[0:00] The city council, city of Rialto, the acting successor agency to the redevelopment agency, the Rialto utilities authority, the Rialto housing authority is now in order. Would the clerk please call the roll?

[0:15] Mayor Boko.

[0:17] President.

[0:17] Mayor Potemps Scott.

[0:19] Council Member Kerri Selz.

[0:21] President.

[0:22] Council Member Perez.

[0:24] Council Member Montoya.

[0:25] President.

[0:26] City Treasurer, Korea.

[0:28] President.

[0:29] City Attorney Eric Well.

[0:31] President.

[0:31] So the manager, Tony, we present.

[0:38] Okay.

[0:40] All members present in the county force.

[0:42] So at this time we'll move on to the pledge of allegiance.

[0:47] Council member Carla Perez will lead us to the pledge of allegiance.

[0:50] And if you can remain standing.

[0:53] I had over your heart.

[0:54] Ready?

[0:55] Again.

[0:56] I'd like to move just to the flag of the United States of America.

[1:00] And to the development of our resistance, one nation, under God, individual, with the liberty and justice for all.

[1:10] And now we'll have the invocation that will be led by Pastor Havieta, Raj from Calvary Chapel.

[1:19] Ms. Bauer, it's as we come to the Lord in prayer, Father, we come to you this afternoon, Lord.

[1:25] God of heaven, we pray that as we gather here within this room that your spirit would

[1:33] grant us direction and whiz them.

[1:35] Lord, I pray for Mayor Boca to begin with your God, that you would endow him with an

[1:41] anointing your God of direction today as he gathers with these council members, Lord,

[1:46] to make decisions for the city of Rialto, as they deal with new business, old business

[1:53] Lord, they're got need to make decisions and resolutions, claims you're got, things that need

[1:59] to get done, Lord, as progress is being taken place in the city of Rialto Lord.

[2:04] I pray that they would help realize you're got to the positions that they hold of authority,

[2:09] Lord, or indeed, gifts by you, and Lord, I pray that they would do it in a way that would

[2:13] bring honor and glory to your name.

[2:15] And so we ask and pray these things in the name of Jesus, and we all said, Amen.

[2:20] You may see it now.

[2:25] At this time, there are no presentations or proclamation.

[2:31] So move on to oral communications.

[2:33] Are there any oral communications from anyone that has asked to speak?

[2:39] Madam Clerk.

[2:39] I don't know.

[2:40] There are none.

[2:42] Seeing that there's none, we'll move on to the consent item.

[2:46] All matters listed in the consent item are considered to be routine

[2:49] of the city council will be acted upon by one motion during the following form.

[2:56] Are there any items from the consent item that any member wishes to pull?

[3:01] If not, do I hear a motion to approve the consent item?

[3:06] Motion, motion been made by council member,

[3:10] up, cut a set list, and seconded by Carla Perez, all those in favour of signify by say

[3:16] aye, aye. Any opposition's hearing none? Motion carries. We will now move on to our tab

[3:23] items. We will start with tab one.

[3:46] Yes, good evening, Honorable Mayor. Mayor Perten, members of the City Council. Thank you for

[3:50] the opportunity to present for the Council's consideration. Review discussion and direction to

[3:58] proposed general fund budget for fiscal year 2026 and 27, beginning just next week, July 1 and

[4:07] it will run through June 30 of the fall in year.

[4:11] Before we get started, just a couple of comments, this is a city-wide activity.

[4:18] So first and foremost, I want to thank the Finance team for our here and can assist with

[4:26] detailed questions the Council may have and also the finance team would like to thank our

[4:33] cohort departments. This is, as you said, a citywide cooperative effort for the work product

[4:41] that the Council has in front of them.

[4:50] So it's noted in the staff report and briefing what this

[5:00] budget is a financial plan that was comprised of reasonable estimates of revenues and expenses

[5:14] and any needed transfers and estimated reserves.

[5:22] As mentioned in the mid-year report last December, the city is in a good place.

[5:27] And this is the direct result of intentional decisions on the part of the council that have

[5:35] included building this economic base that has benefited the city, particularly local and

[5:44] regional economic engine that continues to generate sales tax revenue for operational

[5:50] leads the city and also the ongoing budgetary discipline and control while retaining operational

[6:00] needs of the and customer service to the community.

[6:04] So the primary considerations, the city's financial plan both in the short and the long

[6:11] term.

[6:12] So the first and foremost is fiscal sustainability and accountability, but also sustainability

[6:18] of operations. So, and those are operations for the community and sustainability of both

[6:27] finances. And that includes operational efficiency as customer service is our reason

[6:36] for existence as an organization. So, the strategy is both organizational and fiscal

[6:42] responsible. So, per the city manager's direction, this budget is presented with estimated

[6:51] ongoing and continuous operating expenditures and transfers out and those being matched

[6:56] by ongoing and continuous revenues. So, over the next few slides, as we have here,

[7:04] first one up, we will cover the general fund over view and the fund balance and a look back

[7:11] last couple of years, estimated general fund revenue and the most significant revenue sources,

[7:20] estimated general fund expenses, salary and benefits, long-term forecast, and then we will

[7:25] to finish up with some requests on part.

[7:37] So, this is where we begin. This is the unrestricted general fund balance. And in this center column here, this is what we refer to as a roll forward.

[7:50] These are the most recent audited results. So, the unrestricted fund balance is 72.3 million.

[7:58] And that the audit results also have the reserve for economic uncertainty intact.

[8:08] That's where we began this year and projected to end this year.

[8:14] We expected to finish at least with unrestricted fund balance of 75.3 million.

[8:23] And the reserve for uncertainty intact.

[8:26] The reserve for uncertainty is computed.

[8:30] We have a note there, it's 30% of the fiscal year's actual expenses.

[8:39] So that will be adjusted as we close the year.

[8:45] So this is our starting point where are we, as we begin the budget process?

[8:51] Next we'll look at general fund revenues.

[8:55] So, the table and the graphic both represent the same data and we have the projected general fund

[9:04] revenues by major groupings. The table on the left shows these estimates and they are based

[9:13] on recent trends, caution for uncertainties as well as available information from the city's analytics firms.

[9:25] The top three, as a council is aware, property tax, sales tax, utility users, tax, these

[9:32] comprise more than 75% of our revenues.

[9:36] And another category here that is done well.

[9:39] This use of money and property as the investment portfolio has continued to do well as rates

[9:45] have and continued to be suspended.

[9:50] And then, of course, the pictorial just demonstrates the importance of each of these revenue

[9:57] sources, property taxes are most stable. And we can see that how much sales tax has grown

[10:05] over the last several years in particular.

[10:12] Similar look at general fund expenditures, so this

[10:17] its high level overview by major category personnel and maintenance and operations.

[10:26] The estimated and proposed expenditures is 169.15 million plus transfer out for debt service.

[10:38] And that brings us to a balanced budget approximately 2

[10:55] .8 million revenues over expenditures.

[11:01] A couple of considerations,

[11:06] one area that continues to be a challenge is our CalPERS pension

[11:12] costs that do increase at a rate that is higher than other expenditures, and the reports

[11:25] that are available to us, there are two-year lag, and so the primary expenses represent

[11:37] future obligations, and those are actually determined.

[11:43] So the distribution in summary shows that most expenditures are staffing as we are service

[11:52] organization, and that is consistent with past years and the service to community.

[12:01] Next we have long-range projections, so in the leftmost column, this represents the current

[12:12] fiscal year that we are wrapping up with the estimated surplus of at least 3 million,

[12:20] and the budget that is being presented this evening with 2.3 million revenues over expenditures.

[12:30] And then in the out years we estimate to be positive.

[12:39] So over the next three slides we have, as noted in the staff report, proposed new staffing

[12:49] and we can just summarize a few points on this.

[12:56] These recommendations are based on recent feedback and are for the purpose of enhancing

[13:04] the level of customer service provided to both the businesses and the citizens of

[13:10] the auto.

[13:12] The requests are grouped by both fund as well as department and in several instances, for

[13:23] instance, these first two, the negative numbers represent a position that is either being

[13:30] eliminated or unfilled and they are resulting in an offset of what is being proposed.

[13:38] In other cases,

[13:42] these are based on operational assessment and recommendations.

[13:46] So the first two of these three are general fund, and then of course the third slide here has no impact on the general fund.

[13:57] This is our utility, and this is a fires to a fund.

[14:05] So in summary, and we can come back to these,

[14:12] but in conclusion, we end where we began.

[14:16] the city is in a good place. And these are because of intentional decisions that put our city

[14:22] on this trajectory. So that concludes our report and we are available for any questions or

[14:29] discussion. Thank you. Are there any individuals that have submitted a form to speak from the audience?

[14:39] This is a public hearing?

[14:46] No, I have none. That has been submitted for a hearing. At this time, I'll

[14:49] to council members. Motion to close the public hearing. Second. Motion's been made by

[14:55] part of the press, seconded by Mayor Protem, it's got all those.

[15:00] Those in favour, sign up by saying aye, aye, any opposition, hearing none, motions of, in carried to close the public hearing.

[15:09] So at this time, we'll open it up. Are there any individuals that would like to speak and reference to it?

[15:17] If not, council members, start off with Mayor Pro Tempett Scott. Thank you.

[15:23] Just a couple of questions in the budget, public works, development services are asking

[15:35] for fairly substantial amounts for contract services, which include inspections and plan

[15:43] check review, and as you're well aware of in the each one of us met with the department

[15:50] heads to go through the budget in the meeting that I had with them, I expressed my concern

[15:56] about those amounts and the fact that this council and the former council has given

[16:06] very clear direction that we want to slow down contract services and higher employees to

[16:15] place individuals who are contract employees.

[16:20] That clearly is not happening and has fallen on deaf ears.

[16:26] So I have a concern that we are not moving forward, especially in the areas of plan check,

[16:33] to hire employees within the city, to do that work, to give us the kind of quality that

[16:39] we need for plan check, same with inspections out in the field, whether it be public works

[16:45] building inspections. We're better off having re-alto employees do those inspections than

[16:51] using contract individuals. So my question to you is those amounts are for a 12-month

[17:02] period. Is that not correct? That's correct. Do you see that there would be any issue if we only

[17:11] approved 50 percent of those amounts with the understanding that both of those departments

[17:18] would come back to us in December, report to us what they've done to recruit and bring

[17:25] an employees into the city that would fill those positions.

[17:30] And then if necessary, we would approve additional dollars if we needed additional contract dollars.

[17:37] But I see that as the only way of getting people to heed what the Council has said, which is we want to replace contract employees with city employees.

[17:51] Do you see any issue with that?

[17:52] No.

[17:53] We can begin that as certainly feasible.

[17:56] Okay.

[17:56] My other question is regarding the police department.

[18:01] I had some conversations with the police chief after my presentation by department heads and

[18:10] based on the size of his new building and the size of the old existing building and how

[18:16] many people were doing custodial work over there.

[18:21] I've come to the conclusion that two custodians at one part time may not be enough.

[18:27] So, I would propose tonight that we change that to three full-time custodians, and he can always adjust it later if he finds that's too much, but I think we need to keep that building in good tip-top shape and in the condition that it should be kept in.

[18:49] The other question that I might have for you is when we come to fire.

[18:55] And I may address this to the chief.

[18:58] Chief, as you know, we've experienced a warehouse fire in a very critical business in this city.

[19:08] It happened this last weekend.

[19:11] And unfortunately I kind of predicted in that budget meeting that it was only a matter of time.

[19:17] and then it happened to happen over the weekend, luckily you guys responded in a fantastic manner

[19:25] and took care of it and minimized the damage to that Amazon building.

[19:34] You and I have talked

[19:35] in the past about the necessity and the need to bring on additional equipment into the fire department

[19:42] that can deal with battery fires, high heat fires, the fuel terminal at the south

[19:51] into the city, and we've actually discussed the possibility of bringing in a

[20:00] apparatus that would be remote controlled basically a robot apparatus to fight

[20:06] those kind of fires. So I would hope that we would take what happened over the

[20:11] can seriously and move forward to look at those that type of equipment. Additionally, I know

[20:18] that we need to look at an additional tiller because of all the warehouses we have in the city

[20:25] in the bigger buildings that have come about as the last couple of years. So I'd like to see

[20:30] some kind of report on that in the future near future as to what specifically we need and how we

[20:37] how we do that. I am certainly in support of your additional fire captains, engineers,

[20:48] paramedics and EMTs. So I know that the need for that is to be able to handle the

[20:57] ambulance services and paramedic services in the city to the level that were required to

[21:03] to 01. So I also support that. I know you've been working on a tower and a training center.

[21:12] I support some type of a tower, well I support the tower and some type of the training

[21:17] center and I look forward to that presentation. But I would like to see us address these

[21:26] where houses and the necessity of having some sufficient efficient equipment for a couple of

[21:34] reasons one to minimize damage to those type of buildings and the impact that could have

[21:39] on the city and to frankly protect our firefighters and paramedics.

[21:46] So I think that's real important that we do that.

[21:55] The personnel changes in public works that include utilities, I'm also in support of, so I want to thank you for the presentation you did.

[22:06] I know that the budget meeting was a little brutal, but we got some answers, some good answers out of it, so I want to thank you guys for all your hard work, both Scott and the department heads.

[22:20] and most importantly, the staff that put everything together.

[22:24] So a good job and look forward to a prosperous.

[22:30] And I hope your predictions on self-tax are right. I appreciate the information you've sent me. I'm still a little

[22:37] lary of it because it's a pretty substantial increase for the next 12 months, but I hope it's right on target.

[22:44] The more modern, I admit to you, as you mentioned.

[22:46] Great. Thank you.

[22:49] I have a couple of questions. First of all, I do appreciate that we're solvent, and we're moving in the right direction,

[22:57] and that our budget reflects that based on the last couple of years.

[23:02] And the amount of money that they can be generated,

[23:05] and I know that you set 75% comes from property taxes,

[23:09] utility taxes, and sales taxes.

[23:11] My concern with the budget when I look at it,

[23:15] you mentioned that the biggest expenditure to us

[23:18] is the staffing.

[23:20] Well, Rialto is going to continue to grow.

[23:23] We have 110,000 people in the city of Rialto,

[23:26] And then I look at the probability of having over 150,000.

[23:30] So staffing is going to increase.

[23:33] And the budget should reflect the amount of growth

[23:35] that we're going to have now or in the future too,

[23:38] as well, to make sure that we're able to provide the kind

[23:41] of service to our community.

[23:43] And I think that's why some of the questions

[23:45] that the Mayor Pro Tem asked in reference

[23:48] to the employees that we need to make sure

[23:50] that we have the staffing that's necessary not only now,

[23:55] in terms of the future and the same thing I looked at public works, I, you know, public

[24:01] works.

[24:02] I think it's doing a great job in a lot of the services that we're providing, but I believe

[24:06] that we need additional staffing based on the growth of our city to make sure that we continue

[24:11] to do everything that needs to be done.

[24:14] Now in reference to the contracts, and this is a question that I have, and I'm sure that

[24:21] reason why we're contracting now because this is only for 12 months that they're going to be

[24:25] doing a service versus someone that would be employed and wouldn't maybe not need it.

[24:30] So it has to be an assessment and evaluation on those contracts that we end up hiring.

[24:35] Isn't that correct city manager?

[24:40] Sorry.

[24:40] What's your question?

[24:41] My question is on the contracts that we're currently giving out.

[24:45] They're basically for 12 months.

[24:47] So, if we start hiring people for a permanent position, we may not need those jobs.

[24:54] So it has to be assessed in evaluating it based on the kind of jobs that we're going

[24:58] to need now and in the future to hire in those specific areas versus being cost effective

[25:03] in contracting now, hiring only for that period of time.

[25:08] And that's a question to you and a question to our finance director.

[25:13] When it comes to revenue, revenue related activity, there's certainly flexibility in the contract model.

[25:25] But what we are hearing from the council is the direction of having staff that are invested long-term and the going concern and sustainable operations of the city.

[25:41] So, there is balancing to that, but in other words, there's wiggle room in both areas.

[25:50] One is to have permanent staff and others to contract them.

[25:53] I think there is flexibility in contract services.

[25:57] However, what I'm hearing from the council is that there's concern about the commitment and

[26:02] level of service with contractors.

[26:04] I think that we've seen an issue with some of our plan check companies and inspection services

[26:09] where the companies are delivering a service but maybe not perhaps the level we would expect

[26:15] to full-time staff.

[26:16] Well that's why they should be held accountable and there should be transparency and we

[26:21] should be looking at the work that they're performing and when they're not, you know, let

[26:26] them know right then on the spot instead of after the work is being completed and we're being

[26:30] chargex amount of dollars for the performance that they didn't perform.

[26:36] So, I mean, that needs to be done, and that has to be ongoing with our staff to continue

[26:41] to evaluate and assess the contractors that we're hiring.

[26:46] But that's why, you know, when I looked at the contract, I didn't know specifically what

[26:51] was meant in terms of the 12 month versus a permanent employees.

[26:54] And I do agree that we do need to hire permanent employees in a lot of the areas that we need

[27:00] Along with that, I'm glad that my colleague here mentioned the training tower because I've been, you know, a strong advocate for that training tower that we need to make sure that it's included in the budget.

[27:13] Not only just from grants that we need, but that we also need to provide there.

[27:18] And then also for parks and recreation too as well as we look at further expansion in terms of parks and recreation is to make sure that the budget includes areas that we need to improve our parks.

[27:29] and recreational facilities too as well.

[27:32] Whether we have a splash pads at each of the parks in the area to make sure that we have them there.

[27:38] And I know that we're doing an all-inclusive playground that's going to be done right now.

[27:43] But we should not only just be looking at grants, but also looking at how we can improve the services that we're providing to our community, especially in those areas.

[27:52] And in the area of equipment, I agree with my colleague here, is that we need to make sure that we have the appropriate equipment, whether it's for the fire department or whether it's for the police department.

[28:04] We've got to make sure that we have the best equipment and the best technology equipment that we can get to make sure that our firefighters and our police have the kind of equipment that they need that's going to be good for them and safe for them to operate and do what's necessary at all levels.

[28:19] And this is something that should be going on as we begin to look at a person that we hire that looks at what is the kind of technology that we need for the future as well as we move in to the next generation that will come after you guys, not me, but after you guys, and kidding.

[28:36] But after the next, so we have to look at the kind of technology that we're going to need in that area and I do agree with you Mayor Pro tem is in terms of the kind of technology that we need.

[28:48] So, these are some of the concerns that I have, but I do appreciate all of the members here

[28:53] getting together and actually reviewing the budget.

[28:56] So, we all had an opportunity to review it, go over with staff and departments in terms

[29:02] of our concerns and some of us mentioned some of those, and I'm always concerned to make

[29:08] sure that we have the kind of employees that we need and sufficient employees to meet the

[29:12] demands of now and in the future as well.

[29:17] And we need to forecast that in the budget to as well.

[29:21] Any other questions or comments?

[29:24] I'll go to Andy's and send his not had it to my opportunity.

[29:28] Thank you, Mayor.

[29:30] First off, thanks for the presentation.

[29:34] Very well put together with all the essentials.

[29:38] I know these things can be as thick as a binder,

[29:41] but I'm glad you were able to nail it and really put down the essentials that we need.

[29:47] So, I just have a couple of questions for the long-term projection on the general fund

[29:53] for the UUT in 2627, it shows that it's projected.

[30:08] So

[30:19] we could just explain to us in the public how we came up with that and why we were projecting it, or why it was projected to go down and then it's projected to go back up.

[30:32] Yes, it was temporarily suspended and that that spanned a calendar year and so that was that midyear that we put that into place so the last half of the current fiscal year that ends next week and and then through the first half of the next fiscal year and that was suspended for residential customers and then in the out years it is expected to return to normal.

[31:02] so because of the suspension. So but in 2526 it was 19 and then it's expected to go down to 16.3

[31:10] then 16.7 and then 17. So what's the drop on the night on 202526?

[31:18] So back in January of this year we suspended the UT for all residential accounts. So that will go through

[31:24] two fiscal years. The rest of this fiscal year and then the start of next fiscal year and so that's

[31:29] We're seeing the big drop for next year because that first half of next fiscal year will still be impacted by the

[31:36] The reduction in the residential utility. Oh, got it. Okay, perfect. All right, and with all the the other departments. I'm okay with all all the recommendations for

[31:48] Community development

[31:51] For parks and wrecks. Now we have a vacant pool manager

[32:01] That's two positions?

[32:02] Yeah.

[32:05] And what's the status on that?

[32:07] So depending on if the positions get approved, then we will eliminate those two part-time positions,

[32:14] convert it to a full-time, and then start the hiring process to fill it.

[32:19] So you'll turn it into one position?

[32:20] Correct.

[32:25] Great.

[32:26] And the public works.

[32:28] I'm okay with that.

[32:29] some fire. I'm in support of all the positions. Our fire guys are 12 positions. I'm in support

[32:36] of that and public works. Of course, it's a support of that with some of the recommendations

[32:43] that have been mentioned by my colleagues and I do look forward to the towers, the training

[32:52] towers and seeing how we can become a stable here and a leader in that with our fire department.

[33:00] That's all I have, Mayor.

[33:01] Thank you.

[33:03] Councilmember Edmund Montelet.

[33:04] Yes, sir.

[33:05] Thank you, Mayor.

[33:07] I'm going to go along with what Mayor Potem had discussed.

[33:11] We had discussed since last year the whole contracting deal.

[33:16] So I don't know what the previous council had spoke about.

[33:20] But I know this past year we have discussed the contract versus hired employees.

[33:26] So, I am on board with that and I am anxious to see what it looks like, what we're looking

[33:33] like, end of year so we can see if that's going to be feasible or not.

[33:41] But I kind of want to piggyback on the warehouse fire things.

[33:46] I had it slotted to discuss this anyways and then we had this recent fire.

[33:54] But I wanted to discuss more about the sprinkler issues.

[33:59] I don't know if we have issues per se.

[34:03] However, I think maybe if we had somebody going to inspect

[34:09] some of these warehouses on a regular basis,

[34:14] so we can maybe get ahead of these fires possibly,

[34:22] rather than being more defensive, stay on the offense.

[34:28] But I do agree with all of your positions, chief that you have proposed, but maybe even

[34:35] thinking of something to be more proactive.

[34:39] We have a lot of buildings and a lot of warehouses in our city, and we need to take care

[34:43] of what we have.

[34:44] and to be a little bit more proactive and visiting these places a little bit more regularly.

[34:50] I don't know how often you do and I'm not saying that you're lacking on that.

[34:55] I'm just trying to point out maybe doing something like that.

[34:59] And I think we would all be on board with being proactive to keep us all safe and keep our businesses safe as well.

[35:08] But other than that, I agree with everything else.

[35:10] Thank you.

[35:11] Thank you. I want to touch back on this contract issue.

[35:17] Ms. Taylor, how many full-time plan checkers do you have?

[35:23] We currently have one plans examiner in building in safety.

[35:29] That's a full-time position, but he does spend part of his time doing some inspections as well.

[35:35] So it's really a part time plan checker.

[35:37] And then you have a fire plan checker, correct?

[35:40] Would you not agree that plan checking is more efficient if it's done in a house by a city personnel.

[35:47] For instance, we've had a number of issues where a big project has come through the city.

[35:55] We've used a contract plan checker who those plan checkers many times leave in the middle of the project go to work somewhere else.

[36:06] So, that company assigns a new plan checker.

[36:09] We kind of lose our momentum, and I think we just had a recent case where plan checking

[36:16] on some houses took some time that it shouldn't have, and it's happened on a number of

[36:21] businesses where we've not only missed stuff on plan checks, but we've taken too long to

[36:28] actually do the plan checks.

[36:29] Is that not true?

[36:32] And in regards to building inspectors, would you not agree that you get better quality

[36:41] inspections when building inspectors are more dedicated to the city and more have more

[36:48] buy-in into the city?

[36:50] Now, I noticed in your budget and in public works budget, you're actually predicting a

[36:56] increase in projects next year, which kind of makes sense with the economy.

[37:02] I would hope by the end of next year that we are by mid next year we would start picking

[37:06] up on projects, but that's the reason that I've suggested that we, and I've been suggesting

[37:14] this for a number of years that we have in-house plan check, because it'll give the city

[37:20] better quality plan check.

[37:22] I know everybody on this council has been frustrated with projects where people have come to us and said my plan check has taken to

[37:31] It's not very personal. It's a small business needs to get their plans out, get their building from it as quickly as possible.

[37:44] Then I want to take it as step, I appreciate what you had to say, Councilmember Montoya on the warehouses.

[37:50] I totally agree with you. And Chief one question, I became aware after the other fire that we had Saturday at

[37:59] unfortunately the Korean barbecue that could have been a big tragedy if it hadn't

[38:07] been for your department's quick response, but what I found out and I actually

[38:13] found that out from a business in the city is that we haven't been doing business

[38:19] inspections because we haven't had the manpower to do it. Now, his tailor has

[38:24] to individuals she's adding on to help with inspections.

[38:30] But there are some inspections that are a little more critical.

[38:34] For instance, ducting that has grease in it in buildings,

[38:39] batteries that are being stored in buildings,

[38:42] wouldn't you think that it would take up an individual of a

[38:46] perhaps higher caliber to do that than just a normal

[38:49] inspection for fire extinguishers?

[38:52] Thank

[38:55] you, Murphy, for the question.

[38:58] These types of occupancy have complex systems in them, and yes, it would take a higher level of understanding of not only the system processes and uses of those facilities, but of the codes that regulate them, they're very complex, they're very technical, and you can make a code decision that could impact multiple other codes.

[39:22] So, yes, it would require a higher level.

[39:24] Thank you.

[39:25] And, you know, we all are in agreement the city is growing by population, by business.

[39:31] I mean, we're probably the most improved city in this county by far, but we also need

[39:40] to move our personnel up to those standards and move forward with high quality people

[39:46] that can do those kind of inspections, it's, you know, before COVID, our fire engines were

[39:55] out in the streets, going to businesses, they'd come downtown when I had a business downtown

[40:01] and they would come in and do the inspection because you were always short-handed on the

[40:06] normal inspectors, fire prevention inspectors. That doesn't happen anymore. I'm not saying

[40:12] whether it should or shouldn't happen,

[40:15] but we need to do a better job of inspections on businesses,

[40:19] not to control what they're doing,

[40:21] but to help protect them from having a tragedy

[40:24] that's going to cause a fire like we saw on Saturday night,

[40:30] which very frankly,

[40:31] has shut that business down,

[40:33] probably six to 12 months would be my guess,

[40:36] because there's gonna be insurance companies fighting about it.

[40:39] And it's probably cost the jobs of 25 to 30 people.

[40:44] That's very unfortunate.

[40:46] And I just feel that we might have caught that with a better inspection process.

[40:51] And that's not being critical of you or your people at all.

[40:55] It's just saying we need to move to the next area where we can do better inspections and have

[41:01] the manpower to do it.

[41:04] And I personally just don't believe contracting people is the way to do it.

[41:09] Thank you. Are there any other questions? If not, I think we're all basically an agreement that we have to look at

[41:15] our future and our growth and the kind of population that we're going to have in the future and to make sure that we have the staff

[41:21] that's necessary in all areas to as well. I think with that then I'd like to hear a motion to approve it with the conditions that we approve the additional

[41:32] custodian to this as well, that's one recommendation that came forward right now, and then

[41:39] the rest of the departments look at additional staffing that we may need to in terms of the

[41:44] future as was discussed in a variety of different areas right now.

[41:50] Do I hear a motion?

[41:51] Mr. Mayor, I would make a motion to approve.

[41:54] In fact, with the conditions that the part-time custodian be made a full-time custodian in the police department,

[42:03] and that contract services be limited to 50% of the budget that amounts and re-reviewed in December as to where we need to go with a full report from both departments, public works,

[42:17] and development services is what they've done to recruit individuals to do that.

[42:24] So I would move approval of Resolution 8531, Resolution 0-1-2-6, Resolution 26-0-6,

[42:34] Realt for Redevelopment, Successor Agency Resolution, SA-1-2-6,

[42:40] City Physical Fiscal Year 2026-2027, CIP Budget Resolution 8532,

[42:50] for the City Fiscal Year 2026-2027, Annual Budget,

[42:56] Resolution 8533 adopting the fiscal year 2026-2027 appropriations limit, again, limit.

[43:08] Resolution 8534 adopting the fiscal year 2026-27, citywide classification and compensation plan.

[43:18] The motion has been made in a second by Andy Cotta-Settis on any other discussion.

[43:25] Hearing none, all those in favour of signify by saying aye.

[43:30] Any opposition?

[43:31] Hearing none.

[43:31] Motion carries.

[43:34] We'll move on to tab two.

[43:37] Good evening, Mayor.

[43:38] City Council.

[43:38] Tab two this evening.

[43:39] We'll be presented by Stephen De Pujer with the Commissioner Wells.

[43:43] He has support with him from the consultant who help put together the Urban Water Management Plan as well.

[43:49] Great.

[43:49] Thank you, Mr. Mayor, members of the Council, it's a pleasure to be here tonight.

[43:54] Item before you tonight is requesting the City Council and the radio alto utility authority

[43:58] to contact the public hearing to consider adopting the 2025 upper Senate and a river integrated

[44:04] regional urban water management plan, and that is comprised of an overall urban water management plan

[44:10] and a water shortage contingency plan. There's a series of four resolutions for both city council

[44:16] and the Realtua Utility Authority that are before you tonight.

[44:20] This is a requirement of the California Water Code, and we have a brief presentation

[44:25] if you can bring that up.

[44:26] Thank you, Gabe.

[44:34] So the public hearing items tonight, there's two, there's the 2025 Regional Urban Water Management

[44:39] Plan.

[44:40] This is something that's required every five years.

[44:43] It evaluates the city and the region's near-term and long-term water service reliability

[44:49] under various hydrological scenarios.

[44:51] It demonstrates conservation efforts and outcomes implemented by the city and meets the city's reporting requirements under the urban water management.

[45:00] Management Plan Act, that is required by the state. The second item is the water shortage contingency plan.

[45:06] And what that does is describe the city's planned actions to prevent or respond to actual water shortage conditions if they occur.

[45:14] For example, droughts or emergencies, things like that.

[45:20] So a bit of background, the California water code requires the urban water suppliers to prepare to adopt an urban water management plan.

[45:26] and submit to the California Department of Water Resources.

[45:31] Those urban water management plans are required every five years,

[45:34] and must satisfy requirements of that particular act.

[45:38] That act requires urban water suppliers serving 3,000 or more connections,

[45:43] or supplying more than 3,000 acre feet per year,

[45:46] to conduct these reports, which applies to you.

[45:50] And this suppliers within a region may work together

[45:52] to develop a cooperative regional plan,

[45:55] which you have done since 2010, you participated with San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District leading that effort which I would note actually provides a significant savings over each agency doing it themselves.

[46:11] So there's four plan components for adoption by the City Council and the reality of 30 tonight. Part one is the regional context that gives an overall summary of those particular five items.

[46:25] I won't read them, line by line for you, but it's a requirement to look at those regional

[46:30] context.

[46:31] And then in part two, again, as part of the regional plan, actually, it looks like there's

[46:36] a bit of a typo there.

[46:37] But it's item number five, chapter five applies to the city of Rialto.

[46:43] And then under part three, you're looking at some of the supporting information.

[46:48] It includes some regional supporting documentations referenced in those earlier parts, including

[46:53] any agreement just to document to the state that you in fact have, you know, the agreements

[46:58] in place and the authority to do it.

[47:00] And then that rolls into the fourth part, which is the local agency supporting information,

[47:05] and that includes your water shortage content as you see plan that I highlighted earlier.

[47:13] So the conclusions from all of this effort is the city has long-term water service reliability

[47:19] under normal year, single dry year, and five consecutive drought years.

[47:23] You have sufficient near-term supply, reliability, for a drought period, lasting five consecutive

[47:29] years.

[47:31] In the cities ongoing participation in collaborating in regional water resource planning,

[47:36] in the regional planning process is key to you meeting your future supplies.

[47:41] So again, you are able to demonstrate that you can achieve those five years, five consecutive

[47:46] years.

[47:48] It's California oftentimes things go beyond five years and we have mechanisms to deal with

[47:52] But for the most part, you are completely compliant with your water management plan.

[48:00] And so tonight we have Lane Carlson of Water Resources Consulting,

[48:04] they're the firm who did it on behalf of the regional effort for

[48:07] San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District.

[48:09] And she's here to answer any questions that you might have.

[48:13] Thank you.

[48:13] This is a to conduct a public hearing.

[48:16] So at this point, is there anyone from the public that would like to address any of these issues?

[48:26] Second motion has been made by Mayor Protem, it's got seconded by Edward Montoya, the

[48:33] closed public hearing, all those in favour of signify by saying aye, aye, any opposition

[48:38] hearing none?

[48:39] Motion carries at this time.

[48:41] We'll open it up for discussion for members of the council, I see Andy Kota-Settis.

[48:45] So, okay, Mayor Pro Tempetscott.

[48:51] Mr. De Pujab, the ability to have water for five years is based on not only the water that's in our basin, but the water that we would obtain from San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District.

[49:11] Correct, that is correct, they're your whole seller.

[49:12] Can you tell me what the current status is of our water levels in the basin?

[49:18] They have been declining.

[49:20] In particular, your reality of colton basin is a concern.

[49:23] You have a lot of wells that draw water out of there.

[49:27] You have wells in other basins that you don't have as much restriction,

[49:30] but that particular one is critical.

[49:33] Because it just has not demonstrated the ability to artificially

[49:37] are to naturally recharge from more rain.

[49:40] And so there are some efforts underway to look at

[49:43] artificially recharging, bringing imported water

[49:46] and supplementing supplies into that.

[49:49] That's critical.

[49:50] What is the status of those negotiations?

[49:53] So those had been ongoing, we're actually going to give

[49:55] an update to the water subcommittee later this week.

[49:59] So there had been some modeling work that was being done.

[50:04] I'm just because it needed to be done independently.

[50:05] but quite frankly there's a facilitator who had some family issues and so it's been

[50:10] stall for probably about three or four months now. He's back from those family

[50:16] issues and so we've received an email from him last week to start up those

[50:21] facilitative negotiations with all of the agencies to get recharged into the

[50:26] cactus recharged. All right, the cactus storm water basins. And your best guess

[50:31] what's your projection of when that would occur,

[50:34] as far as being able to recharge the basin?

[50:38] I think they are hoping to have something

[50:40] some agreements in place by the end of the year,

[50:43] which would hopefully pave the way

[50:45] to have some recharging occurring next year,

[50:47] which is critical to sooner you get it done the better.

[50:51] Well, I would hope that it does happen by the end of the year.

[50:54] And if it does not happen,

[50:56] I would hope that this council would take some action

[50:59] to ensure that our rights are protected and that our asset does not become a stranded asset.

[51:10] It's, I'm deeply concerned about the levels of water in that basin.

[51:16] And the fact that we may have to resort to buying water outside because we don't have water in the basin.

[51:24] So I would hope that this gets resolved and I think it should be a very high priority for the city.

[51:30] Yeah, you've touched on something that's critical with that stranded asset.

[51:33] You know, as you know, there's cleanup occurring and the base and shouldn't be for cleanup.

[51:36] It should be for drinking water and they need to manage those issues.

[51:40] Exactly.

[51:40] Thank you.

[51:41] I have a question in reference to the urban water management plan.

[51:47] It says that you'll do it at least once every five years, and I think the concern that Mayor

[51:52] Protem has is to make sure that the quality of water and level of water is good.

[51:57] Why is it every five years, can it be done earlier than that, or do we have to wait five

[52:02] years, and what is the target of date five years from now on July or June or what?

[52:09] Yeah, it's required to be submitted to this date by July 1, which is why it's before you

[52:14] tonight. The analysis is required every five years by the state, but that doesn't mean that

[52:20] the city could not look at those issues and oftentimes we are looking at those water supply

[52:25] issues. We're looking at wells if there's additional wells that need to be brought on board.

[52:30] It's more of a requirement of the code, not necessarily the way in which you're managing this system.

[52:35] But for the safety of our community and the quality of water, it seems like we should have some dates that you can go out through,

[52:41] periodically to make sure that we're not waiting just for five years.

[52:46] Sure, you know, for it to happen. I think that was your concern, right?

[52:49] I may have pulled down.

[52:50] Do we currently have a schedule of one?

[52:53] There are things.

[52:55] It's by statute, it's required every five years, but if I'm understanding the mayor correctly,

[52:58] It's something that can be reviewed at any time.

[53:00] We can do it annually, bring something back to you.

[53:02] I think it's a bit, if we did it in an extremely,

[53:04] so this way.

[53:06] OK, I was under the impression that, even though it's submitted

[53:08] every five years that it was being checked frequently.

[53:11] So I don't know if there was an actual schedule on that.

[53:13] It's naturally done as part of the utility department.

[53:16] Looking at things, working with the concessionaire and your operator,

[53:19] you're always looking at those circumstances.

[53:23] But it's something that we can bring for more reports back

[53:25] and true it up to the urban water management planner.

[53:28] we meeting those expectations.

[53:30] I think we appreciate something like that.

[53:31] The water is looked at frequently.

[53:35] Yes, that's our next tab item actually.

[53:37] The ability to have water is a whole different thing.

[53:43] And it's critical for this city.

[53:46] Right.

[53:46] And so like I said, we get to the end of the year.

[53:54] And we still have no movement on this.

[53:55] then it's time for this council to take some action.

[53:59] Right. I'd like to make a motion to approve resolution number 8535 and

[54:03] RUA resolution number 26-07 to adopt the 2025 upper Santa Ana River integrated

[54:10] regional urban water management plan and approve resolution number 8536 and

[54:17] RUA resolution number 26-08 to adopt the water shortage continues to find.

[54:23] Okay, motion been made by Call of Pressed by your second, seconded by Edward Montoya, any for the discussion?

[54:30] All those in favor, signify by say aye, aye, aye, any opposition here in non-motion carries.

[54:36] Thank you.

[54:37] Move on to tap three?

[54:41] You have me for that one as well.

[54:44] So tap three is to bring a consumer confidence report for you.

[54:50] This is something that is required annually.

[54:52] It is a requirement of the Safe Drinking Water Act that was implemented in 1996.

[55:02] The requirements of that, the Safe Drinking Water Act requires that every utility operator

[55:09] provide an annual water quality report.

[55:12] That's referred to as the Consumer Confidence Report, and that is to be delivered to

[55:17] customers by July 1st as well.

[55:20] The CCR includes information on your source water, water levels, detection of any contaminants

[55:26] for that calendar year, compliance with all drinking water quality rules, plus educational

[55:31] materials.

[55:33] This year as it was last year, there was a recent change that allowed those reports to

[55:37] be sent to people are made available digitally.

[55:40] There are hot copies that are going to be provided in specific locations throughout the city.

[55:45] And with that, I'm going to actually turn it over to Viola, who will provide you an update

[55:50] on the consumer confidence report and where things stand.

[55:54] And this will go out in the customers' bills with a link so that they can find it online

[56:00] for the digital version as well versus sending just a hard copy.

[56:04] So with that, I will turn it over to Andrew Coleman of your O'Leo water resource.

[56:11] Good evening.

[56:12] Good evening, Mayor.

[56:13] Good evening, Mayor Pro Tim and Council.

[56:15] My name is Andrew Coleman.

[56:16] I am the Operation Supervisor for Realtor Water Services,

[56:20] Operate by Voliah.

[56:21] Tonight I'm presenting the Consumer Confidence

[56:24] for 2025 for a receive and file.

[56:27] This is a quick brief overview of the Consumer Confidence

[56:30] or a Consumer Confidence report that we did

[56:32] for 2025.

[56:34] My counterpart here, Mr. Dupusha, just gave a quick brief info

[56:39] in 1996, the United States Congress

[56:42] amended to Safe Water Drinking Act

[56:44] by adding provisions requiring all communities and water systems to deliver a brief annual water

[56:51] quality report in annual water report to refer to as a consumer confidence report CCR

[56:56] and is delivered to customers annually no later than July 1st.

[57:01] The CCR includes information on our water on our source water, the levels of any detected

[57:08] contaminants are constituents for the calendar year, compliance with drinking water rules

[57:13] plus educational material.

[57:16] Annual drinking water report, the purpose of this report is to provide information about the

[57:21] quality of water delivered to customers in 2025.

[57:24] This report is mandated by the United States, Environmental Protection Agency, and is

[57:30] here right to know where your water comes from and what it contains.

[57:34] We are happy to report that we have consistently delivered water that has met exceeded the

[57:41] standard set by the state of California and by federal law to the residents here in

[57:46] Rialto.

[57:48] This is a quick little overview of some of the tables you will see in the Consumer

[57:53] Confidence report.

[57:56] It talks about parameters, units, MCLs, range, average, what we detect or what comes up

[58:05] with our samples here in the city of Rialto and sources that we have coming into the city

[58:10] as in BLF and Conto Water, BLF stands for baseline feeder, and as you can see West Valley Water District,

[58:19] and it gives a brief description of typical sources or constituents contaminants that may be detected in these parameters.

[58:29] Just a quick little overview of what you are seeing on that table to kind of give a little more in-depth.

[58:35] What is a maximum or some people don't know what the MCL is?

[58:38] that is, what is a maximum contamination level.

[58:42] The California State Water Resources Control Board

[58:44] Division Drinking Water Environmental Management

[58:46] determines maximum contamination level

[58:49] or MCL and Drinking Water.

[58:51] The MCL is a highest level of concentration

[58:53] that is allowed in drinking water for a constituent.

[58:57] To give a quick little brief example

[58:59] for you to understand what that means.

[59:02] One PPM equals one milligrams per liter

[59:05] is 1 drop of water in 10 gallons in a aquarium.

[59:11] 1PPB is equal to 1 microgram per liter,

[59:16] equals 1 drop of water in 10,000 in a 10,000 gallon pool.

[59:21] 1PPT equals 1 nanometer nanometer,

[59:26] or nanogram equals 1 grain sugar in 660,000 gallon pool.

[59:33] So that is just kind of a brief little understanding because these are scientific terms, these are terms that they use in these analytical reports when you're reading through the CCR.

[59:44] Facts about our water system in 20-25 percent, 75 percent of our total

[59:50] potable drinking water was sourced from our groundwater basins.

[59:54] 15 percent was from the baseline feeder, BLF, and 10 percent came from surface.

[1:00:01] We invest in the country's free Audit U.S. visa, we invest in the public hearing, we invest in the—in the

[1:00:04] student status, we invest in the public hearing. The public hearing. The public hearing.

[1:00:11] I talked to the national public secretary about the policy of the government.

[1:00:12] We said it directly to the Government to the office of the city.

[1:00:15] We looked at the cabinet in the

[1:00:15] government. We have a number of key in doing the same so that we could have access to the public hearing,

[1:00:29] gallons in our reservoirs. There's total of five reservoirs. We have a maximum daily production

[1:00:36] of 14.18 million gallons. A minimum of daily production is 3.75. Average daily production

[1:00:46] were around 9.25. Total annual production for 2025 was 3.391 billion gallons of water.

[1:00:57] Just as a quick conclusion for the CCR and a quick overview of what we provide to the city of

[1:01:04] Rialto and the Resents here, the city of Rialto's drinking water meets or exceeds all the state of

[1:01:10] California's regulatory compliance.

[1:01:14] Motion to receive a file.

[1:01:16] Motion's been made by Carla Perez to receive in file.

[1:01:22] I guess I can second up by Mayor Potent that's got any further discussion, all those

[1:01:27] favor, sign up by saying aye.

[1:01:30] Motion carries.

[1:01:32] Thank you.

[1:01:39] Tab four.

[1:01:53] Good evening, Mayor.

[1:01:54] Mayor Pro Tem.

[1:01:55] Members of City Council.

[1:01:57] As I'm running your public works director.

[1:02:00] Here to talk about fire station 201 Interior Improvement Project.

[1:02:05] On May 11, 2024, a vehicle crashed into fire station 201, causing significant damage to the station's living and kitchen areas.

[1:02:14] The collision also damaged the fire sprinkler system resulting in additional water damage.

[1:02:19] Fortunately, no fire personnel were injured and emergency operations continued with only minimal disruption.

[1:02:25] Since the incident, the city has worked through damage assessments, insurance coordination,

[1:02:30] project design and bid solicitation to restore the damage portions of the facility.

[1:02:35] The proposed project includes structural repairs, interior reconstruction, flooring replacement

[1:02:41] kitchen and living area improvements, etc.

[1:02:45] And other necessary work to return the station to full functionality.

[1:02:50] The project was competitively bid and the city received five proposals.

[1:02:54] After review staff staff determined that our dependable construction Inc submitted the lowest

[1:03:00] responsive and responsible bid in the amount of $1,160,417.

[1:03:07] This bid came in below the engineer's estimate for the base bid, providing the necessary

[1:03:16] responsive and responsible bid.

[1:03:19] The city has also been coordinating with its insurance representatives regarding reimbursement

[1:03:24] of repair costs.

[1:03:25] Today, the insurance carrier has confirmed an undisputed reimbursement amount of approximately $950,000

[1:03:33] towards the Interior Repair Work with discussions continuing to go to approval.

[1:03:38] Motion has been made by Mayor Polka.

[1:03:40] I'm sorry.

[1:03:42] I'm sorry.

[1:03:45] I'm sorry.

[1:03:46] I'm sorry.

[1:03:49] I'm sorry.

[1:03:53] I'm sorry.

[1:03:56] I'm sorry.

[1:03:58] safety and safety, not only just the people that work there, but also a lot of the people that

[1:04:03] drive there too, as well that happen to run into the forest state.

[1:04:12] Next item.

[1:04:15] Tap 5.

[1:04:18] So, next item is a request to approve a professional services agreement with CASC Engineering

[1:04:23] and Consulting for Technical Consultant Services to support the city's NPDES program.

[1:04:30] The proposed agreement is for a three-year term at an annual cost of $297,333 dollars

[1:04:38] in 28 cents for a total contract amount of $891,999 dollars on 84 cents.

[1:04:47] The NPDS program is a federally mandated program established under the Clean Water Act to

[1:04:53] regulate stormwater discharges and protect water quality.

[1:04:56] As a co-permati under the San Bernardino County Municipal separate storm sewer system,

[1:05:02] otherwise known as MS4 Permit.

[1:05:05] The City of Rialto is responsible for ensuring compliance with numerous federal, state,

[1:05:09] and regional water quality regulations.

[1:05:13] To assist with these complex requirements, the City released requests for proposal number 26

[1:05:19] as 028 on May 13th, 2026, seeking qualified firms to provide.

[1:05:25] move approval, but I do have a question. Most of them may be out there

[1:05:29] both MSGOT, seconded by Andy Theta-Sethis.

[1:05:36] The question is that

[1:05:43] storm drains that are on private property, the drain into

[1:05:47] the city storm drain system. Do they also inspect those drains?

[1:05:55] Yes, Mayor Paton, I'm very supposed to answer your questions back.

[1:05:59] And the reason I'm asking this question is there's some commute confusion amongst city staff

[1:06:06] as to whether or not cask goes on private property to do inspections.

[1:06:12] I've always believed they did, you just confirmed that.

[1:06:17] The very site that you and I talked about earlier today has a number of storm trains on

[1:06:23] that have trash and debris in them, which they should not.

[1:06:30] And I don't know how that gets handled, but I do know that you're working on that particular location.

[1:06:38] So I think we need a little more education in the city amongst inspectors and staff members

[1:06:46] to understand what caste responsibility is, what they should be inspecting

[1:06:52] and making sure is happening because there is clearly some confusion.

[1:06:58] Absolutely as part of their contracts is a training aspect that we will make sure that

[1:07:03] we follow up with them on additional training and education.

[1:07:09] Any other discussion, other than Andy yet, other than the storm drains, our town has

[1:07:16] been very old and a lot of the storm drains are small and I think when they are doing

[1:07:22] inspection, they should look at, do we need to upgrade a lot of these train storms to as well

[1:07:27] to comply with the current.

[1:07:30] Population that we have now when these homes were originally built. And that's something that needs to be done in terms of the future as well as part of the major project that we need to look at in terms of the future.

[1:07:43] And actually, as part of the budget that was just adopted, we have a stone drain master plan

[1:07:54] for this next fiscal year, which we'll look at that very question and examine the hydraulic

[1:08:00] adequacy of the stone drain system.

[1:08:02] Good.

[1:08:02] Thank you.

[1:08:03] With that, any other further discussion?

[1:08:05] Hearing none.

[1:08:05] All those in favor of signify by saying aye?

[1:08:08] Aye.

[1:08:09] Any opposition?

[1:08:10] Hearing none?

[1:08:10] Motion carried.

[1:08:11] Thank you.

[1:08:12] We'll move to Dev 6.

[1:08:19] So before you tonight is a request to authorize a task order with St. Francis Electric

[1:08:24] in the amount of 729,782 dollars and 74 cents for the Cactus Trail Solar Light Project

[1:08:33] and authorize a city manager or their design needs to execute all related documents.

[1:08:38] So the Cactus Trail, which was completed in 2023, is a 1.5 mile class one multi-use

[1:08:44] trail connecting residents to schools, parks, businesses, downtown

[1:08:48] reality. To improve safety and extend trail usability during evening

[1:08:54] hours, the city and San Bernardino County have partnered to install

[1:08:58] pedestrian orient to solar lighting along the corridor. In February,

[1:09:03] 2026, the City Council approved the memorandum of understanding

[1:09:07] with San Bernardino County providing up to $859,100 in funding for this

[1:09:13] Project. The proposed project includes the installation of 99 solar powered LED light poles

[1:09:19] along the trail between Rialto Avenue and Base Line Road. The lighting system is designed

[1:09:24] to provide safe and efficient illumination for both pedestrians and bicyclists while minimizing

[1:09:30] impact surrounding properties. Staff issued a request for proposal to the cities on call contractors

[1:09:36] with experience in similar work. After reviewing the proposals received, St. Francis Electric

[1:09:42] was determined to be the lowest responsible

[1:09:44] proposal.

[1:09:45] Same for approval.

[1:09:47] Motion's been made by Andy Cotta-Settis,

[1:09:51] and seconded by Mayor Protem at Scott.

[1:09:54] Anyone want to comment?

[1:09:55] And comment?

[1:09:57] Yeah, so this is much needed and the people in that community

[1:10:01] were really going to appreciate that trail to be led.

[1:10:04] So look forward to getting that going.

[1:10:06] Thank you.

[1:10:07] I'd just like to make another comment too as well.

[1:10:09] First of all, I'd like to thank the county

[1:10:11] supervisor Joe Bacca Jr. in terms of coming up with the funding for this and then also want

[1:10:18] to thank two individuals who came up with the idea that we needed to have lighting in that

[1:10:23] area. That's Terry Thomas and Kathy that were the ones that came up with that idea that

[1:10:29] we needed lighting at some time two years ago. In fact, they approached me at the console and

[1:10:35] then I approached the supervisor and then approached the console here and so I'm glad that we're

[1:10:40] moving in the right direction to create a safe haven for people to walk up and down that

[1:10:47] cactus trail. Any other discussion? If not, all those in favour, signify by say aye.

[1:10:54] Aye. Any opposition? Hearing none, motion carries. Thank you.

[1:10:57] Move it to that. Seven. You have a three. Max, I'm scared.

[1:11:05] This is the last one, I promise.

[1:11:08] So, this item requests the introduction of ordinance number 1714, which would amend multiple sections of the Reout to Municipal Code to grant the Public Works Director to the same authority currently assigned to the city engineer in various city operations.

[1:11:24] The purpose of this ordinance is to improve efficiency and flexibility in the administration of city projects permits and public works functions.

[1:11:32] Currently, many sections of the Municipal Code assign responsibilities exclusively to the city

[1:11:37] engineer, including areas such as public project procurement, infrastructure approvals,

[1:11:43] truck route designations, etc.

[1:11:46] Move for approval.

[1:11:48] You must admit that I believe there's a correction in reference to the title that needs to

[1:11:53] just be modified.

[1:11:55] Yes, thank you, Mayor.

[1:11:58] Every instance where the ordinance refers to a professional engineer, it just referred to

[1:12:02] civil engineer.

[1:12:06] We'll make that change if the council approves that and it will be a year.

[1:12:11] Second one to change that the city attorney gave.

[1:12:14] Motion's been made in a second with the changes that were recommended for the discussion.

[1:12:19] Since this is an ordinance, do we need it right into the record?

[1:12:24] Yes, we need it right into the record, please.

[1:12:33] Are you 17,

[1:12:40] 14, 14, 14, and ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rialto amined

[1:12:43] in miscellaneous sections, and the Rialto municipal code to provide the Director of Public

[1:12:49] Works with the same authority as the City Engineer?

[1:12:54] Most of them have been made, and the ordinance has been read, almost a favor signify.

[1:12:59] I need to do a roll call.

[1:13:01] I'll call on this.

[1:13:02] Okay.

[1:13:03] We'll take the ordinance.

[1:13:04] I do a roll call.

[1:13:08] And the carousel.

[1:13:09] I'm sorry.

[1:13:10] Council member and the carousel.

[1:13:12] All right.

[1:13:13] Mayor Protem Scott.

[1:13:16] Council member Perez.

[1:13:18] Council member Montoya.

[1:13:19] Aye.

[1:13:20] Mayor Bocker.

[1:13:21] Thank you.

[1:13:28] We'll move on to Cathy.

[1:13:31] I'll get evening non-erable mayor.

[1:13:33] Mayor Protem and Council.

[1:13:35] tonight I'm requesting approval of a purchase order with life assist incorporated for the ongoing procurement.

[1:13:42] Those are the proposals.

[1:13:42] Motion today.

[1:13:44] I have Mayor Fotem, it's got seconded by Andy Crossellis.

[1:13:50] Any discussion?

[1:13:53] All those in favor signify by saying aye?

[1:13:56] You only got that.

[1:13:57] You only got that.

[1:13:58] Thank you very much.

[1:13:59] Because you had so many people in the audience.

[1:14:02] It's met, met's out there, you know?

[1:14:05] What's that there?

[1:14:07] All right, I got that.

[1:14:10] Okay, with that, that concludes the items and the agenda.

[1:14:14] So at this time, we'll move to reports by Council members.

[1:14:21] And I'm going to start by first of all, giving my report.

[1:14:27] I'd just like to state that I attended the Juneteenth event that was just held recently

[1:14:36] at Ferguson Park.

[1:14:38] It was well-attended by the community and a lot of the vendors and Terry, I mean,

[1:14:45] Vicki Davis did an excellent job in coordinating it and putting it on.

[1:14:50] I believe this is the probably the largest one that I have seen since this year.

[1:14:57] This is the third one I believe that we have held.

[1:15:00] In the area, as well. Then also attended the Realtal Farmers Market, men's health fair that was just held last Wednesday.

[1:15:12] And that concludes my report. So then we'll move on to anybody else that would like to give a report from the council.

[1:15:19] We'll start with Carla Perez.

[1:15:22] Thank you, Mayor. I also attended the men's health fair. It was a great event.

[1:15:27] Thank you to City Clerk and everyone involved with that.

[1:15:32] And I just wanted to take an opportunity to wish everyone a happy and safe fourth of July.

[1:15:37] I'm sure we'll have our Parks and Rec Department go over our city event, but you know, stay safe out there.

[1:15:44] Thank you. Next I'd like to call on Council Member Edward Montoya.

[1:15:51] Yes, sir. Thank you. I was also at the men's health fair. Another great men's health fair.

[1:15:57] I've been attending for a good few years now. Normally I'm a vendor, but this year I was unable to.

[1:16:07] So I apologize to the City Clerk.

[1:16:15] So the main thing I want to discuss this evening is I just want to go over illegal fireworks.

[1:16:22] They're not as bad as the previous years that we've had.

[1:16:26] They're really not and maybe they're a little afraid to be caught.

[1:16:31] But they've been pretty bad the last few years.

[1:16:33] This year they're kind of slowing down a little bit.

[1:16:35] But I just want to remind everybody that up north we are in a high fire risk area.

[1:16:43] And be aware of that.

[1:16:45] Yes, it's fun. Yes, you're having a great time.

[1:16:47] But you're putting a lot of people at risk.

[1:16:51] It's not only a nuisance to a lot of different people, your pets, you know, small children and everything else, but it's a risk.

[1:17:01] You're putting all of our homes at risk, all of our businesses.

[1:17:07] And I want to remind everybody out there that on the MyRialto app that you can report firework related incidents.

[1:17:17] So there is something that you can do if you feel that you have a problem, and that's all I got, thank you.

[1:17:26] Thank you.

[1:17:26] Next I'd like to call on Miracle 10.

[1:17:30] It's got.

[1:17:30] Thank you.

[1:17:31] I too attended the men's health fair.

[1:17:33] After I attended two doctorous appointments.

[1:17:37] You were there?

[1:17:38] I was there.

[1:17:39] I was there.

[1:17:41] That's probably true.

[1:17:43] Because you attended if they send you to the doctor?

[1:17:46] No.

[1:17:46] The doctor set me to the bench health fair.

[1:17:51] And that's all I have.

[1:17:53] Compton member Andy Kurosiles.

[1:17:55] Thank you.

[1:17:56] I was at the bench health fair as well.

[1:17:59] And I was going to give blood, but it was in a rush.

[1:18:04] So it was unable to.

[1:18:07] Also, let's see.

[1:18:11] So on the public work site, so there's a few areas in the city

[1:18:15] that have specifically two-ten freeway north of Ayala, that center medium has, it almost

[1:18:26] became an island now with with grass and weeds that are popping out of the concrete there.

[1:18:35] We've fixed it every year, so I want to see if we could try to find a permanent solution

[1:18:41] for that. I know we go on we'd whack the center divider there but I'd like to see us maybe

[1:18:50] do some kind of a permanent, maybe just a seal we could get like a slurry seal in the middle

[1:18:57] there and it's a pretty long stretch it's north of the 210 almost all the way to sunrise church

[1:19:03] up to roofs that Avenue so I'd like to see us kind of get a hand on that and lastly I just

[1:19:10] wish everyone happy for the July and happy 250th anniversary to our country.

[1:19:19] That's all I'm here.

[1:19:20] Thank you very much.

[1:19:21] Next I'd like to call on our city clerk, Barbara McGee.

[1:19:26] No, I have no report to see you.

[1:19:28] Thank you.

[1:19:28] Next I'd like to call on our city treasure, Edward Carrillo.

[1:19:33] Thank you, Mayor.

[1:19:33] I do have a question regarding what's going on on Riverside Avenue, north of Titana, I think

[1:19:38] the last of the council meeting I asked to.

[1:19:41] Why that's a mobile sign that's on Riverside,

[1:19:43] just north of Galloway, that is a case of road construction,

[1:19:49] or something going on from the end of June,

[1:19:51] all the way through the end of October.

[1:19:54] Nobody seems to know what that is or what that project is.

[1:19:58] Who's doing that construction?

[1:20:00] I mean, follow up on that.

[1:20:05] And those are county related work

[1:20:08] that is being done up there, it's not the city related,

[1:20:10] but it's not the city related.

[1:20:12] OK, then I didn't go to the meds health,

[1:20:15] because I wasn't here, I was on my annual motorcycle

[1:20:17] right across the country to South Carolina.

[1:20:21] It was quite interesting this year.

[1:20:24] We had everything from rain, heat, wind,

[1:20:27] who name it, road closure, construction,

[1:20:29] and it was horrible.

[1:20:31] But I'm back.

[1:20:31] You made a little trip?

[1:20:33] Of course I did.

[1:20:34] To South Carolina back, absolutely.

[1:20:36] That's Jim Burns, that's how I celebrate my family birthday.

[1:20:41] Happy birthday.

[1:20:42] Thank you.

[1:20:44] Thank you.

[1:20:45] Next I'd like to call on our city manager, Tony Williams.

[1:20:51] Good evening, Mayor and Council.

[1:20:52] Never part for me this evening.

[1:20:53] Thank you.

[1:20:53] Next I'd like to call on our city attorney Eric Veil.

[1:20:58] Thank you, Mayor.

[1:20:59] Just one very geeky thing to mention since 250th anniversary doesn't come up very often.

[1:21:05] It actually has a name. It's called the semi-quincentennial, which you won't see on very much because it's too hard for now.

[1:21:12] So thank you for that. I still a piece of jewelry.

[1:21:14] I knew you would come and rescue me on that one. Thank you.

[1:21:19] Next I'd like to call on our captain, Mark Adams.

[1:21:30] Thank you, Mayor. May I protect him in the council?

[1:21:33] I was going to wish everyone a happy semi-quincentennial.

[1:21:39] But the city attorney stole my words, two brief announcements, National Night Out.

[1:21:46] We love National Night Out an amazing event, an opportunity for us to connect with the community.

[1:21:51] That will be held at Reopto City Park on Tuesday, August 4th, beginning at 5 p.m.

[1:21:57] and it'll end sometime around 830.

[1:22:00] Please come out and join the city and the police department

[1:22:04] in a night out against crime.

[1:22:08] And then a quick construction update.

[1:22:11] As you may have observed, we're well into phase two

[1:22:15] of the construction project.

[1:22:17] The old building is no more.

[1:22:19] It's been demolished.

[1:22:21] And that will be a new parking lot.

[1:22:23] Additionally, the mortuary on the south side of Rialto and the parking lot will be Fenstoff.

[1:22:30] Starting tomorrow so that they can demolish that building and create an offsite parking facility.

[1:22:36] And in closing, on behalf of Chief and a grateful police department, thank you for continued investment in public safety and our police department.

[1:22:47] Thank you, Mayor.

[1:22:48] Thank you.

[1:22:49] Next I'd like to call on our bar chief Chris Jensen.

[1:22:55] Thank you, Mayor.

[1:22:57] First off, thank you for your support tonight on some very important staffing and equipment

[1:23:04] for the fire department through the budget adoption.

[1:23:09] I just have one thing I'd like to say relating to the Fourth of July holiday season, and

[1:23:15] want to remind our community that, well, safe and sane fireworks are permitted in

[1:23:20] reality when used responsibly and under adult supervision, illegal and dangerous fireworks

[1:23:26] are strictly prohibited. These include aerial devices, firecrackers, Roman candles, and

[1:23:32] other explosive items that either leave the ground or go boom. The use of illegal fireworks

[1:23:39] has a serious impact on the quality of life in our community. They start fires, cause injuries,

[1:23:44] and create extreme distress for veterans, young children, the elderly, and even our animals.

[1:23:52] Many of whom experience fear, anxiety, and trauma from these explosions.

[1:23:58] Violations carry a thousand dollar fine up to six months in jail or both.

[1:24:03] And if an emergency responses created from the use of illegal fireworks, cost recovery

[1:24:08] for those incidents can also be considered.

[1:24:12] This year, Realtow Fire and Police will be actively enforcing fireworks laws with zero tolerance for illegal and dangerous fireworks.

[1:24:21] We ask our residents to celebrate safely, lawfully, and with respect to their neighbors.

[1:24:27] Together, we can protect our community and ensure a safe and enjoyable holiday for all.

[1:24:32] If you'd like to report illegal fireworks, you can find the QR code on our social media sites

[1:24:40] as well as our website.

[1:24:43] And that's all I have tonight.

[1:24:44] Thank you.

[1:24:45] Thank you very much.

[1:24:46] Next, our public works director.

[1:24:48] Yes.

[1:24:49] In Ronny.

[1:24:50] Thank you, Mayor.

[1:24:51] Just a short report to give you an update since the last meeting.

[1:24:56] We have completed over 724 or quarters of in Graffiti Removal, 138 work quarters,

[1:25:05] potable repairs, 67 work quarters, facilities maintenance, and 91 work quarters, trash

[1:25:11] and debris, and 97 work quarters in terms of pavement marking.

[1:25:16] Our traffic safety division has also started the Sanial Maintenance Program for Crosswalk

[1:25:21] roadway legend painting our efforts are focusing on school zones and the surrounding areas within

[1:25:27] a one mile radius of each school and this work aims to enhance visibility and improve safety

[1:25:33] for students and pedestrians ahead of the new school year.

[1:25:36] Thank you.

[1:25:38] Well, thank you very much for your report that I just like to say on behalf of the whole

[1:25:42] consult here.

[1:25:43] Is it the work that public works as doing as going, it's not going unnoticed.

[1:25:48] The public is realizing it, they're seeing it, and they're making positive comments about

[1:25:53] the city of Rialto, and how much it's improved, so thank you.

[1:25:58] Next I'd like to call on Cynthia Alvarado and reference to Parks Recreation Director.

[1:26:08] There's a council here's what's going on in Rialto.

[1:26:12] Wednesday, June 24th is our last Senior Summer Camp Day at Grace Ferguson Center.

[1:26:17] It will be from 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

[1:26:21] Our senior will be having a rainbow spirit day Friday June 26th at Grace Vargasinha Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

[1:26:28] Movies in the park will be this Friday at Joe Samson will be showing Stuart Little.

[1:26:34] It will be Friday June 26th at Joe Samson, funds starts at 6 p.m.

[1:26:38] Summer Camp week 4 session begins Monday June 29th.

[1:26:41] that Realtook Community Center and Hugh Binks Elementary and your saved the dates are

[1:26:47] our 4th of July celebration Saturday July 4th which will be held at Jerry Eves Park

[1:26:52] from 530 to 930 PM. Our Parks and Recreation Month will be all of July so don't you

[1:26:59] worry I'll have something for everybody. Realtso certified farmers markets 14th birthday

[1:27:04] celebration will be Wednesday July 15th here at the Civic Center from 10 AM to 2 PM and then

[1:27:10] surrounding prevention and safety fair will be Saturday July 18th at the Tom Sawyer Pool from

[1:27:15] 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and that concludes my announcements.

[1:27:22] Asked by the community. Are they able to bring outside food to the Fourth of July celebration?

[1:27:27] Yes. And also, can they bring, like, umbrellas are easy?

[1:27:31] We will have a section for easy-ups. It's usually far back in the park area just so that the view

[1:27:36] doesn't get obstructed for those who want to see the entertainment. But we do usually allow a few

[1:27:42] towards the back.

[1:27:43] Thank you so much.

[1:27:44] Before I call on our community development director, Christina Taylor, I'd just like to

[1:27:50] make a comment that people have made to me and reference to the typical courts that have

[1:27:57] been done.

[1:27:58] And also the basketball courts that have been upgraded at Ferguson Park, quite a few other

[1:28:04] people that were there on Juneteenth, noticed that and made some positive comments about

[1:28:09] the way it looks right now.

[1:28:10] So thanks parts of recreation for upgrading it and it looks great, you know, on the pickle

[1:28:17] ball courts that are there right now and then also the basketball courts.

[1:28:21] Next I'd like to call on Christina Taylor, our community development director.

[1:28:25] Thank you, Mayor.

[1:28:25] Nothing to report this evening.

[1:28:27] Thank you.

[1:28:27] Next I'd like to call on our finance director and also thank him for putting together

[1:28:33] the budget and getting it through.

[1:28:35] And I think he probably doesn't have anything else to say except thank you.

[1:28:42] And with that that concludes the report of everyone, the only thing I'd like to say once again is happy 4th of July to everybody that's listening out there, and also be safe, which is the most important thing to us well during the 4th of July.

[1:28:57] enjoy it with your family's friends and others, but be safe.

[1:29:02] And with that, do I hear a motion to adjourn?

[1:29:04] Motion been made by Carla Perez, seconded by Edward Montoya,

[1:29:08] all those in favor, say goodbye by saying aye.

[1:29:11] Aye.

[1:29:11] Any opposition, hearing none?

[1:29:14] Council adjourn.

Rialto City Council Meeting 6-23-26

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