* 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. EVERYONE. AND WELCOME [00:00:01] TO OUR APRIL 19TH CITY COUNCIL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD MEMBER. WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT SOME PRETTY EXCITING PRESENTATIONS TO MAKE HERE SHORTLY. SO BEFORE WE START, WE, I'D LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL TO STAND FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR COUNCILWOMAN, CHRISTINE SCOTT, TO LEAD US IN THAT PLEDGE. THANK YOU. MAYOR. SHOULD YOU PLEASE STAND, PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? BEGIN FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA IN FOR WHICH IT STANDS. ONE NATION UNDERGONE INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU, CHRISTINE. ROLL CALL. MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT. MAYOR PROAM. LYNN KENNEDY. PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT. CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT. WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH THE FIRST ONE. AND THAT'S A PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO LOS OSOS GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE CALIFORNIA INTERSCHOLASTIC FEDERATION. CIF WOW. DIVISION THREE GIRLS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP. LADIES, CONGRATULATIONS. I'D LIKE TO CALL UP THIS PRINCIPAL OF LOS SOSO HIGH SCHOOL, ERIC CIPHER, AS WELL AS THE LOS SOSO GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM, WINNERS AND CHAMPIONS. YOU CAN STAND RIGHT HERE AND GATHER HERE AND OH MY GOODNESS, LOOK AT ALL THIS. I WANT TO GET THE PRINCIPAL UP HERE. ERIC, WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND LET YOU KIND OF SHARE WITH THE AUDIENCE AND THE PEOPLE VIEWING ON TELEVISION. WHAT, UH, WHAT ARE THESE LADIES ACCOMPLISH THIS YEAR, SIR? OH, WELL, THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP FOR THIS GREAT SEA OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. UH, I'M THE PROUD PRINCIPAL OF THE PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL IN LOS, IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, LOS SOSO HIGH SCHOOL. AND THESE TALENTED GRIZZLIES THAT WE HAVE HERE DID SOMETHING THAT HAS NEVER BEEN ACCOMPLISHED IN OUR SCHOOL'S HISTORY. OUR DISTRICT IS, UH, SO PROUD OF THEM FOR WINNING THE FIRST EVER STATE CHAMPIONSHIP UP IN SACRAMENTO. IT WAS AN AMAZING JOURNEY. THE WHOLE SCHOOL IS BEHIND THEM. WE'RE SO PROUD OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. VERY GOOD. YOU KEEP THAT MIC, BECAUSE I'M GONNA LET YOU HAND THESE OUT. COACH BUCKNER, DO YOU THINK I CAN GET YOU TO HELP ME OUT WITH THIS? ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS OUR COACH, COACH BUCKNER HERE, RIGHT? HOW ARE YOU, MA'AM? VERY GOOD. WHY DON'T YOU HELP? UH, 'CAUSE I'M SURE I'M, I'M NOT SURE OF ALL THE NAMES CORRECTLY. OKAY. SO YOU KNOW THE LADY, SO NO PROBLEM. ALRIGHT. OH, I'M SORRY. THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED OUT. SO THANKS, DR. KENNEDY, DR OUT HERE. AND I'LL JUST START TURNING THEM AND HANDING THEM TO YOU. HALEY ESTRADA, AND THEN YOUR GIRLS, YOU GIRLS ARE JUST GONNA COME ON BY AND SHAKE ALL OF OUR, OUR HANDS. BRIANNA VIGARA. CONGRATULATIONS. STAND. YOU CAN STAND. MIKAYLA VASQUEZ, MIRA MORTON. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. TAYLOR ROSADO TAYLOR, CONGRATULATIONS. HALLE ILLA. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. ARIA METS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, . CONGRATULATIONS. YOU DOING GOOD, MA'AM? KAITLYN FRIIS. TIANA SAUNDERS, CONGRATULATIONS. IVANA, YOU WABU. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, SIDNEY JOHNSON. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. JORDAN HAYNES. THANK YOU. SO CONGRATULATIONS. HARSH BAR. MM-HMM. . CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS, ROWAN. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS TAMASHA. CONGRATULATIONS AND COACH DREA, PACE, COACH DREA AND ANDREA. YES. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. A GREAT JOB. WHAT A JOB. LAST BUT NOT LEAST THIS YOU YES. THAT IS ME. YOU. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. TAKE THAT FROM YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO WE'D, WE'D LIKE TO GET A PICTURE WITH YOU, UH, ALL OF US HERE. SO IF YOU'LL COME DOWN THIS WAY AND STAND IN FRONT, UM, THE TALL [00:05:01] ONES, PLEASE STAND IN FRONT OF BOTH CHRISTINE AND AND LYNN KENNEDY. UM, STOOL. WE'RE GONNA STOOL. JUST KIDDING. WE'RE GONNA BE TALL. WE'RE GONNA BE TALL. YOU CAN COME ON DOWN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER AND MAYBE TWO ROWS, HOWEVER YOU WANT TO DO THIS. NOT TOO FAR DOWN. 'CAUSE OTHERWISE THEY WON'T BE. YOU CAN COME, YOU CAN COME IN THE MIDDLE. DON'T GO TOO FAR DOWN, OTHERWISE THEY WON'T GET YOU STOOL, GUYS. YEAH, I GOT I. AND, AND IF I COULD BE COACH, COACH, BEFORE YOU LEAVE, COULD I GET YOU TO MAYBE JUST TO SHARE A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT THESE GIRLS ACCOMPLISHED AND THE, THE, THE SEASON THEY HAD AND THEIR RECORD AND SO FORTH, JUST SO EVERYBODY HAS A GREATER UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENT. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING US AND RECOGNIZING US. UM, THESE GIRLS HAD A SPECTACULAR SEASON. UM, WE WANT, WE LOST OUR CIF GAME, BUT THAT SENT US TO THE DIVISION STATE, UM, TOURNAMENT. WE WON THE REGIONAL, UM, TOURNAMENT, WHICH SENT US TO THE STATE. UH, WE HAD TO PLAY FOUR VERY HARD TEAMS AND WE MADE IT TO SACRAMENTO AND WE WON THE SACRAMENTO GAME. AWESOME. AWESOME. AWESOME. CONGRATULATIONS. UH, THAT'S GREAT. YOU MADE RANCHO CUCAMONGA PROUD. BELIEVE ME. YOU BET. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO CHAFFEE COLLEGE WOMEN'S SOCCER TEAM. SO WE'VE GONE FROM BASKETBALL TO SOCCER FOR COMPETING IN THE CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION STATE FINAL CHAMPIONSHIPS. I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD THE HEAD SOCCER COACH, GRACE COOPER, ASSISTANT COACH CASSIDY MOUNT ATHLETIC DIRECTOR DR. TIMMY BROWN AND THE GIRLS SOCCER CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM. COME ON UP, GIRLS. SO Y'ALL HAVE TO, IS COACH COOPER HERE? YES, I'M RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. COME ROUND OUT. UP. ALRIGHT. PUBLIC SPEAKING ISN'T MY THING. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. IT'S NOT THAT HARD. OKAY. UM, GO AHEAD AND JUST SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT YOUR GIRLS, UH, ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR. SURE. THANK YOU. UM, FIRST AND FOREMOST, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US. THIS IS A HUGE HONOR. UM, TO BE HONEST, THIS, I CAN'T REALLY IN WORDS EXPLAIN WHAT THIS SEASON WAS LIKE. UM, I'VE HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING AT CHAFFEE FOR 17 YEARS. UM, SO LOTS OF TEAMS HAVE COME AND GONE. BUT I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS TEAM WAS VERY SPECIAL. UM, AS A TEAM. UH, WE, WE BROKE MANY RECORDS AND ACCOMPLISHED THINGS THAT WE HAVE NEVER DONE BEFORE. UM, WE WON CONFERENCE FOR THE FOURTH TIME IN A ROW. UH, WE WENT UNDEFEATED IN CONFERENCE. UM, WE WERE 22 AND WON LAST SEASON. UM, WE WENT UNDEFEATED UNTIL THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL. UNFORTUNATELY, THAT GAME DIDN'T GO OUR WAY, BUT I CANNOT EXPRESS HOW AMAZING THE SEASON WAS. WE HAD 10, UH, CONFERENCE, UH, AWARD WINNERS. WE HAD FOUR, NO, EXCUSE ME, THREE ALL AMERICANS. UM, WE HAD THE LEADING GOAL SCORE IN, UH, OUR CONFERENCE. UH, WE WERE RANKED NUMBER ONE IN THE STATE. WE WERE RANKED NUMBER THREE IN THE NATION. UM, SO AGAIN, A LOT OF THINGS TO BE PROUD ABOUT. UM, I'M KIND OF, YOU KNOW, SPATTING THOSE OUT QUICKLY, BUT THEY'RE VERY, VERY HUGE ACCOMPLISHMENTS. UM, BUT AS FAR AS THIS GROUP, AGAIN, ATHLETICALLY, THEY ARE AMAZING, BUT THEY ARE ALSO AMAZING STUDENTS. UM, THEY, THIS TEAM HAD A TEAM, GPA OF OVER 3.0. SO AGAIN, NOT ONLY WERE THEY SUCCESSFUL ON THE FIELD, BUT THEY ARE AMAZING STUDENT ATHLETES. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. SO WE HAVE THESE CERTIFICATES. YOU KNOW THEM YES. BY NAME AND BY BY THE PERSON. YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND YES. I'LL START HANDING YOU THOSE. OKAY. AND, AND YOU CAN, UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS OUR OFF SEASON, SO IT'S HARD TO GET A LOT OF THE ATHLETES BACK, UM, ON CAMPUS. YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THEM HAVE TRANSFERRED AND, AND WHATNOT AND WORK AND HAVE DIFFERENT RESPONSIBILITIES. [00:10:01] BUT IF YOU'RE NOT HERE, THEN JUST HOLD ONTO HER. OKAY. SO SHE'S NOT HERE. I'LL JUST GO THROUGH, UM, MARIBEL LAGUNA. CONGRATULATIONS. CADENCE JUAREZ. CONGRATULATIONS. ROSALIE HAWKINS. SHE'S ALSO OUR CAPTAIN. OH, CAPTAIN. YES. CAPTAIN, YES. FEARLESS LEADER. UM, SHE'S NOT HERE. NO. UH, JULIA GALDAMEZ? NOT HERE. NOT HERE. NOT HERE. NOT HERE. YEAH. SORRY. THAT'S ALL RIGHT. NOT HERE. UNFORTUNATELY. YEAH. A LOT OF THEM COULDN'T MAKE IT TODAY. UM, ANOTHER CAPTAIN, VANESSA VALIS. LESLIE ALPE. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. OH, SHE'S NOT HERE. AND MARISSA BETTENCOURT. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL OF THESE. YES. WE HAD A LARGE ROSTER, . YEAH. THAT'S OKAY. YEAH, I KNOW. UM, UH, SIDNEY KOTTER. SORRY. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. VANESSA EZ SERENITY. D TORY. THANK. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU WANT THAT AND CHELSEA BOWEN. CONGRATULATIONS. YEAH. THOSE ATHLETES. AND YOU'LL GET THE OTHER ONES TOO. YES. I'LL GET, I'LL GET THEM TO THEM. AND THEN WE HAVE GRACE COOPER. YES. THAT'S ME. THANK YOU. . DANIEL FOX I KNOW IS NOT HERE. YES. AND CASSIDY MOUNT. THAT'S YOU. YEP. I'D JUST LIKE TO READ A VERY SIMILAR PROCLAMATION OR VERY SIMILAR CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION FOR THE GIRLS OF BASKETBALL TEAM, FOR YOUR EXEMPLARY ATHLETIC ABILITIES. GOOD SPORTSMANSHIP, OUTSTANDING ACCOMPLISHMENT FOR AN INCREDIBLE SEASON IN MAKING IT TO THE FINALS, UM, STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH. CONGRATULATIONS. AND I'M SURE YOU'LL GET THOSE CERTIFICATES TO THE PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO ATTEND TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. NOW, NOW WE'D LIKE TO BRING YOU, SIR. YES. THANK YOU. I SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. HERE YOU GO WITH MR. FOX. THANK YOU. AND THEN IF YOU GIRLS JUST LIKE THE LAST GROUP, COME ON OVER HERE. NO, YOU'RE NOT. WE NEED TO THANK YOU. UH, LOS SOSO AND CHAFFEE COLLEGE. YOU GIRLS HAVE PUT, HELPED PUT RANCHO CUCAMONGA ON THE MAP. PEOPLE KNOW NOW TO NOT MESS IN BASKETBALL OR IN SOCCER WITH THIS CITY. RIGHT. CONGRATULATIONS. OUR NEXT PRESENTATION, UM, IS A PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION TO THE DAIRY COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA FOR THEIR SUPPORT IN NUTRITION EDUCATION AT THE 2023 TEEN SUMMIT. I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD JOANNA MARUFO, COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR FOR THE CITY AND DAIRY COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA WA WINDER CORE COMMUNITY NUTRITION OF, UH, ADVISOR. SO I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO JOANNA. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. GOOD EVENING. WE ARE SO INCREDIBLY EXCITED TO SHARE, UM, THE RESULTS OF OUR TEEN SUMMIT, WHICH WAS JUST LAST MONTH. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S ALREADY BEEN A MONTH SINCE WE HAD IT. IT WAS ON MARCH 29TH, AND 120 TEENS CAME TOGETHER FOR ONE DAY OF EMPOWERMENT, WELLNESS, AND SUPPORTING EACH OTHER. MENTAL HEALTH HAS BEEN A PRIORITY FOR THE CITY FOR WELL OVER 10 YEARS SINCE WE STARTED. UM, HEALTHY RC AND A LOT OF OUR YOUTH LEADERS REALLY PRIORITIZE MENTAL HEALTH AND WHAT BETTER WAY THAN TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER DURING THEIR SPRING BREAK. SO WE CAME TOGETHER AND WE CREATED THIS STRATEGY. UM, AND THIS IS OUR FIFTH ANNUAL SUMMIT. SO WE'VE REALLY, UM, TAILORED IT FOR THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY. AND THE TEENS REALLY [00:15:01] LOVED HOW ENGAGED IT WENT. WE HELD IT AT CENTRAL PARK EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A RAINY DAY. WE HAD SUCH A GREAT TURNOUT ON THAT DAY. AND WE HAD, UM, AT, YOU COULD SEE FROM THE PICTURES, WE HAD A LOT OF WELLNESS, UM, RESOURCES, INCLUDING A MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCE FAIR. WE HAD ANIMAL THERAPY FROM PAWS FOR SUCCESS COME OUT AND DO, UM, PRESENTATIONS ABOUT PEER SUPPORT AND WELLNESS STRATEGIES. AND THEN OF COURSE WE HAD, UM, WE GOT TO DO A LITTLE STRETCHING AND DID SOME GOAT YOGA AND ALLOWED FOLKS TO BE MINDFUL AND TEACH THEM THESE IMPORTANT COPING SKILLS THAT WILL BUILD THEIR RESILIENCY FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. AND, UM, WE HAD A WELLNESS PANEL INCLUDING A LOT OF OUR LOCAL ALUMNI FROM THE HIGH SCHOOLS THAT ARE NOW IN THEIR CAREERS. UM, FROM, YOU KNOW, WE HAD, UH, AN ACTOR AND WE HAD SOMEONE WHO DOES HOMELESSNESS ADVOCACY IN THE STATE. AND WE ALSO HAD, UM, A LOT OF OTHER GREAT SPEAKERS AND PANELISTS. AND, UM, WE, WE OF COURSE, DID OUR ANIMAL, UM, THERAPY AND WE DID ART THERAPY. SO WE DID SOME PAINTING. SO I JUST KIND OF WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A LITTLE BIT OF THE TEEN SUMMIT. BUT TODAY WE ARE JUST SO EXCITED AND THRILLED, UM, TO SHARE OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE DAIRY COUNCIL THAT MADE THIS EVENT POSSIBLE THANKS TO THEIR SPONSORSHIP. AND SO TODAY I WANNA, UM, PASS THE MIC TO RAJ WONDER CAR SO THAT SHE CAN SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE EXPERIENCE FROM OUR HEALTHY COOKING DEMONSTRATION. THAT WAS ALSO A WELLNESS STRATEGY. THANK YOU. AND I'M SO HAPPY FOR THIS PARTNERSHIP AND THIS COLLABORATION. DAIRY COUNCIL IS A STATEWIDE NUTRITION EDUCATION ORGANIZATION, AND WE, WE LAUNCHED OUR LET'S EAT HEALTHY INITIATIVE. AND WITHIN THAT WE HAD COMMUNITY GRANTS. AND SO THEY'RE STATEWIDE. IT'S ABOUT A $5,000 COMMUNITY GRANT. AND I AM A RESIDENT OF RANCH COOK AMONG US. I'M SO EXCITED THAT HEALTHY RC YOUTH LEADERS RECEIVED $5,000 TO WORK ON NUTRITION EDUCATION. AND I JUST LEARNED LIFELONG HEALTHY EATING SKILLS AND THEY TEAMED UP WITH A LOCAL CHEF. THEY CREATED THEIR OWN RECIPES. SO IT'S, THEY'RE NUTRITIOUS, THEY'RE EASY TO ACCESS, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, THEY'RE TEEN APPROVED, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE HARDEST STRUGGLE. SO THEY CAME UP WITH THREE RECIPES. IT WAS GREEK YOGURT, CHOCOLATE DIP, ANTIOXIDANT RICH SMOOTHIE, AND A VEGETARIAN CEVICHE. SO AT THE SUMMIT, THE TEENS AND THE CHEF, AND EVEN THE OTHER TEENS THAT PARTICIPATED, GOT TO ACTUALLY MAKE THESE RECIPES, YOU KNOW, USE KNIVES, USE A BLENDER, KIND OF LEARN THE NUTRITION EDUCATION AND THE CULTURAL RELEVANCY OF THESE RECIPES. THE TEENS HELPED CREATE THE CULTURAL BACKGROUND FOR SOME OF THESE RECIPES AND THE NUTRITION EDUCATION FOR THE RECIPES. SO THROUGH THE LET'S EAT HEALTHY COMMUNITY GRANT, WE'RE ABLE TO EXPAND OPPORTUNITIES WHERE TEENS CAN REINFORCE NUTRITION EDUCATION, LEARN FOOD LITERACY, AND THEN KIND OF JUST HAVE LIFELONG HEALTHY EATING HABITS. SO I WANTED TO SHARE SOME QUOTES. THEY'RE DIRECTLY TAKEN FROM THE TEENS AT THE TEEN SUMMIT. OKAY. SO THIS IS WHAT ONE OF THE, SOME OF THE, UH, TEENS SAID. THIS RECIPE IS ON FIRE, TALKING ABOUT THE CHOCOLATE YOGURT DIP. WHAT I ENJOYED MOST ABOUT TODAY IS COOKING WITH MY PEERS, BUILDING FRIENDSHIPS, AND I'M THINKING OTHER WAYS TO CREATE MY OWN SPIN ON THIS VERY RECIPE. BY USING SPICES I HAVE AT HOME, TALKING ABOUT THE VEGETARIAN CEVICHE, THE INGREDIENTS ARE FRESH, HEALTHIER, AND NUTRITIOUS. I ENJOYED THE TEAMWORK AND THE COLLABORATION. THE SESSION WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. THE FOOD WAS REALLY GOOD, AND IT WAS NICE MEETING NEW PEOPLE FROM DIFFERENT AND SAME SCHOOLS. WE'LL CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE CHEF AND THE YOUTH. WE'VE ALREADY USED THESE RECIPES IN THE CASA COOKING PROGRAM, AND I PLAN TO CONTINUE TO WORK WITH THE CHEF AND THE YOUTH AND JUST REALLY EMPOWERING THE YOUTH AND JUST HAVING LIFELONG HEALTHY EATING HABITS. WELL, WANGER, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. WE CAN'T THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING THE DAIRY COUNCIL HAS DONE AND YOURSELF. UH, AND I LOOK OVER HERE TO YOUR RIGHT AND THERE'S A COUPLE OF OUR YOUTH LEADERS. DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING OF YOUR EXPERIENCE? UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO SAY THAT THE TEEN SUMMIT WAS ABSOLUTELY, UM, AMAZING AND VERY FUN IN THAT, UM, EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T GET TO PARTICIPATE IN THE COOKING CLASS OR REALLY AMAZING THINGS ABOUT IT, ABOUT IT BEING VERY INFORMATIONAL ABOUT NUTRITION AND ALSO THE FOOD WAS ABSOLUTELY DELICIOUS. SO WHAT MORE CAN YOU ASK FOR ? UH, I WAS ABLE TO HELP WITH THE HEALTHY COOKING DEMONSTRATION, AND I FELT LIKE I GOT A BOND WITH THE COMMUNITY AND I, AND I WAS ABLE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT MUCH, UH, MOCHO THE CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND THE HEALTHY COOKING THAT WE MADE. AND I WAS HAPPY TO HELP OTHER PEOPLE COOK WITH, WITH EACH, WITH EACH OTHER. AWESOME. WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL. PARDON ME. WE'RE GONNA, AND WE'RE GONNA SHOWCASE, UM, A LITTLE VIDEO THAT WE USE FOR OUR PROMOTION SO YOU CAN GET A LITTLE SNAPSHOT OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE. HEY EVERYONE, WE ARE THE YOUTH LEADERS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, A PART OF THE CITY'S HEALTHY RC INITIATIVE. AND WE ARE SO EXCITED TO INVITE YOU TO OUR HEALTHY COOKING WORKSHOP DURING THE ANNUAL TEAM SUMMIT ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29TH AT CENTRAL PARK. HERE YOU'LL LEARN TO MAKE FOOD WITH LIMITLESS FLAVOR, EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE A LIMITED AMOUNT OF TIME IN YOUR DAY. [00:20:01] WE WILL TEACH YOU TO MAKE PLANT-BASED CEVICHE AND BERRY SMOOTHIES. ALL RECIPES ARE DELICIOUS AND NUTRITIOUS, AND THEY'RE ALL EASY TO MAKE ACQUIRING NO PRIOR COOKING EXPERTISE. WE WOULD LIKE TO THANK OUR SPONSORS, THE DAIRY COUNCIL FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE, AND WE HOPE TO SEE EACH AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU GUYS AT THE EVENT ON MARCH 29TH. BYE. WE HAVE THIS CERTIFICATE WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO THE DAIRY COUNCIL. UH, THE CITY, RANCHO K*M IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE DAIRY COUNCIL OF CALIFORNIA IN HONOR OF YOUR OUTSTANDING SERVICE FOR PROVIDING SUPPORT IN NUTRITIONAL EDUCATION AT THE 2023 TEEN SUMMIT. AND NOT AS FAR AS OUR TEEN LEADERS. UM, DID YOU BRING ANY OF THAT VEGETARIAN, UH, SUSHI WITH YOU? , THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND HERE IS YOUR CERTIFICATE, MA'AM. AND THEN THANK YOU. THANK YOU. GOOD JOB TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. OH, YOU WANNA SHOW THE CHECK OR ARE THEY GONNA SHOW? CONGRATULATIONS? THANK YOU MAN. GOOD, GOOD COMMENTS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADER. I SAW YOU ON THE VIDEO, SO YOU, YOU WANNA GET A, YOU YOU THE CHECK? CAN YOU HOLD THAT CHECK UP FOR THE, YOU'RE GONNA TAKE. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DESIRING TO SPEAK. UH, WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING, SO YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. OUR FIRST PRESENT PRESENTER IS JANET WALTON, FOLLOWED BY FRANK ATRY. GOOD EVENING. SO GOOD TO BE BACK, BEING GONE FOR A LITTLE. HAD SOME SURGERIES. I WANNA REMIND EVERYONE THAT WE HAVE NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER COMING UP ON MAY 4TH, UH, THURSDAY, FIRST THURSDAY OF THE MONTH. AND THAT WE WILL GATHER, UH, LETTERS HAVE GONE OUT TO ALL OF YOU AND ALSO TO THE COMMUNITY CHURCHES. AND SO WE'LL GATHER AT THE WATER FOUNTAIN FOR AN HOUR OF PRAYER AND THE PRESENTATION OF THE, UM, PROCLAMATION. AND I THANK YOU. AND SADLY, THIS WILL BE MY LAST TIME DOING IT BECAUSE, UM, I WILL BE MOVING . OH NO. SO WE DO HAVE SOMEONE THAT'S GOING TO TAKE PLACE AND SO I'LL BE INTRODUCING HER THAT NIGHT. SO I WILL SORELY MISSES. IT'S BEEN, I THINK MY 15TH YEAR, SO I WILL SORELY MISS DOING THAT, BUT MAYBE IN MY NEW HOME I'LL BE DOING IT IN, IN THAT AREA. WHERE ARE YOU MOVING TO? TENNESSEE. OH, WONDERFUL. MY, MY DAUGHTER HAS MOVED THERE OVER A YEAR AGO. AND SO, UM, I DID MUCH PRAYER ABOUT IT 'CAUSE I WASN'T PLANNING ON GOING, BUT I'M ACTUALLY RETIRING FROM MY JOB OF 36 YEARS ON JUNE 30TH. UH, THAT'S A DEFINITE. AND THEN, UM, I, AS I PRAYED ABOUT IT, I REALLY FELT THE LORD GIVE ME THE GREEN LIGHT TO GO THERE. AND SO WE'LL SEE IF WE DO NATIONAL PRAYER, DAY OF PRAYER IN TENNESSEE. GOOD. SO I'M HERE TO PRAY. SO FATHER, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRIVILEGE, THIS OPPORTUNITY TO ALWAYS LIFT UP, UM, THE LEADERSHIP HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, UM, THAT I I, I DEARLY APPRECIATE AND, AND GREATLY, UM, BRING BEFORE YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS AND YOUR MERCY AND THE WISDOM YOU POUR INTO THEIR HEARTS AND MINDS AND THAT YOU DIRECT THEIR STEPS AND THAT THIS CITY IS A GREAT CITY BECAUSE OF YOUR BLESSING. YES. AND BECAUSE OF THEIR, UH, GUIDANCE AND THEIR CHOICES THAT THEY MAKE TO COME TOGETHER, UM, AS ONE IN UNITY. YES, THERE'S I'M SURE DISAGREEMENTS AND OPINIONS, BUT YET THEY PUT ASIDE THEIR OWN PERSONAL AGENDA AND DO WHAT'S BEST FOR THE CITY AND WHAT HONORS YOU. I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR OUR, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, UH, AND THEIR FAMILIES, OUR TEACHERS, OUR LEADERSHIP HERE IN THIS CITY. BUSINESS PERSONNEL, UM, HOSPITALS, [00:25:01] DOCTORS, NURSES, LORD GODS SO MANY PROFESSIONS, AND EVEN THE STAY AT HOME MOMS THAT ARE JUST WONDERFUL, TAKING CARE OF THEIR LITTLE ONES. I PRAY FOR THIS NATION. I THANK YOU THAT YOU WILL, AS I PRAY ALMOST EVERY TIME IT WOULD BECOME A UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THERE WOULD NOT BE THE DIVISION THAT THERE TENDS TO BE RIGHT NOW. AND THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO MAKE GOD-HONORING DECISIONS, OUR LEADERSHIP WOULD, UH, HONOR YOU AND THE CHOICES THAT THEY MAKE, AND YOU BRING US TOGETHER AS ONE, AND THAT WE CAN BECOME A GREAT NATION AGAIN AND STAND STRONG IN WHAT YOU WOULD HAVE US TO DO AND BE GOOD TO ONE ANOTHER, KIND TO ONE ANOTHER. LORD, GOD, I THANK YOU. YOU GIVE US A FREEDOM OF CHOICE. SO WE WOULD CHOOSE WISELY. I PRAY I THANK YOU FOR THIS UPCOMING NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER THAT'S NOW BECOME WORLDWIDE, NOT JUST FOR UNITED STATES, BUT WORLDWIDE, AND THAT THERE WILL BE, UH, MANY MORE OPPORTUNITIES, UM, IN CHURCHES AND OCCASIONS ON THAT DAY, BUT EVERY DAY THAT TO SEEK YOUR FACE AND TO PRAY FOR OUR NATION AND PRAY FOR OUR LEADERSHIP. I THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THIS AND THIS PRIVILEGE, A GREAT PRIVILEGE THAT YOU'VE BLESSED ME WITH IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME. AMEN. AMEN. JANET WALKER WILL CERTAINLY MISS YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR ALL THE POSITIVITY YOU'VE BROUGHT TO, TO THE PODIUM FOR ALL THESE YEARS. THANK YOU SO MUCH PRIVILEGE. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS FRANK ATRY. I GUESS HE LEFT. OH, THERE HE IS. I DON'T PARTICIPATE IN PRAYERS. SORRY. THERE IS NO GOD, NO EVIDENCE EVER OF SUCH A BEING EXISTING. NONE. ZERO. YOU FIND, AND HE LET ME KNOW, UH, I THINK YOU HAVE MY EMAIL ADDRESS. OH LOOK, THE DISRUPTIVE FLYING MONKEY IN A BUSINESS SUIT, NICHOLAS GORE IS BACK. ISN'T THAT SPECIAL? AT THE LAST MEETING I WAS TALKING ABOUT, THE SCOURGE, THE CANCER, THE SCUM THAT'S REPUBLICANISM AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY OF TODAY. I FORGOT WHEN I WAS TALKING ABOUT THE MAIN IDENTIFYING FACTORS OF A REPUBLICAN, TYPICAL REPUBLICAN. I, I FORGOT TO MENTION, I MIGHT'VE INADVERTENTLY FORGOTTEN TO MENTION THE MOST IMPORTANT INGREDIENT BEING WHITE. THE RACE. I THINK I GOT THE OTHER ONES IN OLD FAT, BALD, OR BALDING MALE. WHAT'S YOUR TYPICAL REPUBLICAN TODAY? SPEAKING OF REPUBLICANS, PAUL GOSAR, THIS DISGUSTING, DESPICABLE RACIST REPUBLICAN, WHITE REPUBLICAN OF ARIZONA FROM ARIZONA SITTING MEMBER OF CONGRESS IS TWEETING A PHRASE HE RECEIVED FROM A KNOWN NEO-NAZI WEBSITE CALLING HIM A MAN OF VALOR. THE SAME WEBSITE ONCE CALLED HITLER A GREAT MAN AND YOU REPUBLICANS, YOU SHAMELESS REPUBLICANS. I'M TALKING TO YOU, RYAN HUTCHINSON TO YOU, LLOYD DENNIS MICHAEL. AND TO YOU THIS NEW MEMBER ASHLEY STICKLER, WHO WANTS FRANCIS CUCUMONGA TO BE SAFE. LOOK, IT WAS WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE. I THINK IT'S A DOG WHISTLE TO YEAH, WE DON'T WANT ANY BLACK AND BROWN PEOPLE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD. YEAH, YOU GUYS, YOU COME IN HERE, YOU WEAR YOUR FALSE CHRISTIANITY, WHICH IS A RACIST WHITE SUPREMACIST, NATIONALIST CHRISTIANITY ON YOUR SLEEVES. LIKE YOU HAVE THE AUDACITY TO ACT AS IF THAT SOMEHOW HELP IS STOWED UPON YOU. COCKROACHES, SUPERIOR MORAL SUPERIORITY OVER THE REST OF US. WHAT A, WHAT A LAUGH. THAT'S THE PARTY THAT YOU ARE MEMBERS OF AND THAT YOU SUPPORT. HAVE YOU NO SHAME. NOW IS THIS BABBLING IDIOT, NICHOLAS GARELLI, WHOM YOU'VE HIRED AS CITY ATTORNEY, I'M SORRY I CAN'T EVEN CALL THIS GUY AN ATTORNEY. HE'S AN EMBARRASSMENT TO THE LEGAL PROFESSION AND THAT YOU WHOM YOU HAVE ON CITY PAYROLLS, WHAT A COLOSSAL WASTE OF CITY FUNDS. NOW, [00:30:01] IS HE GONNA SAY, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT PAUL GOSAR BECAUSE THAT'S ARIZONA AND WE'RE IN RANCHO COOKS AMONG US. I BET YOU THERE'S A PAUL GOSAR RIGHT HERE IN THIS ROOM. YES. THAT RON DESANTIS, THAT OTHER RACIST DESPICABLE REPUBLICAN SCUMBAG, RELIGIOUS RIGHT REPUBLICAN SCUMBAG WHO BASICALLY WANTS TO BAN ABORTION ALL ACROSS THE COUNTRY. HE'S RUNNING FOR, UH, PRESIDENT, ISN'T HE? IS THIS GUY NICK GORE GONNA SAY, GONNA OPINE THAT? I CAN'T TALK ABOUT RON DESANTIS. HE'S RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, ISN'T HE? SO SURELY I CAN TALK ABOUT HIM. SO BIG BOY NICHOLAS GARELLI, WHY DON'T YOU PUT YOUR MONEY WHERE YOUR MOUTH IS? YOU SAY, I CAN'T TALK ABOUT THESE THINGS I JUST DID AT THIS POINT. YOU HAVE TWO OPTIONS. EITHER CUT OFF MY MICROPHONE OR HAVE YOUR THUGS IN UNIFORM FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT ESCORT ME OUT. YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT. SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST ZIP YOUR STUPID WORTHLESS PIE HOLE. THAT'S MY SUGGESTION TO YOU. NOW GO WATCH YOUR FOX NOISE. YOU SHOULD GOT UNDER THAT POOR FELLA'S SKIN. OKAY, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDARS. FOLLOWING CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE EXPECTED TO RE BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION. MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REMOVE ANY ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD THEY SO DESIRE. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS EVENING'S CONSENT CALENDAR, MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SO CALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER. VERY GOOD. ABSTENTION IS NOTED. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT WITH BOARD MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE. THERE ARE NO CONSENT ORDINANCES. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. NO CONSENT ORDINANCES NOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON ITEM G, WHICH IS ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS. I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. JOHN GILLISON. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO AS THE COUNCIL IS AWARE, UH, THE CITY RUNS ITS OWN, UH, SMALL ELECTRIC UTILITY, RCMU. FRED LYNN, UH, IS OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING WHO'S IN CHARGE OF THAT UTILITY. AND WE COME TO YOU PERIODICALLY WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE, UH, CHANGES IN THE RATES, UM, ACCORDINGLY. SO, UH, FRED'S HERE AND HE'S GONNA WALK YOU THROUGH A STAFF REPORT. UM, WE'RE, WE ARE LIKE MANY UTILITIES ATTEMPTING TO DEAL WITH WHAT USED TO BE A VERY, UM, STABLE MARKET FOR A CERTAIN COMMODITY AND NOW HAS BECOME, UM, SOMEWHAT UNPREDICTABLE. AND SO I THINK FRED AND HIS TEAM CAME UP WITH A GOOD WAY AND A FAIR WAY TO ADDRESS IT. AND I'LL LET HIM EXPLAIN IT FURTHER. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU MR. GILSON. AND GOOD EVENING MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO FOR THE LAST, UM, 19 YEARS, OUR CMU HAS REALLY TAKEN PRIDE IN PROVIDING RELIABLE AND AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC RATES, UH, TO OUR CUSTOMERS. UH, OUR CUSTOMER BASE HAS INCREASED NOW TO OVER 2,800. AND AS A CITY-OWNED PUBLIC UTILITY, WE UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE NOT-FOR-PROFIT UTILITY. UH, RATES ARE BASED ON COST OF SERVICE AND YOU GUYS, AS THE CITY COUNCIL, ACT AS THE, UH, RATE MAKING BODY FOR US. WE ALSO UNDERSTAND RCMU IS, UM, A CITY ENTERPRISE AND ALSO OUR RATES ACT AS A ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TOOL. SO THE LAST RATE INCREASE THAT WE CAME BEFORE YOU WAS IN JULY 1ST, 2022. AND WE HAD, WE HAD REQUESTED A 3% RATE INCREASE AND THIS WAS BASED ON A 2021 ANALYSIS. UM, SINCE THEN, THE WHOLESALE POWER COSTS HAVE INCREASED, UH, DRAMATICALLY. UH, AS NOTED ON THE SLIDE, UM, OUR FIXED RATE CONTRACT COSTS HAVE INCREASED 45% FROM 2021 TO OUR TWO YEAR 2022 AND 2023 CONTRACTS. UH, THE ISO WHOLESALE ENERGY COSTS HAVE ALSO INCREASED, UH, OVER ALMOST $2 MILLION OVER THE BUDGETED FORECAST. UH, FOR OUR, UH, POWER COSTS AND THE MARKET PRICE, UH, FLUCTUATION FLUCTUATIONS HAVE NOT IMPROVED. THE CHART I'M SHOWING YOU HERE IS, UM, BASED ON [00:35:01] NATURAL GAS PRICES AND NATURAL GAS PRICES ARE INDICATOR OF HIGHER, UH, ELECTRICITY PRICES. UM, I JUST SORT OF WANTED TO NOTE THE, UH, SOCAL CITY GATE AND JUST TO LOOK AT THE SPIKE THAT OCCURRED DURING, UM, Q3 AND Q3 2022 AND THE BEGINNING OF, UH, Q1 2023 AS STATED, THE NATURAL GAS PRICE INCREASE DRIVES UP WHOLESALE ELECTRICITY COSTS. AND IF YOU LOOK AT WHERE WE HAD MADE THE REQUEST ABOUT JUST A YEAR AGO, WE WERE AVERAGING ABOUT THE DAY AHEAD PRICE AT $65 PER MEGAWATT HOUR. UH, YOU CAN SEE AT DECEMBER'S DAY AHEAD PRICE, UH, IT WAS AT $250 PER MEGAWATT HOUR. SO THAT'S ALL COST THAT WE HAVE TO ABSORB, UH, AS A UTILITY, AND WE'VE HAD TO DO THAT WITHOUT, UH, REQUESTING A INCREASE YET. SO WE'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE WE COULD NO LONGER ABSORB THESE SPIKES IN CO IN COSTS FOR US. UM, AS STATED, THESE COSTS ARE ALMOST $1.8 MILLION AND OVER. SO THE, THE QUESTION THEN BECOMES, UH, HOW CAN WE BETTER MANAGE SOME OF THESE, UH, PERIODIC SPIKES AND WHOLESALE POWER VOLATILITY? AND THE ANSWER IS, UH, WHAT IS CALLED A POWER COST ADJUSTMENT FACTOR, OR PC AF FOR SHORT. SO THE PC AF IS SOMETHING THAT MANY UTILITIES HAVE AS A, UM, AS A METHODOLOGY IN THEIR RATE, UH, MAKING. AND WE AS A UTILITY ALSO HAVE THAT UNDER SECTION 3.4, 6.130 SUBSECTION E AND I'M JUST GONNA READ IT SO THAT YOU GUYS CAN, CAN TAKE A LOOK BECAUSE IT'S REALLY, UM, THIS METHODOLOGY THAT WOULD HELP US, UM, WITH, WITH OUR SCENARIO RIGHT NOW. SO THE PC AF ADJUSTS THE UTILITIES ELECTRIC RATES FOR THE ACTUAL COST OF PURCHASING AND GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER AND ENERGY TO SERVICE THE UTILITIES CUSTOMER, UH, TO MINIMIZE FLUCTUATION IN RATES AND TO RECOVER COSTS OF PURCHASING AND DELIVERING POWER AND ENERGY FROM ALL SUPPLIERS. SO EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A P CALF IN OUR MUNICIPAL CODE, THERE WAS NO FORMULA ON HOW TO, HOW TO UTILIZE THAT AS AN EQUITABLE AND FAIR PASS THROUGH FOR ALL THE RATE PAYERS. SO WE HIRED OUR RATE MAKING CONSULTANT, UM, THAT WE'VE UTILIZED BEFORE TO COME UP WITH A FORMULA, UH, THAT WOULD WORK FOR OUR SCENARIO HERE. I'M GONNA GO THROUGH MY NOTES SO I CAN MAKE SURE I HAVE MY ALGEBRA RIGHT HERE. . SO THE UH, FORMULA HERE WOULD TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ALL OF OUR POWER SUPPLY COSTS, AND THAT INCLUDES OUR ISO MONTHLY SETTLEMENT WHOLESALE BILLS, UH, OUR FIRM CONTRACTS, OUR RENEWABLE CONTRACTS, AND OTHER, UH, RESOURCE ADEQUACY CONTRACTS. UM, THAT COST WOULD THEN BE DIVIDED UP BY THE ACTUAL KILOWATT HOURS USED DURING THAT MONTH. SO THAT WOULD BE THE S UH, WE WOULD ADD BACK THE SYSTEM LOSSES THAT WOULD OCCUR AND THAT WOULD COME UP WITH WHAT WE CALL A TRUE COST OF POWER IN DOLLARS PER KILOWATT HOUR. WE WOULD THEN MINUS, AND THAT WOULD BE THE B WHERE WE WOULD HAVE ALREADY A BASE RETAIL RATE THAT WE'RE COLLECTING THROUGH OUR ENERGY CHARGE. CURRENTLY RIGHT NOW, THAT'S AT 8 CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR. AND WITH THAT, THAT WOULD BECOME THE, THE, THE ACTUAL P CALF. SO THE KEY, THE P CALF WOULD ACTUALLY BE A, UH, CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR LINE ITEM IN, UM, CUSTOMER, UH, THE CUSTOMER'S BILL. SO I'M GONNA TRY TO EXPLAIN IT ANOTHER WAY. UM, IN CASE THAT ALGEBRAIC FORMULA WAS A LITTLE CONFUSING. UM, THE, THE COST TO GENERATE OR BUY ELECTRICITY FLUCTUATES WITH A LOT OF FACTORS AND WHOLESALE POWER, FUEL TRANSMISSION, WEATHER OUTAGES AND DEMAND. SO WHEN THOSE FLUCTUATIONS CHANGE, AND THOSE ARE THEN GOING TO NUMBER TWO ABOVE AND BEYOND THE BASE RATE THAT WE COLLECT, THEN THAT FLUCTUATIONS BECOMES A, UM, A INCREASE IN THE CUSTOMER'S BILL. THE P CAF COULD ALSO BE A NEGATIVE IN THE CASE WHERE IF THE MARKET BECOMES FAVORABLE ON OUR END AND THAT FLUCTUATION IS POSITIVE [00:40:02] AND THE, AND THE RATE IS ACTUALLY LOWER THAN OUR BASE RATE, THEN THE CUSTOMER WOULD GET A CREDIT ON THEIR BILL. SO IT FLUCTUATES ON BOTH ENDS. SO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE PC AF WOULD BE A STRAIGHT PASS THROUGH OF COST TO ALL CUSTOMERS. UH, IT FAIRLY ADJUSTS AND COVERS ALL ADDITIONAL WHOLESALE POWER COSTS AND NO PROFIT IS COLLECTED ON OUR END, UH, AND WE ONLY RECOVER WHAT IS NECESSARY. UH, ALL CUSTOMER CLASSES WILL BE, UH, EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE, UH, WITH THE PC AF. UM, NEAR TERM P CAF FORECAST RIGHT NOW IS ABOUT FIVE TO FIVE AND A HALF CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR. SO THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 20 TO 30% INCREASE, UH, ON CUSTOMER BILLS. UH, NO OTHER CHANGES OR CHARGES ARE BEING INCREASED AT THIS TIME. UM, THE, IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN RATE STABILITY FOR US AS WELL, THE, THE RP AF WILL WILL BE REVIEWED AND REVISED MONTHLY, UH, SO THAT IT WOULD ACTUALLY REFLECT, UH, ACTUAL COSTS AND CHANGES. SO THAT'S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD BE ADDED ON OUR END TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE TRACK, UH, APPROPRIATELY THE ACTUAL COSTS. AND THEN WE'RE ALSO GONNA CAP IT AS SYN NOT TO EXCEED THE BASE RETAIL RATE, UM, FOR OUR CUSTOMERS. UM, UNFORTUNATELY WITHOUT THE ADDITION OF THE PC AF, UH, RCMU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO GENERATE THE NECESSARY REVENUES TO OPERATE AND, AND MAINTAIN THE UTILITY, UH, CONTINUE TO MAKE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS AND CONTINUE INCREASING OUR RENEWABLE, UH, ENERGY PROCUREMENT. UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I HIGHLIGHT THIS TABLE AS WELL, UM, THAT EVEN WITH THE ADDITION OF THE PC AF AND OUR REGULAR RATES, UM, OUR RATES ARE STILL LOWER THAN THE INVESTOR OWNED UTILITY THAT SERVICES, UH, THE CITY HERE. UM, MORE ON THE, UH, RESIDENTIAL CLASS AND THE COMMERCIAL AND INDUSTRIAL CLASS, WE'RE STILL A LITTLE BIT LOWER, BUT DEFINITELY NOT AS, UM, LARGE AS WE WERE BEFORE. SO STAFF IS RECOMMENDING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTION, AMENDING OUR CMU ELECTRIC RATES, AND INTRODUCING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE PC AF, UH, IF APPROVED, THE PC AF WOULD, UM, BECOME PART OF THE, UH, RATE TARIFF SHEET AND WOULD BEGIN ON MAY 1ST, UH, 2023 ON CUSTOMERS JUNE, 2023 BILLS. AND IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT CARES TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM ON THE AGENDA? OKAY, SEEING NONE, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING WHEN WE BRING 'EM BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU MAY HAVE WITH OUR DIRECTOR OF OUR RCMU. MR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO, TIM, THANK YOU FRED, FOR THIS GREAT REPORT. THESE INCREASES ARE STAGGERING AND WE'VE ALL BEEN FACED WITH THE INCREASES IN OUR UTILITY BILL, SO I APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU TOOK TO GET THIS METHODOLOGY THAT IS EQUITABLE AND MERELY A PASS THROUGH, WHICH STILL KEEPS THE RATES FOR RESIDENTIAL 35% LOWER THAN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON. AND MOST OF ALL, FRED, I WANNA THANK YOU FOR SHOWING US THAT ALGEBRA IS SO IMPORTANT AND THAT THAT CLASS YOU TOOK STUDENTS OUT THERE, YOU WILL USE THAT. SO THANK YOU, FRED. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE BEST PART OF YOUR ENTIRE REPORT. THANK YOU. GOOD COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, JUST A QUICK QUESTION. I I MAY HAVE MISSED IT, BUT SHOULD THIS GET APPROVED, UM, AND IT SAYS RATES START IN MAY 1ST, WILL THERE BE OUTREACH, UM, TO THE CUSTOMERS, LETTING 'EM TO KNOW ABOUT THIS, UM, IN THEIR BILL OR ANYTHING? AND WILL THEY HAVE AN EXPLANATION SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU JUST SHOWED US TODAY? MAYBE WITHOUT THE ALGEBRA, I DON'T KNOW, BUT UM, I DO LIKE THE SLIDES MAKING IT SIMPLE, BUT WILL CUSTOMERS BE GIVEN THAT SAME SORT OF, UM, INFORMATION AS WELL? YEAH, SO THEY, THEY'VE ALREADY GOT THE FIRST, UH, OUR SORT OF OUTREACH MATERIAL ON, ON WHAT A PC AF IS AND, UH, WE'LL KEEP SENDING IT, UH, FOR THE NEXT TWO MONTHS UNTIL THE MAY 1ST BILL. AND THEN, UH, WE ALSO, WE ALSO HAVE A, UH, FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTION, UH, PAGE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL THAT THEY CAN GO TO. I'M, I'M JUST CURIOUS ABOUT, UM, THERE'S SOME UTILITIES THAT DO, YOU CAN LEVEL THE, THE, YOUR COST OUT OVER THE YEAR. I, I FORGET WHAT THE TERM IS, BUT, UM, THAT WE CAN'T DO THAT WITH THIS KIND OF A PROGRAM THEN, CORRECT? [00:45:01] YEAH. SO THE LEVEL, IT'S LIKE A LEVEL PAY PLAN, RIGHT? AND, AND CUSTOMERS CAN CHOOSE TO DO THAT IF THEY WANT TO. OKAY. ALRIGHT. UM, IT, IT'S, IT'S JUST MORE ON FOR BUDGET PLANNING PURPOSES AND, AND WE WE'RE OPEN TO THAT IF, IF ANY CUSTOMER WANTS TO DO THAT. SO IF IT, IF WE'RE, IF ENERGY, UH, OR, OR THE, THE FACTORS THAT YOU PUT UP THERE, UM, GO DOWN, THEN YOU'D GET A CREDIT ON THE BILL RATHER THAN, OR YOUR NEXT BILL WOULD BE LESS OR YOU'D JUST GET A CREDIT ON THE NEXT BILL. YEAH, SO I, YEAH, SO, AND YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY WE CAN'T, YOU KNOW, PREDICT WHAT THAT, THAT FORECAST WOULD BE FOR THE, FOR THAT WHOLESALE MARKET, BUT THAT THAT'S CORRECT. AND IN THEORY, IF IF THE WHOLESALE MARKET, UH, DOES GO DOWN, UM, THEN YEAH, THE CUSTOMERS WOULD GET A A A CREDIT. OKAY. AND I WANNA THANK YOU FOR THE OTHER SLIDE AFTER THAT CONFUSING EQUATION BECAUSE I UNDERSTOOD THE SECOND SLIDE, BUT NOT THE EQUATION ONE, JUST BEING FACETIOUS HERE. UM, OKAY. IS THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS? ALRIGHT, THEN WE WILL CONSIDER TO TAKE AN ACTION TO APPROVE THIS. UM, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2023 DASH 0 3 8 AND INTRODUCE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 8 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READINGS. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? SO MOVED. I SECOND. SECOND. OKAY. MOTION'S BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. AND, UH, WE'LL TURN THAT OVER TO MADAM CLERK, THE ORDINANCE, 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. VERY GOOD. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS ITEM G TWO PUBLIC HEARING FOR APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT 2023. 2024 ACTION PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS CDBG PROGRAM. MR. GILLISON? YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THIS ITEM G TWO COMES BEFORE YOU EACH YEAR. AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY RECEIVES A DIRECT ALLOCATION OF CDBG. WE DON'T GET IT THROUGH THE COUNTY, WE GET IT, UM, DIRECT AND, UH, AS A RESULT, WE ADMINISTER A PROGRAM, UH, EACH YEAR AND WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF H THE HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL FOR ALL THE REPORTING ON THE CDBG FUNDS. ONE OF THOSE REQUIREMENTS IS THAT EACH YEAR WE HAVE TO APPROVE AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN LISTING, UM, OUR SUBRECIPIENTS AND HOW MUCH, UH, IS INTENDED TO BE SPENT OUT OF OUR TOTAL TOWARDS EACH OF THOSE CATEGORIES AND EACH OF THOSE ENTITIES. SO WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO HOLD THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM AND I'LL INTRODUCE FLAVIO NUNEZ, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST TOO, WHO WILL GIVE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM. FLAVIO. THANK YOU MR. GILLISON, AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. AS MR. GILSON MENTIONED, I'M HERE TO PRESENT THE DRAFT 2324 ACTION PLAN THAT WAS PREPARED TO MEET THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENTS REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ALLOCATION OF CDBG FUNDS. UM, THE TOPICS THAT I WILL BE COVERING TONIGHT WILL BE A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE GRANT PROGRAM, THE DESCRIPTION, A DESCRIPTION OF THE RESOURCES AND FUNDS THAT WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE TO US IN THE UPCOMING YEAR, AN OVERVIEW OF THE DRAFT ACTION PLAN, AND FINALLY, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS. SO I WILL BEGIN WITH A BRIEF BACKGROUND ON THE PROGRAM. THE CDBG FUNDS ARE PROVIDED TO THE CITY AS A GRANT FROM THE US DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. THE GRANTS PROVIDE A WIDE RANGE OF ACTIVITIES TO MEET HOUSING, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES THAT PRIMARILY BENEFIT PEOPLE OF LOW AND MODERATE INCOME, WHOSE INCOMES ARE LESS THAN 80% OF THE COUNTY MEDIAN INCOME AND ADJUSTED BY HOUSEHOLD SIZE. AS A POINT OF REFERENCE, THE MEDIAN, UH, HOUSEHOLD OF FOUR, THE MEDIAN INCOME THAT IS EARNING LESS THAN 80% OF THE COUNTY MEDIAN INCOME IS AROUND $70,400. JUST SO YOU CAN HAVE A POINT OF REFERENCE CONTINUING WITH THE BACKGROUND. UM, AS MR. GILSON MENTIONED, WE DO THIS ANNUAL ACTION PLANNING EACH YEAR THAT WE, THAT WE APPROVE IN, IN TERMS OF RECEIVING THE FUNDS. BUT BEFORE THAT, ONE OF THE FIRST STEPS IN RECEIVING AN ALLOCATION IS COMPLETING A FIVE-YEAR CYCLE. AND THAT FIVE-YEAR CYCLE PLAN IS CALLED THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN. THAT THAT CONSOLIDATED PLAN OUTLINES FOUR MAJOR GOALS THAT WOULD BE TARGETED WITH THESE FUNDS. UH, THOSE GOALS ARE PROVIDING FAIR HOUSING SERVICES, PROVIDING PUBLIC SERVICES IN THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS PRESERVING AFFORDABLE [00:50:01] HOUSING AND IMPROVING PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE CITY TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS. AS, AS WE NOTED EARLIER, WE MUST PREPARE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN EACH YEAR AND THEN SUBMIT IT TO HUD. ALL ACTIVITIES INCLUDED IN THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN MUST MEET ONE OF THE LOCALLY ADOPTED CONSOLIDATED PLAN GOALS. THIS PLANNING DOCUMENT OUTLINES THE CDBG PROGRAMS AND SERVICES RECOMMENDED BY STAFF TO BE FUNDED. SO NOW LET'S WALK THROUGH SOME OF THE GRANT FUNDING HERE BASED ON HUD'S FORMULA ACCOUNTING FOR POPULATION HOUSING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FACTORS, HUD DETERMINES GRANT ALLOCATIONS FOR EACH RECIPIENT. AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, HUD PUBLISHED ITS ALLOCATION AND ACCORDINGLY, THE CITY WILL RECEIVE $1,034,584. THIS IS APPROXIMATELY 30,000 LESS THAN WE RECEIVED LAST YEAR. AND HISTORICALLY OUR ALLOCATION FLUCTUATES ANYWHERE BETWEEN THREE TO 5% AND EITHER DECREASE OR OR INCREASE BY BY THAT PERCENTAGE. THE CDBG GRANT NUMBER THAT YOU SEE UP ON THE SCREEN IS THE ALLOCATION GRANT PLUS 59,000 OF UNPROGRAMMED FUNDS FOR A TOTAL CDBG BUDGET OF $1,093,593. THE GRAPHIC ON THE SCREEN ALSO ILLUSTRATES HOW THE FUNDS WILL BE ALLOCATED IN EACH OF THE GOALS OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN. LET'S TALK ABOUT THE ACTION PLAN. NOW. THE CDBG FUNDS ARE BROKEN INTO THREE MAJOR SPENDING CATEGORIES, ADMINISTRATION, PUBLIC SERVICE, AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. THE PREVIOUS GOALS IDENTIFIED FIT IN EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES. PER HUD REGULATIONS, THERE'S A CAP ON THE AMOUNT THAT COULD BE SPENT ON ADMINISTRATION AS WELL AS PUBLIC SERVICE ADMINISTRATION IS CAPPED AT 20% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET. PUBLIC SERVICES ARE CAPPED AT 15% OF THE TOTAL BUDGET AND THE BALANCE OF THE FUNDS ARE GOING TOWARDS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS. TO ADDRESS THE GOALS OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN, THE CITY ISSUED A NOTICE OF FUNDING AVAILABILITY TO PUBLIC AGENCIES AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS NOTIFYING THEM OF THE AVAIL AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS DURING THE PROGRAM. YEAR 2324, THE NOFA ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE VIA WRITTEN PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE INLAND DAILY BULLETIN VIA DIRECT EMAILS TO OUR NONPROFIT PARTNERS AS WELL AS ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE. IN TOTAL, WE RECEIVED 18 APPLICATIONS BY THE DEADLINE OF FEBRUARY 1ST, 2023. ALL THOSE APPLICATIONS WERE READ EVALUATED BASED ON ELIGIBILITY AND THE NEED ORGANIZATIONAL CAPACITY AND THE FUNDING REQUESTED. CITY STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS ARE ON THIS NEXT SLIDE. ACTIVITIES SHOWN ON THE SCREEN ARE RECOMMENDED FOR CDBG FUNDING DURING THE 2324 PROGRAM YEAR. I'LL NOT, I WILL NOT GO THROUGH EACH ONE OF 'EM, BUT THESE, THESE PROGRAMS ALL SUPPORT THE VARIOUS, UH, GOALS OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND THEY ADDRESS ISSUES WITH FOOD INSECURITY, HOMELESS ISSUES, UH, PRESERVING AFFORDABLE HOUSING, AS WELL AS IMPROVING INFRASTRUCTURE IN OUR COMMUNITY. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE COMMUNITY INPUT, APPROVE THE ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, THEN SUBMIT THE ACTION PLAN TO HUD FOR APPROVAL AND AUTHORIZE THE APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE 2324 CDBG PROGRAM YEAR. THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU, YOU MIGHT HAVE BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. THE, THE DEADLINE OF MAY 12TH, CORRECT? WE HAVE TO HAVE IT IN TWO HUD BY MAY 12TH. YES. OKAY, WE'LL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER. IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE OF CARE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ASK ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM STAFF, OR I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND APPROVE THE 23 20 23 20 24 ACTION PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK PROGRAM. GO AHEAD, . NO, I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU FOR PUTTING TOGETHER THIS REPORT. I KNOW WE HAD A SLIGHT REDUCTION IN FUNDS THIS YEAR, BUT I'M VERY THANKFUL THAT WE STILL ARE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TO THOSE WORTHY CAUSES AS WELL AS SOME OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND BLIGHT THAT MAY, UM, RESULT IF WE DIDN'T HAVE SOME OF THOSE FUNDS. SO, THANK YOU. MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. MOTION BEEN MADE AND SECONDED, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY. ANOTHER YEAR GONE BY FLAVIO. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. UM, [00:55:01] ALRIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE FIRST QUARTER 2023. MR. ELLISON? YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, UM, UH, PARTICULARLY SINCE THE IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR NEW GENERAL PLAN, WE TRY TO GET THE TEAM IN FRONT OF YOU, UH, AND THE COUNCIL AND THE PUBLIC AT LEAST ONCE A QUARTER AND, UH, HIGHLIGHT, UH, SOME OF THE, UM, MORE SIGNIFICANT, IF YOU WILL, UM, DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY AND WHAT THE STATUS OF THOSE PROJECTS ARE. THIS REALLY HELPS US, UM, MAINTAIN TRANSPARENCY WITH THE PUBLIC, UM, AND, UH, PROVIDE CLEAR AND ACCURATE INFORMATION TO EVERYBODY ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING AND WHERE THINGS ARE IN THE PROCESS. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE MATT BURRIS, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER FOR, UH, COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, AND MATT MARQUEZ, OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TO GIVE YOU THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM. THANK YOU MR. GILSON. AS, AS JOHN SAID, THIS IS OUR FIRST UPDATE FOR 2023 AND REALLY OUR GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO, TO KEEP THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOOP AS TO WHAT'S HAPPENING IN RANCH MUNGO WITH REGARD TO NEW DEVELOPMENT. A BIG PART OF THIS CAME OUT, UM, THIS INITIATIVE CAME FROM OUR GENERAL PLAN AND, UH, ALL THE SUCCESS WE HAD IN COMMUNICATING WITH MEMBERS OF, OF THE, OF OUR COMMUNITY. UM, AND WE WANNA DO OUR BEST TO MAINTAIN THIS, UH, MOMENTUM AS WE GO. SO WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU A QUICK RUN THROUGH OF ACTIVITY FROM OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY AND PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS HERE FROM THE FIRST QUARTER. SO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE HERE ON THIS SLIDE, OUR BUILDING DEPARTMENT HAS BEEN VERY BUSY. WE HAVE SEEN A WIDE RANGE OF BUILDING PERMITS APPLIED FOR HERE, UH, OVER THE LAST QUARTER, RANGING FROM SMALL IMPROVEMENTS TO EXISTING PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURES TO COMPLETELY NEW DEVELOPMENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN THROUGH THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS. AS YOU, AS YOU MAY KNOW, FIRST STEP AFTER GETTING YOUR PLANNING APPROVALS IS GOING IN FOR BUILDING PERMIT, AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE. OVER 1300 BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED, UM, AND, AND, AND WE'RE SEEING THE FRUITS OF, OF, UH, INVESTMENT AND IN A DESIRABLE COMMUNITY PLAY OUT HERE, UM, IN, IN, IN REAL TIME WITH OUR BUSY PLANNING, UH, BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT. GIVE YOU A, A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE TYPES OF THINGS WE'RE SEEING HERE ACROSS THE CITY. UH, WE'RE SEEING NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE'RE SEEING NEW HOSPITALITY UNDER CONSTRUCTION, INCLUDES RETAIL, NEW RETAIL SPACE, AND WE'RE CONS. WE'RE SEEING NEW INDUSTRIAL SPACES OF, OF A, A GOOD VARIETY OF SIZES. BLESS YOU. THANK YOU. UH, AND WE'RE SEEING THIS NEW INVESTMENT, UH, AND, AND DEVELOPMENT ACROSS THE CITY, UM, WITH THEM AND HAND IT OVER TO MATT AND HE'S GONNA TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE, UH, ON THE PLANNING SIDE. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND, AND COUNCIL. A FEW THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING. UH, YOU KNOW A LOT ABOUT, UH, THESE BUSINESSES ALREADY THAT ARE ALREADY, UH, IN TOWN, BUT OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY STAFF MEMBERS BEFORE ANY BUSINESS OPENS UP AND BEGINS, OPERATIONS CERTAINLY HAVE TO INSPECT AND MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THESE LOCATIONS ARE, UH, ARE OKAY TO BE OCCUPIED AND, AND OKAY TO DO BUSINESS IN THEM. SO, UH, A FEW OF THESE AGAIN THAT, THAT OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY TEAM HAS PROVIDED OCCUPANCY FOR INCLUDE SHAKE SHACK. AGAIN, WE ALL KNOW AND LOVE SHAKE SHACK, UH, KOVAS AS WELL. UH, IN VICTORIA GARDENS, WE ALREADY HAVE ONE STAFF MEMBER WHO'S CONTRIBUTING TO, UH, OUR SALES TAX, UH, GENERATION FROM KOVAS. I THINK SHE'S PURCHASED A COUPLE BOOTS, UH, PAIRS OF BOOTS THERE ALREADY. UM, GOLD'S GYM HAS REALLY PROVIDED A, A DIFFERENT DYNAMIC, UH, TO VICTORIA GARDENS. UH, YOU GO THROUGH VICTORIA GARDENS AT ANY HOUR OF THE DAY AND YOU COULD SEE FOLKS WALKING FROM THE PARKING STRUCTURE TO GOLD'S GYM AND VICE VERSA. SO IT'S, IT'S REALLY BROUGHT A, A A DIFFERENT, AGAIN, DYNAMIC THERE. UH, SWEET GREEN AS WELL. VICTORIA GARDENS, UH, THE COOKIE COMPANY. UM, SOMETHING THAT I NEED TO STAY AWAY FROM PERSONALLY. AND THEN, UH, ADVANCE AUTO PARTS. SO JUST WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW OF THESE BUSINESSES FOR YOU. UM, ALSO WITH SPECIFICALLY, UH, TO VICTORIA GARDENS, WE, WE REALLY WANT TO TRACK THESE BUSINESSES AND OTHERS TOO, UH, TO SEE HOW WELL THEY'RE DOING, UM, MOVING FORWARD. WE KNOW VICTORIA GARDENS IS THE SECOND MOST VISITED LIFESTYLE CENTER, UH, IN THE NATION. SO WE ANTICIPATE THAT THESE BUSINESSES THERE, UH, WILL DO VERY WELL AND HOPEFULLY THAT CARRIES OVER INTO OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY. SOME ADDITIONAL IMAGERY OF SOME OF THE BUILDING ACTIVITY THAT'S TAKING PLACE THROUGHOUT THE CITY. FIRST IMAGE THERE IS OF THE HOMECOMING AT THE RESORT, AN ADDITIONAL 400 PLUS UNITS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION. UM, DIFFERENT, THE UNITS ARE AT DIFFERENT LEVELS OF CONSTRUCTION. I DROVE THROUGH THERE TODAY AND, AND SOME ARE FURTHER ADVANCED THAN OTHERS, UH, BUT A LOT OF ACTIVITY GOING ON THERE. ADDITIONALLY, THE CORE LOCATED AT FOOTHILL AND EAST, UH, YOU DRIVE THROUGH THERE, YOU CAN SEE THAT SOME OF THOSE UNITS ALREADY HAVE THE SIDING PLACED ON [01:00:01] THEM, SOME A BIT FURTHER THAN OTHERS. AND THEN LASTLY, ALTA COVE, UH, 465 PARKING SPACES TO GO ALONG WITH THE 260 UNITS. UM, I BELIEVE IT'S 265 OF THOSE PARKING SPACES WILL BE UNDERGROUND SUBTERRANEAN. AND THIS IMAGE THERE ON THE LOWER RIGHT IS OF THAT SUBTERRANEAN AREA BEING, UH, CURRENTLY CONSTRUCTED. LASTLY, SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THE PLANNING DIVISION AND THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE THUS FAR, UM, IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2021. UM, NOT A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT PROJECT APPROVAL AT THIS POINT OR APPROVALS AT THIS POINT, BUT I WILL SAY THAT THERE ARE 20 PLUS, ROUGHLY 25, UH, MAJOR PROJECTS CURRENTLY IN THE PIPELINE THAT STAFF IS WORKING ON. JUST NOT AT THE POINT OF BEING READY TO COME BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSIONER, CITY COUNCIL. UM, BUT THINGS THAT WE HAVE DONE THUS FAR INCLUDE, UM, BRINGING A DEVELOPMENT CODE UPDATE OR AMENDMENT TO THE COUNCIL RECENTLY, UH, APPROVING TWO TENTATIVE PARCEL MAPS FOR THE CREATION OF FOUR NEW PARCELS FOR SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THEN A TENTATIVE TRACK MAP FOR 16 NEW PARCELS AT THE RESORT NORTH. UM, ADDITIONALLY STAFF HAS HELPED OVER 400 FOLKS AT THE FRONT COUNTER, THE PUBLIC COUNTER AND FILLED IT OVER 700, UH, PHONE CALLS. SO JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT INFORMATION WITH YOU AND MOVING FORWARD WE'LL LOOK TO SHARE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATED TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UM, AS WE CONTINUE TO EXPAND THESE, UH, PRESENTATIONS TO YOU MOVING FORWARD. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. WE'D BE HAPPY TO TRY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. WONDERFUL QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? THIS IS A RECEIVE AND FILE, CORRECT? VERY GOOD. I'LL JUST SAY MR. MAYOR, THAT RANCH CUCAMONGA IS A BUSY PLACE. THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. THERE'S CERTAINLY, THE PIPELINE IS LONG AS IN TERMS OF HOW MANY DIFFERENT STAGES THERE ARE TO EACH PROJECT FROM BEGINNING TO END. AND SO I JUST APPRECIATE YOU GUYS ALWAYS BEING CONSCIOUS OF TRYING TO MOVE THEM THROUGH, BUT ALSO BEING CONSCIOUS OF THE SAFETY, THE IMPACT, WHAT DURING CONSTRUCTION, UH, WHEN THEY'RE OPENED AND 10 YEARS IN ADVANCE OF THAT. I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT. I THINK THAT'S WHAT MAKES US UNIQUE. THANK YOU. AND I JUST WANNA ASK ONE QUICK QUESTION. I'D LIKE YOU TO REPEAT. WHAT DID YOU SAY ABOUT VICTORIA GARDENS BEING THE SECOND MOST VISITED LIFESTYLE CENTER IN THE US? YES, SO WE ARE UTILIZING A PLATFORM THAT TRACKS, UH, CELL PHONE, UH, DATA AND THEY UTILIZE THE CELL PHONE DATA AND THE VISITS TO, TO DIFFERENT LOCATIONS. OKAY. UH, THEY EXTRACT THAT, RUN IT THROUGH THEIR, THEIR EQUATION SO TO SPEAK. AND THEY'RE ABLE TO USE THAT DATA TO TELL US HOW MANY VISITS, UH, CERTAIN OR LOCATIONS, UH, HOW OFTEN OR FREQUENTLY THEY'RE VISITED. AND THEN THEY'RE ABLE TO COMPARE THOSE WITH OTHER LIFESTYLE CENTERS OR OTHER, UH, COMPARABLE LOCATIONS THROUGHOUT THE, THE UNITED STATES. IT SAYS A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT ABOUT THIS REGION AND PEOPLE'S DESIRE TO GO TO THE LIFESTYLE CENTER LIKE WE HAVE AND WE'RE ABSOLUTELY JUST THRILLED. I GUESS I JUST NEED TO KNOW, ARE YOU TRACKING MY, THIS IS TO YEAH, WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT AFTER THE MEETING. IS THAT CONFIDENTIAL? I MEAN, IS THAT PUBLIC? CAN ANYBODY ACCESS? IT'S ACCESS. IT'S ANONYMIZED. MY HUSBAND ACCESS THAT. IT'S ANONYMIZED. YOU'RE SAFE ISH. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND, AND, AND THIS IS GONNA BE QUARTERLY REPORTS? UM, ABSOLUTELY. YES SIR. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. ANY COUNCIL BUSINESS, ANY INTER-AGENCY UPDATES THIS EVENING? ANY, UH, CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS ONLY TO REPORT THAT ALL FIVE COUNCIL MEMBERS WERE PRESENT IN THE CLOSED SESSION EXCEPT FOR ON ITEM D THREE, WHERE COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER, UH, RECUSED HERSELF DUE TO A, UH, REAL PROPERTY INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT SUBDIVISION. OTHERWISE, THERE WAS NO REPORTABLE ACTION. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. ANY ITEMS FOR IDENTIFICATION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING? A NEW SUIT AND, UH, THE MAYOR AND I ARE GOING SUIT SHOPPING AT VICTORIA GARDENS. . I THINK I NEED SOME BIG BOOTS. . UH, OKAY. IF THERE'S NO ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS GONNA BE HELD ON MAY 3RD, UM, FIRST WEDNESDAY OF THE MONTH OF MAY. UH, WITH THAT, THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING AND, UH, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU LYNN. DON'T LEAVE. * 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.