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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.
WE'VE GOT OUR COUNCIL AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS ON THIS FIRST DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2023.
SO WE'LL CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR MAYOR PRO TIM LYNN KENNEDY TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG.
PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ROLL CALL.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
ARE THERE ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR A COMMITMENTS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO.
MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO CHANGES.
TONIGHT WE HAVE THREE, UH, PRESENTATIONS AND, UM, I'M WAITING TO SEE IF THE KIRTH FAMILY IS HERE AND THEY'RE NOT HERE YET.
SO WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS WAIT AND GIVE THEM A CHANCE OF BE GETTING HERE.
WE'RE GONNA BE ADJOURNING OUR MEETING THIS EVENING IN THE MEMORY OF OUR FORMER MAYOR, DONALD KIRTH JR.
SO WE'LL WAIT, MAYBE THE, UH, KIRTH FAMILY WILL BE HERE IN A LITTLE BIT.
SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PRESENTATION.
AND THAT PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION TO MATTER OF CHRIS ANI.
I'LL GET IT RIGHT BEFORE THIS EVENING'S OVER, I PROMISE YOU OR NOT.
AND BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE MOHO, WE'D LIKE TO HAVE OUR FIRE CHIEF SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED AND WHAT HE DID DURING HIS, UH, EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT.
UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
SO WE'RE HERE TO RECOGNIZE MOH, WHO IS JUST A SHINING STAR IN OUR COMMUNITY.
HE'S A SENIOR IN RANCH AT RANCH CUCAMONGA HIGH SCHOOL, AND PART OF HIS EAGLE SCOUT PROJECT, HE CONTACTED THE FIRE DISTRICT AND HE WAS ABLE TO CONTACT THE FIRE DISTRICT.
'CAUSE HIS FATHER RAJ, IS A MEMBER OF OUR CERT TEAM.
SO HE ALREADY IS INVOLVED IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH THEIR FAMILY IS INCREDIBLE, BUT THEIR SON DECIDED THE EAGLE SCOUT PROJECTS WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT HE WANTED TO BRING.
SO CONTACTED NICOLE UTILIZING LIBRARY SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS.
HE WENT AND PUT A LIBRARY KIOSK FREE, LITTLE FREE LITTLE, LITTLE FREE LIBRARY AT STATION 1 7 3.
AND AT STATION 1 7 6, THEY INSTALLED IT.
SO ANYBODY IN THE COMMUNITY CAN COME LEAVE A BOOK AND GRAB A BOOK.
SO, UM, JUST CHIEF, IF YOU WOULD, WHERE, WHERE ARE THOSE STATIONS LOCATED? SO 1 7 3 IS OFF OF DAY CREEK AND 1 7 6 IS ON EAST AVENUE.
SO ANYONE NEEDS A BOOK? LEAVE A BOOK, TAKE A BOOK.
AND, AND, UH, SO MATT HAV, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD OVER HERE AND SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE YOU FOR YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT.
I'M GONNA READ THIS PROCLAMATION, UM, TO YOU AND TO THE AUDIENCE FOR YOUR ACCOMPLISHMENT.
AND THAT IS WHERE THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS COMMITTED TO EDUCATION AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS LIKE THE EAGLE SCOUT, THE EAGLE SCOUT PROGRAM THAT SERVE TO BETTER OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS THE EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT IS ONE OF THE MOST INVOLVED AND TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCES A YOUNG PERSON CAN HAVE, AND WHEREAS MADOFF KRISH, DON JA KRISH NARAJ, I'LL GET THIS STRAIGHT.
CHRIS NARAJ HAS EXPERIENCED MANY NEW THINGS THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT AND DEVELOPED VALUABLE LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
AND WHEREAS MOH KRISH NA RAJ FOLLOWS HIS AND HIS PARENTS' DEDICATED FOOTSTEPS TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY WITH OVER 100 HOURS OF VOLUNTEER WORK IN THE CITY THIS YEAR ALONE.
AND WHEREAS MOD HO'S EAGLE SCOUT SERVICE PROJECT SHOWED HIS COMMITMENT TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY AS HE EXPANDED OUR BOOK ACCESS AND BUILT TWO NEW PUBLICLY ACCESSIBLE LITTLE LIBRARY BOXES LOCATED AT OUR FIRE STATIONS ON EAST AVENUE AND ON
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DAY CREEK BOULEVARD, INSPIRING READERS TO TAKE A BOOK AND SHARE A BOOK.NOW THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOES HEREBY COMMEND MOH FOR HIS EAGLE PROJECT AND SERVICE TO THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AS A DEDICATED VOLUNTEER.
AND MOH CAN'T, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
THE CHIEF EXPLAINED IT ELOQUENTLY.
AND I WOULD JUST ALSO LIKE TO ASK IF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, I KNOW YOUR FATHER, MOTHER, SISTER, AND, AND COUSIN AND OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS MAY, BUT, BUT YOU ALL STAND UP AND MAYBE ALLOW THE AUDIENCE TO RECOGNIZE YOU FOR ALL THIS WONDERFUL WORK.
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT, IT'S FAMILIES LIKE YOURSELVES THAT GIVE SO MUCH BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AS A VOLUNTEER TO HELP FURTHER OUR COMMUNITY, TO KEEP IT SAFER, NOT ONLY WITH WHAT YOU DO OUT THERE FOR THE COMMUNITY AND, AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO EXPAND THE WEALTH OF KNOWLEDGE THROUGH BOOKS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION HERE AND WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU.
AND I KNOW THAT OUR COUNCIL WANTS TO CONGRATULATE YOU ALSO.
NOW, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS? UH, YEAH, SURE.
I JUST WANTED TO GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY THAT I GREW UP IN BECAUSE I, I MOVED HERE WHEN I WAS LIKE TWO AND A HALF, AND I, I WANTED TO THANK MISS, UH, NICOLE DALTON AS WELL FOR HELPING ME OUT WITH MY EGO PROJECT.
I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HER EITHER.
AND THANK YOU, UH, MR. MAYOR FOR, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING ME WITH THE PROCLAMATION AS WELL, THAT EVERY ONE OF THESE PEOPLE ARE HERE, THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL, THEY ALL WANT TO SHAKE YOUR HANDS AND CONGRATULATIONS.
COME BACK DOWN HERE UP AND IF YOU FOLKS WANT TO GET UP HERE CLOSER, YOU, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP WITH YOUR CAMERAS, WITH YOUR, ARE THOSE POLAROID CELL PHONES?
OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA ANIMAL CARE AND FOUNDATION FOR DONATING $45,000 IN FISCAL YEAR 2223 TO SUPPORT THE ANIMAL CENTER'S, ANIMAL CARE AND COMMUNITY PROGRAMS I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD FROM OUR ANIMAL CARE AND ADOPTION CENTER.
VERONICA FIT FITZER, WHO'S OUR DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS PEGGY LYON, A FOUNDATION MEMBER.
WELL, THEY'RE ALL FOUNDATION MEMBERS, LORI PIXTON AND NANCY MENDOZA.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, ELLEN Y COULD NOT BE HERE TONIGHT, BUT SHE SENDS HER REGARDS.
SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ASK OUR DIRECTOR OF OUR ANIMAL CARE AND ADOPTION CENTER TO SAY A FEW WORDS BEFORE WE RECOGNIZE YOU ALL WITH CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION.
SO TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION MEMBERS WITH US.
OUR FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED IN 2015, AND WE'VE BEEN REALLY FORTUNATE ALL THESE YEARS TO HAVE SOME GREAT MEMBERS THAT HAVE HELPED SUPPORT THE ANIMAL CENTER AND THE PETS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
BUT TONIGHT, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE BOARD THAT'S UP HERE TONIGHT OR TONIGHT BECAUSE LAST FISCAL YEAR, THEY HAD A HUGE YEAR OF DONATING $45,000 BACK TO THE ANIMAL CENTER.
AND I, I WILL TELL YOU, WE, WE WANT TO THANK NOT ONLY YOU FOLKS FOR WHAT YOU DID AS A FOUNDATION, BUT OUR COMMUNITY THAT FOUND THE, THE ABILITY TO GENERATE REVENUE TO HELP WITH OUR, OUR PROGRAMS. $45,000 IS NOT, UH, A LITTLE BIT OF MONEY.
SO THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID.
SO THOSE FUNDS WENT INTO, THEY PURCHASED A HORSE TRAILER FOR THE ANIMAL CENTER SO WE CAN RESPOND TO EMERGENCIES.
THEY PAID FOR FOSTER PROGRAMS AND THEY HELP SUBSIDIZE OUR VOUCHER PROGRAM SO THAT OUR RESIDENTS CAN HAVE THEIR PETS SPAYED AND NEUTERED.
UM, SUPER PROUD OF THESE LADIES.
ELSA, OUR STAFF MEMBER WHO RUNS OUR ANIMAL CARE PROGRAM AND HELPS WITH THE FOUNDATION A LOT TOO, ALSO PUTS A LOT OF EFFORT INTO IT.
SO SUPER GRATEFUL FOR YOUR GUYS' EFFORTS.
WE HAVE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION FOR EACH ONE OF YOU AND THE STATE.
THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE
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RANCHO CUCAMONGA ANIMAL CARE FOUNDATION FOR DONATING $45,000 DURING FISCAL YEAR 20 22, 20 23 TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA ANIMAL CENTER TO SUPPORT ANIMAL CARE AND COMMUNITY-WIDE PROGRAMS. AND EACH ONE READS THE SAME.AND THE FIRST LADY THAT I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE IS PEGGY LYON.
AND PEGGY ALSO HAS, UH, FOSTERED OF LIKE 500 KITTENS FOR US.
SO HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR WE CAN GO RIGHT ACROSS HERE.
AND EVERYBODY'S THANK YOU SO MUCH.
APPRECIATE I BET NANCY MENDOZA YES, YOU GO.
WE HAVE, WE HAVE STOOLS, SO I HAVE TO TODAY.
AND OUR LAST PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF SYMPATHY IN MEMORY OF FORMER CITY COUNCIL MEMBER AND FORMER MAYOR DONALD KIRTH, JR.
I'D LIKE TO CALL TO THE PODIUM HIS FAMILY, HIS WIFE DEE, AND TWO LOVELY DAUGHTERS.
UM, I REMEMBER THEIR NAMES, DAISY AND ADDISON.
ADDIE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? DIDN'T SEEM VERY NOT THAT LONG AGO THAT, UH, MAYOR KIRTH WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE, AND I WAS SITTING RIGHT THERE.
AND, UH, TRULY REMEMBER THOSE DAYS WITH VERY, VERY FOND MEMORIES.
WHAT A DEDICATED HUSBAND AND DEDICATED FATHER, UM, THAT WE LOST.
WE ALL ARE VERY DEEPLY SORROWFUL FOR YOUR FAMILY, BUT I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE COMMUNITY A FEW THINGS ABOUT DONALD KIRTH, OUR MAYOR.
UM, HE PASSED AWAY ON OCTOBER 4TH, 2023 AND TO SURVIVE BY HIS WIFE, DEE AND DAUGHTERS ADELINE AND DAISY.
BUT FIRST I WANT TO ADD A LITTLE BIT MORE JUST OF WHAT I READ FROM HIS OBITUARY AND HIS CELEBRATION OF LIFE HERE A WEEK AGO, THIS PAST SATURDAY, UM, DONALD GRADUATED FROM COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WITH A BA DEGREE, THEN WENT ON TO GET HIS DEGREE OF A MEDICAL MEDICAL DIRECTOR, MEDICAL DOCTOR DEGREE FROM COLUMBIA, THEN WENT ON TO THE FELLOWSHIP FOR ART, UH, ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.
CAME BACK, WENT TO JOHN HOPKINS UNIVERSITY, AS WELL AS UCLA MEDICAL CENTER FOR, FOR CLINICAL TIME.
KIRTH, UH, ALSO ATTENDING, UH, LOMA LINDA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY FOR HIS, HIS MASTER'S DEGREE IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, AS WELL AS LEAVING TO HARVARD UNIVERSITY FOR THE KENNEDY SCHOOL OF GOVERNMENT TO LEARN A LITTLE BIT MORE HOW TO GOVERN IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND STATE GOVERNMENT.
UH, JUST A MAN THAT THIRSTED FOR HIGHER EDUCATION.
DON MOVED TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA IN THE EARLY 1980S WHERE HE BEGAN TO ESTABLISH HIMSELF AS IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY AS A PHYSICIAN.
HE WAS THE OWNER OF URGENT CARE CENTER FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND THE MEDICAL DIRECTOR AT LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY BEHAVIORAL MEDICAL CENTER.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FROM BEING HIS CELEBRATION OF LIFE, IT WAS SO TOUCHING NOT ONLY TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY, BUT ESPECIALLY HIS TWO DAUGHTERS, AS WELL
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AS SOME OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE THERE THAT DON JOHN OR DON CHANGED THEIR LIVES THROUGH HIS WORK WITH ADDICTIVE MEDICINE AND A NUMBER OF THE PEOPLE THAT WERE IN HOUSES THAT HE CREATED FOR CARE.UM, CAME TO THE PODIUM TO TALK ABOUT HOW DON DR.
DON KIRTH CHANGED THEIR LIVES AS A COMMUNITY LEADER.
HE WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN 1984, WAS A DIRECTOR FOR THE CUCAMONGA COUNTY WATER DISTRICT IN 1996, APPOINTED TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL IN 2002 AND ELECTED MAYOR OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ON DECEMBER 7TH, 2006, SERVING UNTIL TWO, LATE 2010, HE WILL BE REMEMBERED AS AN EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANT AND DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY.
AND HE LEFT HIS MARK ALL OVER THIS CITY.
AND I CAN REMEMBER DON, LIKE MYSELF, WAS A HUGE SUPPORTER OF, OF NOT ONLY OUR FIRE AND POLICE DEPARTMENTS, BUT EMERGENCY MEDICAL AMBULANCE RESPONSE, UM, UH, DISASTER EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS.
SO D ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY STAFF, AND OUR ENTIRE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY, WE SEND OUR SINCEREST AND HEARTFELT CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS OF YOUR LATE HUSBAND AND YOUR LATE FATHER.
OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS ARE WITH THE KURT FAMILY DURING THIS VERY DIFFICULT TIME.
AND I DON'T KNOW WHETHER YOU'D CARE TO, BUT SINCE I DIDN'T GET TO CHAT WITH YOU BEFORE YOU ARRIVED, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY SOMETHING AT ALL, OR ARE YOU FINE? GOOD, THANK YOU.
BUT WE WANT TO CONGRATULATE SO SORRY FOR YOU.
WE HAVE THE CERTIFICATE AND THE CERTIFICATE READS IN DEEPEST SYMPATHY, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA ADJOURNED OUR MEETING OF NOVEMBER 1ST, 2023 IN MEMORY OF MAYOR DONALD J KIRTH.
AND BY THIS TOKEN EXTENDS THEIR CONDOLENCES IN CONSOLATION TO THE BE FAMILY AND ALL OF YOUR FRIENDS.
SO WE PRESENT THIS, IT'S A FEW WORDS, BUT DON IS SO, SO REMEMBERED BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND I LOVED YOUR HUSBAND.
SO THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN FOR BEING HERE AND COMING HERE TONIGHT.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A I'LL SEND A PHOTO TO YOU? YES.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC.
THIS IS A TIME AND A PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDAS, COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL AND PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS WILL NOT EXCEED, NOT GONNA WORRY ABOUT THE REST OF THE, WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BUSINESS MEETING.
SO, UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS LANCE BOROUGH.
ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, MAYOR MICHAELS AND CITY COUNCIL.
I HAVE THIS TO KEEP ME IN CHECK SO I DON'T GO PAST THREE MINUTES.
SO I FIRST WANTED JUST TO, EVERY TIME I I COME UP TO SPEAK OR PRAY, I FOLLOW AMAZING PEOPLE.
I'M LIKE, I GUESS I'M STILL BLESSED TO BE IN A CITY WITH, WITH GREAT PEOPLE HERE WHO HAVE DONE AMAZING THINGS.
SO IT'S TRULY A BLESSING TO LIVE IN THE CITY FOR SURE.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO SHARE ONE SCRIPTURE THAT WHEN I READ THIS, I, I THOUGHT OF ALL OF YOU AND IT SAYS, PROVERBS 2028, GOOD LEADERSHIP IS BUILT ON LOVE AND TRUTH FOR KINDNESS AND INTEGRITY ARE WHAT KEEPS LEADERS IN THEIR POSITION OF TRUST.
AND I JUST WANNA PRAY THAT OVER YOU AND JUST PRAY FOR THIS CITY.
SO FATHER, THANK YOU FOR AMAZING YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES WHO INVEST IN THE CITY OR WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WHETHER THEY'RE
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AN INDIVIDUAL OR WHETHER THEY'RE A BUSINESS OR A NONPROFIT.LORD AND LORD, WE THANK YOU FOR THE CITY COUNCIL, FOR THE EMPLOYEES OF THIS CITY, LORD, FOR OUR, UH, FIREFIGHTERS, OUR POLICE OFFICERS.
LORD, LORD, YOUR WORD SAYS THAT GOOD LEADERSHIP IS BUILT ON, ON TRUTH AND ON LOVE, LORD, AND, AND INTEGRITY KEEPS GOOD LEADERS IN THEIR POSITION OF TRUST, LORD.
SO I'M JUST DECLARING THAT THAT'S WHO THEY ARE.
PEOPLE OF INTEGRITY, PEOPLE OF LOVE, LORD, THAT FATHER YOU FILL THEM MORE AND MORE WITH YOUR LOVE, THAT YOU FILL THEM WITH, WITH WISDOM AND, AND GIVE THEM GUIDANCE, LORD, FOR WHAT THEY'RE TO DO.
LORD, AS I AS I WALKED UP HERE EARLIER, I SAW THE FOUNTAIN WITH THREE, THREE WATER FOUNTAINS GOING, AND IT JUST REMINDED ME OF YOU FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT.
AND I JUST, LORD, I JUST, I I BELIEVE THAT LORD, YOU'RE HERE THAT AS WATER CLEANSES AND WATER REFRESHES, LORD, THAT YOU'RE REFRESHING THE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL.
LORD, YOU'RE REFRESHING EVERYONE IN HERE, LORD, YOU'RE REFRESHING OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.
LORD, I PRAY YOUR PROTECTION OVER THEM AS THEY GO OUT AND DO THEIR JOBS.
LORD, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THIS CITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE, LORD, THANK YOU THAT YOU, YOUR LOVE IS PRESENT, LORD.
SO WE JUST THANK YOU IN JESUS' NAME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DONNA MARIE MANANO, FOLLOWED BY JEFF PRYOR.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MICHAEL, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND CITY STAFF MEMBERS.
I'M THE CO-FOUNDER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE INLAND VALLEY REPERTORY THEATER, OR AS MANY HAVE COME TO KNOW US, IVRT.
LET ME FIRST SHARE A BRIEF HISTORY OF MYSELF AND MY FAMILY'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
WHEN I MET MY HUSBAND, FRANK IN 1987, HE TOLD ME HE WANTED TO START A THEATER COMPANY.
SOON AFTER WE MOVED INTO, UH, WE MOVED INTO OUR FIRST HOME, UH, IN RANCH CUCAMONGA.
WE WERE MARRIED IN 1988 AND BOUGHT OUR FIRST HOME A WILLIAM LYON HOME, UH, RIGHT UP HERE UP THE STREET IN 1989.
SOON AFTER WE MOVED IN, WE READ AN ARTICLE IN THE NEWSPAPER THAT A PERFORMING ARTS CENTER WAS SCHEDULED TO BE BUILT IN CENTRAL PARK IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AROUND 1994, WE JUMPED ON THE OPPORTUNITY TO START OUR THEATER COMPANY ON A VERY HOT SEPTEMBER NIGHT AT THE ALAMA HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM, INLAND VALLEY REPERTORY THEATER.
IVRT CUT THE RIBBON FOR OUR GRAND OPENING WITH MAYOR DENNIS STOUT AND THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL AND CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MEMBERS, INCLUDING JOHN MANNARINO, WHO INCORPORATED US PRO BONO IN 1990.
AND DON DRIFT MEYER, WHOSE FIRM VERNICK TRE AND DAY NOW EID BAILEY STILL DOES OUR BOOKS PRO BONO 33 YEARS LATER.
WELL, IT'S BEEN 33 YEARS, AND IVRT HAS ACTUALLY BEEN PERFORMING FOR THE LAST 15 YEARS IN CLAREMONT AT THE CANDLELIGHT PAVILION.
THEY CLOSED THEIR DOORS LAST YEAR, AND IVRT WAS THRILLED TO BE INVITED TO PERFORM THE ADAMS FAMILY AT THE LEWIS FAMILY PLAYHOUSE.
I SHOULD ALSO MENTION IB T'S EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH THAT THIS YEAR IVRT BEGAN A FREE AFTERSCHOOL CHILDREN'S CHORUS PROGRAM IN THE CENTRAL UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT.
AND IVRT TEACHES PERFORMING ARTS CLASSES, AND I'M BLESSED TO HAVE TAUGHT BOTH OF DON KURT'S DAUGHTERS AS YEAH, THRILLED TO SEE YOU BOTH.
UM, 3,149 PEOPLE ATTENDED OUR RECENT PRODUCTION OF THE ADAMS FAMILY.
IVRT EMPLOYED 20 ACTORS, 13 MUSICIANS AND 12 DESIGNERS AND TECHNICIANS.
AND YOU KNOW THAT MORE THAN HALF OF THOSE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE DINED OUT AT ONE OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FINE RESTAURANTS EITHER BEFORE OR AFTER THE SHOW.
I AM HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE TO MAYOR L DENNIS MICHAEL AND YOUR LOVELY WIFE, GINA, FOR REPRESENTING THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ON STAGE TWO FRIDAYS AGO, AND SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE ARTS AT THE LEWIS FAMILY PLAYHOUSE, ALONGSIDE THE HONORABLE ED REESE MAYOR OF CLAREMONT TO KICK OFF OUR OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE OF THE ADAMS FAMILY, MAYOR MICHAEL.
IVRT AND OUR COMMUNITY ARE VERY BLESSED AND YOUR TIME IS UP, BUT YOU DID IT PERFECTLY
UM, BUT I DO WANNA SAY ONE OTHER THING FOR THE AUDIENCE'S INFORMATION, THOSE THAT MAY BE WATCHING FRANK MANANO OVER HERE, SITTING OVER HERE WITH A HAIR HAIRLINE LIKE MYSELF, UH, WAS UNCLE FESTER IN THE PLAY
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AND DID AN AMAZING JOB.IT WAS JUST A REALLY, REALLY, REALLY WELL DONE.
GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS AND EVERYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE.
I'M HERE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ISSUE THAT'S IN BEEN IN THE NEWS FOR THE LAST 25 DAYS, THE TRAGEDY THAT'S HAPPENING IN GAZA AND ISRAEL.
AND I AM DEEPLY AFFECTED BY THAT, AND I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE HAVE NOTICED, UM, WHAT'S GOING ON AND ARE AFFECTED TOO.
I'M HERE TO ASK THE CITY OF, UH, RANCHO CUCAMONGA TO TAKE LEADERSHIP, UM, AMONG CITIES IN THE INLAND EMPIRE AND CREATE A FORUM FOR AT LEAST TWO OR THREE TIMES TO HAVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON.
UM, WE WANT TO TRY AND EFFECT SOME PEACEFUL SOLUTIONS TO THIS, AND WE CAN SEND SOMETHING TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT ASKING THEM TO DO WHATEVER THEY CAN TO STOP THE CARNAGE OF, WE DON'T WANT THOUSANDS OF CHILDREN AND HUMAN, INNOCENT HUMAN BEINGS BEING, UH, KILLED.
UM, I LOOKED UP SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, UM, THE CITY OF RICHMOND, CALIFORNIA UP IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.
UH, THE MAYOR, EDUARDO MARTINEZ, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE OCTOBER 24TH PASSED A RESOLUTION BY A SCORE OF FIVE TO ONE FOR SUPPORT OF A CEASEFIRE.
AND I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PRETTY MUCH EVERYONE CAN GET BEHIND.
UH, IT'S NOT SAYING WHO'S RIGHT OR WRONG BUT'S.
LET'S SAY, LET'S STOP THE CARNAGE.
I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, CREATE A FORUM EITHER HERE IN THE CITY, IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS, OR AT LEWIS FAMILY PLAYHOUSE OR ANOTHER VENUE, AND INVITE THE PUBLIC TO COME AND SHARE WHAT YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS.
AND ALSO SOME SOLUTIONS THAT WE CAN PASS ON TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
UM, WE CAN BE A LEADERSHIP MODEL.
I DON'T WANNA SEE THIS PASSED ON TO HEALTHY RC, I'M INVOLVED WITH THAT, BUT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE THE FACE OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AND I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT AND ENCOURAGE THE PUBLIC TO SUPPORT THAT KIND OF A ENDEAVOR.
WE NOW WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
CONSENT CALENDAR'S EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT.
UM, THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT CONVERSATION OR COMMENT UNLESS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER OR BOARD MEMBER CARES TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.
SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR? I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D TWO DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SO-CALLED GAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
THE ABSTENTION ON ITEM D THREE IS NOTED.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS EVENING'S CONSENT CALENDAR, MR. MAYOR, THAT'S WITH THE REMOVAL OF ITEM D 14.
STAFF REQUESTED THAT ITEM BE REMOVED AND CONTINUED.
I'M, WE'LL BRING THAT BACK AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING.
OKAY, SO I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MR. MAYOR WITH THOSE AMENDMENTS.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH BOARD MEMBER SCOTT UPSTANDING ON ITEM D THREE AND ITEM D 14 REMOVED.
THERE ARE NO CONSENT ORDINANCES, NORM ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS OR PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT THAT ARE ADVERTISED.
SO WE'LL NOW TURN IT OVER TO THE CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORT, AND THAT IS GONNA BE CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THE CITY MANAGER'S AMENDED AND RESTATED EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.
I'D LIKE TO ASK THE CITY MANAGER TO CALL FORWARD HIS STAFF MEMBER TO MAKE THAT REPORT TO US.
YES, I WILL TURN THIS OVER TO ROBERT BER, UM, ONE OF OUR HR DIRECTORS TO MAKE THE PRESENTATION.
UH, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL BEFORE YOU IS AN AMENDMENT AND A RESTATEMENT OF THE CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT.
STAFF WILL SUMMARIZE THIS ITEM BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES FINAL ACTION ON THE ITEM.
THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT WITH JOHN GILLISON IN JULY OF 2011, AND THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME SINCE THEN.
UH, THIS AMENDMENT INCLUDES A 5% MERIT INCREASE, MOVING 10% OF THE EMPLOYEE'S BASE SALARY THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY PAYS FROM HIS RETIREMENT HEALTH SAVINGS PROGRAM TO HIS 4 57 PLAN AND APPROVING AN ONGOING ANNUAL CONVERSION OF UP TO 80 HOURS OF SICK LEAVE INTO VACATION TIME.
STAFF ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE AMENDMENT TO THE CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.
ANY QUESTIONS OF MR. NEBER? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE A, A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY MANAGER? SOME SECOND PLEASE VOTE.
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AND, AND, AND I WANNA JUST LET THE, THE COMMUNITY KNOW, UM, ALL OF US UP HERE ON THE DAIS EVERY YEAR AROUND THIS TIME OF YEAR, GIVE OUR CITY MANAGER PERFORMANCE EVALUATION.AND I CAN TELL YOU, YOU, WE ALL ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE PROBABLY THE BEST CITY MANAGER GUIDING THIS CITY AND BUILDING THE TEAM THAT HE HAS BUILT.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, UM, HE HAS DONE AN OUTSTANDING JOB AND HE WAS RATED AS DOING AN OUTSTANDING JOB BY YOUR CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, THIS IS JUST A SMALL TOKEN OF OUR DEEP APPRECIATION FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT HE PUTS IN AND, AND THE REST OF OUR STAFF.
SO, UM, WE DO THIS ANNUALLY ABOUT THIS TIME OF YEAR EVERY YEAR.
AND, AND JOHN, WE, WE, WE WANT TO AGAIN PUBLICLY THANK YOU FOR THE JOB YOU DO AND AND KEEPING ALL OF US IN LINE, WHICH IS HARDER THAN ANY OF THE OTHER JOBS, RIGHT? JUST KIDDING.
UM, SO ANYWAY, UH, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANY INTERAGENCY UPDATES, ANY ITEMS FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY? I HAVE NO REPORTS TONIGHT.
THEN WE WILL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND ADJOURN THIS EVENING'S MEETING OF NOVEMBER 15, OR EXCUSE ME, OUR NEXT MEETING IS NOVEMBER 15TH OF THIS MEETING, NOVEMBER 1ST.
AND WE'RE GONNA ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF FORMER RANCHO CITY COUNCIL AND MAYOR DONALD J KERTH, MD.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING'S MEETING AND CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU YOUNG MAN FOR YOUR EFFORTS.