* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. THE CITY OF RANCH CUCAMONGA [00:00:01] CAN, UH, SUPPORT OC PROGRAMS THROUGH MANY DIFFERENT MEANS. ONE WAY IS TO PARTNER WITH CITY LED PROGRAMS AND EVENTS SUCH AS THE, UM, CITYWIDE LIBRARIES AND [REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS] RESOURCE FAIRS. ANOTHER METHOD TO DO, TO DO SO IS TO SCALE PROGRAMS THROUGH FUNDING. RC CAN PARTNER WITH THESE NON-PROFITS, SUCH AS THINK TOGETHER FOR GRANT PROPOSALS. IT [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL:  Mayor Michael  Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy  Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler] CAN ALSO USE CITY GENERAL FUNDS TO MAINTAIN THESE PROGRAMS AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY STAY FOR YEARS TO COME TO HELP ALL STUDENTS WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT. THESE OST PROGRAMS ARE, ARE MAKING A CHANGE RIGHT IN OUR COMMUNITY HERE. UM, AS OF RIGHT NOW, FOR INSTANCE, THE NONPROFIT THING TOGETHER PROVIDES ENRICHING BEFORE AND AFTER SCHOOL PROGRAMS, PLUS BREAKFAST AND SNACKS TO AT-RISK STUDENTS AT LOS AMIGOS ELEMENTARY AND CUCAMONGA ELEMENTARY. THEIR PRESENCE MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THEIR COMMUNITY, AND I HOPE YOU GUYS AS CITY LEADERS CAN HELP SEE THAT AS WELL AND KEEP RECOGNIZING THAT. THANK YOU. [AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA] OKAY. [ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS] MY HEART IS SO FULL, HEARING [PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS] ALL THESE WONDERFUL PRESENTATIONS. UM, AND WITH THAT, I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE OUR NEXT GROUP, OUR SUBSTANCE USE AND PREVENTION IN THE COMMUNITY. THAT THEY'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT IT, BUT THEY'RE DOING IT. THEY'RE PUTTING, UM, PLANS AND ACTIONS INTO PLACE, AND THEY'RE REACHING PEOPLE THAT WOULDN'T BE REACHED IN ANY OTHER, I'VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE IN A CITY. I'VE NEVER SEEN THE ORGANIZATION ASPECT AND THE, AND THE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE BOOTS ON THE GROUND MEETING PEOPLE WHERE THEY'RE AT. AND IT'S NOT FORMAL CLASSES, IT'S JUST A, A CLASSROOM OR IN THE PARK OR WHEREVER THE THINGS ARE GONNA HAPPEN. UM, IT IS AN AMAZING, UH, AMAZING CITY WITH GREAT VISION. SPEAKER IS MARGARET VISIO, FOLLOWED BY LANCE ASRA. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MARGARET VIAL. GENERATIONS OF MY FAMILY HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF RED HILL COUNTRY CLUB SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 1921. GENERATIONS OF MY FAMILY HAVE LIVED ON THE HILL SINCE MY GRANDFATHER BUILT THE THIRD HOUSE ON THE HILL IN 1935. I ATTENDED THE OCTOBER 1ST CITY COUNCIL MEETING VIA ZOOM AND WOULD LIKE TO ADD MY VOICE TO THOSE WHO ARGUED AGAINST ANY REZONING OF SIX ACRES, APPROXIMATELY OF RED HILL COUNTRY CLUB. I BELIEVE THAT REZONING, ESPECIALLY IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA, SHOULD FOCUS ON BENEFITING THOSE WHO LIVE THERE, NOT HARMING THEM OR DIMINISHING THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. AS IN THE COUNCIL'S OWN WORDS, YOU SHOULD ENSURE AND ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE COMMUNITY. HERE, THE INHABITANTS OF RED HILL ON OCTOBER 1ST, MY NEIGHBORS SPOKE MOVINGLY OF THEIR DISMAY OVER THE ANTICIPATED CHANGES IN THE ZONING. THEY BELIEVE THEY ARE HARMFUL TO OUR COMMUNITY, MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THROUGH INCREASED POPULATION DENSITY, THE RESULTING TRAFFIC AND PARKING PROBLEMS THAT WOULD RESULT THEY MI MOANED THE LOSS OF NATURAL OR FREE SPACES, OUR CANOPY OF MATURE TREES AND CONSEQUENT LOSS OF ANIMALS AND FLORA. IT WOULD CHASE THE COYOTES WHO ALWAYS SURVIVE, ALL CHANGES INTO THE HOMES. BUT I DOUBT THAT OTHER BIRDS AND OTHER ANIMALS WOULD SURVIVE A REZONING AND THE DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED. ALL THIS CONCERN ARISES IN ADVANCE OF THE COMPLETION OF THE LENAR HOMES DEVELOPMENT. WE DO NOT KNOW THE EFFECTS AT THIS TIME ON OUR HILL, AND ALSO THE 308 UNITS PLANNED AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL WHERE THE STRAWBERRY PATCH LIES. SURELY ANY ZONING DECISION SHOULD FOLLOW THE COMPLETION OF THESE DEVELOPMENTS. NOT IGNORING THE MEMBERSHIP'S VOTE IN THE FUTURE ON THESE PLANS, BUT RELATING TO THE REALITY WE FACE TODAY. THIS PROPOSAL HAS CAUSED REAL PAIN TO MY NEIGHBORS. ONE TIP, ANTICIPATE A TERRIFIC DIMINISHMENT OF THEIR QUALITY OF [00:05:01] LIFE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. I HAVE A FEW SECONDS LEFT TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE. THIS IS YOUR TIME TO SPEAK TO US, MA'AM. THANK YOU. YOU BET. THANK YOU. LANCE ASRA, FOLLOWED BY DANIEL DEPAUL. DID YOU GET THREE? GOOD EVENING. MAYOR MICHAEL, CITY COUNCIL ATTORNEY AND AND CITY MANAGER HAVE ONE AGENDA. IT'S ALWAYS THE SAME AS TO COME AND PRAY GOD'S BLESSING OVER THIS PLACE. SO, SO FATHER, THANK YOU FOR THIS, THIS TIME. JESUS IS DECLARE YOU KING OVER THIS PLACE. ASK HOLY SPIRIT, YOU FILL THIS, UH, HALL WITH YOUR PRESENCE. LORD, I PRAY FOR THE COUNCIL. I PRAY FOR THE LEADERS. LORD, I PRAY FOR WISDOM. LORD, I PRAY PEACE, JOY, HOPE. LORD, I PRAY FOR OUR OFFICERS, LORD, OUR FIREFIGHTERS, THOSE IN THE CITY. LORD, I PRAY YOUR BLESSING OVER THEM FOR THE GATEKEEPERS IN THE COMMUNITY, THE THE PASTORS AND THE LEADERS LORD, WHO NEED YOUR REFRESHING TOUCH. WE PRAY FOR THEM AND THEIR FAMILIES AS WELL. LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE, UH, FREEDOM THAT WE HAVE. THANK YOU FOR THE PEACE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE, LORD. WE JUST CONTINUE TO INVITE YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS CITY TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE. LORD, YOUR WORD SAYS TO, TO PRAY FOR THE REIGN. FOR THE, FOR THE REIGN. LORD, THAT'S, THAT'S YOUR REIGN, NOT JUST THE PHYSICAL REIGN. SO WE ASK FOR YOUR REIGN. WE ASK FOR YOUR KINGDOM IN THIS CITY, LORD, TO BE APART, LORD, TO GUIDE US IN THIS PLACE. SO WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR LOVE, LORD. AND WE JUST PRAY THIS IN JESUS NAME. AMEN. AMEN. DANIEL DEPO, FOLLOWED BY ANGELA ESPINOZA. JESUS. UM, HOW DO I GET THIS TO THE ONE FOR EACH ONE? YEAH, JASMINE, JASMINE CAN TAKE IT UP. GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU HEAR ME? UH, YEAH. MY NAME'S DANIEL DEPAUL. I LIVE IN THE ALTA LAGUNA MOBILE HOME PARK. AND, UH, YOU'RE BEING PROVIDED WITH A LETTER I ACTUALLY WROTE IN AUGUST, AND YOU SHOULD HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IT BACK THEN, BUT I'M NOT SURE THAT HAPPENED. UM, WE'RE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE ACCORD, WHICH IS EXPIRING AT THE BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR. UH, IF THE CURRENT RENT PROVISION INCREASE, UH, PROVISIONS FOR RENT INCREASES ARE MAINTAINED AS THEY HAVE BEEN IN THIS PAST RECORD AND THE ACCORD BEFORE THAT, WE'RE LOOKING AT A VERY CRISIS SITUATION. A SITUATION WHERE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO AFFORD TO LIVE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, ESPECIALLY SENIOR CITIZEN, LOW INCOME PEOPLE. MY NEIGHBOR ACROSS THE STREET DOESN'T EVEN BRING IN $2,000 A MONTH. CURRENTLY THE RENT IN MY PARK IS OVER $1,300 A MONTH. IT'S ALREADY, IT'S GONE UP TO ABOUT 1350 NOW, UM, IN, WITHIN SEVEN TO EIGHT YEARS, IT'LL BE 2000 A MONTH. HE'LL BE FORCED TO SELL HIS HOME. THIS HAPPENED IN ORANGE COUNTY. IT'S HAPPENED IN NUMEROUS PLACES IN CALIFORNIA WHERE, UM, RENTS HAVE GOTTEN SO HIGH THAT ELDERLY PEOPLE THAT HAVE BEEN IN THEIR HOME FOR 25, 30 YEARS CAN'T AFFORD THEIR RENT ANYMORE. SO THEY TRY TO SELL THEIR HOMES. WELL, GUESS WHAT? THEY CAN'T SELL THEIR HOMES 'CAUSE THE RENTS ARE SO HIGH. SO WHAT ENDS UP HAPPENING IS THEY FINALLY MOVE OUT SOMEWHERE AND THE PARK BUYS THE HOMES FOR A SONG THEY TURN RIGHT AROUND AND SELL THE HOMES. WHY? BECAUSE THEY CAN MAKE THE RENT ANYTHING THEY WANT. OKAY. UM, WHAT I, I, YOU KNOW, I'M ON THE COMMITTEE WITH AT ALTO LAGUNA, WHICH WAS TASKED WITH REWRITING THESE RENT INCREASED PROVISIONS, AND I REWROTE THEM AND I TAUGHT MATH FOR 13 YEARS. SO THIS IS NOT ONE MAN'S OPINION, THIS IS SIMPLE ARITHMETIC. OKAY? UM, THE CURRENT, UM, RENTAL PROVISIONS ALLOW FOR A MINIMUM OF 3% TO A MAXIMUM OF 9%. LAST YEAR IT WAS 7.5%. NOW, ON TOP OF THAT, THERE'S A RENTAL PROVISION. IT'S ON PAGE TWO AND THREE. IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR IT TO THREE AND FOUR, THERE'S A PROVISION THAT IF A HOME IS SOLD IN LESS THAN THREE YEARS FROM WHEN IT WAS, UH, IF, IF THE PERS IF THE RESIDENT IS IN THE HOME FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS AND THEN IT IS SOLD, THE OWNER OF THE PARK IS ALLOWED TO RAISE IT 15%. WELL, LAST YEAR WE HAD THE NORMAL 7.5%, WHICH IS PRETTY HIGH. IT WAS ABOUT ALMOST A HUNDRED BUCKS A MONTH. OKAY. WHICH FOR A LOT OF SENIORS IS A LOT OF MONEY. AND THEN PEOPLE BUYING IN ALSO PAID 15% OVER. SO WE'RE TALKING 22 POINT A 5% MORE THAN THE OWNER PAID THE PREVIOUS YEAR. OKAY? UM, NOW I CAN'T SPEAK FOR ALL THE OTHER MOBILE HOME PARK OWNERS, BUT I CAN TELL YOU THE SUN COMMUNITY IS [00:10:01] PULLING IN OVER A HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR IN CLEAR PROFIT. THEY BOUGHT 103 MOBILE HOMES WHEN THEY BOUGHT CAREFREE. SO I GUESS MY TIME'S UP. THANK YOU, SIR. SO I'M HOPING YOU'LL READ THIS AND TAKE IT INTO ACCOUNT. THANK YOU. LEAVE IT WITH THE CLERK. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS ANGELA ESPINOZA. NO, YOU HAVE THE FULL, FOLLOWED BY MIGUEL ESPINOZA. NOOSA. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ANGELA SPINOZA AND I LIVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM THE NEW HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY. THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK TODAY, BECAUSE WHAT'S HAPPENING, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS TRULY BECOME A SERIOUS CONCERN FOR THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE THERE. IN A SHORT TIME SINCE THE BREWERY OPENED, OUR PEACEFUL NEIGHBORHOOD HAS COMPLETELY CHANGED. THERE HAVE BEEN CARS PARKED IN ILLEGAL SPOTS IN FRONT OF FIRE HYDRANTS AND PEOPLE BEING BUSED IN, WHICH MAKES US QUESTION HOW MANY PEOPLE THIS BUSINESS IS ACTUALLY ALLOWED TO HOLD. IT FEELS LIKE IT'S FAR EXCEEDING WHAT'S REASONABLE FOR A RESIDENTIAL AREA. THERE ARE ABOUT 70 OR SO PARKING SPOTS, AND PEOPLE ARE STILL BEING BUSED IN FROM THEIR OLD LOCATION. WHAT WORRIES ME MOSTLY IS SAFETY. MANY VISITORS PARK ACROSS ARCHIBALD AND THEN CROSS THAT BUSY STREET TO GET TO THE BREWERY AT NIGHT. WITHOUT CROSSWALKS OR PROPER LIGHTING, I HAVE EVEN WITNESSED PEOPLE LIVING, LEAVING THE BREWERY AND WALKING ALONG THE RAILROAD TRACKS. IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. AND BEYOND THE SAFETY ISSUES, WE HAVE LOST THE PEACE AND QUIET WE USED TO HAVE OUR ONCE CALM, FAMILY FRIENDLY STREET NOW FEELS LIKE A PART OF A NIGHTLIFE DISTRICT. CARS COMING AND GOING, LOUD CONVERSATIONS AND NOISE THAT GOES ON LATE INTO THE EVENING. THE TRAFFIC IS A CONSTANT FLOW OF CARS COMING UP AND DOWN THE STREET, LITERALLY. I WANT TO ASK YOU ALL TO THINK ABOUT SOMETHING. WOULD YOU WANT THIS IN YOUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD? HOW WOULD YOU FEEL IF YOUR PEACE, YOUR SAFETY, AND YOUR SENSE OF HOME, OR BEING DISRUPTED BY AN ESTABLISHMENT THAT SERVES ALCOHOL? A PLACE WHOSE PURPOSE IS TO GET PEOPLE DRINKING AND OFTEN DRUNK RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE YOUR FAMILY LIVES? WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR ANYTHING UN UNREASONABLE. WE'RE ASKING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY, SAFETY, AND RESPECT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE. I TRULY HOPE THE CITY TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE BREWERIES CAPACITY, PARKING AND NOISE LEVELS, AND MAKE SURE THIS BUSINESS IS FOLLOWING THE RULES THAT PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY. THIS ISN'T ABOUT BEING AGAINST BUSINESS. IT'S ABOUT BEING FOR OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, FOR OUR SAFETY, FOR OUR PEACE, FOR OUR RIGHT TO QUIET AND COMFORT IN OUR OWN HOME. WHAT CAN BE DONE? WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR A MIRACLE. WE'RE ASKING FOR FAIRNESS FOR THE CITY TO RECOGNIZE THAT OUR COMMUNITY HAS BEEN TURNED UPSIDE DOWN SINCE THIS BREWERY OPENED. HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY CAME IN AND STEPPED ALL OVER US. AND YES, THE CITY ALLOWED IT. 'CAUSE WE WERE HERE, WE WERE HERE, WE, WE KNEW THIS WAS GONNA HAPPEN. I THINK YOU GUYS DID TOO. BUT NOW THAT WE'RE RELI, WE'RE RELIVING THE CONSEQUENCES. WE NEED YOUR HELP TO MAKE IT RIGHT. WE JUST WANT THE PLACE THAT WE CALL HOME BACK WHERE IT WAS A PEACEFUL AND SAFE PLACE TO LIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND FOR LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS WHO ARE DIRECTLY AFFECTED BY THIS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MIGUEL ESPINOZA, FOLLOWED BY LIZ UNA. I'M OLD SCHOOL. I, I WROTE IT DOWN A PIECE OF PAPER. GOOD EVENING. UM, JUST FACTS. IF I DIDN'T SEE IT WITH MY EYES, I AM NOT GOING TO MENTION IT. JUST FACTS. IF I DIDN'T HEAR IT WITH MY EARS, I WON'T MENTION IT. WHAT I'VE SEEN SINCE, SINCE SEPTEMBER 26TH, PEOPLE PARKING THEIR CARS, GETTING OUT AND WALKING WITH TWO OPEN CONTAINERS THAT ARE ILLEGAL TO HAVE IN PUBLIC AREAS WHILE WALKING TO THE BREWERY. I HOPE THOSE GUYS PUT THEM IN THE TRASH AND NOT JUST IN SOMEONE'S YARD OR JUST LEAVE 'EM ON THE SIDEWALK. LITTERING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, GUYS PARKING THEIR TRUCK, GETTING OUT AND WALKING TO THE BREWERY, WALKING BACK TO THEIR TRUCK. ABOUT 90 MINUTES LATER, OPENING THAT TRUCK AND PULLING OUT CONTAINERS OF ALCOHOL. OPEN THEM AND START TO CONSUME THEM ON A PUBLIC STREET. IN OUR ONCE QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. TAKE, TAKING MY DOG FOR A WALK ONE DAY, COME HOME AFTER ABOUT 10 MINUTES AND FINDING FIVE OPEN CONTAINERS DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE. I WALKED OVER TO A SHERIFF ABOUT 20 YARDS FROM MY HOUSE TO SHOW HIM PICTURES OF THIS. AND SERGEANT WRIGHT JUST SAID, WHAT DO YOU WANT ME TO DO ABOUT IT? I UNDERSTAND HE NEEDS THOSE CONTAINERS IN THE PEOPLE'S [00:15:01] HANDS THAT PUT 'EM THERE, BUT GIMME A BETTER ANSWER. WITNESSING AN SUV AT THE END OF THE STREET THAN ABOUT FIVE MINUTES LATER, PULLING UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THE BREWERY. NOT REALLY PARKED, BUT IDLING FOR ABOUT A MINUTE, THEN MOVING UP ABOUT 20 YARDS AND PARKING, GETTING OUT OF HER SUV, WALKING ON THE SIDEWALK. A LITTLE UNBALANCED, IF YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN. WHILE ON HER PHONE, SHE WALKED ABOUT 15 YARDS TOWARDS ME. I THEN TOOK OUT MY PHONE AND RECORDED, SHE TURNED AROUND AND STARTED WALKING BACK TO HER SUV, STILL WALKING UNBALANCED. AT ONE POINT I THOUGHT SHE WAS GONNA FALL OVER. DID SHE COME FROM THE BREWERY? I DON'T KNOW. ONE MONTH AGO SHE WOULDN'T HAVE CAUGHT MY ATTENTION. I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN OUT ON A THURSDAY NIGHT AT 9:45 PM BUT THAT NIGHT, I'M NOT A BETTING MAN, BUT I DO. I WOULD BET SHE DID. THE DESCRIPTION I GAVE 9 1 1 OPERATOR WAS, SHE WAS YOUNG FEMALE, POSSIBLY WHITE HISPANIC, WEARING A 49 ERS T-SHIRT. THE 49 ERS AND RAMS PLAYED THAT NIGHT. WHAT ARE THE ODDS? TONIGHT, IF YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING, REMEMBER THIS, A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD DID NOT MOVE ACROSS THE STREET FROM A BREWERY. THE BREWERY MOVED ACROSS THE STREET INTO A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. LIZ UNA, FOLLOWED BY WRITER DUNLAP AND JILLIAN GOMEZ. HELLO, MY NAME IS LIZ UNA, AND I ACTUALLY AM A HOMEOWNER ON MAIN STREET. AND I'D LIKE TO SHOW US, I MEAN, SEE A SHOW OF HANDS IF YOU'RE HERE TO PROTEST AGAINST HAMILTON'S BREWERY. MA'AM, MA'AM, IF YOU JUST THANK YOU, ADDRESS THE COUNCIL. YEAH, THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT WE'RE ALL HERE BECAUSE WE'RE ALL EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING AS YES, ESPINOZA. I UNDERSTAND. UM, THIS COM THIS COMMUNITY ALREADY HAS A GANG INJUNCTION. I DON'T KNOW WHY THEY WOULD PUT A BAR IN THAT COMMUNITY. AND I KNOW THERE'S A GANG INJUNCTION 'CAUSE I'VE SEEN IT MYSELF. UM, WE DON'T NEED A BAR FOR SURE. THE TRAFFIC IS DANGEROUS AND IT'S BEEN DANGEROUS. THE PARKING SITUATION HAS CAUSED, UH, CONFRONTATIONS WITH BELLIGERENT DRUNKS GETTING INTO THEIR CARS, SLURRING THEIR VOICES, AND THEN DRIVING AWAY. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. WE HAVE OUR KIDS HERE, OUR GRANDCHILDREN. YOU'RE NEXT DOOR TO A SENIOR COMPLEX WHO ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN. WE'RE NOT GOING AWAY DRUNK OR BUZZED. THEY'RE DRIVING DRUNK. YOU GO TO A BAR TO DRINK. I'VE WITNESSED A VERBAL, VERBAL ALTERCATION BETWEEN TWO FEMALES, BOTH, UM, CLIMBING OUT OF THEIR WINDOWS, YELLING AT A TREE, OH, YOUR MOTHER, THIS, THIS, AND THAT, YELLING AT EACH OTHER. ONE WENT EAST, ONE WENT WEST. SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE EXPERIENCING, YOU KNOW, DRUNKS GET DRUNK. THEY WANNA FIGHT. THAT'S WHAT I EXPERIENCED. I I SAW THAT MYSELF AS LONG AS WELL AS ONE OF MY NEIGHBORS. UM, ALSO AT HAMILTON'S BREWERY, THERE WAS A SHOOTING NOT EVEN A YEAR AGO. THAT'S WHAT BARS BRING. YOU CANNOT CONTAIN SOMEBODY WHO'S DRUNK AND BELLIGERENT. I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN. LIKE I SAID, AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. IMAGINE THAT ON YOUR STREET. IT'S CAUSING ME STRESS. I'M A SENIOR RIGHT NOW. I'M JUST, I HAVE A LOT OF ANXIETY RIGHT NOW, JUST SPEAKING. I'M NOT ONE TO BE SHY, BUT I JUST FEEL, UM, VERY ANGERED THAT I'M HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE EVERY DAY, EVERY DAY WE ARE SUBJECT SUBJECTED TO DRUNK, BUZZED DRIVERS. AGAIN, AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I DON'T WANNA HEAR HOW GREAT HAMILTON'S IS, HOW THEY'RE BRINGING JOBS, BRINGING, YOU KNOW, REVENUE TO OUR CITY. NO, AT THE EXPENSE OF WHAT? AT THE EXPENSE OF WHAT MY THING IS THAT THEY MOVED THERE KNOWING THAT WE DIDN'T WANT THEM THERE. AND THERE'S, THEY CAME ANYWAYS. AND NOW ALL THIS AND EVERYBODY HERE. AND WE COULD HAVE BROUGHT MORE PEOPLE, BUT WE DIDN'T GET THE WORD OUT LIKE WE WANTED TO. BUT IT'S JUST, IT'S, UM, WHY AM I HERE? I'M HERE BECAUSE I'M ANGRY. I'M VERY ANGRY RIGHT NOW THAT THIS WAS EVEN ALLOWED. LIKE I SAID, THIS COMMUNITY HAS A GANG INJUNCTION. AL. READY? WE DON'T NEED. THANK YOU. WRITER DOLA AND JILLIAN GOMEZ. UM, GOOD EVENING, SANDY [00:20:01] CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS ROGER DUNLAP. AND I'M JULIAN GOMEZ. UM, AND WE'RE THROUGH AT ALOMA HIGH SCHOOL. UM, WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR SCHOOL. WE'RE VERY PROUD OF OUR CITY, UM, AND WE CONSIDER OURSELVES VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE. UM, HOWEVER, RECENTLY WE HAVE NOTICED AN INCREASE IN THE HOMELESS POPULATION AROUND OUR SCHOOL, OUR RESIDENCES AND PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT, AND HAVE DEVELOPED GROWING CONCERNS OVER THIS ISSUE. IT SEEMS MORE AND MORE OFTEN OUR FRIENDS, OUR PEERS, OUR PARENTS, UM, ADULTS THAT WE WE TALK TO, UM, SEEM TO ENCOUNTER MORE AND MORE HOMELESS ON THE DAILY, ON A DAILY BASIS. UM, WE SEE THEM WHEN WE'RE PUMPING OUR GAS, VISITING, SHOPPING CENTERS, HEADING TO SCHOOL OR GOING AROUND OUR WORK, OUR PLACES, OUR BUSINESS, PLACES OF BUSINESS. UM, WE AS STUDENTS BELIEVE IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE OWNERSHIP OF OUR COMMUNITY BY BRINGING TO LIGHT THESE GROWING, THIS GROWING PROBLEM, AS WELL AS PROPOSED AND DISCUSSED POSSIBLE STRATEGIES TO COMBATING IT IN THE FUTURE. WE COLLECTED, DA, SORRY. WE COLLECTED DATA FROM A SURVEY THAT WE SENT OUT TO CIVILIANS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IN ORDER TO GAIN THOUGHTS OF OTHERS ON THIS ISSUE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND DISCOVERED THAT 47.2 OF RESPONDENTS FEEL THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE IN THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WHEN ASKED, DO YOU FEEL THAT THE HOMELESS POPULATION HAS INCREASED IN THE PAST YEAR? 51.4 RESPONDENTS SOMEWHAT AGREED, AND 36.1 RESPONDENTS STRONGLY AGREED, MAKING THAT AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY THAT FEEL THE POPULATION HAS INCREASED. UM, THIS DATA MAY BE ALARMING, BUT, UM, THERE'S STILL THINGS WE CAN DO ABOUT IT. SO OF COURSE WE HAVE A LIVE IN A VERY NICE CITY. WE'RE VERY PRIVILEGED TO BE HERE. WE'RE VERY THANKFUL THAT WE CAN SPEAK TO YOU THIS EVENING. BUT, UM, WE, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT IT IS A GROWING PROBLEM THAT WE'VE SEEN. UM, WE, UH, MULTIPLE PROBLEMS HAVE ARISEN. UM, MY FRIEND JULIE HERE HAS HAD TO INVEST IN PEPPER SPRAY. WE'VE HAD OTHER, MANY OTHER FRIENDS WHO HAVE CHANGED PLACES, AVOID BUSINESSES. UM, A LOT OF PEOPLE AVOID AREAS WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN CERTAIN STREETS AND BUSINESSES THAT ARE PARKING LOTS FULL OF HOMELESS. UM, THERE'S A PARTICULAR PARKING LOT WHERE THERE'S ALWAYS A MAN IN A WHEELCHAIR SLEEPING ON THE GRASS. HE'S THERE EVERY SINGLE DAY. I'VE SEEN COPS PULL UP TO HIM AND SPEAK TO HIM, BUT HE'S STILL THERE. SO CLEARLY THERE'S NOT, THIS PROBLEM IS NOT BEING ADDRESSED APPROPRIATELY. UM, WE AREN'T JUST HERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT THE PROBLEM. WE WANT TO PROPOSE SOME POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS. UM, FOR INSPIRATION, WE LOOKED AT WHAT LA HAS DONE TO CURB THEIR HOMELESS PROBLEM. UM, OBVIOUSLY COMING UP WITH THE LA OLYMPICS, THEY'VE INSTITUTED, UM, PROGRAMS SUCH AS TEMPORARY HOUSING, UTILIZING MOTELS OR HOTELS THAT ARE WILLING TO HELP. UM, THEY DO STUFF THAT CAN HELP WITH, UM, REHAB AND WITH, FOR THOSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WHO ARE SUFFERING WITH DRUG ADDICTION OR ANY SUBSTANCE ABUSES. AND, UM, THE BEST PART ABOUT THESE PROGRAMS, THEY CAN BE OPERATED BY VOLUNTEERS OR COLLEGE STUDENTS. UM, WE HAVE STUDENTS UNDERSTAND THAT THERE'S A LOT OF, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF DEMAND FOR INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES. AND I THINK IMPLEMENTING THESE PROGRAMS TO HELP OUR HOMELESS WILL NOT ONLY MAKE OUR CITY A BETTER PLACE AND CLEAN UP OUR STREETS, BUT ALSO OFFER, UM, OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR YOUTH WHILE, UM, HELPING OUR, OUR FELLOW MAN. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THAT'S ABOUT IT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU. LAURA ESPINOZA, FOLLOWED BY JOANNE KATA, I BELIEVE. GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR. MY NAME IS DR. LAURA ESPINOZA AND I AM HERE TO SHARE AGAIN, AGAIN MY CONCERNS WITH HAMILTON BREWERY. AS YOU ARE AWARE, THE BREWERY OPENED IN SEPTEMBER. I WAS HERE DECEMBER OF 2023 WHEN THE COMMUNITY AND I SHARED OUR CONCERNS THAT HAVE NOW BECOME REALITY FOR US. AT THAT TIME, THE CITY GAVE MR. HAMILTON CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WHICH ARE BEING VIOLATED. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO REVIEW THOSE, I'M SURE THEY'RE ON RECORD. SO LET ME START WITH NUMBER ONE, CONDITION NUMBER ONE, ANY PATRON WHO FIGHTS OR CHALLENGES ANOTHER PERSON TO FIGHT MALICIOUSLY AND WILLFULLY DISTURBS ANOTHER PERSON BY LOUD AND UNREASONABLE NOISE, OR USES OFFENSIVE WORDS, WHICH ARE INHERENTLY LIKELY TO PROVOKE. I'VE ALREADY BEEN CALLED AN FB ON MY STREET, IN FRONT OF MY HOUSE MULTIPLE TIMES. ALSO, SECURITY GUARDS. NUMBER FIVE, SECURITY GUARDS SHALL MAINTAIN ORDER AND ENFORCE THE ESTABLISHMENTS, NO ORDERING POLICY AND SHALL TAKE REASONABLE STEPS TO PREVENT THIS. NOTHING IS BEING DONE BY SECURITY OFFICERS. NUMBER 15. OH, SORRY, NUMBER 14. LIVE MUSIC. YEAH, IT'S LIVE MUSIC. WE DON'T HAVE LIVE MUSIC NOW, BUT IT FEELS LIKE THERE IS LIVE MUSIC EVERY SINGLE NIGHT AT MR. HAMILTON'S BREWERY. THAT DOESN'T STOP TILL 12, 12 30 IN THE MORNING. MAYBE EVEN ONE. NUMBER 15. THE [00:25:01] ONSITE MANAGER OF THE BUSINESS SHALL TAKE THE REQUIRED STEPS AS DETERMINED NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE ORDERLY CONDUCT OF EMPLOYEES, PATRIOTS, AND VISITORS. ON THE PREMISE, NOTHING IS BEING DONE. NUMBER 16, TALKS ABOUT LOITERING NUMBER OR 17 TALKS ABOUT BUSINESS OPERATIONS MUST BE CONDUCTED IN A MATTER MANNER CONSISTENT WITH ALL AC APPLICABLE SECTIONS OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA DEVELOPMENT CODE. THIS IS NOT HAPPENING. THIS INCLUDES NOISE, RIGHT? NUMBER 18, I WON'T GO OVER 18. NUMBER 19 IS BEING VIOLATED. NUMBER 23. SHOULD THE CITY DETERMINE SUBJECT USE HAS CREATED A PARKING ISSUE, WHICH IT HAS, THE CITY MAY INITIATE A PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT AT NO COST FOR THE ADJACENT RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD. LASTLY, A CONDITION THAT DOES NOT HOLD THE CITY LIABLE. NUMBER 25. HUH. IN CON CONCLUSION, GRANTING HAMILTON BREWERY, A LICENSE WHICH IS LOCATED WITHIN THE IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS CONTRADICT. THANK YOU, MA'AM. TO PUBLIC WELFARE AND MORE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JOAN KATA, FOLLOWED BY STEVE DS. UH, GOOD EVENING. I'M A RESIDENT ON MAIN STREET AS WELL, AND I LIVE MORE TOWARDS THE DEAD END OF THE RESIDENTIAL STREET. NEXT TO THE TRAIN TRACKS THAT HAMILTON BREWERY IS ALLOWED TO BE ON. HAS A CAPACITY OF 200 AND 250 PEOPLE WITH 70 PARKING SPACES. THEREFORE, EVERYBODY IS FILTERING UP AND DOWN A DEAD END STREET, INTOXICATED, LOOKING FOR PARKING, MOVING TRASH CANS, MOVING CONES, PARKING IN FRONT OF OUR HOMES. I CAN'T EVEN COME HOME AFTER WORKING 11 HOURS A DAY AND PARK IN FRONT OF MY HOME. WHY? BECAUSE THE BREWERY IS OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FROM 12 TO 10 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT. BUT IT'S MORE LIKE SHE SAID, 11 OR 12. IF THERE'S ONE WORD I CAN UH, USE TO DESCRIBE THE LAST THREE WEEKS OF LIVING ON MAIN STREET, UH, YOU KNOW, A HOMEOWNER THERE THAT WE MOVED FROM LA COUNTY AND WE MOVED HERE BECAUSE IT WAS A QUIET, FAMILY-ORIENTED NEIGHBORHOOD THAT'S NO LONGER, THE ONE WORD I CAN USE IS CHAOS. CONSTANT DISTURBANCE. I'VE SEEN TWO SEPARATE, UM, ALTERCATIONS FROM TWO COUPLES, UH, DRUNK, LEAVING THE ESTABLISHMENT, UM, SITTING OUTSIDE OF A RESIDENCE'S HOME. AND WHEN WE WENT OUT AND TOLD THEM SOMETHING TO LEAVE, SHE SPED OFF AND ALMOST HIT A PARKED CAR. THIS IS CONSTANT. PEOPLE DO NOT KNOW THAT THE STREET THAT MAIN MAIN STREET IS ON IS NOT A THROUGH STREET. SO YOU HAVE PEOPLE LEAVING THE FACILITY 'CAUSE THEY CAN'T FIND PARKING WITHIN THE PARKING LOT AND SPEEDING DOWN INTO THE DEAD END. TURNING AROUND, COMING BACK UP. THEN YOU HAVE REED RIGHT HERE, AND YOU HAVE PEOPLE BLOCKING THE CURB, SO YOU CAN'T SEE AROUND. THEY'RE BLOCKING THE FIRE HYDRANT, WHICH IS ILLEGAL. BUT THERE'S PEOPLE GETTING TICKETS FOR LEAVING THEIR TRASH CANS OUT. THERE HAS NOT BEEN LIKE ONE TICKET FOR PARKING IN FRONT OF A FIRE HYDRANT. YOU CAN'T SEE AROUND. YOU GOT PEOPLE ALMOST EVERY SINGLE NIGHT. IF YOU STAND OUT THERE FOR 15 MINUTES, YOU'RE GONNA SEE SOMEBODY DRUNK WALKING UP THE STREET OR YOU GONNA SEE, UH, A NEAR ACCIDENT. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE THE, THERE'S THIS NON, UH, EMERGENCY LINE THAT WE ARE TO CALL OR TO DOCUMENT. YOU GUYS NEED EVIDENCE AND DOCUMENTATION AND, YOU KNOW, I DON'T FEEL SAFE DOING THAT. I'M IN MY HOME WHERE I SHOULD BE AT PEACE. I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO GET CALLED. YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT CALLED, UH, F AND B, A STUPID BEE, A DUMB BEE, A NOSY BEE. THEN THIS IS AT, AT LEAST TWO, THREE TIMES A WEEK BECAUSE OF THE HAMILTON BREWERY, THE CITY, YOU KNOW, BEING, BEING LIVING IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, I WOULD THINK YOUR GUYS' CONCERN WOULD BE FOR THE RESIDENTS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. MR. HAMILTON DOESN'T EVEN LIVE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. HE'S SAYING THIS IS FOR THE COMMUNITY. WHAT COMMUNITY? NOT OURS. 'CAUSE LITERALLY EVERYBODY WHO LIVES THERE IS HERE NOW. CONSTANT, CONSTANT. I DON'T EVEN SLEEP AT NIGHT NO MORE, BECAUSE A CONSTANT FLOW OF TRAFFIC. THE DOGS ARE BARKING LIKE A DOMINO EFFECT. PEOPLE ARE WALKING THROUGH THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PEEING, URINATING IN FRONT YARDS, LEAVING, UM, TALL CANS. AND THEY'RE SAYING NO, LIKE NO ALCOHOL OUTSIDE THE FACILITY, YET HE SELLS TO GO ALCOHOL. SO HOW IS THAT EVEN LIKE, WHAT, WHAT, WHAT'S GOING ON? THANK YOU. THANK YOU. STEVE DI DIAZ, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT . GOOD EVENING COUNCIL. MY NAME IS STEVE DIAZ. I LIVE LIKE FIVE HOUSES FROM HAMILTON. AND LIKE SHE SAYS, THERE'S A LOT OF, LOT OF TRAFFIC, LOT OF SPEEDERS GOING [00:30:01] UP AND DOWN THE STREET. THE LAW'S BEEN CALLED IN MANY TIMES THAT THEY'RE NOT DOING NOTHING ABOUT IT. SO YOU GUYS DON'T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT. WE'RE JUST GONNA TAKE THE LAW IN OUR OWN HANDS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ROBERT VELAR, FOLLOWED BY SAMUEL. I'M HAVING TROUBLE WITH THE LAST NAME. SAMUEL N AND THEN THE LAST NAME. AND I LIVE ON REED AVENUE. OKAY. NOW I'M AN OLD GUY, SO WHEN I COME HOME, I APPRECIATE THAT I COULD PARK IN MY OWN AREA, NOT DOWN THE CORNER AROUND THE BLOCK, WHICH I SHOULDN'T HAVE TO. SO, AND THEN PEOPLE URINATING. AND THE WORST THING IS WHEN THEY'RE THROWING UP AND THEY'RE THROWING UP BEHIND YOUR CAR AND EVERYTHING, YOU COME OUT AND YOU TELL 'EM, HEY, WHAT'S GOING ON, MAN? I CAN TAKE A WATER HOSE AND HOSE 'EM DOWN. YOU KNOW, THEY SAY, OH, OH, THEY FEEL, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE A LITTLE SICK. WELL, OF COURSE THEY'VE BEEN DRINKING OVER THERE ALL DAY. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? AND THE ALCOHOL LEVEL THERE, YOU, IF ANYBODY KNOWS ABOUT A BREWERY, ALCOHOL LEVEL IS WAY HIGHER THAN A NORMAL CAN OF BEER. SO ANYBODY THAT'S DRINKING IN THERE, THEY KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING. SO I GOTTA WATCH MY GRANDKIDS, MY GRANDKIDS COME TO VISIT. I CAN'T LET 'EM OUTSIDE THE GATE. WHY? BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE COMING UP AND DOWN, UP AND DOWN. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? IF THEY WOULD FIND A SPOT TO PARK, THEY HAVE A DESIGNATED AREA FOR YOU, BUT THEY WON'T USE IT. THEY'D RATHER PARK IN FRONT OF EVERYBODY ELSE'S HOUSE AND DISRESPECT THEIR OWN WELLBEING. AND THEN I GOTTA KEEP MY KIDS, MY GRANDKIDS IN, IN THE FAC IN, IN MY FENCE AREA DUE TO THE FACT THAT I'M AFRAID THEY MAY GET HURT. SO THAT'S, YOU KNOW, MY, AS ME BEING COMFORTABLE LIVING THERE, I WAS, MY FAMILY'S BEEN THERE LONGER THAN I HAVE. SO, YOU KNOW, THEN WHEN I WAS BORN, THEY'VE BEEN THERE WAY PAST THAT. SO THEY ESTABLISHED, AND I GOT COUSINS ALL LIVING ALL UP THAT ROAD BLOCK. BUT WE'RE ALL NOW, YOU KNOW, AS WE GET OLDER, YOU KNOW, WE NEED THAT RESPECT OF HAVING OUR OWN HOME AND NOT BEING VIOLATED TO WHERE WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING SAFE AT OUR OWN HOME. THAT'S, YOU KNOW, THAT'S OUR PROPERTY. I MEAN, THAT'S WHAT WE, YOU KNOW, THE COMMUNITY USED TO BE A GOOD COMMUNITY. GOOD NEIGHBORS, GOOD. EVERY, EVERYBODY SAYS HI AND EVERYTHING. NOW WE GOT PEOPLE COMING DOWN, UP AND DOWN THE STREETS. AND IF THEY'RE, IF YOU'RE GOING TO GO DOWN THE STREET AND GO PARK, GO DOWN THE STREET AND PARK, BUT DON'T GO UP AND DOWN. AND IF NOW YOU THINK IT'S A CRUISING AREA AND THEY'RE, AND THEY'RE ALL DRINKING, THEY'RE DRINKING IN THE CAR, YOU KNOW, SO ALL THAT, IT JUST WENT WAY OUTTA HAND. IT SHOULDN'T BE LIKE THAT. NOT WHEN IT, YOU GOT A, A COMMUNITY. AND I DON'T SEE WHAT THEY'RE PROVIDING FOR THE COMMUNITY DUE TO THE FACT THAT THEY'RE JUST GIVING THEM ALCOHOL AND LETTING THEM DO WHAT THEY WANT. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SAMUEL. AND PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME. SO FOR THE GRACIA, PARDON ME? SAMUEL GRACIA IS MY NAME. THANK YOU. HELLO CITY COUNCIL. LEMME GO UP TO HERE. I'M A REGISTERED NURSE THAT WORKS IN THE ICU SETTING, AND I HAVE FIRSTHAND SEEN THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL HAS HAD ON THE HUMAN BODY, MIND, AND FAMILY UNIT. PUBLIC HEALTH IS AT STAKE HERE. I HAVE MANY TIMES TAKEN CARE OF A ALCOHOL WITHDRAWAL PATIENT AND THOSE IN LIVER FAILURE. AND WHEN I ASK HOW MUCH THESE PEOPLE DRINK FOR AN ASSESSMENT, THEY NORMALLY SAY ONLY A FEW EVERY DAY. THE HONEST ONES WILL ACTUALLY TELL YOU HOW MUCH THEY DRINK, WHICH CAN BE UP TO A HANDLE A DAY. THIS IS A COMMON THING THAT MOST BREWERY PATRONS WILL SAY AS WELL. PATRONS LIKE THE ONES THAT GO TO HAMILTON'S. THIS BREWERY HAS OPENED UP ON A ONCE QUIET RESIDENTIAL STREET AND NOW HAS MORE TRAFFIC THAN EVER HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE. THERE ARE SIGNS ADDRESSING THE PARKING AND INSTRUCTIONS THAT HAMILTON GIVES. YET THE PATRONS IGNORE AND PARK ON THE SURROUNDING STREETS. AND THIS HAS BEEN LEADING TO UNREST IN THE COMMUNITY AND CONFRONTATIONS. THIS ISSUE, THESE ISSUES WERE NOT PRESENT A YEAR AGO. WHY WAS IT ACCEPTABLE TO HAVE SUCH A BUSY BAR? WHICH THAT WOULD A BREWERY IS I WOULD KNOW BECAUSE I DO HAVE A DUI. AND THAT NIGHT I WAS AT BREWERY, THE FIRST PLACE I WENT. POOR CHOICES. I KNOW, BUT STILL, THAT'S WHERE IT STARTED. HOW IT GOT INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA IS BEYOND ME. AND IT IS SURPRISING THAT THE PERMITS WERE GIVEN FOR THIS. THE MAIN CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITY IS THE TRAFFIC THAT HAS GROWN EXPONENTIALLY. AND WITH THAT GROWN MORE FA WITH THAT HAS COME MORE FAST DRIVING AND MORE THAN LIKELY INEBRIATED DRIVING. [00:35:01] DRUNK DRIVING IS A HUGE PUBLIC HEALTH ISSUE. AND NOW A CONCERN FOR THE NEIGHBORS OF HAMILTON, ESPECIALLY WITH THE EXTENDING HOURS ON THE WEEKENDS THAT HE POSTED ON INSTAGRAM. THESE TYPES OF PROBLEMS WILL INCREASE, AS WILL THE CALLS INTO PD. I HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON MAIN STREET, AND WITH THESE CONCERNS, I CANNOT FEEL SAFE TAKING MY CHILDREN TO THEIR GREAT-GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE, THEIR AUNT'S HOUSE TO PLAY ON THE STREETS THAT I ONCE PLAYED ON WITH THE CONSTANT STREAM OF VEHICLES. THE PUBLIC AND RESIDENCE SHOULD BE PROTECTED BEFORE A SINGULAR BUSINESS. I HAVE BEEN DISCOURAGED FROM SHARING MY VIEWS FROM PEOPLE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY. SERGEANT WRIGHT, SAYING THAT IT WON'T REALLY MAKE A DIFFERENCE. I JUST HOPE IT DOESN'T FALL IN DEAF EARS. PROVE ME WRONG. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MATTHEW CIO, FOLLOWED BY ARMANDO MORENO. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. CITY COUNCIL. A LITTLE BIT ABOUT MYSELF. I'M AN ENGINEERING STUDENT, GONNA GRADUATE PRETTY SOON. I'M FIVE YEARS SOBER WITH THE LOVE OF CHRIST. AND I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN A BARTENDER ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO. SO I KNOW THIS WORLD VERY WELL. TRUST ME. AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S A FAMILY THING. IT FEELS LIKE THE APPROACH OF THIS COMMITTEE ON THIS MATTER IS A WAIT AND SEE OR WAIT UNTIL ONE OF YOUR POINTS COME TRUE. THEN WE'LL ADDRESS THAT APPROACH. I KNOW FOR A FACT IF I WAS WORKING ON ANY PROJECT, PROJECT AS AN ENGINEER AND I HAD THE ATTITUDE OF, WELL, WHATEVER THE OUTCOME IS, WE'LL DO BETTER NEXT TIME WITH LIVES ON THE LINE AND PROFIT AND SOMETHING GOES WRONG, I WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE ACCORDING TO THE ASME CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ENGINEERS. THAT'S JUST PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THAT'S FOR ANY PROFESSION. AND I WOULD FACE THE CONSEQUENCES WHETHER LOSING MY LICENSE OR EVEN GOING TO JAIL AS SOME CASES DO. IS THE HYATT REGENCY UH, WALKWAY COLLAPSE? PLEASE LOOK IT UP. I'M BEING EDUCATED ON HOLDING THE SAFETY AND WELFARE OF THE PUBLIC IS PARAMOUNT AS ONE OF THE MAJOR CLAUSES IN THE CODE OF ETHICS FOR ENGINEERING. AND WHEN I FULLY JOIN THE WORKFORCE AS AN ENGINEER, I WILL ALWAYS COMMIT TO THAT. THAT'S ME. EVEN IF I GET FIRED FOR A WHISTLEBLOWER. THAT'S ON THE RECORD. NOW, CAN THIS ART, CAN THIS WRENCH COOK AMONG A BOARD, SAY WITH A HUNDRED PERCENT CONFIDENCE? NO DOUBT. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU THAT YOUR ACTIONS THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING, THE PROCESS YOU'RE COMPLETING IS COMMITTED TO THE ONLY THING THAT IS IMPORTANT, WHICH IS THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY. CAN YOU BE POSITIVE? THAT'S ACTUALLY BEING WHAT YOU WANT IT TO DO IS POSITIVE GROWTH. QUOTATION. BY THE WAY, PRO PROFIT DOES NOT EQUATE TO POSITIVE GROWTH IN A COMMUNITY. THAT'S NOT THE ONLY VARIABLE YOU MEASURE. 'CAUSE THIS IS ALSO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY. WE KEEP ASKING YOU HOW WOULD YOU FEEL, ET CETERA, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH. YOU'VE HEARD THIS QUESTION MANY TIMES, BUT THE MESSAGE WE'RE GETTING OVER TIME, AS MY MOM SAID, WE'VE BEEN HERE YEARS BEFORE IS, IS THAT YOU GUYS DON'T REALLY CARE UNTIL THERE'S AN ISSUE. THAT'S JUST, THAT'S JUST WHAT, WHAT I'M FEELING. NOW. WE ARE ASKED TO PROVIDE DOCUMENTATION VIA THE, VIA THE NUMBER YOU PROVIDED TO PROVE AND TO HAVE DOCUMENTATION IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS. CORRECT? ARE YOU AWARE THAT'S THE SAME THING THE MANAGEMENT SAID TO THE SHUTTLE ENGINEERS WHEN THEY OPPOSED THE CHALLENGER SHUTTLE LAUNCH. AND I KNOW YOU ARE OLDER THAN ME, YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY. I HOPE YOU HEAR ME AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. CLAUDE. PIANO. PIANO. CLAUDE WHO? PIE. I BELIEVE IT'S, UH, NO CLAUDE CLAUDIA. OKAY. IS IT CLAUDIA? I'M SORRY, MA'AM. . I'M SO SORRY. HI, GOOD EVENING. NICE TO SEE YOU AGAIN. I CELEBRATE MY 25TH ANNIVERSARY LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO. AND YOU'RE PRESENT IN MY RESTAURANT. I'M ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS PLACE. IT OPENED. AND UM, THE ISSUE THAT I'M HAVING IS THAT EVERYBODY PARKS IN OUR SPACE AND SINCE THE HEAT OPEN, IT'S BAD. HE ALREADY WENT AND SPEAK TO ME, TO THE RESTAURANT AND HE'S WILLING TO PUT SIGNS, DO WHATEVER HE CAN. BUT HE SAID, UM, HE CANNOT, UH, BE RESPONSIBLE OF HIS, HIS, UH, PEOPLE, HIS, UH, CUSTOMERS. AND I THINK IT'S, HE, HE'S RESPONSIBLE BECAUSE HE CAME IN AND PUT HIS BUSINESS IN FRONT OF MINE. AND I'VE BEEN THERE FOR 25 YEARS AND I THINK HE'S GONNA GET ME OUT OF THERE. [00:40:01] I HAVE, UM, VIDEOS EVERY DAY. I, I GO HOME AND I SEE MY CAMERAS. IT'S LIKE THEY'RE SAYING THEY LEAVE LIKE 12, LIKE ONE, SOMETIMES THEY SLEEP THERE OUTSIDE THE RESTAURANT. SO IT IS GETTING BAD. WELL, I HOPE YOU GUYS CAN DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LAVE BLAND LAVE. HI. I LIVE AT 97 69 MAIN STREET, APARTMENT 1 0 1. MY APARTMENT IS ADJACENT TO THAT BUILDING THAT THEY HAVE ALL NIGHT LONG. SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THIS NOISE. SCREAMING AND YELLING. THEY'RE THROWING BEANBAGS OVER THE FENCE. THEY'RE GONNA BREAK ONE OF OUR WINDOWS. THEY PARK IN FRONT OF OUR BUILDING IN OUR PARKING LOT. YOU TELL 'EM TO MOVE, THEY CUSS YOU OUT. THEY COME OUT OF THAT BREWERY WITH LIQUOR IN THEIR HANDS AND THEY'RE STANDING IN OUR YARD. THEY'RE BRINGING THEIR DOGS THAT ARE, IT IS A DOG FRIENDLY ESTABLISHMENT. I'M HAPPY FOR THEM. PRETTY YARD IN. THEY'RE COMING OVER TO MY PROPERTY AND POOPING IN MY YARD WHERE THEY'RE LEAVING IT. AND THIS GOES ON AND ON AND ON. IT DOESN'T STOP. THEY PARK IN FIRE IN FRONT OF THE FIRE HYDRANT LANE. THAT'S FOR THE PARAMEDICS. YOU CALL THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT. THEY DON'T COME. THEY DON'T CARE. WE PAY THEIR WAGES. WHEN HAMPTON BREWERY OPENED UP, I HEARD ALL OF YOU GUYS WERE OVER THERE HAVING A PARTY. AND AS ONE OF YOUR EMPLOYEES WALKED BY ME, SAID, CALL THE CITY HALL. KIND OF WHAT KIND OF PEOPLE IS THIS? WHO, WHO, WHO ARE YOU GUYS? YOU DON'T EVEN CARE. HE KEEPS THAT OTHER BUSINESS CLOSED DOWN. AND THIS ONE'S OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TILL 12 MIDNIGHT. WHY IS IT OPEN SO MANY DAYS? WHY IS IT OPEN SO LONG? DON'T WE GET A DAY'S SLEEP? IT'S NOT FAIR AT ALL. WE'VE BEEN THERE FOREVER. MY MOTHER, 21 YEARS. THE OLD SENIORS IN OUR APARTMENTS, THEY'RE SICK. THEY CAN'T EVEN COME HERE TO TALK TO YOU. SOME OF 'EM ARE TERMINALLY ILL. THEY'RE SCARED. THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON ON THEIR BLOCK. PEOPLE JUMPING FENCES, THEY DON'T CARE. YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO SOMETHING. OKAY? THEY DON'T NEED TO BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. ACTUALLY. THEY DON'T EVEN NEED TO BE THERE, WHICH IS SAD. I GET IT. WE ALL WANT A NICE BUILDING AND WE ALL WANNA HAVE A NICE THING. BUT HE DIDN'T CARE WHEN HE OPENED THAT UP ABOUT ANY OF US. NOT ONE OF US. THANK YOU. GAIL WALKER. GAIL, SHE'S READING FOR GAIL. GAIL'S TERMIN ILL. TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, I AM A RESIDENT OF LAS CASITA'S APARTMENT. I HAVE BEEN A RESIDENT HERE SINCE 1995. WE HAVE HAD NO ISSUES LIKE WE HAVE NOW. I AM VERY ILL. I'M SUFFERING FROM CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, COPD, DIABETES AND OTHER VARIOUS SERIOUS ILLNESSES. SINCE THE BREWERY HAS OPENED ON THE CORNER OF OUR STREET, THERE HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT NO PARKING FOR MY NURSE TO COME IN. MY HOME HEALTHCARE PERSON CANNOT PARK. ALL THE PARKING SPOTS ARE TAKEN FROM THE CUSTOMERS AT THE BREWERY. THE NOISE IN THE NIGHT, IT'S SO LOUD. PEOPLE CANNOT SLEEP WHEN PEOPLE ARE WALKING BY LOUD AND FIGHTING. KEEPS ME AWAKE. I NEED MY REST, MY REST BECAUSE I'M VERY ILL. WE NEED SOME KIND OF SOLUTION HERE. I DON'T WANT TO GET SICKER BECAUSE OF THESE ISSUES. SO PLEASE HELP US TO TRY AND FIND A SOLUTION OF THIS PROBLEM. GOD BLESS YOU AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING US, MS. GAIL WALKER. THANK YOU. ANOTHER ARMANDO MORENO. YES. FOLLOWED BY JULIA. HELLO, COUNCIL AND MAYOR. I'M HERE AS WELL AS ALL MY NEIGHBORS HERE. I'M SURE YOU GUYS ARE TIRED OF HEARING IT, BUT WE'RE TIRED OF, OF DEALING WITH IT. UM, WHEN WE FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS, WHICH WE WERE HERE IN 2023, WE ACTUALLY WENT TO GO CHECK IT OUT. 'CAUSE WE WANTED TO JUST GIVE THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT. LET'S SEE HOW IT IS. AND WE SAW HOW PACKED, HOW CRAZY IT WAS. SO WE KNEW IT WAS COMING. THAT'S WHY WE CAME AND VOICED OUR CONCERNS TO ALL OF YOU BECAUSE WE SAW IT AS A CONCERN. I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY, OH, NOT ON MY BLOCK, BUT IF YOU SAW THAT PLACE, YOU WOULD, YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE ALL HERE, WHY WE'RE ALL UPSET, FRUSTRATED. UM, IT'S JUST RIDICULOUS. [00:45:01] I LIVE STRAIGHT ACROSS FROM IT WHERE THEY ENTER AND EXIT. AND EVEN THOUGH HE POSTED SIGNS SAYING, UM, YOU KNOW, PLEASE RESPECT OUR NEIGHBORS. THEY DON'T CARE THIS. I HAVE TO BRING MY WORK TRUCK HOME WITH ME AND PARK IT IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE BECAUSE IT'S GOT TOOLS, IT'S GOT EQUIPMENT THAT COMPANY OWNS. AND ONE TIME I CAME HOME AND SOME GUY JUST CAME, PARKED THERE, WENT TO, I SAID, EXCUSE ME, I NEED, I NEED THAT SPOT THAT I NEED TO PARK MY VEHICLE. WELL, THERE'S NO CITY ORDINANCE SAYING THAT. AND I SAID, I LIVE HERE. HE WALKED IN, HE DIDN'T CARE. MM-HMM . AND THAT'S THE KIND OF THINGS WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND LIKE I SAID, THERE IS A LOT OF OLDER PEOPLE, KIDS, FAMILIES. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW, LIKE EVERYONE EXPRESSED, HOW WAS THAT ALLOWED? DID ANYBODY BOTHER TO TAKE A LOOK TO SEE HOW THIS BUSINESS WAS BEING RUN? I MEAN, THAT'S SOMETHING TO LOOK AT. AND AGAIN, THE, THE SAFETY OF THE COMMUNITY IS ON YOU GUYS. IT'S ALL OF US THAT WANNA BE SAFE. WE ALL WANNA HAVE A NICE NEIGHBORHOOD. I'M SURE A LOT OF, IF THIS WAS ABOVE FOOTHILL, IT MIGHT HAVE NOT HAPPENED. DEFINITELY NOT. BUT EVERYTHING IS HAPPENING LIKE THIS TO US. DO, DOES NOBODY NOT CARE ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY? WE CARE ABOUT EACH OTHER. WE'RE HERE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS. AND WE WOULD HOPE THAT LIKE EVERYONE'S SAYING THAT YOU GUYS ARE LISTENING MM-HMM . AND I WOULD INVITE YOU GUYS TO COME OVER AND SPEND THE EVENING ON A FRIDAY, SATURDAY NIGHT, JUST SO YOU GUYS COULD SEE EXACTLY WHAT WE DEAL WITH EVERY WEEKEND. AND ESPECIALLY THERE'S SOME KIND OF SPORTS, WHICH IS THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, MONDAY. YOU SHOULD SEE HOW LOUD IT GETS. I HAVE VIDEOS I COULD ACTUALLY PLAY IF YOU GUYS WERE EVER INTERESTED IN WHERE YOU CAN HEAR THEM SCREAMING FROM THAT LITTLE AREA. THAT'S A PATIO AREA. NOW WHAT PIECE DO WE HAVE? PLEASE PUT YOURSELF IN OUR SHOES AND TAKE A LOOK, TAKE A DRIVE OUT THERE, SPEND THE EVENING AND SEE WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. AND I'M SURE YOU GUYS WOULD NOT BE HAPPY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU JULIA MORENO. GOOD EVENING COUNSEL. IT'S GOOD EVENING. COUNSEL MEMBERS, CAN YOU PUT THAT BACK TO THREE MINUTES, PLEASE? NEXT. IT IS ALMOST TWO YEARS SINCE WE WERE HERE THE LAST TIME WE WERE HERE, UM, TO TALK ABOUT HAMILTON BREWERY AND ALL THE SITUATIONS WE KNEW WERE GONNA HAPPEN, UM, UH, AND GOING TO HAPPEN AS WE SAID IT BEFORE, THEY ARE HAPPENING NOW. IT'S SAD THAT THE, THAT OUR CITY COUNCIL DID NOT CARE ENOUGH ABOUT OUR COMMUNITY. LIKE THEY CARE ABOUT OTHER COMMUNITIES ABOVE A, YOU ALL ALLOW THIS TO HAPPEN. AND WE TOLD YOU, YOU NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR WHAT YOU'VE ALLOWED. WE DIDN'T WANT THEM IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY TO BEGIN WITH AND DEFINITELY DON'T WANT THEM THERE. NOW. OUR QUIET STREET IS NOW CHAOS. EXTREME CHAOS. IT SHOULD NOT BE ON A RESIDENTIAL STREET, BUT ALL OF YOU ALLOWED IT. IT'S THERE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, LIKE MY HUSBAND SAID. UM, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK. WEEKENDS ARE EVEN WORSE. I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GOING TO DO ABOUT IT OTHER THAN TAKING OUR TAX MONEY. RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS BECOME A MONEY HUNGRY CITY AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU GUYS ARE DOING ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING. THERE'S SO MANY, OH, SORRY. I DO KNOW WHERE THE MONEY'S GOING TOWARDS A PARKS THAT DOG, PARKS THAT DOGS DON'T REALLY NEED AND STUPID, UH, STATUES THAT NOBODY CARES FOR. WHY ARE YOU SPENDING SO MUCH MONEY ON STUFF LIKE THAT WHEN OUR ALLEY AS WELL NEEDED WORK DONE? AND WHAT DID YOU GUYS DO? [00:50:01] JUST SENT SOMEBODY TO PUT SOME, UH, GRAVEL ON IT. AND IT'S A SLAP ON THE FACE FOR US, THE HOMEOWNERS THAT HAVE BEEN ASKING FOR THIS FOR 20 YEARS. BUT YEAH, YET EVERYONE ELSE ABOVE ARROW IS FINE. AND NOBODY CARES ABOUT THE PEOPLE IN THE BARRIO. NOBODY CARES ABOUT US. AND HAMILTON BREWERY CARES EVEN LESS. HE CARES ABOUT HIS POCKETS AND HE CARES ABOUT HIS PEOPLE. DOES NOT CARE ABOUT MY HOME THAT IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF HIS PLACE OR OUR HOMES AND MY, MY NEIGHBORS. YOU GUYS ARE, YOU GUYS NEED TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR THAT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. AND I WILL SAY THIS, UM, YOU'VE ALL STATED SOME VERY COMPELLING ARGUMENTS AND WE WILL, OUR CITY STAFF IS GONNA LOOK INTO EACH AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS RAISED HERE AND WE'RE GONNA FIGURE THIS OUT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR SHARING. UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, YOUR HONESTY AND WE ALL CARE DEEPLY ABOUT THAT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR YEARS. WE DID A LOT OF THINGS TO IMPROVE YOUR AREA. SO WE'LL, WE'LL SEE WHAT WE CAN DO. THANK YOU. OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT ITEM ON THE THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. AND THAT IS OUR CONSENT CALENDARS. AND BY THE WAY, THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT. CONSENT CALENDARS EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL AND THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON A ONE TIME WITHOUT CONVERSATION ABOUT IT UNLESS SOME COUNCIL MEMBER [CONSENT CALENDAR] WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE AN ITEM TO HAVE A DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT PARTICULAR ITEM. MR. MAYOR NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D TWO AS, UH, DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER MOVE FOR APPROVAL. SECOND. SECOND. AND ABSTENTION IS NOTED. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE AND COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT, WE HAVE ONE CONSENT ORDINANCE ITEM. THAT ORDINANCE ITEM HAD A PUBLIC HEARING OUR LAST MEETING TWO WEEKS AGO, UM, THIS PAST TWO WEEKS AGO WEDNESDAY THIS EVENING. AND, UM, AS A RESULT OF THAT, THIS IS NOW SECOND READING. IT'S EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE. IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT WILL CARE TO DISCUSS THIS ITEM ANY FURTHER? IF NOT, UM, WE WILL CONSIDER ITEM E ONE, WHICH IS THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 7. DO I HAVE MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER [CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION] 1 0 9 4 7 [E1. Consideration of Second Reading and Adoption of the Following: ORDINANCE NO. 1047 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2.16.030 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO SALARIES FOR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL] BY TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. SO MOVED. SECOND MADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 7 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY, COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION TWO POINT 16.03 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO SALARIES FOR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. OKAY, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT. THANK YOU MADAM CLERK. WE HAVE NO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS THAT WE HAVE A FEW PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS A COUPLE ANYWAY. UM, SO I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER AND HE WILL TAKE IT FROM THERE. YES, OUR FIRST PUBLIC HEARING ITEM [ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)] IS AN ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT MASTER PLAN, DESIGN REVIEW, AND CONDITIONAL [ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT] USE PERMIT FOR NEW NEWCASTLE [G1. PUBLIC HEARING - ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT, MASTER PLAN, DESIGN REVIEW, AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT – NEWCASTLE PARTNERS – A Request for Development of One Industrial Warehouse Building Totaling Approximately 334,776 Square Feet on a 14.8-Acre Site Located West of Etiwanda Avenue and South of Arrow Route at 12459 Arrow Route; APN 0229-131-24. An Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2023110039) was Prepared for the Project. Primary Case File No. DRC2022-00101. (RESOLUTION NO. 2025-079) (CITY)] PARTNERS. UH, IT'S A REQUEST TO DEVELOP ONE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE BUILDING TOTALING APPROXIMATELY 334,776 SQUARE FEET ON A 14.8 ACRE SITE LOCATED WEST OF TWANDA AVENUE AND SOUTH OF ARROW ROUTE. THE PARTICULAR ADDRESS IS 1 2 4 5 9 ARROW ROUTE. UM, AND THE A PN IS 0 2 2 9 DASH 1 3 1 DASH 24. AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT WAS PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA TURN IT OVER TO, UM, SEAN MCPHERSON, OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER, AND SOPHIA SERAFIN, OUR ASSISTANT PLANNER FOR THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE NEWCASTLE INDUSTRIAL PROJECT UNDER THE PRIMARY CASE FILE OF DRC 2022 DASH 0 0 1 0 1. THIS APPLICATION WAS SUBMITTED BY NEWCASTLE PARTNERS IN IT IS A REQUEST FOR A 334,776 [00:55:02] SQUARE FOOT INDUSTRIAL BUILDING IN THE INDUSTRIAL EMPLOYMENT ZONE. HERE YOU CAN SEE A, UH, TIMELINE OF CRITICAL DATES THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT'S HISTORY MOST RECENT, UH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION VOTED UNANIMOUSLY TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CERTIFY THE EIR AND APPROVE THE PROJECT. THE PROJECT SITE IS LOCATED AT 1 2 4 5 9 ARROW ROUTE, GENERALLY LOCATED WEST OF TWANDA AVENUE AND SOUTH OF ARROW ROUTE. THE PROJECT REQUIRES APPROVAL OF A DESIGN REVIEW AND CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT. THE APPLICANT HAS ALSO REQUESTED A MASTER PLAN IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS. THE FOLLOWING IS A 3D RENDERING OF THE PROJECT LOOKING SOUTHWEST FROM YELLOWWOOD ROAD. HERE WE HAVE, UH, THE PROJECT SITE PLAN. ONE NOTE FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. THE PROJECT IS PROPOSING TO CONSTRUCT TWO NEW PUBLIC STREETS IN ADDITION TO MAKING ADDITIONAL IMPROVEMENTS TO THE EXISTING YELLOWWOOD ROAD. THESE NEW STREETS HIGHLIGHTED IN THIS GRAPHIC HERE IN GREEN AND IDENTIFIED AS A STREET AND B STREET, UH, ARE PROVIDED BY THE DEVELOPER IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN VISION OF CREATING ADDITIONAL ROADWAY CONNECTIONS THROUGHOUT THE SOUTHEAST INDU INDUSTRIAL QUADRANT OF THE CITY. AS A RESULT OF PROVIDING THESE TWO NEW STREETS IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, THE APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A REDUCED PARKING, LANDSCAPING, AND BUILDING SETBACKS AS DESCRIBED IN THE STAFF REPORT BY WAY OF THEIR MASTER PLAN REQUEST. IN ADDITION, THE APPLICANT IS ALSO REQUESTING REDUCED ROADWAY WIDTHS ALONG B STREET, WHICH WOULD TERMINATE NORTH, UH, NORTH SOUTH ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE PROJECT. UH, PLANNING AND ENGINEERING HAVE REVIEWED THESE REQUESTS AND HAVE FOUND THEM TO BE CONSISTENT WITH GENERAL PLAN OBJECTIVES AND ALL RELEVANT DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS PURSUANT TO STATE SQL GUIDELINES AS A CITY MANAGER HAD STATED, AN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT. THE EIR ADDRESSED AND EVALUATED POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS OF THE PROPOSED PROJECT AND IDENTIFIED FEASIBLE MITIGATION MEASURES AND ALTERNATIVES THAT MAY BE ADOPTED TO REDUCE OR ELIMINATE IMPACTS. A SUMMARY OF ALL OF THE PROJECT RELATED IMPACTS, UH, AND THE RECOMMENDED MITIGATION MEASURES IS PROVIDED IN THE FINAL EIR, WHICH WAS INCLUDED WITH THE STAFF REPORT AS ATTACHMENT THREE ALONG WITH ALL OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION. THIS, UH, THE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING WAS DISSEMINATED THROUGH VARIOUS FORMS OF MEDIA, INCLUDING THE INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN, AS WELL AS MAIL NOTICES TO ALL PROPERTY OWNERS WITHIN 1500 FEET AND ANY OTHER INTERESTED PARTY WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY REQUESTED NOTICE TO DATE, STAFF HAS RECEIVED A COUPLE OF RESPONSES WHICH HAVE BEEN PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION. AND JUST AS AN AD-LIB NOTE THERE, THERE WAS ONE OTHER LETTER THAT WAS PROVIDED TO THE DIOCESE EVENING PRIOR TO THE MEETING. UH, WITH THAT SAID, BOTH STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CERTIFY THE PROJECT DIR AND APPROVE THE, APPROVE, THE AFOREMENTIONED DESIGN REVIEW, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT AND MASTER PLAN THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF THE SUBJECT RESOLUTION AND CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. STAFF IS AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AND THE APPLICANT IS HERE AS WELL. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I, I HAVE ONE A STREET AND B STREET. WILL THEY CONTINUE AS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUES, OR IS THAT GONNA BE YES. THOSE, THOSE STREETS, UH, WILL CONTINUE AND FACTOR INTO ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN THE AREA EAST, WEST AND NORTH, NORTH, SOUTH. YES SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. OKAY. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WISHING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO INVITE THE APPLICANT UP AT THIS TIME IF HE, HE OR THEY OR SHE CARES TO SPEAK. WHAT'S THIS ONE? OH, GO AHEAD. OKAY. THANK YOU. UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MAYOR PROAM AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME'S COURTNEY WING. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF NEWCASTLE PARTNERS. WERE THE APPLICANT AND PROPERTY OWNER. UM, YOU KNOW, TONIGHT'S HEARING REPRESENTS ABOUT THREE, THREE AND A HALF YEARS OF WORK, UM, ON BEHALF OF BOTH OUR TEAM AND THE CITY. SO I DO WANT TO JUST TAKE A MOMENT AND THANK, UM, SEAN SOPHIA AND STAFF WHO HAVE WORKED TREMENDOUSLY, UM, HARD OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS, UM, TO GET US TO TONIGHT'S HEARING. SO I APPRECIATE YOUR CONSIDERATION AND I AM AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS. ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. NOW, I HAVE A NUMBER OF SPEAKER CARDS HERE. UM, BUT I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE NOT INTERESTED NECESSARILY IN SPEAKING AND THAT'S A GOOD THING. UH, BUT I, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALL HERE, UH, FROM MY UNDERSTANDING AND SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. IS THAT NOT CORRECT? YES. OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT. [01:00:01] OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE ELSE THAT DESIRES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? MR. MAYOR? I BELIEVE THERE'S ONE SPEAKER IN THAT LIST. IT'S AT 11 ONE SPEAKER. YEAH, YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT. THERE IS ONE THOMAS EZ. I READ IT. THERE WAS 11 THAT ARE IN SUPPORT, BUT DIDN'T WANNA SPEAK. I'M NOT SURE IF I WANNA SPEAK EITHER, BUT I'LL JUST TO GIVE SOME, UH, CONTEXT, I GUESS. SURE. SO GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. MY NAME IS THOMAS RUIZ. I'M A REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE LABORS INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCATED HERE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, REPRESENTING OVER ABOUT 2000 MEMBERS HERE. UM, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT ALONG WITH OUR BROTHERS FROM THE ISLAND WORKERS AND THE CARPENTERS, RIGHT? YES, SIR. UH, TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT, UH, 'CAUSE THIS IS A, THE, THE EXACT KIND OF INVESTMENT THAT WE NEED IN HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. UH, THIS WILL CREATE, UH, WELL PAYING UNION JOBS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS. EVERY ONE OF THESE CONSTRUCTION OPPORTUNITIES SUPPORT FAMILY MEMBERS. UH, UH, THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS MORE THAN JUST NEW CONSTRUCTION. IT'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO CREATE GOOD UNION JOBS RIGHT HERE IN RANCH CUCAMONGA. LAUNA MEMBERS LIVE, WORK AND RAISE THEIR FAMILIES HERE IN THIS COMMUNITY. THEY SHOP LOCALLY, PAY TAXES LOCALLY, AND CONTRIBUTE TO THE COMMUNITY EVERY SINGLE DAY. UH, WHEN YOU APPROVE A PROJECT LIKE THIS, YOU'RE HELPING LOCAL RESIDENTS EMPLOYED IN A SAFE, SKILLED WORKING, UH, MIDDLE CLASS CAREERS THAT INCLUDE HEALTHCARE PENSION TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES THROUGH CERTIFIED APPRENTICESHIPS. ON BEHALF OF LAUNA AND OUR BROTHERS FROM THE OTHER TRADES, UH, AND THE LOCAL WORKFORCE, I RESPECTFULLY URGE YOU TO APPROVE THE NEW CASTLE PROJECT. UH, LET'S KEEP BUILDING RANCHO COOK MANGAS FUTURE TOGETHER, UH, WITH LABOR LEADING THE WAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. OKAY. THERE'S NO FURTHER PUBLIC COMMENT ON THE MATTER, THEN WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND, UM, I'LL JUST SAY WE ARE VERY, VERY, HAVE GREAT CONFIDENCE IN OUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND THEY APPROVED MOVE THIS FORWARD TO US THIS EVENING WITH THE UNANIMOUS VOTE. SO, UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MY COLLEAGUES IF THEY WOULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 25 7 9. I'LL MAKE THE MOTION, BUT I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE FOR COMING OUT TO SUE IN SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT. I'LL MAKE THE SECOND GOOD TO SEE ALL THE IRON WORKERS AND CARPENTERS. OKAY. MOTION BEEN MADE AND SECONDED. PLEASE VOTE A MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING AND CONGRATULATIONS FOR THREE YEARS, RIGHT? THREE YEARS OF WORK. OKAY. OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, I TURN THAT ALSO OVER TO MR. SISON. ONCE [G2. Public Hearing to Consider Adoption of Resolutions Making Determinations Regarding the Proposed Annexation of Territory, (Annexation 88-25-1) into an Existing Community Facilities District, Adoption of Resolution Calling a Special Election, and Adoption of Resolution Declaring Results of a Special Election in Community Facilities District No. 88-1. (RESOLUTION NO. FD 2025-027 AND FD 2025-028) (FIRE)] EVERYBODY GETS A CHANCE TO FILE OUT OF HEARING, WE GOTTA DO SOMETHING ABOUT THAT. SO OUR NEXT ITEM, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL, IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS, WHICH WOULD, UH, MAKE DETERMINATIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF TERRITORY. UM, ANNEXATION 88 DASH 25 1 INTO AN EXISTING COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT, ADOPT A RESOLUTION CALLING FOR THE ELECTION, ADOPT A RESOLUTION, DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION FOR CFD 88 1. AND WITH THAT, LET ME INTRODUCE SHANE ADAMS, OUR FIRE MARSHAL FOR THE STAFF REPORT. GOOD EVENING. UH, MAYOR, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. UH, TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING IS FOR ANNEXATION NUMBER 88 DASH 25 DASH ONE, A ROUTINE PROCEDURAL ELEMENT TO ANNEX PROPERTY INTO THE EXISTING FIRE CFD NUMBER 88 DASH ONE AS A CONDITION OF THE DEVELOPMENT TO SATISFY THE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICES. THE PROPERTY OWNER OF UH, 1 3 3 4, 1 BANYAN STREET WISHES TO ANNEX THEIR PROPERTY INTO CFD NUMBER 88 DASH ONE. THE PROJECT IS CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE FAMILY HOME AND THE PROPERTY OWNER FULLY SUPPORTS THE ANNEXATION AND HAS CONSENTED TO THE SPECIAL TAX SELECTION TO BE HELD HERE TONIGHT. A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED FOR THE ANNEXATION UH, PROCEDURES. AFTER THE PUBLIC HEARING RESOLUTION NUMBER FD 2025 DASH 0 2 7, CALLING FOR THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND AUTHORIZING THE LEVY OF SPECIAL TAXES ON THE PROPERTY CAN BE CONSIDERED FOR ADOPTION. IF THAT RESOLUTION IS APPROVED, THE FIRE BOARD SECRETARY WILL THEN CANVAS THE BALLOT AND COMPLETE THE STATEMENT [01:05:01] OF VOTES CAST. IF TWO THIRDS OF THE VOTES ARE CAST IN FAVOR OF THE LEVY OF THE SPECIAL TAX, THE FIRE BOARD MAY DECLARE THE PROPERTY TO BE ANNEXED. THE FIRE BOARD WILL THEN CONSIDER ADOPTING RESOLUTION NUMBER FD 2 0 2 5 DASH 28 DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE ELECTION. AT THIS TIME, UH, UM, THE CITY COUNCIL CAN CHOOSE TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS OR ASK STAFF ANY QUESTIONS. VERY GOOD. MADAM CLERK. UM, MAY YOU CONFIRM THAT NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS MAILED AND PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW? YES. YES, MR. MAYOR, THE NOTICE WAS MAILED AND PUBLISHED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW. VERY GOOD. THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN TO PROTESTS, COMMENTS AND QUESTIONS FROM INTERESTED PERSONS INCLUDING PERSONS OWNING PROPERTY WITHIN ANNEXATION NUMBER 88 DASH 25 DASH ONE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 88 DASH ONE. ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS ANY THE COUNCIL ON THIS OR THE FIRE BOARD ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE. UM, ANY FURTHER COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL MEMBERS? MADAM CLERK? HAVE THERE BEEN ANY PROTESTS THAT HAVE BEEN RECEIVED, EITHER WRITTEN OR VERBAL? NO PROTESTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THANK YOU. UM, MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY PERSONS REGISTERED TO VOTE WITHIN ANNEXATION NUMBER 88? DASH 25 DASH ONE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES DIS NUM, DISTRICT NUMBER 88 DASH ONE. AND IF SO, THE NUMBER THEREOF? NO. THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO REGISTER OF VOTERS' OFFICE HAS CERTIFIED THAT THERE ARE NO REGISTERED VOTERS WITHIN ANNEXATION NUMBER 88 DASH 25 DASH ONE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 88 DASH ONE. MADAM CLERK HAS THE OWNER OF ALL THE TAXABLE PROPERTY ON ANNEXATION NUMBER 88 DASH 25 DASH ONE OF COMMUNITY FACILITIES. DISTRICT NUMBER 88 DASH ONE CONSENTED TO HOLDING THE SPECIAL ELECTION ON OCTOBER THE 15TH, 2025. YES. AND MADAM CLERK, DO YOU CONCUR THAT THE SPECIAL ELECTION MAY BE HELD ON NOVEMBER ON OCTOBER 15TH, 2025? YES. THEN THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER FD 2025 DASH 0 2 7, CALLING A SPECIAL ELECTION IN DISTRICT ON ANNEXATION NUMBER 88 DASH 25 DASH ONE. SO MOVED SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER. ABSENT IT IS TIME NOW THAT I WILL CONDUCT THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND OPEN UP THE BALLOT. THE BALLOT HAS BEEN OPENED AND ALL VOTES ARE IN FAVOR OF THE PROPOSITION PRESENTED ON THE BALLOT. THANK YOU. SO NOW AT THIS TIME, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER FD 2025 DASH 0 28 DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE SPECIAL ELECTION AND COMMUNITY FACILITIES DISTRICT NUMBER 88 DASH ONE AND ANNEXATION NUMBER 88 DASH 25 1. SO MOVED SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR REPORT, SIR. WELL DONE MR. FIRE MARSHALL. OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS. AND WE HAVE A FEW OF THEM THIS EVENING, BUT I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO MR. GOON. YES. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. THE FIRST STAFF REPORT, OR THE FIRST PRESENTATION WE HAVE IS OUR QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT UPDATE AND, UH, WE HAVE, UH, KARINA CAMPOS, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST TWO, AND DARLENE RA, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST ONE AND ALBERTO FELIX, OUR TRAFFIC [CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)] ENGINEER, AND [H1. Quarterly Development Update - Third Quarter 2025. (CITY)] THEY'LL PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, KARINA CAMPOS MANAGEMENT ANALYST. TODAY I'M JOINED BY TWO OF MY COLLEAGUES, DARLENE RA MANAGEMENT ANALYST FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY, AND ALBERTO FELIX, TRAFFIC ENGINEER FOR THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. AND WE WILL BE PROVIDING YOU TODAY WITH OUR THIRD QUARTER DEVELOPMENT [01:10:01] UPDATE. AND JUST MOVING FORWARD, OUR QUARTERLY DEVELOPMENT PRESENTATION WILL INCLUDE THESE DEPARTMENTS TO PROVIDE YOU WITH A MORE WELL-ROUNDED, UH, DEVELOPMENT UPDATE. AND SO FIRST OFF, I'D LIKE TO START OFF WITH OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT. OUR PLANNING DEPARTMENT RECEIVED 41 NEW APPLICATIONS. UH, THEY'VE ASSISTED 361 VISITORS AT THE PLANNING COUNTER FIELDED 658 PHONE CALLS. THEY REVIEWED 39 MAJOR PROJECT APPLICATIONS AND THEY CONVENED THE PLANNING COMMISSION FIVE TIMES. GOOD EVENING, COUNSEL. UH, THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME PROVIDING A QUARTERLY UPDATE FROM THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT. I'LL JUST PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ENGINEERING'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE DEVELOPMENT THROUGHOUT THE CITY. DURING THE PAST QUARTER, THE LAND DEVELOPMENT DIVISION ASSISTED 149 VISITORS AT THE COUNTER ISSUED 17 GRADING PERMITS, RECEIVED 23 NEW PLAN CHECK SUBMITTALS AND CLOSED OUT SEVEN PROJECTS. UH, NEXT I HAVE UPDATES ON TWO MAJOR PROJECTS FROM OUR CAPITAL TEAM. CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON THE HERITAGE PARK BRIDGE REPLACEMENT PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL REPLACE THE THREE EXISTING BRIDGES IN THE PARK AND PROVIDE A NEW BRIDGE TO CONNECT THE PARK SEQUESTERING CENTER AND EMERGENCY SERVICES STAGING AREA. AS OF TODAY, THE PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 50% COMPLETE WITH CONSTRUCTION EXPECTED TO BE COMPLETED IN EARLY 2026. THE NEXT PROJECT THAT I HAVE IS CONSTRUCTION IS UNDERWAY ON PHASE TWO OF THE ADVANCED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROJECT. THE PROJECT WILL IMPROVE MONITORING, TIMING, AND COORDINATION OF THE CITY'S TRAFFIC SIGNAL SYSTEM. THE MAJORITY OF THE WORK ON MILLIKEN AVENUE HAS ALREADY BEEN COMPLETED AND WORK IS IN PROGRESS ON ARROW AND ON DAY CREEK. THE PROJECT IS APPROXIMATELY 30% COMPLETE WITH THE EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE IN LATE SPRING, EARLY SUMMER OF 2026. ECONOMIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT REPRESENTED THE CITY AT SIX MEETINGS AND EVENTS HOSTED BY OUR RESOURCE PARTNERS. WE HOSTED THREE PROGRAMS AND EVENTS AND THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER MET WITH 16 LOCAL BUSINESSES. OUR SOCIAL MEDIA EFFORTS GENERATED MORE THAN 1.9 MILLION IMPRESSIONS, AND THE PUBLIC COUNTER VISITORS REPORTED A 93% CUSTOMER SATISFACTION RATE. AND STAFF ATTENDED ICSC, WESTERN THE RETAIL AND COMMERCIAL ESTATE CONFERENCE AND SB CTAS BUSINESS TO BUSINESS EXPO. AND LASTLY, I'D LIKE TO SHARE SOME FEW RAPID FIRE HIGHLIGHTS. FROM OUR RECENT ANNUAL, UH, HIRING FAIR THAT WE HELD IN SEPTEMBER, WE HAD OVER 750 JOB SEEKERS PARTICIPATE. 76% OF THOSE JOB SEEKERS THAT PARTICIPATED SAID THEY WOULD ATTEND A FUTURE, UH, HIRING FAIR. WE HAD A STRONG MIX OF AGE GROUPS THAT PARTICIPATED. THE LARGEST GROUP, UH, WAS IN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 20 TO 29, FOLLOWED BY 30 TO 39 AND 40 TO 49, WHICH BOTH REPRESENTED 23% OF THAT, UH, PARTICIPATION. AND 18% OF OUR PARTICIPANTS WERE OF THE AGES OF 50 TO 59. IN TERMS OF EDUCATION, 35% OF ATTENDEES HAD A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA, 25% HAD AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR VOCATIONAL TRAINING, AND 20% OF ATTENDEES HAD A GRADUATE OR PROFESSIONAL DEGREE. 69% OF THE INDIVIDUALS THAT PARTICIPATED IDENTIFIED AS PROFESSIONALS IN TRANSITION AND 22% IDENTIFIED AS FIRST TIME JOB SEEKERS. AND WHEN IT COMES TO, UH, THE RESIDENCY, 63% OF THOSE ATTENDEES WERE FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA WITH 25% COMING FROM THE 9 1 7 3 0 ZIP CODE, AND 30% OF THOSE ATTENDEES WERE FROM OUTSIDE THE CITY. AND LASTLY, WE HAD 30 LOCAL EMPLOYERS. 91% SAID THEY FOUND CANDIDATES SUITABLE FOR THEIR, UH, OPEN POSITIONS, 10% MADE JOB OFFERS AND 30% REPORTED THEY WOULD FOLLOW UP WITH CANDIDATES. QUARTER THREE WAS ANOTHER BUSY QUARTER FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY IN QUARTER THREE, BUILDING AND SAFETY HAD 516 COUNTER VISITS, 4,325. PHONE CALLS, 2,838, TEXTING CONTACTS 3,330 INSPECTIONS 1,304 BUILDING PERMITS WERE ISSUED. 1,628. NEW PLAN CHECKS WERE SUBMITTED. 32 NEW HOUSING UNITS WERE FINALED. [01:15:01] 82 NEW CONSTRUCTION PERMITS WERE FINALED AND 2180 U WERE FINALED SOME BUILDING ACTIVITY IN QUARTER THREE. CONSTRUCTION AND INSPECTIONS CONTINUE AT THE ALEX VICTORIA GARDENS. THE THIRD FLOOR OF THE PARKING STRUCTURE HAS BEEN COMPLETED. FRAMING HAS STARTED ON TWO OF THE BUILDINGS AND THE PARKING AREA IS SET TO BE POURED THIS WEEK ON THE HAVEN AND ARROW PROJECT. MOCK-UP UNITS ARE CURRENTLY BEING DESIGNED IN BUILDING FOUR. EXTERIOR WORK HAS STARTED ON BUILDINGS FIVE AND SIX, AND THE POOL HAS BEEN EXCAVATED. AT RANDAN HIGHLAND, THERE ARE THREE MODEL HOMES OPEN AND THERE ARE CURRENTLY EIGHT HOUSES UNDER CONSTRUCTION. A FEW OF THE BUSINESSES THAT HAVE OPENED AND RECEIVED A CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY IN QUARTER THREE INCLUDE THE HABIT LOCATED AT 8 1 4 0 VINEYARD AVENUE. THE HABIT IS KNOWN FOR ITS SIGNATURE FLAME GRILLED CHAR BURGERS TANG BAR. NOW OPEN IN VICTORIA GARDENS IS A HOT POT STYLE RESTAURANT. BUILD YOUR OWN BOWL BY CHOOSING FROM A VARIETY OF MEATS, SEAFOOD, VEGETABLES, AND NOODLES. EXCUSE ME. LASTLY, BRIO ITALIAN GRILL AT VICTORIA GARDENS HAS REOPENED THE CASUAL, YET ELEGANT RESTAURANT IS KNOWN FOR ITS HOMEMADE PASTAS, FRESH SEAFOOD, AND WOOD FIRED FLATBREADS. THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION. STAFF IS AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. QUESTIONS OF STAFF, EXCELLENT REPORTS EVERY ONE OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND YOU'RE CERTAINLY BUSY, THERE'S NO DOUBT ABOUT THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE REALLY ENJOY HEARING THOSE UPDATES, MR. GILLI ON THE NEXT MATTER, MR. MAYOR. THE SECOND ITEM, UM, UNDER CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORTS IS, UH, CONSIDERATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR 20 24 25. AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UM, THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT TEAM, INCLUDING TANYA SPIEGEL, FLAVIO NUNEZ, AND MATT MARQUEZ. UH, PRESENT THIS ITEM FOR YOU. [H2. Consideration to Receive and File the Economic Development Strategy Annual Progress Report for 2024-2025. (CITY)] CAN'T WORK THE MICROPHONE THIS EVENING. SORRY ABOUT THAT. UH, SO BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, AS CITY MANAGER MENTIONED, UH, FLAVIO, TANYA, AND MYSELF ALSO IN THE AUDIENCE, AND I GUESS SOMEONE WHO JUST PRESENTED AS CORINA COMPOST. CORINA COMPOST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A LOT OF THE THINGS ALSO THAT YOU'RE GONNA HEAR ABOUT THIS EVENING. UM, SO WE WILL GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED. UH, SO MUCH OF THE WORK THAT WE DO IS ABOUT CONSISTENCY AND CONSISTENCY WITH OUR EFFORTS. UH, WE KNOW THAT CONSISTENT ACTIONS LEAD TO GREAT RESULTS, AND I THINK THE CITY HAS PROVEN THAT, UH, OVER THE YEARS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OR EDS IS REALLY NO DIFFERENT. UM, THE EDS ITSELF WAS ADOPTED IN OCTOBER OF 2023 AND DEVELOPED TO HELP GUIDE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS O OVER A FIVE YEAR TIMEFRAME. THERE WERE GOALS, STRATEGIES, AND ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE DEVELOPED AND ARE PUT INTO THE STRATEGY. UM, THE GOALS THEMSELVES ARE SHOWN HERE ON THE SCREEN, UH, IN FRONT OF YOU. THERE'S TIMELINES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH EACH OF THE ACTION ITEMS THAT WERE DEVELOPED. AND TONIGHT'S PRESENTATION WILL PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW, UH, OF THE ACTIONS TAKEN TO SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENT THE EDS. UH, IN YEAR TWO, THE PRESENTATION'S BROKEN UP INTO DIFFERENT SECTIONS, UH, WHICH CORRESPOND TO EACH OF THE GOALS OF THE EDS ITSELF. WITH THAT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO IMPLEMENTATION HIGHLIGHTS, UH, PART OF GOLD NUMBER ONE OF GROW AND DIVERSIFY THE CITY'S ECONOMY. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN A FOCUS FOR US IS THE OPPORTUNITY SITES THROUGHOUT THE CITY. UH, WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY UPDATED ALL OF OUR MARKETING, UH, UH, BROCHURES WITH THE VARIOUS SITES THAT ARE AVAILABLE, WHETHER IT IS FOR INFILL DEVELOPMENT, AS WELL AS REVITALIZING DIFFERENT, UH, PROPERTIES, AND THEN AS WELL AS WORKING WITH DIFFERENT BROKERS AND PROPERTY OWNERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO MARKET THOSE, UH, SITES THAT ARE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE OF, UH, OTHER INVESTORS AND BUSINESSES. INTERESTED OF COMING TO THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. PART OF OUR ROLE AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS IS TO BUILD STRONG NETWORKS AND MOBILIZE RESOURCES, NOT JUST TO SUPPORT OUR BUSINESSES AND OUR COMMUNITY, BUT TO UPLIFT THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE. TWO YEARS AGO, WE REACHED OUT TO [01:20:01] THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO CONNECT AND BUILD A RELATIONSHIP TO BETTER SERVE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND, AND AS A RESULT, THOSE THAT INITIAL PHONE CALL TURNED INTO ONGOING BI-MONTHLY MEETINGS WHERE WE SHARE INFORMATION WITH ONE ANOTHER AND IN HOPES TO, UH, WORK TOGETHER AND COLLABORATE WHERE GOALS FOR BOTH THE COUNTY AND THE CITY OVERLAP. THIS LED TO THE CITY AND THE COUNTY PARTNERING ON A NUMBER OF EVENTS, ENTREPRENEURIAL PROGRAMS, WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS, MOST RECENTLY IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ACTIVITY AND OTHER RESOURCE SERVICES. ONE SUCH EXAMPLE OF THIS IS THE COUNTY'S NEW ONLINE BUSINESS PROGRAM CALLED BUSINESS HUB. UH, THIS IS A COUNTYWIDE ONLINE RESOURCE FOR SMALL BUSINESSES. THE COUNTY HAS A ASKED ALL ITS CITY PARTNERS TO HELP PROMOTE THE THIS RESOURCES ONLINE. AND THROUGH OUR COMMUNICATION EFFORTS, I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THAT RANCHO CUCAMONGA BUSINESSES RANKED AT THE TOP FOR USAGE OF THIS, OF THIS NEW PLATFORM. NEXT SLIDE. ONE OTHER PROGRAM MADE POSSIBLE THROUGH OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO AND IN COLLABORATION WITH THEM AS WELL, IS A PROGRAM THAT I'M PRETTY PROUD OF, AND IT'S THE RES PROGRAM. THIS PROGRAM REFLECTS THE CITY COUNCIL'S COMMITMENT TO ITS VISION AND CORE VALUES, AND JUST AS IMPORTANT, IT ALIGNS WITH ONE OF THE BIG VALUES OR BIG IDEAS OF PLAN RC. AND THAT IS TO ENSURE THAT EVERYONE IN OUR CITY HAS A FAIR AND JUST OPPORTUNITY TO THRIVE. UH, THANKS TO THE CONTINUED COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, WE RECENTLY HOSTED A SECOND COHORT. UM, THIS TIME WE WERE EXCITED TO WELCOME CHAFFEE COLLEGE AS A NEW PARTNER THAT PROVIDED CLASSROOM SPACE AND HELP CREATE A HIGH QUALITY LEARNING ENVIRONMENT. THE 2025 AND BERNARDS PROGRAM INCLUDED 32 APPLICANTS. NINE OF THOSE WERE RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENTS, AND I'M PROUD TO SAY OR HAPPY TO SAY THAT FROM THOSE TWO COHORTS, WE'VE AT LEAST HAD ONE BUSINESS IN EACH COHORT. UH, OPEN A BUSINESS HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA TO GROW AND DIVERSIFY THE CITY'S ECONOMY. AND AS PART OF OUR BUSINESS ATTRACTION EFFORTS, THE TEAM HAS MADE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT, EXCUSE ME, DIFFERENT AVENUES. UM, WITH IN COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY MANAGER'S TEAM, THE CITY HAS MADE SEVERAL PRESENTATIONS TO VARIOUS RETAIL PROFESSIONALS AND ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE REGION. OUR COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE BROKERS ROUND TABLES ARE HELD IN ON A QUARTERLY BASIS. AND THIS WAS AN EFFORT IDENTIFIED IN YEAR TWO OF THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. BUT GIVEN THE IMPORTANCE TO OUR BUSINESS ATTRACTION EFFORTS, IT WAS INITIATED IN THE FIRST YEAR OF IMPLEMENTATION. AND WE HAVE CONTINUOUSLY SUCC, UH, EXCUSE ME, SUCCESSFULLY, UM, HOSTED OUR ROUND TABLES. AND OUR NEXT ONE FOR THIS YEAR WILL BE IN NOVEMBER TO CLOSE OUT THE YEAR. AND TO IMPROVE THE ROUND TABLES, WE DID CONDUCT A SURVEY THAT TO GAIN INSIGHT INTO THE BROKER'S NEEDS. AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, THE LOCATION TIME AND DATE DID CHANGE TO BETTER FIT OUR REAL ESTATE COMMUNITY. THESE PRESENTATIONS DO KEEP THE CITY TOP OF MIND FOR THOSE PROFESSIONALS, ENSURING THAT THEY ARE, UH, CONSISTENTLY AWARE OF THE CITY'S OPPORTUNITIES, ASSET POSITIONS THAT THE CITY HAS AS TOP CHOICE FOR INVESTMENT AND DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS RELOCATION FOR OUR RESIDENTS. UH, THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS, UH, WE LAUNCHED, UH, ED ON THE MOVE BROKER ROADSHOW. THIS IS A PILOT PROGRAM DESIGNED AS A BROKER FOCUSED BRIEFING, CONCISE AND INFORMATIVE, AS WELL AS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR US AS THE TEAM TO CONNECT WITH OUR BROKERS THAT CANNOT, UH, ATTEND THESE ROUND TABLES OR BE ABLE TO ATTEND OTHER PROGRAMS THAT WE HAVE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THESE OFFICES PROVIDE AN ENGAGE AND CONCENTRATED AUDIENCE MAXIMIZING OUR IMPACT. AND THE PRESENTATIONS CONSIST OF PROJECT AND DEVELOPMENT UPDATES AND INFORMATION ON UPCOMING PROJECTS AND RESOURCES, AS WELL AS OVERALL COMMUNITY INFORMATION FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT THEY ARE POTENTIALLY GOING TO BE BRINGING TO THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. STAYING VISIBLE AND CONSISTENT IS KEY. IT BUILDS TRUST AND ENSURES THE CITY IS TOP OF MIND WHEN OPPORTUNITIES ARISE. MOVING ON TO GOLD TOOL GOLD TWO, EXCUSE ME, ENHANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE. UM, WE UNDERSTAND AND RECOGNIZE THE EPICENTER AREA AND THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN, UH, IS IMPORTANT TO THE CITY, UH, TO THE COUNCIL AND IMPLEMENTATION OF IT, UH, IS CERTAINLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO, TO, UH, CONTINUING TO MOVE, UH, MOVE FORWARD AND BE PRODUCTIVE. UH, WITH, SO, UH, UNDERSTANDING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN, UH, WE ADDED A, A, A STANDALONE CHAPTER TO THE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, FOCUSING ON IMPLEMENTATION, UH, OF THE MASTER PLAN. WE KNOW IT WAS ADOPTED IN 2023 WITH THE VISION OF CREATING THIS FUN ACTIVE DISTRICT TRYING TO CREATE MORE FUN AND VALUE, UH, PER ACRE. SO AGAIN, WE FELT IT WAS IMPORTANT [01:25:01] TO CREATE THIS STANDALONE, UH, CHAPTER TO HELP INFORM YOU ALL ON AN ANNUAL BASIS AND THE COMMUNITY OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING TO TRY TO IMPLEMENT THE MASTER PLAN. UH, ONE OF THE HIGHLIGHTS THAT I'D LIKE TO MENTION WITH RESPECT TO IMPLEMENTATION IS THAT WE RECENTLY, UH, INITIATED AND THEN CLEARED THE SURPLUS LAND ACT PROCESS FOR THREE OF THE PARCELS, UM, IN THE EPICENTER AREA. AS YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES THAT COULD BE A, A RATHER A LENGTHY PROCESS. UH, CERTAINLY TAKES LONGER THAN WE WOULD ALL HOPE IT WOULD. UH, BUT PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE GOT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, UM, CLEARED THAT PROCESS. AND NEXT STEPS INCLUDE DISCUSSIONS WITH THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN HELPING TO BRING OUR VISION FOR THAT AREA, UH, COME TO LIFE. AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO UPDATE YOU ON, ON THE GOINGS ON THERE TO PROMOTE THE CITY'S, UH, HISTORIC RESOURCES, UM, AND THE CULTURAL RESOURCES WE HAVE HERE IN THIS. UM, THE TEAM HAS CONTINUED TO INTEGRATE THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS AND CULTURAL RESOURCES IN OUR MARKETING MATERIALS. AND THESE RESOURCES ARE ALSO HIGHLIGHTED IN DISCUSSIONS REGARDING TOURISM OR WHEN PROMOTING THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND UNIQUE OFFERINGS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THE CITY TO OFFER TO OUR RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND OF COURSE OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY. THE TEAM HAS ENHANCED OUR ONGOING MARKETING EFFORTS, UM, THROUGH STORY GENERATION AND STRATEGIC, UM, AD PLACEMENT WITH A FOCUS ON TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENTS AS WELL AS INFRASTRUCTURE SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, UM, REACH TARGET AUDIENCES AT THE LOCAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVEL, INCLUDING SITE SELECTION MAGAZINE, BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE, AND THE INLAND EMPIRE MAGAZINE, THE CUCAMONGA STATION AND HEART DISTRICT MARKETING, OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT EFFORTS. OUR TEAM IS ACTIVELY WORKING ON THESE OUT, UH, WORKING WITH THE TEAM AND OUR REGIONAL OUTREACH STAKEHOLDER PARTNERS IN REGARDS TO BEING ABLE TO HAVE THOSE EFFORTS. AND THROUGH, UM, THE SITE SELECTION MAGAZINE. UH, THE MOST RECENT ARTICLE, UH, REACH OVER 41 POINTS, UH, EXCUSE ME, OVER 41,000 CORPORATE DECISION MAKERS ON OUR, UH, TRANSIT ORIENTED DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE FEATURE. THAT'S ME TOO, HUH? OKAY, , SORRY. UM, IN NUMBER GOLD NUMBER THREE IS EXPANDING OUR RETAIL ENTERTAINMENT AND HOSPITALITY HERE WITHIN THE CITY ITSELF. A FIT, A RETAIL FIT ANALYSIS WAS CONDUCTED IN 2022 AS SUPPORTING INFORMATION, UH, AND DIRECTION FOR THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. THE ANALYSIS DID IDENTIFY A SELECT GROUP OF CATEGORIES AND THE LIKELIHOOD OF BUSINESSES LOCATING HERE WITHIN THE CITY BASED ON THE LOCATION PREFERENCES FOR THE BUSINESSES. THE FOUR IDENTIFIED CATEGORIES INCLUDE GROCERY STORES, RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, AND BREWERIES. AND TO DATE, WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO WORK WITH THESE COMPANIES ON THE SCREEN, UM, TO OPEN A LOCATION HERE WITHIN THE CITY. AND OUR EFFORTS WILL CONTINUE IN YEARS THREE, FOUR, AND FIVE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STRATEGY. THE ANNUAL HIRING FAIR. AND YOU HEARD FROM THE PREVIOUS PRESENTATION, KARINA HIGHLIGHTED SOME, UH, VERY NICE AND EXCITING METRICS, BUT, UM, WE HELD OUR FIFTH ANNUAL HIRING FAIR THIS PAST SEPTEMBER AT CENTRAL PARK. IT WAS THE MOST, UH, WELL ATTENDED EVENT THAT WE'VE HAD SINCE. UH, WE, UH, CREATED THIS, THIS EVENT. WE HAD 30 LOCAL EMPLOYERS, UH, OFFERING JOB OPPORTUNITIES AS WELL AS 750 PLUS, UH, JOB SEEKERS THAT CAME TO THE EVENT. THIS EVENT IS MORE THAN JUST FILLING JOBS. IT'S ABOUT CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS, OUR STUDENTS THAT ARE LOOKING FOR PART-TIME JOBS WHILE SUPPORTING BUSINESS RETENTION AS WELL. THIS YEAR WE ALSO ELEVATED THE PROGRAM BY OFFERING RESOURCES THROUGH THE AMERICA'S JOB CENTER OF CALIFORNIA. UH, THEY OFFER WORKSHOPS ON INTERVIEW SKILLS AS WELL AS RESUMES. SO WE DID THAT AHEAD OF THE EVENT. UH, RC WORKS YOUR PATHWAY TO LOCAL OPPORTUNITY. RC WORKS IS A COMMUNITY FOCUSED JOB BOARD DESIGNED TO CONNECT LOCAL BUSINESSES AND ORGANIZATIONS WITH JOB SEEKERS IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. THIS IS A NEW TOOL THAT WE HAVE ROLLED OUT THIS YEAR, AND IT DOES SUPPORT THE GROWTH OF OUR LOCAL ECONOMY BY MAKING IT EASIER TO HIRE AND GET HIRED. UH, THIS IS A FREE RESOURCE, UH, FOR LOCAL EMPLOYERS TO ACCESS OUR QUALIFIED TO ACCESS QUALIFIED CANDIDATES. UM, AND IT IS EASY JOB POSTING AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR US. THE EMPLOYERS ARE ABLE TO POST JOBS AS WELL AS NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS HERE WITHIN THE CITY. AND THE APPLICANTS ARE ABLE TO SUBMIT THEIR RES THEIR RESUME AND APPLY DIRECTLY WITH THE EMPLOYERS THEMSELVES IN ALL, UM, I'M SORRY. THIS RESOURCE IS PARTICULARLY BENEFICIAL FOR BUSINESSES THAT DON'T NECESSARILY HAVE THE DIGITAL RESOURCES TO INTAKE APPLICATIONS VIA A WEBSITE OR TO PAY FOR JOB POSTING RESOURCES. THIS IS A HUNDRED PERCENT FREE FOR OUR BUSINESSES AND THE NONPROFIT ORG ORGANIZATIONS [01:30:01] HERE WITHIN THE CITY TO BE ABLE TO HIRE OUR LOCAL RESIDENTS. WHEN WE EMPOWER OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY WITH TOOLS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES, WE CREATE A SELF-SUSTAINING ECONOMY THAT KEEPS OUR COMMUNITY THRIVING FROM THE GROUND UP. ONE OF THOSE TOOLS THAT WE PROVIDE IS, UH, THE SERVICES THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER. THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER OFFERS FREE CONSULTING SERVICES AS WELL AS EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS. THIS PAST FISCAL YEAR, THE SBDC HELD 12 WORKSHOPS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR WITH A TOTAL OF 156 ENTREPRENEURS, BUSINESS OWNERS ATTENDING. THIS IS 27% INCREASE FROM THE PREVIOUS YEAR. THEY ALSO HELD 203 CONSULTING MEETINGS, UH, AGAIN, 24% MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. AND THAT INCLUDED, UH, 47 FIRST TIME, UH, BUSINESS MEETINGS, UH, AS WELL. AS A RESULT OF THESE EFFORTS, THEY WERE ABLE TO HELP CREATE 34 JOBS IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS IS THREE TIMES MORE THAN THE PREVIOUS YEAR IN 2024. AND FINALLY, TO RECOGNIZE THE VITAL ROLE THAT OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY PLAYS IN OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, WE CELEBRATED NATIONAL BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH IN MAY. THE MONTH WAS KICK WAS KICKED OFF WITH COUNCIL, UM, PRESENTING A PROCLAMATION IN HONOR OF BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH. RIGHT AFTER THAT, WE HELD BUSINESS APPRECIATION NIGHT AT THE QUAKES, WHERE WE GAVE OUT 300 TICKETS TO SMALL BUSINESSES IN OUR COMMUNITY. WE ALSO, UH, DID BUSINESS SPOTLIGHTS, 43 BUSINESS SPOTLIGHTS THAT WE HIGHLIGHTED THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA, AND THAT GENERATED OVER 12,700 VIEWS. AND THEN WE CAPPED THE MONTH WITH A, A BUSINESS APPRECIATION MIXER HOSTED BY THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, WHERE WE HAD 150 BUSINESSES ATTEND AS WELL. UH, SO IT WAS OUTLINED IN OUR PRESENTATION, GOODNESS, I CAN'T WORK THE MIC, UM, . SO, UH, HOPEFULLY THE PRESENTATION HAS SHOWN YOU THAT, UH, THROUGH CONSISTENT EFFORTS, YOU KNOW, GREAT RESULTS WILL HAPPEN. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER. MOVING FORWARD, WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OTHER DEPARTMENTS, UH, WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS, UH, TO HELP CONTINUE THESE EFFORTS. ADDITIONALLY, UM, FOR US MOVING FORWARD, THE YEAR, THE YEAR WILL BRING SOME CHANGE AND SOME TRANSITION AS WE LOOK TO TAKE ON THE CITY'S PARKING AND PARKING ENFORCEMENT FUNCTIONS. UH, DOING SO WILL, WILL REQUIRE OUR 10 ATTENTION, UH, TO BE, UH, CUT UP A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY PERHAPS IN WHAT IT IS, UH, CURRENTLY, UM, TO HELP OFFSET THAT. WE ARE, OR WE HAVE ACTUALLY HIRED A, UH, CONSULTANT TO HELP US WITH RETAIL RECRUITMENT HERE IN THE CITY. UM, AS MY TIME AND TANYA'S TIME AGAIN GETS DIVIDED UP OR CARVED UP A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY AND, AND THERE BECOMES MORE OF A FOCUS ON PARKING, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE GIVE THE PARKING FUNCTION AS MUCH ATTENTION AS IT NEEDS, BUT THEN ALSO CONTINUE WITH OUR RECRUITMENT EFFORTS. UM, SO WE'RE GONNA BE WORKING WITH A CONSULTANT TO HELP US MAINTAIN THOSE RECRUITING EFFORTS, UH, WHILE WE MOVE FORWARD. ALSO WITH RECRUITING OTHER TYPES OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE TARGETED IN THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY. ADDITIONALLY, UM, WE ARE WORKING TO FILL SOME, UH, POSITIONS THAT WERE RECENTLY APPROVED BY COUNCIL, UH, IN THE MOST RECENT BUDGET. AND WE HAD, AND WE'VE HAD A, UH, MANAGEMENT ANALYST RECENTLY START WITH US. HE'S A WEEK, UH, EXCUSE ME, A MONTH, UH, INTO HIS STAY WITH US AND HIS NAME IS, UH, EDDIE FLORES. AND HE'LL BE PRESENTING TO YOU ALL, UH, SOMETIME SOON. SO THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATION. WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT. UM, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YEAR THREE, UH, HAS TO OFFER IN REPORTING TO YOU ON THAT NEXT OCTOBER. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANY QUESTIONS OR I HAVE ONE QUESTION, MR. MAYOR. SO ON THE PAGE WHERE EMPLOYERS CAN POST OPENINGS YES, APPLICANTS CAN APPLY DIRECTLY THROUGH THE PORTAL YES. ON THAT WEBSITE, CORRECT. AND THAT IS ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WEBPAGE. OKAY. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. AND ANOTHER EXCELLENT REPORT. UH, THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND EFFORT AND, AND I, I GOTTA SAY THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY AND YOUR YEAR IN REVIEW, UM, TRULY IT'S A GREAT PLAYBOOK. I MEAN, IT'S REALLY NICE TO SEE THAT WE'VE GOT SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GONNA STAY CONSISTENT WITH. SO BEAUTIFUL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU MR. ELLISON. ALRIGHT, NEXT TIME, UH, WE HAVE UH, ONE MORE CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT AND THEN WE'VE GOT THESE LAST FOUR, UH, FIVE ITEMS THAT ARE ALL TOGETHER AS ONE. SO, UM, FOR THIS NEXT ONE, I'D LIKE TO HAVE, UH, RYAN SAMPLES AND NATHAN HUNT, BOTH COME UP HERE FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES [H3. Consideration to Receive and File the Garcia Park Field Lighting Project Community Engagement Report. (CITY)] AND UH, PRESENT TO YOU THE RESULTS OF THE GARCIA PARK FIELD LIGHTING PROJECT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORT. AND THAT IS A RECEIVE AND FILE. GOOD EVENING MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL [01:35:01] MEMBERS, UH, NATHAN HUNT, COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPUTY DIRECTOR. I'M JOINED BY, UH, MR. SAMPLES. RYAN WILL BE GIVING OUR PRESENTATION TONIGHT. GOOD EVENING. UH, TONIGHT I'LL BE PROVIDING A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE GARCIA PARK LIGHTING PROJECT AND SHARING THE RESULTS OF OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS. GARCIA PARK, LOCATED IN THE LOWER ETIWANDA NEIGHBORHOOD HAS BEEN VALUED COMMUNITY SPACE FOR MORE THAN 15 YEARS. THE CITY HAS HEARD INCREASING REQUESTS FROM RESIDENTS FOR ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES TO USE SPORTS FIELDS DURING EVENING HOURS. AND THIS PROJECT EXPLORES THE INSTALLATION OF LED LIGHTING FOR THE EXISTING SPORTS FIELD AT GARCIA PARK. AS PART OF THE CITY'S MAJOR PROJECTS PROGRAM AND ANNUAL CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANNING, GARCIA PARK WAS IDENTIFIED AS A CANDIDATE FOR THE ADDITIONAL OF SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING. THE FIVE ACRE PARK CURRENTLY SERVES BASEBALL, SOCCER, SOFTBALL, AND FOOTBALL ACTIVITIES. THE GOAL OF THE PROJECT IS TO EXTEND SAFE USABLE HOURS OF PLAY AND CREATE MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR BOTH ORGANIZED YOUTH SPORTS AND GENERAL RECREATION ACTIVITIES, INCREASING ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN THE CITY. THE CITY COUNT, THE CITY CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROCESS TO GATHER FEEDBACK ON THE PROPOSED SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING AT GARCIA PARK, ASSESSING POTENTIAL IMPACTS IN MEASURING COMMUNITY SUPPORT. OUTREACH EFFORTS INCLUDED RESIDENTIAL MAILERS DISTRIBUTED TO 2,750 HOUSEHOLDS WITHIN LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NINE TWO COMMUNITY PARK POPUP EVENTS AT GARCIA PARK. EACH DRAWING APPROXIMATELY 30 TO 50 PARTICIPANTS A VIRTUAL COM COMMUNITY MEETING TO PROVIDE INFORMATION AND RECEIVE LIVE FEEDBACK. AND AN ONLINE SURVEY THAT WAS OPEN FROM JUNE 24TH THROUGH JULY 30TH, WHICH GENERATED 908 RESPONSES, INCLUDING 61 WRITTEN COMMENTS FROM 73, UM, INDIVIDUALS. STAFF DID IDENTIFY A COUPLE OF ADMINISTRATIVE ERRORS IN SOME OF THE MATERIALS AND, AND CONGRUENCIES IN THE SUMMARY AND REPORT PAGES COMPARED TO ACTUAL SURVEY RESULTS. THE CORRECT AND ACTUAL SURVEY RESULTS ARE BEING REPORTED ON TONIGHT AND THE CORRECT NUMBERS ARE A PART OF THE AGENDA PACKET IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE FINAL TWO PAGES OF THE REPORT. AND THOSE NUMBERS ARE MANY RESIDENTS EXPRESSED ENTHUSIASM THAT LIGHTING WOULD CREATE A SAFER ENVIRONMENT, DETER UNWANTED ACTIVITY, AND ALLOW FAMILIES AND YOUTH TO ENJOY THE PARK INTO THE EVENING HOURS. SOME KEY HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE 74% OF RESPONDENTS THAT SAID LIGHTING WOULD IMPROVE SAFETY AND VISIBILITY. 72% OF RESPONDENTS SAID LIGHTING WOULD INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR EVENING SPORTS. 60% OF RESPONDENTS CITED VALUE IN EXPANDED YOUTH SPORTS ACCESS AND 56% OF RESPONDENTS CITED MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY EVENTS. MIXED FEEDBACK WAS RECEIVED FOR THE OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS ON THOUGHTS, CONCERNS OR SUGGESTIONS REGARDING THE PROPOSED LIGHTING INSTALLATION OF THE RESPONDENTS THAT WERE EXPRESSED OPPOSITION OR CONCERNS? THE MOST COMMON THEMES WERE RESIDENTS WORRIED ABOUT INCREASED NOISE, TRAFFIC AND PARKING OVERFLOW INTO RESIDENTIAL STREETS. RESIDENT CONCERNS REGARDING LIGHTS SPILLOVER INTO THE NEARBY HOMES AND THE VISUAL IMPACT OF THE FIXTURES AND QUESTIONS WERE RAISED REGARDING COSTS, ONGOING MAINTENANCE AND TRANSPARENCY OF THE LMD FUND ALLOCATIONS. TO ADDRESS THESE CONCERNS, THE CITY WILL BE IMPLEMENTING SOME MITIGATION STRATEGIES, INCLUDING, UH, EVALUATION OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADDITIONAL STREET PARKING, ENFORCE EXISTING ORDINANCES AND APPLY EXISTING PERMITTING POLICIES TO ENSURE NOISE, PARKING SCHEDULE AND OTHER USAGE IMPACTS. ALIGNED WITH ESTABLISHED POLICY CURRENTLY UTILIZED SUCCESSFULLY AT SIMILAR CITY PARKS WITHIN WITH FIELD LIGHTS. THE CITY INTENDS TO SELECT LED FIXTURES THAT ARE DARK, THAT ARE DARK SKY FEATURES, SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO REDUCE GLARE AND SPILL OVER, UH, MINI MINIMIZING LIGHT POLLUTION. WE CONDUCTED THIS SURVEY, WE CONDUCTED THIS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT TO CONNECT WITH THE COMMUNITY AND TO BE TRANSPARENT. IN THE SURVEY, RESIDENTS WERE ALSO ASKED ABOUT THEIR PRIORITIES FOR FUTURE PARK IMPROVEMENTS BEYOND SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING. THE TOP ENHANCEMENTS IDENTIFIED INCLUDED SHADE STRUCTURES OVER THE PLAY AREAS, MORE TREE PLANTING, PLAYGROUND UPGRADES, AND NEW GATHERING SPACES. WHILE THESE ENHANCEMENTS ARE NOT PART OF THE LIGHTING PROJECT DISCUSSED HERE, THE SURVEY DATA PROVIDES A FRAMEWORK FOR LONG-TERM PROJECT PLANNING AT GARCIA PARK FOR FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS. BASED ON THE SURVEY, DATA RESPONDENTS TO THE COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT SURVEY EXPRESSED A MAJORITY OF SUPPORT FOR [01:40:01] ADDITION OF SPORTS FIELD LIGHTING AT GARCIA PARK WITH SOME DESCENT NOTED THE GARCIA FIELD, THE GARCIA PARK FIELD LIGHTING PROJECT IS READY TO ADVANCE TO THE NEXT PHASE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION AND ALIGNMENT WITH THE FISCAL YEAR 20 25, 20 26 MAJOR PROJECTS PROGRAM. OUR RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL RECEIVE AND FILE THE GARCIA PARK FIELD LIGHTING PROJECT COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT REPORT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, BRIAN. ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? UM, WHEN YOU DEAL WITH THE TREE PLANTING DOWN THE ROAD, MAYBE WHEN YOU GET READY FOR THAT, UH, THAT PARK WOULD BE A GREAT PARK FOR AN A DAY EVENT. SO, YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. VERY GOOD, THANK YOU. OKAY. APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT AND YOUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH ITEMS. UH, H FOUR THROUGH H EIGHT WILL BE PRESENTED AND ACTED UPON CONCURRENTLY BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE BOARD. SO, MR. GILLISON, MR. MAYOR, IN THE INTEREST OF TIME, 'CAUSE WE'D BE HERE A HALF HOUR MORE, IF I READ THE TITLE FOR ALL OF THESE ITEMS, WE'VE [H4. Consideration of First Reading and Introduction of Ordinance No. 1048 to be Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading, Adopting the 2025 Edition of the California Building (Model) Codes and the 2024 Edition of the International Building Codes and a Request to Set a Date for a Public Hearing for the Proposed Ordinance. (ORDINANCE NO. 1048 AND RESOLUTION NO. 2025-080) (CITY)] [H5. Consideration of First Reading of Ordinance No. FD-060, to be Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading, An Ordinance of the Board of Directors of the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District Adopting by Reference the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, With Errata, Together With Certain Changes, Modifications, Amendments, Additions, Deletions, and Exceptions; Providing for the Issuance of Permits and Collection of Fees; and Approving a CEQA Exemption Determination. (ORDINANCE NO. FD-060) (FIRE)] READ 'EM, I WILL, [H6. Consideration of Resolution No. FD 2025-026, Setting Forth the Findings that Allow the Board of Directors to Make Amendments and Other Changes to the 2025 California Fire Code by Approval of an Ordinance Adopting Said Fire Code. (RESOLUTION NO. FD 2025-026) (FIRE)] I I WILL JUST SKIP [H7. Consideration of First Reading of Ordinance No. FD-061, to be Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading, An Ordinance of the Board of Directors of the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District Adopting by Reference the 2025 California Fire Code, With Errata, Together With Certain Changes, Modifications, Amendments, Additions, Deletions, and Exceptions; Providing for the Issuance of Permits and Collection of Fees; Repealing Conflicting Ordinances; and Approving a CEQA Exemption Determination. (ORDINANCE NO. FD-061) (FIRE)] IT. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF [H8. Consideration of Resolution No. FD 2025-025, Setting Forth the Findings that Allow the Fire Board of Directors to Make Amendments and Other Changes to the 2025 California Wildland-Urban Interface Code by Approval of an Ordinance Adopting Said Wildland-Urban Interface Code. (RESOLUTION NO. FD 2025-025) (FIRE)] ORDINANCES HERE, UM, AND RESOLUTIONS, UM, ALL OF WHICH RELATE TO A NUMBER OF MODIFICATIONS TO, UM, OUR LOCAL BUILDING CODE AND FIRE CODES, UM, TO ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO DO MANY OF THE THINGS WE'VE BEEN DOING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. SO WITH THAT, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE, UM, SHANE ADAMS, OUR FIRE MARSHAL, WHO WAS SPEAKING TO YOU EARLIER THIS EVENING, AND ZACH NEIGHBORS OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES DIRECTOR. UM, AND THEY'LL GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION FOR ALL OF THESE ITEMS. SO GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU MR. GILSON. GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. UH, TONIGHT WE'RE ASKING FOR THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE FIRE BOARD TO SET THE DATE FOR THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING FOR THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025 CALIFORNIA MODEL CODES. WE WILL GO MORE IN DEPTH IN THE SECOND READING THE PUBLIC ADVERTIS UH, HEARING, BUT TO PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ADOPTION PROCESS EVERY THREE YEARS, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA PUBLISHES THE NEW MODEL CODES. THESE MODEL CODES ARE USED TO GOVERN CONSTRUCTION THROUGHOUT THE STATE AND ESTABLISH THE MINIMUM STANDARD OF LIFE AND SAFETY. THE STATE MANDATES THAT ALL LOCAL JURISDICTIONS ADOPT A MODEL CODE AND EACH JU JURISDICTION MAY AMEND THE CODES TO ADDRESS LOCAL CLIMACTIC, TOPOGRAPHICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS. THE CURRENT MODEL CODES ARE SET TO EXPIRE THIS DECEMBER AND THEREFORE WE'RE BEGINNING THE PROCESS TO ADOPT THE 2025 SET OF MODEL CODES. AND WITH THAT I WILL PASS IT TO SHANE TO DISCUSS THE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION. THANK YOU, ZACH. A PUBLIC HEARING IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO THE FINAL ADOPTION OF THE CODES. UH, AT THE LOCAL LEVEL. UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE FIRE BOARD MOVE FORWARD WITH THE ADOPTION OF THE 2025 CALIFORNIA CODES AND THE APPLICABLE 2024 INTERNATIONAL CODES BY APPROVING A FIRST READING OF THE ORDINANCE FOR ITEMS H FOUR THROUGH H EIGHT AND SETTING NOVEMBER 19TH, 2025 AS THE DATE FOR THE SECOND READING AND THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND WITH THAT, WE'RE AVAILABLE WITH ANY QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE TAKE ACTION ON IT. SO MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS IS FIRST READING, BUT IT'S NOT A PUBLIC HEARING, BUT ON THE 19TH OR NOVEMBER MEETING IT WILL BE A-A-A-A-A PUBLIC HEARING ON EACH ONE OF THESE ITEMS? THAT'S CORRECT. THERE'LL BE A SECOND READING IN PUBLIC HEARING, SO, OKAY, VERY GOOD. SO IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEM H FOUR AND ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH EIGHT AND INTRODUCE FIRST READING OF CITY ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 8 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING. SO MOVED. SECOND MADAM CLERK ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 8. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2025 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE, INCORPORATING THE INTERNATIONAL BUILDING CODE VOLUMES ONE AND 2 20 24 EDITION, INCLUDING APPENDICES THERETO, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA RESIDENTIAL CODE INCORPORATING THE INTERNATIONAL RESIDENTIAL CODE 2024 EDITION, INCLUDING APPENDICES THERETO, THE 2025 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL CODE INCORPORATING THE UNIFORM MECHANICAL CODE 2024 EDITION, INCLUDING APPENDICES THERE TOO. THE 2025 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE INCORPORATING THE UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE 2024 EDITION, INCLUDING APPENDICES THERE [01:45:01] TOO. THE 2025 CALIFORNIA ELECTRICAL CODE INCORPORATING THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE 2026 EDITION, INCLUDING ANNEXES THERE TOO. THE 2025 CALIFORNIA GREEN BUILDING STANDARDS CODE, INCLUDING APPENDICES THERE TOO. THE 2025 CALIFORNIA HISTORICAL BUILDING CODE, INCLUDING APPENDICES THERE TOO. THE 2025 CALIFORNIA REFERENCE STANDARDS CODE, THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL SWIMMING POOL AND SPA CODE AND THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL PROPERTY MAINTENANCE CODE TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, DELETIONS, ADDITIONS, EXCEPTIONS AND PENALTIES. AND AMENDING TITLE 15 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE. THANK YOU. FULL READING ON THAT PLEASE VOTE. A MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT. OKAY, AND NOW ON BEHALF OF THE FIRE BOARD, DO I ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION FOR ITEMS H FIVE THROUGH H EIGHT AND ADOPT RESOLUTIONS NUMBER FD 2025 DASH 0 25 AND FD 2025 DASH 0 26 AND INTRODUCE FIRST READING OF FIRE BOARD ORDINANCES NUMBER FD 0 6 0 AND FD 0 6 1 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING. SO MOVED. SECOND MADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER FD 0 6 0. AN ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ADOPTING BY REFERENCE 2025 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE CODE WITH EROTICA TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND EXCEPTIONS, PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES AND APPROVING A CQA EXEMPTION DETERMINATION. ORDINANCE NUMBER FD 0 6 1 AND ORDINANCE OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE WITH AR RTA TOGETHER WITH CERTAIN CHANGES, MODIFICATIONS, AMENDMENTS, ADDITION, DELETIONS AND EXCEPTIONS PROVIDING FOR THE ISSUANCE OF PERMITS AND COLLECTION OF FEES, REPEALING CONFLICTING ORDINANCES AND APPROVING A CR EXEMPTION DETERMINATION. PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE WITH THOSE PRESENT WITH COUNCIL MEMBER STICKLER ABSENT. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS? I HAVE A QUICK ONE. MR. MAYOR. YES. I ATTENDED THE SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING THIS WEEK WHERE WE RECEIVED AN UPDATE ON THE PROCESS AND REIMBURSEMENTS FOR SINGLE USE PLASTICS. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY INTER-AGENCY [COUNCIL BUSINESS] UPDATES [I1. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)  ] AND ANY ATTORNEY ITEMS? I JUST HAVE FOUR OR FIVE, UH, ORDINANCES TO READ BY TITLE ONLY . JUST KIDDING. NOTHING TONIGHT. OKAY, SO THE IDENTIFICATION FOR ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING. SEEING NONE, OUR NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 5TH OF THIS YEAR. SO SEE YOU IN TWO WEEKS. THANK YOU. WE ARE NOW [I2. INTER­AGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)  ] ADJOURNED. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.