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TO OUR FIRST CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF 2023.SO I'D LIKE TO CALL THIS MEETING ON JANUARY 11TH OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR FIRE BOARD, HOUSING SUCCESSOR AGENCY, SUCCESSOR AGENCY AUTHORITY BOARD, AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS TO ORDER.
MAYOR MICHAEL IS EXCUSED THIS EVENING AND AS MAYOR PRO TEM, I'M ASSUMING THOSE DUTIES.
I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON TO PLEASE LEAD US IN THE FLAX SALUTE.
PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR RICHARD STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY.
MAYOR MICHAEL, ABSENT EXCUSE MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS HUTCHINSON PRESENT.
SCOTT PRESENT AND STICKLER PRESENT.
ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA? CITY CLERK? I'M CITY.
WE HAVE NO AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION THIS EVENING AND IT IS A PROCLAMATION TO THE BIG BOYS AND BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.
IF I COULD ASK CRYSTAL JOSEPH TO COME UP PLEASE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH OUR REPRESENTATIVE THIS EVENING AND I KNOW YOU HAVE A FEW WORDS TO SHARE WITH OUR AUDIENCE ABOUT THE PROGRAM AND BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS.
MY NAME IS CRYSTAL JOSEPH AND I AM OUR DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR AT BIG BROTHERS BIG SISTERS INLAND EMPIRE.
JANUARY IS NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TODAY TO JUST SAY THANK YOU SO MUCH, UM, FOR ALLOWING US THE OPPORTUNITY TO TALK ABOUT MENTORING.
UH, IF YOU THINK BACK TO YOUR PAST AND YOUR YOUR LIFE NOW, WE ALL HAVE HAD A MENTOR IN OUR LIVES THAT HAVE HELPED PLANT THAT SEED, UM, TO BE WHO WE ARE TODAY.
BUT NOT ALL OF US HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
AND WE LOOK AT THE KIDS AND YOUTH THAT ARE IN THE INLAND EMPIRE HERE.
WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT THEY TOO HAVE THAT POTENTIAL, UM, TO BECOME GREATER THINGS AND GREATER PEOPLE, UM, THAN THEY CAN IMAGINE.
SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE HERE TO DO, BUT WE CAN'T DO IT WITHOUT VOLUNTEERS.
SO IT IS OUR VOLUNTEERS THAT LEAD THAT EFFORT TO PLANT THOSE SEEDS AND IGNITE THE POTENTIAL IN OUR YOUTH.
AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST IMPORTANT FOR US TO LOOK AT THE SOCIAL MOBILITY AND IGNITE THAT, UH, SOCIAL EMOTIONAL GROWTH AND PATH SO THAT STUDENTS THESE DAYS CAN GRADUATE.
'CAUSE THAT IS VERY IMPORTANT.
96% OF STUDENTS IN OUR PROGRAMS ACTUALLY DO GRADUATE FROM HIGH SCHOOL.
AND THEN WE ALSO WANNA FOCUS ON THAT YOUNG ADULT COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS.
THEY'RE A LOT DIFFERENT, I THINK, THAN THE COLLEGE AGE STUDENTS WE ONCE WERE.
UM, AND INVITING THEM TO REACH OUT THAT POTENTIAL TO MAYBE WHERE THEY THOUGHT THEY COULD WORK, YOU KNOW, AND GET THEM CONNECTED TO PROGRAMS AND AGENCIES AND EMPLOYERS THAT THEY MAY NOT HAVE HAD CONNECTEDNESS TO.
UM, WE DO SERVICE TWO PROGRAMS HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
WE HAVE OUR TRADITIONAL COMMUNITY-BASED PROGRAM, BUT WE ALSO HAVE A VERY SPECIAL PROGRAM WITH TWANDA HIGH SCHOOL AND THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA PD.
UM, SO WE'RE VERY HONORED TO HAVE THAT, UH, PROGRAM HERE IN THE CITY.
AND JUST WANNA SAY, YOU KNOW, TAKE YOUR TIME THIS MONTH IN JANUARY TO THINK OF THOSE MENTORS THAT HAVE BEEN IMPACTFUL IN YOUR LIFE.
AND IF YOU HAVE AN INTEREST IN MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN OUR YOUTH WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY, CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE.
I DON'T THINK IT'S ON THE SLIDE, BUT I HAVE MATERIAL IF YOU NEED IT.
AND, UH, JUST THANK YOU SO MUCH.
SO ALL I HAVE TO DO IF I WANNA BE A MENTOR IS GO ON THE WEBSITE, FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS, AND I CAN SIGN UP.
SO WE DO ASK FOR A ONE YEAR COMMITMENT.
WE DO THE, THE EXCITING THING ABOUT OUR PROGRAM IS WE DO HAVE ONE TO ONE, UH, MENTORING AS THE FOUNDATION.
WE CALL OURSELVES THE ORIGINAL MATCH.COM.
SO YOU APPLY AND YOU TELL US YOUR INTERESTS AND WHAT YOU LIKE TO DO, AND THEN WE HAVE STUDENTS THAT, UM, AND WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING FOR YOUTH AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WE PAIR YOU UP WITH A CHILD THAT, YOU KNOW, WOULD FIT WITH YOUR INTERESTS.
AND ONCE YOU'RE CLEARED AND BACKGROUND CHECKED AND WE DO A VERY THOROUGH PROCESS AND ALL OF THAT, THEN YOU CAN TAKE THEM OUT IN THE COMMUNITY AND DO FUN THINGS TOGETHER, UM,
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AND REALLY ENHANCE AND EDUCATE THEM ON ALL FUN THINGS.SO WHAT ABOUT MENTEES? IF I AM A YOUNG PERSON, IS THERE AN AGE SPAN? IS IT FIVE YEARS OLD ENOUGH, OR WHAT WOULD YOU SAY? IT'S SIX TO 17.
UM, WE DO HAVE, LIKE I SAID, THE SITE-BASED PROGRAM AT TWANDA, BUT ANY STUDENTS WITHIN, YOU KNOW, THE AREA, WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO PARTNER WITH AGENCIES, YOU KNOW, THE YOUTH WE SERVE ARE MORE YOUTH OF NEED.
UM, SO WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING AT DIFFERENT COUNTY PARTNERSHIPS SO THAT THEY COULD HELP REFER STUDENTS TO OUR PROGRAM.
WELL, THANK YOU SO MUCH CRYSTAL, AND WE WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE HARD WORK YOU DO ON BEHALF OF THE STUDENTS BY PRESENTING YOU WITH A PROCLAMATION THIS EVENING, WHICH I WILL READ FOR OUR AUDIENCE AND FOR YOU.
WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS COMMITTED TO THE SUCCESS OF THE YOUTH IN ITS COMMUNITY.
AND WHEREAS JANUARY HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH IN FOCUS, NATIONAL ATTENTION ON THE NEED FOR MENTORS AS WELL AS HOW EACH OF US INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESSES, GOVERNMENT AGENCIES, SCHOOLS, FAITH-BASED COMMUNITIES AND NONPROFITS CAN WORK TOGETHER TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF MENTORS AND ASSURE A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE.
AND WHEREAS WHILE THIS PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN IS LED BY MENTOR, THE NATIONAL MENTORING PARTNERSHIP, NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH IS CHAMPIONED IN OUR COMMUNITY BY BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE.
AND WHEREAS THE YOUTH SERVED BY BIG BROTHERS AND BIG SISTERS OF THE INLAND EMPIRE FACE SOCIOECONOMIC BARRIERS BEYOND THEIR CONTROL, THAT CREATE ISOLATION AND DISCONNECTION RESULTING IN COMPLICATIONS IN SCHOOL AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON FUTURE EMPLOYMENT.
AND THESE STATISTICS ARE AMAZING REGARDING THE IMPACT ON STUDENTS.
WHEREAS STUDIES SHOW THAT STUDENTS WHO MEET REGULARLY WITH MENTORS ARE 55% MORE LIKELY TO BE ENROLLED IN COLLEGE THAN THOSE WHO DID NOT HAVE A MENTOR AS WELL AS 52% LESS LIKELY THAN THEIR PEERS TO SKIP A DAY OF SCHOOL.
46% LESS LIKELY TO START USING DRUGS AND 27% LESS LIKELY TO START DRINKING.
AND WHEREAS NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH BRINGS FORTH AN IDEAL OPPORTUNITY TO HONOR MEMBERS AND MENTORS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS HIGHLIGHT THE IMPORTANCE OF RECRUITING NEW MENTORS.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIM THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE MONTH OF JANUARY, 2023 AS NATIONAL MENTORING MONTH.
HERE IS AN A PROCLAMATION FOR YOU TO DISPLAY.
WE'D LIKE TO CONGRATULATE YOU AND SUPPORT YOU.
I'LL TAKE YOUR MICROPHONE THERE.
AND OUR COUNSEL, WE'D LIKE TO ALSO SHAKE YOUR HAND.
WE LIKE TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH YOU.
LOOK AT THE CAMERA ON YOUR LEFT.
THIS IS NOW THE TIME FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND IT IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR MEMBERS OF OUR AUDIENCE TO SPEAK TO ANY ITEM ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA.
THE COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO FIVE MINUTES, DEPENDING ON THE NUMBER OF SPEAKERS THAT WE HAVE.
AND TONIGHT WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER AND IT IS JANET WALTON.
AND JANET, YOU HAVE THE ENTIRE FIVE MINUTES, EVERYONE.
PRAY IT'S A PEACEFUL ONE AND WELCOME WARM, WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBER.
UM, BEFORE I PRAY, I I JUST CAME ACROSS THIS LITTLE ARTICLE HERE ABOUT THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.
I ALWAYS FIND THESE VERY INTERESTING.
UH, SO MANY PEOPLE SAY, YOU KNOW, AMERICA WASN'T BIRTHED ON, ON GOD AND HIS PRINCIPLES, BUT AS OUR FOUNDING,
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UH, FOUNDERS DECLARED THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM ENGLAND, THEY ALSO ACKNOWLEDGED THEIR DEPENDENCE UPON GOD, THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE.OUR ORIGINAL FOUNDING DOCUMENT HAS FOUR CLEAR REFERENCES TO GOD, SPEAKING OF HIM AS OUR LAWMAKER, OUR CREATOR, OUR JUDGE, AND OUR PROTECTOR.
THE DECLARATION CONCLUDES WITH THESE WORDS, QUOTE, FOR THE SUPPORT OF THIS DECLARATION, WITH A FIRM RELIANCE ON THE PROTECTION OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE, WE MUTUALLY PLEDGE TO EACH OTHER OUR LIVES, OUR FORTUNES, AND OUR SACRED HONOR.
AFTER SIGNING THE DECLARATION, SOME WEPT.
OTHERS LIKE WITHERSPOON BOWED THEIR HEADS IN PRAYER.
UH, SAMUEL ADAMS ROSE AND STATED QUOTE, WE HAVE THIS DAY RESTORED THE SOVEREIGN TO WHOM ALONE.
HE REIGNS IN HEAVEN, AND FROM THE RISING TO THE SETTING SUN, MAY HIS KINGDOM COME.
FATHER, I JUST THANK YOU AGAIN FOR JUST A PRIVILEGE TO BE HERE AND, AND TO WORSHIP YOU.
AND THANK YOU FOR BEING WHO YOU ARE, ARE SAVING OUR LORD FOR WHOMSOEVER CHOOSES.
I THANK YOU FOR THIS LEADERSHIP HERE.
UM, PRAY FAITHFULLY FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES THAT THEY WOULD JUST CONTINUE TO HONOR YOU AND ALL THE DECISIONS THAT ARE MADE HERE FOR THIS GREAT CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
I THANK YOU FOR OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
UM, I PRAY THIS EVERY TIME, BUT IT NEEDS TO BE PRAYED EVERY TIME, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO THEM AND THAT THEY WOULD SEE HOW YOU ARE FAITHFUL TO THEM AND THEY WOULD REACH OUT TO YOU, THANK YOU, EVEN FOR THEIR FAMILIES THAT PAY A TREMENDOUS PRICE FOR ALLOWING THEM TO BE OUT ON THE FRONT LINE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, FATHER, FOR OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM, FOR OUR, OUR, UM, BUSINESSES HERE IN REJU CUCAMONGA.
AND I PRAY THIS NEXT YEAR, IT'S, IT'S ALWAYS, UH, AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO KINDA, UH, RECALCULATE, TO LOOK ON THE PAST AND SEE SOME POSSIBLE MISTAKES WE'VE MADE OR WISHES WE HADN'T DONE.
GIVE US, UM, AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO FACE EVERY DAY WITH YOU, WITH HOPE IN YOU.
AND SO I'M PRAYING THAT THIS NEXT YEAR, 2023 WILL BE A VERY GOOD YEAR, A GOOD YEAR FILLED WITH, UH, PEACE AND JOY AND HOPE IN YOU.
AND THAT WE WOULD, EVEN ON OUR OWN SELVES, WOULD DECIDE TO BE, PREFER SOMEONE ABOVE OURSELVES TO BE KIND, TO ALWAYS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY SOMETHING KIND OR DO SOMETHING KIND NO MATTER WHAT.
AND I JUST THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO CONTINUE TO PRAY AND LIFT UP THE CITY AND THE EMPLOYEES HERE IN THEIR FAMILIES.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, FATHER, FOR YOUR LOVE AND YOUR SUPPORT TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US.
THIS TAKES US TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR AND THE FOLLOWING CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THEY WILL BE ACTED UPON WITHOUT DISCUSSION UNLESS AN ITEM IS REMOVED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER.
MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ALSO SIT AS FIREBOARD AND OTHER AGENCIES AND MAY ACT ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THOSE BODIES AS PART OF A SINGLE MOTION WITH THE CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR.
SO AT THIS TIME, IF THERE MADAM MAYOR PRO TEM, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
OKAY, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOTION CARRIES 4 0 1 WITH MAYOR MICHAEL AB, ABSENT AND COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE.
THERE ARE NO CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCES TONIGHT.
SO THAT WILL TAKE US TO SECTION F, WHICH IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING CONSIDERATION OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 4 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FUR.
FURTHER READING AMENDING SECTIONS ONE 0.5 6.0 1 0 1, 0 0.562, AND 1 0 6 0 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALTER TRUCK ROUTES, MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF AND MAKING A DETERMINATION.
THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
SO I'M GONNA TURN OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. ESON.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, WE, THE, THE CITY HAS, UH, IN OUR CODE, UH, SECTIONS THAT GOVERN AND ARE
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SPECIFIC AS TO WHERE TRUCK ROOTS ARE.AND AS WE GO THROUGH THE PROCESS WHERE WE UPDATE OUR GENERAL PLAN AND THEN UPDATE OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE, WE'VE GOT TO FOLLOW UP AFTER THAT AND MAKE SURE THAT WE UPDATE ALL THE TRUCK ROUTE SECTIONS, KEEP EVERYTHING CLEAN AND CONSISTENT.
SO ENGINEERING IS TAKING THE LEAD ON THIS.
AND THAT'S WHAT THIS ITEM IS TONIGHT.
AND I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS ELLIS, OUR ASSISTANT ENGINEER, AND JASON JASON WELD DAY, OUR ENGINEERING SERVICES DIRECTOR, AND THEY'LL WALK YOU THROUGH THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, MADAM MAYOR PRO TIM AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS CHRIS ELLIS AND I'LL BE TALKING TO YOU ABOUT OUR UPDATE TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 10 POINT 56 TRUCK ROUTES AND RESTRICTIONS.
UM, IN DECEMBER OF 1988, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED ORDINANCE NUMBER 3 73.
UM, AND THIS ORDINANCE ALLOWS THE CITY TO REGULATE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES ON THE CITY STREETS AND DESIGNATES UNRESTRICTED TRUCK ROUTES FROM COMMERCIAL VEHICLES OVER THREE TONS AND RESTRICTS COMMERCIAL TRUCK TRAFFIC, UM, FROM NEIGHBORHOOD STREETS WHERE, UH, THEY MAY BE INCOMPATIBLE.
THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN UPDATE ADOPTED IN LATE 2021 FIGURE AND FIGURE M NINE TRUCK ROUTES OF THE GENERAL PLAN OUTLINES THE DESIGNATION OF THESE TRUCK ROUTES WITHIN THE CITY.
THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE ALSO DE DESIGNATED TRUCK ROUTES TO BE CONSIDERED FOR POTENTIAL REMOVAL.
HOWEVER, RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 10 POINT 56 0 2 0 AND 0 3 0 HAVE NOT BEEN UPDATED SINCE MARCH 3RD, 1992.
THEREFORE, THE ATTACHED ORDINANCE WAS CREATED, UH, TO AMEND THIS, THESE CODE SECTIONS TO RE RESOLVE ANY INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE EXISTING CODE SECTIONS AND THE ADOPTED GENERAL PLAN.
UH, SO SHOWN ON THE SCREEN, UM, IS A MAP OF THE POTENTIAL TRUCK ROUTES OR THE PROPOSED TRUCK ROUTES.
AND ALSO THIS IS ALSO IN THE, UM, EXHIBIT A IN THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, AND JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW SHOWN IN GREEN IS ARE, ARE THE STREETS DESIGNATED AS UNRESTRICTED TRUCK ROUTE SHOWN IN LIGHT BLUE? ARE THE RESTRICTED TRUCK ROUTES AND SHOWN IN DARK BLUE ARE THE STREETS DESIGNATED AS TERMINAL ACCESS ROUTES? MOST OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES IN THE ORDINANCE, UM, UPDATE THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO REFLECT THE CHANGES IN THE STREET NAMES AND THE ADDITION OF STATE ROUTE TWO 10 FREEWAY.
SOME OF THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL CHANGES ARE THE REMOVAL OF THE UNRESTRICTED TRUCK ROUTE DESIGNATION FOR THE PORTION OF 19TH STREET FROM THE WEST CITY LIMITS TO HAVEN AVENUE, AND THE REMOVAL OF THE BLANKET TRUCK ROUTE ACCESS ON STREETS IN THE INDUSTRIAL ZONE THAT WERE NOT SPECIFICALLY LO UH, LISTED IN THE EXISTING ORDINANCE.
AND THE PURPOSE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THESE DESIGNATIONS IS TO ELIMINATE TRUCK TRAFFIC ON THE STREETS WHERE TRUCK TRAFFIC, UM, WHERE THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC IS INCOMPATIBLE WITH THE VISION FOR THE ADJACENT LAND USES.
THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE ALREADY PERMITS, UM, TRUCKS TO DRIVE OFF THE ROUTES IF THEY'RE GOING TO AND FROM, UH, DELIVERIES, UH, OR PICKUPS.
SO, UH, THE ACCESS TO THESE PROPERTIES WILL STILL BE POSSIBLE, JUST NOT THE THROUGH TRUCK TRAFFIC.
UM, REMOVAL OR MINOR CHANGES WOULD BE REMOVAL OF REFERENCES TO STATE ROUTE 30 AS IT NO LONGER EXISTS.
UM, IT'S ACTUALLY HIGHWAY, UH, SORRY, UH, HIGHLAND AVENUE.
AND THEN ANOTHER MINOR CHANGE WOULD BE THE ADDITION OF STATE ROUTE TWO 10 FREEWAY, WHICH TOOK THE PLACE OF STATE ROUTE 30.
UH, THE GENERAL PLAN ALSO RECOMMENDED, UH, CONSIDERATION TO REMOVE TRUCK ACCESS FROM FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.
HOWEVER, AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS RETAINING THIS TRUCK ROUTE AS THE DEVELOPMENT OF FOOTHILL PROGRESSES INTO A MORE URBAN ENVIRONMENT, UM, AND THE CORRIDOR BECOMES MORE ACCESSIBLE TO BIKES AND, AND, UM, PEDESTRIANS, UH, THAT THAT TRUCK ROUTE DESIGNATION WILL BE RECONSIDERED.
STAFF WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT OF FOOTHILL AND REEVALUATE IN APPROXIMATELY 12 TO 18 MONTHS.
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AND AGAIN, ALL THESE CHANGES ARE, ARE DETAILED IN THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.IF APPROVED, UH, THE NEXT STEPS WOULD BE FOR ENGINEERING STAFF TO WORK WITH PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO UPDATE THE TRUCK ROUTE SIGNAGE WHERE NECESSARY AND NOTIFY THE TRUCKING COMPANIES OF THE CHANGES MADE TO THE TRUCK ROUTES IN ORDER TO PREVENT CONFUSION.
THIS WOULD BE DONE, UH, LIKELY BY WAY OF EMAIL NOTIFICATION TO THE FIRMS THAT HAVE REQUESTED OVERSIZED LOAD PERMITS, UH, IN THE PAST YEAR.
AND THEN THE LAST STEP WOULD BE TO WORK WITH PD TO ISSUE WARNINGS FOR THE FIRST 30 DAYS TO VEHICLES, UM, DEFINED AS LEGAL TRUCKS BY THE CALIFORNIA VEHICLE CODE.
AND, UM, THAT WOULD BE OUR BEST EFFORT TO BRING AWARENESS OF THE CHANGES TO THOSE LEGAL TRUCKS AS WE WOULDN'T HAVE THEIR CON CONTACT INFORMATION ON FILE.
SO AT THIS TIME, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 4 AND WAIVE FURTHER READING, AMENDING SECTIONS 10 POINT 56.0 1 0 0 2 0, AND 0 3 0 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AL ALTER THE TRUCK ROUTES.
BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL? OKAY.
THE PUBLIC COMMENT SECTION IS NOW OPEN.
ARE, IS THERE ANYONE HERE TO SPEAK SEEING NO ONE? I WILL CLOSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS BEFORE I ASK FOR THE READING AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION? OKAY.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO INTRODUCE THE FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 4 BY TITLE ONLY AND WA WAIVE FURTHER READINGS.
MADAME CLERK, CAN WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND PLEASE? IS THERE A MOTION? SUBED? SECOND.
MADAM CITY CLERK ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 1 4, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTIONS 10 POINT 56.0 1 0, 10 0.56020, AND 10 56 0.30 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALTO TRUCK ROUTES MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF AND MAKING A DETERMINATION THAT THE ORDINANCE IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES 4 0 1 WITH MAYOR MICHAEL ABSON.
WE APPRECIATE THAT REPORT THIS EVENING ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS.
THERE ARE NO ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO WE WILL MOVE TO THE CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORTS, NO ITEMS TONIGHT.
ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS? YES, MADAM FORAM.
UH, I ATTENDED ON AS WELL AS SOME OF MY OTHER COUNCIL COLLEAGUES, UH, MEETINGS YESTERDAY IN THE CITY RANCH CUCAMONGA AND ALSO TODAY IN THE CITY OF FONTANA, WE RECEIVED COMPREHENSIVE UPDATES ON BRIGHT LINE WEST'S HIGHSPEED RAIL PROJECT, UH, THAT THEY'RE WORKING ON THAT'S GOING TO CONNECT LAS VEGAS TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA VIA HIGHSPEED RAIL.
UM, WITH SOME UPDATES ON WHAT THEIR TIMETABLE IS FOR COMPLETION, WHAT THE HURDLES THEY STILL HAVE TO CLEAR.
AND UH, I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A VERY EXCITING PROJECT THAT REALLY HAS THE POTENTIAL TO TAKE A LOT OF CARS OFF THE ROAD.
I KNOW COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, YOU WERE THERE AS WELL.
ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO ADD? THANK YOU MAYOR.
UH, PRO PRETEND NOT ADDITIONAL COMMENTS, BUT IT WAS REALLY GREAT TO SEE THE REGIONAL BENEFITS.
IT'S NOT, UH, IT'S NOT LIKE GONNA HELP R CITY, BUT JUST REGIONALLY, UM, PUTTING THIS ON THE MAP AND ALSO HELPING OUR FRIENDS IN THE HIGH DESERT AS THERE ARE FOLKS THAT ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO HOP ON A TRAIN IN HISPERIA THAT'S GONNA GO BACK AND FORTH A COUPLE OF DAY, UH, TIMES A DAY THAT WILL GET PEOPLE FROM HAVING TO DRIVE DOWN THE HILL TO CONNECT THEM TO THE, UH, METROLINK HERE TO GET THEM TO THEIR JOBS IN ORANGE COUNTY AND LA COUNTY.
SO PRETTY, UM, EXCITING NEWS AND IT'S NICE TO SEE THE REGION, UH, COME TOGETHER AND BE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
PLEASE LOOK FORWARD TO MORE INFORMATION BECAUSE THIS REALLY IS GOING TO BE AN ECONOMIC DRIVER AND LEVER FOR OUR ENTIRE REGION, ESPECIALLY IN THE AREAS OF, UM, ENVIRONMENT AS WELL AS JOBS AND THE FUTURE OF OUR REGION.
SO THANK YOU BOTH FOR ATTENDING AND LOOK FORWARD TO MORE INFORMATION.
I HAVE BEEN APPOINTED TO AS PRESIDENT OF CONFIRE,
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SO I LOOK FORWARD TO SERVING IN THAT CAPACITY AND KEEPING YOU APPRISED OF ALL OF THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS AND SERVICE AND WHAT WE INTEND TO DO TO INCREASE, DECREASE RESPONSE TIMES IN TERMS OF EMERGENCY SERVICES.ANY INTER-AGENCY UPDATES, CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS, NO REPORTS TONIGHT.
ANY IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR OUR FUTURE MEETING, WHICH THE NEXT ONE WILL BE JANUARY 18TH AND THAT IS NEXT WEEK.
AM I CORRECT? BACK TO BACK AND, UH, ACTUALLY DO HAVE ONE MAYOR PRO TAM, IF YOU DON'T MIND.
UH, IF YOU'RE WATCHING NFL FOOTBALL A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, YOU SAW SOMETHING VERY SCARY HAPPEN.
UH, DEMAR HAMLIN OF THE BUFFALO BILLS SUSTAINED A VERY UNUSUAL HEART INJURY WHILE HE WAS OUT ON THE FIELD, BUT WE WATCHED TRAINERS AND FIRST RESPONDERS ACTUALLY, UH, GET THERE AND RESTART HIS HEARTBEAT, WHICH HAD STOPPED OFF THE FIELD ON THE FIELD WITH AN A ED DEFIBRILLATOR, UM, AND WAS ABLE TO HELP HIM GET TO THE HOSPITAL AND RECEIVE LIFE SUSTAINING REPORT.
UH, AND I'M SO HAPPY THAT THEY DID.
IT WAS TRULY A SCARY MOMENT FOR ALL OF US SITTING THERE AND WATCHING.
BUT I WANTED TO TAKE THE MOMENT MAYBE, AND IT DOESN'T NEED TO BE NEXT WEEK, BUT AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE, UH, REFRESH AND RENEW OUR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW AEDS WORK, HOW CPR WORKS AND HOW OUR APP, UH, RC TWO GO APP CAN ACTUALLY DIRECT YOU TO AN A ED DEFIBRILLATOR IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.
I JUST THINK IT'S A GREAT OPPORTUNITY TO RENEW OUR KNOWLEDGE ON THAT, UH, BASED ON THE FACT THAT WE GOT TO SEE THAT OUT THERE, UH, SAVING A LIFE.
ARE YOU REQUESTING THAT THAT BE AN AGENDA ITEM? AND IF SO, THEN THAT WOULD REQUIRE APPROVAL FROM OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS? I THINK MAYBE JUST A PRESENTATION.
YEAH, WE'LL JUST DO IT AS A A, A FIRE DEPARTMENT PRESENTATION.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS? THEN I MOVE FOR ADJOURNMENT.