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UM, CALL THIS MEETING NOW TO ORDER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR COUNCILWOMAN, CHRISTINE SCOTT, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE RISE AND PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART? READY? BEGIN P TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY AND COUNCILWOMAN ASHLEY STICKLER HAVE EXCUSED ABSENCE FROM THIS COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING.
UH, SO I'LL TURN OVER TO COUNCIL MEMBERS BRIAN HUTCHINSON, PRESENT AND COUNCILWOMAN CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY ADJUSTMENTS OR ITEMS OR, OR ADDITIONS TO THIS EVENING'S A AGENDA? WE HAVE NO AMENDMENTS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
WE HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS OR PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT OTHER THAN AN ANNOUNCEMENT.
THIS, UH, VERY SOMBER ANNOUNCEMENT.
UM, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO LET EVERYONE KNOW THAT AT THE CONCLUSION OF TONIGHT'S MEETING, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE AND ADJOURN THIS MEETING IN HONOR OF THE THREE FALLEN CAL FIRE, RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTERS FIRE CAPTAIN TIM RODRIGUEZ, ASSISTANT CHIEF JOSH BISCHOFF AND PILOT TONY SALSA, WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN A MID-AIR HELICOPTER CRASH WHILE RESPONDING TO A BLAZE IN CABAZON.
ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, OUR CITY STAFF, AND THE ENTIRE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY, WE SEND OUR SINCEREST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY AND THE FRIENDS OF THESE FALLEN FIREFIGHTERS.
WE WILL NOW TURN TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
THIS IS A TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE BOARD ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR UNLISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
PLEASE NOTE THAT CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY CHANGED THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD TIME FROM FIVE TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL.
WE NOW HAVE IN PLACE RULES OF DECORUM TO ENSURE THAT THIS IS A BUSINESS MEETING AND IS CONDUCTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW.
IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO LOOK AT THE RULES OF DECORUM, THEY'RE LOCATED IN THE BACK OF THE BOXES IN THE BACK, UH, ON, UH, OF THE CHAMBERS WHERE YOU FOUND YOUR AGENDAS.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO BE THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, AND THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION PERIOD WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
MADAM CLERK? OH, YOU GOT 'EM UP HERE? OKAY.
WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS THIS EVENING, SO WE HAVE YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.
THIS RED LIGHT THAT'S ON THE MICROPHONE AT THE PODIUM, UH, WHEN IT GOES OFF.
THAT'S YOU, YOU'VE REACHED YOUR THREE MINUTE TIMEFRAME.
IT'S ALSO DISPLAYED UP ON THE SCREEN, UH, ABOVE, UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEYS, BEHIND OUR CITY ATTORNEY.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JEFF PRYOR, FOLLOWED BY HEATHER PARSONS.
UM, THE THING YOU HAD JUST TALKED ABOUT, MAYOR, IS THE THING I WANNA TALK ABOUT IS THIS THREE MINUTE LIMIT.
UH, AS YOU SAID EARLIER, UH, OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS USED TO HAVE A FIVE MINUTE LIMIT.
UH, RARELY HAVE I BEEN TO MEETINGS WHERE THERE'S BEEN MAYBE FOUR MORE THAN FOUR TO FIVE SPEAKERS.
SOME HAVE GONE RIGHT, TWO TO THREE MINUTE LIMITS, SOME HAVE GONE LESS.
AND OFTENTIMES I'VE NOTICED THAT SPEAKERS DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO FULLY DEVELOP THEIR IDEAS AND COMMUNICATE THOSE TO YOU.
I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL TO COMPROMISE AND GO FROM THREE MINUTES.
I MEAN, GO FROM FIVE MINUTES TO FOUR MINUTES INSTEAD OF THREE.
THAT'LL GIVE PEOPLE ENOUGH TIME TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES.
UM, AN EXTREME EXAMPLE OF WHERE THIS IS NEEDED IS A JULY 21ST MEETING I SAW ON, ON THE INTERNET WITH THE TEMECULA SCHOOL BOARD AND THEIR CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES OVER, UH, CONTENT OF THEIR CURRICULUM FOR THEIR STUDENTS.
UH, THAT MEETING WENT FROM 7:30 PM TO A QUARTER TO 11, WHICH IS EXTREME, AND OF COURSE, NOTHING LIKE THAT HAPPENS HERE, BUT 24 PEOPLE HAD TWO MINUTES TO SPEAK.
WE COME NOWHERE CLOSE TO THAT.
PEOPLE NEED ENOUGH TIME TO DEVELOP THEIR IDEAS AND TO COMMUNICATE THAT.
SO I WOULD RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT YOU ALL CONSIDER A FOUR MINUTE TIME LIMIT ON SPEAKING.
HEATHER PARSONS, FOLLOWED BY BILL KAUFMAN, MAYOR MICHAEL, AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS HEATHER AND I'M REPRESENTING THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TONIGHT.
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SERVICE WITH EXCELLENCE, AND I'D LIKE TO GIVE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO MEET ASHLEY FROM VIP SOLUTIONS SO THAT YOU CAN LEARN ABOUT SOME OF THE EXCELLENT SERVICE HAPPENING IN OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.MY NAME'S ASHLEY WILLIS, AND I'VE BEEN WITH VIP FOR 13 YEARS.
WHAT VIP MEANS TO ME IS US FAMILY AND A SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES.
WHEN SOCIETY TELLS US THAT WE CANNOT WORK, VIP SAYS, YES, WE CAN.
WHEN I FIRST STARTED WORKING WITH VIP IT WAS HARD FOR ME.
I HAD TO LEARN HOW TO WORK WITH DIFFERENT PEOPLE, PERSONALITIES.
MY JOB COACHES WERE ALWAYS THERE TO HELP ME HANDLE CONFLICT.
AND NOW I'M PRESENTLY WORKING AT UPS.
I DON'T HAVE A JOB COACH, BUT I SEE HER REGULARLY AND WE DISCUSS HOW WORK IS AND I AM, UM, I AM GRATEFUL FOR VIP AND HELPING AND FOR THEM TEACHING ME AND, UM, THE SKILLS I'VE LEARNED FROM VIP AND I ENJOY THEM.
AND I JUST THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF A GREAT COMPANY FOR ADULTS WITH DISABILITIES BECAUSE WE ARE A, WE CAN DO IT.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO, IF IT'S OKAY TO GIVE YOU GUYS INK, UH, SAFETY PINS OF SERVICE.
JUST GO AHEAD AND GIVE THEM TO THE CITY CLERK.
AND THEY'RE LOCATED RIGHT HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
FOLLOWED BY ASHLEY ROMERO, MAYOR AND PARTIAL CITY COUNCIL.
UM, AND I, I'LL BE VERY BRIEF.
I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW WE HAVE LOCATIONS, UH, RIGHT BY VICTORIA GARDENS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF ONTARIO MILLS AND SO FORTH, LANDLORDS THAT ARE VERY WILLING TO LEASE TO US, PROVIDING THE COUNCIL HAS AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE.
UM, THEN I'M GOING TO CHANGE MY SUBJECT TO PICKLEBALL.
UM, IN THE LAST TWO TO THREE YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE, WE'VE MISSED OVER $7 MILLION IN REVENUE.
AND I'M SAYING WITH THE KIND OF REVENUE YOU CAN GET, YOU COULD BUILD A WORLD CLASS PICKLEBALL COURT AND YOU COULD GET SIGNIFICANT, UM, AMOUNTS OF PEOPLE COMING IN FOR TOURNAMENT PLAY.
I MEAN, TENS OF THOUSANDS FOR THE HOTELS AND SO FORTH, STRICTLY ON THIS MONEY THAT'S COMING IN.
AND IF IT, FROM MY CALCULATIONS, IT'LL BE WELL OVER A MILLION DOLLARS A QUARTER.
I MEAN, YOU COULD, WE COULD HAVE NOTORIETY, MANCHO CUCAMONGA COULD BE THE CENTER OF PICKLEBALL, AND THEY'RE NOT HERE TO EVEN HEAR ME SPEAK ON THEIR BEHALF.
BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, IN BUSINESS, IT TAKES MONEY TO MAKE MONEY, AND THE MONEY'S JUST SITTING THERE TO BE TAKEN.
I'M NOT GONNA GO AND BEAT YOUR BROW ABOUT ANYTHING.
I'VE GIVEN YOU TONS OF PASSING OUT OF THIS, THAT, AND THE OTHER, AND IT REALLY IS IN YOUR LAP.
UM, BUT I IMPLORE YOU TO LOOK AT IT.
I MEAN, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, PASADENA, SANTA MONICA, MALIBU, ALL OF THESE CITIES ARE GETTING SIGNIFICANT REVENUES, AND WE'RE JUST SITTING HERE AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
AND I'M WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES.
I'VE, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE I CAN DO BESIDES TRY TO EDUCATE YOU.
AND IF SOMEONE REACHES OUT TO ME, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY.
I'VE BEEN, HAVE THE EXPERIENCE.
I'VE BEEN A BUSINESSMAN FOREVER, BUT I'VE HAD EXPERIENCE IN THIS PARTICULAR VEIN, AND IT IS JUST A GIGANTIC OPPORTUNITY.
FIRST CLASS PEOPLE, YOU CAN VENT THEM, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE, HAVE LIFE SCANS, HAVE EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF REVENUE THAT'LL GIVE THE, THE, UM, LOCATION THAT THESE LANDLORDS KNOW THEY CAN GET WOULD BE SOME OF THE BEST IN THE CITY AND THE MOST PROTECTED THEIR, THEIR GUARDS THERE.
SO AGAIN, I WON'T TAKE ANY MORE TIME.
I GOT, I'M, I'M ENDING EARLY WITH 40, UH, 40 SECONDS TO GO.
AND ASHLEY AND, UM, LYNN ARE NOT HERE.
ASHLEY ROMERO, FOLLOW, FOLLOWED BY JESUS GARCIA TORRES.
HELLO, MY NAME IS ASHLEY ROMERO.
I WORK FOR THE POMONA VALLEY PRIDE CENTER AS A YOUTH ENGAGEMENT SPECIALIST.
I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY COWORKER TO TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT OF THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE AT THE CENTER AND INVITE YOU TO SOME AMAZING EVENTS THAT ARE COMING UP.
SO, ALTHOUGH POMONA VALLEY PRIDE IS NAMED POMONA VALLEY PRIDE, WE STILL
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WANT TO LET THE SURROUNDING CITIES KNOW THAT WE HAVE RESOURCES FOR EVERYONE.UM, NOT JUST THE CITY OF POMONA, BUT POMONA VALLEY AND INCLUDING RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UM, WE ARE A, A LGBTQ PLUS RESOURCE CENTER, BUT WE DO ENCOMPASS EVERYONE.
WE HELP A LOT OF UNHOUSED FOLK AND WE HAVE A LOT OF PROGRAMMING FOR YOUTH, UM, FOR ELDERS.
AND WE HAVE DIFFERENT, UM, TUTORING SERVICES.
WE HAVE A COMMUNITY SPACE FOR YOUTH TO COME, UM, TO DO THEIR HOMEWORK.
FREE WIFI, AIR CONDITIONER, SNACKS, WATER, UM, TV LAPTOPS LIKE IT, IT'S AMAZING.
WE HAVE FREE BOOKS, WE HAVE FREE CLOTHING FOR, UM, PEOPLE IN NEED.
WE HAVE A FOOD PANTRY AS WELL.
SO I JUST WANNA LET THE COMMUNITY KNOW OF THE RESOURCE, UM, COME VISIT US IN DOWNTOWN POMONA, RIGHT NEAR THE FOX THEATER, AND WE ALWAYS HAVE A PROGRAM GOING ON EVERY SINGLE DAY.
WE HAVE SOMETHING ENGAGING FOR YOUTH, UM, SOMETHING FOR THE COMMUNITY TO CONNECT AND HEAL AND JUST HAVE A SAFE SPACE TO BE THEMSELVES.
SO PLEASE COME VISIT US, FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM POMONA PRIDE CENTER, OR VISIT OUR WEBSITE, POMONA PRIDE CENTER.ORG.
AND WE HOPE THAT YOU CAN MAKE IT TO OUR BIG FUNDRAISING EVENT, THE GALA ON OCTOBER.
AND MY COWORKER WILL LET YOU KNOW MORE ABOUT THAT.
UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR YOUR SERVICE.
MY NAME IS JESUS GARCIA TORRES, AND I ALSO WORK AT THE POMONA PRIDE CENTER.
I'M A CONSTITUENT OF UPLAND, AND, UM, I TAKE PRIDE IN WORKING THERE BECAUSE AS I TURNED 18, I GOT KICKED OUTTA MY HOUSE AND PRETTY MUCH HAD TO, UH, FACE BEING UNHOUSED AND NONPROFITS.
LIKE THESE ARE PRETTY MUCH WHAT GUIDED ME THROUGH LIFE.
AND IN A COUPLE, AND NEXT WEEK, I'LL BE STARTING MY ROAD TO COMPLETING MY MASTER'S PROGRAM IN SOCIAL WORK.
AND IT'S BECAUSE OF PROGRAMS LIKE THIS AND, UH, COMMUNITY CENTERS THAT EMPOWERED ME AND THAT GAVE ME, YOU KNOW, THAT AUTONOMY AND VOICE TO, TO PURSUE MY DREAMS. SO I HAVE HERE SOME INVITATIONS TO OUR, UH, GALA THAT'S GONNA BE AT THE ONTARIO CONVENTION CENTER.
SO IT'S JUST AN INVITATION TO, UH, EVERYBODY HERE, UH, LIVING WITH THE CITY CLERK.
UH, HOPEFULLY YOU COULD MAKE IT TO OUR CENTER BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF RESOURCES AND WE DO HELP A LOT OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS.
SO IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT NEEDS FOOD, UH, PANTRY OR FOOD, CLOTHING, WE DO HAVE A BIG, WIDE, A VARIETY OF STUFF.
AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE PART OF THE L-G-B-T-Q-I COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR SEXUALITY.
AS LONG AS YOU NEED HELP, WE ARE WILLING TO HELP YOU.
EDEN ANDDO, I'M NOT SURE IF I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY, SO YOU CAN PLEASE CORRECT ME.
YOU HAVE A, A RESIDENT HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UM, RECENTLY, THERE WAS A PROTEST OUTSIDE OF HIS HOUSE LAST TIME I CHECKED.
UH, IT'S NOT ILLEGAL TO PROTEST OUTSIDE OF SOMEONE'S HOUSE ON PUBLIC PROPERTY, RIGHT? TURNS OUT, UH, PRIOR TO THE PROTEST ARRIVING, THERE WAS OVER 10 UNITS CALLED A CHOPPER CALLED EXTRA PROTECTION.
A MAN STANDING OUTSIDE WITH A AUTOMATIC WEAPON OUTSIDE OF THIS MAN'S HOUSE.
AND NOW YOU WOULD ASK YOURSELF, WHY, WHY SO MUCH ATTENTION FOR A RESIDENT FOR A PROTEST? TURNS OUT THAT HE'S A DETECTIVE FROM UPLAND POLICE DEPARTMENT.
TURNS OUT THAT HE'S GETTING SPECIAL TREATMENT, PRIVATE SECURITY FROM YOUR CITY, FROM YOUR FUNDS.
I MEAN, YOU'RE ALLOCATING $51 MILLION ANNUALLY FOR THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? SINCE WHEN DID THIS BECOME A FASCIST COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN'T, UH, EXERCISE YOUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PROTEST? AS SOON AS WE GOT THERE, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF, THEY WRAPPED AROUND THE BLOCK WITH YELLOW TAPE, UH, SAYING THAT THERE WAS A CRIME WHEN THERE WASN'T, NOT ALLOWING US TO PROTEST OUTSIDE OF NICK TILLMAN'S HOUSE.
TURNS OUT THAT NICK TILLMAN'S DAUGHTER ASSAULTED A STREET VENDOR AND CALLED HIM AN ILLEGAL.
IT ALSO TURNS OUT THAT NICK PIMAN SHOT SOMEONE 10 TIMES, AND INSTEAD OF GETTING FIRED OR RECEIVING CONSEQUENCES, HE WAS PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE IN UPLAND.
NOW, I UNDERSTAND THIS IS NOT UPLAND, BUT HE LIVES IN YOUR CITY AND IS RECEIVING EXTRA PROTECTION, PRIVATE SECURITY, A CHOPPER, WHICH PROBABLY COSTED YOU $15,000 JUST THAT NIGHT ALONE, THERE WAS NO INCIDENTS, THERE WAS NO VIOLENCE, IT WAS UNNECESSARY.
THEY VIOLATED OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
HALF OF YOUR SHERIFFS REFUSED TO SAY THEIR BADGE AND THEIR NAME, WHICH IS A VIOLATION OF THEIR POLICY.
ALSO, THERE WAS A MAN IN THE CROWD DEFENDING NICK PIMAN.
HE ASSAULTED A PROTESTOR, HE SPIT AT ANOTHER WOMAN'S FACE, AND THE COPS LET HIM GO UNTIL THE COMMUNITY DEMANDED THAT THE SHERIFFS ARRESTED HIM.
IT WASN'T UNTIL PROBABLY 20 MINUTES AFTER THAT THE SHERIFFS
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ACTUALLY DID SOMETHING ABOUT IT.BUT WHAT HAPPENED ON THIS DAY, AND I'LL SAY ONE, I'LL SAY IT ONE TIME IN THE, THE LAST TIME, ONLY BECAUSE WE ARE PLANNING TO SUE, UM, THERE WERE SEVERAL VIOLATIONS OF OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS.
THIS IS QUOTE UNQUOTE, A FREE COUNTRY, RIGHT? UNTIL IT DOESN'T FIT YOUR AGENDA.
LIKE I MENTIONED, ONCE AGAIN, YOU HAVE A RESIDENT WHO HAS SHOT, WHO IS A BIGOT.
BY THE WAY, IF YOU LOOK AT HIS FACEBOOK POST AND HOW HE, UM, CONDESCENDINGLY SPEAKS ABOUT MEXICANS, AND HE SHOT A MEXICAN 10 TIMES AND HE GOT AWAY WITH IT.
UM, AND LIKE I MENTIONED, HE YOU ARE USING, WHY IS IT THAT HE GETS SPECIAL PRIVILEGE? SEVERAL RESIDENTS CAME OUT THAT DAY AND THEY SAID THAT WHEN THEY CALL THE COPS, THEY HAVE TO WAIT 30 MINUTES.
AND WHEN THE COPS ARRIVE, THEY SAY, WELL, IT'S JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH RESOURCES.
I SWEAR, IF YOU WOULD'VE SEEN THAT NIGHT OVER 10 TO 15 UNITS, A CHOPPER FOR NO CRIME COMMITTED, AND THEN YELLOW TAPE PUT UP FOR ALMOST AN HOUR WHEN THERE WAS NO CRIME.
THIS IS NOT A FASCIST COUNTRY, BUT YOU'RE MAKING IT ONE.
AND RANCH CUCAMONGA, YOU'RE GONNA GET CALLED OUT AND I'LL BE BACK.
GOOD EVENING, CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, RESIDENT STAFF AND COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS YESENIA MIRANDA MESA.
I WOULD LIKE TO START BY RECOGNIZING THAT YOU ARE ON STONE, TVA AND SERRANO LAND.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THE EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF FAVORITISM AND ALL THE SUPPORT THAT YOU ALL PROVIDED, UH, TO ONE OF YOUR RESIDENTS, NICK PIMAN.
THERE WERE OVER 20 OFFICER, 20 POLICE OFFICERS AND A HELICOPTER DISPATCH
THIS IS OUR TAXPAYER MONEY AT WORK TO DEFEND A RACIST, A BIGOT.
WE WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS, AND THIS BODY SHOULD NOT STAND FOR THAT IN THE CITY OF RANCHO.
AS A CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER, I WANT YOU ALL TO REQUEST AN INVESTIGATION ON HOW MUCH RESOURCES WERE SPENT ON THIS ONE CALL.
I WANT AN INVESTIGATION AS TO WHO, HOW MANY OTHER CALLS WERE IGNORED BELOW THE TWO 10 FREEWAY ON THE EVENING OF AUGUST 11TH, 2023.
TO PROTECT THIS BIGOT, NICK PIMAN AS A CITY CONTRACT, AS A CITY THAT'S CONTRACTING THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO DEMAND AN INVESTIGATION AS TO WHY NONE OF THE SHERIFF'S OFFICERS IDENTIFIED THEMSELVES WHEN REQUESTED BY THE PUBLIC.
WE, THE PEOPLE THAT PAY THEIR SALARIES DO BE, DO BETTER, RANCHO DO BETTER.
REMEMBER THAT YOU ARE ON STOLEN LAND, AND WE ARE TIRED OF SYSTEMATIC OPPRESSION.
WE HAVE FOREGONE FOR CENTURIES DO BETTER, GET AN INVESTIGATION GOING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
WHAT WAS PROVIDED FOR THIS ONE INDIVIDUAL WAS PROBAB HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OF OUR TAXPAYER MONEY.
AND IT'S VERY UNFAIR THAT ONE PERSON TOOK SERVICES FROM OTHER FOLKS THAT MIGHT'VE HAD A LIFE OR DEATH SITUATION.
SO GET AN INVESTIGATION GOING, AND LIKE MY COLLEAGUE SAID, WE WILL BE BACK.
ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 11 AT 9:43 PM I WAS ASSAULTED BY A WHITE MALE IN THE BLOCK OF MOUNT RAINIER, OFFICER SOSA, WHO REPEATEDLY FAILED TO FOLLOW COMPANY POLICY AND PROVIDE HIS NAME AND BADGE NUMBER, SAW THE WHOLE SITUATION, AND FOR A MINUTE, LOOKED LIKE HE WANTED TO JUMP IN, BUT SINCE NO ONE RAN WITH HIM, HE STOOD STILL AND DID NOTHING TO DEESCALATE THE SITUATION.
I'M GUESSING BECAUSE I'M NOT WHITE, BUT BACK TO THIS RACIST MALE THAT ATTACKED ME.
HE THEN PROCEEDED TO SPIT ON MY INDIGENOUS SISTER ANA'S FACE BEFORE ALL THIS HAPPENED.
THE SAME INDIVIDUAL WAS WALKING AROUND WITH TWO OTHER MEN, ALL THREE PUBLICLY INTOXICATED.
WE ALL TOLD THE OFFICERS ON SCENE ABOUT OUR WORRIES, AND ALL THEY SAID WAS THEY LOOK OKAY.
THEY SEEM TO MANAGE THEMSELVES FINE, YET ALL THEY WERE DOING WAS CAUSING CHAOS.
AFTER THE WATCH COMMANDER CAME, THEY FINALLY TOOK DOWN OUR STATEMENT, SAID THAT HE WOULD BE BOOKED FOR BATTERY.
I CALLED THE STATION TO FOLLOW UP THE FIRST TIME I WAS LEFT ON HOLD FOR OVER AN HOUR.
THE SECOND TIME I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING ON THE REPORT ABOUT ME OR ANYBODY ELSE, ASSAULTED ONLY B******T REPORTS OF GUNSHOTS, FIGHTS AND ASSAULT RIFLES.
WHEN NONE OF THAT S**T HAPPENED, OFFICERS WERE ALREADY ON SCENE BEFORE THE CROWD EVEN BEGAN TO FORM.
THIS INDIVIDUAL WAS ONLY CITED
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AND LET GO.WE WANNA PRACTICE OUR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO PRACTICE THE FREEDOM.
THIS COUNTRY SAYS IT ALL FIRST, THE ONE IT TAKES PRIDE IN FIGHTING FOR.
YET EVERY TIME WE STAND UP AND FIGHT AGAINST THE INJUSTICE SYSTEM, THEY WANNA POINT FINGERS AND ACCUSE US OF BEING TERRORISTS INSTEAD OF HOLDING THESE RACIST INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE.
WHEN SOMEONE GETS HARASSED BY ONE OF YOURS, YOU DO NOTHING ABOUT THE F*****G SITUATION.
A HOTDOG VENDOR WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING AND FEED HIS CHILDREN, BUT WAS ATTACKED BY BRIANNA PIMAN AND HER FRIENDS.
HIS FOOD WAS CONTAMINATED BY THEIR SALIVA THROWN AT HIS FACE.
NO MATTER WHERE WE COME FROM, WE ARE ALL HUMANS BEINGS AND WE ALL DESERVE TO BE TREATED WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT, BUT WE GET TREATED WORSE THAN F*****G ANIMALS BY THESE KKK ACTING INDIVIDUALS.
NICK PIMAN IS AN UPLAND OFFICER AND A RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA WHO POSTS RACIST REMARKS ON HIS FACEBOOK PAGE AND APPLAUDS HIS DAUGHTER'S ACTIONS TOWARDS INDIGENOUS PEOPLE INSTEAD OF HOLDING HER ACTIONS ACCOUNTABLE FOR HER HATEFUL ACTIONS.
BUT WHY WOULDN'T HE? RIGHT? HE SHOT 18-YEAR-OLD CHRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ OVER 10 TIMES AFTER TASERING HIM WHILE UNARMED, WITHIN FIVE FEET OF HIM THEN GETS PROMOTED TO DETECTIVE.
DOES, DOES NOT SOUND LIKE HE WANTED TO KILL HIM.
SO BEING A RACIST PRICK THAT ATTACKS PEOPLE OF COLOR FOR ENTERTAINMENT THAT KILLS PEOPLE OF COLOR TO MOVE UP IN RANKS, IS THAT WHAT THIS COUNTRY? IS THAT HOW THIS COUNTRY WORKS? IS THAT THE FREEDOM YOU BRAG ABOUT INSTEAD OF MOVING FORWARD? WE ARE MOVING BACKWARDS.
THERE IS NO PLACE IN THIS WORLD FOR RACISM.
THESE PEOPLE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS.
YOU NEED TO HOLD THESE SICK INDIVIDUALS ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR ACTIONS OR PEOPLE WILL NOT BE SILENCED.
NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE, F**K RACIST POLICE.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
WAS THERE SOMEBODY FILLING OUT A CARD? I'LL LET YOU, YOUR NAME WOULD JUST BE FINE.
GO AHEAD AND HAND IT TO THE CLERK AND THEN, UM, AND THEN JUST STATE YOUR NAME THERE AT THE PODIUM SINCE, SINCE I DON'T HAVE IT.
AND THEN YOU CAN KEEP THAT FOR THE TIME BEING.
UH, MY NAME IS SOCHI GONZALEZ ES SOCHI GONZALEZ OF THE, UH, BRE ORGANIZATION.
AND I'M HERE TODAY WITH MY CAPTAIN AND WE'RE HERE TO SUPPORT, UM, OUR COMRADES AND THE PEOPLE, OUR PEOPLE, UH, THE ORIGINAL PEOPLE OF THIS, THESE CONTINENTS FOR THAT MATTER.
BUT WE ARE HERE BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THAT HAPPENED ON, I BELIEVE AUGUST 11TH WITH THIS, UH, UM, BIGOT RACIST COP.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE TIRED.
WE SAW EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED, AND WE CONTINUE FOR YEARS AND YEARS OVER AND OVER TO SEE THESE OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING ACTS AGAINST OUR PEOPLE.
SO WE DEMAND RANCH CUCAMONGA TO DO BETTER FOR OUR PEOPLE.
OUR PEOPLE GET TARGETED AND OPPRESSED OVER AND OVER AND OVER, AND WE'RE TIRED OF IT.
SO IT'S TIME FOR YOU GUYS TO STEP UP AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST, WE'RE JUST HERE TO SUPPORT AND WE'RE GONNA BE BACK.
WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO BE BACK.
YOU SEE US TODAY, OUR RE ORGANIZATION FOR MANY DECADES.
WE'VE BEEN SUPPORTING OUR PEOPLE AND DEFENDING OUR PEOPLE, AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO DO SO, AND WE'LL NOT GO AWAY UNTIL WE SEE JUSTICE BEING DONE.
DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO SAY? UM, YES, I DO.
UM, TWO OF THE WOMEN THAT CAME TO PRACTICE THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT, WERE ASSAULTED WITH HATE SPEECH AND WITH ALSO WITH, UH, THIS RACIST MAN'S, UH, SPIT DISGUSTING SPIT.
YOU KNOW, USUALLY WHEN YOU GET SPIT ON, IF YOU'RE A COP, THEY'LL ARREST YOU RIGHT ON THE SPOT.
BUT THAT DIDN'T HAPPEN IN THIS SITUATION, WHICH WAS VERY OUTRAGEOUS FOR EVERYBODY THERE.
I FEEL LIKE IT WAS INCITED ON PURPOSE AND IT'S NOT RIGHT BECAUSE WE WERE THERE.
LIKE I SAID, PEACEFULLY, WE'RE WITHIN OUR RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY PROTEST THIS BIGOT THAT HAS AUTHORITY OVER RESIDENTS OF YOUR CITY.
AND IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT HE HAS AUTHORITY AND HE CONTINUES TO GET PROMOTED.
UM, WHAT ARE YOU GUYS PRAISING? YOU GUYS PRAISING KILLERS, OR ARE YOU GUYS PRAISING PEOPLE THAT PROMISE TO DEFEND YOUR CITY? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT DEFENDING IT.
THEY'RE OPPRESSING OUR PEOPLE.
AND IT'S DISGUSTING TO CONTINUE WITNESSING THIS OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
NOT JUST IN YOUR CITY, BUT EVERY CITY, UM, OR ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S ENOUGH, YOU KNOW, OR THIS IS JUST GONNA GET BIGGER AND BIGGER AND BIGGER.
UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT, WHAT ELSE TO SAY BESIDES NICK PULLMAN IS A RACIST AND YOU HAVE HIM ON YOUR, UH, UM, IN YOUR CITY.
HE'S ALLOWED TO WORK, CONTINUE WORKING.
HIS DAUGHTER'S ALLOWED TO CONTINUE SCHOOL AFTER SHE PRACTICED RACISM ON ONE OF OUR STREET VENDORS, JUST TRYING TO MAKE A LIVING.
UM, LIKE I SAID, IF YOUR ONE OF YOUR OFFICERS WAS ARRESTED, I MEAN, UH, SPIT ON, THEY WOULD GET ARRESTED RIGHT AWAY.
SO, UM, THINK OF THE DIFFERENCE AND THE PRIORITIES YOU'RE GIVING TO RACIST PEOPLE
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AND THE AUTHORITY YOU'RE GIVING THEM, UH, OVER JUST CIVILIANS, LAW ABIDING CIVILIANS.DON'T FORGET, THIS IS INDIGENOUS LAND.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMUNICATION PORTION OF THE AGENDA, AND I'D JUST LIKE TO MAKE ONE, UH, BRIEF COMMENT.
UM, MR. PIMAN, THE GENTLEMAN YOU KEEP TALKING ABOUT, UH, IS NOT AN EMPLOYEE OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
HE'S EMPLOYED BY THE CITY OF UPLAND.
SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT MINOR CORRECTION.
HE'S NOT, HE DOES NOT WORK FOR THE CITY.
IT WAS NOT PROMOTED IN THE CITY.
UH, SO I JUST WANNA MAKE THAT SO EVERYONE'S CLEAR ON THAT.
HE DOES LIVE IN YOUR CITY AND RECEIVE THAT ASPECT.
THAT'S THE END OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS PAY ATTENTION ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION.
UNLESS ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR FIRE FIREBOARD WISHES TO REMOVE SUCH AN ITEM.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST.
OKAY, UH, THE ABSTENTION IS NOTED.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, MR. MAYOR.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT WITH BOARD MEMBERS.
SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE AND MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY.
AND COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT.
MOVE ON TO CONSENT ORDINANCES.
WE HAVE TWO OF THEM THIS E THIS EVENING.
UM, WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE, THESE TWO ORDINANCES? UH, THEY WERE, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO HELD IN A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PUBLIC.
AND, UH, TONIGHT IS JUST A ROUTINE MATTER FOR SECOND READING.
IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION, WE WILL CONSIDER ITEMS E ONE AND E TWO, WHICH IS A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES NUMBER 1 0 2 1 AND 1 0 2 0.
I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION TO MOVE IT.
ADAM CLERK, PLEASE READ THE TITLE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 2 1, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION ONE 0.5 2.025 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD THE HERMOSA FOOTHILL PAID PARKING ZONE AND MAKING A FINDING OF EXEMPTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 2 0, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION 2.1 6.030 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO SALARIES FOR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT MAYOR PRO PROTE KENNEDY, AND COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER.
ABSENT, WE HAVE, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS, AND I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM.
YES, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THE FIRST ITEM BEFORE YOU, ITEM G ONE IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE DESIGN REVIEW AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR A, THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION OF A WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION BUILDING TOTALING 86,194 SQUARE FEET WITHIN THE NEO INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT.
IT'S LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WHIM AVENUE BETWEEN TWANDA AVENUE AND HICKORY AVENUE AT 1 3 0 4 5 WHIM AVENUE.
AND THIS ITEM IS EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF QUA AND THE APPLICANT IS PATRIOT PARTNERS.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME TURN OVER TO SEAN MCPHERSON, OUR SENIOR PLANNER FOR THE STAFF REPORT.
MR. CITY MANAGER, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IT'S ALWAYS A PLEASURE.
UH, AS DISCUSSED, THE APPLICANT IS PATRIOT PARTNERS.
THE REQUEST IS TO CONSTRUCT ONE WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION BUILDING TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 86,000 SQUARE FEET, LOCATED AT 13 0 4 5 WIRA AVENUE.
UH, THERE ARE TWO ENTITLEMENTS FOR CONSIDERATION, UH, EACH WITH THEIR OWN RESPECTIVE, UH, RESOLUTIONS, WHICH HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THE STAFF REPORT PACKET.
UH, HERE YOU SEE THE PROJECT SITE.
UH, THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WIRA, UH, BETWEEN TWANDA AND HICKORY AVENUE.
UH, THE PROJECT CURRENTLY INVOLVES FIVE, UH, WELL, THE PROJECT AREA INCLUDES FIVE SEPARATE INDIVIDUAL PARCELS TOTALING 5.2 ACRES.
UH, THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO CONSOLIDATE THOSE FIVE PARCELS, UH, TO CREATE ONE PARCEL AS PART OF THIS DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION.
UM, THE, UH, PROJECT, UH, DOES HAVE SOME SITE CONSTRAINTS, WHICH INCLUDE A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON EASEMENT AT A AND A FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL EASEMENT AS WELL, WHICH IS, UH, THAT HIGHLIGHTED AREA IN RED, UH, TO THE WESTERLY EDGE OF THE PROPERTY.
BECAUSE OF THESE CONSTRAINTS, ONLY 4.1 ACRES OF THE SITE, UH, IS DEVELOPABLE, UH, AND IS PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED BY THE, UH, APPLICANT.
HERE WE HAVE A, UH, PHOTO, A SCREENSHOT OF THE, UH, PROJECT SITE LOOKING SOUTH FROM WHICH ROOM.
THIS TABLE ILLUSTRATES THE SURROUNDING LAND USES AND ZONING.
AND HERE WE HAVE A, UM, A SITE PLAN
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WHICH ILLUSTRATES THE PROPOSED PLACEMENT OF THE WAREHOUSE ON THE PROPERTY.UH, THE SITE WILL BE ACCESSED BY TWO DRIVEWAYS LOCATED ON WIRA AVENUE, AND VEHICLE PARKING WILL BE LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE BUILDING AS WELL AS ON THE, UH, UH, SOUTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING.
THE, HERE WE HAVE THE PROPOSED, UH, FLOOR PLAN.
THE PROJECT, UH, AS PRESENTED COMPLIES WITH ALL RELEVANT STANDARDS OF THE NI ZONE.
UH, AS NOTED IN THIS CHART, UH, THE PROPOSED BUILDING ITSELF, UH, WILL FEATURE A MODERN DESIGN, UH, WHICH INCLUDES A COMBINATION OF PERFORATED AND MATTE BLACK METAL PANELS, ASYMMETRIC WINDOW PLACEMENT, AND SHARP ANGLES, UH, WHICH RESULTS IN A, UH, UH, QUITE A UNIQUE DESIGN.
UH, THE SIDE AND REAR ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING CARRY THESE RESPECTIVE DESIGN ELEMENTS, UM, RESULTING IN REALLY A DYNAMIC YET COHESIVE ARCHITECTURAL TREATMENT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE, UH, BUILDING.
UM, THE, HERE YOU HAVE SIMPLY JUST ANOTHER RENDERING OF THE FRONT ELEVATION.
THIS WOULD BE, UH, BASICALLY YOU'RE LOOKING SOUTHEAST FROM WI DRUM.
UH, THAT'S THE PRIMARY OFFICE, UH, CORNER OF THE BUILDING.
UH, THE PROJECT WILL BE, THE PROJECT SITE RATHER WILL BE SURROUNDED, UH, BY WALLS, WHICH INCLUDE A MIXTURE OF BLOCK WALL AND TUBULAR STEEL METAL FENCING.
UH, THAT MAXIMUM HEIGHT WILL BE EIGHT FEET.
HERE WE HAVE THE PARKING TABULATIONS.
THE PROJECT DOES MEET PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR BOTH, UH, UH, UH, EMPLOYEE AND VISITOR VEHICLES AND TRUCKS.
HERE WE HAVE THE LANDSCAPING PLAN.
UH, THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING A CODE COMPLIANT AMOUNT OF LANDSCAPING THROUGHOUT THE SITE.
UM, NOW THE PROJECT, AS I HAD MENTIONED, UH, INCLUDES A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, UH, WHICH REQUIRES THE APPROVAL OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, IN SHORT, UH, PURSUANT TO THE, UH, CODE, THE CITY COUNCIL HAS JURISDICTION OVER CONDITIONAL USE PERMITS, UH, FOR, UH, SUCH PROJECTS WHICH EXCEED 75,000 SQUARE FEET IN AREA.
UM, THIS, THE ITEM WAS ADVERTISED AS A PUBLIC HEARING, UM, UH, IN THE INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN.
THE PROPERTY WAS POSTED AND NOTICES WERE MAILED FOR THIS MEETING TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITH ANY 1500 FOOT RADIUS, UH, ON AUGUST 1ST TO DATE, THERE HAVE BEEN NO COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR CONCERNS RECEIVED IN RESPONSE TO THOSE, UH, NOTICES.
UH, AND JUST AS A NOTE FOR HISTORY PURPOSES, I SUPPOSE, PREVIOUS MEETINGS INCLUDED A DESIGN REVIEW MEETING ON APRIL 18TH, WHICH AT WHICH POINT THE DESIGN REVIEW, UH, COMMITTEE, UH, SPOKE POSITIVELY OF THE PROJECT, PARTICULARLY THE, UH, THE UNIQUE EYE-CATCHING DESIGN AND DESIGN ELEMENTS.
AND THAT WAS FOLLOWED BY A PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING AT JUNE 28TH, AT WHICH POINT THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROJECT.
UH, THE PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM CA AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BY THE CITY MANAGER.
UH, THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO THE CITY'S, UH, PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE, UH, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE.
AND, UH, LASTLY, THAT BRINGS US TO STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR THE AFOREMENTIONED REASONS AND FACTS PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT.
AND THE STAFF REPORT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROPOSED PROJECT, UH, VIA THE ADOPTED, UH, UH, THE ATTACHED RESOLUTIONS.
UH, WITH THAT, THE APPLICANT IS HERE PRESENT WITH THEIR DESIGN TEAM, AND I AM HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS? JOHN? GO AHEAD.
ONE, MR. MAYOR, JUST A QUICK QUESTION.
THE, UM, TRUCK QUEUING LANES, ARE THOSE ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF IT? THE FONT WAS A LITTLE BIT SMALL AND I COULDN'T QUITE READ IT.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE AND, AND ALSO UNDERSTAND, ARE THOSE A ONE FOR ONE RATIO WITH THE DOCK DOORS? UH, UH, YEAH, CORRECT.
THE, THE, THE, THE, UH, PROJECT DOES MEET QUEUING REQUIREMENTS PURSUANT TO THE CODE AND, UH, VEHICLES WOULD QUEUE IN THAT WESTERLY, UM, UH, DRIVEWAY.
AND IS THAT THREE OF THEM THERE STACKED ALONG THAT? CORRECT.
AND THAT, THAT'S ILLUSTRATING THE COMPLIANCE OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE.
WELL, I'M THANKFUL FOR THAT, THAT WE'LL HAVE AN AREA FOR TRUCKS TO QUEUE OFF THE STREET THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAXIMUM SAFETY COMPONENT FOR TRAVELERS IN THAT AREA.
COULD YOU PUT UP THAT FIRST TRUCK THAT SHOWED THAT THE, UM, EASEMENT IN RED? SURE.
ARE, WHAT ARE THOSE BUILDINGS ALONG RA THEY'RE ON EACH CORNER OR ARE THOSE BUILDINGS, OR ARE THEY JUST PARKING LOTS? WELL,
OKAY, SO THAT'S GONNA BE REMOVED.
WHAT YOU SEE IN THE YELLOW AREA WILL BE, UM, CORRECT THE BUILDING AND EVERYTHING.
WOULD THE, UM, WOULD THE PATRIOT PARTNERS CARE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN THIS AT, AT THIS TIME
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AND COUNCIL MEMBERS? MY NAME'S KEVIN RICE.AND I JUST WANNA SAY THAT WE APPRECIATE HAVING THE OPPORTUNITY TO BUILD A PROJECT IN YOUR CITY.
I'M SORRY WE LOST THE MICROPHONE, BUT I, I I THINK WE HEARD YOU FINE ALRIGHTYY.
UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME? I KNOW A COUPLE THINGS.
ONE, LOOKING AT THE RENDERINGS, UM, THAT'S GONNA REALLY IMPROVE THAT AREA IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD, AND HOPEFULLY IT'LL BRING ENERGY TO OTHER PARCELS OVER IN THAT REGION OF OUR COMMUNITY.
I KNOW THE PLANNING COMMISSION DEALT WITH THIS MATTER AND, AND UNANIMOUSLY FORWARDED IT ON TO THE COUNCIL FOR APPROVAL.
SO, UM, WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS BY THE COUNCIL? OTHERWISE, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPT RESOLUTIONS.
NUMBER 2023 DASH 0 9 2 AND 2023 DASH 0 9 3.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT MAYOR VOTES APPROACH.
SOME KENNEDY AND COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ARE ABSENT.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'LL TURN IT AGAIN TO MR. GILSON.
YES, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY REGULARLY, UM, LOOKS AT REVIEWS AND UPDATES, FEES AS NEEDED TO KEEP PACE WITH OUR COST.
UH, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AMENDING THE TOWED VEHICLE RELEASE FEE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
AND, UH, YOU, WE ARE RECOMMENDING A RESOLUTION THAT WOULD APPROVE THE FEE AND AUTHORIZE AN AUTOMATIC, A FEE INCREASE ACTUALLY AND AUTHORIZE AN AUTOMATIC ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT TO THE FEES.
SO WITH THAT, UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE, UH, ADRIANA CAMACHO, OUR MANAGEMENT AIDE, AND ALYSSA COX, THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER WHO WILL GIVE THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
TONIGHT WE PRESENT YOU TO YOU A PROPOSED AMENDMENT FOR THE TOWED VEHICLE RELEASE FEE.
CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 66 0 0 0 AUTHORIZES THE CITY TO IMPOSE FEES TO RECOVER COSTS OF SPECIFIC SERVICES BENEFITING THE USER.
RECENTLY, STAFF REVIEWED THE TOWED VEHICLE RELEASE FEE TO KEEP UP WITH COST AND DETERMINE IF AN ADJUSTMENT SHOULD BE MADE.
THE EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX IS THE FACTOR THAT BEST FITS FEES WHERE THE PRIMARY COST IS STAFFING.
SINCE THE ECI ACCOUNTS FOR WAGE AND BENEFITS INCREASES, STAFF CONDUCTED A COST ANALYSIS FOR THE TOWED VEHICLE RELEASE FEE, DETERMINING THAT PERSONNEL COSTS AND TIME SPENT TOTALED $190.
TOW RELEASE FEES FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS WERE SURVEYED FOR COMPARISON AND FOUND TO RANGE FROM A LOW OF $150 TO A HIGH OF $349.
STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2020 3 0 9 8, INCREASING THE TOWED VEHICLE RELEASE FEE FROM $100 TO $190 EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2023, AND AUTHORIZING AN AUTOMATIC ANNUAL ADJUSTMENT TO THE FEE ACCORDING TO THE EMPLOYEE COST INDEX, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2024.
THANK YOU MAYOR AND CITY, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
APPRECIATE, APPRECIATE I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK FOR A, A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION.
DASH 2023 DASH 0 9 8 AMENDING THE TOW VEHICLE RELEASE FEE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.
MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY AND COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT EXCELLENT STAFF REPORT.
OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS.
ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS OR, I JUST HAVE ONE.
IT'S BEEN AN EXCITING TIME IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR RESIDENTS THAT HAVEN'T HEARD.
WE'VE HAD A COUPLE OF GRAND OPENINGS FOR RESTAURANTS, UM, IN THE LAST WEEK OR SO.
SO, UH, REMEMBER WE DO HAVE OUR LOCAL RESTAURANTS, BUT WE ALSO HAVE THE NEW ONES HERE, UM, IN THE TERRA, UH, BUSINESS TOWN CENTER, UH, KAVA AND, UH, BUSH, UH, FIRE KITCHEN.
SO HAD OPPORTUNITY TO CHECK THEM OUT AND IT'S GREAT TO SEE NEW BUSINESSES CONTINUING TO COME HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
ANYONE ELSE? ANY, ANY AGENCY UPDATES, ANY ITEMS FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY? UH, JUST THAT
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THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, DID NOT TAKE ANY REPORTABLE ACTION OR ANY ACTION FOR THAT MATTER IN CLOSED SESSION AS WE DID NOT HAVE A QUORUM.VERY GOOD IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS GONNA BE HELD ON SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2023.
SEEING NONE BEFORE WE ADJOURN, WE WILL ADJOURN IN HONOR OF THE THREE FALLEN CAL FIRE, RIVERSIDE COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT FIREFIGHTERS CAPTAIN TIM RODRIGUEZ, ASSISTANT CHIEF JOE BISCHOFF AND PILOT TONY SALSA, WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE IN A MID-AIR HELICOPTER CRASH WHILE RESPONDING TO ABLAZE IN KAISON.
SO PLEASE JOIN ME IN A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN THEIR MEMORY.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING.