ATTENDING OUR DECEMBER 6TH, 2023,
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CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE PROTECTION BOARD MEETING.UH, WE, UH, ARE HERE THIS EVENING AND, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO, UH, I'M GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH US, BUT BEFORE WE START, I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR COUNCILWOMAN ASHLEY STICKER TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG READY BEGIN ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE.
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ROLL CALL.
TIM LYNN KENNEDY, PRESENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
UM, ALL OF US ARE PRESENT, BUT OUR CITY MANAGER HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR THIS EVENING.
SO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA COX, WILL BE TAKING UP THE CITY MANAGER'S ROLE TONIGHT AND SHE WILL DO A FINE JOB.
ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA OR, OR, UH, MEETING MADAM CLERK? YES, THERE IS MR. MAYOR.
UM, WE HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL MATERIAL.
THE CITY RECEIVED A LETTER REGARDING ITEM D FOUR ON DECEMBER 5TH.
WE RECEIVED THE LETTER AND STAFF HAS UPDATED THE STAFF REPORT ATTACHED TO ITEM D FOUR TO CLARIFY ITEMS IN THE LETTER.
A COPY OF THE UPDATED STAFF REPORT IS BEFORE YOU ON THE DI AND HAS BEEN MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
UM, ALSO WE HAVE ITEM D 12 ON TONIGHT'S CONSENT CALENDAR THAT WILL BE REMOVED AND WILL RETURN AT A FUTURE MEETING.
THAT'S ALL THE ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TODAY.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR, UM, ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE TWO VERY, VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT.
OUR FIRST ONE IS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
IT'S A PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO ESAN EILER IYER FOR BEING NAMED THE 2023 3M YOUNG SCIENTIST CHALLENGE TOP 10 FINALISTS.
ESAN, WOULD YOU MIND COMING UP HERE? GOT HIS FAMILY IN THE AUDIENCE HERE ALSO.
SO, UM, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET YOU DO THE TALKING BECAUSE, UM, I'M REALLY CURIOUS, AND I KNOW EVERYONE OUT HERE IS CURIOUS OF WHAT YOU DID TO BECOME A TOP 10 FINALIST IN THE 3M CHALLENGE.
GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
UM, LAST YEAR I SAW THESE UPRAISED, UH, DOTS AT UNDER A WHEELCHAIR SIGN AT MY SWIMMING CLASS, AND I STARTED ASKING, WHAT ARE THEY? WELL, THIS QUESTION LED ME TO DISCOVER THE WORLD OF BRAILLE.
BRAILLE IS THE PRIMARY READING METHOD FOR THE BLIND.
AND WHEN I DUG DEEPER, I SAW THAT BRAILLE HAS VIRTUALLY NO CONNECTION WITH THE ELECTRONIC WORLD.
IF YOU WANTED TO LEARN BRAILLE FOR COMMUNICATION OR TO READ BRAILLE BOOKS, YOU WOULD NEED TO BUY A 2000 TO $5,000 DEVICE, WHICH WOULD COST YOU A LOT.
AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT MUCH MONEY TO SPEND ON BRAILLE DEVICES.
SO I HAVE CREATED A BRAILLE ENABLED ADAPTIVE MACHINE, OR AS I LIKE TO CALL IT, BEAM.
BEAM IS A TACTILE ALT TRUNK BRAILLE DISPLAY THAT REDEFINES ACCESSIBILITY SEAMLESSLY CONNECTED TO ITS DEDICATED APP VIA BLUETOOTH.
THIS GROUNDBREAKING DEVICE TRANSFORMS ENGLISH TEXT AND VOICE MESSAGES INTO BRAILLE THROUGH AN APP I CREATED.
UH, YOU CAN TYPE A TEXT MESSAGE OR A VOICE MESSAGE INTO THE APP, AND IT SENDS IT TO THE DEVICE AND THE DEVICE CONVERTS IT INTO BRAILLE, WHICH HA IS COMPOSED OF SIX UP RAYS OR LOWER LOWER RAYS DOTS, UM, WHICH MY DEVICE SHOWS USING SIX METAL PINS.
AND YOU CAN PUT YOUR FINGER ON IT AND, UM, YOU COULD BASICALLY FEEL THE SYMBOLS THAT ARE PROPPING OUT.
SO, UH, IF, YOU KNOW, BRAILLE, UM, DOES, EACH SYMBOL WOULD REPRESENT A LETTER WORD, PUNCTUATION, OR, UH, A NUMBER.
SO BASICALLY YOU JUST KEEP YOUR FINGER ON IT AND THEN YOU WOULD FEEL THE DOTS POPPING, POPPING UP AND DOWN, AND THEN YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO READ THE WHOLE TEXT OR VOICE MESSAGE IN THE, UM, THE TEXT OR VOICE MESSAGE THAT YOU SENT FROM THE PHONE.
SO THIS WAY IT'S EASY TO READ BRAILLE AND YOU LEARN BRAILLE TOO.
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IS, UH, PORTABLE AND JUST UNDER $50.SO IF WE GO BACK TO THAT STORY I HAD BEFORE, YOU DON'T KNOW BRAILLE AND YOU WANNA LEARN BRAILLE, UH, TO READ AND COMMUNICATE, THEN YOU COULD BUY A 2000 TO $5,000 DEVICE.
OR YOU COULD BUY A PORTABLE, UH, BRAILLE LEARNING DEVICE, AKA BEAM.
UH, ANY QUESTIONS,
I WILL TELL YOU WHAT I WILL TELL YOU, I'VE BEEN UP HERE FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS LISTENING TO PEOPLE GET RECOGNIZED, BUT YOU, I, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, HE'S IN SIXTH GRADE.
EVERY OTHER, EVERY OTHER COMPETITOR WORE WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, CORRECT? AND HE'S IN THE TOP 10 OF THE, OF THE PEOPLE FOR THE, THE FINALISTS.
SO LET'S GIVE ESAN A GREAT ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
SO HOW DOES IT CONVERT FROM AN APP TO THE TACTILE PORTION THAT I COULD READ? WHERE, WHERE DO I FEEL THAT? YES.
SO THROUGH THAT APP, UH, IT'S LIKE MESSAGES.
YOU WOULD SEND A TEXT MESSAGE OR IF YOU WANNA SEND A VOICE MESSAGE, YOU TEXT CLICK THE ICON AND YOU COULD SEND A VOICE MESSAGE.
AND THEN BASICALLY IN THE APP, IT CONVERTS THE VOICE MESSAGE INTO A TEXT MESSAGE AND THEN SENDS IT TO A BLUETOOTH COMPONENT OF MY DEVICE, CONVERTS THAT TEXT INTO BRAILLE, AND THEN SENDS THOSE BRAILLE, UH, UM, SENDS THAT BRAILLE TEXT INTO THESE THINGS CALLED SOLENOIDS, WHICH BASICALLY POP THE PINS UP AND DOWN AND THERE'S A PORTION OF THE DEVICE WITH A HOLE, A A RECTANGLE HOLE WITH, UH, YOU COULD JUST PUT YOUR FINGER ON THERE AND THEY POP UP AND DOWN.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU, YOU GOT, YEAH, WE KIND OF FIGURED OUT.
BUT, AND, AND YOU CAN BUY THIS FOR $50, UNDER $50.
ARE YOU GONNA START SELLING IT? MARKETING IT.
DO YOU HAVE AGING? SO, SO WE HAVE THIS, WE HAVE THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION AND IT'S SO WELL DESERVED.
YOU WANTED TO SAY SOMETHING ELSE? YEAH.
UM,
AND, UH, I GOT A GROUP OF GENEROUS, GROUP OF 15 VOLUNTEERS, UH, COMPOSED OF PEOPLE WHO KNEW BRAILLE, PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T KNOW BRAILLE, AND PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY LEARNING BRAILLE.
AND THEY ALL SAID THAT MY DEVICE WAS VERY EASY TO LEARN BRAILLE WITH.
SO, UM, I'LL GIVE EXAMPLES OF THREE PEOPLE THERE.
SO, LISA, A CURRENT BRAILLE LEARNER, SAID THAT IT WAS REALLY EASY TO, UH, CONTINUE LEARNING BRAILLE WITH MY DEVICE BEAM.
UH, SARAH, WHO LOST HER SIGHT LATER IN LIFE AND FACED BARRIERS LIKE HIGH DEVICE COSTS AND LOW NUMBER OF INSTRUCTORS SAID IT WAS REALLY EASY TO START LEARNING BRAILLE WITH MY DEVICE.
PROFESSOR ARTURO, WHO'S BEEN TEACHING GENERATIONS OF BLIND STUDENTS OVER THERE AT THE INLAND EMPIRE LIGHTHOUSE FOR THE BLIND, SAID THAT MY DEVICE COULD REVOLUTIONIZE BARREL EDUCATION.
I'M I'M, I'M, I'M, I'M AT IN AWE.
UM, SO ESAN, WE HAVE THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS SO PROUD TO RECOGNIZE YOU ESAN AYER, AND TO HONOR AND IN HONOR OF BEING NAMED THE 2023 3M YOUNG SCIENTIST CHALLENGE TOP 10 FINALISTS.
WE GIVE THIS TO YOU WITH OUR GREAT HEARTFELT THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING FOR THOSE PEOPLE THAT SUFFER BLINDNESS.
SO THAT'S FOR YOU, AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE, I'LL TAKE THIS BACK.
I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE WANT TO GIVE YOU A BIG CHICK OF THEIR, YOUR HAND.
HE DIDN'T, HE DIDN'T MENTION THAT HE'S ALSO ENROLLED IN THE PHD PROGRAM AT CLAREMONT, RIGHT? YAN, HE'S GETTING HIS DOCTORATES AT SIXTH GRADE.
WE'RE GONNA BE HEARING ABOUT HIM A LOT.
LET'S GIVE THIS YOUNG MAN ANOTHER BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO? UH, DAY CREEK.
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OKAY, MAN, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU TOP THAT ONE, BUT WE'RE GONNA TRYTHIS IS, UH, ITEM, UH, THE NEXT ITEM IS A PRESENTATION, AND WE'RE PRETTY PROUD OF THIS, A PRESENTATION OF WHERE INCOME INCREASED OVER THE LAST YEAR 2023 STUDY THAT WAS CONDUCTED.
I'D LIKE TO INVITE THE, THE DIA PAIGE EBERLY MANAGEMENT AID AND FROM THE CITY OF RANCHO COOK AMONG AND BRIANNA FORD COMMUNITY AFFAIRS TECHNICIAN.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BRIANNA FORD AND THIS IS PAIGE EBERLY.
AND WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKING IN THE RECENT STUDY FROM SMART ASSET.
THIS STUDY ASSESSES WHERE INCOME INCREASES MOST YEAR OVER YEAR.
SMART ASSET EXAMINED CENSUS BUREAU DATA FROM 349 OF THE LARGEST US CITIES.
IN 2023, RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKED NUMBER THREE IN THE COUNTRY FOR MOST INCOME INCREASE.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA WAS ONE OF THREE CITIES WHERE INCOME GREW BY ABOUT 30% OVER ONE YEAR.
THE TOP THREE CITIES WERE AS FOLLOWS, RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKED NUMBER THREE WITH A 29.2% INCREASE.
OUR POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 174,000.
PALM BAY, FLORIDA RANKED NUMBER TWO WITH A 30.9% INCREASE.
THEIR CURRENT POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 128,000.
AND THE WOODLAND, TEXAS RANKED NUMBER ONE WITH A 31.1% INCREASE, AND THEIR CURRENT POPULATION IS APPROXIMATELY 115,000.
THE GROWTH PERCENTAGE OF 8.1% IS OVER THREE TIMES THE AVERAGE MEDIAN INCOME GROWTH ACROSS ALL MAJOR CITIES.
AND NOW PAIGE WILL GO OVER SUPPLEMENTAL DATA FOR THIS ARTICLE.
ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS BUREAU, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAD MEDIAN INCOME OF $83,850 IN 2021, SURPASSING SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY'S MEDIAN INCOME BY OVER $12,000.
AS BRIE MENTIONED IN THE KEY FINDINGS, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAD CLOSE TO A 30% INCREASE FROM 21 20 21 TO 2022, BRINGING RANCHO CUCAMONGA MEDIAN INCOME TO A WHOPPING $108,345.
INCREASING THE GAP FROM SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY'S MEDIAN INCOME BY OVER 50% TO ALMOST $30,000.
IN ADDITION TO THE MEDIAN INCOME GROWTH, THIS CITY HAD SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN OTHER CATEGORIES AS WELL.
BETWEEN 2021 AND 2022 FOR EDUCATION, THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS 25 YEARS AND OLDER WHO EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER GREW BY 3%.
AS OF 2022, ALMOST 40% OF OUR RESIDENTS HAVE EARNED A BACHELOR'S DEGREE OR HIGHER UNDER INCOME.
OUR TOP TWO HIGHEST BRACKETS OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME EXPERIENCED THE MOST INCREASE HOUSEHOLD INCOME OF $200,000 AND MORE INCREASE BY 5%.
AND THE SAME INCREASE OCCURRED FOR HOUSEHOLD INCOMES OF 150,000 TO $200,000.
THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY EXPERIENCED GROWTH IN STAFFING BY 2% AND CONTINUING TO BE RANCHO CUCAMONGA LARGEST OCCUPATION GROUP IS MANAGEMENT BUSINESS OR FINANCE WITH ALMOST 50% OF OUR RESIDENTS HOLDING POSITIONS IN THOSE SECTORS.
MANUFACTURING, FINANCE, AND PROFESSIONAL SERVICES ARE A FEW OF THE TARGET INDUSTRIES THAT WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AS KEY SECTORS IN THE CITY BEING WELL POSITIONED FOR AS THOSE SECTORS GROW AND DIVERSIFY THE LOCAL ECONOMY.
THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE ANOTHER INSIGHTFUL ARTICLE STARRING OUR CITY, AND THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? UH, THAT'S VERY INTERESTING INFORMATION.
UM, WELL, IT'S, IT'S A RESULT OF AN ALL AMERICA CITY, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
THANK YOU, UM, FOR THEM, NOT ME.
UM, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
AND THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE CITY OR THE, FOR THE RESIDENTS AND, AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA, COMMENTS ARE TO BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, AND THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL NOT EXCEED, WELL, I'M NOT EVEN GONNA SAY IT WON'T SUPPOSED TO NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR, BUT WE'VE GOT TWO SPEAKERS, SO, UM, WE DON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT THIS EVENING.
THE ONE IS LANCE ASRA LANCE FOLLOWED BY LAURA ESPINOZA.
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WOW.I HAD TO FOLLOW THIS YOUNG MAN RIGHT HERE.
I WAS JUST TRYING TO TRACK WHAT HE WAS SAYING.
JUST, I LOVED IT, IS THAT YOU DID SOMETHING THAT I, I'M A SPECIAL ED TEACHER, SO YOU DID SOMETHING THAT IS GONNA BENEFIT A POPULATION THAT NEEDS IT.
SO WELL DONE FOR WHAT YOU DID.
WELL, I'M HERE JUST TO PRAY, JUST ASK THE LORD'S BLESSING ON THE COUNCIL AND ON THE CITY.
SO I'M JUST GONNA DO, SO, FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS TIME.
WHAT I ASK THAT YOU FILL THIS ROOM WITH YOUR MANIFEST PRESENCE.
GOD, I ASK YOUR BLESSING OVER MAYOR MICHAEL LORD OVER ASHLEY LYNN, CHRISTINE RYAN, LORD OVER THE CITY, ATTORNEY, THE MANAGER, LORD, FOR ALL THOSE THAT WORK FOR THIS CITY.
LORD, I PRAY YOUR BLESSING, YOUR PROTECTION OVER OUR FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS, LORD, FOR OUR FIRST RESPONDERS THAT LIVE HERE, GOD THANK YOU THAT WE LIVE IN A CITY WHERE YOU ARE HONORED, LORD, YOU'RE THE, YOU'RE THE FOUNDATION LORD.
YOU ARE THE, YOU'RE THE HEDGE OF PROTECTION AROUND THIS CITY, LORD.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE, GOD.
WE, I, LORD, LORD, I ALSO WANNA JUST LIFT UP THOSE THAT ARE STRUGGLING, THOSE THAT ARE HOMELESS IN THIS AREA, IN THE SURROUNDING AREA.
LORD, THERE ARE A LOT THAT ARE STRUGGLING, A LOT THAT ARE HURTING AND, AND NEED HELP, GOD.
SO I JUST PRAY YOUR BLESSING, YOUR PROTECTION OVER THEM, OVER THIS TIMEFRAME, LORD, AND AND LORD, WE JUST THANK YOU.
WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE, LORD.
AGAIN, I JUST ASK YOUR BLESSING OVER THIS CITY, AND I THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE THE ONE WHO PROTECTS, THE ONE WHO BLESSES THIS CITY.
I JUST PRAY THESE THINGS IN JESUS' NAME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LAURA ESPINOZA, AND WE DID GET TWO MORE SPEAKER CARDS, SO THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED.
SHE'LL BE FOLLOWED BY ARMANDO MORENO.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DR. LAURA ESPINOZA, AND MY PROPERTY ADDRESS IS 98 46 MAIN STREET.
I'M GONNA READ WHAT I HAVE WROTE JUST SO I DON'T LEAVE ANYTHING OUT AND I CAN STAY WITH THE TIME.
UM, THE REASON FOR BEING HERE, I AM HERE TO OBJECT TO PROJECT CASE NUMBER DRC 20 23 0 2 5 7, WHICH IS A REQUEST FROM HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY TO OPERATE A BREWERY AND TASTING ROOM AT 88 89 ARCHIBALD AVENUE.
I OBJECT TO THIS BECAUSE THIS IS ON MY STREET, THE STREET I GREW UP IN THE STREET WHERE I OWN PROPERTY.
THE ISSUES THAT I AM TRULY CONCERNED ABOUT DUE TO THIS PROJECT ARE NUMBER ONE, PARKING.
UM, THEY HAVE APPROXIMATELY 60 SPACES ALLOCATED FOR THE BREWERY.
AND IF YOU HAVE EVER ATTENDED HAMILTON BREWERY, WHICH IS A GREAT BREWERY, UH, THEY HAVE MANY MORE, UH, PATRIOTS THERE ON A DAILY BASIS.
SO WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT PARKING, UH, TRAFFIC.
THERE WILL BE A SUBSTANTIAL INCREASE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA, AND WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT HOW THAT WILL IMPACT OUR RESIDENTS.
AND OUR PARKING NOISE LEVEL ONGOING.
12:00 AM PARK PARTIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE.
UM, HOURS OF OPERATION ARE INTENDED TO BE 12:00 PM TO 12:00 AM UH, 12:00 AM WOW.
UH, ONGOING SPECIAL EVENTS ARE ALSO ESTIMATED AT APPROXIMATELY ONE OF THOSE SPECIAL EVENTS EVENTS PER MONTH, WHICH MEANS 12 EVENTS A YEAR.
FOOD TRUCK VENDORS WILL ALSO BE THERE ON A DAILY BASIS, AND AT OTHER OCCASIONS, THREE OR MORE TRUCK VENDORS WILL BE THERE.
THIS IS SIMPLY A CALL TO YOU ALL, MR. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, WHICH REPRESENTS OUR DISTRICT AND OUR, SINCE OUR CITY MANAGER IS NOT HERE FOR OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, WE IMPLORE YOU TO THINK ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES THAT THIS IS GONNA HAVE ON OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND ON OUR PROPERTY VALUE AS WELL.
I THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION, AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
THANK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH, LAURA.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, DR. ESPINOZA, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, MATT MARQUEZ, IS HERE, AND HE WOULD LOVE TO SPEAK WITH YOU OUTSIDE AND EXPLAIN SOME OF THE PROCESS THAT IS GOING ON WITH, WITH THAT PROJECT.
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NEXT SPEAKER IS ARMANDO MORENO, FOLLOWED BY ELIJAH GRACIA HERE, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.UM, I'M HERE ALSO ON BEHALF OF THE SAME SUBJECT, UH, ABOUT THE, UH, BREWERY THAT'S PROPOSED TO BE PUT ON OUR STREET.
WE ACTUALLY LIVE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE PROPOSED BREWERY.
UM, IF YOU'VE EVER BEEN ON THAT STREET, IT'S A, IT'S A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
THERE'S KIDS, THERE'S PEOPLE ON BIKES, KIDS, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, OUR GRANDKIDS.
THERE'S SCHOOL THAT'S NOT TOO, UH, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL THAT'S RIGHT UP THE STREET, A JUNIOR HIGH THAT'S EVEN CLOSER.
AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW, KIDS WALKING AROUND AND BEING THAT A BREWERY TO BE PROPOSED THERE.
WE HAVE AN ISSUE WITH IT BECAUSE AS LAURA MENTIONED, ALL THE, ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS AFFECTING THE, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT GONNA BE A NEIGHBORHOOD LIKE A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE.
IT'S GONNA BE MORE, EVEN THOUGH IT'S A BUSINESS, THE BUSINESS, IT WAS THERE.
LET ME BACKTRACK, THE BUSINESS THAT WAS THERE, THEY'D COME IN, THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF TRAFFIC, 5:00 PM THEY WERE DONE.
BACK TO A NICE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE EVENING.
ALL THAT'S GONNA END IF THIS HAPPENS.
AND I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES AND THINK ABOUT WAKE, YOU KNOW, BEING ON YOUR BLOCK, SITTING ON YOUR FRONT PORCH AND SEEING CARS COMING IN AND OUT OF THIS PLACE.
PEOPLE INTOXICATED, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, COME ON, YOU KNOW, A BEER IS ONE OR TWO, IT'S, IT'S GONNA GET YOU, YOU KNOW, UH, YOU KNOW, TO DRINK AND DRINK AND ANYWAYS.
AND THERE'S KIDS AND THERE'S PEOPLE AND UH, AND OUR CONCERN IS MAINLY THAT, YOU KNOW, THE, JUST PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES.
IF YOU WERE TO SIT IN FRONT OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD, AND IT'S NOT A BIG STREET.
I MEAN, IT'S A REGULAR, UH, NEIGHBORHOOD STREET AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST GONNA LOSE THAT.
WE'RE GONNA LOSE THAT PART OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND IT'S GOING TO, AND WE'RE ALL FOR, YOU KNOW, BUSINESS GETTING BETTER AND EVERYTHING.
BUT I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE, IF YOU GUYS EVER HAVE A CHANCE, STOP BY ON THE WEEKEND TO HAMILTON'S AND SEE HOW BUSY IT IS.
WE JUST DROVE BY ONE DAY JUST TO SEE IT.
AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE OUT THERE, FOOD TRUCKS, EVEN THE LOCAL BUSINESSES WERE PUTTING UP, UH, SIGNS, NO PARKING FOR HAMILTON BREWERY BECAUSE OF HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY HAVE, THE VOLUME.
I MEAN, LIKE I SAID, YOU KNOW, WE JUST WANNA MAINTAIN OUR FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO I WOULD PLEASE APPRECIATE IT IF YOU GUYS HAD A CHANCE TO REALLY THINK ABOUT IT AND TALK, YOU KNOW, TAKE A LOOK AT IT AND JUST SEE IF, IF IT'S, UH, IF YOU GUYS CAN REALLY HAVE IT RECONSIDERED.
'CAUSE WE DON'T WANNA LOSE THAT
YOU KNOW, I MOVED FROM, I JUST, I MET MY WIFE AND MOVED OUT HERE FROM BURBANK.
UM, I'VE LOVED IT OUT HERE AND EVERYTHING.
AND THIS IS, YOU KNOW, THIS WOULD BE SAD TO SEE IT GO FROM A CALM NEIGHBORHOOD TO ALL OF A SUDDEN PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, PARKING UP AND DOWN THE STREET.
I'M SURE THERE'S GONNA BE PEOPLE DRINKING AND, YOU KNOW, THAT'S PART OF THE BREWERY.
BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I ASK FOR YOUR GUYS' HELP.
AND, AND BY THE WAY, UM, I THINK OUR, OUR, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR DID NOT GO OUT YET, SO I BELIEVE OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GONNA BE, UM, ON THE SAME SUBJECT SO THAT WHY DON'T ALL OF YOU GO OUT WITH HIM AT THE SAME TIME SO YOU CAN HEAR EACH ONE OF, YOU CAN HEAR WHERE THIS THING IS GOING THROUGH HIS PROCESS.
AND MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD QUICKLY, SINCE IT APPEARS THAT WE DO HAVE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, THIS PROJECT IS NOT BEFORE THE COUNCIL AT THIS POINT IN TIME, THIS PROJECT HAS NOT BEEN APPROVED AT ALL BY THE CITY AT THIS POINT IN TIME.
IT IS STILL GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS, RIGHT? UM, IT WOULD NOT COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL UNLESS IT IS UPON APPEAL.
UM, BUT AGAIN, OUR OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR WILL BE HAPPY TO GO THROUGH THOSE DETAILS, UM, WITH THOSE HERE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN THIS PROJECT.
UH, MY NAME IS GOOD EVENING COUNSEL.
THANK YOU FOR THE TIME TO SPEAK HERE, ALL OF YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND SERVICE.
WE APPRECIATE THAT THIS CITY APPRECIATES IT.
MY NAME IS ELIJAH GRACIA AND I WAS RAISED ON MAIN STREET.
I JUST WANT TO REITERATE THE COMMUNITY'S OBJECTION TO THE INSTALLMENT OF THIS INES ESTABLISHMENT.
I UNDERSTAND IT'S NOT APPROVED YET.
UM, BUT THIS IS WITH NO MALICE INTENTIONS TOWARDS HAMILTON COMPANY AND THEIR SUCCESS.
SO I AM A REGISTERED BARTENDER HERE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
I'M WORKING AS A BARTENDER AT THE MOMENT,
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AND I'M, THAT MAKES ME VERY WELL AWARE OF BOTH THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS OF A LOCATION THAT SELLS ALCOHOL, ESPECIALLY LATE HOURS IN RANCHO.AS WE ALL KNOW, RANCHO IS THE CITY WE WANNA HOLD.
SO WHAT THIS WILL OPEN THE DOOR FOR IS OPENING OTHER ESTABLISHMENTS AND THEY'RE GONNA PUSH FOR THEIR TIMES TO BE PUSHED OPEN MORE, YOU KNOW, 'CAUSE A LOT OF PLACES HERE ARE CLOSED BY NINE OR 10, WHICH IS GOOD.
AT MY BAR THOUGH, I HAVE MANY PATRONS ASKING FOR NIGHTLIFE LOCATIONS OTHER THAN THEIR EARLY CLOSING LOCATIONS THAT DO SELL ALCOHOL, LIKE, UH, UH, HK AND, UH, GOODFELLAS, IF THIS BREWERY IS PLACED ON THIS LOCATION, I KNOW FOR A FACT, BASED ON MY WORK AND MY EXPERIENCE WITH MY PATRONS, I LIKE TO COMMUNICATE.
I PROVIDE VERY GOOD SERVICE TO THEM THAT THE BREWERY WOULD ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM CITIES ACROSS, NOT JUST RANCHO.
THIS WOULD BE FONTANA, ONTARIO, RANCHO UPLAND, ALL OF IT, BRINGING THEIR LATE NIGHT HABITS TO MY HOME STREET.
ONE LATE NIGHT HABIT I'D LIKE TO SHARE, INCLUDING FOR EVERYONE HERE, IS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK HEADED WEST ON FOOTHILL, ACROSS HERMOSA PASSING MUSTANG SALLY SALOON.
AGAIN, NO MAL INTENTIONS TOWARD THESE BUSINESSES AND THESE, THESE PLACES.
THEY'VE BEEN HERE AS LONG AS I HAVE AND I RESPECT THEM.
BUT WHAT I DO NOT RESPECT IS THIS.
WHEN I NOTICED A FIGURE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, AND THIS IS ABOUT 11:00 PM 1130, I FIGURED IT WAS A JAYWALKER SIMPLY CROSSING, RIGHT? JUST TO GET ACROSS THE STREET.
AND IT WAS THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IN REALITY, IT WAS A SEVERELY INEBRIATED MAN, MAN THAT WAS STANDING AND STUMBLING DIRECTLY FROM MUSTANG SALLY INTO THE STREET, WAITING TO BE HIT BY A CAR AS A, AS A FORM OF ACT SELF.
SO, OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, I'M SOBER, SO I AVOIDED HIM, BUT I WAS VERY SHOCKED.
I WAS LIKE, DID THAT REALLY JUST HAPPEN FROM A CORNER AROUND FROM WHERE I LIVE? I WAS, I WENT TO SAN JOSE STATE CITY FOR COLLEGE THERE.
AND TRUST ME, THAT NIGHTLIFE REMINDED ME OF THAT ONE MOMENT THERE.
AND THAT'S NOT A FUN NIGHTLIFE SOMETIMES.
THIS IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW A SMALL DIVE BAR AT BARELY 11:00 PM CAN ATTRACT, IMAGINE THE RAMIFICATIONS OF A FULLY OPERATING BREWERY TENFOLD, THE AMOUNT OF PATRONS COMPARED TO MUSTANG SALLY.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR, FOR THIS EVENING.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDARS.
AND THE CONSENT CALENDAR IS EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION, BUT ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE AN ITEM FOUR DISCUSSION SHOULD THEY SO CHOOSE.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR? I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
ABSTENTION ON D THREE IS NOTED.
UH, THERE, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE A CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE UPDATED STAFF REPORT FOR ITEM D FOUR AND THE REMOVAL OF ITEM D 12? MOVE FOR APPROVAL? I SECOND PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE UPDATED STAFF REPORT ON ITEM D FOUR, REMOVAL OF ITEM D 12 AND BOARD MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE.
THERE ARE NO CONSENT ORDINANCES OR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, BUT WE HAVE SOME ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS.
AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA COX.
UH, JEN NAKAMURA, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IS HERE TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
UH, JUST TO NOTE THAT THIS ITEM IS ONE THAT WE ARE TAKING TO YOU TODAY BECAUSE IT IS PART OF A STATE REQUIREMENT THAT WE MUST COMPLY WITH.
SO THIS ITEM HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A REVISION TO OUR EXISTING CANNABIS, UH, REQUIREMENTS AS, UH, WE ARE REQUIRED TO MAKE THESE REVISIONS IN CON IN CONJUNCTION WITH STATE LAW.
UM, CANNABIS HAS BEEN LEGAL IN CALIFORNIA FOR SEVERAL YEARS.
UM, JUST A LITTLE FOR SOME BACKGROUND.
UH, PROPOSITION TWO 15 WAS ADOPTED IN, UH, 1996, UM, WHICH LEGALIZED MEDICINAL CANNABIS.
AND THEN PROPOSITION 64 LEGALIZED RECREATIONAL CANNABIS IN 2016.
AND THERE HAVE BEEN A SERIES OF STATE LAWS THAT HAVE REGULATED THE SALE OF CANNABIS SINCE THEN.
IN 2016, THE COUNCIL AT THE TIME DIRECTED STAFF TO STUDY THIS ISSUE TO DETERMINE WHAT WAS THE BEST COURSE OF ACTION FOR OUR CITY.
AND, UH, THIS GROUP REPORTED BACK IN MAY OF 2016, AND COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO DRAFT ORDINANCES PROHIBITING ALL CANNABIS SALES AND DELIVERY WITHIN THE CITY, UM, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT OF THE LAW.
SO THIS IS OUR CURRENT SET OF CANNABIS REGULATIONS,
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AND AS YOU'LL NOTE, MOST, UM, OF THE CURRENT, UH, CANNABIS EITHER, UH, CULTIVATION, DELIVERY, TRANSPORTATION SALE TESTING ARE PROHIBITED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF INDOOR PERSONAL CULTIVATION, UM, WHICH WAS REQUIRED TO BE ALLOWED BY STATE LAW.UH, ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2022, THE GOVERNOR SIGNED INTO LAW SENATE BILL 1186, WHICH ENACTED THE MEDICINAL CANNABIS PATIENT'S RIGHTS OF ACCESS ACT.
SO THIS ACT PROVIDES THAT THE CITY CANNOT ADOPT OR ENFORCE REGULATIONS THAT PROHIBIT THE RETAIL SALE BY DELIVERY OF MEDICINAL CANNABIS.
UM, THESE ESTABLISHMENTS ARE CONSIDERED, UM, BY THE BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL AS NON STOREFRONT CANNABIS RETAIL.
THEY RESTRICT ONSITE SALES, UM, BUT PERMIT DELIVERY OF CANNABIS PRODUCT DIRECTLY TO THE PURCHASER AS A RESULT TO COMPLY WITH 11 SSB 1166 STAFF WORKED WITH CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DEVELOP THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF THE CODE WILL BE AMENDED TO ALLOW FOR NON STOREFRONT RETAIL MEDICINAL CANNABIS, WHILE KEEPING ALL OF THEIR CURRENT PROHIBITIONS IN PLACE.
THE DEVELOPMENT CODE TITLE 17 WILL ALSO BE AMENDED TO ESTABLISH ZONING REGULATIONS TO IMPOSE APPROPRIATE LAND USE CONTROLS AND OPERATIONAL STANDARDS TO LIMIT COMMUNITY IMPACTS ON A STATE MANDATED MEDICAL CANNABIS USE.
THESE INCLUDE LIMITING THE NUMBER OF ESTABLISHMENTS IN THE CITY TO ONE, PERMITTING THE USE ONLY IN THE NEO INDUSTRIAL AND INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT ZONES, REQUIRING A MINOR USE PERMIT AND REQUIRING DISTANCE SEPARATIONS FROM SCHOOLS AND OTHER SENSITIVE USES, AS WELL AS A THOUSAND FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS, PLACES OF WORSHIP, PARKS, PLAYGROUNDS, RECREATIONAL FACILITIES, AND THE LIKE.
UM, AS WELL AS NOT AS RESTRICTING MISUSE WITHIN A THOUSAND FEET OF KEY THOROUGHFARES SUCH AS HAVEN AVENUE, MILLIKEN, FOURTH STREET, FOOTHILL, AND INTERSTATE 15.
IN ADDITION TO THE MINOR USE PERMIT THAT WOULD BE REQUIRED FOR THIS OPERATION, A NON STOREFRONT MEN MEDICAL CANNABIS RETAIL PERMIT WILL ALSO BE REQUIRED.
WE ARE ADDING A NEW CHAPTER TO TITLE V TO ESTABLISH THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT, AND IT REQUIRES THE DEVELOPMENT OF A LOTTERY TO DETERMINE WHICH OPERATOR WILL BE ISSUED THE PERMIT AND ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR A MINOR USE PERMIT.
UM, THIS ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT MUST BE RENEWED ANNUALLY.
ONCE THIS, UH, AMENDMENT IS ADOPTED, STAFF WILL WORK WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE TO DEVELOP A LOTTERY SYSTEM, DEVELOP APPLICATION MATERIALS FOR THE NEW PERMIT, AND ESTABLISH ANY FEES NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT THE PROGRAM.
ON NOVEMBER 8TH, 2023, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING TO PROVIDE THE COUNCIL WITH A RECOMMENDATION ON THIS PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
THERE WAS NO PUBLIC COMMENT PROVIDED ON THE ITEM.
THE COMMISSION, HOWEVER, REVIEWED THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE AND EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR LIMITING THE NUMBER OF BUSINESSES AND LIMITING THE USE TO INDUSTRIAL ZONES EAST OF HAVEN AVENUE AND CREATING BUFFERS FOR MAJOR ROADS TO PREVENT MISUNDERSTANDINGS FOR THE PUBLIC THAT BUSINESSES WILL ACCEPT CUSTOMERS ON SITE.
THE C THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED RESOLUTION 2329 RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THE PROPOSED ORDINANCES.
IN CONCLUSION, PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 1022 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING TO AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW AND ESTABLISH REGULATORY AND OPERATIONAL RESTRICTIONS FOR NON STOREFRONT MEDICAL CANNABIS RETAIL AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I I JUST HAVE ONE, MR. MAYOR.
SO I KNOW THIS IS A DELIVERY, NOT A STOREFRONT, BUT CORRECT.
WHAT'S THE ENFORCEMENT, HOW DO YOU ENFORCE THAT, THAT THEY'RE GONNA ABIDE BY THAT? UM, IT'S ENFORCED, UH, THROUGH THE ADMINISTRATIVE PERMIT, THE MINOR USE PERMIT, AS WELL AS THE, UH, LEVEL PER OF PERMIT THAT'S ALLOWED THROUGH THE BUREAU OF CANNABIS CONTROL.
SO THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT PERMITS THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO RECEIVE IN ORDER TO OPERATE.
UM, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PLANNING COMMISSION ALSO SUGGESTED THAT WE INCLUDE IS A CONDITION OF APPROVAL FOR ANY OF THESE PROJECTS IS THAT THEY VARY CL THEY VERY CLEARLY PUT SIGNAGE ON THEIR, ON THEIR DOORS TO EX, UH, TO STATE THAT CUSTOMERS ARE NOT ALLOWED ON SITE, UM, WHICH WE THOUGHT WAS A GREAT IDEA AND WE'LL CONT WE'LL INCLUDE THAT AS PART OF THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL.
UM, AND THEN ENFORCEMENT WILL BE, SINCE THERE WILL ONLY BE ONE ESTABLISHMENT, UM, IT SHOULD BE RELATIVELY EASY TO MONITOR AND ENFORCE, AND ADDITIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS CANNOT, UM, CANNOT HAVE, CANNOT OCCUR UNTIL, UNLESS THE THE ORDINANCES ARE CHANGED.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? OKAY, WE'RE GONNA OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, UH, WE WILL TURN IT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, AND ARE THERE FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS?
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I HAVE, GO AHEAD.I WAS JUST GONNA SAY, MR. MAYOR, THAT THIS IS ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE STATE TAKEN AWAY LOCAL CONTROL, AND UNFORTUNATELY NOW WE HAVE TO, UH, ABIDE BY THESE ROLES, WHICH, YOU KNOW, UM, OUR CODE PREVIOUSLY WOULDN'T ALLOW, AND WE NOW HAVE TO, UM, HAVE TO ACCEPT IT.
SO IT'S JUST ANOTHER DISAPPOINTMENT IN WHY WE ARE PART OF WHAT WE'RE DOING TO MAKE SURE WE CONTINUE TO, UH, TRY TO KEEP LOCAL CONTROL AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
JUST A QUICK COMMENT, MR. MERRI, JUST LOOKING FOR CONFIRMATION.
THE ONLY REASON THAT WE'RE CONSIDERING THIS ORDINANCE IS BECAUSE WE ARE FORCED TO BY STATE LAW, A LAW THAT THE GOVERNOR SIGNED LAST YEAR.
AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF NOT ADOPTING THE ORDINANCE ARE THAT ARGUABLY ANY NUMBER OF THESE NON-STORE FRONT DELIVERY OPERATIONS COULD BE OPENED UP IN THE CITY.
SO THE CITY'S EXERCISING ITS CONTROLLED AND LIMITED IT TO ONE.
THAT IF, IF, IF THEY'RE, IF THEY'RE ALLOWABLE, THAT'S GREAT THAT WE TAKE THE POSITION ON AN ORDINANCE FOR ONE, ONE FACILITY AND NO MORE.
UM, BUT I, I'VE GOT A QUICK QUESTION.
I KNOW IT SAYS IT'S ALLOWED BY, AT THE MAXIMUM SEPARATION IS ALLOWED BY STATE LAW.
THE, IT JUST, I CAN'T UNDERSTAND WHY A 1000 FOOT SEPARATION FROM RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS CHURCHES OR SIMILAR PLACES OF WORSHIP OR A PARK OR A PLAYGROUND OR RECREATIONAL FACILITY OR HOSPITAL, AND YET IT'S A 600 FOOT SEPARATION FROM SCHOOLS, IT JUST DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
THE WAY THAT THE LAW WAS WRITTEN IS THAT IT ONLY ALLOWS FOR A MAXIMUM OF A 600 FOOT SEPARATION BETWEEN SCHOOLS AS THE, AS STAFF WE ARE RECOMMENDING IMPOSING A GREATER DISTANCE SEPARATION FOR ALL OF THE OTHER USES THAT WE CAN, TO THE GREATEST EXTENT THAT WE CAN.
SO THAT, THAT'S ANOTHER STATE LAW THAT RESTRICTS OUR ABILITY TO SEPARATE THAT EVEN FURTHER.
WE CANNOT, WE CANNOT EXTEND THAT 600 FEET FROM SCHOOLS ANY FURTHER THAN WHAT'S ALLOWED IN STATE LAW, WHICH IS THE 600 FEET.
BUT FOR OTHER USES, WE HAVE DETERMINED THAT IT'S BEST THAT THEY HAVE A FURTHER SEPARATION.
AND THAT'S JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT COUNCILMAN HUTCHINSON SAID, IT'S JUST ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN SACRAMENTO, THE LEGISLATURE LEGISLATING, UH, AND TAKING AWAY OUR ABILITY AS LOCALLY ELECTED OFFICIALS AND OUR PUBLIC TO BE ABLE TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT WOULD ALLOW A GREATER SEPARATION.
THAT'S, THAT ANSWERED MY QUESTION.
SO DO I HAVE, IF THERE'S NO OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, I CAN, I ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
INTRODUCING FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1022 BY TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING.
IT'S A LONG TITLE, MADAM CLERK.
SO, UM, 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 EIGHT OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGO MUNICIPAL CODE ACCEPTING CERTAIN NON STOREFRONT 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-STORE, FRONT MEDICAL CANNABIS RETAILER, AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
AND MR. MAYOR, WE DO NEED A SECOND ON THAT.
OKAY, SO IS THERE A MOTION AND A SECOND? I SECOND.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, THIS IS DEALING WITH ESTABLISHMENT OF FEES AND DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, AND SO I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA.
UM, THIS ITEM WILL BE PRESENTED THIS EVENING BY OUR DIRECTOR OF, UH, BUILDING AND SAFETY, UH, EXCUSE ME.
UM, ZACH NABORS AND OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOTE, UM, THERE WAS A MEMO AT YOUR DESK THAT WE ARE REVISING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS ITEM TO, UH, CONTINUE THE, THE SECOND RESOLUTION IN THE HEARING ON THE DIFF FEES TO JANUARY 17TH.
AND I'LL LET JEN AND ZACH SHARE MORE ON THAT TOPIC.
AND GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
THERE ARE MANY SERVICES OFFERED BY THE CITY, MOST OF WHICH HAVE A
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COST ASSOCIATED WITH THEM THAT CANNOT BE ABSORBED BY THE GENERAL FUND.THE CITY CHARGES THE, THESE USER FEES TO RECOVER COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERVICE PROVIDED IN COR IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
CITY DEPARTMENTS TYPICALLY REVISIT FEES AT LEAST ONCE PER YEAR TO ENSURE SMALL ADJUSTMENTS CAN BE MADE OVER TIME TO KEEP UP WITH OPERATIONAL COSTS.
FURTHERMORE, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS A LONGSTANDING PRACTICE TO RECOVER ALL COSTS RELATED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT, ENSURING THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT PAYS ITS OWN WAY.
THIS YEAR, FOUR DEPARTMENTS ARE PROPOSING FEE ADJUSTMENTS, BUILDING AND SAFETY PLANNING, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENGINEERING, AND COMMUNITY SERVICES.
AS PART OF OUR OUTREACH TO THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY, SOME QUESTIONS AROSE ABOUT THE FEES FOR ENGINEERING.
AS A RESULT, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION IS AMENDED LATER IN THE PRESENTATION TO ALLOW MORE TIME FOR DISCUSSION WITH INTERESTED PARTIES BUILDING AND SAFETY AND PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
CONTRACTED AGAIN WITH MBS TO CONDUCT A COMPREHENSIVE FEE.
STU UH, FEE ANALYSIS FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS.
MBS COMPLETED THE LAST COMPREHENSIVE STUDY FOR BOTH DEPARTMENTS IN 2018.
MBS WORKED WITH STAFF TO DETERMINE ANY FEES THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDED, DELETED, OR RE-CATEGORIZED, EVALUATE EACH DEPARTMENT'S DIRECT AND INDIRECT PERSONNEL COSTS, ESTABLISH A FULLY BURDENED HOURLY RATE FOR SERVICE AND DEVELOP FOR EACH FEE, THE FULL COST RECOVERY RATE.
THIS ESTABLISHES THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT THAT CAN BE CHARGED FOR ANY GIVEN FEE.
THE CITY MAKES THE FINAL DETERMINATION ON EACH FEE AMOUNT PROVIDED IT DOES NOT EXCEED THE FULL COST RECOVERY RATE.
THE FINDINGS FROM THE STUDY DETERMINED THAT THE BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING APPROXIMATELY 93% OF THE TOTAL COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES FROM FEES CHARGE.
SOME OF THE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WERE MADE TO THE FEES INCLUDE SEPARATING SUBMISSION TYPES TO ENSURE EQUITY AND COST COLLAPSING, COMBINING OR ELIMINATING FEES AND REDUCING SEVERAL FEES FOR COMMON PERMIT TYPES.
SOME OF THE COMMON PERMIT TYPES THAT AFFECT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND HOMEOWNERS ARE RECOMMENDED FOR FEE REDUCTIONS TO RELIEVE SOME OF THE COST BURDEN AND TO ENCOURAGE THOSE PROPERTY OWNERS TO OBTAIN BUILDING PERMITS WHICH PROMOTES SAFETY.
OVERALL BUILDING SAFETY INCREASED 184 FEES, REDUCED 86 FEES, AND DETERMINED THAT 21 NEW FEES WERE NEEDED.
IT WAS ALSO DETERMINED THAT 20 FEES SHOULD BE SET BELOW THE FULL COST RECOVERY AMOUNT TO SUPPORT HOMEOWNERS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES.
AS MENTIONED IN THE PREVIOUS SLIDE, THESE ADJUSTMENTS INCREASE THE COST RECOVERY TO 99%, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY A 6% INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT COST RECOVERY RATE OF 93%.
THE FINDINGS FOR THE STUDY DETERMINED THAT THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT IS CURRENTLY RECOVERING APPROXIMATELY 69% OF THE TOTAL COST OF ALL FEE-BASED SERVICES.
AS PART OF OUR ANALYSIS, SEVERAL FEE CHANGES ARE PROPOSED.
FIRST, WE RECOMMEND MOVING A FEW FEE TYPES FROM DEPOSIT BASED TO FIXED COST FEES.
AS COSTS HAVE BECOME MORE PREDICTABLE OVER TIME, SEVERAL FEES ARE NO LONGER NEEDED AS THOSE SERVICES ARE NO LONGER OFFERED AND ARE PROPOSED TO BE REMOVED.
FINALLY, FOUR NEW FEES WERE ADDED TO ADDRESS UNFUNDED MANDATES IN STATE LAW, AS WELL AS TO RECOVER ADDITIONAL COSTS RELATED TO TREE REMOVAL.
PERMITS SUBMITTED AFTER THE TREES WERE REMOVED.
IN SUMMARY, PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCREASED A TOTAL OF 85 FEES TO BETTER ALIGN THE FEE AMOUNT WITH THE ACTUAL COST OF PROVIDING SERVICES.
SIX FEES WERE DECREASED AS A RESULT OF SAVINGS REALIZED THROUGH THE ENHANCEMENT OF PROCESSES OR TECHNOLOGICAL UPDATES.
AND FOUR NEW FEES ARE PROPOSED.
22 FEES WILL CONTINUE TO BE SUBSIDIZED AND ARE PROPOSED FOR EITHER A NOMINAL INCREASE OR NO INCREASE FROM THE CURRENT FEE.
THESE FEES ARE MOSTLY RELATED TO HOMEOWNER APPLICATIONS SUCH AS TREE REMOVAL PERMITS AND TEMPORARY USE FOR PERMITS FOR NON-COMMERCIAL HAUNTED HOUSES, AS WELL AS APPLICATIONS THAT HELP PRESERVE AND MAINTAIN HISTORIC RESOURCES IN THE CITY.
THE SUM TOTAL OF THESE CHANGES INCREASED COST RECOVERY FROM 69% TO 88% IN IN 2018.
THE COUNCIL ADOPTED A GENERAL PLAN MAINTENANCE FEE TO OFFSET THE COST OF UPDATING AND IMPLEMENTING THE PLAN.
THE FEE WAS ESTABLISHED AS A 10% SURCHARGE ON SPECIFIC FEES.
USING COST DATA FROM THE MOST RECENT GENERAL PLAN UPDATE, MBS DETERMINED THAT THE FEE COULD BE INCREASED TO UP TO 15.9% TO ADEQUATELY FUND COSTS RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
AT THIS TIME, HOWEVER, STAFF RECOMMENDS MAIN MAINTAINING THE FEE AT 10%.
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COMMUNITY SERVICES PROPOSES AN INCREASE TO THE ACTIVE NET TRANS ACTION FEE FROM FOUR TO 5% TO COVER INCREASED TRANSACTION COSTS.ADDITIONAL OPTIONS ARE BEING ADDED FOR COURT AND FIELD RENTALS TO ALLOW FOR MORE FLEXIBILITY AND AFFORDABILITY, SUCH AS THE ABILITY TO RENT AND BUY THE HOUR INCREMENTS INSTEAD OF TWO, FOUR OR EIGHT HOUR SESSIONS AND TO ADD OPTIONS TO RENT HALF COURTS.
FINALLY, MINOR LANGUAGE CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO FEE NAMES AND SOME FEES NO LONGER APPLICABLE WERE REMOVED IF APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL, THE PROPOSED FEES WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE FEBRUARY 5TH FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY AND PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JANUARY 2ND FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES.
IN AN EFFORT TO INFORM THE PUBLIC AND ANY STAKEHOLDERS ON OUR FEE UPDATES, WE NOTIFIED BOTH THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND THE DESERT VALLEY BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
WE ADVERTISED NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IN OUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER TWICE.
WE MAILED OUT NOTICES OF PUBLIC HEARINGS TO INTEREST PARTIES ON FILE, AND THE FEE COST ANALYSIS WERE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC BEGINNING NOVEMBER 22ND.
UM, WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED NEW AMENDED SERVICE AND USER FEES, AND ADOPT THE RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH NEW FEES, REPEAL OUTDATED FEES, AND AMEND EXISTING FEES FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES TO JANUARY 17TH, 2024.
WITH THAT, THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION.
WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SAYING NONE, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER? OKAY, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER AND THAT IS CARLOS RODRIGUEZ.
UH, MY NAME IS CARLOS RODRIGUEZ.
I SERVE AS A CHIEF POLICY OFFICER FOR THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON BEHALF OF OUR MEMBERS AT BIA, UH, WE'RE A NONPROFIT TRADE ASSOCIATION, APPROXIMATELY A THOUSAND MEMBER COMPANIES.
WE'RE CELEBRATING OUR HUNDREDTH YEAR AS AN ORGANIZATION.
UH, WE WANNA SHARE, UH, OUR CONCERNS REGARDING, UH, TONIGHT'S PROPOSED, UH, THE INCREASE, PARTICULARLY THE ONES AFFECTING HOUSING SPECIFICALLY.
WE RESPECTFULLY REQUEST AND WOULD, UH, SUPPORT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO CONTINUE, UH, TO YOUR FIRST, UH, MEETING ON THE 17TH, UH, ON THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE PORTION ON THE TRANSPORTATION FEES TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TIME, UH, AND DIALOGUE REGARDING THE METHODOLOGY CONCERNING THE TRANSPORTATION DIFF PACKAGE OF APPROXIMATELY $400 MILLION, WHICH IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED AT ALMOST 40%.
UH, THIS INCREASE WOULD ULTIMATELY, UH, BE ADDED TO THE HOME PRICES AND, UH, HAVE A UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCE OF ADDING TO THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY CHALLENGES PLUGGING SO MANY IN THE GOLDEN STATE.
FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE ASK THAT WE HAVE MORE TIME AGAIN, AND, UH, APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THAT.
WE'RE DEEPLY CONCERNED, UH, THAT THE CURRENT DIFF UH, FEE INCREASE PROPOSAL IS IN CONFLICT WITH THE PROTECTIONS LISTED UNDER THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT, AND THAT THESE FEES MAY ALSO BE AN OPPOSITION TO THE PROTECTIONS IN THE MITIGATION FEE ACT AND OTHER PROVISIONS OF THE LAW.
UH, THESE CONSIDERATIONS ARE OF CRITICAL SIGNIFICANCE.
ADDITIONALLY, WE ARE WORRIED ABOUT HOW THESE FEES WILL AFFECT PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN THE PIPELINE, WHICH HAVE MADE PLANS FOR DEVELOPMENT BASED ON CURRENT CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS.
THOSE PROJECTS HAVE ALREADY MADE A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN YOUR GREAT COMMUNITY AND IN THE FUTURE INFRASTRUCTURE.
IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE SHOULD BE A DISCUSSION REGARDING GRANDFATHERING, UH, THOSE PROJECTS AND ABOT CLAUSE FOR SUCH A PROVISION.
UH, AGAIN, BY, BY CONTINUING THIS ITEM, THERE IS MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR ROBUST, UH, DIALOGUE AND THAT, UH, OUR MEMBERS WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL PERSPECTIVE.
OUR REQUEST, OF COURSE, IS CONSISTENT WITH THE COLLABORATIVE BUSINESS FRIENDLY APPROACH OF YOUR GREAT CITY.
OUR GOAL IS TO HELP, UH, YOU MEET THE NEEDS OF THE NEW, NEW HOUSING DEMANDS IN YOUR CITY, AND ALSO IN ALIGNMENT WITH THE, THE RE ALLOCATION AS REQUIRED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
WE CERTAINLY SEEK TO PAY OUR FAIR SHARE TO ENSURE THE CITY HAS A VITAL INFRASTRUCTURE FOR A THRIVING COMMUNITY.
WE ALSO SEEK TO ENSURE THE FEES ARE CALCULATED ACCURATELY WITH THE APPROPRIATE NEXUS, CONSISTENT WITH GOVERNMENT CODE 66,000 ON A PERSONAL NOTE, IS PARTICULARLY,
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UH, GRATIFYING TO ME TO, UH, BE ABLE TO PROVIDE COMMENTS, UH, TO, TO YOU COUNSEL AS THIS IS MY HOMETOWN AND, UH, THE FIRST HOME THAT, UH, THE ROD RODRIGUEZ FAMILY PURCHASED ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1978 GROWING UP ON, THANK YOU SIR ROCHESTER AND FOOTHILL.THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ME COUNCIL.
OKAY, ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON RESOLUTIONS 20 23, 1 21, BUT WE WILL CONTINUE THE HEARING ON THE DE DEVELOPMENT.
IMPACT FEES ARE OTHERWISE KNOWN AS DIFF FEES TILL, UH, JANUARY 17TH THIS YEAR.
WE MOVE UP ANOTHER YEAR IN JANUARY.
UM, SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVE RESOLUTION 2023.
2121 AND CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT FEES TO THE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR JANUARY 17TH, 2024.
IN COUNCIL CHAMBERS HERE AT THE CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS.
WE NOW HAVE ONE MORE PUBLIC HEARING, AND AGAIN, UH, THIS IS CONSIDERATION OF PROVING THE ISSUANCE OF SOME BONDS.
UH, I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA COX.
THANK YOU, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE FLAVIO NUNEZ, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, UH, OVERSEEING HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, COX, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
TONIGHT BEFORE YOU IS A REQUEST FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS.
PURSUANT TO THE TAX EQUITY, FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT, ALSO KNOWN AS TEFRA, THE THE LOCAL PUBLIC AGENCY MUST PROVIDE A PUBLIC HEARING OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO PROVIDE COMMENTS ON THE ISSUANCE OF THESE TAX BOND PROCEEDS.
TEFRA REQUIRES, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING AS AN ADMINISTRATIVE STA UH, STEP BEFORE THE BONDS CAN BE ISSUED.
THIS TRANSACTION IS BEING ISSUED BY THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, A JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY.
THEY WOULD BE THE ISSUER AND NOT THE CITY.
AND THIS IS AN IMPORTANT ITEM TO NOTE.
THE CITY IS NOT ISSUING THE BONDS.
THE CITY IS PURELY MAKING THE PUBLIC HEARING AS A STEP OF THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS.
THEREFORE, THE CITY HAS NO OBLIGATION AND REPAYMENT OF THE BONDS OR NO OBLIGATION OR RESPONSIBILITY THAT THAT RESPONSIBILITY IS STRICTLY ON THE BORROWER OF THOSE BONDS.
AND IN THIS CASE, THE BORROWER IS LINK HOUSING, UH, THE OWNER OF THE PEPPERWOOD APARTMENTS.
THE ISSUANCE OF THE BOND PROCEEDS WILL BE USED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PEPPERWOOD APARTMENTS.
AN EXISTING 230 AFFORDABLE UNIT COMPLEX LOCATED AT 90 55 FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.
THE APARTMENT COMPLEX WAS OR ORIGINALLY CONSTRUCTED IN 1971.
AND IN 2006, THE PROPERTY WAS ACQUIRED BY LINK HOUSING.
AND THROUGH A PARTNERSHIP WITH A FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THE PROPERTY WAS REHABBED AND, UH, LOW RENTS WERE INTRODUCED INTO THE PROJECT MAKING IT AFFORDABLE.
NOW, 17 YEARS LATER, THE PROJECT CONTINUES TO AGE AND IS IN NEED OF IMPROVEMENTS.
THE BROWN PROCEEDS WOULD BE USED TO PAY OFF EXISTING BOND DEBT AS WELL AS DO BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS SUCH AS BALCONY IMPROVEMENTS, UH, WOOD SIDING, REPLACEMENT PAINT, UM, JUST TO NAME A FEW OF THOSE IMPROVEMENTS.
AGAIN, I'D LIKE TO MENTION THAT THERE IS NO COST OBLIGATION OR REPAYMENT, UH, OF THESE BOND PROCEEDS OF THE CITY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS A REQUIREMENT OF THE TAX EQUITY AND FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY ACT THAT REQUIRES THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ALLOWS THE PUBLIC TO COMMENT.
AND AS OF TODAY, OUR OFFICE HAS NOT RECEIVED, UM, ANY COMMENTS, UH, REGARDING THIS PARTICULAR ITEM? THERE WAS A PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE PAPER ISSUED AS WELL.
THEREFORE, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION, RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 117, APPROVING THE ISSUANCE OF THE BONDS BY THE CALIFORNIA STATEWIDE COMMUNITIES DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY FOR PEPPA WARE DEPARTMENTS.
THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER THEM.
QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER OF ISSUANCE OF BONDS? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE
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PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE STAFF AND OR COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.I, I I, I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THE PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS THE REASON WHY WE'RE HOLDING THIS PUBLIC HEARING IS BECAUSE WE'RE AS A CITY, WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO DO THE ADVERTISING AND THIS VENUE IS SET TO BE ABLE TO HAVE EVERYONE THAT WOULD BE INTERESTED COME AND ADDRESS THEIR CONCERNS.
BUT STRICTLY NO FUNDS OF THE CITY ARE BEING USED.
IT'S THE LINK HOUSINGS RESPONSIBILITY.
UH, THE TEFRA ACT ACTUALLY REQUIRES THE LOCAL AGENCY TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THE ISSUER OF THE BONDS IS THE CALIFORNIA AUTHORITY, UH, JOINT JPA.
SO WE HAVE A MOTION THEN I'D, UM, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH SEVEN.
THERE ARE NO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS THIS EVENING, BUT THERE IS A SOME COUNCIL BUSINESS TO BE CONDUCTED AND THAT IS CONSIDERATION OF CITY COUNCIL'S APPOINTMENT OF THEIR RESPECTIVE MEMBER TO THE CUCAMONGA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT'S CONSERVATION REGULATIONS COALITION.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER, MIKE PALMER, TO PRESENT THIS ITEM.
UH, ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE ENACTED TWO BILLS, SENATE BILL 6 0 6 AND ASSEMBLY BILL 1669.
THAT TOGETHER ESTABLISHED A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR LONG-TERM, LONG-TERM IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER CONSERVATION AND DROUGHT PLANNING.
THIS INCLUDED TASKING THE CALIFORNIA, UH, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES WITH MAKING REGULATION RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO THE STATE WATER, UH, RESOURCES CONTROL BOARD OF THE STATE WATER BOARD, UH, TO ESTABLISH METHODOLOGIES, REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND STANDARDS FOR URBAN WATER USE BY CALIFORNIA'S LARGEST WATER SUPPLIERS SUCH AS CUCAMONGA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT.
THE PROPOSED RULEMAKING WAS FIRST INTRODUCED, UH, EARLIER THIS YEAR, AND THE FIRST PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TOOK PLACE BETWEEN AUGUST AND OCTOBER.
THE WATER BOARD WILL BE CONSIDERING THE RULEMAKING FOR ADOPTION IN SUMMER 2024 WITH AN EFFECTIVE TARGET DATE LATER ON IN THE YEAR AT THE END OF OCTOBER.
UH, MANY OF THE PROPOSED METHODOLOGIES, REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND STANDARDS FOR URBAN WATER IMPLEMENT A ONE SIZE FITS ALL APPROACH AND DO NOT TAKE, UH, REGIONAL GEOGRAPHIC OR, UH, CURRENT WATER SAVING EFFORTS INTO ACCOUNT.
CVWD IS CONVENING A COALITION TO REVIEW AND ANALYZE POTENTIAL, UH, REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS TO THE PROPOSED STATE WA UH, STATEWIDE WATER USE REGULATIONS, UH, DEVELOP POLICY CONSIDERATIONS, AND COORDINATE A REGIONAL ADVOCACY EFFORT.
THE ESTIMATE TIME COMMITMENT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, FOR THAT COALITION IS APPROXIMATELY FOUR TO 12 HOURS TOTAL, UH, DEPENDING ON THE LEVEL OF DESIRED INVOLVEMENT.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU, UH, IS THE CONSIDERATION TO APPOINT A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL AS THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE CUCAMONGA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT'S CONSERVATION REGULATIONS COALITION.
UH, AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY BRIEF, UH, REPORT.
IS THERE ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL THAT'S INTERESTED IN SERVING IN THIS CAPACITY FOR THIS COALITION? I WOULD BE INTERESTED, MAYOR.
ANYONE ELSE? IS THERE ANY OTHER INTEREST? I'LL MAKE THE MOTION THAT ASHLEY STICKLER SELECTED AS THE MEMBER.
THAT'S GREAT BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED THAT EVERY ONE OF YOU MIGHT WANT TO BE A PART OF IT AND THEN WE REALLY, UH, JUST KIDDING.
MOST A MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.
UH, NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANY INTER-AGENCY UPDATES, ANY CITY ATTORNEY I ITEMS FROM OUR ESTEEMED ATTORNEY.
ANY IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 20TH, 2023.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TONIGHT.
UM, THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT BE HERE ON THE 20TH OF DECEMBER, UH, HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS AND, AND NEW YEAR'S, UM, AND BE, JUST BE SAFE THROUGH THE HOLIDAY SEASON.