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US IN THE PLEDGE TO OUR FLAG,[REGULAR MEETING – 6:00 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS]
PLEASE JOIN ME.I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR.
PRESENT COUNCIL MEMBERS RYAN HUTCHINSON.
MADAM CLERK, DO WE HAVE ANY AMENDMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS EVENING'S AGENDA? NO.
MR. MAYOR, THERE'S NO AMENDMENTS TONIGHT.
[PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL: Mayor Michael Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler ]
THEN TO PRESENTATIONS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS.WE HAVE THREE PRESENTATIONS TONIGHT.
UH, OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS A PRESENTATION
[AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA]
OF A PROCLAMATION TO THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA.EXCUSE ME, THAT'S NOT, THAT'S NOT THIS ONE.
PRESENTATION OF A CERTIFICATE TO, UH, THE RECOGNITION ON HONORING,
[B1. Presentation of Certificate of Recognition Honoring Vocational Improvement Program, VIP, Inc.’s 40th Anniversary.]
HONORING VOCATIONAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, VIP INCORPORATED FOR 40 YEARS OF EXISTENCE HERE IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUON.I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD MATTHEW, THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR VIP.
I YOU GO AHEAD AND SHARE A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHY WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING.
UM, THANK YOU GUYS FOR BEING HERE SUPPORTING US 40 YEARS.
WE'RE, WE'RE SUPER EXCITED, UM, TO BE ABLE TO, TO PROVIDE VERY VALUABLE SERVICES TO ADULTS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES FOR 40 YEARS.
YOU KNOW, AS, AS THE MAYOR SAID, BEING 40 YEARS IN RANCHO, I'VE BORN, I'M BORN AND RAISED IN THIS CITY.
SO THE FACT THAT I GET TO CALL THIS HOME AND I GET TO WORK IN IT EVERY DAY IS AMAZING.
BUT, UH, PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT SERVICES TO PEOPLE, INDIVIDUALS, UM, OUT THERE IS, IS SUCH AN INTEGRAL PART TO HELP BUILD UP OUR COMMUNITY, AND WE'RE JUST SO PROUD TO BE PART OF IT AND VERY THANKFUL TO BE UP HERE AND BEING RECOGNIZED FOR 40 YEARS AND HOPEFULLY IN ANOTHER 40 YEARS.
I DON'T KNOW IF I'LL BE HERE, BUT WE'LL HAVE SOMEONE ELSE UP HERE TOO FOR OUR 80TH.
WE, WE CAN'T THANK YOU ENOUGH.
LET'S GIVE VIPA HUGE ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR ALL THEIR EFFORTS, UH, OVER MANY, MANY YEARS.
AND TO BE EXACT, WE HAVE THE CERTIFICATE, MATTHEW, AND IT STATES, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS PROUD TO RECOGNIZE VIP, INCORPORATED IN HONOR OF YOUR 40 YEARS OF EMPOWERING INDIVIDUALS WITH INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES AND CREATING OPPORTUNITIES FOR GREATER INDEPENDENCE AND EMPLOYMENT.
TWO VERY IMPORTANT THINGS, BOTH INDEPENDENCE AND EMPLOYMENT.
AND THANK YOU TO ALL YOUR TEAM WHO ARE HERE TONIGHT TO RECOGNIZE YOU.
ONE BIG MORE LAP ROUND TO APPLAUSE.
OUR NEXT PRESENTATION IS A PROCLAMATION FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, RECOGNIZING SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2026 AS NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND FROM THE STAKE OF THIS
[B2. Presentation of Proclamation to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints Recognizing September 12, 2026, as National Day of Service.]
CHURCH OF CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS.WE HAVE STATE PRESIDENT MATT MILL, TIM PARKER, LYDIA PARKER, TYLER BROWN, AND LESLIE JENSEN.
COULD YOU ALL COME FORWARD? AND IT LOOKS LIKE THEY'RE ALL HERE FOR SURE.
AND ANYONE ELSE THAT YOU BROUGHT ALONG WITH YOUR FOR SURE.
WHAT A TEAM
I'M THE COMMUNICATIONS DIRECTOR FOR THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA AREA.
WE WERE SO PLEASED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS AND WITH HEALTHY RC AND WITH THE COMPASSIONATE COMMUNITIES GROUP TO PUT A
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PROJECT TOGETHER TO BEAUTIFY RED HILL PARK.AND WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR ALL THE PARTS.
EVERYBODY CAME TOGETHER AND REALLY HELPED, AND WE JUST WORKED TOGETHER TO MAKE THIS MASSIVE PROJECT A SUCCESS.
UM, WE ORGANIZED THIS PROJECT IN HONOR OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE, WHICH, UM, HONORS, IT SEEKS TO RECREATE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AND COMPASSION, UM, AND HONORS THE VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS AND FIRST RESPONDERS.
OF THE NINE 11 ATTACKS, OUR VOLUNTEERS INCLUDED, UM, A HUNDRED.
WE HAD 150 PEOPLE THAT CAME OUT AND GAVE THEIR SATURDAY MORNINGS.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR THEM, AND THEY INCLUDED STUDENTS FROM ALL THE LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS FROM EIS.
WE HAD MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY AND WE HAD MEMBERS OF OUR CHURCH ALSO.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL FOR EVERYBODY THAT CAME OUT AND GAVE THEIR SATURDAY MORNINGS AND HELPED US TO SPREAD OVER 500 CUBIC YARDS OF MULCH.
AND WE PAINTED GARDEN ROCKS AND WE PICKED UP LITTER AND JUST REALLY MADE THAT PARK SHINE AND SPARKLE.
WE'RE SO GRATEFUL TO BE HERE, TO HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO RAISE OUR FAMILIES AND TO LIVE.
AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEEK WAYS THAT WE CAN BUILD UP OUR COMMUNITY IN THIS WORLD AROUND US.
AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO PARTNERING IN THE FUTURE EVEN MORE AGAIN WITH THE CITY AND IN DOING PROJECTS THAT WE CAN HELP THE AREA AROUND US.
I, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THIS IS ONE PROJECT, BUT THAT'S NOT THEIR ONLY PROJECT THAT THEY'VE DONE OVER THE HISTORY MANY, MANY YEARS.
THAT CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLE PARTNER WITH THE CITY.
UH, THOSE OF YOU THAT DRIVE DOWN HAVEN AVENUE ON THE WEST SIDE OF HAVEN, JUST SOUTH OF BASELINE, THERE'S HARDSCAPE OF RIVER ROCK.
THEY HELPED A BUILD A A, A PATHWAY ALONG BASELINE AT IN FRONT OF CENTRAL PARK.
UH, THEY'VE DONE SO MANY THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY, AND THERE'S JUST ONE MORE THAT THEY CAN ADD TO THEIR LIST.
SO WE HAVE THIS PROCLAMATION TONIGHT, WHICH WE'D LOVE TO PRESENT YOU, AND IT READS, THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA IS COMMITTED TO KEEPING ALIVE THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND SERVICE WITHIN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHERE IN 2009, SEPTEMBER 11TH WAS DESIGNATED THE NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE.
AND WHEREAS THE NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE HONORS THOSE WHO LOST THEIR LIVES ON SEPTEMBER 11TH, 2000 1, 9 11, AND THOSE WHO RESPONDED IN SERVICE AND INVITES ALL AMERICANS TO HONOR THEIR MEMORY THROUGH ACTS OF SERVICE AND WHERE AMERICANS ENGAGE IN SERVICE AS A MEANS OF UNITING, GUIDING, AND HEALING IN TIMES OF HARDSHIP, TRAGEDY, AND DURING PERIODS OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY.
AND WHERE ACTS OF SERVICE ALONGSIDE OUR NEIGHBORS BUILD MORE EQUITABLE.
AND JUST COMMUNITIES INSPIRE A LIFETIME OF SERVICE AND FOSTER RESPECT FOR INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES.
AND WHEREAS THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA EXTENDS ITS HEARTFELT APPRECIATION TO THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS, AND TO ALL VOLUNTEERS WHO CONTRIBUTED TO THE SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2026 SERVICE EVENT IN OBSERVANCE OF NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBRANCE.
SO NOW THEREFORE, BE IT PROCLAIMED THAT THE CITY OF COUNCIL, OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA DOES HEREBY RECOGNIZE THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER DAY SAINTS FOR ITS SEPTEMBER 12TH, 2026, COMMUNITY SERVICE EFFORTS AND RE OBSERVANCE OF THE NATIONAL DAY OF SERVICE AND REMEMBERS AND ENCOURAGES ALL RESIDENTS TO CARRY THE SPIRIT OF UNITY AND SERVICE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
AND I CAN TELL YOU, UM, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY, I'M ALWAYS REMINDED THE LAST FIVE LETTERS, OUR UNITY.
AND, UH, I CAN TELL YOU THANK YOU FOR, FOR EVERYTHING YOU'VE DONE FOR US WITH DEEP APPRECIATION.
WE'LL HOPE YOU PUT IT SOMEPLACE IN YOUR STATE CHURCH, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH ONCE AGAIN.
I'LL BET, HUH? THANK YOU SO MUCH.
WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE MEMORIALIZE THIS FOR YOU.
THIS NEXT PRESENTATION WILL BE FROM THE DAAS, AND IT IS A PRESENTATION OF AN UPDATE
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ON THE HOPE AND COAST PROGRAMS, THE CITY OF RANCH, RANCHO CUCAMONGA[B3. Update on HOPE and COAST Programs.]
UTILIZES.I'D LIKE TO CALL FORWARD FORMER POLICE DEPARTMENT LIEUTENANT JEFF ALLISON, AND FROM OUR FIRE DISTRICT DEPUTY CHIEF OF OPERATIONS, AUGIE BARETTA, PLEASE COME FORWARD.
UH, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.
UH, WE'D LIKE TO TAKE THIS OPPORTUNITY TO TELL YOU ABOUT OUR, UH, SOAP TEAM AND OUR COAST TEAM, UH, BOTH, UH, HERE, PROGRAMS IN THE CITY.
UH, AND, UH, WE'LL GET STARTED WITH OUR SOAP SOLUTION ORIENTED POLICING TEAM.
SO THE SOAP TEAM IS A MULTIDISCIPLINARY UNIT.
UH, IT'S BEEN IN THE CITY FOR QUITE A WHILE, FOCUS ON ADDRESSING OUR QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES AND PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS HERE IN THE CITY.
UH, THEY DO THAT THROUGH PROACTIVE POLICING, COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT, AND OUR PARTNERSHIPS WITH LOCAL BUSINESSES AND, UH, CITY DEPARTMENTS.
UH, RECENTLY THE TEAM'S BEEN EXPANDED TO A NINE PERSON TEAM.
THERE'S SEVEN DEPUTIES, ONE CORPORAL, AND ONE SERGEANT.
WE NOW PROVIDE SEVEN DAY A WEEK COVERAGE WITH OVERLAPPING HOURS.
IT'S BASED OUTTA THE PUBLIC SAFETY FACILITY OVER ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE CITY.
UH, AND, UH, WHAT FIRE STATION IS THAT FOR? YAGI 1 72, UH, FIRE STATION 1 72.
SO SAN BERNARDINO, UH, ROAD AND CORNELIAN.
UM, THEY WORK COLLABORATIVE WITH, COLLABORATIVELY WITH OUR OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS, PARTNERS IN OTHER AGENCIES, INCLUDING IN THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, WORK WITH OUR BUSINESS COMMUNITY ON BUILDING THOSE POSITIVE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS.
UH, THEY'RE TASKED WITH QUITE A LOT.
UM, SO ONE OF THEIR PRIMARY DUTIES IS BUSINESS AND ALCOHOL COMPLIANCE.
SO THEY PARTNER WITH THE DIVISION OF ALCOHOL AND BEVERAGE CONTROL AND COMPLIANCE CHECKS AT OUR LOCAL BUSINESSES THAT SERVE ALCOHOL.
UH, THEY PARTNER WITH COMMUNITY IMPROVEMENT DIVISION AND ASSIST WITH ABATEMENT EFFORTS AND BUSINESS LICENSING HERE IN THE CITY.
THEY PROVIDE ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAININGS AND VIOLENCE PREVENTION COURSES TO LOCAL SCHOOLS AND BUSINESSES.
UM, OUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT THROUGH OUR CRIME PREVENTION EFFORTS PARTICIPATE AND HELP OUR NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH COORDINATORS, UH, AND ATTEND COMMUNITY EVENTS, UH, THROUGHOUT THE CITY.
UM, ONE OF THEIR PRIMARY DUTIES IS OUR HOMELESS RESPONSE.
THEY CONDUCT OUTREACH AND ENFORCEMENT CONNECTING UNHOUSED INDIVIDUALS WITH AVAILABLE RESOURCES.
AND, UH, AS I'VE ALREADY SAID, IT'S A MULTI-AGENCY COORDINATION EFFORT, BOTH PUBLIC WORKS HERE IN THE CITY, UM, OTHER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT UNITS WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT, AND, UH, PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS AS WELL.
UM, AND THEN WHEN THEY'RE NOT DOING ALL THAT, THEY ENGAGE IN PROACTIVE PATROLS THROUGHOUT THE CITY, UTILIZING PATROL VEHICLES, UH, MOTORCYCLES, AND OUR SIDE-BY-SIDES.
SOME OF THEIR ACHIEVEMENTS AND GOALS.
UH, FROM JANUARY ONE TO THE BEGINNING OF OCTOBER, THEY'VE HANDLED OVER 4,000 CALLS FOR SERVICE.
THEY'VE CONNECTED 24 HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS WITH SERVICES INCLUDING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
UM, SOME OF OUR PRIVATE PUBLIC PARTNERS, SERVICE PROVIDERS, AS WELL AS COUNTY RESOURCES.
UH, THEY'VE, UM, DONE ABOUT 20, I THINK WE'RE UP TO ALMOST 25 ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAININGS AND TWO LARGE SCALE MULTI-DAY, MULTI-DAY EXERCISES FOR ACTIVE SHOOTER TRAINING, UH, REGIONALLY.
SO WE HOST HERE IN THE CITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS FROM OTHER SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT STATIONS, AS WELL AS OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES WILL RESPOND BECAUSE IN THE EVENT OF AN ACTUAL EVENT, THAT WOULD BE THE RESPONSE.
AND WE ALSO PARTNER WITH FIRE DEPARTMENT ON THAT, WHERE THEY GET TO DO THEIR MEDICAL SERVICE, UH, DELIVERY AND IN AN ACTIVE SHOOTER ENVIRONMENT.
SO IT, IT'S BASICALLY A REAL WORLD SCENARIO WHERE WE PARTNER UP.
AND WITH THAT, WE'LL TRANSIT THOSE OVER TO CHIEF BARDA FOR OUR COAST AND THEIR MISSION.
UH, GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
UM, JUST WANTED TO PROVIDE AN UPDATE ON OUR COAST TEAM.
UH, IT'S BEEN, UH, IN SERVICE NOW SINCE JANUARY OF LAST YEAR.
SO WE'RE ALMOST AT THE TWO YEAR MARK.
AND, UH, WE'RE PROUD TO SHARE THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING GOOD AND WE APPRECIATE EVERY, ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT WITH THIS PRO, WITH THIS PROGRAM.
UM, SO FOR COAST, IT'S BASICALLY OUR COMMUNITY OUTREACH AND SUPPORT TEAM THAT, UH, IS A MOBILE RESPONSE UNIT FOR MENTAL HEALTH, UH, CRISIS.
AND IT'S, UH, DESIGNED TO PROVIDE SPECIALIZED AND SUPPORTIVE RESPONSE TO INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
AND IT ALSO, ANOTHER IMPORTANT COMPONENT TO THAT IS THE FOLLOW-UP CARE THAT THESE PATIENTS GET, WHICH IS, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.
AND, UH, BRINGING IT TOGETHER, UH, COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE FIRE RESOURCE, WHICH IS ONE
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OF OUR ENGINEER PARAMEDICS WITH THE CANINE AS WELL AS A LAW ENFORCEMENT SHERIFF, DEPUTY, AND, UH, UM, UH, BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UH, REPRESENTATIVE FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH, UH, COAST TEAM FIVE, WHICH IS THE RANCHO TEAM HERE.WE'RE THE FIFTH TEAM IN THE COUNTY.
UM, IT, LIKE I SAID, IT, IT'S A FIRE SAFETY EMPLOYEE, A SERVICE DOG, A SHERIFF DEPUTY, AND A SOCIAL WORKER.
AND CURRENTLY THE, THE FIVE TEAMS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY, UH, ONE IS IN THE CITY OF FONTANA, THE CITY OF ONTARIO, CITY OF SAN BERNARDINO, AND THEN THE REGIONAL TEAM THAT THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT HAS, UH, OUT ON THE EAST END OF THE COUNTY, AS WELL AS THE, UH, CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, UH, SOME KEY, UH, SOME KEY POINTS OF THE COAST TEAM.
UM, THEY RESPOND DIRECTLY TO THE INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING THOSE MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
AND, UH, THEY DO THAT, UM, THROUGHOUT THE WEEK.
AND, UH, THEY DO IT PRETTY WELL ACTUALLY, WITH THE FOLLOW UP AND THE DATA THAT WE'RE GETTING ON THIS THAT I'M GONNA SHARE IN AN NEXT FEW SLIDES.
UM, THEY PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE RESOURCES AND TREATMENT, UH, TREATMENT OPTIONS, UH, WHEN APPROPRIATE, DEPENDING ON THE, ON THE CLIENT.
UH, THE, THESE PATIENTS ARE ACTUALLY CALLED CLIENTS IN, IN, IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR SITUATION OR WHEN THEY RESPOND.
AND, UH, THEY PROVIDE FOLLOW-UP AND, UH, CONTINUE, CONTINUE TO CONTINUITY OF, UH, CARE AFTER THE INITIAL RESPONSE.
AND, UH, THEY WORKED OVERALL TO REDUCE THE REPEAT HEALTH EMERGENCIES, UH, WITHIN THE SYSTEM TO GET 'EM THROUGH THE RIGHT RESOURCE.
WE'RE PROUD ABOUT THE PARTNERSHIPS THAT WE HAVE GAINED SINCE WE STARTED THIS PROGRAM.
INITIALLY, UM, WE WERE DONATED, UH, THROUGH ARROWHEAD CREDIT UNION, UH, AND THE ARROW HEART FOUNDATION THAT'S HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
UM, THEY DONATED OUR COAST VAN AS, AS WE SHARED WITH THE COUNCIL A WHILE BACK.
AND, UH, THAT UNIT IS STILL IN SERVICE AND THE COAST TEAM DOES USE IT FOR ITS OPERATIONS AND TRANSPORT OF CLIENTS.
AND THEN OBVIOUSLY OUR, OUR CONTINUED PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH.
UH, THE ACHIEVEMENT SINCE, UH, THE COAST TEAM HAS GONE IN THE SERVICE BACK IN, UH, WE DID A SOFT LAUNCH IN JANUARY OF 25, AND THEN, UH, AS THE FIRST FEW MONTHS OF THE PROGRAM WENT ON AND EVERYBODY GOT TRAINED UP, UH, INCLUDING THE CANINE, UM, THEY HAD THEIR FIRST CLIENT TRANSPORT IN SEPTEMBER OF 25, AND THEY'RE AVERAGING ABOUT 30 TO 50 SUCCESSFUL CRISIS RESPONSE CALLS EVERY MONTH.
UM, AND THAT'S, THE DATA'S BEEN CONSISTENT, AND YOU'LL SEE IN THE SLIDE THAT I'M GONNA SHOW YOU HERE.
UM, THEY ALSO HAVE A SUSTAINED, UH, ANOTHER ACHIEVEMENT SUSTAINED INTERAGENCY COLLABORATION WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH THROUGH OUR CONTRACT AND THE WORKING DOGS FOR WARRIORS FOUNDATION, WHICH, UH, CURRENTLY OUR FIRE DISTRICT HAS TWO CANINES FROM THAT FOUNDATION.
UM, NEXT, FOR THIS CURRENT YEAR, UH, THE TEAM RECENTLY, UH, DID SOME, UH, NEGOTIATION TRAINING THROUGH THE FBI HERE AT OUR TRAINING CENTER, UH, WITHIN THE FIRE DISTRICT.
AND THE WHOLE TEAM WENT TO THAT TRAINING, AND I'M WE'RE PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THAT, UH, OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS THAT THAT TRAINING PAID OFF HERE LOCALLY, UH, WORKING IN COLLABORATION WITH THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND, UH, THEIR, UH, SPECIALIZED ENFORCEMENT, UH, UNITS THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY THAT, UH, REGULATED AN INCIDENT THAT THAT CAME TO A SAFE IN A, IN A POSITIVE OUTCOME.
UM, ALSO THE RESPONSE TO VETERANS IN CRISIS AND, UH, RESPONSE, UH, TO TEENS IN CRISIS, UH, THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THE AREA AND THROUGH THE LOCAL SCHOOLS.
THIS RESPONSE BY MONTH IS, UH, IT'S THE, UH, THE DATA RUNS TO THE END OF OCTOBER, UH, 19TH OF, UH, OF THIS MONTH.
BUT JUST TO KIND OF GIVE YOU A SNAPSHOT OF WHAT THE, THE AVERAGE RESPONSES ARE FOR OUR TEAM, UM, ON, ON EVERY MONTH, WE'RE CURRENTLY UP TO 819 WITH, WITH THE LAST DAY OF THE DATA BEING CAPTURED ON THE 19TH OF WHICH WAS YESTERDAY, OR TWO DAYS AGO, SORRY.
AND WITH THAT, THAT CONCLUDES OUR, UM, PRESENTATION.
IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR US, OBJECTIONS OR COMMENTS, COUNCIL MEMBERS? I HAVE A QUESTION.
COULD WE GO BACK TO THE SLIDE REGARDING THE WEEKLY DATA? I FOUND THAT VERY INTERESTING THAT THE DAYS OF THE WEEK AND THE NUMBER OF CALLS OR PERCENTAGE YES.
OF CALLS THAT YOU GET PER, PER DAY.
WHAT'S THAT FORWARD? RIGHT THERE.
I FOUND THAT VERY INTERESTING THAT YOU'VE GOT MONDAY, TUESDAY, AND THEN YES, THAT'S RIGHT AFTER A WEEKEND.
ANY OBSERVATIONS FROM WHAT YOU'VE SEEN AND THE TYPE OF MENTAL HEALTH CASES THAT COME ABOUT DURING THOSE TIMES? THEY SEEM TO VARY.
I MEAN, JEFF, DO YOU HAVE ANY FOLLOW UP FROM YOUR END ON, SO WHAT COASTAL, EXCUSE ME.
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COASTAL DO A LOT OF TIMES IS AS THEY COME IN ON MONDAY, THEY'RE FOLLOWING UP ON OUR PREVIOUS CALLS THAT WE'VE HANDLED ON A LAW ENFORCEMENT LEVEL.THEY'RE REACHING OUT, UM, AND CONNECTING SERVICES TO, SO MAYBE SOMEONE CALLS IN A MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS CALL TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT.
IT DOESN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL WHERE WE'RE TAKING THAT PERSON INTO CUSTODY, BUT THERE'S STILL A NEED THERE.
SO THE COAST TEAM WILL COME IN AND FIGURE OUT, HEY, HOW, WHAT RESOURCES CAN WE CONNECT THE FAMILY TO, TO THE, THE PATIENT OR CLIENT TO, UM, WHAT'S BEST FOR THEM? THAT'S WHERE THE CLINICIAN OR THE SOCIAL WORKER COMES ON BOARD, UM, AND REALLY IDENTIFIES ALL OF THOSE TOOLS THAT BEHAVIORAL HEALTH HAS TO SUPPORT THIS PERSON OUTSIDE OF A, A TRADITIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT RESPONSE.
SO THAT'S WHY YOU'LL SEE A LOT OF ACTIVITY ON MONDAYS AND TUESDAYS BECAUSE THEY'RE CATCHING UP ON THOSE WEEKEND CALLS THAT DIDN'T RISE TO THE LEVEL OF A INVOLUNTARY HOLD OR SOMEONE GOING TO JAIL.
BUT THERE'S STILL THAT NEED FOR A MENTAL HEALTH COMPONENT.
AND IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING YOU'RE WORKING COLLABORATIVELY WITH SCHOOLS YES.
SO HAS THAT BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL FOR YOU THIS YEAR IN TERMS OF THAT COOPERATION? UH, YES.
THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT THOSE CITY, SEVERAL SCHOOLS THAT HAVE UTILIZED COAST FOR SOME CRITICAL INCIDENTS, WHERE COAST COMES IN AFTER THE FACT WITH THE THERAPY DOG, RUGER GOES IN AND DOES HIS THING, HELPS THE STUDENTS, AND THEY HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO CHAT WITH THE CLINIC, UH, SOCIAL WORKER AND WORK THROUGH THEIR, THEIR CONCERNS.
WELL, I APPRECIATE THIS REPORT, AND I THANK YOU FOR WHAT WE'RE DOING ON BEHALF OF PEOPLE WHO DO HAVE THE CRISIS MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS.
I KNOW THAT COAST HAS BEEN A VERY STRONG ADDITION TO OUR TEAM, SO THANK YOU FOR THAT REPORT.
ESPECIALLY INFORMATION FOR THE COMMUNITY ON THESE RESOURCES THAT ARE AVAILABLE WHEN NEEDED.
OKAY, THAT CONCLUDES OUR PRESENTATIONS.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF SPEAKERS.
WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS PORTION OF THE EVENING'S AGENDA.
THIS IS THE TIME AND THE PLACE FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC TO ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL AND FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT ON ANY ITEM LISTED OR UNLISTED ON THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
PUBLIC COMMENTS ARE LIMITED TO THREE MINUTES PER INDIVIDUAL.
THERE'S A RED LIGHT, AND THAT WILL BE ON THE, ON THE SPEAKER AT THE
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PODIUM.AND WHEN THAT LIGHT GOES OFF, OR THERE'S A TIMER ON THE SCREEN, UM, YOUR THREE MINUTE TIMEFRAME HAS BEEN MET.
UH, PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS WILL NOT EXCEED ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE BUSINESS PORTION OF THIS EVENING'S AGENDA.
AND IF THERE ARE SPEAKERS THAT ARE LEFT OVER, WE WILL TAKE THEM AT THE END OF THE MEETING.
SO, UM, OUR FIRST SPEAKER IS JAIME GERICH.
I HOPE I PRONOUNCE THAT WRONG.
IF, IF, IF I DID, PLEASE CORRECT ME AT THE PODIUM, MA'AM.
MY NAME IS JAMIE GZA AND I'M AN UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT.
I RECENTLY GRADUATED FROM LOS SOSO HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WAS, UH, FORMERLY PART OF THE YOUTH LEADERS, UH, FROM RANCHO CUCAMONGA PROGRAM.
I'M HERE TODAY IS TO SHARE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SEVEN HYDRO OXY MIT GYNE, ALSO KNOWN AS SEVEN OH H, AND CONCERNS SURROUNDING PRODUCTS CONTAINING THE SUBSTANCE.
OHH IS A PSYCHOACTIVE COMPOUND WITH CRAMPED IN A PLANT WHOSE LEAVES CONTAINS SEVERAL ACTIVE COMPOUNDS.
ALTHOUGH SEVEN H NATURALLY OCCURS IN CRAMPED AND LEAVES IN VERY SMALL AMOUNTS, IT CAN BE MANUFACTURED PRODUCTS CONTAINING SEVEN OH H ARE SOLD IN DIFFERENT FORMS, INCLUDING POWDERS, GUMMIES, AND OTHER PRODUCTS THAT CAN BE MARKETED AS NATURAL REMEDIES FOR PAIN OR ENERGY PRODUCTS.
HOWEVER, THE WORD NATURAL DOESN'T ALWAYS MEAN SAFE.
SEVEN OH H PRODUCES, UH, UM, YEAH, PRODUCES OPIATE-LIKE EFFECTS AND CARRIES CONCERNS INVOLVING ADDICTION.
AND IF CONSUMED IN HIGH AMOUNTS, LIFE-THREATENING OVERDOSES.
OTHER REPORTED EFFECTS INCLUDE ANXIETY, INSOMNIA, AND SEIZURES.
AND COMBINING SUBSTANCES WITH THAT DEPRESSED, ESSENTIAL NERVOUS SYSTEM LIKE ALCOHOL CAN INCREASE THE RISK OF DANGEROUS EFFECTS.
LUCKILY, WE HAVE NALOXONE, WHICH IS ALSO KNOWN AS NARCAN, AND THESE CAN HELP REVERSE THE OPIOID RELATED OVERDOSES, BUT DOES NOT FULLY ELIMINATE THE RISK CONCERNED WITH THESE PRODUCTS.
ANOTHER CONCERN IS WHETHER CONSUMERS CAN RELIABLY KNOW WHAT THEY ARE PURCHASING, INCLUDING THE PRODUCT STRENGTH, INGREDIENTS, AND POTENTIAL RISKS.
WHEN PRODUCTS ARE MARKETED IN FAMILIAR FORMS, PEOPLE MAY UNDERESTIMATE THE EFFECTS OR ASSUME THAT THEY ARE HARMLESS BECAUSE THEY ARE ADVERTISED AS NATURAL AS A YOUNG PERSON.
THIS CONCERNS ME PERSONALLY, I DO NOT WANNA SEE ANY YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR COMMUNITY EXPOSED TO THESE DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES, UM, BECAUSE SOMETIMES THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THEY ARE TAKING.
OUR COMMUNITY DESERVES CLEAR INFORMATION ABOUT THESE PRODUCTS, THEIR RISKS, AND HOW TO RECOGNIZE THE SIGNS OF AN OVERDOSE.
AND ALTHOUGH CALIFORNIA HAS TAKEN STEPS TO BAN SEVEN OH H, THERE'S STILL MORE WORK TO BE DONE AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL.
IT'S TO ADVOCATE FOR A LOCAL ORDINANCE THAT HELP ADDRESS THE SALES OF THESE PRODUCTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND I'M SHARING THIS INFORMATION SO THE COUNCIL CAN BETTER UNDERSTAND THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNING SEVEN OH H AND IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL ACTION, A LOCAL ORDINANCE CAN SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT, UH,
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EFFORTS, INCLUDING INSPECTIONS AND FINES TO HELP KEEP THESE PRODUCTS OFF OF OUR SHELVES AND PROTECT HEALTH AND SAFETY OF OUR COMMUNITY.HALEY FONG, THANK MAYOR MICHAEL RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY.
MY NAME IS HALEY FUNG, AND I'M A STUDENT AT LOS SOSO HIGH SCHOOL.
TODAY, I ALSO WANNA TALK ABOUT SEVEN, OHH, A DRUG THAT IS MADE FROM CRE EXTRACT AND HOW IT'S HAD DEVASTATING IMPACTS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
SEVEN OH H IS A REAL THREAT CONSUMING.
IT IS 13 TIMES MORE DANGEROUS THAN MORPHINE.
AND SIX FATAL OVERDOSES IN LA COUNTY HAVE ALREADY BEEN LINKED TO SEVEN OH H.
THESE PRODUCTS FUNCTION LIKE OPIOIDS, MAKING THEM BEING REFERRED TO AS GAS STATION HEROIN.
AND SOME SPECULATE THAT SEVEN OH H COULD BE THE FOURTH WAVE OF THE OPIOID CRISIS.
BUT THE REALITY IS THERE STILL AREN'T EFFECTIVE REGULATIONS ON IT.
IT'S SOLD WITHOUT DOSING INSTRUCTIONS.
IT'S ADVERTISED AS CALMING, AND THERE ARE NO AGE RESTRICTIONS ON IT.
THEY COME IN ALL FORMS RANGING FROM GUMMIES TO TABLETS AND OTHER PRODUCTS THAT CAN LOOK DECEPTIVELY ORDINARY.
WHEN PRODUCTS WITH OPIOID LIKE EFFECTS ARE SOLD ALONGSIDE EVERYDAY CONSUMER GOODS, IT BECOMES EASIER FOR PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY YOUNG PEOPLE, TO UNDERESTIMATE THE RISKS.
HERE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, SEVEN OH PRODUCTS ARE NEARLY 85% OF SMOKE SHOPS.
THIS ISSUE IS HAPPENING IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AS A STUDENT, IT'S DEEPLY CONCERNING TO KNOW THAT PEOPLE MY AGE MAY BE ABLE TO ACCESS THESE SUBSTANCES WITHOUT FULLY UNDERSTANDING THE DANGERS OF IT.
WHEN A POTENTIALLY ADDICTIVE SUBSTANCE IS EASY TO FIND, BUT DIFFICULT TO EVALUATE SAFELY, OUR COMMUNITY HAS A RESPONSIBILITY TO TAKE THE RISK SERIOUSLY.
WE ALSO DON'T HAVE TO START FROM SCRATCH WHEN IT COMES TO REGULATION.
NEIGHBORING CITIES, INCLUDING ONTARIO AND CHINO, HAVE ALREADY TAKEN STEPS TO ADDRESS 7 0 8 SALES.
THEIR ACTIONS DEMONSTRATE THAT LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CAN RESPOND.
WHEN DANGEROUS PRODUCTS PROS A THREAT TO PUBLIC HEALTH.
RANCHO CUCAMONGA SHOULD EXAMINE THESE APPROACHES AND PURSUE ENFORCEABLE MEASURES THAT PROTECT RESIDENTS, PARTICULARLY MINORS FROM HARMFUL AND POTENTIALLY UNLAWFUL PRODUCTS.
PREVENTION IS FAR BETTER THAN WAITING UNTIL ANOTHER FAMILY FACES A TRAGEDY.
WE SHOULDN'T WAIT FOR THE PROBLEM TO CONTINUE TO GROW UNTIL WE ADEQUATELY RESPOND.
I URGE THE CITY COUNCIL TO INVESTIGATE THE AVAILABILITY OF SEVEN OH H AND RANCHO CUCAMONGA, EVALUATE THE REGULATORY TOOLS TO THE CITY AND TAKE MEANINGFUL ACTION TO PROTECT OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR YOUTH.
CHRISTOPHER POWELL, FOLLOWED BY REKA BAUM.
MY NAME IS CHRIS POWELL AND I AM ASKING THE COUNCIL TO DIRECT, DIRECT STAFF TO STUDY AND RETURN WITH OPTIONS TO PROHIBIT UN UNHOSTED WHOLE HOME SHORT-TERM RENTALS UNDER 30 DAYS, INCLUDING AN INTERIM PAUSE ON NEW PERMITS.
WHILE THAT WORK IS CONDUCTED ON THE MORNING OF OCTOBER 10TH, AT APPROXIMATELY FOUR 30 IN THE MORNING, OUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEAR THE CORNER OF BASELINE AND DAY CREEK WAS WOKEN TO THE SOUND OF GUNFIRE AND CHAOS.
THE HOUSES AND VEHICLES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD BEAR THE SCARS OF THAT MORNING AS A DARK REMINDER OF WHAT HAPPENED.
IT IS ALSO A REMINDER OF HOW LUCKY WE ARE THAT AS A COMMUNITY, THAT WE ARE NOT MOURNING A PREVENTABLE INJURY OR DEATH.
ACCORDING TO THE INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE NEIGHBORS FROM AND THE POLICE REPORT, THE HOME WAS BEING USED AS A SHORT-TERM RENTAL BY INDIVIDUALS FROM SAN BERNARDINO WHEN EVENT VEHICLE ENTERED OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OPENED FIRE PROMPTING SOME PARTY GOERS TO FIRE BACK.
CURRENTLY ON AIRBNB AND VRBO, VRBO, RANCHO CUCAMONGA ONLY HAS ABOUT 35 LISTINGS FOR SHORT-TERM RENTALS ON A FLEXIBLE SCHEDULE WITH NON-FIXED DATES BETWEEN DECEMBER AND JANUARY.
EVEN IF THE NUMBER OF STR LISTINGS IS RELATIVELY SMALL, COMPARED WITH THE CITY'S HOUSING STOCK, ONE UNSAFE RENTAL CAN
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IMPOSE SEVERE COSTS ON AN ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.THE QUESTION IS NOT ONLY HOW MANY THERE ARE, IT IS WHETHER THE CITY HAS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO PREVENT AND PROMPTLY SHUT DOWN DANGEROUS OPERATIONS.
WHEN WE BUY OUR HOMES IN A CITY SUCH AS RANCHO CUCAMONGA, ONE OF THE ATTRACTIVE ASPECTS AND EXPECTATIONS IS THAT WE AREN'T INCONVENIENCED WHEN PEOPLE USE THEM AS A CRASH PAD FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES.
AND WE CERTAINLY AREN'T EXPECTING OUR NEIGHBORHOODS TO TURN INTO A WAR ZONE.
WE PAY OUR PROPERTY TAXES AND ARE INVESTING INTO A COMMUNITY FOR A CERTAIN WAY OF LIFE.
AND DON'T WANNA WONDER IF THE NEXT SHOT WILL ENTER OUR HOMES.
SAN BERNARDINO BANNED SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN APRIL OF 2026, UNDER MUNICIPAL CODE 1661 WITH A THOUSAND DOLLARS FINE PER OFFENSE.
THIS BAN WAS ENACTED THROUGH THE CITY COUNCIL.
OVER FIVE COMPLAINTS RAGING FROM MUNDANE OFFENSES SUCH AS PARKING, PUBLIC DRINKING, LEWD ACTS, NOISE, AND LITTERING.
WHETHER OR NOT THERE IS A DIRECT CONNECTION, DIFFERING RULES BETWEEN NEIGHBORING JURISDICTIONS CAN SHIFT THIS KIND OF BEHAVIOR INTO CITIES THAT CONTINUE TO PERMIT IT.
OUR CONCERN IS THE CONTINUED IMPORTATION OF DISTURBANCES IN CRIME INTO OUR COMMUNITIES WHILE OUR NEIGHBORING CITIES BAN THE SHORT-TERM RENTALS.
MY NEIGHBORS AND I ARE ASKING FOR A STAFF STUDY, PUBLIC HEARING, AND A PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE 8.34.
OUR RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS SHOULD BE PLACES TO LIVE, NOT UNREGULATED EVENT VENUES.
RITA BAUM, FOLLOWED BY MARCUS AMBROSE.
MR. MAYOR, IF I CAN ADDRESS, UM, MR. POWELL AND, UM, LET HIM AND THE COMMUNITY KNOW THAT THIS IS AN AREA THAT THE CITY IS STUDYING.
UM, THE PROPERTY, UM, UNDER DISCUSSION WAS AN ILLEGAL AIRBNB AND NOT ALLOWED WITHIN THE CITY.
UM, AND WE ARE LOOKING AT ALL OF THE TOOLS AND THE RESOURCES, UM, AND IF NECESSARY, WE'LL BRING TO COUNCIL FOR THEIR CONSIDERATION.
MS. MA, GOOD EVENING, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, MY NAME IS RIKA BAUM AND I AM A RANCHO CUCAMONGA RESIDENT, A PARENT AND A CANDIDATE FOR ALT LOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD AREA THREE.
I'M GONNA CONTINUE THE THEME OF SAFETY TONIGHT.
UM, AT THE PREVIOUS MEETING, I RAISED CONCERNS ABOUT LEMON AND BARREL, WHICH ARE UNSAFE INTERSECTION, AND ASKED THE CITY TO FUND AT LEAST ONE CROSSING GUARD PER SCHOOL IN ALOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
STUDENT SAFETY, GETTING TO AND FROM SCHOOL REMAINS A TOP PRIORITY FOR FAMILIES, AND I'M FOLLOWING UP ON THAT.
ACCORDING TO THE PUBLIC RECORDS, IT APPEARS THAT THE CITY CURRENTLY FUNDS ONLY 19 CROSSING GUARDS ACROSS THE FOUR SCHOOL DISTRICTS.
THAT'S ALOMA, CENTRAL CUCAMONGA AND TWANDA ALOMA HAS 10 SCHOOLS AND ONLY ONE CITY FUNDED CROSSING GUARD.
CUCAMONGA HAS FOUR SCHOOLS AND ONLY TWO CITY FUNDED CROSSING GUARDS.
CENTRAL HAS EIGHT SCHOOLS WITH FOUR CITY FUNDED CROSSING GUARDS, AND TWANDA HAS 17 SCHOOLS AND 12 CITY FUNDED CROSSING GUARDS.
THE NUMBER OF CITY FUNDED CROSSING GUARDS PER SCHOOL DISTRICT DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT, UM, SCHOOLS, BUT, UH, SORRY, DO NOT, DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT SCHOOLS, BUT CITY FUNDED CROSSING GUARDS.
AN EXAMPLE WOULD BE RUTH MUSER, WHICH HAS THREE OF THE FOUR CROSSING GUARDS IN ONE SCHOOL IN THEIR DISTRICT.
AT THE LAST MEETING I KNOW I ASKED FOR YOU TO CONSIDER FUNDING ONE CROSSING GUARD PER SCHOOL IN AL LOMA SCHOOL DISTRICT.
SINCE THEN, I HAVE RECEIVED FEEDBACK FROM OTHER PARENTS IN THE NEIGHBORING DISTRICTS REQUESTING THE SAME.
THAT BEING SAID, I BELIEVE EVERY SCHOOL IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST ONE CROSSING GUARD FULLY FUNDED BY THE CITY.
I ALSO WOULD REQUEST THAT THE CITY REASSESS EACH SCHOOL DURING PICKUP AND DROP OFF TIMES TO DETERMINE WHERE CROSSING GUARDS ARE MOST NEEDED.
EXAMPLE WOULD BE DEER CANYON AND PLACE THEM ACCORDINGLY.
I WOULD LIKE TO ALSO REQUEST THAT THE CITY POSTS THE RESULTS PUBLICLY.
SO THERE IS TRANSPARENCY FOR THE DISTRICTS AND THE COMMUNITY WITH HIGH DENSITY DEVELOPMENT.
CONTINUING STRONGER COORDINATION BETWEEN THE SCHOOL AND OUR, BETWEEN THE CITY AND OUR LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS IS NECESSARY.
THIS INCLUDES TRAFFIC IMPACTS FROM NEW DEVELOPMENT, SIDEWALK AND CROSSWALK IMPROVEMENTS, SIGNAL, SIGNAL TIMING, AND SPEED ENFORCEMENT NEAR SCHOOLS.
STUDENT SAFETY SUPPORTS LEARNING, REDUCES PARENT STRESS AND HELPS EASE CONGESTION FOR EVERYONE.
AS A SCHOOL BOARD CANDIDATE, I'M COMMITTED TO WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY ON THESE OVERLAPPING ISSUES, WHETHER THROUGH JOINT PLANNING OR FROM THE SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL PROGRAM, A STRONG CITY DISTRICT PARTNERSHIP BENEFITS THE ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
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FOLLOWED BY JAMES BANKS.UH, I WAS HOPING THE COUNCIL COULD, UH, GIVE CLARIFICATION TO THE RESIDENTS TONIGHT REGARDING, UH, BILL AB 98 AND THE CITY'S PLAN TO, UH, BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE BILL.
AS TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, WE'RE OUT OF COMPLIANCE AND SUBJECT TO FINES.
UH, AND I WAS ALSO HOPING TO, UH, SPEAK WITH ONE OF THE SHERIFFS, UH, REGARDING A DISCREPANCY I ENCOUNTERED AT THE PROBATION, UH, TRAINING CENTER THIS PAST WEEKEND.
YOU CAN, UM, OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, JENNIFER NAKAMURA, WILL GO OUTSIDE AND, UM, SHARE HOW WE BELIEVE.
WE THINK THAT WE ARE IN COMPLIANCE WITH AB 98, AND THEN ONE OF OUR SHERIFF PARTNERS CAN COME OUT AS WELL.
MR. BANKS, YOUR HONOR, MAYOR, I'M BACK AGAIN.
ROUND THREE ON THE TWANDA DEPOT.
UH, IN 1913, THERE WAS A STRAIGHT LINE FROM SAN BERNARDINO TO BALDWIN PARK, AND THAT WAS THE UNION PACIFIC.
AND THE, UH, PACIFIC ELECTRIC RAILWAY COULD HAVE USED THAT RIGHT OF WAY AND SOME OF THE TRACKS AND SOME OF THE DEPOTS, AND INDEED THEY DID, EXCEPT BETWEEN FONTANA AND UPLAND.
THE LINE WAS DETOURED ABOUT ALL 21 MILES WAS DETOURED ABOUT TWO MILES AWAY NORTH OF THE REGULAR LINE BETWEEN SAN BERNARDINO AND BALDWIN PARK.
THEY BUILT BIG BRIDGES OVER ROUTE 66 IN TWO PLACES.
THEY BUILT BRIDGES OVER WASHES, INCLUDING THE CUCAMONGA CREEK.
THEY, THEY CONDEMNED OR SOMEHOW PURCHASED 21 MILES A STRIP, 80 FEET WIDE, AND THEY PUT RAILROAD TRACKS WHERE THEY NEVER EXISTED BEFORE.
THEY BUILT THE TWANDA DEPOT, THEY SHARED THE DEPOT SPACE IN OTHER PLACES, BUT NOT TWANDA.
IT WAS AN ACHIEVEMENT THAT THE STATE COULDN'T EVEN DO TODAY IF THEY WANTED.
THEY CAN'T GET A RAILROAD FROM BAKERSFIELD TO FRESNO IN 10 YEARS OF TRYING.
AND NOW WE HAVE THIS PROPOSAL TO PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AROUND IT, BASED UPON THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ALREADY EXISTING HERE.
IF YOU PUT AFFORDABLE HOUSING AROUND IT, YOU MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A VISITOR CENTER IN FRONT OF ALCARAZ OR SING SING, IT WOULD BE A DISASTER.
THE, UH, PROPOSAL CONTRASTS WITH THE DENSITY IN THE AREA.
IT CONTRASTS WITH A SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENCES IN THE AREA.
IT CONTRASTS WITH THE ARCHITECTURE IN THE AREA.
IT CONTRASTS WITH THE, THE HISTORIC DI DISTRICT OR WHAT SHOULD BE AN HISTORIC DISTRICT WITH THREE HOUSES AND AN OLD CHURCH.
AND IT SHOULD BE PART OF THAT, BUT IT'S NOT.
SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE DONE TO STOP THIS.
I HATE THIS 30, THIS THREE MINUTE THING.
I CAN'T READ, I CAN'T THINK AS FAST.
IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO TAKE A STAND.
I'M TALKING IN PARTICULAR TO MR. HUTCHINSON AND TO THE MAYOR.
WE'VE ASKED THIS BEFORE AND ALL WE GET IS THIS BALONEY THAT, UH, YOU HAVEN'T DECIDED.
MR. HUTCHINSON, I WANT YOU TO MAKE A SECOND MR. MAYOR, THE BEST USE OF THE LAND AROUND THE WAN, OKAY.
FOR A PARK WITH A LOOP DRIVE YOU TIME'S UP NOW, SIR? YES.
REMEMBER, THANK YOU TO MY, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE'S NO PROPOSAL FOR ANY KIND OF HOUSING.
UNDER, UNDER THE, UM, SURPLUS LAND ACT, ANYTIME THAT THE CITY IS CONSIDERING SELLING THE PROPERTY OR USING IT FOR NON MUNICIPAL USE, WE DO HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS.
AND UNDER THE SURPLUS LANDS ACT, WE ARE REQUIRED TO NEGOTIATE IN GOOD FAITH WITH ANY DEVELOPER THAT COMES FORWARD FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, WE HAVE NOT REACHED ANY AGREEMENT, UM, AND WE DO NOT HAVE ANY PROJECT UNDER CONSIDERATION.
STEVE JANIS, FOLLOWED BY PHILLIP E.
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MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS, THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH.UH, BEFORE I START, I WANTED TO COMMEND THE YOUNG SPEAKERS WE HAD TONIGHT.
YES, THEY DID AN EXCELLENT JOB.
AND I HOPE, UH, IN THE FUTURE I'LL SEE MORE YOUNG SPEAKERS.
NOTHING AGAINST THE OLD SPEAKER THAT WE'VE HAD, BUT, UH, IN THE MIDDLE AGE ONE YOU'RE TALKING, YOU'RE HEARING FROM RIGHT NOW.
ANYWAY, TO FOLLOW UP IN MR. BANKS' COMMENTS, UH, I DO ALSO WANT TO URGE THE COUNCIL TO TAKE A STAND.
I UNDERSTAND THE CITY MANAGER THAT, UH, THERE'S NOTHING IN DEVELOPMENT, NOTHING PROPOSED AT THE MOMENT, BUT EVENTUALLY THERE WILL BE.
AND WHEN THERE IS, I THINK YOU SHOULD ALL, WHOEVER'S HERE AT THE TIME SHOULD TAKE THAT POSITION.
UH, I DO UNDERSTAND HOW, UH, HOUSING IS IMPORTANT, BUT YOU AS OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS SHOULD PLAN ACCORDINGLY AND PLAN RESPONSIBLY.
SO YOU NEED TO ASK YOURSELVES WHAT KIND OF COMMUNITY YOU WANT FOR OUR FUTURE, OUR FUTURE GENERATIONS, ESPECIALLY THOSE YOUNG ONES THAT JUST TALKED TONIGHT.
SO ONCE THE LAND IS DEVELOPED, THERE'S NO GOING BACK, UH, ALMOST ALWAYS.
AND SOMETIMES THEY CAN REVERT BACK TO OPEN AREAS AND PARKS.
BUT FOR THE MOST PART, ONCE YOU BUILD SOMETHING, IT'S PRETTY MUCH THERE FOREVER.
AND I DON'T WANT RANCHO CUCAMONGA TO BECOME THE TYPICAL URBAN JUNGLE THAT WE SEE, UH, LOCALLY, YOU KNOW, POMONA, ONTARIO, UH, EVEN FONTANA.
UM, AND NOTHING AGAINST THOSE CITIES.
BUT I LIKE RANCHO THE WAY IT IS.
I'D LIKE TO KEEP RANCHO THE WAY IT IS.
UH, WE JUST CONTINUE TO OVERBUILD, UH, OVERBURDEN OUR ALREADY CONGESTED STREETS.
UM, PUT MORE BURDEN ON OUR RESOURCES, OUR SCHOOLS, OUR FIRST RESPONDERS, AND A PARK.
IN, IN THIS PARTICULAR INSTANCE, A PARK CAN BE MORE THAN JUST AN ATTRACTIVE SPACE.
IT CAN ALLOW THE NEIGHBORS TO HAVE A PLACE TO GO, TO GET TOGETHER, TO MEET THEIR NEIGHBORS, TO GET TO KNOW THEIR NEIGHBORS, UH, THE CHILDREN, A PLACE TO PLAY, GET THEIR NOSES OUT OF THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES.
I THINK WE'D ALL LIKE TO SEE THAT.
AND, UH, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE HIGH DENSITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENTS THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING GOING UP ALL OVER THE CITY, UH, ARE AGAIN, JUST ADDING TO OUR ALREADY OVERBURDENED RESOURCES.
UM, NOT TO BRING IN THE WAN PRESERVATION AND WHAT'S GOING ON UP THERE, BUT YOU'RE GONNA PUT MORE PEOPLE IN AN AREA THAT WE'RE NOT PLANNING ON WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN IF THERE'S A CATASTROPHE, WE'RE ALREADY STRETCHING OUR RESOURCES THIN.
LET'S NOT STRETCH, STRETCH THEM ANY THINNER.
UM, SO YOU NEED TO CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE LONG-TERM IMPACTS BEFORE COMMITTING TO ANY PROJECTS.
NOT JUST THIS ONE, BUT ANY PROJECTS THAT ARE GONNA BRING ADDITIONAL HOUSING, ADDITIONAL, UH, RESIDENTS TO OUR CITY, WHICH I'M NOT AGAINST BRINGING MORE RESIDENTS IN, BUT LET'S DO IT RESPONSIBLY.
JUST REMEMBER THAT HOUSING WILL PROVIDE PLACES FOR NEW RESIDENTS TO LIVE, BUT A PARK AND OPEN AREAS WILL PROVIDE A PLACE FOR OUR EXISTING RESIDENTS TO LIVE BETTER.
I THANK MY CITY FOR HEARING ME.
I AM PHILIP E. WALKER, A FULL-TIME HOLLYWOOD ACTOR, UH, WHO HAS BEEN A RESIDENT HERE IN, UH, RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR MORE THAN A DECADE NOW.
AND I'M ELATED TO TELL YOU THAT MY PERFORMANCE WITH, UM, KEVIN HART AND, UH, DRUSKY AND KAI SUNNET IN THEIR THANKSGIVING, UM, STREAMING PRESENTATION WENT VIRAL TODAY.
UM, BUT I'M NOT HERE TO TALK ABOUT MY CAREER AS ALWAYS.
I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT CULTURE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
I'M ELATED TO ANNOUNCE THAT OUR 12TH ANNUAL INDIGENOUS FILM RETREATS TOOK PLACE ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLE'S DAY LAST WEEK.
AND, UM, IT CAME OFF VERY WELL.
WE TAUGHT, WE, UH, PRESENTED AT THE INLAND EMPIRE FILM FESTIVAL, A PART OF THAT, UH, RETREAT, UM, OUR HOLLYWOOD ACTOR JOBS WORKSHOP WHERE WE TEACH ACTORS HOW TO BECOME FULL-TIME EMPLOYED.
AND I WAS SO ELATED THAT MY OWN COUNCILWOMAN FROM DISTRICT TWO AND MAYOR PRO TIM CAME TO THE BLACK FILM FEST AND SPOKE ON CULTURE IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA.
AND I RECORDED THEM
THANK YOU GUYS FOR GIVING US SO MUCH THAT THEY COULD TALK ABOUT.
UM, THE SERIES HAS BEEN BOOSTED TODAY.
UH, UH, UH, MAYOR PRO TEMS TALK OF THE IMPORTANCE OF ARTS IN A CITY, UH, IS THE
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EPISODE THAT CAME OUT TODAY.WE'VE BEEN GETTING ON EACH OF THESE EPISODES, LIKE 500 VIEWS, UM, TODAY THAT GOT 500 VIEWS IN THE FIRST HOUR.
THIS IS THE RESULT OF THE, OF THE, UM, VIRAL THAT THAT HAPPENED WITH THE, UH, THANKSGIVING DINNER.
SO, UH, THERE WILL BE MORE COMING, UH, OF THESE EPISODES.
I HOPE THAT YOU WILL TURN IN AND LISTEN TO WHAT OUR LEADERS HAVE TO SAY ABOUT CULTURE IN OUR ALL AMERICAN CITY.
UH, YOU CAN FIND, UH, THE FIRST SIX EPISODES AVAILABLE@BLACKTHEATERFEST.COM, BLACK THEATER FEST.COM MORE LATER.
THAT CONCLUDES THE SPEAKER CARD.
SO, MADAM CLERK, WOULD YOU READ THE NEXT INSTRUCTIONS FOR ANYONE THAT MIGHT BE WANTING TO SPEAK TO US REMOTELY? THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.
UH, WE CURRENTLY ACTUALLY DO NOT HAVE ANY PARTICIPANTS ONLINE.
UM, SO WE WILL NOT BE RECEIVING ANY ONLINE.
SO WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO OUR CONSENT CALENDAR.
CONSENT CALENDARS EXPECTED TO BE ROUTINE AND NON-CONTROVERSIAL.
THEY'RE GONNA BE ACTED UPON AT ONE TIME, UH, WITHOUT DISCUSSION.
HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL OR FIRE BOARD CAN REMOVE AN ITEM SHOULD, SHOULD THEY SO DESIRE TO HAVE SUCH DISCUSSION.
MR. MAYOR, I NEED TO ABSTAIN FROM ITEM D THREE DUE TO POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST AS SO-CAL GAS IS MY EMPLOYER.
DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE THIS EVENING'S
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CONSENT CALENDAR? SO MOVE SECOND, PLEASE VOTE.MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY WITH COUNCIL MEMBER SCOTT ABSTAINING FROM ITEM D THREE.
WE HAVE NO CONSENT ORDINANCES, NOR DO WE HAVE ANY ADVERT, UH, ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, BUT WE DO HAVE ONE PUBLIC HEARING ITEM AND I WILL TURN THAT OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER, ALYSSA COX.
UM, I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR PLANNING DIRECTOR, JENNIFER NAKAMURA.
SHE IS GOING TO BE SPEAKING WITH YOU AND PRESENTING AN ITEM ON A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO INCLUDE THE
[ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT]
ZONES FOR DESIGNATIONS TO MAKE SURE THAT OUR GENERAL PLAN AND[G1. Consideration of a General Plan Amendment to Amend the Traditional Neighborhood, Suburban Very Low, Suburban Low and Suburban Moderate Land Use Designations to Include the Implementing Zones for Each Designation Consistent with the Adopted Zoning Map. This Item is Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). Applicant: City of Rancho Cucamonga. Record Number: DRC2026-00232. (RESOLUTION NO. 2026-104) (CITY)]
OUR ADOPTED ZONING MAPS ARE CONSISTENT.GOOD EVENING MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.
SO THE ITEM BEFORE YOU TONIGHT IS A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, UH, DURING THE TWANDA HEIGHTS NEIGHBORHOOD AND CONSERVATION PLAN AMENDMENT.
THE HIGH, THERE WAS A HIGHLIGHTED DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE DENSITY THAT WAS LISTED IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN VERSUS THE GENERAL PLAN.
WHEREAS THE SPECIFIC PLAN ALLOWED HOUSING TYPES IN SPECIFIC AREAS RANGING FROM TWO UNITS TO SIX UNITS AN ACRE.
THE CORRESPONDING GENERAL PLAN DESIGNATION, TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, ALLOWED FOR UP TO EIGHT DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE STATE LAWS, WHICH WERE ADOPTED AFTER THE ORIGINAL SPECIFIC PLAN ALLOWED FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN'S DENSITY, REGARDLESS OF THE EXISTING LIMITS IN THE SPECIFIC PLAN.
AS A RESULT OF THAT AMENDMENT, CITY COUNCIL DIRECTED STAFF TO REVIEW THE SCOPE OF THIS ISSUE AND DEVELOP AN APPROACH TO ADDRESS THE INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN THE DENSITY AND THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE IMPLEMENTING ZONES CITYWIDE.
IN JULY OF THIS YEAR, STAFF PRESENTED THE SCOPE OF THE ISSUE TO A JOINT, MEANING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND THE CITY COUNCIL, AND THE LARGEST DISCREPANCIES BETWEEN THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE INDIVIDUAL PARCEL ZONING.
UM, WERE SHOWN IN THESE FOUR PLACE TYPES IDENTIFIED HERE, UM, ON THE SCREEN.
AND THIS REPRESENTS A LARGE SWATH OF THE CITY AS DEPICTED ON THIS MAP TO THE RIGHT.
THESE SLIDES MAY LOOK FAMILIAR FROM OUR JOINT WORKSHOP, BUT IN THIS CASE, I WANNA GO OVER THEM VERY BRIEFLY.
IN THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD WHERE THE MAXIMUM DENSITY HA IS ALLOWED FOR EIGHT, WE HAVE SEVERAL IMPLEMENTING ZONES THAT GO FROM A RANGE OF, FROM A MAXIMUM OF TWO ALL THE WAY UP TO EIGHT.
UM, IN THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY LOW GENERAL PLAN PLACE TYPE, AGAIN, WE HAVE ZONING IMPLEMENTING ZONES THAT ARE ANYWHERE FROM TWO DWELLING UNITS TO SIX DWELLING UNITS AN ACRE.
AND THE GENERAL PLAN JUST DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THAT GRANULARITY.
UH, AGAIN, ALSO WITHIN THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD LOW ZONE, WHICH, UM, IS REPRESENTED ON THE MAP ON THE LEFT, AGAIN A MAXIMUM OF 14, BUT ZONES THAT RANGE FROM FOUR TO EIGHT ALL THE WAY UP TO 14.
AND FINALLY, IN THE SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, MODERATE ZONE, WHICH HAS A MAXIMUM DENSITY OF 32, UH, 30 DWELLING UNITS PER ACRE.
AGAIN, SOME OF THE IMPLEMENTING ZONES, WHICH, UM, GO ANYWHERE FROM FOUR TO EIGHT DWELLING UNITS AN ACRE TO 24 TO UP TO 30.
AND SO AGAIN, THAT GRANULARITY IS NOT RECOGNIZED IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
SO IF I CAN BRIEFLY DESCRIBE, UH, AN EXAMPLE OF HOW THIS DISCREPANCY HAS CREATED SOME UNINTENTIONAL IMPACTS.
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SCREEN HAS A CURRENT DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION AND PROCESS.THE SITE IS ZONED VERY LOW RESIDENTIAL AT TWO UNITS PER ACRE, WHICH WOULD YIELD 12 UNITS ON THE SITE.
HOWEVER, THE GENERAL PLAN DENSITY MAXIMUM IS, HAS A DENSE MAXIMUM DENSITY OF SIX, WHICH ALLOWS UP TO 35 UNITS PER ACRE ON THE SITE.
THE DEVELOPER INVOKES STATE LAW TO USE THE GENERAL PLAN MAXIMUM DENSITY, AND THEN USE DENSITY BONUS LAW TO PROVIDE SIX UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING AT VERY LOW INCOME AND TWO UNITS OF MODERATE INCOME HOUSING TO GAIN AN ADDITIONAL 25 UNITS ON THE SITE.
THE NET RESULT IS THE PRO FINAL PROJECT THAT'S BEING PROPOSED IS 60 UNITS, WHICH REPRESENTS ABOUT 10 UNITS PER ACRE.
UM, THE, TO ADDRESS THESE INCONSISTENCIES AND TO CLARIFY THAT THE IMPLEMENTING ZONE REPRESENTS THE ALLOWED DENSITY ON ANY SPECIFIC SITE, STAFF IS PROPOSING LANGUAGE TO THE FOREMOST EFFECTIVE PLACE TYPES TO INCLUDE THEIR IMPLEMENTING ZONES EFFECTIVELY CLOSING THIS LOOPHOLE.
SO FOR THE TRADITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD, YOU'LL SEE THE NOTE HERE IN RED IS THE AMENDED TEXT FOR THE GENERAL PLAN, SAME WITH SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, VERY LOW AGAIN WITH SUB SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, LOW AND SUBURBAN NEIGHBORHOOD, MODERATE, MODERATE.
WE'LL ALL HAVE ALSO HAVE THEIR IMPLEMENTING ZONES LISTED TO CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE AND ENSURE THAT THERE'S CONSISTENCY BETWEEN WHAT WE ZONED FOR ON THE GROUND AND WHAT IS LISTED IN THE GENERAL PLAN.
UM, THIS ITEM IS EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL EQUALITY ACT UNDER CQA GUIDELINES, SECTION 1 5 0 6 1 3.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION IN ADDITION, CONDUCTED A PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ITEM ON SEPTEMBER 23RD, 2026, AND ADOPTED RESOLUTION PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION 20 26 0 3 4 UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDING THAT THE COMMISSION ADOPT IT OR THAT THE COUNCIL ADOPT THIS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT.
STAFF RECOMMENDS, UM, THAT THE, UH, CITY COUNCIL APPROVE GENERAL PLAN, THE PROPOSED GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT THROUGH THE ADOPTION OF CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 2026 DASH ZERO FOUR.
THIS CONCLUDES STAFF'S PRESENTATION AND I'M AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF BEFORE WE OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING? PUBLIC HEARING IS NOW OPEN.
DO WE HAVE ANY MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC THAT DESIRE TO SPEAK ON THIS MATTER? SEEING NONE.
DO WE HAVE ANYONE THAT HAS NO, MR. MAYOR, WE HAVE NO ONE ONLINE.
WE'LL GO AHEAD AND CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND BRING IT BACK TO COUNSEL FOR DISCUSSION.
ANY COMMENTS? SURE, I'LL GO FIRST.
UH, I APPRECIATE STAFF TAKING A LOOK AT THE INCONSISTENCIES BETWEEN OUR GENERAL PLAN AND ZONING, UM, STANDARDS AS WE CONTINUE TO MEET OUR STATE HOUSING OBLIGATIONS.
I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE ALSO PRESERVE THE CHARACTER OF OUR EXISTING NEIGHBORHOODS AND PROVIDE CLARITY AND PREDICTABILITY FOR OUR RESIDENTS AS WELL AS THE PROPERTY OWNERS.
UM, THIS AMENDMENT APPEARS TO BE A REASONABLE STEP TOWARD REINFORCING OUR, UM, ADOPTIVE ZONING STANDARDS WITHOUT CHANGING EXISTING LAND USE, UH, DESIGNATIONS.
SO I APPRECIATE THAT WE'RE ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE CITYWIDE RATHER THAN LOOKING AT INDIVIDUAL NEIGHBORHOODS, UM, THAT ARE IN ISOLATION.
ANYONE ELSE? MR. MAYOR, COUPLE QUESTIONS.
COULD YOU PULL UP THE IMPACT SLIDE? YOU HAVE IMPACT ON TOP LEFT.
IT WAS THAT DEVELOPMENT ON BANYAN.
SO YOU SAID THIS IS A PROPOSAL THAT'S CURRENTLY BEEN SUBMITTED? YES.
CONSIDERATION FOR CLARITY IN THE EVENT THAT THEY DO MEET THE DENSITY BONUS THRESHOLD MM-HMM
IT'S LIKELY THAT A PROJECT LIKE THIS WOULD NOT EVEN NEED TO COME IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL, IS THAT CORRECT? WELL, DENSITY BONUS PROJECT TYPICALLY DOES NOT NEED TO COME IN FRONT OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL ANYWAY.
THE PLANNING COMMISSION IS THE APPROVING AUTHORITY FOR DENSITY BONUS PROJECTS IN THE CITY.
AND THAT'S A RESULT OF CHANGE IN STATE LAW? CORRECT.
LIKE AT ONE POINT, LIKE WE WOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO WEIGH IN ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
UM, WITH THE CHANGES THAT HAVE HAPPENED IN STATE LAW, THERE WAS A TIME THAT YES, THE CITY COUNCIL WOULD WEIGH IN ON THESE APPLICATIONS.
THEY WERE TYPICALLY IN THE PAST NOT DONE THROUGH PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT.
IT WAS USUALLY A PUBLIC PRI PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP.
TYPICALLY IN THE PAST WITH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MONEY WHERE WE WOULD PUT, BE PUTTING FORTH A PORTION OF FUNDS TO HELP, UM, FUND THE AFFORDABLE HOUSING.
UM, BUT NOW UNDER THE NEW DENSITY BONUS LAWS, UM, IT CANNOT GO TO CITY COUNCIL FOR FINAL APPROVAL UNLESS IT'S APPEALED.
BUT, UM, THE, THE PLANNING COMMISSION HAS TO BE THE APPROVING BODY.
AND I THINK THAT THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT BECAUSE A LOT OF FOLKS HAVE ASKED US QUESTIONS
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ABOUT SOME OF, I THINK WE HAD OUR FIRST DENSITY BONUS PROJECT APPROVED THIS YEAR, AND THEY ASK US, UM, YOU KNOW, WHAT OUR OPINION IS ON IT OR WHEN WE'LL SEE IT.AND THE TRUTH IS, SOME OF THESE WE DON'T EVEN HAVE THE RIGHTS TO SEE THEM.
AND I THINK THAT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THE PUBLIC KNOWS THAT.
ANYTHING ELSE? YES, I HAVE A QUESTION.
SO, DO WE KNOW WHETHER OR NOT THE BUILDER HAS ACTUALLY REQUESTED THOSE DENSITY BONUS CREDITS? ARE WE STILL, OR IS THE PLANNING COMMISSION CONSIDERING THE 35 WITHOUT THE DENSITY BONUS? OR ARE THEY ACTUALLY, HAS THE DEVELOPER REQUESTED SOME OF THE LOWER INCOME UNITS TO JUSTIFY THAT ADDITIONAL INCREASE IN UNITS? CORRECT.
SO THIS IS TWO SERIES OF STATE LAWS, UH, WORKING ONE ON TOP OF THE OTHER.
IN THIS CASE, THEY TOOK THIS ESSENTIALLY LOOPHOLE BETWEEN THE GENERAL PLAN AND THE ZONING TO GET THE MINIMUM OF 35 UNITS AND THEN ADDED DENSITY BONUS ON TOP.
SO IT'S STACKING DIFFERENT RULES IN ORDER FOR THEIR PROJECT TO WORK.
THE PROJECT HAS BEEN SUBMITTED AS YOU SEE IT HERE ON THE SCREEN, WITH 60 UNITS INCLUDING, UM, A TOTAL OF EIGHT, UH, UNITS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING, UM, UH, WITH A GRAND TOTAL OF 60 UNITS.
ONE THING I, I SHOULD JUST CAUTION THE COUNCIL ON IS THAT PROJECTS THAT ARE ALREADY IN PROCESS ARE UNLIKELY TO BE AFFECTED BY THIS GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT.
UM, OR, UH, PROJECTS THAT HAVE, UM, USED THEIR SB THREE 30 PRELIMINARY APPLICATION RIGHTS UNDER STATE LAW HAVE ALSO LOCKED IN THEIR DEVELOPMENT STANDARDS BASED ON THE DATE THEY SUBMITTED THAT APPLICATION.
SO THERE ARE PROBABLY TWO APPLICATIONS THAT I KNOW OF, UM, THAT WOULD BE, THAT WOULD NOT BE AFFECTED BY THIS, UH, GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT AND WOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD UNDER THE OLD RULES.
AND THAT'S BECAUSE THEY CAME IN BEFORE WE'RE MAKING THESE CHANGES TO THIS EVENING.
THEY CAME IN AND THEY EXERCISED THEIR RIGHTS UNDER SB THREE 30.
NORMALLY, IF THEY HAD JUST COME IN AND HAD APPLIED, BUT WERE NOT DEEMED COMPLETE YET, THEN THEY WOULD NOT HAVE LOCKED IN THEIR RIGHTS.
UH, IT, IT REMAINS STILL VERY FRUSTRATING TO HAVE THE STATE REACH INTO LOCAL GOVERNMENT'S BUSINESS AND, UH, PASS LAWS THAT, THAT, UM, WE'RE A PRO HOUSING CITY.
WE DON'T NEED, WELL, IT, IT'S UNDER STATE LAW, I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S VERY FRUSTRATING.
AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DEAL, WE'RE GONNA BE DEALING WITH THIS FOR, FOR YEARS TO COME THROUGHOUT THIS ENTIRE STATE OF CALIFORNIA.
ONE QUICK QUESTION, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IS THERE ANY ADVICE YOU COULD GIVE US AT THIS TIME AS WE CONSIDER THIS, THIS, THIS AN OPTION FOR US? OR IS THIS MANDATORY? TAKING THE ACTION TONIGHT IS NOT MANDATORY, BUT IT IS ADVISABLE TO CLOSE THE STATE LAW LOOPHOLE THAT HAS, WOULD POTENTIALLY ALLOW A DEVELOPER TO COME IN WITH A HIGHER DENSITY PROJECT THAT'S CONSISTENT WITH THE GENERAL PLAN, BUT MAY NOT BE CONSISTENT WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE.
SO THIS ACTION TONIGHT IS ACTUALLY IMPLEMENTING THE ZONING CODE AND FACILITATING IMPLEMENTATION.
THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ZONES THAT ARE LESS DENSE THAN THE MAXIMUM ALLOWED BY THE GENERAL PLAN, WHICH WAS NOT DONE IN A VACUUM.
IT WAS DONE TO AUGER WITH THE, UH, HOUSING ELEMENT THAT WAS DESIGNED TO MEET THE ARENA NUMBERS.
SO IT ALL KIND OF FITS BACK TO THE ARENA, BUT THIS IS, UM, NOT MANDATORY, BUT AN ACTION THAT WILL ACTUALLY RESULT IN REDUCED DENSITIES IN SOME ZONES THAT ARE LOWER THAN THE GENERAL PLAN.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION.
WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT LOOPHOLE TO PREVENT AN INCREASE IN DENSITY.
WE ALL UNDERSTAND WHAT REIN STANDS FOR, BUT, UH, MR. CITY ATTORNEY, IF YOU WOULD, FOR THE AUDIENCES, UH, PURPOSE, WHAT THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT CREATES FOR ALL CITIES AND, AND THE REQUIREMENTS THAT THEY PUT PUT UPON CITIES AS FAR AS THE NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS THAT THEY NEED TO BUILD WITHIN THAT SPAN OF DEBT.
THE REGIONAL HOUSING NEEDS ASSESSMENT IS A NUMBER OF HOUSING UNITS THAT'S ASSIGNED BY THE STATE, THE HCD, HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO EACH REGION WITHIN CALIFORNIA.
THIS RANCH CUCAMONGA IS IN THE SCAG REGION, AND SCAG IS CHARGED WITH, UH, UH, ASSIGNING EACH CITY WITHIN ITS REGION AND COUNTY, UH, A NUMBER OF UNITS TO MEET THE SCAGS REGIONAL NUMBER.
AND SO THE NUMBER OF UNITS AT EACH INCOME LEVEL THAT'S ASSIGNED TO RANCHO CUCAMONGA
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IS CALLED ITS ARENA ALLOCATION.AND I BELIEVE THAT HCD HAS OR WILL VERY SHORTLY BE, UH, RE UH, ISSUING SCAG THE NUMBER FOR, UH, THE SEVENTH CYCLE, UH, HOUSING ELEMENT.
THANK YOU FOR THAT CLARIFICATION AND INFORMATION.
SO, UM, WE'VE CLOSED THE PUBLIC HEARING AND NOW WE WILL MOVE ON TO CONSIDERATION OF, AND I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE REPORT, AND I WANT, AND PLEASE PASS ON OUR APPRECIATION, THE PLANNING COMMISSION FOR TAKING UP THIS ISSUE.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THEIR, THEIR, THEIR, THEIR REASONS, REASONS FOR APPROVING, RECOMMENDING THAT WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS.
SO DO I HAVE A MOTION TO ADOPT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION THAT INCLUDES RESOLUTION NUMBER 2026 DASH ZERO FOUR.
WE HAVE TWO CITY MANAGER STAFF REPORTS, SO I'LL TURN THIS OVER TO OUR CITY MANAGER.
THE FIRST ONE IS CONSIDERATION TO RECEIVE AND FILE THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025.
I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, MATT MARQUEZ, OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, TWO FLAVIO NUNEZ AND OUR MANAGEMENT ANALYST, ONE KIMBERLY CONE, WHO WILL BE PROVIDING THE STAFF REPORT FOR THIS RECEIVE AND FILE OPTION, UM, LETTING UPDATING THE CITY COUNCIL ON THE PROGRESS WE
[H1. Consideration to Receive and File the Economic Development Strategy Annual Progress Report for 2025-2026. (CITY)]
ARE MAKING WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIC PLAN.WE AS MENTIONED, WE'RE HERE TONIGHT TO TALK ABOUT YEAR THREE, UH, IMPLEMENTATION OF OUR FIVE-YEAR ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY.
TO START, I WILL SAY THAT, UH, GROWTH IN, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, OF COURSE STILL MATTERS AND ALWAYS WILL MATTER.
UH, BUT SO DOES HOW GROWTH IS GENERATED, WHO BENEFITS FROM IT, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE SYSTEMS THAT SUPPORT THAT GROWTH CAN LAST.
LONG TERM, UH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS AT OUR CORE ARE CONNECTORS.
UH, SO FOR STAFF, THIS MEANS THAT WE NEED TO SPEND PROBABLY MORE TIME THAN EVER CONVENING AND COORDINATING.
UM, EVEN WHEN OUTCOMES ARE INCREMENTAL OR DIFFICULT TO QUANTIFY.
SOMETIMES IT'S, IT'S A LONG TERM, UH, PLAY.
UM, I THINK THIS IS IMPORTANT AS WE LOOK TOWARDS THE NEXT 50 YEARS OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, UH, BECAUSE EVERY CHOICE ISN'T NECESSARILY JUST A DECISION, BUT A COMMITMENT TO THE COMMUNITY'S CHARACTER AND LONG-TERM VIABILITY.
I WOULD ALSO SAY THAT SOME CITIES, UM, SEPARATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS INTO DIFFERENT BUCKETS, IF YOU WILL, BUT OUR GOALS, AS YOU COULD SEE HERE, ARE, ARE INTERWOVEN.
AND, UH, THAT CREATES A STRONG CONNECTION THAT LEADS TO CONTINUED SUCCESS.
SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT SUCCESS, UH, THIS EVENING, STARTING WITH SOME IMPLEMENTATION HIGHLIGHTS AND, EXCUSE ME, GOAL ONE, WHICH IS GROWING AND DIVERSIFYING, UH, THE CITY'S ECONOMY.
OUR TEAM IS LEADING MUCH OF THE WORK THAT GROWS INTO GROWING THE CITY'S ECONOMY AND DIVERSITY.
WE'RE ACTIVELY PURSUING TARGETED INDUSTRIES SUCH AS ADVANCED MANUFACTURING, TECHNOLOGY, UH, FOOD AND BEVERAGE AND HEALTHCARE.
WE'RE ALSO ATTENDING TRADE SHOWS, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, AND PUTTING C THE CITY'S OPPORTUNITY SITES IN FRONT OF SITE SELECTORS THAT ARE THE DECISION MAKERS ON LOCATIONS.
BUT WE KNOW THAT ATTRACTING INVESTMENT NOT ONLY TAKES INDIVIDUAL EFFORT, BUT IT TAKES STRONG PARTNERSHIPS.
OUR ONGOING COLLABORATION WITH THE COUNTY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT ALSO ALLOWS FOR US TO EXPAND OUR REACH AND LEVERAGE OUR RESOURCES TO BRING QUALITY INVESTMENT INTO THE CITY.
BUT ATTRACTING QUALITY BUSINESSES JUST ISN'T ABOUT HAVING AVAILABLE SITES OR BUSINESS RESOURCES.
IT'S ABOUT CREATING A COMMUNITY WHERE BUSINESSES CAN GROW AND PEOPLE WOULD WANT TO LAY DOWN ROOTS.
A GREAT QUALITY OF LIFE IS SO CLOSELY ATTACHED TO OUR ECONOMIC SUCCESS BECAUSE ECONOMIC SUCCESS ONLY MATTERS IF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE EXPERIENCE A STRONG QUALITY OF LIFE.
A STRONG ECONOMY AND A STRONG COMMUNITY GO HAND IN HAND.
THE ROUTE 66 CENTENNIAL IS A GREAT EXAMPLE.
THIS HISTORIC CORRIDOR REFLECTS OUR IDENTITY AND SIGNAL STABILITY FOR RESIDENTS, VISITORS, AND BUSINESSES.
OUR MARKETING CONTINUES TO TELL THAT STORY THROUGH TARGETED PUBLICATIONS LIKE SITE SELECTION, BUSINESS VIEW, AND INLAND EMPIRE MAGAZINE, HELPING US REACH AUDIENCES THAT INFLUENCE INVESTMENT TRAVEL DECISIONS.
AND HIGHLIGHT WHAT MAKES RANCHO CUCAMONGA A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE, WORK, AND VISIT THE CITY'S IDENTITY AND QUALITY OF LIFE ARE WHAT MAKES RANCHO
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CUCAMONGA A PLACE WHERE BUSINESSES CAN SUCCEED.AND THAT BRINGS US TO GOAL THREE, TURNING THAT APPEAL INTO REAL ECONOMIC ACTIVITY, ATTRACTING THE RIGHT RETAILERS, RESTAURANTS, DESTINATIONS THAT GIVE PEOPLE A REASON TO VISIT AND KEEP COMING BACK.
THIS PAST YEAR, OUR PARTNERSHIP WITH THE RETAIL COACH IDENTIFIED 74 PROSPECTS.
IT SECURED 23 RECRUITMENT MEETINGS AND RESULTED IN FIVE SITE MATCHES.
NOW, THAT MIGHT SEEM LIKE A LOW CONVERSION RATE, BUT RETAIL RECRUITMENT IS ABOUT PRECISION.
IT'S NOT SIMPLY FILLING EMPTY STORE STOREFRONTS OR BUILDINGS.
WE WANT BUSINESSES THAT ATTRACT CUSTOMERS AND GENERATE ACTIVITY TO SURROUNDING BUSINESSES.
BY USING PLACER AI DATA, WE MEASURE THESE IMPACTS.
FOR EXAMPLE, BAYATA SUPERMARKET HAS GENERATED 421,800 VISITS SINCE OPENING, WHILE MARA UAN HAS GENERATED 23,500 VISITS.
THESE FIGURES SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE COMING FROM BEYOND THE CITY LIMITS AND SPENDING MONEY AT NEARBY BUSINESSES TOO.
SO WHEN YOU MAKE THE RIGHT MATCH, IE FIVE MATCHES, WE DON'T JUST FILL BUILDINGS, WE IMPORT HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS OF VISITS INTO OUR LOCAL ECONOMY.
ONE OF THE MOST MEANINGFUL WAYS WE CAN SUPPORT LOCAL BUSINESSES IS BY BUILDING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN JOB SEEKERS AND EMPLOYERS.
AND A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THAT IS OUR ANNUAL HIRING FAIR.
THIS YEAR, WE BROUGHT TOGETHER 24 EXHIBITORS AND OVER 400 JOB SEEKERS.
BECAUSE OF THIS THREE HOUR EVENT, 20% OF EMPLOYERS EXTENDED JOB OFFERS, AND 15% EITHER INTERVIEWED CANDIDATES ARE IN THE PROCESS OF FOLLOWING UP THESE OUTCOMES, REFLECT CONNECTIONS, RESIDENTS ACCESSING LOCAL OPPORTUNITIES AND BUSINESSES, FINDING TALENT.
IT REINFORCES THAT RANCHO CUCAMONGA HAS A STRONG READY WORKFORCE AND THAT WE ARE COMMITTED TO HELPING EMPLOYERS ACCESS IT.
SUPPORTING LOCAL BUSINESS ALSO MEANS BUILDING STRONG RELATIONSHIPS, RECOGNIZING BUSINESSES THROUGH SPOTLIGHTS AND EVENTS, SHOWS THEIR VALUED PARTNERS IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND THAT'S AN EXCELLENT, THAT'S AN EXCELLENT POINT.
OUR SUPPORT GOES BEYOND RECOGNITION AND EVENTS.
THROUGH THE SMALL BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT CENTER, WE CONNECT LOCAL BUSINESSES WITH PRACTICAL RESOURCES, INCLUDING ONE-ON-ONE CONSULTATIONS, EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOPS, AND HANDS-ON GUIDANCE.
THIS YEAR OF THE 459 CONSULTING MEETINGS, 135 MEETINGS, WERE WITH FIRST TIME PARTICIPANTS SHOWING THAT NEW BUSINESSES ARE DISCOVERING AND TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THESE RESOURCES TO HELP THEM GROW AND SUCCEED.
THESE ARE THE TOOLS THAT ARE DRIVING MEANINGFUL ENGAGEMENT.
BUSINESSES ARE SHOWING UP USING SERVICES AND CONNECTING THROUGH EVENTS LIKE BUSINESS APPRECIATION NIGHT.
SO WHEN WE INVEST IN LOCAL BUSINESSES, WE'RE STRENGTHENING MORE THAN JUST INDIVIDUAL COMPANIES.
WE'RE ALSO HELPING STRENGTHEN THE COMMUNITY.
AND WHILE RESOURCES AND HANDS-ON SUPPORT ARE ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL INVESTMENT MATTERS TOO.
SO WE'RE GONNA SEGUE INTO WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THE EPICENTER MASTER PLAN.
SO PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION, UM, OF THE CITY HAPPENS EVERY DAY.
WE SEE IT ALL AROUND US AS WE DRIVE THROUGH THE CITY.
AND AS FLAVIO MENTIONED, THE ED S'S FOCUS ON PHYSICAL TRANSFORMATION IS AT THE EPICENTER.
UM, ON THE SCREEN YOU CAN SEE SOME, SOME NUMBERS FROM EVENTS LIKE THE NEW LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION, ATTRACTING 10,000, UH, ATTENDEES, SPOOKTACULAR, 5,000 AG EXTRAVAGANZA, AND SO ON.
SO I THINK THIS SHOWS THAT PEOPLE CAN AND WILL VISIT THIS AREA, CREATING A SHARED LIKE LIVING ROOM EXPERIENCE FOR RESIDENTS TO COME AND CONGREGATE AND VISIT AND HANG OUT.
SO, TO FURTHER THOSE EFFORTS, WE RECENTLY DEVELOPED AND RELEASED AN RFQ FOR PHASE ONE DEVELOPMENT AT THE EPICENTER, FOCUSING ON THE THREE HIGHLIGHTED PARCELS THERE, UH, ON THE SCREEN.
AS YOU KNOW, THE VISION FOR THE AREA WOULD SEE IT EVOLVE INTO A VIBRANT, MIXED USE, UH, DISTRICT WALKABLE DESTINATION WHERE BASEBALL AND ENTERTAINMENT ANCHOR A, A BROADER ECOSYSTEM OF ACTIVITIES THAT GENERATE, UH, BOTH, UH, MORE ACTIVITY AND ECONOMIC LIFE YEAR ROUND.
SO WE LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING RESPONSES TO THE RFQ AND WE'LL CERTAINLY CONTINUE TO KEEP COUNCIL UPDATED ON THE PROGRESS WITH THAT PARTICULAR EFFORT.
AND NOT ONLY ARE WE INVESTING ON BUSINESS AND PLACES, WE'RE ALSO INVESTING IN PEOPLE AND PATHWAYS.
RC IS A GREAT EXAMPLE OF WHAT HAPPENS WHEN WE INVEST IN PEOPLE WITH ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, LEADING ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, SUPPORTING, AND NEARLY EVERY DEPARTMENT PARTICIPATING.
THIS PROGRAM IS A POWERFUL, UNIFIED EFFORT.
THIS CROSS-DEPARTMENTAL, UH, COMMITTEE IS BUILDING A LONG-TERM STRATEGY THAT SUPPORTS WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AND THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC SERVICE.
EVEN BEFORE YEAR ONE, THE PROGRAM HAS ALREADY PRODUCED RESULTS.
ENGAGING STUDENTS, ENHANCING VISIBILITY AT EVENTS AND SUPPORTING INTERNS AND FELLOWS.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS HAVE ALREADY REPORTED ASSIGNMENTS FOR 14 INTERNS AND FELLOWS AND ATTENDANCE AT 18
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EVENTS ACROSS ELEMENTARY, MIDDLE SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY EVENTS.THESE ENGAGEMENTS HAVE GENERATED MORE THAN 2,800 IMPRESSIONS AND PATHWAYS.
RC REFLECTS HOW COLLABORATION ACROSS THE ORGANIZATION STRENGTHENS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND OUR FUTURE WORKFORCE PIPELINE HIGHLIGHTING CROSS DEPARTMENTAL EFFORTS LIKE PATHWAYS.
UH, RC SHOWS THAT AT LEAST IN THIS CITY, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WORK DOESN'T NECESSARILY BELONG TO JUST, UH, THIS DEPARTMENT, UH, BUT RATHER IT'S A CITYWIDE MANDATE.
UH, EVERY DEPARTMENT PULLING IN THE SAME DIRECTION, ALIGNING ZONING WITH PUBLIC EVENTS, INCREDIBLE SERVICES, BUSINESS RECRUITMENT EFFORTS, AND SO MUCH MORE IN ONE UNIFIED STRATEGY.
SO GOALS, AS I MENTIONED, ARE INTERTWINED OR INTERWOVEN, AND THERE'S A REAL UNDERSTANDING THAT A STRONG ECONOMY REQUIRES A VIBRANT QUALITY OF LIFE.
UM, SO IN CLOSING, JUST WANT TO LET THE COUNCIL KNOW OR, OR TELL THE COUNCIL THAT, UH, WE CERTAINLY APPRECIATE YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT AND YOUR EFFORTS TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
WE LOOK FORWARD TO WHAT YEAR FOUR OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EDS BRINGS.
UH, WE'RE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE.
WE ALSO HAVE SOME OTHER STAFF MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE THAT, UM, SHOULD YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THAT ARE RELATED TO THE WORK THAT THEY DO, THEY'D BE HAPPY TO COME FORWARD AND ANSWER THOSE AS WELL.
QUESTIONS, COMMENTS FROM CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.
THAT'S WHAT I WANT TO SHARE WITH YOU.
THEY'RE VERY IMPORTANT TO WHAT WE'RE DOING, THE PROGRESS WE'RE MAKING IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
AND IT CERTAINLY HIGHLIGHTS WHAT YOUR TEAM IS DOING OUT THERE TO SPUR THE GROWTH IN OUR CITY.
AND, UH, I THINK A REAL EXCITING ONE'S GONNA BE THE, UH, EPICENTER MASTER PLAN AND, AND WHAT THAT CAN BRING TO THIS COMMUNITY AS FAR AS ANOTHER VENUE TO, TO, TO ULTIMATELY WHEN IT'S BUILT OUT IS GONNA BE BEAUTIFUL.
UM, AND THEN PATHWAYS RC, UH, TO ALLOW OTHER PEOPLE IN OTHER, AT SCHOOL, IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGE, EVEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS, TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT MAYBE A LIFE IN, IN PUBLIC SERVICE TO, IN A PUBLIC AGENCY SOMEDAY, WHETHER IT BE A CITY OR WATER BOARD OR SCHOOL DISTRICT.
UH, AND WE WILL NOW MOVE ON TO THE SECOND ITEM, AND THAT IS CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT AND THE FIRE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES BARGAINING GROUP.
AND THAT'S CODIFIED UNDER RESOLUTION NUMBER 20 26, 25.
UM, YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT ON CONSENT CALENDAR WE HAD ANOTHER, UM, SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT, UH, FOR THE COUNCIL'S CONSIDERATION.
[H2. Consideration to Approve a Resolution Adopting Side Letter Agreement Between the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District and the Fire Management Employees’ Bargaining Group. (RESOLUTION NO. FD 2026-025) (FIRE)]
THIS ONE IS IN, UM, UNDER THE CITY MANAGER'S REPORTS.THAT IS THANKS TO SB 7 0 7, UM, THE LAW THAT WENT INTO PLACE IN JULY OF THIS YEAR THAT STATED THAT ANY AGREEMENTS THAT HAD TO DO ANY EMPLOYMENT AGREEMENTS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH EXECUTIVES AND DEPARTMENT HEADS NEED TO NOW COME BEFORE YOU AND I NOT ON CONSENT.
SO, UM, OUR DEPUTY DIRECTOR, MS. EMILY NIELSEN, WILL WALK YOU THROUGH THIS REPORT.
MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL BEFORE YOU IS CONSIDERATION TO APPROVE A RESOLUTION ADOPTING A SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT FOR THE FIRE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES 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 AGREEMENT REPLACES ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATIONS WITH A PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLAN KNOWN AS MY ACTION PLAN OR MAP, AND ADJUST THE TIMEFRAME FOR ELIGIBLE MERIT INCREASES FOR NEW AND PROMOTIONAL DISTRICT EMPLOYEES ON OUR PROBATIONARY PERIOD.
IT ALSO UPDATES THE ACCRUAL CONVERSION FACTOR FOR VACATION, SICK AND HOLIDAY LEAVE.
STAFF ASK THAT YOU APPROVE THE RESOLUTION ADOPTING THIS SIDE LETTER AGREEMENT.
AND I'M AVAILABLE THOSE QUESTIONS.
ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? DO I HAVE A MOTION TO APPROVE? UH, RESOLUTION NUMBER FD 2026 DASH ZERO.
ANY INTERAGENCY UPDATES? ANY ITEMS FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY? NO, THANK YOU, SIR.
ANY IDENTIFICATION FOR ITEMS FOR OUR NEXT MEETING, WHICH WILL BE HELD ON NOVEMBER 4TH? MR. MAYOR,
[COUNCIL BUSINESS]
I WOULD LIKE TO[I1. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS (Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)]
ASK THE CITY MANAGER[I2. INTERAGENCY UPDATES (Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)]
TO LOOK INTO THE PUBLIC HEALTH CONCERNS REGARDING[CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS]
SEVEN OH, THAT WERE BROUGHT UP THIS AFTERNOON[IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING]
BY OUR TWO STUDENTS.I THOUGHT THAT WAS VERY, I LIKE THE, THE RESEARCH THAT THEY DID AND THE FACT THAT THEY CARE A LOT ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING
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IN PUBLIC HEALTH IN OUR COMMUNITY.AND PERHAPS WE COULD HAVE SOME TYPE OF STAFF REPORT OR EVEN A PARTNERSHIP WITH OUR HEALTHY RC PROGRAM.
I KNOW THOSE STUDENTS HAVE TAKEN UP ISSUES IN THE PAST AND AS A RESULT OF THAT, WE'VE HAD SOME POLICY CHANGES THAT HAVE BEEN PUT INTO PLACE.
SO WOULD THAT BE POSSIBLE, MR. MAYOR AND COLLEAGUES? I, I WOULD ASK, CAN YOU HAVE SOME, DO YOU THINK YOU COULD EVER REPORT BY THE NEXT MEETING OR
UM, WE SHOULD PROBABLY CHANGE THAT VERBIAGE 'CAUSE THE REPORTS FOR THE NEXT MEETING ARE ALREADY GOING THROUGH THE PROCESS.
AND IF WE, IF WE DO GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY, IF THE COUNCIL APPROVES PUTTING IT ON A FUTURE AGENDA, UM, IF WE, IF THE YOUTH LEADERS TAKE THIS ON, IT WILL TAKE THEM PROBABLY A COUPLE MONTHS.
BUT I THINK, I THINK YOU BROUGHT UP A VERY GOOD POINT.
INSTEAD OF SAYING NEXT, JUST, WE'LL JUST CALL IT FOR NEXT FOR ITEMS FOR FUTURE MEETINGS.
AND DO WE, DO WE NEED, NEED TO VOTE FOR THE COUNCIL ON THAT? OH, WE, NO.
DO WE? YEAH, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE, WE DO HAVE TO HAVE A VOTE FOR THAT ITEM TO COME FORTH TO THE COUNCIL.
I'LL MAKE A SECOND THEN MR. MAYOR TO, UH, OKAY.
SO NOW WE'LL GO BACK TO, UM, OUR ADJOURNMENT.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU ALL FOR ATTENDING THIS EVENING.
WE TRULY APPRECIATE YOUR BEING HERE.
AND, UH, THANK YOU FOR, FOR ALL THE TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT IN FORTH AT THE PODIUM THIS EVENING.
MAY ASK IF THERE'S STUDENTS YOU CAN ASK.
AND IF THERE'S ANY STUDENTS THAT NEED
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THEIR COUNCIL AGENDAS OR UM, HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENTS, PLEASE COME TO THE ROPE AND WE'LL COME DOWN IF YOU NEED THEM.