May 21, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting

I CALL THIS MAY 21ST, 2025,

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MEETING TO ORDER.

MAYOR MICHAEL AND MAYOR PRO TEM ARE EXCUSED FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING.

THEREFORE, I WILL BE PRESIDING.

I'VE ASKED COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT TO PLEASE LEAD US IN

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

THANK YOU.

WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND, PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE.

ALLEGIANCE, THE TO THE FLAG FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES, STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO VERY REPUBLIC FOR WHICH TO STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH WHETHER KEY I JUSTICE FOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

YOU MAY BE SEATED.

ROLL CALL MAYOR MICHAEL IS EXCUSED.

MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY IS EXCUSED.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON IS PRESENT.

COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT PRESENT COUNCILWOMAN STICKLER, PRESENT AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA.

[AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]

DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA THIS EVENING? NO.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON.

THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS, BUT THERE WAS A REVISED STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION SUBMITTED FOR CONSENT.

ITEM D SEVEN AND ALSO CORRESPONDENCE WAS RECEIVED FOR ITEM G ONE.

EXCELLENT.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WITH THERE BEING NO

[ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Fire Protection District, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, Public Financing Authority Board, and City Council on any item listed or not listed on the agenda. State law prohibits us from addressing any issue not on the Agenda. Testimony may be received and referred to staff or scheduled for a future meeting. Comments are to be limited to three (3) minutes per individual. All communications are to be addressed directly to the Fire Board, Agencies, Successor Agency, Authority Board, or City Council not to the members of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, disorderly or boisterous conduct that disturbs, disrupts, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting. For more information, refer to the City Council Rules of Decorum and Order (Resolution No. 2023-086) located in the back of the Council Chambers. The public communications period will not exceed one hour prior to the commencement of the business portion of the agenda. During this one hour period, all those who wish to speak on a topic contained in the business portion of the agenda will be given priority, and no further speaker cards for these business items (with the exception of public hearing items) will be accepted once the business portion of the agenda commences. Any other public communications which have not concluded during this one hour period may resume after the regular business portion of the agenda has been completed.]

ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR UNLISTED ON THE AGENDA, COMMENTS ARE TO BE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL.

THE PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S MEETING TONIGHT, WE HAVE THREE SPEAKERS AND YOUR COMMENT TIME CONCLUDES IN THREE MINUTES.

THE FIRST THAT WE HAVE IS CATHERINE KATHY CARRIGAN, IF YOU PLEASE COME MICRO DONE THIS BEFORE.

IS IT RIGHT UP HERE? COME RIGHT UP TO THE MICROPHONE HERE AND THEN YOU'LL SEE A LITTLE LIGHT TURN ON THE MICROPHONE.

AND YOU ALSO HAVE A TIMER UP ON THE SCREEN.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN YOU'RE THREE MINUTES UP.

AH, OKAY.

UH, GOOD EVENING.

COUNCIL, UH, MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS KATHY KERRIGAN.

MY HUSBAND AND I HAVE LIVED IN THE GENERAL AREA FOR 49 YEARS.

WE HAVE LIVED IN OUR CURRENT HOME IN THE ALOMA PORTION OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR 31 YEARS.

WE WORKED VERY HARD TO ACQUIRE OUR HOME AT, AND AT THAT TIME WE PROBABLY BIT OFF MORE THAN WE COULD CHEW, BUT WE WANTED OUR CHILDREN TO BE IN THE ALOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT.

WE LIVE IN A WONDERFUL NEIGHBORHOOD.

UM, WE WANT IT TO STAY THAT WAY.

I THINK MOST PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN ALOMA FEEL THE SAME.

THE SITUATION WITH THE TENTS POPPING UP ALONG THE TWO 10 CORRIDOR IS UNACCEPTABLE.

A FEW MONTHS AGO, IT WAS ONLY ONE TENT.

NOW THERE ARE MORE.

EVEN IF A FEW OF THESE UNHOUSED PEOPLE ARE DECENT HUMAN BEINGS WHO HAVE ENCOUNTERED HARD TIMES, THE FACT THAT THEY'RE SETTING UP TENTS WILL, WILL BRING AN INFLUX OF NOT SO DECENT HUMANS INTO THE AREA.

I DON'T WANT TO BE AFRAID TO GO TO MY LOCAL MARKETS.

I DON'T WANT TO BE AFRAID TO FEEL UNSAFE.

UH, TAKING MY 2-YEAR-OLD GRANDDAUGHTER TO THE PARK, I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO FEEL UNSAFE WHEN OUT AND ABOUT THAT I'M STARTING TO, AS LEADERS OF OUR CITY, YOU ALL NEED TO TAKE STEPS TO ELIMINATE THIS PROBLEM.

RIGHT NOW WHEN WE DRIVE A FAIR DISTANCE AWAY AND SEE TENT CITIES THAT HAVE FORMED IN OTHER AREAS, I'M SURE AS FEW AS FIVE YEARS AGO, THOSE AREAS ALSO STARTED WITH JUST ONE TENT.

PLEASE TAKE STEPS NOW TO ALLEVIATE THIS GROWING PROBLEM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME VERY MUCH.

THIS IS REGARDING THE HOMELESS ENC ACCOUNTANTS.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

I'M AN EARLY RISER, SO I'M GOING TO DISMISS MYSELF.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR COMING THIS EVENING.

UH, NUMBER TWO IS WENDY LOPEZ.

YOU MAY BEGIN WHEN YOU'RE READY.

OKAY.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS WENDY LOPEZ AND I'M SPEAKING TONIGHT AS A CONCERNED RESIDENT OF ALOMA.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE VIEWS I EXPRESS ARE MY OWN AND THOSE OF MY FELLOW RESIDENTS AND DO NOT REPRESENT THOSE OF MY EMPLOYER OR PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS.

I AM FOLLOWING UP ON CONCERNS THAT WERE DISCUSSED DURING A MEETING WITH THE CITY OFFICIALS ON MAY 5TH, 2025.

REGARDLESS THE REGARDING THE HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS LOCATED ALONG THE TWO 10 EAST AND WEST FREEWAYS BETWEEN ARCHIBALD AND SAPPHIRE.

WHILE I APPRECIATED THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXPRESS MY CONCERNS DURING OUR MEETING AND DID NOT FEEL DISMISSED, I AM DISAPPOINTED TO REPORT THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO FOLLOW UP OR VISIBLE ACTION TAKEN SINCE THAT TIME.

AS ADVISED, SEVERAL RESIDENTS REACHED OUT TO STATE SENATORS, BUT WE HAVE YET TO RECEIVE ANY RESPONSES.

ADDITIONALLY, THE ENCAMPMENTS LOCATED BEHIND FORT OF UPLAND AND AN ISSUE WE DISCUSSED HAVE REPORTEDLY NOT BEEN ADDRESSED.

FLOOD CONTROL WAS CONTACTED LAST

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THE RESPONDING REPRESENTATIVE STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE ENCAMPMENTS IN THAT AREA, BUT ASSURED US THAT THE MATTER WOULD BE ADDRESSED.

THIS LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND COORDINATION AMONG THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS, INCLUDING RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CITY OFFICIALS, CHP, RANCHO CUCAMONGA POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND FLOOD CONTROL IS DEEPLY CONCERNING.

THERE APPEARS TO BE A SIGNIFICANT DISCONNECT, AND AS RESIDENTS, WE ARE LEFT FEELING UNSUPPORTED AND UNSAFE IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE REQUESTED INCREASED PATROLS NORTH OF THE TWO 10 FREEWAY, YET WE HAVE NOT SEEN ANY MEASURABLE IMPROVEMENT.

THE PERSISTENT PRESENCE OF HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS CONTINUES TO CONTRIBUTE TO A GENERAL SENSE OF INSECURITY.

RESIDENTS ARE INCREASINGLY UNCOMFORTABLE WALKING IN THE AREA, AND IT IS DISHEARTENING TO FEEL AS THOUGH THESE ISSUES ARE NOT BEING GIVEN THE URGENT ATTENTION THEY REQUIRE.

WE ARE ASKING FOR CLEAR, DECISIVE ACTION.

ENCAMPMENTS NEED TO BE REMOVED AND ONCE CLEARED, ONGOING PATROLS AND ENFORCEMENT MUST BE IMPLEMENTED TO PREVENT THE RETURN.

IF IT IS KNOWN THAT INDIVIDUALS RETURN AFTER BEING REMOVED, THEN CONTINUOUS MONITORING SHOULD BE AN EXPECTED PART OF THE SOLUTION.

WE ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT THE HOPE TEAM HAS HAD LIMITED SUCCESS IN THIS AREA, LARGELY, LARGELY BECAUSE ASSISTANCE IS OFTEN DECLINED BY THE INDIVIDUALS IN QUESTION, PLACING THE BURDEN BACK ON THE RESIDENTS AND BROADER COMMUNITY.

WHILE WE UNDERSTAND THAT SYSTEMATIC CHANGE TAKES TIME, IMMEDIATE COORDINATED ACTION IS STILL NECESSARY.

IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO HIGHLIGHT THAT VISIBLE LOITERING CONTINUES ALONG MAJOR CITY STREETS, PARTICULARLY BETWEEN CORNELIAN AVENUE AND FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.

ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S CODE OF ORDINANCES, IT IS UNLAWFUL FOR INDIVIDUALS TO LOITER OR OBSTRUCT PUBLIC PATHWAYS.

YET WE FREQUENTLY SEE INDIVIDUALS DOING SO, INCLUDING OCCUPYING BUS STOPS AND SIDEWALKS.

ADDITIONALLY, UNDER CALIFORNIA BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONALS CODE 2 2 4 3 5 2.

THE UNAUTHORIZED REMOVAL OF SHOPPING CARTS FROM RE RETAIL PREMISES IS A MISDEMEANOR.

THESE VIOLATIONS ARE EVIDENT AND ON ONGOING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

MS. LOPEZ, THAT'S THE END OF YOUR THREE MINUTES, BUT THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING THIS ISSUE AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO CONTRACT THE STATE AGENCIES.

UH, NEXT WE HAVE IS BARBARA BARINAS.

I WANT TO, UH, BACK UP EVERYTHING WENDY SAID, AND I WOULD LIKE IN A, I'D LIKE TO SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN CALLING RANCHO UPLAND BACK AND FORTH SINCE 2017.

I HAVE RECORDS OF IT, AND WE LIVE RIGHT OFF OF HIGHLAND AVENUE BETWEEN SAPPHIRE AND CORNELIAN AND THE VAGRANTS USE HIGHLAND AVENUE AS A THOROUGHFARE TO GO TO THE END OF THE WEST, END OF HIGHLAND WHERE THE CAMP IS.

WHEN I'VE CALLED UPLAND, THEY SAID, CALL RANCHO.

WHEN I CALL RANCHO, THEY SAY CALL UPLAND.

I THINK IT'S BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY TENTS IN THAT, IN THAT WASH THAT THEY, THEY CAN'T DETERMINE, YOU KNOW, WHAT SIDE OF THE BOUNDARY IT IS.

UM, I'M CONCERNED ABOUT FIRE ISSUES, YOU KNOW, AS OUR AREA HAS JUST BEEN DEEMED A FIRE, HIGH FIRE THING.

THERE ARE IN THE WINTER, THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, LIGHTING FIRES, THEY'RE BARBECUING.

WE'RE GONNA HAVE A FIRE ISSUE.

UM, THE OTHER DAY I WAS WALKING MY DOG AND I SAW A VAGRANT SQUATTING IN THE BUSHES AND I MEAN, I DON'T FEEL SAFE IN OUR, IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ANYMORE.

AND I JUST, I'M TIRED OF GETTING PUSHED BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN ALL THE DIFFERENT THINGS.

SO I REALLY WOULD LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO WORK WITH THE, UM, ALL THE AGENCIES AND TRY TO HELP BECAUSE WE ARE GETTING EXHAUSTED.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS.

NEXT WE HAVE CARLOS BEGAR.

HELLO EVERYBODY.

A LOT OF PEOPLE AREN'T GONNA LIKE WHAT I'M ABOUT TO SAY RIGHT NOW AND I APOLOGIZE BEFOREHAND, BUT, UH, THE HOMELESS THREE ISSUES THAT WERE HERE TODAY, I UNDERSTAND, UH, A HOMELESS PERSON AT THE UPLAND LIBRARY TODAY, UM, LET'S JUST SAY UNLUCKY FOR HIM.

I WAS NOT AFRAID.

LET'S JUST PUT IT THAT WAY.

I DON'T MIND VIOLENCE.

LET'S PUT IT THAT WAY.

WE GOT A PROBLEM HERE.

OKAY, SO EVERYBODY'S PENSIONS.

I AM A, I HAVE A MASTER'S DEGREE IN RISK MANAGEMENT.

OKAY? I DON'T LOOK THAT PRETTY, BUT I HAVE IT.

AND I AM SO GOOD AT MY JOB.

I CAN TELL YOU THERE'S GOOD PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT GONNA LIKE ME.

LAW ENFORCEMENT.

YOU'RE GONNA HATE ME RIGHT NOW.

YOU'RE GONNA HATE ME.

YOU'RE GONNA HATE ME.

MY SISTER'S A CAPTAIN AND ANOTHER, UH, UH, UH, COUNTY.

SHE'S A CAPTAIN.

I LOVE MY SISTER.

MR. BURGARD, CAN I JUST INTERRUPT YOU JUST FOR ONE SECOND? YES.

COULD YOU JUST KEEP THE COMMENTS COMING OUR WAY, IF YOU DON'T MIND? OH, OKAY.

THANK YOU.

I'M JUST APOLOGIZING BEFOREHAND.

WELL, ANYWAYS, I HAVE HERE A CLAIM FOR SU UH, INJURIES THAT I SUSTAINED WHILE INCARCERATED, UH, AT THE WEST COUNTY VALLEY DETENTION CENTER.

I HOLD THE RANCHO CITY CUCAMONGA PARTIALLY RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT THE POLICIES THAT ARE IMPLEMENTED, UH, ARE DESIGNED TO HURT PEOPLE LIKE ME.

PEOPLE THAT KNOW THE LOSS.

YOU'RE HURTING A LOT OF PEOPLE.

I'M JUST ONE OF THEM.

UNFORTUNATELY FOR EVERYBODY, I'M VERY EDUCATED AND AGAIN, I HOLD A MASTER'S DEGREE WORKING

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SO, UH, I WAS ATTACKED AND MY DNA WAS TAKEN.

MY DNA WAS TAKEN AGAINST MY FORCE.

I WAS KNOCKED OUT.

OKAY? I HAVEN'T ASSESSED MY FULL INJURIES QUITE YET.

UH, I USUALLY SPEAK A LOT MORE ELOQUENTLY, ACTUALLY, KIND OF FITS OF RAGE HAVE BEEN ONE OF THE SYMPTOMS SINCE I WAS SLAMMED UP AGAINST THE WALL AT THE WEST COUNTY DETENTION CENTER, OKAY? TO TAKE MY DNA AND THEY TOOK IT, THEY TOOK IT, THEY TOOK IT, THEY TOOK MY DNA, OKAY? I WAS ROBBED OF MY CIVIL RIGHTS.

I WAS STABBED AGAINST THE WALL.

I WAS KNOCKED OUT.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE BODY CAMS. I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE THE BODY CAMS. THEY'RE GONNA BE FANTASTIC.

BUT I NEED YOU TO LET YOU KNOW THAT YOU GOT PEOPLE EMPLOYED THAT ARE PUTTING POLICIES THAT PUT YOUR PENSIONS AT RISK.

'CAUSE THIS IS A MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR LAWSUIT.

'CAUSE THIS IS CLASS ACTION STATUS.

'CAUSE IT HASN'T HAPPENED.

I'M THE, BELIEVE ME, I'M NOT THE FIRST PERSON.

THIS HAPPENED TO YOUR, YOUR HAMMERS YOU'RE SENDING OUT INTO THE STREET OR NO, NO.

THE HAMMERS THEY'RE SENDING INTO THE STREET ARE UNEDUCATED IN THE LAWS AND THEY ARE PUTTING YOUR PENSIONS.

I I, I'M TELLING YOU MY LOSS, I MAKE A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR SALARY, AND I DON'T THINK I CAN SUPPORT THAT WITH THE INJURIES I'VE EXPERIENCED TO DATE.

OKAY? THEY'RE NOT FULLY ASSESSED.

AND THAT'S ON A BAD YEAR.

I MAKE A QUARTER MILLION DOLLARS IF I KILL IT.

AND OH, MY JOB IS TO DEFEND A $500 MILLION A YEAR COMPANY FROM THE GOVERNMENT SO THAT WAY WE CAN CONTINUE TO MAKE OUR $500 MILLION.

WE LIKE IT, WE LIKE OUR FAMILIES.

I HAVE 500 PEOPLE IN MY FAMILY, OKAY? UH, I WON'T TELL YOU THE NAME OF THE COMPANY RIGHT NOW, BUT I LOVE RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

I LOVE IT.

I LOVE IT.

MY POOL IS BEAUTIFUL.

UH, YOU GUYS MAINTAIN OR NOT? YOU GUYS? WE, UH, MY PROPERTY'S MAINTAINED OUTSIDE OF MY, UH, IMMEDIATE YARD.

VERY WELL.

I LOVE IT.

UH, I TALK TO THE GUYS THAT COME AND SPRAY IT ALL THE TIME.

THEY'RE FANTASTIC.

I LOVE YOU GUYS.

AND I LIKE THE POLICE.

UNFORTUNATELY, MR. GORN GIVE THIS TO YOU.

YOU CAN HAND IT TO OUR CITY CLERK RIGHT HERE, RIGHT IN THE FRONT ROW.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

I NEED A COPY OF THAT.

AND THEN, MR. GILSON, WE HAD A COUPLE, THREE PEOPLE COME TODAY TO TALK ABOUT HOMELESS ENCAMPMENTS.

IS THERE SOMEONE THAT MAYBE WE CAN REFER THEM TO, TO GIVE THEM KIND OF AN UPDATE ON HOW JURISDICTION WORKS? YEAH, WE, WE, WE HAVE THE CONTACT INFORMATION FOR SOME OF THESE INDIVIDUALS, SO WE'LL GET BACK IN TOUCH WITH THEM.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

NOW WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.

THE FOLLOWING

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

THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON WITHOUT DISCUSSION UNLESS AN ITEM IS REMOVED BY A COUNCIL MEMBER FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

COUNCILMAN HUTCHINSON, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER.

THANK YOU.

THAT IS NOTED.

AT THIS POINT, I'D LIKE TO, UH, ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, INCLUDING THE REVISED STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM D SEVEN.

SO, MOVE SECOND.

SECOND, PLEASE.

VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY, INCLUDING THE REVISED STAFF REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM D SEVEN.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE AND MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY.

AND MAYOR MICHAEL, ABSENT.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

MOVING ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

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

THIS IS A CONSIDERATION

[E1. Consideration of Second Reading and Adoption of the Following: ORDINANCE NO. 1040 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 5.08.100 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND THE LIMITATION ON TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES AWARDED DURING THE CONDUCT OF BINGO GAMES]

ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 0, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION 5.0 8.100 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND THE LIMITATION ON TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES AWARD AWARDED DURING THE CONDUCT OF A BINGO GAME.

WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE ANY FURTHER? AGAIN, THIS IS A SECOND READING.

IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL CONSIDER ITEM E ONE, UH, AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 0.

MAY I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVED.

AND THE SECOND, SECOND, MADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 0.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION 5.0 8.100 OF THE RANCHO CU CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND THE LIMITATION ON TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES AWARDED DURING THE CONDUCT OF BINGO GAINES.

THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WITH THOSE PRESENT WITH MAYOR MICHAEL AND MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY ABSENT.

THANK YOU MADAM CLERK.

THE NEXT ITEM OF OUR AGENDA IS AN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM.

[ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)]

[F1. Consideration of Introduction and First Reading by Title Only of an Ordinance Designating Moderate, High and Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones in the Local Responsibility Areas in Accordance with the California Fire Code and Government Code Section 51175-51189. (ORDINANCE NO. FD 059) (CITY/FIRE)]

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ORDINANCE FD 0 5 9.

MR. GILSON? YES, UH, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHISON AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO, UH, WE PREVIOUSLY HAD A DISCUSSION WITH THE COUNCIL IN A STUDY SESSION, UM, REGARDING THIS.

AND SO WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING WITH THE INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE.

SO I'D LIKE TO TURN IT OVER TO OUR DEPUTY FIRE MARSHAL SHANE ADAMS AND OUR FIRE MARSHAL RICK SNOT TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.

UH, THANK YOU MR. GILSON.

UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, FIRE BOARD MEMBERS.

SO, UH, WE'RE GONNA GIVE YOU AN OVERVIEW OF THE FIRE HAZARD, VARIOUS ZONE MAPS.

AND BACK IN ESSENCE, BACK IN THE 1980S IS WHEN THE FIRST MAP CAME OUT.

AND THAT WAS DUE TO SOME OF THE LARGE FIRES THAT WERE DOCUMENTED.

SO ONE BEING THE PANORAMA FIRE BACK IN 1980, WHICH HAD FOUR FATALITIES, THE TUNNEL FIRE, WHICH HAD 25 FATALITIES, AND THEN THE CEDAR FIRE, WHICH HAD 15 FATALITIES.

SO OVER THE TIME, SINCE THE FIRST MAP CAME OUT IN 1985, LAST MAP WAS IN 2011.

LIKE I SAID, UM, SINCE THEN, THE, UH, THE SCIENTIFIC ADVANCEMENTS FOR TODAY'S MAPS HAVE GROWN DRAMATICALLY.

UH, IN ESSENCE, WHAT WE USE NOW IS, UH, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND ALSO PLUME MODELING.

AND THEN THE OTHER THING AS WELL IS, IS THEY'RE USING, IS EMBER CAS.

SO AS WE SEE IN THE PALISADES FIRE, THE EMBER CAS IS ANYWHERE BETWEEN FOUR AND SIX MILES OUT IN FRONT OF THE FIRE.

SO, UH, IT'S BEEN SOME, UH, DRAMATIC CHANGES IN GROWTH AS IT RELATES TO THE USE OF THE MAPS.

UM, NO LONGER ARE WE USING THE BURN INDEX.

BURN INDEX WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS USED LONG AGO.

SO THE TECHNOLOGY HAS OUTPACED ALL OF THAT.

SO, UM, WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO EMPHASIZE TODAY IS, UM, THE CAL FIRE.

THESE MAPS ARE, UH, LEGALLY REQUIRED AND, UM, UH, ACROSS THE STATE.

AND THEN ALSO FOR LOCAL JURISDICTIONS, WE'RE MANDATED TO ADOPT THE MAPS.

NOW WE CAN MAKE THE MAPS MORE RESTRICTIVE, MEANING LARGER, BUT WE CAN'T, WE CAN'T MAKE THE MAPS ANY SMALLER.

SO THAT'S REQUIREMENT FOR US.

UM, SO WE'RE GONNA GO INTO THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION, AND THEN WE, WE'LL OPEN UP FOR SOME QUESTIONS AT THE END FOR YOU AS WELL.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

UM, SO AS CHIEF SNOTOR WAS SAYING, THE LEGAL FOUNDATION OF THIS ORDINANCE IS FROM THE GOVERNMENT CODE IN RESPONSE TO DEVASTATING FIRES THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA'S HISTORY.

UM, THIS ORDINANCE WOULD, UH, IDENTIFY FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES, UM, AND ENHANCE THE, UH, FIRE SAFETY REGULATIONS, UM, AS THEY APPLY THROUGHOUT OUR COMMUNITY.

UM, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THIS IS STATE MANDATED AND, UM, AS PART OF THE STATE MANDATE, UM, WE ARE TAKING LOCAL CONTROL IN ORDER TO, UM, APPLY THE FIRE SAFE REGULATIONS THAT THE STATE MANDATES THROUGH THIS MAP ORDINANCE.

THE MAP WAS CREATED BASED OFF OF, UM, OFF OF A LOT OF SCIENCE AND, UH, TOPOGRAPHY, FUELS, UH, CLIMATE, UH, AS WELL AS EMBER CAST.

AND AS YOU'LL SEE HERE IN A MINUTE, ONCE, UM, THE MAP IS, IS SHOWN, UM, THE EMBER CAST, UH, MAKES A, A BIG DIFFERENCE IN WILDLAND, UM, FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.

THIS IS OUR, OUR CURRENT MAP.

UM, WE'RE CONSIDERING IT THE PREVIOUS MAP BECAUSE THIS MAP, UH, THE ORDINANCE IS ADOPTING A NEW MAP.

UM, ALL OF THESE AREAS IN RED ARE WHAT ARE CONSIDERED VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE MOVING FORWARD.

THIS IS WHAT THE MAP IS, UM, IS PROPOSING OF THESE AREAS.

ONE THING TO NOTE IS THAT WE CANNOT CHANGE, UM, THE AREA OF THIS MAP OR THE, THE AREAS.

WE CAN ONLY MAKE IT MORE RESTRICTIVE.

WE ARE NOT PROPOSING TO MAKE IT MORE RESTRICTIVE.

WE ARE TAKING THE DATA FROM THE STATE AS THEY RECOMMEND AND ADOPTING THE MAP ACCORDINGLY.

IN THIS NEXT SLIDE HERE, UM, THE BLUE AREA WAS OUR PREVIOUS MAP AND THE, UH, RED, YELLOW, AND ORANGE ARE WHAT IS, IS CURRENTLY PROPOSED.

THE RED, YELLOW, AND ORANGE ARE VERY HIGH, THE HIGH AND THE MODERATE AREAS.

IF I COULD JUST DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO THE LOWER RIGHT HAND SIDE, UM, TWANDA AND BASELINE AREA.

THERE'S A RED SPOT THERE THAT IS, UM, WHAT THE MODELING IS SHOWING BASED ON EMBER CAST.

SO BASED ON OUR PREVIOUS FIRE HISTORY, BASED ON TOPOGRAPHY FUELS, THEY'RE, UM, PROJECTING A POTENTIALLY A FIRE IN THAT, THAT AREA.

UM, AS WELL AS ALONG THE, UH, CUCAMONGA CHANNEL ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR, OUR CITY.

UM, THAT AREA HAS EXPANDED, UM, QUITE SOME BIT TO COME OUT TO, UM, SAPPHIRE STREET BECAUSE OF THAT, THAT PREDICTIVE MODELING.

SO SOME OF MAP ANALYSIS, UM, THERE'S A 22% INCREASE IN PARCEL, UH, COUNT.

SO THAT DIRECTLY RELATES TO OWNERSHIP.

SO 22% INCREASE IN, IN DIRECT OWNERSHIP, BUT THE ACTUAL AREA OF THE MAP ITSELF IS DECREASING BY 4%.

AND THAT, UM, THOSE FIGURES THERE SHOW YOU THE, THE DIFFERENCE, UM, FROM THE VERY HIGH

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AND THEN BROKEN DOWN INTO THE VERY HIGH, THE HIGH AND THE MODERATE ZONES.

UM, THE ADOPTION PROCESS, THIS MAP WAS RELEASED ON, UH, MARCH 24TH, 2025.

UM, IT WAS RELEASED IN FOUR PARTS THROUGHOUT THE STATE.

WE HAVE TO, UM, OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT WITHIN 30 DAYS FOR A PERIOD OF 30 DAYS.

UM, OUR PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD, UM, JUST RECENTLY CLOSED, BUT WE ARE STILL TAKING SOME PUBLIC COMMENTS AS THEY COME IN.

WE'VE RECEIVED, UM, THREE QUESTIONS AS THEY RELATE TO THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THIS ORDINANCE.

UM, AND THEN WE HAVE AN ADOPTION PERIOD OF 120 DAYS FROM MARCH 24TH.

UM, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE LOCAL AMENDMENTS CANNOT BE MORE RESTRICTIVE THAN WHAT THE STATE IS RECOMMENDING.

UM, BUT WE ARE, UM, CONSIDERING THAT PARCELS THAT HAVE AN OVERLAP IN ZONES, THEY WOULD BE APPLIED TO THE MORE RESTRICTIVE, UM, HAZARD CLASSIFICATION.

SO IF A PARCEL POTENTIALLY HAS VERY HIGH AND HIGH, THE VERY HIGH REQUIREMENTS WOULD APPLY TO THAT ENTIRE PARCEL.

WE'RE PROPOSING THIS, UH, ORDINANCE TO BE EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1ST, 2026.

UH, AND THAT WOULD COINCIDE WITH OUR TRIENNIAL CODE ADOPTION, UM, PERIOD.

THE IMPLICATIONS, UH, OF THE ORDINANCE IN THE VERY HIGH, UH, IN ESSENCE IN THE VERY HIGH AREAS, IT LOOKS AT LAND DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF SUBDIVISIONS, UM, TO BUILDING CONSTRUCTION, TO LANDSCAPING.

UM, THERE IS DEFENSIBLE SPACE REQUIREMENTS AND A HAZARD DISCLOSURE, UM, FOR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS IN ORDER TO DISCLOSE THE FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE.

UM, IN THE HIGH AREA, UH, THE REGULATIONS ARE, ARE SLIGHTLY DECREASED IN THAT, UM, IT'S REALLY ONLY THE REAL ESTATE DISCLOSURE AND THE BUILDING STANDARDS COMMISSION, I'M SORRY, THE BUILDING STANDARDS FOR, UM, NEW HOMES AND THEN IN THE MODERATE IS ONLY TO ADOPT, UM, THE AREA TO IDENTIFY THAT IT IS AT A MODERATE, UM, HAZARD.

SO FOR THE EXISTING CONDITIONS, THIS IS REALLY WHERE WE'RE FOCUSING OUR, OUR LOCAL CONTROL FROM THE STATE MANDATE.

UM, OUR APPROACH IS TO EDUCATE OUR COMMUNITY AND REALLY TAKE A SELF-REGULATION FOR THE PROPERTY OWNER.

UM, WE DO HAVE, UH, A ROBUST, UM, OUTREACH PLAN BUILT, UM, TO EDUCATE AND ENGAGE WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND, UM, GIVE THEM DIFFERENT EXAMPLES OF WHAT THEY COULD, UH, POTENTIALLY DO TO INCREASE THE, THE SURVIVABILITY OF THEIR HOME.

UM, WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE DOING INSPECTIONS FOR EXISTING, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS, UM, AND, UH, FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION, THEY WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH THE CURRENT STANDARDS FOR FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES FOR THE FIRE HAZARD, UH, DISCLOSURE, THE, UM, AB 30 EIGHTS AS THEY'RE COMMONLY REFERRED TO, UM, THE FIRE DISTRICT DOES NOT HAVE A VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ORDINANCE, SO WE ARE NOT GOING TO BE, UM, DOING THE AB 38 HAZARD DISCLOSURE.

UH, WE HAVE, UM, DOCUMENTATION THAT WE CAN PROVIDE TO, UM, POTENTIAL BUYERS OR SELLERS THAT WOULD EXPLAIN OUR PROCESS SPECIFIC TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND THEN THEY CAN PROCEED WITH THEIR REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS WITHOUT THE, UM, WITHOUT THE DISCLOSURE.

SO THE FIRE SAFE REGULATIONS, UM, THESE ARE THE DIFFERENT, UM, LAWS THAT WOULD APPLY TO THESE FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES.

UM, AGAIN, FROM LAND DEVELOPMENT, FROM SUBDIVISION REVIEW TO BUILDING STANDARDS TO THE DEFENSIBLE SPACE, THE LANDSCAPING, ALL OF THESE REQUIREMENTS WOULD, UM, APPLY TO THE VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE, UM, THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND BOARD OF FORESTRY IS CURRENTLY, UM, PROMULGATING REGULATIONS FOR ZONE ZERO.

WHAT ZONE ZERO IS, IS ZERO TO FIVE FEET FROM A STRUCTURE THAT, UM, IS A COMBUSTIBLE EXCLUSION ZONE.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT THERE'S NO COMBUSTIBLES WITHIN FIVE FEET OF A HOME.

SO VEGETATION GROUND COVERS, UM, VINYL FENCING, ANYTHING THAT CAN BURN WITHIN FIVE FEET OF THE HOME, UM, POTENTIALLY MAY NOT BE ALLOWED, UM, BASED ON HOW THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL PROMULGATES THAT REGULATION.

UM, SO WE ARE MONITORING THAT, UM, THROUGH THE FIRE PROTECTION, I'M SORRY, FIRE PREVENTION OFFICERS ASSOCIATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE, AS WELL AS, UM, HOW THEY'RE GOING TO ADOPT THE CALIFORNIA WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE CODE.

WHAT THE CALIFORNIA WILDFIRE WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE CODE DOES IS BRING ALL THOSE FIRE SAFE REGULATIONS INTO ONE DOCUMENT, AND DEPENDING ON HOW THEY ADOPT THAT DOCUMENT, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE POSITIONING OURSELVES TO, TO MONITOR WHAT THEY DO SO THAT WAY WE CAN HAVE A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF

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HOW DO THESE REGULATIONS IMPACT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR PUBLIC AND ED, PUBLIC EDUCATION AND OUTREACH PLAN? UM, WE HAVE FOUR PRIMARY, UM, ASPECTS OF THAT.

UM, ONE IS SOCIAL MEDIA.

UM, WE CURRENTLY HAVE OUR CITY WEBSITE UP TO HELP EXPLAIN THESE REQUIREMENTS, UM, AND THAT THE, THE STATE MANDATES FOR THIS ORDINANCE.

UM, WE ALSO ARE WORKING ON, UH, MAILERS FOR OUR COMMUNITY THAT WOULD GO OUT TO THE VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE.

UH, PROPERTY OWNERS AND THEN COMMUNITY EVENTS WE'RE, UH, PARTNERING WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT IN ORDER TO, UH, ATTEND THEIR CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AS WELL AS, UM, HOSTING OUR OWN EVENTS IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO RELAY WHAT THE ORDINANCE MEANS AND WHAT HOMEOWNERS COULD DO TO MAKE THEIR HOME MORE FIRES SAFE, WHAT THAT WE'RE AVAILABLE FOR.

ANY QUESTIONS IF YOU MAY HAVE ANY? GREAT, THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS OF THE FIRE BOARD AT THIS TIME? UH, TWO FOR ME, UH, NUMBER ONE IS WITH NEW CONSTRUCTION, HAVING TO DEAL WITH NEW REGULATION, IS THAT FOR HOMES THAT PERMITS ARE GONNA BE PULLED AFTER THE ORDINANCE TAKES PLACE AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, OR IS THAT LIKE EVERYTHING AFTER WE PASS THIS ORDINANCE IS GOING TO HAVE TO COMPLY? SO THAT, THAT WOULD ALIGN WITH OUR 2026, UH, JANUARY ONE, UM, CODED OPTIONS CYCLES.

SO ANYTHING NEW AFTER 2021, I'M SORRY, 2026 WOULD COMPLY WITH THESE REGULATIONS.

EXCELLENT, THANK YOU.

CAN I SEE THE MAP, THE NEW MAP ONE MORE TIME? AND THIS IS JUST A CONFIRMATION HERE.

YOU MENTIONED DOWN AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER THERE WAS A KIND OF A, A LITTLE, A KIDNEY BEAN THAT'S KIND OF REMOVED FROM THE REST OF IT.

AND YOU TALKED ABOUT EMBER CAST AND THE IDEA HERE IS, IS THAT LIT EMBERS HAVE A HIGHER PROBABILITY OF TAKING AIRBORN FLIGHT AND LANDING DOWN AND THAT KIND OF CIRCULAR AREA AND LIGHTING SOMETHING ON FIRE? THAT'S CORRECT.

SO WITH THE PREDOMINANT WIND PATTERNS COMING OUT OF THE COHO PASS, IF THERE WAS A WIND-DRIVEN FIRE IN THE NORTHEASTERN PORTION OF THE FIRE DISTRICT, UM, THOSE COULD PRODUCE EMBERS THAT WOULD POTENTIALLY LAND IN THAT AREA DEPENDING ON HOW THE, THE WINDS, THE PREDOMINANT WINDS ARE IN, IN THE TIME OF A FIRE.

GREAT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO'D LIKE TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM? F1? SEEING NONE, I'LL CLOSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND ASK IF THERE'S ANY FURTHER COMMENT OR QUESTIONS FROM OUR FIRE BOARD.

I HAVE ONE, NOT JUST A, A QUESTION, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT AND, AND, UM, UPDATE ON THIS.

YOU KNOW, FIRE SAFETY IS, IS, IS IMPORTANT.

IT'S CRUCIAL, ESPECIALLY WHAT WE'VE SEEN AND HAPPEN IN OTHER COMMUNITIES, BUT AGAIN, HERE WE GO, STATE MANDATES COMING DOWN, BUT I AM GLAD TO SEE WE'RE GONNA TAKE SOME SORT OF LOCAL CONTROL 'CAUSE WHAT THEY'VE BEEN DOING IS TAKEN AWAY AND I'M GLAD TO SEE THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY, UH, BEING PROACTIVE, ESPECIALLY THE PUBLIC OUTREACH COMPONENT.

THERE ARE A LOT OF RESIDENTS THAT MAY BE A LITTLE SURPRISED TO HEAR THIS, AND SO I'M GLAD WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN.

THAT WAY THEY'RE AWARE, UM, OF, OF WHAT IS HAPPENING THAT WAY.

UM, SOME MAY STILL BE SURPRISED, BUT AT LEAST WE'RE DOING WHAT WE CAN TO GET THE WORD OUT.

SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT, YOU'RE WELCOME.

AT THIS POINT I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER FD 0 5 9 BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READINGS.

SO MOVE SECOND, MADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER FD 0 5 9, AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, STATE OF CALIFORNIA DESIGNATING FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONES, ESTABLISHING THE WIRED LAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRE AREA, AND MAKING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO DEFENSIBLE SPACE REQUIREMENTS.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT WITH MAYOR MICHAEL AND MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY ABSENT.

THANKS FOR YOUR EFFORT AND SUPPORT.

NEXT WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON TO ADVERTISE PUBLIC

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

ITEM, UH, G ONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS

[G1. Public Hearing to Consider a Resolution for Placement of Special Assessments and Liens for Delinquent Solid Waste Accounts. (RESOLUTION NO. 2025-017) (CITY)]

THE RESOLUTION IS 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 7.

MR. GILLISON? YES, GOOD EVENING, COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO AS YOU'RE AWARE, WE GO THROUGH A PROCESS EVERY YEAR, UM, AND AFTER AN INITIAL NOTICE IN THAT WE HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING WHERE THE COUNCIL APPROVES A RESOLUTION THAT PLACES SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS AND LIENS FOR DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS FOR SOLID WASTE, UM, ON THE PROPERTY TAX BILL.

SO WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, UM, I GUESS A MONTH, MONTH OR TWO AGO NOW.

AND SO WE'RE HERE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING.

SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST TO MARISSA OTOS FOR THE PRESENTATION.

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GOOD EVENING, MR. COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS MARISSA OTOS AND MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS, AND I WILL BE PRESENTING THIS STAFF REPORT ON THIS AGENDA ITEM.

MR. COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON WILL THEN CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING FOLLOWING MY PRESENTATION.

THE MANDATORY PAYMENT PROGRAM IS OUTLINED IN SECTION 8.1 7.70 OF THE CITY'S MUNICIPAL CODE AND APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL IN 2011.

THIS ESTABLISHED REQUIREMENTS FOR MANDATORY SERVICE AND PAYMENT FOR RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE COLLECTION SERVICE.

PRIOR TO 2011, THE WASTE HAULER WOULD STOP PROVIDING SERVICE WHEN AN ACCOUNT WAS PASSED DUE.

SO SOME PROPERTIES WERE CONTINUOUSLY LATE OR NEVER PAID, UM, WHICH RESULTED IN STOCKPILING OR ILLEGALLY DUMPED TRASH.

THE ORDINANCE WAS ESTABLISHED TO ADDRESS STOCKPILING OF SOLID WASTE ON PROPERTIES AND CURB ILLEGAL DUMPING ANNUALLY.

THE FRANCHISE WASTE HAULER BURTEK PROVIDES THE CITY WITH A LIST OF ACCOUNTS THAT ARE 60 OR MORE DAYS PAST DUE FROM THEIR PREVIOUS CALENDAR YEAR TO BE CONSIDERED FOR SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND THE LIEN PROCESS.

THE CITY IS REQUIRED TO SEND OUT PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES BY MAIL TO PROPERTY OWNERS ON THE DELIN DELINQUENT LIST AT LEAST 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES WERE MAILED OUT ON APRIL 17TH, 2022, I'M SORRY, 2025.

AND FURTHERMORE, THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS ALSO ADVERTISED IN THE DAILY BULLETIN NEWSPAPER ON APRIL 29TH, 2025.

THE ACCRUAL PERIOD IS FROM JANUARY 1ST, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 31ST, 2024.

SUBEC DID PROVIDE AN UPDATED OF DELINQUENT ACCOUNT.

SO THIS INFORMATION IS CURRENT AS OF MAY 20TH, 2025, AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY 748 DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS, BUT COMES OUT TO $318,029.

PROPERTY OWNERS THAT ARE STILL ON THE DELINQUENCY LIST DO HAVE UNTIL JULY 14TH TO SUBMIT PAYMENT TO BURTEK PROPERTY OWNERS.

UM, EXCUSE ME, THE FINAL LIST WILL THEN BE SUBMITTED TO THE COUNTY OF, UM, UH, FOR THE 2025 TAX ROLL, WHICH IS DUE BY AUGUST 10TH, AND THIS IS PER THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR'S DEATH LINE.

AS A RESULT OF THE PUBLIC HEARING NOTICES, WE DID RECEIVE 35 INQUIRIES, 15 VISITS TO THE FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS PAGE ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, AND WE DID RECEIVE ONE WRITTEN PROTEST.

THE PROPERTY OWNER ON THE DELINQUENT LIST DOES HAVE UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING TO SUBMIT A PROTEST.

AND THIS CONCLUDES MY REPORT AND WOULD BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ANY QUESTIONS OF OUR CITY COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.

I'D LIKE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

IS THERE ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO COMMENT ON ITEM G ONE? SEEING , WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME UP HERE TO THE PODIUM, SIR? OOH, I FORGOT MY PAPERS.

AWESOME.

IS IT A CRIME FOR A HOMELESS PERSON TO COME AND TAKE THE CANS OUT OF MY BLUE? CAN CAN THEY BE ARRESTED FOR THIS? MR. GIL? SIR, THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL ABOUT THE LIENS THAT ARE BEING PLACED ON PROPERTY.

OH.

OH, OKAY.

I, LIKE I SAID, I, IF NOBODY KNOWS THE ANSWER, I'LL GO SIT DOWN.

SORRY.

PERHAPS WE CAN GET YOU AN ANSWER LATER THOUGH, SIR, BUT THANK YOU.

ANYONE ELSE? UH, WHO'D LIKE TO COMMENT ON ITEM G ONE? SEEING NONE, I'M GONNA CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ANY FURTHER COMMENT FROM COUNSEL TO STAFF? I'LL JUST REITERATE THAT, UH, JULY 14TH IS LESS THAN TWO MONTHS AWAY.

SO IF YOU ARE ON THIS LIST, PLEASE GET YOURSELF OFF OF IT.

AND I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION TO OPERA RESOLUTION 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 1 7.

SO MOVED.

SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THOSE PRESENT WITH MAYOR MICHAEL AND MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY ABSENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT.

THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING ITEM NOW, WHICH IS G TWO, A PUBLIC

[G2. Public Hearing to Consider First Reading by Title Only of City Council Ordinance No. 1041, to Adopt Zoning Map Amendment DRC2025-00044 in Order to Change the Zoning Map Designation of Two Parcels Addressed 9750 and 9720 7th Street From Center 1 – Southwest Cucamonga (CE1-SC) to Neo-Industrial (NI), in Order to Correct an Inconsistency With the General Plan Land Use Map. This Project is Exempt from Environmental Review Under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b) (3), as the Proposed Zoning Map Amendment Will Not Have Any Direct Impact on the Environment. APNs: 0209-211-68, 0209-211-69. (ORDINANCE NO. 1041) (CITY)]

THIS PROJECT IS EXEMPT FROM ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW UNDER THE STATE S GUIDELINES.

SECTION 1 5006 1 B THREE AS A PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT WILL NOT HAVE ANY DIRECT IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE APNS IN QUESTION ARE 0 2 0 9 DASH TWO ONE DASH SIX EIGHT AND 0 2 0 9 DASH 2 1 6 9.

THE ORDINANCE IS

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MR. GILLISON? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO THIS ITEM IS A CLEANUP ITEM IF YOU WILL.

UM, AS YOU NOTED IN THE TITLE, UH, WE HAVE AN INCONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP.

UM, SO WE ARE PROCESSING THIS THROUGH TO CLEAN THAT UP.

WITH THAT, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE AND TURN THIS OVER TO JARED KNIGHT, OUR ASSISTANT PLANNER FOR THE STAFF REPORT.

GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

TONIGHT I AM PRESENTING ON ZONING MAP AMENDMENT DRC 2025 DASH 0 0 0 4 4.

THIS AMENDMENT IS BEING PROPOSED BY THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND WILL AFFECT TWO PARCELS LOCATED AT 9 7 2 0 AND 9 7 5 0 SEVENTH STREET.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WILL CHANGE THEIR ZONING MAP DESIGNATION IN ORDER TO CORRECT AN INCONSISTENCY WITH THE PARCEL'S EXISTING GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION.

STAFF CREATED THE APPLICATION ON FEBRUARY 20TH, 2025 AND IT WAS HEARD BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION AT THE REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 9TH, 2025.

HERE'S AN A AERIAL MAP OF THE PROJECT SITE AND THE VICINITY.

THE PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY ZONED CENTER ONE SOUTHWEST CUCAMONGA WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION OF NEW INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT.

THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED GENERALLY AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF ARCHIBALD AND SEVENTH STREET.

HERE'S A PHOTO OF THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE SITE TAKEN FACING EAST TOWARDS 9 7 2 0 SEVENTH STREET FROM ARCHIBALD AVENUE.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S BEEN DEVELOPED WITH AN INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDING.

THIS IS THE SAME PARCEL TAKEN FACING NORTH ON SEVENTH STREET.

AND HERE'S 9 7 5 0 SEVENTH STREET TAKEN FACING NORTH ON SEVENTH STREET.

ALSO DEVELOPED WITH INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDING.

THE SUBJECT PARCELS ARE PART OF THE LARGER SHOEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER DEVELOPMENT, WHICH WAS APPROVED IN 2020 AND FINISHED THE CONSTRUCTION LATE LAST YEAR.

AT THE TIME OF THE SHOEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER'S APPROVAL, THE SUBJECT PARCELS WERE ZONED NEO INDUSTRIAL BUT WERE REZONED TO CENTER ONE SOUTHWEST CUCAMONGA AS PART OF A BROADER ZONING AS PART OF AZO BROADER ZONING MAP CHANGE IN JANUARY, 2024.

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS CHANGE WAS MADE IN ERROR AS PARCELS IN QUESTION WERE NOT MEANT TO BE INCLUDED IN THIS REZONING.

AS A RESULT OF THIS ERROR, THE SUBJECT PARCELS ARE CURRENTLY NON-COMPLIANT WITH THEIR GENERAL PLAN WITH WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP.

FURTHER, THE CHANGE HAS LEFT THE BUILDING'S INTENDED WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION USE NON-COMPLIANT WITH THE ZONE IN WHICH THEY'RE LOCATED.

THUS, PROPOSED AMENDMENT IS INTENDED TO REVERT THE SUBJECT'S PARCEL'S ZONING MAP DESIGNATION BACK TO NEW INDUSTRIAL.

TO CORRECT THESE DISCREPANCIES, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THIS PROJECT PERTAINS ONLY TO THE ZONING CHANGE.

THERE IS NO PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF ANY KIND ASSOCIATED WITH PROPOSED AMENDMENT SEEN.

HERE IS THE APPROVED SITE PLAN FOR THE SHOEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER.

AS YOU CAN SEE, IT CONSISTS OF FOUR WAREHOUSE BUILDINGS LOCATED ON THREE PARCELS.

THE PARCELS AFFECTED BY THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT ARE DEVELOPED WITH BUILDINGS ONE AND TWO OF THE CENTER.

THIS IS THE CURRENT ZONING MAP.

AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, AS OF RIGHT NOW, THE SHUEY DISTRIBUTION CENTER IS SPLIT BETWEEN TWO DIFFERENT ZONES.

AND THIS IS THE DRAFT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDED ZONING MAP WHEREIN THE SUBJECT PARCELS WILL BE LOCATE, WILL BE ALL LOCATED IN THE NEO INDUSTRIAL ZONE TO MATCH THE EXISTING GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP.

IT'LL ALSO RECTIFY THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE CHUY DISTRIBUTION CENTER PARCELS, WHERE IT CAN BE SEEN WITH CERTAINTY THAT THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY THAT THE ACTIVITY IN QUESTION MAY HAVE SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE ACTIVITY IN QUESTION IS NOT SUBJECT TO CQA AS THERE IS NO NEW DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATED WITH THE PROPOSED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AND THE PROPOSED NEW ZONING WILL CORRECT AN INCONSISTENCY WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION.

STAFF HAS FOUND THERE WILL BE NO SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AS A RESULT OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT WAS PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR PUBLIC HEARING DURING THEIR REGULAR MEETING ON APRIL 9TH, 2025.

DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, NO COMMENTS WERE RECEIVED BY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC COMMISSIONERS IN ATTENDANCE, HAD NO QUESTIONS FOR STAFF RETAINING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT AND UNANIMOUSLY VOTED TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

WRITTEN NOTICES OF THIS HEARING WERE MAILED TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 660 FEET OF THE SUBJECT PARCEL ON APRIL 29TH, 2025.

PHYSICAL NOTICES WERE POSTED ON THE PROJECT SITE ON APRIL 30TH AND NOTICES WERE PUBLISHED IN THE INLAND VALLEY DAY BULLETIN.

ON THAT SAME DATE TO DATE PLANNING STAFF HAVE RECEIVED NO INQUIRIES REGARDING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT.

WITH ALL THAT SAID, STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE ZONING MAP AMENDMENT DRC 2025 DASH 0 0 0 4 4 THROUGH THE RATIFICATION OF THE SUBJECT ORDINANCE.

THANK YOU.

THIS WILL CONCLUDE STAFF'S PRESENTATION AND WE ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

ANYONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON ITEM G TWO, PERHAPS A COMPLIMENT ON THE WATER WISE LANDSCAPING THAT I SAW THERE.

SEEING NONE CLOSING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANY FURTHER COMMENT THEN I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION

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SO MOVE SECOND MADAM CLERK ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 1.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING ZONING MAP AMENDMENT DRC 2 0 2 5 DASH 0 0 0 4 4.

A REQUEST TO AMEND THE ZONING MAP DESIGNATION OF TWO PARCELS LOCATED AT 9 7 5 AND 9 7 2 0 SEVENTH STREET FROM CENTER, ONE DASH SOUTHWEST CUCAMONGA CCE ONE DASH S WC TWO NEO INDUSTRIAL NI.

IN ORDER TO BE CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN A PN NUMBERS 0 2 0 9 2 1 6 8 0 2 0 9 2 1 6 9.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE VOTE IF YOU HAVE NOT ALREADY DONE SO A MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WITH THOSE PRESENT WITH MAYOR MICHAEL AND MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY ABSENT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT, JARED.

NEXT ITEM IS ITEM G THREE, A PUBLIC HEARING

[G3. Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan, 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan, and the Draft Citizen Participation Plan (CPP) for the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Program. (CITY)]

MR. GILLISON? YES.

COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

SO WE COME BEFORE YOU EVERY YEAR.

UH, THIS IS PART OF A REGULAR PROCESS.

UH, IN ORDER FOR THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO UTILIZE THE CDBG FUNDS, UM, THAT WE ARE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE, UM, WE NEED TO HAVE AN UPDATED CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

WE NEED TO HAVE AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN, UM, AND A CITIZEN PARTICIPATION PLAN.

AND WE HAVE A FORMAL PROCESS THAT WE GO THROUGH TO ADOPT THESE.

UM, THERE IS A FAIR AMOUNT OF UNCERTAINTY RIGHT NOW OVER WHAT THE FUTURE MAY HOLD FOR CDBG.

UM, AND WE CERTAINLY DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS TO THOSE.

UM, BUT THE BEST GUIDANCE RIGHT NOW THAT EVERYONE IS RECEIVING IS TO ASSUME IT WILL BE REFUNDED AT SOME LEVEL AND PROCEED FORWARD WITH THE NORMAL PROCESS.

SO WE ARE HERE BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING FOR THAT PROCESS.

AND WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO FLAVIO NUNEZ, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST TOO FOR THE STAFF REPORT.

THANK YOU MR. GILLISON AND GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL.

AS MENTIONED TONIGHT BEFORE YOU IN YOUR CONSIDERATION IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, THE 2025 THROUGH 2029 CONSOLIDATED PLAN, AS WELL AS THE 20 25 20 26 ACTION PLAN AND THE CITIZENS' PARTICIPATION PLAN.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE CDBG FUNDS ARE FEDERAL GRANT DOLLARS ALLOCATED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THESE FUNDS, THE CITY MUST PREPARE A FIVE YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN THAT IDENTIFIES THE STRATEGIC PRIORITIES AND GOALS THAT THE CITY WILL ATTEMPT TO ADDRESS OVER THE NEXT FIVE YEARS.

IN ADDITION, EACH YEAR, THE CITY MUST PREPARE AN ACTION PLAN THAT DEFINES HOW IT WILL SPEND EACH YEAR'S INDIVIDUAL ALLOCATION TO MEET THE GOALS OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN.

AS PART OF THE PREP, UH, PREPARATION OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN OUTREACH EFFORTS WERE INCLUDED DISCUSSIONS WITH HOUSING AND SOCIAL SERVICE PROGRAMS PROVIDERS, A DISTRIBUTION OF A COMMUNITY SURVEY, COMMUNITY MEETINGS, PUBLIC HEARING MEETINGS, AS WELL AS TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING MEETING, UH, ALL IN AN EFFORT TO RECEIVE INPUT ON THE CDBG AND THE SPENDING OF THOSE FUNDS.

DRAWING FROM OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS AS WELL AS DATA ANALYSIS AND CONSULTATION WITH STAKEHOLDERS, THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN IDENTIFIES SIX PRIORITY NEEDS.

THESE THESE NEEDS WILL BE ADDRESSED THROUGH SIX STRATEGIC GOALS, UH, WHICH ARE LISTED IN THE DIAGRAM ON THE SCREEN IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER.