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fair that it will give more elbow room to folks. The reality is that we're using the historic Civic Center in different ways and trying to make it a real campus for arts and culture. This space will allow for so much more community-based activity. It's going to help us activate and expand our summer concert series. Not only that, but our Christmas special that we do there. And we also set it up for the future. You can build an arts building, you can build a culinary kitchen. There is so much potential. We're really doing it as a city. That splash pad must be so great during the summer. It looks like a blast. Yeah, what a great way to stay cool and active under the sun. Because we all know how hot it can get here. Corona is truly such a beautiful city. We are so lucky to have public spaces like parks and hiking trails that remind us to appreciate nature and get some fresh air. Next up, Corona is committed to being a pioneer in technology. Let's see how that's being implemented across the city. We're doing a big complaint. What the city of Corona is doing is we're deploying advanced detection sensors for vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles. It will help actuate the intersection better and hopefully get you from A to B smoother, faster, safer, more efficiently. For the community, what they should see is traffic signals flowing a little bit more efficiently along major corridors. We're hoping to get you through not just one green light, but several green lights in a row from one end of the corridor to the other. Who knows what the future is going to hold, but this is definitely the next step of traffic management through the city of Corona. The real-time information center is a hub for all the technology in the police department. We're trying to get the real-time information out to these officers so that they can get more detailed information and faster. So what we do is we monitor incoming 911 calls. And once a call comes in, we'll launch the drone that's closest to that call and respond to the scene and start gathering real-time information. Anything happens in the city, we are working together, we're working fast, we're getting information, a lot of intel. And what we do with that is we provide that information to the responding officers or the fire department or any city entity that needs that information. Who's the dude that was flying the drone? Because he did a great job. It's making the community safer because we're able to find cars faster or people faster in the cameras and we're able to make arrests and reduce crime. Community services are what makes Corona special. Let's take a look at how they benefit the community. Community services, we've been extremely busy this year with new projects and activities for the Corona community. We recently kicked off our inaugural Music and Arts Festival last spring. So summer is very impacted and busy where we try to help the Corona community come out, engage with each other. We have our 4th of July parade in the morning, followed by our festival in the afternoon. The very next week, that following Thursday, we always follow up with our first Summer Street Fair 2025, we had some quality bands with some great personalities. Movies and Parks went really well. Working on some new special projects coming soon to help promote the city as a place to live, play and stay. The special events team is looking for a way to highlight the grand circle and kind of bring back that historic feel back to the Corona community. We want everyone to enjoy themselves and then leave a lasting impression that they came to an event and have fun here in the city of Corona. I want to take you on a journey of a typical example of some of the residents in our city, where we have been able to move them from the streets. Some of our residents, they moved into shelter. They were wrapped like a blanket with supportive services to get stabilized and then connected to permanent housing. housing. I like to say that all roads lead to housing. You cannot end homelessness without housing. We have achieved a lot since our homeless plan was launched and approved by our city council in June of 2020. We help about 400 Corona residents every day. Think about all the people that would otherwise be on the streets if we didn't have this system of care. Hearing those stories was so inspiring and moving. It's amazing how resilient people can be. I totally agree with you, Sarah. It's really important to take care of our whole community. They make our city vibrant and meaningful. 2025 was a huge year for Corona. We had the summer concert series, movies in the park, and we can't forget the 4th of July celebration. As we wrap up the year, there were also other great events like Halloween and the holiday tree lighting. That just about wraps up our time today. I don't know about you, Sarah, but I'm really excited about what's to come. I couldn't agree more. Thanks for watching and as always, we'll see you next time on Inner Circle TV. My name is Devon Perdomo and I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona Animal Shelter. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. 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I am the Animal Services Supervisor for City of Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for Corona. I am the Animal Services Supervisor for Corona. Thank you. We will convene open session. At this time, I would like to call the meeting to order. Ms. Edwards, can you please read the special instructions? Yes, Mayor. Individuals wishing to address the City Council are requested to complete a speaker card and deliver it to City Clerk staff prior to the item being heard by the City Council. Please observe the three-minute limit for communications. And once called upon to speak, please state your name and City of Residence for the record. All right. Thank you. We will start today with a presentation. Item 5.1. We have Southern California Edison. A presentation on wildfire mitigation plan. I would like to invite Maddie Bogue. Is it Bogue? Bogue? Yeah. Maddie Bogue, the Government Relations Manager, to the podium for the presentation. Thanks, Maddie. And welcome. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Well, good evening, everyone. My name is Maddie Bogue. I am the new Government Relations Manager for the City of Corona. I am joined tonight by my colleague, Louise Laura. Thank you for having us. The purpose of this presentation is to spend just a couple minutes reviewing with you our our 2026 wildfire mitigation plan and also highlight public safety power shutoffs, more commonly known as PSPS. Perfect. So PSPS is just one part of a broader wildfire mitigation strategy here at SCE. We're reducing wildfire risk by hardening the grid. And some of the ways in which we're doing that, you can see outlined here. We're replacing bare wire with covered conductor, installing fire resistant poles, adding fast acting protection devices, and we're targeting undergrounding lines where it reduces the most risk. In the City of Corona, some of these upgrades are already happening and planned. For example, we have 2.66 miles of new covered conductor and other improvements already planned or in progress. The good news about this is not only does it help with reducing the need for public safety power shutoffs, but that also helps with resiliency and reliability for other types of outages within the city. So this is a map that I pulled from our publicly available resource. This is our outage map. This is available to anyone in the City of Corona or within our service territory to check on the status of outages. What I did here was I overlaid our high fire risk area or more commonly referred to as HFRA. So just a little bit about the City of Corona. They're served by 65 circuits. Twenty-eight of those circuits could be impacted by a public safety power shutoff. So whether a circuit is impacted or not is determined by if it's in one of the high fire risk areas outlined here. So as you can see, the light and dark red areas are the Tier 2 and Tier 3 high fire risk areas. And those are designated to us by the CPUC. The difference between the light pink, which is the Tier 2 and the dark red, which is the Tier 3, is how likely a fire could occur based on many factors ranging from weather, vegetation, and surrounding buildings. So just taking a little bit of a step back here. So there is a public safety power shutoff. I'm sure many of you are aware. But for those that are not, a public safety power shutoff occurs when an electric utility temporarily shuts off power to reduce the risk of fire caused by utility equipment. Fire weather conditions, which is a previous previously mentioned, include strong winds, dry vegetation, and low humidity are what drive the need for a PSPS event. The decision to proactively shut off power is guided by science and real-time field data. While we understand that PSPSs are disrupting and frustrating for all of us, it's one of the many strategies that are a part of our wildfire mitigation plan and is approved by state regulators to help keep our communities safe. So what's new in 2026? PSPS continues to be evaluated every year to improve safety and reduce the risk of fires. This year, PSPS could happen earlier, occur more frequently, last longer, and does have the potential to affect more customers. This is due to early indicators that, unfortunately, we're all familiar with, right? We've seen some of the hottest days already happen earlier in March. And unfortunately, I know here in Riverside County, we've already experienced a slew of fires. So that's not a guarantee that we're going to have more PSPS, but it's just an early indicator that I want to share with this group that we're seeing that it may happen. Real-time weather behavior will determine if it's necessary, with the goal remaining to reduce wildfire risk to keep communities safe. With that, I'll pass it over to my colleague, Luis, to share a little bit about customer programs and resources. Thank you. Hi, welcome. Hi, good afternoon. So my name is Luis Slade. I'm with the Outage Management and Communications Team. And today I'm going to share with you just a couple of the resources that we have for customers available, not only doing a PSPS event, but also during just normal outage days, if you will, or what we call blue sky outages. So first of all, during a PSPS event, we know that this is an impact to our customers, both business and our residential customers. So number one, we'd like to recommend customers to become familiar with the 211 service. 211 is a third-party entity where they will be able to connect customers with available resources in that area. Now, this is very critical for those customers that have a heightened medical need for power or have some access and functional needs. Additionally, through Edison, we do offer rebates for backup battery systems. There may be a qualification for some of these products for your customers. During large PSPS events on the Outage Map, we will provide a lot of information in there. One key bit of information that will be housed there is lodging. If it's a large-scale PSPS event, we will post discounts and whatever rebates are available on sc.com on the Outage Map. Which brings me to something else. Alerts. We need to ensure that all customers during a PSPS event and during regular outages are able to receive the notification timely. And that's specifically to their property, to their transformer. In order to do that, one thing you will hear from us constantly is we need your help to have or to spread the news that we need customers to update their contact information. It's not uncommon for us to send out a notification to customers. And that notification comes back as undelivered because either that text, voice message, or email address is no longer in use by that customer. So if you could help us spread that word, please, we need to have your updated contact information. Now I did mention about the Outage Map on sc.com. It's a very interactive map. You can type in the address of your business, of your home, and it will bring up what are the actual outages that are nearby. Any future maintenance outages that are scheduled in the next 14 to 15 days. And if there is a PSPS event ongoing, it will reflect that polygon there. As well as the different resources, for example, like community crew vehicles where they're located and community resource centers. And speaking of those, next slide. So what are these customer resource centers and community crew vehicles? So our customer resource centers are literally brick and mortar buildings that we have a pre-planned agreement with that local city. We're doing an event. We'll activate that, you know, center. And we will host it along with the city. We'll provide snacks and food and et cetera. It's a place for customers that may be temporarily displaced or that need additional support that they can go to get some of these services. A community crew vehicle is a mobile version of that, right? It provides snacks. It goes into a specific neighborhood and provides information to customers as well as, you know, charging devices and stuff like that for customers that may need that additional support. Again, for customers that have a heightened medical need for power, we do have a critical care battery backup program. It's very much a subsidized program for those customers that need that support. We also have what we call SCE Marketplace. SCE Marketplace is a repository of information where customers can go and begin the research for a backup, you know, battery system or generator or whatever it is. There are a whole host of devices there, not just battery backup systems, different things. We're not going to specifically recommend any specific brand or system, whatever it is, but it will at least help start that process of researching what customers may need for their own home or business. We also do have a battery storage program. Again, this is for those medical baseline customers. We'll be back, provide rebates of up to $7,500 for that system. Now, oh, I think I turned it back to my boss, Maddie. Maddie. Before you go, Luis, I've got a couple of questions for you. Do you want me to hold the questions for the end? No, you're totally fine. I was just going to close and say thank you for the opportunity to present. I did leave some resources up there and then everything is available online. Easiest way is sce.com slash PSPS. And yes, we're both happy to answer any questions. Thank you. I think it was slide seven. Can you go back to that really quick? Sure. Maybe it was six. Sorry. There's quite a few people in my neighborhood that I would put in the elderly category. And I'm not certain that utilizing their phone for internet access during a power outage is maybe something that they're comfortable with. I'm certainly not trying to speak for them. But in that type of situation, power's out, can't go online. Maybe they only have a flip phone or something along those lines. They don't have the access to the internet on their phone. How is it that you guys are able to reach them should they have? What I'm looking at or what I'm getting at is those that have medical devices that need power. Power goes out in the middle of the night, can't operate that device or something along those lines. The way that I heard you talk about it, it was go online and when the power is out, you can figure out the resources. I'm trying to understand what the plan is going to be for someone that maybe doesn't have access online and they want to figure out what they're going to do to power their devices during a power outage that they need to maintain their health. First of all, I love that question. Now, typically, we do have a presentation that it's really about 700 slides long. It's a great we have a great time. But it's really geared to residential customers and explains the process of this. And one of the key points there is how do we plan in advance? Right. Let's not wait for the actual outage event to happen. And now we're mobilizing and trying to get you a battery backup system or we're trying to connect you with a resource. But how do we start planning ahead for that? Right. So for our elderly customers, what are some things within your sphere of influence that you need for your home and for your own protection? Right. One of those things that we highlight is are you able to get out of your garage? Something very simple. Right. Do we know the process for doing that? Right. How do we go about doing that? For those customers that have an access and functional need, how do we prepare in advance for that? What are some of the resources available in advance to prepare for a potential outage event? So I think the key thing here is how do we engage with those customers early, raise the alarm that there's a potential, but there are also resources available to you in advance. So how do we start preparing earlier for that? I think a lot of customers that have medical equipment are on some sort of plan with Edison that they say this is a life-saving necessity. You guys should have record of everybody in Corona that is on that type of plan. Do you guys reach out to them separately and say, hey, we know that we're giving you a discount because you've got a medical device that you need to sustain life? Should a power outage happen, this is what we need you to do type of thing. Yes, so there are two types of customers identified in that space, medical baseline and critical care. Medical baseline customers are those customers that self-certify as I need or I have some certain medical need, and that is flagged in their account. There are also those customers that are of a critical care nature where there's a more lengthier process and engagement on that front. Now, for those both customer profiles, we do proactively engage with those customers annually to remind them to update the contact information. Please be prepared, have a preparedness plan in place already so that when something does happen, we can activate that. Now, during a PSPS event, how do we engage with those customers? Now, many customers may not know that if there is a critical care customer, for example, and we send them a notification that there's a potential PSPS happening, we potentially see it in the next three days. But if we send that email, voice message, text, whatever it is that they prefer to receive that communication and comes back as undelivered, we'll make a second attempt. We can't still get a hold of them. We will literally trigger a field resource to conduct a wellness check on that customer. Okay. That makes me feel I appreciate that. I mean, you know, we can't expect that you're going to go and verify everybody by knocking on a million doors. But it sounds to me like you guys are putting forth a big effort to make contact with those people that would be the critical care type of thing. So I appreciate that. I just wanted to make sure that way, as I'm talking to neighbors and people in my district that would meet that criteria, let them know that there's a plan. So I appreciate that. Thank you. And, Council Member, I'll just add very briefly, if you don't mind, thank you for that question. That's why I just want to highlight and underscore the importance of making sure that your constituents and our customers know about these programs ahead of time. So thank you for bringing that forward. Thank you, Council Member. Do any of my other colleagues have questions or comments? Just one. First of all, thank you for coming in. This seems a little bit deja vu because I think I got it as part of the government advisory panel. Thank you for, and thank you, Jeremy, for inviting me on. It's been really good to hear. Thank you for coming and giving that same information because we are getting into that season now. We've already had or we're going to be having PSPS things happen, especially we've had a couple of neighborhoods that have had it pretty regular. I did ask you a little while ago about, I know you talked a little bit about grid hardening, and I know that they've, you know, SE's been doing it throughout their service area. Can you talk about, you know, timing-wise for grid hardening in Corona? Sure. Yeah. Thank you, Council Member. I'm happy to. And we had a conversation specifically about the on-broad circuit. I think that's a circuit here that customers have been experiencing multiple outages. So we do have two things that we're doing. One, by 2028, this circuit will be either 100% have covered conductor or undergrounded. So that will help greatly with resiliency on that circuit and those customers that have been affected. And then also by 2027, we will have an acronym called REFCL, Rapid Earth Fault Current Limiting. That's an upgrade that's going to help with the resiliency of that circuit as well. We know that it's an important one and it's been an issue for customers. So we thank you for bringing that to our attention. Our team's obviously, you know, been on top of it. But thank you for the continued conversation on it. And we are working on the resiliency for that. So 2027 and 2028. Okay, good. That's great. Can you go to the next slide? I think it's maybe two more slides. This is slide number eight. There you go. I think a lot of people don't understand or at least aren't aware of that there are rebates available for the portable batteries, port of generators. I know that that's not available for everybody to do. But I just, you know, wanted to make sure I highlighted that. And thank you again for coming in. Thank you. Thank you all for your time. Appreciate it. Thank you. We're going to hang tight and see if we have any speaker cards for this item. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public for the presentation? Mayor, yes. We have one speaker card for the presentation. All right. Oh, we have a speaker coming up. Hi there. Welcome, Maddie. Maddie Paxton. Thank you very much for the presentation. I really enjoyed that. But just bring a couple facts, questions. When my dad was alive, he did not use his cell phone. We used to have to yell at him a lot. He used the old-fashioned phone with the answering machine. So if the power goes out, there's no communication. How does something like that? He didn't live in corona. But just something to think about. How would that work? That's the first question. And the second thing that I've encountered with SCE, very troublesome. I went to renew my care program, low income. And they couldn't find me because I live in a mobile home. It's not unique. Even with utilities, they can't apply any of this to us because we don't have a discreet address. So how do you notify? My payment goes to my park who pays SCE or pays whomever. How do we get notified? Those are just my questions. Thank you. Thank you, Maddie. Does the SCE team have any answers on that? Maddie or Luis? Sure. So the question on the care customers that are, so we call them primary metered. So the account holder is Acme, you know, business. And there are different customers here. So the way we engage with those customers is it has to be done through the account. Now, for PSPS events, we are able to push on. Customers can sign up for PSPS notifications even if you're not the account holder. You're not the customer of record. Now, if you're having some issues with your care and far, I can connect with you definitely. I think he's passed, but I think it's a general question. Yeah. And then I know that there's conversions at mobile home parks. There's mobile home parks that are now converting to have individual meters per units. Is that something that SCE is looking to assist our local mobile home parks in doing? Do you know? I don't have information on that. If I tell you anything about it, I would completely be lying to you. Okay. And you're going to punch me in the nose later on. It would just be something I know that I've heard that from residents as well, having their own line, being their own, you know, their own customer. Yeah. Yeah. We're happy to look into that. And I'll circle back with you on that, Mayor. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. And I think we have one more speaker card. Sure. Hello. Welcome. Joe Morgan, 206. So more and more at these meetings, people have presentations, staff, other presenters, where you have the presentation. It's very clear that you guys have the presentation in front of you. Oh, really? You knew that it was slide seven and slide four? You were just writing down exactly slide by slide? Oh, so you know which one was four and seven? It's on the screen as you're presenting. So if you have the presentation here, we should have the presentation as well. You know, it should be a requirement for the staff and presenters. And it's not just these particular presenters. I get that there's some paperwork here, but we should have a record of it. It shouldn't be a record that's available only to us after the meeting. So, you know, every time you say you're welcome, you know, we're not welcome. It's very clear. Thank you very much. Thank you. Mayor. Mr. Morgan, are you asking for like a paper presentation or was it not on the screen? I was looking behind me. I'm asking for it to be attached to the agenda. Okay. That's why I'm just trying to get clarity. I actually don't, I don't disagree with you. I didn't know it wasn't attached to the agenda. I saw it here on the computer screen. And that's how I was figuring out what page number it was on. Yeah. But what you're asking for is to have it attached to the agenda. I don't think that that's a bad request. Thank you. I just wanted clarity around that. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. Next speaker. It seems like you have access to it when it goes off of the screen, when it goes off the screen, and we lose access to it. No, we, it's the same. Same thing you're seeing. Ours is the same. Hi. Welcome. Hello. Good afternoon. Good afternoon. My name is Robert Mershaffee. About this presentation recently that we just had here, I heard a lot of different things mentioned. One being the power outages and the other thing being fires. One thing I had a concern about during the presentation was that if there are expected power outages for certain areas, why is there not a plan in place to make it so that anyone who's in those areas can go to another area and still receive services that they may need or something like that. And the other thing is that a lot of this presentation was focused on fires and the way that fires may affect power outages. And I'm not sure how that we've heard anything, how that relates. But if it does relate, can we expect that a fire would eliminate power to all of corona or only certain portions? Is there cutoffs? Is there things that people can do to avoid fires or to mitigate fires? Separate and apart from upgrading the wires. Or the coating on the wires. Thank you. Thank you, Robert. Maddie and Louise, you spoke about where folks can go during a power safety shutoff. Can you just say again where folks can go during these emergencies? And again, this is in response of natural disasters, natural occurrences, in a way to mitigate and ensure that we don't have, we're not adding to issues. So if you can share a bit about where folks can go in case of an emergency. Sure. Thank you, Mayor. Yes, we have, do I still have access to the presentation by chance or no? Perfect. Thank you. So we have a customer resource center, CRC, that my colleague Louise touched on. So that's activated in a public safety power shutoff. So that's when we are proactively shutting off power to avoid a fire. And to the resident's question, as long as it's not emergent, customers are receiving a notification three days prior to a PSPS activation. And because it's dependent on whether that notification will be updated daily. So if it shifts or if it gets pushed back or if it gets canceled, the customer will continue to get those notifications. All right. Thank you. Thank you so much. Again, we appreciate it. And you've made, you shared the information on where folks can go online and what numbers they can call 211 in case of an emergency. Okay. Thank you very much. Thanks so much. Thanks, Maddie. Thanks, Louise. Okay. We're moving on to item six, the consent calendar. All items listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine matters, status reports, or documents covering previous city council action. The items listed on the consent calendar may be enacted in one motion with the concurrence of the city council. A council member or any person in attendance may request that an item be removed for further consideration. Would my colleagues like any items pulled for discussion? None. None. None. None. None. None. None. None. Nope. Me either. Do we have any Ms. Edwards from the audience? Mayor, yes. We have two speaker cards for the consent calendar for items 6.5 and 6.6. 6.5 and 6.6. Okay. In that case, I'll entertain a motion. Motion. Thank you. To move for all items except 6.5 and 6.6. Please vote. Okay. And the consent calendar passes. 5 is zero. We have item 6.5. If you pull the card, please come on up. Hi there, Maddie. Okay. Again, Maddie Paxton. I've been here for 10 years in Mobile Home Park. I can do easily three hours on this. Trying to get it in three minutes is going to be difficult, so I'm going to take my own notes out of order. I'm going to start with my requests first, and then I'm going to work backwards. My first request is regarding that. I want to thank everybody with the RSO. For the most part, the RSO, the ordinance in itself, great idea, wonderful, but there's one huge problem with it. And I'm sure you're aware of it. You didn't expect anybody to look at any of the statistics. And I found numbers that don't make any sense. So my first comment in order to do that is, I've asked again, restrict access to the individual space rental. And if you choose not to do this, then I'm going to ask for a challenge for all of you. Since this is personal data, it's confidential data, I want all of you, there's 1,100 of us that you've exposed information for. There's 10 parks, there's seven of you, RSO team. I want everybody's mortgage information. I want to know what you pay, what the mortgage you have, what you put as a down payment, what your monthly payment is, what your rate is, and what your balance is. That's equivalent to putting out what you did publicly. So I want all of that. I'll get into also, I'll talk to Mr. Durrell's answer busted on that one as well. The second request is when you have, we've had workshops. They're not a workshop. Those are lectures. They hand us handouts and they read them to us. We ask questions. They don't get answers. Specific topics that got taped to the wall with a post-it. No open discussion whatsoever. Information has not been disseminated. I've been to everything. And as far as numbers go, so you don't know, is I've been asked by four different cities, six different occasions to come in and speak to RSO. I was asked last Tuesday to present. I've met two of our city, the California state senators because of RSO. Do you have comments about the contract? The contract. And this is why I'm saying I don't want RSO, I don't want RSG involved with this. Okay. The other thing that came up with where the connection is with Mr. Durlith when I said this about the space rental, he said, nope, that two cities are doing this. After I presented it, we have Carson and Oceanside. Proof. Got a phone call. This is so-and-so Carson. Don't know anybody. Maddie. This is so-and-so RSG Corona. First thing. Second thing, all you have to do is Google it. RSG also did Oceanside. That's the connection. It doesn't exist anywhere else. So please, it's wrong. Don't use it as an excuse. Whatever. My third thing that I'm offering to work with the city. I don't know whether the city did this or whether RSG. I've developed systems for the Air Force. Private systems who work with you to correct it. The systems have a problem. They look pretty, but like they say, you can put lipstick on a pig. You know the answer to that. It's got problems. Thank you, Maddie, for your comments. I mean, this is an item about the professional services agreement. I know you have comments about the mobile home. I wanted to explain why I don't want RSG involved. I didn't. It came out. It's part of the rest of the stuff here. Okay. All right. Okay. And next up on the professional services agreement. I want to speak in support of Maddie. She's done her research on it. I've also heard from other people. And I realize RSG has taken direction from the council. But the fact that they wouldn't have advised you against basically doxing the mobile home park residents. The fact that they didn't advise you against other ill-taken actions in this doesn't speak well of their performance. So, you know, if you hire people, you should be hiring people to tell you what you need to know, not just to rubber stamp whatever you think you, you know, whatever political aims or whatever backs you want to scratch or whatever statement you want to make. You know, you should have people that are not afraid to tell you the truth. And somebody from RSG should have advised against, you know, should have advised against releasing a bunch of personal information. The city's well capable of hiding, shadowing, graying out, pixelating, whatever. You know, it's not good. You wouldn't want it to happen to you. You shouldn't have it happen to them. Thank you very much. Thank you. Okay. Next speaker. Hi. Welcome. Good to see you. Good evening. My name is Judy Anderson. I live in Green River Village in Corona. I also am upset with RSO. And I also agree with both Maddie. And the thing is, I've had residents say to me, we don't understand. Every meeting that we went to was not a workshop. It was look at the screen and read the pages. That's all that was done. It wasn't explained in its entirety. I asked a question because I was told that the owners of the parks were given concessions so that they would agree to the reduced rent. I asked what were those concessions that were given? I never got an answer. I'd like to know because number one, RSO doesn't even help me. I already was at a base of 3%. So what have you done? For a lot of us, nothing. But I'd like to know why and what went on with the sellers. And we need to have another workshop. And I also asked if there couldn't be an addendum to that rule. The RSO never got an answer. And I also am not in favor of another entity that you have paid to work and do this. And now we're getting a monthly bill, minimal as it is. We're getting a monthly bill for RSO. Whether it's publishing, I have no idea. But why? It should have come with the whole package. But I'm not in favor. And the rents, I'm also against being disclosed. Private information. I did read Karen Roper's report that it isn't against the law to give out that information. I don't know where she comes from, but that is an invasion of privacy. And it shouldn't have been done. You can use an estimate. You can use an average. But you don't need to disclose everybody's rent. That's private. So I would like to have an opportunity to have another meeting. There are things in the RSO I am not familiar with. But I have done mobile home business for 39 years. And there are a lot of things that you were not directed correctly. And I think you need to reevaluate. And I would appreciate getting some answers. When I asked questions at the meeting, it took three months to get an answer. I am too old to wait the three months. Thank you, Judy. Thank you, Judy. If you would consider it, thank you. Are there any other speakers for this item? We do not have any more speaker cards. Now, this item was about a professional services agreement with RSG. So if anyone's confused, you're not wrong to be. We did have a two-year process for an RSO. And try as we might. Try as we might. I will take a motion for item 6.5. I'll move. And I will second. Please vote. Okay. That item passes. The other item that we had public cards for Ms. Edwards was 6.6, right? Correct, Mayor. How many speaker cards on that? We have one speaker card for that item. Okay, 6.6, please come up. Welcome back. She says ironically. So the professional services agreement item, I want to comment about things that are not attached to this. What's not attached is any of the scoring, any of the rubrics. I'm sniffing another friendship deal, another friends and family program. This has gotten even worse than what the previous council had. Everybody's on the friends and family program around here. I noticed that the cost for this contract, the value component of it, was ranked the very lowest. Of course it is. And so when you don't have objective rubrics, when you don't want to publish them, when you don't say who was on the panel, who was voting, why they voted for it, how they voted for it, what was it? You know, we can't do that as teachers. We can't do that as instructors. You shouldn't be doing this with our money. You shouldn't be handing out contracts, you know, kind of in the back to friends and family. You shouldn't be doing that. Okay, Wes, you can shake your head about it. I'm just saying, I don't know who you're talking about. But this is the same bullshit that happens here all the time. You make up your own criteria when you put out a bid and you already know who's going to get the bid. You already know. This happens all the time here. Show your cards. Show that it was objective. I shouldn't have to go jump through a bunch of hoops and find to get a bunch of negative responses on public records requests when I ask for a rubric, when I ask for a score sheet, when I ask for who's on the scoring panel. I shouldn't have to do that. Put up or shut up. Put it on here. Don't just show the final results because we already know what the final results are. We're going to get whoever you want to get for it. We should know how you juggled it. You should know how each one of these items scores. So I don't want to see your little, oh, we did it all right. You didn't do it right. Put the shit on the agenda. Put it public. You shouldn't have to go chasing after everything. You shouldn't have to spend days and weeks and jump through all the hoops to do it. Thank you very much. Thank you. Any other speakers for 6.6? No other cards? We do not have any more speaker cards. All right. Well, then we'll bring it back to the dais. Can I get a motion? Moved. Moved. Second. Please vote. All right. And that item passes 5-0. All right. Going to item 7, communications from the public. Persons wishing to address the city council are requested to state their name and city of residence for the record. This portion of the agenda is intended for general public comment, which means that it's limited to items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council that are not listed on the agenda. Please note that state law prohibits the city council from discussing or taking action on items not listed on the agenda. The city council will appreciate your cooperation in keeping your comments brief. Please observe a three-minute limit for communication. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public for item 7? Mayor, yes. We have three speaker cards for communication from the public. All right. Sounds good. Come on up. All right. Welcome back, Maddie. Okay. First one. Blood on board program for our fire department. We have the next blood drive that's coming up. Uh-oh. It's going to be for the 15th, which is the meeting that we don't have. There's the information. Please. This saves lives. Important. Second thing I want to bring up, because we don't have a next meeting until August, on National Night Out, police department. First Tuesday, August 4th, 5 to 8 p.m., come out and see all that the police department does. It's a real fun night out. Bring the kids. The third thing is, I want to give a special thank you to some of our unsung heroes. We know the first responders as the police department and the fire department, but to me, the first responders really are our dispatch team. Have had to use them in the past couple weeks, and we don't see them, but they're the ones that have to act instantly to get everything done. So, again, big shout-out to our dispatch team. Four, with the hot weather, I want to remind everybody, please do not leave your kids, your babies, your pets in the car. There's already been deaths in the United States. Please, please, please. Another thank you to the Blue Star Mothers, who did put on the Barbecue for Veterans this past Saturday. Beautiful affair. Thanking them. I did go and thank them, give hugs. I thank all who participated and made that happen. The last two things. I went to, for the first time, the Historic Preservation Board the other evening, and that was quite an eye-opener. I have never been to any kind of meeting where questions were asked from the dais. There was a big dialogue, information, very enlightening, and I enjoyed it a lot. And the last thing I have is regarding business etiquette. Back when I was in business, we had to respond. I'm asking if it's possible that when I send an email to at least say, email received. I don't think that's a violation of the Brown Act. You're not saying anything other than, got it, because I don't know if it's bounced back. I don't know if something's happened. I don't know if that person is no longer working for the city. I'm just asking if we could just get something that says, email received. That's it. Thank you. Thanks, Maddie. And I know you know this, and some folks may too. When the entire council is emailed, the mayor, whoever's mayor at the time, is responsible for the reply back. So if you get a reply, it's not from everybody else. So I just, again, and it also goes for other departments as well. Got it. I've sent things out. Thank you. That's all I'm asking. Thank you. All right. Next person up. Come on up. Hi, Robert. Welcome back. Hello again. So I have to be supportive of some of the people that came up here today in saying that there's not enough information given so that the public can make an informed decision about coming up and speaking on anything. I think I've mentioned it before, maybe once or twice or more, that we should be given the subject of what is being decided. And at least we should be given the title and subject of each item before it's voted on, such as that you guys did today. Oh, we're going to only discuss those items that people want to talk about, but we're going to avoid everything else. Well, even though you guys have an agenda, you guys are better to announce those things that are on the agenda that you are voting on so that anyone that didn't have a foresight to go and fill out the speaker card can do so within an amount of time that is appropriate before you guys make those decisions. Additionally, you know, I've asked you guys several ways of how to better approach you guys and approach the subject of better management and how I can contribute. I noticed that you guys recently had a city manager assistant role that you guys had posted, and I applied for it just to see what would happen. But it was not surprising to me that I got rejected, but it was surprising to me that no changes happened over the course of time. I've been here noticing that certain management techniques are not being done as best as can be, and you guys haven't taken that step forward to do that, to make those changes, to make those requirements. So in any case, I'm planning on trying to get on the city council, see what I can do at that point, but I hope that you guys take that in consideration for your future endeavors of being on city council and your responsibility. Thank you. Thank you. And public bodies have consent calendars. It's a way to move routine matters forward, but as we do here and in other agencies, any item that needs to get pulled for further discussion can be. Welcome back. So it's been pretty well established that the city can control documents, release documents. Maybe you make some things more available than others. You know, many things are available through public records requests if you're willing to go through the process. The thing that comes to mind is the settlements for McKinley. Those are available, but you don't put them on the website. People can request them. You could do the same thing with the space rents. If somebody wanted the internal documents, if somebody wanted the reports, those could be available to somebody. It's not hiding them. It's just, you know, but you strategically do that for particular purposes. You hide lightly the settlements because you don't want to publicize them because you feel that that may not suit the city's goals, but you can get them. You could do the same thing with the rents. And in that sense, you wouldn't be causing drama and you wouldn't be having neighbor looking at neighbor and wanting to fight or talk shit to each other because you pay this rent and I pay that rent. that that would be a fair thing to do. That would be the right thing to do. You still have the records. You still have the information for the government purposes. I get why you want that information. I get why that information is important. But the fact that you just put it out there on the web is the scummiest thing. It's dirty. It's scummy. It's hurtful. It's rude that you put it out there. How would you like that? How would you like your personal finances to be put out on the web? How would you like that? I get that as public employees, some of our pay is out there. I get that. I signed up for that. You signed up for that. Everybody sitting at these tables signed up for that. But to have your rent, your house payment and all that type of stuff out in the ether, how in the hell do you sleep at night when you're bringing that up? Why isn't that at the next meeting to get changed? And the fact that it doesn't says more about you guys than I want to, that I, you know, you heard about this a while ago. And the fact that you're not concerned about it or you don't think it's unjust in some way says a lot about you guys. Thank you very much. Ms. Edwards, any other speaker cards? Mayor, we do not have any more speaker cards. Okay. Then we are going to move on to public hearings. Item number eight on the agenda. 8.1, Zone Text Amendment 2026-0001 to Chapter 17.70 of the Corona Municipal Code to update water efficient landscape requirements to reflect changes in state law and to update outdated fencing regulations. Mayor, can I jump in really quick? I've gone deep into study on this agenda item and I still believe I need more study on this agenda item. There's some very significant cost impacts to the citizens with this agenda item as well as aesthetics and many, many other items as well. I would like to move, request to move this agenda item to the second council meeting in August. Okay. Do my colleagues, and you don't want to move it to the first meeting in August? I prefer to move it to the second meeting in August. I have some vacations coming up. Oh, got it, got it. Okay. Do my colleagues have any concerns or issues with postponing this? Is there any time constraints or anything that we've got to worry about? Will this impact any of the costs or any of the operations? I don't think this is a, the delaying it for another month would be a problem. Okay. And are there any concerns with my colleagues? No? Okay. Then we will postpone item 8.1 for the second meeting in August. Oh, yep, yep, you're right. We've got to vote on it. Okay. Do we need a vote on that? Yeah. We should get a vote. I think Tom made a motion. I'll make the motion. I'll second. Sorry, just real quick, Mayor. If we open the public hearing and continue it. No, we did. I don't think we opened it yet. Oh. But if we open it and then continue it, we don't have to re-notice this. Understood. Yeah. Okay. So then, we're not going to have the report out. We'll save the report out, but we'll open the public hearing. Ms. Edwards, has the city clerk's office received correspondence on any speaker cards from the public regarding this item? Mayor, we did not receive any speaker cards or correspondence for this item. But when it returns to us in the second meeting of August, if there are speaker cards, they can speak to that. Absolutely. Even if we're opening the public comment and closing it today, we will have that opportunity. Well, we're leaving the public hearing open. Open. Yeah. Okay. We won't close it. So then we'll just continue on that. Okay. We'll just continue. So we're going to leave the public hearing open. We have a motion and a second to continue this item for August 19th. Can we get a vote? A simple verbal vote is okay? Yes. Oh, we got a vote in here. There you go. Is this voting for the actual item or is it voting to defer it to? Okay. Correct. It's to defer the item to the second meeting in August. Okay. Please vote. Okay. And that item moves or passes to defer to August 19th. Okay. Let's move on to item 8.2. Resolution confirming and authorizing the replacement of delinquent solid waste charges on the property tax roll. I know I want a staff report on this item. So let's go to Mr. Tom Moody, utilities director, who's going to provide that report. Good afternoon and evening, Mayor and Council. Thank you for the opportunity. As you may recall, during the August 24th, 2020 study session, we talked about and recognized the necessity of this process. Waste management does not have the opportunity or option to discontinue residential trash services. And so if there is a delinquent, someone not paying their bill, one of the ways that they then can collect is through this placement of the necessary or the funds on the tax roll. As was discussed, and I think Mayor Casillas, you brought this up, you did not want any fines or penalties associated with this. This is just the bill for the services and a small administration fee for the filing and the work that goes into putting it on the tax roll. Our staff, Corona staff, has worked with waste management to confirm that they followed the process, which is trying to reach out and notify all of the customers. Out of our service territory of about 45,000 customers, there's 1,800, approximately 1,800 customers that are going on the tax roll. And so it's important then to understand that this is the only mechanism that waste management has to recover their costs. It is not a fair practice to charge other rate payers to pay for these costs of service. And so this is a fair way to apply those costs specifically generated from those properties to those properties. I'm available for any questions and waste management is here also for any questions. Thank you. Can we share a little bit about the payment plan options, the steps that are taken to help folks get right on their bill? Yeah, I will turn that over to Glenda Chavez with waste management and she can go over their billing practice and processes. Thank you. Hi there, welcome. Good evening, Mayor, members of the Council. So as Tom did mention, this is our attempt to collect debt on delinquent accounts that are more than 90 days past due. We have been covering these costs for, you know, we obviously have to pay for processing and all that, so we are taking those costs ahead of time. For payment opportunities, we do have ample notifications. Customers received notices in October, December, May, and then recently. We also, when they do contact us, we understand, you know, sometimes things are rough or whatever, but we do ask that they contact us so that we could set up a payment plan that allows them to bring those accounts current before tax roll. If we do have an established payment plan with them, they will be taken off the list so they wouldn't be going on it. We just need that contact, that, you know, communication of how we could best help them to make their accounts current. And then as of now, I think it's July 24th that customers, from now till then, they still have an opportunity to contact us before they get placed on tax roll. So if they call you between, like, after tonight and before the 24th and they start on a plan of some sort, then that would keep them from getting on the tax roll. Correct, yes. And are there, do you communicate them and do you communicate with folks and do you give them calls? Is there, are there other forms of outreach other than just mail notices? It depends on their preferred method of communication, but we do have, you know, obviously their invoices are a form of communication too. It says past due. We don't necessarily, because it is tax roll, we're not actively calling them as versus a city that doesn't have tax roll because we do have the, that mechanism to get paid at the end, right? So we don't, aside from communication methods that we do through invoicing, specific mailers that we do, letting them know about accounts being delinquent. Also through the tax roll process, we are not only communicating to the account holder, but the property manager. Sometimes we have, you know, property owners that aren't aware that their tenants are not paying. And so that allows them to kind of contact us or contact their tenant to let them know, hey, this, I got this notice. What can we do? Are you, you're responsible or what have you? And, and that's the goal too, is to have that communication component between tenant and property owner. Understood. Are there any programs out there for folks who need assistance assistance to pay for this? The city does have the Lifeline program, which does allow them to have a reduced, you know, rate. And so it is managed through the city. And do you know if like delinquencies compared to last year or years past, are they increasing, decreasing? Do you have any sense about? I think they decrease. I mean, last year was the first year that we actually implemented the program. and I think we had a higher number because it was something new. But compared to the customer base that we have here in the city, the 1800 plus is pretty low. Okay. Thank you. Hang tight. We might have some cards. And other questions for my colleagues? None? Are we have? No? Okay. But I think we, I saw a card so please hang by. Thank you. All right. Speaker, come on down. Mayor, can you please open the public hearing? Oh, sorry. Okay. Public hearing is now open. Ms. Edwards, did we receive correspondence? I see one, so. Mayor, we did not receive correspondence, but you're correct. We do have one speaker card. Okay. Wonderful. Come on down. This is a pretty sweet gig. I'm not really sure I know of another private company like an investor-owned company that has access to put things on the property tax rolls. It's kind of like they want to be a utility only without the accountability and regulation. It's a pretty sweet deal. They can kind of do what they want to do and, you know, within some reason, charge, you know, I know they have to come to you for the rates, but their behavior, you're mandated that you have to use them. You don't have a choice about using them. You know, you've decided that and so now it's on the rolls, just like if it was a government agency or a public, like a regulated utility, except, like I said, without the accountability. Thank you very much. Are there any other speaker cards, Ms. Edwards? We did receive one more request. Okay. Come on over. Hi, Robert. Hi there. Good evening, council. I'm confused. I spoke with the waste management before the meeting, tried to get some information about certain concerns that I had, but to venture to put a private company's bill on tax records or tax rolls doesn't make sense to me. wondering if any of you can try to explain that because that leaves the door open for other companies to do the same thing, such as phone companies and the like. So, electricity, everything else, you're opening up the door to things that don't need to be opened up like that. So, I need some explanation on that. I don't think it's right to allow that to happen. I'm not sure what is any of your views on that, but, I mean, if you're going to be voting on it, I'd like to know what that is, what those views are, so that if I ever came across someone in the future that had a concern, then I could say, hey, you know, I was at that meeting. I asked city council, I asked them before they voted on anything. I spoke with waste management. I was told that waste management has a contractual deal with the city, specifically, and, I don't know what to say, specifically, and only them to service corona. so I'd like to be able to tell people how that works and why it is allowed that they can put their bill on a tax record. Thank you. I think Mr. Moody can answer that question. Thank you for your comments. Mr. Moody, can you speak on this policy which allows the delinquency to be placed on the tax rolls? Sure. During our franchise agreement negotiations, this was one of the recommendations that was made, and primarily this is made because this differs widely from other services. As was mentioned, phone companies, other services, even water services, I can shut the water off. Electric companies can turn the power off, and phone services can turn those services off. Waste management, could you imagine if waste management stopped picking up trash on delinquents accounts throughout the city? What that negative impact would do to our community is significant, and waste management doesn't have the authority to just stop services. And so because they don't have the authority to stop services, this is one of the mechanisms that is provided for companies that have to maintain service to be able to do that. You could imagine, again, from a water perspective, if we didn't have the ability to shut off water after providing all of the available notices and going through those efforts, we can't stop sewer service, right? The sewer continually flows down, so we have to stop water service in order to prevent that if somebody is not paying a sewer bill. Waste management doesn't have that option. So this provides them that resource to collect the revenue to continue to provide services to keep our community clean, safe, safe, and healthy. Thank you, Mr. Moody. Okay, seeing no more public speaking cards, I'm going to close the public hearing. Public hearing is now closed. Question or comments for my colleagues? None? None. Okay. So moved. All right, we have a motion. Second. And a second. Please vote. That item passes five to zero. All right, 8.3 specific plan 2025-0001 to establish the skyline heights specific plan for 24, sorry, for 249.39 acres and resubmitted tentative track map 36544 to create 144 lots for residential and open space purposes. Do our council members want a staff report on this item? Yes, please. Okay. So we have Mr. Danny Castro, interim planning and development director, who's going to provide that report. Good evening, Mayor, members of the council. Before I begin, the applicant, Brian Hardy, would like to make a presentation following my presentation. His presentation should be much shorter than mine. So the ask is to adopt the addendum to the certified skyline heights project EIR and approve the skyline heights specific plan and the revised tentative track map. To provide some background on this project, in 2017, the tentative track map 36544 was approved to create 292 single-family residential lots. In 2018, a development agreement associated with this project was executed that extended the life of the tentative track map by 10 years. In 2022, a CFD, a community facilities district, was requested by Richland Ventures, the developer. This request was a community facilities district to fund project infrastructure and establish the fees. The city council denied this CFD. the denial was based on a number of feedback received when this was presented that the CFD benefits should be more tangible improvements to the project. Benefits should benefit those responsible for paying the CFD taxes. Parking issues for the skyline trail need to be addressed. The project did not have enough attainable homes. Views of skyline would be limited to those within the gated project. It lacked adequate connectivity to existing trails and the city needs additional recreation amenities. The project was revised after community and council outreach which reflects the project presented today. So here's a comparison of the 2017 approved project and the 2026 project that's being presented today. The approved project consisted of 292 units. All were single family residential units. Mostly a gated community. There were no parks or amenities. No trail connectivity. And there was one water tank associated. The revised project is 276 units so it's a reduction of the units on the project. It consists of condominium and single family homes. It is not a gated community. There is public access and connectivity to the trails. It does include parks and a dedication of open space land to the city. There are two water tanks proposed as well as a heli hydrant. So the project entitlements are the Skyline Heights specific plan and it's a regulatory zoning document for the 250 acre project site. The Skyline Heights specific plan is a plan that includes design and development standards, the construction and phasing plan and financing plan for the project and the revised tentative track map again is a reduction of units to 276 units that are comprised of 95 single family residential units and 49 condominium units. 122 acres of open space would be preserved. The land use plan, this table just shows the allocation of land use. There are three planning areas. This is how the land uses are allocated throughout the project site. Planning area one is located in the northern portion of the site. It is zoned single family district cluster and that would be comprised of 104 condominium units. Planning area two would be the eastern and southern portions of the site. This is, also includes private and public parks. That's zoned single family district. That would have 95 single family units. And then planning area three is the western portion of the site. It is comprised of some public private parks as well. Single family district cluster and that is of 77 condominium units. Here, this shows how the cluster units would be configured. These are the typical condominium units where there would be a private street and the cluster here shows eight units. They are detached condominium units and there's another cluster of four. And then typical of the single family lots to the right on this image is how the single family lots would be configured and that's the 95 units. For open space land areas, as I mentioned, there will be parks both public and private. There are eight public parks. Well, there are eight parks, three of which are public parks and five of which are private. As well as HOA maintained slope areas and natural open space. A lot of work went into preparing this trails plan with the applicant, the developer. This project includes a realignment of the trails as it is within the project site, realigning the trails and to connect it to the existing trails. And this is an image that shows how the trails would be within the site and then connect to the existing trails. Also, trail heads would be new trail heads would be improved on the site which would include wayfinding, drinking fountains, trash receptacles, benches, picnic tables, bike racks, a bike service station on these trail heads within the site. with regard to public parks, it comprises of a total of 9.25 acres. The public parks will include several amenities, pickleball courts, pump track, bike track, basketball court, picnic tables, and the public parking lot will include 94 parking spaces. with private parks, it's comprised of a total of 2.17 acres. There will be five private parks and they are, these private parks include a tot lot and open play and seating. The skyline height specific plan includes community design guidelines that would be include the landscaping design standards, architectural styles would be seven architectural styles included with the residential homes. Everything from fencing to streetway design and also include fuel modification because this is located in a very high fire severity zone. The revised tentative track map would be built in two phases, phase one and two. Phase one is the area north of the Mabee Canyon Road and that would be comprised of 104 condominium units and then phase two would be comprised of planning areas two and three south of Mabee Canyon Road comprised of 95 units and then 77 condominium units. In terms of infrastructure and public improvements, the project includes a zone 5 water tank and that is there's a need for two and a half million gallon storage water tank to serve the northern portion of the project in zone 5 and beyond the project. A zone 6A water tank, the developer would be responsible to construct a 0.6 million gallon tank and the corresponding booster stations, two booster stations to serve the project. Water quality basin will connect and also the water and sewer lines which will connect from Foothill Parkway. The Haley hydrant is to be used for aerial firefighting if necessary and there would be traffic improvements on Foothill Parkway. The traffic improvements associated with the project would include vehicle access would be provided at three points from Foothill Parkway. It includes a stop control at the project entrance along Foothill Parkway and a shared left turn lane on the project entrance. Installing a northbound left turn lane and provisions for a shared through right turn lane on Foothill and Park and the project entrance at border. Modify the traffic signal at Foothill and border and two traffic signals at Foothill and Trudy and traffic signal at Foothill and Alicia. There are a number of traffic calming measures that will be included. I know this image is difficult to read but I will just list some of those. these traffic calming measures would include speed reduction marking, installation of a high visibility crosswalk and speed reduction warning signs. The same here for these intersections at Foothill Parkway and border and Foothill Parkway and the other entrance. Improvements to the traffic signal, high visibility crosswalks and deceleration lanes into the site. In terms of project vehicle trip generation, the approved project from 2017 with the 292 units generated a daily number of vehicle trips of 2,780. This revised project does reduce the daily number of vehicle trips to 2,604 trips. Open space would be dedicated to the city which is largely the areas to the west of the project site including the HOA maintained areas. A Skyline Heights project EIR was certified for the approved project was certified in 2017, February 2017. This EIR environmental impact report evaluated environmental impacts topics according to CEQA, California Environmental Quality Act. It identified mitigation measures to reduce the impacts on the environment. These items which were determined, the item that was determined to be unavoidable impact was aesthetics. the city council adopted a statement of overriding consideration based on the benefits of the project. A Skyline Heights project addendum to the EIR was prepared for this project, the revised project, and analyzed the same environmental topics pursuant to CEQA plus energy, tribal, cultural resources and wildfire. and the same conclusions were reached in terms of the original EIR that all impacts can be mitigated except for impacts to aesthetics. So the ask is to adopt the addendum to the certified Skyline Heights project EIR and approve the Skyline Heights Pacific plan and the revised tentative tract map. And again, the applicant, Brian Hardy, would like to make a presentation following mine. Thank you, Danny. Brian, welcome. Good to see you. You too. Thank you. Would you mind bringing up our presentation? Oh, there we go. Thank you. Mayor Casillas and members of city council, just bear with me one second when I get to my slide I would like to show. I'm going to skip through a lot of this because staff did a very good job presenting. But we'll start here. So four years ago we started out on this endeavor of modifying our approved project of retooling and reconfiguring. We went on a tour of about 16 plus outreach meetings that consisted of all the stakeholders in the community, members of the city council, our neighbors, planning commissioners. we met with public committee access or local focus groups that were local to the area and around the neighborhood. We went to planning commission where we were recommended approval five to zero. We went to the parks commission with the same result, recommending five to zero approval. We met with the trail community. We met with the mountain biking community extensively on site, off site, over zoom, you name it, we did it all and did a significant amount of outreach and did a lot of listening. I guess you'd call it a listening tour and we incorporated, I would say, almost everything that we heard that was feasible and I would say pretty much all of it, even some of it that was not as feasible. So we're here tonight asking for the consideration to go for the project on the right because we feel like it's a superior project to the one on the left. Some of the things that we did and what we heard. The old project is a gated community with million plus dollar homes all the entire project. There was no public access. The views are spectacular but they weren't available for anyone but those million dollar homeowners. There were no public park amenities proposed. There was a small HOA park facility that was like a tot lot type thing that served the project but it was not public. There was no Troy Lee trail connection. There was no, we didn't interfere with the Skyline Trail but we didn't interact with it either with the approved plan. So when, the version on the right that we proposed about three and a half years ago has been moving forward. We did a lot of addressing those items. We reduced our unit count. We replaced two thirds of those million plus dollar homes with more attainable product with those detached condos with full driveways so parking was addressed and to drive value and not just have million homes but have more entry level homes and homes in the middle for those to move up on the way to those higher dollar homes but a little bit of everything. We eliminated the gates. We added a nine and a quarter acre park. Our project, if you run the Quimby requirements, is required for 3.13 acres of park to meet our requirements and we're proposing a nine and a quarter, or sorry, 9.13, or 9.25 acre park on top of the two acres of private parks. We've incorporated the Troy Lee Trail and it goes right through the project and integrates into our adventure park and we also have 94 parking stalls to help alleviate parking issues at Orchard Glen for access to the Skyline Trail. So 94 parking stalls in a park is a lot of parking stalls so that should put a pretty good dent in the parking issues. We heard the fire concerns about the area, not just within our own project but in the surrounding area. Issues around cell service. So we were proposing a cell tower site that we're accessing or processing separately within the site. There's now a second water tank that's 2.5 million gallons a portion of that serves us but the majority of it serves the greater zone 5 area beyond our project boundaries for fire flow and also for storage. We added a heli hydrant that serves our project, sure, but mainly it'll serve the greater area as well for wildfire risk for the fire helicopters to come in, suck up the water through their straw and go out and fight the fires. Okay. Trying to get this to go here. Thank you. This is a little video. The park is probably the coolest park I've ever had the opportunity to work on. It works in three dimensions. It starts with a lower park which is the dog park which will be accessible to Orchard Glen that you saw there. It's all connected by a linear park. We've got the big adventure park with the parking, the pump tracks, all of it is in there but you really can't describe this park without seeing it in three dimensions which is why we kind of did the rendering here. Again, by doing the more attainable product and the cluster product it allowed to open up some space for these parks and these facilities and amenities that are really going to be spectacular facilities for our project and for the city as a whole. The open space so actually as a part of our outreach that we did with the mountain biking and trails community Dwight who's going to speak tonight I believe we also determined that it was probably best to make sure that the trails go on in perpetuity and so to do so the area shaded in red is open space that we're dedicating to the city so those trails can remain in perpetuity so there's no issues with not allowing those trails to go through in the future so that allows that open space to be dedicated to the city and allow these trails to move on and the really neat thing is that open space creates a greater park beyond the nine acre public park but you also have all these trails and things that go and tie in and incorporate so beyond your nine acres it's a pretty large park here so that red area in red is the area that we're currently conditioned to dedicate as a part of this new proposal as well so Brian can I ask a quick question yes so the pink area and because the slides up now but because the pink area is going to be the dedicated open space that you're donating to the city but just to the bottom of that very bottom of the screen that blue shading that's proposed fuel modification and some also HOA land yeah there's some fuel mod all of it has a little bit of fuel mod in the areas of the pink we would keep that fuel mod we wouldn't expect the city to maintain that on our behalf we would be maintaining that as a city or project expense so yeah there's some areas of fuel mod but the area the red or pink area is what's currently conditioned for us to dedicate the area in blue is currently not conditioned at this time so would you consider donating everything in that HOA area except the fuel mod in order for us to keep the trail connectivity going because the trails do cut through that blue part too and my fear would be that a future HOA would say no we're putting up fences and once again rubbing trails that are getting blocked yeah we're open to that for sure thank you for that point thank you that's pretty much my presentation again you know there are a lot of other public benefits that were originally part of the original project the development agreement has public improvements or benefits as well all those remain these are on top of the original DA and the project approvals thanks Brian but that's all and if anyone has any questions for me or my staff or consultant team we're here but thank you to staff and everyone who's put input into this project thanks thanks thanks Brian you've definitely invested a lot of time and definitely heard from the community and the improvements are vast and great thank you for listening to folks and making those changes thank you thank you do my colleagues have questions comments or should we actually let me go to the public real quick and then come back okay I know hold your horses Ms. Edwards do we have any speaker cards on this item Mayor can you please open the public hearing oh sorry it's on the script public hearing is now open Ms. Edwards has the city clerk's office received correspondence or any speaker cards from the public regarding this item yes we receive two written comments and both of them will be sent to the full city council they will also be part of the meeting record and we have three speaker cards tonight all right three speaker cards come on down first up we'd like to speak welcome back so first off I have to say this is a vast improvement over the previous project project I mean it it valued I the the previous project kind of did a middle finger to any of to that entire area it was like none of the trails none of the hills none of the just none of the open space meant anything to that developer it plopped down 300 big mansions on the side of the hill it was inappropriate for the area it was inappropriate for the market and the fact that it didn't get built was testimony to that I think this this is much better it retains some open space you have more appropriate housing and I think in large part I mean I think everybody probably rather nothing else ever get built but that's not going to happen but I think this will make life better for people in Corona which is not something that a lot of the a lot of the housing developments or developments in Corona do you know it seems like they come in build what they want and make life worse for people I think this will make things better for people in the area there will be more things to do more places to park it's going to improve the area the one concern I have is that the upkeep the fuel mods the drainages and all that type of stuff that we don't run into another craft ranch situation that even though the city owns it that that the the fuel mod areas and the upkeep that are now dictated by this this project should be covered by the CFD or the LMDs in that area that that the taxpayers in Corona aren't paying for maintenance like we are at craft ranch on basically private areas into a private benefit so as long as as long as the costs are distributed to the people that are receiving the benefit you know the upslope and the fire protection and all that type of stuff you know that I think this is this is a good project but those costs need to go need to stay there not be transferred to everybody else thank you very much thank you next speaker hello welcome hi my name is Toby I'm a Corona resident I grew up here still live here I've been accessing the trails up there like the whole time I've lived here since I was a kid I think it's one of the like really defining features of Corona having such great access and in the Cleveland National Forest I am in favor of this new plan because they've spent the developers in the city have spent a ton of time you know getting feedback from local residents on you know protecting these trails and things like that so yeah the old plan I think would have effectively like killed the entire trail network up there there's he talked about Troy Lee a lot but there's five other trails that all drop off of skyline into that canyon in the back there so and they've done a ton of work to incorporate trail heads and I think it's great that they're giving all the open space over to the city to preserve access so as long as that stays as like a conditional approval for this new plan I'm in favor of it so awesome thanks Joe appreciate it and I agree those those trails are awesome and thanks for joining us hi there welcome I'm Dwight I live in the city over there by border in Ontario kind of been following this for a while really not a fan of the 2017 map but I am a fan of the new changes that are taking place the developer has worked really well with the residents all the point to where we spent two and a half hours walking all the trails so they could actually see what we see as hikers and mountain bikers I do really support the open space all the pink and blue I know the fire mod is not a part of that but there there's a lot of just open space if you look at the map there's a little I think it's NAF that's national forest land we want to keep access to that we don't want an HOA member telling us you can't go up that hill to access that that's the blue that's close to the foothill but yeah I mean the park amenities that they're putting in affecting the mountain bikers they're kind of giving mountain bikers something else so it's a good trade-off is what I believe and I appreciate you guys there's time things that you've done communication with me and other people so thank you so much I didn't catch your name but thank you Dwight Dwight thanks Dwight thanks so much thanks for investing so much time and showing the folks around and for being and using the outdoor space we appreciate it thank you okay any other speaker cards Ms. Edwards Mayor we do not have any more speaker cards okay then I'll bring it back to the dais Councillor Jadario can we put the presentation back up that had the slide with the pink and blue pictures that they were that was up there I'm waiting for the slide Mayor sorry really quick can you please close the public hearing I am not on my game public hearing is now closed thank you are you done holding your colors yeah I believe it was the presenter's presentation it was the last slide that we had up before we turned it off that one this one right here I just wanted to make sure that that councilmember steiner I understood councilmember steiner's request down on the bottom of this of this I'm going to come over to your screen Jim so that I could point out because I want to make sure that we're actually right here is this the section that you were talking about yes sir okay and he's pointing at the very bottom sliver the blue sliver because in the key it says that's proposed extra dedicated areas to the city does that mean that you guys are already going to dedicate it to the city I know Jim was asking for it but I just want to make sure that I understood that from the applicant so basically the easiest way to describe it the one in pink is conditioned on the project everything in blue is not conditioned it would be voluntary but we're happy to add that condition on the blue one on the south side similar to the condition how it reads on the other ones in pink sure I just wanted to make sure that I understood that you guys are proposing that you'll dedicate that once this is passed yeah we're proposing right now the conditions for the areas in the pink is the blue is not conditioned at this time gotcha but the total acreage of the of the blues 43 acres and should this proposal pass you guys are going to dedicate that to the city potentially if it would be voluntary or currently as the conditions stand for the blue I think we're saying the same thing except you're not you're not committing to it so very plain English if this passes you guys plan to dedicate this to the city the pink for sure what about the blue it's TBD but if we're like I said I'm happy to dedicate it to add a condition for that portion on the south to require it so miss Raymond I guess my question would be is that do we need to make a motion an alternate motion that says we are going to approve this on the condition that they dedicate this light blue space is that what they're asking for or is that part of the ask already what I'm if you want that to be part of this project and you want to require it you should add that to your motion because it's not a requirement right now in the conditions of approval for the blue part there's an existing condition that lists those parcels by letter and Jeff or Chris can tell you what letter that one is I don't know that one but I would recommend whatever condition that is if that's the way you would go add that lettered lot into that same condition and that would be the area that isn't part of the fuel mod yeah because the condition already kind of pulls out the fuel mod area right because that would be to the speaker's point that should be our responsibility and then you would have to take it back to parks and rec and planning well that I would defer to staff on that because these ones in pink were contemplated by parks and rec okay department so the other one was not but we could go take it back to them if that's what their desire does it have to go back to another commission you mean if you amend the project to require the dedication of that no you're you have the authority you're the final say on this project so yeah so Brian whatever you're not going to use for fuel mod give dust that's correct and that's how that condition already reads that's why I would say you just add that lettered lot to that same condition okay and are we talking about all the blue areas or just the bottom piece so just to be clear the acreage that shows there is all of the blue areas all the blue areas there's three separate ones on this map exactly there's that small sliver at the bottom there's a bigger piece in the middle and the one at the top 43 acres we want all of it all 43 acres minus the fuel mod and you know what here's the deal what I wanted to say as well and get clarification on that is you guys have you guys did a complete overhaul on this project and it is a great project people a lot of the communication that we got from the public was I'm going to paraphrase but it was we would prefer nothing is built but if something is going to be built we like this project so I really appreciate the fact that you did so much outreach you'd spoke with I don't think Dwight had a beard when this started right and so and it certainly wasn't that gray neither was yours Brian that's okay but I think that this we put forward or you put forward a much better project that is going to benefit a larger swath of people in the city of Corona so I appreciate that I wanted to be clear about that and at some point I'm happy to make that amended resolution to or movement to or I'll come back to you motion yeah thank you I'll hold my horses over here thank you you can work on it councilman Richens thank you mayor I've been holding my horses quite a while I agree with my fellow council members and the citizens in the audience that this is a much much better project than before and it's impressive really my only few quick questions are and I think I got the answer to the one of them is there is going to be a homeowners association correct and then my second one is when the people start complaining about pickleball being close to too close to the houses is there a plan for that or did I like quiet paddles or you guys want to start tackling that one now because it's going to happen let's bring that down from the screen so we can hear the speaker see the speaker I am Terry Galloway with the T&B planning we did the site plan changes and conceptualized for the for the park we did a noise study relative to the pickleball court when the park was designed the pickleball court was located to be far away from the homes and with a significant grade change from the homes so we anticipated that the noise study would be positive and it was so so we people can complain tonight we've seen that people can complain but we don't anticipate the same type of issues that you have in your pickleball courts in other parks where they're close to residents okay as long as you guys have thought it out and you publicly stated it I'm cool with it I just buyer beware this we went to the parks department for approval of the park and this topic came up and that's why we did the noise study okay thank you thank you and then my other request would be my fear is I don't know how to make this request but there's no gates now but what's to stop this homeowner association applying for gates in the future I can answer that question too they're public streets so we can't gate a public streets okay I'm satisfied with that those are my questions thank you mayor thank you Jim do you have some more do you have more questions yeah go on yes it's your next so Brian and your team great job so after I was elected in 2019 Brian approached me and said hey I want to show you the project that was approved you know before any of us were on council and when he showed it to me I immediately saw that Troy Lee trail was blocked by homes so I said hey I know I can't force you to do anything but you know you're you're really gonna upset the mountain by community especially by blocking Troy Lee and he says okay we'll look at that and I didn't expect really anything to come of it a couple months later he says hey can we meet again and he says okay here's my plan for Troy Lee we're gonna reroute it to this and through the project and and I was like oh my god you know developers really will do do good stuff for you if you ask in most cases and then I told him that I wanted to put a citizen committee together to to meet with him and help put together the best project we could and he agreed and so the team's been meeting for several years and I wanted to thank the citizen committee of Karen Alexander Matt Olson Joyce Mallet Dave and Laura Seltzer Dwight Woodward and Michael Shea for all the time that they committed to making this a really good project so thank you that completes my comment. Thank you thanks for doing that. Vice Mayor? Yeah just just want to say thank you Brian I know that like Jim said you've worked really really hard. I know you and I have talked many many years and hearing you come back with feedback from residents and from other folks was really you know heartening and hopefully other developers here you know this is the way to get a project done. I know it's been a painful a painful journey but I think that in the end this is a project that will end up being very successful for whoever ends up building it and the residents are going to love I think the the additional emphasis on sharing that view that view that everybody gets to share now we'll be able to share in the future as well as so big thank you to you and your team. Thanks again Brian. I have a question about the CFD can you talk about if there's built-in escalators for the proposed CFD and how that's going to keep up with time. So we'll be applying for the CFD assuming we are successful tonight in the future so that will be dictated and come in front of you in the future with all that but typically the CFDs including the CFDs that fund the maintenance and the police and fire have little escalators in them just to keep up with expenses and costs and things so but as of right now we still have to come in and propose it so those terms aren't really being as far as actual CFD terms tonight that'll be a separate action. That is a you do intend to build that in so okay well thanks Brian I think you've answered all the questions and I'll echo what we've all said you've listened and you've responded and that's that's it's just it's really it's really honorable and we appreciate it. Thank you. Thank you so we'll bring it back now that he's had some time to think about he has amended motion Councilmember D'Addario would you like to make the motion? Yeah I'm going to take a stab at this I'd like to make an alternate motion that we approve the that we approve the staff recommended action A through D but add letter E which is that the approval is on the condition that the light blue 43 acres are dedicated to the city as a condition of approval. Ms. Edwards I know that this motion has to be read is that sufficient or does he need to like edit the he needs to read recommended action D. So you see the blue on the page 11. Do I need to restate my amended? No we have that for the record it's just the first reading of the ordinance that needs to be read. Introduced by title only and waive full reading of consideration of ordinance number 3429. First reading of an ordinance approving the skyline heights specific plan 2025-0001 to establish residential and open space land use and development standards for 249.39 acres located southwest of Foothill Parkway and north of Skyline Drive and to approve addendum number one to the skyline heights project environmental impact report. You did it. Is that our genie? Do we vote on that? How do we? Yes. So there's a first. We need a second. Okay. We got a second. Let's bring that back. Please vote. Okay. And that item passes five to zero. Thank you so much. All right. Moving on to item 9.1 request by vice mayor speak to consider amendments to peddlers and solicitors regulations. And we have Ms. Jamie Raymond our assistant city attorney who's going to present this item. Thank you, mayor, members of the city council. This item is a request from vice mayor speak to consider updating the city solicitor regulations. I'll be giving this presentation, but Mr. Castro provided some information and contributed to this presentation. information. So if you have questions or need additional information about the impact that this request might have on his department, he would be the person to ask for that. Okay. So the ask is to consider updating the city's solicitor regulations. regulations. The city does have existing regulations in municipal code chapter 5.34. To give you a little bit of background, 5.34 has a permitting and regulatory program for solicitors. That program consists of a permit that is required for any person that's traveling door-to-door seeking or selling services or employment, selling goods or merchandise, or requesting funds or other property. The permit is issued by the planning and development department, and it is valid for one year. Chapter 5.34 has many regulations. Solicitation is prohibited from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. There's no solicitation if the resident has a sign posted, no soliciting or no trespassing. There is some sound-making device regulations where you can't have sound-making devices in certain areas, near hospitals, churches, and whatnot. You cannot solicit in and from vehicles. We also have an aggressive soliciting provision in the code, and that is for, you know, kind of aggressive behavior where the solicitor comes too close to the resident, that's prohibited or basically doesn't take no foreign answer. That is considered aggressive soliciting. The chapter also has a process for revoking or suspending those permits if the solicitor commits some violations of Chapter 5.34. And then, of course, there are penalties for failure to comply with the city's regulations. Before we move on to the request, just kind of a general limitation, solicitation is regulated or covered by the First Amendment, so we do not have, you know, complete authority. We certainly couldn't prohibit solicitation. And basically what the courts say is the government should not be the one that decides who can or cannot come to your front door. That really is the resident who should decide, and that's what is the basis for these regulations. So the first request from Vice Mayor Speak is to clarify that solicitation includes lead generators. That has defined as a person who collects information for the purpose of connecting persons with providers of services, goods, or merchandise. We think our definition probably, arguably, could include this, but this is not a difficult request. We could certainly revise the definition to include that to ensure that lead generators are captured within our regulations. The next request is to increase protections for residents who clearly post no soliciting or no trespassing signs. Again, the existing regulations make it a violation if a solicitor goes up to a door that has those signs. But the request is to make it a little bit, you know, just to increase those protections. So one idea that we had thought of is to include that behavior if they were to go up to a door that has a no soliciting or no trespassing sign to qualify that as aggressive solicitation. And at the same time, this will be discussed a little bit later in the presentation to increase the fines and penalties for aggressive solicitations. That would be a way to make it a little bit more of a penalty if they ignored those no soliciting and no trespassing signs. Next request is to develop a tiered administrative fine structure for violations. This is something that the city council can absolutely consider. The typical violation or tier structure right now for municipal code violations is $100 for the first violation, $200 for the second violation in the same 12-month period, and $500 for the third violation. So you could consider higher fines for violations of Chapter 5.34. The city council has done that for a handful of violations of the municipal code. An example is fireworks. I think our admin fine for that starts at $1,000 and goes all the way up to $5,000 for the third violation. So you do have some discretion on how you want to set those fines. Another idea would be to consider higher fines just for the aggressive solicitation violations. So again, you could distinguish just that specific section as having a higher fine than the rest of the violations of Chapter 5.34. Next request would be to evaluate options to improve the identification and disclosure requirements for solicitors. This would be something like badges or a lanyard so that residents know when somebody's at their door that they can identify them hopefully as a solicitor. They could also know what business they're working for, and presumably that would prove that they have a permit from the city to solicit. We think there's probably some value in having a consistent badge, which would mean it would probably need to be something that would be issued by the city. So that would be something to consider in terms of staff time and costs for materials. Presumably, though, that also could be included in the fee that is charged for the permit, the solicitation permit. So we would just, if that's something the council wants to consider, just need direction on the types of, you know, ID regulations that you would want to implement with that. Next request is to clarify enforcement triggers for suspension or revocation of solicitor permits, especially for repeat offenders. The Municipal Code currently allows us to revoke for any violation of 5.34. In reality, we probably would not go through a revocation for just one violation. Again, the idea that maybe the solicitor didn't know, you know, some of the requirements. So a suggestion or an idea that we have would be to maybe revise the code to clarify that the permit could be revoked if there's three violations in any 12-month period, and then again, maybe distinguish for aggressive solicitation and have the ability to revoke that if they have one or more violations of aggressive solicitation. Again, the idea that that is probably the most egregious behavior, you know, that we would want to curb. Next request is to consider a do not solicit registry concept as part of the city's state legislative platform. Again, this would be to a policy call for the city council, whether we want to make that, you know, to see if we can get any state legislation to create this type of registry. This would allow residents to presumably register, and then solicitors would have to consult that registry list and ensure that they don't go to residents that are on the do not solicit registry. Last request is to develop a targeted public education and outreach strategy, and I believe this is to really outreach to the residents to make sure that they understand what the solicitation rules are so that they know kind of what their rights are and how to identify solicitors and that they can have the no soliciting signs posted and whatnot. Again, this is a policy call. Would require probably additional staff time and resources depending on what you would like staff to do for that outreach. I think we would definitely need some direction on how far you want to go without outreach. You know, is it just putting an FAQ on the website? Is it reaching out to HOAs? Is it holding workshops for residents? So we would need some direction on that. And again, the ask is that you just provide direction on whether you want to make any updates or amendments to the city's solicitor regulations. And Mr. Castro and I are available for any questions. Thanks, Ms. Raymond. I'll bring it back to... Actually, let's see if there's speaker cards on the public, or do you want to speak on the item first? Okay. Ms. Edwards, are there speaker cards on this item? Yes, we have two speaker cards for this item. All right. We'll come on down. Okay. Hi there. Welcome back. Thank you, Wes. Thank you. Thank you. I can't tell you how many times we've had solicitors come to the door. You know they're solar guys. You know they're solar guys, but they're the shadiest people. They'll represent that they work for Edison. Oh, I'm not trying to sell solar. I'm not trying to do this. I'm not trying... It's 60 different ways they're trying to pretend that they're not trying to sell you something. They're just consulting. We're just advising. We're just offering to help. We want to reduce your utility bills. I need to see your meter. They will literally do anything they can to bully their way into the house. They'll lie, cheat, steal. You know, you say, oh, you're a solar guy? No, no, I'm not a solar guy. No, I'm just an energy consultant. And I work for Edison. They'll even show fake Edison badges, you know, to try to bully their way in. You know, thank you. Thank you for this. This is long overdue. The ID should reflect the true employer, clearly. And, you know, and obviously it should say, like, clearly that they're a solicitor or they're a peddler. They should not be allowed to represent themselves in any sort of official or utility capacity if they don't officially work for Edison. They should not be allowed to do that. That should be, you know, pursued maybe under the aggressive soliciting. You know, if they're going to lie, cheat, and steal, you know, which is basically what they're doing, you know, that should count at least as much as ringing the wrong doorbell. So they should be required to present the ID, the official's Corona ID, that identifies them as a peddler. And it shouldn't be something that says Corona on it because they'll say they work for Corona. So, you know, it should be something that identifies them as a peddler with the company identified clearly. Thank you very much. Thank you. Is there a second? There's a second speaker, Ms. Edwards? Oh, come on up. Hi, welcome back. Good evening, council and staff. The subject of the peddler issue is concerning to me because on one hand, I agree that the solar people or other people that come to the door and try to sell sometimes won't leave. Won't leave when it's apparent that they should leave. There's been times where I have been trying to get them to understand that they should leave and they wouldn't leave. But at the same time, I support the city's interest in preventing fraud, harassment, intimidation, and repeated unwanted approaches by solicitors. At the same time, I think the ordinance should be carefully written so it regulates conduct, not the content of speech or the identity of the speaker. My concern is that permitting rules can become overbroad if they burden lawful speech, religious outreach, political canvassing, charitable outreach, and ordinary communication. The city should have clear public safety basis and avoid treating protected expression like a nuisance simply because someone dislikes the message. I would support a narrow rule focused on conduct, no blocking a person's path, no following after refusal, no repeated contact after someone says no, no aggressive behavior, and a reasonable time limit for indirect or direct approaches. For example, once a person declines or asked to be left alone, the solicitor must immediately disengage. That approach protects residents' privacy and safety while also respecting constitutional and natural right principles of peaceful speech, petition, and association. I would ask the council to clarify, does this permit requirement apply to commercial solicitation only or also to political, religious, charitable, and non-profit speech, and what safeguards are included to prevent selective enforcement? Just trying to understand from a perspective of, you know, being a notary, being a real estate agent, being someone that has worked in construction, you know, there's a need to have outreach. There's only certain limited methods to reach out. One of those methods is to approach someone on the street, have a natural conversation. But if you enact a rule that says you can't talk to someone because they have a sign on their shirt that says don't bother me, that's kind of where it gets confusing. Thank you. Thank you. Okay, we'll bring it back up to the dais. Vice Mayor, this is your item. Thank you. So at its core, this discussion about something simple but incredibly important. Our residents' right to feel safe, respected, and undisturbed in their own homes. For most people, their home is their most personal space, the one place they should be able to count on for privacy, security, and peace of mind. What we're really discussing tonight is how to reduce negative interactions at residents' doorstep and restore a healthier relationship between legitimate solicitors and residents they approach. We want businesses and solicitors to operate professionally and responsibly, not lie about their intentions or openly ignore no soliciting sign. But when residents feel their clearly stated wishes are ignored, trust erodes, and that is what we're trying to address. What we continuously hear from residents is frustration, discomfort, and concern about unwanted door-to-door solicitation. This is not about eliminating legitimate business activity. It's about restoring balance, making sure that residents, not solicitors, control what happens at their front door. And as of later or late last year, there was only one solicitor that has a permit in the city of Corona. One. It tells you there's no education and there's no enforcement. This matters because unwanted solicitation is not just an inconvenience. It can disrupt a family's sense of privacy. It can create uncertainty about who is at their door, lead to uncomfortable interactions, undermine neighborhood quality of life. When this happened to me last July, it was a pretty negative interaction. I had no idea. I just asked the guy who he was, got super hostile. I posted the interaction on Facebook and I heard from dozens and dozens of people that I heard everything from stories for an older couple that were just trying to close their garage door. And the person kept sticking their foot to stop the garage door from going down. They called the police. Police showed up. Police showed up. The person was, the person said, oh, I didn't do that. But we didn't ask if they had a, hadn't asked if they had a permit. Guaranteed they didn't because only one did. So, you know, something needs to change. These aren't abstract concerns. They are experiences that residents have shared with all of us. When residents take the time to post a no soliciting sign, they make it clear and a reasonable request that this request should mean something. There is also a practical reality we should acknowledge despite ongoing door-to-door activity through our community, there is currently only one permitted solicitor. This raises legitimate questions about awareness, compliance, and enforceability. Rather than accepting this disconnect, we should take this opportunity to clarify the rules, improve transparency, and ensure the ordinance function as intended. So what we are considering today is a thoughtful, targeted proposal that intends to improve clarity. So first, we want to clarify what solicitation actually means. Today's marketplace includes individuals who go door-to-door collecting information on third-party companies rather than directly selling a product. Staff has identified an opportunity to make clear that these lead generation activities are covered within the city's solicitation regulations. Second, we can strengthen the protections for residents who say no. If a resident clearly has a posted no soliciting or similar sign, council should consider whether or not approaching this resident should be treated as an aggressive solicitation violation, and I think it should be. Residents who clearly communicate their wishes deserve confidence that those wishes will be respected. Residents who say no soliciting or not. I have a no soliciting sign on my door. A person knocked on my door last week. I told her, hey, did you see the sign? She said yes. But my boss told me to knock. Third, and I was on a call. I was actually on a very important call, and this person kept ringing the doorbell and interrupted my call. It almost cost me a bunch of money. So this is people, not just people like me. There's people who work nights. There's people that have kids. All of us on this dais have all knocked on doors when we were running for office and saw the sign and said, please don't knock on my door. My child is sleeping. My dog is going to go nuts. It doesn't matter. People still ring because they're being instructed to. They're being told to. Third, we should explore a common sense enforcement structure. Staff has outlined options that graduate administrative penalties. We're not asking to decide those penalties tonight, but just to bring back for discussion. Fourth, we should improve transparency. Residents deserve to know who's at their door and who they represent and whether or not they're properly permitted. One option worth discussing is standardization of identification badges would make legitimate solicitors easier to identify, and there's no reason that we couldn't make part of that solicitation policy payment of fee to cover our costs. Fifth, we should strengthen our accountability while the city already has authority to suspend or revoke. I guess it would be nice if they had permits. We clarify what triggers repeat offenders and, frankly, be able to have a discussion. I mean, the person I talked to, she had no idea that the city had a permit process. She had no idea that she was supposed to get one, but she was going to tell her boss. We should charge for this permit. And finally, as we look ahead, that includes discussing whether broader no solicit framework should be pursued at the state legislature, and that's for a future day. But the bigger picture is this discussion aligns directly with our responsibility to protect the quality of life of our neighborhoods. We are not banning solicitation. Religion and politics are protected free speech, and we understand that. We are not preventing lawful businesses from reaching potential customers. We're just saying that residents have the right to define the boundaries of their home. Those boundaries should be respected. When those boundaries are ignored, there should be clear and consistent consequences. At the end of the day, this is about respect. Respect for our residents, respect for our neighborhoods, and respect for legitimate businesses that follow the rules. Residents deserve confidence when their wishes are to be honored. Legitimate businesses deserve clear standards and a level playing field, and the city deserves effective enforcement tools. The concepts before us today represent reasonable, measured steps toward reducing negative interactions at residents' doorsteps and restoring confidence in the process. We can support economic activity, but also protecting the sanctity and privacy of someone's home. Those objectives are not in conflict. For those reasons, I would hope that I would get support for moving this forward to have a conversation about a potential ordinance. Second. Do you have any other questions and comments for my colleagues? Yep. Ms. Raymond, can we just say no soliciting? For the city to prohibit solicitation? Yeah, not at all. No, we cannot. We cannot. Again, it's a First Amendment activity, and we can have time, place, and manner regulations. That's why, you know, what our ordinance is around. But again, the courts have said it really should not be the government that decides that. It needs to be the resident. So then my next question would be is, I agree, we should do something. I have a whole list of things that I think that we should do. But the challenge is going to be the enforcement part, right? So if somebody actually gets a permit, they come to my door. I have a no soliciting sign. They knock anyway. I get that permit number. Then, and I call PD or I call whoever, and I say, hey, this company, this permit number knocked on my door. I have a no soliciting sign. That should be it. They should get a fine. The person should, and the company should. But they're going to say, no, I didn't do it. And now is the burden of proof on me that I have to say, yeah, they knocked on my door. So I may turn this over to Mr. Castro. But again, I think when we're talking about administrative fines, it's not a criminal, right? So it's a lower standard. So I think if we had enough information that our code enforcement officers could issue a citation, and then what happens if they don't want to, if they want to challenge that, then they have to request a hearing. And then it goes before we have a hearing company that hears these administrative citations. And they would have to show up and prove their case. And we would, at the same time, maybe even bring the resident if they wanted to show up to that type of a hearing. And then it's just a matter of that he said, she said, and who's more believable. But I doubted it would even go to that. I bet they wouldn't even. They would probably just pay it. Okay. And the next question I had is, you know, in Council Member Speaks' case where he has a do not or no soliciting, and he asked the lady, hey, did you see the sign? And she said, yeah, but my boss told me to knock anyway. Could we potentially say, okay, we're going to find the person and the company so that the person can't hide behind the fact, oh, I'm just doing what my boss said. No. Yeah. Said no soliciting. You chose to knock regardless of what your boss said. Sure. If you disobey your boss, take it up at the labor board. That's not our problem. Yeah. I think we could probably, in fact, it may even already be covered under our admin penalty ordinance in terms of what a responsible person is. But we could look at that and see if, sometimes the company can even be the one that gets the permit, and they may even be already on the permit along with the person. So we can absolutely look into something like that. And again, for the aggressive solicitation, one of the ideas was to increase the fine to be fairly significant if it's not just a minor fine. So that is another idea. Okay. I guess we're just moving this forward. Do we want to know more information type of stuff? But I'm for that. But I'm also for, right out of the gate, the strictest, hardest fines that we could possibly come up with because I also have a no soliciting sign, and I also get people that knock on my door, and it's a pain in the ass, and I would prefer that they don't. So that's why I put the sign up. I don't want there to be a, well, you didn't know. Nope. I want it to be as severe as possible right from the gate. Councilman Richards. Thank you, Mayor. Mayor, I agree that the solar guys are the worst by far and away. I do think they should have IDs. I do like the idea that it doesn't say corona on them because it will represent that. I don't like the scam of can I check your meter. They shouldn't be doing that, nor are they qualified to do that for that matter. I had some thoughts on that, but I lost my train. But to go on, I think the city needs to have the ability to track who are the biggest offenders and who are the repeat offenders. And as they continue to repeat and continue their activity, the fines need to escalate, right, and to the point where their license is even revoked so that they don't have the ability to work in the city anymore. Also, I've noticed, and I firmly believe this, that one of the biggest reasons that people have gotten ring doorbells in the competitors' markets is because they want to screen for solar guys and sales guys. But should these solar guys and unwanted solicitors show up and break the no soliciting rules, then I think that ring doorbell should be used as evidence. And our city should have the ability to use that as evidence. I'm horrible at taking notes. Oh, yeah. I would like to explore the idea of taking this out of code enforcement's hands. I don't think they're geared to respond to situations like this. I think it should be either in the CSO's hands or a police department's hands. I think that's where we'll get more mileage out of it. Sorry, Chief, but feel that way. Thank you. I think that code enforcement has been doing it, and I've had people that have reached out and said this person came, and I... How many violations did they write last year? But they've taken a picture and sent it to code enforcement. How many violations did they write last year? Does anybody... Never mind. Council Member Steiner, do you have questions or comments? Just that I support Wes's recommendations. Thank you. Mr. Raymond, I have a few questions. I'm wondering because I am curious about the unintended consequences of what a policy like this can have. And I'm all in favor of protecting homeowners, and, you know, you have a right to set up those boundaries and for folks to respect that. I'm curious what this does for, like, other vendors. I'm thinking, like, if the policy were to be enacted, what happens to, like, Girl Scouts going around with their wagons? Are they considered peddlers because they're selling something? I can have an answer for that. I mean, I'd bite the cookies. I want to know what the law would say. Technically, they are, although I don't know if they do go door-to-door anymore, but I don't know that. They do. They do. Some parents still take their kids and do that. So then they technically would be considered peddlers. Technically. And then they would need to have a badge from city from... They would need to come and get a permit, right? It depends on how we write it. I would think the Girl Scouts would want to be compliant with the law. So, thank you, gentlemen. Ms. Raymond is who am I asking. So then anyone who goes to a door would need to have a badge. So Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts, an HOA member who's going to their neighbor's house as well. This is just about selling. So we have... There's a whole list of exemptions. So, again, some candidates can still go door-to-door. If you're exchanging ideas or, you know, any kind of religious Jehovah Witness, I know, you know, whether that's popular or not, they wouldn't be captured under this, right? So any of that type of... Anything that's not involving the sell of goods, services, merchandise, employment would not be covered. And we have that specifically called as an exemption in our ordinance. Okay. And then have we explored or do we have thoughts about the cost of what that permit would cost? So we're saying if this policy moves forward, folks have to come to City Hall to get a permit, and we're asking to cover the cost of that permit? So there's already a permit, right? That's already part of our code. The permit currently, the cost is $67. So the thought was if you have additional requirements that staff would have to oversee, that is something that could be added to the permit and typically would be added to a permit to cover all costs for that program. Got it. I totally agree with clarifying, you know, that lead generators are covered in the ordinance. That makes a lot of sense. I agree with expanding education for both residents and solicitors. I like the idea of tiered and growing fines for repeat offenders. I'm just concerned about the catch-all for anyone selling anything requiring a permit. That's a concern of mine. So here's my comments for that. Just saying that I think most people understand that there's a significant difference between a local student raising money for a school program and a commercial business. I don't think I've gotten one complaint saying that the Girl Scouts knocked on my door. So I don't see that that's going to be an issue. But I'm fine with trying to find some ground there to specify the difference. But at the same time, you know, we're, I think most people understand what those folks are doing. A kid knocking on the door to sell a box of chocolate or candy. Frankly, they shouldn't be knocking on a door that says no soliciting. Their parents should be telling them that. I know I told my kids that. Ms. Raymond, does this apply, this policy apply to only people that have no soliciting signs? So like say someone selling a thing is going up to a door that does not have that sign. This applies to them, correct? So the regulations apply, you know, in terms of getting a permit and whatnot applies to every resident. There's a special section that says if you have a no soliciting, you cannot go to the door. Right. Yeah. And I totally respect that boundary. Again, the unintended consequences. And I pick the Girl Scouts because it's just easy to think about them. But, you know, I've had folks who are in programs, you know, recovery programs come to my doors. And they're trying to sell a thing to fundraise, you know. And they're probably not a person, you know, that, you know, they're not wearing cute little uniforms with their parents. But, you know, what I've discovered is that there are unintended consequences to policies. And sometimes if there can be legal ramifications for it, it can, it can, it can, at the very least, be a negative experience. But at worst, actually lead to, to, to, to just poor consequences. And so, it's just, it's a concern of mine and I'm, I'm not supportive of the policy if it moves forward with that element in it. So. Mayor, can I make one more comment? And it's back to the solar guys and, and I'm hoping Jamie and your legal team can explore this. The, a lot of times with the solar guys, they'll knock on your door and they'll tell you that they're not selling anything. And they're not. They just want to make an appointment for someone else to show up and then sell you. So, I think they're trying to use that as efficiently for business purposes, but also as a legal loophole. And I'm hoping that that legal loophole can get closed. I just want to make that comment. Yeah, and I, I think, um, Vice Mayor Speaks, uh, suggestion for adding the lead generators would probably encompass, uh, that type of behavior. Yeah. And, and I, we'll certainly look at it, uh, Mayor Casillas, in terms of figuring out how to not have those unintended consequences. But again, because we're dealing with First Amendment, we have to be very careful about being content neutral. So, when we start establishing regulations that distinguish between the Girl Scouts and other people, um, you know, that, that's what we'll have to look at. That's exactly right. Okay. And so, do you have, um, what you need from us tonight? I, I think I do. I think everybody is, um, in support of all of the items. Nobody's really talked about the no solicitor registry, but I'm assuming that we're good on everyone. That's for a future policy discussion. And I know that, you know, when I had my issue, I took it pretty far with the, the contracting state licensing board. And there is a, there is a loophole for these guys that they actually don't violate their permit unless they sell something. So, they actually have to defraud you before you can take their license. So, I'm, you know, I want to, you know, also look at that as, was part of our, our policy discussion to talk to one of our state legislators about, you know, closing that loophole. Because they've marched right through it from a, um, uh, this solicitor or this, uh, lead generation. And they say, well, I didn't sell anything. I just, I gave it to somebody else. And the other person defrauded you. And, you know, frankly, this person got their, got their permit yank for another reason. But, um, uh, but the, the investigator told me that there was, there's a, there's people that are doing this. And they, they just basically, they have a whole group of people that just sell the, sell to these people, other people going into fraud. And they can just keep doing it. So, yeah, future discussion. Thank you. Okay. All right. So then, um, where are we? Where are we? Here we are. Okay. So then questions, comments, you've got directions, legislative matters. There are none. Uh, item 11 reports from boards and commissions. 11-1 library board of trustees. There is none. 11-2 planning and housing commission. There is none. 11-3 parks and recreation commission. There's none. 11-4 regional meetings. We have 11-4A update from council member Jim Steiner on the Riverside Transit Agency board meeting of June 25th. Council member Steiner. Thank you. RTA has been providing buses and bus operators and rides to world cup attendees and representing western Riverside County on a world stage. Since the rollout on June 12th, we've given about 3,500 rides. And as a reminder, RTA is providing 25 cent rides until August 31st of this year. And finally, RTA buses will not operate on July 4th. Regular service will resume on July 5th. Mayor Casillas, that completes my update. Thank you. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public on the regional updates? Mayor, we do not have any speaker cards. Thank you. Item 12. Ms. Raymond, do you have any comments tonight for the city attorney reports? No. No, thank you. Thank you, Ms. Raymond. Item 13. Mr. Ellis, do you have any comments tonight? No, Mayor. Thank you. Okay, going to Councilmember Reports and Comments. 14.1. I have a travel request to attend the League of California Cities Annual Conference and Expo. This is coming up. And it's the, I'm the immediate past president, so I don't have a leadership role this year. But the annual conference is a premier training and policy summit. It's a conference for officials all across California. And, you know, beyond the educational sessions, it's also where local leaders really come together and share best practices, discuss emerging challenges, and help shape statewide policy. So, I would humbly request accommodations. And the travel request fits within the city travel policy. So, that's my item. My request, Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public on this item? Mayor, we do not have any speaker cards. Okay. Any questions or comments from my colleagues? Okay. You would hate to miss a policy. Well, then, can we get a motion on this item? And a second. Thank you. Second. Thank you. Please vote. Okay. That item passes 5-0. And then 14-2, designation of voting delegate for the League of California Cities Annual Conference. I am going to be there. I would like to self-nominate. I'd like to nominate the mayor, Jackie Casillas, to be our nomination delegate. Thank you. And she can be the alternate as well. And then we need an alternate. Do you plan on attending? I'll be there. I'll be there anyway. So. Yeah. Vice mayor and I, we. I still sit on a CHED committee. Thank you. Okay. So the nomination is for myself as the delegate and vice mayor speak as the alternate. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public on this item? Mayor, we do not have any speaker cards for this item. Okay. Thank you. Please vote. Okay. That item passes 5-0. Okay. Now on to council member comments. Do my colleagues have any comments tonight? Yes. Council member D'Addario. Yep. Just wanted to remind everybody, very exciting part of the summer coming up next week on Monday starts movies in the park. And on Thursday is our first street fair, which I believe is 70s and 80s music. Yep. 70s and 80s music. And this is going to be exciting because this is the first time that we don't have the old PD building here. So I'm very excited to see the additional usage of that grass area. That's it. Thank you. Okay. Thank you. Council member Richens. Council member D'Addario took my comments, but I highly, highly encourage everyone to go to the concerts in the park. They're just a lot of fun. And the movies too. Council member Steiner. Okay. Just really quick, you know, as the bringer of happy news, there's four new laws for housing that got passed this week that go into effect today. One is the California courts will be required to fast track lawsuits against cities for housing development projects. The law establishes expedited judicial review for local agency denies a permit. The 712 local governments to fail to comply with housing reform laws by improperly delaying or denying housing steeper financial penalties, including fines and reimbursement of attorney's fees. Cities and counties, populations, 150,000 or more must create online portals for housing development project applications, provide opportunities for online submission, which we already do. And then lastly, SP79, which is really higher density, up to seven stories next to transit stops. You know, the map came out for that. Mostly it's LA. However, with the, when CV rail is built, it will include Corona and a few other places. So more local control being stripped away. And thank you, Council member D'Addario for mentioning movies in the park. We did switch them around, change them some places. In District 5, it's going to be at Jameson Park. And I got a couple of folks that weren't super happy about it. However, they were used to having it at Eagle Glen. But I told them that there's parking right down the street at Orange Elementary. So you can park there. And I'm sure that there'll be plenty of people that will either give you a ride or walk you over. But it's an amazing place to do anything. The view is absolutely incredible. So hopefully we get a big crowd of folks out this year. That's it. Thank you. All right. Thank you. Yes, we're, Corona, we are about to hit the summer season. It starts with the 4th of July parade. And it is my favorite time in town. So concerts, movies in the park. And yeah, you forgot the big one, right? 4th of July parade. We have the parade going down Main Street. And fireworks start at the festival begins at what time? Oh, sorry. I'm going to kick it over to you. Thank you, Donna. Yes. No problem. The festival begins at 5 o'clock. We have two bands. The first band will start at 5 o'clock. Second band at 7 o'clock. And fireworks begin around 9 p.m. Thank you, Ms. Finch. Appreciate it. And then the next week, we start movies in the park throughout the week and concerts on the green on Thursday nights. That's correct. We have five weeks of movies and concerts. Movies are Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday. And concerts and the summer street fair is on Thursday right here in front of the historic civic center. Awesome. Thank you so much, Ms. Finch. Okay. We hope you'll join us for that. And now turning to a more somber moment, we want to extend our love and condolences to former council member, former mayor Dick Haley and Christine Haley on the passing of their dear daughter, Monica. She fought for 12 courageous years, fought ovarian cancer, but sadly recently passed. And so she will forever be remembered for her love of Disneyland, beach, traveling, and spending time with family and friends. Her strength, kindness, and determination of love touched countless lives. And we mourn with the family and send our hearts out and close tonight's meeting in her memory. Good night. Good night.

historic preservation board meeting. Vice President Casey or Vice Chair Casey Rubel Calvo will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. 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. I would like to now call this meeting to order. Individuals wishing to address the historic preservation board are requested to complete a speaker card and deliver it to the secretary prior to the items being heard by the board. Please observe a three minute limit for communication and once called by the board, please observe a three minute limit for communication and once called upon to speak, please state your name and city residents for the record. Tonight we have elections for the office of chair and vice chair. For the election of chair, will the board secretary please begin the nominations for chair. Thank you chair Gonzalez. Nominations are now in order for the office of chair. Is there a nomination for the office of chair? Do we have a second on the nomination? I'd second that. We will now take a roll call vote. You can vote aye or nay. Chair Gonzalez, how do you vote? Aye. Vice chair Rubalcaba, how do you vote? Aye. Board member Bruckner, how do you vote? Aye. Board member Calcanis, how do you vote? Aye. Board member Nguyen, how do you vote? Aye. That was a unanimous vote in favor. The record will reflect board member Gonzalez as the chair for 2026. Motion by board member Nguyen and seconded by board member Calcanis. The position will be effective at the next meeting. Chair Gonzalez, you can conduct the nominations for the office of vice chair. Do we have any nominations for vice chair? I would like to nominate Casey Rubalcaba for the vice chair position. I'll second that. Was that a second from board member Calcanis? Thank you. We can take a voice vote. Chair, if you like. Aye. Vice chair Rubalcaba. Aye. Board member Bruckner. Aye. Board member Calcanis. Aye. Board member Nguyen. Aye. The record will reflect board member Rubalcaba as the Vice Chair for 2026. Motionned by Board Member Nguyen and seconded by Board Member Calcanis. Moving on to meeting minutes. And just to note the newly elected positions will be in effect at the next scheduled meeting. Now moving on to meeting minutes. For 4.1 minutes on September 30th, 2025. Approval of minutes for the Historic Preservation Board special meeting of September 30th, 2025. Ms. Kapia, are there any speaker cards from the public for the meeting minutes? No, Chair Gonzalez. We did not receive any. Do we have a motion? I motion that these minutes be approved. Is there a second? Second. A motion was made by Casey Rubalcaba and seconded by Mr. Richard Nguyen. Please vote. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. 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I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I'm not sure you can vote for this. I move to approve the meeting minutes. I'll second. I'll second. A motion was made by Vice Chair Ruba Kalva and seconded by Mr. Nguyen. Please vote. I have it corrected on my screen. Is that what everyone else sees? Yeah. Yeah? Okay. And it passes five to zero. Next, we move on to communication from the public. This portion of the agenda is intended for general public comment on items within the board's jurisdiction that are not listed elsewhere on the agenda. Please note that the state law prohibits the board from discussing or taking action on these items. Please observe a three-minute limit for comments. Ms. Kapia, are there any speaker cards from the public? I have one that's been handed to me. Not for this item. Chair. I do have a speaker card for agenda item number five. That would be the only one. Thank you. Please come forward. Mr. Chris McCoy. Good evening. My name is Chris McCoy. I live in District 3. Congratulations. I'm glad we actually have a full historic board now. I'm looking forward to you doing the historic work for the city. I wanted to come up here and speak a little bit about this before we talk about the agenda item tonight. It's often said that history blocks progress, but progress destroys history. And in Corona, we have a history of progress destroying history. We have several buildings that are sitting in containers up at the historic site up at the park because we tore them down and we didn't have a plan. We have staff that gives short shrift to this and you will often, often see reports that are incomplete as the ones you're going to look at tonight. I'm going to ask you to do your research. I'm going to ask you to divert a rich as often as you can because this was something that rich has been pushing for for a long time. And everything that happens in this circle, everything that is historic in this city is always dismissed for progress. It's always killed for progress. So I'm going to ask you to take your job seriously when it comes to the agenda items that are put in front of you. I want you to remember that council and staff are more interested in progress for the most part. We have a few council persons that are feel differently about it that are actually interested in our history. And nobody's asking to stop progress. What we ask for is that we slow progress down and make sure it doesn't kill history. Because once it's gone, you can't get it back. So I want you all to please take this seriously. Please do your own research. And when possible, please defer to Rich. Because he is going to be the person that has the best knowledge for you, the most information for you. And he's going to be able to talk to you about the passion about how some of us feel about the history of this city. And I ask you, I'm just going to leave it again. Please, please take this job seriously. Because you are the only barrier between progress killing history. Thank you. Thank you. We'll move on to item six, the consent calendar. We have no consent items this evening. Now to public hearings. Before proceeding with item 7.1, I'd like to ask Director Castro to address a procedural matter considering the board 's consideration on this item. Thank you, Chair Gonzalez. Board member Nguyen will be recused from this item, this public hearing item, due to a potential conflict of interest. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And the second ask is that the board adopt the general plan EIR addendum prepared for the City Park revitalization project. And before we get into the report, I personally just want to provide a little bit of the revitalization project history. This is a project that has been in the works for many, many years in this iteration. And then even prior to that, it's something that the city has been attempting to get off the ground, the revitalization, for well over a decade. City Park, as you all may know, is the city's oldest park. It's our first park. It is traditionally and historically it's been used as a place for gathering within the community. Over the years, it has fallen into a state of disrepair, and there have been a few efforts to get it revitalized. The first effort started back in the early 2000s. There was a revitalization plan for the park that never really got off the ground. So when the city went into its most recent strategic planning effort back in 2021, one of the goals that came out of the revitalization of the effort for the strategic plan was sound infrastructure. And included in that goal was an objective to redevelop city park to include the development of a new full-service, purpose-built community center. This is important that the community center, again, is intentionally built. We do have a community center right now at the Circle City Center, but this is a building that the city had acquired a little over a decade ago. And we've made the best use of it as we could, but it's not designed as a community center. So it's very important that we build a center that is designed intentionally for community uses. And the best place to really do that is at City Park. As again, I mentioned, it's a, it's a place that has traditionally been used as a gathering hub for the community for well over a century. So as we went into implement the strategic plan and the goals of the plan, the city underwent a master planning process for city park. And there was extensive outreach that was included in this master planning process. We went out to over 2,100 residents throughout the city to provide and receive input on this project. And there was an emphasis on really making sure that we target the residents that live within the city park neighborhood. There was door knocking efforts that took place. Staff went out and hung door hangers about the project. We sent out mailers. We did pop up events within the park. We also did public meetings and sent out community surveys. And again, through that effort, we were able to get feedback from over 2,100 residents, which was a significant effort for us. Through the master planning process, the community identified that they really wanted an experience at City Park. They wanted a place to be able to gather, bring back the municipal plunge elements of the park that were part of its original history. I have a variety of program opportunities, recreation opportunities, sports opportunities. And there were nine primary elements that came out of the master planning process that the community really wanted to see at the park. We are happy to say that through the design, we were able to include all of those except for one element, which was the Botanical Garden. I'll speak to that in a minute. But through that effort, the city, the city council adopted the city park master plan in July of 2023. And we went directly into the design process throughout the design staff did several meetings with our parks and recreation commission. We also met multiple times with the city council. And overall, there were nine public meetings that were held where staff received feedback, was able to review the design elements of the project with both the commission and the council, and get kind of a true understanding of what they wanted to see at this park based off of the input that we received from the community. As I mentioned, through the design process, we were able to include almost all of the elements that were identified in the master planning process. The primary ones of those, of course, include the community center, the aquatic center, the playground, sports areas. Additional elements include walking trails, picnic shelters and pavilions, event space, a splash pad, and then multi- use fields. The one that we were able to include was the botanical garden at this point. That was taken out during the value engineering process. But we do have a space dedicated at the park in case there is an opportunity to bring that back at a future point in time. But overall, we were very pleased that we were able to incorporate majority of the design and amenity elements that the community wanted to see in the park. Currently, we have 325 parking spaces that are identified on the site. And those are spread between four parking lots that are displayed. And we'll get into that a little bit more throughout the presentation. And we just, we were very pleased that we were able to really capture everything that the community wanted to see at this park that touched on the historical significance of how the park has been used over the last century. And also added some new elements to it that are more in line with what the community wants to see today. But again, it's remaining an area for gathering. And it's going to be able to bring the community back to City Park being kind of the central hub of community spaces for the city. So with that, I'll turn it over to Mr. Daldi. He's going to present the full report. And then at the end, we will be available to answer any questions. We also have our architect here from Rios Design, as well as our consultant that helped prepare the addendum and the environmental documents from Placework. They are available online. So I'll turn it over to Mr. Daldi to continue the presentation. Thank you, Ms. Finch. Good evening, Chair and members of the Historic Pres ervation Board. Again, I'm Brendan Daldi, Associate Planner, and I'm pleased to present the item before you tonight. This is for a major alteration to a historic resource. That record number will be MARD 2026-0002. And I'll present the remaining portions of the slides. So probably sitting there wondering why I'm here today. And so this is what this slide's purpose is for. And so back in 2001, City Council adopted a resolution to designate City Park as a historic district. That historic district is HD-005. And is today still on the Corona Register of Historic Resources. Due to the major alterations on the project and the major alterations to this historic resource, it requires your board's review. And that's governed within our Corona Municipal Code in Chapter 17.63, specifically Subsection 120, which covers the historic resources components. So it's no secret that City Park's been there for a while. While it was established back in 1913, it was Corona's first park and public park as well. As defined within that ordinance that I was alluding to previously in 2001, there is a historic significance. And that was defined by its open space, trees and landsca ping, picnic facilities and shelters, recreational opportunities, including a historic municipal plunge that we'll talk about moving forward as well. It also was a community gathering place and had a lot of various events associated with this site. So today, we still have four remaining contributing historic resources and they're located here, starting with our Founders Rock. And then we also have a Sunkist air compressor, a steam engine. And then we have landscaping, including a historic fig tree . We also have one of the original drinking fountains located on site. Within this slide here, everything but the original fig tree is going to remain in, well, the historic fig tree will remain in place. Everything else will be relocated. So highlighted here on this slide, we'll show the old locations and the new locations. They're generally going to be within the same vicinity with respect to the Founders Rock. It will move a little bit more drastically throughout that site. You can see there in the red arrow, it's located on the central portion of the site and we'll move up on the northeastern corner where the Aqu atic Center and Community Center will be located. Here we have our tree relocation and preservation plan. This highlights all the trees that will be removed, all the trees that remain in place, all the trees to be relocated, and kind of highlights that in coordination with the rest of the site. In addition to that, the project also proposes 205 trees to be added as well. So what is the Historic Preservation Board's authority? So again, alluding back to our historic resources findings, there's two principles that we recommend for here. And so that's consistency with the original qualities and characters of the historic resource, and how that's not being compromised today. In addition to that, we emphasize that the colors, textures , materials, and other design elements are consistent with the character defining elements of that historical resource. So how does that project satisfy those two principles? For the first one, we're still preserving those four historic artifacts that are found on site. And in addition to that, the project restores and reinfor ces the original elements that were found back in 2001, of the defining historical components of City Park. And in doing so, we're adding open space and landscaping, which reinforces and enhances that City Park community gathering feel. There's also an aquatic center that will pay homage to the historical municipal plunge. And there will also be provided new amenities and infrastructure that restore City Park as a functional, safe , and appealing place to visit. The second principle of our historic resources findings is that the project respects Corona's architectural and agricultural history. The earth tone colors, stucco walls, roofing materials inspired by terra cotta tiles, which is Spanish architecture, really speak to the City of Corona's historical development history. It includes the packing house architectural influences. And throughout the site, we also tried to implement, the project proposes to implement citrus theme references. For example, you'll see in the middle image, a lemon included in the emblem as well. And you'll kind of see that variously throughout the rest of the project site. Scale and massing of these new structures is appropriate given that it's a 20-acre project site as well. Scale and massing of these new structures. Sequel analysis. So, Sequel is short for the California Environmental Quality Act. And what is that? It requires the government agency to consider the environmental impacts to a project before approving a project. And so, specifically the City Park Revitalization Plan tailored off a previously approved environmental document. And that was the General Plan Environmental Impact Report. That's short for EIR. Or EIR is short for that. That was certified back in 2020. So, this project utilized an addendum to that General Plan EIR. And was prepared to analyze any potential impacts, environmentally, that was associated with alterations of the City Park Project. Staff has concluded that the alterations to the City Park will not result in any significant environmental impacts, or intensify any impacts previously already identified within that Greater General Plan EIR. All potential impacts can be mitigated to a level that's less than significant through incorporation of the mitigation measures provided. With that, we have staff's request. Staff has two requests for you tonight. First is to approve the alterations to City Park as proposed by the City Park Revitalization Project, and adopt the General Plan Amendment or EIR Addendum prepared for the City Park Revitalization Project. Before I move on, staff did receive some correspondence today from the Corona Historic Preservation Society requesting for the item to be tabled over concerns in the cultural resources component of the EIR Addendum. I just, the Preservation Board has already seen that. I just wanted that for the record. And myself, the rest of staff, and our applicant, and their team are also available for any questions you may have. Thank you. At this time, do any Board members have questions for staff ? I have a question. What were the considerations that the staff took when deciding what was preserved for the cultural heritage of the, of Corona, but also of the neighborhood? So, when we were in the original concept planning stages for the project, there were stakeholder meetings that were conducted with both the City Council, as well as the Parks and Recreation Commission members. And then we also consulted with the Corona Historic Pres ervation Society. Through those meetings, there were specific artifacts that were identified that the stakeholders wanted to ensure were preserved in the project. And that's how we identified the four primary markers, the cultural significant markers that we are going to be retaining through the project. Was there anything other than, like, physical objects that, like, were considered to be included in, like, the historical preservation aspects of the park? Those were the physical objects, the primary ones that were identified. There were recommendations on design styles that were preferred to be used. I think Rios does have some information on how those were incorporated into the project, if you'd like some additional background on that. Yeah, I can speak a little bit to the design of elements. I think in designing the park, we really want to encaps ulate some of the historic architecture of Corona. I think it was mentioned in the initial phases of this presentation, but the overall form of the building being wrapped around the crown of the park. So that's the big gathering space, kind of like being a backdrop for gatherings of the citizens of Corona. Large gables of the roof provide both historical reference to some of the packing houses of Corona, but also provide areas for shade and like a colonnade off of the front, reminiscent of Spanish architecture that you see throughout Corona. Other elements such as the color of the roof, meant to be similar to terracotta tile that you'll see on Spanish revival architecture, as well as the coloring of the stucco facade, reminiscent both of the architecture historically in the city, but also of some of the other civic buildings in the project. Other elements throughout the site, as also as reference was the playground spaces. So in reference to Corona's history as like a citrus and citrus growing, the playground has, you know, wood palette kind of aesthetic to it, as well as billboards that were reminiscent of other citrus growing companies in Corona's history. I have a couple of questions. Um, I know when I spoke with you early in the week, Donna and with Danny, um, that there was mention of the, the lamps that were in the park. Um, that wasn't mentioned in the presentation at all. So I know that there, there's no longer able to be wired or something. Um, but there is going to be, they're going to be preserved . We're going to try and copy their design for the new park. Can you kind of speak to that? Sure. Um, so when we were analyzing the existing historical lamps that are in the site, um, they were not deemed to be, uh, up to code, um, for what is required for this kind of site, um, both for egress requirements and, uh, green initiatives for the state of California, um, because they allow too much light up and create light pollution. Um, so what we opted for is to create, um, around the crown specifically, um, ornamental lights that are reminiscent of the historical crown, uh, lights within the site. Um, both with an acorn top and ornament to both the base and top. Um, these would function for providing adequate light and also meet, uh, existing codes that are, would be required for them. Um, and then we're going to be able to, um, to keep the lights in the park. Um, and then we're going to be able to keep the lights in the park. Right now we do have a plan to, um, preserve and retain those. Those will not be discarded. So we will be keeping those and we will be identifying another location to potentially be able to incorporate those and use those. Just to clarify part of the answer. So the, the lamps were deemed too bright. When in a public park, don't you want there to be bright light for safety? It's not that they're too bright. It's that the light that they produce is not actually directed appropriately to provide the amount of lights as e gress and, uh, for, you know, security reasons around it. In order to retain them, we would have to more than triple the amount of lights that we would need to, you know, duplicate that same style around the park. I have one last question for the design elements of the park. What was the, um, I guess, timeline of Corona history? What would be like the starting point and stopping point? Can you, can you repeat that one more time? Yeah. So for the design elements, I know it draws a lot of like the citrus industry industry. What was kind of the historical stopping point, um, in terms of timeline? Um, I don't, we didn't. I didn't necessarily have like a cutoff date necessarily in that, but it was more so researching architectural buildings within Corona that had historical significance and looking for reference there. So there's also reference to some, uh, like the Corona theater as more of a Spanish revival type style architecture. Uh, the high school also has reminiscent of this kind of style of Spanish revival. And then also the packing houses of more of an industrial background, uh, history to Corona. Um, I did have an additional question. Sorry. Um, I know there's plaques on the historical elements that we have, um, in the park or there are some plaques, um, for them. Um, has it been thought about discussed that we add plaques to the items that are there, um, and that we add more, um, informational historical elements, especially around places like the park where we have hearkening back to the citrus packing days. Um, cause I know third grade curriculum in Corona is Corona history. I know a lot of my kids all got sent to the plaque by CFIS to study the road race. Um, cause I think it would, if we want this to be a, uh, historic park in historic district that hearkens back to our history, it'd be such a wonderful thing to be able to send kids there. That when you do walk the park, you have Corona history, the packing, the road races, pictures of the old municipal plunge at the plunge that they're getting that history. Has that been discussed or considered? So that was not considered as part of the original design package, but it is a, it is a wonderful suggestion. I know, um, as we were, uh, starting to prepare for the project that that, uh, suggestion was raised. And if that is a recommendation of the board, we can forward that to the city council for, um, consideration to approve in the final project. Thank you. I had a similar, um, question about any context around the packing houses that might be included in the park, considering the, um, crate labels that are included in the playground. They're really cute. I love the aesthetics, but those were human beings that packed the oranges and pack the crates and nailed the crate shut and put them on train. So where are the people in, in these artifacts, I guess. And I know that the founders walk does have some names on it, but it's five men's names and there's a whole lot of women missing from that picture. So, um, if there's anything that we could do, um, to keep a lot of what is already existing and not slow the project down, but, you know, things that we can add to add context and focus more on the community part of the history rather than just like the structures. Um, yes. So that is not something that would delay the project at all or, um, significantly alter the design. And again, if it is the recommendation of the board that we consider that and include it, um, we can forward that to the city council for, for final approval. And, uh, one follow up question to that. When you were doing outreach in the community, was historical preservation, like part of that outreach? Like were, were the questions like multiple choice or were they like, you know, like what kind of outreach and what kind of questions? And did you get any feedback from the community about like preserving any, um, historical, uh, not just items, but the historical significance of the park and the community? The questions for the outreach were primarily focused on the amenities. We really wanted to get an understanding of what the community wanted to see in the park through the revital ization of it. But, um, again, a lot of the amenities that really rose to the top are consistent with the historical use of the park. So, um, majority of what we are including in the design is traditionally what has been a part of city park as it's evolved over the years. I'm trying to think back. So I think I did, I think there was a link on like Instagram or something where you could, uh, take a survey or the surveys I have taken are like radio buttons where like the options are already provided to you. And so if that option wasn't provided in the survey and someone couldn't click that, then we wouldn't know, right? Well, we did have open-ended questions as well. So majority of the questions are multiple response options, but then we also typically provide an area, um, where people can type in responses. If their preference doesn't meet the options that are provided. Great. Thank you. Okay. The public hearing is now open. I've received two speaker cards on agenda item number 7.1. The first person that we call to, um, speak is Mr. Fred Parr. Hello, Fred Parr. 2985 Mount Pleasant, Corona. I'm also Secretary of the Corona Historic Preservation Society. The email sent out to you all last night came from me. I'm no lawyer. I'm no CEQA expert. I'm more of a researcher and a storyteller as far as history goes. But I have a few points. We hear that a lot of people were reached out to. First let me say how much of a big supporter of you all I am. We have been doing the work that you're charged to do for well over 20 years with the city advising them. We've been part of that process and we've been proud to do that. It's not a passion that I have personally. So when you all came about it's like you know this is how it should be. It should be a city commission and I was very happy to see that and I'm still very excited about the future going forward and you all doing being able to do this work. The fact is the environmental report and the CEQA addendum. two years ago it came out. We at some point sent questions to the city about those reports and we never got any responses. I've heard that we've been reached out to but we've never had a one-on-one conversation. Anybody on my board with the city about this project. So that's important. These are all important things to consider. I'm a big proponent of the downtown revitalization. I've been waiting for it for 40 years. City Park is important to that. This is not a revitalization. This is a complete redo and my understanding is the environmental report and CEQA has a lot of errors and we think it needs to be tabled to look at those errors and make sure they're identified. There's not much there left historic. I walked it the other day. Our plaque is there. Those four small features are there and the trees and the trees are the biggest thing. Buildings and trees matter. Think about urban renewal in this town. Walk Redlands, Riverside, Claremont, Ontario, Orange, Pasadena and think about what you would give for that Carnegie Library and that City Hall and that old Corona High school that we would have had and those trees that they preserved. I have 30 seconds to talk. Those trees are all historic. There's way more than one historic fig tree which they mislabeled the type of fig tree. Those are all historic trees. I'm not saying everyone has to be preserved but walk around that park right now. Look at an 80 year old tree that's not the fig tree that they referenced. You're not going to move that tree. Those trees are important. Look around at our historic trees. They're all very important and moving them is very rarely an option. Thank you. I hope you'll table this and look deeper. you'll be right back. We have a second speaker. Rory Con nell. Is it Rory or Corey? It's Rory. Hi, my name is Rory Connell, lifelong Corona resident, business owner, local political commentator. I grew up playing football in City Park when we actually had a parks and rec program that provided for kids. My dad was a library trustee, Boy Scout leader with Eugene Montez back in the day. He helped revitalize and bring back that Corona JC's building that's right next to the plunge. So it's an important place to me. I love history. I've never been to one of these commission meetings. I'm no stranger to a council meeting, but this is a big topic in the city. And to the new people here and everyone here, thank you for what you're doing. It's unfortunate that the new people get this subject right out of the gate. This park's kind of a joke, to be honest with you. She says this was a reflection of the park's master plan. We had two of the finest parks commissioners in the city quit over what's going on at the park. People that are lifelong residents and business owners here that I have high respect for. They quit because the city management, not necessarily these people. Sorry. You guys all seem to really try. But there's a couple people at the top that just want what they want. And if you go and look at the city manager's failed project in Gilbert, Arizona, it looks exactly like this. And maybe our economic development manager, Joel's project at the Irvine Great Park. It looks just like this. They're overbuilt or not built. And they're a huge tax drain on the local community. Just by rubber stamping this, what the council's expecting you to do, this is going to put our city in massive debt. The city can't afford to build this park. And we can't sustain it. And it's not what this community asks for. This man just said that you never reached out to the Hist oric Preservation Society. That's a fact. All of the things that they told you, they're telling you what they told you to. The fact that Richard had to recuse himself, he's not doing business in the city. It's not a conflict of interest to have an opinion. So I would encourage you to look around at the things that we do have that are old, which isn't much. Corona does have a history of plowing down what we had and building new and then abandoning it, just like City Park. Go look at Santana. It's not even 20 years old. They still haven't even paved the parking lots. It looks like crap. What do you think they're going to do here? They're going to build it, throw it on their resume and bounce. So I would encourage you to really just take this job seriously and preserve the little history we do have. Because we don't have many old things. And that park as a whole is significant. Not just the trees. We're going to keep four small things and it's all going to be concrete. The rest is history. And your name could be on that. Thank you. Thank you. We have a third speaker on item 7.1. Mr. Chris McCoy. Hello again. I'm going to ask you for a little grace on the time. I'll try to do the best I can. I have one ask and then I have a second ask, which is probably more important. But the desegregation of Corona's first public pool, Corona Municipal Plunge, culminated December 27th, 1943, when local Red Cross volunteer, Nettie Wickham, burned the facilities for white race only sign. This act of defiance effectively ended the city's policy of only allowing minority residents to swim on Mondays. Do you know why they let them swim on Mondays? Because Tuesday they drained the pool. The water was dirty. There's no sign about that. There's nobody up here that has any knowledge of that because they didn't bring it up. It's not in that report that they just gave you. That's something that should be in the park. And that goes back to my other piece of this, which is I'm going to ask you to table this because they keep talking about it's only these four items. But there are a lot of cultural pieces to this park. A park is a place where people gather. Our Cinco de Mayo, which I moved here 22 years ago. The first time I went out and I saw our Cinco de Mayo parade and the streets were blocked and I couldn't get anywhere, I was furious. And then I walked over to the park and I saw the celebration that we do there of our Hispanic community. My daughter is half Hispanic. And I was overwhelmed with how awesome that was. And that's been going on for a long time. Our Hispanic community has utilized that part. There's no mention of that. There's no mention of all of these pieces. They haven't done the homework. They went out and did the homework to make sure that they could sideline Rich Wynn on this. Somebody from staff wanted to make sure that he wasn't up here to have this vote with you guys and to lead you guys. So somebody from staff went and found a letter that he wrote as the secretary of the Historic Preservation Society where he was where they voted. And he went and represented them and sent a letter. He has no business interest in this. He has no conflict of interest. That's a bullshit thing to say. But they said it. And they made Rich make that slow walk while we all sat here quietly. And they said, screw Rich Wynn. We're going to put it on you guys. And you guys are going to vote the way we want. I'm going to ask you today to table this. Ask staff to give you more information and do real research on the history of the park. Find out the real elements that need to be included. And I'm not talking about the physical items, which they want to keep going back to. I'm talking about the cultural items that we're missing. I'm talking about the importance to the city. It's not going to take them long. God knows they want to get this done so bad. They'll have this back to you by the next meeting. I promise you that. But if you don't table this today, if you vote yes today, progress will kill history. And I guarantee you those streetlights are going to end up in a container up at Heritage Park. Just like I said. The public hearing is now closed. Are there questions or comments from my colleagues? I do. I was wondering if we were to move forward and move to approve this, if we could add an amendment to it, that we have those historical markers, that we have those informative plaques about the history, about the people that built the park, that wouldn't delay the progress of the park going forward, but would also harken back to its history, that we could get that done before it goes back, before anything else is preceded. Is that possible to amend it? Or we just need to wait until staff comes back with a new report? Yes. You can add a condition or a recommendation from the Hist oric Preservation Board to include those elements that they'd be considered. And that could be part of a plan that could be considered. I have a follow-up question to that. Are we able to ask the public speakers questions? Because they already left, and I thought we were able to ask them questions. Or does that have to take place in their three minutes? If you have questions for the speaker, you can certainly ask those. I would recommend, though, that you open the public hearing back up so that those comments and questions are part of the record. The public hearing is now back open. I wanted to ask the public who spoke what ideas they have or suggestions they have for improving this current proposal. On like the educational plaques, which we've already discussed. So, I'll give my feedback real quick. I don't think that there should be a pay-to-play gym or a ballroom. It's overbuilt. It's a public park. My public tax dollars shouldn't pay for a park that I have to pay to use. Right? And once again, the whole park is historic. The whole space. So, when we scrape it clean and turn it into concrete, the whole historic culture of it's gone. We have no old things. So, I would, honestly, as a lifelong resident here, I would just love to see that park be cleaned up and maintained. And, yeah, we do need a new pool. We obviously need a new pool. But we don't need a miniature water park with a lazy river. Right? We can't even afford that. So, let's build what we need and what the community actually asked for. I would encourage you to go back to that park's master plan and see what that actually looks like. Not just what they told you. Thank you. I appreciate the question. Just specifically as far as history goes. I walked it the other day. There's no bandshell. There's no plunge. There's nothing left, really. I understand we need a new park. I love Corona parks. I'm in Corona parks every week. I like the big parks. I do. And I think the vision for City Park could be something really special. I love the idea of the markers, a historic tour of City Park, bringing back the, the history of it, especially with the Hispanic American community that we had. That was their park. They weren't allowed to have businesses south of 6th Street or live south of 6th Street. Our first house in Corona was at 611 West 11th Street. In our CCRs or at the house in 1938, you couldn't be black ened by that house. I don't think we need to dwell on history, but we need to teach history. It's important, especially in this day and age with what's going on in our society. We need to know that in 1950, the city council, rather than dealing with the water and the Hispanic Monday issue at the city plunge, talked about it. The city council meeting talked about establishing a Hispanic park on the edge of town. That's in the minutes of the city council meeting in 1950. Or 1940, I'm sorry. This is important that we learn these lessons. We don't need to dwell on it. We don't need to beat up our ancestors. But it's important going forward. We live in a very divided world now. And these lessons are important to teach people my age and our youngsters. So I think along with their plan, if we could incorporate learning about that park's significance, especially in the Hispanic community, that would be a great idea for this new design. But the trees are really, when I look around the park, those trees are what's important to me. You look around at the historic trees we have in Corona now and in other cities. Those are huge assets. And seeing a slide that says we're going to move 28. Oh, there's one historic tree that said we're going to move 28. We're going to plant. That doesn't say anything. How are they going to take? How are we going to take an 80-year-old tree and move it 40 feet? It's not going to happen. It's not going to live. So I would like to see you push for tabling it and ask for, okay, what specific trees? Let's walk that property. Let's see. That tree is going to go over there. Well, how is that going to work? How are we going to uproot that tree? Is there any chance? What are the percentages? Let's talk to arborists. What's the chance that that tree is going to live? If they save one fig tree and move a bunch of trees that are going to die and plant a bunch of new trees, that's an injustice to what's left of history at that park. Thank you. Can we comment off of their comments? Is that allowed? This is entirely your board meeting. You can discuss and make your comments on anything. Okay. Can we ask staff to address the trees? Yes, you can. Can you guys address the trees, please? Yes, we can. So the fig tree is the one significant tree that we wanted to highlight, but it is not the only tree that we are preserving on the property. On one of the slides, the tree relocation and preservation slide, we identified 46 trees and their exact location that are highlighted in green that are going to be retained at their existing site. In addition to that, we have 59 of the existing trees that we're going to be relocating and retaining on the property. So combined between the two, we have over 105 of the historical trees on the property that will be preserved. We do have our landscape architect online that could speak a little bit more to the arborist report and the determination of the trees, but we did spend quite a bit of time really identifying which trees we wanted to preserve as many as possible. And we're very proud of the amount that we were able to preserve. But I know that we do have Robin online, I believe, with R ios, who can speak a little bit more to how we made that determination. I don't know if she's able to comment. She's been sending me some messages about it. But I do want to say we did work with an arborist throughout this process to identify trees that were both wanting to remain in place and were healthy enough to stay, as well as ones that were healthy enough that would be able to be relocated. So the ones that we identified to be relocated were ones that were deemed safe and appropriate to do so. That was also our concern is like having a lot of shade on the site and maintaining that shade. And there was obviously a great resource in the existing canopy that is on site, and we wanted to preserve that as much as possible. We also identified in the landscape plan critical root zones of all these trees so that any new paths that are going throughout the park are not impacting these. So new paths going throughout would not damage these root systems that are vital to maintain these trees. So that was kind of part of the process and overall design is getting an arborist, making sure we're maintaining the right trees, and the ones that we are relocating are healthy enough to do so, and maintaining the pathways to avoid damage to those trees to prevent them from dying for that reason. Because we felt they were very important to design as well. Thank you. Of the 200 trees that you're replacing, are they nursery grade, meaning like a small tree, or are they established larger trees? There's a variety of box sizes that the landscape team has been looking at. Most of them, I believe, are a 36-inch tree, which is a little bit more significant than the standard tree. Trees around the crown that we deemed were a little bit more important to be more robust right off the bat are a larger tree box there as well. Are most of the trees being moved because of the big building, or are they being moved for more of the walking paths? Because I noticed, you know, it's a very cute design, the like circular, the circular design is really cute and everything. But I would hate to see the trees removed to preserve like a cute round walkway when we could have like a walkway that kind of meanders more and preserve more of the trees. Like I get the like the design part of it, but I don't want to lose things in just to put more money into new trees when there's already trees that exist just for it to like look cuter, I guess. Sure. So to address that, one of our tasks was to maintain the large lawn that is existing there, especially for these large gathering events that were going to be occurring on site. And we wanted to maintain that as a great resource for this site. When we were doing the site placing of the building, a lot of the trees on the west side were those larger growth mature trees that we found to be a great resource and we didn't want to damage in the process. And there were fewer mature trees on the east side, and that seemed like a more appropriate place to put the building in that sense. As you can see, a lot of those that are on the east side are the ones that we're actually relocating, the ones that we felt were healthy and good shade trees that we could. A number of the palm trees are going around the aquatic center, for example. So that's the placement and the reason around which trees are primarily being relocated versus maintained on the site . Sorry, I didn't know when to come up. So just real quick, I want to go over some of the features that were in the park historically that we probably should talk about. The park originally started out, it was 13 acres in 1913. Then it expanded out to 20 acres. It had children's waiting pool. Over the years, it had teeter-totters, merry-go-round, cactus garden, lighted softball diamond, swim pool. We've talked about that. Two long roof shelters with picnic tables oriented longitud inally. One shelter even had a fireplace in it so people could enjoy it in the evenings. There was a meandering little pass that went through the park. There was a post and rail wooden fence up to the space to make it, to give it some manageable areas. And it provided secure tie-offs and early citizens' horses and wagons. There was also a big cannon in the middle of it between World War I and World War II that they bought. And during the World War II war effort, they donated it to have it melted. So these are all features that were in the park. It's culturally been around. Our Indian tribes, they should be mentioned there. Our workers, our field workers that were working in the citrus industry, they should be mentioned there. At the very least, we should have QR code plaques. The Historic Society has done a great job of that where they have plaques that they have the QR codes on. Bare minimum, those should be around the park. But again, the idea that the things in the park are the park and not that the park itself has historic significance is the real difference here. They want to tell you that that's not the case. This is why I highly suggest that you guys table it and make them come back to you with a plan where they include that, where they look at CEQA, where they really do a better job of cataloging the trees that are historic and the trees that are not. Because to the other speaker's point, there are more of them than they're telling you. And most of the ones that they're going to move are going to die. But we have the knowledge and the ability to make it possible for people to enjoy the history of the park without impacting this plan a lot. But there is a significant push to try to bulldoze this park over and start with what they want to put up there, which is this gym and giant building. We have a rec center, by the way. We don't need another one. We don't need another one. We have one. Nobody uses it. Is that the Circle City Center you're talking about? We have one. But we're going to build another one for like $25 million. And it's going to cost $7 million a year to manage this park the way that they want to do it. We're not going to have that money annually. But honestly, the QR codes and recognition of our indigenous populations and our workers would be huge. And I don't see that in here. Thank you. Any other, I don't know, I don't know how this part works with what you guys are doing. So Amanda, I know you. So how are you doing? Hi. I did want to ask about the Heritage Center. I know you mentioned the Heritage Center. And I know that it does have some of these things that you 're talking about, like preserving. But it's not run by the city, right? It's not. And the problem at the Heritage Center is they don't have the funding. So what happens, and I'm going to use the rail depot since I have a little time. We had a rail depot. It was ours. It got run down over the years because it wasn't used anymore. But it was where everybody that was coming in and out of the city, that's where they went. And it was a beautiful building at one point. They decided that it was more important to give Ganau L umber a additional lumber yard. The city had the opportunity to buy it twice. The first time they said no. The second time they wanted to, they basically didn't want to spend the money that the person who had bought it bought it for or was asking. So there was a big movement to try to get that building preserved. Pick it up, move it somewhere else. We could move it up to the Heritage Park. Instead, they kind of put their hands behind their back. Council, we had a big discussion on it on council. Council looked the other way. Staff gave a report saying it's not really historically significant anymore and it's somewhat dilapidated and it's going to cost a lot to rebuild it. And a few parts are taken and shoved in a container. And that container was dumped up at Heritage Park. And this is what they've done over and over again. And this is like the third or fourth time. I promise you that's where those lights are going to end up . They're not telling you that, but that's where those lights are going to end up. We're going to do something with it later. And then they sit there for 20 years. And by the time they open the container, guess what? It's trash. So they're not really preserving anything. All they're doing is taking the trash, putting it in a 44- foot connex and hoping we forget about it. So when the Heritage Park opens it up to try to do something with it, they don't have anything left. So those are all concerns. I don't know how you fix those. But I do know we need to do a better job with the park and recognize that the whole park, not just the historic elements, not just the little pieces that we have left, is historic. And I guess I'm just asking to table this and ask them to come back to you with better information because I feel like they've done a really bad job of that. They want to get this thing done. They want to move forward. Progress, progress, progress. And there are so many elements to this historically that they just haven't done. They haven't included. You heard it. They didn't include it in the survey. Thank you for asking that question, by the way. Thank you. I have another comment, and that is that we've talked a little bit about segregation tonight and the history of corona, which is, you know, the history of the United States, right? We've all, a lot of places in the country, if not all, experienced those similar types of issues. And I'm wondering, since this community center, as it's been brought up, does have some, it is, part of it is going to be behind a paywall, right? And I think there is a risk at resegregation if certain members of the population are not able to access some of those really nice air-conditioned, temperature- controlled facilities where, and, you know, the Lazy River and the Slide and all of that stuff, which, by the way, I do want. My kids do want that. Like, I think that that is great. And I think it, but if not all members of the community can access it, that's another form of segregation. You know, that's not right either. So I guess thinking about the cultural heritage of corona and the park and the segregation that happened at the pool, are we at risk of segregating this new pool because it's behind a paywall and not all residents of the city might be able to afford that? And I know that we spoke a little bit about, like, the cost , but there wasn't, like, an exact dollar amount that could be given. And can the city speak to that? Yes. So we are still evaluating potential costs for entry and access into those amenities. I do want to note, though, that going back through the history of City Park, there was always a fee to use the pool. It was never a free amenity. I believe back, I don't know the exact numbers, but I want to say it was $3 to get in 20 years ago. What we were proposing is $5. So just based off of inflation over time, the amount of money that is initially being proposed for a day pass is not much more significant than what has historically been charged for the pool. I want to note, and to your point, you know, regarding the building, yes, we do have some areas that are being identified as available as a pay-for-use. That would be the gymnasium and the fitness areas. But the other part of the community center are open to the public for free. We're going to have a large game room. There's no charge to use that. That's going to be anyone that wants to drop in that will be able to use it. We have our classroom space. We'll be able to offer classes for the community there. The department does offer scholarships for members of the public that want to be able to participate in our classes. That's something we plan to continue and even enhance as City Park opens. And then we also have all of our park amenities that are going to be open for free. That includes the splash pad, which wasn't there previously . That's a brand new amenity that we're going to be able to add to that park for free. We've spent a lot of time and care really designing that to make sure we have a very fun, large, accessible splash pad that anybody can go and use at any time during the operating months of the year. And then the playgrounds, the skate park, the sports courts , those are going to be available for free, too. So a large majority of the park is not behind a paywall. It's open and accessible to the public. And then the amenities that will have a fee historically, as I mentioned, like with the plunge, always had a fee. So I am not significantly concerned about segregation by providing some pay-for-service amenities there. We do have ways for the public to be able to have access around that. So we feel that as a department and as a city, we're going to be able to provide these opportunities for the entire community. Thank you. I actually want to ask one clarifying point. Going back to the stakeholders, were those individuals that would be directly surrounding the park? Were those the people living on Quarry Street? Or was it just, I guess, kind of like an open call to individuals of the city? So we had two separate efforts. We had the master planning effort where we went out and did door knocking. I mentioned the 2100 survey responses. I have to pull the numbers. I don't know where my notes went. But we had, I believe it was about 105 that were within a one-mile radius of the park. Where is this? Okay, I'm sorry, 150 surveys were within one-mile radius of the park. 325 were within one to two miles. 555 were within two to three miles. We also did two pop-up events in the park to make sure that we were able to get input from the residents that are living in the neighborhood and surrounding the park. And then going back to the stakeholder meetings, I wanted to actually respond to the comment that the Historic Pres ervation Society was not consulted. That is untrue. We did meet with the Historic Preservation Society. It was on January 4th of 2024. They participated, Mr. Richard Wynn participated in a stakeholder interview with our architect, with our city staff, and our project manager, and provided input on the elements that they would like to see as part of the park. So the Historic Preservation Society was consulted, our Parks and Recreation Commission, and our city council were consulted as all part of the stakeholder interview process. All those people were from South Florida. We've asked for this stuff. All the rich people out there. 150 people within a mile. Asking yourself how many people live within a mile of that park. Would you be able to come up to the microphone? Sorry about that. 150 people within a mile of that park. How many people live in that area? 150 people only. That survey was filled out by people in South Corona. People that look like me. Not the people that live in that community. The majority of the people that ask for this live in South Corona. They are affluent people. This does not serve that community. There's no soccer fields there. I'm sorry, but know your customer. I've been telling the city council that. Chair Gonzalez, I just wanted to remind you to close the public hearing if you are done with questions of staff or anything that needs to be in the record. I apologize. The public hearing is now closed. Do we have a motion for Mard 2026-0002? I would like to make a motion to support staff's recommendations, but I want an amendment in there that includes historical markers and informational plaques about Corona's history. Not just the pieces, but Corona's people that built Corona after, or sorry, before this goes on. That would be my amendment. So just as a clarification, that would be a recommendation to the council to add that as part of the project. Thank you. So we also have the resolution, which also includes the add endum. So just to make sure that your motion is to adopt the resolution, which is approving the project and the addendum , and with the added recommendation that the council add markers and informational pieces to the park. Yes. I have a question. I have a question. So with the, with us making a recommendation, that means that city council could decide not to implement that recommendation, but then we would have supported the park without those things. If the city council decides not to do that. It would be a recommendation for them to consider that. I'm, I'm assuming, um, Ms. Finch, if you can clarify, but in terms of just the monetary component of adding those items, correct? Yes, that's correct. So it's, it's not a significant impact to the park. Um, it is a recommendation that will go before the council when we go to award the project, um, to add those elements. Um, we would provide a cost at the time. And, uh, in terms of just overall scale and scope, it is a very minor change that would not significantly impact the design cost or timeline. So, um, it would be the council's decision on whether they wanted to include that or not. And, uh, you have a motion on the floor. So you'll just need a second. And then you can have a discussion. Yes. Is there a second motion? Yes. Is there a second motion? If we second it, then we discuss it, but we're not voting on it yet. - You have a motion on the floor so you'll just need a second and then you can have a discussion. - Yes, is there a second motion? If we second it then we discuss it but we're not voting on it yet. - That's correct. - Okay, I'll second it. - A motion was made by Board Member Kalkanis and seconded by Board Member Rubel Kalva. Please vote. - We get to discuss it first though, right? - Yeah. - I think there was a second for discussion. Now you can discuss that. - I think that if we do this motion and then the city doesn 't approve it for whatever reason then the park moves on as it is and we have no guarantee that there will be any historical context in the park which as it exists now I feel very uncomfortable about considering that there's not a lot of actual history preserved in the park. There's just a lot of things that are designed like paying homage without any actual context. So that's not really history. That's decor. - So I think that we should not do the motion based on this because it doesn't guarantee that anything's actually going to be changed to the plan. - So I think that we'll lose our opportunity to actually make any changes. - Now can we vote? - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - I think that we're going to vote. - The motion was defeated. One, I three, nay, and one abstain. - So I read to have a substitute, you know, another motion, because it has that was not a motion for denial. That was your motion failed. So we need some action on this plan. - I move to table this decision until the next meeting, where the city can provide us with a solid plan to include more historical preservation. - Can I recommend that you continue, rather than table, continue it to a date certain? Then we don't need to re-notice before the next meeting. - I move to continue the conversation, the presentation. - Continue, you can continue the item. - I will continue the item until then. - May I also suggest that if there are items, which I think we probably already know, but to include in your motion items that you would like staff to consider or add as part of when they return next month. - Yes, I move to table both items on the agenda. Continue. I, sorry. I move to continue both items on the agenda so that the city staff can address the concerns that were raised this evening. - And that date, I just want to confirm with staff, I'm looking at it's July 27th as the next meeting. Is that correct? - That's correct. The next scheduled meeting is for July 27th, 2026. - So you would just include your motion that it would be continued to this date certain of July 27 th. - I move to continue the two items on tonight's agenda to July 27th. - Is there a second? - I second that. - And now we vote. - And it passes. - I, zero nay, one abstain. - I, two, two. - And it passes. - I, zero nay, one abstain. - Moving on to administrative reports. Do we have any reports from the planning and development director? - None. None, thank you. - Perfect. - I think you have a board member who will be returning to the dais. - Okay. - Thank you. - Moving on to number nine, board members' reports and comments. - Do any members of the historic preservation board have any matters to discuss? I don't believe there's any. - I have two. The first one is related to the recent item. Are we to determine what things need to be added or corrected in the staff presentation? Or is that something we just have to hope that they've discovered themselves? - Are you asking a question about the last item? - Yeah. - I think that the commission that voted on it gave their recommendation to staff on what they wanted to see when they came back next month. It's not a correction on a report. It's what they'd like to see added to the design. - My main concern is with regard to that. - Mr. Wynn, if you have a conflict of interest on the item, I would recommend that you not participate in discussions on that item while serving on this board. - Well, my second concern is a number of years ago, the Historic Preservation Society prepared a notebook that was provided to the planning commission to assist in evaluating landmark properties and historic properties in the city. It includes the Secretary of the Interior's standards and so forth. And I have-- we have prepared copies and I'd like to be able to make a presentation at the last-- or have one of our members make a presentation at the next meeting and provide each one of you members with a copy of this. - I don't know how you guys handle it. - Yeah. - I don't know how you guys handle it. - Yeah. - I don't know how you guys handle it. - Yeah. - I don't know how you guys handle it. - I think, yeah, if the board is agreeable to that, it would be a member of the Historic Preservation Society, of the Corona Historic Preservation Society, making a presentation, yeah. And we could add that to the next agenda, or if that's, you prefer that, it's fine. Okay? - Thank you. - I have a question, and I don't know if this is under members reports and comments. In regards to the previously discussed lamps or lights, is it possible for staff to tell us, or staff to come up with a plan for what they, like to put a timeline on, please tell us where you plan to put them and what's gonna be done with them? Or because we've already closed that. - So all of those questions should be part of that item. - Got it. - We're past that item now. You have complete, you know, discretion, but I think staff hears what you're saying, but all of that discussion should occur as part of that item. - Awesome, thank you. - Last item, adjournment. The next meeting of the Historic Preservation Board is scheduled for July 27th, 2026. This meeting is now adjourned. - The improvements and also some parking lot lighting. - It feels good to be able to give back, to reinvest in the Senior Center, to create some much needed improvements. - Now, if you're in Corona, they go to the Senior Citizen Center, they hang out, they have fun, they're super social, they love each other. It's its own community.

to today. We are trying to create a safe walkable downtown that has the things that our community has expressed to us that are important to them. A place for community to gather and the endless opportunities that come out of that. Everything the council directed us to do has either started or has a planned start date. Most importantly a planned completion date within the overall cycle for downtown. I feel like that what we're doing in our downtown area is a big win for this community. When it's done it'll be way better than what it's been like for the last four decades. We also have Sixth Street's beautification revitalization project getting ready to hopefully kicking that project off for construction in the first half of next year and so that will really just start to really bring that area together. So Sixth Street transformation overall it's to create not just a street corridor for vehicles but really a pedestrian friendly environment and the entire concept for what Sixth Street will look like has been solidified. We start at the center right at Sixth and Main really to connect South and North Malls together. There's a new supermarket that's coming to round off that fourth corner there and then over time we expand that grand to grand to fill in that circle. There are nine project areas throughout the downtown that we're working on and Sixth Street in general has been ugly for a long long time and we're gonna do some street paving, we're gonna do some center medians with trees, shrubbery just to make it look prettier. We're finally able to do something here to try to bring more amenities, bring people downtown, bring the community together. with new restaurants, just places to have fun. When we started the city, Sixth Street was one lane each direction. We need folks to be able to walk safely in a downtown. Part of that is reducing the lanes on Sixth Street and creating an ambiance. Sixth Street and specifically in our downtown district will be a space where folks can ideally be able to slow down and enjoy. The businesses, they have all been overwhelmingly in support because now their customers can park in front of it . It feels really good to see things go from idea to plan to vote to actual implementation to like come to life. Claros was probably a really good example. Just how much our citizens are craving a cool business, a great place to eat. Claros is it. We saw something very similar with the Circle City Tavern opening up. That place has been packed every day. So the Circle City Tavern is kind of proof of concept that Coronans want and need something more in our downtown. I just wanted to bring something fun and exciting to the city of Corona. This space, the parking lot, the new backyard is just a great example of the city getting stuff done here in Corona. Corona really needs something like this. Seems like such an exciting place. Like it really gives the people of the city of Corona a place to come to, especially in downtown. Claros was a big win for our city. Circle City Tavern is a really big win for our community. The Wine Down. Wine Down is an upscale wine bar. I'm really, really excited about it. If I thought about going out and doing things, I would always have to leave the area. It's great to see that the city is putting something like this together for the community to come out and participate , build relationships and enjoy live entertainment and good food. From end to end of the city, we've got really good businesses coming in. A lot of them are, you know, small business owners, mom and pop shops. From an economic development standpoint, that is what makes our cities thrive. The South Mall, we call it the hub. You know, not only is it going to be a place that we can all enjoy, something that's going to increase our quality of life, but it's also a huge economic benefit to our community. The hub, the South side of the mall, it's planting a flag. It's saying our city, our city workers, our city managers, they're all in. Of all the things that the hub that I'm most excited about is the skating rink for kids to play at and, you know, parents to have a good time. You're going to have that food hall concept. We really want that hub, South Mall area, to be kind of a focal point in bringing community there to make that the hub of the heart of Corona. What are we doing with the North Mall? What are we doing with the North Mall? That's one thing that we hear constantly is, yeah, they've been talking about that for 30 years, but is it actually going to happen? When you start seeing buildings being torn down, you know something has happened. Step one is to getting it all under single ownership. We get to push our vision, which is what the community wants. They want retail options. They want dining. They want a place to go. They want to be able to walk in the evening. You know, all of these things that the community has said that they want goes in this space. North Mall redevelopment, a project near and dear to my heart, with the city council acting as the developer for the site to guarantee the best project for Corona. When the North Mall was developed, it sort of consolidated those four blocks into a single large project. We have the opportunity with this reset to bring back those historic blocks. The North-South is really to recreate what Main Street was. Each of the projects are going to have four different uses. They'll have parking. We have the Corona Regional Medical Center here, which brings in a lot of people. We have residential in there to build out that mixed-use development. And then entertainment, retail and food and beverage really is that fourth primary component to provide a destination in downtown. We want to make sure that we're very thoughtful in that process because we also want to give the community what they want. This is their community. One of the greatest things to happen in this city in a long , long time is Riverside Community College's decision to put a satellite campus at Main and Park Bridge. This is all RCCD. Riverside Community College District took on a difficult challenge and said, "We want it. We want to be part of Corona." And the voters. The voters said yes. So the Corona Education Center, which is its official name, will be coming online. It'll take a few years and I believe the final completion is 2030. But what we're ultimately going to have is an institution of higher education within our city boundaries. They've got a vision for that campus to be a tech campus and how exciting for our community to have in Corona its very own college campus. An awesome project that's also up to come is the City Park revitalization. City Park was built in 1913, so it's over 100 years old. It was citizens that said, "Hey, we want to have a really cool City Park. We want a place to take our families." Well, City Park is part of our downtown area in my view. It needs to be a place where the community can go gather, just like at the North and South Mall. It's going to be a major improvement. Aquatic center, community canvas, just recreational play and for concerts, an outdoor playground area, an outdoor splash pad, a pump park, outdoor basketball courts. It's going to be a fantastic add to that downtown City of Corona area. It's a reinvestment for our community. It's really keeping up with those promises of reinvesting, of reengaging, and really putting those resources back into the community. I cannot wait for the ribbon cutting. I cannot wait. Get folks into a purpose-built community center. That's going to be really wonderful. Some of the big investments that we've been doing includes our parks. You've probably seen a lot of the parks get new themes and shade structures. The parks needed a lot of help. So now we're getting shade. It's something the community has been asking for. The parks master plan, which was adopted by City Council in 2024, is our roadmap to all of our projects and parks that we are going to develop. That public outreach, all of those surveys, public engagement that came from city residents. It's great to see that that's reflected in the master plan. It has several projects coming down the line that are related to shade. We have been investing in shades over park structures and also investing in trees. Trees provide better and cooler shades. So trying to create canopies around play areas and in our public spaces so that our kids are protected and our families can have fun outdoors. Hey everybody. This afternoon I'm here at Sheridan Park where we have our grand reopening. It's got a beautiful theme to it. So Sheridan Park has looked kind of the same for a very long time. But if you drive by now, what you'll notice is really cool improvements. We showed the community certain playground themes and they selected like a galaxy outer space theme. Makes this neighborhood a little bit more lively, everything new and I hope the kids enjoy it. I really like the playground because it's very fun and like cool. The children are the future so we gotta set the example. We're just super happy to be able to continue to improve our parks. Wow Sarah, I can't wait to hang out with my friends in a cool new space. Me too Kayla. I love exploring new places, especially local businesses. So this is all really exciting. Next up, let's check out some of the completed projects and how the community is getting more engaged. Let's do it. The Victoria Park splash pad was so cool. So this is the third splash pad in our city. So fun. Love Corona. Love the upgrades to the park. I love it. I love that the kids could come together and the community could come together as one. It's pretty special that we finally got one in the downtown area. We're really excited to have another splash pad in town. We've got like four generations here and we love it. This is a long time coming, a great project that we've been working on for quite a while to get this up and running. The Green Alley Project. You're talking about alleys that have been ignored for 50 years. The Green Alley is composed of 34 alleys that were picked to be repaved. This grant was targeted by Caltrans to improve the quality of life of disadvantaged communities. It brings a lot of improvements to the city, including the ability to absorb water. We've just recently reestablished AC pavement through 2.75 miles of alleyways and also installed 138 LED light fi xtures in those alleyways, which provides really the safety and the functionality of those alleys that then help with trash pickup and also for residential access. It's just part of cleaning up corona. If your streets are paved, you know that your city is working and getting the basics done. It's a great improvement. We're making it easier to drive, making it easier on our cars, and we're beautifying. When you take a street that doesn't look so great because it's been neglected for years and now all of a sudden you 've got a nice flat surface and it's all uniform, it helps beautify things. We are doing hundreds of miles. Our skyline area, now that we own that 292 acres, we just had our skyline master plan presentation and the council approved a lot of passive amenities like park benches, drinking fountains, kiosks that explain what's going on here, what animal species are here, what plant species are here, pet waste stations, lookouts where we have seating with shade structures, and then a bathroom. How special is it that we have the perfect mountain for climbing in our city? It's beautiful. It's special. The skyline is already a place where our citizens want to go. We're just improving it a little bit. The Senior Center was another project that we got completed recently, which is a fantastic project. It was a facade project, a refresh, some landscape enhance ments. There was a whole outdoor area that was expanded upon some lobby improvements, ADA accessibility improvements, and also some parking lot lighting. It feels good to be able to give back, to reinvest in the Senior Center to create some much needed improvements. Now if you're in Corona, they go to the Senior Citizen Center, they hang out, they have fun, they're super social, they love each other. It's its own community, right? This is a great start to energize them and give them a nice place to come to mingle with their colleagues and friends. To improve our Veterans Memorial area, it's going to be a nice venue for our Veterans to go there and reflect. It will be an inviting space. It will honor our Veterans and it will also welcome our community to take a moment to pause and say thank you. And the best part about that space is that it will be an opportunity for the Veterans to help educate our residents on the importance of our military. So it's going to be a teachable space. We recently demolished the Old PD building, you know, it's been sitting vacant for 15 to 17 years. With Old PD being gone, the possibilities are endless. We're looking forward to utilizing that space for upcoming special events. You know, as we're expanding on our summer concerts and our street fair, that it will give more elbow room to folks. The reality is that we're using the Historic Civic Center in different ways and trying to make it a real campus for arts and culture. This space will allow for so much more community based activity. It's going to help us activate and expand our summer concert series. Not only that, but our, you know, our Christmas special that we do there. And we also set it up for the future. You can build an arts building. You can build a culinary kitchen. There is so much potential. We're really doing it as a city. That splash pad must be so great during the summer. It looks like a blast. Yeah, what a great way to stay cool and active under the sun. Because we all know how hard it can get here. Corona is truly such a beautiful city. We are so lucky to have public spaces like parks and hiking trails that remind us to appreciate nature and get some fresh air. Next up, Corona is committed to being a pioneer in technology. Let's see how that's being implemented across the city. Traffic has been a big complaint. What the city of Corona is doing is we're deploying advanced detection sensors for vehicles, pedestrians, and bicycles. It will help actuate the intersection better to hopefully get you from A to B smoother, faster, safer, more efficiently. For the community, what they should see is traffic signals flowing a little bit more efficiently along major corridors . We're hoping to get you through not just one green light, but several green lights in a row from one end of the corridor to the other. Who knows what the future is going to hold, but this is definitely the next step of traffic management through the city of Corona. The Real Time Information Center is a hub for all the technology in the police department. We're trying to get the real time information out to the officers so that they can get more detailed information and faster. So what we do is we monitor incoming 911 calls. And once a call comes in, we'll launch the drone that's closest to that call and respond to the scene and start gathering real time information. If anything happens in the city, we are working together. We're working fast. We're getting information, a lot of intel. And what we do with that is we provide that information to the responding officers or the fire department or any city entity that needs that information. Who's the dude that was flying the drone? Because he did a great job. It's making the community safer because we're able to find cars faster or people faster in the cameras and we're able to make arrests and reduce crime. Community services are what makes Corona special. Let's take a look at how they benefit the community. Community services, we've been extremely busy this year with new projects and activities for the Corona community. We recently kicked off our inaugural Music and Arts Festival last spring. So summer is very impacted and busy where we try to help the Corona community come out, engage with each other. We have our 4th of July parade in the morning, followed by our festival in the afternoon. The very next week, that following Thursday, we always follow up with our first summer street fair. 2025, we had some quality bands with some great personalities. Movies in the Park went really well. Working on some new special projects coming soon to help promote the city as a place to live, play and stay. The special events team is looking for a way to highlight the grand circle and kind of bring back that historic feel back to the Corona community. We want everyone to enjoy themselves and then leave a lasting impression that they came to an event and have fun here in the city of Corona. I want to take you on a journey of a typical example of some of the residents in our city where we have been able to move them from the streets. Some of our residents, they moved into shelter, they were wrapped like a blanket with supportive services to get stabilized and then connected to permanent housing. I like to say that all roads lead to housing. You cannot end homelessness without housing. We have achieved a lot since our homeless plan was launched and approved by our city council in June of 2020. We help about 400 Corona residents every day. Think about all the people that would otherwise be on the streets if we didn't have this system of care. Hearing the stories was so inspiring and moving. It's amazing how resilient people can be. I totally agree with you, Sarah. It's really important to take care of our whole community. They make our city vibrant and meaningful. 2025 was a huge year for Corona. We had the summer concert series, movies in the park, and we can't forget the 4th of July celebration. As we wrap up the year, there were also other great events like Halloween and the holiday tree lighting. That just about wraps up our time today. I don't know about you, Sarah, but I'm really excited about what's to come. I couldn't agree more. Thanks for watching and as always, we'll see you next time on Inner Circle TV. My name is Devon Perdomo and I am the Animal Services Super visor for City of Corona Animal Shelter. I absolutely love what I do. The only thing I ever really wanted to do in life was to do animal related work. At first I thought I wanted to go work for a veterinarian hospital. I came to find out that my passion really lied with the animals that didn't have anybody in their corner. When people come here, they see the animals in the cuddle and that's about all they see. We are at an overcapacity, so there's a lot of animals to care for. The most difficult part of the job is probably the emotional toll it takes upon you when hard decisions have to be made for animals. So it's really hard to go home sometimes after having to do something that difficult or see an animal suffering because it's been here too long and because nobody wants to adopt it. There's definitely way more good to be done in this job than there is bad and that seeing animals get adopted and seeing animals might not have had a chance at life come into our shelter and then we're getting them the care that we need. I think without our shelter, unfortunately, a lot of animals that do have medical needs or behavioral needs might not be as successful in getting an adoption because they'd be at an animal shelter that has a larger capacity where they don't have the ability to focus on that individual animal's needs. I truly feel like having a shelter here in the city does a world of wonders for the animals that are from our city, but as well as the public because we're able to offer resources. I think the only way that we see the change that we want to is by the public coming and supporting the local animal shelter by adopting. If you can't adopt, foster, if you can't foster, spread the word about our animal shelter. We're on the map and we want to see as many animals adopted as possible. My name is Brian Aguilera. I'm with building maintenance for the city of Corona. Yeah, I started off in an auto body shop working on the paint booths. Fellow employee told me about a position opening and actually got a position. So I did. And a few months later, I was hired on and been here ever since. There's five of us on the crew. It's not a big crew. It's kind of a small crew for all the buildings that we take care of. A lot of them are 24 hours. So we do rotate on call. It's fun working with these guys. It's a pretty cool group. I mean, we're together all the time. My day starts off. We get our work orders. We see what's pending, see what's going on and what's hot. We take care of the ones that are hot first and then we go about our day. And if we get anything that comes up that takes priority, which could be busted pipes like water lines, plumbing issues. It could be anything from cat rooms, air conditioning. It doesn't matter. It's something that's always changing throughout the day. And that's what I love about it. It's always changing. I'm Cindy Schmetz. I'm the fire marshal for the city of Corona Fire Department. And I just started my 25th year here. We moved to Corona when I was eight years old and I've seen so many changes and I love the city. I'm great pride in the city. I put an interest card right away. Apply for the job. Got it. And I've been here ever since and never looked back. You can find us probably just about anywhere. We touch so many different aspects. The End Good evening, Corona and lovers of books. This evening, our Pledge of Allegiance will be led by Trustee Kinderly. Please stand. 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. Thank you, Trustee Kinderly. At this time, I would like to call the meeting to order. We have approval of the Library Board of Trustees meeting minutes for May 26, 2026. Do we have a motion? I move that we approve the minutes. I second. So a motion was made by Trustee Heinemann and seconded by Trustee Taylor-Hayes. Ms. Bacchus, will you please take a vote? Fantastic. All approved. All items listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine matters. Status reports are documents covering previous Library Board of Trustees items. The items listed on the consent calendar may be enacted in one motion with the concurrence of the Library Board of Trustees. A trustee or any person in attendance may request that an item be removed for further consideration. Do we have a motion? I move to accept the consent calendar. I second it. Do we have a second? I second it. A motion was made by Trustee Kinderly and seconded by Trustee Heinemann. Just to make sure, did anyone want to pull anything this evening? Okay. Ms. Bacchus, will you please take a vote? Fantastic. Approved. Communications from the public. Persons wishing to address the Library Board of Trustees on items listed on the agenda are requested to identify themselves and state the matter on which they wish to comment. No action will be taken on matters not listed on the agenda . The Library Board of Trustees would appreciate your cooperation in keeping your comments brief. Ms. Bacchus, are there any speaker cards from the public? No speaker cards. Ms. Bacchus, are there any written comments from the public ? No written comments. Awesome. Moving right along. Our library report. Our report will be introduced by our amazing community services director, Donna Finch. And our report will be given by library manager and queen of all things, Danielle Whittington. It says that, I swear. And that's very true, I can attest. All right. Thank you, Chair. We're excited again to be with you tonight as we celebrate the kickoff to summer at your library. The program's been in effect for the last few weeks, and it 's been doing very well, as always, especially because we have our new refreshed library for the children to come in and enjoy this incredible service. So for tonight, we're excited to give our library report. We have several updates that we're going to provide. First is on the Innovation Center to give you an update on the progress. If you've been to the library in the last few weeks, hopefully you've been able to catch a glimpse of it. It's progressed very, very nicely. The construction is now fully complete, and we're just waiting on the furniture to arrive. So, again, don't want to share too much. I know Ms. Whittington is going to get more into the details of that. But it's a complete transformation of what the facility looked like previously, and we're so excited to have that on display. We also have some exciting adult programming that's going on right now at the library. A fantasy ball is planned for the month of July. So we'll share some information on what that's going to ent ail. Our lunch at the library program is also now in full swing. We are offering hot, prepared lunches for all school-age children at the library, and there's some exciting programming that's going along with that. And then we're also advertising some additional sites that are offering the program on days that we are not. So it's a wonderful service. We're happy to be able to reinstate this and also share with the community some other locations that are doing something similar. We have an announcement on Hoopla. So I know it's been a very popular service. We've come across some additional e-resources that have grown in capability to be able to provide the same level of service that Hoopla has at a much more affordable cost. So we're going to be sharing some new information on that and how that's going to be launched. Also, Dungeons and Dragons. This has been another very popular event. We have some upcoming D&D activities that are scheduled for the end of June, and then July has several more that are planned that we're excited to share about. Also, continuing with our staff highlights, we have another wonderful library employee that we're going to be spotlight ing this evening. She has been with us for a while and has brought a lot of excitement and energy to the library, so we're happy to be able to spotlight her and all that she brings to help enhance our services. Again, we're going to be going over our top titles for fiction, nonfiction, and e-books, and then wrap it up with an update on library incidents and also a highlight of some of the events that we have planned for the summer, including our upcoming Fourth of July event. This is our biggest event of the year for community services. We do hope to see the trustees there as well as our community members. So with that, I'll turn it over to Ms. Whittington to provide the report. Thank you, Director Finch, and good evening, Madam Chair and Trustees. So some construction updates about the Innovation Center. The construction is now complete. I originally wanted to have one of those poppers, but that 's a big no-no. It could potentially let the fire department know that I'm doing that in here, and I don't want that. So the construction is now complete. What we are looking forward to right now is the delivery of the furniture. I just received word that the first container is on the truck and is going to be delivered tomorrow afternoon. So the first truck will be here tomorrow. The second truck more than likely on Thursday. So if you happen to run across me in some grubby clothes, you'll know why, because I am unpacking a storage container. So there's that. We are also getting some new signage in the library, no more of the dark hanging ones. We are working with legal on the MOU with our partners, and we have a date and a time for the grand opening. That is going to be August 12, 2026, at 3 p.m. And so we ask that you come out and check out the Innovation Center. We're going to have demonstrations. We're going to have some light snacks. And we're going to have some of the VR headsets set up. We're going to see some 3D printers in action. We're going to have an example of what you can do in our little podcasting room. So all of that is going to be available in August 12, and we hope to see you there. So as a part of our Summer at Your Library series, we're bringing in an adult-themed event for ages 21 and older. That is because we will have some adult beverages there, courtesy of the Friends of the Library. So on July 24th at 7 p.m., we want you to come dolled up in your best ball attire and have some fun. We are going to have ballroom dancing instruction. The DJ not only DJs, but also is a ballroom dancing instructor. So come out. We want you to come and dance, and we'll have a costume contest. We'll have some games. No registration is needed. It is free for anybody ages 21 and over. And we will be partying until 10. So for Summer at Your Library, we also have Lunch at the Library. Lunch at the Library is a grant given by the California State Library, and it helps provide meals to those that are ages 0 to 18 throughout the summer when school is out. So in that vein, we wanted to make sure that not only our patrons have access access to food when we offer it, which is on Tuesdays and Thursdays. But we also wanted to make sure that the 15 other sites within the Corona Norco area are also displayed. So this particular flyer is available not only during our Lunch at the Library programming. It is also available inside the library. We also made sure to post it on our social media as well as had it translated into Spanish, and it is on the Corona Cruisers and Dial-A-Ride. So we are migrating from Hoopla to Cloud Library, and Hoop la will officially end on July 31st. So originally, Cloud Library and Hoopla, they were kind of neck and neck. It kind of depended on what you wanted. But Cloud Library has created and grown their on-demand portion, which includes a lot more of the bestsellers, the top tens, instead of just your classics. And so we will not only still have access to the current and popular releases that are within Hoopla, in Cloud Library, but it also allows us to maximize our budget by utilizing the library consortia that we are now assigned to. So what happens now is if you go into our library collections and you say you want this one particular book, it will check first if we have it. If we don't have it, then it checks with our consortia to see if anybody, any of those libraries has it. And if they don't have it, then we buy it. So there is this, there is a deeper process before the actual purchase. So this allows us to not only share e-media with our library consortia, but it also helps us to complete a strategic plan goal for FY27. So we have Family D&D coming up on June 30th. This is the one where you can come and everybody is a dog or a puppy. And you can explore and get to know Dungeons & Dragons just a little bit more with your DM or your dungeon master. And then the D&D workshop is if you ever wanted to build a character and start your journey. The D&D workshop on July 14th, 21st, and the 28th is the best time for you to come and join. So that is for ages 13 and up, and that starts at 530. Our staff highlight for this evening is Charlene Ortiz. And she is our community, our senior community services leader for shelving and reservations. So you may notice her if you are trying to reserve any sort of room in the library. She is the main contact for that. She has been working with us approximately five years, I believe. And she is always so informative and knows exactly what you 're going to need for whatever type of event. So if you are throwing a baby shower and you're not serving alcohol, she'll tell you exactly what you need from who and where and make sure that your event goes out without a hitch. So her fun fact is that her birthday lands on the same day as the opening day at Disneyland, California. And unfortunately, she does not get a lifetime pass for that goal. Our May top titles for fiction was One Piece, followed by Demon Slayer, and then Pokemon, as always. Again, for nonfiction, primary phonics is our top five. And then Insects and Other Invertebrates, which is pretty on brand for the summer. And what shocked me was for e-books, Cat Kid Comic Club by Dave Pilkey was our top e-book title for May. Thankfully, we have had no incidences throughout May and June, and I hope that trend continues. I like seeing the zeros up there. And since construction is finally over, we have our wonderful calendar back. We wanted to let people know that on Saturday, July 4th, we are going to be closed for Independence Day, but we will reopen on Monday at 10. And then as we look ahead, July 4th, obviously, we have our parade and our festival celebration. The parade starts at 9 on Main Street. And then 5 at Santana, you can enjoy some wonderful celebrations that are happening there with some fireworks and some other fun things as well. July 6th through August 7th, we have the movies at the park . There are various parks throughout the far corners of Corona. That starts at 8. Our summer street fair starts July 9th. That's every Thursday until August 6th. And that's in front of the Historic Civic Center. And then August 25th is our next Library Board of Trustees meeting, and it's going to be big. So we're having our summer at your library recap, our year- end review, and our Friends of the Library report. And this is just a reminder that we are not meeting in July since they are redoing the council chambers. Any questions? Ms. Bacchus, are there any speaker cards from the public? No speaker cards. Are there any written comments from the public? No written comments. All right. Trustee Kinnerling, do you have any comments? I'm looking forward to the grand opening, and I sure hope to be there. And as usual, you all have a summer packed with all these interesting activities. So kudos to you. I'm glad everything is going well. Trustee Tyler Hayes, do you have any comments? Yes, thank you. I just have a question. Is Libby more expensive than iCloud or Hoopla? I think Libby is owned by OneDrive or OverDrive, and we don 't have access to that just yet. But we're working on it. It seems to be another very popular way to get your e-media . Vice Chair, sorry. Vice Chair Heinemann, do you have any comments? Well, as usual, you have a busy summer. It looks like a lot of fun. I do have a question that doesn't have anything to do with this. And because it's a little cool in here, and it reminded me of, I know they're working on the HVAC system at the library. Do you have any more update on that? I don't. I know that they were working on creating, I think, a scope of work. I don't know if Director Finch has any additional information. Yes. So a few months ago, we took the item to council to get approval for a sole source for the type of controller that we want to utilize at the library. That's going to be our focus of this first round of improvements on the HVAC system, is to make sure that we can get all of the controllers updated so they can be automated and we can adjust temperatures more efficiently. So the first step was getting a sole source approval to use the same type of controller that we're using in our other facilities, which the council did approve. And then now we are going out to, I think, essentially a bid for the providers of that technology to be able to then complete the project. So there's multiple steps in being able to move this forward. And we are making progress, and we're continuing to make progress. I don't know the exact timelines right now on where we are to be able to move into the actual construction phase, but I can say we're getting closer. Okay. Thank you. Thank you very much for your presentation. I had a couple of quick comments and questions. Number one, the construction. Who knew what paint and new flooring could do? I mean, because honestly, it's not necessarily any more spacious than it was before, especially because we moved some book shelving up towards what used to be our audiovis ual space. So there's more in those areas. But the library, you walk in and it feels just huge. I don't know any other way to describe it. It feels so spacious. And realistically, it's because the paint color has changed and because we have new flooring. It feels like a brand new library. I think that was a great call on changing the dark colors to something a little bit brighter because, again, it does make it look more spacious. I also want to thank you for choosing to be a space where lunches are handed out because our summer boost program through the school district does end July 14th. And I noticed you carry it through to the end of July. You know, just because summer boost ends doesn't mean the need for hot food stops. Right. The need is still there. And I noticed that our other public service areas do allow for lunches almost up to the beginning of the school year. So I appreciate you helping take care of the families in our community in that way as well. It's not just a library for books. It's a library of things. Right. Okay. Last question. Since we constantly are seeing manga on the top of the list , all six spots on that list, do we have enough manga to satisfy the circulation needs? You can never have enough manga. But that's just me speaking personally. Yes, I believe we have enough in the circulation. We do like to make sure that when requests come in for these particular manga or the graphic novels, we try to make sure we get a complete set. Because people, once you read the first one, you want to read it all the way through. So, yes, we do. But we're always looking for space for more. We're looking into children's manga so that we can start expanding that space. I had a couple of kids today ask me where a certain manga or graphic novel was, and it was in the kids' section. So we're finding space for these manga and graphic novels to grow as they grow in popularity with our patrons. Do we carry some of the more adult manga as well, just obviously in the adult section? No. I just was curious. Yeah. I'm trying to think of something like Death Note. And there's more YA, I guess. But, you know, those that I still know that some of the teenagers will read, and even adults. Just curious if you had any of that. I don't believe so, because we do like to make sure we have a critical eye on what we're putting out there. But Death Note, Death Note might be in the collection. That was just one that came to my mind. Yes, it is a very popular manga that is out there. Yeah. But we tend to make sure that there isn't any excessive anythings that can pop up. All right. Well, thank you very much. Now for our trustee communications. Trustee Kennerly, do you have any comments? No, not really. I'm just, I know you all have a lot of, like I said, activities in place, and you have the staff to handle it. So I'm just proud of you all for everything that you do for our community. Trustee Taler-Hayes, do you have any comments? Just a quick one. I know the summer is going to be busy, so I just wish you guys the best of luck. I see a lot of people over there for the summer at the library program. This Saturday, I did attend the free authors event at the library, and the author was just wonderful. She was so knowledgeable about historical fiction and the books that she wrote. So I think that's about it. Vice Chair Heinemann, do you have any comments? Well, I wish you well. With the summer reading program, I went to the kickoff. It's so much fun to watch the enthusiasm and the excitement of those little kids. And the juggler was really entertaining. They seemed to scream and yell and like it. And I think, I hope that the community realizes what the Innovation Center is going to do for the library. There are so many things that go on at the library, and I think the Innovation Center is going to end up adding to that, making it a community center. I think a lot of people still think the library is just books, and they don't realize all the things. So I look forward to promoting the things that happen at the library. And congratulations to you and the staff and the city for supporting all these things. Awesome. Thank you. I was also at the author event on Saturday, which I really appreciate the library's openness to allowing us to have that, because it was kind of a, hey, by the way, this author is coming into town. You want to have them? Oh, hold on. Let's check. So I do appreciate that the library was able to accommodate us. I also was excited because that author brought with them four books that they have authored, and we took all four of them up to the checkout window. Whoever was working the window that day, she was phenomenal . She was super helpful. I said, I just need to know which ones you don't have in your collection, because we want to provide, you know, the Friends of the Library wants to provide it for the library. Two of the books had been purchased through Zipbooks. So the Zipbooks program is awesome. And we had two women in the event who said they got it through Zipbooks. They're super excited to read it. They're like, we won't need the six months. We're going to give it right back. And then they started asking us questions. Trustee Tyler Hayes was there, too, asking us questions. How many books exactly can we have from Zipbooks? So the program is alive and well and doing amazing things. And then one we already had in the library, so we provided the other one. I want to remind everybody that on July 11th, we are having our Pursepalooza event. We initially had about 800 purses last fall. We still have a good 300 to 400 purses remaining. And we are looking to give them, not give them away, sorry. We are trying to raise money for the library. We are trying to raise some money for the library. But they need good homes. They will look at you, give you pouty eyes, whatever it takes for those purses to find a new home. And there are some really nice ones. And we have some brand new ones that are going to be on silent auction. Brand new Kate Spades. I think there's a coach person there. Some really nice purses. And last but not least, as part of the Friends of the Library, I'm super excited that we cut the first check to the library to get that new signage for our children's section. It's going to be amazing. It is very in line with the theming already in the children 's area. And we're looking at, you know, later pie in the sky, some new furniture and things for our children's section. Because our library does an amazing job of programming. And we have lots of little kiddos that come in for story time. And they don't have a whole lot to climb on and play with and stuff. So we're really looking forward to being able to support the library in that as well. So I think that's it. I'm done talking. Sorry. All right. Thank you, everyone, for joining us for the Library Board of Trustees meeting. We will adjourn this meeting at 6.07. The next meeting of the Library Board of Trustees will be on August 25, 2026. The council chambers will be closed at the end of July. So that gives you two months to bring all of your family and friends here to our meeting to enjoy with us. Please, please come. We get lonely. All right. Have a wonderful, wonderful next two months and a wonderful summer. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

beautiful city. We are so lucky to have public spaces like parks and hiking trails that remind us to appreciate nature and Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Come on up. And I'll hold on to... Oh, here you go. Go ahead. Get started. Please stand. Thank you. Hats off. Right hand over your heart. Ready and begin. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America. And to the republic for which it stands. Thank you. Thank you. You may be seated. Good job, Kira. So, Kira here is a young leader in the city of Corona. And we met actually at a Corona History Association event where I got to learn a little bit more about Kira and her involvement in promoting Corona's history about boxcar races. So, I was wondering, Kira, if you could share maybe what grade you're in, what school you go to, and a little bit about the boxcar races and what drew your attention. I recently graduated from the sixth grade gate program at Gerritson Elementary. I'm planning on going into El Cerrito. And one of my favorite facts about the boxcar races was when it started and how it ended because of the horrific crash. Awesome. Thank you so much. So, yes. So, Kira, this is a recognition of your leadership and leading us today in the Pledge of Allegiance. Thank you for coming to our city council meetings. And it has been a pleasure to show you city hall and to show you your future seat up there. You joined me in a tour and she took a run at the mayor's seat. So, good for you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. And that's just a little plug. The Pledge of Allegiance. I'll make an open invitation to our young leaders in the city. If you're interested in leading us in the Pledge of Alleg iance, please send me a message. Shoot us an email. We'd love to have you join us. Okay. I'm going to take it. Okay. Okay. Let's convene open session. At this time, I would like to call the meeting to order. Ms. Edwards, can you read the special instructions? Yes, Mayor. Individuals wishing to address the city council are requested to complete a speaker card and deliver it to city clerk staff prior to the item being heard by the city council. Please observe the three-minute limit. Please observe the three-minute limit for communications. And once called upon to speak, please state your name and city of residence for the record. Mayor, I do want to note that there was revisions to the agenda. Originally item 10.1, now item 8.7 was moved under public hearings and a presentation was added to the item. Okay. Thank you, Ms. Edwards. I think we have a couple of minutes. I think we have a couple of minutes. I think we have a couple of minutes. I think we have a couple of minutes. I think we have a couple of minutes. I think we have a couple of minutes. I'm going to go into the consent calendar. Oh, and I think we had the QR code up on the screen earlier . Just as a reminder to anyone who is with us for the first time, you can follow along with the agenda, either securing it at the back or with the QR code. You can scan the agenda and actually get the full agenda as well as all of the supporting documents, the same material that your council gets to read and study. So enjoy following along. Thank you, team. So the consent calendar. All items listed on the consent calendar are considered to be routine matters, status reports or documents covering previous city council action. The items listed on the consent calendar may be enacted in one motion. With the concurrence of the city council, a council member or any person in attendance may request that an item be removed for further consideration. Would that any of my colleagues like to pull an item for discussion? Councilman Daddario, do you have any tonight? Vice Mayor. I have none to pull. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public? Mayor, we do not have any speaker cards for the consent calendar. Okay. I'll entertain a motion for the consent calendar with the exception of items 6-5 and 6-8. Move. Okay. Moved and seconded. Please vote. Okay. Those items passed unanimously 5-0. Let's go to item 6.5. Vice Mayor. Yeah. I just had a couple of questions about, I understand I did ask staff for some feedback and I got some great answers. I just want to make sure the public had heard Mr. Ellis. One is the bid spread was really wide. And just wanted to make sure that I understood that, you know, what the, what folks are pricing and, and that this would, from what I understand, would function like a cafeteria type, type plan that the city can go. So the city picks what items they would like to order. And, and then the, they're, the bidder is held to what they have bid for a bid to us. Yes. Tom Moody, our utilities director can, can speak to some of these items in more detail. Oh, good evening, mayor and council. Thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight. So you are correct. This is somewhat of a cafeteria type selection. And when we were bidding this, the utilities department has over a hundred sites and those sites are fenced in with either block wall chain link or wrought iron type style f encing, depending on the location and the, and the circumstance. That being said, um, vandalism maintenance, uh, other types of activities occur as those fences, uh, meet their end of use cycle or are vandalized. And so when we're looking at this, we try to get a understanding from a bidder's perspective of maybe we only need to replace 20 feet at a time or 50 feet at a time, or maybe it's a large project that we will go out and get a, get a price for. So as we're working through this, we did go through somewhat of a cafeteria plan for each style of fence, uh, stainless block and, and, uh, wrought iron. And with that, we are able to go through our, um, known projects that we have based on what we projected in our budget. And then if something is vandalized throughout the year, we could just identify that and make an emergency replacement or repair of that, uh, specific structure. Now with that, we do hold the vendors to the pricing that they quote us. Um, obviously there are some nuances with materials, um, in that. So we do get some pricing and then we also have labor pricing. So we do work through that throughout the entirety of the contract. Okay. Yeah. So my question was, uh, and I, and you made it clear in your, in the response that I got, which was that we are selecting the, the function, meaning like the type of f encing and how much, and that, you know, we're, we're putting together the cost and we're just verifying it with, uh, with the, the contractor, correct? Based on what they bid. That is correct. We, we identified the scope of work in all cases. Excellent. Okay. That's all I had. Thank you, ma'am. Okay. Ms. Edwards, any speaker cards on this item? Mayor, we do not have any speaker cards for this item. Okay. Then I'll entertain a motion. So moved. Um, vice mayor and seconded by council member Richens. Please vote. Please vote. All right. That item passes unanimously. Let's go to 6.8. Um, vice mayor, that's yours as well. Thank you. Um, I, I also sent this in to, um, Mr. Ellison, and thank you for the response back. And I was really worried about the, not worried, but I see the efficiency. I see the benefit of having, um, uh, either equipment or things that you can kind of just pull off of, uh, out of a vending machine. But I know that, you know, there's efficiencies with having , uh, point of use, but also at the same time, there's, uh, convenience usually means, you know , you're spending more. And I did ask, uh, ask you to explain a little bit about how we track that. And if there's, you know, I don't know who you'd have answered that question, but how we track and, and how we, uh, flag excessive consumption. Yeah, I'll, I'll, uh, kick it off. So when it comes to, for example, as we talked about the utilities department is the largest user of this. Um, we track both by, uh, the part that's used as well as by individual employees. So for an employee to check out any of these items, they swipe a card and, and we get a detailed breakdown number of units of what the item was, the total cost of it, and those were reported out monthly. And so staff review that. Um, I looked at some of the reports myself, uh, very detailed, you know, exactly what's being used. So no concerns about, um, any excessive consumption at this point. Okay. Yeah, I just wanted to make sure that, that it wasn't just being managed on a, uh, at the end of the month. It's just being paid and no one's really looking at, you know, what, what folks are, are using and how that compares . Great. Thank you. That's all I had. Thank you, ma'am. Ms. Edwards, any speaker cards on 6.8? Mayor, we do not have any speaker cards for this item. Okay. So moved. Motion by vice mayor speak. Seconded by council member Steiner. Let's please vote. All right. All right. 6.8. That's a 4-1 vote. Okay. We've moved on from the consent calendar. Okay. Going into item seven on the agenda, communications from the public. Persons wishing to address the city council are requested to state their name and city of residence for the record. This portion of the agenda is intended for general public comment only, which means it is limited to items within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council that are not listed on the agenda. Please note that state law prohibits the city council from discussing or taking action on items not listed on the agenda. The city council will appreciate your cooperation in keeping your comments brief. Please observe a three-minute limit for communications. Ms. Edwards, do we have speaker cards from the public for communications? Mayor, yes. We have two speaker cards. Two cards. Okay. Come on down. Hi. Welcome. Hi, Desiree. Good evening, mayor and council members. My name is Desiree Ramirez. I'm the vice president at the Corona Chamber of Commerce. Do we have our flyer up? Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much. I would like to extend our sincere gratitude to the city of Corona for its continued partnership and sponsorship of Taste of Corona. The city's support helps make this event possible and demonstrates its commitment to supporting local businesses, restaurants, entrepreneurs and overall the economic vital ity of the business community here. I'm excited to share that Taste of Corona will take place on Saturday, June 27th from 3 to 3 to 8 PM at the shops at Dos Lagos. This year's event is bigger than the last two. We have more than 70 food and drink exhibitors. Local businesses will also be there live entertainment and an incredible opportunity to experience some of the best food and drinks and hospitality that our city has to offer. General admission tickets are $45 and we have something new this year is VIP tickets for $70, which includes early entry into the into the event. So whether you are a foodie or you are looking for a fun night out with friends and family or simply want to support our local businesses. Taste of Corona is event that you do not want to miss last year's event sold out. We are anticipating another fantastic turnout this year. I encourage all of our residents, our businesses and visitors to purchase their tickets early and join us for an unforgettable evening of food, drinks, entertainment and community celebration. Tickets are available at taste of Corona dot com. And thank you again to the city of Corona for your sponsorship, your partnership and continued investment into our business community. We look forward to seeing everyone at taste of Corona on June 27th. Thank you and have a good evening. Thank you. Appreciate it. So it's on June 27th. And then how do folks get their tickets? Taste of Corona dot com. Taste of Corona dot com. Yep. And it'll take you to the link to purchase tickets. Thanks. We're excited. Appreciate it. Hi, Jennifer. Good evening, council members and staff. My family. I'm a resident here in Corona. My family moved here in 1998. And when I got married in 2003, my husband and I decided to stay in Corona raise our family here. It's been a great place to raise our kids. When my kids were literal, we would go to the parks and my 89 year old grandma would join us. One park day, grandma and I were sitting on the bench at the park and she got up to walk over to a Corona city worker taking the trash out. I was curious what she was going to say. I thought she was going to complain about the trash that was around, but instead she thanked him for the job he was doing. It was a great lesson to me about gratitude and looking for the good around us. I came here this evening to share my appreciation and gratitude for the work that the city council members and staff do for our city. This is not to say that everything is perfect and all decisions made. We all might agree, but I strongly feel that the council members and staff are doing their best to improve our city. There was a time years ago when we'd go to the city park to feed the homeless meals, but our city now has a homeless solution solutions team. It is awesome to have those resources for those in our city that need help. There are community events where my kids have been able to plant trees when they were little, clean up graffiti and trash. Our city council members are often at these events, which brings unity to our community as we serve alongside each other. In two and a half weeks, we celebrate America's 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America . Members of the Riverside region of their Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-day Saints prepared inside a proclamation that includes these points and excerpts I'd like to read. The Constitution of the United States has served as a beacon of freedom and self-governance, protecting the moral agency, religious liberty and civic participation. The Constitution of generations of Americans. America's strength has always been found in communities that value faith, family service, freedom, opportunity and love of country. And the commemoration of America 250 provides an opportunity for all citizens to reflect upon our history, honor those who've sacrificed for liberty and recommit ourselves to building a more united and virtuous nation for future generations. We recognize and celebrate this anniversary and encourage all residents to participate in activities that honor our nation's history, promote civic responsibility, preserve religious liberty and inspire unity and service throughout our communities. I'm about out of time, but on Sunday, July 5th, the day after the United States Independence Day, the Church of Jesus Christ, Latter-day Saints has invited all worldwide to participate in a unified fast. I thank you for all of us today with the invitation for all to join us as we fast this day, July 5th, for peace, unity and religious liberty throughout the world and within our own city. I thank you for that kind reminder, Jennifer. I appreciate it. Ms. Edwards, are there any other speakers? Mayor, we do not have any more speaker cards. Okay, that closes out communications from the public. Moving on to item eight, public hearings. I'm actually going to take an item out of order and bump it up. We're going to hear item 8.7 and take that first. So item 8.7 is the Zone Text Amendment 2026-0002, allowing religious facilities up to 10,000 square feet of total floor area as a conditionally permitted use in the M4 Industrial Park Zone, and revising Title 17 to replace the term church with religious facilities. Does a council member, does any of my council member colleagues want to report on this item? It's pretty straightforward. No, I don't want to report out either. So you're off the hook, Mr. Castro. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public for this item? Mayor, yes, we have two speaker cards for this item. Okay. Will the two speakers please come on up? Hi, welcome. Good evening. Mayor and city council members. My name is Bruce Roman. I live in the city of Corona. I am the president of Congregation Beth Shalom. And we've been working very hard with the planning committee here in the city. We had several meetings with them and brought forward the Zone Text Amendment that was recommended to allow us to move into an M4 zone. And our last meeting with the planning committee, they did approve it. And I think it comes forward for tonight for your approval. And I appreciate everything you can do. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Roman. Appreciate it. And there's a second speaker. Come on up, Mark. Hi. Hi. Hi. My name is Mark Fogel. I live in Corona, California. And I just wanted to emphasize that the reason we're wanting to move is our current landlord has raised the rent 30%. And we just can't absorb those kind of rent increases. We only have 45 families in our synagogue. And we're just looking to find a home that's more permanent . We're currently looking to buy the property. Actually, it's an escrow. But no pressure. We appreciate you guys. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Fogel. Okay. I think we got another speaker. Hello. Joe Morgan, 206th Rent. If this isn't a glaring example of exactly why we need to rethink how we regulate and zone this city, that in that same spot you could have a dispensary. Right across from there, there's an employment agency. But they have to go to the Planning Commission and then come to you to get his own text amendment for a religious use. What in the hell is going on here? This is why people don't want to come to Corona. This is why. Because they have to go through, jump through all kinds of hoops. Like the deal with Tony, with the ABC Hopes. They want to throw, you know, you're in an M district, they want to throw some mats down on the floor. So disabled young adults can roll around and do wrestling or maybe play volleyball. And they've got to go through a full major CUP process. And they're going to go through a lot of things. And they're going to go through a lot of things. And they're going through a lot of things. And they're going through a lot of things. 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And they're going through a lot of things. And they're going through a lot of things. And they're going through a lot of things. And they're going through a lot of things. Okay. Please vote. Mayor, the motion needs to be read. Oh, so sorry. Council Member Richens. I'm on it. Okay. Introduced by title only. And we have full reading of consideration of ordinance number 3428. First reading of an ordinance amending section 17.44.030 of title 17 zoning of the Corona Municipal Code to allow religious facilities not exceeding 10,000 square feet. As a conditionally permitted use within the M4 industrial park zone. And amending various other sections in title 17 to replace the term churches with religious facilities. ZTA 2026-0002. Thank you. Please cast your vote. All right. And that item passes unanimously. Thank you. All right. Coming back to 8.1. Public hearing confirming the diagram and assessment for lighting maintenance district number. 84-1 and to detach certain territory from the district. Does any council member want to staff report on this item? Nope. Saying none. Mr. Foltz, you are off the hook. Public hearing is now open. Ms. Edwards, has the city clerk's office received correspondence or any speaker cards from the public regarding this item? Mayor, we did not receive correspondence or speaker cards for this item. Mayor Mrakas: Okay. In that case, public hearing is now closed. Do I have any questions or comments from my colleagues? No, it's pretty straightforward. Okay. Please. I got a motion from Vice Mayor to speak. Can I get a second? Please cast your vote. All right. Thank you so much. And that item passes five to zero. Going to item 8.2. Public hearing confirming the diagram and assessment within zone 14 of landscape maintenance district number 84. Oh, wait, do I have to recuse before we start reading? Do I literally have to leave? Yes. Yes, you do. Okay. I'm out of here. I was going to say, how far are you going to go? How far are you going to go? I'm out of here. I was going to say, how far are you going to go? I'm out of here. I'm out of here. Okay. I'm out of here. I'm out of here. Okay. I'm out of here. Okay. I'm out of here. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. I'm out of here. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. Okay. So, item number 8.2. Vice mayor. If we can just real quickly, just indicate that she's obviously leaving the room because she lives in the district. I was just going to mention that. Okay. Thank you. Public hearing confirming the diagram and assessment within zone 14 of landscape maintenance district 84-2 for fiscal year 2027. Mayor Casillas has had to recuse herself since she lives in the district and that LMD. Does any council member want a staff report on this item? Neither do I. Let's see. Do we have to open the public hearing and close the public hearing? Okay. The public hearing is now open. Ms. Edwards, has the city clerk received any correspondence or any speaker cards in the public regarding this item? Vice mayor speak. Vice mayor speak. We did not receive any correspondence or speaker cards for this item. Thank you. The public hearing is now closed. Do you have any questions or comments from my colleagues? None. Okay. We have a motion. So from Council Member Dodario, I have a second. Second. Okay. Please vote. And that passes four to zero. And the doorman Dodario will go and let the mayor back in. Okay. Mayor Casillas for this next one, I have to recuse myself because I live in the district as well. Okay. Okay. 8.3 public hearing confirming the diagram and assessment within zone 20 of landscape maintenance district number 84.2 for fiscal year 2027. Any reports? Yeah, these are all pretty straightforward. Okay. Public hearing is now open. Ms. Edwards has the city clerk's office received correspondence or any speaker cards from the public regarding this item. Mayor, we did not receive correspondence or speaker cards for this item. Okay. In that case, public hearing is now closed. Do I have any questions or comments? Okay. Then we'll get a motion. Council Member Richens and a second. Council Member Steiner, please vote. And that item passes four to zero. Now do we leave the vice mayor out? I'm just joking. So I'm going to get council. Vice mayor speaks coming back. All right. So now we're going to item 8.4 public hearing confirming the diagram and assessment within zones 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 10, 15, 17, 18, and 19 of landscape maintenance district number 84.2 for fiscal year 2027. Any reports on this item? Seeing none. Public hearing is now open. Ms. Edwards has a city clerk's office received correspondence or any speaker cards from the public regarding this item. Mayor, we did not receive correspondence or speaker cards for this item. Okay. In that case, public hearing is now closed. Do I have questions or comments? Just a quick comment. Oh. On, on zone 19, it continues its downward decline. Yeah. I'm hoping that I have, you know, more and more residents that reach out all the time about, you know, how we can bring this thing back. And I'm hoping that I can put together a group soon to come in front of us to present that they're in support of taking a second look at what we can do. But I wanted to acknowledge the fact that especially in the , as summer starts to rear its head and zone 19 is going to look terrible for the foreseeable future until that changes . So I just wanted to note that on the record and hopefully get more folks that reach out, not only in my district, but in district four as well to, to support this. I know that it was a shock to all of us to see it go down in flames. So, so bad. Yeah. And hopefully we can bring this back at some point and, and give it another shot. Thank you. That's a, I appreciate that comment. Please cast your vote for this item. And that passes unanimously five to zero. 8.5 public hearing confirming the diagram and assessment for lighting maintenance district number two, two zero zero three dash one for fiscal year 2027. Any report on this one? No. Public hearing is now open. Ms. Edwards has the city clerk's office received correspondence or any speaker cards from the public regarding this item. Mayor, we did not receive correspondence or speaker cards for this item. All right. Public hearing is closed. Do I have any questions, comments from my colleagues? No. Okay. I'll get a motion in a second, please. Vice mayor speak moved. Councilman Jadario seconded. Please cast your vote. Okay. And that item passes five to zero. 8.6 public hearing and election for annexation number 46 into community facilities district number two zero one six dash three maintenance services. Council member, does any council member want to report on this item? Okay. Public hearing is now open. Okay. Ms. Edwards, do you have proof of publication and mailing of the notice of public hearing? Yes, I do. Have any written protests been received? No, I have not received any written protest. Okay. Are there any registered voters within the area to be annex ed to the CFD and if so, how many? There are no registered voters. Have the owners of all taxable property proposed to be annexed to the CFD agreed to hold the special election on June 17th, 2026? Yes, they have. Do you agree to hold the special election on June 17th, 20 26? Yes, I do. Is there anyone here tonight that would like to comment or has any questions regarding this item? Okay. Seeing none, public hearing is now closed. So this item is going to require two motions. The first motion to adopt the resolution. Can I get a motion and a second for that? I'll motion. Moved by -- I honestly don't know. You got the registered, right? Who -- okay. Wonderful. Let's vote, please. Okay. All right. Ms. Edwards, have you received any ballots and have you can vassed the ballots and tallied the results? Yes, Mary. I received one ballot and all votes are in favor of levying the special taxes. Okay. And then we'll entertain the second motion and vote for the next resolution. Can we get -- okay. You guys are faster than I am tonight. Please vote. Okay. And that passes unanimously. Is that it, Ms. Edwards? Did we do all the legal stuff? Yes, we're done with that item. Okay. Okay. We're moving on to item nine on the agenda, administrative reports. We're going to go to 9.1, request by Vice Mayor Speak to explore regulations for outpatient drug addiction treatment clinics. We have Mr. Danny Castro, our planning and development director, who's going to present this item. All right. The floor is yours. Good evening, Mayor Cassidy. Good evening, Mayor Casillas, members of the council. This item before you is regulations for outpatient drug addiction treatment clinics. This is a request to consider establishing regulations for outpatient drug addiction treatment clinics. What is an outpatient drug addiction treatment clinic? These are licensed facilities that provide treatment to individuals undergoing detoxification from addiction to substance abuse, such as drugs and/or alcohol. These services include counseling and therapy, treatment of medication and education, drug testing and monitoring. These licensed facilities are regulated by both at the federal and state level. At the federal level, they must be registered with a drug enforcement agency, must be certified by the Substance Ab use and Mental Health Services Administration, must be accredited by that same administration, and at the state, must be licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services. In Corona, local regulations for treatment clinics, they are permitted in the city, the same as a medical office or a clinic. These are permitted by right, both in commercial office and industrial zones. There are two licensed facilities in Corona. One is located at 222 West 6th Street. The other is located at 109 East 11th Street. These are both in downtown. These are existing clinics that do have vested rights to continue to operate. Should the city adopt a conditional use permit regulation, the CUP cannot be applied to the two existing treatment clinics because they are already legally operating under current zoning standards. Should the city adopt an ordinance to require CUP, the two existing clinics would be considered legally non-conforming uses because they were lawfully established prior to the effective date of the CUP. The CUP is a conditional use permit. The CUP is a regulatory mechanism used in land use planning to allow certain land uses to be allowed in a particular zoning district provided they meet certain conditions to ensure compatibility within a surrounding area. So with a conditional use permit, it is a discretionary process that's reviewed by staff and the planning commission. And looking at the appropriateness of a use within a particular area, we have the ability to impose the appropriate conditions to ensure that they are compatible. So there are a number of regulatory tools that can be used. As I mentioned, we could adopt that requirement for a conditional use permit. This would apply only to new treatment facilities or treatment clinics. Another regulatory tool is to limit their location to certain commercial and/or office zones or we can actually restrict or prohibit them in any certain areas or specific areas. Also, another regulatory tool is to adopt supplemental standards to both existing and to all new treatment clinics . Operational standards could include limiting hours of operation, imposing a separation distance such as between two clinics that there be, say for example, a certain distance. We do have separation distances such as 500 feet versus other sensitive uses or from schools, other churches or youth centers that can be imposed. Security and I should say with the separation distance, this would be not likely to be imposed on the current clinics. Security and I should say with the separation distance, this would be a requirement for the safety of the facilities. Security and monitoring, those are things such as adequate lighting. Again, those could be specific standards that can be adopted to apply. Property maintenance, ensuring that the area is free of litter or debris. And site design, such as ensuring there's adequate parking, that waiting areas ensure that they're within the inside and not out in sidewalk or out in the areas. So those are things that can be done and also limited to apply to the existing clinics. With that, again, the ask is to consider establishing zoning regulations for outpatient drug addiction treatment clinics. All right. Thank you, Mr. Castro. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public on this item? Mayor, yes, we have one speaker card for this item. Okay. Come on down. Welcome back. Joe Morgan, 2063 Rand. I don't -- I just -- let's go do another CUP. Let's just make it more complicated when the issue is people pooping at the library. You wouldn't -- you wouldn't start doing more intensive scrutiny of bars or restaurants because people have DUIs. There's legal consequences to that. If you -- if these people are -- nobody has a quarrel with the use. I don't think -- nobody said anything about the one on 11th Street because apparently, you know, their people are kind of managed till they get over whatever intense stuff happens right after they're -- right after they get their medicine. So why not just hold them accountable? You know, we've got a perfectly -- perfectly capable legal department that doesn't seem to mind being creative when they need to. Why don't we use the tools that we already have to make these businesses accountable just like you would for a bar if they turn somebody loose. They serve -- they over serve somebody and turn them loose on the road. You know, instead of getting in a crash, these people are being a nuisance at the library. Why don't we just enforce that? Why don't we make it difficult? Why don't we make it painful? Why don't we make it costly for them to be irresponsible with their patients? It seems like the -- it could be fixed in a more direct way when you're -- when you're concentrating on the behaviors instead of adding yet another burden to whatever other clinic might come up in the future. And -- and it doesn't seem like it's going to be that effective anyway against the one that you're really worried about in the first place. So why not just enforce the behaviors? Why not just go after the behaviors? We could do it. Okay. Ms. Edwards, any other speaker cards? Mayor, we do not have any more speaker cards. Okay. I'll bring it back up to my council colleagues. And Vice Mayor, we can start with you since it's your idea. Sure. Thank you so much. Mr. Casper, thank you so much. That was good. Can you clarify the last point? Can you go back to your slide? It's the second to the last slide. I think it's number three. Now, I understand that if -- if we went forward with the C UP or limit locations, number one and number two, we cannot -- you know, the existing locations. 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But there's the other conditions can be. Operational. Operational. Can be can be enforced. So it's all going to be a matter of the details of what we come up with. In terms of those standards. Okay. All right. That's helpful. Thank you. I had just where this came about is not necessarily. I mean there is one particular. I did know about the other one as well. But and it's not necessarily just the actions. It's the you know the didn't know that was a thing. Didn't know that was a thing that was that was that could be allowed in the city. And realized that it was kind of a loophole. And we have COPs for reasons. There are specific reasons for CUPs. I think it's this is about being responsible. And getting out in front of something before it becomes an even bigger issue. It is an issue right now. These clinics are treated just like you. Any other medical office as Mr. Castro said. And we don't really have a way to look at them any differently. Just based on what they are. Let me be clear. We all support people getting help they need. I have folks in my family that that have used clinics like these in the past and it's been helpful to them. But that's not the issue here. The issue is whether or not that we're doing our job as a city to make sure these issues are these uses are placed appropriately. And operated in a way that works with the surrounding community. Like I said, I'm really interested to find out there's some operational things that we can do for the existing locations. And this isn't about shutting anything down. It's about adding some common sense guardrails. CUP process and some basic operational standards give us the ability to look at each situation and address concerns like security, loitering, compatibility up front instead of reacting to it later and trying to find ways to fix things. And I don't want anybody to feel like they're being targeted either. At the end of the day, all I'm asking for is we take the next step and have staff come back with options. I think that's just good governance. Be thoughtful, be balanced and proactive before something bad happens. Thank you, Vice Mayor. Thank you. Appreciate those questions and comments coming up to my colleagues. Council Member D'Addario. Yeah, Mr. Castro. I understand that if somebody is operating currently, but if they're not the building owner and the tenant leaves, now is this in effect? Well, if we were to adopt new regulations, however, the existing uses there that exist, if they were to discontinue their operation, there is a 180-day period in which once, if it's after the 180-day period, they can no longer continue that use. If it were to be prohibited in any, you know, or would be required as CUP if a new clinic. Gotcha. So if one clinic left, decided, you know, rent was too high or whatever, within 180 days, that same type of operator could go back into that building because it's already approved. It's grandfathered in at that point. But if it was more than 180 days, then that's it. That's it. Okay. If we have regulations in place. Okay. That works. That's what I was... Can we shorten that period at all? Or we're not allowed to? Generally speaking, case law would indicate that that's probably the minimum amount of time that you can have a grandfather clause like that. So we could look at it again. We've looked at it before. But generally speaking, we found that six months is the legally permissible time for that function. All right. That's all I want to know. Thank you. Council Member Richens. Thank you, Mayor. I put a fair amount of research into this. And I was reading a lot of comments, especially from parents, and how many of these clinics have saved their kids' lives. So there does need to be a sensitivity to it, as well as I believe there is a need. So I kind of want to leave that statement there. But at the same time, I do support option one. For option two or zero two, our library is getting beat up. I talk to the guard weekly, and a lot of this clinic influence is spilling over into the library. And it's horrible. And it's a struggle. And it's a fight. And it also flows over to the surrounding neighbors. And it's affecting their livelihoods as well. So I do think, if possible, there should be consideration that no clinic should be as close to a library as it is. Same thing with youth centers, like the Circle City Center. Same thing with the Senior Citizen Center. I don't think they should be as close to Senior Citizen Centers either, because I think senior citizens could be vulnerable to some of these outcomes. So I'm in favor of two. For number three, I went and checked out the 11th Street operation and just kind of watched how they conduct their operations. And they're a little bit more strategic than what's being done on 6th Street. 6th Street is a free-for-all. And I see people getting off the buses and getting back on the buses. I see them hanging around. I see them walking the streets. I didn't see that at 11th Street. I saw more strategy at 11th Street. So at 11th Street, what they do is they're more organized. They have one or two vans. I couldn't quite narrow that down. But they go out and they pick the people up. They bring them back and then they administer the medication. And then these patients get back in the vans and they're distributed to where they came from. And so from an operational standpoint, I really was impressed with their, with their, how they're functioning. Right. So I do believe that there can be operational standards that apply to both as long as it checks out with legal. And I think that's a wise pathway forward. So those are my comments and questions, mayor. Thank you, council member. Council member Steiner. Yeah. So the complaints that I get are from 6th Street. I haven't got any from the 11th Street. I didn't even know it was there to be honest with you. And I know we do code enforcement and I know PD does enforcement, but it's just like our homeless issue. We do enforcement all the time and we still have homeless everywhere. Right. And that's just, that's kind of beyond our control. But I guess I just don't believe that we should have this type of clinic right next to sensitive areas. Like our library and you know, if they just showed up, got their meds, did their drug testing and left, this wouldn't even be on the agenda tonight, but it's because it's sp illing over and disrupting the quality of life for many of our residents. So I do believe that we have some options that we need to look at here too. Thank you. And I'll echo a lot of what's been said by my colleagues. Thank you again, Mr. Castro for the presentation. And I understand the limitations, but I think that it is important to set a CUP for new treatment clinics. And I would like to see us explore for option three, what things can be put into place now to try to improve the situation now. What tools do we have? If that's, you know, property maintenance, security and monitoring and operational, and those are the things that can be enforced on current oper-- Then I want to see the full menu of options. And I agree, you know, we address homelessness in the same way with compassion, but enforcement, those two things have to be hand in hand. So appreciate it. I think you've got clear direction from the council. So, okay, we can move on to item 9.2. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Mayor for bringing that up. 9.2 ordinance amending chapters 10.48 and 12.24 of the Corona Municipal Code to update regulations regarding the operation of bicycles and electric bicycles. I think we have Lieutenant--yep, Lieutenant Griffiths is here and he will present the item. Welcome. Oh, there's a clicker. All right. Good to see you again. Welcome back. Good evening, Mayor and Council. Good to be here. All right, so we're talking about regulating electric bicycles and bicycles in general in Corona. So tonight the recommended action is to approve the first reading of an ordinance amending CMC chapter 10.48, which regulates bicycles, and then hopefully soon e-bicycles, and chapter 12.24, which is the parks and recreation areas. So just to summarize from Sergeant Fox's presentation a couple months ago, why now? E-bike collisions have climbed a lot over the last five years. You can see from this bar graph, while regular bicycle collisions have remained relatively stable. So chapter 10.48, again, regulates bicycle riding in the city of Corona. It just was not written for e-bikes, which has exploded in popularity over the last couple of years. There's no definition of an e-bike in the code. It doesn't contain the state's three classes of e-bicycles that Sergeant Fox was talking about. There's no specific sidewalk safety rules to protect pedestrians. There was also some language in there from the '70s that talked about permitting from the police department and having to register your bicycle and get a license and let the police department know anytime you bought or sold a bicycle, which is just not being administered anymore by the police department. And so we took the opportunity to clean up some language in the municipal code. And then lastly, there's no clear rules for bikes and e-b ikes in city parks. I think council at that meeting two months ago expressed some interest in maybe allowing some bicycle riding in parks where it was banned completely before. So just again, quickly how we got here. In April, a couple months ago at a council meeting, we presented a proposed approach. Council heard public comment, directed staff to return with ordinance language. You guys had some discussion and gave us some direction to return with language there. And so that brings us to tonight. We have a proposed ordinance that incorporates the council 's input. It also modernizes the chapter and ensures consistency across the parks chapter as well. So generally what the ordinance does, there's about eight changes or eight moving parts within those two chapters, all the way from definitions to enforcement. And I will summarize a few of those now in this presentation. The full changes are in the staff report and the attachments. So we tied the definition, so starting with definitions, because everything starts with definitions. We tied the definition of a bicycle to the California vehicle code, which already defines what a bicycle is. And then the same thing for an e-bicycle, which already defines now what an e-bicycle is. And as a reminder, the three classes of e-bikes. Class one, up to 20 miles an hour, which is pedal assist. Class two, up to 20 miles per hour, but it's, it could be activated by just a throttle. You don't necessarily have to pedal. And then class three is pedal assist up to 28 miles per hour. Again, classes one and two have no age restrictions. Class three, you have to be 16 or over to ride that bike. And then as a reminder, this CMC or this municipal code does not cover e-motorcycles, which is 99% of the problems that we have in the city are e-motorcycles. They are not even e-bicycles anyway. That's already covered by the California vehicle code. We've already been doing enforcement on those weekly. In fact, yesterday, we just towed another one up at Main and on Main and Foothill. So that's already covered. This is just for e-bicycles and bicycles themselves. So after definitions, we modernized the chapter. We repealed some of those 70s registration and licensing program that the police department no longer administers. We did keep a serial number rule, which basically says that you can't ride a bicycle if the serial number has been removed or scratched off. This helps us combat stolen, stolen bicycles. That, that does happen fairly frequently. If, if somebody gets their bicycle stolen, they can report it and then give us a serial number. We can enter that into a database and then an officer, if he stops somebody on a bicycle, can see that it was stolen and be able to, to get that bike back. And then we, we also dropped the, the duplicate equipment section. I know that was one of the concerns of council a couple months ago. We wanted to make sure that a specific equipment is required on bicycles. State law, again, already dictates what is required on a bicycle, such as reflectors, lights at night and so forth. So there was, I know there was some talk about whether to ban sidewalk riding altogether, whether to allow it in certain areas and ban it from other areas or allow it everywhere. So, we came back today. I know there was, there was some different opinions in council a couple months ago. After looking at several different cities and, and talking with our collision investigators some, some more, we are proposing to allow bicycles on sidewalks, just like the code allows now, except in business districts, which is what the code reads currently and has read for the last three decades. And the reason behind that is in business districts, drive ways and intersection conflicts are much higher. You have cars that are pulling in and out, doing business. That, that's where a majority of our collisions come from, our cars entering or exiting driveways or side streets in these kind of crowded areas. It also has a lot of obstructed sight lines. So that if you're riding a bicycle on a sidewalk, your view might be obscured by a drive through pillar or a bush or something like that, a tree, doors, signage, stuff like that. And then e-bikes, of course, have magnified these risks. So they can go a lot faster. They're a little bit more unpredictable. And so we would recommend that we continue to ban all bicycles in business districts. And then again, some of the downtown area, you know, could eventually be pretty crowded with pedestrian traffic. It just doesn't, doesn't lend itself well for bicycles and pedestrians together. So three main rules that we talked about at that last meeting and that we've incorporated in this new ordinance is a 10 mile per hour speed limit. I know there was some discussion of whether to maybe make that five miles per hour or 10 miles per hour. We, we were recommending 10 miles per hour. There's a assembly bill in that just passed the assembly in the state of California already that would set a 10 mile per hour speed limit statewide on sidewalks for all bicycles. And if you want, if any municipality wanted to change that, you'd have to post signs. And so to avoid us having to post signs all over the city, we just kind of adopted that 10 mile per hour limit. It already passed, I think, 74 to zero and is now in the Senate. We also, the number one, like I said before, the number one cause of collisions is bicycles on sidewalks, cars pulling in or out of driveways or businesses. And I don't have the exact numbers, but probably 80 to 90% of those are bicycles traveling the opposite direction of traffic. Cars don't expect the bicycle to be coming from their right if they're pulling out of a driveway. They expect cars and pedestrians stuff on their left. So we would like to require that they ride with the direction of traffic when practicable. I know that was a concern also of one of the community members that spoke at the last meeting. What if there's only sidewalk on one side of the street? And then the language allows when practicable, basically. If, if, if it's practicable, you should ride on the right side of the road. And then also give a warning to pedestrians if you're riding up behind them, audible or like with your voice or with a bell or some type of device. And then these regulations are kind of in step with the region and the state. These are some local jurisdictions that restrict sidewalk riding in some fashion. So Riverside County, the city of Riverside, Orange, Hunting ton Beach and some other Orange County cities. Some local jurisdictions that are kind of silent on the issue, which basically means you're, if they don't ban it, then you're allowed to, is our Anaheim and Yorba Linda. I already talked about the 10 mile per hour sidewalk limit. So moving on to the state or to the city parks. Basically two things that we, that we changed there is we made it clear that there's no riding on play areas. So playgrounds, sports fields, turf, landscape areas are all off limits. Obviously that causes damage to the grass and is not designed for bicycles. But in, in collaboration with the community services department, they would like to allow bicycles to be ridden on designated walkways and sidewalks. So, again, those 10 mile per hour speed limits, giving an audible signal when you're overtaking, pedestrians would all still apply in the parks. Um, motorized scooters and go-karts would remain prohibited . And, uh, and one of the enforcement, uh, actions that a park ranger or a police officer could take is just ejection from the park. So you could just tell that person they can't ride their bike in the park if they're breaking those rules. Um, you could also, they could also choose to cite them for violating those rules. And then again, something we heard loud and clear from council at the last meeting was that they wanted to, um, prioritize education over enforcement, especially for the, for minors or for juveniles. And so much like we do with the drive for life program for young drivers, uh, their first violation, uh, at the discretion of the enforcement officer can be, they can, they basically still receive the citation. But if they go to a bicycle safety class that's approved by the chief, um, they can get that citation waived. Um, importantly, it still counts as a first violation so that if they have multiple violations, then it would, it would count as their second violation if they got another ticket, uh, for, for riding dangerously. Um, and then parents stay responsible. That was another concern. Uh, we kind of codified that in the CMC to make sure that, uh, it builds on parental civil liability that's already in the civil code in California. Um, penalties. So this is, uh, it would be currently in the code and it's also consistent with Riverside County ordinance 995, which, uh, regulates bicycle riding and e-bike riding. First offense is a hundred dollars. Second offense is 200. And the third offense within a year is $500. Um, it's, I think that was one of the, one of the requests of council was an escalating for the people that aren't, maybe aren't getting the, uh, the, uh, the, the point that it gets more and more expensive. There was also a request that maybe that we can seize the bikes of frequent violators or those who are reckless. Um, again, I'll go back to this does not, uh, this slide does not talk about e-motorcycles and it does not apply to a class three e-bike. Those that can go 20 miles an hour. That's being illegally operated by somebody under 16. The vehicle code already provides authority for officers to tow those, um, to take those from, from people that are, that are riding those. Uh, this would have just applied to this class one and class two e-bikes and then class three e-bikes that are not being ridden by somebody under 16. Uh, state law basically pre preempts us a local seizure power. So, um, there's a vehicle code that already allows us to tow those other, those other types of bicycles and, uh, e- motorcycles. But vehicle code 21, it bars the city from enacting any additional laws that the state doesn't already have that it doesn't give the city powers to do. So the state allows cities to regulate bike riding on sidewalks or in parks, but it does not give us the power to actually seize bikes from people. Um, we consulted with the legal department and they, they agree with that. So again, the, the, my final slide, uh, recommend that the city council approve first reading of an ordinance. Amending CMC chapter 10.48 bicycles and chapter 12.24 parks and recreation areas. Thank you, Lieutenant Griffiths. Thank you. We're going to see, um, Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public on this item? Mayor, yes, we have one speaker card for this item. All right. Come on down. Uh, first off, so I'm kind of curious why the presentation isn't on, it's not attached to the agenda. It's kind of hard for people to follow along. You've got it up here on the screen, but it's nowhere else. So we don't, we can't really follow along. Um, it's happening more and more. Um, but number two, um, this seems very reasonable. Um, you know, very pragmatic, um, doesn't seem overbearing. And most importantly, um, it's safe to wheelie and Corona, you know, so which I'm really glad that was addressed. So, or at least it was let out. So thank you very much. Ms. Edwards, any other speaker cards? Mayor, we do not have any more speaker cards. Apologies for the oversight. That was certainly not intentional. We'll work on getting that PowerPoint slide attached. Lieutenant Griffiths, we're going to bring you back and see if there's questions, comments from my colleagues. Nope. Nope. Council member Richards. Sorry. Um, I just a quick clarification. I see people on e-scooters. They're allowed on the sidewalk, right? Um, you're talking about motorized scooters? Yeah. Well, they're electric. So they're, well, motorized scooters. Sure. Technically they are not. Because those are governed by the California vehicle code. And you have to be 16. I'm talking like the razor looking ones. Those can't be on the sidewalks. They cannot. Motorized. Yeah. The motorized ones, electric or gas powered, cannot be on sidewalks in the state of California. I didn't know. Okay. Um, and then I learned that with e-motos now they have to have a OHV registration. So kids need to do that as well. If anyone needs any more details on that, they can get in touch with Dale Plung. And then, uh, my last question. Oh, it was just my last questions. A request. I, uh, having teenagers, I learned from the last council meeting that this was a topic that this spread through the schools like wildfire. Those kids were all glued to the council meeting, which is very, very rare. But since they're glued and this is very concerning to them , can we make sure an educational effort goes out to educate them on, educate the youth on all these new ordinances and laws? Yes. And I know the school district is also working on, uh, some specific education for next school year. Cool. Very cool. Thank you. That's great. Council member. Thank you. I just had one comment just because it's, yeah, it's, it's certainly a nuisance. And I think we've all gotten hit up by people that have either been harassed by some bad actor, but I will say that five fold increase in two years is insane. I mean, and then I don't, I don't know if we've had a death yet on a, on a, and we've been very lucky because a lot of other cities have had deaths. And I, I see this as an opportunity, not only for this education, but some of the parents to open their eyes a little bit about that either buying their kids motorcycles and have no idea. So, um, you know, to me, I think this is really, you know, saving some, you know, just like helmet regulations back in the day. And, you know, I didn't want to wear a helmet. My kids didn't want to wear a helmet. But, um, when I told them that if they got a ticket, they were going to have to pay it and then not be able to ride their bike for a while, they were certainly willing to strap it on us, you know, with some cool stickers. Um, but hopefully this, this lowers the amount of accidents that we've had. So I appreciate the effort. Thank you. Lieutenant Griffiths. Thanks again for, I'm sorry. I just had a question that popped in my head and I'm sorry. Lieutenant, the slide that, that talked about though, it's the, it's the vice mayor's fault. He talked about accidents. The slide that talks about accidents in the very beginning. Yep. Does that include e-bikes and e-books? Or is that only e-bikes? That's a good question. Uh, the answer is it, it's kind of both. It depends on how the officer classified the type of vehicle when they took the collision. Um, when this first started happening, a lot of, they've always had e-bicycles, um, as an option. But if the officer chose motorcycle for e-motorcycle, then it's not included in these numbers. But some officers were at the beginning when this was all brand new, were, was kind of classifying them as e-bicycles when they really weren't. They were actually motorcycles. Okay. Do you think that by 2025, this is all e-bikes? Yes. Okay. They should be, yes. Okay. I just didn't want, because like you said up front and, and what we do know, e-motorcycles are the biggest portion of the problem. And some people just see an e-bike, they don't know the difference. So I just want to make sure that if these, if we're going to report out on some numbers like these, it doesn't include those. That could be a separate line item, I guess. But that's where the problem, the majority of the problem is the e-motorcycles, not the e-bikes. But, yes. I just want to make sure. But e-bikes are also more popular now than they were five years ago. And so anytime you have more of them out on the street, you 're going to have more, more crashes as well. Thank you. I mean, every day when I drive home, I drive by, by Mountain Gate Park, 25 motorcycle, 25 kids on, on e-bikes on the sidewalk. They're jumping up on the, I mean, I feel bad because I want them to go have fun. But at the same time, there's people that are trying to like play and they're riding through people's picnic. That's not cool. Lieutenant Griffiths, again, thank you for the, the thorough presentation. And really for educating us and taking the feedback and incorporating it and developing such a robust policy. I think we're all in agreement with that this strikes a good balance between enforcement and education. And really the encouragement here is, yes, go out, enjoy these new, these new tools, these new toys. Do so responsibly. And also parents, you have a role to play here too. So thank you, Lieutenant Griffiths. I think for this to be passed, we need a motion that needs to be read. So I'll entertain a motion now. I'll motion. Okay. Go ahead, Councilman Burchens. All right, here we go. Introduced by title only and waive full reading of ordinance number 3430 amending chapters 10.48 and 12.24 of the Corona Municipal Code to update regulations regarding the operation of bicycles and electrical bicycles. Okay, please vote. I thought he said something else. And that passes unanimously. Thanks again. Going to item 10 legislative matters. There are none. Item 11 reports from boards and commissions. 11.1 library board of trustees receive and file the library board of trustees report update for May 26, 2026. 11.2 planning and housing commission. There's none. 11.3 parks and recreation commission. Receive and file the parks and recreation commission report update for May 12, 2026. 11.4 regional meetings. Vice mayor is going to provide an update on the SCAG meeting of June 4th. Vice mayor. Thank you, madam mayor. It was really just another truth. I think almost three hours of presentations. This one, they asked for volunteers for a transportation committee to look at connect SoCal. I volunteered. I won't, you know, surprise, surprise. I have not heard yet whether I've been selected and that would be participating on a SCAG wide committee to look at transportation as it relates to connect SoCal. And that's the transportation policy that SCAG has to adopt as part of the, of their responsibilities as a planning organization. We also heard a presentation on Southern California airport access mobility study that really just talked about how to connect the, the airports, all pretty exciting things and things that have been in the, in the works for a long time. The, there were, the only other thing I think that was quite interesting was the innovative clean transit record, regional assessment study update, which said that by 2040, that all organizations are going to be able to do that. That all organizations have to trans trans transition to zero emissions bus. And right now, no facilities in Riverside County, except for Sunline transportation and the lovely. So I think it's Blythe or no, I always forget it's Blythe. My, my buddy, Joey out there, they have a hydrogen powered bus are a few hydrogen powered buses that are fantastic, but they cost a few million dollars a piece. And I, I think we could, I hope we could skip battery altogether and go to hydrogen as the prices come down. But we heard a little bit more and how the challenging that 's going to be and this promise that things are going to get cheaper over time, but you know, we'll see. And then we, I got to listen to the lovely woman from California high speed rail dodge bullets for about an hour from other, other elected officials that I chose not to jump in on the fray and she, she got it good enough. But that was it. Thank you so much. Okay. 11-4 is also yours vice mayor. It's the update on Cal cities, housing communities and economic development policy committee of June 5th. This was a really fun one. We, we heard or actually we debated with the transport or sorry, the environmental committee. There was a joint committee and we had a presentation from the opponents and the proponents of the build affordable California again proposition. It'll be on the ballot in November. After we heard the presentations, we were able to ask questions. Both sides got a chance to kind of push their point. There are so many holes in this thing that it was, it's, it 's scary. It sounds great that yeah, we're going to be able to build affordable housing, but it comes with so much, so many strings and so much rejection of local control. It was interesting every question they got asked about local control. It was cities would be able to do this or do that. However, you had to adopt it before the bill or adopt it before you adopted this. So you had to have, you know, clairvoyant of what's going to come. So when we separated into our, into our separate groups, myself and a few others kind of led the charge to, to vote, to oppose. And that would mean, you know, contributing both efforts and maybe some money at the, at Cal City's level to oppose. And my side won 29 to 8. I was very happy about that. Good work. But unfortunately, you know, there's ways these propos itions are always worded that, you know, the, the, the world 's, all the world's problems are going to be solved with the one yes vote. So I hope that folks do some research on this and realize that this build affordable California bill is real or a proposition. It really is a, it should be called strip local control away. And I'm, I'm fearful. So, and then lastly, we went over the hot bills. These are the ones that we're most concerned about. There was, I think over 25 bills that are, you know, more housing bills that are going to get thrown at our, our planning department. The, our group took a pose on four of them. And everything from expanding eight ADU mandates, meaning that we would take away fees that you wouldn't be able to add fees on the sewer and water and any transportation infrastructure that folks could build kind of whatever they wanted. Ministerial approval of town, townhomes. So more condos is what, what these folks wants. And I think this one made it out of committee or out. It's going to the, to the vote, which mean that any town home, any condo could be built and it could bypass local review, bypass density, and wouldn't have to pay any for any services. So yeah, more lovely stuff. And then the last one, which actually sounds kind of interesting, remote inspections, that it would allow remote inspections of, and that's is AB 1738 for some, or actually for everything. And which is, I think the devil in the details. I think that the city already does some remote inspection, which I think we do a great job with that. Would like to see it expand a little bit as, as needed, but to, to, to make everything a remote inspection sounds like a recipe for disaster. So the, the league has voted no on our vote to oppose that. And then three other ones, they opposed unless amended. And there are some permit cycles list. I think that we want some caveats in their density bonus expansion. They want to continue to double down on density bonus that if you, you know, like our, our lot that we had on Gerrits en that we all opposed that ended up being 43 units would have been 63 or 73 without any, like, we were able to pick two things to make them, you know, hoop, make them jump through some extra hoops to help. Um, mitigate some of the issues that would come from this. So, well, they would mitigate, it would wipe out one of those. So they, we only get one, one thing and they get to choose. So another very scary one. And then, uh, certain fair housing analysis requirements, um, would, uh, put our, uh, housing element at legal risk. So, and that's, uh, AB 906, but those all seem to be kind of cruising forward for, for fun, um, fun things for our planning department and this group to have to worry about next year. So that's all. Thank you. I don't know how you do it, Vice Mayor, but I really appreciate, um, these meetings that you attend and just keeping us up to date on what's coming down the pipeline. So I appreciate it. Thank you. Let's go to 11 for 11.4 point C. It's an update from council member Steiner on the RTA board meeting of June 10th. Oh, it says RTA. So it's RCTC. Okay. We'll update the agenda for that. Right. Yeah. So, um, once again, some very lengthy discussions that I'm going to make brief. So the commission adopted the fiscal year 26, 27 budget, uh , which will continue funding the major transportation projects and programs, including the mid county parkway, the I-15 Southern extension, smart freeways, SPS, SR 79 rail improvements, transit operations, regional arter ial projects and grade separations while also authorizing the use of surplus toll revenues from the SR 91 and I-15 express lanes to support future capital improvements. Uh, the commission approved the updated short range transit plan. Uh, let's see. Um, so there's been a discussion for probably two or three years now about that RCTC has been doing about a traffic relief plan. And it basically discussed whether they should put, um, a sales tax increase on the next ballot. They talked about possibly doing a half cent sales tax. They talked about doing a one cent sales tax. Um, it would require two thirds of a vote to pass any of those measures, um, through their polling over the last couple of years. Uh, the public isn't there. And I think the most of the commissioners weren't, uh, interested as well. Um, but what they are going to put on the ballot is extending measure A. And if you recall, that was the half cent sales tax that was initially improved in 1988. And then it was renewed in 2009. It currently doesn't expire until 2039, but they're trying to get ahead of it. And what stays the same with it is it continues dedicating funding for local streets and roads using the 2009 measure A formulas. It continues funding for public transportation. It has mandatory independent audits and reviews continue. A one percent cap on administrative salaries and benefits continue. Uh, funds continue to be returned to three geographical sub regions, which I'll explain more in a minute. And, um, there's a five year CIP for local streets and road funds, and the road funds continue. The, what changes is they're going to remove the proposing to remove the sunset date. Uh, the bond limit would be determined by commissioners provided, uh, providing responsiveness to match, uh, project financing needs. There would, it adds an independent public oversight to promote transparency and accountability. And it, uh, adjusted the funding categories for a highway and regional corridors, the highways, regional arterials, new corridors, bond financing and economic development. And the, the, um, the revenue share by the sub regions. So there's three sub regions. There, the Palo Verde Valley, which is Blythe. There's Coachella Valley and there's Western County. So when they, when they, um, do their estimating, they do 30 years out. So they're estimating that should that half cent be continued. That the measure would, um, would bring in $11.8 billion by 2057 to be distributed throughout those three sub regions. And, but 9.46 billion of that 11.8 would come to Western County. So, uh, obviously our, our need is the highest. It's the busiest. And we would get the most money on our end should that pass . So that completes my report. Okay. Thank you. Councilmember Steiner. Ms. Edwards, are there any speaker cards from the public for the regional updates? Mayor, we do not have any speaker cards. Okay. I'm going on to item 12. Mr. Durlath, do you have any comments tonight? No. Okay. Item 13. Mr. Ellis, do you have any comments tonight? No. Okay. Item 13. Mr. Ellis, do you have any comments tonight? No, Mayor. Thank you. Okay. Item 14. Do my colleagues have any comments tonight? Okay. Councilmember Richens. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Mayor. I was talking to my good friend, Jose Claudio earlier today , and, uh, we're going to have movies in the park again this year, and he and his family are excited to go to it. Uh, if you, if you get a chance, they're really good. Check the socials, all the city of Corona socials and the city of Corona website. And it's a Jose recommended event. Thank you, Mayor. Thank you, Councilmember. Vice Mayor. I just have, uh, two things. One, I, I, I did a shout out to, uh, Riverside County flood control. Um, Helio Tacano over at the flood control is just, he's been a, a, an amazing, uh, partner for the city. Did some really good things in getting some fencing up on, on Cleveland last year. And I thanked him here. We had some, we had a couple of residents that were mentioning there was some missing fencing on Valencia that we had showed kids that were jumping off with four, with a four wheelers, um, you know, into a drainage area that looked like a lot of fun. However, very dangerous. And, uh, just a couple of emails and phone calls and, and working with staff, we were able to get that taken care of. They, uh, put up a fence. In fact, there's all about a, about a 50 or 60 foot section that will be the city's responsibility. And I pass it on to, uh, to Mr. Ellis and, and they're going to evaluate whether or not we can do that. That'll, I mean, I think this area is pretty steep. I don't, I would be pretty hard to get there, but you know, kids are motivated, but I, it sounds like I got a, a shake that we're going to, we're going to continue to look into that. But I wanted to say thank you for our county partners and having good relationships with our county partners is really important because they, they do have some, um, oversight and, and they have, uh, some discretion on the, where they help out with. So very, uh, pleased with, uh, Jason Uli and, and his group , I thanked him personally, um, uh, for his help and, uh, and continuing to work with the city for things like this. And then Madam Mayor, I, I wanted to apologize to you for last, last meeting. Where I got the name, the name wrong, um, of the, the person I was thinking of, of his father. And I always called him junior, but, uh, I did find, I did reach out to the family, found out, um, uh, I got their information, were able to pass that on. So I got that, that into, and then, um, I also wanted to recognize the passing of Marcy Kahn. I, I reached out to her family, um, to try and get some information together. And, and I just didn't hear back, um, talked to a couple of people. I, I met Marcy probably nine years ago at the park. Um, very sweet person, you know, very active in the community, especially with, with homeless folks. And she really helped kind of open my eyes. Her and, uh, Virginia Caritti did a, just an amazing job of , of really looking into how to help those folks. Not just handing them a meal or, you know, things to exist. She was really a caring person that helped people beyond that. And I, like I said, I wish, I wish I was able to share more . I just, uh, I hadn't, hadn't heard from her husband. And I know that he's still grieving, but you know, if we could, um, um, close in her honor, I would appreciate it. Thank you. Absolutely. Absolutely. And I have no additional comments. We will close in Marcy's honor tonight and adjourn tonight 's council meeting. Our next meeting is scheduled for July 1st. Thank you. Next up, let's check out some of the completed projects and how the community is getting more engaged. Let's do it. I'm perfect. Victoria Park splash pad was so cool. So this is the third splash pad in our city. So fun. Love Corona. Love the upcast. Yeah.

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I think she answered questions from what I understand on resources in the area that seniors could access and information on how to access them. Okay. And so like the topics that are picked, are those ones that some of them have expressed an interest in? Or are we how are we picking those? It's a variety. Yes. If there's interest or if we get approached by different groups that would like to hold these presentations, the senior team works with them on what would work for the public. Gotcha. Okay. Oh, and then I was wondering about the forever young senior prom. I was like, do they vote? Are they going to vote? I'm not sure on the voting system. I know there is one. I also have all the spirit day information as well for the week. What is it? Monday is dress as your favorite holiday. Tuesday will be beachwear day. Wednesday is dress from your favorite decade. Thursday is sports day. And Friday is purple and gold, which is the theme of the color themes for the prom. I cannot wait to hear about it. And we'll take some great photos and some photos. And I'm wondering what decade is going to be the most popular. It 'll be very interesting to find out. Yeah. That's all I have. Thank you. Of course. Thank you, Commissioner. Commissioner Olson, do you have any questions or comments? Just a couple. Thank you. Thank you. Just a couple. Thank you as well for the presentations. Just had a question about the Skyline Trail parking. The picture there on slide 15 is of Skyline Drive. You know, as it comes up from Chase and goes under foil, right? That's what we're looking at there. Is that where the parking is? Or do we add it like on Chase proper? Yes. So that is where the parking is located. It's on Sky line Drive. We were able to install roughly 40 parking spots facing westward on Skyline Drive. So anyone that's looking to access that parking would pull on to the drive and then park there. It's pretty premium. I guess it's probably just going to be tribal knowledge over time that those spots are there. So we just finished it up last week. We plan to do a social media post to let the public know that that additional parking is there. But yes, it is. It is a fantastic location. It gives direct access to the trail right off of Skyline Drive. So we are anticipating it to be very popular once the word gets out. Awesome. And you were kind enough to provide us with this really neat calendar with all the events in July. Is that something that's available on the website? That is our next presentation as well. And I have my coordinator here who planned the month. So we'll get into that in a little bit. I will table that one then. Okay. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Olson. Vice Chair McBride, do you have any questions or comments? Yeah, a couple. Thank you again for the great presentations as always. A couple of quick questions. On the 4th of July for the Mystified, what time will they be starting? Since you said you have an opener and a headliner. Yes. I'm trying to remember. Let me get that for you. I believe it's 5 o'clock. I know the event starts at 5 p.m. So I imagine there is the two time frames. I don't want to speak unless I'm correct. I believe it is 5 o'clock. Is that something we could find on the website? Yes. Okay. Because I'm a big NXS fan. So you know we're all... Oh. So you'll be front row? Very possibly. Perfect. On the volunteer hours... Yeah. How does that compare about this point last year? Are we seeing about the same participation? A little down, a little up? Our volunteer participation in general has been up. We've had way more attendance, a significant attendance increase at the orientations. And we are coming up just across the board amongst the city with new opportunities for them. So it has increased slightly. But across the board for the whole city, it's very significantly. Okay. Excellent. Mm-hmm. Then jumping over to the park side, I just want to say on the trash cans, I was there last night walking. I missed them in Mountain Gate because that is my neighborhood park. And I did take a walk around and I did see the older cans. So now I got to go back and go for a walk tonight after the meeting and just get a little exercise. So thank you for doing that. And I look forward to seeing those rolled out across the city. Commissioner McBride, I did just double check. So five o' clock is mystified and then seven o'clock is liquid blue. And then the fireworks show starts at 9:00 PM. Great. Thank you. Thank you. I was just about to say I found it as well. Thank you, Vice Chair McBride. Just a couple questions in common. Thank you for the presentations. Very good as always. Very... There was a lot of questions in common. Very good as always. Very... There was a lot of questions in common. Very good as always. Very... There was a lot going on. So thank you for all the updates. I do have a question on the 4th of July parade and the participants. Do you have your best guess of how many participants we expect in the parade ? Our max number, it does depend upon size. So if there is a float, the size of like the trailer or the vehicles that are in, does kind of determine that. The max number that we've had in the past has been 90. I believe we're about 65 right now. I might be a little bit off because that was from last week. But it does depend upon size of all the different elements. So it does kind of vary some years. Okay. Thank you. And then, Paul, I don't want to leave you out. Welcome, by the way. One question on the LMD, the CFD highlights. What about the goats? What happened to the goats? So the goats are full. They finished all their eating and they have retired for the near future. So we will be bringing them back once additional wheat abatement is needed. Okay. So this is just the backup to the goats? That's correct. Got it. Thank you. Thank you very much. It's also really fun to watch that robot go up and down. I think I prefer the goats though. Thank you very much. So moving on to 6.2 Parks and Recreation July report by Jason Leigh. I'm going to give a quick introduction. Jason is one of my program coordinators. He oversees contract classes and adaptive programming, and he's been working very hard on this Parks and Rec month entirety the whole month of July. So he will be giving you that information. Thank you, Ms. Leighon. And thank you, Commissioner's Chair . Good evening. Thank you for having me here. I just want to start off by I'm just presenting for the Parks and Rec month. This is a very, very impacted a lot of programs going on in the month. This helps strengthen, strengthens our community and well- being for it. So just to start off, Parks and Rec month is recognized by the National Recreation and Park Association or the NRPA. And it's been kind of recognized since 1985. 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And then like the summer at your library, library finisher party and the power of play. It's kind of essential for families and you try to get families get out there. You know, there's events like the water balloon fight, slime day, popcorn, bubble foam day, which we'll go more once we see that calendar. And then community is more of a community wide events that strain it out civic pride. So our bigger events as Ms. Lino was mentioning where it was summer street fair, the movies in the park and everything. So we want to try to bring residents together to give them fun experiences and have meaningful for the connection. Next up is the power of nature is trying to try to encourage residents to explore and enjoy Corona's nature spaces. So our parks, our trails. So we do have some events like the Hagedor trail hike and then the treasure scavenger hunt, which I believe will be at Santa Santa Park. We'll try to do something fun with the community. Next up is the power of belonging. We want to try to create inclusive spaces where residents feel welcome. So one of them being like the fancy ball, which I believe is be at the library. We have our adventure camp volunteer cleanup. Aloha day, which we have been at the Circle City Center. Lastly, the power of well-being. And we want to try to promote our programs that support physical, mental and emotional health. So stuff like the walking group or like STEM for little tw igs. So for these kind of power, we were trying to connect people with nature and try to get a sense of belonging and support overall physical and mental and well-being. So as you can see, the calendar, I believe you guys all have is full of events, opportunities for residents. So some highlights is one of every first stage of life versus a water balloon fight at Victoria Park. I know that would be pretty fun, especially when we have newly splash pad over there. We do have, you know, try to highlight other things like try to promote like movies in the park or like library on the go that happens weekly. So it may not feature everything on the calendar, but as on the weekly basis on some of them. And then we want to try to promote the parks and park makes life better month through social media, through flyers, feather flags. So when we are at these locations hosting these activities, we'll try to, you know, try to see if we can get more people to come and see it. We'll have like the easier, the feather flag to try to attract the community. Maybe they don't know, they don't see these calendars. So we're on the site. We'll have a frames. We'll promote like how this calendar on site if they want to register or want to drop in, share it to friends and family. So we want to promote connection and play and wellbeing throughout the whole month of July. And that's pretty much it. Thank you. Ms. Morales, are there any speaker cards from the public? There are no speaker cards from the public. Thank you. Are there any written comments from the public? There are no written comments from the public. Thank you, Ms. Morales. Commissioner Bass, do you have any questions or comments? Yes. Thank you. Thank you for the presentation. It's really exciting to see our parks and rec month grow. So I'm just a little curious. I really appreciate that slide, the power of growth and seeing how last year it was a recreation division led activities and programming. And can you just speak a little bit to what it took to expand it? I know I'm assuming that now we're bringing in other departments or team members. And like where did that initiative come from? So yes, thank you. Pretty much like we used to be the record division. It was a lot of my team. And then a lot of our staff really enjoyed like the program , especially working with connecting to the community. And then other staff members, they wanted to get more involved. And, you know, I wanted to get more involved with like senior center. There's time like last year we didn't have any senior center programming on no library program. So that kind of gave me motivation to kind of less, you know, we're community services. We want to build more of our department. That's great. I'm really excited. And I also think that speaks to the leadership of being able to pull that all together and different teams. So great job. And I'm just really excited for all the activities. I'm going to plan to make it out for a couple this year. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Brass. Commissioner Munoz, do you have any questions or -- Commissioner Olsen, I'm sorry. Do you have any questions or comments? I do. Thank you. So back to my question previously. Where do I find this? Is this on the website, this calendar? So it's on our civic rec registration software. So that's where I feature all of our programs on there. I know you have an option to register, but a lot of it is just a drop in on that. So that's where we kind of have it. And it's on our current connection, our booklet. It's right in the middle of our current connection. So you can basically see from there. Okay. I would love to get an image of this just to socialize myself on some of the local social media sites. If I can get that email to me, that would be great. There is a register here, QR code on here. Which events require registration and which ones don't? What kind of events? So some of the events there, it's kind of registered, kind of get a sense of kind of getting numbers so we can keep track of it. A lot of it, it's on like the park. So it's based off of drop in. But some events here does have fees towards it. So scanning that QR code, you can see the whole list of all the events that have some fees. They're very, not many with fees. We try, it's more of trying to, you know, replenish supplies and all that. So for example, one of them like the Loja day where we're making like coconut and making leis and all that, that requires supplies. So that has a fee to it. So a lot of it is through that QR code. Okay. Just like, you know, Commissioner Bass and I were talking earlier, both have small children and looking for things to do. Yeah. Over the summer. And also the registration does help us make sure that we have enough for everybody, which is our primary goal is that everybody gets to participate. So to kind of keep an eye on that, especially as we get closer to the days and make sure we can get extra supplies if needed. Okay. I did scan the QR code on my phone and I wasn't able to find these on my mobile site. I mean, I took seven seconds. I didn't really go through it with a fine tooth comb, but I didn't see it like laid out like this. Like I'm looking for as a parent, how can I find all the things that are free, right, every day? I just want to see the dates and times of all the things that are free or things that are targeted to my age group, right? Maybe if I'm a senior and want things targeted to that age group. If I want fitness stuff, you know, maybe that kind of sorted together. Just to make stuff easier to find because we have these amazing things. And remarkably, I think that still people don't -- I'm amazed at how many people don't know about the stuff that we do. And I wish they did. So just looking for more ways to help people find the amazing work that you guys are doing. That's all. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Commissioner Olson. Vice Chair McBride, do you have any questions or comments? Yeah. Thank you for the presentation to start with. I echo what Commissioner Olson said about if I could get a copy of this because I am a member of a few groups here in the city as well for my district that I represent. And I'd love to get those out. So please pass it along when you send it on to Commissioner Olson. Copy me in. I love it. I -- people have heard me say more than once, you know, I believe what Corona says about work, live, play, right? I feel this fits right into that culture that we're trying to instill in the city. Having residents participate and enjoy the parks, enjoy the activities. I can't say enough about seeing something like this. I grew up in a community in Orange County that very much was like this. I was a member of the -- parents went to work, got dropped off in the morning, went to summer camp, and had a lot of great community experiences through the YMCA and the city activity. So please continue doing this. I did see a couple like the 50-plus walking. Is that targeted towards people 50 and over? My only suggestion on that would be if it is, some of us who are over 50 still have to go to work in the morning. 9 to 10 is a little tough. Maybe a little weekend. But I love the -- I love the idea. Getting out and walking is so good for your health. So -- Yeah. And we also wanted to share what is already scheduled at our -- like our senior center that is a regularly scheduled walk they have, as well as the trail walk. Like they are doing the Hagridor Trail, I believe. Mm-hmm. So we did want to share what was already going on. Overall, thank you. This is great. And please keep up the good work. And like I said, the only suggestion I have, give us all a single pane for those with kids. I wish this was available in the city that my kids grew up in. And if it was, I think I would have had a lot more things to do with them. So thank you. Thank you. Thank you, Vice Chair McBride. I think it's a great presentation. Thank you very much. I look forward, once you start having some data to share with us, and the connections that you -- your six pillars. It's going to be very interesting to see, you know, like the connections between connections and belongings and just all the other pillars. Because I think a lot of it is rooted in some really good sound theory. And it's just going to be very interesting, I think, to see . So thank you. Yeah. And the pillars, there's a lot of overlap. So there's a lot of events that can fit in multiple categories. So some of these things that happen will not just be one standalone pillar. It will encompass multiple. Yeah, for sure. Thank you. Moving on to item number seven, Commissioner Member reports and comments. Commissioner Bass, do you have any closing comments? I am looking forward to summer and very excited. And I hope to see many of the residents out and about this summer. Thank you for everyone's hard work. I know with 4th of July coming up, you know, it's an amazing event. So I will wish you all well and thank you in advance. Thank you. Commissioner Olson, do you have any closing comments? I also very much look forward to summer. It's my favorite time of year, unabashedly. Thank you for the community resident. Thank you for coming tonight and sharing what was on your mind. Definitely going to go hang out at the basketball court and see what's going on there. But again, thank you. And thank you for hanging out for the whole meeting. Thanks. Thank you, Commissioner Olson. Vice Chair McBride, do you have any closing comments? Yeah, I could. What Commissioner Olson said, thank you for coming with your concern. I'm actually maybe going to play a little one-on-one with Commissioner Olson here. Quietly, quietly. Not at night. But overall, I'm looking forward to a great summer. I plan on going to a lot of the concerts. I will, like I went to all of them but one last year. I will do the movie nights and look forward to seeing you on 4th of July again. So between now and the next time we meet, I will see quite a few of you. Quite often in the city. So thank you. Thank you, Vice Chair McBride. I like going last because I can just say ditto to what my fellow commissioner said. I agree with what they all said. They've taken the words out of my mouth. So with that, thank you very much. Thank you for the resident who came out. Thank you for that. Thank you to the presentations. Very good, as always. So thank you for joining us for the Parks and Recreation Commission meeting. We will adjourn this meeting at 6:44. The next scheduled Parks and Recreation Commission meeting will be on Tuesday, August the 11th at 6:00 PM. Just as a reminder, we do go dark in July. Thank you, everyone. I've gotten to the point where they are now. I have three sisters. We all went to college. We all went to college.

and once called upon to speak, please state your name and the city of residence for the record. Regarding the minutes from May 27th, 2026, Ms. Kapia, are there any speaker cards from the public for the meeting minutes? No, Chair Alexander. Do we have a motion to approve? I'll motion to approve these meeting minutes from the May 27th meeting. All right, and a second. Yes, seconded. All right. Vice Chair with the motion and Commissioner Whitty for the second. Please vote. All right, that passes 3-0. Communications from the public. This portion of the agenda is intended for a general public comment on items within the commission's jurisdiction that are not listed elsewhere on the agenda. Please note that state law prohibits the Planning and Housing Commission from discussing or taking action on these items. Ms. Kapia, are there any speaker cards from the public? No, Chair. Thank you. And consent calendar, there is none. Public hearings. 6.1 is ZTA 2026-0001, continued amendment to chapter 17.70 of the Corona Municipal Code to update water-efficient landscape requirements and landscape design guidelines to reflect changes in state law and revise outdated fencing regulations. City of Corona Planning and Development Department. Ms. Vanian, planning manager, will present this item. Thank you. Good evening, Chair, and members of the Planning and Housing Commission. So we are very excited to present this to you tonight. We've been working on this code amendment for over a year now. It's been a collaborative effort between planning and multiple city departments, including the fire department, the utilities department, and the city attorney's office. So again, we're very excited to bring this. It is a much-needed code update. So this amendment would be making updates to our landscape ordinance, our landscape and fencing ordinance, which is codified in chapter 17.70 of our Municipal Code. This chapter contains citywide zoning regulations that cover landscaping fences, walls, and hedges. The last significant update that we did to the landscaping portion of this ordinance was back in 2010. Our landscape regulations are modeled by the statewide ordinance called MWLO, or the... I think I skipped a slide. There we go. It is modeled against the state's statewide model called the Model Water Efficiency Landscape Ordinance. So just a little bit about the statewide model ordinance. This is a landscape ordinance for local agencies, such as Corona, to implement and enforce minimum water efficiency landscape standards. It is overseen by the California Department of Water Resources, and it drives water efficiency through water budgets, thoughtful soil management, and selection of plant materials, irrigation, and looking at alternative water resources. And so these requirements do apply to certain projects that meet a certain size threshold. The last update that was done was in 2025, and before that, it was in 2015. So local agencies, again, just like Corona, we are required to enforce the statewide model, or we have the option of adopting our own local ordinance, provided that the local ordinance is as efficient as the state's model or more efficient. In other words, it can be more stricter than the state's model. We do report annually to the California Department of Water Resources. Every year, we gather all the permits that we've issued, landscape permits, and we send that up to the state. Our local ordinance, we do have a local ordinance, and we have that incorporate into Chapter 17.70 of the municipal code. So what's being updated specifically, and why are we doing this? So again, the state, when they did their updates in 2015 and 2025, our code never got caught up. We were implementing the state's requirements, and that's because we had to, but technically, it was just not captured in our code, and so we are trying to catch up and do that cleanup to our landscape water efficiency regulations. We are also trying to update our residential fencing regulations. They're quite outdated. It's been a while since we've looked at them, and so we're using this opportunity to also clean up our fencing regulations. And then lastly, we are trying to consolidate our two landscape design guidelines into a single comprehensive manual. So the first thing that we're doing is we are lowering our landscape permitting thresholds. Right now, in our landscape ordinance, if the landscape project is being installed by a developer, and the total landscape area is at least 2,500 square feet, or if the landscaping is being installed by a homeowner, and that landscape area is at least 5,000 square feet, they have to come in and obtain a landscape permit from the city. And so the state, in 2015, the state lowered these thresholds, and that was done in response to the state's drought condition at that time. These thresholds are being lowered to 500 square feet for new construction projects and 2,500 square feet for landscape projects that consist of landscape renovation. And so just to give you a visual of what that size looks like on this screen on the right, so 500 square feet is about approximately three parking spaces. 2,500 square feet is about the size of 14 parking spaces. And so again, it's not, it's the total landscape area. So the city's permitting process for showing compliance with our water-efficient landscape requirements involves a submittal of landscape plans to the city. We would review the plans and approve the plans before we issue a permit to the property owner. Landscape plans can be technical and they can be complex. And because of that, they typically require a landscape architect or some kind of a landscape professional to prepare them. not only do they require, not only do we require landscape plans, but oftentimes these landscape plans have to include additional plans like a grading plan, an irrigation plan, a soil management report, and water use calculations. And so it is quite complex and it can be quite costly. In 2015, the state introduced an easier compliance option for smaller landscape projects. If the landscape area is between 500 to 2,500 square feet, a property owner can choose this easier compliance option. The permitting process would still be the same. They would still have to submit landscape plans to the city. However, it's the documentation that changes. They do not have to prepare such technical plans. The landscape plan can be a lot more simplified. It is really just showing where the landscape materials are, listing the plant materials, with a statement saying that the landscaping is water efficient. There is no water usage calculations needed, no additional technical plans that are needed, or no technical analysis. The other update that we're doing is we are now prohibiting turf in all non-residential development. So currently, we prohibit turf in commercial and industrial development, and we've had that in our code since 2010. Our code did not address other types of non-residential development, such as institutional uses or government facilities, and so we're making that update to include all these different types of non-residential uses. The only exception is if turf is being used for recreational or a functional purpose, we would allow for turf in those situations then. So changes to our fencing regulations. We are proposing the following changes to fencing in the front yard. Currently, the city allows for solid fences and walls up to a height of three feet in the front yard. We are proposing to increase that to four feet. That would give property owners some additional added privacy for the front yard. We are also clarifying in a code that these decorative toppers on top of pilasters are allowed up to a total height of six feet, and that would include the height of the pilasters. Right now, our code does not explicitly state or does not address these decorative toppers. Also, we're going to formally permit wood picket fences in our ordinance. Historically, we have always allowed for wood picket fences just because we have a lot of historic resources in the downtown area in particular, so we've made combinations for those types of properties, but it was just never in the code, and so we're going to add that to our code. And finally, we are going to expand the range of permissible materials for fences and walls on residential properties. So, these are the types of fences or of materials that we currently allow and are proposing to allow with this amendment. Right now, for the front yard, we currently permit only two types of materials. That would be decorative block and wrought iron fencing. And so, we are going to also allow for metal fencing, such as steel and aluminum panels, tubular steel, which has a very similar look to wrought iron fencing. We would also allow for PVC and vinyl fencing in the front yard, as well as other decorative masonry, such as concrete block, cement block, brick, stone, fiber cement, or any other types of durable materials as approved by the planning director. For any of the masonry type walls, we do require that they have a decorative or textured finish so that the materials are not only durable, but they're still aesthetically appealing. So, the state will be implementing fencing restrictions for Zone Zero. This is what CAL FIRE refers to as the first five feet around the perimeters of a structure. Many homes have fencing that wraps around their side yards and they come and they attach to the side of the house. We anticipate that the state will be restricting materials that are constructed within this Zone Zero area. Again, it's within five feet of the house. We are anticipating that they are not going to allow combustible materials such as wood or vinyl fencing within Zone Zero. And so, we are trying to be proactive in anticipation of these new restrictions that are coming down. Our new fencing materials would include non-combustible materials and this would give property owners that are located within the very high fire severity zone more options to choose from. They can build more, they can build fencing that's comprised of non-combustible materials. Ms. Banning, the bottom photo, if I could interrupt, please, with the arrow pointing to that six-foot panel or five-foot panel, whatever it is, with the Zone Zero, would that homeowner need to remove that vinyl and put wrought iron or cinder block or just that one panel? or is this only during renovations, replacing, fencing, how does that work? So, if it is a new development, they would have to comply with Zone Zero requirements. If they are replacing or updating, they would likely have to comply with the Zone Zero requirements, too. I believe the state is going to give local jurisdictions three years to comply. At this time, I don't know how the fire department will handle the, you know, if they're going to enforce the Zone Zero requirements to existing facilities, that's going to be up to the fire department, but we will not with this requirement. Okay, thank you. Our code currently regulates private tennis courts on our residential properties. We are expanding these regulations to include other popular recreational and sports courts that we typically find on residential properties such as basketball courts, pickleball courts, and batting cages, which are all very popular. So, these types of courts would be prohibited for being constructed in the front yard setback area. They would have to be placed at least three feet away from all side and rear property lines. If they include an enclosure, the enclosure can go up to no more than 12 feet in height and any portion of that enclosure, any portion above six feet of that enclosure would have to be constructed of a, like a wire mesh material or other non-opaque material so that it's not so imposing onto the neighboring properties. If you could go back one slide, what does that mean if you're putting in a basketball court in your backyard, for example, that would have to be enclosed? It does not have to be enclosed. It has to be three feet away from the side of the rear property lines. But if they were to enclose it, then they would have to comply with their enclosure regulations. Higher than six foot. Okay. And this gives us a mechanism to regulate these types of sports courts. Currently, we don't. We get sometimes, once in a while, we get a complaint about a batting cage and there is no mechanism in the code to address them at this time. So that's the reason why we're adding this to our amendment. And finally, we are consolidating our two landscape design guidelines into a single comprehensive landscape design manual. This manual is being updated to comply with current state regulations and it provides technical guidance for landscape professionals and homeowners in preparing landscape plan for compliance with our water efficient landscape design requirements. It acts as a supplement to our minimum zoning regulations in Chapter 17.70 and it contains information pertaining to landscape design for residential and non-residential development as well as our water efficient requirements. So the key takeaways with this amendment, smaller landscape projects will be subject to a landscape permit but they will have an option to use an easier and more simplified process in obtaining this permit. Turf will be prohibited in all non-residential development except where it serves a recreational or functional purpose and residential properties will have more fencing materials to choose from and they will also have increased front yard privacy. So with that, we are recommending that the Planning Housing Commission recommend approval of this amendment to the City Council and adopt resolution 2687 approving the landscape design manual. If there are any questions, I'm available. Thank you, Ms. Mannion. Any questions? Yeah, I have a, it kind of ties on to the earlier queries that were happening. So from an implementation standpoint, typically when there's a permit change or an addition like this, components of that may be grandfathered. And so you mentioned the sports fencing and I'm kind of thinking through that, the batting cages in that. So how would there be compliance? Are you saying that if there's an existing facility in someone's backyard that wasn't permitted because it previously wasn't required to be, could they now be required to comply with these new standards retroactively? If we're referring just to the sports courts, yes, we would require them unless it's been built already. But if it's movable, like a batting cage, some of them are movable. Right. But if it has been built and it's almost a permanent structure, are they grandfathered or would they still have, they are? Correct. We would not apply these new requirements to existing court courts. Okay. And then on the irrigation and planning standards, is there, I didn't see it in any, the documentation about the compliance. So like other practices within the city, how is compliance handled here? Is this kind of a, if there's an issue if someone installs, for example, a six foot picket fence in their front yard? Is that something that if they're reported would have to come into compliance or is there part of a city process that they would go around and monitor compliance of those standards? So we don't really monitor fencing and other violations. We often address them as we get complaints. Okay. So it's more like a complaint-based piece. Correct. Okay. Thank you. Hi. Could you go back to the sports enclosures section? I'm just trying to make sure I fully understood, especially following up on, you know, Commissioner Sicklin's question on that. So how does this change from the current, you know, standards? That I wasn't entirely clear on yet. So right now, the standards that we have only pertain to tennis courts. The setback is three feet from our property line to a tennis court. We also have the same closure requirements. It just doesn't address any other types of recreational courts, and so we're expanding to include all these other recreational courts. And we're just fine-tuning some of the language. Okay. And then, so, yeah, I mean, I was surprised to hear the part about batting cages. But, so are those considered temporary or permanent things? I guess I'm not familiar with those. But, I mean, I guess that's part of what his question was about, I guess. some of them are permanent and some of them you can move them around. And so, if they're permanently constructed, we're not going to go and enforce our new standards. But, and, and currently, there is no restriction for people putting up a batting cage in there? Correct. Okay. And I imagine it would come from keeping the ball contained versus the neighbors complaining that they keep coming over the fence or something? We get complaints about noise. Oh, noise. About the height of the structure being visible from over the fence. Okay. About being too imposing, too close to the property line. Okay. Thank you. Mm-hmm. And, I guess I have, I have some other questions. So, you know, you, when you began in the presentation, you were talking about the M-Wilo, you know, the update from the state and so, the most recent one was at the beginning of last year and then that you said there was one and it was in staff report, too, about another update in 2015. But, it wasn't clear then, was, I understand there wasn't a major overhaul of our city's guidelines and, you know, the city code and ordinance since then. But, so, were the changes from 2015 implemented in some sort, in some way here in the city? I'm not sure I understand your question, Commissioner Woody. Well, I mean, didn't, what you said, there was a, the staff report said there was a, a state update in 2015 but, we, as a city, have not updated, you know, our guidelines or at least in a major revision was a, was a wording I saw somewhere. I mean, were, you know, were there changes in 2015 that, that we did, you know, since implement or, or, you know, what was the, how did that work? What were the changes in 2015? Is that the question? Right. What were the changes and how did we respond to that? Sure. Thank you. So, in 2015, the state lowered their permitting thresholds and that's in the slide where I talk about the changes to the thresholds. Let me just get back to that. So, those changes were introduced in 2015 by the state. Also, the easier compliance option, which is the prescriptive compliance option, that was also introduced by the state in 2015. We, when we were made aware of those changes, we started implementing them as soon as possible because we are required by the state to implement their regulations since we were technically out of compliance and so, that's what we've been doing since 2015. It's just that they were not in our ordinance and so, this amendment would clean that up. So, then the, yeah, one of my other questions then was about the, those thresholds, you know, particularly the 500 square foot. Was it, so that is, is prescribed in the state, state law? That is correct. Okay. I was wondering how we came to that particular number. Could I ask a question regarding walls? So, it came to mind. Maybe you can correct me if I understood it incorrectly. It looks like block walls, solid block walls would now be allowed in front yards and up to six feet. Is that correct? So, we've always allowed for a block wall in the front yard but they can only go up to three feet in height. Pilasters can go up to five feet in height. Okay. And with the new the maximum heights would be three feet on a solid block wall. Currently, this amendment would increase that height to four feet. To four feet. All right. So, you still wouldn't have a scenario where you could have an entirely front walled, front of your house completely walled like a backyard would be. Correct. And we don't want that. So, that's why That's why I'm asking because I, all right. So, the maximum now goes from three to four feet for a solid block wall. Correct. Yeah. Okay. And is it, is it that height that would be required to be covered with some type of material versus it just being the cinder block in the one picture you showed? So, it depends on the type of masonry they're proposing. If they're using, we generally, we don't allow for precision block, which is that flat surface CMU block. they have to have some type of a decorative texture like slumstone block is a good example. Split face block also have a very nice texture to it. Brick, stone, river rock, any type of masonry that has some type of a decorative texture will accept. Okay. My question is, are any of these new standards beyond what the state has set? Have we gone stricter than what the state is imposed? Yes. Thank you for asking that question. So, our current regulations are actually stricter than the state's model landscape efficiency, excuse me, ordinance. For example, we currently prohibit the use of turf in commercial and industrial development. The state's model does not prohibit this, the use of turf. We chose to do it because we wanted to be, we wanted to be more water efficient and more strict than the state's requirements. We also require only, the only types of plant materials that we allow are plant materials that have a low to moderate water usage. The state does not have that requirement. You could have low, water to high water usage type plants as long as you're not exceeding your overall water budget. That's the purpose of that water calculation budget. Okay. So, we address it, but for the tiered water, not necessarily from their list of plant palettes. Correct? Meaning, as long as you're within the water assigned to your property versus inside, outside, there's a tier established. Okay. Correct. Yeah, I guess in the design guideline manual, I guess I don't see the walls component in there. Am I missing it? Because, yeah, you spent quite a bit of time talking about it and we're asking questions about the walls too. The landscape design manual focuses only on landscaping. The fencing regulations will be in chapter 17.70 of the municipal code. Okay. And then just to clarify again when we were talking about the front yard walls. So, is it three feet currently going up to four feet? Is that for any type of material or are taller walls permitted that are, you know, say like the wrought iron fencing that are see-through? Yes. So, the new forfeit height limit would be applicable to any type of like solid or opaque wall. You can top it with additional fencing materials such as wrought iron fencing for an overall height not to exceed five feet in the front yard. So, you can do like a combination of block topped with wrought iron fencing on top. But, I mean, currently are, say, like, because there was a picture on one of the slides of it looked like a, you know, pure wrought iron fence. Yeah, right in the bottom left corner. So, you know, that looks like it would be, you know, five feet tall or something. Is that currently allowed in our, in Corona for, you know, people who have, you know, want that sort of fencing? Yes. So, we currently, not that particular, not those horizontal panels that you see in that image though, but currently we allow for block wall up to, up to three feet maximum in the front yard and they can add wrought iron fencing on top of that up to five feet total. That's what we currently allow. But, but if the whole thing was wrought iron from the bottom up, can it still be five feet? Yes, they can. And then under the new provision it would be six feet. Is that right? No, they would still stay at five feet maximum in the front yard. Okay. The only part that we're increasing would be the block portion, the opaque portion. So then if, if there had pilasters on top, then that can reach six feet under the new, under the new provision. With the topper. So the five, the pilasters, the height of the pilasters are not changing. The height will remain at five feet, but you can't put a decorative light fixture or topper on top not to exceed a total height of six feet for the pilaster. Right. So the pilaster can still be two feet, right? So it's, it's, it's raising essentially the block wall from three to four and then the total with pilaster from five to six. That's how I understand it. Am I understanding? Put the decorative topper on top of the pilaster to six feet. Because not everyone has decorative toppers. Okay. All right. I, now I think I understand the distinction you're making. And then, okay, back, back to the non-residential developments that, the turf issue. so we've, the city's prohibited that in, in the commercial or what, not, maybe not commercial but, what, industrial and which uses before now? We currently prohibit the use of live turf in all commercial and industrial development and we've been doing this since 2010. Okay. but, and then you said the, that will be kind of clarified to all non-residential uses and then, but, but the exception use there, it was either for recreational or functional. What, what is the, what is functional? What's, what's a, yeah, what's a functional use that isn't recreational? So, an example of functional turf would be, let's say, they propose turf within a bioswell that serves as a, a, a, um, water, water quality basin. So, and in that situation that would be allowed. Okay, and then I was going, going through the, the, um, design, um, manual and, um, let's see what page here. So, in the residential, um, chapter, chapter two, um, there's section 2.2 that discusses the front yards and, um, and it says for turf grass that can be up to 25%. So, I just want to make sure again I'm understanding this correctly. So, that's 25% of, of the entire front yard. So, the turf grass is limited to a maximum of 25% of the full front yard, right? That's correct. Okay, and then, and, and so then, and that total square footage does not include driveways is what it looks like from how I understand the design manual. That's correct. Okay. and then, so I, looking at the next section, um, for side and rear yard, um, it doesn't really have the same sort of breakdown, you know, how, you know, the, the front yard has trees and hard scape, hard scrape and turf. Um, so is, are there restrictions for side and rear yard, um, you know, guidelines for, for, um, you know, builders or residents? So oftentimes, siding rear yards are screened by fencing and so we really don't have restrictions other than that, um, they have to be landscaped with drought-tolerant landscaping that meet our requirements. If it was a track subdivision, a track home, a track residential subdivision built by developer and the yards are, um, exposed, like they're on the outside of the perimeter track wall, then we do require them to landscape with, again, drought-tolerant landscaping. But in terms of just, you know, a homeowner, if they're fencing, if, if their yards or side or rear yards are not exposed, we're not gonna regulate those yards. Well, I guess what I'm, one of the things I'm wondering about then is, um, you know, since, since a lot of, one of the major components of this is the drought, you know, the drought, um, you know, the water usage aspect, I guess. I, I mean, is, you know, so is, would a owner or a developer building a neighborhood, you know, be able to put just non, nothing but grass in all the backyards of a, of a new neighborhood? So, with a developer, no, because we have more authority with projects that go through our discretionary review process, um, for a homeowner, they, we're not looking at what they're doing in their side or the rear yards. So, technically, to answer your question, yes, they could go in and put turf if they wanted to. I mean, is that, is that something, I guess, I'm not necessarily talking about individual homeowners, because I, I think most, most homes, single-family homes, do have quite a, quite a bit of, you know, turf in the backyards, um, but I, I guess what I'm more concerned in just asking about are the future, you know, future construction of new, new neighborhoods. I mean, we talked about, at our last meeting, we, you know, we had the, the plan for, you know, what, 200, 200 or so units, um, and so that, you know, now that we've transitioned to looking at this, that's just kind of those two things in my head. I mean, is that something that, because, because I know the city continues, or the state continues to push lower and lower usage, um, I mean, are, I guess, the, the recycled water, is that used throughout the city, basically, for, you know, for turf at this point? We have Reclaim Line, in some parts of the city, but the utilities department, they do not require residential properties to be hooked up to the Reclaim Line. It's only non-residential development. Okay. But I think to answer your question, Commissioner Woody, we would not, we would not allow for a developer to install turf in the side or rear yard. We look at those plans quite closely, um, not only through, through the discretionary review process, but also through the plan checking process. So I hope that answers your question. Okay. So, so, because I know when we approve, you know, developments here, we don't necessarily have layouts of, of backyards. Um, so that is part of, part of, uh, actually we do, we have landscape, uh, exhibits, part of the, the attachment of the package. Well, yeah, we see like the plants, the plants they're going to use, but I guess as far as what the actual yards tend to look like. Uh, you know, I don't think we get mock-ups of, of, of the backyards, but, um, but that's part of, of the permit and building process, the landscape, uh, building, uh, permits that are issued to builders at some point. Yes, if they are proposing to do the landscaping for the homeowner before the homeowner buys the home, then we would be looking at the yards, the side and the rear yards. A lot of developers do not do the landscaping for the side and rear yards. They leave it up to the homeowner to do it. After purchase, right, sure. Yes. And then, um, so the one thing I noticed on the design manual is it has the, uh, name, um, on the cover and the second page, I guess, was it a consultant that the city hired to, uh, put that together? Yes, we use Interlist Consulting Group. Okay. And then, uh, is, is that going to, uh, continue to remain with the consultant's name on this document? Because, I mean, I think this would be a reference for anybody going forward, right? Um, it's just a common practice for the consulting firm to put their logo on the, on documents that they prepared. Right. I mean, I can understand it being there for us you know, or the city council to review so that, you know, we're over that, but it seems a little odd to me that a resident five years from now might, you know, open up this and see that, see that on there. That's just my, my, if the commission wants us to remove that logo, we can do that. That's not an issue. Chair Alexander, I, I, I took notice of that as well and, you know, it is, it is the city's document. It is our manual. So, regardless of who prepared it, so we, we could decide to remove that reference. Whatever the standard is, so you're consistent is fine with me. Okay. Yeah, I mean, that's where I was coming from it, uh, is, is that, well, it's, it is the city's document and the city's the one distributing it to residents and builders, so, um, but, yeah, it's, it's not something that I feel has to be one way or another. All right. Um, vice chair? I'm good. Thank you. Okay. Anything else? Otherwise, uh, Ms. Kapia, did we receive any speaker cards or written comments from the public regarding this item? No, chair, we did not. All right. Well, we'll, uh, go ahead and, uh, open it and then we'll close it, bring it back to the dais. And I'd like to ask one more question, actually, um, in the change to, um, 17.70, um, about the, the walls and the fences because that's where that all is. I noticed that we then had removed, um, or changed, you know, redlined and rewrote the section about swimming pool enclosures. So are those, are swimming pool enclosures, um, just sort of going to now be covered by the same guidelines as any other, you know, as, as, or, or how will that work? So we're not really changing swimming pool. They have to be fenced by a non-climbable fence up to five feet high. It's, we just, I think we've just fine-tuned some of the language, some of the verbiage, but that requirement remains. Okay, thanks. Okay, great. Um, we'll go ahead and do we have a motion for ZTA 2026-0001? If you could read it, that'd be great. Sure. Um, I will motion that the Planning and Housing Commission recommend approval of ZTA 2026-0001 to the City Council based on the findings contained in the staff report and adopt resolution 2687 approving the landscape design manual either with or without the logo of the, um, the consultant. I'll second it. Thank you. All right. So motion by Commissioner Woody, seconded by Vice Chair. Go ahead and vote, please. All right. That passes 3-0. Written communications. Has the Planning and Housing Commission Secretary received any written communication? No, Chair. We did not. All right. Um, Mr. Castro, any administrative reports? No, none. All right. Commissioners, any comments or anything to report? No, thank you. All right. Well, with that, we'll go ahead and adjourn this meeting. Our next meeting will be Monday, June 22nd at 6 p.m. Thank you. That's why I love being here. It's for sure the people. That's why I'm here and why I stay. All righty, friends. Welcome to On The Go. 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