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PROTECTION DISTRICT MEETINGS THIS EVENING ON DECEMBER 18TH, OUR LAST CITY COUNCIL GATHERING BEFORE THE[REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS]
END OF THE YEAR.SO, UM, WE WELCOME YOU ALL HERE.
WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE THIS EVENING.
WE GOT A VERY EXCITING MOMENT COMING UP ABOUT A SWEARING IN, BUT I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR MAYOR PRO TIM LYNN KENNEDY TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF OUR FLAG.
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 THE LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? WE HAVE NO AMENDMENTS TO AGENDA.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS, UH, CONTAINED
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: Mayor Michael Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler]
ON ITEM B ONE, AND THAT IS THE ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION CERTIFYING THE[AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]
NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 MUNICIPAL ELECTION RESULTS.THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATH OF OFFICE
[NOVEMBER 5, 2024 ELECTION RESULTS AND OATH OF OFFICE ]
AND THE PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF ELECTION AND REMARKS BY OUR NEWLY ELECTED AND REELECTED OFFICIALS.AND THAT'S ALL STATED IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 2 2 24 107.
I'LL TURN NOW OVER TO MR. SISON, OUR CITY MANAGER.
UM, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF
[B1. Adoption of Resolution Certifying November 5, 2024, Municipal Election Results; Administration of Oath of Office and Presentation of Certificate of Election and Remarks from Newly Elected Officials. (RESOLUTION NO. 2024-107) (CITY)]
THE CITY COUNCIL.SO I'M ACTUALLY GONNA ASK OUR DEPUTY, UH, DIRECTOR OF CITY CLERK SERVICES, UM, UH, PATRICIA BRAVO VALDEZ TO RECITE THE ELECTION RESULTS AND GIVE YOU GUYS A BRIEF REPORT ON ITEM B ONE.
AND THEN IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, UM, EITHER PATTY OR I WILL BE GLAD TO ANSWER THEM.
THANK YOU, CITY MANAGER, MR. GILSON.
I'M MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024.
A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WAS CONDUCTED IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR THE POSITIONS OF MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FOUR, PURSUANT TO THE CALIFORNIA ELECTIONS CODE.
THE FOLLOWING ARE THE RESULTS OF THE CANVAS OF THE ELECTION.
OUT OF 109,218 REGISTERED VOTERS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, 79,801 BALLOTS WERE CAST.
THE NAMES OF PERSONS VOTED AT THE ELECTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT ONE ARE AS FOLLOWS, ERIC JIMENEZ, 6,755 VOTES, LUIS SATINA 5,669 VOTES, ASHLEY STICKLER 8,631 VOTES.
THE NAMES OF PERSONS VOTED AT THE ELECTION FOR COUNCIL MEMBER DISTRICT FOUR, AS ARE AS FOLLOWS, STEPHEN A LACEY 4,700 VOTES LYNN B KENNEDY 13,078 VOTES.
THE CITY ALSO CONDUCTED AN ELECTION FOR THE POSITION OF CITY CLERK AND CITY TREASURER.
THE PERSON VOTED AT THE ELECTION FOR CITY CLERK WAS KIM VY WITH 4 40 50 2,435 VOTES.
THE PERSON VOTED AT THE ELECTION FOR CITY TREASURER WAS JIM HARRINGTON WITH 52,374.
VOTES THAT THE VOTES FOR MEASURE Q CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX MEASURE WERE IN FAVOR VOTING.
YES, 41,741 VOTES, VOTING NO OPPOSED 30,538 VOTES.
THE CERTIFIED RESULTS DECLARE THAT ASHLEY STICKLER WAS ELECTED AS MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT ONE FOR THE FULL TERM OF FOUR YEARS.
LIN B KENNEDY WAS ELECTED AS MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL, DISTRICT FOUR FOR THE FULL TERM OF FOUR YEARS.
KIM SEVY WAS ELECTED AS CITY CLERK FOR THE FULL TERM OF FOUR YEARS.
JIM HARRINGTON WAS ELECTED CITY TREASURER FOR THE FULL TERM OF FOUR YEARS AS WELL, AND THAT AS A RESULT OF THE ELECTION, A MAJORITY OF THE VOTERS VOTING ON MEASURE Q DID VOTE IN FAVOR OF IT AND THE MEASURE WAS CARRIED AND SHALL DE BE DEEMED ADOPTED AND RATIFIED TONIGHT.
AT THIS TIME, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH 1 0 7 CERTIFYING THE NOVEMBER 5TH, 2024 ELECTION RESULTS.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
OKAY, SEEING NONE, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024 DASH 1 0 7.
MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.
AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO THE OATH OF OFFICE AND THAT IS THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE OATHS FOR OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS AS WELL AS OUR, THE REELECTED OFFICIALS.
TONIGHT, I HAVE HONESTLY THE DISTINCT HONOR AND AND PRIVILEGE TO BE ADMINISTRATING THE OATH OF OFFICE FOR OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS.
SO THE FIRST PERSON I WOULD LIKE TO CALL UPON IS, UM, COUNCIL MEMBER ASHLEY STICKLER WHO WON HER ELECTION IN THE CITY'S DISTRICT, NUMBER ONE.
ASHLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME TO THE
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MICROPHONE? I WANT, I'M GONNA USE OKAY, DO YOU I'M ON THE WRONG MICROPHONE.UM, LYNN CHRISTINA, WOULD YOU MIND? NO, NO.
GO OVER AND GO OVER THERE WITH HER.
DO YOU ASHLEY STICKLER SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT YOU WILL BEAR TWO FAITH IN ALLEGIANCE AGENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THAT YOU TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT PURPOSE OF, WITHOUT ANY MINERAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT YOU WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER.
LET'S GIVE ASHLEY A BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
THIS IS A CERTIFICATE OF THE AFFIRMATION OF, OF, OF, OF YOUR OATH OF OFFICE THAT WE JUST DID.
AND THIS IS THE STATEMENT FROM, UM, THE ELECTION RESULTS CERTIFYING THAT YOU ARE NOW A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL FOR DISTRICT NUMBER ONE.
NOW YOU MAY GO TO THE MICROPHONE AND SAY A FEW WORDS.
I JUST WANTED TO THANK, UM, FIRST OFF EVERYONE
AND, UM, IT IS TRULY AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS INCREDIBLE CITY, UM, ALONGSIDE OF MY AMAZING COLLEAGUES AND OUR PHENOMENAL STAFF HERE IN RANCHO.
AND I'M JUST TRULY GRATEFUL FOR THIS HONOR AND PRIVILEGE, UM, TO GIVE IT A GO FOR ANOTHER FOUR YEARS AND, UM, MAKE GREAT THINGS HAPPEN AND CONTINUE TO HAPPEN IN RANCH CUCAMONGA.
THANK, WHERE'S LEFT? WE'LL JUST DO THE SWEAR IN RIGHT NOW.
STAND OVER SO THEY CAN SEE YOU.
STAND THERE SO THEY CAN SEE YOU
DO YOU LYNN KENNEDY SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT YOU WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THAT YOU TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT YOU WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER.
CONGRATULATIONS, LYNN KENNEDY.
WE HAVE THESE CERTIFICATES JUST LIKE WE JUST GAVE TO ASHLEY ONE'S THE, THE OATH, AND THIS ONE IS THE CERTIFICATION OF YOUR ELECTION TO DISTRICT NUMBER FOUR.
THIS MICROPHONE IS TALLER THAN I AM.
I HAVE TO FEEL MY TIPTOES, BUT I CAN SPEAK LOUDLY.
FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO THANK THE VOTERS OF DISTRICT FOUR FOR THEIR CONFIDENCE AND SUPPORT OF MY LEADERSHIP.
IT REALLY HAS BEEN AN HONOR FOR ME TO SERVE THIS GREAT CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
WE HAVE A FANTASTIC STAFF WHO DOES THE WORK DAY IN AND DAY OUT TO MOVE THIS CITY FORWARD.
AND MY COLLEAGUES EXEMPLIFY WHAT TEAM RC IS ALL ABOUT THROUGH THEIR COLLABORATION AND WE SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, MY HUSBAND OVER THERE,
SO THANK YOU ALL ONCE AGAIN AND THANK YOU MAYOR FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP AS WELL.
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I HAVE MR. KENNEDY IN HERE TOO.YEAH, YOU, YOU NEED TO PIN YOUR WIFE.
I THINK WE'RE GOING TO THE PROM.
LIKE I WANNA DO IT WITHOUT THE MIC.
LET'S GET IN FRONT OF THE MICROPHONE.
AND NOW OUR CITY TREASURER, JIM HARRINGTON AND HIS FAMILY.
JIM, DO YOU JIM HARRINGTON SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU'LL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, THAT YOU WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, AS WELL AS THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
THAT YOU TAKE THESE OBLIGATIONS FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION.
AND YOU ARE WELL AND DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER.
AND THESE ARE THE SAME CERTIFICATES, JUST WITH DIFFERENT NAMES.
ONE FOR THE ELECTION AND ONE FOR THE SWEARING IN.
I'M REALLY PROUD OF OUR CITY AND WHERE IT'S GOING.
UM, AMAZING CITY STAFF THAT MAKES MY JOB EASY, BUT ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, JUST THE CHALLENGES WE HAVE AHEAD FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS.
JIM, I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WOULD LIKE TO SHAKE HER HAND ALSO.
AND JIM OVER HERE FOR THEY'D LIKE TO GET SOME PICTURES.
AND CERTAINLY LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OUR CITY CLERK FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, UM, CHOSE NOT TO RUN AGAIN FOR THIS ELECTION.
SO WE HAVE A BRAND NEW CITY CLERK WHO WAS ELECTED TO OFFICE, AND THAT IS KIM SEVY, OUR NEWLY ELECTED CITY CLERK, AND SHE'S COMING UP WITH HER HUSBAND AND FAMILY.
DO YOU KIM SEVY SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT YOU'LL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AND THAT YOU WILL BEAR TRUE FATE AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE UNITED STATES CONS, CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND THAT YOU TAKE THESE, THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT YOU ARE WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER.
AND I'LL HAND THESE TO YOUR HUSBAND.
WHAT? WE'RE GONNA HOLD ONTO 'EM, BUT THESE ARE, THESE ARE WHAT YOU'RE GONNA TAKE WITH YOU.
'CAUSE YOUR HUSBAND'S ABOUT READY TO PIN YOU.
I'LL GIVE THEM TO THE CHILDREN.
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YOU CAN DO IT.AND I KNOW WHY COLLEAGUES WANNA SHAKE YOUR HAND AND
YOU BRING YOUR SHE TALK FAMILY IN.
OH, YOU'RE GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS.
FIRST, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU TO MY FAMILY AND MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND WHO SUPPORTED ME THROUGH THIS, AND ALSO OUR CITY COUNCIL WHO, UM, ENCOURAGED ME TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UM, I WENT TO CUCAMONGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ALL THE WAY THROUGH CHAFFEE, SO I'M A LONGTIME RESIDENT AND I'M JUST REALLY HAPPY AND EXCITED THAT I GET TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.
THANK VERY SHORT TO COME HERE,
WELL, NOW OUR, OUR MAYOR PRO TIM THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO A PROM, BUT ACTUALLY THE PROM SHE'S GONNA HAVE IS FOLLOWING THE ADJOURNMENT OF TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THERE'LL BE A RECEPTION IN THE FORER OF THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS, UM, TO CONGRATULATE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS.
AND THERE'LL BE SOME PUNCH, I THINK, AND MAYBE SOME CUPCAKES OR SOMETHING OUT THERE TO CELEBRATE THIS, THIS WONDERFUL OCCASION OF OUR NEWLY ELECTED CITY OFFICIALS.
SO WITH THAT, WE WILL MOVE ON.
THERE ARE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS IN PRESENTATIONS OTHER THAN ONE YOU JUST SAW, SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES TO
[ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]
DISCUSS ANY ITEM LISTED OR, UH, NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA.[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.]
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, AND THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE CITY'S BUSINESS MEETING.WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CRYSTAL ZAGA, FOLLOWED BY BOND MENDEZ.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS CHRIS IKA, PRESIDENT OF RANCH CUCAMONGA CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, OR R-C-C-E-A, WHICH WAS FORMED TO ADVOCATE FOR THE WAGES, BENEFITS, AND WORKING CONDITIONS OF THE SUPERVISORY PROFESSIONAL AND GENERAL EMPLOYEES WHO SERVE THE CITY OF RANCH CUCAMONGA.
AS YOU'RE AWARE, RCCA HAS PUT FORWARD A PROPOSAL THAT IS IN LINE WITH CURRENT MARKET STANDARDS.
THIS PROPOSAL INCLUDES 2.5% COST OF LIVING AND AN INCREASE TO THE SALARY BAND.
THIS WILL ENSURE SALARIES ARE WITHIN 5% OF MARKET RANGE AND ALLOW OUR MEMBERS TO LIVE WITH DIGNITY AND SECURITY AMID RISING ECONOMIC CHALLENGES.
WE'VE ALSO INTRODUCED A MEDICAL BENEFITS PACKAGE THAT, WHILE DIFFERENT FROM PAST AGREEMENTS, IS DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE RISING OUT-OF-POCKET COSTS MANY OF OUR MEMBERS FACE.
CURRENTLY, OVER HALF OF OUR GROUP LEAVE MORE THAN 500 A MONTH IN BENEFITS UNUSED, WHILE OTHERS ARE PAYING EVEN MORE THAN THAT IN PREMIUMS. OUR PROPOSAL AIMS TO ALIGN BENEFITS WITH THE ACTUAL NEEDS OF OUR MEMBERSHIP, ENSURING THEY CAN ACCESS NECESSARY CARE WITHOUT COMPROMISING FINANCIAL SECURITY MAKING BENEFITS TRULY BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYONE.
FINALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE PERSONNEL RULES, WHICH HAVE BEEN A KEY COMPONENT OF OUR CCE A'S PROPOSAL FROM THE ONSET OF THIS NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
I WANNA STRESS THAT THESE PROPOSALS ARE REASONABLE AND CONSISTENT WITH PRACTICES AT COMPARABLE AGENCIES.
WHILE THE CITY HAS INDICATED THAT THESE ITEMS ARE NON-NEGOTIABLE AND THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL, OUR MEMBERSHIP PLACES SIGNIFICANT VALUE VALUE ON THESE CHANGES.
AS A RESULT, OUR MEMBERS MADE THE DIFFICULT DECISION TO DECLARE IMPASSE, SEEKING YOUR THOUGHTFUL CONSIDERATION OF THESE IMPORTANT ISSUES, WHETHER VIEWED AS A CONCERN ABOUT TRUST IN LEADERSHIP OR A PROACTIVE MEASURE TO SAFEGUARD THEIR FUTURE.
OUR MEMBERS HAVE EXPRESSED DEEP CONCERN BASED ON
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PAST EXPERIENCES WHERE COLLEAGUES FACED DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS WITHOUT THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A FAIR DEFENSE.AND IN LIGHT OF THIS, WE ARE REQUESTING THAT EMPLOYEES BE AFFORDED THE RIGHT TO A TRANSPARENT AND EQUITABLE PROCESS FOR APPEALING DISCIPLINARY DECISIONS.
THIS PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ALSO AIM TO ADDRESS THE LONG-TERM CONSEQUENCES OF PAST DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS, ENSURING THAT ERRORS ARE NOT HELD AGAINST EMPLOYEES INDEFINITELY.
ADDITIONALLY, WE SEEK TO ESTABLISH SAFEGUARDS THAT PREVENT LAYOFFS FROM BEING USED AS A DEPARTMENT RESTRUCTURING TOOL RATHER THAN A CITYWIDE COST SAVINGS MEASURE.
WE UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC SERVICE REQUIRES SACRIFICE, AND WE TAKE THAT RESPONSIBILITY SERIOUSLY.
WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THE CITY'S COUNCIL DUTY TO BE GOOD STEWARDS OF PUBLIC FUNDS AND BELIEVE OUR MEMBERS ARE A VALUABLE INVEST.
IT IS ABOUT R C'S PROPOSAL IS NOT JUST ABOUT COMP COMPENSATION, IT'S ABOUT RECOGNIZING THE VALUE OF THE DEDICATED PROFESSIONALS WHO PROVIDE ESSENTIAL SERVICES TO YOUR RESIDENTS.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
BOND MENDEZ, FOLLOWED BY MARY LAPLANT.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, CITY STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I'M AN ASSOCIATE PLANNER AND I SERVE AS A NEGOTIATION CHAIR FOR THE RANCH CUCAMONGA CITY EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION, OR R-C-C-E-A.
UH, TONIGHT I'M HERE STANDING BEFORE YOU AGAIN WITH THE UNITED GROUP OF R-C-C-E-A STAFF REPRESENTING APPROXIMATELY HALF OF THE CITY'S WORKFORCE, UH, SINCE THE LAST TIME WE SPOKE IN FRONT OF YOU.
LABOR NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE CITY HAVE CONCLUDED, AND OUR CCEA HAS PROVIDED A PROPOSAL.
UH, THIS PROPOSAL REMAINS IN SPIRIT WITH ONE OF THE CITY COUNCIL'S CORE VALUES, WHICH AGAIN IS RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF IMPROVEMENT.
WE HAVE PROPOSED CHANGES THAT IMPROVE NOT ONLY MONETARY ITEMS, SUCH AS COST OF LIVING AND MEDICAL COVERAGE, BUT TO IMPROVE HOW STAFF IS TREATED, ESPECIALLY CONCERNING THE PROCESS AROUND DISCIPLINARY ACTION AND PERSONNEL RULES.
YOUR STAFF KNOWS THAT BOTH MONETARY AND NON-MONETARY IMPROVEMENTS MAKE THE DAILY TASKS AND OPERATIONS OF OUR JOBS WORTH BEING HERE.
SO WE WANNA KNOW THAT OUR LEADERSHIP SUPPORTS ENCOURAGES AND IS COMMITTED TO ALSO MAKING THESE IMPROVEMENTS.
IT SHOULD BE EXPECTED THAT CITY COUNCIL INTENDS TO STRIVE FOR THESE IMPROVEMENTS AND THAT THEY ARE IN THE BEST INTEREST OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, INCLUDING THE EMPLOYEES WITHIN R-C-C-E-A.
MANY OF THESE EMPLOYEES WERE MENTIONED A FEW HOURS AGO DURING THE EMPLOYEE SERVICE AWARDS.
HOWEVER, IT IS DISHEARTENING TO KNOW THAT A LOT OF THE EFFORT GOES INTO THESE WORDS TO BE SAID IN FRONT OF US, BUT THE VALUE PLACED ON YOUR WORKFORCE DOES NOT MATCH SOME OF THESE WORDS.
THE EMPLOYEES, INCLUDING SOME OF THOSE WHO SERVE 5, 10, 20 PLUS YEARS, ARE UNDERVALUED, WHICH HAS BEEN REFLECTED IN COUNTER PROPOSALS WE'VE RECEIVED, NOT TO MENTION, UH, PREVIOUS AND EXISTING MOUS.
SO I DO WANT TO REITERATE THAT THESE REQUESTS IN OUR PROPOSAL ARE NOT UNREASONABLE, BUT THEY'RE ESSENTIAL.
WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WORK TOGETHER.
WE NEED TO RESTORE HOPE AND TRUST THAT IS LOST WITHIN THE EMPLOYEES.
WE CANNOT CALL OURSELVES A WORLD CLASS COMMUNITY IF WE'RE NOT ALL BEING TREATED AS SUCH.
WE WANT TO KNOW, AGAIN, THAT YOUR, THAT OUR LEADERSHIP ENCOURAGES, SUPPORTS, AND IS COMMITTED TO THESE IMPROVEMENTS, COMMITTED TO YOUR CORE VALUES AND COMMITTED TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL OF YOUR COMMUNITY.
MARY LOU LAPLANT, FOLLOWED BY BRIAN TATE.
GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M A MANAGING LABOR RELATIONS REPRESENTATIVE AND THE CHIEF NEGOTIATOR ON BEHALF OF R-C-C-E-A.
UM, I HAVE BEEN A CHIEF NEGOTIATOR FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEE UNIONS FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
I NEGOTIATE 10 TO 20 CONTRACTS A YEAR, SO THAT THAT TOTALS WELL OVER 450 CONTRACTS.
THE RCEA, UH, TEAM AND I HAVE MET WITH THE CITY FIT FOR 15 SESSIONS, AND WE'VE ALSO CONDUCTED FOUR TO FIVE MEMBERSHIP MEETINGS TO KEEP OUR MEMBERS ALONG WITH US AS WE GO.
WE HAVE BEEN PRESENTED WITH THE CITY'S LAST BEST AND FINAL OFFER.
LAST WEEK, WE TOOK THIS LAST BEST AND FINAL OFFER TO OUR MEMBERSHIP TO VOTE.
AS OF NOON TODAY, THE VOTING CLOSED.
WE HAD AN OVERWHELMING VOTE TO REJECT THE CITY'S PROPOSAL.
AND THAT MOSTLY IS DUE TO THE JOB SECURITY ISSUES THAT YOU'VE HEARD THE OTHER TWO SPEAKERS ON.
UH, FOR SOME REASON, UH, THE CITY HAS REJECTED OUR REQUEST TO HAVE AN APPEAL PROCESS FOR SUSPENSIONS.
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CAN BE SUSPENDED WITHOUT INVESTIGATION, WITHOUT DISCUSSION, AND WITHOUT APPEAL.UH, I'VE EXPLAINED THAT TO THE MANAGEMENT TEAM.
THEY HAVE BEEN UNWILLING TO BUDGE ON THE ISSUE WITH EVEN A SIMPLE MEETING WITH MANAGEMENT TO TELL YOUR SIDE OF THE STORY.
UM, WE, I EVEN SURVEYED THE 12 CITIES THAT THE CITY COMPARES TO.
AND THESE ARE THE CITIES THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS CHOSEN TO BE.
THE CITIES THAT YOU WANT TO BE COMPARED TO ALL 12 OFFER AN APPEAL.
FIVE OF THEM OFFER ARBITRATION.
SO YOU ARE FAR BEHIND THE STANDARD OF WHAT IT TAKES TO SECURE AN EMPLOYEE.
WE HAVE AN EMPLOYEE THAT RESIGNED FROM THE CITY BECAUSE SHE WAS SUSPENDED WITHOUT INVESTIGATION AND WITHOUT APPEAL, AND SHE IS NOW HAPPILY WORKING IN ANOTHER CITY.
THIS IS, LIKE I SAID, NOT ONLY UNCALLED FOR, BUT IT'S JUST NOT, IT DOESN'T TREAT PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT THAT THEY DESERVE FROM BEING A PUBLIC SERVANT.
AND I EMPLOY THAT YOU DO WHAT IS NECESSARY TO ADDRESS YOUR NEGOTIATING TEAM, TO COME BACK TO US WITH A WAY TO END THE IMPASSE AND PROVIDE US AN APPEAL PROCESS THAT PROTECTS OUR WAGES.
YOU WOULD NOT WANT YOUR BOSSES COMING TO YOU TODAY AND SAYING, BY THE WAY, NEXT WEEK, YOU'RE GONNA BE OFF FOR FOUR DAYS AND YOU'RE NOT GONNA GET PAID.
BUT IT'S ALL GOOD, AND YOU HAVE NO APPEAL.
I AM A RESIDENT HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA AS A TAXPAYER, I BELIEVE THE CITY COUNCIL SHOULD TAKE IN CONSIDERATION OF THE RENT ISSUE.
IT'S IN OUR BEST INTEREST NOT TO LOWER THE RENT BELOW ITS AVERAGE, BUT ALSO NOT TO INCREASE IT TO WHERE IT'S IMPOSSIBLE FOR ANYBODY TO GET A PLACE TO STAY.
WHY? I BELIEVE IT WILL BRING OTHER OUTSIDE ELEMENTS AND SOCIOLOGY ELEMENTS TO THIS CITY THAT WOULD MAKE IT EASIER, SUCH AS SCAMS TO RESIDE IN THIS AREA.
I THINK IT SHOULD SET AN EXAMPLE AND SHOW THAT YOU, YOU HAVE TO HAVE THE REQUIREMENTS TO BECOME A RESPECTFUL RESIDENCE HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND NOT MAKE IT TOO EASY FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY CAN JUST, YOU KNOW, GET OVER HERE IN THE CITY OF RANCHO.
I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT IN REGARDS OF OUR BUSINESSES HERE, I THINK IT'S OVERCROWDED THANKS TO OUR CITY OF, UH, NEXT TO OUR CITY OF AL LOMA.
THEY HAD PRETTY MUCH PUT A CAP AND HOW MANY BUSINESSES THAT CAN BE REQUIRED IN THEIR CITY.
THEREFORE, RANCHO CUMUL HAS TO TAKE ALL THE BUSINESSES HERE, AND IT'S MAKING TOO CROWDED HERE.
I THINK IT'S VERY, VERY CROWDED AND IT'S GETTING, IT'S COMING TO WHERE A QUESTION IS, WHERE DO WE STOP BRINGING AND BUILDING TOO MANY BUSINESS HERE WHERE IT'S OVERSATURATED? UM, I ALSO THINK THAT, UM, AND BELIEVE THAT YOU, WE, SINCE WE'RE PRIVATELY CONTRACTING OUR SHERIFFS, WE SHOULD GET MORE GREAT SHERIFFS HERE IN OUR CITY TO PROTECT OUR CITY.
WE ARE THE LAST CITY HERE IN THE IE THAN IT REPRESENTS.
IT MAKES A BIG DEAL OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE REPRESENT.
I THINK WE SHOULD KEEP THIS VALUE AND SHOW ALL OTHER CITIES SURROUNDING CITIES WHAT WE CAN PROVIDE AND WHAT WE CAN LEAD.
AND IF YOU DON'T, I CAN GUARANTEE YOU IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS OR SO, THIS WILL BECOME LIKE OTHER SURROUNDING CITIES, BE A SUBPAR COMMUNITY.
AND I DO NOT WANT US TO BE A SECONDHAND COMMUNITY.
I WANT US TO BE RANCHO CUCAMONGA, A VERY RESPECTABLE CITY.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST, I THINK THAT THERE SHOULD BE, UH, A CAP OR A CHANGE IN RENT BASED ON THE FLUCTUATIONS OF THE ECONOMY AND INTEREST RATES.
AND YOU GUYS CAN PROBABLY TAKE CARE OF THAT AND HOPEFULLY MAKE IT EASIER FOR EVERYBODY TO LIVE ABUNDANTLY HERE IN RANCHO CUCA MARKET.
CO COELIA RIDDEL, FOLLOWED BY ASH GUPTA.
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WAS UNCOMFORTABLE.UM, I DIDN'T REALIZE IT WAS DOWN TO THREE MINUTES NOW.
BACK IN THE DAY, IT WAS TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
UM, I WORKED FOR THE FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, ALSO KNOWN AS FANNIE MAE.
AND I WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THE WESTERN STATES, INCLUDING ALASKA AND HAWAII, AND WANTED US TO COME IN WHERE THEY CAN NEGOTIATE WITH US, WITH THE BUILDERS AND THE MORTGAGE COMPANIES TO SELL.
GIVE US THOSE LOANS AND WE TAKE 'EM TO WALL STREET.
LONG STORY, LONG STORY SHORT, UM, IT WENT O IT WENT OKAY AT FIRST.
ALTHOUGH WHEN I CAME OUT HERE, I SAW SANDY AND GRAPEVINES.
I'M SAYING, WHAT THE HECK ARE THEY SERIOUS? BUT IT WORKED OUT.
UM, WE, WE, THE THE PROBLEM I HAVE IS THAT THERE ARE CHANGES BEING DONE MADE, AND I DON'T THINK PEOPLE RECOGNIZE IT.
UH, WE'VE GOT SECTION EIGHT PEOPLE MOVING IN AND I'VE SEEN THEIR BEHAVIORS IN DIFFERENT AR AREAS.
WE'VE ALSO GOT STREET CORNER MIGRANTS, MOSTLY FROM LA AND POSITION IN FRONT OF ABANDONED HOUSING BUSINESSES AND TAKING, YOU KNOW, COMPLETE REGISTRATION, MIGRATION.
WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THIS IS A GREAT CITY.
AND I STARTED OUT WITH THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA IN THE LATE 1980S WHEN I CAME OUT HERE.
SO WE, WE'VE GOT A HANDLE AND STOP BEING BLIND ABOUT IT.
IT'S SERIOUS AND WE DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.
THEY TOOK, OR AN ORDINANCE WHERE YOU COULD NOT BUILD, BRING IN BUSINESSES OVER 19TH STREET AND IT WORKED FOR THEM.
AND IF YOU WANTED A HOUSE, IT HAD TO BE A QUARTER ACRE HOUSE WITH A PARK, UM, BACKGROUND AS BIG AS A PARK.
IF YOU GO THROUGH RANCH, UM, ALOMA, IT'S BEAUTIFUL.
I LIVED THERE FOR A WHILE AND I SHOULD HAVE STAYED
I LOVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND I DON'T WANNA SEE IT WASTED.
ASH GUPTA, FOLLOWED BY MATT OLDS.
ALL ESTEEM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND ALL MY FELLOW PEOPLE HERE, MY NAME IS ASH GUPTA.
UH, I DON'T HAVE A HIGH PROFILE LIKE OTHER PEOPLE, JUST A COMMON MAN.
A COMMON MAN WHO IS QUITE LAZY AND COMFORTABLE IN HIS SHELL, WHO CHOOSES TO BE PART OF A CITY OF HIS CHOICE OF INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WOULD SUPPORT HIS COMFORT.
I BELIEVE IN ALL THE ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES THAT BASICALLY RUN THIS CITY.
AND THAT'S WHY 20 YEARS AGO I CHOSE TO BE A PART OF THE CITY.
I DON'T WANNA TAKE NAMES OR COMPARE WITH OTHER CITIES, BUT WHEN YOU GO FOR HOUSE HUNTING, YOU KNOW, EVERY CITY HAS A NAME ATTACHED TO IT.
IT COULD BE DUE TO VARIOUS REASONS.
I'M NOT GOING INTO ALL THOSE DETAILS.
MY POINT HERE IS, SIR, WE AS COMMON MEN RELY ON YOU.
PEOPLE LIKE YOU READING THE BACK OF THIS.
AND I WAS FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO SEE THE OLD CEREMONY TODAY.
BUT WHAT I'M WITNESSING FOR THE LAST THREE YEARS, I CANNOT SAY THAT I'M VERY PROUD OF THE CITY TODAY.
I HAVE SPENT ALMOST LIKE 25 YEARS AS OF TODAY IN RANCH OF CUCAMONGA.
I HAVE NOT EVEN BUDGED ANYWHERE.
AND I HAVE BEEN A WITNESS OF EVERY SINGLE PROGRESS THAT HAS BEEN MADE IN THIS CITY.
YOU KNOW, 25 YEARS AGO, MR. MAYOR, THIS WAS A JUNGLE.
AND YOU KNOW, THE CITY HAS TRANSFORMED INTO A TOTALLY DIFFERENT THING.
AND THANKS TO YOU GUYS, IT'S ALL BECAUSE OF YOU, ENFORCEMENT, AGENCIES, POLICE, FIRE MARSHALS, THEIR WORK, THEIR WHOLE ADMINISTRATION AND EVERYTHING.
JUST ONE MISS, IF YOU SUPPORT ANY ANTI-SOCIAL ELEMENT, I AM.
LIKE I SAID, I AM A COMMON MAN.
I DON'T HAVE CONNECTIONS BEYOND OR THAT
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SIDE OF THE BENCH.SO WHAT I BELIEVE IN IT, IF I AM CALLING THE CITY, IF I, IF I'M CALLING THE COPS, THEY WOULD CONSIDER EVERYBODY THE SAME.
I AM HERE, THIS LAZY MAN, THIS COMMON MAN DECIDED TO COME TO THE CITY COUNCIL TODAY TO REQUEST, REQUEST YOU ALL GUYS TO SHARE YOUR ADDRESS WITH ME SO THAT I CAN.
SIR, SIR, YOU'VE REACHED YOUR THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I'M SORRY, JUST ONE LAST THING.
SO CAN I BE BACK THE NEXT TIME? YOU CAN COME BACK NEXT, NEXT MEETING.
OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE JANUARY 15TH, I BELIEVE.
'CAUSE THE FIRST WEDNESDAY IN JANUARY IS NEW YEAR'S DAY, AND I DON'T THINK ANYONE WANTS TO COME HERE FOR A MEETING AND NEITHER DO WE.
SO, UM, WE CANCELED THAT MEETING, BUT WE ARE WILL BE BACK ON J JUNE, JANUARY 15TH.
LES, UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I AM A, UH, SUPERINTENDENT FOR A COMPANY CALLED LARGO.
AND WE ARE HERE TONIGHT, UH, UM, SOME OF MY FELLOW EMPLOYEES TO, UH, SUPPORT THE BRIGHT LINE, HIGH SPEED, UH, PARKING STRUCTURE.
WE ARE SIGNATORY TO THE, UH, CARPENTER'S UNION, THE OPERATOR'S UNION, UH, THE LABOR'S UNION.
AND MANY OF US ARE, UH, LOCAL AND PART OF THESE COMMUNITIES, IF NOT THIS COMMUNITY.
AND SO THIS OPPORTUNITY, UH, WE'VE, UH, AND TALKING AND WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPER, WE'VE BEEN AWARDED THIS PROJECT.
AND SO, UH, A LOT OF THE GENTLEMEN BEHIND ME THIS EVENING, UH, ARE THOSE THAT LIVE RIGHT HERE IN THIS CITY AND ARE HOPEFUL TO BE ABLE TO BE ON THIS PROJECT, UM, TO BUILD INTO THEIR OWN COMMUNITY AND ALSO TO, UH, BE ABLE TO BE HOME AT REASONABLE TIMES WITH OUR CHILDREN AND OUR FAMILIES.
AND SO, UM, WE JUST WANT TO, UH, JUST EXTEND THAT WE ARE HERE TO SUPPORT THAT.
UM, UH, WE KNOW THAT THERE'S OTHER GOOD THINGS THAT COME ABOUT WITH THAT PROJECT.
UM, I HEARD THAT, UH, THE TEMPORARY PARKING THAT WOULD BE PROVIDED TO THE OTHER PROJECTS THAT ARE NEAR THERE, UM, OF WITH THE DEVELOPERS.
UM, AND JUST OVERALL, I'M, UH, RAISED LOCAL HERE.
LAVERNE, UH, DID MY UNION TRAINING IN ONTARIO AND COLTON, UH, OUR COMPANY HAS, UH, A FACILITY WHERE WE DISPATCH OUR CONCRETE, WHERE OUR CONCRETE COMPANY, UH, DISPATCH ALL OF OUR CONCRETE OPERATIONS OUT OF, UH, OUT OF UPLAND AND OUR YARD, PRIMARILY OUT OF COLTON.
SO, UH, THIS IS LOCAL FOR US, YOU KNOW, AND, AND WE WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE TO BE ABLE TO COME INTO THIS COMMUNITY AND BUILD UP THIS COMMUNITY FOR THE FUTURE OF THAT INFRASTRUCTURE AND WHAT THAT'S GONNA DO, UH, WITHIN THIS, YOU KNOW, AND JUST ALSO TOO, WHAT IT BRINGS, UH, WHAT WE BRING TO THE TABLE AS UNION CARPENTERS, AS UNION OPERATORS, YOU KNOW, THE PROPER TRAINING, UH, OUR CARE TO, UH, THE STATE AND THE CITY ORDINANCES, UM, YOU KNOW, OUR COMPANIES AND, AND, UH, WHAT THEY'RE HELD TO PAYING TAXES, UH, DOING THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.
UH, YOU KNOW, I WENT TO SCHOOL IN BONITA HIGH SCHOOL, LOCAL LAVERNE, AND UH, SO THESE HAVE BEEN MY COMMUNITIES SINCE I WAS YOUNG, UM, AND WAS ABLE TO BE TRAINED AND EQUIPPED.
AND NOW 22 YEARS LATER, I'M SUPERINTENDENT FOR A COMPANY, UM, THAT HAS THE OPPORTUNITY TO, TO BUILD HERE.
SO, UH, JUST WANTED TO EXTEND THAT TO YOU GUYS AND, UH, UH, LET YOU KNOW THAT WE'RE HERE AND WE SUPPORT THAT, THAT, UH, THAT STRUCTURE.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PERIOD FOR THIS EVENING.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDARS.
AND THEY ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL AND WE'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION.
UNLESS ANY COUNCIL MEMBER CARES TO REMOVE SUCH I AN ITEM OR ITEMS FOR DISCUSSION, MR. MAYOR
[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.]
NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM[CONSENT CALENDAR]
E THREE DUE TO A POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER.SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR WITH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT'S ABSTENTION ON ITEM E THREE? SO MOVE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM E THREE.
WE NOW HAVE A CONSENT ORDINANCE THIS EVENING.
IT'S A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF THIS ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 3 5.
WE HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING, UH, TWO WEEKS AGO ON DECEMBER 4TH AT OUR COUNCIL
[CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION]
MEETING, AND THAT WAS A OPEN PUBLIC HEARING.[00:40:01]
THE FIRST READING OF THAT UNANIMOUSLY.SO IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, WE WILL CONSIDER ITEM EF ONE, WHICH IS A SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE 10 35.
SO I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING AND ADOPT READ ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 35 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY.
[F1. Consideration of Second Reading and Adoption of the Following: ORDINANCE NO. 1035 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT TO AMEND SECTION 17.62.040 OF CHAPTER 17.62 OF ARTICLE IV OF TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, CONCERNING THE DISCONTINUANCE OF NONCONFORMING USES, AND FINDING AN EXEMPTION FROM CEQA UNDER SECTION 15061(B)(3) OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES (CITY)]
ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 3 5.AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT TO AMEND SECTION 17.6 2.040 OF CHAPTER 17.62 OF ARTICLE FOUR OF TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE DISCONTINUANCE OF NON-CONFORMING USES AND FINDING AN EXEMPTION FROM CA UNDER SECTION 1 5 0 6 1 B THREE OF A CA GUIDELINES.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY VERY WELL.
ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS. THIS ITEM, UH, ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, I READ A STATEMENT, THE PUBLIC HEARING THAT IS ON THE CONSENT ON THE, ON THE COUNCIL'S
[ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)]
AGENDA HAS BEEN CANCELED.THIS ITEM WILL NOT BE HEARD AT THIS TIME AND WILL BE RENO AS A NEW PUBLIC HEARING IN EARLY 2025.
INTERESTED PARTIES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF SUCH CANCELLATION.
[ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT]
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO[H1. Public Hearing for Consideration of Resolution No. 2024-104, a Resolution of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, Establishing the Rates for the Impact Fees Associated with Fire Protection, Park, Community and Recreation Center, Library, Animal Center, Police, and Transportation Facilities; Adopting the Impact Fee Nexus Studies In Support of the Foregoing Impact Fees, Including Adopting Capital Improvement Programs as part of the Nexus Studies, and Making a Determination of Exemption Under CEQA; and Consideration of First Reading of Ordinance No. 1034, to be Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading, Adding Chapter 3.80 to the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code, Establishing a Development Impact Fee for Fire Impacts of Residential and Business Development, and Making a Determination of Exemption under CEQA. (RESOLUTION NO. 2024-104) (ORDINANCE NO. 1034) (CITY/FIRE) Staff Recommendation is to Cancel the Current Public Hearing and to Re -Notice a New Hearing in Early 2025.]
COUNCIL BUSINESS SINCE THERE ARE NO CITY MANAGER STAFF STAFF REPORTS, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS AND THAT FIRST ITEM OF BUSINESS IS CONSIDERATION AND DISCUSSION OF SELECTION OF OUR MAYOR PRO TEM.AND THAT'S, UM, A VERBAL REPORT AND THAT CONDUCT A CONSIDERATION
[CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)]
THAT WOULD GO BACK TO MY COLLEAGUES[COUNCIL BUSINESS]
ON WHO WOULD LIKE TO[J1. Consideration and Discussion of Selection of Mayor Pro Tem. (CITY) (VERBAL REPORT)]
BE CONSIDERED FOR THE POSITION OF MAYOR PRO TEM.MAYOR, IF MY COLLEAGUES AND YOU WOULD LIKE, I WOULD BE HONORED TO CONTINUE AS THE MAYOR PRO TEM.
OKAY, ANY OTHER INTEREST? I WAS ALSO GONNA SUGGEST TO NOMINATE, UH, MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY TO CONTINUE SERVING AS MAYOR PRO TEM.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS REVIEW OF APPOINTMENTS TO THE CITY COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES, AS WELL AS APPOINTMENTS TO LOCAL AND REGIONAL BOARDS AND AFFILIATIONS.
UM, SO WE HAVE IN OUR AGENDA PACKET THE VARIOUS
[J2. Review of Appointments to City Council Subcommittees and Appointments to Local and Regional Agency Boards and Affiliations. (CITY)]
SU COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEES.SO LET'S JUST START WITH THE FIRST SUBCOMMITTEE IS COMMUNITY SERVICES SUBCOMMITTEE AND THE MEMBERS OUR COUNCILWOMAN, CHRISTINE SCOTT AND COUNCILWOMAN ASHLEY STICKLER.
ANY NEED TO CHANGE THAT? SEEING NONE.
WE WILL MOVE ON TO COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT HISTORIC PRESERVATION, WHICH IS MAYOR DENNIS MICHAEL AND MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY.
ANYONE INTERESTED IN THAT OTHER THAN WHAT'S STATED ON THE, OKAY.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO LIBRARY SUBCOMMITTEE AND THAT IS, UM, COUNCILWOMAN CHRISTINE SCOTT AND MAYOR PRO TIMM LYNN KENNEDY.
AND IF ANYONE WANTS TO SPEAK UP, THAT'S THE TIME TO DO IT.
OTHERWISE WE'RE GONNA MOVE RIGHT THROUGH THESE.
UM, PUBLIC WORK SUBCOMMITTEE IS COUNCILMAN RYAN HUTCHINSON AND MAYOR PRO TIMM LYNN KENNEDY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND MARKETING SUBCOMMITTEE IS MAYOR PRO TIM LYNN KENNEDY AND COUNCILMAN RYAN HUTCHINSON, TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATIONS CUT SUBCOMMITTEE LYNN KENNEDY AND ASHLEY STICKLER AND COMMUNITY ART PARKS AND LANDSCAPE CITIZENS OVERSIGHT.
AS COUNCILMAN SCOTT AND COUNCILWOMAN ASHLEY STICKLER APPOINTMENTS TO REGIONAL AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS AND REGIONAL AGENCIES.
OUR FIRST IS A CITY SELECT COMMITTEE AND THE COUNTY RULES ON THAT IS THAT THE MAYORS FROM EACH CITY SERVE.
SO I WILL CONTINUE SERVING IN THAT AS THE REQUIRED DELEGATE.
CONFIRE BOARD OF DIRECTORS MAYOR PRO, TIM LYNN KENNEDY IS THE DELEGATE AND THE ALTERNATE IS COUNCILWOMAN.
THE DELEGATE IS COUNCILWOMAN CHRISTINE SCOTT AND ALTERNATE IS COUNCILWOMAN ASHLEY STICKLER.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
CURRENTLY IT'S THE DELEGATE IS CHRISTINE SCOTT AND THE ALTERNATE IS RYAN COUNCILWOMAN.
MR. MAYOR, I WOULD LIKE TO STEP INTO THAT POSITION.
SO YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE THE DELEGATE TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE? YES, PLEASE.
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IF THERE'S ANY, DO A MOTION FOR ALL OF THESE TOGETHER.UH, SO, UH, WE WILL MODIFY THAT TO ASHLEY'S COUNCILWOMAN.
ASHLEY STICKLER IS A DELEGATE TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY AND THE COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS.
UH, I'M THE DELEGATE AND OUR MAYOR PRO TIM IS THE, IT IS THE ALTERNATE.
UM, WE'VE GOT SOME VERY EXCITING THINGS COMING UP WITH WHAT WAS SPOKEN ABOUT EARLIER, THE BRIGHT LINE WEST AND THE GROUNDBREAKING OF THAT LATER ON THIS YEAR.
AND UM, SO IF THERE'S ANYONE ELSE, OKAY, THEN WE WILL MOVE ON TO SOLID WASTE TASK FORCE DELEGATE IS COUNCILMAN RYAN HUTCHINSON AND ALTERNATE IS A STAFF LINDA CAB BELS.
AND THE MOLO FOUNDATION IS A ASHLEY STICKLER AND OUR CITY MANAGER, JOHN GILLISON, IS THE ALTERNATE CUCAMONGA VALLEY WATER DISTRICT CONSERVATION REGULATIONS COALITION.
THAT IS COUNCILWOMAN ASHLEY STICKLER IS THE BOARD MEMBER AND THE WEST VALLEY MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT.
MY UNDERSTANDING IS CURRENTLY THE TRUSTEE IS OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA COX, BUT THEY NOW WANT AN ELECTED OFFICIAL TO SERVE IN THAT CAPACITY.
SO THAT WOULD BE, ANYONE HAVE A DYING INTEREST, MR. MAYOR? I WOULD LIKE TO BE THE DELEGATE FOR THAT AS WELL.
SO IF THERE'S NO OPPOSITION, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL THESE APPOINTMENTS WE JUST READ OFF? SO MOVED SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS? AND CONGRATULATIONS EVERYBODY.
WE PRETTY MUCH STAYED THE SAME
[J3. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.) ]
HOLIDAYS AND CONGRATULATIONS.THANK YOU ITEMS, IDENTIFICATION
[J4. INTERAGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.) ]
ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING.[CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS]
I STATED EARLIER, GONNA BE HELD ON JANUARY 15TH OF 2 20 25.BUT TO INFORM THE COMMUNITY OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA,
[IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING]
OR AS A REMINDER, THOSE THAT MAY ALREADY KNOW CITY HALL WILL BE CLOSED AT MOST CITY FACILITIES FROM DECEMBER 23RD, 2024 THROUGH JANUARY 5TH, 2025.CITY HALL WILL OPEN AGAIN ON MONDAY, JANUARY 6TH, 2025.
SPECIFIC CLOSURE DATES FOR ALL CITY FACILITIES CAN BE FOUND BY VISITING THE CITY'S WEBSITE.
IN THE MEANTIME, MANY SERVICES ARE REMAIN AVAILABLE VIA THE CITY'S WEBSITE@WWW.CITY OF RC US.
MR. MAYOR, BEFORE YOU GUYS CLOSE, I I'M SURE YOU MEANT, UM, AND, AND THE COUNCIL CONSENTED, UH, TO AGREE THAT THERE WERE NO CHANGES IN THE ENHANCED INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING DISTRICT, PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MEMBERS.
NO, YOU, I'M SURE YOU MEANT TO SAY IT.
SO I JUST FOR THE RECORD, FOR THE RECORD, THERE WERE NO CHANGES THAT WERE NECESSARY FOR THAT AND THAT WAS INCORPORATED AS PART OF THE MOTION.
UM, SO HAVING STATED EARLIER, THERE'S A, SOME REFRESHMENTS AND A LITTLE BIT OF A RECEPTION TO FURTHER CONGRATULATE OUR NEWLY ELECTED OFFICIALS IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND ON BEHALF OF YOUR ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL, AS WELL AS OUR CITY STAFF, WE WOULD LIKE TO WISH EVERYONE A VERY WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL HOLIDAY SEASON.
AND, UM, THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.