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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR AUGUST THE SECOND CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS.
AND, UH, WE ARE GONNA CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER AT THIS TIME.
AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR CHAIR, OUR COUNCILWOMAN ASHLEY STICKLER TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG.
PLEASE JOIN US, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART, AND READY TO BEGIN.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO, MME. MAY, MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO CHANGES TO TODAY'S MAD'S.
AGENDA
AND, UH, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
AND WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, AND THAT'S A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION TO THE OUTGOING RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE PRESIDENT AND CHAIRWOMAN HEATHER PARSONS.
HEATHER, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD BEFORE I, UH, GET STARTED? HEATHER, I WOULD LIKE TO HAVE YOU MAYBE ADDRESSED JUST THE KINDS OF THINGS THAT YOU ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR FOR, UH, AN OUTSTANDING CHAMBER OF COMMERCE UNDER YOUR LEADERSHIP.
UM, FIRST I WANNA THANK ALL OF THE MEMBERS OF OUR CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM.
I THINK PROBABLY THE MOST IMPORTANT THING WE ACCOMPLISHED AS A CHAMBER OF COMMERCE WAS TO BE ABLE TO OPEN UP DOORS, UH, BETWEEN OUR CITIES, BUSINESSES, OUR ENTREPRENEURS, AND OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
UM, THEY HAVE COME AND ATTENDED ALL OF OUR EVENTS, BEEN ABLE TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES.
WE'VE ALSO BEEN ABLE TO MOVE TO A NEW OFFICE LOCATION AND SECURED A PHENOMENAL NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR WHO IS HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, HEATHER RAWLINGS POLK.
AND WE'RE JUST REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE FOR SOME OF OUR INCOMING BUSINESSES THIS YEAR.
WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION AND YOU'LL, YOU'LL ALLOW ME, I'D LIKE TO READ IT THROUGH THE AUDIENCE SO THAT YOU FULLY UNDERSTAND THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS MADE BY THIS YOUNG LADY DURING THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR.
WHEREAS THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA RECOGNIZES HEATHER PARSONS FOR ALL HER HARD WORK AS THE IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT AND CHAIRWOMAN OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE BOARD OF DIRECTORS.
AND WHEREAS HEATHER PARSONS HAS BEEN A MEMBER OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE SINCE 19 20 19, I WAS GONNA SAY 1919, BUT
SO ONE YEAR AFTER SHE JOINED THE CHAMBER, SHE WAS SELECTED TO BE ON THEIR LEADERSHIP TEAM, WHICH IS QUITE A STATEMENT TO YOUR, UH, ABILITIES.
AND WHEREAS HEATHER PARSONS WAS APPOINTED PRESIDENT CHAIR DURING THE 20 22, 20 23 FISCAL YEAR, SHARING HER KNOWLEDGE AND LEADERSHIP WITH THE ORGANIZATION.
AND WHEREAS HEATHER PARSONS YEARS OF SERVICE HAVE BEEN MARKED BY EXEMPLARY DEDICATION TO PROMOTE A BUSINESS FRIENDLY COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT TO ENHANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND AND ECONOMY IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND WHEREAS IN ADDITION TO HEATHER PARSON'S RECENT ROLE WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SHE IS ALSO THE INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE CHAFFEE COLLEGE FOUNDATION COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS AT OUR LOCAL CHAFFEE COLLEGE.
AND WHEREAS IN HER ROLE AS INTERIM DIRECTOR OF THE FOUNDATION AND COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS HAS AN EXTERNAL RELATIONS, HEATHER DEVELOPS PROGRAMMING FOR ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT THE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES AVAIL AVAILABLE AT OUR VERY OWN CHAFFEE COLLEGE.
SO NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED HEATHER BY THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND THE CITY COUNCIL, EXTEND OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION TO HEATHER PARSONS FOR HER OUTSTANDING DEDICATION TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
CONGRATULATIONS FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE THIS PAST AND THIS IS FOR YOU.
AND NO ONE WANT TO SHAKE YOUR HANDS, I'M SURE.
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GOOD? THANK YOU ALL.SO NEXT IN OUR AGENDA IS OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
SO THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NONE LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDAS.
I WILL ADD A LITTLE BIT, ANOTHER PARAGRAPH.
'CAUSE RECENTLY WE'VE CHANGED SOME OF OUR PROTOCOLS.
THE CITY COUNCIL RECENTLY CHANGED PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FROM TOP 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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION, YOU CAN REFER TO THE RESOLUTION LOCATED AT THE, THE BACK OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS IN THE BOXES IN THE BACK.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL.
THERE'S A, A LITTLE LIGHT ON THE PODIUM, AND THERE'S ALSO A TIMER UP ABOVE.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION.
AND WE HAVE 12 SPEAKERS THIS EVENING, AND I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE EVERYONE'S AWARE IF WE DON'T GET THROUGH EVERYONE SPEAKING, THAT'S WHY WE CHANGED IT TO THREE MINUTES IN AN HOUR'S TIME.
THE REST OF YOU WILL HAVE TO WAIT.
THAT DIDN'T GET A CHANCE TO SPEAK TILL THE CONCLUSION OF THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR MEETING.
SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS BILL KAUFMAN, FOLLOWED BY HERMAN JANSEN, MAYOR, COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN.
UH, I GAVE YOU SOME MORE READING MATERIAL AT YOUR CONVENIENCE.
ONE OF THEM, THE MERITS OF A, UH, LEGAL DISPENSARY IN THE CITY WAS, UH, GENERATED BY AI, WHICH DID A WAY BETTER JOB THAN I DID.
AND THE SECOND IS SORT OF A HISTORY OF CANNABIS.
AND CANNABIS WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND IS BOTH HEMP AND MARIJUANA.
IT'S NOT ONE AND OR THE OTHER.
UM, I'VE ALSO, LAST WEEK I GAVE YOU THE CITY OF, UH, RANCH CUCAMONGA ECONOMIC, UH, EXAMINATION, AND IT SHOWED 7 MILLION IN TAX REVENUE.
UH, THAT'S FROM 10 DISPENSARIES, WHICH I WOULD IMPLORE WHENEVER THE CITY DOES HAVE AN ORDINANCE TO STAGGER THOSE.
CORONA MADE THE MISTAKE OF HAVING 12 OPEN AND FOUR ARE NOW CLOSED.
UM, NOW ON YOUR CITY CODE 8 52, WHICH DICTATES AND PROHIBITS ANY COMMERCIAL, UH, CANNABIS, WHETHER IT BE HEMP AND OR MARIJUANA.
UM, AND IBEL, UH, I DON'T BELIEVE I KNOW THAT A CITY ORDINANCE CAN SUPERSEDE SOME OF THAT CODE.
AND THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS.
I'M NOT SURE WHERE I'LL GET THE ANSWER.
I MAY HAVE TO TALK TO, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND ASK HIM WHAT IS THE, THE PROPER PROCEDURE.
UM, BUT RIGHT NOW, UNLESS SOMETHING IS DONE AND AN ORDINANCE WOULD SUPERSEDE, UH, WE WE'RE SORT OF STUCK IN THE MUD.
WE'VE GONE TO, UM, VARIOUS LOCATIONS FOR LEASING, AND THERE'S MANY PEOPLE THAT ARE INTERESTED IN, BUT THAT CODE SPECIFICALLY SAYS THAT NO LANDLORD OR CITY OWNER OR PROPERTY OWNER CAN LEASE OR RENT FOR THE, THE PURPOSE OF COMMERCIAL CANNABIS.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT, THAT WE'RE RUNNING INTO.
WE HAVE ONE INDIVIDUAL, ALTHOUGH I DID INFORM HIM THAT, UM, THERE'S A CITY CODE AGAINST IT, AGAINST RENTING OR, OR, UH, OR OR LEASING FOR, FOR THAT PURPOSE.
NOW, THE, THE FACT THAT IF WE LOOK AT THE INLAND EMPIRE, AND WE LOOK AT THE CITIES AND INLAND EMPIRE BEING POMONA, WHICH IS ALREADY DONE, MONTCLAIR AND, AND, UM, CLAREMONT, WHICH ARE WORKING TOWARDS HAVING A ORDINANCE THAT'LL ALLOW COMMERCIAL CANNABIS.
ALSO, YOU HAVE FONTANA IN YOUR OTHER SIDE IN ONTARIO BELOW IT, NOT JUST IN THE CANNABIS BUSINESS, BUT IN ANY BUSINESS, IF YOU ARE THE FIRST ONE IN AND YOU ATTRACT THE CUSTOMERS, YOU'LL PROBABLY HAVE THE MOST ROBUST FUTURE IF AND RANCH, WHICH IS MR. KAUFMAN.
YOU, YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP.
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CITY COUNCIL NAME IS HERMAN JANSEN WILL BE UNDER THREE MINUTES.UH, I'M WITH COLDWELL BANKER TOWN AND COUNTRY IN CLAREMONT, AND IT'S BEEN MY DISTINCT PLEASURE TO REPRESENT, UH, BILL KAUFMAN AND PHARMACY PLUS IN THE SEARCH FOR APPROPRIATE LOCATIONS.
I HAVE ONE, UH, ENTHUSIASTIC PROPERTY OWNER ON 95 55, UH, FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, UH, WHO IS READY TO JUMP IN TO THE MIX OF, UH, THE CITY WOULD ALLOW US TO DO SO.
UH, I'VE CONTACTED OTHER PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, UH, BUT WE WOULD NEED CITY GUIDANCE, UH, AS TO THE LENGTH OF THE PERMIT PROCESS BEFORE THEY CAN COMMIT.
WE HAVE, UH, THEIR PROPERTIES ON THE OPEN MARKET AND THEY CAN'T JUST HOLD IT UP INDEFINITELY.
BUT, UH, THE OVERALL RESPONSE, UH, HAS BEEN, UH, OVERWHELMINGLY POSITIVE.
AND, UH, SO I, I WILL WORK ON BEHALF OF PHARMACY PLUS BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE IN THEIR MISSION, UH, TO PROVIDE A VITAL SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS, NOT ONLY OF THIS CITY, UH, BUT ALSO TO PROVIDE ACCESS TO, TO SAFE AND, UH, HEALTHY AND TESTED PRODUCTS.
UH, NOT ONLY, UH, FOR, FOR, UH, UH, P-T-S-P-T-S-D SUFFER A MILITARY PERSONNEL.
I, MYSELF, UH, UH, AM A CONSUMER OF, OF PRODUCTS TO HELP ME SLEEP AND THAT SORT OF THING.
UH, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS, IS ABOUT TO, UH, DECLASSIFY, UH, UH, THC, UH, POTENTIALLY BY THE END OF THIS YEAR, WHICH WILL OPEN OPPORTUNITY FOR, FOR MANY CITIES AND COUNTIES, UH, AROUND THE COUNTRY TO, UH, MAKE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY FOR THEIR COMMUNITIES, UH, FROM, UH, THE SALE OF, OF, OF MEDICAL MAURA PRODUCTS.
AND, UH, SO I HOPE THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
I'VE BEEN WORKING AND LIVING HERE FOR 25 YEARS IN THIS AREA, AND I SAW THIS AREA GROW, AND, UH, I THINK, UH, THIS COULD BE A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF, UH, FUTURE GROWTH FOR NOT ONLY THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
RICH SCHMIDT, FOLLOWED BY DEBBIE WENER.
AND PLEASE, IF I MISPRONOUNCE YOUR NAME, PLEASE CORRECT IT AT THE PODIUM FOR THE RECORD.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA SINCE 1988.
I'VE SEEN THE VINEYARDS, I'VE SEEN THE VINEYARDS GO AWAY.
MY MAIN CONCERN, I DON'T KNOW IF ALL OF YOU KNOW, WHERE SPRUCE AND, UH, MOUNTAIN VIEW IS, WHERE THE BACKSIDE OF RUTH MUSSER, THERE'S A CROSSWALK.
PEOPLE DON'T STOP WHEN PEOPLE ARE IN THE CROSSWALK.
I'VE TALKED TO THE, UH, CROSSING GUARD DURING THE SCHOOL.
SHE'S NEARLY BEEN HIT NEARLY EVERY DAY BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T STOP.
I'VE ASKED TO HAVE A STOP SIGN THERE, OR A FLASHING LIGHT LIKE THE, UH, LIGHT ON, UH, ELM RIGHT ACROSS FROM, UH, DEER CREEK SCHOOL.
THERE'S A WALKWAY WITH A CROSSWALK WITH A A STOP SIGN OR A STOP LIGHTS THAT FLICKER ON AND OFF.
MY NEXT ISSUE, CITY ATTORNEY, WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THE PARKS IN ENFORCING THE SIGNS.
IS IT CITY? IS IT PARK SIR? WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE IN CHARGE OF OUR OWN PARKS.
IT'S NOT A C CITY ATTORNEY ISSUE.
THERE'S A SIGN THERE THAT SAYS, NO MOTORIZED BICYCLES.
ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS WAS, HIS DAUGHTER WAS HIT BY A MOTORIZED SCOOTER.
I'VE ASKED PEOPLE THAT HAVE GONE BY ON MOTORIZED SCOOTERS AND BICYCLES, YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO, UH, RIDE THEM ON THE WALKWAY.
THEY LOOK AT ME AND THEY LAUGH AND SAID, WHO ARE YOU? SO, I, I WOULD LIKE TO, I PUT IN A REQUEST LAST WEEK TO THIS, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S TO INCREASE THEIR PATROL.
I HAVE A COPY OF THIS RIGHT HERE ALSO ON BELVEDERE PLACE AND COUNTRY VIEW.
MY WIFE'S BEEN NEARLY T-BONED.
AND MY SON, WHO'S AN ATTORNEY, HAS NEARLY BEEN T-BONED.
I'VE ASKED CITY, UH, THE TRAFFIC PATROL TO ENFORCE.
THEY TOLD ME WE CANNOT HAVE A DEPUTY SIT THERE WHILE, UH, DURING THE DAY.
I TOLD THEM, IN AN HOUR, YOU PROBABLY WILL CITE 12 TO 15 PEOPLE.
ANYWAYS, WE WANT OUR, OUR WALKWAYS BACK.
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CONTROL.WE DON'T WANT LITTLE GENTLEMEN RUNNING AROUND TELLING THEM WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU.
I WAS TALKING TO A POLICE, UH, DEPUTY, AND I SAID, THE IDEAS COME ACROSS ABOUT VIGILANTES.
I SAID, AND I SAID, THAT'S NOT A GOOD WORD.
WE DON'T WANT TO HAVE TO SUFFER BEING HIT BY A CAR.
I'M SURE THE CITY ATTORNEY DOES NOT WANT.
PARDON ME? YOU GOT THE DRAFT OF MY CONCERN.
DEBBIE SWARNER, FOLLOWED BY, OR THEA THOMAS, TALK FAST.
HI, MY NAME'S DEBBIE WERNER, MY HUSBAND BARRY AND I HAVE LIVED IN RANCHO PRIOR TO ITS AN INCORPORATION IN 77.
THIS CITY WAS CREATED BY VISIONARIES, AND WE NEED TO CONTINUE THAT TRADITION.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT PICKLEBALL,
IT'S BECOMING MOST, ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR SPORTS IN AMERICA.
UH, EXPERTS PIN THE RAPID POPULARITY OF THE SPORT TO A FEW OTHER FACTORS, SUCH AS THE EASE OF PLAY, THE LOW COST OF ENTRY, AND SOCIABILITY.
IT CAN BE LEARNED IN A FEW LESSONS, AND PLAYERS CAN FIND TOURNAMENTS AT VARYING VARYING COMPETITIVE LEVELS.
THE COST OF ENTRY IS ALSO MORE AFFORDABLE THAN SPORTS, LIKE TENNIS OR GOLF.
YOU DON'T NEED A MEMBERSHIP, AND A GOOD PADDLE CAN BE FOUND FOR UNDER A HUNDRED DOLLARS.
A FAMILY OF FOUR CAN GET BEGINNER PADDLES AND BALLS FOR $200.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLY SOCIAL, UM, SPORT, AND IT PROVIDES AN OUTLET FROM SENIORS ALL THE WAY DOWN TO YOUNG, YOUNG KIDS.
UM, WE HAVE THREE GENERATIONS IN OUR OWN FAMILY WHO PLAY PICKLEBALL FROM MY 14-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON UP TO MY HUSBAND AND I, UH, IN 2022, THERE WERE 8.9 MILLION PICKLEBALL PLAYERS IN THE UNITED STATES, AND THAT WAS 4.1 MILLION MORE THAN 2021 PICKLEBALL NOW, AS OF 2023, HAS 8.9 MILLION PLAYERS.
IN 2022, THE NUMBER OF PLAYERS INCREASED BY ALMOST 86%.
IN THE LAST THREE YEARS, PICKLEBALL ITSELF HAS INCREASED, UM, BY 158% OF PLAYERS.
THE AVERAGE AGE OF PICKLEBALL PLAYERS IS 38 YEARS.
IT SHOWS THAT PEOPLE OF ALL AGES PLAY.
27% OF PLAYERS ARE IN THE AGE BRACKET OF 1834 TO 34 YEARS OF AGE.
COST OF COURTS, ACCORDING TO PICKLEBALL CENTRAL.COM, A NEW COURT CONSTRUCTION BASIC CAN BE 10 TO 15,000.
BASIC PLUS LIGHTING, LIGHTING AND FENCING, 20 TO 35,000.
AN EIGHT QUART COMMUNITY COMPLEX WITH FENCING, BUT NO LIGHTING.
AN EIGHT QUART COMMUNITY COMPLEX WITH FENCING, LIGHTING, AND STADIUM SEATING.
300,000 COST TO OFFSET THE PICKLEBALL.
COURTS COULD BE USED BY SOLAR PANELS, ALLOWING FOR SHADE AND, UH, GIVING ELECTRICITY FOR THE LIGHTS, ESTABLISHING LEAGUES WITH FEES, HOSTING TOURNAMENTS.
FUNDING COULD COME FROM GOVERNMENT GRANTS, PRIVATE OR CORPORATION DON OR CORPORATION DONATIONS.
IN CLOSING, LONG-TERM MASTER PLANS FROM CITIES CAN BE CHANGED.
WE HOPE THE CITY LOOKS INTO THE POPULARITY OF THE SPORT AND TAKES CONSIDERATION OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PLAYING.
THANK YOU ORELLA THOMAS, YOU KNOW, I, I, IF I COULD JUST DO, DO ME A BIG FAVOR.
WE KNOW YOU'RE ALL HERE FOR PICKLEBALL.
I DON'T NEED TO SEE YOUR PADDLES.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE KIND OF DISRUPTIVE, SO USE THEM OUT ON THE COURTS.
UM, MY NAME IS ARLITA THOMAS, AND I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA SINCE 1983, WHICH IS 40 YEARS.
UH, I'M AN AVID PICKLEBALL PLAYER.
UH, I STARTED PLAYING PICKLEBALL MARCH OF 2022, AND APPROXIMATELY, APPROXIMATELY 17 MONTHS AGO, UH, I CONTINUE TO PLAY AND BECAUSE I LIKE IT, IT'S FUN, AND I GET BETTER EVERY TIME I PLAY.
UM, MY MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL BELIEFS HAVE IMPROVED AND CONTINUES TO IMPROVE.
UM, I HAVE DEVELOPED A CAMARADERIE RELATIONSHIP WITH THE PICKLEBALL PLAYERS, AND WE'RE LIKE A FAMILY.
SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, GOOD PICKLEBALL IS A MULTI-GENERATIONAL INCLUSIVE SPORT.
DIFFERENT GENERATIONS FROM THE GENERATION Z MILLENNIALS, GENERATION X BOOMERS,
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SILENT GENERATION, AND THE GREATEST GENERATION CAN ALL PLAY TOGETHER ON THE SAME COURT AT THE SAME TIME.UM, PICKLEBALL PROVIDES SUCH A WHOLESOME AND WIDE RANGE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ALL AGES.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONTINUE THE PROGRESSIVE GROWTH OF OUR CITY BY SUPPORTING THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY.
MARK MOGER, FOLLOWED BY JULIE DORY.
UH, THANK YOU MAYOR MICHAEL AND THE FELLOW CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE RC PICKLEBALL POSSE IS BACK.
IT'S BEEN OVER A YEAR SINCE WE LAST SPOKE TO THIS COUNCIL AND THANKED THEM FOR APPROVING THREE PERMANENT COURTS AT RED HILL PARK.
BOY, A LOT HAS TRANSPIRED IN THE LAST YEAR, RIGHT? WE'VE HAD, AS PREDICTED, IT EXPLODED IN 2023.
PICKLEBALL BECAME THE THIRD MOST POPULAR ACTIVITY IN THE COUNTRY, FOLLOWED BY FIRST BIKING.
SECOND IS RUNNING, FOURTH WAS BASKETBALL AND GOLF.
IF YOU'VE DRIVEN PAST THE COURTS AT RED HILL PARK THIS SUMMER, I'M SURE THAT YOU'VE SEEN THEM FULL EVERY DAY AND ALL DAY LONG.
AT ANY GIVEN WEEKEND MORNING, THERE ARE 50 TO 75 PLAYERS WAITING UP TO 45 MINUTES TO GET ON A COURT.
THE AGES ARE EIGHT TO 80 WITH NEW PLAYERS EVERY WEEK.
EVEN THE FIREMEN FROM THE DAY CREEK FIRE STATION HAVE ENJOYED PLAYING PICKLEBALL AT OUR RED HILL PARK, BUT TIRED OF WAITING.
THEY FOUND SPACE TO LINE OUT THEIR OWN COURT AT THEIR OWN STATION.
EVEN THE ENTIRE SAN JOSE GIANTS COACHING STAFF PLAYED AT RED HILL PARK WHILE IN TOWN TO PLAY OUR BELOVED QUAKES.
THE CITY DID A GREAT THING BY TRANSFORMING UNUSED SHUFFLEBOARD AND HORSESHOE PITS INTO A VIBRANT AND ACTIVE PICKLEBALL SCENE FOR ALL AGES AND LEVELS OF PLAY.
FOR THAT, WE ARE GRATEFUL TO THE CITY.
ACCORDING TO PICKLEBALL GLOBAL NETWORK.
IN 2022, CASA GRANDA, CASA GRANDE, ARIZONA, 66,000 RESIDENTS, 32 COURTS, REDLANDS, CALIFORNIA, WITH A POPULATION OF 73,000, HAD 13 PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS.
CHINO WITH JUST OVER 90,000 RESIDENTS HAS 14 PERMANENT COURTS.
OUR NEIGHBOR FONTANA HAS 14 PERMANENT COURTS.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA WITH 176,000 RESIDENTS CURRENTLY HAS THREE PERMANENT AND FIVE TEMPORARY COURTS.
THE GROWING POPULARITY OF THIS SPORT HAS FINALLY REACHED OUR CITY, AS WE PREDICTED LAST YEAR, AND THESE PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS TO HAVE MORE PLACES TO PLAY.
THIS GROUP UNDERSTANDS THE STATE, THE LIMITS THE CITY HAS IN AVAILABLE SPACE AND RESOURCES.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE CITY'S PREFERENCE FOR EXPANDING THE AVAILABLE COURTS IS THROUGH PRIVATE SECTOR.
WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE COURTS WE HAVE FOR SOME OF THE UPGRADES YOU'VE MADE, TO SUGGEST HOW WE CAN IMPROVE ON THE TIME OF PLAY AND MAKE SUGGESTIONS ON HOW WE CAN MAYBE HELP PAY FOR EXPANSION.
FOR MORE PICKLEBALL COURTS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW PERMANENT PICKLEBALL COURTS CAN BRING REVENUE INTO THE CITY WITH OTHERS LOOKING TO PLAY AND POSSIBLY HOSTING LARGE TOURNAMENTS THAT ATTRACT PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
WE THINK IT'S AN INVESTMENT WORTH MAKING FOR THE PLAYERS AND THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
JULIE DORY, FOLLOWED BY CONNOR MANN.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MAYOR.
MY NAME IS JULIE DORRY AND I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO ASK ME, WHERE DO YOU LIVE? RANCHO CUCAMONGA? ALL MY LIFE, I'VE BEEN A SPORTS PERSON.
I'VE PLAYED SPORTS, DON'T LIKE TO WATCH 'EM TOO MUCH.
UM, I GRADUATED WITH HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION IN COLLEGE AND THEN WORKED IN RECREATION.
THIS IS A WONDERFUL CITY FROM BEING SO PROGRESSIVE, HEALTHY, WELL TAKEN CARE OF TO THE SCHOOLS AND THE PARKS.
I'VE, I'VE DECIDED TO COME HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF PICKLEBALL FOR OUR COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO FOR MY FAMILY.
I HAVE TWO OF MY GRANDSONS HERE, UH, WITH ME TONIGHT.
I'VE TAUGHT ALL FIVE OF MY GRANDSONS HOW TO PLAY, BUT WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY PARENTS DIDN'T HAVE THE MONEY FOR US TO BE IN LEAGUES.
THEY DIDN'T HAVE MONEY TO JOIN AN ATHLETIC CLUB.
SO GUESS WHAT WE DID? ALL THE KIDS WENT DOWN TO THE LOCAL PARK AND WE GOT OUR GAME ON, AND WE DID IT FOR FREE.
THE MOST EXCITING SPORT I HAVE EVER EXPERIENCED IN MY LIFE, IT IS GROWING EXPONENTIALLY.
IT'S CAUGHT ON LIKE WILDFIRE, NOT LOCALLY, NOT NATIONALLY,
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BUT WORLDWIDE.IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW OLD YOU ARE, HOW SKILLED YOU ARE, HOW FIT YOU ARE.
I WATCHED A LADY WALK ON THERE, BARELY COULD WALK, AND SHE KICKED MY BUTT ON THE COURT
SO YOU GET THE BEST WORKOUT EVER, MENTALLY, PHYSICALLY, SOCIALLY, AND EMOTIONALLY.
YOU'RE OUT THERE SWEATING BULLETS.
YOU'RE PLAYING SO HARD, YOU'RE DRINKING LOTS OF WATER.
AND GUESS WHAT? WE ARE ALL A TESTAMENT TO WHAT THIS CITY IS ABOUT.
IT'S ABOUT HEALTH, VIBRANCY AND COMMUNITY.
AND PICKLEBALL REPRESENTS ALL OF THAT.
DID I MENTION THAT I LOST 35 POUNDS BECAUSE OF PICKLEBALL? THANK YOU.
I'M 65 YEARS OLD, AH, 65 YEARS YOUNG, AND I'M GONNA BE PLAYING WITH MY 13-YEAR-OLD GRANDSON ON SUNDAY MORNING IN A PICKLEBALL TOURNAMENT IN LAHABRA.
AND YES, WE ARE COMPETITIVE, BUT GUESS WHAT? I GOTTA DRIVE TO LAHABRA RIVERSIDE, CLAREMONT TO PLAY PICKLEBALL AND EVEN TUSTIN HERE.
YOU JUST WAIT TOO LONG, YOU KNOW, YOU GET YOUR HEART RATE UP, AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WAIT TO GET ON A COURT.
AND THEN WHEN YOU GET ON THE COURT, YOU SPEND HALF YOUR TIME AND ENERGY CHASING THE BALL.
BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PERIMETER FENCES.
SO WHILE I APPRECIATE GREATLY THE FACILITIES THAT ARE HERE IN MY OWN HOMETOWN, IT JUST MAKES IT DIFFICULT.
AND WHEN I GO TO LA HABRA WITH MY GRANDSON, I PLAY ONE GAME AFTER ANOTHER, AFTER ANOTHER FOR TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
ALL OF US HERE TONIGHT, AND MANY OTHERS ARE GRAVITATING TO THIS AMAZING SPORT.
BUT WE NEED PROFESSIONALLY INSTALLED COURTS THROUGHOUT RANCHO THAT WE CAN ALL BE PROUD OF.
THEY TAKE UP VERY LITTLE SPACE AND WOULD LOOK SO NICE AT CENTRAL PARK AND THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
SO LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU.
UM, I'VE NEVER GOT THE OPPORTUNITY, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE DECISIONS THAT YOU MAKE.
CONNOR MANN FOLLOWED BY, I BELIEVE IT MUST BE A BROTHER COLIN, MAN.
HELLO, MY NAME IS CONNOR MANN.
I AM 13 YEARS OLD AND I'VE BEEN PLAYING PICKLEBALL FOR ABOUT FIVE MONTHS NOW, COMING ON AUGUST.
AND I'VE SO FAR LOVED THE SPORT.
I'VE HAD A LOT OF FUN PLAYING WITH MY GRANDMA, AND OVERALL JUST LOVED IT.
BUT, UH, WE USUALLY HAVE TO WALK RIDE VERY LONG AND DO ALL THESE THINGS JUST TO PLAY A SIMPLE SPORT.
ALL THE PEOPLE THAT I'VE TALKED TO, THEY'VE ALL SAID THE COURTS ARE VERY, VERY EASY TO INSTALL.
AND WE HAVE SO MANY TENNIS COURTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT THAT WE CAN JUST CONVERT THEM.
WE RARELY SEE ANYBODY PLAYING.
AND WE ALSO HAVE MORE PEOPLE PLAYING PICKLEBALL THAN WE DO TENNIS.
WE ALWAYS SEE PEOPLE THINGS ON FACEBOOK.
MY GRANDMA SHOWED ME MANY THINGS OF, THERE'S LINES AND LINES OF PADDLES LAID DOWN, READY TO PLAY, BUT THERE'S ONLY 3 10, 3, 3 COURTS MAKE, UH, AT SAY THE SPORTS CENTER, METRO CUCAMONGA OR RED HILL.
IT'S, IT'S HONESTLY A PAIN SOMETIMES, BUT IT'S VERY HELPFUL SOMETIMES.
I, THAT'S ALL I REALLY LIKE TO SAY.
NO, COLIN MANN, UM, FOLLOWED BY DR.
HELLO, UM, I'M COLIN MANN AND I'M 12 YEARS OLD.
UM, MY GRANDMA AND MY BROTHER ARE JULIE DORY AND CONNOR MANN.
AND, UM, UH, WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF PICKLEBALL COURTS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND WE HAVE TO DRIVE ALL THE WAY OUT TO RIVERSIDE AND THE HARA JUST TO PLAY.
AND, UM, WHEN WE GO TO RED HILL PARK, AGAIN, LIKE HE SAID, THERE'S STACKS AND STACKS OF, UH, PADDLES JUST FOR PEOPLE WAITING TO PLAY.
AND, UM, UM, THERE'S LIKE THREE COURTS THERE, SO IT TAKES LIKE HALF AN HOUR JUST FOR YOU TO PLAY A COUPLE GAMES.
AND, UM, THAT'S REALLY ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
DR. LYNN, FOLLOWED BY CARNE GRIGSBY.
HI, UH, DEAR MAYOR, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER.
UM, MY NAME IS DR. HENRY LYNN.
I'VE LIVED HERE AND PRACTICE MEDICINE HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR, UH, 20 YEARS.
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I PAUSE THE CITY'S EFFORT FOR BUILDING THE THREE PICKLEBALL COURTS AT RED HILL PARK.IT'S A START, BUT AS PREVIOUS SPEAKER MENTIONED, IT'S NOT ENOUGH.
THE CONCRETE SURFACE IS SO ROUGH, IT SHARPENS THE PICKLEBALL, WHICH MAKES SCRATCHES AND DAMAGE THE PREMIUM, UH, 200 TO $250, UH, PICKLEBALL PADDLE.
SO I REALLY NEVER REALLY PLAYED THERE, I THINK THERE FOR FIVE MINUTES, AND I NEVER WENT BACK.
OKAY, FROM MY PERSONAL POINT OF VIEW, UH, THERE'S NOWHERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA THAT A PERSON WHO WORKS A REGULAR NIGHT TO SIX DAYTIME JOB CAN PLAY PICKLEBALL.
THE RC SPORTS CENTER HOURS ARE NOT CONDUCIVE TO ANYONE WHO HAS A REGULAR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY DAY JOB.
THE THREE, UH, RED HILL PARK, UH, PICKLEBALL COURTS ARE NOT PLAYABLE, IN MY OPINION, UNLESS YOU DON'T MIND YOUR EXPENSIVE PADDLE BEING SCRATCHED UP.
UH, WE HAVE TWO GOLD MIN FROM LAST YEAR'S PICKLEBALL NATIONALS WHO LIVED RIGHT HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, NEIL AND MYSELF, NEIL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE, BUT HE'S NOT.
BOTH OF US HAVE TO DRIVE AT LEAST 30 MINUTES.
UM, EITHER WAY, UH, UM, TO GO PLAY PICKLEBALL.
UM, RANCHO CUMA IS A AFFLUENT CITY THAT COLLECTS, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF PROPERTY, UH, TAXES FROM HIGH VALUE HOMES.
SO I DO NOT SEE WHY OUR CITY CANNOT PROVIDE US WITH ANY, UM, DECENT, UH, PLAYABLE PICKLEBALL COURTS IS, RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS NOT AS GOOD AS OUR NEIGHBORING CITY, SUCH AS REDLANDS CLEARMONT, YUCAIPA GLENDORA, OR CHINO HILLS.
UH, SO I, I HAVE LIKE COUPLE OPTIONS, UH, THAT I PROPOSE.
ONE, EXTEND THE RC SPORTS, UH, CENTER PICKLEBALL HOURS TO BE OPEN THE WHOLE DAY ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAYS WHERE MOST WORKING PROFESSIONAL WILL PLAY PICKLEBALL AND NOT CHARGE A PLAYING FEE.
UH, THIS IS SIMILAR WHAT, UH, CITY OF CAR PAL HAS DONE.
MOST PICKLE PLAYERS I KNOW PLAY ON SATURDAY OR SUNDAY MORNINGS, NOT LIKE, UH, SUNDAY AFTERNOON, ONE TO FIVE AT RC SPORTS CENTER.
UH, NUMBER TWO, SECOND OPTION THAT'S NOT AS EXPENSIVE WOULD BE TO CONVERT EXISTING THE PICNIC, UH, SHELTER NEXT TO THE RED HILL PARK TO THREE ADDITIONAL PICKLEBALL COURTS TO MAKE A COMBINED SIX PICKLE POLE, SIX PICKLEBALL, UH, COURTS AT RED HILL PARK WITH FENCING, LIGHTING TO GO AROUND THE SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS.
ALSO, THE CONCRETE NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THE, UH, IT'S NOT THE SURFACE, IT'S THE ACTUAL CONCRETE.
IT DOESN'T MATTER HOW MANY, UH, LAYERS OF PAINT YOU PUT ON THERE, IT'S STILL GONNA BE, UM, REALLY BAD.
AND THERE I PLAY NATIONALS, UH, UH, AND SECTIONALS.
I'VE NEVER SEEN, UM, ANY COURTS THAT'S LIKE SLAPS OR CONCRETE LIKE THIS.
SO LOOK ON THE, UM, THE, I GUESS LOOK ON THE BRIGHT SIDE IS THAT IT'S UNIQUE.
YOU WILL NEVER SEE A, ANY PICKLEBALL COURTS LIKE THAT.
I PERSONALLY THINK, YEAH, SO MY TWO SONS AND, UH, DEREK AND DEB AND I WILL, UH, BE PLAYING WITH ME IN THE NATIONALS THIS YEAR IN DALLAS AND FLORIDA, REPRESENTING CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
SO I HOPE CITY OF CUCO, RANCHO CUCAMONGA WILL BUILD MORE PICKLEBALL FACILITY FOR ITS FUTURE RESIDENT AND YOUNGER GENERATIONS TO GO PLAY PICKLEBALL.
CONNIE GRIGSBY, FOLLOWED BY KATHY PRYOR.
UM, I LOVE THAT YOU DID, UH, RED HILL PARK.
UNFORTUNATELY, AS OTHERS HAVE COMMENTED, THE SURFACE ISN'T QUITE RIGHT.
UM, WE NEED SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCE.
WHEN WE GET MORE COURTS, SOMEONE WHO HAS EXPERIENCE IN PUTTING DOWN A PICKLEBALL COURT, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN JUST LAYING THE CEMENT.
BUT WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR WHAT WE HAVE.
UH, THE OTHER DAY I DOCUMENTED IT, UM, WE HAD AT THE RANCHO COURT CENTER, WE HAD 40 ON THE BOARD.
THAT MEANS THERE WERE 40 PEOPLE WAITING TO PLAY, AND ALL FIVE COURTS HAD FOUR PLAYERS ON THEM.
SO THERE WERE CLOSE TO 60 PEOPLE WAITING TO PLAY.
AS OTHERS HAVE SAID, YOU HAVE TO WARM UP EVERY SINGLE TIME, WHICH MAKES IT EVEN DELAY IT EVEN MORE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE ENOUGH COURTS, YOU CAN JUST ROTATE ON.
WE'VE SEEN WHERE THE COURTS AT, UH, THE SPORTS CENTER COULD BE REARRANGED, AND WE CAN GET A FEW MORE COURTS ON THERE.
WE HAVE OTHER THINGS WE'D LIKE TO DO, BUT MORE COURTS WOULD BE THE TOP ONE.
AND ANY OTHER PLACE WHERE WE COULD POSSIBLY PUT, UM, COURTS WOULD BE GREAT.
GOOD EVENING, AND THANK YOU, UM, MAYOR DENNIS MICHAELS AND, UM, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, MY NAME IS KATHY PRYOR AND I AM THE USA PICKLEBALL ASSOCIATION, UH, AMBASSADOR TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UM, I JUST LOVE PLAYING PICKLEBALL, SO, UM, BUT I'M SORRY THAT, UM, HEATHER LEFT BECAUSE ONE OF MY STATISTICS WAS THAT THE S CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, HAS, UH, REPORTED THAT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IS DRIVING, UM, THE ECONOMY DUE TO PICKLEBALL THE, UH, THE SPORT
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FROM RETAIL TO, UH, EQUIPMENT, TO COMPUTER SOFTWARE.AND PEOPLE ARE TRAVELING BECAUSE OF PICKLEBALL.
WE HAVE VISITORS, AS I SAY, FROM SAN JOSE, FROM NEW YORK.
UH, CRUISE SHIPS ARE CHANGING THEIR BASKETBALL COURTS INTO PICKLEBALL COURTS.
UM, SO WE, YOU'VE HEARD EVERYTHING ELSE THAT EVERYBODY HAS SAID, AND, UM, HOW DO WE MAKE THIS HAPPEN? UM, SO I, YOU KNOW, GRANTS, I'VE HEARD THAT WE'RE TOO AFFLUENT FOR SOME GRANTS, UM, PARTNERSHIPS.
UM, WE'RE NOT A 5 0 1 C3, WE'RE JUST, UH, GRASSROOTS PICKLEBALL PLAYERS.
UM, BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE A FEW THINGS THAT WE COULD DO RIGHT NOW, AND WE COULD HAVE SOME TOURNAMENTS THAT WE CAN CHARGE FEES FOR, BUT WE NEED THE SPORTS CENTER FOR THAT.
UM, ALSO TO ALLEVIATE SOME OF THE BACKUP AT RED HILL PARK, IT WOULD BE NICE TO HAVE FENCING, EVEN IF WE HAD THAT, THAT WOULD, WE WOULD CUT DOWN ON THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT WE HAVE TO RUN FOR THE BALL.
YEAH,
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I DO COUNT THAT AS PART OF MY WORKOUT IS TO RUN FOR THE BALL, BUT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE PLAYING, I WANNA GET ON PAY, PLAY 11 POINTS AND GET OFF AND LET THE NEXT FOUR COME ON.
SO WE DON'T HAVE THE TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF, OF PEOPLE WAITING.
UH, IT, SOMETIMES IT GETS A LITTLE CONTENTIOUS BECAUSE PEOPLE WILL PUT TWO PADDLES IN THE STACK AND KIND OF CIRCUMVENT WAITING.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST, IT, YOU KNOW, IT CAN GET A LITTLE UGLY.
SO, BUT JUST, I, I WANNA KEEP PICKLEBALL FUN.
THE WORD IS OUT THAT RANCH CUCAMONGA IS A FUN PLACE TO BE, TO PLAY PICKLEBALL, AND THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
WELL, I ASSUME THAT MOST OF YOU ARE HERE ARE SUPPORTING PICKLEBALL, BUT YEAH, BUT I'M, I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO GO AHEAD AND SPEND THE REST OF YOUR EVENING LISTENING TO THE REST OF THE MEETING SO YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE TO DO BESIDES PICKLEBALL.
UM, THAT CONCLUDES THE, THE, UH, THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD FOR THIS EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER FOR A BRIEF COMMENT.
SO JUST, UH, THIS IS A PERFECT OPPORTUNITY AND I'M GLAD WE'VE GOT, UM, ALL THESE, UM, UH, EXCITED AND, AND, UH, ACTIVE RESIDENTS HERE THIS EVENING.
SO PART OF THE WORK PLAN FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THIS CURRENT FISCAL YEAR IS TO DO A PARK AND RECREATION NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
UM, WHICH WE ALREADY HAVE ON THE, THE WORK PLAN, UM, AND, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES IS WORKING TOWARDS GETTING IT STARTED THIS FALL IS TO TAKE A LOOK AT ALL OUR EXISTING FACILITIES, LOOK AT WHAT WE HAVE FOR IMPROVEMENTS AT THOSE FACILITIES.
ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT NEW TRENDS.
SO SINCE THE LAST TIME WE DID A MASTER PLAN, WHICH WAS MANY, MANY YEARS AGO, WHAT NEW TRENDS, AND OBVIOUSLY YOU GUYS ARE HIGHLIGHTING PICKLEBALL, BEING ONE OF THOSE ARE COMING UP.
AND THEN WE ALSO TAKE A LOOK AT, UM, BASED ON WHERE IT IS IN THE CITY AND WHAT THAT LANDSCAPE OR PARK DISTRICT LOOKS LIKE, IS THERE FUNDING AVAILABLE FOR IT IN THAT PARTICULAR DISTRICT OR NOT? UM, AND THEN THEY PUT TOGETHER A MATRIX AND A SET OF RECOMMENDATIONS.
PART OF THE OUTREACH FOR THIS NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS WE ACTUALLY, THEY ACTUALLY SEND A SURVEY OUT AND IT WILL GO OUT TO ALL THE GROUPS, ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE CITY THAT WE CAN GET A HOLD OF.
WE WANNA HIT FOOTBALL, SOCCER, A YSO, TENNIS PICKLEBALL, YOU KNOW, BASKETBALL, EVERYBODY.
SO THAT WE CAN GET A REALLY GOOD IDEA OF WHAT THE LEVEL OF INTEREST PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT IS, UM, FOR THESE DIFFERENT SPORTS.
AND SO THAT EVERYBODY HAS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BE HEARD.
SO, UM, I WILL TALK WITH OUR, UH, COMMUNITY SERVICES DIRECTOR, UM, AFTER THIS AND WE WILL MAKE SURE I'VE GOT, WE'VE GOT EVERYONE'S NAME, WE'VE GOT EVERYBODY WHO TURNED IN SPEAKER CARDS.
WE'LL MAKE SURE, UM, AS WE GET GOING ON THAT NEEDS ASSESSMENT THIS FALL THAT WE, UH, MEET AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ALL THE PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE YOU GUYS COMPLETE THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
AND WE HAVE AN IDEA OF WHAT THE INTEREST IS AND WHERE IT IS THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN WORK THIS INTO THE WORK PLAN.
THE ULTIMATE IDEA OF DOING THE PARKS AND RECREATION MASTER PLAN IS TO GIVE US A GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT WE CAN USE FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL YEARS TO DETERMINE WHERE TO GO FOR GRANTS, WHERE TO INVEST FUNDING, WHAT CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ARE GONNA BE MADE, AND AT WHAT LOCATIONS AND WHAT PARKS.
WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S PARTICIPATION AND WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE OUTREACH TO THE PICKLEBALL COMMUNITY, UM, AS WE GET READY TO EMBARK ON THE NEEDS ASSESSMENT.
SO WITH THAT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENDANCE.
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OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.AND CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL, AND YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY IF YOU DON'T WANT TO.
UM, THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL AND BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION.
I'LL JUST LET, UH, JUST A MOMENT TILL EVERYBODY
SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS EVENING'S CONSENT CALENDAR? MOTION TO APPROVE.
THERE ARE NO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS TONIGHT, BUT THERE IS AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING ITEM FOR BOTH THE CITY AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. GILSON? YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO WE HAVE ONE ADVER ADVERTISED MR. CITY MAN, MR. MAYOR.
OH, WE DID SKIP OVER THE, UH, ORDINANCE, CONSENT ORDINANCE.
OH, WE DID? OH, I FLIPPED TWO PAGES AT ONCE.
WE HAVE A CONSENT ORDINANCE CALENDAR THIS EVENING.
SO WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ANY FURTHER? WE'VE HAD FIRST READING, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO AT OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
IF THERE IS NO DISCUSSION REGARDING IT, UM, THIS WILL BE SECOND READING.
SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 19 BY TITLE, ONLY TO BE READ MOVE FOR ADOPTION.
I SECOND MAD CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 9, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA.
REPEALING CHAPTER 10.76 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE DISCONTINUING THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA POLICE TOW ROTATION PROGRAM AND MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO THE ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING.
AND MR. GILLISON? YES, MR. MAYOR.
SO YOU HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT.
UH, THIS ORDINANCE GOES BACK TO, UM, ALL THE, THE MEETINGS AND DISCUSSIONS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS REGARDING ESTABLISHING A PAID PARKING ZONE AT HERMOSA IN FOOTHILL.
SO, UM, UH, ENGINEERING IS UNDERWAY WITH THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT TO WIDEN HERMOSA THAT WILL CREATE ADDITIONAL, UM, ON-STREET PARKING ON HERMOSA.
AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE SET RATES APPROPRIATELY FOR THAT PARKING, UM, PARTICULARLY OVERNIGHT USE OF THE PARKING, UM, IS OUR CONCERN THAT IT, THAT IT NOT BECOME A SURROGATE, UM, FOR, UH, THE APARTMENT COMMUNITY.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JUSTINE GARCIA, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES, AND SHE HAS THE PRESENTATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING, JUSTINE.
ALRIGHT, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MICHAEL AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UH, JOHN TOOK A LOT OF MY POINTS, SO THIS WILL BE VERY QUICK
UM, BUT HERE TONIGHT TO JUST PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE INFORMATION TO YOU REGARDING WHAT WE'VE NAMED OUR HERMOSA FOOTHILL PAID PARKING ZONE.
UM, AS CITY MANAGER GILLISON, UH, ALLUDED TO, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, UM, WITH RESIDENTS IN THE AREA AND RESIDENTS OF THE AE AND MANAGEMENT OF THE AE COMPLEX ITSELF, UM, TO ALLEVIATE OR TRY AND COME UP WITH SOLUTIONS TO ALLEVIATE CONCERNS RELATED TO PARKING IN THIS AREA SPECIFICALLY, UM, SOME OF THE INITIAL STEPS THAT WE'VE TAKEN INCLUDED THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TWO RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING DISTRICTS, AS WELL AS, UM, PAYMENT FROM THE
UM, THE PARKING THAT'S CURRENTLY AVAILABLE IS HIGHLIGHTED, UM, ON THE SCREEN IN PURPLE.
UM, BUT IN ADDITION TO THOSE EXISTING SPACES, THE HERMOSA WIDENING PROJECT WILL PROVIDE AN ADDITIONAL 40 SPACES, UM, OUTLINED IN THE AREA THAT IS GREEN, UM, UP TO NORTH ON HERMOSA TO NORWICK STREET.
UM, BECAUSE OF THESE ADDITIONAL SPACES, WE'VE DETERMINED THAT THERE IS A NEED FOR A ZONE, UH, TO MANAGE THESE PARKING SPACES TO ACCOMPLISH GOALS RELATED TO ALLEVIATING THE PARKING CONCERNS.
UM, AND WITH THAT, WE HAVE DECIDED TO PROPOSE THIS PARKING ZONE TONIGHT.
UM, THE BOUNDARIES OF THE PROPOSED PARKING ZONE WILL BE NORWICK STRAIGHT TO THE NORTH DEVON, STRAIGHT TO THE SOUTH CENTER AVENUE
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TO THE EAST, AND, UH, CAMBRIDGE TO THE WEST.UM, AS MENTIONED BEFORE, THERE ARE SOME EXISTING SPACES, BUT WITH THE ADDITIONAL 40 SPACES BEING ADDED WITH THE HERMOSA PROJECT, 56 SAFE SPACES WILL BE INCLUDED IN TOTAL IN THE PAID PARKING ZONE.
UM, WE DID AN ANALYSIS OF, UM, OF THE PARKING AREA, UM, AND WE INCLUDED THINGS SUCH AS MAINTENANCE, UM, AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE PARKING ZONE PERMITS, UM, AND, UH, THE, UH, NEED FOR ENFORCEMENT FOR THIS NEW PARKING ZONE.
AND WITH THAT ANALYSIS, WE'VE COME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE ANNUAL PERMIT FEE SHOULD BE $290 A YEAR.
SO FOR AN ANNUAL PERMIT, UM, AGAIN, IT WILL ONLY BE REQUIRED FOR OVERNIGHT PARKING, UH, WHICH WOULD BE 10 TO 6:00 AM 10:00 PM TO 6:00 AM.
UH, THESE, UH, PERMITS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO ALL RESIDENTS AND MERCHANTS WITHIN THE BOUNDARY AS THEY PREVIOUS PREVIOUSLY DESCRIBED.
UM, BUT I WANTED TO ALSO MAKE A NOTE THAT THE PERMITS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RT RESIDENTS ONLY WITHIN THE FIRST 30 DAYS AS AGREED UPON IN, UM, EARLY IN EARLIER DISCUSSIONS WITH RT MANAGEMENT AND RESIDENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE, UM, INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE, UM, IN NEED OF THESE ADDITIONAL PARKING SPACES, THEY'RE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY TO PER, UH, PURCHASE THESE PERMITS IN ADVANCE.
UM, SO WITH THAT, THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT THE FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE TO ESTABLISH THE PAID PARKING ZONE AND THEN ALSO DESIGNATE AUTHORITY TO THE CITY ENGINEER TO SET RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR THE ZONE AS APPROPRIATE AS WE ARE, UM, MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF THE ZONE, UM, ONCE IT'S ESTABLISHED.
AND THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
AND, AND IF I COULD JUST ADD THAT IN ADDITION TO THE CITY CITY STAFF NEGOTIATING A COMMITMENT BY ARTE TO CONTRIBUTE THE $400,000 TO PAY FOR THE STREET WHITENING, IN ADDITION, ARTE AGREED TO MODIFY ITS PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN TO GO FROM A PARAGRAPH TO SEVERAL PAGES OF PARKING STRATEGIES TO HELP LIMIT THE NEED FOR THE
OKAY, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF JUSTINE BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE, WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS THAT ANYONE MIGHT HAVE.
I'VE GOT A QUICK ONE, MR. MAYOR.
I JUST, I'M JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF AND JUST, UH, LET EVERYONE THAT I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT THIS, UM, ORDINANCE HAS COME, UH, BEFORE US TODAY, THIS PUBLIC HEARING, EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE IT'S THE DIRECT RESULT OF INPUT FROM THE RESIDENTS THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA, THAT THERE WAS A PARKING ISSUE THERE.
AND EVEN THOUGH IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO GET HERE, THE FACT THAT WE'RE GETTING A STREET WIDENING THE FACT WE'RE GETTING ADDITIONAL PARKING AND IT'S GONNA TAKE PRESSURE OFF OF THOSE, UH, AREAS AND THOSE IMMEDIATE SURROUNDING COMMUNITIES IS A REALLY GOOD THING.
SO THANKS TO THE PUBLIC FOR BEING PATIENT WITH US, BUT THIS IS A RESULT OF YOUR INPUT.
AND I WAS JUST GONNA ADD TO THAT, UM, THANK YOU TO
AND HOPEFULLY DOWN THE ROAD WE'LL SEE SOME PEOPLE WANTING TO PARK ON SITE AND WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THIS, UH, PARKING DISTRICT, BUT ALSO HOPEFULLY THEY'RE BEING RESPECTFUL OF THEIR NEIGHBORS TOO AND PICKING UP THE TRASH AND OTHER THINGS.
SO THANK YOU RT FOR WORKING WITH THE CITY AND AGAIN, THANK YOU STAFF FOR, UH, TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS.
SO IF THERE'S NO FURTHER COMMENT, THEN I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION.
INTRODUCE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 2 1 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READINGS.
ADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 2 1.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION 10.5 2.025 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADD THE HERMOSA FOR HILL PAID PARKING ZONE AND MAKING A FINDING OF EXEMPTION UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS, UH, UNDER CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS, AND THAT IS, UM, CONSIDERATION OF FIRST READING OF AN ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 20 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING AMENDING SECTION 2.1, 6.030 OF THE RANCHO AMONG MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
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SALARIES FOR THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND MR. GILLISON, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.SO THIS IS FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 10 20 TONIGHT.
UH, THIS IS AN ORDINANCE BY WHICH THE CITY COUNCIL, UH, WOULD BE ABLE TO AMEND THEIR, THE SALARY FOR THE MAYOR AND THE MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
UM, EVERY FEW YEARS THE COUNCIL TAKES A LOOK AT THIS TO KEEP PACE, UH, WITH EVERYTHING ELSE OUT THERE.
SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ALYSSA COX, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER FOR THE PRESENTATION.
THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE PROVIDES THAT A CITY COUNCIL MAY ENACT AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT EACH MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL SHALL RECEIVE A SALARY AND THAT THE DIRECTLY ELECTED MAYOR OF A GENEROSITY MAY BE PROVIDED WITH ADDITIONAL COMPENSATION TO THAT OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
THOSE SALARIES CAN BE ADJUSTED BY ORDINANCE IN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED 5% FOR EACH FULL CALENDAR YEAR.
FROM THE OPERATIVE DATE OF THE LAST ADJUSTMENT, WHICH AS MR. GILSON SAID WAS TWO YEARS AGO, ANY ADJUSTMENT TO COUNCIL SALARIES TAKE EFFECT FOLLOWING THE NEXT REGULAR SCHEDULED CITY COUNCIL ELECTION.
SO IF THIS ORDINANCE IS APPROVED TONIGHT, THESE SALARY INCREASES WILL NOT GO INTO PLACE UNTIL DECEMBER OF 2024.
UH, TWO FULL CALENDAR YEARS HAVE ELAPSED SINCE THE LAST EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE SALARY ADJUSTMENT, AND AT THAT TIME THE SALARIES WERE SET AT 1,488 PER MONTH FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND 1,649 FOR THE MAYOR.
TONIGHT'S STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL PROVIDE A FIVE PER A ONE YEAR 5% INCREASE TO THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
THE CITY COUNCILS WOULD INCREASE TO 1,562 AND THE MAYOR 1,731.
THIS PROPOSED SALARY ADJUSTMENT WOULD RESULT IN ADDITIONAL ANNUAL COSTS OF APPROXIMATELY $4,600.
VERY GOOD QUESTIONS OF OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA COX.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO INTRODUCE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 20 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READINGS? I'LL MAKE THAT MOTION.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 20, 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, PLEASE VOTE.
ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANY AGENCY UPDATES, ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS? I HAVE NO REPORTS TONIGHT.
ANY IDENTIFICATION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING? FOR ITEMS TO BE PLACED ON THE AGENDA? AND THAT MEETING IS GONNA BE HELD TWO WEEKS FROM THIS EVENING ON, UH, AUGUST 16TH.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING.