* 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. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, AND [00:00:01] WE'RE GONNA CALL THIS [REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS] A ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING. WE ADJOURNED THE MEETING FROM OUR LAST MEETING TILL TONIGHT BECAUSE IT'S NOT A REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING DAY. THOSE ARE ON THE FIRST AND THIRD WEDNESDAYS FOR THE FIRE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR MAYOR, PRO [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL:  Mayor Michael  Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy  Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler] TEM LYNN KENNEDY, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME IN P PLEDGING OUR ALLEGIANCE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG. READY BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TIM LYNN KENNEDY. PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT. CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES THIS EVENING, WE WILL CONDUCT ROLL CALL VOTES RATHER THAN, UH, BY OUR, BY OUR TECHNOLOGY OR PUSH BUTTONS UP HERE. UH, THINGS AREN'T WORKING QUITE RIGHT, SO, UH, WE'LL HAVE A TIMER ON FOR DISPLAY INTO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. UH, THE TIMER WILL NOT BE WORKING, BUT THE CLERK STAFF WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN. ONE MINUTE YOU HAVE ONE MINUTE LEFT AND YOU CAN CLOSE. START FIGURING OUT HOW YOU CLOSE UP YOUR CONVERSATION OR YOUR COMMENTS. UM, AND WE'RE SORRY ABOUT THAT, BUT IT SHOULD BE FIXED BY NEXT MEETING. CITY CLERK. DO WE [A. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA] HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? UH, YES, MR. MAYOR FOR ITEM D 12 OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR. RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 0 2 4 DASH NINE FIVE HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE ITEM AND A REVISED STAFF REPORT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO YOU AND ALSO IS INCLUDED IN THE ELECTRONIC AGENDA PACKET, AS WELL AS COPIES UP AT THE DAIS HERE TODAY. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. WE HAVE THREE ANNOUNCE, [B. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS] ACTUALLY THREE PRESENTATIONS, NO ANNOUNCEMENT. WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF A [B1. Presentation of a Proclamation Declaring September 2024 as Senior Center Month.] PROCLAMATION DECLARING SEPTEMBER 24TH AS SENIOR CENTER MONTH. I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD FROM THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, CELESTE MEDRANO, COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR. CELESTE, YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS? WOULD YOU MIND US TELLING EVERYBODY WHY WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE THIS MONTH AS SENIOR SENIOR MONTH? ABSOLUTELY. SEPTEMBER IS CONSIDERED NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH. UM, SO THE JAMES AL BRUTE SENIOR CENTER, UM, HAS BEEN CELEBRATING, UM, SINCE SEPTEMBER 1ST. A BUNCH OF LITTLE ACTIVITIES, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES AT OUR CENTER. SO THAT IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY. VERY GOOD. SO WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION AND WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL PUT IT IN A PROMINENT PLACE WHERE YOUR SENIORS THAT VISIT EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK PRACTICALLY, UH, CAN SEE IT. ABSOLUTELY. UM, AND I'LL READ WHAT IT STATES. IT STATES THAT WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING LOCAL SENIORS LIVE, HAPPY, HEALTHY, AND PRODUCTIVE LIVES, ACTUALLY NOW MORE THAN EVER. AND WHEREAS OLDER AMERICANS ARE SIGNIFICANT MEMBERS OF OUR SOCIETY INVESTING WISDOM AND EXPERIENCE TO HELP ENRICH AND BETTER THE LIVES OF YOUNGER GENERATIONS. AND WHEREAS THROUGH A WIDE ARRAY OF SERVICES, PROGRAMS, AND ACTIVITIES AT THE JAMES LTY SENIOR CENTER, EMPOWERING OLDER ADULTS TO CONTRIBUTE TO THEIR OWN HEALTH AS AND WELLBEING AND THE WELLBEING OF THEIR FELLOW CITIZENS OF ALL AGES. AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AFFIRMS THAT DIGNITY, SELF-WORTH AND INDEPENDENCE OF OLDER PERSONS BY PROVIDING INFORMATION TO FACILITATE THEIR DECISIONS AND ACTIONS, TAPPING INTO THEIR VAST EXPERIENCES, SKILLS, AND KNOWLEDGE, AND ENABLING THEIR CONTINUED CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS THE JAMES LTY SENIOR CENTER PROGRAMS AND SERVICES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR SENIORS TO STAY ACTIVE, HEALTHY, CONTINUE LEARNING, SHARE EXPERIENCES, AND STAY CONNECTED WITH FRIENDS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS. AND WHEREAS THE STAFF OF THE JAMES LTY SENIOR CENTER CARES AND STRIVES TO APPROACH EACH AND EVERY DAY WITH COMPASSION, AWARENESS, RESPECT, AND CONCERN FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY. NOW THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM SEPTEMBER, 2024 AS NATIONAL SENIOR CENTER MONTH IN THE CITY, AND CALLS UPON ALL OF OUR CITIZENS TO RECOGNIZE THE SPECIAL CONTRIBUTIONS FOR THE SENIOR CENTER PARTICIPANTS AND THE SPECIAL EFFORTS OF THE STAFF, AS WELL AS OUR VOLUNTEERS [00:05:01] WHO WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY TO ENHANCE THE WELLBEING OF OLDER ADULTS IN OUR ALL AMERICA CITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, CELESTE, FOR ALL YOU DO AND ALL YOUR TEAM. THANK AND WE'LL GIVE YOU THIS PROCLAMATION AND THEN I'LL TAKE THE MICROPHONE FROM YOU AND YOU CAN GO SHAKE HANDS WITH ALL OF US AND DEEP APPRECIATION. THANK YOU. OF COURSE YOU CAN. SHE'S GONNA MAKE A QUICK ANNOUNCEMENT. AWESOME. UH, THE SENIOR CENTER STAFF AND MYSELF WOULD LIKE TO WELCOME EVERYBODY AND INVITE EVERYBODY TO OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS FAIR TAKING PLACE ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26TH FROM EIGHT TO 11:00 AM AT THE JAMES L. ROYALTY SENIOR CENTER. WILL HAVE OVER 60 VENDORS ATTENDING WITH RAFFLE PRIZES, FREE GIVEAWAYS, UM, AND A LOT OF RESOURCES AND TOOLS FOR OUR SENIOR COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE, UM, NEXT WEEK. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. OKAY, OUR NEXT [B2. Presentation of a Proclamation to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints Declaring September 14, 2024 as National Day of Service. ] PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST'S LATTER DAY SAINTS DECLARING SEPTEMBER 14TH AS NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE. I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR FROM THE CITY'S PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT, MICHAEL MARTIN, ALONG WITH MEMBERS OF THE JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS CHURCH, MARK SMITH, PRESIDENT AND LESLIE JENSEN, COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR, AS WELL AS ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT WHO MADE WHAT MICAH'S GONNA SHARE POSSIBLE. MICAH, UH, THANK YOU, MAYOR. UM, WE'VE BEEN PARTNERING WITH THE CHURCHES, JESUS CHRIST, LATTERDAY SAINTS, UM, SINCE EARLY SPRING ON SOME SMALL SCALE PROJECTS. AND AS NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE BECAME CLOSER AND, UH, MORE OF A REALITY, WE WANTED TO WORK ON A MUCH LARGER SCALE. SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THEM ON IDENTIFYING A LOCATION AND A, AN AREA OF WORK THAT WOULD BEST BENEFIT THEM AND THE COMMUNITY. SO, UH, WE WERE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER A PROJECT AT THE CUCAMONGA TRAILHEAD AND, UH, WE PICKED THAT AREA OF FOCUS. 'CAUSE THAT'S A, AN AREA THAT'S VERY POPULAR WITH THE COMMUNITY, GETS A LOT OF ATTENTION, A LOT OF USE. IT'S NOT NECESSARILY A PARK, BUT IT LOOKS A LOT LIKE A PARK. AND WE WANTED TO REALLY MAKE A LOT OF IMPROVEMENTS THERE THAT WOULD HAVE A GOOD IMPACT. SO IN PARTNERING WITH THEM, UM, THEY PULLED TOGETHER OVER A HUNDRED PARTICIPANTS THAT CAME OUT TO THE EVENT THAT DAY. UM, WE DID OVER, UH, 14 BAGS OF LITTER THAT WERE COLLECTED. UH, THEY TRIMMED OVER 34 TREES AND THEY PLACED OVER 120 YARDS OF MULCH THROUGHOUT THE, UH, LOCATION. SO A GREAT BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY. IT MEANS A LOT TO US AS A PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT TO BE ABLE TO PARTNER WITH AN ORGANIZATION LIKE THIS. IT'S A WORKFORCE MULTIPLIER FOR US. IT'S A GREAT PARTNERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WE GET A LOT OF FREE WORK OUT OF IT. SO WE ALWAYS LIKE THAT PART. BUT, UM, HAPPY TO WORK WITH THEM AND CONGRATULATE THEM ON THIS OPPORTUNITY. YOU BET. AND I KNOW YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS. SURE. UM, THE NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE IS A DAY THAT COMMEMORATES THE VICTIMS AND THE HEROES OF SEPTEMBER 11TH. AND IT TRANSFORMS NINE 11 FROM AN ANNIVERSARY OF WHAT WAS A TRAGEDY TO A DAY OF DOING GOOD. AND WE WERE EXCITED TO TRY AND FIND SOMETHING THAT WE COULD PARTICIPATE IN WITH OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE LOVE THE CITY OF RANCHO. WE LIVE HERE, WE RAISE OUR KIDS HERE. OUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL HERE. WE ENJOY ALL OF THE PARKS. AND SO IT WAS, UM, A GREAT CHANCE FOR US TO COLLABORATE WITH THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND LOOKING INTO THE PROJECT. WE WANTED SOMETHING THAT OUR KIDS, AND THAT EVERYBODY, UM, REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEVEL ABILITIES COULD PARTICIPATE IN. AND, UM, CLEANING UP THE ROUTE 66 TRAILHEAD WAS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR US, AND WE WERE SO THANKFUL, UM, THAT WE WERE ABLE TO PROVIDE THAT SERVICE. AND, UM, MANY OF OUR MEMBERS LEFT FILTHY. I THINK WE WERE COUGHING UP MULCH UP UNTIL, YOU KNOW, LATER THAT EVENING. AND, UM, USING Q-TIPS TO CLEAN OUT OUR NOSTRILS AND OUR, OUR EARS AND EVERYTHING. BUT WE LEFT WITH OUR HEARTS SO FULL AND SO FULL OF GRATITUDE. WE LOVE THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. WE LOVE OUR COUNTRY. WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR IT. AND THANK YOU FOR HAVING US AND GIVING US THAT OPPORTUNITY. OH, YOU'RE MORE THAN WELCOME. UM, THOSE OF YOU THAT MAY NOT BE AWARE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT GIVING BACK AND PROVIDING OTHER SERVICES TO THE CITY, THE CHURCH OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AND THEIR MEMBERS HAVE DONE THINGS OVER THE DECADES OF HELPING CITIES. UH, IF YOU EVER DRIVE ON HAVEN AVENUE ON THE WEST SIDE OF HAVEN AVENUE AROUND CHURCH STREET, YOU'LL SEE A BUNCH OF PLANTINGS AND ROCKS THAT HAVE BEEN LAID IN THE, IN THE GROUND RIVER [00:10:01] ROCK. UM, THEY DID ALL THAT MANY YEARS AGO. THEY ALSO PROVIDED A TRAIL ALONG THE NORTH SIDE OF BASELINE, UH, AT CENTRAL PARK FOR PEOPLE TO BE ABLE TO WALK SAFELY ON THE NORTH SIDE OF BASELINE, UH, MANY YEARS AGO. SO, UH, TRULY AND HONESTLY, WE DEEPLY APPRECIATE YOUR EFFORTS AND WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO IMPROVE THIS COMMUNITY, AND IT'S VERY SPECIAL TO ALL OF US. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH. I HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION, AND IT'S, AND IT READS, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING ALIVE THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND SERVICE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. AND WHEREAS IN 2009, THE 14TH OF SEPTEMBER WAS PERMANENTLY DESIGNATED AS NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE. AND WHEREAS NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE BELONGS TO ALL AMERICANS. AND WHEREAS AMERICANS ENGAGE IN SERVICE AS A MEANS OF UNITING, GUIDING, AND HEALING IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP AND TRAGEDY, AS WELL AS IN PERIODS OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY. AND WHEREAS ACTS OF SERVICE ALONGSIDE OUR NEIGHBORS BUILD MORE EQUITABLE AND JUST COMMUNITIES THAT SPARK A LIFETIME OF SERVICE AND FOSTER RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES. SO NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE SEPTEMBER 14TH IN OBSERVANCE OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND INVITES ALL CITIZENS TO OBSERVE THIS DAY THROUGH ACTS OF GOOD DEEDS. AND WE'LL LIVE AND ACCEPT ACTS OF GOOD DEEDS ALL YEAR LONG. SO THANK YOU SO, SO MUCH. MAY GOD CONTINUE TO BLESS YOU AND YOUR, AND YOUR CONGREGATION. THANK YOU. I'LL GIVE THIS TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANK AGAIN. SO NOW IF YOU COME BACK THIS WAY, AND WE'LL GET A HAVE SOME PEOPLE OUT HERE, YOU CAN STAND IN FRONT OF US TAKING PHOTOS. YOU COME OH, OVER HERE? YEAH. COME OVER. STAND FRONT VIEW. YEAH, I'M KIND OF SHORT, HUH? THIS WAY. OKAY. I GET . THANK YOU. SO APPRECIATE IT. LET'S GIVE THEM A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE. WE CAN TAKE OUR SEATS NOW, MIKE. OUR LAST PRESENTATION, [B3. Announcement of the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District Joining the San Bernardino County’s Rescue Task Force Team 6. ] OUR LAST PRESENTATION IS ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT JOINING THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY'S RESCUE TASK FORCE TEAM SIX. UH, WE HAVE WITH US THIS EVENING, RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, DEPUTY CHIEF AGIE, BERETTA, AND BATTALION CHIEF JOHN BIVA. YOUR PRESENTATION IS YOURS. GOOD EVENING. UH, MR. GO SENDING, UH, MAYOR MICHAELS AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, UM, AGAIN, MY NAME'S AGIE BERETTA, DEPUTY CHIEF, UH, OVERSEEING OPERATIONS FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT. AND, UH, WE'RE HERE TO REPRESENT THE, UH, RESCUE TASK FORCE PRESENTATION TO YOU GUYS TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS JOHN KODOVA. I'M A SEA SHIP BATTALION CHIEF. UH, I OVERSEE THE NORTH BATTALION AND I'M ALSO THE TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM, UH, MANAGER. I OVERSEE A TEAM OF 30 HIGHLY TRAINED INDIVIDUALS, UH, SPACE OUT BETWEEN TWO STATIONS, STATION FOUR, STATION FIVE, UM, AND, UH, I OVERSEE THEIR TRAINING AND THEIR BUDGET. UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ANNOUNCE THAT RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS OFFICIALLY JOINED, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY'S RESCUE TASK FORCE SIX. SO WHAT IS RESCUE TASK FORCE SIX. IT'S, UH, FROM CALIFORNIA STATE OFFICE OF EMERGENCY SERVICES. CAL, OSHA, I MEAN, SORRY, CALSA CAL O. YES. UH, IT'S ONE OF 13 TEAMS. THIS IS GONNA BE TEAM SIX. AND, UH, WHAT THE, THEY'RE DESIGNED TO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THEY'RE DESIGNED TO, UM, RESPOND TO NATIONAL EMERGENCIES, NATIONAL DISASTERS, UP AND DOWN THE STATE AND BEYOND, IF NEEDED. UM, [00:15:01] WHAT'S, WELL, THERE'S SO MUCH TO TELL, BUT BASICALLY ANYTHING FROM FLOODS, EARTHQUAKES, FIRES, UH, GOOD EXAMPLE. IT'S EVEN NOT EVEN ONE OF THOSE. THIS IS LAST YEAR WE HAD THE FEBRUARY FROST INCIDENT WHERE WE HAD 10 TO 15 FEET OF SNOW DUMPED ON OUR MOUNTAIN RESIDENTS, AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO GET IN OR OUT. FOOD, ELECTRICITY, HEAT AND RESCUE. TASK FORCE SIX WAS DEPLOYED UP THERE. NOW, MEMBERS OF THE RANCH, CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT DID, UM, AS ADJUNCTS WENT ALONG WITH, AT THAT MOMENT IN TIME, WE WERE NOT PART OF THE TEAM. UM, BUT HERE I'M OFFICIALLY TELLING YOU THAT WE HAVE, UH, IN JUNE SIGNED ALL THE CONTRACTS AND WE ARE NOW PART OF THIS TEAM. UM, NEXT SLIDE. YES, SIR. WHAT THE TEAM IS, IS REGIONAL REGION SIX IS A MAKEUP OF OUR HOST DEPARTMENT IS CAL SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FIRE DEPARTMENT. UM, WE'RE A PARTICIPATING DEPARTMENT, US CHINO, AND ONTARIO NOW MAKE UP RESCUE TASK FORCE SIX. IT'S A 30 PERSON TEAM THAT CAN BE MOBILIZED. IT'S USUALLY WHAT'S CALLED A PLAN NEED. SO AN INCIDENT HAPPENS, A HURRICANE AND EARTHQUAKE, A THING HAPPENS. THEY SAID, BE HERE, UH, TOMORROW BECAUSE THE RESOURCES IN THE AREA ARE BEING OVERWHELMED, INUNDATED. AND THEY'RE NOT ABLE TO HANDLE THE EMERGENCY QUITE, UH, UP TO THE EXPECTATIONS. SO THEY ASK FOR HELP. UM, YOU GUYS ARE FAMILIAR WITH HOW WE UP AND DOWN THE STATE WHEN WE HAVE OUR FIRES, WE SEND, UM, STRIKE TEAMS. IT'S THE SAME TYPE OF IDEA THAT THEY HAVE A FIRE, IT'S MASSIVE, IT'S OVERRUNNING THE RESOURCES IN THAT AREA, AND THEY'RE ASKING FOR HELP. UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO THAT. RESCUE TASK FORCE TEAM SIX, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A 30 PERSON TEAM. UM, THAT ALSO COMES WITH, UH, FIREFIGHTERS OF ALL RANKS FROM FIREFIGHTER, ENGINEER, CAPTAIN, BUT ALSO THERE'S SOME TECHNICAL ASPECT TO IT. THE HAZARDOUS MATERIAL SPECIALISTS, THE TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM, AND ALSO PARAMEDICS. WE BRING A MEDICAL ASPECT. AND THE WHOLE INTENT IS THAT WHEN MOBILIZED, THIS TEAM WILL BE ABLE TO SHOW UP. AND FROM THE MINUTE THEIR BOOTS ARE ON THE GROUND, THEY'RE ABLE TO, UH, START MAKING A, A DIFFERENCE FOR THE POSITIVE TO HELP THE RESOURCES THAT ARE ALREADY THERE, YOU KNOW, DEALING WITH THEIR INCIDENT. UH, NEXT TEAM. SO RANCHO CUCAMONGO ONE MONTH AGO. WE HAVE, LIKE I SAID, WE HAVE 30 HIGHLY TRAINED, HIGHLY MOTIVATED INDIVIDUALS. HOW DO WE, WE CAN'T SEND THEM ALL. UH, WE NEED FIREFIGHTERS HERE IN THE CITY AS WELL. BUT WE IDENTIFIED SIX, UM, WHAT I WOULD REFER TO AS THE CREAM OF THE CROP, OR THE BEST OF THE BEST THAT WE HAVE. AND, UH, WE HELD INTERVIEWS, OUR ADMINISTRATION HELD INTERVIEWS AND VETTED OUR ENTIRE TEAM AND CAME UP WITH SIX INDIVIDUALS WHO NOT COINCIDENTALLY, ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR STATE FIRE TRAINING. AT OUR ALL RISK TRAINING CENTER, WE HOST OUR OWN TRAINING. SO THESE ARE INDIVIDUALS THAT NOT ONLY ARE JUST GOOD AT TYING KNOTS AND DOING AND DOING THE RESCUES, THEY ACTUALLY TEACH AT A STATE LEVEL. SO THEY'RE AT THE HIGHEST, THE BEST OF THE BEST. AND SO WHEN WE SEND AND IDENTIFY THESE SIX, UM, WE KNOW THAT WE'RE SENDING THE BEST UP AND DOWN THE STATE, AND EVEN POSSIBLY NATIONWIDE, DEPENDING ON THE SIZE OF THE, UH, THE INCIDENT. UH, I WANTED TO BRING UP SOME OTHER INCIDENTS OTHER THAN THE FEBRUARY FROST. YOU KNOW, YOU HAD KATRINA'S OBVIOUSLY MASSIVE, LIKE A HURRICANE KATRINA TYPE THING. YES, THEY'RE GONNA BE CALLING FOR A LOT OF HELP, BUT EVEN THE FIRES THAT WE RECENTLY HAD IN MAUI, UM, THEY WERE CALLING FOR THESE TYPES OF TEAMS TO COME WITH COMMAND AND CONTROL, SEARCH AND RESCUE, JUST INFRASTRUCTURE. AND THAT'S WHAT THIS TEAM IS CAPABLE OF. NEXT SLIDE. AND JUST REAL QUICK, CAPITALIZE ON THAT. THESE SIX INDIVIDUALS FROM OUR US, OUR TEAM ARE ALSO WELL, WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT THE REGION, WHICH IS OUR REGION SIX. SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY CONNECTED WITH ALL THE OTHER COOPERATING AGENCIES. SO IT IS A BONUS ON, ON MULTIPLE LEVELS. SO NOW, AS I MENTIONED, THERE'S 13 TEAMS STATEWIDE. UH, AND THIS IS RESCUE TASK FORCE SIX, TEAM SIX. UM, THEY'LL BE SELF-SUFFICIENT. I KNOW THE SLICE IS EVEN FOR 24 HOURS, BUT HONESTLY, IT'S, THE EXPECTATION IS A 21 DAY MINIMUM, UH, DEPLOYMENT. UM, AND CAN GO BEYOND, DEPENDING ON THE SCOPE AND THE WIDTH AND THE BREADTH OF THE ACTUAL EMERGENCY. UM, THEY'LL BE SELF-SUFFICIENT, SELF-CONTAINED. UM, ONE THING I DID WANNA BRING UP IS THAT OUR HOST AGENCY THROUGH THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, WILL BE FUNDING THE ENTIRE THING. SO THERE IS NO COST TO THE CITIZENS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, JUST LIKE A STRIKE TEAM. THEY, THEY ARE PAYING FOR OUR PERSONNEL. THEY'RE PAYING FOR THE EQUIPMENT, THE SAFETY GEAR, THE PERSONAL PROTECTIVE UNIFORMS, ALL OF IT. IT'LL ALL BE STORED IN A CASH. I'VE BEEN ACTUALLY TOLD AT, UH, SAN BERNARDINO AIRPORT REALLY? AND IT CAN BE LOADED ON A PLANE AND FLOWN SOMEWHERE, PUT IT ON A TRUCK AND DRIVEN SOMEWHERE. BUT WHAT WE ARE PLEDGING AS RANCH CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT PERSONNEL, IS THAT WE'RE SENDING THE HIGHLY TRAINED PERSONNEL TO GO AND MITIGATE THEIR, THEIR ISSUE, THEIR THING. UM, LASTLY, I DID WANNA POINT OUT THAT THEY'LL BE PARTICIPATING IN FOUR, UH, TRAININGS, UH, PER YEAR, QUARTERLY TRAINING. NOW THIS TRAINING, UM, IS MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT, MIGHT NOT BE SO, UH, TECHNICAL, LIKE, YOU KNOW, NOT TYING KNOTS AND DOING THE THING. IT'S REALLY, IT COULD BE AT THE INTERNATIONAL AIR ONTARIO AIRPORT. IT COULD BE AT THE SEVEN OAKS DAM UP ON THE MOUNTAIN OR [00:20:01] OUT IN THE DESERT, WHERE THEY'LL SHOW UP TO AN, IN A FICTITIOUS INCIDENT AND SAY, GO. AND IT'S A GO DRILL FOR SETTING UP COMMAND AND CONTROL INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THAT KIND OF TRAINING WITH THE FOUR DEPARTMENTS, SO THAT WHEN IT HAPPENS, THESE UNITS, THESE, UH, DEPARTMENTS, OUR DEPARTMENTS ARE WORKING IN UNISON AND, UH, READY TO GO. YEAH. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY LAST SLIDE, WHICH IS, WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR RANCHO? AT THE END OF THE DAY, I'VE TOLD YOU THAT, UH, EVERY ONE OF OUR 30 TECHNICAL RESCUE TEAM PERSONNEL ARE HIGHLY TRAINED, HIGHLY MOTIVATED, BUT TAKING THESE FINAL SIX UP TO THE NEXT LEVEL. SO THAT SHOULD WE HAVE POSSIBLY HAVE THAT EARTHQUAKE THAT'S CENTERED RIGHT HERE IN RANCHO OR A NEARBY, UH, CITY, THAT NOT ONLY WERE OUR BATTALION CHIEFS AND OUR ADMINISTRATION BE RUNNING THE INCIDENT, AND OUR DEPUTY CHIEFS ALL THE WAY UP TO CHIEF MCCLEON BE RUNNING THE INCIDENT, BUT WE'LL ALSO, SORRY, HAVE AN ADJUNCT OF THESE SIX INDIVIDUALS TO AUGMENT THE, UM, THE TECHNICAL ASPECT, THE REALITY OF WHAT'S INVOLVED, WHAT'S NEEDED TO GET THE SEARCH AND RESCUE, GET THE, THE, UH, STRATEGY AND THE TACTICS UNDERWAY, FASTER UNDERWAY SO WE CAN SAVE LIVES. AND THAT'S, UH, WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. UM, ALSO REGIONAL COOPERATION, RELATIONSHIPS, ALL THAT AMAZING. SO THAT WHEN WE SHOW UP WITH CHINO, ONTARIO AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, IT'S THEIR FRIENDLY FACES. AND WE WORK TOGETHER FOUR TIMES A YEAR. WE, THAT'S THE INTENT. UH, BRINGS ME TO MY LAST SLIDE, WHICH IS, UH, THE CONCLUSION OF MY PRESENTATION, OUR PRESENTATION. UH, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OF, UM, THE CHIEFS? I DO THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS PRESENTATION. SO WHEN THIS TEAM IS DEPLOYED, IS THERE THE EXPECTATION THEY'RE STANDALONE, WOULD THEY BE THE ONLY TEAM IN THAT SPECIFIC AREA FIGHTING THE EMERGENCY OR, OR DEALING WITH IT? I THINK THAT'S A, I THINK THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION. IS JUST BASED, IT WOULD BE BASED UPON THE WIDTH AND THE BREADTH OF THE INCIDENT THEY'RE GOING TO. RIGHT. SO THAT FIRE IN HAWAII, TRAGIC, BUT PROBABLY DOESN'T NEED 15 TEAMS. RIGHT? I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE PROPER NUMBER WOULD BE LIKE 1, 2, 3 TEAMS. BUT HURRICANE KATRINA A LITTLE BIT BIGGER, WOULD NEED QUITE A BIT MORE PERSONNEL TO AUGMENT THE CREWS THAT ARE ON THE GROUND THAT ARE BEING INUNDATED. OVERWHELMED. I DID NEGLECT TO TELL YOU THAT WE WON'T ALWAYS SEND OUT SIX, IT JUST MATTERS ON THE EMERGENCY. MAYBE THEIR SPECIFIC EMERGENCY HAPPENS TO BE MORE HAZMAT RELATED, AND SO THERE'S GONNA BE MORE OF A HAZMAT, UH, ASPECT TO IT. OR MAYBE IT'S MORE TECHNICAL RESCUE, RIGHT? SO THEY MAY REQUIRE TWO OF OUR PERSONNEL OR MAY WANT ALL SIX. SO IT'S FLUID DEPENDING ON THE MAGNITUDE OF THE EVENT. YES. YES MA'AM. YES MA'AM. AND THE TRAINING THAT YOU GET, THE MANDATORY TRAINING, I WOULD IMAGINE THAT THAT TRAINING CAN BE BROUGHT BACK TO OUR FIREFIGHTERS BECAUSE WE DO A LOT OF INTERNAL TRAINING CONTINUOUSLY. AND THAT COULD BE BROUGHT BACK ABSOLUTELY. BY INDIVIDUALS TO OUR OWN TEAMS AND USED AT THE ALL RISK TRAINING CENTER AS WELL. YES, ABSOLUTELY. AND TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE, THEY, IF, IF WE HAVE ANY HOLES IN OUR GAME, HEY, GUESS WHAT WE'RE DOING AT THE STATE LEVEL, AT THE, AT THIS REGIONAL LEVEL, WE NEED TO DO THIS MORE, DO THIS EXERCISE, HAVE THIS POSITION, EXPLORE THIS, UM, BEST PRACTICES. MM-HMM, . YEAH. YEAH. THE OPPORTUNITY WILL BE THERE. THANK YOU. IT SHARPENS THE SKILLS OF OUR, OF OUR US R TEAM, WHICH IS CURRENTLY A TYPE ONE, TYPE ONE READY TEAM. SO IT'S A LOT OF BENEFITS. ANYONE ELSE? ALRIGHT. I'LL JUST MAYBE FOLLOW UP WITH, UM, FOR THIS COMMUNITY'S INFORMATION, YOU'RE PROBABLY LOOKING AT A FIRE DEPARTMENT THAT'S PROBABLY GOT SOME OF THE MOST HIGHLY TRAINED PERSONNEL MM-HMM. , NOT JUST IN URBAN SEARCH AND RESCUE, BUT IN HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AND HEAVY RESCUE AND TECHNICAL RESCUES. UM, JUST A NUMBER OF TEAMS, UH, THAT ARE HIGHLY SPECIALIZED THAT, UM, YOU DO A GREAT JOB. SO I'M GLAD THAT YOU'RE PART OF THIS GROUP. UH, MY QUESTION ALSO IS, SO IF IT'S A, LET'S SAY IT'S A USE R OR A HEAVY RESCUE INCIDENT THAT WE NEED THAT TEAM ACTIVATED WHOSE VEHICLES ARE, DO THEY THE STATE OR ANYBODY, DOES THIS REGION HAVE A VEHICLE OR DO WE USE OUR VEHICLE? WE JUST GO AHEAD. WE WOULD BE USING OUR VEHICLES, YOU KNOW, TO, TO GET THE, OUR EQUIPMENT OUT THERE AS WELL. OKAY. AND WE WOULD RENDEZVOUS WITH, WITH THE TASK FORCE LEADER AT THAT TIME, WHICH WOULD ROTATE. AND THEN WE WOULD, WE WOULD RENDEZVOUS TO WHERE WHATEVER AREA WITHIN THE COUNTY OR WITHIN THE STATE THAT WE'RE ASKED TO RESPOND TO. AND I THINK THE REAL BENEFIT OF BEING A PARTICIPANT IS THAT IF AN INCIDENT WERE TO OCCUR HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY, WE COULD CALL WHATEVER RESOURCES WE NEEDED AS A PARTICIPANT OF THIS TEAM. UH, IT'S AVAILABLE TO ANYBODY, WHETHER THEY'RE A PARTICIPANT OR NOT, BECAUSE IT'S A TRAGIC INCIDENT. AND PEOPLE NEED, WE NEED TO SAVE LIVES AND PROTECT PROPERTY. AND THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE FOR WHY WE DO WHAT WE DO. YES, SIR. YES, SIR. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. RIGHT, THANK YOU. [00:25:03] OKAY. [C. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS] THIS BRINGS US TO OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD OF OUR MEET AGENDA TONIGHT. AND THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE NOW FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE FIRE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ISSUES LISTED ON THE AGENDA OR UNLISTED ON THE AGENDA. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER PERSON. UH, PER INDIVIDUAL PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD IS NOT GONNA EXCEED ONE HOUR. WE WON'T NEED TO WORRY ABOUT THAT PART OF IT. UH, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS TONIGHT. THE CLERKS, UH, WILL, WILL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU REACH A, UH, YOUR TWO MINUTES ARE UP AND YOU'VE GOT ONE MINUTE LEFT SO YOU CAN START WINDING UP YOUR, YOUR COMMENTS. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS STEVEN LACEY. HELLO, MY NAME IS STEVEN LACEY. I'M A CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL DISTRICT FOUR FOR RANCHO CUCAMONGA. UM, I'VE BEEN RUNNING INTO, I, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON BE ON BEHALF OF MYSELF AND THE RESIDENTS OF DISTRICT FOUR. UH, I'VE BEEN RUNNING A CLEAN, REPUTABLE SELF-FUNDED CAMPAIGN. I AM ENDORSED BY SEVERAL, UH, ORGANIZATIONS. MY SIGNS HAVE BEEN DISAPPEARING ON A DAILY BASIS, NOT CONFISCATED BY THE CITY, BUT I, IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT, THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CONFISCATED BY MY, UH, OPPONENT. UM, THE, MY SIGNS ARE, HAVE BEEN PLACED IN FULL COMPLIANCE. MY OPPONENT SIGNS, NONE OF THEM WERE IN COMPLIANCE BOTH IN SIZE. I HAVE A COPY OF THE RULES OF ALL RULES REGARDING PLACEMENT OF SIGNS AND THE SIZE OF SIGNS. CITY LIMITS IT TO NINE SQUARE FEET. THE AVERAGE SIGN FOR MY OPPONENT IS, UH, 32 SQUARE FEET. MY SIGNS HAVE BEEN REMOVED. I DRILL HOLES INTO THE GROUND TO PLACE MY SIGNS BECAUSE OF THE ROCKY SOIL HERE. I'VE GONE BACK AND FOUND MY OPPONENT'S SIGNS IN THE HOLES WHERE MY, MY SIGNS HAD ONCE STOOD. THAT'S VERY UNETHICAL. UM, THEY'VE BEEN, I I HAVE LOST 60 OUT OF 150 SIGNS IN THE LAST TWO SINCE THE, SINCE THEY'VE BEEN PLACED. I, HOW, HOW CAN, HOW CAN THIS HAPPEN? THE, MY OPPONENT WAS ALSO, UH, ORDERED TO REMOVE THE OVERSIZED SIGNS BY THE CITY. AND IT WAS AND WAS TOLD THAT THEY WOULD BE REMOVED BY MONDAY. I HAVE NOT FOUND ANY TO HAVE BEEN REMOVED. ONE MINUTE REMAINING. ALSO ON ANOTHER ETHICS ISSUE IS THE WEBSITE OF MY OPPONENT LISTS CERTAIN ENDORSEMENTS AND SEVERAL OF THOSE END ENDORSEMENTS ARE NO LONGER ENDORSING HER. BUT BECAUSE OF IT BEING A 2020 WEBSITE THAT HAS NEVER BEEN UPDATED, SHE'S LISTING PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT CURRENTLY ENDORSING. I HAVE, I HAVE BEEN ENDORSED BY SEVERAL OF 'EM, AND ONE OF 'EM HAS CHOSEN NOT TO ENDORSE EITHER BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO ROCK THE BOAT. UM, I REALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THINGS BROUGHT IN BACK INTO AN ETHICAL LEVEL FOR, FOR ALL CAMPAIGNS. THIS IS ALSO HAPPENING FOR DISTRICT ONE. THE SIGNS THERE AREN'T QUITE AS GROSSLY OVERSIZED, BUT THIS HAS TO BE RESOLVED. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KEENAN O'CONNOR, FOLLOWED BY PHILLIP E WALKER. I GUESS I'M SPEAKING TO YOU. SHE HAS BEEN TAKING SIGNS DOWN AND PUTTING HER SIGNS UP IN THE PLACE OF THE PEOPLE WE HELPED TO PUT THE SIGNS UP FOR. DON'T SHAKE YOUR HEAD NO. 'CAUSE YOU'VE BEEN DOING IT. FIRST OF ALL, IT'S A MISDEMEANOR. AND I FURTHER WANT THE RANCHO POLICE DEPARTMENT INVOLVED IN THIS. I WANT SOMETHING DONE ABOUT IT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT GONNA GO ON IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. YOU ARE BOUND BY LAWS JUST LIKE WE ARE. WE CAN'T TAKE YOUR SIGNS DOWN. YOU CAN'T TAKE OUR SIGNS DOWN AND PUT YOUR SIGNS IN THEIR PLACE. SECOND OF ALL, WHEN I CAME HERE THIS EVENING, I CAME DOWN HAVEN BOULEVARD. OKAY, FROM THE [00:30:01] TWO 10, THERE'S A SIGN UP THERE FOR SOMEBODY RUNNING FOR OFFICE. IT'S NOT THREE BY THREE, IT'S PROBABLY FOUR BY EIGHT. SO MY QUESTION IS, IF THE SIGNS ARE THREE BY THREE, WHY ARE YOU LETTING PEOPLE PUT FOUR BY EIGHT UP? 'CAUSE IF I PUT A FOUR BY EIGHT UP FOR MY CANDIDATE, YOU ARE GONNA TAKE IT DOWN. SO WHAT I'M ASKING FOR YOU TO DO, THAT'S YOU, IS I WANT YOU TO CONTACT THE RANCHO POLICE DEPARTMENT. AND ANYBODY THAT TAKES DOWN SIGNS, I WANT 'EM ARRESTED. AND I DON'T WANT HER PULLING DOWN OUR SIGNS ANYMORE. 'CAUSE YOU'RE DOING IT. YOUR CREW'S DOING IT, AND IT'S COSTING US MONEY, AND YOU'RE NOT GIVING US THE MONEY TO REPLACE THE SIGNS. THAT'S WHAT I WANT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. PHILLIP B WALKER. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME. I'M PHILIP E. WALKER, A DECADE RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, EMPLOYED AS HOLLYWOOD TALENT. AND I AM ELATED TO ANNOUNCE TO YOU THAT THE 10TH ANNUAL INDIGENOUS FILM RETREAT HAS SECURED A PUBLIC FACILITY TO PRESENT ITS PROGRAMMING. ITS 10TH ANNUAL PROGRAMMING ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2024. FROM EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING, WE'RE GONNA BE SHOWING FILMS ALL DAY LONG UNTIL NINE O'CLOCK AT NIGHT AT THE RESIDENCE INN ONTARIO, RANCHO CUCAMONGA. WE WILL BEGIN THE MORNING WITH A BREAKFAST WHERE WE WILL, UH, SHOW FILMS, UH, UH, OF ETHNIC ORIGIN. AND THEN IN THE AFTERNOON WE WILL DO, UH, 100, UH, I'M SORRY. WE WILL DO THE INLAND EMPIRE FILM FESTIVAL, WHERE WE WILL SHOW REGIONAL FILMS INCLUDING SWEDISH VACATION, UH, RANCHO CUCAMONGA MOST SUCCESSFUL SHORT FILM. AND, UH, WE'LL DO A WORKSHOP, UH, ON SUBMITTING TO FILM FESTIVALS. BUT THE GREAT PART OF IT IS THAT WE WILL BE, BE PRESENTING THE DEBUT, THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA DEBUT OF OUR LAST SHORT FILM, HAPLESS REVENGE. SEVERAL OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HAVE SEEN, UH, HAVE WITNESSED READINGS OF THIS FILM, BUT I CAN ASSURE THE THREE OF YOU THAT IS NOTHING LIKE THE FILM. WHEN YOU SEE THE FILM, YOU'LL BE LIKE, OH, THAT'S WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON. SO, UH, THE BLACK FILM FEST WILL HAPPEN AT 6:00 PM ON THE 14TH OF OCTOBER, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY AT IN, AT, UH, THE RESIDENCE INN. I HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU ON THE DAYS WILL COME ONE MINUTE REMAIN AND SEE THE FILM, AND ALSO TAKE PART IN THE DISCUSSION ABOUT JUNETEENTH. I'M PHILIPPI WALKER AND I THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MR. GILLISON, WOULD YOU PLEASE MAYBE RESPOND ON THE ISSUES? SURE. THE FIRST COUPLE SPEAKERS? YEAH, MR. MAYOR, LET ME JUST ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THINGS. SO, UM, THE CITY DOES HAVE A REGULAR PROCESS TO TAKE DOWN, UM, SIGNS THAT VIOLATE OUR RULES, UM, THAT ARE POSTED ON PUBLIC PROPERTY OR IN THE RIGHT OF WAY. UM, AS OF, UH, LET'S SEE, AS OF FRIDAY LAST WEEK, UM, WE HAD PULLED 55 POLITICAL SIGNS, 15 TO 20 NONPOLITICAL SIGNS WE PULLED, THE LOWEST WE PULLED WAS ONE SIGN FROM, UH, DARA SMITH. AND WE PULLED ALL THE WAY UP TO 11 SIGNS FROM A HALF DOZEN DIFFERENT CANDIDATES. SO THOSE ARE AVAILABLE AT THE YARD. WE KEEP THEM, UM, SEPARATED BY CANDIDATE. UM, AND ANYONE CAN COME AND, AND THEY CAN COME AND PICK THEM UP AND HAVE THEM BACK AGAIN. UM, AND THEN REPOST THEM. GENERALLY, MOST OF THOSE SIGNS WERE PULLED BECAUSE THEY WERE IN WHAT'S CALLED THE CLEARVIEW TRIANGLE AREA. UM, AND, UH, WERE BLOCKING VIEW OR SOMETHING. IN A FEW CASES, THEY WERE THERE BECAUSE PRIVATE PROPERTY OWNERS SAID, HEY, I DIDN'T GIVE PERMISSION. I WANT THIS SIGN TAKEN DOWN. UM, I WILL NOTE THE, THERE MAY BE A LITTLE BIT OF CONFUSION. THERE'S A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE SIZE OF SIGNS ON PUBLIC PROPERTY AND THE RIGHT OF WAY, IF YOU WILL, AND SIGNS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY. UM, SIGNS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY, UM, ARE ALLOWED TO GO UP TO 32 BY 32 SQUARE FEET, WHICH IS FOUR BY EIGHT. UM, THERE WERE SOME SIGNS THAT WERE OVERSIZED OF FOUR BY EIGHT. UM, WE HAVE CONTACTED THE CANDIDATES AND GIVE THEM AN OPTION TO EITHER TAKE THE SIGN DOWN OR IN SOME CASES IT WAS LITERALLY A MATTER OF INCHES. SO, UM, IF THEY WISH TO, UM, TRIM THE SIGNS OR ADJUST THEM, UM, THAT WAS ALLOWED. [00:35:01] AND THEN THE LAST THING WOULD BE THAT WE DO HAVE A PROCESS THAT AS, AS, AS, UM, THE MAYOR KNOWS, WELL, THIS HAS HAPPENED. IT HAPPENS VIRTUALLY EVERY ELECTION. SO IF SOMEBODY WANTS TO FILE A POLICE REPORT WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, UM, AND LET THEM KNOW, UM, WE HAVE THAT PROCESS AVAILABLE. SO, UM, AND THEY CAN DO SO. AND THEN PD WILL INVESTIGATE IT AND, AND TAKE ACTION ACCORDINGLY. SO, THANK YOU, SIR. SO, UM, JOHN, WHERE WOULD, COULD YOU LET THEM KNOW WHERE THE LOCATION OF OUR CITY YARD IS SO THEY CAN, IF THEY WANT TO GO BY THE CITY YARD OR HOW DO YOU GET 'EM? HOW DO THEY GET THEIR SIGNS? YEAH, THE CITY, OUR CITY YARD IS ON, I BELIEVE IT'S SEVENTH STREET, UM, LYONS, UM, SORRY, UM, IN, UM, IN SOUTH OF ARROW, UM, UM, UH, EAST, SORRY, WEST OF ARCHIBALD. SO, UM, I WAS GONNA SAY IT'S IN A DIFFERENT DISTRICT, BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA MEAN ANYTHING TO ANYONE. UM, SO, AND WE WILL ALSO WORK WITH CANDIDATES IF THEY OBVIOUSLY WE'RE OPEN, UM, MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY FROM 7:00 AM TO, YOU KNOW, 5:00 PM OR 6:00 PM BUT IF SOMEBODY NEEDS TO COME IN ON A FRIDAY OR EVEN A SATURDAY TO GET SIGNS, IF THEY JUST GIVE US A HEADS UP AHEAD OF TIME, WE CAN WORK WITH THEM. UM, YOU CAN CONTACT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT, UM, LORI OR CARRIE, THEY CAN RAISE THEIR HANDS AND, AND, UM, AND WE WILL MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS TO HAVE SOMEBODY THERE AT THE YARD TO LET SOMEBODY PICK THE SIGNS UP. SOME OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN PICKED UP. SOME WERE PICKED UP LAST WEEKEND, I BELIEVE. VERY GOOD. OKAY, WE WILL MOVE ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS. WE HAVE ONE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING THIS EVENING THAT IS A DISCUSSION AND ACTION. OH, CONSENT CALENDAR. THEY NEED TO VOTE ON THAT, DON'T I? I'M GONNA BACK UP. UH, CONSENT CALENDARS [D. CONSENT CALENDAR] ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION, BUT ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION. MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER. OKAY. VERY GOOD. UH, THAT ABSTENTION IS NOTED. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH THE REVISED STAFF REPORT FOR ITEM NUMBER D 12? SO MOVE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. WELL, WE'RE GONNA DO ROLL CALL, AREN'T WE? COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON. AYE. MAYOR PROAM KENNEDY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER. AYE. MAYOR MICHAEL. AYE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE REVISED STAFF REPORT FOR ITEM D 12 AND COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. NOW WE'LL MOVE ON [E. CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION] TO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING [F. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)] ITEMS. THIS IS A DISCUSSION AND [F1. Discussion and Action to Introduce, Waive Reading of, and Adopt by a Four-fifths Vote, Interim Urgency Ordinance No. 1030, to be Read by Title Only, and Waive Further Reading, Prohibiting Home Experience Sharing Uses, and Declaring the Urgency Thereof, and Adopting Finding Pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in Connection Therewith. (INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 1030) (CITY)] ACTION TO INTRODUCE AND WAIVE READING OF AND ADOPT BY A FOUR FIFTHS VOTE AND INTERIM URGENCY. ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 30 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READINGS. PROHIBITING HOME EXPERIENCE SHARING USES AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF AND ADOPTING FINDING PURSUANT FINDINGS PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OR CA IN CONNECTION THEREWITH. AND THAT IS IDENTIFIED IN ORDINANCE OR INTERIM OR OR URGENCY. ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 30. THANK YOU, MR. CITY MANAGER? YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. SO I'M GONNA ASK, UH, COMMUNITY, OUR COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT STAFF, OUR MANAGER, CARRIE RIOS, AND OUR, UM, SUPERVISOR, LORI PRICE TO GO OVER WITH YOU. UM, WHAT THIS IS ABOUT, UM, IT REALLY IS WHAT'S CALLED HOME EXPERIENCE SHARING, WHICH SORT OF CAME OF AGE DURING THE PANDEMIC WHEN LOTS OF THINGS WERE CLOSED. AND, UH, UH, PEOPLE STARTED REALIZING THAT THEY COULD TAKE AMENITIES THAT WERE PRESENT AT THEIR HOUSE AND, UM, ESSENTIALLY RENT OUT THOSE AMENITIES TO THE PUBLIC FOR GENERAL USE. SO WE'VE STARTED SEEING THIS COME TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND SO LORI AND CARRIE HAVE BEEN ON KIND OF THE CUTTING EDGE OF THIS. AND SO WE ARE ASKING FOR YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT OF, UM, THE, UH, MORATORIUM TO BE PUT IN PLACE SO THAT WE CAN TAKE THE TIME NECESSARY TO DEVELOP A COMPREHENSIVE ORDINANCE IN THIS REGARD. SO, CARRIE, THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL TONIGHT. BEFORE YOU, WE HAVE AN ITEM FOR CONSIDERATION TO ADOPT AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE PROHIBITING HOME EXPERIENCE SHARING THE INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE AIMS TO ADDRESS PRESSING ISSUES RELATED TO HOME EXPERIENCE SHARING. BY ENACTING THIS 45 DAY PROHIBITION, WE WILL GAIN ESSENTIAL TIME TO THOROUGHLY RESEARCH AND CREATE EFFECTIVE REGULATIONS THAT WILL BALANCE THE DEMAND WHILE SAFEGUARDING THE COMMUNITY. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND. UM, HOME EXPERIENCE SHARING. SHARING HAS, UH, SURGED DRAMATICALLY IN POPULARITY OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS, OFFERING A VARIETY OF AMENITIES SUCH AS PRIVATE POOLS, PUTTING GREENS, BASKETBALL AND TENNIS COURTS, PICKLEBALL, COURTS, [00:40:01] BARBECUES, AND PLAYGROUNDS. THESE AMENITIES NOT ONLY ENHANCE THE GUEST EXPERIENCE, BUT ALSO BOOST LOCAL LOCAL ECONOMIES THROUGH INCREASED SPENDING. HOWEVER, THE RAPID GROWTH BRINGS NEW CHALLENGES THAT WE NEED TO ADDRESS. AS YOU'RE AWARE, RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS SEVERAL QUARTER ACRE PROPERTIES AND LARGER IN DISTRICTS. ONE IN FOUR LARGER PROPERTIES OFTEN FEATURE MORE AMENITIES DUE TO THE INCREASED SPACE, MAKING THE CITY A HUB FOR A CONCENTRATION OF THESE EXISTING FACILITIES. SO IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE, UM, A SEVERAL PLATFORMS THAT PEOPLE ARE USING TO RENT VARIOUS RECREATIONAL AMENITIES, AND THERE ARE A TON FOR POOLS, SWIM PLEA, AND PEACHY OFFER OPTIONS. PICKLEBALL COURTS CAN BE BOOKED THROUGH PICKLEBALL BOOKING AND PICKLEBALL PLAY PICKLEBALL. TENNIS COURTS ARE AVAILABLE ON PLAYER COURT AND TENNIS BOOKER PLAYGROUNDS AND PUTTY GREENS CAN BE RENTED FROM PARK SMART EVENT UP AND GOLF NOW, ALL OF WHICH CAN BE RENTED OUT ON AN HOURLY, DAILY, MONTHLY. AND SOME SITES EVEN OFFER AN ANNUAL PASS. SO IN FRONT OF YOU, YOU HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES, UH, TAKEN FROM THE, THE RENTAL SITES. THE BOTTOM LEFT PICTURE DEMONSTRATES THE IMPACT OF LIGHT TRESPASS, WHICH IS A NUISANCE ON, ON NEIGHBORING PROPERTIES, WHICH IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO CONSIDER. SO, THE COMMUNITY IMPACT WE'RE FACING SEVERAL CRITICAL CHALLENGES WITH HOME EXPERIENCE SHARING. SAFETY IS A MAJOR CONCERN, PARTICULARLY WITH UNSUPERVISED POOLS, POORLY MAINTAINED PLAYGROUNDS, AND BUSY PICKLEBALL, PICKLEBALL AND TENNIS COURTS. RENTED SPACES ARE OFTEN USED FOR LARGE PARTIES LEADING TO NOISE, SAFETY ISSUES, TRAFFIC TRAFFIC AND UNPERMITTED LIGHTING NUISANCES. ADDITIONALLY, LITTER AND REFUSE LEFT BEHIND, RAISED SANITATION CONCERNS. THE LACK OF PROPER SUPERVISION CONTRIBUTES TO UNSAFE CONDITIONS AND POTENTIAL CONFLICTS WHILE INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE OF AMENITIES RESULTS IN HEALTH AND SAFETY CONCERNS. MOREOVER, CRIMINALS HAVE FOUND WAYS TO RENT OUT POOLS WITHOUT THE OWN OWNER'S KNOWLEDGE. FOR INSTANCE, A HOMEOWNER IN SANTA BARBARA COUNTY DISCOVERED THROUGH SECURITY CAMERAS, OOPS, SORRY, SECURITY CAMERAS, UM, THAT A FAMILY WAS USING HIS POOL WITHOUT PERMISSION SHORTLY AFTER LISTING HIS HOME FOR SALE. SOME RENTAL PLATFORMS ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO LIST AMENITIES FOR RENT, EVEN IF THEY DON'T OWN THEM, HIGHLIGHTING THE NEED FOR STRICTER REGULATION AND OVERSIGHT. NOW I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT SUPERVISOR, LORI PRICE, TO TALK ABOUT, UM, THE, UH, WHAT OTHER CITIES ARE DOING. THANK YOU, CARRIE. VARIOUS CALIFORNIA CITIES HAVE IMPLEMENTED REGULATIONS TO MANAGE AMENITY RENTALS, ADDRESSING IMPACTS SUCH AS NOISE AND TRAFFIC. FOR EXAMPLE, LOS ANGELES AND PALM SPRINGS HAVE ENACTED MORATORIUMS. BY STUDYING THESE CITIES, WE CAN ADOPT BEST PRACTICES AND TAILOR OUR REGULATIONS TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE ISSUES WE FACE IN OUR COMMUNITY. THE INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE IS VITAL FOR ALLOWING US TIME TO RESEARCH AND DEVELOP EFFECTIVE REGULATIONS. THIS TEMPORARY PAUSE WILL HELP ADDRESS IMMEDIATE CONCERNS, INCLUDING NOISE, TRAFFIC, REFUSE, WHILE ENSURING THE SAFETY AND PROPER MAINTENANCE OF AMENITIES. IT IS A PROACTIVE STEP TOWARDS PROTECTING OUR COMMUNITY AND CREATING CLEAR GUIDELINES. WITH THAT STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT INTERIM URGENCY, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 3 0 PROHIBITING HOME EXPERIENCING SHARING USES FOR A PERIOD OF 45 DAYS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION, AND WE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF, OF THE COUNCIL WITH, FOR STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING? SEEING NONE, THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS NOW OPEN. IS THERE ANYONE, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY THAT ARE HERE THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? OKAY. OUR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS NOW CLOSED AND WE'LL BRING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF STAFF. AGAIN, I HAVE A COUPLE, MR. MAYOR? SURE. UH, YOU MENTIONED DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FOUR, UH, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE THEY HAVE A LOT OF LARGE, MORE RECREATIONAL TYPE LOTS. IS THAT WHERE THE, YOU'VE RECEIVED, I WOULD IMAGINE A COUPLE OF PHONE CALLS FROM RESIDENTS AND CITY WITH CONCERNS ABOUT THAT. IS THAT WHERE MOST OF THOSE PHONE CALLS CAME FROM? YES. AND WHAT, YES, THEY'RE KIND OF SCATTERED, BUT YOU KNOW, WE'RE, WE'RE SEEING A SURGE. WHEN DID YOU THINK THE, THE MOST OF THEM STARTED COMING IN? WHEN DID YOU START RECEIVING THESE PHONE CALLS AND YOU REALIZED THAT WE HAD AN ISSUE? I WOULD SAY OVER THE PAST, SINCE AFTER THE PANDEMIC, BUT IT'S REALLY INCREASED, UM, IN THE PAST, MAYBE A YEAR NEXT YEAR. AND IN RANCH CUCAMONGA SPECIFICALLY, WHAT TYPES OF AMENITIES ARE GETTING LEASED OUT THE MOST, CAUSING THE MOST OF THE ISSUE IN OUR CITY? SWIMMING POOLS, SWIMMING POOLS. SWIMMING POOLS ARE, ARE, ARE THE BIG ONE RIGHT NOW. YES. ESPECIALLY DURING SUMMER. [00:45:02] I GUESS THERE'S KIND OF AN ADDITIONAL, UH, QUESTION MARK THERE BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A BIG SAFETY FACTOR WITH SWIMMING POOLS. SO I'M GLAD THAT WE'RE LOOKING THIS AND TAKING THIS IN CONSIDERATION BECAUSE I KNOW THAT, UM, A LOT OF ACCIDENTS CAN HAPPEN AND IN SITUATIONS LIKE THIS, THEY DON'T HAVE ANY KIND OF REGULATION OR OVERSIGHT. THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD CERTAINLY AT LEAST LOOK AT BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? I ECHO THE SAME QUESTIONS WITH OUR CITY MANAGER. MR. GILLISON, TAKING A DEEPER DIVE INTO THIS ISSUE. FIRST OF ALL, I WAS A LITTLE SURPRISED. I HAD NOT HEARD OF THE HOME EXPERIENCE SHARING. AND WHEN I TALKED TO MR. GILLISON, HE SHARED THAT THE POOLS, AND I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE SOMEONE RENTING OUT THEIR POOL TO STRANGERS AND ACCEPTING THAT LIABILITY AND SAFETY FACTORS, ESPECIALLY IF IT'S A CHILDREN'S PARTY, ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN. SO I'M SO GRATEFUL TO STAFF FOR GETTING AHEAD OF THIS ISSUE SO THAT WE COULD PREVENT SOME TRAGEDY FROM, FROM HAPPENING. AND CERTAINLY PROTECTING THE RESIDENTS OF COMMUNITIES WHO ARE IMPACTED BY CARS AND, AND NOISE AND LIGHTS FOR, FROM LOUD PARTIES THAT CAN EXTEND INTO THE LATE HOURS. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. ANYONE ELSE? UM, I WOULD JUST, JUST MAYBE, UH, JUST ASK A COUPLE QUICK QUESTIONS. ARE YOU FINDING THAT THE HOMEOWNERS THAT ARE DOING THIS ARE ACTUALLY LIVING IN THE HOME? BECAUSE MY, MY FEAR IS, IS THAT THERE COULD BE SOME HOMES, A PERSON DOWNSIZING THEIR HOME, BUT HAS ALL THESE AMENITIES IN THE BACKYARD. THEY PROBABLY COULD GET MORE MONEY RENTING IT OUT ON A DAILY BASIS FOR TENNIS OR PICKLEBALL, PLUS A SWIMMING POOL, PLUS A PUTTING GREEN, WHATEVER ELSE THEY MIGHT HAVE THAT THAT INTERESTS THE PUBLIC. SO, UM, I I WOULD SUSPECT THAT, THAT WE MAY HAVE EVEN HOMES IF WE DON'T GET NIP THIS SOONER THAN LATER. WHERE THERE THEY'RE, THE, THE RESIDENTS AREN'T EVEN THERE TO SUPERVISE WHAT'S GOING ON. CORRECT. YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY CORRECT. AND THE OTHER THING THAT TROUBLES ME AS MUCH AS ANYTHING ELSE IS THE DISRUPTION IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. I COULDN'T IMAGINE LIVING IN A NEIGHBORHOOD AND HAVING 50, 60 PEOPLE COMING ON A REGULAR DAILY BASIS PARKING THEIR CARS ON THE STREET, UM, AND, AND MAKING NOISE AND LAUGHING AND HAVING A PARTY JUST ABOUT EVERY NIGHT. SO I WOULD, I WOULD CONCUR WITH, WITH YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SURE. OKAY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. UM, OKAY, LET'S, UM, NOW UNDERSTAND WE NEED A FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE BECAUSE THIS IS AN INTERIM EMERGENCY ORDINANCE, CORRECT? MR. ATTORNEY? CORRECT. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO INTRODUCE AND WAIVE READING THE FULL READING AND READ BY TITLE ONLY AND ADOPT BY FOUR-FIFTHS VOTE AND INTERIM URGENCY. ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 30. CLERK OH, OH, DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING YOU WANTED TO SAY? SHE MOVED. OH, YOU MOVED, I'M SORRY. MM-HMM. SECOND. VERY GOOD. MADAM CLERK. INTERIM URGENCY, ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 30, AN INTERIM URGENCY OR ZONING ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA. AN ACTIVE PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 6 5 8 5 8, ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE GRANTING OF ANY ZONING APPROVAL, HOME OCCUPATION, PERMIT, OR OTHER PERMIT LICENSE OR LAND USE ENTITLEMENT FOR USING REAL PROPERTY ZONED AND OR DEVELOPED FOR RESIDENTIAL USE IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR HOME EXPERIENCE SHARING. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. MADAM CLERK COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHISON AYE. MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT. AYE. COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER. AYE. MAYOR MICHAEL? YES. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO [G. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT] CITY MANAGER [H. CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)] STAFF REPORTS. WE HAVE ONE THIS [H1. Consideration to Receive and File the Economic Development Strategy Annual Progress Report for 2023. (CITY)] EVENING AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER. MR. SISON? YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, MATT MARQUEZ, UM, OUR, UH, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, HIS TEAM WILL COME UP WITH HIM AND THEY'LL GIVE YOU THE UPDATE ON OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND OUR ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT. [00:50:03] ALL RIGHT, I THINK WE'RE READY TO GO HERE. UM, TONIGHT WE ARE IN FRONT OF YOU TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THE FIRST EVER, EVER ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR YOUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OR EEDS, AS WE CALL IT. UM, MAYOR INTRODUCED ME, OR, OR JOHN INTRODUCED ME. I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE TANYA SPIEGEL, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MANAGER, CORINA COMPOST, ONE OF OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS, UH, THREE OF THE FIVE TEAM MEMBERS THAT REALLY HELPED SPEARHEAD THIS EFFORT. BUT I ALSO WANTED TO INTRODUCE TWO MORE INDIVIDUALS WHO YOU ALREADY KNOW AND LOVE. FIRST IS FLAVIO NUNEZ, ONE OF OUR, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYSTS IN THE ED DIVISION. AND THEN PAIGE EBERLY, FORMERLY A MANAGEMENT AID IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION, WHO IS NOW A PUBLIC WORKS TEAM MEMBER. SO STILL WITH THE CITY, UM, BUT IT STILL HURTS OUR HEARTS THAT SHE'S NO LONGER WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALL GOOD. UM, SO MOVING ALONG HERE, NEXT SLIDE PLEASE. IN, UH, OCTOBER OF 2023, THE CITY COUNCIL DID SOMETHING THAT WOULD CHANGE THE CITY'S, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FUTURE, UH, FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS, UH, AND BEYOND. UM, SOME MIGHT BE ASKING THEMSELVES, WHAT DID THE CITY COUNCIL DO? WELL, YOU ADOPTED A NEW ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, UH, OR EDS. SO IT WAS SET FORTH TO HELP GUIDE OUR EFFORTS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS AND REALLY HELP SET US UP FOR WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THAT. IT INCLUDES, UH, SOME GOALS THAT YOU SEE HERE ON YOUR SCREEN STRATEGIES AND ACTION ITEMS, AND THERE'S TIMELINES ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMPLETION FOR EACH OF THE ACTION ITEMS OUTLINED IN THE STRATEGY. SO TONIGHT WE'LL PROVIDE YOU WITH AN OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, UH, IN YEAR ONE. SO YOU MIGHT BE ASKING YOURSELF THOUGH, HOW DO WE MEASURE, OR HOW DO CITIES MEASURE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT SUCCESS? FOR SOME CITIES, IT MAY BE DIFFICULT TO ANSWER THAT QUESTION, BUT FOR US, THANKFULLY, WE HAVE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY TO HELP GUIDE US. UM, FIRST WE DO WANNA START WITH PROVIDING A DEFINITION, UH, THAT WE USE FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. AND IT'S SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN. SO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE IS THE CREATION OF WEALTH THROUGH WHICH COMMUNITY BENEFITS ARE REALIZED, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF GREAT PLACES THAT ATTRACT AND RETAIN RE RESIDENTS, VISITORS, UH, BUSINESSES AND TALENT. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN OR EQUATE TO IN RC LANGUAGE, UH, ARE FIVE BIG IDEAS FROM PLAN RC AND YOU SEE THOSE LISTED ON YOUR SCREEN AS WELL. SO THE EDS ITSELF WAS DEVELOPED TO FORTIFY LINKAGES BETWEEN THE GENERAL PLAN, THE BIG IDEAS, AND THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, DIVISIONS WORK, AND, UM, REALLY TO EMPHASIZE THAT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES ARE REALLY SHARED THROUGHOUT AND ACROSS ALL THE DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS IN THE CITY. SO WE ARE ALL ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS AT TIMES, AND, UM, AS MENTIONED, THE EDS INCLUDES A SERIES OF GOALS, WHICH WAS ON A PREVIOUS SLIDE. AND SO OUR WORK TOWARDS ACHIEVING THOSE GOALS OR MAKING PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVEMENT OF THOSE GOALS REALLY EQUAL SUCCESS FOR US. NEXT SLIDE. SO WITH THAT, WE WILL, I'LL TURN THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MY COLLEAGUES HERE AND WE'LL GET INTO SOME IMPLEMENTATION HIGHLIGHTS. THANK YOU MATT. UH, ON GOAL ONE, UH, WHICH WAS GROW AND DIVERSIFY THE CITY'S ECONOMY. FOUR OF THE BIGGEST THINGS THAT WE'D LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT, UH, FOR YOU TONIGHT IS THE UPDATED COLLATERAL MATERIAL. UH, WE DID CREATE A WORLD CLASS COMMUNITY BROCHURE, UH, THAT WAS, UH, IT COMPLIMENTS THE DATA RICH INFOGRAPHICS AND ONE PAGERS THAT WE DO HAND OUT AT DIFFERENT EVENTS, CONFERENCES, AND TRADE SHOWS, ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE TALKING TO BUSINESSES AS WE ARE TRYING TO ATTRACT THEM HERE TO COME TO THE CITY ITSELF. UH, THE BROCHURE DOES HIGHLIGHT THE QUALITY OF LIFE THAT WE HAVE HERE WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF, BUT AS WELL AS SHINING LIGHT ON ALL OF THE AMENITIES THAT WE HAVE WITHIN THE CITY. ADDITIONALLY, OUR AT A GLANCE AND THE RETAIL OPPORTUNITY SHEETS WERE UPDATED TO REFLECT THE MOST UP-TO-DATE DEMOGRAPHIC INFORMATION THAT IS AVAILABLE. THE SECOND THING THAT WE DID IN, UH, GOAL ONE WAS THE QUARTERLY BROKERS, UH, ROUND TABLE. THIS, UM, QUARTERLY BROKERS ROUND TABLE, UM, WAS, HAS YIELDED GREAT RESULTS. ALTHOUGH THIS IS AN ACTION ITEM THAT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED, UH, FOR YEARS TWO AND THREE. WE DID IMPLEMENT IT STARTING HERE IN YEAR ONE, AND WE HAVE SEEN SOME GREAT RESULTS, UH, WITH THIS. IT WAS A WAY FOR US TO START OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH THE BROKER COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO START THOSE DISCUSSIONS AND TO CREATE THOSE RELATIONSHIPS AND ESTABLISH THOSE RELATIONSHIPS THAT WILL HELP US GUIDE IN BEING ABLE TO NAVIGATE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY ARE SEEING AND WHAT WE ARE REALLY WANTING TO SEE HERE WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF AND CREATING THAT DIALOGUE WITH THEM. THESE ROUND TABLES HAVE STREAMLINED THAT COMMUNICATION, UH, BETWEEN THE BROKER COMMUNITY AND HAS PROVIDED US TO GIVE THEM THAT OP, UM, OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM, UH, DIFFERENT CITY STAFF, WHETHER IT IS FOR, UH, BUILDING AND SAFETY AS WELL AS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY, UH, CITY, UH, MANAGERS [00:55:01] TEAM. EVERYONE IN BETWEEN, WE'VE GIVE, WE HAVE THIS DIALOGUE WITH THEM. WE WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THESE ROUND TABLES AS WE GO INTO YEAR TWO AND THREE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDS. AND ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE, UH, REVIEWED THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS. UH, THROUGH THIS, THE TEAM HAS BEEN ABLE TO LEARN WHERE OUR STRENGTHS AND OPPORTUNITIES ARE WITHIN THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW PROCESS AND HAVING OUR, UH, SUPPORTIVE PARTNERS WITHIN THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENTS. UH, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO, UH, FIND IT AS VERY EFFECTIVE AS WE CAN TO BE THE LIAISONS WITHIN THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. UH, WE DO HAVE A WEEKLY TENANT IMPROVEMENT REPORT THAT IS SENT OUT EVERY MONDAY INTERNALLY TO THE CITY MANAGER TEAM, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR PLANNING TEAM, UH, WHERE WE'RE ABLE TO BE AWARE OF ANY MOVEMENT IN PLACE, UH, FOR NEW BUSINESSES COMING TO TOWN, OR EXISTING BUSINESSES THAT ARE EXPANDING OR RE-IMAGINING THEIR SPACE. AND THEN FINALLY, OUR BI-MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. WE STARTED THESE BI-MONTHLY MEETINGS WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UH, BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023. AND THROUGH THIS PARTNERSHIP, WE HAVE MADE A GREAT CONNECTION WITH THEIR STAFF, WHICH HAS LEVERAGED DIRECT POINT OF CONTACTS WHEN WORKING WITH OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES. AND IT HAS A, A BRIDGE THAT CONNECTION BETWEEN THE COUNTY AS WELL AS THE OR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND OTHER RESOURCE PARTNERS. AND ALSO IDENTIFY ADDITIONAL BUSINESS RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE TO OUR BUSINESSES AS WELL AS BRINGING NEW PROGRAMS TO OUR BUSINESSES AND RESIDENTS. SO ONE OF THOSE PROGRAMS THAT WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO ESTABLISH WAS THE CITY'S FIRST RES PROGRAM, WHICH IS AN EIGHT WEEK ENTREPRENEUR ACADEMY FOR SPANISH SPEAKERS. THE CITY SERVED AS A HOST SITE, 32 APPLICANTS WERE ACCEPTED TO THE PROGRAM. SIX WERE RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENT. AND OF THOSE SIX TWO HAVE BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. CITY STAFF PROVIDED A PRESENTATION DURING THE, THE PROGRAM ON THE CITY'S PERMITTING PROCESS AND THE IMPORTANCE OF SPEAKING WITH CITY STAFF EARLY AND OFTEN, AS WELL AS THE AVAILABLE BUSINESS RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO THEM, INCLUDING THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER AND THE COUNTY WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT. GRADUATES OF THE PROGRAM RECEIVED A BUSINESS LICENSE WAIVER TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO START BUSINESS IN THE CITY OF RANCHO. TO DATE ONE BUSINESS TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE BUSINESS WAIVER AND HAS SINCE JOINED THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND IS A MEMBER OF THE INLAND EMPIRE HISPANIC ALLIANCE. ALRIGHT, ONTO ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE. YOUR MICROPHONE, YOUR SPEAKER, IT'S ON. CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? OKAY. OKAY. ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE. UH, DURING YEAR ONE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDS, WE WERE TASKED WITH DOING A FEW DIFFERENT THINGS, UH, RELATED TO THIS PARTIC PARTICULAR TOPIC. UH, THREE OF THOSE ITEMS ARE LISTED HERE. FIRST, WE DEVELOPED AN INTERNAL MEMO, UH, THAT WILL HELP, THAT WILL BE CIRCULATED, EXCUSE ME, TO STAFF THAT WILL HELP, UH, THEM BETTER UNDERSTAND, UH, WHERE THE LOCATION OF DOWNTOWN RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS. AS YOU ALL KNOW, ONE OF THE MAJOR FOCUS POINTS OF PLAN RC, OUR NEW GENERAL PLAN WAS FURTHER ESTABLISHING A DOWNTOWN. SO THERE'LL BE A MEMO THAT'S CIRCULATED TO EVERYONE, JUST SO IT'S, IT'S PERFECTLY CLEAR. UH, SECOND THING, WE UPDATED OUR MARKETING MATERIALS. AS TANYA MENTIONED, WE DEVELOPED OUR NEW WORLD CLASS COMMUNITY BROCHURE. WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THOSE, THOSE PIECES ALSO FOCUSED ON HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCES, DIFFERENT POINTS OF INTEREST THAT HELP SERVE AS GREAT, UH, BUSINESS ATTRACTION PIECES, BUT ALSO VISITOR ATTRACTION PIECES. THE LAST THING THAT I WOULD FOCUS ON FOR THIS PARTICULAR SLIDE IS, UM, ENHANCING THE PUBLIC REALM. SO YOU ALL WENT THROUGH THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS, UH, YOU KNOW, HOW IMPORTANT THE PUBLIC REALM DISCUSSIONS WERE AND HOW BIG OF A PIECE THAT IS IN THE GENERAL PLAN. SO ENHANCING THE PUBLIC REALM REALLY CARRIES THROUGH EVERYTHING THAT WE DO, UH, IN THE DEPARTMENT AND AND BEYOND IN OTHER DEPARTMENTS AS WELL. UH, WHENEVER WE'RE MEETING WITH INTERESTED PARTIES OR DEVELOPERS, WE ALWAYS START WITH, UH, OUR BIG IDEAS AND HOW THOSE RELATE TO ENHANCING THE PUBLIC REALM. FROM THERE WE GO INTO LOOKING AT THE GENERAL PLAN TOOLKIT, WHICH HELPS VISUALIZE AND WALK PEOPLE THROUGH STEP BY STEP ON HOW TO CREATE, UH, THESE, THESE PLACES THAT ARE DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE FIRST. AND THEN LASTLY, WE FOLLOWED THAT UP WITH THE FORM BASE CODE THAT PROVIDES ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON HOW THOSE PLACES CAN BE, UH, CREATED. NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE. UM, THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN, SOMETHING THAT WAS BEFORE, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL AS PART OF THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE. AS MENTIONED, MUCH FOCUS ON CREATING A COMPLETE DOWNTOWN, UH, GENERAL PLAN TALKED A LOT ABOUT HOW THE EPICENTER WOULD BECOME PART OF THAT DOWNTOWN. SO IN 2022, THE CITY STARTED PREPARING A MASTER PLAN FOR THE EPICENTER AREA TO HELP REALLY ACCELERATE THE VISION, UH, OF THE DOWNTOWN. REALLY TWO IMPORTANT, UH, AREAS THAT NEEDED TO BE ADDRESSED IN THAT, THAT MASTER PLAN. THE [01:00:01] FIRST OF WHICH IS THAT THERE'S NOT ENOUGH, UH, COMMUNITY ACTIVITY IN THAT AREA ON A DAILY, MONTHLY, YEARLY BASIS. SO HOW CAN WE GET MORE ACTIVITY OR DRIVE MORE ACTIVITY TO THAT AREA? AND THEN THE SECOND THING IS THERE'S NOT NEARLY ENOUGH REVENUE GENERATED TO COVER THE CITY'S EXPENSES THERE. UH, SO THE NEXT STEPS FOR US, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN IS ADJUSTING SOME PROPERTY LINES, UH, TO DEVELOP SOME PARCELS IN SELECT AREAS AND PREPARING THOSE PARCELS TO START THE SURPLUS LAND ACT PROCESS. SO THAT, THAT'S OUR NEXT STEP FOR, FOR THAT AREA. NEXT SLIDE. GOAL THREE OF EX, UH, WHICH IS EXPAND RETAIL ENTERTAINMENT AND HOSPITALITY. UH, THIS GOAL IS VERY IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY TO US. UH, BUT PER THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, UH, IT IS REPORTED TO BEGIN IN YEARS TWO AND THREE. UH, BUT THAT DID NOT STOP US. OF COURSE, A RETAIL FIT ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED IN 2022, UH, AS SUPPORTING INFORMATION AND DIRECTION FOR THE STRATEGY, IT DID IDENTIFY A SELECT GROUP OF CATEGORIES, UH, FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF BUSINESSES LOCATING HERE WITHIN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, BASED ON THEIR LOCATION PREFERENCES OF THOSE OF THE BUSINESSES THEMSELVES. AND THE FOUR IDENTIFIED CATEGORIES, UH, INCLUDED GROCERY STORES, RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, AS WELL AS BREWERIES. AND TO DATE, UM, WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH, UH, A FEW COMPANIES TO OPEN A LOCATION HERE WITHIN THE CITY. AND OUR EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE AS WE GO INTO YEAR TWO AND THREE. AND OF COURSE FOUR AND FIVE. UM, UNDER THAT, UH, FOR RESTAURANTS UNDER HIGH END, FULL SERVICE IS, UH, SEASONS 52 AND FAST CASUAL OF BEING, UH, KAVA GRILL, AS WELL AS MENDOCINO FARMS WITHIN COFFEE SHOPS. UH, THE TOP TIER OF BEING PHIL'S COFFEE AND THEN, UH, BREWERIES. WHAT IS MARS BREWING COMPANY WHO IRONICALLY THEY STARTED AS WE STARTED THE, OUR EDS EFFORTS ON THE FIRST YEAR AND THEY JUST CELEBRATED THEIR ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY. SO IT'S KIND OF THAT EXTRA CELEBRATED CELEBRATION WIN FOR US ON THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDS GOAL. FOUR AIMS TO FOSTER THE GROWTH OF LOCAL BUSINESSES IN OUR WORKFORCE. THIS INCLUDES PROVIDING INFORMATION ON BUSINESS RESOURCES LIKE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE RANCHO BROADBAND. WE ENGAGE WITH STAKEHOLDERS LIKE THE COUNTY'S WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, THE EDD LAUNCH APPRENTICESHIP NETWORK, AND THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO REALLY BUILD THEIR CAPACITY IN PROVIDING BUSINESS RESOURCES AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE. OVER THE LAST YEAR, WE ESTABLISHED AN ONGOING RELATIONSHIP WITH CHAFFEE COLLEGE, FROM WHICH WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON SEVERAL PROGRAMS AND INITIATIVES. MORE SPECIFICALLY, YOU COULD SWITCH SLIDES. THANK YOU. MORE SPECIFICALLY, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH CHAFFEE COLLEGE HAS RESULTED IN THE CITY'S SUPPORT IN A MARKETING STARTUP, A MOBILE PLATFORM DESIGNED TO CULTIVATE BUSINESS STARTUPS, CHAFFEY'S PARTNERSHIP IN THE CITY'S SECOND COHORT OF THE RES ENTREPRENEUR PROGRAM. ONGOING DISCUSSIONS OF A PILOT MENTORSHIP PROGRAM BETWEEN STUDENTS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES TO ENSURE THAT OUR TALENT REMAINS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA UPON GRADUATION, AND AN INTRODUCTION TO LAUNCH APPRENTICESHIP NETWORK, A MATCHMAKER BETWEEN COLLEGES AND BUSINESSES WHO PRESCRIBE TO YOU THE APPRENTICESHIP MODEL LEARNING IN THE CLASSROOM AND TRAINING IN THE FIELD. SINCE 2021, THE CITY'S ANNUAL HIRING FAIR, UH, HAS BEEN SUPPORTED AND APPRECIATED BY OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. WE HAVE EVOLVED FROM A SHADY PARKING LOT EVENT WITH MAYBE 50 JOB SEEKERS IN ATTENDANCE TO AN AIR CONDITIONING, UH, UH, HALL WITH COMPUTER LAB ACCESS FOR ONLINE RESUME SUBMITTALS WITH OVER 200 JOB SEEKERS IN ATTENDANCE. THE COMMUNITY HAS EMBRACED THIS HIRING FAIR AND WE HAVE RECEIVED GREAT FEEDBACK FROM JOB SEEKERS WHO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MEET, UH, BUSINESSES FROM VARIOUS INDUSTRIES THAT WE HAVE HERE WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF. THE EVENT HAS GIVEN US AS THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, THE AVENUE TO OPEN UP A DIALOGUE WITH THE DIFFERENT INDUSTRIES AS WELL AS UNDERSTANDING THE DIFFERENT WORKFORCE NEEDS THAT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY NEEDS. UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE HIRING FAIR, UH, WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE AS WE LOOK TOWARDS MAKING THIS HIRING FAIR, A HIRING FAIR AND CAREER EXPO, AND EXPANDING OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR SERVICE PARTNERS, ESPECIALLY WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, UM, ON HAVING INDUSTRY SPECIFIC BUSINESSES PARTICIPATING IN THE, IN THE HIRING. FAIR. OKAY. SO LOOKING, LOOKING AHEAD, UM, OKAY. UH, LOOKING AHEAD. SO AS MENTIONED, THE EDS DIVIDES THE ACTION ITEMS, UH, INTO TIME PERIODS FOR COMPLETION, YEAR ONE, YEAR TWO AND THREE, AND THEN YEAR FOUR AND FIVE. BUT SOME OF THE ACTION ITEMS FORM PART OF OUR ONGOING SERVICES, UM, ALSO [01:05:01] AS DISCUSSED AND AREN'T NECESSARILY CONSTRAINED BY, BY TIMELINES. WE HAVE LONG, OR THE CITY HAS LONG PROVIDED, UH, SUPPORT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND THAT THAT'S CONTINUED, UH, EVEN WITH THIS GROUP. A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE CAN TOUCH ON THERE. OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, UM, OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS, 12 WORKSHOPS HELD WITH OVER 123 ATTENDEES, 164 BUSINESS CONSULTING MEETINGS, 144 FIRST TIME BUSINESS CONSULTING MEETINGS. UH, SOME OTHER THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE. WE'VE ATTENDED 46 GRAND OPENINGS OR RIBBON CUTTINGS. UM, COUNTLESS MEETINGS WITH DEVELOPERS, UH, BUSINESS OWNERS, INTERESTED PARTIES, UM, HOSTED AND PARTICIPATED IN EVENTS FOR A BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH IN MAY. UH, DURING THAT TIME PERIOD, THERE WERE 27 BUSINESSES, UH, SPOTLIGHTED OR HIGHLIGHTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 101, UH, BUSINESS APPRECIATION POSTS, OVER 200 TICKETS GIVEN TO A, UH, BUSINESS APPRECIATION NIGHT AT, UH, A QUA GAME, AND THEN 150 PLUS ATTENDEES AT A BUSINESS APPRECIATION MIXER. SO A LOT GOING ON OVER THE LAST 12 MONTHS. UH, MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THESE OR EXPAND UPON, UH, THESE THINGS THAT WE'VE DONE IN YEAR ONE WITH THE FOCUS ON YEARS TWO AND THREE AND THOSE ACTION ITEMS OUTLINED IN OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. SO WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. THE THREE OF US ARE HERE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AS ARE FLAVIO AND PAIGE, BECAUSE THEY DID PLAY A REALLY HUGE OR HUGE ROLES, UH, IN THIS WORK. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE TEAM? I JUST HAVE ONE COMMENT, MR. MAYOR. I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, IT'S SO FUN TO SEE HOW IT WENT FROM ONE PERSON TO A LARGE TEAM OF GROUPS OR OF A TEAM NOW, UH, WORKING ON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS. SO KUDOS TO EVERYONE INVOLVED. I GET EXCITED EVERY TIME I COME TO COUNCIL. WE GET UPDATES OF NEW RESTAURANTS OR NEW PLACES THAT ARE SEEKING TO CALL RANCHO CUCAMONGA HOME, AND THAT'S KUDOS TO THIS PLAN, BUT KUDOS TO ALL THE EFFORTS THAT YOU'RE DOING AND THE PARTNERS THAT WE'RE WORKING WITH ALONG THE WAY. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS ON THAT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? YES. SO A FEW MONTHS AGO, I BELIEVE WE RECEIVED A PREVIEW OF THE PROGRESS OF THE ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT EXCEEDING THE TIMELINES THAT HAVE BEEN SET, WHICH REALLY SPEAKS TO THE ENTHUSIASM, THE EXPERTISE OF YOUR TEAM, AND THE SYNERGY THAT IS CREATED THROUGH YOUR C COLLABORATION WITH ALL OF THE DEPARTMENTS. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS REPORT AND I LOOK FORWARD TO MORE UPDATES AND CONGRATULATIONS ON THIS PROGRESS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT. SO WE'LL BE BACK NEXT YEAR AT THIS TIME FOR YEAR TWO, RIGHT? DEFINITELY. VERY GOOD. EXCELLENT. LOOK FORWARD TO IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. [I. COUNCIL BUSINESS] ANY COUNCIL [I1. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)  ] ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANY INTER-AGENCY [I2. INTER­AGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)  ] UPDATES? ARE THERE ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS? [J. CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS] NO REPORTS TONIGHT, MR. MAYOR? THANK YOU, SIR. ANY IDENTIFICATION [K. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING] OF ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF OCTOBER, OCTOBER 2ND? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. [L. ADJOURNMENT] THANK YOU. * 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.