Jun 17, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting

GOOD EVENING,

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WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE ALL HERE WITH US, AND WE WOULD LIKE TO START THIS EVENING BY, UM, PLEDGING OUR ALLEGIANCE TO OUR

[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE   ROLL CALL:     Mayor Michael                            Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy                             Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler ]

SO I'VE ASKED OUR MAYOR PRO TEM LYNN KENNEDY, TO LEAD US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

EVERYONE, PLEASE STAND AND JOIN ME.

READY, BEGIN.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, NATION, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

WE ARE JUST ONE MONTH AWAY FROM 250 YEARS OF PLEDGING THIS BEAUTIFUL FLAG.

MAYBE NOT QUITE THE WAY IT LOOKS TODAY, BUT, UH, ANYWAY.

ROLL CALL.

MAYOR MICHAEL IS PRESENT.

MAYOR PRO.

TIM LYNN KENNEDY.

PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON PRESENT.

CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.

MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY MODIFICATIONS

[AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]

THERE ARE TWO REVISED STAFF REPORTS AND AT ATTACHMENTS SUBMITTED FOR ITEMS D 29 AND D 32 THAT WERE DISTRIBUTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND ARE MADE AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC IN THE LOBBY.

VERY GOOD.

THANK YOU FOR THAT.

WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.

WE HAVE ONE PRESENTATION TONIGHT,

[ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]

UH, I'D LIKE TO CALL UP JANELLE MARKLE FROM COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR FROM OUR COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS MEGAN MOBERLY.

UM, ALSO A COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR, LADIES, AND THAT IS GONNA BE A PRESENTATION IN HONOR OF JULY

[B1. Presentation in Honor of July as Park & Recreation Month.]

SO IT'S ALL YOURS.

GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JANELLE MARKEL, COMMUNITY SERVICES SUPERVISOR AND PRESENTING WITH ME TONIGHT IS MEGAN MOBERLY, COMMUNITY SERVICES COORDINATOR.

THIS JULY, WE JOIN COMMUNITIES NATIONWIDE IN CELEBRATING PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH.

THIS YEAR'S THEME, THE POWER OF HIGHLIGHTS, HOW PARKS AND RECREATION ENHANCE QUALITY OF LIFE BY PROMOTING WELLNESS, STRENGTHENING CONNECTIONS, AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR PLAY AND ENRICHMENT.

WHILE THE CELEBRATION IS NATIONAL, THE IMPACT IS FELT LOCALLY EVERY DAY.

THE FOLLOWING SLIDES SHOWCASE EXPERIENCES THAT BRING OUR COMMUNITY TOGETHER AND DEMONSTRATE THE POWER OF PARKS AND RECREATION.

HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

PARKS AND RECREATION CREATE MEANINGFUL SPACES, PROGRAMS AND EXPERIENCES THAT SUPPORT A HEALTHY, CONNECTED, AND VIBRANT COMMUNITY.

GUIDED BY OUR MISSION, VISION, AND VALUES.

WE PROVIDE WELCOMING PLACES TO GATHER, LEARN, PLAY, AND GROW, ENHANCING QUALITY OF LIFE FOR RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES.

EACH SUMMER OUR CLASSES, SERVICES, AND SPECIAL EVENTS BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER AND STRENGTHEN COMMUNITY CONNECTION.

LAST JULY ALONE, MORE THAN 18,000 RESIDENTS PARTICIPATED IN OUR, OUR PROGRAMS AND EVENTS, REFLECTING THE STRONG IMPACT IN EVERYDAY VALUE OF PARKS AND RECREATION IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

THIS YEAR, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING AND SERVING EVEN MORE COMMUNITY MEMBERS AS WE CONTINUE EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR ENGAGEMENT, WELLNESS, AND CONNECTION.

WHERE CAN COMMUNITY, EXCUSE ME, WHERE CAN THE COMMUNITY TAKE PART IN ALL EXCITING OFFERINGS THIS SUMMER WITH MORE THAN 30 PARKS AND OPEN SPACES, MULTIPLE COMMUNITY CENTER FACILITIES AND EXTENDED SUMMER HOURS AT THE RC SPORTS CENTER, RESIDENTS HAVE MORE WAYS THAN EVER TO GET INVOLVED.

THIS SUMMER ALSO MARKS THE DEBUT OF PERFORMANCES AT THE NEW BANK OF AMERICA, IMAGINATION COURTYARD AT THE CULTURE CENTER, PROVIDING ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY FOR RESIDENTS TO GATHER AND ENJOY LIVE ENTERTAINMENT.

COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO EXPERIENCE THESE SPACES AND ACTIVITIES ALL SEASON LONG AS WE CELEBRATE AN ACTIVE AND ENGAGING SUMMER.

THIS SUMMER, THE DEPARTMENT INVITES THE COMMUNITY TO TAKE PART IN A VIBRANT LINEUP OF CLASSES, INCLUSIVE PROGRAMS AND RETURNING FAVORITES OFFERED ACROSS THE CITY.

THESE OFFERINGS HIGHLIGHT THE COMMUNITY'S DIVERSE INTEREST AND HELP CREATE MEMORABLE EXPERIENCES FOR EVERYONE.

MAJOR CITYWIDE EVENTS, INCLUDING THE ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY, FIREWORK SPECTACULAR, AND CONCERTS AND MOVIES IN THE PARK WILL CONTINUE TO ENERGIZE OUR COMMUNITY AND PROVIDE OPPORTUNITIES FOR RESIDENTS TO GATHER, CONNECT, AND CELEBRATE.

THROUGHOUT THIS SUMMER, COMMUNITY MEMBERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO ENJOY THE CITY'S BEAUTIFUL PARKS, TRAILS, AND OPEN SPACES.

AS PART IS, AS PART OF OUR DYNAMIC AND ENGAGING SUMMER, CE MEMBERS CAN EASILY DISCOVER ALL OF OUR UPCOMING PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES AND ENJOY EVERYTHING PARKS AND RECREATION MONTH HAS TO OFFER THROUGH SEVERAL CONVENIENT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS.

THE FULL SCHEDULE OF CLASSES, COURTYARD CONCERTS, SUMMER MOVIES, AND SPECIAL EVENTS IS AVAILABLE IN THE GRAPEVINE AND ON OUR SOCIAL MEDIA

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ONLINE REGISTRATION CAN BE FOUND ON OUR WEBSITE, WHICH IS RC PARK.COM.

AND FOR THOSE WHO PREFER IN-PERSON ASSISTANCE, STAFF AT CENTRAL PARK ARE READY TO ASSIST WITH REGISTRATION AND HELP RESIDENTS CONNECT WITH PROGRAM SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES THAT INTEREST THEM.

SO WHETHER THROUGH CONNECTION PLAY, COMMUNITY NATURE, OR BELONGING, THERE'S SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE TO ENJOY.

WE HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE AT ONE OF OUR MANY EVENTS HAPPENING NOW AND THROUGHOUT THE SUMMER.

AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

ANY QUESTIONS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS COMMENTS? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE YOUR REPORT.

THANK YOU.

AND, UM, THAT HOPE EVERYONE'S WATCHING ON TV AS WELL AS THE ONES THAT ARE HERE.

THIS THE EVENING TO LEARN ALL THE WONDERFUL THINGS YOU PUT ON ALL THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.

WE HAVE, UH, 10 SPEAKERS THIS EVENING.

[PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Fire Protection District, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, Public Financing Authority Board, and City Council on any item listed or not listed on the agenda. State law prohibits us from addressing any issue not on the Agenda. Testimony may be received and referred to staff or scheduled for a future meeting. Comments are to be limited to three (3) minutes per individual. All communications are to be addressed directly to the Fire Board, Agencies, Successor Agency, Authority Board, or City Council not to the members of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, disorderly or boisterous conduct that disturbs, disrupts, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting. For more information, refer to the City Council Rules of Decorum and Order (Resolution No. 2023-086) located in the back of the Council Chambers. The public communications period will not exceed one hour prior to the commencement of the business portion of the agenda. During this one hour period, all those who wish to speak on a topic contained in the business portion of the agenda will be given priority, and no further speaker cards for these business items (with the exception of public hearing items) will be accepted once the business portion of the agenda commences. Any other public communications which have not concluded during this one hour period may resume after the regular business portion of the agenda has been completed.]

THERE'S ALSO A TIMER ON THE SCREEN.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE, UH, THIS IS A TIME IN THE PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.

COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL, UH, AND THE COMMENT PERIOD WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR BEFORE WE COMMENCE THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.

UH, SO OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS WENDY LOPEZ, FOLLOWED BY MICHAEL PEREZ.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS WENDY.

BEFORE I BEGIN, I WANT TO MAKE IT CLEAR THAT I AM SPEAKING TONIGHT SOLELY AS A RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENT AND COMMUNITY MEMBER.

THESE COMMENTS REFLECT MY PERSONAL VIEWS AND CONCERNS, AND I AM NOT SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF MY EMPLOYER OR IN ANY PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY.

FOR MONTHS, RESIDENTS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUES, INCREASING CRIME, OPEN DRUG USE, AND SUSPECTED DRUG SALES, AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR THEFT, VANDALISM ENCAMPMENTS ALONG THE TWO 10 FREEWAY AND INDIVIDUALS CAMPING THROUGHOUT OUR CITY, INCLUDING ALONG FOOTHILL BOULEVARD BUSINESSES DEALING WITH BREAK-INS, FAMILIES NO LONGER FEELING COMFORTABLE USING PARKS AND TRAILS, AND MANY RESIDENTS NO LONGER FEEL AS SAFE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.

THE COMMUNITY HAS DONE ITS PART.

WE REPORT SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY, WE CALL THE POLICE.

WE USE RC TWO GO AND CALTRANS.

WE ATTEND CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS.

WE SEND EMAILS AND PROVIDE PHOTOS, VIDEOS, AND EXACT LOCATIONS.

WHAT WE'RE ASKING TONIGHT IS FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.

WE'VE HEARD ABOUT NEW INITIATIVES, OUTREACH EFFORTS, AND FUTURE PLANS, BUT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF RESIDENTS LIVING THIS DAILY, THOSE EFFORTS ARE NOT PRODUCING THE RESULTS WE EXPECT.

WE NEED ENFORCEMENT.

WE NEED CONSISTENT POLICE PRESENCE IN KNOWN HOTSPOTS.

WE NEED TIMELY RESPONSES.

WHEN RESIDENTS REPORT CRIMINAL ACTIVITY, WE NEED EXISTING LAWS ENFORCED.

COMPASSION AND ACCOUNTABILITY ARE NOT MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE, AND TOO OFTEN SERVICES ARE REFUSED.

SO, I'D LIKE THE CITY COUNCIL TO ANSWER THREE QUESTIONS.

WHAT MEASURABLE RESULTS HAVE THESE PROGRAMS PRODUCED? WHAT IS BEING DONE TODAY TO REDUCE CRIME, ILLEGAL DRUG ACTIVITY, AND THE ENCAMPMENTS? WHAT SPECIFIC ACTIONS WILL RESIDENTS SEE IN THE COMING WEEKS TO RESTORE PUBLIC SAFETY? RESIDENTS ARE TIRED OF HEARING WHAT IS BEING PLANNED.

WE WANT TO KNOW WHAT IS BEING DONE.

RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN AS ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES IN OUR REGION.

THAT REPUTATION IS WORTH PROTECTING, BUT IT REQUIRES ACTION, NOT JUST DISCUSSION.

ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES ANSWERS, VISIBLE ENFOR, UH, ENFORCEMENT AND REAL RESULTS.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MICHAEL PEREZ, FOLLOWED BY ANDRE.

DANA, UH, THERE SHOULD HAVE BEEN A HANDOUT ALREADY.

UH, THIS IS SOMETHING I'VE PROVIDED BEFORE TO THE CITY COUNCIL.

UM, IT'S CRIME STATS, FBI PART ONE CRIMES, UH, CRIMES AGAINST PERSONS AND COMPARED TO POPULATION, UH, RANCHO IN 2010 WAS ONE OF THE FOUR SAFEST CITIES RIGHT BEHIND CHINLE HILLS BACK IN 2015.

WE WERE ONE OF THE THIRD SAFEST CITIES BACK IN 2019.

WE WERE THE THIRD SAFEST CITY, AND THEN 2020 STARTED COMING UP.

WE WERE PASSED UP BY FONTANA CITY, AND WE WERE FIFTH BEHIND THE CITY OF FONTANA.

THEN IN, UH, 2024, WE WERE PASSED UP BY FONTANA IN THE CITY OF ONTARIO.

UM, I THINK WE'VE GOT A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE.

THERE'S SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION RATES, INCOME LEVELS AND OTHER STUFF.

WE HAVE A GREAT OPPORTUNITY HERE

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UH, THEY'RE GREAT PEOPLE.

I THINK HE NEEDS TO BE GIVEN A LOT OF RESOURCES.

I THINK HIS PURSE STRINGS NEED TO BE OPENED UP AND, UH, PROVIDED MORE FUNDS.

UH, THAT'S THE WAY WE USED TO DO IT WITH THE OLD CITY MANAGER.

UM, I'VE GOT THE OLD EMAILS IF YOU EVER WANNA REVIEW 'EM.

UM, YOU GUYS WERE THE BEST AND WE WANTED TO BE THE BEST KEITH AS SAFEST COMMUNITY AS POSSIBLE.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN RESPOND QUICKLY ON THE CRIME STATS.

UM, YOU'LL RECALL THAT THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT LOST THE ABILITY TO COLLECT AND REPORT THEIR CRIME STATS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME.

AND SO WE WERE NOT INCLUDED IN A NUMBER OF THOSE YEARS.

UM, THAT SYSTEM HAS BEEN RESTORED.

OUR CRIME STATS ARE NOW BEING RECOUNTED.

UM, BUT THERE IS SOME MISSING DATA THAT, THAT EXPLAINS SOME OF THOSE DROPS IN NUMBERS DURING THOSE TIME PERIODS.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, THANK YOU.

I SAID THAT ONE.

ANDRE.

DANA, YES.

FOLLOWED BY BELL.

BETH.

LEN? YES.

GOOD EVENING.

UH, MY NAME IS ANDRE DANA.

I'M A RANCHO CUOMO RESIDENCE.

UH, I LIVE IN THE HOUSING, UH, SECTION OVER HERE BETWEEN, UH, MOSA.

AND, UH, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, THEY WANTED TO BUILD, UH, SOME APARTMENT MULTI-UNIT COMPLEXES TO THE EAST OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE HAVE TWO STREETS THAT COME IN TO OUR COMMUNITY, WHICH IS, UH, DEVON AND HAMSHIRE.

FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND, I BELIEVE, UH, IT'S BEEN ASKED IF THEY'RE, WE WANT TO KNOW IF THEY'RE GONNA BE ABLE TO OPEN UP THOSE STREETS TO CONTINUE THEIR TRAFFIC IN ORDER FOR THEIR, UH, RESIDENTS TO COME THROUGH OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ON THOSE TWO STREETS TO GET TO THE APARTMENT COMPLEX.

AND IF SO, WE, WE, WE REALLY DON'T WANT THAT TO HAPPEN.

UM, WE HAVE A LOT OF KIDS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

FOR THE MOST PART.

UH, IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A LOT OF KIDS.

AND THAT, THAT WOULD CREATE A WHOLE LOT OF EXTRA UNNECESSARY, IT'S HARD ENOUGH GETTING OUT ON THOSE TWO STREETS TO, UH, OSA AS IT IS AND TRYING TO GET INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD FROM HERMOSA.

IF THEY WERE TO ADD THAT STREET, EXTEND THAT STREET TO THOSE, UH, MULTI-UNITS, IT'D BE IMPOSSIBLE TO GET TO THE HOUSE.

THAT'S ALL.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, SIR.

SIR, IF YOU'D LIKE TO TALK WITH OUR COMMUNITY OR WITH OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, JENNIFER NAKAMURA, SHE CAN EXPLAIN THE PROJECT A LITTLE BIT MORE TO YOU IN THE BACK.

SHE'S RIGHT THERE STANDING UP, SIR.

THANK YOU.

BETH LUM.

UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS BETH LUM AND I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF HERMOSA AVENUE AND FOOTHILL BOULEVARD.

I AM NOT HERE TONIGHT TO OPPOSE THE GROWTH.

I UNDERSTAND THAT NEW HOUSING IS AN IMPORTANT PART OF OUR COMMUNITY'S FUTURE.

MY CONCERN IS THE SAFETY, SPECIFICALLY THE SAFETY OF THE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES WHO ALREADY LIVE IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD.

YOU MIGHT BE UNAWARE OF THE PROPOSED 135 TOWN HOMES PROJECT, BUT I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU KNOW OUR NEIGHBORHOOD'S CONCERNS.

THERE ARE MANY OF US HERE TONIGHT ON THIS TOPIC.

THIS PROJECT WOULD ADD HUNDREDS OF VEHICLES TO AN AREA THAT IS ALREADY HEAVILY IMPACTED BY TRAFFIC.

OUR MAIN CONCERN IS THE PLAN TO ROUTE THAT TRAFFIC THROUGH OUR QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

HERMOSA IS ALREADY CONGESTED WITH ONE LANE IN EACH DIRECTION.

FOR MANY RESIDENTS, ENTERING AND EXITING THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS OFTEN DIFFICULT AND EXTREMELY DANGEROUS.

CARS FREQUENTLY SPEED ALONG HERMOSA USING THE BIKE LANE TO PASS, CREATING DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHEN I AM TRYING TO TURN INTO MY NEIGHBORHOOD AND TURN OUT ONTO HERMOSA.

IF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS CONNECTED TO OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, THOSE SAME DRIVERS LOOKING TO AVOID CONGESTION ON HERMOSA, WE'LL USE OUR RESIDENTIAL STREETS AS A SHORTCUT TO FOOTHILL.

IF THIS DEVELOPMENT IS, UH, EXCUSE ME, OUR QUIET STREETS WILL NO LONGER BE SAFE, A SAFE PLACE FOR MY CHILDREN TO PLAY.

THIS IS NOT JUST A TRAFFIC ISSUE, IT IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE.

IT AFFECTS WHETHER MY CHILDREN CAN CROSS THE STREET, RIDE THEIR BIKE AROUND THE BLOCK, OR SIMPLY PLAY OUTSIDE IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE BELIEVE THERE'S A BETTER SOLUTION.

FOOTHILL BOULEVARD IS BETTER EQUIPPED TO HANDLE HIGHER TRAFFIC VOLUMES AND SHOULD SERVE AS THEIR SOLE, UM, ACCESS POINT TO THIS PROJECT.

KEEPING THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS SEPARATE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HELP PROTECT NOT ONLY OUR CHILDREN, BUT THE NEW CHILDREN MOVING INTO THAT NEW DEVELOPMENT.

PLEASE DO NOT WAIT FOR A CHILD TO BE INJURED BEFORE RECOGNIZING WHAT I AM TELLING YOU TONIGHT.

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PLEASE CAREFULLY CONSIDER OUR CONCERNS BEFORE APPROVING THIS PROJECT.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS DANIEL, AND I WILL SAY I, I THINK THAT'S THE SAME PROJECT.

SO, UM, YES, IT'S, IF THERE'S ANYBODY ELSE THAT WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH JEN, SHE IS IN, IN THE BACK.

SHE'S IN THE BACK.

JUST BLANKET.

PUT THAT OUT THERE.

AND I DO KNOW THERE WAS A NEIGHBORHOOD MEETING, I BELIEVE.

UH, AND THIS MATTER IS GOING TO GO TO OUR PLANNING COMMISSION, UH, HERE IN A FEW WEEKS.

I BELIEVE SO I THINK NEXT WEEK, MONTHS.

NEXT, NEXT.

THEY'RE, THEY'RE NOT CLOSE TO GOING TO PLANNING COMMISSION YET.

OKAY.

THEY'RE NOT CLOSE TO GOING TO PLANNING COMMISSION, BUT THAT'S AN OPPORTUNITY THAT WILL FIRST GO TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION.

WE'LL BE THERE TOO.

DANIEL DECKER, FOLLOWED BY LEVI BLAND.

HELLO, .

UM, MY NAME IS DANIEL DECKER AND I'M THE OWNER OF BREW'S REAL ICE CREAM, UM, RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, AND A HUGE ADVOCATE FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

UM, WHEN MY WIFE AND I FIRST MOVED HERE AND CHOSE RANCHO AS A PLACE FOR US TO BEGIN THE NEXT CHAPTER IN OUR STORY, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF DREAMS, EXCITEMENT, AND EVEN SOME FEAR ABOUT OPENING A NEW BUSINESS.

BUT THE LAST THING IN OUR MIND WAS DEALING WITH THE CONSTANT ISSUE OF HOMELESSNESS.

UM, FORTUNATELY, MUCH OF OUR DAY CONSISTS NOW OF CALLING SECURITY, THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, HAVING CONVERSATIONS ABOUT TRESPASSING AND LOITERING, AND IT'S BECOME ALL TOO COMMON TO HAVE TO PICK UP HUMAN FECES, PAINT OVER VANDALISM, AND PICKING UP TRASH FROM THE, UH, HOMELESS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH OUR BINS.

UM, LOOKING FOR UNFI, UM, UNFINISHED WAFFLE CONES.

I DO THIS BECAUSE I, I LOVE THE COMMUNITY.

I LOVE MY, MY CUSTOMERS, AND I JUST, I'M AT A POINT WHERE I DON'T KNOW WHERE TO GO.

SO, UH, AS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE, BREWSTERS WAS BROKEN INTO ON SATURDAY, UH, MORNING AT FOUR 15.

UM, THE PERSON USED A LARGE ROCK TO SHATTER OUR GLASS DOOR, AND THEN THEY WENT IN LOOKING FOR CASH AND OTHER THINGS THAT THEY COULD SELL.

UM, OF COURSE, THIS LEFT MY WIFE AND I FEELING VERY VIOLATED AND, AND FRUSTRATED, AND ULTIMATELY HAS COST US QUITE A BIT OF MONEY.

UM, THE SAD TRUTH IS THOUGH, THAT WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO GIVE BACK AS MUCH TO THIS COMMUNITY AS IF THIS CONTINUES.

UH, EVERY ACT OF VANDALISM, EVERY CUSTOMER WE, WE LOSE DUE TO FAMILIES FEELING UNSAFE AT OUR SHOP, EVERY BROKEN WINDOW, EVERY LIKE EARLY MORNING CLEANING, IT CUTS INTO OUR EXTREMELY TIGHT MARGINS.

UH, THAT BEING SAID, I'M NOT HERE TO DEMAND ACTION OR TAKE OR PLACE BLAME ON ANYBODY.

I'M HERE AS A CONCERNED BUSINESS OWNER AND PARTNER TO ASK HOW I CAN HELP.

UM, I'M VERY ACTIVE IN THE CITY, AND HONESTLY, I DON'T KNOW WHO TO CALL IN THESE SITUATIONS.

UM, HOW CAN WE GET THE HOPE TEAM TO COME OUT? HOW CAN WE DOCUMENT THE VANDALISM AND, AND, AND ENCAMPMENTS SO THAT THEY CAN BE REMOVED? UH, HOW CAN WE COMMUNICATE BEST, UM, WHEN WE FIND PEOPLE BEGGING IN OUR MONEY, IN OUR LINES, UH, FOR MONEY? UM, HOW CAN I, AS A BUSINESS OWNER USE THE RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO ME? AND MORE IMPORTANTLY, HOW DO I USE MY INFLUENCE TO TEACH OTHER SMALL BUSINESSES HOW TO WORK TOGETHER TO TAKE BACK OUR CITY? UM, I OWE IT TO MY GUESTS, AND THIS IS WHERE I GET EMOTIONAL, BUT THE PARENTS OF THE YOUNG PEOPLE THAT WORK FOR ME TO HAVE A PLACE OF BUSINESS THAT IS SAFE.

AND I, I DON'T THINK I HAVE THAT RIGHT NOW.

UM, I WORK VERY HARD TO, TO ENSURE THAT THIS, UM, THIS IS THE CASE, BUT I NEED YOUR HELP.

I, I NEED TO KNOW WHAT TO DO.

I DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS, BUT I'M WILLING TO PUT IN THE WORK.

UH, I DON'T KNOW.

UH, I, I KNOW THAT IF WE PUT OUR OUR HEADS TOGETHER, WE CAN COME UP WITH A SOLUTION, BUT THE BOTTOM LINE IS WE'VE GOT TO DO BETTER.

UM, ONE AVENUE THAT I'M THINKING THROUGH IS LIKE MAYBE PURSUING THIS WITH THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND COMMUNICATING AND, AND HELPING TO CLARIFY THE STEPS THAT WE CAN LEGALLY TAKE AND HOW WE CAN WORK TOGETHER TO CREATE A NETWORK OF BUSINESSES THAT ARE WORKING, THAT ARE LOOKING OUT FOR EACH OTHER.

AND, AND AGAIN, THE CITY, UH, ISN'T A MAGIC SOLUTION.

MR. DECKER, YOU'VE REACHED YOUR TIME.

I'M SORRY.

GOT IT THOUGH.

.

NO, WE FULLY UNDERSTAND.

BELIEVE ME.

YEAH, THANK YOU.

AND, AND SHE'S GONNA, YOU AND ANYBODY ELSE THAT IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE HOMELESS, UM, JUST SO YOU KNOW, CAN, UH, STEP OUT AND SPEAK WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR SHERIFFS.

OKAY? LELE BOND, BLAND REC, EXCUSE ME, FOLLOWED BY LIZ UNA.

HELLO.

YOU KNOW ME.

WELL, IT'S GOTTEN WORSE, OKAY? FIVE TIMES WORSE THAN WHAT IT WAS.

HE'S NOT KEEPING THE NOISE DOWN.

HE'S BLASTING THE TVDS, HIS MUSIC AND HIS PATRIOTS.

SO

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HE HASN'T DONE A DARN THING TO QUIET THE NOISE.

YOU HAVE TO CLOSE THIS PATIO DOWN AT 10.

WE CANNOT REST.

NOBODY CAN.

THERE'S NO NEED FOR HIM TO HAVE THAT PATIO OPEN UP PAST 10.

HE CAN DO HIS BUSINESS INSIDE WITH HIS PEOPLE.

THEY'RE LOITERING.

I FILED, FINALLY, I GOT TO FILE A NOISE COMPLAINT AND I'M SENDING THAT OFF, OKAY? IT'S BEEN DOCUMENTED AND THE POLICE TOLD HIM TO TURN IT DOWN.

YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

STOP PLAYING GAMES.

MATT'S NOT DOING NOTHING.

NEITHER HIS BUDDY BUDDY, MIKE.

IT'S A JOKE.

THESE PEOPLE ARE JOKES THAT YOU HAVE IN BETWEEN YOU THAT YOU'RE HAVING MEET WITH US.

THEY HAVEN'T DONE A DARN THING.

AND AS FAR AS THE PARKING, THAT'S A JOKE.

THE POLICE DON'T COME OUT.

WE CALL.

WHY DO WE HAVE TO CALL? WE FOUGHT LIKE HECK TO GET THESE PERMITS.

WHY ARE WE HAVING TO CALL THEM IN THE DAYTIME, IN THE NIGHTTIME? IT DOESN'T MATTER.

AND I DON'T CARE IF MY NEIGHBORS DON'T PUT A PERMIT IN THEIR CAR.

WE FOUGHT TO GET A PERMIT.

IF YOU'RE THAT DUMB NOT TO HAVE A PERMIT IN YOUR CAR, THEN YOU NEED A TICKET.

OKAY? THAT'S WHAT THEY'RE FOR.

SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO FIGURE OUT SOMETHING ELSE WITH THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

'CAUSE THEY'RE JUST A JOKE TOO.

OKAY? I'M TIRED.

EITHER MOVE HIM OR SHUT THE PATIO DOWN AT 10 BECAUSE I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

AND I WAS THERE FIRST.

OKAY? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

LIZ UNA FOLLOWED BY MICHELLE MCNEIL.

WELL, THE LAST, THE LAST TIME I CAME HERE, NO MA'AM, I, I CALLED HER FIRST AND I CALLED YOUR NAME SECOND.

SO I JUST LET YOU KNOW YOU'LL BE THE NEXT SPEAKER.

OKAY? GO AHEAD.

TIME ABOUT THE NEED FOR FIRST RESPONDERS, NOT THE SHERIFFS AND FIREMEN, BUT I'M GONNA BRING UP ANOTHER CONCERN AND ALL OF IT WILL TIE IN TOGETHER.

YOU'RE GONNA GET SICK OF SEEING ME BECAUSE IT'S NOT OVER.

I WANT A HOSPITAL.

WE NEED A HOSPITAL.

SAN ANTONIO CAN NO LONGER TAKE OUR FLOW OF PEOPLE.

I WENT IN THERE AND THEY HAD AN EIGHT HOUR WAIT AND IT WAS 129 PEOPLE AND THE EMERGENCY ROOM, WE NEED OUR OWN HOSPITAL.

AND THEN AGAIN, IF YOU GET A FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THE SHERIFFS ARE NOT ON LEASE AND THEY'RE HERE ALL THE TIME, MAYBE WE WON'T HAVE SO MUCH CRIME AND PEOPLE BEING ASSAULTED.

WE NEED TO FEEL SAFE.

AND THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA FEEL SAFE IS IF WE CAN PROVIDE FOR OUR COMMUNITY, FIRE, SHERIFFS AND A HOSPITAL.

WE HAVE A LOT OF ROOM TO PUT A HOSPITAL.

YOU KNOW THAT.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR ZONING IS BECAUSE YOU CHANGES SO ZONING SO MUCH.

YOU'VE GOT MULTI-LEVEL BUILDINGS ON ZONING WHERE IT WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THAT.

IT'S BEEN CHANGED AND IT'S NOT A GOOD CHANGE.

'CAUSE AGAIN, THESE PEOPLE AREN'T GETTING PROTECTED.

THEY'RE NOT FEELING SECURE BECAUSE WE GOT MORE PEOPLE IN THESE MULTI-LEVEL COMPLEXES AND WE CAN'T SERVE THEM.

LIKE I SAID THE LAST TIME, IF THERE'S A HEART ATTACK ON HAVEN AND SOMEONE ON BERYL HAS THEIR THEIR HOUSE ON FIRE, THE HOUSE WILL BURN.

WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO? YOU'RE SITTING THERE, YOU'RE GETTING PAID A DECENT AMOUNT.

EVEN IF YOU DIDN'T GET PAID, YOU SHOULDN'T BE IN THAT POSITION IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE COMPASSION OF THE COMMUNITY.

YOU HAVE TO THINK OF THE COMMUNITY FIRST.

NOT THE EXPENSE, NOT YOUR POCKET, NOT ANYTHING BUT SERVICE.

GIVE US THE SERVICE THAT THE TAXES ARE SUPPOSED TO PAY FOR THE SERVICE OF THE FIRE.

THE FIRST EXTRA SERVICE TO HAVE OUR OWN SHERIFFS, NEVER TO LEASE THEM.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? DENNIS, I'M VERY, VERY SERIOUS.

WE GOT ONE NEW FIRE DEPARTMENT OFF OF ARROW HIGHWAY, AND IT'S STILL NOT ENOUGH BECAUSE OF SO MUCH GROWTH ASSISTED LIVING IN APARTMENTS.

WELL, AT LEAST IF YOU'RE GONNA BUILD IT, SERVICE THEM.

LET THEM FEEL A LITTLE SAFER.

BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WITH ALL THESE COMPLAINTS ABOUT WHAT'S COMING UP AND THE NEIGHBOR'S TOO LOUD AND THIS AND THAT, PEOPLE ARE GETTING FRUSTRATED BAD ENOUGH, THE ECONOMY IS BAD.

AND THEN WHEN YOU START, PEOPLE ARE HOT UP FOR MONEY AND YOU CAN'T CONTROL THE CRIME.

THAT'S NOT RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

WE'RE NOT A CRIME.

WE DON'T INVITE CRIME.

THE FREEWAY DIDN'T HELP.

IT HELPED IN OTHER WAYS.

BUT AS FAR AS THE CRIME'S CONCERNED, NO, IT DIDN'T HELP.

IT INVITED THE CRIME.

SO PLEASE TAKE IT IN CONSIDERATION.

WE NEED A HOSPITAL.

WE NEED MORE FIREMEN AND MORE SHERIFFS, PLEASE.

WE'RE PAYING TAXES.

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SPEND IT THE RIGHT WAY.

THANK YOU.

THANK YOU.

MICHELLE MCNEIL.

THAT WAS MICHELLE.

NOW IT'S LIZ UNA.

THANK YOU, LIZ.

HELLO.

I AM, UM, HERE AGAIN, JUST REALLY SITTING BACK AND LISTENING TO ALL THE LEGITIMATE CONCERNS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

AND YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT WHAT RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS SUPPOSED TO BE.

WHAT, YOU KNOW, IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE A NICE CITY TO LIVE IN, BUT YOU GOT HOUSING GOING IN ON FOOTHILL.

YOU KNOW, I'M HERE TO GRIPE ABOUT THE HAMILTON'S BREWERY.

I'M HERE TO REPRESENT THAT BECAUSE YOU PUT IT IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA.

ALL THAT STUFF'S BELOW FOOTHILL DOES BELOW FOOTHILL BECAUSE THEY'RE LOWER INCOME PEOPLE.

THEY DON'T PAY AS MUCH TAXES AS PEOPLE THAT LIVE UP THERE.

EVEN THE TWO 10 PEOPLE ARE COMPLAINING, WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THIS CITY? ASK YOURSELVES THAT.

MAKE IT A BETTER CITY.

IS IT MONEY? WHAT DO YOU GUYS, YOU KNOW, IT JUST MAKES US THINK THAT, WHAT ARE YOU TAKING BRIBES? AND THAT'S VERY INSULTING.

I UNDERSTAND THAT.

BUT IT MAKES YOU KIND OF WONDER LIKE WHAT'S GOING ON.

AND I UNDERSTAND THAT EVERY CITY IS REQUIRED TO HAVE A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF HOUSING.

WELL, DAMN IT.

AREN'T WE AT CAPACITY? EXCUSE MY LANGUAGE.

YOU KNOW, I'M VERY FRUSTRATED NOW.

WE GOT THE PERMIT PARKING.

WE'RE TELLING PEOPLE THAT, THAT, HEY, THAT'S PERMIT PARKING.

GUESS WHAT? THEY LAUGH IN OUR FACES.

WE'RE BEING MOCKED AND DISRESPECTED IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOOD BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT DECLARED HAMILTON'S BREWERY.

HAMILTON'S FAMILY BREWERY, WHICH IS A JOKE, A PUBLIC NUISANCE.

THEY ARE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN DECLARED.

SO A LONG TIME AGO.

AND THIS SIT, YOU GUYS JUST SIT THERE.

WE HAVE A SENIOR COMPLEX NEXT DOOR DOOR.

I UNDERSTAND THAT BARBARA COMES HERE ALL THE TIME.

BARBARA'S A SENIOR AND SHE'S GOTTEN SICK OVER ALL THIS STUFF WHERE I'M CONCERNED AND I'M CALLING HER, HEY, HOW YOU DOING? ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS.

AND SHE'S NOT THE ONLY ONE.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

IT'S CAUSING STRESS, IT'S CAUSING MEDICAL ISSUES TO PEOPLE THAT LIVE THERE.

IT'S CAUSING FRUSTRATION.

PEOPLE CAN YOU IMAGINE, IMAGINE THAT BREWERY AND ALL THE TRAFFIC.

IT'S LIKE FIFTH AVENUE WITH ALL THESE GROUPS OF PEOPLE JUST WANDERING UP AND DOWN.

OUR QUIET ONCE, QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD.

WE'RE HOMEOWNERS TOO.

WE DON'T LIVE, YOU KNOW, WAY UP THERE.

BUT WE'RE HOMEOWNERS AND WE WORK VERY HARD FOR OUR HOMES.

AND YOU GUYS ARE NOT UNDERSTANDING THAT.

YOU GUYS STILL HAVE THEM THERE.

THEY NEED TO BE DECLARED AGAIN, A PUBLIC NUISANCE BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE.

AND IT JUST SEEMS LIKE YOU GUYS ARE CATERING TO THEM.

THEY'RE VIOLATING OUR CIVIL RIGHTS, WHICH YOU GUYS SHOULD ALREADY HAVE THAT EMBEDDED IN YOUR BRAIN.

WE SAID IT NUMEROUS TIMES AND THEY'RE STILL THERE.

THE PERMANENT PARKING'S A JOKE.

WE CALL THE COPS.

WE'RE THE BAD GUY.

THEY TREAT US LIKE CRAP.

RANCHO PD, THEY TREAT US LIKE CRAP WITH THEIR LITTLE TONE.

OH NO, I CALLED THE WATCH COMMANDER.

OH, I'M SURE HE DIDN'T TREAT YOU LIKE CRAP.

YES HE DID.

BY YOUR TONE YOU SAY A LOT.

THEY DON'T WANNA BE OUT THERE, THEY DON'T WANNA BE OUT THERE GIVING TICKETS.

I GUESS IT'S BENEATH THEM.

SO MAYBE YOU NEED TO PRI UH, PRIVATIZE THAT AND HAVE PEOPLE COME AND GIVE THESE PEOPLE TICKETS THAT REALLY DON'T CARE ABOUT US.

THEY'RE STILL COMING, THEY'RE STILL WALKING ALL OVER OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT US.

WE'RE BEING ANTAGONIZED IN OUR OWN HOME.

THANK YOU.

PHILLIP WALKER, FOLLOWED BY DON HOVE.

I THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME.

CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

I'M PHILLIPE WALKER, UH, RESIDENT OF OUR TOWN AND A HOLLYWOOD ACTOR PRESENTLY TEACHING OTHERS HOW TO BECOME EMPLOYED AS A FULL-TIME HOLLYWOOD ACTOR.

AND, BUT I COME TO YOU TO REMIND YOU THAT IN TWO DAYS, WE ONCE AGAIN CELEBRATE JUNETEENTH.

WE WILL BE HAVING OUR FIFTH ANNUAL WALK FROM, UH, UH, NEAR RANCHO CUCAMONGA STATION HERE TO CITY HALL.

UM, THE LAST EACH YEAR, THE WALK'S, UH, PARTICIPATION HAS GROWN, HAS DOUBLED, AND WE HOPE THAT IT'S GOING TO DOUBLE AGAIN ON THIS YEAR.

UH, THEN AT THREE O'CLOCK WE WILL BE SHOWING TWO OF OUR, UH, JUNETEENTH FILMS. THE DOCUMENTARY OF LAST YEAR'S WALK WILL SCREAM, AS WELL AS HAPLESS REVENGE.

HAPLESS REVENGE IS A MONSTER.

Y'ALL.

UM, IT EARNED 13 AWARDS LAST WEEK AND, UM, REACHED MORE THAN 400 HONORS IN THE, UH, THREE YEARS THAT IT HAS BEEN TOURING THE WORLD.

UM, I THANK COUNCILMAN HUTCHINSON FOR BEING THE FIRST PERSON TO VIEW THE, UM, STAGE READING OF THE SCREENPLAY.

AND, UM,

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UH, MANY, MANY CITIES AROUND, UH, HAVE SUPPORTED VERY LARGE CELEBRATIONS OF JUNETEENTH, AND WE STILL ARE LAGGING A BIT BEHIND.

I AM HAPPY TO TELL YOU HOWEVER, THAT MY RESEARCH SHOWED MULTIPLE SMALL JUNETEENTH CELEBRATIONS HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.

FIRST TIME THAT'S HAPPENED IN, I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE FOUR YEARS OR SO.

SO THINGS ARE GROWING AND WE HOPE THAT THEY CONTINUE TO GROW.

UH, THE OTHER GREAT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT I WANNA MAKE SURE THAT EVERYBODY KNOWS THE CITY, UH, THE CITY'S SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS NAMED JUNETEENTH A HOLIDAY.

AND I WANT TO TAKE A PICTURE WITH, UH, MAYOR PRO TIM AND ANNOUNCE ON SOCIAL MEDIA TONIGHT OF THAT WONDERFUL MOVE THAT THE CITY THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT MADE.

I THANK YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND I HOPE THAT YOU WILL CONSIDER MAKING JUNETEENTH A CITY HOLIDAY.

THANK YOU, DAWN HOCH.

OKAY, MY NAME IS DON HOR.

UH, I'VE BEEN A LONG TIME RESIDENT HERE.

I LIVE UP IN THE TWANDA AREA.

I'M HERE, UH, AGAIN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE, RIGHT BELOW THE PRESERVE, UNDERNEATH THE EDISON POWER LINES.

THERE'S, THERE'S KIND OF TWO ISSUES GOING ON HERE.

UM, WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, PEOPLE LOITERING UP THERE ALL NIGHT LONG AND THE POLICE, YOU KNOW, I CALL 'EM OR THE POLICE PATROL THERE QUITE OFTEN AND THEY DO A FANTASTIC JOB.

THEY COME UP THERE, THEY SKEDADDLE 'EM OUT, THEY LEAVE.

AND I'M NOT KIDDING YOU.

FIVE MINUTES LATER THERE'S A NEW CREW COMING IN.

SO THIS, THIS CANNOT BE PATROLLED AWAY.

WE NEED TO HAVE A MORE ROBUST SOLUTION.

AND THE PROBLEM IS, OF COURSE, IT'S EDISON'S LAND.

SO WHAT CAN RANCHO DO? WELL, IT'S EDISON'S LAND, BUT EDISON DOESN'T GET A FREE PASS, DO THEY? THEY'RE A BIG CORPORATION.

OH, WE CAN'T MAKE 'EM DO ANYTHING.

WELL, THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING.

'CAUSE IF I TOOK CARE OF MY PROPERTY AND EVERYBODY HERE TOOK CARE OF THEIR PROPERTY THE WAY EDISON DOES, THIS PLACE WOULD BE HORRIBLE.

BUT EDISON GETS A FREE PASS, AND I DON'T THINK THAT'S RIGHT.

'CAUSE RIGHT NOW UP THERE, THERE'S ALL NIGHT LONG PEOPLE HANGING OUT.

SO THEY'RE JUST DRINKING AND THEY'RE HAVING FUN AND WHATEVER.

THEY'RE STEAMING UP THE WINDOWS, WINDOWS FINE.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS NOW, UM, YOU'LL SEE THIS VIDEO HERE AND THIS ONE HERE, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED THE OTHER NIGHT.

THE SAME CREW THAT GOES UP THERE SHOOTING OFF FIREWORKS.

AND THIS ONE RIGHT HERE LIT THE PLACE ON FIRE.

MULTIPLE CREWS UP THERE, AMBULANCES FIRE AND EVERYTHING HAD HAD TO PUT IT OUT.

AND THIS IS RIGHT NEXT TO MY HOUSE.

AND AT RIGHT HERE.

WELL, YOU CAN'T SEE IT TOO GOOD, BUT WE WENT OUT, I WENT OUT THERE AND THEN THE FIRE CREW CAME OUT, PUT THE FIRE OUT.

BUT IF IT WOULD'VE CONTINUED FOR MINUTES MORE, THOSE DRY, UM, PINE TREES NEXT DOOR WOULD'VE WENT UP LIKE A MATCHSTICK.

AND SO WOULD MY HOUSE AND THE NEXT HOUSE AND THE NEXT HOUSE.

AND WE WOULD'VE HAD A REAL TRAGEDY BECAUSE OF WHAT STARTS UP THERE AT THE PRESERVE, AT THAT DIRT LOT UNDER THE POWER LINES.

OKAY, EDISON'S LAND.

SO IT'S KIND OF TWO THINGS.

THE CITY IS NOT, I GUESS IT'S MARIOSA WHO DOES THE MAINTENANCE ONCE A YEAR, TWICE A YEAR? I DON'T KNOW.

BUT IT'S FULL OF DRY PINE NEEDLES.

AND THAT'S WHY THIS LITTLE SPOT HERE CAUGHT ON FIRE SO QUICKLY, SOAK EASILY JUST A LIT CIGARETTE, BUT SOMETHING.

SO NUMBER ONE, WE NEED TO KEEP THE CLEAN, THE DRY BRUSH UP A LITTLE BIT BETTER AND KEEP PEOPLE FROM HANGING OUT UP THERE.

NOW AND AGAIN, YOU CAN'T PATROL IT AWAY.

THERE HAS TO BE SOMETHING, A BARRICADE, A BARRIER OR SOMETHING TO STOP PEOPLE FROM GOING THERE, BUT YET STILL ALLOW EDISON, THE THROUGHWAY FOR THEIR, UM, SERVICE ROADS UP THERE.

ANYTHING YOU GUYS CAN DO WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED.

THANK YOU.

VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.

MR. MAYOR, CAN I ADD ONE, UH, BLANKET COMMENT THAT ADDRESSES A NUMBER OF, OF COMMENTS TODAY? SURE.

I JUST, UH, WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH THE PUBLIC, THE CITY'S BUDGET WAS PRESENTED TO THE CITY COUNCIL EARLIER TODAY.

IT'LL BE GOING FORTH FOR ADOPTION NEXT WEEK.

UM, AND WITHIN IT, THERE ARE ENHANCEMENTS TO BOTH POLICE AND FIRE IN PERSONNEL AND IN WAYS TO SUPPORT IN PATROLLING AND SUPPORTING, KEEPING OUR RESIDENTS SAFE.

SO AT THE DIRECTION OF CITY COUNCIL, THERE WILL BE, UM, A, AN ADDITIONAL INVESTMENT INTO BOTH POLICE AND FIRE, UM, IN THE UPCOMING CI FISCAL YEAR.

THANK YOU.

OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT

[CONSENT CALENDARS:   The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. They will be acted upon without discussion unless an item is removed by Council Member for discussion. Members of the City Council also sit as the Fire Board, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, and Public Finance Authority and may act on the consent calendar for those bodies as part of a single motion with the City Council consent calendar.]

CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND, AND

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UH, UNLESS ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WOULD CARE TO PULL A CONSENT CALENDAR.

UM, ITEM OFF THE AGENDA, MR. MAYOR, NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D

[CONSENT CALENDAR]

YOUR ABSTENTION IS NOTED.

SO, UH, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT CALENDAR, INCLUDING THE REVISED STAFF REPORTS AND ATTACHMENTS FOR ITEMS D NINE, D 29, AND D 32? SO MOVE SECOND.

THANK YOU.

PLEASE VOTE.

MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH REVISIONS TO STAFF REPORTS AND ATTACHMENTS FOR ITEMS D 29 AND D 32.

AND COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING ON ITEM D THREE.

OKAY, VERY GOOD.

WE HAVE, WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ADVERTISE

[CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION]

[ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)]

[ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT]

UH, SO I'LL TURN THE FIRST ONE OVER.

ACTUALLY, I'LL TURN BOTH OF 'EM OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA COX.

ALYSSA.

THANK YOU SIR.

AND I'M GOING TO INTRODUCE OUR ASSOCIATE PLANNER,

[G1. Public Hearing for Consideration of First Reading of Ordinance No. 1057, to be Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading, Amending Table 17.30.030-1, Table 17.38.060-1, and Table 17.136.020-1 of Title 17 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code to Expand the Zones that Allow Child Day Care Facilities/Centers Upon Approval of a Minor Use Permit, Reduce the Level of Review to a Minor Use Permit When Already Permitted with a Conditional Use Permit, or Allow Child Day Care Facilities/Centers as an Accessory Use Upon Approval of a Minor Use Permit When an Approved Assembly Use is Present. This Item is Statutorily Exempt from the Requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Under CEQA Section 15061(b)(3) (DRC2026-00029) (ORDINANCE NO. 1057) (CITY)]

UM, SHE'S GONNA BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM THAT, UH, IS REGARDING TO CHILD DAYCARE FACILITIES.

UM, WE ARE GONNA AMEND THE MUNICIPAL CODE TO ALLOW MORE OF THEM.

SO THANK YOU.

GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT REGARDING THE CHILD DAYCARE FACILITY SLASH CENTER USE.

THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT WAS SUBMITTED BY ANDREESSEN ARCHITECTURE ON BEHALF OF CROSSLIGHT FAMILY MINISTRIES IN EXISTING CHURCH FOR THE PURPOSE OF ALLOWING PRESCHOOLS OR DAYCARE USES WITHIN THE VERY LOW RESIDENTIAL ZONE AS ONLY K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOLS ARE CURRENTLY PERMITTED WITHIN THE ZONE.

STAFF RECOGNIZE THAT THE CONSTRAINTS THAT THE REQUEST AIMS TO SOLVE ARE APPLICABLE TO OTHER ZONING DESIGNATIONS AND THEREFORE HAVE EXTENDED THE REQUESTS TO INCLUDE OTHER CONVENTIONAL OVERLAY AND FORM-BASED ZONES APPLYING THE AMENDMENT CITYWIDE TO ALL QUALIFYING ZONES.

THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENTS WERE PRESENTED TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION ON MAY 27TH, 2026, AND WERE UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED TO BE APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL.

THE COMMISSIONERS WERE SUPPORTIVE OF THE AMENDMENTS AS THE LAND USE CHANGES WOULD HELP TO ALLEVIATE ISSUES SURROUNDING THE LACK OF CHILDCARE SERVICES WITHIN THE CITY AND ADDRESS THE COMMUNITY NEED.

COMMISSIONERS NOTED THAT BOTH DATA COLLECTED BY THE CITY AND THEIR PERSONAL EXPERIENCES HAVE HIGHLIGHTED THE NEED FOR FURTHER CHILDCARE SERVICES IN THE CITY.

THEY'LL, THEY ALSO EXPRESSED THAT EARLY EDUCATION PROGRAMS WOULD ALLOW FOR MORE CHILDREN TO BE SET UP FOR SUCCESS IN THEIR K THROUGH 12 EDUCATIONS AS THEY CAN DEVELOP THEIR SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL CLASSROOM SKILLS FROM AN EARLY AGE.

THE CHILD DAYCARE FACILITY SLASH GENDER USE IS DEFINED AS A FACILITY INSTALLED, OPERATED, AND MAINTAINED FOR THE NON-RESIDENTIAL CARE AT CHILDREN AS DEFINED, UNDER APPLICABLE STATE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FACILITY.

SUCH FACILITIES INCLUDE BUT ARE LIMITED TO INFANT CENTERS, PRESCHOOLS, EXTENDED DAYCARE FACILITIES, OR SCHOOL AGE CHILDCARE CENTERS.

THIS USE IS CURRENTLY NOT PERMITTED WITHIN THE VERY LOW, LOW, LOW, MEDIUM, MEDIUM, MEDIUM HIGH.

AND NEIGHBORHOOD ESTATES TWO ZONES.

IT IS PERMITTED WITHIN THE HIGH RESIDENTIAL ZONE AS WELL AS THE TRANSIT MIXED USE RECREATION AND MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONES OF THE RESORT OVERLAY.

UPON APPROVAL OF A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT, THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS WILL REVISE THE CONVENTIONAL ZONE, THE RESORT OVERLAY, AND THE FORM-BASED ZONE LAND USE TABLES IN TITLE 17 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE.

THE AMENDMENTS WILL INCLUDE EXPANDING THE ZONES, WHICH ALLOW FOR CHILD DAYCARE FACILITY SLASH CENTER USE, SUBJECT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A MINOR USE PERMIT.

THIS WILL OCCUR IN THE MEDIUM HIGH RESIDENTIAL ZONE, WHICH DOES NOT CURRENTLY ALLOW FOR THE USE.

THE AMENDMENT WILL ALSO REDUCE THE LEVEL OF REVIEW TO A MINOR USE PERMIT IN THE ZONES WHERE THE USE IS ALREADY PERMITTED WITH A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT.

THIS WILL OCCUR FOR THE HIGH RESIDENTIAL ZONE AS WELL AS THE TRANSIT MIXED USE RECREATION AND MIXED USE OVERLAY ZONES OF THE RESORT OVERLAY.

LASTLY, THE AMENDMENT WILL PROPOSE TO ALLOW CHILD DAYCARE FACILITY SLASH CENTER USE TO BE PERMITTED AS AN ACCESSORY OR SECONDARY USE TO AN ALREADY APPROVED ASSEMBLY USE UPON ISSUANCE OF A MINOR USE PERMIT WITHIN THE VERY LOW, LOW, LOW, MEDIUM, AND MEDIUM RESIDENTIAL ZONES, AS WELL AS THE NEIGHBORHOOD ESTATES TWO ZONE.

THE PROPOSED TEXT AMENDMENT WILL SUPPORT VARIOUS GOALS THAT THE CITY AIMS TO ACHIEVE.

A STUDY PERFORMED BY UPWARDS IDENTIFIED A SHORTAGE OF MORE THAN 10,000 CHILDCARE SPACES FOR CHILDREN AGES ZERO TO FIVE WITHIN THE CITY.

THE CITY'S COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT 2025 THROUGH 2029 CONSOLIDATED PLAN ALSO HIGHLIGHTS THE INSUFFICIENT NUMBER OF CHILD DAYCARE FACILITIES SLASH CENTERS WITHIN THE CITY.

REDUCING THE REGULATORY BARRIERS AND EXPANDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR CHILD DAYCARE FACILITIES SLASH CENTERS THROUGHOUT THE CITY WILL HELP ADDRESS THE EXISTING CAPACITY GAPS.

ADDITIONALLY, WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION CAN BE INCREASED BY GENERATING GREATER ACCESS TO CHILD DAYCARE FACILITY SLASH CENTERS, AS PARENTS WOULD BE ABLE TO ENTER OR EXPAND THEIR INVOLVEMENT IN THE LOCAL ECONOMY WITH SUFFICIENT OPTION OPTIONS FOR CHILDCARE.

LASTLY,

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ADDITIONALLY, WHILE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATIONS ARE PRIMARILY DESIGNED FOR HOUSING, THEY ALSO ALLOW FOR CIVIC USES SUCH AS SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES AS K THROUGH EIGHT SCHOOLS ARE GENERALLY ALREADY PERMITTED WITHIN THESE DESIGNATIONS, ALLOWING PRESCHOOLS AND DAYCARE USES AS AN ACCESSORY USE WOULD EXPAND THE CIVIC SERVICES THAT CAN BE OFFERED TO NEIGHBORHOODS.

STAFF DETERMINED THAT THE PROJECT IS STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM THEIR REQUIREMENTS OF THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT PER PURSUANT TO SECTION 1 5 0 6 1 B THREE OF THE SQA GUIDELINES, WHICH INCLUDES ACTIVITY COVERED BY THE COMMON SENSE EXEMPTION.

WHEN A PROJECT DOES NOT HAVE POTENTIAL FOR CAUSING A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT AND CAN BE SEEN WITH, WITH CERTAINTY THAT THERE IS NO POSSIBILITY THAT THE ACTIVITY IN QUESTION MAY HAVE A SIGNIFICANT EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT.

THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS ARE ADMINISTRATIVE IN NATURE AND WILL NOT RESULT IN PHYSICAL CHANGES TO THE ENVIRONMENT.

ANY ACTIONS TAKEN AS A RESULT OF THE AMENDMENTS WOULD BE SUBJECT TO SITE-SPECIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW TO DETERMINE INDIVIDUAL IMPACTS.

NOTICE IT, NOTICE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING WAS PUBLISHED IN THE INLAND VALLEY DAILY BOWL TO NEWSPAPER ON JUNE 3RD, 2026.

INDIVIDUAL NOTICES WERE NOT SENT TO PROPERTY OWNERS NEARBY THE SITE AS THE ACTION IS GOING TO BE CITYWIDE.

AS OF TODAY'S DATE, STAFF HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY COMMUNICATION FROM THE PUBLIC REGARDING THIS PROJECT.

IN CONCLUSION, PLANNING COMMISSION AND STAFF RECOMMEND THAT THE CITY COUNCIL CONDUCT A FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 5 7 FOR THE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 17 OF THE MUNI MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO CHILD DAYCARE.

FACILITIES SLASH CENTERS STAFF IN THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE, PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.

ARE THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL IN THIS MATTER REGARDING DAYCARE CENTERS? SEEING NONE, THE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.

IS THERE ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR REPORT.

AND NOW, UM, I WOULD JUST MAKE ONE COMMENT.

I I'M REALLY THRILLED THAT THIS HAS COME FORWARD BECAUSE I THINK WE ALL ARE, UM, IT'S GREAT TO BE ABLE TO HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WILL HAVE, COULD POTENTIALLY HAVE A DAYCARE CENTER INSTEAD OF HAVING THE FAMILIES DRIVE QUITE A DISTANCE TO GET THEIR CHILD TO A DAYCARE CENTER.

SO WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT, WHAT THAT MIGHT BRING FOR US.

UM, SO I WOULD LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AND INTRODUCE ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 5 7 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE FURTHER READING AND SUPPORTING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.

SO MOVED.

SECOND.

MADAM CLERK.

OH, I APOLOGIZE, MAYOR, I WAS JUST INFORMED THAT THE APPLICANT IS PRESENT AND WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM.

OKAY.

IT'S THE APPLICANT HERE THIS EVENING.

THERE HE IS.

APOLOGIES MAYOR.

THAT'S OKAY.

UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR.

MEMBERS OF THE PLAN, UH, CITY COUNCIL.

I, MY NAME IS DOUG ANDRES.

I'M WITH ANDRESEN ARCHITECTURE.

I DIDN'T REALLY WISH TO SPEAK, I COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER THAN THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT SAID IT.

SO I'M JUST HERE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS, I'M JUST, UH, HAPPY TO THAT YOU'RE SEEM TO BE IN FAVOR OF IT.

SO I'LL, I DIDN'T WANNA TAKE UP ANY TIME IF IT WASN'T NECESSARY.

, VERY GOOD, THANK YOU.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

OKAY, THANK YOU FOR THAT MADAM CLERK.

SO MADAM CLERK NOW THE TITLE THANK YOU.

AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT DRC 2026 DASH 0 0 2 9 AMENDING TABLES 17.30, 17.8 0.01, AND 17.13 6.021 OF CHAPTER 17.30, 17.38 AND 17 1 3 6 RESPECTIVELY OF TITLE 17 OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO AMEND THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILDCARE FACILITY CENTER USES, MAKING FINDINGS IN SUPPORT THEREOF AND FINDING AN EXEMPTION FROM CQA UNDER SECTION 1 5 0 6 1 B THREE OF THE CA GUIDELINES.