Apr 02, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting

YOUNG MAN.

THANK YOU.

AND

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THANK YOU.

OKAY, ROLL CALL.

MAYOR MICHAEL IS

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

MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY.

PRESENT MAYOR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.

PRESENT.

CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, COUNCILMAN STICKER HAS AN EXCUSED ABSENCE.

SHE'S OUTTA STATE WITH HER DAUGHTER TONIGHT.

SO, UH, WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR

[A. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]

ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO.

MR. MAYOR.

THANK YOU.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

[B. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

[B1. Presentation of a Proclamation to OneLegacy Declaring the Month of April 2025 as Donate Life Month.]

I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD DONNA HANSEN, ONE LEGACY AMBASSADOR, AS WELL AS CHERYL MAHAN, ONE LEGACY AMBASSADOR.

LADIES, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD BEFORE WE START OUR PRESENTATION ON YOUR PROCLAMATION THIS YEAR? CHERYL, JUST GO AHEAD AND SAY A FEW WORDS AND MAYBE BOTH OF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHY YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT AND WHY WE ARE RECOGNIZING THIS MONTH IS SUCH AN IMPORTANT MONTH FOR YOU.

OKAY, SURE.

I'LL PUT THIS DOWN.

OKAY.

SO GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MICHAELS AND OUR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

THANK YOU FOR DECLARING, UH, APRIL'S NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH, UM, IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

MY NAME IS CHERYL MAHAN AND I AM A LIVING KIDNEY DONOR TO MY BROTHER STEVEN.

I'M ALSO A ONE LEGACY AMBASSADOR, AND THAT MEANS I VOLUNTEER MY TIME IN THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY IN OTHER COMMUNITIES.

I GO TO HEALTH FAIRS AND DMVS TO EDUCATE THE COMMUNITY ON THE IMPORTANCE OF ORGAN EYE AND TISSUE DONATION.

THE REASON WHY I BECAME AN AMBASSADOR IS MY FAMILY HAS A GENETIC KIDNEY DIS DISEASE, AND IT HAS AFFECTED MANY GENERATIONS.

MY GRANDMOTHER, MY DAD, MY BROTHERS, MY SISTERS, UM, MY AUNTS, AND NOW IT HAS GONE DOWN INTO, UH, THE NEXT GENERATION WITH MY, UH, NEPHEWS AND THERE'S NO CURE FOR THE DISEASE.

SO I WAS FIRST IMPACTED BY IT WHEN I WATCHED MY DAD GO THROUGH MANY YEARS OF DIALYSIS HOOK, HOOKED TO A MACHINE THREE TIMES A WEEK TO BE ABLE TO LIVE, AND HE LEFT US WAY TOO EARLY BECAUSE OF THE DISEASE.

WELL, IN 2008, MY BROTHER, UH, HE HAD THE DISEASE AND, UM, HE NEEDED A KIDNEY AND I DIDN'T WANNA WATCH HIM GO THROUGH WHAT MY DAD WENT THROUGH.

SO I TOLD HIM, HEY, YOU CAN HAVE ONE OF MINE, BROTHER.

AND, UM, THANKFULLY I WAS A MATCH AND I WAS ABLE TO BE HIS LIVING DONOR.

IT WAS ALWAYS BE ONE OF THE, MY MOST GREATEST MEMORIES BECAUSE MY BROTHER RECEIVED HIS GIFT OF LIFE.

HE WAS ABLE TO, UM, SEE HIS KIDS GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL.

HE WAS ABLE TO TO CELEBRATE WITH HIS DAUGHTER WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED, AND HE WAS ALLOWED TO MEET HIS GRANDCHILDREN IN 2020.

MY SISTER, SHE HAD THE DISEASE AND SO SHE RECEIVED HER GIFT OF LIFE.

MY NIECE BECAME A LIVING DONOR, AND AS MY NIECE'S KIDNEY FLEW TO WISCONSIN, MY SISTER'S NEW KIDNEY ARRIVED FROM THE NORTHEAST AND SHE'S BEEN ABLE TO CELEBRATE HER SON'S WEDDING.

AND MY BABY BROTHER IS CURRENTLY ON DIALYSIS.

AND I TELL YOU MY FAMILY'S STORY BECAUSE I COULD HAVE INHERITED THAT DISEASE AND I COULD HAVE JUST AS EASILY BEEN LIKE ONE OF MY FAMILY MEMBERS AND THE 92,000 PEOPLE WAITING FOR A KIDNEY.

THANKFULLY I WAS ABLE TO BE A LIVING DONOR, UH, INSTEAD.

SO MY CALL TO YOU GUYS IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS, CAN YOU GUYS GIVE HOPE TO SOMEBODY ELSE? CONSIDER REGISTERING, UM, TO BE A SEA DECEASED DONOR.

UH, BE SOMEBODY'S HERO AFTER YOU PASS ON AND YOU CAN REGISTER AT WWW.DONATELIFECALIFORNIA.ORG.

SO THANK YOU FOR DECLARING APRIL AS DONATE LIFE MONTH.

UM, IT MEANS A LOT.

AND, UM, I HOPE TO SEE YOU GUYS AT THE RUN WALK ON APRIL 26TH AND ALSO THE COMMUNITY AT SUCH A WONDERFUL EVENT.

AND I THINK DONNA HAS SOMETHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.

REAL QUICK.

WELL, YEAH, YEAH.

HI, I JUST WANNA SAY THANK YOU.

UM, MY NAME IS DONNA HANSON AND HOW I AM INVOLVED WITH DONATE LIFE IS, UM, WE HAD LOST OUR SON.

AND SO FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS, THIS IS OUR 20TH YEAR, WE'VE ATTENDED THE DONATE LIFE WALK.

SO, UM, IT'S KIND OF LIKE OUR PART, OUR BIRTHDAY PARTY FOR HIM EVERY YEAR.

AND OUR TEAM IS UP BETWEEN 75 AND A HUNDRED PEOPLE EVERY YEAR, AND IT'S JUST A GREAT ORGANIZATION.

THEY LITERALLY SAVE LIVES.

, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

AND THEY'RE VERY POWERFUL SUGGESTIONS ABOUT GIVING YOUR BODY PARTS WHEN YOU'RE GONE TO HELP OTHERS.

AND THIS PROCLAMATION THAT I'M GONNA READ TO YOU WILL HOPEFULLY EVEN

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WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS DEDICATED TO IMPROVING AND PRESERVING THE LIVES OF ITS CITIZENS.

AND WHEREAS OREGON I TISSUE MARROW AND BLOOD DONATIONS ARE LIFE GIVING ACTS RECOGNIZED WORLDWIDE AS EXPRESSIONS OF COMPASSION TO THOSE THAT ARE IN DESPERATE NEED.

AND WHEREAS THE NEED FOR DONATED ORGANS IS ESPECIALLY URGENT IN HISPANIC, LATINO AND AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES.

AND WHEREAS MORE THAN 103,000 INDIVIDUALS NATIONWIDE AND MORE THAN 23,000 IN CALIFORNIA ALONE ARE CURRENTLY ON THE NATIONAL ORGAN TRANSPLANT WAITING LIST.

AND ON AN AVERAGE 17 PEOPLE DIE EACH DAY WHILE WAITING.

AND WHEREAS A SINGLE INDIVIDUAL'S DONATION OF THE HEART, LUNGS, LIVER, KIDNEYS, PANCREAS, AND SMALL INTESTINE CAN SAVE UP TO EIGHT LIVES.

A DONATION OF TISSUE CAN SAVE AND HEAL THE LIVES OF MORE THAN 75 OTHERS.

AND ORGAN DONORS SAVED MORE THAN 46,000 LIVES JUST THIS PAST YEAR.

AND WHEREAS ANY PERSON CAN REGISTER TO BE AN OPEN EYE OR OPEN AN ORGAN, EXCUSE ME, AN ORGAN AND EYE AND TISSUE DONOR, REGARDLESS OF AGE OR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, BEING A REGISTERED DONOR DOES NOT IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE SAVING MEDICAL CARE A PERSON RECEIVES IN AN EMERGENCY.

AND WHEREAS CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS CAN SIGN UP WITH THE DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA DONOR REGISTRY WHEN APPLYING FOR OR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSES OR ID CARDS AT THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY, RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF APRIL, 2025 AS DMV SLASH DONATE LIFE MONTH AND ENCOURAGES ALL DRIVERS AGED TO RESIDENTS TO USE THE DONATE LIFE CALIFORNIA REGISTRY WHEN APPLYING OR RENEWING THEIR DRIVER'S LICENSE ID CARD AT THE DMV.

I KNOW I HAVE THEM.

THERE'S A LITTLE DESIGNATION ON THE, ON YOUR DRIVER'S LICENSE IT SHARE.

JUST THAT.

CHERYL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

GOD BLESS BOTH OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO, AND THANK YOU, DONNA, FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THE ORGANIZATION AND, UH, AND, AND, UH, YOUR STORY WAS A VERY, VERY HEARTWARMING, UH, STORY ABOUT JUST HOW IMPORTANT THIS IS.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOU COMING BY.

ONE MORE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YEAH, LEMME TRY TO, OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

THIS

[C. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS]

SO, UH, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

THIS LITTLE LIGHT ON THE, ON THE MICROPHONE THERE AT THE PODIUM, WHEN THAT LIGHT GOES OFF, THERE'S A TIMER UP ON THE SCREEN.

YOUR THREE MINUTES HAVE COME TO A CONCLUSION, THE MICROPHONE WILL TURN OFF AND WE'LL BE ASKING FOR THE NEXT SPEAKER.

OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS ERICA HERNANDEZ, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE REINHARDT.

ERICA, GOOD EVENING.

UM, THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT.

UH, MY NAME IS ERICA HERNANDEZ AND, UH, I LIVE IN, UH, RANCHO CUCAMONGA RIGHT BELOW, UH, LIGHTFOOT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

AND, UM, THERE WAS A SHOOTING THAT OCCURRED A FEW WEEKS AGO.

UM, AND

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WE'RE WORKING WITH A COMMUNITY RESOURCE OFFICER, SO I THANK YOU FOR THAT.

UM, A FEW POINTS THAT WERE BROUGHT UP WHEN OUR COMMUNITY CAME TOGETHER, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORS AND NEIGHBORHOOD CAME TOGETHER WAS THAT THERE WAS A BURGLARY AGAINST, UM, ONE OF THE HOUSES THAT IS AGAINST THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC TRAIL.

AND SO THEY WERE SUGGESTING MAYBE SOME THORNY BUSHES AGAINST THE WALL, OR MAYBE EVEN CAMERAS, UM, OR EXTRA PATROL AROUND THE HOLIDAYS.

UH, THAT WAS JUST ONE POINT THAT THEY BROUGHT UP.

SO, OKAY.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING UP AND THANK YOU FOR THAT.

AND I KNOW THAT OUR CITY MANAGERS MAKING NOTES AND I KNOW OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, OUR, OUR OVER HERE IS, IS HEARD YOUR COMMENTS AND WE WILL LOOK INTO EXACTLY WHAT YOU'VE JUST ASKED FOR US.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

NEXT ITEM IS MICHELLE REINHARDT, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL.

THANK YOU.

MY NAME IS MICHELLE REINHARDT AND I'M HERE TODAY AS A CONCERNED COMMUNITY MEMBER TO ADDRESS THE IMPACT OF SMOKING AND VAPING IN OUR CITY, PARTICULARLY IN MULTI-UNIT HOUSING.

SECONDHAND SMOKE AND VAPING AEROSOLS CONTAIN HARMFUL CHEMICALS THAT NEGATIVELY AFFECT PUBLIC HEALTH, ESPECIALLY FOR OUR CHILDREN, SENIORS, AND THOSE WITH RESPIRATORY CONDITIONS.

IN FACT, AS A MOTHER AND A TEACHER, 300,000 CHILDREN SUFFER FROM LOWER RESPIRATORY INFECTIONS, SUCH AS PNEUMONIA, BRONCHITIS.

IT ALSO EXACERBATES ASTHMA AND INCREASES THE RISK OF ACUTE CHRONIC MIDEAR INFECTIONS, WHICH CAUSES KIDS TO MISS SCHOOL.

OBVIOUSLY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, STUDIES SHOW THAT THERE IS NO SAFE LEVEL EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE.

41,000 PEOPLE DIE ANNUALLY FROM EXPOSURE TO SECONDHAND SMOKE, 7,000 FROM LUNG CANCER AND 34,000 TO HEART DISEASE.

VAPING IS OFTEN MARKETED AS A SAFER ALTERNATIVE, BUT RESEARCH SO SHOWS THAT IT ACTUALLY EXPOSES USE FOR USERS TO HARMFUL SUBSTANCES AND IS LEADING TO A RISE IN NI NICOTINE ADDICTION, PARTICULARLY IN OUR YOUTH.

SECONDHAND SMOKE AND AEROSOL FROM VAPING DON'T STAY IN ONE UNIT.

THEY TRAVEL THROUGH VENTS, WALLS, AND SHARED SPACES EXPOSING NON-SMOKERS, INCLUDING THOSE CHILDREN AND SENIORS TO THOSE HARMFUL CHEMICALS.

OVER 28 MILLION PEOPLE IN THE US LIVE IN MULTI-UNIT HOUSING AND STUDIES SHOW UP TO 65% OF YOUR AIR IS SHARED BETWEEN THE UNITS.

MANY CITIES HAVE STRENGTHENED THEIR SMOKE-FREE POLICIES TO PROTECT PUBLIC SPACES AND PROMOTE CLEANER AIR FOR EVERYONE.

AND I'VE BEEN A PROUD RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENT FOR MOST OF MY LIFE.

AND I'M LA I'M HAPPY TO SAY THAT WE STRENGTHENED OUR PUBLIC SMOKING, UM, AREAS, STRONGER REGULATIONS, UM, REDUCE YOUTH SMOKING, ACCESS TO VAPING PRODUCTS, CURB ADDICTION, AND PREVENT LIGHT LONG-TERM HEALTH CONSEQUENCES.

CITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY HAVE SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED SMOKE-FREE HOUSING POLICIES AND THAT IMPROVES AIR QUALITY AND RE UM, REDUCES HEALTH DISPARITIES AND SMOKE-FREE POLICIES, PROTECT TENANTS AND LANDLORDS REDUCING HEALTH RISKS, AND LOWERING PROPERTY DAMAGE COST FROM SMOKE RELATED REPAIRS.

SURVEYS ACTUALLY SHOW THAT MOST RENTERS PREFER SMOKE-FREE LIVING AND SUPPORT POLICIES PROTECTING THEIR HEALTH.

SO THEREFORE, I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER STRONGER SMOKE-FREE POLICIES TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY'S HEALTH.

WHETHER IT'S LIMITING SMOKING IN PUBLIC SPACES OR ADDRESSING YOUTH VAPING, TAKING ACTION NOW WILL LEAD TO HEALTHIER, SAFER CITY FOR ALL.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS, MA'AM.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL.

YOU CAN USE THAT LOWER PODIUM YOUNG MAN RIGHT THERE.

THAT'S PERFECT.

OH, MY NAME IS MICHAEL REINHARDT.

I'M 10 YEARS OLD AND I'M A FIFTH GRADER AT ED.

WANNA COLONY ELEMENTARY? I JUST CAME FROM MY ORIENTATION SUMMIT INTER INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, AND I'M EXCITED TO BE STARTING A NEW SCHOOL.

HOWEVER, I AM WORRIED FOR ALL OF MY FRIENDS.

DID YOU KNOW THAT EVERY DAY 2,500 KIDS TRY SMOKING? THAT NUMBER SEEMS SO DISTANT, DOESN'T IT? JUST A RANDOM 2,500 KIDS.

HOWEVER, THE AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION SET UP A STING OPERATION THROUGH A GRANT CALLED THE YOUTH PURCHASE SURVEYS.

WITH THIS GRANT, THEY HAD KIDS GO TO DIFFERENT GAS STATIONS, LIQUOR STORES, VAPE SHOPS AND PHARMACIES THROUGHOUT RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND 21% OF THE PLACES THEY VISITED, THEY WERE ABLE TO BUY TOBACCO PRODUCTS WHILE BEING UNDERAGE.

SOME

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I'VE LIVED IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA ALL MY LIFE.

I LIKE IT HERE BECAUSE IT'S A SAFE PLACE FOR ME AND MY FRIENDS TO PLAY.

BUT ARE WE REALLY SAFE WHEN SOS WILL SELL TOBACCO TO KIDS WHO AREN'T OLD ENOUGH TO BUY IT? MOST ADULT SMOKERS WHO STARTED SMOKING BEFORE THEY WERE 18, SAY THAT THEY WOULD NOT HAVE STARTED, UM, IF THEY HAD TO WAIT UNTIL THEY WERE OLDER.

THAT IS WHY THERE'S A LOSS.

THAT SAID, YOU CAN'T BUY TOBACCO UNTIL YOU'RE 21.

I'M HERE ASKING THE LEADERS IN MY COMMUNITY TO HELP KEEP OUR CITY SAFE AND HEALTHY BY WORKING TO PREVENT THE SALE OF TOBACCO TO PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT OLD ENOUGH TO BUY IT.

PEOPLE COME TO LIVE AND HAVE A SAFE LIFE, BUT ARE WE REALLY SAFE WHEN PEOPLE WILL SELL TOBACCO TO ANYONE THAT WALKS IN? THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU.

WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL COMMENTS, YOUNG MAN.

AND WE TAKE THAT, THOSE COMMENTS VERY BO BO ALL THE COMMENTS REGARDING SMOKING AND PUBLIC OR REGARDING SALES OF, OF, OF TOBACCO.

AND I'M SURE WE HAVE AN ORGANIZATION THAT YOU NEED TO BE PART OF ONE DAY WHEN YOU GET A LITTLE BIT OLDER.

I THINK THE AGE LIMIT, BUT YOUTH LEADERS THAT REPORT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CITY STAFF ON ISSUES, AND THEY HAVE BROUGHT A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT INITIATIVES FOR US TO DEAL WITH THAT WE'VE ADOPTED TO STOP SMOKING AROUND BUSINESSES WITHIN SO MANY FEET.

SO THAT'S AN ISSUE THAT I'M SURE THAT OUR CITY MANAGER CAN POSSIBLY ADDRESS ALSO.

YES.

SO, MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANNA KNOW, WE, WE DO, I BELIEVE, ACTUALLY HAVE A POLICY IN THE GENERAL PLAN.

I THINK IT'S A POLICY, IT'S THE GENERAL PLAN.

IT DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME FORCE OF LAW, BUT FOR, UM, UH, A SMOKE-FREE HOUSING.

SO WHAT I'M GONNA DO IS, UM, UH, I APPRECIATE MR. REINHARDT'S COMMENTS, SO I'LL MAKE SURE TO HAVE, UM, HOPE AND ERICA AND OUR TEAM WHO DEALS WITH HEALTHY RC AND OUR HEALTHY RC YOUTH LEADERS IN THAT REACH OUT.

UM, SO WE, WE APPRECIATE THE, THE ADVOCACY AND THE CONCERN AROUND THIS, AND WE'D LOVE TO INVOLVE HIM WITH THAT AND, AND, UH, SEE WHAT ADDITIONAL EFFORTS AND THOUGHTS MIGHT BE POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

THAT'S THE LAST PUBLIC COMMUNICATION WE HAVE THIS EVENING.

SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.

CONSENT

[D. CONSENT CALENDAR]

THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION.

HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL OR FIRE BOARD MAY REMOVE AN ITEM SHOULD THEY, UH, SO DESIRE MR. MAYOR NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCAL GAS IS MY EMPLOYER.

OKAY, WE WILL, THE ATTENTION IS NOTED.

SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, THIS EVENING'S CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVED.

SECOND.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR, PLEASE VOTE.

I SHOULDN'T SAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

VOTE , PLEASE VOTE .

THAT'S THE WAY YOU NEVER GET A NO VOTE IF YOU JUST SAY ALL THOSE IN FAVOR.

VOTE.

UM, MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY.

THANK YOU.

COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE AND COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT.

ALL RIGHTY.

AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM.

AND I THINK I'VE LOST A PAGE HERE.

CONSENT ORDINANCES

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

THE FOLLOWING ORDINANCE HAS BEEN, UH, HELD TO PUBLIC HEARING OUR LAST MEETING.

AND TONIGHT IT IS A ROUTINE MATTER, UM, FOR SECOND READING TO BE, UM,

[E1. Consideration of Second Reading and Adoption of the Following: ORDINANCE NO. 1037 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 9.38 TO TITLE 9 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION AGAINST CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY OR INTERFERENCE WITH THE USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY INCLUDING PUBLIC ACCESS]

SO, IS THERE ANYONE, CAN I GET A MOTION TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 37 TO BE BRED BY TITLE ONLY.

SECOND MADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 3 7, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 9.38 TO TITLE IX OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING THE PROHIBITION AGAINST CAMPING ON PUBLIC PROPERTY OR INTERFERENCE WITH THE USE OF PUBLIC PROPERTY, INCLUDING PUBLIC ACCESS.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT.

VERY GOOD.

WE HAVE NO ITEMS FOR SECTION F

[F. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)]

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

UM, THIS ITEM I'M GONNA REFER OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. JOHN GILSON.

YES, MR. MAYOR.

[G1. Public Hearing for Consideration of Resolution No. 2025-010, A Resolution of the City Council of Rancho Cucamonga, California, Approving Development Impact Fee Nexus Studies, Adopting Capital Improvement Programs as Part of the Nexus Studies, Updating and Establishing the Fee Amounts for the City’s Development Impact Fees, and Making a Determination of Exemption Under CEQA and Consideration of First Reading of Ordinance No. 1038, to be Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading, An Ordinance of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, Adding Chapter 3.80 to the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code, Establishing a Development Impact Fee for Fire Impacts of Residential and Business Development, Amending Chapter 3.68 to Remove References to Quimby Act in Lieu Fees, and Making a Determination of Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act. (RESOLUTION NO. 2025-010 ) (ORDINANCE NO. 1038 ) (CITY)]

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THAT ORDINANCE WOULD ADD CHAPTER 3.80 TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ESTABLISH A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE FOR FIRE IMPACTS OF RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS AMEND CHAPTER 3.68 TO REMOVE THE QUIMBEE ACT IN LIEU FEE'S, REFERENCES, AND MAKE A DETERMINATION ALSO OF EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.

SO AS PART OF THIS OUTREACH OR PART OF THE CITY'S OUTREACH ON THIS ITEM, WE FOLLOWED OUR STANDARD, UH, PROTOCOLS THAT WE HAVE FOR MANY YEARS.

UM, WE'VE BEEN IN ACTIVE COMMUNICATION WITH MEMBERS OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION.

UM, THEY DID REACH OUT, UM, QUITE SOME TIME AFTER WE NOTICED THE ITEM, BUT, UM, AND SENT US SOME ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS THAT THEY HAD.

UM, WE HAVE STARTED A SUBSEQUENT ROUND OF MEETINGS WITH THEM TO ADDRESS THOSE QUESTIONS.

THOSE STARTED LAST WEEK.

UM, GIVEN THE NUMBER OF ITEMS AND SOME OF THE COMPLEXITY THAT THEY HAD QUESTIONS ON, UH, WE WERE NOT GONNA BE ABLE TO, UH, ADDRESS ALL OF THOSE IN TIME FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.

UM, SO, UH, I AM RECOMMENDING TO THE CITY COUNCIL THAT WE IN ESSENCE, UM, BIFURCATE THE TWO ITEMS THAT ARE PART OF THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THERE ARE THE NON TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.

THOSE ARE THINGS LIKE PARKS LIBRARY, ANIMAL SERVICES, FIRE, UM, AMONG OTHERS.

UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THOSE, UH, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND THE RELATED NEXUS STUDY TO APRIL 16TH, 2025 AT 7:00 PM UM, SO IT'S A TIME AND DATE CERTAIN TO FINISH THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE SECOND PART OF THIS ENTIRE ITEM HERE WAS THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES.

THOSE ARE THINGS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND, AND PROJECTS THAT, UH, ADDRESS ROADWAY CONDITIONS AND THAT TYPE OF THING.

SO FOR THOSE, THERE IS ALSO A RELATED NEXUS STUDY THAT IS A BIT MORE COMPLICATED AND DOES REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL TIME.

WE WOULD LIKE TO CONTINUE THAT ITEM TO MAY 7TH, 2025 AT, AT 7:00 PM AGAIN, A DATE AND TIME CERTAIN WE WILL BE WRAPPING UP THIS WEEK OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION ON THE NON TRANSPORTATION STUFF, PARKS, FIRE, ET CETERA.

UM, WE WILL BE HAVING A SERIES OF MEETINGS OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS TO, UM, TALK THROUGH THEIR QUESTIONS AND CONCERNS ON THE TRANSPORTATION FEES.

UM, SO WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK, UH, IN SUMMARY REALLY THE NON TRANSPORTATION IN TWO WEEKS ON APRIL 16TH AND THE TRANSPORTATION, UM, APPROXIMATELY A MONTH FROM NOW, A LITTLE OVER A MONTH FROM NOW ON MAY 7TH.

SO WITH THAT, UM, I, I HAVE NO FURTHER ITEMS TO PRESENT.

GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU HAVE.

WE DO, UH, SUGGEST THAT YOU OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IT WAS NOTICED FOR TONIGHT.

UM, ANYONE CAN CERTAINLY COME BACK AND COMMENT AT THE UPCOMING TWO MEETINGS, BUT IF FOR SOME REASON THEY'RE HERE TONIGHT AND WISH TO COMMENT, UM, THEY'RE MORE THAN WELCOME TO.

OKAY.

HEARING THAT.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNSEL BEFORE WE OPEN TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER AND THAT IS BRETT ICH.

.

GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

UH, I'M A MEMBER OF THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND I JUST WANTED TO VOICE MY SUPPORT FOR THE CONTINUANCE OF THE ITEM SO THAT THE CI UH, THE CITY STAFF AND BIA CAN FURTHER REVIEW THE IMPACT FEES AND PROVIDE A MORE JUSTIFIABLE, UH, FEE RECOMMENDATION.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

ANY OTHERS? OKAY.

SO WE WILL NOW CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO I'D LIKE TO ASK COUNSEL FOR, TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONTINUE THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THE NON TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND NEXUS STUDY TO THE APRIL 16TH, 2025 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING IN THIS, IN THESE CHAMBERS AT 7:00 PM AND THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AND NEXUS STUDY TO BE CONTINUED TO MAY 7TH, 2025 IN THESE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING CHAMBERS AT 7:00 PM DO I HAVE THAT MOTION? SO MOVED.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THOSE PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENT, SIR.

UM, CONSIDERATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE,

[H. CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)]

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[H1. Consideration to Receive and File the Midyear Financial Update for the Fiscal Year 2024/25 and Approve Various Appropriations and Related Actions. (CITY/FIRE)]

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

SO AS YOU KNOW, UM, WE BRING YOU REGULAR QUARTERLY REPORTS EACH YEAR.

WE DO A LARGER REPORT FOR THE MID-YEAR FINANCIAL UPDATE.

UM, MID-YEAR FINANCIAL UPDATE USUALLY RUNS IN ARREARS, UH, BECAUSE, UH, IT TAKES SOME TIME FOR SOME OF THE REVENUES AND THAT TO COME IN AFTER THE MID-YEAR POINT.

UH, THIS YEAR'S A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN NORMAL.

UM, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAD A BIG SOFTWARE TRANSITION, SO THAT COMPLICATED MATTERS JUST A TAD.

UM, BUT WE ARE HERE IN FRONT OF YOU TONIGHT, UM, TO, UH, PROVIDE A REPORT ON WHERE WE ARE AT MIDYEAR.

UM, I WANT TO NOTE AS, AS, UM, OUR FINANCE MANAGER, RICK FLIN, IS PULLING EVERYTHING UP.

UM, MIDYEAR SEEMS A LONG TIME AGO NOW, .

SO AN AWFUL LOT HAS CHANGED AND AN AWFUL LOT HAS HAPPENED IN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR.

SO, YOU KNOW, UM, IF, IF YOU WERE THINKING THIS WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, CNBC OR SOMETHING, AND IT'S UP TO THE DATE MOMENT, IT'S NOT, I'M SORRY.

UM, YOU, WE, WE, WE GOTTA CUT IT OFF AT A CERTAIN POINT IN TIME.

UM, SO THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE STILL HAPPENING AND I THINK WE'LL HAVE MORE INFORMATION FOR YOU AS WE GO THROUGH THIS LAST QUARTER AND CLOSE OUT THE YEAR.

UM, BUT IT IS A SNAPSHOT IN TIME OF WHERE WE WERE EFFECTIVELY, UM, ON DECEMBER 31ST, JANUARY 1ST, UM, THAT POINT IN TIME.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA, UH, TURN IT OVER TO RICK.

I'LL NOTE TOO, WE DO HAVE, AS WE TYPICALLY DO WITH MIDYEAR, SOME APPROPRIATIONS AND OTHER ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'RE ASKING YOU TO TAKE ACTION ON AS WELL.

SO RICK, SORRY I STALLED AS LONG AS I CAN.

NO, NO, I APPRECIATE IT.

SO AS WE GET OUR SLIDES SET BACK UP, I CAN GO AND AT LEAST INTRODUCE THE ITEM.

THANK YOU, MR. GULLEN.

UH, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

UM, AS MR. GULLEN MENTIONED, UH, THIS IS THE TIME A LITTLE BIT LATER THAN THE, YOU KNOW, THAN WE USUALLY DO, UM, WHERE WE'D INTRODUCE OUR MID-YEAR REVISIONS.

UM, THIS REPRESENTS, UH, JUST A LITTLE BIT OVER EIGHT MONTHS OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR.

SO IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN HALF.

UM, AND THIS WILL COVER BOTH THE CITY, THE LIBRARY, AND THE FIRE DISTRICT.

UM, JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE EVENING.

UM, I'LL GO AHEAD AND GIVE JUST A QUICK OVERVIEW OF OUR FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE FOR THE THREE, UH, OPERATING FUNDS.

UM, AND WE'LL UH, REVIEW SOME OF THE EXPENDITURES AND PERFORMANCE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL, OR RATHER I'LL GO AHEAD AND JUST DISCUSS IT.

UM, I'LL ALSO KIND OF OVERVIEW SOME ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT ARE, UH, KIND OF IMPACTING OUR PROJECTIONS FOR THE YEAR.

UM, AND JUST CLOSE OUT WITH A BRIEF REVIEW OF THE APPROPRIATIONS FOR THIS EVENING.

SO AT A HIGH LEVEL FOR THE GENERAL FUND AND THE LIBRARY FUND AND THE FIRE DISTRICT, OUR FINANCIALS ARE PERFORMING AS EXPECTED.

UM, THROUGH OUR MID-YEAR MAJOR REVENUE SOURCES ARE SHOWING RECEIPTS, UH, TRACKING ROUGHLY ABOUT HALF OF WHAT WE WOULD EXPECT THROUGH MID-YEAR.

SO, UM, EVERYTHING IS TRACKING RELATIVELY AS WE WOULD EXPECT.

UM, MAJOR SOURCES LIKE OUR SALES TAX, THOSE ARE GONNA BE ADJUSTED SLIGHTLY JUST KIND OF BASED ON RESULTS.

EARLY PROJECTIONS ARE SHOWING THAT SALES TAX IS GOING TO REMAIN PRETTY FLAT.

THERE'S A COUPLE ECONOMIC FACTORS THAT ARE AT PLAY THERE.

SO WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING ANY MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS AT THIS TIME.

UM, TOTS THE TRANSIENT OCCUPANCY TAX, THEY MIGHT SHOW A LITTLE BIT HIGHER RESULTS AS A RESULT OF SOME NEW HOTELS OPENING IN THE CITY, AS WELL AS THE PASSENG OF THE, UH, THE TOT MEASURE IN THE FALL.

UM, WE'RE MONITORING THAT JUST IN CASE THERE'S ANY ADJUSTMENTS RECOMMENDED, BUT AT THIS TIME WE'RE KEEPING THOSE FLAT AS WELL.

AND MR. BAR, LET ME JUST ADD THERE.

SURE.

IN REGARDS TO THE TOT, JUST SO, UM, WE WE'RE CLEAR ON THAT ONE.

UM, UNDER THE LAW, THE TOT ACTUALLY TECHNICALLY TOOK EFFECT YESTERDAY.

UM, SO , WE DON'T HAVE ANY MID-YEAR REVENUES TO SHOW YOU FOR THE TOT.

APRIL 1ST WAS THE CUTOVER DATE.

SO YOU'LL, WE'LL SEE IT WHEN WE, WE WILL SEE A VERY LITTLE BIT OF IT WHEN WE CLOSE OUT THE FISCAL YEAR.

'CAUSE WE'LL SHOW SOME FOR FOURTH QUARTER.

IT WILL MOSTLY BE IN NEXT YEAR'S BUDGET.

UM, ON OUR EXPENDITURE SIDE, RESULTS ARE SHOWING A LITTLE BIT HIGHER.

UM, THIS IS PRETTY STANDARD WITH ENCUMBRANCES THAT ARE TAKEN OUT AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FISCAL FISCAL YEAR THAT DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO UTILIZE.

UM, WE'RE SEEING SOME SHIFTING OF OUR PERSONNEL SAVINGS DUE TO VACANCIES OVER TO CONTRACT SERVICES.

SO THAT'S THE LARGEST, UH, FACTOR OF THOSE ADJUSTMENTS.

BUT ULTIMATELY EVERYTHING IS TRACKING WITH EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS TIME.

UM, AND THE GENERAL FUND ESPECIALLY, WE ARE SEEING THAT SHIFT BETWEEN PERSONNEL AND CONTRACT SERVICES.

SO WE'LL SEE SOME REDUCTIONS IN OUR PERSONNEL

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UM, SPECIFICALLY AGAIN, WITHIN OUR GENERAL FUND, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE LOOK AHEAD TO THE END OF THE FISCAL YEAR, UH, WE'RE REALLY SEEING SOME, YOU KNOW, SOME FLAT PROJECTIONS.

WE DO ANTICIPATE, UH, ANTICIPATE MEETING OUR BUDGET AT THIS TIME.

ULTIMATELY, WE'RE NOT LOOKING TO THANK YOU.

OKAY, BACK UP AND RUNNING.

GIMME ONE SECOND.

THAT WAY I CAN SHOW SOME DATA ALONG WITH WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

OKAY.

CONTINUING WITH THE GENERAL FUND, UM, AS I MENTIONED, WE ARE TRACKING VERY IN LINE WITH WHAT WE EXPECT TO SEE, UM, AT THIS TIME IN THE YEAR.

AND AT THIS POINT WE'RE PROJECTED TO END THE YEAR PRETTY CLOSE TO OUR BENCHMARK, UH, FROM OUR ADOPTED BUDGET.

UM, ULTIMATELY WE'RE LOOKING TO SEE ABOUT 1.8 MILLION IN A PLANNED USE OF FUND BALANCE THAT'S ESSENTIALLY FROM CARRIED OVER ENCUMBRANCES.

UM, THAT'S GONNA KIND OF TAKE US A LITTLE BIT HIGHER ON EXPENDITURES, BUT ULTIMATELY THAT WAS ALL ANTICIPATED.

SO AT THIS TIME, THERE'S NO MAJOR REVISIONS BEING ANTICIPATED.

UM, ON THE LIBRARY FUND, SIMILARLY, WE ARE SEEING PRETTY LITTLE DEVIATION FROM OUR ADOPTED BUDGET.

THERE IS SOME SLIGHT INCREASE IN EXPENDITURES ASSOCIATED WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MATERIALS AND BOOKS ALSO ASSOCIATED WITH THOSE ENCUMBRANCE CARRYOVERS.

SO ULTIMATELY WE'RE NOT REALLY SEEING ANYTHING THAT'S TOO SURPRISING ON THE LIBRARY SIDE.

AND, UM, WE'RE CONTINUING TO MONITOR THAT BUDGET AS WELL.

ON THE FIRE DISTRICT END.

UM, EXPENDITURES ARE COMING IN AS ANTICIPATED.

UM, WE'VE HAD SOME SLIGHT REVENUE ADJUSTMENTS THAT WE'VE MADE DUE TO SOME DIFFERENT CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE TWO COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICTS IN THE, UH, WITHIN THE DISTRICT.

UM, THESE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE ULTIMATELY TRUE UP WITH OUR YEAR END PROCESS.

SO WE DO, WE ADJUST THOSE CONTRIBUTIONS JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT BUDGET REMAINS BALANCED.

SO, UM, ULTIMATELY THAT IS WITHIN EXPECTATION AS WELL AT A HIGH LEVEL FOR SOME ECONOMIC INDICATORS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT ARE IMPACTING OUR FORECASTS.

UM, WE MIGHT START SEEING SOME CONFLICTING FORCES, UH, AT PLAY AS WE KIND OF CONTINUE INTO THIS YEAR.

UM, UNEMPLOYMENT REMAINS LOW THROUGHOUT THE CITY, WHICH IS ALWAYS GOOD, ESPECIALLY WHEN CON UH, WHEN COMPARED TO THE REGIONAL AVERAGE.

BUT WE MAY SEE SOME, UM, UNCERTAINTIES IN, UH, THE ECONOMY MOVING FORWARD INTO THE NEXT FISCAL YEAR, UH, WHICH MAY IMPACT OUR CITY AND OUR PROJECTIONS.

SO THOSE ARE SOMETHING THAT WE'RE FREQUENTLY MONITORING AND AS WE DEVELOP THE NEXT BUDGET, UM, WE'LL CERTAINLY GO AND CONSIDER THOSE AS WELL.

SALES TAX AND PROPERTY VALUES WILL REMAIN PRETTY FLAT AND, UM, AS INTEREST RATES START TO SUBDUE NEW CONSTRUCTION, UH, DUE TO SOME POTENTIALLY HIGHER RATES OR RATHER STALLING IN THE LOWERING OF RATES, THAT MIGHT START TO SHOW SOME IMPACT TO PROPERTY SALES, UM, WHICH MAY HAVE AN IN TURN EFFECT ON PROPERTY TAX RECEIPTS.

SURE, AS I MENTIONED, UH, CPI REMAINS LOWER THAN THE REGIONAL AVERAGE.

THAT'S ALWAYS A GOOD SIGN.

AND, UM, WE KIND OF, YOU KNOW, CONVERSE THAT WITH, UH, VIEW ON CPI.

WE ARE SEEING IT SLIGHTLY IN SHEP A LITTLE FROM OUR LAST QUARTER'S PROJECTION THAT MAY HAVE A MINIMAL EFFECT ON SALES, BUT IT'S, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT IT WILL HAVE SOME EFFECT ON SALES IN THE CITY, WHICH MAY HAVE A, YOU KNOW, ADVERSE EFFECT ON SALES TAX AT THIS TIME.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING LIKELY GONNA REMAIN PRETTY FLAT, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'LL CONTINUE MONITORING.

ALSO, AS WE MENTIONED, ECONOMIC INDICATORS, UH, WITH HOME SALES, UH, PRICES SEEM TO KIND OF CONTINUE TO INCH UP.

SALES ARE REMAINING A LITTLE BIT LOW IN TERMS OF VOLUME.

THAT'S SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE A LITTLE BIT LONGER TERM EFFECT ON PROPERTIES, UH, PROPERTY TAX PROJECTIONS.

SO AS WE CONTINUE THIS YEAR AND START TO DEVELOP THE BUDGET FOR NEXT YEAR AND KIND OF DEVELOP SOME FORECASTING ONWARD, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND MONITOR THAT AS WELL.

I'LL GO AND CLOSE OUT WITH, UH, SOME APPROPRIATION CONSIDERATIONS.

UM, WE ARE, UH, WE'VE INCLUDED SEVERAL, UH, APPROPRIATION AND TRANSFER ADJUSTMENT REQUESTS, UH, WITHIN THE STAFF REPORT THIS EVENING.

UH, THE MAJOR ONES INCLUDE SOME, UH, APPROPRIATIONS, AS I MENTIONED FOR CONTRACT SERVICES.

THESE ARE LARGELY A RESULT OF TRANSFERS OF SALARY SAVINGS, UM, SPECIFICALLY IN OUR ANIMAL SERVICES COMMUNITY SERVICES AND FINANCE DEPARTMENTS.

WE'VE ALSO INCLUDED A REQUEST FOR ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FOR THE CITY'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS.

AND WE'VE ALSO HAD SOME EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE, UH, JANUARY, 2025 WIND EVENT THAT IS ALSO INCLUDED IN THIS APPROPRIATION PACKET FOR OUR PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT.

SO WITH THAT TONIGHT, OUR RECOMMENDATION IS, UH, FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE FIRE BOARD TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MID-YEAR FINANCIAL ANALYSIS AND APPROVE RECOMMENDED APPROPRIATION REQUESTS.

AND WITH THAT, I'M AVAILABLE WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

MR. MAYOR, I JUST WANTED TO ADD A COUPLE OF THINGS.

SO, UM, RICK MENTIONED THE APPROPRIATIONS RELATED TO THE JANUARY, 2025

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UM, WE, WE, WE LITERALLY ARE CONTINUING TO TALLY UP THE DAMAGES AND, UM, AND WE'LL BE TRYING TO SEE WHAT INSURANCE WE CAN GET ON IT, WHICH MAY NOT BE A LOT.

UM, BUT JUST TO PUT IT INTO PERSPECTIVE, UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PUSHING A MILLION DOLLARS NOW, UH, IN DAMAGE FROM THE WIND EVENT.

THAT'S A COMBINATION OF TREES.

WE LOST DAMAGE TO SOME OF OUR STRUCTURES, UM, OVERTIME AND STAFF COSTS TO DEAL WITH EVERYTHING AT THE TIME AS WELL AS CLEAN IT UP LATER.

UM, SO THAT, THAT WIND STORM HAD A SUBSTANTIAL NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE CITY.

UM, AND THAT WE HAVE A RESERVE THAT WE USE TO BUDGET FOR THESE, BUT THAT WIND STORM BLEW OUR RESERVE.

UM, SO IT WAS MORE SEVERE THAN WHAT WE'VE, WE'VE SEEN BEFORE BY AN ORDER OF MAGNITUDE OF THREE OR FOUR.

UM, SO HOPEFULLY THAT DOES NOT BECOME A RECURRING PATTERN, UM, OR IT WILL BE VERY CHALLENGING TO DEAL WITH.

UM, SO THAT WAS ONE.

AND THEN, UM, THE SECOND WAS I JUST WANTED TO, UM, UNPACK RICK'S COMMENT JUST A BIT.

UM, WHEN INTEREST RATES ARE HIGH, MOST PEOPLE DON'T, UM, UH, YOU KNOW, EXCHANGE THEIR LOWER INTEREST MORTGAGE FOR A HIGHER INTEREST MORTGAGE.

THE WHAT HAPPENS WHEN THAT, WHEN WE DO NOT GET PEOPLE MOVING UP AND MOVING INTO NEW HOMES IS THAT INSTEAD OF, IF YOU OWNED YOUR HOME FOR SAY, THE LAST 10 YEARS, YOU'VE OBVIOUSLY CONTINUED TO REAP THE BENEFITS OF PROP 13 OVER THAT TIMEFRAME AS YOUR HOME'S VALUE INCREASED, BUT YOUR PROPERTY TAXES, UM, UH, DID NOT INCREASE BY THE SAME AMOUNT AS YOUR HOME VALUE WHEN YOU SELL YOUR HOME NOW POPS UP TO FULL PRICE.

THE CITY RECOUP, IF YOU WILL, SOME OF THAT LOST REVENUE ON THE SALE.

IF NOBODY SELLS, THEN EVERYTHING IS LIMITED TO THE PROP 13 GROWTH.

UM, IF EVERYTHING IS LIMITED TO THE PROP 13 GROWTH, THE CHALLENGE FOR US BECOMES, UH, PARTICULARLY FOR THE LIBRARY AND FIRE THAT ARE 80, 90% FUNDED BY PROPERTY TAX, UM, THAT I WISH IT WERE THE CASE THAT OUR ACTUAL EXPENSES AND INFLATIONARY GROWTH WE'RE ALWAYS UNDER THE PROP 13 GROWTH AMOUNT, BUT IT'S ACTUALLY THE OTHER WAY AROUND.

THEY'RE GENERALLY OVER THE PROP 13 GROWTH AMOUNT.

SO THIS ISSUE, UM, ON WHERE INTEREST RATES GO AND WHAT HAPPENS WITH HOME SALES, UM, IT IS A SIGNIFICANT CONCERN TO US.

AND BECAUSE IT'S A LAGGING METRIC, IT'S ONE WE MIGHT FEEL ANOTHER YEAR OR TWO DOWN THE ROAD.

WELL, IF THINGS CONTINUE TO STAY HIGH, UM, FOR A WHILE.

SO, UM, THAT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE TO MONITOR.

THE OTHER BIG ONE THAT RICK ALLUDED TO, UM, BUT THAT I JUST WANTED TO ADD A LITTLE DETAIL ON IS, UM, A SIGNIFICANT PART OF THE CITY'S ECONOMY HAS BECOME, UM, TOURISM RELATED, ACTUALLY THIS WHOLE REGION.

UM, WE GET A LOT OF VISITORS, UM, UH, FROM CANADA, FROM MEXICO, AND FROM THROUGHOUT THE US.

UM, WHEN, UH, COSTS RISE AND WHEN THINGS BECOME UNCERTAIN, THE, ONE OF THE VERY FIRST THINGS PEOPLE CUT OUT IS TRAVEL.

AND WHEN THEY CUT OUT TRAVEL, THAT INCLUDES THE DISCRETIONARY SPENDING, RESTAURANTS, HOTELS, ET CETERA.

UM, SO THAT WE WILL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS.

IT'S TOO SOON RIGHT NOW TO SEE ANY IMPACTS, BUT WE MAY KNOW IN ANOTHER THREE OR FOUR MONTHS OR SIX OR EIGHT MONTHS, UM, IF IT DOES HAVE A DEPRESSING EFFECT OR A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON, UM, TOURISM AND TRAVEL, UM, IT WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT RANCHO AND THE CITIES THROUGHOUT THIS REGION.

UM, BECAUSE, UM, WE ARE, UM, UH, OR HAVE BECOME, IF YOU WILL, UM, MORE RELIANT ON THAT, UM, AS THIS HAS BECOME A DESTINATION FOR PEOPLE TO TRAVEL TO AND FROM AND, AND, AND STAY AT.

SO THOSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT WE WILL JUST HAVE TO MONITOR, UM, AND, UM, KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU JOHN.

AND, UH, RICK, THANK YOU FOR, FOR STARTING OFF WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A COM COMPUTER GLITCH FOR YOUR POWERPOINT, BUT YOU MAY IT LOOK SEAMLESS BY, UH, BY STARTING OFF WITHOUT THE POWERPOINT AND MOVING RIGHT INTO WHEN WE GOT IT UP AND UP AND RUNNING.

SO THANK YOU FOR THAT MUCH APPRECIATED.

UM, SO IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS FROM THE COUNCIL, I WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE MIDYEAR BUDGET MID-YEAR FINANCIAL UPDATE FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 24, 20 25, AND APPROVE THE VARIOUS APPROPRIATIONS AND RELATED ACTIONS, UH, THAT WERE CONTAINED IN THE REPORT.

SO MOVED.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THOSE PRESENT WITH COUNCIL

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THANK YOU.

ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS?

[I. COUNCIL BUSINESS]

[I1. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)  ]

IT'S THE VERY FIRST LUXURY BOUTIQUE HOTEL IN THE INLAND EMPIRE.

WE'RE REALLY THRILLED WITH THIS.

IT'S GOT A ROOFTOP BAR UP ON THE FOURTH FLOOR THAT SHOWS INCREDIBLE VIEWS OF THE VALLEY AND ALSO OUR MOUNTAINS.

UH, THEY'VE GOT AN EXCELLENT RESTAURANT THERE.

I ENCOURAGE EVERYONE TO GO, UM, DINE AT IT AND TAKE A LOOK AT IT.

AND IT'S REALLY GONNA BE A GREAT ADDITION TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THANKS TO ALL CITY STAFF FOR THE WORK IN GETTING THEM, UH, TO WHERE THEY ARE.

IT WAS A LONG ROAD FROM WHEN THEY FIRST PROPOSED THEIR DEVELOPMENT TO GETTING THE DOORS OPEN TODAY AND WE'RE EXCITED FOR THEM.

EXCITED FOR OUR CITY.

PLEASE ENJOY ANYONE ELSE, ANY INTER-AGENCY UPDATES.

[I2. INTER­AGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)  ]

UM, TODAY I ATTENDED ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY THAT IS REPRESENTING OUR CITY AT THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.

UH, FOR 12 YEARS WE'VE HAD AN OUTSTANDING EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BY THE NAME OF DR. RAY WOLF.

HE'S ELECTED TO RETIRE FROM HIS LONG CAREER, BOTH SERVING AT CALTRANS AND NOW WITH S-B-C-T-A.

AND SO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS TODAY APPROVED, UM, APPOINTING KERRY SCHINDLER, WHO'S A DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF S-B-C-T-A TO THE POSITION OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.

SO WE'RE VERY HAPPY WITH THAT, THAT, THAT THAT MOVEMENT, IT'S A, SHOWS ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FROM FOR, FOR SUCCESSION PLANNING WITHIN AN ORGANIZATION AND OUR CITY, OURSELVES, REALLY BELIEVE IN OUR SUCCESSION PLANNING PROGRAM THAT THE CITY MANAGER HAS IMPLEMENTED.

SO ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS,

[J. CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS]

THANK YOU.

ANY IDENTIFICATIONS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING,

[K. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING]

SEEING NONE, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING

[L. ADJOURNMENT]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR PUBLIC COMMENTS.

AND, UH, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.

THAT LITTLE KID WAS, I'LL TELL YOU ANOTHER DAY ABOUT IT.

YOU GOT A LOT OF STUFF ON YOUR PLATE, BUT I SUPPORTED THE, I I FELT IF, IF YOU'VE GOT SUCCESSION PLANNING AND.