* 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. [REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS] [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL:  Mayor Michael  Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy  Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler] [A. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA] [B. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS] [C. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS] [00:02:24] BE, UM, IN OCTOBER, I WAS HERE TO ADDRESS THE, UH, THE LOT THAT IS ACROSS THE STREET FROM MY HOUSE AT 1 0 2 9 4 20 FOURTH STREET. UH, THE LOT'S STILL NOT CLEANED. UM, IT'S ALREADY BEEN THE THIRD CITATION. I HAVE AN BECAUSE CASEY DON'T HAVE IT. I HAVE FEBRUARY, AND THEN I HAVE NOVEMBER, NOVEMBER, UH, CITATION STILL. THE FALCON, UH, UH, CORPORATION HAS NOT CLEANED UP THE, THE LOT. I HAVE PICTURES HERE OF HOW IT LOOKED. FEW, A FEW, UH, MONTHS AGO. IT'S WORSE NOW. THE BOX. OH, OKAY. THIS WAY. OKAY. OKAY. RIGHT HERE. SO, UM, IT'S STILL NOT CLEAN. SO, LIKE I SAID, IT'S BEEN SINCE OCTOBER. THE FIRST TIME I CAME, I MISSED ONE MEETING. THE LAST MEETING YOU GUYS, UM, HAD MOVED THE MOVIE THE MEETING A DAY BEFORE, SO I MISSED IT. BUT SINCE OCTOBER I'VE BEEN HERE, I MYSELF HAVE WROTE A LETTER TO THE FALCON INVESTMENT COMPANY BECAUSE THEY, THE ADDRESS IS ON THE CITATION. FIRST OF ALL, THE TWO CITATIONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN PUTTING UP, THEY'VE BEEN, THE WIND AND EVERYTHING HAVE BEEN TAKING 'EM DOWN. THIS IS REAL QUICK, WHAT I SENT TO THEM ON MY OWN. I AM JUST ONE OF THE CITIZENS FROM LIVES AIR VACANT PROPERTY. YOU OWN ON 1 0 3 1 2 20 FOURTH STREET. IT HAS BEEN CITED FOR CORRECTIVE ACTION SINCE NINE, SINCE NOVEMBER OF 24. WE KNOW YOU'RE A BIG INVESTMENT COMPANY, AND THIS MAY HAVE NO IMMEDIATE CONSIDERATION, BUT THIS COMMUNITY FOR F FOR MANY YEARS, HAS SEEN TRASH DUMPING AND NOT PROPERLY MAINTAINING A LOT. THE RESIDENTS LIKE TO TAKE WALKS AND KIDS RIDE THEIR BIKES AND ARE TIRED OF SEEING THE MASS OVERGROWN TREES AND WEEDS THAT GET IN AS TALL AS FOUR FEET WHEN THE LOT HASN'T BEEN MAINTAINED. THE DRY WEEDS DURING THE WIND GO THROUGH THE STREETS AND SCRATCH CARS. SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE HAD, HAD TO HAVE CUT AND OVERGROWN WEEDS, UH, THE TREES BECAUSE THEY HAVE GROWN OVER THE SIDEWALKS. I HAVE GONE TO THE MONTHLY MEETINGS AT THE CITY HALL AND THEY HAVE JUST KEPT GIVING CITATIONS. AND WHEN THEY FINALLY DO COME OUT AND CLEAN THE PROPERTY, IT IS NOT CLEANED PROPERLY. IT JUST HAS BEEN MOWED DOWN. AND THE DEBRIS STAY AND THE TRIMMING ST STILL STAY ON THE GROUND. THERE'S A SOLUTION THAT CAN BE VERY SIMPLE. HOPE YOU CAN CONSIDER THIS A, UH, CONSIDERS AFTER THE LOT HAS BEEN CLEANED UP AND YOU PUT A FENCE AROUND IT AND A GREEN MESH TO COVER THE FENCE, TO HELP THIS PROPERTY LOOK NEAT AND CLEAN AND NOT AN EYESORE WHEN IT OVERGROWS, HAVE THE HA HAVE THE PROPERTY GATED SO IT CAN BE OPEN WHEN THE LOT NEEDS TO BE CLEANED AND CLEARED. AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND HOPE YOU CONSIDER HELPING THE RESIDENTS OF THIS COM SMALL COMMUNITY AT RANCHO CUCAMONGA. THANK YOU. AND, UM, THERE'S ONE MORE THING REALLY QUICK. I'LL GIVE IT TO YOU RIGHT NOW. IT SAYS, IN PART OF THIS, I MADE A COPY AND YOU'LL SEE WHERE I HAVE, UM, CIRCLED IT, RIGHT? I THINK THIS IS IT [00:05:01] NOW. IT'S OKAY. WELL, YOU'LL, YOU CAN SEE IT, IT SAYS RIGHT HERE IN THE CITATION, TRIM, CUT, REMOVE AND, OR IT SHOULDN'T SAY AND, OR YOU'RE GIVING THEM THE OPTION OF LEAVING EVERYTHING THERE LIKE THEY USUALLY DO. SO IT SHOULD, IF YOU'RE GONNA RE SEND THIS AGAIN AND MAYBE IT SHOULD BE PUT, UM, REMOVED, BUT YOU'RE GIVING UP AN OPTION OF SAYING AND OR MOW DOWN AND, AND, AND DO THE CLEAN THE LOT. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE. THIS IS VINCENT'S OCTOBER. HAVEN'T SEEN ANYTHING DONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. APPRECIATE THAT. OKAY, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT. YES. UM, I'D LIKE TO HAVE LORI PRICE OUR COMMUNITY, UM, IMPROVEMENT, UH, SUPERVISOR. SHE CAN, UM, WORK, UM, SPEAK TO YOU FURTHER AND, AND, UH, GET THIS GOING TO THE NEXT LEVEL WITH THE PROSECUTOR. SHE'S RIGHT THERE. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT CONVERSATION OR WITHOUT COMMENT. ANY COUNCIL MEMBER HAS THE ABILITY TO REMOVE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SUCH DISCUSSION, MS. MR. MAYOR TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS AS MY EMPLOYER. VERY GOOD. UH, NOTING THAT ABSTENTION ON ITEM D THREE. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE TONIGHT'S CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVED. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION [D. CONSENT CALENDAR] CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. WE HAVE NO CONSENT ORDINANCES TO THIS EVENING, NOR ADMINISTRATIVE OR ADVERTISE PUBLIC HEARINGS. SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO, UH, ITEM H AND THAT IS, UH, CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS. [E. CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION] MR. ESON. [F. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)] [G. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT] [H. CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)] THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO ITEM H UH, IS AN ITEM, UH, FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION TO, [H1. Consideration to Approve the Purchase and Sale Agreement for Conservation of 120 Acres Near Cucamonga Canyon to the City of Rancho Cucamonga. (CITY)] UM, AUTHORIZE AND APPROVE THE CITY TO ENTER INTO A PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT FOR THE CONSERVATION OF 120 ACRES NEAR CUCAMONGA CANYON. SO LET ME JUST WALK YOU, UM, THROUGH THIS. THIS IS A PORTION, AND IT IS ONLY A PORTION, BUT IT IS A LARGE PORTION OF, UM, WHAT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW AS, UH, PROPERTY THAT BELONGS TO THE KING FAMILY. JEFF KING, HAVING BEEN A FORMER COUNCIL MEMBER, UM, FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND A, A LONG TIME, UM, JURIST IN THIS COUNTY. SO, UH, THE CITY HAS BEEN WORKING, UH, WITH THE FAMILY, UM, FOR THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, UM, TO POTENTIALLY LOOK AT THE PURCHASE OF THIS PROPERTY. IF YOU ACTUALLY GO BACK AND LOOK AT SORT OF THE GENESIS OF HOW WE, WE GOT TO WHERE WE WERE NOW. UM, BACK IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, WE WERE HAVING CONCERNS RELATED TO CUCAMONGA CANYON. UM, WE HAD STARTED TALKING ABOUT PURCHASING SOME OF THE PROPERTY AROUND THERE. UM, ORIGINALLY WE WANTED TO PURCHASE MORGAN RANCH AT THE TIME, THE MORGAN FAMILY WASN'T INTERESTED IN SELLING IT TO US. A NUMBER OF YEARS ROLLED BY, UM, SOME OF THE FAMILY MEMBERS PASSED ON AND, UM, THE, THE KIDS CAME BACK TO US AND SAID THAT, UM, THEY WERE VERY INTERESTED. THEIR MOM, UM, WHO WAS GETTING UP IN YEARS AT THE TIME, WAS STILL INTERESTED IN SELLING US POTENTIALLY THE MORGAN RANCH PROPERTY, WHICH IS 82 34 ALMOND STREET. AND AT THAT TIME, WE LOOKED AT PURCHASING THAT PROPERTY, UM, TO CREATE A TRAILHEAD THAT COULD BE USED TO ACCESS CUCAMONGA CANYON. UM, ULTIMATELY WE WOUND UP, UM, UH, ENTERING INTO AN ESCROW. THE COUNTY PURCHASED, UH, MORGAN RANCH, AND THEN THE COUNTY, UM, GAVE IT TO THE CITY WITH THE PROVISION THAT WE HAD TO, WITHIN A CERTAIN NUMBER OF YEARS MM-HMM . START IMPROVING IT. AND, AND WE HAVE DONE THAT. WE CLEARED AWAY, WE DID SOME GRADING, WE DID A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT THINGS TO IT. WE WENT AND GOT SOME FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR A TRAILHEAD. WE'VE BEEN WORKING SINCE THEN ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL FOR THAT. UM, THE ENVIRONMENTAL IS LITERALLY IN THE FINAL APPROVAL STAGES THIS MONTH. EXCUSE ME. ONCE THAT WRAPS UP, THEN WE CAN ACTUALLY START SPENDING THOSE FUNDS, UM, TO DESIGN OUR TRAIL HEAD. MORGAN RANCH IS A SMALL PROPERTY, RELATIVELY SPEAKING ABOUT FIVE ACRES, AND IT SITS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO KING RANCH. UM, AND, UM, THAT WESTERLY HALF OF KING RANCH RUNS ALL THE WAY OVER, UM, UH, BUT OUR MORGAN RANCH PROPERTY RUNS ALL THE WAY OVER TO THE CUCAMONGA CANYON TRUCK TRAIL ROAD, UM, THAT GOES UP AND IT GOES PRETTY FAR UP INTO THE HILLS. AND SO, UH, THE, WE STARTED DISCUSSIONS ORIGINALLY WITH THE KING FAMILY BECAUSE THE TRAILHEAD THAT WE WERE GONNA CONSTRUCT TO GET FROM THE TRAILHEAD TO THE ACTUAL ROAD AND GO THE REST OF THE WAY [00:10:01] UP INTO THE CANYON, REQUIRED A SMALL TRAIL. AND THAT TRAIL WAS NOT FULLY ON OUR MORGAN RANCH PROPERTY. IT ACTUALLY CROSSED OVER A PORTION OF, UM, OF KING RANCH. AND SO WE INITIALLY STARTED DISCUSSIONS ABOUT WAS IT POSSIBLE TO DO AN EASEMENT OR A PURCHASE OF A SMALL PIECE OF PROPERTY, UM, TO ACCOMMODATE THAT TRAIL. UM, BUT ULTIMATELY, UM, WE WOUND UP IN A MUCH LARGER DISCUSSION, UM, WITH THE KING FAMILY ABOUT PURCHASING, IF YOU WILL, THE WESTERLY 122 ACRES OF THE PROPERTY. THEY, UM, WOUND UP PARTITIONING THE PROPERTY OFF INTO REALLY TWO BIG PARCELS OF WEST PARCEL AND EAST PARCEL, THE EXISTING RESIDENCE BEING ON THE EASTERLY PARCEL. UM, AND SO WE WERE LOOKING TO PURCHASE THE WESTERLY PARCEL. UM, AFTER SOME DISCUSSIONS AND UNDERSTANDING WHERE THEY WERE IN TERMS OF, UH, UH, POTENTIAL, UH, SALE PRICE FOR THE PROPERTY, UH, WE WENT THROUGH HAVING IT APPRAISED. UM, AT THE TIME, THE TOTAL COST OF THE PROPERTY WAS BEYOND WHAT WE HAD THE ABILITY TO DO. UM, BUT WE WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO BE ABLE TO, UM, FIRST, UM, RECEIVE THROUGH THE, UM, THE, THE, THE GOODWILL AND THE HARD WORK OF CONGRESSWOMAN TORRES AND CHEW. WE WERE ABLE TO GET, UM, SOME FEDERAL FUNDING, UM, FOR A LITTLE OVER A MILLION AND A HALF THAT WE COULD USE FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE PROPERTY. THAT MONEY ALLOWED US TO APPLY FOR A STATE GRANT. UM, AND AGAIN, THIS IS ALL PLAYED OUT OVER A NUMBER OF YEARS, BUT A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAD LOTS OF FUNDING, UM, FOR THINGS INCLUDING OPEN SPACE PRESERVATION. AND SO BECAUSE WE HAD NOW SOME MONEY THAT WE COULD USE TO MATCH IT, WE WERE ABLE TO APPLY, UM, FOR ANOTHER MILLION DOLLARS FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO BE USED FOR HABITAT CONSERVATION, ESSENTIALLY, NO DEVELOPMENT ON IT, LEAVE IT OPEN FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND THAT TYPE OF THING. UM, AND WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN RECEIVING THAT GRANT MONEY. UM, THERE'S NOT MANY CITIES OTHER THAN BIG CITIES LIKE LA OR THAT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT APPLY FOR FUNDING. SO WE HAD VERY GOOD LUCK AND WE WERE VERY COMPETITIVE IN THAT PROCESS. IT STILL LEFT US WITH A FUNDING GAP, BUT WE HAVE A STRONG RELATIONSHIP, UM, WITH THE I-E-R-C-D, THE INLAND EMPIRE RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT. UM, AND THAT IS AN ENTITY, UH, SEPARATE ENTITY, TAXING ENTITY THAT EXISTS. AND THEIR WHOLE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONSERVATION OF LAND, UM, AND TO, UM, STEWARD THAT LAND IF IT'S BEEN SET ASIDE FOR CONSERVATION, KEEP IT CLEAN, KEEP IT UP, MITIGATE ANY CONDITIONS ON IT, AND MAINTAIN IT IN PERPETUITY. UH, I-E-R-C-D, UM, WAS ACTUALLY IN POSSESSION OF SOME FUNDS RELATED TO THE ONGOING DEVELOPMENT RIGHT NOW THAT JUST GOT STARTED, UM, WHICH WAS APPROVED 20 PLUS YEARS AGO ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE CITY, UM, WHERE WILSON AND, UH, EAST AVENUE ARE. UM, WHAT WE, UH, ALL KNOW IS THE, WHAT WAS CALLED ORIGINALLY THE TRACY AND RICHLAND TRACKS. UM, AND WHEN THOSE TRACKS WERE APPROVED, THEY WERE REQUIRED TO DO SOME MITIGATION, OR IF THEY COULD NOT DO THE MITIGATION, THEY HAD TO PAY A FEE TO I-E-R-C-D. ULTIMATELY, THEY CHOSE TO WRITE A CHECK TO I-E-R-C-D. AND SO WITH SOME OF THAT ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM I-E-R-C-D, UM, WE WERE ABLE TO REACH AN AGREED UPON PRICE WITH THE KING FAMILY, UM, WHERE, UH, WE HAD THE FUNDS AND THEY WERE COMFORTABLE, UM, AT THE COST AND, AND, UM, MET ALL THE REQUIREMENTS, UM, THAT WE WENT THROUGH FOR OUR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS SO WE COULD MOVE FORWARD TO PURCHASE THE LAND. WHAT YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT IS THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT. UM, THIS IS A COMPLICATED, UH, TRANSACTION IN THAT IT'S REALLY A THREE-WAY TRANSACTION. UH, WE HAVE TO, UM, OBVIOUSLY OPEN ESCROW. WE, WE, UH, WORKED WITH THE KING FAMILY TO GET AN EXTENDED ESCROW PERIOD, UM, DURING THE ESCROW. UM, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE TO, ONCE WE OPEN ESCROW, WE CAN THEN APPLY FOR OUR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS, UM, AND, AND HOPEFULLY GET THOSE IN HAND. UM, BEFORE THE, THE TIME COMES TO CLOSE, WE HAVE TO RECORD A STATE CONSERVATION EASEMENT ON THE ENTIRE PROPERTY. THAT STATE CONSERVATION EASEMENT REQUIRES US TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY IN AN UNDEVELOPED STATE FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND OPEN SPACE PURPOSES FOR 30 [00:15:01] YEARS. THAT, THAT IS A RELATIVELY STRAIGHTFORWARD, UM, UH, UH, RESTRICTION THAT GETS RECORDED ON THE LAND I CD'S FUNDING IS A LITTLE MORE COMPLICATED. AND FOR THEIR FUNDING, THERE IS A SPECIFIC NUMBER OF ACRES THAT THEY WILL NEED TO PURCHASE. IT'S A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY. IT'S NOT THE FULL 122 ACRES, IT'S APPROXIMATELY 40 ISH ACRES. UM, WE ARE STILL IN THE PROCESS OF MAPPING OUT THAT 40 ACRES, THEY HAVE A MUCH MORE RESTRICTIVE EASEMENT THAT GOES ON THERE. IT REMOVES ALL DEVELOPMENT POTENTIAL IN PERPETUITY FOREVER FROM THE PROPERTY. UM, FOR THOSE 40 ACRES. THEY ALSO HAVE TO, TO, UM, ENGAGE IN MUCH MORE SPECIFIC MITIGATION AND UPLIFT TO MAINTAIN THAT PROPERTY IN AS CLOSE TO ITS NATURAL STATE AS POSSIBLE. SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE NEED TO WORK WITH THEM ON IN THE INTERIM RIGHT NOW AND WHY WE NEEDED, UM, A BIT OF A LONGER ESCROW IS THAT WE WANT TO MAP OUT ALL THE EXISTING HIKING TRAILS AND BIKE TRAILS THAT ARE UP THERE AND EXEMPT THOSE FROM THE EASEMENT. CUT THOSE OUT, IF YOU WILL, SO THAT THEY CAN BE OPEN FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES, UM, INDEFINITELY. THE OTHER THING IS WE'RE TRYING TO FORESEE WHAT SOME OF OUR FUTURE POTENTIAL NEEDS ARE. THIS PROPERTY IS IN A CRITICAL LOCATION. IF A FIRE, WHICH HAS HAPPENED BEFORE THE LAST TIME BEING, UM, AS THE MAYOR WILL RECALL, GRAND PRIX IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS, UM, HAS COME THROUGH. UM, IN FACT, THE MORGAN RANCH HOUSE WAS BURNED DOWN IN THE GRAND PRIX FIRE. SO THIS IS A, A KEY LOCATION, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN AREA WHERE WE COULD POTENTIALLY GET SOME FIRE VEHICLES UP TO, UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE A WATER TANK THAT WOULD BE THERE PERMANENTLY THAT COULD BE USED BY HELICOPTERS FOR DROPS, UM, TO PROTECT PROPERTY. UM, AND, UH, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE WE'RE COVERING OUR BASES FOR THE FUTURE. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS NOW OF MAPPING ALL OF THAT STUFF OUT SO THAT WE CAN EXEMPT THAT OUT FROM THE EASEMENT, IF YOU WILL. UM, SO ULTIMATELY WHAT WE WOULD DO IS ONCE WE GET THAT DONE, WE WILL NEED TO ENTER INTO, UM, AN MOA, UM, AGREEMENT WITH, UM, I-E-R-C-D, UM, THAT COVERS THE 40 ACRES, UM, THAT THEY WILL BE GETTING, LAYS IT OUT SPECIFICALLY WHAT IT, WHAT IT CAN BE USED FOR, WHAT IT CAN'T BE USED FOR, AND HOW IT WILL BE MAINTAINED. AND THEN THEIR FUNDING COMES INTO THE, UM, TRANSACTION. UM, TOGETHER, ALL OF THOSE, UH, FUNDING STREAMS WILL GIVE US THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEED, UH, TO BE ABLE TO, UH, PURCHASE THE PROPERTY AND THEN ENSURE THAT IT IS SET ASIDE, UM, MAINTAINED AS OPEN SPACE, BUT ALSO OPEN FOR THE RECREATIONAL USES. THE KING FAMILY HAS BEEN FANTASTIC STEWARDS OF THE PROPERTY, UM, FOR, UH, DECADES. AND, UM, THEY HAVE ALWAYS MAINTAINED IT WELL. UM, THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN SO GRACIOUS IN ALLOWING THE COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE, UM, TO RECREATE, TO, TO HIKE THE TRAILS, TO BIKE THE, THE TRAILS AND THAT FOR YEARS AND YEARS. AND SO WE WANT TO CONTINUE TO MAINTAIN THAT ACCESS TO THE LAND THAT IS HELPFUL. UM, THE MORE, UH, PEOPLE WHO ARE ENGAGING IN GOOD STEWARDSHIP ACTIVITIES OF THE LAND HELPS ENSURE, UM, THAT IT'S PRESERVED AND MAINTAINED APPROPRIATELY. SO, UM, THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO US. SO ULTIMATELY, WHAT YOU'RE APPROVING TONIGHT ALLOWS US TO OPEN THAT PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT. WE ANTICIPATE THE ESCROW PROCESS COULD, UM, IF EVERYTHING GOES SMOOTHLY AND REALLY QUICKLY, UM, FROM ALL OF OUR FUNDING PARTNERS, WE MIGHT HAVE EVERYTHING WE NEED IN 90 TO 120 DAYS. IT, IT COULD TAKE AS LONG AS SIX MONTHS. WE HAVE AN ABILITY TO EXTEND IF WE NEED TO. UM, OUR GOAL IS TO CLOSE IT AS TIMELY AS WE POSSIBLY CAN, BUT WE NEED TO, UM, BRING ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT THINGS TOGETHER. SO, UM, OUR RECOMMENDATION TO YOU, UM, IS TO GO AHEAD AND APPROVE US ENTERING IN TO THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE KING FAMILY LIVING TRUST IN THE AMOUNT OF $3.6 MILLION FOR 122.09 ACRES OF LAND NEAR CUCAMONGA CANYON. THERE IS A SPECIFIC LEGAL DESCRIPTION, BUT WAY TOO LONG TO READ. UM, WE WOULD USE THE FUNDING FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE HABITAT CONSERVATION GRANT, THE FUNDING FROM, UH, OUR CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATION, AND THEN FUNDING FROM THE INLAND EMPIRE RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT. SO, UM, WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. I ALSO WANTED TO NOTE THAT WE DID HAVE A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE KING FAMILY HERE THIS EVENING. UM, SO, UM, [00:20:01] IF, IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT OR IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR THEM. BUT OTHERWISE, WE ARE READY TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROCESS, UH, UPON YOUR APPROVAL THIS EVENING. AND WE'LL WORK TO GO AHEAD AND GET THE ESCROW PROCESS STARTED AS, AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS AT THIS POINT FROM THE COUNCIL? UM, MEMBERS? I HAVE ONE. MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR. UH, JUST THAT OUR RESIDENTS HAVE CONSISTENTLY TOLD US THAT PRESERVATION OF OPEN SPACE IS GONNA BE A PRIORITY FOR THEM. UH, THE FACT THAT WE CAN DO THIS WITH GRANT MONEY FROM THREE DIFFERENT AGENCIES, THAT THAT IS NOT OUR CITY COFFERS IS REALLY UNIQUE. SO IT SEEMS LIKE A WIN-WIN FOR US. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? UM, I JUST WANT TO EXPRESS MY DEEP APPRECIATION TO THE MEMBERS OF THE KING FAMILY, UM, AND AND APPRECIATION TO YOU, JOHN, AND THE REST OF YOUR STAFF FOR PUTTING THIS ALL TOGETHER. AND THE HARD WORK IT IS TO, TO USE OTHER RESOURCES OTHER THAN OUR OWN GENERAL FUND TO BE ABLE TO MAKE THIS A REALITY. AND I CANNOT REMEMBER A TIME, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT I REMEMBER, I'M TRYING TO LOOK BACK OVER MANY, MANY YEARS, BUT I DON'T EVER REMEMBER THE CITY, UH, BEING ABLE TO, TO GET A HUNDRED PLUS ACRE, 120 ACRES UP IN THE NORTHERN, UH, PART OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT WILL BE HELD INTO PERPETUITY IS OPEN SPACE FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES AND JUST THE BEAUTY OF IT ALL. SO I SEE ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE KING FAMILY COMING UP. WE'D LIKE TO SPEAK. WE'D, WE'D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU, SIR. YEAH. I DON'T WANNA TAKE TOO MUCH TIME OR BELABOR THE POINT, BUT ON BEHALF OF OUR FAMILY, UM, AND MY FATHER, UH, THIS CITY HAS A WARM PLACE IN ALL OF OUR HEARTS. AND THE FACT THAT THIS LAND IS GONNA BE USED FOR THE PUBLIC, UM, IS QUITE PLEASING TO ALL OF US. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, JONATHAN. OKAY, SO THE CITY MANAGER KINDA OUTLINED WHAT THE APPROVAL OF THIS IS. UM, I CAN REPEAT THAT. JUST SO WE KNOW WE'RE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT WITH THE KING FAMILY LIVING TRUST FOR CONSERVATION OF 120 ACRES NEAR CUCAMONGA CANYON TO THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IN THE AMOUNT OF 3.2 MILLION, I BELIEVE. 3.6. 3.6 MILLION. I WAS, I'M NOT TRYING TO CUT YOU SHORT ON, ON THE PURCHASE PRICE. UH, 3.6 MILLION. DO I HAVE A MOTION OR A, A MOTION FOR THAT? SO MOVED. I SECOND MOTION TO BE MADE AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU'RE WELCOME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU FOR A NICE REPORT TOO. ALSO, JOHN, UM, NOW THAT MOVES US ON TO [I. COUNCIL BUSINESS] COUNCIL BUSINESS, IS THERE ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS THIS EVENING ON ANY TOPIC, INTER ANY, ANY INTERAGENCY UPDATES? I HAVE GOTTEN ONE QUICK ONE. UH, TODAY I ATTENDED THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY REPRESENTING RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND WE APPROVED, UM, [I2. INTER­AGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)  ] THE FEIR FOR THE ONTARIO CONNECTOR PROJECT, ONTARIO AIRPORT CONNECTOR PROJECT FROM CUCAMONGA STATION FOR AN UNDERGROUND TUNNEL TO THE ONTARIO AIRPORT, UH, WITH AUTONOMOUS VEHICLES. SO WE'RE MOVING FORWARD NOW WITH HOPEFULLY A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROPOSERS THAT WILL COME IN THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS. ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS, ANY IDENTIFICATIONS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON THE 19TH OF MARCH? SEEING NONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING'S UM, MEETINGS. AND IF THERE'S ANYONE HERE IN THE AUDIENCE THAT'S WENT FROM ONE OF OUR SCHOOLS, I KNOW THERE'S A GENTLEMAN FROM CAL POLY, [J. CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS] WE'D BE MORE THAN [K. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING] HAPPY. THESE FOLKS UP [L. ADJOURNMENT] HERE, OUR COUNCIL WOULD BE MORE THAN HAPPY TO SIGN ANYTHING YOU NEED SIGNED. SO WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU SO MUCH. HUH? WITHIN REASON WHAT? SIGNING THINGS ARE REASON YEAH. WE CHARGE . GREAT. ALL RIGHT. 1, 2, 3. * 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.