Jan 15, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting Jan. 15, 2025 7:00pm

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WELL, GOOD EVENING, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

[REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS]

UH, WE'LL CALL THIS MEETING ON JANUARY 15TH, 2025 TO ORDER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR COUNCILWOMAN

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL:  Mayor Michael  Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy  Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler]

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, WOULD YOU PLEASE ALL RISE AND PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

READY TO BEGIN, TWO FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

ROLL CALL.

MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT.

MAYOR PRO TIM LEN KENNEDY.

PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT.

CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT, YOU KNOW, UH, SEEING OUR PUBLIC SAFETY FIRST RESPONDERS OUT IN THE AUDIENCE TONIGHT.

BEFORE WE CONTINUE WITH OUR MEETING, I WOULD JUST LIKE EVERYONE TO, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT OF AND PAUSE FOR IN THE MEMORY OF THOSE THAT HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE ALTADENA AREA AND THE PACIFIC PALISADES AREA AND, AND THE AMOUNT OF DESTRUCTION OF THESE T TERRIBLE WINDS THAT WE'VE SUFFERED PROBABLY IS THE WORST THAT I'VE SEEN SINCE MY CHILDHOOD IN THIS CITY.

UH, LET'S TAKE A MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR ALL THOSE THAT ARE SUFFERING.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, MADAM CLERK, ARE

[AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]

AND ATTACHMENT HAS BEEN PROVIDED TO COUNSEL ON THE DERS AND WAS MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.

ALSO, WE HAVE ITEM SEVEN, D SEVEN ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR THAT WILL BE PULLED FOR DISCUSSION AND A PRESENTATION BY STAFF.

AND WE RECEIVE TODAY A LETTER IN SUPPORT OF CONSENT CALENDAR, ITEM D FIVE, RELATED TO THE CITY CFD POLICY UPDATE.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

SO NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND

[ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION TONIGHT, A VERY EXCITING PRESENTATION ON, ON A JOB WELL DONE BY A NUMBER OF PEOPLE, INCLUDING THE FAMILY THAT WAS AFFECTED.

UH, THIS IS A PRESENTATION

[B1. Presentation of Certificates of Recognition to Individuals Who Supported Lifesaving Measures on a Choking Child and Provided Continued Support to the Family During Recovery.]

I'D LIKE TO CALL UP ON BEHALF OF OUR RANCHO CUCAMONGA POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, OUR FIRE CHIEF MIKE MCCLEON, CAPTAIN URIBE ENGINEER, CARTER ENGINEER.

DANA, DINA, EXCUSE ME, FIREFIGHTER MUIR, CAPTAIN MIKE EDDIE, FIREFIGHTER MCMILLAN, DEPUTY LEON, DEPUTY CEGA AND DEPUTY IBARRA.

ALSO THE RECIPIENTS.

ALEX ANDERSON FROM CONFIRE DISPATCH, AS WELL AS LIVING SPACES, GENERAL MANAGER, ROD DAVIS AND SUPERVISEE LUCY RODRIGUEZ.

CHIEF, I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE GONNA SAY A FEW WORDS ON WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY THESE FOLKS ARE UP HERE AND WHY WE'RE RECOGNIZING, UH, THE FAMILY IN THE AUDIENCE.

YES, SIR.

SO THANK YOU AND THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE, KID FAMILIES COMING UP NOW.

UM, THIS STORY, UH, IS SUCH AN INCREDIBLE STORY, AND IT'S JUST A STORY OF SURVIVAL, RESILIENCE, AND WHAT IT TAKES, UM, IN THE TOTAL CHAIN OF SURVIVAL.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, IT STARTS WITH, UM, A CITY COUNCIL THAT SUPPORTS PUBLIC SAFETY AND ENSURES THERE'S ADEQUATE PERSONNEL.

BUILDING ONE STATION 1 7 8 IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY THE CREW WAS ABLE TO RESPOND SO QUICKLY.

ENGINE 1 7 8 WAS THE FIRST ARRIVING MEDIC ENGINE THAT ARRIVED ON SCENE TO THAT CALL.

UM, NEXT, THE FAMILY AND WHAT THEY DID AT THE SCENE.

WE ALSO HAVE OUR DISPATCHER AND WHAT HAPPENS AT THE DISPATCH CENTER TO MAKE SURE THAT PRE-ARRIVAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE BEING DONE TO OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES THAT ARRIVE ON SCENE AND IMMEDIATELY GO INTO ACTION TO OUR CREWS.

THAT PERSONALLY IT'S JUST AN HONOR TO REPRESENT THIS ORGANIZATION.

BUT WHEN THEY ARRIVE ON SCENE, THE LEVEL OF EXPERTISE IS SECOND TO NONE.

AND I WOULD PUT THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT UP AGAINST ANY FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE UNITED STATES.

THEY'RE INCREDIBLE TO THE THINGS THAT TOOK PLACE, TRANSPORTING TO THE HOSPITAL WHILE AT THE HOSPITAL, AND THEN FOLLOWING UP ON THE RECOVERY SIDE OF IT.

IN THE STORY YOU'RE GONNA HEAR WITH LIVING SPACES.

SO WITH THAT, UM, ALL OF YOU SHOULD JUST KNOW YOU SHOULD BE PROUD OF EVERY ONE OF THEM.

PROUD OF OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, PROUD OF OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT, PROUD OF OUR CITY COUNCIL, AND PROUD OF OUR CITY LEADERSHIP.

IT, IT'S AMAZING

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SO RIGHT NOW I'D LIKE TO HAND IT TO, UH, CAPTAIN JOSH STAPLETON, WHO'S OUR EMS CAPTAIN AND SANDY GRIFFITH, WHO'S OUR, UH, EMS ADMINISTRATOR.

YEAH, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE AND I'M, I'M REALLY NOT GONNA TELL THIS STORY.

UM, HAVING AN EMS CAPTAIN IN OUR DIVISION HAS BEEN REALLY HELPFUL AND JOSH HAS TAKEN, CAPTAIN STAPLETON HAS TAKEN QUITE A INTEREST IN THIS, UH, EVENT THAT HAPPENED AND HAS, UM, I'M GONNA LET HIM TELL THE STORY, BUT HE HAS TAKEN, UH, THE ABILITY TO CONNECT THINGS THAT WE NEVER THOUGHT COULD HAPPEN THAT HAVE MADE SUCH A DIFFERENCE AND I HOPE MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UH, FOR THE REST OF EVERYBODY'S LIFE HERE.

THANK YOU, SANDY.

THANK, THANK YOU CHIEF MCCLEAN, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

SO AGAIN, THIS IS A STORY OF, UM, EXTREME SITUATION FOLLOWED BY EXTREME RECOVERY, AND IT IS A PRIVILEGE FOR ALL OF US TO BE UP HERE ON STAGE WITH YOU.

ON OCTOBER 10TH OF LAST YEAR, A VERY FRANTIC MOM PLACED A CALL TO NINE ONE ONE AS HER 20 MONTH OLD HAD FOUND A VERY SMALL ONE OF THOSE LITTLE RUBBER BALL TYPE TOYS AND, UH, MANAGED TO DO WHAT A 20 MONTH OLD DOES AND PUT IT IN THEIR MOUTH AND IT QUICKLY BECAME LODGED.

SHE DID ALL THE RIGHT THINGS BY CALLING 9 1 1 AND ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE THAT ON HER OWN.

UM, THE ORIGINAL, ORIGINAL NINE ONE CALL GOES THROUGH TO OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT PARTNERS.

UM, YOUR FIRE DEPARTMENT LISTENS TO, UH, THE TRAFFIC THAT COMES OVER THE RADIO, UH, WITH YOUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT SO THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A JUMPSTART.

CAPTAIN EDDIE AND HIS CREW HEARD THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBLE MEDICAL AID JUST IN APARTMENT COMPLEX FROM DOWN THE STREET FROM STATION EIGHT.

THEY STARTED WORKING THEIR WAY TOWARDS THE ENGINE.

THAT CALL WAS THEN TRANSFERRED TO CONFIRE TO ALEX ANDERSON, OUR EXCELLENT DISPATCHER, WHO WAS ABLE TO, IN A MATTER OF A FEW MINUTES, NAVIGATE THROUGH NOT ONLY THE EMERGENCY THAT WAS HAPPENING AND RECOGNIZED THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY A CHOKING EMERGENCY WITH, UH, A CHILD THAT WAS OCCURRING, BUT GET THE APPROPRIATE RESOURCES DISPATCHED IN THAT SHORT THREE MINUTES.

FROM THE TIME THAT MOM PLACED THE CALL, YOUR CREW WAS ON SCENE IN JUST UNDER SIX MINUTES, WALKING THROUGH THE FRONT DOOR TO FIND OUR SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES, PART DEPUTY PARTNERS DOING EXACTLY WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO, WHICH WAS ATTEMPTING TO DISLODGE THAT BALL AS WELL.

UM, AT THE TIME, MARKEL JR HAD BEEN WITHOUT OXYGEN LONG ENOUGH THAT HIS HEART HAD ALREADY STOPPED.

THE CREW JUMPED RIGHT IN AND BEGAN DOING WHAT WE HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO DO AND WHAT WE CONTINUE TO TRAIN TO DO.

UM, ASHLEY AND HER TEAM DID A PHENOMENAL JOB.

WITHIN MINUTES, THEY WERE ABLE TO, USING SOME DEVICES, REMOVE THAT OBSTRUCTION AND CONTINUE CPR MEASURES WITH OUR TRANSPORT PARTNERS TOWARDS SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL HOSPITAL.

WHILE IN ROUTE, UM, MARKEL REGAINED PULSES, LOST PULSES, AGAIN, IT WAS TOUCH AND GO.

THEY ARRIVED AT SAN ANTONIO.

UM, SAN ANTONIO REGIONAL HOSPITAL DID A PHENOMENAL JOB AND TRANSFERRED MARKEL JR.

TO CHOC IN ORANGE COUNTY, WHERE HE CONTINUED TO RECEIVE CARE.

WE DID GET SOME UPDATES FROM OUR QI NURSE TO LET US KNOW THAT HE WAS MAKING SOME PROGRESS, BUT WE REALLY DIDN'T KNOW.

FOR US IN THE PRE-HOSPITAL ENVIRONMENT, QUITE OFTEN WE DON'T GET TO SEE OUTCOMES AND SOMETIMES WE KNOW THOSE OUTCOMES AREN'T GOOD.

ASHLEY REACHED OUT TO A FEW OF US AND SAID, I'D REALLY LIKE TO PAY THE FAMILY A VISIT.

WE DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE CHILD, BUT WE WE'RE HOPING FOR A GOOD OUTCOME.

LET'S TAKE A CARD.

LET'S TAKE A TEDDY BEAR AND LET'S WISH FOR THE BEST.

ASHLEY MADE IT, UH, WITH A COUPLE OF US TO THE APARTMENT.

WE KNOCKED ON THE DOOR TO FIND THE GRANDPARENTS, LETTING US KNOW THAT MARKEL JR.

WAS COMING HOME.

THE VERY NEXT DAY, WE RECOGNIZED AN OPPORTUNITY TO BLESS THEM WITH THANKSGIVING DINNER.

UM, YOUR FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION RALLIED AROUND THEM WITH DONATIONS FOR DIAPERS, CHRISTMAS TREES PRESENTS.

WHILE WE WERE IN THERE, WE DID RECOGNIZE THAT, UM, THERE WAS SOME FURNITURE THAT WAS NEEDED, THAT THERE WAS A DINING ROOM TABLE THAT WASN'T THERE.

AND WE THOUGHT, WHY NOT ASK? SO WE REACHED OUT TO OUR PARTNERS AT LIVING SPACES, OUR GOOD FRIENDS AT LIVING SPACES.

WE LITERALLY WALKED AND SAID, HERE'S THE SITUATION.

WE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO BLESS THIS FAMILY.

DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING THAT HAS BEEN RETURNED THAT YOU CAN'T SELL THAT YOU'D BE WILLING TO DONATE TO THEM? THEY SAID, NO, WE'RE GIVING 'EM NEW STUFF AND NOT ONLY A TABLE, WE'RE GONNA FIND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT THEY NEED IN THAT APARTMENT, AND WE ARE GONNA OUTFIT THAT.

AND THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOUR, YOUR TEAM AND YOUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS HERE FROM LIVING SPACES DID.

SO THIS IS A STORY AGAIN, ABOUT A REALLY BAD SITUATION THAT NOW THIS FAMILY GETS TO BE AT HOME.

THANKS TO THE GREAT WORK BY YOUR DISPATCHER, THE PARTNERSHIP AND LOVE THAT COMMUNITY PARTNERS GIVE, THEY GET TO BE AT HOME IN A NICELY FURNISHED APARTMENT, CELEBRATING SOON MARKEL'S SECOND BIRTHDAY.

AND WE COULD NOT BE HAPPIER TO BE A PART OF THAT.

THANK YOU.

GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR THIS FAMILY, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR EFFORTS AND QUICK RESPONSE, MAKING THAT 9 1 1 CALL.

WE HAVE TWO CERTIFICATES, UM, THE STORY'S

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OH, THAT'S YOU.

OH, OKAY.

NO, HONESTLY, IT, IT'S AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEGE TO BE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN SOMETHING LIKE THIS ON BEHALF OF OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, WE'VE BEEN A STAPLE HERE FOR OVER 20 YEARS, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO ANY MOMENT WHERE WE CAN GIVE BACK.

I, I HAVE TO GIVE A HUNDRED PERCENT KUDOS AND CREDIT TO EVERYBODY STANDING UP HERE.

AND THE CHIEF SAID IT CORRECTLY.

I MEAN, WE WERE FAR FROM HEROES.

WE JUST CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAUSE.

UH, ALL THE HEROES ARE STANDING RIGHT HERE AROUND US, AND IT STARTS WITH THE MOTHER FIRST AND BEING BRAVE ENOUGH AND COURAGEOUS TO MAKE THAT INITIAL PHONE CALL AND FINDING STRENGTH AND PATIENCE IN THAT MOMENT, MAN, TO EVERYBODY FROM THE 9 1 1 OPERATOR TO TO BE EMPATHETIC, UNDERSTANDING AND ALIGNING AROUND WHAT NEEDED TO BE SAID IN THAT MOMENT TO ALIGN, MAN HERE, WHAT THE DEPUTIES DID.

PHENOMENAL WORK WE APPRECIATE AND VALUE.

AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, BUT THE PARAMEDICS, LIKE YOU GUYS ARE A PHENOMENAL TEAM.

AND WITHOUT YOU, OUR COMMUNITY HAS NOT SERVED APPROPRIATELY.

SO, YOU KNOW, ON BEHALF OF CITY COUNCIL, ON BEHALF OF THIS TEAM AND BEHALF OF LUCY, WHO'S MY GIVING CHAMPION, SHE LOOKS FOR CHARITABLE EFFORTS ALL AROUND THE COMMUNITY.

UM, WE'VE BEEN A PART OF NUMEROUS, UH, COM UH, EVENTS ACROSS THE LAST SIX MONTHS, AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL AND APPRECIATIVE TO HAVE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

SO REALLY IT'S A BIG THANK YOU FROM US TO YOU GUYS ALLOWING US THE PRIVILEGE TO BE A PART OF THIS AND, AND WE HOPE THAT WE CAN CONTINUE TO SERVE YOU GUYS AS BEST WE CAN.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

SO WE HAVE A COUPLE OF CERTIFICATES AND FIRST, UM, OUR CONFIRE HERO, UM, OUR FIRE CHIEF ASSIGNED THE CERTIFICATE.

IT'S FROM THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE DISTRICT LIFESAVER CITATION.

CERTAINLY ALEX, IT IS, YOU ARE WELL DESERVED THAT TELLS THE STORY OF WHAT THEY'VE SHARED ALREADY ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED.

BUT THANK YOU, THANK YOU FOR SUCH QUICK WORK.

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE SUCH A GREAT CON DISPATCH CENTER, EMERGENCY MEDICAL DISPATCH, NURSE, NURSES ON BOARD FOR HELPING TALK TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING TO TELL 'EM WHAT TO DO AND HOW TO DO IT, AND WHAT THEY NEED TO DO TO TRY TO DO THEIR BEST TO SAVE A LIFE OR SOMEONE THAT'S SERIOUSLY INJURED, TO TAKE CARE OF THEM AS BEST WE CAN BEFORE WE ALL ARRIVE AND TO LIVING SPACES FOR BOTH OF YOU.

COME OVER HERE AND WE'D LOVE TO GIVE YOU THIS CERTIFICATE.

THIS ALSO THANK YOU FOR TRULY BEING A PARTNER WITH OUR CITY AND FOR WHAT YOU DID FOR THIS FAMILY THAT'S, UH, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS HOLIDAY SEASON.

VERY TOUCHING, VERY MOVING FOR ALL OF US.

SO WE'D LIKE TO PRESENT THAT TO YOU TOO.

YOU BETCHA.

THANK YOU, SIR.

AND NOW I KNOW WE'D AT LEAST LIKE TO HAVE YOU COME OVER HERE AND, AND MAYBE JUST, UM, LET US SAY HELLO TO YOU AND, AND, UM, THANK YOU, SIR.

THANK YOU.

HI, HOW ARE YOU? GOD BLESS YOU.

SO HAPPY SWEETHEART.

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AND THEN I, WE WAIT.

I KNOW.

WE WANT SHAKE EVERY ONE OF YOUR HANDS.

OKAY.

YOU CAN JUST GO RIGHT ON OVER THERE.

AND WE WON'T TAKE A PICTURE NECESSARILY UNLESS WE WANT YEAH, LET'S GET A PICTURE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ALL THAT YOU DO.

SO THAT'S WHAT RANCHO LOOKS LIKE, RIGHT? RIGHT HERE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

I KNOW THAT I THINK THERE'S A, A REUNION GOING ON UP HERE WITH THE FAMILY AND THE PEOPLE THAT, THAT HELP THEM.

AND THAT'S, UH, TOUCHING IN AND OF ITSELF.

FOR SURE.

LET'S GET BACK OVER HERE AND GET UP.

SQUEEZE IN WHATEVER WE NEED TO.

SO THIS WILL WORK OUT.

MY BEARD DOESN'T MATCH YOUR .

SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.

I'LL FOLLOW YOU GUYS MORE.

THE CENTER.

THIS, I'M AFRAID TO GO THIS WAY.

I DON'T WANT NO, YOU'RE OKAY.

TALL AS YOU ARE RIGHT NOW.

OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.

ONE LAST ROUND APPLAUSE FOR EVERYBODY,

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OKAY.

WE WILL

[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.]

AND THAT IS, UM, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA, AS WELL AS ANY ITEM THAT THEY MISS, WISH TO TALK ABOUT.

UH, THAT'S NOT INCLUDED IN THE AGENDA.

COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, UH, AND WE HAVE THREE INDIVIDUALS WANTING TO SPEAK.

SO THIS MICROPHONE IS SET THE PODIUM THERE, THERE'S RED LIGHT, AND THERE'S A TIMER UP ON THE SCREEN, UH, THAT WILL TELL YOU, UH, WHEN THIS LIGHT GOES OFF.

YOUR THREE MINUTES HAS BEEN REACHED.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS HEATHER POLK WITH OUR RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

HEATHER, FOLLOWED BY KAREN HERBIE, IF I PRONOUNCE IT RUBY.

OKAY, RUBY.

THANK YOU.

HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS HEATHER POLK AND I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

I WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO EXPRESS MY GRATITUDE FOR OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.

AND I'D ALSO LIKE TO SHARE A BRIEF STORY THAT HIGHLIGHTS THE HOPE AND COLLABORATION AMONG OUR REMARKABLE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND THE RANCHO CHAMBER MEMBERS.

THE STORY REFLECTS HOW THEY HAVE ALL COME TOGETHER TO SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER.

DURING THESE RECENT CHALLENGES POSED BY THE STRONG WINDS AND ELECTRICAL SERVICE DISRUPTIONS, THE CHAMBER MAINTAINS AN ACTIVE PRESENCE ON INSTAGRAM, WHERE WE FREQUENTLY SHARE POLLS QUESTIONS AND IMPORTANT INFORMATION.

THIS APPROACH ALLOWS US TO QUICKLY ENGAGE WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND RECEIVE PROMPT FEEDBACK FROM THEM.

LATE LAST TUESDAY, UH, THE CHAMBER POSTED A QUESTION TO THE, OUR FOLLOWERS ON INSTAGRAM ASKING IF THEY WERE AFFECTED BY THE ELECTRICAL OUTAGES AND IF THEY WERE, HOW WE COULD HELP THEM.

MANY RESPONDED, AND ONE IN PARTICULAR RESPONDED THE NEXT DAY SAYING THEY NEEDED HELP AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

WE ASKED WHAT WE COULD DO AND WHAT THEY NEEDED, AND THEY SAID, AN EXTRA GENERATOR.

THEY JUST PUR PURCHASED THE LAST GAS POWERED GENERATOR AT LOWE'S AND NEEDED ANOTHER ONE TO KEEP THE REFRIGERATORS RUNNING OR THEY WOULD LOSE THEIR FOOD PRODUCT.

THIS WAS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.

THIS WAS BASKIN ROBBINS ON BASELINE.

IMMEDIATELY WE JUMPED ON THE PHONE AND TEXTED ANOTHER MEMBER WE THOUGHT MIGHT HAVE AN EXTRA GENERATOR, AND THEY DID.

THIS WAS ANOTHER ONE OF OUR MEMBERS.

IT WAS BREWSTER'S REAL ICE CREAM COMPETITORS, MAYBE A LITTLE, BUT ON THAT DAY, THEY WERE FELLOW BUSINESS OWNERS SUPPORTING EACH OTHER.

AND WITHIN 20 MINUTES, BREWSTERS HAD CONTACTED BASKIN ROBBINS AND WITHIN 30 MINUTES FROM THE CHAMBER'S INITIAL CONTACT, BREWSTERS WAS IN THEIR TRUCK WITH THE GENERATOR, ALLOWING THEM TO OPEN BACK UP WITHIN THE HOUR.

AND THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE AMAZING STORIES THAT WE HEAR ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOW WORKING WITH THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COME TOGETHER FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY.

THANK YOU, HEATHER.

WE DO APPRECIATE OUR PARTNERSHIP FOR SURE.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS KAREN RUBY, FOLLOWED BY LANCE ASRA.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I LIVE IN THE FOURTH DISTRICT, AND ON SUNDAY, JANUARY THE FIFTH, MY HUSBAND WENT OUT TO PICK UP THE PAPER AND, UH, IN THE

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AND YOU CAME ACROSS THIS, WHICH I'M NOT GOING TO READ, BUT I'LL LET YOU HAVE IT SO THAT YOU CAN LOOK AT IT.

IT'S A FLYER FOR THE, UH, ARYAN FREEDOM NETWORK.

AND I BRING THIS TO YOU AS A POINT OF INFORMATION FOR YOU TO BE AWARE OF.

ACCORDING TO THEIR WEBSITE, THE ARYAN FREEDOM NETWORK IS AMERICA'S LARGEST WHITE RACIALIST AND NATIONAL SOCIALIST, PARDON ME, ORGANIZATION IN THE COUNTRY.

I WAS UNFAMILIAR WITH THE TERM RACIALIST, SO I LOOKED IT UP.

MIRIAM WEBSTER DEFINES IT AS A BELIEF THAT RACE DETERMINES HUMAN TRAITS AND CAPACITIES.

ON THEIR WEBSITE, THEY HAVE AN OFFICIAL YOUTH ORGANIZATION, A SISTERHOOD ORGANIZATION CALLED THE VAL CAREY DIVISION.

THEY ADVERTISE, AND I BEG YOUR PARDON FOR ANYONE I MIGHT OFFEND, BUT THIS IS WHAT'S WRITTEN THERE, A JEW WATCH, AND THEY ADVERTISE A DVD VIDEO AVAILABLE THAT, UH, IS AVAILABLE AND THEY CALL, IT'S CALLED ADOLF, HIS HITLER, THE GREATEST STORY NEVER TOLD.

THIS ORGANIZATION IS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

IT'S DISGUSTING.

IN 2023, THEY WENT TO FRESNO.

AND, UM, WELL, I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEIR FLYERS.

THEY DID.

THEY WERE, UH, CONDUCTING A MEETING AND THE, UH, POLICE CHIEF THERE TOLD THEM IN NO UNCERTAIN TERMS THAT THEY WERE, UH, NOT WELCOME IN FRESNO.

SO, AGAIN, I, I BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION ONLY BECAUSE I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT THIS ORGANIZATION EXISTS AND IS ACTIVE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

AND TO BE FOREWARNED IS TO BE FOREARMED.

THANK YOU.

THANK, THANK YOU FOR THAT, MA'AM.

APPRECIATE IT.

MRS. RUBY, FOR YOU.

COMING UP, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS LANCE ASRA.

MR. MAYOR, MR. MAYOR, AT THE END OF PUBLIC COMMENT, YES, I'LL HAVE THE CHIEF ADDRESS.

UH, MS. RUBY'S CONCERNS, MS. RUBY, AT THE END OF OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, WE'VE GOT ONE MORE SPEAKER, AND THEN OUR POLICE CHIEF WILL COME TO COME AND ADDRESS FROM WHAT THEY, WHAT THEY UNDERSTAND.

LANCE, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MICHAELS CITY COUNCIL.

UH, GLAD TO BE HERE, WIND-DRIVEN AND EVERYTHING .

UM, SO ON MY WAY HERE, I PRAY AND ASK THE LORD, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO SAY? WHAT SCRIPTURE? WHAT WHAT'S THE, THE, THE MESSAGE, THE THOUGHT.

AND HE SAID, HOPE.

SO HE GAVE ME A SCRIPTURE.

SO I WANTED TO READ THE SCRIPTURE AND THEN TO PRAY FROM THAT POINT.

IT'S, UH, ROMANS FIVE, VERSES THREE THROUGH FIVE.

IT'S CALLED THE PASSION TRANSLATION.

ONE OF MY FAVORITE.

IT SAYS, BUT THAT'S NOT ALL, EVEN AT TIMES OF TROUBLE, WE HAVE A JOYFUL CONFIDENCE KNOWING THAT OUR PRESSURES WILL DEVELOP IN US.

PATIENT ENDURANCE AND PATIENT ENDURANCE WILL REFINE OUR CHARACTER AND PROVEN CHARACTER LEADS US BACK TO HOPE.

AND THIS HOPE IS NOT A DISAPPOINTING FANTASY BECAUSE WE CAN NOW EXPERIENCE THE ENDLESS LOVE OF GOD CASCADING INTO OUR HEARTS THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT WHO LIVES IN US.

SO I JUST WANTED TO PRAY INTO THAT MESSAGE OF HOPE OVER THE CITY AND OVER THE COUNCIL HERE.

I THINK THAT'S THE FATHER'S HEART.

SO FATHER, THANK YOU.

I ALWAYS GET TO FOLLOW UP ON GREAT, AMAZING STORIES, LORD, WITH THE FIRST ONE THAT CAME UP.

SO JUST THANK YOU IF THAT'S A DEMONSTRATION OF HOPE, A DEMONSTRATION OF YOUR GOODNESS, OF PEOPLE JUMPING IN TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND SAVING A LIFE.

SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT, LORD.

AND AS WE THINK ABOUT THE STORMS IN CAROLINA AND THE FIRES HERE, GOD AND THE, AND JUST THE UH, JUST THE YUCKINESS OF IT AND, AND THE LOSS OF BUILDINGS AND LIVES, LORD, WE JUST WANNA PRAY YOUR HOPE AND YOUR PEACE, LORD, OVER THIS SITUATION.

YOU TOUCH LIVES, LORD.

AND, AND I WANNA PRAY, HOPE OVER THE CITY COUNCIL OR CITY MANAGER, LORD CITY, ATTORNEY LORD, OUR OUR FIREFIGHTERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT, THOSE CITY, UH, EMPLOYEES, LORD, FOR ALL THAT WORK HERE, GOD, WE JUST PRAY, HOPE OVER THIS CITY, HOPE OVER OUR STATE, HOPE OVER OUR NATION.

LORD, WE JUST SPEAK YOUR HOPE.

WE SPEAK YOUR PEACE.

WE SPEAK JOY.

WE SPEAK LOVE, LORD, THAT YOUR HOPE, LIKE YOUR WORD SAYS, DOES NOT DISAPPOINT LORD, BECAUSE WE HAVE YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AND WE ASK THAT YOU WOULD POUR OUT YOUR HOLY SPIRIT, LORD, OVER OUR COMMUNITY.

YOU WOULD TOUCH LIVES, LORD.

THEY WOULD DRAW THEM BACK TO GOD THAT YOU WOULD GIVE HOPE TO.

NO MATTER, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE LIES AHEAD, BUT WE KNOW THAT YOU HOLD THE FUTURE.

SO WE JUST PRAY HOPE AS WE GO FORWARD OVER THE MONTHS AND THE YEARS GOING FORWARD, LORD.

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WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR GOODNESS, LORD, AND JUST PRAY THIS IN JESUS' PRECIOUS NAME.

AMEN.

GOD BLESS YOU.

THANK YOU MR. ELLISON.

YES, MR. MAYOR.

I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, CHIEF SMITH, UM, UH, COME UP AND ADDRESS THE ISSUE WITH THE, UM, THE FLYER THAT WAS LEFT.

GOOD EVENING.

SO ABOUT ON DECEMBER 20TH, UH, OF 2024, WE STARTED TO RECEIVE, UH, FLYERS THAT WERE BEING DISTRIBUTED IN THE NORTH END OF THE CITY.

SO IT STARTED ON THE TWANDA SIDE AND KIND OF WENT ALL THE WAY WEST, UH, INTO ALOMA ALL THE WAY TO THE VERY WEST OF THE CITY.

AND THE FLYERS THAT WERE BEING DISTRIBUTED WERE, UM, BASICALLY THEY WERE IN A ZIPLOC BAGGIE WITH ROCKS IN THE BAG, AND EACH ONE WOULD HAVE A FLYER INSIDE OF IT.

THEY ALL HAD DIFFERENT, UH, SAYINGS ON THE FLYERS.

AND, UH, IT WAS BASICALLY, UH, ARYAN FREEDOM NETWORK IS HOW IT WAS LABELED.

AND THE MESSAGES WERE, UH, THEY VARIED.

BUT I'LL SHARE, UH, ONE OF THE MESSAGES THAT WE HAD HERE WITH YOU GUYS.

IT SAYS, ARYAN FREEDOM NETWORK.

WE ARE YOUR NEIGHBORS.

WE ARE THE RANDOM STRANGER HOLDING THE DOOR OPEN FOR YOU.

WE ARE BLUE COLLAR AND WHITE COLLAR WORKERS AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

WE ARE BROTHERS, SISTERS, FATHERS, MOTHERS, DAUGHTERS, AND MOST OF ALL, WE ARE EVERYWHERE.

YOUR RACE IS CALLING WHAT YOU ANSWER.

SO WE RECEIVED MULTIPLE CALLS FOR SERVICE REGARDING THESE TYPES OF FLYERS, AND, UH, THE DEPUTIES RESPONDED OUT, COLLECTED THEM.

WE WORKED WITH OUR CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE DIVISION TO LOOK INTO, UM, THE CORE OF IT, TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT.

AND BASICALLY, UM, IT IS, IT APPEARS THAT THIS ORGANIZATION IS WORKING WITH PROBABLY AN ATTORNEY SO THEY KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO SAY, AND THEY'RE STAYING OUT OF THE WAY OF THREATENING PEOPLE.

SO THEY'RE HIGHLY OFFENSIVE, BUT NOT IN A CRIMINAL NATURE.

SO RIGHT NOW, THEY'RE WORKING WITHIN THAT FIRST AMENDMENT, AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE TO SAY, BUT, UH, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE DISTURBING, THEY'RE OFFENSIVE, BUT THEY'RE NOT A CRIMINAL ACT AT THIS POINT.

THEY'RE BEING LEFT ON EVERYBODY'S, UH, DRIVEWAY.

I HAD ONE IN MY DRIVEWAY, MY NEIGHBOR HAD ONE IN THEIR DRIVEWAY.

AND LIKE I SAID, ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, MOSTLY RIGHT NOW, IT'S BEEN THE NORTH END.

SO WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR.

WE HAVE VEHICLE DESCRIPTIONS AND WE ARE DOCUMENTING THE INCIDENTS.

BUT, UH, IT'S GONE SINCE DECEMBER 20TH.

WE'VE HAD, UH, THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT CALLS FOR SERVICE, YOU KNOW, EVERY COUPLE OF DAYS REGARDING THIS.

SO I WANNA MAKE SURE YOU GUYS WERE AWARE THAT THAT'S KIND OF GOING ON AND WE'RE MONITORING.

UH, BUT RIGHT NOW, LIKE I SAID, WE DON'T HAVE A CRIMINAL ACT TO SPEAK OF RIGHT NOW.

SO THANK YOU, CHIEF.

NO PROBLEM.

UM, ANY QUESTIONS? I, I, NO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CHIEF? I CAN SAY, UH, ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, WE HAVE POLICIES THAT DEAL WITH THIS.

WE, WE WELCOME THE DIVERSITY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY, WHETHER IT'S RELIGION OR ETHNICITY OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE.

AND THIS IS JUST VERY UNFORTUNATE THAT THIS IS GOING ON.

I WANT TO THANK YOU, MRS. RUBY, FOR, FOR, FOR COMING OUT FROM YOUR HOME TONIGHT TO SHARE WITH, WITH US.

THANK YOU.

OKAY.

SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR

[CONSENT CALENDARS: The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. They will be acted upon without discussion unless an item is removed by Council Member for discussion. Members of the City Council also sit as the Fire Board, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, and Public Finance Authority and may act on the consent calendar for those bodies as part of a single motion with the City Council consent calendar.]

AND THEY ARE EXPECTED CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE NON-CONTROVERSIAL.

THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION.

ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION.

BUT WE DO HAVE ONE ABSTENTION, AND THAT WOULD BE ON ITEM D THREE, COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT, TO ABSTAIN DUE TO HER EMPLOYMENT, AS WELL AS, UM, ITEM D SEVEN, WHICH IS A VERY, VERY, UH, A SPECIAL REPORT THAT WE'RE GONNA BE GIVEN, UM, HERE SHORTLY.

UH, WE WILL TAKE DOWN ON AS A SEPARATE VOTE.

SO DO I HAVE A, A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT CALENDAR MINUS ITEM D SEVEN WITH NOTED THE ABSTENTION OF COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT.

SO MOVED.

IT'S FINE.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE.

AND NOW MR. SISON? YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, MIKE PALMER, OUR ASSISTANT TO THE CITY MANAGER AND OUR DEPUTY FIRE CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, AUGIE BERETTA, COME FORWARD TO PRESENT ON THIS ITEM.

UH, THIS IS AN ITEM, UH, HAS A LOT OF HISTORY, GOES BACK FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS.

THE CITY'S BEEN WORKING ON IT.

UM, ORIGINALLY GOT STARTED, UM, IN, IN CONJUNCTION WITH, UH, A FORM ONE OF OUR FORMER, UH, LEGISLATORS WHO'S NO LONGER THERE.

UM, SO, BUT I THOUGHT THE TIMING, UH, WAS JUST KIND OF IRONIC.

WE'RE READY TO GO WITH THIS IN FRONT OF THE COUNCIL, UM, RIGHT AT THE SAME TIME AS EVERYTHING HAPPENED IN PASADENA AND PALISADE.

SO I DID ASK MIKE AND, UM, AUGIE TO PRESENT ON THIS.

'CAUSE I THINK, UM, IT'S A GOOD THING FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO BE AWARE OF THE EFFORTS THAT YOUR CITY COUNCIL IS TAKING TO, UM, MAKE SURE THAT, UH, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, WHAT

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AND WE HAVE SOME MEASURES IN PLACE TO DETECT ANYTHING IF FIRE DOES GET STARTED.

SO, MIKE, YEAH, THANK YOU, UH, JOHN.

GOOD MOR, OR GOOD MORNING .

SPEND THAT KIND OF A DAY.

GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS IN REGARDS TO THE WILDFIRE EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM AND THE MAP.

UH, THE PICTURE THAT YOU HAVE UP THERE IS, UH, REALLY SHOWCASING THE NORTHERN BOUNDARY OF OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH CONSISTS OF THE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE BETWEEN THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS OF AL LOMA TO THE WEST AND WAN NEIGHBORHOODS, UH, TO THE EAST, UH, ALONG WITH THE FOOTHILLS OF THE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS.

AND ALL OF THIS IS IN THE VERY, UH, HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE.

AND THIS AREA IS PARTICULARLY VULNERABLE TO THE RISK OF WILDFIRE DUE TO THE RUGGED TERRAIN AND THE HIGH WIND EVENTS, WHICH WE JUST RECENTLY EXPERIENCED AND CONTINUED TO EXPERIENCE, UH, WHICH CAN CAUSE THESE WILDFIRES TO SPREAD VERY RAPIDLY.

UH, THIS AREA ALSO HAS BEEN THE SUBJECT OF SEVERAL FIRES, UH, IN THE PAST.

IN 2003, WE HAD THE GRAND PRIX, PRIOR GRAND PRIX FIRE, UH, WHICH WAS PART OF THAT MASSIVE, UH, GRAND, UH, PRE-INCIDENT.

UH, WE ALSO EXPERIENCED IN 2014 THE AWANDA FIRE.

AND MOST RECENTLY, IN 2020, THE THORPE FIRE, WHICH IGNITED A SMALL FIRE NEAR ALMOND AND, UM, UM, MAY STREETS.

SO THE, UH, PROPOSAL BEFORE, UH, YOU IS REALLY, UH, TO PUT IN THESE WILDFIRE EARLY DETECTION SYSTEM, UH, THROUGHOUT OUR ENTIRE FOOTHILL NETWORK.

IN JUNE OF 2022, THE CITY RECEIVED STATE FUNDING THROUGH AN ARAMARK, WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF FORMER ASSEMBLY MEMBER, UH, CHRIS HOLDEN, UH, TO IMPLEMENT THIS, UH, DETECTION SYSTEM.

UH, THERE'S A LOT OF CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE THAT'S LOCATED THROUGHOUT THESE, UH, FOOTHILLS, UH, AND THROUGHOUT THOSE SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, AS WELL AS, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTIAL AREAS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR, IN OUR COMMUNITY.

AND WE STARTED TO HAVE CONVERSATIONS WITH CVWD, UH, TO COLLABORATE ON PUTTING SOME CAMERAS UP ON THEIR, UH, CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.

UH, LAST MONTH THE COUNCIL APPROVED A COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT, AND THEN THIS IS KIND OF THE NEXT PHASE FOR THAT.

SO, ASPO AS PROPOSED, UH, BEFORE THE COUNCIL TONIGHT, UH, THE CITY WOULD LIKE TO INSTALL THESE WILDFIRE EARLY DETECTION SYSTEMS AT 10 CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURES THAT SPAN ESSENTIALLY, UH, CITY LIMITS.

AND THESE ARE DEPICTED IN THE DOTS.

THEY MAY BE A LITTLE HARDER TO SEE, UH, MY APOLOGIES FOR THAT.

BUT THERE'S, UH, 10 YOU CAN SEE, UH, STARTING, UH, ALL THE WAY FROM THE WEST, AND IT GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE EASTERN CITY LIMITS.

UH, WE'RE ALSO WORKING WITH L-A-D-W-P IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON TO PLACE ADDITIONAL SYSTEMS ON THEIR POWER DISTRIBUTION TOWERS.

UH, THAT'LL HELP TO MONITOR AND CREATE THIS ENTIRE NETWORK OF CAMERAS.

SO WE WOULD ESSENTIALLY HAVE ANYWHERE BETWEEN 40 TO 70 CAMERAS OUT THERE.

L-A-D-W-P, UH, IS MOVING FORWARD AND THEY'RE LOOKING TO MOVE FORWARD, UH, QUITE RAPIDLY.

WE ENGAGED IN CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM, UH, IN DECEMBER, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THIS IMPLEMENTED REALLY QUICK.

UH, HOWEVER, UH, WE'VE HIT SOME SIGNIFICANT DELAYS WITH SCE.

THEIR PROCESS HAS BEEN VERY ARDUOUS.

UH, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MOVE FORWARD.

UH, IT'S JUST AT A VERY, VERY SLOW PACE.

IT'S BEEN ABOUT, UH, TWO YEARS PLUS IN THE MAKING UN UNFORTUNATELY.

UH, BUT WE'RE HOPEFUL THAT'LL IT'LL CONTINUE.

SO THESE, UH, CAMERAS, UH, IS PART OF AN ENTIRE SYSTEM.

AND THE SYSTEM INCLUDES BUILT-IN COMMUNICATIONS.

THEY INCLUDE CAMERAS, UH, THERMAL SENSORS, AND A MICRO WEATHER STATION.

THE THERMAL SENSORS OFFER A 360 DEGREE, UH, DETECTION CAPABILITY AND IS DESIGNED TO DETECT AND AUTOMATICALLY SEND OUT A SIGNAL, AUTOMATICALLY REPORT OUT A FIRE, UH, THAT IS ABOUT THREE BY THREE OR NINE SQUARE FEET, UH, OUT TO 400 FEET, AND THEN A FIRE AT ABOUT 25 SQUARE FEET, OR FIVE BY FIVE OUT TO A DISTANCE OF 900 FEET.

IT CAN ALSO DETECT A 10 ACRE FIRE AT APPROXIMATELY A HALF MILE AWAY.

SO THEY RECOGNIZE THE HEAT SIGNATURE, IT KNOWS THAT IT'S A FIRE.

THERE'S, UM, SOME BACKGROUND COMPUTERS, UH, AI THAT'S GOING ON THERE.

UH, UH, SENDS OUT A SIGNAL.

UH, EVENTUALLY IT'S GONNA BE TAG, UH, TIED INTO OUR NINE, UH, 9 1 1, UM, DISPATCH SYSTEM.

SO IN ADDITION TO GETTING A NOTIFICATION ON YOUR PHONE, UH, YOU'LL ALSO HAVE, UH, DISPATCH NOTICED.

AND THIS IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE GOAL OF THIS SYSTEM IS TO SAVE SIGNIFICANT RESOURCES, MONEY, AND MOST IMPORTANTLY LIVES.

UH, THE FASTER WE CAN DETECT, THE MORE WE CAN, UH, RESPOND AND THE LESS RESOURCES WE, UH, HOPEFULLY HAVE TO EXPENSE OUT.

UM, IN ADDITION TO THIS, UH, THERE'S ALSO A MOBILE FRIENDLY WEB PORTAL FOR EASY ACCESS TO ALL OF THE DEVICE NOTIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION.

YOU CAN PULL UP.

UH, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE THERMAL IMAGE, YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THE, UH, CAMERA, YOU'LL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT DIRECTION AND WHICH CAMERA, UH, THE FIRE WAS DETECTED AT, AND APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY FEET.

UH, IT ALSO

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AND THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE WE'LL, WE'RE ABLE TO THEN GIVE THIS INFORMATION OUT TO CVWD AND THEY CAN ACTIVELY MONITOR SO THEY'LL KNOW WHEN WE'RE IN CRITICAL, UH, FIRE, UH, UH, WEATHER AND WHAT THE MICROCLIMATE IS AT EACH ONE OF THEIR FACILITIES.

AND THEY CAN TAKE PROACTIVE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES BEFORE AN ANY INCIDENT, UH, HAPPENS.

SO, UH, WITH THAT, UH, THIS LAST SLIDE IS REALLY JUST DEPICTING A 3D MODEL OF WHAT THE UTILITY POLE, THE CAMERA, THE MOUNT, AND THE SOLAR PANEL, UH, IS.

THESE ARE ALL SOLAR POWER, UH, POWERED.

THEY'VE GOT BA UH, BACKUP BATTERY.

UH, THEY CAN LAST, UH, FOR QUITE A LONG TIME, UM, ON JUST A, A BATTERY.

AND THEN ONCE THE SUN COMES BACK OUT, THEY CHARGE UP AGAIN.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR ELECTRICITY.

THEY ALSO HAVE A CELLULAR SIGNAL.

SO, UH, AS SOON AS UH, THEY DETECT SOMETHING, THEY AUTOMATICALLY SEND THAT CELL, UH, SIGNAL OUT TO THE WEB NOTIFICATION.

AND, AND, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO HAVE THIS UP AND RUNNING, HOPEFULLY, UH, BY THE END OF FEBRUARY, UH, IF THIS IS APPROVED.

SO THE RECOMMENDATION BEFORE YOU IS TO APPROVE AMENDMENT NUMBER FOUR TO THE AGREEMENT WITH HENKEL AND MCCOY, WHICH IS THE BID, UM, THAT THE CITY IS PROPOSING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IN THE AMOUNT OF 216, 827 PLUS A 10% CONTINGENCY, AND THEN AUTHORIZE AND APPROPRIATE, UH, 238 510 FOR THE INSTALLATION OF THESE CAMERAS.

SO THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT.

AND, UH, BOTH DEPUTY CHIEF BERETTA AND I ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

QUESTIONS OF STAFF.

I, I HAVE ONE, IF IT CAN COMMUNICATE, WILL IT COMMUNICATE IF IT GOES INTO SOME FAIL MODE? LIKE IF, IF IT LOSES ITS BATTERY CHARGE OR WHATEVER, IT'LL SIGNAL A PROBLEM.

THAT'S GREAT.

IT, IT WILL.

YES, THAT'S CORRECT.

AND I THINK CAN, CAN YOU JUST TOUCH MAYBE A LITTLE BIT FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT, UM, ASSUMING HOLDEN I THINK GAVE, UM, THE CITY THROUGH A GRANT OF APPROXIMATELY IT WAS 1.9 MILLION, $1.9 MILLION YEAH.

TO FACILITATE THIS EFFORT.

AND, UM, IT'S PRETTY AWESOME THAT, THAT OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT'S PARTNERING ONE OF THE FIRST ONES IN, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, I BELIEVE THAT'LL HAVE THIS ALONG THE FRONT COUNTRY THERE IN OUR URBAN WILDLAND INTERFACE.

SO, GREAT JOB GENTLEMEN.

APPRECIATE IT.

I HAVE ONE QUESTION.

SURE.

SO DEPUTY CHIEF WHO HAS ACCESS TO THAT APP, I, I NOTICED THAT YOU HAVE THE APP.

YEAH, SO ONCE, ONCE THESE GET INSTALLED, LIKE, UH, MIKE, MIKE MENTIONED, UH, THE FIRST 10 THERE'LL BE AN APP AVAILABLE, SO LIKE AN ADMIN USE TYPE THING.

SO EVERYBODY YOU GUYS WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO THAT.

WE WILL, ONCE WE GET 'EM ACTIVATED, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND, AND SHARE THAT INFORMATION.

'CAUSE WE'RE GONNA NEED IT TO, ON THE FIRE SIDE, OUR PD PARTNERS.

AND THEN THE NEXT STEP OF THIS WOULD BE TO TIE IT IN WITH OUR LOCAL DISPATCH CENTER, WHICH WOULD BE CURRENTLY CONFIRE, AND THEN OUR STATE AND FEDERAL DISPATCH CENTERS AS WELL.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE NEXT PHASE OF THIS.

WE STILL HAVE SOME, SOME THINGS WE NEED TO GO THROUGH, BUT IMMEDIATELY ONCE THEY GET UP AND THEY'RE ACTIVATED WITH OUR, WITH THE, WITH THE, UM, MANUFACTURER, LINDSEY FIRE PRO, LINDSEY FIRE SENSOR WHO'S, WHO'S BUILDING THESE FOR US, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SHARE THAT APP WITH US.

THEY'RE GONNA HAVE ACCESS TO SHARE THOSE ADMINISTRATIVE TYPE RIGHTS FOR THE, FOR THE APP, FOR THE MOBILE APP.

AND YOU MENTIONED IT'S HEAT DETECTION, ACTIVATED IT, SO YES, 24 7.

IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE DAYTIME, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO SEE IT, IT JUST HAS TO FILL THE HEAT.

AND HOW MANY ARE THERE? WE'RE GONNA HAVE 10 AND THEN UP TO ANOTHER, YOU KNOW, 30 TO 40 THROUGHOUT THE INTERFACE, DEPENDING ON HOW WE PARTNER WITH EDISON AND THE L-A-D-W-P.

SO THAT'S STILL IN THE WORKS AS WELL.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

UM, YOU KNOW, IT'S FRUSTRATING ED EDISON.

I MEAN, THIS IS, THIS IS SOMETHING THE POWER COMPANIES THROUGHOUT THE STATE WOULD, WOULD BE, YOU WOULD THINK, WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO ACCOMMODATE AND GET THROUGH THEIR LEGAL PROCESS AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE TO BE ABLE TO INSTALL THESE.

SO YOU CAN SHARE ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL THAT WE'RE REALLY FRUSTRATED THAT, THAT WE'VE, THIS IS TAKING SO LONG WITH SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

IT IS AN LA DEPARTMENT OF WATER AND POWER ARE VERY MUCH PARTNERING AND, AND VERY AGGRESSIVELY WANT TO TO GET THIS INSTALLED.

YES, SIR.

AND, AND KUDOS TO CVWD THOUGH IN OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THEM.

AND, UH, WE HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH THEM FROM THE FIRE DISTRICT AS WELL AS WITH THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE CITY.

SO, UH, KUDOS TO THEM AND THEY, THEY DESERVE A BIG, UM, THANK YOU FOR THIS PROCESS BEEN AND PLEASE PASS THAT ON TO THEM.

YES, VERY SUPPORTIVE.

ABSOLUTELY.

SO, UH, AND THEN LASTLY, AS FAR AS THE STATE, OES CAL FIRE AND US FOREST SERVICE, IF WE CAN CONNECT TO THEIR DISPATCH CENTERS BECAUSE IT'S URBAN LAND, WILD LAND INTERFACE.

YES.

AND WE HAVE A CONTRACT WITH, WITH WITH CAL FIRE AND THEN THE US FOREST SERVICE IN THE FOREST.

WOULD THEY BE RESPONDING POSSIBLY TO AT THE SAME TIME? YES, SIR.

SO THAT EARLY DETECTION, ONCE WE GET TO THAT NEXT PHASE OF TYING IT INTO THE 9 1 1 SYSTEM, UM, YEAH, THE EARLY ACTIVATION, YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY, WE'LL, EVERYBODY'S GONNA BE COMING INITIALLY LIKE WE CURRENTLY DO NOW.

YEP.

IN THE MUTUAL

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AND THEN ALSO THE EARLIER WE GET ON IT, THE LESS RESOURCES THAT ARE GONNA BE COMMITTED TO FROM GETTING BIGGER.

SO VERY GOOD.

IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF POSITIVES.

THANK YOU.

SO, OKAY.

DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM D SEVEN? SO MOVED SECOND PLEASE.

VOTE.

MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

THERE YOU HAVE IT.

EARLY WARNING, FIRE DETECTION SYSTEMS. GREAT.

MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANT TO COMMEND THERE.

THERE'S BEEN AN AWFUL LOT OF WORK ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, PROBABLY THE EASIEST PART WAS WHEN WE INITIALLY CAME UP WITH LINDSAY APPROACHED US AND WE WERE INTERESTED AND WE CAME UP WITH THE ASK AND I MEAN HONESTLY REALLY IT WAS COMPARATIVELY EASY TO PRESENT IT TO ASSEMBLY MEMBER HOLDEN.

AND HE GOT REAL EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THESE TWO GENTLEMEN HAVE PUT IN A TON OF WORK.

MIKE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH CVWD EDISON, THE P-U-C-L-A-D-W-P, EVERYBODY TRYING TO COORDINATE, COORDINATE SHEPHERD AND THAT.

AND, UM, DEPUTY CHIEF BERETTA, UM, JUST ONE OF THE FINEST OPERATIONS PEOPLE I KNOW HE'S BEEN A GREAT PARTNER BECAUSE MIKE CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH.

AUGIE'S GOT THE KNOWLEDGE OF HOW THIS CAN HELP AND THE RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE OTHER AGENCIES IN THAT.

AND SO WITHOUT THAT PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN FIRE AND OUR OFFICE, WE WOULDN'T BE WHERE WE WERE TODAY.

SO, UM, IT'S REALLY BEEN A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.

AND UM, I WANNA THANK YOU GUYS, UM, FOR WHEN WE PRESENTED THE INITIAL IDEA TO YOU, YOU GUYS WERE SUPPORTIVE AND ALLOWED US TO MAKE THE REQUEST AND GO FORWARD.

UM, WE REALLY THOUGHT WE'D BE FURTHER BY NOW.

UM, BUT UM, WE'RE NOT GONNA STOP AND WE WILL GET THESE CAMERAS UP, UM, AND WE WILL MAKE SURE THAT IT IMPROVES PUBLIC SAFETY FOR THIS REGION.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU.

DID WE VOTE? YES.

? I THOUGHT SO.

.

UM, OKAY.

OUR NEXT ITEM, I BELIEVE IS OUR LAST ITEM.

WE HAVE NO PUBLIC HEARINGS,

[CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION]

[ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)]

[ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT]

[CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)]

[COUNCIL BUSINESS]

AND THAT SELECTION

[I1. Selection of a Delegate for the Southern California Association of Government's (SCAG) General Assembly. (CITY)]

UM, AND SO WE NEED TO, TO APPOINT A A, AN ALTERNATE BECAUSE MY INTENTION IS THIS YEAR TO TO BE GOING.

AND SO SINCE I SERVE ON THE REGIONAL COUNCIL FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS ASSOCIATED GOVERNMENTS, THAT I WILL BE ATTENDING THAT.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A PRIMARY MEMBER.

SO, UM, IS THERE, I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT HAS BEEN TO THE SCAG GENERAL ASSEMBLIES ALMOST ANNUALLY THROUGH YOUR, YOU STILL PLANNING ON GOING AGAIN THIS YEAR? I WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED ALTERNATE SINCE I PLAN ON ATTENDING IF THERE'S NO ISSUE.

OKAY.

SO IF WE JUST HAVE AN APPROVAL OF, OF CHRISTINE SCOTT AS THE ALTERNATE MOVE FOR APPROVAL.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS? ANY INTER-AGENCY REPORTS OR UPDATES? ANY CITY

[CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS]

IDENTIFICATIONS

[IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING]

AND I'LL ANNOUNCE THAT AT THE ADJOURNMENT.

BUT ANYTHING, NOTHING.

SO OUR MEETING, OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS NORMALLY SCHEDULED ON FEBRUARY 5TH, THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF FEBRUARY, WE HAVE MOVED THAT AND PUBLISHED AND NOTICED THAT, UH, IN THE NEWSPAPERS, UH, IT'S GONNA BE CHANGED TO FEBRUARY 4TH AT SEVEN O'CLOCK HERE IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS.

UH, SAME, SAME PLACE, SAME TIME, BUT DIFFERENT DATE, IT'S FEBRUARY 4TH, WHICH IS A TUESDAY.

SO WITH THAT, UH, WE ARE ADJOURNING THIS MEETING, UH, TWO,

[ADJOURNMENT - Adjourn to Tuesday, February 4, 2025, at 7:00 p.m.]

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING.

WHAT HAPPENED WITH WHAT.