* 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. MEETINGS THIS EVENING, ON [00:00:01] THIS EVENING OF DECEMBER 3RD, AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE DECORATIONS WE ARE ENTERING INTO OUR CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY SEASON. SO, UM, WE WILL CALL THIS MEETING TO ORDER, AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK OUR COUNCILWOMAN, CHRISTINE SCOTT, TO LEAD US IN THIS EVENING'S PLEDGE OF THE TO OUR FLAG. THANK YOU. MAYOR, [REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS] WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND, TAKE OFF YOUR CAPS, GENTLEMEN, AND PUT YOUR HANDS OVER YOUR HEART. READY BEGIN. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE AGENCY TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, [PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL:  Mayor Michael  Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy  Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler] AND ZERO TO REPUBLIC FOR WHICH YOU STAND. ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. THANK YOU FOR THAT ROLL CALL. MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT. MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY IS EXCUSED THIS EVENING. SHE'S ATTENDING A LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITY'S LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE, UH, REPRESENTING OUR OUR CITY ON THE LEAGUE OF CITY'S BOARD OF DIRECTORS. AND THEN COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT, CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT. UM, ARE THERE ANY MAD MADAM CLERK? ARE THERE ANY, ANY AMENDMENTS, ADJUSTMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO. MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE NO AMENDMENTS DUE TO TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THANK YOU. THEN WE'LL NOW PROCEED ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS. WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, ALL [AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA] OF THEM. VERY EXCITING. UH, OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS ACTUALLY AN OATH OF OFFICE CEREMONY FOR RANCHO CUCAMONGA, NEXT CITY MANAGER, [ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS] OUR NEW CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA C COX. MME. COX, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME [B1. Oath of Office Ceremony for Rancho Cucamonga City Manager Elisa C. Cox.] UP TO THE MICROPHONE? YOU KNOW, OUR CITY'S ABOUT 48 YEARS OLD AND 2027 WE'LL BE CELEBRATING OUR 50TH ANNIVERSARY, UH, 50 YEARS OF, OF A CITY SINCE INCORPORATION IN 1977. AND I'M VERY PROUD, AND I THINK ALL OF US SHOULD BE VERY PROUD THAT WE'VE HAD IN THOSE 48 YEARS, THREE CITY MANAGERS, AND THAT SHOWS A LINEAGE OF GOOD, SOLID LEADERSHIP AND CONSISTENCY IN THAT LEADERSHIP. AND NOW WE ARE SO HONORED TO APPOINT OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AS THE FOURTH CITY MANAGER IN THIS CITY'S HISTORY. SO, ALYSSA, IF YOU WOULD RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. I STATE YOUR NAME. I ELISSA CLAIRE COX. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR, DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES, THAT I'LL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT I BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. THAT I BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER TO START DISCHARGE, THE DUTIES ON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER. CONGRATULATIONS MME. COX. THANK YOU SO MUCH. WE'RE SO HAPPY FOR YOU. WE HAVE, WE HAVE THIS, UM, CERTIFICATE OF APPOINTMENT THAT I KNOW THAT YOU WANT TO HANG PROUDLY AT YOUR OFFICE, BUT THIS IS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY. AND ALYSSA'S FAMILY'S OVER HERE TO, ON THE RIGHT OF THE RIGHT OVER THERE IN THE FRONT ROW, HER HUSBAND AND, AND MOTHER-IN-LAW. SO, ALYSSA, CONGRATULATIONS. WE WANNA GET SOME PHOTOS. THANK YOU AGAIN. IT'S BEEN TRULY AN HONOR TO SERVE WITH ALYSSA AND IT WAS TRULY A PRIVILEGE AND A AND DEFINITELY AN HONOR FOR ME TO BE ASKED TO S UH, GIVE HER THE OATH OF OFFICE. SO AT NEXT WE HAVE A FEW MORE OATHS THAT WE'RE GONNA GIVE. WE HAVE THREE VERY OUTSTANDING PLANNING AND HISTORICAL PRESERVATION COMMISSIONERS, AND THIS EVENING WE ARE HERE TO REAPPOINT FOR THE NEXT TERM, THOSE THREE INDIVIDUALS I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD FROM THE PLANNING AND HISTORIC PRESERVATION COM COMMISSION, AL BOWLING, JAMES DANIELS AND TONY MORALES. PLEASE COME FORWARD. [00:05:07] WE'RE GONNA KIND OF DO THIS, UM, A THREE IN ONE. OKAY? SO, UM, WE'RE GONNA JUST DO ONE OATH FOR ALL THREE OF YOU. SO AS I, YOU SAW WHAT WE DID WITH ELICIT, JUST RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND AND REPEAT AFTER ME. AND I STATE YOUR NAME. I TO MORALES DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT I WILL SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES. DO SOLEMNLY SWEAR THAT SUPPORT AND DEFEND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC, AGAINST ALL ENEMIES, ENEMIES, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE, THAT I WILL BEAR TRUE FAITH AND ALLEGIANCE TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE CONSTITUTION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA. THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY, THAT I TAKE THIS OBLIGATION FREELY [B2. Administration of Oath of Office to Reappointed Planning/Historical Preservation Commissioners Al Boling, James Daniels and Tony Morales.] WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, WITHOUT ANY MENTAL RESERVATION OR PURPOSE OF EVASION, AND THAT I WILL WELL AND FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THE DUTIES UPON WHICH I'M ABOUT TO ENTER, AND THAT WILL I WILL FAITHFULLY DISCHARGE THEIR DUTIES THAT I'M ABOUT TO JURY. VERY GOOD. CONGRATULATIONS, GENTLEMEN. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. LEMME GIVE YOU THESE CERTIFICATES RIGHT NOW ON THAT ONE. AND HERE IS YOUR CERTIFICATES OF APPOINTMENT. AL JAMES AND TONY. THANK YOU ONCE AGAIN. CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU, SIR. I OVER THERE WAITING TO . SHAKE YOUR HANDS, SIR. THANK. OKAY. AND OUR LAST PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO YOUTH VOLUNTEERS AT THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST'S LATTER DAY SAINTS. I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD LESLIE JENSEN, [B3. Presentation of Certificates of Recognition to Youth Volunteers of the Church of Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints.] COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF THE LATTER DAY SAINT IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND ALL OF THE YOUTH VOLUNTEERS OF THAT WONDERFUL CHURCH. PLEASE COME FORWARD. SEE HERE. I'LL GIVE YOU THIS. OH, THANK YOU. AND WHY DON'T YOU GO AHEAD AND GIVE EVERYONE SOME, MY UNDERSTANDING OF WHY WE'RE RECOGNIZING YOU TONIGHT AND WHAT THESE YOUNG BOYS AND GIRLS HAVE DONE FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND YOUR CHURCH. PERFECT. YES, I WOULD LOVE TO. GOOD EVENING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING US, AND WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE. MY NAME'S LESLIE JENSEN. THIS IS TIM PARKER. HE ORGANIZES OUR YOUTH. AND, UM, WE'RE FROM THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS. AND, UM, OUR CHURCH HAS A LONG HISTORY OF WORKING WITH THE CITY ON VARIOUS PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, AND WE'RE ALWAYS GLAD TO WORK TOGETHER. AND WE ENJOY WORKING TOGETHER TO IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITY AND TO SERVE OUR NEIGHBORS. IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE REALLY LOOK FORWARD TO AND WE ENJOY THE RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO FORM FROM WORKING TOGETHER ON THESE PROJECTS. UM, THIS PAST MONTH, OUR YOUTH HERE WERE ABLE TO MAKE A REALLY BIG DIFFERENCE FOR A NEIGHBORHOOD AND HOMEOWNER HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA. WE PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENTS AND HEALTHY RC AND PUBLIC WORKS, AND WE CLEANED UP TRASH AND PULLED WEEDS AND PLANTED TREES AND FILLED TWO HUGE DUMPSTERS. AND THIS PROJECT TOOK, UM, OVER FOUR HOURS WITH ABOUT 30 TO 40 OF US WORKING NONSTOP. THESE KIDS WERE AMAZING. THIS ISN'T ALL OF 'EM, BUT WE HAD, WE HAD MORE THAN THIS HERE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SPORTS AND HOMEWORK AND ALL THOSE THINGS KIND OF PULL THEM AWAY. BUT THESE KIDS WORKED NONSTOP FOR OVER FOUR HOURS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO SPREAD OVER 20 CUBIC YARDS OF MULCH ALSO. AND IT WAS A BIG PROJECT, AND THESE KIDS WERE AMAZING. THEY WERE NONSTOP. WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THE ENERGY THAT THEY HAD BECAUSE WE NEEDED IT. WE SURE NEEDED IT. UM, BUT ONE IMPORTANT DETAIL THAT I WANTED TO POINT OUT TO YOU GUYS ABOUT THIS PROJECT WAS THE DATE OF THIS PROJECT. SO THIS PROJECT TOOK PLACE ON A SATURDAY MORNING [00:10:02] AT 9:00 AM OKAY. THESE ARE TEENAGERS TOO, SO YOU GUYS KNOW THIS IS MIRACULOUS. OKAY? AND NOT ONLY WAS IT A SATURDAY AT 9:00 AM BUT IT WAS THE SATURDAY AFTER HALLOWEEN . SO THIS WAS A BIG ASK. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THESE KIDS SHOWED UP AND THEY HAD SMILES ON THEIR FACES. AND ANYONE'S, ANYONE WITH TEENS, YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS KNOW, LIKE, IT'S, IT'S HARD. AND THEY SHOWED UP AND THEY WERE IMPRESSIVE. UM, I DO WANNA SAY THAT MY FAVORITE PART WAS NOT NECESSARILY THE MULCH THAT STAYED IN OUR NOSTRILS FOR DAYS AFTER, BUT IT WAS ACTUALLY JUST THE GLOW OF SEEING THESE KIDS AFTER FOUR HOURS. TIM AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW THEY JUST HAD THIS IMPRESSIVE GLOW AND THAT GLOW THAT YOU GET FROM SERVING IN THE COMMUNITY AND FROM HELPING EACH OTHER AS NEIGHBORS AND FROM FEELING THAT LOVE AND BEING ABLE TO, UM, FEEL THAT JOY OF, OF SERVICE. AND THESE KIDS ALL HAD THAT GLOW ON THEIR FACE AFTERWARDS. THEY WERE ALSO FILTHY, BUT THEY DID HAVE A GLOW ABOUT THEM. THEY SMELLED A LITTLE FUNNY ALSO. BUT, UM, YEAH, THEY JUST, THEY'RE AMAZING AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM. AND THANK YOU FOR TAKING THIS CHANCE TO, UM, RECOGNIZE, UM, THEIR EFFORTS IN THAT CLEANUP. I APPRECIATE THAT. AND YOU KNOW WHAT, UM, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE CAN'T DO ALL THE THINGS THAT NEED TO BE DONE WITHOUT PEOPLE LIKE THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS AND ALL THEIR YOUTH. UM, I CAN TELL YOU, THEY, THIS ISN'T JUST THE FIRST TIME THEY'VE DONE ANY A PROJECT IN OUR CITY. THEY'VE DONE SOME SIGNIFICANT PROJECTS. AND THE ONE THAT I THINK YEAH, I WAS MOST PROUD OF IS TO WATCH THEM ALL YEARS AGO, PUT IN RIVER ROCK INTO CONCRETE ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF HAVEN AVENUE SOUTH, I BELIEVE OF, OF, UH, NORTH OF CHURCH STREET. UH, WHEN YOU EVER GO DOWN HAVEN AVENUE, THAT IS A RESULT OF VOLUNTEER EFFORTS ALONG WITH OUR STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE ACCORDING TO WHAT OUR PLANS WERE. BUT TRULY, UM, YOU'RE A BLESSING TO THE COMMUNITY. AND, AND WE THANK KENT. THANK YOU. WE HAVE THIS CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION. THE STATES, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND HEALTHY ERC ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE THE YOUTH OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST. LATTER DAY SAINTS, IN HONOR OF YOUR DEDICATED VOLUNTEER SERVICE WITH HEALTHY RC TO IMPROVE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING. AND I CAN GUARANTEE YOU, YOU'VE MADE THIS CHRISTMAS SEASON ONE BEAUTIFUL FAMILY, VERY, VERY HAPPY TO RESTORE WHAT NEEDED TO BE RESTORED. AND GOD BLESS YOU FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU BET. AND THEN I KNOW MY COLLEAGUES WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT AND SHAKE YOUR HANDS. YES. YES. WE FOLLOW ALL OF YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. NOT ME. YEAH, YOU'RE, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. OH MAN, HARD WORKERS. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. THANK YOU. AND THEN YOU'LL COME BACK DOWN. HERE Y'ALL COME. I FORGOT TO SAY WHAT YOU CAN GET, UH, GET YOUR GROUP IN HERE FOR FROM A PHOTOGRAPH. GUYS OUTSIDE, YOU HAVE TO MAYBE I DON'T IN HERE KIND OF TIGHT. I MIGHT NEED. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU CHRISTINE. AND NOW WE'LL MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS. THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM THAT IS INCLUDING ON THIS, INCLUDED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA, OR ANYTHING THAT'S NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA. [PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Fire Protection District, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, Public Financing Authority Board, and City Council on any item listed or not listed on the agenda. State law prohibits us from addressing any issue not on the Agenda. Testimony may be received and referred to staff or scheduled for a future meeting. Comments are to be limited to three (3) minutes per individual. All communications are to be addressed directly to the Fire Board, Agencies, Successor Agency, Authority Board, or City Council not to the members of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, disorderly or boisterous conduct that disturbs, disrupts, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting. For more information, refer to the City Council Rules of Decorum and Order (Resolution No. 2023-086) located in the back of the Council Chambers. The public communications period will not exceed one hour prior to the commencement of the business portion of the agenda. During this one hour period, all those who wish to speak on a topic contained in the business portion of the agenda will be given priority, and no further speaker cards for these business items (with the exception of public hearing items) will be accepted once the business portion of the agenda commences. Any other public communications which have not concluded during this one hour period may resume after the regular business portion of the agenda has been completed.] YOUR COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, AND THE COMMENT PERIOD WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA. AND WE HAVE SEVEN SPEAKERS. SO WE'RE GONNA GET THROUGH THAT WITH NO PROBLEM IN THE NEXT HOUR. SO, UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER, BY THE WAY, THIS RED LIGHT WILL BE ON THAT PODIUM LIGHT AND WHEN THAT GOES OFF, AND THERE'S A TIMER AS YOU'LL SEE UP THERE, THAT YOU, THAT WILL, UM, AND THE LIGHT WILL GO OFF WHEN YOU'VE REACHED YOUR THREE MINUTE TIMEFRAME. OUR FIRST JA ANTON, I MAY HAVE NOT CAUGHT THE LAST NAME IS [00:15:01] A-N-T-O-N. YES. FOLLOWED BY JESS. RIGHT? THE TALL ONE RIGHT THERE. YOU'RE, YOU'RE PERFECT. THANK YOU. UM, HI. I'M A RANCHO RESIDENT OF 29 YEARS, UM, AND A CONCERNED MEMBER OF THE COMMUNITY. THE FIVE, OR WELL FOUR OF YOU SITTING HERE, PROUDLY HAVE YOUR IMAGES ON A WEBSITE THAT CLAIMS THAT YOUR MISSION IS TO CONTINUOUSLY ENSURE AND ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY THROUGH THE INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING. I WOULD ARGUE THAT ALLOWING 21 PEOPLE TO BE ABDUCTED BY ICE IN THIS COURT PARKING LOT AS THEY ATTEND COURT HEARINGS, AS THEY ENGAGE IN DUE PROCESS, IS NOT PROVIDING FOR THE COMMUNITY. IT'S NOT ENSURING AND ADVANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE. AND IT SURE AS HELL IS NOT INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING. UM, NOW I DON'T HAVE TIME TO READ OFF ALL OF THE SUPPOSED VALUES YOU GUYS CLAIM TO UPHOLD FOR THIS CITY. INSTEAD, I WILL USE MY TIME TO TELL YOU WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR THE COMMUNITIES WHO ARE BEING AFFECTED. HERE. YOU CAN DESIGNATE RANCHO AS A SANCTUARY CITY. YOU CAN PASS POLICIES TO LIMIT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT'S COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL, UH, IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT. YOU CAN ENSURE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS HAVE ACCESS TO LOCAL SERVICES SUCH AS HEALTHCARE, EDUCATION AND LEGAL SERVICES. YOU CAN JOIN LAWSUITS, CHALLENGING FEDERAL POLICIES. YOU CAN ENFORCE SB 54 PASSED IN 2017 AND UPHELD RECENTLY IN 2025. IT PROHIBITS STATE AND LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FROM USING RESOURCES TO INVESTIGATE OR DETAIN, UM, OR ARREST INDIVIDUALS BASED ON IMMIGRATION STATUS. AND FINALLY, YOU CAN HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS AND REQUIRE TRANSPARENCY FROM BUSINESSES AND COURTS LIKE THE ONE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE WHERE WE KNOW ICE SITS IN THE PARKING LOT FROM EIGHT TO FOUR, WAITING FOR PEOPLE TO COME OUT OF THEIR HEARINGS SO THEY CAN STALK THEM AND TAKE THEM. THEY ENGAGE IN DANGEROUS MANEUVERS IN THIS PARKING LOT AND ON THE STREETS. AND WE HAVE HEARD NOTHING FROM OUR DESIGNATED OFFICIALS WHO CLAIM TO UPHOLD VALUES AND PROTECT THE COMMUNITY. SO I WOULD URGE YOU TO DO SOMETHING AT THE VERY LEAST, MAKE A STATEMENT CONDEMNING THE TARGETING OF YOUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. JESS. JESS, FOLLOWED BY JUSTIN NOTTINGHAM. I CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. WHICH ONE? THIS ONE. OKAY. I WAS HERE IN FRONT OF YOU ALL IN AUGUST, UH, IMPLORING YOU TO WORK WITH US COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON KEEPING OUR COMMUNITY SAFE. INSTEAD, I WAS MET WITH EYE ROLLS AND SILENCE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INSTANCES WHERE DHS ICE AND HSI HAVE TARGETED INDIVIDUALS LEAVING THE RANCH CUCAMONGA COURTHOUSE. 21 FAMILIES HAVE BEEN RIPPED APART. I'M SURE YOU ALL ARE AWARE OF OUR CONSTITUTION THAT GUARANTEES THE RIGHT TO DUE PROCESS FOR ALL PERSONS IN CASE YOU'RE NOT BEING TARGETED OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. CONS CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF DUE PROCESS. I HAVE PERSONALLY WITNESSED COUNTLESS ABDUCTIONS TAKING PLACE, LEAVING BEHIND SHATTERED CAR, CAR, WINDOWS, AND BROKEN HEARTS. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT TO TELL SOMEONE WHO HAS SOMEONE HAS A FAMILY MEMBER KIDNAPPED RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEM? NO. DO YOU EVEN CARE, CHRISTINE? SCOTT, DO YOU, SINCE YOU SO ELEGANTLY ROLLED YOUR EYES AT ME LAST TIME. NOTHING. COOL. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE IN THIS COMMUNITY AS AN UNDOCUMENTED PERSON? NO. OKAY. I DIDN'T THINK SO. ADDITIONALLY, WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO TO PROTECT OUR DAY LABORERS AT OUR HOME DEPOT? BECAUSE THEY'RE BEING HARASSED DAY IN AND DAY OUT BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, BY PROPERTY MANAGEMENT. THEY'RE BEING ARRESTED AND UNJUSTLY ARRESTED. COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE BEING ARRESTED FOR VIDEOTAPING THESE UNJUST ARRESTS. AND NOBODY HAS HEARD A PEEP OUT OF ANY OF YOU ON HOW TO HELP THESE COMMUNITY MEMBERS BECAUSE THEY ARE JUST LOOKING FOR WORK JUST LIKE THE REST OF US. WHEN MY PARTNER AND I MOVED HERE 10 YEARS, 10 YEARS AGO, WE HAD HIGH HOPES FOR THIS COMMUNITY AND THE CITY COUNCIL. I'M SORELY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE INACTION AND THE SILENCE FROM OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS ON WHAT OUR, FROM OUR C CITY COUNCIL ON WHAT IS HAPPENING DO BETTER. THANK YOU. [00:20:04] JUST SO THE, THE GENERAL PUBLIC UNDERSTANDS UNDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS, THAT'S A TIME FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS US. WE TAKE THOSE, THAT INPUT, BUT IT'S NOT A TIME FOR THE COUNCIL AND WHOEVER THE SPEAKERS MAY BE OR MAY NOT BE TO HAVE DIALOGUE. WE'RE LISTENING AND THEN WE TAKE WHATEVER APPROPRIATE ACTION THAT WE LAWFULLY CAN DO. GO AHEAD, SIR. THANK YOU MARY. WELL, GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS JUSTIN NOTTINGHAM AND I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF NEARLY 600 RESIDENTS WHO SIGNED A PETITION OVER THE LAST WEEK TO PROTECT THE ORIGINAL TWANDA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD PLAN, THE PLAN THAT PROMISED SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND HONESTLY, I'M RELIEVED TO FINALLY SEE ALL OF YOU. 'CAUSE AFTER TWO WEEKS OF SILENCE, PEOPLE WERE WONDERING IF WE NEEDED TO FILE A MISSING PERSON'S REPORT. UM, BUT HERE WE ARE AFTER RESIDENTS SPENT DAYS TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW WE SUDDENLY ENDED UP WITH THE DEVELOPER SUBMITTED AMENDMENT PROPOSING DUPLEXES, FOUR PLEXES, AND EVEN 12 PLEXES A NEIGHBORHOOD, THE CITY MARKETS AS SINGLE FAMILY. AND I WANT TO THANK THE CITY STAFF WHO MET WITH ME BECAUSE THEY SAID SOMETHING RESIDENTS DESERVE TO HEAR CLEARLY. ACCORDING TO THE CITY'S INTERPRETATION, SINGLE FAMILY HOMES APPARENTLY INCLUDE DUPLEXES, FOUR PLEXES AND 12 PLEXES. WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE FOR EVERYONE ELSE USING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, A 12 PLEX DOESN'T EXACTLY SCREAM SINGLE FAMILY. SO I WENT DIRECTLY TO CITY STAFF TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS. A DEVELOPER SUBMITTED THE AMENDMENT CITY PLANNING, REVIEWED IT AND SAYS IT TECHNICALLY FITS THE GENERAL PLAN. TOMORROW A STAFF REPORT WILL RECOMMEND MOVING THE AMENDMENT FORWARD. AND ON DECEMBER 10TH, THE PLANNING COMMISSION YOU APPOINTED JUST NOW WILL WEIGH IN. AND THEN YOU, THE COUNCIL WILL HOPEFULLY VOTE. AND HERE'S WHAT RESIDENTS ARE EXPECTING. THE SAME FAMILIAR SCRIPT COUNCIL AND MAYOR CLAIMING THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE HEARING SUCH A THING. EVEN THOUGH A REGULAR RESIDENT LIKE ME WALKED IN, REVIEWED THE DOCUMENTS, MET WITH STAFF, AND SPOKE WITH THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS WHO ARE FURIOUS WHILE THEIR ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES COULDN'T FIND THE TIME TO ANSWER A SINGLE EMAIL. AND LET'S ADDRESS THE NEXT LINE. WE'RE COMING THAT, THAT WE KNOW IS COMING. WE WISH WE COULD HELP, BUT OUR HANDS ARE TIED BECAUSE OF STATE HOUSING LAWS. THIS IS NOT TRUE. THE DEVELOPER IS USING STATE PROVISIONS BECAUSE THE GENERAL PLAN, THE ONE YOU APPROVED, LEFT THE DOOR WIDE OPEN FOR THEM TO DO IT. AND THAT'S HOW WE GOT HERE TODAY. NOT BECAUSE OF SACRAMENTO, BUT BECAUSE OF DECISIONS MADE RIGHT HERE. RANCHO CUCAMONGA, THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL. THE AMENDMENT WASN'T PUSHED, WASN'T PUSHED BY YOU, BY YOUR NEIGHBORS OR THIS COMMUNITY. IT WAS PUSHED BY THE DEVELOPER. THE CITY PLANNING SAYS IT'S TECHNICALLY FITS THE GENERAL PLAN, BUT IT ABSOLUTELY DOES NOT FIT THE PROMISES THIS COUNCIL HAS MADE TO RESIDENTS. EVERY ELECTED OFFICIAL HERE IS ABOUT TO MAKE A CHOICE, STICK WITH THE WAN HEIGHTS PLAN, OR STAND UP HERE EXPLAINING THAT THEIR HANDS ARE TIED AND THAT A 12 PLEX IS IN FACT A SINGLE FAMILY HOME. AND IF ANYONE ACTUALLY TRIES TO GO THERE, WELL THAT'S THE SAME CREATIVE THINKING THAT GAVE YOU A GIANT YELLOW DOG AND CALLED IT PUBLIC ART. SO COUNCIL MAYOR, THIS COMES DOWN TO ONE DECISION. WILL YOU OVERRIDE THE DEVELOPER'S WISHLIST OR WILL YOU MEET THE RESIDENTS WHERE WE ARE AND APPROVE THE PLAN AS IT'S WRITTEN ON YOUR WEBSITE? THANK YOU. I APPRECIATE ALL CHRIS LITTLE MR. MAYOR. OKAY. I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY THAT THE WAN HEIGHTS SPECIFIC PLAN IS NOT ON TONIGHT'S AGENDA. THE COUNCIL WILL HOLD A PUBLIC HEARING AT SOME POINT IN THE FUTURE, BUT THERE IS A REASON WHY THE COUNCIL'S NOT PUBLICLY DISCUSSING THIS ITEM BECAUSE THE COUNCIL NEEDS TO COME IN WITH AN UNBIASED DECISION. SO WHEN THE PUBLIC SPEAKS AT THAT PUBLIC HEARING, THEY'RE THERE AS NEUTRAL DECISION MAKERS. AND SO THERE WILL BE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE COUNCIL ON THAT ITEM WHEN THEIR PUBLIC HEARING IS HELD. UH, NEXT YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU CHRIS. LITTLE, AND JUST TO BE CLEAR, THERE IS A PLANNING COMMISSION HEARING ON THAT ITEM NEXT WEEK ON THE 10TH. THAT WAS THAT IS CORRECT. ALRIGHT, THANKS. UH, MY NAME'S CHRIS LITTLE. I'VE BEEN A RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA SINCE 1994, AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE AWA HEIGHTS PLAN. AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'VE JUST SAID ABOUT THAT, AND I'M HERE TO HELP YOU, UH, UH, THINK ABOUT YOUR VOTE. OUR CITY HAS DONE A FAIRLY GOOD JOB OF GROWING IN A BALANCED AND LOGICAL WAY OVER THE YEARS. VERY GOOD. HOWEVER, PLACING THE LATE IN THE GAME PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY HOUSING UNITS ABOVE BANYAN IS LITTLE ILLOGICAL. IT'S GONNA HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT ON THE QUALITY OF LIFE, NOT ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVE ALONG THE BANYAN CORRIDOR, BUT FOR PEOPLE IN THE NEARBY AREAS BECAUSE OF TRAFFIC, [00:25:01] IT'LL HAVE A NEGATIVE IMPACT. AS I SAID, BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC. THERE'S ALREADY AN IMBALANCE OF INGRESS AND EGRESS FROM THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST SPECIFICALLY. UH, THERE IS NO NORTHERN ROUTE IN OR OUT OF THE FOOTHILL AREA. FROM THE 15 FREEWAY OVER TO SAPPHIRE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING NORTH OF BANYAN WILL PUT EVEN MORE PRESSURE ON THE EXISTING TRAFFIC ARTERIES. RESIDENTS HAVE ONLY THREE CHOICES AS TO THE DIRECTION THEY CAN TAKE TO ENTER OR LEAVE THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS. NOW THE ARGUMENT THAT I'M MAKING IS NOT AGAINST THESE HIGH DENSITY UNITS. THE ARGUMENT IS AGAINST THEIR PLACEMENT. A COUPLE OF SOLUTIONS, PERHAPS A COMPROMISE I HAVE FOR THE PROBLEM INCLUDE INCORPORATING THESE UNITS INTO THE PLAN FOR THE METROLINK STATION AREA OR PLACING THEM ON OR NEAR ANY OF THE VARIOUS TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS THAT ARE IN THE CITY. NOW, THIS IS A QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUE, AND I KNOW YOU HAVE TO BALANCE WHAT YOU THINK IS RIGHT, UH, AGAINST WHAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS IS RIGHT OR WITH MAYBE WHAT THE COMMUNITY THINKS IS RIGHT. AND WHAT I'M ASKING YOU TO DO IS SERIOUSLY CONSIDER WHAT THE COMMUNITY SAYS IT WANTS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT'S BEEN ONLINE A LOT, IT'S MY UNSCIENTIFIC SURVEY. UH, BUT I HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANY MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY WHO THINK THE PROPOSED HIGH DENSITY HOUSING LOCATION IS RIGHT NOW. YOUR DECISION MUST BE SWAYED MORE BY THE DESIRES OF THE VOTERS AS OPPOSED TO THE CAMPAIGN DONATIONS YOU'VE RECEIVED FROM MANY DEVELOPERS, INCLUDING JAMES PTI, UH, WHO WANTS TO BUILD THOSE UNITS. LYNN KENNEDY, FOR EXAMPLE, RECEIVED A DONATION FROM PROTI. NOW MONEY TALKS, BUT SO DO VOTES, ESPECIALLY IN A COMMUNITY THAT IS BECOMING MORE AWARE OF THE PROPOSAL AND POSSIBLE CONFLICTS OF INTEREST. NOW, AS A JOURNALIST FROM 1991 TO 2024, I TRAVELED ALL OVER SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. I WATCHED CONGESTION IN NEIGHBORHOODS GROW TO UNIMAGINABLE LEVELS. MUCH OF THIS HAPPENING BECAUSE THERE WAS NO REAL THOUGHT GIVEN TO TRAFFIC FLOW AND NEIGHBORHOODS BECAME CHOKED. WHAT I ALSO SAW WAS A LOGICAL APPROACH TO BUILDING. AND THAT APPROACH WAS TO PLACE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING ON OR NEAR TRANSPORTATION CORRIDORS AND TRANSPORTATION HUBS. SO PLEASE HAVE THE COURAGE AND THE FORESIGHT TO DENY THE APPROVAL FOR THESE PROPOSED UNITS, OR PLACE THEM IN AN AREA WHERE THE COMMUTERS WILL HAVE MORE CONVENIENT ACCESS TO MASS TRANSPORTATION AND NORTH, SOUTHEAST AND WEST ART. THANK YOU. OKAY. LEVI LAVEE BLAND LAST NAME IS BLAND. YEAH, YOU'VE SEEN ME HERE BEFORE. LAVEE BLAND. I'VE GOTTA TELL YOU, I AM SICK AND TIRED OF SMELLING THEIR TACO TRUCKS IN MY BEDROOM WINDOW. OKAY? IT'S GETTING OUTTA CONTROL NOW. AND I'VE SEEN THEIR PEOPLE ROLL UP ON OUR STREETS AND HANG OUR CONES IN TREES, STEAL THE CONES, THROW THEM OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET AND JUST PARK WHEREVER THEY PLEASE. THEIR TRASH IS ALL OVER THE PLACE STILL. AND HE'S EMPTYING SOMETHING IN THE GUTTERS WITH HIS HOSE. HE'S RUNNING IT FROM HIS BUILDING INTO OUR GUTTERS. OKAY? AND WE ALL KNOW WHERE THAT GOES. I'VE GOT PICTURES. YOU GUYS HAD HIS REVIEW. WE CAN'T SEEM TO FIND THE ACCESS TO GET WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE BEEN DOING WITH THESE PEOPLE. THIS IS OUTTA CONTROL. THEY'RE SCREAMING, THEY'RE YELLING. I'M TIRED OF HEARING THEIR LITTLE CORNHOLE GAME. IT ECHOES WHERE I LIVE. I'M ON THE CORNER RIGHT BEHIND THEM. YOU GUYS REALLY DO NEED TO GET RID OF THEM. THEY NEED TO NOT HAVE A BREWERY THERE OR, YOU KNOW, I REALLY DON'T CARE IF THEY HAVE A TASTING ROOM, BUT GET OUT, THEY CAN PULL IN AND GET OUT. IT'S JUST CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS AND IT JUST KEEPS GOING ON AND ON AND ON. AND THE PEOPLE THAT GO THERE ARE YOUNG AND PETTY. AND I DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP WITH THAT STUFF AT MY AGE. I PAY A LOT OF MONEY FOR MY RENT, AND I'M A SENIOR AND IT'S CAUSED A LOT OF PROBLEMS WITH THE SIX SENIOR WHERE I LIVE TOO. SO YOU GUYS SENDING YOUR LITTLE GUYS OUT THERE TO SEE THEM ALL, THEY ALL BEHAVE WHEN YOUR TRUCKS ARE OR YOUR CARS ARE OUT THERE. IT'S HILARIOUS. WE KNOW THAT. SOMEBODY'S TELLING THEM. SO HOW DO WE GET COPIES OF WHAT YOU GUYS HAVE COME UP WITH THE, YOUR EVALUATION WITH THIS PLACE? IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLIC NOTICE. YES. IT'LL IS IT ON YOUR WEBSITE? BECAUSE WE TRIED TO FIND IT AND WE COULDN'T FIND IT. THE REPORT HAS NOT BEEN COMPLETED YET, MA'AM. MM-HMM . OKAY. WELL, I'M SICK OF THE TACO TRUCKS NOW. IT SMELLS BAD. IT SMELLS LIKE ROTTEN MEAT. THANK YOU, [00:30:01] LIZ. UNA. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS LIZ UNA. I LIVE ON MAIN STREET AND I'M HERE ALSO IN PROTEST OF THE HAMILTON BREWERY. I'M A LIFELONG GENERATIONAL, UM, RESIDENT OF NORTHTOWN CUCAMONGA, THE RIO. UM, WE'VE TRIED HARD AS PARENTS TO KEEP OUR KIDS AWAY FROM GANGS AND, UM, DRUGS AND STUFF. AND I JUST CANNOT BELIEVE THAT A BAR WHO HAD A SHOOTING IN NOVEMBER, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS LAST YEAR, WAS APPROVED TO BE IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, IN OUR VA WHERE WE STRUGGLED TO KEEP OUR KIDS AWAY FROM BAD INFLUENCES LIKE THAT BAR. UM, MY KIDS WENT TO COLLEGE. I WENT TO COLLEGE AND THAT'S WHAT I REPRESENT FROM THE VAIO AND I'M VERY PROUD OF THAT. I'M VERY PROUD OF WHERE I CAME FROM, BUT IT'S, I DIDN'T EVEN WANNA COME HERE TODAY. I'M SO SICK OF IT BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC. THAT BAR, THAT PARKING LOT IS WAY TOO SMALL FOR THE CLIENTELE THAT THEY HAVE, THAT I HAVE PICTURES OF CARS SPEEDING. I LIVE ALMOST AT THE END OF THE CUL-DE-SAC. SO THEY COME BY MY CUL-DE-SAC AND THEY'RE RACED BACK BECAUSE IT'S NOT A THROUGH STREET. AND THESE PEOPLE ARE DRUNK. AND ME AND MY FRIEND WERE OUT THERE ONE DAY JUST OBSERVING. IT WAS DARK. I DUNNO WHAT TIME IT WAS, BUT IT WAS DARK. PEOPLE JUST WALKING THE STREET LIKE IT'S A BUSY CITY BECAUSE THEY PARK ON FARRON, THEY PARK ON REED, THEY'RE PARKING ON MAIN STREET, YOU KNOW, AND THESE PEOPLE WANT, THIS MAN CONFRONTED US, UM, BECAUSE A STICKER WAS PUT ON HIS CAR FOR SOMEBODY, NOT FOR HIM NOT TO PARK IN FRONT OF THEIR HOUSE BECAUSE HER KIDS WERE COMING HOME. I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED BECAUSE I DIDN'T SEE IT. BUT HE APPROACHES US AND HE WAS DRUNK. AND I SAID, NO, WE DID NOT PUT THAT STICKER. I DIDN'T EVEN SEE ANYBODY PUT THAT STICKER, HONESTLY. AND I JUST TOLD HIM NO, I DIDN'T SEE ANYBODY PUT A STICKER ON YOUR CAR. AND, YOU KNOW, HE WAS UPSET. LIKE I SAID, HE WAS DRUNK. SO HE GOT BACK IN HIS CAR, HIS OTHER, WAITING FOR OTHER PEOPLE THAT WERE PARKED ALL THE WAY DOWN MAIN STREET TO COME. HE GOT INTO A CAR CLEARLY, UM, DRUNK AND DRIVES AWAY. THIS BAR IS RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO A SENIOR COMMUNITY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET FROM FAMILY HOMES. WE HAVE OUR KIDS THERE, OUR GRANDPARENTS, UM, OUR OUR, UH, YOU KNOW, OUR GRANDKIDS, OUR, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT'S JUST AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I'VE SAID THIS BEFORE AND I'M JUST, UM, VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THAT PLACE BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THAT LITTLE PARKING LOT DOES NOT SERVE THAT, THAT BAR. IT DOES NOT SERVE THAT BAR. PLEASE, YOU KNOW, WHERE'S YOUR INTEGRITY, YOUR ETHICS, YOUR MORALS. PLEASE PROTECT US, PROTECT OUR CHILDREN, OUR SENIORS, OUR GRANDCHILDREN. BECAUSE LIKE I SAID, THIS IS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. I OBSERVE THIS ALL THE TIME, ME AND MY FRIEND WERE JUST THERE WE'RE BOTH, I'M IN MY SIXTIES. WE'RE IN OUR, JUST LOOKING AT ALL THESE PEOPLE JUST WALKING ACROSS ALL THESE STREETS AROUND US WHERE THIS USED TO BE A VERY QUIET STREET. AND NOW IT'S NOT. WE'RE DEALING, LIKE I SAID, WITH PEOPLE JUST, YOU KNOW, LIKE ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS SAID ONE OF THE DRUNKS THREW UP IN THE FRONT OF HIS HOUSE. YOU KNOW, THESE PEOPLE ARE COMING IN WITH THEIR CHILDREN ON STROLLERS. IT'S A YOUNG, IT'S A YOUNG CLIENTELE. THANK YOU, MA'AM. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. EDWARD ALVAREZ. I DON'T, I CAN'T READ THEIR LAST NAME, SIR. PLEASE AL, GO AHEAD AND, AND FOR THE RECORD. THANK YOU, SIR. IT'S EDWARD ALDA, A-L-D-A-Z. THANK YOU. UM, I'M OPPOSED TO THE AMENDMENT THAT IS BEING BROUGHT UP. UH, IF YOU CAN CLARIFY WHAT DAY IT'S GONNA BE AT WHAT TIME, I'D REALLY APPRECIATE IT. UM, SORRY I DIDN'T COME WITH A SPEECH. I'M NOT AS ARTICULATE AS OTHER PEOPLE, BUT I'D LIKE TO SHARE THAT. UM, I'VE LIVED THERE FOR, UM, I THINK GOING ON FIVE YEARS AND I UNDERSTAND, UH, THAT THEY'RE, THEY'RE GONNA BUILD HOMES NEXT TO US. I UNDERSTAND THAT, BUT HAVING HIGH DENSITY HOMES LIKE THAT, WE ALREADY HAVE IMMENSE CONGESTION EVERY SINGLE MORNING. AND IN LAST UNTIL ABOUT 12 NOON, UH, ALL THE RESIDENTS, WE CAN ATTEST TO THAT. TRYING TO GET DOWN FROM AWANDA AREA DOWN TO, UH, TO, UM, TO THE FREEWAY. UH, IT'S VERY CONGESTED PUTTING, UM, UM, THESE, THESE HIGH DENSITY UNITS. IT'S JUST, IT'S ONLY GONNA MAKE IT MUCH WORSE. I GET IT. WE HAVE TO BUILD HOMES, FANTASTIC. BUT IF WE CAN REALLY BE CONSCIOUS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF HOMES THEY'RE GONNA BUILD IN THE HIGH DENSITY ONES, UH, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S REALLY GONNA ADD A GREAT DEAL OF, OF CONGESTION. CARS ARE ALREADY SPEEDING. ANYBODY WHO LIVES ALONG THE TWANDA WILSON AREA, WE ALL CAN ATTEST TO THE SPEEDING CARS. IT'S LIKE A, IT'S LIKE THE, UH, THE, UM, THE RACEWAY [00:35:01] DOWN IN POMONA. THEY RACE IT EVERY, EVERY WEEKEND AND IT'S ON WEEKNIGHTS. AND NOW WE'RE GONNA HAVE PEOPLE FROM NORTHERN FONTANA WHO DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE FREEWAY 'CAUSE IT'S CONGESTED. THEY'RE GONNA COME ACROSS RIGHT ACROSS WILSON, AND NOW THEY'RE GONNA EVEN MORE CONGESTION. 'CAUSE THE NEXT, WHAT IS THE NEXT, UM, ON-RAMP FROM THE TWO 15 AND THE, AND THE, UH, I'M SORRY, THE 15 AND THE TWO TEN'S STATE CREEK. THERE'S NOTHING IN BETWEEN. SO NOW YOU HAVE HUNDREDS, IF NOT MORE, EVERY MORNING COMING ACROSS WILSON DOWN TO, UH, WAN, UH, UH, WILSON WAN, AND THEN, UH, DAY CREEK. AND I, I REALLY ASK THAT IF YOU GUYS GO DOWN THERE ON A WEEK, WEEKDAY MORNING, AND YOU'LL SEE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC THERE IS, GO OUT THERE ON A WEEKEND EVENING AND YOU'LL HEAR THE CARS GOING BY. UM, HIGH, HIGH DENSITY, UM, UNITS LIKE THAT. IT'S ONLY GONNA ADD TO THE PROBLEM. SO, UM, THANK YOU FOR LETTING US KNOW. IT'S NEXT WEEK. IT'S GONNA GIVE US A LOT MORE TIME TO BAND TOGETHER WITH ALL THE NEIGHBORS, UM, TO, UM, TO SHOW UP NEXT WEEK AND, AND OPPOSE IT. SO IF YOU CAN CLARIFY THAT WHAT TIME AND DATE, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT. THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING IS AT SEVEN O'CLOCK ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10TH IN THIS BUILDING IN THESE, IN THIS, IN THESE CHAMBERS. OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FOR THE EVENING AND WE WILL NOW 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, UH, ANY CONVERSATION UNLESS ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL DESIRES TO PULL ANY ITEM FROM THE AGENDA. SO WE WILL NOW, UM, ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPROVE OUR CONSENT CALENDAR FOR THIS EVENING. SO MOVE MR. MAYOR. [CONSENT CALENDAR] I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER. YOUR ABSTENTION IS NOTED. SO DO I HAVE A MO SECOND MOTION? MOTION CARRIES. YOU HAVE A MOTION? I THOUGHT I'LL MAKE THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR. I SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH THE COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE AND MAY REPORTS ON KENNEDY ABSENT. THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSENT ORDINANCES. LAST COUNCIL MEETING ON THE NOVEMBER 19TH, WE HAD THREE, THREE ORDINANCES THAT HELD THAT WERE GIVEN PUBLIC FIRST READING PUBLIC HEARINGS. UH, THOSE THREE ORDINANCES ARE TEN ONE ZERO FOUR NINE ONE ZERO FIVE OH ONE ZERO FIVE ONE. WE'RE GONNA ACT ON THOSE AT ONE TIME. IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THAT WISH TO DISCUSS THE PROPOSED ORDINANCES ANY FURTHER? UNDER SECOND READING, SEEING NONE WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION. SO MOVED. I SECOND TO WAIVE FULL READING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBERS. [CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION] 10 49, 10 50 AND 10 51 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY. ADAM CITY CLERK ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 49, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING CHAPTER 17.10 OF ARTICLE FIVE OF TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE THE REGULATIONS REGARDING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS, ADU AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW. AND TO ESTABLISH A [E1. Consideration of Second Reading and Adoption of the Following: ORDINANCE NO. 1049 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 17.100 OF ARTICLE V OF TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE THE REGULATIONS REGARDING ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (ADUS) AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS (JADUS) IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW AND TO ESTABLISH A BONUS ADU PROGRAM, AND FINDING THE ITEM TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA), PURSUANT TO CEQA GUIDELINES SECTION 15282(H) AND 15061(B)(3)] BONUS A DU PROGRAM AND FINDING THE ITEM TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT CQA PURSUANT TO CQA GUIDELINES, SECTION 1 52 82 H AND 1 58 61 B THREE. THANK YOU. GO AHEAD. ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 50, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA DISSOLVING THE CHARLES ADVISORY COMMITTEE APPROVING A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT TO AMEND SECTIONS 12.2 0.080 OF CHAPTER 12.20 OF THE TITLE 12 AND SECTION 17.2 0.020 [E2. Consideration of Second Reading and Adoption of the Following: ORDINANCE NO. 1050 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, DISSOLVING THE TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, APPROVING A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT TO AMEND SECTION 12.20.080 OF CHAPTER 12.20 OF TITLE 12 AND SECTIONS 17.20.020 AND 17.20.040 OF TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ELIMINATE REFERENCES TO THE TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, AND MAKING A FINDING OF EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 15061(B)(3) AND 15378(B)(5)] AND 17.2 0.040 OF TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ELIMINATE REFERENCES TO THE TRAILS ADVISORY COMMITTEE MAKING A FINDING OF EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PURSUANT TO SECTIONS 1 50 61 B THREE AND 1 53 78 B FIVE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 51 OR ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA REPEALING ORDINANCE NUMBER 89, ADOPTING A DESIGN REVIEW PROCEDURE WHICH ESTABLISHES A DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE AND DESIRE DESIGN REVIEW CRITERIA. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU. PLEASE VOTE. [E3. Consideration of Second Reading and Adoption of the Following: ORDINANCE NO. 1051 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING ORDINANCE NO. 89 ADOPTING A DESIGN REVIEW PROCEDURE WHICH ESTABLISHES A DESIGN REVIEW COMMITTEE AND DESIGN REVIEW CRITERIA] MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT WITH MAYOR PROTIME KENNEDY. ABSENT. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THERE ARE NO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS THIS EVENINGS, BUT THERE ARE TWO ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS, SO WE'D LIKE, I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR MADAM CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE DARRYL RICHARDSON, OUR MANAGEMENT [00:40:01] ANALYST IN FINANCE, WHO'S GONNA PROVIDE THE STAFF [ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)] REPORT ABOUT ESTABLISHING, REPEALING AND AMENDING CERTAIN SERVICE AND USER FEE ADJUSTMENTS FOR VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS. [ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT] GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO PRESENT THE PROPOSED FEE ADJUSTMENTS FROM SEVERAL DEPARTMENTS. UH, THE CITY OFFERS MANY SERVICES TO OUR RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES AND FEES ARE CHARGED TO RECOVER THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH PROVIDING THESE [G1. Public Hearing to Consider Establishing, Repealing, and Amending Certain Service and User Fee Adjustments for Various Departments (Building & Safety, Community Services, Engagement and Special Programs, Engineering Services, Library Services, and Public Works), and Consider a Resolution Approving Such New, Amended, and Repealed Service and User Fees. (RESOLUTION NO. 2025-097) (CITY)] SERVICES. AS PART OF OUR COMMITMENT TO FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY, THESE FEES ARE REVIEWED AND UPDATED ANNUALLY TO ENSURE THEY REMAIN FAIR, TRANSPARENT, AND ALIGNED WITH OUR OPERATIONAL NEEDS. THIS YEAR, SIX DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATED IN THE FEE ADJUSTMENT PROCESS, BUILDING AND SAFETY COMMUNITY SERVICES, ENGAGEMENT AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS, ENGINEERING SERVICES, LIBRARY AND PUBLIC WORKS. TONIGHT I'LL PROVIDE A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES FROM EACH DEPARTMENT HIGHLIGHTING THEIR PURPOSE, KEY UPDATES AND BENEFITS. SO THIS SLIDE SUMMARIZES THE MOST NOTABLE UPDATES ACROSS DEPARTMENTS INCLUDED IN THIS YEAR'S USER FEE REVIEW. BEGINNING WITH BUILDING AND SAFETY, TWO KEY UPDATES ARE PROPOSED THIS YEAR. FIRST, NEW FEES FOR ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS AND EGRESS LIGHTING HAVE BEEN ADDED TO BETTER REFLECT THE RANGE OF WORK REVIEWED BY THE DEPARTMENT. SECOND, RETAINING WALL FEES HAVE BEEN RESTRUCTURED TO PROVIDE CLEAR TIERING AND A MORE ACCURATE ALIGNMENT WITH PROJECT SCOPE AND STAFF EFFORT. COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES, THE DEPARTMENT COMPLETED A COMPREHENSIVE CLEANUP OF ITS FEE INVENTORY. 10, OUTDATED OR UNSUPPORTED FEES ARE RECOMMENDED FOR REMOVAL. SEVEN NEW FEES HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED TO SUPPORT CURRENT OPERATIONAL NEEDS AND FIVE FEES WERE ADJUSTED IN VALUE TO MORE ACCURATELY REFLECT THE COST OF SERVICE. NOTABLE ADDITIONS INCLUDE NEW FEES FOR AV PACKAGES, ACQUIRE RISING RISERS AND BOX OFFICE SERVICES. UM, UNDER ENGAGEMENT IN SPECIAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT, THE CITY'S EV CHARGING FEES HAVE BEEN MODERNIZED. PRICING HAS SHIFTED FROM HOURLY TO PER KILOWATT HOUR BILLING TO MATCH INDUSTRY STANDARDS AND THE IDLING FEE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO ENCOURAGE CHARGER AVAILABILITY AND ENGINEERING. UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING FEES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO ALIGN WITH CITY ORDINANCE 10 45 AND A NEW NON-RESIDENTIAL AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE HAS BEEN ADDED TO REFLECT THE REQUIREMENTS OF RESOLUTION 2021 DASH 1 31 AND ORDINANCE 9 9 1 FOR THE LIBRARY. A NEW CANCELLATION AND RESCHEDULING FEE HAS BEEN INTRODUCED FOR THE EXHIBITION SPACE AND LARGE ROOM RENTAL CATEGORIES HAVE BEEN REMOVED AS THESE SPACES ARE NO LONGER PART OF THE FACILITY. FOLLOWING RECENT RENOVATIONS, PUBLIC WORKS IS PROPOSING TWO SERVICE PROGRAM UPDATES. THE RESIDENTIAL SERVICE REQUEST PROGRAM WILL ALLOW RESIDENTS TO REQUEST TREE PRUNING OUTSIDE OF THEIR REGULAR MAINTENANCE CYCLE AND THE MEMORIAL TREE DEDICATION PROGRAM IS BEING REINSTATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE LIEN ADMINISTRATION AND LIEN RELEASE FEES HAVE BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT CURRENT STAFF TIME ASSOCIATED WITH PROCESSING AND RECORDING LIENS. UH, LASTLY, EMPLOYMENT COST INDEX OR ECI CITYWIDE. ECI LANGUAGE HAS BEEN STANDARDIZED TO USE ROUNDING TO THE NEAREST WHOLE DOLLAR FOR CONSISTENCY ACROSS DEPARTMENTS AND FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY. THE ECI ESCALATOR IS RECOMMENDED TO BE PAUSED FOR THE RESIDENTIAL SOLAR PERMITTING FEE TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH AB 1 1 3 2 FEE CAPS. THESE UPDATES COLLECTIVELY SUPPORT CLEAR COST RECOVERY, IMPROVED TRANSPARENCY AND ALIGNMENT WITH OPERATIONAL PRACTICES ACROSS ALL DEPARTMENTS. UH, THESE PROPOSED FEES WILL BECOME EFFECTIVE ON THE FOLLOWING DATES, JANUARY 1ST, 2025 FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY ENGAGEMENT IN SPECIAL PROGRAMS, ENGINEERING SERVICES, LIBRARY SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS. AND THEN JULY 1ST, 2025 FOR COMMUNITY SERVICES OUTREACH. OUTREACH EFFORTS OF THE PROPOSED FEE CHANGES INCLUDE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WAS ADVERTISED IN THE NEWSPAPER TWICE. NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING WAS MAILED TO INTERESTED PARTIES BY THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. FEE COST ANALYSIS WERE MADE AVAILABLE FOR VIEWING IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 2025. STAFF RECOMMENDS THE CITY COUNCIL TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THE PROPOSED NEW AND AMENDED SERVICE AND USER FEES AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH NEW FEES, REPE OUTDATED FEES AND AMEND CERTAIN EXISTING FEES FOR BUILDING AND SAFETY COMMUNITY SERVICES, ENGAGEMENT AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS, ENGINEERING SERVICES, LIBRARY SERVICES AND PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENTS. THESE PROPOSED UPDATES FROM EACH DEPARTMENT HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY EVALUATED TO ENSURE THEY MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COMMUNITY, REFLECT CURRENT COST, AND MAINTAIN HIGH STANDARDS OF SERVICE. WE WELCOME YOUR FEEDBACK AND ARE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? MR. MAYOR, CAN I JUST MAKE ONE ADDITION? THE VIEWS WILL ACTUALLY GO INTO PLACE JANUARY 1ST, 2026. WE'RE IN 2025 RIGHT NOW AND WE ALL MAKE THIS MISTAKE AS, AS THE YEAR CHANGES OVER. THANK YOU, . VERY GOOD. SEEING [00:45:01] NO COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF THE STAFF YET? UH, SO WE'LL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING. PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN. DO I HAVE ANYBODY THAT'S INTERESTING, INTERESTED IN ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE, WE'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING. ANY FURTHER COMMENT OR ANY QUESTIONS FROM STAFF? I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THESE, THESE FEES, UM, ARE UTILIZED TO OFFSET COSTS THAT OTHERWISE ALL OF OUR TAXPAYERS, INCLUDING ALL OF US UP HERE WOULD, WOULD BE PAYING. SO IT'S JUST EXTRA EFFORTS TO, TO COVER OUR COSTS SO IT'S NOT A BURDEN ON THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY THAT WE CAN USE YOUR TAX DOLLARS FOR OTHER MORE IMPORTANT PURPOSES. SO, UM, WE'LL, LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH NINE SEVEN APPROVING NEW AMENDED AND REPEALED SERVICE AND USER FEES. SO MOVE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. WITH THOSE PRESENT WITH MAYOR PRO PROM. CAN HE BE ABSENT? OKAY, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO THE NEXT PUBLIC HEARING ITEM, I DO NEED TO MAKE AN APOLOGY SOMEHOW. UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT THERE'S ANOTHER SPEAKER CARD THAT WAS NOT ADDRESSED AND I'D LIKE TO CALL UPON CHRISTINE SALALA AND I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU. GOOD EVENING COUNCIL MEMBERS. I AM SAD TO SEE THAT MY DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVE IS ABSENT TONIGHT, SO I DO HOPE THAT SHE GETS THESE NOTES. I'VE LIVED IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA SINCE 1980. I'VE GONE THROUGH SCHOOL HERE, COLLEGE. I'VE RAISED MY FAMILY HERE, BEEN HERE A VERY LONG TIME. I'VE SEEN A LOT OF PEOPLE, A LOT OF PEOPLE UP HERE. I THINK YOU MAYOR, MAYOR MICHAEL IS THE ONLY ONE UP HERE WHO'S STILL THE SAME. FROM THE LAST TIME I CAME IN TO SPEAK, I'M HERE TO EXPRESS MY DEEP DISAPPOINTMENT AND CONCERN REGARDING THE RECENT CHANGES TO THE WAN HEIGHTS PROJECT. WHEN THIS DEVELOPMENT WAS INTRODUCED TO THE COUNCIL, COMMITTED TO SINGLE FAMILY HOMES, A PLAN THAT ALIGNED WITH THE CHARACTER, SCALE, AND CAPACITY OF OUR COMMUNITY. NOW THOSE PLANS ARE BEING SHIFTED TOWARD HIGH DENSITY HOUSING AND RESIDENTS ARE ONLY DISCOVERING THIS AFTER DECISIONS HAVE BEGUN TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT IS NOT TRANSPARENCY, THAT IS NOT WHAT WAS PROMISED AND GOES AGAINST YOUR OWN COUNCIL VALUES, CORE VALUES THAT YOU HAVE POSTED. BEYOND THE ISSUE OF TRUST, OUR INFRASTRUCTURE CANNOT SUPPORT WHAT IS NOW BEING PROPOSED. BANYAN IS A TWO LANE ROAD THAT IS ALREADY OVER CAPACITY DURING THE MORNING AND AFTERNOON TRAFFIC. TO PIGGYBACK ON WHAT, UH, WAS SAID A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, IT'S NOT JUST THE MORNING. YOU CANNOT GET OUT OF OUR COMMUNITY IN THE MORNING, COMING HOME AT NIGHT FROM WORK. I LITERALLY WORK ACROSS THE STREET FROM HERE. BANYAN IS BUNCHED UP WITH TRAFFIC BECAUSE THE TWO 10 IS SO MESSED UP. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS GONNA BE NEXT WEEK. I CAN'T BE HERE NEXT WEEK. THAT'S WHY I'M HERE THIS WEEK. IT'S A TWO-LANE ROAD. IT'S ALREADY OVER CAPACITY DURING MORNING AND AFTERNOON TRAFFIC. THE TRAFFIC SURVEY SURVEYS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE IN THE PAST TO JUSTIFY THESE CHANGES ARE NOT REFLECTIVE OF REALITY. THEY WERE CONDUCTED DURING SCHOOL HOLIDAYS OR ON WEEKENDS. YES, I SAW THAT WITH MY OWN EYES. WHEN TRAFFIC IS NON-EXISTENT, WE SEE THE CONGESTION EVERY DAY IN PERSON. IT'S UNACCEPTABLE TO USE MISLEADING DATA TO SUPPORT THIS MAJOR DEVELOPMENT DECISION. THE COMMUNITY HAS SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS ATTENDING WORKSHOPS, MEETINGS AND DESIGN SESSIONS THAT WERE SUPPOSED TO SHAPE THIS AREA. YOU KNOW, MAYOR MICHAEL SAM SPAGNOLA WAS HERE TOO THE LAST TIME I SPOKE. BUT THOSE WORKSHOPS HAVE PROVEN TO BE A COMPLETE WASTE OF TIME FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED BECAUSE THE CITY IS NOW UNILATERALLY CHANGING THE PLANS AND CLEARLY NOT LISTENING TO THE RESIDENTS WHO PARTICIPATED IN GOOD FAITH. YOUR JOB IS TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY. ASKING FOR SINGLE HOUSING, SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING NORTH OF BANYAN IS NOT UNREASONABLE. IT PRESERVES THE CHARACTER OF THE AREA, MAINTAINS SAFETY AND PROTECTS PROPERTY VALUES RATHER THAN DRIVING THEM DOWN AND PUSHING LONG-TERM RESIDENTS OUT OF THEIR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. I'M GONNA SKIP FORWARD IN AN EMERGENCY. THE CONSEQUENCES ARE FURTHER, EVEN MORE SEVERE. DURING THE 2014 AWA FIRE, IT WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO REACH MY CHILD AT THE LOCAL SCHOOL. BANYAN WAS GRIDLOCKED. TRAFFIC WAS SO BAD. WE WERE, THE SCHOOLS WERE FORCED TO RELEASE STUDENTS WITHOUT VERIFY WHERE THEY WERE GOING OR WHO THEY WERE GOING WITH. I FOUND TRAFFIC WERE POWER. FINALLY GOT MY DAUGHTER ON THE PHONE FROM HER TEACHER SAYING, OH, OKAY. I TRY TO THANK YOU. GO AND LEAVE. THANK YOU NOT, OKAY, WELL THERE'S MORE. SO I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND EMAIL THIS TO ALL OF YOU, PLEASE. I DO HOPE TO GET A RESPONSE. VERY. [00:50:01] WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT PUBLIC HEARING, ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING, AND I'LL TURN THAT AGAIN OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. I WOULD NOW LIKE TO INTRODUCE SEAN MCPHERSON, MCPHERSON, OUR PRINCIPAL PLANNER, WHO WILL GIVE THE STAFF REPORT FOR ITEM G TWO, WHICH IS AN APPEAL OF A PLANNING [G2. Public Hearing to Consider an Appeal of the Planning Commission’s Decision to Approve a Request for Design Review, Minor Exception, and Variance for the Construction of 166 Single-Family Residences Proposed Within an Approved Tract Map on Approximately 70-acres Located Near the Northeast Corner of Etiwanda Avenue and Wilson Avenue in the Low Residential (L) Zone; (Tracts 16072 and 16072-2) This item is Exempt from the Requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Section 15162. Case File Number: Design Review DRC2024-00395, Minor Exception DRC2025-00168, Variance DRC2025-00169. (RESOLUTION NO. 2025-096) (CITY)] COMMISSION DECISION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 166 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITH A PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TRACK. MAC. MR. MCPHERSON. THANK YOU MADAM. CITY MANAGER. UH, AS STATED, THE ITEM BEING DISCUSSED IN THIS, UH, PARTICULAR PUBLIC HEARING, UH, IS AN APPEAL OF A PROJECT WHICH WAS APPROVED BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2025. SO A LITTLE BIT FIRST, JUST FOR CONTEXT. THE PROPOSED PROJECT, UH, SUBJECT TO THIS APPEAL IS A REQUEST, UH, BY THE DEVELOPER, UH, LENNAR HOMES FOR A SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW OF 166 SINGLE FAMILY HOMES SPANNING APPROXIMATELY 70 ACRES WITHIN THE LOW RESIDENTIAL ZONE LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF TWANDA AND WILSON AVENUES. OF NOTE, THE DESIGN REVIEW APPLICATION ITSELF ONLY REQUESTS TO CONSTRUCT THE ACTUAL HOMES THEMSELVES. THE UNDERLYING SINGLE FAMILY SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED BACK IN 2004 AND IT INCLUDED, UH, THE ADOPTION OF A ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT. UH, THE FINAL MAP RELATED TO THAT, UH, SUBDIVISION WAS APPROVED IN 2023 AND GRADING PERMITS FOR THE TRACTS, UH, UH, HAVE ALREADY BEEN ISSUED. THAT WAS IN 2024. UH, AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE SLIDE HERE, UM, THESE ARE SOME PERTINENT DATES RELATED TO THE CURRENT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOMES. NOTABLY, THE PLANNING COMMISSION APPROVED THE PROJECT ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2025. BUT THIS DECISION WAS SUBSEQUENTLY APPEALED BY THE APPELLANT, UH, GROUP BY THE NAME OF LUSO DRURY ON BEHALF OF THE SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY, WHICH IS THE CAUSE FOR TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM. SO JUST, UH, A LITTLE BIT MORE CONTEXT IS ALWAYS HELPFUL. HERE'S AN IMAGE OF THE SITE LOOKING WEST. YOU'LL NOTE THAT THE GRADED STREETS AND LOTS, UH, UNDER THE AFOREMENTIONED DISTRICT GRADING PERMITS, UH, ARE ALREADY IN PLACE. UH, STAFF WILL NOTE THAT AS A PART OF THE GRADING PERMIT REVIEW, THE DEVELOPER, UH, CONTINUOUSLY DEMONSTRATED COMPLIANCE WITH THE ORIGINAL 2004 EIR BY SUBMITTING UPDATED STUDIES AS NECESSARY, INCLUDING UPDATED BIOLOGICAL AND CULTURAL RESOURCE MONITORING STUDIES AS RECENT AS 2022 AND 2024 PRIOR TO THE ISSUANCE OF THE GRADING PERMIT. UH, HERE'S ANOTHER IMAGE. UM, HERE ARE SOME ILLUSTRATIONS WHICH ARE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PROPOSED HOUSING PRODUCT. THE APPROVED LOTS THEMSELVES RANGE FROM APPROXIMATELY 8,000 SQUARE FEET TO 18,000 SQUARE FEET WITH THE HOUSING PRODUCT TO ACTUAL BUILDINGS, THE HOUSE, THE HOUSES THEMSELVES RANGING FROM APPROXIMATELY 2,500 SQUARE FEET TO 3,800 SQUARE FEET. HERE'S JUST SOME OTHER IMAGES FOR ADDITIONAL CONTEXT AND HERE'S SOME, HERE'S SOME MORE INFORMATION FOR ADDED CONTEXT ON THE ACTUAL PROJECT APPLICATION. THE PROJECT PROVIDES FIVE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, UM, AND VARIOUS, UH, AMENITIES. UM, THE LANDSCAPING INTEGRATES, UH, UH, VARIOUS FEATURES AS WELL. UH, THE PARKS WILL BE HOA MAINTAINED, BUT OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. OKAY, SO IN REVIEWING THE PROPOSED DESIGN REVIEW APPLICATION FOR CONSTRUCTION OF THE HOUSES, STAFF DETERMINED THAT NO ADDITIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS BEYOND THAT, WHICH HAD ALREADY BEEN DETAILED IN THE ORIGINAL EIR AND THOSE UPDATED STUDIES WAS NECESSARY. THE APPELLANT HAS CHALLENGED STAFF'S DETERMINATION AND, AND HAS STATED WITH NO EVIDENCE THAT A SUPPLEMENTAL EIR IS REQUIRED. IN THEIR ARGUMENT, THE APPELLANT HIGHLIGHTS THREE POINTS. ONE, THAT THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES. STAFF'S RESPONSE IS THAT THERE HAVE BEEN NO CHANGE CIRCUMSTANCES. IN SHORT, THE DESIGN REVIEW SIMPLY INVOLVES THE CONSTRUCTION OF HOUSES ON THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LOTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ANTICIPATED AS FAR BACK AS 2004. THERE IS NO INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LOTS, THERE'S NO LOT CONFIGURATIONS, THERE'S NO CHANGE IN DENSITY, ET CETERA. UH, SECOND, THE APP, THE APP, THE APPELLANT, SORRY, STATES THAT THERE ARE NEW FEASIBLE MITIGATION MEASURES. STAFF'S RESPONSE HERE IS THAT THE PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO THE MITIGATIONS IDENTIFIED IN THE ADOPTED DIR AND AS THERE'S NO CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCES, THERE'S NO NEW APPLICABLE MITIGATION MEASURES. LASTLY, THE APPELLANT STATES THAT THERE ARE NEW IMPACTS SINCE THE 2004 EIR WAS CERTIFIED. STAFF'S RESPONSE IS THAT THERE ARE NO NEW IMPACTS AS THE CURRENT APPLICATION SIMPLY INVOLVES THE BUILD OUT OF THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED LOTS. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS ANTICIPATED AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL APPLICATION. UH, I WILL NOTE HERE THAT THE APPELLANT PROVIDED AN ADDITIONAL LETTER JUST EARLIER TODAY, UH, WHICH ELABORATED A BIT ON THE POINTS ABOUT, UH, NEW FEASIBLE MITIGATION MEASURES. UH, BUT EVEN WITH THIS, THE MOST RECENT LETTER, AGAIN FAILED TO IDENTIFY ANY CHANGED CIRCUMSTANCE, WHICH NECESSITATES A SUPPLEMENTAL EIR. UH, BEFORE WE COME TO OUR RECOMMENDATION, UH, JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT NOTICES WERE DISSEMINATED, UH, ACCORDING TO ALL RELEVANT CODE STANDARDS AND THE LAW ON [00:55:01] NOVEMBER 19TH. UH, TO DATE, STAFF HAS RECEIVED ONE EMAIL JUST THIS EVENING, WHICH HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO THE CITY CLERK AND THE COUNCIL PRIOR TO THIS MEETING. THIS EMAIL EXPRESSED OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT, CITING CONCERNS ABOUT SMALLER LOTS AND MORE UNITS. UH, STAFF BELIEVES THAT THIS EMAIL MAY BE CONFUSING. THE SUBJECT PROJECT WITH THE UNRE WITH AN UNRELATED, UH, PROJECT THAT'S PROPOSED IN THE TWANDA HEIGHTS AREA. TO BE CLEAR, THIS SPECIFIC PROJECT, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THE APPEAL DISCUSSED TONIGHT, INVOLVES THE BUILD OUT OF LOTS, WHICH WERE APPROVED OVER 20 YEARS AGO. UH, AND WHICH AGAIN, RANGE IN SIZE FROM APPROXIMATELY 8,000 TO 18,000 SQUARE FEET. UM, AND PROPOSING HOUSES ROUGHLY 25 TO 3,800 SQUARE FEET. UH, WITH THAT, UH, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE PLANNING, I'M SORRY, THAT THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPT, UH, THE SUBJECT RESOLUTION DENYING THE APPEAL AND UPHOLDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO APPROVE THE PROJECT AS PRESENTED SUBJECT TO PINTEREST OF APPROVAL. THANK YOU. VERY GOOD. THANK YOU SEAN. UM, ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNSEL BEFORE WE BEGIN THE PUBLIC HEARING? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK THE APP APPELLANT, UH, IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AT THIS TIME, IF THE APPELLANT IS HERE. PARDON ME. THE FIRST ONE IS, OKAY. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS HALEY UNO FROM LOZO JURY. LLP. I'M SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY OR SAFER. SAFER. ASKED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL GRANT SAFERS APPEAL AND DENY APPROVAL OF THE VI NOVA COMMUNITY PROJECT BASED ON THE 2004 EIR. THE COUNCIL SHOULD INSTEAD REQUIRE PREPARATION OF A SUPPLEMENTAL EIR. THE CITY HAS RELIED ON A 2004 EIR TO CLAIM THAT NO SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW IS REQUIRED FOR THE PROJECT. UNDER SECRET GUIDELINES SECTION 1 5 1 6 2. HOWEVER, SECRET GUIDELINES SECTION 1 5 1 6 2 DOES NOT APPLY TO THIS PROJECT AND THE CITY CANNOT RELY ON THE 2004 EIR BECAUSE THERE ARE SEVERAL NEW FEASIBLE AIR QUALITY MITIGATION MEASURES THAT HAVE BECOME AVAILABLE SINCE THE CERTIFICATION OF THE 2004 EIRA SUPPLEMENTAL EIR IS REQUIRED INSTEAD TO IMPLEMENT THESE NEW MITIGATION MEASURES TO SUFFICIENTLY REDUCE THE PROJECT'S SIGNIFICANT ADVERSE AIR QUALITY IMPACTS ACCORDING TO THE 2004 EIR PROJECT, CONSTRUCTION WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE AIR QUALITY IMPACTS. THE DAILY CONSTRUCTION EMISSIONS OF CRITERIA. AIR POLLUTANTS, INCLUDING NITROGEN OXIDES AND REACTIVE ORGANIC GASES WOULD EXCEED THE SIGNIFICANT THRESHOLDS OF THE SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT, EVEN WITH INCORPORATION OF THE E'S EXISTING AIR QUALITY MITIGATION MEASURES. HOWEVER, AIR QUALITY EXPERT PATRICK SUTTON FROM BASELINE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING IDENTIFIED MULTIPLE NEW WAYS TO IMPROVE THE E'S CONSTRUCTION MITIGATION MEASURES SUCH AS REQUIRING ALL ON-ROAD DIESEL TRUCKS TO BE MODEL YEAR 2018 OR NEWER, REQUIRING ALL OFF-ROAD CONSTRUCTION TO BE EQUIPPED WITH CARB CERTIFIED TIER FOUR FINAL ENGINES, POWERING ENGINES WITH ALTERNATIVE FUELS LIKE ELECTRICITY OR NATURAL GAS PREPARING AND SUBMITTING A CONSTRUCTION EMISSIONS MINIMIZATION PLAN TO THE CITY AND LIMITING LING TIMES TO TWO MINUTES FOR ALL DIESEL EQUIPMENT. ADDITIONALLY, THE 2004 EIR STATES THAT PROJECT OPERATION WILL HAVE SIGNIFICANT AND UNAVOIDABLE AIR QUALITY IMPACTS THE DAILY OPERATIONAL EMISSIONS OF CRITERIA. AIR POLLUTANTS WILL ALSO EXCEED THE LOCAL AIR DISTRICT'S SIGNIFICANT THRESHOLDS EVEN WITH THE E'S EXISTING MITIGATION MEASURES. TO STRENGTHEN THE E'S OPERATIONAL MITIGATION MEASURES, MR. SUTTON RECOMMENDED ACQUIRING ALL HOMES TO BE EQUIPPED WITH ELECTRICAL VEHICLE CHARGING STATIONS USING ONLY ELECTRIC LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT, IMPLEMENTING ALL ELECTRIC ENERGY DEVICES AND EV EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF NEW TRANSIT STOPS NEAR THE PROJECT SITE. THERE ARE VARIOUS NEW AIR QUALITY MITIGATION MEASURES THAT WERE RELATIVELY AVAILABLE BUT WERE UNAVAILABLE. WHEN THE EIR WAS CERTIFIED 21 YEARS AGO IN 2004, THESE MITIGATION MEASURES WOULD SUBSTANTIALLY REDUCE AIR POLLUTANT EMISSIONS DURING PROJECT CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION. A SUPPLEMENTAL A IR IS REQUIRED TO INCORPORATE THESE NEW MITIGATION MEASURES. SO FOR THE REASONS I HAVE DISCUSSED HERE AND IN SAFE'S WRITTEN COMMENTS, WE AGAIN ASK THAT YOU GRANT SAFE'S APPEAL AND REQUIRE PREPARATION OF A SUPPLEMENTAL EIR BEFORE PROJECT APPROVAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION. THANK YOU. WOULD THE APPLICANT LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND MAKE PRESENTATION? THERE'S NO ONE HERE FROM THE APPLICANT. THEN WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH OH, YOU HAVE ONE? YES. COME ON FORWARD, SIR. [01:00:01] GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL. UM, WELL, UM, WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE DEVELOPMENT, UM, THAT HAS BEEN APPROVED BY PLANNING COMMISSION BACK IN OCTOBER. AND UM, AS UH, SEAN MENTIONED THE APPLICATION THAT WE SUBMITTED WAS STRICTLY RELATED TO THE DESIGN, UM, SECTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT. AND, UM, THAT'S WHAT WAS EVALUATED AND WHAT WAS APPROVED BECAUSE THE MAP WAS ALREADY APPROVED IN THE PAST. AND WE HAVE, WE'RE NOT PROPOSING ANYTHING THAT IMPACTS THE ORIGINAL, UM, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES THAT WAS DONE. SO, UM, WE'RE VERY MUCH LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE CITY STAFF ON ANY DESIGN RELATED CONCERNS THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE. UM, OUR APPLICATIONS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED, OUR DESIGNS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED AND THEY'RE UNDER THE REVIEW WITH THE CITY CURRENTLY. AND, UH, WE'RE OPEN. TAKE ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE AT THIS POINT. WE MIGHT HAVE HAVE CALL YOU BACK UP LATER, SIR, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE. THANK YOU. OKAY, THANK YOU. ALICIA MOSLEY. GOOD EVENING CITY COUNCIL. I'M A RESIDENT NEAR TRACKS 1 60 72 AND 1 60 72 2 OFF TWANDA AND WILSON. I STRONGLY OPPOSE THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO APPROVE A REQUEST FOR DESIGN REVIEW, MINOR EXCEPTION AND VARIANCE FOR THE 166 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES SQUEEZING IN MORE HOMES IN SMALLER LOTS RATHER THAN THE ORIGINALLY PLANNED SMALLER QUANTITY OF LARGER LOTS. THE MORE TIGHTLY COMPACTED HOUSES ARE NOT CONSISTENT WITH OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS WILL MORE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASE TRAFFIC CONGESTION AS HAS BEEN MENTIONED. THE SAME CONCERN WITH THE WANDO HEIGHTS ISSUE BY MR. NOTTINGHAM, THE SPEAKER AFTER HIM, MRS. ALALA, UM, EDWARD, MY NEIGHBOR, AND THE HUNDREDS OF RESIDENTS THAT THEY REPRESENT AS WELL. UM, IT ALSO WILL NEGATIVELY IMPACT THE QUALITY OF OUR ENVIRONMENT AND FRANKLY IS A SNEAKY AND DECEPTIVE WAY TO MAKE CHANGES TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD WHOSE CURRENT RESIDENCE WERE TOLD OTHERWISE. FURTHERMORE, I HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTICE ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF 73 CONDOMINIUM UNITS AND 16 COMMERCIAL SPACES IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF EASTON WILSON. BUT I HAVE PASSED BY THE BOARD THERE THAT HAS NO PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE ATTACHED AND NEVER HAS FOR THE LAST SEVERAL WEEKS THAT I HAVE PASSED BY IT. I'VE RECENTLY JUST TONIGHT BEEN INFORMED BY MR. NOTTINGHAM THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY A DONE DEAL. I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT HAPPENED BECAUSE THAT CERTAINLY WAS NOT PART OF THE ORIGINAL PLAN. AND, UM, AS A NEARBY RESIDENT, I NEVER RECEIVED ANY NOTICE ABOUT ANY KIND OF HEARING ABOUT THAT. UM, TO ECHO MRS. ALALA, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IN A FIRE. THIS IS A HIGH FIRE RISK AREA. WE ACTUALLY PAY HIGHER INSURANCE BECAUSE OF THAT AND TO PUT HIGHER DENSITY HOUSING, A 73 UNIT CONDO BUILDING WITH SI COMMERCIAL SPACES BELOW AND SQUEEZING IN MORE HOUSES INTO SMALLER LOTS INTO THIS, THIS AREA. I DON'T KNOW HOW THE RESIDENTS WOULD SAFELY GET OUT IN THE EVENT OF A FIRE. UM, WHICH THIS HAS ALREADY BEEN DEEMED BY INSURANCE COMPANIES AS A HIGH FIRE RISK AREA. SO, UM, I SPEAK ON BEHALF OF THE NEIGHBORS IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE MASTERPIECES, YOU KNOW, I'M ALSO PART OF THE PTA BOARD AT GOLDEN AND KNOW THAT MANY PARENTS AT OUR SCHOOL HAVE THE SAME SENTIMENTS. THE TRAFFIC NOT ONLY GOING DOWN DAY CREEK FOR GOLDEN AS WELL AS THE TRAFFIC GOING DOWN ON EAST AT PICKUP TIME FOR COLONY. I MEAN THE PICKUP LINE AT COLONY GOES OUT THE COLONY PARKING LOT AND GOES ALL THE WAY UP TO THE NEWLY BUILT TRAFFIC CIRCLE RIGHT AT EAST AND WILSON. IT IS GOING ALL THE WAY UP AND YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A JAM RIGHT IN THAT TRAFFIC CIRCLE 'CAUSE THERE'S NO, IT'S A SINGLE LANE TRAFFIC CIRCLE. THERE'S NO WAY TO GET OUT OF THERE. THIS IS A MAJOR, MAJOR HAZARD. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MICHELLE. LAUREN, MICHELLE, LAUREN. GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS MICHELLE LAUREN AND I'M GONNA OFFER A FEW APOLOGIES. ONE IS I KNOW I'M SPEAKING OUT OF TURN AS FAR AS WHAT'S ON CALENDAR. UM, AND I'M ALSO SPEAKING RATHER UNPREPARED. I GOT SOME FRANTIC MESSAGES FROM NEIGHBORS SAYING THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BUILDING PROJECT IN THE TWANDA HEIGHTS AND HAD ASKED AS MANY PEOPLE COULD COME AND SPEAK. SO I AM NOT FULLY PREPARED. I CAME STRAIGHT FROM WORK HERE, SO I APOLOGIZE FOR THAT. AND I ALSO WANNA APOLOGIZE FOR THIS BEING MY FIRST ATTENDANCE AT ANY CITY COUNCIL MEETING IN THE 30 YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. BUT THAT'S PROBABLY LEADS INTO MY NEXT THING IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY I CHOSE [01:05:01] TO LIVE AND RI AND WORK AND, AND GO TO CHURCH AND DO EVERYTHING IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS BECAUSE THIS IS SUCH A NICE CITY AND IT'S DIFFERENT FROM THE CITIES TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. IT HAD A PLAN. AND I ALSO KNEW THAT I COULD TRUST OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR PLANNING COMMISSIONS BECAUSE WE HAD A PLAN. AND IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYBODY HAD THE SAME KIND OF A VISION OF A WONDERFUL COMMUNITY THAT WAS PLANNED. THAT THEY THOUGHT ABOUT TRAFFIC AND CONGESTION AND THINGS LIKE THAT. THINGS THAT WE DON'T HAVE TO PLAN OUR LIFE AROUND TRAFFIC PATTERNS. LIKE IF YOU LIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY, YOU HAVE THESE NICE NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT DON'T LEAVE ORANGE COUNTY AFTER ONE 30 'CAUSE IT'LL TAKE YOU TWO AND A HALF HOURS TO GET OUT. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE CAME OUT HERE TO AVOID THAT SORT OF THING. SO WE HAVE TRUSTED OUR COMMISSIONS AND WE'VE TRUSTED OUR COUNCIL BECAUSE WE'VE HAD THIS PLAN AND IT'S BEEN GOING PRETTY WELL. SO THE CONCERN THAT SO MANY OF US HAVE IS ONE IS THAT WE JUST HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF NOTICE OF IT. AND I DON'T THINK THAT ANYBODY HERE IS IN DISAGREEMENT WITH PLANNING AND BUILDING 'CAUSE OUR CITY HAS BEEN BOOMING. BUT YOU KNOW, THERE'S OTHER WAYS THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE CITIES AROUND US THAT HAVE TONS OF, OF WAREHOUSES AND THAT'S HOW THEY GET THEIR, THEIR MONEY AND THEIR TAXES. BUT YOU KNOW, THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS I DON'T WANNA LIVE NEAR A WAREHOUSE AND I DON'T ALSO WANNA LIVE NEAR, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN, YOU KNOW, BUSINESSES AND THINGS. AND THAT'S WHY IT'S NICE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A CHOICE IN THAT. AND SO THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IS IS MEASURED GROWTH AND EVEN GROWTH BOOMING, WHICH IS WHAT OUR CITY HAS BEEN DOING, IS FINE. BUT THE A THE FACT THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE HERE ON JUST A, A MINUTE'S NOTICE AND SPEAKING OUT OF TURN AND SO UPSET TELLS YOU THAT WE REALLY HAVEN'T HAD APPROPRIATE NOTICE TO JUST FLESH THIS OUT AND SEE WHAT THE ISSUES ARE. CERTAINLY THERE'S A LOT OF ECONOMIC ISSUES. OKAY. NOT JUST, HEY ARE OUR FIRE TRUCKS THAT ARE PREPARED TO WORK IN HIGH DENSITY AND HIGHER RISE BUILDING AND WHO PAYS FOR THAT AND WHO PAYS FOR THE ROADS FOR THAT? AND THE SCHOOLS, THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN SO ELOQUENTLY AS TO THE TRAFFIC AND, AND THOSE SORTS OF ISSUES CERTAINLY. BUT, YOU KNOW, AS TO THE CHANGE IN THE ENVIRONMENT, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THING IS THAT IT'S REALLY NICE ABOUT THAT IS WE'RE CLOSE TO THE FOOTHILLS AND WE HAVE A LOT OF, LOT OF WILDLIFE, A LOT OF BEAUTIFUL THINGS. ARE THERE ENVIRONMENTAL TESTS AND THINGS BEING DONE? THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS TO BE CONSIDERED AND I THINK THE PROBLEM IS THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVEN'T HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO EVEN KNOW ABOUT IT AND KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALL THOUGHT ABOUT THAT. SO I KNOW THAT MY TIME IS UP. I APOLOGIZE. THANK YOU FOR GOING OVER, BUT I, I JUST HOPE THANK YOU THAT IN THE FUTURE I CAN'T, THAT WOULD BE NOTES. I IF I, IF I START ALLOWING PEOPLE TO GO BEYOND THAT'S I HAVE HEARING AND I CAN'T. THAT'S OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . APPRECIATE IT. PAOLO YEZ, SHE LEFT, SHE LEFT GABRIEL. I THINK THAT'S ALL THE SPEAKERS. MICHELLE? LAUREN? YEP. OKAY. SHE DID LEAVE THEN, HUH? ALRIGHT, SO PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED. MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST ADDRESS A COUPLE THINGS PLEASE. I, I WAS GONNA ASK YOU, UH, I JUST WANNA MAKE ABSOLUTELY CLEAR THAT THIS PROJECT BEFORE THE COUNCIL TONIGHT IS NOT THE TWANDA HEIGHTS SPECIFIC PLAN. IT IS A SINGLE, SINGLE FAMILY LARGE HOME DEVELOPMENT, STRICTLY BASED ON A PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL IN 2004. UM, SO LIKE I SAID, THE PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, WHICH IS JUST AN ADVISORY BODY FOR THE WAN HEIGHTS SPECIFIC PLAN IS NEXT WEDNESDAY HERE AT SEVEN O'CLOCK. AND THE CITY COUNCIL, DEPENDING ON WHAT THAT RECOMMENDATION IS FROM THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS EXPECTED TO BE NEXT YEAR, JANUARY, FEBRUARY. THE DATE HAS NOT BEEN SET YET, SO NOTICE WILL GO OUT WHEN THAT HEARING IS SET BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL. BUT TONIGHT, AGAIN, THIS IS A, A SINGLE FAMILY PROJECT BASED ON A PLAN THAT WAS APPROVED OVER 20 YEARS AGO. AND THERE ARE NO CONDOS IN IT. IT IS ONLY SINGLE FAMILY HOMES. AND MR. MAYOR, IF I COULD JUST ADDRESS SOME OF THE COMMENTS THE SEQUEL COMMENTS RAISED, PLEASE DO BY THE APPELLANT. UM, AND EIR WAS PREPARED FOR THIS PROJECT. STATE LAW PROHIBITS THE CITY FROM IMPOSING ADDITIONAL CQA OBLIGATIONS ON A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT PROJECT THAT AREN'T WARRANTED IN THIS CASE. I THINK STAFF IS CORRECT THAT CQA ADDITIONAL AND ADDITIONAL EIR IS NOT WARRANTED BECAUSE ALL OF THE AIR QUALITY IMPACTS THAT WERE RAISED BY THE APPELLANT WERE KNOWN AND ADDRESSED IN THAT EIR. SO NO NEW INFORMATION THAT COULD HAVE BEEN KNOWN AT THE TIME IN 2004 HAS BEEN PRESENTED. AND SO WE THINK THAT THE [01:10:01] SQL EVALUATION WAS PROPER AND THE DESIGN REVIEW BEFORE YOU IS OKAY TO BE ACTED UPON. THANK YOU. QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM THE COUNCIL? OKAY. THIS IS A, A, A CONSIDERATION OF A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH 0 9 6 DENYING THE APPEAL AND UPHOLDING THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION ON OCTOBER 22ND, 2025. APPROVAL OF DESIGN REVIEW, APPROVAL OF MINOR EXEMPTION BASED ON THE STAFF REPORT AND VARIANCES FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF 166 FAMILY RESIDENCE, SINGLE SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCE WITHIN THE PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TRACK MAP TRACKS 1 6 0 7 2 AND 1 6 0 7 2 DASH TWO. NOW HAVE A MOTION FOR APPROVAL. SO MOVED. SECOND PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE OF THOSE PRESENT WITH MAYOR PROTON KENNEDY'S ABSENT. THANK YOU. THERE ARE NO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS THIS OR THIS EVENING. SO WE'LL MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS. WE HAVE ONE ITEM THAT'S A CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF ONE MEMBER AND REAPPOINTMENTS OF TWO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE. I KNOW COUNCILWOMAN, UH, ASHLEY STICKLER AND COUNCILWOMAN CHRISTINE SCOTT WERE WHO WOULD LIKE [COUNCIL BUSINESS] TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT. [I1. Consideration to Approve the Appointment of One Member and Re-appointments of Two Members to the Public Art Committee. (CITY)] THANK YOU MR. MAYOR. SO LAST WEEK, COUNCILWOMAN STICKLER AND I HAD INTERVIEWED SEVERAL APPLICANTS FOR THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE AND WE BOTH, UH, APPRECIATE EVERYONE THAT, UH, SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY. AND WE, UH, ARE RECOMMENDING THAT WE, UH, GO WITH THE I C**S EBONY MCGEE AND ALANA SOLES FOR REAPPOINTMENT AS WELL AS WELCOME A NEW APPOINTMENT OF TARA O'BRIEN TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE. THANK YOU. SO LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENT OF TARA TARA BRYAN FOR AND REAPPOINTMENTS OF BOARD MEMBERS EBONY MCGEE AND ILE AL TO THE PUBLIC ART COMMITTEE. SO MOVED. SECOND, PLEASE VOTE. MOTION CARRIES BY UNANIMOUS VOTE. THOSE PRESENT WITH MAYOR PROAM KENNEDY. ABSENT. THANK YOU. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS. ANY INTERAGENCY UPDATES, CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS, NOTHING TIME. ANY IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD TWO WEEKS FROM THIS EVENING ON [I2. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)  ] DECEMBER 17TH. SEEING [I3. INTER­AGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)  ] NONE. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. THANK [CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS] YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING. WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED. THANK YOU. [IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING] IF THERE ARE ANY STUDENTS THAT NEED THEIR PAPERS SIGNED, YOU'RE WELCOME TO COME UP HERE. * 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.