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          [REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS]
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND, UH, WELCOME TO OUR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF AUGUST 21ST, 2024. 
          AND WE'RE GLAD WE'VE GOT A HUGE CROWD HERE TONIGHT. 
          AND SO THAT'S EXCITING TO SEE. 
          UM, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER. 
          AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR COUNCILMAN ASHLEY 
          [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL:  Mayor Michael 
Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy 
Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler]
STICKLER TO LEAD US IN TONIGHT'S PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. 
          READY? BEGIN. 
          I VOTED TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE REPUBLIC WORKS TO STAND MISSION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, LIBERTY, AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. 
          OKAY, ROLL CALL. 
          MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT. 
          MAYOR PRO, TIM LYNN KENNEDY, PRESENT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT. 
          CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT. 
          MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY MODIFICATIONS 
          [AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]
OR CHANGES TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? WE HAVE NO AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA AS PRESENTED. 
          MAYOR MICHAEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS. 
          [ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]
WE HAVE TWO PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT, AND THEY'RE VERY, VERY TOUCHING, MOVING, AND VERY EXCITING PRESENTATIONS. 
          UH, OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION IN RECOGNITION 
          [B1.
 Presentation in Recognition of the Rancho Cucamonga Building & Safety Department for Receiving Accredited Status by the International Accreditation Service (IAS), Certifying Best Practices for Public Safety, Customer Service, Plan Check, Permitting, and Inspections Processes.]
OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT FOR RECEIVING ACCREDITED STATUS BY THE INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION SERVICE, OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS IAS CERTIFYING BEST PRACTICES FOR PUBLIC SAFETY, CUSTOMER SERVICE PLAN, CHECK PERMITTING, AND INSPECTION PROCESSES. 
          I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD FROM THE BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT, OR BUILDING A SAFETY DIRECTOR, ZACH NEIGHBORS, ALONG WITH HIS WONDERFUL TEAM OF EMPLOYEES THAT WORK SO DILIGENTLY THAT HAVE MADE THIS, THIS RECOGNITION POSSIBLE. 
          SO, ZACH, I'M GONNA TURN THIS MICROPHONE OVER TO YOU AND YOU CAN EXPLAIN TO THE PUBLIC, UH, WHAT YOU'RE ALL HERE FOR TONIGHT AND WHY WE'RE ALL HERE TO RECOGNIZE THE OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT THAT YOU HAVE, HAVE, HAVE ACQUIRED FOR OUR, OUR CITY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THE PEOPLE WE SERVE. 
          SO IT'S ALL YOURS. 
          THANK YOU, MAYOR. 
          GOOD EVENING, EVERYBODY. 
          SO, UH, WE'RE HERE FOR OUR IAAS ACCREDITATION CEREMONY. 
          SO, IAS IS THE INIT, UH, INTERNATIONAL ACCREDITATION SERVICES. 
          IT'S A THIRD PARTY THAT ACTUALLY DOES ASSESSMENTS BASED ON OUR CUSTOMER SERVICE LEVELS AND OUR POLICIES AND PROCEDURES WE PROVIDE FOR PLAN, CHECK, INSPECTION SERVICES, AND FRANKLY, HOW WE COMM, UH, KEEP OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. 
          SO WE INVITED THEM IN AFTER MONTHS AND MONTHS OF PAPERWORK TO ASSESS AND AUDIT OUR PROCESS AND PROCEDURES. 
          WHAT THEY TOLD US FROM THE VERY GET GO IS MOST BUILDING DEPARTMENTS FIRST GO AROUND, GET SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SEVEN, EIGHT, AND EIGHT CORRECTIVE ACTIONS. 
          I'M VERY, VERY PROUD TO SAY THAT WE RECEIVED ZERO AND WE RECEIVED ACCREDITED STATUS FIRST GO AROUND, AND THAT'S A TESTAMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO WHAT THE AUDITING CREW SHARED WITH US IS THAT IS ACTUALLY THE HIGHEST SCORE THEY'VE EVER SEEN WHILE CONDUCTING ASSESSMENTS. 
          SO THAT'S A TESTAMENT TO THE STAFF, THEIR COMMITMENT TO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROVIDING A SAFE COMMUNITY. 
          SO WE'RE VERY, VERY EXCITED. 
          WE ARE ACTUALLY THE ONLY ACCREDITED BUILDING DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE ARE NUMBER 28 IN THE NATION. 
          SO THANK YOU STAFF FOR ALL THAT YOU GUYS DO. 
          IT'S AN HONOR TO SERVE SIDE BY SIDE WITH YOU EVERY DAY. 
          YOU GUYS ARE ALL AMAZING. 
          I THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I ALSO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THE COLLABORATION AND THE SUPPORT THAT WE GET FROM ALL THE OTHER DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS OUR, OUR MAYOR AND OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR EXECUTIVE STAFF. 
          SO I DO WANNA RECOGNIZE KRAMER SANDERS FROM OUR DUET DEPARTMENT. 
          HUGE, HUGE. 
          HE, HE'S A HUGE ASSET TO US. 
          WE USE HIM DAILY. 
          HE ACTUALLY WRITES ALL THE REPORTING AND MAKE SURE THAT OUR AELA, WHICH IS OUR PROCESSING SYSTEM FOR PERMITS, IS ON POINT, DOES AN AMAZING JOB. 
          I ALSO WANT TO RECOGNIZE CLARENCE DE GUZMAN, WHO'S A MANAGEMENT ANALYST WITH THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. 
          HE WAS THE GLUE THAT HELD THIS ALL TOGETHER, SO THIS ACTUALLY TOOK MORE THAN A YEAR. 
          I FORGOT ABOUT IT AT ONE POINT. 
          I'M NOT GONNA LIE, . 
          UM, AND IF IT WASN'T FOR CLARENCE KEEPING US ON TASK, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE POSSIBLE. 
          SO THANK YOU GUYS ONCE AGAIN FOR EVERYTHING YOU DO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YOU KNOW, I'M, I'M FAMILIAR WITH HOW ISO INSURANCE SERVICES OFFICE COMES INTO CITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO DO, UH, ISO RATINGS FOR, FOR A CITY'S POLICE AND EMERGENCY RESPONSE TO FIRE. 
          UM, AND THIS SAME ORGANIZATION 
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DOES THE ACCREDITATION FOR BUILDING DEPARTMENTS. 
          AND I CAN TELL YOU WITHOUT A, WITHOUT A DOUBT IN OUR MINDS, UH, THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT WANTED TO DO AND TO UNDERTAKE THIS PROJECT AND TO COME OUT AS SUCCESSFUL AS THEY WERE, TAKES AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF DEDICATION, AN IMMENSE AMOUNT OF WORK. 
          AND ZACH, AND TO YOUR WHOLE TEAM, OUR CITY COUNCIL, IS INDEBTED TO YOU FOR ALL THE HARD WORK. 
          THIS WILL MAKE IT MUCH EASIER FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO DO BUSINESS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, KNOWING THAT WE HAVE THE ONLY BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT AT THIS TIME IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WHERE WE WANT BUSINESSES TO COME AND ENJOY, AND RESIDENTS TO COME AND ENJOY OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. 
          SO, ZACH, WE GIVE YOU THIS. 
          IT'S A, A BEAUTIFUL PLAQUE. 
          WE WANT YOU TO PUT THIS UP IN YOUR OFFICES IN A CONSPICUOUS PLACE. 
          NO, MAYBE OUT THERE WHERE THE PUBLIC SEES IT ALL THE TIME. 
          YES, SIR. 
          SOMEWHERE, WHEREVER YOU, YOU CHOOSE. 
          BUT, UH, AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU, AND I KNOW THAT OUR COUNCIL WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A CHANCE TO JUST SHAKE YOUR HANDS AS YOU COME BY, AND THEN WE'LL GET A PHOTO AFTERWARDS. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YOU BET. 
          THANK APPRECIATE, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, CONGRAT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK, THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          NOW, IF YOU COULD ALL COME BACK THIS WAY AND WE'LL TRY TO GET A PICTURE. 
          UM, I DON'T KNOW IF IT'S A BIG CROWD. 
          WHERE DO YOU WANT US? I DON'T JUST COME ON OVER HERE. 
          YOU ALL NEED TO GET MILE IN. 
          FIND A PLACE YOU CAN STAND IN. 
          FRONT ME ON. 
          YOU GUYS CAN COME AND STAND RIGHT HERE. 
          TALL IN RIGHT HERE. 
          OKAY. 
          WHOEVER'S IN THE MIDDLE GETS YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE TO DOWN BACK HERE. 
          PERFECT. 
          COME ON IN ROOM. 
          ROOM RIGHT HERE IN FRONT OF ASHLEY. 
          TAKING, HOLD IT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU VERY MUCH. 
          THANK, AND NOW WE HAVE 
          [B2.
 Presentation of Certificates of Recognition to Bystanders who Performed Lifesaving CPR and Recognition of the Fire Protection District Receiving the 2024 Mission: Lifeline EMS Gold Medal Achievement. ]
A VERY, VERY WONDERFUL PRESENTATION TO SHARE WITH HIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE DO THE RIGHT THING FOR THE RIGHT REASONS, AND THEY'RE THERE TO ASSIST SOMEONE IN GREAT NEED. 
          THIS IS A PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO BYSTANDERS WHO PERFORMED LIFESAVING CPR AND RECOGNITION OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT FOR RECEIVING THE 2024 MISSION LIFELINE, EMS GOLD MEDAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD. 
          I'D LIKE TO CALL, FIRST UP I'D THE, FROM THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT, OUR EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL IN CHARGE OF EMS DIVISION, SANDY GRIFFITH, JOSH STAPLETON, AND PATTY EOL. 
          SANDY, I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO YOU. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AND, UH, THANKS FOR HAVING US, UH, TO SHARE ABOUT OUR PROGRAM. 
          WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT, UM, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE TO, UM, ACHIEVE THIS AWARD. 
          AND WE WANNA JUST GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF, UH, INFORMATION ON WHAT THAT AWARD MEANS AND HOW WE EARN IT. 
          SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL. 
          UM, THE MISSION LIFELINE AWARD IS AWARDED TO AN AGENCY THAT MEETS CERTAIN STANDARDS THAT ARE GOAL, THAT ARE THE MEETING TIME STANDARDS, MEETING, UH, QUALITY PATIENT CARE, GETTING THE PATIENT THE RIGHT CARE, AND TO THE RIGHT HOSPITALS AND, UM, ALL OF THAT. 
          UM, FOR EXAMPLE, HAVING A, A 12 LEAD ON A PATIENT, THE GOAL IS 10 MINUTES, AND OUR AVERAGE IS THREE MINUTES FROM THE TIME WE ARRIVE TO GET THAT EKG, SO THAT WE CAN DETERMINE IF THEY NEED TO GO TO A HOSPITAL THAT HAS A STEMI CENTER. 
          SO THAT'S PART OF THE, WHAT THE WARD RECOGNIZES, AND THAT'S WHAT OUR CREWS HERE DO. 
          UM, SO WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL. 
          AND SO BECAUSE OF THAT, WE HAVE SOME REALLY GREAT OUTCOMES THAT WE WANNA SHARE WITH YOU. 
          AND, UM, IF YOU LOOK ON THE, ON THE SIDE HERE, THIS TOP, UH, LEFT IS, UM, A, A COMPARISON OF OUR CARDIAC ARREST, UM, DATA THAT'S CALLED A CARE, UH, CARES DATA, WHICH IS CARDIAC ARREST, UH, REGISTRY FOR ENHANCED SURVIVAL. 
          SO THEY LOOK AND THEY COMPARE US COMPARED TO, UM, UH, RANCHO FIRE COMPARED TO, UM, OUR WHOLE INLAND COUNTY, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AREA. 
          AND THEN WE COMPARE OUR NUMBERS TO CALIFORNIA AND NATIONALLY. 
          AND, UH, WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS SPECIFICALLY STEIN 
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CRITERIA, WHICH I'LL JUST BRIEFLY, THAT IS A PATIENT WHO HAS A SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST THAT HAS A VENTRICULAR FIBRILLATION, WHICH MEANS THEY HEART IS NEEDING TO BE SHOCKED. 
          AND THEY HAVE, UM, UH, THIS IS WHAT THE STEIN CRITERIA, BUT THE, THE NUMBER TO LOOK AT IS THE BYSTANDER STEIN CRITERIA. 
          THAT IS WHAT MATTERS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, WE, WE CAN DO A LOT BECAUSE WE CAN GET THERE QUICK AND WE GIVE GOOD CARE. 
          BUT WHEN CITIZENS STEP IN, IT MAKES A BIG DIFFERENCE IN THE, IN THE OUTCOME. 
          AND IF YOU LOOK HERE AT THE, UM, BOTTOM RIGHT WITH THE GOOD MODERATE CEREBRAL PERFORMANCE, UM, WHAT THAT MEANS IS, IS IF THEY HAVE GOOD, SO WE HAVE 12%. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE COUNTY, IT'S ABOUT 6%. 
          WHEN YOU LOOK AT CALIFORNIA SIX POINT A HALF AND NATIONALLY, 8%. 
          SO WE'RE QUITE ABOVE THE NATIONAL AVERAGE FOR PATIENTS THAT HAVE A CARDIAC ARREST THAT, UH, WITNESSED AND THAT HAD BYSTANDER CPR. 
          AND THE REASON THAT OUTCOMES ARE SO GOOD, NOT ONLY BECAUSE WE HAVE CITIZENS THAT STEP UP, BUT WE HAVE CREWS THAT GET THERE AND ARE WELL-TRAINED, AND THEY GET THERE IN A TIMELY MANNER AND, AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE. 
          AND SO, UM, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT, AND WE HOPE, UM, THAT WE CAN ENCOURAGE ALL OF YOU TO, UM, BECOME CITIZENS THAT TAKE A PART IN HELPING US. 
          SO I WANNA TALK ABOUT A, AN APP AND A, A, A FEATURE THAT WE HAVE IN OUR WHOLE COUNTY AND ALSO THROUGHOUT THE STATE. 
          THERE'S A LOT OF COUNTIES THAT DO THIS, BUT THIS IS, UM, BYSTANDER. 
          CPR, WE KNOW SAVES LIVES. 
          SO HOW DO WE GET YOU THERE? AND THIS IS AN APP. 
          IF, IF YOU SEE THIS CIRCLE, THIS IS AN ACTUAL CALL, THE CARDIAC ARREST IN A PUBLIC PLACE WILL ALERT RESPONDERS THAT HAVE THIS APP. 
          THESE YELLOW FOLKS ARE THE RESPONDERS THAT WERE ACTUALLY IN THE AREA WITHIN A QUARTER MILE RADIUS, UH, TO THAT CALL, I'LL, I'LL SHOW YOU ONE OTHER LITTLE THING. 
          IF YOU SEE THE LITTLE YELLOW SQUARES, THOSE ARE WHERE THE AEDS ARE. 
          SO US HAVING AEDS ALL THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, UM, GIVES THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET AN A ED TO THE PATIENT QUICKER. 
          SO THERE IS ALSO AN APP THAT YOU CAN, IT WILL DIRECT YOU TO THE CLOSEST A ED. 
          SO I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A SECOND WHERE IF YOU HAVE A MINUTE AND WOULDN'T MIND, UH, DOWNLOADING THE APP, IT'S FREE, JOIN US IN OUR MISSION TO DO, UM, A GREAT JOB AND HAVE GOOD OUTCOMES. 
          AND I'M GONNA HAND IT TO JOSH TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE. 
          THANK YOU, SANDY. 
          SO ONE OF THE, AS SANDY SAID, REALLY, THE TRUE MAGIC THAT HAPPENS IN OUR COMMUNITY HAPPENS BECAUSE OF THE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE. 
          SO THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION REFERS TO IT AS THE CHAIN OF SURVIVAL FROM A CARDIAC EVENT OR CARDIAC ARREST TO HOPEFUL SURVIVAL IN THAT, UH, PATIENT BEING ABLE TO WALK OUT OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM, OUT OF THE HOSPITAL NEUROLOGICALLY INTACT. 
          AND IT DOES TAKE MANY DIFFERENT LAYERS TO ACCOMPLISH THAT, THAT FIRST LAYER. 
          UM, OUR PARTNERS IN THE HOSPITAL HERE AT LOCALLY, SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL BEING THE CLOSEST ONE, AND ALL THROUGHOUT THE REGION, HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB OF REALLY RAISING AWARENESS AMONGST OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF A HEART ATTACK AND STROKE. 
          AND ALL OF US BEING AWARE OF WHAT THOSE ARE AND, AND RECOGNIZING THEM AND OUR LOVED ONES OR OUR FRIENDS, IF THEY'RE PRESENTING WITH THOSE AND MAKING EARLY NOTIFICATION. 
          9 1 1 CPR TRAINED CITIZENS, AS SANDY SAID, THAT IS REALLY WHERE THE MAGIC HAPPENS. 
          THAT IS WHERE THE SURVIVAL RATES IN OUR COMMUNITY ARE SKYROCKETING BECAUSE OF THE OUTREACH THAT US MANY OTHER ENTITIES AND PARTNERS WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY ARE DOING TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE ARE CPR TRAINED HANDS-ON CPR HAS BEEN AROUND FOR A DECADE, AND OUR, OUR, UH, PERSONNEL IN THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ARE DOING A FANTASTIC JOB OF REALLY PROLIFERATING THAT AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE. 
          UH, OUR QUICK RESPONSE BY OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, BY OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND WE REALLY HAVE OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, FROM YEARS AGO AND TODAY, AS WELL AS, UM, OUR CITY MANAGER AND OUR FIRE CHIEF AND PREVIOUS FIRE CHIEFS FOR HAVING THE FORESIGHT AND THE PLANNING TO RECOGNIZE WHERE THEY NEEDED TO PLACE FIRE STATIONS TO ENSURE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAD, UH, THAT EMERGENCY CARE IN A TIMELY MANNER. 
          UH, ON SCENE CARE, WE HAVE SOME OF THE BEST PARAMEDICS AND EMTS I FEEL IN THE REGION. 
          UM, AND WE HAVE, UH, SOME GREAT COMMUNITY COLLEGE PARTNERS WHO HAVE DONE A FANTASTIC JOB IN ENSURING THAT THEY'RE EDUCATED AND THAT THEY ARE PUTTING OUT THE BEST PRODUCT THAT CAN GO OUT THERE AND TAKE CARE OF OUR COMMUNITY. 
          ALL OF THOSE NUMBERS THAT WE SAW ON THE SLIDE, ALL OF THOSE STEPS THAT WE JUST WENT THROUGH, THEY ALL CAN GET A LITTLE OVERWHELMING IF YOU JUST LOOK AT NUMBERS ON, ITS ON A SCREEN. 
          BUT REALLY THE GOAL OF THAT IS THE HUMAN LIFE. 
          AND IN THIS CASE, THAT POSITIVE OUTCOME, THAT HUMAN LIFE THAT WE'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT HERE IN JUST A MOMENT IS MR. STEELE. 
          AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY THAT, UH, HE AND SOME VERY OTHER KEY PEOPLE HAVE JOINED US THIS EVENING. 
          CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US BEFORE WE DO THE PRESENTATION? LET'S GET ON WITH THE PRESENTATION, I THINK. 
          AND NOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BYSTANDER CPR, THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PRESENTATION, BUT THE NEXT PRESENTATION IS WHAT THIS IS ALL ABOUT. 
          UH, PRESENTATION IS, UH, WE'VE GOT THE STAFF UP HERE. 
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I'D LIKE TO CALL UP HEROIC BYSTANDERS AND SURVIVORS OF LIFESAVING CPR EVENT. 
          MR. KEVIN MANDY, HEROIC BYSTANDER. 
          KEVIN, IS HE HERE? COME ON FORWARD, SIR. 
          AND ANOTHER GENTLEMAN, ROLANDO RC, ANOTHER HISTORIC BYSTANDER. 
          AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD MR. STEELE, WHO WAS A SURVIVOR OF THEIR EFFORTS AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S EFFORTS. 
          MR. STEELE. 
          THANK. 
          SO FIRST, UH, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE FAMILY AND FRIENDS FOR BEING HERE FOR THIS RECOGNITION. 
          IT'S AMAZING. 
          IT'S INCREDIBLE. 
          AND, UH, I KNOW MR. STEELE IS, BUT WE'RE ALSO ETERNALLY GRATEFUL FOR YOU. 
          UM, THEY ARE GREAT REMINDERS OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN PEOPLE DECIDE TO TAKE AN ACTION. 
          I WAS TALKING TO MR. MANDY BEFORE, UM, OUTSIDE, AND UNFORTUNATELY A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE JUST DRIVE BY IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, AND I WON'T GET INTO THE DETAILS AND ALL THAT PATTY EXPLAIN, BUT SOMETIMES PEOPLE JUST DRIVE BY. 
          THEY TURN THEIR HEAD, MAYBE THEY DON'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED BY YOU STOPPING SIR AND GETTING INVOLVED. 
          AND BY MR. RC STOPPING YOU SAVED MR. STEEL'S LIFE. 
          AND THAT IS WHAT NEEDS TO BE COMMENDED. 
          UM, THERE IS A LOT THAT GOES INTO AN OUTCOME LIKE THIS. 
          SO I THINK AS THE FIRE CHIEF, IT'S MY RESPONSIBILITY. 
          NUMBER ONE, AGAIN, LIKE CAPTAIN STAPLETON SAID, TO RECOGNIZE OUR CITY COUNCIL BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH PLACING FIRE STATIONS AND HAVING A COMMITMENT TO PUBLIC SAFETY TO MAKE SURE THAT THE RESPONSE TIMES ARE WHAT THEY NEED TO BE. 
          IT ALSO STARTS WITH THE TRAINING THAT HAPPENS BY OUR EMS PROFESSIONALS. 
          SO THIS IS OUR EMS DIVISION. 
          SANDY IS OUR EMS ADMINISTRATOR. 
          SHE'S A NURSE BY TRADE PATTY AS WELL. 
          SHE'S OUR QI NURSE. 
          JOSH IS OUR EMS CAPTAIN. 
          JUST TODAY THEY WERE AT LOS AMIGOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TRAINING 50 TO 60 STAFF MEMBERS ON C-P-R-A-E-D USE AND NARCAN. 
          IT'S PRETTY AMAZING WHAT THEY DO. 
          IT'S BECAUSE OF THAT TYPE OF TRAINING THAT GENTLEMEN LIKE THESE ARE ABLE TO STEP UP AND DO THAT. 
          UM, AND FINALLY, I'D LIKE TO RECOGNIZE THE CREW THAT WAS ON THE CALL WITH THEIR PARAMEDIC STUDENT. 
          THE MEN SITTING THERE, UM, IN THE UNIFORMS WERE ON THE CALL. 
          AND, UH, BECAUSE OF THEIR DEDICATION TO THIS PROFESSION AND BEING, WHEN THEY GET THERE, BEING THE PROFESSIONALS THAT THEY ARE TO KNOW WHAT TO DO WITHOUT HESITATION. 
          SO, GREAT JOB. 
          I WANT TO GIVE YOU GUYS A ROUND OF APPLAUSE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAND IT TO PATTY SO SHE CAN EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. 
          ON MAY 21ST, 2024, MR. STEELE AND HIS WIFE WENT FOR A WALK. 
          IT WAS A, A REGULAR WALK THAT THEY TAKE OFTEN. 
          UM, BLANCA, HIS WIFE NOTICED THAT, HI, HER HUSBAND WAS NOT FEELING WELL, AND SHE LOOKED OVER AT HIM AND HE COLLAPSED SUDDENLY. 
          UM, SHE DID CALL 9 1 1, BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. 
          UM, DURING THIS TIME, UM, MR. MANDY WAS LEAVING, UM, HOME DEPOT, DOING HIS REGULAR RUNS, HIS ERRANDS, UM, HEADING UP TO GET GAS AT THE ARCO STATION. 
          HE SAW A CAR PULLED OVER WITH, UM, HAZARD LIGHTS ON AND THOUGHT, THAT'S NOT NORMAL. 
          HE SAW WHAT HE THOUGHT, A BODY ON THE SIDEWALK. 
          SO HE SAID, I'M GONNA PULL OVER AND HELP. 
          OKAY. 
          HE IMMEDIATELY STARTED WITH, UM, HANDS-ONLY CPR. 
          DURING THIS TIME, UM, MR. RC WAS GOING FOR A RUN, AND HE, AND HE TOLD ME, YOU KNOW, PATTY, I DON'T NORMALLY GO THIS WAY. 
          THIS WASN'T MY REGULAR ROUTE. 
          BUT HE DECIDED TO GO DOWN THE SAME STREET THAT THIS, UM, EMERGENCY WAS HAPPENING. 
          HE SAW WHAT WAS GOING ON AND SAID, HEY, I'M A RESPIRATORY THERAPIST. 
          I'M A NEWLY RESPIRATORY THERAPIST. 
          REGISTER, AND I CAN HELP. 
          HE HELPED MANAGE THE AIRWAY AND ASSISTED WITH, UH, MR. MANDY PROVIDING CPR. 
          UM, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR MAYOR TO DO THE PRESENTATIONS. 
          I WAS GONNA READ THESE CERTIFICATES, BUT THIS YOUNG LADY JUST EXPLAINED IT. 
          WHAT THIS CERTIFICATE STATES, IT, IT'S A LOT OF WORDS, A LOT OF PRAISE, BUT IT COMES FROM THE DEEPEST PART OF OUR HEARTS FOR WHAT YOU LEGITIMATE HAVE DONE FOR MR. MENDY. 
          EXCUSE ME, MR. STEELE, YOU'RE MR. MANDY. 
          KEVIN, COME ON UP HERE AND LET ME GIVE YOU THIS CERTIFICATE. 
          PLEASE COME FORTH. 
          THANK YOU. 
          CONGRATULATIONS. 
          I KNOW THEY'RE WANNA SHAKE YOUR HAND. 
          AND ROLAND RC, I LIKE THAT NAME. 
          RC RANCHO CUCAMONGA. 
          , THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          AND CERTAINLY, UH, AND I KNOW HIS FAMILY'S HERE. 
          I KNOW FOR SURE HIS WIFE'S HERE. 
          UM, THIS YOUNG MAN, MR. STEELE, NEEDS TO BE CONGRATULATED. 
          THESE, THIS IS LIVING PROOF FOR WHAT IMMEDIATE INTERVENTION 
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CAN DO WITH A HEART ATTACK VICTIM. 
          MR. STEELE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          I NEVER GET A CHANCE TO DO THIS. 
          IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE? YOU STAY RIGHT OVER HERE. 
          JUST COME ON DOWN HERE AND YOU, AND HOLD YOUR CERTIFICATES UP AND COME ON DOWN HERE AND WE'LL, WE'LL PUT YOU IN THE PICTURE. 
          OKAY. 
          PERFECT. 
          ONE SECOND. 
          GONNA GET THE CREW UP. 
          WE'RE GONNA GET THE CREW. 
          YEAH. 
          OH YEAH. 
          GET THE CREW UP HERE. 
          DEFINITELY. 
          I AND NEW FAMILY MEMBERS ARE TAKING PICTURES FROM YOUR SEAT. 
          YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP HERE WHERE, WHERE THESE OTHER FOLKS ARE IF YOU WISH TO. 
          ALL RIGHT. 
          ONE MORE HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR EVERYBODY HERE. 
          WE ARE GONNA GO AHEAD AND WAIT TILL SOME OF THESE FOLKS LEAVE THE ROOM BEFORE WE BEGIN COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC. 
          OKAY. 
          [PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
This is the time and place for the general public to address the Fire Protection District, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, Public Financing Authority Board, and City Council on any item listed or not listed on the agenda. State law prohibits us from addressing any issue not on the Agenda. Testimony may be received and referred to staff or scheduled for a future meeting.
Comments are to be limited to three (3) minutes per individual. All communications are to be addressed directly to the Fire Board, Agencies, Successor Agency, Authority Board, or City Council not to the members of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, disorderly or boisterous conduct that disturbs, disrupts, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting. For more information, refer to the City Council Rules of Decorum and Order (Resolution No. 2023-086) located in the back of the Council Chambers.
The public communications period will not exceed one hour prior to the commencement of the business portion of the agenda. During this one hour period, all those who wish to speak on a topic contained in the business portion of the agenda will be given priority, and no further speaker cards for these business items (with the exception of public hearing items) will be accepted once the business portion of the agenda commences. Any other public communications which have not concluded during this one hour period may resume after the regular business portion of the agenda has been completed.]
OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. 
          THIS IS THE TIME IN THE PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE BOARD ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. 
          COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL. 
          WE HAVE, UM, EIGHT SPEAKERS, MAYBE 10 OR 11 SPEAKERS. 
          SO WE'LL START WITH, UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER, WHO IS HASSAM SOLOMAN, FOLLOWED BY LAR ABDUL RAHMAN. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR. 
          UH, CITY COUNCIL, UH, AND RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENTS. 
          INITIALLY, I'D, UH, RYAN, I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU FOR, UH, TAKING, UH, TIME ABOUT A MONTH AGO TO MEET WITH ME TO DISCUSS THE, UH, INVESTMENT POLICY OF THE CITY AS, UM, THE CITY. 
          AS I'VE REITERATED UP HERE SEVERAL TIMES, THAT THE CITY IS INVESTING IN SEVERAL COMPANIES TOO, THAT ARE COMPLICIT IN GENOCIDE, APARTHEID, AND ETHNIC CLEANSING. 
          AND, UM, I'D JUST LIKE TO, UH, UH, ALSO SAY THAT, UH, PART OF THE, UM, MEETING, I WAS HOPING THAT WE CAN SET UP A MEETING WITH THE REMAINDER CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, LYNN, CHRISTINE, AS WELL AS ASHLEY, AS WELL AS OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS TO DISCUSS THE INVESTMENTS OF THE CITY. 
          UM, I, YOU KNOW, I HAD A FEW OTHER THINGS I WAS GONNA SAY, BUT I, I HAVE TO SAY, WELL, I'M GONNA DIGRESS HERE AND SAY THAT IT'S FASCINATING TO SEE THE CITY RECOGNIZING, UM, THE ACTIONS OF SEVERAL INDIVIDUALS SAVING AN INDIVIDUAL'S LIFE. 
          MR. STEELE, WHO HE'S NO LONGER HERE, STEPPED OUTSIDE, IT'S GREAT TO SEE THAT THE CITY IS, UM, UH, PROUD OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH. 
          UH, UH, AND ON ONE SIDE THAT'S FANTASTIC, BUT YET ON THE OTHER SIDE, WE ARE INVESTING IN COMPANIES THAT ARE, I MEAN, JUST FACILITATING AND BENEFITING FROM PURE CARNAGE. 
          UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS GENOCIDE, ETHNIC, UH, ETHNIC CLEANSING, UM, AND OCCUPATION. 
          AND, AND THIS IS LITERALLY IN THE FORM OF DROPPING 2000 POUND BOMBS ON CHILDREN, WOMEN, REFUGEES, LIVING IN TENTS. 
          AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHY I'VE BEEN COMING HERE BECAUSE, UM, IT'S, IT'S NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO STEER OUR INVESTMENTS ELSEWHERE. 
          IN FACT, IT'S VERY SIMPLE. 
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AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN REQUESTING BECAUSE I, I REALLY FEEL THAT THESE VALUES SHOULD BE CONSISTENT ACROSS THE CITY AS WE, AGAIN, RECOGNIZE THE SAVING OF LIVES. 
          WE SHOULD ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT WE DON'T WANT TO BE INVESTING IN, UH, UH, COMPANIES THAT ARE, UM, FACILITATING THIS SORT OF CARNAGE. 
          AND, UM, UH, JUST LASTLY, ONE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO RECOMMEND TO THE CITY. 
          UM, OTHER CITIES HAVE, UM, SUCH EVENTS AS LIKE COFFEE WITH COUNCIL, WHERE, UM, CITY MEMBERS CAN COME AND INTERACT WITH THE COUNCIL, TALK TO THEM, UM, DRINK A CUP OF COFFEE BECAUSE, UM, THIS, ALTHOUGH THIS IS IT'S AMAZING, FANTASTIC, YOU KNOW, INTERACTING WITH YOU GUYS HERE. 
          THIS, UH, THREE MINUTE ONE-WAY DIALOGUE IS, IS NOT REALLY, UM, DOESN'T REALLY FACILITATE MUCH CHANGE. 
          SO, OTHER CITIES, LIKE I MENTIONED, I THINK REDLANDS HAS ONE, AND I THINK THEY DO IT ONCE A QUARTER, ONCE EVERY, UH, SEVERAL MONTHS. 
          AGAIN, I THINK IT'S FANTASTIC. 
          IT'D BE GREAT FOR THE CITY, UH, CITY RESIDENTS TO COME AND CHAT WITH, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS TO, UH, MAKE THE CITY BETTER. 
          UH, THANK YOU GUYS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LAR ABDULRAHMAN, PLEASE CORRECT MY PRONUNCIATION IF THAT'S, WELL, THE LAST PART WAS GREAT. 
          UH, ANIR ABDULRAHMAN, THAT'S MY NAME. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. 
          UH, MY NAME IS AN ABDURAHMAN. 
          I'M RUNNING FOR DELWANDA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD TRUSTEE AREA FIVE, OPEN SEAT. 
          UM, TRUSTEE FI, TRUSTEE AREA FIVE ENCOMPASSES EVERY HOME IN RESIDENCE ABOVE WILSON AVENUE TO ROCHESTER AVENUE, AS WELL AS EVERY HOME AND RESIDENCE ABOVE BASELINE ROAD BETWEEN ROCHESTER AVENUE AND MILLIKEN AVENUE. 
          THIS IS INSIDE, UM, DISTRICTS THREE AND FOUR IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. 
          I RESIDE IN THE BRENTWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. 
          AND LIKE MANY HERE TODAY, I FEEL THAT I'M LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM AND APPRECIATE THE CITY FOR HELPING, MAKING THIS POSSIBLE. 
          I AM MOST IMPORTANTLY ALSO A DEVOTED HUSBAND AND FATHER OF TWO TWANDA SCHOOL DISTRICT TWO FUTURE TWANDA SCHOOL DISTRICT STUDENTS. 
          I'M THE UNCLE OF FIVE NIECES AND NEPHEWS, CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN OR HAVE MATRICULATED THROUGH TWANDA SCHOOL DISTRICT'S, K TO FIVE SCHOOLS. 
          MY NIECE GRADUATED LAST MAY AND WILL ATTEND UCLA MAJORING BIOCHEMISTRY, UM, NEXT MONTH. 
          SO CONGRATS TO MY NIECE KHALIFA. 
          I HAVE COUNTLESS FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS LIVING IN THE DISTRICT BORDERS. 
          I WAS A PEEWEE T-BALL VOLUNTEER COACH. 
          MY SON IS THREE, WAS, UM, PEEWEE T-BALL. 
          IT'S PRETTY FUN IF YOU'VE EVER SEEN IT. 
          UM, THIS WAS A GREAT EXPERIENCE. 
          AND I'M ALSO A COMMUNITY MEMBER WHO HELPS AT LOCAL NONPROFITS, INCLUDING ONE CALLED NEVER STOP GRINDING IN RIALTO, CALIFORNIA, WHERE MY PARENTS CURRENTLY RESIDE. 
          IN ADDITION TO MY CONNECTIONS TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA, I ATTENDED K TO 12 SCHOOLS IN THE INLAND EMPIRE, CLAREMONT AND RIALTO IN PARTICULAR, AND UNDERSTAND THE COMMUNITY'S NEEDS AND GOALS. 
          AFTER GRADUATING FROM HIGH SCHOOL, I ATTENDED COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WITH A BA IN POLITICAL SCIENCE, AND I DEDICATED MY CAREER TO EDUCATION AS A TEACHER. 
          I TAUGHT MULTIPLE SUB SUBJECTS IN BOTH ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND I LATER EARNED MY MASTER'S IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP. 
          MY LEADERSHIP JOURNEY INCLUDES BEING THE PRINCIPAL OF A SCHOOL WHERE I TURNED AROUND AN UNDERPERFORMING INSTITUTION, SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASING PROFICIENCY ON STATE EXAMS, ENROLLMENT AND STUDENT RETENTION. 
          AND AFTER ONE YEAR OF BEING A PRINCIPAL, UM, OF ONE OF THE SCHOOLS I WAS AT, IT WAS HONORED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK, UM, AS A RECOGNITION SCHOOL AND CONTINUES TO BE HIGHLY RANKED, A HIGHLY RANKED SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT. 
          NOW WITH OVER 20 YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AS AN EDUCATOR. 
          UM, I MOVED TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO, AND I CURRENTLY OWN AND OPERATE A LEARNING CENTER AND AN EDUCATION CONSULTING BUSINESS. 
          MY LEARNING CENTER IS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, UM, AND ALSO AS AN EDUCATION CONSULTANT, TWO SCHOOLS I'VE WORKED WITH WERE IDENTIFIED AS CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOLS. 
          LAST MAY, MY CAMPAIGN IS FOCUSED ON THREE KEY PRIORITIES, SUPPORTING ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE, SUPPORTING PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND FOSTERING COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS TO HELP DELWANDA SCHOOL DISTRICT MEET ITS GOALS. 
          I KNOW THESE PRIORITIES MEAN DIFFERENT THINGS TO DIFFERENT PEOPLE, AND I HAVE JOINED AND I HAVE ENJOYED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE OVER A HUNDRED COMMUNITY MEMBERS I'VE SPOKEN WITH. 
          I ALSO APPRECIATE IN ADVANCE, OF COURSE, THE GRACIOUSNESS OF ALL COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO HAVE RECEIVED MY CAMPAIGN LETTER ON THEIR FRONT, ON THEIR FRONT DOOR. 
          I PROMISE I'M NOT SELLING YOU SOLAR PANELS. 
          IN CLOSING, I WANNA SAY PLEASE CHECK OUT MORE INFORMATION ABOUT MY CAMPAIGN AT ANWAR FOR ED RWANDA.COM OR ANWAR FOR ED RWANDA ON INSTAGRAM AND FACEBOOK. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE TIME, AND I LOOK FORWARD TO THANK YOU, SIR. 
          JEFF BRANSON. 
          HELLO. 
          HI, MR. MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, I COME BEFORE YOU TODAY AND REDRESS TO SOME CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS. 
          I MADE EFFORT TO MEET WITH YOU AND SPEAK WITH YOU, AND, UH, YOU RESPONDED BY, UH, RECITING A POLICY. 
          AND WHEN I WENT TO LOOK FOR THE POLICY, IT WAS FICTITIOUS. 
          UM, ALL YOU GUYS TOOK AN OATH TO, TO UPHOLD AND PROTECT OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS. 
          I'VE LIVED IN THIS COMMUNITY FOR 32 YEARS, UM, NEVER HAD ANY FALLOUTS WITH THE LAW, BUT I HAD SOME, SOME ISSUES WITH THE LAW HERE. 
          AND, UH, 
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MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS WERE JUST TRAMPLED AND ARE STILL BEING TRAMPLED. 
          I HAD TO CONTACT JUDY, THE CAPTAIN'S SECRETARY. 
          I EVEN MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO SPEAK TO YOU. 
          UM, I'VE SPOKEN WITH KIMBERLY THROUGH RECORDS TRYING TO GET MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS UPHELD, AND WHAT I'VE RAN INTO IS DEPRAVITY OVER A YEAR AND A HALF TRYING TO GET SOME SIMPLE INFORMATION, AND I HAVE RUN INTO NOTHING BUT DEPRAVITY. 
          AND THEN I COME TO YOU AND YOU VIOLATE MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS BY ISSUING SOME FICTITIOUS POLICY THAT SOMEHOW REMOVED YOU FROM YOUR CONSTITUTIONAL OATH. 
          I AM UNDER THE IMPRESSION, AFTER ENGAGING OVER A YEAR AND A HALF THAT, THAT A LOT OF THE CITY OFFICIALS THAT ARE COLLECTING MONEY AND OUR TAXPAYERS ARE PAYING FOR IT. 
          THIS HAS TO DO WITH COMMUNITY BECAUSE I OBTAINED SOME KNOWLEDGE ABOUT THINGS. 
          SO THE AVERAGE PERSON WHO CAN'T COME UP AND, AND ENGAGE LIKE THIS, IT'S, IT'S DISHEARTENING. 
          AND, AND IT'S BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS END WHERE THE IGNORANCE OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE UPHOLDING THEM OR REPRESENTING THEM, THAT WHERE THAT IGNORANCE BEGINS, THAT'S WHERE MY RIGHTS STOP. 
          AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED. 
          AND I'VE MADE SEVERAL EFFORTS TO SPEAK TO THE CAPTAIN OF THE, THE RANCH CUCAMONGA SHERIFF DEPARTMENT DEPARTMENT, YOU, AND ALL BEEN DENIED. 
          AND I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN. 
          WE PAY YOUR WAGES, ALL OF YOU, AND NONE OF YOU GUYS EVEN KNOW THE, THE FIRST FIVE ELEMENTS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS FIRST AMENDMENT FIVE ELEMENTS. 
          I I MEANDERED THROUGH THIS WHOLE PROCESS OF GETTING WHERE I'M AT RIGHT NOW, AND NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW IT'S DISGUSTING. 
          IF YOU'RE GONNA UPHOLD OUR RIGHTS, YOU SHOULD AT LEAST KNOW WHAT THEY ARE. 
          IT'S VERY BASIC. 
          I'M SHOCKED AT THE DEPRAVITY THAT I'VE ENCOUNTERED TRYING TO GET THE VERY MINIMAL OF MY CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS UPHELD, AND I HAVE RE RECEIVED NO REDRESS FROM ANYBODY. 
          THANK YOU, SIR, IN MULTIPLE EFFORTS. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DEBRA KEDI, FOLLOWED BY AARON KE. 
          I GUESS IT'S ON, ISN'T IT? PARDON ME? IS THE SPEAKER ON? IS THE MICROPHONE ON? YES, YES IT IS, MA'AM. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, ANYWAY, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO EXPRESS MY CONCERN ABOUT THE ENFORCEMENTS OF ORDINANCES REGARDING POLITICAL SIGNS WITHIN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. 
          IN PARTICULAR TWO, UH, ORDINANCES. 
          ONE THAT STATES THAT NON-COMMERCIAL SIGNS ON RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SHOULD NOT EXCEED SIX SQUARE FEET IN THE AREA, NOT EX EXCEED A HEIGHT OF EIGHT FEET AND NOT PROJECT OVER THE ROOF LINE OF ANY STRUCTURE. 
          AND ALSO ANOTHER ONE THAT STATES THAT NON-COMMERCIAL SIGNS ASSOCIATED WITH AN ELECTION SHALL BE INSTALLED NO EARLIER THAN 45 DAYS PRIOR TO AN ELECTION, AND SHALL BE REMOVED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION ON MAY 31ST, 24, OVER TWO AND A HALF MONTHS AGO, WE MADE A COMPLAINT TO CODE ENFORCEMENT BECAUSE THE PROPERTY OWNER LOCATED AT 80 93 THOROUGHBRED STREET, UM, ERECTED A POLITICAL ELECTION SIGN OVER 150 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION. 
          THIS IS A VIOLATION OF THAT ORDINANCE CONCERNING THE LENGTH OF TIME POLITICAL SIGNS CAN BE UP, WHICH STATES THAT IT'S 45 DAYS, NOT 150 DAYS BEFORE THE SIGN ERECTED ABOVE THAT SPEC. 
          UH, ON THAT SPECIFIED DATE IS APPROXIMATELY 15 FEET HIGH WITHIN AN AREA OF ABOUT 120 SQUARE FEET. 
          IT'S ALSO IN VIOLATION OF THAT ORDINANCE. 
          THEY ALSO, UH, PUT A SAA LIGHT VERY, UH, BRIGHT LIGHT THAT ILLUMINATES IT AND SHINES INTO OUR, UM, BEDROOM, UH, CAUSING US TO LOSE SLEEP. 
          AND THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION WILL ENTAIL FIERCE ENFORCEMENT OF CITY ORDINANCES RELATED TO POLITICAL SIGNS. 
          IF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY LEADERS DO NOT PROPERLY ENFORCE CODE OR ORDINANCES NOW, AND THE PUBLIC REGARDS CODE ENFORCEMENT AS INEFFECTUAL, THIS RE COULD RESULT IN INFLAMED 
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SEDIMENTS AND POSSIBLY VIOLENCE ALREADY. 
          THE PROPERTY OWNER AT THE ADDRESS ADDRESS ABOVE IS EMBOLDENED BY THE LACK OF ACTION TAKEN BY CODE ENFORCEMENT. 
          I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT IF HE IS ALLOWED TO CONTINUE TO VIOLATE THE ORDINANCES, HE WON'T TAKE HIS SIGN DOWN WITHIN SEVEN DAYS AFTER THE ELECTION EITHER, WHICH ALSO IS A VIOLATION OF POLITICAL SIGN ORDINANCES. 
          SO HERE'S THE, UH, THE SIGN. 
          IT'S 15 FEET UP IN THE AIR AND 120 SQUARE FEET. 
          AND THAT'S ABOUT ALL I HAVE TO SAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AT THIS TIME, WE WILL HAVE STAFF LOOK INTO IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          AARON. 
          TY, FOLLOWED BY JUDITH BRENNAN. 
          THIS IS THE, UH, OVERHEAD CAMERA ON. 
          OKAY. 
          UH, I PROPOSE, UH, A CHANGE, UH, AMENDMENT ON THE, UH, CUCAMONGA CANYON, UM, MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          I PROPOSE ADDING AN OPTION FIVE, UM, AND WHICH IS BASICALLY UNLOCK TWO GATES TO PROVIDE FOR THE FOLLOWING SCENARIO. 
          THE SCENARIOS GOES AS AS FOLLOWS, A GROUP OF SENIORS WILL MEET AT THE SENIOR CITIZEN, UH, CENTER AT CENTRAL PARK ON THEIR E-BIKES. 
          THEY'LL RIDE THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC TRAIL TO THE CUCAMONGA CREEK TRAIL, WHERE WHEN THEY GET TO THE CUCAMONGA CREEK DAM LOOKING DOWN, YEAH, YEAH. 
          LOOKING DOWN. 
          LOOKING DOWN IN THE ROYAL, THEY'LL SEE A CLASS TWO, CLASS TWO SINGLE TRACK TRAIL. 
          UH, SOME THAT EXPERIENCED MOUNTAIN BIKE A RIDER WOULD DROP DOWN TO IN THE ROYAL AND RIDE THE MILE UP INTO CUCAMONGA CANYON. 
          THEY'LL PICK UP THE WATER COMPANY UTILITY, UH, ROAD AT THE CUCAMONGA CANYON ENTRANCE. 
          WELL, THIS GROUP IS NOT EXPERIENCED MOUNT BIKE RIDERS. 
          THEY'RE SENIORS ON HEAVY, BULKY E-BIKES. 
          AND WHAT THEY WILL WANT TO DO IS TAKE THE EDISON UTILITY TRAIL, WHICH PARALLELS THE ROYAL, UM, TO ALMOND, WHERE THEY'LL USE THE WATER COMPANY UTILITY ROAD. 
          THIS ROAD WILL TAKE THE SENIORS THREE QUARTERS OF A MILE INTO CUCAMONGA CANYON WHERE IT ENDS. 
          AND ANOTHER CLASS TWO TRAILHEAD STARTS, UH, THERE EXISTS AT, AT THE END OF THE ROAD, A, UH, A POLICE TO PARK THEIR BIKES AND, AND LOCK 'EM UP. 
          AND FROM THERE THEY'LL LOCK UP THE BIKES AND, AND HIKE THE CLASS TWO TRAIL THROUGH THE LOWER FALLS. 
          IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH THIS, TWO GATES ON THE CUCAMONGA CREEK TRAIL NEED TO BE UNLOCKED, ONE BELOW THE DAM AND ONE AT TURQUOISE. 
          AND JEANETTE. 
          AND, UH, I'D ALSO LIKE TO PROPOSE A FOLLOWING, UH, MODIFICATIONS TO THE PLAN. 
          I DON'T THINK YOU COULD READ THAT, SO I'LL JUST READ IT HERE. 
          ON PAGE 30, THE, THE TRAIL AND ROAD SHALL BE OPEN TO NON-MOTORIZED USE ONLY ELECTRIC BIKES ARE EXPLICITLY PROHIBITED. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE PHRASE ON CLASS TWO TRAILS. 
          THEY SHOULD BE ALLOWED ON THE DIRT ROADS. 
          AND BY THE WAY, I'VE NEVER SEEN A E-BIKE ON ANY OF THE CLASS TWO TRAILS IN THE RO OR THE CANYON. 
          ON PAGE 32, UH, TALKS ABOUT THE PROPER TECHNIQUE FOR THE, FOR THE DISPOSAL OF, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ADD THE WORDS THAT, AND IN FRONT OF HUMAN WASTE. 
          AND FINALLY, ON PAGE 12, OPTION FOUR, THE STATE SAID, ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS NEAR 26TH STREET, UH, HAVE ACCESS TO THE WASH. 
          WELL, I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO PROVIDE SURE, SIR. 
          YEAH, I'M SORRY, YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP, BUT THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          JUDITH BRENNAN, FOLLOWED BY LARRY GREER. 
          LARRY GREER, JUDITH BRENNAN, ARE YOU HERE? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR. 
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COUNSEL, MR. GILSON AND STAFF. 
          I'M HERE TO, UH, SPEAK ON ITEM H ONE, WHICH IS, UH, IN THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORT REGARDING THE ARABIAN DRIVE. 
          MY NAME IS JUDITH BRENNAN. 
          MY HUSBAND JIM AND I ARE RESIDENTS OF MUSTANG ROAD. 
          THE AREA HAS A WELL-DOCUMENTED HISTORY OF PUBLIC SAFETY BEING ADVERSELY IMPACTED BY THE INCREASED TRAFFIC WHEN THERE WAS NO FENCE ON THE EAST END OF ARABIAN DRIVE. 
          MY POINT IS THAT PUBLIC SAFETY ALWAYS OVERRIDES OTHER FACTORS NO MATTER HOW YOU SUGARCOAT IT. 
          THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT WE ARE HERE TONIGHT BECAUSE OF A SINGLE COMPLAINT. 
          IN REALITY, THE PEDESTRIAN GATE HAS BEEN A DECENT SOLUTION FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS. 
          COMMON SENSE TELLS US THAT YOU ARE BEING ASKED TO SOLVE A MAKEUP PROBLEM THAT ISN'T REAL. 
          AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS EXPOSED TO UNFENCED OPEN ACCESS TO HERITAGE PARK ABOUT 20 YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS A DISMAL FAILURE. 
          THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT OUR HOUSING TRACK WAS NOT ENGINEERED OR DESIGNED FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC. 
          ARABIAN IS A DEAD END STREET, AND MUSTANG ROAD IS NOT A THROUGH STREET MUSTANG, DEAD ENDS, EAST AND WEST. 
          THERE'S SO MANY OTHER WAYS TO GET TO HERITAGE PARK REGARDING THE ISSUE OF MOBILITY AND ACCESS POLICIES AS DEFINED IN THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN, PUBLIC SAFETY ALWAYS OVERRIDES ALL CONSIDERATIONS. 
          I'VE READ THE STAFF REPORT. 
          I'M NOT ARGUING AGAINST WHAT IS CALLED THE BIG IDEA OF THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS THAT OUR HOUSING TRACK WAS DESIGNED OVER 50 YEARS AGO, TRYING TO FIT IT INTO A CURRENT UPDATED MOBILITY ACCESS. 
          GENERAL PLAN IS LIKE TRYING TO PUT THE SQUARE PEG IN A ROUND HOLE. 
          SURELY COMMON SENSE WOULD ALLOW FOR A GRANDFATHER CLAUSE IN THIS CASE, YOU CANNOT APPLY 2024 STANDARDS TO A 1970S HOUSING TRACK. 
          WE ARE NOT THE ONLY AREA THAT IS IN A TIME WARP FOR THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          IT MIGHT BE GOOD FOR YOU TO BE THINKING YOU STAFF CITY, EVERYONE ABOUT A RESPONSE TO A COMPLAINT ABOUT ALL THE CLOSED ACCESS ISSUES CAUSED BY MANY GATED HOA EXCLUSIVE ENCLAVES THAT THE CITY HAS ALLOWED. 
          USING THE LOGIC IMPLIED BY YOUR SOLUTION TO TONIGHT'S PROBLEM IN OUR AREA, YOU WOULD EITHER HAVE TO COMPLETELY OPEN THE HOA RESIDENCE GATES PRIVILEGED OR LOCK THEM PERMANENTLY. 
          JUST A THOUGHT. 
          UM, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY TONIGHT, AND I'D LIKE TO JUST THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION OF OUR PROBLEM AND FOR ALL THE WORK YOU DO FOR THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          LARRY GREER, FOLLOWED BY MARTIN DEPO. 
          I'M NOT SURE I CORRECTED THAT, PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY, BUT, UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO ME. 
          MY NAME'S LARRY GREER. 
          I'VE BEEN, UH, HERE, UH, SINCE 1971. 
          AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, ONE MAN, ONE GENTLEMAN THAT'S COMPLAINED ABOUT OUR SITUATION THAT WE HAVE. 
          AND, UH, HE'S GOT ACCESS ON THE MUSTANG RIGHT THERE TO GET TO THE PARK, AND HE HAS TO ACTUALLY GO UP MUSTANG A BLOCK AND GO DOWN ARABIAN DRIVE TO GET TO THE PLACE THAT HE'S COMPLAINING ABOUT. 
          WE'VE LIVED IN PEACEFUL HARMONY FOR 20 SOME YEARS, GUYS, AND, UH, I JUST HOPE THAT, UH, WE CAN KEEP IT LIKE IT IS NOT CHANGE ANYTHING AND NOT PUNISH US BECAUSE OF ONE INDIVIDUAL. 
          UH, THAT'S ABOUT ALL I GOTTA SAY. 
          AND THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          MARTIN YAUN, FOLLOWED BY SERGIO VALDEZ, MR. RAMIR, COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          UM, MY NEIGHBORS ALREADY PUT IT SO BEAUTIFULLY, ESPECIALLY JUDY WITH, YOU KNOW, HOW SHE DESCRIBED EVERYTHING. 
          BUT, UH, I JUST WANTED TO ADD, WE'RE ONE OF THE NEWER, NEWEST PEOPLE IN THAT BLOCK IN ARABIAN DRIVE. 
          UH, WE'RE AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC, AND WE SPECIFICALLY BOUGHT OUR HOME IN 2019 BECAUSE IT WAS A CUL-DE-SAC THAT OTHER PEOPLE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO. 
          I'VE GOT TWO DAUGHTERS. 
          ONE IS SEVEN YEARS OLD, THE OTHER ONE IS 10. 
          AND THIS WOULD BE AN ISSUE FOR THEIR SAFETY. 
          THE REASON WHY IS IF YOU'VE EVER TAKEN YOUR KIDS, ANY OF Y'ALL THAT HAVE KIDS, IF YOU'VE EVER TAKEN YOUR KIDS TO PRACTICE, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS ARE SCREAMING 
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AND YOU'RE RUSHING TO GET THERE, AND YOU GOT, YOU KNOW, THE KIDS IN THE BACKGROUND AND ALL THAT, PEOPLE ARE NOW PAYING ATTENTION. 
          AND IF THEY'RE GONNA GO DOWN THAT STREET, WE'VE SEEN IT WHERE PEOPLE RIGHT NOW, THEY USE THE GATE AND THEY, THEY, THEY BASICALLY WALK UP TO HAVE THEIR KIDS PLAY IN THE FIELD. 
          AND WHEN THEY'RE DOING THAT, THEY'RE RUSHING. 
          AND WHEN YOU'RE RUSHING, YOU'RE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO WHAT ELSE IS ON THE ROAD. 
          SO FOR ME, IT'S VERY MUCH A SAFETY THING. 
          ALONG WITH THE FACT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY ALSO HAVE A VALUE ISSUE WHENEVER YOU, YOU, YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T HAVE A CUL-DE-SAC, AND IT COULD AFFECT PROPERTY VALUES AS WELL. 
          UH, SO THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO SAY. 
          LIKE I SAID, MY NEIGHBORS ALREADY PUT IT SO BEAUTIFULLY, BUT I WANTED TO SHARE THAT. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          SERGIO VALDEZ, FOLLOWED BY PHILLIP E WALKER. 
          UH, YES. 
          MY NAME IS SERGIO. 
          I LIVE AT, UH, ARABIAN DRIVE, AND I'M BASICALLY AGREEING WITH EVERYTHING MY NEIGHBORS SAID. 
          UH, THIS STREET SHOULD STAY CLOSED. 
          I MEAN, THE ENTRANCE THERE SHOULD STAY CLOSED. 
          ARABIAN DRIVE AND MUSTANG, OR LOCAL STREETS MEANT FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC, NOT FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC. 
          AND TO GO THROUGH AND HAVE, UH, AN OPENING THERE WOULD MAKE IT, UH, A STREETS THAT WOULD BE MEANT FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC. 
          AND IT'S NOT A SECONDARY HIGHWAY, IT'S NOT A COLLECTOR STREET. 
          ARABIAN DRIVE IS A LOCAL STREET NOW. 
          THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS DESIGNED. 
          THAT'S THE WAY IT IS. 
          IF YOU WANNA GO. 
          I DON'T HAVE PROBLEMS WITH HAVING MORE ACCESS TO PARKS, BUT YOU HAVE TO GO MAKE SURE THAT THE ACCESS TO THE PARKS IS ON THE APPROPRIATE STREETS. 
          YOU CANNOT HAVE ACCESS TO PARKS WHERE, WHERE, WHERE IT'S ON LOCAL STREETS, ESPECIALLY SINCE IT'S BEEN THIS WAY FOR, FOR EONS, FOR AGES. 
          I'M, UH, RELATIVELY NEW THERE IN THE AREA. 
          SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE THE EXPERIENCE THAT HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO WHEN THAT TOOK PLACE. 
          BUT ONE THING I WOULD LIKE TO STATE THOUGH, UM, ASIDE FROM THE FACT THAT THERE ARE MIDDLE, A LOT OF LITTLE LEADERS DO PLAY THERE, IS THAT NORMALLY A LOT OF THESE GAMES ARE AT NIGHT, SO IT'S DARK. 
          SO, UM, WE'VE HAD SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A SCHOOL WHERE YOU HAVE, WHERE YOU HAVE TO KIND OF PUT UP WITH IT BECAUSE YOU BOUGHT A, YOU BOUGHT A HOUSE NEXT TO SCHOOL. 
          WELL, THE SCHOOLS OPERATE IN THE DAYTIME. 
          THAT'S NORMALLY WELL LIT. 
          YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN SEE CHILDREN GOING IN AND OUT AND DASHING ACROSS THE STREET. 
          I'M A, I'M A RETIRED TRAFFIC ENGINEER, SO I KNOW OF WHAT I SPEAK, BUT NORMALLY, BUT THIS, A LOT OF THESE GAMES ARE AT NIGHT AND THEY'RE IN THE EVENING, AND YOU CAN'T SEE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING ACROSS THE STREET AS WELL, BECAUSE YOU'RE RELYING BASICALLY ON YOUR HEADLIGHTS AND, AND THE, THE STREETLIGHTS THAT ARE THERE, WHICH MAY NOT, WHICH AREN'T SUPER BRIGHT, BUT YOU'RE RELYING ON THAT. 
          BUT AT NIGHT, YOUR VISIBILITY IS A LOT LESS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THESE GAMES START, WHICH IS IN THE TWILIGHT TIME WHEN THE SUN IS GOING DOWN, YOU DON'T HAVE THE GOOD, THE GOOD, YOUR GOOD NIGHT VISION YET. 
          SO WHAT I WOULD SAY IS THAT THIS PRESENTS EVEN ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT THESE GAMES, A LOT OF THESE GAMES ARE IN THE TWILIGHT TIME AND CHILDREN CAN BE MISSED. 
          THEY'RE GOING IN AND OUT, PARENTS OR GUARDIANS DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS IN A HURRY BECAUSE THE GAME IS STARTING. 
          THE COACHES CAN GET MAD AT THEM BECAUSE THEY GOT THERE LATE. 
          IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A, UH, LIKE, LIKE, AS OTHER SPEAKERS HAD MENTIONED, A SAFETY ISSUE. 
          SO RIGHT NOW, THERE REALLY ISN'T A PROBLEM IF YOU'RE GONNA CLOSE OFF ACCESS, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE WHAT WOULD HAVE, WHAT HAPPENS FOR EVERYONE THAT'S OKAY WITH ME. 
          UH, BUT TO HAVE ACCESS OPEN IS NOT THE RIGHT THING. 
          AND RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ACCESS TO IT. 
          THERE. 
          IF, IF YOU THINK THAT THAT'S UNFAIR AND SHOULD ONLY BE ACTS, IT SHOULDN'T, PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE SPECIAL PRIVILEGES, OKAY? BUT YOU SHOULDN'T ALLOW ACCESS. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, SIR. 
          PHILLIP B WALKER, FOLLOWED BY STEVE AND JANICE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING TO ME AGAIN, RANCHO CUCAMONGA. 
          I AM PHILIP E. WALKER, A 10 YEAR RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND, UH, FULL-TIME HOLLYWOOD TALENT. 
          AND I AM HERE TO LET YOU KNOW THAT SWEETEST VACATION CONTINUES AMAZING SUCCESS. 
          UH, AS, UH, I MENTIONED TO YOU IN OUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING, IT, UH, DID SCREEN AT THE INTERNATIONAL BLACK THEATER FESTIVAL IN, UH, WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA, UH, ON TOMORROW IT SCREENS AT THE EDINBURGH FILM, UH, FESTIVAL, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS THE WORLD'S LARGEST PERFORMING ARTS FESTIVAL. 
          SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. 
          AND SWEDISH VACATION WILL BE PRESENTED, UH, IN THE AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL IN LOS ANGELES IN OCTOBER, WHERE WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO SECURE, UM, UH, DISTRIBUTION FOR IT. 
          SO, YAY, SWEDISH VACATION, YOU'RE STILL DOING IT. 
          OUR NEWEST FILM, HAPLESS REVENGE, HAS ALSO HAD WILD SUCCESS IN THESE FEW MONTHS THAT IT HAS EXISTED. 
          UM, IT STARTED OFF BEING SHOT AT, UM, 
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AT OUR COMMUNITY COLLEGE. 
          THEY GRACIOUSLY ALLOWED US TO SHOOT THE FILM ON THEIR GROUNDS. 
          AND THEN WE DID POST-PRODUCTION IN RIALTO. 
          UM, IT HAD ITS WORLD PREMIER IN SACRAMENTO. 
          THE FOLLOWING MONTH IT MOVED TO BE PRESENTED IN, UM, FORT WORTH, TEXAS, UH, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS THE EPICENTER OF THE MODERN JUNETEENTH MOVEMENT. 
          I'M SORRY TO SAY THAT I CAUGHT COVID IN TEXAS, AND THAT MEANT THAT, UH, THE FIVE PERFORMANCE RUN THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN IN NORTH CAROLINA COULD NOT TAKE PLACE BECAUSE I COULD NOT ATTEND THAT FESTIVAL. 
          LUCKILY, I BECAME WELL ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO PRESENT THE FILM AT 100 FILMS, RETREAT SEVEN, WHICH TOOK PLACE JUST THIS LAST WEEK IN, UH, FONTANA. 
          UH, THE FILM WILL HAVE THE, ITS, UH, ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATION RUN NEXT MONTH IN BEVERLY HILLS, AND WE HOPE TO BE ABLE TO GIVE IT ITS RANCHO CUCAMONGA PREMIER AT OUR INDIGENOUS FILM RETREAT, WHICH TAKES PLACE ON MARCH 14TH, UH, I'M SORRY, ON OUR OCTOBER 14TH, UM, WHERE SEARCHING TO FIND AN AFFORDABLE, UH, RANCHO CUCAMONGA LOCATION FOR THAT, FOR EMIR. 
          I THANK YOU ALL SO VERY MUCH FOR, UH, HEARING ME AND FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR FILMS. THANK YOU, SIR. 
          STEVEN, JANICE, MR. MAYOR HERE, CITY COUNCIL. 
          THANK YOU FOR THE TIME. 
          UH, AGAIN, MY NAME IS STEVEN JANICE. 
          I'M A RESIDENT AND WORK HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. 
          BEEN A RESIDENT FOR OVER 20 YEARS. 
          UM, PROUD RESIDENT, THE CITY RANCH CUCAMONGA, UH, HERE TO SPEAK, UH, ABOUT ITEM D THREE ON THE CLOSED SESSION. 
          I UNDERSTOOD IT HAD TO DO WITH THE, UH, PHILIPPE WINERY PROPERTY ON BASELINE ROAD. 
          AND I KNOW ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO THERE WAS AN RFP PROCESS THAT I WAS FAMILIAR WITH AND FOLLOWED, AND THERE WERE THREE PROPOSALS THAT WERE MADE, UH, TWO OF WHICH WERE OVERWHELMINGLY OPPOSED BY EVERY PERSON I TALKED TO, NEIGHBORS, FRIENDS, CLIENTS. 
          UH, TWO OF THEM HAD TO DO WITH, UH, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH WOULD CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO THE TRAFFIC CONGESTION. 
          UH, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING THAT COMES WITH HIGH DENSITY HOUSING IN THAT AREA, UH, AS EVERYBODY KNOWS, MOST RESIDENTS OF OF CUCAMONGA KNOW, UH, PHILIPPE HAS A GREAT HISTORY IN CUCAMONGA. 
          UH, WHETHER IT BE PHILIPPE OR ANOTHER OPERATOR TO OPERATE THERE AS A WINERY, WINERY RESORT, WHICH IS ONE OF THE PROPOSALS, UH, WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. 
          IT WOULD BE A BENEFIT TO EVERYBODY, UH, WOULD CERTAINLY BE MUCH MORE FAVORABLE THAN MORE HOUSING. 
          I THINK THE LAST THING, MAYBE NOT THE LAST THING WE NEED IN THE CITY, BUT ONE OF THE LAST THINGS WE NEED IS MORE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING THAT, AGAIN, CONTRIBUTES TO TRAFFIC, TAKES AWAY FROM OUR RESOURCES. 
          UH, AND IT'S JUST A BLIGHT ON THE NEIGHBORHOODS, A BLIGHT ON OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY. 
          SO, AS I SAID, YOU KNOW, I'VE, I'VE BEEN KEEPING MY EAR TO THE GROUND SO I UNDERSTAND TALKS ARE STARTING AGAIN. 
          SO I, THERE MAY BE ANOTHER RFP PROCESS, IF THERE IS, I'M, I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO THAT. 
          BUT, UH, ANYBODY WHO'S DRIVEN ON BASELINE ROAD IN THAT AREA, ANYTIME OF THE DAY, I'D SAY BETWEEN 7:00 AM TO 9:00 PM UH, IT'S ALREADY CONGESTED. 
          UH, THERE'S ONLY SO MANY TRAFFIC LIGHTS WE CAN INSTALL THERE TO, UH, IMPEDE US. 
          I WORK HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, SO I PASS BY THE WINERY EVERY DAY, AT LEAST ONCE, EITHER ON THE WAY TO WORK OR THE WAY HOME. 
          UH, WOULD HATE TO SEE IT GO. 
          UH, I UNDERSTAND THERE MUST BE PROGRESS, THERE MUST BE CHANGES, BUT, UM, THIS COUNCIL YEARS AGO PUT IN PLACE, UM, I BELIEVE THERE'S A LEASE WHICH HAS CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS ON WHAT COULD BE DONE WITH THAT PROPERTY. 
          AND TO JUST THROW THAT TO THE WIND AND, AND ALLOW ANYBODY TO COME IN AND, AND DO SOMETHING THAT WASN'T THE, THE INTENT AFTER THE CITY'S ALREADY POURED RESOURCES INTO THAT PROPERTY. 
          AND, UH, YOU KNOW, AGAIN, IT WOULD BE A, A DISSERVICE TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, WHICH, UH, SHOULD BE YOUR PRIMARY CONCERN. 
          SO THANK YOU. 
          I THANK YOU ALL. 
          APPRECIATE IT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          MR. MAYOR, IF I MIGHT, UH, I, I JUST WANTED TO NOTE THE COUNCIL, THIS WAS A CLOSED SESSION DISCUSSION, AND THOSE CON UH, THOSE CONVERSATIONS ARE CONFIDENTIAL, BUT THE CITY COUNCIL DID AUTHORIZE ME TO DISCLOSE THAT THE CONVERSATION, UM, IN CLOSED SESSION DID NOT RELATE TO RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, A SALE OF THE PROPERTY OR ANY OF THE PROPOSALS IN THE PRIOR RFP. 
          IT WAS SIM UH, CONVERSATION SOLELY RELATED TO THE PRICE IN 
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TERMS OF PAYMENT FOR A MODIFICATION OF THE LEASE AS A WINERY USE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ATTORNEY. 
          APPRECIATE THAT. 
          OKAY, WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER, UH, SANDRA TOMEZ. 
          I'M NOT SURE IF I'M PRONOUNCING THAT CORRECTLY. 
          TORRES TORRES, I'M SORRY. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          MY NAME'S SANDRA TORRES. 
          I'M A RESIDENT OF RANCH CUON FOR 58 YEARS. 
          UM, I BOUGHT A HOME, I MEAN, ACTUALLY I GREW UP ON 24TH STREET AND CENTER. 
          IT'S 24TH STREET HERE IN THE RURAL AREA OF RANCH CUCAMONGA. 
          BEFORE IT WAS RANCHO, IT WAS JUST CUCAMONGA. 
          WHAT I'M TRYING, WHAT I'M HERE FOR IS THERE'S AN EMPTY LOT RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE. 
          IT HAS BEEN EMPTY FOR MANY, MANY, MANY YEARS, AT LEAST OVER 10 YEARS. 
          THE LOT IS A NUISANCE. 
          IT'S A DIRTY, IT HAS GARBAGE, IT HAS, UM, A DUMPING ON IT. 
          AND IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT FOR QUITE SOME TIME. 
          AND WE USED TO BE A LITTLE STORE IN THE CORNER AND THERE WAS A FIRE IN THAT, THAT STORE. 
          AND THAT'S RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM ME. 
          WELL, I GET ALL THESE MESSAGES THAT, UM, I WANNA BUY YOUR HOUSE. 
          I WANNA BUY YOUR HOUSE, AND THIS IS HOW MUCH I'LL GIVE YOU FOR YOUR HOUSE. 
          'CAUSE I BOUGHT A HOUSE ON THE SAME STREET THAT I GREW UP. 
          THAT'S WHY I DIDN'T WANNA LEAVE THIS COMMUNITY. 
          I LOVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA. 
          WENT TO SCHOOL HERE, WENT TO COLLEGE HERE. 
          I'M AN A RETIRED NURSE NOW. 
          I'M A GRANDMOTHER. 
          I'M A GREAT-GRANDMOTHER. 
          I LEFT. 
          I DIDN'T GO GO SEE MY GREAT-GRANDDAUGHTER TONIGHT TO COME TO THIS MEETING. 
          THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS TO ME. 
          I HAVE NOT SEEN, SEEN, SEEN HIM YET. 
          SO THAT'S HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO ME. 
          LIKE I SAID, FOR MANY YEARS IT'S BEEN, UH, UH, VACANT. 
          THERE'S, AT, AT TIMES THEY'VE TOLD ME THAT LIKE THERE'S FIVE OWNERS. 
          THEN THEY SAID THERE'S THREE OWNERS ON THIS PROPERTY. 
          WHAT THEY DO IS THEY, YES, THE CITY, I CALL THE CITY, CITY KNOWS ME. 
          THE CITY KNOWS MY DAUGHTER. 
          THEY KNOW ALL OF US THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA BECAUSE WE CALL AND HAVE IT, YOU KNOW, TO BE CLEANED 'CAUSE IT'S SO DIRTY. 
          AND SO THEY, YOU KNOW, I CALL UP AND THEY SAY, OH, WE KNOW, WE ALREADY KNOW THAT ADDRESS. 
          WE KNOW THE LOT. 
          WE KNOW, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE'LL, WE'LL GET AHOLD OF THE PEOPLE THAT OWN IT. 
          WHAT THEY DO. 
          YES, THEY DO COME AND CLEAN IT, BUT THEY DON'T CLEAN IT PROPERLY. 
          ALL THEY DO IS GET A LITTLE MINI BULLDOZER AND SHAVE IT ALL OFF WITH ALL THE TRIMMINGS OF WHATEVER THEY, UM, CUT DOWN. 
          IT LOOKS LIKE HAY. 
          IF YOU WERE TO GO BUY THERE RIGHT NOW, IT LOOKS DRY LIKE HAY FOR HORSES. 
          AND IT'S SUCH A FIRE HAZARD. 
          SO THAT'S, IT CONCERNS ME BECAUSE MY, I LIVE THERE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. 
          MY FAMILY LIVES THERE ALMOST EVERY STREET IN THAT, IN RANCH CUCAMONGA ON 20, BETWEEN 26 AND 20 AND HUMBOLDT ARE FAMILY. 
          THAT'S HOW LONG WE'VE LIVED HERE IN RANCH CUCAMONGA. 
          WE LIVED HERE BEFORE. 
          THERE WAS NOTHING HERE. 
          NOT EVEN THIS, NOT HERE, THERE WAS NO WERE WHERE YOU'RE AT NOW. 
          THERE WAS THE, THERE WAS NO BUILDINGS. 
          SO WHAT I'M TRYING TO SAY IS I'VE ALREADY, I'M COMING TODAY BECAUSE NOTHING HAS GOTTEN DONE. 
          THERE'S A SOLUTION. 
          AND I TOLD THE LADY WHEN I CALLED THAT I WAS COMING TODAY, THE SOLUTION IS, IT MIGHT NOT HAPPEN, BUT I'M, I GOT A SOLUTION. 
          THE SOLUTION IS JUST LIKE ON HAVEN, AN ARROW WHERE THEY'RE MAKING THE, UM, THE BIG OLD COMPLEX WITH APARTMENTS AND, AND SHOPPING AND ALL THAT KIND OF STUFF. 
          OKAY, WHAT DO THEY HAVE AROUND IT SO THAT IT DOESN'T LOOK UGLY OR OUR BEAUTIFUL CITY, THEY HAVE A FENCE AND THE FENCE HAS A MESH ALL THE WAY AROUND IT WITH LITTLE HOLES. 
          SO WHEN THE WIND COMES, YOU KNOW, IT STAYS THE MESH IS, I'M SORRY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          YOU THREE MINUTES IS SOMETHING, MA'AM. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          SO HOPEFULLY I'LL, I'LL BE BACK. 
          OKAY. 
          YEAH, MR. MAYOR, LET ME, LET ME ADDRESS THAT. 
          SO, UM, I'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY. 
          THE LOT YOU'RE REFERRING TO IS ACTUALLY THE SUBJECT OF ACTIVE LITIGATION AS WELL AS, UM, IT HAS A PRIOR PENDING ENTITLEMENT. 
          SO, UM, THE CITY ATTORNEY HAS BEEN WORKING WITH US TOGETHER WITH THE PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE JUDICIAL PROCESS TO TRY AND, UM, RESOLVE THE LITIGATION, GET IT CLEANED UP IN THE MEANTIME, AND THEN ACTUALLY, UM, HOPEFULLY RESUME THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS IF WE REACH THAT POINT. 
          SO WE ARE WORKING WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND THE COURT, BUT IT IS A LITTLE TIED UP, UNFORTUNATELY, IN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM RIGHT NOW. 
          BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU ACTUALLY FOR COMING BECAUSE THE CITY ATTORNEY KNOWS I'VE HAD SOME ANIMATED CONVERSATIONS WITH THE PROPERTY OWNER AND NOW I CAN SAY, HEY, I TOLD YOU AND A RESIDENT CAME TO THE COUNCIL AND EXPRESSED THEIR CONCERN. 
          SO THANK YOU FOR SHARING AND I WILL BE BACK BECAUSE I WILL BRING A PETITION FROM ALL THE RESIDENTS IN THAT, IN THAT AREA. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU MA'AM. 
          SAYING WHERE ARE YOU? THE, THE BABY HERE AND WE HAVE, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. 
          YOU BET. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING AGENDA. 
          SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDARS. 
          [CONSENT CALENDARS:
The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. They will be acted upon without discussion unless an item is removed by Council Member for discussion.
Members of the City Council also sit as the Fire Board, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, and Public Finance Authority and may act on the consent calendar for those bodies as part of a single motion with the City Council consent calendar.]
AND THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE NON-CONTROVERSIAL AND ARE GONNA BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION. 
          HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR FIRE BOARD MAY REMOVE ANY ITEM SHOULD 
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THEY SO DESIRE. 
          DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MR. MAYOR? I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOQUEL GAS IS MY EMPLOYER, UH, THE ABSTENTION OF COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT IS NOTED FOR ITEM D THREE. 
          SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THERE ARE NO CONSENT 
          [CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION]
ORDINANCES THIS EVENING, BUT THERE IS ONE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING 
          [ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)]
ITEM AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO WE DO HAVE AN ADMINISTRATIVE I, UH, HEARING ITEM TONIGHT, AND THAT IS, UH, DISCUSSION 
          [F1.
 Discussion and Formation of the City of Rancho Cucamonga Parking Authority Including (1) a Resolution of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California Declaring the Need for a Parking Authority to Function in the City; (2) Declaring the City Council to be the Board of Directors of the Parking Authority; (3) a Resolution of the Board of Directors of the City of Rancho Cucamonga Parking Authority Approving Bylaws of the Parking Authority; (4) Draft Bylaws of the City of Rancho Cucamonga Parking Authority. (CITY RESOLUTION NO. 2024-085 AND PARKING AUTHORITY RESOLUTION NO. RCPA 2024-001) (CITY/RCPA)]
AND CONSIDERATION OF THE FORMATION OF A RANCHO CUCAMONGA PARKING AUTHORITY THAT WOULD INCLUDE A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL DECLARING THE NEED FOR THE PARKING AUTHORITY, DECLARING THAT THE COUNCIL WILL FUNCTION AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR THE PARKING AUTHORITY, UM, APPROVING THE BYLAWS OF THE AUTHORITY AND THEN THE BYLAWS THEMSELVES. 
          SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO HAND IT OVER. 
          UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, CARRIE RIOS, OUR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT MANAGER, AND VERONICA FINCHER, OUR ANIMAL CARE AND SERVICES DIRECTOR, PROVIDE YOU THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU. 
          GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO TONIGHT, CARRIE AND I ARE, ARE HAPPILY WEARING, UM, ADDITIONAL HATS, NEW HATS. 
          BUT BEFORE YOU, YOU HAVE AN ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION TO FORMALLY ESTABLISH THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA PARKING AUTHORITY. 
          DESIGNATE THE CITY COUNCIL AS ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND ADOPT AND APPROVE THE BYLAWS FOR THE PARKING AUTHORITY. 
          GO BACK ONE. 
          SO JUST A LITTLE BACKGROUND, CREATING A PARKING AUTHORITY IS SUPPORTED BY THE CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAY CODE, WHICH ALLOWS MUNICIPALITIES TO FORM ENTITIES TO MANAGE PARKING NEEDS MORE EFFECTIVELY. 
          AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA WAS INCORPORATED OVER 45 YEARS AGO AND HAS REALLY TRANSITIONED FROM A LARGELY SUBURBAN LAYOUT TO A MORE URBAN FOCUSED CITY. 
          IN 2020, THE CITY ADOPTED THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH HAS ALLOWED FOR GROWTH OF URBAN CORES AND CORRIDORS, WHICH WOULD REALLY BENEFIT FROM A STRUCTURED PARKING MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. 
          ADDITIONALLY, WITH THE ANTICIPATED GROWTH IN OUR CITY, INCLUDING THE ARRIVAL OF THE BRIGHT LINE WEST HIGHLINE SPEED RAIL IN 2 20 28, A MORE UNIFIED APPROACH TO HANDLING PARKING DEMANDS WILL BE NEEDED TO EFFECTIVELY MEET THE PARKING NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS, OUR BUSINESSES, AND OUR VISITORS. 
          SO A REVIEW OF OUR CURRENT PARKING PROGRAM WAS CONDUCTED BY STAFF, AND OUT OF THAT CAME SOME CHALLENGES, BUT THAT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY FOR US TO TAKE THOSE CHALLENGES AND IDENTIFY SEVEN GOALS THAT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE FOR OUR, OUR NEW PARKING AUTHORITY. 
          SO I WANNA GO THROUGH THOSE GOALS. 
          THE FIRST ONE IS OPTIMIZING UTILIZATION. 
          SO MEANING ENHANCING OUR CURRENT PROGRAM, TAKING THE PAID PARKING PROGRAMS THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN ESTABLISHING A GOOD FOUNDATION WITH THAT, SO THAT CAN BE EXPANDED IN THE FUTURE AS NEW PARKING NEEDS COME ONLINE. 
          THE SECOND ONE IS THE STREAMLINE MANAGEMENT. 
          SO ESSENTIALLY BRINGING ALL THINGS PARKING UNDER ONE UMBRELLA, ONE DEPARTMENT RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE MANAGED IN SEVERAL DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS, AND THAT LEADS TO A LOT OF COMMUNICATION AND OTHER THINGS THAT, UM, GET FALTERED. 
          THE THIRD ONE IS TO INCREASE COMPLIANCE IN OUR ENFORCEMENT EFFORTS. 
          SO USING OUR CURRENT RESOURCES TO ENHANCE OUR ENFORCEMENT AND ENSURE THAT OUR PARKING REGULATIONS ARE FOLLOWED AND OUR PARKING AREAS ARE SAFE. 
          AND AGAIN, SO THIS CAN BE BUILT UPON. 
          THE FOURTH ONE IS ADOPTING TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO TO UPDATE OUR TECHNOLOGY. 
          SO PERMIT SALES ARE CONSISTENT, OUR PARKING DATABASES ARE UPDATED SO THAT THEY SPEAK TO EACH OTHER. 
          AND THIS ROLLS INTO THE ABILITY TO PROPERLY ENFORCE THOSE AREAS, UM, AND UPDATE THE TECHNOLOGY TO HELP US, OR UPDATING THIS TECHNOLOGY WILL ALSO HELP US TRACK DATA TO IMPROVE FUTURE, UM, PROCESSES THAT WE MAY NEED TO IMPLEMENT. 
          THE NEXT ONE IS BALANCING NEEDS. 
          SO OUR PARKING PROGRAM REALLY NEEDS TO BE ADAPTABLE. 
          NOT ALL PARKING IS THE SAME. 
          SO AS WE LOOK INTO THE FUTURE, WE MAY HAVE THE NEEDS FOR SURFACE, LOTS, METERS, GARAGES, OR OTHER TYPE OF PAID PARKING AREAS. 
          SO HAVING THOSE ABILITIES TO SET THE FOUNDATION NOW SO THAT IF THOSE COME ALONG, WE ARE PREPARED FOR THOSE. 
          AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, OR ENHANCING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE. 
          SO AGAIN, MAKING THE PROCESS TO, UH, PURCHASE A PERMIT EASY. 
          WE ALL KNOW NONE OF US LIKE TO PAY FOR PARKING. 
          UM, BUT WE HAVE TO. 
          AND SO AS PART OF THAT, MAKING THAT EXPERIENCE AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. 
          UM, AND FINALLY IMPLEMENTING FINANCIALLY SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES. 
          SO DEVELOPING STRATEGIES WHERE PARKING REVENUE CAN BE USED TO HELP SUPPORT INFRASTRUCTURE AND MAINTENANCE. 
          OF THE PARKING PROGRAM. 
          SO I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO CARRIE. 
          THANK YOU. 
          SO THE STRUCTURE OF THE PARKING AUTHORITY IS DESIGNED TO INTEGRATE SEAMLESSLY WITH THE EXISTING CITY GOVERNANCE FRAMEWORK. 
          IF ADOPTED COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DAY-TO-DAY, OPERATIONS OF THE AUTHORITY CITY COUNCIL WILL FUNCTION AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS ENSURING CONTINUITY AND UTILIZING THE CURRENT LEADERSHIP STRUCTURE. 
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THE MAYOR WILL LEAD THE AUTHORITY AS CHAIR OVERSEEING MEETINGS AND OPERATIONS WHILE THE CITY CLERK WILL MANAGE OFFICIAL RECORDS AND DOCUMENTATION AS SECRETARY. 
          REGULAR MEETINGS ARE SCHEDULED PER THE BYLAWS AND ANNUAL REPORTS WILL BE PREPARED TO OUTLINE FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND PERFORMANCE, WHICH WILL BE REVIEWED BY THE CITY COUNCIL TO ENSURE TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY. 
          INITIAL FUNDING FOR THE AUTHORITY WILL COME FROM EXISTING PERMIT PARKING REVENUES COVERING THE INITIAL SETUP AND OPERATIONAL COSTS. 
          LOOKING AHEAD, THE AUTHORITY WILL SEEK ADDITIONAL REVENUE SOURCES TO SUPPORT EXPANSION. 
          A KEY OBJECTIVE OBJECTIVE IS TO ACHIEVE A REVENUE NEUTRAL STATUS WHERE ALL OPERATIONAL AND MAINTENANCE COSTS ARE COVERED BY THE REVENUE GENERATED FROM PARKING ACTIVITIES. 
          SO THIS SLIDE HIGHLIGHTS KEY AREAS UNDER THE NEW PARKING A AUTHORITIES OVERSIGHT AT CUCAMONGA STATION, THE AUTHORITY WILL MANAGE DAILY AND MONTHLY PERMIT PARKING ESSENTIAL FOR COMMUTERS. 
          CUCAMONGA CANYON WILL HAVE DAILY PERMIT PARKING WITH A FOCUS ON, ON EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT DUE TO VARIED USAGE, PAID PARKING WILL BE INTRODUCED IN HIGH DEMAND ZONES LIKE HERMOSA AND FOOTHILL AND EAST AVENUE RESIDENTIAL DISTRICTS FROM SKYLINE ROAD TO ACIA STREET WILL ENSURE PARKING ACCESS FOR LOCALS WITH TAILORED REGULATIONS. 
          ADDITIONALLY, AUTHORITY WILL OVERSEE CITY OWNED LOTS, ENFORCE RULES IN PROHIBITED ON STREET PARKING AREAS, AND MANAGE BOTH EXISTING FACILITIES LIKE EPICENTER AND FUTURE PROJECTS SUCH AS HAVEN CIVIC AND MILLIKEN ISA. 
          THIS COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH AIMS TO STREAMLINE PARKING OPERATIONS AND IMPROVE THE OVERALL EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY. 
          SO, IN CLOSING, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT THE ATTACHED RESOLUTIONS TO ESTABLISH THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA PARKING AUTHORITY. 
          THIS INCLUDES LEGALLY CREATING THE AUTHORITY AND ACTIVATING ITS POWERS UNDER CALIFORNIA LAW. 
          DESIGNATING THE CITY COUNCIL AS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR DIRECT OVERSIGHT AND APPROVING AND ADOPTING THE BYLAWS TO DEFINE THE AUTHORITY STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND PROCEDURES. 
          THIS WILL CENTRALIZE AND STREAMLINE OUR PARKING MANAGEMENT AND ENFORCEMENT SYSTEMS. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION AND WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUB, UH, PUB OR THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING, EXCUSE ME, WHICH IS SIMILAR TO A PUBLIC HEARING. 
          SEEING NONE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. 
          THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. 
          IS THERE ANYONE THAT'S HERE THIS EVENING THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. 
          SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY QUESTIONS. 
          FURTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OF STAFF OR ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THAT ADOPTS THE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH 0 8 5 AND PARKING AUTHORITY RESOLUTION RCPA 2024 DASH 0 0 1. 
          SO MOVED SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU FOR THANK A VERY EXHAUSTED REPORT. 
          THAT WAS VERY GOOD. 
          WELL DONE. 
          WE'LL NOW MOVE TO ADVERTISE PUBLIC 
          [ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE  DISTRICT]
HEARINGS. 
          WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE THIS EVENING, AND I'M GONNA TURN THIS ONE AGAIN OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER. 
          THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO WE DO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING 
          [G1.
 PUBLIC HEARING – MASTER PLAN, DESIGN REVIEW AND MINOR EXCEPTION – WESTERN SPIRE – A Request for a Site Plan and Design Review of a Mixed-Use Development on 1.8 Acres of Land Consisting of 176 Residential Units (Including 2 Live-Work Units), 7,870 Square Feet of Commercial Lease Area, and 1,400 Square Feet of Live-Work Commercial Lease Area with a Related Master Plan to Reduce the Required Non-Residential Floor Area Ratio and a Minor Exception for a Reduction in the Required On-Site Parking at the Northwest Corner of Red Oak Street and Spruce Avenue in the Center 2 (CE2) Zone. APN: 0208-353- 18 (Design Review DRC2023-00154, Master Plan DRC2023-00346) and Minor Exception DRC2023-00280. The Project Qualifies as a Class 32 Exemption Under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 – Infill Development Projects. (RESOLUTION NOS. 2024-082, 2024-083 AND 2024-084) (CITY)]
TONIGHT. 
          THERE IS A MASTER PLAN, WHICH IS WHY THIS NEEDS TO COME TO THE COUNCIL, INCLUDING A DESIGN REVIEW AND A MINOR EXCEPTION. 
          UM, AND IT'S A REQUEST FOR A SITE PLAN AND DESIGN REVIEW OF A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT. 
          IT'S ON A 1.8 ACRES OF LAND, AND YOU'VE GOT 176 UNITS ALONG WITH ABOUT 8,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL LEASE AREA, UM, AS WELL AS ABOUT 1400 SQUARE FOOT OF LIVE WORK COMMERCIAL LEASE AREA. 
          AND THIS IS ON THE CURRENTLY VACANT CORNER, SORT OF THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF WHERE RED OAK AND SPRUCE, UH, COME TOGETHER. 
          NOT TOO FAR HERE FROM CITY HALL. 
          SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA, UH, TURN IT OVER TO, UH, TABA, OUR ASSOCIATE PLANNER TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. 
          UM, AS THE CITY MANAGER SAYS, THIS PROJECT IS A DESIGN REVIEW IN SITE PLAN OF A PROPOSED MIXED USE RESIDENTIAL PROJECT THAT INCLUDES TWO LIVE WORK UNITS AND 7,870 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL LEASE AREA. 
          UM, THE PROJECT INCLUDES A DESIGN REVIEW, A MASTER PLAN, AND A MINOR EXCEPTION, WHICH WE'LL ALL GET TO IN THIS REPORT. 
          UM, THE CURRENT ZONING IS CENTER TWO AND THE GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION IS CITY CENTER. 
          ON JULY 10TH, 2024, THE PLANNING COMMISSION UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT. 
          THE COMMISSIONER STATED THAT THE HIGH LEVEL OF SITE AND BUILDING DESIGN AND THE AMOUNT OF SURROUNDING NON-RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, UM, WARRANTED APPROVAL OF THE RELATED MASTER PLAN, INCLUDING A REDUCTION IN THE REQUIRED 
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NON, UM, RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA RATIO. 
          AND THE COMMISSIONERS ALSO SUPPORTED THE 23 SPACE REDUCTION IN THE REQUIRED ONSITE, UH, PARKING BASED ON A SHARED PARKING USE BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AND THE COMMERCIAL UNITS AND THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          THIS IS THE PROJECT SITE. 
          IT IS ON THE CORNER OF SPO AND RED OAK. 
          IT IS EVAS VACANT PARCEL AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY, UM, RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT INCLUDING COMMERCIAL OFFICE USES AND A HOTEL AND A CHURCH TO THE SOUTH. 
          THIS IS A VIEW OF THE SITE LOOKING, UM, NORTHWEST AND SHOWS THE ADJACENT OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL USES. 
          UM, THIS SITE LANDSCAPE PLAN SHOWS THE PROJECT SITE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE ADJACENT, UM, PUBLIC STREETS AND PRIVATE DRIVE AISLE TO THE NORTH. 
          THE INTERSECTION AT RED OAK AND SPRUCE WILL BE REDESIGNED FROM A FOUR-WAY STOP TO A ROUNDABOUT. 
          A NEW BICYCLE LANE WILL BE ADDED ALONG SPRUCE AND RED OAK, SEPARATED BY FROM VEHICLE TRAFFIC BY A RAISED CURB. 
          VEHICLE ACCESS TO THE PARKING GARAGE WILL BE FROM RED OAK STREET. 
          PEDESTRIAN PATHWAYS WILL BE LOCATED, OOPS, EXCUSE ME, AROUND THE BUILDING. 
          AND THE PROJECT SITE WILL BE UNGATED EXCEPT FOR A PORTION OF THE PRO THE THE PARKING GARAGE. 
          UM, THE PROJECT HAS A CONTEMPORARY DESIGN THEME WITH WIDE PRIVATE DECKS AND A FLAT ROOF. 
          EXTERIOR MATERIALS INCLUDE THE USE OF STUCCO FIBER, CEMENT SIDING, BRICK VENEER, LAMINATE WOOD, UM, LOOK PANELS AND METAL AND GLASS RAILINGS CARRIED TO EACH ELEVATION. 
          THE TOP DECK OF THE PARKING GARAGE IS INCORPORATED INTO THE OVERALL BUILDING AND INCLUDES AN EXTENSIVE USE OF GLAZING ON THE NORTH, SOUTH AND WEST ELEVATIONS. 
          UH, THE CLUBHOUSE BUILDING THE FACADE OF THE COMMERCIAL UNITS WILL INCLUDE EXTENSIVE USE OF GLAZING FRAMED BY BRICK SUPPORT COLUMNS. 
          THIS IS A VIEW OF THE PROJECT LOOKING NORTH WEST, HIGHLIGHTING THE Y PRIVATE DECKS, UM, ROOFTOP RECREATION AMENITY, AND THE GROUND FLOOR PLAZA. 
          THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING SOUTHWEST SHOWING THE GROUND FLOOR, UM, COMMERCIAL ROOF DECK, RECREATIONAL AMENITIES, AND DRIVE ACCESS TO THE ADJACENT OFFICE COMMERCIAL BUILDING. 
          THIS IS A VIEW LOOKING SOUTHEAST AND SHOWS THE DRIVE ACCESS PEDESTRIAN PEO AND GROUND LEVEL PRIVATE OPEN SPACE AREA. 
          THE PROJECT INCLUDES 30 STUDIOS, 87, 1 BEDROOM AND 59 2 BEDROOM UNITS. 
          THERE WILL BE AS STATED, 7,870 SQUARE FOOT OF COMMERCIAL AND 1400 SQUARE FOOT OF LIVE WORK COMMERCIAL. 
          THE, UM, PROPOSED GROUND LEVEL AMENITIES INCLUDE A COURTYARD ALONG THE WEST ELEVATION, UM, WHICH INCLUDES AN OPEN SPACE LAWN, A DOG PARK, AND A KITCHEN, UM, OUTDOOR KITCHEN, WHICH IS ON THE VERY LEFT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN. 
          AND, UM, THERE ON THE OTHER TWO, UH, OTHER TWO ILLUSTRATIONS SHOW THE GROUND FLOOR PUBLIC OPEN SEATING AREAS PROVIDED ALONG THE WEST AND SOUTH ELEVATIONS OF THE BUILDING. 
          ON THE ROOF. 
          ON THE ROOF DECK IS A POOL SPA SEATING AREAS CLUBHOUSE FITNESS BUILDING. 
          THE PROJECT COMPLIES WITH THE DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CCE TWO ZONE, EXCEPT FOR ONSITE PARKING AND THE REQUIRED NON-RESIDENTIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE. 
          THE APPLICANT HAS SUBMITTED A MASTER PLAN FOR THE REDUCTION IN THE REQUIRED FLOOR AREA RATIO AND A MINOR EXCEPTION TO REDUCE THE REQUIRED ONSET PARKING. 
          UM, AS BACKGROUND TO THE, UH, PROPOSED PRO, UH, PROJECT BASED MASTER PLAN, THE CITY COUNCIL HELD A POLICY DISCUSSION AT THEIR REGULAR SCHEDULED MEETING ON JULY 19TH, 2023, WHERE THEY DISCUSSED POLY POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF ALLOWING A DEFICIENT NON-RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA STANDARD FOR PARCELS, WHICH MEET CERTAIN CRITERIA SPECIFICALLY FOR LOTS THAT ARE LESS THAN THREE ACRES AND ARE NOT LOCATED ALONG A PRIMARY CORRIDOR. 
          DURING THAT DISCUSSION, THE COUNCIL GENERALLY EXPRESSED SUPPORT FOR ALLOWING DEFICIENT NON-RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA RATIO IN SUCH CIRCUMSTANCES ON A CASE BY CASE BASICS. 
          THE SUBJECT, UM, PARCEL AT SPRUCE AND RED OAK MEETS 
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THE SAME NARROW CRITERIA AS PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          AS SUBJECT SITE IS LESS THAN THREE ACRES AND IS NOT LOCATED WITHIN A FRONTAGE AREA. 
          BASED ON THE SIZE OF THE PROJECT SITE, THE THE PROJECT SITE WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIRED REQUIREMENT TO PROVIDE 40 TO 180, SORRY, 40 TO 100 UNITS PER ACRE, AND THE 78,000 TO 156,000 SQUARE FEET OF NON-RESIDENTIAL AND THE REQUIRED ONSITE PARKING. 
          AS SHOWN IN THIS SLIDE, THERE IS APPROXIMATELY 264,000 SQUARE FEET OF OFFICE AND COMMERCIAL LAND USE IS SURROUNDING THE PROJECT SITE, INCLUDING A 115 ROOM HOTEL ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT SITE. 
          THE PROJECT WILL ALSO, WHICH THE PROJECT WILL ALSO FUTURE FURTHER SEVERAL GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL, THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA GENERAL PLAN, INCLUDING THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE COMPLETE PLACES ENSURING THAT THE QUALITY OF PUBLIC SPACES AND THE PROVISION OF COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT, THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS WILL ALSO ASSIST THE CITY IN REACHING THE STATE HOUSING REGIONAL NEEDS ALLOCATION OUTLINED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT. 
          UM, THE PROJECT THIS YEAR RE RECEIVED A GOLDEN NUGGET GRAND AWARD FOR BEST ON THE BOARDS MULTIFAMILY COMMUNITY. 
          UM, THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO PROVIDE 362 PARKING SPACES AND PROVIDES 339 PARKING SPACES, WHICH IS A 23 PARKING SPACE DEFICIENCY. 
          THE PROJECT INCLUDES A REQUEST FOR A 6.1% REDUCTION IN THE REQUIRED PARKING SPACES. 
          UM, A PARKING STUDY WAS SUBMITTED FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH DEMONSTRATES THAT THE PROJECT WILL SUFFICIENTLY BE PARKED BASED ON THE SHARED PARKING ANALYSIS. 
          THE PARKING STUDY INCLUDED INITIAL STUDY, INITIAL PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN OUTLINING THE MEASURES TO ENSURE ADEQUATE AND CONVENIENT PARKING. 
          THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL FOR THE PROJECT INCLUDE A REQUIREMENT FOR A FINAL PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN TO BE REVIEWED AND APPROVED BY THE PARKING, THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS PRIOR TO OCCUPANCY. 
          UM, THIS, UM, DIAGRAM SHOWS THE A TABLE SHOWING THE LEVEL OF PAR UH, PARKING LOT ALLOCATION DURING THE VARIOUS TIMES OF THE DAY. 
          AND THE HIGHEST, UH, USE IS AROUND 7:00 PM MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. 
          AND AT THAT TIME, AT THE WORST CASE SCENARIO, THERE ARE FOUR SURPLUS PARKING SPACES. 
          UM, THE DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE REVIEWED THE PROJECT ON APRIL 16TH, AND THE COMMITTEE WAS COMPLIMENTARY TO THE PRO, UM, PROJECT AND DESIGN AND AMENITIES AND RECOMMENDED THAT THE PROJECT BE REVIEWED BY THE FULL PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          UM, THE PROJECT IS REQUIRED TO COMPLY WITH THE PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE AS OUTLINED IN THE DEVELOPMENT CODE, AND BASED ON THE NUMBER OF RESIDENTS AND COMMERCIAL SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE PROJECT WILL BE REQUIRED TO EITHER PROVIDE OR PAY AN IN LIEU FEE FOR $141,270 TOWARDS PUBLIC ART. 
          UM, THE PROJECT QUALIFIES AS A CLASS 32 INFILL EXEMPTION. 
          UM, PLACE WORKS. 
          THE CITY'S SEQUEL CONSULTANT PROVIDED, UM, PREPARED AN INFILL EXEMPTION DEMONSTRATING THAT THE PROJECT WOULD NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT RELATED TO BIO BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, TRAFFIC, NOISE, AIR QUALITY, OR WATER. 
          UM, THIS WEEK THE, THE CITY RECEIVED A LETTER, UM, FROM THE LAW OFFICES OF LU DREW REQUESTING THE CITY'S SE A EXEMPTION. 
          THE LETTER OUTLINES THEIR VIEW THAT THE ANALYSIS PROVIDED BY THE CITY'S SECO CONSULTANT DID NOT CONSIDER INDOOR AIR QUALITY RELATED TO FORMALDEHYDE IN WOOD AND THE IMPACTS ON BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING HABITAT LOSS, INTERFERENCE WITH WILDLIFE MOVEMENT, UM, WILDLIFE AUTOMOBILE COLLISION MORTALITY, AND BIRD WINDOW COLLISIONS. 
          THEY ARE REQUESTING THAT THE CITY COUNCIL BIND THAT THE PROJECT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE INFILL EXEMPTION AND, AND RECOMMEND THAT AN EIR OR MITIGATED NEGATIVE DE DECLARATION BE PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT. 
          THIS LETTER AND THE CITY'S CONSULTANTS' RESPONSE HAVE BEEN, UH, PROVIDED, UH, ON THE, TO THE COUNCIL ON THE DAAS TO SUMMARIZE THE, UH, RESPONSE BY OUR SQA CONSULTANT. 
          UM, THE PURPOSE 
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OF SQA LEVEL ENVIRONMENTAL EVALUATION IS TO IDENTIFY THE SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS THAT THE PROPOSED PROJECT HAS ON THE ENVIRONMENT, NOT THE SIGNIFICANT EFFECTS ON OF THE ENVIRONMENT ON THE PROPOSED PROJECT. 
          FURTHERMORE, THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD COMPLY WITH THE CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, WHICH REQUIRES THAT ALL COMPOSITE WOOD PRODUCTS USED ON THE INTERIOR OF BUILDINGS SHALL MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE FOR FORMALDEHYDE AS SPECIFIED IN THE CALIFORNIA AIR RESOURCES BOARD AIR TOX CONTROL MEASURE FOR COMPOSITE WOODS. 
          THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT, UH, PREPARED BY E CORP WAS, UM, LOOKED INTO THE, UH, ALSO PREPARED A BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES RECONS THAT DISCLOSED, UH, EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE PROJECT SITE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. 
          WHAT SPECIAL STATUS, UM, SPECIES HAD POTENTIAL TO EXIST ON THE SITE AND WHAT ADDITIONAL SURVEYS WOULD BE RECOMMENDED. 
          THE BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT REPORT INCLUDES MEASURES, RECOMMENDING SURVEYS BE CONDUCTED BEFORE THE PROJECT CONSTRUCTION, WHICH WERE OUTLINED IN THE CQ EXEMPTION AND PROVIDED AS CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL IN THE RESOLUTION OF APPROVAL. 
          THE SURVEYS WOULD ENSURE THAT ALL NECESSARY FOLLOW UP ASSESSMENTS AND MEASURES BE TAKEN IF ANY SPECIAL STATUS, UM, SPECIES IDENTIFIED IN THE MEASURES ARE ENCOUNTERED ON THE SITE BEFORE THE CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES COMMENCE. 
          UM, THESE REQUIREMENTS ARE MIRRORED, UM, WITH SIMILAR REQUIREMENTS IN THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN EIR. 
          UM, THE ITEM WAS ADVERTISED AS A PUBLIC HEARING IN THE DAILY BILL DAILY VALLEY DELIA BULLETIN ON AUGUST 7TH, AND THE PROJECT WAS PROPOSED, WAS POSTED ON OCTOBER 7TH, AND NOTICES WERE MAILED TO THE 59 SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 660 FEET OF THE PROJECT SITE ON AUGUST 8TH. 
          UM, A LETTER OF SUPPORT HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY AN FROM AN ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNER, WHICH HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL. 
          WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVED DESIGN REVIEW, DRC 20 23 1 5 4 MASTER PLAN 0 0 3 4 6, AND MINOR EXCEPTION 0 0 2 8 0 AND APPROVE RESOLUTION 0 8 2 0 8 3 AND 0 8 4 SUBJECT TO THE ATTACHED CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WITH THAT STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          THANK YOU TABBY. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OF TABBY, UH, BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I HAVE A COUPLE, MR. MAYOR. 
          SURE. 
          UH, COULD YOU GO TO THE GROUND FLOOR AMENITY SLIDE FOR A MOMENT, PLEASE? YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE'S A DOG PARK AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. 
          IS IT REFLECTED ON THAT SLIDE THAT YEAH, IT IS, UH, NUMBER SEVEN ON THAT. 
          NUMBER SEVEN. 
          OKAY. 
          FANTASTIC. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, THE ORIGINAL NON-RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA REQUIREMENT, WHAT WAS THE SQUARE FOOTAGE THAT WAS REQUIRED? IT WAS ROUGHLY, I'M GOING WITHOUT GOING TO THAT SLIDE. 
          78,000 TO AROUND 150,000 SQUARE FEET. 
          OKAY. 
          ALL GREAT. 
          AND THEN I JUST WANT TO CONFIRM, UH, REQUIRED PARKING AT 360 2 SPACES PROVIDED 3 39. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT'S ALL MY QUESTIONS, MAYOR. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY. 
          PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. 
          I HAVE TWO SPEAKER CARDS, ONE FROM KAYLIN STALEY. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNSEL. 
          MY NAME IS KYLA STALEY AND I'M AN ATTORNEY WITH THE LAW FIRM LOZO DREWRY HERE ON BEHALF OF SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OR SAFER. 
          SAFER, RESPECTFULLY, REQUESTS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL FIND THAT THE SPRUCE AND RED OAK MIXED USE PROJECT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE CLASS 32 INFILL EXEMPTION, AND INSTEAD RECOMMEND THE PREPARATION OF AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT OR MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH CQA. 
          IN THE TIME I HAVE, I WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS THREE MAIN REASONS WHY THE PROJECT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE INFILL EXEMPTION. 
          FIRST, THE PROJECT MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT AIR QUALITY IMPACTS UNDER CQA. 
          A PROJECT CANNOT QUALIFY FOR THE INFILL EXEMPTION IF IT WILL RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT AIR QUALITY IMPACTS. 
          SAFERS INDOOR AIR QUALITY EXPERT FOUND THAT THE PROJECT WOULD RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT INDOOR AIR QUALITY IMPACTS DUE TO EMISSIONS OF FORMALDEHYDE FROM THE PROJECTS BUILDING MATERIALS. 
          THESE INDOOR MISSIONS WOULD CAUSE SIGNIFICANT INCREASED CANCER RISKS TO FUTURE RESIDENTS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE PROJECT. 
          AS A RESULT OF THESE AIR QUALITY IMPACTS, THE CITY IS PRECLUDED FROM 
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RELYING ON THE INFILL EXEMPTION. 
          SECOND, THE PROJECT SITE PROVIDES HABITAT VALUE TO RARE SPECIES. 
          UNDER QUA, A PROJECT CANNOT QUALIFY FOR THE INFILL EXEMPTION IF THE PROJECT SITE PROVIDES HABITAT VALUE FOR ENDANGERED, RARE OR THREATENED SPECIES. 
          DR. 
          SEAN SMALLWOOD, AN EXPERT IN WILDLIFE BIOLOGISTS, FOUND THAT THE PROJECT SITE PROVIDES HABITAT VALUE TO AT LEAST SEVEN SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES, INCLUDING RAPTORS, ALLEN'S HUMMINGBIRD, WHICH IS LISTED BY THE US FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE AS A BIRD OF CONSERVATION CONCERN, AND THE MONARCH BUTTERFLY, WHICH IS A FEDERAL CANDIDATE FOR LISTING UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT. 
          DR. 
          SMALLWOOD UM, ALSO EXPLAINED THAT EACH OF THESE SPECIES QUALIFIES AS RARE UNDER SQ A'S DEFINITION OF THAT TERM. 
          THEREFORE, THE CITY CANNOT RELY ON THE INFILL EXEMPTION BECAUSE THE PROJECT SITE HAS HABITAT VALUE FOR THESE RARE SPECIES. 
          THIRD, THE CITY'S BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES ANALYSIS IS NOT SUPPORTED BY SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE. 
          DR. 
          SMALLWOOD ALSO FOUND THAT THE CITY FAILED TO ANALYZE SEVERAL POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS TO BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING HABITAT LOSS, INTERFERENCE WITH WILDLIFE MOVEMENT, WILDLIFE VEHICLE COLLISIONS, AND BIRD WINDOW COLLISIONS. 
          CEQA REVIEW SHOULD BE CONDUCTED PRIOR TO PROJECT APPROVAL TO ANALYZE AND MITIGATE THESE IMPACTS TO BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES FOR THE REASONS I HAVE DISCUSSED HERE AND IN SAFER AS WRITTEN COMMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SAFER. 
          AGAIN, RESPECTFULLY REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL FIND THAT THE PROJECT DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THE INFILL EXEMPTION AND ENSURE THAT AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT OR ED NEGATIVE DECLARATION IS PREPARED PRIOR TO PROJECT APPROVAL. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, THANK YOU. 
          OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS GERALD HAMMER. 
          I BELIEVE YOU'RE THE ONE OF THE APPLICANTS OR THE APPLICANT. 
          YES, MR. MAYOR. 
          GOOD EVENING. 
          UH, GOOD EVENING. 
          COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF. 
          UM, AS A PART OF A PARTNER OF WESTERN SPIRE HERE, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD OUR, OUR EYE ON RANCHO MANGA, AND PARTICULARLY WITH THE UPDATED, UH, GENERAL PLAN. 
          AND, UH, WHEN WE WERE ABLE TO DISCOVER A SITE WITH, UH, SUCH HIGH DENSITY, REALLY PIQUED OUR INTEREST AND WANTED TO BRING SOMETHING OF, UM, THAT YOU SEE IN MORE URBAN CENTERS OF CALIFORNIA TO THE CITY AND TO THE INLAND EMPIRE. 
          SO THAT'S, UH, WORKING WITH, UH, CITY STAFF HAS BEEN A PLEASURE TO DO THIS HERE. 
          SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF, UH, THE, THE AMOUNT OF TIME WE'VE PUT IN TO GO BACK AND FORTH ON THIS DESIGN WITH OUR ENTIRE PROJECT TEAM WHO IS HERE AS WELL. 
          UH, WINNING THE GOLD NUGGET AWARD FOR DESIGN REALLY IS A NATIONAL AWARD, UH, FOR BEST DESIGN. 
          SO SOMETHING WE'RE REALLY PROUD OF. 
          AND, UH, THE CITY STAFF I KNOW AND CITY ALL THE CITY SHOULD BE PROUD OF AS WELL. 
          UM, REALLY MEETING THE DE DEMAND FOR, FOR HOUSING THAT WE SEE IN, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND AND FOLLOWING THE, THE GENERAL PLAN THAT THE CITY HAS SET FORWARD TO ACCOMPLISH THOSE GOALS. 
          SO WE'RE JUST A PARTNER IN THAT IDENTIFYING THIS IS THE RIGHT TIME IN THE MARKET, THIS IS THE RIGHT PRODUCT TO BUILD. 
          UH, AND HOW IT GETS BUILT HERE IS, IS THE FACTORS THAT WE KIND OF STUDY AS DEVELOPERS, AND THAT IS THE RIGHT TIME NOW TO, TO DO SO. 
          UM, SEEING THAT THERE ARE A FEW CHALLENGES WITH THE, THE PARKING AND NEEDING FOR A MINOR EXEMPTION HERE. 
          WE HAVE, WE THINK CREATED A GREAT SOLUTION HERE WHERE IT IS A BLEND OF GUEST SPACES IN THE EVENING ALONG WITH, UH, RETAIL SPACES. 
          SO, SO THEY WILL WORK TOGETHER AND BE SHARED SPACE THROUGH THE PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN. 
          NONE OF THE RESIDENTS, UH, PARKING PLAN, UH, SPACES WILL BE TAKEN AT ANY TIME. 
          THOSE ARE FULLY DEDICATED TO THE RESIDENT SPACES HERE, COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM THE AREA OF THE PUBLIC. 
          SO THAT WOULD NEVER BE A PROBLEM, UH, AND ENFORCEABLE THERE. 
          AND THEN, UM, SPEAKING TO THE MASTER PLAN, UH, REVIEW HERE, UM, IN ORDER TO, UH, MAKE THIS PROJECT BUILDABLE HERE, REALLY HAVING THAT GROUND FLOOR RETAIL SPACE THAT IS PROVIDED THERE AND ADJACENT TO THE CURRENT RE UH, RETAIL SPACE ALONG THE MAJOR CORRIDORS IS WHERE IT'S REALLY FOCUSED AND COULD BE ACCESSIBLE AND BE SUCCESSFUL REALLY. 
          IF WE HAD TO, UH, HAVE ALL THAT, THAT SPACE AVAILABLE THERE, THERE'D BE THREE STORIES OF RETAIL SPACE, YOU'D LOSE DENSITY HERE AND THE PROJECTS REALLY WOULDN'T BE FEASIBLE AND AND PENCIL IN ORDER TO GET BUILT HERE. 
          SO, UH, SOMETHING TO CONSIDER THERE. 
          UM, AND FINALLY WITH OUR, YOU KNOW, LAST COMMENTS ABOUT THE SQL ITEMS, I THINK STAFF DID A GREAT JOB, UH, HIRING THE, THE, THE SE A CONSULTANT HERE. 
          THERE IT IS THEIR JOB TO CHECK ALL THE DATA AND MEASUREMENTS THERE SO THAT THE PROJECT DOES QUALIFY FOR THE EXEMPTION. 
          UH, THE PROJECT IS, THE SE IS INTENDED TO LOOK AT HOW THE PROJECT AFFECTS THE ENVIRONMENT, NOT HOW, AND, AND, AND VICE VERSA THERE. 
          SO THE ELEMENTS OF THE BUILDING ARE NOT PART OF A SEQUEL REVIEW. 
          AND IN ADDITIONALLY TOO, IN TERMS OF THE BIOLOGICAL, UH, ITEMS DISCUSSED HERE THAT HAS BEEN REVIEWED, THOSE HABITATS HAVE NOT BEEN IDENTIFIED ON THE SITE PER THE REPORT THERE. 
          AND 
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THEN FURTHER STUDIES WILL BE MADE PRIOR TO CONSTRUCTION TO CONFIRM ONCE AGAIN THAT THOSE, THOSE SPECIES ARE NOT PRESENT ON THE SITE THERE THAT'S ALREADY BEEN CLEARLY IDENTIFIED AND THEY DO NOT EXIST AT, AT THIS SITE. 
          HERE IT IS SURROUNDED BY A COMMERCIAL SET. 
          THIS IS THE CITY CENTER HERE. 
          THIS IS WHERE WE WOULD LIKE TO INCREASE THE WALKABILITY AND, AND COMMUNITY HERE AND, AND CONNECTION. 
          UH, AND WE FEEL THIS PROJECT DOES EXACTLY THAT, WHAT THE GENERAL PLAN INTENDED HERE. 
          AND, AND THANK YOU AGAIN TO THE CITY STAFF. 
          UH, IT'S BEEN A PLEASURE TO WORK WITH YOU. 
          IT'S FOR THIS PROJECT. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          IF YOU, IF YOU'D JUST STAY UP THERE MAYBE, OR STAY CLOSE BY IN CASE. 
          YEAH, WE'RE READY. 
          ONE OF OUR COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, HAS ANY QUESTIONS FOR, FOR THE APPLICANT. 
          WE CAN HAVE THOSE ADDRESSED. 
          UH, IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT THAT WOULD WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS ITEM? SEEING NONE, WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT AGAIN BACK TO OUR CITY COUNCIL, UH, FOR THEIR COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS AND, UH, CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL BASED ON STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND BY THE WAY, UNANIMOUS, UM, APPROVAL FROM OUR, UH, OUTSTANDING PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR, THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          UM, I JUST WANNA, I GUESS SAY THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE GENERAL READING, THE GENERAL PLAN. 
          IT'S UPDATED, IT'S IMPORTANT TO US. 
          I KNOW WE ADOPTED IT NOT TOO LONG AGO AND IT REALLY WAS A GENERAL PLAN THAT WAS CREATED BY OUR COMMUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY. 
          SO I, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. 
          UM, WE ARE LOOKING AT THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, WALKABLE COMMUNITIES IS A BIG GOAL FOR US. 
          WHERE IT IS RIGHT NOW, I THINK YOU HAVE THE JERSEY MICS AND ALL THAT RETAIL, THE STARBUCKS RIGHT THERE. 
          SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE ARE GONNA BE ABLE TO WALK THERE AND NOT USE THEIR CARS AND, AND BE ABLE TO GO TO THOSE SHOPPING THINGS. 
          UM, MY ONLY CONCERN, AND AND YOU SOMEWHAT ADDRESS IT, WAS JUST THE PARKING. 
          I KNOW YOU HAVE ESTABLISHED A, UM, PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN AND YOU HAD INDICATED THAT PARKING WILL NOT BE A PROBLEM AS A, AS A GUEST IN THE RETAIL WILL BE SHARING A PARKING, UM, SPOT. 
          SO I REALLY HOPE THAT THAT IS TRUE AND I, I KNOW THAT HOPEFULLY WE'LL BE COMPLIANT WITH THE PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN TO ADDRESS ANY ISSUES THAT COME DOWN THE ROAD WHEN IT COMES TO PARKING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? JUST A COUPLE COMMENTS. 
          UH, DID YOU HAVE SOME COUNCIL, IF YOU DON'T MIND, MR. MAYOR? YES, SURE. 
          OKAY. 
          UM, SO THIS IS GONNA BE ONE OF THE DENSEST DEVELOPED LOTS, PROBABLY CERTAINLY IN RANCH CUCAMONGA, MAYBE IN THE INLAND EMPIRE. 
          UM, I WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT WE PROBABLY THINK THAT THERE'S A LOT OF AREAS OF CITIES THAT THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE. 
          UM, WE DON'T HAVE THE INFRASTRUCTURE FOR IT. 
          ONE OF THE AREAS THAT DOES IS AN AREA THAT'S GONNA BE CLOSE TO OUR MAJOR CORRIDORS LIKE HAVEN, FOOTHILL ARROW, MILLIKEN, AND DAY CREEK. 
          AND ONE OF THE BENEFITS OF PLACING DENSITY IN AREAS WHERE THERE'S GOOD TRAFFIC FLOW IS THE FACT THAT IT PREVENTS US FROM HAVING TO LOOK AT AREAS THAT ARE ALREADY DEVELOPED IN THE CITY, SOME OF THEM BEFORE INCORPORATION, SOME OF THEM WITH LARGER LOTS AND MUCH LOWER DENSITY. 
          AND THAT'S A HUGE BENEFIT, UM, TO FINDING THESE LOCATIONS WHERE WE CAN DEVELOP THESE LOTS IS THAT WE CAN KEEP OTHER EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS. 
          I IDEALISTICALLY THE SAME. 
          UM, ALONG WITH COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT, I DID HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A RESERVATION ABOUT PARKING. 
          ONE OF THOSE WAS IS WE HAD ANOTHER DEVELOPMENTAL OVER ON HERMOSA FOOTHILL, WHERE IN THE VERY BEGINNING, UH, BEFORE THIS COUNCIL WAS ELECTED, THERE WAS, I BELIEVE IT WAS A 25% REDUCTION IN PARKING. 
          AND THIS COUNCIL CERTAINLY FELT THE BURDEN OF THE RESIDENTS WHEN THEY CAME TO PUBLIC COMMENT AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT THERE WAS A VERY SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM THERE. 
          I DID SOME QUICK MATH. 
          THE REDUCTION YOU'RE ASKING FOR IS 6.4%, WHICH IS A LOT LESS THAN 25%. 
          SO I'M, I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT. 
          I'M GLAD TO TO HEAR THAT SOME TIME AND EFFORT AND, UH, BRAIN POWER HAS BEEN PUT INTO THE PARKING PLAN. 
          ONE OF THE OTHER CHALLENGES THAT WE HAD WITH THAT OTHER BUILDING ON HERMOSA FOOTHILL IS THAT, UH, THAT PROPERTY WAS DEVELOPED AND THEN SOLD. 
          SO A LOT OF THE COMMITMENTS THAT WE HAD FROM THE ORIGINAL DEVELOPER, UM, DID NOT TRANSFER TO THE NEXT LINE OF OWNERSHIP. 
          SO THIS IS SOMETHING I CERTAINLY LEARNED FROM IT. 
          AND SO IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT UP FRONT AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU GUYS KNOW THAT WE WILL HEAR FROM PEOPLE IF THIS DOES NOT WORK. 
          AND SO I'M GLAD TO HEAR THAT YOU'RE NOT ASKING FOR NEARLY THE REDUCTION THAT WE KNOW HASN'T. 
          UM, NEXT I GO TO LUNA GRILL, I GO TO JERSEY MIKE'S. 
          UH, THERE'S A LOT OF GREAT RESTAURANTS THERE. 
          WE HAVE, UH, A LOT OF, UH, GREAT 
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RESTAURANTS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET. 
          UH, THIS IS GONNA BE VERY BENEFICIAL TO THEM. 
          UM, THERE'S A, UH, IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT STORES THERE THAT ARE IN THE IMMEDIATE WALKABLE VICINITY. 
          SO I THINK IF WE'RE GONNA DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU GUYS HAVE PICKED A GREAT SPOT TO DO IT. 
          SO THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORT IN GETTING, UM, THIS FAR. 
          I KNOW THIS IS A PROCESS THAT STARTED WAY BEFORE TONIGHT, EVEN THOUGH SOME PEOPLE WILL BE HEARING ABOUT IT. 
          AND THANKS FOR BRINGING THIS TO OUR CITY. 
          AND I KNOW THAT OUR STAFF IS VERY THOUGHTFUL IN ENFORCING THE REQUIREMENTS THAT WE LAID OUT IN THE GENERAL PLAN, AND THAT WITH THEIR BLESSING GIVES US A LOT OF CONFIDENCE MOVING FORWARD THAT IT'S GONNA BE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          ANYONE ELSE? JUST A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS. 
          ONE, I REALLY LIKE THE IDEA AND I'M, I WANT TO THANK OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AND STAFF IN PLANNING FOR CONVERTING A FOUR-WAY. 
          WHAT WILL BE A FOUR-WAY STOP INTO A ROUNDABOUT. 
          THAT IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MORE EFFICIENT, EFFICIENT WAYS OF GETTING TRAFFIC CIRCULATION, UM, AROUND, I, I, I WILL ECHO ABOUT THE PARKING DEFICIENCY THAT YOU APPLIED FOR, BUT ALSO LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THAT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OUR LEGISLATURE ONCE AGAIN, TAKES AWAY A LITTLE BIT OF OUR LOCAL CONTROL BY PASSING LEGISLATION THAT PRECLUDES US FROM NECESSARILY WORKING. 
          IF YOU, YOU GET AN OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT, THEN NOW THE PARKING MANAGEMENT PLAN, MY MY HOPE IS, AND I THINK ALL OF US WOULD AGREE THAT IF THERE ARE ISSUES THAT OUR STAFF NEEDS TO RAISE WITH YOU, THAT YOU'LL MAKE THE NECESSARY MODIFICATIONS TO THE MANAGEMENT PLAN TO MAKE SURE THAT WE MITIGATE ANY, ANY OVERFLOW PARKING THAT MAY BE AFFECTING OTHER BUSINESSES IN THE AREA. 
          BUT IT'S A PERFECT SPOT FOR, FOR RESIDENTIAL WITH ALL THE DIFFERENT AMENITIES AROUND. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE, THE BEAUTIFUL RENDERINGS. 
          UH, IT'S GONNA BE A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. 
          I, I'VE, I I AND THE ROOFTOP POOL AND ALL THE OTHER AMENITIES FOR, FOR THE RESIDENTS THERE. 
          UM, IT, IT IS TURNED OUT TO BE A VERY, VERY NICE PROJECT. 
          AND, UM, AGAIN, WHILE IT'S MAYBE EXTREMELY MUCH HIGHER DENSITY THAN WHAT WE'RE ACCUSTOMED TO, UM, AS WAS STATED EARLIER, WE HAVE CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS AND THE, THE STAFF REPORT MADE A COMMENT ABOUT REGIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND, AND THE ARENA REQUIREMENTS. 
          STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ONCE AGAIN COMES DOWN TO EVERY CITY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND LISTS THE NUMBER OF UNITS THAT WE MUST BUILD WITHIN A CERTAIN PERIOD OF TIME. 
          AND IT'S ALWAYS A LITTLE MORE THAN WHAT WE WOULD EVER BE POSSIBLE TO BUILD, BUT WE HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THOSE REQUESTS. 
          OTHERWISE, DEVELOPERS COULD COME HERE AND IF WE WERE TAKEN TO COURT BY THE STATE, DEVELOPERS WOULD HAVE A BUY RIGHT OPPORTUNITY TO GO GO IN WITH WHATEVER THE ZONING IS AND BUILD THE PROJECT THE WAY THEY WANT TO BUILD IT. 
          AND WE WOULD HAVE NO MINISTERIAL JURISDICTION. 
          AND IN THIS CASE, YOU CAME TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU DID A GREAT JOB PLANNING COMMISSION, DID A GREAT JOB. 
          AND SO I WANT TO THANK YOU ON BEHALF OF OTHER FUTURE RESIDENTS AND THE RESIDENTS HERE, UM, THAT, UM, THIS IS GONNA BE AN EXCITING PROJECT TO SEE COME TO FRUITION. 
          MR. MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THE QUA UH, COMMENTS. 
          THAT WOULD BE PERFECT. 
          THANK YOU. 
          UM, IN THE SAME VEIN, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS ALSO ENCOURAGING LOCAL JURISDICTIONS TO RELY ON THE INFILL EXEMPTION FOR RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROJECTS. 
          I THINK THIS IS, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF THE CITY DOING THAT. 
          AND SO TO SUGGEST THAT ANY PROJECT THAT USES COMPOSITE WOOD COULDN'T RELY ON THAT WOULD RENDER THE STATE'S EFFORTS MOOT. 
          UH, AND THEN WITH RESPECT TO THE BIOLOGICAL IMPACTS, UH, AN EXPERT STUDY WAS DONE ON THAT ISSUE TO PROVIDE SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IN SUPPORT OF YOUR DECISION. 
          AND I DO KNOW WE ALL HAVE THAT DOCUMENT IN FRONT OF US. 
          THAT WAS A RESPONSE TO THE OTHER, UM, INDIVIDUAL'S CONCERNS. 
          OKAY, SO HEARING NONE, WHAT WE WILL NOW MOVE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          AND ALONG WITH THAT, TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS 2024 DASH 0 8 2 DASH 0 8 3 AND DASH 0 8 4, MOTION TO APPROVE A SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT CAME TO THE PODIUM TO SPEAK THIS EVENING. 
          THANK YOU. 
          OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CITY 
          [CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)]
MANAGER STAFF REPORTS. 
          LEMME TURN THE PAGE HERE. 
          WE HAVE THREE OF THOSE THIS EVENING. 
          OUR FIRST ONE IS A REVIEW OF PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM ARABIAN DRIVE TO HERITAGE PARK. 
          MR. CITY MANAGER? YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO, 
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 Review of Pedestrian Access from Arabian Drive to Heritage Park (CITY)]
UM, WE DO HAVE THIS ITEM TONIGHT, WHICH IS A REVIEW OF THE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS FROM ARABIAN DRIVE TO HERITAGE PARK. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, ANYTIME WE'RE DEALING WITH EITHER A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT OR SOME ACTION THAT 
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HAPPENED 20 YEARS AGO, WE ALWAYS ASK JEN TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT. 
          UM, HER AND I ARE ABOUT THE ONLY ONES THAT REMEMBER SOME OF THAT. 
          AND, UM, JEN IS ACTUALLY EXPERT AT GOING BACK AND DIGGING, UM, DIGGING UP THE, THE HISTORY OF SOME OF THIS STUFF FOR US IN THIS CASE. 
          IT WAS REALLY HELPFUL. 
          UM, I JUST WANT TO NOTE FOR EVERYONE, UM, WE APPRECIATE EVERYONE'S CONCERNS AND, UM, WHILE WE DON'T DISAGREE WITH THE IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC SAFETY, UNDERSTAND THAT AS PUBLIC SERVANTS, WE CAN'T JUST IGNORE SOMEBODY WHO COMES IN AND RAISES AN ISSUE, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S AN ISSUE THAT FOR A LOT OF US, WE WEREN'T EVEN AWARE WAS AN ISSUE. 
          WE LITERALLY BELIEVED THAT GATE WAS COMPLETELY LOCKED ALL THE TIME AND DIDN'T UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY WERE SHARING WITH US. 
          SO IT LED US DOWN A LITTLE BIT OF A RABBIT HOLE TO FIND THE OLD HISTORY. 
          UM, BUT AS I NOTED, UM, JENNIFER WAS VERY HELPFUL IN THAT. 
          UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO, TO, UH, JENNIFER NAKAMURA, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF PLANNING FOR THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM. 
          THANK YOU, MR. ELLISON. 
          GOOD EVENING MAYORS AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. 
          I'D LIKE TO START THIS PRESENTATION BY PROVIDING SOME GEOGRAPHICAL CONTEXT. 
          HERITAGE PARK, WHICH IS LOCATED SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BUR AND HILL. 
          HILLSIDE, IS SURROUNDED TO THE IMMEDIATE SOUTH AND WEST WITH SINGLE FAMILY HOMES AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PARK AND THE SURROUNDING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS. 
          THREE ACCESS POINTS TO HERITAGE PARK FOR PEDESTRIANS AND EQUESTRIANS WERE CREATED. 
          THE FIRST IS NORTH OF THE FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL. 
          AN ACCESS POINT IS AT THE TERMINUS OF RANCHO STREET, AS SHOWN BY THE HORIZONTAL GREEN ARROW. 
          THE GREEN VERTICAL ARROW TO THE, TO THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN, UH, SHOWS THE THAT TO THE SOUTH. 
          ANOTHER ACCESS POINT IS ON MUSTANG ROAD. 
          THIS TRAIL CONNECTS SOUTH ALL THE WAY TO WILSON AVENUE. 
          THE THIRD ACCESS POINT WAS ALSO ESTABLISHED AT THE TERMINUS OF ARABIAN DRIVE, BUT WAS REPLACED WITH A FENCE AND KEYED GATE ACCESS IN 2004. 
          CONFLICT BEGAN IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS. 
          AS LITTLE LEAGUE PARK USERS FOUND ARABIAN DRIVE A CLOSE AND CONVENIENT ACCESS POINT TO THE BASEBALL FIELDS AT THE SOUTH END OF HERITAGE PARK. 
          THIS RESULTED IN ILLEGAL BLOCKING OF DRIVEWAYS, PARKED CARS ON THE STREET, PREVENTING RESIDENTS FROM PUTTING OUT GARBAGE CANS FOR COLLECTION IN A TIMELY MANNER AND SAFETY HAZARDS FOR PLAYERS ACCESSING THE PARK. 
          STAFF WORKED WITH LITTLE LEAGUE TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE PROBLEMS AT THAT TIME, BUT ISSUES CONTINUED TO PERSIST IN 2004 AT THE RECOMMENDATION OF THE PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION AND DIRECTION FROM COUNCIL. 
          A FENCE WITH A LOCKABLE GATE WAS INSTALLED EARLIER THIS YEAR. 
          A RESIDENT IN THE AREA INQUIRED ABOUT ACCESS AND STAFF NOT UNDERSTANDING ALL OF THE BACKGROUND, BEGAN REVIEWING THE ISSUE. 
          STAFF ASKED THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO REVIEW THE ISSUE AND PROVIDE A RECOMMENDATION TO THE COUNCIL. 
          ON JULY 10TH, 2024, WE INVITED ALL RESIDENTS ALONG ARABIAN DRIVE MUSTANG ROAD, AND SHOW WALTER COURT TO PROVIDE, COMMENT AND ATTEND THE HEARING. 
          RESIDENTS SUBMITTED EMAILS AND SPOKE AT THE MEETING AGAINST REOPENING THE GATE, STATING CONCERNS THAT CONFLICT WILL RESUME BETWEEN PARK RES USERS AND RESIDENTS. 
          THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED RESIDENCE CONCERNS AND EXISTING GENERAL PLAN POLICIES AND PROVIDED TWO RECOMMENDED OPTIONS. 
          OPTION ONE WOULD BE TO REPLACE THE GATE WITH A PERMANENT FENCE OR OTHERWISE REMOVE THE LOCK TO RESTRICT KEYED ACCESS. 
          ACCESS TO THE PARK WOULD CONTINUE TO BE AVAILABLE VIA THE TRAIL ON MUSTANG ROAD. 
          OPTION TWO WAS TO MAKE NO CHANGES AND LEAVE THE GATE AS IS STAFF FEELS. 
          OPTION TWO IS NOT NECESSARILY A VIABLE ALTERNATIVE BECAUSE THE PURPOSE OF THE GATE WAS FOR IT TO BE OPEN FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, EXCEPT DURING GAMES AND PRACTICES. 
          ONLY THEN WAS IT TO BE LOCKED. 
          CITY MAINTENANCE STAFF WAS DESIGNATED AS AS RESPONSIBLE FOR CLOSING THE GATE BEFORE PRACTICES OR GAMES AND REOPENING IT THE NEXT MORNING. 
          HOWEVER, INCREASED USAGE OF THE PARK AND LACK OF FUNDING IN DISTRICT PD 85 MAKES IT IMPRACTICAL FOR STAFF TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE GATE TWICE A DAY, SIX DAYS A WEEK. 
          AND THE GATE HAS REMAINED IN A LOCKED STATE. 
          THE ORIGINAL POLICY STATE SELECT RESIDENTS WOULD BE GIVEN A KEY SO THEY COULD MAKE SURE THE GATE IS KEPT LOCKED IF LEAVING IT UNLOCKED BECAME AN ISSUE. 
          PERMANENT CLOSURE OF THE GATE IS RECOMMENDED TO CONTINUE TO PREVENT CONFLICTS BETWEEN RESIDENTS AND PARK USERS AND CREATE EQUAL ACCESS FOR ALL TO THE PARK IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD VIA THE TRAIL ON MUSTANG ROAD. 
          THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OF JENNIFER NAKAMURA BEFORE WE BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION OF STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. 
          HEARING NONE, MR. MAYOR. 
          I'M SORRY. 
          YES, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS. 
          YES, THAT'S OKAY. 
          PLEASE DO. 
          UM, I HAD THE DISTINCT PLEASURE OF MEETING WITH THE RESIDENTS IN THIS COMMUNITY 
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AND TRULY HEARD THEIR HEARTS WHEN THEY SHARED THEIR CONCERNS WHEN TALKING WITH THEM. 
          THE MAIN CONCERNS OF THIS COMMUNITY WERE THE SAFETY CONCERNS. 
          UM, AT THE TIME, IF THE GATE IN THIS CUL-DE-SAC WERE TO BE OPENED AND MADE AS AN ACCESS POINT TO THE PARK, THEY EXPRESSED STEEP CONCERNS FOR THE SAFETY OF NOT ONLY THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO THE LITTLE LEAGUE PLAYERS AND FAMILIES THAT WOULD BE RUSHING TO AND FROM THE FIELDS UTILIZING THIS STREET AS A MEANS OF A SHORTCUT. 
          THEY HAD WITNESSED TOO MANY CLOSE CALLS ON THE LIVES OF MANY YOUNG ATHLETES THAT WERE WALKING IN VEHICLES THAT WERE RUSHING AND GOING TOO FAST. 
          ANOTHER CONCERN THEY HAD WAS THE IMPACTS PARKING WOULD HAVE ON THEIR STREETS, GIVEN THAT IN PRIOR YEARS LONG AGO, THEY WERE SIGNIFICANT AND VERY MUCH A PROBLEM FOR THE RESIDENTS. 
          THE STREETS ARE NARROWER IN THIS COMMUNITY, WHICH WOULD CREATE A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM AND CONCERNS FOR THE RESIDENTS. 
          THIS COMMUNITY IS A RARE GEM IN OUR CITY. 
          IT IS ONE WHERE EVERYONE KNOWS THEIR NEIGHBORS AND HAS GENUINELY CARES FOR THE BEST INTERESTS OF ONE ANOTHER. 
          I LOVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET THEM ALL. 
          THEY WERE LIKE, UM, I'M SORRY. 
          THEY WOULD LIKE THEIR COMMUNITY TO BE LEFT AS IS WITHOUT ANY CHANGES MADE TO THEIR CURRENT SITUATION. 
          I ALSO RECOGNIZE THOUGH, THAT THERE ARE OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE THE SAME ISSUE POTENTIALLY ARISING WITH GATE ACCESS. 
          I WOULD LIKE TO NOT ONLY CONSIDER THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, BUT ALL THAT COULD POSSIBLY BE AFFECTED IN THE FUTURE. 
          BY THE SAME SITUATION, IT IS OF MY OPINION THAT FOR THE PROTECTION OF THIS COMMUNITY, OTHERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, IT WOULD BE BEST TO MOVE IN THE DIRECTION OF A PERMANENT GATE. 
          IT IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP ALL AREAS UNIFORMED AND CONSISTENT ACROSS THE CITY. 
          THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          ANYONE ELSE? I DO HAVE, YES SIR. 
          I'D LIKE TO THANK, I THINK MR. MS. BRENNAN, MR. GREER, MR. LEPON, DID I SAY THAT CORRECTLY? AND, AND MR. VALDEZ FOR COMING. 
          WE'VE HEARD YOU AND MS. STICKLER HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK WITH THE RESIDENTS AND I THINK THE CONSIDERATION OF SAFETY AND HEARING THE HISTORY, AND I SPOKE WITH OUR CITY MANAGER SO THAT I COULD UNDERSTAND THE REAL ISSUE HERE. 
          WHAT PROBLEM WERE WE TRYING TO SOLVE IN 2004 AND WHAT IS THE IMPACT OF MAKING CHANGES RIGHT NOW? DO WE STILL FACE THE SAME PROBLEM WHICH WE DO? BECAUSE THERE ARE GAMES THERE AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUSHING, AS YOU MENTIONED, AND WITH THE TIME CHANGE AND HAVING TO BE AWARE OF WHO'S WALKING ACROSS THE STREET OR RUSHING. 
          I THINK THAT'S, WE NEED TO TAKE THAT AND TO STRONG CONSIDERATION AND WHAT THE RESIDENTS NEED TO DO PRIOR TO TRASH DAYS, IF THEY'RE CARS THAT ARE PREVENTING THEM FROM PUTTING OUT THEIR TRASH CANS. 
          SO I WOULD TEND TO AGREE WITH MS. TICKLER THAT WE WOULD KEEP IT AND MAKE SURE THAT THERE'S UNFORTUNATE PER PERMANENT CLOSURE SO THAT THERE AREN'T THOSE PROBLEMS THAT ARISE FROM PEOPLE HAVING TO OPEN AND CLOSE THE GATE OR SOME PEOPLE HAVING KEYS AND NOT, BUT WE WANNA HAVE THE PUBLIC SAFETY AND SO HAVING A PERMANENT CLOSURE, I WOULD SUPPORT THAT. 
          ELSE I WOULD JUST SAY, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT AND SPENDING THE ENTIRE EVENING HERE WITH US, UH, TILL WE GOT TO THIS POINT IN THE, IN THE MEETING. 
          BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS AT UNDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. 
          UM, I, I TEND TO AGREE WITH MY COLLEAGUES. 
          UH, I AGREE WITH THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, AND PART OF THAT REASON IS, IS THAT WHO GETS A KEY AND WHO DOESN'T GET A KEY, WHO MAKES ANOTHER KEY FOR SOMEBODY ELSE THEY MIGHT KNOW. 
          UM, AND, AND ONE OF OUR CORE, CORE VALUES IN THIS CITY IS MAKING SURE WHEN WE MAKE DECISIONS MAKE, WE WERE MAKING EQUITABLE DECISIONS. 
          AND, UM, REGARDLESS OF WHAT HAPPENED IN 2004, I'M SURE IT WOULD, THAT THE INTENT WAS, WAS WELL MEANT BACK THEN. 
          BUT NOW AS OUR CITY CONTINUES TO GROW AND MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE USING THE PARK, UM, I THINK JUST CLOSING IT OFF AND, AND NOT HAVING THE GATE THERE AND LETTING PEOPLE STILL GAIN ACCESS ON THE OTHER OTHER ROAD. 
          WHICH ROAD WAS THAT? MUSTANG. 
          MUSTANG MUSTANG ROAD. 
          THAT'S RIGHT. 
          UM, SO, UM, WITH THAT I'LL TAKE A, A, A ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONSIDER APPROVING OPTION NUMBER ONE LISTED BY THE STAFF AND THE THIS EVENING STAFF REPORT. 
          SO MOVE SECOND. 
          OKAY. 
          PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT AND YOUR COMMENTS WERE WELL, WELL UNDERSTOOD AND WELL, AND WELL RECEIVED. 
          OKAY. 
          OUR NEXT ITEM IS, UM, ITEM TWO, 
          [H2.
 Consideration of a Letter of Support for Route 66 Inland Empire California's Community Project Funding Request to Rebuild the Garage Located Behind the Historic Cucamonga Service Station on U.S. Route 66. (CITY)]
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CONSIDERATION OF A LETTER OF SUPPORT. 
          MR. ELLISON. 
          YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. 
          SO YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR, UM, WITH, UH, THE FACT THAT THE CITY OF RANCH CUCAMONGA IS ON ROUTE 66, WE'RE SORT OF NEAR ONE END OF ROUTE 66, AND WE HAVE A VERY, UH, FAMOUS, UH, HISTORIC CUCAMONGA SERVICE STATION, UH, JUST, JUST SLIGHTLY TO THE WEST OF ARCHIBALD AND FOOTHILL THAT'S ON ROUTE 66. 
          AND A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO, THE SERVICE STATION WAS SUCCESSFUL IN COMBINATION OF FUNDRAISING AND GRANTS AND, AND EVERYTHING. 
          THEY WERE ABLE TO RESTORE THE SERVICE STA OR THE, UH, FILLING STATION, IF YOU WILL, UM, IN FRONT THAT WAS ON THE BOULEVARD, WHICH IS ORIGINALLY WHERE YOU WOULD GET GAS, THE DESIGNS, THE HISTORIC DESIGNS. 
          BACK THEN WHEN ALL THAT WAS BUILT IS YOU USUALLY HAD TWO SEPARATE BUILDINGS. 
          YOU HAD SORT OF A FILLING STATION IN FRONT WHERE THE GAS PUMPS WERE AND YOU HAD A SERVICE STATION GARAGE THAT WAS USUALLY SET BACK BEHIND. 
          UM, AT THE TIME, UM, BOTH BUILDINGS WERE IN, IN, IN SORRY SHAPE, BUT THE REAR ONE HAD TO COME DOWN FOR SAFETY. 
          THEY WERE ABLE TO RESTORE THE FRONT ONE. 
          IT'S BEAUTIFUL. 
          UM, YOU SEE IT OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS AND PEOPLE THERE ALL THE TIME. 
          AND, UM, WE'VE LOOKED AT THE REAR BUILDING, YOU KNOW, IT'S AMAZING. 
          THEY'VE STILL GOT THE FOUNDATION IN THAT THERE, AND THAT LEAVES THEM SOME UNIQUE OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, WE HAD, UM, OUR STAFF, UH, ZACH AND HIS TEAM HAD WORKED WITH THEM AND DETERMINED THAT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY CAREFULLY TOOK IT DOWN AND LEAVING THE FOUNDATION, THEY CAN ACTUALLY USE THE HISTORIC BUILDING CODE TO REBUILD IT, WHICH IS A HUGE SAVINGS, UM, TO THEM. 
          IT'S CERTAINLY STILL NOT CHEAP THOUGH. 
          SO THEY HAVE BROUGHT FORWARD FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION A LETTER OF SUPPORT. 
          AND WHAT THEY WANT TO TRY AND DO IS WORK WITH THE STATE REPRESENTATIVES, UM, FOR THIS AREA AND OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF STATE BUDGET CYCLES, SEE IF IT'S POSSIBLE TO GET IN A FUNDING REQUEST, UM, AND PERHAPS GET SOME, UH, FUNDING FROM THE STATE TO HELP REBUILD THE REAR GARAGE PORTION. 
          THEY'D REALLY LIKE TO DO THIS BEFORE WE GET TO THE ROUTE 66 ANNIVERSARY AND STUFF. 
          AND WE'VE GOT THE OLYMPICS AND THAT COMING UP. 
          SO THEY HAD ASKED US IF WE WOULD, UH, CONSIDER A LETTER OF SUPPORT AND WE TOLD 'EM WE WOULD ABSOLUTELY BE GLAD TO TAKE THAT TO THE COUNCIL. 
          SO OUR RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU THIS EVENING, UM, WOULD BE TO, UM, AUTHORIZE THE SUBMISSION OF A LETTER OF SUPPORT, UM, FOR THEIR REQUEST. 
          AND IT'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH ALL THE BUDGET PROCESSES AND, UM, NO ONE KNOWS WHAT THE STATE BUDGET WILL BE LIKE OVER THE NEXT TWO YEARS, BUT, UM, THERE OFTEN IS FUNDING FOR THESE TYPE OF OPPORTUNITIES. 
          UM, SO A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE CITY CERTAINLY INCREASES THEIR CHANCES AND OPPORTUNITY, UM, TO APPLY FOR GRANTS. 
          I'LL NOTE THIS TYPE OF THING DOESN'T COMPETE GENERALLY WITH ANY REQUESTS THAT THE CITY HAS. 
          NONPROFITS ARE USUALLY IN A SEPARATE CATEGORY, UM, SO THEY HAVE OPPORTUNITIES THAT, UM, ARE AVAILABLE, IF YOU WILL, UM, JUST FOR THEM. 
          SO WITH THAT, WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. 
          ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? UM, A, UM, LETTER OF SUPPORT TO THE INLAND EMPIRE CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION, UH, FOR THEIR REQUEST FOR $750,000 TO REBUILD WHAT WAS ONCE AN OLD GARAGE THAT, UH, FELL INTO DISREPAIR AND HAD TO BE REMOVED. 
          MOTION TO APPROVE. 
          I'D LIKE TO, UH, MAKE A MOTION, BUT PRIOR, I JUST LIKE TO SAY I APPRECIATE US DOING THIS OR CONSIDERING THIS. 
          YOU KNOW, IT, IT BRINGS SO MUCH ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY TO OUR CITY. 
          WE SEE HOW BUSY IT IS, UM, WHEN THEY OPEN ON THE WEEKENDS AND PEOPLE FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD LITERALLY COME TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA JUST TO SEE THIS GAS STATION. 
          SO ANYTHING WE CAN DO TO SUPPORT THEM, THEY'VE BEEN GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UM, AND THEY'RE ALSO HARD FUNDRAISING, TRYING TO RAISE FUNDS FOR THIS GARAGE. 
          SO IF THIS IS WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP THEM, I'M GLAD TO MAKE A MOTION TO SUPPORT. 
          GOOD SECOND MOTION BEEN MADE AND SECONDED, PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          OKAY. 
          AND NOW, UM, MR. CITY MANAGER, OUR LAST ITEM. 
          WELL, WE'VE GOT TWO MORE. 
          [H3.
 Quarterly Development Update - Second Quarter 2024. (CITY)]
WE'VE GOT THE QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE AND THEN THE COUNCIL VOTING DELEGATES. 
          BUT, UM, I'D LIKE TO THE LAST, THE LAST ITEM FROM THE CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS. 
          YES, I'D LIKE TO HAVE ZACH AND UH, MATT COME UP AND WE TRY TO DO THIS QUARTERLY. 
          UM, THERE'S A LOT OF ACTIVITY HAPPENING IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. 
          UM, AND IF ANYTHING, I, I WAS LITERALLY JUST TALKING TO ZACH THIS MORNING AND, UH, WE'RE SEEING, WE'RE SEEING THE ACTIVITY CONTINUE AT A VERY STEADY LEVEL, BUT WE'RE ALSO SEEING IT CHANGE DURING THE PANDEMIC. 
          A LOT OF THE, UM, COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT SLOWED DOWN 
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AND EVERYONE, SINCE THEY COULDN'T TRAVEL, JUST DECIDED TO DO IT, TURNED INTO HOME IMPROVEMENT. 
          PARADISE, UM, THAT HAS, NOW THAT PEOPLE CAN TRAVEL AGAIN, THEIR ENTHUSIASM FOR IMPROVING THEIR HOUSE HAS WANED SLIGHTLY. 
          UM, BUT WHAT WE'RE SEEING COME BACK REAL STRONG IS A LOT OF COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AGAIN, AND COMMERCIAL IMPROVEMENTS. 
          SO REALLY INTERESTING EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT GOING AND, UM, ZACH AND MATT CAN GIVE YOU THE BEST OVERVIEW OF IT. 
          GENTLEMEN, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. 
          WE HAVE A SHORT, UH, 40 SLIDE PRESENTATION FOR YOU, , UH, THIS EVENING. 
          I KNOW EVERYBODY'S EXCITED ABOUT IT. 
          OH YEAH. 
          SO STRAP IN. 
          UM, SO WE'LL START WITH THE PLANNING TEAM. 
          AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SCREEN, UH, OVER 40 NEW APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED, UH, DURING QUARTER NUMBER TWO. 
          UH, OVER 400 COUNTER VISITS, 600 PLUS PHONE CALLS, AND THEN FIVE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. 
          UH, ONE ITEM OF NOTE THAT WE'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WAS THE APPROVAL OF ELECTRIC PICKLE, UH, IN MAY OF THIS YEAR BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. 
          AND THAT WILL BE LOCATED IN AT THE SOUTHERLY PORTION, UH, OF THE RESORT, UM, AT, UH, THE RESORT PARKWAY AND FOURTH STREET. 
          THE, UH, OTHER ELECTRIC PICKLE LOCATIONS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY INCLUDE ONES IN LAS VEGAS, UH, ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA, UH, KATY, TEXAS, AND THEN TEMPE, ARIZONA. 
          UM, THE LOCATION HERE IN RANCHO WILL INCLUDE, UH, TWO BUILDINGS. 
          ONE 12,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING THAT WILL HAVE A, A RESTAURANT AND A BAR, AND ANOTHER 1700 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING. 
          UH, ON THE CORNER, THE SOUTHERNMOST CORNER OF THE, OF THE SITE THAT WILL INCLUDE A, UH, COFFEE BAR. 
          UM, SO AS WE UNDERSTAND IT, THE APPLICANT'S TEAM IS PUTTING TOGETHER CONSTRUCTION DRAWINGS AT THIS POINT, UM, TO SOON BE PRESENTED, UH, TO STAFF AND THE BUILDING TEAM FOR PLAN CHECK. 
          THANKS. 
          UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          EXCELLENT, PLEASE. 
          THIS WONDERFUL PICTURE HERE ON THE SCREEN IS OF THE RANCHO TEAM THAT ATTENDED, UH, ICSC IN MAY OF, OF THIS YEAR. 
          UH, WE HAD 16 MEETINGS SCHEDULED, UH, QUITE A FEW MEETINGS. 
          WE, WE THOUGHT WE WOULD SCALE BACK THIS YEAR, UH, BUT IT DIDN'T REALLY TURN OUT THAT WAY. 
          UH, SO WE MET WITH A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT, UH, INDIVIDUALS AND, AND GROUPS. 
          WE MET WITH POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, MET WITH GROUPS WHO OWN EXISTING SHOPPING CENTERS IN THE CITY. 
          MET WITH GROUPS LIKE THE LEWIS COMPANY, WHO OWN AND DO OWN, OWN A BUNCH OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY AND DO TONS OF WORK IN THE CITY. 
          UH, WE MET WITH GROUPS WHO DEVELOP HOTELS, POTENTIALLY NEW RETAILERS, AND WE CONTINUED TO NURTURE OUR EXISTING RELATIONSHIPS, UH, WITH FOLKS THAT WE SEE ON A REGULAR BASIS OR SEE ONCE A YEAR, UH, IN LAS VEGAS AT, UH, AT THE CONFERENCE. 
          UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE WALK A LOT AT ICSE. 
          UM, I'M PROUD TO, TO LET YOU ALL KNOW THAT MY, UH, UH, MY PEAK WALKING DAY IN LAS VEGAS WAS SEVEN AND A HALF MILES. 
          UH, BUT I WAS RECOVERING FROM PNEUMONIA, SO I COULDN'T HIT THE 10 MILE MARK THAT JOHN AND PROBABLY SOME OTHER, UH, FOLKS ACHIEVED. 
          BUT NONETHELESS, UH, JOB WELL DONE, UH, TO THE TEAM. 
          IT WAS, IT WAS A FUN CONFERENCE. 
          UM, MET A LOT OF, A LOT OF INTERESTING FOLKS AND THERE CONTINUES TO BE A, A TON OF INTEREST, UH, IN THE CITY. 
          UM, WE'RE ALSO STARTING TO SEE SOME RESULTS FROM, FROM THOSE EFFORTS. 
          UM, WE DID MEET WITH, UH, PHIL'S COFFEE, FOR EXAMPLE, AT, UH, THE 2023 ICSC CONFERENCE, AND YOU PROBABLY HAVE ALL HEARD BY NOW THAT THEY ARE GOING TO OPEN UP A LOCATION IN VICTORIA GARDENS. 
          THEY'RE, THEY'RE GETTING CLOSE TO OPENING THEIR OPERATION, SO WE'RE STARTING TO SEE OUR EFFORTS PAY OFF. 
          UM, THERE'S A COUPLE OF OTHERS THAT WE CAN'T YET ANNOUNCE, BUT ARE, ARE MOVING, MOVING ALONG IN THE PROCESS. 
          SO WE'LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AND, AND POSTED ON THOSE THINGS AS WE ALWAYS DO. 
          ANOTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO, UH, SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS SOME CUSTOMER SERVICE RELATED INFORMATION. 
          A WHILE BACK, DURING ONE OF THESE PRESENTATIONS, WE TALKED TO YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, UM, THE SURVEY THAT FOLKS CAN TAKE WHEN THEY, THEY VISIT THE PUBLIC COUNTER, UM, OVER THE LAST QUARTER. 
          UH, YOU SEE SOME OF THOSE, THOSE STATISTICS THERE ON THE SCREEN. 
          SO 90% OF THE VISITORS THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT SURVEY SAID THAT THEY, UH, RECEIVED SERVICE THAT, UH, WAS EITHER THAT WAS SATISFACTORY, UH, OR OUTSTANDING. 
          ALSO, WE FIND IT INTERESTING THAT, UH, VISITORS WERE MOST HAPPY WITH OUR SERVICE DURING THE 11:00 AM AND 12:00 PM HOURS. 
          UM, WEDNESDAYS, 96% OF THE VISITORS THAT TOOK THE SURVEY RECEIVED OUTSTANDING CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          WHY? I AM NOT CERTAIN, BUT THAT'S JUST WHAT, UH, WAS REPORTED. 
          UH, LEAST HAPPY TIME WAS LATE AFTERNOONS, PROBABLY RIGHT BEFORE, UH, THE COUNTER WAS GETTING, GETTING READY TO CLOSE. 
          BUT, UH, WE FIND THIS PRETTY INTERESTING. 
          WE'LL CONTINUE TO, TO MONITOR IT AND SEE HOW, HOW THINGS GO AND CHANGE OVER TIME. 
          UH, ONE OTHER THING THAT I WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU 
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IS, UH, AN APPROACH TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          UH, AS YOU SEE BY THESE NUMBERS, THERE'S TONS OF TRAFFIC AT, AT THE PUBLIC COUNTER. 
          SO AT LEAST FROM THE PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SIDE, WE'VE DEVELOPED A FEW DIFFERENT, UH, ITEMS FOR STAFF TO HELP THEM, UH, IN THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE AND PROVIDE BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          SO WE ADOPTED, AGAIN, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT THINGS. 
          ONE OF WHICH IS A SIMPLE, UH, ASAP APPROACH TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          UH, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. 
          THE FIRST A FOR ACKNOWLEDGE. 
          SO ACKNOWLEDGE THE QUESTION OR THE ISSUE, THE S SYMPATHIZE. 
          LET LET THE CUSTOMER KNOW, UH, THAT YOU UNDERSTAND THEM, THEIR PERSPECTIVE, WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM. 
          UH, THE SECOND, A ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY, IT'S STAFF'S JOB TO BE 100% RESPONSIBLE FOR GUIDING THAT INTERACTION TO A SUCCESSFUL, UH, COMPLETION OR RESOLUTION. 
          AND THEN P PREPARE TO HELP. 
          SO DON'T TELL FOLKS WHAT YOU CAN'T DO. 
          TELL FOLKS WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP. 
          SO THAT'S A REAL SIMPLE APPROACH, AND WE THINK BY FOLLOWING THOSE, THOSE CORE, UH, PRINCIPLES, THAT THAT HELPS PROVIDE BETTER CUSTOMER SERVICE. 
          AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO ZACH. 
          THANK YOU, MATT. 
          GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR. 
          MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. 
          I PROMISE I DON'T HAVE THE REMAINING 36 SLIDES THAT MATT WAS TALKING ABOUT. 
          UM, QUARTER TWO WAS ANOTHER BUSY QUARTER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING SAFETY. 
          UH, THE COUNTER STAFF HAD 360 VISITS. 
          WE HAD 2011 TEXTING CONTACTS, WHICH WAS UP FROM THE PREVIOUS QUARTER, ALMOST 3,900 PHONE CALLS, TWENTY TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY THREE INSPECTIONS. 
          WE WERE ABLE TO ISSUE 977 BUILDING PERMITS. 
          WE HAD 773 NEW PLAN CHECK SUBMITTALS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO FINAL 40 NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, PERMITS. 
          SO IN TERMS OF NEW CONSTRUCTION, THE SANCTITY HOTEL, THE 68 ROOM BOUTIQUE HOTEL ON BASELINE HAS CONTINUED ITS PROGRESS AND IS CURRENTLY INSTALLING THE FINISHES AND COMPLETING THE RIGHT OF WAY IMPROVEMENTS. 
          THE PHOTOS YOU SEE ARE FROM THE ROOFTOP DECK AND BAR. 
          THE BAR WILL FEATURE A SMALL, UH, MENU OF FOODS AND DESSERTS, SO PATRONS WILL BE ABLE TO ENJOY THE VIEW AND SOME FOOD AND COCKTAILS AT THE SAME TIME. 
          UH, THE NEXT IS, UH, 1 1 2 8 0 JERSEY BOULEVARD. 
          IT'S 160,000 SQUARE FOOT TIL UP BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE CORNER OF JERSEY OF MILLIKEN ACROSS FROM OUR, UH, FIRE TRAINING CENTER. 
          ALL THE WALLS ARE NOW COMPLETED AND THEY'RE WORKING ON THEIR ROOF DIAPHRAGM. 
          IN TERM OF RESIDENTIAL, WE HAVE SOME BIGGER PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEGUN. 
          SO THE RICHLAND PROJECT, 151 ACRE PROJECT LOCATED AT THE CORNER OF ELWANDA AND WILSON HAS BEGUN THEIR GRADING ACTIVITIES TO PREPARE FOR STORMWATER DRAINAGE AND BUILD THE PADS FOR THE PROPOSED 358 SINGLE FAMILY HOME DEVELOPMENT. 
          UH, THE SYCAMORE HEIGHTS PROJECT, A 24 ACRE SITE LOCATED ON FOOTHILL, HAS BEGUN THEIR GRADING AND UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE INSTALLATION FOR THE PROJECT, WHICH CONSISTS OF 175 ATTACHED CONDOMINIUM UNITS. 
          I CAN TELL YOU I WAS OUT THERE LAST WEEK AND THE GRADING THEY'RE DOING IS VERY IMPRESSIVE WHAT THEY'RE DOING TO THAT HILL. 
          UM, DOWN AT THE BOTTOM YOU HAVE THE ALTE COVE PROJECT, WHICH IS 122 UNIT MIXED, UH, USE BUILDING ON THE CORNER OF FOOTHILL IN AWANDA. 
          THEY CONTINUE TO MAKE PROGRESS THERE. 
          THEY'RE COMPLETING THE INSTALLATION OF THEIR DRYWALL, I'M SORRY, THEY HAVE COMPLETED THE INSTALLATION OF THE DRYWALL AND ALL THE UNITS AND THEY'RE BEGINNING TO INSTALL, INSTALL ALL THEIR FINISHES. 
          ONE THING IS, IF YOU LOOK AT THE PICTURE THERE, THIS IS, I'VE BEEN DOING THIS QUITE A LONG TIME. 
          IT'S THE FIRST TIME I'VE COME ACROSS THIS. 
          SO THE POOL AND THE SPA ARE ACTUALLY INTEGRATED INTO THE PODIUM DECK FOR THE BUILDING. 
          SO WHAT'S BELOW THAT IS THE SUBTERRANEAN PARKING. 
          SO NORMALLY WHEN YOU SEE A A POOL, RIGHT, YOU'RE GONNA DIG A HOLE IN THE DIRT AND YOU'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND BUILD A POOL SHELL. 
          THEY ACTUALLY INTEGRATED IT INTO THE DESIGN OF THE DECK OF WHICH THE BUILDING'S BUILT ON TOP OF. 
          SO WHEN YOU GO UNDERNEATH, IT'S KIND OF LIKE A, A CLAY MODEL. 
          YOU CAN SEE THE BOTTOM OF THE POOL STICKING OUT. 
          IT WAS VERY INTERESTING, UM, COMING UP, UH, NEW BUILDINGS THAT HAVE RECENTLY RECEIVED THEIR CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          SO THE LEVI STORE LOCATED AT 1 2 4 6 8 SOUTH MAINE. 
          IT'S A 2,820 SQUARE FOOT TENANT IMPROVEMENT THAT RECENTLY RECEIVED CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          IT'S LOCATED IN VICTORIA GARDENS AND THIS STORE IS CURRENTLY DISPLAYING THE LARGEST WORLD'S LARGEST PAIR OF LEVI'S IN FRONT OF THEIR STORE. 
          UM, THE NEXT WAS BENBRIDGE JEWELERS, LOCATED AT 8 0 0 9 DAY CREEK. 
          RECENTLY RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          UH, THIS HAS BROUGHT NEW LIFE TO THE, UH, BUILDING THAT WAS FORMERLY OCCUPIED BY SLATER'S 50 50. 
          AND THEN LAST BUT NOT LEAST, LEGION FITNESS LOCATED AT 97 TO 85 CRESCENT CENTER RECENTLY RECEIVED CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY. 
          THIS IS A BUSINESS THAT PROVIDES GYM SPACE 
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FOR FITNESS PROFESSIONALS TO BRING THEIR CLIENTS IN ORDER TO TRAIN IN A WIDE SPECTRUM OF PHYSICAL FITNESS NEEDS. 
          SO IT'S NOT A MEMBERSHIP GYM PER SE, BUT MORE FOR PROFESSIONALS TO BRING CLIENTS. 
          AND WITHOUT THAT COMPLETES OUR PRESENTATION AND MYSELF AND MATT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          ANY QUESTIONS ON THAT PHONE? ANY STAFF MEMBERS OF JUST ONE, MR. MARY? HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT SIZE THOSE GENES ARE? I HAVE NO CLUE. 
           REALLY BIG. 
          I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. 
          SO THE SURVEY, WHICH IS OUTSTANDING, THE PEOPLE THAT COME IN THE AFTERNOONS, HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF A COFFEE INFUSION BETWEEN THE HOURS OF THREE AND FOUR 30 OR WHEREVER THAT LAG? IS THAT THE EMPLOYEE THAT IMPROVES THEM? MAYBE THEY GET A STARBUCKS OR PHIL'S COFFEE OR, YEAH, I THINK ALL OF THOSE, UH, ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE, ARE THINGS THAT WE CAN EXPLORE. 
          BUT YEAH, WE, WE SHOULD LOOK TO, TO SEE WHAT, I THINK IT'S A GREAT, IT'S A GREAT IDEA AND, AND, AND I THINK SHE'D BE WILLING TO FUND IT. 
          I AGREE. 
          . 
          I AGREE. 
          AND THE BUILDING THAT WHERE THE POOL WAS DESIGNED TO BE PART OF IT YES. 
          BE REALLY AWESOME IF IT WAS CLEAR, TRANSPARENT. 
          AND AS YOU PARK IN, YOU COULD SEE PEOPLE SWIMMING IN THE POOL THAT THEY THOUGHT OF THAT WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. 
          , YOU ARE, YOU ARE FULL OF IDEAS TONIGHT. 
          THAT, THAT AS WELL. 
          HEY, , FEW EXTRA PEOPLE COMING TO THAT HOTEL. 
          YES. 
          JUST FOR THAT. 
          OKAY. 
          THANK YOU. 
          THANK YOU BOTH VERY. 
          THAT THOSE ARE VERY, VERY, AND I THINK IT'S REALLY GOOD FOR THE PUBLIC TO SEE WHAT'S GOING ON TOO EACH QUARTER ABOUT ALL THE HARD WORK THAT'S BEING DONE IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. 
          VERY GOOD. 
          OKAY, NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. 
          [COUNCIL BUSINESS]
WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT'S A DESIGNATION OF VOTING 
          [I1.
 Designation of Voting Delegates and Alternates for the League of California Cities Annual Business Meeting. (CITY)]
DELEGATES AND ALTERNATIVE ALTERNATES FOR THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING. 
          WHO WOULD LIKE TO BE THIS YEAR'S VOTING DELEGATE, PRIMARY VOTING DELEGATE. 
          I, I'LL VOLUNTEER. 
          MR. MAYOR. 
          UH, I WAS HOPING I COULD BECAUSE I THINK DOESN'T THAT DELEGATE, DON'T THEY GET TO VOTE ON WHO THE EXECUTIVE BOARD MIGHT BE FOR THE NEXT UPCOMING YEAR? NO. 
          OKAY. 
          , THEN YOU WOULD BE THE DELEGATE. 
          YOU ARE THE LADY FOR SURE. 
          AND WE NEED AN ALTERNATE. 
          OH, I'LL, I'LL A VOLUNTEER. 
          . 
          I WAS LOOKING AT YOU. 
          WE  I WAS GONNA GIVE ALL VOLUNTEER. 
          OKAY. 
          THAT WORKS. 
          SO, UM, DO WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY AS THE VOTING DELEGATE AND THE ALTERNATE AS, UH, COUNCILWOMAN CHRISTINE SCOTT. 
          SO MOVE I SECOND PLEASE VOTE. 
          MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. 
          COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS. 
          [I2.
 COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)
 ]
          [I3.
 INTER­AGENCY UPDATES
(Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)
 ]
ANY INTER-AGENCY UPDATES? ANY, NONE. 
          ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS? NO 
          [CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS]
REPORTS TONIGHT. 
          THANK YOU SIR. 
          OUR 
          [IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING]
NEXT MEETING IS, UH, SEPTEMBER THE FOURTH. 
          THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF SEPTEMBER. 
          UM, AND WE NOW ARE ADJOURNED. 
          [ADJOURNMENT]
I SEE THERE'S MAY BE SOME STUDENTS IN THE BACK IF YOU NEED SOMEBODY TO SIGN YOUR AGENDA OR WHATEVER YOU HAVE THAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY HERE FOR THE ENTIRE EVENING, WHICH THAT, THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE. 
          UH, PLEASE COME FORWARD AND WE'LL, WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT. 
          YOU SHOULD GET EXTRA CREDIT. 
          THEY'RE BIGGER THAN I.
* 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.