I call this may 21st, 2025, regular fire board,
housing successor agency, successor agency authority board,
and city council. Meeting to order. Mayor michael and mayor pro tem are excused
from tonight's meeting. Therefore, I will be presiding. I've asked councilwoman
scott to please lead us in our nation's pledge of allegiance. Thank you. Would you please stand,
put your hand over your heart and repeat after me. I pledge allegiance.
allegiance, the to the flag flag of the united states, states of america, and
to very republic for which to stands, one nation under god,
individual with whether key I justice for.
thank you very much. You may be seated. Roll call
mayor michael is excused. Mayor pro tem kennedy is excused.
council member hutchinson is present. Councilwoman scott present councilwoman
stickler, present amendments to the agenda. City clerk.
do we have any amendments to the agenda this evening? No. Council member hutchinson.
there are no amendments, but there was a revised staff report and
recommendation submitted for consent. Item d seven and
also correspondence was received for item g one.
excellent. Thank you very much. With there being no announcements or
presentations today, we will now move on to public communications. This
is the time and place for the general public to address the fire board, housing successor agency,
successor agency, public financing authority board, and city council. On any
item listed or unlisted on the agenda, comments are to be limited
to three minutes per individual. The public comment period will not exceed
one hour to the commencement of the business portion of this evening's meeting
tonight, we have three speakers and
your comment time concludes in three minutes. The first that we have
is catherine kathy carrigan, if you
please come micro done this before. Is it right up here? Come right up to the microphone here
and then you'll see a little light turn on the microphone. And you also have a timer up on the
screen. We'll let you know when you're three minutes up. Ah,
okay. Uh, good evening. Council, uh, members. My name is
kathy kerrigan. My husband and I have lived in the general area for 49 years.
we have lived in our current home in the aloma portion of rancho cucamonga for 31
years. We worked very hard to acquire our home at, and at that time
we probably bit off more than we could chew, but we wanted our children to be in the aloma
school district. We live in a wonderful neighborhood. Um,
we want it to stay that way. I think most people who live in aloma feel
the same. The situation with the tents popping up
along the two 10 corridor is unacceptable. A few months ago,
it was only one tent. Now there are more. Even if a few
of these unhoused people are decent human beings who have encountered hard times,
the fact that they're setting up tents will, will bring an influx of not so decent
humans into the area. I don't want to be afraid to go to my local markets.
I don't want to be afraid to feel unsafe. Uh, taking my 2-year-old granddaughter
to the park, I shouldn't have to feel unsafe when out and about that I'm starting to,
as leaders of our city, you all need to take steps to eliminate this
problem. Right now when we drive a fair distance away and see tent cities
that have formed in other areas, I'm sure as few as five
years ago, those areas also started with just one tent. Please
take steps now to alleviate this growing problem. Thank you for your time
very much. This is regarding the homeless enc accountants. Thank you for your comments. I'm an early riser,
so I'm going to dismiss myself. Okay, thank you. Thank you for coming this evening. Uh,
number two is wendy lopez.
you may begin when you're ready. Okay. Good evening. My name is wendy lopez and I'm
speaking tonight as a concerned resident of aloma. Please note that the views I
express are my own and those of my fellow residents and do not represent those of my
employer or professional affiliations. I am following up on concerns
that were discussed during a meeting with the city officials on may 5th, 2025.
regardless the regarding the homeless encampments located along the two 10 east
and west freeways between archibald and sapphire. While
I appreciated the opportunity to express my concerns during our meeting
and did not feel dismissed, I am disappointed to report that there has been no
follow up or visible action taken since that time. As advised,
several residents reached out to state senators, but we have yet to receive
any responses. Additionally, the encampments
located behind fort of upland and an issue we discussed have reportedly
not been addressed. Flood control was contacted last week and a service request
was submitted. The responding representative stated that they were unaware of the
encampments in that area, but assured us that the matter would be addressed.
this lack of communication and coordination among the various departments,
including rancho cucamonga, city officials, chp, rancho
cucamonga police department, and flood control is deeply concerning. There appears
to be a significant disconnect, and as residents, we are left feeling
unsupported and unsafe in our neighborhood. We have requested increased
patrols north of the two 10 freeway, yet we have not seen any measurable
improvement. The persistent presence of homeless encampments continues to contribute
to a general sense of insecurity. Residents are increasingly uncomfortable
walking in the area, and it is disheartening to feel as though these issues are not being given the
urgent attention they require. We are asking for clear, decisive
action. Encampments need to be removed and once cleared, ongoing patrols
and enforcement must be implemented to prevent the return. If
it is known that individuals return after being removed, then continuous
monitoring should be an expected part of the solution. We also recognize
that the hope team has had limited success in this area, largely, largely
because assistance is often declined by the individuals in question, placing
the burden back on the residents and broader community. While we understand
that systematic change takes time, immediate coordinated action
is still necessary. It is also important to highlight that visible loitering
continues along major city streets, particularly between cornelian avenue and
foothill boulevard. According to the city's code of ordinances, it is
unlawful for individuals to loiter or obstruct public pathways. Yet
we frequently see individuals doing so, including occupying bus
stops and sidewalks. Additionally, under california business and professionals code
2 2 4 3 5 2. The unauthorized removal of
shopping carts from re retail premises is a misdemeanor. These violations
are evident and on ongoing in our community. Ms. Lopez, that's
the end of your three minutes, but thank you so much for bringing this issue and thank you for taking the
time to contract the state agencies. Uh, next we have is
barbara barinas.
I want to, uh, back up everything wendy said, and I would like in
a, I'd like to say that I have been calling rancho upland back
and forth since 2017. I have records of it,
and we live right off of highland avenue between sapphire and cornelian
and the vagrants use highland avenue as a
thoroughfare to go to the end of the west, end of highland where the camp is. When
I've called upland, they said, call rancho. When I call rancho, they say call upland. I think
it's because there's so many tents in that, in that wash that they,
they can't determine, you know, what side of the boundary it is. Um,
I'm concerned about fire issues, you know, as our area has just been deemed
a fire, high fire thing. There are in the winter, they're, you know,
lighting fires, they're barbecuing. We're gonna have a fire issue. Um, the
other day I was walking my dog and I saw a vagrant squatting in the bushes
and I mean, I don't feel safe in our, in our neighborhood anymore. And I just, I'm tired
of getting pushed back and forth between all the different things. So I really would love for
you guys to work with the, um, all the agencies and
try to help because we are getting exhausted.
thank you. Thank you very much for coming tonight and thank you for your comments.
next we have carlos begar.
hello everybody. A lot of people aren't gonna like what I'm about to say right now and I apologize beforehand,
but, uh, the homeless three issues that were here today, I understand,
uh, a homeless person at the upland library today,
um, let's just say unlucky for him. I was not afraid. Let's just
put it that way. I don't mind violence. Let's put it that way. We got a problem here. Okay,
so everybody's pensions. I am a, I have a master's degree in risk management.
okay? I don't look that pretty, but I have it. And I am so good at
my job. I can tell you there's good people that are not gonna like me. Law enforcement.
you're gonna hate me right now. You're gonna hate me. You're gonna hate me. My sister's a captain
and another, uh, uh, uh, county. She's a captain. I love my sister.
mr. Burgard, can I just interrupt you just for one second? Yes. Could you just keep the comments coming our
way, if you don't mind? Oh, okay. Thank you. I'm just apologizing beforehand. Well, anyways, I have here
a claim for su uh, injuries that I sustained while incarcerated,
uh, at the west county valley detention center. I hold the rancho city cucamonga
partially responsible because you should be aware that the policies that are implemented,
uh, are designed to hurt people like me. People that know the loss. You're
hurting a lot of people. I'm just one of them. Unfortunately for everybody, I'm very educated and
again, I hold a master's degree working on my doctorate in risk management.
so, uh, I was attacked and my dna was taken. My
dna was taken against my force. I was knocked out. Okay? I haven't assessed my
full injuries quite yet. Uh, I usually speak a lot more eloquently, actually,
kind of fits of rage have been one of the symptoms since I was slammed up against the wall
at the west county detention center, okay? To take my dna and they took it, they took it, they
took it, they took my dna, okay? I was robbed of my civil rights.
I was stabbed against the wall. I was knocked out. I can't wait to see the body cams. I can't wait to see the
body cams. They're gonna be fantastic. But I need you to let you know that you got
people employed that are putting policies that put your pensions at risk.
'cause this is a multi-billion dollar lawsuit. 'cause this is class action status.
'cause it hasn't happened. I'm the, believe me, I'm not the first person. This happened to
your, your hammers you're sending out into the street or no, no. The hammers they're
sending into the street are uneducated in the laws and they are putting
your pensions. I I, I'm telling you my
loss, I make a quarter million dollars a year salary, and I don't think I can support
that with the injuries I've experienced to date. Okay? They're not fully
assessed. And that's on a bad year. I make a quarter million dollars if
I kill it. And oh, my job is to defend a $500 million
a year company from the government so that way we can
continue to make our $500 million. We like it, we like our families. I have 500 people
in my family, okay? Uh, I won't tell you the name of the company right now, but I
love rancho cucamonga. I love it. I love it. My pool is beautiful. Uh,
you guys maintain or not? You guys? We, uh, my property's maintained outside
of my, uh, immediate yard. Very well. I love it. Uh, I talk to
the guys that come and spray it all the time. They're fantastic. I love you guys. And
I like the police. Unfortunately,
mr. Gorn give this to you. You can hand it to our city clerk right here, right
in the front row. Thank you very
much. I need a copy of that. And then, mr. Gilson,
we had a couple, three people come today to talk about homeless encampments. Is
there someone that maybe we can refer them to, to give them kind of an update on how jurisdiction
works? Yeah, we, we, we have the contact information for some of these individuals,
so we'll get back in touch with them. Thank you very much.
now we're gonna do is we're gonna move on to our consent calendar. The following consent
calendar items are expected to be routine and non-controversial. They'll be acted upon
without discussion unless an item is removed by a council member for separate discussion.
councilman hutchinson, I need to abstain from item d three due to possible conflict of interest as
socalgas is my employer. Thank you. That is noted. At this point, I'd like to,
uh, entertain a motion to approve the consent calendar, including the
revised staff report and recommendation for item d seven. So, move
second. Second, please. Vote.
motion carries unanimously, including the revised staff report
and recommendation for item d seven. And council member scott abstaining
on item d three and mayor pro tem kennedy. And mayor
michael, absent. Thank you madam clerk. Moving on to our
consent calendar ordinances. Second reading. This is a
consideration of a second reading and adoption of the following. Ordinance number
1 0 4 0, an ordinance of the city of rancho cucamonga, california
amending section 5.0 8.100 of the rancho
cucamonga municipal code to amend the limitation on total value of
prizes award awarded during the conduct of a bingo game.
would anyone like to discuss the proposed ordinance any further? Again, this
is a second reading. If there's no discussion, we'll consider item
e one, uh, and adoption of ordinance number 1 0 4 0.
may I have a motion? So moved. And the second, second,
madam clerk, ordinance number
1 0 4 0. An ordinance of the city of rancho cucamonga, california
amending section 5.0 8.100
of the rancho cu cucamonga municipal code to amend the limitation
on total value of prizes awarded during the conduct
of bingo gaines. Thank you, madam clerk, please vote.
motion carries by unanimous vote with those present with mayor michael and
mayor pro tem kennedy absent. Thank you madam clerk. The
next item of our agenda is an administrative hearing item. Item f1
is consideration of introduction and first reading by title only of an ordinance
designated moderate high and very high fire hazard
severity zones in the local responsibility areas in accordance with the california
fire code and government code section 5 1 1 75 dash
5 180 9. Ordinance fd 0 5 9. Mr.
gilson? Yes, uh, good evening council member hutchison and members of the city
council. So, uh, we previously had a discussion with the council
in a study session, um, regarding this. And so we're here
before you this evening with the introduction and first reading of the ordinance. So
I'd like to turn it over to our deputy fire marshal shane adams and
our fire marshal rick snot to give the staff report on this item. Uh, thank
you mr. Gilson. Uh, good evening, uh, fire board members. So, uh, we're gonna give
you an overview of the fire hazard, various zone maps. And back in essence,
back in the 1980s is when the first map came out. And that was due to some of the large
fires that were documented. So one being the panorama fire back in 1980, which
had four fatalities, the tunnel fire, which had 25 fatalities, and
then the cedar fire, which had 15 fatalities. So over the time, since the
first map came out in 1985, last map was in 2011. Like I said,
um, since then, the, uh, the scientific advancements for
today's maps have grown dramatically. Uh, in essence, what we use now
is, uh, climate change impacts and also plume modeling. And then the other thing as
well is, is they're using, is ember cas. So as we see in the palisades
fire, the ember cas is anywhere between four and six miles out in front of the fire.
so, uh, it's been some, uh, dramatic changes in growth as it relates
to the use of the maps. Um, no longer are we using the burn
index. Burn index was something that was used long ago. So the technology has outpaced all
of that. So, um, what we really want to emphasize today is, um,
the cal fire. These maps are, uh, legally required
and, um, uh, across the state. And then also for local jurisdictions,
we're mandated to adopt the maps. Now we can make the maps more restrictive,
meaning larger, but we can't, we can't make the maps any smaller. So that's requirement
for us. Um, so we're gonna go into the powerpoint presentation, and then we, we'll open
up for some questions at the end for you as well. All right,
thank you. Um, so as chief snotor was saying, the legal
foundation of this ordinance is from the government code in response to devastating
fires throughout california's history. Um, this ordinance
would, uh, identify fire hazard severity zones, um, and enhance
the, uh, fire safety regulations, um, as they apply throughout
our community. Um, it is important to note that this is state mandated
and, um, as part of the state mandate, um, we are taking local
control in order to, um, apply the fire safe regulations
that the state mandates through this map ordinance.
the map was created based off of, um, off of a lot of science and,
uh, topography, fuels, uh, climate, uh, as
well as ember cast. And as you'll see here in a minute, once, um, the map is, is shown,
um, the ember cast, uh, makes a, a big difference in wildland,
um, fire hazard severity zones.
this is our, our current map. Um, we're considering it the previous map because this
map, uh, the ordinance is adopting a new map. Um, all of these
areas in red are what are considered very high fire hazard
severity zone moving forward. This is what the map is,
um, is proposing of these areas. One thing to
note is that we cannot change, um, the area
of this map or the, the areas. We can only make it more
restrictive. We are not proposing to make it more restrictive. We are taking
the data from the state as they recommend and adopting the map accordingly.
in this next slide here, um, the blue area was our previous map
and the, uh, red, yellow, and orange are what is, is currently
proposed. The red, yellow, and orange are very high, the high and the moderate
areas. If I could just draw your attention to the lower
right hand side, um, twanda and baseline area. There's a red spot
there that is, um, what the modeling is showing based on
ember cast. So based on our previous fire history, based on topography
fuels, they're, um, projecting a potentially a fire in that, that
area. Um, as well as along the, uh, cucamonga channel
on the west side of our, our city. Um, that area has expanded,
um, quite some bit to come out to, um, sapphire street because of that,
that predictive modeling.
so some of map analysis, um, there's a
22% increase in parcel, uh, count. So that
directly relates to ownership. So 22% increase in, in direct ownership,
but the actual area of the map itself is decreasing by 4%.
and that, um, those figures there show you the, the difference, um, from
the very high that we currently have. And then broken down into the very high, the high
and the moderate zones. Um,
the adoption process, this map was released on, uh, march 24th, 2025.
um, it was released in four parts throughout the state. We have to,
um, open public comment within 30 days for a period of 30 days.
um, our public comment period, um, just recently closed, but we are
still taking some public comments as they come in. We've received, um,
three questions as they relate to the effectiveness of this ordinance.
um, and then we have an adoption period of 120 days from march 24th.
um, as I said before, the local amendments cannot be more restrictive than
what the state is recommending. Um, but we are,
um, considering that parcels that have an overlap in zones, they
would be applied to the more restrictive, um, hazard
classification. So if a parcel potentially has very high and high,
the very high requirements would apply to that entire parcel.
we're proposing this, uh, ordinance to be effective january 1st, 2026.
uh, and that would coincide with our triennial code adoption,
um, period. The implications,
uh, of the ordinance in the very high, uh, in
essence in the very high areas, it looks at land development in terms of subdivisions,
um, to building construction, to landscaping. Um,
there is defensible space requirements and a hazard disclosure, um,
for real estate transactions in order to disclose the fire hazard severity
zone. Um, in the high area, uh, the regulations
are, are slightly decreased in that, um, it's really only the
real estate disclosure and the building standards commission, I'm sorry, the
building standards for, um, new homes and then in the moderate is only to
adopt, um, the area to identify that it is at
a moderate, um, hazard.
so for the existing conditions, this is really where we're focusing our,
our local control from the state mandate. Um,
our approach is to educate our community and really take a self-regulation
for the property owner. Um, we do have, uh, a robust,
um, outreach plan built, um, to educate and engage with our community
and, um, give them different examples of what they could, uh,
potentially do to increase the, the survivability
of their home. Um, we are not going to be
doing inspections for existing, uh, property owners, um,
and, uh, for new construction, they will have
to comply with the current standards for fire hazard severity zones
for the fire hazard, uh, disclosure, the, um, ab 30 eights
as they're commonly referred to, um, the fire district does not
have a vegetation management ordinance, so we are not going to be, um,
doing the ab 38 hazard disclosure. Uh, we have, um,
documentation that we can provide to, um, potential buyers or sellers
that would explain our process specific to rancho cucamonga, and then they
can proceed with their real estate transactions without the, um, without the
disclosure. So the fire safe regulations,
um, these are the different, um, laws that would
apply to these fire hazard severity zones. Um, again,
from land development, from subdivision review to building standards
to the defensible space, the landscaping, all of these requirements
would, um, apply to the very high fire hazard severity zone.
looking to the future, um, the state fire marshal and board of forestry is
currently, um, promulgating regulations for zone zero.
what zone zero is, is zero to five feet from a structure that,
um, is a combustible exclusion zone. What that means is that there's no combustibles
within five feet of a home. So vegetation ground covers,
um, vinyl fencing, anything that can burn within five feet of the
home, um, potentially may not be allowed,
um, based on how the state fire marshal promulgates that regulation.
um, so we are monitoring that, um, through the fire protection,
I'm sorry, fire prevention officers associations throughout the state, as well as,
um, how they're going to adopt the california wildland urban interface
code. What the california wildfire wildland urban interface code
does is bring all those fire safe regulations into one document,
and depending on how they adopt that document, um, that's where we're,
we're positioning ourselves to, to monitor what they do so that way we
can have a better understanding of moving forward. How do these regulations
impact our community,
our public and ed, public education and outreach plan? Um,
we have four primary, um, aspects of that. Um, one is social
media. Um, we currently have our city website
up to help explain these requirements, um, and that the, the
state mandates for this ordinance. Um, we also
are working on, uh, mailers for our community that would go out to the
very high fire hazard severity zone. Uh, property owners and then
community events we're, uh, partnering with the police department in
order to, uh, attend their citizens advisory committee, as well
as, um, hosting our own events in order to be able to relay what the
ordinance means and what homeowners could do to make their home more fires safe,
what that we're available for. Any questions if you may have any?
great, thank you. Any questions of the fire board at this time?
uh, two for me, uh, number one is with new construction,
having to deal with new regulation, is that for homes that permits
are gonna be pulled after the ordinance takes place at the beginning of next year, or is
that like everything after we pass this ordinance is going to have to comply? So that, that
would align with our 2026, uh, january one, um,
coded options cycles. So anything new after 2021, I'm
sorry, 2026 would comply with these regulations. Excellent, thank you. Can
I see the map, the new map one more time? And this is just a confirmation
here. You mentioned down at the southeast corner there was a kind of
a, a little, a kidney bean that's
kind of removed from the rest of it. And you talked about ember cast and the idea here is, is that
lit embers have a higher probability of taking airborn
flight and landing down and that kind of
circular area and lighting something on fire? That's correct. So
with the predominant wind patterns coming out of the coho pass, if there was a wind-driven
fire in the northeastern portion of the fire district, um, those
could produce embers that would potentially land in that area depending on how
the, the winds, the predominant winds are in, in the time of a fire.
great, thank you very much. At this point I'd like to open the administrative
hearing. Is there anyone who'd like to speak on this item? F1?
seeing none, I'll close the administrative hearing and ask if
there's any further comment or questions from our fire board.
I have one, not just a, a question, but thank you for your report and, and, um, update
on this. You know, fire safety is, is, is important. It's crucial, especially what we've seen
and happen in other communities, but again, here we go, state mandates coming down,
but I am glad to see we're gonna take some sort of local control 'cause what they've been doing is taken away and
I'm glad to see that we're actually, uh, being proactive, especially the public outreach component.
there are a lot of residents that may be a little surprised to hear this, and so I'm glad we're doing everything
we can. That way they're aware, um, of, of what is happening that way. Um,
some may still be surprised, but at least we're doing what we can to get the word out. So thank you.
thank you councilwoman scott, you're welcome. At this point I'd like to entertain a motion to approve staff's
recommendation and introduce ordinance number fd 0 5 9 by
title only and waive further readings. So move second, madam clerk,
ordinance number fd 0 5 9, an ordinance of the board
of directors of the rancho cucamonga fire protection district, state of
california designating fire hazard severity
zones, establishing the wired land urban interface fire
area, and making certain amendments to defensible space
requirements. Please vote.
motion carries by unanimous vote of those present with mayor michael and
mayor pro tem kennedy absent. Thanks for your effort and support.
next we're gonna move on to advertise public hearing. Item, uh, g one, the
public hearing is to consider a resolution for placement of special assessments
and liens for delinquent solid waste accounts. The resolution is 2 0 2 5
dash 0 1 7. Mr. Gillison?
yes, good evening, council member hutchinson and members of the city council. So as you're aware,
we go through a process every year, um, and after an
initial notice in that we have a public hearing where the council approves a
resolution that places special assessments and liens for delinquent accounts
for solid waste, um, on the property tax bill. So we started
this process, um, I guess a month, month or two ago now. And so we're here before
you tonight for the public hearing. So with that, I'm gonna turn it over to our management analyst
to marissa otos for the presentation. Thank you mr. Sison. Good
evening, mr. Council member hutchinson and members of the city council. My name is marissa
otos and management analyst for environmental programs, and I will be presenting this staff report
on this agenda item. Mr. Council member hutchinson will then conduct the public
hearing following my presentation. The mandatory
payment program is outlined in section 8.1 7.70
of the city's municipal code and approved by city council in 2011.
this established requirements for mandatory service and payment for residential, commercial,
and industrial solid waste collection service. Prior to 2011,
the waste hauler would stop providing service when an account was passed due. So some properties
were continuously late or never paid, um, which resulted in stockpiling
or illegally dumped trash. The ordinance
was established to address stockpiling of solid waste on properties and curb illegal
dumping annually. The franchise waste hauler burtek provides the city
with a list of accounts that are 60 or more days past due from their previous calendar year to
be considered for special assessment and the lien process. The city
is required to send out public hearing notices by mail to property owners on the delin delinquent
list at least 10 days prior to the public hearing.
the public hearing notices were mailed out on april 17th, 2022,
I'm sorry, 2025. And furthermore, the public hearing was also advertised
in the daily bulletin newspaper on april 29th, 2025.
the accrual period is from january 1st, 2024 through
december 31st, 2024. Subec did provide an updated of delinquent
account. So this information is current as of may 20th, 2025,
and there are currently 748 delinquent accounts, but
comes out to $318,029. Property owners that
are still on the delinquency list do have until july 14th to submit payment
to burtek property owners. Um,
excuse me, the final list will then be submitted to the county of, um, uh, for the
2025 tax roll, which is due by august 10th, and this is per the
san bernardino county tax assessor's death line.
as a result of the public hearing notices, we did receive 35 inquiries, 15
visits to the frequently asked questions page on the city's website, and we did
receive one written protest. The property owner on the delinquent list does
have until the close of the public hearing to submit a protest.
and this concludes my report and would be happy to answer any questions you may have. Any
questions of our city council at this time. I'd
like to open the public hearing. Is there anyone who would like
to comment on item g one? Seeing
, would you like to come up here to the podium, sir?
ooh, I forgot my papers. Awesome. Is it a crime for a
homeless person to come and take the cans out of my blue? Can
can they be arrested for this?
mr. Gil? Sir, this is an opportunity to address the counsel about the liens that
are being placed on property. Oh. Oh, okay. I, like I said, I, if
nobody knows the answer, I'll go sit down. Sorry. Perhaps we can get you an answer later though,
sir, but thank you. Anyone else? Uh, who'd like to comment on item g one?
seeing none, I'm gonna close the public hearing any further comment from
counsel to staff? I'll just reiterate that, uh,
july 14th is less than two months away. So if you are on this list, please
get yourself off of it. And I'd like to entertain a motion to
approve staff's recommendation to opera resolution 2 0 2 5 dash 0 1 7.
so moved. Second, please vote.
motion carries by unanimous vote. Those present with mayor michael and mayor
pro tem kennedy absent. Thank you for your report. Thank you.
we're going to move on to the second advertised public hearing item now, which is
g two, a public hearing to consider the first reading by title
only of city council ordinance 1 0 4 1 to adopt zoning map
amendment drc 2 0 25 dash 0 0 4 4
in order to change the zoning map designation of two parcels, address 9 7 5 0
and 9 7 2 7 street from center one southwest
cucamonga cce one se to neo industrial ni
in order to correct an inconsistency with the general plan land use map.
this project is exempt from environmental review under the state s guidelines. Section
1 5006 1 b three as a proposed zoning
map amendment will not have any direct impact on the environment. The apns
in question are 0 2 0 9 dash two one dash six eight and 0 2 0 9
dash 2 1 6 9. The ordinance is 1 0 4 1. Mr.
gillison? Yes. Council member hutchinson and members of the city council.
so this item is a cleanup item if you will. Um, as you noted in
the title, uh, we have an inconsistency with the general plan land use map.
um, so we are processing this through to clean that up. With that, I'm
gonna introduce and turn this over to jared knight, our assistant planner for the staff report.
good evening, members of the city council. Tonight I am presenting on zoning map amendment drc
2025 dash 0 0 0 4 4.
this amendment is being proposed by the city of rancho cucamonga and will affect
two parcels located at 9 7 2 0 and 9 7 5 0 seventh street.
the proposed amendment will change their zoning map designation in order to correct an inconsistency
with the parcel's existing general plan land use map designation.
staff created the application on february 20th, 2025 and it was
heard by the planning commission at the regular meeting on april 9th, 2025.
here's an a aerial map of the project site and the vicinity. The property is
currently zoned center one southwest cucamonga with the general plan land use designation
of new industrial employment. The project site is located generally at
the northeast corner of archibald and seventh street.
here's a photo of the existing conditions of the site taken facing east towards 9 7 2 0
seventh street from archibald avenue. As you can see, it's been developed with an industrial warehouse
building. This is the same parcel taken facing north on seventh street.
and here's 9 7 5 0 seventh street taken facing north on seventh street. Also
developed with industrial warehouse building.
the subject parcels are part of the larger shoey distribution center development, which was approved
in 2020 and finished the construction late last year. At the
time of the shoey distribution center's approval, the subject parcels were zoned neo industrial
but were rezoned to center one southwest cucamonga as part of a broader zoning
as part of azo broader zoning map change in january, 2024. Unfortunately,
this change was made in error as parcels in question were not meant to be included in this rezoning.
as a result of this error, the subject parcels are currently non-compliant with their general
plan with with the general plan land use map. Further, the
change has left the building's intended warehouse distribution use non-compliant with the zone in which they're
located. Thus, proposed amendment is intended to revert the subject's
parcel's zoning map designation back to new industrial. To correct these discrepancies,
it should be noted this project pertains only to the zoning change. There is no physical development
of any kind associated with proposed amendment
seen. Here is the approved site plan for the shoey distribution center. As you can see, it consists of four
warehouse buildings located on three parcels.
the parcels affected by the proposed zoning map amendment are developed with buildings one and two of the center.
this is the current zoning map. As you can see, uh, as of right now, the shuey
distribution center is split between two different zones.
and this is the draft of the proposed amended zoning map wherein the subject parcels
will be locate, will be all located in the neo industrial zone to match the existing general plan land
use map. It'll also rectify the inconsistency between
the chuy distribution center parcels,
where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may
have significant effect on the environment. The activity in question is not subject to cqa
as there is no new development associated with the proposed zoning map amendment and
the proposed new zoning will correct an inconsistency with the general plan land use designation.
staff has found there will be no significant effect on the environment as a result of the proposed amendment.
the proposed amendment was presented to the planning commission for public hearing during their regular meeting on april 9th, 2025.
during the public hearing, no comments were received by members of the public commissioners
in attendance, had no questions for staff retaining the proposed amendment and unanimously voted to recommend
approval of the proposed amendment to the city council. Written
notices of this hearing were mailed to all property owners within 660 feet of the subject parcel
on april 29th, 2025. Physical notices were posted on the project site
on april 30th and notices were published in the inland valley day bulletin. On that same date
to date planning staff have received no inquiries regarding the proposed amendment.
with all that said, staff recommends the city council approve zoning map amendment drc
2025 dash 0 0 0 4 4 through the ratification of the subject ordinance.
thank you. This will conclude staff's presentation and we are available to answer questions. Thank
you. Any questions of staff before we open the public hearing?
seeing none the public hearing is now open. Anyone who would like to
speak on item g two,
perhaps a compliment on the water wise landscaping that I saw there.
seeing none closing the public hearing. Any further comment
then I'd like to entertain a motion to approve staff's recommendation to introduce ordinance 1 0 4 1
by title only and waive further readings. So move second
madam clerk ordinance number 1 0 4 1.
an ordinance of the city of rancho cucamonga, california approving
zoning map amendment drc 2 0 2 5 dash
0 0 0 4 4. A request to amend the zoning map
designation of two parcels located at 9 7 5
and 9 7 2 0 seventh street from
center, one dash southwest cucamonga
cce one dash s wc two neo industrial
ni. In order to be consistent with the general plan a pn
numbers 0 2 0 9 2 1 6 8 0 2 0 9 2 1 6 9.
thank you. Please vote if you have not already done so
a motion carries by unanimous vote with those present with mayor michael and mayor
pro tem kennedy absent. Thank you for your report, jared.
next item is item g three, a public hearing to consider
adoption of the 2025 through 2029 consolidated plan,
the 2025 through 2026 annual action plan and the
draft citizen partition participation plan for the community
development blk grant program. Mr. Gillison? Yes.
council member hutchinson and members of the city council. So we come before you every year.
uh, this is part of a regular process. Uh, in order for the city to be able
to utilize the cdbg funds, um, that we are eligible to receive,
um, we need to have an updated consolidated plan. We need to have an annual
action plan, um, and a citizen participation plan. And we
have a formal process that we go through to adopt these. Um, there
is a fair amount of uncertainty right now over what the future may hold for cdbg.
um, and we certainly don't have the answers to those. Um, but the best
guidance right now that everyone is receiving is to assume it will be refunded
at some level and proceed forward with the normal process. So
we are here before you this evening for that process. And with that, I'll turn it over
to flavio nunez, our management analyst too for the staff report.
thank you mr. Gillison and good evening city council. As mentioned tonight
before you in your consideration is the community development block grant program, the
2025 through 2029 consolidated plan, as
well as the 20 25 20 26 action plan and
the citizens' participation plan. As you are aware, the
cdbg funds are federal grant dollars allocated by the department of housing and urban development.
in order to receive these funds, the city must prepare a five year consolidated plan that
identifies the strategic priorities and goals that the city will attempt to address
over the next five years. In addition, each year, the city must prepare
an action plan that defines how it will spend each year's individual
allocation to meet the goals of the consolidated plan.
as part of the prep, uh, preparation of the consolidated plan outreach efforts were
included discussions with housing and social service programs providers,
a distribution of a community survey, community meetings, public hearing
meetings, as well as tonight's public hearing meeting, uh, all in an effort
to receive input on the cdbg and the spending of those funds.
drawing from our community engagement efforts as well as data analysis and
consultation with stakeholders, the consolidated plan identifies
six priority needs. These these needs will be addressed through six
strategic goals, uh, which are listed in the diagram on the screen
in no particular order. These goals include public services
programs, improvements to public facility, uh, and infrastructure,
preservation of affordable housing, economic development, fair housing
services, planning and administration. These goals
are all supported by measurable outcome targets for the five year period,
as shown on the screen along with correspond corresponding recommendations
and funding recommendations. The
2020, excuse me, the 25 26 action plan
will be the first of the five year annual plans that will be
outlined, how each year's allocation will be spent to meet the goals of the comprehensive
plan. Following the preparation of this report,
hut released its annual allocation, so the numbering your staff report
is slightly different off by about $3,500. The
city is expected to receive $1,045,705
in cdbg funds. Uh, that's an increase of
$3,567 over the previous year when
combined with, uh, prior year dollars or funds. The
20 25 26 action plan will allocate a total of $1,325,499
in cdbg funding. Now, as, as our city manager alluded
to, I'd be remiss not to mention that there's a lot of uncertainty. Um,
the federal budget that's been proposed does have some significant cuts to
hud and so while some cdbg administrators feel that this first year
is gonna continue as usual, there's still uncertainty.
uh, we have made some changes and, um, to
minimize any kind of impacts that we might, you know, see as
a result of any budget cuts this year and going forward as well. However, as,
uh, our city manager, uh, mentioned, we do need to, uh,
continue the process of approving adopting these plans in order to be able to receive these funds
and not to lose any time. Uh, at the start of our fiscal year
with every action plan, there is a public process to notify organizations
of potential cdbg funding opportunities. A total of 10 applications
were received, including some from the city departments.
we were able to fund each of the applications. However, some were funded at lower
amounts than requested, primarily due to the cap that is in
place by hud, uh, due to some of our um, service programs.
this next slide shows the funding recommendations for each program.
these programs all tie back to one or more of the strategic goals in the
consolidated plan. These programs include preservation of affordable housing,
food and homeless service, uh, programs, infrastructure
improvements, health and wellness programs, just to name a few. In conclusion,
uh, the staff recommends that the city council conduct a public hearing,
adopt the consolidated plan, as well as the action plan and the citizen participation
plan, and authorize the city manager to execute all necessary grants
and certifications required by hud. This concludes my
presentation. I'm available for any questions you might have. Thank you, flavio. Any questions from the city
council?
no questions. There's a comment though. I I appreciate the report. You know, I serve,
um, on the public sector for the community action partnership, which is the food bank. And so there's
some real concerns and uncertainty, and I just look at the list of the organizations here
that we serve, that benefiting, you know, kids and meals activities and a lot
of senior programs. So I I, I know everyone's on edge about the uncertainty of it, and I
hope, I hope it continues. 'cause it really does do a lot of good for different organizations, um, within
our city of here. Thank you. I'd like now to open the
public hearing. Anyone who'd like to comment
on item g three, seeing none,
I will close the public hearing. Try not to smash the hammer too down hard on the
dice and ask is there any further comment or questions
from the counsel? I seeing none. I'd like
to entertain a motion to adopt a 20 25 20 29 consolidated plan,
the 2025 through 2026 annual action plan and the draft citizen
participation plan for the community development block grant. Motion
to approve. So move, please vote
by unanim mayor michael and mayor
pro tem kennedy. Absent. Thank you madam clerk. Thank you, flavio
onto city manager's staff reports quarterly development update
first quarter, mr. Ellison. Yes. Council member hutchinson and members of the city council.
so every quarter we come to you, uh, we do a budget update and we
also do a development update. So this is an effort to keep
the city council as well as our community informed of all the projects that
are happening in the city. Um, many of which may not
be obvious, um, depending on how you've, how
much you frequent certain areas or not. So with that, I'm gonna turn it over to
matt marquez, our economic develop development director, and zach nabors, our
building and safety services director for the staff report on item h one.
good evening everyone. Uh, we'll start off with go to the next slide
with a discussion about some activity, uh, in our award-winning
planning department, uh, in first quarter 2025. So almost a
thousand touch points, uh, with the community. As you could see on the slide, 600 plus
phone calls in over 330 counter visits. Additionally, the planning commission met
four times, uh, 29 projects, major projects in entitlement
review and, uh, 38 new applications submitted over the quarter.
moving on to the economic development team. My next slide please.
so the economic development team continues to be out and about, uh, learning new things
about businesses we're trying to attract. Here you see an image, uh, on the right
of some team members at a conference in anaheim in february, the
md and m west conference, focus on medical manufacturing,
uh, of devices and products in the medical field.
uh, the team also attended a couple other conferences including the icma
local government, uh, reimagined conference and the entertainment experience
evolution conference. Um, we also participated in,
uh, several meetings with our partners, uh, one of which was a county city
economic development roundtable, uh, I 15 economic development collaborative
as well as a few others. And as always, we continue to have a significant impact and presence
on social media. Uh, in quarter one, over 800,000
social media impressions, which are the number of times a piece of content is
displayed. Next slide, please. So
from time to time, we'd like to give you an update on how some of our businesses are doing. Uh,
during this presentation, we'll give you a bit of an update on the nike well, collective
first opened in october of 2023. Um, a bit
different than some of the other nike stores. They go beyond traditional sports,
uh, at these locations, uh, offering apparel and other,
um, products for body, mind, and life. Uh, during the
first quarter of 2025, the store of victoria gardens was the most
visited of these types of stores in the nation with over 49,000
visits. Uh, 52% of those visitors were millennials between
the ages of 18 and 37, almost a,
a split 50 50 between males and females. Uh, 52.8%
of the visitors were hispanic or latino. Uh, average income for
visitors was roughly 124,000. And the average ticket sale,
uh, during this this first quarter was roughly $123 per
uh, purchase. Most visits, uh, happen on saturdays, and
the average visit lasted about 34 minutes in the store.
um, residents from fontana visited the store the most, almost
8,000 of them, and then followed by rancho cucamonga residents, almost 7,300.
interestingly, also, the store received visitors
who make their homes in places like new york, texas, ohio, arizona,
north carolina, and rhode island. And then, as you could see, there's also
some cool kids, uh, in this picture here rocking their fresh nike gear and
fresh nike dunks. Uh, but we wanted to show you, uh, how well the, uh,
the nike well collective is doing, uh, at victoria gardens. And we'll continue
to provide you with these updates on other businesses, uh, throughout the city. So with
that, I will pass the floor over to, uh, zach nabors, uh, from
the award-winning building and safety services department. Uh,
thank you matt. I appreciate it. Good evening, mayor. Uh, I'm sorry, members of city
council. Uh, quarter one was another busy and eventful quarter
for building safety and community development as a whole. As you can see,
uh, we issued a little less than 1200 building permits, a little more
than 1400 new plan checks middles. Uh, we were able to finalize
34 new, uh, residential units as
well as 14 new adus. Um, in terms
of building activity, the alexa victoria gardens is a
new four story multifamily wrap development, uh, consisting
of six buildings and 385 apartment units.
the project will be located on the northwest area of victoria gardens.
they're currently completing the final aspects of the rough grading
and are anticipating scheduling an inspection in the next week or two
to get their grading approved. This will essentially allow them to have their
building permits, uh, issued and the construction of the buildings themselves
to progress. Um, in terms of residential
building activity, the haven and arrow project continues to make significant
progress in the last quarter. Uh, it continues to frame up the
12 buildings that will make up the project, and as you can see, they're fully
transforming that southwest corner of haven and arrow and really given it
that new dynamic. Uh, the sycamore heights project has made
significant progress and we're recently granted occupancy
to their models in their leasing office. And they're working on completing
phase two of the project, which are the live work units. You can see in the photo
that are adjacent to foothill boulevard. Uh, once
commercial projects complete all their inspections, they're granted a
certificate of occupancy allowing them to open, uh, to business for patrons
in quarter one. There were several new businesses that were granted cbos,
some of which include, uh, wolfgang bakery, which is now open at 72 33
haven. And according to their website, they're serving up delicious
natural treats and turning a routine wash into a luxury
spa experience for your pet. Um, mendocino farms located
at 7 8 7 0. Monet in victoria gardens is now open.
uh, they're serving fresh salads and sandwiches. And then lastly,
uh, most southwest grill located at 88 75. Foothill
has received its certificate of occupancy and is now open for
business. And that actually completes that project, uh, consisting of the three
shell buildings on the, uh, southwest corner of foothill and
vineyard. And so that's just to name a few. And with that,
that ends our presentation, and matt and myself are open to any
questions you may have. And council member, I'll just add, um, we're really excited
about most southwest grill. They have one other location in the state. It's down
in camp pendleton. Um, this will be their first, if you will,
open location, I guess for where everybody can access. So they
have a good presence outside of california. So we're very excited, um,
that they chose to start their, um, california, if you will,
push, uh, in rancho cucamonga. So, uh, as to mendocino
farms, um, they've almost already outgrown their space and they haven't
even been there six months. Um, stopped there over the weekend and
half the items on the menu were sold out. Um, so they're doing fantastic.
their sales are doing excellent. And then, um, as, uh,
zach said, um, the wolfgang bakery, it's a larger
franchise. Um, uh, this will be the first one in this area.
um, they're off to a good start. I stopped there to talk to the owners last week.
um, they're off to a good solid start already. Um, and my two
dogs loved the treats. I got them . So, um, we're happy to see some of these new
businesses coming in. We're also very happy because what we're starting to see
is that businesses are coming in and going into some of our
centers beyond just the immediate proximity of victoria gardens.
um, you know, uh, wolfgang bakery is at haven and
baseline, mo's is at cornelian and foothill, or vineyard
and foothill. So we're, we're starting to really see some of that diversification and
the uplift of some of our older centers. Um, so that's an excellent
sign. Um, and we're seeing it happen and it's coming with tenant improvements
and facelifts to the centers. Um, so we've got a number of
other items in the hopper. Um, and this looks to be a good year for a
lot of the activity that's happening. Excellent, excellent. Hard not to be really proud
when these companies have been successful elsewhere. Choose rancho cucamonga
to be their first home in the state, so, excellent. Any comment for
no, just agree. What, and it's exciting just to see too that the nearest ones are in the
la area and then they're moving out to the inland empire. So that's excited. And I agree why george loves
the wolf game book. They look so good. You think they're for humans, but they're
for pets. So we're happy to see them here. Great, thank you.
I just wanna, um, thank you and your teams for all of your hard work and continued
successes and allowing this growth to continue to happen in our cities as well. Great.
thank you. Could you scroll back to the nike, well collective
q1, uh, slide real quick. I have kind of a subjective question
for each of you. Is that's, who do you think wore it best?
sorry, this might . I I'm gonna plead the fifth on that one.
I think y all worry amazingly each of you. Yes, very good answer here.
there's no motion required. This is a receive and file report. Thank you very much for it.
and way to answer that last curve ball onto council business.
council announcements. Anyone have any? Uh,
I just wanna say that over the weekend, the beginning of the week, I attended the international council
of shopping centers, commonly known as icsc. It's an opportunity for cities
and also businesses to come together and see if we can match locations with
business. Uh, it was a really eyeopening experience. I wanted to thank john,
matt and matt, tanya, alyssa, karina and flavio for giving up
half of their weekend and part of their week to go out there and try and find businesses
to land in the city to give our residents options, which is what we know they want. So thank
you so much and thank you for being willing to let me tag along any
inter agency updates, items
from our city attorney, no reports tonight. Identification
of items for our next meeting. Hearing none,
it is scheduled for june 4th. It'll be here in the council chambers. And
with that, we are adjourned. Thank you very much.
happy holidays everyone. My name is michael huffman and I'm the municipal
services manager at vertek waste industries. Vertek is rancho cucamongo
exclusive solid waste and recycling hauler for commercial and residential
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