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AND AFTER YOU ANNOUNCE IF HE SHOWS UP, CAN MOVE FORWARD IF HE, IF HE SHOWS UP A LITTLE LATE.
COULD WE PAUSE AND THEN ABSOLUTELY.
GOOD EVENING EVERYONE, AND THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE
[REGULAR MEETING – 6:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS]
THIS EVENING AT OUR CITY COUNCIL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTOR MEETING THIS JULY 15TH, 2026.UH, SO WE'D START OFF THE MEETING WITH, UH, OUR PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
I'D LIKE TO ASK OUR COUNCILWOMAN, CHRISTINE SCOTT, TO LEAD US IN THAT P THANK YOU MR. MAYOR,
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: Mayor Michael Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler ]
SHOULD YOU PLEASE STAND, PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND REPEAT AFTER ME.READY TO BEGIN, I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE, FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR OYSTER STANDS.
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY JUSTICE.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.
CHRISTINE SCOTT PRESENT AND ASHLEY STICKLER PRESENT.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY MODIFICATIONS OR CHANGES TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO.
MR. MAYOR, THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS.
[AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]
WE WILL NOW GO AHEAD AND, UM, MOVE ON TO OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.WE HAVE TWO ANNOUNCEMENTS OR PRESENTATIONS, ACTUALLY NO
[ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]
ANNOUNCEMENTS.AND I DON'T BELIEVE, UM, MR. PAR IS HERE YET.
AND SO WE'RE GONNA GO AHEAD AND KIND OF MODIFY THE AGENDA AND WE'RE GONNA DEAL WITH THE B TWO CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION OF FIRE STATION 1 73 PERSONNEL
[B2. Recognition of Fire Station 173 Personnel for Support of Reggie Stanley's "100 Miles for Hope" Walk.]
FOR, FOR SUPPORTING REGGIE STANLEY'S 100 MILES FOR HOPE WALK.I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD OUR PERSONNEL FROM FIRE STATION 1 7 3 AS WELL AS REGGIE STANLEY, WOULD YOU PLEASE COME FORWARD AS WELL AS THE BATTALION CHIEF OR ANYONE ELSE'S THERE? THAT'S YOU, JOSH.
WHO'S THE SPOKESPERSON OF THESE? YOU'RE LOOKING AT 'EM FOUR YOUNG.
I'M NOT, TELL US YOUR STORY, YOU'RE GONNA BE JUST FINE.
UH, YOU ARE NOT COMPLETELY AWARE, CORRECT? NO.
SO LET ME JUST, I'M GONNA PREFACE 'CAUSE FIREFIGHTER TOPSY HERE ACTUALLY DOES NOT KNOW WHY THEY'RE HERE.
SO NORMALLY THEY'RE, WE'RE OUT RUNNING CALLS AND WE SAID, HEY, YOU NEED TO GET TO CITY HALL BECAUSE THERE'S A SPECIAL PRESENTATION BEING DONE BY REGGIE STANLEY.
SO FIREHOUSE 1 7 3, THIS IS ONE OF THE CREWS THAT ARE THERE.
UM, OBVIOUSLY WE'RE DEDICATED TO THIS COMMUNITY, JUST LIKE OUR CITY COUNCIL, JUST LIKE OUR CITY STAFF.
AND, UM, THESE FOLKS THAT YOU SEE UP HERE, NOT ONLY IS IT THE EMERGENCY CALLS, UM, NOT ONLY IS IT ALL THE THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING IN THE CITY AT ANY EMERGENCY AT ANY TIME, BUT IT'S ALSO GIVING BACK TO THE COMMUNITY AND BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY.
SO I'M GONNA HAND THIS OVER TO REGGIE STANLEY TO EXPLAIN WHAT SHE DID AND JUST WANT TO THANK YOU AND THANK THEM FOR BEING HERE.
UM, IS THIS ON? IS IT ON? OKAY.
INITIALLY THIS ALL BEGAN BECAUSE MY DAUGHTER IS FIGHTING FOR HER LIFE WITH CANCER AND, UM, THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY ANNOUNCED THAT THEY'D LIKE
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PEOPLE ACROSS THE UNITED STATES TO WALK A HUNDRED MILES IN APRIL TO, FOR THE HOPE FOR THE CURE.SO I PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED CITY OF HOPE WHERE SUSIE IS BEING TREATED.
AND THEN I WENT NEXT DOOR TO THE FIREHOUSE AND THE CAPTAIN SAID, BRING IT ON.
AND EVERY MORNING I WOULD GO IN, THE GUYS WOULD CHECK ME IN, AND WHEN I WOULD MAKE IT BACK, THEY WOULD CHECK ME BACK IN.
THEY CHECKED ME OUT AND THEN CHECKED ME IN.
AND, UH, EVEN ONE DAY THIS YOUNG MAN SCRAPED ME OFF THE SIDEWALK.
AND, UH, IT BECAME BIGGER THAN JUST MY DAUGHTER BECAUSE I BELIEVE EVERY ONE OF US HAS BEEN TOUCHED BY CANCER.
SO IT WAS FOR THE HEARTACHE THAT SOME OF US SUFFER AND IT WAS FOR THE HEARTBREAK OF LOSING SOMEONE.
I ALSO MET A LOT OF SURVIVORS ALONG THE WAY, SO GOD BLESS 'EM.
AND WITHOUT THESE GUYS, I COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT MY SISTERS IN THE SILVER FOX CLUB.
SANDY WAS WITH ME THAT FIRST DAY ALL THE WAY.
AND WITHOUT MY PASTOR BRETT, CENTER OF COMMUNITY, CHURCH OF RANCHO COULDN'T HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT HE AND MY CHURCH FAMILY, LIKE DEBBIE, WITHOUT MY FAMILY, MY GRANDSON, MY NEW GRANDDAUGHTER.
THEY JUST BECAME ENGAGED AND MY BRAND NEW GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN.
I WANNA THANK MAYOR PRO TEM FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE.
I, I DIDN'T BELIEVE SHE WAS GONNA BE ABLE TO DO THIS, BUT SHE CAN DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING AND THESE GUYS CAN DO JUST ABOUT ANYTHING 'CAUSE THEY GOT ME THROUGH A HUNDRED MILE 112 MILES.
THIS IS AN ALBUM OF PICTURES, EVEN THE ONES OF ME ON THE GROUND,
WHO GETS IT? THANK YOU SO MUCH, REGGIE.
AND WE'VE GOT THIS CERTIFICATE THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT AND IT READS, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCA WING IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE OUR FIRE PERSONNEL FROM FIRE STATION 1 7 3 AWARDED WITH GRATITUDE TO STATION 1 73.
WELL, I WANNA SHAKE YOUR HAND AT SOME POINT, UH, FOR WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION, SUPPORT, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF REGGIE STANLEY'S 100 MILES FOR HOPE, SUPPORTING THE SEARCH FOR AN END TO CANCER AND THE HEARTACHE AND HEARTBREAK FOR SO MANY FAMILIES AND IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES.
AND FOR THOSE WHO ARE FIGHTING RIGHT NOW, THIS VERY MOMENT, REGGIE, I CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO INSPIRE NOT ONLY A GROUP OF FIREFIGHTERS, BUT INSPIRE THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
A HUNDRED MILES FOR HOPE IS A PRETTY AMAZING TASK FOR SURE, TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND I WOULD ALSO, I NOTICED YOU WERE SITTING WITH A WHOLE GROUP OF PEOPLE.
I'M ASSUMING THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT ARE YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AND FAMILY MEMBERS.
SO WOULD YOU ALL PLEASE JUST STAND UP TO BE RECOGNIZED AND SUPPORTIVE OF REGGIE'S INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.
SO WE'LL GIVE THIS TO THE CAPTAIN OF FIRE STATION 1, 7 3.
AND, UH, WE'LL ALL COME BY AND SHAKE OUR HANDS AND THANK YOU FOR REGGIE.
HOW ARE YOU PURDUE? HOW ARE YOU BUDDY? COME ON BACK AND WE'LL GET A PICTURE GIE IN THE MIDDLE.
OH, PICTURE, GOSH, PICTURE JOHN, YOUNG LADY.
REGGIE, YOU OKAY? AND NOW I'M NOT SURE IF I SAW, I THOUGHT I SAW A FAMILY COME IN FROM THE BACK OF THE ROOM.
[B1. Presentation of 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee Winner.]
IS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE, THIS IS A REAL SPECIAL EVENING FOR RANCHO.I CAN TELL YOU THAT WITHOUT ANY QUESTION.
I THINK MOST OF YOU MAY HAVE SEEN ON THE
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NEWSPAPER AS AT ONE POINT IN TIME HERE RECENTLY, THAT ONE OF OUR VERY OWN RANCHO CUCAMONGA YOUNG STUDENTS WON THE NATIONAL SCRIPTS SPELLING BEE COMPETITION.WELL, THAT INDIVIDUAL IS WITH US TONIGHT AND HIS FAMILY, SO WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE HIM, RECOGNIZE HIM WITH A CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION.
CHERIE RIC, COME FORWARD PLEASE.
IN FACT, YOU CAN BRING YOUR WHOLE FAMILY UP HERE.
IT'S ALL RIGHT IF THEY WOULD LIKE Y'ALL COME UP.
IT IS A PRETTY INCREDIBLE STORY.
COME RIGHT ON OVER HERE AND YOU CAN STAND RIGHT HERE AND LET YOUR FAMILY COME BECAUSE I'M GONNA HAND YOU THIS MICROPHONE.
HOW ARE YOU ALL? SO SHAIK IS I PRONOUNCED THAT CORRECTLY? UH, RE RE OKAY.
RE I'M GONNA GIVE YOU THIS MICROPHONE AND THEN I WANT YOU TO TELL THE AUDIENCE AND THE COMMUNITY, 'CAUSE THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WATCHING ON, ON ONLINE OR ON ON CHANNEL THREE.
PLEASE SHARE THE EXPERIENCE THAT YOU JUST WENT THROUGH.
SO IN, AT THE END OF MAY OF AT THE, OH, IT'S NOT ON.
SO AT THE END OF MAY, UM, I HAD THE HONOR OF REPRESENTING SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY AT THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE, AND SOMEHOW I WON
UM, I MEAN, IT WAS JUST SUCH AN AMAZING EXPERIENCE AND IT WAS JUST SUCH A WHIRLWIND.
UM, AND HONESTLY, I'M JUST SO GLAD TO, TO BE REPRESENTING THIS AMAZING COUNTY, AND I'M JUST SO GLAD THAT ALL THESE SCHOOLS HAD THE SPONSORSHIP AND, YOU KNOW, EVERYTHING COULD BE LINED UP SO THAT KIDS LIKE ME AND MANY OTHERS HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO GO TO NATIONALS.
SO I JUST WANT TO THANK EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY FOR JUST SUPPORTING ME SO MUCH.
AND, UH, I'M JUST SO GLAD I GOT THE OPPORTUNITY.
SO DIDN'T YOU ALSO, DIDN'T YOU ALSO GO BACK AGAIN LAST THE YEAR BEFORE? UH, I WENT TWO YEARS AGO.
AND WHAT PLACE DID YOU PLACE THEN? UH, THIRD PLACE, THIRD PLACE THIS YEAR.
SO I JUST WAS CURIOUS WHETHER, CAN YOU SPELL FOR US SO THE AUDIENCE WILL UNDERSTAND? CAN YOU SPELL CUCAMONGA
UH, BUT, UH, OUR MAYOR, PRO TEM WANTED TO KNOW, WHAT WORD DID YOU SPELL AND WHAT WAS THE MEANING OF THAT WORD? DO YOU REMEMBER? UH, YEAH.
SO THE WINNING, I'LL NEVER FORGET THAT, RIGHT.
UM, SO THE WINNING WORD WAS, UM, BROMO.
AND THE DEFINITION IS, UM, IT'S A TYPE OF AGENT THAT MIMICS DOPAMINE.
SO YEAH, PRETTY FITTING WORD FOR WINNING.
WHAT'S THE NAME OF IT? BROMO CRYPT.
WELL, SRE, WE'VE GOT THIS CERTIFICATE FOR YOU.
IT READS, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUA IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE SREY IN HONOR OF WINNING THE SCRIPPS NATIONAL SPELLING BEE IN WASHINGTON DC AND FOR ALL THE HARD WORK IT TOOK TO GET THERE, AND ESPECIALLY THE EXTRA WORK IT TOOK TO COMPETE AND END UP BEING THE NUMBER ONE PERSON IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT PARTICIPATED IN THAT SPELLING BEE CONTEST.
WE CONGRATULATE YOU AND WISH YOU VERY MUCH SUCCESS IN THE FUTURE.
AND THANK YOU AGAIN FOR HELPING KEEP RANCHO CUCAMONGA AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE NEWS MEDIA.
WHAT SCHOOL DO YOU GO TO? UM, I GO TO DAY CREEK INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL.
SO HERE WE ARE AS A JUNIOR HIGH SUD, KNOCKING IT OUT OF THE PARK, SO TO SPEAK.
WE WANT, I KNOW WE'LL GET SOME PICTURES OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY TOGETHER, BUT FAMILY MEMBERS, ANYBODY YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAY A WORD ABOUT YOUR SON? SURE.
UH, THIS IS, UH, REALLY NICE TO BE HERE AND, YOU KNOW, UH, SEE EVERYONE SUPPORTING AND CHEERING.
AND I KNOW WE GOT A LOT OF MESSAGES FROM THE ANA SCHOOL DISTRICT WHEN WE WERE IN DC AND, UM, UH, EVERYBODY, I THINK IT WAS
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A DAY THAT YOU GUYS HAD THE BOARD MEETING AND PEOPLE WERE WATCHING AND CHEERING AND TEXTING US.SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR THE SUPPORT.
WELL, WE WOULD LIKE TO ALL RECOGNIZE YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, SO YOU CAN, YOU, THAT'S YOURS TO KEEP.
YOU CAN COME BY HERE AND SHAKE MY HAND AND START SHAKING THE REST OF THE PEOPLE DOWN THERE.
WHAT AN INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCE.
MUST BE AN OLDER BROTHER, COUSIN, COUSIN.
YEAH, IT'S AN HONOR TO, AND YOU'RE LIKE A LITTLE SHY.
YOU WANNA SHAKE MY HEAD? DO IT.
YOU CAN COME ON DOWN HERE FOR SOME PHOTOS NOW.
COME ON THIS WAY AND WE'LL GET A PICTURE OF YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.
NOW YOU CAN HOLD YOUR CERTIFICATE UP RIGHT HERE.
OKAY, WITH THAT WILL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
THIS IS THE TIME AND PLAY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE FIRE BOARD AND
[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.]
CITY COUNCIL ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR UNLISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.HOWEVER, THIS CHANGES A LITTLE BIT FROM THE PAST STARTING THIS JULY MEETING, AND THAT IS PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL 7 0 7.
THE CITY WILL ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FROM BOTH IN PERSON AND REMOTE PARTICIPATIONS.
PUBLIC COMMENTS WILL BE TAKEN FIRST FROM THOSE ATTENDING IN PERSON, FOLLOWED BY THOSE PARTICIPATING REMOTELY.
ONCE ALL IN-PERSON COMMENTS HAVE BEEN COMPLETED, THE CITY CLERK WILL ANNOUNCE THE NAMES OR TELEPHONE NUMBERS OF THE INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTELY.
COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL.
THE RED LIGHT ON THIS MICROPHONE UP THERE AT THE PODIUM THAT THE, UH, WILL, WILL GO OFF WHEN YOU'VE REACHED YOUR THREE MINUTES.
THERE'S ALSO A TIMER UP ON THE, ON THE, ON THE CAMERA, UH, SCREEN.
SO WE HAVE, UM, ABOUT FIVE TO SIX PERSONNEL PERSONS, COMMUNITY MEMBERS DESIRING TO SPEAK THIS EVENING.
AND THAT IS SCOTT WADDELL, FOLLOWED BY TANNER BORST.
AND, AND EVERYONE, I HAVE NO EXPERIENCE IN THIS, SO IT'S OKAY.
WE KNOW IT'S AN UPHILL BATTLE, BUT, UM, I'M HERE, MY NEIGHBOR TANNER'S HERE.
UM, WE'VE HAD A LOT OF ISSUES WITH, UH, ELM TREES ON OUR STREET.
UM, EVERYTHING FROM JUST NOT BEING ABLE TO OPEN DOORS AND WINDOWS AS MUCH AS WE'D LIKE TO.
UM, WE ARE A NORTH AND SOUTH STREET, SO THE WIND BLOWS TO ABOUT SIX OF 'EM HITS OUR TWO HOUSES.
THE REST OF THE STREET FOR THE MOST PART, THEY'VE BEEN REMOVED AND REPLACED BY SMALLER, EASIER TO MANAGE TREES, UM, WHERE THE RECIPIENTS OF, OF ALL OF THAT.
SO, UM, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR EVERYTHING TO GET MOWED DOWN.
WE'RE TRYING TO FIND A PLAN THAT WE CAN WORK TOGETHER.
AND, UM, WE'RE INTERESTED IN LIKE WHAT WAS HAPPENING ON THE STREET UP TO ABOUT SIX YEARS AGO WHERE THEY WERE REPLACING 'EM, THINNING 'EM OUT WITH SOME SMALLER TREES.
AND THAT'S WHAT, UM, WENT ON AND THAT'S KIND OF WHERE IT JUST GOT STUCK IN TIME.
UM, SOME OF THE SAFETY CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE ARE, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT'S DOING TO THE SIDEWALKS AND WHATNOT.
WE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH OF ISSUES THROUGHOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD WITH THAT.
MY WIFE AND I, WE SLEEP IN THE BACK OF THE HOUSE, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SANTA ANN HAS COME.
UM, WE'VE SEEN THEM BREAK ON OUR STREET FROM SIDEWALK TO SIDEWALK.
UM, SO WE'RE STILL WAITING A YEAR AND A HALF LATER FOR THAT.
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BACK FOR THAT TREE TO BALANCE IT, AND THAT HASN'T HAPPENED.SO WE'RE KIND OF LOOKING OUT FOR THAT GUY.
UM, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY WE, WE HAVE A RUNNING JOKE, BUT EVERY DAY'S PRETTY MUCH LIKE GROUNDHOG DAY, WE WALK OUT AND WE'RE WELCOMED WITH OUR GROUNDS COMPLETELY COVERED.
UM, WE'RE REALLY CONCERNED MORE ABOUT OUR BACKYARDS.
WE WALK OUT, THAT'S OUR MAIN DOOR.
WE GO INTO OUR GARAGE THAT WAY.
AND, UM, WHEN YOU WALK OUT AND SLIP ON THIS STUFF, IT, IT FALLS ALL YEAR ROUND.
IT, IT'S SLIPPERY WHEN IT GETS WET.
IT'S SLIPPERY WHEN IT GETS DRY.
IT'S NOT JUST THE LEAVES, IT'S EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMES DOWN.
UM, THAT'S WHERE AFTER I HAD A COUPLE SLIPS AND, UM, I'M LIKE, IT MAYBE IT'S TIME TO TAKE IT TO THE NEXT LEVEL AND BE LIKE, IT'S, AS FAR AS I'M CONCERNED, YOU KNOW, THAT'S A LITTLE MORE ON THE SAFETY SIDE FOR ME, FOR MY WIFE, UM, WITH SOME MEDICAL CONDITIONS.
UM, WE'RE STILL GONNA GET HAMMERED FROM THE TREES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE STREET IF ANYTHING EVER WAS ABLE TO HAPPEN.
UM, BUT ANY IMPROVEMENT WOULD BE GOOD FOR US.
UM, WE'VE WORKED FOR YEARS WITH THE CITY GUYS.
UM, THEY'VE URGED US TO COME HERE AND YOU'LL END UP PROBABLY HEARING MORE FROM THEM.
AND I SEE THAT I'M OUT OF TIME.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S ABOUT AS MUCH AS I CAN GET OUT WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THE REST OF MY NOTES, BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
MR. LIDDELL, UM, OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR, MARITZA MARTINEZ IS IN THE BACK AND SHE'D BE HAPPY TO MEET WITH YOU IN THE FOYER OUT OUTSIDE THE DOOR.
AND I BELIEVE TANNER BOAST, WHAT WERE WE HERE FOR? THE, WITH THE SAME ISSUE, SIR? YEAH.
ARE EITHER, EITHER THAT OR YOU CAN GO OUT AND MEET WITH OUR PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR AND MAYBE SHE CAN HELP GET THIS WHOLE THING RESOLVED RIGHT OUTSIDE.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BOTH OF YOU, FOR ALL OF YOUR COMING.
OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS MICHAEL PEREZ, FOLLOWED BY JERRY GANNON JACOBSON.
THANK YOU COUNCIL, UM, HERE FOR COUPLE OF THE SAME ISSUES I'VE COVERED BEFORE.
UH, FIRST I WANTED TO COMMENT ABOUT YOUR PLANNING MEETING TODAY.
GREAT MEETING, VERY INFORMATIVE.
UH, IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE BENDING OVER FOR THE DEVELOPERS.
THE MEETINGS SEEM TO BE ADDRESSING HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE DEVELOPERS? HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE SETBACKS? HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE PARKING? HOW CAN WE ACCOMMODATE FOR THEM? FOR THEM, FOR THEM? AND I NEVER HEAR IN THAT WHOLE DISCUSSION, WHAT CAN WE DO FOR THE COMMUNITY? WHAT CAN WE DO FOR SCHOOLS? THERE WAS AN ITEM BROUGHT UP ABOUT THE PROJECT AT WAN AND BASELINE.
UH, THERE USED TO BE A LITTLE MONUMENT THERE WHERE A PERSON GOT KILLED.
IF YOU GO THERE IN THE MORNING, YOU'LL SEE THE TRAFFIC.
BUT YET WE'RE, WE'RE PUTTING IN THESE TRIPLE STORY HOMES, COMMERCIAL, UM, IT'S JUST ANOTHER ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN.
UH, GO THERE, BE IN THE MORNING OR GO THERE IN THE AFTERNOON, TRY TO GET THROUGH.
UH, THERE'S LOTS OF PARENTS AND STUFF.
I'M GONNA KEEP GOING ABOUT THE, UM, DEVELOPER FORMS OR DEVELOPER FEES.
UH, I SAW IN THERE THAT THEY TRIED TO MAKE DEVELOPER PROJECTS VERY PROFITABLE.
WHEN I USED TO WORK FOR CHINO HILLS MANAGER'S OFFICE.
WE'RE GETTING THERE READY TO BECOME A CITY.
WE USED TO JUST TELL THE DEVELOPERS, IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT HERE, GO TO ANOTHER CITY.
AND AS THE STATS I'VE SHOWN YOU IN THE PAST, CHINO HILLS IS A HIGHER EDUCATED CITY.
SO LOWER CRIME, THEY'RE A PREMIER CITY.
AND THERE WAS A DISCUSSION ABOUT NEEDING CONSULTANTS TO HELP YOU WITH THE PLANNING PROCESS.
WELL, THAT WHOLE CITY OF CHINO HILLS, WHICH IS A PREMIER CITY, WAS DONE BY THE COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO AND THE CHINO HILLS MANAGER'S OFFICE.
THERE'S EXISTING STAFF AND PERSONNEL WHO HAVE A HISTORY OF SUCCESS THAT WE CAN BRING IN.
AND NOT AT AN OUTSIDE ORANGE COUNTY, UH, CONSULTANT WHO MAY NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO HERE.
UM, THE LAST THING IS SCHOOLS AND PARKS.
AND SO THAT'S WHERE I, THE HANDOUT THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO YOU TALKS ABOUT THE QUIMBEE ACT AND HOW MANY ACRES WERE BEHIND.
UH, AND I ALSO ATTACHED, AGAIN, A MAP OF THE OLD WAN SPECIFIC PLAN, WHICH IS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE.
UH, WHEN I CONTACTED CITY STAFF AND SOME OF THE DEPARTMENTS, UH, NOBODY COULD POINT TO ME A MAP LIKE THAT.
AGAIN, NOBODY COULD POINT TO ME, HERE'S ALL OUR PARKS, HERE'S OUR TENNIS COURTS, HERE'S OUR BASKETBALL COURTS, HERE'S, THAT
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WAS THE OLD WAY IT WAS DONE.MASTER PLANNING CAN BE DONE NOW.
I SAW I WAS GIVEN GOOD, GREAT LINKS TO SOME OF THE BUDGETS AND PROJECTS COMING ON BOARD, BUT IT STILL DOESN'T ADDRESS WHERE ARE WE PUTTING, GETTING ALL THESE NEW HOMES, WHERE'S THE PARKS THAT ARE GOING WITH THEM? AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH THAT IS THE SCHOOLS.
UH, WE HAVE TO WORK WITH THE SCHOOLS.
SO I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME ADDRESSING.
OKAY, OUR NEXT SPEAKER IS JERRY GANNON JACOBSON.
MR. MAYORAL, SHE'S WALKING UP.
I DID JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS VIDEO, RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOESN'T HAVE A, UH, QUIMBEE FEE.
THAT'S THE QUIMBEE FEE THAT'S ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW.
THE CITY'S DETERMINED THAT A MORE EFFECTIVE WAY TO DEVELOP REVENUE, GENERATE REVENUE TO PAY FOR NEW PARKS AND PARK RESOURCES IS THROUGH WHAT WE CALL A PARK DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEE, WHICH IS CHARGED TO ALL NEW UNITS WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, I HAVE HEARD OF MANY FOLKS PUSHING FOR A STOP ON WHAT FEELS LIKE OVERBUILDING IN NORTH RANCHO, BUT AFTER LISTENING TO THE PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING TODAY, I LEARNED THAT THERE MAY BE SOME INFORMATION MANY CITIZENS DO NOT KNOW OR UNDERSTAND ABOUT REQUIREMENTS BEING HANDED DOWN BY THE STATE LEGISLATURE.
I WHOLEHEARTEDLY AGREE WITH TODAY'S DISCUSSION TO IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNICATION WITH THE CITIZENS.
I FOR ONE, DO NOT HAVE SOCIAL MEDIA.
SO IF I DON'T GO TO THESE MEETINGS, THE ONLY INFORMATION I WOULD HAVE ACCESS TO WOULD COME FROM YOUR WEBSITE OR WORD OF MOUTH.
SUGGESTIONS I HAVE FOR IMPROVING COMMUNICATION WOULD BE INFORMATION INCLUDING IMAGES AND OTHER GRAPHICS POSTED ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT DO NOT NEED TO BE DOWNLOADED IN ORDER TO VIEW THE ZOOM MEETINGS LIKE TODAY'S THAT WE HAVE SHOULD, UM, HAVE GOOD SOUND AND THE ABILITY TO SEE INFORMATION PROJECTED ON THE SCREEN THAT'S BEING DISCUSSED, LINKS TO VIDEOS, PREVIOUS MEETINGS, ET CETERA, THAT, UM, ALSO DO NOT NEED TO BE DOWNLOADED TO VIEW INFORMATION BEING COMMUNICATED NEEDS TO BE CLEARLY EXPLAINED AND THE REASONING JUSTIFYING IT IN ORDER TO BE TRANSPARENT AND COMMUNICATE THOROUGHLY.
AND THEN THE LAST ONE IS, UM, INCLUDE HYPERLINKS TO INFORMATION NEEDED TO SPECIFIC LEGISLATION IN CASE FOLKS WANNA GET MORE INFORMATION ON THE LAWS.
UM, ANY GOVERNMENT ENTITIES, UM, DEPARTMENTS INVOLVED, THE CITY, THE COUNTY, THE STATE OR FEDERAL, ANY SPECIFIC ACRONYMS. 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH OF THOSE.
UM, ANY CITY PLANNING DOCUMENT LINKS, ET CETERA.
UM, BUT I THINK THIS WOULD GIVE RESIDENTS OF ALL AGES WHO MAY NOT BE TECH SAVVY TO, UM, NAVIGATE THE INFORMATION AND GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF THE INFORMATION YOU'RE TRYING TO CONVEY.
THAT SAID, WITH WHAT I UNDERSTAND SO FAR, THE CONCERNS I HAVE ON THE NEW HOUSING PROJECTS IN NORTH RANCHO ARE MULTIFACETED IN THESE AREAS.
WE ALREADY CAN'T GET OR KEEP HOME INSURANCE BECAUSE WE ARE CONSIDERED HIGH FIRE AREA.
WE HAVE FRIENDS WHO LIVE NEAR THE PROJECT IN NORTH ELWANDA WITH TRAFFIC CIRCLES, THE ONE THAT, THAT HAS THE TRAFFIC CIRCLES AND THEIR HOME INSURANCE HAS BEEN CANCELED EVERY YEAR.
AND THEY NEED TO, UM, SCRAMBLE TO FIND NEW COVERAGE, WHICH IS GETTING HARDER AND HARDER.
WHAT'S BEING DONE TO HELP THE CURRENT RESIDENTS WITH THIS ISSUE? AND HOW ARE THESE NEW HOMES GOING TO GET AND FIND, FIND AND KEEP INSURANCE IN THEIR HIGH FIRE FIRE ZONE? ALSO, HOW MUCH PLANNING HAS GONE INTO THE TRAFFIC FLOW IN ALL THESE NEW PROJECTS? BUILDING MORE HOMES IN NORTH RANCHO WITHOUT INCLUDING EXTENSIVE STREET PLANNING AND THOUGHTFUL DESIGN MAKES NO SENSE SINCE WE WILL HAVE EVEN WORSE TRAFFIC AROUND THE ALREADY CROWDED SCHOOLS.
LOS SOSO, GOLDEN DAY CREEK COLONY SUMMIT INTERMEDIATE AND DW LONG ARE ALL IN THAT NORTHERN CORRIDOR.
IT'S ALREADY A DAILY TRAFFIC AND SAFETY NIGHTMARE.
WHAT IF THERE IS A WILDFIRE WITH ALL THE CURRENT AND NEW RESIDENTS? WILL THEY ALL BE ABLE TO EVACUATE? WHAT IF THE SCHOOLS ARE IN SESSION WHEN THIS HAPPENS? HOW WILL THEY? THANK YOU JERRY.
AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS.
BETH OMAN, FOLLOWED BY LAURA ESPINOZA.
UM, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL.
MY NAME IS BETH OLUM AND I LIVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF HERMOSA AND FOOTHILL.
OVER THE PAST SEVERAL WEEKS, I HAVE GONE DOOR TO DOOR SPEAKING WITH MY NEIGHBORS ABOUT THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF THE 135 TOWN HOMES.
WE ARE UNITED IN ONE SIGNIFICANT CONCERN, THE PROPOSED CONNECTION BETWEEN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
OUR STREETS ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR THAT.
THEY ARE WHERE OUR CHILDREN RIDE BIKES.
FAMILIES TAKE EVENING WALKS AND SENIORS ENJOY THE NEIGHBORHOOD
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ON FOOT.INCREASED TRAFFIC BRINGS INCREASED RISK.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO CONSIDER NOT JUST HOW VEHICLES MOVE THROUGH OUR CITY, BUT HOW PEOPLE LIVE SAFELY WITHIN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD MET WITH JENNIFER NAKAMURA.
WE APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE OUR CONCERNS, BUT THE MEETING LEFT OUR RESIDENTS FEELING, EXCUSE ME, UNHEARD BECAUSE NO DECISIONS COULD EVEN BE MADE.
THAT IS WHY I AM HERE TONIGHT SPEAKING DIRECTLY TO YOU, THE ELECTED OFFICIALS WHO HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND MAKE DECISIONS THAT WILL AFFECT OUR NEIGHBORHOOD FOR GENERATIONS.
YOUR MISSION STATEMENT SAYS THAT THE CITY IS COMMITTED TO ENSURING AND ADVANCING THE QUALITY OF LIFE THROUGH INCLUSION DECISION MAKING.
WE ARE ASKING YOU TO HONOR THAT COMMITMENT BY INCLUDING THE VOICES OF THE RESIDENTS WHO WILL BE MOST DIRECTED BY THE IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT.
OUR REQUEST IS STRAIGHTFORWARD AND REASONABLE.
WE ASK THAT THE NEW DEVELOPMENT USE FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AS THEIR SOLE PUBLIC ACCESS WITH EMERGENCY FIRE ACCESS GATES BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY, THE TWO CONNECTING COMMUNITY, UH, NEIGHBORHOODS.
IT FOLLOWS THE SUCCESSFUL MODEL AFTER THE RTE APARTMENTS ON THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF FOOTHILL AND HERMOSA, WHICH IS A LARGER DEVELOPMENT.
THIS SOLUTION PROTECTS BOTH EXISTING RESIDENTS AND THE FAMILIES WHO WILL ONE DAY LIVE IN THE NEW DEVELOPMENT.
IT PRESERVES NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY, ALLOWS EMERGENCY ACCESS WHEN NECESSARY AND PRE PREVENTS RESIDENTIAL STREETS FROM BECOMING A PUBLIC CUT THROUGH.
I ASK THAT YOU PRIORITIZE THE SAFETY OF OUR CHILDREN, OUR FAMILY AND OUR SENIORS.
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT ARE IMPORTANT, BUT THEY SHOULD NOT EVER COME AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD SAFETY.
LAURA ESPINOZA, FOLLOWED BY LAVE, BLOND, BLAND, EXCUSE ME.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.
UM, THE FIRST THING I WANNA SAY IS THANK YOU FOR, UM, THE CONTINUED WORK, UH, REGARDING THE HAMILTON BREWERY THAT IS SITTING RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND CAUSING A SEVERE PUBLIC NUISANCE.
THE COMMUNITY HAS DECIDED THAT MR. HAMILTON IS REALLY, UH, A DIFFICULT PERSON TO WORK WITH AND HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CONSIDERATION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS DECIDED TO DO IS TO REACH OUT TO ANY AND ALL ORGANIZATIONS THAT CAN HELP US PROTECT OUR RIGHTS.
HE IS VIOLATING OUR RIGHT TO A PEACEFUL ENJOYMENT OF OUR PROPERTIES.
CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODES 34 79 AND 34 80.
SO MOVING FORWARD, WHILE WE WILL CONTINUE TO COME AND PROVIDE UPDATES, UM, WE WILL BE FILING ANY AND ALL COMPLAINTS AGAINST MR. HAMILTON SO HE CAN MAYBE BECOME A GOOD COMMUNITY MEMBER AND HELP US ENJOY THE PEACE AND QUIET OF OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE WE DON'T HAVE PEOPLE WHO ARE BELLIGERENT WALKING OUR STREETS, YELLING AT US, VOMITING ON OUR STREETS, URINATING ON OUR STREETS, USING DRUGS ON OUR STREETS, OVER DRINKING ON OUR STREETS.
THAT IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND WE ARE DONE WITH HIM.
AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR EFFORTS.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO CONTINUED WORK.
LOVELY BLAND, FOLLOWED BY JULIA MORENO.
I'M STILL NOT GETTING ANY SLEEP.
I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE TRYING YOUR BEST, BUT THIS MAN HE KNOWS AND HE DOESN'T CARE.
IT'S GOTTEN TO THE POINT NOW THAT EVEN HIS STAFF AFTER CLOSING AT MIDNIGHT WILL TURN ON THE RADIO AND JUST MAKE ALL KINDS OF NOISE.
AND THIS JUST CONTINUES CONSTANTLY.
OKAY, I'M STILL SMELLING THE, WHATEVER IT IS.
PROPANE, I'M ASSUMING IS WHAT IT IS.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE EVEN HAS TVS IN HIS PATIO AND I KEEP COMPLAINING TO YOU PEOPLE ABOUT THIS.
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BARS AND BREWERIES DON'T HAVE TVS IN THEIR PATIOS AT ALL.NOT EVEN THE HAVEN FACILITY DOESN'T HAVE TVS OUT IN THE PATIO.
FOR SOME REASON, THIS GUY JUST IS GETTING AWAY WITH MURDER.
THERE'S CONDOMS IN THE STREET WHERE THEY PARK.
THEY'RE SLEEPING IN THEIR CARS ON OUR STREET STILL, EVEN WITH THE PERMITS, THEY DON'T CARE.
AND THERE'S BEEN SO MANY PHONE CALLS TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, THEY'RE OVERWHELMED WITH OUR CALLS.
I MEAN, THEY'RE DOING WHAT THEY CAN, BUT THEY CAN'T COME EVERY 10 MINUTES.
WE GOT A GUY ON VIDEO THE OTHER NIGHT, 1230, STAGGERED TO HIS CAR, PUT HIS BABY IN THE CAR, HIS WIFE IN, AND HE BARELY COULD GET AROUND TO GET IN THE DOOR.
THIS IS WHAT'S HAPPENING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD STILL.
SO TRY TO MOVE IT FORWARD FASTER IF YOU CAN, AND FIND HIM A PLACE TO GET OUT FAR AWAY.
OTHER PEOPLE PAY JUST AS MUCH TAXES AS HE DOES.
OKAY, AND YOU GUYS MADE THIS MISTAKE, PLEASE FIX IT.
UH, HERE WE ARE AGAIN, UH, AGAINST HAMILTON BREWERY.
UH, AS LAVEY WAS TALKING ABOUT, UH, PEOPLE AND, UH, DR.
LAURA WERE TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE WALKING AROUND OUR STREETS AND EVERYTHING.
I HAVE A VIDEO THAT I, I DO WANNA PLAY AND UM, I DON'T WANNA SHOW THE FACES OR ANYTHING, BUT THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS PRETTY MUCH EVERY THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY AND SUNDAY IN, YOU KNOW, IN OUR AREA.
SHUT THE, SOMEBODY'S TAKING A PICTURE.
GOT YOUR TAG ANYWAY, SO YOU CAN RUN.
I MEAN, YOU WERE BRAVE ABOUT CALLING THE COPS.
YEAH, COME ON, I GOT YOUR BACK.
JUST WAIT ANYWAYS, WHY DON'T YOU WAIT TWO MORE MINUTES.
YOU KNOW HOW TO GO HOME FOLKS.
THAT DOESN'T MEAN WE DON'T LIVE AROUND HERE EITHER.
SO YOU SHOULD BE MORE CONSCIOUS ABOUT WHAT THE F**K YOU DOING.
WHY DON'T YOU PARK OVER THERE? PARK.
SO THEY WERE, UM, JUST GETTING OUT OF, UH, THE BREWERY AND ACROSS THE STREET FROM WHERE WE LIVE.
UH, WE WERE JUST OUTSIDE WITH FRIENDS THAT HAD COME BY TO WALK THEIR DOG.
AND THESE PEOPLE COME OUT OF THE BREWERY AND GO ACROSS AND RIGHT BY THE LITTLE BUSHES WHERE THEY ALL DO IT STARTED PEEING RIGHT IN FRONT OF US.
AND HERE WE ARE SAYING, HEY, YOU GUYS CAN'T DO THAT.
WALKS ACROSS THE STREET, GETS IN OUR FACES AS WE ARE WALKING TOWARDS THEIR HOUSE.
THAT'S WHEN THEY'RE WALKING ALONG.
AND IT WAS, IT WAS PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST ONES BECAUSE THEY WERE EXTREMELY INTOXICATED, ALL THREE OF THEM.
AND THE ONE THAT WAS WORSE WAS THE DRIVER.
AND HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT HIS PATRONS BECAUSE THEY GET TICKETS, THEY GET, UH, TOWED, THEY GET DUIS.
DOES HE CARE? I DON'T THINK SO.
HE JUST LOVES THE MONEY THAT'S POURING INTO HIS POCKET AND I FEEL SORRY FOR HIM BECAUSE THAT REALLY IS NO CHRISTIAN MAN AS HE SAYS HE IS.
THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS IN PERSON COMMUNICATIONS THIS EVENING.
DO I HAVE ANY INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD WISH TO SPEAK REMOTELY? MADAM CLERK? MAY I I ONLY SHOW ONE ATTENDEE ONLINE BUT NO HAND RAISED.
SO WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
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WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS. CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE NON-CURRENT[CONSENT CALENDAR]
THEY'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION.HOWEVER, ANY COUNSEL MEMBER MAY BE ABLE TO, IF THEY SO CHOOSE TO PULL ANY ITEM FOR SUCH DISCUSSION.
DO WE HAVE A MOTION? MR. MAYOR? I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SOCALGAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
UH, YOUR ABSTENTION ON D THREE IS NOTED.
A MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT UP STATING FROM ITEM D THREE.
WE HAVE ONE CONSENT ORDINANCE, CALENDAR ORDINANCE AND CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION UNLESS A COUNCIL MEMBER WISHES TO
[CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION]
DISCUSS ANY, ANY PORTION OF THAT ORDINANCE.UM, IS THERE ANYONE THAT WISHES TO DISCUSS SEEING NONE? WE'LL NOW CONSIDER ITEM E ONE, WHICH IS SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
[E1. Consideration of Second Reading and Adoption of the Following: ORDINANCE NO. 1057 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT TO AMEND TITLE 17 (“DEVELOPMENT CODE”) OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE TABLE 17.30.030-1, TABLE 17.38.060-1, AND TABLE 17.136.020-1 TO AMEND THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD DAY CARE FACILITY/CENTER USES AND FINDING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA) UNDER SECTION 15061(B)(3) OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES]
OF ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 5 7.I'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO WAIVE FULL READING AND ADOPT ORDINANCE NUMBER 10 57 TO BE READ BY TITLE ONLY.
SECOND MADAM CLERK ORDINANCE NUMBER 1 0 5 7.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHER, CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING A MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENT TO AMEND TITLE 17 DEVELOPMENT CODE OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE TABLE 17.3301 TABLE 17.38 DASH 0 6 0 1 AND TABLE 17.3 6.020 DASH ONE TO AMEND THE PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR CHILD DAYCARE FACILITY CENTER USES AND FINDING AN EXEMPTION FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT UNDER SECTION 1 15 0 6 1 B THREE OF THE CQA GUIDELINES.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS.
WE HAVE ONE OF THOSE THIS EVENING AND I'LL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR MADAM
[ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)]
CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA.[F1. Preliminary Review Hearing to Consider Proposed General Plan and Zoning Map Amendments to Redesignate a 11.34 Acre Parcel from a General Plan Land Use Designation of General Open Space and Facilities to Semi-Rural Neighborhood and Rezone the Parcel from Open Space Conservation (OSC) to Very Low (VL) Residential for the Purpose of Developing Seven Single-Family Residences on a Property that is Generally Located North of Almond Street Between Beryl Steet and Amethyst Avenue; APN: 1061-451-05 (CITY).]
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY REVIEW HEARING, UM, WHICH IS A POLICY THAT THE CITY COUNCIL HAS, WHICH ALLOWS APPLICANTS THAT MAY NEED A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO COME TO THE COUNCIL EARLY TO GET A FEEL FOR THE COUNCIL'S, UM, TEMPERATURE ON WHETHER THAT IS AN AMENDMENT THAT WOULD BE CONSIDERED, UM, BEFORE IN, UH, PUTTING A LOT OF TIME AND RESOURCES INTO A PROJECT.UM, THIS ITEM IS GOING TO BE PRESENTED TO US BY OUR, UM, ASSOCIATE PLANNER, SOPHIA SERAFIN, AND I WILL LET HER GIVE YOU THE DETAILS.
GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS AN EARLY ACTION HEARING FOR PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS AT THE RANDALL DAVIS PROPERTY.
BEFORE TAKING A LOOK AT THE INTENDED PROPOSAL, STAFF WOULD LIKE TO PROVIDE POLICY CONTEXT FOR THE EARLY ACTION HEARING.
IN 2021, COUNCIL ADOPTED A POLICY TO PROVIDE EARLY FEEDBACK ON APPLICANT INITIATED LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS SUCH AS GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS.
THIS POLICY ALLOWS FOR APPLICANTS TO RECEIVE FEEDBACK ON THEIR ENVISION PROPOSAL PRIOR TO A FORMAL SUBMITTAL AND INVESTING SIGNIFICANT COSTS AND RESOURCES INTO THE PROJECT.
THE FEEDBACK FROM COUNCIL DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN APPROVAL, A GUARANTEE OF FUTURE APPROVAL, NOR A GUARANTEE OF FUTURE RECOMMENDATION OF APPROVAL.
IT WILL INSTEAD ALLOW THE APPLICANT TO MAKE AN INFORMED DECISION ON WHETHER TO PURSUE THE LEGISLATIVE ACTION.
THE EARLY ACTION HEARING WAS SUBMITTED BY MARK BERTONE ON BEHALF OF THE PROPERTY OWNER RANDALL DAVIS IN ORDER TO REQUEST FEEDBACK ON POTENTIAL GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENTS ON AN UNDEVELOPED 11.34 ACRE PARCEL IN ORDER TO CONSIDER DEVELOPMENT OF SEVEN SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES.
THE PROJECT SITE IS GENERALLY LOCATED NORTH OF ALMOND STREET BETWEEN BARRELL STREET AND AMETHYST AVENUE.
THE FOLLOWING MAP SHOWS THE EXISTING GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATIONS OF THE SITE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS GENERAL OPEN SPACE AND FACILITIES.
THIS DESIGNATION IS INTENDED FOR RECREATIONAL EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC UTILITY AND FLOOD CONTROL USES AND SYSTEMS THAT ARE TYPICALLY OWNED BY PUBLIC AGENCIES.
WHEN A PARCEL IS PRIVATELY, PRIVATELY OWNED, UNDER THE GENERAL OPEN SPACE AND FACILITIES GENERAL PLAN, LAND USE DESIGNATION AS IS THE CURRENT SITUATION WITH THE SUBJECT PARCEL.
A DENSITY OF ONE UNIT PER 10 ACRES IS PERMITTED AS SHOWN IN THE YELLOW HIGHLIGHTED.
PORTIONS OF THE TEXT ABOVE THE TABLE IN THE EXCERPT CAN BE FOUND IN THE OPEN SPACE CHAPTER OF THE GENERAL PLAN.
THE 11.34 ACRE SITE IS CURRENTLY PERMITTED ONE DWELLING UNIT.
THE FOLLOWING MAP HIGHLIGHTS THE INTENDED GENERAL PLAN MAP AMENDMENT REQUEST TO CHANGE THE SUBJECT SITE FROM GENERAL OPEN SPACE AND FACILITIES TO SEMI-RURAL
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NEIGHBORHOOD.THIS MAP SHOWS THE EXISTING ZONING DESIGNATIONS OF THE SITE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
THE SUBJECT SITE IS CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION.
THIS DESIGNATION IS INTENDED TO PROTECT ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE LAND THROUGH PRESERVATION OF EXISTING CONSERVATION AREAS AND PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.
THIS MAP HIGHLIGHTS THE INTENDED ZONING MAP AMENDMENT TO REQUEST TO CHANGE THE SITE FROM OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION TO VERY LOW RESIDENTIAL.
AS SHOWN IN THE PREVIOUS MAPS, THE APPLICANT PLANS TO REQUEST TO RE-DESIGNATE THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION OF THE SITE FROM GENERAL OPEN SPACE AND FACILITIES TO SEMI-RURAL NEIGHBORHOOD, WHICH WOULD ALLOW FOR A MAXIMUM OF TWO DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE TO BE DEVELOPED ON SITE.
THEY ALSO INTEND TO REQUEST TO REZONE THE AREA FROM OPEN SPACE CONSERVATION TO VERY LOW RESIDENTIAL TO ALIGN WITH THE DENSITY AND USES PERMITTED UNDER THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE DESIGNATION.
THE INTENDED PROPOSAL FOR THE SITE WOULD BE TO DEVELOP A SINGLE FAMILY DEVELOPMENT CONSISTING OF SEVEN DWELLING UNITS AT A DENSITY OF 0.68 UNITS PER ACRE.
THE APPLICANT HAS PROPOSED TWO DIFFERENT SITE LAYOUTS AS SHOWN ABOVE WITH PARCELS GREATER THAN ONE ACRE.
ASSOCIATED SITE IMPROVEMENTS WOULD ALSO BE PROPOSED SUCH AS AN EASTWEST EXTENSION OF ALMOND STREET THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY.
SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT CAN BE GENERATED FROM THE POTENTIAL MAP AMENDMENTS INCLUDE THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HOUSING AND THE PROMOTION OF INFILLED DEVELOPMENT IN TERMS OF HOUSING.
RESIDENTIAL UNITS COULD BE PROPOSED FOR THE SITE SHOULD THE PROPERTY OWNER DECIDE TO PURSUE SUCH AN ACTION AS THE PROPOSED DESIGNATIONS WOULD SUPPORT SUCH DEVELOPMENT AND BE ABLE TO CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS THE CITY'S SHARE OF THE ARENA.
THE SUBJECT SITE HAS ALSO BEEN VACANT AND UNDEVELOPED SINCE PRIOR TO CITY INCORPORATION.
THE CURRENT GENERAL PLAN LAND USE AND ZONING DESIGNATIONS ARE INTENDED FOR THE DEVELOP FOR DEVELOPMENT BY A PUBLIC AGENCY.
UH, BUT AS THIS HAS NOT OCCURRED, THE SITE IS AND THE SITE IS PRIVATELY OWNED RE DESIGNATING THE PARCEL TO ENABLE DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES ON A HISTORICALLY UNDERUTILIZED INFILL SITE IS ENCOURAGED.
THERE ARE ALSO SEVERAL CONS TO CONSIDER WITH THE PROPOSED ACTION AS WELL.
THE FIRST TWO INCLUDE A LOSS OF LAND DEDICATED FOR OPEN SPACE AND A LOSS OF SENSITIVE LAND HABITAT AS THE SITE CONTAINS NATIVE VEGETATION AND SIGNIFICANT HABITAT VALUE, WHICH WE, WHICH WOULD BE DISRUPTED BY ANY DEVELOPMENT ON THE SITE.
THERE'S ADDITIONALLY A SIGNIFICANT RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY IN TERMS OF FIRE AND FLOODING AS THE SITE IS LOCATED WITHIN THE VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE, WILDLAND URBAN INTERFACE FIRE AREA, AND THE 100 YEAR FLOOD ZONE.
THE GENERAL PLAN HIGHLIGHTS METHODS TO REDUCE HAZARDS TO HUMANS THROUGH POLICIES RELATED TO FIRE AND FLOODING THAT ENSURE SUFFICIENT EVACUATION ROUTES.
EMERGENCY ACCESS AND BUFFER ZONES ARE PROVIDED TO PREVENT HAZARDS BY ADDING RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN UNDEVELOPED AREA WITH LIMITED STREET ACCESS AND ONLY ONE PROPOSED FORMAL ACCESS POINT.
ADDITIONAL STRESS IS APPLIED TO THE SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND HUMAN SAFETY IS PUT AT RISK THROUGH THE PROPOSED ACTIONS.
NEXT, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT ANY OF THE UNITS WILL BE SOLD AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE GIVEN THE CONTEXT OF THE NEARBY NEIGHBORHOODS LOCATION OF THE SITE AND THAT THE LOTS WILL BE GREATER THAN ONE ACRE.
LASTLY, THE PROPOSED SITE LAYOUT INCLUDES A CUL-DE-SAC, WHICH IS NOT A PERMITTED STREET LAYOUT WITHIN THE CITY.
AS SUCH, AN AN ALTERNATIVE LAYOUT WOULD NEED TO BE DE DESIGNED OR ADDITIONAL LEGISLATIVE APPROVALS WOULD HAVE TO BE PURSUED SUCH AS CODE AMENDMENTS OR MASTER PLAN.
IN ORDER TO CONSIDER THE CUL-DE-SAC AS THIS EARLY ACTION HEARING DOES NOT PROVIDE ANY FORM OF APPROVAL OF THE INTENDED PROPOSAL, STAFF RECOMMENDS THAT THE COUNCIL PROVIDE COMMENTS TO THE APPLICANT SUCH THAT THEY CAN DETERMINE THEIR NEXT STEPS.
IF SUGGESTIONS OR ALTERATIONS ARE PROVIDED THAT THE APPLICANT WOULD LIKE TO PURSUE, THE APPLICANT CAN WORK WITH PLANNING STAFF TO MAKE THOSE REVISIONS OR EXPLORE A NEW PROPOSAL.
THE APPLICANT IS ABLE TO REQUEST THAT THEY REVISE PROPOSAL, RECEIVE ADDITIONAL EARLY ACTION FEEDBACK FROM COUNSEL IF DESIRED.
ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS RECEIVED SUFFICIENT FEEDBACK ON THEIR INTENDED PROPOSAL, THEY CAN SUBMIT FORMAL APPLICATIONS TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT FOR REVIEW.
SHOULD THEY CHOOSE TO PROCEED, STAFF AND THE APPLICANT ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND AHEAD AND NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING.
UH, WOULD THE APPLICANT IS THE APPLICANT HERE AND WOULD YOU CARE TO SPEAK? GOOD EVENING, HONORABLE MAYOR, MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL FOR THE RECORD.
MY NAME IS MARK BERTONE, REPRESENTING THE PROPERTY OWNER MR. RANDALL DAVIS REGARDING THE PRELIMINARY REVIEW FOR THE PROPOSED LAND RE DESIGNATION OF 11.34 ACRES FROM GENERAL OPEN SPACE TO VERY LOW RESIDENTIAL.
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THANKING PLANNING STAFF, SPECIFICALLY JENNIFER NAKAMURA AND SOPHIA SERAFIN FOR THEIR TIME AND DILIGENCE IN REVIEWING THIS PROPOSAL AND FOR PREPARING THE STAFF REPORT FOR TONIGHT'S HEARING.WHILE WE ACKNOWLEDGE A SENSITIVE NATURE OF TRANSITIONING LAND AWAY FROM AN OPEN SPACE DESIGNATION, MR. DAVIS WANTED ME TO HIGHLIGHT AN IMPORTANT DISTINCTION NOTED IN THE STAFF REPORT ITSELF.
LAND CATEGORIZED AS GENERAL OPEN SPACE AND FACILITIES IS TYPICALLY APPLIED TO PROPERTIES INTENDED FOR PUBLIC RECREATION, EDUCATION, PUBLIC UTILITIES AND FLOOD CONTROL PURPOSES.
THESE LANDS ARE ALMOST ALWAYS OWNED OR CONTROLLED BY THE CITY, PUBLIC UTILITY COMPANIES OR OTHER AGENCIES, NOT BY A PRIVATE CITIZEN.
IN HIS OPINION, MR. DAVIS ALSO WANTED ME TO REMIND THE COUNCIL OF THE PHYSICAL REALITY OF HIS SITE.
UH, THE MIXED GR HABITAT ON THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SEVERELY BURNED IN PRIOR FIRES IN ITS HEALTHY UNBURNED STATE.
THIS DENSE FUEL LOAD POSES A SIGNIFICANT WILDFIRE HAZARD TO THE ESTABLISHED SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.
DEVELOPING THIS PROPERTY UNDER A VERY LOW RESIDENTIAL DESIGNATION WOULD ACTIVELY REDUCE THE FUEL LOAD AND PERMANENTLY LESSEN THE WILDFIRE RISKS TO HIS NEIGHBORS.
WE FULLY RECOGNIZE THAT THIS SITE SITS WITHIN A VERY HIGH FIRE HAZARD SEVERITY ZONE, A WILD LAND URBAN INTERFACE AREA, AND A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD ZONE.
WE ARE ENTIRELY PREPARED TO ADDRESS AND MITIGATE EACH OF THESE FACTORS THROUGH RIGOROUS ENGINEERING AND DESIGN.
IN FACT, IN OUR NEXT PLAN ITERATION, WE ARE PROACTIVELY INCORPORATING ROBUST FIRE SAFETY SETBACKS, INCLUDING BUILDING ENVELOPES, SETBACK FROM PROPERTY, ENSURING A HUNDRED FOOT FUEL MODIFICATION AND DEFENSIBLE SPACE ZONES THAT ARE FULLY CONTAINED WITHIN THE PROJECT BOUNDARIES.
TO COMPLIMENT THIS, WE ARE HIGHLY RECEPTIVE TO STUDYING A SECOND POINT OF ACCESS TO THE PROPERTY IF REQUIRED BY CAL FIRE OR THE CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE CRITICAL INGRESS AND EGRESS FOR EMERGENCY PERSONNEL DURING A CRISIS.
YOU KNOW, YOU'RE ALL VERY AWARE OF MY TENURE WORKING IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA ALMOST 40 YEARS, AND I'VE HEARD THE COMMENTS FROM THE STAFF AND I UNDERSTAND THE NATURE OF YOUR EARLIER MEETING TONIGHT.
UM, I'M CURRENTLY WORKING ON A PROJECT ON BANYAN AVENUE IN TWANDA AND MY CLIENT SUGGESTED TO ME THAT HE WANTED TO DO 60 HOUSES ON 5.4 ACRES, AND I ABOUT FELL ON THE FLOOR.
I WAS LIKE, YOU REALIZE WHERE YOU'RE PROPOSING TO DO DEVELOPMENT IN TWANDA, WHERE I'M ACCUSTOMED TO 20,000 SQUARE FOOT MINIMUM LOTS THAT HAVE TO AVERAGE 22,500 SQUARE FEET.
AND I WAS QUICKLY EDUCATED ON STATE DENSITY BONUS LAWS.
I'M LOOKING AT ANOTHER PROJECT ON BANYAN AVENUE.
I ABOUT DOUBLE THE SIZE WITH 56 LOTS THAT CONTAIN TWO STORY RESIDENTIAL HOMES WITH AN A DU ABOVE A GARAGE AND A SEPARATE A DU IN THE BACKYARD.
BASICALLY THREE DWELLINGS FOR EVERY LOT, THREE TIMES 56 ON LESS THAN 26 20 ACRES.
IT'S THE NATURE OF WHERE NORTH RANCH CUCAMONGA IS GOING RIGHT NOW.
MR. DAVIS, HIS ULTIMATE DESIRE IS TO DEVELOP LARGE PREMIUM ESTATE LOTS THAT ARE ENTIRELY CONSISTENT WITH THE SURROUNDING SEMI-RURAL RESIDENTIAL CHARACTER OF THIS FOOTHILL AREA.
WE RECOGNIZE THAT THIS DESIGN REPRESENTS A DISCONNECT FROM THE GENERAL PLAN'S GOAL OF DEVELOPING AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPTIONS.
HOWEVER, WE BELIEVE THIS SITE IS UNIQUELY SUITED FOR CUSTOM LOW DENSITY ESTATE HOMES THAT PRESERVE THE LOCAL NEIGHBORHOOD CONTEXT.
FINALLY, WE'VE LISTENED CLOSELY TO EARLY FEEDBACK REGARDING THE PROPOSED STREET LAYOUT IN RESPONSE TO CONCERNS OVER THE CUL-DE-SAC.
TODAY, I PERSONALLY STUDIED AN ALTERNATIVE ROAD ALIGNMENT BY LOOPING THE ROADWAY ENTIRELY WITHIN THE PROJECT BOUNDARIES, WE CAN CREATE A CONTINUOUS CONNECTED ROAD THAT ELIMINATES THE CUL-DE-SAC ENTIRELY.
EVEN WITH THIS IMPROVED ALIGNMENT, WE ARE STILL ABLE
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TO MAINTAIN RESIDENTIAL LOTS THAT MEET OR EXCEED THE MINIMUM LOT SIZE WITHIN THE VL RESIDENTIAL ZONE.FURTHER, BY POSITIONING THIS 60 FOOT WIDE ROAD ALONG THE PERIMETER OF THE PROPERTY, WE CREATE A BUILT-IN INFRASTRUCTURE BUFFER THAT DIRECTLY AIDS IN ESTABLISHING THE REQUIRED 100 FOOT FUEL MODIFICATION AND DEFENSIBLE SPACE ZONES.
THIS IS A PRELIMINARY REVIEW AND YOUR CONSTRUCTIVE COMMENTS THAT ITEM ARE INCREDIBLY VALUABLE TO MR. DAVIS AS HE CONSIDERS HIS NEXT STEPS IN RESPONSIBLY DEVELOPING THIS SITE IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, YOUR LEADERSHIP AND YOUR FEEDBACK THIS EVENING.
I'M AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.
ANY OTHER MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THIS MATTER THIS EVENING? YES, SIR.
FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME.
AND THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR TIME AND, UH, JUST AS JUST A THOUGHT, AS AS WE'RE NO, YOU'RE GONNA SPEAK TO US OR OH, OH, ALRIGHT.
UH, JUST AS A, AS A FACT THAT WE'RE OF REPLACING OPEN SPACE, WHAT I WAS THINKING OF IS IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT A WAY TO, TO BUILD THIS COMMUNITY WITHOUT MAYBE WALLS OR FENCES.
UM, STREET WOULD GIVE, YOU KNOW, SOME TYPE OF IT WOULD BE BETTER THAN JUST A FENCE RIGHT ON THE VERY EDGE OF IT.
BUT IF THERE WAS SOME WAY, JUST LIKE WE FIGURED OUT HOW TO, HOW TO MAKE THE STREET WORK, IF WE COULD FIGURE OUT HOW TO GIVE THESE ANIMALS ACCESS, MAYBE NOT THE COYOTES BUT THE BUNNIES OR SOMETHING.
THERE'S LOTS OF WILDLIFE AND DEERS, DEERS LIVE UP THERE.
UH, ANY WAY THAT WOULD ALLOW THE ANIMALS TO STILL CROSS THROUGH AND NOT BE OBSTRUCTED.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU KNOW THE PEOPLE THAT WILL BE PURCHASING THESE THINGS BEFORE.
UM, BUT I THINK THAT WOULD BE VERY HELPFUL AND IF YOU COULD INCLUDE SOME TYPE OF HYDRATION IN THE AREA.
I KNOW THAT SOME OF THE AREAS, UH, THAT ARE GETTING DEVELOPED ABOVE WILSON HAVE BIG WATER FOUNTAINS.
I KNOW THAT'S A WASTE OF WATER, BUT ADDING HYDRATION TO A PLACE THAT'S A VERY HIGH FIRE RISK COULD BE BENEFICIAL.
SO JUST ADDED HYDRATION AND POTENTIAL PATHS FOR THE ANIMALS THAT WE KNOW ARE LIVING THERE ALREADY WOULD BE A GREAT WAY TO MAKE THIS A MORE, UM, FUNCTIONAL PLACE FOR ALL THE LIVING CREATURES.
ANYONE ELSE? AGAIN, MY NAME IS MIKE PEREZ.
UM, I WORKED UP IN THE HIGH SIERRAS.
WE HAD A PLACE CALLED COLUMBIA COLLEGE AND WE HAD A CDF FIRE TRAINING CENTER.
WE TAUGHT STUDENTS HOW TO FIGHT FIRES.
WE TAUGHT 'EM HOW TO CUT BACK DEBRIS AND STUFF LIKE THAT.
WE PROVIDED SOMETHING IN THE COMMUNITY TO HELP MAKE IT BETTER.
I'M THINKING, WOW, THAT'S A NICE FACILITY LOCATION.
PUT A NICE TRAINING CENTER THERE.
HAVE A SCHOOL DISTRICT, THE COLLEGE DISTRICT PUT IT IN I THINK, UH, EPA OR COLT CRAFT AND HAS THAT A FIRE DISTRICT.
UH, AND I THINK THE RESIDENTS WOULD LIKE A NICE TRAINING CENTER RIGHT THERE OF FIREMEN TAKING CARE OF THE AREA, HOPEFULLY ADDRESSING THE HOMELESS THAT ARE CAMPING OUT THERE.
AND, UH, LET'S MAKE IT WHAT IT WAS DESIGNED FOR A PUBLIC FACILITY PLACE.
UH, AND IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE ALL ON OUR DOLLAR.
UH, THE GENTLEMAN WOULD BE PAID FOR HIS LAND USE OR THE VALUE OF THE PROPERTY.
UM, BUT I WOULD JUST SUGGEST WE TURN IT INTO A NEXT STEP, FUTURE, UH, OPEN SPACE TRAINING CENTER.
THE ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING IS CLOSED.
ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS AND OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING THIS PRELIMINARY REVIEW OF PROPOSED PROJECT? I HAVE A QUESTION, MR. MAYOR? YES, SIR.
DO WE HAVE A PHOTO THAT'S KIND OF ZOOMED OUT LIKE THAT ONE? IT WAS, IT SHOWS THE TOPOGRAPHY AND THE EXISTING, UM, HOMES THAT ARE THERE THAT HAS THE MAP OF THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION ON IT.
KIND OF WHAT I WANNA SEE IS HOW MUCH FURTHER NORTH INTO THE MOUNTAINS THE TOP OF THE PARCEL IS COMPARED TO THE EXISTING HOUSING.
I DON'T KNOW THAT WE HAVE ANY ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS AVAILABLE OTHER THAN WHAT'S IN THE PRESENTATION.
UM, THIS IS PROBABLY THE MOST ZOOMED OUT THAT WE HAVE.
LET ME, LET ME JUST LOOK AT THIS FOR A SECOND AND THEN YOU WANNA JUMP BACK TO THAT LAST ONE THAT WE JUST HAD.
I'M GONNA KINDA LOOK AT WHERE THE ROADS ARE AND SEE IF I CAN FIGURE IT OUT.
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LET US KNOW IF YOU NEED TO GO, IF YOU NEED US TO GO BACK AND FORTH.IT LOOKS LIKE IT WAS IN GENERAL KIND OF WHERE YOU ON KIND OF THE SOUTHWEST SIDE OF THIS PHOTO.
IS THAT ACCURATE? IF YOU LOOK AT IT, IT'S KIND OF IN BETWEEN IN THE VALLEY THERE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE PHOTO.
THE SOUTHERN MOST ROAD SHOWING IN THAT, IN THAT VALLEY WOULD BE, UM, WHERE ALMOND WOULD GO.
I GUESS WHAT THE, WHAT I'M TRYING TO GET AT IS, IS IT SIGNIFICANTLY FURTHER NORTH OF WHERE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT IS ALREADY? DO YOU HAVE THE OTHER MAP, THE ZONING ONE? SO THIS IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISLAND.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE ZONING, THERE'S FLOOD CONTROL AND UTILITY CORRIDOR MM-HMM
UM, HOWEVER, TO THE EAST IS HILLSIDE RESIDENTIAL THAT IS DEVELOPED WITH UH, LOW DENSITY.
UM, SO IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF AN ISLAND IN BETWEEN UM, SOME OTHER OPEN SPACE THAT IS NOT OWNED, THAT IS NOT PRIVATELY OWNED.
I'M CERTAINLY ENCOURAGED BY MR. BARON'S IDEA OF BEING ABLE TO PUT A LOOP INSTEAD OF A CUL-DE-SAC, IF THAT'S A POSSIBILITY.
UH, I THINK THAT THAT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ELIMINATE SOME OF THE PROBLEMS, UH, WITH RESPECT TO FIRE.
BUT I DON'T WANNA SPEAK AHEAD OF THEM AND I, UH, BUT THAT SOUNDS LIKE A POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT.
ANYONE ELSE? FEEDBACK? MR. BERTONE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TONIGHT AND BEING OPEN TO FEEDBACK FROM OUR COUNCIL.
WE PUT THIS IN PLACE SO BEFORE DEVELOPERS GOT TOO FAR DOWN THE ROAD AND EXPENDED TOO MUCH MONEY, YOU CAN GET FEEDBACK AS TO WHERE WE MIGHT BE.
MY BIGGEST CONCERN RIGHT NOW, AND IT'S HARD FOR ME TO GET PAST IT, IS THE SAFETY CONCERNS.
THE HIGH FIRE SEVERITY ZONE THAT COVERS THIS ENTIRE AREA, THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE AREA MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO ACCESS WITH OR WITHOUT A LOOP.
AND THE ONE POINT OF ENTRY WOULD BE A MAJOR CONCERN IF YOU COULD GET PAST OUR FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEIR CONCERNS AND BRING BACK SOMETHING THAT WOULD GIVE THEIR APPROVAL THAT THIS WOULD NOT PUT THE PEOPLE WHO PURCHASED THOSE HOMES IN SEVERE DANGER.
NOT TO MENTION IF THEY COULD EVEN HAVE THE PROPERTY INSURED.
COULD YOU PUT THE OTHER LIST OF CONCERNS BACK THE CONS SO I CAN MAKE SURE I ADDRESS THAT AS WE LOOK AT FUTURE DEVELOPMENT HOUSING? IT HASN'T COME ON MY SCREEN SO I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING UP HERE.
THAT'S WHY YOU WERE LOOKING AT ME.
ALRIGHT, SO HOUSING AFFORDABILITY.
SO AS WE'RE LOOKING TO BUILD HOMES IN OUR AREA AND EVERYONE SEES THE HOMES THAT ARE GOING UP, WE ARE UNDER STRICT GUIDELINES TO MEET OUR REGIONAL HOUSING NECESSITY ACT REQUIREMENTS, BUT THAT DOES INCLUDE AFFORDABILITY.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER CONCERN IS THAT THE HOUSES THAT ARE THERE, I KNOW THEY'LL BE LOVELY, BUT THEY WOULD NOT HELP US ADDRESS THE CONCERNS THAT WE ARE UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF THE STATE.
COUNCILMAN HUTCHINSON MENTIONED THE CUL-DE-SAC AND YOU MENTIONED A LOOP TO ADDRESS THAT, BUT I DON'T THINK IT WOULD MITIGATE THE RISK TO PUBLIC SAFETY AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD ASK THAT YOU GO BACK AND WORK WITH STAFF ON IS IF IN ANY WAY YOU COULD GET THE STAMP OF APPROVAL THAT COULD SOMEHOW MITIGATE THAT PUBLIC SAFETY RISK.
AND I APPRECIATE AGAIN, THAT YOU'RE HERE TONIGHT TO GET THE FEEDBACK EARLY ON.
AND OUR STAFF IS, IS VERY, VERY GOOD AT PROVIDING WHAT YOU WOULD NEED FOR THE NEXT STEP IF IN FACT THERE IS A PATHWAY TO HAVING THIS DEVELOPMENT PUT IN PLACE.
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YOU MR. MAYOR.UM, REAL QUICK, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR BEING HERE THIS EVENING.
I DO WANNA ECHO THE COMMENTS OF MY COUNCIL MEMBERS, WHAT THEY'VE STATED EARLIER.
UH, THAT IS, YOU KNOW, IT IS PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
THEY DO OWN IT, BUT, UM, IN TERMS, AND I'VE HEARD YOUR COMMENTS ABOUT THIS WAS A WHILE, IT WAS BURNED BEFORE.
AND SO HAVING THIS DEVELOPMENT WOULD HELP REDUCE THE, UH, THREAT OF ANOTHER FIRE.
BUT I DO HAVE, UH, AGREE WITH MAYOR PRO TEM IN TERMS OF THE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PUBLIC SAFETY, UM, ESPECIALLY THE ONE FORMAL ACCESS POINT.
UH, THAT'S A BIG CONCERN, ESPECIALLY THE A HUNDRED YEAR FLOOD, UH, ZONE TWO AS WELL.
UM, AND OF COURSE AS WHAT WAS STATED EARLIER, THE HOUSING AFFORDABILITY WOULD, THESE WOULDN'T BE AFFORDABLE HOUSING THAT WOULD GO TOWARDS THE ARENA.
SO, UH, PO UH, ENCOURAGED ON YOUR CUL-DE-SAC RESOLUTION, BUT AGAIN, PUBLIC SAFETY WOULD BE A, A BIG, UM, CONCERN OF MINE.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO ECHO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE SAID.
UM, THAT PUBLIC SAFETY ELEMENT IS HUGE AND EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO ALL OF US AS YOU CAN HEAR.
UM, AND ALSO WHEN LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT, UM, ALTHOUGH I HEARD YOU SAY IT WOULD KIND OF MINIMIZE THE FIRE HAZARDS TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WHEN OUR SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOOD WHEN LOOKING AT IT, IT'S ACTUALLY SURROUNDED ITSELF BY THE DEBRIS AND, AND ALL OF THAT TERRAIN THAT IS EASILY CAUGHT FIRE AND ESPECIALLY IN THE AREA THAT IT'S IN BEING A HIGH FIRE AREA.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS, WHICH I HAVEN'T HEARD, IS THE LOSS OF OPEN SPACE.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT TO OUR COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
UM, AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE A CONCERN WITH AS WELL, UM, WHEN LOOKING AT THIS PROJECT.
UM, JENNIFER, I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
I, I BELIEVE THERE'S SOMETHING THAT I, THAT I DO RECALL THIS PROJECT HAS COME FORWARD, MAYBE NOT IN THE SAME CONFIGURATION, BUT IT'S BEEN DEALT WITH BY CITY STAFF IN THE PAST AT WHAT WAS IT NOT? AND I BELIEVE AND WHEN WAS THAT 2020 OR 2021 OR WAS IT BEFORE THE GENERAL PLAN WAS CHANGED, RIGHT? YES, IT WAS ACTUALLY IN THE EARLY TWO THOUSANDS IF MEMORY SERVES.
UM, THE MR. DAVIS DID APPLY THE, ONE OF THE TRACK MAPS THERE THAT YOU'VE SEEN IS SORT OF THE ORIGINAL CONCEPTUAL PLAN.
AND IT WAS, UM, ULTIMATELY AFTER A FEW ROUNDS OF APPLICATION REVIEW WAS DETERMINED TO BE INCOMPLETE AND THEN THE APPLICATION WAS ABANDONED.
AND SO IT NEVER DID MOVE FORWARD TO HEARINGS.
THEY JUST NEVER MOVED IT FORWARD AT THAT TIME.
BUT THAT WAS ALSO DURING THE PERIOD OF TIME WHERE THEY, WE, WE DIDN'T HAVE THIS EARLY ACTION FOR BE ABLE TO HAVE SOME FEEDBACK FOR, FOR, FOR THE DEVELOPER, CORRECT.
AND, AND IS THERE, IS THERE GONNA BE A LOT OF GRADING THAT'S GONNA BE NECESSARY BECAUSE OF THE TOPOGRAPHY? WELL, THIS, UH, AREA IS ALSO SUBJECT TO THE HILLSIDE ORDINANCE, RIGHT.
SO THERE WILL BE, IT'S BOTH SUBJECT TO THE HILLSIDE OVERLAY AS WELL AS THE EQUESTRIAN OVERLAY.
SO THERE WILL BE REQUIREMENTS FOR TRAIL ACCESS.
THERE WILL ALSO BE REQUIREMENTS FOR CERTAIN GRADING STANDARDS TO MINIMIZE GRADING.
I, I GUESS FOR RIGHT NOW AND LISTENING TO WHAT MY COLLEAGUES HAVE STATED, AND I, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY REGARDLESS OF, OF WHAT WAS ALREADY BEEN STATED FOR, FOR, FOR AS FAR AS CUL-DE-SAC AND THERE'S A WAY TO MITIGATE THAT.
I'M VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE SECONDARY ACCESS BEING A DIRT ROAD.
UM, I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW, IF YOU CAN'T GET OUT ONE WAY, NOT ONLY HOW DOES FIRE EQUIPMENT AND OTHER RESOURCES GET IN, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF A FIRE, BUT OTHER, OTHER FLOODING, OTHER KINDS OF ISSUES, UM, AND RESIDENTS TRYING TO GET OUT ON A DIRT ROAD.
I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT, THAT THAT'S SOMETHING THAT I, I JUST COULD NOT BE, BE IN FAVOR OF, BUT I'M JUST CURIOUS, UM, I KNOW, I KNOW IT'S BEEN PROPOSED BEFORE AND IT WAS WHEN IT WAS PROPOSED BEFORE IT WAS RURAL OPEN SPACE OR GENERAL PLAN OPEN SPACE, AND IT WAS, THERE WAS A DEVELOP A LITTLE BIT OF DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD HAVE OCCURRED, BUT WHEN THE, AT, WHEN THE, WHEN THE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE, THE PROPERTY OWNER, MR. PATONE MENTIONED THAT GENERAL SPACE, OPEN SPACE, EXCUSE ME, FACILITIES IS USUALLY, UM, RESTRICTED TO PUBLIC AGENCY OWNERSHIP.
I'M JUST CURIOUS, IN OUR GENERAL PLAN OF PRIVATELY HELD LAND, ARE THERE OTHER EXAMPLES OF OPEN SPACE FACILITIES OR IS THIS A UNIQUE DESIGNATION FOR THIS PARTICULAR PARCEL? THERE ARE OTHER PARCELS THAT ARE PRIVATELY OWNED UNDER THIS DESIGNATION.
UM, BUT AS NOTED ON THIS SLIDE AND IN THE GENERAL PLAN, UM, THERE ARE STILL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AT, UH, DENSITY OF ONE DWELLING UNIT PER 10 ACRES ON THESE SITES WHEN PRIVATE LAND THAT'S RIGHT.
IIII THOUGHT THERE WAS A, A REQUIREMENT FOR YOU COULD GET ONE UNIT, ONE, ONE DWELLING, ONE HOME FOR PER 10 ACRES
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OF LAND.UM, SO THERE IS, THERE'S OTHER, AND CAN YOU GIVE ME, MAYBE JUST TO REMIND ME WHY WE MADE THAT DESIGNATION ON, ON THESE PARCELS OF OPEN SPACE? UM, I BELIEVE THAT DURING THE GENERAL PLANT UPDATE WHEN WE WERE REVIEWING THESE PARCELS, UM, THERE HAD BEEN NO ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT IN THE LAST DECADE.
AND, UM, THE DETERMINATION WAS TO, UH, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DID WITH TWANDA HEIGHTS IN THE RURAL CONSERVATION AREA, WHERE THAT IS ALSO LIMITED TO ONE UNIT FOR EVERY FIVE OR 10 ACRES DEPENDING ON WHICH PORTION OF THE RURAL OPEN, OPEN SPACE THAT YOU'RE IN.
UM, THE DETERMINATION WAS MADE THAT WE WANTED TO TRY TO MAINTAIN THESE OPEN SPACES AS OPEN AS POSSIBLE, BUT STILL ALLOW SOME LIMITED DEVELOPMENT.
SO I GUESS THE NEXT, THAT, THAT, THAT BRINGS UP ANOTHER QUESTION.
IF WE WERE TO, TO GRANT THIS A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT ON AND CHANGE IT TO THE DENSITY OF SEVEN HOMES PER 11 POINT, SOME ODD ACRES, WOULD THAT NOT BRING THAT INTO QUESTION THAT THAT COULD BE THE POSSIBILITY FOR A NUMBER OF OTHER AREAS THAT ARE ZONED OPEN SPACE FACILITIES? IT IS DEFINITELY SOMETHING THAT OTHER PRIVATE, UH, LANDOWNERS MAY CONSIDER IN THE FUTURE.
UM, WELL, I'D REALLY LIKE TO SEE, UH, SOME MORE WORK TO BE DONE TO COME BACK AND, BUT I, I, I WOULD HAVE TO SAY I CAN REMEMBER A PROJECT, UM, I WON'T MENTION THE, THE DEVELOPER'S NAME, BUT IT WAS UP IN THE CARY RANCH AREA MANY YEARS AGO.
AND, UM, WE WENT THIS CITY AND THE FIRE AND THE CITY STAFF WENT BACK AND FORTH WITH THAT DEVELOPMENT AS FAR AS THE POTENTIAL RISKS INVOLVED IN THAT DEVELOPMENT TO, UH, PROTECTING LIFE AND PROPERTY, UM, AS A RESULT OF THE TOPOGRAPHY, AS A RESULT OF, OF ACCESS AND A NUMBER OF OTHER ISSUES.
AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO PUT OURSELVES BACK IN ANOTHER POSITION WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING TO COPE WITH THOSE THINGS REGARDING THE ACCESS REGARDING, I, I DO AGREE THAT OUR GENERAL PLAN IS TRYING TO GET AWAY FROM CUL-DE-SACS.
AND SO I, I DO, I WOULD BE APPRECIATIVE OF SEEING WHAT CAN BE DONE TO THAT, TO THAT.
BUT I HAVE TO SAY, I THINK IT'D BE A, IT'D BE A, I WOULD, UM, I WOULD JUST BE VERY PROTECTIVE OF OUR OPEN SPACE, UM, IN PARTICULAR AS TO WHAT IT COULD DO WITH, UM, SPRINGBOARDING, OTHER THOUGHTS OF LAND PRIVATE LANDOWNERS THAT KNOW THEY'VE GOT PROPERTY THAT'S ZONED ONE FOR EVERY ONE HOME FOR EVERY 10 ACRES THAT MAYBE THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED DIFFERENTLY.
I JUST DON'T WANT TO LET THAT HORSE OUT OF THE BARN RIGHT NOW.
BUT I THINK THAT, THAT, THAT IF YOU WANT TO PUT YOUR THINKING CAPS ON AND, AND COME BACK AND TALK WITH STAFF, UM, WE'D CERTAINLY WELCOME THAT MR. BATON.
ANYTHING ELSE? UM, JUST SOMETHING YOU WANNA MAKE PART OF THE RECORD IN A CLARIFYING MY QUESTIONS EARLIER ABOUT WHERE THE DEVELOPMENT SITS IN COMPARISON TO THE EXISTING, WHAT I REALLY DON'T LIKE TO SEE IS WHEN YOU'RE PUSHING FURTHER NORTH INTO THE MOUNTAINS AND YOU, AND YOU'RE MAYBE HAVE, IT MIGHT BE CALLED AN INFILL PROJECT, BUT YOU'RE CUTTING FURTHER INTO THE INTERFACE THAN YOU WOULD OTHERWISE.
UM, I DON'T THINK THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE.
'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT IT REALLY CREATES AN ISLAND THAT'S, UH, VULNERABLE ON MULTIPLE SIDES.
I'M NOT SURE THAT THIS ONE'S DOING THAT, BUT THAT'S THE REASON I WAS ASKING IS 'CAUSE WHEN I SEE PROJECTS THAT ARE PUSHING, UH, TOO FAR NORTH AND THERE'S NOTHING UP THERE AND YOU'RE KIND OF CREATING THIS INDIVIDUAL ISLAND CUT INTO THE MOUNTAINS, THAT'S, UH, NOT A GOOD THING.
THANK YOU FOR COMING FORWARD MR. BERTONE.
AND, UM, BY THE WAY, DO, AM I SUPPOSED TO ASK IF WE HAVE REMOTE SPEAKERS? IT'S OKAY.
MERE, THERE'S NO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON THE ZOOM WEBINAR.
SO I WOULD'VE INTERRUPTED YOU IN THE EVENT THAT WE HAD ANY ATTENDEES, BUT WE DO NOT HAVE ANY DO THAT FOR ME, WOULD YOU? ABSOLUTELY, MAYOR.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO, UH, ADVERTISE PUBLIC HEARINGS.
WE HAVE A COUPLE OF THEM, I BELIEVE.
[ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT]
YES.UH, AND THAT IS ITEM NUMBER G ONE REGARDING, UM, ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS.
[G1. Public Hearing of the City of Rancho Cucamonga to Consider Resolutions Confirming the Diagrams and Assessments and Ordering the Levy and Collection of Annual Assessments for Landscape Maintenance Districts; Street Lighting Maintenance Districts; and Park and Recreation Improvement District No. PD-85 for Fiscal Year 2026-27. (RESOLUTION NOS. 2026-059 TO 2026-061) (CITY)]
CITY MANAGER.OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR FOR FINANCE, RICH FLINT, RICK F FRENCHMAN WILL BE PRESENTING THIS ITEM, UH, THIS EVENING.
THIS IS AN ANNUAL ITEM TO CONFIRM
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OUR ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS, UM, AND LEVIES FOR OUR MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS.AND, UH, GOOD EVENING, MS. MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF COUNCIL.
EACH YEAR, PURSUANT TO THE LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972, THE CITY CONDUCTS A PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER THE ANNUAL LEVY OF ASSESSMENTS FOR THE CITY'S LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS STREETLIGHT, MATING, UH, MAINTENANCE DISTRICTS, AND THE PARKS AND RECREATION IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT NUMBER PD 85.
THESE ASSESSMENTS FUND THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF NEIGHBORHOOD LANDSCAPING PARKS, IRRIGATION SYSTEMS, STREET LIGHTING, AND OTHER IMPROVEMENTS THAT DIRECTLY BENEFIT THE PROPERTIES WITHIN EACH DISTRICT.
ON JUNE 3RD, THE CITY COUNCIL ACCEPTED THE PRELIMINARY ENGINEERS REPORTS AND SCHEDULED TONIGHT'S PUBLIC HEARING TO PROVIDE THE PUB THE PUBLIC AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT BEFORE THE ASSESSMENTS ARE CONFIRMED FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 27 STAFF HAS COMPLETED ITS ANNUAL REVIEW OF EACH DISTRICT AND THE RECOMMENDED ASSESSMENTS ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE APPLICABLE REQUIREMENTS OF THE LANDSCAPE AND, UH, LIGHTING ACT, ALONG WITH THE FINDINGS CONTAINED IN EACH DISTRICT'S ENGINEER'S REPORTS.
SO WITH THAT, BASED ON THAT REVIEW STAFF'S RECOMME RECOMMENDATION THIS EVENING IS THAT CITY COUNCIL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, RECEIVE ANY PUBLIC COMMENTS, AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND ADOPT THE VARIOUS RESOLUTIONS CONFIRMING THE ASSESSMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 27.
APPROVAL OF THESE RESOLUTIONS THIS EVENING WILL ALLOW STAFF TO SUBMIT THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS ROLE TO THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY BEFORE THE STATUTORY DEADLINE IN AUGUST.
WITH THAT, I'D BE ANS UH, HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? OKAY.
THE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WISH TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING THE ISSUE OF MAINTENANCE? UH, LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE, DISTRICT STREET LIGHTING DISTRICTS, AND PARK AND RECREATION DISTRICT NUMBER PD 85.
SEEING NONPUBLIC HEARING IS NOW CLOSED.
DO WE HAVE ANY INDIVIDUALS? WAIT, DO WE HAVE ANY INDIVIDUALS DESIRING TO SPEAK? OKAY, NONE.
ARE THERE ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS? I KNOW THIS HAS BEEN DEALT WITH THROUGH OUR BUDGETARY PROCESS, WHICH WE'VE ADOPTED OUR BUDGET A MONTH TOWARDS THE END OF THE MONTH OF JUNE.
SO, UM, IF THERE'S NO QUESTIONS, WE'D LIKE TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS AND ADOPT RESOLUTIONS.
NUMBERS 2026 DASH 0 5 9 AND 2026 DASH 0 6 1.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR SECOND ADVERTISE PUBLIC HEARING AND I'LL TURN THAT ONCE AGAIN OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
[G2. Consideration of a Resolution Adopting the Fire District’s General Fund Final Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-27. (RESOLUTION NO. FD 2026-013) (FIRE)]
THE FIRE DISTRICT'S BUDGET IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT FROM THE CITY'S BUDGET IN THAT IT ALSO NEEDS, UM, TO COMPLY WITH THE HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE.UM, SO WITH THAT, UM, WE DID CONDUCT THE HEARING ON JUNE 17TH.
NOTHING HAS CHANGED FROM THAT HEARING IN THIS BUDGET.
UM, WE HAVE PUBLISHED TWICE IN THE INLAND OUT INLAND VALLEY DAILY BULLETIN, UH, NOTICES REQUIRING THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR TONIGHT.
UM, AND NOW WE ARE SUBMITTING TO A PROPOSED RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE GENERAL FUND FINAL BUDGET IN DURING THIS FIRE BOARD MEETING, UM, WHICH WOULD ADOPT THE BUDGET FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 20 26, 20 27 FOR THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT.
ANY QUESTIONS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? SEEING NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
IS THERE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT WOULD WOULD WISH TO DISCUSS OR COMMENT ON THE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, UH, GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR 20 FISCAL YEAR 26, 27 SAYING, NONE PUBLIC HEARING IS CLOSED.
ANY FURTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL? ARE THERE ANY SPEAKERS? OKAY.
ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NUMBER FD 20 26 13 AND ADOPTING THE FINAL BUDGET, UH, FOR FISCAL YEAR 26.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY VERY WELL.
THAT CONCLUDES ALL THE BUDGET PROCESSES FOR THIS COMING FISCAL YEAR.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS AND I'LL TURN THAT AGAINST ONCE AGAIN TO OUR
[CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)]
CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA COX.I'M GONNA TURN THIS ITEM OVER TO OUR SENIOR HUMAN
[H1. Consideration to Adopt a Resolution Approving Side Letter Agreements Between the City of Rancho Cucamonga and Executive Management Employee Group and Between the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District and Fire Management Employees Group and Updating Fiscal Year 2026-27 Executive Management Employee Group and Fire Management Employees’ Group Salary Schedules. (RESOLUTION NO. 2026-062) (RESOLUTION NO. FD 2026-016) (CITY/FIRE)]
RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER, EMILY NIELSEN.UM, THIS ITEM PREVIOUSLY WOULD'VE BEEN ON CONSENT CALENDAR, BUT DUE TO, UM, NEW LEGISLATION FROM THE STATE, IT'S NOW BEING HEARD IN AS A DISCUSSION ITEM, HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL BEFORE YOU IS CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE
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A RESOLUTION ADOPTING SIDE LETTER AGREEMENTS AND UPDATED SALARY SCHEDULES FOR THE FIRE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES GROUP AND EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE GROUP IN ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT.CODE 5 4 9 5 3D STAFF WILL SUMMARIZE THIS ITEM BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL TAKES FINAL ACTION ON THE ITEM FOR THE FIRE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES GROUP.
THE SIDE LETTER AND AGREE UPDATES FUTURE HOLIDAY AND VACATION BUYBACK DATES UPDATES THE ACCRUAL CONVERSION FACTOR FOR VACATION, SICK AND HOLIDAY LEAVE.
ALIGNS VISION INSURANCE LANGUAGE WITH CURRENT DISTRICT PRACTICE REMOVES OUTDATED SICK LEAVE LANGUAGE AND RENAMES ADMINISTRATIVE LEAVE TO MANAGEMENT LEAVE.
ADDITIONALLY, THE FIRE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE REFLECTS AN UPDATE TO THE FIRE CHIEF SALARY RANGE BASED ON THE COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT OUTLINED IN THE MOU AND ADDS AN HOURLY RATE BREAKDOWN FOR 40 AND 56 HOUR EMPLOYEES.
FOR THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEE GROUP, THE SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT UPDATES FUTURE VACATION BUYBACK DATES.
THE EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT SALARY SCHEDULE REFLECTS AN UPDATE TO THE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER AND DEPUTY CITY MANAGER'S SALARY RANGES BASED ON THE MO U'S BENCHMARKING TO THE FIRE CHIEF SALARY RANGE STAFF ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTIONS ADOPTING THESE SIDE LETTER AGREEMENTS AND SALARY SCHEDULES.
NOW IS THERE JUST ONE RESOLUTION OR IS THERE MORE THAN ONE? THERE'S TWO RESOLUTIONS.
AND WHAT'S THE, I'VE GOT ONE THAT STATES, WELL, LET ME LOOK UP HERE.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THANK YOU FOR THE STAFF REPORT BY THE WAY.
UH, TO APPROVE RESOLUTIONS NUMBER FD 2026 DASH ZERO 16, AS WELL AS CITY RESOLUTION 20 26 0 6 2 ALONG WITH STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
WE HAVE ONE ITEM UNDER COUNCIL BUSINESS AND THAT IS CONSIDERATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL LIBRARY SUBCOMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO APPOINT
[COUNCIL BUSINESS]
MEMBERS[I1. Consideration of the City Council Library Subcommittee's Recommendation to Appoint Members to the Library Board of Trustees. (CITY)]
TO THE LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUCK TRUSTEES.I DON'T KNOW, I THINK OUR MAYOR PRO TEM KENNEDY AND COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT ARE A PART OF THAT SUBCOMMITTEE, SO I DON'T KNOW WHICH ONE WOULD BE COUNCILWOMAN.
SCOTT IS GOING TO GIVE THE REPORT TONIGHT.
SO LAST MONTH WE INTERVIEWED THREE CANDIDATES FOR TWO POSITIONS.
I WANNA THANK EVERYONE AGAIN THAT INTERVIEWED, AND SO WE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE THE RECOMMENDATION OF REAPPOINTING CHRISTINE DEREE AND LAUREL RICE TO THE, UH, LIBRARY COMMISSION BOARD.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THE SUBCOMMITTEE'S RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE TWO INDIVIDUALS FOR, UM, TO CONTINUE ON WITH OUR LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES? SO MOVE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME ON THAT MATTER.
UM, ARE THERE ANY INTERAGENCY UPDATES THIS EVENING? ANY COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS? I I JUST HAVE ONE BRIEF
[I3. INTERAGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)]
ONE AND I WANNA WISH, UM, A VERY[I2. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)]
HAPPY HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENT MARY LOU JENSEN.TODAY IS HER ACTUAL 100TH BIRTHDAY.
SHE'S BEEN CELEBRATING ALL YEAR LONG, BUT TODAY'S THE ACTUAL DAY THAT SHE TURNED TO HUNDREDS.
I JUST WANNA WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND THEN I KNOW THE LADY VERY, VERY WELL.
SHE'S HER HUSBAND, WAS A HOUSING BUILDER IN OUR CITY MINI WINNIE DECADES AGO.
UM, AND CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS NOTHING TONIGHT.
ANY IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH IS AUGUST 19TH?
[CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS]
UH, OUR[IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING]
NEXT REGULAR MEETING IS GONNA BE ON THE 19TH OF AUGUST, AS THIS AUGUST 5TH MEETING IS, UM, BEEN CANCELED.SO SEEING NONE, WE ARE NOW ADJOURNED.
THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR PARTICIPATION.
[ADJOURNMENT]
HOWEVER, WE HOPE THIS NEW SERVICE OFFERS THE RESIDENTS OF RANCH CUCAMONGA AN EASIER AND MORE FLEXIBLE SOLUTION FOR PET LICENSING.ALSO, DON'T FORGET, STAFF IS HERE AT THE ANIMAL CENTER SEVEN DAYS A WEEK TO ASSIST WITH OTHER ANIMAL RELATED NEEDS IN THE CITY.