* 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. BOARD OF DIRECTOR MEETINGS. [00:00:01] UH, SO WE WILL START THE MEETING BY ASKING OUR COUNCILMAN ASHLEY [REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS] STICKLER TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG. PLEASE STAND, PUT YOUR RIGHT HAND OVER YOUR HEART. READY? WE BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL:  Mayor Michael  Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy  Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler] STANDS. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE CRAW. ROLL CALL. MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY. PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON. PRESENT. CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT. AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT. THANK YOU, MADAM CLERK. ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? WE HAVE NO AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA. MAYOR MICHAEL, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS. I, WE HAVE ONE ANNOUNCEMENT WE'RE GONNA MAKE TONIGHT, BUT IT'S WITH HEAVY HEARTS, UM, THAT I WOULD LIKE TO [A. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA] ANNOUNCE THAT AT THE END OF THIS COUNCIL MEETING THIS EVENING AT OUR CONCLUSION, WE WILL HAVE A MOMENT OF SILENCE TO ADJOURN AND THEN [B. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS] ADJOURN OUR MEETING TO A FUTURE DATE. TO HONOR DEPUTY NUNEZ, ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL AND OUR ENTIRE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY, WE EXTEND OUR DEEPEST CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF FALLEN DEPUTY ANDREW NUNEZ, WHO WAS TRAGICALLY KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY. WE ALSO OFFER OUR HEARTFELT SYMPATHIES TO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND ALL OF THOSE WHO WORKED ALONGSIDE OF DEPUTY NUNEZ AT OUR RANCHO CUCAMONGA STATION. DEPUTY NUNEZ DEDICATION AND SACRIFICE AND SERVICE TO OUR COMMUNITY WILL NEVER EVER BE FORGOTTEN. WE ARE PROFOUNDLY GRATEFUL FOR THE BRAVERY AND THE DEDICATION OF ALL WHO SERVE TO PROTECT THIS BEAUTIFUL COMMUNITY THAT WE CALL HOME. AND WE STAND IN SOLIDARITY WITH OUR LAW ENFORCEMENT FAMILY AS WE GRIEVE THIS DEVASTATING LOSS TOGETHER. AS ONE, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL HONOR DEPUTY NUNEZ AT A FUTURE CITY COUNCIL MEETING. TONIGHT, WE WILL ADJOURN WITH A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN HIS MEMORY. SO THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE CITY COUNCIL OR FOR THE PUBLIC GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM THAT'S LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL DESIRING TO [C. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ] SPEAK. THE RED LIGHT THAT'S ON THIS MICROPHONE, RED LIGHT WILL APPEAR OVER THERE ON THAT MICROPHONE WHEN YOU COME TO THE PODIUM. AND THERE'S ALSO A TIMER THAT'S ON THE SCREEN, UH, AND, AND WHEN THE THREE MINUTES ARE UP, THAT THIS RED LIGHT WILL WILL GO OFF. AND THAT CONCLUDES YOUR TIME. UH, TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL. WE HAVE 11 SPEAKERS TONIGHT. SO I WOULD, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK MIKE, MIKE MOR MORRISSEY. MIKE MORRISSEY, OF COURSE. THANK YOU, SIR. FOLLOWED BY ALEX REBE. UH, MR. MAYOR CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS MIKE MORRISEY. I AM THE COMMANDER OF AMERICAN LEGION 8 35 POST. I AM HERE TO BRING UP THE WALL THAT HEALS, WHICH IS A THREE QUARTER SCALE MODEL OF THE WALL IN WASHINGTON DC FOR THE VIETNAM MEMORIAL. UH, THE PROBLEM IS, IS THAT WE, WE'D LIKE TO GET, I'D LIKE TO KEEP THE CITY INFORMED THAT WE ARE GOING TO BE DOING THIS, AND WE'RE GOING TO TRY TO GET IT HERE, BUT THE COST IS ABOUT 30,000, AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A SIZABLE PIECE OF REAL ESTATE, 500. UM, IT IS ROUGHLY 400 FEET LONG AND EIGHT, EIGHT FEET HIGH. AND IT IS BASICALLY THE SAME SHAPE AS THE ONE IN WASHINGTON DC AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO HAVE A TRAILER WITH IT. THE TRAILER IS WHAT THEY CALL AN EDUCATIONAL MOBILE. IT HAS MEMORABILIA FROM ALL THE MEN AND WOMEN THAT SERVE THERE, AS WELL AS PICTURES THAT GOES WITH THE NAMES OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO ARE ON THAT WALL. ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SOME HERE THAT PROBABLY DOESN'T NEED THAT BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE NAMES AND THE FACES. AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE TO SAY, YOUR HONOR. AND DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. OKAY. AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, SIR, THIS ISN'T YOUR OR THE PUBLIC'S TIME TO SPEAK TO US. [00:05:01] WE, WE DON'T REALLY GET INTO A DIALOGUE BACK AND FORTH UNDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATION. SO SEEN ALL ON BUSINESS. YOU BET. ABSOLUTELY. ALEX STRUBY? YES, SIR. COME ON UP. FOLLOWED BY TODD WARDEN CITY COUNCIL. AND EVERYONE. MY NAME IS ALEC, A LEC, STEER, S-T-E-E-R-E. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A SITUATION THAT'S BEEN ONGOING IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. UH, I'VE SPOKEN TO THE PLANNING COMMITTEE AND EVERYONE ELSE, BUT NO ONE ELSE IS DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SO I WANNA LET YOU KNOW IT'S VERY SERIOUS AND IT, IT AFFECTS ALL OF US RESIDENTS HERE IN RANCHO. THE FIRST SITUATION IS ON THE CORNER OF HELLMAN, THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF HELMAN AND ARROW. THERE IS A BUS STOP THERE FROM THE, FOR THE OMNIBUS. THEY SAID THEY WERE GOING TO, UH, PAINT THE CURB RED. THEY NEVER DID IT. THEREFORE, THE OMNIBUS HAS TO GO A HALF A BLOCK UP BECAUSE CARS ARE STILL PARKING ON THAT CORNER. AND FOR US AS BUS DRIVER, UH, RIDERS, WE HAVE TO WALK A HALF A BLOCK TO GO GET ON THE BUS. SO THIS IS A VERY, UH, INCONVENIENT SITUATION. THE OTHER SITUATION IS THE WALL THAT RUNS ALONG ARROW FROM HILLMAN GOING WEST ON THE NORTH SIDE, THE WALL, A LOT OF IT IS HALFWAY FALLING OVER. AND, UH, I PRAY IT NEVER FALLS ON ME OR ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I HAVE PICTURES IF YOU NEED PICTURES, IF YOU NEED PROOF. SO THAT, THAT'S ONE I WANTED TO SPEAK TO YOU ABOUT TONIGHT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE THAT, MR. MAYOR. YES. I'LL, UM, I'LL MAKE SURE THAT ENGINEERING GETS THE INFORMATION ON THE RED CURB. AND THEN, UM, I'LL MAKE SURE TO TALK TO COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT SO THEY CAN GO OUT. THAT'S A PRIVATE WALL, BUT WE, WE WILL GO OUT AND INSPECT IT TOMORROW. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU MR. CITY MANAGER, TODD WARDEN. GOOD EVENING MAYOR COUNCIL AND RANCHO CUCAMONGA. TODD WARDEN, YOUR GENERAL FIELD REP FOR THE SOUTH COAST A QMD. UH, I'M HERE TONIGHT, UH, TO SPEAK ON, UH, SPOTTED FUNDS THAT WE HAVE, UH, 417 MILLION FOR, UH, PROGRAM CALLED INVEST CLEAN. THAT'S ESSENTIALLY, UH, HEAVY DUTY TRUCK ELECTRIFICATION, UH, EV CHARGERS FOR HEAVY DUTY GOODS MOVEMENT, UH, THE ELECTRIFICATION OF CARGO EQUIPMENT AND THE WAREHOUSES, MOVING THOSE, UH, UH, CONTAINERS AROUND. AND THEN ALSO, UH, A SPOT OF FUNDS FOR ELECTRIC, UH, LOCOMOTIVE. SWITCHERS, UH, THAT SAID, UH, WE WANNA GET THESE FUNDS INTO THE INLAND EMPIRE. THE CITY OF RANCHO HAS HAD A NUMBER OF, UH, UH, PROJECTS THEY'VE TRIED TO ELECTRIFY, AND THEY HAVE ALSO HAVE A NUMBER OF, UH, TRUCK VENDORS IN THE TERRITORY THAT ARE ALREADY DOING THIS. AND WE WANNA BRING MORE OF THAT TO THE GOODS MOVEMENT INDUSTRY IN THE TERRITORY. SECOND, I HAVE A SPOT OF FUNDS FOR RESIDENTS AND, UH, PROPERTY OWNERS, UH, CALLED GO ZERO. IT'S, UH, ESSENTIALLY ELECTRIFICATION OF YOUR HVAC, UH, UH, EQUIPMENT AT YOUR HOUSE AND YOUR APARTMENTS, AND ALSO YOUR WATER HEATERS TO GO ELECTRIC. UH, ONE TO FOUR GRAND FOR HOMEOWNERS. AND THEN, UH, OTHER FUNDS FOR MULTI-UNIT PROPERTY OWNERS. THAT SAID, I WANT TO TAKE AN OPPORTUNITY TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR MANY YEARS OF PARTNERSHIPS AND, UH, AMAZING PROJECTS. UH, YOU HAD THE FIRST EV STATIONS IN ALL OF THE INLAND EMPIRE HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. UH, THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE BEEN REPLACED WITH THE NEWER STYLE OF CHARGERS. VICTORIA GARDENS WAS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP WHERE WE PUT THE FIRST DC FAST CHARGERS IN. UH, WE, UH, ALSO HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE PACIFIC ELECTRIC TRAIL AND SOME OF THE ANCILLARY TRAILS, UH, AROUND TO CONNECT THOSE BIKE PATHS. HEALTHY. RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS ALWAYS BEEN A GREAT PARTNER. AND WE ALSO HAVE, UH, THE AMAZING RANCHO CUCAMONGA FLEET YARD WITH SOME OF THE FIRST CNG, UH, AND SOME OF THE LARGEST, UH, CNG VEHICLES, UH, IN THE TERRITORY, UH, LONG BEFORE OTHER CITIES CAME AROUND TO DOING THAT. WE'VE ALSO WORKED TOGETHER OVER THE YEARS ON SOME OF THE ISSUES IN THE TERRITORY, PARTICULARLY RANCH MARKET, UH, RANCH 99 MARKET. UH, AND, UH, GERDA STEEL, [00:10:01] UH, WAS AN ISSUE FOR A FEW YEARS. UH, THAT SAID, I ALSO WANT TO COMMEND THE CITY. UH, THE ELECTRIC FIRE TRUCK IS AMAZING. UH, THE, UH, MAYOR DRIVES, UH, OR DROVE A, UH, HYDROGEN BAR, THE FIRST ELECTED IN THE TERRITORY, AND THE, UH, AMAZING TRANSIT PROJECTS THAT ARE COMING TO THE CITY, UH, THAT WILL BRING, UH, CLEAN AIR TO THE TERRITORY WITH PUBLIC TRANSIT AND INTERMODAL, UH, CONNECTIONS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. DONNA MEDINA, FOLLOWED BY JOAN OR JOANNE KATA. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. I CAN'T GET MY KIDS OFF OF ME, SO THEY'RE UP HERE WITH ME TONIGHT, . THAT'S OKAY. UM, I WANTED TO ADDRESS, UH, THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE BREWERY THAT JUST OPENED ON ARCHIBALD ON MAINE RECENTLY. UM, MY HUSBAND AND I, WE JUST PURCHASED A HOME HERE IN THE CITY OF RANCHO LAST YEAR. UM, THIS BREWERY WAS NOT OPEN YET. WE LIVE ON REED. AND, UM, I'M JUST HERE TO ADDRESS OUR CONCERN ABOUT THE HOURS OF OPERATION, UM, THE LOUD SPEAKER THAT'S GOING OFF. I KNOW IT'S AN ONGOING SITUATION. I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS REMEMBER THE DAYS BACK THEN WHERE YOUR PARENTS JUST LET YOU FREELY PLAY OUTSIDE, FREELY RIDE THE BIKES, THE SCOOTERS, AND TRUSTED YOU TO BE OUT AND SAFE. WHILE THAT WAS STRIPPED FOR MY KIDS. I HAVE FOUR KIDS. THEY'RE 11 8, 3 AND SIX MONTHS. WE RECENTLY BOUGHT THEM BIKES WHEN WE MOVED IN. WE BOUGHT OUR HOME. NOW, I, I DON'T TRUST THEM TO BE OUTSIDE BY THEMSELVES RIDING THE BIKES BECAUSE OF FEAR OF, OF DRUNK DRIVERS IN THE, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. SO, UM, ADDITIONALLY, THE HOURS OF OPERATION, THEY START AT 12:00 PM SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS ARE AWARE, BUT THERE ARE TWO SCHOOLS. ONE ELEMENTARY, UH, ONE MIDDLE SCHOOL, RIGHT ON ARCHIBALD AND FOR RON, UM, WITHIN WALKING DISTANCE OF THE BREWERY. AND THEY OPEN AT 12. SO WE'RE GIVING OPPORTUNITY FOR PEOPLE TO COME CONSUME ALCOHOL, GET DRUNK, DRIVE BY THE SCHOOLS WHERE KIDS ARE WALKING. IS THAT NOT A CONCERN? THAT'S A HUGE CONCERN FOR ME AS A PARENT. I WANNA BE ABLE TO TRUST THAT MY KIDS CAN WALK TO AND FROM SCHOOL WITHOUT HAVING DRUNK DRIVERS NEAR IN CER IN THE SURROUNDING AREA. THEY ALSO HAVE A LOUD SPEAKER THAT GOES OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. WE CAN HEAR IT ON READ. YOU ARE TRESPASSING AND WHATEVER ELSE IT SAYS, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE MY NEIGHBORS OFF MAIN STREET, THE DISTRACTION THAT THEY'RE FEELING. IF I CAN HEAR IT FROM REED AVENUE, IMAGINE MY NEIGHBORS ON MAIN STREET. SO IF YOU GUYS CAN PLEASE USE SOMETHING, IT'S A, IT'S A, UM, NUISANCE. IT'S A NUISANCE TO US, TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD. UM, THE HOURS OF OPERATION, AGAIN, IT'S CONCERNING THAT THEY'RE BEING, THEY'RE OPEN AT 12:00 PM IN THE MIDDLE OF SCHOOL HOURS. SO I JUST, UM, WANNA ADDRESS THAT CONCERN TO YOU TONIGHT, AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. JOIN KATA, FOLLOWED BY JESS SANTA CRUZ. GOOD EVENING CITY. AND MY CONDOLENCES TO THE FOLLOWING, OFFICER. SO, YOU KNOW, THE, I'M ALSO HERE IN REGARDS TO THE HAMILTON BREWER BREWERY. AND, UM, DON'T BE SURPRISED ABOUT THE HOURS OF OPERATION, BECAUSE THAT WAS ACTUALLY PART OF THE ORIGINAL APPROVAL FROM THE CITY TO OPERATE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK, UH, 10 TO, OR 12 TO 10, SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, 12 TO MIDNIGHT. AND THAT CAN ABSOLUTELY CHANGE AS PER YOUR GUYS' APPROVAL. I DO WANNA BRING UP A COUPLE OF THINGS. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMEBODY GOING AROUND TALKING ABOUT PERMITTED PARKING, WHICH I FEEL LIKE THAT'S A WAY FOR YOU GUYS TO SHUT THE RESIDENTS UP, BECAUSE THAT ALSO WAS PART OF THE APPROVAL. UM, SO THAT WAS A CONCERN THAT THE CITY WAS AWARE OF WHEN THIS FIRST GOT OPENED, BECAUSE PER THE, UM, SQUARE FOOTAGE, HAMILTON SHOULD ONLY HAVE 59 PARKING. AND BY, YOU KNOW, THE KINDNESS OF HIS HEART, HE HAS 64 FOR 230 CAPACITY INDIVIDUAL PLACE, WHICH EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, I GUARANTEE YOU IT'S OVER, OVER CAPACITATED ON TOP OF THAT, UM, AS PART OF THIS PERMITTED PARKING. THAT MEANS NOW FOR THE RESIDENTS THAT, UH, LIVE THERE, UH, IF [00:15:01] WE CHOOSE TO HAVE A PARTY FOR CHRISTMAS OR THANKSGIVING, WE WOULD HAVE TO CALL THE CITY AND ADVISE THEM THAT WE ARE GOING TO HAVE PEOPLE OVER 24 HOURS IN ADVANCE SO THAT OUR FAMILY MEMBERS DO NOT GET TICKETED. UM, SO THE APPROVAL LETTER WAS APPROVED ON JANUARY 15TH, 2024. AND, UM, A SHOOTING OCCURRED ON NOVEMBER 22ND, 2024, PRIOR TO THE APPROVAL FROM THE CITY FOR THE BREWERY. SO MY QUESTION IS, HOW DID THE CITY THINK THAT THE FACILITY WHERE A SHOOTING OCCURRED WOULD BE SAFE TO MOVE INTO A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY? ONE OF THE, UH, THINGS THAT STOOD OUT TO ME IN THE MINOR USE PERMIT FINDINGS OF APPROVAL FROM THE CITY IS THAT THE GENERAL PLAN WAS TO HAVE MORE DESTINATIONS WITHIN AN EASIER REACH OF NEIGHBORHOODS, MORE INVITING TO A PUBLIC SCALE AND ACCESSIBLE TO SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS. SO BETWEEN THE OLD LOCATION AND WHERE THEY'RE AT NOW, IT'S 0.6 MILES AWAY, WHICH IS A THREE MILE DRIVE. SO WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE FROM IT BEING IN THE INDUSTRIAL AREA WHERE THERE WAS LITTLE TO NO COMPLAINTS, AS PER THE STATEMENT FROM, LET'S SEE, WHERE IS IT? UH, THE EXISTING BREWERY LOCATION DOES NOT REGISTER AS A PROBLEM, LOCATION. ALSO, I'D LIKE TO BRING UP CIVIL CODE 34 8 80, WHICH IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE. UM, AND THIS CAN, UH, WITH THIS BEING SAID, IT HA IT, IT SAYS, INTERFERES WITH YOUR ABILITY TO LIVE PEACEFULLY IN OR TO ENJOY YOUR HOME, WHICH MY PEACE IS GONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JESS. SANTA CRUZ, FOLLOWED BY ANGELA ESPINOZA. TURN ON. ALL RIGHT. UM, HI. I LIVE ON MAIN STREET, AND LET ME START OFF BY SAYING ALL YOUR BANDAID SOLUTIONS TO THE PARKING TO SAFETY REALLY SHOWS WHERE YOUR PRIORITY IS, WHICH IS NOT OUR HOMES, WHICH IS NOT THE COMMUNITY THAT HAS BEEN THERE, THAT HAS ESTABLISHED SINCE BEFORE HAMILTON MOVED IN. YOU GUYS ARE OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS. I DON'T BANK ON JOSH HAMILTON HAVING MY BEST INTEREST AT HEART. YOU GUYS WERE SUPPOSED TO, YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO PROTECT US, AND YOU FAILED US ALLOWING CARS TO PARK ON MAIN STREET. RIGHT ALONG THAT LITTLE TRENCH HAS CREATED A BLIND SPOT. SO NOW PEOPLE WHO ARE LEAVING THE BREWERY CAN'T SEE. THEY MAKE BLIND TURNS ALMOST HITTING US EVERY NIGHT. AND NOW IT'S GETTING DARKER FASTER. SO NOW I HAVE TO COME HOME FROM A 10 HOUR SHIFT, AND I DON'T WORK AT A DESK. I DO MANUAL LABOR FOR, TO AFFORD MY HOUSE. THE WHOLE REASON I EVEN MOVED THERE WAS I HAD ENOUGH SPACE TO HAVE MY DAD THERE WITH ME. HE'S RETIRED NOW. THAT WAS MY WHOLE PLAN WAS TO TAKE CARE OF MY DAD. THAT'S ALWAYS BEEN MY PLAN. AND IT WAS NICE. IT WAS PEACEFUL. AND THEN YOU ROBBED US OF THAT. AND WE SPEAK TO HAMILTON. HIS THING IS, OH, IT'S PUBLIC PARKING, OR, IT'S NOT ON MY PROPERTY. IT'S NOT MY PROBLEM. THIS IS WHAT YOU'RE ALLOWING AND YOUR SOLUTIONS FOR PARKING. IT REALLY, REALLY JUST, WHERE ARE YOUR PRIORITIES? THE COMPROMISE WOULD BE BECAUSE YOU, YOU GUYS ARE GONNA SHOVE THIS DOWN OUR THROAT. EITHER WAY, WE ARE, WE'RE, WE'RE STUCK WITH HAMILTON BREWERY. HE'S THERE. HE BOUGHT THE BUILDING CHEAP. HE'S NOT GOING ANYWHERE. RIGHT? COOL. LOWER HIS ALCOHOL CONTENT TO HIS BEERS. HIS AVERAGE BEER IS LIKE 7.96% LOWER TO 4.5%. IT'S A TASTING ROOM, BUT PEOPLE ARE SITTING THERE DRINKING IN EXCESS. THE WHOLE POINT OF A TASTING ROOM IS TO SAMPLE AND LEAVE, WHICH SOME OF THE CUSTOMERS ARE DOING. THEY'RE SAMPLING AND THEY'RE LEAVING. BUT THE PEOPLE THAT SIT THERE FOR HOURS ON END DRINKING AND THEN LEAVING THE BREWERY INEBRIATED AND CAUSING US ISSUES. I HAVE A RING CAMERA THAT CAPTURES A BUNCH OF SPEEDERS ON MAIN STREET. THEY GET TO THE DEAD END BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE THE SIGN THAT SAYS NOT A THROUGH STREET. THEY GET TO THE DEAD END, AND IT'S LIKE THEY GET FRUSTRATED THAT THEY CAN'T GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH AND THEY SPEED BACK THE OTHER WAY. OR THEY'VE PULLED INTO MY DRIVEWAY, ALMOST HITTING MY PARKED CAR, AND I DON'T PARK CLOSE TO THE, TO THE STREET. THEY PULLED A FULL CAR LENGTH INTO MY DRIVEWAY AND ALMOST HIT MY DAD'S PARKED CAR. AN OBJECT THAT'S NOT MOVING IT, IT'S PARKED IN MY DRIVEWAY. AND THEY PULLED ALL THE WAY IN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANGELA ESPINOZA, [00:20:03] FOLLOWED BY NOELLE SANTA CRUZ. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. FIRST, I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HEARING OUR CONCERNS. WE WERE HERE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO FOR SENDING OUT PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT IS REALLY HAPPENING ON MAIN STREET. UM, WE, WE, WE APPRECIATE IT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THE REALITY IS NOTHING HAS CHANGED. OUR PEACE AND QUIET HAVE STILL NOT BEEN RESTORED. PEOPLE ARE STILL LOITERING AFTER HOURS, STILL BEING LOUD, STILL WALKING DOWN OUR STREET, TALKING LATE INTO THE NIGHT. IT LITERALLY WAKES ME UP. AND I'M NOT AN EARLY, I DON'T GO TO BED EARLY, BUT ON THOSE DAYS THAT I DO, IT'S DISRUPTIVE. IT'S, IT, IT'S, IT'S REALLY ANNOYING. . UM, AND ON TOP OF THAT, SOMEONE ELSE HAS ALREADY MENTIONED, LATE INTO THE EVENINGS AFTER THEY'RE CLOSING, THIS ALARM GOES OFF, IT GOES OFF. I COUNTED IT ONE TIME. IT WAS GOING OFF FOR 15 MINUTES. IT REPEATED. UM, WHAT DID IT SAY? YOU ARE UNDER SURVEILLANCE AND YOU HAVE BEEN RECORDED. WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF? I MEAN, THIS IS OUR NEIGHBORHOOD. WHY ARE THEY HAVE THIS OUT? THEY'RE AFRAID OF US, OR WHAT DO THEY THINK WE'RE GONNA DO? I HAVE NEVER, IN THE 15 YEARS I'VE LIVED ON MAIN STREET, HAVE FELT THE NEED TO PUT AN ALARM THAT SAYS YOU ARE BEING RECORDED AND YOU'RE UNDER SURVEILLANCE. WE'RE NOT THREATENING TO THEM. WE'RE NOT, IN FACT, THEY'RE THREATENING TO US AT THIS POINT. IT HONESTLY FEELS LIKE HAMILTON BREWERY CAN DO WHATEVER THEY WANT AND HAVE NO REAL CONSEQUENCES. AND THAT'S NOT FAIR TO THE FAMILIES WHO LIVE HERE, WHO WORK HARD, PAY TAXES AND SIMPLY WANT TO REST IN THEIR HOMES WITHOUT BEING DISRUPTED NIGHT AFTER NIGHT. I HEAR PEOPLE SAY THIS BREWERY IS THE PERFECT LOCATION, BUT IT TRULY IS NOT A PERFECT LOCATION. DOESN'T KEEP FAMILIES AWAKE AT NIGHT. SO I'M ASKING YOU AGAIN, PLEASE TAKE REAL ACTION. WE'VE BEEN PATIENT, BUT WE'RE EXHAUSTED. THIS IS NOT JUST ABOUT A BUSINESS THRIVING. IT'S ABOUT RESIDENTS HAVING THE RIGHT TO PEACE, SAFETY, AND RESPECT IN THEIR OWN HOMES. SEVENTH STREET WAS A PERFECT LOCATION, NOT OURS, NOT OUR COMMUNITY. THANK YOU AGAIN FOR TAKING THE TIME, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT SOME CHANGE HAPPENS 'CAUSE I'M GETTING TIRED OF WAKING UP IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. THANK YOU. UNDERSTAND NOEL SANTA CRUZ, FOLLOWED BY LIZ UNA. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO LISTEN TO US TODAY. UM, I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT IT. WE'RE TIRED OF LIVING IT. WE'RE TIRED OF TALKING ABOUT IT. I HAVE, I'M ONE OF THE NEWER RESIDENTS OF, OF, UH, MAIN STREET. I HAVE LIVED AND WORKED IN RANCH CUCAMONGA FOR EIGHT YEARS NOW. AND IT'S BEEN WONDERFUL UNTIL NOW. LIKE I SAID, I LIVE AND WORK IN RANCH CUCAMONGA, SO I VERY RARELY LEAVE THE CITY. AND EVEN BEFORE THIS BREWERY MOVED TO THE END OF OUR STREET, HAMILTON BREWERY WAS NOT A PLACE THAT I FELT COMFORTABLE AND SAFE GOING TO. AND THAT'S WHY WE OVER A YEAR AGO CAME HERE TO EXPRESS OUR CONCERNS, ALL OF WHICH HAVE COME TO FRUITION. THE DRUNKENNESS, PEOPLE DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, THE PARKING, THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS IS A FAMILY NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE I DON'T SEE FAMILIES ANYMORE BECAUSE NO ONE FEELS COMFORTABLE. IT'S NOT JUST THE DRIVING, IT'S THE DRUNK PEOPLE HARASSING OUR RESIDENTS IN THEIR FRONT LAWNS AND MAKING US FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE. I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE THAT THIS WAS ALLOWED TO GO INTO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THAT THIS BUSINESS WAS PRIORITIZED OVER THE RESIDENCE. THIS BUSINESS THAT'S OWNED BY SOMEONE OUTSIDE OF THE COMMUNITY. AND WE HAVE BUSINESS OWNERS IN THIS COMMUNITY THAT WANT TO STAY HERE, BUT WHAT WE HAVE THE, WE HAVE THE RESTAURANT UP THE STREET THAT'S NOW THEIR BUSINESS IS THREATENED. SO WHERE IS THE PRIORITY? IS IT THE BUSINESSES? IS IT THE COMMUNITY? IS IT THE RESIDENTS? I WANNA KNOW AND I WANNA SEE REAL ACTION, NOT PARKING. PARKING IS A PACIFIER. I WANNA SEE THIS TASTING ROOM BE A SAMPLE TASTING ROOM DISTRIBUTION OUT. WE DO NOT NEED A BAR IN A RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITY THAT IS FILLED WITH SCHOOLS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LIZ KUNA FOLLOWED BY LAVA. BE BLONDE. BLONDE. [00:25:01] SHE SAID. UM, I'M HERE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE FROM PROTESTING HAMILTON'S BREWERY. MS. KENNEDY, YOU CALLED ME REGARDING MY EMAIL. UM, I JUST GOT THE IMPRESSION THAT, UM, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE TRYING TO FIND THIS HAPPY MEDIUM. THERE'S NOT GONNA BE A HAPPY MEDIUM. YOU KNOW, THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT PEOPLE, NOT EVERYBODY DRINKS RESPONSIBLY. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. YOU KNOW, UM, THE MAYOR, I WAS READING HIS, UM, YOU KNOW, BACKGROUND. HE'S A FIRE, YOU KNOW, A CAREER IN FIRE. UM, SO FIRE CHIEF, FIRE CAPTAIN. SO I'M SURE HE IS SEEN A LOT OF THINGS. WELL, I DON'T WANNA BE ONE OF THOSE STATISTICS. ONE OF OUR KIDS RUN OVER BY A DRUNK DRIVER. A LOT OF THEIR CLIENTELE. I SEE THEIR MOMS, YOU KNOW, WALKING UP WITH, UH, STROLLERS. UM, THEIR CLIENTELE IS VERY YOUNG. SO, LIKE I SAID, NOT EVERYBODY DRINKS RESPONSIBLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY'RE YOUNG LIKE THAT. YOU KNOW, THEY'RE 20, 30 YEARS OLD. I, THERE'S VERY FEW SENIORS I SEE GOING TO THE HAMILTON'S BREWERY. I LIVE AT THE END OF MAIN STREET, BUT I, YOU KNOW, USED TO WALK UP AND DOWN THE STREET. I DON'T EVEN WANNA WALK ALL THE WAY UP THERE BY HAMILTON'S. 'CAUSE I DON'T WANT, I JUST DON'T WANT IT. I JUST DON'T WANT THAT VIBE, YOU KNOW? AND IT JUST FEELS LIKE IT KNOW YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, WE'RE COMING TO YOU FOR HELP. AND YOU KNOW, I FEEL LIKE THAT THAT'S WHY YOU GOT INTO BUSINESS IS TO HELP THE COMMUNITY. WELL, WE'RE THE COMMUNITY, YOU KNOW, AND THE ONLY THING I SEE IS YOU PEOPLE ARE SAYING THAT THEY CAN'T SHUT IT DOWN. IT NEEDS TO BE SHUT DOWN BECAUSE THERE IS NO WAY YOU ARE GONNA CONTROL DRUNKS. I'M SORRY. SOME PEOPLE MAY DRINK RESPONSIBLY, BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT GO THERE, LIKE I SAID, THEY'RE YOUNG AND THEY'RE JUST THERE TO PARTY. I PASS BY THERE FROM A FAMILY OUTING, UM, UM, LATER IN THE EVENING. AND WHEN I DROVE BY, UM, THERE WAS PEOPLE, THEY WERE IN THE PARKING LOT JUST, YEAH, I COULD HEAR 'EM YELLING AND TALKING. I GUESS THEY WERE GETTING READY TO LEAVE, BUT THEY DIDN'T LEAVE 'CAUSE THEY WERE ALL OUT THERE TALKING. AND SO THAT'S WHAT WE'RE DEALING WITH. ALL THE NOISE, THE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE COMING DOWN TO MY, UH, CUL-DE-SAC 'CAUSE THEY THINK IT'S A THROUGH STREET OR WHATEVER. OR I'VE ACTUALLY WITNESSED A WHILE AGO, IT'S BEEN A WHILE, UM, SOMEBODY'S, YOU KNOW, GETTING HIGH, I COULD SMELL THE MARIJUANA FROM THEIR CAR AND THEN SPEEDING BACK UP. YOU KNOW IT, I KNOW THEY WERE AT THE BREWERY BECAUSE THAT HASN'T HAPPENED BEFORE. YOU KNOW, BEFORE, UM, IT WAS VERY QUIET AND NOW IT'S NOT. AND I JUST HOPE THAT, UM, THEY NEED TO BE SHUT DOWN. SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT WE NEED TO DO TO SHUT IT DOWN. BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS, LIKE I SAID, NOT EVERYBODY DRINKS RESPONSIBLY. THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. THAT'S THE BOTTOM LINE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HAVE ALAN FOLLOWED BY DANIEL DEPAUL. HI. I LIVE RIGHT NEXT TO THE BREWERY. I HAVE TO LISTEN TO THEM WITH THEIR CORNHOLE BANGING ON THE WALLS AND BANGING IN MY WINDOW. THEY'RE YELLING AND SCREAMING. WE GOT CHILDREN SCREAMING. AND THIS DOESN'T STOP. WHAT PARENT KEEPS THEIR KID AT A BAR TILL 11 O'CLOCK AT NIGHT? THAT'S NOT A PARENT AT ALL. I DON'T GET IT. YOU GUYS, WE COME HERE ALL THE TIME. WE'VE GOT CONCERNS. YOU GUYS SHAKE YOUR HEAD AND NOTHING'S BEING DONE. I'LL NEVER VOTE FOR YOU GUYS AGAIN. I'LL TELL YOU. OKAY? BUT WE NEED TO DO IS WHY ARE THEY OPEN ON A SUNDAY? THE CHURCHES CAN'T PARK. FAMILIES IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CAN'T HAVE A, A BIRTHDAY PARTY BECAUSE THERE'S NO PLACE TO PARK ANYWHERE. I'VE PICKED UP ALL THEIR TRASH THAT THEIR, THOSE BIG ROUND LIQUOR CONTAINERS LAYING ALL OVER OUR STREET. DRUNKS PASSED OUT ON THE CURB. I GOT PICTURES PASSED OUT ON THE SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF OUR APARTMENT COMPLEX. WE'RE A SENIOR COMPLEX. WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR MOM TO BE LIVING IN SOMETHING LIKE THAT? I DOUBT THAT YOU GUYS HAVE TO DO SOMETHING THERE. THERE'S NO REASON FOR THEM TO BE OPEN SEVEN DAYS A WEEK OKAY. AT ALL. AND MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ALL NIGHT LONG. NO. AND THEN I HAVE TO HEAR THAT ALARM. I HAVE SO MANY REPORT NUMBERS. THEY'RE OVER SERVING PEOPLE. I'VE SEEN 'EM SO DRUNK. I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY'RE CROSSING ARCHIBALD. HE'S BUSTING PEOPLE IN. I, AGAIN, I TOLD YOU THIS BEFORE. I'VE TALKED TO THE OWNER OF HIS OLD PROPERTY. HE THINKS THEY'RE PARKING ON THE STREET. HE'S NOT. HE HAS HIS SHUTTLE SERVICE. I'VE GOT PHOTOS RIGHT IN THAT GUY'S PARKING LOT THAT HE DOESN'T HAVE BUSINESS THERE ANYMORE. AND HE'S SHUTTLING IN PEOPLE MORE THAN WHAT HE'S SUPPOSED TO HAVE CAPACITY FOR. THEY DON'T TURN 'EM AWAY, THEY JUST LET 'EM ALL IN. SO CAN YOU IMAGINE LIKE 200 PEOPLE IN A BUILDING? I KNOW THAT'S NOT HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE IN THERE AT ALL. THEY HAD SO MANY PEOPLE IN THERE THE OTHER DAY. THEY HAD THEIR LITTLE TACO TRUCK OUTSIDE THE GATE WHEN IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE INSIDE THE GATE. MM-HMM . SO YOU GUYS REALLY NEED TO GET OFF YOUR SEATS AND DO SOMETHING. 'CAUSE THIS IS JUST ANNOYING NOW. [00:30:01] OKAY? IT'S NOT EVEN, I, I DON'T, I DON'T HAVE NO RIGHTS. YOU GUYS STRIPPED ME OF MY RIGHTS TO ENJOY THE APARTMENT THAT I PAY FOR WITH THE UTILITIES. AND THE ECONOMY IS BAD AND I'M NOT HAVING A GOOD TIME HERE. OKAY? SO EVEN IF YOU PAID BY RENT, I STILL WOULDN'T. IT HAS TO STOP. THANK YOU. DEPAUL. DANIEL DEPAUL, CAN YOU, CAN YOU WRITE DOWN WHAT THAT GUY'S NAME IS IF YOU CAN? GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND COUNCIL PEOPLE. UM, LAST WEEK I WROTE A SUMMARY OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES, UH, TO THE RENT INCREASE PROVISIONS OF THE ACCORD. THE RESIDENCE COMMITTEE OF MY, UH, PARK AND I HOPED WOULD BE CONSIDERED AND IMPLEMENTED. AND I HAD INTENDED TO PRESENT THOSE PROPOSALS. TONIGHT THEY ARE IN THE PACKET I JUST GAVE THE CLERK THE, UM, HOWEVER, LAST THURSDAY, OCTOBER, UH, 30TH, UM, OUR RESIDENCE COMMITTEE CHAIR MET WITH FLAVIO NUNEZ AND WAS TOLD THAT THE MOBILE HOME PARK OWNERS, UM, REALLY HAPPY WITH THE COURT THE WAY IT IS. WELL, WHY WOULDN'T THEY BE? THE RENT INCREASED PROVISIONS ARE LOPSIDEDLY IN FAVOR OF THE MOBILE HOME PARKS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE ACCORD, UH, MAY HAVE, MAY HAVE WORKED 15 PLUS YEARS AGO WHEN IT FIRST, UH, WAS ENACTED. UM, AT THE TIME IT WAS ENACTED, NO ONE EVER DREAMED THE CPI WOULD GO OVER 2%. RENTS WERE 500 TO $700 A MONTH. UM, HOWEVER, IN THE 10 YEARS SINCE IT WAS RENEWED, IT WOULD, UH, 10 YEARS AGO IT WAS RENEWED ALMOST VIRTUALLY THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL ACCORD. RENTS HAVE GONE UP DRAMATICALLY. WHEN I MOVED INTO ALTO LAGUNA MOBILE HOME PARK, MY RENT WAS A LITTLE OVER $700 A MONTH. IT'S NOW DOUBLE. OKAY. IN 11 YEARS. UM, THE TIME, THE ISSUE IS THAT WITHOUT A REAL THREAT OF ENACTING RENT CONTROL, WHICH IS WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FIRST ACCORD, OKAY? DURING NEGOTIATIONS, THERE'S NO MOTIVATION WHATSOEVER FOR MOBILE HOME PARK OWNERS TO, UH, CAPITULATE ON ANY OF THESE TERMS. THEY'RE QUITE HAPPY TO KEEP THEM JUST THE WAY THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY'RE GUARANTEED SO MUCH MONEY. UM, THE CITY HA WITH, WITH NO, WITH NO THREAT OF RENT CONTROL. THE CITY HAS NO BARGAINING POWER. SO WE'RE AT THEIR MERCY. THE RESIDENTS OF MOBILE HOME PARK AND RANCH CUCAMONGA MAY NOT BE A PARTY TO THE CONTRACT, BUT THEY ARE CERTAINLY, UH, FEEL THE EFFECTS OF THE ACCORD. MOST OF THE ACCORD PROVISIONS COULD BE INCLUDED IN RENT CONTROL. ALMOST 90 CITIES AND 10 COUNTIES IN CALIFORNIA HAVE SOME FORM OF RENT CONTROL FOR MOBILE HOME PARKS. WHY DOESN'T RANCHO CUCAMONGA, WHY HASN'T THE CITY COUNCIL SERIOUSLY CONSIDERED ENACTING RENT CONTROL? IF THE CITY DOESN'T FIND A WAY TO EITHER RENEGOTIATE THE INCREASED IN THE INCREASED PROVISIONS OF THE ACCORD, OR DO SOMETHING THAT ABOUT ENACTING RENT CONTROL THAT DEALS WITH THE RENT INCREASED PROVISIONS, THE CITY IS HEADED FOR A DIRE SITUATION AMONG ITS MOBILE HOME PARK RESIDENTS, ESPECIALLY THE LOW INCOME RESIDENTS. THANK YOU, SIR. THANK YOU. I'LL FINISH THE REST IN TWO WEEKS. OKAY. THANK YOU. I DID INCLUDE A, I DID INCLUDE A COPY OF THIS WITH THE CLERK. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE, WE'LL GET A COPY OF IT. ARMANDO AND JULIA MORENO. JULIA MORENO, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UM, WE'RE HERE AGAIN ON, ON THE HAMILTON BREWERY. YOU KNOW, UH, WE RECORD, I RECORDED A VIDEO OF UH, JUST THE CHAOS THAT'S, UH, GOING ON THERE. DO YOU WANNA GO AHEAD AND PLAY IT? UM, THIS IS WHAT WE HEAR QUITE A BIT IN FRONT OF OUR HOUSE EVERY DAY, HONESTLY. AND THAT'S, AND IT'S SUNDAY, MONDAY, SATURDAY. THAT'S [00:35:01] WHEN YOU HEAR FROM OUR COURT. IMAGINE THAT DO IT TOO. IT'S FOOTBALL GAMES, BASEBALL GAMES, ANY KIND OF GAME OR THE THIS IS WHAT WE, IT'S A NUISANCE NEEDS IS, THIS IS NOT WHAT WE TO RANCH, BUT IT'S VERY YEAH. MORE. I CAN HEAR THAT ALARM. SO JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU A LITTLE IDEA OF WHAT WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE TIME. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT BECAUSE LIKE EVERYONE HERE IS FRUSTRATED AND, YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST GOTTEN WAY OUTTA HAND AND NOTHING'S DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. YEAH. THE NOISE IS THERE. UM, YOU COULD TELL THEY'RE STILL SUPER CROWDED. PEOPLE COMING OUT YELLING 'CAUSE THEY'RE SO EXCITED THAT SOME TEAM WON. GREAT. WE ALL CELEBRATE. BUT YOU'RE IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA. PEOPLE, WE GOTTA GO TO WORK. WE GOTTA GET UP. SOME OF US GET UP EARLIER THAN OTHERS. I HAVE A NEIGHBOR THAT GETS UP AT THREE IN THE MORNING. HE'S FRUSTRATED. HE'S LIKE OUR SON, I CAN'T SLEEP. OUR SON THAT WAKES UP AT ONE IN THE MORNING TO GET TO WORK AND, AND THEN THEY SAY THEY CLOSE AT 10. THAT'S WHAT I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY. IT SAYS, ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY CLOSE AT 11 DURING THE WEEK AND ON THE WEEKENDS AT 12. BUT THEY DON'T LEAVE TILL LIKE ABOUT ALMOST ONE O'CLOCK WHEN IT'S MIDNIGHT. MM-HMM . AND THEY DON'T LEAVE TILL ALMOST LIKE 12 DURING THE WEEK. AND THEY'RE OUT THERE TALKING, PEOPLE JUST HANGING OUT IN THE PARKING LOT 'CAUSE THEY HAD A GREAT TIME GETTING, YOU KNOW, PLASTERED IN THERE. PROBABLY WHATEVER YOU, UM, THERE'S ALSO THREE SCHOOLS NEARBY. UM, ONE OF THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. THIS NEXT, NEXT PERSON. I'M HAVING A DIFFICULT TIME READING IT, BUT I'M GONNA GUESS IT MIGHT BE A DREW OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES. OH, YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL BE TOTALLY TRANSPARENT. I HAD DREW, I COULD NOT . I KNOW YOU WELL, MY DEAR. I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. I GOT HERE A LITTLE LATE AND I SCRATCHED IT REALLY QUICKLY AND I REALIZED, I DON'T THINK ANYONE'S GONNA BE ABLE TO READ THIS, BUT YOU PUT THE CLUES TOGETHER. MY NAME IS DREW OBERER. UM, GOOD EVENING, UM, MAYOR AND HONORABLE AT THE CITY COUNCIL. UM, I AM THE NEW EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE SALMON ALFREDO MALU FOUNDATION. AND I'M HERE TO INTRODUCE MYSELF AND ALSO TO INVITE YOU THIS SATURDAY WE ARE CELEBRATING A MULTI-YEAR CLOSE TO A MILLION DOLLAR ROOF, UH, REHABILITATION PROJECT. UM, IT'S DONE. WE'RE SO EXCITED. IT WAS MADE POSSIBLE WITH FUNDING FROM SAVE AMERICA'S TREASURES, THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO AND INDIVIDUAL FOUNDATIONS AND DONORS. THE ARCHITECTS AND THE ENGINEERS WILL BE SPEAKING ABOUT THE PROJECT. THERE'S GONNA BE LEMONADE AND LEMON BARS AND WE INVITE EVERYONE TO STAY AFTERWARDS TO CHECK OUT THE MAKE TAKE WORKSHOPS IN THE UPPER BARNS, UM, OUR ARTS EDUCATION CLASSES, AS WELL AS THE EXHIBITIONS. SO HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE. UM, AND I HOPE TO, UM, COME BACK WITH MORE NEWS AND UPDATES FROM THE MOLO FOUNDATION. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. UM, MR. GILSON, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL? UM, SO FOR EVERYONE'S AWARENESS, THE COUNCIL DID HEAR, UM, AND GIVE SOME DIRECTION AT THE, UM, AFTER THE LAST MEETING ON HAMILTON BREWERY. SO SINCE THAT TIME, UM, STAFF SPIN OUT, UM, WE'VE SENT COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT OUT TO GATHER INFORMATION MULTIPLE DAYS AND MULTIPLE TIMES. UH, UH, ENGINEERING HAS STARTED COLLECTING TRAFFIC DATA, UM, REGARDING THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES, UH, SPEEDS OF VEHICLES, UM, REVIEWING THE TRAFFIC WARRANTS TO DETERMINE IF STOP SIGNS ARE NEEDED. UM, WE DID, UH, DISTRIBUTE, UH, TO AN INDIVIDUAL, UH, THE INFORMATION IF THEY WERE INTERESTED IN DOING PERMIT PARKING, UM, WHICH IS AN OPTION, BUT IT IS ALSO, UM, SOMETHING THE COUNCIL CAN LOOK AT IN THE, UM, IN THE, UH, CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT, UM, ALTHOUGH, UM, IT WAS IMPACTED A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE OF THE TRAGEDY THIS LAST WEEK, WE'VE HAD OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS WELL GATHERING INFORMATION ON THE BUSINESS OPERATION, UM, [00:40:01] INCLUDING MULTIPLE DAYS, TIMES, AND EVENTS DURING THE WORLD SERIES. SO, UM, WE ARE IN THE PROCESS OF COLLECTING AND FINISHING UP, COMPILING ALL THAT INFORMATION. SO WE'LL BE BRINGING IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL IN A FUTURE MEETING, PROBABLY, UM, ONE OF THE MEETINGS IN DECEMBER. UM, WE'LL BE ABLE TO BRING ALL THAT INFORMATION BACK TO THE COUNCIL, UM, AND THEN YOU CAN GIVE US SOME FURTHER DIRECTION IN THAT REGARD. SO, VERY GOOD. THANK YOU FOR THAT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO, AND THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING OUT ONCE AGAIN. WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR. CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL. THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT ANY DISCUSSION. HOWEVER, [D. CONSENT CALENDAR] IF A COUNCIL MEMBER DESIRES TO REMOVE ONE OF THE ITEMS ON THE CONSENT CALENDAR OR MORE, THEY MAY DO SO AND WE WILL TAKE THAT UP. BUT IS THERE ANYONE, MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEMS D TWO AND D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER. OKAY, VERY GOOD. YOUR ABSTENTIONS ARE NOTED. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THE SEAT MOVE FOR APPROVAL? SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEMS D TWO AND D THREE. VERY GOOD. WE HAVE NO, UH, CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCES THIS EVENING. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST ITEM, OUR ONLY ITEM UNDER ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO MR. SISON. YES. UH, THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. SO THIS FIRST ITEM IS CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN [E. CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION] BERNARDINO, [F. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)] AND THAT INCLUDES A [F1. Consideration of a Memorandum of Understanding with the County of San Bernardino and Participating Cities for the West End Regional Navigation Center, and Consideration of an Allocation in the Amount of $400,000 from Eligible Funding Sources for the Regional Navigation Center, including $300,000 for the City's Annual Contribution and $100,000 for Transportation Services. (CITY)] NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING CITIES, UM, THAT WOULD ALLOW FOR A WEST END REGIONAL NAVIGATION CENTER, UM, AND CONSIDERATION OF ALLOCATING AN AMOUNT OF $400,000 TOWARDS THAT NAVIGATION CENTER. UM, PART OF THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS THE CITY'S ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION FOR BED SPACE, AND PART OF IT WOULD GO FOR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES. THE FACILITY WOULD BE LOCATOR LOCATED IN OUR NEIGHBORING CITY OF FONTANA. UM, SO WITH THAT, THIS IS AN ITEM. UH, WE RECOGNIZE THAT, UH, THE ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS HAS BEEN A CONCERN, UM, FOR RESIDENTS, UM, THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UM, FOR A WHILE NOW. AND, UM, VARIOUS INDIVIDUAL CITIES AND LOCALITIES ARE WORKING ON EFFORTS IN THIS REGARD. THIS STARTED COMING ABOUT, UM, GOSH, PROBABLY A YEAR OR SO AGO NOW. UM, WITH THE, WITH THE CONVERSATION AROUND THE IDEA, INSTEAD OF EACH CITY TRYING TO DO THEIR OWN INDIVIDUAL EFFORT, IT MADE MORE SENSE COLLECTIVELY TO POOL EFFORTS AND TO DO A LARGER FACILITY AND HAVE THE COUNTY OPERATE IT. SO IT'S TAKEN A WHILE TO GET THIS FAR. THERE'S A NUMBER OF PARTICIPATING CITIES, UM, ERICA LEWIS HUNTLEY, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, THREE IN THE CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE IS OUR LEAD ON THINGS RELATED TO, UM, HOMELESSNESS. AND SO ERICA IS ALSO OUR REPRESENTATIVE ON THE ICH COUNCIL AND, AND OTHER, UM, UH, VARIOUS ENTITIES THAT DEAL WITH THIS WITH THE COUNTY. SO, UM, ERICA, AND I'LL BE GIVING THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM AND THEN WE'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE AT THE END. SO ERICA, THANK YOU MR. GILLISON. GOOD EVENING MAYOR MICHAEL AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL. TONIGHT I'LL BE PRESENTING ON THE CITY'S PARTIC PARTICIPATION IN A REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS IN THE WEST VALLEY. AS YOU KNOW, HOMELESSNESS CONTINUES TO PRESENT COMPLEX AND GROWING CHALLENGES AT THE LOCAL, REGIONAL, AND STATE LEVELS. WHILE THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS LONG BEEN RECOGNIZED FOR ITS HIGH QUALITY OF LIFE, SAFE NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROACTIVE PLANNING, THE RISE IN HOUSING INSTABILITY AND VISIBLE HOMELESSNESS IN RECENT YEARS, HIGHLIGHT THE NEED FOR COORDINATED REGIONAL SOLUTIONS. THE CITY REMAINS COMMITTED TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS THROUGH A MULTIFACETED AND COMPASSIONATE APPROACH THAT BALANCES THE NEEDS OF THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY, WHILE RECOGNIZING THE BROADER SYSTEMIC FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO HOMELESSNESS. TO EFFECTIVELY GUIDE HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE, THE CITY RELIES ON MULTIPLE DATA SOURCES TO UNDERSTAND LOCAL NEEDS, TRACK TRENDS, AND INFORM STRATEGIES. ONE SUCH DATA SOURCE IS THE ANNUAL POINT IN TIME COUNT THAT I KNOW THAT YOU'RE ALL FAMILIAR WITH, WHICH PROVIDES INSIGHTS TO THE CITY ON WHO IS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS AND SOME OF THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS. IN THE MOST RECENT POINT IN TIME COUNT, THE COUNTY RECORDED OVER 3,800 INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS COUNTYWIDE THAT INCLUDED OVER 2,600 UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS LIVING IN VEHICLES, ENCAMPMENTS, OR OTHER PLACES NOT MEANT FOR HUMAN HABITATION. THE WEST VALLEY CITY SPECIFICALLY ACCOUNTED FOR 550 OF THE UNSHELTERED INDIVIDUALS. THE CHART SHOWS A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF THE AVERAGE COUNTS FOR THE WEST VALLEY CITIES OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS. ALTHOUGH RANCHO CUCAMONGA NUMBERS REMAIN COMPARATIVELY [00:45:01] LOWER THAN SOME NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS, THE CITY HAS SEEN AN UPWARD TREND DRIVEN BY REGIONAL FACTORS SUCH AS HOUSING AFFORDABILITY, ECONOMIC HARDSHIPS, ESPECIALLY FOR VULNERABLE POPULATIONS LIKE OUR SENIORS ON FIXED INCOMES, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SYSTEM GAPS AND DISCHARGES FROM INSTITUTIONAL SETTINGS LIKE HOSPITALS AND JAILS WITHOUT STABLE HOUSING. THE CITY'S OUTREACH AND PUBLIC SAFETY TEAMS ROUTINELY ENCOUNTER INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS WHO LACK IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO SAFE SHELTER, BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE, OR SUBSTANCE USE. RECOVERY SUPPORTS IN ADDITION TO EXISTING EMERGENCY HOUSING RESOURCES WITHIN THE REGION REMAIN LIMITED AND ARE OFTEN AT CAPACITY, WHICH RESULTS IN BARRIERS TO STABILIZATION AND RECOVERY. TO ADDRESS THESE REGIONAL CHALLENGES, THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO AND PARTICIPATING IN WEST VALLEY CITIES, INCLUDING CHINO, CHINO HILLS, FONTANA, MONTCLAIR, ONTARIO, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, RIALTO AND UPLAND ARE COLLABORATING TO DEVELOP THE WEST END NAVIGATION CENTER. THE CITY OF FONTANA WILL SERVE AS THE HOST CITY FOR THE FACILITY. THE CITY WILL BE, OR THE CENTER WILL BE LOCATED AT 1 1 1 0 9 JASMINE STREET IN FONTANA AND WILL EXPAND THE REGION'S CAPACITY TO PROVIDE TEMPORARY SHELTER AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO HELP INDIVIDUALS TRANSITION FROM CRISIS TO STABILITY. AND I DO WANNA NOTE THAT THE ADDRESS IN THE STAFF REPORT IS INCORRECT. HOWEVER, THE MOU ATTACHED HA DOES HAVE THE CORRECT ADDRESS. THE WEST END NAVIGATION CENTER WILL GO BEYOND TRADITIONAL EMERGENCY SHELTERS BY INTEGRATING CRITICAL SERVICES AND RESOURCES WITHIN A SINGLE COORDINATED FACILITY. THE FACILITY WILL HAVE THREE CORE PROGRAM COMPONENTS, THE FIRST BEING AN EMERGENCY SHELTER, WHICH WILL INCLUDE BOTH CONGREGATE AND NON CONGREGATE ACCOMMODATIONS. SO THAT MEANS THERE'LL BE BOTH SHARED LIVING SPACES AS WELL AS PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL SPACES FOR PEOPLE OR FAMILIES. SERVICES WILL INCLUDE MEALS, HYGIENE AND LAUNDRY FACILITIES, INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, HOUSING NAVIGATION, ACCESS TO PUBLIC BENEFITS, LIFE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT, AND TRANSPORTATION ASSISTANCE. SO IT'S A VERY COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH. THE SECOND COMPONENT IS RECUPERATIVE CARE. AND THAT ADDRESSES THE CRITICAL GAP BETWEEN HOSPITAL DISCHARGE AND SAFE HOUSING FOR THE UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WHO REQUIRE CONTINUED MEDICAL RECOVERY BUT DO NOT NEED ACUTE HOSPITAL LEVEL CARE. SO IN ADDITION TO TEMPORARY RESIDENTIAL ACCOMMODATIONS, THE FACILITY WILL PROVIDE BASIC MEDICAL OVERSIGHT, ASSISTANCE WITH ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING AND CASE MANAGEMENT AND CARE COORDINATION. AND THE LAST COMPONENT IS A SOBERING CENTER. IT WILL PROVIDE A MONITORED SPACE FOR INDIVIDUALS UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF ALCOHOL OR OTHER SUBSTANCES WHO DO NOT REQUIRE HOSPITALIZATION SERVICES WILL INCLUDE MEDICAL MONITORING, CRISIS INTERVENTION, SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER, REFERRALS AND COORDINATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY SERVICES. THE CENTER'S DESIGNED TO BE A ONE-STOP SHOP WITH ONSITE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT SERVICES AND RESOURCES FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS. THE CENTER WILL OPERATE 24 7 YEAR ROUND WITH ROUND THE CLOCK STAFFING AND SECURITY RESIDENTS MAY LEAVE THE PREMISES FOR ACTIVITIES THAT SUPPORT THEIR HOUSING STABILITY. THEY CAN'T JUST COME AND GO. UM, THEY WOULD BE ACTIVITIES LIKE HEALTHCARE APPOINTMENTS, EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. THE CENTER WILL BE STAFFED BY MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAMS THAT INCLUDE CASE MANAGERS, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH PROFESSIONALS, AND COUNTY SERVICE PROVIDERS. THERE WILL BE A TOTAL OF 200 BEDS. 100 OF THOSE WILL BE EMERGENCY SHELTER BEDS, AND THE OTHER A HUNDRED WILL BE RECUPERATIVE CARE MEDICAL BEDS. IN ADDITION TO THE SOBERING CENTER, THE CENTER WILL OPERATE AS A REFERRAL ONLY FACILITY. SO THERE WILL NOT BE WALK-INS AND IT WILL ONLY BE OPEN TO PARTICIPATING JURISDICTIONS IN THE WEST VALLEY. CLIENTS MUST BE REFERRED THROUGH A PARTICIPATING JURISDICTION, LAW ENFORCEMENT APPROVED HEALTHCARE PROVIDER OR ORGANIZATION AUTHORIZED BY THOSE PARTICIPATING PARTIES. THE CENTER WILL OPERATE AS A LOW BARRIER NAVIGATION CENTER. UH, THAT MEANS THAT UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILIES, REGARDLESS OF INCOME, MENTAL HEALTH STATUS OR SUBSTANCE USE DIS DISORDER WILL BE ALLOWED IN. AND THE CENTER WILL ACCOMMODATE RESIDENTIAL, OUR RESIDENTS, PERSONAL BELONGINGS, PETS AND PARTNERS IN AN EFFORT TO MITIGATE ENTRY BARRIERS. THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATION OF THE WEST END NAVIGATION CENTER ARE SUPPORTED THROUGH A SHARED REGIONAL INVESTMENT MODEL DESIGNED TO ENSURE LONG TERM SU SUSTAINABILITY AND EQUITABLE COST DISTRIBUTION AMONG PARTICIPATING PARTNERS. FIRST, YOU'LL NOTICE THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO HAS COMMITTED A $20 MILLION CAPITAL INVESTMENT TO ACQUIRE THE FULLY IMPROVED BUILDING FROM THE CITY OF FONTANA, ALONG WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5 MILLION IN CAPITALIZED OPERATING SUBSIDY RESERVE. ANNUAL OPERATING [00:50:01] COSTS ARE PROJECTED AT 3 MILLION SHARED BETWEEN THE COUNTY AND PARTICIPATING CITIES. EACH CITY'S CONTRIBUTION IS BASED ON A TIERED PRORATA COST SHARING STRUCTURE THAT REFLECTS POPULATION SIZE, THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WITHIN THAT JURISDICTION AND ACCESS TO EXISTING LOCAL SHELTER RESOURCES. SO THIS APPROACH ENSURES THAT COSTS AND AVAILABLE BEDS ARE ALLOCATED EQUITABLY IN PROPORTION TO EACH CITY'S LEVEL OF INVESTMENT AND SERVICE NEEDS. EMERGENCY BED ALLOCATIONS ARE TIED TO FUNDING LEVELS. SO AS YOU CAN SEE, $200,000 GETS YOU FIVE BEDS. UH, 250 GETS YOU SEVEN BEDS AND 300,000 GETS YOU 10 BEDS AND INVESTMENTS BELOW 200,000 WILL NOT RECEIVE A BED ALLOCATION, BUT WILL HAVE ACCESS TO UNUSED BEDS IF AVAILABLE. I DO WANNA NOTE THAT CONTRIBUTION LEVELS WILL BE EVALUATED EVERY TWO YEARS AND ADJUSTED AS NEEDED BASED ON BOTH POPULATION CHANGES AS WELL AS AVAILABLE GRANT FUNDING TO MAINTAIN FAIRNESS AND FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY. BASED ON THE COUNTY'S TIERED COST SHARING STRUCTURE, RANCHO CUCAMONGA ANNUAL CONTRIBUTION IS 300,000, WHICH SECURES 10 DEDICATED BEDS FOR CITY RESIDENTS AND PROVIDES ACCESS TO COMPREHENSIVE WRAPAROUND SERVICES. THIS FUNDING LEVEL REFLECTS THE CITY'S RELATIVE POPULATION SIZE AS ONE OF THE LARGEST CITIES IN THE WEST END, AS WELL AS ITS LOCAL RESOURCE CAPACITY WITHIN THE BROADER REGIONAL SYSTEM. WHILE OTHER WEST END CITIES OPERATE DEDICATED EMERGENCY OR NAVIGATION LEVEL SHELTERS IN THEIR COMMUNITIES, RANCHO CUCAMONGA CURRENTLY DOES NOT MAKING THIS INVESTMENT A PRACTICAL APPROACH TO ENSURE RELIABLE LOCAL ACCESS TO BEDS AND INTEGRATED SERVICES FOR OUR RESIDENTS RESOURCES THAT WOULD OTHERWISE REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT LOCAL INVESTMENT TO DEVELOP AND SUSTAIN INDEPENDENTLY. IN ADDITION TO THE CITY'S PARTICIPATION IN THE WEST END NAVIGATION CENTER STAFF IS ALSO RECOMMENDING THE CITY, THE CITY ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR TRANSPORTATION COORDINATION FROM THE WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA TO THE NAVIGATION CENTER IN FONTANA. AS PART OF THIS REGIONAL INITIATIVE, THE WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER SERVES MULTIPLE JURISDICTIONS ACROSS THIS REGION, NOT JUST RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENTS. AS A RESULT, INDIVIDUALS RELEASED FROM CUSTODY, MANY WHO HAVE UNSTABLE HOUSING MAY REMAIN IN THE CITY TEMPORARILY OR EVEN LONGER REGARDLESS OF WHERE THEY WERE ORIGINALLY ARRESTED OR RESIDE. THIS SITUATION PLACES ADDITIONAL STRAIN ON OUR PUBLIC SAFETY AND OUTREACH TEAMS WHO MAY ENCOUNTER THESE INDIVIDUALS SHORTLY AFTER RELEASE, OFTEN WITHOUT AVAILABLE SHELTER RESOURCES TO CONNECT THEM TO THE CITY WILL WORK WITH THE COUNTY AND LOCAL PARTNERS TO ESTABLISH SAFE AND CONSISTENT TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN THE DETENTION CENTER AND THE NAVIGATION CENTER FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS. THIS APPROACH ENSURES THAT INDIVIDUALS EXITING CUSTODY HAVE IMMEDIATE ACCESS TO SHELTER SERVICES AND STABILIZATION SUPPORTS RATHER THAN RETURNING TO UNSHELTERED CONDITIONS. THE PROJECT IS CURRENTLY IN THE DESIGN PHASE WITH CONSTRUCTION ANTICIPATED TO TAKE APPROXIMATELY NINE TO 12 MONTHS WITH AN EXPECTED OPENING IN SUMMER 2026. THE COUNTY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE ACQUISITION OF THE CENTER PROPERTY STARTUP COSTS AND THE OPERATION AND MANAGEMENT OF THE FACILITY. THE PROVISION OF THE SERVICES AT THE CENTER WILL BE CONDUCTED BY A VENDOR SELECTED BY THE COUNTY THROUGH A COUNTY DIRECTED PROCUREMENT PROCESS. ONCE COMPLETE, THE CENTER WILL SERVE AS A VITAL EXTENSION OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA LOCAL HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE, PROVIDING OUTREACH AND PUBLIC SAFETY TEAMS. WITH A STRUCTURED REGIONAL FACILITY WHERE INDIVIDUALS CAN STABILIZE ACCESS, CARE AND TRANSITION TOWARD PERMANENT HOUSING, THIS RESOURCE WILL FILL A CRITICAL GAP FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO MIGHT OTHERWISE CYCLE BETWEEN ENCAMPMENTS, EMERGENCY ROOMS OR THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WITHOUT ACCESS TO LONG-TERM SOLUTIONS. THIS EFFORT ALIGNS WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH OUTLINED IN THE CITY'S DRAFT HOMELESSNESS RESPONSE STRATEGY, WHICH EMPHASIZES AND EMPHASIZES A FULL CONTINUUM OF CARE FROM HOUSING PREVENTION OUTREACH TO SHELTER SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, AND ULTIMATELY STABLE HOUSING SOLUTIONS. PARTICIPATION IN THE WEST END NAVIGATION CENTER REPRESENTS A KEY STEP IN ADVANCING THAT CONTINUUM WHILE STAFF CONTINUES TO EVALUATE WHAT'S NEXT TO STRENGTHEN LONG-TERM HOUSING STABILITY AND COORDINATION ALONG THE REGIONAL SYSTEM. THE CITY WILL BE REPRESENTED ON AN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE HIGH LEVEL OVERSIGHT OF THIS MOU AS WELL AS THE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE GUIDANCE ON POLICY MATTERS, OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS, POLICY ADJUSTMENTS, AND PROGRAM EFFECTIVENESS MEASURES. RANCHO CUCAMONGA PARTICIPATION IN THE WEST END NAVIGATION CENTER WILL REQUIRE AN ANNUAL OPERATING CONTRIBUTION OF 300,000 AS ESTABLISHED IN THE MOU STAFF RECOMMENDS AN ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF 100,000 TO SUPPORT TRANSPORTATION SERVICES BETWEEN THE DETENTION CENTER AND THE WEST END NAVIGATION CENTER. COUNCIL AUTHORIZATION WOULD ALLOW STAFF TO FUND THESE COSTS UTILIZING [00:55:01] ANY COMBINATION OF ELIGIBLE FUNDING SOURCES, INCLUDING COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS, PERMANENT LOCAL HOUSING ALLOCATION FUNDS, PRO-HOUSING INCENTIVE PROGRAM FUNDS, AND OTHER STATE AND FEDERAL HOMELESSNESS PROGRAMS. AND ADDITION TO THE NATIONAL OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS. TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH FUNDS ARE UNAVAILABLE OR INSUFFICIENT, THE REMAINING BALANCE WILL BE FUNDED FROM THE GENERAL FUND USING FUNDS APPROPRIATED IN THE APPROVED 25 26 BUDGET. THAT CONCLUDES MY PRES PRESENTATION. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE I OPEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING? OKAY. UM, THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING FOR THIS MATTER IS OPEN NOW FOR ANY PEOPLE WHAT DESIRING TO SPEAK REGARDING THE WEST END NAVIGATION CENTER. WE HAVE TWO SPEAKERS, AVA KAKA AND I MISPRONOUNCE THAT. IF IT DID, PLEASE CORRECT IT FOR ME. FOLLOWED BY ANDREW ANDRE BOIC. OKAY. UM, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS KAVIA AND I'M A STUDENT AT RANCHO CUCAMONGA HIGH SCHOOL HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. I'M HERE TO SUPPORT THE WEST END NAVIGATION, UM, REGIONAL NAVIGATION. UM, HOMELESSNESS IS SOMETHING THAT I'VE SEEN IN OUR COMMUNITY AND IT'S HARD TO WATCH. PEOPLE STRUGGLE WITHOUT A SAFE PLACE TO GO. AND I BELIEVE THAT THIS CENTER WILL, UM, GIVE THEM SHELTER AND HELP IN FINDING JOBS AND HOUSING ALL IN ONE PLACE. UM, RANCHO CUCAMONGA SUPPORT MEANS PEOPLE FROM OUR CITY WILL HAVE ACCESS TO THESE SERVICES. IT ALSO HELPS PEOPLE COMING OUT FOR, UH, OUT OF JAIL TO GET SUPPORT INSTEAD OF ENDING UP BACK ON THE STREETS. I BELIEVE THAT HOW WE TREAT THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY SAYS A LOT ABOUT WHO WE ARE. I WANT TO, UM, GROW UP IN A CITY THAT LEADS WITH COMPASSION AND, UM, ONE THAT BELIEVES IN SECOND CHANCES, AND THAT TAKES ACTION TO HELP PEOPLE IN NEED. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING AND THANK YOU FOR CONSIDERING THIS IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD IN OUR CITY. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. UH, MY NAME IS ANDRE BASU AND I WANNA SAY HI TO CHRISTINE AND HI TO LYNN. UM, I WAS, UH, FORMERLY AN EMPLOYEE OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FOR 18 YEARS, AND I JUST RETIRED. AND, UH, I'VE BEEN SUPPORTING ERICA, UM, IN OUR WEST REGION HOMELESS, UH, COMMITTEE HERE AT THE CITY. AND I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALLOWING US TO DO OUR MEETINGS IN THE CITY CHAMBERS, UH, EVERY MONTH. AND I DO WANNA SUPPORT, UM, THIS WEST REGION NAVIGATION CENTER. UM, I REALLY THINK THAT ALL THE CITIES THAT WE'VE LISTED HAVE BEEN TREMENDOUS COLLABORATORS. UM, IN BEHAVIORAL HEALTH. WE DEAL WITH A LOT OF THE HOMELESSNESS AS YOU KNOW. UM, THIS CITY HAS BEEN A MODEL IN HOW WE ADDRESS THE HOMELESSNESS, UH, COMMUNITY IN OUR REGION. AND I WAS LOOKING AT THE, YOU KNOW, THE ALLOCATION AND I THINK IT REALLY MAKES SENSE. UM, AND I REALLY LIKED THE PROGRAM MODEL AS I WAS TALKING, MY FRIEND DON SMITH, WHO'S OUR REGIONAL CHAIR FOR OUR COMMITTEE. UM, I THINK THE MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH WILL BE GOOD FOR US IN OUR CITY. UM, IT MAKES ALL THE SENSE IN THE WORLD. SO I JUST, I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF IT AS A MEMBER OF THIS COMMUNITY FOR OVER 30 YEARS. I THINK IT'S GOOD FOR US, UM, AND I THINK THAT IT'S A PRUDENT THING FOR US TO DO IN OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR CITY. SO I THANK YOU FOR GIVING ME THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SUPPORT, UH, EVERYTHING WE'RE DOING WITH OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU BOTH OF YOUR COMMENTS. OKAY. WE, UH, WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING AND TURN IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS OR FURTHER ANY QUESTION, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OR ANY COMMENTS? I KNOW THERE'LL BE PROBABLY SEVERAL COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT. OH, WELL THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR YOUR, UH, YOUR, UH, REPORT AND THANK YOU FOR THOSE THAT SPOKE. I, I DO AGREE THAT THIS NAVIGATION CENTER, UM, ISN'T JUST A SHELTER. IT'S GONNA BE A LAUNCH PAD FOR STABILITY, UM, DIGNITY AND LONG-TERM SUCCESS. I APPRECIATE THE REGIONAL COLLABORATION. UH, IT REFLECTS OUR REGION'S, UM, SHARED COMMITMENT TO ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS WITH BOTH HEART AND STRATEGY. AND I ALSO THINK BY CENTRALIZING OUR SERVICES FOR REMOVING BARRIERS, UM, AND STREAMLINE ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE, HOUSING AND EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS. AND THEN I CAN'T WAIT TILL, I GUESS SUMMER 2026 IS WHEN [01:00:01] IT WILL, UM, HOPEFULLY BE OPERATING AND UP AND RUNNING. 'CAUSE I KNOW THERE'S PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT COULD USE THIS. SO THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? YES, I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. THANK YOU SO MUCH ERICA. AND I KNOW WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS PROJECT FOR A LONG TIME. A LOT OF STAKEHOLDERS HAVE COME TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE WE CAN MOVE FORWARD TO ADDRESS THESE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES IN OUR COMMUNITY. THERE MAY BE SOME PEOPLE AT HOME WHO HAVE SOME QUESTIONS THAT I'M GOING TO ASK ON THEIR BEHALF. THE FIRST ONE MENTION THAT PEOPLE CANNOT JUST COME AND GO FROM THE FACILITY. AND SO WHILE THEY STAY AT THE FACILITY AND THEY'RE NOT LEAVING FOR APPOINTMENTS, WILL THEY BE ASSIGNED PROGRAM AND TREATMENT AS WELL AS VOCATIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES ON SITE TO DO THEIR SHARE, TO MAINTAIN THE FACILITY AS WELL AS GET THE HELP THEY NEED? UH, ALL OF THE ABOVE. UM, IT IS INTENSIVE CASE MANAGEMENT WITH INTEGRATIVE SERVICES AND IT IS A ONE-STOP SHOP. SO BRINGING THE RESOURCES AND THE SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE, UM, THEY, YOU KNOW, THEY WON'T BE REQUIRED TO HAVE TO LEAVE THE CAMPUS. ALL THE SERVICES WILL BE OFFERED THERE, BUT THERE WILL BE TRANSPORTATION IF THERE ARE ANY OFFSITE, UM, EMPLOYMENT ENRICHMENT OPPORTUNITIES THEY'RE INTERESTED IN OR OTHER THINGS TO CONTINUE TO BUILD THEIR CAPACITY TO STABLE HOUSING. OKAY. THE SECOND QUESTION THAT PEOPLE MAY BE WONDERING IS, WHAT WOULD BE THE AVERAGE LENGTH OF STAY? I KNOW THIS IS MEANT TO BE TEMPORARY, SO WHAT DO WE ANTICIPATE THE NUMBER OF DAYS OR MONTHS? IS THERE A, A MAXIMUM NUMBER OF DAYS THAT SOMEONE WOULD STAY? THE DETAILS ARE STILL BEING WORKED OUT AND THEY WILL BE TAKEN TO THE OPERATION OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, BUT DISCUSSIONS HAVE, UM, HAVE STARTED AND I WOULD SAY AROUND 90 DAYS IS KIND OF GONNA BE THAT SWEET SPOT. UM, SOME PEOPLE WILL NOT NEED TO BE THERE THAT LONG. THERE MAY BE SOME THAT NEED TO STAY A LITTLE LONGER, 120 DAYS. SO, BUT THOSE DETAILS WILL BE WORKED OUT, UM, AS THE MOU UH, GETS EXECUTED AND THE GROUP, THE CITY'S COME TOGETHER TO DEVELOP OUR OPERATIONAL, UH, OVERVIEW PROTOCOLS. OKAY. AND MY LAST QUESTION MENTIONED THAT THIS WILL ALSO BE A PLACE WHERE FAMILIES CAN STAY. SO I'M IMAGINING SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN WILL BE THERE. HOW DO WE ENSURE THAT THOSE STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO GO TO SCHOOL AND CONTINUE THEIR EDUCATION AND WHAT WOULD THAT LOOK LIKE? ESPECIALLY TRANSPORTATION, SINCE THIS IS A REGIONAL SPACE? YEAH, SO THERE IS A PROVISION THAT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT WE ALSO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT HAVING OUR RANCHO STUDENTS IN FONTANA AND NOT MISSING SCHOOL. SO THERE IS A PROVISION IN THE MOU THAT IDENTIFIES SUPPORT FOR THE MCKINNEY-VENTO STUDENTS, INCLUDING TRANSPORTATION. SO WORKING WITH THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TO ARRANGE THAT. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I KNOW THERE'S SOME OTHER QUESTIONS, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT KIND OF STAND OUT AS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THAT SITE'S GOING TO LOOK LIKE, HOW IT'S GOING TO IMPACT THE AREA, MAKING SURE THAT IT'S STABLE, STABLE, THAT THE PEOPLE THAT ARE THERE ARE GETTING THE TREATMENT RESOURCES THEY NEED AND ALSO MAKING SURE THAT THEY CAN REENTER SOCIETY AT, AT SOME POINT. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ANYONE ELSE? JUST A COUPLE QUICK COMMENTS, MR. MAYOR. SURE. THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ADVANCEMENT IN ADDRESSING THE NEEDS OF THE MOST VULNERABLE MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY THAT I'VE EVER BEEN ABLE TO BE A PART OF SITTING UP HERE. UM, THE FACT THAT WE'RE COMMITTING $400,000 A YEAR TO GET ACCESS TO A $25 MILLION PLUS FACILITY THAT COMES WITH SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT MOST, UM, MAKES SENSE FOR OUR FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS THAT WE TAKE VERY SERIOUSLY. BUT I ALSO THINK IT REALLY GETS MAX VALUE FOR THE RESIDENTS HERE, UM, AND THE PEOPLE THAT NEED IT. AND SO I'M REALLY PROUD TO SIT UP HERE WITH MY COLLEAGUES AND, AND WORK ON THIS AND, AND HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE REAL CHANGE IN OUR COMMUNITY AND ACTUALLY HAVE A PLACE NEXT DOOR THAT WE CAN SEND PEOPLE TO GET HELP. SO THANK YOU. YES, MR. MAYOR. UM, ERICA, I'D JUST LIKE TO THANK YOU IN ALL OF YOUR WORK AND EFFORTS ON THIS. AND I'D LIKE TO ECHO ALSO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STATED. I JUST, I REALLY WANNA COMMEND THE REGIONAL EFFORTS, UM, BECAUSE THIS WASN'T JUST A CITY LIFT THAT NEEDED TO HAPPEN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S AFFECTING CITIES, YOU KNOW, STATEWIDE, NATIONWIDE. AND SO I JUST REALLY WANNA COMMEND ALL OF THE CITIES THAT CAME TOGETHER TO SEE THIS NEED AND WORK TOWARDS A SOLUTION FOR IT. AND THAT SAID, UM, YOU KNOW, I I, I'VE, I'VE SEEN, IN FACT, I'VE KNOWN THAT OUR, OUR SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT SOMETIMES SENDS HOMELESS PEOPLE TO FIND THEM SHELTER FOR THE EVENING OR FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS TO TRY TO GET THEM INTO SOME [01:05:01] OTHER LOCATION. BUT WE'VE NEVER HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THE KIND OF WRAPAROUND SERVICES THAT THIS FACILITY WILL PROVIDE TO OUR HOMELESS POPULATION. AND I KNOW THAT A LOT OF OUR HOMELESS ARE DEALING WITH MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES, ARE DEALING WITH ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE PROBLEMS OR ADDICTIONS. AND SO THOSE KINDS OF SERVICES IN THAT CENTER TO HELP HELP THEM REHABILITATE AND GET BACK INTO, UH, THEIR NORMAL LIFESTYLE THAT THEY PROBABLY ALL WANT TO HAVE. I KNOW SOME OF THEM KIND OF SORT OF ENJOY THE HOMELESS ENVIRONMENT, BUT WE'RE GONNA TACKLE THIS TO GET THOSE MOST VULNERABLE HELP, THE HELP THEY NEED AND THE SHELTERING THAT THEY NEED. UM, AND IT'S PROBABLY, UM, ONE OF THE BIGGER ISSUES THAT WE FACE AS A REGION AND TO DO THIS IN A REGIONAL CAPACITY. UM, CERTAINLY NOT NO ONE CITY ON THEIR OWN CAN SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. SO, UM, KUDOS TO YOU, ERICA, AND YOUR TEAM FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP, NOT ONLY IN THIS CITY EFFORT, BUT ON THE REGIONAL LEVEL, UH, WORKING THROUGH THIS TO BRING THIS TO US TONIGHT. I KNOW YOU'VE PUT IN A LOT OF DEDICATED TIME AND EFFORT AND YOUR TEAM HAS ALSO, AND JOHN, THANK YOU FOR, FOR LOOKING AT OUR BUDGETARY CHALLENGES AND, AND REALIZING THAT THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE CAN MAKE HAPPEN, UH, FOR THE BETTERMENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AS A COMMUNITY, A HEALTHIER, SAFER COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. SO MUCH. AND I WOULD ASK AT THIS POINT THAT WE ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS THAT WERE UP THERE EARLIER. UH, AND ALSO THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO AND OTHER PARTICIPATING CITIES FOR THE WEST END REGIONAL NAVIGATION CENTER. SO, MOVE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU EVERYONE. APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE PRETTY EXCITED ALSO. SO THANK YOU. OUR NEXT ITEM IS PUB PUBLIC, ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT IS A VERY LONG TITLE. SO I'M GONNA TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER 'CAUSE HE'S INTIMATELY FAMILIAR WITH THIS, AND WE'LL NOW MOVE FORWARD. MR. MCPHERSON PROBABLY KNOWS THE TITLE BY MEMORY , BUT I ALWAYS HAVE THESE LONG [G. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT] TITLES. WITH THAT SAID, THIS IS A PUBLIC HEARING TO [G1. Public Hearing to Consider a Request to Redevelop and Expand an Existing Beverage Distribution Facility Over Two Phases to Include Production, Bottling and Distribution Operations and Other Site Improvements, Including a Parking Garage and New Water Well, on Approximately 30.1 Acres of Land Generally Bounded by Haven Avenue to the West, 7th Street to the North, Utica Avenue to the East, and 6th Street to the South within the Mixed Employment 2 (ME2) Zone. APN: 0209-411-002. -003, -004, -023, -024, -032, -034, -035. An Environmental Impact Report Has Been Prepared for This Project (SCH2023080369). (Related Records: a Design Review (DRC2023-00067), Master Plan (DRC2023-00072), Vesting Tentative Parcel Map (SUBTPM20713), Conditional Use Permit (DRC2023-00068) and Tree Removal Permit (DRC2023-00070). (RESOLUTION NO. 2025-086) (CITY)] CONSIDER A REQUEST, UM, TO REDEVELOP AND EXPAND AND EXISTING BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY. UM, THAT'S AT HAVEN AND SIXTH RIGHT NOW. UM, OVER TWO PHASES TO INCLUDE PRODUCTION, BOTTLING, AND DISTRIBUTION OPERATION, AS WELL AS OTHER SITE IMPROVEMENTS INCLUDING A PARKING GARAGE, A NEW WATER WELL, AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS IMPROVEMENTS. IT'LL BE ON APPROXIMATELY 30.1 ACRES OF LAND THAT ARE BOUNDED OR THAT IS BOUNDED BY HAVEN ON THE WEST SEVENTH STREET ON THE NORTH UTICA ON THE EAST AND SIXTH STREET TO THE SOUTH. UM, IT IS WITHIN OUR MIXED EMPLOYMENT TWO ZONE. YOU'VE GOT A LOT OF APNS THERE. I WON'T READ 'EM ALL. UM, AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT WAS PREPARED FOR THIS PROJECT, UM, QUITE LENGTHY. UM, THERE'S BEEN A DESIGN REVIEW, A MASTER PLAN, A VESTING, TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP, A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, AND A TREE REMOVAL PERMIT. SO THIS ITEM HAS GONE THROUGH YOUR PLANNING COMMISSION AND IT IS NOW HERE IN FRONT OF YOU WITH THEIR RECOMMENDATION. AND SO WITH THAT, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER, SEAN MCPHERSON, FOR THE STAFF REPORT. THANK YOU, MR. GILLISON. UH, HERE IS A TIMELINE OF EVENTS SUMMARIZING, UH, WHAT THE CITY MANAGER HAD JUST, UH, HIGHLIGHTED, WHICH BRINGS US TO THE PRESENT. UH, YOU WILL NOTE THAT MOST RECENTLY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HEARD THE ITEM ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2025. UH, AFTER DELIBERATION AND DISCUSSION, UH, AND AFTER TAKING PUBLIC TESTIMONY, THAT BODY VOTED UNANIMOUSLY, UH, TO RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROJECT, CERTIFY THE EIR, ADOPT THE MITIGATION MONITORING AND REPORTING PROGRAM, AND ADOPT THE CORRESPONDING STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS. UH, THE FOLLOWING SLIDES DEMONSTRATE THE EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE PROJECT SITE. AS NOTED, UH, IT IS BOUNDED BY HAVEN TO THE WEST SEVENTH TO THE NORTH UTICA TO THE EAST AND SIXTH STREET TO THE SOUTH. I'LL PAUSE HERE JUST BRIEFLY TO NOTE THAT THERE ARE OF THE, OF THE VARIOUS EXISTING BUILDINGS WITHIN THE PROJECT SITE, THERE ARE A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS WHICH WILL BE PROPOSED TO BE DEMOLISHED AND A COUPLE OF BUILDINGS WHICH WILL REMAIN. I'LL TRY TO HIGHLIGHT THOSE AS, UH, WE GO THROUGH. UH, SHOWN HERE IS THE EXISTING BEVERAGE DISTRIBUTION FACILITY. UH, THIS WAS BUILT ORIGINALLY AND HAS BEEN IN OPERATION SINCE THE 1980S. THIS IMAGE IN PARTICULAR IS LOOKING, IS LOOKING NORTHWEST GENERALLY FROM SIXTH STREET AND UTICA. UH, HERE ARE THE TWO EXISTING OFFICE BUILDINGS WITHIN THE PROJECT AREA, UH, ONE OF WHICH WILL REMAIN AND BE RENOVATED, AND THE OTHER, WHICH WILL BE DEMOLISHED AS INDICATED ON THE IMAGE. UH, THIS IMAGE IS LOOKING NORTH FROM SIXTH STREET. UH, HERE. IT'S, THIS IS THE SAME OFFICE BUILDINGS, JUST FROM [01:10:01] A DIFFERENT VANTAGE POINT. THIS IS LOOKING EAST FROM HAVEN. UH, AND HERE'S AN IMAGE OF THE VACANT FIELD AT THE CENTER OF THE SITES, UH, WHICH WOULD ALSO BE PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT PLAN. THIS IMAGE IS LOOKING NORTH UP HAVEN AVENUE. SWITCHING OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PROJECT AREA. THIS IS THE CURRENT BUILDING AT THE CORNER OF UTICA AND SEVENTH STREET. UH, YOU HEARD THE CITY MANAGER ALLUDE TO THIS BEING A PHASED PROJECT. THIS BUILDING IS ESSENTIALLY THE FOCAL POINT OF PHASE TWO, UH, WHICH YOU'LL HEAR ME REFERENCE A LITTLE BIT LATER. UH, THE DEVELOPER'S CURRENTLY DETERMINING WHETHER THEY MIGHT CONSIDER RENOVATING THIS BUILDING OR DEMOLISHING THIS BUILDING AND BUILDING A SMALLER BUILDING. UH, MOVING ON TO THE PROPOSED PROJECT, IF YOU KEEP THAT EXISTING SITE AERIAL IN MIND, UM, UH, THE PROPOSED PROJECT ITSELF IS MENTIONED, IS BROKEN UP INTO TWO PHASES. WE CAN CIRCLE BACK ONTO SOME OF THESE DETAILS IF THERE'S ANY PARTICULAR QUESTIONS. HERE'S, UH, THE PROPOSED SITE PLAN, WHICH IF YOU COMPARE WITH THE EXISTING, UH, CONDITIONS, YOU CAN SEE, UH, THAT THOSE, UH, EXISTING BUILDINGS, THE ONE EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING ON THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SITE, UH, IS REMAINING. AND THEN THE BUILDING ON SEVENTH STREET IN UTICA IS ALSO REMAINING IN THIS ITERATION. UH, YOU SEE THAT LARGE BUILDING IN THE CENTER, WHICH WOULD BE KIND OF THE QUOTE UNQUOTE MULTIPURPOSE, UH, UH, PRODUCTION, MANUFACTURING, AND DISTRIBUTION CENTER. ALSO, YOU'LL NOTE JUST ONE POINT QUICK, THE, UH, CVWD WATER WELL, WHICH IS REQUIRED FOR THIS PROJECT, IS LOCATED AT, PROPOSED TO BE LOCATED IN SOUTHEAST OF THE CORNER OF THE SITE. THESE NEXT FEW SLIDES HIGHLIGHT THE ARCHITECTURAL THEME AND DESIGN OF THE VARIOUS BUILDINGS PROPOSED. HERE'S KIND OF A, A PERSPECTIVE, UH, AREA FROM HAVEN AND SIXTH STREET. THE, THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND THEY HAVE A VIDEO FLY THROUGH, WHICH, UM, WHICH WE'LL SHOW IN A LITTLE BIT. SO I'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THESE PHOTOS. UH, HERE'S SOME MORE PERSPECTIVE RENDERINGS. UM, HERE'S A RENDERING OF THE PARKING GARAGE. THIS WOULD BE LOCATED LOOKING NORTH FROM SIXTH STREET. UH, HERE IS THE PERSPECTIVE 3D RENDERING OF THAT EXISTING OFFICE BUILDING TO REMAIN AND BE REHABILITATED AND RENOVATED. AND HERE IS A LOOK ALONG THE HAVEN AVENUE FRONTAGE. NOW, I WILL NOTE HERE BRIEFLY THAT WHILE THE PLANNING COMMISSION WAS VERY SUPPORTIVE OF THE PROJECT, THEY DID NOTE A COUPLE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION DID NOTE THAT THIS FRONTAGE FELT A LITTLE BIT, UH, INDUSTRIAL AND ENCOURAGED THE DEVELOPER AND THE APPLICANT TO CONSIDER ADDITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ENHANCEMENTS. UH, AND HERE'S SOME ADDITIONAL RENDERINGS INTERNAL TO THE SITE. AND THEN YOU HAVE THE WATER. WELL, THE, UH, THIS IMAGE IS SIMPLY JUST A REPRESENTATION OF WHAT THAT WATER WELL INFRASTRUCTURE MIGHT END UP LOOKING LIKE. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF AN EXISTING WATER WELL, WHICH IS ACTUALLY ON UTICA, ABOUT 1400 FEET TO THE NORTH. UH, THERE'S A LOT OF ENTITLEMENTS REQUIRED. UH, I WON'T DIVE INTO EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM, BUT I'M HAPPY TO CIRCLE BACK IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS. I WILL, UH, PAUSE BRIEFLY THOUGH ON THE MASTER PLAN. UM, AS THE COUNCIL KNOWS, A MASTER PLAN IS A TOOL WHICH DEVELOPERS CAN USE TO, UH, ACHIEVE CERTAIN OBJECTIVES UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES. FOR EXAMPLE, A DEVELOPER MAY REQUEST TO ESTABLISH SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS AS LONG AS THEIR PROJECT MEETS CERTAIN MASTER PLAN CRITERIA. IN THIS CASE, THE APPLICATION INVOLVES A BUSINESS WHICH HAS EXISTED IN THE CITY SINCE THE 1980S, AND WHICH WOULD NOW LIKE TO EXPAND. UH, THIS ACHIEVES A CRITICAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GOAL OF ALLOWING THE EXPANSION OF A FOOD AND BEVERAGE MANUFACTURER WITHIN THE CITY, UH, WHICH ALSO WILL INCREASE THE CITY'S JOBS BASE AND PROVIDE FUTURE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES. UH, AGAIN, THE APPLICANT IS HERE, AND I CAN LET THEM TOUCH ON THAT LATER. UH, FURTHER, THE PROPOSED CAMPUS STYLE DEVELOPMENT IS OF EXCEPTIONAL DESIGN, BUT IT DOES NOT MEET THE STRICT APPLICATION OF THE CODE. THUS, AND IN ORDER TO MEET ALL THESE IMPORTANT OBJECTIVES, UH, THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED CERTAIN SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS UNDER THE MASTER PLAN, UH, TO PROVIDE FLEXIBILITY BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL ZONING REGULATIONS. UH, HERE'S A LIST OF THOSE, UH, SITE SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, WHICH THE DEVELOPER IS PROPOSING IN ORDER TO, UH, MEET THESE CRITICAL OBJECTIVES. UH, REGARDING THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, AN EIR WAS PREPARED FOR THE PROJECT. UH, THE ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS CONCLUDED THAT EVEN WITH MITIGATION, THE PROJECT WILL RESULT IN A COUPLE OF SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS, AS IT WILL EXCEED AQMD'S REGIONAL T THRESHOLDS FOR NITROGEN OXIDES, AND IT'LL ALSO EXCEED REGIONAL THRESHOLDS FOR GREENHOUSE GASES. AS SUCH, THE COUNCIL IS ASKED TO CONSIDER A STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS, WHICH PROVIDES PROJECT BENEFITS AGAINST THESE UNAVOIDABLE IMPACTS. UH, FURTHER, THE APPLICANT HAS PROVIDED THEIR OWN LIST OF BENEFITS FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION. UH, BOTH OF THOSE DOCUMENTS WERE PROVIDED IN THE, INCLUDED WITH THE STAFF REPORT. UM, WITH THAT, AND AGAIN, BOTH STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION SUPPORT THE CERTIFICATION OF THE EIR AND ADOPTION OF RELATED DOCUMENTS. UH, KEEPING ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW FOR JUST A QUICK SECOND HERE. ON OCTOBER 29TH, 2025, A COMMENT LETTER WAS RECEIVED FROM ADVOCATES FOR [01:15:01] THE ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS A NONPROFIT, UH, PUBLIC INTEREST LAW FIRM AND ENVIRONMENTAL ADVOCACY ORGANIZATION. WHEREIN THIS GROUP CHALLENGED CERTAIN FINDINGS AND ASSERTIONS OF THE EIR. OF NOTE, THIS GROUP ALSO COMMENTED ON THE DRAFT EIR, BUT INTERESTINGLY DID NOT RAISE ANY ISSUES AT THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING. UH, IN SHORT, THE LETTER CHALLENGED VARIOUS ASPECTS OF THE EIR, WHICH WERE FORWARDED TO COUNCIL SEPARATELY. UM, THESE ISSUES ARE ARTICULATED IN THAT LETTER AND STAFF WORKED TO RESPOND TO EACH OF THESE CLAIMS, WHICH WAS ALSO, UH, STAFF'S LETTER WAS ALSO PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THE MEETING, UH, IN SHORT, STAFF MAINTAINS THE ORIGINAL FINDINGS OF THE EIR, UH, IN THAT, THAT DOCUMENT WAS BOTH SUFFICIENT AND ACCURATE AND THOROUGH. UH, ADVERTISED NOTICES WERE PROVIDED CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW. AS NOTED HERE ON THIS SLIDE, UH, IN RESPONSE, STAFF HAS RECEIVED NUMEROUS CORRESPONDENCE IN SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT, UH, WHICH HAVE ALSO BEEN FORWARDED SEPARATELY TO THE COUNCIL. UH, NOTABLY ONE OF THESE CORRESPONDENCE INCLUDED A WITHDRAWAL LETTER FROM GOLDEN STATE ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE ALLIANCE, WHO HAD PREVIOUSLY RAISED CONCERNS ON THE EIR, UM, BUT IN THEIR MOST RECENT CORRESPONDENCE, UH, OFFERED THEIR SUPPORT OF THE PROJECT. UH, WITH THAT, WE COME TO OUR RECOMMENDATION, UH, AGAIN, BOTH STAFF AND THE PLANNING COMMISSION RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL APPROVE THE PROJECT, CERTIFY THE EIR, AND ADOPT THE MMRP AND STATEMENT OF OVERRIDING CONSIDERATIONS BY APPROVING THE SUBJECT RESOLUTION, UH, SUBJECT TO THE PROJECT CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL. AGAIN, THE APPLICANT AND THEIR TEAM ARE PRESENT, UH, AND HAVE A SHORT PRESENTATION AND A VIDEO, UH, WHICH I'D BE HAPPY TO NAVIGATE AND SHARE. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? THANK YOU, SEAN. THANK YOU. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT DESIRE TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? I BELIEVE WE HAVE SOME SPEAKERS. I KNOW WE'RE GONNA ASK FOR THE PROPONENT AND THE APPLICANT TO SPEAK FIRST. UM, WE HAVE EIGHT SPEAKERS. UM, I WOULD LIKE TO, UM, ASK THE APPLICANT, TOM HENAN TO COME FORWARD FROM EL CAMINO DEVELOPMENT. THANK YOU, SIR. GREAT, THANK YOU. UM, I CERTAINLY WOULD LIKE TO START BY EXPRESSING OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR THE FAMILY, THE COMMUNITY, THE SHERIFFS, THE LOSS OF OFFICER NUNEZ. IT'S TERRIBLE. UM, THANK YOU FOR HAVING US HERE TONIGHT. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE HERE. UH, WE'VE BEEN A PARTNER IN THIS COMMUNITY SINCE 1984, UH, AND, AND WE'RE EXCITED TO, UH, UH, BE TALKING TODAY ABOUT OUR EL CAMINO DEVELOPMENT. I WANNA START A LITTLE BIT BY INTRODUCING MYSELF, TIM HENAN. I'M THE HEAD OF SUPPLY CHAIN FOR REYES COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANY. WE'RE YOUR LOCAL COCA-COLA BOTTLER. UM, LITTLE BIT ABOUT REYES, IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE. SEAN, THANK YOU. SO, OUR VISION'S TO BE THE LEADER IN THE BEVERAGE BUSINESS BY DELIVERING UNMATCHED VALUE TO EMPLOYEES, CUSTOMERS, AND COMMUNITIES. YOU'RE GONNA SEE THIS THEME THROUGHOUT AND HOW WE, UH, TIED IT INTO THE DESIGN OF OUR BUILDING. IT'S UNDERPINNED IN FIVE STRATEGIC PILLARS, OUR EMPLOYEES, OUR COMMUNITIES, HOW WE EXECUTE THE MARKETPLACE, HOW WE EXECUTE INTERNALLY IN OUR BUSINESS, AND HOW WE CREATE INNOVATION AND TRANSFORMATION IN THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY. IF YOU CAN MOVE FORWARD ONE MORE, SEAN. SO RES COCA-COLA IS A FRANCHISE BOTTLER. UM, WE HAVE THE BOTTLING AND DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS IN CALIFORNIA, NEVADA, IN THE GREATER GREAT LAKES TERRITORY. UM, WE ALL OPERATE LOCALLY AND HIRE LOCALLY, UH, FOR OUR OPERATIONS. SO WE'RE NOT THE COCA-COLA COMPANY, WE'RE A FRANCHISE, UH, WITH BOTTLING RIGHTS IN THE TERRITORIES THAT WE HAVE. THANKS, SEAN. THANK YOU. SO THE FACILITY ITSELF, UH, WE'RE LOOKING TO PUT IN, WELL, IT'S GONNA BE ABOUT 630,000 SQUARE FEET WITH FOUR PRODUCTION LINES, UH, PRODUCTION CAPACITY OF 30 MILLION CASES IN AN INVESTMENT, UH, IN THIS PROPERTY OF OVER $600 MILLION, UH, TO SUPPORT THE 4,000 ACCOUNTS THAT WE SERVICE LOCALLY. AND WE'LL, UH, HAVE MORE THAN 500 EMPLOYEES. 110 OF THESE JOBS ARE INCREMENTAL TO WHAT OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS ARE, UH, IN THE AREA. SO IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE AND GO AHEAD AND YEAH. OPEN THAT UP. SO, AS, AS I TALKED ABOUT OUR VISION AND HOW WE SET IT UP, THIS IS PART OF OUR DESIGN OF OUR FACILITY, AND IT STARTS ON THE LEFT HERE WITH [01:20:01] HOW WE'RE DESIGNING IT FOR OUR EMPLOYEES, THE AMENITIES, THE EFFICIENCY, THE ERGONOMICS OF HOW THE PROPERTY'S LAID OUT, THE TRAINING AND CONFERENCE AREAS THAT WE HAVE SET UP FOR THE EMPLOYEES IN THE EVENT SPACES, BOTH INSIDE THE BUILDING AND EXTERNALLY FOR EMPLOYEES TO, UH, ENJOY A STATE OF THE ART FACILITY. OUR FLAGSHIP FACILITY THAT WE BELIEVE NOT ONLY IS A FLAGSHIP FOR RES COCA-COLA, BUT A FLAGSHIP FOR COCA-COLA BOTTLERS WORLDWIDE IN THE MIDDLE FOR THE ECONOMIC VALUE. OBVIOUSLY, WE'RE BRINGING IN NEW JOBS. UH, THESE ARE HIGHLY SKILLED JOBS, MANUFACTURING JOBS, UH, AS WELL AS OUR CURRENT OPERATIONS FOR WAREHOUSE AND DISTRIBUTION. UH, A LOT OF JOBS FOR TRADE, UH, THROUGH THE INVESTMENT OF THE BUILDING, BELIEVE IT WILL CREATE QUITE A BIT OF ECONOMIC GROWTH WITH THE OLYMPICS COMING IN, OUR ABILITY TO CREATE FLEXIBLE PACKAGING ALTERNATIVES FOR THE OLYMPICS, ET CETERA. AND AS ALWAYS, UH, OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP IS JUST A PART OF THE CORE OF HOW WE SET UP, UH, OUR ORGANIZATION OR OUR VALUE SET. ON THE FAR RIGHT HERE, TALKS ABOUT COMMUNITIES, AND I'LL GET IT A LITTLE BIT FURTHER INTO IT, BUT IT'S INVESTMENTS IN, UH, ENERGY AND, AND EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS. STATE-OF-THE-ART WATER FACILITIES AND WATER USE AND WATER CONSERVATION, AS WELL AS REPLENISHMENT AND NEW PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY THAT REALLY LOWERS OUR, UH, ENERGY CONSUMPTION EMISSIONS THROUGH THE USE OF NITROGEN, UH, WARM FILLING, AMBIENT FILLING RATHER THAN CHILLED FILLING. AND, UH, ONE OF THE LARGEST ELECTRIC TRUCK FLEETS, UH, AND CERTAINLY THE LARGEST TRUCKING ELECTRIC TRUCK FLEET IN THE COCA-COLA BOTTLING SYSTEM IN THE WORLD. UM, AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERACTIVE TOUR EXPERIENCE SO WE CAN BRING PEOPLE IN TO SHARE WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE ARE AND WHAT WE REPRESENT, AND HOW WE'RE ATTACKING THIS BACK, UH, FOR THIS APPROACH FOR THE COMMUNITIES. SO IF YOU CAN PLEASE MOVE TO THE NEXT, THIS GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE PROPERTY'S GONNA LOOK LIKE. UM, YOU CAN SEE IT'S AN ENGAGING ENVIRONMENT. THIS TOP PART WHERE IT SAYS ENGAGING ENVIRONMENT, THAT'S AN ENTRANCE TO OUR PRODUCTION FACILITY. THAT'S NOT THE OFFICE, THAT IS THE MANUFACTURING FACILITY THAT OUR EMPLOYEES WILL BE WALKING INTO. UH, NOT MANY MANUFACTURING FACILITIES BUILD SOMETHING LIKE THAT, YOU KNOW, TO EXTEND OUT. UH, THERE'S EMPLOYEE AMENITIES WITH FITNESS CENTERS, TRAINING ROOMS, AND YOU CAN SEE THE PLANNED CAMPUS THERE. WE PUT A LOT OF THOUGHT INTO THE AESTHETICS IN, IN HOW WE'RE BRINGING OUT THE ARCHITECTURE IN THE BUSINESS, AND WE'LL SHARE THAT IN THE FLYBY. AND I, I THINK YOU'LL ENJOY THAT. IF WE CAN MOVE TO THE NEXT PAGE, UH, I WANNA STOP HERE FOR A MINUTE BECAUSE IN THE CORE OF BOTH OUR VISION AND HOW WE'RE SET UP, WE HAVE WHAT WE CALL THE FIVE PILLARS OF RES CARES. AND IT'S FOCUSED ON COMMUNITY RECYCLING, ENERGY, FUEL, AND EMISSIONS AND WATER, UH, OUR COMMITMENTS TO, TO DOING EVERY ONE OF OUR FACILITIES. UM, COMMUNITY ACTION MONTHLY IN ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS, IN THE FOOTPRINT OF WHERE WE SIT, UH, AND PARTNERING WITH THE LOCAL COMMUNITY IS CRITICAL TO WHO AND WHAT WE ARE. UH, WE'RE DEDICATED TO RECYCLING. UM, WE HAVE A, A GOAL OF OVER 90% DIVERSION RATE, UH, FROM LANDFILL AS AN ORGANIZATION TO HIT BY 2030. I CAN TELL YOU WE'RE ALREADY OVER THAT RIGHT NOW IN OUR FACILITIES AT ALMOST 93% DIVERSION FROM LANDFILL. AND THERE WILL BE A RECYCLING, UM, CENTER ON THIS LOCATION WHERE WE'LL ACTUALLY BE SURE WE CAN PROCESS AND SEPARATE PLASTICS, UH, ALUMINUM CORRUGATE, UH, ET CETERA ON THE ENERGY FRONT. UM, WE HAVE A COMMITMENT TO PUT 20 MEGAWATTS OF ONSITE SOLAR ENERGY IN OUR PROPERTIES BY 2030. I'M GLAD TO SAY THAT PART OF THIS DESIGN IS FOR TWO MEGAWATTS OF ONSITE SOLAR TO GO INTO THIS RANCHO PROPERTY HERE, AS WELL AS SELF-GENERATING QUAD GEN, WHERE WE'LL GENERATE OUR OWN ELECTRICITY TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT THREE MEGAWATTS OF POWER, UH, OF WHICH WE WILL COLLECT THE EMISSIONS FROM THAT POWER GENERATION, CLEAN IT, PROCESS IT, AND USE IT BACK IN OUR PROCESSING, BASICALLY ELIMINATING THE EMISSIONS FOOTPRINT ON IT. UH, I TALKED ABOUT EMISSIONS. SO LOW EMISSIONS FOOTPRINT, UH, I'M PROUD TO SAY RES. COCA-COLA HAS THE LARGEST TRACTOR TRUCKING FLEET, UH, THAT'S EV IN, IN THE WORLD, IN THE K BOTTLING SYSTEM. WE PLAN TO START DAY ONE WITH AN, UH, EIGHT TRUCKS [01:25:01] HERE ON SITE IN, IN RANCHO WITH CHARGING CAPABILITY, AS WELL AS OUR COOLER SERVICE VANS, UH, AND, AND OTHER, UH, CHARGING STATIONS FOR EMPLOYEES. AND THEN I TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WATER AND BEST IN CLASS WATER CONSERVATION AND USE. UM, THIS IS SOMETHING WE TRACK VERY CLOSELY. WE'VE INVESTED BOTH IN REPLENISHMENT OF THE WATER, UH, OF THE AQUIFER AND THE WATERSHED, BUT WE ALSO INVEST VERY HEAVILY ON THE FRONT END OF HOW WE USE WATER. THIS FACILITY WILL, UH, HAVE ONE OF THE, THE LOWEST OPERATING WATER USE RATIOS OF ANY OF THE FACILITIES IN THE KOCH SYSTEM. AND WE DO THAT THROUGH SOME NEW SPECIAL TECHNOLOGY THAT'S COME UP THAT, UH, ALLOWS OUR FILTRATION, UM, TO SEPARATE AND, UH, TAKE, UH, BE SURE THAT WE GET AS MUCH OF OUR WATER BACK INTO THE ENVIRONMENT AS WE CAN. I'M NOT GONNA CLEAR THIS WHOLE PAGE, BUT I'VE ALREADY KIND OF TALKED TO SOME OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ENERGY USE, THE SOLAR AND THE QUAD GEN, AND THE BENEFITS OF THAT, UH, EMISSIONS I SPOKE TO THAT. I WANNA TALK BRIEFLY THOUGH, ABOUT THE AESTHETICS. UM, WE HAVE SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENTS ON THIS PROPERTY IN ARTS, UM, IN ONSITE EXISTING ONSITE ART, AS WELL AS NEW ART FEATURES THAT'LL BE PUT IN. WE'VE, ESPECIALLY FOCUSED ON, UM, HAVEN AND SIXTH STREET AND UTICA AND SEVENTH THAT'LL BE FACING. THERE'S MANY ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS AND FEATURES THAT REDUCE THE INDUSTRIAL FEEL OF THE PROPERTY, UM, AND MAKES REALLY ICONIC AND UNIQUE AND VISUALLY APPEAR APPEALING. UM, YOU KNOW, FACILITY TO ALL. AGAIN, UH, I CAN'T TELL YOU WE ARE THRILLED ABOUT THIS, THIS BUILDING, THIS IS GOING TO BE THE FLAGSHIP ICON OF, OF COCA-COLA BOTTLING COMPANIES WORLDWIDE. UM, AND WE'RE SPARING NO EXPENSE TO MAKE SURE THAT THAT COMES THROUGH. UM, IN THE LAST PAGE I COME, I'VE KIND OF ALREADY ADDRESSED THE FACT THAT PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY REALLY MEANS THE WORLD TO US. OUR GENERAL MANAGERS HERE TONIGHT IS A BIG PART OF THE CHAMBER INVOLVED IN BOYS AND GIRLS CLUBS, SPECIAL OLYMPICS, ET CETERA. IT'S JUST PART OF WHO WE ARE. IT'S HOW WE OPERATE. UH, I'D LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU A VIDEO, UH, FLY, FLY BY OF WHAT THE CAMPUS LOOKS LIKE. I HAD JUST LIKE TO, UH, UH, FINISH BY, BY SAYING THIS. THIS IS A LEGACY INVESTMENT FOR, UM, OUR OWNERS, UM, AS WELL AS THE SYSTEM. THIS IS THE FIRST PRODUCTION FACILITY THAT'S BEEN BUILT ON THE WEST COAST FOR OVER 60 YEARS. UM, WE'RE, WE'RE PROUD OF OUR EMPLOYEES. WE'RE PROUD OF, UM, THE WORK THAT THEY DO. WHEN YOU SEE A COCA-COLA TRUCK ON THE STREET, THAT'S A LOCAL COCA-COLA BOTTLER THAT LIVES RIGHT HERE IN THE COMMUNITY. UH, AND WE ARE REALLY PROUD OF 'EM, AND WE'RE VERY [01:30:01] THANKFUL TO BE BE A PART OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. UH, WE APPRECIATE ALL THE SUPPORT FROM THE CITY, UM, AND WE APPRECIATE THE PARTNERSHIP MOVING FORWARD. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TONIGHT. THANK YOU. UH, TIM, IF, IF, IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND, WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS OF YOU AFTER WE CONCLUDE THE PUBLIC HEARING, SO IF YOU REMAIN AVAILABLE FOR US. YES, SIR. THANK YOU SO MUCH. GREAT PRESENTATION. OKAY, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR FIRST SPEAKER, SECOND SPEAKER, ACTUALLY, BEN PRATT, FOLLOWED BY WYATT STYLES. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. HOW ARE YOU? MY NAME IS BEN PRATT. I AM THE VICE PRESIDENT OF IBW LOCAL 4 7 7, AND I REPRESENT ALL THE POWER PROFESSIONALS IN SAN BERNARDINO, INO, AND MONO COUNTIES. AND I'M ALSO THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE BUILDING TRADES COUNCIL HERE IN RIVERSIDE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES. UM, I CAN'T EXPRESS TO YOU GUYS, UH, HOW HAPPY I AM AND EXCITED TO BE HERE TONIGHT. UM, RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS KIND OF BECOME THE STANDARD BEARER IN THE REGION FOR WHAT RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT LOOKS LIKE. UM, THIS PROJECT OBVIOUSLY FITS, UM, UM, RIGHT INTO THAT MOLD. UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO HIGHLIGHT ONE OTHER COMPONENT OF A RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPMENT, AND THAT IS THE COMMITMENT THAT THE RYAN TEAM HAS MADE TO USING SKILLED AND TRAINED, UH, UNION LABOR WITH A, A GREAT PAYING JOBS AND GREAT BENEFITS. UM, WHAT THAT ADDS TO THE EQUATION, IN ADDITION TO THE JOBS THAT IT'S GONNA PROVIDE IN THE IMMEDIATE FUTURE FOR, FOR OUR MEMBERS, IS THAT, UH, IT'S GOING TO OPEN THE DOORS TO OUR APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AND ALL THE DIFFERENT TRADES AND ALLOW US TO OFFER THESE, UM, DEBT-FREE EDUCATIONS, YOU KNOW, TO THE RESIDENTS OF THE COMMUNITY RIGHT HERE IN RANCHO AND THE SURROUNDING INLAND EMPIRE COMMUNITIES. UM, THESE APPRENTICES ARE, THESE APPRENTICESHIPS ARE NEED BASED AND, UH, THIS CREATES NEED, WHICH CREATES, UH, THE ABILITY FOR US TO PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY. UH, WE'RE HAPPY TO DO IT. UM, IT'S NOT EVERY DAY THAT YOU GET TO PARTICIPATE IN A LOCAL PROJECT WHERE EVERYBODY'S DOING EVERYTHING RIGHT. UM, COMMUNITY IS BEING CONSIDERED. UM, THE LABOR FORCE IS GONNA BE LOCALLY SOURCED. THAT'S BEING CONSIDERED, UH, THE JOB CREATION AFTER THE PROJECT IS BUILT. UH, ENVIRONMENTAL MITIGATION IS BEING CONSIDERED. I CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG HERE. AND, UH, WE AT IBW LOCAL 4 7 7, THE BUILDING TRADES ARE HAPPY TO BE PART OF THIS. UH, WE'RE PROUD OF IT AND WE HOPE THAT, UH, YOU ALL APPROVED TONIGHT. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU, SIR. WYATT STYLES FOLLOWED BY ROBERT LU. GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MICHAEL. AND, UH, SO, UM, MY NAME IS W STYLES. I'M A 27 YEAR PLUMBER AT A LOCAL 3 98, AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK ON BEHALF OF LOCAL 3 98 AND THEIR PLUMBERS, PIPEFITTERS AND WELDERS, UH, IN SUPPORT FOR THIS PROJECT. AND ASK FOR YOUR SUPPORT WITH A YES VOTE TODAY. UH, BUILDING A PROJECT SUCH AS THIS CREATES JOBS AND BUILDINGS, UH, AND BUILDS A STRONGER, BETTER COMMUNITY FROM DAY ONE. UH, THE DEVELOPER HAS COMMITTED TO LOCAL HIRE, AND THIS WILL PUT HUNDREDS OF MEN AND WOMEN JUST, JUST LIKE ME TO WORK EARNING, UH, WAGES AND SAFE SAFEGUARDING OUR CHILDREN'S AND FAMILY'S FUTURES. YES, VOTE TONIGHT ON THIS PROJECT SHOWS US THAT RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND THAT YOU CARE ABOUT POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT AND THE STRONGER FUTURE FOR EVERYONE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ROBERT LUAN, FOLLOWED BY JULIE LOU. GOOD EVENING. COUNT. IS IT ON? OKAY. GOOD EVENING, COUNCILMEN AND WOMEN. UH, MY NAME IS ROBERT LU, AKA MAD DOG. I SERVED IN THE MARINE CORPS, AND I WITH, I'M WITH LOCAL FOUR 16 IRON WORKERS. I JOINED THEM OUT OF THE HELMETS TO HARDHATS PROGRAM. AND SO, UM, I AM A PRODUCT FROM THAT BECAUSE I COULD HAVE WORKED ON A JOB, WALMART OR TARGET OR SOMEWHERE. BUT BECAUSE OF BUILDING AND TRADE, THEY, THEY ACCEPTED US THAT I AM ABLE TO DO THAT. AND, AND I ENJOYED. I DID 28 YEARS, I'VE BEEN WITH THE UNION, UH, REPRESENTED THEM FOR 45 YEARS, AND I AM A RETIREE. [01:35:01] UM, I, WE ARE HERE TODAY TO VOICE OUR SUPPORT OF THIS PROJECT AND TO ASK FOR THE COUNCIL SUPPORT OF IT AS WELL. THIS PROJECT, PROJECT WILL CONTINUE THE POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY. WITH LONG HISTORY IN THE AREA AND STRONG COMMITMENTS TO THE COMMUNITY, THIS DEVELOPER HAS GUARANTEED THAT OUR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WILL, WILL BE TAKEN CARE OF, HAVE MEDICAL BENEFITS AND PROSPEROUS LIFE AHEAD OF THEM. WHAT MORE, WHAT MORE THAN TO HAVE YOUR VETERANS LIVING IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA TO BE CLOSE TO HOME WITH THEIR FAMILY, WORKING TRADES, UH, BUILDING TRADES. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR COMMUNITY, OUR FAMILIES, AND THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA BY APPROVING THIS PROJECT. AND THANK YOU AND HAVE A GREAT EVENING. THANK YOU. E EVEN THOUGH I SAW YOUR NAME ON HERE AS MAD DOG, I DECIDED TO LET LET YOU MAKE THAT STATEMENT. JULIE LIU. GOOD EVENING CITY, RANCHO CUCAMONGA, UH, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS JULIE LIU. I'M A CARPENTER AND REPRESENTATIVE WITH THE WESTERN STATES CARPENTERS. AND WE ARE HERE, UM, TO, UH, EXPRESS OUR STRONG SUPPORT TO THE PROPOSED EXPANSION OF THE RES COCA-COLA BOTTLING FACILITY HERE IN RANCH CUCAMONGA. THIS PROJECT REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT INVESTMENT IN OUR COMMUNITY BY RESPECTED LEADER IN THE BEVERAGE INDUSTRY. REYES COCA-COLA BOTTLING IS DEMONSTRATING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE. THE DEVELOPMENT OF A STATE-OF-THE-ART CAMPUS WITH FULL PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES WILL FURTHER SOLIDIFY ITS REPUTATION AS AN INDUSTRY LEADER. MOREOVER, THE COMPANY'S DEDICATION TO USING RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTORS AND ADHERING TO LABOR STANDARDS REFLECTS ITS COMMITMENT TO ETHICAL BUSINESS PRACTICES AND WORKFORCE INTEGRITY. THIS IS THE KIND OF OPPORTUNITY WE ARE THRILLED TO SUPPORT AND PARTNER WITH. THIS EXPANSION WILL NOT ONLY CREATE JOBS AND STIMULATE OUR LOCAL ECONOMY, BUT ALSO SET A HIGH STANDARD FOR SUSTAINABLE AND COMMUNITY CONSCIOUS DEVELOPMENT. COCA-COLA'S NEW CENTER WILL CONTRIBUTE MEANINGFULLY TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA POSITIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. WE HOPE THIS PROJECT WILL SERVE AS A MODEL FOR FUTURE DEVELOPMENTS IN OUR CITY, AND SHOWCASING THE IMPORTANCE OF RESPONSIBLE CONTRACTING AND COMMUNITY INVESTMENT. I URGE THE COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND RECOGNIZE THE LONG-TERM BENEFITS IT WILL BRING TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA. THE WORKING CLASS PEOPLE, CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, THE RESPONSIBLE DEVELOPER, AND BROADER COMMUNITY ARE CO COUNTING ON YOUR DECISION MAKING, ESPECIALLY DURING THIS TIME IN OUR COUNTRY, TO UPHOLD A STRONG LABOR AND COMMUNITY STANDARD. YOUR LEADERSHIP IN SUPPORTING THIS PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMITMENT TO FOSTERING RESPONSIBLE GROWTH AND ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY. UH, WE RESPECTFULLY, UH, URGE THIS COUNCIL TO APPROVE THIS EXPANSION AND HELP SET A PRECEDENT FOR THOUGHTFUL ETHICAL DEVELOPMENT. UM, SINCE I HAVE A LITTLE TIME, I JUST WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL MY VERY FIRST PROJECT EVER, UM, THAT REALLY SET, UH, THE TONE FOR MY CAREER IN CONSTRUCTION. I'VE BEEN IN THE TRADES SINCE 2018. MY VERY FIRST PROJECT EVER WAS THE, UM, TRAINING FACILITY FOR THE ANAHEIM DUCKS IN IRVINE, UH, UH, AND ALSO THE TRAINING FACILITY FOR THE US OLYMPIC ICE SKATING TEAM. AGAIN, VERY FIRST PROJECT EVER, FOUR ICE RINKS. UM, THAT PROJECT REALLY INSPIRED ME AS A, A PERSON IN THE TRADES. AND THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY THAT I WOULD REALLY LOVE FOR THE REST OF OUR TRADESMEN AND WOMEN. UM, I MEAN, I GOT TO SAY TO THE VERY END AND SAW OUR OLYMPIC ICE SKATERS PRACTICE, I MEAN, THAT WAS MEMORABLE. THIS IS A, AGAIN, LEG LEGACY PROJECT FOR CO UH, COCA-COLA, AS THEY'VE MENTIONED. SO, AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FOR TRADESPEOPLE TO GET TO WORK ON A PROJECT LIKE THIS, IT MAKES THEM VERY PROUD, VERY INSPIRED, AND WANT TO CONTINUE, YOU KNOW, TO CONT UH, CONTINUE QUALITY BUILDS, UH, FOR THE FUTURE. SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR ALL YOUR TIME. UM, THANK YOU FOR, UH, YOUR CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. AMY SMITH. AMY SMITH, FOLLOWED BY THOMAS RUIZ HEELS . IT'S OKAY. GOOD EVENING. GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME'S AMY SMITH AND I'M A REPRESENTATIVE OF CALIFORNIANS ALLIED FOR A RESPONSIBLE ECONOMY OR CARE CALIFORNIA. WE ARE HERE TONIGHT TO SHOW OUR EXTREME SUPPORT FOR THE EL CAMINO PROJECT AND FOR ASK FOR YOUR YES VOTES TONIGHT. THE COMMITMENTS TO ENSURE THAT THE LOCAL RESIDENTS BENEFIT FROM THIS PROJECT FROM DAY ONE, AND THAT THE COMMUNITIES ARE STRENGTHENED AND GROW IS A TRUE SIGN OF GOOD DEVELOPMENT AND SOUND PRACTICES. IN THIS TIME OF ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY AND WIDE SHIP WIDESPREAD HARDSHIPS. THIS DEVELOPMENT GUARANTEES TO BE A POSITIVE FORCE FOR THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY AND IS GOING TO BE, UH, SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD ALL WELCOME AND EMBRACE. REYES HAS A LONG HISTORY IN THE AREA, AND THIS [01:40:01] IS GOING TO BE A SURE CREATION OF ANOTHER POSITIVE IMPACT FOR NOT JUST THE CITY, BUT FOR THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA AND CALIFORNIA ALONE. WE SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AND ALL THE BENEFITS THAT ARE GOING TO COME FROM IT IN THE MANY, MANY YEARS TO COME. AND WE ASK FOR YOUR APPROVAL TODAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THOMAS RUIZ, FOLLOWED BY ROBERT HUFF NAGEL. UH, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS THOMAS RUIZ. UH, FIRST I WANNA START MY COMMENTS OFF BY, UH, GIVING OUR SINCERE CONDOLENCES FROM LAUNA FOR OFFICER NUNEZ. NO ONE, UH, SHOULD LOSE THEIR LIFE IN THE LINE OF, OF THEIR WORK. WHETHER YOU'RE IN LAW ENFORCEMENT, FIRST RESPONDER, OR CONSTRUCTION WORKER, WE BELIEVE THAT YOU SHOULD GO HOME THE SAME WAY YOU LEFT. AND SO OUR SINCERE CON CONDOLENCES ON FOR HIM. UM, I'M A PROUD REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE LABOR'S INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, LOCATED HERE IN, UH, SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY. WE COVER SAN BERNARDINO IN MONO COUNTIES. UH, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT AS WELL. UM, THIS ISN'T GREAT, GREAT OPPORTUNITIES. I'M, I'M HAPPY TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU AGAIN. UH, SECOND TIME IN THE LAST 30 DAYS. THAT MEANS YOU GUYS ARE DOING SOME GREAT WORK AND, AND HAVING A FOUNDATION THAT, UH, COMPANIES FEEL, UH, THAT THEY CAN CONTINUE TO BUILD AND CONTINUE TO GROW AND WANNA STAY HERE. I KNOW AFTER THE LOSS OF THE JOBS, UH, UH, FRITOLAY, UH, THIS IS A, GONNA BE AN ADDED, UH, OPPORTUNITY FOR FOLKS TO FIND, FIND WORK AGAIN. AND SO, UM, JUST, I'M KIND OF GETTING LOST A LITTLE BIT HERE, BUT, UH, I THINK THAT THIS PROJECT WILL BE GREAT. I MEAN, UM, WE'RE HAPPY TO PARTNER, UH, WITH REYES COMPANY AND BUILDING THIS PROJECT BECAUSE IT DOES PROVIDE OPPORTUNITY. IT DOES PROVIDE, UH, LONG-TERM JOBS AND OUR JOBS DURING CONSTRUCTION, UH, PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY. LIKE OUR BROTHER MENTIONED, THE TRADES DO A GREAT JOB AT PROVIDING TRAINING AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THOSE THAT ARE COMING OUTTA MILITARY, THOSE THAT ARE COMING OUTTA HIGH SCHOOL, YOU NAME IT. BUT ALL THOSE OPPORTUNITIES THAT WE PROVIDE ARE ALL FOR NOT IF WE DON'T HAVE OPPORTUNITIES FOR THEM TO GO TO WORK. UM, I SEE THAT OFTEN WHERE YOU HAVE INVESTMENTS INTO TRAINING PROGRAMS, BUT YOU DON'T HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EMPLOYERS TO ACTUALLY PUT PEOPLE TO WORK. AND SO WE'RE THANKFUL FOR RYAN COMPANY FOR PROVIDING THOSE OPPORTUNITIES TO PUT PEOPLE LOCALLY HERE IN THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA AREA IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TO WORK. SO WE URGE YOU TO MOVE THIS PROJECT FORWARD, UH, AND WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. ROBERT HUFF NICKOL. GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO EXPRESS OUR FULL SUPPORT FOR REYES COCA-COLA. THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT. THEY'RE A WONDERFUL CORPORATE CITIZEN. THEY'VE BEEN A GREAT COMMUNITY PARTNER FOR SO MANY YEARS, AND THEY'RE BUILDING A BEAUTIFUL PROJECT, A BEAUTIFUL BUILDING. IT FITS SO WELL IN THAT AREA, THE CITY. AND ON BEHALF OF THE CHAMBER, WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THE JOBS AND THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT THAT THIS IS GONNA BRING. 'CAUSE WE KNOW IT'S GONNA BRING THE JOBS THAT COME AND TO BUILD THE PROJECT. AND THAT'S CERTAINLY GREAT. AND THEN THE JOBS THAT ARE THERE TO MAN THE, UH, WAREHOUSE AND THE PRODUCTION AND THE FACILITY. AND THOSE JOBS ARE GREAT HIGH PAYING JOBS AS WELL. BUT IT'S ALSO THE INDIRECT JOBS OF THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GONNA SERVICE THE BUILDING AND THE FACILITY. AND THEN ALL THOSE JOBS I MENTIONED, THEY CERTAINLY HELP OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY BECAUSE ALL THOSE PEOPLE, ALL THAT WORK IT GOES INTO HELP SUPPORT OUR LOCAL HOTELS, RESTAURANTS, COFFEE SHOPS, GAS STATIONS. SO THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS RIPPLE DIRECTLY AND INDIRECTLY AND CREATES A GREAT ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT. AND THE REALLY GREAT THING ABOUT HAVING REYES COCA-COLA WITH THIS GREAT PROJECT HERE, IT BECOMES LIKE AN ANCHOR STORE IN A MALL. NOW WE HAVE A REALLY GREAT ANCHOR, UH, CORPORATE EVENT PRODUCTION MANUFACTURING HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. AND THAT HELPS THE CITY ATTRACT EVEN MORE BUSINESSES OF GOOD HIGH PAYING JOBS. SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO THE CHAMBER. WE THINK IT'S A GREAT FIT. THEY'VE BEEN WONDERFUL COMMUNITY PARTNERS AND DESIGNING SOMETHING THAT IS BEAUTIFUL. THE AESTHETICS ARE WONDERFUL. IT'S ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND, AND IT HAS THE BACKING OF LABOR. IT HAS THE BACKING OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY. AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT I THINK IS GONNA BE GREAT FOR OUR CITY TO BE ABLE TO CREATE JOBS, GROW THE ECONOMY, AND PROVIDE A BENEFIT THAT IS GONNA NOT JUST BE TEMPORARY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WHEN THEY SAY A LEGACY INVESTMENT, THE TYPE OF JOBS AND THE ECONOMIC BENEFIT IS GONNA BE SOMETHING HERE FOR DECADES TO COME. AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED ABOUT THAT AND WE REALLY HOPE YOU APPROVE THIS PROJECT. IT'S GREAT FOR THE BUSINESSES AND THE CHAMBER'S. REALLY EXCITED FOR IT. AND WE HOPE TO CONTINUE WORKING WITH RES COCA-COLA TO [01:45:01] HELP GROW OUR CITY, OUR ECONOMY. 'CAUSE A STRONG ECONOMY AND STRONG BUSINESS COMMUNITY IS GREAT FOR EVERYONE. AND SO WE REALLY HOPE YOU SUPPORT IT AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE GOOD WORK YOU DO. BUT WE'RE REALLY HAPPY TO BE A PART, GREAT PARTNER IN THIS COMMUNITY. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU THAT, THAT'S THE END OF THE SPEAKER CARDS, BUT I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IF THERE WAS ANYONE ELSE HERE THAT WANTED TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER. AND I DON'T SEE ANYONE. SO WE WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THEY WERE WELL, WELL, WELL SPOKEN AND, AND TAKEN TO HEART. UM, SO NOW WE WILL BRING IT BACK TO THE CITY COUNCIL FOR ANY COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR STAFF. UH, ANYTHING ELSE? GO AHEAD. THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. I DID HAVE A QUICK QUESTION THOUGH, 'CAUSE I CAN'T WRITE, UH, READ MY CHICKEN SCRATCH. CAN YOU CONFIRM THE NUMBER OF, UM, JOBS THAT I KNOW THERE'S 110 NEW JOBS, BUT TOTAL JOBS THAT THIS IS GONNA BE, YEAH, OVER 500. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. UM, JUST MY COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, UH, I HAVE TO SAY, EVERY TIME WE HEAR OF A MANUFACTURING PLANT, THEY'RE NOT OPENING IN CALIFORNIA, THEY'RE LEAVING. SO IT'S REFRESHING TO SEE A PLANT THAT'S BEEN, OR A COMPANY THAT'S BEEN HERE SINCE 1984, WANTING TO EXPAND AND WANTING TO BRING A MANUFACTURING PLANT IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA IN CALIFORNIA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR DOING THAT. UM, A $600 MILLION INVESTMENT. I MEAN, THAT IS A MAJOR INVESTMENT IN OUR LOCAL WORKFORCE. YOU'RE GONNA BRING A HIGH END OR HIGH QUALITY JOBS, LONG-TERM CAREER OPPORTUNITIES TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA. I MEAN, AS IT WAS SAID, FROM CONSTRUCTION TO OPERATIONS. THIS EXPANSION IS GONNA CREATE HUNDREDS OF JOBS ACROSS MULTIPLE SECTORS. STRENGTHENING OUR LOCAL ECONOMY. UH, YOUR COMMITMENT TO GROWING, UM, IN RANCHO, I THINK THAT MEANS MORE STABLE EMPLOYMENT, MORE SKILLED LABOR, AND MORE OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR RESIDENTS TO THRIVE. SO THANK YOU. I, I'M PROUD TO SEE A, A GLOBAL BRAND INVESTING LOCALLY AND PARTNERING WITH OUR CITY TO CREATE, UM, A LASTING ECONOMIC IMPACT. UH, THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT JOBS, IT'S ABOUT BUILDING A FUTURE, UH, WHERE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FAMILIES CAN WORK, LIVE AND GROW RIGHT HERE AT HOME. SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE THAT. WE'RE EXCITED TO BE A PART OF THE COMMUNITY. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE? COUNCILMAN HUTCHINSON? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR. UM, FIRST QUESTION FOR YOU. THE ONLY QUESTION I HAVE IS YOU MENTIONED THERE MIGHT BE SOME OPPORTUNITY FOR SOME TOURS, UH, IN THE NEW FACILITY. IS THERE AN OPPORTUNITY MAYBE FOR SOME EDUCATIONAL ONES FROM SOME OF OUR LOCAL STUDENTS? ABSOLUTELY. THAT'S PART OF, UH, THE DESIGN OF OUR FACILITY. WE DID IT IN SUCH A, THAT WE'RE SEPARATING THE TOUR PART OF IT FROM THE PRODUCTION PART SO THAT PEOPLE CAN BE AWAY, BUT STILL GET THE EXPERIENCE OF WHAT THE WHOLE PROCESS IS. THE INTENT OF THE TOUR IS TO SHARE OUR BACKGROUND, UH, WHERE WE COME FROM, OUR VALUES, BUT A, A VERY LONG SUSTAINABILITY DISCUSSION ABOUT HOW WE APPROACH THE MARKET, THIS RAISED CARES TEMPLATE THAT WE HAVE THERE. UH, BUT YES, WE NEED GOOD TOUR GUIDES TOO, SO, I DON'T KNOW. FANTASTIC. IT'S A NEW JOB FOR HIM. , FIRST BOTTLING PLANT ON THE WEST COAST IN 60 YEARS. YEAH, THAT IS INCREDIBLE. UM, CHRISTINE HIT A COUPLE OF THE BIG POINTS. UH, IF I WAS TO SAY IT HAD THOUGHTFUL DESIGN AND AMENITIES, THAT'D PROBABLY BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. THIS IS VERY, VERY IMPRESSIVE. UM, WATER STEWARDSHIP, ELECTRIC FLEET, 93% DIVERSION FROM LANDFILLS. THAT IS REALLY, REALLY IMPORTANT. UM, A REALLY GREAT BRAND, UH, IN YOUR MAP THERE. IT SHOWS THAT YOU GUYS ARE DELIVERING, UM, BOTTLED UH, AND BOTTLING FOR WISCONSIN AND MICHIGAN. I HAVE FRIENDS AND FAMILY THERE, AND I CANNOT WAIT TO TELL THEM THAT THEIR COCA-COLA CAME FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA. THAT'S GONNA BE VERY PERSONALLY EXCITING FOR ME. UM, ON, ON TOP OF THAT, I WANT TO THANK EVERYONE WHO SHOWED UP TONIGHT AND STAYED LATE. UH, THE IRON WORKERS 4 1 6 4. THREE, THREE CARPENTERS, JULIE, WHO SPOKE TONIGHT, UH, THE CHAMBER. ROBERT, I SEE HEATHER AND RHONDA. THANKS FOR COMING. UH, SPECIAL OLYMPICS, UH, IEEP, UH, BEN FROM THE ELECTRICAL WORKERS LABORERS, THOMAS LAONA, MAD DOG. THANK YOU VERY, VERY MUCH. THIS IS A REALLY EXCITING PROJECT. COULDN'T BE MORE ENTHUSIASTIC ABOUT IT. THANKS FOR MAKING IT IN RANCHO. THANKS. COUNCIL MEMBER . THANK YOU COUNCIL MEMBER HUTCHINSON FOR TAKING EVERY SINGLE THING I WAS GONNA SAY. BUT I AM GOING TO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR LONG-TERM COMMITMENT TO OUR CITY. AND IT TRULY IS A THOUGHTFUL, BEAUTIFUL DESIGN THAT YOU'VE DONE FOR YOUR EMPLOYEES. THE AMENITIES THAT YOU HAVE ONSITE THERE, THE ECONOMIC BOOSTS THAT THIS IS GOING TO GIVE [01:50:01] OUR COMMUNITY, YOUR PARTNERSHIPS. IT REALLY GOES DEEPER THAN JUST A COMPANY. YOU REALLY ARE COMMITTED TO BEING PART OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND THE FABRIC. THANK YOU TO ALL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO CAME OUT FROM LABOR TO SUPPORT THIS PROJECT. AND WE ARE HAPPY THAT YOU TOO BELIEVE IN WHAT THEY'RE DOING FOR OUR COMMUNITY, OUR RESIDENTS, AND FOR THE WORKFORCE. SO THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. I THOUGHT MY NICKNAME WAS MAD DOG , BUT APPARENTLY THERE IS ANOTHER MAD DOG. SO APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE. THANKS PHIL. MR. MAYOR? YES. THANK YOU. I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID. I, WE ARE SO EXCITED, UM, ABOUT THIS AND REALLY JUST APPRECIATE, UM, LIKE LYNN JUST SAID, YOU DIDN'T JUST CHOOSE RANCHO IN THE EIGHTIES, BUT YOU'RE STILL CHOOSING RANCHO TODAY. AND WHAT A BLESSING TO HAVE YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY AND THE BENEFITS THAT OUR COMMUNITY WILL REAP BECAUSE OF THIS. SO WE THANK YOU FOR THAT PARTNERSHIP. THANK YOU. AND JUST FOLLOWING UP JUST TO COME BRING THIS THING BACK TO CONCLUSION SO WE CAN GET TO A VOTE. UM, I'LL SAY ONE THING. I, SEAN, YOU AND YOUR STAFF AND THE WHOLE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT AND, AND, UM, ECONOMIC AND ALSO MARKETING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN THE CITY. UM, OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, YOU GUYS ARE DOING A GREAT JOB. OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, WE HAVE GREAT FAITH IN THEM. THEY PUT YOU THROUGH A BIT MORE RINGER THAN WHAT YOU'VE GONE THROUGH TONIGHT, I'M SURE. BUT TO, TO ADD ON TO THE DESIGN RIGHT ON HAVEN AVENUE, UH, A A COMPLETE ALMOST CITY BLOCK, UM, OF MANUFACTURING. AND THANK YOU FOR THE FACT THAT YOUR COMPANY COULD HAVE GONE TO ANY OTHER CITY THAT YOU C CHOOSE, YOU CHOSE TO GO TO, BUT YOU DECIDED TO STAY HERE. AND WE CAN'T THANK YOU FOR ENOUGH FOR THAT. I WOULD ALSO JUST LIKE TO ENCOURAGE IT. I HOPE THAT WHEN YOU START APPLY ASKING FOR APPLICANTS FOR JOBS, THAT, THAT YOU LOOK AT OUR COMMUNITY RESIDENTS, UH, WITH SINCERE, UH, YOU KNOW, YOU WANT THE HIGHEST QUALIFIED PEOPLE YOU CAN GET AND WE'VE GOT A LOT OF THOSE IN OUR COMMUNITY. BUT TO HAVE PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO, THEY'RE WORKING ELSEWHERE, BE ABLE TO COME HERE, WORK HERE, LIVE HERE, WOULD BE, WOULD BE WONDERFUL. ALSO, I, I JUST WANNA SAY I ASK YOU A COUPLE QUESTIONS AND THAT IS, UM, WHEN DO YOU EXPECT YOU WOULD BE IN FULL OPERATION? I KNOW YOU MIGHT. I'M NOT NAILING YOU DOWN TO ANYTHING OR HOLDING ANY COMMITMENT. JUST YOU'RE ANTICIPATED. WE HOPE TO BREAK GROUND TOMORROW, AND, UH, AND BE READY NEXT YEAR BY, BY BY Q3, END OF Q3, Q4. NEXT YEAR WE'LL START. UM, WE HOPE TO START COMMISSIONING. OKAY. WONDERFUL. VERY GOOD. ALRIGHT, THANK YOU ALL THAT CAME OUT HERE TO SPEAK TONIGHT. WE REALLY DO APPRECIATE THAT ADDED EFFORT. UM, WE, WE LOVE HEARING POSITIVE THINGS FROM OUR COMMUNITY AND WHAT IT CAN BRING AND WHAT IT HELPS YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES ACCOMPLISH ALSO. SO WITH THAT, WE HAVE ONE MOTION, AND THAT IS A MOTION TO APPROVE ALL OF THE STAFF RECOMMENDATIONS AS WELL AS MOST OF THEM ARE IN RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH 86. DO I HAVE A MOTION TO THAT EFFECT? SO MOVED. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. CONGRATULATIONS. YOU CAN START CONSTRUCTION NOW TOMORROW. , THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING OUT AND YOUR TEAM ALSO. OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THERE ARE NO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS, SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS INTER IN INTERAGENCY UPDATES, ANY CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS [H. CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)] IDENTIFICATION FOR ITEMS [I. COUNCIL BUSINESS] FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, 1119, WHICH IS THE 19TH OF NOVEMBER. [I1. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)  ] ANY, ANY ADDING ADD TO THE AGENDA? [I2. INTER­AGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)  ] SEEING NONE [CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS] THEN AS I STATED AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS MEETING, WE WILL NOW, NOW LIKE [IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING] TO TAKE A TIME FOR A MOMENT OF SILENCE IN LOVING MEMORY OF DEPUTY ANDREW NUNEZ. PLEASE JOIN ME. [ADJOURNMENT] YES SIR. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AND, UH, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. HAVE A WONDERFUL NIGHT. BE SAFE ON YOUR WAY HOME. EXCELLENT. [01:55:01] RYAN, WHAT YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE B WAS FOR? A I DON'T. THE MOST IMPORTANT PART OF THESE MEALS, OTHER THAN ITS DELICIOUSNESS, IS ITS AFFORDABILITY AND NUTRITIONAL VALUE. EACH OF THESE INGREDIENTS WERE ESPECIALLY HANDPICKED FOR THEIR EASY ACCESSIBILITY. SO HERE ARE A COUPLE OF VIDEOS THAT WE MADE AS A GROUP, AS PART OF OUR EDGE EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO SPREAD AWARENESS ON, UH, THE IMPORTANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY OF NUTRITIONAL MEALS. HERE WE'LL PLAY YOU A SAMPLE OF ONE OF OUR VIDEOS. OKAY? THIS IS THE DEMONSTRATION ON HOW TO MAKE THE ALMOND JOY SMOOTHIE. SO IN YOUR BLENDER CUP, UH, WE TAKE A HALF CUP OF ALMOND MILK, AND AFTER THAT WE TAKE, UM, A TABLESPOON OF ALMOND BUTTER. AND AFTER THAT WE TAKE, UH, TWO TABLESPOONS OF COCOA POWDER. OKAY, SO DURING THE TEEN SUMMIT, LETHA TAUGHT MANY TEENS HOW TO MAKE THESE FOUR HEALTHY RECIPES. AND AS WE CAN SEE, UM, THIS IS A EXAMPLE OF WHAT, UM, WAS DONE DURING THE SECTION WHERE YOU CAN SEE TEENS GATHERING INGREDIENTS, PUTTING THEM INTO LITTLE BACKIES FOR THE MUSIC RECIPE. AND AS FOR THE FEEDBACK, THE FEEDBACK WAS GENERALLY POSITIVE BY TEENS AS THEY SAW THAT THESE RECIPES NOT ONLY CAN HELP THEM BETTER THEIR DAILY LIVES, BUT NOW THEY CAN ALSO LEARN HOW TO MAKE EVEN BETTER RECIPES, WHICH THEY CAN ALSO INCORPORATE INSTEAD OF EATING MORE UNHEALTHY JUNK FOOD. AND SO WITH THIS, WITH THESE QUOTES, WE SEE THAT NOT ONLY THAT TEENS ARE BEING TAUGHT MORE ABOUT NUTRITION EDUCATION, BUT THEY'RE ALSO BEING TAUGHT THAT HOW TO CONNECT WITH OTHERS WHEN MAKING FOOD PREPARATION. SO NOT ONLY ARE THEY BENEFITING THEMSELVES, BUT THEY'RE ALSO BENEFITING THE LIVES AROUND THEM. SO AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE FUTURE, OUR FOCUS IS ON IMPLEMENTING ACTIONABLE STEPS AND SOLUTIONS TO ENHANCE FOOD ACCESS AND EDUCATION IN OUR COMMUNITY. HERE ARE SOME KEY STRATEGIES THAT WE DEVELOPED. ONE OF THEM IS TO, UH, CREATE AND BRING AWARENESS TO AN EDUCATIONAL CAMPAIGN SUCH AS VIDEOS THAT WE SAW EARLIER, UH, THAT INCLUDE HEALTHY RECIPES. PUTTING THEM IN A VIDEO FORMAT, UH, ALLOWS THEM TO BE ACCESSIBLE FOR ALL TEENS. ANOTHER STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE IS TO PARTNER WITH LOCAL SCHOOL FOOD PANTRIES FOR HEALTHY RECIPE OPTIONS. SINCE ACCESS TO THIS WOULD, UM, ALLOW NUTRITIOUS, UH, NUTRITIONAL MEALS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS, THIS WOULD HELP THOSE THREE OUT FIVE C-G-H-S-D STUDENTS WHO QUALIFY FOR LOW INCOME FOOD. ANOTHER, UH, ANOTHER PROGRAM IS THE BRINGING HEALTH HOME PROGRAM. THIS IS AN INCENTIVIZED, UH, PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES LOW INCOME RESIDENTS TO PURCHASE FRESH PRODUCE FROM FARMER'S MARKETS. ANOTHER STRATEGY THAT WE HAVE IS TO COLLABORATE WITH ROUTE 66. ROUTE 66 IS A COMMUNITY GARDEN THAT WE HAVE HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. WE HOPE TO SHARE RECIPES WITH THEM. SO WITH MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS, SINCE THIS, UH, WE CAN SPREAD BENEFITS OF NUTRITIOUS AND HOME COOKED MEALS. WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SHED AWARENESS ON THIS FEDERAL ORGANIZATION CALLED CALFRESH. THIS AIDS LOCAL FARMERS' MARKETS AND ALSO ALLOWS LOW INCOME FAMILIES TO PURCHASE AFFORDABLE, UH, INGREDIENTS THROUGH CALFRESH BENEFITS. WE ALSO HOPE TO IMPLEMENT SOME SORT OF AFTERSCHOOL, UH, MEAL PROGRAMS, WHICH WOULD ALSO PROVIDE, UH, LOW INCOME TEENS WITH ADDITIONAL NUTRITIOUS MEALS OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL HOURS. ANOTHER, UM, UH, IDEA THAT WE HAVE IS TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTHIER FOOD ACCESSES, SUCH AS BUILDING GROCERY STORES OR PROVIDING HEALTHIER OPTIONS IN AREAS THAT LACK, UH, UH, HEALTHY OPTIONS. SO BY WORKING TOGETHER AND FOCUSING ON STRATEGIC STEPS, WE HOPE TO ENSURE THAT ALL ALL MEMBERS OF OUR COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS TO THE NUTRITION THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO THIS IMPORTANT CAUSE. WONDERFUL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. UM, SO NOW WE HAVE A COMMU A GROUP NOW [02:00:01] THAT'S GONNA TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HOW YOUTH LEADERS ARE SERVING AS MENTORS SINCE THEY'RE MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL AGE. UM, YOUTH. NOW THEY'RE GONNA BE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY CAN MENTOR FIFTH GRADERS. SO ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR AMAZING MENTORSHIP GROUP. GOOD EVENING EVERYBODY. UM, WE ARE THE EQUITY COMMITTEE AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THIS YEAR'S PRESENTATION CALLED EXPER EMPOWERMENT THROUGH EXPERIENCE. SO MY NAME IS VALE CHAVEZ AND I'M A GRADUATING SENIOR FROM OMA HIGH SCHOOL. MY NAME IS RIA TETI. I'M A GRADUATING SENIOR FROM CLAREMONT HIGH SCHOOL. MY NAME IS EVA PEREZ AND I'M AN INCOMING SOPHOMORE AT RANCHO CUCAMONGA HIGH SCHOOL. NOW, WE'VE ALL HEARD ABOUT THE WORD EQUALITY, BUT WHAT ABOUT EQUITY? UM, LET ME BREAK IT DOWN. FOR SOME OF YOU GUYS WHO MAY NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH THE CONCEPT THAT WE CENTER TO OUR COMMITTEE ON EQUITY IS THE QUALITY OF BEING FAIR AND IMPARTIAL ACCORDING TO OXFORD LANGUAGES. BUT THE REALITY IS THAT OUR CITY HOSTS A DIVERSE ENCLAVE OF DIFFERENT SOCIOECONOMIC AND ETHNIC BACKGROUNDS, AND OFTENTIMES THOSE BACKGROUNDS ARE LEFT UNSUPPORTED OR UNAWARE OF HOW THEY CAN SEE, HOW CAN THEY SUCCEED IN THE FUTURE. AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN. SO NOW RIO WILL TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE WORK WE'VE DONE IN THE PAST. SO TO ESTABLISH A TIMELINE FOR THE PRESIDENTS AND THE SUMMIT, WHICH WE ULTIMATELY CREATED TO SOLVE, UM, TO HELP SOLVE OUR EQUITY ISSUE, UH, WE HAVE ALREADY ESTABLISHED THAT SOUTHWEST RANCH CUCAMONGA WAS A COMMUNITY WITH THE HIGHEST NEED DUE TO HIGHER LEVELS OF POVERTY RATES. N HEALTHY RC HAS WORKED IN THE PAST TO AID, UM, THE SOUTHWEST RANCHO CUCAMONGA THROUGH RESOURCE FAIRS AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES. IN MAY, 2022, WE CONTINUED THIS EQUITY WORK AT THE CUCAMONGA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND A COMMUNITY RESOURCE FAIR AT LOS AMIGOS. IN, IN NOVEMBER OF 2022, WE HAD A FALL RESOURCE FAIR AT RANCHO CUCAMONGA MIDDLE SCHOOL, IN WHICH WE DID, IN WHICH WE COLLECTED PARENT SURVEY DATA. NOW, FROM THIS DATA, WE COMPILED A LIST OF, UH, 10 PRIORITIES, WHICH WE HAD TO HELP, UM, ACCUMULATE RESOURCES TO HELP COMBAT THESE INEQUITY ISSUES. AND IN MAY, 2023, THIS ALL CAME TO AHEAD WHEN WE HAD A HIGH SCHOOL READINESS AND ADVICE PRESENTATION AT RANCHO CONGA MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A TRANSITION FROM MIDDLE SCHOOL TO HIGH SCHOOL IN ORDER TO PREPARE THE, UM, INCOMING HIGH SCHOOLERS THERE. SO THEN IN JANUARY, 2024, HEALTHY, THE RC YOUTH LEADERS RECEIVED A PRESENTATION FROM THE NONPROFIT PROJECT SISTER ON MENTAL HEALTH, HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS, CONFIDENCE AND MORE. THIS WOULD BECOME THE LAUNCHING BOARD FROM WHICH WE WOULD, UM, HAVE THE IDEA TO DO OUR SUMMIT. BETWEEN AGES EIGHT AND 14 GIRLS CONFIDENCE LEVELS DROP BY 30%. ABOUT THREE AND 14 GIRLS WORRY ABOUT FAILING, AND 22.7% OF THE POPULATION OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS BELOW 18 YEARS OLD. SO JUST AS THE DATA THAT EVA AND THAT EVA HAS SHOWED US IN OUR PREVIOUS RESEARCH PROJECTS HAVE SHOWN US, WE'VE ALL SEEN THE EFFECT WITH OUR OWN EYES THAT SOCIAL MEDIA BULLYING AND HOW GOING INTO MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL CAN HAVE ON US. AND AS A FIRST GENERATION OLDEST DAUGHTER, I'VE HAD TO DEAL WITH THIS TOO. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE, UM, AN OLDER SIBLING OR A PARENT WHO'S GROWN UP IN CIRCUMSTANCES THAT CAN BE OUR RELATABLE MENTOR. AND BEING THE EQUITY GROUP, WE DECIDED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR LEADERSHIP POSITION AND TRY TO LEVEL THE PLAYING FIELD OF OPPORTUNITY AS MUCH AS WE COULD SO WE COULD HELP GUIDE OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS IN NAVIGATING THEIR EARLY ADOLESCENT LIFE. AND OUR STRATEGY WAS TO TEAM WITH WOMEN ON THE MOVE NETWORK, WHICH IS A LOCAL NONPROFIT THAT FOCUSES ON UPLIFTING YOUNG WOMEN AND GIRLS AND HELPING THEM BECOME STRONG LEADERS. TOGETHER WE CREATED GIRLS LEADING GIRLS BLOOMING INTO THE FUTURE, WHICH WAS A COMPLETELY FREE ONE DAY SUMMIT AT CAL STATE SAN BERNARDINO FOR 45 FIFTH GRADE GIRLS WHERE THEY WOULD PARTICIPATE IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES LIKE WORKSHOPS, UM, A COLLEGE CAMPUS TOUR, AND AN INSIGHTFUL PANEL. AND THIS IS A FLYER THAT WE SENT OUT TO THEIR PARENTS. AND NOW EVA ANDRIA WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR WORK PEER PRESSURE WORKSHOP. SO JUST AS VALERIA SAID, WE WANT TO CENTER THIS, UM, SUMMIT AROUND HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES OR WORKSHOPS BECAUSE WE KNEW THAT SOMETHING LIKE A LECTURE OR EVEN DISCUSSION WOULDN'T GIVE THE FULL IMPACT THAT WE WANTED AS PART OF THE HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE. WE WANT TO TALK ABOUT PEER PRESSURE. THERE'S A MENTALITY THAT PEER PRESSURE IS SOMETHING BIG AND HUGE AND SUBTLE AND VERY OBVIOUS ALL THE TIME. SUCH AS SOMEONE AT A PARTY PEER PRESSURING YOU TO DO DRUGS OR TO DRINK ALCOHOL OR TO SMOKE CIGARETTES. UNFORTUNATELY THAT'S NOT THE CASE. PEER PRESSURE CAN BE SUBTLE, IT CAN BE INSIDIOUS. THAT DOESN'T MEAN IT'S ANY LESS HARMFUL, BUT THAT DOES MEAN IT'S HARDER TO IDENTIFY AND TO RECOGNIZE. WE WANTED TO DISPEL THE STEREOTYPE THAT PEER PRESSURE IS ALWAYS VERY EASY TO IDENTIFY AND THAT IT'S EASY TO [02:05:01] COMBAT BY, UM, HAVING THE GIRLS TELL US WHAT THEY THOUGHT PEER PRESSURE WAS AND THEN GIVING THEM DIFFERENT SCENARIOS IN WHICH PEER PRESSURE COULD BE. * 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.