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OUR COMMUNITY HAVE ACCESS TO THE NUTRITION THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND LISTENING TO THIS IMPORTANT CAUSE MEETINGS, UH, THIS OCTOBER SEC
[REGULAR MEETING – 6:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS]
SEVENTH, 2026.WE'LL START NOW OUR MEETING WITH THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: Mayor Michael Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler ]
CHRISTINE SCOTT TO LEAD US IN THAT PLEDGE.WOULD YOU PLEASE STAND, PUT YOUR HAND OVER YOUR HEART AND WITH REPEAT AFTER ME.
I HAVE PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE, THE FLAG FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH NATION? ONE NATION GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY, JUSTICE FOR THANK YOU.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.
ASHLEY STICKLER IS OUT THIS EVENING.
SHE'S FEELING A BIT UNDER THE WEATHER.
SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ANY AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO
[AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]
THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.UH, STAFF HAS PULLED ITEM D FIVE FROM TONIGHT'S MEETING.
THIS ITEM WILL BE BROUGHT BACK AT A LATER DATE.
IN ADDITION ITEM, EACH TWO WILL NOW BE HEARD UNDER COUNCIL BUSINESS.
UM, WE ARE NOW READY FOR OUR ANNOUNCEMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS.
[ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS]
HAVE THREE OF THEM TONIGHT.THE FIRST ONE IS A PRESENTATION OF OUR PROCLAMATION TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL UTILITY, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS OUR CMU DECLARING THE WEEK OF OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH TO BE DESIGNATED
[B1. Presentation of a Proclamation to the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Utility (RCMU) Declaring the Week of October 4 -10 be Designated Public Power Week. ]
AS PUBLIC POWER WEEK.I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD CHRIS BEAMAN, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF OUR PUBLIC UTILITY SERVICES FOR THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
CHRIS, OH, AND THE WHOLE TEAM.
YOU GROW EVERY YEAR A LITTLE BIT MORE.
I WILL GIVE YOU THE MICROPHONE.
WHY DON'T YOU SHARE WHY WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING AND THEN WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION TO PRESENT YOU.
THIS IS A PUBLIC POWER WEEK, AND THAT'S WHAT THE PROCLAMATION IS FOR.
THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE IN A WHILE.
UM, SO WE'RE REALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS OPPORTUNITY.
ONE FAVOR AND INTRODUCE TO THE AUDIENCE, THE MEMBERS OF YOUR TEAM.
HE IS THE DIRECTOR OF ENGAGEMENT SPECIAL PROGRAMS PROGRAMS. THANK YOU.
SHE IS OUR, UH, OPERATIONS SUPERVISOR.
WE HAVE, UH, DEBORAH ALLEN, DESIREE
I'M GONNA DO HORRIBLE ON THIS, ON THE, ON HER NAMES, EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE ALL MY PEOPLE.
UH, SANDRA, MARIA AND JEANETTE.
WELL, THIS PROCLAMATION AND IT READS IS WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA VALUES LOCAL DECISION MAKING AND THE DELIVERY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES AND TO, IS ABLE TO OPERATE A COMMUNITY OWNED NOT-FOR-PROFIT, ELECTRIC UTILITY FOR JUST A PORTION OF THE CITY, MAINTAINING LOCAL OVERSIGHT OF UTILITY OPERATIONS AND POLICIES.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY, RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL UTILITY, RCMU PROVIDES SAFE, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE ELECTRICITY TO HOMES, BUSINESSES, AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES WITHIN ITS SERVICE AREA, EMPLOYING SOUND BUSINESS PRACTICES DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE BEST POSSIBLE SERVICE FOR A NOT-FOR-PROFIT RATES.
AND WHEREAS OUR CMU IS A VALUABLE COMMUNITY ASSET THAT CONTRIBUTES TO THE WELLBEING OF COMMUNITY MEMBERS THROUGH ENERGY EFFICIENCY, CUSTOMER SERVICE, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION, SAFETY AWARENESS, AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND WHERE OUR, OUR AS OUR CMU IS DEPENDABLE AND TRUSTWORTHY UTILITY, WHOSE LOCAL OPERATION PROVIDES CONSUMER PROTECTIONS AND HELPS MAKE RANCHO CUCAMONGA A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE AND WORK.
AND WHEREAS OUR CMU HAS PROVIDED ELECTRICITY TO ITS SERVICE AREA SINCE 2004 AND REMAINS COMMITTED TO DELIVERING SAFE, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE SERVICE TO ITS CUSTOMERS.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOES HEREBY PROCLAIM OCTOBER 4TH THROUGH THE 10TH.
2026 IS PUBLIC POWER WEEK IN RECOGNITION OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL UTILITIES CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE COMMUNITY, AND TO INCREASE AWARENESS AMONG CUSTOMERS, POLICY MAKERS, AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS FOR THE BENEFITS OF PUBLIC POWER.
THIS GOES TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM.
PLEASE, UH, HANG THAT IN YOUR WALL APPROPRIATELY, AND CONGRATULATIONS ON A WONDERFUL WEEK AHEAD OF YOU.
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YOU.UH, JUST THANK YOU MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL.
UM, ON BEHALF OF OUR CMU TEAM, WE APPRECIATE THIS PUBLIC POWER WEEK PROCLAMATION AND RECOGNITION OPPORTUNITY.
RCMU TAKES PRIDE IN SERVING THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA COMMUNITY WITH SAFE, RELIABLE, AND AFFORDABLE ELECTRIC SERVICE.
I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MY TEAM FOR ALL THEIR CONSISTENT HARD WORK AND DEDICATION.
UH, THEY'RE INSTRUMENTAL IN PROVIDING SUCH A HIGH QUALITY LEVEL OF SERVICE.
AND THANK YOU FOR ALL OF YOUR CONTINUED DIRECTION AND SUPPORT.
WE'LL HAVE TO MOVE BACK OVER FOR OUR PHOTO OFF, RIGHT? THAT'S RIGHT,
SO NOW WE HAVE TO GO BACK FOR OUR PHOTO OP COMING BACK.
WE'LL TRY TO DO THE SAME LINEUP.
SO YEAH, YOU GUYS CAN GET IN FRONT OF US.
OTHERWISE, WE'LL NEVER GET INTO THE THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS RECOGNITION OF HELEN PUTNAM'S AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR
[B2. Recognition of Helen Putnam Award for Excellence for the Randall Lewis Second Story and Beyond® Project.]
THE RANDALL LEWIS.SECOND STORY AND BEYOND PROJECT, WE'D LIKE TO INVITE UP FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA LIBRARY DIRECTOR WES GARCIA, AS WELL AS THE MAN THAT'S HELPED MAKE THIS WHOLE SECOND STORY POSSIBLE.
RANDALL LEWIS FOR THE SECOND STORY AND BEYOND PROJECT TEAM RANDALL AND WES, THANKS FOR STARTING THAT.
I'M ALSO BRINGING UP A LOT OF PEOPLE BECAUSE I AM SO PROUD TO WORK WITH THESE, UH, PUBLIC SERVANTS HERE WHO'VE MADE THIS PROJECT HAPPEN.
SO I'LL HAVE THEM COME UP HERE AND THEN WE'RE GONNA SHOW A SHORT VIDEO.
UH, IT'LL BE SHORT, I PROMISE.
UH, AND THEN I'LL GIVE YOU A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT AND, UH, YEAH.
SO THIS IS OUR LIBRARY STAFF, OUR LIBRARY TEAM, SECOND STORY AND BEYOND.
NOT JUST THE LIBRARY TEAM, BUT ALSO THE THE PUBLIC SERVANTS FROM PUBLIC WORKS, OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT.
FIRE ALL THE PEOPLE WHO HELP MAKE IT HAPPEN.
AND THERE'S LOTS MORE WHO AREN'T HERE TONIGHT.
WE ALSO HAVE A MEMBER OF OUR LIBRARY, BOARD OF TRUSTEES, UH, EVA.
SO, UH, YOU KNOW, IT'S, IT TAKES A VILLAGE, RIGHT? AND, UH, IT'S, WE HAVE ONE HECK OF A VILLAGE HERE IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND WE DON'T DO ANYTHING IN A VACUUM.
WE MAKE SURE WE SUPPORT EACH OTHER.
SO, UH, IF WE COULD SHOW THAT SHORT VIDEO REAL QUICK.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA IDENTIFIED A GROWING NEED FOR EXPANDED FAMILY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES AND TRANSFORMED AN UNFINISHED LIBRARY SPACE INTO A SUSTAINABLE CIVIC ASSET.
THROUGH DATA-DRIVEN PLANNING, STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIPS AND DIVERSE FUNDING, THE CITY CREATED SECOND STORY.
AND BEYOND AN IMMERSIVE SPACE WHERE CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CAN DISCOVER, LEARN, CREATE, AND GROW TOGETHER, THE INNOVATIVE MODEL ATTRACTS VISITORS FROM ACROSS THE INLAND EMPIRE SUPPORTS LOCAL ECONOMIC VITALITY AND DEMONSTRATES HOW COMMUNITY INVESTMENT CAN CREATE LASTING EDUCATIONAL AND CULTURAL OPPORTUNITIES.
OH, I THINK I PAID THEM FOR THAT.
SO, UH, IF YOU DON'T KNOW, THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES IS A LEAGUE MADE UP OF MUNICIPAL, UM, UH, MUNICIPAL STAFF, UH, AND EMPLOYEES, UH, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
SO IT IS VERY MUCH A LOT OF OUR PEERS ACROSS THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
AND WHY THIS IS SPECIAL IS BECAUSE, UM, YOU KNOW, IT REALLY SHOWS WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY LIBRARY CAN DO.
YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU SUPPORT LIBRARY SERVICES, YOU GET PROJECTS LIKE THIS.
AND IT'S A PROJECT THAT AGAIN, TOUCHED ALMOST EVERY SINGLE DEPARTMENT HERE.
UM, WE WON THE AWARD, THE HELEN PUTNAM AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE FOR COMMUNITY SERVICE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND, UM, IF YOU'RE NOT FAMILIAR, THE RANDALL LEWIS SECOND STORY BEYOND IS ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE POLY BEYOND LIBRARY OF VICTORIA GARDENS.
IT'S AN INCREDIBLE SPACE, AND IT'S ALL GEARED TOWARDS EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT AND INTERGENERATIONAL SHARING OF KNOWLEDGE.
SO IT'S A SPACE WHERE YOU CAN GO AND HAVE EXPERIENCES WITH YOUR FAMILY, WITH YOUR NEIGHBORS, WITH YOUR FRIENDS, FIND CONNECTIONS, LEARN SOMETHING
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TOGETHER, AND COME AWAY WONDERING MORE ABOUT THE WORLD AROUND YOU.AND BEING IN A LIBRARY, WE HAVE ALL OF THOSE RESOURCES FOR YOU TO LEARN MORE.
UM, SO WE ENCOURAGE LITERACY IN EVERY FORM.
SCIENCE, MATH, PHILANTHROPY, HOW YOU GIVE BACK, NOT JUST WITH YOUR TIME OR YOUR MONEY, BUT WITH THE EFFORT AND HOW YOU, HOW YOU TREAT YOUR FELLOW NEIGHBORS.
UM, UH, SO I ALSO WANNA MENTION THAT, UM, THIS WAS STARTED 17 YEARS AGO AND BY A LOT OF THE COUNCIL MEMBERS THAT ARE HERE, UH, TO, THEY WERE THERE CHAMPIONING THIS IDEA ON HOW WE SERVE THE YOUNGEST PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THE COUNCIL MEMBERS HERE HAVE ALSO CONTINUED TO FOSTER THAT AND TO HELP US GET TO WHERE WE ARE TODAY.
AND THAT SUPPORT HAS HAD TREMENDOUS VALUE WITHIN OUR REGION, NOT JUST OUR COMMUNITY, BUT SERVING 87,000 PEOPLE, UH, SO FAR.
SO IT, IT'S JUST BEEN AN INCREDIBLE, UH, JOURNEY AND ALL THESE PEOPLE HERE HELPED TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN.
IT'S WHY WE HAVE THIS SERVICE HERE TODAY.
UM, AND I WANTED TO LET YOU KNOW THAT, UH, THIS SERVICE WAS ALSO BORN OUT OF SEVERAL COMMUNITY NEEDS ASSESSMENTS AND THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WAITING IN LINE FOR OUR STORY TIMES IN OUR CHILDREN'S PROGRAMMING, BECAUSE PARENTS SEE THE VALUE IN HOW WE, WE START EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION AT THE LIBRARY, AND THAT CONTINUES ON INTO GRADE SCHOOL.
SO I, I'D LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE HERE.
I'D LIKE TO THANK THE COUNCIL FOR THEIR SUPPORT AND ALL THE PEOPLE AT THE CITY WHO'VE MADE THIS HAPPEN.
UM, NOW I'LL TURN IT OVER TO RANDALL LEWIS TO SAY A FEW WORDS.
I THANK YOU US AND CONGRATULATIONS.
I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.
SO I JUST WANNA ECHO WHAT WES SAID.
THIS IS A RESULT OF THE VISION OF THIS COUNCIL AND PRIOR COUNCILS, AND ESPECIALLY DIANE WILLIAMS, WHO PLAYED SUCH A KEY ROLE.
IT'S ALSO A TRIBUTE TO THE LEADERSHIP, JOHN GILLISON, ELIS AND OTHERS, AND THE STAFF HERE.
AND THEN TO EVERYBODY HERE WHO EXECUTED IT SO WELL, ONE COMMERCIAL PEOPLE THINK OF IT AS JUST A CHILDREN'S FACILITY OR MUSEUM.
THIS IS FOR ALL AGES, AND IT'S ESPECIALLY GOOD FOR FAMILIES.
IT'S ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE BEEN MOST IMPRESSED WITH, HOW ORIENTED IT IS TO FAMILIES TO SPEND A COUPLE HOURS AND HAVE A GREAT TIME.
SO, ON BEHALF OF THE LEWIS FAMILY, WE'RE THRILLED JUST TO HAVE OUR NAME ASSOCIATED WITH IT.
IT'S A GREAT ASSET FOR THE CITY AND FOR THE REGION.
THE DODGERS JUST WON FOUR TO ONE
HE WAS ONE OF OUR EARLIEST CHAMPIONS AND CONTINUES TO BE.
WE THINK WE'RE THE FIRST MUNICIPAL LIBRARY TO OWN AND OPERATE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM DISCOVERY SPACE IN THE ENTIRE COUNTRY.
CHEERS TO THIS COMMUNITY AND CHEERS TO EVERYBODY.
AND, UM, WE JUST WANNA THANK ALL OF YOU ON BEHALF OF THE COUNCIL, THIS ENTIRE COMMUNITY FOR ALL THE HARD WORK THAT YOU PUT IN DAY IN AND DAY OUT, AND TO OUR LIBRARY TRUSTEE THAT'S HERE.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP IN HELPING GAIN THE RESOURCES THAT MADE THIS HAPPEN, ALONG WITH, UM, RANDALL LEWIS, WHO, UH, WHO HAS BEEN THE, THE KINGPIN OF THIS PROJECT FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.
GOD BLESS EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU.
WE'LL TRY TO GET SCOOT IN, SCOOT IN, SCOOT IN SHOULDERS.
HAVE TO SQUEEZE IN A LITTLE BIT MORE.
OKAY, WE CAN GO BACK TO, YEAH, BUT WE DIDN'T SIT DOWN.
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OUR LAST PRESENTATION IS DEALING[B3. Update from Brightline West. ]
WITH AN UPDATE THAT MOST OF YOU PROBABLY HAVE HEARD.IT'S REGARDING BRIGHT LINE WEST.
I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD TO THE DAAS.
UM, ADRIAN CHER, PRESIDENT INTERIM FROM BRIGHT LINE WEST ADRIAN.
AND, UH, COUNCIL MEMBERS, UH, THANK YOU FOR INVITING ME AND US TO PROVIDE A, UH, PROJECT UPRIGHT FOR, UH, BRIGHT LINE WEST.
UM, FOR A COUPLE OF YOU, THIS IS YOUR SECOND TIME TODAY, SO YOU CAN CORRECT ME IF I GET ANYTHING WRONG.
BUT I DO APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO COME IN AND PRESENT THIS UPDATE TO ONE OF OUR KEY PARTNERS, UM, IN THE PROJECT.
UM, IF OKAY, UH, AM I ABLE TO ADVANCE THE SLIDES OR, OR DO YOU WANT ME UP THERE? THAT'S, THAT WILL BE EASIER.
SO, UM, FIRST, AND I KNOW, UM, MOST FOLKS ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT.
I JUST BRING THIS SLIDE UP JUST TO REMIND YOU WHAT THE SCOPE OF THE PROJECT IS AND THAT, UM, IT REMAINS UNCHANGED, UM, IN TERMS OF WHAT THE PLAN IS, WHICH IS TO BRING TWO TRUE HIGH-SPEED RAIL TO CONNECT, UM, LAS VEGAS.
AND, UH, CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA WITH ALL ELECTRIC TRAINS THAT WILL RIDE PRIMARILY IN THE MEDIAN OF I 15.
WE'LL HAVE 400 MEDIA STATIONS UP TO 200 MILES AN HOUR, WHICH MEANS THE TRIP TIMES ABOUT TWO HOURS, UH, WHICH IS ABOUT HALF THE TIME OF DRIVING.
ONE THAT'S, UH, UM, DRIVING WITH NO INCIDENT.
AND, UH, WE PLAN TO HAVE, UH, 35 TRAINS A DAY, 17 IN ONE DIRECTION, 18 IN ANOTHER, WHICH IS HOURLY.
THE WAY WE'VE, UH, ORGANIZED, UH, THE PROJECT IS INTO, UH, 10, UH, MAJOR CONSTRUCTION, UH, CONTRACTS.
I WHY I WHY I AM PRESENTING THIS IS I WANT TO JUST WALK YOU THROUGH, UM, THE MAJOR PROGRESS THAT I WANNA, UH, SHARE WITH YOU TODAY.
THAT THE, WE HAVE BEEN MADE, UH, THIS YEAR, WHICH IS THAT WE HAVE NOW COMPLETED AND EXECUTED ALL OF THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTS THAT WILL BE NECESSARY.
SO WE'VE NOW COMPLETED THE, UM, EXECUTED ALL THE CONTRACTS THAT ARE NECESSARY, UH, TO BUILD THE PROJECT.
UM, AND THE ONES THAT ARE HIGHLIGHTED IN GREEN, AND I'LL TOUCH ON THOSE IN PARTICULAR, UM, ARE THE ONES THAT, UM, ARE, UH, IN THIS AREA AND, UM, INVOLVE, UM, THE CITY, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCA, MGA, AND S-B-C-D-A, UM, WHO, UM, I SPOKE TO EARLIER TODAY.
SO I, I'LL JUST TO BRIEFLY WALK YOU THROUGH THE CONTRACT.
SO STARTING WITH OUR ROLLING STOCK, THAT'S THE TRAINS, THAT'S THE OLDEST CONTRACT THAT WAS SIGNED BACK IN 2024, UM, THE NEXT TWO CONTRACTS.
OUR, OUR, OUR NEXT TWO CONTRACTS, UH, THE TRACK AND THE SYSTEMS, THAT IS THE LAST THING THAT GETS BUILT, THAT GETS PUT IN PLACE ONCE, UM, THE RAIL CORRIDOR, UH, HAS BEEN, UH, PREPARED.
UM, AND THOSE CONTRACTS ARE SIGNED.
THEN WE HAVE FOUR MAJOR, UH, CIVIL CONTRACTS, UH, THAT ARE ALL PRIMARILY IN THE MEDIAN OF I 15.
AND WHAT WE'RE DOING WITH THOSE IS, UM, DOING HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENTS TO GIVE US THE ROOM IN THE MEDIAN OF THE HIGHWAY FOR THE RAIL CORRIDOR.
AND, UH, THOSE ARE SPLIT UP, UH, BY, UH, GEOGRAPHY.
AND, UH, THE ONE THAT IS MOST IMMEDIATE IN THIS AREA IS, UH, THEN NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS THE CALIFORNIA SOUTH, UH, CIVIL.
SO THAT ONE COMES DOWN THE PASS AND, UH, COMES RIGHT DOWN INTO WHAT WILL BE THE LAST PLACE WHERE WE ARE ON I 15, IS WHERE WE EXIT NEXT TO THE METROLINK TRACKS.
AND THEN THE LAST, VERY LAST CONTRACT, NUMBER SEVEN IS, UH, THE ONE THAT IS, UH, INTEGRAL TO, UH, THE, UM, CITY OF RANCHO, AS IT INCLUDES, UH, BOTH THE STATION THAT WE WILL BE BUILDING, UM, NEXT TO THE METROLINK STATION.
AND, UM, IT ALSO INCLUDES THE ONE MILE LONG VIADUCT THAT WILL CONNECT THE STATION TO, UH, I 15.
UM, AND THEN, UH, THE REMAINDER
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OF THE CONTRACTS ARE FOR THE, UH, OTHER STATIONS THAT WE WILL BE BUILDING, UM, ALONG THE QUARTER.UM, AND SO THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THIS IS THAT, UH, WE, UH, HAVE APPLIED FOR A, UH, MAJOR FEDERAL LOAN, UH, FOR FINANCING OF THE PROJECT.
UH, WE'VE APPLIED FOR $6 BILLION THROUGH WHAT'S CALLED THE, UH, RAILROAD, UH, INFRASTRUCTURE FINANCING OR R UM, AND THAT'S THROUGH THE BUILD AMERICA BUREAU.
AND, UH, ONE OF THE PRECONDITIONS FOR US TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE LOAN WAS TO EXECUTE THESE CONTRACTS.
SO THE LAST ONE WAS EXECUTED IN, IN AUGUST, UH, 14TH.
AND SO, UH, WE ARE NOW IN A POSITION WHERE WE'VE PROVIDED ALL THE INFORMATION THAT'S NEEDED, COMPLETED ALL THE DUE DILIGENCE.
AND, UM, OUR EXPECTATION IS THAT, UH, IN THE NEAR FUTURE, UH, WE, UH, ARE ANTICIPATING BEING INVITED TO FORMALLY APPLY FOR, UH, A LOAN ONCE THE, UM, BUILD AMERICA BUREAU APPROVES OUR, UH, APPLICATION.
JUST TOUCH ON, UM, THE TRAIN SETS THEMSELVES.
THIS IS SOME IMAGERY YOU MAY HAVE SEEN IN THE PAST, BUT, UH, THIS IS, UH, HIGHLIGHTS OF THE, WHAT THE TRAIN WILL LOOK LIKE.
UM, THE TRAINS ARE WELL UNDER, UH, PER MY PREVIOUS SLIDE.
THE TRAINS ARE WELL UNDER CONSTRUCTION NOW.
UM, SO THE FIRST, UH, TRAIN IS, IS WELL INTO PRODUCTION.
WE'RE, WE'RE HOPING TO, UH, HAVE THAT ONE COMPLETED, UH, EARLY, UH, NEXT YEAR.
AND AS YOU, UH, CONCEIVE FROM THE SLIDE, UM, WE WILL PLAN TO HAVE TWO CLASSES OF SERVICE, A, A PREMIUM AND A SMART SERVICE.
AND THEN THEY, THERE WILL BE A LOUNGE, UH, CAR.
UM, AND THERE'S A TOTAL OF SEVEN CARS CARRIES 429 PASSENGERS.
AND, UH, THE NEAT THING ABOUT THE TRAINS IS YOU CAN COUPLE THEM.
SO WE CAN DOUBLE OUR CAPACITY JUST BY HAVING TWO, TWO TRAINS JOIN EACH OTHER.
SO THAT WE WOULD USE, FOR EXAMPLE, ON A, A FRIDAY MORNING, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, UH, DURING PEAK PERIODS, UH, FROM HERE, UM, UP TO VEGAS.
AND THEN THE SAME ON A SUNDAY MORNING COMING BACK, WE WOULD USE COUPLED, UH, TRAINS FOR THE, THE PEAK TIMES.
AND THEN, UH, JUST SOME IMAGES OF THE, UH, STATION STATION IN VEGAS, UH, WILL BE JUST, WE'RE, YOU KNOW, VERY EXCITED AND PROUD ABOUT THE LOCATION, UH, THAT WE'VE, UH, HAVE FOR THE VEGAS STATION.
'CAUSE IT IS, UM, ON LAS VEGAS BOULEVARD, WHICH OF COURSE IS THE STRIP JUST A MILE SOUTH OF THE AIRPORT.
AND WE'RE CONNECTED TO, UM, I 15 WHERE, UM, THE RAIL CORRIDOR WILL RUN.
THEN WE HAVE THE, UH, TWO, WHAT WE CALL HIGH DESERT STATIONS.
AND THESE ARE, UH, IN LINE, WHICH MEANS THE ACTUAL PLATFORM IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY.
AND, UH, PARTICULAR NOTE IS THE, UH, STATION IN HESPERIA.
UH, THAT, UM, STATION IS, UH, PART OF AN AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH THE S-B-C-T-A IN WHICH WE'VE COMMITTED TO PROVIDE LOCAL RAIL SERVICE.
WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT, UM, EACH WEEKDAY WE WILL HAVE THREE TRAINS EARLY IN THE MORNING GOING FROM HISPERIA FROM THIS STATION INTO THE RANCHO, UH, STATION.
AND, UM, WE WILL SIMILARLY IN THE AFTERNOON, IN PEAK HOUR, HAVE THREE TRAINS THAT, UH, WILL RETURN THOSE COMMUTERS BACK TO, UH, HISPERIA.
SO THAT WILL HAPPEN, YOU KNOW, EACH, UH, EACH WEEKDAY.
AND IT'S, UH, PART OF OUR COMMITMENT THAT WE'RE, UM, HAPPY TO PARTNER WITH S-P-C-T-A, UH, TO BE ABLE TO BRING TO, UM, HELP THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND, AND PEOPLE THAT LIVE UP IN THE HIGH DESERT, BUT WANNA WORK DOWN IN THE LA BASIN AREA.
AND THEN, OF COURSE, THIS IS OUR SIGNATURE STATION FOR THE, FOR THIS COMMUNITY, UM, WHICH WILL BE AT A THIRD LEVEL.
SO THE TRAIN COMES IN AT A THIRD LEVEL OFF OF THAT BIO I MENTIONED, AND, UH, IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT, UH, TO THE METROLINK STATION.
AND THE IDEA IS TO HAVE A SEAMLESS CONNECTION, UH, FOR PASSENGERS TO AND FROM, UH, THE, UH, METROLINK STATION, WHICH OPENS UP THE ENTIRE, UH, LA MARKET, UH, TO OUR, UH, PASSENGERS.
SO WE WORK CLOSELY WITH, UH, METROLINK ON A, UH, AND HAVE BEEN, UH, FOR SEVERAL YEARS NOW, UH, TO COORDIN.
WE WILL BE COORDINATING OUR TIMETABLES.
WE'LL HAVE, UH, SHARED TICKETING AND, UH, WE WILL, UH, BE, UH, UH, BENEFIT TO THEM AND THAT THEY RUN VIRTUALLY NO WEEKEND SERVICE RIGHT NOW AND WITH US, PARTICULARLY ON, UM, YOU KNOW, SATURDAYS AND SUNDAYS, UH, RETURN COMMUTE.
IT'S A SIGNIFICANT BOOST FOR THE METROLINK SYSTEM, UH, AS WELL.
SO JUST TO SUMMARIZE, UH, WHERE WE ARE IN TERMS OF THE STATUS OF THE PROJECT, WE HAVE, UH, COMPLETED ALL OF OUR PERMITTING.
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UH, WE'VE, UH, SECURED ALL THE LAND FOR THE PROJECT.UH, ALL THE DESIGN HAS BEEN, UH, ADVANCED, UH, SUCH THAT THOSE CONTRACTS I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER ARE, UH, READY TO PROCEED.
AND ALL OF THOSE CONTRACTS HAVE NOW BEEN EXECUTED.
UH, WE'VE GOT ALL THE KEY AGREEMENTS IN PLACE, INCLUDING, UH, SEVERAL WITH, UM, THE CITY, UM, AND IN PARTNERSHIP WITH S-B-C-T-A AS WELL.
AND SO THE, THE REMAINING PIECES, THE COMPLETION OF THE FINANCING, AND, UH, THE KEY EVENT FOR THAT IS, UH, THE APPROVAL OF THIS AN INVITATION TO APPLY FOR, UH, THE RIF LOAN THAT I, UH, TALKED ABOUT EARLIER.
UM, THAT ALONG WITH THE GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED, UM, UH, TWO YEARS AGO THROUGH THE FEDERAL STATE PARTNERSHIP, FEDERAL, UH, PROGRAM, UM, PUTS US IN A POSITION WHERE WE WILL BE ABLE TO ATTRACT THE REMAINING, UH, FUNDING AND FINANCING THAT IS NEEDED FOR THE PROJECT, UM, TO COMMENCE CONSTRUCTION.
WE HOPE, UH, PLANNING FOR, UM, LATE, LATE THIS YEAR, EARLY NEXT YEAR IS, IS WHAT OUR PLANNING.
I'M HAPPY TO, UH, ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE WHEN YOU SPEAK, WHEN YOU SPEAK OF LATER THIS YEAR OR BEGINNING OF NEXT YEAR, THAT'S WHAT CONSTRUCTION YOU ANTICIPATE BEGINNING.
SO ONE, AND, AND ONCE WE HAVE OUR FINANCING IN PLACE, BECAUSE THE, THE BENEFIT OF HAVING ALL THESE CONTRACTS EXECUTED IS WE IMMEDIATELY CAN GIVE IN ORDER TO PROCEED TO ALL OF THEM AT ONCE.
AND FOR THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST, WHEN WOULD YOU ANTICIPATE THAT YOU WOULD BE TAKING ON PASSENGERS DURING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY? SO, FROM THE BEGINNING OF CONSTRUCTION, IT'S APPROXIMATELY A FOUR YEAR BUILD.
SO WE WILL GET ALL THE FINAL SCHEDULES FROM OUR CONTRACTORS ONCE WE ISSUE THE NOTICES TO PROCEED.
BUT OUR, WE ARE PLANNING ON ABOUT A FOUR YEAR BUILD.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? I KNOW WE'VE MET EARLIER IN A MEET AND GREET, UH, WITH ADRIAN.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION TO THE COMMUNITY.
THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU DO FOR OUR PROJECT AND, AND WE STAND READY TO ASSIST WHEREVER WE CAN.
THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC, OUR, OUR PRESENTATIONS.
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS.
THIS BRINGS, UH, THIS IS A TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THIS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND CITY COUNCIL.
ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR NOT LISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
[PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS This is the time and place for the general public to address the Fire Protection District, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, Public Financing Authority Board, and City Council on any item listed or not listed on the agenda. State law prohibits us from addressing any issue not on the Agenda. Testimony may be received and referred to staff or scheduled for a future meeting. Comments are to be limited to three (3) minutes per individual. All communications are to be addressed directly to the Fire Board, Agencies, Successor Agency, Authority Board, or City Council not to the members of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, disorderly or boisterous conduct that disturbs, disrupts, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting. For more information, refer to the City Council Rules of Decorum and Order (Resolution No. 2023-086) located in the back of the Council Chambers. The public communications period will not exceed one hour prior to the commencement of the business portion of the agenda. During this one hour period, all those who wish to speak on a topic contained in the business portion of the agenda will be given priority, and no further speaker cards for these business items (with the exception of public hearing items) will be accepted once the business portion of the agenda commences. Any other public communications which have not concluded during this one hour period may resume after the regular business portion of the agenda has been completed.]
COMMUNICATION PERIODS WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S.UM, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS COMMENTS ARE LIMITED THREE MINUTES.
UM, THE RED LIGHT ON THE PODIUM UP HERE, WHEN THAT GOES OFF.
AND THERE'S ALSO A TIMER ON THE SCREEN.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES YOUR THREE MINUTE PRESENTATION.
I WANNA MAKE ANOTHER ANNOUNCEMENT.
IF THERE ARE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC HERE THIS EVENING, WHO HERE, WHO WISH TO SPEAK ON AGENDA NINE H ONE REGARDING HAMILTON BREWERY.
WE'LL BE TAKING ALL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THIS ITEM IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE STAFF REPORT.
UH, YOU'LL BE CALLED AT THAT TIME.
UH, SO MAKE SURE THAT, UH, YOUR COMMENTS ARE NOT TAKEN NOW, BUT TAKEN, UH, ON THE HAMILTON BREWERY ISSUE, UH, AT THE TIME THE STAFF REPORT FOR THAT THIS EVENING IS MADE.
SO WITH THAT, UM, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC ON LINE? UH, WE DO MAYOR.
SO, UM, PURSUANT TO SENATE BILL 7 0 7, THE CITY WILL ACCEPT PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM BOTH IN-PERSON AND REMOTE PARTICIPANTS.
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 INDIVIDUAL WHO HAVE REQUESTED TO PROVIDE PUBLIC COMMENT REMOTELY.
PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE OR PRESS STAR NINE BY PHONE AND PRESS STAR SIX TO UNMUTE.
AND WHEN IT'S YOUR TURN TO SPEAK, A MEMBER OF THE STAFF WILL CALL YOUR NAME OR ANNOUNCE THE LAST FOUR DIGITS OF YOUR PHONE NUMBER.
SO, UH, WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE, UH, OUR COMMENT CARD SPEAKERS FIRST, AND THEN WE WILL GO TO THE PEOPLE THAT ARE ONLINE OR ON PHONE.
UM, AFTER WE'RE DONE WITH PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE CARDS, OUR FIRST SP SPEAKER IS PHIL OPION, FOLLOWED BY PHILLIP E WALKER.
COUNSEL, THANK YOU FOR SEEING ME.
I'VE BEEN AROUND FOR 40 YEARS.
I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE DEER CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION.
IN APRIL OF 25, FRONTIER CABLE WAS HIRED TO TRENCH FROM BOULDER CANYON NORTH, UH, TO HAVEN VIEW, WHERE THEY DROPPED IT RIGHT BELOW THE, UH, END OF THE VAULT.
UM, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS, I'M ASSUMING IT WAS FIOS.
UM, AND THEY DUG A TRENCH ABOUT A FOOT WIDE, UH, THAT WE COULD SEE AND PUT ALL THE ROCKS NEXT
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TO THE WHITE FENCES.SO WE ALL KNOW WHAT KIND OF ROCKS YOU END UP WITH.
WHITE FENCES ARE THE HOMEOWNER'S, UH, RESPONSIBILITY.
PUT ALL THE ROCKS AGAINST THE, UH, AGAINST THE, UH, FENCING AND THEN COVERED UP THE HOLE TO A VERY SHALLOW, UH, ABOUT FEW INCHES BELOW GRADE LEFT IT LIKE THAT.
UH, THEIR TRA THEIR TRACTOR HIT A COUPLE OF TREES, DAMAGED THE TREES.
WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT.
WE WERE NEVER NOTIFIED BY THE CITY ON MAY 19TH, UH, LANDSCAPE, OUR, UM, FERTILIZER COMPANY, UH, NOTIFIED US AND SAID, HEY, WE CAN'T DO ANYTHING UP THERE.
SO WE WENT UP THERE, TOOK A LOOK AT IT.
SURE ENOUGH, WE CALLED IT JEFF HEMEL FROM PUBLIC WORKS, AND ASKED HIM WHAT WAS GOING ON, AND HE ASKED WHERE THE DAMAGE WAS.
UH, JUNE 3RD, HE WENT UP THERE AND TOOK A LOOK AT IT AND SAID, YEAH, THERE'S A PROBLEM.
AND ON JUNE 9TH, HE PUT US IN TOUCH WITH MOTIV, UH, SUBCONTRACTOR FOR FRONTIER, WHO DID THE WORK.
SEVERAL EMAILS BETWEEN ANDREW AT MOTIVE AND JIM, OUR MANAGER, UH, TOOK PLACE AND ANDREW PROCEEDED TO TELL JIM THAT THEY WOULD LIKE, THEY WOULD PAY FOR IT TO FIX THE DAMAGE ON JUNE 13TH, THIS IS ALL LAST YEAR, BY THE WAY, ON JUNE 13TH, JIM THEN EMAILED ANDREW WITH THE BIDS THAT WE HAD PROVIDED FOR OUR FER FROM OUR FERTILIZER COMPANY AND OUR LANDSCAPE COMPANY, ABOUT $7,500.
AND ANDREW RESPONDED IN EMAIL, YES, GO AHEAD AND GET IT TAKEN CARE OF.
WE'RE GONNA G WE'RE GONNA PAY FOR IT.
ANDREW THEN, UH, CONTACTED JIM ABOUT A MONTH LATER AND SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, I'M STILL TRYING TO GET THIS APPROVED BY MANAGEMENT.
AND THAT'S THE LAST WE HEARD OF HIM SINCE JULY 31ST, 2025.
JUNE 22ND, UM, WE HIRED OUR ATTORNEY TO CONTACT THEM AND SEE IF WE CAN GET PAID.
UM, HE GOT NO RESPONSE FROM THEM AT ALL.
ON AUGUST 19TH AT THE DEER CREEK BOARD MEETING, WE ASKED JIM, OUR MANAGER, FROM CMS TO CALL THE CITY, TALK TO ONE OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES THAT WOULD BE LYNN, WHO'S DISTRICT FOUR, AND ASKED FOR HELP.
WE HAVE BEEN CALLING EVERY WEEK, TWICE A WEEK.
WE'VE TALKED TO, UM, WE'VE NEVER TALKED TO LYNN.
UM, WE HAVE TALKED TO OR, UH, LEFT MESSAGES FOR JENNIFER MCNAMARA.
WE'VE SPOKEN TO MORGAN IN LYNN'S OFFICE, NO CALL BACK.
SHE SAID, WE'LL GET RIGHT BACK WITH YOU.
I RECEIVED A CALL FROM MICHAEL WILL HEARN FROM THE CITY, AND HE ASSURED ME IT WOULD BE TAKEN CARE OF.
WE'RE, WE'RE GONNA, PHIL, GO AHEAD.
YOU CAN SPEAK WITH OUR ENGINEERING SERVICES DIRECTOR, JASON, AND OUR DEPUTY CD MANAGER, UM, PETER CASTRO, UM, OUT IN THE BACK.
HELLO, AND THANK YOU FOR SEEING ME.
I'M PHILIP E. WALKER, A MORE THAN DECADE RESIDENT OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND I EMULATE TO INFORM YOU THAT THE 12TH ANNUAL INDIGENOUS FILM RETREAT HAS BEEN SCHEDULED TO BE PRESENTED ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY.
AS YOU KNOW, THAT'S OCTOBER 12TH THIS YEAR IN THE SO MONTE GLASS BOOTH.
UM, THERE ARE THREE PROGRAMS THAT ARE MADE UP OF THIS RETREAT.
UH, THE FIRST WILL BE A, UH, DISCUSSION OF MY ENTRY LEVEL ACTING IN LA EBOOK, WHICH TEACHES, UH, ACTORS HOW TO BECOME EMPLOYED AS FULL-TIME HOLLYWOOD TALENT.
AND THEN AT NOON WE'LL BE PRESENTING MY HOLLYWOOD ACTOR JOBS WORKSHOP.
THIS IS A WORKSHOP THAT DOES WHAT THE BOOK DOES, BUT ONLY IN INTERACTIVELY.
AND THEN OUR FINAL PROGRAM FOR INDI, UH, INDIGENOUS FILM RETREATS IS BLACK MOVIE FEST.
THERE WE WILL PRESENT MY LATEST OF 10 FILMS THAT I HAVE, UH, PRODUCED HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
IT'S CALLED JUNETEENTH ROCKS RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
IT'S A REPORT OF FOUR, UM, CELEBRATIONS THAT HAPPENED ON JUNETEENTH DAY OF THIS YEAR.
UM, THE FILM HAD ITS WORLD PREMIERE IN HOLLYWOOD LAST MONTH, AND, UH, ITS PERFORMANCE AT THREE O'CLOCK ON THE 12TH WILL BE ITS DEBUT HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
I'M REALLY THRILLED TO, UH, TO INFORM YOU THAT THAT SESSION ENDS WITH TWO OF YOUR COUNCIL MEMBERS COMING AND SPEAKING ABOUT CULTURE HERE
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IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.I THANK YOU SO MUCH, MAYOR PRO TEM FOR AGREEING TO COME AND SPEAK WITH US ON THAT SUBJECT, AS WELL AS MY OWN COUNCILWOMAN.
MS. UH, COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT, I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR AGREEING AND COMING TO TALK WITH US ON CULTURE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
YOU MIGHT HAVE REMEMBERED ME FROM MONDAY NIGHT AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.
UM, MY NAME IS RIKA BAUM AND I'M A CANDIDATE FOR THE ALTA LOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD AREA THREE.
AND I'M A PARENT OF THIS CITY, AND I HAVE CHILDREN CURRENTLY ENROLLED IN ALTA LOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
FIRST, I WANTED TO THANK YOU ALL FOR RESPONDING TO MYSELF AND OTHER PARENTS' COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE LEMON AND BARREL INTERSECTION.
THAT CORNER HAS BEEN USED IS BEING USED CURRENTLY AS ONE OF OUR GENERAL BUS, UH, DROP OFF AND PICKUP LOCATIONS.
IN MY COMPLAINT, I HAD ASKED THE CITY TO OBSERVE THAT INTERSECTION DURING DROP OFF AND PICKUP AND DECIDE WHETHER, UM, ANOTHER CROSS GUARD IS NEEDED.
A PARENT TOLD ME THAT LAST WEEK THERE WAS IN FACT A SHERIFF THERE OBSERVING IN THE MORNING.
BUT SINCE THEN, I HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING AND I'M ASKING IF I COULD GET AN UPDATE ON THAT.
A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, I MET WITH ERIC HART.
HE HAS AN ASSOCIATE SUPERINTENDENT OF ADMINISTRATION SERVICES AT ALT LOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UM, HE TOLD ME THAT THE CITY FUNDS ALL OF THE CROSS GUARDS THAT THEY SEE A NEED FOR THAT IS CURRENTLY ONE.
HE ALSO MENTIONED THAT THE CITY APPROVES ALL OF THE DISTRICT'S GENERAL BUS STOPS.
SO I ASKED HIM IF I CAN COME HERE AND IF HE THOUGHT THIS WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, PRODUCTIVE.
AND HE TOLD ME THAT COMING HERE WOULD NOT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, UM, BECAUSE THE DISTRICT HAS TRIED BEFORE.
BUT HERE I AM, I AM ASKING YOU TO PLEASE REASSESS CROSS GUARDS, UM, ACROSS ALOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
IT IS, UM, NOT CREDIBLE THAT THE CITY ONLY FOUND VINEYARD AS THE ONLY SCHOOL IN THE DISTRICT THAT NEEDS ONE.
THERE ARE SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT SIT ON BUSY STREETS AND, UM, DISMISSAL IS VERY DANGEROUS.
I WAS AT DEER CANYON LAST WEEK AT DISMISSAL TIME.
PARENTS AND CHILDREN WERE CROSSING WHILE CARS WERE MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE PARKING LOTS.
THERE WERE NO CROSS GUARDS IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL.
WALKING BACK TO MY CAR BY HERMOSA PARK, I SAW THE CROSS GUARD SITTING IN A CHAIR IN THE SHADE AND NO ONE WAS WALKING BY THE PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC IS IN FRONT OF THE SCHOOL AND MOVES TOWARDS THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND NOT TO THE PARK.
UM, AND THAT'S THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION OF WHERE SHE WAS SITTING.
THE BOTTOM LINE IS PARENTS NEED TO KNOW THAT THEIR CHILDREN CAN GET TO AND FROM SCHOOL SAFELY, AND THAT WE CAN PICK THEM UP SAFELY AS WELL.
I'M ASKING THAT THE CITY, UM, OBSERVE EVERY SINGLE ALTA LOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT CAMPUS DURING THE DROPOFF IN PICKUP TIMES AND PLACE, AND PLACING WHERE THE CROSS GUARDS ARE, UM, WATCHING WHERE THE CHILDREN ARE CROSSING AND SEE IF YOU GUYS NEED TO FUND ANY MORE, UM, CROSS GUARDS AT OUR SCHOOLS.
AND BEFORE ANYONE SAYS THAT THERE IS NO BUDGET, THE CITY H UH, SEEMS TO BE MOVING FORWARD WITH THIS TI GROUP HIGH DENSITY HOUSING PLAN.
UM, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU ALL TO SHOW THE PARENTS WHO ALREADY LIVE HERE IN THE CITY.
WE HAVE CHILDREN HERE THAT OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY COMES FIRST.
DO NOT ADD MORE HOMES, MORE CARS.
OKAY, MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE CALLING IN? THANK YOU, MAYOR.
WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND ADDRESS THE COUNCIL.
I AM GOING TO JUST REMIND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK REMOTELY, PLEASE USE THE RAISE HAND FEATURE ON YOUR ZOOM AT THIS TIME.
SEEING NONE, WE HAVE NO FURTHER COMMENTS.
MAYOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT.
UH, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PUBLIC COMM COMMUNICATIONS PORTION FOR THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
CALENDARS AND CONSENT CALENDARS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
[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.]
THERE'LL BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME WITHOUT DISCUSSION, UNLESS ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OR FIRE BOARD WOULD CARE TO REMOVE AN ITEM FOR SUCH DISCUSSION, MR. MAYOR NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SO-CALLED GASES.MY EMPLOYER, DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE MINUS WITH COUNCILWOMAN MILLMAN? SCOTT'S ABSTENTION ON D THREE.
UH, BEFORE WE MOVE ON TO OUR NEXT SUBJECT, UM, I WOULD JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT ABOUT
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THIS EVENING'S CONSENT CALENDAR.WHILE ITEMS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL, THERE WAS ONE ITEM THAT I JUST WANTED ON BEHALF OF OUR CITY COUNCIL BRING TO ALL OF YOUR ATTENTION.
AND THAT IS, UH, WEEK TWO WEEKS AGO, WE HAD A REPORT ON OUR HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN, UM, THAT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND POLICE AND, AND ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS PUT TOGETHER.
IT'S THIS DOCUMENT RIGHT HERE, AND IF THERE'S ANYONE SERIOUSLY THAT, THAT'S WANTS TO DI DIVE INTO THIS, IT IS AN INCREDIBLE DOCUMENT THAT IDENTIFIES OUR LOCAL HAZARDS, HOW WE CAN, HOW WE ARE ABLE TO MITIGATE THEM, AND HOW WE WILL MITIGATE THEM.
AND I WOULD JUST LIKE TO GIVE A SPECIAL SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, BOTH POLICE, FIRE, AND EVERYONE ELSE INVOLVED IN THIS MAJOR PROJECT.
THIS IS SEVERAL HUNDRED PAGES LONG AND IT IS WORTH YOUR TIME TO READ HOW WE ARE CONSIDERED ONE OF THE SAFEST CITIES, THE SAFEST CITY IN THE INLAND EMPIRE BY WALLET HUB AND SOME OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
AND THIS IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY IS DOCUMENTS LIKE THIS THAT WE CAN NOW IMPLEMENT QUICKLY AND EFFECTIVELY, UH, ALONG WITH IMPLEMENTATIONS OF OUR EMERGENCY OPERATION CENTER, SHOULD WE EVER NEED TO DO SO.
SO I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A A SHOUT OUT TO ALL OF OUR STAFF FOR, FOR THIS TAKING ON THIS MAJOR ENDEAVOR.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO, WE HAVE NO ITEMS ON ITEM, UM, OUR, OUR CONSENT
[CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION]
ORDINANCES, NOR ANY ADMINISTRATIVE[ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)]
OR PUBLIC HEARINGS.[ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT]
WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS UNDER ITEM[CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)]
H ONE.[H1. Letter of Intent Between Hamilton Asset Management, LCC and the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District for the District’s Acquisition of Property Commonly Known as 8889 Archibald Avenue; Authorization for the City Manager to Execute a Purchase and Sale Agreement and Leaseback Agreement Consistent with the Terms of the Letter of Intent; and Approve an Appropriation in the Amount of $7,833,150. (CITY/FIRE)]
THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA COX.I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR FIRE CHIEF MIKE MCCLEON, WHO HAS BEEN WORKING FOR THE LAST YEAR PLUS WITH, UM, OUR COMMUNITY, UM, ON THE ALONG MAIN STREET AND HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY, UH, TO PRESENT THIS REPORT.
GOOD EVENING, CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE BOARD.
UM, WHAT BRINGS US HERE TONIGHT, ESSENTIALLY THE OBJECTIVE TONIGHT IS LOOKING FOR A SOLUTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, AS WE HAVE BEEN WORKING THROUGH A PROBLEM FOR QUITE A BIT OF TIME.
ACTUALLY IT WAS IDENTIFIED LAST SEPTEMBER, UM, BACK IN SEPTEMBER OF 2025.
COMMUNITY BROUGHT SOME CONCERNS REGARDING, UM, SOME OF THE ISSUES THEY WERE, THEY WERE EXPERIENCING WITH RESPECT TO HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY.
UM, WE IMMEDIATELY AT THE, UH, REQUEST OF THIS COUNCIL STARTED MEETING WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUP.
THAT FIRST MEETING WAS A DI A DINNER THAT WE HAD, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ATTENDED.
AND WE MET WITH THE COMMUNITY GROUP, UM, OVER IN NORTHTOWN AREA AT A RESTAURANT IN MEXICO, LINDA ACTUALLY.
AND, UM, WE HAD A GOOD MEETING.
AND AT THAT MEETING, IT WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY TO START EXPRESSING TO US SOME OF THE, THE ISSUES THEY FELT THEY HAD, THAT THEY WERE REALLY EXPERIENCING.
AND FOR US TO TRY TO UNDERSTAND AND START LOOKING THROUGH SOME SOLUTIONS ON.
ON THE OTHER SIDE OF IT, THE CITY HAS A OBLIGATION TO RESPOND AND START LOOKING AT THINGS THAT WE NEEDED TO DO.
SO AS YOU SEE IN THE, IN THE SLIDE HERE, THE COMMUNITY MEETINGS BEGAN.
WE DI WE DID NOISE TESTING, UH, INCREASED SOME PATROLS.
UM, WE FORMED A PARKING DISTRICT AT THE REQUEST OF THE COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS, UM, COORDINATION WITH A, B, C.
UH, IN DOING SO, WE ALSO STARTED LOOKING AT POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS.
SO AS THIS, AS WE GO, AS I GO ON WITH THIS PROPOSAL OR PRESENTATION, I'M GONNA GO THROUGH SOME THINGS SPECIFICALLY IN MAY.
UM, WE, AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT DECIDED, UH, TO BEGIN A MEDIATION PROCESS.
SO ALL OF THIS TOOK, HAS BEEN TAKING PLACE BEHIND THE SCENES FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE'VE COME AND BROADCAST, BUT I, I DO WANNA START BY SAYING I, I WANT TO THANK, UM, THE HAMILTON FAMILY AND I WANT TO THANK THE COMMUNITY OF NORTHTOWN BECAUSE THE FIRST MEETING THAT WE HAD IN MAY WAS A, A VERY GOOD MEETING.
UH, MATT MARQUEZ AND I, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, WERE ABLE TO SIT DOWN, LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS, LISTEN TO BOTH, UM, HAMILTON FAMILY AS WELL AS THE COMMUNITY, AND HEAR WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCES WERE AND THEN LET THEM HEAR THAT FROM EACH OTHER.
AND THERE WERE SOME KEY THINGS THAT ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF THAT.
AND IN THAT MEETING, I REMEMBER QUOTING IT BECAUSE I TURNED TO ONE OF THE COMMUNITY MEMBERS THAT SAID IT.
AND I SAID, WHAT, WHAT DOES THIS LOOK LIKE FOR ALL OF YOU IN THE END AS WE GET NEAR THIS? AND THEY SAID, WELL, REALISTICALLY SPEAKING, UM, WE THINK THAT THE CITY SHOULD FIND A EQUITABLE SOLUTION.
AND THAT SOLUTION WOULD BE MAYBE RELOCATING THE HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY BACK TO ITS PREVIOUS LOCATION.
AND, UM, HAMILTON, JOSH AND HIS WIFE WERE BOTH IN THE ROOM AND THEY, THEY HEARD THAT AS WELL.
AND, AND I SAID, WAIT A MINUTE.
I JUST WANT TO QUOTE YOU SAYING THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR.
AND THEY SAID, YEAH, WE, WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THAT.
UM, SHORTLY THEREAFTER, WE WENT BACK AND,
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UM, I GOT WITH THE STAFF AND I SAT DOWN WITH MY TEAM AND I SAID, OKAY, REALISTICALLY SPEAKING, WHAT WOULD SOMETHING LIKE THAT LOOK LIKE? AND IF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WERE TO TAKE PLACE, UM, WHAT IS THE FEASIBILITY FOR THE CITY? WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT? SO, FIRST OF ALL, FOR THE CITY, IT, IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE WITH RESPECT TO WHAT WOULD THE CITY DO WITH THAT PROPERTY, BUT FOR THE FIRE DISTRICT ABSOLUTELY MAKES SENSE.OUR DATA ANALYST RAN SOME DATA, AND AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE SLIDE HERE, UM, THERE'S SOMETHING THAT, THAT I THINK THE COMMUNITY'S UNAWARE OF.
ONE, WE PURCHASED PROPERTY ACROSS THE CITY ALL THE TIME.
THE FIRE DISTRICT PURCHASED THIS PROPERTY ALWAYS INTO AND IN, IN ANTICIPATION OF FUTURE FIRE STATIONS.
UH, IT WAS LESS THAN ONE ACRE, IT WAS ON EIGHTH STREET.
AND THAT LAND, IF YOU CAN SEE THE MAP, THE LAND IS ACTUALLY, THERE'S A RED DOT.
AND THAT WAS THE PREVIOUS LOCATION.
WHEN WE BOUGHT THE LAND, THERE WAS NOTHING AVAILABLE AT THE TIME.
SO WHEN WE WERE LOOKING AT A POTENTIAL FUTURE FIRE STATION BASED UPON OUR HEAT MAP, AND THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW, WE MAKE DECISIONS ON, ON SERVICE DELIVERY BASED UPON DATA ANALYSIS.
IT'S NOT JUST OUR GUT AND OUR FEELING.
THE DATA ANALYSIS WAS SHOWING, WELL, WE'RE SHOWING SOME HEAT IN THAT AREA, BUT REALISTICALLY SPEAKING, DOES THAT HEAT GARNER A FIRE STATION? WE NEEDED TO LOOK AT DISTRIBUTION VERSUS CONCENTRATION.
DISTRIBUTION IS THE NUMBER OF STATIONS AND WHERE THEY'RE LOCATED, CONCENTRATION IS HOW YOU REINFORCE THEM.
SO DATA WAS SHOWING THAT LET'S PURCHASE THE LAND BECAUSE WE DO SEE A POTENTIAL NEED IN THE FUTURE, BUT LET'S TRY TO DO CONCENTRATION AND SEE IF OTHER THINGS WORK TO FILL THAT GAP.
SO WE PUT, UH, ACTUALLY YOU APPROVED INCREASED STAFFING BY APPROVING MEDIC SQUAD 1 7 8.
THAT'S AT OUR TERRA VISTA STATION RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATION.
WE COULD TELL YOU ALREADY, IT'S HAVING A MASSIVE IMPACT.
SO WE HAVE NOT MOVED THE NEED TO DEVELOP AND BUILD STATION 1 7 9 UP ON OUR LIST OF WHAT WE NEED TO PRIORITIZE BECAUSE WE'RE SEEING AN IMPACT.
WE, BUT WE DO SEE THAT MEDIC SQUAD 1, 7 8 IS BEING DRAWN INTO THE NORTHERN PART OF THE CITY.
SO IN THE FUTURE, WE'RE GONNA COME BACK TO THE COUNCIL AND, AND PROPOSE ANOTHER MEDIC SQUAD BECAUSE WE BELIEVE BY ADDING ANOTHER MEDIC SQUAD IN THE NORTH END OF THE CITY, IT'LL AGAIN ALLOW THAT MEDIC SQUAD TO FREE UP AND SERVE THE SOUTHERN END OF THE CITY EVEN BETTER.
SO WE, WE ALSO LOOK AT, LOOKED AT, WELL, WHAT ARE SOME POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF THAT PROPERTY? AND WHY WOULD WE EVEN CONSIDER MOVING AND OR PURCHASING, UM, THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON ARCHIBALD? WELL, FIRST IT'S A LARGER PROPERTY.
UM, THE PROPERTY ON EIGHTH STREET IS ACTUALLY ABOUT A BLOCK AND A HALF TO THE EAST OF ARCHIBALD.
WE DO NOT UTILIZE STREETS LIKE THAT.
UH, ORDINARILY FOR A FIRE STATION, WE WOULDN'T WANT TO DO THAT.
AND JUST THE WAY IN WHICH WE WERE ORIGINALLY DOING CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, IT, IT DIDN'T REALLY MAKE A LOT OF SENSE.
IT WOULD, WE WOULD'VE HAD TO REALLY MOVE AROUND THE WAY IN WHICH WE WOULD CONFIGURE THE STATION.
IT PROBABLY WOULD NOT BE DESIGNED LIKE ANY OTHER STATION THAT WE HAVE.
SO IT WAS NOT A PERFECT SITE, BUT WE OWNED THE SITE, LIKE I SAID, SINCE SINCE 2020.
UM, THE OTHER THING IS WHEN YOU LOOK AT, WELL, WHAT WOULD BE A BENEFIT OF HAVING A FIRE STATION AT THAT LOCATION? WELL, IT HAS DIRECT ACCESS TO ARCHIBALD.
SO THE STATION, THE BAY DOORS, WHICH IS THE FRONT DOORS WHERE THE ENGINES COME OUT OF WOULD BE FACING ARCHIBALD.
SO IT WOULD COME STRAIGHT OUT.
WE WOULD DO THOSE IMPROVEMENTS TO ENSURE THAT, AND WE'D BE ABLE TO EXIT ONTO ARCHIBALD AND EITHER GO NORTH OR SOUTH, DEPENDING ON WHERE THE CALL WAS LOCATED.
UM, THE, THE CIRCULATION IS A BIG DEAL.
YOU SEE SAFER STATION CIRCULATION.
UM, THE CIRCULATION ON EIGHTH STREET IS NOT A SAFE CIRCULATION.
THERE'S NO WAY, THERE'S NO EASY WAY TO GET THE ENGINE BACK INTO THE STATION, INTO THE ENGINE BAY AND RESPOND ON A CALL.
YOU CAN'T HAVE IT RESPOND ONTO EIGHTH STREET.
THERE JUST WASN'T ENOUGH ROOM WITH THE, THE WAY IN WHICH THE PROPERTY SITS THIS PROPERTY HERE.
YOU ACTUALLY, WE WOULD HAVE THAT CIRCULATION AND IT WOULD BE FAR BETTER FOR US FROM A RESPONSE PLATFORM.
AND THEN AGAIN, UM, REDUCED NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT.
I MEAN, IT, IT'S EVENTUALLY WHEN THE STATION IS BUILT, IT WOULD SERVE, UH, THE NORTHTOWN COMMUNITY.
WE DON'T ANTICIPATE BEING HAVING ANY MORE THAN SIX PEOPLE ON DUTY AT A TIME.
WHEN WE'RE LOOKING OUT, AGAIN, THIS WOULD BE FAR INTO THE FUTURE, BUT UH, WE WOULD STAFF IT WITH A PARAMEDIC ENGINE, WHICH IS OUR STANDARD RESPONSE TYPE.
AND IF ONE DAY A PARAMEDIC SQUAD AS WELL WAS, WAS THERE, THAT'S HOW THE STATION WOULD BE DESIGNED.
SO OUR PLANNING HISTORY BACK IN OH 2005, UM, UH, I KNOW THE MAYOR I, SORRY SIR, I DON'T WANT TO DATE YOU HERE, BUT THE MAYOR WOULD REMEMBER THIS.
UH, THERE WAS A STRATEGIC PLAN DONE AND BACK IN 2005, FIRE STATION 1 7 7 STATION 1 7 8 AND THE RELOCATION OF STATION 1 7 2 WAS IDENTIFIED 21 YEARS AGO.
THE FIRE DISTRICT DOES NOT DO ANYTHING WITHOUT BEING INTENTIONAL ABOUT IT.
WE ARE, WE PLAN, WE HAVE A LONG-TERM PLAN IN PLACE.
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SO SINCE THAT TIME, FIRE STATION 1 7 7, WELL, THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 2012.FIRE STATION 1 7 8 WAS JUST CONSTRUCTED AND FINISHED A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.
AND FIRE STATION 1 7 2 WAS RELOCATED ACTUALLY RIGHT DURING THE COVID TIME.
SO THOSE ARE THINGS WE HAD PLANNED FOR THE ACQUISITION FOR 1 79.
WE, AGAIN, PLANNING, UH, PUBLIC SAFETY IN THAT AREA IS, IS IMPORTANT TO US.
SO WE PURCHASED, LIKE I SAID, PURCHASED THAT PROPERTY IN 2020.
AND UH, NOW WE'RE LOOKING AT THE ACQUISITION OF, OF A BETTER PIECE OF PROPERTY IN OUR OPINION.
SO IT STARTS WITH, SURE, IT MEETS OUR NEEDS, RIGHT? I MEAN, YES, IT MEETS OUR PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS AS A FIRE CHIEF ICE DOWN, UH, VERY FIRMLY WITH THAT.
I THINK THE STAFF DID A GREAT JOB, BUT IT WOULD ONLY HAPPEN IF THE OWNER IS EVEN WILLING TO SELL.
SO THE COMMUNITY BROUGHT UP THE IDEA, WHICH WE THOUGHT, WELL, WHAT A, THAT'S A OUTSIDE THE BOX THOUGHT.
UM, AND WE THEN RESEARCHED AND SAID, YEAH, IT'S ACTUALLY VIABLE.
THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD RATHER DO.
IF THE PROPERTY WAS AVAILABLE IN 2020, WE WOULD'VE PURCHASED IT, BUT IT WASN'T.
SO, UM, WE ASKED THE OWNERS OF HAMILTON FAMILY IF THEY'D EVEN BE INTERESTED IN IT AND THEY HAD TO THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE OF THEIR BUSINESS AND WHAT THEIR PLANS WERE.
AND, UH, THEY ENDED UP COMING BACK TO US AND SAYING THEY WOULD BE INTERESTED IN IT.
WE STARTED NEGOTIATIONS AND IN THE NEGOTIATIONS WE'VE ACTUALLY BEEN NEGOTIATING FOR THE PAST FOUR MONTHS.
THIS HAS NOT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH THIS AND MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKING SURE WE'RE DOING RIGHT BY THE TAXPAYER.
SO WHAT WE'VE COME TO AS AN AGREEMENT WAS THE FIRE DISTRICT IS AGREED, HAS AGREED WITH THE OWNER TO PURCHASE THE PROPERTY FOR 7.8 MILLION.
UM, 6 MILLION OF THAT IS ACTUALLY FUNDED BY THE FIRE DISTRICT WHERE 1.8 WILL BE FUNDED BY THE CITY.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S GONNA HELP ON THE RELOCATION ASPECT OF THE HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY.
AND, UH, THE FINAL AGREEMENTS, UH, WITH THE CITY MANAGER AND THE CITY ATTORNEY TO PREPARE THAT LOI.
THERE'S ALSO THINGS THAT THE COMMUNITY REQUESTED THAT THE, UH, OWNER HAMILTON HAMILTON FAMILY HAS AGREED TO, THAT'S A LEASE BACK.
SO AGAIN, MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL.
THE, THE INTENT OF THE ARCHIBALD PROPERTY WAS TO, TO BREW.
SO THEY'RE GONNA LEASE BACK THE PROPERTY, UM, FOR BREWING PURPOSES ONLY.
THE OWNER HAS ALREADY ACCEPTED THAT AND STATED THAT, AND THAT'S PART OF OUR LEASE AGREEMENT.
IT WILL NOT BE FOR PUBLIC USE.
THEY'VE ACCEPTED THAT THE MAXIMUM AMOUNT OF TIME WOULD BE FROM 12 MONTHS OF CLOSE OF ESCROW.
IN THE MEANTIME, THEY'RE GONNA BE DOING SOME TENANT IMPROVEMENTS ON SEVENTH STREET.
AND THEN DURING THAT WIND DOWN PERIOD, UM, AT THE CLOSE OF ESCROW, WHICH WE'RE HOPING TO HAVE A 45 DAY ESCROW.
AND AS SOON AS WE GET THE SALE AND PURCHASE AGREEMENT APPROVED, UM, AT THAT MOMENT, THAT CLOCK WILL BEGIN, WE HOPE TO CLOSE.
AND UPON CLOSING, THE OWNER HAS ALREADY AGREED TO, UH, REDUCE HIS HOURS FROM 12:00 PM CLOSING TO 10:00 PM CLOSING SEVEN NIGHTS A WEEK.
AND IF HE'S STILL OPERATING AFTER SIX MONTHS, HE HAS AGREED TO REDUCE BY ONE DAY PER WEEK.
AND THEN AT THE CLOSE OF ESCROW, A FINAL OF $300,000 WILL BE, UM, THEN AGREED UPON AND PROVIDED TO THE OWNER ONCE FULL RELOCATION HAS HAPPENED ON SEVENTH STREET.
SO THE 1 7 8 PLANNING CURRENTLY WHERE WE ARE IS, UH, ACQUIRING THE LAND.
IF, IF THAT IS THE, UM, DIRECTION OF THE FIRE BOARD AND CITY COUNCIL WITH THE INTENT TO SECURE IT FOR A FUTURE STATION, THE BREWERY WILL OPERATE UNDER THE LEASE AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE, WHICH I'VE ALREADY STATED, WHICH ARE PRETTY STRICT.
UM, THE DEVELOPMENT STATUS, AGAIN, WE BOUGHT THE PRO, WE BROUGHT PROPERTY IN THAT AREA 20 IN 2020.
WE HAVE NOT DONE CONCEPTUAL DESIGNS.
WE, OUR DATA IS NOT SHOWING THAT WE NEED A PARAMEDIC ENGINE THERE, THEREFORE, THAT'S WHY WE AGREED TO THE 10 YEAR LEASE BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE.
AS AN EXAMPLE, WE ALREADY HAVE, UH, WE'RE HAVING A BATHROOM REMODEL THAT'S TAKING PLACE AT THREE OF OUR FIREHOUSES RIGHT NOW.
THAT'S GONNA TAKE TIME AFTER THAT'S COMPLETED.
WE'RE BUILDING REBUILDING FIRE STATION 1 7 1, WHICH IS BUILT IN 1972.
IT DOES NOT MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CURRENT STAFFING.
AND WE'RE LOOKING AT A FUTURE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.
SO WHEN WE'RE, WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, UM, THE DEVELOPMENT AND BUILDING, WE'RE PROBABLY A LONG WAY OFF FROM THE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT FIRE STATION AND IT DOES MAKE SENSE TO HAVE SOMEBODY OCCUPY IT.
SO FOR US, IT DID MAKE SENSE THAT THE HAMILTON FAMILY WOULD OCCUPY THAT AND BREW THERE BECAUSE WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT IT JUST DOESN'T STAY VACANT.
UM, THAT IN ITSELF CREATES OTHER ISSUES.
AND THEN THEY'LL DO SOME UPKEEP ON THE PROPERTY AS WELL.
FIRE DISTRICT WOULD HAVE TO PERFORM A SE A AND THEN WE WOULD SELL THE EXISTING EIGHTH STREET PROPERTY AND RECOUP FUNDS FROM FROM OWNING THAT.
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UM, PLANNING COUNCIL BOARD OF ACTION WOULD BE, UH, WE'RE ASKING IF, IF THE COUNCIL WOULD AUTHORIZE OR SHOULD SAY THE FIRE BOARD WOULD AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO NEGOTIATE AND APPROVE THE PURCHASE AND SELL AGREEMENT AND LEASE BACK, UM, WITH THE LETTER OF INTENT, THE BUDGET ACTION IS STATED, 6,033,000 FROM THE FIRE FUND WITH 1.8 MILLION COMING FROM THE CITY FUND AGREEMENT IN ESCROW EXECUTE BOTH AGREEMENTS BEFORE OPENING ESCROW.THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE AUTHORIZING CITY MANAGER TO DO WITH THE OBJECTIVE OF HAVING A FUTURE FIRE STATION FOR A LEASE THAT WILL LAST 10 YEARS.
UM, AND DURING THAT TIME, WE COULD PLAN FOR THE STATION.
IT, I PERSONALLY, I WAS INVOLVED IN BUILDING THE, THE, UM, TRAINING CENTER.
I WAS INVOLVED IN BUILDING, UM, THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD.
AND I WAS INVOLVED IN BUILDING STATION 1 7 8.
AND I CAN TELL YOU FIRE STATION CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS DO NOT HAPPEN IN LESS THAN FIVE TO SEVEN YEARS.
IT TAKES A VERY LONG TIME TO GET THROUGH THE ENTIRE PROCESS.
SO WE COULD START THE PLANNING PHASES FOUR FIRE STATION 1 7 9 WITHOUT EVEN BREACHING THAT 10 YEAR BENCHMARK.
SO NOW I, IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M MORE THAN HAPPY TO ANSWER 'EM QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC COMMENT? SEEING NONE, I'D LIKE TO, UH, NOW ASK FOR ANY PUBLIC MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC DESIRING TO SPEAK.
WE HAVE THREE PEOPLE THAT CARE TO SPEAK.
I'D LIKE TO FIRST CALL UP, UM, JOSH HAMILTON FROM HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY.
MR. HAMILTON, FOLLOWED BY CHRIS LITTLE.
HEY COUNSEL, HOW YOU DOING? UH, JOSH HAMILTON FROM HAMILTON FAMILY BREWERY.
AND UH, YEAH, I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT WE HAD A LONG TIME TO TALK ABOUT THIS AND, UM, MY, MY WIFE AND I AND DISCUSSED NEGOTIATION.
I WANT TO KIND OF TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE PROPERTY WHILE WE HAD IT.
UM, UH, MY WIFE AND I, WE, WE TOOK OUT AN SBA LOAN TO BUY THIS PROPERTY AND WE PUT OVER, ASIDE FROM THE PURCHASE PRICE OVER TWO AND A HALF MILLION, JUST GETTING IT UP TO CURRENT CODE TO MAKE IT AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE TO COME IN.
UH, WE DID THE ROOF INSULATION, WE INSTALLED FIRE SPRINKLERS.
IT DIDN'T HAVE THAT WHICH NEEDED A NEW WATER MAIN.
THE TIRE PROPERTY WAS ON SEPTIC, SO WE HOOKED IT UP TO CITY SEWER, THE ENTIRE ELECTRICAL PANEL FROM THE POLE INTO THE BUILDING.
AND EVERY OUTLET AND EVERY SWITCH WAS REDONE AND MODERNIZED AND UPGRADED.
AND THEN ASIDE FROM THAT SBA LOAN, WE PUT HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INTO EQUIPMENT INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, THE SIZE OF WHICH CAN'T FIT IN OUR FORMER LOCATION.
UM, WE HAVE CEILINGS THAT ARE 16 FOOT TALL ON SEVENTH STREET TANKS THAT ARE 18 FOOT TALL UP ON THE EIGHTH STREET LOCATION.
AND, UH, SO THE, THE BIG THING FOR US IS THIS, THIS MOVE WAS KIND OF THE PLAN FOR LIKE THE NEXT 25 YEARS OF OUR COMPANY AND THE PRODUCTION THAT WE WOULD NEED TO MAKE AND ALL THAT.
UM, AND THE USE OF THAT EQUIPMENT IS A CRUCIAL COMPONENT FOR IT.
UM, AND SO AFTER ALL THE NEGOTIATIONS, WE THINK THAT THIS IS PROBABLY THE BEST CASE SCENARIO FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.
IT SEEMS LIKE THIS WORKS OUT WELL FOR THE FIRE STATION.
UM, THERE'S A WIND DOWN PERIOD FOR THE PARTS OF OUR OPERATIONS THAT, UH, THE NEIGHBORHOODS HAVE ISSUES WITH AND THEN MOVES IT FUR AWAY FURTHER AWAY FROM THEM BACK TO OUR ORIGINAL SPOT WHERE THEY WERE HAPPY WITH US.
UM, SO I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN WIN ALL THE WAY AROUND.
AND, UM, I THINK DURING THE LEASEBACK PERIOD FOR US, WE GET TO UTILIZE ALL THE, THE THREE YEARS OF PLANNING FOR THE GROWTH OF PRODUCTION THAT WE WENT IN AND ALL THE, THE FUTURE BENEFITS THAT WE HOPED THAT WOULD BRING TO THE BUSINESS AND TO JOBS AND ALL THAT STUFF FOR THE CITY.
SO I JUST WANTED TO SAY THAT, UH, UH, MY WIFE KRISTEN AND I, WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS DEAL IF YOU GUYS, UH, CHOOSE TO VOTE FOR IT.
UM, AND YEAH, JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.
ALRIGHT, CHRIS, LITTLE I'D LIKE TO RESPECT FROM MY REQUEST TO SPEAK.
WE, WE DO HAVE, OH, NEVERMIND.
UM, ABOUT A COUPLE HOURS AGO I WAS TALKING TO MY WIFE ABOUT COMING AND WHAT I WAS GONNA TALK ABOUT AND SHE AGREED THAT I WAS GONNA COME UP HERE.
AND OH, IT'S WORKING OUT FOR US, BUT NOW AFTER HEARING, I'M SORRY, THIS GENTLEMAN WAS, WHAT'S CHIEF MCCLEON, UH, CHIEF HIS COMMENTS, UM, REALLY NOT GONNA COME UP HERE AND THANK YOU GUYS AND EVERYTHING.
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COULD HAVE ALL BEEN AVOIDED.YOU SAID THAT THE PROPERTY WASN'T AVAILABLE IN 2020.
UM, YOU SHOULD HAVE REACHED OUT IN 2021.
HEY, WHEN IT BECOMES AVAILABLE, LET US KNOW.
WE WANT THIS FOR OUR 1 79 FIRE STATION.
AND THIS ALL COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED.
WE WOULDN'T BE HERE RIGHT NOW.
UM, GOSH, I'M, I'M ALMOST SPEECHLESS ON HOW MUCH MONEY YOU GUYS ARE GIVING HIM.
1.8 MILLION TO FIX UP HIS SEVENTH STREET LOCATION.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THIS MONEY'S COMING FROM.
I'M NOT REALTOR SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE PROPER WAY TO GO ABOUT.
UM, GOSH, WHAT ELSE DID I WANT TO SAY? I FEEL, WE FEEL, MY WIFE AND I FEEL THAT THE EIGHTH STREET PURCHASE FOR THE FIREHOUSE, I FEEL IT'S KIND LIKE COP OUT A WAY TO KIND OF GET OUT.
KINDA LIKE, HEY, WE TRIED, WE WANTED IT AND THIS IS AVAILABLE NOW.
THIS IS THE WAY WE'RE GONNA DO IT.
I MEAN, I'VE COME MANY TIMES RESPECTING YOU GUYS.
I FEEL LIKE IT'S THIS, TO ME, TO ME PERSONALLY, IT FEELS LIKE THAT OLD SAYING, I'M GONNA GO AHEAD AND, YOU KNOW, URINATE ON YOU AND CALL IT RAIN.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THE REST OF MY COMMUNITY MEMBERS FEEL THE SAME WAY.
UM, YEAH, JUST, JUST A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
I AM HAPPY THAT IT'S GONNA EVENTUALLY MOVE.
WE'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THE STRESS OF HAVING HIS PATRONS, NOT HIM.
WE'VE ALWAYS SAID WE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH HIM.
IT'S WHAT HE BRINGS HIS PATRONS BRING TO OUR COMMUNITY.
UM, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU REMEMBER A COUPLE OF MEETINGS AGO I CAME UP HERE AND TOLD YOU GUYS A STORY ABOUT, I WAS WATCHING A GUY, I HAD THE POLICE COME OUT.
UH, I NEVER GOT TO TELL YOU THE ENDING OF THAT STORY.
SO THE ENDING OF THE STORY WAS THE POLICE HAD HIM, THEY LET HIM APPARENTLY CALL UBER, LYFT, OR MAYBE A FAMILY MEMBER TO COME GET HIM.
UH, IF I'M EVER IN THAT SITUATION, ANY OF OUR, UH, COMMUNITY MEMBERS, MY FAMILY IS EVER IN THAT SITUATION.
I HOPE WE GET THE LENIENCY OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT TO GIVE US A CHANCE TO CALL SOMEONE TO COME PICK US UP INSTEAD OF BEING IN HANDCUFFS OR A CITATION.
OKAY, WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO, WE'LL GO TO OUR VIRTUAL COMMENTS.
I WILL UNMUTE YOU AT THIS TIME.
LAURA, WE CAN'T HEAR YOU IN THE ROOM, SO ONE MOMENT.
GO AHEAD AND TRY IT ONE MORE TIME.
LAURA, CAN YOU MAKE SURE THAT YOU'RE SPEAKING IN, I CAN'T HEAR YOU AT ALL.
UH, THERE'S AN OPTION ALSO TO CALL IN IF YOUR SPEAKER IS NOT WORKING.
WE ARE TRYING TO SEE IF IT'S ON OUR SIDE OR ON THE SPEAKER SIDE.
JUST SO YOU KNOW, RECENTLY A NEW LAW WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA FOR PUBLIC MEETINGS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO, TO SPEAK TO THE COUNCIL UNDER PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS AND ANY PUBLIC HEARINGS OR ANY OTHER OPPORTUNITIES WHERE THE PUBLIC'S WILLING TO SPEAK TO DO THAT FROM REMOTELY.
UM, THIS IS OUR FIRST SPEAKER REMOTELY SINCE THAT LAW HAS, HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE.
SO, LAURA, IF YOU CAN UNMUTE YOURSELF.
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MAYOR.UM, WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS WE HAVE ONE MORE SPEAKER IN PERSON.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE THAT ONE AND THEN I WILL, UH, WORK ON GETTING OUR ONLINE SPEAKER.
SO IF WE CAN JUST CALL UP ARMANDO MORENO.
UM, WELL I'M, I'M HAPPY ABOUT CERTAIN THINGS AND OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S BEEN A LONG, LONG BATTLE AND YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN US HERE IN A LOT OF OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY EITHER WORK OR THEY'RE ELDERLY.
SO WE'RE KIND OF HERE SPEAKING FOR ALL OF THEM.
UM, IT'S, IT'S BEEN KIND OF TOUGH.
I MEAN,
AND I'M GLAD THAT, UM, TO HEAR THAT THIS IS GONNA HAPPEN.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE, BUT IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
QUESTION I HAD FOR, UH, FIRE CHIEF.
SO I UNDERSTAND IT'S GONNA BE A 10 YEAR LEASE, BUT, AND IT'S ONLY GONNA BE USED FOR BREWING.
IT'S NOT GONNA BE USED FOR PAR YOU KNOW, PARTIES, YOU KNOW, OUTSIDE OF THE BREWERY OR, OR ALSO FOR REMOTE PARKING FOR HIS CURRENT CUSTOMERS.
WHEN THE FIRE DISTRICT TAKES OWNERSHIP, WE WILL BE ENFORCING THE LEASE.
THE LEASE IS GONNA BE UTILIZED FOR BREWING ONLY.
HE WILL NEED STAFF THAT'LL NEED TO BE THERE.
BUT WE'VE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT NO, THERE WILL NOT BE PUBLIC USE.
SO THAT IS, THAT'S NOT AN OPTION.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WAS PART OF IT.
'CAUSE THAT WOULD DEFEAT THE PURPOSE.
AND UH, SO PRETTY MUCH, UM, THANKS FOR MAKING THAT WRONG AND TO A RIGHT COMMUNITY WILL BE A LOT HAPPIER, UH, KNOWING THAT WE'LL GET SOME PEACE AGAIN, WE WON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH ALL THE LITTLE DIFFERENT ISSUES WE'RE DEALING WITH EVERY WEEKEND,
DID OUR CLERK IS CHECKING IN THE BACK.
MR. MAYOR, I HAVE A QUICK CLARIFICATION QUESTION FOR THE CHIEF IF YOU ALLOW IT.
IN FACT, WE CAN DO THAT RIGHT NOW WHILE HE, SHE COMES NOW.
OKAY, SO, SO SORRY MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO IT APPEARS THAT, UM, WHAT'S HAPPENING IS WE'RE NOT GETTING ANY OF THE AUDIO FROM THE REMOTE SPEAKER.
UM, SO OUR OPTION RIGHT NOW IS TO SEE IF WE'RE NOT SURE IF THEY HAVE A MICROPHONE SET UP.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER THING ON ZOOM 'CAUSE WE CAN'T ACTUALLY TELL IF THEY'RE SPEAKING OR NOT.
UM, THE OTHER OPTION IS FOR THEM TO GO AHEAD AND CALL IN.
THERE IS A PHONE NUMBER LISTED ON THE AGENDA NEXT TO THE LINK.
UM, AND THEY CAN GO AHEAD AND USE THEIR TELEPHONE TO DIAL IN TO SEE IF THAT CAN BE ABLE TO, UM, REACH US THROUGH THEIR AUDIO.
BUT AT THE TIME WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THEM GETTING THROUGH THE ZOOM FUNCTION.
ASHTON, CAN YOU GIVE THE PHONE NUMBER OVER THE AIR IN CASE THAT WAS HELPFUL FOR THE CALLER? ABSOLUTELY.
SO TO PARTICIPATE BY PHONE, IT'S DIAL +1 669-444-9171.
AGAIN, THAT'S 1 6 6 9 4 4 4 9 1 7 1.
THERE IS A WEBINAR ID WHICH IS 8 2 4 6 4 8 5 1 7 1 0.
THAT'S 8 2 4 6 4 8 5 1 7 1 0 WITH A PASSCODE.
AS WE WAIT ON THAT, COUNCILMAN HUTCHINSON, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE, MAYOR.
UM, AND THIS IS A CLARIFICATION QUESTION.
I'M PRETTY SURE I KNOW THE ANSWER, BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S BENEFIT DURING THE LEASE PERIOD, UH, THAT HAMILTON BREWERY WILL BE LEASING, UM, THE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR TAXES, INSURANCE, AND MAINTENANCE, THAT DOESN'T FALL ON THE FIRE DISTRICT OR THE CITY.
IS THAT CORRECT? I BELIEVE THAT IF IT'S EXCLUSIVELY, UM, PAID FOR BY THE TENANT, THAT'S CORRECT.
I MEAN, THIS FIRE DISTRICT'S NOT SUBJECT TO PROPERTY TAXES.
SO THE, UM, AS A TENANT, THEY'LL BE THE LESS E WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY, UH, TAXES THAT THEY'RE RESPONSIBLE FOR AS A TENANT FROM
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OF A PUBLIC AGENCY.AND THE, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THEY'LL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF THE MAINTENANCE OF THE PROPERTY WHILE THEY'RE USING IT.
AND MAYOR, THE ATTENDEE FELL OFF THE ZOOM.
SO THE ATTENDEE IS NO LONGER ON THE ZOOM.
AND WE HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY, UH, ADDITIONAL ENTRIES INTO THE MEETING.
ANY OTHER COMMENTS, QUESTIONS? SHE'S ON THE PHONE.
IF YOU DON'T MIND BRINGING THE PHONE TO THE MICROPHONE, WE CAN TAKE HER CO COMMENT THAT WAY 'CAUSE SHE'S NOT ON THE ZOOM.
THANK YOU EVERYONE FOR ALL YOUR ATTEMPTS TECHNOLOGY.
UM, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR CITY COUNCIL.
UM, I JUST WANTED TO, UM, SAY THANK YOU TO MIKE, UH, AND TO MATTHEW FOR MITIGATING THIS SITUATION AND FOR ALL OF THEIR HARD WORK.
I ALSO WANT TO SAY THAT I DO HAVE OTHER COMMENTS, BUT I WOULD PREFER TO MAKE THEM IN PERSON.
I WILL, UH, MAKE EVERY ATTEMPT TO BE THERE IN PERSON.
BUT AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH MIKE AND MATT AND, UH, COUNSEL MAYOR, THANK YOU FOR MAKING A WRONG, RIGHT.
OKAY, THEN I THINK THAT CONCLUDES THE PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
UH, MR. HAMILTON, UH, DID YOU WANNA SAY ANYTHING ELSE REGARDING ANY COMMENTS THAT WERE MADE? IF NOT, WE WILL MOVE ON.
UM, SO NOW I WOULD, UH, RETURN IT BACK TO THE COUNCIL FOR COMMENTS, QUESTIONS, UM, ANYTHING YOU'D LIKE TO SHARE? MR. MAYOR, CAN I GO AHEAD.
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANNA START BY ACKNOWLEDGING THE RESIDENTS IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD WHO HAVE CONTINUED TO COME FORWARD AND SHARE THEIR CONCERNS.
ALTHOUGH YOU SPEAK AT PUBLIC COMMENT, WE'RE NOT ALWAYS ABLE TO GIVE YOU AN ANSWER BACK RIGHT AWAY.
WE HAVE HEARD YOU, THE CITY HAS TAKEN, AS WE ACKNOWLEDGE, A NUMBER OF STEPS OVER THE PAST YEAR, INCLUDING COMMUNITY MEETINGS, UM, INSPECTIONS, NOISE TESTING, INCREASED POLICE PATROLS, AND THE, UM, PARKING DISTRICT ESTABLISHMENT OF IT.
UM, EVALUATION OF THE STOP SIGNS.
SO, UH, WE TRY TO HEAR YOU AS MUCH AS WE CAN.
WHAT IS BEFORE US TONIGHT, UM, PROVIDES AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS TWO IMPORTANT COMMUNITY NEEDS.
FIRST, IT SECURES A STRATEGICALLY PLACED, UM, PROPERTY FOR A FUTURE FIRE STATION THAT, AS WE'VE SEEN IN THE DATA THAT IS MUCH NEEDED IN THIS AREA IN THE FUTURE.
AND SECOND, IT ESTABLISHES A CLEAR PATH FOR THE PUBLIC TASTING ROOM, UH, OPERATION AT THIS LOCATION TO COME TO AN END.
SO HOPEFULLY, UH, I SEE IT AS WE, WE WERE HEARING YOU AND WE TRY TO MAKE, AS YOU'VE SAID A COUPLE TIMES, MAKE A WRONG TURN INTO A RIGHT.
WE KNOW IT'LL TAKE SOME TIME TO MOVE FORWARD TO GET EVERYTHING DONE AND LOCATED, BUT WE APPRECIATE YOUR PATIENCE.
AND JUST SO YOU KNOW, WE DID HEAR YOU AND THANK YOU TO STAFF FOR TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION FOR BOTH THE OWNER AS WELL AS MOST IMPORTANTLY THE COMMUNITY.
ANYONE ELSE? I, I WOULD JUST MAYBE ALSO LIKE TO, JUST LET'S LET THE PUBLIC KNOW THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT THE FIRE DISTRICT PURCHASED PROPERTY AND THEN DECIDED THAT THE, THAT ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY CAME UP, UM, FOR A MUCH MORE STRATEGICALLY LOCATION OF ANOTHER FIRE STATION.
AND THAT, THAT'S OUR FIRE STATION NUMBER TWO.
THAT WAS ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD.
WE BOUGHT PROPERTY SOUTH OF SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, JUST CAT CORNER TO THAT PARTICULAR STATION ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD IN KLUSMAN.
UH, THAT WAS GONNA BE THE NEW SIDE OF THE, OF THE REBUILD OF FIRE STATION NUMBER 1 72, WHICH WAS BUILT WAY BACK IN THE FORTIES, I WOULD SUSPECT.
UM, AND THEN A PIECE OF PROPERTY ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD AND VINEYARD CAME AVAILABLE THAT WE FOUND OUT ABOUT.
AND IT'S SOMETIMES VERY DIFFICULT FOR A PUBLIC AGENCY TO FIND OUT NECESSARILY ABOUT WHAT'S, WHAT'S UP FOR SALE BEFORE A DEVELOPER OR A BUSINESS PERSON IS ABLE TO ACQUIRE PROPERTY.
'CAUSE THEY'VE GOT PEOPLE OUT SEARCHING.
SO, UM, IN THAT CASE, WE, UM, DECIDED WE WOULD ABANDON THE, THE SAN BERNARDINO ROAD LOCATION BECAUSE OF THE STR STRATEGIC LOCATION THAT THIS OTHER PIECE OF PARCEL PROVIDED.
AND WE BOUGHT A LARGE ENOUGH PARCEL THAT WE COULD COMBINE A FIRE STATION WITH A SUBSTATION FROM OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT.
YOU'LL NOT FIND MANY CITIES THAT HAVE A FIRE STATION AND COMBINATION POLICE STATION ON THE WEST SIDE OF THEIR COMMUNITY,
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UM, AWAY FROM CITY HALL FOR THE PUBLIC TO GO VISIT AND TAKE CARE OF THEIR BUSINESS WITH POLICE AND OR FIRE.SO, UM, THAT'S JUST AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST, UH, WHEN IT'S BECOME TIME FOR PROPERTY ACQUISITION AS FAR AS COSTS.
UM, WE'VE HAD PROFESSIONALS TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
WE BELIEVE IT'S A FAIR PRICE, UM, AND IT SOLVES A COUPLE OF REAL IMPORTANT ISSUES TO US, A BETTER LOCATION FOR A FUTURE FIRE STATION AND A, UM, ELIMINATION OF SOME OF THE PROBLEMS THAT THAT HAD OCCURRED WITHIN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
SO, UH, WE WILL NOW TAKE A VOTE ON APPROVING STAFF'S RECOMMENDATIONS.
THAT, SIR, DID YOU WANNA SAY SOMETHING ELSE? CHIEF? MR. MAYOR, UH, FIREBIRD, IF IT'S OKAY, I JUST DO, I DO WANT TO THANK, UH, TO COUNCILWOMAN SCOTT'S POINT, I DO WANNA THANK THE RESIDENTS BECAUSE I, I WILL TELL YOU, UH, MATT MARQUEZ AND I HAVE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM FOR QUITE SOME TIME, AND SOME OF THEM ARE HERE TONIGHT.
AND I WILL, I WILL SAY I APPRECIATE DR. ESPINOZA CALLING IN, UH, JULIA, UH, LIZ KYA, UH, LAVEY BLAND, WE'VE BEEN MEETING WITH THEM AND IT'S BEEN, THE MEETINGS HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD.
AND I'M GONNA TELL YOU SOMETHING ELSE.
IT'S NEVER BEEN ABOUT THE COMMUNITY WANTING TO, UH, YOU KNOW, PUNISH MR. HAMILTON OR, OR THE HAMILTON FAMILY.
IT'S ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT TRYING TO FIND A REASONABLE SOLUTION THAT'S NOT PERFECT.
AND I, AND I THINK THAT THAT'S THE POINT IS NONE OF US EVER SOUGHT TO TRY TO FIND A PERFECT SOLUTION FOR THIS.
BUT WE THINK THAT WE FOUND A REASONABLE SOLUTION THAT IS GONNA ADDRESS AND HELP PUBLIC SAFETY BY PURCHASING THE A FUTURE FIRE STATION LOCATION THAT IS FAR BETTER THAN ANYTHING WE HAVE RIGHT NOW.
AND TO YOUR POINT ABOUT THE PROPERTY ON SAN BERNARDINO ROAD, WE STILL OWN IT, RIGHT? IT STILL SITS VACANT.
WE NEVER BUILT FIRE STATION 1 7 2 THERE, BUT WE STILL OWN THE PROPERTY, JUST LIKE WE OWN THE PROPERTY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, UH, RIGHT HERE ON UTICA.
THAT'S, THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE DO AS A PUBLIC AGENCY.
I THINK IS, WOULD IT BE, UH, GOOD ENOUGH TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION? BECAUSE I KNOW IT READS QUITE LONG ON THEIR STAFF REPORT.
WELL, I'LL, I'LL MAKE THE MOTION.
MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY AND THANK YOU RESIDENTS FOR, FOR SHARING YOUR CONCERNS, YOUR FRUSTRATIONS.
UM, WE HEARD YOU, UM, GOVERNMENT SOMETIMES DOESN'T ACT AS FAST AS WE WOULD LIKE, AND I'M SURE YOU'D LIKE TO SEE IT MUCH FASTER.
BUT, UH, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO, TO HELP MITIGATE THE WHOLE ENTIRE ISSUE AND PROVIDE A HIGHER LEVEL OF EMERGENCY RESPONSE FOR THE SOUTHERN PART OF OUR COMMUNITY.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL BUSINESS.
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THAT IS A REPORT ON STATE HOUSING MANDATES AND IMPACTS TO YOUR LOCAL GOVERNMENT, TO YOUR CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA.[I1. Report on State Housing Mandates and Impacts to Local Control. (CITY)]
SO I WOULD LIKE TO TURN THAT OVER TO, UH, OUR CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA COX.UH, AT A COUPLE MEETINGS AGO, I BELIEVE TWO MILLIONS AGO, MAYOR PROAM KENNEDY ASKED US TO BRING THIS ITEM FORWARD.
UM, JENNIFER'S GONNA TELL YOU ABOUT THE 200 DIFFERENT LAWS THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED, UM, THAT WE ARE FEVERISHLY WORKING TO KEEP UP WITH AND UNDERSTAND THE IMPACTS IN OUR COMMUNITY AND CONTINUE TO MAKE THIS THE CITY WITH A PLAN, UM, WHILE DODGING THE HURDLES THAT OFTEN GET THROWN IN OUR DIRECTION.
MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL THIS EVENING.
MY FOCUS IS ON PROVIDING SOME CONTEXT AROUND HOW HOUSING DECISIONS ARE MADE, WHAT HAS CHANGED, WHO HAS AUTHORITY, WHAT THE CITY IS RESPONSIBLE, AND WHERE LOCAL DECISION MAKING CONTINUES.
THE GOAL OF THIS PRESENTATION IS TO HELP PROVIDE A CLEARER PICTURE OF HOW THE HOUSING PROCESS WORKS AND THE DIFFERENT ROLES INVOLVED.
SO WHY ARE WE TALKING ABOUT THIS? CALIFORNIA'S APPROACH TO HOUSING HAS CHANGED SIGNIFICANTLY AFFECTING CI, HOW CITY'S PLAN AND REVIEW FOR HOUSING.
UM, CALIFORNIA HAS IDENTIFIED HOUSING AVAILABILITY AS A STATEWIDE PRIORITY.
AND SINCE 2017, THE STATE HAS ENACTED MORE THAN 200 HOUSING LAWS.
THESE LAWS AFFECT HOW CITIES PLAN FOR HOUSING WAREHOUSING CAN BE DEVELOPED, HOW MUCH HOUSING MAY BE DEVELOPED, HOW HOUSING APPLICATIONS ARE REVIEWED, AND HOW MUCH DISCRETION LOCAL GOVERNMENTS HAVE.
UM, FOR CONTEXT, I WAS AT THE CONFERENCE THIS PAST WEEK FOR THE CALIFORNIA AMERICAN PLANNING ASSOCIATION, AND WE SPENT OVER THREE HOURS GOING OVER THE NEW LAWS THAT WERE SIGNED JUST IN THE PAST WEEK FROM THE GOVERNOR, THERE WERE PROBABLY ALMOST A DOZEN RELATED TO HOUSING.
SO THOSE WILL BE A DOZEN NEW LAWS THAT WE WILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH.
SO WHO DOES WHAT? SO, UM, ONE THING WE WANNA MAKE CLEAR
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IS CITIES GENERALLY DO NOT BUILD HOUSING.UM, OUR ROLE IS TO PLAN FOR HOUSING AND THEN ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK FOR WHERE AND HOW IT CAN BE DEVELOPED.
HOWEVER, THE OVERARCHING, UH, GOAL HERE IS THAT WE HAVE, THAT THE STATE HAS A ROLE IN ESTABLISHING THE HOUSING LAWS AND REQUIREMENTS.
THEY ESTABLISH THE ARENA REQUIREMENTS, WHICH WE'LL SPEAK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT LATER, AND CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS AND REVIEW PROCEDURES.
WE AS A CITY, WE PLAN FOR THAT HOUSING CAPACITY FROM THE STATE.
WE ESTABLISH THE GENERAL PLAN ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS, AND WE PROCESS DEVELOPMENT APPLICATIONS AS WELL AS PLAN FOR INFRASTRUCTURE AND COMMUNITY NEEDS.
DEVELOPERS DETERMINE WHAT TYPE OF PROJECT TO PURSUE.
THEY EVALUATE THE MARKET DEMAND AND FINANCIAL FEASIBILITY OF PROJECTS, AND THEN DECIDE WHETHER AND WHEN TO MOVE FORWARD.
THE GENERAL PLAN ESTABLISHES THE CITY'S LONG-TERM VISION WITH THE, THE HOUSING ELEMENT, WHICH IS PART OF THAT GENERAL PLAN ESTABLISHES HOW THE CITY WILL PLAN FOR ITS HOUSING NEEDS.
THE DEVELOPMENT CODE THEN IMPLEMENTS THE GENERAL PLAN THROUGH ZONING AND DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SOME AREAS SPECIFIC PLANS CAN PROVIDE MORE DETAILED PLANNING FOR PARTICULAR AREAS.
AND THEN AGAIN, INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS ARE REVIEWED AGAINST THIS APPLICABLE FRAMEWORK.
HOWEVER, THESE LOCAL PLANNING DOCUMENTS ESTABLISH THE FRAMEWORK FOR DEVELOPMENT, BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THEY MUST REMAIN CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW.
SO WHAT CHANGED SINCE 2017? UM, ONE IMPORTANT DISTINCTION IS THAT THE STATE INVOLVEMENT IN HOUSING DIDN'T JUST BEGIN IN 2017.
CALIFORNIA HAS REQUIRED CITIES AND COUNTIES TO PLAN FOR HOUSING THROUGH THE HOU, UH, THROUGH THE HOUSING ELEMENTS SINCE 1969.
AND THE STATE OVER TIME HAS ENACTED OTHER LAWS REGARDING HOUSING THAT STATES, UH, THAT CITIES MUST FOLLOW.
UM, IT WAS JUST FEWER AND FARTHER IN BETWEEN UNTIL 2017.
SO WHAT CHANGED THEN WAS THE SCALE AND SCOPE OF STATE LEGISLATION.
AS WE'VE MENTIONED BEFORE, MORE THAN 200 HOUSING LAWS HAVE BEEN ENACTED.
I BELIEVE THE NUMBER AS OF THE LAST REPORT WAS 219.
UM, INCREASINGLY ADDRESSING NOT JUST HOUSING PLANNING, BUT HOW CERTAIN QUALIFYING PROJECTS ARE REVIEWED, WHAT STANDARDS THE CITIES ARE REQUIRED TO APPLY, AND HOW THOSE REQUIREMENTS ARE ENFORCED ACROSS THESE BILLS.
THERE ARE FIVE, THEY CAN ALL BE CATEGORIZED INTO FIVE MAJOR THEMES.
SO THE FIRST ONE IS INCREASED STATE OVERSIGHT.
SO IN ADDITION TO NEW STATE LAWS REQUIRING, UH, THESE HOUSING CHANGES, THERE ARE NOW ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO THESE LAWS.
THERE'S AN INCREASED DESIRE FOR HOUSING CAPACITY.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER PORTION, THAT'S ANOTHER GROUP OF BILLS.
GREATER RELIANCE ON OBJECTIVE STANDARDS.
IF YOU DON'T HAVE OBJECTIVE STANDARDS FOR A PROJECT, UM, YOU WILL RUN INTO PROBLEMS WITH, UH, WITH DISCRETIONARY REVIEW, UM, EXPANDED MINISTERIAL AND STREAMLINED REVIEW.
AND WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT MINISTERIAL REVIEW IS LATER WITH GREATER PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS FROM THE STATE AND LIMITS ON OUR LOCAL ACTION.
UM, HERE ARE A FEW EXAMPLES OF SOME OF THE MORE COMMON STATE LAW HOUSING LAWS AND THEIR IMPACTS.
SO, UM, THERE ARE A SERIES THAT, UH, REQUIRE SOME STREAMLINED APPROVALS SUCH AS SB 35, AB 2011, WHICH A LOT WHICH REQUIRES, UM, FOR MINISTERIAL APPROVAL OF RESIDENTIAL UNITS ON COMMERCIALLY ZONED PROPERTIES.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE A GROUP, SOME HOUSING LAWS THAT LIMIT LOCAL DENIAL OR DENSITY REDUCTIONS SUCH AS THE HOUSING ACCOUNTABILITY ACT AND SB THREE 30.
AND WE HAVE OTHER LAWS THAT CREATE ADDITIONAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITIES SUCH AS A DU LAWS SB NINE, AND PROBABLY THE MOST IMPACTFUL LAW TO DATE, WHICH IS DENSITY BONUS LAW.
UM, BUT IT ISN'T SIMPLY THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF NEW HOUSING LAWS, IT'S THAT THESE LAWS CAN AFFECT DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE LOCAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS.
SO DEPENDING ON THE LAW AND THE PROJECT, STATE REQUIREMENTS MAY AFFECT WHAT HOUSING TYPES ARE PERMITTED OR WHERE CERTAIN HOUSING CAN BE DEVELOPED, HOW A PROJECT IS REVIEWED BY CITY, BY THE CITY, AND WHAT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS MAY APPLY.
STATE LAW CAN ALSO LIMIT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO DENY A QUALIFYING PROJECT, REDUCE ITS PROPOSED DENSITY, IMPOSE CERTAIN STANDARDS, OR REQUIRE DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY CONTINUES TO HAVE AUTHORITY IN AREAS WHERE STATE LAW PRESERVES LOCAL DISCRETION.
THIS IS WHY THE ANSWER ISN'T SIMPLY THAT THE STATE DECIDES EVERYTHING, OR THAT THE CITY DECIDES EVERYTHING.
IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THE APPLICABLE LAW AND SPECIFIC PROJECT.
IT CAN BE CONFUSING FOR RESIDENTS TO LOOK AT A ZONING MAP AND ASK HOW A PROPOSED PROJECT COULD HAVE MORE UNITS OR DIFFERENT STANDARDS THAN THEY EXPECTED.
WHILE BASE ZONING DOES REMAIN IMPORTANT, STATE HOUSING LAWS CAN CREATE ADDITIONAL DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS OR REQUIREMENTS FOR PROJECTS THAT MEET SPECIFIC CRITERIA.
UNDER DENSITY BONUS LAW, IN EXCHANGE FOR SOME AFFORDABLE HOUSING UNITS, DEVELOPERS CAN ASK FOR A VARIETY OF
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INCENT INCENTIVES, CONCESSIONS, AND UNLIMITED WAIVERS FROM CITY DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.UM, THEY ALSO RECEIVE AN AUTOMATIC PARKING, UH, REDUCTION.
OTHER STATE LAWS ALSO AFFECT PARKING IN NON DENSITY BONUS PROJECTS UNDER CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES SUCH AS PROXIMITY TO EITHER CURRENT OR PLANNED TRANSIT SERVICE.
AGAIN, THESE PROVISIONS DON'T APPLY TO EVERY PROJECT, BUT THEY APPLY WHEN CERTAIN CRITERIA ARE MET.
AND IN SOME CASES, MULTIPLE STATE LAWS CAN BE APPLIED TO A PROJECT.
TO PROVIDE A LITTLE CONTEXT, THIS GRAPHIC ON THE SCREEN IS FROM THE GENERAL PLAN.
THIS IS THE INTERSECTION OF FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AND GROVE AR GROVE AVENUE.
THE AREA OUTLINED IN RED IS WHERE THE COMMONLY KNOWN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH CURRENTLY OPERATES.
THIS AREA WAS ENVISIONED IN THE GENERAL PLAN WITH THIS GRAPHIC IDENTIFYING SHOPS ALONG FRONTING FOOTHILL AND PART OF GROVE WITH NEIGHBORHOOD SCALE RESIDENTIAL SURROUNDED BY A NEIGHBORHOOD GREEN.
THIS IS THE PROJECT THAT WAS ULTIMATELY SUBMITTED BY A DEVELOPER AND APPROVED THE DE DEVELOPER USED DENSITY BONUS LAW TO ADD ADDITIONAL UNITS, REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF NON-RESIDENTIAL, AND WAIVE SEVERAL OTHER DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS.
SO THIS IS WHERE STATE LAW HAS A DIRECT IMPACT ON THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN WHAT WE PLAN FOR AND WHAT BECOMES REALITY.
UNDER TRADITIONAL DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.
A LOCAL DECISION MAKER, LIKE THE PLANNING COMMISSION, MAY EXERCISE JUDGMENT WHEN CONSIDERING A PROJECT WITHIN APPLICABLE LAWS AND STANDARDS.
UNDER MINISTERIAL REVIEW, THE CITY'S ROLE IS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THE PROJECT COMPLIES WITH OUR OBJECTIVE REQUIREMENTS RATHER THAN MAKING A DISCRETIONARY JUDGMENT ABOUT WHETHER THE PROJECT SHOULD BE APPROVED.
MINISTERIAL REVIEW DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE ARE NO LOCAL REQUIREMENTS, BUT WE HAVE TO APPLY OBJECTIVE STANDARDS AND OTHER LOCAL REQUIREMENTS WHEN THEY ARE CONSISTENT WITH STATE LAW GOVERNING THAT PROJECT.
NOT EVERY PROJECT IS SUBJECT TO MINISTERIAL REVIEW, BUT THE TREND IS MOVING IN THAT DIRECTION.
ANOTHER TOPIC WE KNOW GENERATES QUESTIONS IS THE CITY'S ARENA ALLOCATION.
RENA, WHICH STANDS FOR THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ALLOCATION, IS A STATE REQUIRED PLANNING PROCESS.
THE STATE THROUGH HCD, THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DETERMINES THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEED AND SENDS THAT TO METROPOLITAN PLANNING.
ORGANIZATIONS LIKE SCAG, THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS, WHO IN TURN DISTRIBUTES AND DIVIDES THAT NEED AMONG THEIR MEMBER JURISDICTIONS.
IT SETS HOUSING GOALS FOR DIFFERENT INCOME LEVELS, INCLUDING LOW AND MODERATE INCOME HOUSEHOLDS.
ARENA DOES REQUIRE THE CITY TO PLAN FOR SUFFICIENT HOUSING CAPACITY, IDENTIFY APPROPRIATE SITES FOR HOUSING, MAINTAIN APPROPRIATE ZONING CAPACITY TO MEET THE ARENA, ADDRESS GOVERNMENTAL CONSTRAINTS TO HOUSING AND DEMONSTRATE COMPLIANCE EVERY YEAR THROUGH THE HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT.
IT DOES NOT REQUIRE THE CITY TO HOU TO BUILD THE HOUSING ITSELF OR MANDATE THE CONSTRUCTION OF 10,525 HOMES.
IT DOES REQUIRE US TO DEVELOP, UH, IT DOES NOT REQUIRE US TO DEVELOP EVERY SITE THAT'S IDENTIFIED IN THE HOUSING ELEMENT.
THAT'S A DEVELOPMENT BASED DECISION OR DETERMINE WHERE INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPERS ULTIMATELY BUILD, BUILD.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA HOUSING ALLOCATION FOR THIS HOUSING ELEMENT CYCLE IS 10,525 UNITS THROUGH OUR HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT, WE REPORT TO HCD OUR PROGRESS TOWARD THAT ALLOCATION.
AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE, IF YOU LOOK ON THIS SLIDE, THAT CREDIT TOWARD OUR ALLOCATION IS BASED ON UNITS BUILT, NOT UNITS APPROVED.
AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE TABLE HERE, WE HAVE APPROVED FAR MORE UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT.
SOME OF THIS MAY BE THE, THE RESULT IN A TIME DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WHEN A PLANNING APPROVAL IS GRANTED AND CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETED.
HOWEVER, CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS HAVE MADE PROJECTS DIFFICULT TO FINANCE AND CONSTRUCT.
AND WE HAVE SEVERAL PROJECTS, PARTICULARLY ALONG FOOTHILL BOULEVARD THAT HAVE NOT BEEN MOVING FORWARD, BUT HAVE RECEIVED PLANNING APPROVALS.
ALMOST ALL OF THE UNITS THAT HAVE BEEN BUILT IN THAT WE THAT ARE CONSIDERED VERY LOW, LOW AND MODERATE INCOME CATEGORIES ARE A DU.
SO THAT IS WHERE WE'RE GETTING THE MAJORITY OF OUR AFFORDABLE HOUSING CREDITS AT THIS TIME.
MANY OF THE NEW STATE LAWS, AS WE'VE MENTIONED EARLIER, INCLUDE AN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISM THROUGH HCD, THEY CAN DO A VARIETY OF THINGS.
THEY CAN PROVIDE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, MONITOR COMPLIANCE, THEY REVIEW POTENTIAL VIOLATIONS, THEY REQUEST INFORMATION, UM, THEY IDENTIFY COMPLIANCE ISSUES.
UM, THEY CAN ALSO TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW AND REFER CASES TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR JUDICIAL ACTION.
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UH, GET INVOLVED TO DETERMINE HOW STATE REQUIREMENTS APPLY IN PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.SO HCD, WHICH PRIMARILY IN THE PAST USED TO BE, UM, UH, HAVE OVERSIGHT PARTICULARLY TO ENSURE THAT WE PLANNED FOR THE UNITS, NOW THEY ACTUALLY HAVE THE ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IF WE ARE NOT, UH, MOVING FORWARD WITH TOWARD THOSE HOUSING GOALS.
SO THE CITY IS LEGALLY OBLIGATED TO IMPLEMENT APPLICABLE STATE HOUSING REQUIREMENTS.
AND FAILURE TO COMPLY EXPOSES THE CITY TO A RANGE OF CONSEQUENCES, INCLUDING STATE ENFORCEMENT ACTIONS, CIVIL PENALTIES, LITIGATION, AND THE POTENTIAL LOSS OF STATE FUNDING.
IN SOME CIRCUMSTANCES, CONTINUED NON-COMPLIANCE CAN ALSO RESULT IN ADDITIONAL STATE OVERSIGHT OR LIMITS ON LOCAL DISCRETION.
SO WHILE THE CITY CONTINUES TO HAVE AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING, THAT ROLE OPERATES WITHIN THE REQUIREMENTS ESTABLISHED BY STATE LAW, COMPLIANCE IS NOT OPTIONAL.
THE CITY'S RESPONSIBILITY IS TO UNDERSTAND THE REQUIREMENTS, IMPLEMENT THEM APPROPRIATELY, AND CONTINUE TO USE THE LOCAL AUTHORITY THAT REMAINS AVAILABLE TO US.
LOCAL PLANNING IS STILL IMPORTANT, HOWEVER, AND IT ESTABLISHES THE FRAMEWORK THAT SUPPORTS HOUSING WHILE ADVANCING COMMUNITY PRIORITIES AND COMPLYING WITH STATE LAW.
FREQUENT CHANGES IN STATE HOUSING LAWS, HOWEVER, CREATE ADDITIONAL COSTS AND ADMINISTRATIVE BURDENS FOR LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, REQUIRING US TO CONTINUALLY ADJUST OUR CODES POLICIES AND PROCESSES TO MAINTAIN, TO REMAIN COMPLIANT.
A FEW EXAMPLES OF THIS IS COST RELATED TO STAFF TIME FOR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW, MONITORING AND IMPLEMENTATION OF STATE LAWS.
WE OFTEN HAVE TO HIRE CONSULTANTS TO PROVIDE PLANNING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TO HELP US DEVELOP CODE UPDATES, LEGAL SERVICES TO ENSURE TO, UH, TO GET LEGAL INTERPRETATION TO ENSURE COMPLIANCE AND AVOID LITIGATION.
UM, WE ALSO HAVE, UH, PLANNING AND PLAN AND CODE UPDATES.
WE'RE HAVING TO AMEND OUR GENERAL PLAN AND DEVELOPMENT CODE MORE FREQUENTLY TO APPLY THESE STATE LAWS.
AND WE HAVE ONGOING COMPLIANCE MONITORING REPORTING AND RESPONDING TO STATE REQUIREMENTS IS BECOMING A LARGER PART OF THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT'S JOB.
UM, EACH YEAR, THE AN, THE ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT CHANGES AND THE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS CHANGE FROM YEAR TO YEAR, AND THAT PROCESS NORMALLY USED TO TAKE US ABOUT A MONTH OR SO OF STAFF TIME.
AND WE ARE STARTING TO PLAN FOR THAT IN, UH, NOVEMBER, UH, WITH THE IDEA THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE THAT REPORT TO THE STATE BY APRIL 1ST.
SO IT IS TAKING US LONGER AND LONGER BECAUSE THE STATE WANTS MORE DETAILED RECORD KEEPING.
UM, THEY ALSO WANT TO SHOW HOW EACH OF THE STATE LAWS ARE BEING IMPLEMENTED AT THE LOCAL JURISDICTION LEVEL.
AND WHILE THAT DATA CAN BE REALLY GOOD BECAUSE IT CAN HELP EXPLAIN TO THE, TO THE STATE WHERE SOME OF THEIR LAWS MAYBE DON'T HAVE THE IMPACT THAT THEY EXPECTED THEM TO HAVE.
UM, IT DOES CREATE THIS ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN THAT THE STATE, THAT THE CITY HAS TO ABSORB WITHIN OUR EXISTING BUDGET.
UNDERSTANDING THE LIMITS OF LOCAL AUTHORITY DOESN'T MEAN THAT LOCAL PLANNING STOPS.
UM, WE COMPLY WITH APPLICABLE STATE REQUIREMENTS TO CONTINUE TO PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY THROUGH OUR GENERAL PLAN SPECIFIC PLANS AND DEVELOPMENT CODE AND ADVOCATE BY COMMUNICATING LOCAL IMPACTS AND PARTICIPATING IN THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS.
WE ALSO HAVE A ROLE IN HELPING RESIDENTS UNDERSTAND THE DECISIONS, PROCESSES, AND TOPICS THAT AFFECT OUR COMMUNITY.
THE KNOW YOUR RC VIDEO SERIES IS ONE WAY WE'RE PROVIDING THAT INFORMATION IN AN ACCESSIBLE FORMAT.
STATE AND HOU HOUSING AND STATE LAW IS OUR FIRST TOPIC, BUT THE SERIES IS INTENDED TO CONTINUE WITH OTHER COMMUNITY TOPICS OVER TIME.
FOR HOUSING SPECIFICALLY, THE GOAL IS TO GIVE RESIDENTS A CLEAR UNDERSTANDING OF HOW THESE DECISIONS ARE MADE, WHAT IS REQUIRED BY STATE LAW, WHERE THE CITY DOES STILL HAVE DISCRETION, AND WHERE RESIDENTS CAN CONTINUE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PROCESS.
THE IMPORTANT TAKEAWAY HERE IS THAT IT SIMPLY ISN'T THAT THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT OF NEW HOUSING LAWS, IT'S THAT THOSE LAWS AFFECT HOW OUR LOCAL DECISION MAKING PROCESS WORKS.
UM, DEPENDING ON THE LAW, ON THE PROJECT, STATE REQUIREMENTS MAY AFFECT WHAT HOUSING TYPES ARE PERMITTED, UM, WHERE HOUSING CAN BE DEVELOPED, HOW A PROJECT IS REVIEWED, OR WHAT DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS APPLY.
IT CAN ALSO LIMIT THE CITY'S ABILITY TO DENY A QUALIFYING PROJECT, REDUCE ITS PROPOSED DENSITY, IMPOSE CERTAIN STANDARDS OR REQUIRE DISCRETIONARY REVIEW.
AT THE SAME TIME, THE CITY CONTINUES TO HAVE AUTHORITY IN AREAS WHERE STATE LAW PRESERVES LOCAL DISCRETION.
AND THAT'S WHY THE ANSWER HERE ISN'T SIMPLY THAT THE STATE DECIDES EVERYTHING OR THAT THE CITY DECIDES EVERYTHING.
IT DEPENDS ON THE APPLICABLE LAW IN THE SPECIFIC PROJECT.
THE CHALLENGE IS TO BALANCE STATE OBJECTIVES AND LOCAL STANDARDS FOR A HIGH QUALITY, SUSTAINABLE, AND LIVABLE COMMUNITY.
WITH THAT, I'VE CONCLUDED MY PRESENTATION.
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QUESTIONS, QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL MEMBERS REGARDING THIS VERY COMMON COMPLEX TAKING AWAY LOCAL CONTROL ISSUE.FIRST OF ALL, I KNOW THIS WAS A LOT OF WORK.
THE STAFF REPORT ALONE IS VERY DETAILED AND EDUCATIONAL, AND I KNOW THAT'S AVAILABLE ONLINE THROUGH OUR AGENDA.
AND I WOULD HOPE THAT PEOPLE WOULD TAKE THE TIME, EVEN IF THEY HAVE TO DO IT ONE OR TWO PAGES A NIGHT, JUST TO REALLY DIG DEEP INTO WHAT IS IMPACTING THE DEVELOPMENT IN OUR CITY AND HOW STAFF IS WORKING ON BEHALF OF OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL TO ADVOCATE, NUMBER ONE FOR MORE LOCAL CONTROL.
AND NUMBER TWO, THE UNFUNDED MANDATES THAT IT IS IMPACTING IN TERMS OF STAFF TIME AND GOING BACK AND REDOING AND, AND PLANNING FOR.
SO THANK YOU FOR THIS AND I WOULD URGE THE PUBLIC PLEASE TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT DOCUMENT ONLINE.
YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT AND I KNOW THAT STAFF IS AVAILABLE.
ANY COUNCIL MEMBER AND THE MAYOR ARE AVAILABLE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS IF YOU WOULD LIKE MORE EXPLANATION OR JUST A ONE-ON-ONE TIME WITH, WITH ME OR ONE OF MY COLLEAGUES.
I I WOULD JUST ADD TO THE ISSUE OF, OF STATE MANDATES.
UM, THIS IS HAPPENING JUST ABOUT IN EVERY DEPARTMENT NOWADAYS, BUT IN PARTICULAR IN YOUR DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING, UM, UM, 200 AND SOME BILLS.
AND THAT'S NOT GONNA STOP THIS NEXT LEGISLATIVE SESSION.
THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE TO CONTINUE TO, TO PUSH THIS ISSUE.
AND THE FRUSTRATING PART FOR ME IS, IS THAT EACH TIME THIS HAPPENS, IT ERODES OUR LOCAL CONTROL OF HOW WE DEVELOP OUR COMMUNITY AND HOW WE WOULD BELIEVE OUR COMMUNITY NEEDS TO DEVELOP.
AND YET THE STATE, I BELIEVE IT'S HCD IS HOUSING AND AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IS THE ONE THAT DESIGNATES CITIES, PRO HOUSING CITIES.
I BELIEVE IT'S THEIR JURISDICTION OR THEIR DEPARTMENT THAT DOES THAT.
WELL, FOR THE COMMUNITY'S INFORMATION, RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS CONSIDERED BY THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA A PRO HOUSING CITY.
AND YET THEY, WE ARE TREATED LIKE EVERY OTHER CITY THAT IS NOT, DOES NOT HAVE THAT VERY, VERY POSITIVE DESIGNATION.
WE STILL HAVE TO COMPLY WITH EVERYTHING THAT THE STATE DESIRES AND THERE'S NO REAL BENEFIT, EVEN THOUGH THERE SHOULD BE A BENEFIT, AND I HOPE THERE'S SOME PIECE OF LEGISLATION DURING THIS NEXT SESSION THAT THAT DOES GIVE SOME RELIEF TO CITIES THAT, THAT ACHIEVE A PRO HOUSING DESIGNATION THAT ARE TRYING TO DO THEIR BEST WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS THAT WE HAVE LOCALLY TO, TO BUILD THE KIND OF COMMUNITY THAT, THAT WE BELIEVE OUR GENERAL PLAN HAS, HAS BEEN DEVELOPED TO JUST DO THAT EXACT THING, IS TO DEVELOP IT WITH ALL THE COMMUNITY INPUT WE HAD.
AND THAT COMMUNITY INPUT CREATES CONTROVERSY NOW BECAUSE PEOPLE DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT IT'S NOT, OUR HANDS ARE TIED IN CERTAIN AREAS WITH DENSITY, BONUSES, PARKING RESTRICTIONS OR PARKING, UM, UH, UH, UH, UH, ADDED ADDITIONS TO, TO A DEVELOPMENT THAT WE DON'T REALLY APPROVE, BUT THEY BY RIGHT, CAN DO SO.
SO, UM, I JUST HOPE THAT WE CAN DO A BETTER JOB OF CHANGING THE LEGISLATURE'S ATTITUDE TOWARDS ATTACKING OUR, OUR HOUSING.
UM, IF I CAN ADD A COUPLE OF TAKEAWAYS FROM, UH, THE LEGISLATIVE SESSION I WENT TO, UM, AT CALIFORNIA A PA, UM, WHILE YOU'RE RIGHT, THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE LAWS HAVE BEEN FOCUSING ON THE PLANNING AND THE ENTITLEMENT PROCESS AND GETTING PROJECTS THROUGH THE PROCESS FASTER.
UM, THE LEGISLATURE SEEMS TO BE MOVING INTO, UH, VERY INTERESTING DIRECTIONS THAT, UM, WE NEED TO BE AWARE OF.
AND NUMBER ONE IS WHAT THEY CALL POST ENTITLEMENT REVIEW PROCESS, WHICH IS THE BUILDING PERMIT PROCESS WHERE THEY ARE STARTING TO ESTABLISH SOME VERY STRICT TIMELINES AND VERY STRICT, UH, NUMBERS OF REVIEW THAT THAT BUILDING DEPARTMENTS CAN DO, UM, ON A PLAN CHECK.
THE OTHER, UH, PIECE THAT THEY ARE MOVING FORWARD ON, UM, THERE WERE TWO PIECES OF LEGISLATION THAT WERE SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR THIS YEAR.
I TRULY BELIEVE THIS IS THE OPENING SALVO.
UM, AND THAT IS, UH, ONE OF THEM IS TO, IF YOU CURRENTLY HAVE OR PROPOSE AN EDU THAT IS 750 SQUARE FEET OR LESS, YOU ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPACT FEES.
IF YOU BUILD SOMETHING THAT'S ABOVE EIGHT, LET'S SAY 800 SQUARE FEET, YOU PAY THE IMPACT FEES ON THE 800 SQUARE FEET.
THE NEW LAW SAYS THAT YOU WILL NOW ONLY PAY THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE 750 THAT YOU WOULDN'T HAVE PAID AND THE NEW, UH, THE EXCESS
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SQUARE FOOTAGE.SO THE IMPACT FEES WILL BE REDUCED TO 50 SQUARE FEET.
UM, THE OTHER ONE IS FOR, UH, AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECTS WHERE THE, WHERE THEY ARE STATE FUNDED, WHERE THERE'S A STATE FUNDING COMPONENT.
UM, WE ARE, CITIES ARE NOW RESTRICTED FROM CHARGING DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ON THOSE PROJECTS.
SO, UH, I DO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CONTINUE TO ERODE, UH, DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES AS A WAY FOR US TO ENSURE THAT INFRASTRUCTURE IS, IS PLANNED FOR AND BUILT PROPERLY.
JENNIFER, COULD YOU, FOR OUR AUDIENCE, I KNOW WE'VE COVERED THIS WITH THE CITY COUNCIL, BUT COULD YOU COVER WHY DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES ARE IMPORTANT? UM, SURE.
SO WHAT DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES DO IS THAT THOSE COVER, UM, THE COST OF CITY SERVICES, SO THINGS LIKE POLICE SERVICES AND FIRE AND LIBRARY AND ANIMAL CENTER SERVICES, AS WELL AS TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE NEEDS.
THOSE ARE SORT OF THE, THE LARGER AREAS THAT DEVELOPMENT IMPACT FEES COVER.
UM, AND SO AS THOSE IMPACT FEES, UM, ARE WAIVED FOR NEW DEVELOPMENT, WE'VE ALWAYS HAD A LONGSTANDING POLICY THAT DEVELOPMENT PAYS ITS OWN WAY.
AS THOSE, UM, THOSE IMPACT FEES WILL BE WAIVED FOR CERTAIN PROJECTS, UM, THERE'S GONNA BE A SHORTFALL IN NEED FOR SOME OF THESE CITY SERVICES.
WELL, AND, AND, AND OR THE CITY MUST FIGURE OUT A WAY OF FUNDING IT.
SO IF WHERE IN THE PAST THE DEVELOPER FUNDED, UH, THOSE KINDS OF IMPACTS, CORRECT.
SO AS WELL AS BUILD THE ROADS AND STEWARD SEWER AND, AND ALL THE OTHER INFRASTRUCTURE, UM, CORRECT.
THEY'RE REQUIRED GENERALLY TO PUT THAT IN, BUT SO LET'S JUST SAY WE, UM, HAVE A NEED OR THERE'S AN ESTABLISHED NEED FOR LET'S SAY, UH, AN EXPANSION TO THE ANIMAL CENTER OR ANOTHER LIBRARY LOCATION.
THOSE, UH, IMPACT FEES WOULD GENERALLY HELP PAY FOR THAT, THAT THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.
AND AS WE'RE, AS WE ARE GOING TO BE REQUIRED TO TAKE IN FEWER IMPACT FEES, THOSE THINGS, UM, WILL HAVE TO BE FUNDED ELSEWHERE.
AND IF I COULD JUST ADD ONE CLARIFICATION, THE IMPACT FEES ARE FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO, OF WHAT IT, UM, THE IMPACTS OF HAVING MORE RESIDENTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
WE, WE WILL, WE PICKED THOSE UP, BUT IT'S THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE IMPACT, WHICH AS YOU KNOW, IS VERY COSTLY.
BECAUSE IF WE BUILT ALL THE ROADS WAITING FOR DEVELOPMENT 20 YEARS FROM NOW, IT STILL MIGHT BE VACANT, BUT THE ROADS ARE THERE, UH, THAT ARE, AND I'VE SEEN COMMUNITIES THAT HAVE DONE JUST THAT BUILD A FIRE STATION EXPECTING A LARGE DEVELOPMENT TO OCCUR IN THE FIRE STATION SET VACANT FOR OVER 10 YEARS, YEARS AGO.
UM, SO WE, IT'S A PAY AS YOU GO.
THE DEVELOPMENT OCCURS, THEY PAY FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, THEY PAY FOR THOSE ROADS AND SEWER AND WATER AND AND EVERYTHING ELSE.
AND, AND SO WE WAIT ON THE INFRASTRUCTURE TO BE BUILT BASED ON DEVELOPMENT AND THE AMOUNT OF DEVELOPMENTS OCCURRING.
JENNIFER, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR A WELL DONE REPORT.
AND I'M JUST WONDERING, I WOULD ASK, UM, ALYSSA, MAYBE AND, AND JENNIFER, THAT POWERPOINT I THOUGHT WAS VERY, VERY USEFUL.
I CAN WE PUT THAT UP ONLINE ALSO ALONG WITH WHAT THE REPORT IS, BUT THAT POWERPOINT WAS VERY SELF-EXPLANATORY OF SEEING THINGS AND IT PROBABLY WILL GENERATE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT UNDERSTANDING, BUT I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY WELL DONE ALSO.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE, IS THAT SOMETHING WE COULD DO? OKAY.
SO WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS.
[I2. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)]
ANY COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS, ANY INTER AGENCY UPDATES? SEEING NONE, ANY CITY[I3. INTERAGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)]
ATTORNEY ITEMS, UH, ONE ITEM DURING THE CLOSED SESSION TONIGHT,[CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS]
THE COUNCIL AUTHORIZED THE FILING OF A PETITION FOR REVIEW WITH THE STATE WATER BOARD TO CHALLENGE THE SANTA ANA REGIONAL WATER QUALITY CONTROL BOARD'S ADOPTION OF A NEW STORM WATER DISCHARGE PERMIT FOR SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY.AND THE CITY WILL BE JOINING, UH, OTHER CITIES IN THE COUNTY IN FILING THAT PETITION.
AND THE VOTE ON THAT WAS UNANIMOUS.
ANY IDENTIFICATION FOR ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE TWO WEEKS FROM THIS
[IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING]
EVENING ON OCTOBER 21ST? SEEING NONE, I DO HAVE ONE ITEM PRIOR TO ADJOURNMENT, AND THAT IS, AS WE CLOSE TONIGHT'S MEETING, WE RECOGNIZE INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY THAT WILL OCCUR ON MONDAY, OCTOBER 12TH AND HONOR THE KS PEOPLE, THE ORIGINAL STEWARDS OF THIS LAND, ALONG WITH THEIR ENDURING CULTURE TRADITIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS.ONE OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CORE VALUES IS EQUITABLE PROSPERITY FOR ALL PEOPLE.
AND TO THAT END, WE HEREBY FORMALLY RECOMMIT TO BEING INCLUSIVE, VALUING CULTURAL DIVERSITY, AND CONTINUING TO BUILD A COMMUNITY THAT WELCOMES ALL PEOPLE.