A closed session, and the general session will resume at 7 p.m.. So if you’re here for something there, just so you’re not completely surprised. Um, I’ll ask our city attorney to read us into closed session and read the titles onto the record. Yes, mayor.
The council’s meeting in closed session on three items tonight. The first two concern, uh, public employee appointments, which are authorized pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 B uh, for the ratification of the city manager’s appointment to the position of library director. And the second is the position of Chief of police.
And the third item that will be discussed in closed session is, um, authorized pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 D four, uh, due to, uh, the city’s consideration of whether to initiate litigation in one case. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’ll open for public comment, period, and invite members of the audience to address this legislative body. You are limited to speaking for three minutes.
Speaking once only on the three items in the closed session agenda. Is there anyone wishing to speak? Okay. Seeing none, I will close the public comment period and recess us into closed session at 602. It’s my pleasure. I’d like to invite the city attorney to read us out of closed session. And yes, will reconvene at 702.
So, Mr. Attorney, please. Mayor, the council met in closed session and three items tonight. The first, um, two were, uh, ratifying the city manager’s appointment to the positions of library director and, um, chief police and, um, on the position of library director.
They authorized um, Reno Landa to take the position of library director. And for the appointment of chief of police. They ratify the appointment of Captain Cristovao as the chief of police. And, uh, the third item was a anticipated litigation, um, matter that is authorized pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.934.
Uh, and this the City Council unanimously authorized the declaration of a public nuisance and civil nuisance and the initiation of all actions to abate the nuisances created at 415 Conifer Road in the city of Glendora. Thank you, Mister Archer. And just for clarification, the library director will begin in the immediate future. And the transition of police chief is still to be determined on timing. Is that correct? Okay.
Yes, sir. September 14th for Reno will be his first day. What the. The library. As he’s transitioning to the area from San Diego County and and as we finalize the retirement date for Chief Randazzo, we will finalize the swearing in for Captain Chris Tapia. Great. Thank you. Adam. Welcome, everybody. In attendance this evening.
Thank you for your participation. I’m David Freudenthal. I’m the mayor of the city of Glendora and shall serve as the presiding officer over these council meetings this evening. I ask that and consideration of others and the business to be conducted. Kindly silence your electronic devices and refrain from speaking unless recognized to do so.
Again, it’s a public meeting for the city of Glendora, and we welcome and appreciate your participation. Tonight’s invocation will be led by Executive Pastor Anthony Prince of Real Life Church. Understand? They’ve had a celebration this last weekend. So I share that and followed by the Pledge of Allegiance by a resident, Krista Granger.
So if you all may stand for the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, please. Let’s begin our time in prayer. So, God, we come before you to say thanks. Uh, we know that good gifts come from you. Uh, and so we are thankful for the good gift of living in Glendora.
Uh, God, we are thankful for the first responders, those who would give up their lives to care for ours. God, we thank you for those who care for the parks, in the streets and the things that make our city good. And God, we thank you for these council members.
We pray that you would give them wisdom and confidence that you would give them, uh, grace and discernment as they lead our city. And God, we ask that those in this room tonight and our neighbors would be, uh, called to do the things that you consider to be good. Uh, that we would love mercy, that we would act justly, and that we would walk in humility.
And God, we pray these things in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen. Amen. Thank you. Krista. Um, I guess let us begin. Pledge allegiance to the flag. United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. One nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
Thank you, Pastor Prince and Christa, very much. Um, if I understand, the real life church is celebrating their 10th anniversary this past weekend and had a grand celebration. It was a sauna party right in the warm day. We’ve got to turn on the AC. Well, congratulations to your congregation.
And for the community partnership. And it’s nice to look out in the gallery and see so many community partners. Mr. Cabrera from our fire department is here. And our community partners from West Coast Arborists are with us. So we’re always a welcome sight. And, uh, the business leaders are here as well. So we’re pleased and, uh, lucky.
So thank you very much. Um, and consideration of the items on the agenda. Does anyone have any changes or reordering considerations that we might consider? Mr. mayor, I’d like to entertain the thought of moving item number 20. The first, last mile. Uh, uh, up to a higher point.
Although, uh, everything prior to that is very important and riveting. And it will change your entire life. But also, I know that there are some here that are especially, uh, tied into, you know, that. And I would like to see if there’s any kind of support to accommodate them. I would I would welcome that as long as we possibly do that. After public comment.
But and also after public hearings or public hearings are noticed to happen at a certain time. And so after public comment and after public hearings would be the appropriate placement. Stand by. Let me do my math here just a second. The second public hearing, mayor, is item seven.
Okay, so we could move number 20 up after the item seven. Yes. Do that. That would be. That’s correct. 22. Seven. Very good, very nice. Okay. That does bring us to public comments. I will open the public comment period and invite members of the public to address this legislative body.
Speakers are limited to speak three minutes. Speaking once, both on agenda items or off agenda items. As you choose and um, the items that are related to the public hearing will public comment. I would recommend. Hold your public comment if it’s on one of those items for that time frame.
Um, because you will not get a second chance if if your item is related to the public hearing. Um, with that, um, I’ll open for public comment. Again, asking people that wish to speak.
If you have not done so already, there are speaker cards to be filled out, some in the front, some at the back entrance. Kindly complete the card and submit it to the recording clerk before the close of public comment. With that, no particular order, I will, uh, invite up folks to speak. Mr. earnest Pantoja, welcome, sir. Good evening, honorable mayor. Honorable council. My name is Ernest Pantoja.
I’m here on behalf of Sergio Rascon, business manager for Laborers Local 300 construction union, headquartered in Los Angeles that covers this area here to speak on behalf of the proposed contract for WCA. WCA is one of our contractors, one of our best partners. Uh, they are good contractor because number one, their union.
So they pay good wages, they provide benefits, health benefits, not just for the member but for the family members as well. Pension, annuity. And in these days, where things are so difficult, costs are going higher. You know, union jobs are at a premium and they provide for a lot of family members.
Our training school is actually not too far from here in Azusa, where we train apprentices who want to come into the union. One of the things is that people don’t realize the type of people that we bring in.
Formerly incarcerated veterans and especially females, that were trying to get into the trades, that don’t want to go into a typical life. So when we have partners like WCA who come into these communities, you know, they bring a lot of the workers from within the communities, in the surrounding communities.
Give those people an opportunity to spend their money in those communities that they work, not just from outside and in and pay good, good paying wages for those working under them and take care of them. Follow all the safety rules and everything. So they really are a good partner. And, you know, we just hope that this goes forward and that we’re in full support of it. Thank you.
Okay. Thank you. Rancho. Next up, Mr. Victor Gonzalez. Victor, welcome. Thank you. Honorable mayor. Members of the city council. My name is Victor Gonzalez, vice president with West Coast arborist. And I come before you this evening to express my sincere gratitude on behalf of the company.
Uh, for the many years of service that we we’ve been providing to the city of Glendora and the care of the city’s urban forest. Um, we, uh, we thank you for, uh, entrusting us in the care of the trees. And, uh, it’s our objective to make sure the trees continue to thrive. And while also mitigating risks, uh, with trees.
So, uh, we thank you for that. Um, the proposal that’s presented to you, uh, this evening, uh, we feel we strongly believe it’s a it’s a good, beneficial proposal that will continue. Uh, the successful program in the care of the urban forest, while also, um, being affordable and economical and especially during these times.
So, uh, I just want to introduce myself, and if there’s any questions, I’ll be in the audience to, to answer. Uh, thank you again for the opportunity. Thanks. Mr. Gonzalez. Thank you. Okay. I’m going to try to not mess this up. Mr. William Kingston. How’d I do? Good evening. Um. it’s my first time speaking here.
Thank you for letting me speak. Um, when I look on the dais and in the audience, I see a diverse crowd. Um, one thing that I think unites us all, um, is that we’d like to make money. Um. I haven’t met a person who doesn’t like to make money.
So with that, I would like to talk about our bike score in this city. Currently, my bike score at my residence is 5.3. Um, Redfin estimates that if I were to bring it up to 8.0, that would net me about 5% to 15% in property value. Um, on top of that, uh, bike score is relatively simple.
Um, it’s calculated based on factors that contribute to the bike ability of a city. So we’re looking at things that are nearly free. Um, speed limits are one. Lowering speed limits to 25mph just instantly helps you with your bike score.
Um, dedicated bike lanes calculated by number of miles and the size of the lanes. Again, I know that’s not free, but it instantly helps you with your bike score. These are small changes that we can make in our city that make everybody money. And I haven’t met a liberal or a conservative who doesn’t like to make money.
Um, so, uh, another thing that, uh, the presence of a bike City does for us is it allows us to create bike able events. Um, a single bike event with 2000 participants at about $50, uh, nets the city not only money. Uh, you know, in added business revenue up and down the village, uh, but it runs about 75,000 to 200,000 in revenue.
And that alone could potentially cover much of what it would cost to repaint the roads, uh, for bike lanes. So my comments here brief. I’m even, I think, leaving about a minute on the clock.
Um, but I’m here merely to speak in favor of contemplating a different way to, um, imagine our infrastructure so that we can support bikes and therefore make everybody some money. Thank you. That is all. Thank you. William. I invite you to stick around because one of our items, this well, one of our items on the agenda, addresses some of those very items. So you might like that. Okay. Next up, Mister Frank.
Arturo. Item 20 does not have a public comment portion with it. So now would be that time. Okay. Thank you. Mayor. Uh, good evening folks. Frank. Arturo, I’m just here tonight to ask if you’ll consider maybe pushing back.
Uh, any firm vote for item 20? Having to do with the remodel and renovation of Glendora Avenue and Foothill Boulevard until the community maybe has a little better chance to look at things. There’s a 70 page plan set that dropped last week, uh, for comparison, the last building I constructed was a 46 page plan set. So it’s a lot to take in and digest in a few days.
So if you guys would consider holding workshop so the community can look at that a little more carefully or just give us a little bit more time to study it, that would be appreciated. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Frank. Next up, I just have a first name. So, Anne. You’re welcome. Hello, Anne.
Good evening, mayor and members of the city Council. I have no doubt that you will ignore constituents tonight, just as you did with concerns regarding the station plan, as well as the passing over of then Mayor Pro Tem Michael.
All of us for mayor, breaking a 45 year tradition without explanation, on top of countless other issues raised by this community. One year ago, I stood at this podium and warned about the obvious signs of an impending 15 minute city agenda.
Councilwoman Karen Davis and Community Development Director Jeff Kugel openly praised the benefits of 15 minute cities with settlements, with statements going so far as to declare that automobiles are dangerous. For years, residents were told this was just a conspiracy theory. Yet here we are, seriously considering moving vital traffic lanes in favor of bike and pedestrian routes. Glendora does not need or want freedom stripping progressive agendas in our once quaint, charming town.
Nor do we want our tax dollars, whether state or local funding initiatives that only make daily life harder for residents. Wasteful spending without accountability has gone on for far too long. Attempting to manipulate voters into approving hundreds of millions of dollars in bonds for city and school facilities without documented proof of need, all while simultaneously burning millions on beautification projects, is shameful.
The people of Glendora deserve safer streets, not fewer streets. Thank you. Thank you. Anne. Ryan Heights. Hello, Ryan. Good evening. Thanks for having me. This is my first city council meeting. Um, but I recently moved my family to Glendora from Los Angeles, where, as we all know, has a very big homeless problem.
Um, as we’ve moved here since March, that homeless problem in Glendora has only increased month over month. Um, my family lives right off of Glendora Ave. We’re constantly seeing people, um, that, you know, are. Not properly dressed. Not fully dressed. Um, I saw somebody that was clearly on drugs.
Walk right through traffic, ignoring any safety whatsoever. On the verge of getting hit by cars. Um, my children play at Finkbeiner Park, and every single time we’ve been there over the last three months, we have seen several homeless people. Um, and most notably, multiple people washing themselves in water fountains that are meant for children.
Um, and I just want to make sure that we’re keeping our streets safe, and we’re actually enforcing the law and ensuring that this doesn’t continue. Thank you. Thank you. Ryan. Mr. Joe Cena. Good evening, Mr. Mayor. Council. City staff. My name is Joe.
I’m the president CEO of the Glendora Chamber of Commerce, and I thank you for allowing me to speak. First off, a couple of weeks ago, we had our, uh, what, 38th annual Flashback classic car show right across the street here. And we want to thank the city.
Uh, all the staff PD that made that possible, because without your partnership, we couldn’t bring that huge event to the community because we closed streets and all that kind of stuff. And but a lot of people came and people have had fun, and I don’t think we had any serious issues or anything. So it was good. So I thank you and we look forward to continuing that.
Uh, the chamber calendar is filling up, just like the community calendar is. But I want to go over a couple of things. It is election season, as everyone knows. Uh, the chamber is legislative. Action Committee is host, hosting a couple of forums. Um, so everybody’s going to live at the Bidwell Forum one week in September.
Uh, starting on the 14th at 6 p.m., we’ll have the City Council forum. And then on the 16th, the day after your third city meeting, we’ll have the school board forum. They’ll all be at the forum and they start at six. We’ll also we’re also working on a, a the school board meeting, kind of a informational.
It hasn’t quite been penciled out yet, but we’re looking to have that on the 23rd of September at the high school, probably at 730 or so. We’ll get that final information out and put it on the calendars and stuff.
And then also, we were going to do a prop proposition forum, but the library’s already doing one with the League of Women Voters on October 5th. So we’re just going to help promote that. And which that’s at the, the, the Bidwill Forum at 630. Also, um, and finally farmers Market. It’s been going since June. Community seems to like it. There’s a lot of people here every week.
I think this summer from June to, um, from July to August, there’s probably been more people in the village than the last several years combined. So maybe gas prices has something to do with that too. But, uh, you know, it’s been good. So we continue to work on that.
We’re looking at the the future schedule of it, and I continue to work with the merchants, along with the people at at the market. So it’s, um, mutually beneficial to all. So, um, everyone’s successful and can take advantage of the hundreds and hundreds of people that are there every Wednesday night. So thank you. Thank you. Joe. Mister Bob Moore. Welcome, Mr. Moore. Thank you. Good evening.
What is your plan for the 7000. , Glen? Dawn’s without food or health care right now. All around you. That’s equivalent to every student in USD plus another thousand. Another trillion in cuts to health care right after the elections. We are in the middle of a humanitarian crisis.
What’s your plan? Why haven’t you started a health care fund to cover life saving medications for them? A fund for life saving medical procedures for them, like dialysis. Why haven’t you been concerned about the public welfare of your community? This is your hero moment.
Why haven’t you started a community food bank? When the senior lady came in in February and said she needed help affording her utilities. You told her there was nothing you could do for her, even though she represented tens and tens of thousands of residents. That was your Marie Antoinette moment. How about addressing real quality of life issues in Glendora? You can fleet sidewalks, roads, and public works with quality of life.
This is this is your obligatory responsibility as a government providing free internet to every Glendora resident. Free gym membership to 24 hour Fitness, a wellness program for the community, dedicated walk and bicycle paths away from the street. Like so many communities around us.
A daycare fund to help offset and defray the enormous cost to working families in Glendora. Those are real examples of quality of life programs and infrastructure projects for our city. That’s real hometown values, not special interest values. You are spending money like drunken sailors. 43 million off the grid spending. Which means without means to pay for it.
You already rob Peter and gave it to Paul, creating slush funds along the way. Now 30 million to put a roof over a deck right outside these doors. It doesn’t cost $30 million for a roof.
A no bid annual renewed contract with Athens Trash Service, the city’s largest annual contract enriching Glendora School Board President Gary Clifford, CEO and paid registered lobbyist for Athens. All Glendora schools use Athens Trash Company. This is crony capitalism. Gary Clifford, along with two others, voted against the teaching of ethnic studies and used nullifying the will of the community. After spending 60,000 Glendora taxpayer dollars on a course curriculum.
This is not democracy, but rather autocracy. Gary Boyer, representing the investor class in his own personal interest in real estate development, coming here every month like an extortionist demanding money for his projects, even saying, what’s taking so long? This influence peddling from an ex-mayor and reciprocation by the city through funding workshops, special agenda attention and city staff and city manager platforming his
kleptocracy. You cover all of this up by way of imprimatur. This is not hometown values, but special interest values. Thank you very much. Good evening. Thank you, Mr. Moore. Tomoko Toland. A great act to follow. Welcome. Good evening mayor. Good evening. Council.
I’m here tonight to invite the public to tomorrow night’s meeting at Bidwell Forum. Wednesday, August 26th at 6 p.m.. Um, frog has met for the past year and a half, and we’ll share the plethora of ideas that our group has come up with to address the city’s facilities. Tomorrow’s workshop is to hear the public’s ideas, so we invite the entire public to please come and join.
It’ll be the community’s opportunity to speak out, collaborate with others, and share their thoughts and the information that we collect from the meeting will be shared with you all. Thank you. Thank you very much, Lisa. Frank. Let’s see. Oh, there she is. She’s hiding behind the other Frank. Hi, mayor. Hi. City council.
Good evening. My name is Lisa Frank. I’m chair of the youth services department for the Rotary Club of Glendora. This is going to be much lighter than a lot of the other discussions today.
I just wanted to take a second to thank your Community Services Foundation for everything that they do for our community. Um, specifically recognize Alma and Jasmine. I’ve worked closely with them at the Coordinating Council and also with movies in the park. They’re there in the morning all the way until the evening, till the movies are done.
And so I’m just really grateful to have them as partners. And I wanted to take a second to recognize them. Thank you very much. I have no other speaker cards. Are there any others wishing to speak? Krista, please. Welcome. Hello. Um, well, hi, I’m Krista.
Um, I’m a Glendora homeowner, and I just wanted to comment on three things tonight. Um, first, I wanted to give my support to the city for looking into signs, uh, throughout Glendora. It just seems like we have a lot of them. And I appreciate the city taking a closer look at them.
Um, and if there’s any way to deal with the ones that are in public right of way and push them on people’s private property, all for that and leave the public property alone. Um, second, I just wanted to express my support with the plans for the first last mile project. Item 20. Um, I hope you guys approve the plans. And I looked at them, and I think they look great.
And I think, you know, reducing to one lane we’re proposed is going to be a lot safer for pedestrians and cyclists. And even a lot of our golf cart drivers in the area. And their passengers.
Um, and then lastly, I really just wanted to talk and share my thoughts about, um, I’ve heard homelessness as an issue in our city. I’m born and raised and grew up in LA proper. Um, and so I definitely when I walk around a lot, I do see people that are unhoused or homeless in Glendora.
So it’s not like I haven’t seen them, but I don’t feel like it’s the issue that I’ve, um, I think some people experience and I don’t know if that’s my perspective growing up in LA or not. Um, but I haven’t personally had any other issues with the homeless except for recently. Um, you may remember, but 8 or 9 months ago, I came with my parents.
They had a neighbor who was actually a resident, uh, was not living in the house. The family didn’t feel comfortable with him there. He was kind of harassing the neighbors. My parents shared a yard with them. He was, I think, had some drug issues, and there was some stuff going on.
But I will say the community got together, showed up here to City council, spoke to you all, um, got we got connected with the police chief, came out and met with the neighbors.
And while it took a little longer than people wanted, I felt like the city was very responsive with the concerns in that neighborhood. And I just wanted to say that part that I felt like partnering with the city really made a difference. And us being a part of the solution. Uh, and I know my parents feel a lot better with how things are at, and, you know, they live out by the high school.
So I only bring that gentleman up because I just think it’s important when we talk about homelessness, you know, that we just try to keep perspective, use facts on what’s going on in our community, and just try to be as fair as we can to people who are experiencing homelessness and our neighbors who might be
not experiencing homelessness, but seeing that, um, and to just be as compassionate and practical as possible. So that was it. Thank you. Thank you. Krista. Anyone else? Okay. I’m going to ask you to. I’m going to ask you when you’re done. Would you please fill out a card? Come on up.
I just thought I would make a comment after I heard a couple people speak about the homelessness. Um, I’ve lived in this town for 48 years. I was pretty much born and raised here. Went through the schools. I live on the same street I grew up on.
I’m a small business owner. As a landlord of owning some property, and I’m also a retired police officer for the City of Los Angeles. With almost 24 years of patrol experience, I live where the basically on Vista Bonita here where the train comes off and there is a huge influx of homeless transient
people coming off the train. I think some people in other parts of the city don’t notice it as much, but because I’m literally right there, I don’t know if this gentleman on Glendora Avenue that spoke earlier, if he lives closer on that spot, it’s in front of Albertsons. It’s insane.
The amount of people I’m seeing that are there mostly on drugs. And I think if we don’t get a handle on this now, it’s going to get really bad. I mean, I grew up in this town. I used to jog at night when I come home from work.
I don’t do that anymore. So I, I think it is a problem and I think it does need to be addressed. And yes, I understand that there is a percentage of maybe people that are down on their luck, but the majority of the homeless issue is drugs. And then you bring in the mental illness due to the drug induced psychosis.
So unless we can get them into the proper facilities to get them off the drugs, to then get them treatment properly, it’s going to increase because they’re just stepping off the train from LA. And these are not homegrown, transient people.
I understand that the one lady that spoke said it was a son, and that does happen. But the majority of these people we are seeing they’re not from here. So I just I just wanted to piggyback on that. So thank you very much. And thank. You card. Oh. Have a car to you. Thank you. My name is Mark Lucero.
I’ve been a resident for 20, 21 years. I don’t see eye to eye with everybody. You guys have either received an email in support or in disdain for some of the things that go on around town, like we’ve talked about homelessness. It’s a problem. I see it every day.
And now with the last mile thing, I’m really, really concerned about the influx of traffic coming in and going out. And if we limit Foothill Boulevard to one lane, it’s going to be a big problem. The signal went out, coming eastbound. And I understand Mr. Thompson took the time to address it. Today.
The county maintains their signals, but if we reduce it to one, um, to one lane, it’s going to be a problem. God forbid we have a fire and we have to leave town. I really think that we need to measure twice and cut once with this particular item, item 20 or whatever we’re talking about.
Um, with the homelessness, I think we really need to look into it. I don’t know what we can do, but as one voice figure it out, we got to do something. I wouldn’t want to live anywhere else. My wife and I love this town, I do. I don’t have to agree with everybody, but we’re all raising families here together.
And Glendora is a special place. Let’s keep it that way. In my opinion, you guys are doing a great job. I could do a little bit better in my opinion. Thank you for your time and have a great evening. Thanks, Mark. I think we agree on the ball cap though.
That’s Glendora High School, right? Good deal. Okay. All right. Are there any others wishing to speak? Okay, then I will close public comment. I will ask, have we received any items in correspondence related to items on the agenda? Yes. For public comment. There was an item that was received.
It was, uh, incorporated into the agenda packet, distributed to the legislative body and made available to the public. Okay. Thank you very much. We do have that as part of our packet. And the letter is here. So thank you for the contributor. And thank you, Roxanne. All right I will close public comment and bring it back to the members for statements. Uh, let’s start with Shauna.
Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Uh, thank you, everybody, for being here in the interest of time, because we have a long agenda tonight. Um, I’ll forego comments, um, and ask if I can have the police chief come up to provide some clarification on, uh, an incident that happened a few days ago.
There was a social media post, um, that was put up on, I think, Instagram and Facebook and then shared by people in the community in regards to a woman here in town. Um, and I believe there, uh, has been some misinformation. It’s kind of the my word. I miss misinformation.
Um, so, uh, Chief Randazzo, if you could do me a favor. Um, to the extent that you are able, if you could provide the community, um, some information about, um, the post, the woman in the post, the resources of the police department, um, just so we can get the record straight for the community.
Sure. Um, and I think for the the people that came up in, uh, gave comment on the homelessness, I think this will have a lot of bleed over also. Um, so disclaimer, um, the city and the police department have social media accounts. I don’t have any.
So I get my information from our staff that sends me screenshots of social media. Over the last couple of days, I received several screenshots of social media posts made by John Lane, Erica Langman, and Glendora talks to the One post.
It starts off with saying lots of talk about homelessness, lots of talk about the homelessness issue in Glendora. Unless you’re on City Council and the post included a picture of a nude woman set to music. There was a lot of criticism of the police department in the city, so I wanted to look into it to make sure we’re providing good service to our community.
So I reviewed some of the police reports and watch some of the body worn camera. Mr. Lane was on scene, and I’d like to say Mr. Lane was a great good Samaritan. Um, he saw this lady. He helped our officers. He helped this woman. Um, the interaction between Mr.
Lane and our police officers and our firemen in this community was outstanding. He complimented and said he appreciated our officers. And when he left, he asked if there was anything else he could do. And our officers complimented him and said how much they appreciate, appreciated he has.
He had helped as a Good Samaritan. Um, I’d also like to talk about what I did not agree with and what I think were exaggerations and false statements. Um, this woman is not homeless. She was in crisis. And Mr. Lane knows that she is not homeless. And Mr.
Lane knows that she is married and lives in our community. Um, let me say this to everyone. We have a homeless problem in Glendora. I will say that again. We have a homeless problem in our community. We publicly discuss this problem problem on a regular basis. I am up here all the time talking about it. Mr. Eric Der Meyer, our city manager, our council.
It’s been in our last three surveys. Our last survey, it was number three. And in the previous surveys it was number one as a quality of life issue in Glendora. We discussed it in regards to our strategic plan, and we talk about our homeless count and our services on a regular basis.
Sometimes we focus a little bit more on our successes than maybe we should, but we’re proud of those successes, and I don’t want us talking about our successes to be construed as that. We don’t think we have a homeless problem because we do. I can’t thoroughly cover this topic in a couple of minutes.
Um, it is deep and it is vast, and there are many factors I urge you to listen to the podcast, which the city posted about three months ago. I think it was in May.
Um, thank you to, uh, Greg Morton and Moises Lopez and Eric Jeremiah for being on the podcast and our staff behind the scenes that made it possible. I’m sure there’s a link posted on our city website, but if you just Google like I did. City of Glendora Homeless podcast, it should be the first, uh, video that pops up. It’s about an hour. I think it’s 56 minutes, actually.
And they really dwell, delve into the complicated problems behind homelessness, our successes, our failures, and where we currently are at. We do have a homeless problem in the city of Glendora. Around 20% of all PD, of all police department incidents involve homelessness. About $2 million of the police department budget, and another half million dollars annually from the human services budget.
And Licata. You’d have to live under a rock or deliberately bury your head in the sand to know that we don’t have a homeless problem in Glendora. The people that come up and share stories of homelessness causing problems in parks and our streets and with our children. It is unacceptable.
We are doing something about it, but it’s not something that we can fix immediately. We at the police department have expanded our city team to include three police officers and a sergeant.
Uh, this has been done with the support of council and our finances, with our city manager over the last 12 months, since the A line has opened, we have seen an 8% decrease in homeless activity citywide in recent years. We’ve cut the homeless population by half. The post the post talks about relaxed drug laws being the um. Being the problem. And if we fix that, we fix the homeless problem.
Drugs, illegal drugs do contribute to the homeless problem, but it’s not something that is. There’s no panacea for for fixing our homeless issues. It’s complex. Drug use plays a role in homelessness, but there are many other factors.
You can’t simply give people apartments, lock everybody up in jail, or lock everybody up in mental facilities. That’s not how we fix our homeless problem. The post also mentioned that the woman was so high on drugs that she didn’t know what was going on. Um, this woman I will not share obviously the details, but she was in crisis.
I’m not going to say what happened, but it could have been a medical issue. If you look at any of these calls, um, somebody mentioned a naked homeless person in a park. They’re in crisis. It could be a medical problem. It could be a mental health issue. It could be that they on purpose or by accident, used illegal drugs.
It could be that they on purpose or by accident, used too many prescription drugs. There was also a mention that the Glendora Police Department didn’t handle the call appropriately, and diverted officers for a seven year old who was hit by a bicycle. It also said choose your battles.
Homeless drugs, human trafficking, flock cameras and a line. I’m not sure exactly what that poor part of the post was referring to, but I interpret it as, uh, the police department is not doing what they should be doing. Um. We prioritize responses, our police responses, on a daily basis.
Uh, the truth is, we did have a seven year old child that was struck by a vehicle and critically injured. That child was not on a bicycle, and we never left either scene. We allocated our resources along with our partners at L.A. County Fire, and we handled both calls appropriately and well.
I’m proud of our response, and I’m proud of the great work that our staff does on a routine basis, and especially with these two calls. They happen within ten. I think, uh, the exact time was they happened within eight minutes of each other. So we had to prioritize our calls, which we did, and I believe we did a good job on each call.
Uh, human trafficking in the A line. I’m not sure where that came in. Our overall homeless population is down. Our overall homeless activity is down, and we are proud of the work that we have done.
And by the way, like I said before, I totally acknowledge that we still have a problem, a homeless problem in our community, and we will have this problem for some years. I have no opinion on the motive of the post. We respond to crisis. We respond to people in crisis all the time. These two incidents are hard for two groups of people.
A family who had a seven year old child struck by a vehicle, and another woman who’s in crisis with her family. We see the we see the best and the worst in our community and we don’t publicize it. If one of my officers made a post like this, I would discipline them. It draws attention to crisis and trauma. It has a negative effect.
It’s humiliating for the people involved, and it would be a violation of public trust. I will always be available for comment. I love to engage with our city council and our community. I will always be transparent with the police department, but I don’t plan on publicly addressing all false or misleading or exaggerated social media.
Post or public statements, especially since many are made just to get attention. All for the clicks. I will not share specific information that hurts the people that we serve. Do you have any other questions? No. Um. Thank you.
I appreciate the clarification and just want to take a minute to reiterate, um, nobody up on this dais has, um, claimed that Glendora does not have a problem with homelessness. We are we don’t live in a bubble. We don’t live in an island. We are, um, a city within a county that has a homelessness problem, within a state that has a homelessness problem.
Um, we are facing this challenge like every other city in this state. I appreciate you providing clarification on this issue. Um, you know, this struck a nerve with me. I, I understand the desire for some people in the community to want to point out, um, issues of homelessness, but I think this is a good example of why we need to be very careful about
what we’re posting and what we’re sharing. Um, this woman was not homeless. She was not being trafficked. Um, she is a member of this community. And now her nude photo, um, from probably one of the worst moments in her life has been shared all over social media.
And that’s sad. That’s really sad. Um, so I just, I think we need to be really careful about what we’re doing and what we’re sharing. She is someone’s daughter. She is someone’s wife, sister, friend. And that could be anybody we know. You know, crisis happens to people who are not intending it.
It happens to people who use drugs, to people who don’t use drugs like you never know. So, um, anyways, I won’t go on. And, um, it would just ask that people have a little bit of compassion. Thanks. Okay. Thank you, thank you chief. You’re welcome. Mister, allow us. Challenging. Follow that.
Uh, I want to congratulate both Joe Cena and Matt Bartlett on a job well done. At the flashback. Uh, they had very limited support and volunteer support. It gets less and less every year, and it was a success. They changed the time to 4 to 9.
It was very well attended and a lot of people had a lot of fun. There were no issues. I was there from 12 to 10 and helping out at the end. It was very, very well done.
I was surprised that I’m very appreciative that Joe got to go home on Saturday and on Sunday, uh, because that’s usually the case. So Joe, you did a great job along with with Matt, it was just, uh, quite a bit of work. Uh, the farmer’s market has been very well attended. There’s been some little hiccups here and there, and they’re working diligently to try to address all of them, but it is definitely well attended.
And I think that the population is going through there is definitely more than, uh, you know, just in one night than we see in over maybe six months or so. It’s a very, very well attended, uh, just absolutely amazing.
Uh, yesterday Tiffany Chu and myself and Community Development were invited to go to, uh, Caltech. Uh, for as an invite from the Partnership Economic Partnership to meet with, uh, a group for folks from Taipei, from the Computer Association. Comm was one of them. We were trying to see if we can possibly bring some business back here to the city. Uh, hopefully.
Maybe, uh, either rent and or buy some of our, uh, vacant buildings that we have for corporate headquarters and things of that nature. It was pretty well attended, and it was very much appreciated to be invited. There are several other council members from other cities and city managers that were there in attendance as well.
So it was appreciative that we were able to to make that happen. Um, I have been visiting many different folks within the city, and I realized that there are homes that a lot of the curb addresses are either missing or they’re unlivable.
I don’t know, Adam, do we have a program at all that can address that from an emergency standpoint? Just cost $5,000 per address. Now, um, uh, got to pay for infrastructure somehow, right? Uh, great question. I don’t know all the details off the top of my head, but by the end of the meeting, we’re happy to present that information and help people out.
That would be good, because, uh, a lot of folks don’t even have addresses on their homes, let alone on the curb. And I don’t know how our emergency staff are able to find them.
Yeah, don’t have the clarity up to my head, but by the time the meeting is over, I’ll make sure in closing comments we make that announcement. Wonderful. Thank you. Thank you. That’s all I have, mayor. Thank you sir. Mr. Thompson. Well, I want to just affirm what Michael said. Um, the flashback was an absolute smashing hit. Joe. Matt. Others. Thank you for doing that. Um, it was packed out, but the flow was really great.
So thank you for that. And, um, the farmer’s market is, uh, just a fun, fun night. And if you haven’t been there, please, please go. Um, I would also encourage you to stroll up and down the street. There’s a couple of new spots that you can eat.
I’m not going to say who, because you need to find them out, but they’re very good. I’ve eaten at both of them. I never, never miss a new place to eat. And, uh. So, uh, I would encourage you to, you know, um, go and enjoy.
Lastly, I would just want to say thank you to those people that spoke for the first, first time. This is what our city is about. We’re here to listen. Um, we’re here to hopefully solve the issues that you have talked about.
Um, but I want to just affirm you that we welcome you and we affirm the fact that you were here to engage. And I hope it was a good experience. And I hope that you and others who either want to express a, uh, issue or just to say thank you to whoever has helped you, that you would you would want to be here, uh, because we’re a
family and, uh, we’re in this thing here. And so thank you. Just for taking time to be be here. Thank you. Thank you. Mandel. Mr. Davis. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yes, thank you to all of the community partners that have had so many fabulous events over the last couple of months.
It has been wonderful to partake in those. And along the lines of what has been talked about tonight in terms of homelessness, uh, on behalf of Glendora and some of the neighboring communities, I sit on the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust because homelessness is not only a local problem, it’s a regional problem.
People move from city to city, and you can’t solve it just in a silo. We all need to work together. So in the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, we do that. And today was a volunteer day. I was very happy to be able to volunteer in Pomona.
They have received funds to construct a new transitional housing and workforce development site, uh, working in partnership with God’s Pantry and the San Gabriel Valley Cog. So today we were doing some cleaning and painting. And so that will be an opportunity.
There are many pieces in the puzzle, and this is going to be just one of those pieces to try to provide a safe place for those who need it and provide them the resources, but it will continue to take everyone, every city, working together to try to address the issue. As the chief said, we are aware that there is an issue and we should be aware because it is a community issue.
It is a human issue and it is one that we all need to be aware of. And asking ourselves, what can I do? Because we can’t just look at it at the end of the line when we see folks who are unhoused, we also need to ask ourselves what is happening upstream that has led folks to be in the
circumstances they are. So I’m very proud of the city of Glendora and our regional partners that continue to look at what can we do as a region to address the needs that are there and that we will hopefully continue to do that very thing? Thank you. Thank you.
Karen, and lastly, this is our first meeting back from a lengthy break for part of the summer. So hence a very busy schedule. And during that time off staff has been very productive and it’s reflected in the agenda tonight. So lots of work. Thank you to them for taking time off and a little bit.
Hopefully they got some recreation, but they did a lot of work while we were hopefully leaving them alone. So that’s a that’s good a couple of fun things coming up to follow the trend of fun that we’ve had for many weeks this Friday night at Finkbeiner Park, Kid palooza, it’ll be cool and collected, so it’ll be fun.
Bring your kids out and watch them melt a little bit, but it’s the great event. Uh, wristbands and things are available at the Teen Center and at the rec department. If you can get them in advance, save a couple of dollars. But a lot of fun at the park. Another good item coming up.
Uh, we’ve had in a long time, one of these generational projects saying Glendora Urban Trail Project enhancing adjacent flood control surfaces and creating walkable paths, bike paths. They will be the best roadways in town. I think.
Um, nice, nice walking areas, but a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, September 8th at Gladstone Park at 1030 in the morning is a groundbreaking ceremony for the work that’s actually already begun along the San Dimas. Wash Urban Trail project. That’s going from Sunflower to Arrow Highway along the flood control channel. So come out and check it out and we can all watch together as it grows and becomes a great additional path through town.
Um, I do want to remind us that as a city, we welcome and have many opportunities from church groups, service club groups. We do have lots of food, pantry sources and help sauces, health care opportunities. We’re not a health department, so we don’t provide that.
But through our senior citizens and our human relations groups, we have lots of opportunities for the residents to raise their hand and say, how can I get some assistance? So I encourage you to please look those services up. Staff is more than willing and wanting to be of assistance to you, so please take advantage of those with that. Um, I’ll bring it back to Mr. Raymond.
Good evening, Mayor and city Council. Just a couple updates for me. I appreciate Greg, the chief mentioned in answering the council members question about the podcast, talks about homelessness in Glendora, city of Glendora, gov backslash. You can also find it on our YouTube channel or wherever one finds their podcast. Apple, etc..
A couple quick things for those of you who came out tonight to talk about homelessness, I really appreciate you coming out. You can also make phone calls 626852 5200. Again, that’s 8525200. That’s our homeless hotline. Uh, staff will answer and come address any issues.
Should you see a recent encampment that’s been set up or a homeless individual in general? Additional homelessness at city of Glendora. Love. That’s homelessness at city of Glendora. Goes to several of us that will address issues. If you see something late at night, obviously if it’s an emergency, call 911.
So in less time than it took to cut to have you come down this evening, one of the things that we do ask is that you report any issue. You see, it is our way to come out in both service. Um, for for both services and enforcement matters. So, um, it’s quicker to call than sometimes to post.
But understandingly, the more we know, the more we can address. So appreciate any help you can on that front. A couple other items, um, as this council knows, it took a couple actions for first reading and a second reading of an ordinance, that talks about e-bikes, bikes, skateboards and roller skates and all other manners of rolling devices.
Staff is currently in the process of putting up all the required signage for enforcement. Uh, public works and Police Department staff have been in communication with the school districts. At the next City Council meeting. We hope to have far more information about the roll out, the enforcement opportunities, how that’s going to work.
So if you see new signs around town, um, that talk about a new code section relating to rolling and biking, um, including zones in front of schools and major marketplaces, in front of city parks and in the downtown area. So look forward for more information on that.
And lastly, uh, a quick plug, uh, that will also occur later tonight. Uh, as many of you in the audience in the city council obviously knows, we’ve been undertaking a three workshop series on infrastructure, including the library, corporate yard, uh, city streets and city facilities, many of which the conversations have been happening for many, many years and decades.
Workshop three when we talk about funding opportunities and follow up on some council direction from workshop one and two will be September 15th, 6 p.m. at the Bidwell Forum. So workshop 3rd September 15th, 6 p.m.. Uh, with that, thank you very much. Thank you. And don’t worry about the signage. We’ll never have more signs than Washington, D.C..
I guarantee you, Danny. Nothing for me tonight. Thanks, man. Okay. Thank you very much. That brings us to some fun things. Some special items. Items. And item number three will be a presentation by Fire Safe Foothills regarding wildfire preparedness and community resilience. Resources. And we thank the group for participating.
Uh, so we’re going to I don’t know. Oh, yeah. Here we go. Project coordinator Carla martinez. And I think you brought a friend, Gabriela Gabriela Villegas. Okay. I had a chance to meet these young ladies at a committee meeting for the Rivers and Mountains Conservancy who helped support this project.
And it’s a wonderful community project. So welcome to Glendora. And please tell us all about it. Thank you so much for having us today. Um, so yeah, we are the fire safe foothills. So a little bit about why we’re here today. Um, and a brief overview of our presentation.
So we’ll be introducing a little bit about our organization and team reviewing a few trends and challenges that we’ve identified in the wild. Fire resilience space. Um, sharing our program offerings as well as sharing some identity, uh, identified community and government needs. Uh, a little bit about core.
So we are a global humanitarian organization that brings immediate aid and long term recovery solutions to underserved communities globally. Um, and nationally, specifically here in California. We’ve recently, um, held one of the largest Covid 19 and vaccination sites at Dodger Stadium, as well as responding to the Eden and Palisades Fire. We have a recently opened up hub in Altadena, as well as, um, case management, uh, and other services.
So our program specifically is funded like, um, the mayor said by the rivers and Mountains Conservancy. Um, our grant is $2.3 million, and our grant period is from September 2025 to September of August of 2027. So we have about a year left in our program.
Um, our focus is community and environmental equity, and our sub awardee is day one. So the purpose of our program really is to support building safer and more fire resilient neighborhoods through sharing equitable knowledge and resources around wildfire preparedness, as well as increasing community engagement and coordination to proactively mitigate wildfire risk in our MCs territory, which this map kind of shows spans from, um,
all around the Angeles National Forest up in the, um, AV. Uh, and down here in The SGV. A little bit about our funder MSI. So they were founded in 1999.
Um, their area covers the eastern Los Angeles County and western orange counties, and a lot of their mission is to preserve open space and also make it accessible for community members to be able to enjoy these spaces, as well as conservation of these spaces. Um, our partner, uh, Gabriela here is joining me today from day one. There are nonprofit, local, um, to the SGV, founded in 1997.
A lot of their work focuses on building vibrant, healthy cities, making sure that residents have access to resources and a lot of youth programming. This is our team. Um, Gabriela and I are here to represent. So a little bit about what wildfire danger looks like, uh, for this community specifically and L.A. County in general.
Um, so according to FEMA’s National Risk Index. L.A. County is in the 99th percentile for disaster potential in the United States. And with that, 25 disaster declarations were declared in L.A. County between 2013 and 2025. Three of these, which were major.
And so to the left, we have just overall, the red area showing us what the risk is for residents. Um, and then to the right is Glendora, and we can kind of see what the fire risk looks like. Um, to the left in the SGV. So a little bit about our identified community and government patterns. Um, just when addressing wildfire.
So we’ve noticed that there can be limited capacity to address wildfire risk with all of the other things that are going on in our day to day lives. Um, there is a continuous cycle of disasters in the compounding effects that we’re seeing.
Um, sometimes our isolated specific ecosystems, for example, in the Antelope Valleys and Angeles National Forests, sometimes also in communities that are, um, sorry, in communities that are, um. Not incorporated. Excuse me. Um, and so we kind of see that in complex civic ecosystems in San Gabriel Valley, especially after recent, um, events and, uh, like the Eden fire. There’s been special attention in certain areas.
And so, um, just noting that. So a little bit about why it’s so important to kind of all be, um, on a united front against wildfire. So in this 2024 report, the US Chamber of Commerce Foundation found that every dollar spent on preparedness saves communities about $13 in recovery, $6 in reduced damages, and $7 in preserved jobs, income and economic
output. The Fire Safe Foothills team is here to help you and your community through free education and organizing assistance to be able to help residents in this way. So some of our program offerings consist of event tabling, community organizing, and service events, educational workshops. And I’ll hand it over to Gabriela to share more about that.
Hi everyone. As Carla mentioned, I’m Gabriela Villegas. I work on behalf of day one, which is located in Pasadena, and I’m actually really excited because tomorrow I’ll be hosting a workshop with the After Stroke Center regarding wildfire preparedness here in Glendora. So some of our offerings, as I mentioned, are workshops.
These are tailored, so I’ll be looking at access and functional needs when I present tomorrow. Um home hardening. So that really means preparing your home for a potential wildfire fire science fire safe councils Firewise USA, which are pretty promoted because they can potentially bring down your home insurance, which, as somebody mentioned earlier, we all love to make
money, so why not save money as well? Household evacuation planning. So preparedness for the whole family, including pets and then preparedness and alert systems. So really understanding what you need to sign up for which we advise L.A. county’s, um, sign up again. So we support with Fire Safe Council development.
So if anybody’s interested, please feel free to reach out regarding that because establishing 501 C three status can be pretty difficult and confusing. So we’re here to support Firewise community creation. As I mentioned save some money there. And also potentially save your home um training navigation.
So community emergency response training or team training is something that’s available to you. And we collaborate and promote that as well. And lastly, identifying community needs, which for some people has been brush clearance. So kind of rallying people together so that they can get that. Since we cannot directly provide those services to private properties.
Um, and then so here we have some photos of our regional convening. So we’re hosting another one on line. And next in the beginning of September, I believe, September 3rd. Correct. November. We’ll have the dates at the end and update the team. So like I said, we support with organizing folks and also providing workshops for people.
Um, recently we created an activity where people can kind of assess wildfire risk in their location and how to respond to that, and then kind of form of a bingo or what they call Mexican bingo, which is Loteria, which is a fire safe version of it, where we kind of identify, for example, what is a red flag
warning? And it’s an educational component and also a fun way to educate people and can be played really anywhere, even at party. So here are some of our partners. Altadena Fire Safe Council, the City of Lancaster Poppy Festival and LA Emergency Network of Los Angeles, the Glendora Public Library, Inland Empire Fire Safe Alliance, Los Angeles
County Public libraries in general, including Monrovia Public Library, as well the SGV cog, which is the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, uh Sierra madre Sierra madre Fire Safe Council, which we’ve helped develop and are happy to develop any fire safe councils here as well.
And then 301 organics, which has been a key kind of, um, organization following the Eden Fire in terms of testing soil, because there’s been a lot of junk in there. Unfortunately. So our current connections in Glendora, um, include the Glendora Public Library. So we played a discovery challenge there, and then also are participating in Disaster Preparedness Month and then Glendora Historical Society presentation.
I held this presentation at the Rebel Castle, which was really neat. We were able to provide some starter go bags for folks to kind of give them a jumpstart, because it can be very overwhelming to get everything all at once. So we figured, why not give people a jumpstart and catalyze them to move forward.
And as I mentioned, I’ll be back here in Glendora tomorrow, which I’m really excited. I love driving from Pasadena to Glendora, looking at the foothills, and we’re here to protect them and your homes. So as I mentioned, we have a convening coming up. This is virtual.
Um, this is for folks who are in the space of wildfire and interested in, you know, um, making their homes resilient and safe or, and even just their communities in general, because it’s important not just to prioritize your home, but your community as a whole. Because what you do to your house is only as good as what your neighbor does.
Because if their house catches on fire, could potentially catch yours in fire, for example. So our convening is Wednesday, September 2nd from 6 to 8. This is online and feel free to scan the QR code to register and learn more about it.
And then we also have an upcoming another um, workshop which focuses more on home insurance with one of the experts from the Inland Empire Fire Safe Alliance. So this is an expert who’s already really well established in the scope and is very enthusiastic about getting people to save money and their homes. And. Yeah. just closing up, um, a few. Questions just for people to sit on. Uh.
What does your community need as it relates to wildfire preparedness and prevention? What are your constituents most concerned about when it relates to wildfire preparedness and prevention? Um, and then our contact info, please feel free to, um, get in contact with us. We’d love to host a workshop with any community group, neighborhood groups, etc.. Thank you guys.
Thank you. Well thank you so much. And I know you’re working with the entire Foothill community to bring this awareness up. So, uh, a great message and good learns. Anybody have any questions? Comments. Shawna. Um, no questions, but I would be remiss not to use this opportunity for a shameless plug.
And where is Julie when we need her? Um, if you’re going to be at the after stroke center tomorrow and discussing wildfires, this is a perfect opportunity to remind people of our hotline that people can register with. Ah, the police department, um, our senior community or, you know, someone who might be disabled. Um, I think that would be fantastic.
I don’t know if you want to get with maybe the chief or the incoming chief to, to get that information for what is it called? Adam. It’s called, uh, 67283. Yeah, yeah. Text Glendora to 67283. Yeah. Great. That’s awesome.
We actually have been working on developing alert system Trifold and, uh, with evacuation systems and alert links for residents. So maybe we can touch base on that and see if that’s something you guys would like to share with community members. Perfect. Yeah. It’s essentially, um, more specific to the actual community because as I mentioned, we work across the entire Foothill region.
So for example, Sierra madre has their own and then Pasadena has please. So we do the LA County plus the citywide one. So we’d love to promote whatever existing alert system you have. And we’ll be at the Health and Wellness Fair as well. So it’d be cool if we can establish a creative so we can distribute it there.
Perfect. Love it. Thank you for being here. Anyone else? Did you just say Pasadena has fleas? Never mind. That’s. Michael, wait. Wait one second. So in your home hardening, uh, with court, do you offer any, um, technology or work with any providers? Because when homes catch fire, typically is because the embers go into the
vent system in the attic and there is technology for that to prevent it. And secondly, in folks that live in high fire severity zone one have a requirement now of five foot clearance around their home, no vegetation, which is upsetting the community a great deal.
Uh, there are probably other mitigating things to fix for that. And a one size fits all might not be working because some homes are already somewhat hardened already, particularly in the foothills. Can you, um, comment on that? Yeah. So because we are a nonprofit, we tend to shy away from promoting any private, for profit businesses.
Um, but we have been kind of looking at different, um, technologies that are we’re learning about, um, that could benefit community members with the caveat that they are specifically to benefit community members, right? Not to benefit private interests. So we are looking into that more and more.
Um, and in regards to, um, you know, zone zero and all of that coming down the pipeline, it is definitely a very controversial topic. It’s something, um, there’s not a greater consensus. And going back to like the science of it all, it doesn’t always help.
So what we really do is try to offer solutions that are affordable, DIY and safe for people. Um, because a lot of what’s keeping people from sometimes doing that work is the money.
Um, and so that’s kind of our way of supporting because we are a non-profit, we don’t have all the tools to be able to go and harden someone’s home necessarily. We can help look for funding. We can help, um, connect people to groups that may be able to support with that. Uh, but we can really share information more than anything. Um, let people know how to, you know, install mesh onto their attics so that they can protect their homes better, things like that.
So do you think you’ll end up putting together a resource guide with different technologies that might be available for that? Definitely. We can definitely work on that. Right now. We do have a home hardening guide that goes through like priorities and pricing and lists and stuff like that.
There are a few solutions that are already out there, but most people are unaware of them. Right? Yeah. So just to build upon that, we have a kind of Yelp version of a home hardening guide where we essentially rank the pricing of DIY home hardening things, and
people can kind of pick from there. One of the things that we do promote is having a mesh screen on vents to prevent embers from going inside of your home. So as you mentioned, there’s an array of things. Um, no one size fits all. And our priority is educating people on what’s available to them.
And then from there they can decide what works for them and their gradient on reducing their risk. So maybe they don’t want to clear out their own zone zero. That’s up to LA County, not to us.
For us, we’re just promoting what can reduce their risk and, um, encouraging them to, you know, be prepared as well in the case that they do need to evacuate and, um, don’t and also educating them on home hardening principles. So we can definitely share those. Can you share that resource with the city so we can distribute it? Yes, we’d love to. Thank you. Okay. Mandell.
Thank you for everything that you said. But I want to give a shout out to the women and men of the LA County Fire. We are so blessed to have to have you here. Uh, just a partnership. You showed what you were worth when we had the Colby fire. And, uh, you saved lives, homes, everything.
So thank you, sir, and I hope that you’ll you’ll let everyone know that we really appreciate you guys. Thanks. And one last thing. Folks can go to the SGV cog and find a free home hardening assessment. You will not be penalized.
They’ll tell you maybe what you can fix, but this is not something where you will be charged. They won’t tell LA County about it. It’s really just to promote you being safe in your home. So that’s SGV, cog and also US Green Building Council. Um California. So they provide free home assessments around your home and give you ideas on how to reduce risk. Great. Get one more. Karen.
Yes. Hi. Thank you so much for being here. And I’ll be reaching out to you to ask you to come and do a presentation at Glendora Coordinating Council. I think it would be very helpful to them to hear your presentation. So thanks. Absolutely. Great. Thank you very much. Keep up the great work. Thank you. Appreciate your time.
That’s great. Now a very fun item. Um, I’m going to introduce Moisés Lopez, assistant city manager, to introduce some special guests. Welcome. Good evening mayor. Good evening. Members of the council.
Uh, it is my pleasure this evening to introduce two university students who are joining us through an internship and cultural exchange program with our sister city and Moca Japan. This is the second year that we’ve had this program in, uh, in effect, this program grew out of the longstanding sister city relationship between Glendora and Moca. It provides just one more avenue in a very meaningful way to strengthen that relationship, build upon a previous cultural exchanges.
Uh, the very successful middle school exchange program that exists in our community, as well as visits to both of our cities that have brought our communities closer together over the many decades of a sister city hood between our two cities. So tonight I’d like to.
I would like to, before I introduce our two interns. I also, I do want to recognize and thank the Glendora Sister City Association for its partnership in this program. The association has worked alongside city uh, to welcome our students and to provide important support throughout their stay.
We are equally grateful to the host families who have opened their homes to Hanako and Soka, uh, their hospitality gives students an opportunity to experience daily life here in Glendora, and is an important part of making their time here very meaningful, meaningful, as well as memorable.
So please join me in thanking both the Doobies family as well as the Toland family who are here this evening. Uh, for serving again. Uh, and. We are pleased to welcome Hinako Ogawa and Sayoko Domo, who will be with our, uh, here at the city through middle of September. Uh, during their stay, they’re going to learn about our community and the work of local government.
Uh, while sharing their own culture, perspectives and experiences with city staff and the Glendora community. Uh, there are six weeks with us. They will be spending a week with several city departments. Uh, one of their weeks here will also be at the school district.
So they will be working alongside, uh, just staff there and work to promote and kind of strengthen the relationship between high school students here and Glendora and high school students in mocha. Hanako is a sophomore at Hakuba University, where she’s majoring in English education. Uh, she hopes to become an English teacher in her hometown and inspire her future students through international experiences.
Uh, she previously participated in a study program with Perth, Australia, and is an active member of the Mobility Study Abroad Japan program. Uh, during her time in Glendora, she looks forward to learning more about American culture, strengthening her English skills, and contributing to the relationship between our two cities.
Uh, so Yuka is a junior at, uh, Komazawa Women’s University, where she studies a living space design. She’s been involved with the Girl Scouts for 15 years, reflecting her long standing commitment to community service and leadership. After first applying for the program last year, she remained committed and determined to participate in her program.
She applied again, and we’re very happy to have her here with us this year. Uh, and she too, hopes that this experience will help strengthen her English skills, broaden her global perspective, and bring new ideas and experiences back to her community in Japan. We’re pleased to have them both with us, uh, for the next couple of weeks.
We look forward to helping them learn about Glendora, our organization, and the work that we do as a local government. Just as importantly, and I think very much from a value perspective for our staff, we look forward to learning from them and continuing to build the personal connections that make our sister city relationship so valuable and special.
So please welcome, uh, please join me in welcoming Hanako and Kyoka to the city of Glendora and in thanking Sister City Association and their host families again for making this program work for us. With that. Thank you. Good evening. My name is Hinako. I’m studying English education in university to become an English teacher of junior high school.
I attend this internship because I hope to connect this sister city relationship between Moka and Glendora to next generation. Thank you. Thank you. Good evening. I’m Sagar. I’m studying architecture at the university. I’m I’m I, I joined this program because. I, I visit Sandbach as a junior high school student and wanted to. Return to Glendora. Glendora to about modesty. Thank you.
We thank you both for spending your time and choosing to press to get here. Uh, we’re pleased I caught them one day. Going out to Public Works to work on the street. So they’re going to be in good order soon. Um. But thank you for that. May we do a photo. Please? Are you sure? You..
One, two. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. You guys, thank you so much. This cute. Always fun to have people willing to learn to come choose us to learn from. So thank. You. Next up is item five under Special Items Signage enforcement presentation with Community Development Assistant Director Shawn McPherson. Welcome, Shawn. All right. Thank you, Mr.
Mayor. Members of the city council. Always, uh, always a pleasure. So, um, tonight we will be briefly touching on signage enforcement. Uh, in general, this is a an item which has come to the council before.
Once in October of 2023, thereabouts, and again in, uh, June of 2024, when the council contemplated whether the city should look at, uh, should look into crafting or adopting temporary new, uh, temporary sign regulations. At that time, the council decided to maintain existing regulations.
So tonight we’re here providing a bit more education and to share the next steps in order to achieve compliance with existing signage regulations. Find my clicker here. Uh, since those previous discussions, the council has adopted both the strategic plan and the current economic action plan, both of which contain goals and actions and policies related to signage enforcement.
Beyond this, and more recently, staff has now received inquiries, including from members of the Business Improvement District Board, related to signage enforcement, most specifically with regard to signs and related items within the public right of way and on city property. So just a little bit of of history backing up. Um, the current sign code is adopted throughout through a series of ordinances. And in the early 1980s.
Uh, since then, the actual sign code itself has changed relatively little, uh, though additional sign regulations have been added to the broader uh municipal code as part of zoning and planning efforts, which are listed here on the screen as these more recent regulations were added to and did not replace existing sign regulations.
It’s really kind of long since been the case that these various sign regulations lead to different rules throughout the city. In other words, certain signs might be allowed in some parts of the city and not allowed in other parts of the city.
Um, I will add here, and I know that this has been discussed before as part of previous discussions, but violations of the sign code have historically also been enforced on a complaint basis. And that’s, uh, due primarily to limited staffing and, uh, competing priorities among community preservation. Um. So all that said, what I wanted to do tonight is clarify some terminology and types of signs.
Uh, you will hear me talk about both permanent and temporary signs. Kind of all inclusive. Uh, here we have some common examples of permanent signs, which would obviously be located on private property within commercial areas. Uh, we have an example of a wall sign of a blade or projection sign and a monument sign.
Generally speaking, these types of permanent signs require plants to be prepared and permits to be issued by the city. All of these signs, obviously, would be required to comply with relevant science standards. Um.
Within commercial areas, you might also have window signs and murals, which are other parts or other types of permanent signs. While these types of signs might not require a permit, in some instances. Um, there may still be some type of review verbal review process required by the city. These sign types would also be required to meet any relevant standards regarding temporary signs. Uh. These commonly include various types of banners.
A couple of examples which you see here on the screen, or portable or movable signs. The code actually uses those terms kind of interchangeably at different sections. Portable. Movable. Temporary. Uh, these commonly include things like real estate signs, open house signs, event signs, etc. generally, the city does have a process to permit certain types of banners.
Um, subject to a number of different standards. But regarding portable signs, movable signs. Uh, the code does provide basic provisions for certain types of these signs, like real estate signs on private property within single family zones, multifamily zones, and so on. Uh, further, the city has policies regarding political signage, which would also be considered temporary signage.
Now, related to more recent communication. Uh staff has received, including from some members of the bid. As I bid board, as I had mentioned. Uh, temporary signage can sometimes be found to encroach into the public right of way. Among various points made tonight.
This is probably one of the most important, uh, as these types of signs could represent a threat to public health, safety or welfare. To be very clear, the code does not permit any type of temporary signs in the public right of way or on city property. Period.
Um, common types of temporary signs, often located within the right of way or city property, include A-frame signs. Uh, political science, real estate signs for lease signs, steak signs, sandwich boards, and the like. Uh, beyond temporary signs, there may also be instances of merchandising displays, decorations, planters, and so on, which might similarly be located in the right of way where they are not allowed.
Uh, to be clear, the city does have processes to allow things like outdoor dining in some areas, like the village, for example. But absent any previous city approval, these types of things would not be allowed in the public right of way as well.
So, um, that said, consistent with the council’s previous direction to enforce the existing sign code and in compliance with both the strategic plan and the Economic Action Plan, staff is prepared to move forward with proactive signage enforcement.
The first step will include an outreach letter to businesses and property owners, informing them of upcoming inspections, which will include all permanent and temporary signage on public and private property and other items. Excuse me, which might be found in the right of way or city property, as I said, including merchandising, displays, decorations, planters, and so on and so forth. Uh, that concludes my prepared remarks. We also have, uh, Captain Stabile from the police Department in case there are any code enforcement related questions. That concludes my presentation. Okay.
Thank you. Shawn. I’ll bring it back for discussion or questions. Comments. Any Shauna. I just want to clarify, because I know that there’s, been some, uh, misinterpretation in the public. Um, this came about, um, with the bid, the business improvement district, um, wanting to look at, um, a more uniform look in the village.
This wasn’t something that was brought up because we’re a few months out from an election. Um, so I just want to make that perfectly clear. Um, you know, it’s all the signs that we’re talking about, including political signs and real estate signs and. And the A-frame signs and the village, they’re all temporary signage.
Um, so that’s why it’s kind of all being lumped together, but just want to make sure everybody knows the city is not out to take your signs out of your front yard. Um, you know, they can’t. And I think I can speak to this probably better than anybody because I went through two election cycles.
The last two election cycles. Um, you know, there are rules about, you know, if signage can be in, like, the medians or on the parkways and, you know, or on walls like we know already that that you can’t do that, but nobody’s coming for your signs in your front yard. So I just want to be totally clear on that.
That’s it. Thank you. Okay. Um, I certainly support this. And in our business areas, working with our business improvement district, I think that they are offering some great solutions and partnerships. And. Uh. I want to continue to support that effort. I think. that making Glendora a destination is something I like to say.
When you get off the highway and you land it in Glendora and you go, wow, did you see what I did not see? Let’s clean up our clutter. Okay. Let’s make it a nice look. A professional look of how we do that. Um, we can do things in the village. Signage is important.
Attracting customers to come in is a valuable tool. Let’s look at how we do that. How we place. it and do our best at it. Instead of just a so-so. Uh. Let’s try. to make people want to come here and want to stop. Want to walk through our front door. Um.
Let’s make those attractive opportunities. So just stay after it. Anyone else? Okay. Thank you. Thank you. Sean. Thank you. Thank you. To the bid for continuing with some local work. I appreciate that. All right. Brings us to our first public hearing.
Item number six, a public hearing to consider a resolution amending the master schedule of fees for service for fiscal year 20 26, 2027. And this is, in fact, a public hearing. So I will open the public hearing and invite Director of Finance Kyle Johnson to present. Welcome, sir. Thank you. Good evening, mayor, mayor Pro Tem and city council members.
Tonight’s item is the proposed updates to the city’s master schedule of fees for service for fiscal year 2627. So the master schedule of fees is typically reviewed annually by each department to ensure fees remain aligned with the cost of providing services.
The proposed updates typically include department requested revisions, operational updates, and applicable CPI adjustments consistent with the city’s user fee cost recovery policy. And a lot of that happened with the update that was done in June. So some the updates tonight focus on the recreation department and and maintaining the fee structure that reflects current service costs while ensuring compliance with applicable laws and regulations.
So, as mentioned, the updates tonight are specific to the Recreation and Human Services department. The updates focus on cost, recovery and consistency in the areas of facilities, parks, teen center, courts and field rentals. So adjustments include to better align fees with actual cost of service delivery, removal of outdated or obsolete fees, and clear identification of rental groups such as residents, non-residents, nonprofits, youth sports groups, tournaments, etc..
Uh applicable to each rental type. So uh, if approved. If adopted, if approved, the adopted fee schedule will be posted on the city’s website. Uh, the department will also update internal forms, systems, and related materials to reflect the changes. So that essentially concludes my presentation.
The staff recommends the City Council adopt the resolution establishing the master schedule of fees for service for fiscal year 2627, and I’m available for any questions. Thank you Kyle. I’ll bring it back to the body. Any questions or comments? One question. Mr. Lewis. Shawn, thank you for your omission, Kyle, for your presentation. Um, just one quick question.
Uh, with the adjustment of this, what’s our recovery recovery rate and percentage wise? I think we’re hovering around 84, 86% prior. Yeah. So this probably won’t change the the move the needle all that much. It’s a lot more cleanup than it is really jumping the fees up a lot.
We were able to take another look at it. And one of the fees moved from I think was 150 to $185, depending on what group you were part of, to 150 to $200. So it will improve our cost recovery. But it’s not a huge, you know, jump like when we did the the full fee study itself.
So currently we’re somewhere in the mid 80 percentile. We would still be in that range. Yeah I just wanted to add one. One point of clarification. First of all, I appreciate the question. It’s an important one.
And and recreation human services is one of the areas where we actually can’t recover nearly close to 100% of the costs, trying to, you know, replace turf fields or grass or some of the larger facilities. You can’t recover those. So we we obviously in contract classes go above and beyond and actually have a net win in those areas.
But when it comes to actually recovering the cost of the facility as it relates to recreation, human services, we just can’t do that. The fees would be, you know, $10,000 class. So, um, in terms as what Kyle mentioned, in terms of the staff time and other maintenance and operations, Andy and her team have done a really good job trying to bring that up to cost. Recovery will still remaining very competitive in the marketplace.
So I know that when we first started the several years ago, we were like well below 50%. That’s accurate. Yes. Yeah. So the reason why I called you Sean for is you didn’t give us a bad joke. We are all thankful for that. Thank you Kyle. Menlo, do you have a question? No.
I’m just ready to make a motion. Okay. Actually, um, we do need to. We do need to open up to see if we have any public testimony on this item, any public comment? Okay. Seeing and hearing none. I will close public comment and any more discussion. None. I will accept a motion.
I would move that we approve these fees. I’ll second that. Motion by Mandel, second by Karen. I’ll ask us to kindly vote. Motion carries unanimously five zero. Thank you very much. And I will close this public hearing. Okay. Item seven. Again, a public hearing.
The first reading and introduction of an ordinance amending title 21, in zoning of the Glendora. Glendora municipal Code to update regulations governing accessory dwelling units. Junior accessory dwelling units and Senate Bill nine units in compliance with state law. April 20th 60007. Having done all that, I will open the public hearing and invite Principal Planner Hans Friedl to report. Welcome, Hans.
All right. Well, good evening, Mayor and Council. The. Okay, so why are we here tonight? So tonight’s item is a proposed ordinance amending title 21 or the zoning code, a zoning code of the Glendora municipal code related to accessory dwelling units. Junior accessory dwelling units, and SB9 secondary units.
Um, you know, we all know the state continues to enact a plethora of housing legislation each cycle or year, and we respond accordingly. Um, you know, the state, the city, also, the city received two technical assistance letters from HCD, um, which further prompted some of these changes. We’ll talk about in a moment here.
Um, the changes tonight are confined really to chapter 210404.040. And the intent is to comply with these HCD letters, uh, make the city’s code consistent with current state laws. And at the same time kind of clearer for applicants, staff and the public and clean up a few things as well.
So just for a little bit of background, um, the proposed ordinance responds to several changes in state law. Um, really? And just for a quick refresher, we’ve heard about these things many, many times over the last couple of years. Um, SB nine requires ministerial or non-discretionary approval of qualifying for unit residential developments.
Um, and urban lot splits on single family residential lots that are zoned for that. Um, that was 20 2021 time frame. SB 1211 increased the number of detached accessory dwelling units allowed on lots, with existing multi-family dwellings. Um and further limited the local standard. Cities can apply to those ADUs. Um, that’s 2024 law.
And then there’s been recent state amendments changing. Jadu owner occupancy requirements. Um, you know, the deed restriction that we use to require in our code now only applies if there’s, like a shared bathroom.
Um, all these are subject in some, you know, the good news for us, all of these changes are still subject in some form or fashion to our objective design standards, which we adopted last year. Um, which is good for us. So this ordinance updates the code to reflect these changes in state law. So, um, HCD provided technical assistance to the city really in two areas.
Adu Jadu regulations and SB nine and urban lot split regulations that we had specifically in 2025 and early 2026. HCD notified the city that several provisions of our Adu, Jadu and SB nine regulations were no longer consistent with state law or inconsistent with state law. Uh, the issues included are Adu owner occupancy restriction requirement, which I mentioned.
Um, some of the limits we had on multifamily ADUs, um, deed restrictions and certain SB9 application requirements, which was our vacant lot thing. I’ll talk about that more in a moment. Um, in February, the city, uh, responded to HCD and committed to correcting the ordinance and updating its process. Uh, processing procedures.
The proposed amendments fulfill our commitment that we made to hcd, um, to bring the municipal code into compliance with current state law. Um, the goal is to keep the city’s ordinance enforceable. Um, current and easier to administer, and the risk of noncompliance, as we’ve talked about, is um hcd ability to refer folks to the California attorney general.
Uh, so some key changes then on the owner occupancy side, which I mentioned, um, the first change relates to the owner, you know, owner occupancy piece. So the existing code required an SB9 urban lot split application to verifiably live on the property from the time of application.
So we because of that, we would not allow SB nine lot split applications on vacant lots. Well, as it turns out, a vacant parcel is not automatically ineligible for an SB9 urban lots. But according to the state um, when the applicant submits a concurrent SB nine housing or housing development application with their lot split application.
Um, and they also the required affidavit, which we’ve talked about before. So we require an affidavit. So this time the code will rely on the owner occupancy affidavit allowed under state law. Essentially, we can’t have any other owner occupancy restrictions not expressly allowed in state law.
So they have to state that they intend to occupy one of the housing units as their principal residence for at least three years. Um, the ordinance changes the timing of the three year period. So that runs from the date of approval of the urban lot split rather than the date of application.
It’s a little different and further clarifies the rule of four, which we’ve talked about many times here, which is simply the concept that no matter what the eventual mix of housing units on the two lots is, it cannot be more than four whether the lot is split or not.
So some key changes to the Adu and Jadu side of it. So the second set of changes relate really to ADUs and Jada’s. Um, for jus. As I mentioned, the ordinance clarifies that owner occupancy is required only when the Jadu share sanitation facilities bathroom with the primary dwelling.
If the Jadu has its own separate bathroom, which most do that we see um owner occupancy is not required. Um, for multifamily properties, this is another set of changes. The ordinance updates the detached Adu allowance.
So, um, on a lot with an existing multifamily dwelling, up to eight detached ADUs may be allowed depending on the number of multifamily dwellings. Um provided. The number of ADUs does not exceed the number of existing multifamily dwellings. So the new views, as you’ll see in the ordinance, we have a table now that basically just lists this out.
And and I don’t actually have this in my notes here, but we’ve had our we update our handouts at the counter, um, faster than we can update the code. So the table on here has actually been in our handout for months. So it’s it’s just we’re sort of codifying this stuff that we we’ve been complying with state law all along. Um, it just now it’s our ordinance reflects that.
So and again I mentioned that we already comply with state law. So um, Planning Commission recommended adoption of the ordinance at the July 7th, 2026 meeting. Uh, we did make a couple of very small corrections since then.
Um, we caught between the meetings and admission in our current code per legal review that allowed detached conversion ADUs on multifamily lots when state law doesn’t require us to allow this. So we close that loophole. Um, we clarified the number of detached 88 acres required to be allowed on lots with existing multifamily, which is two. Those are not conversions, but new ones. And, um, we had just a typo and a cross reference that we fixed.
So with that, um, just in closing, you know, in terms of the sort of scope of ordinances that we’ve brought before, you or I sometimes have, um, this one’s fairly, you know, very targeted. It’s more of a cleanup and compliance kind of a thing, um, than any sort of major policy shift.
In fact, there is no policy shift in here. It’s just complying with state law stuff we’ve already been doing. It’s just sort of clarifies that. And we recommend adoption of the ordinance amendment and happy to answer questions. Thank you. Okay. Thank you very much.
At this time, I’ll open for public testimony and ask us, anyone in the audience wishing to speak on this item only as a public comment. Yes, ma’am. I have a question. When we’re talking about the. Please, please come forward. See, I to our virtual audience can’t hear you from the back. I just wanted to know that when we are talking.
About the ADUs, are we talking about the city of Glendora, or are we talking about the half mile radius around the station? I believe this discussion is the entire city of Glendora. Nothing to do with transit ordinance or related. Items. Because I know on the previous maps from other meetings, there was a circle drawn.
That was talking about a station area station being the transit center station area, vision plan of potential zoning for that. This is a citywide um housing and Ordinance update to be compliant with the state law. Thank you.. Is that correct? Thank you. Um, yes, it is correct. So this is citywide.
Um, state requires us to allow ADUs, whether allowed. So that’s basically any of our single family zones, um, mixed use zones and multifamily zones and then subject to objective standards in different, you know, allowances in terms of number.
Um, and really also anywhere that there’s an existing use that’s, you know, a residential use, even in a non-conforming commercial lot, we’d still have to allow at 80 on that. So it’s totally, uh, citywide, really most areas of the city, except for some of the very high fire zones, which would have to be fully mitigated and have streets that meet our standards to allow a to use there. So citywide.
Okay. Thank you. Any other public comment? No. Then I will close public testimony and bring back to the body for questions or discussions. And where’s my list? Michael. I have to say, I’m triggered, as usual, by the state of California doing some of these things and loss of local control. Just continued erosion.
Uh, we had a discussion in our briefing on page 96 because you contradicted maybe my understanding, page 96, you can build up to eight ADUs. So instead of 480. Would you mind providing what the state law was before and in practice, what it allows now on multifamily housing developments? Again? Yeah. So before we the and it’s changed multiple times.
So I’m not sure we’re exactly I’m intersecting it here. But essentially um the the state before we were we allowed up to two detached ADUs. And with those detached. So on a multi this is on a multifamily development. So this is not a single family house. This would be at least two units.
So like think of a duplex or more units. So four plex three plex 2020 unit apartment building two detached ADUs which I’m looking at the test referring to the table here. And that doesn’t change.
And then what what state law previously allowed was it was up to, I believe it was two converted or it was two converted ADUs or conversion ADUs of um, not of non livable space. And those existing multifamily buildings. So it could be like a garage. Um, we’ve got some applications like storage areas, things like that.
And so what the bill did is it expanded that um, to be essentially up to, um, matching the um, the so the two things so the conversion can be up to 25% of the total number of units, um, and then the second thing is, and up to a certain certain limit, and then there’s a cap. And so that’s conversion of space.
So that would be like garages closets things like that. But it has to be attached to the main building. So it couldn’t be like a detached wing of parking lot, you know, garages in a multifamily development. Then the second thing is on the detached ADUs, this is really kind of the big change here is that number now goes from two up to eight.
But that number doesn’t exceed the number of dwelling units on the multifamily lot. They’re already there. So for example, if you had an existing probably easier just to kind of explain this in terms of a real example.
So if you had an existing four unit multifamily development, so like a fourplex, um, you so I’m looking at the table here, you could do one conversion Adu if you had the space to do it. So let’s say you have like a storage unit or something and they’re attached to the building. So that’s up to five.
And then your maximum detached ADUs is would be then become would be equal to the fourplex. You could do if you had space you could do for detached ADUs. Um, and so that would bring um, that would bring your total up to eight. Nine. And then. It’s not four, it’s eight. Total units. That not eight. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
Right. It would be four units for for detached ADUs and one conversion. But I think a maybe a more simple way to say is an apartment or a multifamily housing complex, you can have one Adu for each detached for each of the first eight units, essentially. And this is the change.
Yes. And and Hans, in under state law, all of this is ministerial right. They apply for building permits. There’s not a zoning change requirement. There’s no planning commission, city council approval. They just have to comply with the current standards in place at that time.
And state law provides that that benefit of public property to the home or to the property owner by. Right. That’s right. So this is an this is a buy right thing. It’s permitted by right. And they are subject to our objective design standards.
So they have to either match the existing unit or be one of the designs we talked about when we did that and meet all those other standards. Most people with Aids, they just matched the existing architecture. Um, and I do think it’s really important to mention this, that we’ve also we’ve been complying with this for at least a year now, I think. So this is this is what our handouts say.
This is what we do at the counter. I just want everyone to understand, to be clear that it’s not just for total on the split of a lot. It could be multiple. No, no, that’s that’s SB9. So that was the single. Thing we’re talking about two different things.
Here I understand that. But if it if it can be a much larger number well. I can answer that. Yeah. Yeah I can answer that. So there’s no that’s a that’s a good that’s a good observation. So um, there’s I have a I could well I’ll explain it here.
There’s two classes of basically ADUs that we contemplate here and we deal with with the ordinance ADUs or SB nine units, additional units on single family zoned lots. So usually you have one house and it has to be zoned single family. Um, and that that is that hard limit of four total units. However you slice or dice it.
Then there’s the category of ADUs that are allowed for multifamily. So like apartments and they have different numbers because they’re usually bigger, you know, they’re at least the smallest multifamily is going to be two units and they go way up, you know, to 200 or something. Right.
And so that’s those numbers of ADUs are based as either a proportions, which is the 25%, or for the detached, up to eight one, 1 to 1. And then there’s a limit of eight. So even if you have a a 200 unit apartment building, you would be capped at eight detached ADUs. So the staff are different.
The staff report wasn’t clear on a single family versus apartment houses and things of that nature. That’s why I wanted to bring that up. And since you touched on that, HOA is no longer can prohibit, uh, ADUs and junior ADUs. Um, my understanding is they cannot under state law. They cannot prohibit. It under state law. Yeah. In the past, it was prohibited.
Uh, before a current. Yeah. Several laws ago. Yep. I think perhaps I mean, it was it would have been up to the HOA to prohibit it. They may have or they might not defense. Well, probably most did. So with regular development. Uh, you can have, uh, concessions and warrants.
Uh, can this, can that apply to this as well? Just. Yeah, it’s a different, a different. So that’s to development standards. These, those this does not address or touch our development standards. These are just strictly the number of ADUs JDS or SB9.
I know, but you touched on it earlier that they still have to comply to our development standards. So if they do any low income housing, do they get any warrants. And basically through our design standards away. Well, that’s an interesting question. So the ADUs I mean, that the city attorney’s here on that one on on some of that.
But if we if someone came in here with a development that was affordable, so it had they been so the, the the exemptions you can get to some local objective design standards. And we wrote ours not as a sort of addendum to the code, but it’s like is our actual zoning code.
So let’s say you had 20% affordable and you get three concessions or waivers. And part of your development, which was affordable, included ADUs, not the number, but some, let’s say a setback, maybe a setback or you didn’t want to do window frames. You know, we were nice window details or something.
I think it’s possible you could use that as a as an exemption, but I would subject that to legal review. And I also think that usually with that the ADUs, which are typically the smaller units, you would probably use your exemptions on your primary or larger units because that’s what would save the most money. Or and warrants are possible.
If it was part of an Affordable development? I would think so. But yeah, as part of the affordable development, there could be potentially, uh, concessions that would apply and modifications to the development standards. But really it would apply to the main. Until tested. Thank you. That’s all the questions I have. Okay. Thank you.
Before I go further, I must close the public hearing and then continue our deliberations. So thank you. Uh, bring it back, Shauna. Thanks, Hans. Um. No questions, but I would just like the record to reflect that. Um, I’m not a big fan of HCD. You know, they’re like the judge, jury and executioner.
Like they set all the rules and handle their own enforcement. I think it’s totally ridiculous, but, uh, you know, we are putting our ordinance into compliance with state law, and we’ve got to do it. So thanks. Thank you. Shauna mandell.
Yeah, I was going to make that point that a lot of people, um, or at least some I think we should push back. And we have, um, as Michael said, we we are losing more and more of our, uh, uh, ability to navigate this.
But I want to say staff has done a very good job of, uh, looking ahead and trying to help us to isolate the what ifs and create rules that will keep us to have as much power as you know we can. But each CD is exactly what what what? Shauna said. They write the rules, they enforce the rules, and they judge. If you are living by those rules.
And, um, you know, there’s a lot of words that can kind of, you know, that you could affix to what that system is. Uh, and, uh, we won’t talk about those opinions here, but, um, they are a tough, tough bunch. And, and cities have tried to push back, and I would bet I’m pretty correct in saying that 99% of them have have lost, if not all of them.
And I’m sure there’s an exception. But, um, you know, it’s this this is a tough a tough bunch to work with within the state. And so I applaud you guys for, for doing everything you can and, you know, keeping us current. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Mandel Karen..
Okay, I got a couple of questions on my own. Um, just to clarify again, this is updating our ordinances to comply with newer state laws because we were when we first came out with this, we were in compliance. So that okay. That’s that’s that’s correct. Yeah. The comply with existing state law and the clean up a few things. Chasing the bouncing ball.
Understand. Um, curiosity. And you mentioned the rule of four on a single SB nine single family residence lot split. Um. We might have an example, and I can’t speak clearly because I haven’t seen the plans, but an SB lot split that has an original dwelling, a new second dwelling on the split, an Adu
on each of the split lots. And I’m thinking maybe a junior Adu as part of one of those. Is that a possibility? You could have a possibility, depending on the size of a lot, that a lot’s actually split into two separate legal parcels, and each one of those legal parcels go through an SB9
lot split. That is a possibility depending on the size of a lot. They have small lot subdivisions under state law that they could take a look at, or X amount of single family size.
So there is a possibility, depending on the size of a property in a single family zone, based on our current zoning, where you could actually get to conforming lots that then are eligible for units, that is true. It would really depend on the exact location, and then staff can verify what the actual application was. So but that’s a that’s a great question. Okay.
State state law does allow the Jadu with the SB9 as part of that for but to go. But to Adam’s point it would there’s other ways to legally. For. Example the minimum lot under SB9 is 1200ft. Is it. For example I’m thinking about has four rooftops. And I think under one of those is a dwelling and a junior Adu with a Adu adjacent to it. But okay.
Um, part of the HDL, um, HCD okay. Lots of acronyms. Yeah. Um, they talked about parking and if one of these takes away covered parking that we cannot require replacement parking as a condition of approval. And I understand that.
So the state is saying you don’t have to worry about if they have a horse or not to park at their house. So my question is, can we include if we make such an approval and they don’t have to have a horse, can we preclude them from being eligible for an early morning parking permit on an annual basis, because we’re allowing them to get rid of
parking, why should we allow them to clutter our street.? That a couple of things to the parking piece so that this change that we’ve done to the code here does not affect any of our standards is related to parking and what we’re allowed to apply via state law, which we do.
So one thing I do want to mention is with the SB9 ones, which are the single family ones, the state still, unless you’re within the half mile of transit, allows you to require a allows us to require and we do two parking spaces for each of those halves. Or if it was just on one lot two.
But, you know, of course, if they don’t split the law to do four units, they could be short too. And most of our applicants do provide parking because they want to rent the units out with the multifamily use that we were talking about.
If they did convert a garage and it was attached or something to the building, we can’t require them to make that parking up. Okay. On the on this site. I understand, so why should we be burdened with their clutter? Because they’re moving their horse to the street instead of putting it on their property.
That’d be a legal question, and I’m not sure you can enforce something that the state already exempts them from having to provide. I don’t think we’d have a legal basis to do that. Um, but that’s why we have a city attorney who could look it into those individual items. But within a half mile of public transit, for example, we can’t require any parking. Okay. I understand.
I hear, I hear. You don’t agree with me. I know we we agree that we understand each other, but my thought is still fine. Can I clarify your question? I don’t think maybe the choir said, do we have to. Issue we understand. Do we have to issue. A. Property requirements? We do.
No no, no. If they wanted to apply for a parking permit for. The city, they met the requirements thereof of the permit. Yes. You could change some standards. You could get legally challenged on those standards.
But if they meet the requirements of the process that we have in place in the application, yes, we have to issue that permit. Or not. If they don’t. Which is a separate challenge, because I think we, uh, we might want to look at some of those, but. Okay. All right. Um, I have no other questions. Thank you very much. Welcome. Uh, with that, I’ll entertain a motion. So moved.
Motion by Karen and a second by second. Mendel. And ask us to please vote. Motion carries, five zero unanimous. Thank you, Hines, for the presentation. Okay. As we did. Pardon? Yeah. As we stated earlier, um, we are going to move to item 20. So let me find item 20 in my map here.
Under Unfinished Business, an update on the Glendora People Movement project and review of first last mile 100% design plans. And reading that into the record and welcoming Assistant Public Works Director Valerie Velasquez Santos to report. Welcome. Thank you, honorable Mayor, and good evening, Council.
So as we go through the presentation, I’m going to go ahead and give you an overview on the People Movement project as a whole, give you an update on the different segments, and then go into the first last mile, 100% design. As a reminder, this is a project that we are bringing forward with the assistance and an MOA with the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments.
It’s part of a larger project. The East San Gabriel Valley Sustainable Multimodal Improvement Project. So the People Movement project is about ten plus miles of active transportation improvements. It’s, um, mostly under two categories urban trails, as well as first last mile improvements.
The urban trails were initiated in 2011 and provide for um, urban trails along our three flood control channels Little Dalton, wash, Big Dalton, wash. And San Dimas Wash. And then we have the first last mile that was initiated in 2018 to go ahead and support the opening of the A line station and provide enhanced accessibility and connectivity.
So as far as just the funding, just to give you a snapshot for all of the different segments included the total project cost is estimated to be about $36.6 million. Of that, 21.72 is secured and there still is a remaining need of about 14.
91 million, which is for the big Dalton Urban Trail, which is currently completely. There’s some funds, but it’s not completely funded. So per segment, just some estimates for the San Dimas Wash urban trail construction we’re working on right now. It’s about 5 million. Uh, the first last mile is about 9.8 million, 7.16 is the engineers construction estimate. Then we have little Dalton, wash. At about 5.
6, and the unfunded portion for Big Dalton is at about 16 million, which we currently have on hold pending identification of the funding. So of the 21.
7, I just wanted to point out here, as is the breakdown of how the funds were secured, not only are we working with Cog is a great partner to administer and deliver these projects, but they’ve also done a fantastic job of helping us secure funds. You can see here that they have secured 11.81 million in funding, while the city has secured about 9.91. And an important note is that a large percentage, 95% of the funds are grants, earmarks or restricted funds.
With out of that, 21.7 secured only 1 million coming from the city’s capital improvement project funds. So project status update phase one was completed in 2018. That is the urban trail that goes from Louis, Pompeii to Sunflower. And then phase two of the San Dimas Wash Urban Trail. As the mayor stated earlier, is currently under construction. It began in July.
We expect it to be completed in October, and we have the groundbreaking ceremony on September 8th. Little Dalton, it has been on pause as we focus on Sandy, Miss Wash and little Dalton, wash and Big Dalton, as I mentioned, is on hold as well as we identify funding and first last mile
plans. As I mentioned, we will be going over the 100% plans today. Um, it has not gone out for construction bid yet. We are still working on getting these plans approved, as well as having the funds obligated.
So tonight the council’s decision is to approve or the request is for council to approve the first last mile, 100% plans. Find the design is reasonable and consistent with standards, and authorize minor non-material revisions. But as I mentioned, it does not award a construction contract. So the first last mile improvements are concentrated on Glendora Avenue and Foothill Boulevard.
They are intended to improve access to the A line, create safer and more comfortable walking and bicycling conditions, and strengthen the connectivity between the station. The village, Citrus college, local businesses and nearby neighborhoods. So the first last mile project limits are basically on Glendora Avenue from route 66 to Foothill Boulevard, as well as Foothill Boulevard from Citrus Avenue to Vista Bonita.
So the plans for the 100% design include protected bicycle facilities, pedestrian and Ada improvements. The roundabout at Glendora and Ada Avenues, historic or antique style lighting, landscaping and hardscape improvements. The design also includes circulation changes, including lane reductions in portions of both corridors along Glendora Avenue.
There is a closure and redirection of northbound traffic at Vista Bonita and Walnut, and a protected intersection at Foothill and Glendora Avenue. Glendora Avenue will receive a two inch gold mill and asphalt overlay, so we’ll have a nice new street there. And Foothill Boulevard will receive localized pavement work only. Not a complete corridor. Wide resurfacing. So the project is also about creating stronger connection between major community destinations on Glendora Avenue.
The design extends elements of the village character south towards Ada Avenue and the A-line station on Foothill Boulevard, and strengthens the connections to Citrus College and creates groundwork for future connections to the village and the Business Improvement District. Together, these improvements support existing businesses. Future investment and Glendora Identity as a destination.
So the conceptual rendering here shows the proposed roundabout at Glendora and Ada avenues. The roundabout provides a recognizable gateway between the station area and the village, while slowing vehicle movements and improving the setting for pedestrians and bicyclists.
The final engineering plans were refined a bit from the conceptual here, but in general you could see the high level, the roundabout and the median and the crosswalks. Here it’s the roundabout concept is not new to the station area. Earlier visioning for the Metro Gold Line station, dating to approximately 2010, also included roundabouts. I use the term circa 2010 because this image reflects an approximate date from the early station planning period.
The current project advances a concept that has been discussed in Glendora for many years. Although the present design has been developed under current standards and project conditions. I will add this slide and a few others later on. Were not in your original packet, so the PowerPoint was modified.
Um, city clerk will have it updated and available on the website tomorrow under supplemental section. So the comparison here is showing existing conditions again on Glendora Avenue north of Carroll towards Foothill Boulevard. The purpose is to create a clearer, more comfortable connection towards the village while retaining access to businesses and adjacent properties. Oh, sorry about that.
And then here we see, um, the image here shows the earlier concept or what we have for Glendora Avenue with the protected intersection at Glendora and Foothill, the 100% designs differ slightly from this entry from this rendering, because the geometry was refined to take into consideration turning movements to accommodate large vehicles such as fire trucks and 40 foot buses.
The difference is, instead of the Four Little Biscuits islands or the little tiers that you see on each of the corners, instead of those, we’re going to have two biscuit islands, and then two enlarged bulb out islands to go ahead and and protect your, um, pedestrians and your bicyclists from ongoing traffic.
So the underlying safety objective, it remains the same improving visibility, shortening and organizing the crossings and reducing conflicts among drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists. So here we are moving on to Foothill Boulevard. This is Foothill and Grand intersection.
The design organizes vehicle movements while providing more visible and deliberate space for pedestrian and bicycle crossings. Here’s another one on Foothill Boulevard, again, just showing you the, um, the bicycle lanes that you can see there that are off to the side, and the shortening of the two lanes to the one line. You have the middle center lane as well that will allow for turning movements.
And then here I just wanted to mention also that this project has been supported by more than seven years of outreach. Cross documented efforts. The city received more than 1000 survey responses, conducted real world real world demonstrations, participated in more than 25 engagement activities and public presentations, and worked with the community and regional partner organizations.
These are engagement touchpoints that reached out to many people. Different opportunities. So there’s been outreach. As I mentioned, at every stage of the project, rather than at any single point in time. The initial phase included stakeholder interviews, a walk audit workshop, surveys, public events, and counsel and planning and community service commission briefings.
Concepts were also tested through role to the stroll and a longer demonstration along Glendora Avenue. Outreach continued through Glendora Village. Demonstration presentations to multiple city bodies and ongoing coordination as the At. As the plans advanced towards 100% design.
So this slide is just going to go ahead and show the detailed outreach record beginning in 2018. And you can see that there has been a variety of ongoing outreach opportunities, including two workshops in 2021. In the midst of Covid, where we did online workshop and had the survey available online for people to partake in and provide input.
Here’s just some photos of some of the community engagement that we had, including the walk at it and presentations. The demonstration project and more photos on the workshops that were, were, had. And then we also show here that initially in February 2020, this is from the February 2020 workshop. There were four focus corridors identified along Glendora Avenue, Foothill Boulevard, Ada Avenue, and Vermont Avenue.
The scope before Council tonight represents the portions of that early vision that were advanced through funding, environmental review and detailed engineering. The safety information that is shown here was presented in 2020, and it reflects collision data from 2014 through 2018 across the four original focus corridors.
Considered, 116 collisions were documented during that five year period, including 17 involving bicyclists and eight involving pedestrians. Foothill Boulevard accounted for 76 of those total collisions, although this is historical information and not a current collision analysis, it demonstrates that safety concerns were part of the project. Discussion from the beginning.
So here we take a look at Glendora Avenue and the community input. And what they had said was they wanted to continue the village feel south of Foothill Boulevard to station to the A-line station and to route 66 with the Foothill to Route 66 segment being priority. Implementation. Here we have Ada Avenue, where the community vision was a pedestrian and bicycle friendly neighborhood street.
The early concept included improved sidewalks and crossings, lighting, plaza and shared street ideas, visual enhancements, bicycle facilities, pick up and drop off locations. Not every early concept is included in the current construction packet package, but these ideas informed the broader station access vision.
And then for Foothill Boulevard, participants expressed desire for a more locally focused corridor that would be friendly to businesses to calm traffic, make crossing earlier and easier, and provide a safer bicycle connection to colleges and to the A line station. The 2020 material also identified constraints.
Traffic volumes were considered low for the existing four lane or four lane configuration, and borderline for a three three lane road. The future Rail bridge limited available width and widening was impractical because we do have existing homes and businesses there, so current design responds by working within the existing corridor and retaining turn lanes at key intersections.
So the photograph here shows the Glendora Avenue demonstration project and the study that was developed in response to that, or as a result of that, for approximately five months, residents and businesses were able to experience elements of the proposed design in real conditions. This went beyond asking people to react to drawings.
It allowed the community to see how protected space crossing and corridor changes actually felt on the street. The Glendora Avenue demonstration generated 573 survey responses. 83% of the responses identified themselves as Glendora residents. 59% said they would consider walking or bicycling to the align station, and 55% said safer streets would encourage them to walk, walk or bike more.
The results showed interest in safer, multimodal connections, while also identifying concerned that did require further review. The survey also produced substantial concerns. The most common comments addressed the aesthetics of the temporary materials traffic, speed, parking, bikeway design and location, homeless and the Gold Line itself.
Some of those concerns related to the temporary demonstration materials rather than the parents of permanent construction, but the feedback was still important and helped identify where the concepts needed clarification or refinement. So this slide brings the outreach findings together. Residents value the village’s pedestrian friendly character, wanted safer walking and bicycling conditions, identified needs for clear connections to the station and surrounding destinations.
They also raised questions about traffic movement, parking and aesthetics. Those comments were considered, along with traffic information accessibility requirements, engineering standards, maintenance needs, and large vehicle operations, as the concepts developed into the 100% plans.
So we understand there may be a concern on whether Foothill Boulevard should be reduced from four four lanes to 2 or 3 lanes, and if the city prepared a separate traffic study, the direct answer is no. A separate corridor capacity study was not prepared solely for that decision. However, the design was not developed without traffic data. This slide shows the data from the 2025 Traffic and Speed Survey.
The data provides current average daily traffic volumes along Foothill Boulevard within the first last mile project segments. The highest volume shown here is a little over 14,000 vehicles per day between Grand and Glendora Avenue.
The road diet, meaning going from the four lanes to a smaller number of two with the with a middle turning lane, states that roadways with an average daily traffic count of 20,000 vehicles per day or less may be good candidates for a road diet. The guide also reports that some agencies, including Seattle, consider corridors with volumes of up to 25,000 vehicles per day. The 25,000 figure is an agency example, not an a F, w a general threshold.
Our highest project corridor volume is below both reference points at under 15,000. It’s also notable that the highest volume shown anywhere along Foothill is 15,404 vehicles per day, and that’s actually between Valley Center and Lone Hill Avenue. Lone Hill Avenue. The segment is outside of the project.
Set project limits, and already operates with one lane, one lane in each direction, which is actually in front of the high school. We also recognize that some drivers may choose alternative routes if the foothill does go down to one lane in each direction, but we do believe that travel patterns may adjust over time, and we’ll continue to keep an eye on that.
The proposed design retains turn lanes at key intersections, and the city will continue to monitor traffic operations and address observed impacts as the project moves forward. The central objective remains safety for everyone. Using the corridor drivers, pedestrians, bicyclists, transit users, students and people with disabilities. So, as noted, the project is managed by the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments in partnership with the city.
Under a memorandum of agreement before issuing an RFP for construction. We are asking for the City Council to approve the 100% design. The SGV cog will procure a construction management team, and we must have the earmarks obligated before we can go out and advertise for construction bids.
Um, stakeholder coordination will continue throughout the process, and we would expect construction to begin in 2027. So tonight, staff is requesting and making a recommendation for council to receive the presentation, providing a status update on the Glendora People Movement project to approve the 100% design plans for the Glendora Avenue and Foothill Boulevard.
First last mile improvements to authorize the City engineer to approve minor revisions consistent with the approved design and with that, that concludes my report. I also will mention I do have um, members from Alta Design and Planning, as well as the Cog available. If there are any technical or other questions that I might need assistance with, but with that, I’ll return it to you. Thank you. Valerie. Well, blessed to digest big project.
Um, bring it back to body for comments and questions. And I know there’s many. So, Shauna, begin with you. Please. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um, if you could, uh, indulge me, um, I’d like to have the discussion. I have some comments that I would like to make.
You answered my one question that I had. Um, if after everybody has given their comments, if you can come back to me, I do intend to make a motion to continue voting on this item until our September. Eighth meeting.
Um, to give the community, um, at multiple requests, um, an opportunity to review the information and digest it themselves. Um, but I do think that, um, you know, it’s important to have the discussion now. And I’d also like to, um, you know, put one caveat out there that this has been an ongoing process for eight years. Um, it’s not something that just kind of popped up. Um, you know, but there were multiple requests.
So, you know, I think, um, a few weeks for people to, to take a look at it, um, seems reasonable, but I, you know, I hope that the community will, um, take the opportunity to remain engaged because stuff like this will continue to come up in the future.
Um, so I think it’s important for us to be engaged. So anyways, if you’ll circle back to me at the end so I can make that motion and I have a second already. Mendel and I discussed this, um, in our briefing this morning, so I’ve got my motion and a second. Um, thank you. Valerie. Um, I, I personally, um, I like this.
I mean, we just spent a lot of time talking about, uh, bicycle safety with the e-bikes, and I think that, um, you know, this addresses that as a mom of kids who are on bicycles and and e-bikes. Um, that’s important to me. I do like that.
Um, we are taking steps to connect the village with the A line station. Um, you know, I think that does nothing but help our businesses and give more opportunity to add new businesses. Um, to Glendora Avenue.
I also like that we are setting the stage to connect the village to the west side of town, to Citrus College, and giving, um, an opportunity to maybe draw students, um, into our, our village and so they can spend money and, um, do all the fun things. So, um, I like that, um, the antique street lights are back.
As someone who lives in the antique street light district, I, you know, I had to watch as they all came out. So I love that, um, those are coming back. I think that’s fantastic. Um, I had a question. If we did a traffic study, but it looks like we did. So you answered that and that’s it for me. Okay. Thank you. Shauna, uh, come to mental.
Um, as has been said, I intend to second the, uh, the thought of extending this to, uh, the eighth. I do support this. I think, uh, staff has done a great job of, uh, engagement and assessing different things. Uh, that we’ve all heard about.
I don’t need to go through all those, um, and I think it will be a very good, uh, add to our downtown, the village area. And I think it will, um, hopefully cut down on some of the speed that happens through here. And, uh, create a sense of safety.
Um, we got a lot of input, especially when we, um, re striped the streets and put the bollards out and, and and attempted to show what this was going to look like. And, um, those were really good examples, uh, for everybody to engage in. And we got a lot of people, as you you said. So you know, I think it’s good. It’s, it’s this has been a long, um. Long time. And, um, and it’s not, you know, anyone’s fault.
Uh, but I think it’s good that we give a couple more, more weeks. Uh, I want to make it very clear, as I asked our, uh. Our, um. City manager to, you know, day, uh, this has all been been funded by grants. I want to make sure people have heard that largely. Yes.
Very largely by grants. And we will not build any more until we get more grants. That’s what our position is. And, Adam, if you want to, uh, pause and help me make sure I said that. No, I appreciate it.
He had a very pointed discussion, a robust discussion this morning, and I just want to make sure that the public, uh, knows that, uh, this is not these funds are not being misused or taken or, oh, these funds could be used to re stripe another mile or two of street or fix XYZ, you know, building these are funds that we’re getting from grants.
Yeah. That that’s a great opportunity I think first of all I think Valerie did a great job this evening. Going back to the history of a project which which stretches back, obviously, um, when we thought the station was going to be on the north side of the tracks instead of the south side, that
was the one shot that was there, you know, from from the old development standards or or what we thought it would look like, uh, the, the, the conversation and the reminders this morning was largely that, you know, even going further back, the city council adopted, uh, minutes and resolutions about the people Movement project and directing staff to
go out and find federal, state, uh, earmarks. Some of the funding had a local match several years ago, which was the 1 million in funding that I think we committed, like in 2019. That was transportation centered funding.
So the funding for the project this evening, uh, that is included in the staff report and has been mentioned over the past eight years, is dedicated specifically for this set of projects. It could not be repurposed for other streets or other striping or other improvements.
It is for these projects through both our federal legislators, our state legislators, and the Cog who have applied for grant funding on our behalf to do these set of projects. In fact, staff previously including Stephen Martire that was here, worked with other cities jointly to have joint submittals. These projects are actually part of a larger multimodal transportation, where the city was able to cobble together additional funding as well.
So, you know, unfortunately, this project has taken a long time to get to this point. As you mentioned, Council member, not for any singular fault, but when a project is 100% grant funded for the most part, and we’re going through at a level of this expenditure, it takes a long time to to cobble together the funding stack.
And and as Valerie mentioned this evening, and as the council knows, staff has been in contact with the council and with the public and watch the projects from demonstration and got real life feedback. And I don’t like this or I don’t like that.
So, you know, I think, as Valerie mentioned on the speed survey, one of the important things is Council actually recently took actions to reduce segments of the speed along Foothill Boulevard from 30 to 30. I mean, from 35 to 30 miles an hour.
We’ve also done the temporary, uh, crossing the city council passed an ordinance that was safer streets to help us lower the speed levels, especially when it gets narrow. Uh, for anyone who’s been in City Hall for a prolonged period of time, they can hear a bunch of four letter curses, you know, and yelling as it narrows down from here from two lanes to one lane, even though it’s not really narrowing down, it’s the right hand turn lane.
So, you know, there are more than necessary, you know, accidents along Foothill. And part of the conversation, in addition to providing better access, especially with the center line or the the the lane for um, use it.
It can be used for public safety access and an emergency moving to and from on Foothill that it provides a standard width and look and feel that should alleviate through documentation and standards. A lot of the safety concerns that we’ve had.
So I know the council in the past has expressed its support for the concepts and ensuring that we come back for the fine tuning of this project. So again, I think Valerie did a great job reminding us of where we’ve been for the past eight years and appreciate the opportunity to clarify the grant funding and that these cannot be repurposed for any other set of projects. But those that were discussed tonight, both the urban trail and these first last mile improvements.
Thank you Glenn. Thank you. And to my friend that that loves bikes and loves making a profit. I love that. That’s what America is about. Yeah. Athletics, sir. Yeah, we we are going to, uh, provide or attempt to provide a safer way for people who want to ride a bike, to ride a bike.
And, uh, that was demonstrated, I don’t know, back in 24, 25 when Glendora Avenue here was all blocked off and people said, well, what are these for? Well, it’s to for people to ride bikes. And so we’re, you know, you know going to do that. So uh, that’ll be good. Great job. Thank you. Thank you Mandel Karen.
Thank you. Yeah. We have been talking about this since probably 16 years at least. You know, I set up here with Doug Tester, council member, Boyer Council member.
Nelson, I think council member Boyer was in one of those photos that one of the community workshops on this topic and that drawing that you had was one of the early ones we saw with the two roundabouts. And so it’s nice that there’s just going to be one now, because that was really be crazy there. But, uh, it definitely, uh, provides a safer route of travel on Foothill.
We’ve already decided, as the city manager just mentioned, to lower that speed limit. If you want to go a little bit faster, uh, you should be driving on route 66. That foothill really is more of a residential. And then that business district to calm the traffic. So I think this will help do that.
And then also that center lane that some people call the suicide lane, the turning lane that that will provide that space in the middle of that hopefully will make it a little bit safer. Bless you.
And one of the things that I think people forget that when we had the role to the stroll and we did some of that demonstration, that was the precursor to our parklets, because people liked that, uh, coming out there and having that outdoor space and said, oh, we should have this more often.
So then when the pandemic hit, it was like, oh, hey, what about that space we did? So some of those demonstrations actually help people think about how we could do the village differently. And it led to where we are now. So I think that, uh, all of the, the feedback and as you stated when we did those demonstrations, what people didn’t like was the look, they said, oh, this plastic is ugly.
And so now we’ll have a better way. And then on Foothill, if at some point we decide, hey, this isn’t working, it’s paint, we can go in and stripe the street.
Glendora Avenue is going to be more permanent, but it needs to be more permanent because we’re trying to invite people to go to the village to expand the village. That’s a very important space. And yes, the antique lights for everyone who wanted to see them. They’re going to be there on display. So it’s going to be fabulous.
But I think taking in a lot of that feedback over the years that we’ve discussed this and looked at all of the different adaptations that we’re finally going to be at that place where we can actually do it. Oh my goodness, 16 years or more in the making. And finally going to get there. So thank you very much. And hopefully if folks haven’t looked at it, haven’t been part of any of those workshops, forget about the demonstrations that we had.
That will take the opportunity to look at it now and see what’s possible. So thank you. Thank you, thank you, Michael. Thank you, Valerie, for the presentation. Um, there are certain aspects of this I like, and there’s certain aspects I don’t like.
Uh, and I think that the public needs to be brought along on this more so than they have. It’s been a long process. As we mentioned, and a lot gets lost in translation over time. And, um, such as, uh, going out of the post office, you’re only going to make a right hand turn because you’re going to be a medium. There.
My concern as well is that there is a over on Vermont. You can only turn right or left, but you have to. It’s signalized. So you might have backup traffic that goes all the way to the, uh, the roundabout, which I’m not quite sure if that would be safe or not. You alluded to it.
There was a, um, a survey done, but was there a warrant study done on this? Well, that was part of the, um, traffic and speed survey that I was referring to in 2025. Warrant study of a traffic study on this, not a. Survey specifically for not specifically for the foothill improvements that were proposed.
Can you talk specifically about what what your understanding may be for a warrant study? Well, you have different levels of warrant studies, and they’re numbered and I don’t. And it looks like in our packet there was not a warrant study that was done. And we’re going to.
Be where would you. as think in a best practice that warrant study would be done. We’re going to have a road diet and that’s going to change traffic patterns. We’re also going to have emergency evacuation that will have an issue that is not discussed in our and our staff report.
So I’ve got some concerns with that. I have some concerns with Foothill and Glendora Avenue, with being able to have large trucks, being able to make a right hand turn because it looks like there’s a bulb out there, unless I read it incorrectly. Yes, they have been. We took a look.
We have Alta available, but they did take a look at the attorney movements and the adjustments they made took into consideration, making sure that larger vehicles were going to be able to make those turns.
I remember when we had the demonstration, and you have the tape out there and you had the cones and stuff, and there was some light. We’re out there watching it. The semi was trying to make a turn and it didn’t happen. Uh, end up going end up going straight. So that’s part of my concern as well. Uh, some discussion came up as far as the landscaping.
If we’re going to do any landscaping, it was going to be hardscape. What that was going to look like. It looks like here there’s some landscaping, but I understand that we might not use green scaping. It might be hardscape. That’s correct. So that would look different. It will look different. And that survey I didn’t see it in the staff report.
Is it in the staff report? I didn’t see it in there. No. No that’s. That’s an extra. So that would be a supplement that would be put out tomorrow. If if council chooses to move it, whatever information we have we can include that. Yeah. That wasn’t that wasn’t in there.
So I mean I, I applaud extending this to the first meeting of September, but I would suggest that goes to the second meeting in September. Give more time for people to just digest this and make recommendations. I’d like to see some storyboards put out there. Again, this has been a long process.
We have different folks that have moved into the area, and a lot of people have not necessarily been part of this process. And now we have 100% drawings, which we haven’t had 100% drawings in the past, and there’s quite a few pages in here to get reviewed.
And I want the public to be to come along with this. I don’t want us to start going forward. And then they go, oh, where this happened? And I know there’s apathy out there.
I understand that, but I want to give it a good college try for us to be able to put this out there in good faith for people to see this. And also, you know, we briefed again yesterday and we had some questions as well. And I really have some concerns with the traffic and the traffic flow. Uh, in certain different areas.
And also, do we have a study on bicycle usage for these areas. So we’re going to put dedicated bike lanes, if you will, raised a little bit. Do we know they’re really going to get used? I have my issues with that. But I’ll park my baggage with bicycles.
But um, but do we have data on that that they’re actually going to be used if we commit this? And also on the $1.06 million, it comes from the city side, is that grant money a specifically slated. That was money set aside and approved by the council via resolution, I think, in 2019. So that is actually from our general fund. Uh, no, it was from a capital project fund.
I don’t remember if it was exactly transportation funding or not, but that’s funding that’s already been committed pursuant to grant agreements that council approved via resolution. But we don’t know where it came from. Off the top of my head, I don’t I don’t remember it, but it’s not general fund dollars. They were capital project dollars. From some measure or something.
Honestly, I don’t I don’t recall off top of my head, but it was probably street related funding of some sort. Okay. All right. Um, my other notes. Um. That’s kind of all the notes that I have at the moment.
But, um, I again, if the two of them want to make the the suggestion to continue this for the second, I would rather rather have the second. And it’s not the, not the first. Give a little more time than just two weeks. That’s all I have for the moment. Okay. Um. Thank you.
I have some concerns as well, but a question you brought up in your discussion earlier, something about some kind of a closure at Walnut and Vista Bonita. Correct. Help me understand. I was looking through the plans. I didn’t find that. Remind us again what that is. So, as you’re traveling north on Glendora Avenue. Apparently there’s two lanes. Okay. Yes.
And you’re going to come towards the, um, little y little division that allows you to travel up Vista Bonita. That will be they we will have a barrier so that you cannot proceed north. It will be, um, you’ll be redirected so you can still turn onto Walnut, that little island, you’ll be able to turn and it’ll be restructured.
So you could turn that way, but you won’t go straight north. It’s northbound on Vista. Bonita will be discontinued. Correct. And that was a safety measure as cars are often trying to merge over, and we’re trying to make it friendly for bikes to travel. So that was going to be a that was going to be a conflict.
Okay. I’ll go back and look at the plan on that. All right. Um, my other concerns are turning radius and looking at we have food provision trucks that come into town and they’re straight trucks okay. They make it. They’re about the size of our orange, midsize orange buses.
But the, um, semis that come in are doing a 28 or a 32 foot trailer with a two, maybe three axle tractor trailers off track. They don’t follow the steering wheel exactly. They track off a bit when they make their turn. We also have residents guilty that have RVs and things.
Or, uh, if you’ve got a 102 inch wide trailer pulled by a 20 foot truck, I don’t think I can make the turns from a 12 foot lane into a 17 foot lane without off tracking and hitting a hard barrier on a curb without taking out, you know, staying in my lanes.
If I go across the paint line and take another lane, yes, but the off tracking, I’m not convinced that these plans are going to facilitate. Are you talking about mayor? Just just for clarification so we can keep notes. Are you talking about heading eastbound on Foothill and making. A right, right hand turn? And you can make that right hand turn now, with that set up. The current one. Yes.
Well, but I have to own both lanes. I can’t do it from the curb. Yes. Okay. And if I’m southbound from southbound on Glendora Avenue to go westbound on Foothill, I’m going to have to take both lanes. Currently. I. Yes. I cannot do it from the right hand turn lane without hitting something.
Okay. We might um, can we see if Sasha’s available or Alta planning. And a similar consideration. Glendora Avenue. Right hand turns to Carol I. So if those are actually hard islands, raised heart islands in bob outs, that’s to me going to be an obstacle.
And I could be a road hog and take it. But I’m going to be a road hog to do that. And it’s daily traffic. That could be an issue. I believe Greg is unmuting people. But just a reminder, if you’re unmuted, it may have to unmute several people.
So if you have any background noises going on or craziness, just be cognizant of that. Um. May I. Say something I just said? Good. Good evening, mayor, and good evening. Good evening. Members of the council. Um, my name is Sasha Fox. I’m with Alta Planning and Design, and, um, what you’re speaking to are the trucks turning templates and truck turning. Um.
Uh, a test that we do via out of turn. Um, as we develop the design, um, we have developed those throughout the design, initially at 30%, with just the basics of the 2D, uh, lane layout. Um, I would say the, um, uh, the configuration and the turning radii to your point.
Um, mayor is, uh, will be different for, for each corner. Um, but we specifically have received that question on these, um, the, the traffic going southbound and going going west onto Foothill Boulevard. So if I can share my share my screen, if that’s if that would be okay. Um, Valerie. Sure.
I can share the turning templates that we have ran and can make available for, um, for the team. And I will turn my video off here because I have some bad lighting, but let me see if I can share my screen. Right. Perfect. Let me know if you can see my screen. Okay, great.
This is the intersection of Glendora and Foothill Boulevard. Um, you can see that we have tested for, uh, a bus running template. Um, what the design shows that Valerie has spoken to before. It shows the two bulb outs, um, on the north west and the south east corners, and it shows the protected islands on both sides.
These islands are not connected to the sidewalk. So to your point, and they have a driving apron. So to your point is, if you are driving and you, um, do cover the curve, it does not go directly into the pedestrian path, but test it for bus because there’s Foothill Transit facilities along route on this.
This portion of Foothill Boulevard and Glendora Avenue. So we tested both the eastbound on the, uh, Foothill Boulevard and the southbound going, going down Glendora. We also tested for the, uh, the the city Fire and truck emergencies, um, or emergency responders for, for all directions of the intersection.
You can see that we essentially we we showed that the the truck will come into the gutter pan but will not go into the, um, the pedestrian or the, the next lane because the left turn pocket is pushed, uh, pushed back so that you are not your you are not in, in conflict.
And then for the third one we tested for, specific to your point about businesses and access onto onto Glendora Avenue, we tested for that, uh, westbound, uh, going north along Foothill as well as turning movement on eastbound onto or westbound onto Foothill Boulevard. That was the turning movements for Foothill Boulevard and Glendora Avenue as well as we have performed.
This is the location at Glendora Avenue and Ada. Um, we have tested the, um, both of the buses because this is a truck. This is a truck crowd, a city fire. Um, in all, all directions. And I also want to mention that the roundabout has a driving drive apron.
So if a an emergency vehicle does need to, um, go onto the roundabout to essentially just to, uh, um, exceed their speed or help with performing performance operations through the intersection.
They can, um, as well as be tested for the W 50, which is a larger truck going, uh, north and south, which is the the truck route that you were you were discussing. And with that, I’ll stop sharing my screen if you have any questions. Um, do you have any specific questions about the turning movements just noted? Uh, sure.
I happen to know that the fire trucks have a better turning radius than most motorhomes, and certainly a bus. They have a shorter wheelbase, so they turn great. They they have large overhangs, but they turn tight. They’re pretty amazing buses. Not so much.
If if we had a grocery truck make the mistake of going from Albertsons north and going over to Vons because there’s the same company, we’re going from Vons back to Albertsons, they’d definitely be in trouble on this route, making the right turn. Isn’t that what you just said? Yeah. The traffic circle, they could probably navigate. They’d never get to the circle because they wouldn’t make the right hand turn. And Foothill. That’s what I’m.
I think they went over that turning with the last truck. I think they know better. They go down grand and come across route 66 to avoid this.
But residents with motorhomes pulling toy trailers and things, they’re going to be on in the road or be grumbling because these turns are the the the right hand turns at the square. Intersections are the biggest concern. If you got an 8.5ft wide vehicle aiming for a 13 foot hole, it’s pretty tough. Right. Um. If I had a if I was going northbound on Glendora with the car in the left hand turn lane, I couldn’t hog the lane.
It’s gonna. We may slow things down a bit. And obviously the driver doesn’t want to do damage, so he’s going to figure out how to avoid that. But I and if we go back to Carol, that’s even tighter than this. Well, we can provide that additional turning movements.
Um, on going in the right hand turn as well with the truck to to your point here, um, I believe actually we have those this is just a sample of the exhibits, but I can I can go ahead and forward that to Valerie as well.
And then Valerie in the city team, would you be able to stop? I tried to stop sharing my screen a few times, but, um. Is it possible to release back to you? Thank you. So what I just heard is these are fixable things. At least consultant thinks that it is.
I, I think what the consultant was going through is the movements. The mayor has some concerns that what went over isn’t necessarily accurate. I think there’s a whole other conversation on truck routes and other things like that.
The city is established and people don’t tend to drive down Foothill with all that stuff now anyways, especially in the residential areas. Although there are motorhomes and there are those. Yeah, there, there there are motorhomes and some of those homes. Yeah, absolutely. So you know, I think is we navigate some of those turning radius, we can provide additional clarity. And those can be some of the larger boards which show those turning radius.
It talks about the driving aprons and the movement they’re in. And those are intended to be used on some of those larger movements. But I think as the mayor, as the mayor mentioned, and and as was just stated by the consultant, I know Moisés who’s who’s here tonight, specifically at the mayor’s request, went through
some of these turning radius to show that they could, in fact happen depending on the type of truck. So I know that information we can provide. I’m looking at the Carol intersection and the way the ball ballots are triangulated. That helps a lot. I think that alleviates a lot of the concern.
So yeah, but I mean, if that’s something we can go over in more detail and provide additional clarity. Absolutely. Just thank you. So I mean, I mean yeah. Yeah. That’s good. I think it sounds like like we do we do need some extra time. As you earlier said. So yeah.
Just some some validation of that would be helpful. Also when we Michael and I just went back and tried to find on the Vista Benito walnuts or discussion, I didn’t see a closure of at Walnut. If it’s not a closure, it’s like a it’s a painted line. Correct. It’s there’s going to be some little dividers.
But yes, it’s nothing that’s permanent. So it is planned to go in there, but it’s something that’s easily. Like a delineate type thing. Yes. Correct. Can you explain further what that means? Not permanent, but something’s going to be there. Well, like little delineate was basically like the mayor just reference.
So there they’re little circle delineated that you’ll see that will come across on both the north and the south side of. That did. Not painted. So one of the issues you have there, if you’ve driven that area a lot, is people cut across and there are accidents right there. They go into the they go into the right from the left. That’s correct.
You get the crossing streams right there. So when you have pedestrians not not not pedestrians, excuse me. When you have people on bikes in the area or other rolling things, which we do now, that crossing and going straight creates that safety issue.
And we’ve and so the thought process in the plans and and the reason why Valerie mentioned it was that you want to eliminate that conflict right there between a car going straight and taking out someone who’s also in the next. So there’s going to be like plastic cones or. No, no, no, with the, the, the specific service. But it’s not it’s not marked on the drawings.
Sasha I’m sorry, I don’t have the specifics. Are you still there to to tell us the materials for that? I am, um, if it’s possible to send it to Vincent because he was, um, involved in the earlier decision, he confirmed that intersection. That would be really helpful. For sure. Um, if it’s possible to unmute.
Wouldn’t it be similar to what we currently have at the corner of Minnesota and Foothill by left center? I want to pull it up and see or ask them to see what those materials are. I know what it looks like, but the materials. That you want to make permanent.
Why not make it permanent? No, no, you need to bypass. It’s. Permanent. For what? Permanently close? No, no. Why? Well, because you want to go to Vista Bonita and bypass all. All that. If you close it, you won’t be able to go and visit it, and you won’t be able to go out that way.
You’ll have to go all the way around and through the roundabout. Sasha, are you still there? Yes. Yes, ma’am. Um, so the the intersection will be still. So vista Bonita Avenue direction will still be available. Um, we’re replacing the, um, concrete bollards that are closing the slip lane access directly from Glendora Avenue to provide a straight through.
It will now route in, um, a route. Uh, the, uh, turning movement around the existing island that’s currently there and making into a right turn on Vista Bonita instead of a. Straight. And can you tell us what the materials are that we’ll be using? Um, so it is a planter material or a planter, essentially.
Um, with a crash cushion available so that it’s, um, it as well as separated by striping for the, for the, for the bike lanes. There will be additional signage as well in front of the, uh, in front of the crash cushions and planters, um, as well as a new crosswalk that provides a crossing across the
Bonita North onto Glendora. Okay, okay. Did you guys get that? So that’ll be there’ll be planters placed the way. We have planters in our village, so there’ll be planters and then a crosswalk in the middle of that area. Targets. Well, perhaps in in our follow up, we can get exact pictures.
That’d be very helpful. Thank you. Appreciate that. Okay. I got. Another question. Um, Adam, when we I’d asked you some briefing, you were going to get some more clarity on that. On the funding cycle. This has to go through Caltrans because they have the funds. We have to apply for it. What’s the timing On that.
So. Yes, these are fiscal year 2023 earmarks. So we have um, we need to go ahead and have these funds obligated. So the it is in process. Caltrans is reviewing our application and the deadline to have the funds obligated is September 30th. Next month, September 30th. September 30th. That wasn’t in the staff report either.
No. However, I mean, if there are minor changes that you want to do, we can. Depending what it is, we can still make adjustments. So we have to approve this because they want to see us approve this before. It’s simultaneous. So we if you guys want to push it to September, we can do that.
What about the second meeting in September. What if we wanted to do it to that one? Is that cutting it too close? It’s close. But we may be able to to work to work that out. Okay. I’m going to come back to Shauna. Really quick.
Adam, what medium do we have? Um, available to put this stuff out? The history and all of this stuff. Yeah. So typically when. together or something. Yeah. When we do things, we’ve done additional workshops. So when there was a question, I think when we talked about the station, area plan, Council asked for an additional meeting.
We brought in some storyboards and had some roundtables in the Bidwell. Um, all this information has been available on the website for years, and we’ve updated that website with the current plan so we could direct people.
Uh, provide a website on Engage Glendora, which we have before on various activities where people can provide commentary and interest. Um, we can do a number of different things to solicit additional insight and information and point people to those. See, when Cog staff is available.
Um, see when um Alta staff is available to to provide, uh, questions and answers for various turning movements and radius so we can do a mix of in-person things, online things, etc., etc.. So how how can we let people know that? So typically, um, you know, it’s a great question. So we can use our listserv where people have signed up for updates. Uh, to send out information, social media, um, so on and so forth. So. Okay.
Tend to have a fairly large reach on social media as well. Perfect. Um, okay. Well then I’ll move that. We continue this item to our September 22nd meeting to give the public an opportunity to review the information and provide feedback. Second or. Third that. Yeah. Second that. Um, you know, I’m good with that.
Can we do storyboards and put it in Bidwell? Yeah, it’s what I just said. Okay. Yeah, absolutely. I thought you wanted to do it virtually. We said we could host a variety of different things. Yeah. Okay. Okay. We have a motion. If we would kindly vote. A motion to continue the project to September 22nd.
Thank you very much. Thank you. All right. That brings us to consent calendar items eight through 19th May be enacted in one motion without individual discussion, unless a council member has desire to pull an item or ask any specific questions. Is there such a desire? No. I’m mayor.
I would move that we approve items eight to 18 or 19. I’m sorry, 19. Okay, may I get a second? Second motion by Mendel. Second by Shauna. To accept 18 through 19. Please vote. Items carry five zero unanimously. Thank you very much. Can I make a motion on the next ball? Would you? Well, we’re bumping up against our witching hour, so. Any minutes we can get.
That Steve Davis speed. Okay. Great. Friends from WCA are still hanging out. I gotta love them. Hi, there. Good evening. Mayor. Mayor, Pro tem, Council members. Um, I’m here to present, uh, amendment number two to, uh, Mariposa agreement with the city for, uh, landscape services. Um, which will be extending, um, to June 28th, 2027.
Uh, Mariposa has been serving the city since 2022. The original agreement was awarded on June 28th, 20 2022, and the contract was a four year contract with three optional one year extensions. Um. On July 9th, 2024, uh amendment number one was approved to service the Glendora Unified School District. Properties.
Uh the extension of service is the first of three options. It will extend through, uh, June 28th, 2027. Uh, the increased cost will be 3%. Um, comparatively. Uh, um, we looked at, uh, Anaheim and Los Angeles who have had a, uh, CPI increase, uh, of almost 13% over the past four years.
So 3% increase, uh, annually is right within that range. Um, the annual spending limit is 1,720,000. Um, about 200,000 of that is for extra work. Um, and then this will increase the total amount of the contract to 7,011,000 and 720. Um, just a list of things that Mariposa maintains within the city. They do the parks. They do the schools for Glendora Unified.
Uh, they do our landscape for our facilities. Uh, our medians, right of ways. Uh, they do a lot of work in the village. They abate our open spaces twice a year. Uh, they do a few drains that we have, and then they also do, uh, some trail work as needed. Um, some considerations about Mariposa.
They’ve been serving Glendora since 2022. Uh, they have quality service and responsiveness. Uh, adequate number of staff to provide comprehensive work. And the 3% increase is very reasonable. Uh, recommendations that the council approve, amendment number two to the contract services agreement with Mariposa. Landscape for landscape maintenance and weed Abatement services.
Extending the term of the agreement through June 28th, 2027, an amount not to exceed 1,720,000. Uh uh, and also authorize the city manager or his designee to execute the amendment. And that concludes my presentation. Uh, if you have any questions. Thank you. Matthew. Great. Any questions? Comments? Oh, I’d love it. I’ll move items one and two.
There you go. That’s what I need. Second motion by Mr. Ulloa. Second by Mr. Thompson. Kindly cast our vote. Well, that was easy. That was easy. All right. That’s great. Okay. Okay. Item number 22. Consider authorization. Excuse me. Consider authorizing a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $9 million to account.
30100990-70000 for lots of zeros and. money for construction of streets and facilities. Projects identified at the city council workshop held number one, held on June 16th and presented. I laid all the groundwork with all that hard work stuff. So, Mr. Kyle Johnson, welcome. Yes. Uh, good. Oh. Come on. Good evening, mayor, mayor pro tem and city councilors.
Uh, Council members again? Uh, yes. Unfortunately, we’re on the other side of adding zero. So we talked about making money earlier. This one spending. So usually the fewer zeros, the better. At least in my book.
Um, the item before you tonight is the authorization to of the remaining one time use of the discretionary funding and necessary budget adjustments to record the allocation of the funds from the General Fund and the Glendora Unified School District Joint Use Agreement Fund to the Capital Projects Fund. Uh, on June 16th, 2026, City Council hosted Workshop Number one and identified it, identified 11.88 million in streets and facilities projects.
On July 14th, the City Council appropriated the first 3 million to begin the design and construction process for these projects. Uh, the funding came primarily from the proceeds of the sale of the San Jose Woodland site. And then tonight, staff is requesting city council appropriate the remaining 9 million.
Uh, the total 12 million in appropriation is funded from essentially three sources. Proceeds of the San Jose Woodland site sale, reprioritize capital projects, including the USD pool contribution and the General Fund Contingency Reserve. The use of the General Fund Contingency Reserve drops a reserve percentage to 35%, which is still within the city’s policy range of 30% to 45%.
Uh, so some specific project updates will be provided in more detail with the next quarterly capital improvement Program update in September. Uh, but as of now, the design process is underway for the streets uh, project, starting with the work to get the bid package out in early fall with the intent to have
construction start in early 2027. Uh, work will start on the facilities bid package in early fall following the completion of the streets bid package, and the project budget will start as two major projects reporting the appropriations as one street projects and one facilities project, and then further allocation to the specific
street and facilities projects will occur as the project specific project packages enter the design and construction phases of the projects. Looking ahead. So another plug for our workshop in on September, 16th.
Uh, well, there will be a discussion on the consideration if, uh, as a potential funding source, uh, of the one time use of discretionary funding, uh, safeguards to consider during that discussion and the potential trade offs of using any additional one time discretionary funding.
Uh, any additional one time use of the discretionary funding would, would primarily draw from the city’s pension set aside, would be a fundamentally different approach from the fiscal stance that was taken in workshop one, uh, where the pension set aside was looked at, something we wanted to avoid using for the initial, 8 to $12 million, uh, identified projects. Considerations for any additional use of the one time funding should include evaluating available restricted resources first. Uh, they should be.
The funds should be used on one time discrete, one time capital uses. So no ongoing, uh, use for the programs identified. And identification of replenishment sources, uh, such as the future development of the school sites. If we were to use any additional reserves now and establishing a minimum pension reserve floor.
So additional one time use of discretionary funds may avoid construction cost escalation, potentially at the sacrifice of flexibility. Flexibility in the event of an economic downturn or emergency event, which is the intent of having the reserves. Uh workshop three will provide more detail and structure for this conversation.
So at this time, staff recommends that City Council authorize the appropriation of 9 million and the Capital Projects Fund and authorize the necessary budget adjustments for the accounting entries needed to record the funding allocation to the Capital Projects Fund, from the General Fund and the and the GSD Joint Use Agreement Fund. I’m available for any questions. Okay.
Thank you Kyle and Adam, am I correct in that while the dating on this projections were conservative, we might actually be a little ahead of schedule on some of the street projects. Yeah. So, you know, as part of our commitment, uh, similar, uh, to other things that are important will come back quarterly with updates.
We’ll have that first update, first meeting or second meeting of September. Um, some of the design work for the road projects is already complete and being reviewed by staff now, and we’re hoping to get it out to bid quickly. So, uh, no pressure, how so? Um, but, um, welcome, by the way.
Uh, so, you know, I think, uh, staff has done a good job trying to move, you know, those, those council decisions, you know, made in June for quickly. So, uh, or July quickly.
So to the extent that we continue to have good news and updates and fingers crossed, you know, the projections come back under budget and we’re able to do more. So, uh, we’ll have a more comprehensive update on those quarterly reports, uh, coming up in September. Wonderful. Great news. Thank you. All right. Bring it back. Any questions? Discussion. Michael I’ll move items one and two of the recommendations. Okay. Oh, okay. Did you have a question or comment? No, no. Okay. We’re ready to get.
Past this bedtime. It’s up. Going. All right. Good deal. I’ll ask us to kindly. Vote. Motion carries five zero unanimously. Very good. Next item must say thank you to our community partners from WCA for hanging out in the gallery and keeping us looking so good. And bring us back. Matthew.
Hello again. Um, so, uh, I’m here to present a agreement renewal with WCA for, uh, tree maintenance services. Uh, contract that would serve for five years. Um, and would not exceed $760,000 annually. Um, so, uh, a little bit of background, uh, West Coast arborist is our city tree maintenance and management contractor. They’ve been serving Glendora since 1999.
Over 12,000 city trees that they take care of for us. Uh, city of Glendora, tree maintenance services is overseen by the Public Works Department. And our current tree maintenance agreement expired on June 30th of this year. Hence why I’m here.
Um, on November 18th, 2025, WCA entered into a contract with the City of West Covina, and this contract includes cooperative purchasing language. Um, WCA indicated their willingness to extend this pricing to Glendora. Um five year period with fixed costs until June 30th of 2028. Um, starting July 2028, uh, the annual cost may increase up to 4%. Um, annual cost is not to exceed $760,000.
Um, and this is just a little, uh, comparison chart, uh, to, uh, different contractors. We have, uh, the pricing that we’ll get with WCA compared to Azusa, who has North Star and Pomona, who is serviced by Mariposa. And, uh, as the graph indicates, uh, WCA pricing is the best out of the three.
Um, West Coast arborist has been working in Glendora over 26 years. They specialize in municipal arboriculture. Um, they have sufficient equipment and for specialized maintenance of our ficus trees. Um, one of my favorite things is seeing the West Coast knock out all of the ficus within a couple of days along Glendora and Foothill. Uh, very impressive operation.
Um, and they also provide GIS mapping, um, for our tree inventory, which, uh, city staff uses on a regular basis. Uh, to identify planning sites. Uh, old trees, diseased trees. A very helpful tool for the city.
Um, so at this time, uh, I’m recommending that the city council award an agreement with West Coast arborist for citywide tree trimming and tree maintenance services for a five year term not to exceed 760,000 annually. During the term of the agreement.
Um, authorize a 10% contingency and an amount not to exceed 76,000 annually during the term of the agreement, and to authorize the City manager to execute the agreement, including minimal and or non substantive changes. And I conclude. Matthew. Um, bring it back for questions. But before we make a motion, I have something else on you. So any questions or comments. I do. Okay. Um, so just really quick lightning around.
Why are we two months out of contract? Why are we out of two months out of contract? Uh, the contract expired. And then just putting together the staff report, and I think we missed. We just barely missed the the staff meeting. Uh, the council meeting for last month. That’s correct. Been dark for five weeks. So that. That’s correct.
So it says on here it’s $51,180 for planting of trees. Does West Coast, uh, plant trees for us? Uh, yes, they do. And they also sell trees to us that, uh, that we plant as. Well as that’s for the city and or or residents because residents have to pay for their trees if they want them.
Uh, residents do not have to pay for their trees. They don’t have to pay for the trees. If they want a tree, they can request one. Yeah. Yeah. It comes out in the City Parkway. Yes. And it comes out of this $51,000? Yes. Okay.
And why? Um, why does the water fund contribute over $13,000 to this contract? Uh, I, I couldn’t answer that. Would be for tree trimming on the property of the water department. It’s a good guess. Another service is provided. Um, I don’t I know, a policy or in case there is more specifics, but some of the services, like all the funds, are provided across multiple agencies and multiple areas.
Okay. Yeah, All the questions. That’s a good question. Thank you. I would welcome any comments or any thoughts from our community partners if you’ve been here all night. Did you have anything you wanted to share or. At least we can do since. Well. He hung out with us.
Well, he steps up. Can I just say thank you to you guys and to staff? I know staff, you know, put you through, you know, the grinder. And, uh, we appreciate the partnership. So. Thank you. We don’t. Mind it. I had something prepared to. read. Uh, tonight.
Uh, and I. Victor came up here, so I’d like to read it now. Now that. you’re considering. So, um, my name is Nicole. Lago and vice president of West Coast arborist for the Southern California operations. On behalf of our entire team, I. Would like to.
Express our sincere gratitude to the city of Glendora for once again placing your trust in us by recommending WCA and awarding us this tree trimming contract. Receiving this opportunity is it is especially meaningful because it reflects a partnership that has spanned more than 25 years over those two and a half decades, we have had the privilege of helping maintain and enhance Glendora urban Forest, contributing to
the beauty, safety and quality of life that makes this community such a special place. We recognize that this award is not simply a contract, it is a vote of confidence.
It represents trust in our people, our commitment to safety, our dedication to quality workmanship, and our promise to serve the residents of Glendora with professionalism and integrity. We are proud of the relationship we have built with the city, and we are equally excited about the future. As stewards of Glendora Trees, we remain committed to providing exceptional service, protecting the community’s valuable tree assets and supporting the city’s vision for a healthy and vibrant urban canopy.
I would also like to acknowledge the many staff members, past and present, who have worked alongside us throughout the years. Your collaboration, guidance and commitment to excellence have been instrumental in the success of this partnership to the City of Glendora. Thank you for your continued trust and support.
We are honored by this opportunity. Grateful to our long lasting partnership and committed to earning that trust every day. Through the work we perform, we look forward to many more years of serving this wonderful community. Thank you. Thank you, Nick.
And the gentleman with him is the gentleman that keeps our daily crews boots on the ground, doing his best. So thank you both. All right. I’ll second Mendel’s admiration for this group. Why was. Karen privileged to go spend the day with them? And it was a lot of fun, so thank you. Thank you. And that’s what I was going to mention, was that.
Thank you so much for the invitation to visit your facilities and see that you’re more than just tree trimmers, that everything that you do from start to finish, the mapping system that you have was amazing.
And that you take what you cut down and have so many different uses from beautiful creations to mulch to everything else, and that it was just very impressive to see the depth and breadth of your company. And then as one of the public comment speakers that earlier, how you care for your employees. It was evident that day when we toured your facility. So thank you for being that kind of a partner that cares for your employees.
Ditto. Thank you very much. Um, I’ll accept a motion, please. I’ll move items one through three. Second motion by Mr. Ulloa, second by Mr. Thompson. Please vote. Welcome back. Carries five zero. Thank you. All right. Brings us to item 24. Consideration of an agreement for public works services to J. Sergio.
Construction for the Live Oak Water and Street Improvement Project, for a total amount not to exceed $715,623. And presenting as Assistant Public Works Director, Paul Santiago, welcome, Paul. Mr. mayor, point of order. Do we need to? It’s a witching hour. Do we need to extend? Make a motion to extend. Okay. If we. We can be quick.
We could be quick, I’m sure, but, yeah. No. It typically just goes by if everyone. You don’t have to vote on it. Does everyone agree? Keep going. All right. Perfect. Water down. Okay, I will I will try to keep it brief. Uh, good evening, mayor and members of council.
Tonight I’ll be presenting on Live Oak. Um, live Oak water and Street improvement project. And the request for council’s approval to ratify the emergency procurement and the project agreement with JDC construction. So the purpose, the purpose of the project centers around the need for immediate infrastructure response.
First, the existing water main had deteriorated and it was experiencing repeat failures. The risk of additional breaks had increased, which caused the potential for property damage. Um service interruption and traffic impacts. The third was replacement uh, replacing of the water greatly improves the reliability of the water system and provide provide service to the neighborhood and public facilities.
Finally, because of the proximity of the the the actual work to the Cullen Elementary School, the work needed to be completed during or um, during summer recess to reduce the impacts to students and students, parents and school operations. These factors contributed to creating an urgent need, um, to begin this work. Rather than wait for a traditional bid process.
So just to give a little bit of context of where this was specifically on Live Oak, North live Oak, um, the emergency repairs were located at the 300 400 block of North Glendora, North Live Oak Avenue, um, the main elements of the work consisted of, uh, installing 850 linear feet of eight inch
ductile, um, ductile iron pipe, um, reestablishing service connections, including four one four inch service line, to two one inch service lines. Installing three new fire hydrants, and installing ten new water main valves for isolation.
There was also improvements to the service connection for the school, improving the meter vault and bringing this up to a modern standard. Modern city standards. Um, and finally, the completion of the roadway restoration over this area. Um, by the affected trenching. So as I spoke about briefly, the before the construction began, the conditions along Live Oak had become unacceptable.
The water main in this area had, um, had become to a point where we were having increased failures just in the last few months. We had, um, a multiple leaks in the same locations. Um, oftentimes right in the, um, right at the time when school was letting out, having impacts to, to not only the neighborhood, but the, the school, the likelihood of the, the increased breaks was significantly increased and
staff felt the need to move forward with getting this work completed. Um, rather than trying to wait for a later point due to this urgent nature of the situation, staff initiated emergency procurement process. Fortunately, the city had already already has an existing on call contract with JDC construction, who had previously been selected through a competitive process.
This allowed the contractor to mobilize immediately, preventing any additional failures, minimizing interruption to residents in the school. Under the emergency purchasing all procurement actions remained consistent with city purchasing requirements. This approach ensured that immediate response while maintaining transparency and compliance. Um, the improvement was completed.
The improvements were completed under the project to prolong the reliability of the water system, replacing the aging facility and prolonging the life of the water system would further lessen the potential for future emergencies. Adding mainline valves help assist staff in having more control over the water system and reducing the size and impact of future shutdowns in this area.
Overall, the improvements extend the life, the useful life of the water system. This project provides both emergency repairs and proactive investment in the water service. Construction of the water main has been completed as of last week.
Or I’m sorry, last weekend where we did the final tie ins of the water system and the intersection of Live Oak and Leah Dora. This work was needed to be completed. Um, on a Saturday. As we did start to get towards the end of the window of of school starting. Um, so we coordinated with both the residents that were going to be directly impacted.
And then also provided, um, communication by handing out flyers to over 300 residents in the neighborhood, letting them know of of the road closure. This is happy to to state that staff were out on site with the contractor throughout that process. Um, and it went really smoothly and we’ve been able to fully restore the, the water line, bringing that, um, into 100% service.
The fiscal impact, um, consist of for this project of the following the construction agreement with JDC, of the total amount of $622,623, uh staff is requesting a contingency amount of $93,000 for any necessary additional, uh, change orders as resulting in a total amount for the project authorization of $715,623.
These funds are available within the city’s um Water Capital Fund Project Fund. And staff is recommending, um, that council approve the following items. Adopt a resolution declaring emergency exist for the um live Oak Water and Street Improvement Project, allowing the project to proceed without standard bidding process.
Determine that the project is exempt from Ceqa under section 15269 B for emergency projects and direct staff to file a notice of exemption, approve and ratify the agreement with JDC in the amount of $622,000 and 623. Authorize a contingency amount of 93,000, bringing the total authorized spending amount to $715,623 and authorize the City Manager, or designee to execute agreement and approve change orders within authorized contingent contingency.
Um, that concludes my report, and I would be happy to answer any questions. Thank you. Paul. Uh, I don’t see any lights on to ask a question. So after getting in there, it was as bad as we expected. Or worse. Yeah.
In fact, if I go back, I think one tell is this this picture right here? This is we we did run into we we were in the process of doing the design for this project because of the increased level. Originally this was identified in the 2023 master plan as a secondary or the second priority phase. So it wasn’t necessarily a high priority.
But just in the last two years, we had seen a significant increase in leaks. I think we found a section of pipe that had set in a short period, had several water repair clamps, which typically once you get to a level like this, you would want to cut in a section.
Just in even doing this tie over, we we had several leaks that we had to temporarily do repairs. So the the line had definitely it was from the 1930s. It had served its useful life. Yeah. That picture, I thought it was the power pole behind it. Yeah. No, just. Yeah.
These things that Paul and his team had to navigate to is, is, you know, we don’t have summer school at all of our elementary schools. And of course this year it was at colon. So in addition to all the other navigation policy team had to navigate summer school too. And they did a really good job.
I heard from the school district that they appreciated the communication throughout the entire process. Yeah, no. And I want to give a little bit of a shout out to not only the our distribution team, but Jeff Moore, our water construction inspector. He he ran point on this project. He coordinated with the school district, made sure that they had everything that they needed.
He worked with a lot of the residents. There were a few hiccups as as often construction happens, but he was able to work through those. And these after hour parts of it. He was he was out there. So definitely want to give him a lot of things. Great leadership. Thank you very much. Any other questions? Comments? I’ll entertain a motion please.
We move that we approve items one through five. I’ll second. Okay. Thank you. Please vote. Motion carries five zero. Thank you very much. Thank you. Bring it back to any. Thank you. Paul. Bring it back to any closing comments directions.
Just a reminder to the public that September 11th, it will be 25 years since September 11th, 2001. We will have our annual service at 6 p.m. out in front of City Hall. Very nice. Thank you very much. And I will adjourn tonight’s meeting at 10:40 p.m.. Good