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WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE ALL HERE THIS EVENING.
I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR COUNCILWOMAN, CHRISTINE SCOTT, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG AT THIS TIME.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND AND PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE WHICH TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH TO STAND.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY, JUSTICE GROUP.
WE HAVE ROLL CALL MIKE MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? YES, THERE IS.
MR. MAYOR, THERE'S ONE CHANGE.
WE ARE GOING TO REMOVE ITEM D 10 ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR, AND THAT ITEM WILL RETURN AT A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING.
WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING.
UM, ONE OF THEM IS ON A VERY, VERY SAD NOTE, BUT A WOMAN THAT WAS AN ICON IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR DECADES.
UM, CATHERINE BRIDGE A PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF SYMPATHY AND MEMORY OF CATHERINE BRIDGE FOR HER YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY.
UM, SEAN MCPHERSON WITH THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, ALONG WITH HER SON RICHARD BRIDGE AND HIS WIFE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? YOUR WIFE WANNA COME UP? SHE'S OKAY.
UM, FIRST OF ALL, UH, AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING, WE WILL BE ADJOURNING OUR MEETING IN THE MEMORY OF CATHERINE, BETTER KNOWN AS CAPY BRIDGE.
UM, SHE PASSED AWAY AFTER 102 YEARS OF WONDERFUL LIFE.
UM, TONIGHT WE HAVE HER SON RICHARD HERE, AND HE IS, HIS WIFE IS ALSO AN ATTENDANCE.
SHE'S VIDEOING IT FOR THE REST OF THE FAMILY, BUT, UH, THERE'S DEEP ROOTS WITH THIS FAMILY AND MY FAMILY IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
SO, RICHARD, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO YOU TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR MOTHER.
WELL LET, LET'S FIRST I'M GONNA GIVE IT TO SEAN AND LET HIM DO A, A VIDEO PRESENTATION THAT HE PREPARED.
UH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, IT'S TRULY A, UH, A SINGULAR PLEASURE OF MINE.
AS A PLANNER, I TYPICALLY COME BEFORE YOU WITH TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
UH, TONIGHT WE, WE PAUSE IN, UH, REMEMBRANCE OF, UH, OF, UH, CATHERINE.
SO, UM, UH, CATHERINE WAS BORN ON AUGUST 28TH, 1920 IN SAN DIEGO, AND GREW UP IN OAKLAND, WHERE SHE LATER ATTENDED UC.
BERKELEY WAS INTRODUCED TO FLYING AND FLEW WITH THE UNIVERSITY'S FLYING CLUB.
UPON GRADUATING IN 1942 WITH A DEGREE IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, SHE MOVED WITH HER PARENTS TO WASHINGTON DC, WHERE AFTER WORKING UNDER JACQUELINE COCHRANE, WHO WAS THE HEAD OF THE WOMEN'S AIR FORCE SERVICE PILOTS, AND IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I THINK JACQUELINE COCHRANE WAS ALSO, UH, AN ASSOCIATE OF CHUCK YEAGER AND THE FIRST WOMAN TO BREAK THE SOUND BARRIER.
UH, CATHERINE JOINED THE WASPS, UH, WHERE DURING WORLD WAR II, SHE FLEW OVER 2000 HOURS IN A VARIETY OF MILITARY AIRCRAFT FOR HER SERVICE.
CATHERINE, ALONG WITH ALL THE WASPS, WERE AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR IN 2009.
UH, ON JUNE 6TH, 1944, CATHERINE MARRIED ARTHUR BRIDGE AND MOVED HIS, MOVED TO HIS FAMILY, CITRUS RANCH IN ALOMA.
ARTHUR, IN HIS OWN RIGHT CONTRIBUTED HIS EFFORTS TO THE FOUNDING OF THE CITY AND SERVED AS ONE OF OUR FIRST COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, DURING THIS TIME, NOT ONLY DID CATHERINE RAISE THEIR THREE CHILDREN WHILE ATTENDING TO HER DUTIES ON THE RANCH, SHE ALSO SERVED ON MANY BOARDS AND CIVIC ORGANIZATIONS, INCLUDING THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR ALOMA AND LATER RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
IN 1972, CATHERINE OBTAINED HER MASTER'S DEGREE AT THE AGE OF 52 IN GOVERNMENT WITH AN EMPHASIS IN LOCAL GOVERNMENT SLIDE.
WITH THIS KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE COUPLED WITH HER LOVE OF COMMUNITY, CATHERINE SAW A GREATER FUTURE FOR THE COMMUNITIES OF ALOMA,
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ED RWANDA AND CUCAMONGA, AND BEGAN WORKING TOWARD THE IDEA OF INCORPORATION OF THE TRI COMMUNITIES.EVENTUALLY, SHE SERVED AS A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE TRI COMMUNITY INCORPORATION COMMITTEE, WHICH DIRECTLY, UH, LED TO THE INCORPORATION OF OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY.
I COULD QUITE LITERALLY SPEND A LOT MORE TIME SPEAKING ABOUT THIS AMAZING WOMAN, BUT WILL END MY PRESENTATION BY SAYING THAT IN APPRECIATION OF CATHERINE'S SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY AND HOW RANCHO CUCAMONGA LITERALLY WOULD NOT BE WITHOUT HER CONTRIBUTIONS, THE CITY HAS NAMED A PROPOSED STREET IN HER HONOR, CATHERINE BRIDGE PLACE, TO BE LOCATED IN THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE CITY RELATED TO A PROJECT WHICH IS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION.
AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, I'M ALSO EXCITED TO REPORT THAT A PUBLIC ART PIECE REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT IS BEING CREATED, WHICH HONORS CATHERINE'S MILITARY SERVICE.
UH, IN CLOSING THE LASTLY, THANK YOU.
IN CLOSING, ON BEHALF, UH, UH, ON AND ON BEHALF OF CITY STAFF AND THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, WE PAUSED TONIGHT TO SHARE OUR SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF CATHERINE TO BOTH OUR CITY AND OUR COUNTRY, AND TO ACKNOWLEDGE HER FAMILY WHO ARE PRESENT WITH US TONIGHT.
AND WHY DON'T YOU HAND THAT OVER TO RICHARD.
MY PRESENTATION ISN'T ANYWHERE NEAR AS LONG AS THAT, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT.
VERY, VERY NICE AND EXHAUSTIVE, UM, PRESENTATION.
UM, IT IS MY PLEASURE, AND I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF MY FAMILY FOR THE RECOGNITION OF MY MOTHER.
UH, MY MOTHER DID COME TO AL LOMA IN 1946 AFTER THE WAR, AND SHE JOINED DAD AND, AND, UH, RAISED US THREE CHILDREN, MY SISTER ELIZABETH, THAT YOU GRADUATED WITH.
UM, MR. MAYOR MICHAELS AND, UH, MY BROTHER, ARTHUR AND MYSELF, AND, UH, HELPED MY DAD RAISE HIS, UH, CITRUS AS WELL.
UM, DURING THAT EARLY TIME, SHE FOUNDED THE CITY TO BE VERY, VERY WELCOMING, AND SHE FORMED DEEP, DEEP FRIENDSHIPS OF, UH, OTHER CITRUS FAMILIES LIKE THE MICHAELS, UM, AND THE VINEYARD INDUSTRY AS WELL.
UM, LIKE THE BNIS AND, AND OTHERS WHO WERE IN THE AGRICULTURAL BUSINESS THAT WAS, UH, UH, AL LOMA AND RANCHO CUCAMONGA AT THE TIME.
UM, SHE WAS DEDICATED TO SERVICE AND SHE, LIKE YOU SAID, SHE SERVED, UH, THE COUNTRY.
BUT I THINK AS ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF HER TIME WAS THE SERVICE TO THE, UH, TO THE CITY THAT BECAME RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
SHE SAW THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE, AND THE, UM, THE POTENTIAL OF THE COMMUNITY TO, TO GROW INTO SOMETHING THAT'S REALLY SIGNIFICANT.
SHE LIVED BY THE MAXIMUM SERVICE, AND SHE THOUGHT THAT IT IS BETTER TO DO GOOD FOR OTHERS BY ELEVATING THEIR POTENTIAL RATHER THAN TO SIMPLY DO GOOD FOR YOURSELF.
AND TO THAT EXTENT, SHE DEVELOPED A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE CITY TO BECOME, UH, A, A REALLY SIGNIFICANT AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
SO I WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF ARTHUR AND ELIZABETH, MYSELF, UM, FOR OUR FAMILY AND, UH, THE RECOGNITION THAT YOU'VE GIVEN TO THEM.
THANK YOU SO MUCH RICHARD AND SEAN.
THANK YOU FOR THE POIGNANT PRESENTATION.
AND RICHARD, FOR, FOR WHAT YOU STATED ABOUT YOUR MOTHER.
I, I WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WITH, WITH RICHARD'S SISTER ELIZABETH, ALL THROUGH HIGH SCHOOL, UH, WHEN IT WAS ALOMA, CUCAMONGA AND TWANDA.
AND IF YOU WANTED TO RUN FOR AN OFFICE IN ALOMA, WHETHER IT BE A WATER DISTRICT OFFICE OR THE ALOMA SCHOOL, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT, IF YOU HAD CAPY BRIDGES OR CATHERINE'S SUPPORT, YOU WERE, YOU WERE GOING TO WIN THAT ELECTION WITH HER ACOS OF HER FRIENDS AND CLOSE, CLOSE FRIENDS AND ALLIES.
AND SHE WAS THE ONE WOMAN THAT I REMEMBER THAT LED THAT CHARGE.
SHE'D WRITTEN A BOOK ABOUT RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
SHE, UH, WHEN WE CAME TO HER AND YOUR FAMILY TO ASK FOR A CONTRIBUTION FOR FREEDOM COURTYARD, UH, TO REMEMBER OUR MILITARY PERSONNEL PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE.
SHE WAS THE MAJOR DONOR FOR THAT EVENT AS A, AS A, AS A DONATION THAT THE, THERE'S A STATUE THERE THAT WAS DONATED ON TO HER ON HER BEHALF AS PART OF THAT, THAT, UM, THE FREEDOM COURTYARD, ONE OF THE CLASSIEST WOMEN I'VE EVER MET OR BE GOT TO KNOW.
AND, UM, SHE LIVED A VERY LONG LIFE, A VERY HEALTHY LIFE.
AND, UH, SHE'S NOW WITH HER DEAR HUSBAND.
AND SO, UH, ANYWAY, UH, THE BRIDGE FAMILY AND, AND MY FAMILY HAVE ROOTS THAT GO BACK FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS.
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SERVICE WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPENED IF IT WASN'T FOR RICHARD'S DAD, ART BRIDGE, WHO WAS A COLONEL AT THE INTERNATIONAL GUARD BASE WHEN I JOINED THE INTERNATIONAL GUARD MANY, MANY YEARS AGO.SO, UH, RICHARD, IT GIVES ME AND THE REST OF OUR CITY COUNCIL DISTINCT PLEASURE, BUT IN DEEPEST SYMPATHY FOR YOUR LOSS.
THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ADJOURNS OUR MEETING TONIGHT ON FEBRUARY 1ST IN THE MEMORY OF YOUR MOTHER CATHERINE BRIDGE, AND BY THIS TOKEN, EXTENDS OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES AND CONSOLATION TO ALL OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY AND ALL OF HER FRIENDS.
AND I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LOVE TO SHAKE YOUR HAND, RICHARD, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IN OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION FOR RECOGNITION OF THE WOMAN IN TRANSPORTATION, WTS WOMAN OF THE YEAR, AND THAT'S BESTOWED UPON AARON ROGERS, OMNI TRAN, CEO AND GENERAL MANAGER.
AARON, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? SO WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION AND, UH, I, I THINK OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT A OUTSTANDING LEADER WE HAVE FOR OUR OMNI TRANS VALLEY BUS TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
UH, WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS COMMITTED TO RECOGNIZING INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MADE A LASTING IMPACT ON OUR COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS AARON ROGERS RECIPIENT OF THE OMNI TRANS SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD IS DESERVING OF SPECIAL HONORS AND HIGHEST COMMENDATIONS IN RECOGNITION OF HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE BETTERMENT OF HER PROFESSION, COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS AARON ROGERS IS A GRADUATE OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK GENESCO AND HAS DEMONSTRATED A CONCERN FOR THE TRANSPORTATION PROFESSION AND DEDICATED DEDICATION TO FURTHERING THE PROFESSION'S GOALS AND IDEALS.
AND WHEREAS ERIN ROGERS BRINGS NEARLY THREE DECADES OF INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE TO HER ROLE AS OMNI TRANS CEO AND GENERAL MANAGER, INCLUDING TWO YEARS AS THE AGENCY'S DEPUTY GENERAL MANAGER POSITION FOR THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
AND WHEREAS AARON ROGERS PREVIOUSLY HELD A REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT POSITION FOR MV TRANSPORTATION, SPENT 16 YEARS AT THE ORANGE COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY, AMONG THEM A DECADE AS A GENERAL MANAGER.
IN SHORT, SHE HAS COME A LONG WAY SINCE BEGINNING HER CAREER AS A PARATRANSIT MANAGER AT DAVE TRANSPORTATION SERVICES IN BOSTON.
SHE IS COMMITTED TO INDUSTRY EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND IS A GRADUATE OF THE ENO CENTER FOR TRANSPORTATION'S EXECUTIVE SEMINAR AND THE AMERICAN PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION'S LEADERSHIP, A PTA PROGRAM.
ERIN IS PRESIDENT OF THE AMERICAN BUS BENCHMARKING GROUP, A MEMBER OF THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPORTATION ASSOCIATION EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
SHE ALSO IS AN ACTIVE MEMBER OF THE WOMEN'S TRANSPORTATION SEMINAR AS AN OMNI TRANS LEADER, AARON ROGERS FOCUSES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2023 INCLUDE SERVICE RESUMPTION, ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS INDEED FORTUNATE TO HAVE CITIZENS OF THE CALIBER OF AARON ROGERS, WHOSE EFFORTS REFLECT THE HIGH DEALS OF PUBLIC LEADERSHIP AND PUBLIC SERVICE, NOW THEREFORE BE PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY HONOR AARON ROGERS AND COMMEND HER FOR BEING A RECIPIENT OF THE WOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARD.
AARON, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU AND I WOULD LIKE YOU TO SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR THOUGHTS WITH THE REST OF THE COUNCIL AND MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE.
OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR MICHAEL AND THE COUNCIL.
UM, I'M VERY, UM, HONORED TO HAVE BEEN ASKED TO COME HERE TONIGHT AND BE HONORED BY YOUR COUNCIL.
UH, THIS COUNCIL IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS BEEN SUCH A BIG SUPPORTER OF OMNI TRAN.
UH, WE HAD COUNCIL MEMBERS SPAGNOLO ON OUR BOARD FOR MANY, MANY YEARS, AND HE WAS A GREAT SUPPORTER.
AND, UM, WE NOW HAVE COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, ON OUR BOARD.
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WE'RE SO EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF ALL THE BIG PROJECTS WE HAVE GOING ON IN THE CITY, THE CUCAMONGA STATION, THE WEST VALLEY CONNECTOR, AND THE AWARD THAT I RECEIVED FROM WTS REALLY IS JUST A TESTIMONY TO THE GREAT WORK THAT OMNI TRANS IS DOING AND ALL THE SUPPORT THAT WE'RE RECEIVING FROM THIS CITY, AS WELL AS THE OTHERS THAT ARE, THAT ARE MEMBERS OF OUR JPA.SO THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, AND, UH, I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH EVERYONE IN THE FUTURE.
AND WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION THAT I'VE JUST READ.
HAD YOU DIG THE DIRT OFF, DIDN'T THEY? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
TAKE A PHOTO RIGHT, RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE.
THIS BRINGS US TO OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
UH, THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE OF THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE BOARD ON AND, UH, ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA, COMMENTS, OR LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE DESIRING TO SPEAK.
UH, THE COMMENT PERIOD WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE BEGINNING OF OUR BUSINESS PORTION OF THE MEETING.
UH, SO WE, TONIGHT WE HAVE FIVE SPEAKERS.
YOU HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO MAKE YOUR PRESENTATION.
YOU DON'T NEED TO TAKE THAT WHOLE TIME IF YOU DON'T NEED TO.
WHEN THIS RED LIGHT AT THE DAIS GOES OFF, YOU'VE REACHED YOUR, YOUR TIMEFRAME.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS FRANK ATRY, FOLLOWED BY BOB WHITE.
SO I HAD SOME REMARKS REGARDING
HE'S SHAMELESS DIRT BAGS, PROPOSED FEE INCREASES FOR THE NEW YEAR, AND GOING FORWARD, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
UH, I THINK, UM, YOU CONSIDER THEM FEE ADJUSTMENTS.
ALMOST FELL OUTTA MY CHAIR LAUGHING WHEN I SAW THAT.
THE FEES ARE GOING ONLY ONE WAY, AND GUESS WHAT AIN'T DOWN, BUT I'M GONNA, AND WE KNOW YOU'RE GONNA DEBATE THOSE FEES, AND EVENTUALLY, AS THEY ALWAYS HAVE, THEY'RE GONNA BE APPROVED, ADOPTED, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
BUT I'M GONNA RESERVE THOSE REMARKS FOR LATER BECAUSE I NOTICED ERIN ROGERS OF OMNI TRANSITS HERE TONIGHT AND
I MEAN, THAT JUST BLOWS ME AWAY.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT OMNI TRANS? WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME ANY OF YOU CLOWNS ACTUALLY STEPPED INTO A BUS, AN OMNI TRANS BUS, TRIED TO MAKE ANY TRANSFERS TO SEE IF HE CAN MAKE YOUR CONNECTIONS, TRIED TO ASK THE, THEIR, THEIR
AND I'LL, I'LL GET TO THE SCHEDULE IN A SECOND BECAUSE AS I TOLD THEM EARLIER TODAY, WHEN I ATTENDED THE OMNI TRANS BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING, A CELERY STICK HAS MORE PERSONALITY THAN SOME OF THEIR DRIVERS.
AND THIS IS WHAT YOU REWARD, INCOMPETENCE, INEPTITUDE INDIFFERENCE.
ALL SHE CARESS ABOUT IS 350,000 A YEAR OR WHATEVER.
THIS SALARY, I GIVE IT A RIP ABOUT PEOPLE WHO RIDE THE BUSES COULDN'T CARE LESS.
THIS WOMAN IS RESPONSIBLE FOR TAKING BUSES OUT OF CIRCULATION.
DID YOU EVEN KNOW THAT? OF COURSE NOT.
BECAUSE YOU'RE DISCONNECTED FIGURINES, YOU GET ALL DECKED OUT.
YOU COME IN HERE ONCE OR TWICE A MONTH, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER THEY PUT IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU, YOU APPROVE, YOU CLAP.
PHOTO OP, YOU ARE IGNORANT BUFFOONS.
AND I HAVE PROVEN THAT TO YOU BEFORE MANY
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OCCASIONS.AND THIS IS YET ANOTHER GLARING EXAMPLE OF THAT COMPLETE LACK OF CONNECTION.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT OMNI TRANSITS IS.
IT SAYS ON THEIR BUSES, OH, WIFI USB, GUESS WHAT? THEY DON'T WORK.
OH, UM, NOW THEY RECEIVE FUNDING FOR THAT.
SEE, I, I, I THINK OF THAT, I VIEW THAT AS THEFT OF PUBLIC FUNDS.
WE, THE PEOPLE WE PAID FOR THOSE SERVICES, WE PAID FOR USB AND WIFI.
THEY CHARGED THE GOVERNMENT, BUT THEY DON'T PROVIDE IT.
YOU ASK THE DRIVERS, OH, IT'S BECAUSE, UH, PEOPLE WILL, WILL, WILL FOOL WITH IT.
REALLY, THERE'S A COUPLE OF SLOTS THEY'RE GONNA FOOL WITH IT, WHETHER IT'S IT'S ON
WHAT KIND OF NONSENSE IS THAT? THAT'S THE KIND OF NONSENSE.
YOU ILES, YOU IGNORANT ILES ARE REWARDING.
THAT'S HER SOLUTION TO, TO TO LACK OF TRANSPORTATION HERE IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.
LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSIT, DECADES LONG LACK OF PUBLIC TRANSIT IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.
WELL-TRAINED DRIVERS WHEN THE PANDEMIC HIT SHE AND THE, THAT CLOWN CAR, THAT'S THE OMNIS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THEIR INFINITE IGNORANCE.
AND THEY STARTED SCRAMBLING ONCE WE STARTED, COME, COMING OUT OF EMERGING FROM THE, THE PANDEMIC.
THEY COULDN'T HIRE, THEY COULDN'T FIND BUS DRIVERS.
IT TAKES TIME TO TRAIN THESE PEOPLE.
HALF OF THE BUS DRIVERS DIDN'T EVEN WANNA COME BACK.
SO MY TIME IS, UH, DRAWING NEAR THAT'S END.
UM, AND I JUST WANTED TO, UH, YEAH, THAT'S A SHAME LOOKING AT YOU TOO.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS BOB WHITE.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, I'M BOB WHITE.
BEEN A MEMBER OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR 47 YEARS THIS YEAR.
AND I'M PROUD TO SAY THAT, UH, LAST YEAR I WAS SO FORTUNATE TO BE SAVED BY THE, UH, FIRE LIFE SAFETY, PARTICULARLY THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I HAD A MASSIVE HEART ATTACK AND THEY DID MAKE IT TO MY HOUSE IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES.
THAT'S WHY I'M STANDING HERE THE DAY.
AND I THINK THAT YOU'VE, UH, AS COUNCIL MEMBERS AND, UH, MAYOR, MAYOR
AND I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU.
AND, UH, MY FAMILY WANTS TO THANK YOU TOO.
AND WE'RE GLAD THAT YOU'RE ABLE TO COME TO THIS PODIUM, SIR.
THAT WAS VERY NICE OF YOU TO COME ALL THE WAY OUT HERE TO DO THAT.
AND I KNOW OUR FIREFIGHTERS APPRECIATE IT ALSO, SIR, THEY'RE MY FAVORITE.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JENNA WALTON.
HEAVENLY FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS DAY.
UM, IN YOUR WORD, IT SAYS, THIS IS THE DAY THE LORD HAS MADE.
LET US BE GLAD AND REJOICE IN IT.
IT'S NOT A DEMAND, IT'S NOT A, YOU KNOW, IT, IT, WE HAVE TO CHOOSE WHAT WE WANNA DO WITH OURSELVES, WITH OUR LIVES, WITH OUR DAYS.
AND SO WE RELY UPON YOU AND THANK YOU THAT YOU ARE STRENGTH.
AND THIS IS THE MONTH OF, OF LOVE VALENTINE'S DAY AND WHO WAS A CHRISTIAN MAN.
THE GREATEST LOVE OF ALL IS THE LOVE YOU HAVE FOR US, FOR WHOSOEVER, AS YOUR WORD SAID, WHOSOEVER BELIEVETH IN ME.
WELL NOT PERISH, BUT HAVE EVERLASTING LIFE.
SO THANK YOU THAT YOU OFFER THIS LOVE, THIS INTENSE LOVE, AND I ENCOURAGE THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW THIS LOVE, ASK GOD.
JUST SAY, IF YOU'RE REAL, SHOW ME.
AND IF YOU'RE SINCERE ABOUT IT, I GUARANTEE HE WILL.
HE'LL LET YOU SEE HIS LOVE AND WHAT IT, THE PRICE HE'S PAID FOR YOU.
AND I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE THAT'S EXPRESSED HERE IN THIS CITY COUNCIL OR MAYOR,
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MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS, OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR EMPLOYEES THAT WORK SO DILIGENTLY AND ALL OF THEIR FAMILIES AND OUR FIRST RESPONDERS.I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LOVE FOR THEM, AND THAT YOU WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO GUIDE AND STRENGTHEN THEM AND THAT FATHER, UM, AS YOU SHOW US THE GREAT LOVE YOU HAVE FOR US, HELP US TO RESPOND AND LET THAT LOVE FLOW OUT OF US.
AND TO TRULY CHOOSE TO DO ACTS OF KINDNESS AS WE CHOOSE, CHOOSE THAT THIS IS YOUR DAY, AS EVERY DAY IS THAT WE CAN, UH, CHOOSE TO BE KIND.
WE, WE HAVE A CHOICE OF WHAT WE SAY AND WHAT WE DO.
AND LET US HONOR YOU WITH ALL THAT WE SAY AND ALL THAT WE DO.
AND LET US HONOR EACH OTHER AND PREFER EACH OTHER.
I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO GOD BLESS AMERICA, BRING US TOGETHER, UH, VERY DIFFERENT CULTURES, DIFFERENT PERSONALITIES, DIFFERENT NATURES, BUT GOD, WE CAN BE ONE, WE CAN TURN OUR EYES TO YOU AND BE ONE AND RUN THIS COUNTRY IN A BEAUTIFUL WAY, A SMOOTH WAY.
AND THANK YOU THAT YOU WILL GUIDE US.
WE'VE GOT OUR BELIEVE AND AND TRUST.
SO I THANK YOU, BLESS THIS NATION, BLESS THIS CITY, BLESS OUR COUNCIL LEADERSHIP, AND I THANK YOU FOR THIS IN JESUS' NAME.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS PHILIP WAKER.
I AM A NEARLY DECADE RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, UM, UH, INDEPENDENT FILMMAKER AND A, UH, FULL-TIME TALENT EMPLOYEE IN HOLLYWOOD.
I STAND BEFORE YOU TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY SUPPORT BLACK HISTORY MONTH THIS YEAR ON THE 1ST OF FEBRUARY.
IT'S MOST APPROPRIATE THAT, UH, PERHAPS A, UH, A UH, PROCLAMATION OR A, UH, INDICATION IN THE CITY, UM, WEBSITE OR SOMETHING THAT LETS THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT OUR ALL AMERICAN CITY SUPPORTS BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
IN A PERFECT WORLD, I WOULD LOVE TO SEE ONE OF, UH, THE CITY'S REPRESENTATIVES COME AND READ A PROCLAMATION AT THE FEBRUARY 3RD, THIS FRIDAY WHERE WE WILL BE PRESENTING A KICKOFF FOR A STATE TOUR CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH.
THAT PROGRAM IS CALLED BLACK HISTORY MONTH IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
SO I ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT AND FOR YOU TO LET THE WORLD KNOW THAT OUR CITY SUPPORTS THIS IMPORTANT GATHERING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS VICTOR HERNANDEZ.
I'M A REPRESENTATIVE FROM STATE SENATOR ROSA CIA BOGUES OFFICE.
THE SENATOR'S BEEN INTRODUCING LEGISLATION TO ADDRESS HOUSING AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS, ALONG WITH SECURING SOME MORE FUNDING FOR MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES.
AND JUST WANTED TO LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT WE'LL BE MOVING FORWARD.
WE'LL BE ATTENDING MOST OF THESE MEETINGS, SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO UPDATING EVERYONE ON THE PROGRESS OF DIFFERENT BILLS AND HEARING FEEDBACK FROM, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ABOUT LEGISLATION.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO DISCUSSING MORE WITH YOU GUYS AND UPDATING EVERYONE AS THE MONTHS GO ALONG.
HOPE EVERYONE HAS A GREAT NIGHT.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
AND I'LL JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT.
THAT PROCLAMATION THAT WE GAVE TO YOU, MS. ROGERS, WAS EVERY WORD WE MEANT.
EVERY WORD THAT WE, WE BELIEVE WHAT YOU'RE DOING.
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME.
WITHOUT DISCUSSION, ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OR FIRE BOARD MAY REMOVE ANY ITEM SHOULD THEY SO DESIRE FOR DISCUSSION.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR? I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
YOUR ABSTENTION IS DULY NOTED.
DO WE HAVE A, A, A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOTION CARRIES WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE AND ITEM D 10 REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
WE HAVE ONE CONSENT ORDINANCE THIS EVENING THAT IS SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 5
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IN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT D RRC 2022 DASH 0 0 4 6 4 TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, A SUPPLEMENTAL UPDATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT CODE ADOPTING A ZONING MAP AMENDMENT DRC 2022 DASH 0 0 4 6 6, APPLICABLE TO VARIOUS PROPERTIES LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE CERTIFICATION OF, OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, SCH NUMBER 20 21 0 5 0 2 6 1 FOR THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND MAKING FINDINGS AND SUPPORT THEREOF.WOULD ANYONE CARE TO REMOVE ANYTHING OR THIS ORDINANCE FOR DISCUSSION? IF NO DISCUSSION, THEN UH, WE WILL CONSIDER ITEM E ONE A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 5 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY.
DO I HAVE THAT MOTION? MOTION TO APPROVE SECOND MADAM CLERK ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 5.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT DRC 2 0 22 0 0 4 6 4 TO AMEND TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, A SUPPLEMENTAL UPDATE TO THE DEVELOPMENT CODE ADOPTING ZONING MAP AMENDMENT DRC 2 0 2 2 DASH 0 0 4 6 6 APPLICABLE TO VARIOUS PROPERTIES LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE CERTIFIED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT, SCH NUMBER 2 0 2 1 0 5 0 2 6 1 FOR THE GENERAL PLAN, UPDATE AND CLIMATE ACTION PLAN AND MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF.
MADAM CLERK, I WOULDN'T HAVE READ THAT WHOLE TITLE HAD I RECALLED YOU HAD, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO READ IT YOURSELF.
SO FROM NOW ON IT WILL BE INCONSENT ORDINANCES.
IT'LL JUST BE THE ORDINANCE AND THE NUMBER.
UM, OUR NEXT ITEM, WE HAVE NO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AND THAT'S A PUBLIC HEARING OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TO CONSIDER FEE ADJUSTMENTS AND ADOPT RESOLUTIONS, APPROVING UPDATED FEES AND AUTHORIZING ANNUAL ADJUSTMENTS ON CERTAIN OTHER FEES.
THEY'RE CODIFIED RESOLUTION NUMBERS 2023 DASH 0 0 2 AND FD 2023 DASH ZERO THREE.
THANK, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO I, UH, AS YOU SAID, THIS IS A, A, AN ITEM FOR FEE ADJUSTMENTS FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT.
THERE'S A LOT OF, UH, MOVING PARTS IN THAT HEARING, SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE DARCY VOGEL, OUR FIRE BUSINESS MANAGER, GIVE THIS PRESENTATION, WALK YOU THROUGH, AND THEN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
DARCY, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL.
TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR FIRE DISTRICT FEES, UM, PERTAINING TO PERMIT FEES FOR SPECIAL SERVICES AND OPERATING PERMITS AS WELL AS FACILITY USE FEES.
TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND FEES ARE TYPICALLY REVIEWED ANNUALLY, SO YOU CAN DO SMALL INCREMENTAL INCREASES OVER TIME TO KEEP UP WITH COST.
FIRE CODE ADOPTION TYPICALLY TAKES PLACE EVERY THREE YEARS, AND WITH THAT, THERE USUALLY ARE NEW STATE CODES THAT HAVE PERMITS THAT NEED FEES ANNUALLY.
THE DISTRICT GOES THROUGH AND DETERMINES THE NEED TO COLLECT CERTAIN PERMIT FEES TO MEET THE CURRENT FI FISCAL NEEDS OF THE DISTRICT FOR THAT CURRENT FISCAL YEAR.
SO MOVING ON, UM, THE OPERATING SPECIAL SERVICE PERMIT FEES IN NOVEMBER, THE FIRE BOARD ADOPTED THE 2022 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE.
THIS INCLUDED NEW PERMITS FROM CODE CHANGES MADE OF BOTH THE STATE AND NATIONAL LEVEL.
AND BECAUSE OF THAT, THERE ARE NOW NEW PERMITS THAT NEED AN ASSOCIATED FEE.
GENERAL SPECIAL SERVICE PERMITS, THEY'RE NON-RECURRING INSPECTIONS OF EVENTS OR OPERATIONS THAT REQUIRE BENEFIT FROM SAFETY OVERSIGHT.
FOR EXAMPLE, ONE OF OUR CURRENT ONES IS HAUNTED HOUSES OR REMOVAL OF HAZARDOUS MATERIAL TANKS, OPERATING PERMITS, RECURRING INSPECTIONS OF CERTAIN HAZARDOUS AND HIGH RISK BUSINESS OPERATIONS IN ORDER TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH ALL THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF THOSE PERMITS.
CURRENT EXAMPLE WOULD BE FACILITIES WITH FLAMMABLE OR COMBUSTIBLE LIQUIDS OR STATE MANDATED INSPECTIONS SUCH AS MEDICAL FACILITIES, THE FEE, THE PERMITS THAT ARE NEED FEES ASSOCIATED WITH THEM.
WE HAVE THREE FOR SPECIAL SERVICES, BONFIRE MODEL ROCKETS, PORTABLE GENERATOR, AND THEN ON THE OPERATING PERMIT SIDE, THERE'S ABOUT 19 OF THEM THAT WERE DETAILED IN THE STAFF REPORT AND THE ATTACHMENTS TO DETERMINE THE FEE AMOUNTS FOR THESE NEW PERMITS,
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WE BASICALLY IDENTIFIED EXISTING FEES THAT WERE SIMILAR IN NATURE AND REQUIRED SOME AMOUNT OF TIME, AND WE SET THOSE FEES FLAT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING FEES.CURRENTLY, THESE FEES HAVE BEEN WAIVED FOR THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR AS PART OF THAT ANNUAL ANALYSIS.
AND SO OUR RECOMMENDATION IS THAT THESE NEW FEES ALSO GET ADOPTED AND WAIVED CONSISTENT WITH WHAT WE'RE CURRENTLY DOING.
IN ADDITION TO THESE NEW FEES, WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THAT WE DELETE ANY OBSOLETE OR DUPLICATE FEES, UM, REVISION OF SUPPLY AND SUPPLY AND MATERIAL FEES TO REFLECT ACTUAL COSTS.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, PADLOCKS, MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN CHARGE WHATEVER THE MARKET VALUE IS WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A PERCENTAGE FOR THE TIME THAT WE'RE COORDINATING AND ALL OF THAT.
THE, UM, OTHER INCREASE THAT WE'LL SEE IS AN INCREASE TO THE FIRE CFD ANNEXATION APPLICATION FEE.
THIS FEE WAS SET IN 22 20 20 12, AND WHAT IT IS, IS THAT'S THE APPLICATION FEE FOR, UM, FOR PROPERTIES THAT ARE REQUIRED TO ANNEX INTO THE EXISTING CFDS TO OFFSET THEIR IMPACT, THE FIRE MITIGATION IMPACTS.
SO THAT FEE HASN'T BEEN INCREASED SINCE 2012, AND SO WE'RE INCREASING IT TO BASICALLY BE ABLE TO COVER OUR HARD COSTS THAT'VE GONE UP OVER THE PAST 10, 11 YEARS.
OKAY, GOING INTO OUR FACILITY USE FEES, OUR CURRENT FACILITY USE FEES WERE ADOPTED IN 2018 WITH THE OPENING OF THE ALL RISK TRAINING CENTER.
AT THAT TIME, WE USED, UM, WE USED THE C-S-D-C-S-D FEE SCHEDULE AS OUR TEMPLATE.
WHEN YOU'RE CREATING FEES, YOU GO TO THE DEPARTMENT THAT ALREADY HAS RENTAL FEES IN PLACE, SO WE FOLLOWED THAT TEMPLATE SINCE THAT TIME.
CSD IS ALSO UPDATED, THEIR FEES SAME WITH LIBRARY AND SO WE'RE RECOMMENDING THAT WE GO THROUGH AND RESTRUCTURE AND STREAMLINE OUR FEES FOR CONSISTENCY WITH CSD IN THE LIBRARY.
THE FEE STRUCTURE IS GOING TO INCLUDE OVERALL USER GROUPS ARE BEING ADJUSTED TO BETTER CATEGORIZE PUBLIC SAFETY AND NON-PUBLIC SAFETY AGENCIES, SPECIFICALLY USER GROUP TWO CURRENT COMBINED NON-PROFITS AND OUTSIDE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES.
WE NEED TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT SO THAT WE CAN REALLY SPECIFY WHAT FACILITIES THEY'RE ABLE TO USE.
WE WOULDN'T NECESSARILY LET A, YOU KNOW, A, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL GROUP GO AND USE THE LIVE FIRE TRAINING PROPS AT THE TRAINING CENTER.
SO WE NEED TO SEPARATE THOSE OUT.
UH, A DEFINED DISCOUNT STRUCTURE IS BEING APPLIED TO THE USER GROUPS RANGING FROM, YOU KNOW, NO FEE FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES TO RANGING TO FULL FEE FOR A, FOR-PROFIT AGENCY.
TWO, YEAH, INDOOR ROOMS HAVE BEEN CATEGORIZED AS JUST SIMPLE CONFERENCE ROOM AND THEN CLASSROOM, SMALL, MEDIUM, LARGE.
AND THE OUTDOOR TRAINING PROPS THAT YOU SEE AT THE TRAINING CENTER HAVE BEEN CATEGORIZED IN JUST FORMING MAIN CATEGORIES, TRAINING TOWER, THE RESIDENTIAL COMMERCIAL HOUSE, SPECIALIZED TRAINING, PROPS AND LIVE FIRE TRAINING PROPS.
AND REALLY WHAT THIS IS DOING IS EXISTING THINGS THAT FALL WITHIN THOSE CATEGORIES.
THEY'RE BASICALLY PUT INTO THE BROADER CATEGORY AND IT REALLY ALLOWS US TO STREAMLINE THE FEE DOCUMENT AND MAKE IT A LOT MORE USER FRIENDLY AND TO GROUP TOGETHER THINGS THAT HAVE A SIMILAR USE, SIMILAR AMENITIES.
SO REALLY JUST STREAMLINING IT.
AND AGAIN, UM, FOR CONSISTENCY WITH WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS THAT ALSO HAVE RENTALS IN GENERAL.
UM, THE RESTRUCTURE, BECAUSE OF THE RESTRUCTURE, THERE WERE SOME DECREASES THAT WERE IN THERE AND THERE WERE A COUPLE OF INCREASES AS WELL, BUT OVERALL THEY REMAIN MINIMAL.
SO IT REALLY HELPS US SORT OF SUPPORT THAT, YOU KNOW, REGIONAL, REGIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY AND THE ABILITY OF OTHERS TO COME AND USE OUR FACILITY.
AS PART OF THIS, WE ALSO RECOMMEND DELETING ANY OBSOLETE FEES THAT NO LONGER APPLY SOME EQUIPMENT THAT'S NOT RENTED OUT, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
UM, NEW FEES FOR OPTIONAL EQUIPMENT OR MATERIALS SUCH AS, YOU KNOW, SHREDDING FEES OR PLYWOOD, UM, YOU KNOW, SMOKE FOR THE SMOKE MACHINES AS WELL AS, UM, MULTIPLE RENTAL PACKAGE.
SO REALLY IT'S A DISCOUNT IF WE HAVE SOMEONE WHO'S GOING TO HAVE A MULTIPLE DAY RENTAL OR THEY'RE RENTING MULTIPLE ROOMS TOO.
YOU SEE SOME MODIFICATIONS OF FEES, SPECIFICALLY INDIVIDUAL STAFFING RATES ARE BEING REPLACED BY A FULLY BURDENED STAFF RATE CALCULATION THAT ACCOUNTS FOR, YOU KNOW, THE CURRENT APPROVED SALARY RATES AS WELL AS THE, THE FRINGE RATE THAT'S SET BY FINANCE, UM, CONSISTENT WITH CSD AND THEN THE FILMING AND PHOTOGRAPHY FEES HAVE, UM, BEEN ADJUSTED SO THAT THEY MATCH WHAT'S, WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE EPICENTER AS WELL.
WE'VE ALSO SEEN AN INCREASE IN THE APPLICATION PROCESSING FEE, UM, TO $35.
AND THEN THE ACTIVE NET SERVICE FEE, WHICH IS 4%.
AND THAT'S REALLY, IT'S THE CONVENIENCE FEE
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OF, YOU KNOW, DOING YOUR, DOING YOUR PERMITS OR DIFFERENT THINGS THROUGH ACTIVE NET.AND BOTH OF THOSE ARE CONSISTENT WITH CSD IN THE LIBRARY.
WE'RE ALSO RECOMMENDING THE ADOPTION OF AN ANNUAL ESCALATOR, UM, EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX, ECI, WHICH IS, UM, BASICALLY GOING TO HELP US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE KEEPING OUR FEES UPDATED.
IT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE COST OF COMPENSATION FOR STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES TOO, UM, AND WOULD APPLY TO FEES THAT ARE DIRECTLY RELATED TO CITY STAFFING.
YOU WOULDN'T SEE IT TIED TO, SAY, SHREDDING SERVICES, BUT YOU WOULD SEE IT TIED TO SOME OF THESE FACILITY RENTALS TOO.
ECI IS CURRENTLY APPLIED TO FIRE CONSTRUCTION SERVICE FEES AND IT WAS APPROVED FOR USE ACROSS THE DEPARTMENTS IN DECEMBER.
UM, WITH THAT, THE FIRE BOARD WILL STILL CONTINUE TO APPROVE NEW, NEW FEES OR FEES REQUIRING ADDITIONAL STUDIES OR ANALYSIS.
UM, NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER TWICE BY CITY CLERK, UM, AS WELL AS CLERK'S OFFICE MAILED TO INTERESTED PARTIES.
AND THEN THE FEE ANA COST ANALYSIS, THE BINDER WAS PUT ON FILE WITH THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE JANUARY 19TH.
ON THE FIRE SIDE, WE'VE HAD SOME INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS ALREADY WITH SOME OF OUR RENTERS.
AND THEN DURING THE NEXT TWO MONTHS, WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, REACHING OUT FURTHER, WE'LL ADVERTISE IT AND ANY EXISTING PERMIT HOLDERS, THEIR FEES ARE GOING TO STAY SAME.
THIS WOULD APPLY TO NEW PEOPLE COMING IN, DOING PERMITS EFFECTIVE DAYS.
SO OPERATING FEES, SPECIAL SERVICES AND FACILITY USE FEES WILL BE EFFECTIVE 60 DAYS FROM THE ADOPTION OF THE RESOLUTIONS TONIGHT.
SO BASICALLY BEGINNING OF APRIL AND THEN THE ANNUAL FEE ADJUSTMENTS WITH ECI WILL BE AFFECTED THE FIRST DAY OF EACH FISCAL YEAR, EFFECTIVE JULY 1ST, 2024.
RECOMMENDATION SAYS TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED FEES, ADOPT A RESOLUTION NUMBER FD 2023 DASH 0 0 2 TO ADOPT AND WAIVE CERTAIN SPECIAL SERVICES AND OPERATING PERMIT FEES, AND THEN ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER FD 20 23 0 0 3.
TO ESTABLISH NEW FEES, AMEND CERTAIN EXISTING FEES AND REPEAL OUTDATED FEES.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I WOULD JUST ASK YOU MAYBE ONE QUESTION.
SO, UM, WE PUT UP A RESOLUTION IN PLACE BACK IN 2013 THAT ALLOWS FOR THE ANNUAL ANALYSIS OF THE OPERATING SPECIAL SERVICE PERMIT FEES TO SEE IF WE NEED THEM TO, FOR BUDGETARY PURPOSES SINCE 2013 EVERY YEAR WE'VE GONE THROUGH AND WE'VE WAIVED THOSE FEES.
SO THE NEW PER PERMIT FEES SET TONIGHT WAIVED CONSISTENT WITH THAT, AND THEN WE'LL GO BACK THROUGH THAT PROCESS WITH THE NEXT YEAR, NEXT BUDGET TO LOOK AT IT AGAIN.
AND THAT'S 10 YEARS WITHOUT INCR, WITHOUT CHARGING FEES.
UM, FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, SO, MM-HMM,
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS THEY MAY HAVE.
BEFORE WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE RI TWO RESOLUTIONS.
IF NOTHING, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT BOTH RESOLUTIONS.
2023 DASH 0 0 2 AND FD 2023 DASH 0 0 3 MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
MOTION BEEN MADE AND SECONDED, PLEASE VOTE.
UM, THERE ARE NO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS TONIGHT.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS.
ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANY INTER-AGENCY UPDATES? I HAVE ONE QUICK UPDATE FROM, FROM A MEETING I ATTENDED EARLIER THIS MORNING WITH OUR SAN BERNARDINO COUNCIL COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY THAT ON FEBRUARY 4TH, AND WE'LL PUT THIS UP ON THE CITY WEBSITE, BUT ON FEBRUARY 4TH, THIS COMING SATURDAY, UH, ANYONE DESIRING TO RIDE EITHER A TRAIN OR A BUS
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IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CAN RIDE FOR FREE.SO YOU CAN RIDE THE METROLINK LINE, THE NEW ARROW, ARROW, REDLANDS RAIL, LIGHT RAIL LINE.
YOU CAN RIDE AN OMNI TRANS BUS, A A MOUNTAIN TRANSIT BUS.
IF YOU WANT TO GO TO NEEDLES, YOU CAN RIDE A BUS THERE IF YOU WANT TO, UM, AND VICTOR VALLEY, AND YOU CAN RIDE THAT WITHOUT COST.
UM, IT'S AN, IT'S A, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR EVERYBODY THAT WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW IT IS TO BE ABLE TO GET ON A A, ON A PUBLIC TRANSIT, UM, VEHICLE OF EITHER A TRAIN OR A BUS AND, UH, SEE IF THEY LIKE IT OR NOT.
SO WE'LL HAVE THAT PUT UP ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
AND THAT'S, UH, IF WE ARE HAVE ANYTHING ELSE ON YOUR AGENCY, THEN WE'LL MOVE TO CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS. I HAVE NO REPORTS TONIGHT, MR. MAYOR.
ANY IDENTIFICATION FOR ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE ON THE 15TH OF THIS MONTH? FEBRUARY 15TH.
SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW, UH, ADJOURN IN THE MEMORY OF LONGTIME RESIDENT AND, UM, COMMUNITY, UM, JUST A LEADER IN OUR COMMUNITY, CATHERINE BRIDGE.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ATTENDING.