* 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. 15 OF 2025. [00:00:01] IT'S OUR FI FIRE [REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS] DISTRICT AS BOARD OF DIRECTORS, AS WELL AS YOUR CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS. AND SO WE'VE CALLED THIS MEETING TO ORDER. SO I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR COUNCILWOMAN [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL:  Mayor Michael  Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy  Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler] ASHLEY STICKER TO LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. READY? BEGIN MY PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS. STANDS, ONE NATION NATION UNDER BROUGHT INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. THANK YOU. ROLL CALL. MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT. MAYOR KIM LYNN KENNEDY. PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON. PRESENT. CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT. AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT. MADAM CLERK, ARE [A. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA] THERE ANY ITEMS OR AMENDMENTS, MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO. MR. MAYOR, THERE'S NO CHANGES TO TODAY'S AGENDA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT. SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS [B. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS] AND PRESENTATIONS. AND WE GOT A COUPLE PRESENTATIONS. ONE OF 'EM IS ON YOUR AGENDA, BUT WE DECIDED TODAY WE NEEDED TO MAKE ANOTHER PRESENTATION TO AN AWARDEE WHO'S CERTAINLY DESERVING OF THIS PARTICULAR AWARD. SO I'D LIKE TO CALL UP OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. JOHN GILSON, WHO WAS A RECIPIENT OF THE WEST MCCLURE AWARD OF DISTINCTION. SO JOHN, I THINK, UM, THIS IS PROBABLY A FIRST FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO KOKOMO. I DON'T EVER REMEMBER, UM, A CITY COUNCIL RECOGNIZING THEIR CITY MANAGER, UNLESS IT'S MAYBE A RETIREMENT OR SOMETHING. BUT THIS IS A VERY, VERY PRESTIGIOUS AWARD, AND WE ARE VERY SO BLESSED TO HAVE MR. SISON, OUR CITY MANAGER, AS THE CITY MANAGER FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR NOW HOW MANY YEARS? PROBABLY 12. 13. 13. 13 YEARS. 14. 14 YEARS. SO THE CITY COUNCIL HAS THIS DISTINCT HONOR OF RECOGNIZING OUR CITY MANAGER, JOHN SISON, WHO HAS BEEN AWARDED THE PRESTIGIOUS WEST MCCLURE AWARD OF DISTINCTION BY HIS PEERS FROM THE CALIFORNIA CITY CITY MANAGER'S DEPARTMENT. THAT MEANS CAL CITIES, WHICH IS ALL THE CITIES IN CALIFORNIA. OVER 480 OF THEM, THE CITY MANAGERS. HIS PEERS SELECTED HIM TO BE THE RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD THIS YEAR, WHICH IS STATES A LOT ABOUT WHAT HIS PEERS FEEL ABOUT HIM. THIS AWARD CELEBRATES CITY MANAGERS WHO DEMONSTRATE EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP, ETHICS, INNOVATION AND SERVICE QUALITIES THAT JOHN EMBODIES COMPLETELY AND FULLY WITH 15 YEARS AS CITY MANAGER, JOHN HAS LED WITH DEDICATION AND VISION STRENGTHENING NOT JUST OUR CITY, BUT THE ENTIRE REGION AS WELL AS OUR STATE. HIS LEADERSHIP HAS DRIVEN KEY INITIATIVES, INCLUDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES DIVISION OF CONFIRE, WHICH IS OUR COUNTY'S DISPATCH CENTER AND STATEWIDE TAX POLICY REFORMS THAT ENSURE CITIES RECEIVE THEIR FAIR SHARE OF SALES TAX. JOHN, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH. I KNOW YOU'VE GOT THIS AWARD IN YOUR HAND. I WOULD LOVE YOU TO DISPLAY THAT, BUT, UM, I CAN TELL YOU I DON'T, I DON'T KNOW OF A CITY MANAGER ANYWHERE THAT IS MORE THOROUGH, THAT IS MORE DEDICATED TO BUILDING A GOOD TEAM, A GOOD STAFF, AND DEVELOPING A VERY, VERY WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE ALL CAN BE VERY PROUD OF. AND IT'S THROUGH THIS MAN AND THE PEOPLE THAT GO TO WORK EACH AND EVERY DAY IN THIS CITY THAT WE ARE SO BLESSED TO HAVE HIM AT THE HELM. AND SO LET'S GIVE HIM A BIG, HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE. THANK YOU. DEDICATION. THANK YOU. THAT'S WEIRD. COME GET A PICTURE WITH, YOU KNOW, THE I KNOW THE, ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. AND ON OUR, ONTO ANOTHER VERY, VERY SAD IT'S TIME FOR OUR CITY AND OUR CITY FAMILY. THIS IS A PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE OF SYMPATHY TO OUR FORMER EMPLOYEE, MR. GALLAGHER AND HIS FAMILY IS HERE THIS EVENING. HIS WIFE JULIE, HIS DAUGHTER MEGAN. AND I'M NOT SURE THE, THE TWO OF YOU. WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD? WE WILL BE ANNOUNCING AT THE END OF OUR MEETING, WE WILL MAKE AN ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WE'RE ADJOURNING THIS EVENING'S MEETING IN THE MEMORY OF MR. GALLAGHER. MR. PATRICK GALLAGHER, [00:05:02] A LONGTIME EMPLOYEE, PATRICK GALLAGHER PASSED AWAY ON JANUARY 25TH, 2025 AFTER A COURAGEOUS BATTLE WAS MYELOFIBROSIS A RARE AND INCUR CURABLE BONE MARROW CANCER DISEASE. PATRICK GALLAGHER DEDICATED 29 YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. HIS CONTRIBUTIONS AND PRESENCE WILL BE GREATLY MISSED. PATRICK SERVED THE COMMUNITY AS A TRAFFIC SIGNAL TECHNICIAN, ULTIMATELY OVERSEEING ALL TRAFFIC SIGNALS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, BUILDING MAINTENANCE THROUGHOUT THE CITY, CONTRACTS AND MANAGERIAL OPERATIONS FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. AFTER 29 YEARS OF DEDICATED SERVICE, HE RETIRED JUST SIX YEARS AGO. IN 2019, PATRICK WILL BE REMEMBERED AS AN EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SERVANT AND A DEDICATED MEMBER OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY AND TEAM RANCHO CUCAMONGA. ON BEHALF OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND OUR ENTIRE CITY COMMUNITY, WE SEND OUR DEEPEST AND SINCERE CONDOLENCES TO THE GALLAGHER FAMILY, ALL YOUR RELATIVES, AND ALL OF HIS FRIENDS AND AND LOVED ONES. AND SO THANK YOU JULIE, FOR BEING HERE WITH YOUR DAUGHTER MEGAN. I KNOW HOW DIFFICULT THIS IS. WE HAVE THIS CERTIFICATE OF SYMPATHY. IT READS, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ADJOURNED OUR MEETING ON FEBRUARY 19TH, 2025 IN MEMORY OF PATRICK JOHN GALLAGHER. AND BY THIS SMALL TOKEN, WE TRULY SIN OUR REGARDS TO YOUR WHOLE FAMILY. AND, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY ANYTHING OR, WELL, YOU MAY USE THIS. I WOULD JUST SAY THAT MY HUSBAND LOVED THE CITY OF RANCH CUCAMONGA, AND HE LOVED WHAT HE DID. AND THOSE OF YOU WHO MET HIM KNOW THAT HE HAD LOTS OF STORIES TO SHARE AND, UM, YOU KNOW, UM, 29 YEARS AND, UM, HOPEFULLY WHEN PEOPLE GO BY TRAFFIC SIGNALS, THEY THINK OF PAT OUT THERE. THAT'S RIGHT. , THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. I TRULY APPRECIATE IT. AND I KNOW WE'D ALL LIKE TO SHAKE YOUR HAND AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST. YOU SO MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. YOU'RE ALWAYS PART OF OUR FAMILY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND JULIE, YOU DON'T HAVE TO STAY AT THE END OF THE MEETING TO SEE US ADJOURN. WE'LL, WE'LL DO THAT. YOU CAN WATCH IT ON TV IF YOU WANT TO GET OUTTA HERE. YOU BET. THANK YOU. HOW MANY ON THIS? YEAH. SO JUST FOR EVERYBODY'S INFORMATION, I KNOW WE HAVE A FEW SPEAKERS THAT ARE HERE TONIGHT TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE THAT WE WILL BE DEALING WITH. THAT'S UNDER CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS, THE THIRD AMENDED LEA AMENDED LEASE TO THE JOSEPH FELIPE WINERY. UM, WE'RE GONNA MOVE THAT TO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS RATHER THAN YOU COMING UP UNDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. SO THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE HERE TO SPEAK ON THE WINERY ISSUE, PLEASE WAIT UNTIL THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM COMES UP AND YOU WILL BE GIVEN A CHANCE AFTER THE CITY STAFF REPORT AND ANY QUESTION THE COUNCIL MAY HAVE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL WITH ANY OF YOUR CONCERNS OR, OR OTHERWISE. SO MOVING ON, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. NO, WE'LL NOW TAKE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS [C. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS] AND THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE EXPECT TO BE, UM, FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM THAT'S LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, AND, UH, WE WILL HAVE TWO SPEAKERS THIS EVENING. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS WOODY LOPEZ. AND NAJA ENO IS WOODY. WENDY. HUH? I'M WENDY LOPEZ. OKAY, WENDY, I'M SORRY. NO WONDER YOU DIDN'T STAND UP. . I DIDN'T. I DON'T. . [00:10:03] CAN I BEGIN? SURELY. OKAY. SO GOOD EVENING. I'M A CONCERNED RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND I AM ASKING FOR YOUR HELP IN ADDRESSING THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUE IN OUR COMMUNITY. I HAVE DEALT DIRECTLY WITH CHP IN HELPING US BATTLE THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS THAT ARE OFF THE TWO 10 FREEWAY AND CORNELIAN. THEY WERE REMOVED AS A LAST WEDNESDAY AND RETURNED ON THURSDAY. PRIOR TO THAT, I HAD REACHED OUT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBER ASHLEY STICKLER FROM DISTRICT ONE, AND LEFT A MESSAGE FOR THE CITY MANAGER AS WELL AS THE MAYOR, AND HAVE NOT HEARD BACK FROM ANYONE. I AM ASKING THAT THIS ISSUE BE ADDRESSED WITH A HIGH URGENCY AS A HOMELESS COULD CAUSE SERIOUS ISSUES WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY. OVER THE PAST MONTH, THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST FOUR ABANDONED SHOPPING CARTS LEFT ON CORNELIAN, WHICH I HAVE HAD TO FILE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR. MM-HMM . SOME OF THOSE SHOPPING CARTS HAVE HAD A DRUG PARAPHERNALIA AMONGST OTHER THINGS IN THEM, KEEPING IN MIND THAT OUR CHILDREN ARE UTILIZING THE STREET TO GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL. I HAVE ALSO SEEN NEEDLES LEFT ON THE SIDEWALK, WHICH I HAVE HAD TO PICK UP MYSELF. UM, THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT I UNDERSTAND IS WORLDWIDE. HOWEVER, MY COMMUNITY IS MY CONCERN. MY COMMUNITY NEEDS TO REMAIN SAFE, AND WE AS A COMMUNITY WILL WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP IT AS SUCH. I'M ASKING WHAT YOU WILL DO TO ADDRESS THIS ISSUE. PROGRAMS, HOUSING, ET CETERA, ARE NOT THE ANSWER. AS A TYPICAL HOMELESS PERSON IS NOT RECEPTIVE TO SUCH HELP, WHAT WILL BE YOUR SOLUTION IN KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE? THANK YOU VERY MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. CHIEF SMITH, WOULD YOU LIKE TO RESPOND TO THAT? SO OUR POLICE CHIEF MIKE SMITH. GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. SO TO ADDRESS YOUR CONCERN, MA'AM, UH, BASICALLY WE DID OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT WAS IN JANUARY WE PARTICIPATED WITH THE CITY AND OUR POINT IN TIME COUNT REFLECTED. WE HAD 91, UM, TRANSIENTS THAT WERE IN BETWEEN HOUSING AND THOSE WHO WERE, UM, IN ALL DIFFERENT STATES. SO THEY WERE ALL THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UM, IN VARIOUS SPOTS. UM, THEY WERE ACCOUNTED FOR AND BASICALLY THEIR, THEIR SITUATIONS WERE ACCOUNTED FOR. WHY ARE THEY HOMELESS, WHAT BROUGHT THEM HERE, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO SEVERAL OF THEM WERE RESIDENTS OF RANCHO AND OTHERS WERE NOT. SO FOR RANCHO AS OUR, AS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR APPROACH TO IT, WE WORK WITH THE CITY, UM, REGULARLY ON THIS. SO WE HAVE OUR SOLUTION ORIENTED POLICING TEAM. THE DEPUTY TO MY RIGHT IS ON THAT TEAM. UM, THIS IS ACTUALLY A SECOND ROUND ON THAT TEAM. AND BASICALLY THEIR, THEIR GOAL IS, UH, AS A TEAM IS TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS IN THE CITY. SO WHAT WE FIND IS THAT, UM, THEY GO OUT ON THE CALLS, FOR EXAMPLE, THE CALL THAT YOU JUST TALKED ABOUT, UH, TWO 10 AND CORNELIAN THAT'S UP ON IS AT THE VERY TOP OF THE FREEWAY. AND SO WHEN WE WENT UP THERE, IN FACT, DEPUTY SNYDER WENT UP THERE, ADDRESSED THE ISSUE, AND HAD TO WORK THROUGH CALTRANS BECAUSE THAT'S THEIR AREA. SO CALTRANS WENT OUT ON FEBRUARY THE 12TH AND CLEANED THE AREA. I THINK THERE WAS FOUR UH, ENCAMPMENTS UP THERE. SHE'S CORRECT. AND I BELIEVE THEY CLEANED THREE OUTTA THE FOUR. I DUNNO IF THEY MISSED THE FOURTH. AND THEN HAVE A DUE DATE TO COME BACK TO CLEAN THAT FOURTH SPOT UP. SO DEPUTY SNYDER, RECONTACTED CALTRAN SPOKE TO THE SUPERVISOR TO GO MAKE SURE THEY CLEAN THAT FOURTH AREA UP. SO, UM, BUT AS FAR AS THAT GOES IN THE CITY, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, ISSUES OR CALLS FOR SERVICE, WE ARE PROACTIVE IN THE APPROACH. UH, WE HAVE A, YOU KNOW, WHERE WE ACTUALLY, IF WE HAVE VIOLATIONS OF LAW, WE'RE ADDRESSING THOSE ISSUES. UH, WHEN WE HAVE, UH, WE'RE ALSO OFFERING, UH, TREATMENT AND, UH, OPTIONS LIKE AS FAR AS, UH, TRYING TO GET THEM HOUSING, TRYING TO GET THEM RESOURCES, MEDICATIONS, WHATEVER THEY NEED. UH, OUR STOP TEAM WORKS WITH OUR HOPE TEAM WITH THE COUNTY. THAT'S OUR HOMELESS OUTREACH, PROACTIVE ENFORCEMENT TEAM. UH, WE CAN ALSO CONNECT PEOPLE WITH SERVICES. UH, THE ISSUE WITH GOING TO JAIL SOMETIMES ARE MISDEMEANOR CRIMES. AND WITH MISDEMEANORS, WHEN YOU GO TO JAIL AND YOU'RE BOOKED ON A MISDEMEANOR, YOU'RE USUALLY BOOKED AND RELEASED IS WHAT THEY CALL. SO YOU'RE IN JAIL FOR ABOUT SIX TO EIGHT HOURS MAYBE, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE VIOLATION IS. IF IT'S A FELONY CHARGE, IT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. UH, IN ADDITION TO, UH, THOSE SERVICES, WE ALSO HAVE PROPOSITION 36, WHICH CALIFORNIA PASSED BY A A, A WIDE MARGIN. AND PROPOSITION 36 IS ADDRESSING THEFT AND, UM, AND IS ADDRESSING THEFT IN CALIFORNIA AS WELL AS, UM, DRUG OFFENSES. SO BASICALLY ANYBODY CAUGHT WITH TWO PRIOR THEFTS ON THEIR CONVICTION, THEY'RE CAUGHT FOR THEFT A THIRD TIME. UM, THAT CAN GO TO THE DA AS A FELONY. AND ANYBODY CAUGHT WITH, UH, DRUGS WHO HAVE TWO PRIOR THEFT, CONVICT, OR I'M SORRY, DRUG CONVICTIONS ON THEIR, UH, RAP SHEET CAN ALSO GO OVER FOR A FELONY. AND THEY BASICALLY HAVE MANDATED, UM, JAIL TIME IF THEY DON'T COMPLETE A TREATMENT PROGRAM. IF THEY COMPLETE [00:15:01] A TREATMENT PROGRAM, THE CHARGE CAN BE DROPPED. IF THEY DON'T COMPLETE IT, THEN UM, THEY'LL HAVE THE JAIL TIME. SO THAT'S POSITION 36. SO FAR, UH, THIS YEAR, IT STARTED ON DECEMBER 18TH. UH, WE'VE HAD OVER 30, UH, PROPOSITION 36 ARRESTS. TODAY ALONE, WE HAD, UH, NINE ARRESTS OF, OF TRANSIENTS. SO WE'RE OUT THERE DOING OUR JOBS THE BEST THAT WE CAN, TRYING TO MOVE THEM ALONG, UM, AND TAKE THEM WHEN WE HAVE, UH, VIOLATIONS OF THE LAW, IF NOT, TRYING TO, UM, GET THEM IN CONNECTION AND CONTACT WITH RESOURCES, UH, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY'RE, IT'S JUST SOMEBODY THAT'S IN, YOU KNOW, IN A BAD WAY THAT HAS NOT VIOLATED THE LAW. THEY JUST DON'T HAVE ANYWHERE TO GO. AND TRYING TO GET THEM THOSE RESOURCES THAT THEY NEED, YOU KNOW, TO HELP THEM OUT. SO IT'S A WIDE, IT'S A WIDE APPROACH THAT WE HAVE. SO ALL DIFFERENT ANGLES. THANK YOU. THANKS. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS NADIA BINA. HI, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME'S NADIA BNA. UM, I WANTED TO INTRODUCE MYSELF. I WORK FOR ASSEMBLY MEMBER ROBERT GARCIA. HE IS YOUR NEWLY ELECTED ASSEMBLY MEMBER. UM, HE IS VERY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH ALL OF YOU AND ALL OF DISTRICT 50. I, MYSELF AM VERY EXCITED BECAUSE I KNOW RANCHO CUCAMONGA TO BE AN AMAZING CITY, NOT ONLY BECAUSE IT HOUSES OUR OFFICE, UM, THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER LIVES HERE, BUT ALSO BECAUSE MY BROTHER AND SISTER-IN-LAW AND FUTURE NIECE, UM, WILL BE RESIDING HERE AS WELL. WELL, THEY ACTUALLY DO . UM, MY MAIN, UM, GOAL IS TO CREATE A RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF YOU, UM, WHERE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE IN REACHING OUT TO ME FOR WHATEVER CONCERNS, WHETHER IT BE CONTACTING CALTRANS, IF THEY'RE GIVING YOU THE RUNAROUND, UM, OR HELPING CONSTITUENTS WITH ANY STATE AGENCY SUCH AS THE EDD. UM, MY MAIN GOAL IS TO BE A QUICK ACCESS TO THE ASSEMBLY MEMBER WHENEVER YOU HAVE CONCERNS. ADDITIONALLY, I HOPE THAT YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE REACHING OUT TO US FOR, UM, LEGISLATION THAT WILL AFFECT EITHER NEGATIVELY OR POSITIVELY THE CITY. UM, AND ALSO, UM, JUST HAVE A GREAT RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL OF YOU. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE ALL OF YOU, UM, INCLUDING THE COMMUNITY TO FAMILY MEMBER, GARCIA'S OPEN HOUSE. UM, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO KNOW HIM OR REINTRODUCE YOURSELVES. I'M SURE YOU ALL KNOW HIM ALREADY. UM, IT WILL BE, OH, I HAVE A FLYER . UM, IT'LL BE TAKING PLACE FRIDAY, UM, MARCH 21ST AT OUR DISTRICT OFFICE. UM, AND WE WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO TOUR OUR UP AND COMING OFFICE. WE JUST GOT OUR FURNITURE, SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED THAT IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER. UM, AND I'VE MET A FEW OF YOU OUT IN THE PUBLIC, AND I PROMISE I AM DOING MY BEST TO CATCH UP, UM, WITH ALL OF THE MEETINGS. BUT I DEFINITELY LOOK FORWARD TO MEETING YOU ALL, AND I HOPE TO BE OF SERVICE TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND ALL OF THE WONDERFUL PEOPLE THAT LIVE HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. IF YOU'LL, IF YOU'LL GIVE THAT FLYER TO OUR CITY CLERK. SHE, YES. OKAY. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. YOU BET. THANK YOU. WELL, THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDARS. [D. CONSENT CALENDARS] [CONSENT CALENDAR] CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER OR FIRE BOARD MEMBER MAY REMOVE AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION SHOULD THEY SO DESIRE. SO, DO I HAVE A MOTION, MR. MAYOR? I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER. UH, COUNCILMAN SCOTT'S ABSTENTION ON ITEM D THREE IS NOTED. SO MOVED. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO CONSENT [E. CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION] ORDINANCES THIS EVENING. AND WE DO HAVE ONE ITEM THAT WE MOVED UP TO ADMINISTRATIVE [F. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)] [H2. (Moved to Section F. Administrative Hearing) Review and Approval of the Third Amendment of Ground Lease between the City of Rancho Cucamonga (lessor) and the J. Filippi Vintage Co. (lessee). (CITY)] HEARINGS THAT WILL BE HELD RIGHT NOW. AND THAT IS, UM, A ENTERTAINING, A MOTION TO APPROVE A THIRD AMENDMENT, OR CONSIDER THE THIRD AMENDMENT OF THE GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA LEOR, AND THE J FELIPE VINTAGE COMPANY. LEASE. E MR. GILSON. MR. GILSON, BEFORE YOU BEGIN, UM, I NEED TO RECUSE MYSELF FROM THIS ITEM BECAUSE I HAVE A FINANCIAL INTEREST IN REAL PROPERTY LOCATED WITHIN 1000 MILE, UH, 1000 FEET OF THE WINERY. AND MY RECUSAL IS PURSUANT TO THE POLITICAL REFORM ACT, SO I CANNOT JOIN THE DELIBERATION OR THE DECISION. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO, UM, I'LL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS. GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE AFTERWARDS. UM, AND THEN YOU CAN OPEN UP THE HEARING. UM, WE DO HAVE THE APPLICANT HERE TONIGHT AND, AND OBVIOUSLY SEVERAL PEOPLE, UM, TO COMMENT ON THE ITEM. SO OVERALL, AS NOTED, UH, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU IS, UH, APPROVAL TO TRANSFER, UM, THE GROUND LEASE, IT'S A THIRD AMENDMENT. THAT [00:20:01] AMENDMENT IS THE TRANSFER OF THE GROUND LEASE. UM, AS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, THE J PHILIPPE VINTAGE COMPANY, UM, IS ESSENTIALLY SELLING THEIR BUSINESS. THE LEASE IS AN ASSET OF THE BUSINESS, UH, HAS ABOUT 45, 50 YEARS REMAINING ON IT. UM, AND SO, UM, THE, UH, CITY'S APPROVAL IS NEEDED FOR THE TRANSFER OF THAT LEASE. SO, UM, I WON'T GO THROUGH, THERE'S A LONG HISTORY, UH, IN THE STAFF REPORT. I, I WENT BACK AND PULLED FROM PROBABLY THE LAST 20 PLUS YEARS OF HISTORY, UM, ABOUT THE WINERY AND, UM, HOW IT WOUND UP WITH THE FEIS IN THAT. SO I'LL, I'LL PICK THE STORY UP REALLY WITH WHERE WE ARE TODAY. SO, UM, FOR, FOR QUITE A WHILE, THE, UH, FEIS HAVE HAD THE, THE WINERY. AND, UM, ORIGINALLY THE PURCHASE OF THE WINERY WAS, UH, BY THE CITY'S REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY. AND, UM, IT, UH, THE INTENTION ALL ALONG WAS THAT IT WOULD BE A COOPERATIVE EFFORT BETWEEN THE CITY, UM, AND THE FEIS TO CONTINUE REHABBING AND REVITALIZING THE WINERY. UM, THAT BECAME MORE DIFFICULT WITH TIME, UM, UH, FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS, NOT THE LEAST OF WHICH IS THAT REDEVELOPMENT WAS ELIMINATED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN 2010, AND WITH IT WENT ALL OUR FUNDS FOR THIS PROJECT. SO, WHEN WE LOOK AT THE PROJECT TODAY, UM, AND WHEN, UH, NATIONAL CORPS, UM, APPROACHED THE WINERY AND, AND APPROACHED THE CITY ABOUT THIS, THERE WERE SEVERAL GOALS FOR THE PROJECT, AND YOU CAN SEE THEM UP THERE. UM, IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CITY. UM, VERY IMPORTANT TO THE COMMUNITY. THE COUNCIL HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR, UH, WHEN THEY DID, UM, SOME STUDY SESSIONS ABOUT A HALF DOZEN YEARS AGO THAT WE WANNA PRESERVE AND ENHANCE THE HISTORICAL NATURE AND THE USAGE OF THE WINERY. THAT CAME THROUGH LOUD AND CLEAR. THE OTHER IS THAT THERE'S A VERY STRONG DESIRE BY EVERYONE TO MAINTAIN WINE MAKING FUNCTIONS ON THE PROPERTY. UM, LEST ANYONE THINK THAT THAT'S JUST LIP SERVICE BY THE CITY, UM, YOU SHOULD KNOW. UH, WE RECENTLY EXECUTED A LEASE, UH, FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 TO 15 ACRES OF CENTRAL PARK TO GALLO, DOMINIC, GALLO, UM, AND THE GALLO WINERY TO RESTORE THE HISTORIC GRAPES THAT WERE ON THE SITE, AS WELL AS PLANT NEW GRAPES SO THAT WE CAN CONTRIBUTE TO WINE GROWING IN THE REGION. SO, UM, THE CITY IS, IS FIRMLY COMMITTED TO THE PRESERVATION OF THE, UH, CUCAMONGA, A VA AREA, AS WELL AS THE WINE MAKING FUNCTIONS ON THIS SITE. UH, THE OTHER IS THAT FOR A WHILE NOW, UM, THERE'S BEEN LIMITED COMMUNITY ACCESS TO THE WINERY AND VINEYARDS. THE, THERE'S JUST A LITTLE BIT OF A VINEYARD LEFT MOSTLY ON, UH, BASELINE FOR SHOW. THE SOUTHERLY GATE HAS BEEN CLOSED FOR A LONG TIME. UH, MUCH OF THE PROPERTY IS OFF LIMITS. IT WAS INTENDED ALL ALONG TO BE A MUCH MORE ACTIVE, UM, USE, UH, FOR THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY. SO THE OTHER IS THAT, UM, AGAIN, IT HAS BEEN A LONG, LONG TIME, UM, UH, MANY DECADES SINCE THE WINERY CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE ECONOMY OF THE CITY, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT CHANGE. SO THOSE WERE SORT OF THE KEY OVERALL GUIDING GOALS FOR THE PROJECT. THERE ARE SOME IMMEDIATE NEEDS THAT NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF. THERE IS A NUMBER OF FIRE SAFETY, A DA COMPLIANCE AND OTHER ISSUES ON SITE THAT NEED TO BE ADDRESSED, THAT REQUIRE A SUBSTANTIAL SUM OF MONEY. UM, AND THOSE NEED TO BE ADDRESSED SORT OF RIGHT UP FRONT. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STRUCTURAL IMPROVEMENTS, UM, MAINTENANCE AND OTHER STUFF, OLD EQUIPMENT ON THE SITE THAT NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AND REDONE. UM, SO THAT'S PROBABLY A VERY HIGH SECOND PRIORITY. AND A LOT OF THE ELECTRICAL MECHANICAL SYSTEMS FOR THE WINERY ARE OLD. THEY NEED TO BE OVERHAULED. THEY NEED TO BE, UH, REPAIRED OR REPLACED. SO HERE YOU CAN SEE SORT OF THE PHASE ONE IMPROVEMENTS. THIS IS THE FOCUS OF WHAT WILL TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY, UPGRADES TO THE PARKING LOT, UM, THAT, THAT PAVEMENT. UM, WELL, SOME OF IT GOES BACK TO THE ORIGINAL BASELINE AVENUE. UM, SO IT'S PRETTY OLD. UM, WE AT A LOT OF THE, UM, IF I FLIP BACK, A LOT OF THE STRUCTURAL, MECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, UM, AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT NEED TO BE DONE ARE GOING TO INHIBIT THE U YOU, YOU CAN'T HAVE CONTRACTORS WORKING IN THAT, UH, TASTING ROOM WHILE PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO WINE TASTE THERE. UM, THOSE TWO THINGS DON'T USUALLY HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY SIDE BY SIDE. SO A FOCUS OF PHASE ONE IS TO BUILD A TEMPORARY TASTING ROOM, UM, SO THAT IT CAN ALLOW PEOPLE TO CONTINUE TO ENJOY WINE AND USE THE SITE, UM, UNINTERRUPTED, IF YOU WILL, OR IMPACTED BY THE WORK AND THE CONTRACTORS AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE GOING ALONG GOING [00:25:01] ON. UM, THE OTHER IS, UH, THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME ENHANCED SIGNAGE. ONE OF THE CHALLENGES FOR THE WINERY RIGHT NOW, UM, IS JUST THAT, UM, IT'S MORE WELL KNOWN OFTEN BY PEOPLE WHO'VE LIVED IN THE CITY FOR 20 PLUS YEARS THAN IT IS BY PEOPLE WHO'VE MOVED INTO THE CITY IN THE LAST HALF DOZEN. UM, AND SO SOME STREET SIGNAGE WOULD CHANGE THAT. AND THEN I MENTIONED THE VINEYARDS. WE'D REALLY LIKE TO HAVE THEM, UH, BACK INTO PRODUCTION, UM, AS SOME ORGANIC VINEYARDS, BUT ALSO THAT WILL PROVIDE SOME NICE BUFFER, UM, AND SOME NICE VISUAL AESTHETICS FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS. SO, UM, I MENTIONED THE INTERIOR AND EXTERIOR ENHANCEMENTS. THERE ARE OLD BANQUET ROOMS, TASTING ROOMS, ET CETERA THERE THAT IF THEY WERE REMODELED, COULD BE USED FOR EVENT SPACE. UM, NATIONAL CORE IS LOOKING TO HAVE A DEDICATED SPACE FOR CORE ACADEMY, UM, AND CLASSROOMS THAT CAN HOST CLASSES THAT FOCUS ON, UM, SOME OF THE SKILLS THAT CORE ACADEMY TEACHES. UH, AND THEN WE WOULD LIKE TO REDO SOME OF THE LANDSCAPING, UM, IMPROVE THE OVERALL ENVIRONMENT AROUND THE WINERY, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY ADDRESS THE A DA COMPLIANCE ISSUES. SO HERE IS A RENDERING, IF YOU WILL, OF WHAT A TEMPORARY TASTING ROOM ONSITE, UM, COULD LOOK LIKE. SOME OF THE MATERIALS AND ELEMENTS THAT, THAT, UM, EVERYONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE INCORPORATED AND HAVE. SO THIS WOULD SERVE TO ALLOW, UM, WINE TASTING TO CONTINUE ON SITE WHILE THE EXISTING TASTING ROOM WAS, UM, UPGRADED AND REMODELED. THIS IS A, A SITE PLAN SHOWING WHAT AN INITIAL REMODEL FOR THE FACILITY WOULD LOOK LIKE, UM, AND HOW ALL THESE USES WOULD COME TOGETHER. UM, SO OBVIOUSLY THIS ISN'T, UM, NECESSARILY SET IN STONE YET. PERMITS HAVEN'T BEEN PULLED AND THAT TYPE OF THING, BUT THIS IS WHAT NATIONAL CORE IS WORKING TOWARDS. SO YOU CAN SEE, UM, THE, UM, VOCATIONAL AREA IS THAT, UM, TAN PIECE IN SORT OF THE CENTER, LOWER CENTER OF THIS RENDERING. UM, THAT WOULD BE THE VOCATIONAL AREA, ROUGHLY AROUND 7,000 SQUARE FEET. UM, TO THE UPPER RIGHT, UM, IS THE TASTING ROOM AND SOME OF THE ASSOCIATED RETAIL AND OTHER AREAS AT AROUND 8,000 SQUARE FEET. UM, IF YOU ADD UP ALL THE DIFFERENT POTENTIAL EVENT SPACE AS IT GETS REMODELED, UM, THERE COULD BE OVER 20,000 SQUARE FOOT, UM, IN EVENT SPACE, IN DIFFERENT SIZE AREAS. UM, THAT WOULD OBVIOUSLY BE BE WONDERFUL TO HAVE AVAILABLE TO THE COMMUNITY FOR EVENTS AND STUFF. UM, AND THEN YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 8,500 SQUARE FEET KIND OF, UH, RIGHT IN THE CENTER OF EVERYTHING. UM, FOR THE WINERY OPERATIONS, UH, ONE OF THE CURRENT LIMITATIONS OF THE FACILITY NOW IS IT REALLY NEEDS A, A WHOLE NEW KITCHEN, UM, AND, UH, LIKE A RESTAURANT HOSPITALITY LEVEL KITCHEN. UM, SO THIS WOULD ACCOMPLISH THAT WITH A SIGNIFICANT SIZE KITCHEN AT AROUND, UH, 2000 SQUARE FEET OR SO. UM, SO THIS TYPE OF REMODEL, UM, WOULD HELP SERVE TO ACTIVATE THE FACILITY, UM, MUCH MORE SIGNIFICANTLY THAN IS PRESENTLY THE CASE WHERE YOU REALLY JUST MAINLY HAVE THE CURRENT, UM, RELATIVELY MODEST SIZED TASTING ROOM. UM, AND THEN THE REST OF THE FACILITY IS EITHER OFF LIMITS OR, UM, FOR BEHIND THE SCENES FOR, FOR WINE MAKING. SO, UM, FUTURE EXPANSION. SO THIS WOULD HAPPEN IN PHASES. UM, WE JUST SORT OF WENT THROUGH, IF YOU WILL, SOME OF THE PHASE ONE STUFF. BUT IN THE FUTURE, EXPANSIONS AND RENOVATIONS, UM, WE WANNA PRESERVE SOME OF THE KEY WINE MAKING SPACES. THERE'S SOME REALLY NEAT ROOMS IN THERE WITH SOME OLD, UM, WINE CASKS AND OTHER STUFF THAT, UM, COULD BE REHABILITATED AND BE PRETTY FANTASTIC. UM, LIKE TO ADD SOME ADDITIONAL BANQUET AND, UH, PRIVATE ROOMS FOR RENTALS. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF UNUSED SPACE, UH, WAREHOUSE SPACE THAT'S RIGHT INSIDE THERE. MAKE A NICE EVENT HALL. UM, THERE'S A LOT OF REALLY UNIQUE, UH, WINE MAKING BOTTLING, UM, AND OTHER EQUIPMENT ON SITE THAT IF IT WERE, UM, PUT INTO, UM, A A REALLY NICELY DONE, UH, DISPLAY AREA WOULD MAKE FOR SOME GREAT TOURS AND EDUCATION FOR PEOPLE. SO THAT'S PART OF IT. UM, ANYONE WHO'S BEEN THERE ANYTIME RECENTLY KNOWS THAT MOST OF THE OUTSIDE IS UNUSED, AND CERTAINLY THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE PROPERTY IS JUST EMPTY AT THIS POINT FOR THE MOST PART. UM, SO THERE COULD BE A NICE OUTDOOR EVENT AREA, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR SOME EVENTS, UM, WHICH WOULD THEN BE BUFFERED BY, UM, VINES AND, AND LANDSCAPING AND THAT FROM THE NEIGHBORS. AND THEN, UM, THE PARKING NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, WE MENTIONED THAT EARLIER. UM, BUT, UM, OBVIOUSLY THERE'S ROOM TO CONVERT SOME OF THE OPEN SPACE [00:30:01] TO SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING, UH, NEXT TO THE SHOPPING CENTER, UH, IF YOU WILL, UM, AND ALLOW THE WINERY TO CONTINUE TO GROW. SO THIS IS WHAT A SITE PLAN, UM, COULD LOOK LIKE, UH, WHEN COMPLETED, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE FUTURE. UM, SO YOU CAN REALLY SEE HERE, UM, TRYING TO GET THE SOUTHERLY PEDESTRIAN ENTRANCE BACK OPEN AGAIN. UM, TRYING TO PROVIDE THAT LANDSCAPE BUFFER FOR RESIDENTS, SOME OUTDOOR EVENT SPACE, UM, INCREASING THE PARKING, OPENING UP THE CIRCULATION TO THE SHOPPING CENTER, WHICH WAS ALWAYS INTENDED TO BE THE CASE. UM, CREATING A NICE NEW, UH, ENTRANCE ON THE, UH, WEST SIDE OF THE FACILITY. UM, SO THIS IS REALLY, IF YOU WILL, UH, WHAT WE'RE ALL TRYING TO WORK TOWARDS. UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY HERE YOU CAN SEE THE VISION, AND THIS FITS WITH WHAT, UM, WE HEARD FROM BOTH THE COMMUNITY, UH, PREVIOUSLY AS WELL AS WHAT, UM, UH, THE COUNCIL'S DESIRE WAS. WE, WE WOULD LIKE MORE WINE SALES. UM, WE'D REALLY LIKE TO ENHANCE THE OFFERINGS ON SITE, UM, ENHANCE THE TASTING ROOM EXPERIENCE, BRING FOOD IN AS WELL, UM, AND THEN HAVE SOME REALLY UNIQUE, UM, EVENT SPACE THAT WOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR RENTAL, UM, FOR THE AREA, UM, WHICH WOULD BE, UM, FANTASTIC AND IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE SEE IN BIG DEMAND HERE, UM, IN THE CITY RIGHT NOW. SO, UM, DO SOME ADDITIONAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, CULINARY SERVICES, UM, ADD SOME OBVIOUSLY RETAIL TO IT. I MEAN, ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE WHAT, UM, ANYONE WHO SPENDS ANY TIME IN, UH, TEMECULA OR NORTH SAN DIEGO OR NAPA, UM, OR PASO ROBLES AREA, UM, WILL ASSOCIATE WITH, UM, THE WINERY OPERATIONS IN THOSE AREAS. AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO BRING THAT HERE. THAT WOULD CERTAINLY ENHANCE AND INVIGORATE THE WINERY FACILITY, UM, AND MAKE IT, UH, A MUCH MORE OF AN ECONOMIC ASSET, UM, AND OBVIOUSLY GROW ITS CUSTOMER BASE AS WELL. SO, UM, VERY KEY HERE. IT'S MENTIONED IN THE STAFF REPORT, BUT I HIGHLIGHTED IT HERE. UM, OUR CITY ATTORNEY, UM, DRAFTED THIS PROVISION SPECIFICALLY. UM, I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT I READ IT SO IT'S PART OF THE RECORD. SO THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE WOULD CONTAIN A PROVISION THAT SAYS NO HOUSING IS PROPOSED FOR THE SITE. AND IN FACT, SECTION THREE OF THE THIRD AMENDMENT OF THE GROUND LEASE EXPRESSLY STATES LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE LEASE DOES NOT PERMIT ANY RESIDENTIAL USES. SO, UM, ALTHOUGH NATIONAL CORE, UH, TRADITIONALLY HAS BEEN KNOWN AS A, UM, HOUSING ONLY DEVELOPER, UH, IN RECENT YEARS, AND I KNOW THE APPLICANT CAN SPEAK TO THIS MORE THAN I CAN, THEY HAVE BRANCHED OUT INTO OTHER USES THAT GO BEYOND HOUSING. UM, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE CLEAR THAT THE, UM, DESIRE OF THE COUNCIL AND WHAT THE COUNCIL HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY WAS NO FUTURE RESIDENTIAL USES ON SITE. SO THAT IS WRITTEN INTO THE, THE LEASE AGREEMENT. THE OTHER THAT'S IMPORTANT, UM, IS THAT, UH, FOR THE LAST, UM, DOZEN YEARS OR SO SINCE REDEVELOPMENT WENT AWAY, ALL THE EFFORTS TO IMPROVE THE WINERY GENERALLY HAVE GROUND TO A HALT BECAUSE THEY INVOLVED APPLICANTS ASKING THE CITY FOR, YOU KNOW, 9, 10, 13, $15 MILLION TO REDO THE WINERY. SO, UM, WE ARE ABSOLUTELY SUPPORTIVE OF REDOING THE WINERY. WE A HUNDRED PERCENT WANT TO PARTNER ON GRANTS. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF GRANTS OUT THERE FOR HISTORICAL REHABILITATION AND PRESERVATION, UM, BOTH PUBLIC, UM, GRANTS THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THE STATE, OTHER ONES THAT ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH PRIVATE NONPROFITS AND FOUNDATIONS. UM, AND SO WE WOULD PROPOSE THAT WE WOULD PARTNER WITH NATIONAL CORE ON THOSE GRANTS, BUT WE WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT THE CITY IS NOT UNDER A FINANCIAL OBLIGATION, UM, TO CONTRIBUTE, YOU KNOW, MILLIONS OF DOLLARS TO THE WINERY OPERATION. AND SO, UM, WE WROTE THAT IN HERE THAT IT IS, IT REMAINS IN THE CITY'S SOLE DISCRETION IF IT WISHES TO DO THAT, UM, TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS CLEAR THAT THERE WERE WAS NO, UM, IMPLIED, UH, IF YOU WILL, UH, UH, UH, UH, RECOMMENDATION UPFRONT ON THAT. SO, UM, WITH THAT, UH, MR. MAYOR, UM, UH, IN MY STAFF PRESENTATION, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, BUT WE WOULD RECOMMEND AT THIS TIME, UM, THAT YOU OPEN THE HEARING, TAKE TESTIMONY, AND THEN REVIEW AND DISCUSS THIS MATTER. UM, AND IT IS THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, TO APPROVE THE THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY AND THE J PHILLIPE VINTAGE COMPANY, WHICH WILL ACCOMPLISH THE, UM, TRANSFER OF THE BUSINESS TO A NEW OWNER. SO, VERY GOOD. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER BEFORE WE OPEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING? SEEING [00:35:01] NONE, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS PAM WRIGHT, FOLLOWED BY ANN DATO LAFA, I BELIEVE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS PAM WRIGHT. I MOVED TO THIS COMMUNITY IN 1971. I SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE AND WENT DOOR TO DOOR TO BRING LOCAL CONTROL THROUGH INCORPORATION. IN 1977, I WAS ELECTED TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL IN 1984 AND SERVED UNTIL 1993. I TAKE PRIDE IN MY SERVICE ON MANY COMMITTEES DURING MY TENURE, INCLUDING HISTORICAL PRESERVATION. I SERVED ON THE COUNCIL DURING THE DISCUSSION, PLANNING, AND NEGOTIATION TO CREATE THE ORIGINAL PURCHASE AGREEMENT FOR THE FELIPE WINERY. THE CITY WAS NOT THEN OR NOW INVOLVED IN COMMERCIAL BUSINESS ENTERPRISE. THE CITY IS NOT IN THE BUSINESS OF OPERATING A FOR FOR-PROFIT BUSINESS USE LOGIC. THERE IS NO WAY THE CITY COULD HAVE OR WOULD HAVE JUSTIFIED USING PUBLIC TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO PURCHASE WINERY PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL PURPOSES OR OPERATING A BUSINESS THEMSELVES. THE JUSTIFICATION WAS THEN AND REMAINS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION OF OUR HISTORY, OUR ROOTS, OUR CULTURE. THE COUNCILS THEN AND NOW ARE COMMITTED TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION. I LIKE WHAT I'M HEARING. I SUPPORT THAT THERE. NO, I SUGGEST THAT THERE ARE GIANT LOOPHOLES IN THE CURRENT PROPOSAL THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO DESTROY THE HISTORICAL PRESERVATION INSTEAD OF PRESERVE IT. IF THE INTENT IS ONLY TO GET AN OPERATING BUSINESS ON THE PROPERTY AND THAT BUSINESS FAILS, THEN THE PROPERTY BECOMES USELESS TO THE CITY AND BECOMES SURPLUS PROPERTY, THEN IT MUST BE USED FIRST BY LAW FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IS THE, UH, PROPOSAL THAT YOU'VE BEEN HEARING TONIGHT, OPPORTUNITIES OR AGREEMENT? I WOULD SUGGEST YOU NEED IT TO BE AGREEMENT TO MAKE IT IN CONCRETE TO PROTECT THE CITY AND OUR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION. THE VALUE OF THIS PROPERTY IS HISTORICAL PRESERVATION, NOT BUSINESS. THE PROPOSAL ABOUT IT, THIS PROPOSAL BY NATIONAL CORE, IS ABOUT COMMERCIAL OPERATION. THE WHOLE PURPOSE TO JUSTIFY CITY OWNERSHIP OF THE PROPERTY IS HISTORIC PRESERVATION. WHAT IS THAT IN THIS DEAL? I LIKE WHAT I I'M HEARING IN THE PROPOSAL, BUT IS IT OPPORTUNITY OR IS IT ALREADY CONCRETE IN THE AGREEMENT THAT IS THE KEY. IT HAS NOW, THE AGREEMENT OR THE PROPOSAL HAS NOW MORPHED INTO A PROJECT OF COMMERCIAL VIABILITY THAT'S BEEN THE PRESSURE AND WHAT THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO PROVE AN ACADEMY IN TRAINING FOR THE HOSPITALITY FOR THE HO HOSPITALITY. GO AHEAD AND LET HER FINISH. I'M SORRY. THREE MINUTES. REALLY, WE'RE GONNA WAIVE THE THREE MINUTES, BUT YOU KEEP IT AT LEAST TO A MINIMUM FIVE IN THIS PUBLIC HEARING. OKAY? OKAY. THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE THAT. OR MAXIMUM FIVE. OKAY. OKAY. AN ACADEMY IN TRAINING FOR THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY IS A GOOD TRY, BUT A GIANT STRETCH TO HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF OUR WINERIES. YOU'VE ALREADY MADE THE FINANCIAL INVESTMENT IN THIS PROPERTY. YOU DON'T NEED TO MAKE MONEY ABOUT IT. THIS IS THE LAST OPERATING WINERY AROUND. USE YOUR HEART TO BE A GOOD STEWARD, TO PRESERVE THE HISTORY, THE ROOTS, AND THE CULTURE. JUST FOR NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE, JUST VOTE NO TO THIS DEAL. SEND IT BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD. OTHER CITIES HAVE DONE A BEAUTIFUL JOB RESPECTING AND HONORING THE HISTORY OF THEIR WINERIES. CERTAINLY, RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS THE MOST MEANINGFUL HISTORY THERE IS AND SHOULD DO BETTER IN PRESERVING THE HISTORY. IT'S OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY. THANK YOU FOR ALL THAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. ANN. DID ANN DEDO, IF I MISPRONOUNCE THAT, PLEASE CORRECT IT FOR THE RECORD. YOU WERE VERY CLOSE. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS DR. ANNE DEDO, AND I AM HERE TO READ A LETTER ON BEHALF OF DIANE WILLIAMS, WHO IS UNABLE TO BE HERE THIS EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I AM DIANE WILLIAMS, A 53 YEAR RESIDENT OF AL LOMA COMMUNITY VOLUNTEER, FORMER RANCHO CUCAMONGA, COUNCIL MEMBER [00:40:01] PLANNING COMMISSIONER AND LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES MEMBER COLLECTIVELY SERVING OVER 35 YEARS. MY LETTER IS TO SHARE THOUGHTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION IN HONORING OUR CITY'S, UH, VITICULTURAL HERITAGE. MY PASSION IS TO PROTECT THE FAMOUS ELENA BROTHERS. REGINA WINERY BEGAN LONG BEFORE 1993 WHEN THE CITY PURCHASED THE 14 ACRES ALONG BASELINE ROAD WHEN STILL SURROUNDED BY THE VINEYARDS IN OPEN SPACE. SHORTLY AFTER WE ENTERED INTO A VERY GENEROUS, GENEROUS LEASE AGREEMENT WITH THE PHILIPPE FAMILY, LONGTIME VENTURES IN SEARCH OF A NEW HOME FOR THEIR FONTANA WINERY. HOW WONDERFUL IT WAS THAT THE WINERY WOULD ONCE AGAIN BE FULLY UTILIZED TO IT FOR ITS ORIGINAL INTENT. WE THOUGHT WHAT A UNIQUE REUSE PROJECT AND OPPORTUNITY TO PRESERVE SUCH A TREASURE. THE PAST REVISITED, PERHAPS, BUT OUR PAST OFFERED A UNIQUE CHARM WHEN MUCH OF RANCH COCOON MONGO WAS VINEYARDS SERVING SEVERAL WINERIES, THE CITY MADE SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS, UM, SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT SINCE FIRST PURCHASING, INCLUDING ARTIFACT SURVEYS, SEISMIC UPGRADES, FIRE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTIONS, SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS IN RESTORATION OF THE OLD CELLARS, FEATURING THE IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF HISTORIC REDWOOD CASKS, WE ENCOURAGED CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL USES AND DECLARED THE WINERY A LOCAL HISTORIC LANDMARK IN 1995. AND WE DECLARE A STATEMENT OF, OF PUBLIC BENEFIT. PUBLIC OUTREACH, INCLUDING A DESIGN WORKSHOP, WAS PRODUCTIVE WITH OVER 20 PLANNERS AND ARCHITECTS PARTICIPATING. MANY SAID THEY DID NOT THINK THE CITY SHOULD MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES WHEN THE THOMAS AND VIRGINIA DARE WINERIES WERE GUTTED TO ALLOW OTHER USES WITHIN THEIR BUILDING SHELLS. JEFF RINKE, A FORMER MEMBER OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION, COMMENTED, THIS IS AN OPERATING WINERY OF HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE TO OUR COMMUNITY. AND IT'S IMPORTANT WE TAKE GREAT CARE. IT'S IMPORTANT TO REMEMBER THE, THE LEASE CONDITIONS. NUMBER ONE, ANY FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WITHIN THE 14 ACRE PROPERTY WOULD BE FOR WINERY OR WINERY RELATED USES ONLY ANY TENANT OR BUYER MUST CONTINUE OPERATING WINE MAKING BUSINESSES. AND IF A BUSINESS DISCONTINUES, THEN THE LEASE IS TERMINATED. NUMBER TWO, THE PHYSICAL, HISTORIC ASSETS OF THE PROPERTY BE MAINTAINED AND THE PUBLIC CONTINUE TO HAVE ACCESS. NUMBER THREE, NEW VINEYARD, PLANTINGS AND MAINTENANCE OF HISTORIC BUSINESS USE. NUMBER FOUR, LEASE E WOULD BE ALLOWED TO CONTINUE SUBLEASE TO THE ART MUSEUM AND BE ALLOWED TO CONSIDER OTHER SUBLEASES PROVIDED THERE IS NO, THEY ARE IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE CUP AND CO COMPLIMENTS THE WINE MAKING BUSINESS AND HISTORICAL CULTURAL ASSET. I ENCOURAGE THE CITY TO PROTECT AND ENHANCE THE WINERY, NOT ONLY HONORING OUR CITY'S WINE HERITAGE, BUT TO SUPPORT THE DESIRES OF RESIDENTS ENSURING THE WINERY LIVES ON FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS TO CHERISH. I BELIEVE THIS EFFORT WOULD BE THE BEST ACHIEVED IN A DESIGN THAT EMBRACES WHAT MAKES A WINERY A TRUE DESTINATION VERSUS AN AFTERTHOUGHT. SUCH AS BE THE CASE OF OUR HISTORIC LANDMARK SITE, WERE TO BE BUILT OUT IN A HOMOGENEOUS AND PREDICTABLE MANNER, AS HAS BEEN THE CASE WITH SO MANY SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COMMUNITIES. LET'S SHOW SOME IMAGINATION. KEEP IT OPERATING. A LANDMARK WINERY, CULTURAL WINE RELATED RESOURCE, AND A UNIQUE GATHERING PLACE. AND DO RANCH CUCAMONGA PROUD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JAMES BANKS, FOLLOWED BY STEVEN JANIS, ARE YOU, DO YOU HAVE TO PULL SOMETHING OUT TO GET YOUR CALL? YES, THERE'S SOME CARDS BACK IN THE BACK THERE. THE BLUE CARDS LIKE THIS. OH, OKAY. IF IF YOU GO BACK THERE, THEY'RE IN THOSE BOXES RIGHT IN THE VERY BACK. YOU'RE WELCOME, SIR. OH, SHE'S GONNA GIVE YOU ONE. DID SHE SUBMIT THAT LETTER? DID SHE GIVE YOU A LETTER? GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. COUNCIL. I'M JIM BANKS, JIM THIS WEEK. OH, I HAVE TO SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE. IT'LL HELP . YOU GOT A GOOD VOICE? ALL RIGHT, TURN THIS WAY. OKAY. THERE YOU GO. EXCUSE ME. I HAVE TO GET ORIENTED ONCE AGAIN. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE. UM, I READ THE ANALYSIS. I I WAS VERY IMPRESSED WITH THE ANALYSIS AS BEAUTIFULLY WRITTEN. UH, THAT'S THE MOST IMPRESSIVE, UH, CITY PLANNER PROSE I'VE SEEN IN A LONG TIME SINCE, UH, THE CITY STAFF TRIED TO EXPLAIN TO ME WHAT WAS A CURVA LINEAR STREET. UH, I ALSO THINK THAT THE REPORT IS EXCELLENT IN TERMS OF THE WAY THE STAFF ANTICIPATED ISSUES. UH, THEY DID A, A WONDERFUL JOB TALKING ABOUT HOW TO QUALIFY A WINEMAKER, THE SETBACKS BY THE GRAPE VINES, THE ARCHITECTURAL, THE PRE PROTECTION OF SOME, UH, LOCAL GRAPES AND, UH, THE, THE NO NO RESIDENTIAL. THEY ANTICIPATED MANY OF THE ISSUES, AND I CONGRATULATE THEM FOR A VERY THOROUGH AND [00:45:01] EXCELLENT JOB. UH, WHEN I CON CONTINUED TO THINK ABOUT IT, UH, I, I GOT STOPPED BY THIS ACADEMY IDEA. NOW, POSSIBLY, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING ABOUT THE ACADEMY THAT I DON'T KNOW, OR MAYBE IT'S SOMETHING THAT WASN'T IN THE REPORT, BUT IT SEEMS TO ME LIKE IT'S NOT WELL DEFINED. IT'S VERY LOOSELY DEFINED. WHAT IS AN ACADEMY? UH, IT'S A SPECIALIZED SCHOOL OF SOME KIND. BUT WHAT KIND, UH, MY SUSPICIOUS MIND GOES TO TEACHING EX FELONS HOW TO REPAIR DIESEL TRUCKS. I MEAN, THAT'S, THAT'S AN ACADEMY. AND WHERE'S THE LIMITATION HERE? ALSO, IF IT'S A SCHOOL, IT HAS PEOPLE COMING AND GOING AT EIGHT O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AND TWO OR THREE IN THE AFTERNOON EXACERBATING A HORRIBLE TRAFFIC PROBLEM. AND AT RWANDA, TRY DRIVING FROM BASELINE TO VICTORIA. WHEN SCHOOL'S GETTING OUT, IT TAKES YOU 30 MINUTES TO GO ONE BLOCK. AND IF IT'S A SCHOOL AND, AND USING THAT KIND OF A SCHEDULE, THERE'S GOTTA BE SOMETHING DONE ABOUT THAT. YOU CANNOT PUT THAT MANY MORE AUTOMOBILE TRIPS ON OUR LITTLE STREETS IN THAT COMMUNITY. MORE IMPORTANTLY, REALLY IS, THIS IS NOT HISTORIC. THE AC THE ACADEMY HAS NO HISTORIC RELATIONSHIP. IT HAS NO VITICULTURE RELATIONSHIP. IT HAS NO ENOLOGY RELATIONSHIP. IT'S A BUSINESS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE. WELL, ACTUALLY THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF WHAT SHOULD BE AN HISTORIC PARK. IT'S NOT WHAT IT SHOULD BE. AND MY CONCERN, ANOTHER OF MY CONCERNS IS THERE'S NOTHING IN HERE TO DEFINE HOW BIG IT IS. IN THEIR PREVIOUS APPLICATION, THESE PEOPLE WANTED 100,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL AND OFFICE SPACE THAT'S GONNA DWARF THE WINERY. SUDDENLY THE WINERY BECOMES SECONDARY, AND THIS ACADEMY BECOMES PRIMARY. AND I THINK IT'S VERY LOOSE. AND I, AND I'M CONCERNED ABOUT OPENING ANY PART OF THIS PARK TO A COMMERCIAL USE. I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA STOP THERE. I THINK IT'S A FOOT IN THE DOOR. I THINK YOU NEED TO BE CONCERNED ABOUT IT. SO THE APPLICANT SAYS, OH, THE WINERY ISN'T MAKING THE KIND OF MONEY WE WANT. WE NEED MORE COMMERCIAL SPACE FOR OUR ACADEMY. YOU'RE, YOU'RE GONNA SEE IT. IT'S GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. IT'S, IT'S A GREAT CONCERN THAT WE'RE HEADING IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. I, UH, I THINK IT'S FABULOUS THAT YOU HAVE TWO OF YOUR PREDECESSORS SPEAKING HERE TONIGHT. IT SHOWS ME A LOT FOR, FOR THE DEDICATION. AND I HOPE IT'S SOMEWHAT INSPIRATIONAL TO YOU. THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO SEE WHAT IT IS, WHAT IS GONNA HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE. YOU ARE SMART ENOUGH PEOPLE TO REALIZE WHEN A PROMISE IS SINCERE AND WHEN IT'S NOT SINCERE. YOU'RE, YOU'RE SMART ENOUGH TO KNOW WHEN THERE'S TRUE INTENT AND WHEN THERE'S FEIGN INTENT, YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE OPENING THE DOOR TO A BUSINESS ENTERPRISE IN WHAT SHOULD BE AN HISTORIC PARK. I CAUTION YOU THAT IN THE FUTURE, YOU, THE APPLICANT IS GONNA BE BACK EXPANDING THE COMMERCIAL ENTERPRISE. I THINK YOU BETTER OFF MR. BANKS, YOU'VE REACHED YOUR FIVE MINUTES. I'M SORRY, CAN YOU WRAP THAT UP REAL QUICK? YOU'D BE BETTER OFF TO PUT ASIDE, WHICH I KNOW IS DIFFICULT TO PUT ASIDE YOUR WORRIES ABOUT FUTURE POLITICAL CONS, CONSEQUENCES OF A DECISION. THANK YOU. YOU NEED TO EITHER SAY NO, OR YOU NEED TO FIX THIS ACA ACADEMY IDEA INSTEAD OF LETTING IT RUN WILD. THANK YOU, SIR. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS STEVEN JANIS. I GOT IT. MR. JANIS? YES. OKAY, MR. MAYOR AND COUNSEL, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. UH, THAT'S A TOUGH ACT TO FOLLOW AND I CAN'T, I'M NOT GONNA BEAT A DEAD HORSE. I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER THE HISTORICAL AND EVERYTHING. EVERYBODY'S SO SPOKEN [00:50:01] WELL OF. I JUST WANTED TO HIT A COUPLE POINTS. UH, WITH REGARD TO THE HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE. I THOUGHT IT WAS INTERESTING THAT IN, UH, THE CITY MANAGER'S ANALYSIS, WHICH WAS GREAT, I AGREE WITH THAT, MR. BANKS. BUT QUOTE IN THE MEMO TO THE CITY COUNCIL QUOTE, FOR MANY YEARS, THE SITE HAD BEEN UNDERUTILIZED AND CONTRIBUTED A LITTLE MORE THAN HISTORICAL MEMORIES TOWARD THE COMMUNITY'S FUTURE. NOW, LITTLE MORE THAN HISTORIC MEMORIES, UH, I THINK THAT'S TRIVIALIZING OUR MEMORIES, UH, THE CITY'S HISTORY. SO I JUST FOUND THAT A, A BIT ODD LANGUAGE TO USE. UM, NUMBER TWO WOULD BE THAT THIS PROCESS HAS BEEN RUSHED THROUGH, UNLIKE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO WHEN YOU HAD AN RFP AND YOU HAD THREE DIFFERENT PROPOSALS, TWO OF WHICH WERE OVERWHELMINGLY, UM, VOTED FOR BY THE CONSTITUENTS. UH, NUMBER THREE, ALSO WITH REGARD TO THE ANALYSIS, THE THIRD AMENDMENT, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT, UM, THERE'S AN INTENT TO PRECLUDE THE SITE FROM BEING, BEING USED FOR FUTURE HOUSING. HOWEVER, THAT'S NOT TO SAY THERE'S GONNA BE A FOURTH AMENDMENT, A FIFTH AMENDMENT, AS MR. BANKS ALLUDED TO. UH, AND THEN FINALLY, I WOULD JUST URGE THE COUNSEL TO, YOU KNOW, LISTEN TO THE PEOPLE, LISTEN TO YOUR CONSTITUENTS, UH, TAKE THIS SERIOUSLY BECAUSE YOU DON'T WANNA BE ON THE WRONG SIDE OF HISTORY. SO, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DID YOU HAVE ANOTHER CARD? DAVID TERRON. OH, THANK YOU. HELLO THERE, MR. MAYOR. IT'S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE I'VE SEEN YOU. I HAVEN'T BEEN IN HERE FOR SOME TIME. I'M A RESIDENT HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA SINCE 1994 WHEN I MOVED IN HERE WITH MY WIFE AND KIDS. AND, UM, I CAME TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT THAT TIME, UH, BACK DURING THE DAY BECAUSE WHEN MY WIFE WOULD COME HOME AT NIGHT, THERE WOULD BE, UH, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS ON, UH, EAST AVENUE AND BASELINE. AND AT THAT TIME, I WAS SCARED TO DEATH THAT SOMETHING WOULD HAPPEN TO MY WIFE AND KIDS WOULD EITHER GET HURT OR KILLED BECAUSE THERE WAS SO MANY ACCIDENTS ON THAT CORNER. AND OF COURSE, THEY MODERNIZED IT AND PUT NEW TRAFFIC LIGHTS SINCE THE ONES THAT WERE PUT IN THERE. I ACTUALLY MET WITH THE, UH, SOMEBODY FROM THE CITY OUT THERE, AND SHORTLY AFTER THEY PUT THE SIGNAL LIGHTS OUT UP THERE. AND I THANK YOU FOR THAT. UH, MY, THE REASON WHY I'M HERE TODAY IS BECAUSE I STILL LIVE IN THE SAME HOUSE AT COUNTRY STATES, UH, HERE IN RANCHO. AND, UM, I LIVE AROUND THE CORNER FROM TWANDA HIGH SCHOOL AND, UH, EAST AVENUE AND HIGHLAND ARE LIKE HIGHLAND ENDS RIGHT AT EAST AVENUE. AND, UH, I'VE JUST NOTICED THAT TRAFFIC IS, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO THAT CORNER, PEOPLE TOTALLY, TOTALLY IGNORE THE STOP SIGN. I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I'VE SEEN PEOPLE RUN THAT STOP SIGN, LIKE IT'S NOT EVEN THERE. AND THERE'S BEEN A FEW TIMES I COULD HAVE BEEN BROADSIDED IF I WASN'T PAYING REAL CLOSE ATTENTION, BECAUSE COMING OFF OF OUR STREET, PEOPLE WOULD RUN THAT STOP SIGN, AND I'M NOT JOKING, 70, 80 MILES AN HOUR. THEY JUST BLOW RIGHT THROUGH IT. AND, AND EVERY TIME I COME TO THAT INTERSECTION, SOMEBODY'S ALWAYS RUNNING IT. NOBODY SLOWS DOWN FOR THE STOP SIGN. AND THE OTHER DAY, ME AND MY WIFE WE'RE COMING HOME AND WE'RE COMING DOWN HIGHLAND TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ONTO EAST AVENUE TO GET TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AND I HAD A GUY WITH A TRUCK AND TRAILER MAKE A LEFT TURN FROM EAST AVENUE ON THE HIGHLAND AT 40 MILE AN HOUR, NOT EVEN SLOWING DOWN. AND I'M THINKING I, I DID MEET WITH SOME, UH, POLICE OFFICERS AT, UH, SUBWAY, UH, UH, RANCHO SHERIFFS, AND I TOLD 'EM, CAN YOU PLEASE GET SOMEBODY OUT THERE TO DO SOMETHING? AND I DON'T KNOW IF WE NEED TO PUT SIGNAL LIGHTS IN THERE. SOMEBODY NEEDS TO LOOK AT THAT INTERSECTION AND TRY TO MAKE IT SAFE. THERE ARE KIDS THAT COME HOME FROM SCHOOL OR GO TO SCHOOL THAT ARE IN THAT AREA, BUT IT'S NOT JUST DURING THOSE TIMES. IT'S, IT COULD BE ANY TIME OF THE DAY OR NIGHT WHEN THIS HAPPENS. SO I'M JUST, YOU KNOW, WISH THAT YOU GUYS WOULD COME OUT AND TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD PUT UP SOMETHING SO YOU COULD MONITOR THAT SO YOU COULD SEE FOR YOURSELVES WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THAT INTERSECTION. BUT, UH, I'D, I'D APPRECIATE IF THEY, SOMEBODY COULD DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. YOU'RE WELCOME. I'M REALLY CONCERNED. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. WE'LL HAVE SOMEBODY TAKE A LOOK AT IT. THAT WAS HIGHLAND AND EAST AVENUE, CORRECT? HIGHLAND AND EAST AVENUE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MAYOR DENNIS. THANK YOU, [00:55:01] SIR. I APPRECIATE IT. OKAY, WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE. UH, DENNIS, DID YOU WANT THE APPLICANT TO ADDRESS? OH, YEAH. I WAS GONNA, YEAH, WHILE THE, RATHER THAN HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED, WHY DON'T YOU COME ON UP AND SPEAK NOW TO, UH, THE PROPOSAL AND SOME OF THE QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED AND, AND WHAT YOUR VISION AND PLANS ARE. SURE. THANK YOU. UH, MR. MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, MIKE WAYNE, PRESIDENT NATIONAL CORP, UM, APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY AND I THINK THE STRUCTURE OF HEARING FROM THE RESIDENTS WAS AN EXCELLENT DECISION. UM, WE, UH, FULLY APPRECIATE, UH, WHAT, YOU KNOW, THE COMMENTS AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE PAST. THIS IS A SPECIAL PLACE AND THERE'S HISTORY, BUT ALSO A VERY STRONG COMMUNITY COMMITMENT. AND WE UNDERSTAND GOING INTO THIS EFFORT THAT IS, UM, PARTLY WHY IT'S TAKEN SO LONG. THE CITY HAS, UH, IMPOSED SOME VERY, UH, STRONG AND THOUGHTFUL CONDITIONS AND TERMS ON HOW THIS SPACE CAN BE USED, BOTH IN TERMS OF DESIGN AND PRESERVING THE HISTORIC CHARACTER. UH, WE, WE FIRMLY UNDERSTAND THAT. UM, SECOND, I, I DO THINK, UH, WE COMPLETELY RECOGNIZED THAT BECAUSE IN THE PAST THERE WAS MUCH MORE GRANDIOSE IDEAS, UH, AND PROPOSALS UNDER A DIFFERENT RFP STRUCTURE THAT CREATED SOME SKEPTICISM. I THINK THE, UH, CON THE CONDITIONS, THE LEASE AMENDMENT, THE APPROACH THE CITY'S TAKEN HAS MADE IT VERY CLEAR. WE, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE WINERY OPERATION ACTIVATING THIS SPACE, PRESERVING IT, AND CLEARLY, UH, THE INITIAL PHASE WHERE YOU HAVE SOME IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE NECESSARY TODAY, UM, THAT NEED IMMEDIATE ATTENTION. SO I THINK THOSE ARE THERE. SECOND, AS NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT, I DO THINK EVEN THOUGH WE HAVE A STRONG REPUTATION IN THE CITY FOR BUILDING HOMES, WE'VE EXPANDED OUR PORTFOLIO TO INCLUDE NON-RESIDENTIAL HOTELS. WE ALSO HAVE EVENT SPACE AT OUR CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS. THIS IS OUR HOME. UH, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR HOME. UH, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE'RE NOT TAKING LIGHTLY. UH, AND THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF A, OF, OF A, A JOURNEY. AND AS WE WOULD DO WITH ANY OF OUR PROJECTS, THERE'LL BE A, YOU KNOW, WEBSITE AND COMMUNICATION SO THAT THE COMMUNITY AND RESIDENTS AS IMPROVEMENTS ARE COMING ALONG. AND THIRD, JUST TO, UM, ASSURE THE, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMUNITY, UH, IN MY BACKGROUND, I ALSO, UH, DURING MY TOUR WITH ORANGE COUNTY, DID ADAPT, DID WORK ON HISTORIC STRUCTURES INSIDE REGIONAL PARKS, AS WELL AS OTHER PROGRAMMING WHERE VERY SIMILAR ISSUES IS HOW DO YOU PRESERVE A HISTORIC STRUCTURE BUT ALLOW ACCESS OVER TIME. ONE OF THEM IS NOW A VERY, UH, POPULAR WEDDING VENUE. UM, SO I UNDERSTAND ALL THE ISSUES HAVE BEEN RAISED. THE THE COMPANY IS COMMITTED TO THAT FULLY UNDERSTAND, UH, THE CONDITIONS AND THE AMENDMENT REQUIREMENTS OF THE CITY. AND THAT IS, YOU KNOW, I THINK WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT'S BEEN DONE WITH THE INTENT OF PROTECTING WHAT THE RESIDENTS HAVE SHARED WITH YOU TONIGHT. SO, UM, AGAIN, UH, WE UNDERSTAND IT'S THE BEGINNING AND UNDERSTAND PROBABLY BE VERY IMPORTANT. THERE ARE SUBSEQUENT MANY CITY APPROVALS TO IMPLEMENT THE CONCEPT THAT WAS PRESENTED TO YOU TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. MR. SISON, IS THERE ANY, ANY FEEDBACK THAT YOU'D LIKE TO, I, I THINK MR. GRELL AND I BOTH HAVE SOME COMMENTS. UM, I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE TO MAKE IT CLEAR, THE REQUIREMENT TO CONTINUE THE WINERY OPERATIONS UNINTERRUPTED AND NOT ALLOW CLOSURE IS NOT ACTUALLY A NEW PROVISION TO THIS LEASE AMENDMENT. UM, IN FACT, MR. GARELLI HAD TO HELP WITH, UM, WORKING THROUGH THAT BECAUSE THAT ACTUALLY GOES BACK, UM, TO THE PRIOR LEASE AMENDMENTS THAT WERE NEGOTIATED DECADES AGO BY A DIFFERENT COUNCIL THAT REQUIRED THAT THE WINERY CONTINUE OPERATING. UM, SO, UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, PROPOSING TO KEEP THAT, BUT JUST HAVE A PROVISION IN THERE THAT ALLOWS IT TO TEMPORARILY CLOSE WHILE THEY'RE DOING THE REMODELING AND THEN CONTINUE. THE OTHER THING I JUST TO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT'S CLEAR, THAT WE ADDRESS THE, UM, THE CITY REMAINS THE OWNER OF THE WINERY. THIS IS A LONG-TERM GROUND LEASE. UM, THE CURRENT LEASE HOLDER IS THE JAY FELIPE VINTAGE COMPANY. AND MR. FELIPE HAS BEEN FOR A WHILE LOOKING TO SELL HIS BUSINESS AND, AND, UH, PRESUMABLY, YOU KNOW, UM, UH, MOVE TO A SLIGHTLY SLOWER PHASE OF HIS LIFE WHERE HE CAN, UM, NOT, YOU KNOW, WORK AS HARD SEVEN DAYS A WEEK ON, ON THE WINERY OPERATION. SO THAT IS HIS RIGHT ACTUALLY TO SELL THE BUSINESS. THE BUSINESS CURRENTLY HOLDS THE LEASE. THE CITY'S REVIEW OF THAT IS, UM, RELATED TO MAKING SURE THAT THE [01:00:01] NEW POTENTIAL OWNER OF THE BUSINESS, UM, IS GONNA CONTINUE OPERATING THE WINERY, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL REQUIREMENT AND PROVISION. AND THAT THEY SHOW THAT THEY, THEY OR THEIR PARTNERS HAVE THE NECESSARY EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS. AND SO WE DID OUTLINE IT A LITTLE BIT IN THE STAFF REPORT. I DIDN'T HIGHLIGHT IT IN THE PRESENTATION, BUT THEY'RE, UM, YOU KNOW, WORKING WITH, UM, REALLY ONE OF THE FOREMOST, UM, UM, HISTORIC PRESERVATION FIRMS, UM, IN THE ENTIRE AREA, UM, AND HAVE BEEN FOR A WHILE ON THE RENOVATION. UM, THEIR HOSPITALITY PARTNER IS THE LEADING ONE, UM, FOR THIS AREA. UM, AND THEY'VE BEEN IN CONVERSATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS WITH A VARIETY OF, UM, UH, POTENTIAL ENTITIES THAT COULD HELP WITH THE WINE MAKING. AND THAT, BECAUSE AGAIN, AT SOME POINT MR. FELIPE WILL NOT JUST WANT TO SELL HIS BUSINESS, BUT, YOU KNOW, UM, PERHAPS NOT, AGAIN, WORK SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. SO, UM, PART OF THIS IS CONTINUING THE OPERATION AND THAT INTO, UM, A NEW GENERATION, UM, AND ALLOWING NEW PEOPLE TO COME IN AND EXPERIENCE THE HISTORY, LEARN FROM IT, UM, LEARN ABOUT THE CULTURE, UM, OF THE AREA AND THE WINE MAKING HERITAGE OF THE AREA, BUT THROUGH AN ACTUAL OPERATING WINERY. SO, UM, SO I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I ADDRESSED THOSE, UH, NICK AND YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO BUILD ON THAT. AND YOU KNOW, THERE WAS A COMMENT ABOUT WHY THERE WASN'T A SUBSEQUENT RFP PROCESS AND THAT'S BECAUSE, UH, THIS WASN'T SOMETHING THAT THE CITY, UH, VENTURED OUT TO DO. THIS WAS, UH, JAY PHILIPPE WINERY, UH, FINDING A PURCHASER FOR THE BUSINESS. AND THE, THE BUSINESS IS BEING SOLD AND SO THE CITY WILL CONTINUE TO HAVE A LEASE WITH JAY PHILIPPE WINERY. THE TENANT IS NOT TECHNICALLY CHANGING. IT'S WHO OWNS THAT TENANT. UH, THAT IS CHANGING AND THAT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT THE CITY CAN CONTROL. UH, THE SECOND COMMENT, UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOME COMMENTS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MORE WANTING MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ACADEMY AND WHAT'S, WHAT THE OPERATIONS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. UH, THAT'S A GOOD POINT. AND, UM, THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS IN THE SIDE LETTER THAT'S ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT ARE, ARE INTENDED TO BE GENERAL. WE BOTH SIDES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE SOME WORK THAT GOES INTO FLESHING OUT THE DETAILS OF WHAT'S GOING TO GO IN THERE. AND THAT'S ALL GOING TO BE PART OF A, A PROCESS THAT INCLUDES EVALUATION OF HISTORIC PRESERVATION OF THE FACILITIES AND CQA, UH, TO EVALUATE SOME OF THE TRAFFIC ISSUES THAT WERE ADDRESSED. SO NONE OF THAT IS GOING BY THE WAYSIDE. THERE'S GOING TO BE A FULL, UH, REVIEW OF THE PROJECT BEFORE IT'S FINALLY APPROVED BY THE CITY. AND THEN I JUST WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE, THE LEASE. THE LEASE IS GOING TO REMAIN THE SAME. THE, THIS THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE DOES VERY FEW THINGS. UH, THE FIRST IS THAT IT SAYS IT TAKES EFFECT ONCE THE BUSINESS IS SOLD. UH, THE SECOND IS THAT IT PROVIDES A LIMITED TERM EXCEPTION TO THE WINERY OPERATING, UH, ON THE SITE FOR THE VERY PRACTICAL REASON THAT THERE'S GOING TO NEED TO BE SOME INVESTIGATION INTO THE CONDITIONS OF THE SITE AND WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO REHABILITATE IT. AND THEN THE THIRD THING IS THAT IT INCLUDES THE ACKNOWLEDGEMENT, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS, AND COMMITMENTS, UH, THAT THE CITY'S NOT COMMITTING FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO THE PROJECT OUTSIDE OF WHAT'S ALREADY IN THE LEASE AND THAT THERE WON'T BE A RESIDENTIAL. SO IT'S A VERY LIMITED SCOPE OF WHAT, UH, THE COUNCIL IS APPROVING TONIGHT. THE REMAINDER OF THE PROJECT IS GOING TO GO THROUGH A FULL, UH, REVIEW PROCESS THROUGH THE CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU. OKAY. SO ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, OR FROM STAFF OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? I JUST HAD A QUICK QUESTION. WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THIS NATIONAL CORE ACADEMY AND I JUST WANNA CLARIFY AND MAKE SURE I HAVE IT CORRECT AND THAT THE WAY I UNDERSTOOD IT, IT'S MORE OF A WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND IT'S GONNA BE FOCUSED ON THE HOSPITALITY. SO IT'S A PLACE HERE WHERE A LOT OF THINGS ARE HAPPENING ON SITE. THEY'RE GONNA BE TRAINED AND, AND BE ABLE TO KIND OF A WORK TRAINING PROGRAM IF, IF I UNDERSTOOD IT CORRECTLY AS, AS I HEARD YESTERDAY, AND SOME OF US, IT MAY BE SOMEBODY IN THE AUDIENCE ATTENDED THE STATE OF THE REGION YESTERDAY AND WE TALKED ABOUT WORKFORCE AND TRYING TO TRAIN THE FUTURE WORKFORCE. AND WE'VE BECOME KNOWN AS A HOSPITALITY REGION. I MEAN, WE HAVE THE HOTEL OPENING UP HOPEFULLY IN A FEW WEEKS ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS, UM, UH, FROM THE WINERY. SO I'M JUST WANNA MAKE SURE AND CLARIFICATION ON THE, THE WORKSPACE THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT. YES. SO YES, SO TO, TO BE CLEAR AND, AND AGAIN, I BROUGHT BACK UP THE SLIDES SO YOU CAN SEE HERE. UM, SO IT, IT IS, THE ACADEMY IS PROPOSED AT AN AREA OF APPROXIMATELY 7,000 SQUARE FEET, UM, WHICH IS JUST A FRACTION OF THE TOTAL SPACE ON SITE. IT'S LESS SPACE THAN IS DEDICATED TO THE BEHIND THE SCENES WINEMAKING OPERATION. UM, AND LESS SPACE THAN IS DEDICATED TO ALL THE TASTING ROOMS IN THAT, UM, AND FAR LESS SPACE, UM, THAN ALL THE DIFFERENT EVENT SPACES IN THAT. SO IT'S A SMALL PORTION OF THE WINERY. UM, AND YOU [01:05:01] CAN SEE THEY WENT TO A LOT OF TROUBLE. WE ACTUALLY HAD A NUMBER OF CONVERSATIONS WITH THEM ABOUT WHERE IT WOULD BE LOCATED AND HOW IT WOULD BE INTEGRATED INTO THIS SO THAT THE OPERATIONS OF THE ACADEMY DON'T IMPACT THE WINE MAKING OR THE WINE TASTING AND VICE VERSA. UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THEY, THEY PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO WHERE IT, WHERE IT WOULD GO AND, AND HOW IT WOULD OPERATE. UM, IT IS INTENDED TO, TO TEACH PEOPLE, UM, SKILLS, IF YOU WILL, THAT THEY CAN USE. UM, SOME OF THOSE SKILLS INCLUDE OBVIOUSLY HOSPITALITY. THAT'S A PART OF THE NEW EXPANSION OF IT. UM, SOME OF IT INCLUDES SKILLS THAT ARE NEEDED TO MAINTAIN AN EXISTING WINERY. YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO PLUMBING. UM, YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO DO SOME ELECTRICAL. YOU NEED TO KNOW HOW TO FIX MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT. THOSE ARE ALL SIMILAR SKILLS THAT ARE USED TO OBVIOUSLY MAINTAIN BUILDINGS AND OTHER OPERATIONS. AND THE SAME THING APPLIES HERE. SO THERE'S ACTUALLY AN OPPORTUNITY TO BOTH LEARN IT AND PUT IT INTO PRACTICE AT AN ACTUAL, UM, FACILITY. SO, UM, UH, SO AGAIN, IT IT, IT IS A LIMITED SCOPE OPERATION HERE. UM, RESPECTFULLY, NO ONE'S PROPOSING, NO ONE'S EVER PROPOSED, UM, TO REPAIR DIESEL TRUCKS OR DO ANYTHING LIKE THAT IN THIS. UM, AND SO, UM, YOU KNOW, THE IDEA IS TO ACTUALLY USE THE TRADES INVOLVED IN THE WINE MAKING TO HELP THE INDIVIDUALS WHO GO THROUGH THE ACADEMY TO ACTUALLY TAKE THE THINGS THAT THEY LEARN AND PUT INTO ACTUAL PRACTICE AND SEE HOW IT WOULD WORK. AND, AND HONESTLY, IDEALLY, WE WOULD SEE SOME OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS THEMSELVES MOVE INTO THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY, WHICH AS YOU NOTED IS AT LEAST FOR RANCHO, A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT, UM, UH, SECTOR OF OUR BUSINESS ECONOMY. GO AHEAD. I'D LIKE TO ADD TO WHAT COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT SAID. SO YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT DEVELOPMENT OF ENTREPRENEURS, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CAN MAINTAIN AN EVENT SPACE AND BOOKING, AND HOSPITALITY AND WINE MAKING. SO THIS IS AN EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY TO BLEND POTENTIAL WORKFORCE WITH GETTING HANDS-ON TRAINING RIGHT THERE AT THE VENUE AND DEVELOP THAT SPACE. SO I APPRECIATE YOU BRINGING THAT UP, COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT, BECAUSE I WAS THINKING THAT VERY SAME THING. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? ARE WE GOING TO COMMENTS OR JUST QUESTIONS? COMMENTS? SURE, QUESTIONS? SURE. I'LL, I'LL, I'LL START OFF WITH MY COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, I, I APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT CAME OUT THIS EVENING TO SPEAK ON THIS. UM, WE KNOW IT'S BEEN A TOPIC OF DISCUSSION FOR A WHILE NOW AMONGST THE COMMUNITY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, I, I THINK OUR, OUR GOAL HERE IS TO MAKE THIS A WORLD CLASS COMMUNITY. AND THAT HAS BEEN SET FORTH BY THE FOLKS IN HERE TONIGHT THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY SITTING IN THE CHAIRS THAT WE ARE SITTING IN RIGHT NOW. SO WE TAKE THAT VERY SERIOUSLY, AND PART OF BECOMING A WORLD CLASS COMMUNITY IS ALSO PRESERVING OUR PAST. AND THAT IS THE WINE. AND I MEAN, IF YOU EVEN LOOK AT THE LOGO, UM, ON RANCHO CUCAMONGA SEAL THERE, IT'S GRAPES. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE KNOWN FOR. WE'RE KNOWN FOR OUR WINE. AND SO WE REALLY WANT TO PRESERVE THAT. AND WE HEARD THE COMMUNITY WHEN WE HAD THE RFP PROCESS AND HEARING THE FEEDBACK THAT THEY WANTED A PLACE WHERE THEY CAN COME AND ENJOY A GLASS OF WINE, MAKE IT A, A, YOU KNOW, KIND OF A COMMUNITY ATMOSPHERE. AND SO, UM, WE ALSO KNOW THE MONEY IT TAKES TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND THE CITY DOES NOT HAVE THE FUNDS TO DO THAT. SO IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT DOES TAKE COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN. AND SO WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS, UH, A PROPOSAL THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ARE GONNA PRESERVE THAT HISTORY, PRESERVE THAT WINE, AND ALSO UPGRADE IT AND MAKE IT A PLACE THAT WILL ATTRACT OTHERS, NOT JUST FROM RANCHO, FOR OTHER AREAS TO BE THERE. UM, I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO PRESERVE THAT HISTORY. AND I AM, I AM GLAD THAT WE'RE ALSO HAVING THAT WORKFORCE COMPONENT 'CAUSE THAT IS IMPORTANT, ESPECIALLY IN THE HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY AND TEACHING THE FUTURE GENERATION TO CONTINUE HOW TO MAKE WINE. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR OUR, OUR, UM, UH, FOLKS HERE. SO I'M GLAD TO SEE THE PARTNERS THERE. I'M ALSO PLEASED TO SEE THAT GO CAL, WHO, UM, IS KNOWN FOR THEIR HOSPITALITY IS KNOWN FOR, YOU KNOW, HAVING GOOD FOOD AND, UM, MAKING THAT ATMOSPHERE. I THINK IT'S GONNA BE A PLACE THAT PEOPLE ARE GONNA WANNA COME IN THE EVENINGS OR ON THE WEEKEND, HAVE A GLASS OF WINE, AND, YOU KNOW, ONCE THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT'S COMING DOWN, LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY AND LEARNING ABOUT HOW RANCHO CUCAMONGA BECAME, UM, THE WINE PLACE. YOU KNOW, IT, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING, I COULD BE WRONG, YOU CAN SEND ME EMAILS, BUT FROM WHAT I HEARD, THE RANCHO CUCAMONGO, WE, WE INFLUENCED TEMECULA AND OTHER PLACES IN THE WINE MAKING. SO IT'D BE NICE TO HEAR, UH, OTHER GENERATIONS TO HEAR ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YOU KNOW, I, I, I'M GONNA GO BACK TO 2020. I, WE HAD RFPS THAT WENT OUT TO THREE, I BELIEVE THREE DIFFERENT PROPOSERS. THE ONE PROPOSER THAT, AND WE HEARD FROM THE COMMUNITY IN THOSE, THOSE MEETINGS, WE HEARD LOUD AND CLEAR, WE DON'T WANT ANY HOUSING, NONE H NO HOUSING. [01:10:01] WE ON THIS COUNCIL HAVE ALWAYS SAW THAT SITE IS NOT HAVING HOUSING. HOWEVER, TODAY, I CAN'T PREDICT WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN 20 YEARS FROM NOW, OR 30 YEARS FROM NOW WITH A NEW CITY COUNCIL. BUT I CAN SAY TO MY KNOWLEDGE, WE WILL NEVER GET RID OF THAT LEASE BECAUSE IF WE SOLD THAT PROPERTY, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA NOW HAS A LAW THAT SAYS YOU MUST BUILD A CERTAIN PERCENTAGE. IF IT TURNS TO HOUSING, YOU MUST BUILD A CERTAIN PRINT PERCENTAGE OF IT AS AFFORDABLE HOUSING. IT'S NOT OUR LAW, IT'S A STATE OF CALIFORNIA'S LAW. SO I DON'T SEE THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA EVER NOT OWNING THAT PROPERTY OUTRIGHT. SECONDLY, IN 2020, THE GREATEST PROPOSER WAS A, A, AN ORGANIZATION CALLED THE CUCAMONGA VALLEY RESORT AND WINERY. UM, AND IN THAT THEY TALK ABOUT PROPOSED WINERY WOULD BE A LANDMARK DESTINATION, INCLUDING WINE TASTING TOURS, WINE PRODUCTION ON SITE, ACCESSIBLE TO GUESTS, AWARD-WINNING, NON-CHAIN RESTAURANT AND BAR RETAIL SPACES, SUFFICIENT PARKING, OUTDOOR PATIOS, AND MEMBERSHIP TASTING ROOMS, WEDDINGS AND PRIVATE EVENTS. I REFLECT ON TEMECULA, FOR EXAMPLE, OR NAPA OR SAN HELENA. UM, I DON'T THINK THERE'S A WINERY AROUND ANYMORE THAT JUST HAS WINE MAKING AND A TASTING ROOM. THEY ALWAYS, THE, THE MOST SUCCESSFUL WINERIES HAVE RESIDENTIAL COMPONENTS TO 'EM APART. I MEAN, UH, HOTELS, TOWN HOMES, UM, IN ORDER TO SUPPORT THE WINE MAKING SIDE OF THE BUSINESS, UM, JOSEPH FELIPE WANTED TO SELL. HE'S BEEN IN THAT PRACTICE FOR MANY, MANY YEARS AS TIME THAT HE GOES AND RETIRES. AND HE ASKED FOR US TO CONSIDER, AND WE DID THAT IN 2021 WHEN WE WENT THROUGH ALL THOSE PROPOSALS. THE SAME ORGANIZATION THAT EVERYBODY LOVED, WANTED MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FROM THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA TO MAKE THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT THEY FELT THEY NEEDED TO HAVE BEFORE THEY MADE SUCH A MAJOR INVESTMENT. AND MR. GILSON MENTIONED EARLIER THE REDEVELOPMENT ISSUE WAS TAKEN FROM BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AND WE LOST ALL THE REDEVELOPMENT MONEY THAT WAS THERE AT THE TIME TO SUPPORT MAINTAINING THAT WINERY IN THE CONDITION THAT IT NEEDED TO BE MAINTAINED IN. AND, AND COUNCIL, FORMER COUNCIL OWEN, UM, WILLIAMS COMMENT ABOUT, ABOUT THE CITY'S COMMITMENT AND UPGRADING FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS AND SO FORTH WAS DONE WITH REDEVELOPMENT INCREMENT. THAT'S NO LONGER AVAILABLE TO US. WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THE CITY SHOULD BE IN THE BUSINESS OF WINE MAKING. AND, AND, AND NATIONAL CORE BRANCHING OUT HAS COME UP WITH A VERY, VERY SINCERE, VERY EXCITING PROPOSAL FROM MY PERSPECTIVE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE WINERY AND THE WINE MAKING WILL BE SUCCESSFUL WITH ALL THE OTHER COMPONENTS THAT ARE BEING PROPOSED UNDER THIS AMENDED LEASE AND THE SIDE LETTER. SO, AND, AND I DON'T KNOW IF, IF MR. FELIPE DECIDES TO WALK AWAY, I DON'T KNOW WHO'S GONNA COME IN AND WHAT OTHER VINTNER MAY COME IN. BUT WE HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONTINUE ON WITH AN ORGANIZATION THAT'S HAS THEIR HEADQUARTERS IN THIS COMMUNITY, HAS BUILT SOME BEAUTIFUL, BEAUTIFUL PROJECTS IN THIS COMMUNITY OVER TIME FOR HOUSING, FOR PEOPLE THAT CANNOT AFFORD THE MILLION DOLLAR HOMES THAT ARE FOR SALE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. AND SO THIS ACADEMY IS GOING TO BE SOMETHING THAT I THINK WILL BE AN ADJUNCT, AS WAS STATED EARLIER BY MY COLLEAGUES, THAT WOULD BE A NICE COMPONENT OF IT. BUT WHAT THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT DOING IN PROVIDING ANOTHER RESTAURANT, A MEETING SPACE, POTENTIAL WEDDINGS, OUTDOOR WEDDINGS AND SO FORTH, THAT WILL TRULY BE A SPRINGBOARD, I BELIEVE, TO PROVIDE A QUALITY ATMOSPHERE FOR ALL OF US TO ENJOY FOR MANY YEARS TO COME. UH, SO, UM, I APPRECIATE EVERYBODY'S COMMENTS. WE TAKE THOSE COMMENTS TO HEART. THE BIGGEST ISSUE THAT I HAD, UM, IS, AND I, MR. BANKS, I APPRECIATED YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THE ACADEMY AND WHAT IT MIGHT BE, BUT I HAVE FULL CONFIDENCE THAT THIS ACADEMY IS JUST WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE EXPRESSED IT TO BE. UM, SO, BUT MR. RUWAN, WOULD YOU LIKE TO TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT YOUR ACADEMY, WHAT YOUR, WHAT YOUR THOUGHTS ARE WITH THE ACADEMY SO YOU CAN MAYBE ALLAY SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WERE EXPRESSED? SURE. UH, MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, JUST IN RESPONSE TO THE ACADEMY. 'CAUSE UH, I THINK IT, IT'S BEEN ADDRESSED A LITTLE BIT BY THE CITY MANAGER, BUT CERTAINLY, UM, WE, WE SEE ENORMOUS WORKFORCE TRAINING NEEDS, UH, FOR OUR RESIDENTS AND THE, THE SKILLS, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR THE REGIONAL ECONOMY, WE, YOU HAVE A [01:15:01] GROWING REGIONAL ECONOMY, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE CREATE SKILLS SO THAT, UH, THE NEXT GENERATION OF OUR RESIDENTS CAN PARTICIPATE IN THE ECONOMY. UH, NOT JUST FANTASTIC JOB GROWTH IN HOSPITALITY. ALSO, AS WE, WE TALKED ABOUT, WE ALREADY HAVE A CORE ACADEMY FOR MAINTENANCE TRAINING, UH, AND THIS, THIS WOULD BE A WONDERFUL VENUE FOR, TO APPLY MAINTENANCE TRAINING BECAUSE OF FACILITIES IN NEED OF MAINTENANCE. UH, WE CURRENTLY OPERATE, UH, IN A, IN INTERIM CLASSROOMS, WE USE HOTELS AND A, A PERMANENT HOME WOULD BE HELPFUL REASON. UH, SO WE'RE VERY COMMITTED TO THE CREATING, UM, AN ECONOMIC, UH, AND SUSTAINABLE PIPELINE FOR OUR RESIDENTS, BECOME HOMEOWNER, UH, NOT ONLY JUST GO THROUGH SCHOOL, BUT ALSO VOCATIONAL TRAINING. THAT'S BEEN SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN COMMITTED TO AS A PARTNER WITH THE CITY FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. WE SEE TREMENDOUS GROWTH THERE, AND PART OF IT JUST CAN'T BE DONE ONLINE. UM, WE, WE HAVE DONE WONDERFUL THINGS WITH DIGITAL EDUCATION, BUT MANY OF THESE ARE SKILLS THAT HAVE TO BE DONE, UH, HANDS ON. AND SO THIS IS A VENUE AND WHAT IS ATTRACTIVE TO IT IS YOU HAVE A PLACE WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY APPLY THOSE SKILLS. UM, THE, THE, UH, CITY AND THE COMMUNITY ARE GONNA BE A PARTNER IN THE, THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CORE ACADEMY, BUT HAVING A PERMANENT PLACE. AND AGAIN, THE CLASSROOM SPACE AS THE CITY'S INDICATED, CAN BE REPURPOSED FOR EDUCATIONAL TASTINGS, THINGS LIKE THAT. SO IT ALL FITS TOGETHER. I'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER HISTORIC STRUCTURES. I JUST THINK PART OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, AS HAS BEEN SHARED, UM, WHAT WE'VE PRESENTED IS A COMPREHEND, YOU KNOW, YOU SEE TODAY AS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN BECAUSE THE CITY WANTS SEE HOW DOES EVERYTHING FIT TOGETHER, BUT NOTHING BEYOND THE LEASE AMENDMENT AND THE PROVISIONS AND THE SIDELINER AS THE CITY HAVE, ARE ACTUALLY BEING APPROVED TONIGHT. WE HAVE TO GO OUT AND GO TAKE CARE OF THOSE DETAILS AND DEMONSTRATE, UH, EXACTLY WHAT'S HAPPENING. BUT THERE WILL NOT, IT IS NOT INTENDED FOR ANY TYPE OF AUTOMOTIVE, DIESEL, UH, OR THOSE TYPES OF, IT'S NOT SUITED FOR THAT, SURELY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. UM, SO I GUESS I'LL JUST FINISH OFF WITH SAYING, UM, I'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE TO BE BORN AND RAISED IN THIS COMMUNITY. I REMEMBER WHERE IT WAS ALL ORANGE GROVES AND LEMON GROVES AND GRAPE VINEYARDS, AND THIS WHOLE AREA OF TERRA VISTA AND VICTORIA WAS ALL GREAT VINEYARDS ALL THROUGHOUT THIS CITY. UM, AND, UH, I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE STAFF ARE DEDICATED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE LISTEN TO OUR COMMUNITY ABOUT WHAT THEIR DESIRES ARE, AND THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A LITTLE MORE HOSPITALITY OPPORTUNITIES. WE HAVE A GREAT REGION ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN THAT'S, THAT'S FLOURISHING. AND, AND WE HAVE A PARTNER, IF THIS IS APPROVED, THAT IS ALREADY COMMITTED. THEY DON'T WANT ANY MONEY FROM THE CITY. THEY'RE NOT ASKING FOR TAXPAYERS DOLLARS TO BE SPENT ON THE SITE. BUT WHAT WE DO HAVE IS A COMMITMENT FROM THEM TO PARTNER WITH GRANT OPPORTUNITIES FOR HISTORICAL PRESERVATION. AND I DON'T KNOW OF ANOTHER PRIVATE, PRIVATE, UM, FIRM THAT WOULD STEP UP AND SAY, BECAUSE THE OTHER ONES, THEY ALL WANTED MONEY FOR US TO, TO MAKE IT WORK FOR THEM TO MAKE IT PENCIL. NATIONAL CORPS HAS MADE A DECISION WE CAN MAKE, DO THIS ON OUR OWN WITH THESE OTHER, OTHER OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE'RE GONNA BUILD INTO THIS, INTO THE PROJECT OR THE WINERY. AND, UM, AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE A VERY SUCCESSFUL TIME IN MY VIEW, UH, WHEN PARTNERING WITH A PRIVATE NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION AND A LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY GOING OUT FOR GRANTS AT THE STATE AND FEDERAL LEVEL. THERE, THERE WILL BE A, A HUGE OPPORTUNITY TO DO SOME WONDERFUL THINGS ON THAT SITE IN THE FUTURE. I BELIEVE. SO AT THIS TIME, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE THIRD AMENDMENT OF THE GROUND LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA LEOR AND THE JAY FELIPE WHITE VINTAGE COMPANY, LEASEE MR. MAYOR, DOES THAT ALSO INCLUDE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING? YES. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. I'M SORRY THAT IT, I DIDN'T CLOSE IT EARLIER, BUT THANK YOU MADAM CLERK, MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIED WITH COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON ABSTAINING DUE TO A POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST. THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING TONIGHT THAT ARE HERE FOR THIS PURPOSE. AND, UH, WE HEARD YOU LOUD AND CLEAR AND, AND WE APPRECIATED ALL THE REMARKS AND, AND, AND DIALOGUE THAT WAS SHARED DURING THE PUB ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS. [G. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT] [H. CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)] WE HAVE A RE, UH, A STAFF REPORT ON THE QUAL QUARTERLY [H1. Quarterly Development Update - Fourth Quarter 2024. (CITY)] DEVELOPMENT UPDATE, UH, FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER 2024. YES, [01:20:01] MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UM, MATT MARQUEZ, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, AND, UH, ZACH NEIGHBORS, OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY DIRECTOR, UH, GIVE YOU A PRESENTATION ON WHERE WE ARE WITH SOME OF THE, UH, DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY FOR THIS MOST RECENT QUARTER. GOOD EVENING MAYOR. MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, I'M A LITTLE BUMMED THAT THE MAJORITY OF THE AUDIENCE LEFT, THEY LEFT FOR THE BEST PART OF THE SHOW, BUT IT'S OKAY. UM, AS ALWAYS, WE'RE IN FRONT OF YOU PROVIDING YOU WITH A QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE, UH, FOR THE LAST QUARTER OF 2024, AND THEN GIVE YOU A RECAP OF WHAT HAPPENED THROUGHOUT THAT YEAR AS WELL. EXCELLENT, PLEASE. SO WE'LL START OFF WITH THE PLANNING TEAM, UH, FOR QUARTER FOUR. PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD, 46 NEW APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED, UH, ALMOST 300 COUNTER VISITS OF OVER 470 PHONE CALLS. AND THEN THREE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETINGS. NEXT SLIDE. RECAPPING 2024 FOR THE PLANNING TEAM. YOU CAN SEE THERE ON, ON SLIDE OVER 2,400 PHONE CALLS RECEIVED OVER 700, UH, EMAILS RESPONDED TO 185 APPLICATIONS, AND THEN OVER 1500, UH, COUNTER VISITS PLANNING COMMISSION THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. DID SOME INCREDIBLE WORK. SHOWN HERE ON THAT SLIDE IS A MIXED USE PROJECT AT RED OAK AND SPRUCE, AND THEN ELECTRIC PICKLE, WHICH WILL BE GOING IN, UH, TO THE, IN THE RESORT SOUTH. MOVING FORWARD TO THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM. UH, DURING QUARTER FOUR, THE TEAM ATTENDED ATTENDED FOUR CONFERENCES, INCLUDING THE BATTERY SHOW, WHICH WAS A CONFERENCE IN DETROIT. AND THERE AT THAT SHOW THERE WERE MORE THAN 1100 ADVANCED BATTERY, UH, AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANUFACTURING EXHIBITORS KINDA REPRESENTING THE ENTIRE SUPPLY CHAIN FROM RAW, RAW MATERIALS TO THE END OF LIFE. SO IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE TEAM HAD, UH, ATTENDED THAT TYPE OF SHOW, AND IT WAS A GOOD OPPORTUNITY TO GET OUR FEET WET AND START LEARNING THE LANGUAGE THAT THESE FOLKS ARE SPEAKING AS WE TRIED TO TRACK THOSE TYPES OF BUSINESSES, UH, TO THE CITY. STAFF ALSO PARTICIPATED IN EIGHT GRAND OPENINGS, UH, FOR DIFFERENT BUSINESSES, PARTNERED OR CONTINUED OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER TO OFFER 67 MEETINGS. AND, UH, WE WERE VERY ACTIVE ON SOCIAL MEDIA AS WELL. YOU COULD SEE ON, ON THE SCREEN, UH, AN IMAGE OF HOLLY THE ELF, WHICH WAS PART OF OUR, OUR HOLIDAY, UH, OFFERINGS ON SOCIAL MEDIA. ALSO PARTICIPATED IN 15, UH, DIFFERENT EVENTS, INCLUDING A CITY COUNTY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ROUNDTABLE, UH, AN I 15 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATIVE, AND ALSO STAFF PARTICIPATED IN IN TWANDA HIGH SCHOOL. UH, CAREER FAIR. UH, FLAVI NUNEZ IS OUR TEAM MEMBER WHO PARTICIPATE, PARTICIPATED IN THAT EVENT AND HAS DONE SO FOR THE LAST FEW YEARS. UM, AS YOU KNOW, OUR, OUR GENERAL PLAN, OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY CALLS FOR AN INCREASED FOCUS ON WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT. AND YOU ALL TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT, UM, EARLIER THIS, THIS EVENING. SO OUR FOCUS WILL RAMP UP THERE AS WELL. UH, BUT IT WAS INTERESTING TO HEAR SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT THE STUDENTS HAD FOR MR. NUNEZ AFTER HE PARTICIPATED. THEY'RE ALL REQUIRED TO PROVIDE, UH, A WRITTEN RESPONSE OR A WRITTEN STATEMENT. SO IF I MAY, I'LL JUST READ A COUPLE OF THOSE OR, OR BITS AND PIECES OF A COUPLE OF THOSE, UH, FOR YOU. ONE STATED, UH, I NEVER KNEW WHAT GOVERNMENT SERVICES REALLY MEANT UP UNTIL TODAY, AND I THINK THE METROLINK STATION IS GOING TO BE A VERY BIG CHANGE FOR RANCHO AND ITS CAPABILITIES. ANOTHER S I'M INSPIRED BY YOUR MESSAGE AND IT PUSHED ME TO BECOME AN URBAN PLANNER. I HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN AND GAIN MORE KNOWLEDGE. ANOTHER, I WASN'T REALLY INTERESTED IN GOVERNMENT SERVICES UNTIL I CAME TO YOUR CLASS AND IT ACTUALLY BECAME THE BEST SET OF THE THREE CLASSES. LASTLY, I HOPE YOU COME NEXT YEAR. AND THEN A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. I ALSO WONDER IF WORKING FOR THE GOVERNMENT, HAS YOU PAID HOURLY OR JUST IF YOU SHOW UP FOR WORK, UH, NO MATTER THE AMOUNT OF HOURS YOU WORK, . SO NOT ONLY ARE OUR LOCAL STUDENTS, UH, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THEIR CAREER PATHS, BUT ALSO THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN PAY STRUCTURE AS WELL. SO NICE TO SEE THAT THEY'RE THINKING ABOUT A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS RELATED TO THEIR FUTURE, UH, MOVING FORWARD. SOME HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM FOR 2024. YOU CAN SEE THEM LISTED HERE, 37 GRAND GRAND OPENINGS OF RIBBON CUTTINGS. UH, WE CONTINUED OUR BROKERS ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS. WE HAD TWO OF THOSE PARTNERED WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH, WHICH WITH, UH, SOME REALLY GREAT ATTENDANCE, UH, LOCAL HIRING FAIR, WHICH WE CONTINUE TO, TO BUILD ON AND, AND, AND, UH, SEE EVOLVE OVER TIME. CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SBDC. UM, AND WE MOST IMPORTANTLY PROVIDED THE COUNCIL WITH [01:25:01] YOUR FIRST, UH, ANNUAL REPORT ON IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO PROVIDE YOU WITH THOSE AS WELL. EXCELLENT. I WILL PASS IT OVER TO, UH, ZACH NABORS, AS YOU KNOW, THE DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES. EXCUSE ME, THE AWARD-WINNING BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES. YES, ZACH, THANK YOU MATT, AND I APPRECIATE YOU NEVER FORGET THE AWARD-WINNING PART THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT. SO, UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. UH, ROUNDING OUT QUARTER FOUR, WE HAD ANOTHER BUSY QUARTER FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING SAFETY. AS YOU CAN SEE, WE HAD, UH, 914 BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED, 771 NEW PLAN CHECKS, AND WE ACTUALLY FINALIZED, UH, 10 NEW ADUS AS WELL, UH, FOR THE YEAR AS A WHOLE. THE ADMIN STAFF FIELDED 15,178 PHONE CALLS. WE ISSUED JUST SHY OF 4,000 BUILDING PERMITS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO FINALIZE 419 NEW HOUSING UNITS, UM, BECAUSE ADUS ARE ONE OF THE NEWER AND MORE POPULAR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE CITY. UH, WE ADDED THIS MAP FOR CONTEXT JUST TO SHOW THE AREAS OF THE CITY THAT THE ADUS ARE BEING BUILT. AND SO WHEN YOU LOOK AT THIS, THE YELLOW IS ACTUALLY IN THE INSPECTION PHASE. THE BLUE IS IN THE PLAN CHECK PHASE, AND THE GREEN HAS BEEN FINALIZED. SO THOSE ARE FINAL PROJECTS. UH, THE RED AND BLACK HAVE EITHER BEEN CANCELED OR WITHDRAWN, BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S SPREAD OUT THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE CITY. SO, UM, DEFINITELY MORE TO COME ON THAT. UH, FOR BUILDING ACTIVITY, THE SANCTITY HOTEL CONTINUES TO MAKE SIGNIFICANT PRO UH, PROGRESS ON THEIR 68 UNIT BOUTIQUE. THESE ARE UPDATED PHOTOS FROM A VISIT WE DID, OR, OR A WALK, IF YOU WILL, A COUPLE WEEKS AGO. UH, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, THAT IS NOT WATER ON THAT WALL. THAT'S A SYNTHETIC MATERIAL THAT THEY TOLD US A VERY, VERY EXPENSIVE PRICE FOR. UM, THEY RECENTLY RECEIVED THEIR TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO START TRAINING THEIR STAFF, AND THEY'RE ACTUALLY SCHEDULED FOR FINAL INSPECTION TOMORROW, SO HOPEFULLY OPENING SOON. UM, ALSO IN BUILDING ACTIVITY, ULTA MERIDIA, WHICH IS FORMERLY KNOWN AS ALTA COVE, IS WORKING ON INSTALLING THEIR FINISHES AND THEIR APPLIANCES FOR BUILDING ONE. AND THEY'RE HOPING TO GET OCCUPANCY FOR BUILDING ONE BY THE END OF THIS MONTH AND FINALIZE THE PROJECT IN MAY. THE PICTURE ON THE LEFT IS ACTUALLY THE, UH, THE FOUR STORY CORNER APARTMENT THAT OVERLOOKS, UM, EAST AND, OH, I'M SORRY, WAN AND FOOTHILL. REALLY, REALLY NICE VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS. WE REALLY, REALLY ENJOYED THAT, UH, FOR RESIDENTIAL ACTIVITY. HAVEN AND ARROW, UH, HAS BEGUN TO RAMP UP ACTIVITY ON THEIR PROJECT. THEY RECENTLY OBTAINED A APPROVAL TO DROP A LUMBER ON THE SITE, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE F UH, BECOMING, I'M SORRY, BEGIN FRAMING NEXT WEEK. AS YOU CAN SEE, THIS PICTURE WAS FROM A WEEK OR SO AGO WITH THE CRANE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE SEAL MOMENT FRAMES IN PLACE. THAT'S THE EXOSKELETON STRUCTURE FOR THE LIVE WORK UNITS ON THE FIRST FLOOR OF BUILDING TWO, WHICH WILL HAVE A STICK FRAME RESIDENTIAL ABOVE IT. SO IN THE NEXT COMING MONTHS, YOU'LL SEE THAT RISE. UH, ON THE PICTURE ON THE RIGHT, YOU HAVE THE SYCAMORE HEIGHTS PROJECT THAT, UH, HAS STARTED TO RAMP UP AS WELL. AND THEY'VE COMPLETED THE FRAMING FOR THE MODELS AND THEIR SALES OFFICE, WHICH IS WHAT YOU SEE THERE. UM, ONCE COMMERCIAL PROJECTS COMPLETE ALL THEIR INSPECTIONS IN THE CITY, THEY'RE GRANTED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY TO ALLOW THEM TO OPEN FOR BUSINESS. QUARTER FOUR, WE HAD SEVERAL, SEVERAL NEW BUSINESSES OPEN. HERE'S A COUPLE OF 'EM. SO CHANEL LOCATED AT 1 2, 4, 5 3 SOUTH MAIN STREET. VICTORIA GARDENS IS NOW OPEN. I HAD TO LOOK THIS ONE UP. GOANA JEWELERS, I WANT TO MAKE SURE I PRONOUNCED IT CORRECTLY. LOCATED AT 1 2 4 3 8 SOUTH MAIN STREET AND THEN H AND R BLOCK AT 72 11 HAVEN JUST IN TIME FOR TAX SEASON. AND THEN YOU CAN GO OVER TO GONA AND CHANEL AND SPEND THAT TAX RETURN . SO, UH, JUST SOME BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OPENED UP RECENTLY WITH THAT, THAT ENDS OUR PRESENTATION. AND MYSELF AND MATT CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS OF ZACH OR, OR MATT? I DO HAVE A COUPLE OF COMMENTS. FIRST OF ALL, THANK YOU. I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO YOUR UPDATES AND REPORTS BECAUSE IT AFFIRMS THE VIBRANCY OF OUR CITY AND IT ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE HARD WORK AND EFFORTS THAT YOU ARE PUTTING IN TO ENSURE THAT WE MAINTAIN OUR ALL AMERICA CITY STATUS. AND FINALLY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE EARLY RECRUITMENT EFFORTS TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE GOING TO HAVE STAFF IN STARTING EARLY IN ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL AND GETTING THEM CONNECTED [01:30:01] IN WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE IN THE CITY AND THEIR INTEREST IN URBAN PLANNING AND POSSIBLY ENGINEERING. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. THANK YOU. GOOD. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. ANYBODY HAVE [I. COUNCIL BUSINESS] ANY COUNSEL BUSINESS? ANY ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANY [I1. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)  ] AGENCY UPDATES, [I2. INTER­AGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)  ] ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS? [J. CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS] THANK FOR YOUR THANK YOU. UH, IDENTIFICATION FOR ITEMS. [K. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING] OUR NEXT MEETING IS MARCH 5TH. UH, ANY ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING? HEARING NONE, WE'LL NOW TAKE A MO MOMENT OF SILENCE, UM, AND ADJOURN OUR MEETING IN THE [L. ADJOURNMENT] MEMORY OF PATRICK GALLAGHER. SO A MOMENT OF SILENCE, PLEASE IN HIS MEMORY. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU FOR INTENDING THIS EVENING. WE HAVE STUDENTS HERE FROM TWANDA HIGH SCHOOL. WE LOVE TO SIGN YOUR AGENDAS OR YOUR NOTES TO LET YOUR TEACHERS KNOW THAT YOU ACTUALLY STATE FROM HOME VIA THE ONLINE CATALOG. YOU'LL BE ASKED TO CHOOSE A PICKUP LOCATION, ARCHIBALD OR THE PAUL, A BEYOND LIBRARY, AND YOU'LL RECEIVE A NOTIFICATION WHEN YOUR ITEMS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PICKUP. THE LIBRARY IS PLEASED TO OFFER THIS NEW SERVICE TO THE RESIDENTS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. THE LIBRARY OF THINGS IS MADE POSSIBLE BY A GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE LIBRARY. WE HOPE YOU'LL VISIT THE ARCHIBALD OR. * 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.