City Council - Regular Meeting

Call the meeting to order. At this time, the city council, city of Rialto, the acting successor agency to the redevelopment agency, the Rialto utilities authority, and the Rialto Housing Authority will come to order. So, at this time, I'll ask the clerk to call the role. Mayor Bach present. Mayor Prom Scott, present. Council member Andy Carellis, present. Council member Carer Perez, present. Council member Edwin Montoya, present. City Treasurer Ed Korea, present. City attorney Eric Bell, present. City Manager Tanya Williams,

present. Okay, at this time, we'll all stand up for the pledge of allegiance. It will be led by council member Andy Garacetes. Join me in the pledge to our flag. I aliance 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. You can remain standing. At this time, we'll have uh Pastor Harry Prattton from the Greater Faith uh Grace Bible give us the invocation.

Let us pray. Father, we thank you first of all for this year brand new 2026 year. I pray tonight, Father, over the city council going forth this year. Lord grant them a cooperative spirit of unity of the same mind, the same heart and the same vision. I pray God you give them wisdom to deal with the unseen things that may pop up in this year coming up they may have planned for, prepared for. Guide them through those difficult times, Father. And Lord, I just pray God every single day they provide meaningful things and programs and projects enhance the growth of this community finance as well as a populationwise. And father as they face uh challenges grant them opportunity to work through these process and to uh trust that things will work out for the better of the city. And father when they come against difficult times get them creative ways to address these issues this city that will enhance the city's population and its financial growth. And I just pray also there's every day there's there's evidence that the city council works hard and diligent provide the best thing for the city possible. And thank you, Father, for this time tonight. May the council be blessed. I pray this in Jesus name. Amen.

And amen. Thank you. You may be seated. This time, we'll call on the city attorney to report uh close session. Thank you, mayor. We had no close session today.

Thank you very much. Uh with that, then we'll move on to uh presentations and proclamations. I'm going to ask uh Carla Perez to assist me in giving out the presentations of certificates uh that I'll make an announcement at the table. Thank you. Thank you very much. Uh we have some uh presentation certificates uh for two of the organizations or many individuals that were involved during the disaster that we had with the fire that uh left a lot of the individuals at Vista View Apartments uh homeless. and the city of Rialto uh participated in coming up with the relief fund and then many of the individuals in the community came forward and helped out in helping many of the displaced individuals. Uh two organizations really stepped up and really helped out and that was the Elks Lodge and the Masons and so there was a lot of other volunteers that came from without the community. So, at this time, we'd like to make a presentation. Uh, if uh if Ed Morton is here. If not, is Rul Morales? Yes. Can you come up there? Ru Morales is a member of the uh Fontana Rialto Elks Lodge. And all of the certificates say the same thing, so we don't have to read the whole names. Uh it basically says in recognition of your outstanding coordinated effort and collaborating support to provide the

victims of the Vista View apartment fire, your your unselfish dedication, generosity, and commitment during a time of great needs brought comfort, hope, strength to our community. Your efforts made a meaningful difference in the lives of those impacted and the services will always be remembered with gratitude. The city of Rialto commends you and this is in behalf of all members of the city council and I'll mention their names because it had to have the approval all of them. I'll start with the mayor prom Scott then uh Andy Caraceres you have Carla Perez here you have Andy Caraceres and Edward Mononttoya. So these are the council members. So thank you very much uh in recognizing these individuals. So at this time and we also have the names of many others and I believe that there's someone from the supervisor's office that's here to also make presentation uh to the organizations. Uh we have we are not going to call the names of all of the individuals but we're going to give the certificate so this way we can get on with the rest of the meeting. But there's quite a few individuals that are on here. uh instead of going through all the names, I I'll uh give it to Raul uh Morales and he can say a few words and then distribute these to the individuals if that's okay with you. Uh

yes.

Uh thank you very much um Mayor Baka for this this presentation. I um when when uh Mayor Baka reached out to me uh that needed uh needed a place to hold uh this presentation for the for the fire victims. I I I didn't hesitate it. I immediately just opened the doors for for him to have uh whatever he needed. Uh but [clears throat] it was our pleasure. the Elks the Elks Club uh Elks the Fontana Rialto Elks Lodge. We we uh it was our pleasure to go ahead and um have that event present for the homeless for for the fire victims. I'm sorry. And uh and I want to thank you very much uh in behalf of the Elks Elks Lodge and their members. I want to thank you very much for this for this recognition. Thank you very much. [applause] Okay. Um, is anyone here representing the Masons? Okay. Would you mind coming up or rock paper scissors? Okay. Okay. So, we'd like to present the certificate uh of recognition to Phoenix Rising and Masonic Lodge in recognition of your outstanding coordinated efforts and collaborative support provided to the victims of the Vista View Apartment Fire. Your selfless dedication, generosity, and commitment during a time of great need brought comfort, hope, and strength to our community. Your efforts made a meaningful difference in the

lives of those impacted, and your service will always be remembered with gratitude. And again, this is on behalf of Mayor Jobaka, Mayor Promed Scott, Andy Garasales, Edward Mononttoya, and myself. We don't present these to you. Just want to thank uh thank the council, [clears throat] thank the uh mayor. Thank you very much. Um you know, you [clears throat] put out the call and uh it's it's the least we could do to help the community. It's uh very proud that uh our city stepped up to help the victims. So, it's Thank you very much for that.

Thank you. [applause] You can stay up here and Raul Morales can still come back up because we do have presentations from the county supervisor too as well. On behalf of Supervisor Joe Baka Jr., um I would like to echo um the thanks from the city of Rialto. It's a pleasure to join them joining them in recognizing you for your honorable efforts and resilience during the time of difficulty. And thank you for all that you do for our community and strengthening the city of Rialto.

[applause]

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Uh now before we move on to oral communication, I just want to welcome you all to the new year and hopefully it will be a very successful year in moving the uh with all of you coming and giving your input in terms of your interest in the city of Rialto and the actions that are be taken this year and then hopefully we can continue to move the city of Rialto forward and making sure that we provide all of the service that are necessary. Again, happy new year to all of you and look forward to working with each and every one of you. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Yes.

If I could uh ask that we uh um close tonight's meeting in memory of ret former retired Rialto Police Corporal Ronnie Russo, who passed away this last Friday. Most of us in the city knew Ronnie as a motor officer. Um I also knew him as one of the kindest people I've ever known in my life. He was just a great person. He was born in Newark, New Jersey, raised in Dwarte, California. Immediately after high school, he joined the United States Navy, where he served two deployments before he was honorably discharged in 1981. He was hired by the Rialto Police Department March 1995, graduate graduate of SBCSD Police Academy, and served as the class president. Assignments included traffic DUI car commercial enforcement officer and member of the major accident investigation team also known as MATE. He was a motor officer. Promoted to corporal May 1st, 2016. Honorably retired on October 6, 2023. participated in several city events, projects to include red ribbon ribbon week, national night out, Halloween hy jinks, right to live, rialto unified school district events, numerous DUI checkpoints, every 15minute program, recognition from MAD for his DUI efforts, countless accommodations during his employment with Rialto Police Department. Again, I ask that we close tonight's meeting in memory of retired Corporal Ronnie Russo, a good friend and one of the finest police

officers this city has ever known. Without any objection, we'll adjourn in memory of Ronnie Russo. Thank you very much, Mayor Prommit Scott.

With that, uh, we'll move on to oral communications. Is there any oral communications? If you can step to the podium, I'll I'll take those. Hi, good evening mayor and council members. I have few things to be said. I I wrote that we typed the letter to to be given to individual

[snorts] So, you're supposed to be speaking. You ready? Yeah,

we are so happy all the residents when the city approved for Chick-fil-A and all the storage to be built between Chalish restaurant and Lush Avenue and we very happy we came to know recently that this project has been cancelled. I don't know what is the reason on the contrary they build up a trench. I said why is the reason they build up a trench or to collect water side water from this from roadside doesn't make sense at all. So we the resident don't want any trench over to be buil in that area. Honestly we want that they can build up a sidewalk so residents can go to the restaurant here.

Is that it? Yeah that's all. Yeah. Well thank you very much. Uh, thank you very much for your comments. We've all read the letter. We'll uh present it to our city manager and they'll look at it and then if you want an explanation, they'll explain to you why uh Chick-fil-A uh did not come in into the area, right? Yeah. We want to know. Yeah. Mhm. And we'll let you know. Uh I appreciate Yeah. Very much. Yeah. Okay. Thank you. Thank you.

Any other oral communications? Yes, we have uh tornadoes uh Anna Gonzalez. All right. Good evening, mayor, council, uh staff, and community here and watching at home. Anna Gonzalez, Rialto resident. I'm also here on behalf of the Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice who supported the fire victims from the Vista View Fire. Uh just wanted to follow up on a couple of items. I know at the last meeting it was mentioned that the city was going to work with the residents and the property management to um hold some sort of meeting to address some of the concerns that were still lingering in providing a safe and healthy place for them to you know start their new lives in. And so uh quick updates there's still three families at the heirs hotel that are still waiting on housing. Um, and the reasoning is because some of the apartments, like I mentioned before, are not, uh, up to par or they're not safe for them to live in. And so, uh, I think that meeting is crucial now that, you know, I understand that we went through the holiday break, but there's still people that, you know, cannot live forever in a hotel. So, we want to get that sort of solved um, in a quick matter. And so, uh, I'm just here asking to see when that meeting is going to be held, uh, between the property management and the community, uh, that's been suffering for over over two months now. And so, um, I'm also here to follow up on some of the monies. And this is a message from the community regarding the GoFundMe account. Uh, I know some of the families have been requesting some information regarding what's going to happen with those funds and I believe

they have not received any information or response regarding those funds. So, I'm just here sharing and relaying that information from the community. Other than that, again, want to thank uh fire department and law enforcement for uh supporting those families in time of need and but there's still a lot of lingering issues and I would like to also uh uplift code enforcement and see what they're doing about, you know, ensuring that apartments that are being rented in our community are safe and healthy for our community. So, thank you so much for your time.

Oh, thank you very much for your comments. I'm sure that there'll be a follow-up meeting to uh discuss, you know, the three families that are still not placed and then uh to let you know what the status is. So, someone from uh the city will get a hold of either you or someone from there as well. Thank you. Any other oral communications? No, the rest that we have is for um items that is on the agenda.

Okay. Uh, next we have uh, city council to consider removing or continuing any item on the agenda on the consent agenda. Is there any items that members of the council wish to pull? If not, do I hear a motion to approve the consent items? But before you do that, uh, you did receive a letter that was for F3 and I think everyone got it in their package. I don't F3 letter. It's right though. Where in the consent calendar? Never mind. I'll find it later. Yeah, that one right there. So, just with the for the record. Okay.

Thank you. There's an addendum in terms of the letter. Uh, is there a motion to approve the consent item with the amendment of the letter? Move approval. Move approval by Mayor Promcott. Seconded by uh council member Edward Mononttoya. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposition? Hearing none. And set item is approved. We'll move on to tab one.

Good evening, mayor and council. We'll be uh doing the quick introduction for tab one for the public hearing and then turning it over to our water rates consultant. Good evening, Mayor, mayor [clears throat] prom and members of the council. Tab one this evening is a request for city council and Rialto utility authority to conduct a public hearing as required under proposition 218. Staff recommends adoptions of resolution number 8446 and RUA resolution number 26-01 approving the proposed adjustment for water and wastewater services as supported by the water resource economics rate study dated October 2025. Presenting this item will be Mr. Sanjay Gore from water resource economics who will walk through the study findings, financial projections and proposed rate adjustments. Staff and consultants are here after the presentation to answer questions from the public and the council and receive direction from you this evening. Sanji,

honorary mayor, city council, public staff, it's my pleasure to be here to talk about this important subject about the water and wastewater rates. Um, I'll be going through our presentation here. Um, we do have a lengthy presentation. We want to make sure everyone in the public understands the importance of the study, the thoroughess that we've done through um in engaging um you and the staff and the public about what we've done. So the first is the study rate study overview talking about how we do a rate study. Go over the schedule is the milestones in the study that we've been through the background of why we got here and then go into the financial assumptions. Then the proposed financial plan for water, the proposed rates and impacts. what does this mean to our customers? Um and then the same thing with wastewater the financial plan and then the wastewater rates and impacts and next steps. [snorts] So whenever we conduct a rate study there are a couple of steps that we take into place. First it's important to understand that what we're talking about we're talking about water and wastewater service and water and wastewater service is a very capital intensive product. Most of us don't really think about it but there's all this asset there's all this infrastructure. there's all these people involved in making sure that that service is avail readily available at our house 247, 7 days a week. So we need to make sure we have the infrastructure in place to make sure that's deliverable. And so when we do a financial plan, we take that into account. We take into account the capital needs, the operational needs of providing those two critical services. Based on the financial plan, we determine how much revenue we need on an annual basis to fund those critical services. We also take into account whether we want to issue debt or not. Once we know what we call the revenue adjustments or the percent increase, then we look at your current rates and we do a percent increase across those rates. That will help us guarantee us to generate the revenue that's needed to

fund these projects. Once we've done the rate design step, the next step is the rate ad doc um do adoption. We've developed a detailed report that city council received that explains all the logic and rationality behind the rate study. Um and then we go through the prop 218 notice where customers were informed about the rate hearing. They had the opportunity to protest. Um and then today we're at the public hearing. So, as I mentioned, we've discussed this for quite a bit um with staff and with um the water committee and city council. The first major milestone was September 18th where we went over different scenarios on the water and wastewater rates and we received direction from the water subcommittee. The second major milestone was on October 28th where we developed the report and the city council received the report and authorized the Prop 218 noticing. The notice um which showed the maximum rates that city council could adopt was mailed out on November 6th and then today here we're at the public hearing for city council's consideration for the rates. If city council does adopt these rates, they would be effective March 1st. So let's get back and talk about a little bit how we got here and and what are the challenges that we're facing. The main challenge is inflation. Um we've all experienced that individually um through COVID and through the aftermath of that. Um the city had did a rate increase in 2025 um January 1st at 15% and 6% in sewer. So that's a good thing, but it wasn't a consistent increase. From 2018 to 25 there was no increase. And since 2012 there was only six of 13 six of the 13 years had increase. And since 2018 we've seen 28% increase in inflationary costs. So we haven't been keeping up with all the inflationary costs that have occurred

since 2018 and before that. In addition, we've also seen reduction in sales with water specifically. We've seen reduction in sales by 9%. Now sometimes, you know, when we think about water, we may think, well, if there's a reduction in sales, that means there must be a reduction in cost. That's not necessarily true with water service. As I mentioned, water is a standby service. It's the readiness to provide that service. So, while there is some incremental savings on chemical um electricity costs, the vast majority of the cost is still there. So we have a lot of additional costs that have occurred over the last several um 10 years or so and in addition we have reduction in revenue. In the past and currently in this plan the city has been using rate stabilization funds from the general fund to help offset those increases. We are using rate stabilizations in this study for the first two years whether in CIP and on and I'll go more in detail to help offset that increase but we are the goal is to have these two enterprise self-sufficient so that we don't have to lean on the general fund and the general fund is more available to provide other critical services such as parks and police and fire. Now some of the financial assumptions that we took into account first there's no more lease payment from RUA um for the assets revenues are um constant throughout the time period we're not anticipating significant growth or change in demand and operating cost is a minor increase of 3.2 to increase. So now I want to talk a bit about water. As I mentioned, when we talk about these two critical um services, water and wastewater, it's capital intensive. And working with staff, we've developed a priority CIP, secondary CIP, grant funded CD, and third priority CIP. And then we also have defer with caution. um with the water subcommittee we decided that we're going to fund um

the first the priority secondary grant funded and and third priority CIP defer for cautious will um postpone that because of the increase we're trying to minim it's a balancing act between making sure the service is readily available we have it all the time and at the same time affordability so we're funding $ 32.7 million of CIP and we're unfunding 19.1 that's a defer with caution Now that $32 million, how is that going to be funded? Well, 10 million of it's going to be funded by rates. Um 3.5 by rate stabilization fund. As I mentioned earlier, we we are using rate stabilization to help minimize the cost increase on water and also on the operating. I'll talk about that in a second. We're also using grants. So, first crudeo um for staff, city council, and everyone to get $14.5 million in grants to help defer. So, that's great. And then we're also using developer fees. That's onetime development of $4 million to fund those critical CIP projects. Now, by doing that, um, we can, um, meet our operating costs. This graph over here shows a lot of information. The bars are expenditures. The line, the black, um, line is your current revenues and the dotted line is the projected revenues. If you look at the black line, you can see that it's going through the blue section. That means it's going over it's going into operating costs. Our current revenues don't meet operating costs. So a significant of this increase that we need and it is 23% is to meet operating costs in the first year and then the following years is now we have money in to start funding capital improvement plans $18 million. We are using rate stabilization fund as I mentioned we are using some for CIP and for operating here we're showing you we're using 20 2.7 million of rate stabilization in 2026 and then 300 or

$340,000 in 2027. So the proposed plan is to do a 23% increase in revenue uh in rates in 2026 then 18 17 three and three each year and that will make sure that we have the revenues in place to fund this critical assets meet operating costs and fund CIP. The next um graph here shows the ending balance of these funds. We're meeting the trustee fund balance. That's the operating cost. um we are dipping into the RUA funding balance and in 2030 we have some money available in the RUA to fund future CIP needs. So this puts us in a good position. We're not going to be in a deficit like we are today. The goal here is is to get out of this deficit, not lean on the general fund um and be in a good position where we can start funding critical CIP every year and we have some money in the bank. These are the proposed rates. Um, this was also in the Prop 218 notice schedule and it was also in the report. What does this mean to our customers and how do we compare to other um, purveyors? That's always a great question to ask and we want to make sure we provide that answer. Right over here, we show you a graph of different individuals. Um, this is using 15 billing units for the average customer and that's what most single family customers use, 3/4 inch meter. Um you're currently at um $65.22 um with the proposed will be $80.28. You'll still be within the pack um among your peers. You notice some of your peers are higher than you are. You notice that some c um agencies, excuse me, West Valley Water District um is on the lower side. West Valley receives property tax to fund their capital improvement plans. So some special districts like such as West Valley, um Herupa, they received other sources of revenue to help offset their tax. The city um uses right now we do use some general fund for that, but we're trying

to offset that and get off that and be 100% self-sufficient. Now [snorts] I want to talk about wastewater. So wastewater, we also went through analysis looking at the capital improvement plan and asking ourselves what are the critical assets that we need to fund in order to make sure this service is readily available. We're only funding that priority um CIP and the grant funded CIP that's $70.3 million. Unfunded CIP is almost $50 million. And the reason why we made that intentional um decision not to fund so much CIP on wastewater is we're trying to minimize the impacts. you've historically already did significant improvements on the wastewater treatment plant. Um that's why when I show you your rates, your rates are already a bit higher than the peers. Um and we want to minimize future increase. So we're doing a milder increase on wastewater. So with wastewater, we are using more um rate stabilization fund for the CIP. We are using steel sum for the general fund. We're using $21.3 million um to help minimize the increase. We are using um rates $25.2 million. So we're going to be drawing down on reserves. We're using grants $2 million. Again, kudo for you all to do that. Um developer fees $15.7 million. We are planning to issue debt of $6 million to help smooth out the increase. By doing that, um what we need is a mild 5% increase each year. That 5% for the first three years, excuse me, and then 4% the last two years. Um by doing that um we can um get to a a good state with our ending balances. You'll note that we are using rate stabilization in the first year of a million dollars. Second year is a little bit less than a million dollars to help offset that um 5% increase. And this is the ending balance. We are drawing down on our reserves so that we um um which is a good thing in this case because we're minimizing the increase in the future

years. Um and then we'll be in a situation where we can inquip. Here are the rates um associated with the wastewater. And then these are your survey of your peers. As I mentioned, Rialto already did the hard work of upgrading the treatment plant. Um a lot of these neighboring communities will be about to start doing the same thing with theirs and we anticipate their rates to see significant increase in the future. So, the next steps um is to receive comments um from city council, from the public um and then and for city council to consider the adoption of the proposed rates. That concludes my um presentation. Um I'm definitely um available to answer any questions if city council has on my presentation. Are there any questions from uh members here? Or if not, we'll ask questions from the public and then uh ask the members because this is a public hearing. Are there any members from the public that uh submitted?

Okay.

Hearing none, do Mayor, before you close the public hearing, I do have a legal statement to make that should go in that in the hearing. Um the city this year allowed both water customers, wastewater customers, and property owners two different mechanisms to file objections uh to the rate increases. Uh, one was under Prop 218, which we've always done. The other one was a new one under Prop Assembly Bill 2257. They are both written procedures where you can file or send an uh an opposition. Uh, the difference is that uh under AB 2257, they're called written objections. And if a city receives those by the deadline that was included in the notices we sent out, we have to provide a written response back. All of those are included in your binder. Prop 218 doesn't require a written response, but it can trigger a majority protest. And in the event that we have a majority of property owners who have filed objections, the city couldn't go forward and and approve rate increases without going to the voters. We've only received nine statements of objection. Seven of those were written objections under AB 2257 that did not qualify as objections under that statute. If we treat all nine of the statements that we included as Prop 218 objections, we're still very far far short of a majority of proper. We only have nine and we have many many more parcels that are served. So, you can proceed and not worry about a majority objection. Okay. Let me ask you a question. Uh were any of those objections shared with any members of

the council? They're all included in your packet. Correct. Thank you. Do Do I have a motion to close the uh public hearing and then have discussions from members of because this is just for a public uh hearing. Motion to close the public hearing. Motion's been made by Carla Perez. And I hear a second. Second. Seconded by Andy Karacetus. All those in favor of closing the public hearing signify by saying I. I. I. I.

Any objections? Hearing none. Now we'll [clears throat] move it to questions from members of the council. Uh Mayor Pro Tim and Scott. I have a couple of questions. Who who prepared this presentation?

I do. Um, one suggestion is that maybe page numbers are a little more defined on them there. It's kind of hidden in the blue there if you noticed. But secondly, I noticed on a number of these pages it states that the water subcommittee provided direction to fund priority CIP. Are you aware of the fact that committees are not allowed to provide direction? No, I did not know that

the committee only makes recommendations to the city council. They do not provide direction. So that is incorrect in this presentation. Secondly, we did give some direction, but I'm not sure exactly that it was that we recommended funding all priority CIPs and other things. It's my personal feeling that we have a very poor five-year capital improvement project that not all of us are in agreement on. So, did anybody take these projects to the rest of the city council for approval?

This full CIP list for water, my understanding, has not been brought to the full city council. No, it's typically a water do rate increases on capital improvement projects and on a capital improvement plan that has not been approved by the city council. Fair to say? Yes.

The last time that we did a rate increase, I believe, was last year, correct? Yes, I believe. And at that time, we moved $35 million out of the general fund and paid the money that the city was upfronted on the water concession and paid it back to both wastewater and water. 30 million to wastewater, 5 million to uh water. You're aware of that? Yes. Can you tell me what has happened with that money? Well, we are using um I go to my presentation maybe. [snorts]

So let's first talk about water. So for water um here we go. So for water we're using um $35 million um for rate stabilization and then we're using um for CIP, excuse me. And then we're using roughly um $3 million for operating. So that's $6.5 million for water and we paid back five million. So where' the rest of the money come from? Finance director, do you know the answer to that question?

I do not. Sorry. What was the question was the 5 million was repaid to the water re stabilization, right? And so three and a half million of that is being contributed towards capital projects. Capital projects and then another three million for operating. And what about the 30 million to wa to wastewater? Yeah, that's my next part. Okay.

So we're done with water. So let's go to wastewater. So wastewater we're funding rate stabilization 21.3 million for CIP and we're funding um basically $2 million from ON&M. We have $2 million plus 21.3. So that's $23.3 million. So you say that it's going for CIP funding and O andM. Is that considered rate stabilization? It's minimizing the rate increases by how much? By a significant amount because we only needed

what percentage? It's I can get back to you on the percent, but I mean we're funding 21 million. Well, you're asking me to vote on something tonight. I don't have time for you to get back to me.

No offense, but I don't. When we voted to give that money back, madame city manager, I believe the direction was that the money was to be used for rate stabilization because we were facing a substantial rate increase. Yet, here we are tonight facing a substantial rate increase and it doesn't appear that it really the 35 million did much to stabilize rates. So, I suggest that it's being used for capital projects versus rate stabilization. And and can anybody tell me why we haven't done any financing on capital projects versus using funds out of the uh utility?

So, um we are proposing to issue debt in the wastewater $6 million. Six million. Yes. And wastewater increase is 5% per year. And how much is the total uh capital project for wastewater? 70 million. Total capital project for wastewater is what's over the fiveyear period. Looks like 70 million to me. Yeah, $70 million. Okay. Just a comment. I I honestly don't know how we move forward tonight with a rate increase.

Well, if I when we can I finish speaking

when we have not voted on a capital plan, a five-year plan, and most of us aren't in agreement on that plan, or at least some of us aren't. I was, if you don't mind, I was going to suggest that maybe we probably should table this since we have not gotten a capital improvement plan. until we get that then bring it back and with all the information that's necessary because there's a lot of information that has not been given to us or we don't have the knowledge of it at this point to make sure that uh that we do get that capital improvement plan along with some of the other concerns that we have about uh how much capital will we have how much capital won't we have I understand that that we have not had a raise or increase for over 10 years and that there is a time, you know, to make sure that we do have an increase, especially to establish, as I quote, your primary objectives of the studies are to establish a defensible rate adjustment schedule to balance the infrastructure needs for rateayers, affordability, and that's what we're talking about is affordability for the rateayers. And without having all of the information, it becomes very difficult for us to come to that kind of a conclusion unless we do. And and if the members are okay with tableabling that and then bringing it back at at another meeting with the information.

I do have one other question. Sure. Did you or staff meet with any of the council members to go through this information? Yes, we had individual briefings with council members. With who? with um Council Member Mononttoya Perez and Mayor Baka. What about Council Member Carousales and myself?

Because tonight's the first time I've seen this information. Tonight's the first time I've seen the 70 million. Actually, not tonight, but a couple days ago. I think uh that's a question. M Mr. City Attorney, in order to carry this over to the next meeting, do we need to reopen the public hearing? You do not. You've had your public hearing. You've had your protest. You can you can continue this item to a date certain if you'd like. Uh without reopening the public hearing. Okay. I would make a motion that we continue this item for two weeks. Second.

Motion's been made and seconded. Any other discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposition hearing? None. Motion carries. Thank you. I did. Motion was motion was made by Mayor Pro Tim. Scott, seconded by Andy Kosetis. Um can I make one additional note? If um we can make sure that the next time the presentation is in order, there was a few uh charts that were not in um in our packets. Correct. Missing. That's also correct. Did what? There were a few charts that were missing from Mark

that he showed that we're not here. Okay, we'll move on to tab two. Good evening, honorable mayor, mayor prom, council members, I'll be giving the presentation on tab 2 tonight. Uh this project uh before you is entitled the Myro Way and Ayala Drive project. The city of Rialto and the Lewis Hillwood Rialto Company are joint applicants on this project. Um on this first slide, I'm just going to go over the details of the project site. Um you can see an aerial image there with the boundary of the site with the shown with the red line. Um the site is comprised of portions of 11 parcels of land that total approximately 33 acres in size. Uh the project site is located between Lynen Avenue on the west and IA Drive on the east and it's approximately 415 ft north of Baseline Road. Uh this project site is within the Renaissance specific plan. Um specifically its planning areas 123, 126, and 133. Um the 11 parcels in there are owned by various entities. The property owners include the city of Rialto, uh Lewis Hillwood, um Rialto Company and also the redevelopment agency of the city of Rialto. Um as you can see on the aerial image there, the project site is completely vacant. Um to the north also is vacant

land, but then to the northeast and southeast you have some uh smaller incubator industrial developments. Then immediately to the south you have a car wash and a self- storage facility. And then to the west you have some larger existing industrial developments. So, in on March 26, 2024, the city council approved a purchase and sale agreement um [clears throat] in cooperation with the Lewis Hillwood Rialto Company to sell five parcels and portions of two parcels uh within the project site. Um I've shown the boundary, you can see the boundary again of the overall project site is the red line boundary. The yellow boundary is the area that was a part of the purchase and sale agreement. Um, and that comprises the south half of the site. Uh, which those are the entirety of planning areas 126 and 133 and the uh land within that area would be sold to uh, Newand Real Estate Equities.

Mayor, can I interrupt? Well, yes. Um, I will be recusing myself from this item due to uh my business up at the Renaissance Marketplace. I know this is um it's land on the other side and it's over 500 ft, but still considered the same specific plan. So, I'll recuse myself. Thank you.

Okay, you may seat. Thank you, mayor.

So, now I'll just go into some of the details of the purchase and sale agreement. Um as part of the agreement, the uh city agreed to the following three conditions. Um the first condition that the city agreed to was that it would amend the Renaissance specific plan. Um and that that amendment would include reconfiguring Myro Way uh which currently ends at uh Lynen Avenue on the west end of the project site. Um and that myro away would be reconfigured to extend it from Lynen Avenue to Iola Drive. Um and I'll get into more detail on this in some subsequent slides. Uh and then another condition of the amendment would be to change the land use designations of planning areas 123, 126, and 133 to business center. Um then the second condition of the uh purchase of sale agreement was that the city would amend the existing development agreement between the city and Lewis Hillwood Rialto Company to eliminate provisions related to the construction of a public park on planning areas 126 and 133. And the third and last condition the city agreed to was that it would complete all necessary California Environmental Quality Act approvals u that are related to both the specific plan amendment and the development agreement amendment. So on this slide, I'm just going to go in a little more detail into what the specific plan amendment will do. Um, so both the uh city and the uh Lewis Hillwood engaged Kimley Horn and Associates to prepare an amendment to the Renaissance specific plan. Um specifically the amendment will change uh the land use designation of planning area 123 from school uh to general commercial with a residential overlay. Um then that planning area would now accommodate development of up to 112,67

ft of commercial uses or 164 dwelling units or some combination thereof. Um then planning area 126 would be changed from public park uh to business center and that that planning area would accommodate development up to 378,972 ft of industrial uses. And then planning area 133 uh would uh be changed from employment with a public park overlay to business center. Uh and that planning area would now accommodate up to 74,052 feet of industrial uses. And then the the last thing that would be amended again would be reconfiguring Myro Way uh to extend it from Lynen Avenue to Iola Drive. And so at the bottom left of this slide, u you can see the existing land use map of the Renaissance specific plan. I've got the project site there shown with a blue boundary here. Um and so you can see that uh the northeast corner of it is currently designated school. Um though I will note that that land is not owned by the school district nor are there any plans uh from the school district to build a school there. Um and then on the uh kind of southwest area of the site that's where you have the public park designations and then you can see that Myro Way previously was going to um connect to Iola Drive and then it was kind of curved north uh northward. Um, now with the, uh, amendment that I just described, uh, that would change the land use map as you see it there at the bottom right of the slide. So, planning area 133 would now be the red commercial. Um, then planning areas 126 and 133 would switch over to that business center, which is the pink color. And then you can see Myro A would no longer curve northward. It would actually go westward and tie into the existing segment at Lynen Avenue.

So, as I mentioned, in addition to the specific plan amendment before the council tonight, um there's also an amendment to the existing development agreement. So, on December 13th, 2016, uh the city council approved a development agreement um with Lewis Hillwood Rialto Company. Um that agreement includes provisions for the construction of a public park on planning areas 126 and 133. Um however with the specific plan amendment to remove the public park designation um there are also uh an there's also an amendment to remove any provisions related to the park from the development agreement. Um so those specific uh amendments include removing the definition of a public park that's currently in section one of the development agreement. uh modifying section 5.3.1 uh which uh includes language that requires the city to utilize 17.3 million in fees collected uh from Lewis Hillwood and also uh the Renaissance homebuilders um that were to be used specifically towards the uh acquisition of the parkland and construction of the park site. Um and now those monies would be able to be used um rather than being tied up to that specific site. The city council will have the sole discretion to use that money for any lawful purpose. Uh the next amendment would include eliminating deleting section 8 uh from the development agreement entirely. Um that section included details regarding the boundary, the characteristics, the improvements that would be constructed on the park site. And since the the park designation would be removed and the park would no longer be constructed in that location, there's no need for it to be in the development agreement anymore. And then the last amendment would be to remove all references uh to a public park throughout the rest of the development agreement.

And then the meeting the third condition of the um purchase and sale agreement, both the city and Lewis Hillwood engaged uh Kimley Horn and Associates to prepare a subsequent environmental impact report to the Renaissance environmental impact report. Um that uh environmental impact report analyzed both the specific plan amendment that I just described changing the land use designations to business center and to the commercial designation, but it also analyzed uh a future development on planning areas uh 126 and 133 of up of a development that could consist of up to a 53,640 warehouse and a 375,75T warehouse. But I will note that there is no proposed development uh before the council tonight. Um the only actions uh before the council tonight are just the specific plan amendment to change the land use designations and the development agreement. Um any of these proposed changes before the council tonight are are just to uh lay the foundation for future development on these planning areas. And so there would be future entitlement applications for those developments that would need to be filed and go through their own discretionary process. Um so this the environmental impact report that was prepared did identify that the project would um contribute significant and unavoidable impacts to greenhouse gas emissions. Um the uh environmental impact report was circulated for public review for 45day period from uh March 21st of 2025 to May 5th, 2025. Uh there were three comment letters that were received during that time period. Um then those comments were responses were provided to those comments and included in the final uh subsequent environmental impact report that is dated August 2025.

Um so the environmental uh review that was completed for the project was completed in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act and also with the uh city council approved purchase and sale agreement. Um additionally in the resolution uh for the environmental impact report is before the council tonight there is a statement of overriding considerations uh that identifies the benefits of the project that would outweigh the impacts that were identified in the environmental impact report. And so I will note that um on November 5th, 2025, this uh project went before the planning commission. Uh at the planning commission uh they took public testimony and voted 50 uh to recommend approval of the project to the city council. Um before tonight's meeting, public hearing notices were mailed to all property owners within a thousand feet of the project site and was the notice was also published in the Sanernardino Sun newspaper. Um one comment letter was received before the meeting tonight. My understanding is each of you have a copy for you. If not, I will provide that copy. Um it is a support letter uh from the um Western Carpenters and that that is the only letter that staff received in advance of tonight's meeting. And so with that uh the staff recommends and the planning commission uh recommend that the city council uh adopt uh the resolutions before you tonight approving both the specific plan amendment and the environmental impact report prepared for the project. and then also an ordinance uh approving the first amendment to the development agreement between uh the city of Rialto and Lewis Hillwood Ralto Development Company.

Thank you. Are there any members from the uh public that would like to address this? Is there any? Yes, you have. Ed compost. [snorts] [clears throat] So we submitted two cards. Eddie Compos isn't going to speak. I also submitted one for Horge Savala for the Western States. [snorts] Yes, I have two. That's all I have is two. You and Yeah. So Eddie won't speak. Just just myself. Okay. Oh, okay.

Um, good evening, mayor and city council. My name is Horge Savala, and I am here tonight as a representative for the Western States Regional Council of Carpenters. I am here to express our strong support for the proposed amendments to the Renaissance specific plan. Updating the land use designations for these planning areas is a smart and forwardlooking decision. It aligns with modern economic need and allows both the city and the developer to focus resources on high impact projects that will expand the tax base and create quality local jobs. This developer has made a clear and meaningful commitment to our community for their future development to hire locally and utilize a highly skilled, well-trained workforce coming from a state accredit state accredited apprenticeship. That means real opportunities for our residents, livable wages, stable careers, not only in stable careers for the ones who are building the project, but for the ones who will uh occupy the space after. Um, this is exactly the kind of development Rialto should be encouraging, one that brings jobs, strengthens our community, and minimizes its environmental footprint. I respectfully urge the city council to approve these resolutions and the ordinance so we can keep Rialto moving forward. Thank you.

Thank you. Are there any other comments from the public? No. Yes, sir. If not, do I hear a motion to close the public hearing? And the motion's been made by Carla Perez, seconded by

uh Edward Mononttoya. Council member Edward Mononttoya. This time we'll open it for any questions for members of the uh council. I'll start off with first of all I Daniel I I want to make sure that that as we look at the transfer of of the uh of the property. Uh and I don't know if there's any developers. I think you indicated there's no developers that have been uh designated at this point that would be doing the development of this area. Is that correct? um the south side of the project site which is you know the purchase and sale agreement with um Newand Real Estate Companies they would likely be the developer for the southside

but there basically has not no been no approval at this point. Correct.

Right. And the only thing the only reason I'm asking is that I want to make sure that it does have a labor agreement if in fact you know uh we end up whichever developer decides to do it in that area. and and that's one of my one of my questions is to make sure that we do have a labor agreement if we go along with the changes and the recommendations uh that have been submitted to to change what the original requirement. Then the other question is uh I know that they're talking about warehouses, you know, and because the way it's described it says business centers, you know, and it doesn't say warehouses, but how close would those warehouses be to residential or a park?

The nearest residences are approximately 550 ft south. Uh they're on the south side of Baseline Road. There's a image there on the screen. Um, so yeah, we can see Baseline Road kind of near the bottom of the aerial image. Those are the nearest residences. And then Jerry Eves Park is the nearest park. Uh, that is to the east northeast of the purchase and sale. Again, the warehouses would only be within the area within the yellow, the purchase and sale agreement area. And the parks about a,000 ft east. So that's over a thousand. So that would comply with the requirements of the state.

Correct. It Yes, it does meet the AB98 requirements. And then you indicated that uh with this kind of an agreement that the city would benefit by gaining 17,300. Is that correct? The $17 million. Yes. 17 million. $17 million. Yes. That's even better than what I've written down. Yep. In fact, 10.3 has been collected already um back in 2017 and um the remaining 6.5 is kind of actively being collected as LAR continues development in the Renaissance residential area. And you've indicated that uh well that's that the discretion would be up to the city council then in terms of how they determine to use the 17 million.

Yes. 300. Correct. That's correct. Okay. Good. Are there any other questions by any members of Ed Montoy? Did you have a question? Yeah. Want to see if uh Mayor PM has anything to say first?

No. Okay. Um so I see that we are going to redesate the park. Um so what are we going to do with that? Are we going to try and find a place for a new park? I think I I it's really disappointing that [clears throat] we're going to take a park away to build a commercial area. Um it's not that I'm disapproving. Uh I I like the idea of what we're doing, but it's disappointing to get rid of a park. Um, I think we should really look into uh trying to figure out what we're going to do next as far as repurposing and and getting that park in. Now, um I was also uh it was brought to my attention that many community members have opposed this, but you you didn't state that. Um so, can you tell us a little bit little bit about that and then

I can Yeah. At the planning commission meeting, uh there was a group of I I would estimate 15 to 20 uh folks that showed up in opposition to the project. Um those folks were notified of tonight's uh meeting, made aware that that was merely the planning commission was just a stopping point that there would be a city council meeting. Um I don't see any of them here tonight and nor did we receive any uh advanced you letters or comments from them. Got it. That's all.

And this does not preclude us from changing our mind. This is only a public hearing at this point. So if we decide later on, you know, to do anything different. Is that uh correct? That can be done now attorney. Council members, there would be legal consequences of changing your mind. You have a purchase and sell agreement that binds the city to take the actions that are here before you tonight. uh we would be out of breach and there's a significant amount of money that could be at stake for this. Well, I just wanted the public to know, right? We've not actual project design at this point. So, there would be some additional,

you know, legislative and administrative authority you could exercise over that. But this step right here, we're sort of locked into. Thank you. Uh Mayor Froman Scott, thank you. Um, but if the purchase and sell agreement was to go by the wayside or fail, then we could look at a different use for the property. Correct. If the if the Nuland company, the purchaser, failed to complete the sale, then yeah, all bets are off and everything would stay the way it is and just Hillwood and the city could deal with their own.

I just wanted to clarify that. And additionally, I just want to make a comment about the the park issue for the the knowledge of council members that may have not have been here before. Um there was, I believe, 19 or 20 million that was earmarked for this park that actually was spent on the remodel of uh Frisbee Park. Is that not correct? Correct. So, um there was about 5.6 million of the 10.8 8 million that's been received that was used at Samson Park and then there was some other funds um which I don't have that exact amount on but um in 2019 that was loaned over to the park fund for Frisbee Park.

Correct. So I I just want to make sure everybody knows that we didn't take park money and use it for something else. We used it to redo Frisbee and we used it to build uh Joe Samson Park. Thank you. You know, and and another question along the the same lines, uh, Daniel, is and of course that's to our discrepancy, is that we can turn around and use the $171 million to expand Jerry East Park to as well to build a soccer field or looking at the possibility of land exchange and building an additional soccer field that can be used, this money can be used for that or the possibility of Birds Park and expansion in that area that this money can also will be used in that area. Is that correct?

Correct. So, the funds would be available for council's discretion at whatever they would like to use it for. And that's 17 million, not 171. Correct. 17.3 million total. 17. 10.8 of that has already been received. And just a question, does is any of the portion that goes to San Bernardino included in that 17 million or is that our portion? I believe that's our portion. Okay. Could you confirm that? I don't like the word. I believe it it it is. It is. I I see our Lewis Hillwood folks back there nodding in concurrent. So, yes. Okay. Thank you. Uh, do I hear a motion to

I would move approval of resolution 8447, specific plan amendment number 2024-00005, resolution 8448, assessment review number 2024-000025, state clearing house number 2024 07 022 24 and ordinance 1707. Okay. Motion's been made. Second. No, I complete. Can you read the ordinance, please?

Mayor and Mayor Pro Tim, we're just doing the first reading of the ordinance tonight, but she'll have you read the title and it'll come back to you to approve at your next meeting. So, it's just approval of the ordinance. Where is the ordinance? It's approval of both resolutions which were read, right? And then the since the ordinance requires a first reading and then approval at a subsequent meeting, all you'll do tonight for the ordinance is its first reading. Okay. Motion's been made for that ordinance by Mayor Pro Tim and Scott. Do I hear a second?

Uh, I'll second it, but I'd like to know if there's a possibility to add that note now that the money that is being received can be um allocated for park improvements or expansion. You can certainly add that if the maker of the motion agrees. Um I will say that even if we include it, it could be subsequently changed by council at a subsequent meeting. Are you okay with that? Yes, I'm I I'm concur with that.

Okay. Motion's been made and then it was amended and seconded by Carla Perez. Any other discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I. I. I. Any opposition? Hearing none. Knowing that Andy Garcetta is abstained from voting uh because of the possibility of residents close by through his business. Did you find it? This the title right here. But now we'll move on to tap. We have to we have to read the ordinance. I've got it right in front of me. I'll read it. Thank you. Thank you,

city clerk. Do we have an ordinance number? Yes, we have ordinance number was in the motion 1707. 1707. 1707. Regger. This is ordinance 1707, an ordinance of the city council of the city of Rialto, California, approving a first amendment to the development agreement between the city of Rialto and the Lewis Hillwood Rialto Company LLC regarding properties within the Renaissance specific plan. Thank you. Do we need to take a motion on that or since we've already voted? No, we just want to read the ordinance. Okay.

Well, then you should have done it earlier. Okay. Next time we will be on time to do it.

We I wanted him to Now we'll move on to tap three. Good evening, Mr. Mayor, Mayor Prom, members of city council. Uh Yasmani, your public works director, here for the recommendation of awarding a constru uh construction contract to roadway engineering and construction corp. uh as well as for spec uh engineering for improvements to the fire station 2011, the outside safety improvement. The uh fire station 2011 safety improvement project was developed because of the accidents that happened uh one last year and the more recent one just this past week. And it's basically because of uh the drivers that uh uh veered off the road and uh ran into in the case uh the first case into the structure itself causing significant damages and uh as well as uh uh the second incident that uh basically uh impacted the exterior of the fire station somewhat. So the uh improvements uh that uh is recommended as part of this project is designed to prevent future accidents and consists of exterior safety improvements as I mentioned to the station and the re rehabilitation plan includes basically

Mayor can I make a motion to approve? Second. I have some questions. Okay, some questions. Uh we'll call in Mayor Prom Edcott. Been a motion and a second, but question discussion right now. The the change order in the amount of $188,000 for um on call construction management, is that in addition to an existing contract? Uh yes, it is.

Was that bid out? Uh this was uh we have an on call contract with the spec. So, this was a basically a uh an add-on to the contract to their contract. Do we have any other on call inspection services? Um, we do. We try to rotate it amongst the different uh we rotate almost $200,000 as a change order. I've I've got a problem with that. That's a lot of money, especially for a $900,000 project. That's 20%.

This was the recommendation that was done basically based on their experience. And whose recommendation? Uh this was uh uh the um recommendation that was made uh before I I was here basically by who? Before he was here. Before I was here. So we do you know who made the recommendation? Rec. Each [clears throat] project is evaluated by staff and the specialties that the on calls have. This recommendation would have been made by the city engineer, project manager, and probably most likely the engineering manager. When when when was the contract issued to them?

The well the I believe the on call contract which is a blanket contract with zero dollars attached. What this is is we set that in as a foundation then issued task orders depending on the different projects that we have. So that project was put into place um I want to say February of 2025 may have been March but it was early 2025 and this accident occurred in 2022. Uh this accident I think was late 2024. So, we had plenty of time to bid this out if we wanted to bid it out.

The It went through a design phase, correct? With quite a bit of input and back and forth and corrections to the design. Well, I just firmly believe that 20% of a project is a lot of money for on call construction services and we never seem to get the value out of that. It's nothing personally against this company because I don't even know who they are. It it seems to be the average for construction management and inspection. It may be the average in government, but it's not the average in the private sector, right? So, um I I don't know. I just I have an issue with this.

Why Why didn't we take all the on call uh companies and and let them prop do proposals to see if we could have got the price down? the both prices for how many how many on call contractors do we have for this? Uh I believe there's two. I believe one is might possibly fountain head, the other one's specs if I remember right. There was a there was a change when we went back out for proposals and established these contract. We don't get competitive with them. We get competitive um to some degree when when the RFPs come in, there's usually a pricing sheet and then we do ask each on call depending on the scope of the project and the specialty to submit different proposals. So we don't go off of one proposal.

They both submit proposals on this one. I do not recall. So how do we find that out? I can I can make contact with our other on call company. You don't that you don't have a report or a record of that? It's internal. It would be held within public works. Vince, do you know? What keeps us from waiting two more weeks on this other than another car may come along? Well, and do you know what the cost of the structure that is being built in front of the police station for protection is? Do you know, Chief?

Do you know what the cost of the structure in front of the police station is? Did you did you check on that by chance or No, I did not. Should we not have done that? We can.

Andy said, you have a question.

I I concur with uh mayor prom Scott that we should have all this information. The question shouldn't be asked. We should be able to say it's on page three. And um the just rolling over and giving a contract uh for the on on call uh I think should be uh set out to bid so that we have a competitive uh bid on it and that we uh it looks more transparent for our community because this way this this looks a little uh it appears that we're just giving contracts to whoever we feel is best suited for it without a competitive bid. So, I'm I'm I'm not okay with that for transparency purposes. I I don't know anything about the company either, but I just feel like that should be the case moving forward. And uh I'm not sure if there's an urgency for this project to move through immediately, but the council can decide. Let me ask uh Tim a question. Uh on the rolling over, uh that doesn't mean that that the bidding process is going to change any different than what it is right now. even if it's rolled over and delayed for two weeks, we may come up with the same kind of results or even come up with a higher bid uh that would be lower than what we're currently proposing right now. And yet we'll meet the urgency of making sure that we do have the fire station 2011 with its safety improvements that are very much needed. Is that correct?

It it could out with the bid process could potentially delay this. Um we that's why we're based on proposals. However, because of the dollar amount, I don't think I asked for you to go out for a bid on it. I asked the question of whether or not the other on calls were given the opportunity to price this and whether it could be done cheaper. I I don't have an issue necessarily with the 937,000. It's the 188 in on call construction management. And you said normally we get prices from both. I asked if we have a record of that. You said you don't know. Correct.

So I'd like to know whether we did that or not. And if we did not do that, we still should be able to do that with anybody else on call. Correct. Within two weeks we can so we can get competitive prices. Correct. So I realize that on on those kind of services, you do not have to bid it, but we still ought to be transparent and competitive. And I think I'm getting a little in the weeds on on terminology. This is taxpayer money, folks.

Correct. So what we can do though, we can approve the the 937,665 and then bring back the for a bid on the 1. Can we do that? The 1,088 965 185,000. We could do that.

Why don't we we do that? So this way we we go through the process. We approve the uh the amount that's needed for the fire station and then come back with a bid to do the additional uh work uh that may be uh needed and you know do bring it back within a two weeks period put it out for bid and then uh see what happens. Okay. Is that okay with the uh the motioner? Yes sir. And it's okay with the seconder. Is it okay with the Okay. Seems like it's okay with everyone else. Roll call. Okay. Roll call. [clears throat] Council member Montoya. I. Mayor Baka.

I. Council member Perez. Hi. Council member Caris Setters. I. Mayor Pro Tim Scott. I. Okay. Motion carries. Thank you, Mayor. Just a clarification question. The resolution that you're adopting included those three elements. You've taken out element two, which is the $188,000. Correct.

But you also have a budget amended amendment. My assumption is the budget amendment is for that full amount. Is it your intent to keep that in or to have a budget amendment come back for this specific item? Well, we don't know what the actual will be because that could change that. That's correct. That's why I'm asking the question. Right now, you're approving that full amount as a budget amendment. I think it was understood that it would just unless the finance director wants to correct me. 37,000. I think that's up to the maker of the motion.

I think right now we need to just approve the 937,600 $65. When we bring back the contract for the construction management services, we can bring a separate budget resolution that speaks to that specific funding portion. Right. Anything that is unspent is simply part of fund balance. Okay. You got that uh city attorney? Yes, sir. All right. Thank you.

I just want to add something to before we close on this uh for for Mr. Sullivan. Is that an item that our own um staff can also look at their levels and see if that's a an item that that they would like to take care of as well? I if you don't mind, I'd like to defer to the public works director because he's well aware of the staffing levels right now and the abilities. We've had some changes in that department.

Thank you. Um, council mobile carellis, the uh the staffing level that we have right now precludes us from uh devoting the time and resources necessary for this project. Uh, we have uh all of our uh staff basically that do the regular work and inspection on several projects that we have, different CIP projects, different development projects throughout the city, which is why we reached out to our on call uh contract for this project.

Okay. In the future, I'd like to see if we can manage and maybe look at other items that are not such a big priority to try to see if we keep those dollars in in house because I know it's not going to cost us 182 188,000 to manage that project. We'll do. Thank you.

Thank you. Uh we'll move on to item number four. So, this item is um actually some good news in terms of the uh the high-profile project, the Riverside Avenue I 10 interchange uh improvement. Uh the phase one of which was done back in 2012 in terms of widening [snorts] the bridge over the I 10. This is the second phase which is intended to complete the that corridor improvements and uh by widening the Riverside Avenue over the UPR um uh railroad yard to match the phase one. And basically where we are is that uh we uh are close to completing the 95% plans and as part of this we uh we are required to execute a baseline what's called a baseline agreement with CALR uh with CALR and it has to um and and the uh California Transportation Commission has to approve it uh to officially give us the monies that uh we have been allocated for this project. So the uh we've been allocated $29.8 million for this project, $30 million project. So uh again, as part of uh the requirements, we are uh working with uh Calrans to provide them with this executed or adopted baseline agreement that is before you tonight. and uh um it's supposed to be going to the CTC for final approval and allocation of the funds uh in March. Uh the deadline for submitting it to CALR is uh January 20th, hence the reason we brought it to council uh tonight. And again, this is a this going to be a great project for the city in terms of uh increasing uh and improving mobility in that area. And uh

uh with that, I'd be happy to answer any questions. Are there any questions by a member of the council? If not, do I hear a motion to have one question by Mayor Pro Tim Scott? I just want to make sure this in not only includes the section from Slover to the UP railroad, but it does include the bridge also. Is that correct? Yes, that is correct. So, it's the whole section all the way to the freeway overpass. Yes. Perfect. Okay. I would move approval. Motion's been made by Mayor Pro Tim Edcott. Seconded by Carla Perez, council member. Any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I.

I. Any opposition? Hearing none, we'll move on to tab five.

Good evening, honorable mayor, mayor promp, and city council members. Before you tonight for your consideration of adoption are three resolutions. Resolution 8451. Move approval of resolution 8451, 8452, and 8453. Second. Mayor Pro Tim made the motion. Seconded by the mayor. Uh, any discussion? All those in favor signify by saying I.

I. Any opposition? Hearing none. Motion passes. Congratulations, teamsters. And that concludes the items on the agenda. We'll move in to uh city council's report. We'll start with Mayor Pro Tim Scott.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Um I just have one item and that's related to public works. I would like to see a current and accurate report on all current projects in public works both start where they're at in the process how long they've been in the process projected completion date etc. That should include all signals at intersections, [clears throat] any any project that is a public works project and whether or not monies have been allocated to those projects and how much.

Is that it? That's it.

Okay. Uh, Council Member Andy Garcettes. Thank you, Mayor. I just w want to uh wish all our staff, our city family a uh happy new year. I look forward to working with everyone and uh continuing to deliver to our community and also making sure that uh that our staff are are in a in a work environment that is is pleasing to them and that we continue to hire people that that continue to grow this city. and uh and and make Rialto a better place to live, grow, and thrive. Thank you, Mayor.

That conclude your report. If not, I'll move on to Council Member Carla Perez. Nothing to report, Mayor. Thank you. Council member Edward Mononttoya.

Yes, sir. Thank you. Uh I I was really busy this past uh during this break, but I'm not going to I'm not going to get into that. But I do want to highlight I went on a tour today of a hospital uh that will soon be coming to the city of Rialto. It's called Neighborhood Healthc Care. They're soon to be coming to the city of Rialto and they are going to be uh providing services for our senior community. It's a really awesome facility. They have wraparound services from dental, eye care, chiropractic, mental health, and so many other services and they're going to be coming right here to the city of Rialto. Um, so we can all expect a tour here pretty soon. And uh, yeah, I just want to thank them for for their hospitality and and the invitation. But that's all. Thank you.

Thank you. Uh, next I'll call myself. I' just like to state that u on Saturday the Joe Baka Foundation uh that's run by Supervisor Joe Baka Jr. held its uh 19th annual softball and baseball clinic and health. Uh there was over 200 and some kids that participated uh in the clinic. And this clinic is free to all of the youth that learned a lot of the basic fundamentals of baseball and softball. and many of the high schools from Rialto participated and San Bernardino participated in helping a lot of our youth. I want to thank you know and San Frernardino uh Valley College uh participated. It's its players and its coaches uh participated in training a lot of the kids. The fundamentals that they learn today are the same fundamentals that they're going to be executing as professional baseball players. We had some professional baseball players that were also in attendance. I want to thank the supervisor for putting on this this clinic. Uh, and this is, as I stated before, this is the 19th year that the clinic has been on. And this is free for a lot of the kids that are there. And the reason why this clinic is put on is that a lot of kids uh cannot afford to go to a baseball clinic and their parents can't afford to send them to a baseball clinic that normally costs between $300 to $500. Well, this is free to them. The kids not only learn the fundamentals, but they also receive a t-shirt. They also receive free lunch during that period of time and they get an opportunity to dialogue and learn the fundamentals. There was one girl that was there that really caught my eye because I was in attendance and participated. [snorts] And one of the little girls uh that was there says, "You know what? I normally play soccer, but I wanted to know what it was like to play another sport." So, she began to learn the a little bit

about the fundamentals of baseball and softball while she was there. Again, you know, uh that's all I have. No, there's one other thing that I'd like to state. It's not a an activity that I attended, but I hopefully that uh that we can get back and look at a surrounding areas. Hopefully, we can look at the possibility of establishing more restaurants in the city of Rialto, including the Cuka's restaurant right across that we might look at reopening that restaurant and looking at what all the requirements are and the obstacles that are there and that each and every one of the council members know what that cons what those obstacles may be in opening that restaurant along with the possibility of a grocery store in the north end. And then as we look at further expansion, I know that we'll need additional law enforcement and additional fire stations too as well uh to make sure that we provide for the growth in the future. Uh again, that concludes my report. So at this time, I'd like to call on our city clerk, Barbara McGee.

I have nothing to report. Next, I'd like to call on our city uh treasurer, uh Edward Caro. Good evening. Uh nothing to report, Mayor. Next, I'd like to call on our city manager, Tanya Williams. No report this evening, mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Next, I'd like to uh call on our assistant city manager, Tim Sullivan.

All right. Thank you, mayor. I'm also filling in for the parks and recck director uh this evening for what's going on in Rialto. Uh this Friday, the Tiny Tots New Year's Bash for registered students will be at the Rialto Community Center that starts at 4 PM. Uh Wreck and Roll Saturdays is a rotating event that we hold at different parks. So this Saturday is going to be at Bud Bender starting at 11:00 a.m. through 1:00 p.m. There's more information to be found on the website uh regarding that. And this week we're going to have Krabby Patty Cupcake Treats. So that's a tongue twister. But uh next is Feeding America Senior Mobile Pantry food distribution Wednesday, January 21st down at our senior center from 9 to 11:00 a.m. Uh the Department of Aging and Adult Services bus pass distribution. It's a limited uh event and uh there's free bus passes being hel hand handed out Wednesday, January 21st also at our senior center from 10 to 11:00 a.m. The 2026 point in time count is coming up on January 22nd. We do appreciate volunteers and do need volunteers for that. Uh it's on the landing page of our website as well as the parks and wreck um sub web page or website if anybody is interested in volunteering. That starts at 5:30 a.m. and a little birdie told me breakfast will be served for the volunteers. So come out and uh and help the community. Uh the next event is Senior Crazy Sock Spirit Day. That's Monday, January 26th at the Grace Vargas Senior Center. And that's all day. Not much more information on that one other than I think it is what it is. So, wear some crazy socks and have a great time. And finally, we have swim lesson registration which begins Saturday, uh,

February 7th down at the Tom Sawyer pool. So, that's in person only and begins at 8:00 a.m. Thank you. And that concludes my presentation. Thank you very much. Next, I'd like to call on our city attorney, Eric Vale.

Thank you, Mayor. Uh, as you all know, the state legislature adopts a lot of laws every year that go into effect. Um, I'm just going to highlight a couple of them tonight and a couple of the other ones I'll sprinkle throughout the upcoming council meetings. U, but I thought you might be interested in these two. The first one is Assembly Bill 39. It's a the electrification planning act and it um affects cities with a population of over 75,000 people and will require the city to adopt a plan to expand electric vehicle charging and other zero emission uh fueling infrastructure. Um you don't have to do this right away. You have to do it sometime between 2027 and 2030. uh preferably during your next general plan update. The the next the next two are Assembly Bill 253 and Assembly Bill 1308. They both impact and encourage cities to further expedite residential plan check and inspections. That's the end of my report. Thank you.

Thank you very much. In fact, on the expansion of electric vehicles, I've actually had a person that contacted me and I asked them to contact both uh the city manager and the community development director. So, I believe we'll be in contact with him and looking at complying not only with this law, but also looking at where else we may do that as well. Uh, next, I'd like to call on our police chief, Mark Lane. Honorable mayor, mayor prom and uh council, uh just from last month, we handled uh just for statwise just under 7,100 calls for service. Uh 4,400 of those were officer initiated. So our folks are fairly busy. Uh 440 arrests and just under 1,200 reports. Um I do want to actually inform council that um we do seem to have a public safety issue here in the city which uh really has to do with DUI enforcement. Uh we have got uh we used our crime analysis unit to put a heat map together. We have got uh issues along uh Route 66 or Foothill Boulevard and uh this is just a small section of the city uh along with Riverside Avenue uh from Baseline South uh to Maryl. Bless you. So, uh, what we've tked our, uh, one of our captains to do is meet with the downtown people, uh, specifically some of the bars, uh, and gain some cooperation from, uh, from within, uh, kind of looking at some help that we can get there. It also impacts not only us, but I'll go on a limb here and say it also impacts the fire department with responses, especially when there's injury collisions. Uh, so I'll be providing council with some more of those updates uh, over the next uh, few months. Uh but just uh we've been fairly busy as we start the new year and just want to kind of inform you where we're headed. I'm also going to have uh

through the city manager's office um appointments set with you all so you can kind of walk through the new building before uh the department actually moves uh sometime next month. So that'll be coming with you and that's my report. Thank you. Thank you very much. Next I'd like to call on acting fire chief uh Chris Jensen. Thank you mayor. Um, fire department's excited for the new year with some new goals and uh, operational objectives uh, relating to readiness and response um, ensuring exceptional service delivery to our community and we look forward to sharing that with the council members as we go forward here in the next few months. Thank you.

Uh, next I'd like to call on our public works director, Yas uh, Embry. Uh, thank you, Mr. Mayor. No report. Thank you. Uh, next I'd like to call on our community development director, Christina Taylor. Thank you, mayor. Nothing to report this evening. Uh, next, well, Cynthia is not here and u Tim Kim made a report there. So, next I'd like to call on our finance director, uh, Scott William. Thank you, mayor. No report. Uh, next, I'd like to call on our finance uh, well, our human director, Chima.

Nothing to report, mayor. Thank you. Thank you. Uh, next I'd like to call on Chaching, our utility director. Thank you, mayor. Uh, nothing to report, but I will work with the city manager's uh, office to schedule some meetings with the council members before our next meeting so that we can uh, get into educational workshop about the CIP projects. Okay. And that concludes the uh reports by city council members, city attorney, city manager, and employees of the city of Rialto Deer. A motion to adjurnn. So moved. Second.

Motion's been made by council member Cara Perez. Seconded by Edward Mononttoya. Council member. Uh all those in favor signify by saying I. I. Any opposition hearing? None. Meetings adjourned. What about your family, [music] your friends? Do they know what to do, how to get in touch, and where to meet?