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EVERYONE, AND WELCOME[REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS]
TO OUR AUGUST THE 20TH, 2025 CITY COUNCIL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS, AS WELL AS SOME OTHER AGENCIES THAT WE REPRESENT AS, UH, YOUR CITY COUNCIL.SO I'D LIKE TO START OFF THE MEETING BY ASKING OUR MAYOR
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: Mayor Michael Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler]
PRO TIM LYNN KENNEDY TO LEAD US ALL IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR NATION'S FLAG.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.
WE WILL NOW HAVE ROLL CALL AND THAT'S MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT.
UH, MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
UM, OR DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS
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OR ANY, UH, CHANGES OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? MADAM CLERK? YES, WE DO.ITEM H ONE LISTED UNDER CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORTS WILL BE POSTPONED AND PRESENTED AT THE NEXT REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING ON SEPTEMBER 3RD.
NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PRESENTATIONS.
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HAVE ONE PRESENTATION TONIGHT AND THAT A PRESENTATION IS RE WITH REGARD TO SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION[B1. San Bernardino County Transportation Authority (SBCTA) - Measure I Presentation.]
AUTHORITY OR OTHERWISE KNOWN AS SBCT, A MAJOR EYE PRESENTATION.I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE MR. OTIS GREER, WHO'S THE EXECUTIVE DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR IN CHARGE OF LEGISLATIVE AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS.
MR. GREER, THE PODIUM IS YOURS.
THANK YOU MAYOR COUNSEL, WONDERFUL TO BE HERE TONIGHT.
THANK YOU ALL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE A BRIEF FEW MOMENTS ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANCE OF MEASURE EYE, WHICH IS A, AN IMPORTANT VEHICLE FOR TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE HERE IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AS WELL AS THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO.
UH, A FEW THINGS ABOUT THE HISTORY OF S-B-C-T-A.
IT STARTED AS A COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS BACK IN 1973 AND SERVES AS THE REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PLANNING AGENCY FOR THE 24 CITIES AND TOWNS AND FIVE SUPERVISORIAL DISTRICTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
ALL OF THE FUNCTIONS OF S-B-C-T-A WERE CONSOLIDATED INTO A SINGLE ENTITY, INCLUDING THE TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, FREEWAY EMERGENCY SERVICES, CONGESTION MANAGEMENT, AS WELL AS THE TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
AMONG THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES OF S-B-C-T-A IS TO SERVICE THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE MEASURE I HALF-CENT SALES TAX, WHICH IS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT IN PLANNING AND DELIVERING TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND IF YOU'LL INDULGE ME HERE JUST FOR A MOMENT, I'D LOVE TO SHARE JUST A QUICK VIDEO.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, UH, MEASURE EYE.
IT'S A COUNTYWIDE HALF-CENT SALES TAX THAT WAS APPROVED INITIALLY BY THE VOTERS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY IN 1989 TO FUND PROJECTS THROUGH 2010.
IT WAS SO SUCCESSFUL THAT IT OVERWHELMINGLY WAS RENEWED BY THE VIS VOTERS IN 2004 AND EXTENDS THROUGH 2040.
SINCE 2010 MEASURE, I HAS RAISED MORE THAN $2.5 BILLION IN TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS, AND CON HAS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN $700 MILLION FOR LOCAL STREETS, ROADS, SIDEWALKS, POTHOLE REPAIRS, AND TRAFFIC SIGNALS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY.
AND WHEN COMBINED WITH STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS MEASURE, I HAS HELPED DELIVER $2.9 BILLION IN REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION PROJECTS AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE CREATION OF ABOUT 32,000 JOBS.
THESE FIGURES DON'T INCLUDE THE CONTRIBUTIONS THAT MEI HAS MADE TO OUR PUBLIC TRANSIT AGENCIES, SUCH AS METROLINK AND OMNI TRANSITS, AS WELL AS OUR SENIOR AND SPECIALIZED TRANSIT SERVICES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY MEASURE.
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OF AN OF, OF, OF ACCOMPLISHMENTS THAT WE LOVE TO TOUT HERE IN THE CITY.THE BENEFITS INCLUDE THINGS LIKE THE STATE ROUTE TWO 10 EXTENSION, THE I 10 EXPRESS LANES INTERCHANGES, LIKE THE 15 BASELINE INTERCHANGE, AS WELL AS THE MILLIKEN, UH, GRADE SEPARATION, AND LOTS OF PLANS FOR FUTURE PROJECTS THAT WILL CONTINUE TO ENHANCE THE TRANSPORTATION AND MOBILITY OF RESIDENTS HERE IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
SOME OF THE KEY COMPONENTS AND PRINCIPLES OF MEASURE I IS THE TAXPAYER PROTECTIONS THAT ARE EMBEDDED WITHIN THE ORDINANCE.
AN IN PAYER INDEPENDENT TAXPAYER OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS A PART OF THE MEI, UH, ORDINANCE THAT IS, UH, REQUIRED.
ONLY 1% OF THE MEASURE CAN BE USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, MEANING WE STAY RELATIVELY LEAN AND MEAN AS A, AS A TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY.
AND THE FUNDS THAT ARE GENERATED ARE RETURNED TO SOURCE MODEL, MEANING IT GOES BACK TO THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE RESOURCES ARE GENERATED.
AND SO IT HAS BEEN A VERY SUCCESSFUL AND PRODUCTIVE MEANS OF CONTRIBUTING TO TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS BOTH HERE IN THE, IN THE CITY AS WELL AS THROUGHOUT THE, UH, STATE.
SO MY PURPOSE HERE TODAY WAS TO JUST GIVE A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS MEI HAS MADE TO THIS CITY AND TO SOLICIT YOUR, UH, RESIDENTS, UH, FEEDBACK ON WHAT OUR PLAN IS NOW AND FOR THE FUTURE, HOW MEI HAS PERFORMED, AND HOW RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE TO SEE IT PERFORM MOVING INTO THE FUTURE.
AND SO WE ASK EVERYONE TO GO TO BCTA.COM, CLICK ON THE LINK AND SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE PLAN THAT'S EMBEDDED THERE ON THE WEBSITE.
AND THAT INCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
AND I JUST WANT TO ADD, AS A RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, A PROUD, PROUD RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
DELIGHTED TO BE HERE TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION WITH YOU TONIGHT.
ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF OTIS GREER BEFORE WE HEAD ONTO OUR BUSINESS PORTION OF TONIGHT'S AGENDA? THANK YOU VERY MUCH, OTIS.
I CAN TELL YOU, AND I CAN TELL EVERY ONE OF YOU, UM, RAISE YOUR EYE AND WHAT IT'S DONE FOR THIS COUNTY IN PARTICULAR, RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UH, WE COULD NOT POSSIBLY BE WHERE WE'RE AT TODAY, AND WE'D NEED A, A LOT MORE OF THAT.
AND SO, UH, WHEN THIS ITEM COMES TO YOUR ATTENTION, PLEASE GIVE IT YOUR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
[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.]
TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER, PER INDIVIDUAL.
UM, AND THERE'S A RED LIGHT THAT TO HEAR AT THE PODIUM THAT RED LIGHT WILL BE ON.
AND, AND THERE'S ALSO A TIMER ON THE SCREEN.
AND WHEN YOUR THREE MINUTES AR ARRIVE, THIS LIGHT WILL GO OFF AND THIS THE, THE SCREEN WILL GO OFF AND THAT'S WHEN YOU'RE KNOW, YOU'VE REACHED YOUR THREE MINUTE MARK.
THAT'S PROBABLY GONNA BE A RECORD.
UM, SO I WOULD ASK THAT, UM, THAT YOU TRY TO KEEP YOUR COMMENTS AS BRIEF AS POSSIBLE BECAUSE WE HAVE 23 PEOPLE TO GO THROUGH.
UM, SO OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS MENDEZ BOND.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, CITY STAFF, AND MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY.
I SERVE AS THE PRESIDENT FOR THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY EMPLOYEE ASSOCIATION OR R-C-C-E-A.
UH, TONIGHT I STAND BEFORE YOU WITH A UNITED GROUP OF R-C-C-E-A STAFF REPRESENTING 200 PLUS EMPLOYEES OF THE CITY'S WORKFORCE.
WE ARE HERE IN SOLIDARITY SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS WE INTEND TO MAKE IN NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH HAVE KICKED OFF IN RECENT WEEKS.
I WOULD LIKE TO BEGIN BY SUMMARIZING THE TERMS OF OUR NEGOTIATION PROPOSAL.
AS HAS BEEN PRESENTED TO YOU, WE INTEND TO BE COMPENSATED FAIRLY AND COMPETITIVELY, WHICH WOULD INCLUDE A MEANINGFUL COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT, INCREASED MEDICAL COVERAGE, ENHANCED DEFERRED COMPENSATION, AND OTHER BENEFITS.
THE CITY HAS HAD A PATTERN OF ASSERTION THAT THERE'S INSUFFICIENT REVENUE TO MEET THESE NEEDS.
HOWEVER, THAT SEEMS TO ONLY APPLY TO GENERAL STAFF AND WE CONTINUE TO FALL BEHIND THE MARKET.
APPROXIMATELY 85% OF THE GENERAL STAFF ARE 5% OR MORE BELOW MARKET.
MY POSITION SPECIFICALLY IS 10% BELOW, AND SOME POSITIONS ARE VERY CLOSE TO 20%.
THESE NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO GROW UNLESS MEANINGFUL CHANGES ARE MADE.
BUT INSTEAD, WE CONTINUOUSLY HAVE HIGH TURNOVER AND BURNED OUT STAFF WHO ARE TIRELESSLY AND THANKLESS, UH, WHO TIRELESSLY AND THANKLY DO THE WORK THAT WE DO.
MANY OF US PERFORM THE JOBS OF MULTIPLE POSITIONS, AND YET WE CONTINUE TO
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SHOW UP EVERY DAY.WE WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHERE THE VALUE IS THAT'S CLAIMED TO BE PLACED IN OUR STAFF.
PRIOR TO NEGOTIATIONS, WE SENT OUT A MEMBERSHIP SURVEY, WHICH INCLUDED A QUESTION SOME MEMBERS BROUGHT TO US.
DO YOU TRUST THAT CITY MANAGEMENT AND CITY COUNCIL VALUES YOU AS AN EMPLOYEE? THE VAST MAJORITY UNFORTUNATELY SAYS NO.
WE ARE TOLD TO DO MORE WITH LESS DEPARTMENTS GO MONTHS OR YEARS WITHOUT FILLED POSITIONS.
UH, WE SEE APPRECIATION IN WORDS, BUT WE DON'T SEE IT IN COMPENSATION, WHICH IS WHERE IT TRULY MATTERS FOR US.
FURTHER, WE HAVE LIMITED INTERACTION WITH CITY COUNCIL, CITY MANAGEMENT, AND SOMETIMES WE SEE EMAILS THAT ALMOST SEEM CELEBRATORY THAT STAFF LEAVES FOR HIGHER PAY AT DIFFERENT CITIES.
THIS IS NOT SOLE TRUST IN OUR MEMBERSHIP.
WE SEEM TO BE TREATED AS LOWEST PRIORITY, AND WE FEEL THIS SHOULD NOT BE IGNORED, NOR DISMISSED.
BUT WE HOPE THAT WE CAN USE THIS MESSAGE AS A FOUNDATION TO TURN THINGS AROUND AND INCREASE MORALE, BUILD A BETTER BRIDGE TO RECEIVE WHAT WE DESERVE AND WHAT WE'RE WORTH.
WE WANT TO HAVE AUTHENTIC COLLABORATION TO ACHIEVE EQUITY AS, AS IS EXPECTED WITH A WORLD CLASS COMMUNITY.
THAT'S THE INTENT OF OUR NEGOTIATION PROPOSAL.
WE WISH TO SEE A CITY COUNCIL GOAL THAT SPEAKS TO RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION.
STAFF CONTINUOUSLY PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SERVICES, AND WE DELIVER ON THOSE PROMISES MADE TO THE COMMUNITY.
THE EMPLOYEES AND THE R-C-C-E-A BARGAINING UNIT ARE REALLY OF RESPECT, SO SUPPORT AND EQUITABLE COMPENSATION.
SO LET'S WORK TOGETHER FOR THE ENTIRE CITY, THE EMPLOYEES AND THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS IRENE MENDOZA, FOLLOWED BY JACQUELINE ANTON.
MY NAME IS IRENE MENDOZA AND I AM A PROUD RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WHERE I HAVE LIVED HERE FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
I AM HERE TODAY BEFORE YOU BECAUSE I HAVE WITNESSED FIRSTHAND THE HARM THAT ICE IS CAUSING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
PEOPLE ARE BEING TARGETED AS THEY LEAVE THESE VERY SAME COURTHOUSES, AN ACT THAT VIOLATES THEIR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS.
ADDITIONALLY, BEING TARGETED OUTSIDE OF THESE COURTHOUSES IS A VIOLATION OF THAT DUE PROCESS AND THE COLLABORATION BETWEEN THE CITY THROUGH LAW ENFORCEMENT, LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND DHS IS ILLEGAL.
ICE AGENTS ARE RECKLESSLY DRIVING THROUGH OUR CITY, ENDANGERING RESIDENTS WITH THEIR INTIMIDATION AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR.
I RECENTLY WITNESSED ONE SUCH INCIDENT RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THESE COURTHOUSES WHERE AN AGENT'S ERRATIC BEHAVIOR DRIVING PUT LIVE AT DANGER.
THEY LITERALLY WERE FOLLOWING AND HARASSING VEHICLES OUTSIDE OF THESE PREMISES THAT WERE NOT EVEN THEIR INTENDED TARGET.
SO I AM EXTREMELY AFL AFRAID FOR MY SAFETY.
I'M EXTREMELY UPSET THAT THIS IS HAPPENING IN SUCH A SAFE CITY SUCH AS RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA SHOULD BE A SAFE HAVEN FOR ALL ITS RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF LEGAL STATUS.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA SHOULD BE A SAFE HAVEN FOR ALL RESIDENTS REGARDLESS OF LEGAL STATUS.
EVERY PERSON HERE MATTERS, AND NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR.
TO ACCESS LEGAL SERVICES HERE IN THIS COURTHOUSE TO LANGUAGE SUPPORT OR TO JUSTICE.
I URGE YOU AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO TAKE A CLEAR STAND TO PROTECT IMMIGRANT FAMILIES AND AFFIRM THAT RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS A COMMUNITY WHERE EVERYBODY BELONGS.
JACQUELINE ANTON, FOLLOWED BY ANGELICA MANZO, IF I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY.
HELLO, UH, DEAR CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, LIKE THE, UH, RANCHO RESIDENT BEFORE ME.
I AM ALSO HERE TO ECHO MY FEARS, UH, OR TO STATE MY FEARS ABOUT ICE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I'M A LIFELONG RESIDENT OF RANCHO.
I'VE BEEN HERE MY ENTIRE LIFE.
I WENT TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HERE, DOWN THE STREET.
ALL OF MY MEMORIES INVOLVE THE STREETS AND THE PEOPLE OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND RECENTLY, LIKE THOSE OTHERS AROUND HERE, I HAVE ALSO WITNESSED ERRATIC AND DANGEROUS BEHAVIOR BY IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS RIGHT OUTSIDE OF THESE DOORS.
JUST YESTERDAY, A MAN WAS ABDUCTED BY ICE AFTER GOING TO HIS COURT, HEARING DOWN THE STREET FROM HERE.
HIS FAMILY DOES NOT FEEL SAFE.
OTHERS, FAMILIES LIKE HIM DO NOT FEEL SAFE.
AS YOU KNOW, PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY HAVE A RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS AND ABDUCTING THEM OR PUTTING THEM IN FEAR OF GOING TO THEIR COURT HEARINGS IS NOT GIVING THEM ACCESS OR A RIGHT TO DO PROCESS.
AND SO, LIKE THOSE BEFORE ME, I URGE YOU TO PASS INITIATIVES TO MAKE THIS A THIS CITY SAFE FOR ALL RESIDENTS, NO MATTER IMMIGRATION
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STATUS.EVERYONE SHOULD FEEL SAFE IN RANCHO.
I GREW UP AROUND THESE PEOPLE.
YOU WORK BESIDE THEM, YOU WORK FOR THEM.
YOU SHOULD BE MAKING THEM FEEL SAFE.
AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
IT'S, IT'S A BLESSING TO SEE EVERYONE HERE AND ALL OF OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BEHIND ME.
UM, I, WE ARE FROM WELLNESS RANCH.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR HERE, DIRECTOR THERE.
AND THIS IS MY WONDERFUL HUSBAND, SALVADOR MONZO, WHO'S ALSO A FIRST RESPONDER BY DAY AND AN EQUINE SPECIALIST BY NIGHT.
AND SO WHAT I WANTED TO DO TONIGHT WAS TRULY INTRODUCE WELLNESS RANCH SINCE WE ARE HERE IN OUR BACKYARD OFF OF ARCHIBALD AND WILSON AND IN THIS WONDERFUL, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF.
AND DURING THIS YEAR AND A HALF, NOT ONLY HAS THE NEED FOR MENTAL HEALTH GROWN, BUT WE HAVE GROWN.
WE HAVE A THREE MONTH WAIT LIST, WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF LAUNCHING AN EVEN BIGGER SPACE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CROSSLIGHT MINISTRIES.
AND I WANNA SAY A TRULY A BIG THANK YOU TO ASHLEY STICKLER AND AS WELL AS TABA, WHO I'VE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION WITH FOR OUR LAUNCH OF THE BIGGER RANCH.
AND WHAT WE DO AT WELLNESS RANCH THERAPY IS SAVE LIVES.
WE PROVIDE MENTAL HEALTH THERAPY INCORPORATING HORSES.
AND WE HAVE SEEN WITHIN THE LAST SIX MONTHS, 20 INDIVIDUALS WITH THOUGHTS OF SUICIDE WALK OFF THE RANCH WITHIN THIS LAST MONTH SAYING THAT WE, THEY HAVE A HIGHER PURPOSE, THAT THEY WANNA DO MORE IN LIFE.
AND WE HAVE A HUGE NEED IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA AS WE CELEBRATE THE YEAR OF THE TRAGEDY THAT WE EXPERIENCE OFF OF HAVEN AVENUE HERE IN SEPTEMBER.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO THAT WONDERFUL SUPPORT THAT WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO GAIN FROM YOU GUYS.
WE ARE ONE THIRD OF THE WAY TO RAISING THE FUNDS THAT WE NEED TO OPEN THE RANCH DOORS.
OUR GOAL IS SEPTEMBER 15TH, MID-SEPTEMBER WHEN WE RECEIVE A NEW WAVE OF ASSOCIATES AND INTERNS THAT WE'RE GONNA, ARE GONNA HELP, UM, PRO DO
AND SO WHAT WE'RE ASKING IS WE ALREADY HAVE A PLEDGE FROM SUPERVISOR JESSE ARMAND OF $25,000 TO HELP US GET THERE.
BUT NOT ONLY THAT, WE HAVE ANOTHER $10,000.
WE RECEIVED THE NEWS TODAY THAT SUPERVISOR RAO IS GONNA HELP US WITH $10,000 MORE TO GETTING THERE.
SO WE'RE ONE THIRD OF THE WAY THERE.
AND SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PARTNERSHIP.
SO WE'RE ASKING NOT ONLY YOU GUYS, BUT OUR COMMUNITY BEHIND US.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE A BUSINESS PARTNER, MAYBE IT'S A COLLEAGUE, MAYBE IT'S SOMEONE WITHIN A FAMILY, MAYBE IT'S YOURSELF AND YOU SAY, I WANT A PARTNER WITH A WELLNESS RANCH TO HELP SAVE LIVES, WE'RE HERE FOR IT.
SO AGAIN, WE'RE WELLNESS RANCH, EQUINE ASSISTED THERAPY, AND WE THANK YOU GUYS.
THOMAS HERRICK, FOLLOWED BY MANNY LUNA.
AND I HAVE COME HERE TONIGHT TO COMPLETE MY COMMUNICATIONS MERIT BADGE.
I AM THE SENIOR PATROL LEADER OF MY TROOP, AND I STARTED THE CATIONS MERIT BADGE IN CAMP MERRIWEATHER, UH, THIS LAST JULY.
AND THANK YOU GUYS FOR LETTING ME COME HERE AND DO THAT.
GIVE THAT MAN A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB, BY THE WAY.
I CAN'T SEEM TO PRONOUNCE THE, IS IT MARY? MARY? I APOLOGIZE MA'AM.
MY NAME'S MARY LUNA AND I AM HERE SPEAKING ON THE PROPOSED, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING BEHIND THE TRAY STATION ON TWANDA.
UM, A FEW REASONS WHY I'M OPPOSING.
IT IS TRAFFIC AND PARKING STRAIN.
MORE RESIDENTS CAN INCREASE CONGESTION ON LOCAL STREETS AND REDUCE AVAILABILITY FOR PARKING, SCHOOL AND SERVICE CAPACITY.
UM, A SUDDEN RISE IN POPULATION MAY STRAIN THE SCHOOLS,
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UH, HEALTHCARE FACILITIES AND UTILITIES.UH, PROPERTY VALUES ALSO MAKES IT UNCERTAIN.
SOME WORRY THAT A CHANGE IN THIS TYPE OF HOUSING NEARBY COULD AFFECT RESALE VALUES, UM, AND NEIGHBORHOOD, UH, CHARACTERISTICS AS WELL.
UH, PROPERTY, UH, UH, RESIDENTS MAY FEEL, AND I FEEL THAT WAY TOO.
UH, THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT WON'T MATCH THE STYLE, UH, AROUND THE COMMUNITY, WHICH I THINK THAT WOULD BE REALLY WEIRD.
'CAUSE YOU HAVE $2 MILLION HOMES THAT WOULD BE TO, I THINK, THE NORTH OF WHERE THEY'RE TRYING TO BUILD THIS.
AND OF COURSE, SAFETY AND MAINTENANCE CONCERNS.
UM, THERE, YOU KNOW, FEARS THAT HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING, UH, MAY LEAD TO, UH, NEGLECTED OR UNKEPT AND INCREASED CALLS FOR LOCAL SERVICES IF IT'S NOT WELL MANAGED, LIKE CRIME AND, AND STUFF LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW? SO THANK YOU.
JESSICA ESTRADA, FOLLOWED BY CLAUDIA BATISTA.
HI, I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED CITIZEN.
I'VE LIVED HERE FOR OVER A DECADE AND I RAISED MY CHILDREN HERE.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT ICE BEING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THEIR, UH, THEIR, UH, PRESENCE HERE HAS BEEN SCARING OUR CITIZENS AS WELL AS CHILDREN.
MY CHILDREN KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.
THEY SEE IT EVERY DAY, WHAT'S GOING ON.
WE'VE HAD FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS, DAYS IN A ROW WHERE WE'VE HAD OUR CITIZENS KIDNAPPED IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET, THEM BREAKING WINDOWS.
YOU DON'T NEED TO ROLL YOUR EYES.
HAVING COMMUNITY MEMBERS KIDNAPPED FROM OUR COMMUNITY IS NOT OKAY.
THESE ARE PEOPLE WHO ARE ALLOWED DUE PROCESS, WHO ARE NOT GETTING DUE PROCESS.
ADDITIONALLY, WE HAVE DAY LABORERS AT HOME DEPOT WHO ARE BEING HARASSED INCESSANTLY BY SECURITY, PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, AND EVEN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I URGE YOU TO CONSIDER SPEAKING WITH THE DAY LABORERS THAT WE DO HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND LISTENING TO THEIR NEEDS.
CONSIDER PROVIDING A SAFE SPACE FOR LABORERS TO LOOK FOR WORK.
I BELIEVE THAT RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A SAFE PLACE, UH, FOR, FOR US TO BE VALUED AND FOR THIS COMMUNITY TO BE INCLUSIVE FOR ALL OF ITS RESIDENTS, REGARDLESS OF LEGAL STATUS.
OUR RESIDENTS DESERVE TO FEEL A SENSE OF BELONGING AND SECURITY WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY.
I HOPE THAT YOU'LL STAND WITH THEM AND THE REST OF US IN THE COMMUNITY.
CLAUDIA BATISTA, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS C UM, YOU CAN USE EITHER ONE OF THOSE MICS IF YOU WANNA STAND TO THE, TO THE TALLER ONE.
I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE POMONA ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CENTER.
I AM HERE, UM, BECAUSE THE, THE ORGANIZATION HAS BEEN SERVING THE LABORERS HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA SINCE AT LEAST 2007.
UM, WHEN ONE OF OUR WORKER LEADERS, UM, WAS ACTUALLY, UM, RUN OVER BY A CAR WHEN THERE WAS AN ANTI-IMMIGRANT PROTEST, RIGHT, RIGHT BY THEIR CORNER ON ARROW AND GROVE.
AND EVER SINCE THEN, WE COME EVERY TWO WEEKS TO TALK TO THE LABORERS, UM, OFFER THEM SERVICES, UM, TEACH THEM ABOUT THEIR RIGHTS.
UM, AND THE REASON WHY WE'RE HERE IS BECAUSE, UM, HISTORY SEEMS TO BE REPEATING ITSELF.
UM, WE'VE BEEN SEEING, UM, ICE AGENTS OR MASKED PEOPLE, UM, AT THE, UM, HOME DEPOT AND AT A AND GROVE IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS.
AND, UM, AGAIN, THIS IS COSTING A LOT OF FEAR IN THE COMMUNITY.
THIS IS CAUSING A LOT OF CONCERNS FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE.
YOU DON'T WANT, AGAIN, HISTORY TO REPEAT ITSELF FOR SOMEBODY, UM, TO BE RUN, RUN OVER JUST FOR THE SIMPLE FACT OF LOOKING FOR WORK, WHICH IS, UH, RIGHT UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
UM, AS, AS YOU KNOW, THERE, THERE WAS SOMEBODY THAT WAS RUN OVER IN MONROEVILLE LAST WEEK.
SO YOU, YOU, THAT'S WHAT I MEAN BY HIS REPEATING ITSELF.
AND, UM, THIS IS WHY IT'S SUCH AN IMPORTANT ISSUE FOR US TO HIGHLIGHT.
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UM, ALSO ON, UM, JULY 7TH, ONE OF OUR STAFF WAS HARASSED BY ONE OF THESE MASK PEOPLE.UM, HE WAS THERE TALKING TO THEIR LABORERS, AND THEY CAME AND THEY ACCOSTED HIM IN HIS VEHICLE.
THEY DIDN'T ALLOW HIM TO CLOSE HIS WINDOW.
AND THEN THEY STARTED RECORDING HIM.
UM, THEY RAN HIS LICENSE PLATES, UM, AND ASKED HIM IF HIS NAME WAS HIS NAME, UM, AFTER HE REFUSED TO SAY HIS NAME.
AND SO THESE ARE, UM, CONCERNING BECAUSE AGAIN, LIKE, DO WE ACTUALLY KNOW THAT THESE ARE FEDERAL AGENTS OR ARE THEY JUST RANDOM PEOPLE THAT ARE, UM, ABDUCTING PEOPLE? AND SO AGAIN, LIKE THIS IS AN ISSUE.
IT'S NOT JUST AN AN IMMIGRANT ISSUE, IT'S AN, IT IS A SAFETY ISSUE FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.
CHRIS C FOLLOWED BY FAMILY MILAN.
I'M A RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, BUT TODAY I AM NOT SO PROUD TO BE A PART OF THE CITY.
I'M HERE TO DENOUNCE YOUR SILENCE ON ICE ACTIVITY HAPPENING THROUGHOUT THE CITY AND ASK FOR A FORMAL STATEMENT, ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THE CITY IS NOT COOPERATING WITH ICE.
IN ADDITION TO ICE BEING HOUSED IN RANCHOS NEWEST HOTEL OFF OF DAY CREEK AND BASELINE SOMETIME IN JUNE, THERE HAVE BEEN MULTIPLE CONFIRMED REPORTS OF ICE ACTIVITY.
IN ADDITION TO THE CURRENT STATEMENTS THAT WE HAVE BEEN HEARING FROM OUR RESIDENTS TODAY, THERE HAS ALSO BEEN BOUNTY HUNTER ACTIVITY ON UNLAWFUL KIDNAPPINGS THAT HAVE HAPPENED HERE IN THE CITY.
HERE ARE THE CONFIRMED SIGHTINGS SO FAR IN JULY 26TH, ON THE 28TH AND ALSO ON THE 29TH, THERE WERE SIGNS OF MULTIPLE VEHICLES AND MASS BOUNTY HUNTERS.
AUGUST 6TH AT 11:05 AM ON FOOTHILL AND ELM, NEAR SAN ANTONIO MEDICAL BUILDING.
THERE WAS A CONFIRMED KIDNAPPING AUGUST 7TH, NEAR OUR DMV.
AT 12:15 PM ONE PERSON WAS DETAINED, MASKED BOUNTY HUNTERS WERE PRESENT.
AUGUST 8TH, FOOTHILL IN ASPEN, 12:22 PM MASKED AGENTS WERE PRESENT.
AUGUST 14TH, 7:30 AM NEAR GROVE AND FOOTHILL ICE VEHICLES WERE PRESENT.
AUGUST 15TH, 1120 4:00 AM FOOTHILL AND HAVEN ONE KIDNAPPING AND FLYERS WERE FOUND THAT WERE ENCOURAGED, ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO SELF DEPORT.
AUGUST 18TH, 1150 AM HAVEN AND ARROW RIGHT HERE.
MASS BOUNTY HUNTERS WERE PRESENT, CONFIRMED A CONFIRMED ABDUCTION OCCURRED, AND THEN THERE WAS CONFIRMED ASSISTANCE BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT.
I REITERATE THAT THESE ARE THE CONFIRMED SIGHTINGS ACTIVITIES AND OR ABDUCTIONS THAT HAVE OCCURRED.
WHO WAS TO SAY? HOW MANY HAVE NOT BEEN CONFIRMED BECAUSE CONCERNED CITIZENS HAVE NOT BEEN PRESENT TO WITNESS AND ALSO DOCUMENT THESE ACTIVITIES.
IT SAYS RIGHT THERE, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, ALL AMERICA CITY.
DON'T FORGET THAT AMERICA WOULD BE NOTHING WITHOUT ITS INDIGENOUS, MIGRANT, BLACK AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES.
THAT INCLUDES THE NATIVE MIGRANT AND LATINO PEOPLE LIVING AND WORKING IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
DO NOT BE COMPLICIT WITH THE VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS OR COMMUNITY IS FACING.
DO NOT BE COMPLICIT WITH THE ETHNIC CLEANSING CAMPAIGN THAT IS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY IN THIS COUNTRY.
TAKE THE NECESSARY STEPS TO ENSURE THAT THE RIGHTS OF ALL OF RANCHOS RESIDENTS, WORKERS AND VISITORS IS PROTECTED.
AND FOR THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE NOT YET CONCERNED WITH THE ONGOING VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS, LEARN YOUR US HISTORY, IT HAS SHOWN US THAT IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE YOUR RIGHTS ARE STRIPPED AS WELL.
FINALLY, MILAN MAYOR AND CITY MANAGER, UM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL AND DEAR COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS FAN MILAN AND I AM AN ORGANIZER WITH THE POM ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY CENTER, ALSO KNOWN AS POC.
WE'RE AN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS NONPROFIT THAT HAS BEEN PROVIDING SERVICES TO LOW WAGE WORKERS IN POMONA AND THE INLAND EMPIRE SINCE 1998.
WE ARE ALSO PART OF THE INLAND COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT JUSTICE OR IC FOUR JI PERSONALLY DO OUTREACH, UH, YOUR TWO INFORMAL DAY, UH, YOUR TWO INFORMAL HIRING, UH, DELIVER SITES HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND TODAY I'M HERE IN SOLIDARITY, UH, FOR WITH OUR RANCHO RESIDENTS WHO HAVE BEEN RACIALLY PROFILED AND KIDNAPPED OUTSIDE OF THIS COURTHOUSE BY MASK, BOUNTY HUNTERS OR FEDERAL AGENTS.
WHO KNOWS? UH, WE DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY AND AN IMMEDIATE END TO POLICE COLLABORATION.
I PERSONALLY HAVE CALLED THE POLICE TO REPORT SOME OF THIS KIDNAPPINGS, AND I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT POLICE DEPARTMENT CANNOT INTERFERE.
BUT I AM HERE TO TELL YOU, I'M HERE TO TELL YOU THAT YOU CAN AND YOU MUST BECAUSE KIDNAPPING IS A CRIME UNDER CALIFORNIA.
PENAL CODE 2 0 7 HATE CRIMES ARE ALSO A CRIME IN CALIFORNIA, ACCORDING TO UNDER CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE 4 22.
AND WHEN I DETAINED A COMMUNITY MEMBER WITHOUT A WARRANT AND ONLY BASED ON THEIR ETHNICITY, OCCUPATION, OR LANGUAGE, IT IS A CLEAR VIOLATION OF THE JUNE 11TH, A TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER IN PLACE AND ALSO A STATE LAW.
I ALSO WANNA BRING, I WANNA BRING TO YOUR ATTENTION THE ONGOING POLICE CRIMINALIZATION AGAINST DELIVERERS IN YOUR CITY.
UH, IN, IN, IN THE CITY DURING THE PANDEMIC, DELIVERERS WERE PRAISED AS ESSENTIAL WORKERS, AND NOW EYES IS COMING AFTER THEM.
I WANNA REMIND YOU ALL THAT BEING A DELIVER IS NOT A CRIME.
THE RIGHT TO SEEK WORK IS PROTECTED UNDER THE FIRST AMENDMENT.
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MOTHERS, FATHERS, CONSUMERS, AND RESIDENTS OF RANCHO.WE CANNOT NORMALIZE TERRORIZING OUR NEIGHBORS.
WE NEED PERMANENT SOLUTIONS SUCH AS A, SUCH AS A DELIVER CENTER AND STRONGER PROTECTIONS FOR ALL.
JOSEPH COEN, FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE PEREZ.
MR. MAYOR, COUNSEL STAFF, I WANT TO THANK YOU FIRST OF ALL FOR THE, UH, PARTNERSHIP WITH THE ALOMA RIDING CLUB.
UM, I AM THE CITY LIAISON FOR THE ALOMA RIDING CLUB.
I'VE HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO INTERACT WITH MUCH OF YOUR STAFF ENGINEERING PARKS AND REC PUBLIC WORKS.
I THINK SOME OF YOUR PEOPLE THINK I'M ACTUALLY A CITY EMPLOYEE
UM, RECENTLY WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH ANIMAL CONTROL ON THE MASSIVE FIRES AND EVACUATIONS.
THE ONLY REASON I'M HERE IS TO THANK YOU FOR THE PARTICIPATION AND THE COLLABORATION.
ALSO, THE ALTA RIDING CLUB IS HAVING A HOSTING AN EVENT AT THE TWANDA COMMU, THE TWANDA HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
SO, UH, IT'S UH, SEPTEMBER 20TH.
I HAVE SOME INVITATIONS FOR YOU.
JUST DROP THOSE OFF AT THE CLERK'S DESK THERE IF YOU WOULD.
UM, WELL, I, I, EXCUSE ME SO MUCH PEREZ.
FOLLOWED BY MAYBE I'LL BE THE MAYOR.
SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE, UH, PROJECT FOR, UM, ADJACENT TO GRAPE LAND AND THE DEVELOPMENT INTO RESIDENTIAL.
UM, WHEN I DRIVE THAT AREA, I SEE A LOT OF CARS.
I SEE A LOT OF KIDS, I SEE A LOT OF SCHOOL ACTIVITY, AND THEY'RE TRYING THEIR BEST.
AND THEY ARE THE ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS, YOU KNOW, WELL, THE WHOLE DISTRICT'S GREAT.
BUT, UM, I WAS CONCERNED WHEN WE'VE HAD COMMUNITY MEETINGS AND THE GENERAL PLAN IN, UH, FOCUS MEETINGS AND THEY COME BACK AND THEY SAY, WE NEED MORE PARKS.
WE NEED PARKS ADJACENT TO SCHOOLS.
WHEN IT SAYS IN OUR, UM, MASTER PLAN UPDATE, UH, THAT THERE, THERE'LL ONLY BE PARKS NEXT TO SCHOOLS.
AND THEN WHEN I LOOK AT OUR PARKS, I'M THINKING, WELL, BASED ON THE GREAT NUMBER OF CITIZENS WE HAVE HERE, WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE CLOSE TO 800 ACRES.
WE'RE AT 35% LEVEL OF HOUSING, I MEAN OF, OF PARKS.
SO WE'RE DEFICIT IN PARKS AND YET WE'VE CLAIMED THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY AS SURPLUS.
AND THE CODE CLEARLY SAYS YOU CANNOT CLAIM IT SURPLUS.
IF THERE'S A NEED, WELL, THERE IS A NEED.
AND SO TO ME THERE WAS A VIOLATION TO PUT IT INTO THAT POINT FIRST.
SECONDLY, THE HIERARCHY IS THAT YOU GUYS, THE CITY HAVE A USE FOR IT ALL.
THE SECOND THING IS, IS YOU OFFER IT TO OTHER AGENCIES IN THE AREA, WHICH IS THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS, AND THEY GET TO USE IT FOR THEIR PURPOSES AND HOW THEY DESIGN.
LIKE PARENT DROP OFF GETTING'S PARENTS OFF AT AWANDA AND VICTORIA, BUT YET THE SCHOOL DISTRICT WAS TOLD THEY AREN'T THE HIGH PRIORITY.
AND I'M THINKING, WAIT A MINUTE, THE CODE SAYS IT DOESN'T WORK LIKE THAT.
IT'S CITY SCHOOLS, OTHER AGENCIES AND THEN DEVELOPERS AND THEN OTHER DEVELOPERS.
THOSE ARE PRIORITIZED INTO HIGH DENSITY HOUSING AND STUFF.
SO I THINK THERE'S A MISUNDERSTANDING AND THEN SOME OTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THE APPRAISAL VALUE OF ONE POINT SOMETHING, UH, KIND OF CONCERNING BECAUSE I THOUGHT I KNOW OF A HALF ACRE THAT SOLD FOR $525,000 AND SO THAT THE APPRAISAL WAS OFF.
AND I WAS HOPING YOU GUYS DIDN'T GO INTO A NEGOTIATIONS TODAY NOT KNOWING TO HAVE A CURRENT APPRAISAL, UM, THAT WAS CURRENT, NOT THE LAST APPRAISAL.
SO IN SUMMARY, UM, I ATTACHED A COPY OF A, A BOARD AGENDA ITEM FROM ORANGE COUNTY WHERE THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS GAVE THE ANAHEIM CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT 14 ACRES CADDY CORNER, DISNEYLAND AT THE TIME, THE LAND OF THE STRAWBERRY FIELDS, THEY CALL 'EM ON THE OTHER SIDE OF DISNEYLAND.
WERE GOING FOR FOUR, $5 MILLION UP TO $8 MILLION AN ACRE.
UM, BUT THEY CHOSE TO PUT THE SCHOOLS AND THE STUDENTS AND KIDS SAFETY FIRST AND THEY DON DONATED FOR A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
ANY LADY BY THE NAME OF MARTHA HERE? I CANNOT SEEM TO PRONOUNCE IT.
NOT SPEAKING, SHE'S NOT SPEAKING.
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GREG CON, GREG CONTENDER.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, MY NAME IS CRAIG AND NAZER.
I'VE BEEN HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA AS A RESIDENT FOR 24 YEARS.
RAISED MY FAMILY AND I JUST RECENTLY LEARNED ABOUT THIS LAND DEVELOPMENT OFF OF AWANDA.
THIS, UH, LOW AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT.
AND I THINK IT'S, THE PROPERTY PROPERTY'S KIND OF SMALL TO TO BE SQUEEZING.
UM, THESE A APART, I'M GOING TO ASSUME IT'S GONNA BE APARTMENTS BETWEEN TWO SCHOOLS AND THEN RIGHT NEXT TO THE, UM, THE, UH, SANTA FE TRAIL.
I THINK RANCHO CUCAMONGA DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THAT, THAT UM, UH, SANTA FE TRAIL.
AND MY WIFE AND I, WE USED IT EVERY SINGLE DAY.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE THAT PROPERTY BE DEVELOPED INTO SOME KIND OF A USEFUL THING FOR THESE PEOPLE, UH, WHO ALSO USE THE, UH, SANTA FE TRAIL FOR THEIR BIKE RIDING, THEIR WALKING THEIR JOGGING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO HOPEFULLY YOU GUYS CAN RECONSIDER AND HAVE IT DEVELOPED INTO SOMETHING MORE POSITIVE.
I'VE BEEN A PROUD RESIDENT FOR THE LAST 31 YEARS.
UM, ORIGINAL HOMEOWNER ON WAN TWANDA AVENUE.
AND SO AS I LOOK DOWN THE STREET WHERE WE CONSIDER THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL, AND YOU KNOW, THE PROPERTY AT 7 0 8 9 7 0 9 2 AWANDA AVENUE, BEGIN TO THINK CONSIDERING WHERE IT'S LOCATED, IS THERE NOT OTHER PUBLIC USE FOR THE SITE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY? POSSIBLY HISTORICAL PRESERVATION AREA, CONSIDERING WHERE THIS IS LOCATED, THE SCHOOLS THAT ARE NEARBY, UM, OR AN AREA FOR THE PUBLIC SINCE IN THAT ELWANDA AREA IS LACKING.
FROM WHAT I'VE NOTICED IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BOTH MY BOYS HAVE GONE TO SCHOOL THERE, GONE TO HIGH SCHOOL AND RANCHO.
I THINK IT WOULD BE APPROPRIATE IF YOU'VE NOT ALREADY DRIVEN DOWN TWANDA AVENUE TO COME DOWN BASELINE AND TWANDA AND TAKE A LOOK YOURSELF AND SEE WHAT MIGHT BE MOST APPROPRIATE FOR THAT AREA.
I THINK THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA LOVE WHERE THEY LIVE.
LOVE THE BIKE PATH, WHICH I BELIEVE IT'S ADJACENT TO.
AND I THINK THERE'S A MORE APPROPRIATE USE.
AND I KNOW YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT WHAT WAS SPOKEN IN D THREE OR REPORT OUT LATER, BUT IT WOULD BE NICE IF AS OUR REPRESENTATIVES, THAT MAYBE YOU COULD TAKE TIME AND TAKE A LOOK AND WALK THAT AREA AND SAY WHAT WOULD LOOK MORE APPROPRIATE FOR THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT AREA.
LT ALLEN, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL TEMA.
I'M A 30 YEAR RESIDENT TWANDA.
I HAVE BEEN TO THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS THREE TIMES.
MY NEIGHBORS, THE BANKS, THE PARA ALL ON TWANDA ISSUES.
I WAS CONCERNED WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT.
WE LIVE BETWEEN THREE SCHOOLS.
ANYBODY WHO TAKES ANY CHILD'S A GRADE PLAN, EIS OR TWANDA HIGH SCHOOL KNOWS FROM 7:00 AM TO NINE 30.
AND THE WAY YOU HAVE THE PROPERTY PIECE IS SET UP, THERE'S REALLY NO SAFE INGRESS.
IT'S RIGHT AFTER THE PACIFIC TRAIL LINE.
I ALSO KNOW THIS TWANDA IS THE ONLY COMMUNITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE A PARK.
I'VE USED A WALKING TRAIL BEFORE.
THAT AREA WOULD BE A PERFECT AREA TO PUT BENCHES, SEATING, GRASS, DOG, WATER, EARTH, SOMETHING.
IF YOU LOOK, IT'S THE HISTORIC DISTRICT.
WE HAVE WORKED SO HARD TO KEEP THAT AREA HISTORIC.
THE CITY HAS SIGNS 'CAUSE THEY'RE PROUD OF OUR HISTORIC AREA.
ALSO, IT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE TO PUT HOUSES ALONG A WALKING TRAIL THAT ARE, OR APARTMENTS 'CAUSE THERE'S, IT'S A HALF AN ACRE.
I ALSO CONCUR WITH THE GENTLEMAN, A HALF AN ACRE SOLD ON VICTORIA FOR $700,000.
YOU GUYS HAVE THIS LISTED AT OVER A MILLION DOLLARS.
EITHER WE DONATE TO THE SCHOOL, THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, OR WE PUT A GREEN SPACE IN.
YOU HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY AS OUR CITY COUNCIL TO CHANGE THAT AREA FOR THE POSITIVE, THE DENSITY.
I ENCOURAGE EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU GO THERE AT 7 45,
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NOT EIGHT O'CLOCK, TRYING EIGHT O'CLOCK, AND SEE HOW YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO TURN IN OUT.THERE IS NO OTHER PLACE FOR A RED LIGHT.
THERE WOULD BE NO PLACE FOR THEM TO GET IN AND OUT SAFELY.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA EXIT THROUGH GREAT PLAIN ELEMENTARY.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? TAKE DOWN THE HOU THE WALL BETWEEN THE HOUSES NEXT DOOR.
I DON'T KNOW IF Y'ALL HAVE BEEN OUT THERE, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE ALL Y'ALL TO GO OUT THERE AND SEE THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY.
IT'S STASHED BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL, UM, HISTORIC RAILROAD DEPOT.
I THINK WE COULD UTILIZE THAT FOR A BETTER PURPOSE AND BRING MORE PEOPLE BECAUSE WE LOVE OUR HISTORIC COMMUNITY.
LIKE YOU SAID, WE GOT BOOTS AND BREWS.
THEY AT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY, THEY HAVE HALLOWEEN EVENTS, THEY HAVE CHRISTMAS, THEY HAVE, UM, EASTER BY ANY EVENTS WE COULD UTILIZE THAT.
YOU GUYS, WE HAVE A REALLY ACTIVE COMMUNITY ON THAT SIDE OF TOWN.
SO I WOULD JUST PLEASE ASK YOU TO CONSIDER AN ALTERNATE FOR THAT SPACE AND NOT HOUSING.
MICHAEL TOMA, FOLLOWED BY GABRIEL OSO.
UM, I, UH, BEEN LIVING IN, UH, RANCHO FOR ABOUT EIGHT YEARS.
AND I LIVE ON, UH, 1 2 9 7 2 VICTORIA STREET, RIGHT BETWEEN, UH, EAST STREET AND ADA RIGHT ACROSS THE JUNIOR HIGH WHERE THE, UH, WE CONSTRUCTION'S GOING ON FOR THE, UH, JUNIOR HIGH.
THAT'S, UM, LOOKS LIKE A YEAR BEHIND.
UM, I HAVE A REALLY GOOD PERSPECTIVE ON THIS BECAUSE, UH, I GREW UP IN, UH, EAST LOS ANGELES BALL HEIGHTS AND, UH, GROWING UP THERE, UM, IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, YOU COULD PLAY IN THE STREET AND THERE'S NO CARS AROUND.
AND, UH, IF YOU GO THERE TODAY, UM, AT ONE O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON ON, UM, ON A MONDAY, THERE'S NOWHERE TO PARK WHEN I GO SEE MY MOM.
AND IF YOU WANT THAT TO HAPPEN TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA, GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT, UH, THAT HOUSING THERE.
THEY'RE JUST JAMMING PEOPLE INTO LA WITHOUT ANY CONSIDERATION FOR INFRASTRUCTURES TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE.
UH, THEY'RE NOT MAKING BIGGER ROADS, THEY'RE NOT MAKING MORE PARKING.
AND THAT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
IT TAKES ME 20, MY CHILDREN GO TO A WATER OF LIFE, UH, SCHOOL.
IT TAKES ME 20 MINUTES TO GET THERE TWO MILES AWAY.
IT TAKES ME 20 MINUTES TO GET THERE BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
NOW, IF YOU PUT IN, UH, LOW INCOME HOUSING, THAT'S JUST GONNA PUT MORE PEOPLE THERE AND MORE TRAFFIC, AND IT'S GONNA TAKE ME 45 MINUTES TO GET MY CHILDREN TO SCHOOL.
UM, A BETTER USE FOR THAT PROPERTY WOULD BE A DROP OFF PARKING LOT FOR BOTH THE, THE ELEMENTARY AND JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOLS THAT WOULD RELIEVE TRAFFIC.
THEY'RE, THEY'RE DOING THIS CONSTRUCTION AT THE JUNIOR HIGH TO TRY TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC.
THEY'RE CHANGING THE DROP OFFS.
YOU'RE ONLY MOVING THE DROP THE, THE TRAFFIC TO WHERE I LIVE.
IT'S NOT GONNA DO ANYTHING TO RELIEVE TRAFFIC.
UH, ON A FINAL NOTE, UM, I'M A, UM, 26 YEAR VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS.
UM, AND I PRAY TO FEEL REALLY SAFE IN THE CITY, BY THE WAY.
AND I, I SUPPORT ICE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING.
GABRIEL OSO, FOLLOWED BY DEBORAH ANA.
UH, ALSO HERE TO, UH, OPPOSE THE PROJECT AT THE 7 0 8 9, UH, AT RWANDA ADDRESS.
UM, THIS PROPOSED, UH, WHATEVER IT'S GONNA BE, CONDOS, APARTMENTS, WHAT HAVE YOU, UM, AS SOME OTHER SPEAKERS HAVE SAID, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AREA, YOU WILL SEE THAT IT'S A TERRIBLE IDEA WITH REGARDS TO TRAFFIC WITH CHILDREN'S SAFETY.
THERE'S THE TRAIL, RIGHT? ON ONE SIDE, THERE'S THE ENTRANCE TO A ANOTHER GATED COMMUNITY RIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE, AND THEN THE TWO SCHOOLS ON EACH SIDE OF THAT.
UM, IN ADDITION TO THAT, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, BASEBALL AND, UH, SPORTS PRACTICES THAT HAPPEN THERE ALL THROUGHOUT THE, UH, AFTERNOON AND EVENING.
UM, I JUST SEE IT LOGISTICALLY KIND OF BEING A, A NIGHTMARE.
AND THEN IT DOESN'T, UH, YOU KNOW, IT DOESN'T FIT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S ALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE THERE.
UM, WHATEVER THE, THE PROPOSED PLAN FOR THIS IS, I DON'T THINK IT'S GONNA FIT IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD AS IT STANDS.
UM, AND THEN ALSO, UH, KIND OF INSPIRED BY SOME OTHER PEOPLE HERE.
UM, AND THE LAST GENTLEMAN THAT I SUPPORT, OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT HERE IN RANCH CUCAMONGA FEEL VERY SAFE HERE.
AND I THINK IT'S LUDICROUS, UH, FOR PEOPLE TO INSINUATE THAT YOU GUYS AS A BOARD WOULD ALLOW KIDNAPPINGS AND, UH, SUCH IN, IN YOUR CITY.
I THINK THAT'S A LUDICROUS IDEA.
SO JUST WANTED TO TELL YOU GUYS THAT.
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ME, I WAS JUST DEBORAH CHAPINA.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MY NAME IS DEBORAH ANA AND I'M HERE BECAUSE THE DECIS DECISION BEFORE YOU AFFECTS NOT ONLY THE FUTURE OF THIS PROPERTY, BUT ALSO THE SAFETY, HERITAGE, AND TRUST OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THE PROPERTY AT 7 0 8 9 TWANDA AVENUE SITS IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC TRAIL, A LIFELINE FOR FAMILIES, CHILDREN, AND CYCLISTS ACROSS OUR CITY.
ADDING HIGH TRAFFIC DRIVEWAYS HERE DIRECTLY CONFLICTS WITH THE COMMUNITY SAFETY.
TONIGHT YOU'RE CONSIDERING REZONING 7 0 8 9 TWANDA AVENUE, A NARROW 3.46 STRIP OF LAND DIRECTLY BESIDE THE TWANDA RAILROAD RAILWAY DEPO, WHICH IS LISTED AS THE NATIONAL.
COULD YOU MOVE TO THIS MICROPHONE, PLEASE? YEAH.
REGISTER OF, OF HISTORIC PLACES THE PARCEL IS CURRENTLY ZONED VERY LOW RESIDENTIAL TWO HOMES PER ACRE, ALLOWING HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT HERE WOULD FOREVER ALTER THE DEPOT SETTING BLOCK ITS VIEWS AND DIMINISH ONE OF RANCHOS MOST IMPORTANT CULTURAL TREASURES AND OUR OWN GENERAL PLAN POLICIES.
RC 4.3 TO RC 4.5 REQUIRE CITY TO PRESERVE HISTORIC RESOURCES WHENEVER FEASIBLE, AVOID IMPACTS FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT AND ENCOURAGE ADAPTIVE REUSE AND PROTECTION OF LANDMARKS.
A HIGH DENSITY REZONING BESIDES THE DEPOT WOULD DIRECTLY CONFLICT WITH THOSE POLICIES.
EARLIER THIS YEAR, THE CITY DECLARED 7 0 8 9 TWANDA AVENUE AS SURPLUS LAND AND FILED IT AS EXEMPT UNDER GOVERNMENT CODE 5 4 2 2 1.
BUT LET'S BE CLEAR THAT EXEMPTION APPLIES ONLY TO THE ADMINISTRATIVE ACT OF LABELING PROPERTY SURPLUS.
IT DOES NOT EXEMPT REZONING OR REDEVELOPMENT.
AND STATE LAW COULD, COULD NOT BE CLEAR.
C-E-O-C-E-Q-A 21 0 8 4 0.1 STATES A PROJECT THAT MAY CAUSE SUBSTANTIAL ADVERSE CHANGE IN THE SIGNIFICANCE OF A HISTORICAL RESOURCES, A PROJECT THAT MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.
BECAUSE THE DEPOT IS THE NATIONAL REGISTER, THIS PARCEL AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFIES AS A PROTECTED HISTORICAL RESOURCE.
YOUR OWN CLOSED SESSION TODAY AGENDA CONFIRMS THAT THE CITY IS ALREADY NEGOTIATING WITH PRIVATE DEVELOPER NAMED PELICAN COMMUNITIES OVER THE PRICE.
YET TO DATE, THERE IS NO RECORD OF HISTORIC RESOURCE IMPACT STUDY, INITIAL STUDY OR ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT.
BUT CCE QA REQUIRES PROTECTIONS BEFORE DEALS ARE MADE, NOT AFTER NEGOTIATING PRICE, BEFORE EVALUATING IMPACTS IS BACKWARDS.
IT UNDERMINES THE LAW, EXPOSES THE CITY TO SERIOUS LEGAL RISKS AND ERODES COMMUNITY TRUST.
CALIFORNIA HAVE REPEATEDLY INVALIDATED APPROVALS WITH HISTORIC RESOURCES WERE IGNORED AND IMPROPERLY ANALYZED.
IF THIS PROCESS IS RUSHED, THE CONSEQUENCES WILL BE UNAMBIGUOUS LAWSUITS, COSTLY DELAYS, AND A PERMANENT LOSS OF PUBLIC TRUST.
THANK YOU ENTIRE CEQA REVIEW, MA'AM, PROTECT OUR YOU'VE REACHED MA'AM.
CLARA MURILLO FOLLOWED BY MARSHA MEEK BANKS, UH, CLARA MURILLO AND TWANDA RESIDENT PRIOR TO THE CITY'S INCORPORATION? YES.
I HAVE A FEW CONCERNS, BUT NUMBER ONE, MY DAUGHTER LIVES IN ALTADENA AND THAT FIRE CAME WITHIN A BLOCK OF HER HOUSE.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT ROLLED IN.
AND THIS PROPERTY HAS NO FIRE ACCESS TO THE BACK CORNER OF THE PROPERTY.
THERE IS NOT A STREET WIDE ENOUGH THAT CAN BE CREATED IN THIS DEVELOPMENT THAT CAN SAFELY HAVE AN INGRESS AND EGRESS OF A FIRE ENGINE.
MY DAUGHTER'S, MY GRANDDAUGHTER'S SCHOOL BURNED DOWN IN 20 MINUTES.
THEY WERE EVACUATING SENIOR CITIZENS NEXT DOOR TO THE PROPERTY.
THERE IS NO WAY THAT YOU CAN BUILD ANY RESIDENCE THERE WITHOUT FIRE PROTECTION
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THAT CAN BE SUFFICIENT TO FIGHT AND PROTECT THE PEOPLE THAT LIVE IN THAT ESTABLISHMENT.THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THAT ESTATE, I CALL IT THE AWANDA ESTATES, UM, REQUIRES A STREET ALL AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY.
THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS DESIGNED THERE FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT'S CONSIDERATION.
I REMEMBER BEING HERE AT THE MEETINGS ON THAT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD THE FIRE PROTECTION.
THERE IS NO BUILDING THAT CAN BE PROTECTED ON THAT PROPERTY AT THE DENSITY THAT YOU'RE CONSIDERING PUTTING IT NOW.
THERE IS NO PARK IN AWANDA AND WE'VE BEEN PROMISED FOR 40 PLUS YEARS THAT WE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING IN TWANDA.
AND EVERY, EVERY COUNCIL HAS FAILED US, HAS FAILED US.
THIS IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO DO THAT.
TO MAKE A PARK THAT IS ANALOGOUS WITH, OH, I ONLY HAVE NINE SECONDS.
AND I'VE SEEN IT IN OTHER COMMUNITIES WHERE YOU PUT WORKOUT STATIONS AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF THINGS THAT THANK YOU MA'AM.
ENHANCE THE USE OF THAT PRODUCT.
MARSHA BANKS, WELL FOLLOWED BY ROBERT DERRO HILL.
WE'VE LIVED IN TWANDA FOR 50 YEARS, SO I THINK WE'RE THE LONGEST RESIDENT SO FAR TO SPEAK.
I'M HERE TO REMIND YOU THAT THAT STRIP OF LAND THAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, PUTTING HIGH DENSITY ON BACKS UP TO THE HISTORIC HIPPER RANCH WHOSE ORIGINAL VINES WERE PLANTED BY WILLIAM CHAFFEE.
TO THE SOUTH IS THE NORTON FISHER HOUSE WHERE WE HAD THE FIRST LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CALL IN CALIFORNIA LASTED 10 YEARS BEFORE THE RECORD WAS BROKEN, AND IT MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST LONG DISTANCE TELEPHONE CALL IN THE WORLD.
ACROSS THE STREET IS THE HISTORIC GEORGE CHAFFEE GARCIA HOUSE.
NEXT TO THAT IS THE TWANDA CHURCH, WHICH WAS BUILT IN 1902.
NEXT TO THAT IS THE CHAFFEE ISLE HOUSE, WHICH GEORGE BUILT FOR HIS MOTHER.
TWO DOORS UP IS THE STE MEYER HOUSE, WHICH IS A HISTORIC LANDMARK.
AND ONE DOOR AWAY IS THE GEO, THE GEORGE JOHNSTON HOUSE.
GEORGE JOHNSTON, BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WAS THE DEVELOPER OF THE THOMPSON SEEDLESS GRAPE.
HE JUST DIDN'T GET A PATENT, SO HE DIDN'T GET CREDIT FOR IT.
I'M REMINDING YOU THAT THIS IS A HISTORIC AREA AND I'M ASKING YOU WHAT INPUT YOUR HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION HAD TOWARD YOUR DECISION TO BUY THIS PROPERTY.
UM, AND I WOULD APPRECIATE AN ANSWER TO THAT.
I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF, UH, RANCHO SINCE 1988.
I'VE OWNED, UH, THREE HOMES IN THIS, UH, CITY ALREADY.
THIS PROPOSED PROPERTY ON TWANDA.
IT'S GONNA CAUSE SUCH A MESS WITH TRAFFIC.
LIKE THE LADY OVER HERE SAID, THERE'S ALREADY A, A RED LIGHT FOR THE PEDESTRIANS ACROSS THE STREET ON THE, FOR THE TRAIL.
YOU WITHIN 50 FEET, YOU CAN'T HAVE ANOTHER RED LIGHT.
THE THE SCHOOL, UH, THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS GETTING BIGGER.
THERE'S, UH, THE BUILDINGS, BUNCH OF BUILDINGS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE, UH, OF THE SCHOOL THERE ON VICTORIA STREET.
I LIVE, UH, NEAR VICTORIA, UH, ON VICTORIA, EAST TO EAST BY ERWAN HIGH SCHOOL.
THEY GOT LIKE 4,000 STUDENTS GOING TO THAT SCHOOL.
I WENT OUT THE OTHER DAY FOR BREAKFAST.
I LEFT MY HOUSE, TURNED LEFT ON, UH, EAST AVENUE TO GO TO, UH, BASELINE.
WE HAVE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC ON THOSE BLOCKS.
THE POLICE, FIRE AND AMBULANCE AREN'T GONNA BE ABLE TO GET THROUGH THERE SOMETIMES.
SO PLEASE, WHAT WE SHOULD DO WITH THE, THAT PROPERTY TURN, LIKE EVERYONE'S SAYING, TURN IT INTO A PARK JUST NORTH OF THE RAILROAD DEPOT.
LET'S TURN THAT INTO A DROP OFF SPOT.
AND IF I REMEMBER TWO YEARS AGO, UH, EXCUSE ME, BEFORE THE, UM, COVID, THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TURNING THE TRAIN STATION INTO A, UH, SOME TYPE OF DESTINATION.
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SELL T-SHIRTS FOR THE RANCHO COFFEE FOR THE PEOPLE.LET'S USE THAT PROPERTY, RIGHT.
IT JUST IS, IT'S GONNA CAUSE TOO MUCH TRAFFIC THERE.
THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY.
JAMES, JAMES BANKS, FOLLOWED BY GARY CARSON.
UH, MY WIFE AND I OWN THE VINEYARD TO THE EAST OF THE RAILROAD PROPERTY.
AND WE HAVE A LONG HISTORY, AS YOU CAN TELL, OF BEING INTERESTED IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
SO I'M DOUBLY INTERESTED IN WHAT THE CITY'S DOING.
I HAD THE PRIVILEGE OF MEETING WITH A CITY MANAGER AND TWO ASSISTANT CITY MANAGERS TWO OR THREE YEARS AGO.
I TOLD THEM I'D LIKE TO BUY THAT PROPERTY.
AND MS. SASOON TOLD ME, WELL, THAT'S PROBABLY NOT GONNA WORK OUT FOR YOU, JIM, BECAUSE THE CITY ALREADY HAS A RIGHT TO BUY THAT PROPERTY.
AND EVEN IF WE DIDN'T, THEY'RE DECLARING IT SURPLUS.
AND SO YOU'D BE SECOND OR THIRD IN LINE AFTER THAT.
I DID TRY TO SAY, SAY HOW MUCH I WAS WILLING TO PAY, BUT I MADE A MISTAKE BECAUSE I THOUGHT THE PROPERTY WAS LANDLOCKED AND IT'S NOT.
IT'S HAD A VERY WEIRD SHAPE THERE.
UH, SO I STARTED MY CAMPAIGN OF TRYING TO CONVINCE THE CITY TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT WITH HISTORIC PRESERVATION.
I CALLED MR. BURRIS AND I SAID, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO WITH THAT PROPERTY? AND HE SAYS, I DON'T KNOW.
AND, UH, HE SAID, I CAN TELL YOU THIS.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THE MONEY FROM THE STATE.
WE GET THE MONEY FROM THE STATE.
IT'LL HAVE TO BE A PARK OR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
SO I STARTED MY CAMPAIGN FOR A PARK.
I ADVANCED MANY DIFFERENT IDEAS, BOTH IN WRITING AND VERBALLY, NOT ONLY WITH STAFF, BUT ALSO WITH SOME COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE ONE OF THEM, I, SOME OF MY PROPOSALS INVOLVED EXPANDING THE VINEYARD TO THE WEST AND THE PARKING FOR THE, UH, STATION TO THE EAST.
I CAN UNDERSTAND MAYBE, MAYBE THAT WASN'T THE BEST IDEA.
IT HAD DIFFERENT OWNERSHIPS, DIFFERENT FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS.
ULTIMATELY, I TOLD, UH, MR. BURRIS, YOU SHOULD LOOK IN THE, IN THE CITY RECORDS.
THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, ONCE UPON A TIME, MAYBE 15 YEARS AGO, UH, RECOMMENDED A HISTORIC DISTRICT THAT INCLUDED THE RAILWAY STATION 10 YEARS AGO.
THE UM, ONE OF THE IDEAS THAT I SUBMITTED WAS TO TAKE THIS FOUR ACRES AND RUN A SIDEWALK AROUND THE PERIMETER AND NEXT TO THE SIDEWALK, A ROAD GOING IN ONE DIRECTION.
SO A, A CAR COULD LEAVE TWANDA AVENUE, TAKE THE ROAD, YOU PROBABLY HAVE 300 LINEAL FEET TO DROP OFF STUDENTS.
THEY WOULD GET ON THE SIDEWALK AND THEY COULD WALK SAFELY ON THE SIDEWALK ALL THE WAY TO THEIR SCHOOL, NO MATTER WHICH SCHOOL IS NORTH OR SOUTH.
AND I I, THAT COULD ALSO HAVE A NICE PARKING AREA IN THE MIDDLE FOR USE.
PEOPLE USING THE TRAIL, THEY WON'T HAVE TO PARK ON TWANDA AVENUE FOR TEACHERS, FOR, FOR, UH, PARENTS VISITING.
YOU COULD EXPAND THE, UH, GREEN AREA AROUND THE MR. BANKS STATION.
YOU'VE REACHED YOUR THREE MINUTES.
PARDON ME? YOU'VE REACHED YOUR THREE MINUTE TIME LIMIT.
I'M NOT GOING TO GIVE AN EXTRA MINUTE TO AN OLD MAN
THAT'S ONE OLD MAN TALKING TO ANOTHER.
I, WE, WE UNDER, WE GOT, WE HEARD FROM YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
IF I GIVE YOU THREE MINUTES, THEN THE NEXT PERSON COMING UP, I'VE GOTTA GIVE THEM, WELL, MAYBE ONE OF 'EM WILL YIELD
JIM GARY CARSON, FOLLOWED BY ISHMA FLORES.
UM, YOU GUYS HAVE ALREADY HEARD MY NAME.
UM, THANK YOU FOR GIVING US AN OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING.
UM, STRANGELY ENOUGH, I I DON'T THINK THERE'S VERY MANY PEOPLE HERE THAT ARE IN FAVOR OF THIS, UH, THIS NEW PROPOSED AWANDA DEVELOPMENT.
UM, CLEARLY I'M NOT, UM, AS ONE PERSON SUGGESTED THAT MAYBE YOU GUYS COULD WALK THE
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PROPERTY, I WOULD, I WOULD CHALLENGE YOU TO DRIVE TO THAT PROPERTY TWO OR THREE TIMES DURING THE MORNING, DURING THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE KIDS ARE GETTING PICKED UP.AND WHILE YOU'RE, IF YOU DO WALK, TRY AND TRY AND AVOID ALL THE, UH, LITTLE ELECTRIC VEHICLES THAT ARE GOING UP AND DOWN THE ROADS AND THE SIDEWALKS.
UM, I'VE LIVED HERE SINCE 1986, NOT QUITE 50 YEARS YET.
BUT, UM, I LIKE THE IDEA OF A PARK, BUT IT'S NOT VERY FUN TO BE LANDLOCKED OR A PRISONER IN YOUR OWN HOME AND HAVE TO PLAN ALL OF YOUR TRIPS EVERY DAY AROUND.
AT AWANDA, AT AWANDA INTERMEDIATE AND GREATLAND.
I HAD, I HAVE SIX GRANDCHILDREN.
THEY'VE ALL GONE THROUGH THOSE SCHOOLS AND IT'S A NIGHTMARE FOR THE RESIDENTS.
I CAN'T IMAGINE WHY THAT ONE MAN BOUGHT A HOUSE ACROSS FROM THAT SCHOOL.
BUT ANYWAY, UM, PLEASE RECONSIDER THIS.
THIS IS, THIS IS NOT, THIS IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
TOO MANY PEOPLE HAVE BROUGHT UP REALLY, REALLY GOOD ARGUMENTS AND SOME VERY GOOD SUGGESTIONS.
WE SMILE FLORES, FOLLOWED BY JOANNE KUNEY, I BELIEVE.
GOOD EVENING LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.
AND THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.
UH, AS SHE STATED, MY NAME IS ISEL FLORES, AND I'M NOT JUST HERE AS A COMPLAINING RESIDENT.
I'VE ACTUALLY LIVED HERE NOT QUITE 50 YEARS, BUT, UH, GOING ON 45, 44 ACTUALLY.
UM, BUT I'M NOT JUST A RESIDENT.
I'M NOT JUST HERE TO COMPLAIN.
I'M ACTUALLY, I DO CONTRIBUTE TO THE, OUR CITY.
UH, I, I COACHED FOR I NINE SPORTS.
I COACHED MY SON AND MY DAUGHTER WHEN THEY WERE IN SPORTS, WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG.
NOW I'M COACHING MY, MY GRANDSONS.
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S ALWAYS BEEN AT A PARK SOMEWHERE ELSE.
WE USED TO HAVE VINEYARD, LITTLE LEAGUE THERE.
NOW IT'S, IT'S STILL THERE, BUT IT'S STILL A DRIVE.
THERE'S NOWHERE ELSE WHERE WE HAVE A PARK, WHERE WE HAVE SPORTING EVENTS FOR OUR CHILDREN OR OUR GRANDCHILDREN.
SO, ALTHOUGH A LOT OF GREAT IDEAS HAVE BEEN PUT OUT HERE, A LOT OF WHAT I WAS GOING TO MENTION TODAY HAS ALREADY BEEN MENTIONED.
SO I'M NOT GONNA REITERATE ALL THAT OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF WAN PRESERVING THAT HISTORICAL SITE, THE CHAFE GARCIA HOUSE, THE IOWA HOUSE, THE RAILROAD DEPOT.
HOW, HOW COME THIS HAS NOT BEEN DEVELOPED INTO OUR HERITAGE? PRESERVING OUR HERITAGE AS WAN SPECIFIC PLANT HAS DICTATED IT'S ALL BEING CHANGED.
WHY, WHY IT, IT'S NOT BECAUSE THAT'S WHAT WE WANT.
AND WHEN THAT'S THE NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WE LIVE IN, I'VE LIVED THERE.
I'VE SEEN A LOT OF GREAT IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CITY.
THIS IS ONE OF THE, WAS THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
AND YES, I WAS IN THE MARINE CORPS, BUT I ALSO SERVED, I'M A RETIRED LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPUTY SHERIFF.
SO I KNOW A THING OR TWO ABOUT CRIME STATISTICS.
I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU THAT BUILDING A LOW INCOME HOUSING FACILITY OR HOUSING FACILITIES COMPLEX THERE, WHAT THAT'S GOING TO DO TO OUR CRIME.
WE'RE TAX PAYING CITIZENS AND WE WANT OUR CRIME RATES TO GO DOWN, NOT UP.
WE WANT OUR RESIDENTS TO BE SAFE AND CONTINUE BEING SAFE LIKE WE ARE RIGHT NOW.
TALK ABOUT OUR, THE PRIORITY OF OUR CHILDREN SHOULD BE THEIR SAFETY.
I'VE CALLED THE WATCH COMMANDER NUMEROUS TIMES BECAUSE I'VE SEEN KIDS ALMOST GET HIT BECAUSE VEHICLES RUN A RED LIGHT.
THEY RUN A STOP SIGN 'CAUSE THEY'RE IN A HURRY TO GET THEIR CHILD TO CLASS.
OR MAYBE THEY'RE JUST TRYING TO GET TO WORK IN THE MORNING OR COMING HOME FROM WORK.
I'VE BEEN A, A RESIDENT OF RANCHO FOR OVER 38 YEARS AND I'M ONLY 39.
BUT, UM, MY CONCERN IS WITH THE RANCHO SHELTER.
SO I LIVE, UH, WAY AT THE TOP OF HAVEN, RIGHT AT THE BASE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
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DONE ANIMAL RESCUE FOR OVER 20 YEARS IN THE CITY.I USED TO WORK WITH THE RANCHO SHELTER AS PULLING OUT ANIMALS THAT WERE GONNA BE EUTHANIZED.
UM, SO I DID A LOT OF ADOPTIONS ON MY OWN AND UNFORTUNATELY I WOULD LET PEOPLE COME TO MY HOME SOMETIMES TO DO ADOPTIONS.
I I STOPPED DOING, UM, RESCUE RECENTLY 'CAUSE IT'S JUST A LOT AND I'M GETTING OLDER, BUT I HAD SOMEONE DUMP A BIG KENNEL OF NINE KITTENS ON MY PROPERTY.
SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN SOMEONE THAT KNOWS I DID RESCUE IN THE PAST.
SO WHEN I OPENED THE CARRIER, UH, FOR THE KITTENS RAN OUT AND UM, I GOT THE OTHER FIVE.
AND SINCE I'M NOT DOING RESCUE ANYMORE, I WENT DOWN TO THE RANCHO SHELTER AND I SAID, HEY, I NEED TO BRING THESE KITTENS.
AND THEY WENT TO THIS BIG THING.
WELL, ARE THEY INJURED? UH, WHERE'D YOU FIND THEM? ARE THEY IN RANCHO? YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE NOT RANCHO KITTENS, WE CAN'T TAKE 'EM.
I'M LIKE, OKAY, I LIVE IN RANCHO.
AND THEY WERE DUMPED ON MY PROPERTY.
SO YEAH, THEY ARE RANCHO KITTENS AND YOU NEED TO TAKE THEM.
SO THEY TOOK THEM AND I SAID, I'M STILL GONNA TRY AND TRACK BECAUSE I LIVE, LIKE I SAID, UP AT THE TOP OF HAVEN, THAT'S ALL COYOTES AND I HAVE A HALF ACRE PROPERTY.
AND SO, UM, I SAID, WHEN I TRACK THE OTHER ONES, I'M GONNA BRING THEM IN.
WELL, I TRAPPED ONE AND I TOOK IT IN AND THE ANIMAL CONTROL OFFICER CAME OUT, DANIEL, I BELIEVE HIS NAME IS, AND HE TOLD THEM, UM, WE'RE GONNA TAKE THIS KITTEN, BUT WE'RE NOT TAKING ANY MORE KITTENS FROM YOU AT ALL, AND DON'T TAKE ANY MORE KITTENS FROM HER.
AND I'M LIKE, WHY? WHY ARE YOU SAYING THAT? I TOLD YOU THAT THERE WAS NINE OF THEM.
AND HE SAID, BECAUSE, UM, WHAT WE DO IS WE COME TO YOUR HOUSE, WE PICK THEM UP, AND THEN WE FIX THEM AND WE DUMP 'EM BACK OFF, DROP 'EM BACK OFF.
AND I'M LIKE, OKAY, BUT THESE ARE LITTLE KITTENS.
YOU'RE GONNA TELL ME THAT YOU'RE GONNA PICK THEM UP IN MY HOUSE, GET THEM FIXED, AND THEN DUMP THEM WHERE THERE'S COYOTES.
SO THEY'RE GONNA BE RIPPED APART.
JUST KEEP 'EM HERE AND KILL 'EM, EUTHANIZE THEM.
IT'S A BETTER WAY OF KILLING THEM THAN HAVING THEM RIPPED APART BY COYOTES.
SO MY THING IS, YOU KNOW, I HAVE, I LIVE IN RANCHO, THESE KINS WERE IN RANCHO.
WHY IS THE RANCHO SHELTER NOT WANTING TO TAKE THEM AND TAKE CARE OF THEM? THAT'S MY MAIN THING.
UM, SECONDLY, I JUST WANNA SAY WE NEED TO STOP DEMONIZING ICE.
THEY'RE DOING THE JOB THAT THEY WERE HIRED TO DO, TO ENFORCE THE LAW.
UNFORTUNATELY, IF YOU BREAK THE LAW, YOU'RE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
WHETHER IT'S A MOTHER STEALING FOOD OR CLOTHES FOR HER KIDS BECAUSE SHE CAN'T AFFORD IT, SHE'S GOING TO BE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
SO WE, WE NEED TO STOP DEMONIZING THESE POOR ICE WORKER.
THERE'S A LOT OF MOTORIZED VEHICLES GOING UP AND DOWN THE HORSE TRAILS, UM, TRUCKS, CARS, PEOPLE SLEEPING IN THE HORSE TRAILS AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ISN'T DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
MR. MAYOR, I DID JUST WANT TO REMIND YOU THAT WE'RE AT THAT HOUR POINT WITH PUBLIC COMMENT.
UH, SO I'LL DEFER TO YOU ON WHETHER TO, OKAY, COMPLET.
NOW WE HAVE TWO MORE SPEAKERS AND I BELIEVE WE'RE DONE.
SO I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT TWO CONCERNS.
UM, WITH I'M HERE WITH INCREASING REPORTS OF ICE RELATED KIDNAPPINGS OCCURRING IN THE STREETS OF RANCHO.
WHAT MEASURES IS THE CITY TAKING TO PROTECT THE LATINO COMMUNITY? HOW ARE WE ENSURING THAT EVERY LATINO RESETTING IN THE, IN THE COMMUNITY IS ABLE TO ATTEND THEIR COURTHOUSE HEARINGS? THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO WALK THE STREETS WITHOUT THE FEAR OF BEING KIDNAPPED? AND I SPEAK MAINLY FOR THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS OF COLORS, AS WE HAVE SEEN THAT THIS IS MORE OF A RACIST SITUATION AS WE ARE SEEING IT HERE NOW IN THIS MEETING AS WELL.
I WOULD SAY THAT IT'S CRUCIAL.
WE PREVENT UNNECESSARY ESCALATION AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, AVOID TRAGEDIES LIKE THE ONE IN MONROVIA THAT RESULTED IN THE LOSS OF ROBERTO CARLOS MONTOYA, VALDEZ'S LIFE.
MY SECOND, UM, CONCERN WOULD BE TO EXPRESS MY GROWING FRUSTRATION AND PRESS OUR DA OFFICE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR THOSE WHO, UM, CAME HERE TODAY AND WHO HAVE SPOKEN ABOUT FEELING SAFE.
UM, THIS IS INVOLVING MY DAUGHTER AND THE CASE THAT IS SITTING AT THE DA'S OFFICE AGAINST THE CHILD MOLESTER.
HE WAS CHARGED ON DECEMBER 6TH WITH ASSAULT IN TWO COUNTIES, THE MOLESTATION OF MY DAUGHTER FROM AGE 10 TO 15, ALONG WITH CHARGES OF ADMINISTERING DRUGS TO A MINOR.
DESPITE THESE SERIOUS CHARGES, HE WAS ABLE TO POST BAIL THAT SAME WEEKEND, AND TO DATE HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED WITH ANYTHING FURTHER AND IS BEING DONE.
HE CONTINUES TO WALK THE STREETS.
SO WHEN PEOPLE SAY THEY FEEL SAFE, I REALLY DON'T SEE HOW, WHEN IN REALITY IS THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS TOO FOCUSED HUNTING DOWN INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS IN OUR COMMUNITIES.
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MEANWHILE, KNOWN PREDATORS LIKE HIM ARE ALLOWED TO REMAIN FREE.THE LACK OF THIS CASE IS NOT ONLY PAINFUL FOR MY DAUGHTER AND FOR MY FAMILY, BUT IT SPEAKS TO A BROADER FAILURE IN THE JUSTICE SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE HERE IN RANCHO.
I AM HERE TODAY TO SHINE LIGHT ON HOW OUR SYSTEM IS FAILING US, AND I WILL NOT ALLOW FOR THE CASE AND ANY OTHER CASE THAT SITS IN THE DA OFFICE TO REMAIN THERE AND JUST COLLECT DUST.
I WOULD BE HERE AT THE BEGINNING AND EVERY MONTH, UM, AS I WAS LAST WEEK WHEN IT WAS CANCELED.
AND IF NECESSARY, I'LL STAND OUTSIDE OF THE DA'S OFFICE AS WELL.
I WOULD LIKE TO BE PROVIDED WITH CLEAR UPDATES ON WHY THESE CASES JUST SIT THERE AND DON'T MOVE FORWARD.
I BELIEVE WE DO NEED ACTION WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO SAFETY IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND MAYBE WE SHOULD START PUTTING IT TOWARDS CASES LIKE THIS.
I WENT TO RANCH CUCAMONGA HIGH SCHOOL AND CHAFFEE COLLEGE BEFORE GOING OVER TO UC, BERKELEY TO GET MY BACHELOR'S.
I'VE LIVED IN SAN FRANCISCO FOR A DECADE NOW, AND I RETURNED LAST YEAR TO THE CITY OF RC.
AND I AM HONESTLY JUST ABSOLUTELY APPALLED ON HOW ICE AGENTS HAVE BEEN GIVEN FREE REIGN TO KIDNAP OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS BASED ON RACIAL PREJUDICE.
WHILE THE CITY HAS DONE NOTHING TO INTERVENE AS CITY LEADERS, YOU HAVE A RESPONSIBILITY TO ADVOCATE AND ENSURE THE SAFETY OF OUR CONSTITUENTS, THE RESIDENTS OF RANCH MUNGA.
NOW, REGARDLESS OF CITIZENSHIP STATUS, MASK, BOUNTY, HUNTERS HAVE ABDUCTED YOUR CONSTITUENTS, YOUR NEIGHBORS, AND YOUR COMMUNITY OFF THE STREET AS THEY LOOK FOR AN HONEST DAY'S WORK.
AND WHILE THEY'RE LOOKING TO ACCESS THEIR RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS.
BY ALLOWING THESE KIDNAPPINGS AND ABDUCTIONS TO CONTINUE, YOU ARE COMPLICIT TO RACIAL BIAS.
IT SHOWS THAT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY CARE IF UNDOCUMENTED FOLKS ARE TRYING TO DO IMMIGRATION THE RIGHT WAY OR WHETHER THEY'RE ACTUALLY WORKING HARD.
IT SHOWS THAT YOU ARE JUST WANT FEWER BROWN PEOPLE OFF YOUR STREETS.
I'M FORMERLY UNDOCUMENTED AND CURRENTLY WORK AS AN IMMIGRATION PARALEGAL.
FOR FOLKS WHO DO NOT UNDERSTAND HOW IMMIGRATION LAW WORKS, THERE IS NO LINE YOU CAN ENTER.
ALSO, IF YOU ARE AN ICE AGENT, YOU NEED A WARRANT TO, UH, TO FIND PEOPLE AND TO ALSO GO INTO THEIR HOUSES.
PEOPLE WHO ARE SAYING THAT THERE ARE NO KIDNAPPINGS, THAT IS ABSOLUTELY UNTRUE.
PEOPLE ARE BEING KIDNAPPED AND ABDUCTED OFF THE STREETS.
IF YOU ARE NOT INDIGENOUS TO THIS LAND, YOU ARE LUCKY THAT YOUR ANCESTORS, FAMILY OR WORK BROUGHT YOU HERE.
FOLKS WITH AND WITHOUT STATUS ARE TERRIFIED.
AS A CURRENT RESIDENT, I URGE YOU TO STOP ALLOWING AND IN FACT, PROHIBIT THE ABDUCTION OF LATINX, SPANISH SPEAKING AND BROWN FOLKS AS THEY TRY THEIR BEST TO WORK FOR THEIR FAMILIES.
AND SECURE AND HONEST DAY'S WORK.
AS YOU LEAVE FOR TODAY, I URGE YOU TO THINK OF YOUR SAFETY.
DO YOU FEEL SAFE COMING TO AND LEAVING CITY HALL? I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT OUR UNDOCUMENTED IM AND IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES DO NOT.
IF YOU HAVE THE PRIVILEGE TO FEEL THIS WAY, SHOULDN'T ALL THE RESIDENTS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO FEEL THE SAME? SOMEONE MENTIONED FEELING LIKE A PRISONER IN THEIR OWN OWN HOME.
A LOT OF THE RESIDENTS OF MIXED STATUS FAMILY AND THOSE WHO LACK STATUS ARE FEELING THE SAME BECAUSE THEY'RE TOO SCARED TO LEAVE THEIR HOUSES RIGHT NOW BECAUSE OF ICE AGENTS AND BECAUSE THE POLICE ENFORCEMENT AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OF W RANCH MUNGA IS ALLOWED TO WORK WITH THEM.
I WANT TO SEE THE, OUR RESIDENTS FEEL SAFE.
I WANT TO SEE MY COMMUNITY FEEL SAFE.
IT IS HORRIBLE THAT FOLKS ARE ABLE TO LEAVE.
AND I WILL TELL YOU, WORKING AS AN IMMIGRATION PARALEGAL, FOLKS ARE ACTUALLY BEING DETAINED.
THEIR FAMILIES ARE NOT BEING CONTACTED.
THEY DON'T, THEIR ATTORNEYS ARE NOT BEING CONTACTED FOR WEEKS, FOR MONTHS.
CAN YOU IMAGINE BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM YOUR FAMILIES WHO YOU'RE WORKING HARD FOR TO PROVIDE AN HONEST DAY'S WORK AND NOT SEE THEM FOR MONTHS? FOR WHAT? BEING BROWN, SPEAKING SPANISH BEING AN IMMIGRANT, IT'S ATROCIOUS.
AND FOR FOLKS WHO SUPPORT ICE AGENTS, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU ARE ESSENTIALLY SUPPORTING MURDER.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
OH, I THOUGHT THAT I PLACED THE CARD TO SPEAK.
I DIDN'T REALLY COME UP WITH THE SPEECH, BUT FIRST OF ALL, I SUPPORT MY ICE AGENTS AND I AM A HISPANIC.
MA'AM, YOU'RE SPEAKING TO LAW ENFORCEMENT.
YOU NEED TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL.
BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS IMPORTANT FOR ME TO BE HERE.
SO, UM, GOOD EVENING, UM, MAYOR AND ALL YOU COUNCILMAN'S.
UM, JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR
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THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME AND SPEAK AND WANTED TO SAY, YES, I DO SUPPORT MY ICE AGENTS OUT THERE.I'M ACTUALLY A LAW ENFORCEMENT INDIVIDUAL THAT WORK IN PRISON SETTINGS.
AND SO TO ME IS I UNDERSTAND THAT, YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S IMPORTANT FOR US TO BASICALLY DO WHAT WE NEED TO DO, UM, PROVIDE THE SERVICES WE DO, BUT IN ADDITION, IF INDIVIDUALS, UM, ARE BREAKING LAWS, THEY DON'T NEED TO BE HERE.
SO, IN ADDITION WITH THAT, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING FOR ME RIGHT NOW TOO, IS ABOUT THIS, UH, PROPOSAL FOR LOW INCOME HOUSING.
I HAVE A CONCERN BECAUSE WHEN, YOU KNOW, I WORKED HARD TO LIVE WHERE I LIVE AND ALL A SUDDEN FOR IT TO CHANGE, LIKE I SAID, I WORK IN A PRISON SETTING AND I'M FAMILIAR WITH CRIMES AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
WHAT HAPPENS, AND WHEN I USED TO DO THE, WHERE THEY'RE GONNA GO IS I HAVE A CONCERN BECAUSE I DON'T WANT 'EM BEING MY NEIGHBORS.
YOU KNOW, IN ADDITION, I AM TRYING TO PREPARE 'EM TO BE SUCCESSFUL CITIZEN OVER THERE, BUT I DEFINITELY DON'T WANNA RIGHT NEXT TO US.
I FEEL THAT WITH OUR HARD WORK, WE PAY A LOT OF TAXES TO THE CITY.
SO FOR THEM TO CONSIDER, LIKE I SAID, YES, DEFINITELY SOMETIMES FOR ME TO GET OUT OF MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IT TAKES ME 30 MINUTES TO SIT THERE BECAUSE I CAN'T EVEN GET OUT OF THE GATED COMMUNITY.
IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS THAT WEREN'T ABLE TO BE HERE, BUT I WENT AROUND MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND COLLECTED SIGNATURES OF PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT IN FAVOR OF HAVING A LOW INCOME.
SO IT IS A BIG, A BIG CONCERN BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, BOTH MY KIDS WENT THROUGH GREATLAND, UM, ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, THE JUNIOR HIGH AND THE HIGH SCHOOL.
AND SO DEFINITELY, I MEAN, IT HASN'T GONE ANY, UH, THE TRAFFIC, IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT HASN'T IMPROVED.
UH, YOU COULD SEE WHERE PEOPLE CREATE PARKING SPACES.
WE'RE NOT, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO BE CREATING.
UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD TO HIRE A SECURITY GUARD JUST FOR US TO BE ABLE TO GET OUT OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH, YOU KNOW, FOR US TO GET TO WORK.
SO THOSE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I WOULD LIKE FOR YOU GUYS TO CONSIDER BEFORE CONSIDERING, UM, PUTTING LOW INCOME HOUSING.
SO IT IS A BIG CONCERN BECAUSE JUST IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THEM NOT LIVING NEARBY, THEY STILL CAME IN AND TWICE I GOT BROKEN IN, AND ONE TIME THEY, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF STUFF GOT TAKEN.
SO JUST WANNA SAY, I THINK AS A TAXPAYER, I PAY ENOUGH TAXES THAT
AND LIKE I SAID, I WORK MANY, MANY HOURS AND VERY HARD.
SO NOW THAT CONCLUDES OUR COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
WE'VE GOT A COUPLE PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS THAT WE'LL PROBABLY HAVE SOME OTHER FOLKS WANTING TO SPEAK TO US.
SO WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON WITH OUR CONSENT CALENDAR AND CONSENTS.
I JUST ADDRESS ONE OF A FEW OF THE COMMENTS ABOUT, UM, THE PROPOSED PROJECT, PLEASE.
AT THE, UH, WANDO DEPOT PRO UH, PROPERTY.
I JUST WANTED TO CONFIRM FOR THE AUDIENCE THAT TONIGHT THE CITY COUNCIL IS NOT CONSIDERING THE SALE OF THE PROPERTY, THE DEPOT PROPERTY, AND THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.
THE COUNCIL IS NOT CONSIDERING ANY PROJECT FOR THAT PROPERTY.
IN FACT, THERE IS NO PROJECT AT THIS TIME.
THE ONLY THING THAT HAS HAPPENED IS THAT THE CITY HAS PUT OUT A NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY UNDER A STATE LAW CALLED THE SURPLUS LAND ACT.
THE SURPLUS LAND ACT IS REQUIRED FOR EVERY LOCAL AGENCY IN CALIFORNIA BEFORE THEY CAN DISPOSE OF PROPERTY TO ANY ENTITY.
AND IT REQUIRES THAT THE CITY SEND OUT NOTICES TO VARIOUS GROUPS AND PRIMARILY STAY, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS.
AND THAT IS BASED ON THE CURRENT VERSION OF THE LAW.
I UNDERSTAND THAT IT PREVIOUSLY, BEFORE 2017, THAT WAS NOT THE WAY IT WORKED, BUT NOW WE HAVE TO PUT IT OUT FOR TWO AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROVIDERS.
ONE HOUSING PROVIDER DID RESPOND TO THAT NOTICE, AND THE CITY WAS OBLIGATED UNDER STATE LAW TO NEGOTIATE WITH THAT ENTITY.
IT HAS NOT BEEN OBLIGATED TO SELL THE PROPERTY.
AND IT, THE ONLY THING THAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR IS A NEGOTIATION PROCESS.
IF THERE EVER IS A PROJECT, UM, FOR THAT SITE, IT WOULD HAVE TO GO THROUGH A CQA PROCESS.
ALL HISTORIC PRESERVATION, UH, LAWS WOULD HAVE TO BE FOLLOWED.
AND SO AT THIS POINT, THE ONLY THING THAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IS AN EXCLUDE WHAT'S CALLED AN EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION AGREEMENT, WHICH DOES NOT COMPEL THE CITY TO APPROVE A PROJECT OR TO EVEN SELL THE PROPERTY, BUT JUST GIVES THE DEVELOPER SOME ASSURANCE THAT THE CITY IS NOT TALKING TO ANYBODY ELSE WHILE THEY'RE SPENDING MONEY TO LOOK, INVEST IN A PROPOSED PROJECT.
SO THAT'S GONNA COME AT A FUTURE MEETING, BUT AGAIN, IT'S NOT A COMMITMENT TO SELL THE PROJECT OR, UH, SELL THE PROPERTY OR A COMMITMENT BY THE COUNCIL TO APPROVE ANY
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PARTICULAR PROJECT.AND SO THAT'S ALL THAT'S HAPPENED SO FAR IS JUST A NEGOTIATION PROCESS THAT WAS COMPELLED BY STATE LAW.
AND THAT WAS WHAT I WAS GONNA ASK OUR ATTORNEY TO STATE, AND I FORGOT COMPLETELY ABOUT IT AND MOVED ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR.
'CAUSE I WANT TO GET ALL YOU ALL OUTTA HERE AT A DECENT HOUR TONIGHT.
[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.]
ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE NON-CONTROVERSIAL, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON IT ONE TIME WITHOUT ANY COUNSEL DISCUSSION.HOWEVER, ANY COUNCIL MEMBER MAY REMOVE ANY ITEM ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR SUCH DISCUSSION.
MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO PER, UH, POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS AS MY EMPLOYER.
YOUR ABSTENTION ON D THREE IS NOTED.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS EVENING'S CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE.
AND, UM, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDAR
[CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION]
ORDINANCES.THIS ORDINANCE HAS HAD A PUBLIC HEARING ON OUR LAST COUNCIL
[E1. Consideration of Second Reading and Adoption of the Following: ORDINANCE NO. 1044 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, REVISING BIDDING LIMITS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS, AMENDING LABOR CODE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS, AND AMENDING TITLE 3 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE]
MEETING.THIS IS A SECOND READING AND SECOND READINGS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL AND WILL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION, UNLESS ANY ONE OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD CARE TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.
SINCE THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, WE'LL CONSIDER ITEM E ONE, WHICH IS THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 44.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING AND ADOPT THE ORDINANCE BY TITLE ONLY? WE'LL MAKE THAT MOTION MR. MAYOR, I SECOND MADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 4 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA REVISING BIDDING LIMITS ON PUBLIC PROJECTS, AMENDING LABOR CODE COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS AND AMENDING TITLE III OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE.
WE HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING OR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING
[ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)]
ITEM, AND I'M GONNA TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER AT THIS POINT, MR. ELLISON.THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
[F1. Preliminary Review Hearing to Consider a Proposed Master Plan for a 14.5-Acre Mixed-Use Development, Including Reductions in the Non-Residential Floor Area Ratio (FAR) and Design and Site Planning Flexibility from the Form-Based Code for a Site Located in the Center 2 (CE-2) Zone at the Northeast Corner of Haven Avenue and Fourth Street. (CITY)]
SO, UH, YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM TONIGHT IS PART OF A PROPOSED MASTER PLAN.SO FOR, UM, THE COUNCIL'S RECOLLECTION AND FOR EVERYONE'S BENEFIT, UH, A COUPLE YEARS AGO, THE COUNCIL CHANGED THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS.
SO THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS IS AN ENTITLEMENT PROCESS HAS TO GO THROUGH CQA, HAS TO GO THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND ALL THAT.
BUT IT USED TO BE THAT THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS STARTED WITH ABSOLUTELY NO INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL, JUST A REQUEST, UH, FROM A DEVELOPER FOR A MASTER PLAN.
AND SO BY THE TIME THE PROJECT GOT TO THE COUNCIL, IF YOU WILL, IT WAS ALMOST FULLY BAKED.
AND THAT WAS DIFFICULT IF THE COUNCIL HAD ITEMS OR CHANGES OR SUGGESTIONS OR THINGS THAT THEY WANTED TO SEE INCORPORATED INTO THAT, UM, THEY WERE COMING IN AT THE END OF THE PROCESS.
SO NOW THE WAY THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS WORKS IS THE COUNCIL HAS A PRELIMINARY REVIEW HEARING WHEN THE MASTER PLAN IS JUST BEING PROPOSED INITIALLY, UH, BY THE DEVELOPER.
IT ALLOWS THE COUNCIL TO GIVE FEEDBACK ON THAT PROCESS.
UM, AND THEN IT STARTS, GOES THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENTAL, GOES THROUGH PLANNING, UM, GOES THROUGH THE PLANNING COMMISSION, UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY COMES BACK TO THE COUNCIL AGAIN.
SO WHAT YOU HAVE TONIGHT IS THE PRELIMINARY REVIEW HEARING TO CONSIDER A PROPOSED MASTER PLAN FOR A 14 AND A HALF ACRE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT THAT INCLUDES PROPOSED REDUCTIONS IN THE NON-RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA RATIO, AS WELL AS DESIGN AND SITE PLANNING FLEXIBILITY FROM THE FORM-BASED CODE FOR A SITE LOCATED IN THE CENTER TWO OR CCE TWO ZONE.
AND THAT IS AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF HAVEN AND FOURTH STREET.
SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UH, TABBA VANDER, OUR ASSOCIATE PLANNER, AND HE'LL GIVE THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM.
UM, GOOD EVENING COUNCIL AND, UM, MAYOR.
UM, AS JOHN STATED, UM, THIS IS THE INITIATION OF A MASTER PLAN PROCESS.
UM, A LITTLE HISTORY IN 19, IN 2021, THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED A POLICY TO PROVIDE EARLY FEEDBACK ON APPLICANT INITIATED LEGISLATIVE REQUESTS SUCH AS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENTS, SPECIFIC PLAN MASTER PLANS, THE DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS.
THIS PROCESS ALLOWS THE APPLICANTS TO HEAR THE COUNCIL'S INITIAL POLICY DIRECTIONS BEFORE THEY MAKE MAJOR INVESTMENTS IN DESIGN AND ENGINEERING.
FOLLOWING THIS EARLY INPUT, THE APPLICANT CAN THEN DECIDE WHETHER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR REQUEST, INCORPORATING
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COUNSEL'S FEEDBACK OR APPROPRIATE.IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE DISCUSSIONS ARE NOT AN APPROVAL, NOT A GUARANTEE OF FUTURE APPROVAL AND NOT A PROMISE OF A POSITIVE STAFF.
RECOMMENDATION BEFORE THE COUNCIL IS A REQUEST TO INITIATE A MASTER PLAN TO ESTABLISH SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK, ALLOWING FLEXIBLE FORM FROM CERTAIN ZONING STANDARDS WITH WHILE SUPPORTING THE CITY'S BROADER PLANNING GOALS.
THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A HORIZONTAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FOURTH STREET AND HAVEN AVENUE.
THE SITE IS DESIGNATED CITY CENTER IN THE GENERAL PLAN AND IS ZONED CENTER TWO CS.
REGIS PROPOSES A 14 AND A HALF ACRE MIXED USE MASTER PLAN THAT INCLUDES HOUSING, A HOTEL, RETAIL, AND COMMON OPEN SPACE.
THE PLAN INCLUDES 610 RESIDENTIAL UNITS, WHICH EXCEEDS THE HOU THE CITY'S HOUSING ELEMENT FORECAST OF 513 UNITS AND 6,000 SQUARE FEET OF COMMERCIAL SPACE IN LIVE WORK UNITS ALONG HAVEN AVENUE.
THIS ALIGNS WITH THE CITY'S THE CITY CENTERED DESIGNATION AND THE CENTER TWO ZONING, WHICH PROMOTE HIGH INTENSITY, WALKABLE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENTS WITH ACTIVE FRONTAGES, STRONG PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIONS, AND THOUGHTFUL TRANSITIONS IN BUILDING SCALE.
THE PROJECT ALSO INCLUDES A 160 ROOM HOTEL WITH A 6,200 SQUARE FOOT MEETING ROOM AND A 3000 SQUARE FOOT OUTDOOR GATHERING SPACE.
NON-RESIDENTIAL SPACE TOTALS APPROXIMATELY 107,000 SQUARE FEET, INCLUDING THE HOTEL, COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS AND THE LIVE WORK UNITS.
IN LINE WITH THE CORRIDOR FRONTAGE OVERLAY REQUIREMENTS, THE PROJECT IS INTENDED TO ACTIVATE BOTH HAVEN AVENUE AND FOREST STREET WITH PEDESTRIAN ORIENTED LAND USES.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS THE PRELIMINARY SITE LAYOUT.
THE PLAN INCLUDES A FIVE STORY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WITH LIVEWORK UNITS, LONG HAVEN AVENUE AND TRADEMARK PARKWAY.
THREE SINGLE STORY COMMERCIAL PADS AND A HOTEL WITH A CONFERENCE CENTER ON FOURTH STREET.
TWO OF THE COMMERCIAL PADS ARE LOCATED AT THE CORNER WITH A SHARED PLAZA, WHILE THE THIRD IS FURTHER NORTH OF LONG HAVEN ACROSS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
ALTHOUGH THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS FRONT HAVEN AVENUE IN FOURTH STREET, THERE ARE ENTRIES FACE THE CENTRAL OPEN PARKING LOT.
THIS LIMITS PEDESTRIAN ACTIVITY ON THE SIDEWALK AND FALLS SHORT OF CREATING A STRONG GATEWAY PRESENCE ENVISIONED FOR THIS CORNER.
THE DASH LINE HIGHLIGHT BLOCK STANDARDS IN RED ARE FOUR SMALLER WALKABLE BLOCKS ENVISIONED BY THE FOREIGN-BASED CODE.
IN BLUE ARE THE THREE LARGER BLOCKS THAT RESULT FROM WRAPPING THE RESIDENTIAL UNITS AROUND A PARKING STRUCTURE AS IT IS WITH A PROPOSAL COMBINED WITH A COMMERCIAL ENTRIES ORIENTED TO PARKING RATHER THAN THE STREET.
THAT DESIGN REDUCES CONNECTIVITY AND WEAKENS THE PEDESTRIAN EXPERIENCE THAT THE CODE IS MEANT TO ACHIEVE.
THIS AERIAL RENDERING SHOWS THE OVERALL LAYOUT OF THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN AREA, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, COMMERCIAL, HOTEL, AND OPEN SPACES.
TOGETHER THESE ELEMENTS CREATE A HORIZONTAL MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT WHERE HOUSING, RETAIL, AND HOTEL USES ARE PLACED IN SEPARATE BUILDINGS ACROSS THE SITE.
BY CONTRAST, THE CITY'S FORM-BASED CODE EMPHASIZES VERTICAL MIXED USE, WHERE DIFFERENT USES SUCH AS RETAIL ON THE GROUND FLOOR WITH RESIDENTIAL ABOVE, ARE INTEGRATED WITHIN THE SAME BUILDING TO CREATE A MORE ACTIVE STREET ENVIRONMENT.
AS PART OF THE MASTER PLAN INITIATION, SARAH'S REGIS IS PROPOSING 15 SITE SPECIFIC DEVIATIONS FOR THEIR MIXED USE PROJECTS.
STAFF HAS GROUPED THESE REQUESTS INTO THREE CATEGORIES, NON-RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA BUILDING DESIGN STANDARDS AND SITE PLANNING STANDARDS, GIVING THE SITE'S PROMINENT LOCATION.
SPECIAL ATTENTION IS ALSO FOCUSED ON THE GATEWAY VISION AT THE HAVEN AVENUE AND FOURTH STREET INTERSECTION.
THE PROPOSED PROJECT WOULD CREATE A MIXED USE ANCHORED BY A HOTEL AND RESTAURANTS AT A HIGHLY VISIBLE INTERSECTION SUPPORTED BY A SUBSTANTIAL NUMBER OF NEW HOUSING UNITS.
THESE ELEMENTS SUPPORT THE CITY'S GENERAL PLAN AND HOUSING ELEMENT GOALS AND HELP ACTIVATE HAVEN AND FOREST STREET CORNER AS A FOCAL POINT FOR THE AREA.
THE HOTEL ALSO GENERATES ECONOMIC BENEFITS THROUGH TRANSIT, OCCUPANCY TAX, AND LOCAL JOB CREATION ADVANTAGES NOT FULLY, UM, REFLECTED IN THE FLOOR AREA RATIO CALCULATION.
HOWEVER, THE PROPOSED 107,000 SQUARE FEET
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OF NON-RESIDENTIAL FLOOR AREA IS WELL BELOW THE CENTER TWO ZONE MINIMUM OF 631,000 SQUARE FEET.THIS LIMITS THE SPACE FOR EMPLOYMENT AND COMMERCIAL SERVICES, WHICH MAY AFFECT LONG-TERM ECONOMIC VIABILITY AND HELP AND THE LEVEL OF STREET ACTIVITY AND VISION FOR THE FOREIGN-BASED CODE.
OVERALL, THE PROJECT OFFERS NOTABLE COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS, BUT RAISES QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER IT ACHIEVES THE INTENDED BALANCE OF USES FOR THIS KEY SITE.
THE FORUM BASED CODE ENVISIONS THREE BUILDING TYPES CENTER OPEN SPACE AREAS, AND THROUGH BLOCK EOS TO CREATE WALKABLE URBAN ENVIRONMENTS, THE APPLICANT REQUESTS FLEXIBILITY TO PROVIDE ONLY TWO BUILDING TYPES, ALLOWING PARKING WITHIN THE HOTEL SETBACK AREA, A CORNER OPEN SPACE, AND INTERNAL POEO.
THESE CHANGES ALLOW SOME DESIGN FLEXIBILITY, BUT REDUCE VARIETY, WEAKEN THE PEDESTRIAN ORIENTATION AND LIMIT THE PEOS STREET TO STREET CONNECTION.
TOGETHER, THEY MAY COMPROMISE THE WALKABLE CHARACTER OF THE CODE THAT THE CODE INTENDS.
THIS SLIDE HELPS ILLUSTRATE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PROJECT PROPOSED AND THE TYPE OF BLOCK STRUCTURE ENVISIONED BY THE FORM-BASED CODE.
THE APPLICANT PLANS IS A HORIZONTALLY INTEGRATED MEANING RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL USES ARE SEPARATED ACROSS THE SITE WITH RESIDENTIAL CONCENTRATED IN ONE AREA AND COMMERCIAL IN THE OTHER.
BY CONTRAST, AN EXAMPLE SHOWN HERE DEMONSTRATES A MORE VERTICAL INTEGRATION OF USES WITH BUILDINGS THAT LINE THE BLOCKS GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON THE STREETS.
THE UPPER FLOOR IS PROVIDING RESIDENTIAL AND OFFICE SPACE.
THIS APPROACH CREATES A MORE CONTINUOUS URBAN EDGE, FINER GRAIN BLOCK PATTERN AND AN ACTIVE STREET LIFE.
ALL CENTRAL GOALS OF THE CITY'S FORM-BASED CODE.
THE CENTER TWO ZONE ALLOWS FOUR BUILDING TYPES, MAIN STREET, COURTYARD, HIGH RISE, MID-RISE, AND HIGH RISE, EACH WITH ITS OWN DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
IN THIS DEVELOPMENT, THE RESIDE, THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING WOULD BE CLASSIFIED AS A COURTYARD BUILDING AND THE HOTEL AS A MID-RISE BUILDING.
THE COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS DO NOT FULLY CONFORM TO THE PERMITTED BUILDING TYPE.
THE CLOSEST MATCH IS THE MAIN STREET BUILDING TYPE, WHICH IS INTENDED AS A MEDIUM SIZED STRUCTURE PLACED AT THE BACK OF THE SIDEWALK TO FOSTER A CONTINUOUS WALKABLE PEDESTRIAN ENVIRONMENT WITH ACTIVE FLOOR GROUND FLOOR RETAIL.
IN CONTRAST, THE PROPOSED RETAIL BUILDINGS ARE SET BEHIND LANDSCAPING WITH ENTRANCES ORIENTED TO THE PARKING LOT RATHER THAN THE STREET LIMITING THEIR ABILITY TO ACTIVATE THE PUBLIC FRONTAGE.
THE CODE EMPHASIZES STREET, ACTIVE STREET FRONTAGES WITH GROUND FLOOR RETAIL, DIRECT SIDEWALK ENTRIES, AND STRONG MASSING AT KEY INTERSECTIONS.
THE APPLICANT PROPOSALS TAKES A DIFFERENT APPROACH INTRODUCING GROUND, GROUND FLOOR, RESIDENTIAL LONG HAVEN ORIENTING ENTRIES TOWARDS COURTYARDS AND PLACING ONE STORY COMMERCIAL PADS WITH OPEN SPACES AT THE CORNER.
THESE ADJUSTMENTS CREATE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAZAS OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES AND DESIGN FLEXIBILITY, BUT THEY ALSO RESULT IN LESS COMMERCIAL FRONTAGES, SOFTER BUILDING EDGES AND REDUCE GATEWAY PRESENCE COMPARED TO WHAT THE CODE ENVISIONS.
THIS IMAGE SHOWS WHAT THE PROJECT DESIGNED IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE FORM BASE CODE WILL LOOK LIKE FROM A STREET.
BUILDINGS ARE POOLED FORWARD TO THE SIDEWALK WITH ACTIVE GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL USE IS CREATING A CONTINUOUS URBAN FRONTAGE.
THE RESULT IS A STRONGER STREET PRESENCE, MORE PRODEINE ACTIVITY, AND A GATEWAY CHARACTER THAT THE CODE ENVISIONS FOR THIS LOCATION.
THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY PRIORITIZES ATTRACTING DESTINATION RESTAURANTS SUCH AS CAPITAL GRILL, MORTON STEAKHOUSE, AND TRUE FOOD KITCHEN, EACH OF WHICH TYPICALLY REQUIRE 10 TO 18,000 SQUARE FEET WITH SURFACE PARKING.
THIS IS SIGNIFICANTLY LARGER THAN THE CURRENTLY PROPOSED 4,500 SQUARE FOOT COMMERCIAL SPACES.
LARGER RESTAURANT BUILDINGS AT THIS PROMINENT CORNER WOULD NOT ONLY MEET THE TENANT DEMAND, BUT ALSO STRENGTHEN THE VISIBILITY AND PRESENCE OF THE PROJECT WITH PROXIMITY TO THE PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, HOTELS, CUCAMONGA STATION, THE HARD DISTRICT, THE ONTARIO AIRPORT, AND I 10 CORRIDOR, THIS LOCATION IS WELL POSITIONED TO CAPTURE HIGH DEMAND RESTAURANTS, TENANTS, AND ENHANCE THIS KEY ENTRANCE INTO THE CITY.
THIS IS THE COUNCIL'S OPPORTUNITY
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TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK TO THE APPLICANT.AFTER HEARING THIS INPUT, THE APPLICANT CAN DECIDE HOW THEY WISH TO PROCEED.
STAFF WILL RECORD THE COUNCIL'S FEEDBACK, AND IF THE APPLICANT CHOOSES, WE'LL WORK WITH THEM ON ANY NEXT STEPS WITH THAT STEPS AND THEIR UM, PRESENTATION.
ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL TO STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING? I JUST HAD ONE QUICK QUESTION, MR. MAYOR.
UM, CAN YOU AGAIN REMIND ME THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, THE SQUARE FOOTAGE OF THE, UM, MEETING ROOM? WAS IT 6263 63? AND THEN DO WE KNOW LIKE WHAT THE CAPACITY, HOW MANY PEOPLE THAT WOULD BE THAT IT COULD HOLD? WE'LL ASK THE APPLICANT TO COME UP AND ADDRESS THOSE ISSUES.
NO FURTHER QUESTIONS AND WE'LL OPEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
WE HAVE ONE SPEAKER, I'M SURE THAT POSSIBLY COULD BE THE APPLICANT.
MICHAEL KRAUS NOT THE APPLICANT.
THE APPLICANT MUST NOT BE HERE.
I THINK THEY MAY BE MAYOR COUNCIL, GREAT TO SEE YOU.
UH, MICHAEL KRAUS, PRESIDENT, CEO OF GO CAL, THE VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU HERE REPRESENTING, UH, CITIES OF ONTARIO AND RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UH, GREAT TO BE WITH YOU AND THANKS FOR YOUR ONGOING SUPPORT OF THE HOSPITALITY TOURISM INDUSTRY WITH THESE GREAT PROJECTS.
UH, THIS, I'M SPEAKING SPECIFICALLY TONIGHT ABOUT THIS DEVELOPMENT AND THE HOTEL ITSELF INTERESTS ME GREATLY BECAUSE OF ITS IMPORTANCE TO OUR HOSPITALITY MARKET IN THIS MARKET.
WE, UH, EMPLOY ABOUT 200,000, UH, FOLKS IN THE HOSPITALITY TOURISM INDUSTRY.
SO THIS HOTEL, ALONG WITH THE OTHER ASSETS THAT YOU'RE ADDING ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO OUR FUTURE HERE IN DEVELOPMENT.
UH, ONE THING I WANTED TO POINT OUT ABOUT THE HOTEL PROJECT IS A LACK OF LARGER HOTELS AND SPECIFICALLY MEETING SPACE.
GOING TO THE COUNCIL MEMBERS' COMMENT ABOUT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE, 6,200 SQUARE FEET IS CONSIDERED QUITE SMALL IN A MEETING, UH, INDUSTRY HOTEL.
IT WOULD BE GREAT IF THAT BALLROOM WERE MORE AROUND OR MEETING SPACE FOR AROUND 10, 11,000 SQUARE FEET.
IT WOULD BE EVEN BETTER IF IT WERE 20,000 SQUARE FEET.
BUT HAVING SAID THAT, IN A HOTEL OF THAT SIZE, WE'D ALSO NEED TO INCREASE THE NUMBER OF HOTEL ROOMS A BIT.
I WOULD RECOMMEND SOMETHING AROUND 300 ROOMS, UH, AND A BALLROOM AROUND 10, 11,000 SQUARE FEET WOULD BE IDEAL.
UM, YOU DO NOT HAVE A BALLROOM IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA THAT IS OF THAT SIZE.
THE CONVENTION CENTER BALLROOM IS 20,000 SQUARE FEET IN ONTARIO, AND THAT BALLROOM HOLDS ABOUT A THOUSAND PEOPLE.
IT'S THE BUSIEST BALLROOM IN THE MARKET.
THE MAR THE HOTELS SHOULD BE HOUSING MORE OF THESE, UH, MEETINGS AND EVENTS.
BUT GUESTS AND, AND LOCALS AND OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY ARE FORCED TO USE THE CONVENTION CENTER WHEN THEY COULD BE BETTER SUITED OFTENTIMES IN A HOTEL.
SO I STRONGLY, UH, RECOMMEND YOU LOOK AT THOSE THINGS MORE CAREFULLY.
UM, THE BRAND THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING FOR THAT HOTEL IS ACTUALLY A GREAT BRAND.
AC HOTELS, IT'LL BE KIND OF A BOUTIQUE FEEL FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T BEEN TO ONE.
THEY'RE KIND OF A COOL, UH, HIP KIND OF HAPPENING HOTEL, VERY POPULAR WITH, UH, TOURISTS AND, UH, BUSINESS TRAVELERS TODAY.
I BELIEVE IT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE MARRIOTT FAMILY, SO IT HAS A SIMILAR CONNECTION THERE.
SO I DO BELIEVE, UH, THIS PROJECT HAS GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR RANCHER CUCAMONGA, BUT I WOULD ENCOURAGE YOU TO LOOK A LITTLE HARDER AT THE, UH, MEETING SPACE AND SIZE NUMBER OF ROOMS. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
SO THAT'S THE ONLY SPEAKER WE HAD FOR, FOR THIS, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK IF THE APPLICANT IS IN ATTENDANCE, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME UP AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL WITH YOUR VISION AND LET WE, WE WILL PROBABLY BE ASKING YOU SOME QUESTIONS ALSO.
THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL AND THANK YOU CITY STAFF FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION.
UH, MY NAME IS CHRISTIAN SANTOS.
I WORK WITH THE SIRIUS REGIS GROUP, THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY.
UH, OUR GOAL IN THIS PROJECT, AS KIND OF STATED HERE, IS TO CREATE AN ELEVATED URBAN PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY MIXED USE SPACE, RIGHT? UH, SOMETHING WE COULD BE PROUD OF, SOMETHING EXCITING, SOMETHING NEW, UH, TOWARDS THE END.
WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD ON FINDING THE RIGHT HOTEL OPERATOR, THE RIGHT HOTEL BRAND.
WE THINK IT'S A KEY PIECE OF ALL OF THIS.
UH, WE SPENT SIGNIFICANT TIME DESIGNING AND PLANNING OUT A RESIDENTIAL PROJECT THAT'S DIFFERENT, SOMETHING NEW, SOMETHING MODERN, AND, AND WILL REALLY BRING A CLASS A BEST IN CLASS RESIDENTIAL APARTMENT
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BUILDING TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA FEATURING THE HIGHEST END AMENITIES, RESORT POOLS, ROOF DECKS, FITNESS CENTERS, PET SPAS, EVERYTHING THAT THE HIGHEST END RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES GET RIGHT NOW AND PEOPLE DEMAND.WE ALSO SPEND A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF TIME DESIGNING THE SITE TO ATTRACT A HIGH QUALITY RESTAURANT PROVIDER.
UH, REALLY IMPORTANT TO THE SITE.
I, I THINK IT IS KEY TO BOTH THE HOTEL AND THE RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.
AND THE KEY, HONESTLY, TO A GREAT MIXED USE SPACE IS GATHERING SPACES, GREAT FOOD.
I THINK THAT EVERYBODY LOVES GREAT FOOD.
WE BELIEVE THIS CAN BE A SPECIAL PROJECT AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND HEARING YOUR FEEDBACK ON IT.
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING THIS PROJECT THAT WE CAN LEAVE WITH THE APPLICANT? MR. MAYOR, CAN I GO BACK TO MY ORIGINAL QUESTION AND, AND THAT IS, UM, WHAT IS THE CAPACITY OF THAT MEETING ROOM SPACE THAT YOU'RE PROPOSING THAT WOULD BE AT THE HOTEL? UH, I'M A DECAN HOTEL.
WE WERE THE ER OF THE A C HOTEL.
UH, WE ALSO DIALED ANOTHER HOTEL IN THE CITY IS A RESIDENCE INN AT HAVEN AND SIXTH, UH, WE OWN AND OPERATE THAT HOTEL AS WELL.
SO THIS PARTICULAR HOTEL WOULD'VE LIKE, LIKE I MENTIONED, 160 GUEST ROOMS. IT'LL HAVE A ROOFTOP LOUNGE BAR THAT'S ROUGHLY ABOUT 3,200 SQUARE FEET.
THE MEETING SPACE ITSELF IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 6,000 SQUARE FEET.
AND THERE'S A OUTDOOR EVENT SPACE AS WELL, WHICH IS ROUGHLY ABOUT 2,500 SQUARE FEET.
HOW MANY, WHAT, WHAT THE QUESTION WAS SERVES, WHAT IS THE OCCUPANT LOAD FOR A 6,200 OR 6,000 SQUARE FOOT MEETING ROOM? SURE.
HOW MANY, UH, IT IS 212, UH, OCCUPANTS.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? FEEDBACK.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, IF I MAY, COULD YOU PULL UP A SLIDE THAT HAS JUST THE FRONT ELEVATION WHERE WE CAN SEE FOURTH STREET AND HAVEN? SURE, PLEASE.
SO THESE ARE THE RESTAURANT PADS HERE ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER, RIGHT? YOU HAVE 1, 2, 3 OF THEM KIND OF AT THE TOP OF THE BLOCK.
AND THE TOTAL IS AT ABOUT 13,500 SQUARE FOOT TOTAL SPACE FOR RESTAURANT PADS.
I AM NOT AS CONCERNED BY HAVING THREE, FOUR TO 6,000 SQUARE FOOT PADS AS I WOULD IF WE WERE TO CONDENSE THAT TO TWO, BUT BE ABLE TO OFFER LARGER RESTAURANTS, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT'S MORE WHAT THE RESTAURANTS THAT WE'RE TRYING TO BRING INTO THE CITY THAT WE'VE HEARD FROM OUR RESIDENTS THAT WE WANT TO HAVE HERE ARE LOOKING FOR.
SO MAYBE IF YOU CONSIDER, UM, LOOKING AT IT, CONDENSING IT, IF YOU CAN'T GET THREE LARGE PADS THERE TO POSSIBLY JUST DOWN TO TWO AND LOOKING AT PARKING AND SEEING HOW THAT'D MAKE THAT WORK.
AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I THINK THAT, THAT THIS COUNCIL HAS ALWAYS BEEN REALLY INTERESTED IN WITH THE SITE IS WE ARE FAIRLY LIMITED, UH, IN BALLROOM SPACE.
LIKE MR. KRAUS SAID, I THINK THAT THE BIGGEST AREA THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW THAT WE CAN HOST IN IS PROBABLY THE VICTORIA GARDENS CULTURAL CENTER.
AND IT PROBABLY TOPS OUT MAYBE IN THE VERY HIGH TWO HUNDREDS, MAYBE LOW THREE HUNDREDS.
SO WHAT I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW IS WE LOVE THIS TO BE LIKE THE SPACE THAT OFFERS SOMETHING THAT WE DON'T HAVE IN THE CITY AT ALL.
AND THAT WOULD MEAN, UM, PROBABLY LOOKING AT A CAPACITY OF, OF DOUBLE, OR IT MAY BE EVEN A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 212 PEOPLE.
AND, YOU KNOW, WE ALSO WANT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THOSE IMPACTS LOOK LIKE FOR YOU.
WE UNDERSTAND WHAT PARKING LOOKS LIKE, AND THOSE ARE KIND OF THE, THE THINGS THAT STICK OUT TO ME MOST, UM, AS MAYBE AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT.
THAT BEING SAID, UM, SOME OF THOSE DESIGNS ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL.
I LOVE THE IDEA OF A ROOFTOP BAR.
WE HAVE OUR FIRST ONE IN THE DURANGO CANTINA IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA AT OUR BOUTIQUE HOTEL ON BASELINE DAY CREEK, AND IT IS EXTREMELY SUCCESSFUL.
IT'S A GREAT AMENITY THAT IT'S, YOU KNOW, A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS FROM THE ROOFTOP.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY, VERY SUCCESSFUL THERE.
AND, UH, THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER BIG POSITIVES ABOUT YOUR PROJECT.
THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IT TO US, AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND SEEING IF WE CAN GET TO SOMETHING THAT WORKS FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL.
SO, SO I COULD TAKE THE FIRST PART OF THE QUESTION.
UH, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING RIGHT NOW, IF YOU'RE CORRECT, IS THREE SEPARATE RESTAURANT PADS.
UH, WE'VE DESIGNED IN THE FLEXIBILITY, AS YOU STATED, TO COMBINE THOSE AS NECESSARY AS WE START DISCUSSING, UH, POTENTIAL WITH POTENTIAL TENANTS.
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OUR INTENT HERE, UH, I THINK WE'RE IN AGREEANCE IN THIS, IS TO BRING IN A HIGH-END QUALITY ELEVATED RESTAURANT TENANT, AND WE WILL WORK WITH THEM TO MAKE SURE THEIR SPACE GETS TO BE WHERE THEY NEED IT TO BE.OH, AS IT RELATES TO THE MEETING SPACE, BANQUET SPACE, WE HEAR YOU LOUD AND CLEAR.
TYPICALLY, A C HOTEL WILL HAVE MEETING SPACE OF ROUGHLY ABOUT A THOUSAND SQUARE FEET.
IT'S NOT A GIVEN, BUT THAT'S WHAT WE TYPICALLY SEE.
WE SEE THE NEED FOR MEETING SPACE HERE IN RANCH CUCAMONGA.
AND I THINK THAT THAT MEETING SPACE WE DO REALLY WELL, UH, AS IT'S DESIGNED RIGHT NOW.
BUT WE WILL, WE WILL LOOK AT IT AGAIN TO SEE HOW WE CAN INCREASE, UH, THAT, THAT MEETING SPACE.
AND JUST TO REITERATE WHAT MY COLLEAGUE SAID, I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE HERE AND THAT YOU ARE INTERESTED IN BRINGING THIS QUALITY PROJECT TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
I DO BELIEVE THAT OUR INTERESTS ARE ALIGNED AND GETTING FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL WILL ENSURE THAT WE BOTH GET THE TYPE OF PROJECT HERE IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT BOTH OF US FINANCIALLY AND BUSINESS WISE.
AND TO BE VERY CLEAR, MICHAEL KRAUS SHARED WHAT OUR NEED IS.
AND SO DID THE COUNCIL MEMBER IN TERMS OF A MEETING SPACE AND CONGREGATION, A BALLROOM.
I CAN'T TELL YOU HOW MANY TIMES I HAVE PERSONALLY HAD TO LEAVE OUR CITY TO GO TO A NEIGHBORING CITY BECAUSE WE COULD NOT ACCOMMODATE THE EVENT OF THE SIZE THAT WE NEED.
AND OUR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE HAS CERTAINLY ASKED FOR SOMETHING THAT WOULD ACCOMMODATE AT LEAST FIVE TO 600 PEOPLE.
SO WHATEVER THAT LOOKS LIKE IN SQUARE FOOTAGE WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO US.
AND THEN IN TERMS OF THE PADS, DEFINITELY 10,000 TO 12,000 SQUARE FEET.
WE WANT THE TYPE OF MORTONS WE HAVE BEEN APPROACHED BY THOSE CAPITAL GRILL, AND THAT'S SUCH A PRIME LOCATION, AND I THINK YOU WOULD SEE THE RESULTS, MORE RESULTS THAN HAVING THREE SMALLER PADS THE SIZE OF A CHILI'S THAT WE REALLY DON'T NEED ANY ANOTHER CHILIES OR MIMI'S OR SMALL SPACE.
WE REALLY DO NEED THAT LARGE, ELEGANT, CLASSIC STEAKHOUSE THAT PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY HAVE BEEN ASKING.
SO IF YOU COULD WORK WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT, THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL TO START MASSAGING SOME OF THE THINGS THAT COULD WORK WITH YOU TO ACCOMMODATE THE PARKING, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE GOT THOSE RESTAURANTS AS WELL AS THAT PRIME MEETING SPACE AND EVENT SPACE.
UM, I WOULD JUST, I'M NOT GONNA ECHO I FEEL THE SAME AS MY COLLEAGUES, UH, THE BALLROOM AND, UM, RESTAURANT SPACE RESTAURANT MORE SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN, UH, ONE OF OUR, UM, CONCERNS OF OUR COMMUNITY, THAT THEY'RE WANTING THOSE HIGHER END RESTAURANTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
I, I LOVE HOW INVITING THIS PROJECT IS.
I THINK THAT IT IS A GREAT ENTRY INTO OUR CITY.
UM, AND I, I, I FELT YOU DID A VERY, UM, GOOD JOB OCCUPYING THIS SPACE, UM, BUT IN A SENSE WHERE IT IS INVITING AND IT IS WELCOMING, UM, AS YOU COME INTO OUR CITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT.
AND, UM, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO SEE THIS PROJECT AND WHAT YOU GUYS CAN WORK WITH OUR CITY STAFF ONTO, UM, BRING FORTH.
DID YOU HAVE SOMETHING ELSE? I DID, COUNSEL.
I DON'T LIKE TO REPEAT WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID, BUT, BECAUSE FULL DISCLOSURE, I MET WITH THE APPLICANT LAST WEEK AND I WASN'T ABLE TO SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE WE WERE GONNA HAVE THIS THIS EVENING.
I FEEL LIKE I OWE TO YOU TO KIND OF MAKE MY COMMENT.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UH, BRINGING THIS, FOR THIS PRELIMINARY MASTER PLAN.
I APPRECIATE THE VISION FOR THE MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT AND AT SUCH A PROMINENT INTERSECTION IN OUR CITY.
UM, BUT WITH THAT SAID, YOU KNOW, IT'S THE LAST GATEWAY TO THEIR CITY THAT'S UNDEVELOPED.
SO WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE NOT MISSING AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAXIMIZE THE LONG-TERM VALUE, UH, FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
AND SO WITH THAT SAID, I'M GOING TO ECHO THE COMMENTS IN TERMS OF THE LARGER PADS, MANY TIMES WE'VE BEEN KIND OF DISAPPOINTED BECAUSE WE'VE HAD GREAT RESTAURANTS THAT WANT TO COME TO OUR CITY, BUT WE JUST DON'T HAVE THE ROOM.
UH, AND YOU KNOW, I KNOW FAST CASUAL IS, IS KIND OF THE, THE TREND RIGHT NOW, BUT, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTS DO WANT SIT DOWN AND THEY DON'T ALWAYS WANNA HAVE TO DRIVE TO VICTORIA GARDENS.
THEY WANT OTHER PARTS OF THE COMMUNITY TO BE ABLE TO DRIVE TO FOR THAT.
SO I WOULD ALSO ENCOURAGE THE 10 TO 12 SQUARE FOOT, UM,
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ON THAT.AND THEN ALSO ADVOCATING FOR A LARGER EVENT CENTER.
UH, I, YOU KNOW, AS MAYOR PROP 10 SAID, WE DO A LOT OF TIMES HAVE TO GO TO DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES FOR EVENTS, WHICH, YOU KNOW, IT WOULD BE NICE IF WE CAN HAVE SOMETHING HERE RIGHT IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.
UH, AND ALSO IT WOULD BE A CHANCE TO BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S FUNCTIONAL, BUT MEOR MEMORABLE, UH, BUT ALSO COULD BE A BIG, UH, CIVIC ASSET, I BELIEVE SUPPORT, YOU KNOW, FOR DIFFERENT COMMUNITY EVENTS TO HAVE IT THERE.
UM, AND I THINK IT'D BE A WIN-WIN.
I MEAN, YOU HAVE THE HOTEL, YOU HAVE A BIG, UH, EVENT CENTER THERE, YOU HAVE THE RESTAURANTS AFTERWARDS.
IT'D JUST BE A VERY, UH, I THINK A GOOD WIN-WIN FOR OUR, OUR COMMUNITY.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR, UM, FOR, FOR BEING HERE.
BUT I, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE AT LEAST A EVENT CENTER THAT COULD MAYBE HOST 500 PEOPLE.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE SQUARE FOOTAGE ON THAT, BUT DEFINITELY WE NEED SOMETHING OF, OF THAT SIZE AT LEAST TO BE ABLE TO BE IN OUR CITY TO HOST SOME EVENTS.
SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
AND I'LL, I'LL JUST GO AHEAD AND WRAP IT UP.
I'M NOT GONNA REITERATE WHAT WAS JUST STATED, BUT I WILL SAY WE HAVE ONE LAST OPPORTUNITY FOR A GATEWAY ENTRANCE OF A DEVELOPMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY ON A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.
A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENED A LONG TIME AGO.
I THINK WE DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT TODAY, BUT THIS IS OUR LAST OPPORTUNITY, UH, FOR A SITE THAT'S TOTALLY VACANT, NOT A SITE THAT WOULD BE REDEVELOPED OR, OR SOMETHING ELSE.
UM, SO FOR ME IT'S NEEDS TO BE A WOW FACTOR.
AND I THINK YOU'RE ON YOUR WAY OF CREATING A, A SITE THAT WILL BE A STATEMENT.
YOU'RE JUST LEAVING WHATEVER CITY.
AND NOW WE'RE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UM, WE, WE, UM, WE REALLY DO WANT THAT, THAT THAT IMAGE OF, OF OUR COMMUNITY AS FAR AS THE RESTAURANTS GO.
UM, I KNOW I'VE HEARD, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE CURRENT DATA IS, BUT VICTORIA GARDENS, FLEMING STEAKHOUSE MM-HMM
NUMBER ONE REVENUE GENERATOR ON A PRICE PER SQUARE FOOT.
UH, AS FAR AS THEIR REVENUE IN THE, IN THE FLEMINGS CHAIN IS IN VICTORIA GARDENS.
OTHER RESTAURANTS, HIGHER END RESTAURANTS ARE, ARE BOOKED UP.
SYCAMORE INN BEEN HERE FOR DECADES BACK, UH, BACK IN, IN, IN THE, UM, STAGECOACH ERA.
UM, VERY SUCCESSFUL, UH, MAGIC LAMP, VERY OLD, OLD RESTAURANTS, UH, VERY SUCCESSFUL.
UM, SO I REALLY DO BELIEVE THAT, THAT THIS REGION MM-HMM
CAN HANDLE UPSCALED RESTAURANTS.
AND WE'RE REALLY, WHEN WE TRY TO GO OUT AND MARKET AND WE SAY, WELL, THERE'S A PAD THAT'S, UH, 7,000 SQUARE FEET, THEY'RE NOT INTERESTED.
THEY WANT, THEY DON'T WANT THE, THE SMALLER CHAIN TYPE RESTAURANTS.
THEY WANT, UM, SOME THINGS A STATEMENT.
SO IF YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ON THOSE PADS TO INCREASE THAT TO, YOU KNOW, I MEAN, UM, 10 TO 15,000 SQUARE FOOT PADS, UH, THAT WOULD ATTRACT.
AND YOU CAN, LIKE YOU SAID, YOU CAN GO OUT AND, AND, AND SEARCH THE MARKETPLACE AND SEE WHAT, WHAT RESTAURANTS MIGHT BE INTERESTED.
AND I KNOW OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STAFF WILL BE CERTAINLY ABLE TO ASSIST YOU IN THAT EFFORT.
UM, AS FAR AS THE MEETING SPACE YOU'RE PROPOSING OF OUR SECOND KIND OF, UM, BOUTIQUE HOTEL, UM, AND I REALLY AM, AM EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND THE NUMBER OF ROOMS, UH, WHILE I'D LIKE TO SEE MAYBE MORE, BUT I, I REALLY DO THINK THAT WE NEED THAT FIVE TO 600 PERSON EVENTS CENTER OR CONFERENCE ROOM, BANQUET HALL, AS MR. KRAUS HAD INDICATED EARLIER, AND I SAY THAT FOR, FOR THIS REASON, AND HE MADE THE COMMENT, PEOPLE THAT STAY IN OUR HOTELS, IF THEY HAVE TO GO TO A CONFERENCE, IT'S USUALLY HELD AT THE CONVENTION CENTER OR AT THE DOUBLE TREE HOTEL, WHICH IS THE ONLY OTHER ONE THAT I KNOW THAT HAS LARGE PLACES.
AND DOUBLETREE IS GETTING OLDER AND OLDER.
UM, SO I, I REALLY DO THINK PEOPLE THAT WOULD COME TO YOUR HOTEL MAY WANT TO HAVE A WEDDING AND MAY WANT TO INVITE SEVERAL HUNDRED PEOPLE TO THAT WEDDING, AND YOU CAN DO IT RIGHT INTO YOUR FACILITY.
AND THEN THE OTHER HOTELS IN THE REGION THAT, THAT MAY HAVE SOME, SOME OCCU UH, SOME VACANCIES CAN, CAN FILL UP ALSO TO, TO SUPPORT THAT EVENT.
SO, UM, I'LL, I'LL STOP THERE, BUT JUST SAY THANK YOU FOR, FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE THUS FAR.
I REALLY DO APPRECIATE BECAUSE I THINK IT IS A WIN-WIN SITUATION BETWEEN YOU AND, AND THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND OUR STAFF.
WE WILL PARTNER WITH YOU AND TRY TO GET YOU OVER THE FINISH LINE.
UH, IF YOU CAN TAKE THIS INPUT TONIGHT AND TRANSLATE THAT INTO SOMETHING THAT WHEN YOU COME BACK TO US, WE CAN ALL BE VERY PROUD OF.
UH, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR TIME.
WE AGREE THIS IS A SPECIAL SITE AND DESERVES A SPECIAL PROJECT.
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AND BY THE WAY, AS YOU'RE LEAVING, I JUST WILL SAY, THIS IS SO EXCITING TO BE ABLE TO DO THIS FOR YOU, RATHER THAN HAVE YOU SPEND A LOT OF YOUR MONEY AND TIME AND EFFORT IN DOING DESIGN WORK WELL BEYOND, AND THEN FIND OUT A PLANNING COMMISSION DOESN'T LIKE IT.SO THIS IS A, THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT WE DECIDED TO DO A FEW YEARS AGO IS TO GIVE DEVELOPERS THAT WANT TO DO A DEVELOPMENT, SOME IDEAS ON WHAT WE AS COUNCIL MEMBERS WOULD LIKE, LIKE TO SEE.
SO THANK YOU FOR, FOR YOUR COOPERATION.
I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THAT SESSION.
NOW WE CAN MOVE ON TO WHY I THINK THE REST OF THIS AUDIENCE IS HERE FOR THIS EVENING.
AND THAT IS A COUPLE OF ADVERTISED PUBLIC
[ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT]
HEARINGS.UH, AND I'M GONNA TURN THAT FIRST ITEM, G ONE.
I'M GONNA TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. GILSON.
[G1. Public Hearing for Consideration of a Master Plan, Tentative Tract Map, Design Review and Minor Exception – True Life Companies - Site Plan and Architectural Review of a Mixed-Use Project Comprised of 50 Multi-Family Units Including 10 Live/Work Units, and a Tentative Tract Map for Condominium Purposes Located on Approximately 2.3 Acres of Land Within the Neighborhood General 3 (NG3) Zone, Located on the Southwest Corner of Base Line Road and Amethyst Avenue; APN: 0208-432-16. This Item is Exempt from the Requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Under CEQA Section 15332 (SUBTT20708, Design Review DRC2024-00108, Master Plan DRC2024-00109, Minor Exception DRC2025-00055). (RESOLUTION NOS. 2025-065 AND 2025-066) (CITY)]
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.SO, UM, ITEM G ONE IS AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING.
UH, IT'S A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION, IRONICALLY, OF A MASTER PLAN.
UM, THIS ONE MORE AT THE END OF THE PROCESS.
TENTATIVE TRACK MAP, DESIGN REVIEW, AND MINOR EXCEPTION.
THE APPLICANT IS TRUE LIFE COMPANIES AND THE SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW IS FOR A MIXED USE PROJECT THAT WOULD INCLUDE 50 MULTIFAMILY UNITS, 10 LIVE WORK UNITS, AND A TENTATIVE TRACK MAP FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES, LOCATED ON APPROXIMATELY 2.3 ACRES OF LAND WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THE SITE IS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF BASELINE ROAD AND AMETHYST AVENUE.
UH, THE A PN IS 0 2 0 8 DASH 4 3 2 DASH 16.
UM, AS, UH, NOTICED HERE TONIGHT, THE ITEM IS EXEMPT FROM THE REQUIREMENTS OF CCE QA UNDER CA SECTION 1 5 3 3 2.
AND THAT INCLUDES THE TENTATIVE TRACT MAP 2 0 7 0 8, THE DESIGN REVIEW APPLICATION, 2 0 2 4 DASH 0 0 1 0 8.
THE MASTER PLAN ITEM DRC 2024 DASH 0 0 1 0 9, AS WELL AS A MINOR EXCEPTION, DRC 2025 DASH 0 0 0 55.
AND THE ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION NUMBERS 2025 DASH 0 6 5 AND 0 6 6.
UM, SO WITH THAT MR. MAYOR, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE BON MENDEZ, OUR ASSOCIATE PLANNER, WHO WILL GIVE THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM.
THANK YOU AND GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UH, TONIGHT I'M PRESENTING THE REMPEL MIXED USE PROJECT.
THE PROJECT IS A REQUEST FOR A MIXED USE DEVELOPMENT.
UH, THE REQUEST IS TO CONSTRUCT 50 NEW MULTIFAMILY DWELLING UNITS, WHICH INCLUDES 10 LIVE WORK UNITS.
THE ENTITLEMENTS AS MENTIONED, INCLUDE A DESIGN REVIEW, TENTATIVE MAP FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES, A MINOR EXCEPTION AND MASTER PLAN.
THE SITE IS WITHIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORRIDOR GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION, THE NEIGHBORHOOD GENERAL THREE ZONE, AND IS ALSO WITHIN THE ALTO LOMA TOWN CENTER FOCUS AREA.
AS MENTIONED, THE PROJECT IS LOCATED AT 95 0 5 BASELINE ROAD.
IT IS SURROUNDED BY EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL, USES A RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY AND COMMERCIAL AND REC, COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL USES ACROSS SPACE LINE TO THE NORTH.
UH, THE SITE IS CURRENTLY DEVELOPED WITH A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND ACCESSORY STRUCTURES.
THIS IS THE SITE PLAN FOR THE PROJECTS, UH, FOR ORIENTATION PURPOSES, NORTH IS 90 DEGREES CLOCKWISE.
ON THE PROJECT SITE, WE HAVE THE PROPOSAL FOR THE 50 UNITS.
THIS IS BROKEN UP INTO FIVE STRUCTURES.
EACH STRUCTURE WOULD HAVE 10 UNITS TOTAL.
UH, THE ONE BUILDING THAT SITS CLOSEST TO BASELINE, WHICH IS AT THE RIGHT OF THE SITE, WOULD HAVE THE 10 LIVE WORK UNITS.
THE REMAINING FOUR STRUCTURES WOULD CONTAIN THE 40 RESIDENTIAL TOWN HOME UNITS.
ACCESS TO THE SITE IS, UH, THERE ARE TWO POINTS OF ACCESS, ONE FROM THE INTERSECTION OF BASELINE AND AMETHYST, WHERE YOU COME OFF TO THE IVY PARK RESIDENTIAL CARE CENTER AND ONE FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH RUBY AVENUE IN THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD.
ADDITIONAL, UH, SITE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDE ONSITE LANDSCAPING, ONSITE PARKING, A POEO CENTRALIZED TRASH ENCLOSURE, AND WALLS AND FENCES ALONG THE PERIMETER.
DURING THE REVIEW OR AS PART OF THE REVIEW, THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO PROVIDED A QUICK CLAIM DEED, WHICH IS INTENDED TO RESOLVE LINGERING TITLE AND PARCEL CONFIGURATION ISSUES.
A NON VEHICULAR ACCESS EASEMENT WAS ALSO DISCOVERED DURING THE REVIEW, WHICH IS REQUIRED BY COUNSEL TO BE SUM SUMMARILY VACATED IN ORDER TO HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT UTILIZED AT SOUTHERN ENTRYWAY FOR PUBLIC USE.
ALONG RUBY, THIS ACTION IS NECESSARY TO CLEAR TITLE AND REMOVE RESTRICTIONS THAT WOULD OTHERWISE CONFLICT WITH THE PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT AND ACCESS IMPROVEMENTS ANTICIPATED AS PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT.
THE TWO IMAGES ON THE SLIDE DEPICT THE, UM,
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ELEVATIONS FOR THE TWO TYPES OF STRUCTURES.THE FIRST ON THE TOP IS THE LIVE WORK STRUCTURE THAT SITS CLOSEST TO BASELINE.
IT IS DESIGNED AS A GROUND FLOOR COMMERCIAL TENANT SPACE WITH THE REMAINING UPPER FLOORS AS THE RESIDENTIAL PORTION FOR EACH UNIT.
THE BOTTOM IMAGE IS WHAT THE REMAINING FOUR BUILDINGS WOULD LOOK LIKE WITH THE 40 RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
THESE ARE ROW HOUSE IN STYLE WITH THE MODERN CONTEMPORARY ARCHITECTURE.
ALL UNITS WOULD BE FOR SALE AS, UM, RESULTING FROM THE TENTATIVE TRACK MAP FOR CONDOMINIUM PURPOSES.
THIS IS THE LIVE WORK BUILDING.
THIS IS A RENDERING PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.
THIS IS DESIGNED TO HAVE THE COMMERCIAL, UH, FRONTAGE ALONG BASELINE AT GROUND LEVEL, AND THAT COMMERCIAL PORTION WOULD BE ENFORCED THROUGH CCNRS, UM, WHICH WOULD BE ENFORCED BY THE, THE PROPERTY, UH, EITHER DEVELOPER OR, UH, HOA THAT WOULD, UM, COME AFTER THE PROPERTY IS DEVELOPED.
AS YOU CAN SEE, THESE ARE, UM, THE BUILDING MASSING IS QUITE LARGE, HOWEVER, IT IS BROKEN UP BY THE, BY THE ALTERNATING WALL PLANS, BALCONIES AND AWNING PROJECTIONS FOR EACH UNIT.
THE CONTRASTING COLORS AND MATERIALS ALSO ADD TO THE BUILDING ARTICULATION, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE IMAGE.
WE ALSO HAVE, UM, SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, AND THERE'S ALSO AN EXISTING BIKE LANE THAT WOULD REMAIN ALONG BASELINE ROAD AS IDENTIFIED IN THE TABLE.
THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE DEVELOPMENT REG REGULATIONS IN THE NG THREE ZONE, EXCEPT FOR THOSE THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH A MINOR EXCEPTION AND A MASTER PLAN AS OUTLINED IN THE STAFF REPORT.
AS MENTIONED, THIS PROJECT INCLUDES A MASTER PLAN.
THE PROPOSED MASTER PLAN IS A, FOR THIS PROJECT IS A TOOL WITHIN OUR DEVELOPMENT CODE.
UH, FOR THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, IT WOULD FURTHER THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SPECIFIC GOALS AND POLICIES IN THE GENERAL PLAN, WHILE INCLUDING SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
DUE TO SITE CONSTRAINTS, THE PROJECT DOES NOT CONFLICT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD CORRIDOR LAND USE, WHICH ENCOURAGES INFILL DEVELOPMENT WITH A MIX OF LAND USES.
THE PROPOSED RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL LAND USES ARE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREAS CHARACTER, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL, RETAIL, OFFICE, AND COMMERCIAL.
THIS PROJECT IMPLEMENTS SEVERAL GOALS AND POLICIES OF THE GENERAL PLAN TO NAME A FEW WOULD BE IT PROVIDES COMPLETE SPACE PLACES ENSURING QUALITY OF PUBLIC SPACES, ENCOURAGING INFILL DEVELOPMENT AND PROVIDES COMPATIBLE DEVELOPMENT.
THE ADDITIONAL HOUSING UNITS WILL ALSO ASSIST WITH THIS CITY IN REACHING ITS REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION OR ARENA NUMBERS AS OUTLINED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
UH, THE IMAGE IN THE SLIDE DEPICTS THE LOCATION OF THE CITY WHERE THIS NEIGHBORHOOD CORRIDOR DESIGNATION IS LOCATED AND THE PURPOSE AND INTENT OF THE DESIGNATION.
THE PROJECT SITE IS ALSO LOCATED WITHIN THE AL LOMA TOWN CENTER FOCUS AREA.
THIS IS INTENDED TO BE A HIGHLY ACTIVE AND ATTRACTIVE COMMUNITY ACTIVITY CENTER, WHICH REFLECTS TRADITIONAL DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS WHERE ACTIVITY CENTERS AND STREETS ARE IMPROVED TO CREATE MORE HUMAN SCALE, COMFORTABLE AND WALKABLE COMMUNITY GATHERING.
PLACES CONNECTIVITY AND WALKABILITY IMPROVEMENTS WITHIN THIS AREA ARE ENVISIONED SO THAT RESIDENTS FROM SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS MAY WALK, BIKE, OR RIDE A HORSE TO EXISTING AND FUTURE COMMERCIAL AMENITIES.
ACCORDINGLY, THE PROJECT PROPOSES A MIXED USE HUMAN SCALE DEVELOPMENT THAT PROPOSES PEDESTRIAN CONNECTIVITY TO THE EXISTING SURROUNDING SINGLE FAMILY, NEIGHBORHOOD AND RESIDENTIAL CARE FACILITY, AND TO THE COMMERCIAL USES BY WAY OF AMETHYST AVENUE ACROSS BASELINE.
THE PROJECT SITE IS ALSO WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE, WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 400 FEET TO THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC TRAIL.
AND THE STREET CONTAINS AN EXISTING BIKE BIKE LANE ALONG BASELINE ROAD.
THIS IMAGE IN THE SLIDE IS THE ALTO LOMA TOWN CENTER FOCUS AREA.
FROM THE GENERAL PLAN, IT ILLUSTRATES WHAT COULD BE DEVELOPED WITH THE SITE.
UH, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE RED AREA, THE, I'M SORRY, THE RED SQUARE, THAT IS THE SPECIFIC AREA FOR THIS PROJECT PROPOSAL.
UH, THIS, THIS IMAGE INCLUDES, UH, A FEW NOTES, UH, SPECIFICALLY NOTE NUMBER EIGHT STATES TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR NEIGHBORHOODS SCALE INFILL IN A VARIETY OF FORMS. I THINK YOU GUYS ARE READY.
THE DIAGRAM ALSO ILLUSTRATES RECOMMENDED CONNECTIONS TO SURROUNDING STREETS.
THE SPECIFIC CONNECTION TO, UH, EXTEND RUBY AVENUE IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS, WITH THE FOCUS AREA AND IS ALSO ALIGNED WITH THE GENERAL PLAN POLICY, WHICH REQUIRES THAT ALL NEW RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT MAKE ALL POSSIBLE CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING ADJOINING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.
DURING THE REVIEW OF THE PROJECT, WE'VE HAD, UH, COMMUNITY CONCERNS EXPRESSED TO STAFF.
UH, THE LIST OF CONCERNS HERE IS WHAT HAS BEEN BROUGHT UP PRIMARILY FROM ALL OF THE RESIDENTS VIA PHONE CALLS, EMAILS, AND IN-PERSON DIALOGUE AT THE NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING AND DRC MEETINGS AS WELL, AND PLANNING COMMISSION.
UH, SO I WANNA GO DOWN THE LIST, UH, BRIEFLY.
UH, THE FIRST MAJOR CONCERN IS THE RUBY AVENUE EXTENSION.
THE, UH, CONCERN IS HAVING IT EXTENDED AND OPENED IT
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THROUGH TRAFFIC.THERE HAVE BEEN REQUESTS TO HAVE IT BE EMERGENCY VEHICLE ACCESS ONLY, UM, WHICH WAS ALSO ORIGINALLY PROPOSED BY THE APPLICANT.
HOWEVER, THIS HAS BEEN ADVISED TO BE REVISED TO THROUGH ACCESS BY THE APPLICANT AND THAT CORRESPONDS WITH THE PLANS THAT ATTACHED TO THE STAFF REPORT.
THE CONNECTION PROVIDES CONNECTIVITY AND ACCESSIBILITY FOR THE SITE, FOR THE, UH, USERS OF THE SITE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS AND ALSO FOR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS IN THE CASE OF A, UH, EMERGENCY OR EVACUATION, WHICH PRIORITIZES HEALTH AND SAFETY.
THAT LEADS US TO TRAFFIC AND PARKING.
THE ONE OF THE MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THE THROUGH TRAFFIC WAS TRA WAS ACTUAL, UH, TRAFFIC IMPACTS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THIS WAS STUDIED AS PART OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW AND WAS DETERMINED TO NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT.
IN FACT, AN INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS OF THE STREET CONNECTION DETERMINED THERE TO BE MORE TRAFFIC THROUGH THE SITE FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS RATHER THAN THROUGH THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD FROM THESE OCCUPANTS.
THIS ALSO LEADS US TO PARKING, UH, WITH PARKING.
THE APPLICANT ACTUALLY REVISED THE PROJECT TO BE CONSISTENT WITH PARKING REQUIREMENTS AS THEY WERE ORIGINALLY DEFICIENT.
AND THIS WAS A CONCERN FROM BOTH THE COMMUNITY AND STAFF, WHICH HAS BEEN REVISED, AS I SAID, TO BE CONSISTENT.
SO, UM, THAT HAS ALSO BEEN ILLUSTRATED ON THE PLAN SET.
THE COMMUNITY HAS INQUIRED ABOUT A PARKING DISTRICT OR PERMIT PARKING FOR THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND IT HAS BEEN DISCUSSED THAT THIS MAY BE A FUTURE ENDEAVOR PENDING AN ANALYSIS OF THE PARKING IMPACTS AFTER THE SITE IS BUILT AND USED TO DETERMINE IF PERMIT PARKING IS WARRANTED.
BUILDING HEIGHT, THE STRUCTURES ARE PROPOSED TO BE THREE STORIES IN HEIGHT TOTAL.
THE APPLICANT HAS RESPONDED TO THE COMMUNITY CONCERNS, WHICH ARE PRIMARILY FOR, UH, PRIVACY CONCERNS BECAUSE OF THE HEIGHT.
WHAT THEY'VE DONE IS THEY'VE TAKEN THE WESTERNMOST UNIT FOR EACH BUILDING THAT SITS CLOSEST TO THE PROPERTY LINE AND REDUCED IT FROM THREE STORIES TO TWO STORIES.
IN ADDITION TO THAT, ALONG THE FACADES OF, UH, THE BUILDING ALONG THE WEST PROPERTY LINE, THEY'VE ALSO TAKEN WINDOWS, REDUCED THE QUANTITY, REDUCED THE SIZE, AND HAD COURTEOUS WINDOW PLACEMENT.
UH, THIS WAS DISCUSSED, UH, DURING A PLANNING COMMISSION.
UM, AND IT WAS ALSO REFLECTED IN THE PLAN SET PROVIDED TO YOU.
LANDSCAPING, WHICH IS GONNA BE INSTALLED ALONG THE PERIMETER, ALONG THE WESTERN AND SOUTHERN PERIMETER, IS ALSO INTENDED TO, AT MATURITY, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SCREENING FROM THE SITE TO THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORS.
UH, AS MENTIONED SINCE THE 2021 GENERAL PLAN UPDATE.
THE SITE HAS BEEN DESIGNATED AS A MIXED USE PROPERTY AND THE OWNER DOES HAVE A RIGHT TO DEVELOP THE PROPERTY.
AS SUCH, UH, THERE'S BEEN A COMMUNITY CONCERN ABOUT HAVING OPEN SPACE OR, UM, PARK SPACE, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE CANNOT FORCE THE PROPERTY OWNER TO DEVELOP A CERTAIN WAY.
THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN DETERMINED TO BE EXEMPT FROM CQA AS A CLASS 32 EXEMPTION FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT.
THIS PROJECT WAS BROUGHT TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 23RD.
WE HAD SIX PUBLIC COMMENT SPEAKERS, INCLUDING THE PROPERTY OWNER.
ULTIMATELY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED TO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL TO CITY COUNCIL FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING.
WITH THAT, THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMENDATION IS TO ADOPT RESOLUTION 25 65, WHICH IS APPROVAL OF THE PROJECT.
AND THE SECOND RECOMMENDATION FROM STAFF IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 25 66, WHICH IS TO APPROVE THE SUMMARY VACATION OF THE NON VEHICULAR ACCESS RIGHTS.
THAT CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
UM, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I HAVE ONE, MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR.
DO YOU HAVE AN APPROXIMATE DISTANCE FROM THE SOUTHERNMOST THREE STORY DEVELOPMENT TO THE PROPERTY LINE? JUST WANT AN IDEA OF HOW FAR IT IS FROM THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT LOOKS LIKE THERE'S A PRETTY DECENT SIZED GAP THERE.
IT'S APPROXIMATELY 50 TO 60 FEET.
THERE IS, UH, ONSITE PARKING, WHICH WOULD BE ABOUT 10 FEET.
YOU HAVE THE DRY VILE, WHICH IS 26 FEET TO MEET FIRE STANDARDS, AND THEN THERE WOULD BE, UH, LANDSCAPING SURROUNDING THE BUILDINGS AS WELL, WHICH ADDS APPROXIMATELY ANOTHER, ANOTHER FIVE FEET, I WOULD SAY AT LEAST.
WE NOW WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS THAT WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
GORDON JONES, FOLLOWED BY DAVID STERN.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I'M THE REGIONAL VICE PRESIDENT OF THE TRUE LIFE COMPANIES.
AND I, I WANNA START JUST BY ACKNOWLEDGING, UH, SOMETHING THAT, UM, MAYOR MICHAEL SAID EARLIER WITH THE, UH, OTHER MASTER PLAN ITEM THAT WAS ON THE AGENDA.
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AND WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO TO PRESENT OUR, UH, GENERAL IDEA FOR THE PROPERTY, UM, THROUGH THE MASTER PLAN PROCESS.AND IT'S ABOUT A, YOU KNOW, TWO YEARS OF WORK AND EFFORT, UH, BY A LOT OF CONSULTANTS AND US AND THE CITY STAFF AND BOND IN PARTICULAR TO, UM, GET TO THIS POINT.
AND, UM, IT'S JUST, IT'S JUST A GREAT OPPORTUNITY AND WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THAT, THAT YOU AS A CITY CHOOSE TO DO THAT BECAUSE IT SAVES A LOT OF HEARTACHE AND EXPENSE IF, IF IT'S A BAD IDEA.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS TERRIFIC TO GET, UH, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST THE GENERAL CONCEPT FLESHED OUT VERY EARLY BEFORE WE MADE ALL THAT INVESTMENT.
BUT I JUST WANTED TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF TIME WITH, WITH A FEW MINUTES I'VE BEEN GIVEN.
WE'RE, UH, A, UH, HOME BUILDING AND LAND DEVELOPMENT COMPANY.
WE'RE, UM, NOT A HUGE COMPANY, YOU KNOW, LIKE A, LIKE A CS REGIS, BUT, UH, WE, UH, HAVE AROUND 35 COMMUNITIES, MOSTLY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
UH, DAVE AND I AND, AND MICHAEL WHO'S HERE ALSO, WE RUN OUR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OPERATION.
WE HAVE CURRENTLY 11 COMMUNITIES THROUGHOUT, UH, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, BOTH, UM, THE INLAND EMPIRE, SAN DIEGO COUNTY, AND, AND WE HAVE ONE IN ORANGE COUNTY.
BUT, UH, WE DO ONLY FOR SALE AND WE SPECIALIZE IN INFILL TYPICALLY, UH, TOWN HOME TYPE DEVELOPMENT.
OUR TEAM IS SUPER EXPERIENCED.
WE'VE GOT A, I HATE TO ADMIT, BUT CLOSE TO, UH, ABOUT A HUNDRED YEARS OF COMBINED EXPERIENCE IN THIS BUSINESS DOING JUST WHAT WE DO AND WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING HERE.
AND THAT'S A FOR SALE DEVELOPMENT, UH, TO BRING, UH, FAMILIES AND, AND WHAT WE FEEL IS GONNA BE AN ATTAINABLE PRICED NEIGHBORHOOD AS WELL.
UM, WE HAVE OUR PLANNING CONSULTANT HERE IN CASE ANY TECHNICAL QUESTIONS COME UP AROUND, UH, AROUND THE PROCESS OR ANY OF THE, THE THINGS THAT CAME UP AT, AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT I JUST WANNA TAKE A SECOND IF I CAN, AND I HAVE 30 SECONDS, SO I'LL BE QUICK AND, UM, HAVE A LITTLE HANDOUT THAT'S GONNA HELP ILLUSTRATE, UH, WHAT, UM, DAVE, AND WHAT I JUST WANT TO MENTION TO YOU REAL QUICK, I GIVE SOMEONE TWO, WAIT, SORRY.
UH, AND THAT IS, UH, UH, QUESTION THAT CAME UP ABOUT THE VIABILITY OF LIVE WORK AND HOW, YOU KNOW, CAN IT BE SUCCESSFUL? UM, IT, IT'S KIND OF, UM, IT'S UNCANNY REALLY, BUT WE AS A COMPANY, WE HAVE A LIVE WORK PROJECT THAT IS ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THIS.
IT'S 55 HOMES WITH NINE LIVE WORKS ALONG THE FRONTAGE.
IT'S IN THE NORCAL MARKET, UH, OAKLAND SUBURB OF, UM, OF HAYWARD, BUT IN HAYWARD, THEY HAVE A SIMILAR CONCEPT ALONG THEIR MAIN BOULEVARD, MISSION BOULEVARD WHERE THERE'S LIVE WORK THAT'S PART OF THE REQUIREMENT.
AND WE, WE'VE JUST, WE'RE LIVING IT RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE, WE'RE LITERALLY BUILDING THEM, SELLING THEM.
AND, UH, WE DO HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH IT.
WE'RE AWARE OF THE, THE USES THAT'LL WORK GREAT WITH THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.
I'LL LET YOU GO A LITTLE BIT OVER.
AND THAT DETAIL'S ON THE LAST PAGE OF WHAT I JUST HANDED, SO.
AS, AS THE APPLICANT, WE'VE TYPICALLY PROVIDED ADDITIONAL TIME.
ALRIGHT, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DAVID STERN, FOLLOWED BY THANK YOU COUNSEL.
HEATHER PIERCE AND THANK YOU STAFF FOR A GREAT THOROUGH STAFF REPORT AND FOR GUIDING US THROUGH THE CITY'S VERY COMPLEX SET OF FORM BASED CODES.
I JUST WANT TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT PROPOSED PROJECT COMPATIBILITY.
WE'VE WORKED VERY HARD OVER THE LAST TWO YEARS WITH STAFF'S GUIDANCE TO FIND AN APPROPRIATE COMPROMISE BETWEEN THE GENERAL PLAN VISION FOR THE MIXED USE ZONE, THE ZONING STANDARDS, AND THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY FOR THIS PARTICULAR SITE.
UM, JUST WANNA TAKE A MOMENT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHAT COULD BE BUILT BY WRIGHT.
UM, IF YOU HAD 40,000 SQUARE FEET OF RETAIL, WHICH IS THE MINIMUM, ALONG WITH 55 DWELLING UNITS, UM, AND THIS IS ON PAGE, UM, THREE THROUGH SIX WITH THE LITTLE HANDOUT THERE, IT WOULD HAVE FIVE BUILDINGS, TWO COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS, TWO MIXED USE BUILDINGS, ONE LARGE RESIDENTIAL BUILDING.
ALL OF THESE WOULD BE THREE STORIES.
THEY WOULD BE 40 FEET IN HEIGHT AND THEY WOULD BE OF GREATER MASS THAN WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.
AND PARKING WOULD BE ACCOMPLISHED THROUGH, UH, 300 SPACE, FOUR LEVEL, 40 FOOT TALL PARKING STRUCTURE.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO PARK SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALONG WITH SERVICE DRIVES AND, AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
SO, UM, IT'S A TOUGH SITE FOR RETAIL GIVEN THE
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SHARED ACCESS EASEMENT OPPOSITE AMETHYST, UM, THAT WE HAVE WITH OUR NEIGHBOR.UH, WELL TOWER ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY AND THE OTHER ACCESS COMING, UM, FROM THE SOUTH THROUGH THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO WE FEEL THIS IS A MUCH BETTER FIT.
UM, WHAT WE'VE PROPOSED, IT'S A GREAT TRANSITION FROM THE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES THAT ARE TO OUR WEST AND SOUTH, TO THE MORE DENSE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY TO OUR EAST.
AND OF COURSE, THE, UH, MIX OF COMMERCIAL USES TO THE NORTH ACROSS BASELINE.
UM, THE BUILDINGS, AS I MENTIONED, WILL BE SMALLER AND MASS HEIGHT, SCALE AND FOOTPRINT.
UM, AND EVEN THOUGH THE LIVE WORK BUILDING DOES REACH NEARLY 40 FEET AT ITS PEAK, UM, THE NARROW SIDES ARE TURNED TOWARDS THE HOMES.
WE HAVE A LOT OF ARTICULATION MOVING IN AND OUT, AND WE STEP BACK, UM, FROM THE WEST SIDE, AS VAUGHN HAD MENTIONED, WE WOULD HAVE A LOT LESS, UM, PARKING AND TRAFFIC, MUCH FEWER DELIVERIES.
AND I THINK IMPORTANT TO NOTE ALSO, UM, A HUNDRED PERCENT OF THESE HOMES ARE OWNER OCCUPIED.
THERE'LL BE AN HOA THERE TO ENFORCE PARKING, ENFORCE THE USES, AND, UH, ON THE GROUND FLOOR RETAIL, WHICH HAVE SEPARATE ENTRANCES BY THE WAY.
AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ALSO MAKE SURE IT'S PROPERLY MAINTAINED.
UH, LASTLY, UH, AS TO THE RUBY GATE, UH, YOU MAY HEAR SOME COMMENT ON THAT.
UH, WE ARE LARGELY AGNOSTIC ON THAT.
UM, WE FEEL THE PROJECT WORKS AS DESIGNED WITH A GATE OR WITHOUT A GATE.
UM, I THINK OUR NEIGHBOR, WELL, TOWER MIGHT PREFER A GATE BECAUSE I THINK, UM, WE'VE DONE OUR OWN INDEPENDENT TRAFFIC STUDY AS WELL AS STAFFS AND FOUND THE SAME THING.
UM, BUT EITHER WAY, I THINK THE PROJECT WORKS AND WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT BRINGING IT, UH, BEFORE THE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, MR. MAYOR.
COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, I, UH, MOVED TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA, MY FAMILY IN 1959.
UH, STAYED HERE TILL I GRADUATED FROM CAL POLY, UH, 1971.
CAME BACK AGAIN, UH, 10 YEARS AGO.
AND, UH, I WANT TO CONGRATULATE YOU THE WAY THAT YOU HAVE WORKED ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UH, BACK OF COURSE, WHEN WE FIRST MOVED HERE, THAT WHOLE PICTURE THAT YOU SEE I SAW UP THERE ON THE BOARD ON THE SCREEN WAS ALL AGRICULTURAL LAND.
AND, UH, THE PROPERTY THAT, UH, THE, UH, UH, 9 5 0 5 BASELINE WAS A COMMERCIAL PLUM ORCHARD, AND THEN EVENTUALLY BECAME A COMMERCIAL AVOCADO GROVE.
UM, WHICH ALL WENT WELL UNTIL, UM, THE NEED FOR HOUSING, UH, SPREAD INTO RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND THE, UM, THE LAND AROUND BECAME, UH, HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS, WHICH, UH, MANY OF THOSE FOLKS I IMAGINE ARE HERE TONIGHT.
UM, PRIOR TO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE ROAMED THE FIELDS AND THE, AND THE GROVES AND, UH, BUT LIFE CHANGES, UH, IT'S ONE OF THE CONSTANTS IS THAT IT'S ALWAYS CHANGING.
UH, I WANNA SAY THAT, UH, WHEN, WHEN, UH, BASELINE WAS, UH, GROWN TO, UH, FOUR LANES INSTEAD OF TWO, UH, LOST OUR BEAUTIFUL, UH, EUCALYPTUS, UH, WINDBREAK, UH, IT BECAME VERY DIFFICULT TO, UH, ACCESS OUR PROPERTY.
WE ENDED UP HAVING TO COME IN THROUGH, UH, IVY PARK, WHAT'S CURRENTLY IVY PARK.
SO IT'S, UH, IT'S BEEN SINCE I CAME BACK 10 YEARS AGO.
UH, IT'S BEEN GOOD TO GET TO KNOW SOME OF THE NEIGHBORS HANDING AVOCADOS OVER THE FENCE.
UH, PERSIMMON AND FOUS, UH, HAS BEEN GOOD.
BUT, UH, SINCE MY MOTHER PASSED, UH, THREE YEARS AGO NOW, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN THE PROPERTY AND, UH, WE STARTED SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE WHO COULD BE CONSCIENTIOUS IN DEVELOPING IT.
SO, UH, I WANT TO SAY THAT I THINK RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND THE NEIGHBORS NEARBY ARE BLESSED THAT, UH, TRUE LIFE IS THE ONE WHO IS, UH, LOOKING AT DEVELOPING THE PROPERTY.
AND, UH, THEY'VE BEEN VERY, UH, GOOD TO WORK WITH.
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OKAY.IS THERE ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT ARE HERE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK? SEEING NONE, WE WILL BRING THAT BACK, CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND HAVE FURTHER DISCUSSION BY THE COUNCIL.
ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE OF THE APPLICANT? UM, GO AHEAD, MR. OR COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON.
THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, A COUPLE MORE QUICK QUESTIONS.
THERE ARE TWO CAR GARAGES WITH EVERY SINGLE UNIT THAT'S CORRECT.
THAT THEY DEVELOPED HERE? YES.
AND THEN IT LOOKS LIKE THERE MIGHT BE SOME ADDITIONAL PARKING ON THE EAST SIDE IS CORRECT? CORRECT.
ALONG THE EAST AND THE SOUTH PERIMETER IS ON ONSITE PARKING.
ABOUT HOW MANY SLOTS DO WE HAVE? SPOTS DO WE HAVE A TOTAL IS 18, AND THEN THERE'S AN ADDITIONAL FOUR SPACES ALONG FOUR OF THE EAST FACING RESIDENTIAL UNITS, EAST FACING RESIDENTIAL UNITS.
UM, I WAS REALLY HAPPY TO SEE SOME OF THE MODIFICATIONS, UM, THAT WERE HIGHLIGHTED IN OUR PACKET HERE.
UM, TALKING ABOUT HOW THE TOWNHOUSES ON THE FAR WEST SIDE ARE TWO STORY INSTEAD OF THREE STORY TO MAKE IT A LITTLE LESS INVASIVE FOR THE EXISTING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT THERE.
AS YOU CAN SEE, AND SOME OF THESE OVERHEADS, THERE'S, YOU KNOW, SOME SWIMMING POOLS OUT THERE WHO, PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN USED TO FOR YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS, HAVING NOTHING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WALL.
I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'VE RAISED SOME OF THOSE WINDOWS ON THAT, SO ON THOSE SIDES OF THE PROPERTY, SO THEY'RE NOT AT EYE LEVEL, SO IT JUST LETS LIGHT IN THE EXISTING, UH, RES UH, THE NEW DEVELOPMENT RESIDENTIAL, BUT DOESN'T, UM, KIND OF PURE OVER THE FENCE INTO THE EXISTING.
SO I, I APPRECIATE SOME OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS THAT YOU'VE BEEN MADE TO, UM, HELP MAKE, MITIGATE SOME OF THE IMPACTS ON THE NEIGHBORS.
UH, ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S BEEN MENTIONED IS, UM, THE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC THAT'S BEEN CREATED ON RUBY STREET, AND I'D JUST LIKE THE APPLICANT LIKE STAFF TO CONSIDER WHETHER, YOU KNOW, SPEED BUMPS MIGHT BE IN, IN ORDER THERE IN, ON TOWARDS THE SOUTHERN END OF THE PROPERTY, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT PEOPLE AREN'T MOVING THROUGH THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA AT A SPEED THAT'S UNSAFE.
UH, ON THE, YEAH, IT'S HARD TO SEE ON THE PLANS, BUT THERE ARE TWO SPEED HUMPS ALONG THAT EXTENSION OF RUBY AVENUE.
THAT'S ALL MY COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR, ANYONE ELSE? I JUST WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE BUILDERS VERY MUCH FOR BRINGING YOUR EXPERIENCE TO THIS PROJECT, THE EXPERIENCE YOU HAVE WITH DEALING WITH INFILL PROJECTS, WHICH CAN BE VERY, VERY CHALLENGING, AND THE FACT THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE AND ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY'S CONCERNS AND YOUR WILLINGNESS TO DO THAT SO THAT THIS CAN BE A VERY SUCCESSFUL AND BEAUTIFUL PROJECT.
UM, THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE EARLIER BY THE APPLICANT ABOUT BY, RIGHT? I, WE COULD HAVE DONE THIS, BUT WE'RE DOING THIS, I THINK ON ONE OF HIS PAGES, PAGE NUMBER THREE.
UM, CAN YOU EXPLAIN MAYBE FOR THE PUBLIC WHAT BY RIGHT MEANS SECOND? YES.
OR HE CAN'T, HE'S, HE'S COMING UP SO, OH, SORRY.
WE'LL LET HIM, OKAY, JUAN, THANK YOU.
SO, UH, BY, RIGHT, IT DOESN'T MEAN YOU DON'T STILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING.
SOMETIMES YOU, YOU DO, BUT UNDER THE CURRENT ZONING STANDARDS, UM, YOU CAN BUILD UP TO A CERTAIN AMOUNT.
IN FACT, WHAT WE OUTLINED FOR THE COUNCIL WAS ACTUALLY THE MINIMUM THAT WITHOUT ANY DEVIATIONS UNDER THE MASTER PLAN, UM, WE WOULD NOT ONLY BE ABLE TO DO, BUT NEED TO DO.
SO WE JUST THOUGHT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, AND IT'S NOT A COMMENT ON THE ZONING OR ANYTHING ELSE, JUST THIS SITE IS VERY SPECIFIC.
IT'S, IT'S SMALL, IT'S SET IN A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD, IT HAS ACCESS ISSUES, ET CETERA.
THAT, UM, WHAT WE ENDED UP DEVELOPING, UM, WITH THE HELP OF STAFF WAS THE BEST THING IN THIS CASE.
I, UH, ON OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, WHEN IT WENT BEFORE THEM, THEY MADE FURTHER COMMENTS, UM, DURING THE PROCESS, DRC AND SO FORTH, DESIGN REVIEW, AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED IT UNANIMOUSLY AT THEIR PUBLIC HEARING.
UM, SO AT THIS POINT, I GUESS, WE'LL, UM, SINCE THE PUBLIC HEARING, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING FURTHER, LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPT RESOLUTIONS NUMBER 2025 DASH SIX FIVE AND 0 6 6, MOVE FOR APPROVAL.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS PUBLIC HEARING NUMBER TWO.
[G2. Public Hearing for Consideration of an Appeal of the Planning Commission’s Decision to Approve a Request for Site Plan and Design Review of 8 Single-Family Residences on 4.78 Acres of Land on a Previously Approved Tract Map (Tract 14644) at the Terminus of Camellia Court in the Very Low Residential (VL) Zone, Hillside Overlay, and the Equestrian Overlay; APNs: 1061-381-24 thru 31. The Project Qualifies as a Class 32 Exemption Under State CEQA Guidelines Section 15332 – Infill Development Projects (Design Review DRC2024-00174). (RESOLUTION NO. 2025-064) (CITY)]
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MUCH APPRECIATED.THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO YOUR NEXT ITEM, UH, WHICH IS ANOTHER PUBLIC HEARING, IS CONSIDERATION OF AN APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO APPROVE A REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN AND DESIGN REVIEW OF EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES ON 4.78 ACRES OF LAND ON A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TRACK TRACK, 1, 4 6 4 4, WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, IN 1991 AT THE TERMINUS OF KAM COURT IN THE VERY LOW RESIDENTIAL ZONE OR VL ZONE, INCLUDES A HILLSIDE OVERLAY AND AN EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY.
AND IT IS APNS 1 0 6 1 3 8 1 DASH 24 THROUGH 31.
UM, THE MAIN S QL WAS DONE ON THE TRACK BACK IN 1991.
UM, BECAUSE THIS IS REVIEWING THE DESIGNS, IT INCLUDES, UH, CLASS 32 EXEMPTION UNDER STATE SQA GUIDELINES, SECTION 1 5 3 3 2, UH, FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.
AND IT IS DRC 2024 DASH 0 1 7 4, AS WELL AS THE ACCOMPANYING RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 4.
UM, SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT BACK OVER TO TABA AND HE WILL PRESENT THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
UM, COUNSEL AND MAYOR, THE ITEM BEFORE YOU, AS JOHN STATED, IS AN APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL OF EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS ON EIGHT EXISTING LOTS THAT WERE CREATED UNDER TRACK MAP 1 4 6 4 4.
THE CURRENT REVIEW DOES NOT INVOLVE ANY CHANGES TO THE APPROVE OF THE CITY APPROVED LOT CONFIGURATION OR STREET LAYOUT.
WHAT IS BEFORE THE COUNCIL TODAY IS SOLELY A REQUEST FOR SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED RESIDENCES.
THE PROPERTY WAS SUBDIVIDED INTO EIGHT RESIDENTIAL LOTS UNDER TRACK, 1 4 6 4 4 APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 1990 AND THE CITY COUNCIL IN 1992.
ON MAY 22ND, 2024, THE APPLICANT SUBMITTED THE, AN APPLICATION FOR A DESIGN REVIEW REQUESTING TO CONSTRUCT EIGHT NEW SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS ON THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LOTS.
ON MAY 14TH, 2025, THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERED THE DESIGN REVIEW WITH WHICH ADDRESSED ONLY THE SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE EIGHT NEW HOMES ON THE LOTS AFTER PUBLIC HEARING THAT INCLUDED APPROXIMATELY 10 SPEAKERS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO APPROVE THE PROJECT ON MAY 22ND, 2025.
THE CITY RECEIVED A TIMELY APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVAL FROM A RESIDENT WHO LIVES ADJACENT TO THE PROJECT SITE.
THIS SLIDE SHOWS A, THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ASSESSOR'S MAP FOR THE PROPERTY.
IT IS INCLUDED TO DEMONSTRATE THAT THESE ARE LEGAL LOTS, EACH WITH THEIR OWN PARCEL NUMBERS.
THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED EAST OF BURLE STREET AT THE CURRENT TERMINUS OF CHAM COURT.
SURROUNDING LAND USES INCLUDE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES TO THE NORTH AND WEST WITH OPEN SPACE AND DRAINAGE CHANNEL TO THE SOUTH AND EAST.
THIS IS A VIEW OF THE PROJECT SITE LOOKING NORTHEAST FROM THE CURRENT TERMINUS OF KAM COURT.
THE SITE IS UNDEVELOPED AND HAS BEEN REGULARLY CLEARED A BRUSH FOR FIRE PREVENTION PURPOSES.
THE PROJECT LAYOUT OF THE HOMES INCLUDES AN EQUESTRIAN TRAIL AROUND THE PERIMETER OF THE SITE.
THE LOT LAYOUT AND TRAIL DESIGN MATCHED THE APPROVED TRACK MAP SHOWN ON THE PREVIOUS SLIDE.
ALTHOUGH THE FINAL MAP WAS, UH, APPROVED PRIOR TO THE ADOPTION OF THE CURRENT 200 FOOT LOT DEPTH REQUIREMENT, EACH LOT MAINTAINS A MINIMUM DEATH OF APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET CONSISTENT WITH THE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
IN EFFECT, AT THE TIME OF THE APPROVAL, ALL LOTS EXCEED 20,000 SQUARE FEET IN AREA, MEETING THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE TO KEY HORSES.
THE DESIGN SECTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIRES A RECOGNIZABLE DESIGN THEME IS REQUIRED FOR EACH HOME, THOUGH NO PARTICULAR STYLE OF ARCHITECTURE IS REQUIRED.
THE PROPOSED ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN BLENDS TRADITIONAL FORMS WITH CONTEMPORARY MATERIALS, INCLUDING THE USE OF STUCCO SIMULATED WITH SIDING AND STONE VENEER ACCENTS.
THE PROJECT APPEAL WAS RECEIVED ON MAY 22ND, WHICH RAISED MULTIPLE ISSUES, WHICH THE STAFF HAS GROUPED INTO SIX MAIN CATEGORIES.
FOR CLARITY, THEY INCLUDE NEIGHBORHOOD COMPATIBILITY, STREET ACCESS AND SAFETY, INFRASTRUCTURE CAPACITY, ENVIRONMENTAL WILDLIFE CONCERNS, CONSTRUCTION IMPACTS, AND A TYPO TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.
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CONCERNS ABOUT THE SIZE AND DESIGNS OF THE HOMES, INCLUDING THE MIX OF ONE AND TWO STORY UNITS, GARAGE SIZES, AND THE NUMBER OF BEDROOMS. THE PROPOSED HOMES RANGE IN SIZE FROM 4,250 SQUARE FEET TO 5,580 SQUARE FEET, AND THE GARAGES ARE DESIGNED TO ACCOMMODATE UP TO FOUR VEHICLES WITH THE OPTION TO PROVIDE SPACE FOR RECREATION VEHICLE PARKING.THE PROJECT INCLUDES TWO SINGLE STORY AND SIX TWO STORY, WHICH MEETS THE DEVELOPMENT CODE REQUIREMENT FOR AT LEAST 25% OF THE HOMES TO BE SINGLE STORY STAFF HAS REVIEWED THE PLANS AND THE CONCERNS THAT THE PROJECT MEETS OBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, INCLUDING HEIGHT, SETBACK, AND LOT CONFIGURATE.
THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN IS CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT AND INCORPORATES MATERIALS SUITABLE FOR CONSTRUCTION IN HIGH FIRE AREAS.
THIS IS THE UNDERLYING TRACK MAP.
NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED TO THE RECORDED TRACK MAP WITH THIS APPLICATION.
THE HOMES COMPLY WITH THE DEVELOPMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR THE VERY LOW RESIDENTIAL ZONE AND THE HILLSIDE OVERLAY, INCLUDING SETBACK, SLOT COVERAGE, AND BUILDING HEIGHT.
THE APPEAL LETTER RAISED CONCERNS THAT EXTENDING CHAMELEON COURT WOULD CREATE AN OVERLY LONG CUL-DE-SAC WOULD LIMIT, WHICH LIMITED ACCESS FOR EMERGENCIES.
AGAIN, THIS EXISTING TRACK WAS APPROVED IN 1990 AND 1992.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THE PLANS AND CONFIRMED THAT THE EXISTING CUL-DE-SAC LENGTH AND THE SINGLE ACCESS STILL MEETS ALL APPLICABLE FIRE AND EMERGENCY STANDARDS.
THE APPEAL ALSO RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY WITH THE EXTENSION OF THE STREET, NOTING THAT OLDER PORTION DOES NOT INCLUDE SIDEWALKS.
THE PROJECT WILL INSTALL NEW SIDEWALKS, CURBS, GUTTERS ALONG THE FRONTAGE OF THE EIGHT NEW HOMES, IMPROVING PEDESTRIAN CONDITIONS WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA.
WHILE NO CHANGES ARE REQUIRED TO THE EXISTING PORTION OF THE STREET, THEIR PROJECT WILL GENERATE ONLY MINIMAL NUMBER OF VEHICLE TRIPS AND ALL DRIVERS ARE REQUIRED TO FOLLOW POSTED SPEED LIMITS TRAFFIC REGULATIONS TO ENSURE SAFE CONDITIONS FOR BOTH VEHICLE AND PEDESTRIANS.
THE APPEAL ALSO RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT STORM WATER MANAGEMENT, CITING PAST FLOODING ISSUES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF EXISTING SEPTIC SYSTEMS. THE CITY'S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT REVIEWED THE PROJECT DRAINAGE PLAN AND DETERMINED THAT THE SITE RUNOFF WILL PROPERLY BE MANAGED.
EACH LOT WILL BE REQUIRED TO INCLUDE A WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT FACILITY TO CAPTURE ONSITE DRAINAGE.
IN ADDITION, A DRAINAGE V DITCH WILL BE CONSTRUCTED ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE NEW HORSE TRAIL TO COLLECT SURFACE RUNOFF.
ALL FLOWS WILL, FROM THE SITE AND FROM THE TRAIL, WILL ULTIMATELY BE DIRECTED TO THE EXISTING SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL TO THE SOUTH.
WITH THESE DESIGN FEATURES IN PLACE, THE PROJECT IS NOT EXPECTED TO INCREASE FLOODING RISK FOR THE ADJACENT HOMES OR IMPACT THE FUNCTION OF THE EXISTING SEPTIC SYSTEMS ON CAMELIA COURT.
THERE WERE ALSO QUESTIONS ABOUT WATER PRESSURE AND FIRE FLOW.
THE FIRE DISTRICT REVIEW THE PROJECT AND FOUND THAT THE EXISTING WATER INFRASTRUCTURE IS SUFFICIENT TO SERVE THE NEW HOMES AND MEET FIRE PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS.
THIS HYDROLOGY MAP SHOWS HOW STORM WATER FLOWS ACROSS THE PROJECT SITE.
DRAINAGE FROM EACH LOT WILL BE CAPTURED BY THE INDIVIDUAL WQMP FACILITIES.
DRAINAGE FROM OFFSITE AREAS AND ALONG THE TRAIL WILL BE DIRECTED TO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY FLOOD CHANNEL TO THE SOUTH.
THIS IS A FLOOD HAZARD MAP THAT OF THE PROJECT SITE IS SHOWING THAT IT IS OUTSIDE OF THE FLOOD HAZARD ZONE.
THE APPEAL ALSO RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT THE POTENTIAL IMPACTS OF WILDLIFE AND ABOUT THE LOSS OF THE HORSE TRAIL ACCESS ACROSS THE SITE.
ON THE TRAIL ISSUE, IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WILD RIDERS MAY HAVE INFORMALLY CROSSED THE PROPERTY IN THE PAST.
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A DESIGNATED EQUESTRIAN TRAIL ON THIS SITE.
THE ORIGINAL TRACK MAP APPROVED BACK IN, IN 1990 AND 1992, EXTENDED THE EXISTING EQUESTRIAN TRAIL LOCATED BEHIND THE HOMES ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF CAMELIA COURT AROUND THE PROJECT SITE.
THIS PROJECT IS CONSISTENT WITH THE APPROVAL, THAT APPROVAL AND WILL CONSTRUCT THE PERIMETER TRAIL, ENSURING A CONTINUOUS CONNECTION TO THE EXISTING TRAIL NETWORK.
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HABITAT ISSUE, A BIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT WAS CONDUCTED, CONDUCTED AS PART OF THE PROJECT'S ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.THE STUDY CONFIRMED THAT THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION APPLIES AND INCLUDED STANDARD CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, SUCH AS A PRE-CONSTRUCTION SURVEY FOR NESTING BIRDS AND BURROWING OWLS BEFORE GRADING BEGINS.
THESE CONDUCTION, THESE CONDITIONS ARE COMMONLY REQUIRED FOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
THE SITE IS PRIVATELY OWNED AND DESIGNED FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN BOTH THE GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING MAP.
AND NO ADDITIONAL HABITAT PROTECTIONS APPLY BEYOND THE STANDARD CQA REQUIREMENTS ALREADY IN PLACE.
THE FINAL CONCERN RAISES THE PEEL, RELATES TO POTENTIAL DISTURBANCES DURING CONSTRUCTION PROCESS.
TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS, THE CITY ENFORCE STANDARD REGULATIONS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS.
THESE INCLUDE LIMITING CONSTRUCTION HOURS TO REDUCE EARLY MORNING AND EVENING DISTURBANCES, REQUIRING DUST CONTROL TO PROTECT AIR QUALITY AND IMPLEMENTING NOISE MITIGATION MEASURES TO COMPLY WITH CITY STANDARDS, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE PUBLIC NOTICE AND PLANNING COMMISSION STAFF REPORTED INCLUDED A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR, ENLISTING THE ASSESSOR PARCEL NUMBER, AND THAT IS WAS MY OVERSIGHT.
SOME RESIDENTS HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE ERROR MAY HAVE LED TO THE CITY'S CQA CONSULTANTS TO REVIEW THE WRONG PROJECT SITE.
TO CLARIFY, THE CQA REPORT INCLUDED THE CORRECT PARCEL NUMBER AND THE CORRECT PROJECT LOCATION WAS REVIEWED.
THE PROJECT SITE WAS ALSO CORRECTLY IDENTIFIED IN THE PUBLIC NOTICE SITE POSTING AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTS.
SO THE ERROR DID NOT AFFECT THE PUBLIC'S ABILITY TO REVIEW OR COMMENT ON THE ACTUAL PROJECT.
THIS IS THE NOTICE SENT OUT TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING, AND INCLUDES THE DESCRIPTION OF WHERE THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED, INCLUDING A MAP OF THE PROJECT SITE.
UM, PLANNING STAFF DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT QUALIFIES FOR A CLASS 32 INFILL EXEMPTION.
A TECHNICAL REVIEW, UM, PREPARED FOR THE CITY'S BY THE CITY'S CONSULTANTS.
CSG CONFIRMED THAT THE PROJECT SITE WOULD NOT RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS, INCLUDING IMPACTS TO BIOLOGICAL RESOURCES, TRAFFIC, NOISE, AIR QUALITY, AND WATER.
ON JUNE 14TH, 2025, THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY, THE CITY'S USE OF THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION CITING POTENTIAL COASTAL SAGE SCRUB AND, UM, COASTAL WHIPTAIL LIZARD HABITAT.
IN RE IN RESPONSE TO CITY'S SE, A CONSULTANT CONFIRMED ON AUGUST 5TH, 2025 THAT THE SITE IS DISTURBED DOES NOT SUPPORT SUITABLE RARE SPECIES HABITAT, AND THAT THE POTENTIAL PRESENCE OF COASTAL SAGE SCRUB AND WHIPTAIL LIZARDS DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE EXEMPTION.
BASED ON THIS REVIEW, STAFF FINDS THAT NO SUBSTANTIAL EVIDENCE IS THAT SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS AND CONTINUES TO SUPPORT THE CLASS 32 EXEMPTION AS AS APPROPRIATE.
THE SITE WAS ADVERTISED AS A PUBLIC HEARING WITH A REGULAR LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT IN THE DAILY BULLETIN ON AUGUST 6TH.
NOTICES WERE SENT TO 90 PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 660 FEET RADIUS OF THE PROJECT SITE ON AUGUST 5TH, AND THE PROJECT WAS POSTED ON AUGUST 6TH.
UM, THIS IS THE NOTICE SENT TO THE PUBLIC FOR THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND INCLUDES A DESCRIPTION OF WHERE THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AND A MAP OF THE PROJECT SITE.
THIS SLIDE SLIDE SLOWS THE PROPERTIES THAT THE MAILINGS WERE SENT TO WITHIN THE 660 FOOT MAILING RADIUS FOR BOTH THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.
UM, WITH THAT, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DENY APPEAL DRC 20 25 0 0 1 30 AND UPHOLD THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S.
MAY 8TH, 2025, APPROVAL OF DESIGN REVIEW DRC 20 24 0 0 1 7 4 FOR CONSIDERATION OF EIGHT SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS ON A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TRACK MAP, 1, 4 6, 4 4.
WITH THAT STAFF'S AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE INTO PUBLIC HEARING? ONE QUICK ONE, MR. MAYOR.
UH, YOU MENTIONED THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT REVIEWED THE SITE FOR ADEQUATE WATER PRESSURE.
UM, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT IT MIGHT, HAVING A LONGER CUL-DE-SAC MIGHT CAUSE AN ISSUE FOR EMERGENCY ACCESS EMERGENCY VEHICLES.
I IMAGINE THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT ALSO REVIEWED THE LENGTH OF THE CUL-DE-SAC AND DETERMINED THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE A THREAT, UM, IN GETTING EMERGENCY ACCESS VEHICLES UP IN THAT AREA.
AND THEY DETERMINED THAT THE CUL-DE-SAC WAS, UM, OF ADEQUATE DIMENSIONS FOR THEM TO TURN THEIR, AROUND THEIR VEHICLES.
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GREAT.UH, I WOULD TO CALL UPON THE, THE APPELLANT.
WHO IS THE PERSON THAT APPEALED PERSONS? YES, SIR.
PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME AND, AND FOR THE RECORD.
AND YES, YOU ARE THE GENTLEMAN THAT, THAT SIGNED THE APPEAL, I WOULD ASSUME.
I'M A PHYSICIAN BEING IN RANCHO COGA MORE THAN 30 YEARS, BEEN IN THAT LOCATION ALSO MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
AND, UH, I'M HERE REALLY FOR, UH, TO ADDRESS TWO POINTS.
POINT NUMBER ONE IN GENERAL, WHEN YOU DO ANY ACT, THERE'S BIG RULE SAID NO HARMS IN ANY ACTION, EVEN AS A PHYSICIAN, IF, IF ANY TREATMENT FOR A PATIENT WILL HURT THAT PATIENT, WE SHOULD NOT DO IT IN THIS PROJECT.
I'M GOING TO ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THEM.
NUMBER ONE IS THE, UH, WATER RUNOFF.
YOU KNOW, THE FIELD THERE, IT'S BEING USED AS A WAY TO GET THE RUNOFF IN THAT AREA.
IN WATERWAY, THERE'S NO, UH, WATER RUNOFF AND, UH, FALLING TREE.
IN THE CANADA ABOVE STREET, THERE IS NO WATER RUNOFF.
SO ALL THIS WATER OFF GOES TO THE FIELD.
NOW, WHEN WE HAVE, WHEN WE BUILD EIGHT HOUSES THERE, THEN THE FIELD NO LONGER ACCOMMODATE THIS WATER, THAT WATER WHERE WE'LL GO, WE'LL GO THROUGH THE HORSE TRAIL TO THE, UH, UH, CAMELIA COURT WHERE THE RESIDENT THERE AND THEY GET FLOODED.
AND I MEAN, REALLY, IT'LL BE A BIG HURT.
AND I WANT TO, AS A COUNCILMAN TO LOOK AT THE WELFARE OF THE RESIDENT THERE, BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT TOO HURT.
THIS PROJECTS BEEN BASED ON MANY EXCEPTION.
OH, EXCEPTION FROM THE SECOND ACCESS, WHY MY HOUSE WAS BURNED, 2003 IN THAT AREA, IT'S HIGH RISK AREA.
AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, GIVEN AN EXCEPTION, THEY GET ANOTHER EXCEPTION FOR FROM QUA INFE 32.
UH, AND THERE'S FIVE CRITERIA.
YOU JUST SEND ME A LETTER, SAY THERE'S FIVE CRITERIA FOR THAT EXEMPTION.
DOES NOT MEET IN THIS PROJECT.
NO ENDANGERED HABITAT, NO YOUR HABITAT.
THE AREA, YOU KNOW, WITH RESPECT TO THE, UH, OWNER OR THE UH, UH, MANAGER THERE, HE WENT AND DESTROYED THE LAND, DESTROY ALL THE HABITATS, 80% BEING DESTROYED.
EVERY YEAR THEY COME, JUST TAKE THE BRUSH AROUND, CLEAN THE AREA.
BUT THIS YEAR, THE, THE BULLDOZER ARE GOING IN THE MIDDLE WAY AND RIGHT AND LEFT MORE THAN CLEARLY, MORE 70% BEING DESTROYED.
WHY DID HE GET THE PERMISSION FROM THE CITY TO DO THAT? EVEN ASK TABA, YOU KNOW, I WANT SOMEBODY TO GO THERE AND EVALUATE THE A AND SEE ALL THIS EVIDENCE BEING DESTROYED.
ONE OF THE, I THINK WE HAVE ONE CONSULTANT HERE TO TELL YOU HOW MUCH IT'S VALUABLE THAT LAND, HOW MUCH, YOU KNOW, RARE HABITANT LIVES THERE.
ONE OF IT REALLY, HAVE YOU HEARD IN RUSSIA, MINGA 16 YEARS, COME AND SIT AND LAY DOWN.
THEY LIVED IN THAT AREA A FEW DAYS AGO.
WE SEE A FEW BABIES BORN AND THAT IT'S SO PRECIOUS AREA, SO NATURE, AND I THINK WE NEED TO PRESERVE THIS.
AND I'M GONNA REALLY, THERE'S MANY THINGS I CAN TALK ABOUT, BUT THIS, THE MAIN THING THAT THE PRESSURE GOING TO HURT THE NEIGHBORS, THE EXCEPTION THAT THEY GOT IS NOT INACCURATE.
AND FOR THAT REASON, LAST YEAR, CITY OF LOS ANGELES LOST THE, LOST THE APPEAL IN THE COURT WITH THE CITIZEN BECAUSE THEY DID NOT FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE EXCEPTION.
UM, NOW I WOULD LIKE TO ASK FOR THE APP APPLICANT TO ADDRESS THE COUNSEL AND ANY COMMENTS YOU'D LIKE TO MAKE REGARDING THE APPELLANT'S CONCERNS.
HELLO, MY NAME'S TYLER MILLER WITH ALALA EIGHT.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.
UH, A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF.
MY FAMILY MOVED TO THIS NEIGHBORHOOD IN 1993, STILL LIVE THERE TODAY.
UH, A GOOD GOLFER, UNLIKE MYSELF, COULD HIT MY CHILDHOOD HOME FROM THE BUILD SITE.
UH, I ATTENDED STORK ELEMENTARY, FIRST THROUGH SIXTH
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GRADE.MY BUS STOP WAS AT HERITAGE PARK.
MY BEST FRIEND AT THE TIME, TAYLOR HALLAHAN, LIVED AT 91 90 CAMELIA COURT.
WE'D FREQUENTLY RIDE BICYCLES AND PLAY BALL IN THIS FIELD.
MY BEST FRIEND, STILL TO THIS DAY, JOEL WOOD, UH, LIVED AT 91 76.
WORLDWAY COURT FREQUENTLY STAYED WITH MY FAMILY WHEN HIS HOUSE BURNED DOWN AND THE GRAND PRIX FIRE IN 2003.
AS A YOUNG WITNESS TO THE DEVASTATION OF FIRE AND RECONSTRUCTION OF HIS HOME, I WAS INSPIRED TO BECOME A GENERAL CONTRACTOR AFTER SPENDING MY ENTIRE CHILDHOOD ON THIS PROPERTY.
YOU CAN IMAGINE MY EXCITEMENT WHEN IT WAS OFFERED FOR ME FOR PURCHASE IN 2022, AN INCREDIBLE OPPORTUNITY TO RAISE MY FOUR CHILDREN AND THREE POODLES IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD I GREW UP IN.
I'M NOT A RICH MAN OR A PUBLICLY TRADED CORPORATION.
I PURCHASED THESE EIGHT LOTS FROM A MAN WHO OWNED THE LAND SINCE 1986.
AS TABBA TOLD YOU, THE SALE OF THESE LOTS WAS HIS RETIREMENT.
TABBA DIDN'T TELL YOU THAT PART.
AS PART OF HIS RETIREMENT PLAN, UH, INCLUDED IN THE PACKAGE WAS READY TO BUILD PURCHASE WHEN THE APPROVED SUBDIVISION STREET IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND APPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW SHOWING NO IMPACT.
WHILE THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REVIEW DOES NOT HAVE AN EXPIRATION DATE, WE HAVE GONE THROUGH THE CURRENT SSQL PROCESS, WHICH AGAIN SHOWS NO IMPACT.
WHEN THE NO IMPACT APPROVAL WAS CHALLENGED, WE WENT THROUGH AN AUDIT OF THE PROCESS AND REVIEW, WHICH WE HAVE WITH US TODAY, AND AGAIN, SHOWS NO IMPACT AS THE FINAL ITEM AND A LONG LIST OF REQUIREMENTS HAVING MET ALL CRITERIA.
WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO STARTING CONSTRUCTION.
I WANNA EXTEND MY COMPLIMENTS AND GRATITUDE TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND RANCH CUCAMONGA PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR THE CONSISTENT AND STRICT DESIGN CRITERIA.
THE CAREFUL PLANNING OF DEVELOPMENTS LIKE THIS ONE HAS MADE RANCHO CUCAMONGA THE GREAT AND BEAUTIFUL CITY IT IS TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR THE, YOUR TIME THIS EVENING, AND I'M AVAILABLE TO ADDRESS ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS.
OKAY, WE WILL NOW, UM, GO TO OUR PEOPLE THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK.
YOU'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES ON THE, UM, ON THE, YOU'VE BEEN HERE, YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
UM, AARON AFTON, A AR AARON? NOPE.
I'M WITH THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY.
I'M THE CONSERVATION CHAIR THERE, UM, UH, AT THE RIVERSIDE SAN BERNARDINO CHAPTER.
AND, UH, I, BEFORE MY COMMENTS, I JUST WANNA SET THE TABLE A LITTLE BIT.
UH, IT MIGHT SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW THAT RIGHT HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WE'RE IN A BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY HOTSPOT, ONLY ONE OF 25 ON THE PLANET.
THE ONLY OTHER BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY HOTSPOT IN THE CONTIGUOUS OR CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES IS THE FLORIDA EVERGLADES.
SO IT'S FLORIDA EVERGLADES, AND THEN US RIGHT HERE, LUCKY US.
RIGHT? UH, AND SO I THINK THERE'S SOME RESPONSIBILITY ON, ON US TO PROTECT EVEN THE SMALLEST FRAGMENTS OF NATIVE HABITAT, UH, THAT WE HAVE AND, AND ARE EVER, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE DWINDLING FASTER IN CALIFORNIA THAN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST IS, UH, WHICH, UH, SEEMINGLY WE, WE CARE ABOUT.
UM, I'LL, I'LL NOTE THAT 60% OF OUR PLANT SPECIES ARE ENDEMIC TO THE STATE.
THAT MEANS THEY ONLY GROW RIGHT HERE IN THE STATE.
AND MOST OF THE PLANT SPECIES ON THIS PROJECT SITE.
UH, AND, AND I DON'T WANT TO DEBATE THE POINT, BUT IT'S NOT DISTURBED LAND.
THERE'S, IT'S, IT'S NATIVE HABITAT.
THERE'S VERY MATURE CALIFORNIA SAGE SCRUB AND CHAPARRAL SPECIES OUT THERE.
UH, BUT THE THREE PRIMARY SPECIES ARE CALIFORNIA SAGE BRUSH, UH, LAUREL SUMAC, AND CHRISTMAS BERRY.
ALL OF THOSE ARE ENDEMIC TO CALIFORNIA, IF NOT ONLY TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
SO AGAIN, THEY ONLY EXIST HERE.
UH, THE PROJECT SITE, UH, AS, AS WAS NOTED ON THE SCREEN, IS, UH, OCCUPIED BY ONE SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN.
THAT'S THE COASTAL WIT TAIL, UM, AND SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW, WE HAVE THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT IN CALIFORNIA, AND THERE'S A FEDERAL ACT.
AND, UH, IF SOMETHING IS NOT ON THAT ACT, SO, SO WE HAVE ENDANGERED AND THREATENED SPECIES, BUT THEN A LEVEL BELOW THAT ARE SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERNS.
SO THOSE ARE CANDIDATES FOR LISTING UNDER THE ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT, AND THEY HAVE SPECIAL PROTECTIONS IN CALIFORNIA, UM, AS REQUIRED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE.
UH, SO THAT ONE SPECIES IS THERE.
AND THEN THERE'S ALSO, UH, POTENTIAL HABITAT FOR A HOST OF OTHER SPECIES THAT ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR THAT POSSIBLY DO OCCUR, BUT YOU DON'T KNOW UNLESS YOU DO THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT.
SO THE MAIN ISSUE HERE IS THAT THE CITY HAS GONE FORWARD WITH A NOTICE OF EXEMPTION, AND IT'S AN INAPPROPRIATE NOTICE OF EXEMPTION.
ONE, BECAUSE THERE IS NATIVE HABITAT THAT COULD POTENTIALLY SUPPORT A, A WHOLE ROUND OF NATIVE SPECIES, BUT WE DON'T KNOW.
UM, AND TWO, THERE IS COASTAL WHIPTAIL THERE, UH, I, AND JUST DEFACTO THE EXISTENCE OF THAT SPECIES THERE, BECAUSE IT'S A SPECIES OF SPECIAL CONCERN, ELIMINATES THE VALIDITY OR THE VIABILITY OF A NOTICE OF, OF EXEMPTION.
UM, TWO, THE CUMULATIVE IMPACTS, UH,
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WERE NOT, UH, HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED.AND THE THREE, UH, AND I I REFER YOU TO, UH, SIERRA CLUB VERSUS, UH, COUNTY OF SONOMA.
BUT, UH, JUST BECAUSE THIS PROJECT IS IN A HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONE, AUTOMATICALLY DISQUALIFIES THE USE OF AN EXEMPTION.
UM, I REALIZE I'M OUT OF TIME, BUT THANK YOU FOR THANK YOU COMING ME OUT.
AND I'LL BE AROUND IF, UH, YOU HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS.
TERRY TATE, FOLLOWED BY CHRISTINA HARTMAN.
UH, I'VE LIVED IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA SINCE 1959.
UM, MY CONCERNS ARE WHY HAS THE PROJECT MOVED THROUGH NUMEROUS CITY DEPARTMENTS WITH EIGHT INCORRECT PARTIAL NUMBERS, AND WITHOUT ECOLOGICAL STUDY DONE FOR THE WILDLIFE WITHIN THE PROJECTED AREA.
EXISTING RESIDENTS HAVE BEEN DENIED UPGRADES AND IMPROVEMENTS TO THEIR PROPERTIES DUE TO NON COHESIVE LOOKS.
YET THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN APPROVED WITHOUT ANY COHESIVE CONSISTENCY TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, INCLUDING STYLE, SIZE, AND MATERIALS OF HOMES, AND THE PROXIMITY FROM THE COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL LINE.
THIS SHOULD CEASE THE PROJECT NOW DUE TO THE AESTHETIC INCONSISTENCY WITH THE EXISTING NEIGHBORHOOD, ALL RESIDENTS RESIDING CURRENTLY ON CAMILLA COURT SHOULD HAVE THE OPTION OF CONNECTING TO THE PROJECTED SEWER LINE AT THE PROJECT'S EXPENSE.
BRIDAL PATH PROJECTIONS NEED TO BE ADDRESSED AS CURRENT RV OWNERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ACCESS THEIR PROPERTY FROM THE NEW PROJECTED BRIDAL PATH DISTANCES FROM NEW CONSTRUCTION.
ORIGINALLY, THIS PROJECT REQUESTED TWO EMERGENCY EXITS PER FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WHAT HAS CHANGED TO HAVE THIS PROJECT APPROVED WITH ONLY ONE EMERGENCY EXIT? THANK YOU.
BUT WE'RE GONNA STAY HERE AND HANDLE THIS.
UM, CHRISTINA HARTMAN, FOLLOWED BY DREW DAYTON.
I LIVE, UM, VERY CLOSE TO THIS PROJECT.
UM, AND I SPECIFICALLY WANT TO DISCUSS JUST LIKE MY NEIGHBOR, UM, THE LACK OF INCONSISTENCY OF WHAT THIS PROJECT LOOKS LIKE.
UM, THESE NEW HOUSES ARE MUCH, MUCH LARGER.
MY HOUSE IS A ONE STORY AND MUCH SMALLER.
UM, THEY WILL NOT MATCH, UH, THEY LOOK MORE LIKE MANSIONS THAN THE 1970S HOUSES THAT I BOUGHT INTO FOR MY FAMILY.
UM, AND EGREGIOUSLY, LIKE THE, THE PLAN SAID FOUR CAR GARAGES.
WE WERE TOLD SIX, SIX CAR GARAGES THAT WILL HOUSE, UM, RECREATIONAL VEHICLES AS WELL.
CURRENTLY WE HAVE A CUL-DE-SAC THAT'S, UM, THAT HAS ALL 1970 HOUSES, AND THEN IT'S GONNA STOP AND HAVE THESE GARGANTUAN, EXCESSIVE HOMES THAT ARE GONNA DWARF AND DOMINATE THE HOMES THAT ARE ITS NEIGHBORS.
AND I BRING THIS UP BECAUSE I'M A NEW BUYER AND I HAD TO FIX UP MY ORIGINAL 1978 HOUSE, AND WHEN I NEEDED A NEW ROOF, AND I CALLED THE CITY AND SAID, I WANT THIS TYPE OF ROOF, 'CAUSE IT'S VERY SET FIREPROOF, AND IT WAS VERY HARD FOR ME TO GET INSURANCE.
AND I'M FURTHER FROM THE CANYON IN THESE NEW HOMES.
AND THEN I WAS TOLD IF I WANTED JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE ROOF MATERIALS, IF I WANTED TO CHANGE MY ROOFING MATERIALS, I WOULD NEED TO PAY AN ARCHITECT AND A DESIGNER.
BASICALLY, I WOULD HAVE TO SPEND TENS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS, THEN GO THROUGH AN AESTHETIC COMMITTEE TO PETITION WHY I COULD USE THAT NEW MATERIAL AND THESE NEW, YEAH, JUST FOR ME.
UM, AND THESE, THIS, UH, PLANNER DOESN'T HAVE TO DO THAT.
THEY CAN BUILD IT HOWEVER THEY'D LIKE.
AND I KNOW OTHER NEIGHBORS HAVE HAD SIMILAR THINGS, UM,
SO THERE SHOULD BE A COMMITMENT TO THE AESTHETIC OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD IF THIS IS WHAT THE CITY SAID WAS SO IMPORTANT.
'CAUSE I ASKED WHY THIS WAS SO GONNA COST ME SO MUCH, OR WHY I HAD TO GO THROUGH SO, SO MANY SO STEPS JUST FOR ROOF.
THEY SAID, WE ARE COMMITTED TO A NEIGHBORHOOD AESTHETIC AND THIS IS WHAT WE WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE.
AND THIS IS WHAT IT, IT WILL NEED TO LOOK LIKE UNLESS YOU GO THROUGH THESE STEPS.
BUT IN YOUR REPORT, THERE WAS NO MANDATED REQUIREMENT FOR THE DESIGNS OF THESE HOMES.
IF THESE NEW HOMES WANT TO DEVIATE FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD AESTHETIC, UM, THEN THE DEVELOPERS SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE TO UNDERGO THE SAME PROCESS FOR EACH MODEL THAT I HAD TO GO OR THAT I WOULD NEED TO GO TO CHANGE MY ROOF.
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YOU CAN'T ASK MORE OF THE TAX PAYING RESIDENTS AND LESS OF THE DEVELOPER.FOLLOWED BY JOSEPH COHEN, COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I DON'T BELIEVE DREW COULD MAKE IT.
SHE HAS SOME DEAL WITH HER FAMILY TONIGHT.
YOU KNOW, BEN FRANKLIN SAYS THAT WHEN YOU'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DECISION ABOUT SOMETHING, YOU TAKE A PIECE OF PAPER, DRAW A LINE DOWN THE MIDDLE, PUT PROS ON ONE SIDE, CONS ON THE OTHER, AND WHICHEVER SIDE ENDS UP BEING THE LONGEST, THAT'S A DECISION YOU SHOULD MAKE.
HE WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A VERY WISE MAN.
YOU KNOW, THEY'VE BEEN TRYING TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY FOR PROBABLY ABOUT 30 OR 40 YEARS.
AND THE REASON WE NEVER DEVELOPED MY UNDERSTANDING WAS IT REQUIRED A SECOND ACCESS.
THE CITY SAYS THAT A MAXIMUM LENGTH OF A CUL OFAC SHOULD BE 600 FEET.
THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO SAYS THE SAME THING.
FOR SOME REASON, WITH THE EXISTING LENGTH OF THE CUL-DE-SAC BEING 460 FEET AND ADDING ANOTHER 500 FEET IN DEVELOPMENT WOULD MAKE THIS CUL-DE-SAC 960 FEET.
TO ME, IT DOESN'T PASS THE SMELL TEST.
YOU KNOW, I LIVED ON THE CORNER OF FALLING TREE IN CAMIL COURT.
VERY SELDOM DOES A, A VEHICLE STOP THERE.
SINCE I'VE LIVED THERE, THREE KIDS HAVE BEEN HIT ONE VERY SERIOUSLY.
I'VE HAD A CAR END UP IN MY YARD.
THE NEIGHBOR ON THE, UH, ACROSS HAS HAD HIS MAILBOX KNOCKED DOWN THREE TIMES.
UM, I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT CORNER OF FALLING TREE ON CAMELIA COURT NOW WITH THE E-BIKES, INCREASED TRAFFIC.
AND I BELIEVE THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF INCREASED TRAFFIC.
SOME PEOPLE ARE SAYING, OH, IT'S GONNA BE MINIMAL.
I THINK THERE'S GONNA PROBABLY BE A LOT WITH THESE BIG HOMES.
THERE'S PROBABLY GONNA BE MULTI-FAMILIES THERE.
AND WHO KNOWS, PROBABLY SOME AIRBNBS.
ANOTHER ISSUE IS THAT THE NEIGHBORS HAVE RECEIVED THREE NOTICES, ALL WITH THE WRONG A NPM AND UH, OR A A PN.
AND I FEEL THIS IS A LEGAL ISSUE FOR THE SIMPLE REASON THAT I'M NOT A MIND READER AND I DON'T BELIEVE MY NEIGHBORS ARE MIND READERS.
SO HOW IN THE HECK ARE WE GONNA ASSOCIATE THOSE NOTICES WITH THAT PARTICULAR PARCEL? SO I FEEL THIS PROJECT, AT A MINIMUM, SHOULD BE TABLED UNTIL PEOPLE CAN GET A PROPER NOTICE WITH A PROPER A PN.
AGAIN, I FEEL IT'S A LEGAL ISSUE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON IN OUR CITY RIGHT NOW.
YOU'RE, SIR, I'M SORRY, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES IS UP.
COUNSEL AGAIN, JOE COWEN FROM THE ALOMA RIDING CLUB.
UH, OUR ORGANIZATION WAS ESTABLISHED BACK IN 1963 TO PRESERVE THE EQUESTRIAN RURAL LIFESTYLE OF ALOMA.
UM, I DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD A JOB WE'RE DOING.
UM, IT SEEMS THAT WE'RE BUILDING MORE ADUS, AND I KNOW THAT'S NOT, UM, THE CITY'S FAULT.
I KNOW THAT THERE'S A BUNCH OF STUFF GOING ON IN THE STATE.
UM, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE LOSING THE, THE ABILITY TO HOUSE HORSES.
UM, WE'VE DONE A GREAT JOB DRAWING IN THE INCOME OWNERS OR THE INCOME PEOPLE BUILDING BIGGER HOUSES, LESS LOT SIZE.
UM, SO AGAIN, THE HOUSES ARE HUGE.
I KNOW THERE IS A, UH, A SPACE THE DEVELOPER HAS SET ASIDE FOR HORSES.
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THAT A 50 FOOT SETBACK AS REQUIRED BY THE, BY THE, UH, CODE? AND, UM, IF IN THE FUTURE IF SOMEBODY WANTS HORSES, IS IT GOING TO BE TOLD TO THEM NO, BECAUSE THERE'S NOT A 50 FOOT SETBACK.SO I'M THINKING THE, THE STAFF OF THE CITY SHOULD MAYBE LOOK INTO THAT.
IT ALSO DEALS WITH ADUS PUT ON HOUSES, PUT ON LOTS NEXT DOOR TO HORSES, BOTH PRESENTLY AND IN THE FUTURE.
SO, UM, I DO APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT THE, I'VE BEEN TOLD THAT THE HORSE TRAILS ARE PROCEEDING THROUGH.
COREY HANEY, FOLLOWED BY BARB DEWITT.
I, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I RESIDE ON RI COURT WITH MY HUSBAND GEORGE CORY, AND OUR THREE BOYS.
WE'VE HAD AN AMAZING OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY OF RANCH CUCAMONGA FOR 30 YEARS.
UM, I WANTED TO REFER TO THE BUILDINGS OF THOSE HOMES ARE GOING TO TAKE PLACE ON THE CAMELIA TRACK, AND I'M HERE TO OPPOSE THE PROJECT.
OUR HOME IS ADJACENT TO THE LAND WHERE THE PROPOSED PROJECT WILL TAKE PLACE.
WE FACE THE CITY VIEW, AND WHEN WE BOUGHT OUR HOMES, WE PARTICULARLY CHOSE THE HOUSE NOT FOR WHAT THE HOUSE WAS TO OFFER, BUT FOR THE LOCATION AND THE PRIVACY THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE PURCHASE.
ALL OF US HERE TODAY COME TOGETHER TO VOICE OUR CONCERNS IN HOPES THAT OUR VOICES WILL BE HEARD.
WE'VE BEEN IN OUR HOUSE FOR 30 YEARS AND IT'S OUR SANCTUARY.
WE GET TO ENJOY EVERYTHING THAT COMES ALONG WITH IT, INCLUDING THE WILDLIFE, THE VIEWS, THE PRIVACY, THE SERENITY, AND THE QUIETNESS.
WE ALL AGREE THAT THIS PROJECT WILL TAKE A TOLL ON OUR FAMILIES AND THE LITTLE COMMUNITY THAT WE LIVE IN, IN SO MANY WAYS, THE THE PROPOSED CONSTRUCTION WILL DEFINITELY INTRUDE IN OUR PRIVACY AND OUR RIGHT TO PEACEFUL TO, TO OUR PEACEFUL SPACE THAT WE ENJOY AND CALL HOME FIRST.
THESE FUTURE HOMES ARE NOT AESTHETICALLY FIT WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
THEY WILL BE ENORMOUS WITH INTRUSIONS IN OUR SPACES AND IN OUR DAILY LIFE.
SECOND, OUR ACCESS INTO OUR YARDS WHERE WE STORE OUR HORSES AND RVS WILL NO LONGER BE ACCESSIBLE AND WE WILL BE DEFINITELY LIMITED.
I PERSONALLY NEED A, AT LEAST 35 FEET OF SPACE TO MANAGE MY RV.
WITH ALL THAT SAID AND DONE, THE NOISE LEVEL WILL BE EXTREME, AND IT IS UNACCEPTABLE TO ANY OF US.
SINCE WE'RE NOT USED TO IT, OUR CHILDREN IS, ANOTHER FACTOR WILL BE AFFECTED AS WELL.
MOST OF US FEEL THAT THIS, THAT MOST OF US FEEL SAFE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
AND WITH THE PROPOSED, WITH THE PROPOSED BUILDING, IT MEANS THAT WE WILL NO LONGER, WE WILL HAVE TO ADJUST TO NEW NEIGHBORS, MORE TRAFFIC.
AND THE MOST FACTOR IS THE UNKNOWN AND UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT IT WILL BRING WITH IT, WHICH IS A CONCERN ALL OF US AS PARENTS AND YOUNG KIDS.
BARB DEWITT, FOLLOWED BY JUDY SPALDING.
I'VE LIVED ON FERRARI COURT FOR 37 YEARS NOW.
I'M FIRST GOING TO ADDRESS THE EQUESTRIAN, UH, ISSUE BEING PART OF THE HILLSIDE OVERLAY AND THE TRAILS IMPLEMENTATION IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT, UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE ENOUGH CORRAL SPACE FOR A 24 BY 24 OR 12 BY 28 THAT HAS TO BE LEVELED AND 30 FEET AWAY FROM THE HOUSE AND 70 FEET AWAY FROM YOUR NEIGHBOR'S YARD, TOTAL OF 112 FEET FROM THE BACK OF THE HOUSE TO THE BACK OF THE, THE YARD.
MY BIG CONCERN IS THAT THOSE TWO HOUSES THAT ARE UP AT THE TOP OF THE CUL-DE-SAC, THEIR FRONT YARDS ARE SO SMALL THAT
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THE SIZE OF THE HOUSE ITSELF IS GONNA HAVE TO BE SET WAY BACK ON THE, UH, FROM THE CUL-DE-SAC.THEY WON'T BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT AMOUNT OF SPACE IN THE BACK THAT 112 FEET NEEDED FROM THE BACK OF THEIR HOUSE TO THEIR WALL.
SO MAYBE THE SIZE OF THE HOUSES ON THOSE TOPS WHERE THE FRONTS ARE SO SMALL, MIGHT HAVE TO BE ADJUSTED A LITTLE BIT SO THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH ROOM AS PER RANCH CUCAMONGA CODE FOR THE EQUESTRIAN HORSES TO BE ON THERE.
AND I KNOW THAT THE 24 BY 24 NORMALLY HOUSES ABOUT TWO HORSES, AND THE PLANS HAVE CHANGED ALREADY SINCE LAST YEAR.
WE ARE NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE SIX HORSES ON OUR HALF ACRE PROPERTIES.
SO 25, 24 BY 24 IS PROBABLY NOT GOING TO ACCOMMODATE SIX HORSES.
THEY WILL NEED A LITTLE BIT MORE SPACE.
UM, THE NEXT ONE IS THE INGRESS, EGRESS EASEMENT LAW.
AND THAT ONE STATES THAT IF A PERSON HAS BEEN USING A PROPERTY FOR ACCESS TO THEIR PROPERTY FOR 20 YEARS OR MORE, THAT THEY STILL GET TO USE THAT SPACE.
RIGHT NOW I USE ABOUT 80 FEET OF, I HAVE 20 OF THAT FEET, THAT'S MY OWN EASEMENT.
I PULL MY HORSE TRAILER UP AND THEN BACK IT INTO MY PROPERTY.
AND I ALSO HAVE MY RV, WHICH I HAVE TO SWING AROUND BECAUSE MY SPACE THAT I PULL INTO IS SO NARROW, I CAN'T EVEN OPEN UP BOTH OF MY DOORS ON MY RV AND THE SPACE THAT IT GOES IN WITHOUT HITTING THE WALL OR MY, OR MY, UM, WALL TO MY BARN.
SO I HAVE TO PULL IN STRAIGHT AND, UM, I FIGURED TODAY WHEN I WAS MEASURING IT ALL OUT, I COULD PROBABLY GO WITH 40 FEET, WHICH IS ONLY 10 MORE FEET THAN WHAT I WOULD HAVE.
I HAVE MY 20 FEET AND THEY'VE ALLOWED 10 FEET FOR THE BRIDAL PATH, WHICH GIVES ME 30.
SO MAYBE WE COULD HAVE THEM HAVE THAT BACK.
UM, THOSE BACK WALLS MOVED IN JUST A, A TAD.
UM, THE CITY CODE OF 17.120 0.020 FOR THE SITE DESIGN, UM, SAYS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE TWO INGRESS AND EGRESS.
AND I KNOW THAT THAT'S BEEN ADDRESSED BEFORE, BUT THAT THE GENERAL PLAN SAYS IS OVER 600 FEET THAT, UM, YOU HAVE TO HAVE.
I LIVE AT 53 60 FALLING TREE, AND I AM VIGOROUSLY OPPOSED TO THE BUILDING OF THESE EIGHT HUGE HOUSES, STUDIO RO ROCO.
UM, I'D LIKE TO BRING ATTENTION TO THEIR, UM, THE LACK OF A PROPER ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MUCH WILDLIFE OUT IN THAT, UH, AREA.
THERE ARE, AS WE'VE MENTIONED, UH, EGRETS AND BABY DEER.
AND, UM, MY GRANDDAUGHTER WHO LOST HER MOTHER BECAUSE A DRUGGIE WAS STEALING A U-HAUL AND RAN OVER THEM, MY DAUGHTER, BUT I HAVE MY GRANDDAUGHTER PERIODICALLY, AND SO SHE HAS NAMED ONE OF 'EM.
THE BABIES IS, UM, BAMBI, AND ANOTHER ONE IS, UH, RUDOLPH.
AND RUDOLPH PERIODICALLY COMES TO OUR HOUSE AND, UH, EATS SOME OF THE VEGETABLES AND, UH, FRUIT AND TRIMS, OUR ROSE BUSHES AND EVERYTHING WITH THE RUNOFF OF EVERYTHING.
ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO AFFECT ALL OF THE SPECIES THAT ARE LIVING OUT THERE.
I'D ALSO LIKE TO BRING YOUR ATTENTIONAL LAWSUIT THAT WAS BROUGHT IN BY THE UNITED NEIGHBORHOOD IN LOS ANGELES VERSUS THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES, IN WHICH THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES LOST BECAUSE THEY, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THAT WAS REQUIRED BY THE CEQA THAT THEIR FIVE ELEMENTS WERE NOT SATISFIED.
AND I JUST WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR LETTING US COME TONIGHT.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKERS FOR THIS MATTER.
SO WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNCIL MEMBERS FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR ANY, ANY COMMENTS FROM OUR CITY ATTORNEY SHOULD HE FEEL COMPELLED TO.
UM, ANYONE HAVE ANY COMMENTS? MR. MAYOR, DID YOU WANT TO HAVE PLANNING, UH, ADDRESS A COUPLE OF THOSE COMMENTS? I THINK JENNIFER MIGHT WANT TO ADDRESS A FEW OF 'EM.
UM, A COUPLE OF THE COMMENTS THAT, UM, I WANTED TO JUST TRY TO ADDRESS.
I TRIED TO, AS BEST I COULD TO SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE COMMENTS THAT WERE HERE.
UM, UH, STAFF DOES ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WAS A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR ON THE PARCEL NUMBER,
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UM, FOR THE LEGAL NOTICE.I, I THINK WE'VE MADE THAT VERY CLEAR THAT WE DID USE THE CORRECT PARCELS FOR ALL OF THE NOTICING FOR ALL OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW.
UM, IT IS AN UNFORTUNATE ERROR, BUT IT DOES NOT MATERIALLY AFFECT THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS TAKEN ON THE PROJECT.
UM, A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS CAME UP, UH, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING AESTHETICS.
AND, UM, WHILE I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF RESIDENTS, I'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, I'VE BEEN WITH CITY MYSELF OVER 20 YEARS.
UM, AND I DO AGREE THAT IN THE PAST WE HAVE, UM, HELD THE LINE A LOT ON COMMUNITY AESTHETICS.
UM, THE STATE HAS CHANGED SOME OF THE RULES ON HOW WE CAN CONTINUE TO HOLD THAT LINE.
UM, AND IF THOSE STANDARDS ARE NOT OBJECTIVE, AESTHETICS IS A VERY SUBJECTIVE AREA OF ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN, UNFORTUNATELY.
AND UNLESS WE HAVE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS THAT WE CAN HOLD ANY FUTURE, ANY CURRENT OR FUTURE HOUSING PROJECT TO, WE ARE, WE ARE UNABLE TO USE THE TOOLS THAT WE MAY HAVE USED IN THE PAST TO, UM, TO, UH, THE BEST WORD I GUESS I CAN USE IS TO IMPRESS UPON DEVELOPERS OUR VISION, UM, FOR THE AESTHETIC DESIGNS OF THE COMMUNITY.
UM, THEY DID MEET ALL OF THE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS THAT ARE IN THE CODE.
UM, I DO UNDERSTAND THAT MOST OF THOSE HOUSES WERE BUILT IN THE SEVENTIES.
MANY OF THEM, I THINK ALL OF THEM ARE SINGLE STORY.
UM, BUT HOWEVER, THE, UH, THE CURRENT AND THE PREVIOUS DESIGN, UH, DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS FOR THOSE SITES ALLOW FOR TWO STORY UNITS, ALLOW FOR BIGGER HOMES.
AT THE TIME THAT THOSE HOUSES WERE BUILT, THEY WERE BUILT TO THOSE STANDARDS.
THESE ONES ARE BEING BUILT TO THE, TO THESE STANDARDS, BUT THEY'RE ALL THE SAME STANDARDS.
IT'S A MATTER OF CHOICE AT THIS POINT.
UM, WE, UH, DID HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT THE CORRAL SPACE.
UM, ALL OF THE PROJECTS OR ALL OF THE SITES WERE, UH, REQUIRED BY CODE TO SHOW WHERE A CORRAL COULD BE PLACED ON THE SITE.
AND THAT STANDARD WAS MET THAT DOES NOT COMPEL THEM OR REQUIRE THEM TO BUILD THE CORRAL, BUT OUR HILLSIDE REGULATIONS REQUIRE THAT THEY SIMPLY SHOW WHERE IT COULD RESIDE.
UM, I THINK THAT KIND OF COVERS MOST OF THE ISSUES, BUT IF THERE'S ANYTHING SPECIFIC WE'RE HAPPY TO ANSWER, MR. MAYOR, IF I JUST MIGHT PUT A FINER POINT ON SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS.
THE, THE STATE'S HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT SAYS THAT THE CITY CANNOT DENY A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT IF IT MEETS OR REDUCE THE DENSITY OF THE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT.
IF IT MEETS ALL OBJECTIVE STANDARDS.
STAFF HAS SAID IT MEETS THIS PROJECT MEETS ALL OBJECTIVE STANDARDS.
UM, THE ONLY EXCEPTION TO THAT IS IF THERE'S A SPEC, THE PROJECT WOULD CAUSE A SPECIFIC ADVERSE IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY BASED ON WRITTEN OBJECTIVE STANDARDS.
THIS PROJECT HAS GONE THROUGH REVIEW BY THE BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT, AND THEY HAVEN'T IDENTIFIED A SPECIFIC WRITTEN OBJECTIVE STANDARD THAT THIS PROJECT WOULD, UH, NOT COMPLY WITH.
AND SO THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT IS PUSHING THE CITY TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, AND WITHOUT CONSIDERATION OF AESTHETIC STANDARDS OR SUBJECTIVE STANDARDS LIKE AESTHETICS OR MASSING OR THINGS LIKE THAT, THOSE ARE THINGS THAT UNDER STATE LAW, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, WE CAN'T CONSIDER ANYMORE.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO CQA, IF A PROJECT QUALIFIES FOR A CQA EXEMPTION, THE STATE LAW ALSO REQUIRES THE CITY TO APPLY THAT EXEMPTION.
AND IN THIS CASE, IT PROBABLY ACTUALLY WENT BEYOND WHAT CQ REQUIRED BY DOING A FULL, FULL-BLOWN, UH, ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS UNDER THE CLASS 32 INFILL EXEMPTION.
UH, WITH RESPECT TO THE NOTICING AREA, UH, ERROR, UH, THAT'S REGRETFUL.
UM, BUT THE LAW IS PRETTY CLEAR THAT UNLESS THE ERROR WOULD CAUSE PREJUDICE, MEANING THAT SOMEBODY SIMPLY JUST DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THEN THE NOTICING ERROR DOESN'T INVALIDATE THE DECISION.
I THINK THE RESIDENTS WERE GOT NOTICE AND WERE HERE, AND, AND THE MAP CLEARLY SHOWED WHERE THE LOCATION OF THIS PROJECT WOULD BE.
AND THEN THE FINAL THING I JUST WANTED TO ADDRESS IS, YOU KNOW, I I'M SYMPATHETIC TO THE FACT THAT THIS HAS BEEN VACANT FOR A LONG TIME.
UM, BUT IT HAS BEEN DEVELOPED INTO EIGHT DEVELOPABLE PARCELS AND FOR THE CITY TO PREVENT DEVELOPMENT DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE SO THAT IT CAN BE MAINTAINED AS HABITAT, UM, OR, OR PRESERVE OR USED FOR AS A DRAINAGE BASIN FOR THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
I MEAN, THAT, THAT'S BASICALLY TAKING THE PROPERTY FROM THE, TAKING ALL ECONOMIC VALUE OUT OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH COULD BE COMPENSABLE UNDER THE TAKINGS CLAUSE.
SO THERE'S, THERE'S A LOT OF REASONS WHY THE LAW IS PUSHING THE CITY TO APPROVE THIS PROJECT, EVEN IF, YOU KNOW,
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THERE MAY BE SOME OTHER ANCILLARY REASONS WHY WE MIGHT NOT WANT TO.UM, ONE OF THE THINGS YOU MENTIONED MR. RELEY, WAS IF THE, IF THE PROJECT AFFECTED A NEGATIVE WAY, THE PUBLIC HEALTH, AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT OUR APPELLANT MENTIONED AND SOMETHING THAT WAS AS PART OF OUR AGENDA, AND ONE OF THE LETTERS THAT WAS WRITTEN IN WAS ABOUT, UM, RESIDENCY OR HAVING TO USE SANDBAGS TO DIVERT RUNOFF WATER PREVIOUSLY WHERE THERE'S NOT EXISTING DRAINAGE.
AND SO THAT'S ONE OF THE QUESTIONS I HAVE IS, CAN YOU GO OVER AGAIN, AN EXISTING PROBLEM THAT THE RESIDENTS SAID THEY'VE HAD WITH RUNOFF, NOW WE'RE GONNA CREATE MORE HARDSCAPE.
HOW ARE WE DEALING WITH THAT? SO THIS PROJECT, AS PART OF ITS ENTITLEMENTS, IS REQUIRED TO MEET ALL OF THE CURRENT STANDARDS THAT ARE REQUIRED FOR STORMWATER RUNOFF.
AND SO AS PART OF THE PROJECT REVIEW, WE DID TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE WATER IS TO BE, UM, EITHER PRESERVED ON SITE BECAUSE NOW, UM, A LOT OF THE WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT PLANS REQUIRE A PORTION OF THE WATER TO REMAIN ON SITE AND THEN AS WELL AS WHERE IT WOULD MOVE WHEN IT HAS TO MOVE OFFSITE.
AND SO BY PROVIDING THIS IMAGE, WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS THAT THE SITE THAT THE SITE IS EITHER GOING TO BE, UH, IS GOING TO BE DRAINING TOWARD THE EXISTING FLOOD CHANNEL WHEN IT HAS TO GO OFFSITE, AS WELL AS IT HAS THE V DITCH ADJACENT TO THE TRAIL, WHICH WILL COLLECT WATER AS WELL.
UM, WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE SOME EXISTING DRAINAGE ISSUES ON THE EXISTING PROPERTIES THROUGH THESE, UH, WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT, UH, THESE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IS WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.
THIS WILL, UM, THIS IS DESIGNED TO KEEP THAT, TO KEEP FROM EXACERBATING THAT PROBLEM, BUT THIS PROJECT CANNOT, UM, RELIEVE THE PROBLEM THAT EXISTS ON THE REMAINDER OF CAMELIA COURT.
AND, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT PART CERTAINLY IF, IF, IF IT'S ON PRIVATE PROPERTY MM-HMM
WHAT I'D LIKE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY STREETS OR GUTTERS OR ANY PUBLIC PROPERTY THAT ARE CONTRIBUTING TO THESE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE SEEING THAT THESE RESIDENTS ARE TALKING ABOUT, AND MAKE SURE THAT WE ADDRESS THAT.
UM, AND TAKING A LOOK AT THAT.
NUMBER TWO IS, UM, ONE OF THE RESIDENTS TALKED ABOUT IT WAS TED TALKED ABOUT THE MAXIMUM LENGTH OF A CUL-DE-SAC ONLY BEING ABLE TO BE 600 FEET WITHOUT HAVING A SECONDARY PATH OF EGRESS.
CAN YOU TALK ABOUT WHY THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT LONGER THAN THAT, BUT WE ONLY HAVE ONE POINT OF ENTRY? CERTAINLY.
UM, SO AS WE TALKED ABOUT PREVIOUSLY, THIS TRACK MAP WAS ORIGINALLY DESIGNED AND APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 1990, FINALED BY THE CITY COUNCIL IN 1992.
AT THE TIME THAT IT WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN 1990.
THE ISSUE, WE WENT BACK TO THE MINUTES OF THAT MEETING.
THE ISSUE OF THE CUL-DE-SAC LENGTH CAME UP AT THAT TIME, AND THE MINUTES OF THAT MEETING REVEAL THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT DETERMINED THAT THE ADDITIONAL LENGTH WAS NOT GOING TO CREATE ANY ADDITIONAL IMPACTS.
AND THAT WAS WHY THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED IT AT, AT THAT TIME, AND THAT'S HOW IT WAS ABLE TO BE FINALED.
THE CURRENT CONFIGURATION WITH THAT IS ESSENTIALLY SET IN AMBER BY THE LEGAL LOTS, UM, OF THE TRACK MAP.
IF THIS WERE A NEW, WHAT I WOULD SAY IS IF THIS WERE A NEW PROJECT TODAY AND THESE LOTS WERE NOT, WERE NOT, UH, CURRENTLY ALREADY SUBDIVIDED, THIS WOULD BE A VERY DIFFERENT CONVERSATION BECAUSE OUR GENERAL PLAN TALKS ABOUT CONNECTIVITY, CREATING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS.
AND SO SIMILAR TO THE EARLIER PROJECT WHERE WE'RE CONNECTING RUBY AVENUE, WE WOULD PROBABLY REQUIRE SOME ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS IF THIS WERE DONE TODAY.
SO THE CHALLENGE BEING IN THE FACT THAT THESE LOTS WERE RECORDED 35 PLUS YEARS AGO, IS THAT OUR HANDS ARE WAY MORE TIED AND WE HAVE WAY LESS PURVIEW OVER THIS THAN WE WOULD NORMALLY.
AND, AND IF I MIGHT, IT'S NOT JUST THAT THE LOTS WERE CREATED, THE ENTIRE PUBLIC, THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND THE CONFIGURATION OF ALL OF THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS AND THE LOTS WAS SET IN STONE WHEN THE LOT THE MAP WAS APPROVED AND THE, THE LOT THE AND RECORDED.
UM, THE LAST THING I'LL MENTION IS THAT WE HAD TWO RESIDENTS, UH, TERRY TATE AND CHRISTINA HARTMAN BOTH COME TO THE DAIS AND SAY THAT THEY HAD ATTEMPTED, OR THEIR NEIGHBORS HAD ATTEMPTED THEIR OWN MODIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT TO THEIR OWN HOUSE AND FELT THAT THEY DIDN'T GET, UM, THAT THEY WERE SCRUTINIZED MORE SO THAN THE DEVELOPER WOULD.
I WOULD ENCOURAGE, UH, THOSE INDIVIDUALS, ANYONE ELSE WHO THEY KNOW TO PLEASE CONTACT THE CITY AGAIN AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO TO HELP YOU THROUGH THOSE DEVELOPMENTS SO THAT YOU DO GET FAIR TREATMENT, UM, ALONG WITH, UM, THE EXISTING DEVELOPER.
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WHAT ARE YOU GONNA GIVE ME BACK THE LIGHT ON THE ROOM THAT INCLUDES MY COMMENTS.WHY DON'T YOU JUST MAKE THEM LIKE, SIR, SIR, SIR, WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING DIALOGUE NOW.
ALL OF YOU HAD YOUR CHANCE TO SPEAK THAT WANTED TO SPEAK, ASK.
THERE WERE OTHER PEOPLE CORRECT LIKE YOU DID THE LAST TIME.
I WOULD LIKE TO UP AND SAY SO, BUT THERE'S OTHER PEOPLE HERE.
CAN WE TALK? CAN YOU TAKE A FEW MORE? WE'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING, MA'AM, IT'S GOING ON.
YOU DIDN'T ASK US IF THERE WAS ANYBODY ELSE THAT WANTED TO SPEAK LIKE WE DID THE ONE BEFORE.
BEEN WAITING HERE THIS LONG AND NONE OF US GOT THE TALK.
YOU COULD HAVE ASKED HER A FEW MORE.
MY HOUSE BURNED DOWN IN THE FIRE AFTER THEY MADE THAT, THAT PLAN.
LOOK, I'M NOT GONNA TAKE ANY MORE PO I'M SORRY.
IT'S ALL WE THE FIRE SINCE YOU MADE THAT, AND OUR HOUSES ARE THE ONES THAT BURNED RIGHT THERE.
I'M, I'M AWARE WE NEED TO GET THROUGH THIS PROJECT.
NOW, ANY OTHER CO COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? I WILL, I WILL SAY ONE THING.
I I I EMPATHIZE WITH ALL OF YOU.
WE SEE THIS, THIS HAPPENS ON A REGULAR BASIS IN OUR COMMUNITY WITH INFILL DEVELOPMENTS, BUT REGARDLESS, IN 1991, YOU PROBABLY DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A PROJECT THERE, BUT IT WAS THAT PROJECT THAT VACANT LAND WAS OWNED BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN WHO HAS THE RIGHT TO DEVELOP HIS PROPERTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR GENERAL PLAN.
AND THAT HAPPENS ALL OVER THE CITY.
THERE'S BEEN VACANT LAND ALL OVER THE CITY THAT HAS BEEN COVERED WITH EVERY KIND OF DEVELOPMENT YOU CAN THINK OF TO BRING US TO WHERE WE ARE AS A CITY.
AND I, I DON'T, I, I DO APPRECIATE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING VACANT LAND TURN INTO HOUSING, BUT THE LANDOWNER HAS AN ENTITLEMENT THAT WAS DONE IN 1991 BY THE PEOPLE THAT WERE SITTING RIGHT HERE ON THIS DAIS.
AND IN ADDITION TO THAT, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA HAS TIED OUR HANDS EVEN FURTHER.
THERE WAS A COMMENT MADE EARLIER ABOUT A DUS IN A CONCERN THAT MAYBE IAN PROPERTIES ARE NOW TURNING INTO ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS.
THE PEOPLE THAT OWN THAT HOME HAVE THE RIGHT TO DO THAT NOW WITHOUT ANY INPUT FROM THE COUNCIL, IT'S BY RIGHT? BECAUSE THE STATE LAW AND THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA WANTS MORE HOUSING, UNFORTUNATELY, AND IT'S IMPACTING EVERY CITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE.
SO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, WHO I HAVE GREAT FAITH IN THEIR, IN THEIR DECISION MAKING AND THEIR, AND THEIR WORK ON DESIGN AND, AND WORKING WITH OUR STAFF, UM, APPROVE THIS AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION LEVEL AND UNANIMOUSLY.
SO AT THIS POINT, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTIONS NUMBER 2025 DASH 0 6 4 DENYING THE APPEAL AND UPHOLDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF DESIGN REVIEW DRC 2024 DASH 0 0 1 7 4.
[G3. Public Hearing for Consideration of Introduction and First Reading of Ordinance No. 1045, to be Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading, Amending Chapter 16.36.09 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code, and Adding Chapter 17.84 to the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code Concerning Undergrounding Overhead Utilities and a Resolution Identifying the Locations Where Utility Undergrounding Is Mandatory and the Regions Where In-Lieu Undergrounding Fees May Be Spent. This Item is Exempt From the Requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the City’s CEQA Guidelines Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). (ORDINANCE NO. 1045; RESOLUTION NO. 2025-067) (CITY)]
MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING.I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
THANK YOU, MS. THANK YOU, MS. MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO ITEM G THREE IS A PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION AND INTRODUCTION OF FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE 10 45 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING.
IT WOULD AMEND CHAPTER 16 OF THE RANCH CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADD CHAPTER 17.84 TO THE SAME MUNICIPAL CODE.
IT'S REGARDING UNDERGROUNDING OF OVERHEAD UTILITIES AND A RESOLUTION THAT IDENTIFIES THE LOCATIONS WHERE THE UNDERGROUNDING IS MANDATORY AND THE REGIONS WHERE IN, IN LIEU UNDERGROUNDING FEES MAY BE SPENT.
UM, THIS ITEM IS EXEMPT FROM QUA UNDER THE GUIDELINES.
UM, AND SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO MIGUEL SOTOMEYER, OUR PRINCIPAL ENGINEER, TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
TONIGHT WE'LL BE DISCUSSING A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE EXISTING UNDERGROUND OF OVERHEAD UTILITIES.
THE KEY ACTIONS PROPOSED ON THIS ORDINANCE ARE THE AMENDMENT OF SECTION 16.3 6.09 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, ADDING NEW CHAPTER 17.84 TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH THAT'S NEW PARAMETERS
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WE'LL BE DISCUSSING THROUGHOUT THE PRESENTATION AND TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 DASH 67, IDENTIFYING UNDERGROUND AND REGIONS AND FOCUS AREAS AND ELIGIBLE FOR EXEMPTION UNDER THE PROPOSED ORDINANCE.SOME BACKGROUND ON OUR CURRENT CODE IN 1986, RESOLUTION 86 DASH 77 WAS ADOPTED ESTABLISHING THE INITIAL FRAMEWORK FOR UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING AND NEW DEVELOPMENTS.
THIS WAS LATER REFINED BY PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 87 DASH 96, WHICH PROVIDED CLEAR REQUIREMENTS AND EXPANDED EXEMPTIONS.
THE GOAL WAS TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY AESTHETICS BY REMOVING OVERHEAD UTILITY LINES AND GIVING DEVELOPERS CLEAR GUIDELINES.
IT REQUIRED DEVELOPERS TO UNDERGROUND UTILITIES ALONG THE FRONTAGE OR PAYING LOW FEE, INTRODUCE COST SHARING FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS AND ADDRESS HIGH VOLTAGE LINES AND EXEMPTIONS.
THIS POLICY HAS ALREADY LED TO THE SUCCESSFUL UNDERGROUNDING OF MANY AREAS THROUGHOUT THE CITY IN AN EFFORT TO CONTINUE MAKING IMPROVEMENTS.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON JULY 23RD, 2025 VOTED TO REPEAL SAID RESOLUTION AND RECOMMENDED THE ORDINANCE UPDATE.
WE'RE DISCUSSING TONIGHT HERE ON THIS BEFORE AND AFTER PHOTO.
YOU CAN SEE AN EXAMPLE OF SUCCESSFUL UNDERGROUNDING, AND THIS IS ON, UH, BASELINE WEST WEST OF DAY CREEK.
SO WHY ARE WE UPDATING THE CODE? THE CURRENT RESOLUTION IN MUNICIPAL CODE PRESENTS CERTAIN LIMITATIONS THAT NO LONGER ALIGN WITH THE NEW, WITH THE WAY DEVELOPMENT IS OCCURRING IN THE CITY.
HISTORICALLY, MOST RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT CONSISTED OF LARGE SUBDIVISIONS WHERE UNDERGROUND UTILITY LINES WAS MORE ECONOMICALLY FEASIBLE.
HOWEVER, AS THE CITY HAS BECOME MORE BUILT OUT, WE'RE NOW SEEING A SHIFT TOWARDS SMALLER INFILL SUBDIVISIONS ON CONSTRAINED SITES, OFTEN WITHIN ESTABLISHED NEIGHBORHOODS.
I'VE OUTLINED A FEW CODE AMENDMENT HIGHLIGHTS ON THE SCREEN.
THE MAIN TWO I WILL SPEAK ON ARE SHIFTING THE AUTHORITY TO DETERMINE THE IMPRACTICALITY OF UNDERGROUND UTILITIES FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION TO THE CITY ENGINEER.
THIS CHANGE WILL STREAMLINE THE PROCESS, ENSURING TIMELY, WELL COORDINATED DECISIONS.
AND THE UPDATED ORDINANCE ALSO INCLUDES A CLARIFIED AND EXPANDED EXEMPTION, PARTICULARLY BENEFITING SMALL SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL SUBDIVISIONS, MAKING IT MORE FEASIBLE TO DEVELOP AS THE EXEMPTION THRESHOLD HAS INCREASED FROM FOUR TO 10 LOTS.
ON THIS MAP, YOU WILL SEE THE SIX REGIONS WHERE ONCE THE CITY HAS COLLECTED SUFFICIENT FUNDS FROM IN LIEU FEES WITHIN A REGION, THE CITY MAY UNDERGROUND A SECTION OF UTILITY LINES ANYWHERE WITHIN THAT REGION.
I WILL NOTE THAT STAFF WILL COORDINATE WITH THE FINANCE DEPARTMENT TO EVALUATE THE ALLOCATION OF PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED IN LIEU FEES, ENSURING THAT THE USE OF THESE FUNDS ALIGNS WITH FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY AND ESTABLISHED CITY PRIORITIES.
I ALSO WANNA HIGHLIGHT THE FOUR FOCUS AREAS SHOWN ON THE GENERAL PLAN IDENTIFIES AS CRUCIAL FOR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, HIGH VISIBILITY, PUBLIC SPACES, AND LONG-TERM COMMUNITY INVESTMENT.
IN CLOSING, STAFF RECOMMENDS ADOPTING AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 16.3 6.09 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALIGN THE PROPOSED NEW STANDARDS IN CHAPTER 17.84.
ESTABLISHING A CLEAR AND CONSISTENT FRAMEWORK WE HAVE DISCUSSED TODAY IN ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER 25 DASH 0 6 7.
UH, THIS CONCLUDES MY PRESENTATION.
I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
SEEING NONE, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF STAFF REGARDING THIS? SEE NONE.
I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPT RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 6 7.
INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 5 BY TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER FURTHER READING OF THE ORDINANCE.
SECOND MADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 5.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AMENDING CHAPTER 16.3 6.09 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING CHAPTER 17.84 TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING UNDERGROUNDING OVERHEAD UTILITIES, AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION FROM CQA.
THANK YOU ON THE CITY MANAGER.
[CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)]
NOTED, THE ITEM[03:30:01]
H ONE WAS[H1. Quarterly Development Update - Second Quarter 2025. (CITY)]
POSTPONED AND WILL BE PRESENTED AT THE, UH, SEPTEMBER 3RD CITY COUNCIL MEETING.SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM H TWO AND THAT'LL TURN THAT OVER AGAIN TO OUR
[H2. Consideration to Approve the Maintenance Agreement Between the City of Rancho Cucamonga and the Inland Empire Resource Conservation District (IERCD). Approve the Conservation Easement of 120 Acres Near Cucamonga Canyon [APNs: Portion of 0200-051-48 and 0200-051-49], Authorize the City Manager to Take all Actions Necessary and to Execute All Documents Necessary to Effect the Conservation Easement, and Find the Conservation Easement Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act and Consistent with the General Plan. (CITY)]
CITY MANAGER.YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, I'LL PRESENT ITEM H TWO.
THIS IS RELATED TO, UM, THE CLOSURE OF, UH, THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION WITH KING RANCH.
SO THE LAST ITEM THAT WE NEED TO HAVE THE COUNCIL APPROVAL FOR SO WE CAN CLOSE THIS MONTH IS A MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND THE INLAND EMPIRE RESOURCE CONSERVATION DISTRICT.
SO, UM, YOUR STAFF REPORT CONTAINS A, A COPY OF THE AGREEMENT.
UM, ESSENTIALLY THIS IS THE AGREEMENT THAT WILL PUT THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT, UM, ON THE APPROPRIATE APNS.
UM, IT'S AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN US AND I-E-R-C-D.
UM, WE'VE EXEMPTED OUT THE, UH, TRAILS ON MULTIPURPOSE TRAILS ON THE SITE.
WE'VE EXEMPTED OUT SOME AREA FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT TO PUT A DIP TANK AND A HELIPAD.
WE'VE ALSO EXEMPTED OUT A SMALL AREA FOR A VINEYARD TO HELP BUFFER THE NEIGHBORS AT THEIR REQUEST.
UM, SO WITH THAT, WE WOULD ASK THAT YOU, UM, APPROVE THE STAFF RECOMMENDATION, UM, AND ALLOW US TO EXECUTE ALL THE DOCUMENTS NECESSARY TO AFFECT THE CONSERVATION EASEMENT, INCLUDING FINDING THAT THE EASEMENT IS EXEMPT FROM CQA.
UM, IF WE GET YOUR APPROVAL TONIGHT, THEN WE WILL, UM, LET I-E-R-C-D KNOW, AND THE GOAL IS TO BE ABLE TO CLOSE THE REAL ESTATE TRANSACTION, IF POSSIBLE BY THE END OF AUGUST.
UM, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE, UH, STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION ON THIS MATTER.
[H3. Consideration to Approve the New City Manager’s (Elisa Cox) Employment Agreement. (CITY)]
IS CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A NEW CITY MANAGER'S ALYSSA COX EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.YES, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS IS THE LAST ITEM ON YOUR AGENDA.
UM, AS YOU KNOW, I'VE ANNOUNCED MY RETIREMENT AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE COUNCIL HAS GONE THROUGH A SELECTION PROCESS, AND SO YOU HAVE BEFORE YOU TONIGHT, UM, THE NEW CITY MANAGER'S CONTRACT.
WITH THAT, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE EMILY NIELSEN, OUR SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCE BUSINESS PARTNER, AND SHE'LL PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL BEFORE YOU AS CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THE NEW CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.
THE CITY COUNCIL PREVIOUSLY APPOINTED ELISSA COX, THE CITY MANAGER, EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1ST, 2025, SUBJECT TO THE APPROVAL OF AN EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT.
STAFF WILL SUMMARIZE THIS ITEM BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES FINAL ACTION ON THIS ITEM.
THE EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT INCLUDES MONTHLY PAY OF $26,667.
THE BENEFITS FOR THE POSITION ARE THE SAME AS THOSE PROVIDED TO THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT GROUP.
ADDITIONAL BENEFITS IN THE AGREEMENT INCLUDE ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR DEFERRED COMPENSATION AND A RETIREE HEALTH SAVING ACCOUNT AND COSTS FOR A YEARLY WELLNESS PHYSICAL.
THE AGREEMENT REQUIRES A CITY MANAGER TO PAY HER MEMBER CONTRIBUTIONS FOR HER CALPERS RETIREMENT, 7% OF PAY.
SO STAFF ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE NEW CITY MANAGER'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT EFFECTIVE DECEMBER 1ST, 2025.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION? SO, AT THIS TIME, MRS. COX, WE'RE GONNA ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE NEW CITY MANAGERS COX'S EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENT.
DO I HAVE A MOTION MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND.
SECOND RESOUNDING MOTION AND A RESOUNDING SECOND.
CONGRATULATIONS IN THE DEEPEST WAY, COUNSEL, BUSINESS COUNCIL
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ANNOUNCEMENTS,[I1. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.) ]
[I2. INTERAGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.) ]
UPDATES.THERE ARE NO CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS. I
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I ACTUALLY DO.ON ITEMS D FOUR AND D FIVE OF THE CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT, THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER EXECUTE, UH, EIGHT SETTLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH OPIOID MANUFACTURERS AND DISTRIBUTORS, AND ONE WITH PURDUE PHARMA.
OKAY, AND IDENTIFICATION FOR ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING.
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THAT MEETING IS GONNA BE HELD ON THE FIRST WEDNESDAY OF SEPTEMBER, WHICH IS THE SEPTEMBER 3RD.THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING AND ENDURING THIS VERY LONG MEETING.