Rancho Cucamonga, California

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to our June 17th City Council and Fire Protection District meetings. We're glad you're all here with us, and we would like to start this evening by pledging our allegiance to our flag, so I've asked our Mayor Pro Tem, Lynn Kennedy, to lead us in the pledge to our flag. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Everyone, please stand and join me. Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. We're just one month away from 250 years of pledging this beautiful flag. Maybe not quite the way it looks today, but anyway, roll call. Mayor Michael is present. Mayor Pro Tem, Lynn Kennedy. Present. Council Members, Ryan Hutchinson. Present. Christine Scott. Present. And Ashley Stickler. Present. Madam Clerk, do we have any modifications or amendments to this evening's agenda? Yes, Mayor. There are two revised staff reports and attachments submitted for items D-29 and D-32 that were distributed to the City Council and are made available to the public in the lobby. Very good. Thank you for that. We will now move on to announcements and presentations. We have one presentation tonight, and that will be done down here at the staff table. I'd like to call up Janelle Markle from Community Services Supervisor from our Community Services Department, as well as Megan Moberly, also a Community Services Coordinator. Ladies. And that is going to be a presentation in honor of July as Park and Recreation Month. So it's all yours. Good evening, Mayor and City Council. My name is Janelle Markle, Community Services Supervisor, and presenting with me tonight is Megan Moberly, Community Services Coordinator. This July, we join communities nationwide in celebrating Parks and Recreation Month. This year's theme, The Power of, highlights how Parks and Recreation enhance quality of life by promoting wellness, strengthening connections, and creating opportunities for play and enrichment. While the celebration is national, the impact is felt locally every day. The following slides showcase experiences that bring our community together and demonstrate the power of Parks and Recreation here in Rancho Cucamonga. Parks and Recreation create meaningful spaces, programs, and experiences that support a healthy, connected, and vibrant community. Guided by our mission, vision, and values, we provide welcoming places to gather, learn, play, and grow, enhancing quality of life for residents of all ages. Each summer, our classes, services, and special events bring people together and strengthen community connection. Last July alone, more than 18,000 residents participated in our programs and events, reflecting the strong impact and everyday value of Parks and Recreation in Rancho Cucamonga. This year, we look forward to welcoming and serving even more community members as we continue expanding opportunities for engagement, wellness, and connection. Where can the community take part in all exciting offerings this summer? With more than 30 parks and open spaces, multiple community center facilities, and extended summer hours at the RC Sports Center, residents have more ways than ever to get involved. This summer also marks the debut of performances at the new Bank of America Imagination Courtyard at the Culture Center , providing another opportunity for residents to gather and enjoy live entertainment. Community members are also encouraged to experience these spaces and activities all season long as we celebrate an active and engaging summer. This summer, the department invites the community to take part in a vibrant lineup of classes, inclusive programs, and returning favorites offered across the city. These offerings highlight the community's diverse interest and help create memorable experiences for everyone. Major citywide events, including the annual 4th of July Fireworks Spectacular and concerts and movies in the park, will continue to energ ize our community and provide opportunities for residents to gather, connect, and celebrate throughout this summer. Community members are also encouraged to enjoy the city's beautiful parks, trails, and open spaces as part of our dynamic and engaging summer. Community members can easily discover all of our upcoming programs and activities and enjoy everything Parks and Recreation Month has to offer through several convenient communication channels. The full schedule of classes, courtyard concerts, summer movies, and special events is available in the Grapevine and on our social media platforms. Follow us on Instagram at City of Rancho Cucamonga and on Facebook at Rancho Cucamonga CSD. Online registration can be found on our website, which is r cpark.com. And for those who prefer in-person assistance, staff at Central Park are ready to assist with registration and help residents connect with programs, services, and activities that interest them. So whether through connection, play, community, nature, or belonging, there's something for everyone to enjoy. We hope to see you there at one of our many events happening now and throughout the summer. And thank you for your time. Thank you so much. Any questions of council members, comments? Thank you very much. Appreciate your report. Thank you. Hope everyone's watching on TV as well as the ones that are here this evening to learn all the wonderful things you put on all throughout the year. So thank you. Thank you. Okay, that concludes our public communications. We have ten speakers this evening. So you each have three minutes. When this little light that's on the podium over here to speak, when that light goes off, you've reached your three minutes . There's also a timer on the screen. Public comments are, this is a time and a place for the public to address the city council on any item listed or not listed on this evening's agenda. Comments are limited to three minutes per individual, and the comment period will not exceed one hour before we commence the business portion of this evening's agenda. So our first speaker is Wendy Lopez, followed by Michael Perez. Good evening. My name is Wendy. Before I begin, I want to make it clear that I am speaking tonight solely as a Rancho Cucamonga resident and community member. These comments reflect my personal views and concerns, and I am not speaking on behalf of my employer or in any professional capacity. For months, residents have reported the same issues, increasing crime, open drug use, and suspected drug sales, aggressive behavior, theft, vandalism, encampments along the 210 freeway, and individuals camping throughout our city, including along Foothill Boulevard. Businesses dealing with break-ins, families no longer feeling comfortable using parks and trails, and many residents no longer feel as safe in their neighborhoods. The community has done its part. We report suspicious activity. We call the police. We use RC2GO and Caltrans. We attend city council meetings. We send emails and provide photos, videos, and exact locations. What we're asking tonight is for accountability. We've heard about new initiatives, outreach efforts, and future plans, but from the perspective of residents living this daily, those efforts are not producing the results we expect. We need enforcement. We need consistent police presence in known hotspots. We need timely responses when residents report criminal activity. We need existing laws enforced. Compassion and accountability are not mutually exclusive, and too often services are refused. So I'd like the city council to answer three questions. What measurable results have these programs produced? What is being done today to reduce crime, illegal drug activity, and the encampments? What specific actions will residents see in the coming weeks to restore public safety? Residents are tired of hearing what is being planned. We want to know what is being done. Rancho Cucamonga has long been known as one of the safest cities in our region. That reputation is worth protecting, but it requires action , not just discussion. Enough is enough. Our community deserves answers, visible enforcement, and real results. Thank you. Michael Perez, followed by Andre Dana. There should have been a handout already. This is something I've provided before to the city council. It's crime stats. FBI, part one crimes, crimes against persons, and compared to population. Rancho in 2010 was one of the four safest cities right behind Chino Hills. Back in 2015, we were one of the third safest cities. Back in 2019, we were a third safest city. And then 2020 started coming up. We were passed up by Fontana City. And we were fifth behind the city of Fontana. Then in 2024, we were passed up by Fontana and the city of Ontario. I think we've got a great opportunity here. There's some more information about high school completion rates, income levels, and other stuff. We have a great opportunity here with our new chief, our new captain. And I worked with his dad, his brother. They're great people. I think he needs to be given a lot of resources. I think his purse strings need to be opened up and provided more funds. That's the way we used to do it with the old city manager. I got the old emails if you ever want to review them. You guys were the best. And we want to be the best, keep the safest community as possible. Mr. Mayor, if I can respond quickly on the crime stats. You'll recall that the Sheriff's Department lost the ability to collect and report their crime stats for a period of time. And so we were not included in a number of those years. That system has been restored. Our crime stats are now being recounted. But there is some missing data that explains some of those drops in numbers during those time periods. Okay, thank you. I said that one more. Andre Dana? Yes. Followed by Beth Ulan. Yes. Good evening. My name is Andre Dana. I'm a Rancho Cucamaya residence. I live in the housing section over here between Pomosa. And from what I understand, they want to build some apartment multi-unit complexes to the east of our neighborhood. We have two streets that come in to our community, which is Devon and Hampshire. From what I understand, I believe it's been asked if they 're going to, we want to know if they're going to be able to open up those streets to continue their traffic in order for their residents to come through our neighborhood on those two streets to get to the apartment complex. And if so, we really don't want that to happen. We have a lot of kids in our community. For the most part, it's a lot of kids. And that would create a whole lot of extra unnecessary. It's hard enough getting out on those two streets to Homosa as it is and trying to get into the neighborhood from Hom osa. If they were to add that street, extend that street to those multi-units, it would be impossible to get to the house. That's all. Thank you, sir. Sir, if you'd like to talk with our planning director, Jennifer Nakamura, she can explain the project a little bit more to you in the back. She's right there, standing up, sir. Beth Ullum. Good evening, Mayor and members of the City Council. My name is Beth Ullum, and I live in the neighborhood at the southeast corner of Homosa Avenue and Foothill Boule vard. I am not here tonight to oppose the growth. I understand that new housing is an important part of our community's future. My concern is the safety, specifically the safety of the children and families who already live in this neighborhood . You might be unaware of the proposed 135 townhomes project, but I want to make sure that you know our neighborhood's concerns. There are many of us here tonight on this topic. This project would add hundreds of vehicles to an area that is already heavily impacted by traffic. Our main concern is the plan to route that traffic through our quiet neighborhood. Hermosa is already congested with one lane in each direction. For many residents, entering and exiting the neighborhood is often difficult and extremely dangerous. Cars frequently speed along Hermosa, using the bike lane to pass, creating dangerous situations when I am trying to turn into my neighborhood and turn out onto Hermosa. If this development is connected to our neighborhood, those same drivers looking to avoid congestion on Hermosa will use our residential streets as a shortcut to Foothill. If this development is, excuse me, our quiet streets will no longer be a safe place for my children to play. This is not just a traffic issue. It is a huge safety issue. It affects whether my children can cross the street, ride their bike around the block, or simply play outside in their neighborhood. We believe there is a better solution. Foothill Boulevard is better equipped to handle higher traffic volumes and should serve as their sole access point to this project. Keeping the new development separate from our neighborhood would help protect not only our children, but the new children moving into that new development. Please do not wait for a child to be injured before recognizing what I am telling you tonight. We are here as a united community to ensure that our elected officials hear our concerns. Please carefully consider our concerns before approving this project. Our next speaker is Daniel. And I will say, I think that's the same project. So if there's anybody else that would like to meet with Jen , she is in the back. She's in the back. I'll just blanket, put that out there. And I do know there was a neighborhood meeting, I believe. And this matter is going to go to our planning commission here in a few weeks, I believe. So I think next week? Months. They're not close to going to planning commission yet. Okay. They're not close to going to planning commission, but that 's an opportunity that will first go to the planning commission. Daniel Decker, followed by LeVay Bland. Hello. My name is Daniel Decker. My name is Daniel Decker, and I'm the owner of Brewster's Real Ice Cream. Resident of Rancho Cucamonga and a huge advocate for the city of Rancho Cucamonga. When my wife and I first moved here and chose Rancho as a place for us to begin the next chapter in our story, we had a lot of dreams, excitement, and even some fear about opening a new business. But the last thing on our mind was dealing with the constant issue of homelessness. Unfortunately, much of our day consists now of calling security, the sheriff's department, having conversations about trespassing and loitering. And it's become all too common to have to pick up human fe ces, paint over vandalism, and picking up trash from the homeless that are going through our bins, looking for unfinished waffle cones. I do this because I love the community. I love my customers. And I just, I'm at a point where I don't know where to go. So, as you may or may not be aware, Brewster's was broken into on Saturday morning at 4.15. That person used a large rock to shatter our glass door, and then they went in looking for cash and other things that they could sell. Of course, this left my wife and I feeling very violated and frustrated and ultimately has cost us quite a bit of money. The sad truth is, though, that we can't continue to give back as much to this community as if this continues. Every act of vandalism, every customer we lose due to families feeling unsafe at our shop, every broken window, every, like, early morning cleaning, it cuts into our extremely tight margins. That being said, I'm not here to demand action or take or place blame on anybody. I'm here as a concerned business owner and partner to ask how I can help. I'm very active in the city, and honestly, I don't know who to call in these situations. How can we get the Hope team to come out? How can we document the vandalism and encampments so that they can be removed? How can we communicate best when we find people begging in our lines for money? How can I, as a business owner, use the resources available to me? And more importantly, how do I use my influence to teach other small businesses how to work together to take back our city? I owe it to my guests, and this is where I get emotional, but the parents of the young people that work for me, to have a place of business that is safe. And I don't think I have that right now. I work very hard to ensure that this is the case, but I need your help. I need to know what to do. I don't have the answers, but I'm willing to put in the work. I don't know. I know that if we put our heads together, we can come up with a solution, but the bottom line is we've got to do better. One avenue that I'm thinking through is, like, maybe pursuing this with the Chamber of Commerce and the Sheriff 's Department and communicating and helping to clarify the steps that we can legally take and how we can work together to create a network of businesses that are working, that are looking out for each other and, again, the city. Mr. Decker, you've reached your time. I'm sorry. No, we fully understand. Believe me. Yeah. And you and anybody else that is concerned about the homeless can step out and speak with some of our sheriffs. Okay. LaVlay Bond. Bland, right? Excuse me. Followed by Liz Acuna. Hello. You know me. Well, it's gotten worse. Okay. Five times worse than what it was. He's not keeping the noise down. He's blasting the TVs, his music, and his patriots. So at one point, he was a little bit low key, but now it's just unbelievable. He hasn't done a darn thing to quiet the noise. You have to close this patio down at 10. We cannot rest. Nobody can. There's no need for him to have that patio open up past 10. He can do his business inside with his people. They're loitering. I filed, finally, I got to file a noise complaint, and I'm sending that off. It's been documented, and the police told him to turn it down. You have to do something. Stop playing games. Matt's not doing nothing. Neither is his buddy, buddy Mike. It's a joke. These people are jokes that you have in between you, that you're having meat with us. They haven't done a darn thing. And as far as the parking, that's a joke. The police don't come out. We call. Why do we have to call? We fought like heck to get these permits. Why are we having to call them in the daytime, in the nighttime? It doesn't matter. And I don't care if my neighbors don't put a permit in their car. We fought to get a permit. If you're that dumb not to have a permit in your car, then you need a ticket. That's what they're for. So you're going to have to figure out something else with the police department, because they're just a joke, too. I'm tired. Either move him or shut the patio down at 10, because I'm not going anywhere, and I was there first. Liz Acuna, followed by Michelle McNeil. I'm here. Ma'am, I called her first, and I called your name second. So I just let you know you'll be the next speaker. Go ahead. I'm talking about the need for first responders, not just sheriffs and firemen. But I'm going to bring up another concern, and all of it will tie in together. You're going to get sick of seeing me because it's not over . I want a hospital. We need a hospital. San Antonio can no longer take our flow of people. I went in there, and they had an eight-hour wait, and there was 129 people in the emergency room. We need our own hospital. And then again, if you get a fire department, and the sher iffs are not on lease, and they're here all the time, maybe we won't have so much crime and people being assaulted. We need to feel safe, and the only way we're going to feel safe is if we can provide for our community. Fire, sheriffs, and a hospital. We have a lot of room to put a hospital. You know that. I don't know what your zoning is because it changes zoning so much. You've got multi-level buildings on zoning where it wasn't supposed to be like that. It's been changed, and it's not a good change. Because, again, these people aren't getting protected. They're not feeling secure. Because we've got more people in these multi-level complexes, and we can't serve them. Like I said the last time, if there's a heart attack on Haven, and someone on Barrow has their house on fire, the house will burn. What are you going to do? You're sitting there, and you're getting paid a decent amount. Even if you didn't get paid, you shouldn't be in that position if you don't have the compassion of the community. You have to think of the community first, not the expense, not your pocket, not anything but service. Give us the service that the taxes are supposed to pay for. The service of the fire. The first extra service to have our own sheriffs, never to lease them. And you know what I mean, Dennis. I'm very, very serious. We got one new fire department off of Arrow Highway, and it 's still not enough because of so much growth, assisted living in apartments. Well, at least if you're going to build it, service them. Let them feel a little safer. Because right now, with all these complaints about what's coming up, and the neighbor's too loud, and it's not, people are getting frustrated. Better enough, the economy is bad. And then when you start, people are hot up for money, and you can't control the crime. That's not Rancho Cucamonga. We're not a crime. We don't invite crime. The freeway didn't help. It helped in other ways. But as far as the crime is concerned, no, it didn't help. It invited the crime. So please, take it into consideration. We need a hospital. We need more firemen and more sheriffs. Please, we're paying taxes. You got the money. Spend it the right way. Michelle McNeil. That was Michelle. Now it's Liz Acuna. Thank you, Liz. Hello. I'm here again, just really sitting back and listening to all the legitimate concerns of Rancho Cucamonga. And, you know, this is not what Rancho Cucamonga is supposed to be. You know, it's supposed to be a nice city to live in. But you got housing going in on Foothill. You know, I'm here to gripe about the Hamilton's Brewery. I'm here to represent that. Because you put it in a residential area. All that says below Foothill. Does below Foothill, because they're lower income people, they don't pay as much taxes as people that live up there. Even the 210 people are complaining. What is going on with this city? Ask yourselves that. Make it a better city. Is it money? What do you guys, you know, it just makes us think that, what are you, taking bribes? And that's very insulting. I understand that. But it makes you kind of wonder, like, what's going on? And I understand that every city is required to have a certain amount of housing. Well, damn it, aren't we at capacity? Excuse my language. You know, I'm very frustrated. Now we got the permit parking. We're telling people that, hey, that's permit parking. Guess what? They laugh in our faces. We're being mocked and disrespected in our own neighborhood Because you have not declared Hamilton's Brewery, Hamilton 's Family Brewery, which is a joke, a public nuisance. They are a public nuisance and should have been declared so a long time ago. And this, you guys just sit there. We have a senior complex next door. I understand that Barbara comes here all the time. Barbara's a senior. And she's gotten sick over all this stuff. Where I'm concerned and I'm calling her, hey, how you doing ? Especially on the weekends. And she's not the only one. You have people right across the street. It's causing stress. It's causing medical issues to people that live there. It's causing frustration. People, can you imagine? Imagine that brewery and all the traffic. It's like Fifth Avenue with all these groups of people just wandering up and down our quiet, once quiet neighborhood. We're homeowners, too. We don't live, you know, way up there. But we're homeowners and we work very hard for our homes. And you guys are not understanding that. You guys still have them there. They need to be declared, again, a public nuisance because that is what they are. And it just seems like you guys are catering to them. They're violating our civil rights, which you guys should already have that embedded in your brain. We've said it numerous times. And they're still there. The permit parking is a joke we call the cops. We're the bad guy. They treat us like crap. Rancho PD, they treat us like crap with their little tone. Oh, no, I called the watch commander. Oh, I'm sure he didn't treat you like crap. Yes, he did. By your tone, you say a lot. They don't want to be out there. They don't want to be out there giving tickets. I guess it's beneath them. So maybe you need to privatize that and have people come and give these people tickets that really don't care about us. They're still coming. They're still walking all over our neighborhood. They don't care about us. We're being antagonized in our own homes. Philip Walker, followed by Don Horvatch. Hi. Thank you for hearing me. City of Rancho Cucamonga. I'm Philip E. Walker, a resident of our town and a Hollywood actor, presently teaching others how to become employed as a full-time Hollywood actor. But I come to you to remind you that in two days we once again celebrate Juneteenth. We will be having our fifth annual walk from near Rancho C ucamonga Station here to City Hall. Each year the walk's participation has grown, has doubled, and we hope that it's going to double again on this year. Then at 3 o'clock we will be showing two of our Juneteenth films. The documentary of last year's walk will screen, as well as Hapless Revenge. Hapless Revenge is a monster, y'all. It earned 13 awards last week and reached more than 400 honors in the three years that it has been touring the world. I thank Councilman Hutchinson for being the first person to view the stage reading of the screenplay. But I'm sad to point out that our city has been out Junete enth celebrated over these years. Many, many cities around have supported very large celebrations of Juneteenth, and we still are lagging a bit behind. I am happy to tell you, however, that my research showed multiple small Juneteenth celebrations here in Rancho Cucam onga. First time that's happened in, I don't know, maybe four years or so. So things are growing, and we hope that they continue to grow. The other great announcement that I want to make sure that everybody knows, the city's school district has named Juneteenth a holiday. And I want to take a picture with Mayor Pro Tem and announce on social media tonight of that wonderful move that the school district made. I thank you for your work, and I hope that you will consider making Juneteenth a city holiday. Don Horvatch. My name is Don Horvatch. I've been a long-time resident here. I live up in the Etiwanda area. I'm here, again, to complain about what's going on up there , right below the preserve, underneath the Edison power lines. There's kind of two issues going on here. We've got, you know, people loitering up there all night long. And the police, you know, I call them, or the police patrol there quite often, and they do a fantastic job. They come up there. They skedaddle them out. They leave. And I'm not kidding you, five minutes later, there's a new crew coming in. So this cannot be patrolled away. We need to have a more robust solution. And the problem is, of course, it's Edison's land. So what can Rancho do? Well, it's Edison's land. But Edison doesn't get a free pass, do they? They're a big corporation. Oh, we can't make them do anything. Well, they have to do something. Because if I took care of my property and everybody here took care of their property the way Edison does, this place would be horrible. But Edison gets a free pass. And I don't think that's right. Because right now up there, there's all night long people hanging out. So they're just drinking and they're having fun and whatever. They're steaming up the windows. Fine. But what happens now, you'll see this video here and this one here. This is what happened the other night. The same crew that goes up there shooting off fireworks. And this one right here lit the place on fire. Multiple crews up there, ambulances, fire, and everything had to put it out. And this is right next to my house. And right here, you can't see it too good, but we went out, I went out there, and then the fire crew came out, put the fire out. But if it would have continued for minutes more, those dry pine trees next door would have went up like a matchstick. And so would my house and the next house and the next house And we would have had a real tragedy. Because of what starts up there at the preserve, at that dirt lot under the power lines, okay? Edison's land. So it's kind of two things. The city is not, I guess it's Mariposa who does the maintenance once a year, twice a year, I don't know. But it's full of dry pine needles. And that's why this little spot here caught on fire so quickly, so easily. Just a lit cigarette butt or something. So, number one, we need to clean the dry brush up a little bit better and keep people from hanging out up there. Now, again, you can't patrol it away. There has to be something, a barricade, a barrier, or something to stop people from going there, but yet still allow Edison the throughway for their service roads up there. Anything you guys can do would be greatly appreciated. Very good. Thank you. Okay, that concludes our public communications portion of this evening's agenda. Mr. Mayor, can I add one blanket comment that addresses a number of comments today? Sure. I just would like to share with the public the city's budget was presented to the city council earlier today. It will be going forth for adoption next week. And within it, there are enhancements to both police and fire in personnel and in ways to support in patrolling and supporting keeping our residents safe. So, at the direction of city council, there will be an additional investment into both police and fire in the upcoming fiscal year. Okay, we will now move on to our consent calendar. Consent calendars are expected to be routine and they will be voted on without discussion unless any member of the council would care to pull a consent calendar item off the agenda. Mr. Mayor, I need to abstain from item D3 due to possible conflict of interest as SoCal Gas is my employer. Your abstention is noted. So, do I have a motion to approve the consent calendar including the revised staff reports and attachments for items D29 and D32? So moved. Second. Please vote. Motion carries unanimously with revisions to staff reports and attachments for items D29 and D32. And Councilmember Scott abstaining on item D3. Okay, very good. We have, we'll now move on to advertised public hearings. We have two public hearings this evening. So I'll turn the first one over. Actually, I'll turn both of them over to our city manager, Alyssa Cox. Alyssa. Thank you, sir. And I'm going to introduce our associate planner, Sophia S erafin. She's going to be presenting this item that is regarding to child daycare facilities. We're going to amend the municipal code to allow more of them. Good evening, Mayor and members of the City Council. The item before you tonight is a development code amendment regarding the child daycare facility slash center use. The proposed text amendment was submitted by Andreessen Architecture on behalf of Crosslight Family Ministries and existing church for the purpose of allowing preschools or daycare uses within the very low residential zone, as only K-8 schools are currently permitted within the zone Staff recognize that the constraints that the request aims to solve are applicable to other zoning designations, and therefore have extended the request to include other conventional, overlay, and form-based zones, applying the amendment citywide to all qualifying zones. The proposed development code amendments were presented to the Planning Commission on May 27, 2026, and were unanimously recommended to be approved by the City Council. The commissioners were supportive of the amendments, as the land use changes would help to alleviate issues surrounding the lack of child care services within the city and address a community need. The commissioners noted that both data collected by the City and their personal experiences have highlighted the need for further child care services in the City. They also expressed that early education programs would allow for more children to be set up for success in their K -12 educations, as they can develop their social and behavioral classroom skills from an early age. The child daycare facility slash center use is defined as a facility installed, operated, and maintained for the non- residential care of children, as defined under applicable state licensing requirements for the facility. Such facilities include, but are not limited to, infant centers, preschools, extended daycare facilities, or school -age child care centers. This use is currently not permitted within the very low, low, low-medium, medium, medium-high, and neighborhood est ates two zones. It is permitted within the high residential zone, as well as the transit, mixed-use, recreation, and mixed-use overlay zones of the resort overlay upon approval of a conditional use permit. The proposed amendments will revise the conventional zone, the resort overlay, and the form-based zone land use tables in Title 17 of the Municipal Code. The amendments will include expanding the zones, which allow for child daycare facility slash center use, subject to the issuance of a minor use permit. This will occur in the medium-high residential zone, which does not currently allow for the use. The amendment will also reduce the level of review to a minor use permit in the zones where the use is already permitted with a conditional use permit. This will occur for the high residential zone, as well as the transit, mixed-use, recreation, and mixed-use overlay zones of the resort overlay. Lastly, the amendment will propose to allow child daycare facility slash center use to be permitted as an accessory or secondary use to an already approved assembly use upon issuance of a minor use permit within the very low, low, low-medium, and medium residential zones, as well as the neighborhood estates two zone. The proposed text amendment will support various goals that the city aims to achieve. A study performed by Upwards identified a shortage of more than 10,000 child care spaces for children ages zero to five within the city. The city's Community Development Block Grant 2025 through 2029 consolidated plan also highlights the insufficient number of child daycare facilities slash centers within the city. Reducing the regulatory barriers and expanding opportunities for child daycare facilities slash centers throughout the city will help address the existing capacity gaps. Additionally, workforce participation can be increased by generating greater access to child daycare facilities slash centers as parents would be able to enter or expand their involvement in the local economy with sufficient options for child care. Lastly, the proposed amendments would support goals outlined in the general plan. Specifically, goal LC dash 3.10 for economic synergy would be addressed as allowing existing assembly uses to incorporate accessory child daycare uses would complement support and enhance existing operations. Additionally, while residential neighborhood general plan land use designations are primarily designed for housing, they also allow for civic uses such as schools and churches As K through eight schools are generally already permitted within these designations, allowing preschools and daycare uses as an accessory use would expand the civic services that can be offered to neighborhoods. Staff determined that the project is statutorily exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to section 15061B3 of the CEQA guidelines, which includes activity covered by the common sense exemption. Staff determined that the project is not a specific effect on the environment when a project does not have potential for causing a significant effect on the environment and can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment. The proposed amendments are administrative in nature and would not result in physical changes to the environment. Any actions taken as a result of the amendments would be subject to site-specific environmental review to determine individual impacts. Notice of the public hearing was published in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin newspaper on June 3rd, 2026. Individual notices were not sent to property owners nearby the site as the action is going to be citywide. As of today's date, staff have not received any communication from the public regarding this project. In conclusion, planning commission and staff recommend that the city council conduct a first reading of ordinance number 1057 for the proposed amendments to title 17 of the municipal code related to child daycare facilities slash centers. Staff and the applicant are available for any questions. Any questions of staff before we open the public hearing? Seeing none, public hearing is now open. Are there any members of the public that wish to address the city council on this matter regarding daycare centers? Seeing none, the public hearing is closed. Is there any other comments from council members? Thank you so much for your report. And now I would just make one comment. I'm really thrilled that this has come forward because I think we all are. It's great to be able to have a neighborhood that could potentially have a daycare center instead of having the families drive quite a distance to get their child to a day care center. So we're looking forward to what that might bring for us. So I would like to entertain a motion to approve staff's recommendation and introduce ordinance number 1057 to be read by title only and waive further reading and supporting staff's recommendations. So moved. Second. Madam Clerk. Oh, I apologize, Mayor. I was just informed that the applicant is present and would like to speak on the item. Is the applicant here this evening? There he is. Apologies, Mayor. That's okay. Good evening, Mayor, members of the city council. My name is Doug Andreessen. I'm with Andreessen Architecture. I didn't really wish to speak. I couldn't have said it any better than the planning department said it. So I'm just here. If there's any questions, I'm just happy that you seem to be in favor of it. So I didn't want to take up any time if it wasn't necessary Very good. Thank you for being here. Thank you for that, Madam Clerk. So, Madam Clerk, now the title. An ordinance of the city council of the city of Rancho Cuc amonga, California, approving development code amendment DRC 2026-00029, amending tables 17.30.030-1, 17.38.060-1, and 17.136.020-1, of chapters 17.30, 17.38, and 17.136, respectively, of title 17 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code to amend the permit requirements for child care facility center uses , making findings in support thereof, and finding an exemption from CEQA under section 15061-B3 of the CEQA guidelines. Very good. Please vote. Motion carried unanimously. Very good. Madam City Manager, our next G2 public hearing. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. This item and the next item are both being brought to you this evening, courtesy of the state of California and requirements that they are mandating for local jurisdictions to comply with. This first one is a report on our employee vacancy report, and it's going to be presented to us by our senior human resources business partner, Emily Nielsen. Good evening, Mayor and members of City Council. I'm going to be presenting the public employees vacancy report for the city and the fire district. So this report comes from Assembly Bill 2561, which was signed into law in September of 2024 and went into effect in January 2025. It requires local agencies to have an annual public hearing to present information on vacancies, recruitment, retention efforts, and any hiring obstacles prior to the adoption of a budget. Additional information is also required if the vacancy rate for full-time positions in a bargaining unit is at least 20 %, and it allows employee organizations to make presentations at the hearing as well. As of December 31st, 2025, which is a mid-year date we used for benchmarking, the overall vacancy rate for the city is 10.62%, and the overall vacancy rate for the fire district is 3.42%. When it comes to our recruitment and retention efforts, we 're really focused on inclusive and transparent hiring practices, including our website, participating in community events and career fairs, utilizing governmentjobs .com, posting on specialty and professional job boards and social media outreach. We're also taking a proactive review and updating job qualifications and selection criteria when it comes to our recruitments, and utilizing best practices for talent acquisition by capturing a wider candidate pool and developing pathways to public service. We're also focused on a supportive employee experience, emphasizing professional development and utilizing our My Action Plans that our employees create every year. In conclusion, our city and fire district combined vacancy rate is 8.71%, and we are below 20% for all city and district recognized bargaining units. That concludes the presentation. Available if there's any questions. Thank you very much. Any questions of staff before we open the public hearing at this time? Seeing none. Public hearing is now open. Is there any members of the public that desire to speak on this particular public hearing item? Seeing none, we will go ahead and close the public hearing. And I would ask that if there's no further comments that we approve. Do we have to have a motion on this one or not? Or is this just a report? Yes, sir. Just a report. No motion. That's what I kind of thought, but I wanted to double check All righty. We'll now move on to city manager of staff reports. And Alyssa, thank you for your report. Appreciate it. Thank you, sir. I am inviting to the other side of the staff dais our city clerk's services director, Ashton Orocho, who's going to be providing the staff report on SB 707 and the new rules and policies, and that we will be asking the council to consider for adoption in order for us to comply with state law beginning July 1st. Good evening, mayor, members of the city council. It's different seeing you on this side of the dais. This evening we will go over Senate Bill 707, as city manager Cox mentioned, and the impacts it will have on our open meetings. So in October of 2025, Governor Newsom signed Senate Bill 707 into law, amending the Brown Act to promote greater diversity and public engagement in city council meetings. The Rancho Cucamonga City Council falls under the category of an eligible legislative body and is now subject to new requirements under SB 707 for regular and special city council meetings. The city will now be required to allow members of the public to participate in meetings both in person and by a two-way telephonic system. Members of the public who would like to participate remotely will be requested to join a queue by calling a phone number available on the meeting agenda. This process will be similar to how we handled public participation during the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether participating in person or by the two-way teleph onic system, members of the public will have the same time allotment of three minutes and be governed by the rules of decorum. Staff is also recommending an amendment to the current rules of decorum to include language clarifying that if a person participating in a public meeting via a two-way tele phonic system continues to violate the rules of decorum after receiving a warning, the presiding officer may mute or disable the individual's connection as appropriate to resolve the disruption. Government code section 549-53.4 requires the city council to adopt a technology disruption policy by July 1st. The policy must address procedures for responding to disruptions of telephonic or internet service during a meeting and the efforts the legislative body will make to restore service. The statute further requires that if a disruption occurs that prevents members of the public from observing the meeting or participating in the meeting through the two-way telephonic platform, the city council must recess the open session for at least one hour and make a good faith effort to restore service. During this time, the city council may meet in closed session as permitted by law. The city council may not reconvene open session until at least one hour has passed or service has been restored, whichever occurs first. If service has not been restored upon reconvening, the city council must make findings by a roll call vote that good faith efforts were made to restore access and that the public interest in continuing the meeting outweighs the public interest in providing remote access. Alternatively, the meeting may be adjourned. The proposed policy before you tonight incorporates these requirements and establishes procedures to ensure transparency and continuity of meetings in the event of a technology disruption. SB 707 also requires translation of agendas and webpages highlighting information of public meetings into applicable languages based on the most recent American community survey data of the population served. applicable languages are defined by any language spoken jointly by 20% or more of an applicable population that speaks English less than very well. Staff has reviewed and based on the criteria, Branch of Cuc amonga does not meet the 20% threshold in any language outside English. However, the current agenda management software that the city utilizes can translate agendas in over 250 languages and is currently active for public use. In addition, the city web page may also be translated in up to nine languages and is currently active for public use. In addition, SB 707 also requires public agencies to reasonably assist any member of the public who wishes to translate a meeting or wishes to receive interpretation provided by another member of the public so long as the interpretation does not disrupt the meeting. Reasonable assistance may include arranging a space for interpreters at the meeting location, allowing extra time during the meeting for interpretation, or ensuring that participants may use personal equipment or reasonably access commercially available interpretation services. physical location where members of the public may post additional translations of meeting minutes or meeting ag endas in reasonable proximity to the location where official city council agendas are posted. Currently, meeting agendas are displayed in a locked bullet in board outside council chambers. The city clerk services department has identified an adjacent posting board that will be made available for members of the public to post alternative translated ag endas for city council meetings starting in July. A disclaimer will be placed on the board notifying the public that agendas posted on the public posting space are not verified, reviewed, or endorsed, or otherwise sanction ed by the city. Government Code section 549-53.4 also requires the city council to determine what constitutes reasonable efforts to encourage public participation in city council meetings, specifically amongst under-representative communities and non-economic communities. The city's approach to outreach may include inviting participation in city council meetings from media organizations serving the city, including those serving non -english speaking communities, as well as civic, neighborhood, community-based, civic rights, and good government organizations. The city council meeting is a part of the city council meeting. The city council meeting is a part of the city council meeting. The city council meeting is a part of the city council meeting. council chambers another key point is the loss of local control since the city must shift staff priorities to meet state imposed requirements finally the city may face future costs if our systems need upgrades to stay compliant as regulations continue to evolve staff is recommending that the city council adopt the technology disruption policy in compliance with government code section 54953.4 and adopt a resolution amending the rules of decorum in order that promotes civility at all public meetings that concludes my report and i'm happy to answer any questions any questions or comments to our city clerk i have one question go back to the previous slide before questions please so the resolution that we're to we are adopting tonight the rules of decorum and order is is that going to be different than the ones that we have now thank you for that question mayor pro tem so it will be similar to what is currently um in our resolution as far as our rules of decor um today the only difference is we had to add in for the uh telephonic system that line basically that the presiding officer is able to stop the connection services very similar to if we were to have a disruption inside council chambers we wouldn't be able to do the same on a remote call so we just had to add language to also provide the rules of decorum to go with the telephonic system everything else remained the same the other one is there is there any ability if we find one particular caller is disruptive every single time they call and quite offensive is there a way to not have that person call in mr city attorney can he be he or she be blocked or suspended if someone is constantly disrupting a meeting and this is where i think that sb 707 is very flawed it's almost impossible to figure out who they are if they're not going to provide a name and this was came up a lot during covid when we had the the zoom bombings unfortunately rancho cucamonga i think was very successful and didn't have to deal with that very much but there were many communities that did have to deal with it and to the extent we can find out who it is that's causing it we can try and get an injunction that prevents them from calling in or set parameters on what they can do when they call in but we can also be more aggressive in how we police this and while right now we have to provide a warning before we disconnect somebody you know i don't think we have to continue to provide them a warning every single meeting if we've already provided them the same warning so we can look at whether you know the connection is pulled as quickly as possible because i know that some of the things that people will say will be harmful so if i notice that area code 555-123-456789 calls every single time and has a pattern of disrupting can we block that number we can we will look at our options to protect the community from hateful speech i don't know exactly what that's going to look like but we can probably try and find try and get a court to issue an injunction if somebody has risen somebody has caused a disruption that rises to that level and i know this is public speech freedom of public speech and i understand that and i support that my concern would be or question would be could someone have to sign a i agree to the following to join the queue for a call yeah so if the law says that if we are going to operate like a zoom type of call-in system that we they can be forced to register through that system now you know whether they give us a fictitious name or not is you know going to be difficult to police but signing an agreement that they will abide by the rules of decorum and i understand that if i do not i my call will be disconnected and i have a potential of not being able to participate in future meetings we'll have to look into that i mean we don't require that for somebody that comes in person and i realize that somebody comes in person puts themselves out there more so than someone who's simply calling in but that's not currently allowed by the the sb 707 or the brown act and there are restrictions in the brown act about allowing somebody or requiring somebody to register as a condition of providing their public comment and i understand that part i'm just wondering about the agreement that there should be certain agreements if you show up here in person you are essentially when you pick up that card there's something there that says you are going to abide by it and to be honest they don't need to agree for those to apply anybody that comes up to the podium gets it has a speaker card and i believe the rules decorum on the back of the speaker card right so that's you know whether or not they agree they're still subject to it okay okay well thank you maybe there's something further we can do to protect the public from hate speech and disrupting our meetings so thank you any other questions you know i i've got just one comment um it's very frustrating um this is costing uh taxpayers more money i agree that we should provide access for people to be able to attend meetings telephonically if they cannot if they're disabled if they have no way of transportation the frustrating part for for i think all of us is the state of california legislature goes ahead and and adopts these new policies and rules for local governments and county governments there is a ruling there's there's state funded mandates that they're supposed to years ago were supposed to fund and help cut cover the cost of that mandate that they 're putting on local governments but the frustrating part is every one of these kinds of things that come down to local governments they don't comply with it themselves i mean you would think that if it 's good for the local government citizens it's good for us as citizens to be able to call in at the state legislature for a concern we might have but um i kind of understand why that's not the case but i still it's still from somewhat frustrating so with that we have to approve a motion uh and that motion is to adopt the city council policy for technology disruption and compliance with the government code section 549-53.4 and a resolution amending the rules of decorum and order that promote in order to promote civil civil promote civility at all public meetings our motion to approve so moved motion carries unanimously very good uh now our next item is a uh consideration of appointment of nathan cook to the planning commission and uh both i lind l ind i'm going to turn that over to our mayor pro-tem kennedy to address this matter thank you mr mayor the mayor and i had the privilege of forming the subcommittee to select a member a new member of our planning commission to replace a commissioner that stepped down mr james daniels this i think we had more applicants than i've seen in many many years 34 applicants for the planning commission very qualified men and women who expressed an interest in helping us plan the future of our community and the mayor and i was quite difficult but we narrowed it down to appoint nathan cook to the planning commission to fill the vacancy but we had so many excellent can candidates that we also want to place grant laguette and natalie icrada on the 12-month eligible eligibility list so if we have a vacancy in the next year then we have two highly qualified people that we could appoint without interviewing so that is the recommendation of the subcommittee and that unexpired term he will be appointed through de cember 31st of 2029 so if we have a motion to approve so moved second please vote motion carries unanimously very good any city attorney our any city council announcements i have one quick one and that is i would like to announce that the beginning in july we did this two weeks ago but beginning uh the month of july the regular meetings of the city council fire protection district public financing authority housing agency and successor agency will begin at 6 p.m rather than the historic time 7 p.m we're moving it up one hour here in the council chambers are there any other in in interagency updates any city attorney items i have no reports tonight thank you sir um any identification of items for july 15th meeting 2026 i do have another announcement is that the the meeting normally scheduled july 1st that's two weeks from now has been canceled so our next meeting will be held on july 15th of the third wednesday of the month so with that we are now adjourned thank you all for attending this evening we appreciate your attendance always we have uh we have a good administrator that maintain the account you know what uh i'm not sure i was so private problems yeah