WHERE YOU'RE AT. COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT. THAT'S MY SISTER'S FRONT YARD. MY BROTHER'S FRONT YARD, OUR FRONT YARD. I AM EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THAT HER VOICES WERE NOT HEARD. MATT MARCUS PROVIDED US WITH THE PRO, THE APPROVAL OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND HONESTLY, I HAVE NOT HAD THE EMOTIONAL ENERGY TO READ THE ENTIRE THING, BECAUSE I TRULY FEEL THAT OUR COMMUNITY WAS NOT HEARD. NORTHTOWN COMMUNITY IS AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE STEPCHILD OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. NORTHTOWN COMMUNITY IS THE MOST NEGLECTED AREA IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. WHY? ECONOMICS? RIGHT? IT'S THE LOWEST INCOME DRIVEN SI AREA. SO ECONOMICALLY AND POLITICALLY, I DON'T THINK RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS BEING REPRESENTED. NORTHTOWN IS ALSO A COMMUNITY OF WORKING CLASS INDIVIDUALS. THOSE ARE YOUR GARDENERS, YOUR HOUSEKEEPERS, YOUR FACTORY WORKERS, YOUR LABORERS, ALL OVERALL INDIVIDUALS THAT DO NOT HAVE $1,850 TO APPEAL THIS PROPOSAL. NORTHTOWN COMMUNITY IS THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY WITH THE MOST DISPARITIES, LOW SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS. THERE ARE NUMEROUS STUDIES ACCORDING TO NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG USE AND LOTS OF OTHER PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES THAT INDICATE THAT LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS TENDS TO GO HAND IN HAND WITH HIGHER PREVALENCE IN DRUG USE. AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT NORTHTOWN COMMUNITY HAS DRUG AND ALCOHOL PREVALENCE AND HAS ALWAYS HAD IT. AND THERE IS NO HELP FROM THE CITY WITH THIS ISSUE NOW AUTHORIZING AND APPROVING A BREWERY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ARMANDO MORENO, FOLLOWED BY JULIA MORENO. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE ALSO TO OPPOSE A HAMILTON BREWERY AS I [00:35:01] JUST FOUND OUT IT'S BEEN APPROVED. AND, UM, I'M JUST VERY DISAPPOINTED. AS LAURA SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, AFTER 75, I BELIEVE SIGNATURES IN OPPOSITION TO THIS, SEVERAL SPEAKERS OVER ALL THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THAT WE'VE HAD. AND LIKE SHE SAID, I DON'T THINK WE'RE BEING HEARD. I DON'T THINK WE'RE BEING REPRESENTED THE WAY WE SHOULD, LIKE ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE IN HERE, AMERICAN CITIZENS TAX PAYING, WORKING HARD, WHETHER WE MAKE LESS OR NOT, WE'RE HERE AND WE, AND WE'RE DOING OUR BEST TO, TO, UM, YOU KNOW, TO MAKE A LIVING. SO TO JUST, BECAUSE LIKE SHE SAID, WHETHER THAT WAS THE DECISION OR NOT, BUT JUST A SIMPLE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YEAH, MR. HAMILTON, OBVIOUSLY HIS BUSINESS IS ALREADY HERE. IT'S NOT LIKE HE HAD NOWHERE TO GO. HIS BUSINESS EXISTS, BUT TO GO AND WHERE HE SAYS LOVE FAMILY, LOVE BEER, WELL, IT'S OBVIOUS THAT HE ONLY CARED ABOUT HIS FAMILY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE FAMILIES HE'S AFFECTING. BY PUTTING THIS BUSINESS IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES, LITERALLY IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSES NEXT TO A 55 AND OLDER AIR, UH, IT'S LIKE A LITTLE, UM, APARTMENT AREA OR BUILDING RIGHT NEXT TO IT. HOW IS IT GONNA AFFECT THEM? WOULD YOU GUYS WANT YOUR PARENTS TO BE AFFECTED BY SOMETHING LIKE THIS? THEY'RE TRYING TO, YOU KNOW, BEING AT THAT AGE, YOU WANNA LIVE COMFORTABLE, YOU WANNA BE HAPPY. YOU DON'T WANNA HEAR ALL THIS GOING ON IN YOUR COMMUNITY. I'M SURE IF THIS WAS PROPOSED IN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY OTHER THAN OURS, THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN A DIFFERENT RESULT. AND I'M JUST SAYING, I'M JUST, I'M JUST VERY DISAPPOINTED. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, JULIA MORENO. HELLO, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I, I'M ALSO OPPOSING HAMILTON BREWERY, AS I'M SURE YOU HAVE SEEN WITH THE PAST MONTH AND A HALF OR TWO. UM, I'M APPALLED AT THE DECISION THAT WAS MADE BY APPROVING THE RELOCATION OF HAMILTON BREWERY. I CAN SEE THE DISCRIMINATION WHEN IT COMES TO OUR LITTLE COMMUNITY. AND I THINK YOU ALL FORGET WHO YOU WORK FOR. THE PEOPLE, NOT ONLY THE ONES THAT HAVE THE MONEY, DON'T FORGET YOU ARE ALL VOTED IN. RIGHT. MS. SCOTT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL THIS EVENING. WE'LL MOVE TO THE CONSENT [CONSENT CALENDARS: The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. They will be acted upon without discussion unless an item is removed by Council Member for discussion. Members of the City Council also sit as the Fire Board, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, and Public Finance Authority and may act on the consent calendar for those bodies as part of a single motion with the City Council consent calendar.] CALENDAR. THEY'RE FOLLOWING CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON IN ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION UNLESS ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WISHES TO REMOVE ANY ITEM. SO, UM, DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR? I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO, TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER. AND YOUR ABSTENTION IS NOTED ON ITEM D THREE. MR. MAYOR, I'D ALSO LIKE TO REMOVE, UH, D SEVEN. SO, UH, D SEVEN IS, IS THAT WHAT YOU D SEVEN? YES. THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, EXCLUDING ITEM D SEVEN, WHICH WILL BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION IN THE PRESENTATION BY STAFF, AS I SEE OUR STAFF PERSON SITTING THERE. SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REMAINDER OF THE COUNCIL OR ? YES, MR. MAYOR, CONSENT CALENDAR. I SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE EXCLUSION OF ITEM D SEVEN AND BOARD MEMBER SCOTT UPSTANDING ON ITEM D THREE. VERY GOOD. AND NOW WE WILL LISTEN TO THE PRESENTATION OF STAFF. YEP. MR. RAM MAYOR. ITEM D SEVEN IS, UH, UM, IT'S A GRANT. IT'S A PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE. UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE JEN HUNT GRACIA OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR. SHE CAN, UM, HIGHLIGHT WHAT THIS PROJECT IS ABOUT AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER HAS. VERY GOOD. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M JENNIFER HUNT, UH, FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES. TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, HIGHLIGHTING AN ITEM BEFORE YOU FOR APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ALL-INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND AT BURLE PARK EAST TO PRO. TO PROVIDE A BIT OF BACKGROUND, THE CITY WAS AWARDED PROP 68 STATE [00:40:01] FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT OF $286,000. THIS PROJECT FURTHERS THE CITY COUNCIL GOALS TO CREATE INCLUSIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED TO ALIGN WITH THE PUBLIC WORKS PRE-SCHEDULED PLAYGROUND RENOVATION PROJECT TO BETTER MEET THE MEET, MEET THE NEEDS FOR ALL. THE PARK CONSTRUCTION IS ANTICIPATED TO START THIS SPRING AND WILL BE CONCLUDED IN THE FALL OF 2024, BRINGING THE CITY'S FIRST INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND TO THE RESIDENTS THIS YEAR. THE FEATURED ALL ABILITIES PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT WILL INCLUDE AN ADAPTIVE SWING ACCESSIBLE DISC, SWING ACCESSIBLE MERRY-GO-ROUND ACCESSIBLE SEESAWS GENTLE SLOPE RAMPS, MULTIPLE INTERACTIVE SENSORY ELEMENTS, SHADE STRUCTURES, AND A DA IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RESTROOMS, THE PARKING LOTS, AND THE ADDITION OF A CROSSWALK ON BURL INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS. THE BENEFITS OF AN INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUNDS ARE THEY ALLOW CHILDREN OF ALL ABILITIES TO PLAY TOGETHER WHERE THERE MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO BEFORE, CAN OFFER A SENSE OF BELONGING, CAN OFFER A PLACE TO FIND ACCEPTANCE AND CAN MEET THE INDIVIDUALS WHERE THEY'RE AT. THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OF STAFF. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO COMMENT ON THIS PROJECT. UM, BURL PARK IS A HUGE PARK, UM, IN MY DISTRICT SPECIFICALLY, BUT ALSO, UM, REPRESENTING THE CITY AS A WHOLE. AND I AM SO EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROJECT, UM, COME TO LIFE. AND I THINK THAT IT IS A HUGE, UM, BENEFIT FOR OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? JUST REAL QUICK, MAYOR. I'M REALLY THRILLED TO KNOW THAT WE'RE GOING AFTER GRANTS FOR THIS KIND OF THING AND THAT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN. AND INCLUSIVE PLAYGROUND RANCHO CUCAMONGA. AND I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING IT WORK AND GOING AFTER GRANT MONEY TO DO MORE OF THEM. 'CAUSE I JUST THINK THAT THERE'S FEW THINGS OUT THERE THAT ARE AS WORTHY AS THIS AND ALL THE PEOPLE THAT IT COULD BENEFIT WHO HAVEN'T HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY BEFORE. GLAD THAT RANCH IS LEADING THE WAY. VERY GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? I WAS JUST GONNA MOVE FOR APPROVAL. VERY GOOD. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO, UM, CONSIDERATION. WELL, THAT'S THE, THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM, UM, CONSENT ORDINANCES. [CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION] THE FOLLOWING CONSENT ORDINANCE HAS HAD FIRST READING AT OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, AND THIS IS SECOND READING. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO POLL THE ORDINANCES FOR ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, WE WOULD CONSIDER ITEM E ONE, WHICH IS THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 23. I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVE 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 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 20 23 0 0 3 1 7, APPLICABLE TO VARIOUS PROPERTIES LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO A CERTIFIED FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, SC NUMBER 2 0 2 1 5 2 1 FOR THE GENERAL PLAN, UPDATE AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. VERY GOOD. THERE ARE NO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS. THERE'S ONE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, AND THAT IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT [ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S) - NONE] FEES FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES. HOWEVER, THE PUBLIC HEARING HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR THIS EVENING, AND THIS ITEM WILL BE HEARD, WILL NOT [G1. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT - CANCELLED] BE HEARD AT THIS TIME. AND ANY AND ARRESTED PARTIES HAVE ALREADY BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE CANCELLATION. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS, AND THAT IS UNDER CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS. I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER. MR. SISON? YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO ITEM H ONE IS [H1. Consideration of the Healthy RC Active Transportation Infrastructure Assessment and Improvement Plan, Connect RC, and Determination That Connect RC is Categorically Exempt Under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Section 15301 – Existing Facilities and Section 15305 – Minor Alterations of Land Use Limitations. (CITY)] CONSIDERATION OF THE HEALTHY RC ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN CALLED CONNECT RC, AND INCLUDES THE DETERMINATION THAT THIS PROJECT KNOWN AS CONNECT RC IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER CA SECTION 15 3 0 1. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JUSTINE GARCIA, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES. SHE'LL GIVE YOU THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM, AND THEN WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER [00:45:01] ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. JUSTINE, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. UH, EXCITED TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM TO YOU TONIGHT. UM, I AM SUPER PROUD TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT, UH, AFTER A 17 MONTH, UH, PROCESS, WE HAVE FINALLY FINISHED OUR CONNECT RC ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION PLAN. WE ACTUALLY FINISHED IN OCTOBER OF 2023. UM, BUT WITH THE HOLIDAYS AND EVERYTHING WE HAD GOING ON, WE FIGURED WE WOULD WAIT FOR THE BEST POSSIBLE MOMENT TO BRING THIS PLAN FORWARD TO YOU. UH, AS JOHN SAID, UM, THIS PLAN IS A PRETTY, UH, EXTENSIVE EFFORT. IT HAD A REALLY LONG TITLE BEFORE. AND SO, UM, WE'VE SHORTENED THAT TO CONNECT RC, UM, TO REALLY, UH, PROVIDE A, A SENSE OF, OF A DESCRIPTION TOWARDS THE VISION OF WHAT WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO ACHIEVE. AND THAT IS THE IDEA OF CREATING PLACES THAT CONNECT TO EACH OTHER. UM, THIS PLAN IS REALLY A CITYWIDE UM, EFFORT. SO THE PLAN COVERS THE ENTIRE CITY, UM, AND IT IDENTIFIES AND PRIORITIZE BY SCHOOL AND PEDESTRIAN INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS. UM, AND MOST SPECIFICALLY SURROUNDING OUR 35 SCHOOLS, INCLUDING OUR HIGH SCHOOLS. AND, UH, WITH A FOCUS ON FOCUS ON ACTION AND IMPLEMENTATION. UH, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT, YOU'VE HEARD A LITTLE BIT ABOUT PLAN RC, OUR GENERAL PLAN, UM, TONIGHT. UM, AND KEEPING WITH THAT THEME, THIS PLAN, UH, WE REALLY TRIED TO MAKE SURE THAT THIS PLANNING EFFORT WAS IN LINE WITH THE, UH, PLAN RC GOALS, OUR GENERAL PLAN GOALS. UM, AND SO, UH, THAT BEING SAID, UH, ONE OF THE PRIMARY GOALS IS TO CREATE CONNECTED CORRIDORS, WHETHER THAT BE FOR PEDESTRIAN AND CYCLING, UM, OR EQUESTRIAN MOTORISTS AND TRANSIT USERS. SO THIS PLAN REALLY ACHIEVES A GOOD PORTION OF, UH, BEING ABLE TO PLAN FOR CONNECTED CORRIDORS THROUGHOUT OUR CITY. UM, AND REALLY ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL HAS BEEN A FOCUS FOR US OVER THE PAST DECADE OR SO THROUGH OUR HEALTHY RRC INITIATIVE. UM, AND THIS REALLY JUST SOLIDIFIES OUR, UM, YOU KNOW, GOING FORWARD OUR MISSION TO BE ABLE TO CREATE, UH, SAFE STREETS, UH, FOR PEOPLE OF ALL USERS, UM, TO BE ABLE TO INTERACT SAFELY WITH ONE ANOTHER. UM, WE DID AN EXTENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. UH, OUR PLANNING PROCESS WAS REALLY BROKEN UP INTO THREE SEPARATE PHASES. SO PHASE ONE BEING THE PROJECT LAUNCH, AND WE DID SOME EXPLORATION OF, UH, CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAD OUR CONSULTANT DO SOME WALK AUDITS AND DATA COLLECTION, BUT WE ALSO WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOSTED THREE IN-PERSON FEEDBACK WORKSHOPS, UH, SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS PLAN. AND WE ENGAGED WITH OUR HEALTH ERC STEERING COMMITTEE TO GET FEEDBACK, UH, RELATED TO, UM, WHAT THE COMMUNITY WOULD LIKE TO SEE IN THIS PLAN. UM, AND, AND THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT THEY WOULD LOOK FOR, UH, TO BE ABLE TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE RIDING OR, UH, WALKING ALONG OUR STREETS. UM, WE, SO THAT WAS A PART OF OUR PHASE TWO. UH, WE'D USE THAT FEEDBACK TO DEVELOP PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS. UH, AND THEN WE PUT THOSE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS BACK OUT TO THE COMMUNITY WHERE WE HOST OR ATTENDED THREE LARGE COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, INCLUDING THE, UH, CBWD EARTH DAY EVENT. UH, AND WE ALSO DID A FOCUSED, UM, MAPPING EXERCISE WITH OUR SAFE FROST TO SCHOOL LIAISONS, UH, THROUGH OUR SAFE FROST TO SCHOOL LIAISON MEETING WITH OUR PRINCIPALS, UM, AND OTHER, UH, INDIVIDUALS WHO LEAD SAFE FROST TO SCHOOL EFFORTS IN OUR SCHOOLS. UH, ONE OF THE MAIN POINTS OF FEEDBACK I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT WAS OUR EXTENSIVE ONLINE SURVEY AND MAPPING EXERCISE. AND SO THIS WAS REALLY A PART OF THE FIRST PHASE OF OUTREACH WHERE WE WERE COLLECTING A LOT OF THAT DATA. UM, SOME OF THE, THE INFORMATION, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, AND COMMON THINGS WE HEARD WERE SURROUNDING ADDRESSING SPEEDS ON OUR STREETS AND GAPS WITHIN OUR NETWORKS, UM, AND IDEAS FOR PROJECTS THAT WERE RELATED TO PROVIDING BUFFERS AND DEDICATED PATHWAYS FOR WALKING AND BIKING AND MORE AMENITIES ALONG THOSE TYPES OF PATH, UH, THOSE PATHWAYS. UM, I WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE EXTENT OF OUR REACH, UH, SPECIFICALLY, UH, WE HAD ABOUT SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY EIGHTY FOUR PARTICIPANTS, UM, DO THE ONLINE EXERCISE, UH, WITH ABOUT JUST UNDER 4,500 RESPONSES AND 707 COMMENTS. UM, SO IT WAS A LOT TO SIFT THROUGH AND THERE WERE A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS. UM, AND SO WE USED THAT INFORMATION TO BE ABLE TO DEVELOP THE PROJECTS THAT WERE, ARE CURRENTLY LISTED IN THE FINAL PLAN. SO WITH THAT, UM, PROJECTS ENDED UP, UH, BEING PRIORITIZED AND PLANNED WITHIN FIVE PROJECT PLANNING AREAS. UM, OUR CITY IS QUITE LARGE, AND SO IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO DIGEST ALL OF THE PROJECTS INCLUDED IN THE PLAN, WE WANTED TO BREAK THAT UP INTO PLANNING AREAS THAT ARE VERY SIMILAR TO THE [00:50:01] PLANNING AREAS, UH, INCLUDED IN THE GENERAL PLAN. UM, SO WE HAVE THE ALOMA AREA, CUCAMONGA, RED HILL, TWANDA CENTRAL NORTHEAST SIDE, AND CENTRAL SOUTH SOUTHWEST. UM, WE ALSO HAVE A CHAPTER IN THE PLAN FOR IMPLEMENTATION SPECIFICALLY, WHICH REALLY LENDS TO THAT ACTION ORIENTED, UM, GOAL OF THE PLAN. UM, THE REALLY EXCITING THING ABOUT BREAKING THIS UP INTO THE FIVE PROJECT PLANNING AREAS IS THAT WE WERE ABLE TO CUSTOMIZE PROJECTS TO EACH PLANNING AREA, UM, DEPENDING ON THE CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE DESIRES OF STAKEHOLDERS. SO YOU'LL SEE DIFFERENT TYPES OF PROJECTS WITHIN EACH PLANNING AREA THAT REALLY CATER TO THE NEEDS OF THAT COMMUNITY. UM, MY PROBABLY FAVORITE PART OF THE PLAN IS OUR PROJECT SHEETS THAT WERE DEVELOPED. AND SO THE IDEA BEHIND A PROJECT SHEET, I KNOW THIS IS PRETTY SMALL ON YOUR SCREEN, UM, IS REALLY TO HIGHLIGHT, UM, THE PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE, UM, EVENTUALLY ESTABLISHED, UM, FROM THE COMMUNITY FEEDBACK AND A DATA ASSESSMENTS THAT WERE COMPLETED. UH, TURN THAT INTO A CONCEPT, A BASIC CONCEPT, UM, THAT IS OUTLINED, UM, SO THAT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO, UM, SHOW GRANT OP, UH, PROGRAMS OR PARTNERS, UH, THAT WE HAVE IDEAS THAT ARE SOMEWHAT BAKED ALREADY, UM, THAT HAVE BEEN VETTED THROUGH THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROCESS AND THAT WE'RE READY TO, UH, YOU KNOW, TRY AND, UH, ACCOMPLISH OVER THE NEXT HANDFUL OF YEARS. UM, THESE PROJECT SHEETS ALSO INCLUDE ESTIMATED COSTS, WHICH IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT FOR GOING AFTER GRANT FUNDING. UM, PROJECT BENEFITS, PROXIMITY TO SCHOOLS, TRANSIT, UH, LINES, AND OTHER ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION CONNECTIONS. AND ALSO, UH, UH, THE POPULATION, SPECIFIC POPULATION WITHIN A QUARTER MILE OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT. SO ALL OF THIS DATA IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT IN BEING ABLE TO COMPETE FOR GRANT FUNDING, TO WORK WITH OTHER AGENCIES, UH, IN ORDER TO PARTNER ON PROJECTS THAT MIGHT ACTUALLY AL ALSO BE A BENEFIT FOR THE REGION AND NOT JUST OUR CITY. SO SOME OF THE KEY OUTCOMES, UM, THIS PLAN IS PRETTY EXTENSIVE. WE HAVE 51 PROJECTS IDENTIFIED IN THE PLAN. UH, AND REALLY THE PLAN ANTICIPATES ABOUT $17 MILLION OF INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENT OVER TIME IF WE COMPLETED EVERY SINGLE PROJECT IN THE PLAN. UM, THE PLAN IS IMPLEMENTABLE AND ACTIONABLE, UH, THROUGH THE DESIGN OF THESE PROJECT SHEETS, AND IT REALLY PROVIDES, UM, THAT, LIKE, LIKE I SAID, THAT DATA AND THAT INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED FOR THOSE FUTURE GRANT APPLICATIONS THAT ARE COMING OUT THAT ARE INCREASINGLY MORE COMPETITIVE, UM, AS, AS PEOPLE GET REALLY GOOD AT, AT, UH, COMPLETING THE GRANT APPLICATIONS. UM, IT ALSO PROVIDES FOR POTENTIAL PARTNERSHIPS WITH OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS, WITH OTHER REGIONAL AGENCIES, WITH OTHER CITIES, UM, WHICH IS A REALLY VITAL THING THAT I THINK, UM, WE, WE CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF GOING FORWARD, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UM, LEVERAGE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING HERE, UM, AND, AND MAKE THEM A BIGGER, BIGGER EFFORT. SO THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS TO JUST, IS TO DETERMINE THAT THE CONNECT RRC PLAN IS CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER CE QA AND TO ADOPT THE PLAN AND MOVE FORWARD WITH IMPLEMENTATION. I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. JUSTINE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A VERY THOROUGH STAFF REPORT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING PLAN RC? YES, MR. MAYOR, FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A EXCELLENT PLAN AND THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT THAT CERTAINLY POSITIONS US FOR THOSE PARTNERSHIPS THAT YOU MENTIONED AND THE GRANTS. SO THANK THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. AND SECONDLY, THERE WAS A SLIDE THAT MENTIONED THE COMMUNITY ASKED FOR MORE AMENITIES ALONG THE TRAILS. CAN YOU GIVE US SOME SPECIFICS ON WHAT THEY ASKED FOR IN TERMS OF AMENITIES? SURE. UM, SOME OF THE THINGS WE HEARD WERE THINGS LIKE, UM, MORE SEATING AREAS, UH, SHADE. IT WAS A REALLY BIG THING. UM, I, MOST OF YOU, IF NOT ALL OF YOU, HAVE BEEN ALONG THE PE TRAIL AT SOME POINT DURING THE SUMMER AND, UM, IT CAN GET PRETTY HOT OUT THERE. SO SHADE WAS A BIG THING. UM, WHETHER THAT'S PROVIDED BY TREES OR ANY OTHER MECHANISM. UM, WE ALSO HAD SOME CREATIVE RESPONSES RELATED TO, UM, LIKE ACTIVE SPACES. SO, UM, THINGS LIKE OUR, OUR, UM, UH, FITNESS CENTER JUST NORTH OF CENTRAL PARK, UM, AND EVEN PLACES TO BE ABLE TO STOP AND HAVE A SNACK. UH, SO THERE WERE A LOT OF DIFFERENT CREATIVE IDEAS, BUT MOSTLY SHADE AND SEATING AREAS TO BE ABLE TO TAKE A BREAK. OH, THOSE ARE GREAT. SO ARE THOSE PART OF THE INITIAL IMPLEMENTATION PLAN IN TERMS OF WHAT YOU CAN DO ALONG THOSE TRAILS? THEY'RE NOT SPECIFICALLY IDENTIFIED IN EACH PARTICULAR PROJECT. [00:55:01] THE INFRASTRUCTURE REALLY FOCUSES ON THINGS THAT WE CAN DO WITHIN THE RIGHT OF WAY. SO CROSSWALKS, UM, FLASHING BEACONS, SIDEWALK EXTENSIONS AND BULL BOUTS AND WIDENINGS. UM, BUT ALL OF THESE AMENITIES ARE AL ALWAYS THINGS THAT WE THINK ABOUT ADDING TO THE LARGER INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I NOTICED THERE IS A LINK, SO IF ANYONE WANTS TO SEE WHAT THAT PLAN LOOKS LIKE MORE IN DEPTH AND SOME OF THOSE DATA POINTS THAT YOU MENTIONED, WOULD THEY JUST FIND THAT ON THE CITY'S LANDING PAGE? SO OUR BEACH, OUR WEBSITE, UH, WE DO HAVE A LINK THAT CAN GO DIRECTLY TO THE PLAN. UH, WE HAVE A PLAN PAGE. IT'S, UH, WWW CITY OF RC US SLASH CONNECT RC, AND YOU CAN ALSO GOOGLE CITY OF RANCH CUCAMONGA CONNECT RC, AND IT SHOULD LEAD YOU TO THE LINK TO THE PAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? I'LL JUST, UM, MAKE A COUPLE COMMENTS. UM, I CAN'T, I, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE BEING, BEING PART OF THE REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS. UM, PLAN SOCAL, UM, WAS A PLAN THAT WE'VE RECENTLY DEALT WITH, UH, AD NAUSEUM FOR TRANSPORTATION FOR ISSUES RELATED TO ALL SIX COUNTIES WITHIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA MINUS, UM, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, WHICH HAS THEIR OWN. BUT, UH, TO COIN THIS PLAN RC OR CONNECT RC, EXCUSE ME, THROUGH PLANT RC, UH, I REALLY DID APPRECIATE THAT. I THINK IT REALLY BRINGS IT HOME TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA. I THINK ALSO, UM, OUR WORK TOWARDS DOING A BETTER JOB WITH ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION AND IN PARTICULAR DEALING WITH SAFER ROUTE TO SCHOOL, UM, TO GET MORE KIDS WALKING AND BICYCLING TO, UH, ALL LEVELS OF OUR SCHOOLS WITHIN IN THE CITY AND MAKING THAT A PRIORITY WAS, WAS VERY, VERY, UM, UH, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING WE CAN DO ON OUR RIGHT OF WAYS, LIKE WAS MENTIONED EARLIER. UH, SO, UM, AND LASTLY, TO FOLLOW UP ON OUR MAYOR PRO TEMS COMMENT, UM, ONCE AGAIN, UH, THIS WASN'T A PLAN THAT WAS, THAT WAS DEVELOPED IN THE SHADOWS OF CITY HALL. IT WAS A PLAN THAT WENT OUT TO THE COMMUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY'S INPUT TO FIND OUT WHAT THEIR PRIORITIES ARE AND WHAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE. UH, I KNOW WE WANTED MORE WALKABLE NEIGHBORHOODS AS PART OF OUR, OUR, OUR GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS AND MORE NEIGHBORHOOD KIND OF WALKABILITY TO BE ABLE TO GO OUT TO GRAB A BITE TO EAT. AND WE WILL DO THAT OVER TIME. AND JUST LIKE YOU INDICATED EARLIER, I BELIEVE YOU JUST QUOTED ABOUT $17 MILLION WORTH OF TOTAL, UH, UH, COST OVER YEARS. UM, AND SO THE GRANT OPPORTUNITIES I THINK WILL COME MORE READILY BECAUSE WE HAVE A PLAN THAT WE CAN RELATE TO AND SUBMIT THAT AS PART OF OUR JUSTIFICATION OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR BECAUSE WE GOT A BIGGER PLAN. MM-HMM. . SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL YOUR STAFF AND ALL YOUR HARD WORK. SO WE WILL NOW TAKE THAT UP ON ENTERTAINING EMOTION TO ADOPT THE HEALTHY RC ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN. CONNECT RC AND DETERMINE THAT THE CONNECT RC IS CATEGOR EXEMPT, CATEGORICALLY EXEMPT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT ACT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CA PER SECTION 1 5 3 0 1 EXISTING FACILITIES IN SECTION 1 5 3 0 5 MINOR ALTERATIONS OF LAND USE LIMITATIONS. DO I HAVE A MOTION FOR TO APPROVE? SO MOVED. I SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE HAVE ANOTHER REPORT HERE, AND THAT'S, UH, ITEM CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS [H2. Consideration to Approve Amendment Number 4 to Joint Powers Authority Agreement with the San Bernardino Council of Governments Services including an Increase to the Member Dues by $60,334. (CITY)] SERVICES, INCLUDING AN INCREASE TO THE MEMBER DUES BY $60,334. MR. GILLISON, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, UH, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU H TWO, UH, IS AN AMENDMENT AS THE MAYOR INDICATED TO THE JPA AGREEMENT FOR SBE COG. AND IT'S AN INCREASE IN THE MEMBER DUES. IT WILL ALLOW THE COG TO GREATLY INCREASE ITS STAFFING AS WELL AS THE SERVICES THAT IT PROVIDES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. SAN BERNARDINO, UH, HAS LONG BEEN IN A UNIQUE POSITION. THE COUNTY IN THAT, IF YOU COMPARE US TO RIVERSIDE, WHICH HAS A COUPLE COGS, SAN DIEGO HAS ITS COG, ORANGE COUNTY, LA COUNTY HAS MULTIPLE. SO WE, WE'VE LONG NOT HAD A COG. AND THEN WHEN WE STARTED ONE UP A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, UM, IT WAS, UM, A VERY SMALL EFFORT, REALLY. SO THIS ACTUALLY MARKS A TRUE EXPANSION, UM, OF THAT EFFORT. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE MIKE PARMER, UH, GIVE THE PRESENTATION ON THIS ITEM, AND THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR FOR COUNCIL. UH, THANK YOU, UH, CITY MANAGER SISON FOR THE INTRODUCTION. UH, TO THIS, UH, I WANNA START, UH, REAL QUICK JUST BY, UH, [01:00:01] PROVIDING A VERY, VERY BRIEF OVERVIEW OF WHAT THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNCIL OF GOVERNANCE IS, UH, JUST FOR THE BENEFIT OF ANYONE, UH, NOT FAMILIAR, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE. UH, SO IT'S A VOLUNTARY JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY, OR JPA THAT PROVIDES A VEHICLE FOR MEMBER AGENCIES TO ENGAGE COOPERATIVELY ON SHARED GOALS OF, UH, MAXIMIZING QUALITY OF LIFE. ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY DO IS THEY COME TOGETHER AND THEY DO, UH, COOPERATIVE PLANNING FOR OUR REGION. UH, THEY ARE GOVERNED BY, UH, 24 CITIES AND TOWNS, UH, FIVE COUNTIES, SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICTS, UH, AND HAVE A LOT OF STRONG, UH, REGIONAL, STATE AND NATIONAL PARTNERSHIPS CURRENTLY AS FUNDED. THEY'RE FUNDED THROUGH MEMBERSHIP DUES, AND THEN THEY'RE ALSO SUPPLEMENTED BY SOME PROGRAM FUNDS. UH, WHY ARE THEY IMPORTANT? AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE, UH, THEY EXIST TO HELP PROVIDE COOPERATIVE REGIONAL PLANNING, UH, BUT THEY REALLY OFFER, UH, A GREATER, BROADER, LONG-TERM POLICY MATTERS. UH, THEY ADDRESS THINGS LIKE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, HOUSING, UH, HEALTHY COMMUNITIES, PUBLIC SAFETY, AND MORE. UH, THEY'VE ARE KIND OF AT THE FOREFRONT OF A LOT OF, UH, EFFORTS THAT EXIST WITHIN OUR REGION, AND THEY REPRESENT A LOT OF, UH, OPPORTUNITIES AND AREAS THAT, UH, MAY NOT ALWAYS FIT NEATLY INTO OTHER AGENCIES OPERATIONS. SO, UH, THEY ASSIST WITH HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATES. UH, THEY HAVE IMPLEMENTED A NUMBER OF PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES SUCH AS THE EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS, UH, NURSE SYSTEM, UH, WHICH HELPS TO, UH, TRIAGE, UH, AND ASSIGN A, UH, REGISTERED NURSE, UH, TO 9 1 1 CALLS, UH, TO SEE WHAT'S A EMERGENCY AND WHAT'S NOT. SO IF WE DON'T HAVE TO SEND AMBULANCES OUT, UH, WE DON'T HAVE TO. UM, SO IN ORDER TO KEEP PROVIDING ALL OF THESE GREAT PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS AND TO CONTINUE TO IDENTIFY NEW, UH, SERVICES, UH, SOME, UH, CHANGES ARE GONNA NEED TO BE MADE IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE COG TO CONTINUE TO GROW. UH, THESE, UH, CHANGES ARE IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO ALLOW THE SB COG TO, UH, TO CONTINUE THE CURRENT PRO PROJECTS AND PROGRAMS. IT'S ALSO GONNA ALLOW THEM TO CONTINUE TO EXPAND AND CREATE NEW ONES. IT'S GONNA ALLOW THE COG TO ALLOCATE ADDITIONAL RESOURCES TOWARDS IDENTIFYING OR PURSUING, UH, ADDITIONAL GRANT FUNDING FOR THE REGION AND COUNTY AND OTHER, UH, UH, MEMBER AGENCIES. YOU KNOW, TO DATE, UH, THE SB COG HAS, UH, LEVERAGED OVER 46 MILLION IN GRANT OPPORTUNITIES. AND BY EXPANDING THAT, WE'D BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A GREATER, UH, FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES, UH, AND MAKE OURSELVES MUCH MORE COMPETITIVE COMPARED TO, UH, OUR, OUR NEIGHBORS. UH, THE FUNDING CHANGES ARE BEING PROPOSED AS A RESULT OF ONE LIMITED FUNDING RESOURCES. BUT ALSO, UH, BACK IN JULY OF 2023, THE BOARD, UH, DIRECTED SB COG STAFF TO CREATE AN AD HOC COMMITTEE TO ASSESS HOW TO EXPAND FUNDING CAPACITY, UH, CAPACITY IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THE AD HOC, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH WAS MADE UP OF, UH, UH, SEVERAL, UH, ELECTED OFFICIALS, UH, TO, UH, COUNTY SUPERVISORS, AND THEN THE CITY COUNTY MANAGERS, UH, TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, THEY GOT TOGETHER, THEY STARTED RESEARCHING, YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHER COG BUDGETS LOOK LIKE. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THIS CHART, UH, SB COGS BUDGET IN COMPARISON TO THE AVERAGE, WHICH IS ABOUT, UH, JUST OVER $3 MILLION MADE UP ABOUT, UH, ONLY 22% OF THAT. SO THE COGS BUDGET AS IT STANDS TODAY, IS JUST OVER 650,000. UH, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A, A SIGNIFICANT SHORTFALL, UM, BETWEEN COMPARING US, UH, TO OUR, OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS, AND IT ALSO LIMITS US IN WHAT WE CAN DO, UM, THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE FUNDING SOURCES, UH, IN, IN ORDER TO KIND OF MOVE FORWARD. UH, THE, HOW THE COG IS, UH, CURRENTLY FUNDED IS EXISTING MEMBER MEMBER DUES, UH, ARE, UH, PER JURISDICTION ARE BASED ON A 50% POPULATION, 50% ASSESSED VALUATION. AND THAT ALSO COMES WITH, UH, TWO FLAT RATE INCREASES, ONE THAT WAS MADE IN 2016 AND ONE THAT WAS MADE IN 2022. UH, SINCE 2018, HOWEVER, SB COG HAS RELIED ON FUNDS FROM, UH, THE HERO PROGRAM TO HELP SUPPLEMENT MEMBERSHIP DUES AND HAS IMPLEMENTED SEVERAL PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE 2018 WORK PLAN. HOWEVER, UH, THOSE HERO FUNDS HAVE SINCE BEEN EXPENDED AND, UH, ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO, UH, CONTINUE TO SUPPLEMENT MEMBER DUES. SO THE CHANGES, UH, THE PROPOSED CHANGES ARE SEVERAL FOLD. FIRST, UM, THE JPA WOULD NEED TO BE MODIFIED, WHICH IS PART OF AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR, THE DUES CALCULATION, UM, BASED OFF OF THE AD HOC COMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATION. AND THE BOARD'S RECENT, UH, APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THAT, UH, PENDING, UH, MEMBER AGENCY, UH, APPROVAL WOULD BE TO UPDATE THOSE DUES TO A 50% POPULATION AND 50% GENERAL FUND BASED SALES AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE. UH, THIS WOULD ALSO BE ON TOP OF HOW THEY'RE [01:05:01] CURRENTLY ASSESSED NOW. SO I'LL SHOW YOU A CHART THAT'LL EXPLAIN IT A LITTLE BIT, UH, EASIER. UM, BUT ESSENTIALLY IT'S GOING TO ADD AN INCREASE OF ABOUT $60,000 ON TOP OF WHAT WE'RE ALREADY PAYING, WHICH IS ABOUT, UH, 26,000. UH, IN ADDITION, THE PROPOSED CHANGE WOULD INCLUDE AN ANNUAL COST INCREASE ACCORDING TO CPI OR THE CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, OR 2%, WHICHEVER ONE IS LESS ON AN ANNUAL BASIS. SO, UH, MOVING FORWARD, THERE'D BE A MECHANISM TO CONTINUE TO, UH, ACCOUNT FOR, UH, A GRADUAL FEE INCREASE. SO THE, UH, NEW FUND ALLOCATIONS, UH, WOULD, UH, WOULD DO A COUPLE THINGS. NUMBER ONE, IT WOULD INCREASE THE BUDGET AS PROPOSED FROM 658,000 TO 1.5 MILLION. SO, UH, IT WOULD TRIPLE THE, UH, OR, OR IT'D ALMOST DOUBLE THE, THE BUDGET. IT WOULD ALSO INCREASE STAFF FROM 1.3, UH, WHICH IS ITS CURRENT STAFFING MODEL TO THREE STAFF. AND IT WOULD ALLOW STAFF, UH, TO PROVIDE ENHANCED ACCESS IN PROJECT MANAGEMENT, UH, TO LIAISE, UH, TO PROVIDE ENHANCED REGIONAL ADVOCACY. AND THEN TO, UH, WORK, UH, WITH A DEDICATED GRANT WRITER AND COORDINATOR. IT WOULD ALSO BRING IN SOME ADDITIONAL CONSULTANT SUPPORT, UH, WHICH WOULD NOT BE JUST BENEFICIAL TO THE, UH, SB COG, BUT ALSO TO THE MEMBER AGENCIES THAT THEY'D BE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF, UM, UH, THOSE, UM, UH, SERVICES. SO, LIKE I SAID, UM, THIS IS, UH, HOW THE, UH, CURRENT AND NEW FUND ALLOCATIONS WOULD WORK. IF YOU LOOK KIND OF TOWARDS THE MIDDLE OF THE, UM, CHART, THE BASE SALES TAX AND PROPERTY TAX REVENUE, UH, THAT'S THAT THE, THE CURRENT MODEL, THIS IS, UH, UH, WHERE OUR ORIGINAL ASSESSMENT, UH, COMES INTO PLAY, FOLLOWED BY THE 2016 FLAT RATE ADJUSTMENT, AND THEN THE 2022 FLAT RATE ADJUSTMENT. SO THE TOTAL CURRENT ASSESSMENTS, WHICH IS, UH, HIGHLIGHTED IN RED IS 26,000. UH, THE NEW ASSESSMENT OF, UM, GOING TO THE 50% POPULATION, 50% REVENUE WOULD ADD AN ADDITIONAL 60,000 FOR A TOTAL CURRENT, UH, ASSESSMENT OF 86,000. SO IT WOULD KEEP THE 26, IT WOULD ADD THE ADDITIONAL 60, AND OUR NEW OBLIGATION WOULD BE, UH, JUST UNDER 87,000. UH, SO THE TIMELINE FOR THE CHANGE IF APPROVED, UM, IT'S BEEN ALREADY APPROVED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. FOR THE SB COG, IT WOULD GO TO, IT'S CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW GOING TO ALL CITIES AND THE COUNTY, IT WILL NEED APPROVAL FROM EACH. AND THAT IS TAKING PLACE BETWEEN JANUARY AND APRIL OF THIS YEAR. UH, AND THEN IF APPROVED, UH, IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED BEGINNING JULY 1ST, SO THERE WOULD BE NO CHANGE TO THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR. UM, BUT THE CHANGES WOULD BE, UH, IMPLEMENTED GOING INTO THE, THE FOLLOWING FISCAL YEAR. UM, WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FOR STAFF. I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. THANK YOU, MIKE, FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION AND HAVING US ADDRESS IT. MY QUESTION IS THE FUNDING MODEL THAT WE ARE GOING TO USE BASED ON YOUR RESEARCH, THAT'S A SIMILAR FUNDING MODEL THAT OTHER COGS ARE USING, CORRECT. OR LYNN, THERE'S A NO, NO. I GUESS THE CORRECT ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION IS NO, BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY TRYING TO COMPARE APPLES AND ORANGES. SO FOR EXAMPLE, WR COG HAS A COMPLICATED STRUCTURE. THEY COLLECT WHAT'S CALLED T FEES. IT'S A FEE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE IN IT'S SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. UM, AND IT, IT RESULTS IN A, A DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT FUNDING ARRANGEMENT. UM, LA COUNTY AND ORANGE COUNTY ARE DIFFERENT. THERE'S MULTIPLE COGS IN LA COUNTY. SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COGS THE MOST IMMEDIATE ONE TO US, BUT THERE'S THE SOUTH BAY COG AND THERE'S GATEWAY CITIES COG, AND THERE'S A WHOLE BUNCH OF OTHER COGS. SO EACH AREA HAS ITS OWN ARRANGEMENT OF HOW THEY PROVIDE FUNDS. THERE'S NO SORT OF ONE SIZE FITS ALL, UM, FORMULA BECAUSE THE AREAS ARE JUST ALL, ALL DIFFERENT FROM EACH OTHER. SO I NOTICED WE'RE STILL SUBSTANTIALLY BEHIND SOME OF THE OTHER COGS. IS THERE A VISION TO IMP INCREASE THOSE OVER TIME, OR IS THIS GOING TO SATISFY OUR NEEDS? WHEN IT WENT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UM, THERE WAS, THERE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF LARGER AGENCIES, UM, IN THE VALLEY THAT ARE SUPPORTIVE OF A STRONGER COG AND APPLYING FOR MORE STUFF. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF SMALLER AGENCIES, UM, IN THE HIGH DESERT AND MOUNTAIN AREA THAT ARE INTRIGUED AT THE CONCEPT OF A COG, BUT ARE VERY, UM, LEERY OF LARGE IMPACTS TO THEIR BUDGET AND WOULD REALLY LIKE TO SEE WHAT THE COG CAN PRODUCE WITH A, WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE FUNDING BEFORE THEY COMMIT TO A REAL LARGE INCREASE. [01:10:01] AND THEN THERE ARE SOME AGENCIES, UM, THAT JUST FEEL THAT THE COG IS NOT A USEFUL TOOL TO THEM AND THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED IN IT, AND THEY MAY NOT WANNA PARTICIPATE. SO THE COMPROMISE REALLY WAS THAT THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. THREE PEOPLE WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH RESOURCES AND THERE'LL BE ENOUGH FUNDING HERE FOR THE COG IN HOPEFULLY ABOUT TWO OR THREE YEARS TO REALLY SHOW WHAT IT CAN DO WITH SOME FUNDING. AND THEN AT THAT TIME, UM, THE CURRENT TAC INDICATED, COME BACK TO US, LET'S HAVE A REPORT. LET'S TALK ABOUT SUCCESSES, AND THEN WE CAN CONSIDER IF, IF WE WANNA RECOMMEND FOR GREATER FUNDING. SO THIS IS, I THINK THIS IS REALLY CALL IT A PROBATIONARY PERIOD FOR THE COG TO REALLY SHOW WHAT THEY CAN DO WITH THE FUNDING AND WHAT THEY CAN BRING INTO THE COUNTY. AND THEN I THINK YOU MIGHT SEE MORE SUPPORT IN THE FUTURE, BUT IT IS TOO, UM, UNFAMILIAR OF A CONCEPT TO MANY OF THE AGENCIES IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. AND SO THEY WANNA SEE THAT, UM, WHAT IT CAN ACTUALLY DO BEFORE THEY COMMIT TO ANY MORE FUNDS. WELL, I THINK MIKE MENTIONED IN THE PRESENTATION THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT WAS RECEIVED IN GRANTS BASED ON THE WORK OF THE COG. SO THEY'VE ALREADY SHOWN SOME BENEFIT TO THE COUNTY BASED ON THAT. CORRECT? CORRECT. BUT, UM, AGAIN, ONE OF THE CHALLENGES OF THE COG BECOMES, WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME LATELY? SO YOU CAN BRING IN LOTS OF MONEY TO THE COUNTY AND ALL THAT, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN THAT EVERY SINGLE, WELL, FIRST OF ALL, IF IT'S SPLIT AMONG EVERY AGENCY, THEN WE'RE NOT GETTING THAT MUCH. AND THEN SECOND OF ALL, IT REALLY TENDS TO BE MORE TARGETED, RIGHT? SO THE CHALLENGE BECOMES TRYING TO DO ENOUGH DIFFERENT THINGS SO THAT EVERYBODY SEES A BENEFIT TO IT. SO IT, IT IS A DIFFICULT CHALLENGE. UM, AND AGAIN, THERE'S JUST A, YOU KNOW, A NUMBER OF THE MORE RURAL AREAS OF THE COUNTY, UM, WANT TO SEE SOME MORE ACTIONABLE RESULTS IN THEIR AREAS BEFORE THEY'RE WILLING TO GO FULL IN ON A COG. OKAY. WELL THIS IS A GOOD FIRST STEP. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS MATTER BEFORE US TONIGHT. AND, AND I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, AS A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL ON SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY COG, I WAS ALSO PART OF THE, THE APPOINTED TO THE, UM, AD HOC COMMITTEE THAT DEALT WITH THIS MATTER. ONE OF THE REASONS WHY WE'RE ASKING FOR SOME MODIFICATIONS IN THE, IN THE JPA AGREEMENT IS THAT ANYTIME YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE DUE STRUCTURE OR MAKE A MODIFICATION, YOU'D HAVE TO GO BACK TO ALL 24 CITIES EVERY TIME. SO WHAT WE'RE SAYING IS THAT IN THE FUTURE, IF THIS IS ALL APPROVED BY THE CITIES, IT WOULD BE THE COG BOARD WOULD MAKE THAT DECISION. AND THE COG BOARD, THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR RANCHO CUCAMONGA WOULD NEED TO BE TALKING WITH THE CITY MANAGER, BUT HE WOULD KNOW THROUGH THE CITY MANAGER'S TAC OF WHAT MIGHT BE PROPOSED. UM, AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT WHEN THIS ISSUE WAS DEALT WITH ON JANUARY 3RD AT OUR MEETING, UM, THERE WAS ALL CITIES WERE REPRESENTATIVE REPRESENTED AT THE PA MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY MINUS ONE CITY VOTED NO ANOTHER CITY, AND THEY WERE FROM THE HIGH DESERT, UH, VOTED TO ABSTAIN. UH, THERE'S GONNA BE PRESENTATIONS FROM COG STAFF AND SBC SB COG THAT THEY'VE REQUESTED TO GO TO THEIR MEETINGS TO PRESENT THE PROPOSAL. BUT YOU KNOW, JUST LIKE THE NURSING PROGRAM, THAT'S WHAT THE COG FUNDED, RIGHT? UM, IF A CITY DECIDES TO DROP OUT OF THE COG, THEY'RE NOT GONNA GET SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT THE COG WILL PROVIDE. AND I KNOW WE, IN THE WEST END, THERE'S BEEN MORE THAN ONE TIME WHERE THERE'S BEEN DISCUSSIONS EVEN AT MAYOR'S, WEST END MAYOR'S THINGS ABOUT, HEY, WE SHOULD MAYBE FORM OUR OWN COG. 'CAUSE THIS COG COUNTYWIDE IS NOT REALLY DOING WELL. WE'RE MUCH BETTER OFF DEALING WITH IT AS A COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS WITH 24 CITIES WORKING TOGETHER. AND SOME OF THE IDEAS COULD BE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE DOING OUR OWN SIGNALIZATION SYNCHRON SYNCHRONIZATION PROGRAM, UH, LIKE ON HAVEN AVENUE AND TESTING THAT THROUGH INTO ONTARIO. THAT COULD BE SOMETHING THE COG COULD FUND THROUGH GRANT FUNDS AND SO FORTH THAT WOULD START TO DO THE ENTIRE COUNTY. SO WHEN YOU DROVE THROUGH THE ENTIRE COUNTY, IF IT WAS ONE SYSTEM, HOWEVER, THAT TECHNOLOGY MIGHT WORK. BUT THOSE ARE THE, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT, THAT THE COG CAN DO. IN FACT, THEY THREW UP A SLIDE OF ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS THAT THE COG COULD BE WORKING ON. SO, UM, SO, UH, LIKE I SAID, WE, WE, I, I HOPE THE ALL CITIES WILL BE A PARTICIPANT, BUT, UM, A CITY HAS THE CHOICE OF, OF OF, OF NOT BEING A MEMBER, AND THEN THEY WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE, THE BENEFITS OF THE WHOLE COG. THEY COULD ALWAYS, AS IT WAS STATED, THEY COULD ALWAYS COME BACK IN. I HOPE THEY [01:15:01] ALL JOIN, AND IF THEY DON'T FEEL THEY'RE GETTING A BENEFIT, THEY CAN, THEY CAN, UM, STEP BACK. BUT OUR COG, THE, THE, THE COG MANAGER HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB OVER TIME. JUST ONE PERSON, LIKE, LIKE WAS STATED, ONE AND A THIRD, UH, OF EMPLOYEES. AND SO SHE CAN'T POSSIBLY GET THE KIND OF WORK DONE THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REALLY MOVE THIS COUNTY FORWARD FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS AND SO FORTH. SO I'M, I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITIES THAT, THAT OUR COUNTY WILL DO. AND I, AND THEN I APPRECIATE WHAT YOU SAID IS, IS IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE FUNDED, WELL UNDERFUNDED, BUT I THINK WE'RE GONNA START OFF BABY STEPS AND THEN MOVE FORWARD. ONE OTHER THING THAT MIKE MENTIONED, OR THAT WAS MENTIONED WAS THE HERO PROGRAM. THAT WAS A A A A ROOF, UM, SOLAR PANELS AND WAS MY MORE OF A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP. AND WE WERE GETTING SOME SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY COUNTYWIDE THROUGH THE HERO PROGRAM. WE HAD SOME ISSUES THAT CAME UP. WE, WE, UH, WE DID NOT CONTINUE WITH THAT PROGRAM AND THOSE FUNDS, I THINK THEY'RE JUST ABOUT 100% EXPENDED. BUT WHEN YOU SEE CITIES, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT PROPER BUDGETING. HAVING A COG COME IN EVERY YEAR AND SAYING, OKAY, NOW WE NEED ANOTHER ASSESSMENT FOR 24 CITIES AND, AND THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO. UH, WHEN I LOOK AT WHAT THE COUNTY IS GONNA BE PAYING INTO THE COG FOR COUNTY AREAS, NOT PART OF INCORPORATED COMMUNITIES, THE COUNTY'S SPENDING A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF MONEY AND THEY, THEY, THEY'RE ALL IN. SO, ANYTHING ELSE? OKAY. SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO THE JOINT POWERS OF AUTHORITY AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENT SERVICES, INCLUDING AN INCREASE TO THE MEMBER DUES BY $60,000 $334. DO I HAVE A MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. VERY GOOD. OUR LAST ITEM ON THE COUNCIL BUSINESS TONIGHT IS A SELECTION [L1. Selection of a Delegate for the Southern California Association of Government's (SCAG) General Assembly. (CITY)] OF A DELEGATE FOR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENT SCAG GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WILL BE HELD MAY 2ND AND THIRD. UM, WE NEED TO APPOINT A MEMBER TO BE THE PRIMARY, UM, MEMBER, AND THEN PROBABLY AN ALTERNATE IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS UNEXPECTEDLY FROM THE, THE, THE APPOINTEE. UM, THE, SINCE I DO SERVE ON, ON THE REGIONAL COUNCIL, I, I'M AUTOMATICALLY THAT PERSON. UM, HOWEVER, I'M GONNA BE OUT LEAVING TOWN ON THE, I WON'T BE OUT IN TOWN ON MAY 2ND. SO, UM, MY COLLEAGUES CAN, CAN DISCUSS WHO THEY'D LIKE TO HAVE AS PRIMARY AND SECOND AND, AND A, UH, ALTERNATE DELEGATE IF NO ONE, I MEAN, I LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED TO ATTEND. I'VE ATTENDED IN THE PAST WHEN THERE'S BEEN AN ABSENCE AND BEEN VOTING, BUT JUST WANNA THROW IT OUT THERE UNLESS SOMEONE ELSE WANTS IT. OKAY. I'LL NOMINATE CHRISTINE SCOTT TO BE OUR DELEGATE. ALRIGHT, ANY ALTERNATE? DO WE HAVE AN ALTERNATE THAT MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN CASE SHE CANNOT? MR. MAY. I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE ALTERNATE. OKAY. I WOULD LIKE TO AMEND MY, UH, STATEMENT TO INCLUDE ASHLEY STICKLER AS OUR ALTERNATE. CHRISTINE SCOTT IS OUR DELEGATE. EXCELLENT. THAT'S MY MOTION. SECOND. THANK YOU. UH, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. VERY GOOD. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANY AGENCY UPDATES, CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS, NO REPORTS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. ANY IDENTIFICATIONS OF ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING? [CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS] AND THAT WILL BE HELD, UM, NOT ON THE, THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF [IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING] FEBRUARY, BUT THE FIRST TUESDAY OF FEBRUARY DUE TO CONFLICTS WITH, UH, SCHEDULING OF SOME OF OUR STAFF ARE GONNA BE OUT OF TOWN AT CONFERENCES, UM, THAT THEY ALWAYS ATTEND ANNUALLY. UH, SO, UM, I WOULD SAY THAT THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL [ADJOURNMENT - Adjourn Meeting to Tuesday, February 6, 2024, at 7:00 p.m.] AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, UH, AND WILL BE HELD THIS OR HELD THIS 17TH DAY OF JANUARY 24, ARE ADJOURNED TO TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6TH, 2024 AT 7:00 PM AS NOTED IN THIS MEETING EARLIER, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE MEETING, WE ARE ADJOURNING THIS COUNCIL MEETING AND WITH THE MOMENT OF SILENCE AND MEMORY OF PLANNING AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION, COMMISSIONER JOHN MELCHER, FORMER, UH, AND OUTSTANDING MEMBER OF OUR CITY TEAM. UH, SO IF WE JUST PAUSE FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE. THANK YOU LADIES AND GENTLEMEN FOR ATTENDING. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. MADAM [01:20:01] CLERK, YOU WILL MAIL THIS ON TO. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.