[0:00] A long, long time is Riverside Community college decision to

[0:04] put a satellite campus at mainland Park Ridge. This is

[0:07] all RCCD. Riverside Community College District took on. A difficult

[0:13] challenge and said, we want it. We want to be

[0:16] part of Corona and the voters. The voters said yes.

[0:21] So the Corona Education center, which is its official name,

[0:25] will be coming online. It'll take a few years, and

[0:28] I believe the final completion is 2030. But what? We're

[0:31] ultimately going to have is. An institution of higher education

[0:35] within our city boundaries. They've got a vision for that

[0:38] campus. To be a tech campus and how exciting for

[0:41] our community to have in Corona. Its very own college

[0:45] campus. An awesome project that's also up to come is

[0:49] the city park revitalization city. Park was built.

[1:37] Hello. Hello. Welcome, everyone, to our city council meeting of

[1:40] Wednesday, January 21. Very happy to see you. Please join

[1:45] me first in the pledge of allegiance. If you can

[1:48] stand and put your right hand over your heart. Ready?

[1:53] Begin. One nation under God,

[2:02] indivisible, with liberty and justice. Harlow. Thank you. Please be

[2:07] seated. We're going to convene open session at this time,

[2:12] I would like to call. The meeting to order. Ms.

[2:13] Edwards, can you please read the special instructions? Yes, mayor.

[2:17] Individuals wishing to address. The city council are requested to

[2:20] complete a speaker card and deliver it to city clerk

[2:23] staff. Prior to the item being heard by the city

[2:25] council, please observe a three minute limit for communications. And.

[2:30] One's called upon to speak. Please state your name and

[2:33] city of residence for the record. Thank you, mayor. Thank

[2:35] you very much. We're going to start with. A well

[2:39] deserved recognition. I would like to invite Corporal Joe Kelly

[2:43] and Canine Bruce to the podium. For this recognition. In

[2:52] the case, of course. Welcome. So we've got this great

[2:56] recognition, a lot of whereas, so bear with me. In

[3:00] recognition of five years of loyal service to the Corona

[3:03] Police Department, whereas Bruce is an eight. Year old Belgian

[3:07] Malinois. Born in the Netherlands, he arrived in the United

[3:10] States in 2020. Through Alderhorst International and was soon selected

[3:15] to become the next corona police department canine. Bruce. Completed

[3:21] the six week basic handler Academy at Alderhorst International, where

[3:24] he consistently demonstrated an exceptional sense of smell and energetic

[3:28] personality. In March of 2023, Bruce further showcased his ability

[3:33] by attending a specialized tracking course in Modesto, California. He's

[3:37] quite a worldly dog. Later that year, he successfully tracked

[3:43] and located an attempted murder suspect who was hiding approximately

[3:47] 700 yards. From the crime scene. And whereas Bruce served

[3:51] the Corona police department for five years and was also

[3:54] a valued member of the special response team. Throughout his

[3:58] career, he played a vital role in. Enhancing community safety

[4:02] by locating numerous suspects and helping gain compliance from individuals

[4:07] who were uncooperative. Bruce assisted in 4325 calls, and he

[4:14] conducted 871 different searches. And whereas Bruce transitions into retirement,

[4:21] he will spend his days enjoying family walks, chasing his

[4:24] ball. Dismantling every chew toy he's given and spinning endless

[4:28] amounts and spinning in endless amounts. Of circles, although he

[4:32] will undoubtedly. Miss police work. Bruce has fully earned his

[4:36] retirement and the abundant family time that comes with it.

[4:39] Now. Therefore, I, Mayor Jackie Cassillas, on behalf of the

[4:42] city council, thereby gratefully acknowledge. Bruce for the dedication he

[4:46] has shown and the manner in which he has carried

[4:48] out his duties. As a member of the Corona Police

[4:51] Department, we wish you best wishes and a long. And

[4:54] happy retirement.

[5:06] Would you say a few words? Thank you, mayor. I

[5:14] just wanted to add to what the mayor said. Canine

[5:17] Bruce led a very distinguished career. Arcanine team are invaluable

[5:22] to what we do each and every day. We love

[5:24] our canine partners. And they truly are partners to their

[5:27] handler, I'm sure Joe's. The reason why Bruce has been

[5:32] retired. While he had a few medical issues throughout his

[5:35] career, is because he worked so hard in the Belgian

[5:38] Malinois. They just drive their drive. Is off the chart.

[5:43] Is, Corporal Kelly was promoted, and because of that, He

[5:46] went back to patrol, which took him out of his

[5:48] canine position. And after serving five years, which is a

[5:52] distinguished career, And the city allowed Corporal Kelly to purchase.

[5:59] Canine Bruce for one dollars, so he. 's officially corporal

[6:03] Kelly's dog, so I'm sure Joe is kind of being.

[6:07] Very cautious about what happens now. So thank you, Joe.

[6:10] Thank you, Canine Bruce. You guys had awesome career doing

[6:14] the canine world. I wish you more success. Can we

[6:20] get a picture with you? Can we get a picture

[6:22] right in front of the podium? Oh, yes, please. Can

[6:30] I ask his wife and children? To Corporal Kelly's wife

[6:33] is one of our dispatchers. So, like, for them to

[6:36] come down to please. Let's move this. I think.

[7:49] All right, we can head back up, and I will

[7:51] hand it over. Oh, actually, Ms. Edwards, are there any

[7:56] speaker cards from the public for the recognitions? Mayor, we

[7:59] did not receive any speaker cards for the recognition. Okay,

[8:02] in that case, we'll move on. To item 5.2 presentation

[8:05] about the Corona blood on board program, and I'll hand

[8:07] it over to fire Chief Brian Young, who will provide

[8:11] the presentation. All right. Do you want to do it

[8:16] from here? Okay. All right. Thank you Madamoran council and

[8:21] thank you everybody for being here. I just wanted to

[8:24] take a moment to provide a little bit of background

[8:27] before I share a rather incredible story. So the corona

[8:32] Far department embarked on a pretty significant. Initiative several years

[8:38] ago. That really focused on. Innovation, tenacity and excellence in

[8:44] service delivery. And a little bit more definition of what

[8:47] drove all that is. Back in August of 2022, several

[8:52] members of our ems. Committee brought forward. A very innovative

[8:58] idea that had never been seen before in the state

[8:59] of California, and that is to carry field blood. On

[9:04] our EMS units. This had been trialed and worked very

[9:07] successfully in small organizations in Texas. And Louisiana. But our

[9:12] small team. Of nurse educator Kelly Long. Captain Steve Douglas

[9:17] and captain. Captain Steve Wells and captain Chris Douglas started

[9:23] working on this thing in August of 22, and it

[9:26] was not an easy undertaking. First, I needed local approval

[9:30] from our own medical director. Then they needed regional approval

[9:34] from our regional medical director. And ultimately came the big

[9:39] bureaucracy of the state. So it took them until November

[9:45] of 24 to get this program. Off the ground. After

[9:50] their hard work and tenacity for all those years they

[9:53] received the EMS crossmead. Which is a highly prestigious recognition

[9:58] from the state of California, ems, and it brought us

[10:00] where we are today. Having. The first fire agency in

[10:06] the state of California, being the Corona Fire Department, to

[10:08] carry blood in the field. Incredibly innovative and driven by

[10:13] the men and women of the Corona Fire Department. We

[10:16] also knew, though, that there was more to this story.

[10:18] It wasn't just providing excellence. And service delivery. We knew

[10:22] that we needed a strategic partner. Blood is a very

[10:25] precious commodity, as many of you are aware. We didn't

[10:28] feel right just simply. Going to a blood bank and

[10:32] blind the blood. How many times have people heard the

[10:36] scenario of there's a blood shortage. We didn't want to

[10:39] be part of that problem, so we looked at it

[10:41] from a medical ethics perspective when we said, let's help

[10:45] solve this shortage of blood and start monthly. Blood drives.

[10:50] So, on the heels of being approved, we started these

[10:53] monthly bub drives. Since its inception. We have a total

[10:58] of 60 gallons of blood that's been donated by members

[11:03] of the corona fire department, by members of the city

[11:05] of Corona and by members of the community that is

[11:09] a perfect example of how we can all work together

[11:12] to have an ultimate positive outcome. 60 gallons of blood.

[11:16] That is mind blowing if you think about that. That's

[11:20] basically the functioning blood volume of almost 50 human beings

[11:25] that we have had people donate in order to make.

[11:27] A positive impact. Well, the whole reason we're here tonight

[11:31] is we had one of our very first survivors. From

[11:34] this corona blood program. That requested to be reunited with

[11:38] the crew's network, instrumental in a positive outcome. So with

[11:43] that I'm going to call up Vladmire. As the amazing

[11:47] survivor from his accident, he's going to share a few

[11:49] comments with you. And I'd also like to bring up

[11:52] the crews so they can reunite with Vlad as he

[11:55] requested to do so. The crews that responded please caught

[11:58] up flat. So with Vlad before I give him the

[12:07] mic. We have Captain Jake Portillo, we have engineer. Paramedic

[12:10] JD Tawni. We have engineer Kevin Campbell. We have firefighter,

[12:14] paramedic. Robert Aguilera and firefighter Justin Brower. So, Vlad, if

[12:19] you'd like. To say a few words. Hi. My name

[12:24] is Vlad. I reside in the city of Huntington Beach,

[12:27] California. The way this day started out was. Just like

[12:33] any normal day. I got the package with my new

[12:36] motorcycle mufflers. I started putting a Mongol and put on.

[12:42] Instructions said take 100 miles ride. I was like, all

[12:46] right, go up to Victorville, where my friend Sandy lives.

[12:50] Tighten the bolts. And I'll go back home. I get

[12:53] on the 55 in Newport Beach. I transferred to the

[12:57] 91. I'm going up to 91. The express line is

[13:01] to my left. I'm doing about 60, 65 three car

[13:04] lengths back. EverYthing goes black. I don't remember anything. November.

[13:11] That was October 17. November 3. I woke up. All

[13:16] I knew is I was laying in a bed in

[13:17] a room. I didn't know who, what, wherewin or why,

[13:20] and it was the scariest moment of my life. Because

[13:23] all I knew is I was hooked up to machines.

[13:28] And. I couldn't even ask the questions that were in

[13:32] my head because the head trauma was so bad I

[13:34] couldn't get them out of my mouth. But I knew

[13:37] what I wanted. To ask. And that's when the long

[13:41] recovery process started. But get back on the topic of

[13:44] the blood drive. When the paramedics arrived on scene. Campbell,

[13:51] along with a few others, realized. The severity of my

[13:56] injuries. And the amount of blood I lost. Was just

[14:01] tremendous. And it was ultimately because of the blood transfusions

[14:06] at the scene of the accident that I am standing

[14:08] in front of you today because if it wasn't for

[14:11] those blood transfusions. In their blood bag at the scene

[14:14] of the accident on the 91 in Green river. Road,

[14:17] I would have been another statistic, and I would have

[14:19] been Doa at the hospital. Guarantee you that right now.

[14:23] So I'm very thankful for that. And. I took a

[14:31] law for granted before the accident. And tell you what

[14:35] I told people before. Tomorrow is not guaranteed. And life's

[14:41] precious. So when you guys hear about these blood drives

[14:46] in your cities, your counties, Go out and donate. Because

[14:51] it could save another life. I'm hoping with sharing my

[14:56] story that we can get this out to more cities

[14:58] and more counties. Because over the weekend we had another

[15:03] fatality in the city of Huntington beach involving. A motorcyclist.

[15:09] So really hoping we can get this moving forward. Sooner

[15:14] rather than later. That's all I got. Thank you. Glad.

[15:20] Grab a quick picture. Thank you, Vlad, for sharing your

[15:28] story and encouraging everybody to donate blood to this life

[15:31] saving program.

[15:46] Way to go. Thank you. We're glad to have you

[15:52] with us tonight. We're glad. That that program was successful

[15:58] and way to go. Corona fire department for being the

[16:02] first in the state to do that. We're proud of

[16:04] you guys. Okay. We're going to move on to item

[16:10] 5.3. Presentation. The final design for the city park project.

[16:16] Ms. Donna Finch, community service director, will provide the presentation.

[16:20] Thank you, mayor. Good evening, council. I am really excited

[16:24] to be here tonight to present this important milestone in

[16:27] the city park. Revitalization. Project. I know. We've been working

[16:30] on this for a long time. We've? Been to council

[16:33] and the Parks Commission and the community multiple times to

[16:35] get feedback and input. On the design for this project,

[16:38] and we are really happy to be in the final

[16:41] stretch of this tonight. I'm going to be giving an

[16:44] update on the final design, and our ask is that

[16:46] the city council received this update. So before I get

[16:50] into the design, I just want to start with providing

[16:53] for those of you who aren't familiar with the history

[16:55] and background of City park. Just some of the important

[16:59] historical facts about the park that got us to this

[17:01] point. So City park was originally established in 1913. It

[17:06] is Corona's oldest historic park, and it has really long

[17:10] served as a gathering place for the community. Since its

[17:13] inception, it had been a place where people come to

[17:17] do family picnics, community events, parades. All sorts of things

[17:22] that really just brought the city of Corona residents together.

[17:26] It is the home of the historic municipal plunge. This

[17:29] was constructed back in 1925, and it was the city's

[17:33] first municipal pool. It operated for many, many decades as

[17:36] a pool. In different forms. The municipal plunge closed several

[17:40] decades ago, and then another pool was opened. We also

[17:43] had the founders monument that was constructed at City park

[17:46] back in 1936, so. It is a very historical, significant

[17:50] location, and it's something that. We really have a lot

[17:53] of pride in and want to make sure that we

[17:55] preserve it for many decades to come. Around the 1980s,

[17:59] we started to see a decline in City park. People

[18:01] stopped attending and participating in activities there as much as

[18:04] they did in the past. A lot of this was

[18:07] due to safety. Concerns deteriorating conditions in the park. And

[18:12] ultimately in 2020, the city park pool was closed due

[18:16] to some structural challenges with the park. And we began

[18:20] the process to start the revitalization of that site. In

[18:24] 2021 objective was put into our city of Corona. Strategic

[18:28] plan to redevelop city. Park to include a new, full

[18:32] service, purpose built community center. And this is something that

[18:35] Corona did. Not have before. We had other sites that

[18:38] we had acquired and operated as community centers, but none

[18:41] that were ever designed intentionally. As a community center to

[18:45] serve the needs of our residents, so. With that goal

[18:49] and objective in our strategic plan, we began the master

[18:52] planning process for city park. That started in June of

[18:55] 2022. It was an 18 month process that include a

[18:59] significant amount of community engagement. We went out, did door

[19:04] knocking, held pop up events in the park, did multiple

[19:07] community meetings, workshops. Brainstorming sessions with the parks commission, with

[19:12] the city council, and we collected over 2100. Survey responses

[19:16] from the community to really identify the amenities that the

[19:19] community wanted to see in the revitalized city park. In

[19:23] July of 2023, the master plan was adopted and we

[19:28] went directly. Into a request for proposal process to bring

[19:32] on an architectural firm to help bring this plan to

[19:35] life. In December of 2023, we brought on Rios Architects,

[19:39] who has been our primary architect on the project and

[19:43] we began the design process. And over the last two

[19:47] years, we've hit several milestones we completed. The 30% design

[19:50] in January of 2025. 60% design in April of 25.

[19:55] And then just this past December we reached the 90%.

[19:58] Mark, which is wrapping up our final design process. So

[20:03] with that, I'm going to go ahead and turn it

[20:05] over to our architectural firm. Rios. We have Bob Hale

[20:09] and his team here. They are going to be going

[20:12] through all of the primary elements of the design, walking

[20:14] you through the project, showing some really beautiful renderings that

[20:17] are helping to bring this project to life. And I'll

[20:22] wrap it up with next steps on the timing process.

[20:24] So I'll go ahead and turn it over to bob.

[20:27] Thank you so much, Donna. We are really excited to

[20:30] be here at this point in this project. We've worked

[20:35] very diligently, I think, with your team. They've been extremely

[20:41] great to work with. And we feel really terrific about.

[20:46] The product we've got to show you tonight. So I'm

[20:51] here with my team, and we're all very excited. To

[20:56] present it to you. We are, by the way, both

[21:00] the architects and the landscape architects for the project. It's

[21:04] one of the things. That we think we brought to

[21:07] the project that was unique. Is the ability to sort

[21:11] of see this as a whole project. Both inside and

[21:15] outside. So I'm here with Jason Shinoda as design director

[21:20] and landscape architecture. Robin Kim, who is the lead landscape

[21:25] architect on the project. And Simone Lapenta is our design

[21:30] director of architecture. So I think Jason's going to kick

[21:33] us off here. Thanks, Bob. So we want to start

[21:38] with our overall master plan. And really, when we look

[21:43] at this plan, we're just really proud of it, and

[21:47] that's because through the last few years of co creation

[21:50] with your team here with the city, All of the

[21:55] community input that we've received. The design really has held

[21:59] and stood the test of time through all of the

[22:02] development of the design from the very beginning. And so

[22:07] when we look at this plan, We can really strongly

[22:10] see the original ideas still intact. And just a great

[22:14] variety of experiences and wonderful spaces that. We're really excited

[22:18] to present to you today. So at the heart of

[22:22] the park, of course, is what we've always called the

[22:25] corona. Crown. And this is a celebration of the identity

[22:29] of Corona, the history of Corona, that's represented. By this

[22:33] big community canvas in the center that's embraced by trees

[22:37] and parkland. And then embracing that. On the east side,

[22:41] of course, is the community center, and it's really this

[22:44] interlocking of those two pieces that really forms the heart

[22:47] of this park for us. That's looped by a connected

[22:51] past, which you'll see in the lighter brown. There, which.

[22:55] Is our quarter mile Corona crown loop. And then the

[23:00] darker brown path is this framework of a meandering trail

[23:04] that connects the rest of the park and all of

[23:06] these different programmatic spaces and garden rooms and really ties

[23:10] the whole park together. In another three quarter mile loop.

[23:14] So that three quarter mile loop plus the crown lube

[23:18] form. A 1 mile loop for the whole park. That

[23:20] ties it all together. My colleague robin is going to

[23:23] now take you through the detailed design of all these

[23:25] different spaces. Thanks. So starting from the west, traveling east,

[23:31] we're going to focus on. What will be the new

[23:36] sort of multi wheeled skate park and pump track. One

[23:40] of the additions of this project that we were really

[23:43] proud to be able to bring more usability. To the

[23:47] idea of a mixed modal. Use of. Skate park. Bmx

[23:54] mixing together within the space itself. We also have updated

[23:59] outdoor basketball courts, which. We will have ample lighting to

[24:04] make sure that we'll be able to have recreation day.

[24:06] And night within the space. Moving. East. We're going to

[24:11] focus on the different sort of activity zones oriented toward

[24:16] a lot. Of play, namely. The new playground, custom playground

[24:21] and splash pad. That's surrounded by various picnic areas and

[24:27] recreation zones. You can see also that just to the

[24:31] east. We have the crown, the community canvas in which.

[24:34] We have a large lawn area and sort of. Burned

[24:39] backing to allow for everything from. Multi large music gatherings

[24:45] to other events that might happen within the city itself,

[24:49] with the community center as a beautiful backdrop to this.

[24:51] And as we go through the presentation, you will see

[24:54] more direct. Views of what we are talking about here.

[24:59] Just a bit more detail on the splash pad itself,

[25:02] you can see. Harkening to. The mining past of Corona.

[25:09] We wanted to make sure that we were highlighting. Various

[25:13] fun zones, but also having ways for sort of history

[25:16] to be revealed within the spaces you can see that.

[25:20] We have water towers, cascading water tables, sprayers. And again,

[25:24] we'll have some. Views that sort of really put you

[25:27] into the space. We have the aquatic center shown here,

[25:31] which is the combination of an activity pool and an

[25:34] actual competition lab pool within the area. Zooming in a

[25:37] little bit more, you can see within the activity pool.

[25:43] Starting with a very gracious entry. And depth of 18

[25:47] inches. The pool itself then gets to a depth of

[25:51] 5ft to allow for a variety of different activities, whether

[25:55] it's sort of the exercise classes that might happen. There.

[25:59] Swim lessons, general. Play with families who might come and

[26:03] spend time here to the north. You will see a

[26:06] lazy river component with various interactive. Play elements. And then

[26:12] a vortex within the space. And then to the south,

[26:15] you'll see. Custom large tube waterslide and a specific landing

[26:20] area for that program. There's also a spa you can

[26:25] see. At the sort of upper right corner that would

[26:28] be integrated and allowing. Visitors and competitors and everyone alike

[26:33] to use the spa itself. And we have a canopy

[26:36] that will be dividing between. The activity pool and the

[26:40] competition space here. As you can see, the competition pool

[26:44] is a 25 yard pool. One change that recently has

[26:48] been added is we are able to provide. Two three

[26:53] meter and two 1 meter springboards, and thus the depth

[26:56] of the actual competition pool. Has increased to allow for

[26:59] that new activity. Surrounding the pool itself are also shade

[27:03] canopies. To make sure that. There is maximum comfort throughout

[27:08] the hot summer days. I'm going to let Simone speak

[27:12] a little bit more to the building now. Thank you.

[27:17] Thank you. So the building is conceived to be one

[27:20] with the park. It's arranging to three blocks and two

[27:24] wings, one on the north that we call the active

[27:26] wing and one on the south we call the quiet

[27:28] wing, and at the center it split. To accommodate for

[27:31] the central block, which we call the central hub, which

[27:34] accommodates the reception and also some of the amenity and

[27:38] function that serves the two other wings. On the north

[27:42] wing, we have what we call the fitness Wing, which

[27:45] accommodates for the main Gymnasium, which is a 20,000 sqft

[27:49] gymnasium. With an outdoor fitness that can also accommodate for

[27:54] exterior gatherings. And then we have two different fitness rooms.

[27:58] One is an enclosed space for different activities with machinery

[28:01] and equipment, and the other one can be used for

[28:03] group fitness that can be split into two for two

[28:07] different venues that can be used at the same time.

[28:10] On the southern side, we have the active wing, which

[28:13] we have assessed to be recipient for the banket, which

[28:18] is our crown jewel. It's a large gathering space that

[28:21] can be divided. Into two and accommodate up to 400

[28:24] people at the same time and. It provided with a

[28:29] dedicated kitchen for gardening and for dining. On the northern

[28:33] side of the wing, we have two conference rooms. And

[28:37] a game room and also some administration offices. These renderings

[28:41] really picks the arrival point to the community center. We

[28:45] can see how we arrive. At the community center through

[28:48] a beautiful, welcoming. Gesture where we can see how the

[28:54] building connects. The arrival point of the parking to the

[28:58] ground park. And this place, really, this beautiful open lobby.

[29:02] That connects visually the visitor to the park on the

[29:06] other side. Getting closer. We can see over here the

[29:10] lobby and the beautiful facade. There is a transparent facade.

[29:13] To allow for visibility and for light to come through

[29:16] and to really welcome the visitors to the experience of

[29:19] the community center and the overall park itself. Coming inside.

[29:24] This is the lobby, the main lobby. It's a very

[29:28] tall space of 40ft. At its peak. And splits the

[29:33] two wings arriving to the reception desk. As I said

[29:37] before, And we decided to split the height of the

[29:40] building with two different type of tonality of plaster to

[29:43] try to create a sense of human scale. At the

[29:45] bottom, still celebrating the beauty of the high, tall ceiling.

[29:50] There are. Carrying a warm wood to create this sense

[29:52] of welcoming space. On the opposite side we can see

[29:57] the reception desk. There is an embracing gesture. To welcome

[30:02] the people and kind of direct them to the different

[30:04] wings to serve also as a wife handing device. To

[30:09] distribute people along the two wings of the building. This

[30:13] is a view of the gynaium again. It's a 20,000

[30:15] sqft. Room. You might see on the ground multiple level

[30:21] of graphic. Lines. Those are basically to try to accommodate

[30:25] for different configurations. For different activities. That can be done.

[30:32] At the same time, it can accommodate from one to

[30:35] eight different field distributions. For a number of different venues

[30:39] and a number of different events at the same time

[30:42] can be split into two by a device's curtain that

[30:45] we have designed and the sitting areas that you see

[30:48] over here are retractable in order to accommodate for that

[30:51] flex. Flexibility. We decided to go for a very simple

[30:54] design. Humble, but at the same time full of character,

[30:58] painting in yellow all the trusses on the top. To

[31:02] kind of create a node to the graphic identity of

[31:05] the city of Corona. This is the Bankhead room, as

[31:09] I said before, can be split into two. It's completely

[31:12] cluttering into the same wood of the reception and the

[31:15] welcoming space. And it's. Open to a beautiful garden and

[31:20] outdoor cover area on the outside by two foldable window.

[31:24] System. When closed, it can accommodate for two different events

[31:28] at the same time. And we have created a series

[31:30] of chandelier at the center to create a center point

[31:34] of focal point for the space for the main event

[31:38] happening in the room. By the welcoming center at the

[31:42] entrance. We have provided a game room, which is a

[31:45] flexible space. With an open area in the center and

[31:48] a side section with a series of different type of

[31:52] casework and meal work that can accommodate for different types

[31:54] of activity and function as well as having a series

[31:57] of desks that can be used for people to. Access

[32:02] and work from here. The aquatic center. It's. A great.

[32:10] Point of attraction for the entire community center and the

[32:12] park. You can see over here, the big pool with

[32:15] the plants building in the back that serves as a

[32:18] background. And on the right hand side. The two slides

[32:21] that can serve as a beacon and a visible element

[32:24] of connotation. Of the park from the outside. We propose.

[32:28] To put a mural and paint the two sides of

[32:31] the plunge building facing the pool to try to create

[32:34] a backdrop to the experience of the pool itself. This

[32:38] is an area where I think that we can see

[32:40] how the building wants to provide. This continuity between the

[32:47] park and the community center, really displaying this beautiful hugging

[32:50] gesture between the architecture and the landscape and at the

[32:54] same time really trying to create this center of gathering

[32:56] for the community campus. From the community scam bus. The

[33:01] building wants to grow from the ground and be. These

[33:06] POTUS gesture. They really celebrate the city of Corona as

[33:10] an identity, but also as a new center for people

[33:14] to gather, creating this common ground that can be lived

[33:17] outdoor, but also inside and the building, in its transparency

[33:21] and porosity, wants to celebrate that indoor outdoor condition that

[33:24] we can celebrate here in. California. Looking more close. This

[33:29] is one detail of the overhang of the canopy. The

[33:32] facade basically pushes in and out to try to accommodate

[33:35] for different type of activities that can be held outside

[33:39] in continuity with the spaces indoor. And with this, I

[33:42] give to Robin the opportunity to speak more about. Park.

[33:48] Thanks. Here you can see. The custom age group playground.

[33:55] That will be one of the other sort of anchors

[33:57] within the park itself. We wanted to honor the history,

[34:02] the deep history within Krona that recognizes sort of the

[34:06] citrus industry and sort of how that comes into play

[34:08] and really. Worked hard to coordinate with the playground manufacturer

[34:14] to ensure that we brought a unique and authentic play.

[34:18] Structure that you would not find anywhere else. Along with

[34:22] this, you can see. Not only the actual historic imagery

[34:28] of. Different. Citrus providers and such. The actual space itself

[34:34] has been designed around the mature trees that exist within

[34:37] the project. In addition we're trying to add also larger

[34:41] mature trees to provide shade in the areas. That aren't

[34:45] necessarily covered. Again, we want this play space to be

[34:49] integrated within nature and to embrace the fact that it's

[34:52] within. A really beautiful location as is, and to make

[34:56] sure that we keep that space. Feeling the historic trees

[35:00] and the beautiful spaces that are within the space. You

[35:04] can see here. Detail of the toddler play area. This

[35:10] is a design nod to the idea of pollinating those

[35:14] actual citrus fruits that become where the older kids play

[35:17] eventually. The idea is that kids will meander between the

[35:22] two play zones, but that there are specific areas that

[35:24] are oriented toward the younger crowd, but that gradually. They

[35:29] would buzz on over and play within the large, the

[35:32] older kid areas, I will tell you. My kids who

[35:34] have seen the renderings of the big kid area, or

[35:38] you're talking. About wanting to go there and so understanding

[35:41] that there's sort of this aspirational connection between the space

[35:44] was important. In the design and interactivity within the space.

[35:49] Here is an image updated image of the splash pad

[35:52] zone. Again harkening to the mining pass within Corona. The

[35:57] idea is that the precast water features would allow for

[36:01] different elements to have water towers that would have water

[36:05] that could splash down. Waterfall elements, sort of interactive sprayers

[36:10] that are in the ground within rocks themselves. Surrounding this

[36:14] area would be spaces for onlooker onlookers to watch in.

[36:18] Dry zones. But then again, this zone was designed to

[36:21] be. Within surrounding existing trees. Again, trying to make sure

[36:27] that we preserve those trees and have those trees be

[36:30] an element within the backdrop of the space itself. Another

[36:34] view where you can really see kids getting in and

[36:37] interacting with the space. Here is a view of the

[36:42] skate park. This portion is looking west. You can see

[36:45] that this is the more traditional skate park, where you

[36:48] sort of see the urban rails and bowls that are

[36:52] coming within the space that's also integrated with the landscape

[36:56] and allowing for there to be a connection, but also.

[37:00] A separation within the space so there's full visibility. Within.

[37:05] And here you can see this is basically looking east.

[37:08] Now the pump track with the basketball. Court in the

[37:11] background that you can see again, there's this ability to

[37:14] connect between the skate park and the pump track to

[37:17] allow for various modes of use within the space. Going

[37:22] a little bit into trees within the park and historic

[37:25] preservation. This diagram here highlights the combination. Of trees to

[37:31] remain in place, trees to be relocated. And basically slotted

[37:38] in with the design, particularly around the aquatic center and

[37:41] then trees to be removed. I want to emphasize the

[37:45] fact that the trees that you see in green to

[37:48] remain. We wanted to make sure that we preserved and

[37:51] designed around the most beautiful, majestic trees that exIst. On

[37:55] site Itself. And so we have very big design moves

[37:58] in order to preserve those trees and have actually changed

[38:02] a lot of where the original design came in order

[38:05] to accommodate and make sure that we're highlighting those trees.

[38:10] In orange, you can see the trees that we are

[38:12] hoping to relocate at various different plates. And then the

[38:16] project. And then, in addition, we'll be planting 205 trees.

[38:20] To the project. Here you can see the existing historical

[38:24] artifacts that exist within the site. We wanted to make

[38:27] sure that we relocated them in areas that would be

[38:30] integrated within the different rooms and entry sequences of the

[38:34] project itself. You can see also, for example, we want

[38:40] to highlight. The historic fig tree, that giant fig tree

[38:43] that's at basically along 6th street, so there's. Also. Some

[38:49] really great other specimens within the project itself that we

[38:52] wanted to make sure we highlight that's. Almost a botanical

[38:55] flavor that happens within the park, and we want to

[38:57] make sure that we honor that. I think I'm going

[39:00] to hand it over to Donna now. All right, so

[39:04] I just want to give a big thank you to

[39:05] the rios team again. They've been a great partner throughout

[39:09] this whole process. We've been working with them for over

[39:14] two years. They really have taken the time to listen

[39:17] to us, to listen to what the community wants and

[39:19] to create this really special design. That encaptures everything that

[39:23] we were really hoping for for city park. So I'm

[39:25] going to wrap up the presentation by talking about next

[39:28] steps. As I mentioned, we just finished the 90% design

[39:31] mark in December. We're currently at about 95% design, and

[39:35] all of the major design elements have been completed on

[39:38] the project. We're just finishing the fine tune pieces to

[39:41] get this wrapped up. To 100%. Currently, we are going

[39:45] through a pre qualification process for the contractors to make

[39:48] sure that when we do take this project out to

[39:50] bid, we will have a pre selected pre vetted. Group.

[39:54] Of contractors that we know are highly qualified and able

[39:56] to give us. A quality project. And construct it within

[40:00] the parameters of what we've designed. That started in November,

[40:04] and we anticipate wrapping up that pre qual process in

[40:08] February. We're also going through the permitting process right now

[40:11] with the construction documents to get the project ready for

[40:14] construction. We anticipate that wrapping up in April, and at

[40:18] that time we'll be going to the historic preservation board

[40:20] to get final approval on the project, and then go

[40:23] out to bid. Because we will have a pre qualified

[40:27] group of contractors we anticipate. A fairly quick turnaround on

[40:31] the bidding process. We've got two months allocated for that.

[40:34] For April and May, and then we will be back

[40:37] to you to council in July to award the project

[40:39] bid and begin construction in summer of 2026. So, again,

[40:44] very happy with where we are in the design process.

[40:48] And all of the iterations that we've been through, I

[40:50] know we've been here to council several times to do

[40:52] value engineering, also to make some enhancements to the project.

[40:56] With all those changes, we are really happy to say

[40:58] that we have stayed close to our original estimate, which

[41:01] is about $100 million plus or -10% so as we

[41:05] begin to go into the bidding process and get the

[41:07] contracts ready. For council award. We'll have those final numbers

[41:10] for you, and we'll be bringing that back in July.

[41:14] So again, our ask is that the council receive an

[41:16] update on the final design for City park. And we're

[41:19] happy to answer any questions. Thank you, Ms. Finch. And

[41:22] thank you, Rio's. Team. I'll bring it to my colleagues

[41:24] for questions, and then we'll go. To the public and

[41:27] we can come back for any comments, any questions, clarifying

[41:30] questions. Council member Zario just have three questions. What is

[41:35] the difference between. A warming kitchen and a full kitchen.

[41:39] A warming kitchen is really meant. For. Supporting a team

[41:47] that comes from outside. To. Cater. As opposed to a

[41:54] full kitchen where you've got people actually cooking from scratch.

[41:58] Got you. And then the pool size. I heard that

[42:00] it was 25 meters long. Do we know? What the

[42:03] width is. It's 25 yards long. 25 yards. Sorry. Yes,

[42:08] the width itself, I. Believe is, I want to say

[42:10] it's 22 yards. It's not quite the equivalent. Alternative. Okay?

[42:17] The reason I ask is like an Olympic size pool.

[42:21] The width is 50 yards or meters or whatever it

[42:24] is, it is 50 meters. So take the pool that

[42:26] you saw, where the lane markers. Were double it and

[42:29] then add some extra change. But I think the only

[42:32] thing that's important is the length of the lane so

[42:34] that there could be actual swimming events. The width. Of

[42:38] the overall pool doesn't matter, but it's the length of

[42:40] the lanes. Those are the proper length. They are. What

[42:43] would be regulation? Short course swing lane. So that's 25

[42:47] yards for an. Olympic size pool. It's 50 meters. So

[42:50] those are the two types of competition pools. And then

[42:54] the trees. That are going to be removed. Are we

[42:59] going to put any of those removed trees back in

[43:01] separate spots? The majority of the trees that we are

[43:06] removing. So we have actually worked closely with an arborist

[43:10] from this outstart of the project. To understand which trees

[43:14] were in good health. With trees we could easily save

[43:17] and want to preserve. The trees that could be easily

[43:19] relocated and then trees that are at the end of

[43:22] their lives. And are either having issues with visibility or

[43:26] just. At a point where removal would have to happen

[43:30] within the next decade or so. And so we have

[43:33] noted the trees. That are being relocated that we noted

[43:37] in there, those are the ones that we find are

[43:39] the ones that we can easily put somewhere else. Okay,

[43:43] that didn't 100% answer my question. I know that there

[43:46] are some trees that. Are diseased and they would have

[43:50] to go. I know that there are some trees that

[43:53] have lived a great life, and it's time. They need

[43:56] to go. But the trees that are otherwise healthy. Are

[44:00] any of those trees going to go back in the

[44:01] park in a different location? Yes. Okay. That's what I

[44:04] wanted to know. Thank you. Lots of them. We have,

[44:06] I believe. 60 of them. 59 of them. That's great.

[44:12] Council member Richmond, do you have questions? Just a couple.

[44:16] For the landscaping, the community grass. Is that going to

[44:20] be. What species of grass is that, do you know?

[44:25] We're trying to find a resilient, drought tolerant lawn turf

[44:29] that would be used within that space itself. Like Bermuda.

[44:32] Is that kind of your thoughts or something like that?

[44:34] It would. Be a variant that's actually better suited for

[44:37] the climate, specifically in Corona. And so. There are special

[44:41] blends that we would be working with local. Basically local

[44:45] growers to understand what that is. But yes, it'd basically

[44:47] be a type. Of Bermuda grass. And the thought process

[44:50] is it's a place where citizens can go and hang

[44:53] out. And not be in six inch deep grass, but

[44:57] more, okay? A traditional lawn that you would picnic on

[45:00] and play games and things like that. Okay, that's. Why

[45:03] I want to check out. Thank you very much. Thank

[45:05] you. Mayor. Mayor. Speak. Thank you. Can you go to

[45:11] slide number 28 or 29, one of the two. My

[45:15] question, there was. There seems to be a lot of

[45:18] places for people to hide. And. I didn't know if.

[45:25] This is just a representation, or is it going to

[45:27] look exactly like this? So you're talking specifically about the

[45:31] playground? Yes. So this is the concept of what it's

[45:35] going to look like. The structures are going to be

[45:37] very similar to this in one of the earlier renderings

[45:41] or renditions of this we had the slats closer together

[45:44] where it was very easy to hide. We purposely separated

[45:48] those so you have that visibility, that sightline right through

[45:51] the structure. So that is something that we wanted to

[45:54] make sure we addressed in the development of the playground.

[45:56] That you have the ability to see through. And we

[45:58] did separate those slats. In the actual playground structure to

[46:02] have that ability. Great. And then my last question was

[46:05] on the specimen trees. Thank you for mentioning the Morton

[46:08] Bay figuratives. I think it actually is probably the top

[46:12] five largest Morton Bay figs in the state, but I

[46:15] think Santa Barbara has the record. And we're not much

[46:18] smaller. I just wanted to verify, and I think I

[46:21] saw. A green spear in the right place. That bunya

[46:25] bunya tree. Okay. All right. Perfect. That. Was the other

[46:28] thing I was worried about. I don't have any other

[46:32] questions. About the design. That's it. Thank you. Bring it

[46:35] back for comments. Okay, thank you. We're going. To open

[46:38] it up to public comments and questions. Ms. Edwards, are

[46:43] there speaker cards from the public for this presentation? Mayor

[46:45] yes, we have one speaker. Card for this item. Okay,

[46:48] please come on down. And if you are choosing to

[46:52] speak and haven't turned in your card, please do so.

[46:55] On this item. Thank you. Good evening. Joe Morgan. 206

[46:59] three rand. It's fascinating to hear Ms. Finch talk about

[47:02] what? The community wants because it was a pretty exhaustive

[47:04] planning process and community survey. And a lot of work

[47:09] done over the years. To decide what to do with

[47:13] the city park. And then promptly, that plan was tossed

[47:16] out. And it's not really what the community wants, it's

[47:19] what the council wants. So this is the reason why

[47:22] we can't have a real downtown. Because you're. Spending all

[47:25] the money to build another civic center down at the

[47:27] park. This is the reason why. You're having to flip

[47:30] all of that stuff to make another metro at Main

[47:32] Street. If you thought this was such a great idea

[47:36] and such a beautiful community center and really valuable. You

[47:39] could put it in an area that would attract investment.

[47:42] You could put it in a place that would attract

[47:43] people to come to town. But you're not doing that.

[47:46] You're. Just building apartment and another strip mall. And you're

[47:50] also burdening the neighbors. You're taking away a beautiful canopy.

[47:55] You're basically paving most of the park. So this is

[48:00] why we lost, like, the two most qualified parks commissioners

[48:03] we had, because they saw just exactly how ignorant and

[48:08] how willing you were to just throw out community needs.

[48:13] To do this plan. So this is going to saddle

[48:15] the city? With millions and millions of dollars of annual

[48:18] bond debt upkeep. And it's really not going to be

[48:22] much different, except just larger than Circle city center. To

[48:25] your point about the warming kitchen. That's what Circle city

[48:28] center has. It wasn't deemed. Sufficient there. Probably not going

[48:33] to be deemed sufficient here. So. You're just trading up

[48:37] for a larger model that really has. A pretty scant

[48:41] chance of success. We do need an aquatic center. We've

[48:45] needed one. We needed the city to keep up. The

[48:47] one that we had, but you guys abandoned that, much

[48:50] like you abandoned the Corona mall, so. As an excuse

[48:53] to basically build something shiny and new. This is going

[48:56] to cost field space. This is going to cost. A

[49:00] park that's used by the neighbors. And it really had

[49:03] no real benefit to the neighbors. There's going to be

[49:06] more congestion if it works. It's going to be just

[49:09] another financial burden on the city if it doesn't. Work

[49:12] and there's really not going to be much return in

[49:15] terms of like they talk. About the turn on the

[49:18] money. There's not going to be return on this investment

[49:21] in terms of economic development, you can put it downtown.

[49:25] If you thought it was really cool, if you thought

[49:26] it was really worthwhile. But you just want to build

[49:29] something new and easy because you have the land. There's

[49:31] not really. Burdened with some of the surplus Land act

[49:35] stuff that you've burdened that's. Chronomal with. And you think

[49:38] you got the best parks guy in the world? So

[49:41] that's why it's going to fail. Thank you. Thank you.

[49:44] Are there any other speakers on this agenda item. Come

[49:48] on up. Please state your name. Thank you. Hello. Good

[49:54] evening, council. My name is Adrian Arrows, owner of FC

[49:58] Riverside county. I've been a longtime resident here in this

[50:03] community. Longtime server. Of soccer services. All the way from

[50:11] students of age two all the way to adults. What

[50:15] brings me here today? Let me tell you, for the

[50:18] longest have been attempting to utilize public field spaces. I'm

[50:22] telling you since age 17. My story started at El

[50:26] Cerrito Sports park because I am the resident of El

[50:29] Serrito and even during those early. Age. Mr. R's, are

[50:35] you going to speak on this item? It cannot pertain

[50:38] to this one. Absolutely. And so, even at that early

[50:40] age, I was denied field access. I had about a

[50:44] group of 80 students. And I was not allowed to

[50:46] use the field. We even had the police called on

[50:50] us and escorted from Al Serrito Sports park. So for

[50:54] the next few months. We spent going from park to

[50:57] park and experiencing the same thing. This has continued on

[51:02] to today, where we have cronyism, where the field space

[51:06] is allocated. To a lot of your friends, right, Mr.

[51:09] Harris? This is about the city park. We do have.

[51:11] A public comment. I promise you that this does pertain

[51:15] to. Yes, I am telling you that. Your field allocation

[51:20] process and really, your allocation process as a whole has

[51:24] been corruptedly managed. We've brought these issues to director Donna

[51:29] Finch or community services director Donna Finch. And by the

[51:33] way she's ignored. And many of the council members that

[51:36] are here today, I've also brought this forward to. You

[51:39] and no response. So, may I see us? How does

[51:43] this pertain to this item? Doesn't matter what you build,

[51:47] you're going to continue on. The same. Culture that you've

[51:52] had here for many years, for decades. You will continue

[51:57] to allocate this field space or any public space, anything

[52:00] else that you build to your friends. So why should

[52:04] any other resident be so excited about this? I believe

[52:08] that you need to open. A more transparent process. So

[52:12] just going back to this item here. I am asking

[52:16] in particular for you to be more open to particular

[52:20] parks, specifically El cereto. Sports park. Now I will. Save

[52:25] my words. Let me tell you, I got a lot

[52:27] of words here. But mayor casillas. I just want to

[52:32] provide insight into how public space here is allocated. I've

[52:36] even spoken with city manager Jacob Ellis, and I've sent

[52:39] emails and have had response from some of you up

[52:42] here. So I'm hoping that as you do build more

[52:47] public resources that you can allocate these to the residents

[52:51] equitably and not stick to cronyism or allocate it to

[52:55] the brands of politicians. Thank you. Thank you very much.

[52:58] Mr. Arrows are there. Any other speakers speaking on the

[53:01] item of the city park project? Design. I just want

[53:06] to remind folks that there is always a section in

[53:09] our agenda reserve from communications. From the public, and that

[53:12] can be on anything you want to talk about. But

[53:14] when you come and speak on an agenda item, please.

[53:17] Keep it pertaining to that agenda item, please. I'm going

[53:21] to talk about the park. Thank you. Don Fuller. I'm

[53:26] resident in town. This is a little thing. I reminded

[53:31] one of the James Bond movies. He's getting ready to

[53:33] go out for dinner. And gambling with the lady lead.

[53:38] And she has bought him a dinner jacket. And he's

[53:43] a little puzzled by this. And her comment is there

[53:45] are dinner jackets and there are dinner jackets. And so

[53:49] I'm reminded of that when the persons are talking about

[53:51] the trees, and I'm glad to hear that. They're going

[53:54] to keep the old trees. But they also said they're

[53:59] going to plant a bunch of new trees. There are

[54:02] trees and there are trees it gets hot here in

[54:05] the summertime we all know that people like to go

[54:08] to the park, put a blanket out on the grass,

[54:11] have a picnic. With the kids, maybe toss a frisbee

[54:14] around. And it's important to have some. Shade. So if

[54:18] those trees that they're going to plant are about three

[54:21] or 4ft. Tall, we're going to be 20 years before

[54:24] you get any shade, so I would just. Like to

[54:27] put in a reminder that I would like to see

[54:30] these trees be big enough that we don't have to

[54:32] wait until I'm 107. And I plan to make it.

[54:40] Before we get any of those trees cranking out any

[54:43] shade. So they said trees, but trees. Is a big,

[54:49] broad area, so I would just like to say they

[54:51] ought to be decent sized. Trees. And if you want

[54:55] to put me in charge of that committee for the

[54:57] size of trees. I'll take that on. Thank you very

[55:00] much. Thank you, Mr. Fuller. Any other speakers. And don't

[55:04] forget to turn in your card to the city clerk.

[55:06] Any other speakers on item 5.3. Okay, saying none. Moving

[55:12] on. Bringing it back to the council, opening it up

[55:15] to my colleagues for before I do, Ms. Finch, can

[55:19] you or the Rios team please speak to the question

[55:24] about tree? Types I know Rios had shared. The Rios

[55:27] team had shared about planting mature trees, but. Can you

[55:31] dive into that? Yes. So I do have the size

[55:33] of the trees we are going. To be planning a

[55:35] total of 205 new trees, in addition to the trees

[55:38] that are going to remain in the trees that are

[55:39] going to be relocated within the park of those 205

[55:44] 192 of them are going to be 48 inch box

[55:47] trees and then 13 are going to be 72 inch.

[55:49] Box tre. Trees. I don't know if anybody from Rios

[55:53] can provide insight. I'm not sure. The actual height of

[55:55] those when they're planted, but I'll turn it over to

[55:57] robin to give some more details. Thank you. So we,

[56:02] in our plans currently are trying to allow for trees

[56:05] that will provide shade immediately upon installation because we understand

[56:10] that for trees to provide shade, they have to be

[56:12] tall enough to do that, and we ourselves want to

[56:14] advocate for more trees in general and to have that

[56:17] interaction. We have a variety of different specimens that we'll

[56:21] be planting within the project. Everything from. Mexican, Sycamore coast,

[56:27] live oaks. Australian willow. These are all trees that are

[56:31] well adapted to the heat and the climate within the

[56:33] area, if not native themselves. The 48 inch box trees,

[56:39] typically when you install are approximately like 15ft to 20ft

[56:43] tall. When you install them again, you kind of base

[56:45] it on the trunk size themselves. And then particularly around

[56:49] the crown itself. We're actually asking for 72 inch box

[56:53] trees. These trees are actually. Pretty large at installation. They

[56:58] are something close to 25ft tall. And you will feel

[57:03] the presence immediately upon. Installing, planting them. Okay, thank you

[57:09] so much. Okay, so coming back. The ask is. Remind

[57:15] us, Ms. Finch, the ask is just to receive the

[57:17] update on the final. Design. Thank you. Are there any

[57:20] final comments? Any final questions for my colleagues? No. Go

[57:24] ahead, Jim. I just want to thank Rios for the

[57:26] presentation, and I think this is going to be a

[57:28] success. And, Ms. French, you do a great job, so

[57:31] thank you, Councilor Richards. I want to mimic council member

[57:35] Steiner. I think this is an excellent project form certainly

[57:38] followed function. I believe there are going to be a

[57:41] lot, a lot of happy kids in this. New park,

[57:44] and I believe there's going to be a lot of

[57:46] happy citizens when it's built. Congratulations, all of you. Ditto.

[57:51] I am thrilled that we are finally reinvesting in this

[57:55] community, in this part. Of our town. And getting back

[58:00] an aquatic center, getting back a pool. And. Really paying

[58:05] attention. To what the community has told us that they

[58:09] want to see and. Giving that opportunity and not neglecting

[58:13] it right for fear. And so I'm excited. I'm really

[58:18] excited about this project. I'm glad. That we're close to

[58:21] final design, and I'm looking forward. To starting construction, ideally

[58:25] in the summer of this year. So thank you, Ms.

[58:27] Finch. We appreciate it. Thank you. Okay. So this is

[58:33] the part we're moving on to. Item six. Consent calendar.

[58:36] Oh, no, just. Joking. Not after this. After the consent

[58:38] calendars, when we have communication from the public. So consent.

[58:40] Calendar. All items listed on the consent calendar are considered

[58:43] to be routine matters. Status reports or documents covering previous

[58:47] city council action. The item listed on the consent calendar

[58:50] may be enacted in one motion. With a concurrence of

[58:53] the city council, a council member, or any person in

[58:56] attendance. May request that an item be removed for further

[58:59] consideration. Would my colleagues like to pull any items for

[59:02] discussion. Okay. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from

[59:05] the public? Mayor, we did not receive any speaker. Cards

[59:08] with a consent calendar. Okay, make the motion. Motion from

[59:11] councilman merchants. I'm sorry. What's the item? I actually do

[59:17] want to pull 6.565. Okay, so the motion. Council member

[59:23] richens everything but 6.5. Thank you. Second by council member.

[59:31] Speak, but. It's council member Steiner. Okay, everybody, vote, please.

[59:37] And the consent calendar passes unanimously. We're going to come

[59:41] back to item 6.5. Council member derio, floor is yours.

[59:47] Thank you, mayor. I don't have any questions. But. I

[59:55] wanted to give Chief Young an opportunity to kind of

[59:57] highlight this. For those that aren't in the weeds with

[1:00:03] purchasing fire equipment. It's one of the longest lead times

[1:00:08] in all of lead times. And. I think we ordered

[1:00:14] a fire truck in 1979. I think we just got

[1:00:17] delivery of it last. Week. Is that about right, chief?

[1:00:20] Fire trucks take a very long time to make, and

[1:00:21] it's for a litany of reasons. But one of the

[1:00:25] things that. I'm constantly excited about is the way that

[1:00:29] all of our city leads and all of our city

[1:00:31] departments are constantly looking for ways. To shorten lead times.

[1:00:37] To stretch the dollar to do a lot of different

[1:00:39] things. And this is one of those. Opportunities in chief.

[1:00:44] I'd like for you just to. You don't need to

[1:00:47] wax. Poetic. You don't need to give a dissertation, but

[1:00:50] just kind of highlight why this is. Kind of a

[1:00:51] cool thing. Thank you for the opportunity. One of the

[1:00:56] biggest. Positives of this is I perceive this as a

[1:01:00] long overdue disruption to the industry. There's significant work happening

[1:01:06] at the federal level to question the monopolies that are

[1:01:09] taking place in the fire service industry. Excuse me, fire

[1:01:12] apparatus industry. And we've been waiting. For something to create

[1:01:16] this opportunity for us to go in another direction. Obviously,

[1:01:21] with the recently approved purchase of a new apparatus at

[1:01:24] approximately $1.5 million, This is something that is new to

[1:01:29] the industry. It's not new to automotive. Right. I mean,

[1:01:32] people that collect classic cars are used to this sort

[1:01:35] of premise, but there was really no large organizations that

[1:01:39] were participating in this. So once we started seeking other

[1:01:43] options and this came across, As one of those options.

[1:01:47] We quickly jumped on it, and we really hope that

[1:01:49] this will be a significant positive impact as we move

[1:01:53] into the future. Especially to address your comment four year

[1:01:57] lead times for some of our large apparatus. That's unsustainable

[1:02:01] and ridiculous as well. As the price points. So we're

[1:02:04] looking at getting between. Ten and 15 years additional service

[1:02:08] life out of an apparatus for half the price. So

[1:02:12] really excited for this. There is proof of concept. Some

[1:02:16] other agencies have led the way before. Us and we

[1:02:19] let them be. The first tow in the water, if

[1:02:22] you will, and we're really excited for this. Thanks, chief.

[1:02:26] Mayor. With that, I'd like to motion to approve this.

[1:02:31] You got it, Ms. Edwards. There weren't any speaker cards

[1:02:33] on this item. We do not have any speaker cards.

[1:02:35] For this item, then we've got a motion on the

[1:02:36] floor. Is there a second? 2nd by council member Steiner.

[1:02:39] Let's take a vote. Okay, that item

[1:02:49] passes unanimously. Thanks for saving us some good dollars. We

[1:02:54] appreciate it. Moving on to item seven. Communications from the

[1:02:57] public. Persons wishing to address the city council are requested

[1:03:02] to state their name. And city of residence. For the

[1:03:06] record, you don't have to give your address. This portion

[1:03:09] of the agenda is intended for general public comment only,

[1:03:12] which means it is limited to items within the subject

[1:03:15] matter jurisdiction of the city council that are not listed

[1:03:18] on the agenda, please. Note that state law prohibits the

[1:03:20] city council from discussing or taking action on items not

[1:03:23] listed on the agenda. The city council will appreciate your

[1:03:26] cooperation in keeping your comments. Brief. Please observe a three

[1:03:30] minute limit for communications. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker

[1:03:33] cards from the public. Mayor. Yes, we have five speaker

[1:03:35] cards for communication from the public. Thank you very much.

[1:03:38] Okay. Let's come on up. Whoever wants to be first.

[1:03:41] Good evening. Chris McCoy, district three. Unfortunately, I am

[1:03:51] here about the last meeting because. I was ill and

[1:03:55] not able to attend. I want to talk about the

[1:03:57] North Mall. And I just want to give some thoughts

[1:04:01] on that. And I tried very hard to not be

[1:04:04] upset and to not be negative and think of a

[1:04:08] good way of phrasing this and putting this out there.

[1:04:11] I feel very much like we've gone through this kabuki

[1:04:15] dance to get to 300. We are building 300 units

[1:04:19] there. There's no way around it. I would have expected

[1:04:23] a three two vote based on what I've heard from

[1:04:26] all of you up there. As far as I don't

[1:04:28] want to go over 200 or I don't. Want to

[1:04:30] go over 150 or. I think that's too much for

[1:04:32] that corner. I think the sight lines are horrible as

[1:04:37] far as the height of it goes, and this goes.

[1:04:39] All the way back to five years ago when I

[1:04:41] was standing up here talking about the fact that that

[1:04:43] street which was built in the 1900, at the turn

[1:04:46] of the century was built for carts and horses, and

[1:04:50] it's not wide enough to handle four stories running the

[1:04:53] edge and. I hear? Oh, we're going to do a

[1:04:56] setback, but a setback doesn't. Widen the street. And we're

[1:05:00] still going to have the same problem. Of a very

[1:05:03] crowded street, and I don't know how to fix that

[1:05:06] with 300 units. And I'm terrified. Not of that, but

[1:05:11] what I heard staff talking to you about at the

[1:05:13] end of that meeting because I did watch the whole

[1:05:15] thing from home, and it was, well. We're eventually going

[1:05:18] to get a developer in, and then that developer is

[1:05:20] going to say, well, I need to do this or

[1:05:22] I need to do that, and we'll have a final

[1:05:24] negotiation. So I'm going to challenge you all now because

[1:05:28] I know your sentiments on this and I know. I've

[1:05:32] communicated with most of you about this. About this being

[1:05:34] 200 units, we're not going to get that. We're going

[1:05:37] to have to take 300 because of the surplus. Land

[1:05:40] act, but I'm going to challenge you to hold that

[1:05:43] line. I'm going to challenge you to hold the line

[1:05:46] as far as keeping. The facades historic because. The developer

[1:05:52] is going to come in and staff has no compunctions

[1:05:56] about pushing this. To 400 or 500 and telling you

[1:05:59] guys, oh, well, we can't find a developer that'll do

[1:06:01] this, and that's bullshit. We can find a developer that'll

[1:06:05] do this at 300, so I'm going to ask you

[1:06:08] to hold the line at 300 because that street cannot

[1:06:11] take any more height. And if you go from 300

[1:06:14] to 400 or 500. Now we're at five stories. Now

[1:06:17] we're. At six stories, and that ruins this whole project

[1:06:20] that you want to do, and I understand. You guys

[1:06:23] want to get something done? And I am all for

[1:06:25] it. I live in district three, but you have to

[1:06:28] get it done. Right. And the two things left that

[1:06:32] cannot be compromised on because we've compromised for five. Years

[1:06:35] to get this to this point. Is the height of

[1:06:38] this thing, the number of units and the facade. If

[1:06:42] you're not going to do that. To Tom's point, it's

[1:06:45] just going to be colorful boxes. And it's going to

[1:06:47] look like any other four over one or five over

[1:06:49] one or six over one. So I'm challenging you to

[1:06:52] hold the line where it is right now. Thank you.

[1:06:55] Thank you. Next up. Good evening. My name is Kathy

[1:07:02] Armstrong. I'm a local manufacturer here in Corona. Also the

[1:07:12] board chair of Corona Chamber of commerce. This year, I

[1:07:16] look forward to working together, supporting our businesses as well

[1:07:21] as our community. Thank you. Thank you, Kathy. Thanks for

[1:07:24] introducing yourself. All right, next up. Richard Rogers. I live

[1:07:31] in Corona. I'm not restless. I just can't speak very

[1:07:39] clearly. That's okay. Maybe. If you could just push the

[1:07:42] mic a little closer to your okay, that would probably

[1:07:45] help. I'm going to give you some examples. About? Trees.

[1:07:55] On Greenbrier. And meadow view court. I've done everything I

[1:08:02] can. And somebody has got to step up and say,

[1:08:07] okay, take the trees down. There were 25 of these.

[1:08:12] Humongous, humongous. Pine trees. And. There's only four left.

[1:08:22] Five left. And they have caused so much. Destruction. And

[1:08:31] the people who live on 1007 Medaview Court. Has had

[1:08:38] a serious problem. They did all the paperwork. And.

[1:08:49] The city council or the city attorney says. Get your

[1:08:54] homeowners. Insurance. In homeowners, says no. That's strictly

[1:09:04] a city problem. And the city attorney. Said. Well, you're

[1:09:11] going to have to get a lawyer. Fine. And the

[1:09:15] same thing happened. At 1050 men of you court.

[1:09:27] Is just tearing up. The driveway. It has cracked the

[1:09:32] foundation of the house. And again. The city attorney says,

[1:09:39] well, you have to get a lawyer. And getting back

[1:09:43] to ten. Seven. This tree. Has really destroyed their driveway.

[1:09:52] The garage, and now there's a tree coming up into

[1:09:55] their kitchen floor. And then the tree on 1038.

[1:10:05] Outstanding. The front yard with his neighbor. Oh, boy. I've

[1:10:09] done shit. You can always don't. Email or call. And

[1:10:16] we called the tree people. Okay. And they said, okay,

[1:10:23] we'll send someone out. Well, this has been over a

[1:10:25] year. And this tree is huge. The same one that

[1:10:30] should be taken out anyway. The bottom line is, I

[1:10:34] think that the tree people have more authority in this

[1:10:37] city than. A department and if the chief of police.

[1:10:42] Thank you, sir. There is a process I think we

[1:10:45] are connected with you, and I think that folks are

[1:10:47] going to be out there trimming the trees next week.

[1:10:50] But who can I get him in contact with? Jacob?

[1:10:55] If he leaves his information, we'll make staff. Make sure

[1:10:57] that staff contact you and they can explain. What's happening?

[1:11:01] Going process on the tree valuation. I think we're getting

[1:11:04] in touch. With you, but we'll make sure that they

[1:11:05] chat with you again. See if you have any other

[1:11:07] questions? Can you connect here with Brett? Actually, get your

[1:11:11] contact information right here. This gentleman right behind you. To

[1:11:13] your left. Okay, thanks. All right, next up.

[1:11:26] Hello. Good evening. I am here as a representative for

[1:11:30] many residents. Some that are here today, some that are

[1:11:33] back at home, many. Who are a little bit shy,

[1:11:38] a little bit scared to talk, right? But that's why

[1:11:41] we do have leaders right to represent and voices, and

[1:11:45] I'm here today. To demand ice out of Corona. Today

[1:11:50] is the day that we stand up against racism, bigotry.

[1:11:54] And hatred. Today is a day that we as a

[1:11:57] community stand against the government overreach. That we stop looking

[1:12:01] at the color of our skin, religion or ethnicity, that

[1:12:05] any man or. Women can walk in Corona and any

[1:12:09] city with confidence and dignity. That a person of color

[1:12:14] can walk without needing documentation. The day a piece is

[1:12:19] over for many residents. The Trump administration has militarized the

[1:12:23] streets. Of America. Children are being traumatized by ISIS ruthless

[1:12:28] tactics. Citizens are being taken from their homes. Police officers

[1:12:33] themselves. Are being targeted outside of their working hours. And

[1:12:39] now. They are shooting their own people. Us. A soccer

[1:12:44] mom. ReNee Good was a victim of government. Of the

[1:12:49] government's violent tactics that have no limits. They shot her

[1:12:52] in the face. In the face. That's why I'm here

[1:12:57] today. Demanding a resolution. I am demanding for a resolution

[1:13:04] that's similar to Riversides transparency resolution in Harupa's. Valleys. Number

[1:13:09] 2026. Seven. We must. Act. On Christmas Day, several members

[1:13:15] of our community were detained by Ice. What makes this

[1:13:19] very concerning is that they use the same tactics that

[1:13:22] they use on reg. Nay. Good. We could have had

[1:13:25] our own Renee. Good incident here in this city. Now

[1:13:29] I know some. Of you might get a little upset

[1:13:31] because three of you five endorse can calvert you. Are

[1:13:35] pushing. For these policies. Now, of course, you are all

[1:13:39] city government officials and your power rests within city policies.

[1:13:45] But let this be no mistake. We see what you're

[1:13:47] doing. We see who you are. Your facade, council member

[1:13:52] Wespeak, making others feel like you care about the indigenous

[1:13:55] people. If you cared about the indigenous community, you would

[1:13:58] act on this resolution. Mayor Jackie Cassillas. I have nothing

[1:14:02] but the highest respect for you. Join us. Jackie Cassillas,

[1:14:05] mayor Jackie Cassillas. Join us. Your people take one of

[1:14:09] our shirts. We have a shirt ready for you, and

[1:14:12] we ask for all of you to adopt. This resolution.

[1:14:16] Put your citizens. And not just the caucasian people, but

[1:14:22] the people of color in mind here. We are not

[1:14:26] going to walk in the streets like second class citizens

[1:14:29] where we have to wear some sort of identifier. That

[1:14:33] we are a citizen, while many of you get to

[1:14:36] walk freely. I kindly. Thank you. Mr. Arrives. Thank you.

[1:14:48] Next speaker. Welcome, sir. Can I get your name, too?

[1:14:57] Yes. My name is Hanif Carter. Good evening. Good. Evening.

[1:14:59] I don't miss out here in Corona. Awesome. I'll go

[1:15:06] off on my speech. My name is Hanif Carter. I

[1:15:08] do mission the city of Corona, a trustee of a

[1:15:10] private family trust, and I am here today to raise

[1:15:13] a serious issue affecting many residents, the lawful use of

[1:15:17] negotiable instruments and the refusable refusal by financial institution institutions

[1:15:22] to honor them under California. Commercial Code section 3104. A

[1:15:28] negotiable instrument is a written, signed, unconditional promise to pay

[1:15:31] a fixed amount of money. Promissory notes, draft and similar

[1:15:36] instruments are not fringe ideas. They are the foundation of

[1:15:39] commerce in this country. Banks operate every day using accounts

[1:15:44] receivables and accounts payables, which are settled through credit, not

[1:15:48] physical cash. Mortgages, car loans, municipal bonds and interbank settlements

[1:15:53] all rely on negotiable instruments. This is not theory. It

[1:15:58] is how financial systems function. Under California Commercial code, sections

[1:16:02] 35 one to 35 five. When a lawful instrument is

[1:16:05] presented, a bank has a duty to either process it

[1:16:08] or provide a lawful basis. For dishonor. Silence is not

[1:16:11] compliance. Holding a percentment without credited or formally rejecting it.

[1:16:16] Is not good faith. Federal law reinforces this twelve United

[1:16:20] States Code section 411 and House Joint Resolution 192. Make

[1:16:25] clear that obligations are discharged through lawful money and credit.

[1:16:29] Every Federal Reserve note itself states its legal tender for

[1:16:33] all debts, public and private. Credit is not separate from

[1:16:37] money. It is how money functions in modern law. Additionally,

[1:16:42] under California Commercial Code article four, banks act as a

[1:16:44] collecting agents and fiduciaries. When instruments are deposited, they are

[1:16:48] required to exercise ordinary care and good faith. Arbitrary refusal,

[1:16:52] delay, or non response violates that duty. I have personally

[1:16:56] experienced a situation where a lawful presentment was received by

[1:17:00] a financial institution. Acknowledged by return receipt and then ignored

[1:17:04] even after sworn affidavits were delivered. No response. Was given

[1:17:07] by executive leadership. That is not transparency, and it is

[1:17:10] not acceptable. In a city that values fairness and economic

[1:17:15] opportunity. This is not about avoiding responsible responsibility or free

[1:17:20] money. It is about lawful discharge of debt. Financial literacy

[1:17:23] and equal access to the same tools institutions use today.

[1:17:27] I am asking this council to encourage dialogue, education and

[1:17:30] accountability between. Financial institutions and the public. When banks operate

[1:17:35] above the law or refuse to explain their actions, the

[1:17:37] people suffer. Economic freedom begins with understanding the law, and

[1:17:42] the law already provides these tools. Thank you for your

[1:17:45] time. Thank you, sir. Appreciate it. Okay. Any other speakers?

[1:17:53] Okay. I was going to say, you get one. Is

[1:17:56] there anyone else who'd like to. Speak. Okay. Seeing none,

[1:17:59] then. Thank you very much. We appreciate you always taking

[1:18:02] the time to come. And speak to us. Thank you.

[1:18:07] Moving on to item eight, public hearings. We're going to

[1:18:10] go to 8.1 general plan amendment 2024. To change the

[1:18:16] land use designation of parcels at three two three South

[1:18:20] Bell Avenue and 32222. South Washburn Avenue from low density

[1:18:24] residential. To sorry, low density residential to general commercial to

[1:18:31] mixed use downtown, including zero point 87 acres of right

[1:18:35] of way. Does any council member want a staff report

[1:18:38] on this item saying none? Jim is going to say

[1:18:41] no. Wes, do you want to report on this? No,

[1:18:45] thank you. Okay, then. Ms. Vanyan. You're off the hook

[1:18:49] on that, but the public hearing is now open. Ms.

[1:18:52] Edwards has the city clerk's office receive correspondence or speaker

[1:18:55] cards from the public regarding this item. Mayor, we have

[1:18:59] not received any correspondence or speaker cards for this item.

[1:19:02] Thank you. In that case, the public hearing is now

[1:19:04] closed. Do I have any questions or comments from my

[1:19:07] colleagues? Saying none. Saying none. Okay, then I'll entertain a

[1:19:12] motion. Move by Stanley. Seconded by Richard. Seconded by speak.

[1:19:19] All right, let's take a vote on that item. Item

[1:19:24] 8.1 passes unanimously, moving on to 8.2 specific plan amendment.

[1:19:33] 20240 zero three to the downtown revitalization specific plan to

[1:19:38] change the zoning of parcels at three two three South

[1:19:40] Bell and three two two south Washburn. From single family

[1:19:43] to Gateway. Business to downtown, including zero point. 87 acres

[1:19:47] of public right of way. Does any council member want

[1:19:49] to report on this item. Off the hook again. Public

[1:19:53] hearing is now open. Ms. Edwards has the city clerk's

[1:19:56] office. Receive correspondence or speaker cards from the public regarding

[1:19:59] this item. Mayor we did not receive correspondence, but we

[1:20:02] did receive one speaker card for this item. Okay, then

[1:20:04] let's go ahead and have the speaker. Come on up.

[1:20:07] Speaking on. This specific plan change amendment. Good evening. Joe

[1:20:13] Morgan. 263 Ren. So I want to speak a little

[1:20:17] bit. Partially on this item, but partially just overall on

[1:20:23] the process. So I've been to a lot of meetings,

[1:20:27] been a lot of planning commission meetings. I generally think

[1:20:30] that our planning commission does a great job. What I

[1:20:35] see them do is go door to door. I see

[1:20:38] them. Make sure that the residents are up to speed

[1:20:40] on the project, that their concerns are brought forward. And

[1:20:44] they diligently work and press to level up every project

[1:20:50] that comes in front of them. What I saw the

[1:20:52] night that this project was approved. Was shockingly familiar. Kind

[1:21:00] of a process. It's in fact a process that has

[1:21:04] brought me down here. For this last decade plus. Which

[1:21:08] is when the kaiser was built. Behind our house, we

[1:21:13] got a three by five card that there was a

[1:21:15] planning commission meeting about a thing being built on Kellogg.

[1:21:19] Nobody said what it was. Nobody said what it was

[1:21:22] about, how it would affect us, what it would look

[1:21:24] like. Nobody gave us any idea what it was about?

[1:21:29] I didn't know really how the planning commission process worked

[1:21:32] at the time, but we got a three by five

[1:21:35] card that says, well, if you want to take off,

[1:21:36] work in the middle. Of the day on a Tuesday.

[1:21:38] You can come down here, talk about a thing about

[1:21:40] which you know nothing about. Seems like that's what we

[1:21:44] went back to. Was this one particular item? There's one

[1:21:49] thing. There's one supermarket. This is a planning commission that.

[1:21:54] Sent Starbucks on Green river back to the drawing board

[1:21:58] three times to get a double drive through. They went

[1:22:02] and talked. All the businesses found out. What their busiest

[1:22:07] hours were. How the shape of the drive through might

[1:22:11] affect. Their business. But this project much bigger.

[1:22:21] Much more invasive. I think. A plus for downtown. But

[1:22:27] the fact that. For at least the two years that

[1:22:31] I know of, this hasn't changed substantially. There was no

[1:22:34] improvement. There was no nothing. I have the plans from

[1:22:36] two years ago. There was one planner got changed in

[1:22:39] the parking lot. Everything else is the same. And the

[1:22:44] fact that it wasn't changed, modified, been pushed by the

[1:22:48] planning commission to level up. Really says something about how

[1:22:52] this city works. When you see a process. That works

[1:22:57] a certain way all the time, and then one time,

[1:22:59] it just works completely different. Says a lot. Thanks. Thank

[1:23:05] you. Okay, Ms. Edters, are there any other speaker cards

[1:23:09] for item 8.2? Where we do not have any more

[1:23:13] speaker cards. All right. Well, then the public hearing is

[1:23:16] now closed. Any questions or comments from my colleagues? Okay,

[1:23:21] move to approve. By. Who said that? Council member Desireio

[1:23:27] seconded by vice mayor. Speak. Mayor. The motion needs to

[1:23:31] be read because it's the first reading of an ordinance.

[1:23:35] No. You moved council member to Darian. All right, I'll

[1:23:38] read it. It's fine. Introduced by title only and waiveful

[1:23:42] reading of the consideration of ordinance number 3425. 1st reading

[1:23:45] of the ordinance approving SBA 2024. Three, an amendment to

[1:23:50] the downtown specific plan to change the zoning designation from

[1:23:54] two parcels located at 323 South Bell and 322 South

[1:23:58] Washburn Avenue. From single family. And from single family and

[1:24:03] gateway business, respectively, to downtown. And to establish a downtown

[1:24:08] zoning on approximately zero 87 acres of public right away

[1:24:11] within fourth and fifth streets thank you, vice mayor. Everyone,

[1:24:17] please vote. And that item passes unanimously. Moving on to

[1:24:23] 8.3. Parcel Map 38981 to merge 13 lots with zero

[1:24:28] point 87 acres of public right of way to create

[1:24:32] one lot totaling 4.7 acres for commercial purposes, generally located

[1:24:37] at the northwest corner. Area of West 6th street and

[1:24:41] South Main Street. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards

[1:24:43] or written comments from the public mayor we did not

[1:24:46] receive correspondence and we do not have any speaker cards.

[1:24:49] For this item. Thank you. I'll entertain a motion. Limited.

[1:24:54] Approved by council member Steiner, seconded by Richards. And. It

[1:24:59] came up, and then. There it goes. Thank you. That

[1:25:04] item passes unanimously. 50. Coming up to item 8.4, the

[1:25:13] precise plan 2024. One to review the site plan, architecture

[1:25:19] and other features associated with a proposed Northcay Gonzalez market

[1:25:23] and remodel of an existing commercial building on 4.7 acres

[1:25:27] located on 6th Street, Bell Avenue and Main Street. Ms.

[1:25:31] Edwards, are there any speaker cards or written comments from

[1:25:33] the public mayor we did not receive any written comments

[1:25:35] for the item, but we. Do have one speaker card.

[1:25:37] Okay, let's go ahead and bring up the speaker card.

[1:25:39] The speaker. To the point that I made

[1:25:49] last time, that nothing was leveled up, nothing was improved.

[1:25:56] The part about. This particular section that just chaps my

[1:26:01] ass and really says, what's going on down. Here. Is

[1:26:04] the fact that you are deliberately running a truck route

[1:26:07] through a neighborhood. You're going to have eight to 15

[1:26:12] trips a day. Once the store is in a regular

[1:26:15] operation. Probably way more than that. While it's being built

[1:26:19] while it's being stocked. And. I challenge you. Would any

[1:26:24] of you approve a truck route through your own neighborhood?

[1:26:28] To illustrate the point, I thought I would bring kind

[1:26:31] of a visual aid, maybe an oral aid. I guess

[1:26:34] to know what you're going to subject this neighborhood to.

[1:26:38] Ten plus times a day, so you might want to

[1:26:41] cover your ears. I'm giving you a fair warning. Cover

[1:26:45] your ears.

[1:27:13] Morgan. You're going to beep for a minute and 30

[1:27:17] seconds. I've got a minute and 30 seconds ago. Yeah,

[1:27:26] that truck driver probably would get in trouble. Long backup.

[1:27:35] Thank you, Mr. Morgan. We appreciate you making the point.

[1:27:39] Thank you. If you wouldn't approve that in your neighborhood.

[1:27:45] If you don't think that's acceptable in your neighborhood to

[1:27:48] have semi trucks backing up down your street. You shouldn't

[1:27:52] do it on Fourth street and Bell. You shouldn't. Do

[1:27:54] it to them. I remember when Fullerton and Ontario was

[1:27:59] developed, the city made them go to the neighborhood. They

[1:28:03] moved the store. They twisted the store. They put the

[1:28:06] loading docks on the other side. They moved them away

[1:28:08] from the houses. They didn't run them down a residential

[1:28:13] street. So when they were messing around with the Green

[1:28:17] river thing, that's the neighborhood that the planning commissioners live

[1:28:20] in. So, do you see the difference? When everybody just

[1:28:27] comes in and says, well, It's tight. It's a challenging

[1:28:30] situation. It's not challenging for you, you just get to

[1:28:33] vote for it and the neighbors down there get to

[1:28:35] deal with it. They will. Literally have semi trucks backing

[1:28:38] up down their street multiple times a day. If you

[1:28:41] don't. Have a problem with it. That says a lot

[1:28:43] about you. You could talk about being from downtown. You

[1:28:48] don't give a shit. About downtown. Thank you, Mr. Morgan.

[1:28:52] Okay. And I believe we have the applicant here. Would

[1:28:54] you like to come up and make some? Remarks. We

[1:28:58] also have staff that are ready to introduce them with

[1:29:00] the presentation. Oh, there's a presentation? I didn't think there

[1:29:03] was. Okay, then. Actually, let's have the presentation. So. Sorry.

[1:29:33] Good evening, mayor, members of the council. I'm just going

[1:29:39] to go through my presentation. And take us to the

[1:29:43] site plan, which is associated with item 8.4, which is

[1:29:46] the precise plan that's being reviewed right now. So this

[1:29:51] is an exhibit showing the site layout of the Northgate

[1:29:55] project that is the subject. Of this item. Just to

[1:30:01] orient yourself. So on the left side, that's 6th street,

[1:30:05] and on the south. That's main street. And then at

[1:30:07] the top of that image, that's bell Avenue. The development

[1:30:11] side is. 4.70 acres overall. The north skate market is

[1:30:17] proposed on the right hand side of this image. That

[1:30:20] would be the northern portion of the site. The building

[1:30:23] is 40,000 sqft. In size. Right behind that building is

[1:30:27] their loading area. The site does. Abut existing residential properties

[1:30:33] immediately to the north. And so I do want to

[1:30:36] go over what some of the things that the applicant

[1:30:39] will be doing to help mitigate some of that noise.

[1:30:41] And just screen this development from those existing or residential

[1:30:44] uses. So the applicant will be constructing a six foot

[1:30:49] high block wall along that shared property line. Between this

[1:30:53] site and the existing residences to the north. In addition

[1:30:57] to that, they will be installing a line of trees

[1:31:00] along that same perimeter. And so the block wall, in

[1:31:04] combination with the landscaping, will help not only screen this

[1:31:07] development from the residential land uses, but also to provide

[1:31:11] that buffer to help mitigate any potential noise. The development

[1:31:16] has a total of five vehicle entrances. One is located

[1:31:20] on Main street, one on six. And three on Bell

[1:31:24] Avenue. The entrance on Main Street. That is designed to

[1:31:30] align with the existing entrance for the Corona mall that's

[1:31:34] located directly across the street on the east side of

[1:31:37] Main Street. That entrance will also be shared with the

[1:31:42] parcel. That's not a part of this development. That parcel

[1:31:46] is under separate ownership. At the top left corner, right

[1:31:52] there, that is the former Citizens bank that's currently vacant.

[1:31:55] Right now. With this development. The applicant will be remodeling

[1:32:01] that building to accommodate two future tenants. One will be

[1:32:04] a bank and the other will be a future restaurant.

[1:32:08] And in the middle of this development is the proposed

[1:32:10] parking lot. Those parking spaces will be shared among the

[1:32:14] tenants within this development. With respect to public improvements, the

[1:32:20] applicant is required to install a traffic signal at the

[1:32:24] Main street. Entrance right there at that intersection. In addition,

[1:32:30] They will be. Widening Main street, the portion of Main

[1:32:33] street that abuts the project site. As well as doing

[1:32:37] some restribing to include a designated. Bright term that would

[1:32:41] allow for vehicles to turn to the project site.

[1:32:54] This image here shows the truck route for Northgate's delivery

[1:32:59] trucks. The truck routes are anticipated to come off of

[1:33:04] the 91 freeway. They would travel southbound on main. Street.

[1:33:08] They would swing right onto 6th street, make another ride

[1:33:11] onto bell, and then they would access the back of

[1:33:14] the property from Bell Avenue. If the council has any

[1:33:18] questions regarding the track access. Or the track route. We're

[1:33:22] more than happy to answer those questions at the end

[1:33:23] of this presentation. The next four slides contain renderings of

[1:33:33] the development after it's built, and they are showing the

[1:33:36] development from different angles, from the different views of the

[1:33:40] surrounding streets. So on this one, here. This is from

[1:33:43] the main street entrance. As you can see, the architecture

[1:33:47] includes spanish elements, and this design does comply with the

[1:33:52] design guidelines. And are adopted downtown corona robotization specific plan.

[1:33:58] This is a view from Bell street, and this shows

[1:34:01] the rear and side of the Northgate. Market. In this

[1:34:08] image here, you can also see the block wall that's

[1:34:11] proposed along that shared property line adjacent to the existing

[1:34:14] residences, as well as the line of trees that the

[1:34:16] applicant will be constructing with this development. And this view

[1:34:23] is from the southbound lanes on Main street. And this

[1:34:26] shows the east side of the Northgate market. And this

[1:34:34] here shows the development from the corner of Six and

[1:34:37] Bell. And this would be the newly remodeled Citizen bank

[1:34:41] building. Stef is recommending that the council approves the items

[1:34:46] that are over the precise plan. That's being presented before

[1:34:48] you tonight. Is there any questions? I'm available for any

[1:34:56] questions. And the applicants team is here as well, thank

[1:34:58] you. Thank you, Ms. Vanyan. This is the presentation that

[1:35:01] was on item 8.2 I apologize. Since we didn't ask

[1:35:05] for the report. We should have done that earlier. But

[1:35:06] I appreciate it. Thank you very much. Okay, so thank

[1:35:10] you for that presentation. We have the applicant. Would the

[1:35:13] applicant like to make any? Remarks. Good

[1:35:22] evening. My name is Michelle Gonzalez, and I am. Proud

[1:35:28] to represent third generation of the Northgate market family. I

[1:35:31] want to sincerely thank you for the opportunity to present

[1:35:34] our project and for allowing us the chance to become

[1:35:38] the part of the Corona community. I have been blessed

[1:35:41] to be involved with this project since 2019, when we

[1:35:44] first acquired the first property. Over the years, I have

[1:35:48] closely followed the city of Corona and haven't been inspired.

[1:35:52] The strong presence of family owned businesses. That truly care

[1:35:57] about their community. Like many of them, Northgate Market is

[1:35:59] a family owned business. Built on a long term commitment,

[1:36:03] shared values, and a deep sense of responsibility to the

[1:36:05] neighborhoods we serve. We believe in putting our family, our

[1:36:10] associates and our community first. That that commitment is reflected

[1:36:15] through the outreach efforts, including Christmas toy giveaways. Food distribution

[1:36:21] held focus community events, scholarships to our associates and our

[1:36:25] community. We anticipate approximately 250 total hires for the corona

[1:36:31] residents as part of this project. We personally delivered information

[1:36:37] to the residents on Bell Avenue, Third Street, Fourth street

[1:36:41] and Washburn and I was honored to meet several community

[1:36:45] members who share their thoughts and hope with us. On

[1:36:50] opening day, our amazing associates prepare to welcome the neighbors.

[1:36:55] But it is when the first customer walks through the

[1:36:57] doors that the stores truly comes to life. That is

[1:37:00] when the heart begins to be because our customers and

[1:37:04] our community are the sole of our store we look

[1:37:07] forward to serving. Corona for generations to. Come and become

[1:37:11] a trusted, contributing member of this community. Thank you. Did

[1:37:17] you have anything to add? Well, we are thrilled to

[1:37:20] have you. Thank you so much for coming. And making

[1:37:23] those comments. And I know for a fact that Northgate

[1:37:27] market is always an asset. To the communities, wherever you

[1:37:29] all are. You invest? You hire local? And you stick

[1:37:36] to your authentic roots, and we just read deeply. I

[1:37:39] deeply appreciate that. I'm. Very excited to have you here.

[1:37:41] I know I can speak for others. I know that.

[1:37:45] Northgate. Did you guys have a video that you'd wanted

[1:37:46] to show? You have a bit. You do? Okay. Yeah,

[1:37:49] sure. Let's go ahead and have that. Great story begins

[1:37:55] with family. For the Gonzalez family, that story starts in

[1:37:59] Halo Sotitlan Aliso. A place rooted in Faye hard work

[1:38:03] and the belief that together, anything is possible in the

[1:38:06] 1950s and 60s, Don Miguel Gonzalez was a proud shoe

[1:38:09] merchant in Mexico. But after a devastating factory fire and

[1:38:13] mounting financial. Hardship, the family made a brave choice, a

[1:38:17] leap of faith that would change their future forever. Don

[1:38:20] Miguel brought two of his youngest sons to the United

[1:38:23] States to rebuild their lives. Donna Teresa stayed behind raising

[1:38:27] the rest of their nine children. Resilience, resolve, faith. These

[1:38:31] values became the foundation of everything that came next. In

[1:38:35] 1980, with the family reunited, they took a courageous leap

[1:38:39] of faith and converted a small liquor store in Anaheim

[1:38:42] into a grocery market. They couldn't even afford any sign.

[1:38:45] So the name Northgate stayed. One store, 13 siblings, no

[1:38:50] employees, only family. From that humble beginning, a dream began.

[1:38:53] To grow one. Store at a time. Today, Northgate Gonzalez

[1:38:58] Market operates 45 stores across Southern California, employing more than

[1:39:02] 8000 associates and serving hundreds of thousands of customers every

[1:39:06] week. But the true success of Northgate it's not just

[1:39:08] in the business growth, it's in the impact on people.

[1:39:11] Every new Northgate market brings something powerful to a neighborhood

[1:39:15] more. Than 250 new jobs, access to fresh, authentic mexican

[1:39:19] foods, ingredients sourced from Mexico, prepared with tradition and the

[1:39:24] shopping experience that feels like home, warm welcome and treat

[1:39:28] it with respect. For more than 45 years, the Gonzalez

[1:39:31] family has believed that success means giving back. When Northgate

[1:39:35] market open. Opens a new store. It partners with clinics,

[1:39:38] hospitals, schools and nonprofits to provide mammograms flu clinics, chronic

[1:39:42] illness screenings, nutrition classes and healthy cooking demos through the

[1:39:46] Gonzalez Reynoso Family foundation. Students across Southern California receive scholarships

[1:39:52] and support to pursue their dreams. And every year Northgate

[1:39:55] market. Helps thousands of families through food distributions. Five k

[1:39:59] races and its beloved Santa toy drive now nearly 30

[1:40:03] years strong. Because at Northgate Gonzalez market, faith, education and

[1:40:07] wellness aren't just corporate. Pillars. They are a promise as

[1:40:11] a proudly family owned business now led by second and

[1:40:15] third generation brothers and. Sisters. Northgate Gonzalez Market continues to

[1:40:19] grow, expanding into new neighborhoods, creating new opportunities and uplifting

[1:40:24] the communities we call home. From one small storm to

[1:40:27] a legacy of service, from a family dream. To a

[1:40:30] force for good. Northgate Gonzalez market is more than a

[1:40:33] grocery store. It's a community partner, a place. Of culture

[1:40:37] and a gateway to opportunity. Northgate Gonzalez Market. Proudly serving

[1:40:42] our communities. Yesterday, today and for generations to come. That's

[1:40:47] beautiful. A lot to be proud of. A lot to

[1:40:51] show for it. Thank you. So much. Thanks for bringing

[1:40:54] the family to Corona. I know it's been a long

[1:40:56] process. But we appreciate it. And we can't wait to

[1:41:02] have you as part of the downtown. Thank you so

[1:41:04] much. Okay, so do we have a motion? I'd love

[1:41:08] to move on this item is there. A second. Sorry.

[1:41:13] I'm so excited about it. I was like, let's move

[1:41:16] through. But, yes, my colleagues questions, comments go ahead, Tom.

[1:41:20] Go ahead, Tony. Having grown up in Anaheim and being

[1:41:25] very familiar with the Northgate market, I'm super. Excited to

[1:41:27] see them not only come to Corona, obviously they're expanding

[1:41:30] into the inland Empire. But what? A great family story

[1:41:36] that they have. Candidly, I don't know how they get

[1:41:39] anything done with 13 or 14 family members. All running

[1:41:42] the business. That just seems to me. Like a recipe

[1:41:47] for disaster, but they're able to get it done. So

[1:41:49] what a testament. To that family. I've seen them open

[1:41:52] locations all throughout the Southland, and they are genuine. In

[1:41:56] their commitment to partner with the community. So something that

[1:41:59] I'm very excited for. It's a beautiful facility. I'm excited

[1:42:02] that. They're going to come here to Corona. So thank

[1:42:06] you for investing in our community and that's going to

[1:42:09] be a welcome addition to not only our community, but

[1:42:11] to that corner. As well, so thank you. Ditto. Thank

[1:42:13] you, Tony. Tom. Yeah. I had the chance to go

[1:42:18] Walk Bell street and talk with the neighbors. I went

[1:42:21] house to house and gave him my business card. And

[1:42:24] overwhelmingly, every one of them said thank you to Northgate

[1:42:27] for sending them a letter in. English and Spanish and

[1:42:30] that. It's going to be meeting with them. And then

[1:42:34] second, they're all excited for the project. They can't wait

[1:42:36] for it. To show up. They said it's going to

[1:42:39] clean up the area. They're not going to have to

[1:42:41] go far for shopping. A little jealous on that. And

[1:42:47] I'm just really happy about this project coming. I feel

[1:42:50] like they followed our downtown. Design guidelines. And I'd also

[1:42:53] like to give a shout out to Mr. Hemley, who.

[1:42:57] Owns the building on the corner because he's gone out

[1:42:59] of his way to cooperate with Northgate and to work

[1:43:02] with them and help. Proceed that press forward. And so

[1:43:06] I'd like to, as an ex, Will representative of District

[1:43:11] three in the downtown. I really want to thank him

[1:43:13] for doing that and with that. I'm excited for Northgate.

[1:43:16] Thank you, mayor. Thanks, Tom. Jim. Yeah, I just. Wanted

[1:43:20] to welcome you to Corona. We're really happy to have

[1:43:21] you, so thank you. I just wanted to thank you.

[1:43:27] I know. I'm familiar as well. And normally, I would

[1:43:31] say in normal situations, and this is not normal right

[1:43:35] now. And that normally you would do a big outreach.

[1:43:40] Larger in person. Big gathering, outreach to the folks that

[1:43:44] live in the neighborhood. I know that. The reasons why

[1:43:47] you didn't do that, and I appreciate the fact that

[1:43:49] you went back. And did it. After the planning commission,

[1:43:52] you said you would do it. You've done it. I'm

[1:43:54] really happy to hear that councilor Richens went and did

[1:43:57] that as well. And I have heard the same that

[1:44:00] folks are really excited about coming down. I took my

[1:44:03] wife over to the Northgate market in Riverside. And had

[1:44:07] her try some of the tamales. And my cuban wife

[1:44:11] was very impressed, in fact. She went back twice to

[1:44:15] get. To get more, and she keeps asking me when

[1:44:18] you're. Going to start and when you're going to open.

[1:44:21] So I'm excited for you being down there. Excited so

[1:44:23] much. I want to thank you. For the investment downtown.

[1:44:26] This is a major step in what we want to

[1:44:29] see downtown and the investment there. And I know that

[1:44:33] wasn't easy. You guys have spent a long time and

[1:44:36] a lot. Of money getting to this point, and we

[1:44:38] are so excited, and I can tell you that everybody

[1:44:40] I talk to. If I mention, like, I think I

[1:44:43] posted something about. Just a business that was struggling that

[1:44:47] didn't get a lot of folks to come in. And

[1:44:51] the third comment was, when is Northgate opening? So thank

[1:44:55] you and welcome and looking forward to your grand opening.

[1:45:01] And I know you're going to be a wonderful member

[1:45:02] of the community, so thank you. So much. Yes, everyone

[1:45:05] has said it so. So well, a lot of halos

[1:45:07] pride too. Thank you so. Much. We're excited to have

[1:45:09] you here. And with that, can I get a second

[1:45:12] on? The motion. Okay. Second by the vice mayor. And

[1:45:17] let's go ahead and vote. Improved unanimously. Thank you so

[1:45:21] much. We appreciate you. Looking forward to Northgate. Moving on

[1:45:25] to item. Nine administrative reports. We have item 9.1 request

[1:45:34] from Vice Mayor west speak to explore cordon pricing for

[1:45:37] the Green river road Foothill Parkway corridor. I think we

[1:45:40] have Msudenyo city traffic engineer who's going to present this

[1:45:44] item. Hi. Good evening. All right, so good evening, mayor

[1:45:52] and council members. Today I'll be presenting the request from

[1:45:55] vice mayor speak to explore cordon pricing program for the

[1:45:58] Green River Road Foothill Parkway corridor I'm Rosie Reno, and

[1:46:02] with me today is. Leah Colemar, associate engineer so together,

[1:46:09] we're going to try to provide it and make it

[1:46:12] nice and brief presentation. So the purpose for this discussion

[1:46:16] is to seek your direction on whether the city should

[1:46:19] explore implementing a cordon pricing program to deter cut through

[1:46:23] traffic along Green River Road in Foothill Parkway. On October

[1:46:28] 14, 2025, Vice Mayor speak requested staff to explore this

[1:46:31] concept. The idea is to charge a fee to vehicles

[1:46:34] entering and exiting the city from the SR 91 and

[1:46:38] I 15 within a set time frame. The goal is

[1:46:40] to reduce congestion caused by motorists cutting to the corona.

[1:46:43] To avoid freeway traffic. Corona residents would be exempt from

[1:46:49] these fees. The feasibility study for the coron pricing program

[1:46:53] will check its legality along Green river and Foot Hill

[1:46:55] Parkway. And freeway connections. Monitor other city programs and find

[1:47:00] funding options from regional projects and determine potential revenue and

[1:47:03] expenses. So I'll turn it over to Leah. Hi. So

[1:47:13] I'd like to just take a couple minutes to talk

[1:47:16] about what the difference between cordon pricing and toll roads

[1:47:19] are. So cord on pricing is a dynamic based.

[1:47:29] Pricing system used during periods of heavy traffic, motorists entering

[1:47:33] and exiting a designated zone, pay a fee. It's primarily

[1:47:37] installed to manage traffic demand, reduce congestion, and improve air

[1:47:42] quality, while encouraging alternative modes of transportation to zone users.

[1:47:47] For example, New York City implemented court on pricing in

[1:47:52] 2025 for a portion of Manhattan. The zone is clearly

[1:47:56] defined. And entrance and exits into the zone have a

[1:48:00] fee collection equipment. A toll road, on the other hand,

[1:48:05] applies to specific roads, highways, bridges, tunnels. It is primarily

[1:48:12] installed to generate revenue for roadway construction, maintenance and operations.

[1:48:18] Some examples you might be familiar with are the 91

[1:48:21] Express lanes, SR 73. 17 miles pebble pebble beach and

[1:48:27] sr 241. So just to compare them side by side

[1:48:31] so we all are on the same page. The primary

[1:48:37] goal of cordon pricing is to manage traffic demand and

[1:48:40] reduce congestion, emissions and noise. In specific dense urban areas

[1:48:45] where toll road aims to generate revenue for the construction,

[1:48:48] maintenance and operations of the segment. The area of effect

[1:48:52] for cordon pricing is more of a zone boundary where

[1:48:55] a toll applies to. A specific road, and drivers pay

[1:48:58] for the privilege of using that road. The fee structure

[1:49:02] for court on pricing typically has different fees for entering

[1:49:05] that zone at specific times of day and the toll

[1:49:07] road is a fee for a distance travel. For a

[1:49:11] specific time of day. Examples of fully implemented cord on

[1:49:15] pricing programs are currently only international, such as London, Stockholm

[1:49:19] and Singapore. Toll roads can be found internationally as well

[1:49:24] as all over the United States. Potential impacts of cordon

[1:49:28] pricing include the encouragement of public transit, cycling, and walking

[1:49:33] within the city center, while a toll road provides a

[1:49:35] potentially faster travel option to get from point a to

[1:49:39] point b. Now I'd like to explore some of the

[1:49:43] preliminary. Review that I've done of a couple of case

[1:49:49] studies. In san francisco, la metro and new york city.

[1:49:55] San Francisco. The study is currently on pause. They has

[1:49:59] a various fee structure to look at. And the study.

[1:50:05] The reason why it's been paused is they've stated in

[1:50:08] light. Of the changing in fluid conditions surrounding traffic conditions

[1:50:12] and transit use. And if this program ends up going

[1:50:16] through, they have a five year phased approach. But again,

[1:50:21] It's still being reviewed. Another case study is Los Angeles.

[1:50:28] They are refining concepts with three different. Potential options. They're

[1:50:33] getting feedback from. The community. To see how everybody is

[1:50:40] feeling about that. And they're forecasted to open in 2028.

[1:50:45] For new york. That was actually implemented in early 2025.

[1:50:53] They have a various fee structure and they are currently

[1:50:58] in phase one of. A long process to fully implement

[1:51:02] by 2031. This program actually has various lawsuits against. Congestion

[1:51:10] pricing, and it's currently in review by the courts. One

[1:51:14] involving the current federal administration. There's a few case studies

[1:51:19] around the world. And this image just shows you existing.

[1:51:30] Pricing systems and other places that are considering or that

[1:51:34] have implemented it. So what does court on pricing look

[1:51:39] like in Corona? The concept involves installing toll collection equipment.

[1:51:50] In strategic locations where drivers commonly enter the city to

[1:51:53] avoid freeway congestion. These include primarily the Green River. And

[1:51:59] surface club on ramps, as well as ramps near the

[1:52:02] southern end of the city, including Magnolia Avenue, Ontario Avenue

[1:52:05] and Foothill Parkway. As noted earlier, vice mayors speak envision.

[1:52:11] An exception to Corona residents. So some factors to consider

[1:52:15] before looking into this type of program, some legal considerations,

[1:52:20] federal restrictions on tolling highways may require. Possible legislation. Further

[1:52:27] investigation from a procure consultant and the city's legal team

[1:52:30] will be needed. A strong public transportation system and infrastructure.

[1:52:35] Our public transit system is limited compared to the cities

[1:52:38] with successful programs. So that is something we would have

[1:52:41] to consider. Robust fee to collection technology. And fee collection

[1:52:48] systems are essential. The city would need to partner with

[1:52:51] a vendor capable of identifying vehicles and verifying resident exemptions.

[1:52:56] Number four corridor versus zone. Unlike a downtown zone, Green

[1:53:00] River Road and Foothorkway is a corridor, making enforcement complex.

[1:53:05] Determining which access points trigger fees will require careful planning

[1:53:08] to avoid unintended impacts to our residents and our adjacent

[1:53:12] roadways. Economic impact. Reduced pass through traffic can negatively affect

[1:53:16] our local businesses. Financial sustainability and pricing schedule that advances

[1:53:25] equity. Full exemptions for residents may struggle to self support

[1:53:30] this program. Other cities typically offer partial discounts rather than

[1:53:34] full exemptions and coordination. Collaboration with Caltrans and neighboring agencies

[1:53:39] is critical. For equipment placement and regional traffic management. So

[1:53:45] today we're seeking your direction on three options. Option a,

[1:53:48] status quo. Keep no additional resources and fundings required. Option

[1:53:56] b. Option B would be wait to and observe, learn

[1:54:00] from the other cities as they're implementing. And fine tuning

[1:54:02] the programs, and we can revisit this topic later. Or

[1:54:06] option C, prepare a focus case study. This would include

[1:54:10] procuring a consultant to analyze the legality, constrictibility and strategy.

[1:54:15] Estimated cost for a study like this would be anywhere

[1:54:17] in the 300 to 600,000 range, which we do not

[1:54:20] have budget today. So, in summary, court on pricing could

[1:54:25] help reduce cut through traffic, but it has the potential

[1:54:27] to become with significant legal, financial, and operational challenges. In

[1:54:31] addition. To unintended consequences that may have an impact on

[1:54:36] our businesses and residents. We request your direction on the

[1:54:39] options presented. Thank you very much for the presentation. I'll

[1:54:43] bring it back. To my colleagues for clarifying questions. Go

[1:54:45] ahead. Yeah. Thank you. Can you go back to the

[1:54:48] decision slide. I want to describe kind of where this

[1:54:52] came from a few years ago. There was a bill

[1:54:56] that. Provided. The case that ease the options to locations

[1:55:01] in northern California, two locations in southern California and I

[1:55:05] had seen these go forward. I talked to a couple

[1:55:08] of folks in Los Angeles that were producing this, and

[1:55:11] at the time. I thought, oh, my gosh, this is

[1:55:13] crazy that you're going to have to pay. To drive

[1:55:16] downtown that I was working downtown. But as I started

[1:55:21] walking neighborhoods. In the south side of town. And when

[1:55:25] people tell me that they can't leave. Their house between

[1:55:30] two and 05:00 in the afternoon, I started thinking, well,

[1:55:33] maybe there's. A different. Could have a different idea, different

[1:55:35] plan, and I know that. Recently as part of the

[1:55:40] 91 EcOP project and the 241 91 project that we're

[1:55:44] capturing license plate data. And it got me thinking. About.

[1:55:50] Look. We can't avoid it. The state's not going to

[1:55:54] improve the freeway we've tweaked as much as we can.

[1:55:59] There may be a possibility for adding a third toll

[1:56:02] lane. But coron. Corona's surface streets. Live and die based

[1:56:09] on how well the freeway works. And we're not in

[1:56:13] control of that. We're not in control of the freeway.

[1:56:15] Investments. We're not in control of the 40,000 units that

[1:56:19] have been approved south and east of us. So I'm

[1:56:23] looking for ideas so I'm looking for ideas for finding

[1:56:25] ways to keep people on the freeway. So this idea

[1:56:29] is that 100%, knowing that right now, They're still in

[1:56:33] a case study. That project would have to go back

[1:56:36] to the legislature. To be approved. I know that. Previous

[1:56:41] counsel asked a question. Whether or not. And the answer

[1:56:44] came back that although the city didn't own the roads,

[1:56:47] and frankly, the city doesn't. No city owns any roads

[1:56:50] because. They own them, but they are all funded by

[1:56:53] gas tax and all other fun stuff, so there's always

[1:56:55] commingling. But with this case study and the possibility of

[1:56:58] this becoming a law. I want to be in a

[1:57:01] position that if something changes. That we put a flag

[1:57:06] in the ground to try and find a way to

[1:57:08] make this work. So I'm not in favor of. Preparing

[1:57:12] a case study because I think right now there's still

[1:57:14] a lot of things up. In the air. But I

[1:57:16] do want to keep this open as an idea because

[1:57:18] we need to. Find other tools. And grasping at straws

[1:57:23] because we only have so many tools. Between. AI, traffic

[1:57:28] signals and all the other tweaks that we're doing, we

[1:57:32] have to have some other tools in our toolbox. Whether

[1:57:34] or not the legislature will let us do this. Who

[1:57:39] knows? And yes, 100%, there are a lot of. Operational

[1:57:42] questions that can come from that. But I think that

[1:57:46] as time goes on, The freeways get worse. I think

[1:57:51] we need other options. So I'm advocating for a wait

[1:57:56] and observe that we continue to watch how these other

[1:57:59] projects go that we work with Caltrans and with RCTC

[1:58:05] to keep measuring what we've said they were going to

[1:58:07] measure. I know. TCA has promised that they will compensate

[1:58:14] us if there are issues based on their project and

[1:58:17] I think we all think there will be. And whether

[1:58:18] or not that money can be used to help move

[1:58:22] this forward again, if legislatively this moved on so. This

[1:58:27] is basically a move. I see on the west side

[1:58:31] of town in the morning where. There's cars that back

[1:58:34] up on every single street. And then in the afternoon,

[1:58:37] where cars are driving down 40 miles an hour down

[1:58:40] residential streets, That's just wrong. And if we can find

[1:58:44] a way to deter that, and I think. That charging

[1:58:48] a toll to you have to do both enter and

[1:58:51] exit. Not just exit or enter. That may be a

[1:58:55] possibility in the future, but. I am fully in favor

[1:58:59] of. The weight and observe and keep our options open

[1:59:02] to see if we can plan a flag in the

[1:59:04] ground for something that could come forward. Thank you, Vice

[1:59:07] mayor. I wanted to first start with clarifying questions because

[1:59:10] I do want to go to the public. On comments

[1:59:12] on this, but do you all have any clarifying questions?

[1:59:15] Comments? Yeah, I think we all do. So we'll come

[1:59:17] back for comments. Go ahead and take a seat. We're

[1:59:21] going to take some public comments. Thank you so much.

[1:59:26] Miss Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public

[1:59:28] on this item? Yes, we have three speaker cards for

[1:59:30] this item. Okay, come on down. Speakers. Hi again. I'm

[1:59:35] not smart enough to know anything about this. If I'm

[1:59:43] speaking. I wish whoever does the PowerPoint would make the

[1:59:49] letters big enough. And the contrast sufficient so that those

[1:59:54] of us sitting in the room can read the damn

[1:59:57] thing. Thank you. Noted. Thank you, Mr. Fuller.

[2:00:07] To back up Mr. Fuller. I'm going to be turned

[2:00:16] 60 next month. And, yeah, I cannot see them at

[2:00:21] all. And I got brand new glasses on, so please

[2:00:25] let's make sure that we can see anything that's up

[2:00:27] there. I'm just going to give you some public notes

[2:00:31] on this. I think it should be b or a.

[2:00:37] I was reading in the staff report, and it still

[2:00:39] has in here. Regarding the fee exception currently recommended by

[2:00:44] vice mayor speak other cities use a 50% or less

[2:00:47] discount. I think we need to pull everything out of

[2:00:51] that. Except for that residents aren't going to be charged.

[2:00:54] And there's a caveat in there that while this might

[2:00:57] not make financial sense if we don't do that. Well,

[2:01:00] then hang it. We shouldn't do it because. I shouldn't

[2:01:04] be charged to drive on my own streets. And if

[2:01:06] I want to use that shortcut. It's my street. It's

[2:01:10] their street. It's our street. We should be able to

[2:01:14] use it however we want because we live here. And

[2:01:17] if I want to take green, river to Ontario, then

[2:01:20] I should. So that's my opinion on that. I don't

[2:01:24] think that I should be charged. To drive in my

[2:01:25] own city because I pay a lot of taxes here

[2:01:29] and I pay a lot of fees here, and I

[2:01:31] think that that's only fair. Now, the other thing that

[2:01:34] I would bring up on this is that. I don't

[2:01:38] see this as something we should be spending three or

[2:01:40] $600,000. On down the road either. We've already done studies

[2:01:44] on this. We've already had two surveys done. We know.

[2:01:47] About where we need to be on this. So I

[2:01:49] think when we get to the point that we're ready

[2:01:51] to do this if we get to that point. I

[2:01:55] don't see us having to spend this ton of money

[2:01:57] on that. I think it should be spent on whatever

[2:01:59] group is going to come in and implement this for

[2:02:01] us and put in the polling pieces at the end.

[2:02:04] The toll booths or whatever we're going to use. And

[2:02:08] finally. I don't see this as being workable, because I

[2:02:12] think if we say, okay, well. You can't take foothill.

[2:02:16] They're just going to use other areas. And where? I

[2:02:18] live in district three, 9th in Howard. To your point,

[2:02:23] Wes in the morning. They're still blasting through there at

[2:02:27] 40 miles an hour because they want to bypass six.

[2:02:29] They want to bypass everything. They want to get to

[2:02:32] the end of the street, and they want to jump

[2:02:33] back on 6th and take the freeway and grab that

[2:02:35] entrance. Nothing is going to stop. That unless we do

[2:02:38] it for every road in town, which is impossible. So

[2:02:42] I don't see this as being something that's viable. Could

[2:02:46] perhaps the corridor reduce that or encourage people to use

[2:02:50] the corridor and pay for it instead. Of everything else.

[2:02:54] Maybe. But I think the majority of people are going

[2:02:57] to just go, I'm just going to find another route.

[2:03:01] And this is going to be a waste of half

[2:03:02] a million dollars or whatever it's going to be. And

[2:03:05] we're still going to have the same idiots racing down

[2:03:07] our streets. The only answer there is enforcement. CPD does

[2:03:10] a great job, but we need to give them the

[2:03:12] resources. Instead of this. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, next

[2:03:18] speaker. You're getting old, Chris. It's interesting because I remember

[2:03:25] when Foothill opened, it was supposed to take traffic off.

[2:03:29] Of Ontario. And now it's the traffic source, it's the

[2:03:37] problem. I see in the morning sometimes going westbound. It's

[2:03:42] kind of crowded. It's crowded by the high schools, mostly

[2:03:44] because of the high school. It seems like all these

[2:03:48] bad decisions between 6th Street. And this is all driven

[2:03:55] by this weird sort of, almost like a junior xenophobic

[2:03:59] kind. Of. Oh, it's the outsiders. It's the cut through

[2:04:02] people. Every city in Southern California is next to another

[2:04:05] city in Southern California. That's how it works. All the

[2:04:09] way from the beach, all the way back out to.

[2:04:12] San Bernardino. Every city is next to another city. Everybody

[2:04:16] cuts through some city to get to some. Other city,

[2:04:18] but every presentation I've ever heard seems like it's pretty

[2:04:21] insignificant number. Of people. That traverse the city just to

[2:04:25] get to another city entirely. Who you're talking about. Are

[2:04:30] my friends that live in El Serrito who work on

[2:04:34] 6th street and drive del Serrito. I guess technically they're

[2:04:36] not corona people. There's still local members of the community.

[2:04:41] They work here. The kids go to school here. They

[2:04:43] pay taxes here even if they don't live in the

[2:04:45] city limits. They use our utilities. They're part of the

[2:04:49] community. Who the hell are you talking about? Who's the

[2:04:52] cut through people? It's like this unicorn person that somebody

[2:04:57] lives down in Myrietta who's calculated it out, they could

[2:05:00] save 30 seconds taking foothill. So they're going to exit.

[2:05:03] And then cut. Through. Good luck in the afternoon. You're

[2:05:08] almost better off on the 91 and the 15. And

[2:05:11] every one of these little stunts just throws the traffic

[2:05:14] somewhere else. It just throws it onto another street. So

[2:05:19] you charge people to drive on Foothill? They're. Going to

[2:05:22] end up back on Ontario. I thought the whole point

[2:05:24] of Plevin Fodill was to take people off Ontario. At

[2:05:27] least that's what the stated purpose was. At the time.

[2:05:31] It's almost like this is a stunt for an election

[2:05:32] year. It's almost like. You want to be seen talking

[2:05:36] about traffic. It's almost that way. I think generally we

[2:05:42] agree on more than we disagree more than we disagree

[2:05:45] on a lot of things. But this is just. You

[2:05:49] can see it. It's just all the red lights flashing

[2:05:51] about. This as just being a stupid idea. Thank you

[2:05:53] very much. Thank you. Are there any other speaker? Cards

[2:05:56] for this item. Mayor, we do not have any more

[2:05:59] speaker cards. Okay, let's bring it back up to the

[2:06:02] dice. My colleagues on comments. Go ahead. Thank you, mayor.

[2:06:09] I actually think this is a fantastic idea. I love

[2:06:11] the fact of making anybody that's driving. From. Driving northbound

[2:06:17] on the 15 from anywhere south of Corona that wants

[2:06:21] to cut through on Foothill. And to the 91 freeway

[2:06:26] that we charge them for it. I love the fact

[2:06:28] that we were thinking about that. We are thinking about

[2:06:32] this as let's wait and see. When Ms. Rosie has

[2:06:35] to go international to find other people that are doing

[2:06:38] this. While I appreciate it. That's probably not very helpful,

[2:06:42] but I like the fact that there are people in

[2:06:44] northern California that are thinking about this. And let's let

[2:06:47] them be the guinea pig, and let's let them go

[2:06:49] through. All the lawsuits and figure out how this is

[2:06:51] going to work. But I do have concerns that people

[2:06:54] are just going to. Obviously go three exits or four

[2:06:58] exits and weave their way through regular streets of Corona.

[2:07:01] So how do we make it painful for them? I

[2:07:04] want them off of foothill. And if they really. Want

[2:07:06] to do it? Let's charge them for it. Keep that

[2:07:09] money here in the city. And keep it free of

[2:07:11] congestion for our residents. But it's almost like we have

[2:07:15] to do. This pass through pricing, cordon pricing for all

[2:07:20] of corona to make it so painful that they just

[2:07:23] stay on the freeway, right? Because I don't want to

[2:07:26] burden any other street with people that are like, well,

[2:07:31] I'm going to not pay to go on foothill, so

[2:07:32] I'll just drive. Through neighborhoods, which is naturally what they're

[2:07:35] going to do. They're just going to try and figure

[2:07:37] out another way, so I don't want to burden any

[2:07:39] other streets. So we would have to figure out a

[2:07:43] way to just make all of corona cord on pricing.

[2:07:46] If you get off the freeway, don't start any rumors.

[2:07:50] I think that's the idea. It's not about a street.

[2:07:54] It's about if you exit and you enter and exit.

[2:07:58] So it wouldn't matter what street you went on, so

[2:08:00] it wouldn't push people. To any other street. I talked

[2:08:02] to a resident that lives on Ontario and was worried

[2:08:05] that he was going to get saddled again with what

[2:08:08] was going on before foothill. I said the idea would

[2:08:11] be to keep people on the street. If you got

[2:08:13] off the freeway, you would not. Be charged. If you

[2:08:15] got off the freeway and on the freeway, you would

[2:08:17] be charged. So you have to hit both gates in

[2:08:20] order to be charged. So again, the idea is to

[2:08:24] wait and see how this works out. And monitor the

[2:08:28] situation. We have good street light data now that we're

[2:08:31] going to be keeping track of, especially as these two

[2:08:35] huge projects are going to impact the city of Corona.

[2:08:39] There's no if, ands or buts about it. All the

[2:08:40] designs, all the modeling says this will impact corona period.

[2:08:46] There's not a guess. So it's going to happen. So

[2:08:49] I want to have, like I said, another tool in

[2:08:51] the toolbox. Yeah, let's. Let somebody else deal with the

[2:08:53] lawsuits, and then once they figure all that out, let's

[2:08:56] wait and see and see how we can make it

[2:08:58] work for corona, if it works at all. Thanks. Council

[2:09:01] member Richard thank you, mayor. I'm still convinced that the

[2:09:06] toll road project. Back in 2014 through 16 through whenever.

[2:09:13] It's probably the worst project that ever happened to our

[2:09:15] city, so I'm very anti till roads, but. I also

[2:09:21] do like to learn about options, and I'm wait and

[2:09:23] see. I just don't like toll roads. But if there's

[2:09:27] a point in time. And it's in the future where

[2:09:30] it's a tool that we need, then let that council.

[2:09:34] Deal with it then. But I still enjoyed learning about

[2:09:39] it. And I do like to have tools. Thank you.

[2:09:43] Thank you, mayor. Do you preferably the yellow kind? Go

[2:09:47] ahead. Council member Sainer. Well, I made a few notes.

[2:09:53] So I am concerned about the business impact. What if

[2:09:56] I'm coming back to Corona or wherever I'm going to,

[2:09:59] and I. Want to get off the freeway and grab

[2:10:01] a burger at McDonald's and get back on. The freeway.

[2:10:03] While I'm not going to probably do that, So that's

[2:10:07] affecting our businesses. What about deliveries? All the deliveries that

[2:10:12] come into corona to deliver to Northgate or wherever else.

[2:10:17] I just think there's too much to. If you have

[2:10:19] to explain it too much? It's not. Probably a good

[2:10:23] project to do. I'm not willing to spend that. Much

[2:10:26] money to do it, to study it further right now.

[2:10:30] I am worried about traffic being diverted back on Ontario.

[2:10:33] I talked to a former public works for Cronin, who

[2:10:36] lives on West Ontario, and he was like, oh, man,

[2:10:39] we can't. Divert traffic back to Ontario, because I think

[2:10:43] most of us have lived through that. And remember what

[2:10:45] that was like people literally not being able to get

[2:10:48] out of the driveways that lived on. West ontario. Yeah.

[2:10:52] I mean, the studies, San Francisco, New York, Los Angeles,

[2:10:55] weren't none of that. So I'm option a, do not

[2:11:00] proceed. Which is not really much different than option b.

[2:11:03] Because I think what's going to happen is when the

[2:11:06] different AI technologies come out there's. Going to be maybe

[2:11:09] some. Opportunities to say, oh, that is so much better

[2:11:14] than what we were talking about, maybe doing years. Ago,

[2:11:18] so I'm option a. Do not proceed. Thank you. I

[2:11:22] should have said this earlier. I'm so sorry. Thank you

[2:11:24] for noting the text. We will work on that. Also,

[2:11:28] there's QR codes. If ever. You're sitting there and you

[2:11:32] want to check out the agenda. You can also get

[2:11:36] access to the PowerPoints on your phones and zoom in,

[2:11:38] zoom out. So that's an option, but no. We'll work

[2:11:41] on the tech size. So I want to say that

[2:11:44] I appreciate. The exercise. In exploration, I think often. These

[2:11:53] spaces can feel. A little scary. And so you have

[2:11:57] councils that aren't willing to even have conversations like. This.

[2:12:00] And so I appreciate that. We have a process where

[2:12:04] any council member can propose a future. Agenda item, they

[2:12:08] get a majority of the council to say, yeah, I

[2:12:10] want to explore it further. And then we're at today,

[2:12:14] and then we can get a presentation, and then we

[2:12:16] can. Actually decide whether or not we're going to move

[2:12:18] forward. So I appreciate that process. I think it's healthy.

[2:12:21] I think it's good for democracy. And so I want

[2:12:23] to say thank you. For this exercise. I will say,

[2:12:27] though, that. I also understand. That population growth or really

[2:12:33] population concentration and where the state is heading with its

[2:12:36] regulation. And its lack of support for further infrastructure. It's

[2:12:42] a real problem. And I know that there's development happening

[2:12:44] in outside cities. I'm not so sure about this as

[2:12:48] the solution. And it's interesting because we had a presentation.

[2:12:54] From Chris Gray from WRCOG, and he was talking about

[2:12:56] transportation and saying, actually, The problem is you're not using

[2:13:01] your streets. Using the freeway, so I find that contradictory.

[2:13:06] Anyway. I don't see how we could actually implement this.

[2:13:10] I think. This isn't worth further exploring, but I do

[2:13:15] appreciate. Having the exercise. So I'm option a as well,

[2:13:20] with the understanding that wes, if something. Does come up.

[2:13:24] You're going to put it on the future agenda item

[2:13:25] we're going to have a discussion about it, so I

[2:13:28] kind of feel like the wait and see is less

[2:13:30] is going to keep us on our toes. So I'm

[2:13:32] option a because I don't want to invest any more

[2:13:34] resources, in particular your time. To any of this. So

[2:13:40] I appreciate it, but. It's a no for me. So

[2:13:44] we got an aa. You're a b and a b,

[2:13:48] but the majority says a, so that's where we have

[2:13:51] it. Majority has it. I will say thank you for

[2:13:53] considering it. It's something. That I have been working on

[2:13:55] for more than a year. I know it sounds like

[2:13:57] it's. An election thing, but I actually wrote this in

[2:13:59] March of 2020. And I've been researching this since 2023,

[2:14:06] or 20, actually, before then, that's. Why? I know if

[2:14:09] something comes up, you're going to bring. I appreciate it.

[2:14:12] I know. That with the streetlight data that we currently

[2:14:15] have and. With the money that tca. Is going to

[2:14:20] be providing us. We're going to be keeping a close

[2:14:22] eye on the folks getting off there, and we'll be

[2:14:24] able to get an idea, a little better idea. Of

[2:14:28] what that impacts really are. Pretty black and white with

[2:14:32] the numbers there, but I guess we'll find out. Yeah.

[2:14:36] Of course. If something changes, I will certainly have no

[2:14:40] hesitation to bring it back in. Make sure that it's

[2:14:43] okay, that I can bring it back, that it's. Different.

[2:14:46] Go back to the process. What's. What? I mean, I'm

[2:14:48] saying if it. Gets voted down right now. Then can

[2:14:52] that future Jen. Can I submit another future gentleman for

[2:14:54] the same thing? He just takes a vote of the

[2:14:57] council to put it back on an agenda. Okay, great.

[2:15:00] And. I was just going to say, wes, we know

[2:15:02] that traffic's been your baby for seven. Years. So we

[2:15:06] really appreciate you. Your wheel spinning in that peabrain of

[2:15:08] yours, trying to figure something out. Thank you. Thank you.

[2:15:13] Okay, moving on. Item ten, legislative matters. There are none.

[2:15:15] Item eleven, reports from boards and. Commissions 11.1 Library Board

[2:15:19] of trustees we have a receiving file, the library board

[2:15:22] of trustees report update for November eigth 2025 is someone

[2:15:27] presenting that? Mr. Ellis. The receiving file 11.1. Why does

[2:15:32] it say report update? No, it's just getting submitted. For

[2:15:36] the record. Okay. 11.2 Planning and Housing commission none. 11.3

[2:15:40] parks and recreation commission receive and file the Parks and

[2:15:42] Recreation Commission report. Update for December 9, 2025. Also on

[2:15:46] the record 11.4 regional meetings, none. Item twelve. City attorneys

[2:15:51] report and comments. Mr. Derlis, do you have any comments

[2:15:53] tonight? Thank you, city managers. Item 13. City managers report

[2:15:57] and comment. Mr. Ellis, do you have any comments? Tonight?

[2:15:59] No, mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Item 14. City council

[2:16:02] members reports and comments. Do my colleagues have any comments

[2:16:04] tonight? Seeing no. Wow. No comments from the city council.

[2:16:09] Okay. Item 15. Thank you all so much for joining

[2:16:14] us tonight. We will adjourn the next meeting. Of the

[2:16:18] current city council is on February 4, 2026, at 06:00

[2:16:21] p.m. in this room. Meeting is adjourned.

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