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OUR CITY COUNCIL ON FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD MEETINGS ON THIS MAY 7TH, 2025.WE ARE GLAD YOU'RE ALL HERE TONIGHT.
I WOULD LIKE TO NOW MOVE FORWARD AFTER CALLING THIS MEETING TO ORDER TO ASK OUR COUNCILWOMAN, ASHLEY STICKLER.
I PLEDGE REGIONS TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.
MADAM CLERK, ARE THERE ANY AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO.
MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE NO AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA.
SEEING NONE, WE'LL NOW MOVE UP TO MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
WE HAVE TWO VERY SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING AND WE'LL START WITH OUR FIRST PRESENTATION.
AND THAT'S A PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES OF RECOGNITION TO THE TWANDA GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM FOR WINNING THE CALIFORNIA INTERSCHOLASTIC FEDERATION CIF CHAMPIONSHIP THIS YEAR.
JUST RECENTLY, AS A MATTER OF FACT, I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD THE TWANDA SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM, ALONG WITH TWANDA SCHOOL PR PRINCIPAL, DR.
COULD YOU ALL PLEASE COME FORWARD? YOU WANNA SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT WHAT YOUR GIRLS ACCOMPLISHED THIS YEAR? THESE ARE, UH, OUTSTANDING YOUNG LADIES, BOTH IN THE CLASSROOM AND OF COURSE OUT ON THE COURT.
IT'S DIFFICULT TO DO WHAT THEY'VE DONE, UH, COMPETED AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL.
SO WHAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU IS LITERALLY THE BEST TEAM IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN THE HIGHEST DIVISION.
WE WERE ALSO BY DESIGNATED BY ESPN AS THE NUMBER ONE NATIONAL TEAM IN OUR COUNTRY.
SO THIS, THIS TEAM'S PRETTY, IT'S PRETTY SPECTACULAR.
MANY OF THESE YOUNG LADIES, WHEN THEY GO THROUGH OUR PROGRAM BY THEIR SENIOR YEAR, THEY'RE GOING ON COLLEGIATELY TO COMPETE IN SOME CASES AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL AS WELL.
AND SO IT'S A TESTAMENT TO OUR COACH, HIS COACHING STAFF, THE DEDICATION OF THESE YOUNG WOMEN AS WELL AS THEIR FAMILIES.
AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PLEASED AT WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
I JUST NEED TO SAY ONE OTHER QUICK THING.
UH, THIS IS THREE TIMES THEY'VE DONE THIS.
IS THIS A THREE TIME STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TEAM? NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE.
UH, AND WE'RE VERY, VERY PROUD OF WHAT THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ACCOMPLISH.
AND IT CERTAINLY BRINGS PRIDE TO OUR SCHOOL.
IT BRINGS PRIDE TO OUR COMMUNITY, CERTAINLY BRINGS PRIDE TO THEIR FAMILY.
SO I'M HONORED TO BE PART OF THAT.
UH, AND I'LL JUST ECHO WHAT THE PRINCIPAL INDICATED.
JUST LAST YEAR, THE EDAWANDA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM WAS HERE TO BE RECOGNIZED.
AND THE YEAR BEFORE THAT THEY WERE UP HERE BEING RECOGNIZED AND, AND ALSO A NATIONAL CHAMPION A YEAR AGO, I BELIEVE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, BACK TO THAT.
SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND MAKE SURE THAT YOU EACH GET A CERTIFICATE OF OUR APPRECIATION AND OUR COMMUNITY'S APPRECIATION OF PUTTING RANCHO CUCAMONGA FURTHER UP ON THE MAP AS A WORLD CLASS CITY.
UH, WE APPRECIATE YOU GUYS HAVING US AGAIN.
UH, FIRST WE WANT TO, UH, RECOGNIZE, UH, SHOOTING GUARD.
UH, SHE'S GOING, SHE'S GOING TO BE A JUNIOR NEXT YEAR.
UH, NEXT WE HAVE, UH, SENIOR POINT GUARD SHAYNA BREW.
WE HAVE SENIOR POSTS, KISE HAWKINS.
UH, WE HAVE OUR NEXT, UM, SHE'S OUR MCDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN, AND SHE'LL BE GOING TO LSU NEXT YEAR.
WE ALSO HAVE A SENIOR MCDONALD'S ALL AMERICAN WHO'S GOING TO CAL BERKELEY NEXT YEAR.
ARIANNA MORRIS, WE HAVE OUR JUNIOR FORWARD.
AALIYAH PHILLIPS ALSO GOING TO BE A JUNIOR NEXT YEAR FORWARD.
WE'LL SEE YOU HERE NEXT YEAR TOO, RIGHT? ANOTHER JUNIOR.
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YEAR.UH, POINT GUARD, SHOOTING GUARD CHASTITY RICE.
WE HAVE GOING TO BE A SENIOR NEXT YEAR SHOOTING GUARD CRYSTAL SERRANO, AND GOING TO BE A JUNIOR NEXT YEAR GUARD FORWARD.
LISA STEWART, WE HAVE ASSISTANT COACH SANDRA CRAWFORD AND ASSISTANT COACH GARY CLARK.
AND AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING US.
UM, AGAIN, CAN YOU GIVE JUST A FEW REFLECTIONS FROM YOURSELF AS A COACH DURING THIS COURSE OF THIS SEASON? THIS IS, UM, THIS IS, THIS IS OUR, MY NINTH YEAR HERE AT AWANDA.
AND IT'S BEEN AN AMAZING RIDE WITH THIS GROUP.
UH, CAN'T THINK ENOUGH FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT THEY PUT IN SINCE AUGUST, UH, WITH OUR COACHING STAFF.
AND THEY DID IT FROM LIFT, FROM CONS, STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING, UH, TO WEIGHT TRAINING, TO PULL WORKOUTS TO CON, I MEAN, THEY JUST, THEY JUST PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND IT WASN'T EASY AT ALL.
UH, THEY WENT THROUGH A LOT OF UPS AND DOWNS EARLY, BUT RESILIENCY TOOK OVER AND THEY CAME AS A GROUP AT THE RIGHT TIME AND THEY CHIPPED AWAY AND BECOMING A GREAT GROUP.
AND THEY, UH, THEY MADE HISTORY AGAIN AND, UH, HOPE TO CONTINUE THIS PROCESS.
ANYWAY, CONGRATULATIONS TO YOUR COACH.
NOW WE WANT TO GET A PICTURE SO YOU ALL YOUR LADIES CAN COME ON DOWN THIS WAY.
IN FACT, YOU CAN JUST STAND IN FRONT OF THESE TWO GALS HERE.
YOU CAN STAND IN FRONT OF ME ANYTIME.
IF THERE'S ANY FAMILY MEMBERS, YOU CAN JUST COME UP HERE WHERE THE LADIES UP HERE TAKING PICTURES IF YOU WISH.
IF YOU WANT TO GET CLOSER, CLOSER, CLOSER.
ONE MORE BIG ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THESE GIRLS.
THANK YOU AGAIN SO MUCH FOR HAVING US.
OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION OF A PROCLAMATION TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE DESIGNATED THE MONTH OF MAY, 2025 AS BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH.
I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD FROM THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, THEIR PRESIDENT MARK ISH, GENERAL COUNSEL, ROBERT AND HUFF NAGEL, BOARD MEMBER, BOARD MEMBERS, MARSHA MCBEAN, AMY WINSLOW, AND ERNIE BROER, AS WELL AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, HEATHER RAWLINGS POLK, COULD YOU ALL COME FORWARD? THANK YOU, MR. PRESIDENT, WHEN THEY ALL GET UP HERE, YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS TO THE COMMUNITY? OF COURSE.
AND THANK YOU CITY COUNCIL AND CITY LEADERSHIP AND BUSINESS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS WELL IN THE CITY.
UH, FOR PROCLAMATION, IT'S, UH, WE HAVE PLEASURE IN JUST SERVING THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY AND, UH, IT'S A GREAT HONOR TO BE HERE AND TO RECEIVE THIS PROCLAMATION ON BEHALF OF THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY TODAY.
WELL, AS YOU'LL SEE THIS, THIS PROCLAMATION DOES TALK ABOUT OUR CITY COUNCIL AND OUR CITY STAFF'S APPRECIATION FOR OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY.
WITHOUT YOU, WE WOULD NOT BE, COULD NOT POSSIBLY EXIST.
SO WHEREAS BUSINESSES PLAY A PIVOTAL ROLE IN STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY BY EMBRACING JOB CREATION, INNOVATIVE TECHNOLOGIES, AND EMPLOYING A DIVERSE WORKFORCE TO GROW AND
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PRESERVE THE ECONOMIC WELLBEING OF ALL OUR COMMUNITY.AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUONG IS PLEASED TO RECOGNIZE THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR EXISTING BUSINESSES, ENTREPRENEURS, SMALL MINORITY AND WOMEN-OWNED BUSINESSES, NONPROFITS, AND THE MAJOR CORPORATE EMPLOYEES, EMPLOYERS, EXCUSE ME, THAT CONTRIBUTE GREATLY TO THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ECONOMIC SUCCESS.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS FORTUNATE TO HAVE A THRIVING AND DIVERSE BASE OF BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY TO SUPPORT OUR LOCAL MARKET AND EMPLOY OUR RESIDENTS.
AND WHEREAS THESE SAME DIVERSE BUSINESSES PROVIDE ESSENTIAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES, CONTRIBUTE VALUABLE LOCAL TAX REVENUES, AND MAKE MANY OTHER POSITIVE CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR COMMUNITY.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM THE MONTH OF MAY, 2025 AS BUSINESS APPRECIATION MONTH TO ALLOW THE RESIDENTS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA A VERY UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE CITY BUSINESSES FOR THE FUNDAMENTAL ROLE THEY PLAY IN MOVING OUR COMMUNITY FORWARD.
GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE, ONE OF YOU FOR YOUR VOLUNTARY EFFORTS ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND THE LEADERSHIP OF YOUR EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.
WE COULDN'T BE MORE PROUD OF THE PARTNERSHIP WE HAVE WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, MR. MAYOR AGAIN.
AND THANK YOU FOR THE PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY, FOR THE, WITH THE CHAMBER.
THAT'S BEEN ALWAYS A GREAT PARTNERSHIP.
ANYONE ELSE WANT TO SAY ANYTHING? YES, HEATHER.
OKAY, FOR ALRIGHT, YOU CAN COME BY HERE AND WE'LL SHAKE YOUR HANDS AND, ALRIGHT.
HOW YOU, YOU COME DOWN FOR A COME IN FRONT OF US.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO, SOMEBODY'S GONNA HAVE TO MAKE A SECOND.
NOW WE'LL MOVE FORWARD WITH, UH, THE NEXT ITEM ON OUR AGENDA IS PUBLIC COMMUNICATION.
THIS, UH, IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS ON ANY ITEM INCLUDED, INCLUDED OR NOT INCLUDED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDAS.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL.
SO WE HAVE FOUR SPEAKERS WHEN THE RED LIGHT'S ON, ON THE PODIUM THERE, UH, WHEN IT GOES OFF.
THAT'S YOUR THREE MINUTE TIMEFRAME.
OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS CARLOS ACE COLIAS, ELIAS, ACE.
I'M NOT SURE HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR LAST NAME, SIR.
I AM, UM, I'M JUST HERE TO GIVE A FORMAL INTRODUCTION TO THE COUNCIL.
UH, I WORK FOR STATE SENATOR SASHA RENEE PEREZ.
WE OVERSEE THE FOOTHILL OF THE DISTRICT.
UM, SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE WITH US.
WE DID HAVE A NATURAL DISASTER THAT DID OCCUR ON THE WEST SIDE OF OUR DISTRICT WITH THE EDEN CANYON FIRE.
SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED EFFORTS IN, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTING US AND WORKING WITH US AND HEADING UP TO SACRAMENTO TO SPEAK TO US REGARDING YOUR LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH YOU.
A GOOD, GLAD TO MEET YOU, SIR.
JOHN BA FOLLOWED BY GRACE MORENO.
UM, I'VE LIVED IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR OVER 30 YEARS.
I'M ON THE CONNECT RC BICYCLE SUBCOMMITTEE.
THE REASON I'M HERE IS I'M, I'M TALKING AGAINST, I'M SPEAKING AGAINST ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 39.
UM, I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU NEED THIS ORDINANCE.
ANYONE DRIVING AROUND RANCHO CUCO MONGA LATELY HAS SEEN E-BIKES AND E MOTORBIKES RACING UP AND DOWN THE STREETS, IGNORING THE SIGNS, CUTTING THROUGH TRAFFIC, ENDANGERING THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.
UM, I, SO I UNDERSTAND WHY YOU'RE, WHY YOU'RE DOING THIS.
UM, ALL THESE BEHAVIORS THOUGH ARE ALREADY ILLEGAL.
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WANT THESE BEHAVIORS TO END, SIMPLY ENFORCE THE LAWS THAT WE ALREADY HAVE, UM, SPECIFICALLY HAVE A PROBLEM WITH SECTION E, THE ONE THAT SAYS BICYCLES ARE NOT ALLOWED IN CITY PARKING LOTS.THAT INCLUDES CENTRAL PARK, CITY HALL, IRONICALLY, THE ROUTE 66 TRAILHEAD BIKE TRAILHEAD.
UM, NOT ONLY ARE YOU KEEPING E-BIKES OUT, BUT YOU'RE ALSO KEEPING BICYCLES OUT.
UM, ANYONE UNWANTED BEHAVIOR IN THESE LOTS IS ALREADY AGAINST THE LAWS.
SO WE DON'T NEED, WE DON'T NEED MORE RULES KEEPING BICYCLES OUT JUST BECAUSE SOME OF THE E-BIKES PEOPLE AREN'T FOLLOWING THE RULES.
UM, CYCLES HAVE BEEN USING THESE LOTS SINCE THE BEGINNING, SINCE THEY WERE BUILT, NO PROBLEMS. NOW THAT WE'VE E-BIKES, NOW WE HAVE PROBLEMS, UM, I DON'T THINK THAT BICYCLISTS SHOULD BE PUNISHED FOR THE BEHAVIOR OF THE E CYCLISTS.
GRACE MORENO, FOLLOWED BY DAVID DYKSTRA.
HELLO, MY NAME IS GRACE MORENO AND I'M CURRENTLY A SENIOR AT THE SCHOOL INTERNATIONAL POLYTECHNIC HIGH SCHOOL, LOCATED IN POMONA.
AND AS OF THIS YEAR, WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON OUR FINAL SENIOR YEAR PROJECT, WHICH WE DO COMPONENTS THAT LEAD UP TO OUR CULMINATING ACTION, WHICH EVENTUALLY, HOPEFULLY WOULD IMPROVE OUR COMMUNITIES.
AND FOR MY CULMINATING ACTION, I HAVE DECIDED TO DO A PETITION THAT WILL HOPEFULLY WE RECEIVE MORE FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC SHELTERS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
AND I KNOW IT SOUNDS WEIRD THAT I CAME TO THE CITY FOR SOMETHING THAT INVOLVES THE COUNTY, BUT EVEN AFTER THIS, THIS PROJECT IS OVER, I WANT TO CONTINUE TO GO TO DIFFERENT CITIES WITHIN THE COUNTY AND ASK THEM THE SAME THING.
BASICALLY HELPING OUT WITH RAISING FUNDING FOR, UM, DOMESTIC SHELTERS ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
BECAUSE I'M AWARE THAT DOMESTIC SHELTERS HAVE FUNDING ALREADY, BUT IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO KEEP PEOPLE COMING IN.
SO OFTENTIMES WHEN PEOPLE COME IN, THEY'RE PUSHED AWAY OR PUSHED OUT BECAUSE THERE'S NOT ENOUGH RESOURCES, FUNDING BEDS, AND YEAH, THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT MY PETITION IS FOR, TO RAISE MORE FUNDING FOR DOMESTIC SHELTERS IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.
DAVID DYKSTRA, CAN I GET THAT UP ON THE POSSIBLE? GOOD EVENING ESTEEMED COUNCIL MEMBERS, I COME FOR YOU BEFORE YOU ONCE AGAIN TO STATE MY CASE ON BEHOLD, ON BEHALF OF THE WHOLE 11 COALITION TO ADDRESS THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY AND ITS EFFECT ON OUR GREAT CITY AND THE CITIES, THE WORLD OVER, BECAUSE IT DOES AFFECT CITIES ALL ACROSS OUR PLANET.
THE SCOPE AND IMPACT OF THE PRESIDENCY OF THE UNITED STATES HAS BEEN HARD EARNED AND MEASURED FOR CENTURIES.
ALL WHO HOLD THAT OFFICE SHOULD RECOGNIZE AND ACCEPT THAT ROLE WITH CONSUMMATE HUMILITY AND THE METAL TO STEER OUR COUNTRY AND ITS ALLIES IN THE DIRECTION OF PROGRESS AND PEACE WITH ACTIONS AND WORDS THAT GALVANIZE AND INSPIRE FOR WHAT THOSE WORDS AND ACTIONS, STABILITY, PROSPERITY, AND DIGNITY WILL HAVE THE BEST CHANCE FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.
IT WOULD BE NICE IF YOU COULD PAY ATTENTION, SIR, YOU, YOU WANTED THIS POSITION, RIGHT? BUT THAT'S FINE.
ONE OF MY FAVORITE WORDS THAT RELATES SPECIFICALLY TO MY EVERYDAY WORK CREATING MUSIC FOR MYSELF AND OTHERS IS THE WORD TONE.
I HAD TO DELVE A LITTLE BIT AND RESEARCH THE ORIGIN TO BETTER CONVEY MY MESSAGE.
IT IS DERIVED FROM THE GREEK WORD TOTOS, MEANING STRAIN, TENSION AND PITCH.
THE LATIN USAGE OF TONE US WOULD MORE SPECIFICALLY GUIDE IT TO ITS PRESENT DAY, UNDERSTANDING OF SOUND AND ACCENT.
AND WHILE THE WORD TONE HAS MYRIAD MEANINGS, I CHOOSE TO PROMOTE IT.
WHEN WHAT OSTENSIBLY IS THE MOST APROPOS DEFINITION AS IT RELATES TO THE MILESTONE OF THE FIRST 100 DAYS OF THE SECOND TERM OF DONALD TRUMP.
I'M OFFERING THIS EXAMPLE A GENERAL QUALITY EFFECT OR ATMOSPHERE THAT'S, THAT FITS FOR ME A GENERAL QUALITY EFFECT OR ATMOSPHERE.
AND WE ALL KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THAT MEANS IN RELATION TO HIS ACTIONS.
MANNERISMS AND BLATANT DISREGARD FOR GRACE, DIGNITY, AND MOST NEFARIOUSLY, THE RULE OF LAW, THE LIST OF ABHORRENT PRACTICES AND UTTERANCES FROM THIS MAN IN HIS SICK OFFENSE IS MULTITUDENESS.
WITHIN THE FIRST THREE MONTHS AND COUNTING MORE DAMAGE HAS BEEN DONE AND IS IN THE WORKS THAN ANY IN ANY OTHER TERM IN THE HISTORY OF THE OFFICE.
FOR PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW POLITICS CLOSELY AND FOR PEOPLE WHO TUNE IN AND OUT TO A PERSON, NO ONE CAN DENY THAT THE TONE OF HIS REIGN IS DISSONANT AND SHAMBOLIC.
I LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, CONTINUE TO WATCH IN HORROR, BUT IN STEELY RESOLVE TO COUNTER THE LIKELY IRREPARABLE DAMAGE THIS MAN IS DOING TO OUR
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DEMOCRACY AND TO THE AILING HEALTH OF THE PLANET.IF I HAD TO CHOOSE, BUT ONE EXAMPLE THAT FOR ME IS THE MOST EMBLEMATIC OF HIS HEINOUS ACTS, I WOULD POINT TO THE RESCINDING OF RELIEF AND BENEVOLENCE, INITIALLY SANCTIONED BY THE NIH FOR THE CHIMPANZEES HELD FOR TORTUROUS EXPERI EXPERIMENTS IN THE ALAMOGORDO PRIMATE LAB IN NEW MEXICO, WHO DESPITE A CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTIVE TO BE PEACEFULLY RETIRED AT THE FEDERAL CHIMP HAVEN, WILL NOW NO LONGER BE GIVEN THAT GRACE BY TRUMP.
I ASK WHY WE SHOULD ALL ASK WHY, AND WE KNOW BECAUSE THAT'S HOW HE ROLLS.
AM I BORING YOU? MY DEAR COUNCIL MEMBER ARE AM I BORING YOU? HERE'S THE THING, IF WE YOUR TIME'S UP, SIR, THAT'S FINE.
IF YOU GET ELECTED, YOUR TIME IS UP, SIR.
THIS DIDN'T GO UP EITHER, DID IT? YES, IT DID.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING AGENDA.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSENT CALENDARS.
AND THEY'RE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT CONVERSATION.
HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE FIRE DISTRICT OR CITY COUNCIL MAY REMOVE ANY ITEMS SHOULD THEY SOW DISCUSS.
MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCAL GAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
OKAY, DO I HAVE A MOTION? SO MOVE SECOND.
OKAY, WITH THE ABSTENTION, WITH COUNCILMAN SCOTT ON D THREE, PLEASE VOTE.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE.
WE HAVE TWO CONSENT ORDINANCES THIS EVENING.
UH, CONSIDERATION OF SECOND READINGS ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
PUBLIC HEARINGS WERE HELD ON BOTH THESE ORDINANCES TWO WEEKS AGO, AND WE RECEIVED PUBLIC TESTIMONY ON THE MA ON BOTH MATTERS.
WOULD ANYONE LIKE TO DISCUSS ANY OF THE PROPOSED ORDINANCES? FURTHER? SEEING NONE, WE WILL CONSIDER E ONE AND E TWO AT THE SAME TIME, WHICH IS THE SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NUMBERS 1 0 3 8 AND 1 0 3 9.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING AND READ THE ORDINANCES BY TITLE ONLY? SO MOVE SECOND.
SECOND, MADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 38, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA ADDING CHAPTER 3.80 TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE FOR FIRE IMPACTS OF RESIDENTIAL AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, AMENDING CHAPTER 3.68 TO REMOVE REFERENCES TO QUIMBEE ACT AND LIEU FEES AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 39, AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING CHAPTER 10.84 TO TITLE 10 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE REGULATING THE USE OF BICYCLES AND ECON CONVEYANCES IN PUBLIC AREAS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS. OUR FIRST ITEM, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, MR. JOHN GILLISON.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS FIRST ITEM IS INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING BY TITLE ONLY OF AN ORDINANCE, ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 40 THAT WOULD AMEND SECTION 5.08 100 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND THE LIMITATION ON THE VALUE OF PRIZES AWARDING AWARDED DURING THE CONDUCT OF BINGO GAMES.
UM, SO WITH THAT I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO JONATHAN HILTON, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST ONE AND JANELLE MARKLE, OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR TO GIVE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
WELL, MY NAME IS JONATHAN HILTON, MANAGEMENT ANALYST, ONE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AND WE ARE HERE TODAY TO PRESENT AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION ZERO 5.0 8.0 OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA COM, UH, MUNICIPAL CODE.
TO THAT END, I WILL TURN THE BALANCE OF THE PRESENTATION OVER TO MY COLLEAGUE JANELLE MARCO.
MY NAME IS JANELLE MARKEL AND I'M THE HUMAN SERVICES SUPERVISOR FOR THE COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT.
AND SO WE ARE HERE TO PRESENT A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO SECTION 8.00 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, WHICH WOULD ALIGN BINGO PRIZE LIMITS WITH STATE LAW TO ENHANCE PRIZE OFFERINGS AND SUPPORT LOCAL BINGO OPERATIONS.
SO CURRENTLY SECTION ZERO 8.00 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE SETS A FIXED MAXIMUM PRIZE LIMIT OF $250 PER GAME.
THIS LIMIT IS SIGNIFICANTLY LOWER THAN AMOUNTS PERMITTED UNDER THE CALIFORNIA PENAL CODE SECTION 3 2, 6 0.5, WHICH AUTHORIZES SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER PRIZE VALUES.
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PENAL CODE SECTION 3 2 6 0.5 SPECIFICALLY STATES THE TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES AWARDED DURING THE CONDUCT OF ANY BINGO GAME SHALL NOT EXCEED $500 IN CASH OR KIND OR BOTH FOR EACH SEPARATE GAME, WHICH IS HELD DUE TO THE CURRENT STANDING OF MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 5.08100.ORGANIZATIONS THAT OPERATE BINGO GAMES FACE A DISTINCT COMPETITIVE DISADVANTAGE COMPARED TO ORGANIZATIONS IN NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS WHERE PRIZE LIMITS ARE EITHER HIGHER OR ALIGNED DIRECTLY WITH STATE GUIDELINES.
THIS COMPETITIVE IMBALANCE MAY DISCOURAGE PARTICIPANTS FROM ATTENDING LOCAL BINGO EVENTS, SUBSEQUENTLY REDUCING POTENTIAL REVENUES AND LIMITING THE GROWTH OPPORTUNITIES OF THESE ORGANIZATIONS.
UPDATING RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 5.0 8.100 TO ALIGN WITH PENAL CODE SEC UH, PENAL CODE 3 2 6 0.5 WILL HELP ORGANIZATIONS BOOST PARTICIPATION, INCREASE REVENUE, AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
THE PROPOSED UPDATE TO SECTION 5.0 8.100 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE WILL SUPPORT THE CITY COUNCIL GOALS BY FOSTERING COMMUNITY COLLABORATION, ENCOURAGING MEANINGFUL RESIDENT ENGAGEMENT, AND PROMOTING PROACTIVE INFORMED DECISION MAKING.
WE WILL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME.
IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.
I WOULD ASSUME THIS IS SUPPORTED BY THOSE THAT PARTICIPATE IN THE BINGO GAMES AT CENTRAL PARK.
WE WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN OR IS THERE ANYBODY IN THE AUDIENCE THAT CARES TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS SO THAT IT SIGNIFIES THAT THERE'S NO ONE, UM, THAT'S HERE TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THIS DECISION.
SO, UM, WE'LL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND IS THERE ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS OF STAFF OR COMMENTS? SEEING NONE, THEN I WOULD, UM, ACTUALLY DECIDE THAT WE COULD ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION.
ENTER, INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 4 0 BY TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING.
SECOND ADAM CLERK, ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 40 AND ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION 5.08 POINT 100 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND THE LIMITATION ON TOTAL VALUE OF PRIZES AWARDED DURING THE CONDUCT OF BINGO GAMES.
WE HAVE ONE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEMS AND THAT IS CONSIDERATION OF A RESOLUTION TO CREATE A RESIDENTIAL PARKING PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT ON SALERNO PLACE PURSUANT TO MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION ONE 0.50.
AND THAT'S CODIFIED UNDER RESOLUTION 2025 DASH ZERO THREE.
MR. CITY MANAGER? YES, MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO THIS NEXT ITEM, UH, IS A REQUEST FROM THE, UH, RESIDENTS OF SALERNO PLACE.
THEY'RE LOOKING TO CREATE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT, UM, PURSUANT TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
UM, THEY'VE WORKED WITH OUR ENGINEERING STAFF, UM, TO, TO GET THE, UM, REQUEST TO THIS POINT.
SO WITH TH THAT I WILL TURN IT OVER TO CHRIS ELLIS, OUR ASSISTANT ENGINEER IN ALBERTO FELIX, OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER TO GIVE YOU THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
I'M WITH THE ENGINEERING TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT.
UM, I'M AN ASSISTANT ENGINEER AND THIS IS OUR TRAFFIC ENGINEER, ALBERTO FELIX.
AND WE'RE HERE TO PRESENT A RESOLUTION TO CREATE A RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT ON SALERNO PLACE.
THE PROPOSED SALERNO PLACE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF CANYON PARK AND WOULD ENCOMPASS THE 13 HOMES THAT ARE LOCATED ON THE STREET.
CURRENTLY, UM, PARKING ON SALERNO PLACE IS RESTRICTED ON WEEKDAYS FROM 3:00 PM TO 7:00 PM AND ON WEEKENDS FROM 8:00 AM TO 12:00 PM THESE PARKING RESTRICTIONS WERE PUT IN PLACE DUE TO THE PROXIMITY OF THE PARK TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO THERE NO PLACE IS THE ONLY STREET IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD, UM, SOUTH OF CANYON PARK THAT CURRENTLY HAS PARKING RESTRICTIONS DUE TO THE DIRECT ACCESS TO THE PARK.
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IN LATE 2024, STAFF WERE CONTACTED BY RESIDENTS OF SALERNO PLACE REGARDING SEVERAL CONCERNS, INCLUDING VEHICLES PARKING IMPROPERLY AND IGNORING, UH, THE CURRENT PARKING RESTRICTIONS, UH, DRIVEWAYS AND MAILBOXES BEING BLOCKED, TRASH BEING LEFT IN THE ROADWAY, UM, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.UM, AND ALSO TRASH BEING LEFT IN THE PARKWAYS.
THESE ISSUES APPEAR TO STEM FROM INDIVIDUALS VISITING KENYON PARK.
AND AFTER VERIFYING THE CONDITIONS ON ERNO PLACE, STAFF DETERMINED THAT IT WAS APPROPRIATE TO INITIATE THE PROCESS OF ESTABLISHING A PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT AS OUTLINED IN SECTION 10 POINT 50 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE.
AND I'LL TURN OVER THE REMAINDER OF THIS TO ALBERTO, UH, PER MUNICIPAL CODE 10.50, WHICH ALLOWS THE DESIGNATION OF A PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT IF CERTAIN CONDITIONS ARE MET.
UH, DRIVERS WHO TYPICALLY DON'T LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE REGULARLY OCCUPYING ON STREET PARKING, UH, VEHICLES, PARKING IN THE AREA, REDUCED PARKING AVAILABILITY FOR RESIDENTS, UH, DESIGNATED RESIDENT COLLECTS SIGNATURES, UH, ONE PER ADDRESS IN THE DISTRICT.
THERE IS SUPPORT FROM AT LEAST 75% OF THE RESIDENTS WITHIN THE DISTRICT.
AND IF NO PRACTICAL ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS OTHER THAN ESTABLISHING A PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT IN CONFORMANCE WITH SECTION 10.50 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE, THE NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SUBMITTED PETITION SHOWING SUPPORT FROM 11 OF THE 13 ADDRESSES IN THE PROPOSED DISTRICT.
THE OTHER TWO DID NOT VOTE BECAUSE THE HOMES WERE VACANT AT THE TIME THE PETITION WAS CIRCULATED.
UH, PETITION SHOWS 84% WERE IN FAVOR OF THE CREATION OF THE PARKING DISTRICT.
THE NEW PARKING, THE NEW RESIDENTIAL PARKING DISTRICT WILL CHANGE THEIR CURRENT RESTRICTION FROM TIME PARKING TO PARKING BY PERMIT ONLY 24 HOURS A DAY AND SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
THE FISCAL IMPACT OF THIS ACTION IS EXPECTED TO BE MINIMAL, LIMITED TO THE COST OF PRODUCING THE PARKING PERMITS AND INSTALLING THE REQUIRED SIGNAGE.
AT THIS TIME, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO RECOMMEND THE CITY COUNCIL TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER 10 20 25 DASH THREE TO ESTABLISH THE SALERNO PLACE RESIDENTIAL PERMIT PARKING DISTRICT AS DESCRIBED IN THIS PRESENTATION AND IN THE STAFF REPORT.
THIS CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATION.
CHRIS AND I ARE ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
QUESTIONS, STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING? YES, I HAVE ONE QUESTION.
SO, PERMITS ARE ONLY FOR THE RESIDENTS TO APPLY FOR OR AS A GUEST WOULD I HAVE THE OPTION OF APPLYING FOR A PERMIT? THE PASSES ARE FOR THE PER THE RESIDENTS IN ALONG THAT STREET, UH, RESIDENTS ARE ALLOWED TO GET GUEST PASSES AND LIKE IF THEY HAD A BARBECUE OR A PARTY, THEY WOULD BE ALLOWED TO GET, UM, GUEST PASSES FOR THEIR GUESTS AND THEY COULD PARK DURING THAT ONE DAY.
JUST A QUICK QUESTION BEFORE IT WAS PARKING RESTRICTIONS, SO, UH, YES.
SO IF YOU WERE A RESIDENT, YOU COULDN'T EVEN PARK ON THE STREET.
WOULD THAT BE FAIR TO SAY? OKAY.
SO, UM, BUT MOST OF THE TIME IT WAS PEOPLE VISITING THE, THE KENYON PARK FOR THE BASEBALL FIELD.
WHAT WAS VERY EASY ACCESS TO GET OVER TO THE BASEBALL FIELD? MY QUESTION IS, UM, WILL WE BE ABLE TO BETTER ENFORCE IT? 'CAUSE APPARENTLY THEY WERE PARKING THERE AND WE, I I DON'T KNOW.
HOW DID WE, WE'D HAD, WERE WE ISSUING CITATIONS WHEN PEOPLE WERE PARKING ON THE STREET WHEN THERE WERE RESTRICTIONS? UH, YES.
THE, IT, THE ENFORCEMENT WOULD BE CONSISTENT WITH THE OTHER PERMIT DISTRICTS, OTHER PERMIT DISTRICTS, THEY'RE ALL THE SAME 24 HOURS, SEVEN DAYS A WEEK.
SO THEY'RE, YEAH, THIS IS A MUCH BETTER TOOL.
WE'LL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW, IS THERE ANYONE HERE THAT WI WISHES TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL REGARDING THIS PARKING RESTRICTION ON SALENO STREET? OKAY, SEEING NONE, PUBLIC HEARINGS CLOSED.
IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION? SO MOVED.
AND IS THAT'S GONNA BE APPROVING RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH 0 1 3 PLEASE VOTE.
OKAY, OUR NEXT ITEM IS AN ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARING FOR BOTH THE CITY AND FIRE DEPARTMENT.
UM, AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO MR. GILLISON.
THANK YOU MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
SO, UH, THIS ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A CONTINUED ITEM.
IT IS THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR CONSIDERATION
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OF RESOLUTION NUMBER 2025 DASH 0 1 4, WHICH IS A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA APPROVING A DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE NEXUS STUDY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE, ADOPTING A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AS PART OF THE NEXUS STUDY, ESTABLISHING THE FEE AMOUNT AND MAKING A DETERMINATION OF EXEMPTION UNDER CQA.SO, UH, AS YOU KNOW, OR AS YOU ARE AWARE, THIS WAS ORIGINALLY ONE PROJECT, UM, AND IT WAS SPLIT UP INTO TWO COMPONENTS, TRANSPORTATION AND NON TRANSPORTATION.
UH, YOU HEARD THE NON TRANSPORTATION A NUMBER OF WEEKS AGO, UM, AND APPROVED THAT AND MOVED IT FORWARD.
WHAT IS BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS THE NEXUS STUDY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION.
SO, UM, WITH THAT, LET ME INTRODUCE THE TEAM THAT'S BEEN WORKING ON IT.
WE HAVE MATT BURRIS, OUR DEPUTY CITY MANAGER OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
WE HAVE JASON, WELL DAY, OUR CITY ENGINEER, DIRECTOR OF ENGINEERING SERVICES.
WE HAVE ZACH NEIGHBORS, OUR DIRECTOR OF BUILDING AND SAFETY SERVICES, UM, AND THEY WILL ALL BE PROVIDING THE STAFF REPORT.
UM, AND I WILL BE A PART OF THE PRESENTATION AS WELL.
SO WITH THAT, UM, LET ME TURN IT OVER TO MATT AND HIS TEAM FOR THE PRESENTATION.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MR. MAYOR, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL, UM, BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING, AS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE APPROVAL OF A NEXUS STUDY AND ADOPTION OF UPDATED FEES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE PROGRAM.
THE HISTORY ON THIS ITEM DATES BACK TO EARLY 2020.
UM, BY WAY OF BACKGROUND, IN JANUARY OF 2020, THE STATE AND S SCAG PROVIDED THE CITY WITH NEW HOUSING ALLOCATION, AND THE CITY BEGAN THE PLAN, THE GENERAL PLAN UPDATE PROCESS.
IN DECEMBER OF 2020, THE MOST RECENT UPDATE TO THE CITY'S DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE PROGRAMS WERE ADOPTED.
AND THEN FOLLOWING THAT, IN 2021, UH, AB 6 0 2, ASSEMBLY BILL 6 0 2 WAS ADOPTED, UH, WHICH BECAME LAW IN JANUARY, UH, FIRST 2022.
AND THE LEGISLATION PROVIDED A NEW FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSING DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES IN CALIFORNIA TO INCENTIVIZE SMALLER AND MORE ATTAINABLE HOUSING.
THE NEW GENERAL PLAN WAS ADOPTED IN FEBRUARY, 2022, AND WITH IT, A NEW SUITE OF INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS FOR ACCOMMODATING NEW GROWTH PROJECTION, THE NEW GROWTH PROJECTIONS, UH, THAT HAD BEEN IDENTIFIED, THE PROCESS TO UPDATE THE CITY'S DIFF PROGRAMS BEGAN IN THE FALL OF 2023.
AND THE FIRST PROPOSED UPDATE SINCE 2020, UH, WAS CHALLENGED BY THE BIA.
PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR ADOPTION, THE CITY AGREED TO REVISIT THE PROGRAMS IN LIGHT OF THE NEW STATE LAW AND NEW CASE LAW.
A NEW NEXUS STUDY WAS RELEASED, UM, BY THE CITY IN THE FALL OF 2024, INCORPORATING THE NEW GENERAL PLAN INFRASTRUCTURE AND SHIFTING OF THE APPROACH TO MORE, UH, LITERALLY FOLLOW A PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS FOR PER PURSUANT TO AB 6 0 2.
THE BIA PROVIDED COMMENTS ON THIS STUDY LEADING TO ADDITIONAL REVIEW AND REVISIONS IN EARLY 2025, THE THIRD VERSION OF THE NEXUS STUDY FOR BOTH THE NON TRANSPORTATION AND TRANSPORTATION DIFFS WERE RELEASED AND THE CITY RECEIVED ADDITIONAL COMMENTS FROM THE BIA MOST RECENTLY ON APRIL 16TH, 2025.
SO JUST A FEW WEEKS AGO, AS MR. GILLINSON SAID, THE CITY COUNCIL HELD THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVED THE NEXUS STUDY AND ADOPTED THE FEES FOR THE NONT TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES OR DIFFS.
WITH THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 38 THIS EVENING, THE CREATION OF THE FIRE IMPACT FEE PROGRAM WAS ALSO COMPLETED.
THIS BRINGS US TO THIS EVENING'S HEARING.
ON APRIL 2ND, THE CITY COUNCIL CONTINUED THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TRANSPORTATION DIFFS TO MAY 7TH.
TONIGHT, THE STAFF REPORT ATTACHMENTS AND PRESENTATION TONIGHT IS THE CULMINATION OF AN EXTENSIVE EFFORT TO ADDRESS CONCERNS FROM THE BIA AND PROVIDE A PROGRAM THAT MEETS THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE MITIGATION FEE ACT AND ADDRESSES THE IMPACTS TO INFRASTRUCTURE, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS RESULTING FROM FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
SO WHAT IS THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE? DIFFS SUR CHARGES LEVIED ON NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, PROJECTS TO FUND THE CONSTRUCTION OR EXPANSION OF PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE AND FACILITIES NEEDED TO SUPPORT GROWTH GENERATED BY DEVELOPMENT.
THE ASSESSMENT OF DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES IS IN LINE WITH THE CITY'S LONG HELD FISCAL POLICY OF NEW DEVELOPMENT, PAYING ITS WAY AND MITIGATING THE IMPACTS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT ON EXISTING RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES BECAUSE OF THEIR NATURE.
THE APPROVAL OF THE NEXUS STUDY STUDIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS AND THE ADOPTION OF THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES WILL NOT HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT ARE EX AN EXEMPT, ARE EXEMPT FROM CE QA, UH, PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 5 0 6 1 B THREE OF STATE SQL GUIDELINES, UH, BECAUSE THE ACTIONS INVOLVE ADOPTION OF DEVELOPMENT, IMPACT FEES AND NO SPECIFIC DEVELOPMENT, UH, IS AUTHORIZED BY THE ADOPTION OF THE NEXUS STUDIES CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLANS OR THE ADOPTION OF THE UPDATED FEES.
SO WHAT'S DRIVING THE, THE NEED FOR THE NEW INFRASTRUCTURE? WELL, BASED ON THE LATEST HOUSING ALLOCATION ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE AND SCAG IN 2020 AND ANTICIPATED GROWTH PATTERNS IN THE REGION AND CITY, AN UPDATE TO THE GENERAL PLAN WAS UPDATED IN EARLY 2022
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WITH NEARLY 20,000 NEW RESIDENT RESIDENTIAL UNITS ANTICIPATED TO BE CONSTRUCTED THROUGH 2040.FURTHER, THE POPULATION OF THE CITY IS ANTICIPATED TO GROW BY OVER 40,000 RESIDENTS WITHIN THAT SAME PERIOD.
WITH SUCH GROW GROWTH, IT IS IMPORTANT TO PLAN AND BUILD THE INFRASTRUCTURE NECESSARY TO SERVE THIS POPULATION, AND THEREFORE, AN UPDATE TO THE DIFF PROGRAM IS NEEDED.
THE CITY'S IMPACT FEE PROGRAMS COVER A VARIETY OF CATEGORIES, UH, FOR IN INFRASTRUCTURE.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, THE FIRST SEVEN CATEGORIES WERE UPDATED ON APRIL 16TH, AND TONIGHT WE ARE FOCUSING ON THE LAST CATEGORY.
TRANSPORTATION RANCH CUCAMONGA TRANSPORTATION DIFF WAS, UH, FIRST ADOPTED IN 1991.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM TOOK PLACE IN 20 2005 AND 2014 WITH THE LATEST UPDATE, UH, BEING APPROVED IN 2020.
HOWEVER, SINCE 2020, THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL SIGNIFICANT CHANGES TO THE LANDSCAPE SURROUNDING DIF PROGRAMS IN GENERAL AND TRANSPORTATION PROGRAMS IN PARTICULAR.
AMONG THESE ARE CHANGES IN STATE LAW, FOR EXAMPLE, AB 6 0 2, AMONG OTHERS, CHANGES IN CASE LAW RELATED TO MORE PARTICULARIZED NEXUS AND PROPORTIONALITY STANDARDS FOR DIFF PROGRAMS AND CHANGES IN THE MEASUREMENT AND MITIGATION OF TRAFFIC IMPACTS RELATED TO VMT OR VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.
I'LL BRIEFLY COVER EACH OF THESE TO PROVIDE CONTEXT FOR OUR CURRENT PROPOSED PROGRAM IN 2021, AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, AB 6 0 2 WAS PASSED AND BECAME LAW ON JANUARY 1ST, 2022.
THE PURPOSE OF THE LAW WAS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRANSPARENCY TO THE PROCESS OF ASSESSING DIFFS AND TO ENCOURAGE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALLER HOMES UNDER THE PREMISE THAT SMALLER HOMES IN THE STATE WILL RESULT IN IMPROVED AFFORDABILITY.
SOME KEY REQUIREMENTS OF EBEB 6 0 2 ARE, UH, ADDED REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTING, INCLUDING POSTING OF SPECIFIC INFORMATION ON THE CITY'S WEBSITE, ADDED NOTICING REQUIREMENTS, PARTICULARLY A 30 DAY NOTICE EXTENDED FROM 10 DAYS OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO SUCH FEES, ADOPTIONS OF ADOPTION OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH THE ADOPTION OF NEW FEES FOR LARGER AGENCIES OF WHICH WRENCH CUCAMONGA FALLS INTO THAT CATEGORY.
AND ASSESSMENT OF DIFFS FOR RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENTS ON A PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS RATHER THAN A PER UNIT BASIS.
THIS LAST ITEM IS A MAJOR SHIFT FROM THE METHOD OF ASSESSMENT WIDELY USED IN THE CITY IN THE PAST AND MOST AGENCIES FOR DECADES.
PRIOR TO AB 6 0 2, MOST AGENCIES ASSESSED FEES ON A PER UNIT BASIS FOR RESIDENTIAL.
THIS CHANGE HAS MADE PREPARATION OF NEXUS STUDIES AND ASSESSMENT OF FEES MORE COMPLICATED SINCE MOST TRAFFIC DATA AVAILABLE IS BASED ON A PER UNIT ASSESSMENT.
TO ADDRESS THIS, OUR CONSULTANT HAS DEVELOPED A METHODOLOGY THAT BOTH ADDRESSES THE REQUIREMENT TO ASSESS BY SQUARE FOOT AND MAINTAINS RELATIONSHIP TO DEVELOPMENT PATTERNS BY USING INFORMATION AVAILABLE FROM OUR BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT TO ESTABLISH THE PROPOSED FEE SCHEDULE.
THE NEXT MAJOR CHANGE IN THE DIFF LANDSCAPE INVOLVES RECENT CASE LAW THAT EMPHASIZES A MORE PARTICULARIZED NEXUS AND PROPORTIONALITY BETWEEN INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT, AND ASSESSMENT OF FEES.
IN THE PAST, A MORE GENERAL NEXUS AND PROPORTIONALITY WAS DETERMINED ON A CITYWIDE BASIS BASED ON IMPACTS TO THE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM AS A WHOLE.
AND BY TYPE OF LAND USE UNDER RECENT CASE LAW, MORE GRANULARITY IS REQUIRED, AND SPECIFICALLY AS IT RELATES TO GEOGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEW DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRAMMED IMPROVEMENTS.
TO THIS END, THE CITY DEVELOPED A ZAL APPROACH CONSISTING OF THREE ZONES.
AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, NORTH, CENTRAL, AND SOUTH.
THE BASIS OF THIS APPROACH IS THE PREDOMINANT EAST WEST PATTERN OF TRAFFIC IN THE CITY.
AND THE NATURAL CORRIDORS FORMED BY THE TWO 10 FREEWAY AND FOOTHILL BOULEVARD FROM THESE ZONES ARE CONSULTANT USED THE COUNTYWIDE TRAFFIC MODEL TO DETERMINE THE BREAKDOWN OF VEHICLE TRIPS BETWEEN THE ZONES TO ASSIGN COSTS OF IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PROGRAM TO EACH ZONE BEFORE ALLOCATING THE COST ON LAND USE CA, UH, BASED ON LAND USE CATEGORY.
THIS RESULTED IN, IN THE THREE FEE SCHEDULES IN THE PROPOSED FEE UPDATE, ONE FOR EACH ZONE DEPENDING ON THE LOCATION OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
FURTHER, THE NEXUS STUDY ADDRESSES THIS NEXUS AND PROPORTIONALITY THROUGH THE EVALUATION OF EXISTING DEFICIENCIES.
THAT IS PLAN THAT IS PLANNED, IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE ON FACILITIES THAT ARE ALREADY OPERATING AT A LEVEL OF SERVICE, EXCEEDING OUR GENERAL PLAN THRESHOLD OF D OR BETTER, UH, D OR BETTER, AND AS WELL AS THE, UH, BASED ON POPULATION GROWTH FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT FOR PROJECTS THAT ARE NOT MEASURED BY LEVEL OF SERVICE SUCH AS VMT REDUCING PROJECTS.
I SHOULD NOTE THAT THE CORRESPONDENCE RECEIVED BY THE CITY AND PROVIDED TO THE CITY COUNCIL QUESTIONS THE ZAL APPROACH.
HOWEVER, THE ZAL APPROACH IS SPECIFICALLY INTENDED TO ADDRESS CASE LAW AND EARLIER COMMENTS FROM STAKEHOLDERS THAT A CITYWIDE APPROACH, UH, UH, THAT A CITYWIDE APPROACH, UH, HAD, WAS, WAS PROBLEMATIC AND HAD DISCUSSED, HAD BEEN, HAS BEEN DISCUSSED EXTENSIVELY WITH THE BIA AND THEIR CONSULTANTS, INCLUDING PRIOR MODIFICATION, UH, INCLUDING PRIOR TO MODIFYING THE NEXUS STUDY TO INCORPORATE THE ZAL APPROACH.
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THIS LEADS, UH, IN ADDITION TO THESE, UH, SORRY, SOMETHING I GOT LOST HERE.ALRIGHT, SO IN ADDITION TO, TO THE TYPES OF PROJECTS, UH, THAT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT, UM, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS PROGRAMMED INTO THE DIFF, UH, UPDATE THAT ADDRESS BOTH CAPACITY AND VMT REDUCING IMPACTS ON NEW DEVELOPMENT.
HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT HAVE BEEN INCORPORATED INTO THE PROJECT, THE PROGRAM.
EACH OF THESE CATEGORIES OF IMPROVEMENTS ARE NEEDED TO ADDRESS IMPACTS TO EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE AND NEEDED INFRASTRUCTURE AS A RESULT OF NEW DEVELOPMENT.
FREEWAY INTERCHANGES, FOR INSTANCE, UH, UH, THE ONE FREEWAY INTERCHANGE THAT WE HAVE IN THE PROGRAM IS THE RESULT OF A NEXUS STUDY PREPARED BY S-B-C-T-A FORMERLY SANDBAG FOR MEASURE I, WHICH IDENTIFIED THE PUBLIC VERSUS DEVELOPMENT SHARE FOR THE SUBJECT INTERCHANGE, RAILROAD GRADE CROSSINGS AND SEPARATION.
GREAT SEPARATIONS, UH, ARE NEEDED TO COMPLETE CONNECTIVITY TO SERVICE DEVELOPMENT AND ADD CAPACITY TO THE STREET NETWORK THROUGH REDUCTION OF DELAYS AND ADDED LANES.
EACH OF THE BRIDGES INCLUDED IN THE STUDY RESULTS IN ADDITIONAL CAPACITY THROUGH WIDENING AND OR THE ADDITION OF VMT REDUCING INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDED TO MITIGATE THE IMPACTS OF NEW DEVELOPMENT.
STREET IMPROVEMENTS IN STREET WIDENINGS, UH, PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CAPACITY TO THE SUBJECT ROADWAYS THROUGH THE COMPLETION OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS NEEDED TO SERVE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE LOCATIONS IDENTIFIED AS BEING ALREADY DEFICIENT HAVE BEEN ACCOUNTED FOR WITH A REDUCTION IN THE SHARE FOR THE PROGRAM COSTS ASSIGNED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT TRAFFIC SIGNALS, ROUNDABOUTS AND INTERCONNECT SYSTEM.
UH, SIMILARLY, UH, SIMILARLY AS TRAFFIC INCREASES DUE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT, TRAFFIC SIGNALS, ROUNDABOUTS AND TRAFFIC SIG INTER SIGNAL INTERCONNECT ARE NEEDED TO ADD CAPACITY AND HANDLE INCREASED TRAFFIC AT THE SUBJECT INTERSECTIONS.
AND FINALLY, UH, REDU VMT REDUCING INFRASTRUCTURE AS MENTIONED ABOVE, A MAJOR IMPACT TO THE TRANSPORTATION NETWORK IDENTIFIED BY STATE, BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE IS INCREASED VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.
IN ORDER TO MITIGATE THIS IMPACT AND ADDRESS THE REQUIREMENTS OF STATE LAW, THE GENERAL PLAN INCORPORATES SEVERAL VMT REDUCING INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS WITH NEW DEVELOPMENT.
WE NOTE THAT TO MAINTAIN NEXUS AND PROPORTIONALITY, THESE PROJECTS ARE ASSIGNED TO NEW DEVELOPMENT BASED ON NEW POPULATION ANTICIPATED BECAUSE OF DEVELOPMENT, RATHER THAN ASSIGNING 100% OF THE COST TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
JUST TO NOTE THE, UH, THIRD AND FOURTH COLUMN ON THIS SLIDE, UH, WE DID DO SOME, SOME ANALYSIS AND, UH, SHOW HERE THE, UH, ROUGH PERCENTAGES OF THE OVERALL PROGRAM COST, UH, THAT, UH, UH, WE'VE INCLUDED AS FAR AS THE LIST OF PROJECTS, HOW THEY BREAK DOWN AS FAR AS PERCENTAGE OF COST, UH, FOR THE TOTAL PRO PROGRAM COST, AS WELL AS HOW THEY BREAK DOWN FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT SHARE OF THAT PROGRAM COST.
AND, UH, WE WILL NOTE THAT THESE ARE BEFORE, UH, OTHER, UM, DEDUCTIONS WERE TAKEN, SUCH AS CARRY OVER FUNDS FROM THE EXISTING PROGRAM, UH, REDUCTIONS FOR EXISTING DEFICIENCIES AND OTHER BOTTOM LINE ADJUSTMENTS OF THE PROJECTS LISTED STAFF HAS IDENTIFIED AND PROPOSES AN AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TONIGHT THAT INCLUDES THESE PROJECTS, THE ONES LISTED HERE.
THIS ALIGNS WITH THE AB 6 0 2, UH, REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION OF A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM WITH THE ADOPTION OF NEW FEES FOR LARGER AGENCIES.
THE AMENDMENT TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM IS ATTACHED, UH, TO THE RESOLUTION, UH, FOR, UH, PROPOSED FOR APPROVAL.
THE FUNDAMENTAL APPROACH ON HOW WE ASSESS IMPACT FEES UNDER AB 6 0 2 AND CURRENT CASE LAW HAS CHANGED A LOT, TRANSITIONING FROM A PER UNIT TO A PER SQUARE FOOT APPLICATION, ALONG WITH A MORE PARTICULARIZED NEXUS AND PROPORTIONALITY.
THIS COMPARISON HERE REFLECTS THE CHANGES IN THE FEES FROM THE EXISTING PER UNIT APPROACH THAT'S ON THE LEFT OF THE DOTTED LINE, UH, TO ONE WHERE WE ARE LOOKING AT IT ON A PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS AS REQUIRED BY AB 6 0 2 IN ORDER TO MAKE A AN APPLE TO APPLES COMPARISON, THOUGH, UH, WE SELECTED THE AVERAGE, UH, SIZE UNIT FOR A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT AND A MULTIFAMILY RESIDENTIAL UNIT.
AND AS YOU CAN SEE, UH, THERE ARE SOME DECREASES FOR SOME, UH, INCREASES FOR OTHER AREAS OF THE CITY.
AND THAT IS BASED ON THE ANALYSIS THAT WAS DONE BY A CONSULTANT TO ASSIGN THOSE TRIPS, UM, AND THE PROPORTION OF THE, UH, IMPROVEMENTS BASED ON THE GEOGRAPHICAL RANGES WITHIN THOSE, UM, ZONES.
AND I WILL GO AHEAD AND HAND IT OVER TO MR. BURKES.
SO I, I JUST WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT, UH, AND ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YES, THIS IS A MUCH DIFFERENT PROGRAM AND IS MUCH MORE COMPLICATED, BUT, UM, WE'RE FINDING THAT THE STATE'S INTENTIONS ARE, ARE PLAYING OUT ALL THE LAYERS OF ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS TO GET TO A MUCH GREATER LEVEL OF SPECIFICITY, UM, DOES HAVE A LOT OF POTENTIAL TO, TO MAKE IT EASIER TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL
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HOUSING.AS AN EXAMPLE, THIS AFTERNOON, JUST ABOUT 90 MINUTES BEFORE THIS HEARING, I TALKED WITH ONE OF OUR DEVELOPERS WHO'S GOT AN ACTIVE PROJECT IN THE CITY.
AND, UM, BECAUSE THE STATE IS FOCUSED MORE ON A PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS, UH, THAT PARTICULAR PROJECT STANDS, THE, OR IS PRESENTED WITH AN OPPORTUNITY PERHAPS SAVING $900,000 IN ADDITIONAL DIFF FEES.
UM, SO AGAIN, THIS, THIS IDEA OF OF OF FOCUSING IN ON, ON PER SQUARE FOOT BASIS AND LOOKING AT THINGS LIKE TRANSIT PRIORITY CORRIDORS AS A WAY OF ACKNOWLEDGING THAT THERE MIGHT BE LESS, UM, TRANSPORTATION IMPACT LESS VMT, ET CETERA, BRINGS A NEW OPPORTUNITY.
UM, AND JUST TO EMPHASIZE WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ONE OF THE, THOSE BIGGER CHANGES WITH VMT, UM, IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROGRAM.
12 YEARS AGO WE HAD SB 7 43 THAT WAS PASSED BY THE STATE, ACKNOWLEDGING AND CHANGING HOW WE ASSESS IMPACTS UNDER CE QA FROM LEVEL OF SERVICE AND STRAIGHT CAPACITY, UH, TO, TO VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED.
UM, THIS HAS BEEN A, A POINT OF CONTENTION AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE DEVELOPMENT SOME, SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY BECAUSE THE, THE CONVENTIONAL WAY IN CALIFORNIA HAS BEEN TO LOOK AT IMPACTS, UM, UH, JUST ON STRAIGHT CAPACITY.
AND THE STATE HAS TOLD US UNEQUIVOCALLY, WE MUST NOW LOOK AT VEHICLE MILES TRAVEL AS THE PRIMARY METRIC FOR ASSESSING IMPACTS.
UM, AND, AND THERE'S BEEN ADDITIONAL LEGISLATION OVER THE LAST 10 OR 15 YEARS THAT ARE DRIVING US TO LOOK AT GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, UH, REDUCTIONS, ET CETERA.
AND THEY'RE ALL VERY CLOSELY TIED, UM, TO, TO TRANSPORTATION AS VEHICLES ARE REALLY THE PRIMARY SOURCE OF, UM, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS HERE IN, IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UM, ACROSS THE STATE, REALLY FOR THE MOST PART.
AND SO THE TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS THAT WE NEED TO DEPLOY IN ORDER TO ADDRESS VMT, UH, AND REDUCE VMT INCLUDE THINGS LIKE TRAILS AND TRAIL CROSSINGS AND BICYCLE LANES AND, UM, TRANSIT PRIORITY CORRIDOR INFRASTRUCTURE TO MAKE IT EASIER TO, TO USE OTHER MODES AND TO MAKE TRIPS SHORTER.
ASIDE, AS I JUST SET THE STAGE FOR IMPLEMENTATION, WE'VE, WE'VE SPENT A, A, A GOOD BIT OF TIME WORKING WITH THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS, UH, TO GET TO THIS POINT HERE.
UM, AND THE IMPLEMENTATION PROPOSED FOR THE TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WE PROPOSED A FEW WEEKS BACK ON THE NON TRANSPORTATION COMPONENT.
UH, STAFF IS PROPOSING THAT THE DIFF FEES TAKE EFFECT ON JULY 7TH, 2025.
IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN 60 DAYS AS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW.
UM, AND LIKE THE NON TRANSPORTATION DIFFS, WE'D LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT DEVELOPERS THAT HAVE APPLICATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SUBMITTED BY APRIL, UH, 16TH.
SO WE'RE KEEPING THAT DAY STRAIGHT JUST TO MAKE ADMINISTRATION, UM, AND FOR BOTH THE CITY AND, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY CLEAR THAT WHEN THOSE, UH, IF APPLICATIONS HAD BEEN SUBMITTED AND SUBSEQUENTLY DEEMED COMPLETE, THEN WE, THEY WOULD HAVE THE OPTION OF PROCEEDING UNDER THE NEW OR THE OLD DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE PROGRAM.
AND AS I MENTIONED A MOMENT AGO, UM, FOR, FOR SOME DEVELOPERS, IT WILL REALLY BENEFIT THEM TO PROCEED UNDER THE NEW A MILLION DOLLARS IN SAVINGS IS NOTHING.
SOME OTHER DEVELOPERS THAT, UM, ARE DEVELOPING, UH, DIFFERENT PRODUCT TYPES PROBABLY WOULD BENEFIT FROM STAYING UNDER THE OLD PROGRAM.
UM, IF THE OLD ENTITLEMENT, EXCUSE ME, IF THE OLD PROGRAM IS CHOSEN BY A DEVELOPER, UM, WE, WE WILL SUPPORT AND ALLOW THAT AS LONG AS THOSE ENTITLEMENTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED AND BUILDING PERMITS HAVE BEEN ISSUED PRIOR TO JULY 1ST, 2026.
SO A LITTLE MORE THAN A YEAR TO GET THROUGH ENTITLEMENTS, GET YOUR CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS SUBMITTED TO THE BUILDING DEPARTMENT AND, AND, AND REQUEST THOSE BUILDING PERMITS.
UM, AND IF A DEVELOPER CHOOSES TO PROCEED UNDER THE NEW FEE PROGRAM, THEN THEY CAN JUST GO AHEAD AND PAY THOSE INITIAL RATES PRIOR TO BUILDING PERMIT ISSUANCE.
UH, WE'RE VERY FLEXIBLE AS LONG AS THOSE PLANS ARE, UM, COMPLETED TO THE POINT THAT WE KNOW THE ACTUAL SQUARE FOOTAGE.
SO WE CAN ACTUALLY CALCULATE, UH, THE, THE FEES, THEN HOW TO PICK WHAT, WHAT YOU WANT.
WE, WE HAVE A SMALL WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY HERE WHERE, UM, WE WANT TO MAKE IT FLEXIBLE AND RECOGNIZE THAT IT, IT MIGHT, IT MIGHT UPSET SOMEBODY'S PROJECT IF A, IF A FEE PROGRAM SHIFTS.
UM, BUT WE ALSO DON'T WANNA WALK OTHER FOLKS IN WHO MIGHT BENEFIT FROM THE NEW FEE PROGRAM.
UM, THE NEXUS STUDY WILL BE REQUIRED TO, AS PER STATE LAW ON AN EIGHT YEAR BASIS.
UM, STAFF WILL, UH, ADJUST DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ANNUALLY IN JULY OF EACH CALENDAR YEAR.
WE'RE ASKING FOR THAT SPECIFIC AUTHORIZATION FROM THE COUNCIL, SO WE CAN JUST HAVE A, A VERY CLEAR PREDICTIVE, UM, PROGRAM DEVELOPERS AS THEY COME IN.
THEY CAN SEE WHAT IS COMING BEFORE THEM, AND THEY DON'T HAVE TO BE SURPRISED AND WORRY ABOUT THAT UNCERTAINTY AND RISK.
UH, AND WE'RE ASKING THEM TO ALLOW THE CITY MANAGER TO MAKE THOSE ADJUSTMENTS EACH YEAR BASED ON THE CALTRANS COST INDEX.
UM, WE ARE UNDER STATE LAW ALLOWED TO CHARGE A SMALL ADMINISTRATIVE FEE.
UH, WE, WE WILL FOLLOW ALL THE VARIOUS CODES, GUIDELINES, ET CETERA, TO DO SO.
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UM, WE'RE ALLOWED TO CHARGE A TWO AND A HALF PERCENT ADMINISTRATIVE FEE, AND THAT IS BUILT INTO THIS PROGRAM AS WE'RE PROPOSING THIS SE EVENING AND, UH, CHOOSING THAT VERY MODERATE FEE.IT ALIGNS WITH THE, WHAT, WHAT HAS BEEN OUTLINED BY, UM, THE TURNER CENTER AT UC, BERKELEY, WHICH HAS BEEN PRETTY HEAVILY ANALYZED, AND IT'S ENDORSED BY CALIFORNIA'S HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.
UM, SO WE ALSO NEED TO MAKE SOME SPECIFIC FINDINGS THIS EVENING, UM, AND WE'RE ASKING COUNCILS TO PLEASE DO THAT.
AS LAID OUT ON THIS SLIDE HERE, UH, THEY'RE THE SAME STRUCTURE OF FINDINGS AS THE NON NON TRANSPORTATION DIFF PROGRAM.
UM, WE NEED TO MAKE A FINDINGS THAT THERE'S A NEED, THAT THERE'S A BENEFIT, AND THERE'S ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY AS WELL AS FINDINGS REGARDING THE FEE AND THE USE OF THE FEE.
UM, I'D LIKE TO HIT ON COMMUNICATION ENGAGEMENT.
COMMUNICATION IS A VERY BIG PART OF OUR CULTURE HERE IN RANCH CUCAMONGA, AND WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE SHARE WHAT WE'VE BEEN UP TO, UM, IN, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE, THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.
UH, WE MET OUR REQUIREMENTS OF NEW GOVERNMENT CODE BY PUBLISHING AND SENDING NOTICE, PUBLISHING THIS IN THE PAPER, PUTTING, MAKING THE NEXT STUDY AVAILABLE ONLINE, SHARING IT ONE-ON-ONE, UM, MORE THAN 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE, OUR FIRST ADVERTISED HEARING.
UM, WE RECEIVED LETTERS WITH QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS FROM VARIOUS INTERESTED PARTIES.
UH, WE GOT A LETTER OF SUPPORT FROM THE DESERT VALLEY BUILDERS ASSOCIATION.
UM, WE HAVE RESPONSES, UM, TO ALL THOSE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS THAT WE'D RECEIVED ON THE INITIAL NEXUS STUDY WHEN WE PUBLISHED IT SEVERAL WEEKS BACK.
UM, WE CONTINUED OUR HEARING FROM APRIL 2ND TO, UM, TO APRIL 16TH WHEN WE HEARD THE NON TRANSPORTATION FEES, AND NOW WE'RE HERE ON WITH THE TRANSPORTATION FEES.
UH, WE, WE HAVE BEEN IN COMMUNICATION CONSTANTLY WITH THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND A NUMBER OF DEVELOPERS.
UH, WE'VE HAD MORE CLOSE TO TWO DOZEN DIFFERENT CALLS AND MEETINGS WITH THEM ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR DIFF PROGRAM.
UM, WE'RE TRYING OUR, OUR VERY HARD TO, TO FIGURE OUT A, A, A WAY THAT MAKES SENSE FOR BOTH PARTIES.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A DEFENSIBLE PROGRAM, THAT IT GIVES US THE RESOURCES TO, TO ADDRESS, UM, OUR IMPACTS AND MITIGATE THOSE IMPACTS AS AS WE GROW.
UM, AND WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE BUILDING COMMUNITY IS ALSO TRYING TO MINIMIZE THEIR RISK AND ALSO, UM, YOU KNOW, KEEP THEIR COSTS LOW, WHICH WE UNDERSTAND.
WE DID RECEIVE A NUMBER OF LETTERS LAST NIGHT, UM, LAST MINUTE LETTERS FROM THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION AND HANDFUL OF, UH, THEIR TEAM.
AND WE'D LIKE TO GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE COMMENTS THIS EVENING JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, ALL, ALL THOSE INDIVIDUAL COMMENTS HAVE BEEN ADDRESSED.
UM, SO I'D LIKE TO AT THIS POINT ASK OUR CITY ATTORNEY, MR. GELLI TO ADDRESS A FEW OF THOSE COMMENTS, AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO DIVE INTO THE, SOME OF THE TECHNICAL TRANSPORTATION COMPONENTS OF THOSE COMMENTS.
I'LL START WITH SOME OF THE PROCEDURAL ITEMS. UM, SO THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT THE NEXUS STUDY WAS NOT MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC FOR 30 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING, AND THAT'S BECAUSE THE NEXUS STUDY THAT'S IN YOUR AGENDA PACKET IS DATED APRIL 30TH, 2025, WHICH OBVIOUSLY ISN'T 30 DAYS AGO.
BUT, UM, THE STATUTE DOES NOT SAY THAT EVERY MODIFICATION TO THE NEXUS STUDY NEEDS TO BE PUT BACK OUT FOR A NEW 30 DAY PERIOD.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S PRACTICAL, AND IT WOULD LIMIT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TONIGHT TO MAKE MODIFICATIONS.
UM, THERE WERE SOME MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE MADE BETWEEN THE FEBRUARY OR THE LAST DRAFT THAT WAS PUT OUT IN MARCH AND TONIGHT THOSE WERE CLARIFICATIONS AND THE REVISIONS TO THE ACTUAL FEES WERE INTENDED TO LOWER THE FEE, NOT INCREASE THE FEE IN RESPONSE TO COMMENTS RECEIVED FROM STAKEHOLDERS.
UM, THERE'S A COMMENT THAT THE, UH, NEXUS STUDY AND STAFF REPORT INCORRECTLY REFERENCE AB 2 55 3 IS AB 2 50 33.
THAT'S A HARMLESS TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.
AND THE NEXUS STUDY WILL BE CORRECTED TO, UH, ADDRESS THE CORRECT STAT, UH, STATUTORY NUMBER.
UM, THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT FOOTNOTE 12 IN THE NEXUS STUDY, WHICH, UH, IS INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE A STATUTE THAT REQUIRES A FEE REDUCTION FOR HOUSING PROJECTS NEAR TRANSIT, UH, AREAS, UM, THAT, UH, THAT SUMMARY INCLUDED SOME ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE THAT, UM, THE STAKEHOLDERS FOUND OBJECTIONABLE.
IT'S REALLY NOT INTENDED TO CHANGE THE LAW, IT WAS JUST THERE AS AGAIN, A REFERENCE TO THE STATUTE.
AND SO, UM, THE NEXT STUDY WILL JUST DELETE FOOTNOTE 12 SO THAT THERE IS NO AMBIGUITY ABOUT WHAT THE STATUTE MEANS, AND THE INTENT WAS NOT TO CHANGE THE LAW.
THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMENT THAT, UH, SO UNDER THE MITIGATION FEE ACT, THERE'S A BOTH A 30 DAY REQUIREMENT THAT THE TH THE NEXUS STUDY BE PLACED, UH, FOR PUBLIC REVIEW, BE PUT OUT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
THERE'S ALSO, UH, AN A LONGSTANDING REQUIREMENT IN THE MITIGATION FEE ACT THAT ANY DATA SUPPORTING, UM, A MITIGATE
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A MITIGATION IMPACT FEE BE PUT OUT FOR REVIEW 10 DAYS PRIOR TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.AGAIN, UH, THE APRIL 30TH, UH, NEXUS UPDATED NEXUS STUDY AND THE VERSION IN MARCH, THEY ALL INCLUDED THE DATA THAT IS SUPPORTING THE FEE THAT IS PROPOSED TONIGHT.
THE MINOR MODIFICATIONS THAT WERE MADE TO THE FEE WERE INTENDED TO LOWER, UH, THE FEE BASED ON AN ANALYSIS OF THE DATA THAT HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY, UH, PUT OUT FOR PUBLIC REVIEW.
UH, THERE IS, UH, A NUMBER OF LENGTHY COMMENTS, UH, IN THE LETTER FROM THE BIA THAT THE NEXUS STUDY DOESN'T COMPLY WITH, UM, NOLAN AND DOLAN, WHICH ARE TWO SORT OF FAMOUS CASES THAT DEAL WITH, UH, THE REQUIREMENTS FOR EXACTIONS BY LOCAL GOVERNMENT, BY GOVERNMENTS, UM, AS INTERPRETED BY A MORE RECENT CASE KNOWN AS SHEETS VERSUS EL DORADO COUNTY.
AND, UH, NOLAN AND DOLAN SAY THAT IMPACT FEES NEED TO BEAR A, A NEXUS BETWEEN THE FEE AND THE BURDEN THAT THE PROJECT IS CAUSING.
AND THEN THE, THOSE TWO THINGS NEED TO BE ROUGHLY PROPORTIONAL.
AND THE RECENT SHEETS CASE SAYS ONLY THAT IMPACT FEES ADOPTED AS PART OF A FEE SCHEDULE PROGRAM ARE SUBJECT TO THESE CONSTITUTIONAL REQUIREMENTS OF NEXUS AND ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY.
AS NOLAN DOLAN, THERE'S NO, UH, DEFERENCE GIVEN TO FEES THAT ARE ADOPTED AS PART OF A FEE SCHEDULE.
PREVIOUSLY THERE HAD BEEN, UM, CASE LAW INDICATING THAT A FEE ADOPTED BY, UH, AS PART OF A SCHEDULE BY A CITY COUNCIL WAS ENTITLED TO SOME DEFERENCE AND NOT SUBJECT TO NOLAN AND DOLAN.
THE US SUPREME COURT HAS SAID THAT'S NO LONGER THE CASE.
THESE FEES ARE IN FACT SUBJECT TO NOLAN AND DOLAN.
BUT IT DOESN'T SAY THAT A PROGRAM LIKE THE ONE BEFORE YOU IS NECESSARILY UNLAWFUL.
IT DOESN'T, THE CASE DIDN'T SAY HOW YOU CONDUCTED THAT NOLAN DOLAN STUDY AND THE NEXUS STUDY BEFORE YOU WAS REALLY FINE TUNED AND GOT INTO A GRANULAR LEVEL TO A GRANULAR LEVEL TO TRY AND ADDRESS THOSE NOLAN AND DOLAN REQUIREMENTS.
THERE'S A REASON WE CALL IT THE NEXUS STUDY.
SO, UM, THE, ANOTHER ISSUE IS THAT, UH, THE ZONE BASED APPROACH IS ARBITRARY AND NOT AUTHORIZED BY NOLAN DOLAN OR THE CONSTITUTION.
UM, I, I DEFINITELY DISAGREE WITH THAT BECAUSE I THINK THAT THE ENTIRE POINT, IN FACT, THE INITIAL DRAFTS OF THE, UH, NEXUS STUDY DIDN'T HAVE A ZONE BASED APPROACH.
UH, AND I, THE ZONE BASED APPROACH WAS ADDED BECAUSE WITHOUT IT, YOU WOULD FACE INSTANCES WHERE, SAY A HOUSING PROJECT IN ALT LOMA WOULD BE PAYING THE SAME COST OF A PROJECT, BEARING THE SAME BURDEN OF A PROJECT IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE CITY.
AND WITHOUT BREAKING UP THE CITY INTO SOME SORT OF ZONES TO APPORTION THE COST MORE CAREFULLY AND MORE GRANULARLY, I DO THINK THAT THERE WOULD BE A PROBLEM WITH, UM, THE ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY REQUIREMENT UNDER NOLAN AND DOLAN.
AND SO THIS ZAL APPROACH IS REALLY INTENDED TO DRIVE HOME THE REQUIREMENT THAT WE MEET ROUGH PROPORTIONALITY REQUIREMENTS UNDER NOLAN AND DOLAN.
UM, ANOTHER COMMENT WAS THAT THE IMPACT FEE CONSTITUTES A TAX UNDER PROPOSITIONS TWO 18 AND 26.
THIS IS NOT A TAX BECAUSE PROPOSITION 2220 SIXTH, UH, INCLUDES A SPECIFIC EXEMPTION FOR FEES IMPOSED AS A CONDITION OF DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS THIS ONE.
AND THEN FINALLY, UM, AS JASON ADDRESSED, THERE WAS AN ARGU ARGUMENT THAT THE CIP AND NEXUS STUDY ARE SUBJECT TO SQA REVIEW THAT HASN'T BEEN CONDUCTED YET.
AND, UH, THE RESOLUTION GOES THROUGH SEVERAL EXEMPTIONS UNDER CQA, BUT IN PARTICULAR THERE'S A SPECIFIC EXEMPTION FOR THE ADOPTION OF FEES AND OTHER FISCAL, UH, MATTERS FOR THE CITY.
SO THOSE WERE THE, UH, ARGUMENTS THAT I THINK HAD THE MOST LEGAL COMPONENTS AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ALRIGHT, WE'D LIKE TO DIVE INTO SOME OF THE TECHNICAL QUESTIONS THAT, UH, AND, AND COMMENTS THAT WE RECEIVED FROM THE BUILDING INDUSTRY, UH, FOLKS, AND I'M GONNA HAND IT OVER TO OUR CITY ENGINEER.
START WITH, UM, SOME CRITICISM AND QUESTIONS ABOUT THE NATURE OF THE, THE IMPROVEMENTS.
SO WE RECEIVED A COMMENT, THE QUESTION, THE INCLUSION OF, AS WAS DESCRIBED BY THE COMMENTER QUALITATIVE SAFETY AND AESTHETIC ENHANCEMENTS RATHER THAN THE IMPACTS FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UM, AS ME MENTIONED THROUGHOUT THE NEXUS STUDY STAFF REPORT AND THE COMMENTS RESPONSE MEMO, UH, THAT YOU HAVE, THE PROJECTS LISTED ARE REQUIRED TO ADDRESS IMPACTS FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT BASED ON CAPACITY AND VMT REDUCTION NEEDS.
THE PROJECTS ARE NOT PRIMARILY QUALITATIVE SAFETY OR AESTHETIC, BUT RESULT IN DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, OF A TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM THAT MITIGATES IMPACTS AND PROVIDES THE NECESSARY INFRASTRUCTURE TO SERVE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
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GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS IS A COMMENT THAT THE NEXUS STUDY DOESN'T PROVIDE A BASIS FOR INDIVIDUALIZED DETERMINATIONS OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FEES ASSESSED AND IMPACT OF PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT.THE PURPOSE OF THE NEXUS STUDY IS TO PROVIDE THAT BASIS.
UH, IT HAS BEEN DONE, UH, THROUGH A ZONAL APPROACH.
UH, THE USE OF INDUSTRY ACCEPTED DATA ON DIFFERENCES OF TRIP GENERATION BY LAND USE, TYING APPROPRIATE CLASSES OF PROJECTS TO POPULATION GROWTH INSTEAD OF BLANKETLY ASSESSING 100% OF THE COST AND DEVELOPMENT AND THE USE OF A SQUARE FOOT BASIS FOR ASSESSMENT WITH RESIDENTIAL USES, WHICH THE STATE LEGISLATURE REQUIRES AS PART OF AB 6 0 2.
THE NEXT ITEM I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS IS A COMMENT THAT SAYS THAT THE NEXUS STUDY DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE PROPOSED NEW LEVEL OF SERVICES REQUIRED BY AB 6 0 2.
UH, JUST WANNA BE CLEAR, THERE IS NO NEW LEVEL OF SERVICE REQUIREMENT.
THE LEVEL OF SERVICE REQUIREMENT HAS BEEN THE SAME.
IT WAS ADOPTED IN THE GENERAL PLAN AND HAS BEEN IN THE GENERAL PLAN SINCE THE LAST MAJOR UPDATE, BEFORE THE LAST MAJOR UPDATE TO, UH, THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE PROGRAM.
UH, SO THERE IS NO NEW LEVEL OF SERVICE REQUIREMENT TO, UH, ADDRESS IN THE NEXUS STUDY.
THE NEXT, UH, COMMENT WE RECEIVED THAT WE WANNA ADDRESS IS THAT THE NEXUS STUDY DOESN'T REVIEW ASSUMPTIONS SUPPORTING THE EXISTING FEES AND AMOUNTS COLLECTED.
UH, WE BELIEVE THIS IS INCORRECT.
THE NEXUS STUDY INCLUDES A DISCUSSION OF THE FEES PREVIOUSLY COLLECTED AND SOME OF THE ASSUMPTIONS SUPPORTING THE PRIOR STUDY, AS WELL AS PROJECTS THAT WERE COMPLETED, UM, PRIOR IN THE PRIOR NEXUS STUDY OR PRIOR, UH, D PROGRAM.
AND THEN THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT THE CIP BEING ADOPTED AS PART OF THE NEXUS STUDY.
UM, THE, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, THE RESOLUTION INCLUDES THE AMENDMENT, UH, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE CIP, UM, THAT WOULD AMEND OUR EXISTING CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, UH, THAT WE DUB OUR MAJOR PROJECTS PROGRAM, AND THEN WOULD BE CARRIED OVER INTO SUBSEQUENT, UH, VERSIONS OF THAT, UH, PROGRAM THAT ARE ADOPTED EVERY YEAR.
THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT THE NEXT STUDY NEXUS STUDY IS NOT SUPPORTED BY EVIDENCE.
THE NEXUS STUDY INCLUDES EVIDENCE USED TO MAKE ASSUMPTIONS FOR THE STUDY, UH, AND CALCULATIONS INCLUDING PUBLISHED DATA INDUSTRY STANDARD SYSTEMS SUCH AS THE COUNTYWIDE TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL, AND THE USE OF PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING JUDGMENT.
AND THE LAST ONE I WANT TO ADDRESS, UH, DIRECTLY IS THAT THE NEXUS STUDY DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR NON-FEE FUNDING SOURCES, UH, FEE FUNDING SOURCES, OR PROVIDE CREDITS WHEN SUCH SOURCES ARE IDENTIFIED.
THE NEXUS STUDY DOES ACTUALLY ADDRESS THAT.
SO WHEN WE'RE, UH, IDENTIFYING HOW WE'RE GOING TO, UH, CALCULATE THE FEES, HOW WE'RE GONNA CALCULATE, UH, THE NEXUS BETWEEN PROJECTS AND DEVELOPMENT, UH, THERE'S A NUMBER OF THINGS THAT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT.
ONE IS THE NEXUS AND PROPORTIONALITY TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UM, THE SECOND PART OF THAT IS THAT WHEN WE LOOK AT FUNDING SOURCES OUTSIDE OF THE NEXUS OR OUTSIDE OF THE DIFF PROGRAM, WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO GUARANTEE THAT THOSE PRO, THAT THOSE FUNDING SOURCES WOULD OFFSET THE COST.
AT THIS TIME, WE HAVE NO, NO AWARDED PRO, UM, GRANTS THAT WOULD OFFSET THE COST OF PROJECTS WITHIN THE NEXUS STUDY.
UM, AS WELL, THERE'S SOME LANGUAGE IN THE NEXUS STUDY THAT ADDRESSES THE POLICY AS TO HOW FUTURE GRANT PROGRAMS, UH, GRANTS OR OUTSIDE FUNDING WOULD BE ADDRESSED, SPECIFICALLY APPLYING IT TO THE, UM, EXISTING DEVELOPMENT SHARE FIRST.
UM, AND THE, UNLESS THE, UH, GRANT PROGRAM IS SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO ADDRESS THE, DEVELOP THE NEW DEVELOPMENT SIDE OF THE EQUATION.
AND WITH THAT, AT THIS TIME, WE STILL HAVE, UH, A COUPLE OF ITEMS HERE.
SO I'D LIKE TO GO AHEAD AND CALL UP, UH, REPRESENTATIVES FROM FAIR AND PIERCE, UH, SARAH BRANDENBURG, WHO, UM, CAN HELP US, UH, WITH A FEW OF THESE OTHER, UH, COMMENTS.
AND SO THE FIRST ONE IS, UH, QUESTION ABOUT THE 60% SHARE FOR, UH, AT AWANDA GREAT AT AWANDA, GREAT SEPARATION AT REPUTABLE TO NEW DEVELOPMENT AS BEING ARBITRARY.
AND THEN I'LL SHARE THE NEXT ONE AFTER THAT.
LET ME, LET ME ON THIS ONE AND THEN I'LL, UM, SARAH, I'LL HAND IT TO YOU.
SO, UM, FOR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, THE TWANDA GREAT SEPARATION, UM, IS A VERY BIG PROJECT THAT THE CITY'S BEEN WORKING ON FOR A WHILE NOW.
UM, AND, UH, IT WAS A SUBJECT OF SOME DISCUSSION WITH THE BIA.
AND SO, UM, AT ONE POINT WE HAD SHARED WITH THE BIA THAT FAIR AND PIERCE, UM, OUR CONSULTANT WORKING WITH US HAD DONE AN ANALYSIS AND HAD ACTUALLY DETERMINED THAT, UM, UH, THE APPROPRIATE SHARE, UM, OF THE COST OF TWANDA GRADE FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS 77%.
UM, WE HAD ELECTED TO GO WITH 60%, UM, IN THE STUDY, UH, A REDUCTION TRYING TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT, UM, A BIG PROJECT COMING
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IN AND, AND, UH, WHAT WE THOUGHT WOULD, UH, BEST REPRESENT AN EQUITABLE SPLIT BETWEEN NEW AND EXISTING.WE HAVE OFFERED TO PROVIDE IT TO THE BIA AND FAIR, AND PEERS CAN CERTAINLY ADDRESS IT MORE IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS, AND I CAN PROVIDE A LITTLE MORE BACKGROUND ON WHAT'S IN THAT MEMORANDUM AS WELL.
I'M SARAH BRANDENBURG, A PRINCIPAL WITH FAIR AND PEERS.
UM, OUR FIRM PREPARED THE NEXUS STUDY, UM, SO TO, UM, DETERMINE THE FAIR SHARE PROPORTION FOR THE GRADE SEPARATION PROJECT.
WE LOOKED AT THE TOTAL VOLUME THAT WOULD BE USING THE GRADE SEPARATION FACILITY IN THE FUTURE, AND THEN LOOKED AT THAT PORTION OF THE VOLUME THAT EXCEEDED THE CURRENT CAPACITY OF THE ROADWAY.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT TOTAL VOLUME THAT EXCEEDS A PORTION OF THE, UM, ROADWAY CAPACITY TODAY, AND YOU SPLIT THAT BETWEEN THE EXISTING VOLUME, THAT'S PART OF THAT OVER CAPACITY AND FUTURE GROWTH, THAT'S PART OF THAT OVER CAPACITY.
THAT'S WHERE THE 77% THAT COULD BE CHARGED TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT WAS CALCULATED.
SO AGAIN, WE COULD HAVE CHARGED UP TO 77% OF THE PROJECT COST TO FUTURE DEVELOPMENT.
INSTEAD, THE NEXUS STUDY TOOK A MORE CONSERVATIVE APPROACH AND IS APPLYING A 60% COST TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO THE NEXT, UH, COMMENT THAT I'D LIKE TO GET SOME ADDITIONAL INPUT ON IS THE ZONE BASED APPROACH BEING ARBITRARY.
UM, I KNOW THAT OUR CITY ATTORNEY HAS, HAS PROVIDED SOME, SOME RESPONSE ON, UH, THE RELATIONSHIP TO THE LEGAL SIDE OF THINGS.
BUT, UH, IF, UH, IF WE COULD HAVE SOME ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON, UH, THE METHODOLOGY THAT WAS USED TO CALCULATE THE TRIPS BETWEEN THOSE, APPROACH THOSE ZONES? YES, AS, AS WE CONSIDERED THE GROWTH DEVELOPMENT TRENDS AND ALSO TRAVEL PATTERN TRENDS IN THE CITY, WE CAME UP WITH MORE OF THAT HORIZONTAL ZONAL APPROACH FOR THE FEE PROGRAM.
SO WE HAVE THE NORTH, THE CENTRAL AND SOUTH ZONES, UM, AND WHAT WE FOUND IS THAT MOST OF THE TRAVEL, OR A GOOD MAJORITY OF THE TRAVEL IN THE CITY IS OCCURRING IN THE EAST WEST DIRECTIONS.
IN ADDITION, WITHIN EACH OF THOSE THREE ZONES, EACH OF THEM CAPTURE ABOUT 75% OF THE TRIPS HAPPENING WITHIN THOSE ZONES.
SO APPROXIMATELY 70% OF THE TRIPS COMING TO AND FROM THE CENTRAL ZONE ARE ACTUALLY ALL OCCURRING WITHIN THE CENTRAL ZONE.
AND VERY SIMILAR PATTERNS ARE HAPPENING IN HAPPENING IN THE NORTH SOUTH ZONES AS WELL.
AND SO THE ZONAL APPROACH ALLOWS US TO TAKE A MORE REFINED, UH, LOOK AT THE NEXUS STUDY.
UM, AND AS WAS MENTIONED EARLIER, MAKE SURE THAT A PROJECT THAT'S GOING IN IN THE NORTH PART OF THE CITY IS NOT PAYING AS MUCH OF A FEE FOR DEVELOP FOR, UH, A ROADWAY PROJECT THAT MAY BE HAPPENING IN THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE CITY.
SO WE USED THE REGIONAL TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL THAT INCORPORATES, UM, THE LATEST GENERAL PLAN FOR RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND WE CAN USE THAT MODEL TO TRAP TRACK ALL OF THE TRIPS THAT ARE GENERATED IN THE FUTURE AND TRACK WHERE THEY'RE COMING FROM AND TO, AND HOW MANY OF THOSE TRIPS ARE USING ALL OF THE PROJECTS, UM, THAT ARE THE CAPACITY, UH, BENEFICIAL PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE FEE PROGRAM.
UM, AND SO WHEN YOU, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE FEES BY ZONE, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE LOWEST FEES OCCUR IN THE NORTH AREA.
THAT'S BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE LOWEST NUMBER OF NEW, UH, ROADWAY AND INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS GOING IN.
THEY ALSO HAVE THE LEAST AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENT.
AND THEN THAT ESCALATES FROM THERE WITH THE SOUTH HAVING A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE PROJECT SIDE AND DEVELOPMENT SIDE AND THE CENTRAL ZONE HAVING EVEN A LITTLE BIT HIGHER ON THE BOTH, AGAIN, PROJECT SIDE AND DEVELOPMENT SIDE.
AND THEN JUST A COUPLE MORE HERE.
SO THE NEXT ONE IS, UH, A COMMENT THAT, UH, VMT IS NOT INTENDED TO ADDRESS IMPACTS, UH, CAUSED BY NEW DEVELOPMENT.
SO, UM, OUR, WE'VE TALKED QUITE A BIT ABOUT THE NEXUS ANALYSIS AROUND VMT AND THE WAY WE CALCULATED THE, A PORTION OF VMT BENEFICIAL IMPROVEMENT COST TO NEW DEVELOPMENT WAS PURELY BASED ON THE GROWTH THAT'S ENVISIONED IN THE CITY ON THE, BASED ON THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT THE TOTAL POPULATION GROWTH IN THE CITY THAT INCLUDES NEW RESIDENTS AND NEW EMPLOYEES, WE ARE PROJECTING A 29.6% GROWTH WITH THE GENERAL PLAN.
WE APPLIED THAT 29 PER SIX POINT, EXCUSE ME, 29.6% ALLOCATION TO ALL OF THE VMT BENEFICIARY PROJECTS THAT ARE IN THE FEE PROGRAM.
SO IT'S ACTUALLY DIRECTLY RELATED TO GROWTH.
AND THEN THE FINAL QUESTION OR COMMENT, UH, RELATES TO A COMMENT THAT STATES THAT THE NEXUS STUDY CHARGES FEES TO ADDRESS DEFICIENCIES.
SO AGAIN, UM, FOR EVERY PROJECT THAT IS CONTAINED IN THE PROJECT LIST, AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE UPDATED CIP THERE WERE KIND OF TWO BUCKETS THAT THOSE DEFICIENCIES FELL INTO.
ON THE ROADWAY SIDE, WE LOOKED AT THE LEVEL OF
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SERVICE UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS, AND IN THE FUTURE, ANY FACILITY THAT HAD A DEFICIENCY IN LEVEL OF SERVICE UNDER EXISTING CONDITIONS WAS DEEMED THAT THOSE EXISTING CONDITIONS, RIGHT, THAT EXISTING DEFICIENCY CON SHOULD CONTRIBUTE ITS FAIR SHARE, RIGHT? OR BE TAKEN AWAY FROM THE FAIR SHARE CONTRIBUTION FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT.UM, SO THAT IS ALL INCLUDED IN THE APPENDIX OF THE NEXUS REPORT.
AND THEN ON THE VMT SIDE, LIKE I JUST SAID, IT WAS DIRECTLY A PROPORTIONAL TO THE NEW DEVELOPMENT PERCENT GROWTH.
ALRIGHT, I'LL PASS IT BACK OVER TO MATT TO CLOSE OUT THE NEXT SECTION HERE.
SO THIS EVENING, STAFFERS RECOMMENDING THAT CITY COUNCIL REOPEN THE NOTICE PUBLIC HEARING TO RECEIVE ANY ADDITIONAL COMMENTS AND TESTIMONY FROM THE PUBLIC ON THE PROPOSED IMPACT FEES AND NEXUS STUDY.
UM, AND WE'RE ASKING YOU TO APPROVE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THIS STUDY FOR THE TRANSPORTATION IMPACT FEE APPROVING THE UPDATED DE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE AMOUNTS, INCLUDING THE FINDINGS THERE THEREIN AND STAFF IS AVAILABLE ALONG WITH OUR CONSULTANTS, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? I HAVE ONE, MR. MAYOR.
UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE LETTER FROM ROTAN TUCKER, AND YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS, JASON, A LITTLE BIT FAILURE TO PROPERLY ACCOUNT FOR OTHER NON FEE FUNDING SOURCES.
SPECIFICALLY WHAT I'M, WHAT I'M CURIOUS ABOUT IS, UH, IT SAYS THE STUDY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE CITY PURSUES GRANTS AND OTHER EXTERNAL FUNDING, RIGHT? IN THE EVENT THAT WE ADOPT THIS FEE SCHEDULE AND SAY THAT WE HAD A BIG PROJECT LIKE THE TWANDA GRADE AND THAT WE WERE ABLE TO ACHIEVE GRANT MONEY, WHAT HA AND SAY THAT THAT MONEY PUTS US OVER AND ABOVE THE AMOUNT THAT WE NEEDED TO COLLECT TOTAL IN THAT SCENARIO, WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO THOSE DIFF FEES THAT WERE PAID THAT MAY NO LONGER BE NEEDED? UH, THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION.
UM, THE, THE WAY THAT THE, THE DIFF FEE PROGRAM WORKS IS SOME PROJECTS ARE GONNA COME IN OVER, SOME ARE GONNA COME IN UNDER, AND USUALLY YOU ADDRESS THOSE AT, UM, EACH MAJOR UPDATE TO THE PROGRAM.
SO IF YOU HAVE A MAJOR UPDATE AND YOU HAVE A PROJECT THAT CAME IN WELL UNDER, WELL UNDER COST, THEN THAT BECOMES BASICALLY A LOWER COST GOING FORWARD, UM, TO THE PROGRAM.
UH, IF ONE GOES HIGHER, THEN IT, IT INCREASES THE, THE COST OF THE PROGRAM GOING FORWARD.
'CAUSE YOU'RE BASICALLY RIGHT SIZING IT AS YOU GO ALONG.
UM, SINCE THERE'S NO WAY FOR US TO, UM, RIGHTLY GUESS OR SUBSTANTIATE WHAT THOSE, THOSE COST SAVINGS ARE, ESSENTIALLY WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IS, UH, THAT WOULD BE ADJUSTED AT, AT THAT NEXT MAJOR UPDATE TO THE NEXUS STUDY.
AND, UM, IT WOULD PROBABLY BE OFFSET BY OTHER PROJECTS THAT PAID THAT END UP COSTING MORE OVER TIME.
I, IS IT CORRECT TO SAY THOUGH THAT IF YOU CO IF YOU COLLECTED THAT THOSE FUNDS AREN'T SILOED SPECIFICALLY FOR THAT PROJECT COR, CORRECT? CORRECT.
THAT'S MY MY QUESTION, MR. MAYOR.
EARLIER ON, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE HOUSING COMMUNITY, STATE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AND THEIR REQUIREMENTS ON HOUSING THROUGH RENA.
UM, AND YOU SAID, I THINK I HEARD YOU CORRECT, 20,000 UNITS BY 2040.
CAN YOU TELL ME, IS THERE A WAY TO PROJECT HOW MANY ADDITIONAL RESIDENTS THAT THAT IS? HOW, HOW MANY POPULATION WISE? POPULATION WISE? UH, I BELIEVE JASON SAID THAT THAT PROJECTION WAS ABOUT 40,000 PEOPLE.
SO WE, UM, OUR CURRENT ARENA ALLOCATION IS 10,525 UNITS.
AND, UH, OUR CURRENT AVERAGE IS 3.03 PEOPLE PER HOUSEHOLD HERE IN THE CITY.
IF THERE ARE NO FURTHER QUESTIONS, WE WILL GO AHEAD AND OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.
I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND, UM, 'CAUSE THIS IS A VERY COMPLEX PROJECT.
I WOULD LOVE IT IF YOU COULD HOLD YOUR COMMENTS TO LESS THAN FIVE MINUTES.
BUT I'M GONNA, IF WE'VE GOT THREE SPEAKERS, I'M GONNA GIVE EACH SPEAKER FIVE MINUTES.
AND THEN, UM, AFTER THAT, IF ANYONE ELSE IS GONNA SPEAK, IT'S GONNA BE THREE MINUTES.
SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS TIM MCGINNIS, FOLLOWED BY CARLOS RODRIGUEZ.
UH, GOOD, UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR MICHAEL, UH, MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I REPRESENT THE, UH, LEWIS GROUP OF COMPANIES.
UH, FIRST I'D, I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MOMENT TO, UH, UH, THANK THE
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CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF, UH, FOR WORKING WITH THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.UH, OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, UH, ON THE DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, OUR WORKSHOPS WERE VERY PRODUCTIVE.
AND EVEN THOUGH WE WERE UNABLE TO AGREE ON EVERYTHING, UH, WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY, UH, TO PROVIDE OUR INPUT.
UM, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A FEW COMMENTS, UM, ON, UH, THE REPRESENTATIVE FROM FAIR AND PEERS AND THE, UH, PERCENTAGES THAT YOU WERE, UH, PROVIDED RELATIVE TO THE TWANDA GRADE SEPARATION.
UM, THOSE CALCULATIONS THAT, UM, PURPORTED TO, UH, ALLOCATE 77% TO NEW DEVELOPMENT, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT AWARE OF THOSE CALCULATIONS, UH, NOR HAVE WE SEEN THEM, UH, IF WE USE THE, UH, TRAFFIC COUNT INFORMATION THAT'S IN THE 2021 FAIR AND PIERCE MEMO, UH, THAT WAS REFERENCED, UH, AND USE THE FORMULA THAT WAS REFERENCED IN THE FAIR AND PIERCE NEXUS STUDY, UH, USING THE, UH, TRAFFIC COUNTS BETWEEN, I BELIEVE IT'S SIXTH STREET AND ARROW HIGHWAY, OR ARROW ROUTE, WHICH IS WHERE THE, UH, GREAT SEPARATION WOULD BE.
UH, WE CALCULATED THE, UH, PERCENTAGE INCREASE IN NEW TRAFFIC IN THAT AREA TO BE, UH, 38%, UH, NOT 77% SAID.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO POINT OUT TO YOU THAT, UH, BY FAIR AND PIER'S OWN ADMISSION AND IN THEIR, THEIR MEMO, UM, THE WAN GRADE SEPARATION IS AN EXISTING DEFICIENCY, UH, IN THE CITY'S TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM.
AND EVEN WITH THE INVESTMENT OF $148 MILLION TO CONSTRUCT THE TWANDA GREAT SEPARATION AT THE END OF THAT INVESTMENT, THAT FACILITY WILL STILL BE DEFICIENT.
UM, THERE WERE SOME OTHER COMMENTS MADE, UH, WITH, WITH RESPECT TO, UH, VMT, UH, AN ALLOCATION OF, UH, 29.6%, UH, REPRESENTING AN ALLOCATION, UH, TO, UM, TO NEW DEVELOPMENT.
UH, AND THAT THAT WAS BASED ON VMT IMPROVEMENTS.
UM, I DON'T BELIEVE THAT TO BE EXACTLY CORRECT.
ALL OF THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE PROPOSED IN THE, UM, NEXUS STUDY WERE ALLOCATED AT 29 POINT.
THEY WERE EITHER ALLOCATED AT 29.6%, THEY WERE ALLOCATED AT 100%, UH, OR THEY WERE ALLOCATED AT 60% IN THE CASE OF THE WAN GRADE SEPARATION.
SO THERE WAS NO DISTINCTION BETWEEN, UM, A CAPACITY ENHANCING IMPROVEMENT AND A VMT REDUCING IMPROVEMENT, UH, WITH RESPECT TO THAT, UH, PERCENTAGE ALLOCATION.
AND I WOULD POINT OUT TOO THAT, UM, AT, AT THE END OF THE DAY HERE, WHEN OVER $600 MILLION OF IMPROVEMENTS, UH, ARE, ARE INVESTED IN, INTO THE COMMUNITY, THE ACTUAL VMT REDUCTION IS ONLY 0.1%.
SO THE VMT WILL BE REDUCED BY 10,000 MILES, UH, COMPARED TO 10.6 MILLION MILES, OR PERHAPS IT'S 10.7 MILLION MILES, UH, THAT ARE CITED IN THE REPORT.
AGAIN, WE APPRECIATE, UH, THE OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE OUR INPUT INTO THIS, INTO THE STUDY, THE, THE WILLINGNESS OF THE STAFF AND, AND THE COUNCIL TO WORK WITH THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.
UH, WE'RE, WE'RE VERY MUCH A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY AND, AND, AND PARTNERS IN, IN BUILDING.
CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, FOLLOWED BY JEFF SMITH.
UH, GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, UH, CHIEF POLICY OFFICER FOR THE BUILDING INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
ON BEHALF OF OUR, UM, THOUSAND PLUS MEMBERS THROUGHOUT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, UH, WE WANT TO, UH, EX REGRETTABLY EXPRESS OUR STRONG OPPOSITION REGARDING THE CITY'S PROPOSED TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE PROPOSAL BEFORE YOU TODAY.
UH, UH, THAT SAID, YOU CAN, UH, OPPOSE BUT ALSO, UH, HAVE TWO THINGS HAPPEN AT THE SAME TIME.
WE WANNA ALSO EXPRESS, UH, OUR RECOGNITION AND APPRECIATION, UH, FOR, UH, THE COUNTLESS HOURS AS HIGHLIGHTED IN, UH, THE PAST, UH, TIMELINE, UH, WITH YOUR STAFF STARTING WITH, UH, JOHN GILLISON.
UH, I WANT TO PUBLICLY THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR THE TIME, UH, AND THE CALLS AND, UH, THE MEETINGS.
UH, ALSO, UH, WITH YOUR, UH, STAFF, UH, MATT BURRIS, UH, JASON WELD DAY, AND ZACH NEIGHBORS, WE DO APPRECIATE, UH, THE COLLECTIVE EFFORT.
AND I DO THINK WE DID MAKE SOME PROGRESS.
WE JUST, UM, DIDN'T QUITE GET THEIR THE FULL WAY.
SO AGAIN, MY FIRST TIME IN 20 YEARS, I'LL BE HERE, UH, TONIGHT,
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OPPOSING, UH, A FEE PROPOSAL BY, UH, THE GREAT CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ON A NUMBER OF GROUNDS.WE'LL JUST HIGHLIGHT FOR THE RECORD, UH, WE, WE MUST EXPRESS OUR STRONG OBJECTION TO THE INCLUSION OF THE WAN GREAT SEPARATION IN THE DIFF PROJECT LIST.
UH, IN ADDITION, UH, WE DISAGREE WITH THE CITY'S USE OF VEHICLE MILES TRAVELED AND BM BMT AS A METRIC.
UH, IT'S A FIRST, UH, FOR, UH, THE BIA TO REVIEW SUCH A STUDY.
WITH THIS APPROACH, UH, WE HAVE CONCERNS, UH, WITH HOW IT'S BEING APPLIED.
UH, ALSO, UH, THIRDLY AND, UH, AND PER EXAMPLE, TABLE 11 SHOWS A PROJECTED 6.15 INCREASE IN VMT, UH, IN THE CITY FROM 2024 TO 2040.
THIS IS THE NUMBER THAT WE BELIEVE SHOULD BE USED TO ALLOCATE A FAIR SHARE OF COST FOR THE AWA GREAT SEPARATION.
AND ON VMT, REDUCING PROJECTS LIKE BIKE LANES AND TRAIL IMPROVEMENTS.
UH, MEANWHILE, AT THE 29.6% GROWTH IN SERVICE POPULATION, YOU'VE HEARD, UH, TONIGHT, UH, SHOULD BE APPLIED TO CAPACITY ENHANCING PROJECTS SUCH AS STREET WIDENING TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND ROUNDABOUTS DISPROPORTIONAL APPROACH WOULD MORE APPROPRIATELY REFLECT, UH, THE CON CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TYPE OF IMPROVEMENT AND ITS NEXUS, UH, TO FUTURE, UH, DEVELOPMENT.
BUT, UH, WITH THAT SAID, MAKE NO MISTAKE, WE STRONGLY OBJECT TO THE USE OF VMT AS IT'S BEING PROPOSED, UH, TONIGHT.
UH, ADDITIONALLY, WE, WE RECOMMEND CAPPING THE CONTINGENCY COSTS, UH, FOR PROJECTS IN THE DIFF AT NO MORE THAN 25% UNLESS ACTUAL COSTS EXCEED THIS THRESHOLD, AT WHICH POINT THIS STUDY COULD BE REVISITED AND UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.
UH, AND LASTLY, WE REMAIN CONCERNED ABOUT THE ZONING BASED COST ALLOCATION MODEL PROPOSED, UH, IN THE, UH, STUDY.
UH, THAT SAID, IN CONCLUSION, THE BIA AND OUR MEMBERS DEEPLY VALUE, UH, THE YEARS OF COLLABORATION WITH THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UH, THIS PARTNERSHIP HAS HELPED SHAPE THE CITY INTO A THRIVING PREMIER COMMUNITY.
UH, BUT ON THE AFFIRMATION ISSUES, WE APPEAR TO HAVE REACHED A POINT, UH, WHERE WE HAVE TO AGREE, UH, TO DISAGREE, UH, WITH CITY STAFF.
UH, WE'VE OUTLINED ALL OF THAT IN, IN ALL OF OUR LETTERS.
UH, WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE TONIGHT, WE'RE COMMITTED TO WORKING WITH YOU.
WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE FACING A HOUSING SHORTAGE.
UH, WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE CAN WORK WITH YOU, UH, HANDING GLOVE AS WE'VE HAD FOR YEARS.
UH, SO, UM, WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO MOVING FORWARD, UH, WITH YOUR STAFF AND COUNSEL TO ADDRESS THE, THE HOUSING NEEDS, UH, IN YOUR GREAT CITY.
AND THEN I'LL, I'LL JUST SAY ON A, A PERSONAL NOTE, UH, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE THE TIWANA HIGH SCHOOL TEAM, UH, HIGHLIGHTED TODAY AS A, AS A TIWANA EAGLE CLASS OF 1989.
UH, I WAS REALLY, UH, EXCITED TO SEE THAT AND IT'S ALWAYS NICE TO COME BACK TO MY HOMETOWN.
SO THANK YOU MAYOR AND COUNCIL FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.
UH, I DUNNO IF THAT'S COMING THROUGH HERE.
UH, GOOD EVENING, UH, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
I'M THE, UH, VICE PRESIDENT OF FORWARD PLANNING AT LENNAR HOMES.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO REITERATE WHAT, UH, UH, TIM AND AND CARLOS MENTIONED AND JUST, UH, THANK MR. GILLISON AND CITY STAFF FOR THEIR TIME AND EFFORT AND THEIR COLLABORATION, UH, AND ENGAGEMENT AS WE, AS WE WORKED ON THIS TOPIC FOR MANY MONTHS.
UH, THE PHONE CALLS, THE, UH, MEETINGS, THE, UH, THE DETAILS IS GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UM, AND ALSO WORKING WITH US ON, ON A IMPLEMENTATION PLAN THAT SEEMS FAIR AND REASONABLE.
UH, IT'S ALSO GREATLY APPRECIATED.
UH, LENNAR IS PROUD TO BE PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE TWO COMMUNITIES THAT ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO, UH, UH, MAINTAINING, UH, GREAT, GREAT RELATIONSHIPS IN THE CITY AND CONTINUING THE PARTNERSHIP AS WE MOVE FORWARD.
THAT CON, I DON'T HAVE ANY OTHER SPEAKER CARDS.
WE WILL NOW CLOSE OUR PUBLIC HEARING.
I WOULD LIKE TO TURN IT BACK OVER TO MR. GILLISON, IF YOU HAVE ANY, ANY RESPONSES OR YOUR STAFF HAS ANY RESPONSES TO ANYTHING THAT WAS STATED BY THE SPEAKERS.
UH, MR. MAYOR, I DON'T HAVE ANY FURTHER RESPONSE.
UH, MATT OR JASON, IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE TO ADDRESS? THERE'S A COUPLE OF CLARIFICATIONS.
I DON'T KNOW IF THEY'RE CRITICAL.
I I THINK WE, WE MIGHT HAVE A SLIGHT MISUNDERSTANDING WITH MR. MCGINNIS.
UH, TWO WEEKS AGO WE DID WALK THEM THROUGH THE CALCULATIONS ON THE, AT ONE GRADE SEPARATION.
UM, WE WERE ON, IN A MEETING ON APRIL 23RD AND, UH, WITH FAIR AND PEERS WHERE WE WENT THROUGH THAT ANALYSIS.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, UH, PERHAPS THERE'S A, JUST A, A MISUNDERSTANDING OR MAY I MISHEARD TIM, BUT, UM,
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I, I DO WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, THAT THAT IS CLEAR THAT WE DID WALK THROUGH ALL THAT.UH, AND, AND, AND TIM AND COMPANY DID EXPRESS THEIR, THEIR DISAGREEMENT WITH THAT APPROACH AT THAT POINT IN TIME.
UM, IF THE COUNCIL NEEDS ANY EXPLANATION ON THE 29.6% INCREASE IN OUR SERVICE LEVEL POPULATION VERSUS THE, UM, DISCUSSION ABOUT VMT ONLY GOING UP 6% AND HOW THAT WAS ALLOCATED, WE'RE HERE TO EXPLAIN THAT.
UM, HAPPY TO DO SO AND EXPLAIN THE DISTRIBUTION AND WHY THAT METHODOLOGY WAS APPROACHED OTHERWISE.
UM, I THINK EVERYTHING ELSE HAS BEEN PRETTY WELL ADDRESSED.
WE, WE DID DISCUSS THIS, THAT, UM, WITH RESPECT TO THE TWANDA GRADE SEPARATION, UM, THE FACT THAT AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, IT WON'T BE A HUNDRED PERCENT, DOESN'T MEAN THAT THE PROJECT DOESN'T MAKE AN IMPROVEMENT AND A SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENT AND ADDRESS THE, THE DEFICIENCIES IN THAT AREA.
SO THAT IS A CRITICAL, UM, PORTION OF TOWN.
UH, WE HAVE A NUMBER OF FACILITIES THERE, UM, FOR WHICH ACCESS IS CRITICAL.
UH, PROBABLY FOREMOST BEING THE WEST VALLEY DETENTION CENTER.
UM, EC HAS THEIR MATERIALS RESOURCE FACILITY THERE.
IEUA HAS A CRITICAL FACILITY, UM, FOR, UM, WASTEWATER THAT THEY ARE EXPANDING.
UM, AND SO, UH, THE, THE, THE IMPETUS BEHIND THE WAN DEGRADE SEPARATION IS ENSURING THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING, UH, CONCERNS IN THAT AREA AS THAT AREA CONTINUES TO GROW AND EXPAND.
SO THOSE CONCERNS DO NOT GET WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE THEY GRIND EVERYTHING TO A STOP.
ANY COMMENTS, QUESTIONS FROM MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL SAYING NONE? YES, GO AHEAD.
UH, FIRST OF ALL, I'D LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE AND THANK EVERYONE FOR THE EFFORT, UH, THAT THEY PUT INTO THIS PROJECT.
LIKE MR. GILSON SAID, THIS IS A A THIS IS A, A PROJECT THAT THAT'S BEEN WORKED ON FOR 18 MONTHS.
AND I'M EXTREMELY GRATEFUL, UH, FOR THE OPPORTUNITY, JOHN, TO TALK TO YOU AT SO MANY DIFFERENT TIMES ABOUT THIS AND, AND, AND TRY AND COME TO A COMPREHENSION UNDERSTANDING.
UH, I CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE I HAVE THE, A TEAM HERE SITTING IN FRONT OF ME AT THE DIOCESE AND ZACH TOO OVER THERE.
UM, AND I'M REALLY GRATEFUL THAT YOU HAVE PUT US IN A POSITION TO HELP NAVIGATE AGAINST WHAT SEEMS TO BE AN EVER CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF STATE LAW THAT MAKES OUR LIFE IT SEEMS LIKE MORE COMPLICATED ALMOST EVERY SINGLE TIME.
UM, I'D LIKE TO THANK, UH, TIM MCGINNIS, CARLOS RODRIGUEZ, JEFF SMITH FOR COMING TODAY AND, AND SHARING THEIR OPPOSITION IN, IN A DIPLOMATIC AND EDUCATIONAL WAY.
UM, I REALLY LIKED IN, IN YOUR PRESENTATION YOU HAD A SLIDE THAT SHOWED EXISTING FEES VERSUS THE NEW FEES, BUT YOU ALSO HAD A BROKEN DOWN BY ZONES THAT WAS VERY HELPFUL FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, ONE OF THE, THE THINGS THAT I FEEL LIKE I STILL REQUIRE MORE UNDERSTANDING ON BASED ON THE TESTIMONY THAT I'VE HEARD TODAY BASED ON THE READING THAT I'VE DONE, IS UNDERSTANDING EXACTLY HOW MUCH IN CHANGING THE PROPORTIONALITY, UH, OF WHAT DIFF FEES ARE GONNA CHARGE AGAINST WHAT THE CITY IS GONNA CHARGE OR BE RESPONSIBLE FOR.
UM, AND THAT RATIO, HOW THAT OVERALL IS GONNA AFFECT THE TOTAL DIFF FEES IN EACH OF THOSE ZONES.
UH, I FEEL LIKE RIGHT NOW THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S IMPORTANT FOR ME TO UNDERSTAND.
AND RIGHT NOW THAT THE WAY THAT THE RATIO IS PROBABLY EXCEEDS MY THRESHOLD FOR COMFORT, MORE OF A UNDERSTANDING OF THAT AND A LITTLE MORE CONVERSATION, UH, I THINK IS NECESSARY.
BUT I APPRECIATE ALL THE EFFORT YOU GUYS HAVE PUT INTO IT AND, UH, I CERTAINLY RECOGNIZE THAT.
ANYONE ELSE? YES, MR. MAYOR, AGAIN, THANK YOU STAFF.
IT IS A COMPLICATED ISSUE AND SO I APPRECIATE YOU TRYING TO MAKE THIS A LITTLE BIT MORE USER FRIENDLY FOR US.
AND ALSO I'D LIKE TO THANK, UM, CARLOS AND TIM AND JEFF ARE COMING OUT THIS EVENING.
UH, IT'S, THIS ONE'S TOUGH, YOU KNOW, ESPECIALLY IF I MENTIONED IT BEFORE.
I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, BEING HAVEN'T BEEN ON THE BIA BOARD FOR MANY YEARS.
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN ON ONE SIDE AND NOW I'M ON KIND OF ON THE OTHER SIDE.
SO IT'S A LITTLE, IT'S BEEN A LITTLE DIFFICULT NAVIGATING THIS ONE, BUT COUPLE THINGS.
ONE IS I'M GLAD THAT WE'VE HAD THESE CONVERSATIONS AND I FEEL LIKE AS A CITY WE HAVE WORKED WITH, AND I THINK YOU'VE SAID COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS.
I THINK IT WAS LAST DEC LAST FALL, LAST DECEMBER.
WE HAD I THINK A COUPLE PAGES OF DISAGREEMENTS OF WHERE WE STOOD.
AND TO NARROW IT DOWN TO BASICALLY IT SOUNDS LIKE WE HAVE THREE BIG ISSUES STILL THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO AGREE ON.
I THINK TO ME, THAT WE'VE COME A LONG WAY.
AND FOR ME IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT COMPROMISE.
THERE'S NO WINNERS, THERE'S NO LOSERS, THERE'S GOTTA BE A COMPROMISE.
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AT THE END OF THE DAY, I THINK WE'VE ALL KIND OF MADE SURE THAT WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT FUTURE GROWTH SUPPORTS ITSELF FINANCIALLY AND DOESN'T PLACE A BURDEN ON OUR EXISTING RESIDENTS OR TAXPAYERS.AND HOW DO WE NAVIGATE THAT? SO AGAIN, I JUST WANNA THANK THE BIA FOR COMING OUT TODAY AND, AND WORKING WITH US.
AND AGAIN, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, LIKE I SAID, OUR RESIDENTS ARE NOT BURNED WITH THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO THAT WE HAVE, THAT WE'RE MAINTAINING OUR EXISTING LEVEL OF SERVICE BECAUSE WE DON'T CA KEEP UP WITH THAT.
THEN THE LEVEL OF SERVICE IS GONNA FAIL AND IT'S NOT GONNA BE GOOD FOR NEW OR EXISTING RESIDENTS.
UM, WHERE DOES THAT LIE ON? HOW DO WE DO THAT NOW? ARE WE GONNA EVER COME TO THE AGREEMENT ON THOSE THREE ISSUES? I'M NOT SURE.
BUT AGAIN, I APPRECIATE, UM, BA COMING FORWARD AND BRINGING THESE, THESE ISSUES TO US.
AND ALSO FOR STAFF FOR TRYING TO WORK AND COLLABORATE IN A PARTNERSHIP.
'CAUSE YOU'RE RIGHT, WE ARE A PARTNERSHIP.
WE'RE GONNA DO HOUSING NO MATTER WHAT.
AND YOU KNOW, A LOT OF THESE THINGS, I KNOW I HEARD YOU SAY WE'RE THE FIRST TO DO THE VMT.
MY GUESS IS WE PROBABLY WON'T BE THE LAST.
AND I THINK RANCHO HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE A FIRST, WHICH EITHER COULD BE A GOOD THING OR A BAD THING.
BUT AGAIN, STATE HAS KIND OF TAKEN AWAY OUR, UM, LOCAL CONTROL AND CERTAIN THINGS AND WE HAVE TO DO THINGS SOMETIMES THE WAY THE STATE MANDATES US TO DO.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH THIS EVENING FOR THE BI FOR COMING IN FOR YOUR COMMENTS.
ANYONE ELSE? I TOO WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THOSE THAT WERE HERE REPRESENTING THE DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION COMPANIES AND AGENCIES.
I UNDERSTAND, AND I'VE HEARD YOU, CARLOS, WE'VE SPOKEN MANY TIMES.
I APPRECIATE YOUR INPUT AND FEEDBACK.
I HAVE SO MANY NOTES WRITTEN DOWN, BUT I'M NOT GONNA GO OVER ALL OF THOSE.
I, I JUST WANT TO SAY THAT IN TERMS OF OUR DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES, OUR CURRENT FEES ARE VERY OUTDATED AND THEY NEED TO KEEP UP WITH THE RISING COST AS WELL AS THE IMPACT AND MAKING SURE THAT OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AND THE SERVICES, THE AMENITIES, THE INFRASTRUCTURE, PUBLIC SAFETY, ALL IS CLEARLY SUSTAINABLE.
WE WANNA PROTECT OUR CURRENT RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THOSE RESIDENTS OF THE FUTURE.
OUR DIFF FEES ARE ALREADY BEHIND OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES SIGNIFICANTLY.
AND THAT PUTS PROJECTS AT RISK AND IT PREVENTS US FROM PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS FROM CARRYING A BURDEN THAT THEY SHOULD NOT CARRY.
GROWTH NEEDS TO PAY FOR GROWTH.
DEVELOPERS NEED TO PAVE THEIR SHARE OF THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON OUR RESIDENTS.
WE HAVE NOT MADE, STAFF HAS NOT MADE THESE DECISIONS IN A VACUUM.
WE HAVE RESEARCH, WE HAVE DATA, WE'VE WORKED WITH CONSULTANTS, AND WE HAVE OUR ENGINEERS AND OUR STUDIES.
AND THE NEXUS INDICATES THAT WE ARE WITHIN THE GUIDELINES THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO US AS WELL AS THE STATE GUIDELINES AND THE COMPLIANCE THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS AS WE MOVE FORWARD IN IMPLEMENTING AND PROTECTING THE AGENCY, OF COURSE, FROM UNREASONABLE DIFF FEES, BUT CERTAINLY PROTECTING OUR RESIDENTS FROM NOT ADJUSTING THOSE FEES ACCORDINGLY AND PUTTING FUTURE PROJECTS AS WELL AS OUR QUALITY OF LIFE AT RISK.
SO I, I THANK YOU JOHN AND STAFF FOR THE WORK YOU'VE DONE.
I THANK YOU AS THE INDUSTRY, CARLOS, JEFF, AND TIM FOR WORKING BESIDES STAFF AND MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN MOVE FORWARD.
NO ONE WANTS TO SEE PRO COST INCREASE.
I DON'T, BUT I UNDERSTAND THE REALITIES OF WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND HOW WE ARE EXPERIENCING RISING COSTS ACROSS ALL LEVELS.
SO THANK YOU MR. MAYOR, FOR ALLOWING ME TO SAY SOMETHING.
I, YES, ASHLEY, MR. MAYOR, SORRY.
I JUST WANNA ECHO MY COLLEAGUES, UM, TO SAY THANK YOU TO STAFF, UM, LIKE CHRISTINE SAID, UM, MAKING SUCH A COMPLEX THING, SIMPLE FOR US TO UNDERSTAND.
UM, AND THEN I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK, UM, CARLOS, TIM AND JEFF AS WELL FOR COMING OUT AND, UM, HAVING YOUR VOICE HEARD TONIGHT SO WE CAN UNDERSTAND YOUR POSITION AS WELL.
BUT I WANTED TO THANK AND COMMEND OUR STAFF FOR ALL THE HOURS AND EFFORTS THEY PUT INTO THIS.
I WANT TO, UH, JUST ASK A QUICK QUESTION.
UM, I THINK WE STARTED THIS PROCESS, AND CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT I THINK WE STARTED THIS NEW PROCESS OF UPDATING OUR DIFF FEES IN I THINK 2023.
SO HERE WE ARE IN, IN MAY OF 2025.
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WE'VE HAD TO, I THINK, DO TWO DIFFERENT STUDIES, UM, ONE OF WHICH WAS AT THE REQUEST OF THE BIA, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, OR AT LEAST SUGGESTED.AND, AND I THINK WE WERE VERY RESPONSIVE IN DOING THAT.
AND, UM, I KNOW CARLOS, YOU MENTIONED THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU'VE HAD TO STAND UP IN A PODIUM IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND SAY, WITH THIS TIME, WE, WE WE'RE GONNA AGREE TO DISAGREE.
I, I APPRECIATE ALL THE, THE COOPERATION WE'VE HAD FOR DECADES WITH THE BUILDING INDUSTRY.
UH, OUR COMMUNITY IS, IS A RESULT OF SOME OF THE MOST QUALITY DEVELOPMENT YOU'LL FIND IN ANY OTHER COMMUNITY, UH, HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, UM, BECAUSE OF THE DISCUSSIONS THAT WE SEE ALL THE TIME ABOUT HOUSING SHORTAGES IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, OUR HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT HAS CHOSEN TO PUT OUT REGIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENTS FOR EVERY CITY IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND SOME OF THE, THE POPULATION INCREASES THEY WANT TO SEE AS FAR AS HOUSING STARTS IS ASTRONOMICAL.
UH, PROBABLY WE CAN'T GET THERE.
I THINK OUR GENERAL PLAN DID SO BY UPDATING IT AND ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING.
BUT WITH ADDITIONAL HOUSING COMES A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ADDITIONAL CONGESTION.
AND I, I MUST SAY TODAY, I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS, UH, SOMEBODY INTERVENING WITH ME, BUT I, I WAS DRIVING OUT, DOWN FROM, FROM GOING, COMING FROM SAN BERNARDINO DOWN HAVEN AVENUE TO TURN LEFT ONTO FOOTHILL BOULEVARD TO MEET WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND HIS STAFF AT A RESTAURANT.
AND I HAD TO WAIT FOR TWO RED LIGHTS.
AND THIS IS AN A, A HIGHWAY THAT'S GOT ATM S, UM, OR AUTOMATIC TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM INSTALLED.
BUT THERE WAS SO MUCH TRAFFIC THAT I HAD TO WAIT THROUGH TWO STOPLIGHTS TO TURN LEFT ONTO FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.
I GOT TO THE, TO THE RESTAURANT, LEFT THE RESTAURANT, CAME BACK OUT FOOTHILL BOULEVARD TO TURN, LE LEFT AGAIN ON HAVEN TO COME HERE TO CITY HALL.
AND I WAITED FOR ANOTHER TWO TRAFFIC RED LIGHTS, WHICH I CAN'T REMEMBER THE LAST TIME THAT'S HAPPENED TO ME.
UH, AND THEN I THINK ABOUT AN ADDITIONAL 20,000 UNITS IN, IN, IN BY 20 20 40.
AND WHAT THE CITY'S GONNA LOOK OUT WITH LOOK LIKE WITHOUT THE KINDS OF IMPROVEMENTS WE'RE GONNA NEED TO MAKE, BOTH TECHNOLOGICALLY WITH STREET WIDENING, WITH, UM, ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION WITH A, UH, A A GRADE SEPARATION ALONG AT ELWANDA AVENUE WITH POSSIBLE BRIDGE WIDENINGS.
AND, UM, WE HAVE A, HIS HISTORY, HISTORY IN THIS CITY FOR DECADES, IN FACT, EVER SINCE THE CITY WAS INCORPORATED IN 1977, FOR MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE THAT WE TRY TO REACH A BALANCE BETWEEN WHAT DEVELOPMENT IS REQUIRED TO DO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE A QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS CITY THAT WE ALL EXPECT AND WHAT OUR TAXPAYERS NEED TO DO.
AND SO FOR DECADES, FOR YEARS, 48 YEARS, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A PLAN THAT DEVELOPMENT WILL PAY ITS FAIR SHARE AND WE'LL TRY TO DO OUR BEST AS A CITY TO PAY OUR FAIR SHARE.
AND THOSE KIND OF DISCUSSIONS ON WHO'S FAIR SHARE, WHICH IS, WHICH IS THE RIGHT SHARE, UH, HAS BEEN VETTED FOR, FOR WEEKS NOW AND 24 MEETINGS AND PHONE CALLS, UH, MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN THAT.
AND SO I THINK WE'VE REACHED A POINT WHERE, AT LEAST FOR ME, UM, MAN, I'VE TRIED TO THINK ABOUT WHAT, WHAT, WHAT ELSE COULD WE DO? AND ALL WE'RE GONNA DO IS KICK THIS CAN DOWN THE ROAD, UM, AND CONTINUE TO, TO HAVE TO PAY FOR ADDITIONAL CONSULTANTS TIME AND EVERYTHING ELSE TO GET THIS DONE.
BUT VEHICLE MANAGE TRAVELED, UH, I ABSOLUTELY CAN TELL YOU IT'S BEING DISCUSSED AT EVERY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IS SOMETHING THAT'S GONNA COME TO US SOMEDAY.
AND THE IDEA IS THAT, WELL, THERE WILL BE NO MORE GAS TAX, BUT I THINK THAT'S A LONG, LONG, UH, LONG DISCUSSION THAT WE WILL HAVE NO CHOICE IN ACTUALLY.
'CAUSE IT WON'T BE US THAT'S MAKING THAT DECISION WILL BE OUR GOV, OUR HIGHER LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT.
UM, BUT VMT IS, I THINK, A GOOD WAY OF MEASURING HOW OUR TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM IS GONNA BE IMPACTED OR LACK THEREOF.
SO, UH, I GUESS AT THAT THIS POINT, I WOULD JUST ASK THAT THERE'S, THERE'S NO CONSIDERATION.
COULD I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT A RESOLUTION 2025 DASH 0 1 4 ADOPTING THE NEXUS STUDY AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM AND APPROVING THE IMPACT FEE FOR THE UPDATED TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE PROGRAM, INCLUDING FINDINGS AND SUPPORT THEREOF.
SO MR. MAYOR, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION FOR MY COLLEAGUES' CONSIDERATION.
AND THAT'S THAT WE NARROW THE SCOPE BECAUSE OF WHAT YOU'VE SAID AND I'VE HEARD FROM YOU TO JUST LOOKING AT THE COST SHARING REQUIREMENT OF
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WAN GRADE, SPECIFICALLY KIND OF CLOSING THE DOOR ON EVERYTHING ELSE, LOOK AT THAT ONE ISSUE AND THEN BRING IT BACK AS SOON AS STAFF IS READY, UM, TO VOTE ON IT.SO THAT'S MY MOTION IS THAT WE ACCEPT, I MEAN WE, WE NARROW THE SCOPE OF LOOKING AT THIS ONE COST SHARING RATIO.
THAT'S THE LIMIT OF WHAT WE'RE CONSIDERING FOR A TIME PERSPECTIVE.
AND THEN WE COME BACK AND MAKE A DECISION AFTER THAT CONSIDERATION.
THAT'S MY MOTION, FIRST OF ALL.
IS THERE A SECOND TO, UH, IS THERE A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? HAS ANYONE MADE A, THE FIRST EMOTION, THIS IS YOUR FIRST, THE MO FIRST EMOTION? YES.
IS THERE A SECOND TO THAT MOTION HEARING? NO.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF RECOMMENDATION THAT I STATED EARLIER? SO MOVE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS.
MR. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL, WE HAVE ONE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT FOR CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS.
UM, THE COUNCIL EVERY YEAR ENGAGES IN, UH, TEAM BUILDING AND, AND, UH, REGULARLY REVIEWS THE MISSION, VISION VALUES AND THEN UPDATES ITS GOALS FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR.
SO WITH THAT, I WANT TO TURN IT OVER TO, UM, ELISSA COX, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, AND SHE'LL PROVIDE THE STAFF REPORT ON THIS ITEM.
ONE QUICK POINT OF CLARIFICATION IS ACTUALLY UNDER CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS, AS THIS IS YOUR YOUR MISSION, VISION AND GOALS.
UH, BACK IN MAY, I'M SORRY, BACK IN APRIL, THE CITY COUNCIL HAD ITS ANNUAL TEAM BUILDING.
UM, AND IN IT WE WENT OVER THE COUNCIL'S PREVIOUS MISSION, VISION AND THE GOALS AS PREVIOUSLY UPDATED.
AND THE CITY COUNCIL SPENT SOME TIME REVIEWING EACH.
AND SO TONIGHT I AM HERE TO SHARE OUT THOSE RESULTS.
UM, THE MISSION MOVING FORWARD, CONTINUOUSLY ENSURE AND ADVANCE THE QUALITY OF LIFE FOR THE COMMUNITY THROUGH INCLUSIVE DECISION MAKING, THE VISION TO CREATE AN EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE, AND VIBRANT, CITY RICH AND OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL TO THRIVE BY BUILDING ON OUR FOUNDATION AND SUCCESS AS A WORLD CLASS COMMUNITY.
AND OUR CITY COUNCIL VALUES HAD A LITTLE WORDSMITHING, BUT UM, LARGELY STAYED THE SAME AS THEY HAVE PREVIOUSLY TO PROVIDE AND, UH, PROVIDING AND NURTURING AND EXCELLENT QUALITY OF LIFE FOR ALL.
PROMOTING AND ENHANCING A SAFE AND HEALTHY COMMUNITY FOR ALL.
BUILDING AND PRESERVING A FAMILY-ORIENTED ATMOSPHERE, INTENTIONALLY EMBRACING AND ANTICIPATING OUR FUTURE, CREATING AN EQUITABLE OPPORTUNITY TO PROSPER, WORKING TOGETHER COOPERATIVELY AND RESPECTFULLY WITH EACH OTHER, STAFF AND ALL STAKEHOLDERS.
RELENTLESS PURSUIT OF IMPROVEMENTS AND ACTIVELY SEEKING AND RESPECTFULLY CONSIDERING ALL PUBLIC INPUT.
THERE ARE FIVE GOALS THAT THE COUNCIL PUT TOGETHER THAT'S RIGHT FOR THIS, UH, FOR THIS UPCOMING YEAR.
THE FIRST ONE IS TO BRING A PROJECT TO ADD LIGHT TO THE GARCIA SPORTS FIELD.
UM, AND WE PLAN TO BRING THAT TO THE CITY COUNCIL BY OCTOBER, UH, BY THE END OF DECEMBER TO PRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL A PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY FOR WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PATHWAYS INTO PUBLIC SERVICE.
AND THEN TO PRESENT TO THE CITY COUNCIL A CONCEPT PLANS TO MODERNIZE AND EXPAND THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITIES HERE AT THE CIVIC CENTER AND TO COMPLETE CONSTRUCTION ON PHASE TWO OF THE AUTOMATED TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, FONDLY KNOWN AS ATM S.
AND FINALLY, TO FINALIZE THE SITE LOCATION AND HIGH LEVEL CONCEPT DESIGNS FOR THE SECOND RANCHO CUCAMONGO MUNICIPAL UTILITY SUBSTATION.
AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE, BUT THIS IS FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION FOR ADOPTION.
ANY QUESTIONS? I HAVE A MOTION.
SINCE WE WORKED ON THIS DURING TEAM BUILDING, I WOULD EXPECT EVERYBODY TO BE UNANIMOUS.
ARE THERE ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS? UH, I HAVE TWO.
UH, THE MAYOR PRO TEM LED A SUBCOMMITTEE MEETING ON PUBLIC WORKS, UH, LAST WEEK WHERE WE GOT AN UPDATE FROM OUR WASTE HAULER ON RATES AND AN INDUSTRY UPDATE.
AND I ALSO ATTENDED A SOLID WASTE ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, AT THE COUNTY WHERE WE RECEIVED AN INDUSTRY UPDATE.
ANYONE ELSE? ANY AGENCY UPDATES,
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CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS, ANY IDENTIFICATION FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON MAY 21ST, TWO WEEKS FROM TODAY? LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING THIS, UH, LONGER MEETING THAN NORMAL.UM, BUT WE APPRECIATE IT AND HOPE YOU, UH, ENJOYED YOURSELVES.
THOSE OF YOU THAT ARE STUDENTS THAT ARE HERE THAT NEED SOMEBODY TO SIGN, LYNN KENNEDY AND, AND, AND, UH, AND CHRISTINE, SCOTT AND ASHLEY STICKLER ARE HERE FOR YOU.
AND THE MAYOR LIKES TO TELL TAKE PICTURES.
STUDENTS, IF YOU NEED YOUR AGENDA SIGNED, SAYING THAT YOU STAYED UNTIL THE VERY, VERY END OF THE MEETING, YOU SHOULD GET AN A DOWN.
YEAH, TELL YOUR TEACHER, JUST GET AN A, THIS TYPE OF TRAINING.
WE ARE CURRENTLY WITH 11 LANGUAGES.
WE STARTED OFF WITH ENGLISH AND SPANISH, AND FROM THEN ON WE JUST ADDED A TOTAL OF 11 LANGUAGES.