City Council - Regular Meeting

No.

Good evening. Today is Tuesday, September 15th, 2026, and the time is 5 p.m. I will now call to order the meeting of the Victorville City Council and the same council sitting as the Victorville Library Board of Trustees, Southern California Logistics Airport Authority, successor agency to the Redevelopment Agency, the City as a Housing Asset Successor, Joint Powers Finance Authority, and the Victorville Water District. Madam Clerk, will you kindly call the roll?

Council Member Godin? Here. Council Member Irving?

Here.

Council Member Mora? Here. Mayor Patem Harriman?

Here.

Mayor Becerra? Here. We have quorum.

Thank you, ma'am. We will move on to public comments. Madam Clerk, are there any requests to speak?

No, Madam Mayor.

Thank you. At this time, Mr. Diburnowski, declaration of closed session items.

Thank you, Mayor Becerra. We have one item this evening, anticipated litigation pursuant to government code 54956.9D4. To the extent there's reportable action, we will report it either at the conclusion of the closed session or at the commencement of the regular 6 o'clock session.

Thank you, sir. The time is 5.01, and we will now move to closed session. Regular session starts at 6 o'clock.

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good evening today is tuesday september 15 2026 and the time is 6 p.m the regular meeting of the following will come to order the victorville city council on the same council sitting as the victorville library board of trustees the southern california logistics airport authority successor agency to the redevelopment agency the city as a housing asset successor Joint Powers Finance Authority and the Victorville Water District. Madam Clerk, will you kindly call the roll?

Council Member Godin. Here. Council Member Irving.

Here.

Council Member Mora. Here. Mayor Pro Tem Harriman.

Here.

Mayor Becerra. Here.

We have quorum. Thank you, ma'am. Closed session announcements by our City Attorney, Mr. Dabrowski.

Thank you, Mayor Becerra. We had one item this evening. It was anticipated litigation pursuant to government code 54956.9D4. At this time, there is no reportable action with respect to that item.

Thank you, sir. If you'd please stand for our invocation and Pledge of Allegiance. Tonight's invocation will be led by Elder Paul Tam from the Gate Church, and our pledge will be led by Captain Jerry Davenport.

the honor and the praise that you and you alone deserve. We come with thankful and grateful hearts and declare that you are the God who is sovereign over all. And we acknowledge that any success we accomplish here on earth is because you allowed it to come to pass according to your will. So Heavenly Father, as we gather tonight, we ask that you would remind us that we have been given the honor and privilege to represent the dear citizens of Victorville, as well as this high desert region. Lord, guide our city officials by your wisdom in order to promote sound policies and to make wise decisions concerning the welfare of our city. Tonight, may we all communicate with grace and respect toward one another. May there be no door opened to selfish ambition. Help us to serve faithfully as a team united in one spirit with purpose and determination to bring integrity, righteousness, peace, and prosperity to this community. God, we are truly humbled tonight. We recognize that you have entrusted our city officials with a tremendous responsibility, and that is to serve our fellow man well. Lord, may they be mindful to never take this assignment lightly. As you remind all of us from the pen of St. Luke, chapter 12, verse 48, everyone to whom much was given, of him much will be required. O gracious God, pour out your blessings tonight. Pour out your blessings on our mayor and city council members. Give them wisdom and insight, strength and resolve, courage and compassion. as they take diligent care of the business and welfare of our city. We pray all these things in the name of our Savior, Jesus Christ, our Lord and King. Amen.

Place your right hand over your heart.

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.

Madam Clerk, will you present the agenda and any revisions there too?

Thank you, Madam Mayor. An item dealing with an ordinance to amend the contract between the City and CalPERS was noticed as a public hearing for the meeting tonight. However, it was not placed on the agenda. Anyone who came to comment on the item can do so during the public comment section of the agenda. Thank you, Madam Mayor.

Thank you, ma'am. My City Councils, any conflict of interest? No, ma'am. Nope, nope, nope. We will move on. Introduction to public comments. Madam Clerk, are there any requests to speak? Yes, Madam Mayor.

Welcome to tonight's meeting of the Victorville City Council. Your City Council is interested in your ideas and opinions and furthermore endeavors to incorporate them into its deliberations. at the same time the council must be able to carry out its business in an organized and efficient manner free from material disruption therefore this meeting will be administered in accordance with the council's established policies and procedures and government code section 54957.9 and 54957.95 individuals may speak on agenda items or on issues not posted on the agenda during the public comment section provided those issues are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city council Individual speakers may address the council once per public comment period and once per each public hearing item for up to three minutes. Additional time may be allotted for appeal hearings in accordance with the city's adopted policy and procedure manual. Those who desire to comment on a public hearing item may wish to reserve their remarks until that particular public hearing has been opened. All testimony is to be directed solely to the council. Although open meeting laws do not permit council members to engage in dialogue with any speaker during the public comment period, please know your comments and questions may be taken into consideration by council members when discussing the particular agenda item. The presiding officer may briefly respond or have staff respond to statements or questions or may request that the staff report back to the council at a subsequent meeting. Speakers are requested to comment as briefly as the subject permits. Once comments are invited, the speaker will be called on by name, then recognized by the presiding officer. The speaker will state the item number that will be addressed or that the subject is a non-agendized matter. Audience members may not disrupt, disturb, or otherwise impede the orderly conduct of this meeting. And those who do are subject to removal from the meeting pursuant to Penal Code 403. Your understanding and cooperation are appreciated. Our first speaker this evening is Daniel Fernandez on a non-agendized item.

Hello.

I'm Daniel Fernandez and I'm here to talk about, as you guys know, the death of my daughter on March 9th. I'm still trying, I'm still looking for answers, looking for answers and accountability. And I talked to, like, how would I say? There's proof people bought alcohol for her. She's a minor. There's proof stating that alcohol was bought for her. The driver of the vehicle that she allegedly I don't know if she exited the vehicle or jumped out, but the driver admits to the police when they showed up that she feels loopy. She's taking medication, and she feels loopy. And all the other occupants of the vehicle stated that they were all drinking. Why wasn't, like, no breathalyzer and the driver was a minor? Like, to me, that's a red flag. Like, what happened? Drinking? You feel loopy? Just take a breathalyzer. Let's see what's going on. And none of that happened. Nobody was held accountable. My daughter was under the age of 21. There was a 22-year-old that bought the alcohol for her. There's codes of business and professions, 2565A, stating that purchasing alcohol, beverages, or furnishing or giving any alcoholic beverages to a person under the age of 21 and the person under 21 years of age thereafter consumes the alcohol is guilty of a misdemeanor or, I'm sorry, consumes alcohol, thereby approximately causes great bodily harm, harm or injury or death to themselves. Or any other person is guilty of a misdemeanor. Well, he's not getting like, you guys said that he's not even getting charged with anything. So pretty much, Giving alcohol to minor is not your guys' priority, right? Whether it caused the death or not. Because to me, my daughter's life was worth something. And for the adult in the car, why was, like, I don't understand. There's an adult in the car, my daughter was, was drinking. They were all drinking, but she was loaded. And I don't know, she ended up dead that night. I don't know what happened. She ended up dead and no one got a ticket. No one got a ticket.

Your time is up.

So that's what I'm trying to find out. And I'll be back next town hall meeting until I get answers. Thank you.

Thank you, sir. Madam Mayor, there are no additional public comments tonight.

Thank you very much. OUR FIRST BUSINESS OF ORDER, OH, I'M SORRY, PUBLIC HEARING, OUR FIRST BUSINESS OF ORDER IS ITEM ONE, APPROVAL OF THE DRAFT FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL PERFORMANCE EVALUATION REPORT, CAPER, FOR THE SUBMISSION TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT. MR. MENZER, WOULD YOU KINDLY INTRODUCE THIS ITEM?

NEW SPEAKER MENZER, THANK YOU, MADAM MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL. This item is a procedural item as it relates to our role and responsibility in administering monies that are entitled to us through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and This council is familiar with the process. We're on an annual basis. We are provided an estimated amount of what's available to us for the upcoming fiscal year. The council actually establishes a subcommittee. OF THIS BODY TO ACTUALLY REVIEW APPLICATIONS AND THEN ULTIMATELY BRINGS BACK RECOMMENDATIONS TO THIS COUNCIL WHERE THE COUNCIL THEN MAKES A FINAL RECOMMENDATION I'M SORRY FINAL APPROVAL AS TO HOW THE ENTITLED MONIES THROUGH CDBG WHICH IS THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM ALONG WITH THE HOME FUNDS THAT ARE EARMARKED FOR THE CITY AS WELL. AND EFFECTIVELY ONCE THAT DECISION IS MADE, THE COUNCIL ESTABLISHES BUDGET FOR THOSE AMOUNT, AND THAT ACTUALLY GOES INTO WHAT'S CALLED AN ANNUAL ACTION PLAN. With that, the annual action plan is what we administer through the actual fiscal year. This item before you is actually dealing with the CAPER, which is the Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation. And so this is kind of the bookend to the action plan process to where now the fiscal year has ended, and it actually is more or less a reconciliation as to of those amounts awarded for those entities. what was actually spent. And so this CAPER does that and serves as the final bookend to the fiscal year allocations of the 25-26 fiscal year. And so with that, the item has been authored by your deputy city manager, Mr. Tony Camargo. He and staff are available for any additional questions or comments you might have.

Thank you, sir. Madam Clerk, would you please read the recommendation?

That the Honourable City Council open and conduct a public hearing to receive citizen, public, and agency comments regarding the fiscal year 2025-2026 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report close the public hearing, and adopt and approve resolution number 26-084, approving the Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report for fiscal year 2025-2026, approving submission to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, and hereby authorizing the city manager to sign all implementing documents required by HUD.

Thank you, ma'am. At this time, we'll do technical questions from council members. Councilwoman Godin?

I have none. Thank you.

Councilwoman Mora? I have none, thank you. Councilwoman Irving?

I don't have questions, thank you.

Mayor Patem-Hareman?

I have none.

And I have none. I will open the public hearing. Madam Clerk, are there any requests to speak?

No, Madam Mayor.

Thank you. At this time now, I will close the public hearing. And I'll invite a motion for this item. Move to adopt staff's recommendations. Second. I have a first by Councilwoman Irving, a second by Councilwoman Goddard. Councilman Irving comments on the pending motion.

No comments other than thank staff for all their hard work, thank you.

Councilman Godin. Same, well done. Councilwoman Mora.

Same, thank you, staff. I know it takes a lot of staff hours, but it's really good to see how our community is really giving back. And so I appreciate all your hard work, thank you.

Mayor Pro Tem Harriman.

I have none.

I also would like to thank staff for my years of working with CDBG grant. It's ran very, very well. We pass our audits every year. We've never had an issue, so thank you. The more we pass, the better we are, the more we get. So thank you very much for everything you do. Madam Clerk, will you take the vote, please?

Councilmember Goddard?

Yes.

Councilmember Irving?

Yes.

Councilmember Mora?

Yes.

Mayor Patem Harriman?

Yes.

Mayor Becerra?

Yes.

Motion passes unanimously.

We've now taken action to approve point three of staff's recommendation as presented on the agenda. We'll now move on to the consent calendar items two through 13. I'll invite a motion for this item.

Move to adopt the consent calendar items two through 13.

Second. First by Councilwoman Irving and second by Councilman Goddard. Madam Clerk, will you please take the vote?

Councilmember Goddard? Yes. Councilmember Irving? Yes. Councilmember Mora?

Yes.

Mayor Patem Harriman?

Yes.

Mayor Becerra?

Yes.

Motion passes unanimously.

Thank you. We've now taken action on items 3 through 14 in accordance with the recommendation as set forth on the agenda.

Sorry, Madam Mayor, that's 2 through 13.

OK, 2 through 13. Thank you. We'll move on to written communication. Item 14, Mojave Drive Improvement Project Phase 3, grant accepted, funding agreement, budget amendment, and related authorizations. Mr. Metzler, would you kindly introduce this item?

Thank you, Madam Mayor and members of the council. This item involves the acceptance of grant funds for a phase, phase three of Mojave Drive or the Mojave Drive Improvement Project. And as you know, the Mojave Drive is an east-west road traversing the north part of the city. CONNECTING ULTIMATELY INTERSTATE 15 WITH HIGHWAY 395 AND IT'S BEEN IDENTIFIED AS ONE OF YOUR ROADWAYS REALLY REQUIRING SOME PRIORITY ATTENTION IN TERMS OF FUNDING TO ULTIMATELY rehabilitate and or reconstruct as necessary throughout that stretch. And so being that it's a long stretch of road, we've actually broken that stretch into three phases. Phase one should be moving forward fairly soon in terms of construction in that phase. would be a stretch of Mojave from Village Drive to Amargosa, and that would be considered Phase 1. Phase 2 would be Amargosa westerly to 395, and then Phase 3 would be stretches within those two phases along with an extension towards, easterly towards 7th Street, and that would be the larger part of Phase 3. which is the subject of this item. And so as we're progressing towards the process of design and environmental, we've been able to secure the grant through SBCTA. And so with that, this item, it does involve a funding agreement along with an amendment to your CIP to basically accept the funds, which will be used for those components, the design and the environmental plans and specs. And so with that, this item will ultimately require a small match, which will be funded from your DIF funds. This is just a smaller piece to the larger project. There's larger funds necessary that likely will come from Measure I and DIF, Road DIF as well. And so with that, this item has been authored by, in this case, your assistant city engineer, Mr. Harry Mayo. He's available for any questions or comments you might have.

Thank you, sir.

Madam Clerk, would you please read the recommendation? That the Honorable City Council approve the addition of the Mojave Drive Improvement Project Phase 3 to the City's Capital Improvement Program, accept surface transportation block grant funding for the Mojave Drive Improvement Project, ACCEPT AND APPROVE THE PROJECT FUNDING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF VICTORVILLE AND THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY FOR MEASURE I MAJOR LOCAL HIGHWAY PROGRAM FUNDING FOR THE MOJAVI DRIVE IMPROVEMENT PROJECT. ADOPT RESOLUTION 26-075 TO AMEND THE FISCAL YEAR 2026-2027 BUDGET TO REFLECT AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES FROM THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY VICTOR VALLEY SUB AREA MAJOR LOCAL HIGHWAY PROJECT PROGRAM to fund 270 and fund 265 and an additional expenditure from fund 352 road diff authorize the city mayor to execute the project funding agreement and authorize the city engineer to execute the project and submit reimbursement claims for the work completed thank you ma'am at this time we'll do technical questions from council members councilwoman irving i don't have any questions thank you

Councilman Godin? No questions. Councilwoman Mora? No questions.

Thank you.

Mayor Patem-Harriman?

I have none.

And I have none. I'll invite a motion for this item. Move to adopt staff recommendation as to points one through six as presented in the agenda. Second.

A lot of people second. A lot of people second. I have a first by Councilman Godin, a second by Councilman Irving. Councilman Godin, comments on the pending motion?

Just good job, staff, getting another grant for us. It's always good to have that, especially in this project. I'm excited to see it come to fruition. Thank you.

Councilwoman Irving. Again, I want to say thank you for the hard work. And whoever authored this report, you did a great job. Thank you. Councilwoman Mora.

Same. Thank you very much, staff. It's really good to see us getting our road funds to fix some of our major roadways. So thank you.

Mayor Tim Harriman.

I have none.

BUT MY COMMENTS ARE, MR. MAYLE, THEY KEEP READING MY NOTES. SO I HAD IT WRITTEN DOWN FIRST. THANK YOU VERY MUCH TO YOU AND STAFF. WELL, I UNDERSTAND IT, BUT WELL WRITTEN AND EVERYTHING, SO THANK YOU, SIR. MADAM CLERK, WILL YOU TAKE THE VOTE?

NEW SPEAKER COUNCILMEMBER GOH-DAM? NEW SPEAKER YES. NEW SPEAKER COUNCILMEMBER IRVING?

NEW SPEAKER YES.

NEW SPEAKER COUNCILMEMBER MORA? NEW SPEAKER YES. NEW SPEAKER MAYOR PRATEM HARAMAN?

NEW SPEAKER YES. NEW SPEAKER MAYOR Becerra? NEW SPEAKER YES.

NEW SPEAKER MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

NEW SPEAKER NOW TAKING ACTION TO APPROVE STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION AS PRESENTED ON THE AGENDA. Move on to item 15, capital project needs analysis reports for the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority. Mr. Mentzer, would you kindly introduce this item?

Thank you, Madam Mayor and members of the council. This item is somewhat related to item 14, but also involves incorporating another project that's been identified on your priority list, Bear Valley Road, the segment that's westerly of 395. But with that, this item more so is focused on the process that San Bernardino County Transportation Authority goes through basically to reserve funds for the priority projects that are submitted to it from the respective cities. And so with that, this item involves our submission of two projects, particularly the Mojave Drive project that we just approved I'm sorry it's the Mojave Drive project from 7th Street to Amargo so yeah I'm sorry phase no that's phase one to make sure that the funds are there for phase one but then also includes funds for Bear Valley Road from 395 to Monta Vista and so just as we cash flow the funds here at the city this is I think the best way to compare what they do. They basically program these into a cash flow over five years to make sure that the funds are reserved and available to satisfy the project needs of, in this case, the city's needs to be funded from the major local highway program. And so with that, this item also has been authored by your assistant city engineer, Mr. Harry Mayo, and he's available for any questions or comments you might have.

Thank you, sir. Madam Clerk, would you please read the recommendation?

That the Honorable City Council approve the submission of the Capital Project Needs Analysis Reports to the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority for fiscal years 2027-2028 through 2031-2032. Thank you.

At this time, we'll do technical questions from council members. Mayor Patel-Harriman?

I have none.

Councilwoman Mora? I have none. Councilwoman Irving?

No questions. Thank you.

Councilman Godin.

I have none.

And I have none. I'll invite a motion for this item. Motion to approve staff's recommendation as presented on the agenda. Second. First by Mayor Becerra. Second by Councilman Irving. I have no comments besides well put together. Thank you very much. Councilman Irving.

No comments. Thank you.

Councilman Godin. I have none. Councilman Mora. I have none. Thank you. And Mayor Pro Tem Harriman. I have none. Madam Clerk, will you take the vote?

Council Member Goddard. Yes. Council Member Irving. Yes. Council Member Mora. Yes. Mayor Pro Tem Harriman.

Yes.

Mayor Becerra.

Yes.

Motion passes unanimously.

We've now taken action to approve staff's recommendation as presented on the agenda. Item 16, Federal Aviation Administration Grants 36 and 37. Mr. Metzler, would you kindly introduce this item?

Thank you, Madam Mayor, members of the Council. This item is brought to you really in your role or serving in your capacity as the Southern California Logistics Airport Authority Board of Directors. And so with that, as you're familiar, we're charged with the reuse of the former George Air Force Base, now SCLA. And with that responsibility comes, among other things, the operation and maintenance of uh the public airport that is scla and so with that we very routinely and regularly depend on grant fundings to fund a number of capital improvements out there and you're most familiar with the FAA AIP program, which has funded a lot of your runway reconstruction activities. In this particular case, other funding through FAA has been made available to us to help with the replacement of an airport lighting system, commonly referred to as the PAPIs, along with the acquisition of a much-needed aircraft rescue and firefighting truck. And so with that, this item is generally involving $824,600 of grant fundings, does require a 5% match, which would actually be funded from airport operating funds. And so with that, this item has been authored by your airport director, Mr. James Morawski, and he's available for any questions or comments you might have.

Thank you, sir. Madam Clerk, would you read the recommendation? At the Southern California Logistics Airport Authority Board of Directors, RATIFY THE ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT AGREEMENT NUMBER 3-06-0359-036-2026 GRANT 36 BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ACTING THROUGH THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION FAA AND THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA LEGISTICS AIRPORT AUTHORITY AS CLAA AND THE AMOUNT OF $254,600 IN SUPPORT OF THE AIRPORT LIGHTING SYSTEM IMPROVEMENTS and ratify the acceptance of grant agreement number 3-06-0359-037-2026 grant 37 between the United States of America acting through the FAA and the SCLA in the amount of $570,000 in support of the aircraft rescue and firefighting ARF rapid response vehicle and adopt resolution number SCLA-26-006 increasing budgeted grant revenues by $824,600 and increasing budgeted grant expenditures by $824,600 and increasing budgeted grant match expenditures by $41,230. Thank you very much.

At this time, we'll do technical questions from council members. Councilman Godin? I have no questions. Thank you. Councilman Irving?

I don't have questions. Thank you.

Councilman Mora? I have none. Thank you. Mayor Tim Harriman?

Yeah, did you say the match would come from the airport authority, not the city general fund? That's correct. Okay, thank you.

I'll invite a motion for this item. Move to adopt staff recommendation as to points one through three as presented on the agenda. Second.

The first by Councilman Goddard and second by Councilman Irving. Councilman Goddard comments on the pending motion.

I just think this is great, so I'm excited to see this and see the new ARF out there. It'll be great. Councilman Irving.

Thank you madam mayor. Yes to the airport director and your team. Thank you for your hard work.

Appreciate you Councilman Mara Same sir. Thank you very much for all the staff. I've heard that really excited to see this I have none And again, they're reading my notes.

Mr. Browns get you in staff. Thank you very much. We keep moving forward to keep getting grants We're doing something right. Thank you, sir. Madam clerk. Will you take the vote, please? I

Council member Godin.

Yes.

Council member Irving. Yes. Council member Mora.

Yes.

Mayor Pretem Harriman.

Yes.

Mayor Becerra.

Yes.

Motion passes unanimously.

We've now taken action to approve staff's recommendation as presented on the agenda. Item 17, Homeland Security Grant Program Award Automatic License Plate Reader Camera Purchase. Mr. Metzler, would you kindly introduce this item?

Thank you, Madam Mayor and members of the council, as you're well aware. We, as a part of our goal in trying to expand our proactive policing throughout the community, have looked at a number of different technologies, and we've in fact deployed three different technologies really to help us achieve that goal of being more proactive. The first of the programs that we launched was the ALPR program, which is the Automatic And to this date, we've built out a network throughout the city of 123 fixed cameras placed at traffic signals, basically monitoring vehicles going through intersections and serving as a tool ultimately to help us solve crimes a lot more quickly, which we've been reporting to this council regularly. in the form of quarterly reports to show you those statistics, the number of contacts we've been making, and of course, the number of arrests we've been making. And we've also deployed ALPRs as well on city equipment. We have affixed to a street sweeper to actually go through the neighborhood communities, and we use that as a valuable tool. And we've also started mounting them on police cars, and we have currently four And so this particular item actually takes advantage of an award of Homeland Security grant monies and actually appropriates the same amount for the purchase of four additional ALPRs to be affixed to two additional police cars that will run patrol throughout the city. And so with that, this item has been authored by your police captain, Mr. Jerry Davenport. He's available for any questions or comments you might have.

Thank you, sir. Madam Clerk, would you please read the recommendation? That the Honorable City Council adopt resolution number 26-082, accepting grant funds for the 2024 Homeland Security Grant Program. Adopt resolution number 26-083, amending the annual budget for fiscal year 2026-2027 to reflect an additional appropriation in the amount of $41,464. and authorize the purchase of automatic license plate reader cameras from Motorola Solutions in the amount not to exceed $41,463.99. Thank you, ma'am. This time we'll do tactical questions from council members.

Councilwoman Godin? I have no questions. Councilwoman Mora?

I have none. Thank you. Councilwoman Irving?

I don't have questions. Thank you. Mayor Tim Harriman?

I have none.

i have none i'll invite a motion for this item move to adopt staff recommendation as to points one through three as presented at the agenda second i have a first by councilman godin second by mayor tim harriman councilman godin comments on the pending motion i have no comments mayor tim harriman i have none councilman irving no comments thank you councilman mora uh thank you for getting additional grants so we can purchase some more equipment so thank you staff

Madam clerk, will you take the vote, please?

Council member go down. Yes. Council member Irving. Yes. Council member Maura.

Yes.

Mayor Pretem Harriman.

Yes.

Mayor Becerra.

Yes.

Motion passes unanimously.

We don't take an action to approve staff's recommendation as presented on the agenda. Item 18, standard lease agreement for building 652 and yard space by and between the Southern California Logistics Airport Authority and Andoni Enterprises. And how am I saying it, Madam Clerk?

Is it Adonai?

Adonai? Adonai?

Adonai?

OK. Adonai Inc. Mr. Mansour, would you kindly introduce yourself?

Thank you, Madam Mayor and members of the council. This item is brought to you in your role as SCLA Board of Directors. And as you're aware, a big part of what's required to operate and maintain the airfield is the actual lease of facilities out at the airport. And so among those facilities is this building 652, which was previously occupied by a tenant named Ray Joy Machine and Fabrication. And ultimately, that company was sold. The lease that was accompanying their business and the property had actually expired. And so with that, the successor to Ray Joy Machine and Fabrication is Adenai Enterprises. They acquired the business, and this item effectively perfects their lease relationship with the airport authority. where they'll be able to continue to conduct similarly natured work, if not the same type of work previously done by Ray Joy in this facility. And so with that, it is a new lease. It's a five-year term with a five-year option to extend at a price that's slightly greater than the last expired lease on the property. And so with that, because it is revenue generating for the airport, which ultimately will then be used to pay for the airport operations, this item has been, for that reason, this item has been brought forward to you by the author on this item, which is James Morawski, airport director. He's available for any questions or comments you might have.

Thank you very much. Madam Clerk, will you please read the recommendation?

that the Southern California Logistics Airport Authority Board of Directors approve entering into a standard lease agreement for Building 652 and Yard Space by and between the SCLAA and Adonai Enterprises, Inc., and authorize the executive director to execute said agreement and adopt resolution number SCLAA 26-003, amending the 2026-27 budget, increasing revenue and airport account four five zero one one zero six a dash four five two zero zero by eighteen thousand forty dollars and seventy two cents and airport account four five zero zero one two five dash four five two two zero by one thousand one hundred forty three dollars and ninety five cents thank you at this time we'll do technical questions from council member member tim harriman i have none councilman mora

I have none. Thank you. Councilman Godin? I have none. Councilman Irving?

I don't have questions. Thank you.

And I have none.

I'll invite a motion for this item. Move to adopt staff recommendation as to points one through three as presented on the agenda.

Second. I have a first by Councilman Godin, a second by Mayor Patem-Hareman. Councilman Godin, comments on the pending motion? No comments. Thank you. Mayor Patem-Hareman?

I have none.

Councilman Irving?

No comments. Thank you.

Councilman Mora? I have none. Thank you. And I have done. Madam clerk, will you take the vote, please?

Council member go down.

Yes.

Council member Irving. Yes. Council member Maura.

Yes.

Mayor Pretem Harriman.

Yes. Mayor Becerra. Yes.

Motion passes unanimously.

We've now taken action to approve staff's recommendation as presented on the agenda. Item 19, rejection of the only bid received for MS26-086 Northgate Village Rehabilitation Project. Mr. Metzler, would you kindly introduce this item?

Thank you, Madam Mayor and members of the council. This item involves funds that are actually generated through the US Department of Housing and Urban Development. Ultimately, we receive home funds through our consortium partnership with the town of Apple Valley. And among the home funds, there's a certain element of home funds THAT HAVE TO BE SET ASIDE FOR WHAT WE REFER TO AS CHOTO FUNDS, BUT CHOTO STANDS FOR COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS, AND SO THOSE ARE QUALIFIED NONPROFITS SPECIFICALLY QUALIFIED FOR THE ACCEPTANCE AND THE EXPENDITURES OF THOSE FUNDS. AND SO WITH THAT, WE'VE COMMONLY WORKED WITH THE OWNERS OF THE NORTHGATE VILLAGE APARTMENT. THEY'RE A QUALIFIED CHOTO. And that company is National Core. And so with that, we've worked with them in identifying needs that that affordable housing property has, and that's 140 unit affordable apartment complex. And so with that, in this particular case, we identified a scope with them that involve roof repairs, water damage repairs, I'm sorry, water heater, water damage repairs, balcony repairs, and painting. And so effectively, we did help facilitate the bid for that work. Unfortunately, the actual bid amount from the one bidder actually came back higher than the funds that are actually available through the CHOTO program. And so because of that, this item BECAUSE OF THAT AND ALSO RECENTLY LEARNING THAT THERE'S ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS THAT NEED TO BE INCORPORATED, ADDITIONAL FEDERAL REQUIREMENT PROVISIONS FROM THE BUILD AMERICA BY AMERICA ACT IS WHY THIS ITEM IS BEING BROUGHT BACK TO YOU TO FORMALLY REJECT THE BID, WHICH WILL ALLOW STAFF TO GO BACK AND RETOOL THE SCOPE, SIZE IT DOWN A LITTLE BIT SO THAT IT'S WITHIN THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS THAT ARE ACTUALLY AVAILABLE, BUT THAT WILL ALSO GIVE STAFF THE OPPORTUNITY TO Those new build America by America provisions in the in the project and so with that this item has been authored by your deputy city manager Mr.. Tony Margo, and he's available for any questions or comments you might have Thank you, sir madam click.

Would you please read the recommendation?

that the Honorable City Council reject the only bid received for the MS26-086 Northgate Village Rehabilitation Project and authorize staff to reevaluate the scope, incorporating all applicable federal requirements, including the Build America Buy America Act, and re-advertise the project for competitive bidding at the earliest practicable date.

Thank you, ma'am. We'll do technical questions from council members. Councilwoman Mora. I have none, thank you. Councilman Goddard?

No questions, thank you.

Councilman Irving?

I do have a clarifying question. So we're rejecting this bid because we are going to re-scope. Okay, and we're scaling it down?

We're going to have to scale it down to try to get that scope to be more affordable.

Okay, thank you. Mayor Patel-Harriman?

I SHOULD HAVE SAW THIS SOMEWHERE, BUT MY QUESTION IS, DO WE OWN THOSE APARTMENTS?

NEW SPEAKER WE DO NOT. WE DO NOT. BUT WE DO WORK CLOSELY WITH THEM GIVEN THAT THEY'RE A QUALIFIED CHOTO AND GIVEN OUR REQUIREMENT TO NOT ONLY COLLECT THIS MONEY BUT HAVE TO SPEND THE MONEY.

NEW SPEAKER ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. NEW SPEAKER I'LL INVITE A MOTION FOR THIS ITEM.

Move to adopt staff recommendation as to points one and two as presented on the agenda. Second.

The first by Councilman Godin, second by Mayor Patem-Hareman. Councilman Godin, comments on the pending motion? No comments, thank you.

Mayor Patem-Hareman? I wish local contractors would get in the mix, that's all.

Councilman Mora? No comments. Thank you. Councilman Irving? No comments. Thank you. Madam Clerk, will you take the vote, please?

Councilmember Goddard? Yes. Councilmember Irving? Yes. Councilmember Mora? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem Harriman? Yes. Mayor Becerra?

Yes.

Motion passes unanimously.

We've now taken action to approve staff's recommendation as presented on the agenda. Item 20, consideration of the proposed City Council Resolution No. 26-20. Adopting Revisions to the City of Victorville City Council Policy and Procedures Manual. Mr. Metzler, would you kindly introduce this item?

Thank you, Madam Mayor and members of the Council. This item involves a governance document that is your governance document. It's actually one that's been in place since October of 2017, and it's a document that we've worked on together and actually amended many, many times. over the years to reflect a governance document that you're Pleased with and in this particular case just to speak to some of the policy that this Incorporates it's a policy document that certainly identifies for us all the role of the City Council it actually contains provisions that speaks to council meetings and in how council meetings are to function and AND OPERATE, CERTAINLY DEFINES THINGS LIKE THE AGENDA, HOW THE AGENDA WORKS, MEETING RULES OF CONDUCT AND DECORUM, AND A NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS, AND THEN IT CONTINUES ON WITH OTHER ITEMS SUCH AS COUNCILMEMBER COMMUNICATION AND REPRESENTATION, ALONG WITH SPEAKING TO COMMISSIONS, COMMITTEES AND BOARDS, HOW THOSE ARE TO BE CONDUCTED OF THE COUNCIL, ALONG WITH ULTIMATE ENFORCEMENT OF THIS DOCUMENT. I would say I will say that this is a fairly important, valuable document. It's a document that quite honestly, we've had other cities reach out and actually ask for copies of it and actually develop policy and procedures, manuals of of their own, especially in a world where decorum isn't certainly respected the same way you all In other cities we've certainly seen chaos exist at Council meetings were in ours we haven't seen that in a long, long time, and I certainly believe a large part of that is because of the Council subscription to. This policy document which is the policy and procedures manual so earlier this year in June We began the process of working with you. We assembled a team to actually sit down with you And because the policy manual requires that this be reviewed every two years myself and staff along with the city clerk particularly had actually been tracking and sorry the city attorney I must recognize as well and had been tracking issues, comments that you've had over the last two years, and we actually started with that as a baseline, but we also sat down with each of you to actually talk through page by page, section by section, and I certainly must recognize you all for going through that process and indulging us in that process to make sure at the end of the day our goal was to make sure that we had a document that represented all of your Your comments answered all your questions and spoke to all of your concerns. And so with that, having involved you all, this is the final product from those meetings with you. I will say that I don't necessarily think there's anything overly substantive in terms of change to this document. compared to previous, though I will call attention particularly to one item, which is having this policy and procedure manual now extending and applying to committees and commissions of this body. And so that's, for example, your CSAC and your planning commission. And so ultimately we'll be rolling this document out to those bodies and getting those bodies familiar with and even helping them with some training to be able to understand certainly what's expected of those members that are sitting on your behalf on those committees. And so with that, certainly as your manager, it's a valuable tool for me, because as you can see, the council meeting that we've had here tonight has been really smooth. And certainly with everybody's adherence and acceptance to a document like this, I think it certainly makes it much easier for us all to know what to expect in a meeting like this. And quite honestly, we've had meetings like this for a while now. And I think a big part of it is because OF YOUR COMMITMENT TO WHAT IS GOOD GOVERNANCE, AND GOOD GOVERNANCE IN PART IS FOUND CERTAINLY IN THIS POLICY AND PROCEDURE MANUAL THAT YOU HAVE. AND SO WITH THAT, I'M CERTAINLY PLEASED TO HAVE WORKED WITH YOU ALL, THE CITY CLERK, CITY ATTORNEY ON THIS DOCUMENT. WE'RE ALL AVAILABLE FOR ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU, SIR.

MADAM CLIFF, WOULD YOU PLEASE READ THE RECOMMENDATION? that the honorable City Council review and consider the proposed revised City Council policy procedure manual and adopt resolution number 26 dash 079 approving the proposed revised Council policy procedure manual.

Thank you, ma'am. We will do technical questions. Councilmember Councilman Maura.

I have none. Thank you. Councilman Gordian. No questions. Thank you. Councilman Irving.

I don't have questions. Thank you.

Remember Tim Harriman. No questions. And I have done. I'll invite a motion for this item.

Move to adopt staff recommendation as to points one and two as presented on the agenda. Second.

Leave it first by Councilman Goddard. Second by Mayor Tim Harriman. Councilman Goddard, comments on the pending motion?

Just a shout out to staff. Thank you so much for all your hard work on this. Mayor Tim Harriman?

Yeah, I'd like to say thank you to Jennifer. I know that was a lot of work for you.

You're welcome.

I just want to say thank you to staff for really taking notes of throughout our year together and really taking that feedback and putting it in writing. So I appreciate that.

Yes, I'd like to say thank you to Mr. Metzler for his very, those were very thoughtful words that you shared with the council and for all the staff that participated, at least I'm speaking for myself. I want to say thank you for your professionalism and all the time and effort. Thank you. I was going to say more, but that's enough. Thank you.

Again, she is reading my notes.

Those are my comments. I have them written down.

Thank you to staff. Mr. Munster, you and your staff, thank you.

I was going to call you Jennifer. Ms. Thompson, thank you very much to your staff.

You're welcome. Andre, thank you for keeping us out of trouble. Madam Clerk, will you take the vote?

Council member Godin? Yes. Council member Irving? Yes. Council member Mora? Yes. Mayor Pro Tem Harriman?

Yes.

Mayor Becerra?

Yes.

Motion passes unanimously.

We've now taken action to approve staff's recommendation as presented on the agenda. Item 21, city manager reports.

Thank you, Madam Mayor and members of the council. A few items and then one that's hot off the press that just hit me a few minutes ago here. But first, on the economic development side, we do have the open rewards program. It's newly launched, and that's Victorville's new open rewards program, which continues to gain momentum during its first eight weeks. we've had 249 users sign up for the program generating approximately 198 000 in local economic activity that's actual sales with more than 3 300 in rewards distributed so our role has been to fund the program with an amount that provides for the awards to really encourage uh local spending and so to be able to just make that direct comparison to cost $3,300 and see almost $200,000 in sales as a byproduct of that, I'd certainly call that a positive testament. So that program is up and running and working, certainly encourage everybody in Victorville to sign on to that. On the engineering side, Ridgecrest Road traffic signal, The city held its design kickoff meeting on September 9th for the new signal proposed at Ridgecrest Road and Bluffcrest Street, also Vista Point Drive. It's a three-legged intersection. Is it three-legged or four? Four-legged. No, I'm sorry. It's a four-way intersection, but it's got one segment that's offset, so it makes it kind of look similar to what you experience on Nisqually and First. Something like that is probably the best comparison of what we're dealing with over there. So project plans and specifications are anticipated to be ready for advertisement in the spring of 2027. On the public information side, the 30th anniversary Veterans Day celebration. We'll be celebrating the 30th anniversary on November 11th in Old Town Victorville. We're currently accepting parade entries and nominations recognizing local veterans during the ceremony. Residents interested in honoring a veteran or participating in the parade are encouraged to visit our website and submit the information by October 12th. We look forward to once again bringing our community together to recognize and honor those who have served our community. And then the hot off the press item is coming from the Homelessness Solutions side of the house. Today, the Wellness Center reached an important milestone with its 300th client, successfully transitioning from the center into permanent housing, the client, A veteran experiencing homelessness became a client of the Wellness Center earlier this year and through coordination between the city us vets and Simba. The client successfully transitioned into permanent supportive housing today, and so that marks our 3300th individual who has moved from homelessness towards long term housing stability. THROUGH OUR WELLNESS CENTER PROGRAM. SO PRETTY BIG DEAL THERE. MAJOR SUCCESS AND KUDOS TO THE STAFF THAT ARE INVOLVED AND CERTAINLY GOT TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK YOU AS THE COUNCIL FOR YOUR SUPPORT. WITH THAT, MADAM MAYOR, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME.

NEW SPEAKER THANK YOU, SIR. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO ITEM 22, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING UPCOMING AGENDA ITEMS. COUNCILMAN MORA? NEW SPEAKER I HAVE NONE, THANK YOU. NEW SPEAKER COUNCILMAN GODDAN? NEW SPEAKER I HAVE NONE, THANK YOU. Nothing, thank you. Mayor Patem-Hareman? I have none. And I have none. Item 23, report some council members. Where do we start? Councilwoman Irving.

I don't have anything to report. Thank you.

Councilman Godin. Thank you, Madam Mayor. I want to give a shout out to Mrs. Jones and all her staff and all of the Victorville employees that were out there for the Route 66 100th anniversary block party. What an incredible event. Great turnout, well put on, well done, especially those trophies. Those were something to be admired. So great job to you, Mrs. Jones and your team. Thank you, staff.

Councilman Moore.

I, too, wanted to say thank you to staff. The car show was amazing. So many participants and we know it took a lot of staff hours. And so thank you for being out there on a hot Saturday. But it was really amazing. And we also had a deputy retire from our station, Mr. Mark Lewis. So I want to thank him for his service here with the city of Victorville and the Sheriff's Department for 24 years. So thank you to all of our public safety law enforcement officers and firefighters for your service every day, gentlemen and ladies.

Member Tim Harriman.

Yeah, I would also like to thank staff and Sue for a great event. I got a lot of feedback from all over the high desert. And I am a little in touch with the car community as I am a car person myself. And everybody loved those trophies. In fact, I wouldn't doubt if they start selling them on the black market. But But the event was great. I don't know how many cars there were, but there had to be more than 100.

168.

Wow. But, you know, this is a great, I don't want to call it a beginning of Old Town because, of course, it's been happening a long time. But I think the event gave some people some sight ahead instead of all the negativity. I get so sick and tired. everyone being negative they don't understand we're trying to get things going and I'm looking forward to a farmers market after that so I thought the event was great and I also want to thank Keith and next time can I please be a judge thank you Mr. Metzler I would like to call a foul on the play to your staff

they put on today was the employee health and wellness fair, you could call it. Thank you. I've been to a couple of them here, very well put together, very well information for the employees, helping them through a time that you were calling us saying you haven't filled out your form yet and some of us didn't get it, but thank you very much to both you and your staff Heather, Ms. Bostic, yeah, if I want to play, throw your hat if you have nothing else. But thank you very much. Also, Route 66, Sue, you brought back a time that when I grew up downtown, I grew up on E Street. That's the way it used to be down there. That was camaraderie. That was everything down there. Yeah, things have changed some. but we're bringing it back. And like my council has said, maybe not, you know, full-fledged and let's go next week, have another one, but we're looking at different ways now to bring things back down there. Uh, yeah, the trophies, they were on point and, um, I'm sure they're going to pop up somewhere else and those are going to be like, that was our idea, but thank you very much, Mr. Metzger, all your divisions. And I'll, I try to say a mom, but I usually forget one. And then the employees come and say, what about us? What about us? To you and your staff and every single division that's in the city, whether it be in City Hall, whether it be out in the field, thank you. Today, you've seen, I've seen, when you took me on my trip of the golf course, the employees take stock in what we give them on a day-to-day basis. They're not being told exactly how to do it. They're thinking out of the box. They're thinking what we can do. They're thinking which way we can go. That's in all the divisions. That's why Route 66 was such a great success. That's why your health fair was such a great success. because of the employees we have here now. I don't know them all anymore, which is sad on my part, but thank you. Thank you for our new hiring practices, what we do and how we get our employees to where we need to be, especially to you, Jennifer, you and your staff that keeps this council sitting well and everything. Thank you. Andre, again, thank you for keeping me out of trouble. So if none of my council members have anything else, Good, good to go. The time is 6.55, and this meeting is adjourned.