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WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE ALL HERE THIS EVENING.
AND SO, I WOULD LIKE TO START OFF BY ASKING OUR COUNCIL MEMBER RYAN HUTCHINSON TO LEAD US IN THEIR NATION'S PLEDGE.
EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND AND PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I I TO LEAD TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA REPUBLIC FOR WHICH TO STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER.
ASHLEY STICKLER IS ABSENT THIS EVENING AS SHE'S GOT COMMITMENT WITH FAMILY TONIGHT, SO SHE'S IN AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA.
SO NOW WE GONNA COME TO A VERY FAVORITE PART OF OUR EVENING, AND THAT IS OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
AND TONIGHT WE HAVE TWO VERY, VERY WONDERFUL, VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS TO MAKE.
AND OUR FIRST ONE IS TO A PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO THE FIERCE TIGER RATS FOR WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE CHEERLEADING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OF ALLSTAR CHEERLEADING AND DANCE IN ORLANDO ALL THE WAY TO ORLANDO OR FLORIDA.
SO I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD SHELBY MAGSON, CHEERLEADING AND DANCE COACH.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, THE FIERCE TIGERETTES 2 20 23 CHEERLEADING WORLD CHAMPIONS.
SO COACH SHELBY, ARE THESE WORK? YEP.
COACH SHELBY, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE A FEW WORDS FOR THE AUDIENCE AND THOSE WATCHING ON ONLINE AND ON TELEVISION, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR TEAM DID? SURE.
SO THIS IS A FIERCE TIGERETTES FIERCE IS AN ALL-STAR CHEERLEADING GYM HERE IN RANCHO.
WE ARE ACTUALLY CELEBRATING OUR 20TH YEAR HERE IN RANCHO THIS YEAR.
SO WE'VE BEEN AROUND FOR A LONG TIME.
THESE GIRLS AND BOY PRETTY MUCH HAVE BEEN TOGETHER FOR THE LAST NINE YEARS.
FIERCE HAS ATTENDED THIS EVENT FOR THE LAST 12 YEARS, NEVER PLACING IN 12 YEARS.
THIS EVENT HAD 11,590 CHEERLEADERS IN ATTENDANCE, 539 TEAMS, 18 COUNTRIES.
TIGERETTES RIGHT HERE HAD THE SEVENTH HIGHEST SCORE OUT OF ALL 539 TEAMS. UH, IN THERE.
THE, IN THE DIVISION THAT THEY COMPETED IN WAS CALLED LIMITED SENIOR CO-ED, WELL, EXTRA SMALL CO-ED.
SO WHAT THAT MEANS IS NO MORE THAN 15 PEOPLE, AND WE CAN HAVE UP TO TWO, UH, TWO BOYS IN THEIR DIVISION.
THEY COMPETED AGAINST TEAMS FROM INDIANA, NEW YORK, NORTH CAROLINA, MISSOURI, TENNESSEE, MICHIGAN, PENNSYLVANIA, FLORIDA, NEVADA, NEW JERSEY, IDAHO, MAINE, OHIO, OREGON, ATLANTA, UTAH.
AND THEN, AND WE'RE THE ONLY TEAM FROM CALIFORNIA AND CAME BACK AND WON THE GOLD MEDAL.
TOOK US 12 YEARS, BUT WE DID IT
I DON'T THINK WE'VE EVER HAD A GROUP OF PEOPLE UP HERE, UH, THAT ARE ALL WEARING GOLD MEDALS.
ONE DAY MAYBE WE'LL HAVE AN OLYMPIAN FROM OUR COMMUNITY, BUT, UM, AT ANY RATE, IT'S PRETTY CLOSE.
SHELBY, I'D LIKE YOU TO MAYBE CALL OUT YOUR, I'LL JUST HAND YOU EACH ONE AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO COME BY AND, AND BE GREETED BY ALL OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO SAY, GIVE OUR THANKS TO YOU.
WELL, YOU, I'M GONNA HAVE YOU TALK AND I'LL HAND THEM.
SO COACH DANIELLE BEKI, DO YOU WANNA GO SHAKE HANDS? SORRY.
I CAN'T HOLD ALL THIS RIGHT NOW.
ANTHONY HOPPER, YOU'RE SO PROUD.
BRALEY IKA AND CARISSA YBARRA.
CONGRATULATIONS, CONGRATULATIONS.
LEMME HAVE ONE OF THOSE RIGHT HERE.
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TO READ WHAT THESE CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION ARE AND THEY'RE ALL THE READ THE SAME.BUT IT'S THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCUMONGA IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE FIERCE TIGERETTES CHEERLEADING TEAM AS WELL AS THEIR MANAGER AND COACH IN HONOR OF YOUR OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN WINNING THE GOLD MEDAL AT THE NATIONAL CHEERLEADING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA.
THEY DON'T CHEER, THEY TUMBLE AND STUNT.
SO
I MEAN, THEY CAN PUT UP A SPOT.
YOU CAN TUMBLE RIGHT ON OVER HERE.
'CAUSE WE NEED TO GET A PICTURE OF YOU AND THEN YOU CAN GO DOWN THERE AND DO A CHEER FOR US.
I'M GONNA FIND A PLACE RIGHT BETWEEN YOU,
GET, COME RIGHT ON UP HERE TO THE FRONT IF YOU WANT.
AND THEY DON'T ACTUALLY DO CHEERS.
BUT IF YOU GO ON YOUTUBE AND JUST TYPE IN FIERCE TIGERETTES, YOU CAN SEE THEIR WINNING PERFORMANCE.
SO, AND, AND LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, WE WANNA ALSO EXTEND OUR DEEP APPRECIATION TO YOU PARENTS OUT THERE FOR GETTING YOUR CHILDREN INVOLVED IN SUCH A PROGRAM.
THAT'S AWESOME THAT YOU'RE DOING THAT FOR YOUR KIDS.
AND IT'S AWESOME THAT RANCHO CUCAMONGA WAS PUT ON THE MAP WITH A GOLD WINNING CHEERLEADING TEAM.
AND OUR NEXT VERY, VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION, RECOGNIZING MS. JANET WALTON.
JANET, WOULD YOU MIND COMING FORWARD PLEASE? THIS TIME YOU CAN STAND, THIS TIME.
YOU CAN STAND UP HERE RATHER THAN STANDING AT THE PODIUM.
HOW'S THAT? I, WE'VE GOT THIS PROCLAMATION IN AND WORDS DON'T COME CLOSE TO JUST SHARING WITH YOU HOW MUCH WE ALL APPEAR.
APPRECIATE YOUR DEDICATION TO THIS COMMUNITY.
SO THE PROCLAMATION READS, WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA VALUES AND APPRECIATES THE ACTIVE PARTICIPATION OF ITS RESIDENTS IN GOVERNANCE OF THE CITY, AND WHEREAS ATTENDING CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS IS A VITAL AND ESSENTIAL WAY FOR RESIDENTS TO STAY INFORMED ABOUT LOCAL ISSUES, PROVIDE INPUT AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
AND WHEREAS JANET WALTON, A BELOVED AND DEDICATED RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, HAS EXEMPLIFIED A REMARKABLE COMMITMENT TO CIVIC ENGAGEMENT BY ATTENDING A SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS SPANNING SEVERAL DECADES.
AND WE TALK ABOUT SIGNIFICANT, JUST ABOUT EVERY ONE OF THEM FOR SEVERAL DECADES,
AND WHEREAS JANA WALTON HAS DEMONSTRATED UNWAVERING SUPPORT FOR THE CITY, ACTIVELY ENGAGING IN DISCUSSIONS, SHARING INVALUABLE INSIGHTS, AND ADVOCATING FOR THE B BETTERMENT OF OUR CITY.
AND WHEREAS HER REGULAR PRESENCE AT CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS HAS BECOME AN INSPIRATION TO BOTH FELLOW RESIDENTS AS WELL AS ELECTED OFFICIALS, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND WHEREAS IT IS WITH A MIXED PRIDE OF AND SADNESS THAT WE ACKNOWLEDGE AUNT WALTON'S FORTHCOMING RELOCATION TO A NEW CITY AND WE'LL CALL IT THE NEW CITY, SOME CITY IN THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, AS SHE EMBARKS ON A NEW CHAPTER IN HER LIFE.
SO NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, THAT WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST GRATITUDE AND HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO JANET WALTON FOR HER OUTSTANDING DEDICATION AND CONSISTENT ATTENDANCE, AND WISH HER WELL IN HER NEW CITY AND NEW STATE.
AND I KNOW I, I'D JUST LIKE, JUST TO MAYBE COULD I GET, I'VE, I SAW SOME PEOPLE OUT HERE THAT I RECOGNIZED FROM YOU MANY YEARS AGO, BUT COULD I HAVE ANYONE THAT'S HERE TO SUPPORT JANET WALTON HERE? PLEASE STAND RIGHT NOW AND BE RECOGNIZED.
JANET, I WOULD YOU LIKE TO ADDRESS THE AUDIENCE?
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I JUST WANNA SAY HOW OVERWHELMED I AM, HOW HUMBLED I AM, UM, BY THIS ALL GLORY TO GOD, YOU KNOW, THAT AND, UM, IN MATTHEW FIVE 14, IT TALKS ABOUT A CITY ON A HILL AND THE LIGHT SHINING.AND I JUST DECREE AND, AND DEC DECLARE THAT RANCHO CUCAMONGA WILL BE JUST THAT CITY ON THE HILL SHINING THE LIGHT OF JESUS CHRIST TO ALL.
AND WE, WE HAVE A LITTLE BOUQUET OF FLOWERS THAT YOU CAN TAKE WITH YOU.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THANK YOU.
OKAY, I'LL BET YOU WILL YOU ALL THAT ARE HERE.
WE, WE'LL GET A CHANCE IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, I BELIEVE, BECAUSE JANET WALTON WILL PROBABLY BE COMING TO THE PODIUM ONCE AGAIN.
UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS FOR THIS EVENING.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER THIS EVENING AND THAT SPEAKER IS THE LADY WAS JUST RECOGNIZED.
JANET WALTON, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? JANET, I'M GETTING MY PAPER OUT.
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS.
AND I'M SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU.
I WAS GONNA READ A QUOTE FROM RONALD REAGAN ABOUT FREEDOM AND JUST HOW MUCH WE NEED TO CHERISH THAT FREEDOM AND THE FREEDOM THAT I HAVE TO BE HERE BECAUSE OF, OF, UH, MEN AND WOMEN THAT PAY A PRICE.
BOTH OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, OUR OUR SERVICE PERSONNEL, MALE AND FEMALE.
SO I JUST WANNA PRAY, UM, A BLESSING UPON ITCH IN EVERY ONE OF YOU.
FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AGAIN, TO PRAY OPENLY, TO PRAY PROUDLY OVER OUR CITY, OUR CITY LEADERSHIP HERE, OUR FIRE RESPONDERS, OUR POLICE, ALL OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, LORD, GOD, AND THEIR FAMILIES, THEIR FAMILIES PAY A TREMENDOUS PRICE FOR THEM TO BE OUT ON THE FIELD AND DOING THE WORK THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE.
GOD, IT HAS BEEN SUCH A PRIVILEGE.
AND IT'S, IT'S BEEN, IT ALWAYS HAS ITS CHALLENGES AND, AND SUCH, BUT YOU'RE FAITHFUL.
AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS GREAT AND MIGHTY CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
I THANK YOU FOR THE PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO LIVE HERE AND WORK HERE AND, AND, UH, LAUGH HERE AND CRY HERE.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE MANY I'VE BEEN HERE.
GOSH, HOW MANY YEARS? MANY LONG YEARS.
25 YEARS I'VE LIVED IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND SO I THANK YOU FATHER FOR BLESSINGS AND FAVOR UPON THIS CITY THAT WILL CONTINUE ON THE LEADERSHIP.
UH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FREEDOM.
THANK YOU FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, UNITED BRING US TOGETHER AS ONE FATHER, I PRAY.
I PROCLAIM THAT AND CLAIM THAT IN JESUS' NAME AND I THANK YOU.
AND BEST OF LUCK TO YOU ALWAYS, ALWAYS.
IF YOU'RE EVER BACK TO CALIFORNIA, PLEASE STOP IN AND PAY A VISIT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS THIS EVENING.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NOT CON NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
AND THEY'LL BE ACTIVE UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION.
BUT ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL MAY REMOVE ANY ITEM FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD THEY SO DESIRE.
IS THERE ANYONE WANTING TO PULL ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR? IF NOT, WE'LL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE.
NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE DUE TO A POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCAL GAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF
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THOSE PRESENCE WITH BOARD MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING FROM ITEM D THREE AND COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT.WE'LL NOW MOVE ON SINCE THERE ARE NO ITEMS FOR E AND UH, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO SECTION F, WHICH IS ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS. WE HAVE TWO HEARING ITEMS, BUT WE'LL TAKE THOSE BOTH CONCURRENTLY.
ONE IS A CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA ADMINISTRATIVE POOL, UTILITIES, WILD LAND, WILDFIRE, EXCUSE ME, MITIGATION PLAN.
AND THE SECOND ONE IS THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICTS INDEPENDENT OF EVA, EVALUATION OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL UTILITIES WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN, MR. GILLISON, MR. MAYOR, AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO, UM, AS YOU NOTED, WE'RE TAKING BOTH ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS CONCURRENTLY.
SO, UH, WE HAVE OUR, UH, FIRE TEAM, FIRE MARSHAL ROB BALL, AND OUR EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATOR, JOSEPH RAMOS.
UM, THEY'LL ADDRESS THE ISSUES WITH F TWO AND WE ALSO HAVE OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST ONE, DEBRA A. ALLEN IN RCMU AND SHE'LL GIVE THE STAFF REPORT FOR BOTH ITEMS F1 AND F TWO.
SO DEBORAH, GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR. GILLISON AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
WE'RE HAPPY TO BE HERE THIS EVENING TO PRESENT TO YOU THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN.
THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL UTILITY IS, UM, DOES A WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN.
WE DO THIS PLAN AS A REGULATORY REQUIREMENT FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES.
WE ARE A PUBLIC UTILITY THAT PROVIDES ELECTRICITY TO ABOUT 20% OF THE CITY'S LAND AREA.
AND WE HAVE A ROLE IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENSURING THAT OUR ELECTRICITY INFRASTRUCTURE IS NOT A SOURCE OF A WILDFIRE.
HOWEVER, RCMU IS AT LOW RISK FOR WILDFIRES AS 100% OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE IS LOCATED UNDERGROUND, WHICH DRAMATICALLY DECREASES THE INCIDENCE OF A WILDFIRE OCCURRING FROM OUR INFRASTRUCTURE.
HOWEVER, PER REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS, RCMU COMPLETES AND UPDATES THIS REGULATORY WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN ANNUALLY AND EVERY THREE YEARS.
THE COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF THE PLAN REQUIRES AN INDEPENDENT EVALUATION, WHICH IS COMPLETED BY OUR WONDERFUL RANCHO CUCAMONGA FILED FIRE DISTRICT, AS WELL AS CONDUCTING AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.
WE'VE COORDINATED WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS TO REVIEW THIS UP, UPDATE UPDATED PLAN, AND REQUEST ANY FEEDBACK DESPITE OUR LOW RISK.
THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL UTILITY HAS COMPLETED A COMPREHENSIVE UPDATE OF THE WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN, WHICH INCLUDES TRANSITIONING TO A STATE TEMPLATE, WHICH WAS INCLUDED IN APPENDIX ONE OF THE WILDFIRE, UM, PRO UM, PROGRAM, AS WELL AS TRANSITIONING TO ADDING TERRITORY MAPS, UPDATING PHOTOS AND OTHER INFORMATION, UM, INCLUDING OUR METRICS TO REPORT THE NUMBER OF, UM, AND TYPE OF EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS FIRE IGNITIONS.
AND WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO WORK WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT AND THE OPPORTUNITY TO CONDUCT THIS, UM, PLAN.
AND WITH THAT, I WILL TURN IT OVER TO JOSEPH WITH THE FIRE DISTRICT.
UM, THE, THE MAP THAT WE DO SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE, UM, OVER HERE.
SO, UM, THIS MAP SHOWS RANCH CUCAMONGA WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRE AREA IN RED.
UM, AS WE CAN SEE, THE MOST NORTHERN PART PORTION OF THE CITY, UM, IS IN A HIGH FIRE ZONE.
UM, RC UTER RC U'S TERRITORY IS SHOWN BY THE ELECTRICAL CONDUIT AND PURPLE LINES AND IT IS OUTSIDE THE HIGH FIRE ZONES BY ALMOST TWO MILES.
SO THERE'S SOME, THERE'S SOME GOOD DISTANCE BETWEEN RC U'S TERRITORY AND OUR HIGH FIRE, UM, FIRE ZONES THAT WE DO HAVE, UM, HERE IN THE DISTRICT.
UM, ALTHOUGH HAVING A WILDFIRE OCCURRING IN THE RCMU TERRITORY IS VERY LOW, THE FIRE DISTRICT HAS TAKEN A PROACTIVE APPROACH TO ENSURE THE CITY OF RANCH CUCAMONGA IS PREPARED FOR A WILDFIRE REGARDLESS WHE WHERE IT MAY OCCUR IN THE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING RCMU OR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON THAT SERVES THE REMAINDER OF THE CITY, THE FIRE DISTRICT, RCMU AND OTHER APPLICABLE DEPARTMENTS.
UM, WE ALL WORK TOGETHER WITH THE CITY'S COMMUNITY AFFAIRS NETWORK TO ENSURE INFORMATION IS DISSEMINATED TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC FOR WILDFIRE SAFETY AND RESPONSE FOR THE ENTIRE CITY.
THERE IS A PICTURE OF THE GRAPEVINE SHOWN THERE AND IN THE LAST ISSUE GRAPEVINE, WE, UM, WE HAD A LITTLE INSERT ABOUT WILDFIRE AWARENESS FOR THE COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE SOME TIPS AND HOW THEY CAN REPORT, HOW CAN THEY REMOVE SOME OF THOSE WILDFIRE CONCERNS, UM, AND HOW CAN THEY CAN MAINTAIN SOME OF THEIR PROPERTY AS WELL.
UM, VITALLY SHARED INFORMATION MAY INCLUDE, BUT IT'S NOT LIMITED TO SEVERE WEATHER UPDATES, UTILITY SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS, WILDFIRE OR OTHER EMERGENCIES AND POTENTIAL OR ACTIVE PUBLIC SAFETY POWER SHUTOFFS NOTIFICATIONS.
UM, THIS HAPPENS IN COORDINATION WITH OTHER UTILITY PROVIDERS IN THE AREA.
UM, THIS IS ALL DONE VIA THE CITY'S FIRE DISTRICT SOCIAL MEDIA CHANNELS INCLUDING FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER, NEXTDOOR, OUR CITY WEBSITES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS.
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WITH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO ROB BALL WHO WILL TALK ABOUT THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW THAT WAS COMPLETED BY THE FIRE DISTRICT.THE TASK OF THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION IS TO DETERMINE IF OUR CMU HAS LIMITED OR MITIGATED WILDFIRE RISK IN ACCORDANCE WITH BEST PRACTICES AND REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS TO THE EXTENT POSSIBLE, THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION ALSO DETERMINES IF RCMU IS FULFILLING STATE REQUIREMENTS TO REDUCE THE OPPORTUNITY OF A WILDFIRE IGNITION CAUSED BY ITS EQUIPMENT.
AS PREVIOUSLY NOTED, OUR CMU SERVICE AREA IS OUTSIDE THE DESIGNATED RANCHO CUCAMONGA WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRE AREA BY ALMOST TWO MILES.
AND AS SUCH, THEIR EQUIPMENT AND OPERATIONS ARE VERY LOW RISK FOR WILDFIRE IGNITION.
UM, AS ALSO NOTED, UH, RCM, U'S ELECTRICAL LINES ARE 100% UNDERGROUND AND THEY MEET ALL DESIGN, MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REGULATORY STANDARDS AND REQUIREMENTS.
NOTABLY, UNDERGROUNDING OF ELECTRICAL LINES IS AN EFFECTIVE WILDFIRE MITIGATION AND, UH, IGNITION PREVENTION MEASURE THAT'S BEING UNDERTAKEN CURRENTLY BY THE MAJOR ELECTRIC UTILITIES THAT HAVE HISTORICALLY HAD THE MAJORITY OF DISTRIBUTION INFRASTRUCTURE ABOVE GROUND IN THE HIGH FIRE HAZARD AREAS.
SO, UM, OUR CMU IS DEFINITELY WITHIN THE, UH, LEADING EDGE OF WILDFIRE PREVENTION BY HAVING EVERYTHING UNDERGROUND.
SO HAVING REVIEWED RCM U'S WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN, THE FIRE DISTRICT CAN REPORT TO YOU TONIGHT THAT THE PLAN COMPREHENSIVELY ADDRESSES ALL THE APPLICABLE STATUTE, TOTALLY REQUIRED ELEMENTS AND THE FIRE DISTRICT FURTHER FINDS THAT RCMU HAS TAKEN REASONABLE ACTIONS TO MINIMIZE THE RISK THAT THEIR LINES OR EQUIPMENT WILL CAUSE A WILDFIRE.
THIS CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION OF THE WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN AND THE INDEPENDENT EVALUATION AND WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.
QUESTIONS OF STAFF MEMBERS BEFORE WE OPEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING? SEEING NONE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT DESIRE TO SPEAK REGARDING THIS PLAN? SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
WE'LL BRING IT BACK NOW TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY FURTHER COMMENT OR QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OF STAFF.
IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL UTILITIES WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN AND RECEIVE AND FILE THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT'S INDEPENDENT EVALUATION OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL UTILITIES WILDFIRE MITIGATION PLAN.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT.
COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT.
APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO IT THAT NOW MOVES US ON TO THERE ARE NO CITY MAN, NO ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS, NO CITY MANAGER OR STAFF REPORTS.
SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS.
ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS OR INTER-AGENCY UPDATES? SEEING NONE.
ARE THERE ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS FOR THIS EVENING? I HAVE NO ITEMS TO REPORT TONIGHT.
ANY ITEMS FOR IDENTIFICATION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED FOR TWO WEEKS FROM TONIGHT ON JUNE 21ST? SEEING NONE, WE NOW STAND ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU SO MUCH EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING.
WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION.