Feb 04, 2025 Adjourned Regular Meeting

IT'S

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UH, THE CITY COUNCIL ACTS IN AS A MEMBER OF HOUSING AUTHORITIES AND WHATNOT.

WE WILL DO THIS STARTING ON FEBRUARY 4TH, OUR FIRST MEETING OF FEBRUARY.

SO I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR, MY COLLEAGUE TO MY LEFT RYAN HUTCHINSON, COUNCIL MEMBER TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE OF THE FLAG.

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

READY? BEGIN ALLEGIANCE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO REPUBLIC STAND.

ONE NATION UNDER GOD INVISIBLE WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.

THANK YOU.

ROLL CALL.

MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT.

MAYOR PRO.

TIM LYNN KENNEDY,

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

PRESENT.

CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS OR CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? THERE ARE NONE, MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THERE ARE NO ANNOUNCEMENTS OR PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, SO WE'LL GET RIGHT INTO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

AND THIS IS A TIME IN PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL

[AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]

YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES FOR EACH INDIVIDUAL,

[ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

[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.]

THANK YOU.

WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS.

THE PODIUM THERE WHEN THIS LIGHT IS ON, YOU'RE FREE TO SPEAK.

WHEN IT REACHES THE THREE MINUTE F UH, TIMEFRAME, THE LIGHT WILL GO OUT, BUT THERE'S ALSO A TIMER THAT WILL BE UP ON THE BOARD, UM, IN FRONT OF YOU.

OUR FREE SPEAKER IS HEATHER POLK, FOLLOWED BY OSVALDO LEONARD DIAZ, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS HEATHER POLK AND I SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE RANCH CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.

WE ARE BACK, BABY.

THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER SWING.

SPRING SWING IS BACK IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA THIS YEAR.

IT IS AT THE EXCLUSIVE RED HILL COUNTRY CLUB, AND THEY HAVE ALSO BEEN A CHAMBER MEMBER SINCE 1985.

39 YEARS.

GRATEFUL TO THEM AND THANK YOU.

RED HILL.

OUR GOLF TOURNAMENT IS MONDAY, MAY 19TH, 2025 AS A RANCHO CHAMBER.

WE ARE HERE TO PROMOTE OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES AND NON-PROFITS IN THE CITY BY PROMOTING, UH, EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, NETWORKING EVENTS, AND PROMOTE COLLABORATION AND CONNECTIONS.

AND WE ADVOCATE FOR OUR BUSINESSES AT THE LOCAL AND STATE LEVEL.

WHEN OUR BUSINESSES NEED US, WE ARE THERE AND WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR OUR PARTNERS AT THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WHO WORK HARD EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR THEM.

THE CHAMBER IS PROUD TO SERVE OUR 500 MEMBERS THAT REPRESENT OVER 10,000 HUMANS, MANY WHO LIVE AND WORK HERE, OBVIOUSLY IN OUR CITY.

JUST REMEMBER TO SHOP AND GOLF AND EAT LOCAL SHOPPER.

C THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU MR. DIAZ.

THAT NOISE.

HI EVERYBODY.

UH, MY NAME'S ALDO LEONARD DIAZ AND I PURCHASED A HOME WITH MY PARENTS, UH, IN 1986 AND IN NINE, IN 2000 OR SO, UH, ME AND MY DAD, UH, SO PREFACE THAT BY SAYING ME AND MY DAD HAD SORT OF FALLING OUT BEFORE HE PASSED AWAY.

I'M NOT GONNA GO INTO CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT MY SISTER WAS ASKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY.

UH, UNFORTUNATELY I WAS RENTING THE ROOMS OUT SO SHE COULD ONLY STAY IN THE GARAGE.

SHE STARTED PATTERN HARASSMENT, INTIMIDATION.

I LATER FOUND OUT TO, UH, JUSTIFY RESTRAINING ORDER TO GET POSSESSION OF THE HOUSE.

LONG INVOLVED STORY.

I'M HOPING TO TELL THAT.

ANYWAY, UH, I'M BACK AND I'M HOPING TO ENLIST YOUR, UH, YOUR HELP.

UH, MY COUNCIL WOMAN'S HELP IN TELLING MY STORY.

HOPEFULLY GET THIS, UH, THIS NEW ADMINISTRATION, NO MATTER WHAT YOU THINK OF THE GUY.

THEY STARTED DOGE, DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.

I SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN THROWN ON SSII MANAGED TO GET MYSELF OFF OF SSI ONCE AND ON TAXPAYER DOLLARS.

I'M DETERMINED TO HELP THIS ADMINISTRATION JUST LIKE ANY PRESIDENT.

SO ANYWAY, I JUST CAME TO INTRODUCE MYSELF.

HOPEFULLY I GOT JOKES FROM TIME TO TIME BECAUSE IT HAS HELPED ME.

THANK YOU LORD, FOR GIVING ME THAT.

UM, AND UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT ELSE TO SAY EXCEPT THANK

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HOPEFULLY YOU'RE, YOU'RE HERE FOR ME 'CAUSE IT'S GONNA BE HOPEFULLY NOT VERY EMOTIONAL OR SAD.

SOB STORY.

I GOT, I GOT SOME HUMOR.

'CAUSE IT'S A WAY, A FORM OF WHISTLING PAST THE GRAVEYARD, 25 YEARS OUTTA MY HOME BEING THROWN INTO HOMELESSNESS.

NOT TO MENTION MY OTHER SISTER WON'T GO INTO THAT NOW.

UH, OR MORE APPROPRIATELY MORE ON THAT LATER.

HEY, HE SAID MORON.

NO, JUST KIDDING.

UM, ANYWAY, UM, MS. STICKLER, I, UM, THANK YOU FOR REACHING OUT TO ME.

I GOT YOUR MESSAGE TODAY.

UM, I'M NOT VERY GOOD WITH, UH, SOCIAL MEDIA OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

I SHOULD HAVE HAD KIDS.

THAT WAY I CAN HAND 'EM THE PHONE AND SAY, HERE, FIX THIS.

ANYWAY, UM, I GUESS THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

UM, MY WIFE AND I ARE HUNGRY.

WE HAVE A LONG DAY AND WE GOTTA TAKE HER MEDICINE.

UM, I GUESS I'LL BE REACHING OUT TO YOU OR YOUR OFFICE WILL BE REACHING, REACHING OUT TO ME.

UH, REAL QUICKLY, WHY DOESN'T SUPERMAN RUN FOR OFFICE? WHY DOESN'T SUPERMAN RUN FOR OFFICE? 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE EASILY LED.

HELLO? IS THIS THING ON? HELLO? YES IT IS.

YEAH, I GUESS IT WASN'T THAT FUNNY.

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NO, NO, NO.

SOME DAD JOKES AND WHATNOT.

JUST BEING KIDDING.

JUST KIDDING YOU, SIR.

NOT TO SAY THAT MY SISTER'S A GOLD DEER, YOU KNOW? UM, BUT, UM, HOW MANY GOLD DIGGERS DOES IT TAKE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB? JUST ONE.

BUT THE BULB HAS TO BE REALLY DIM.

HELLO? SORRY.

THANK YOU GUYS.

APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, SIR.

GOD BLESS YOU GUYS.

THANK YOU.

THAT CONCLUDES.

I GUESS WE, WE HAD ONE ROOM.

NO, THERE IS ONLY TWO SPEAKER CARDS, RIGHT? OKAY.

I THOUGHT I READ THREE, BUT THAT WAS MY, MY MISTAKE.

UM, SO THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA.

SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR AND CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL, BUT, AND THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT CONVERSATION UNLESS THE COUNCIL MEMBER DESIRES TO PULL AN ITEM FOR SUCH DISCUSSION.

SO DO WE HAVE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR? I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO

[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.]

COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT'S ABSTENTION ON ITEM D THREE IS NOTED.

SO DO WE HAVE MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

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

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

WE HAVE NO CONSENT ORDINANCES TONIGHT.

WE HAVE NO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING NOR PUBLIC OR ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS AS WELL AS, UH, NO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORT.

SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS AND TONIGHT IT'S CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENT

[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]

SO I KNOW ONE OF,

[I1. Consideration to Approve the Re-appointment of One (1) Existing Member and the Appointment of One (1) New Member to the Public Art Committee. (CITY)]

THEN WE'LL GO AHEAD, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE REAPPOINTMENT OF PLANNING.

COMMISSIONER BRIAN DOPP AND THE NEW APPOINTMENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY ARTS FOUNDATION.

NEW BOARD MEMBER TINA GIL.

FREE TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE.

MOTION TO APPROVE.

I SECOND PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS OR INTERAGENCY UPDATES? I HAVE AN ANNOUNCEMENT.

I JUST WANNA JUST SAY, TODAY WAS TRANSIT EQUITY DAY, WHICH MEANS ANYBODY COULD HAVE TAKEN THE METRO LINK OR OMNI TRANSIT BUS AND WRITE IT FOR FREE TODAY AND HONOR OUR ROSA PARK.

SO, UH, BEING ON THE OMNI TRANS BOARD

[I2. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)  ]

[I3. INTER­AGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)  ]

AND I JUST WANNA THANK OMNI TRANS STAFF.

UH, IF YOU HAVEN'T RIDDEN THE BUS LATELY, THEY'RE CLEAN.

THEY'RE SAFE, AND THE DRIVERS ARE SUPER FRIENDLY AND IT DIDN'T TAKE THAT LONG.

SO I JUST WANNA, YOU KNOW, EVERY NOW AND THEN WHO WANTS TO SIT BEHIND THE WALL? IT'S NICE TO HAVE SOMEONE ELSE DRIVE EVERY NOW AND THEN, SO I JUST WANTED TO SHARE THAT.

AND AN ADDED NOTE.

UH, COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT REPRESENTS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE OMNI S BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

SO THAT WAS HER UPDATE FOR TODAY, A BUS RIDE.

GREAT.

UM, CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS, ANY? NO REPORTS.

NO REPORTS.

ANY IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING? SEEING NONE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS.

VERY SHORT BUT VERY INFORMATIVE MEETING AND, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE SHORTEST MEETING I THINK THAT I'VE EVER SAID IN THE DI AT, SO, UM, WE WILL HAVE A LONGER ONE COMING UP SHORTLY, , TWO WEEKS FROM NOW ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT.

THIS WAS A MEETING THAT WAS

[CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS]

[IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING]

SO WITH THAT LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU.

AND WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.

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UM, IT'S

[ADJOURNMENT]

FOR US, ONE OF.