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TO OUR JUNE 21ST CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING.WE THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE WITH US THIS EVENING, AND WE WILL START OUR MEETING BY, UH, DOING THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR MAYOR PRO TIM LYNN KENNEDY TO DO SO.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME.
I LEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO FLAG OF UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE REPUBLIC REPUBLIC FOR STANDS NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? UH, YES, MR. MAYOR.
THERE IS REVISION TO THE CONTINGENCY AMOUNT FOR ITEM NUMBER D SIX ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND AN UPDATED STAFF REPORT HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL.
IT'S ON THE DAIS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, AND IT'S MADE AVAILABLE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
UM, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING AND THAT IS A PRESENTATION OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA RANKING AS A 2020 THREE'S.
BEST AND WORST PLACES TO WORK TO RAISE A FAMILY, EXCUSE ME, NOT TO WORK, BUT PLACES TO RAISE A FAMILY.
IT'S ALSO A GREAT PLACE TO WORK ALSO, BUT, UH, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TANYA SPIEGEL FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER FROM OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
TANYA, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UH, TONIGHT I AM HERE TO SHARE THE INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S RANKINGS WITHIN WALLET HUB'S BEST AND WORST PLACES TO RAISE A FAMILY.
THE PERSONAL FINANCE WEBSITE WALLET HUB RELEASED ITS REPORT AT THE END OF THIS, UH, MAY ON THE 2020 THREES.
BEST PLACES TO RAISE A FAMILY.
WHILE THE ANALYSIS MAY NOT BE PERFECT, GIVEN PERSONAL PREFERENCES AND THE LIMITATION TO PUBLICLY AVAILABLE DATA, WALLET HUB'S REPORT PROVIDES AN OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS FROM WHICH THE FAMILY CAN CHOOSE TO MAKE A DECISION AS WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO LIVE.
I AM PROUD TO SHARE THAT THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS ONCE AGAIN MADE THE LIST AND RAKING AS THE 35TH BEST PLACE, UM, CITY TO RAISE A FAMILY WITHIN THE UNITED STATES.
THIS RANKING IS UP SEVEN SPOTS FROM THE 2022 RANKING OF NUMBER 42.
IN ORDER TO DETERMINE WHICH CITIES ARE MOST CONDUCIVE FOR FAMILY LIFE.
WALLET HUB COMPARED 182 CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES WITHIN FIVE KEY AREAS THAT CONSIDERED ESSENTIAL FAMILY DYNAMICS SUCH AS FAMILY, FUN, HEALTH AND SAFETY, EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE, AFFORDABILITY AND SOCIOECONOMICS.
EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES HAD SEVERAL INDICATORS WHICH WERE ASSIGNED POINT VALUES.
UH, HERE IS HOW THE CITY RANKED WITHIN THE UNITED STATES AND THE STATE.
UH, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE CITY WAS RANKED NUMBER 35 WITHIN THE NATION AND WITH, UH, NUMBER SEVEN WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
NUMBER FOUR, WITHIN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND OF COURSE, NUMBER ONE, WITHIN THE INLAND EMPIRE WITH OVER 30 PARKS, THE CITY'S EXTENSIVE TRAIL NETWORK AND THE EPICENTER WITH THE RANCH CUCAMONGA QUAKES.
THIS IS ACTUALLY NO SURPRISE THAT THE CITY HAS SCORED HIGH POINTS WITHIN FAMILY FUN TO FURTHER ENHANCE THE COMMUNITY.
THE SECOND STORY AND BEYOND WILL EXPAND THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICES BY ADDING A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM AT THE BAIN LIBRARY AT THE VICTORIA, UH, GARDENS CULTURAL CENTER.
AND WE CAN'T FORGET THE MUCH ANTICIPATED, THE BARK AT CENTRAL PARK.
A CENTRALLY LOCATED 4.4 ACRE COMMUNITY DOG PARK, WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, WITH GREAT EFFORTS BEING MADE TO IMPROVE OUR ENVIRONMENT WITH THE USE OF ELECTRIC CARS, SOLAR ENERGY, AND WALKABLE SERVICES SUCH AS THE FARMER'S MARKET AND NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY STORES.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA CONTINUES ITS EFFORTS FOR A HEALTHY AND EQUITABLE COMMUNITY.
THE ADDITION OF THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY, FIRE AND LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE TIMES HAS SHOWN HAVE ALREADY SHOWN IMPROVEMENT.
AND ADDITIONALLY, THE NEW FIRE STATION NUMBER 1 7 8, WHICH IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION NEAR HAVEN AVENUE AND T VISTA PARKWAY, WILL HELP CENTRALIZE SERVICES IN THE CITY WHILE ALSO PROVIDING A HOME FOR THE SEPTEMBER 11TH MEMORIAL PARK.
THAT WILL CREATE A SPACE TO REMEMBER THE SELFLESS SACRIFICE THAT WAS MADE ON THAT UNIMAGINABLE DAY.
OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST YEAR, THE CITY'S TRAFFIC ENGINEERS HAVE IMPLEMENTED TRAFFIC IMPROVEMENTS THROUGH ACTIVE MANAGEMENT IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND CALTRANS DISTRICT EIGHT.
THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA RECENTLY COMPLETED A PROJECT TO CONNECT 27 KEY
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INTERSECTIONS ALONG HAVEN AVENUE, FOOTHILL BOULEVARD, AND BASELINE ROAD CENTERED AT THE FREEWAY INTERCHANGES.ALONG THESE CORRIDORS, THE PROJECT AIMED TO CREATE A CORE, UH, COORDINATED SYSTEM IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE TRAFFIC FLOW BETWEEN THE BEFORE AND AFTER STUDIES.
THE COORDINATED TRAFFIC SIGNALS SHOWED AS HIGH AS 64% REDUCTION IN TOTAL DELAYS, AS WELL AS 64% REDUCTION IN TOTAL STOPS.
ALONG THESE THREE MAJOR CORRIDORS, THESE ASSIST WITH REDUCING EMISSIONS DUE TO IDLING, REDUCING TRAVEL TIME, AND IMPROVING THE TRAFFIC FLOW.
THESE ARE ALL INDICATE THE KEY INDICATORS UNDER THE HEALTH AND SAFETY, UH, ASPECT OF THE ONE, THE FIVE KEY AREAS UNDER THE EDUCATION AND CHILDCARE KEY INDICATORS, FOCUSING ON THE CHILDREN AND THE SCHOOL SYSTEMS FOCUS AND COMPLIMENTING THE ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND PROGRAMMING FOR OUR YOUTH, SENIORS AND OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, UH, OFFERED BY OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, OUR LIBRARY SERVICES, OF COURSE, OUR SCHOOLS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.
THESE HAVE ALL BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED AND CONTINUE TO BE POPULAR.
ACCORDING TO AN ESRI FORECAST, 42.4% OF OUR HOUSEHOLDS HERE WITHIN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAVE CHILDREN LIVING IN THEM.
AND OF COURSE, RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS KNOWN FOR ITS DISTINGUISHED AND AWARD-WINNING SCHOOLS.
OUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDE ALOMA, TWANDA, CUCAMONGA CENTRAL DISTRICTS, AND CHIEFY JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ALL SERVING OUR RESIDENTS AND THE FAMILIES OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION RATES ARE ON, ARE ON A RISE FOR THE FOUR HIGH SCHOOLS, AL LOMA HIGH SCHOOL AT AWANDA HIGH SCHOOL, LOS OSS HIGH SCHOOL, AND RANCHO CUCAMONGA HIGH SCHOOL WITH AN AVERAGE GRADUATION RATE OF 95.3%.
ADDITIONALLY, 47.3% OF RESIDENTS AGES 25 AND OLDER HAVE A PROFESSIONAL OR COLLEGE DEGREE.
WHILE CALIFORNIA DOES HAVE, UH, FACE SOME WORSENING HOUSING CRISIS, THE INLAND EMPIRE CONTINUES TO BE A CHOICE FOR MANY FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN PRICED OUT OF THE LARGE HOUSING MARKETS AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THE COST OF LIVING CONTINUES TO RISE.
THE MEDIAN HOUSEHOLD INCOME IS JUST OVER $102,469 FOR RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND THAT IS FROM ESRI.
IT'S A RECENT FORECAST REPORT.
ACCORDING TO THE US CENSUS BUREAU AND ESRI, THE AVERAGE HOME VALUE FOR OWNER OCCUPIED HOUSING UNITS IS $564,000 $806.
THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY METRIC FROM RELET HUB LOOKS AT A RATIO OF MEDIAN INCOME VERSUS HOUSING COSTS.
SINCE INCORPORATION, THE CITY HAS MADE A CONCENTRATED EFFORT TO PROVIDE A MIX OF HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES FOR HOUSEHOLDS OF ALL INCOME SIZES.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE TODAY AND GOING FORWARD, AS HOME PRICES CONTINUE TO INCREASE.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, A NON-RESIDENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE WAS ESTABLISHED.
THIS IS A FEE THAT IN, UH, THAT INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPERS DO PAY THAT GOES INTO AN ACCOUNT TO FUND FUTURE AFFORDABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS BEEN FACING AN ESCALATING SHORTAGE OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UH, WITH INCREASING DEMAND TO MEET THE LOWER INCOME SOCIO AND ECONOMIC SEGMENTS OF THE COMMUNITY.
HOUSING IS GENERALLY CONSIDERED AFFORDABLE IF A, IF A HOUSEHOLD SPENDS NO MORE THAN 30% OF ITS GROSS HOUSEHOLD INCOME ON HOUSING COSTS, WHICH DOES INCLUDE RENT AND MORTGAGE, UTILITIES, TAXES, AND INSURANCE.
ESTABLISHING THIS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FUND AND IMPLEMENTING THE NON-RESIDENTIAL LINKAGE FEE, IT HAS CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO MOVE THAT NEEDLE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING WITHIN THE CITY.
SUPPORTING THE COUNCIL'S CORE VALUE OF EQUITABLE PROSPERITY FOR ALL THE CITY'S LOCAL ECONOMY CONTINUES TO EXPAND WITH NEW BUSINESSES AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES.
THE BUSINESSES THAT CALL RANCHO CUCAMONGA HOME HAVE CREATED APPROXIMATELY 96,300, UH, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN THE CITY.
AS OF MAY, THE CALIFORNIA EMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT THE CITY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS AT A 3.1%.
I THANK YOU AND CONGRATULATIONS RANCHO CUCAMONGA ON BEING RANKED NUMBER 35.
THANK YOU TANYA, VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME FOR TANYA? THEN WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OUR, OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
IT WAS A VERY, VERY, UH, EXCELLENT REPORT AND, UM, VERY EXCITING FOR ALL OF OUR STAFF TO BE, WE'RE WORKING SO HARD IN THE SAME DIRECTION TO CREATE SUCH A GREAT RATING.
UH, THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE NOW FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
UH, THIS IS AND THE PUBLIC, UH, TO ADDRESS THE FIRE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM THAT'S INCLUDED OR NOT INCLUDED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDAS, COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES,
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UH, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DESIRING TO SPEAK.SO WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD.
I WOULD SUGGEST THAT I KNOW THERE'S A SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS THAT COME UP UNDER ITEM G ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
IF YOU'RE HERE FOR THAT, IT'S BEST YOU ADDRESS YOUR CONCERNS DURING THAT PUBLIC HEARING OR THOSE RESPECTIVE PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO IT BECOMES A MATTER OF THE RECORD.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, WE WILL NOW MOVE FORWARD.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HEATHER PARSONS, FOLLOWED BY AARON KEDI.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR MICHAEL, UM, AND ALL OF OUR WONDERFUL CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM.
UH, MY NAME IS HEATHER PARSONS AND I'M CURRENTLY SERVING AS THE PRESIDENT AND CHAIRWOMAN OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA OF, UH, CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
I WANTED TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AS I'M FINISHING OUT MY LAST 15 DAYS OF THE PRESIDENCY.
TO SINCERELY THANK YOU FOR THE RESOURCES, THE SUPPORT, AND ALL OF THE CHEERING THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS THAT I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU.
UM, WE ARE ABOUT 427 MEMBERS, AND ONE OF THE TOP THINGS THAT I HEAR FROM OUR BUSINESSES IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS OUR CITY CARES ABOUT US.
AND I THINK ALL THE TIMES THAT YOU SHOW UP TO OUR RIBBON CUTTINGS, YOU COME TO OUR LUNCHEONS AND YOU'RE EASILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE BUSINESSES OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.
I DID WANNA LET YOU KNOW ALSO, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE SBDC.
WE'RE GONNA BE, UM, HOUSING THOSE, UH, ACTIVITIES AND WORKSHOPS AT THE CHAMBER OFFICE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
AND I ALSO WANNA INVITE YOU ON JULY 7TH, WE'LL BE HAVING OUR INSTALLATION AND SHOP RC AWARDS WHERE WE WILL BE AWARDING SEVERAL PRIZES TO OUR TOP RANCHO CUCAMONGA BUSINESSES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AND HAVE A WONDERFUL EVENING.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MS. PARSONS.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ERIN TY, FOLLOWED BY JOANNE.
I THINK IT'S CHUTNEY, BUT YOU CAN CORRECT THE SPELLING OF YOUR, OR YOUR PRONUNCIATION OF YOUR LAST NAME WHEN YOU COME UP.
UH, I WAS HERE LAST NOVEMBER, UH, ASKING TO, UH, OPEN UP THE, UH, CUCAMONGA CREEK ARROYO TRAILS.
AND UM, AND, UH, I WAS UNREPRESENTED AT ASHLEY, SO, UH, I VOTED FOR YOU BECAUSE ONE OF YOUR CONCERNS WAS, UH, IMPROVEMENT OF THE TRAIL SYSTEMS. SO ANYWAYS, UH, A WHILE BACK, UH, THE CITY PUT OUT A SURVEY ON THE TRAILS AND, AND THIS IS A MAP OFF OF, UH, OFF OF THAT.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE THINGS I NOTICED HERE WAS THIS CUCAMONGA CREEK CHANNEL TRAIL GOES ALL THE WAY UP HERE TO THE, UH, CORNER OF, UH, TURQUOISE AND JEANETTE.
AND IF YOU LOOK DOWN HERE, WHAT, WHAT YOU SEE THERE IS A LOCKED GATE.
AND I'M GOING TO REQUEST THAT YOU UNLOCK THE GATE AND ALLOW US ACCESS INTO THE, UH, TRAIL HEAD UP HERE.
UH, THEY'LL, THEY'LL TAKE YOU ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC TRAIL.
OKAY? AND, UH, THAT'S, AND ONCE AGAIN, CONGRAT, CONGRATULATIONS.
AND, UH, DO ANY OF YOU GUYS HAVE SPECTRUM CABLE TV? AND THE REASON I'M ASKING IS THE CHANNEL THREE ACCESS ON IT, YOU KNOW, WITH THE, THE CITY CH CHANNEL, THE AUDIO ON THAT IS JUST HORRIBLE.
SO I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD HAVE ONE OF YOUR TECH GUYS LOOK INTO IT AND AND FIX THAT.
WE WILL CERTAINLY DO THAT, SIR.
EVEN THOUGH IT'S NOT OUR RESPONSIBILITY,
'CAUSE I PERSONALLY HAVE MY OWN ISSUES AT MY RESIDENCE, SO, OKAY.
ALL I EVER SEE IS IS A STOP CLOCK RUNNING DOWN.
ANOTHER THING IS, UH, UH, SOME OF THE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT WERE ON THIS SURVEY WAS, UH, HERMOSA AVENUE.
AND, UH, I WOULD LIKE THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO EXTEND DOWN TO ARROW HIGHWAY.
UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN I, LIKE THIS AFTERNOON I WENT TO KAISER AND I WILL TAKE HERMOSA FROM, UH, WILSON DOWN TO ARROW.
AND ONCE YOU GET PAST, UH, CHURCH STREET, IT'S UH, IT GETS KIND OF HAIRY.
AND, UH, WE WILL LOOK INTO THAT GATE ISSUE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JOANNE CUNEY.
SAY THAT ONE MORE TIME INTO THE MICROPHONE FOR US.
C-N-E-Y-I GET IT CALLED CUDDLY, ALL KINDS OF WEIRD NAMES, BUT IT'S CUNEY.
UM, ANYWAY, I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS.
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A 36 YEAR, UH, RANCHER CUCUMONGA RESIDENT, AND I'M A BIG ANIMAL ADVOCATE.UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT THE ANIMAL SHELTER THAT THEY ARE STILL ON PRE COVID I OR COVID I HOURS.
UM, IT MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT FOR PEOPLE TO GET IN THERE AND ADOPT THE ANIMALS.
THERE'S SUCH, THERE'S ONLY A COUPLE HOURS, A COUPLE DAYS A WEEK.
UM, YOU CAN NEVER GET AHOLD OF THEM ON THE PHONE.
UM, EVEN WHEN YOU GO THERE, YOU HAVE TO WAIT OUTSIDE IN LINES, YOU KNOW, FOR HOURS.
I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY'RE STILL RUNNING ON COVID TIME.
UM, SO I THINK THAT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO REOPEN THAT AND JUST HAVE, YOU KNOW, MAKE IT MORE ACCESSIBLE FOR PEOPLE TO BE ADOPTING THESE ANIMALS.
'CAUSE IT'S REALLY TURNING A LOT OF PEOPLE AWAY.
I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE IN THE LINES AND THEY'RE VERY DISCOURAGED BECAUSE NO ONE ANSWERS THE PHONES.
AND I DID TALK TO THE DIRECTOR ONE DAY I WAS THERE AND SHE SAID, WELL, WE'RE SHORT ON PEOPLE WE'RE TRYING TO HIRE.
OKAY, THAT WAS BACK IN LIKE JANUARY.
SO I STILL DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THEY'RE NOT OPEN.
NORMAL HOURS FOR PEOPLE TO WALK IN, LOOK AT THE ANIMALS NOW YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THEM ONLY ONLINE.
PEOPLE WANNA GO IN AND SEE THE ANIMALS IN PERSON.
SO THAT'S A BIG CONCERN OF MINE.
UM, ANOTHER THING IS CODE ENFORCEMENT.
SO, AS I SAID, I LIVED, I'VE LIVED IN RANCHO FOR 36 YEARS.
I LIVE WAY AT THE TOP OF HERMOSA IN THE WOODS.
UM, WHEN WE BOUGHT, IT'S LIKE RV PARKING, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
SO I FOUND OUT, YOU KNOW, WITH OUR RV THAT IT'S NOT REALLY RV PARKING.
YOU HAVE TO BE PARKED WAY BEHIND YOUR HOUSE ON THE SIDE OF IT.
WE STORED OUR MOTOR HOME, OUR RV, EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A HUGE DRIVEWAY.
AND, BUT, UH, THEN I HAD A SMALLER MOTOR HOME THAT I PUT IN THERE THAT WE PUT IN THAT FIT IN THE SIDE.
AND I STILL GOT HASSLED BY CODE ENFORCEMENT.
I GOT A $250 FINE THAT I PAID.
NOW YOU DRIVE AROUND RANCHO AND YOU SEE BOATS, MOTOR HOMES, JET SKIS, TRAILERS IN DRIVEWAYS, EVERYWHERE.
SO THIS IS SUCH AN ARBITRARY THING THAT YOU, I THINK IT'S LIKE A NEIGHBOR COMPLAINS ABOUT IT, OH, I DON'T LIKE THE WAY THAT RV LOOKS.
OR IT SHOULDN'T BE THERE, THEN OKAY, CODE ENFORCEMENT'S ON YOU.
THEY GIVE YOU NOT VERY MUCH TIME TO MOVE IT, AND THEN YOU GET FINED.
IT COULD BE ACROSS THE STREET AND THERE'S A MOTOR HOME SITTING THERE.
BUT BECAUSE, AND CODE ENFORCEMENT TELLS ME, BECAUSE NO ONE'S COMPLAINED ABOUT IT, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
THAT'S SO ARBITRARY AND NOT FAIR.
UM, I JUST PAY, I JUST HAD TO MOVE A LITTLE TRAILER, A SMALL LITTLE TRAILER THAT I HAD.
'CAUSE I HAVE A CABIN IN BIG BEAR.
SO I'M CONSTANTLY, I'M GONNA BE SELLING MY HOME IN RANCHO AND I'M USING IT TO MOVE STUFF UP THERE.
IT'S A LOW, JUST A LOW TRAILER, LIKE A GARDENING TRAILER IN MY DRIVEWAY.
YET THERE'S AN RV, LIKE A 34 FOOT RV PARKED DOWN THE STREET FROM ME IN A DRIVEWAY.
I DON'T LIKE TO COMPLAIN BECAUSE I DON'T REALLY CARE WHAT PEOPLE PARK IN THEIR DRIVEWAYS OR ON THEIR PROPERTY.
THAT'S, UNLESS IT'S A, AN EYESORE, THAT'S A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL, WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL 34 FOOT BRAND NEW CLASS A MOTOR HOME.
WE COULDN'T PARK IT IN OUR DRIVEWAY.
SO I DON'T WANNA BE THE ONE TO CALL AND SAY, HEY, THIS ISN'T FAIR.
HOW COME I GET FINED? OR I HAVE TO MOVE MINE.
BUT OTHER PEOPLE DON'T JUST BECAUSE NO ONE'S COMPLAINED.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE, WHAT THE, UM, THE SOLUTION TO THAT IS.
YOU KNOW? AND LIKE I SAID, CODE ENFORCEMENT SAID WE ONLY HAVE A COUPLE PEOPLE.
WE CAN'T DRIVE AROUND THE CITY AND, YOU KNOW, PICK EVERYONE OUT.
AND ONE LAST THING, UM, LIKE I SAID, I'VE LIVED IN RANCHO FOR 36 YEARS.
UM, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'M FEELING UNSAFE LIVING HERE.
I WENT TO THE CAR WASH, IT WAS ABOUT EIGHT O'CLOCK AT NIGHT ON BASELINE BY THE SMART AND FINAL, UH, SHOPPING CENTER.
AND I'VE GONE THERE FOR YEARS.
THERE WAS A LOT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE THERE AND I WAS ACTUALLY SCARED.
AND THAT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE BEEN SCARED TO GET OUTTA MY CAR IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
I TALKED TO A POLICE OFFICER, UM, A RANCHO SHERIFF ABOUT IT.
AND HE SAID THAT, UM, IT'S AN ISSUE THAT LA'S GIVING METROLINK PASSES TO HOMELESS PEOPLE AND SENDING THEM OUT HERE.
BUT I THINK SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE.
THERE'S HOMELESS PEOPLES AROUND THE 99 CENTS STORE CONSTANTLY.
IT'S JUST, IT'S GETTING SCARY AND IT'S KIND OF DISCOURAGING.
UM, BUT I DO WANT TO, UM, COMPLIMENT THE RANCHO SHERIFF'S BECAUSE, UM, WE HAD A GUY THAT WAS RUNNING AN ILLEGAL GAMBLING HOUSE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND WE COMPLAINED ABOUT IT AND THEY GOT RIGHT ON IT AND TOOK CARE OF IT AND, UH, STOPPED IT.
WE WILL HAVE SOME FOLKS LOOK INTO THAT, MA'AM, ON THE ISSUE OF THE CODE ENFORCEMENT AS WELL AS THE OTHER ISSUE.
ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY ANGELA THOMAS.
HI, MY NAME'S ANTHONY RODRIGUEZ AND I'M A FIRE YEAR RESIDENT.
AND, UH, I'VE BEEN HAVING AN ISSUE AT THE ELECTRIC TRAIL BETWEEN
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FOOTHILL AND, UH, BAKER, THE PARKING LOT.THERE'S BEEN, UH, TWO MOTOR HOMES THAT HAVE BEEN PARKING THERE FOR THE LAST TWO MONTHS.
I ALREADY CALLED, UH, THE RANCHO PD CODE ENFORCEMENT, UH, AND TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER.
AND THERE'S, EVERYBODY SAID THEY'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
AND IT'S BEEN TWO AND A HALF MONTHS AND NOTHING'S BEEN DONE ABOUT IT.
AND IT'S, YOU GO THROUGH ON FOOT, IT'S JUST AN EYESORE.
ONE OF THE MOTOR HOMES LOOK UGLY AND NOTHING'S BEEN DONE.
I'VE, I'VE HAD CALL A RANCHO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WERE ACTUALLY COMING OUT AND, UH, GIVING CITATION, UH, 72 HOUR NOTICE AND THEY WOULD ACTUALLY LEAVE.
LIKE, I GOT TWO OF 'EM OUT THERE AND THEY LEFT.
AND, UH, BUT THERE WAS ONE HE KEPT ON COMING BACK AND COMING BACK AND I, AND I CALLED THE RANCHO POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THEY WOULD BASICALLY SAID, IT'S OUT OF OUR HANDS.
UH, THE CITY HAS TO DO SOMETHING.
AND APPARENTLY I TALKED TO, UH, THE TRAFFIC ENGINEER AND I GUESS THAT PARKING LOT IS, UH, A PARK.
SO I JUST HOPEFULLY GET SOME SIGNS THERE FOR, UH, FOR THE MOTOR HOME, NOT TO PARK THERE.
UM, AND I THINK, UM, MR. GILLISON, WOULD YOU LIKE TO JUST GIVE A QUICK UPDATE ON THAT? YEAH.
UM, AND THERE IS SOMETHING BEING DONE, BUT WE CAN'T WITHOUT PROPER SIGNAGE AND THE ORDINANCES TO BACK IT UP.
SO STAFF HAS WORKED WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY, WE'VE GOTTEN THE LANGUAGE, WE'RE WORKING ON THE ORDINANCE, AND THEN WE WILL BE POSTING THE SIGNS THEY'VE BEEN ORDERED, THEY'LL GO UP, THERE'S A NOTICING PERIOD, AND THEN WE CAN ENFORCE IT.
'CAUSE I I UNDERSTAND THERE'S, 'CAUSE I UN UNDERSTAND, BUT WE ARE IN THE PROCESS.
BUT YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT ABOUT ANOTHER 30 TO 45 DAYS.
THAT, THAT'S, LIKE I SAID, IT'S AN EYESORE.
ONE OF 'EM HAS A FREAKING TARP ON THE, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? IT'S UNDERSTAND COMPLETELY.
I LIVE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD UP NORTH OF THERE.
HAVE A GOOD, YOU'RE WORKING ON IT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR THIS EVENING.
UM, AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
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 MAY REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.
UM, I KNOW WE HAVE, UM, BOARD MEMBER SCOTT IS GONNA BE ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE DUE TO HER, HER EMPLOYER, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS.
AND SO WE WILL, UH, AND THEN WE'VE ALSO HAD A REVISION TO ITEM D SIX THAT'S BEFORE US, AS MENTIONED EARLIER BY THE CITY CLERK.
SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH, UH, COUNCILMAN WOMAN SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE, MOVE FOR APPROVAL A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
THOSE PRESENT WITH THE AMENDMENT TO ITEM D SIX AND BOARD MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE.
THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR CONSENT ORDINANCES NOR, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ADVERTISE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE HAVE SEVERAL PUBLIC HEARINGS TONIGHT.
OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING IS PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO SET RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RATES WITHIN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND THAT IS CODIFIED IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 62.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO AS YOU SAID, RESOLUTION 2023 DASH 0 6 2, UH, WOULD SET, UH, THE NEW RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RATES.
A LOT OF THIS IS DRIVEN BY STATE LAW.
THERE'S CERTAIN, UM, UH, STATE LAW PROVISIONS THAT HAVE CHANGED REGARDING, UM, THE COLLECTION OF REFUSE THAT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.
SO, UM, OUR STAFF HAS GONE THROUGH AND, UH, TAKEN A LOOK AT WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE ON THIS.
UM, WE'VE WORKED WITH EC ON THIS.
WE'VE ALSO GOT SOME IMPROVEMENTS, UH, IN THIS PROCESS TO ADDRESS SOME OF THE DISPOSAL OF ITEMS AT MULTIFAMILY THAT WE'RE BRINGING FORWARD AFTER SOME STUDIES.
SO WITH THAT, LET ME INTRODUCE LINDA SEBASS, OUR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS MANAGER, AND SHE'LL GIVE YOU THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
AS, UH, MR. GILSON DESCRIBED, I'LL BE PROVIDING THE STAFF REPORT AND FOLLOW FOR THIS AGENDA ITEM.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THE STAFF REPORT, THE MAYOR WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SO THE RATE ADJUSTMENT REQUEST WAS, UM, SUBMITTED TO THE CITY BY EC ON FEBRUARY 21ST, 2023.
AND, UM, THE LAST RATE INCREASE WENT INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST, 2021.
THE PROPOSED RATE ADJUSTMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING ITEMS, UM, PER THE
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AMENDMENT TO THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT THAT WAS APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL ON AUGUST 17TH, 2022.SO WE HAVE A REVISED METHODOLOGY FOR THE RATE, UM, MUCH DUE TO, UM, THE STATE REQUIREMENTS FOR SENATE BILL 1383 THAT MR. GILLISON WAS DESCRIBING WITH AN EVEN YEAR INCREASE AND A LOOKBACK PROVISION TO ADJUST DISPOSAL PROCESSING AS WELL AS A SENATE BILL 1383 COMPLIANCE FEE.
THE COST OF RESIDENTIAL MIXED ORGANICS COLLECTION THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED IN 2022 WAS AGREED TO BE DISTRIBUTED OVER A FIVE YEAR PERIOD, STARTING WITH THIS, UM, 2023 RATE ADJUSTMENT REQUEST.
SO SENATE BILL 1383 WAS SIGNED INTO LAW BY THE STATE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2016 TO HELP REDUCE SHORT-LIVED CLIMATE POLLUTANTS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE WITH THE STATEWIDE GOAL OF REDUCING 75% OF ORGANIC WASTE DISPOSAL BY 2025.
SO AS A RESULT, UM, OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS PLACED ON THE CITY, WE'VE CREATED A SB 1383 COMPLIANCE FEE THAT'S BEEN INCORPORATED INTO, UM, THIS 2023 RATE ADJUSTMENT.
77 CENTS PER MONTH FOR RESIDENTIAL CUSTOMERS AND 38 CENTS PER CUBIC YARD FOR COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS IS INCORPORATED INTO THE RATE TO COVER THE COSTS OF SSB 1383 REQUIREMENTS THAT ARE NOT SERVICE RELATED.
SO THE COSTS THAT ARE NOT RELATED TO ACTUALLY PICKING UP THE, THE CARTS AND DELIVERING IT TO THE LOCATIONS FOR PROCESSING AND DISPOSAL.
AND THOSE ITEMS INCLUDE, UM, EXPANDED OUTREACH AND EDUCATION THAT'S REQUIRED RECORD KEEPING AND ALSO ENFORCEMENT ALSO INCORPORATED INTO THIS RATE ADJUSTMENT IS AN INCREASE TO THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FEE.
UM, THE INCREASE IS, UM, FROM 0.75% TO 1.75% TO OFFSET THE RISING DISPOSAL COSTS OF HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE COLLECTED AT THE CITY'S FACILITY.
SO THIS IS A, A GRAPH, UM, DEPICTING THE, ALL THE COMPONENTS THAT GO UP INTO MAKING UP THE TOTAL RESIDENTIAL RATE.
SO THIS IS THE, THE PROPOSED 2023 RATE.
SO YOU HAVE THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FEE, YOUR SB 1383 COMPLIANCE FEE, THE MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY FEES FOR, UH, PROCESSING RECYCLABLES, THE FRANCHISE FEE, LANDFILL DISPOSAL, ORGANICS RECYCLING, AND THEN THE SERVICE FEE FOR BURTEK TO COLLECT YOUR CARTS AT THE CURB.
SO, UH, WE HAVE ALSO INCORPORATED INTO THIS, UM, AGENDA ITEM, A NEW COLLECTION PROGRAM.
UM, THE CITY PARTNERED WITH BURTEK TO CREATE A, A UNIFORM BULKY ITEM COLLECTION PROGRAM FOR MULTIFAMILY COMPLEXES AND COMMERCIAL BIN CUSTOMERS.
THAT IS MODELED AFTER SUCCESSFUL PROGRAMS IN NEIGHBORING CITIES.
IT'S A NEW BUNDLED RATE AND IT'S IN RESPONSE TO BUSINESSES THAT HAD COMPLAINED ABOUT THE FINANCIAL IMPACT OF ILLEGALLY DUMPED BULKY ITEMS. UM, WE ALSO CONDUCTED A 12 MONTH PILOT PROGRAM IN 2022 AT 19 MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEXES LOCATED NEAR BUSINESSES THAT HAD COMPLAINED OF THE ISSUES, UM, WITH ILLEGAL DUMPING IF APPROVED, THE BUNDLED RATE WOULD PROVIDE MULTI-FAMILY COMPLEXES WITH ONCE PER WEEK BULKY ITEM COLLECTION.
AND BUSINESSES THAT EXPERIENCE ILLEGAL DUMPING WOULD BE ABLE TO CONTACT VERTEK FOR PICKUP OF THOSE BULKY ITEMS. THEY WOULD NO LONGER BE ASSESSED A PER ITEM, UM, FEE THAT THEY WERE PREVIOUSLY.
SO IT'S BUNDLED INTO THE RATE AND THEY'RE, IT'S WHATEVER THE IS COLLECTED AT THE SITE FOR LIKE A MULTIFAMILY, YOU'RE NOT GONNA BE CHARGED.
IT'S WHATEVER RATE IS BUNDLED IN, WE'LL PAY FOR THE COLLECTION OF THOSE BULKY ITEMS. SO THEY ACTUALLY SHOULD EXPERIENCE A COST SAVINGS FOR WHAT THEY WERE PAYING TO HAVE THOSE ITEMS COLLECTED.
AND THEN THE, UM, COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS WILL NO LONGER HAVE TO PAY A SEPARATE FEE FOR THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE ILLEGALLY DUMPED ON THEIR PROPERTIES.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS CALL AND THEY WILL BE PICKED UP.
SO PROPER POSITION TWO 18 REQUIRES A 40 TO FIVE DAY PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE, PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES.
AND THE PROPOSED RATE TABLE WERE PUBLISHED IN THE INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN ON MAY 2ND, 2023.
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE ALSO MAILED TO EACH RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ADDRESS ON MAY 5TH.
UM, RESPONSE TO THE NOTICES INCLUDED SEVEN WRITTEN PROTESTS AND I BELIEVE ON THE DAAS, UM, OUR, UH, TABLE WITH A SUMMARY.
AND, UH, THEN ALSO ALL THE ATTACHED, UH, PROTESTS.
UM, THEY WERE ALL FROM RESIDENCE AS WELL AS WE HAD, UM,
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10 INQUIRIES OF RESIDENTS.UM, SOME WERE CONFUSED ABOUT THE NOTICE OR THE RATES OR THEY WERE SIMPLY REQUESTING, UM, THE SENIOR DISCOUNT APPLICATION.
SO THOSE HAVE ALL BEEN FOLLOWED UP WITH AND, UM, THEY'VE BEEN PROVIDED WITH THE REQUESTED INFO.
SO RATE ADJUSTMENT, UM, REVIEW, THE REQUEST HAS BEEN REVIEWED BY STAFF AND AN OUTSIDE CONSULTANT AND FOUND TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT REQUIREMENTS.
AND THEN THE RATE ADJUSTMENT REQUEST WAS ALSO DISCUSSED AND REVIEWED AT THE PUBLIC WORKS, UM, SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON APRIL 26TH, 2023.
SO THE RECOMMENDATION, UM, FROM STAFF IS THAT WE RECOMMEND, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROPOSED RATE ADJUSTMENT RESOLUTION IF APPROVED.
THE EFFECTIVE DATE FOR THE 2023 RATE IS JULY 1ST, 2023.
AND THE, UM, PROPOSED RATE FOR 2024 WOULD GO INTO EFFECT JULY 1ST, 2024.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? QUESTIONS OF, OF OUR STAFF? MR. MAYOR? I HAVE A COUPLE.
UH, NUMBER ONE, LINDA, THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT.
AND YOU SAID, UM, THE COST INCREASES ARE NOT SERVICE RELATED.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GO OVER THAT.
UM, AGAIN, CAN YOU BRING UP THE BAR GRAPH THAT SHOWS THE BREAKDOWN OF THE RATE SO WE CAN SEE IT? PLEASE.
AND SO, UH, YOU ALSO TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER THAT SOME OF THE RESULTS OF THESE FEE INCREASES COME FROM, I THINK JOHN SAID, FROM STATE, UH, LAW THAT COME THROUGH THE PIPE.
AND ONE OF THOSE BEING THAT SENATE BILL, WHICH IS ORGANICS RECYCLING.
COULD YOU JUST KIND OF BRIEFLY EXPLAIN WHAT EACH OF THESE ARE REAL QUICK SURE.
ON HERE AND THEN, UM, HOW THEY DIFFER FROM THE SERVICE AT THE BOTTOM.
SO HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FEE IS, UM, COLLECTED BY BURTEK AND PAID TO THE CITY, UM, FOR DISPOSAL OF WASTE AT THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITY.
SO THAT'S WHICH OUR RESIDENTS CAN GO TO ON SATURDAYS AND DROP OFF, UH, OIL, THEIR HOUSEHOLD HOUSEHOLD CHEMICALS WASTE.
AND, AND THAT'S AT LIONS ON LIONS I THINK AT THE PUBLIC WORKS, YES.
SO THAT'S THE HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE FEE.
THE SSB 1383 COMPLIANCE FEE IS WHAT I DESCRIBED AS WHAT WE'RE COLLECTING FOR NON-SERVICE RELATED, UM, REQUIREMENTS.
SO SENATE BILL REQUIRES, IN ADDITION TO COLLECTING AND RECYCLING THE ORGANIC WASTE, UM, THEY REQUIRE THE CITY TO DO EXTENSIVE OUTREACH AND EDUCATION.
UM, ENFORCEMENT, WE HAVE A EDIBLE FOOD RESCUE PROGRAM.
WE HAVE TO PROCURE, UM, MIX OR ORGANICS, YOU KNOW, IN COMPOST AND MULCH AND THOSE ITEMS THAT ARE NOT SERVICE RELATED.
SOME OF THEM WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO FUND WITH GRANTS AND OTHERS WE ARE FUNDING WITH THE SSB 1383 COMPLIANCE FEE.
SO THAT FEE IS, IS FIXED FOR THIS RATE PERIOD, BUT IT COULD BE ADJUSTED IN FUTURE PERIODS.
LET'S SAY WE LOSE THE GRANT FUNDING THAT WE'RE USING FOR EDIBLE FOOD RESCUE AND THE MULCH AND COMPOST THAT WE'RE DOING, THE GIVEAWAYS WITH THOSE COSTS COULD BE INCORPORATED INTO THAT COMPLIANCE FEE SO THAT WE MEET THE STATE REGULATION.
SO THAT'S SSB 1383 COMPLIANCE.
SO THE MATERIAL RECOVERY FEES AND PROCESSING IS THE SEPARATE LINE ITEM FOR WHAT'S COLLECTED IN YOUR BLUE RECYCLING BIN AND THE PROCESSING COSTS FOR, THAT'S DIVIDED UP OVER ALL OF OUR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS.
UM, IT COSTS A DOLLAR 96 TO PROCESS YOUR RECYCLABLES EACH MONTH.
THE FRANCHISE FEE IS THE FEE THAT'S COLLECTED, UM, ON THE RATE BY BURTEK AND PAID TO THE CITY AS THE FRANCHISE FEE.
LANDFILL DISPOSAL IS FOR WHAT GOES INTO YOUR, UH, BLACK TRASH CART FOR DISPOSAL AT THE LANDFILL.
SO $5 AND 2 CENTS FOR WHAT YOU'RE STILL PUTTING IN YOUR, YOUR BLACK TRASH CART.
AND THEN THE ORGANICS RECYCLING IS $5 AND 34 CENTS A MONTH TO, UM, PROCESS THOSE THAT NOW THE MIXED ORGANICS.
SO YOUR LANDSCAPE WASTE WITH YOUR BAG OF FOOD WASTE ON TOP OF IT.
SO IN PRIOR YEARS, WE DID NOT HAVE THE SSB 1383 COMPLIANCE FEE, AND WE HAD ORGANICS RECYCLING, BUT IT WAS JUST FOR GREEN WASTE AND IT WAS A LOWER COST I'M SURE MUCH LOWER THAN THE YEAH, IT'S, IF I, I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.
I BELIEVE THE MIXED ORGANICS IS LIKE $90 A TON TO PROCESS VERSUS LIKE $60 A TON FOR JUST THE LANDSCAPE WASTE.
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IT WAS IN PLACE OF, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PUTTING THE BAG IN THE CART BECAUSE WE DIDN'T WANNA ADD A FOURTH CART TO, YOU KNOW, ALREADY PACKED, UM, STREET AND, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE, YOU KNOW, DO WE WANT A FOURTH CART FOR A BAG OF WASTE? AND WE HAD TO IMPLEMENT A FOUR, A THIRD CART IN MULTI-FAMILY BECAUSE THE STATE REQUIRED US TO IMPLEMENT IT FOR ALL RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF THE VOLUME THAT THEY MIGHT BE GENERATING.SO WE WENT FOR A VERY SMALL CART FOR THE MULTI-FAMILY BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE THE LANDSCAPE WASTE.
WE WENT WITH THE SMALLEST CART THAT THE TRUCK COULD, COULD PICK UP AND IT'S STILL TOO BIG.
AND THEN THE SERVICE RATE IS PAID TO BURTEK FOR THE TRUCKS TO COME BY, PICK UP THE WASTE, DELIVER IT TO THE LANDFILL.
THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT.
AND THOSE ARE TWO OF THOSE ON, THERE ARE GREAT EXAMPLES OF, UH, STATE LAW THAT'S CHANGED OUR INDIVIDUAL BILLING, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTIAL AND OUR COMMERCIAL, UM, CLIENTS IN THE CITY.
AND, UH, WE HAVE ABSOLUTELY NO CONTROL OVER THOSE RATES, UM, MOVING UP, UH, WHICH IS UNFORTUNATE.
ONE THING THAT YOU TALKED ABOUT WAS THERE BEING A LOOKBACK PROVISION IN OUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT.
AND WHAT I WANTED TO FIND OUT IS WE GET A REFUND, UM, FOR RECYCLING, UH, FOR SOME OF THE COMMODITIES THAT, UM, GET PROCESSED BY EK AND AND SOLD.
AND DOES THAT LOOK BACK PROVISION, LOOK AT THOSE TO ADJUST FOR THE COMMODITY PRICING TOO, TO MAKE SURE THAT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS ARE GETTING THE MAX BENEFIT AND REFUND AS THOSE COMMODITY PRICES CHANGE? IT WOULD BECAUSE THE, UM, SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE STILL PAYING FOR PROCESSING.
I KNOW PROBABLY LIKE FIVE OR SIX YEARS AGO, UM, THE RECYCLING CREDITS LIKE WENT AWAY AND RECYCLING COSTS JUMPED TREMENDOUSLY.
SO IT'S SLOWLY BEEN REDUCING BACK TO, BECAUSE OUR, WE'VE CHANGED OUR PROCESSING AND OUR IN INFORMATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND OUR CUSTOMERS SAYING, OKAY, NO MORE, UM, PIZZA BOXES IN THE RECYCLING BIN, THOSE CAN NOW GO IN WITH YOUR FOOD WASTE.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE WANT CLEAN PRODUCTS SO THAT THEY'LL, IT WILL BE ACCEPTED AND WE'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, BASICALLY PAYING PEOPLE TO TAKE IT.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE, YOU'RE, WE WERE LOSING MONEY ON WHAT WE WERE DOING.
SO IN 2024, IF THE PROJECTED, WHAT'S BEEN PROPOSED IS JUST A PROJECTION, IT'S A GUESS.
SO IF, IF WE GET A BIG RECYCLING CREDIT AND THAT GOES FROM, YOU KNOW, A DOLLAR 96 CHARGE TO A CREDIT, IT WOULD BE REFLECTED ACTUALLY IN THE, WHEN IN 2025, WHEN WE DO THE RATES IN 2025, IT WOULD BE CORRECTED UP OR DOWN.
SO IF, IF IT'S, IF THE PROJECTION WAS TOO HIGH, WE WOULD GET, YOU KNOW, THE REDUCED RATE AND, BUT THEY, YOU WOULD EXPERIENCE IT IN THE NEXT RATE REVIEW PROCESS.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THOSE THOROUGH ANSWERS.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY, UH, FROM THE CONS, CONSTITUENTS THAT WE'VE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM, UH, EMAILS FROM IN THE MONTH OF MAY AND JUNE, CHRIS D KEITH, HEIDI, MICHELLE, GERARD, GERALD, AMY ANELLE, THANK YOU SO MUCH, UH, FOR WRITING TO US.
WE TAKE YOUR INFORMATION, YOUR RESPONSE, YOUR FEEDBACK SERIOUSLY.
AND WE TRY AND MAKE SURE THAT WHEN WE NEGOTIATE OUR CONTRACTS, THAT THEY'RE DONE SO IN A WAY THAT'S, UH, FINANCIALLY RESPONSIBLE AND PUTS THE SMALLEST BURDEN ON YOU GUYS AS AND US AS POSSIBLE.
SO THANKS FOR HAVING THAT TRUST IN US AND THANKS FOR REACHING OUT.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I KNOW, I BELIEVE WE, IF, IS THERE A REPRESENTATIVE FROM VERTECH WASTE INDUSTRIES THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL BEFORE PUBLIC HEARING IS OPEN? THANK YOU.
HONORABLE MAYOR, MAYOR, PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL AND CITY STAFF.
UH, MICHAEL HUFFMAN WITH BERG TECH WASTE AND, UH, I'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO, UM, ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT ARE HERE THIS EVENING FROM THE AUDIENCE MEMBERS.
OKAY, WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
HOW MANY SPEAKERS OR ARE THERE SPEAKERS INTERESTED? I'M SURE BY THE AUDIENCE THERE MIGHT BE A FEW.
SO I AM REALLY GRATEFUL TO THIS LADY HERE 'CAUSE THIS CAN GET REALLY CONFUSING ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT WHAT GOES WHERE AND WHY THE PRICES KEEP GOING UP.
I HAD TO REALLY SWITCH GEARS TONIGHT BECAUSE THE FIRST THING THAT I CAME IN TO TALK
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ABOUT WAS WHEN I HAD READ THE SCHEDULE A THAT WAS SENT TO ME BY, UM, YOU IN A EC ENVELOPE, UM, I WISH THAT THEY WOULD'VE PUT SOMETHING ON THE OUTSIDE THAT WOULD'VE SAID, YOU KNOW, INFORMATION ABOUT RATE INCREASES.'CAUSE I THINK PROBABLY IT GOT THROWN AWAY BY A LOT OF PEOPLE NOT REALIZING THAT IT WASN'T JUNK MAIL.
THE THING THAT I, I, WHENEVER I'VE CALLED FOR HELP, UM, THE BURTEK PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN GREAT.
I HAVE HAD MY STOLEN, UM, I, WHICH IS ALWAYS, UM, FRUSTRATING TO GO THROUGH AND THEY SEEM TO GO IN SETS OF THREE AND THEN THEY LEAVE YOU ALONE FOR A WHILE.
UM, WHEN I WAS LOOKING AT THE BOTTOM OF IT, AND BECAUSE OF THE INTER THE INTER, THEY, THEY USE WORDS INTERCHANGEABLY, SOMETIMES BARREL BIN.
AND THEN TONIGHT I'VE HEARD CART.
THAT CAN BE CONFUSING BECAUSE THEY HAVE DIFFERENT NUMBERS ADDRESSED AND ATTACHED TO THEM AS FAR AS WHAT, WHAT THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE YOU IF SOMETHING IS LOST OR SOMETHING, IF IT'S ON ON YOU TO WHERE I, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
SO I CALLED EK AGAIN TODAY AND I ASKED THE LADY WHO ANSWERED THE PHONE IF SHE UNDERSTOOD IF SHE HAD A SCHEDULE A, IF SHE KNEW ABOUT THE INCREASES THAT WERE COMING AND IF SHE COULD EXPLAIN 'EM TO ME.
AND SHE, SHE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT.
UM, SO I ASKED HER, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE THINGS I NEED TO KNOW IS THAT, DO YOU CONSIDER WHAT I HAVE A BIN OR A BARREL? BECAUSE I, I'VE HEARD IT BOTH.
AND I, I THOUGHT, WELL IF THEY'RE GONNA CHARGE ME BECAUSE THERE'S A CHARGE ON THERE FOR LIKE A HUNDRED DOLLARS PLUS THE THE BIN.
AND I THOUGHT, OH MY GOSH, IF SOMEBODY STEALS THAT, THEN I'M GONNA BE ON THE HOOK FOR THAT.
AND SHE SAID, NO, THAT'S A BARREL THAT YOU HAVE.
AND I SAID, SO IS THERE A CHARGE THEN IF SOMEONE STEALS IT? AND SHE SAID, NO, BUT BECAUSE IT SHOWS AN INCREASE IN OVER 2023 AND THEN 2024 AND THAT THERE'S A REPLACEMENT FEE.
I SAID, WELL WHAT DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH THAT? THEY WOULD CHARGE YOU $18 AND SOME CHANGE AND THEN CLOSE TO $19 THE NEXT YEAR.
SHE THOUGHT THAT IT WAS, IF YOU HAVE A KID THAT IT'S YOUR KID WHO PUTS A FIRECRACKER AND RUINS YOUR BARREL AND THEN YOU SAY, OH, I NEED ANOTHER ONE.
AND SO THEY SEND ONE OUT TO YOU AND THEY SAY, OKAY.
AND THEN YOU CALL BACK AND SAY, OH, HE DID THAT AGAIN.
THAT MAYBE THAT'S WHEN THAT CLAUSE OR UNDERSTANDING WOULD KICK IN.
SO I KIND OF WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT EXACTLY IF ANY, IS THERE SOMETHING NEW FOR ME TO KNOW ABOUT SOMETHING IF SOMEONE STEALS MY TRASH CAN, WHATEVER MY RECYCLABLES, THE GREEN, WHATEVER YOU WANNA CALL 'EM, IS THERE GONNA BE SOME CHANGE TO ME? 'CAUSE I HONESTLY CAN'T TELL FROM THE LANGUAGE AND BECAUSE THEY'RE INTERCHANGED, YOU KNOW, THE LANGUAGE OVER THE 20 YEARS WE'VE BEEN HERE.
SO YEAH, I KIND OF NEEDED TO KNOW ABOUT THAT BEFORE I EVEN REALLY HAD MUCH MORE TO SAY ABOUT IT.
SO IF MAYBE SOMEBODY COULD ANSWER THAT HERE.
I THINK WE CAN MAYBE HELP YOU WITH THAT.
AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED, MA'AM.
IS THERE ANYONE ELSE HERE TONIGHT TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM EC WASTE INDUSTRIES TO RETURN TO THE PODIUM AND MAYBE HELP AN ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS THAT SHE POSED.
AND UH, THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIONS.
UM, SO, UH, A BIN IS YOUR STANDARD DUMPSTER, IF YOU WILL.
AND I KNOW TERMINOLOGY CAN BE CONFUSING AT TIMES, BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT YOU WOULD NORMALLY SEE BEHIND A GROCERY STORE OR AT A RESTAURANT OR AN ESTABLISHMENT.
LARGE METAL CONTAINER, AT LEAST WAIST HIGH.
THEY HAVE PLASTIC LIDS OVER THE TOP, UH, BARRELS OR CARTS AS THE, THE NAMES ARE INTERCHANGED ARE WHAT YOU WOULD SEE AT A, AT YOUR RESIDENCE.
AND THOSE ARE YOUR BLACK, YOUR BLUE OR YOUR GREEN BARRELS.
NOW THERE IS A NOTE ON THE, UM, LOST OR STOLEN AS IT PERTAINS TO COMMERCIAL CUSTOMERS ONLY.
SO IF THERE IS GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR EQUIPMENT THAT IS LOST OR MISUSED OR ABUSED IN THE COMMERCIAL SECTOR, THERE MAY BE A CHARGE THAT'S APPLICABLE TO THOSE CUSTOMERS ON THE RESIDENTIAL SIDE OF, UM, THE SERVICE.
SHOULD YOU CALL OUR OFFICE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND SAY, THE WIND BLEW AWAY MY CONTAINER OR MY BARREL'S BEEN STOLEN OR LOST, WE WILL JUST REPLACE THAT CONTAINER FOR THE RESIDENT AND OR DAMAGE.
OKAY, SO AT THIS POINT WE WILL TURN IT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS, FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE ON THIS MATTER.
UH, I THINK I HAD SOMETHING, BUT I THINK THAT'S ALREADY BEEN QUESTIONED AND ASKED.
UM, I, I THINK THE, THE UNFORTUNATE PART THAT WE DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME, NOT JUST ON SOLID WASTE, BUT OTHER THINGS, WHETHER IT BE UTILITIES OR, OR OTHER THINGS, UM, WHEN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DECIDES AT STATE LEGISLATURE THAT
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THEY ARE GOING TO IMPLEMENT AND MANDATE CERTAIN COSTS TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT, IN SOME CASES WE HAVE TO EAT THAT COST AS A, AS LOCAL GOVERNMENT.AND IN OTHER CASES, LIKE IN THIS CASE, A FRANCHISE WASTE HAULER FEE, WHEN THE STATE DOES MORE LEGISLATION THAT INCREASES THE COST TO THE, TO THE PROVIDER, UH, AND TO THE CITY, THEN WE HAVE TO PASS THAT COST ON.
UH, WE READ WITH VERY, VERY, UH, MUCH SENSITIVITY TO THE QUESTIONS WERE POSED.
UH, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE COME BACK FOR A RATE INCREASE, I THINK IN A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND A HALF.
AND WHAT WAS REALLY NICE IS A COUPLE YEARS AGO OR A YEAR AGO WHEN WE DEALT WITH THIS ORGANIC FOOD WASTE, UH, THEY WERE REQUESTING TO IMPLEMENT IT RIGHT AWAY, UH, YEAR ONE.
AND WE, UH, TALKED THEM INTO, THROUGH NEGOTIATIONS WITH, WITH OUR STAFF AND, AND VERTECH TO POSTPONE THAT INCREASE FOR A YEAR AND THEN IMPLEMENT IT OVER A PERIOD OF FIVE MORE YEARS.
I THINK STARTING IN IT IN 2027 AND THIS WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR THAT THAT INCREASE.
SO, UH, WITH THAT I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 0 6 2 TO SET RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION RATES WITHIN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
MOVE FOR APPROVAL A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR MR. FROM VERTEK.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR, FOR, FOR BEING HERE AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR COMMENTS AND CONCERNS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AND THAT IS A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO ORDER THE DISILLUSION OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE AND AUTHORIZATION OF AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,010.
AND THAT IS SET IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 63.
MR. SISON, OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO, UM, LMD FIVE OR LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE.
UM, AND, UH, FUNDING FOR ITS IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH PRIMARILY CONSISTS OF A TOT LOT IS AN ISSUE THE CITY'S BEEN WRESTLING WITH FOR A WHILE.
UM, WE BELIEVE WE HAVE A SOLUTION TO MOVE FORWARD TONIGHT.
SO I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO NOAH DANIELS, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR, AND KELLY GARRA, OUR SPECIAL DISTRICTS ANALYST TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
SO IN FRONT OF US TONIGHT WE HAVE LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE LMD FIVE.
TONIGHT WE'RE GONNA GO OVER WHAT IS THE HISTORY OF THIS DISTRICT, WHAT ARE THE RATES, UM, THE THE BENEFIT ASSESSMENT RATES FOR THE DISTRICT AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE CHALLENGES WE'VE FACED? UM, SOME OF THE COMMUNITY OUTREACH WE'VE DONE UP UNTIL THIS POINT AND THE COMMUNITY INPUT AND OPTIONS THAT, UM, STAFF WEIGHED OUT.
AND AN OVERVIEW OF THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT.
SO FORMED IN JUNE OF 1984 AS ALL SPECIAL DISTRICTS, THEY WERE MEANT TO BE FINANCIALLY, SELF-SUSTAINING OVER TIME.
UH, THAT HAS CHANGED WITH, UH, PROPOSITION TWO 18 WHERE THERE'S A MAX RATE WHERE WE CANNOT EXCEED THAT WITHOUT A VOTER INCREASE.
UM, THE DISTRICT IS VERY UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS 44 PROPERTIES AND THERE IS A HOT LOT THAT ON THE CORNER THAT BENEFITS PRIMARILY THAT COMMUNITY.
UM, FROM A ADMINISTRATIVE STANDPOINT, THIS RESULTS IN VERY HIGH ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE'S A LOT OF COSTS THAT GO INTO MAINTAINING THESE DISTRICTS AND WITH SUCH A SMALL GROUP OF TAXPAYERS TO MAKE THOSE UP ON TOP OF HAVING A CAPPED REVENUE, WE ARE HAVE AN ONGOING FINANCIAL DEFICIT WITHIN THIS DISTRICT.
YOU'LL SEE PICTURES, UM, OF THE ACTUAL TOT LOT THERE.
IT ISN'T A NORMAL PARK AS YOU WOULD, UH, SEE THEM THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
IT CONSISTS OF A SLIDE AND A, UM, WHAT I LIKE TO CALL HORSEY, BUT THE HORSEY ON THE, THE SPRING SWING.
UM, AND THE, THE BUDGET FOR THIS DISTRICT IS ABOUT $7,000 AND AT THE CURRENT RATE WE'RE NOT AT MAX, WE BRING IN ABOUT $2,500.
SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THAT, UH, REVENUES DO NOT EVEN GET CLOSE TO, UM, MEETING EXPENDITURES.
EVEN AT THE MAX RATE, WE WOULD ONLY BRING IN LESS THAN FIVE AND SO WE WOULD STILL HAVE THIS UPSIDE DOWN DISTRICT.
SO CITY STAFF CONSISTING OF FINANCE AND PUBLIC WORKS ACTUALLY MET WITH THE COMMUNITY TO GO OVER.
WHAT ARE SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THIS? UM, TOT LOT CITI HAD, UH, BROUGHT FORTH IDEAS OF SUGGESTING AN HOA THE GOAL, UM, OF THE HOA TO BE, TO, TO MAINTAIN THIS VERY SPECIFIC
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FACILITY WITHIN THEIR COMMUNITY BY THE PROPERTY OWNERS.UM, OVERALL THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THE C COMMUNITY CARED TO DO.
OTHER SUGGESTIONS THAT CAME UP WERE TO TRANSFORM THE TOT LOT INTO A PARKING LOT AND, UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD SOME PROPERTY OWNERS SUGGEST THAT THEY WOULD MOW THE TOT LOT TO TRY TO HELP REDUCE COSTS.
OBVIOUSLY THESE PRESENTS OTHER ISSUES BUT ALSO VERY KIND GESTURE.
THERE WAS OTHER ITEMS THAT GOT BROUGHT UP BY THE COMMUNITY ABOUT OTHER IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, FOR EXAMPLE, REPLACING THE SAND WITH RUBBERIZED FLOORING AND ALSO TO, UH, MAINTAIN SOME OVERGROWN TREES INTO THE STREET REPAIRS THAT WEREN'T EXACTLY RELATED TO THE TOT LOT, BUT WERE THINGS THAT PUBLIC WORKS LOOKED INTO AND TOOK CARE OF.
ACTUALLY IN SEPTEMBER OF 2022.
HOWEVER, UH, WE WEREN'T ABLE TO MEET WITH ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS ONLY ABOUT 10 OF THE 44.
BUT BASED ON THE FEEDBACK WE GOT, WE WE TOOK THE INFORMATION AND ACTUALLY STARTED DOING SOME ANALYSIS.
SO THE ANALYSIS THAT WE CAME UP WITH IS THAT, UM, THE COSTS, UM, TO MAKE SOME OF THE CHANGES THEY SUGGEST, FOR EXAMPLE, THE RUBBER RICE FLOORING WAS FAR AND ABOVE THE AMOUNT OF WE, WE WOULD, THE RATE WOULD FAR BE ABOVE, ALMOST DOUBLE MORE THAN DOUBLE JUST TO MAINTAIN CURRENT SERVICES.
AND THEN WE WERE NOT ABLE TO ACTUALLY FIND A RATE THAT WOULD SEEM FEASIBLE TO EVEN PROVIDE SOME OF THE COMMUNITY REQUESTS.
WE ALSO LOOKED INTO THE BALLOTING PROCESS, WHICH WOULD COST BETWEEN 40 TO $75,000, WHICH FAR EXCEEDED THE AMOUNT OF FUND BALANCE WE HAD IN THIS.
SO WITH THOSE CHALLENGES FACED, UH, THAT WE FACED, WE, WE LOOKED AT SOME OTHER OPTIONS.
SO ANOTHER UNIQUE CHARACTERISTIC ABOUT LMD FIVE IS IT ACTUALLY SITS WITHIN A LARGER DISTRICT, LMD ONE AND THE PROPERTY TAX OWNERS PAY INTO THAT DISTRICT.
SO WHAT WE STARTED LOOKING AT IS COULD WE TAKE THE TOT LOT AND MOVE IT INTO LMD ONE THROUGH ADMINISTRATIVE PROCESSES AND BENEFIT FROM THOSE ECONOMIES OF SCALES THAT THE SMALLER LMM D FIVE DOES NOT BENEFIT FROM.
THIS WOULD ALSO RESULT IN THE PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, HAVING THE LM D FIVE LEVY ELIMINATED FROM THEIR PROPERTY TAX BILL AND THEY WOULD CONTINUE PAYING INTO LMD ONE.
SO BEFORE YOU USE THE RECOMMENDATION FROM CITY STAFF, WE FILED A PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ON, UH, JUNE 6TH AND WE RECEIVED NO WRITTEN RESPONSES BACK.
UH, SO FOR THE RECOMMENDATION TONIGHT, WE WOULD WANT TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING, RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC INPUT FROM THE AUDIENCE, UM, AND THEN HAVE CITY COUNCIL CONSIDER A RESOLUTION TO DISSOLVE LMD FIVE.
IF IT IS APPROVED, WE WOULD TAKE NECESSARY STEPS TO REMOVE THE PROPERTY TAX, UM, LEVY FROM THEIR BILLS, AND WE'D ALSO TRANSFER WHAT REMAINING FUND BALANCE WE DO HAVE IN LMD FIVE TO LMD ONE TO OFFSET THE COST OF THE TOT LOT.
SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? ONE QUICK ONE, MR. MAYOR.
SO THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN LMD FIVE RIGHT NOW ARE PAYING INTO LMD FIVE AND LMD ONE ON THE PROPERTY TAXES? THAT IS CORRECT.
IS THERE ANYBODY HERE THAT WISHES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE DISILLUSIONMENT OF LMD FIVE AND, UH, INCORPORATING THE TOT LOT INTO LM D ONE? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND UH, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 23 20 23 DASH 0 6 3, ORDERING THE DISSOLUTION OF LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NUMBER FIVE AND AUTHORIZING AN APPROPRIATION IN THE AMOUNT OF $26,010 INTO LMD ONE.
THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO THE COMMUNITY, I APPRECIATE THAT AND GETTING THEIR INPUT MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORTS.
UM, TRULY, UM, I REALLY DO APPRECIATE ONCE AGAIN STAFF'S WORK TO GO AHEAD AND BE CREATIVE AND REALIZE HOW WE CAN STREAMLINE THINGS, HELP A FEW RESIDENTS OUT THAT WE'RE REALLY PAYING FOR SOMETHING THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROBABLY PART OF LMD ONE FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO, UM, ANOTHER SET OF PUBLIC HEARINGS DEALING WITH ANNEXATIONS, UM, AND TO SOME CFDS.
SO, UM, WE ARE GONNA BE HEARING ALSO, WE'RE GONNA HEAR G THREE, G FOUR AND G FIVE CONCURRENTLY AND BE VOTING ON THEM, UM, AS, AS PART OF THE MOTION FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE RESOLUTIONS THAT APPLICABLE AS, AS OUTLINED IN THE IN THE, UH, AGENDA DESCRIPTION.
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AGAIN OUR CITY, CITY MANAGER, MR. GILLISON, TO INTRODUCE THIS ITEM.THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
AS YOU KNOW, WE PERIODICALLY BRING BEFORE YOU, UH, PROPERTIES, UM, NEW PROPERTIES THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED OR OTHER SIGNIFICANT CHANGES, UM, THAT CAUSE THEM TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR ANNEXATION INTO ONE OF THE TWO FIRE CFDS.
UH, JUST SO HAPPENS THIS TIME, WE'VE GOT THREE PROPERTIES IN A ROW, UH, G THREE, G FOUR AND G FIVE HERE, UM, ALL OF WHICH ARE AT AT PHASE.
AND YOU HAVE PREVIOUSLY, UM, APPROVED THE PUBLIC HEARING, UM, AND STARTED THIS PROCESS AND ORDERED THAT THE, UM, CALLING THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND SUBMITTING THE, UH, ANNEXATION TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS.
SO, UH, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE DARCY VOGEL, OUR FIRE BUSINESS MANAGER.
SHE'LL GIVE YOU THE REPORT ON ITEMS G THREE, G FOUR AND G FIVE.
YOU CAN OPEN AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARINGS TOGETHER AND THEN ENTERTAIN, UM, A SINGLE MOTION, UM, IF YOU WILL, TO ADOPT THE DIFFERENT RESPECTIVE FIRE RESOLUTIONS.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
SO AS ARI MENTIONED, TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR THREE SEPARATE ANNEXATIONS AND TWO EXISTING C FIRE, CFD 85 DASH ONE.
AS A CONDITION OF DEVELOPMENT, PROPERTY OWNERS MUST ANNEX INTO THE CFD IN ORDER TO SATISFY FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE IMPACTS.
TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS A ROUTINE PROCEDURAL ELEMENT REQUIRED FOR THOSE ANNEXATIONS.
ANNEXATION NUMBER 23 DASH ONE IS 4 12 981 12 9 87, 12 9 9 7 13 3 AND 13 4 5, WHICH TRIM AVENUE.
THE PROJECT IS A SINGLE STORY CONCRETE TILT UP WAREHOUSE ANNEXATION 23 DASH TWO IS FOR 13,261 ARROW ROUTE.
THE PROJECT IS ALSO FOR A SINGLE STORY CONCRETE TILT UP WAREHOUSE.
LASTLY, ANNEXATION 23 DASH THREE IS FOR 86 23 PECON AVENUE.
THE PROJECT IS FOR AN OUTDOOR STORAGE YARD.
EACH PROPERTY OWNER FULLY SUPPORTS THE ANNEXATION AND IS CONSENTED TO THE SPECIAL TAX ELECTION TO BE HELD TONIGHT AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING.
RESOLUTIONS NUMBER FD 20 23 0 14, 20 23 0 15 AND 20 23 0 16, CALLING FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES ON EACH PROPERTY CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION.
IF THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE APPROVED, THEN AT THE NEXT COUNCIL MEETING, YOU'LL CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTIONS, DECLARING THE ELECTION RESULTS AND THE ANNEXATION OF EACH PROPERTY INTO FIRE CFD 85 DASH ONE.
AT THIS TIME, YOU CAN CHOOSE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING OR ASK ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS OF MS. VOGEL BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THESE ANNEXATIONS OF TERRITORIES INTO CFD 85 DASH ONE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, FIRE DISTRICT? EXCUSE ME.
SEEING NONE, PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
UH, WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL.
IF THERE'S NO COMMENTS, WE'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ITEMS G THREE, G FOUR AT G FIVE AND ADOPTIVE RESOLUTIONS.
NUMBER 2020 FD 20 23 14 0 15 AND 0 1 6.
OKAY, THAT TAKES US ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM OF BUSINESS AND THAT IS OUR CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS CONSIDERATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE A QUARTERLY FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR THE THIRD QUARTER FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE NOAH DANIELS, AGAIN, OUR FINANCE DIRECTOR TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
THIS IS PART OF OUR REGULAR FISCAL UPDATES.
WE BRING THE COUNCIL EACH QUARTER THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
UM, EVEN THOUGH
WE DON'T RECEIVE ALL OF THE INFORMATION UP TO DATE ON OUR REVENUES TILL AFTER A QUARTER IS FULLY ENDED.
AND THEN THERE IS USUALLY A TIME DELAY.
SO IN THIS CASE IT'S THE THIRD QUARTER OF THE FISCAL YEAR, OTHERWISE THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS CALENDAR YEAR, IT ENDED IN MARCH.
UM, BUT WE DON'T GET ALL OF THAT INFORMATION THAT WE NEED, UM, UH, IN ORDER TO BRING THIS TO THE COUNCIL UNTIL WE GET INTO THE MID OR LATTER PARTS OF MAY.
SO HERE WE ARE IN JUNE WITH THIS REPORT.
UM, AND WITH THAT, LET ME HAND IT OVER TO NOAH.
AND THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING WHY WE HAVE THIS DELAY HERE.
SO TONIGHT I'M GONNA COVER, AS I USUALLY DO AN ECONOMIC BRIEFING TO START.
UM, I PROVIDED SOME UPDATED NUMBERS,
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UM, WHICH I THINK WOULD BE HELPFUL FOR THE CITY COUNCIL.AND THEN I'M GONNA GIVE A HIGH LEVEL OVERVIEW OF THE QUARTERLY FINANCIAL, UH, RESULTS FOR THE GENERAL FUND, LIBRARY, FUND AND FIRE DISTRICT.
SO WHERE ARE WE AS OF MARCH? SO WE ARE, UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS STILL VERY, VERY LOW AT 3.3%.
THE LABOR FORCE IN TOTAL EMPLOYMENT FOR THE CITY IS RELATIVELY UNCHANGED.
INFLATION IS AT 4.6%, WHICH IS HIGHER THAN THE NORMAL HISTORIC TWO TO 3%, BUT IS, BUT IS LOWER THAN IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO.
AND MEDIAN HOME PRICES ARE DOWN 5.1% FOR THE FIRST QUARTER, LARGELY ATTRIBUTED TO LOW INVENTORY AND, UM, INCREASING BORROWING COSTS, WHICH HAVE APPLIED DOWNWARD PRESSURE.
BUT FROM A TWO YEAR AVERAGE, WE ARE STILL 19% UP FROM MEDIAN.
SO UNEMPLOYMENT IN MARCH OF 2023, THE CITY'S UNEMPLOYMENT WAS 3.3%, WHICH IS 2.6%.
UM, UP, SLIGHTLY UP, EXCUSE ME, TWO FROM 2.6% IN DECEMBER, AND 2.7% IN SEPTEMBER.
UH, THE CITY HAS A REALLY GOOD TRACK RECORD COMPARED TO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA.
OVERALL, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE GRAPH IN FRONT OF YOU, WE ARE, WE FOLLOW THE SAME TREND LINE, BUT WE ARE ALWAYS WELL BELOW, UM, AT MARCH, UH, 2023, OR WE ARE 1.2% LOWER THAN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, AND 4.5% LOWER THAN, OH, EXCUSE ME, ONE POINT HIGH PERCENT LOWER THAN CALIFORNIA.
THE PRELIMINARY MAY DATA SHOWS OUR UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 3.1%.
CPI, AS I MENTIONED, IS, UM, MAIN MAINTAIN THE STUBBORN, UH, UH, PERSISTENT, UH, RATE ABOVE THE TWO AND 3% THAT WE HISTORICALLY USED AS THE BENCHMARK.
IT IS DOWN, BUT IT IS STILL HIGH.
UM, THERE'S ANOTHER CHART IN THE REPORT WHERE I SHOW YOU THE MEDIAN INFLATION, WHICH IS, WHICH IS WHEN THEY TAKE OUT THE HIGHEST AND LOWEST POINTS AND KIND OF TAKE OUT THAT VOLATILITY.
AND IT IS, UH, FAIRLY STAGNANT.
UM, SOME OF THIS INFLATION DATA RAISES A LOT OF QUESTIONS ABOUT WHAT THE FEDERAL RESERVE IS GONNA DO WITH THE FED RATE OVER THE LONG TERM, AND WHICH HAS A LOT OF HIGHER IMPLICATIONS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT AND ALSO FOR BORROWING RATES FOR THE MEDIAN HOME PRICE AND SALES.
YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2023 HAS, UH, DECREASED COMPARED TO THE RECORD HIGHS OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS.
THE DECLINE, AS I SAID EARLIER, IS DUE TO HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND OVERALL BORROWING COSTS, WHICH IN TURN REDUCED DEMAND.
UM, IT IS DOWN 5.1%, BUT IT'S STILL, UM, HIGHER OVERALL FOR THE, FOR THAT TWO YEAR PERIOD.
IT'S GONNA BE INTERESTING IN FUTURE REPORTS THAT I GIVE YOU WHERE THIS, WHERE THESE NUMBERS KIND OF STAY.
SO FROM A, A GENERAL FUND SUMMARY, OVERALL REVENUES ARE ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECT FROM PROPERTY TAX.
THE SECOND INSTALLMENT OF VLF AND UH, VLF IN LIEU OF PROPERTY TAXES OCCURS IN THE, UH, Q3 AND ABOUT $12 MILLION SALES TAX WE'VE RECEIVED UP TO, AT THIS POINT, TWO QUARTERS IN ONE MONTH.
UM, FRANCHISE FEES, THE LARGER RECEIPTS, UH, STILL HAPPEN LATER IN THE YEAR.
THEY'VE HAPPENED IN THE LAST FEW MONTHS, UH, SO THEY WILL NOT BE INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT.
AND TOT, WHICH WE RECEIVE ON A MONTHLY BASIS IS MEETING EXPECTATIONS, BUT IS A LITTLE BIT LOWER, AS WE'VE SAID IN PREVIOUS REPORTS, BECAUSE TAPESTRY DID NOT OPEN AS WE EXPECTED IT TO FROM EXPENDITURE STANDPOINT.
IT, IT'S, IT'S THE SAME BROKEN RECORD HERE I KEEP TALKING ABOUT.
IT'S THE PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES.
THEY'RE GENERALLY BELOW WHAT EXPECTATIONS WERE AT THE START OF THE YEAR BECAUSE OF ONGOING STAFFING ISSUES.
GENERALLY, THIS HAS IMPACTED, UH, DEPARTMENTS LIKE ANIMAL CENTER BUILDING AND SAFETY AND COMMUNITY SERVICES, ENGINEERING AND PLANNING, WHICH ARE ALL WELL BELOW WHAT THAT CITYWIDE DEPARTMENT AVERAGES.
UH, UTILITIES HAVE ALSO EXCEEDED, UM, OVER THE LAST FEW MONTHS IN, IN THIS QUARTER, WE HAD, UH, SPIKES IN ELECTRIC AND GAS RATES, WHICH, UH, HAVE BROUGHT THAT UP FROM A BUDGET STANDPOINT.
AFTER THE MARCH 31ST, WE DID ADJUST THESE NUMBERS, AND SO FOR THE, FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR, THE, THAT LAST QUARTER THAT WE MOVED THEM TO, WITH WHERE THEY SHOULD BE WITHIN THIS EXPECTED RANGE, BASED ON ALL THESE OCCURRENCES DURING THE YEAR, THE LIBRARY FUND, VERY MUCH LIKE THE CITY, UH, IS, UH, ON TRACK, UH, THEY RECEIVE PRIMARILY TAXES.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE HERE IS THAT YOU CAN SEE IN OTHER REVENUES IT IS HIGHER THAN THE BENCHMARK, BUT THAT'S DUE TO CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE RC LIBRARY FOUNDATION EXPENDITURES.
MORE OF THE SAME STORY EXPENDITURES ARE, UH, BELOW EXPECTATIONS DUE TO ONGOING STAFFING ISSUES.
UH, UTILITIES ALSO APPEARS BELOW THE BENCHMARK, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE INTERNET BILLS
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SPECIFICALLY WITHIN THIS CATEGORY ARE LOWER THAN EXPECTED.BUT THE REST OF THE, THE, UH, GAS AND ELECTRIC, THOSE ARE ON TRACK FROM WHERE WE THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE.
FIRE DISTRICT, UM, SIMILAR TO LIBRARY IS PRIMARILY DEPENDENT ON TAXES, WHICH BASED ON THE APPROPRIATION CYCLE IS RIGHT WHERE WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
OTHER REVENUES ARE BEHIND ONLY BECAUSE TIMING OF REIMBURSEMENTS.
PRI UH, PRIMARILY OPED, WHICH WE DO IN THE, THE LATER PART OF THE YEAR, AND PERSONNEL EXPENDITURES ARE RIGHT WHERE EXPECTATIONS ARE.
THEY LOOK LIKE THEY'RE LESS THAN THE AVERAGE, BUT THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE IT INCLUDES PERSONNEL COSTS FOR, UH, UH, NEW PERSONNEL THAT WOULD, THAT WERE ADDED LATER IN THE YEAR.
SO IT'S THE FULL BUDGET, BUT THE COSTS COME IN LATER.
AND OPERATIONS ARE A LITTLE BIT BEHIND BENCHMARK, BUT THAT'S PRIMARILY DUE TO TIMING, UM, UH, WITH VENDORS, THOSE PAYMENTS THAT WERE MADE TO THEM AND JUST GENERAL SERVICE NEEDS.
SO THIS IS A HIGH LEVEL, UH, THE REPORT WE PROVIDE YOU IS EXTENSIVE, MUCH MORE DETAILED THAN THE ANALYSIS WE'RE GIVING YOU HERE.
AND WITH THAT, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS I CAN HELP YOU WITH? QUESTIONS OF MR. DANIELS? MR. MAYOR, LET, LET ME JUST ADD TO, I THINK, UM, WE ARE, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE, NOAH TALKED ABOUT IT.
UM, ABSOLUTELY, AND HE AND I HAVE HAD MANY CONVERSATIONS ON THIS.
UM, YOU KNOW, WE ARE WATCHING FACTORS VERY CLOSELY TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS, UM, UH, IN REGARDS TO THE ECONOMY AND ITS EFFECT ON RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UM, AS A RESULT OF THE INTEREST RATE HIKES, UM, WE HAVE STARTED SEEING PROPERTY SALES SLOW DOWN WITHOUT A DOUBT.
UM, WE'RE NOT SEEING, UM, THIS SUMMER WILL NOT BE ANYWHERE NEAR THE LEVEL OF TRANSACTIONS THAT, FOR EXAMPLE, WE HAD IN 20 18, 20 19, EVEN REALLY, 2022, UM, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOWN, UM, MUCH MORE BECAUSE INTEREST RATES HAVE GOTTEN SO HIGH THAT, UM, FOR THE SAME PRICE HOUSE, NOW YOU'RE PAYING ALMOST DOUBLE, UM, WHAT YOU WOULD'VE PAID, UH, PRIOR TO ALL THESE INTEREST RATES HIKES.
SO THAT'S STARTING TO HAVE AN EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY.
UM, WE ARE ALSO SEEING, UM, THAT AS A RESULT OF THE HIGH INFLATION, UM, CONSUMER CONFIDENCE IS STARTING TO TAKE A HIT.
UM, AND IT'S STARTING TO SHOW UP, IF YOU WILL, IN GENERAL, UM, ECONOMIC DISCRETIONARY GOODS.
UM, RANCHOS CONTINUE TO HAVE STRONG, UM, UH, PRODUCTION, IF YOU WILL, IN THE HOSPITALITY AREA.
BUT WE ARE STARTING TO SEE THAT PEOPLE ARE BEGINNING TO CUT BACK ON, UM, EXPENDITURES THAT AREN'T NECESSARY, IF YOU WILL, ON CONSUMER GOODS.
ELECTRONICS ARE TRENDING DOWN, UM, OTHER LARGE DISCRETIONARY ITEMS ARE TRENDING DOWN, AND WE EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE.
IT, IT, IT IS THE ACTUAL DESIRED OUTPUT
THEY ARE INTENDING INTEREST RATE HIKES TO CAUSE PEOPLE TO CHANGE AND REDUCE THEIR SPENDING BEHAVIOR, WHICH WILL THEN CAUSE THE ECONOMY TO CONTRACT, WHICH WILL RESULT IN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER INFLATION RATES AND MORE PEOPLE UNEMPLOYED, BUT THEN WILL DRIVE INFLATION DOWN.
UM, OTHERWISE IT'S VERY MUCH, UM, IF YOU WILL, LIKE A CAMPFIRE, AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO POUR LIGHTER FLUID ON IT, IT'S GONNA KEEP BURNING HOTTER AND HOTTER.
AND SO RIGHT NOW, UM, IT, THE FED IS TRYING TO DO THE OPPOSITE OF THAT.
AND SO, UM, WE ARE SEEING SOME OF THESE IMPACTS START TO OCCUR.
WE EXPECT TO SEE THEM CONTINUE TO OCCUR, ALBEIT AT PROBABLY A MODEST PACE.
UM, AND THEN WE WILL SEE MORE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FALL, UM, IF THEY DO ADDITIONAL INTEREST RATE HIKES, IF WE SEE ADDITIONAL SLOWDOWNS OR THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE NOT, UM, NEITHER NOAH OR I GETS PAID TO PRODUCE HEADLINES FOR SOCIAL MEDIA, SO WE'RE NOT GONNA SIT HERE AND CALL SOMETHING A DOOM LOOP OR SCARE THE HECK OUT OF EVERYBODY.
THAT'S JUST KIND OF, UM, I, I THINK NONSENSICAL THESE DAYS.
BUT THAT SAID, YES, UM, YOU KNOW, UH, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE SOME ECONOMIC CONTRACTIONS.
IT, IT IS WHAT, UM, IS INTENDING TO HAPPEN.
IT'S ALSO SOMEWHAT ACCELERATED IN CALIFORNIA BECAUSE THE STATE IS SO GOOD AT PRODUCING STATE BUDGET DEFICITS.
AND IT IS ONCE AGAIN, UM, UH, OUTDONE ITSELF AND PRODUCED A BUDGET DEFICIT THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA CONTINUE FOR A FEW YEARS, AND THAT WILL HAVE A SECONDARY IMPACT ON CALIFORNIA'S ECONOMY THAT WILL BE DIFFERENT, FOR EXAMPLE, FROM THE IMPACT ON OHIO'S ECONOMY OR SOME OTHER STATE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT MAY NOT HAVE THOSE DEFICITS.
SO, UM, I JUST WANT, WANTED TO SHARE WITH THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY THAT WE ARE MONITORING THESE THINGS VERY CLOSELY.
WE DO TAKE IT INTO ACCOUNT BOTH IN TERMS OF HOW WE BUDGET REVENUES, AS WELL AS EXPENDITURES.
UM, AND WE WILL BE MANAGING OUR EXPENDITURES EVEN CLOSER AS A CITY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL QUARTERS
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AS WE SEE WHAT SOME OF THESE TRENDS, HOW SOME OF THESE TRENDS PLAY OUT.UM, JUST A QUICK, JUST A QUICK QUESTION FOR YOU, UH, BEFORE WE, UM, MOVE ON.
YOU'VE MENTIONED IN JUST ABOUT LIBRARY CITY AS WELL AS FIRE DISTRICT, BUT IN PARTICULAR CITY AND FI AND LIBRARY, THE, THE, THE SHORTFALL, AND I MEAN, WE'RE WAY BEHIND OUR SOUR PERSONNEL COSTS BECAUSE OF STAFFING SHORTAGES, CORRECT? MM-HMM.
AND I, I JUST WOULD MAKE A COMMENT TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THEN TO OUR CITY EMPLOYEES.
UM, THAT'S A REAL CHALLENGE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS NOWADAYS, IS FILLING POSITIONS THAT ARE VACANT.
AND THE REASON FOR THAT IS RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS A HIGH QUALITY OF PERSONNEL AS A WORKFORCE, AND WE, WE WANT THE BEST AND WE WILL ONLY HIRE THE BEST.
WE WON'T JUST FILL A HOLE WITH A PERSON UNLESS THEY'RE TOP-NOTCH QUALITY.
SO IT'S BEEN VERY DIFFICULT, UM, TO FILL THESE POSITIONS.
WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT, BUT I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, I'M SO HAPPY THAT WE DO THIS EVERY QUARTER BECAUSE IF THERE WAS SOME RED FLAGS IN A REPORT LIKE THIS, THIS COUNCIL WILL BE TAKING IMMEDIATE ACTION AND NOT WAITING TILL THE END OF THE YEAR TO FIND OUT THE DOOM AND GLOOM THAT MIGHT HAVE OCCURRED IF WE HAD NOT DONE THIS ON A QUARTERLY BASIS.
SO I WANT TO COMMEND STAFF FOR BRINGING THIS TO US EACH AND EVERY QUARTER.
I KNOW OUR, MY COLLEAGUES FEEL THE SAME WAY.
AND TO OUR EMPLOYEES, THANK YOU.
EVEN THOUGH YOU ALL HAVE SOME STAFFING SHORTAGES, THANK YOU FOR STEPPING UP AND DOING THE HARD WORK THAT IT TAKES WHEN YOU, YOU DON'T HAVE A FULL, FULL DECK OF STAFF ON BOARD READY TO, TO DO THE WORK.
SO THIS COUNCIL TRULY APPRECIATES YOUR CONTINUED DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY AND THE WORK THAT YOU DO.
I'D LIKE TO ALSO MAKE A COMMENT.
ONE OF THE SPEAKERS MENTIONED THE LACK OF STAFFING AT THE ANIMAL CENTER AND YOU JUST CAN'T HIRE ANY PERSON TO STEP IN TO THAT SPECIALIZED CARE THAT WE PROVIDE AT THE ANIMAL SHE CENTER, I SHOULD CALL IT, UH, SHELTER.
BUT, UM, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AND WE ARE HOPEFUL TO GET BACK TO 100%, BUT IN THE MEANTIME, THE STAFF THAT WE DO HAVE ARE EXPERIENCING A HIGH VOLUME OF ANIMALS THAT HAVE BEEN ABANDONED.
AND SO IT IS TAXING THEM, BUT THEY'RE WORKING VERY HARD.
SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THAT UP BECAUSE WE WOULD LOVE TO HIRE MORE, BUT IT DOES TAKE SPECIAL CARE AND TRAINING FOR A LOT OF THE POSITIONS IN THAT CAPACITY.
SO THAT WAS JUST A RECEIVE AND FILE REPORT, NOAH, SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
UM, UNLESS THERE'S ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR COUNCIL BUSINESS.
IS THERE ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS OR INTERAGENCY UPDATES? I'VE GOT ONE QUICK ONE, MR. MAYOR.
UH, WE HEARD FROM ONE OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, I THINK IT WAS SUSAN OLSSON WHO CAME TONIGHT.
THANK YOU VERY MUCH THAT THERE'S BEEN INSTANCES, UH, IN THE PAST OF PEOPLE PLACING FIRECRACKERS IN THEIR TRASH CANS AND THEN DESTROYING THEM.
AND I'D JUST LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY WITH 4TH OF JULY AROUND THE CORNER TO REMIND EVERYONE THAT FIREWORKS ARE ILLEGAL IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, BUT WE WILL HAVE A FANTASTIC DISPLAY AT THE EPICENTER, SO PLEASE ENJOY THEM LEGALLY THERE.
AND, UH, ARE THERE ANY CITY ATTORNEY? OH, I'M SORRY.
YOU KEEP IT COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT.
ACTUALLY, I WANTED NOT TO BE NEGLECTED.
HEATHER, I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO CONGRATULATE MY COLLEAGUE MAYOR PRO TEM TODAY.
SHE WAS HONORED WITH THE PRISM AWARD ON BEHALF OF THE SOROMI.
I ALWAYS SAY THAT WORD, SOUS INTERNATIONAL, UH, MONTCLAIR INLAND VALLEY.
SHE RECEIVED THE PRISM AWARD FOR BEING SUCH A ROLE MODEL TO WOMEN THROUGHOUT, UM, HER TIME BEING A SUPERINTENDENT, A PRINCIPAL, UH, STILL WHAT SHE'S DOING FOR OUR SCHOOLS HERE IN THE INLAND EMPIRE IN EDUCATION, BUT AS WELL AS HER LEADERSHIP HERE ON THE CITY COUNCIL AND WHAT SHE DOES IN HER OTHER VOLUNTEER, UM, COMMITMENT.
SO I JUST WANTED TO CONGRATULATE HER.
IT WAS JUST REALLY NICE TO SEE YOU GET THAT AWARD.
IT WAS VERY MUCH WELL DESERVED, UH, AN AWARD AND I WAS JUST HAPPY FOR YOU.
AND EVERYTHING THEY SAID ABOUT YOU IS A HUNDRED PERCENT TRUE.
YOU'RE JUST, UH, UH, WE'RE SO LUCKY TO HAVE YOU ON THIS COUNCIL AND YOU'RE JUST A PILLAR IN OUR COMMUNITY AND YOU SHOULD BE RECOGNIZED FOR THAT.
MEN ARE EXCLUDED FROM THAT ORGANIZATION, SO, UH, RYAN AND I WEREN'T QUITE AWARE OF IT, BUT, UH, NO, IT'S A GREAT ORGANIZATION, JUST LIKE, UM, ALL THE OTHER SERVICE CLUBS THAT PROVIDE CARE.
AND SO LYNN, THANK THANK YOU CHRISTINE FOR RECOGNIZING HER FOR THAT.
UM, CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS, NO REPORTS TONIGHT, MR. MAYOR.
ANY IDENTIFICATION FOR ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD THE DAY AFTER THE 4TH OF JULY, ON ON, ON JULY 5TH.
SEEING NONE, EVERYONE IS STILL HERE WITH US.
THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING AND UH, HAVE A VERY SAFE, INSANE 4TH OF JULY HOLIDAY.