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GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND WELCOME TO OUR JULY 5TH, THE DAY AFTER THE INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION OF YESTERDAY, UH, TO OUR MEETING OF OUR FIRE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL.
WE WELCOME YOU ALL HERE THIS EVENING AND ARE GLAD YOU'RE HERE WITH US.
I'D LIKE TO START BY ASKING OUR GENTLEMEN TO MY LEFT, UH, RYAN HUTCHINSON, COUNCIL MEMBER TO LEAD US IN THE NATION'S PLEDGE.
PLEASE JOIN ME IN PLEDGING ALLEGIANCE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS UNDER THAT IN LIBERTY AND JUSTICE ROLE.
WHILE I PUT MY JACKET ON, WELL CALL ROLL MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT.
MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY IS PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
ARE THERE ANY MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO.
MR. MAYOR, THERE'S NO CHANGES.
WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND THAT PRESENTATION IS A PROCLAMATION DECLARING THE MONTH OF JULY, 2023 AS NATIONAL PARK AND RECREATION MONTH.
I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD FROM THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, THEIR DEPUTY DIRECTOR KATIE DISTAL WRATH.
AND I THINK THAT APPLAUSE WAS INDICATIVE THAT EVERYONE'S WAITING FOR YOU TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
UM, NATIONALLY WE CELEBRATE THIS MONTH AND UM, THIS YEAR'S THEME IS WHERE COMMUNITY GROWS, WHICH I THINK IS REALLY A GREAT THEME FOR OUR CITY IN PARTICULAR.
'CAUSE WE ARE CONSTANTLY WORKING ON GROWING OUR COMMUNITY AND WE DO THAT THROUGH THE PROGRAMS AND SERVICES THAT WE OFFER YEAR ROUND.
UM, BUT IT MUST BE NOTED THAT WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO DO OUR WORK IN COMMUNITY SERVICES WITHOUT ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS.
SO ALTHOUGH WE ARE CELEBRATING PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, IT WOULD NOT BE POSSIBLE WITHOUT THE POLICY MAKERS, UM, FOR SETTING SUCH GREAT POLICY.
AND THEN ALSO ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS, ESPECIALLY PUBLIC WORKS, WHO MAKE SURE OUR PARKS ARE REALLY NICE.
AND, UH, YOU EVEN HAVE SOME OF YOUR TEAM OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS PRESENTATION.
I ASKED IF THEY WANTED TO COME UP AND THEY SAID, NO.
I'LL READ THIS PROCLAMATION BECAUSE IT HAS A LOT OF IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR THE PUBLIC TO KNOW, WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS COMMITTED TO THE HEALTH AND OVERALL ENRICHMENT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION PROMOTES PHYSICAL, EMOTIONAL, AND MENTAL HEALTH AND WELLNESS THROUGH ORGANIZED AND SELF-DIRECTED FITNESS PLAY AN ACTIVITY.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION SUPPORTS THE ECONOMIC VITALITY COMMUNITIES BY PARTNERING WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND NONPROFITS AND OFFERING EVENTS FOR RESIDENTS ENGAGEMENT, IT CREATES MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES THROUGH YOUTH SPORTS AND ENRICHMENT ACTIVITIES, CULTURAL ARTS OF YOUTH PROGRAMS, SENIOR ACTIVITY CENTERS, ADULT FITNESS AND ENRICHMENT PROGRAMS, FREE COMMUNITY EVENTS AND BEYOND AND BEYOND AND BEYOND.
AND WHEREAS THE PARKS AND RECREATION FOSTER SOCIAL COHESIVENESS IN COMMUNITIES BY CELEBRATING DIVERSITY PROMOTING SPACES TO COME TOGETHER PEACEFULLY MODELING COMPASSION, PROMOTING SOCIAL EQUITY, CONNECTING SOCIAL NETWORKS, AND ENSURING ALL PEOPLE HAVE ACCESS TO ITS BENEFITS.
IT SUPPORTS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND ENDLESS LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES THAT FOSTER SOCIAL, INTELLECTUAL, PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL GROWTH IN PEOPLE OF ALL AGES AND ABILITIES.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY IDENTITY BY PROVIDING FACILITIES AND SERVICES THAT REFLECT THIS AND CELEBRATE COMMUNITY, CHARACTER, HERITAGE, CULTURE, HISTORY, AESTHETICS AND LANDSCAPE.
THEY HELP FACILITATE COMMUNITY PROBLEM AND ISSUE RESOLUTION BY PROVIDING A SAFE SPACES TO COME TOGETHER AND SERVING AS KEY POINTS OF SERVICE.
AND WHEREAS PARKS AND RECREATION SUPPORT SAFE, VIBRANT, ATTRACTIVE, AND PROGRESSIVE COMMUNITIES THAT MAKE LIFE BETTER THROUGH POSITIVE ALTERNATIVES OFFERED IN THEIR RECREATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES.
AND WHEREAS, AND THIS IS THE LAST, WHEREAS FOLKS, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION REMAIN VERSATILE AND INNOVATIVE, PROVIDING VITAL SERVICES TO COMMUNITIES THROUGH LOCAL, NATIONAL AND GLOBAL EMERGENCIES, WHILE ADHERING TO THE GUIDELINES SET FORTH BY THE GOVERNING AGENCIES.
NOW THEREFORE, BE A PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY RANCHO
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CUON DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF JULY AS NATIONAL PARK AND RECREATION MONTH, WHICH SUSTAINS AND STEWARDS ARE NATURAL RESOURCES BY PROTECTING HABITATS AND OPEN SPACE, CONNECTING PEOPLE TO NATURE, AND PROMOTING THE ECOLOGICAL FUNCTION OF PARKLANDS.KATIE, WE GIVE THIS TO YOU AND YOUR DEPARTMENT WITH A GREAT DEAL OF PRIDE FOR WHAT YOU DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL OF YOUR STAFF AND YOUR WHOLE TEAM.
UH, WE YOU WERE THERE LAST NIGHT AT THE FIREWORKS SPECTACULAR AND, AND THAT WAS ALL ON YOUR ORGANIZATIONS AND A NUMBER OF OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN COORDINATING THAT EFFORT.
SO WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR EACH AND EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR RESIDENTS.
CAN'T TAKE THAT HOME WITH YOU.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE FIRE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL OR LAST, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF OF PEOPLE DESIRING TO SPEAK.
AND SINCE I'LL DISPENSE WITH THE REST OF THAT, UH, BECAUSE WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER TONIGHT.
AND SO WE WILL, YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES WHEN THAT THE RED LIGHT, UM, GOES OFF OR THE TIMER ON THE SCREEN ALSO, UM, YOUR, YOUR FIVE MINUTES HAS BEEN REACHED AND THAT WOULD BE BILL KAUFMAN.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF RANCHO FOR 39 YEARS AND JUST SOLD MY HOUSE REMORSEFUL, BUT IT WAS WAY TOO LARGE FOR ME AND TWO DOGS.
I'M NOT CURRENTLY RESIDING UP IN, UH, IN UPLAND, CALIFORNIA, WHICH IS EQUITABLE, BUT NOT RANCHO.
AND, UH, TO, TO TALK BRIEFLY ABOUT CANNABIS DISPENSARIES.
THAT'S WHAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT.
UH, LAST YEAR I GAVE LYNN A BUNCH OF INFORMATION AT THAT.
UM, ASHLEY I'VE KNOWN SINCE SHE WAS A BABY, AND I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M NOT HERE TO PROMOTE THE USE OF CANNABIS.
I DON'T WANT MY GRANDKIDS WALKING AROUND HIGH.
MY POINT IS THE ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO AFFORDS THE CITY, WHICH EVERY CITY IS JUST JUMPING ON BOARD.
UM, WE'RE VERY CLOSE AT MONTCLAIR TO OPENING UP RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE CENTER AT THAT OLD CHASE BUILDING.
WE HAVE THE UPSTAIRS FLOOR THERE AND WE HAVE TWO LOCATIONS THAT ARE WILLING TO LEASE TO US IN RANCHO.
UM, I HAVE THIS ECONOMIC STUDY OF RANCHO.
I GAVE IT OUT, UH, A YEAR AGO, BUT WHAT THEY DIDN'T INCLUDE IS THE TWO UPDATED PAGES, WHICH WOULD INCREASE YOUR TAX REVENUE TO 7 MILLION A YEAR FROM THE TWO THAT'S IN HERE.
OBVIOUSLY WHAT WE HAVE IS WE HAVE A GOVERNMENT, WHICH WE THINK FOR SURE IS GOING TO, UM, AUTHORIZE BANKING, WHICH HAS BEEN A HINDRANCE TO, TO THE THE INDUSTRY.
AND WE FEEL THAT THE RECLASSIFICATION OF CANNABIS DOWN TO A SCHEDULE FIVE IS GOING TO HAPPEN NEXT YEAR, WHICH IS GONNA MEAN IT'S JUST OPEN FOR TRADE.
NOW YOU FOLKS HAVE NEXT TO YOU UPLAND, WHICH UPLAND CANNOT HAVE DISPENSARIES.
THEY VOTED AGAINST IT, THEY'VE GOTTA PUT IT BACK ON THE BALLOT.
BUT YOU HAVE ONTARIO, WHICH IS GETTING VERY CLOSE.
AND WHEN YOU, WHEN WE TALK WITH CLAREMONT, WHICH WE'RE TALKING ACTIVELY, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE SURROUNDED BY POMONA.
AND WHAT YOU'RE SEEING IS A, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE FOR LEGAL CANNABIS AND MAKE THEIR CHOICE ON WHETHER THEY WANT TO USE IT OR NOT USE IT, IS A 41-YEAR-OLD MAN AND A 53-YEAR-OLD WOMAN THAT IS THE AVERAGE PATRON.
NO ONE UNDER 21 CAN GET ACCESS, PERIOD.
CHILDREN CAN'T LOAF OUT FRONT, UNLIKE YOUR SMOKE SHOPS AND LIQUOR.
I MEAN, I WENT AROUND AND LOOKED AT LIQUOR.
EVERY SINGLE GROCERY STORE HAS ABOUT FOUR OWLS OF LIQUOR AND ALONG WITH THE LIQUOR STORES, AND YOU ALSO HAVE THESE SO, SO-CALLED MASSAGE PARLORS AND MASSAGE.
YOU, YOU FOLKS HAVE ALL HEARD ABOUT MASSAGE PARLORS, BUT THIS IS A LEGITIMATE FIRST CLASS RETAIL BUSINESS.
YOU WOULD BE PROUD TO HAVE IT IN VICTORIA GARDENS.
MOST OF THESE, THESE, UH, DISPENSARIES NOW,
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WE'VE WEEDED OUT MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT REALLY CAN'T AFFORD THE BUSINESS.IT'S BETWEEN 500,000 AND A MILLION DOLLARS TO GET THEM OPEN AND 'EM OPEN AND THEIR, THEIR THEIR FIRST CLASS THEY AFFORD.
IF YOU LOOK THROUGH THIS, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF JOBS IN THE CITY AND THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THESE DISPENSARIES, AT LEAST IN OURS, MOST OF 'EM ARE COLLEGE GRADUATES.
THEY GET TWO WEEKS OF SCHOOLING ON SCHOOLING, ON CANNABIS AND CANNABIS PRODUCTS.
PEOPLE THAT WALK INTO A STORE DON'T HAVE TO BUY ANYTHING.
THEY CAN COME IN AND JUST BE INFORMED ON, ON WHAT WE HAVE.
AND WE'RE FINDING EVERY DAY THAT CANNABIS AND THE CANNABINOIDS ARE CURING MORE AND MORE DISEASE.
AND THEY'RE, UH, RIGHT NOW I THINK CBD IS ONE OF THE TOP SELLING QUOTE UNQUOTE PHARMACEUTICALS, UM, THAT ARE THERE.
SO WHAT WE PROPOSE, AND THIS IS MY GROUP, WE PROPOSE TO HAVE DISPENSARIES THAT ALSO HAVE A SECTION FOR HERBALS.
HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH CANNABIS.
THERE'S A GIGANTIC HERBAL MARKET OUT SO WE CAN SERVICE THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND WHEN I SAY THAT 19 DELIVERY SERVICES NOW DELIVERING TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA, YOU GET A 21-YEAR-OLD PERSON AND YOU CALL ON THE PHONE AND THEY DELIVER TO THE DOOR.
YOU COULD HAVE A HOUSE FULL OF TEENAGERS.
THERE'S NO, NO CONTROL WHATSOEVER.
AND MOST OF THE STUFF HAS BEEN UNINSPECTED.
EVERYTHING IN A LEGAL CANNABIS DISPENSARY HAS BEEN LAB TESTED AND CERTIFIED PURE OF ANY, ANY, UH, INSECTICIDES, ET CETERA.
WHAT THESE DELIVERY SERVICES DELIVER ARE THE PRODUCTS RAISED BY THE MEXICAN CARTEL IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT LITERALLY HAVE HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF ACRES GROWING.
THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MANUFACTURING FACILITIES AND THE HELLHOLE THEY CALL LOS ANGELES HAS MORE ILLEGAL THAN LEGAL ONES IN THERE.
AND IT'S A BILLION DOLLAR BUSINESS.
SO THANK THANK YOU MR. KAUFMAN.
YOU DID NOT SO IN TOUCH WITH SOMEONE HERE.
AND WE WILL, WE WILL TAKE, TAKE A LOOK AT THESE, THIS DOCUMENTS YOU'VE LEFT WITH US, THREE PAGES THAT NEED TO BE UPGRADED THERE, AND I'LL GET THEM OUT.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDARS.
CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME.
WITHOUT DISCUSSION, ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR FIRE BOARD MAY REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD THEY SO DESIRE.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO MR. MAYOR? I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
ABSTENTION IS NOTED ON D THREE.
MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY WITH BOARD MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE.
WE HAVE NO CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCES NOR ADMINISTRATIVE OR PUBLIC ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS THIS EVENING.
SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS, AND THAT IS A CONSIDERATION OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 0 8 6, ADOPTING RULES OF DECORUM AND ORDER AND RULES OF DECORUM IN ORDER TO PROMOTE CIVILITY AT ALL PUBLIC MEETINGS.
MR. GILLISON? YES, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UM, UH, LAST YEAR, UH, THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE PASSED A SENATE BILL SB ONE 1100, SORRY, 1100 AND 1100, TOOK SOME EXISTING CASE LAW AND SORT OF CODIFIED IT IN MORE OF A LEGISLATIVE FORMAT AND WAS INTENDED TO REALLY, UH, HELP BRING SOME CLARITY, UH, TO HOW RULES OF DECORUM WORK DURING, UH, A PUBLIC MEETING AND UNDER WHAT CIRCUMSTANCES AND CONDITIONS CAN SOMEONE, UH, BE ASKED TO LEAVE OR BE REMOVED FROM A PUBLIC MEETING FOR DISRUPTING IT.
SO, UM, SSB FOLLOWING SSB 1100, UM, STAFF HAD DISCUSSED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, YOU KNOW, HOW WE WOULD GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THIS.
WE TOOK A LOOK AT OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE EXISTING RULES OF DECORUM, AND WE ALSO LOOKED AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH HAS HAD A, A LIGHT VERSION OF RULES OF DECORUM FOR MANY YEARS NOW, UM, TO HELP, UH, REGULATE THE PROCESS, UH, THROUGH SOME OF ITS LAND USE HEARINGS.
AND SO TOGETHER WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, UH, WE PUT TOGETHER A RESOLUTION, UH, AND, UH, BRIEFLY BROUGHT UP THIS MATTER, UM, AT OUR, UM, COUNCIL WORKSHOP A FEW WEEKS AGO, UM, TO SEE IF IT WAS SOMETHING THAT THE COUNCIL WAS INTERESTED IN.
AND AT THE TIME YOU INDICATED TO GO AHEAD AND, AND BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD ON AN AGENDA, UM,
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SO THAT YOU COULD REVIEW IT IN MORE DETAIL.SO WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE YOU REALLY, THE, THE MAIN FOCUS IS EXHIBIT A, IF YOU WILL, OF THE, UM, STAFF REPORT OF THE RESOLUTION THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT.
AND, YOU KNOW, IF I HAD TO SUMMARIZE EVERYTHING, IT'S, UH, BE COURTEOUS, BUT BE RESPECTFUL.
UM, EXERCISE, SELF-CONTROL, TREAT EVERYONE THE WAY YOU WOULD WANNA BE TREATED, UM, SO THAT WE CAN HOLD THE MEETING, UM, IN A BUSINESS-LIKE MANNER AND ALLOW EVERYONE TO SPEAK THEIR PIECE.
UM, THERE ARE SOME SPECIFIC RULES OF DECORUM THAT ARE PART OF THIS.
UM, IT REALLY HAS TO DO WITH DISRUPTING THE MEETING.
THE FOCUS OF THE RESOLUTION IS ABOUT NOT ENGAGING IN CONDUCT THAT BY ITS NATURE DISRUPTS THE MEETING AND HINDERS THE ABILITY OF THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE IN THE AUDIENCE OR THE COUNCIL ITSELF, UM, TO LISTEN TO WHAT SPEAKERS HAVE TO SAY, TO TAKE IN THE DISCUSSION, UM, AND TO PARTICIPATE IN THE HEARING.
SO REMARKS ARE TO BE ADDRESSED TO THE COUNCIL.
FOR EXAMPLE, UM, IF YOU BRING IN SIGNS OR BANNERS, YOU CAN'T USE THEM TO BLOCK OTHER PEOPLE'S VIEWS AND, AND DISRUPT THE MEETING.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO ADDRESS YOUR COMMENTS, UM, NOT TO THE AUDIENCE.
YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO STAY IN YOUR SEAT AND NOT RUN AROUND THE, THE THE ROOM.
SO, UH, AND WE DO HAVE A PROCESS HERE WHEREBY IF SOMEONE VIOLATES ONE OF THE RULES OF DECORUM, THEY CAN BE GIVEN A WARNING.
UM, AND THEN IF THEY CONTINUE TO VIOLATE THE RULE OF DECORUM, THEN UH, THE PRESIDING OFFICER, WHICH GENERALLY SPEAKING IS THE MAYOR OR WHOEVER IS ACTING, UM, IN THE PRESIDING OFFICER ROLE FOR THAT MEETING.
IF THE MAYOR'S NOT HERE, IT WOULD, FOR EXAMPLE, BE THE MAYOR PRO TE OR THAT, UM, AFTER GIVING THEM A WARNING, UM, THAT THEY, THEY COULD, THEIR TIME COULD BE ENDED OR THE MEETING COULD BE, UM, A BREAK COULD BE TAKEN FOR THE MEETING OR THEY COULD EVEN ULTIMATELY BE REMOVED FROM THE MEETING DEPENDING ON WHAT THEY ARE DOING.
PART OF THESE RULES OF DECORUM ALSO HELPS BRING SOME CLARITY TO OUR CURRENT PROCESS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.
SO EVERYONE MAY BE FAMILIAR WITH, UH, MOST CITIES HAVE A SET TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMENT, THREE MINUTES, TWO MINUTES, FOUR MINUTES, WHATEVER THE CASE MAY BE.
IN RANCHO FOR A WHILE NOW, WE HAVE HAD, UM, SORT OF A PRACTICE, IF YOU WILL, OF HAVING IT BE THREE TO FIVE MINUTES DEPENDING ON HOW MANY SPEAKERS WERE THERE TO ADDRESS AN ITEM.
AND SO, UH, AND THAT CAN CREATE SOME CONFUSION AT TIMES, UH, BECAUSE WE CAN HAVE A MEETING WHERE LITERALLY ONE PERSON SHOWS UP TO SPEAK LIKE TONIGHT AND THEY GET A FULL FIVE MINUTES TO ADDRESS.
AND THEN WE CAN HAVE ANOTHER MEETING WHERE LET'S SAY EIGHT PEOPLE OR NINE PEOPLE SHOW UP, 10 PEOPLE AND THEY WERE PREPARED FOR FIVE MINUTES, BUT WE START BUMPING UP AGAINST THAT ONE HOUR TIME LIMIT.
AND SO THEIR, THEIR TIME, THE PRESIDING OFFICER MAY SAY, CAN YOU LIMIT YOUR REMARKS TO FOUR MINUTES OR THREE MINUTES? SO WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE AS PART OF THIS IS GOING TO, UM, A FIXED RULE.
SO WE WOULDN'T HAVE THE VARIABILITY OF, UM, DIFFERING TIMES DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE.
WHAT WE WOULD HAVE IS A RULE OF THREE MINUTES.
UM, BUT THE PRESIDING OFFICER CAN GIVE THEM LEAVE FOR MORE TIME.
AN EXAMPLE OF THAT IS SOMETIMES WHERE WE HAVE INDIVIDUALS, UM, WHO ARE SPEAKING IN ANOTHER LANGUAGE, THEY NEED STUFF TRANSLATED OR WHATEVER, UM, WE, AGAIN, WE HAVE A LONGSTANDING PRACTICE OF ALLOWING THEM MORE TIME, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE THE, THE TRANSLATION IN THAT.
SO, UM, AND THEN AGAIN, YOU, AGAIN, YOU CAN, YOU CAN SPEAK ON MULTIPLE ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, BUT YOU CAN ONLY SPEAK ON EACH ITEM ONE TIME.
SO YOU CAN'T GET UP OVER AND OVER AGAIN, UH, TO ADDRESS AN ITEM.
AND SO YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO GIVE YOUR TIME TO OTHER PEOPLE, UM, AND THAT TYPE OF THING.
SO, UH, WE ARE RECOMMENDING THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THE RULES OF DECORUM.
IF YOU DO APPROVE THESE RULES TONIGHT, WHAT WE WOULD DO, UM, WE WERE TALKING ABOUT IT BRIEFLY BEFORE THE MEETING.
UM, MY STAFF WILL WORK WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE AND WE'LL MAKE SURE TO, UM, ONE, MAKE SURE THAT UH, EVERYBODY IN THE CITY IS AWARE THAT WE NOW HAVE THESE RULES.
WE'LL TRY AND HAVE, UM, SOME COPIES IN THAT, THAT ARE AVAILABLE HERE AT THE MEETING ALONG WITH THE SPEAKER CARDS SO THAT ANYBODY CAN READ THROUGH THEM WHO WISHES TO ATTEND.
AND WE'LL MAKE SOME MODIFICATIONS TO THE SCRIPT THAT THE PRESIDING OFFICER READS, UM, SO THAT WE MAKE REFERENCE TO THE RULES OF DECORUM.
WE'LL ALSO MAKE SURE WE GET 'EM UP, UM, ON OUR CITY WEBSITE AS WELL, UM, SO THAT ANYONE LOOKING TO ATTEND A MEETING IS AWARE OF 'EM.
SO, UH, WE WOULD DO THAT IF YOU APPROVE THEM HERE TONIGHT.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AND I KNOW THE CITY ATTORNEY, UM, WOULD ALSO BE GLAD TO ANSWER
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ANY QUESTIONS, UH, COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL OR QUESTIONS OF OUR CITY MANAGER OR CITY ATTORNEY.I DO HAVE SOME COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR.
FIRST OF ALL, JUST TO CLARIFY, THIS IS NOT MEANT IN ANY WAY TO DISCOURAGE PUBLIC INPUT AND PUBLIC COMMENTS.
WE ARE WANTING TO ENCOURAGE PUBLIC SPEAKING AND ADDRESSING THE COUNCIL IN A SAFE SPACE, NUMBER ONE AND NUMBER TWO, TO ENSURE THAT WE MAXIMIZE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO COUNCIL BEFORE THAT ONE HOUR TIME LIMIT.
AND AS MR. GILSON MENTIONED, UH, THE PURPOSE IN TERMS OF WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO CREATE AS AN ENVIRONMENT.
AND I SAID, I WROTE DOWN THREE CS, CIVILITY, COURTESY, AND CONSTRAINT.
AND THAT IS THE FOCUS THAT WE HAVE WITH A ADOPTING THESE.
WE WANT TO USE AN OBJECTIVE LENS SO THAT WE CAN ENSURE THAT THERE IS CONSISTENCY AND EQUITY WHEN WE, UM, HAVE TO INTERRUPT A SPEAKER WHO MAY BE ENGAGING IN SOMETHING THAT'S DISRUPTIVE.
WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO APPLY THESE ROLES, CONSISTENCY AND WITH EQUITY, WHETHER THEY'RE DISRUPTING AT THE PODIUM OR WITHIN THE AUDIENCE.
SO I APPRECIATE THE AMOUNT OF TIME THAT STAFF HAS PUT IN IN DEVELOPING THESE TO GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY TO LOOK AT THEM.
THANK YOU TO OUR CITY ATTORNEY BRINGING US A TEMPLATE OF WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE USING SO THAT WE COULD MODEL OURS, UH, BEHIND THE LAW THAT WAS ADOPTED, AS WELL AS OTHER POLICIES.
SO THANK YOU TO MR. GILLISON AND STAFF AND TO OUR WONDERFUL CITY ATTORNEY.
ANYONE ELSE? JUST A QUICK CLARIFICATION, MR. MAYOR.
UH, MR. GILLISON, IF YOU COULD, UM, JUST EXPLAIN THIS TO, TO US.
UM, YOU MENTIONED IN THE EVENT THAT WE'RE AT FIVE MINUTES AND IT GOES TO 8, 9, 10 SPEAKERS OR PERHAPS EXCEEDS ONE HOUR.
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN THEN? SO IN THE EVENT, LIKE WE DO HAVE, AND WE'VE HAD 17, 18 PEOPLE SHOW UP TO SPEAK ON ITEMS BEFORE, BUT TO KIND OF, IF YOU JUST EXPLAIN PEOPLE WHAT THE HARDSHIP WOULD BE FOR THEM, UH, AFTERWARDS.
SO WE, WE REALLY HAVE UM, SORT OF TWO MAIN OPPORTUNITIES, IF YOU WILL, TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
SO INITIALLY WE HAVE PUBLIC COMMENT AS WAS USED TONIGHT.
THAT CAN BE FOR ANY ITEM THAT'S ON THE AGENDA OR ITEMS THAT ARE NOT ON THE AGENDA BUT ARE WITHIN THE PURVIEW OF OF THE COUNCIL.
AND SO DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, UH, THE COUNCIL HAS A LONGSTANDING POLICY OF A ONE HOUR TIME LIMIT.
AND THEN IF THE SPEAKERS ARE GONNA TAKE UP MORE THAN ONE HOUR, WHOEVER UH, IS NOT ABLE TO FINISH THEIR COMMENTS WITHIN THAT ONE HOUR TIMEFRAME, THEN WE CARRY THAT OVER TO THE END OF THE MEETING AND THOSE PEOPLE CAN REMAIN, THAT CAN BECOME CHALLENGING.
UM, A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE COME TO A COUNCIL MEETING AFTER A DAY AT WORK, UM, THEY MAY HAVE FAMILY OR OTHER COMMITMENTS AT HOME.
AND SO, UH, OUR MEETINGS DON'T END AT A SET TIME.
THEY START AT A SET TIME, BUT THEY COULD END ANYWHERE FROM SEVEN 30 TO 10 30 OR 11.
AND SO IT CAN BE HARD FOR PEOPLE TO STAY TO THE END OF THE MEETING.
UM, ONE ADVANTAGE OF THREE MINUTE, UH, A STRAIGHT THREE MINUTES IS THAT GENERALLY SPEAKING, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET IN SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 15 AND 20 SPEAKERS DEPENDING ON EXACTLY WHEN THEY STOP AND HOW LONG IT TAKES TO WALK UP AND WALK BACK, WHICH IS ABOUT THREE TIMES AS MANY AS WE CAN GENERALLY DO UNDER, UNDER A FIVE MINUTE RULE.
THEN THE OTHER OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK DURING A COUNCIL MEETING IS IF WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING OR AN ADMIN HEARING.
SO THOSE ARE ON ONE SPECIFIC ITEM AND YOU CAN TURN A CARD IN TO SPEAK DURING THAT TIME.
AND FOR THOSE ITEMS WHERE IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING OR AN ADMIN HEARING, THE COUNCIL WILL GENERALLY GO UNTIL THE ITEM IS RESOLVED.
WE DO HAVE A, UH, A POLICY AND A PRACTICE OF, UM, GENERALLY ADJOURNING AT 10 30 UNLESS THE COUNCIL VOTES TO GO LONGER, WHICH THEY CAN DO SO BY, UM, A THREE-FIFTHS MAJORITY VOTE.
UM, BUT OTHERWISE YOU HAVE DURING THAT TIME, ESSENTIALLY IF THE COUNCIL WANTS TO AN UNLIMITED TIME PERIOD TO SPEAK EACH PERSON AGAIN, ONLY GETTING THEIR THREE MINUTES OR SO.
I WILL NOTE THAT PUBLIC HEARINGS OPERATE UNDER SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT RULES THAN PUBLIC COMMENT BECAUSE YOU HAVE DUE PROCESS INVOLVED.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, THE HEARING INVOLVES AN APPELLANT OR AN APPLICANT AND THEY HAVE SOME PROPERTY RIGHTS AT STAKE AND SO THEY MAY BE GIVEN LONGER BECAUSE THEY HAVE PROPERTY RIGHTS AT STAKE TO SPEAK INITIALLY AND THEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO REBUT.
UM, AND THEN ANYONE FROM THE AUDIENCE GETS THEIR INDIVIDUAL TIME PERIODS, UM, TO COMMENT.
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THAT, UH, AGAIN, IT HELPS RUN THE MEETING IN A LITTLE MORE ORDERLY AND BUSINESS-LIKE MANNER.UH, WHAT WE DON'T WANT AND WHAT WE HAVE SOMETIMES SEEN, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE, IS PEOPLE SHOWING UP AND IF PUBLIC COMMENT TAKES TOO LONG OR IS RUNNING TOO LONG, THEY GET FRUSTRATED 'CAUSE THEY MAY NEED TO GET HOME, THEY MAY NOT ALWAYS BE ABLE TO STAY.
SO THIS WILL HELP US MOVE THROUGH PUBLIC COMMENT, UM, GET TO THINGS IN A MORE TIMELY MANNER, UM, AND ALLOW EVERYONE AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY TO BRING FORWARD THEIR COMMENTS AND HOPEFULLY NOT RUN OUT OF TIME FOR ANYTHING THAT THEY WANNA SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL.
I THINK, YEAH, EVERYTHING'S BEEN SAID.
I I WANT TO, I'M THANKFUL THAT THE STATE PUT SSB 1100 UH, ON THE BOOKS ACTUALLY BECAUSE, UM, WE'VE NEVER HAD RULES SET RULES OR GUIDELINES AND THIS MAKES SURE THAT EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE ORDER OF DECORUM AND THE WAY WE CONDUCT OUR BUSINESS.
FOR THE MAJORITY OF TIMES THAT I'VE SEEN, UH, PEOPLE AT THE PODIUM, THEIR COMMENTS ARE USUALLY DISTINCT ENOUGH THAT THREE MINUTES IS PLENTY OF TIME AND SOMETIMES IF THEY KNOW THEY HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE TIME, THEY TALK AND START REPEATING THEMSELVES.
AGAIN, THIS IS NOT ANYTHING TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO COME AND SPEAK BEFORE US BECAUSE WE REALLY WANT THAT INPUT.
BUT WE HAVE, AS, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS THE OPPORTUNITY TO BALANCE THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATION PORTION OF OUR AGENDA WITH THE BUSINESS PORTION OF OUR AGENDA.
AND I HAVE SEEN TIMES IN THE PAST WHERE WE'VE HAD A COUPLE VERY, VERY IMPORTANT PUBLIC HEARINGS AND, AND THE PROPONENTS OR THE, THE, IF IT'S AN APPEAL, THE THE, THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THE APPELLANTS ARE IN THE AUDIENCE.
THEY HAVE THEIR ATTORNEYS, THEY HAVE THEIR PROFESSIONAL STAFF HERE AND THEY WANT TO GET TO THE BUSINESS PORTION OF GEN OF THE MEETING.
SO I THINK THIS REALLY DOES HELP STRIKE A BALANCE BETWEEN THE PUBLIC GIVING US INPUT.
'CAUSE WE WANT TO HEAR FROM THE PUBLIC AS WELL AS THE BUSINESS PART OF OUR MEETING AND CONDUCTING THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR PUTTING THAT TOGETHER.
THANK YOU FOR, FOR MEASURING IT AGAINST SOME BEST PRACTICES OF OTHER CITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DOING THIS A LOT LONGER THAN WE HAVE.
SO DO I HAVE A, UM, A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 86 ADOPTING RULES OF DECORUM AND ORDER THAT PROMOTE CIVILITY IN ALL OF OUR PUBLIC MEETINGS.
AND THAT EXTENDS NOT JUST TO THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT IT EXTENDS TO OUR, OUR COMMITTEE MEETINGS AS WELL AS OUR COMMISSION MEETINGS, LIBRARY, BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND SO FORTH.
SO MR. MAYOR, BEFORE THAT MOTION IS MADE, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THAT THERE IS A TYPO IN THE VERY LAST SENTENCE OF THE POLICY.
IT SHOULD SAY THESE RULES FOR BEHAVIOR, UH, INSTEAD OF THESE RULES, GUIDELINES FOR BEHAVIOR.
AND WE WILL CORRECT THAT UPON ITS ADOPTION.
THANK YOU SO MUCH THAT THAT MODIFICATION IS NOTED AS PART OF THE, UH, MOTION.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.
ALRIGHT, IS THERE ANY COUNCIL BUSINESS THIS EVENING OR COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS? IS THIS COMMENTS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR BY COUNCIL? YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU WISH.
WHAT A WONDERFUL EVENT WE HAD YESTERDAY OR LAST NIGHT FOR THE 4TH OF JULY, THERE WAS A BAND AND THERE WERE PRIZES, THERE WERE ACTIVITIES, THERE WAS FOOD, AND OF COURSE FIREWORKS.
AND I UNDERSTAND THERE WAS A BONUS SHOW AT THE END THAT I'M, I MISSED.
I THINK THAT WAS KATIE IN THE PARKING LOT FIRING OFF SOME FIREWORKS.
SO YOU MIGHT WANNA SHARE IF PEOPLE WERE ON THEIR WAY OUT AND THOUGHT MAYBE THERE WAS INTERMISSION OR SO WHAT HAPPENED AT THOSE EXTRA WONDERFUL FIREWORKS? WE, WE, SO THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE WALKING THROUGH THE PARKING LOT, UM, AFTER THE LIGHTS CAME BACK ON, GOT TREATED TO CAR ALARMS SPONTANEOUSLY GOING OFF BECAUSE THERE, THERE WERE A HALF A DOZEN OR SO, UH, FIREWORKS AT THE END THAT WERE FIRED OFF AFTER THE SHOW WAS OVER THE, UM, FIRE MARSHAL WHO REGULATES THE SHOW.
THERE'S A REQUIREMENT THAT IF THEY TAKE THE SHELL OFF OF THE TRUCK, THEN IT, IT'S CONSIDERED LIVE AND IT HAS TO BE FIRED OFF.
THERE'S NO GETTING TO PUT IT BACK ON THE TRUCK.
SO THERE WERE A NUMBER OF EXTRA SHELLS THERE AT THE END.
AND SO, UM, THEY WERE APPROPRIATELY FIRED OFF.
AND SO THERE WAS A LITTLE BIT OF A BONUS MINI SHOW AT THE END THERE AS PEOPLE WERE WALKING OUT.
ANYONE ELSE? ANY COUNCIL INTERAGENCY UPDATES? ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS? NO REPORTS TONIGHT.
ANY IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS GONNA BE HELD ON JULY 19TH?
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IF NOT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, SIR.AND THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING.
WE WILL SEE YOU HOPEFULLY AGAIN, UH, IN TWO WEEKS ON THE 19TH OF JULY.