* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. WELCOME. THANK YOU [00:00:01] FOR THOSE WHO ARE IN ATTENDANCE TONIGHT. I THINK WE'RE GONNA HAVE A CELEBRATION OF SOME SORT, BUT I'M NOT SURE. BUT THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WATCHING FROM HOME, THANK YOU AS WELL. WE APPRECIATE YOU BEING ENGAGED AND INTERESTED IN THE LEADERSHIP OF OUR CITY. SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING MAY 3RD OF THE REGULAR BOARD HOUSING SUCCESSOR AGENCY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY, CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO ORDER. MAYOR MICHAEL IS EXCUSED FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING, SO I WILL BE PRESIDING OVER THE MEETING. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY ESTEEMED COLLEAGUE, COUNCIL MEMBER, HUTCHINSON, TO PLEASE LEAD US IN THE FLAG SALUTE Y'ALL, PLEASE STAND, PLACE YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY TO BEGIN PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO SAY THE BLACK OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDARDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. AT THIS TIME, ROLL CALL, MAYOR MICHAEL. EXCUSE MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY. PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS HUTCHISON PRESENT, SCOTT PRESENT AND STICKLER PRESENT. THANK YOU, CITY CLERK. DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO OUR AGENDA TONIGHT? YES, WE DO. MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM. UM, THERE IS ONE CHANGE TO ITEM D SEVEN ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR. A MEMO HAS BEEN DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AS AND IS UP ON THE DAES TONIGHT, AND IT'S ALSO MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC AND IT'S HIGHLIGHTING A CHANGE IN THE TOTAL DOLLAR AMOUNT AS THE ORIGINAL AMOUNT DID NOT INCLUDE SALES TAX. OKAY. SO THAT IS THE ONLY CHANGE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. SO AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO START WITH OUR PRESENTATIONS AND I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FORWARD, FIRST OF ALL, DR. WOLF, THE PRINCIPAL OF TWANDA HIGH SCHOOL, AS WELL AS THE COACHES AND THE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM, THE WINNING CHAMPIONSHIP GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM AT AWANDA HIGH SCHOOL. SO DR. WOLF, DR. WOLF, I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO AN INTRODUCE THIS AMAZING GROUP OF YOUNG LADIES AND THE COACHES IF THEY ARE HERE TONIGHT, AND PRESENT THEM WITH SOME CERTIFICATES. TELL US ABOUT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND WE'D LOVE TO RECOGNIZE THEM. UH, ALRIGHT, WELL, IT IS AN HONOR TO BE HERE THIS EVENING WITH ALL OF YOU. WE APPRECIATE THE CITY OF RANCHO AND THEIR LEADERSHIP IN, IN RECOGNIZING US THIS EVENING. UM, WE, BEFORE I BEGIN, I'D BE REMISS NOT TO, UH, MENTION OUR HEAD BASKETBALL COACH STAN DEUS, WHO'S NOT WITH US TONIGHT. HE UNDERWENT SOME SURGERY RECENTLY, BUT, UM, IF WE COULD GIVE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR STAN DEUS. HE, HE, HE'S BEEN WITH US FOR SOME TIME AND, AND, UM, HE'S DEFINITELY, UH, UH, A HUGE PART OF OUR SUCCESS. I, I DO WANNA MENTION, UH, REAL QUICK, JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THESE YOUNG LADIES THAT ARE UP HERE. UM, AND, AND A FEW, JUST A FEW INSIGHTS. THEY COMPLETED THE SEASON 32 AND THREE. THEY HAVE, UH, THEY WERE NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. NOW, I, I WANT TO CLARIFY THIS. THERE ARE SEVERAL DIVISIONS IN CIF. THERE'S DIVISION ONE ALL THE WAY DOWN TO MAYBE DIVISION 13, FOUR. WHAT IS IT? YEAH, ALL THE WAY DOWN. SO ALL THE WAY DOWN. SO SEVERAL DIVISIONS. THEN THERE'S SOMETHING CALLED THE OPEN DIVISION. AND THE OPEN DIVISION IS THE, ALL THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE REALLY, REALLY GOOD GET PLACED IN THE OPEN DIVISION. AND QUITE FRANKLY, MOST ARE PRIVATE SCHOOLS. OKAY? THE MODERN DAYS, THE SIERRA CANYONS AND THESE YOUNG LADIES UP HERE, PART OF A LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL PUBLIC SCHOOL TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS AND WALKED THROUGH ALL THOSE PRIVATE SCHOOLS, OKAY? AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF 'EM. THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE IT ALL THE WAY TO SACRAMENTO AND PLAY FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP OF THE HIGHEST DIVISION IN BASKETBALL. AND WE WALKED AWAY VICTORIOUS BY A BUZZER BEATER. JADA. JADA. JADA HIT THE BUZZER BEATER BIG SHOT. [00:05:01] COULD CHECK IT OUT ON YOUTUBE. OKAY, ANOTHER GREAT. JUST ANOTHER SIDE NOTE ON THIS. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE SO VERY GRATEFUL OF IS TWANDA GIRLS BASKETBALL. REALLY, UH, MO A LOT OF OUR ATHLETICS, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IS THESE YOUNG LADIES, MANY OF THEM WILL GO AND PLAY AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL AND CONTINUE THEIR PATH. UM, BOTH ACHIEVING IN ACADEMICS AS WELL AS ATHLETICS. AND SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF, OF OUR PROGRAMS. IN PARTICULAR, THIS PROGRAM HERE. SO MAYOR PRO TIM, DO YOU, WHAT DO YOU WANT? I CAN HAVE PASSED YOU THESE CERTIFICATES. OKAY, SO THE YOUNG LADIES? YEP. SO IT'S THE ONES THAT YOU HAVE IN HAND. SO THE ONES THAT I GAVE YOU, EXCEPT BABY JAY JUST SHOWED UP, SO I GOTTA MAKE SURE I GET HERE. SO FIRST, I, I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE OUR ASSISTANT COACH. AND THAT WAS MARIA MESA. SHE'S RIGHT OVER HERE. YOU WANT HIM TO COME DOWN? YEAH. OKAY. OKAY. MARIA, COME DOWN. YEAH, MARIA, COME ON DOWN. OKAY, COME ON DOWN. SHAKE HANDS. NO, NO, STAY THERE. THAT'S OKAY. SO YOU WANT ME PASS HIM TO YOU? YEAH, BUT IT'S THAT FROM THAT FILE. OKAY. IS NOT HERE. NO. OKAY. NEXT WE HAVE MIKEL RICHARDS. SAILOR HARRIS. HEMMINGWAY WHAT? SEILA, SORRY, I SAW HARRIS. CONGRATULATIONS. ABBY HARDY. CONGRATULATIONS. CINDY JENKINS. CONGRATULATIONS. JIA MIX. CONGRATULATIONS ALIANA MORRIS, CONGRATULATIONS. JADA SAUNDERS. CONGRATULATIONS. KENNEDY SMITH. I NOT HAVE MORE. CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH, I GOTTA GET BABY NEVAEH PINA. IS THAT RIGHT? CONGRATULATIONS. THEY NEED A LITTLE THING. AND FINALLY, JADA TAYLOR, CONGRATULATIONS. SO WE WANT A PHOTO OP. LADIES, GO AHEAD AND COME IN THE MIDDLE HERE. ANY PARENTS HERE? YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME DOWN AND TAKE A PICTURE. WE'RE GONNA STAND ON THESE STEPS. . HEY. NO LAUGHING. . NO, YOU'RE OKAY'S. OKAY, LET'S COME ON. STAND IN BETWEEN HERE. LOOK, THERE'S SOME ROOM OVER HERE. THERE'S PLENTY OF ROOM . ALRIGHT, THANK YOU LADIES. WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU AGAIN NEXT YEAR. AND DR. WOLF, DON'T YOU HAVE ONE MORE TEAM? DO YOU HAVE A WRESTLING TEAM THAT'S ALSO A CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM? YES. WOULD YOU HAVE THE BOYS GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM COME ON UP AND THE COACHES AND JOIN US UP HERE AGAIN? YEAH, THAT'LL BE OKAY. ALRIGHT, SO AGAIN, WE ARE, THERE'S THREE THINGS WE, WE TRY TO EMPHASIZE AT ED RWANDA HIGH SCHOOL, ACADEMICS, THE ARTS AND ATHLETICS. AND WE FEEL THOSE THREE PILLARS ARE VITAL TO ANY SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL. AND AGAIN, THIS IS A, AN AREA WHERE WE TRY TO EMPHASIZE AS MUCH AS WE CAN AT AT AWANDA HIGH SCHOOL. AND WE ARE FORTUNATE TO BE SURROUNDED BY, UH, EXCEPTIONAL PROGRAMS THAT GIVE OUR STUDENTS OPPORTUNITIES BEYOND THE CLASSROOM TO HAVE THESE TYPES OF EXPERIENCES. AND MUCH, MUCH OF THIS HAS [00:10:01] TO DO WITH THE COACHES THAT, UM, SPEND SO MUCH TIME BEYOND THE CLASSROOM INSTILLING IN THESE YOUNG MEN AND YOUNG LADIES, UH, CHARACTERISTICS, UH, ATTRIBUTES THAT WILL CARRY THEM FURTHER. AND SO I WOULD LIKE TO FIRST, UH, RECOGNIZE THE, UH, MEN THAT HAVE LED THESE, THIS TEAM IN PARTICULAR. UH, THAT WOULD BE FIRST. UH, COACH. CUT BIRTH RIGHT HERE. COACH. CUT. LARRY. YEAH. CONGRATULATIONS COACH. THANK YOU GUYS. UH, JJ EVERARD, CONGRATULATIONS. AND THEN COACH JASON SMITH. CONGRATULATIONS COACH. THANK YOU. NOW, BEFORE I BEGIN TO MENTION THE, AND WELCOME AND RECOGNIZE THE ATHLETE, I DO WANT TO JUST MAKE MENTION OF TWO, TWO REAL QUICK THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THIS TEAM IS EXCEPTIONAL. NOW, TECHNICALLY THEY ARE CIF CHAMPIONS TWICE. OKAY? SO, AND YOU HAVE SOME INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS, CIF CHAMPIONS, SO MAYBE THREE. SO THEY ARE THE INDIVIDUAL CIF CHAMPIONS AND THE CI CHAMPIONS IS FOR THE TEAM DIVISION AS WELL. AND, AND SO REALLY THIS IS A TWO TIME CIF CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM IN ONE SCHOOL YEAR, WHICH IS UNPRECEDENTED, NEVER IN OUR HISTORY. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME. REALLY IT'S EXCEPTIONAL, IT'S VERY DIFFICULT TO DO. AND WITHIN THESE RANKS, UH, ARE THERE FIVE IN FOUR INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS AS WELL? MEANING THEY WERE THE TOP CIF CHAMPIONSHIP DIVISION WITHIN THEIR WEIGHT CLASS. AND IT'S JUST EXCEPTIONAL WHAT THESE, UH, YOUNG MEN HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH. SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND BEGIN TO WELCOME THEM AND RECOGNIZE THEM. SO THE FIRST IS, UH, AJ MCAVOY, CONGRATULATIONS. NEXT UP WE HAVE RYAN KHAN. GOOD JOB, RYAN, CONGRATULATIONS. ANDREW GARCIA, CONGRATULATIONS. BEN MEJIA, CONGRATULATIONS. GAVIN LOPEZ, CONGRATULATIONS. GAVIN. JACOB BELL, AUSTIN MCSWAIN. CONGRATULATIONS. GABE INGOT, MARCUS WAN, JULIAN SANTANA CONGRAT, CONGRATULATIONS. ISAAC PENA CONGRAT. CALEB SMITH, CONGRATULATIONS, DAYLON STEWART MADDOX. LOZANO, CONGRATULATIONS. AND EVAN MONZO. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU DR. WOLF. AND CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN, GENTLEMEN. LET'S HAVE A PICTURE AND RECOGNIZE YOU AND ANY PARENTS THAT ARE HERE, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO COME. YEAH, YOU STAND IN FRONT OF ME. IT. STAND ANYWHERE. I'M, OH YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU DR. WOLF. THANK YOU. THANK [00:15:01] YOU. COACHES. OUR CITY'S SO PROUD OF THESE YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN. CONGRATULATIONS. THEY'RE ALSO WONDERFUL STUDENTS AS WELL AS GREAT ATHLETES. SO WE'RE VERY PROUD TO HAVE THEM AS RESIDENTS OF OUR CITY RIGHT HERE IN OUR OWN BACKYARD. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD THE AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY RANCHO CUCAMONGA UNIT 8 3 5 TAMARA BELL. SHE IS PRESIDENT OF AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY, AUXILIARY UNIT 8 3 5. I DO NOT SEE HER. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL SAVE HER PRESENTATION FOR THE NEXT CITY. COUNCIL MEM MEETING OUR LAST PRESENTATION THIS EVENING. WE ARE RECOGNIZING AND, UH, PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION DECLARING MAY, 2023 AS BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH. SO I WOULD LIKE TO CALL FOR FORWARD FLAVIO NUNEZ, MANAGEMENT ANALYST TWO, AS WELL AS HEATHER PARSONS, THE CHAIR, THE BOARD PRESIDENT FOR THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, AS WELL AS BOARD MEMBERS, MARK RGIS, NAT DOWNER, MARSHA MCBEAN, REBECCA SCHWAN, RHONDA KALI CALLIO, AND MIKE PETRI, AS WELL AS HEATHER ROLLINS, THE EXECUTOR DIRECTOR OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. AND FLAVIO, I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO YOU AS THEY COME UP ON STAGE FOR OUR PRESENTATION. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM, AND GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. UM, WE'RE HERE TODAY TO RECOGNIZE THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND ALL SMALL BUSINESSES. UM, THE FIRST WEEK IN MAY IS NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED AS SMALL BUSINESS WEEK. AND HERE AT RANCHO, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE OUR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THE CHAMBER FOR ALL THE CRITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS THEY MAKE TO OUR LOCAL CON ECONOMY AND REGION. AND, UM, SO WITH WITH THAT, I ALSO WANNA MENTION A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, UM, AND A A COUPLE OF STATISTICS THAT I'LL JUST READ OUT HERE. OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES EMPLOY 71,000 PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE HAVE ONE OF THE LOWEST UNEMPLOYMENT RATES IN THE REGION AT 3.3. UM, AS OF MARCH, WE HAVE SOME EXCEPTIONAL BUSINESSES. ONE OF THE LARGEST INDUSTRIES HERE IN RANCHO IS MANUFACTURING. THAT STEMS BACK TO OUR INCORPORATION YEARS WHEN AEROSPACE, THE INDUSTRY REALLY, UH, DOMINATED THIS AREA. BUT WE HAVE SOME COOL MANUFACTURERS LIKE FRITO-LAY, UM, THAT PRODUCES SNACKS IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, WE ALSO HAVE OTHER COMPANIES SUCH AS GENTECH THAT PRODUCE AND MANUFACTURE THE HELMETS THAT THE PILOTS WEAR FOR THE US MILITARY. AND THE LIST GOES ON AND ON AND ON. UM, SO AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I THINK SETS OUR BUSINESSES APART IS THEIR PHILANTHROPY. UM, YOU'LL OFTEN SEE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY COME OUT TO LOCAL EVENTS. LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS DO A LOT OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS AND SUPPORT CITY EFFORTS. UM, YOU KNOW, OUR CHAMBERS MADE UP OF A LOT OF BUSINESS OWNERS THAT TAKE TIME AWAY FROM THEIR BUSINESS, UH, TO TO FOSTER A GOOD COMMUNITY, A GOOD BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND AS A CITY, WE TRY TO FOSTER THAT BUSINESS CLIMATE, THAT FRIENDLY BUSINESS CLIMATE, AND WE CAN'T DO IT ALONE. THE CHAMBER'S VERY RESPONSIBLE FOR DOING THAT. AND SO FOR TONIGHT, WE'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE CHAMBER. FOR THAT, I WILL MENTION TWO OTHER THINGS, SOME OTHER DATES. WE ARE ALSO HOSTING A GROUP OF ABOUT 30 DIFFERENT BUSINESSES WHO REP RESPONDED TO OUR, UH, TO OUR CALL TO HOST AT THE QUAKE SCHEME ON MAY 12TH. WE'RE ALSO HOSTING A FREE BUSINESS WORKSHOP ON MARKETING ON THE 23RD OF MAY. AND SO THOSE ARE SOME ACTIVITIES THAT WE'RE DOING THROUGHOUT THE MONTH. BUT AGAIN, WE WANTED TO RECOGNIZE THE CHAMBER ON BEHALF OF OUR LOCAL, UH, BUSINESSES AND PRESENT THIS PROCLAMATION. THE BUSINESSES TRULY ARE THE LIFEBLOOD OF OUR COMMUNITY. WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO, AND I HAVE WORKED WITH ALL OF YOU AND HAVE MET ALL OF YOU, AND I KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HAVE DEDICATED YOUR LIVES, YOUR TIME, YOUR ENERGY TO THE BUSINESSES HERE IN RANCHO. WE HAVE SOME FORMER BOARD CHAIRS AS WELL THAT HAVE JOINED US ON STAGE. HEATHER, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING? YOU ARE BRAND NEW. YOU ARE THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, AND SO I'D LIKE TO GIVE YOU AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY A FEW WORDS. WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY. WE JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH TO OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT ALLOWS US TO PARTNER WITH, WITH OUR, OUR, OUR BOARD AND OUR ALL OF OUR MEMBERS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I WANTED TO GIVE [00:20:01] HEATHER PARSONS AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK AS OUR PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD. THANK YOU SO MUCH FLAVIO, AND TO OUR ENTIRE CITY LEADERSHIP TEAM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HONORING US. WE'RE 400 MEMBERS STRONG AND WE COULD NOT BE HERE WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT TO OUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS, UH, TO ALL OF OUR BUSINESSES. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR MEMBERS. AND TO THOSE OF YOU IN OUR AUDIENCE, OUR AMBASSADORS, OUR FRIENDS, KNOW THAT WE DEEPLY CARE ABOUT YOUR BUSINESSES AND THEN WE ARE VERY PROUD TO REPRESENT YOU. THANK YOU FOR THIS HONOR. SO ON BEHALF OF OUR MAYOR, AS WELL AS EVERY SINGLE RESIDENT THAT I GUESS REALLY IS REWARDED BY WHAT YOU GIVE IN THIS COMMUNITY, THEY HAVE BENEFITS BEYOND MEASURE. AND I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE BEEN TOLD WHAT A GREAT CHAMBER WE HAVE HERE AND HOW MUCH SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES RECEIVE. SO ON BEHALF OF THE RESIDENTS AND OUR MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO SHARE THIS PROCLAMATION FROM THE CITY COUNCIL. WHEREAS BUSINESSES PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY BY EMBRACING JOB CREATION, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, AND EMPLOYING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE TO GROW AND PRESERVE THE ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF OUR COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR EXIST EXISTING BUSINESSES, ENTERPRISES, SMALL, MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, NON-PROFITS, AND THE MAJOR CORPORATE EMPLOYERS THAT CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ECONOMIC SUCCESS. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A THRIVING AND DIVERSE BASE OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL MARKET AND EMPLOY OUR RESIDENTS. AND WHEREAS THE SAME DIVERSE BUSINESSES PROVIDE ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, CONTRIBUTE VALUABLE LOCAL TAX REVENUE, AND MAKE POSSIBLE OTHER POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY, THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOES HEREBY HONOR AND COMMEND THE MONTH OF MAY, 2023 AS BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH. AND WE'D LIKE YOU TO DISPLAY THIS IN YOUR BEAUTIFUL NEW OFFICE AND LET EVERYONE KNOW HOW MUCH WE APPRECIATE YOU AND HOW IMPORTANT THIS MONTH IS IN RECOGNIZING YOUR EFFORTS. AND WE'D LOVE TO SHAKE YOUR HAND. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU, ROBERT. THANK YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. TO SEE YOU. HI MIKE. GOOD TO SEE YOU HONEY. GOOD TO SEE YOU. GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. AND A BUSINESS. LET'S HAVE OUR REPRESENTATIVES AND TAKE A PICTURE. FEEL FREE TO STAND. WE HAVE A STOOL. COME ON IN FRONT OF US. RIGHT IN HERE. COME ON. COME ON. WE TALL. WATCH HOW TALL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN. THANK YOU. YEAH. THIS BRINGS US TO OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THE AGENDA. THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY TO SPEAK TO ANY ITEM THAT IS LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES OR LESS, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS. AND THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS MEETING WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR. WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING, SO YOU WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES EACH. [00:25:01] I'D LIKE TO BEGIN WITH MR. ATRY BEFORE I FORGET. OH, LOOK, THE DISRUPTIVE FLYING MONKEY IN A BUSINESS SUIT, NICK GARELLI IS BACK. ISN'T THAT SPECIAL? I'M GOING ON TWO HOURS OF SLEEP, SO I HOPE I SOUND AT LEAST HALF COHERENT. UH, YES. SOME OF US ACTUALLY HAVE TO WORK UNLESS JERKS WHO RUN FOR CITY COUNCIL AND THEN IMMEDIATELY VOTE TO GIVE THEMSELVES A SALARY. ISN'T THAT SPECIAL? AND YOU CAN SHAKE YOUR HEAD ALL YOU WANT. I WILL SAY WHAT I CAME HERE TO SAY. NOT A DAMN THING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT. RYAN HUTCHINSON, BEFORE I GET TO, UH, MY CORE SUBJECT TONIGHT, UH, A COMMENTARY ABOUT PUBLIC EDUCATION, UM, I KNOW THAT'S DEAR AND NEAR TO REPUBLICAN HEARTS, ISN'T IT? TO, YOU KNOW, THE ONES WHO WILL CONSTANTLY WANNA DEFUND PUBLIC EDUCATION, RIGHT? BECAUSE WE'RE CHRISTIANS, RIGHT? RIGHT. YOU RELIGIOUS RIGHT? CIRCUS MONKEYS, RIGHT? I DON'T WANT MY CHILD TO BE TAUGHT WOKE MATH. I WANT MY CHILD IN MY HOME WHERE I CAN TEACH BIBLE MATH. AND IF YOU THINK I'M MAKING BIBLE MATH UP, GO LOOK IT UP. PROPOSING THE NOT SO GREAT STATE OF TED'S ASS. YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT'S CONSTANTLY THREATENING TO SECEDE. WE ALMOST SECEDE. THE HILARIOUS PART ABOUT THAT IS THOSE TOOTHLESS, UNEDUCATED, ILLITERATE REPUBLICAN HILLBILLIES IN TEXAS, 90% OF THEM COULDN'T EVEN SPELL THE WORD SECEDE. WHAT WE SAW TONIGHT FROM AT RWANDA MAKES MY POINT, DOESN'T IT? WE DON'T NEED STINKING PRIVATE SCHOOLS. PUBLIC EDUCATION IS DOING FINE AND IT WILL DO FINE AS LONG AS IT IS FUNDED PROPERLY, ADEQUATELY, AND IT HAS THE TALENT THAT IT NEEDS TO SUCCEED. SO YOU HAVE REPUBLICAN COCKROACHES WHO WANNA DEFUND THIS AND DEFUND THAT, DEFUND EVERYTHING THAT'S GOOD AND PUBLIC, RIGHT? YOU WANTED TO, TO, TO, TO PRIVATIZE SOCIAL SECURITY, DIDN'T YOU? ONLY A NUT JOB WOULD DO THAT. BUT WE GOT THE PROPOSAL FROM THE BIG AIRED MONKEY FROM THE NOT SO GREAT STATE OF TEXAS AS GEORGE W. BUSH, DIDN'T WE? THANK GOD IT DIDN'T PASS. SO, UH, MY CORE SUBJECT TONIGHT IS A TOPIC THAT I HAD PROMISED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO TO GET TO. UNFORTUNATELY OTHER THINGS, MORE IMPORTANT THINGS GOT IN THE WAY, RIGHT? SO I'M GONNA HAVE TO USE MY CELL PHONE BECAUSE IT HAS TO DO WITH, UH, FEE INCREASES FOR, UH, FISCAL YEAR 2023, RIGHT IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGO. AND WHY AREN'T WE SURPRISED THAT IT'S CATCHING KACHING BABY THINGS ARE LOOKING UP, AREN'T THEY? SO BEFORE I RUN OUTTA TIME, I'M JUST GONNA GO THROUGH SOME OF THESE, UH, NEW FEES. OH, A 4%, UH, FINANCIAL TRANSACTION PROCESSING FEE. KACHING BABY. IT'S THE CITY OF RANCHO COOKS AMONG US. FACILITY USE FEES YOU WANNA USE CITY FACILITIES, GUESS WHAT? YOU GOTTA COUGH UP MORE BECAUSE WE GOTTA, YOU KNOW, POCKET OUR SALARIES. SO TO CONCLUDE, PEOPLE CAN LOOK AT THE PACKET HERE. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 6 FEES WERE DELETED. AND INSTEAD, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 OR SO. I HOPE I COUNTED CORRECTLY OR WE'RE, [00:30:01] UH, INSTITUTED NEW FEES ALL GIVE A HAND FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. THANK YOU, MR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PHILLIP WALKER. HEARING ME. I'M PHILIP E. WALKER. I AM A NEAR 10 YEAR RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND EMPLOYED AS A FULL-TIME HOLLYWOOD TALENT. I'VE BEEN BLESSED ENOUGH THIS YEAR TO, UH, BE SEEN ON NBA TELEVISION EARINGS IN, UM, THE RAKUTEN COMMERCIAL CASH BACK SHIMMY WITH STEPH CURRY. I WAS BLESSED TO HAVE MY NATIONAL COMMERCIAL AIR BEGAN ITS CAMPAIGN ON THE OSCARS THIS YEAR. AND JUST THIS LAST WEEK, MY PERFORMANCE IN THE VIDEO GAME DEATH TWO, UH, WAS RELEASED. I'VE BEEN VERY BLESSED, BUT MY PASSION IS PRESENTING AND ENCOURAGING AND CREATING SHORT FILMS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA. YOU MAY REMEMBER THAT I SPOKE TO THE COUNCIL IN FEBRUARY ABOUT BLACK HISTORY MONTH, AND THE COUNCIL, UH, BLESSED US AND OUR PRESENTATION ON FEBRUARY 3RD WITH A CERTIFICATE ENCOURAGING OUR WORK. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND, UH, LATER THAT MONTH PRESENTED TO US A PROCLAMATION CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN AMERICA. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU ARE AWARE OF IT, BUT THAT PROCLAMATION AND ITS ANNOUNCEMENT HAS BEEN, UH, PRESENTED IN, UM, PUBLIC TV STATIONS AND NEWSPAPERS IN AT LEAST 20 STATES. IT'S ALL OVER THE PLACE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, THANK YOU. THAT PRESENTATION THAT WE MADE ON THE THIRD TO START OUR STATE TOUR WAS MADE AT AN INSTITUTION THAT YOU MAY NOT BE AWARE CLOSED ON THAT DAY. THE SAN GIORGIO WINERY AND EVENT VENUE CLOSED FOREVER. I WAS SO SADDENED BECAUSE WE CAN'T AFFORD TO LOSE VENUES. WE NEED TO GAIN MORE VENUES HERE IN RANCHO. AND SO WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THE WINERY WAS CLOSING, I ATTEMPTED TO TRY AND TAKE IT OVER AND, AND KEEP IT ALIVE. I WAS NOT SUCCESS SUCCESSFUL IN DOING THAT. BUT IN THE PROCESS, I CREATED SOME PROGRAMMING THAT WAS GOING TO BE PUT IN THE, THE, UH, EVENT CENTER THAT I EVENTUALLY CONTINUED WITH THE PROGRAM, AND IT WILL HAVE ITS FIRST PRESENTATION ON MAY 17TH. IT'S CALLED THE 100 FILMS RETREAT. HERE'S THE DEAL, Y'ALL. WE'RE GOING TO PRESENT A HUNDRED FILMS EVERY QUARTER RIGHT HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, EVERY QUARTER, EVERY YEAR FOREVER. I HAVE A VISION, I HAVE A VISION THAT WE CAN BE KNOWN AS THE PLACE WHERE SHORT FILMS COME FROM. I HAVE A WHOLE PLAN, A WHOLE MARKETING PLAN TO PULL THAT OFF. AND I COME TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL TO SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET YOUR ENCOURAGEMENT AND SUPPORT FOR THAT PLAN. I WOULD LIKE TO, UH, DO TWO THINGS. I WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO SET WITH YOUR STAFF, WHOEVER THE APPROPRIATE STAFF PER PERSON IS, AND SPELL OUT THIS WHOLE PROGRAM, THIS WHOLE 10 YEAR PLAN TO ESTABLISH THIS CITY AS THE PLACE WHERE SHORT FILMS COME FROM. YOU KNOW, MOST PEOPLE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT A SHORT [00:35:01] FILM IS. WELL, WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE ALL OF THAT. SO I'M HOPING THAT YOU WILL ENCOURAGE YOUR STAFF TO SIT WITH ME AND HEAR THE WHOLE PRESENTATION AND THE WHOLE PLAN. I'M ALSO HOPING, HOPING THAT THE CITY WILL MAKE SOME KIND OF, UH, PRESENCE AT OUR FIRST AWARDS PROGRAM ON MAY 21ST. WE HAVE SOME 25 FILMS FROM DIFFERENT, I'M SORRY, MR. WALKER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOUR FIVE MINUTES ARE UP. WE APPRECIATE THE INFORMATION YOU HAVE, AND IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO LEAVE WITH OUR CITY CLERK, WE'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THAT INFORMATION FOR YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING TO SPEAK. THIS TAKES US TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. THE FOLLOWING CONSENT ITEMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THEY WILL BE ACTED UPON WITHOUT DISCUSSION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION AS MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE ALSO SIT AS THE FIRE BOARD HOUSING SUCCESSOR AGENCY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY AND PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY. AND WE MAY ACT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THOSE BODIES AS PART OF A SINGLE MOTION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR AT THIS TIME? MOTION TO APPROVE. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. THANK YOU. THIS TAKES US TO MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT. THANK YOU, MAYOR MICHAEL, ABSENT THANK YOU, CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCES. THIS IS A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION ITEM E ONE, CONSIDERATION OF SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF THE FOLLOWING. ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 8 AND AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AMENDING THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE POWER COST ADJUSTMENT FACTOR. WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DISCUSS THIS FOR BEFORE WE MOVE TO OUR ADOPTION? THERE'S NO DISCUSSION. WE'LL CONSIDER THIS SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ITEM NUMBER ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 8. AND IF I COULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING OF AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 8 BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED A SECOND, MADAM CITY CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 8. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE POWER COST ADJUSTMENT FACTOR. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WITH THOSE PRESENT. MAYOR MICHAEL, ABSENT. THANK YOU, MADAME CLERK. THIS TAKES US TO ADMINISTRATING HEARING ITEM F1 CONSIDERATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE HERMOSA AVENUE PEDESTRIAN CROSSING STUDY AND APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPLEMENT CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS ON HERMOSA AVENUE BETWEEN BASELINE ROAD AND 19TH STREET AND ON 19TH STREET NEAR CARTIA AVENUE. MR. CITY MANAGER? YES. THANK YOU MAYOR PRO TEM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO I'M GONNA HAVE OUR, UM, CITY ENGINEER AND, UH, ENGINEERING SERVICES DIRECTOR, JASON WEDE, GO THROUGH THIS ITEM. THE COUNCIL WILL RECALL, UH, THIS STARTED ABOUT A YEAR AGO. UM, THERE WERE SOME, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING TEAM IN REGARDS TO SOME OF THE CROSSWALKS AND RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY WERE CONCERNED. WE, WE HELD, UH, SOME MEETINGS, UM, AND BROUGHT ON AN OUTSIDE TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FIRM TO DO AN INDEPENDENT STUDY AND MAKE THEIR OWN RECOMMENDATIONS. AND SO WE ARE NOW AT THAT POINT WHERE WE HAVE THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS AND ARE READY TO PRESENT THEM TO YOU. THEY SORT OF BREAK DOWN INTO A, A SHORT TERM AND A LONG TERM, UM, UH, BUCKET, IF YOU WILL, OF IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO JASON TO GO THROUGH IN MORE DETAIL. THANK YOU MR. GILSON. UH, MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, THANK YOU FOR, UH, CONSIDERING THIS ITEM TONIGHT. UM, AS YOU WILL RECALL, AS, AS MR. GILSON MENTIONED ABOUT A YEAR AGO, UH, WE STARTED THE PROCESS OF LOOKING AT, UM, INITIALLY TWO, UM, AND ULTIMATELY THREE LOCATIONS IN THE AREA OF HERMOSA AND 19TH STREET. UH, THOSE [00:40:01] ARE OUTLINED HERE IN, UH, YELLOW, UH, 19TH, AND CARTIA WAS THE ONE THAT WAS ADDED, AND WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE. UM, BUT THE INITIAL TWO LOCATIONS WERE HAMILTON AND, UH, HAMILTON MINETTE, WHICH IS A COMBINED INTERSECTION THERE AT THE NORTH END ON HERMOSA AND, UH, MONTE VISTA AND HERMOSA. UM, MOVING FORWARD TO THE TIMELINE, UM, SO I'LL JUST RUN THROUGH THE TIMELINE RATHER QUICKLY, JUST FOR THE SAKE OF HISTORY. SO, IN LATE 2021, UH, WE RECEIVED, UH, CONCERNS FROM, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, REGARDING SPEEDING ON HERMOSA AND, UH, SAFETY OF THE CROSSWALK. OUR TEAM LOOKED AT THAT AT THOSE LOCATIONS, LOOKED AT THE HISTORIC DATA WE HAD WITH RESPECT TO USAGE OF THE CROSSWALK AND THE, THE TWO CROSSWALKS AND RECOMMENDED, UH, REMOVAL OF THE CROSSWALK SIMILAR TO WHAT WE'VE DONE IN OTHER LOCATIONS, UM, IN THE CITY WHERE WE HAD, UH, THAT KIND OF SIMILAR HIGH SPEEDS, LOW VOLUME PEDESTRIANS. UM, AT THAT TIME WE IN MAY, UH, WE ALSO, I'M SORRY, IN, IN THAT TIME PERIOD, UH, HAD, UH, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DO ENFORCEMENT, AND THEY DID CITE SEVERAL PEOPLE. UH, HOWEVER, UM, UH, CITATIONS ALONE ARE, ARE, ARE NOT ALWAYS EFFECTIVE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THERE'S OTHER, OTHER FACTORS, UH, INVOLVED. IN MAY OF 2022, WE POSTED THE INTERSECTION AS REQUIRED BY THE VEHICLE CODE, UH, ANNOUNCING THE, UH, PROPOSED REMOVAL AND SEEKING INPUT. UM, WE DID RECEIVE INPUT, UH, WE RECEIVED INPUT FROM THE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, PEOPLE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THE SCHOOL NEARBY. AND SO IN AUGUST, UH, WE, UM, UH, PUMPED THE BRAKES AND, AND WENT TO LOOK A A LITTLE DEEPER AND LOOK AT WHAT OPTIONS WERE THERE, WHAT FEASIBLE OPTIONS WERE THERE. AND SO, AS MR. ELLISON MENTIONED, WE ENLISTED THE ASSISTANCE OF A THIRD PARTY, UH, TRAFFIC ENGINEERING FIRM, UH, MICHAEL BAKER INTERNATIONAL. UH, WE DO HAVE TWO REPRESENTATIVES WITH US HERE TODAY. UM, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ON THEIR STUDY THAT THEY PREPARED, UM, IN SEPTEMBER, WE KICKED OFF THAT, UH, STUDY WITH A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, UM, AT HERMOSA PARK, UH, THAT INVOLVED OPPORTUNITY FOR INPUT ON, UH, WHEN YOU USE THE CROSSWALK, WHY YOU USE THE CROSSWALK CONCERNS YOU HAVE. UM, AS WELL AS, UH, MEMBERS OF THE NBI TEAM DID A, A WALK TO THE CROSSWALKS WITH, UH, RESIDENTS WHO WERE INTERESTED, UH, SO THAT THEY COULD SHARE INPUT ON THEIR CONCERNS AS WELL. UM, IN SEPTEMBER THROUGH APRIL OF THIS YEAR, WE CONTINUED THE DATA COLLECTION PROCESS ONLINE SURVEYS, AND PREPARED THE STUDY TO, THAT'S BEFORE YOU TONIGHT. AND TONIGHT WE HAVE OUR FINAL RECOMMENDATIONS. SO, MB I'S STUDY BREAKS DOWN INTO, UM, UH, THIS NEAR TERM AND LONG TERM RECOMMENDATIONS. AND, UH, WE WILL ALSO HAVE, UM, BASED ON THIS AND SOME ADDITIONAL WORK THAT CITY STAFF DID, UH, WE, WE HAVE SOME RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE MAKING KIND OF COMBINING ALL OF THIS. BUT TO SUMMARIZE, MBI STUDY, UH, THE NEAR TERM RECOMMENDATIONS ARE, UH, SOME SUPPLEMENTARY SIGNING AND STRIPING AT THE EXISTING CROSSWALK LOCATIONS. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE RECOMMENDING TO NOT REMOVE THEM. UM, AND THERE'S A NUMBER OF REASONS WHY WITH RESPECT TO, UH, PATHS OF TRAVEL AND, UM, ACCESS TO THE PARK, UH, THAT WERE, UH, CITED IN THIS STUDY. UM, BUT THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION IS TO SUPPLEMENT THE CROSSWALKS WITH ADDITIONAL SIGNING AND STRIPING, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE IN THE BOTTOM PART OF THAT SLIDE THERE. UH, THEY ALSO RECOMMEND DOING ADDITIONAL DATA COLLECTION REGARDING SUPPORT FOR, UH, LOOKING AT THE SPEED LIMIT REDUCTION PROCESS. UM, AND THEN THE LONG, LONG-TERM RECOMMENDATION, UH, FROM MBI IS, UH, THE REDUCTION IN GENERAL PURPOSE LANES. SO ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW THERE ARE TWO LANES IN EACH DIRECTION AS WELL AS THE CENTER PAINTED MEDIAN, UM, NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND ON HERMOSA. SO WITH THIS RECOMMENDATION, UH, FROM MBI, IT WOULD BASICALLY REDUCE THAT DOWN TO ONE THROUGH LANE IN EACH DIRECTION, CONVERTING THE OUTSIDE LANES INTO, UM, POTENTIALLY PARKING, UH, ADDITIONAL BIKE LANES. UM, THE GOAL BEING TO, UH, BE ABLE TO, UH, SLOW SPEEDS DOWN ON HERMOSA THROUGH PHYSICAL CHANGES IN THE ENVIRONMENT. UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT THAT IS A, A, UM, KIND OF AN EXTENSIVE, UH, UH, CHANGE AND PROCESS. UH, WE'LL DISCUSS WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IN, IN JUST A LITTLE BIT ON OUR RECOMMENDATION AS STAFF. UH, IN REGARD TO OTHER THINGS WE HAD HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, REQUESTS THAT WE WERE HEARD FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, MBI ALSO LOOKED AT A NUMBER OF OPTIONS. ONE WAS THE CONCEPT OF RAISED CROSSWALKS, UH, WHICH YOU'LL SEE AN IMAGE OF, UH, SKETCH OF ONE THERE ON THE, THE LEFT HAND SIDE, WHICH BASICALLY IS, IS LIKE AN ELONGATED SPEED BUMP. UM, AND THAT WAS DETERMINED, UH, BASED ON SPEEDS AND VOLUMES TO NOT BE [00:45:01] RECOMMENDED AT THIS LOCATION. UH, SOME OTHER, UH, UM, RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE CONSIDERED, UM, BY MBI, WHERE THE INSTALLATION OF, UH, RECTANGULAR RAPID FLASHING BEACONS ARE ALSO KNOWN AS RFPS. UM, WE HAVE SOME OF THESE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UM, BUT, UH, BASED ON THE SPEEDS, UH, THEY'RE GENERALLY NOT RECOMMENDED FOR, UH, HIGH VOLUME STREETS THAT HAVE SPEEDS OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR. AND THIS HAS A, A, UH, 50 MILE AN HOUR SPEED LIMIT. UM, THE, ANOTHER OPTION WITH THAT WAS LOOKED AT WAS THE PEDESTRIAN HYBRID BEACON, SOMETHING SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAVE OVER BY RANCH CUCAMONGA RANCH, CUCAMONGA HIGH SCHOOL. UM, AGAIN, UH, BASED ON THE VOLUMES, UH, WAS NOT RECOMMENDED AT THIS LOCATION. AND THEN LOWERING OF HIS EXISTING SPEED LIMITS, UM, THEY COULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT AT THIS TIME BECAUSE IT DOES REQUIRE A WHOLE PROCESS. AND WE WILL TALK ABOUT WHAT WE DID TO LOOK AT THAT AS WELL. UM, IN ADDITION TO THE WORK THAT MBI DID, UH, CITY STAFF ALSO HEARD SEVERAL, UM, IDEAS AND THOUGHTS THAT WERE EXPRESSED, UM, UH, BY THE, BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, THAT WERE NOT WITHIN MBI SCOPE. AND WE DECIDED TO GO AHEAD AND LOOK AT THOSE, UH, AS WELL JUST TO, TO TRY TO BE HOLISTIC ABOUT THE WHOLE PROCESS. UM, SO WE LOOKED AT AND DID, UH, TRAFFIC SIGNAL WARRANT, OR I'M SORRY, WARRANT STUDIES THAT ARE BASED ON THE CALIFORNIA MANUAL AND UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, THE, THE STATE MANUAL FOR HOW WE, UM, DESIGN AND SELECT LOCATIONS FOR TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES. UM, WE LOOKED AT, UH, PUTTING ALWAYS STOPS AT EACH OF THE CROSSWALK LOCATIONS. UH, WE LOOKED AT WHAT, WHETHER TRAFFIC SIGNALS WOULD BE WARRANTED AT EACH OF THE LOCATIONS. UH, WE LOOKED AT CROSSING GUARDS AT EACH LOCATION, AND I WANT TO HANDLE SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS A LITTLE BIT SEPARATELY. SO EACH OF THOSE FIRST THREE TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES, UH, WE TOOK DATA, ANALYZED IT BASED ON TRAFFIC VOLUMES, UH, UM, PEDESTRIAN VOLUMES, UH, TRAFFIC COLLISION HISTORY. AND, UH, THEY WERE NOT WARRANTED BASED ON STATE STANDARDS, WHICH WE FOLLOW, UH, AS A CITY. AND SO WE CANNOT RECOMMEND THOSE AT THIS TIME, UM, AT THOSE LOCATIONS. THE THAT LAST ONE, SPEED LIMIT REDUCTIONS. SO IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE DICTATES HOW CITIES MUST, UM, UH, SET SPEED LIMITS IN, IN ORDER FOR THEM TO BE ENFORCED. AND SO, UM, THAT IS BASED ON, UH, WHAT'S CALLED THE 85TH PERCENTILE, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE SPEED AT WHICH 85% OF THE VEHICLES ARE DRIVING THAT SPEED OR LOWER, UM, WHAT IS THAT SPEED? AND, UM, THAT'S, THAT'S OUTLINED IN THE VEHICLE CODE. IT'S ALSO OUTLINED IN THE, IN THE MANUAL, THE, UH, CALIFORNIA MANUAL ON UNIFORM TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES AS WELL. AND IF WE DON'T FOLLOW THOSE, THE, THE RULES THAT ARE LAID OUT IN THE VEHICLE CODE, UM, WE, UH, RISK NOT BEING ABLE TO ENFORCE OUR SPEED LIMITS, WHICH IS WORSE THAN HAVING A SPEED LIMIT THAT'S TOO HIGH, BECAUSE THEN WE CAN'T ENFORCE IT AT ANY SPEED. UM, SO WE, WE ACTUALLY WENT OUT AND REDID SURVEYS ON BOTH HERMOSA AND 19TH STREET TO SEE IF, UM, SPEEDS HAD COME DOWN OVER TIME, UH, IN THAT 85TH PERCENTILE, AS WELL AS TO LOOK AT WHAT CHANGES IN RECENT CHANGES IN LAW HAD ALLOWED UP TO THIS POINT, UM, FOR REDUCTIONS IN SPEED. AND BASED ON, ON THE, THE DATA THAT WE RECEIVED AND WHAT THE LAW ALLOWS, WE UNFORTUNATELY CANNOT AT THIS TIME RECOMMEND REDUCING THE ESTABLISHED SPEED LIMIT OF 45 MILES AN HOUR ON, ON THOSE LOCATIONS. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS IN STATE LAW THAT WILL GO INTO EFFECT IN, UM, 2024 AT THAT TIME. WE CAN REVISIT THIS QUESTION AND SEE IF ANY OF THOSE SITUATIONS ARE IN PLACE AND REVISIT THAT QUESTION. SO, UM, AT THIS POINT IN TIME, WE CANNOT RECOMMEND A REDUCTION IN SPEED BASED ON THAT. A SECOND, HOWEVER, THOUGH, WE, WE DID FIND A SECTION OF THE VEHICLE CODE THAT DOES PERMIT CITIES AND LOCAL AGENCIES TO ESTABLISH WHAT'S CALLED A PLAYGROUND SPEED LIMIT, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT, UM, FOR STRETCHES OF STREET THAT ARE ADJACENT TO, UH, PLAYGROUND OR PARKS WITH PLAYGROUNDS IN THEM. UM, IT DOES REQUIRE, UM, ADDITIONAL ACTION BY, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT EITHER A RESOLUTION OR AN ORDINANCE. AND WE'RE, WE'RE STILL DIVING INTO WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE. UM, AND IT HAS TO BE SET FOR CERTAIN TIMES OF DAY, UNLIKE A SCHOOL SPEED LIMIT WHERE IT CAN BE WHEN CHILDREN ARE PRESENT, WE HAVE TO LITERALLY SET THE BEGINNING AND ENDING TIMES FOR WHEN THIS SPEED LIMIT WOULD BE IN EFFECT. AND IT HAS TO BE BASED ON WHEN CHILDREN ARE, ARE ANTICIPATED TO BE USING THE CROSSWALK OR USING THAT BE IN THAT AREA TO USE THE PLAYGROUND. SO, UM, THAT PLAYS INTO PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION, UM, BUT IT WOULD BE A DRAMATIC REDUCTION IN SPEED IF THAT WAS IMPLEMENTED FROM THE 45 TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF IT DOWN TO THAT 25 WHEN [00:50:01] IT WAS IMP IMPLEMENTED. SO WE, WE WANT TO CONTINUE LOOKING AT THAT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER, AND THAT'LL BE PART OF OUR RECOMMENDATION. SO KIND OF NARROWING DOWN TO OUR RECOMMENDATION AND, AND THE WORDS ON THE SCREEN ARE SOMEWHAT SUMMARIZED OF SUMMARIZATION OF WHAT'S IN THE ACTUAL STAFF REPORT. UM, BUT, UH, JUST WANNA RUN THROUGH EACH OF THE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT STAFF HAS AT THIS TIME. UH, THE FIRST IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THE MBI STUDY THAT WAS PREPARED. THE SECOND IS THAT, UH, THE COUNCIL APPROVED STAFF PROCEEDING WITH THE, WHAT WE'RE CALLING KIND OF PHASE ONE A OR SHORT TERM ONE A OF THE RECOMMENDATION, WHICH IS, UH, THE INSTALLATION OF PEDESTRIAN SIGNING AND STRIPING IMPROVEMENTS, WHICH ARE ESSENTIALLY WHAT ARE SHOWN HERE, ADVANCED LIMIT LINES AND ADDITIONAL SIGNAGE TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THE CROSSWALK. UM, THIS CAN BE DONE IN, IN A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME, ORDERING MATERIALS, PUTTING A DESIGN TOGETHER, THAT SORT OF THING. AND WE WOULD WANT TO TIME IT FOR, UM, WHEN SCHOOLS ON BREAK SO THAT THERE WOULDN'T BE KIND OF A SURPRISE MID SESSION OR WHATEVER. SO WE, WE'LL WORK, WE WOULD WORK ON TIMING THAT. THE SECOND, UH, OR THE THIRD RECOMMENDATION IS TO, UM, PROCEED WITH, UM, EVALUATING AND PREPARING FOR THE AUTHORIZATION DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PLAYGROUND SPEED LIMIT. NOW, THERE IS A CAVEAT HERE. ONE OF THE THINGS WE HAVE A CONCERN WITH IS THAT DRAMATIC DROP IN SPEED, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT'S SUCCESSFUL. WE DON'T WANT IT TO BE A SITUATION WHERE WE HAVE A SIGN AND NOBODY OBEYS IT JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE A SIGN. AND SO WE WANT IT TO BE SUCCESSFUL. UM, AND ALSO NOTING THAT WE CAN'T HAVE A, A DEPUTY SITTING OUT THERE 24 HOURS A DAY TO CITE PEOPLE WHO BREAK THAT. AND SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS, UH, WE WOULD LOOK AT THE PROCESS, THE, THE LEGAL PROCESS NEEDED TO IMPLEMENT IT, UM, INTO THE, INTO WITH A RESOLUTION ORDINANCE, UM, AS WELL AS THE DESIGN. AND WE WOULD WANT TO INSTALL, UH, SPEED FEEDBACK SIGNS. UM, SO THESE ARE THE SIGNS THAT YOU MIGHT SEE IN OTHER LOCATIONS. WE HAVE A FEW AROUND THE CITY, UM, THAT BASICALLY SAY SPEED LIMIT WHATEVER YOUR SPEED IS. AND, AND KIND OF A REMINDER, UH, FEEDBACK TO THE DRIVER THAT, HEY, SLOW DOWN. YOU'RE, YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE DRIVING SO FAST HERE. UM, NOW WE DON'T HAVE ANY FUNDING, UH, UH, SET ASIDE OR ALLOCATED FOR THOSE SIGNS AT THIS TIME. UH, SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS WHEN WE CAME BACK TO WITH, UM, THE INSTRUMENT FOR AUTHORIZATION AND THE DESIGN, UH, WE WOULD AT THAT TIME, UH, MAKE A RECOMMENDATION AS TO, UM, WHERE AND HOW TO FUND, UM, THE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THAT. UH, THAT FIRST, THE SIGNING, THE MINOR SIGNING AND STRIPING WITH THE, THE FIRST AND NUMBER TWO, UH, THAT CAN BE ABSORBED INTO THE OPERATING BUDGET. THE FINAL RECOMMENDATION IS, IS A LITTLE BIT MORE COMPLEX. UM, SO THE, AS AS MENTIONED IN THE MBI STUDY, UM, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF GENERAL PURPOSE LANES DOWN TO ONE IN EACH DIRECTION, UM, TO GET ALL THE BENEFITS THAT WERE WERE OUTLINED, THE REDUCTIONS IN SPEED, THE ADDITIONAL, UH, BIKE INFRASTRUCTURE, PARKING, SO ON. UM, IT WOULD ALSO ALLOW US, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE NARROWING THINGS TO DO OTHER THINGS LIKE THE RF BS, UM, BECAUSE IT WOULD BE REDUCING DOWN THE NUMBER OF LANES AND THEORETICALLY REDUCING DOWN THE SPEEDS AS WELL. HOWEVER, UM, IT IS A, UH, UH, AN AN EXTENSIVE CHANGE TO THE LOOK AND FEEL OF HER MOST AVENUE, RIGHT, WHAT EVERYBODY'S SEEN FOR, FOR A WHILE. UM, NOW AS LONG AS IT'S BEEN, UM, IN ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION, WHICH I, IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I CAN REMEMBER IT NOT BEING ITS CURRENT CONFIGURATION. UM, AND SO THIS PROCESS, IT WOULD BE EXTENSIVE IN THE SENSE OF WE WOULD NEED TO DO SOME ADDITIONAL CONCEPTUAL STUDIES TO MAKE SURE THAT A, IT WORKS AND B, HOW MUCH THE COST WOULD BE, WHAT, WHAT IT WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, AS FAR AS DESIGN, AS WELL AS, LIKE I SAID, THE COST. SO WE COULD DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF GRANT APPLICATIONS ARE THERE OUT THERE TO DO SUCH CHANGES. UM, BECAUSE THERE, THERE CURRENTLY ISN'T FUNDING TO MAKE A CHANGE, UM, LIKE THAT AVAILABLE AS WELL. GIVEN THE FACT THAT IT'S AN EXTENSIVE CHANGE. UM, WE WOULD WANT, UM, TO ENGAGE THE COMMUNITY AS PART OF THAT PROCESS. WE WOULD WANT TO HAVE OUTREACH TO EXPLAIN WHAT IS THIS THING OF REDUCTION SOMETIMES KNOWN AS A ROAD DIET. WHAT IS IT, WHAT IS IT? WHY WOULD YOU DO IT? WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS? WHAT ARE THE PROS? WHAT ARE THE CONS? HAVE THAT CONVERSATION WITH THE COMMUNITY PRIOR TO MOVING FORWARD WITH ANY GRANT APPLICATIONS OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. UM, SO AT THIS TIME, WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING WITH RESPECT TO THAT LONG-TERM, UM, ITEM WOULD BE TO LIST IT IN OUR CIP AS A PROJECT OF INTEREST. IT WOULD NOT BE A FUNDED PROJECT. IT WOULD NOT BE A PROJECT THAT WE WOULD BE PROBABLY ABLE TO ACT ON IN THE NEAR TERM. UM, BUT OUR CIP DOES HAVE A LIST OF PROJECTS THAT WE DON'T HAVE FUNDED THAT [00:55:01] FOR ONE REASON OR ANOTHER, THEY'RE LISTED IN CASE FOR SOME REASON, A, A GRANT OPPORTUNITY COMES ALONG OR SOMETHING COMES ALONG TO, TO FUND IT OR ALLOW IT TO OCCUR, UH, WE WOULD WANT TO LIST THIS PROJECT IN THERE AS A PROJECT OF INTEREST. AND THEN THE NEXT STEP WOULD BE, ONCE FUNDING IS IDENTIFIED, MOVE FORWARD WITH THE CONCEPTUAL STUDIES AND OUTREACH PROGRAM TO SEE IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT WOULD WORK HERE FOR THE COMMUNITY. UM, AND THEN MOVE FORWARD WITH GRANT APPLICATIONS TO, UM, UH, TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION IF THAT'S THE ROUTE THAT, UM, IS, IS ULTIMATELY DECIDED ON. SO WITH THAT, UM, I WILL GO AHEAD AND JUST LEAVE THOSE FOUR RECOMMENDATIONS UP. UM, AND, AND, UH, LEAVE IT, UH, FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE I OPEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING? OKAY. THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND I SEE WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT IS INTERESTED IN MAKING A COMMENT AT THIS TIME. CONNIE GRIGSBY, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE A, THE QUICK COMMENT THAT I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT SOMEONE LISTENED TO US. UH, SO OFTEN THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN. AND WHEN WE, UH, ON OUR WALKS WE NOTICE THE SIGNAGE SAYING THAT THESE CROSSWALKS WERE GOING TO BE ELIMINATED AND GROUP OF US FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WE USE THOSE CROSSWALKS ALL THE TIME. NOT ALL, NOT EVERY DAY OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, BUT WE USE 'EM ALL THE TIME. AND SO WHEN I HEARD THAT THEY WERE GOING TO GET RID OF THEM, I WAS UPSET. WE WENT TO THE, THE MEETING AT THE PARK AND IT WAS VERY NICE TO BE ABLE TO TALK WITH SOMEONE. SO WE DO REALLY APPRECIATE IT. I'M REPRESENTING A COUPLE OF PEOPLE THAT HAD PRIOR COMMITMENTS AND COULDN'T BE HERE, BUT WE DO WANT, UM, WE STILL WOULD LIKE THE, UM, FLASHING LIGHTS BECAUSE UM, THAT STRAIGHT 45 IS WAY TOO FAST. I KNOW THERE'S, WE CAN'T DO MUCH ABOUT THAT, BUT IT'S WAY TOO FAST AND HAVING IT IDENTIFIED AS A PLAYGROUND AREA IS VERY IMPORTANT. 'CAUSE HERMOSA PARK, IT'S SO USED SO MUCH AND PEOPLE PARK OVER ACROSS HERMOSA TO BE ABLE TO GET TO HERMOSA PARK WHEN IT'S BEING USED FOR DIFFERENT, UM, UH, TEAM SPORTS. SO THAT'S ALL I JUST WANTED TO SAY WAS THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO US. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR COMING AND SHARING THAT WITH US. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SURE. COME FORWARD SIR AND LET US KNOW YOUR NAME. HI, YEAH, I'M JIM KIBAKI. I WAS INVOLVED IN GETTING PETITIONS SIGNED TO UH, NOT REMOVE OUR CROSSWALK AND, UH, APPRECIATE THE, UH, UH, INPUT FROM THE CITY ENGINEER AND, UH, FROM OUR NEW COUNCIL MEMBER IN OUR DISTRICT. AND, UH, IT SOUNDS LIKE, UH, THEY'RE ON THE RIGHT TRACK FOR ACCOMPLISHING WHAT WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE ACCOMPLISHED BY LEAVING OUR CROSSWALKS THERE AND THE LONG TERM, UH, AND SHORT TERM FIXES THAT GOING AHEAD SEEM FA PLAUSIBLE, UH, TO ME ANYWAY. AND I THINK, UH, WANNA JUST SAY THAT, UH, APPRECIATE UH, THE COUNCIL HEARING US AND TAKING SOME ACTION ON IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SIR. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SIR, WOULD YOU MIND FILLING OUT A CARD FOR US? OH, DID YOU GET HIS NAME? OKAY, THANK YOU. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? SAYING NONE. I WILL CLOSE OUR PUBLIC, OUR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND OPEN IT UP TO THE COUNCIL IF I MAY. MAYOR PRO TEM. I'D LIKE TO THANK STAFF FOR LOOKING AT THIS ISSUE AND, AND EXPANDING IT A LITTLE FURTHER AND IDENTIFYING AN EXTRA LOCATION UP THERE THAT, THAT LOOKED LIKE IT NEEDED SOME CONSIDERATION. CERTAINLY THIS ACTION IS A DIRECT, UH, RESULT OF COLLABORATION AND, UM, INPUT FROM THE COMMUNITY. UM, MY COLLEAGUES AND I WERE ABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING THAT THEY HAD UP THERE AT THE PARK AND APPRECIATED EVERYONE TAKING THE TIME OUTTA THE DAY TO COME UP AND BRING THIS TO OUR ATTENTION. UH, AND GLAD THAT WE TOOK THE TIME AND EXPENSE, UH, TO COMMISSION THIS TRAFFIC STUDY AND GREAT NEWS THAT SOME OF THE, UH, ITEMS AND RECOMMENDATIONS CAME OUT MATCHED THAT OF WHAT, UH, OUR COMMUNITY HAS SAID THAT THEY'VE WANTED TO HEAR. ONE QUESTION I DID HAVE FOR YOU, UM, JASON, IS YOU SAID TIMING, YOU'RE GONNA TRY AND TIME THESE NEAR TERM UPDATES FOR A POINT AT WHICH IT MAKES SENSE WITH THE SCHOOL YEAR. AND YOU ALSO SAID THAT BEGINNING NEXT YEAR THERE MAY BE SOME ADDITIONAL LATITUDE, UM, DUE TO STATE LAW ON HOW WE MIGHT ADDRESS SOME OF THESE ISSUES. SO IT SEEMS TO ME IT PROBABLY WOULD MAKE SENSE THAT IN INSTITUTING THIS SIGNING AND STRIPING, UH, THIS YEAR, [01:00:01] YOU KNOW, WE KIND OF HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT IT NEXT YEAR WHEN MAYBE WE HAVE SOME MORE ELBOW ROOM ON HOW WE DEAL WITH IT WITH STATE LAW AND SEE WHETHER THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WE ARE GONNA INSTITUTE TONIGHT, UH, DO THE JOB. THAT THAT'S A THAT'S A GREAT POINT. UM, SO YES, NOTHING THAT WE'VE RECOMMENDED TONIGHT WOULD CONFLICT WITH CHANGING THE SPEED LIMIT IF WE CAN DO IT NEXT YEAR. UM, THE, UH, THE PARAMETERS, THERE'S A FEW AREAS WHERE WE THINK WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO, WE CAN'T MAKE ANY GUARANTEES YET 'CAUSE WE HAVE TO ACTUALLY REDO THE SURVEY AND, AND LOOK AT IT. BUT, UM, WE ARE, WE ARE HOPEFUL WE'LL BE ABLE TO COME BACK AND LOOK AT THAT POSITIVELY. BUT I THINK EACH ONE IS AN INCREMENTAL STEP AND NOT, THERE'S NO CONFLICT BETWEEN ANY OF 'EM. SO I THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO KIND OF STEP THAT THROUGH. SURE. AND I LIKE THE FACT THAT WE HAVE NEAR-TERM SOLUTIONS AND LONG-TERM TRAFFIC DIET'S A NEW WORD FOR ME. THAT'S INTERESTING. ROAD DIET. ROAD DIET. ROAD DIET. OKAY. EXCUSE ME. ROAD DIET. THANK YOU. UM, AND, UH, THE FACT THAT SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS AREN'T SET IN STONE FOR THE FUTURE, MEANING THAT WE'RE NOT NECESSARILY COMMITTING TONIGHT BY SOME OF THESE RECOMMENDATIONS TO LOWERING THE SPEED LIMIT YET OR REDUCING LANES YET. MM-HMM, , UM, BECAUSE OF THAT, UH, I, UH, SUPPORT THE STAFF'S, UH, RECOMMENDATIONS. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? SO A QUESTION IF WE APPROVE EVEN THE LONG TERM THAT IS THAT NUMBER FOUR, CAN YOU PUT THAT BACK UP ON THE SCREEN FOR ME? OH, SO AS A POTENTIAL, SO WE ARE NOT LOCKING OURSELVES INTO DOING THAT, CORRECT? CORRECT. SO WHAT THIS DOES IS IT, IT CREATES IT AS A PROJECT OF INTEREST. IT DOESN'T, IT DOESN'T COMMIT US TO DOING THE PROJECT. UM, IT BASICALLY PUTS IT ON THE LIST OF POTENTIAL PROJECTS WE COULD DO IN THE FUTURE, PENDING IDENTIFICATION OF FUNDING, AVAILABILITY OF STAFF RESOURCES TO, TO DO THAT PROJECT. UM, BUT AGAIN, IT'S, IT, IT LISTS IT THERE SO THAT, UM, IF AN OPPORTUNITY COMES UP FROM TIME TO TIME, WE GET RANDOM GRANT OPPORTUNITIES THAT COME UP AND WE, WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO BE ABLE TO GO TO THESE LISTS AND SAY, OH, THAT'S A GREAT FIT. LET'S GO TRY TO APPLY FOR THAT ONE. OKAY. THANK YOU. I CONCUR WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHISON. THANK YOU STAFF FOR PUSHING PAUSE, TAKING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS ISSUE AND CERTAINLY GETTING THE FEEDBACK FROM THE RESIDENTS. AND I'M GLAD THE RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE RESPONSIVE. WE ARE LISTENING. STAFF IS VERY GOOD AT FOLLOWING UP ON THE CONCERNS OF OUR RESIDENTS AND I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE A VERY GOOD NEAR TERM SOLUTION, WHICH MAY IN FACT REDUCE SOME OF THOSE SPEED. UM, SPEEDERS, I SHOULD SAY, THE PEOPLE WHO ARE, ARE FLYING PAST THERE AND PUTTING OUR RESIDENTS AT RISK. SO IF I COULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION, MOVE FOR APPROVAL. I SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT. MAYOR MICHAEL, ABSENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU AGAIN, JASON. THANK YOU MR. GILLISON. WE HAVE NO ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO THAT WILL TAKE US TO OUR CITY MANAGERS. ANY STAFF REPORTS FROM OUR CITY MANAGER. I DO BELIEVE WE HAVE NONE. SO WE'LL GO TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ENTER INTERAGENCY UPDATES. I HAVE ONE MAYOR PRO TEM, UH, THE END OF APRIL. UH, THE MAYOR PRO TEM AND I, UH, ATTENDED A PUBLIC WORK SUBCOMMITTEE, UH, MEETING HERE AT THE CITY HALL WHERE WE DISCUSSED THE EFFECTS OF OUR FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH OUR WASTE HAULER ON SB 1383. THE ORGANICS RECYCLING. THANK YOU MR. HUTCHINSON. MR. CITY ATTORNEY, DO YOU HAVE ANY ITEMS THIS EVENING? THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. TAKEN IN CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT. I HAVE NO FURTHER ITEMS. THANK YOU. IDENTIFICATION FOR ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE MAY 17TH. SEEING NONE, I WOULD LIKE TO ADJOURN THIS MEETING. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.