* 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. [00:00:02] OKAY, LADIES AND [REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS] GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU AND WELCOME FOR, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TONIGHT FOR OUR, UM, BOARD MEETING AND CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND OUR FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT MEETING ON OUR, ON THIS NOVEMBER 6TH. AND SO, UH, WE'VE CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER. WE WOULD NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR MAYOR PRO [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL:  Mayor Michael  Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy  Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler] TIM LYNN KENNEDY TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. WOULD EVERYONE STAND AND JOIN ME? 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 TEM LYNN KENNEDY. PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT. CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT. VERY GOOD. MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS OR [AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA] MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO, THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS. THANK YOU. THIS EVENING WE HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS [ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS] OR PRESENTATIONS, SO WE'LL MOVE RIGHT DIRECTLY TO PUBLIC [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.] COMMUNICATIONS. THIS IS A TIME FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD, UH, OF DIRECTORS ON ANY ITEM THAT IS INCLUDED ON THE AGENDA OR NOT ON THE AGENDA. YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL. UH, SO WE HAVE, HOW MANY SPEAKERS DO WE HAVE THIS EVENING? WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS. SO YOU COME TO THE PODIUM AND THAT THAT MICROPHONE THERE WILL TURN ON FOR YOU WHEN THAT MICROPHONE LIGHT GOES OFF, OR YOU SEE YOUR TIMER ON THE THING THAT YOU'VE REACHED ON THE SCREEN. UM, YOU'VE REACHED YOUR THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT. SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS DEBORAH KEDI, FOLLOWING BY, FOLLOWED BY AARON KEDI. OH, DO I START? CAN I START NOW? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. I'M HERE TONIGHT TO ASK YOU TO TAKE THE NECESSARY MEASURES TO REMOVE THE POLITICAL SIGN LOCATED AT 80 39, EXCUSE ME, 80 93 THOROUGHBRED STREET, FACING THE BRIDAL THOROUGH FAIR ON THE NORTH SIDE. WE ORIGINALLY MADE A CODE VIOLATION REPORT ON MAY 31ST, 2024 BECAUSE THE POLITICAL SIGN VIOLATED 43 29, 37 50 SEC SIX CODE BECAUSE THE SIGN WAS APPROXIMATELY 200 SQUARE FEET IN AREA. AND THE CODE NUMBER 43 29 37 56, BECAUSE IT WAS INSTALLED MORE THAN 45 DAYS BEFORE THE ELECTION, WE ALSO COMPLAINED BECAUSE IT WAS ILLUMINATED WITH A LIGHT THAT TRESPASSED INTO OUR BEDROOM AT NIGHT. I SPOKE ABOUT THIS TO YOU DURING THE PUBLIC REMARKS SECTION ON AUGUST 21ST. I RECEIVED A RESPONSE THE NEXT DAY FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT STATING THAT THE CASE WAS BEING INVESTIGATED. THIS ISSUE, WHICH WAS FILED AS A CODE VIOLATION ON MAY 31ST, HAS CONTINUED TO THE PRESENT OVER FIVE MONTHS AGO. I'M ASKING THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL TO FACILITATE THE REMOVAL OF THE FLAG. ACCORDING TO THE PENALTIES CONCERNING CODE VIOLATIONS, THE PENALTY FOR EACH SECTION VIOLATED IS A HUNDRED FOR THE FIRST DAY OF VIOLATION, 200 FOR THE SECOND DAY, AND 500 FOR THE THIRD VIOLATION. I CAN'T IMAGINE THE WILLINGNESS TO PAY SUCH A PENALTY TO KEEP AN OVERSIZED AND OVERDUE POLITICAL BANNER UP OVER THE ALLOTTED TIME AND DIMENSIONS. THE OWNER OF THIS PROPERTY CONTINUES TO REFUSE TO TAKE IT DOWN AS THE POLITICAL SIGNS ARE COLLECTED BY THE CITY. IN THE NEXT COMING WEEK OR SO, COULD YOU PLEASE FACILITATE THE NECESSARY PROCESS TO REMOVE THE POLITICAL SIGN FACING MY HOUSE? THIS MAY ENTAIL THAT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR TO EXPEDITE THE PROCEDURES NECESSARY TO ENTER THE PROPERTY AND TAKE DOWN THE SIGN. DESPITE BEING TOLD TO TAKE DOWN THE BANNER IN LIGHT MULTIPLE TIMES FROM CODE ENFORCEMENT, THE OWNER HAS REFUSED TO COMPLY BECAUSE THIS CASE HAS TAKEN OVER FIVE MONTHS AND THE FLAG IS STILL UP AND ILLUMINATED. I HOPE THE CITY COUNCIL CAN PROCESS WHATEVER MECHANISMS NECESSARY TO ENTER THE PROPERTY AND TAKE DOWN THE FLY FLAG. POLITICAL SIGNS ARE SUPPOSED TO RE BE REMOVED WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF AN ELECTION. HOPEFULLY, THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND THE MAYOR OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CAN CALL ON THEIR RESOURCES TO COMPLETELY ENFORCE THE COURT CODE ORDINANCES REGARDING POLITICAL SIGNS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND ATTENTION IN THIS AGGRAVATING AND HARMFUL SITUATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. SO OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS AARON KEDI. OKAY. MY, UH, [00:05:03] OKAY. I'M, I'M HERE TO INFORM THE COUNCIL THAT I'LL BE REQUESTING THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY REGIONAL PARKS ADVISORY COMMISSION TO OPEN THE GATE BELOW THE DAM, UH, CUCAMONGA CREEK DAM, UH, DURING THEIR NOVEMBER 13TH MEETING IN MORONGO VALLEY. THIS, THIS GATE IS ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CHANNEL AND, AND IS IN UPLAND. IT WAS BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION THAT THE SECOND DISTRICT COMMISSIONER PEREZ MAY NOT BE THERE. I WOULD LIKE COUNCILWOMAN STICKLER TO CONTACT THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUPERVISOR, UM, JESSE ARMES, THAT THAT ONE OF HER CONSTITUENTS, ME, AARON KE, IS GOING TO MAKE THE DRIVE AND EXPECT, AND I EXPECT ONE OF HIS REPRESENTATIVES TO BE IN ATTENDANCE. I'VE ATTACHED, UH, A LETTER TO THE LAST PAGE OF MY HANDOUT, UM, OF THE PACKAGE GIVEN TO YOU, WHICH I READ TO AT THE SUPERVISOR'S MEETING ON JAN ON SEPTEMBER 24TH. I'M SURE HE'LL REMEMBER ME ALONG WITH, UH, GIVING HER THE PRESENTATION. I ALSO WISH TO GIVE HER A HANDOUT, UH, GIVEN TO ME BY BOY SCOUT AT , UH, DURING THE LAST, UH, BICYCLE SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING. AND, UH, I GUESS NOW FOR MY PRESENTATION. OKAY. AS YOU WRITE UP, UH, THE CUCAMONGA CREEK TRAIL IN THIS CASE, I'LL BE, UH, YOU KNOW, FROM THE, UH, COLONIES, UH, SHOPPING CENTER, YOU'LL COME ACROSS THE DEMONS CUCAMONGA CREEK REST AREA. IT'S HERE THAT THE, UH, THAT THE CUCAMONGA CREEK MERGES INTO DEMONS CREEK. AND YOU GO UP TOWARD, UH, UH, SAPPHIRE ABANDONED, WHICH IS A SIX WAY FOUR STOP SIGN INTERSECTION. BUT IF YOU CROSS THIS BRIDGE HERE, YOU'LL END UP WHERE THE, UH, CUCAMONGA CREEK TRAIL CHANGES JURISDICTIONS FROM THE CITY TO THE COUNTY. YOU GO UP A HALF MILE UP THIS TRAIL AND YOU'LL COME TO ANOTHER BRIDGE. THIS BRIDGE HERE WILL TAKE YOU TO THE TRAIL HEAD LOCATED ON THE END OF 24TH STREET IN UPLAND. WHAT I'M TRYING TO DO IS TO GET THIS GATE OPEN. THIS IS A LOCKED GATE THAT WOULD TAKE YOU UP TO TURQUOISE AND BEYOND. NOW, IT IS POSSIBLE TO STAY ON THE CUCAMONGA SIDE BY TAKING ONE OF THESE, UH, SINGLE TRACK HIKING TRAILS. PROBLEM IS, IS, YOU KNOW, I'M SIX TO EIGHT YEARS YEARS OLD. I'VE GOT THIS BIG OLD HEAVY ELECTRIC BIKE, AND IF I TAKE THOSE RAS, I'LL END UP HAVING TO WALK PART OF IT. SIR, THANK YOU, SIR. YOUR THREE MINUTES IS UP. I'M SORRY, BUT YOU, WOULD YOU MIND DOING ME A FAVOR? YES. AND WOULD YOU GIVE YOUR, YOUR PRESENTATION TO, IF YOU HAVE AN EXTRA COPY TO OUR CLERK? I'M ALREADY OKAY. DONE. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT MOVES US NOW. AND THANK YOU BOTH FOR COMING TONIGHT. THAT MOVES US TO, ON OUR CON ON WORD TO OUR CONSENT [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.] CALENDAR, FOLLOWING CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, SHOULD ANY COUNCIL MEMBER WISH TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR SUCH DISCUSSION, THEY MAY DO. SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS EVENING'S CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVED. I SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE NO CONSENT ORDINANCES [CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION] NOR ANY ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING [ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)] ITEMS NOR ADVERTISE PUBLIC HEARINGS. [ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT] SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CITY MANAGER STAFF [CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)] REPORTS, AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. GILSON. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE [H1. Quarterly Development Update - Third Quarter 2024. (CITY)] CITY COUNCIL. SO, AS YOU KNOW, WE TRY AND GIVE YOU, UH, A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON DEVELOPMENT AND A QUARTERLY UPDATE ON HOW OUR BUDGET IS DOING TONIGHT. WE'VE GOT THE QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. THIS IS FOR THE THIRD QUARTER, IF YOU WILL, OF OUR CALENDAR YEAR 2024. AND SO I WANNA HAVE ZACH NEIGHBORS, OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY DIRECTOR, AND MATT MARQUEZ, OUR PLANNING AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT. GENTLEMEN, GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL. AS CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, OUR TYPICAL QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. WE'LL START WITH THE PLANNING TEAM NEXT, NEXT SLIDE. PLANNING TEAM IS ALWAYS, UH, VERY BUSY, 49 NEW APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED OVER THE LAST QUARTER, OVER A THOUSAND TOUCH POINTS, UH, WITH FOLKS EITHER AT THE COUNTER OR OVER THE PHONE. AND FIVE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS AS WELL, UH, HELD DURING THE [00:10:01] LAST QUARTER, ONE OF WHICH FEATURED, UM, THIS PROJECT HERE ON THE SCREEN. AND IT IS A PROJECT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED IN AUGUST AT, UH, RED OAK AND SPRUCE. SO THIS PROJECT, ULTIMATELY WHEN BUILT OUT WE'LL HAVE 176, UH, DWELLING UNITS, 7,800 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE, AND A PRETTY, PRETTY NEAT AMENITY PACKAGE, UM, COURTYARD WITH SOME, WITH AN OPEN LAWN AREA, A DOG PARK, OUTDOOR KITCHEN, GROUND LEVEL, PUBLIC OUTDOOR SEATING, UM, OUTDOOR SEATING AREAS WITH BARBECUES ON THE UPPER LEVEL, AND THEN A POOL, SPA, CLUBHOUSE AND FITNESS AREA AS WELL ON THE ROOFTOP. SO A PRETTY COOL, UH, DEVELOPMENT. EXCITED, UH, TO SEE THIS HAPPEN. AND AGAIN, GREAT WORK BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION. SO AUNTIE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, WANTED TO HIGHLIGHT THE HIRING FAIR THAT TOOK PLACE, UH, IN SEPTEMBER OF THIS YEAR. UH, THIS IS THE THIRD VERSION THAT THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, UH, WORKED ON IN, AND IT HAS, UH, GROWN OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS. STARTED OUT IN A PARKING LOT AT CENTRAL PARK, UM, WITH ROUGHLY 50 JOB SEEKERS. AND IT'S GROWN TO THE POINT OF IT NOW BEING HELD INDOORS IN CENTRAL PARK. UH, OVER 250 JOB SEEKERS AND, AND 20, UH, BUSINESSES, UH, PARTICIPATED. UH, ATTENDEES ALSO HAD ACCESS TO A COMPUTER, COMPUTER LABS, SO IF THEY WANTED TO FILL OUT AN APPLICATION ONSITE, THEY COULD DO THAT. THERE WAS ALSO SOME SPACE FOR SOME ONSITE INTERVIEWS TO TAKE PLACE. WE DID HEAR FROM ONE OF THE PARTICIPANTS THAT, UH, THEY HIRED, I BELIEVE IT WAS EIGHT DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM THEIR INTERACTIONS AT THE HIRING FAIR. AND THEN THERE WAS ALSO ONE CITY TEAM MEMBER WHO WAS NOT INVOLVED IN THE HIRING FAIR, BUT THEY SENT TWO MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILY TO THE HIRING FAIR AND THEY ENDED UP GETTING POSITIONS TOO. SO IT'S PRETTY COOL TO HEAR SOME OF THOSE STORIES AND SOME OF THE GREAT WORK THAT GOES INTO IT. AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO EXPAND AND EVOLVE, UH, THIS OVER THE, UH, THE UPCOMING YEARS. ALSO, WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CUSTOMER SERVICE. IF YOU REMEMBER, UH, DURING OUR LAST UPDATE TO YOU, WE PROVIDED YOU WITH SOME INFORMATION ON, UH, CUSTOMER SERVICE, SPECIFICALLY THE SURVEY THAT PEOPLE CAN TAKE WHEN THEY'RE HERE AT CITY HALL. THEY CAN, THEY CAN TAP, UH, A FACE, A HAPPY FACE, UM, THAT EQUALS HOW THEY FEEL ABOUT THE CUSTOMER SERVICE THAT THEY RECEIVED. SO, UM, AGAIN, WE HIT THE 90% MARK AS FAR AS SATISFACTION GOES. SO 90% OF THE FOLKS WHO TOOK THE SURVEY WERE SATISFIED, HAPPY WITH THE SERVICE THAT THEY, THEY RECEIVED. UM, IT'S THE SAME AS LAST QUARTER. FOLKS WERE MOST HAPPY AGAIN ON WEDNESDAYS. NOT QUITE SURE WHY, BUT WE'LL WORK TO FIGURE OUT SOME OF THOSE THINGS. UM, FOLKS WERE LEAST HAPPY, UH, DURING THE 8:00 AM HOUR, UH, WHICH IS DIFFERENT FROM LAST QUARTER, WHERE THEY WERE, UH, THE MOST UNHAPPY LATER IN THE AFTERNOON. UM, LAST QUARTER WE ALSO TALKED ABOUT OUR ASAP APPROACH TO CUSTOMER SERVICE. WE TALKED ABOUT, UH, ACKNOWLEDGING SYMPATHIZING, UM, ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY AND THEN PREPARING TO HELP. SO, UH, WANTED TO SHARE WITH YOU THAT WE THINK THOSE EFFORTS ARE PAYING OFF. AND, UH, WANTED TO SHARE JUST A COUPLE QUICK EMAILS WITH YOU REGARDING CUSTOMER SERVICE SPECIFICALLY, UH, FOR THE PLANNING TEAM. SO ONE IS FROM SOMEONE WHO HAS DONE QUITE A BIT OF WORK HERE IN THE CITY OVER THE YEARS, AND THIS PERSON HAS DEALT WITH SOME MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING TEAM THAT HAVE ALSO BEEN HERE FOR YEARS AND THEN ALSO HAD SOME RECENT EXPERIENCE WITH, WITH NEW NEWER PLANNERS. SO, UH, A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT THEY SAID, ONE OF WHICH WAS ABOUT, AGAIN, UH, ONE OF THE PLANNERS THAT'S BEEN HERE FOR SOME TIME. UH, THIS PERSON SAID THAT THAT PARTICULAR, UH, PLANNER HAS BEEN GREAT TO WORK WITH, UH, OVER THE YEARS. THEY RECENTLY HAD INTERACTIONS, AS I MENTIONED, WITH SOME OF THE, THE NEWER PLANNERS. AND THOSE INTERACTIONS HAVE BEEN VERY REWARDING. THESE PLANNERS ARE GREAT TO WORK WITH, AND THEY JUST WANTED TO PASS THAT ALONG, UH, TO THE CITY AND TO MANAGEMENT. ONE MORE ABOUT ONE OF THE, THE NEWEST PLANNERS. UH, THIS PERSON HELPED OUT AN APPLICANT WITH A TEMPORARY USE PERMIT, AND THEY SIMPLY WANTED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE GOOD WORK OF THAT PLANNER AND LET LET US KNOW THAT THAT PERSON WAS QUOTE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING AT HELPING ME AND SIMPLIFYING THE PROCESS. SO THEY WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE KNEW ABOUT THAT. SO WE WANTED TO SHARE THAT WITH YOU TOO, AND LET YOU KNOW THAT THE WORK THAT WE'RE DOING IN CUSTOMER SERVICE, UH, IS PAYING OFF. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, AND GOOD EVENING, MS. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. UH, QUARTER THREE, ONCE AGAIN WAS ANOTHER BUSY QUARTER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THE BUILDING SAFETY TEAM. I CAN TELL YOU THAT TEXTING AND PHONE CALLS WERE UP AGAIN THIS QUARTER. SO, UH, THREE, UH, 3,812 PHONE CALLS AND A LITTLE OVER 2000 TEXTS. UH, BUILDING PERMITS WERE UP AGAIN THIS QUARTER AS WELL. AND THEN IF YOU LOOK AT THE BOTTOM, WE ADDED A NEW DATA POINT. SO, UH, OBVIOUSLY A NEWER ISH TREND IN THE CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY IS ADUS OR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS. AND THE SAME RINGS TRUE FOR OUR CITY AS WELL. SO IN QUARTER THREE ALONE, WE FINALIZED 19 [00:15:01] NEW, UH, ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, AND OBVIOUSLY MORE TO COME IN THE NEXT QUARTER. UH, TURNING OUR ATTENTION TO BUILDING ACTIVITY, THE SANCTITY HOTEL CONTINUES TO MAKE PROGRESS. IT'S THE, UH, 68 UNIT BOUTIQUE HOTEL, WHICH IS ALSO GONNA HAVE A RESTAURANT AND A ROOFTOP BAR LOCATED ON BASELINE JUST WEST OF DAY CREEK. AS YOU CAN SEE BY THE PHOTOS, THEY'RE MAKING SOME PROGRESS. UH, SHOULD DROW, WHICH IS ONE OF THE BRIDGE BRIDGEPOINT BUILDINGS AT 1 2 4 3 4 STREET, IT'S ACTUALLY A 1.4 MILLION SQUARE FOOT SHELL. THAT ROI, WHO'S THE OWNER OF SMART AND FINAL GROCERS, IS GONNA BE UTILIZING THIS SPACE AS THEIR MAIN DISTRIBUTION HUB. AND IT'S GONNA SERVE ALL THE SMART AND FINALS FOR THREE STATES, UH, ARIZONA AND NEVADA AND CALIFORNIA. SO THAT'S JUST A LITTLE GLIMPSE INTO IT. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, 1.4 MILLION SQUARE FEET IS HUGE. UM, THEY'RE JUST FINISHING UP THEIR, OR I'M SORRY, THEY'RE STARTING THEIR LAST, UH, PHASE OF THE PROJECT, WHICH IS THEIR ZERO DEGREE COOLER, AND THEN THEY'LL BE FULLY OPERATIONAL, UH, IN TERMS OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING. THE RICHLAND PROJECT IS COMPLETING THEIR FOUND, UH, I'M SORRY, THEIR GRADING FOR THEIR STREETS AND FOUNDATION PADS FOR UP TO 350 SINGLE FAMILY DWELLINGS. THAT'S THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY'VE REALLY TRANSFORMED THAT THERE'S A LOT OF DIRT BEING MOVED IN THAT AREA. UH, THE SYCAMORE HEIGHTS PROJECT, UH, LOCATED BEHIND THE SYCAMORE INN IS GONNA BE A HUNDRED CONDOMINIUM UNITS. THEY'RE NEARING COMPLETION OF THEIR GRADING, FULLY TRANSFORMED THAT HILL. UH, THAT'S A REALLY NICE DRONE SHOT THAT HOPEFULLY KIND OF CAPTURES THE ENORMITY OF HOW MUCH EARTH WAS MOVED TO FLATTEN OUT THAT HILLSIDE. AND THEN, UH, ALTA COVE, WHICH IS THE 260 RESIDENTIAL UNIT, UM, ON EAST AND FOOTHILL IS NEARING COMPLETION. I THINK LAST QUARTER I SHOWED YOU THAT PICTURE OF THE SUNKEN POOL INSIDE THE PARKING DECK. AND AS YOU CAN SEE, THEY ARE STARTING TO FINISH THAT COURTYARD AREA, WHICH THE POOL IS LOCATED IN. AND THEN LASTLY, ONCE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS ARE COMPLETED, UH, HAVE COMPLETED ALL THEIR INSPECTIONS, THEY'RE GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND CONDUCT BUSINESS. AND IN QUARTER THREE, THERE WERE SEVERAL, AND I JUST WANT TO NAME A FEW HERE. SO FIVE STAR FOODS AND, UH, MANUFACTURING DISTRIBUTION AT 1 0 2 3 4 FOURTH STREET. THAT WAS A BRAND NEW BU, UH, TILT-UP BUILDING THAT THEY BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR THIS USE. AND THEY JUST COMPLETED THEIR TI MUCH LIKE SHARA, UH, FOOD DISTRIBUTION AND MASSIVE, MASSIVE, UH, FREEZER COMPONENTS. UM, ROLL 'EM UP, TAQUITOS, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IT'S KINDA MY PERSONAL FAVORITE. I LOVE TAQUITOS, WHICH IS WHY I PUT IT IN THERE. UH, OVER THERE AT 72 20 DAY CREEK, I WAS PROBABLY HUNGRY. IT WAS PROBABLY LUNCHTIME WHEN I PUT THAT IN THERE. BUT, AND THEN ALSO, UH, A NEW STARBUCKS ON THE CORNER OF VINEYARD AND FOOTHILL, UH, THAT, SO, UH, WEST CORNER, SO 88, 65 FOOTHILL IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS. SO KIND OF A FOOD AND DRINK THEME HERE. BUT, UH, THOSE ARE A COUPLE, UH, OF NEW, UH, ESTABLISHMENTS THAT HAVE OPENED UP HERE IN THE CITY IN THE LAST QUARTER. AND WITH THAT, THAT ENDS OUR PRESENTATION. WE'D LOVE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE REPORT. ONCE AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR EACH QUARTER COMING BEFORE THE COMMUNITY AND SHARING WHAT WHAT KIND OF WONDERFUL ACTIVITIES ARE GOING ON. SO MUCH APPRECIATED. THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO, UM, COUNCIL BUSINESS. [COUNCIL BUSINESS] ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING? I HAVE A COUPLE. MR. MAYOR, JUST LIKE [I1. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)  ] TO THANK, UH, EVERY CANDIDATE THAT RAN FOR OFFICE, UH, IN 2024. IT'S A DIFFICULT THING TO DO TO JUMP OUT THERE, AND IT'S A TREMENDOUS SACRIFICE. AND WHETHER YOU WERE SUCCESSFUL, UH, YESTERDAY OR YOU WERE NOT, UM, CONGRATULATIONS ON THE EFFORT. AND IT'S A REALLY CRITICAL, UM, PART OF OUR CIVILIZATION AND OUR SOCIETY THAT WE HAVE ENGAGEMENT IN, UH, THE PUBLIC PROCESS. SO THANK YOU ALL FOR DOING THAT. ALSO SPECIAL, UH, CONGRATULATIONS TO TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES UP HERE, LYNN KENNEDY AND ASHLEY STICKLER FOR YOUR TREMENDOUS EFFORTS IN WINNING YOUR REELECTION. VERY GOOD. ANYONE ELSE? THANK YOU. OKAY. UM, I THINK ALL FOUR OF US, OR ALL THREE OF US UP HERE ON THIS SIDE OF THE DAIS FEEL THE SAME WAY ABOUT HAVING OUR TWO PEOPLE TO MY RIGHT, UH, REELECTED BOTH LYNN KENNEDY AND, AND ASHLEY STICKLER. IT'S AN JUST A TESTAMENT TO THE COMMUNITY'S CONFIDENCE IN THE LEADERSHIP ON THIS CITY COUNCIL. SO CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU. INTERAGENCY [I2. INTER­AGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)  ] UPDATES. ANYBODY HAVE ANY INTERAGENCY UPDATES, ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS? [CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS] NO REPORTS TONIGHT. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. [00:20:01] ANY IDENTIFICATION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, [IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING] WHICH WILL BY THE WAY, WILL BE TWO WEEKS FROM THIS EVENING ON THE 20TH OF NOVEMBER. ANY, UM, ITEMS? HEARING NONE, UH, I NOTICED THERE MAY BE SOME STUDENTS IN THE AUDIENCE, SO IF YOU NEED SOME SIGNATURES THAT YOU'RE TO, TO PROVE THAT YOU'RE IN ATTENDANCE THIS EVENING, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO THAT FOR YOU. UM, YOU, YOU PICKED A GOOD NIGHT BECAUSE IT'S ONE OF OUR SHORTER MEETINGS, , SO, SO YOU'RE GONNA BE OUTTA HERE AT AN EARLY HOUR AND YOU CAN GET BACK TO DOING YOUR HOMEWORK. SO LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THANK [ADJOURNMENT] YOU SO MUCH. * 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.