City Council - Regular Meeting

Good evening, good afternoon. Welcome to our close session here in the city of Mareno Valley. Today's date is April 21st, 2026. We will go ahead and call this meeting to order at 4:04 p.m. Madame Clerk, roll call, please. Thank you, Mayor. Council member Bernard here. Council member Delgado here, ma'am. Mayor Pro, sorry. Council member Vakasana Cruz is arriving late. Mayor Prom Gonzalez here. And Mayor Cabrera here. Thank you.

Thank you. Item C, public comments on matters on the agenda only. Pursuant to the Brown Act, public comment shall be limited to only those items on the close session agenda. Madame clerk, are there any requests to speak? Yes, mayor. The first two speakers are Christopher Baka, followed by Lindseay Robinson. Hello. Good evening. Um it's kind of strange how the agenda calls for comments on the matters on the agenda only but yet there what is there here pursuant to government section potential case potential casea potential case it absolutely has nothing for us to comment on how can we comment on something that is not being um shown and uh as I've said before you don't need to have closed sessions it's not required by law for you to have closed sessions Everything should be out in the in the public eye. We need transparency. That is a purpose of uh good governance is transparency. And there's no transparency here. Uh, for example, you're putting these things here that are superficial things that we have no idea what they're about, but yet you come out withus giving the uh Brian uh uh city manager all these powers u making up all these uh uhus that are illegal. You cannot do that. That is illegal. You violated the Brown Act and there's going to be a major lawsuit. Probably Mr. Mohan will be arrested. Mr. uh Kintania will be disbarred and whoever is involved in this nonsense of giving him the powers are probably not going to win for reelection. Um this is ridiculous in this era of this zeitgeist zeitgeist uh

Trump administration that we have that is overlooking uh the other chambers of uh of of Congress of of the law the three the three branches of government. He thinks he's all powerful and that's exactly what's going on. All politics are local and that's exactly what's going on here. Mr. Mohan thinks he is uh Napoleon Bonapart or or or or Hitler or something. He does not have the right to do what he did. And you guys are sad. It's a sad case that you guys gave him what he did and you're not uh doing anything about the transparency. If you have something on the close session that you gave him the power to give away the taxpayers's money at his discretion without a reportable action, that's a violation. And that's a violation on you guys, on all every single one of you. And these two guys got to go. I'm sorry. They got to go.

The next speaker is Lindseay Robinson. Good evening. That's a hard one to follow. Um it's very difficult to get here at 4, but um I've been concerned for a long time about all the litigation going on in this city, and I know partly it helps Cantonia's private practice, and yet some staff have also flippantly said, well, insurance pays for most of it, and that's not a good way to do business. Um it like Chris said, it's clo hard to comment on close session when you give us no topic to comment on. Um you know, you could give a brief comment about it. This is about the roads or whatever. So we could at least comment on, hey, yes, these potholes are you're going to get sued over or something obscure like that. The lack of transparency without having this subject matter should be, you know, needs to stop. we need to have this information disclosed and you can still keep things private. Of course, you were happy to um expose the mayor's lawsuit. His name showed up front and center, but you're not showing these other people's. Um potential lawsuits is a new thing that I've just noticed that potential lawsuit can be anything and everything. So, can I just comment about anything and everything in hopes that it falls under one of these potential lawsuits? While doing research, I also learned that you're breaking the law. You gave uh direction to the city manager in a closed session. The law states that a fully fully convened city council open to the public to give the city manager any direction. I have it right here and I just did not speak well on that. So this what Chris was referring to should have been done at an open public meeting not a closed session direction. So I'm

asking that in the future I think is this a loophole created by Mr. Kintania G allowing you guys to give direction to the city manager in closed session. It's a violation of the law and just going forward whether it's today or next week or two weeks do not do it anymore. any direction to the city manager is supposed to be at a full and open public meeting. Okay, that's it. Sorry, mayor. That concludes all the public comments for close session. Thank you, Madam Clerk. At this time, we will turn it over to our city attorney. Mr. City attorney, what matters will the council be discussing in a closed session today?

Uh, Mr. Mayor D1 is conference with legal counsel regarding potential initiation of litigation pursuing to government code section 54956.9D4. Uh we do not have to disclose the substance of that potential initiation of litigation since it's related to strategy. U we don't want to tip anybody off that we may be initiating litigation against them. Um D2 though that's conference of legal counsel regarding significant exposure to litigation that's pursuant to government code section 54956.9D2. In this particular instance the law requires us to state the facts and circumstances justifying why we are going into close session to discuss significant exposure to litigation. In this case there are two potential cases. The first one's related to the general plan update which is on um our public hearing calendar tonight. We have received several threats of litigation in connection with the general plan update. The second the second issue has to deal with a an affordable housing contract uh with our housing authority and a dispute between the developer and the city over the term and application of the affordability affordability covenants that are recorded against the property. So we have to disclose that for D2. D3 um conference of real property negotiators. This is pursuant to government code section 54956.8. This involves property located at the northeast corner of Redlands Boulevard and Ro de Gea Avenue. Our negotiator is Brian Mohan, our city manager, and he will be negotiating with the property owner, Oscar Graham, or Oscar Graham is representing the property owner or is the property owner?

Oscar. And so the negotiating parties are technically the city of Marino Valley and uh Pasco Pacifica and we are going to be negotiating price in terms of payment. So that concludes the three items that are on tonight's close session calendar. Thank you very much, Mr. City Attorney. And we do have an obligation to report out on any decisions that are made on on certain decisions that are made or direction provided in close session. Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. So with that, we will go ahead and recess into close session.

Good evening. Welcome back to our close session here in the city of Moreno Valley. At this time, I will look to our city attorney. Mr. City attorney, was there any reportable action taken in closed session today?

U Mr. Mayor, in regards to D1, the potential initiation of litigation item, there was no reportable action taken. In regards to D2, conference of legal counsel, regarding significant exposure to litigation, there were two potential cases. There was no action taken on the first item. On the second item, the council voted 401 with Mayor Cabrera, Mayor Pro Tim Gonzalez, and council members Bernard and Delgado voting yes and council member Baka Santa Cruz absent to um oh to uh authorize or direct the city manager to resend the contracts for the Mary Ericson's community housing um project known known as Lantana Court. Um, in regards to item D3, the council voted 41 with Mayor Cabrera, Mayor Prom Gonzalez, council members Bernard and Delgado voting yes, council member Baka Santa Cruz absent to direct the city manager to proceed with real property negotiations to acquire property as an alternative site for the public safety campus. Those conclude the close session announcements. Thank you very much, Mr. City Attorney. So, with that, we will go ahead and officially adjourn our closed session meeting, and we'll give a minute or two to transition over to our special presentations. Thank you.

Good evening and welcome to our special presentations here on April 21st. We are always glad to have you here joining us in person and if you're watching at home, thank you for tuning in. Our first presentation recognizes April as Arts Month. Arts Month is an opportunity to celebrate the role of arts and culture in strengthening our community through music, visual arts, performance, and creative expression. The arts bring people together and contribute to a vibrant and a connected city. Here in Marino Valley, our very own arts commission plays a vital role in supporting and promoting arts programs, community events, and opportunities for residents to engage in creative activities. Their efforts help enrich our community and provide spaces for expression, learning, and connection. And at this time, I would like to invite two of our arts commissioners. Uh, one is the chairperson of the arts commission, Samantha Contreras, and uh, she is joined by the vice chair of the arts commission, Andrea Austin. If we can give them a big Marina Valley round of applause as they join me here at the mic. Thank you for joining us. Is that two meetings in a row?

Yes. Yeah, it is.

That doesn't happen often, but uh, thank you for joining us here. Um so uh Chairperson Contras welcome. Thank you again for for being here for special presentations. We of course as always appreciate the work of the full arts commission that um I think you and your colleagues most of them have been on the board or the commission now for maybe two years or more now. Uh it's been kind of a similar group of of faces there that has been approving, you know, the the vinyl utility box wraps that you see around the city, the murals, various uh programs that that the commission has uh approved, recommended, and brought to the council. It's because of their work that you're seeing the arts really taking off and blooming in the city of Marino Valley. And so at this time, uh without further ado, I'd like to turn it over to the both of you if you'd like to share a few words.

Thank you. over this. That's fine. Not that short, but is that good? Yeah. Thank you. Okay.

Uh good evening, mayor, city members, and members of the community. My name is Samantha Contes, and I am honored to serve as chair of the Reno Valley Public Arts Commission. Tonight, I'm here to recognize April as Arts Month and to celebrate the vital role the arts play in our city. Arts Month is more than a celebration. It's a reminder that the arts are not a luxury, but a necessity. The arts are how we tell our stories, how we preserve our culture, and how we build connection across our diverse community. In Marina Valley, the arts show up in powerful ways through public murals that reflect our identity, through performances and cultural events that bring families together, and through creative programs that give our youth a voice. Every brush stroke, every performance, every installation contributes to a stronger and more vibrant city. We encourage our community to engage by attending an event, visiting a public art piece, supporting local artists, or simply taking a moment to experience creativity in your everyday life. Because when we invest in the arts, we are investing in people. When we invest in creativity, we are investing in innovation. And when we invest in culture, we are investing in our future of Marina Valley. On behalf of the public arts commission, thank you for your continued support of the arts and for helping us build a city where creativity can thrive. Thank you and go Arts.

All right. Um well uh thank you once again uh chairperson Gautteras and on behalf of uh the city council if uh they'd like to go ahead and start joining us here so we could take a group picture would like to present this proclamation recognizing April as arts month here in the city of Mareno Valley and uh we just want to thank you from the bottom of our hearts for the work that you and your colleagues continue to do. Uh keep up the good work. You're bringing a lot of life and color to the city of Mareno Valley. Uh it's a it's a nice breath of fresh air. So, just keep up that amazing work that you're doing. Congratulations.

Another round of applause for them. And next up, I will hand the floor over to Council Member Delgado, who will be presenting a special presentations recognizing Arbor Day. Council member, thank you, Mr. Mayor. Hold your applause. Good evening. Tonight's second presentation recognizes National Arbor Day. Arbor Day is an annual observance that promotes the planting and care of trees. First established in 1872, Arbor Day has grown into a national effort that focuses on maintaining strong and sustainable environments for future generations. Marino Valley is proud to be recognized as a tree city USA. This means the city meets national standards for managing and managing its trees. It in Marino Valley. This work is led by our special districts division. The team maintains parkways, medians, and public areas and supports long-term planning and responsible growth. At this time, I'd like to invite special districts division manager Valerie Arenas Reay to join me at the microphone. Where you at, Valerie? Come on up. Oh, and her team.

Yeah. Thank you. Hey, thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you, guys. Thank you. All right. Well, uh, Valerie, would you like to say a few words about what you do and what this is all about? Sure.

Good afternoon, everybody. It is, uh, greatly appreciated and reflects meaningful support for the city's community tree program. These efforts play an important role in helping maintain its Tree City USA designation. We thank you for your recognition and support. She didn't have her speech ready. As a reminder, the city will host the Beautify Moval Community Day of Service celebrating Arbor Day and Earth Day this Saturday, April 25th from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. And that's right here at city hall. Meet at city hall about 8 o'clock or 8 o'clock. So, um we'll hope to see you all there. And in behalf of the city council and the mayor of Marino Valley, it is our our honor to present this proclamation recognizing National Arbor Day and reaffirming the city's commitment to maintaining and enhancing our community. Congratulations. Photos. And if you guys want to come up take some pictures. Let me get you. Perfect. All right. Thank you.

And for our third presentation, I'd like to welcome up Council Member Bernard, if she can find her. There she goes. I don't have it up. Okay. So, I can make this up. Thank you. I don't know. I I lost it. It's there's a lot happening.

Um Okay. So, um good evening everyone. Thank you. Yeah. See, look. And look at that. Everyone found everything. Um, so contrary to the weather that we see today, if we remember, March was a very hot March. It was 100 degrees outside. So, as we move forward, I'll say this. As the heat sets in, more families will be spending time around water, making safety a priority for everyone. This presentation recognizes the month of May as water safety awareness month. And we're doing it now because we said the month of May. So let us all in preparation know that yes it's April 21st but the next day that we're here will be a taco Tuesday and also Cinco de Mayo. So I want you to remember this water related incidents happen quickly. National data shows drowning is a leading cause of death of for young children reinforcing the importance of awareness preparation and close supervision. At this time I'd like to invite the best fire chief parks. come on down. And Jeremy, this is no reflection about how I feel about parks and wreck. And Sarah, this is no reflection about how I feel about you. I love you all. Okay, Chief Park, welcome and thank you for being here. We appreciate your leadership um and the work of the fire department in keeping our community safe. Chief Park, would you like to share a few words about water safety?

Thank you. Councilwoman, thank you, Mayor and Council, and everybody who's here. We do this every year because uh drownings occur every year and it's important that we continue to get the message out and that we continue to push the public and everybody to learn CPR, learn water safety awareness and to go to the city website and also to the Coast Guard, the um lifeguards and all of those types of places that you can learn about water safety because it is not just a pool. It can happen in bathtubs. It can happen at the beach. It can happen at the river. And so it can happen to every age. And we just want to continue to push that message. And later we're going to have a heartwarming story about um a potentially very dangerous situation. So thank you very much.

Thank you. Okay. Um so with that being said, on behalf of my city um the city council and the mayor, it is my honor to present this proclamation recognizing May as water safety awareness month. invite the rest of the council to come on down. Are we balance? two more. You're my favorite fire chief. So, um, as, uh, Chief Parks returns to his seat, I do want to notate that the city's aquatics program offers swim lessons and water safety instructions for residents of all ages. To sign up, please visit the city the city's parks and community services website. Um, also, uh, when you do go to sign up, we do offer, um, a scholarship program also, so that's also available. And with that, we will now move to our final presentation of the night led by Mayor Pro Tim uh, Gonzalez. Thank you, Council Member Bernard. And for our last special presentation, we are honored to be joined by members of our law enforcement and fire teams. Along with a member of our community, we recognize a lifesaving response that reflects the very best of Mna Valley. This presentation recognizes the

coordinated response of our sheriff's department, fire department, and a community member during a recent emergency involving a young child. Situations like this require quick action, coordination, and training. Because of that response, this incident resulted in a positive outcome for the child and their family. At this time, I'd like to invite Chief Mack and Fire Chief Park to join me at the at the front. Let's give them another warm round of applause. if if you could both share from your perspective the uh what happened and the response.

Yeah. To reinforce the message of water safety awareness, we thought it was very timely to bring this up. Last month, um, our firefighters, law enforcement, and a civilian responded to a drowning call for a young child. And when our firefighters got it scene, what they saw was that the civilian responder had already initiated C CPR. RSO with their training had jumped in and started performing CPR. Our paramedics then performed life-saving uh treatments. They rode into the hospital. At the hospital, the the patient was not breathing. They were uh comeomaosse. They were placed on a breathing tube. And because of this chain of survival over this last month, as of April, that 2-year-old has been discharged and is back at home eating pizza. So, uh turn over. So obviously this is the call that our law enforcement and our firefighters never want to get dispatched to. But when they do, they jump into action. Their training and experience kicks in and it takes over and you get decades of training that comes into play where they know what to do and they know how to take care of people. And this is a good example of what happens when that experience is on display. You get these positive outcomes. And it's absolutely amazing to be able to present this group of firefighters and law enforcement today with this award and also to recognize the neighbor, the civilian who doesn't have the same expectation to have these levels of training experience, but they absolutely did. So, they were able to jump in uh before we were there to nextdoor neighbor to jump in before us. and it is an absolute pleasure to group them into this group of wonderful people that are out there serving your community and to recognize our our resident, our firefighters, and our law enforcement tonight.

Thank you uh for that over overview and your leadership. Uh please please stay here. At this time, I'd like to invite the responding personnel and community member to join us at the front. As your name is called, please come forward to receive your certificate. Curtis Peebles, resident. Deputy Mitcha, Deputy Walter Trevino, Deputy Miguel Bautista, Deputy Jacob Padilla, Fire Captain Walter Catalan, Fire Apparatus Engineer Christian Duran, Firefighter Lane Morrison, Fire Apparatus Engineer Michael Fraso and firefighter paramedic Chase Gonzalez. On behalf of the city council, it is our honor to recognize each of you for your actions, professionalism, and commitment to protecting our community. Because of a response, a life was saved. A family is given a second chance for their loved ones.

Please join me again in another round of applause. And now it's the group picture. Another way this way. All right. Hold on one second. And with that concludes our special presentations and our meeting will begin in about eight minutes. Thank you.

Good evening and welcome to the joint meeting of the city council of the city of Moreno Valley. The city council receives a separate stipen from the community services district if any CSD business is conducted at this meeting. I now call the meeting to order on April 21st, 2026 at 6:02 p.m. Would any of my colleagues like to lead us in the pledge of allegiance this evening? Council member Delgado will lead us in the pledge. Please remain standing after the pledge of allegiance for the invocation given this evening by Pastor David Ria from Oasis Community Church. Join me in the pledge of allegiance by placing your right hand over your heart. Ready? Begin. I aliance to the flag.

Good evening, pastor. Welcome.

Good evening, Mr. Mayor, city council, staff, residents of Marino Valley. Thank you for this opportunity. Would you please join me as we pray for this service, for this meeting? Gracious Father, we thank you again for another day and for the opportunity to gather in this place to discuss many matters that will impact this city. Lord, I pray for the agenda items that will be discussed this evening that as we work through these items that have been prepared for us to review, that we would discuss them in a civil manner and that the decisions and actions would be beneficial to all the residents of Marino Valley. Lord, we know that we don't see things all the same. We have different beliefs, different feelings. We see things differently. But I ask that as this meeting unfolds, we would to be respectful to one another and we would have positive dialogue that would benefit all people here. Your word says that we should carry each other's burdens. In doing so, we show compassion and mercy and grace and we build strong communities for all people. I pray for our city leaders that they have been elected, that they would do their duties with honor. I pray for our businesses that they would thrive even in difficult times. I pray for all our staff, Lord, fire department, police department. I pray for our teachers, for our medical field, for the families in Marino Valley that we would all do well and help each other so that this city continues to be blessed by your hand. Father, we thank you for the many blessings you've given us over the years because we have placed our trust in you. And I pray that you continue to bless this wonderful city. And I pray this in Jesus name. Amen. Thank you very much, pastor. I know it's not Sunday service, but we truly

appreciate the invitation there. Thank you for joining us. And the next item on our agenda is it is D, the land acknowledgement. And at this time we wish to acknowledge that we are on the unseated lands of the Kawila and Vioim or Luiseno who are original inhabitants and now as sovereign tribal nations have contributed continued to live and thrive upon these lands since time immemorial. Item E, roll call. Madam clerk, I'll turn it over to you. Thank you, Mayor. Council member Bernard here. Member Delgado here. Ma'am, council member Bak Santa Cruz here.

Mayor Prom Gonzalez here. And Mayor Cabrera here. Thank you. Thank you, Madam Clerk. Next is item F, motions to excuse. We are all here, so we'll go to item G, staff introductions, please. Patty Rodriguez, city clerk. Sonia Gomez, senior deputy city clerk. Steven Kentine, city attorney. Brian Mohan, city manager. Lana Himenez, assistant city manager, administration. Felicia London, CFO and city treasurer. Sean Keller, assistant city manager development. Frost Salupo, community development director. Kyle Warski, economic development director. Melissa Walker, director of public works. Jeremy Bubnik, director of parks and community services.

Robert Cardinis, human resources director. Sarah Mack, police chief.

Thank you very much, team. is always a honor to be here in the chamber to conduct the people's business. And next will be item H, approval of order of agenda. And I'll look to my colleagues to see if there are any requests. If not, we can make a motion and a second to approve the order of the agenda. I motion to approve the order of the agenda. Second. There's a motion and a second. Madam clerk, please call for the vote. Thank you, Mayor. Council member Bernard, yes. Council member Delgado, yes. Council member Bakas Santa Cruz, yes. Mayor Prom Gonzalez. Yes. And Mayor Cabrera. Yes. Thank you.

Thank you. The next item is I public comments on matters that are not on the agenda. And just a friendly reminder, the city now offers language translation services through a free app called Wordly. The app automatically translates a variety of languages into English and vice versa. To use this service, please scan the QR code that you can find at the speaker signup table. For the visually impaired, please use your earphones or earbuds to listen to the verbal translation. If you do not have any such listening devices, please let the city clerk know and we will gladly let you borrow some for this meeting. Before we move on to public comments, I'd like to remind everyone to direct their comments to the city council for comments on items that are on tonight's agenda. Each speaker will have a total of three minutes to comment. Madame clerk, are there any requests to comment on any items not on the agenda? Yes, mayor. The first three speakers are Ruth Santiago, followed by Jayen Harville, followed by Fred Bonalos. Is Ruth Santiago here with us? Yes. Okay. just right up here to the podium and um as soon as you start speaking we'll start the three minutes. Welcome.

Sure. I got that. Okay. Good evening, mayor and council members and guests. Um my name is R Santiago and I am a social work student at Cal State San Marino and a resident of Marino Valley for the last 25 years. I am proud to be here and joined with my fellow future social workers. We're here tonight to speak about our community action project that focuses on understanding community needs specifically in district 1 of Marino Valley. We conducted surveys to better understand the challenges residents are facing during our surveys in two different areas in district 1. We spoke with uh residents who shared that since the pandemic, they've been having difficulties finding food um resources that are available to them in the community. As of right now, the Marino Valley um matters website continues to update its resources, but many residents are unaware of its existence and we're trying to make that known to them in the community that this website is very helpful and it does offer information and resources that it provides on this website. This situation has left many residents um feeling discouraged and overwhelmed as they struggle to find the right resources they need within the Marino Valley community. This only adds to the stress of trying to provide food for their families, especially as the federal funding for SNAP benefits continues to diminish. Mothers we surveyed shared concerns that their children are not receiving the proper nutrition needed to thrive as the cost of food continues to rise and becomes increasingly unaffordable. In response, our group has decided to partner with Calvary Chapel to support an ongoing food drive that provides free food for those in need. This takes place

every Saturday at Western Park from 8:00 a.m. to noon or until supplies last. on we will be joining them on Saturday, May 2nd as we will be volunteering our time and hosting anformational session to get the word out and the information out of where they can find food resources available to them to share these resources such as food assistant programs and other community services. We encourage everyone to spread the word and support this effort. A thoughtful action now can prevent a bigger problem later. We hope to make a positive impact and support the community in any way we can and we hope to all see you there. We thank you for your time and our s and your service to our community. Thank you. The next three speakers are Jillian Harvell, followed by Fred Benelloo, followed by Christopher Baka. All righty. Good evening, mayor, council members, community members. My name is Jillian Harvel and I too am a social work major at Calcia San Bernardino and a and a community member here in Marino Valley. Alongside my peers Natalie Cervantes, Christina Williams, and Desiree Bush, we've been working on a semesterl long project where we conducted a needs assessment in the community and based on those results created an action plan to give back. This past weekend, alongside Faith Ministries, we distributed 101 bags of food, clothes, and hygiene supplies to the unhoused across Marino Valley and surrounding communities. Through this experience, we saw firsthand the gap between available resources and real community needs.

While one of the biggest needs we observed was access to food, another major need was basic undergarments and socks. Um, these simple items are often overlooked, yet they play an essential role in maintaining dignity and comfort. Faith Ministries carries out this work every third Saturday of the month, consistently showing up for our community. We encourage the city's support to help expand these efforts and better meet these needs. Additionally, their sister organization, Worship Life Church, prepares and distributes baskets for families every Wednesday. This also provides an opportunity for community members to donate their time or materials if they would like to get involved. And to anyone who would like to get involved, learn more, or support future efforts, we do have flyers available with more information. And thank you for your time and support. The next three speakers are Fred Benuelos, followed by Christopher Baka, followed by Ismael Gonzalez.

Hello everyone. Uh the uh study session just a few days ago. Uh very informative. I like that you guys did that. Um the uh spring fire update. I'm glad that they have a uh wildfire community uh resilience forum coming up. I'm looking forward to that that the city's going to put on. Uh we talked about the mic the bike master plan. Um, you know, there's four things for that. The one and two for me, those those are unacceptable. Uh, three, the with the park, um, and the parking lot. I'd love to see a parking lot, but I also don't want that park to be lost. I wish it could go in between the parking lot and in between the fire station. And I love option number four, where you remove a travel lane and keep bike lane and and parking and everybody's happy. Uh, I want to let you know that uh I went riding my bike today around Rancho Verie High School. Um, that's a cluster area over there. Um, I have some videos that you guys know where to go. Go watch them. I'll be posting them soon. But, uh, we need protected bike lanes over there. Um, there was pedestrians, there was ebikes, the kids. There must have been, I think, 50 bikes in the in where they lock up their bikes that they're traveling out of there. Uh, just the normal traffic. Um, I didn't have to call law enforcement on a non-emergency number because we already had two motor officers that were in the area that were given tickets. And what's interesting is the parents don't even care about moving. Once they saw those officers, they're sticking to their guns and staying there. They don't want to move. And I I kid you not, there must have been at least 50 or 60 cars parked illegally in the bike lanes. I mean, we have the money and our state has the money to do things. Our state doesn't know how to

use spend money, but we have the money to get things done. And I'm very adamant about wanting to get protected bike lanes. Um, I'm hoping that Morrison we get some positive things out of that, but Rancho Verdie is another problem area. Um, you'll see on my video that people are speeding in that area before they even get to it by the high school. I'm sitting there with my camera posted up and you'll see the cars just zooming by me getting to the school. It's a very dangerous situation and and I'm glad that the two motor officers were out there uh giving tickets, but again, people weren't moving. They were just like holding the ground. They're not going to leave until they pick up their kid. The school has to do something about making it better to get in and out of there. Uh the parking lot, it wasn't even halfway full. You know what what's going on? How come people aren't going in there to park? There's a school just north of it that seems like they do a better job in the Marino Valley Unified School District that has a I'll have to go watch them tomorrow. Anyway, there's my time. Thanks, guys.

The next three speakers are Christopher Baka, followed by Ishmael Gonzalez, followed by Mr. George Hey.

Hello, good afternoon, good evening staff, community uh community particularly. Uh what I have here is a city of Morirano Valley organizational chart. On the top is citizens. Below that is your uh city council, community service districts, library trustees, so forth. Below the city council is a city manager, attorney, clerk, and below that assistant manager. But anyhow, the point being is that why is the city not following this organizational chart as far as a hierarchy as of how you're supposed to conduct your business and yourselves and how the city staff should conduct themselves. Uh we have our city manager and our city attorney at the top of this organizational chart chart making illegal uh illegal decisions keeping them I suppose from elected officials and elected officials are unaware of uh the things they're doing. So, I asked myself, why uh are these things happening? And it just seems to be the era we're living in where all the way from the top of in our country, our government is overlooking the process and procedures and and and divisions and checks and balances that we have in a functioning of uh uh government. And it's exactly it trickles down all the way down to our local government. All politics are local and this is exactly what's going on here in this city where we have a dictator here dictating and making decisions for the people for the stat for uh city council for the elected officials. And unfortunately, Mr. uh mayor, uh I hate to say it. I respect your current, you know, doings, but you

know, isn't it a little late after 8 years that you're finally standing up to this? I applaud you for it. Thank you. But there's a lot more that you have to look into as far as what they've done and what they continue doing. So, anyhow, uh where's my time? Um I need to know, can you give me more time? Um, as we continue on this journey with my pet peeve on calling out corruption, I just want to point out that my greatest people that I follow are Bernie Sanders and Jesus Christ who happen to be Jewish. So, as far as any anti-semitism that may be be I may be accused of is far from the truth. You can be anti-Israel and not be anti-Semite. We we are against the Israeli government, but we're not against uh Jewish people. That goes for Benzi. We dislike Beni, but it has nothing to do with that.

The next three speakers are Ishmael Gonzalez, followed by Mr. George Hey, followed by Lindseay Robinson. Hello and uh good afternoon everybody. Uh council members, city staff, everybody tuning in at home. My name is Juvan Gonzalez. I'm the vice chair of the Box Springs Group of Sierra Club here in Marina Valley. Uh I just want to begin by saying that if there are any closed doors being drafted by this body, I completely detest that. That is horrible. uh that should be out in the open uh for transparency uh transparency sake. And um I uh want to continue my uh my time here to uh talk about history a little bit. Um I'm trying my best not to uh directly comment on item K1, but I think the people need to know how long this issue has been going on, right? So, let's have a little history lesson uh provided by your own city website uh under community development. It looks like uh back in June 2021 and August 2021, the mobile 2040 project and final environmental impact report were approved and certified and then a lawsuit uh argued that uh they were deficient. The Riverside County Superior Court said that there were uh deficiencies uh in your EIR on the basis of air quality, climate change, greenhouse gas emissions, energy use, and the baseline uh existing conditions analysis and um to uh to rush it through the planning commission. I think that was a horrible debacle unto itself. I watched the uh YouTube uh videos from October and November. There was one planning

commissioner who voted against approving it because not all the items were presented in light of uh that conversation. I think it's highly um irresponsible for this body, for the city staff to pass it along to you guys um without having all the puzzle pieces to the project itself. Uh I think that's again another issue about transparency uh that needs to be worked on. This here, this letter alone, uh it's not pertaining to K1, so I'm hoping to talk about it. It's the attorney general letter uh dated April 21st. He writes, "Our office is satisfied with the added mitigation measures in the MMRP and generally does not object to the city proceedings uh to finalize the general plan update. But we do note that the that the GPU does not otherwise satisfy government code section 65302.02 02 uh through Assembly Bill 98. So technically you guys are you guys still have homework to do. You guys still need to work on this.

The next three speakers are Thank you. about this morning. Thank you.

The next three speakers are Mr. George Hake followed by Lindseay Robertson followed by Nikita Wilson. Good evening, George Hey. Uh, the housing element plan is actually supposed to go through the same process as the AB98 truck plan where you really do make an effort to reach out to the public where you really do a whole bunch and your city is really trying to do that on AB98 in the truck plans and looking all over the place to find other people to talk to and explain and get input. Housing element, not so much. basically seemed to come down to uh one or two planning people and some well-connected developers. The you really need to make sure that the housing element really goes out like you're doing with AB98 Marina Valley Utility. The five four plus one of you is um in charge of the Marina Valley utility. Um, and what's happening right now and has been for the past several years is that you're restricting the amount of solar that can go on large buildings. We got a 40 million square foot world logistics center out there with 40 million square feet of rooftop. It should be totally covered by solar and you're restricting it to just half of that. Each warehouse going in around our city, in some cases developer wants to put in 100% solar. Marina Valley Utilities is not allowing it. You're in charge of that. That's a crime. You're saying you're going to buy renewable energy. Other words, you're allowing huge farms out in the desert,

destroying habitat, sending lines this direction where they lose energy as they're transmitting it towards the city. It's crazy. You need 100% solar on all the large buildings. I'm still having trouble getting emails to the planning commissioners. Uh I I thank u city council member Delgado who has helped me and the city clerk. Um I have not sent one in the last couple of weeks. So I'm going to be testing that very soon. I just want to give people a heads up that they're coming that way and hopefully I will not have to contact the same people who helped me in the past. uh if it is a policy of the city manager, I would like that policy changed and I think most planning commissioners would appreciate it. Also, the county and surrounding cities have a policy where if I have about eight people here who would like to dedicate their time to me to speak, they can do so. They have to be in the audience, but I can use their time to speak. It makes for a more coherent talk to you instead of people coming up here for one minute, one minute, one minute, one minute, not able really to say things that they would like to. We need that policy. Thank you very much.

The next three speakers are Lindseay Robinson, followed by Nikita Wilson, followed by Hope Phillips.

Good evening again, council, staff, and public. I'm here again for the second time to talk about the PACO that was gutted during COVID and to request that the city council direct the city manager at an open public meeting to reinstate the PACO to its original format in our municipal code. Uh within that PACO, we were supposed to have trails on one side of the road in the northeast for 40 years. We patiently waited. We asked over and over again, when are the trails going to be started? one of the trails. Be patient. Be patient. 40 years of patience. Former parks and wreck uh employee Tony Heatherman and the former trail board, they kept trying to get the trail started. It's also part of the master plan trails unless it's been eliminated. They were told there's no money. Wow. The residents got to see you guys spend hundreds of thousand dollars on Ido for Rancho Balago signs, Theodore signs, uh roads, whatever he wanted. There seemed to be no shortage of money and that's still in effect today. So, please reinstate our Paco and get the trails started on the northeast end before this whole community is destroyed. The PACO still does say we are the large lot community. So, I hope you honor that and not try and put all these small lots in there. Um, the city betrayed us when they gutted it back in COVID. Oh, by the way, this is the second reading asking for our Burough Springs signs up there. Idle only took two minutes to get the half the city changed to Rancho Balago, and the city paid for the signs and for the uh staff to put them up. Um, I see we still have staff over there that have been proven to lie to commissions in public. They really should be losing their jobs. It's not fair to have liars sitting over there dictating policy, especially when they don't live in Moreno Valley. Uh, closed

session May 20th. Supposedly, the city council directed the city manager to get going on anou and the rancho estates for Edo. That was illegal. You have to only direct the manager at an open public meeting. Um the the pre-anexation was signed in June and it was not at a public meeting. We were not allowed to make public comments and there was a deadline where we could only comment. The scoping meetings were later. uh information was refused to me and Chris Baka when we made it, but it was given to a resident from Newevo who was also called by the city attorney's associate to find out who he was and why he wanted public information. Two of our staff members met with him in private and shared what was supposedly closed session information. Definite Brown Act. When is this going to stop? When are you guys going to start telling the truth and working for us? We're at the top. Not Ben Zie, not the staff, not what.

The next three speakers are Nikita Wilson, followed by Hope Phillips, followed by Donovan Sadi. Good evening, city council, mayor, city staff, community. My name is Nikita Wilson, and my comments are of my own. This is directly tied to the general plan update before you tonight. The housing element is our framework. It requires alignment between policy and outcomes. KPR data 1,123 permitted 319 completed zero very low income 32 low income majority market rate so yes we are building this is happening in real time I'm currently navigating housing conditions and the city's response in real time. Are we building what we said we would? At what point does the city move from tracking outcomes to requiring alignment? When does institutional patience become institutional permission? We have the plan. We have the data. Now we need alignment. Not just activity, accountability.

Thank you. My daughter is going to be speaking next. Give us just one second to restart the three minutes here as well. And just a friendly reminder um uh you know before the public comment is open I read into this record the script um uh for any public comments right now this is non-aggenda items so if you are here to speak on you know K1 or others those comments should be left for later when the item comes up um so just want to friendly reminder for everybody If we can get to three minutes.

There you go. Good evening. My name is Hope Phillips. I've been learning about the city plan for a downtown center, parks and open spaces, places for families and students to gather, events and performing arts. We need more permanent places for families and kids to gather, not just events. Example, water parks or fairs. A city without places to gather is a city people leave. City center 2040 plan. Thank you. The next three speakers are Donovan Sadik, followed by Paul Palomares, followed by Richard Bolter.

All right. Good evening, council, mayor, Miss Baka, Ed, Shelinda, everybody that's up there. Here we go. Silly Susan coming into it. Um, oh, the staff, by the way, say act to staff. Uh, to the young lady that just uh was speaking, it is really strange that when I was seven years old living here and I was saying, "Wow, there's nothing in Marino Valley for young people to do. Thank god there was a bay so he could go over there. But the fact is there's no youth center in this city. But we can give millions of dollars and no disrespect to our elderly because I'm 55 years old. So I just made that little cuff there. But the point of my matter is it is so sad. 40 years later here I am listening to the the young lady say the same thing I've been saying for 40 years. We've got to do something about that. With all this money being slashed around and thrown around, when are we going to invest in our youth? These kids are roving around here graffitiing. And I'm not saying it's because it's a negative thing, but they have nothing to do. They have nothing to do. It's very sad. I want to give a big ups to the fire department for that fire out there by Gilman Springs. When that thing popped off, I saw the smoke go off. You guys did an excellent job. Uh our our first responders as well with the traffic over there. So you guys don't understand, we have a top-notch unit here looking out after us and the fire season is coming up. So be aware of that. But uh I really got up here right now. I've got some other things I want to say, but I'm going to hold off on that for a second. But um we know the Olympics are coming and all this stuff is happening. We are seeing an influx of the homeless being kicked out of Los Angeles County and coming into the Inland Empire. And the question for you guys is, what are you guys going to do

about it? What are you guys going to do about it? Now, we know for years, those of us have been here, homeless come out here, we give them a bus ticket, they go back to LA, and they become seasonal. Stuff like that. You're talking about massive stuff happening the next couple of years because of these big events that are happening in in LA. and we're getting the problems. They're shipping them out here. So, you guys got to come up with a plan for that. Um, also I want to address back to the youth. We're seeing a uptick of the scooters running around on the sidewalks and you know the kids are driving and stuff and I know they're they're trying to work something in Sacramento to to catch up to that legislation, but these kids aren't looking when they're d you know they're on those little scooters going 15 20 miles an hour coming off the sidewalk. So, we've really got to, you know, look at that and get ahead of this game as far as that goes. And then my other question is, why is it that we keep funding the WLC's fire station that they were supposed to build, things that they were supposed to do? Why are we in our tax dollars funding a project that the de

The next three speakers are Bob Palomares, followed by Richard Golter, followed by David David Nielsen. Good evening, Council Chiefs. Thank you. Donovan's right about when the Olympics come, they're going to send a lot of people this way because they can't go west. But and he's, you know, so what are we going to do? Build a wall? The bike issue that we're having here, that's back and forth that I hear at all the council meetings. You need to give it a lot of attention because it's a it's it's a growing problem for the people that are riding bikes. I mean, you always hear in the news about people getting hit and, you know, it's a safety issue. That's what it is. But I was listening to uh the lady uh Mrs. Ruth Santiago speak about the food shortage and you know, they don't have enough or and we know why. you know, there's a lot of cuts from the federal government and uh all the nonprofits, you know, they do a great job, the ones that we have here, but they're overwhelmed and it's only going to get worse cuz we know it is, you know, every day it gets worse. And uh really got to get serious about what you're going to do about it, you know. you know, because it's here in our city, you know, you can't tell them go to Riverside, you know, or you can't tell them go to here or there. And uh the thing that gets me is that, you know, people come here and ask for help. And we spent over $2 million on a lawsuit that involved the mayor because of him. What could we have done with those $2 million? We could have fed a lot of kids. We could have built what Donovan's looking

for, the youth center, which I believe is going to come. But he's cost us money from the very beginning. And don't lose sight of it. You know, it's just who he is. You know, he's a what would I say? He's a promoter. He just carries the title of mayor, but he's not a mayor. Thank you. Next three speakers are Richard Bolter, followed by David Nielsen, followed by Luis Palomares.

Good evening, Mayor, council members, staff. Uh my name is Richard Wolter. I am the CFO of the Holland Wall, Inc. Uh I did receive the new contract for this year. Graci. Uh we did do a report uh that is aligned with this new uh contract. I hope it's too easy nice nice and clear for you to understand. Uh as it shows we are definitely using it and utilizing it and we do have room for growth as always. Uh and if you do have any questions please feel free to ask. Once again thank you for your time. I'll leave you guys a report. The next three speakers are David Nielsen, followed by Luis Palomares, followed by Seth Cox.

Okay. Good evening, Mayor, uh, city council members, city staff. David Nielsen, and I'm the operations manager of the whole InWall Incorporated here to give you just a brief overview of our first quarter grant report and for our program, Community Homeless Solutions. So, uh, this this reflects from December 6th to March 6, even though we're in the month of April. As of March 6, 2026, we're at the end of our first quarter of the grant. We've had 74 new clients uh for our community homeless solutions program. And this uh reflects a 4% increase from last year in the same quarter. And those who sign up for our program receive basic essential services with uh that consist of lunches, hygiene, clothing ID vouchers, mailing address services, birth certificate vouchers, and bus passes. Our goal is to set our clients up for success with our essential services readiness program. We call it the four Rs. That means benefits ready, program ready, housing ready, and work ready. To become benefits ready, we provide the following services. Mailing address services. Our mailing address meets Riverside County requirements for county res residency. This includes IIEHP, medical, EBT, social security, and cellular services. Residency allows clients to receive a nocost ID voucher. If birth certificate is necessary or needed to establish California ID, we provide birth certificate vouchers which include mailing costs and notary charges if needed. County ID and county mailing address entitles clients to essential county services, treatment, mental health programs, evidence-based housing, state and federal services such as SSI and SSDI. So when a client becomes benefits ready, he or she becomes program ready, housing ready, and work ready, ensuring a successful transition from homelessness to re-entry into society. We continue to offer case management, access to crisis housing, bridge housing, crisis intervention support for mental health and physical well-being, and drug and alcohol

treatment referrals, drug and alcohol classes, and education. We also refer to unhelp in the areas of legal services, employment, re reunification, and we do refer for rental assistance. And we've also imple implemented a 90-day review process to assess clients progress, including our case management history and summar. This review can help us determine our effectiveness, which each client, and whether services should or should not be continued. So we believe services should be rendered only to those who have a shown willingness or a track record and interest in lifestyle change. Uh our director Dr. Benjamin Schuler at CEO and founder will talk be talking more about uh areas of services we're going to enlarge. Uh let's see our motto at hole in the wall continues to be always leave a person better off than when they came in by giving them a hand up not a hand out. And our success rate remains about 35% our foot traffic 40 to 75 people weekly. We continue to grow in community partnerships and we continue to work closely with homeless outreach organizations and other local nonprofits and we're excited about our third year of the foundation grant. Thank you.

The next three speakers are Luis Palomares followed by Seth Cox followed by Dr. Benjamin Schuler.

Luis Palaris, community activist. Wow, action-packed. Thank you, Dave, for that report. I mean, they do a lot of good for our community. Thank you. And thank you to our chiefs, our fire, and our uh Sarah Mack. Thank you so much for all you've done. And uh they were having a vent here early for the firemen to acknowledge they saved a life. They do it all day long. Those are our real heroes. Thank you. Okay. Now, I want to say about the $2 million, you know, we're talking about money here and that $2 million. We could have did a lot of things with that money, Mayor Cabera, but it was a lawsuit that you started and the people that won the case ended and they got $2 million. We could have did a lot of things with that money. We could have built a a real senior center, not that Mickey Mouse that you poured millions into because people can't even park there. It's hard for them to get. We could have built you give them the least in the bottom of the bucket. You could have gave them a lot better. We had the land. You could have built a state-of-the-art uh senior center, state-of-the-art library, state-of-the-art for our students here and our youngsters here, our teens here to have a teen center. But you send Hillwood away, you with some of this consult, you send them away packing with $60 million. We could have did a lot of things with that. They were going to do give us money, build one building out there by the by the cars by the dealerships. That's the only building that could have went out there besides whatever Eido was going to build. But wow, we threw that. We sent them packing. They went to Marietta or one of the other cities. So they cashed in good, but we sent them away. $60 million what we could have did with that money. Wow. Imagine. Wow. We could send a man and a woman to the moon. But we can't fix anything in this damn city. We got a screwed up. We got a screwed up senior center. We got a bunch of little Mickey Mouse libraries. Not that they don't serve a purpose, but we're staffing them. That's a lot of money to staff them. You know, we could have built a state-of-the-art library, but you got this new parac whatever going over there

at the mall. This art thing, you know, come on. They're going under a lot of the times. They got a they got a big mess over there. I was there the other day. J C Penneyy's elevators don't work. Uh Macy's, the the whatever don't work. The escalators don't work. What's going on over there? I thought we were fixing things over there. Those people need those items over there. So saying all that, mayor, this is what you have cost us in the city. You know, if we had to give you a report card, you would be getting straight FS because you sent Hillwood away, $60 million pro uh project that was even going to mold the lawn for us and water it. We wouldn't even had to do that and we could have bought a lot of things here in our community. But you send that away and you're running again. You're running us to the ground. Since you've been on this council, our city is on the Titanic. We're in a train wreck with your decisions. And later on you want to bring something about the Corey Jackson uh daycare thing. Come on. We got money for the county for daycare. We got money uh the colleges do daycare. Why do we got to pay that's going to come out of our

The next two speakers are Seth Cox followed by Benjamin Chulip. Good evening, council, staff, first responders over there, audience. Um, I wasn't going to speak tonight again, but after our first speaker, Ruth Santiago. Um, as all everybody knows, I'm Seth Cox. I've lived in this city originally moved out here in 1977 before it was ever Marino Valley. Okay. Um, so I've seen a lot, but I also work with several 501c3s. Okay. One of them building up lies foundation. Worked for PSL for many years. Currently not working with them. I've been associated a little bit with hole in the wall over time. And I've always said if you get into the charity business, you're only going to have three emotions. You're either going to be glad, sad, or mad. That's it. Okay. When Miss Santiago got up here, I was mad. I was sad first and mad. Okay. We have talked about the underserved, the homeless, the unhoused in this city. I've been up here what probably three years now. Um, and then it we have now we have outsiders against out outside of Marino Valley, San Bernardino groups or whatever come here and tell us the same thing about district one. All right. Well, I'm going to do a little advertising because you guys can't answer those people when they're here. PSL still gives out food every first and third Thursday, 10:30 in the morning in the mall parking lot. All right. Building Up Lives Foundation gives out food multiple times a week. I personally work the Sunday event and we

all been know we've been bounced around from giving out food in certain places because other organizations, businesses say you can't do it in my backyard. We don't want those people on our sidewalks. We don't want them in our offices. We don't want them blocking our parking places. Whatever their reasoning is, but we still managed to give out food. Okay. Thanks to the VFW over the last few weeks, they've agreed to let us give out food for building up lives on Sunday in their facility. So, thank you VFW. So, that's just my advertisement. We have the we have the resources to give food out to the needy if people will let us do it. if the staff will work with people to get the right permits in place, the right approvals, the right locations. That's our biggest problem is the distribution of the food that we can go pick up. We get Sprouts food, we get Trader Joe's food, we get great stakes sometimes, you know, that we can give out to the people that need it. So with hopefully your help we can continue to

The next speaker is Dr. Benjamin Schuler.

Good evening city council mayor Cabrell staff. Um I am uh Dr. Benjamin Schuler and I am the founder of the whole inwall incororated and we are a homeless dropin center. We provide resources for the underprivileged housing challenge in our community. So what we do is we provide a mailing address that allows us to have a conversation with the homeless and see how we can better help them help themselves. We also provide uh bus passes. We also provide food. We provide drug and alcohol counseling and we do shelter referral. Our goal is to leave them better than what they were when they came in. As you heard David stated, we're pro working on a homeless awareness day community health fair on May the second. We've submitted the documents with the city and our objective is to get the homeless in the location of a place where we can connect them to other vendors that may provide the necessary needs. We know the Olympics is coming. We're on the front line, our organization to make a difference. And we want to thank the city for believing in us and allowing us to continue to operate because it takes money. Nothing is free and we're a nonprofit and we provide research. We're on the front line dealing with, you know, the homeless and everything else, but we want to make a difference because we believe I I've been in this city 40 years. I bought a house here in 95. I love this city. My family grew up in this city. I raised two grown daughters

in this city. And yes, I see people that are challenged. I once was homeless myself. I once was a substance abuse user. I'm a recovered drug addict for 39 years. Thank you very much. I was homeless from 77 to 83. Vietnam vet fought in the war. But I'm standing here to show because somebody believed in me and help me to I believe my spiritual calling in this city is to make a difference. So I'm not here to bash anybody. We all got jobs. We all got family. There's there's certain ways I like to communicate it. And I like to say we are trying at the hole in the wall to make a difference in our community because we love Marino Valley. And there's going to be challenges. I'm not here to say nothing other than what we're doing. And I'm not here to to complain about what somebody else got. We don't have that problem. We're here to help. So, we're doing making a difference. And I wanted to let the city know our goal, last but not least, is to open up a a a small house on a well.

The last and final speaker is Roy Blacker. On the way in, much to my surprise, I heard the Cal State San Burdue chicks come up here addressing my native edge area, Edgemont. So, as I walked in, I had a little conversation while we were standing outside in the lobby, and I said, you know, I'm very interested. I'd like to see your report, but my contention is the reason and the problems and things you're talking about and the challenges in Edgemont and practically every other community is 98.7% government policy and they said we agree. So, it's going to be interesting to see how that goes forward. I really love to see their report and see how it comes because that's the debate we need to have. You want to take on 40 years that place has been neglected. Starting with the $25 million that got ripped off in that moon rock of a freaking mall over there and it ain't got no better. As Hurricane Louise said, you could have built could have took that money from that this the five million on the other one, not Mickey Mouse and that built a new one down in district one like we asked, plus the $2 million his andor cost us in settlements that would have went a long ways if not building another senior center so the other one isn't more crowded than it is today. See what I'm referring to as government policy. One thing Mr. Sadique brought up was kids have nothing to do in seven years

old. Well, I can tell you and it's been a while. When I was seven years old, we had 56 square miles of free range kids and we had a lot to do. When do we start building a community where that can happen again instead of being dependent on someone else or thinking someone else is going to provide for this that and the other tell you this a rule you cannot violate. Someone who gives you something is the someone who can take it away from you. And we don't teach that. We don't teach that you need to be dependent. And we were dependent on ourselves. We built a park. We built our own bicycle motocross tracks. Not only on the park, but anywhere we felt like it. That was this community. It really breaks my heart the amount of people that try to denigrate, put us down, or kick us out of this place. I'll stack our record up against every anyone proved me wrong.

Mayor, that concludes all the public comments on items not on tonight's agenda. Thank you, Madam Clerk, and thank you to all of our public speakers as well. We are now going to move to our joint consent calendar, section J. Before I open the consent calendar for public comment, I will ask my fellow council members if there are any items that they wish to remove from the consent calendar for separate action. Not for separate action, but I'd like the staff report for J4 for the senior project. I'd like to hear that.

Okay. So J4 a staff report, but not pulling it for separate action. And I don't see any other requests. So at this time we will go ahead and take up the staff report for J4 if we can go ahead and uh have that presentation and then we'll move into council questions of staff public comment and bring it back for any deliberation. So, uh, J4, um, has to do with approval for site control, uh, related to a 150 unit affordable senior housing project, uh, called Legacy Ridge. Um, this is, uh, pursuant to, uh, the surplus land act that, um, had been open for about a year now. Uh, culminated with uh, council approval. um to um accept uh the SLA process and HCD's approval of that particular process in which um uh Jim Jernigan's um Rancho Balago development um who has been uh an affordable developer in um Marino Valley for decades now. um they were the successful bidder um during that particular project or during that uh process the surplus land act process. The action item tonight basically um uh is a letter of intent to provide uh approval of site control so that um Jim Jernigan and development his development company and Kingdom um development which is a nonprofit can go out and get uh various funding such as um state tax credits, uh county vouchers, uh a multitude of

different types of funding sources. uh so that uh he can then package and show proof to um the city that he has the wherewithal to um build this particular project in which um staff would then return uh to council probably in about a a year's time uh with an affordable housing agreement um that would then culminate into um providing that particular land uh which is off of Lal and Aleandro um uh dedicated to this particular project uh along with uh other funding needs potentially um that this council would approve um to subsidize uh the uh affordability for 150 unit senior affordable housing um that would probably be within the next year if we came back with a affordable housing agreement. Uh with that that concludes my um presentation of this and I'm available for any questions. Thank you. Yeah. So, we'll bring it back up and uh this time we'll open it up to council questions of staff for any of the consent calendar items before we go to public comment.

I don't have any more questions. Thank you so much for that report. Just one quick followup. Uh Mr. City Manager, this particular developer, could you share just maybe one or two other examples of other projects that they have built? Uh I know there's one I think on Indian and Cottonwood and then another one but they have a track record of building affordable units.

Uh yes they have uh for decades now but uh I would say some of the most recent ones that uh have been in social media and or in the media would be uh Cottonwood phase one, Cottonwood phase 2. Um there was a recent uh groundbreaking for what was uh called Lynwood Rose. Uh that is uh two parcels that the city owned on Fur uh Avenue. Um roughly about an acre in which there's going to be 37 uh affordable housing units. Uh so that broke ground within the last month. Um and then this uh would be um um you know a project that is near and dear to um this developer's um heart as well. He's been looking at that particular project for some time. Uh we've been trying to um get that particular uh which would be the last city-owned property uh that was previously owned by the redevelopment agency um uh into uh uh production so that we can bring forward uh affordable units.

Thank you very much. And I'll look to my colleagues to see if there are any other questions. Seeing no further questions at this time, we will go ahead and move into public comment. Madame clerk, are there any requests to speak on any consent calendar items? And again, just a friendly reminder, uh, this is public comment only on the items that are on the consent calendar.

Thank you, mayor. Yes, the first three speakers are Christopher Baka, followed by the IE informer, followed by Roy Blacker. Good evening again. Um, in general, the consent calendar I think needs to be uh scrutinized a little better and explained a little better and some of these things shouldn't just be blocked in there and hidden. For example, what happened again with ourou that was put in there. Uh I'm sorry with the police station and the architectural ponds that was try you try to sneak that in there without anybody knowing anything about the police station and fire station being built on Highland Fairview for uh whatever benefit uh whoever proposed that which was uh extremely illegal. Um, also you're approving minutes, you're approving close session minutes, regular meetings, and we go back again to thatou that you approved the consent calendar the following uh after you went into close session and directed supposedly the city manager to give away millions and millions of dollars to a developer. So, uh, why is it that you're putting all these things in here without scrutinizing them better? Also, I found a little glitch on there where I was looking through a couple of the uh, minutes and you're not putting the accurate information in there as far as public speakers, what they're speaking about, who it is. You're eliminating that. Is that the city clerk? Is that what the city clerk is doing now? is sensor censorship censorship. I wonder what's going on here.

So, in my opinion, it needs to be scrutinized better. You need to put more things on the open and uh the minutes need to be accurate. The public needs to know what exactly is going on here. So I ask since thatou was not reported properly, it was a Brown Act violation and the city manager had no right to do that. I ask that you go back and visit that, bring it onto the agenda and fully resend it. That is an illegal act and you are all in violation of the Brown Act because you approved it. You approved uh him on close session, whatever it was. Who will never know what it was that you did in close session and you approved the closing comments and you approved the following time the minutes of that meeting. So, you are in complete violation of the Brown Act and he, the city manager and city attorney are in violation of whatever they did. So, uh, are we going to see these two men in handcuffs and some recalls here? So, not recalls, but

the next two speakers are IE and former, followed by Roy Blackard.

All right. Um, I'm going to be speaking on uh J10 authorizing agreement for professional security system services. Um, I'm going to keep it very brief. Um, I just have some questions in regards to that. I noticed that when contracts are given out by this city and I know there's supposed to be a I assume there's supposed to be a process of bidding and you know how you do it and everything like that but it seems like a lot of contracts are given to certain groups versus other groups because when people come to me and they say well you know why is it that all of this is this group and why is this all of that group? Why are all the contracts going over here? Um, as you know, a lot of people don't know how government works. They don't know what goes on behind the scenes with the city staff. I tell a lot of people, well, you're not going to get the contract if you don't bid, if that's the process that we have here. But again, my my question is it just seems certain groups are getting the majority of the contracts within the city. And I think to be more representative as we always keep talking about that we've got to be more diversified in in giving u everybody an opportunity to get some of these contracts. So just something to look at. Thank you.

The next two speakers are Roy Blackard followed by Luis Palomares.

We are making some progress. J3 the minutes of the meeting. It's a very famous Tik Tok video going around and I put on the first part and I'm glad the first part of it I requested the donkey be put on the on the official city flag after the after midnight meeting and I was channeling Pete at the time when I came up with the saying. So I'm requesting that the rest of my statement be included in there which is the slogan when the donkey is on there is Marino Valley the city of ass shows the absurd and it does it shows the absurd 40 plus year history that's went on in this city and continues today. we should work at that. And the reason I have the concerns is if we're gonna if we're going to go lightly on the explanations on the minutes of the meeting then because we got this pulled at the syndicate finally after 87 years of getting it televised, getting the public meetings televised, then what was it a year ago? They decide to wipe everything out without telling us. So, you need a policy in place that it takes a third we get a 30-day notice if you're going to wipe out any of the archives of the any of the public meetings that we get we get a chance to make copies or download or anything instead of walking in one day and everything's gone. We don't want to pervade the policies of the syndicate which has about an 80year history here and screwing things up. J8 People say, "Oh, the city doesn't have anything to do with education in this $2.7 million for education, after school education, physical." First thing, in case

everybody doesn't know, K through 12, we are spending 27,000 per student on top of this. Then we add more money in the city. And you don't say responsibility. If we're going to do this, then you guys, Elena does a few times, but all of you should be down at the syndicate like I've requested a bunch of times saying, "What's going on with the money we're putting in there?" Second part is, well, it says this has no impact on the general slush fund, yada yada. You know what? It has an impact on your mind and everybody's here's wallets. I don't care where it you get it from. You get it from us. this. Oh, like you you put the illusion out there that this money just comes raining in out of the sky and it doesn't. And that's why the people of District One are hurting and everywhere else in this city and state. $7 a gallon gas go across the river, $4. Blame that on Trump. No, that's our policy and we need to freaking fix it. Final speaker is Louise Palomares.

Louise Palomares. Okay. Uh senior housing. Hey, I'm about it. But how much are these senior housings going to cost? And how many how many are going to be one price and how many are going to be one price? Another price are going to have two bedrooms, one bedroom, uh studios. We don't know any of that. Can answer some of those questions. I didn't want to read the big staff report, you know. Okay. And also as far as uh I'm going to go buy a senior center again because we're talking about the seniors. Wow. Seniors came out the last time and they were talking about a different item, but then they brought this up. We don't have no parking there. You messed it up. You made it worse than what is. You You extended it and you took our parking in the back. What are we going to do for our seniors in this community? Come on. And I mean, you know, it's always the disabled. We take from the veteran and the senior. That's who we always take from. The ones we should be giving to, the ones we should be pouring our money into. These kind of things, things for our students, things for our seniors, and things for our veterans. You know, our veterans are out there fighting a war. Why are we even here based on a lie? A bunch of propaganda. It's sad. It's really sad. So, you know, I I'm here for the veteran. I'm here for the senior. And I'm here for our students and our community. I'm always out here for the people. We the people, for the people, by the people. So, when you're all up there making your choices, remember these these people, our seniors. In fact, you got to just do away with that senior senior and start buying another one. One that works for our seniors. You know, they're parking down the block and then they got to cross the street. That's dangerous. That's dangerous. Think about them when you're making all these decisions and the way you're spending our money. The third the penny you got from us if bringing us $30 million. $30 million.

That penny. It wasn't about the penny. I don't care about the penny. It's what you're going to do with our money. What are you going to do with that penny? We could build a brand new state-of-the-art senior center. We could build a brand new fire station. You know, one year build a fire station. Next year build a senior center. next year build the police uh sheriffs. Yeah, we could be doing that. But what are we going to do? We're going to Hey, the staff gets the raises. Give us something. And their pensions. Give us something. You know who you are. I'm not talking about everybody, but you know, and then they want to push this agenda about this daycare thing that's going to come out of our money again. The county has money. The colleges have money. Thank you,

mayor. That concludes all the public comments for the items remaining on the consent calendar. Thank you very much, Madam Clerk. We'll bring it back up to the dance for deliberation for comments, questions. Uh we'll go to District 4. Yes. Um city manager Mohan, can you please explain the bidding process?

How many hours do you guys have? Um let me do this. Um if you go to our website um we have uh recently done uh some enhancements to the website. So uh we have contracted with citybot. So we have some AI uh bots that will will assist. So on the lower right hand uh portion of our website uh you can ask Mo and Val questions. So, if you ask them, "How do you do business with um the city?" Um you'll get to a landing page that shows uh the various vendor guide. Um it was last updated September of 2025 and it's how to do business with City of Marino Valley. But more importantly, it's on the same landing page as the bids online. Uh so if you go on to the um online portal uh we use planet bids for our uh portal and you can literally register your business under certain category codes um which it tells you what that category code is and if any bid is ever released with that category code which matches your uh business model right what services you provide you would then get noticed of that bid So that kind of is a very short summary of our bid process specifically with J10 um as it was discussed for J10. Uh this particular uh process um as pursuant to our municipal code 3.12.260. Uh the bidding process allows us to do piggyback bids. So, if another jurisdiction recently did a a bid, we could and was the same scope and so forth, we could piggy back off of their bid. Uh or um a lot of uh bids can be uh

go through Sourcewell. Um Sourcewell is basically um uh just like a piggyback, but they're um uh vendors who have gone through bid processes uh for governmental entities and uh they're uh to can be used by other agencies. So this particular one pursuant to the municipal code that I stated was a source well um uh bid that uh provide installation monitoring and repair service for security systems at our city-owned facilities and sites. Um and so this one although it didn't go through a normal bid we did uh meet the municipal code requirements and going through uh Sourcewell which is an approved uh bidding site for governments. Hopefully that answered your your question or at least covered uh what you would like covered.

Yes. Thank you. And um for J8, I just want to make sure that the public understands this is just us accepting um a one-time grant award amount of 2.7 million and transferring it um over to an existing afterchool and safety program that we already have with the two school districts. Correct. Yes. Um this was some additional funding. Typically ASUS program is about 7 million per year. Uh we've been getting for a multitude of years. Um and this is onetime funding of additional 2.7 million. And if you recall, based on uh prior council approval, that particular um afterchool program will be transitioning over to the two school districts within our uh city um next year.

Thank you. That's all. Mayor,

thank you. Yeah. Um thank you for those questions. I was going to uh comment on J4. We already discussed that. Uh again, that's that's a a good thing. And briefly just want to say that um you know Marino Valley is one of the few cities in the state of California. There's over 500 municipalities. That's cities and counties combined. Um we're one of the the few it's only a couple dozen in the entire state that are considered proousing designated by California HCD um because we're exceeding our you know uh requirements when it comes to building residential. Uh and so while it is still difficult in terms of affordability for folks to you know purchase a home, save up enough for their down payment etc. rents you know are high. Um I I do just want to highlight the work that we have done as a city to ensure that we're building residential that is um really I could say some of the most affordable relative to the rest of the state of California. Um you know that's why people are moving here from the Bay, from LA, from Orange County. Uh that's why you have folks moving out here to the Inland Empire. So really glad to see these uh future additional 150 units that will have affordability covenants for uh specifically for seniors. We we need it desperately. You go to the senior center, that's one of the probably number one or number two things that the seniors will bring up is we need more housing. Our our rents are increasing. We need help. And so this is us trying to alleviate and um add some more of those affordable units to the city of Marino Valley for them. And also uh just wanted to highlight a few things because uh I know we have a lot of new faces in in in the uh chamber here. Um so just wanted to highlight a few things in case you were not aware of them. Again, these are collaborative efforts between you know the council and the staff of um trying to bring more things to the city especially for our youth to do. Uh we have the teen center right here at the conference and recreation center. Um that's something that I think

um definitely needs to be more utilized, right? More attention needs to be brought to it uh so that it could be used. Also, we have the new dog park going up in district 2 that's opening up around the summer of this year. It's it's June. Um up in in at Gateway Park, we have the museum that's going to be opening up uh within the next year or so at the at the mall. That's the first ever museum that we're bringing to the city. Again, uh that's something to provide our youth and our families more things to do so that you don't have to leave the city. And um I can point to previous examples like Kids Empire. There's another business that is going through plan review right now that specifically for toddlers and young children for families. Um I want to let that go through the process before I name the name, but SkyOne is also opening. brand new Sky Zone is going to be opening within the next couple months at the Marina Valley Mall actually above where the museum is going to be. Um the the the flight deck bicycle track, the the bike park, that was a big deal. This is the biggest bike track uh bike park in Southern California and it's heavily used. You go out there any any day and it is heavily heavily used. And then the last one uh the library. We're getting another one in district 2 up in the Sunnyme Ranch area in that shopping center. And um yeah, that that should be open by the end of this year. And so, you know, I just I think two meetings ago um I kind of to put an example out there just to to put some numbers into our minds and really understand how expensive these projects are. Unfortunately, uh they're extremely expensive. But I remember, if you want to Google it, a press enterprise article that was published a couple years ago that was highlighting the main library in Riverside, the one in downtown, which is beautiful. I've been to it a few times myself. But at that time, um, that project was approved back in like 2017, 2018. At that time, that project cost

just over $40 million. And that was precoid, pre all the inflation that has happened and increases in labor and material. So just to put it into perspective of um you know unfortunately how expensive it is to build these projects and so when we look at you know balancing um how much do we fund police and fire and our parks and the homeless services etc. we have to make those hard choices and so um you know just uh just want to say that I'm very proud of the work that we're doing here but there is certainly a lot more work to do. So uh definitely hear you on that and we'll continue pushing forward. So, I I I will pause my comments on that. A motion to approve the consent calendar. Is there a second? I'll second that.

There's a motion and a second to approve the consent calendar. Madam clerk, please call for the vote. Thank you, Mayor. Council member Bernard, yes. Council member Dogado, yes. Council member Pakistan Cruz, yes. Mayor Prom Gonzalez, yes. And Mayor Cabera, yes. Thank you.

Thank you. All right. Next item, we will move into K, our public hearings. And uh we do have K1, which is uh regarding the 2024 general plan update. and we will go ahead and turn it over to our community development director, Angelica Frasto Lupo for a staff report. Thank you, honorable mayor, city council. So, to kick off the presentation, we will begin with city attorney.

Thank you, Angelica. So, first question here, most important question of the evening, why are we here today? Well, as you may recall, in April of 2021, um the city staff and city consultants prepared and circulated a draft EIR for what we call the mobile 2040 project. And this 2040 project included an update to our general plan which we refer to as general plan 20 240, an update to our climate action plan which is a requirement of of the state. And we also made some amendments to our zoning which is included in the context of amendments to the text that's in title nine, our planning and zoning title of our municipal code. and we made corresponding amendments to our zoning atlas map. That's the actual map that shows all the different zoning designations throughout the city. Um, in addition, back in 2021 and 2022, in 2021, the city council approved our most recent and current housing element update, and that was certified by the um state department of housing and community development, which is charged with reviewing all housing elements to determine whether or not they properly comply with all of the provisions of state law. So the city council back in 2021 certified the final EIR and approved the MOVAL 2040 project which again included all these items that are described after each one of these bullet points in June 2021. Thereafter there was some litigation in

October 2021. The Sierra Club filed a lawsuit against the city um based on primarily on SQA, the California Environmental Quality Act. Um following the filing of that lawsuit, the California Attorney attorney General's office filed a motion to intervene in the case. Basically, a motion asking the judge to allow them to um get involved with the case and become a party. So the result of that is that we ended up with two petitioners in this particular case. Petitioners/plaintiffs. Uh fast forward after months of um litigation um the court ruled in favor of the Sierra Club and in favor of the California Attorney General's Office. Basically, the court granted the petition the request um that the that the city basically go back and make revisions to the EIR environmental impact report for the general plan update that was approved at that time. And the G the court basically limited the scope of its decision to four issues. One was based on an inadequate baseline. and you'll hear more discussion about that from our our EIR consultant. Um the second issue was air quality, climate change which includes the greenhouse gas emissions and energy use analysis. What was significant though about the this particular um court ruling is that the court in several places included in the statement of decision which is basically the background information that supported this um the court's final ruling and in the in the writ which is the court ruling the court indicated that it denied the petition. basically it rejected the arguments that were put

forth with respect to issues involving land use analysis and zoning. So what we ended up doing in response to the RIT, so the RIT is an order and the RIT tells us here's what the city needs to do. So we were required to resend the approval of the final environmental impact report for the general plan update at that time and we were required to resend the approval of the general plan update and the climate action plan. In addition to uh rescending the approvals of the zone text amendments and the amendments to the zoning atlas map and we were directed to go back and re basically redo the EIR update the general plan update revise the climate action plan to conform with the particular ruling of the court and that's exactly what we did. So, at this point, I'd like to pass it on to back to our community development director to take it from here. Great. Thank you, city attorney. Again, Angelica Fruo, community development director. So, why update the general plan? Um, and what exactly is the general plan? Uh, generally speaking, the general plan is required under state law. The general plan is a long-term document, and we must ensure consistency with the housing element. Adoption of the general plan tonight brings the city into compliance with state and regional planning requirements. And again, I'd like to remind the city council and the public

that the general plan update before you is the same general plan update adopted in 2021. But due to the court order, which city attorney just described, we did have to go back and correct the environmental issues identified. The court denied the petition on the issue of land use. And that's important to note here. So, um, we did revert to the 2006 general plan during the last year and a half while we corrected the environmental issues identified by the court. Um, the general plan is a long-term planning document that seeks to define the vision, values, policies, and development of the city over a time horizon, typically about 20 years or so. The general plan update before you reflects the community's long-term aspirations as expressed through the general plan advisory committee, the planning commission, city council, and um city residents. Finally, the general plan update and the housing element must be consistent. In Reno Valley's case, the housing element was approved by this body in 2021 and certified by HCD in 2022. And now I'm going to go into a little more detail here. So the general plan is organized into 11 elements. In the general plan update tonight, all of these elements have been updated from the 2006 general plan. Again, want to emphasize that over the last year and a half, we did not conduct a full general plan update. Instead, we responded to the court order. We'll start with the housing element. The housing element was updated and adopted separately from the general plan in 2021. This is common practice as the housing element is the only element

which is required to be updated on an 8-year cycle. The housing element requires cities to plan for housing, not build the housing. So the the housing element again was adopted in 21 and certified by HCD in 2022. It promotes accessible and affordable housing within a jurisdiction. Uh there was an inventory and analysis of adequate sites that can be used to meet projected housing needs. It includes policies, programs, and objectives for the next eight years. The last housing element heavily emphasized affirmatively furthering fair housing AFH which is another legal mandate passed in 2018 but the HCD and the state didn't really prior to the last cycle didn't really emphasize it but during the sixth cycle AFH required that cities plan for housing in an equitable manner and take proactive meaningful actions to foster inclusive communities and address disparities in housing access. They encouraged housing for all persons in all areas of the city, especially in high resource areas, for example, areas where there's access to transportation, amenities such as shopping centers, parks, etc. So, how do cities do this? by resoning to allow for more diverse housing types in single family zones and that's per again the state mandate. Cities had to do an extensive sites demographics and resource analysis. Finally, HCD also required cities to remove constraints to residential development. As a side note, due to the policies and programs identified in the housing element, the city was designated with the prestigious distinction as prohousing.

The next element here is the land use and community character. It specifies the location, type, and intensity of land uses such as residential, commercial, and open space. Zoning regulations and land use decisions stem from the land use and circulation element. And it establishes policies that drive future growth, preservation, and redevelopment. The circulation element is not part of tonight's plan as it needs to be updated due to recent state law AB98 and SB415 which requires cities to pass illogistics use ordinance and the truck routes ordinance. During negotiations with the attorney general's office, we did get clearance to vi bifurcate the circulation element. We also discussed um that we were going to not meet the January 1, 2026 time frame to update the circulation element and that's all been discussed with the attorney general's office. The circulation element strategizes infrastructure needs for the circulation of people, goods, energy, etc. must correlate directly with the land use element while maintaining a relationship with the other elements. promote sustainable travel options to support climate goals. And the expected timeline on the circulation element is to go to the planning commission in May and the city council in June. The economic development element identifies the city's current economic makeup, provides framework for city's future economic growth, and establishes goals and policies that support local businesses and job creation. The parks and public services element inventories existing and planned

recreational facilities such as parks as well as public facilities, establishes programs and goals that contribute to neighborhood quality of life and it is closely tied to open space safety and land use elements. The safety element illustrates known local hazards such as fault lines, fire zones, and hazardous sites. Informs land use decisions and emergency preparedness. Promotes adaptive planning strategies for climate resilience. The noise element ensures that exposure to excessive noise levels in community areas is limited through policies and thresholds. identifies current and projected noise contours, encourages noise compatible developments such as buffers and building orientation. The environmental justice element identifies disadvantaged communities with higher exposure to environmental burden, provides actions that promote public health and protect against environmental hazards, promotes equitable access to clean air, housing, transportation, and other necessities. The healthy community element promotes health, safety, and welfare of residents and visitors. Highlights connection between the built environment and health. Provides programs that plan for public health and well-being. The open space and resource conservation element provides measures to protect and enhance open space and natural habitats. inventories, open space, habitats and protected species provides policies that protect wildlife corridors and biodiversity. And next I will pass it on to Miss Heidi

Roose with Kimley Horn who's one of our consultants. Hi, good evening everybody. Heidi Roose with Kimley Horn. I'm associate with Kimley Horn. We are the consultants that assisted the city throughout this revised EIR process. So we are now at the revised final EIR and just for everyone's edification a final EIR is the entirety of the environmental document includes the draft revised draft I'll be careful revised draft ER which was circulated last July and August and a final ER includes all written comments received and all the formal responses to them and any modifications or clarifications that were needed to the draft EI. to bring the entire record as the revised final EIR. So the revised final EIR does contain all sections of the EIR including those that were not modified due to the court's decision and those that needed to be modified. We'll talk a little bit about more of that on the next slide. We did that for completeness sake. So the entire document is presented. The revised final EIR contains those topics identified in the court's ruling as inadequately analyzed in the original EIR and those were specifically air quality, energy, and greenhouse gas emissions. We also needed to update changes as a result of the court's ruling to certain related sections. So although not directly challenged, but that includes noise, transportation, and cultural and tribal cultural resources. Next slide. So, the revised final EIR contains uh the analysis of the effects of the 2024 general plan update, the associated

zoning text amendments to title 9 and the zoning atlas amendments and the 2024 climate action plan. We will hear a little bit more about that. It also includes all general plan amendments that were adopted by the city after the adoption of the original general plan update. So, we've brought all of that in so the changes will be complete and cohesive. So, recall the court found fault with the EIR but not the general plan itself. So, the changes before you tonight really do focus on these seven elements. It establishes a 2024 baseline which is the the correct baseline as the court pointed out as that lines up with the notice of preparation. It evaluates the consistency with the air quality management plan the AQMP and it assesses impacts to sensitive receptors including potential health impacts. It does identify the toxic air contaminants that may result from implementation of the general plan update and it analyzes GHG emissions providing suitable mitigation measures and it does include an MMRP, a mitigation monitoring and reporting program that will track the implementation of these mitigation measures. It incorporates mitigation measures as part of the revised climate action plan or cap to allow its use in tiering for future ERS. And lastly, it quantifies potential impacts resulting from energy use. And next we have Miss um Emily Saul with Raincon, another consultant. Good evening. The CAP is an evolving

guide to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from general p plan buildout in alignment with state goals. It includes all requirements of the secret guidelines. This means that it is based on an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions. It projects greenhouse gas emissions through 2045. It establishes 2030 and 2045 targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the state's goals. It establishes measures and actions for the city to implement to meet the 2030 target and make substantial progress towards the 2045 target. And it establishes a mechanism to monitor and update the cap to maintain greenhouse gas emission reductions consistent with the CAP's targets. Next slide, please. Now, the CAP has 16 beneficial measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Some highlights of these measures include increasing electric vehicle charging stations, increasing safe bikeways, providing flexible public transit services, preserving and planting trees, and increasing the use of clean and renewable electricity. The CAP will also provide the opportunity for CAP consistent future developments to streamline their environmental review. And lastly, the CAP was reviewed by the Office of the Attorney General for compliance with the SQA guidelines. Although they had initial concerns, their concerns were resolved with edits and the addition of a detailed funding strategy to the to the CAP, which can be found in the implementation chapter. Thank you. I'll hand it back to city staff.

Thank you. So, next we're going to talk about the zoning consistency. The final component of the project this evening is the municipal code zone text amendment and zoning atlas amendment. So I'm going to summarize um some of the key zoning amendments that implement the mobile 2040 general plan update. First, the zoning map and title 9 of the municipal code have been amended to align with the updated general plan land use designations. These changes ensure that zoning is internally consistent with the general plan. And again, as I mentioned earlier, this was not a full general plan update. We really went back and uh corrected the items that the court um uh the court order mandated. Um and so we are reverting back to we're using the general plan that was adopted already by this body back in 2021. The changes or the amendments that I'm discussing here is from the 2021. One of the major updates is the removal of highdensity residential uses within the airport land use compatibility zones. This change ensures that future development near March air reserve base remains compatible with airport safety and noise standards while also conforming to state and federal aviation guidance. Second, the amendments add residential and mixeduse opportunities to the community mixeduse and center mixeduse districts. These updates allow a combination of housing, retail, and office uses along major corridors and activity centers, supporting the city's goals for infill development, walkability, and housing choice. Third, the new business flex zone provides greater flexibility for employment uses while maintaining separation and buffering from nearby neighborhoods. This zone also ensures consistency with ALOC regulations and supports a more

diverse economic base. Finally, the zoning amendments adjust residential density ranges in select areas to help the city meet its obligations under the 2021 2029 housing element and the regional housing needs assessment or as some of us know it. The city during the housing element update worked closely with the state department of housing and community development to distribute density in a way that satisfied state mandates while adhering to land use patterns in the general plan by refining density standards and enabling housing and mixeduse districts. The zoning code directly implements the housing element strategy to accommodate the full range of housing types, income levels, and distribution of housing types required by state law. And again, this is what I was mentioning earlier about the affirmative affirmatively furthering fair housing. So, I'd like to address and clarify three talking points made by residents over the last several months, including when the general plan update public hearing went to the planning commission back in October 2025. So, some of what the public is saying um is remove the R10 zoning from a certain area of the city. The R10 was designated on a very small area north of the 60 freeway and Renault Beach. Specifically on the zoning map on this slide, the area in orange is the R10 area. And in a nutshell, the reason that the area is R10 is not a result of the general plan update, but again, it was part of the housing element process, specifically affirmatively furthering fair housing was the impetus, not the general plan.

The other item that we've heard quite a bit is that the PACO was eliminated. In fact, the PACO was not eliminated. The PACO is an overlay zone and not a general planned land use designation, which is why it's not represented on the general planned land use map. And the other uh talking point that we've heard a lot about um is the Marno Meadow proposed Meno Meadows proposed project. So that is not a part of this general plan update and or the zoning amendments. that proposed project is not yet entitled and it's is still going through the process. Um that project is utilizing the HCD mandated guidance regarding state density bonus program. And at this point I would like to turn it back to city attorney Kintania to finalize the presentation. Thank you.

Okay. So I'm going to summarize all this with a recap. So, as we discussed back in April 2021, this is when this all started when we took a shot at approving the general plan update at that time, climate action plan, the zoning amendments, and um and as the as a result of the the court action, we had to do some recisions and repeals except for our housing element update. So, that housing element remains intact. Oh, okay. So, let's let's let me explain where we are right now. Um and and why it's taken us this long to get here. So, in back in um October, we received a letter from the attorney general's office. The attorney general's office expressed some concerns over air quality impacts and the mitigation measures that were being proposed in the draft environmental impact report at that time. You know, technically at that time they were late with their comments. Um you know they missed that public comment um um deadline, but they're in a unique situation in that they were also a party to the litigation. And so we approach these negotiations from the context of settlement negotiations to ensure that we are going to reach hopefully reach a consensus on these various air quality mitigation measures that would satisfy them. And so we proceeded from there to have negotiation meetings with them that included myself um our community development director and our assistant city manager of development who's Sean Kellaher here. And so it's we've been negotiating with this um attorney

general's office since November 2025 and we finally concluded our negotiations just last week. U I think it's important to note that um that these mitigation measures the way we've codifi the way we memorialize these mitigation measures to basically put us on the hook. that we can't change them without the a the attorney general's office oversight is that we folded them into our mitigation monitoring and reporting program which is a long list of mitigation measures that that address all these various impacts that are projected to be created by our general plan update. And those mitigation measures that we negotiated are all exceed the basic mandates of both Assembly Bill 98 and Senate Bill 415 which impose all of these additional regulations and mitigation measures, design standards and development standards on logistics use type warehouse development projects. So we started from that those basic mandates and the issues that the attorney general's office wanted to um discuss included issues pertaining to setbacks. Um they wanted setbacks to be a th00and ft from be between sensitive receptors and warehouse facilities. They wanted buffers to include landscape BMS as at least 15 feet in height. tree coverage to ex be at least 35% over within a 15 years of commencement of the operations. Um what was very interesting is that they had suggested an air

filtration abatement fund that would require that these warehouse facilities that are to to pay a one-time fee of $1,500 for each daily truck trip that the warehouse project was estimated to induce. The purpose of this abatement fund air filtration abatement fund is to provide or subsidize air filtration or HVAC systems for residents within a thousand fees feet of any warehouse or truck route. So we're going to have this substantial fund that's going to be created if we have any and we'll get to that. If we have any more warehouse development in the city, there will be that air filtration embment fund created. We they also suggested that we all the heavyduty trucks have a minimum model year of 2014 by the year 2027. They suggested that we require that at least 50% of the EV chargers installed be in um fast chargers. I like that part. I drive an electric car. U TRUS which are transportation refrigeration units. Um they requested that um we have TRU plugins installed at all the dock doors of with respect to passenger vehicle charging infrastructure. They had requested that at least 25% of all the passenger car parking spots be EV ready and at least 15% of those spots be equipped with level two chargers which are also fast chargers. with respect to yard equipment. They wanted um 100% of all of our forklifts, not all of their forklifts, yard trucks and other on-site

equipment to be zero emission vehicles. Idling limits. There is a threeminut idling limit that's under AB98, but they also wanted signs to be posted that included the complaint line phone number for the South Air Coast Air Quality Management District to submit idling complaints. In regards to construction equipment and operations, they um suggested that we require that all charging equipment for electric construction equipment be zero emission equipment. But if it's not feasible, then they have to use equipment that's certified by um what's called ARB tier 4. as a California Air Resource Board. There's it's a certain standard that they would have to comply with, but the purpose is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In regards to generators, they requested that um the use of any diesel generator be prohibited except for emergencies. They wanted a worker, they wanted worker transit programs to be set up. Um, this would be something I think Mr. Bonduel would like, but to provide workers with secure bike storage facilities with outlets for ebikes and to also have on-site meals available or and lunch shuttle programs and to provide incentives and information about car pools and provide dedicated car pool spaces um and also in um the facilities that are over 400,000 square feet. If again if we ever get something like that, which I doubt, they that they be required to maintain a lounge for truck operators with amenities including restrooms, vending

machines, and air conditioning. And the purpose of that is to reduce the need for additional truck trips for these truck drivers to look for these services. And finally, they suggested that there be worker training programs set up for managers and employees on efficient scheduling and load management to minimize truck route queuing and idling. So what we ended up doing with these various provisions is that we came back with a draft ordinance that will be presented to the planning commission and city council in the very near future. Um, and what we did, so we codified all these mitigation measures. And I got to tell you, in many instances, we went beyond what they had requested. And so, not only do we exceed the basic requirements of AB98 and SB415 in regards to mitigation measures for air quality, we also exceed in many cases what the AG's office had requested. So in this regard, what we ended up doing and we did this primarily for to maximize public transparency, we put together a matrix that shows and that matrix is part of the staff report here. It's posted online. I provided copies to various individuals um in relation to some of our environmental or local environmental organizations just to show them that here we're making an extra effort to address these issues with air quality um air quality impacts. And so in that matrix you see in the first column what the AG's office had requested. You see in the second column what staff has proposed be included in this ordinance that will be in our municipal code. And in the third column of this matrix, you'll see the difference between what was requested and what the city staff is recommending

that the planning commission, city council adopt. I think it's important to know that um these mitigation measures arose specifically through our negotiations or settlement negotiations with the attorney general's office. Um, that's important to point that out because these did not necessarily arise from the environmental analysis per se, even though they're all connected with the environmental analysis of this of this proposed project of our which is our general plan update. But it's also important to know that when this ordinance comes forward and presented to the planning commission, city council, any interested party, any member of the public will have the opportunity to comment on these mitigation measures, even to the point of requesting that they be even more stringent. So those will be taken under consideration by both the planning commission and city council. What is being proposed tonight as part of the environmental impact report is a proposal to adopt those basic mitigation measures at the level that was requested by the attorney general's office in our mitigation monitoring and reporting program. So those will be set into set in stone in our EIR and we can't do anything that is going to result in less stringent mitigation measures than those that are included in our MMRP. So again, the what's the public and all interested parties are going to have is an opportunity that's going to amount to almost 40 days to review and inspect and comment on all these mitigation

measures. So tonight, although we included that draft ordinance in the agenda packet attached to the staff report, we are not asking sta the council to approve that because we want to ensure that the public has a ample opportunity to dig through all those mitigation measures and to offer their comments. And believe me, I've received a number of comments already and with some of these individuals I've discussed with them that they will have that opportunity to review those. So, I should also point out too that um in this we got a letter from the attorney general's office and I was ask the city clerk to read it since I believe she has hard copy right after I get through this part. But there's a reference in there. One of the speakers had mentioned that the letter says we don't otherwise satisfy government's code section 65302.02. We know that that pro provision has to do with the law, the new law that required cities within this warehouse concentration zone which in the Inland Empire to amend the circulation elements of our general plan by January 1st to deal with the regulations regarding truck routes. They are aware of that. They understand that we are continuing in our efforts to come into compliance with those requirements and in fact I have some meetings scheduled with them to talk about our progress in that particular area. So that's what that reference is about um not being in compliance with this government code section. We're very aware with that. We've been very transparent with that. So that's what that issue is about. So, we are going to come back with that with not only the air quality mitigation measures ordinance in the context of public hearings before the planning

commission, city council, but we're also going to come back with the circulation element, the one that AB98 required jurisdictions to adopt by January 1st. And I, you know, so that's coming back too, probably on the same um path as the mitigation ordinance. And so we're going to come back with that element and and that that same night we're also going to propose that the city council consider the an ordinance that officially adopts the realignment of our truck routes and the elimination of various truck routes. So those components of this process are coming back later. Where are we? So again, just like to point out that what if you had the opportunity, anybody in this in the chamber here had the opportunity to review the proposed EIR, what you're going to see is a redline version that indicates what was actually changed from the EIR that was taken under consideration by the court back in 2021. And those redlinined edits are specifically specifically zero in on the four issues that the court had some concerns about. So you're not going to see massive changes in the general plan update document that you've been provided. You're only going to see those targeted revisions that were made based on the mandates that we were required to comply with by the court order. Well, so at this point, um, madame clerk, could you read the letter because I think you have a hard copy there.

Yes, I do. Thank you, Mr. City Attorney. So, this letter is addressed to Steve Kintana, city attorney of the city of Marino Valley, and it is from Jessica Durnney, deputy attorney general, on behalf of Rob Bont, who is the attorney general. So, the letter reads as follows. Dear Mr. Kinttonia. The attorney general's office has reviewed the mitigation monitoring and reporting plan, MMRP, in the city of Mareno Valley's revised final environmental impact report published on April 3rd, 2026, which lists mitigation measures to address air quality issues caused by the general plan update. Our office previously raised concerns regarding the general plan updates significant air quality impacts and the lack of sufficient mitigation relating to those impacts in two comment letters on October 7th, 2025 and November 17th, 2025. Subse subsequently, we met with the city to discuss these concerns. The April 3rd, 2023 MMRP contains mitigation measures that satisfies the concerns we expressed in our comments regarding the sufficiency of air quality mitigation. While our office is satisfied with the added mitigation measures in the MMRP and generally does not object to the city proceedings to finalize a general plan update, we note that generally does the general plan update does not otherwise satisfy government code section 65302.02. 2 added through assembly bill 98 which requires that Mareno Valley amend the circulation element of its general plan. We understand the city is continuing its efforts to come into compliance with these requirements and we will continue to monitor the city's efforts in this regard. Sincerely, Jessica Durnney.

So again, that's where we're going to pick up our next topic um with the attorney general's office. I'd like to point out though as an aside that the attorney general's office had represented that um and this is just a side issue that if we have to deal with the issue of detention facilities that they would be able to provide us with some support on that issue. So that's kind of a zoning issue. Um so I think that's a that was positive thing. In any event, those that concludes my remarks. Um do I have another slide here? No. Oh, there you go. Yeah. So, our staff's recommendation again is to adopt a resolution that approves and adopts the findings of fact. It's all squa u the mitigation monitoring reporting program. That's that long list of mitigation measures that deal with all the impacts identified in the EIR. a statement of overriding considerations, which is basically a declaration that although we are not able to mitigate all the potential impacts of the project to levels of insignificance, there are benefits, economic and social benefits associated with certifying that EIR that outweigh those the few mitigation measures that are not going to totally mitigate those measures to levels of insignificance. And finally, part of that resolution is going to be to certify our 2024 revised final program environmental impact report. It's referred to as a program environmental impact report because we're going to be able to use this environmental impact report to kind of streamline the analysis of various projects because we have built-in mitigation measures. now that are going

to apply across the board. So we don't have to go through and do these individualized analysis of each project on each m on on each pro you know potential impact of that project. You fall into that category you have to comply with all these mitigation measures. So that will help expedite that process. And the other recommendation is to adopt a resolution that approves the 2024 general plan update. Again, this is all the red line um provisions that are set forth, revisions that are set forth in the document and to adopt the 2024 climate action plan. Then finally tonight, you're being asked to introduce, this is just the first reading, the ordinance that's going to approve all the associated text amendments to title 9 planning and zoning uh planning and zoning title of our municipal code and amend their zoning atlas map that includes the map that shows all the different categories of zoning. So the last thing I'd like to say is that with all these mitigation measures that staff is recommending that the city that the planning commission city council approve after tonight. I believe that we that is going to result in a de facto permanent moratorum on the development of warehouse logistics facilities in the city. I believe that is the case based on an analysis of the size of the parcels that we currently have zoned for logistic uses, the location of these um these facilities and their proximity to sensitive receptors. So that's my opinion about what this is going to result in. So, I anticipate

that when we get to the planning commission and city council that any recommendations to make our mitigation measures more stringent really will not change that result. I think we're at that point. So, that concludes my comments. I don't believe there's anyone else, but I'm available for questions. Thank you very much for the presentation. We will bring it back up to the deis for council questions of staff. Council member Dogato,

thank you guys for that awesome and very thorough uh presentation. Um I do have just one question, Steve, and it's more of a clarification just to confirm that we are not here to uh talk about zoning. We're not here to vote on zoning. It is the air quality, energy, and greenhouse update from the lawsuit from the Sierra Club. That's correct. Those are the revisions that have been made to the EIR general plan update. Correct. Okay. Thank you.

But again, with respect to the projects that are coming through, the public will have an opportunity to express their support, opposition or neutrality on those particular issues. So that R10 project or the zone that's coming forward to planning commission and city council um the mitigation measures are going to come forward for input in the context of public but at a later date at a later date. Correct. Thank you. Thank you sir. We just thought it was important to disclose that as part of this process because of the questions that we've been fielding. Yes. I appreciate that. We'll go to Mayor Pro Tim Gonzalez.

And I don't know maybe it was is um if it's Sean or or Brian or Stephen as far as what uh you mentioned regarding the um thousand ft and the um that by default there there won't be new warehouse development just because of the of of the new um based on the on on the general plan update. Is that projects it for example existing projects in the pipeline or are we talking about kind of going a few months a few meetings ago or just the just the vacant land that hasn't been touched which that that is own indust that is own industrial or or business park which which categories are referring to or or both.

Thank you for raising that issue. As the attorney general and my office understand, we can't apply these ordinances retroactively. And so the mitigation measures apply to those projects that come in under our newly amended updated general plan. So we cannot retroactively apply them to any projects that have been approved or any projects that currently have complete applications on file. Thank you. Are there any further questions from the council?

I don't see any further questions at this time. So, madame clerk, we can go ahead and move into public testimony. How many speakers do we have? Currently, we have 21. So if uh I guess I'll just look to my colleagues here at 21 speakers, three minutes a piece, it's a little over an hour of public comment. Um we do still have multiple items after this as well. So just to ensure that we can get through I would look to my colleagues to see if um there's any support to reduce the amount of time per speaker maybe to to two minutes.

Mr. Mayor, Mr. Mayor. Um, for what it's worth, I would recommend that we provide them three minutes. Steve, yeah, I I do I just Okay. I'm sorry if I'm out of line, but I just based on comments I've been hearing. Yeah. No, it's a standard practice. We kind of when there's a lot of public speakers, we just kind of inquire about that. But we can go ahead and keep the three minutes per speaker. And madame clerk, let's go ahead and call up our first three speakers. Thank you, mayor. The first three speakers are Christopher Baka, followed by Ismael Gonzalez, followed by Jennifer Dea.

Good evening. I wasn't expecting to be first, so I'm kind of um not prepared. But uh I would recommend that you not approve this um general plan update. You're talking about 2024. Are we in 2026? I think you should just scrap the whole thing and start over. It's been rejected. Uh completely rejected. You have a bunch of nonsense there. when you have this R10 that is not, you know, they've already rejected the R10 project that's not going to go through, why bring the R10 north of uh north of the freeway. Um, Aquabella, at the time you had Aquabella one that it had a bunch of housing, but you're not including that. Why aren't you including that? Now you have Aquabella, too. That's why you need to redo that. Why are you not including Aquabella and the town center? You know, we have this row right here of Benzi people here. You know, are we getting uh Bitcoin? Are we getting bribes? What exactly the hell is going on here? This is nonsense. This is all geared to uh uh preferential treatment for Benzee. That's all it's about. this crap needs to get uh thrown out and started over. You never allowed the public to speak and if you did, it was who knows, it was very limited. It wasn't the proper procedure. You know, you're talking about a COVID era. You know, you had the public comments during the COVID era. So, what are you talking about that you you know, you had you you followed the procedure and you did this and you did that? You did not. Okay. The whole thing is flawed. It needs to be rescended. It needs to be not approved. Thank you.

The next three speakers are Ismael Gonzalez, followed by Jennifer D. Tahada, followed by Anna Gonzalez.

All right. Just by a show of hands, uh, who can, uh, say that they read the entire backlog of, uh, documents for the mobile 2040 project up there on the DES? Show of hands. Oh, maybe one or two. Maybe I'll count that, mayor. Maybe. Okay. No, actually. Um, so, you know, you give us a 72-hour w uh window of notification that these documents are available, right? Even including the MMRP uh that document with the red lines uh through it, right? Uh you do that right before a weekend. How are people supposed to read all of that in a few days and come here with a uh you know respectful public comment? Um it's thousands of pages like my uh the previous speaker said in 2021 that was quarantine. Talk about a public hearing that was not a public hearing. Um through Zoom calls uh through technical difficulties I think you guys should recirculate republish this uh uh document in its entirety. uh at least give us a 45 minute window of opportunity to uh give you guys some criticism on this entire document. You the the docu the topics that were uh settled by the court baseline, air quality, energy use and even including noise and tribal uh cultural uh aspects, traffic. How are you know those are such important aspects those interplay with all the other aspects. How are you going to have a uh a project here certify it when you don't have all the like all the pieces yet? Even the attorney general says that uh with his letter. Do you take a photo of a puzzle when it's not completed? Do you get hired when you don't file all the documents for a job?

No, you don't. you need all the pieces first and SQA has a policy where you leap before you jump. That is counterintuitive to what's happening here. Um you need to have another opportunity to reassess how all these aspects interplay with one another. EJ, that's a whole chapter, right? AB98 plays into part of that. you know, uh, who's going to win, who's going to lose with the truck routes. That's environmental justice right there. You need to recirculate, republicize, uh, provide us another window of opportunity for this, uh, just beyond the ordinance. Uh, we'll have our time for the ordinance and there's a lot of incorrect, uh, information there. Um, I think there the implementation language there is not equivalent to what the AG recommended. U, but that's a whole another topic. The topic here is mobile 20 240. You guys need to provide us another opportunity now that CO is over. Thank you.

The next three speakers are Jennifer Daheda, followed by Anna Gonzalez, followed by Claudia Quuez.

Good evening, mayor, council members. Uh my name is Jennifer Dealada. I'm a policy organizer and I'm currently working on a campaign focused on clean energy pollution from industrial sources in our region. and I am here to speak on item K1 regarding the general plan update and the climate action plan. Moreno Valley is already heavily impacted by warehouses, truck traffic, poor air quality. Um these conditions are not abstract. They directly affect the health of families, workers, especially children in our in the community. This plan will shape the city through 2040. So it's critical that it prioritizes public health, clean air, and environmental justice. Um, I also want to voice that the council should support the negotiated uh mitigation measures that are as discussed with the AG and place all setbacks for future industrial development to be 1,000 ft from sensitive receptors. But going above what was requested is always something that the the city should strive to do and that's about it. Thank you. The next three speakers are Anna Gonzalez, followed by Claudia Quuez, followed by Totiana Flores.

All right. Good evening, mayor, council, staff, and community members. My name is Anna Gonzalez. I'm representing CCAJ, also representing many Moreno Valley residents. The core ruling issue is critical. The previous EI did not measure impacts against existing conditions. Instead, it compared them to hypothetical outcomes under the old general plan, which the core found under understated the true environmental impacts of this plan. That is not a minor technical issue. It goes to the heart of environmental justice, transparency, and public trust. We still have many concerns such as the loss of agricultural land and preservation and not addressing food security, which is inconsistent with the EJ element. We are not in favor of removing prime farmland preservation. This can also be prime for mitigations to offset pollution emissions. Section 4.3 of air quality of the air quality report is very concerning. There's a lot of mentions of significant and un and and unavoidable. Well, it's common sense that we can avoid these impacts if we don't build polluting projects that break indirect sources. Warehouse ban, detention center bans, and data center bans are needed to prevent future impacts. Period. We also know that the California Attorney General has consistently emphasized the importance of accurate baseline analysis, meaningful climate impact disclosure, and community engagement. I want to stress that the ERS must be meaningful, not rushed, and to intentionally address and analyze the commumulative impacts this community is already facing to prevent new ones. A recirculation of this plan is definitely appropriate. Given the scope of the corrections, air quality, energy, greenhouse gas, and additional updates to transportation and noise, this is effectively a substantial revision to the environmental analysis, and it's not adequate at this time. Therefore, I respectfully request that the city consider establishing an intentional

community advisory committee. This committee should include um Moreno Valley residents public health experts that provide ongoing input on this new ordinance draft that's being mentioned that in my opinion should be addressed in a different public hearing, not in this element. the general plan, zoning updates and climate action plan uh need to move forward but with intention uh intentional community input and that's still not meeting that criteria. Compliance with AB98 such as truck routing is another deficiency and we hope community engagement and input is taken very serious. We look forward to working with all of you and thank you so much for your consideration. The next three speakers are Claia Qubas, followed by Tatiana Flores, followed by Hain Cast. Oops. if we could pause the time. Do you need a translator? Okay. Please, please. Uh let's go ahead and resume the time and make sure that the time is up on the screen. Okay. impact the idea.

forch. The next three speakers are Tatiana Flores, followed by Hain Castile, followed by Lindseay Robinson.

Good evening, mayor and council members. My name is Tatiana Flores and I'm an organizer with CCAJ and most importantly a resident here in district 4. Throughout my involvement in tracking AB98 implementation, I have heard time and time again throughout the county that these truck routes cutting through neighborhoods or near schools are just a result of poor planning decisions made by previous councils or supervisors. These decisions have left the city and overall region inundated with warehouse development without proper community benefit agreements or even environmental protections, leaving us residents in the southern and eastern portions of the city burdened with higher amounts of air pollution and truck traffic with few benefits in return. We are sold these industrial projects under the guise that they will provide jobs to the community. But I want to push back against this narrative and emphasize that the city's future should aim to diversify the economy, bring more highing paid um highpaying and unionized labor opportunities, be sensitive to surrounding contexts and sensitive receptors, and that this this sorry that throughout this process, the community is engaged early. This general plan update itself has progressed in a way that confuses many residents and does not give them the proper time to actually review all the information being presented to them. And as a blueprint of the city for the next 15 to 20 years to come, community members should have the opportunity to review all updated documentation and make informed decisions about what they support or oppose from the documents. something that the AG shared concerns about as well. For the future of Moreno Valley, city council and staff should commit to strengthening partnerships with nonprofits and community- based organizations or creating an environmental justice advisory committee so that we can work together to create a future that does not necessitate the response of poor planning decisions we have heard at previous meetings. Again, um as I mentioned, I've been involved

with tracking AB98 implementation. So, I want to push for more robust engagement as well, especially since it's coming to the council in June. These meetings should be at varied times throughout the week and also meet people where they are, whether that's the library, park, city events, the mall. Um, and again, just going back to the poor planning, I want to bring up an issue I've seen again or I've brought up in the past on Peacock. I know that we or I know it's said that there can't be a removal of the Peacock truck route because of all the warehousing that is there, but I just want to emphasize that Srano Elementary School and housing is near that truck route and commercial parking spot. So, that's just an example of poor planning that should not happen again in the future. So, yeah, honor the AGU's recommendations and you should aim for higher as you guys are doing. But, you know, we'll come back and see. But yeah, thank you.

The next three speakers are Hain Cast, followed by Lindsay Robinson, followed by Barbara Baxter.

Hi, my name is Hain Cast. I am also here representing CCJ. Um, and to not make it too long, I stand in solidarity with all the speakers before me and support all their statements and just want to continue to emphasize the importance of community engagement in these processes and to come back and make sure that folks have adequate time to review these documents when it comes to the general plan update and also when it comes to AB98. Thank you. The next three speakers are Lindsay Robinson, followed by Barbara Baxter, followed by Lisa Spencer.

Good evening. So, none of you have read the document you've just said. I'm guessing you also did not write read anybody's letters. You need to especially read Chris Rice's email because he pointed out all the mathematical flaws in the data. Um, this whole thing needs to be thrown out and a new general plan started from scratch. 2021 was COVID Zoom meetings. District 2 had no council member. Um, and we had no meeting up there. So, we had no voice and we're still being denied a voice. And tonight, it's just amazing the number of lies in three minutes. I cannot go over every single lie that I've heard. She's talking about a housing element thing that was decided in 2021 that put R10 north of the freeway. Why weren't the residents up there notified of this so they had a voice and could speak out against him? Residents of Dean Ranch and Sterling Ranch are here and they got no notifications that there was a plan to change the R10 zoning. I think that's a huge lie and they're trying to cover up what they're doing. She claims the Paco doesn't count. That defines our community character. It's in the municipal code designating large lots. They violated the law and her telling us we don't count. And you can also look at her slides. There was a and that's a defining element of a general plan update that they failed us miserably because they defined all the other areas community character except the northeast because they gutted the paco. Come on, guys. This needs to go back out. And if nothing else, we need 45 days to review all the changes, as do you. This is an incomplete document that they're asking you to vote on tonight. Don't do it. There's so much vague language and errors in this. They don't use things like we will do this. They say, "Oh, we could do this or maybe this or it could

possibly be this." That's not that nothing can be held responsible for that. Come on, guys. You work for us. Do what's right for us in the Northeast. Protect our community character. This whole thing needs to get thrown out and we need to do a proper general plan update. That takes several years. Look at what Riverside is doing. They're taking care of their community. Going to every area having public meetings. A public meeting with only two people is not a public meeting. That was one of the COVID meetings. Zoom meetings is not the way to do it. We deserve better from you guys. Don't vote on an incomplete thing that's going to come back with sli little parts later like they did to the planning commission. Planning commission did not approve this. They approved something that had no not all these new changes. Thus, it should go back. We got to get 45 days. You got to get 45 days. Planning commission needs to review it. Stop taking shortcuts and stop listening to all the lies coming from staff. The next three speakers are Barbara Baxter, followed by Lisa Spencer, followed by Susan Stansic.

Good evening, Barbara Baxter. That's incredible. Anyway, um I'm here tonight in opposition to K1. I've been here since 1983 when the Air Force requested my presence. And I've seen some bad decisions coming from not you all necessarily cuz 40 years worth of hindsight. There's a lot of mistakes that were made and I think we're walking into another big one right now. There's a reason that cities have designated areas for livestock and there's a reason for apartments here and different developments over there. There's a reason why you shape your city the way it's shaped for the people's quality of life to be in order for businesses to thrive. If you're going to just put together a hodgepodge and take the the rights that we have have had in previous general plans to have our animal keeping, have our large lots, have our dark nights, have our septic tanks if we want. Why can't we live our life and let the city evolve and move as it's going to go? it it's going to happen. But let the people live here live there peacefully. There's no need to change our zoning and these things as I'm I'm hearing it tonight. Things were done. I know co 2021 nobody was moving around. So things were moving along while nobody was looking. And people who don't live in the city, who have opinions on how the city's direction should go, have no business interfering.

We're here to live our life peacefully and enjoy what God's given us. I lived shy of Sunnyme Ranch on Parkland, tenth of an acre. I could smell my neighbors. I can't see 10 houses on my 1 acre lot. That's ludicrous. Let's think about it. 2040 is not that far away. We're in 2026, six years past CO and we're still acting crazy. 2040 is just around the corner. Let's look at it. Get the people involved that it impacts. I'm a retired person. I'm available. I have opinions. I have horses. I want to live my remaining years the way I I moved to Marino Valley for people are fleeing the city. Oh, we don't know about that. I heard the mayor say something about we're all housed out. Or is that something? Because I couldn't read it fast enough on the screen, but there was something said about we have adequate housing. I have to disagree if you're going to try and come and move me. Thank you. The next three speakers are Lisa Spencer, followed by Lucan Stac, followed by Leslie Young.

Good evening. My name is Lisa Spencer. I live in the northeast end of Marino Valley. I've been there for 35 years. And I want to let you know, and I've said it before, that I oppose the R10 zoning. It's going to create more crime, more traffic. Our property values are going to go down. I'm getting close to retirement, and I don't like the looks of my house going down in co price. Um the R10 that they're showed on the map earlier is basically right across the um track from where I am. We're all on septic. That whole east end is on septic. Are all those R10s going to be on septic? Doesn't seem like that that's the good idea. Um and um on the website our um talks about our donkeys and we protect our donkeys. Are you going to do anything to protect the donkeys that come into those lots every day? I saw them today that are going to be R10 possibly. I hope not. Um so I'm just here to say I hope you rethink your R10 plan and uh leave them R2 out there. Thank you.

Next three speakers are Duchon Stac followed by Lesie Young followed by Deborah Johnson.

Good evening everyone. Uh my name is Duchan Stanick and I've been a resident here for 40 years. I moved here in 1986 with my father, my mother, my sisters and uh I've lived in this great city for a very long time and I I've grew up playing soccer here AYSO at the Marino Valley Community Park. uh for all my life and you know I we heard earlier about these kids you know what they're going to do over here and this is important you know the air quality is a big thing why you think kids not going outside because they can't get good air they can't breathe you know it's it's all important stuff and I I feel like this part of this project here we messed up or you Marino Valley messed up we did a lot of crazy things co happened we approved some stuff it got dinged and now we're back here again and we're trying to greenlight something and I'm just kind of confused I'm confused by all of it cuz now I have a family of my own and I want them to go play soccer outside, but to think that just across the way about a mile away, they're going to put another warehouse or a high density housing in Marino Meadows or what have you. I mean, it scares me. I mean, I'm already paying a lot for insurance, fire insurance. My fire insurance has gone up the roof. I mean, there was fire that happened in Eaton, in Malibu, and those people, you know, I feel bad. I feel bad that that happened to them and their homes are gone. I worry about that for my family. I don't want that to happen. I don't want to get stuck somewhere when I'm trying to get out of an area. There's no evacuation route. You know, there's nothing for me to get out of there. It's like only two, three roads out from where I live up on those hills. And I don't think much thought was put into this into this idea to take this zone, reszone it, and put these, you know, warehouses and homes and marino meadows, whatever you call it. I mean, it's it's um there's a lot of crazy things happening here. And I just feel that I respectfully ask for you guys to vote to not do this. You know, re we just go back to the drawing board. Let's think about it because I mean some guy just said here the idea of having like a a prison or like a a place, you know, a facility. What is that? What? This is Marino Valley. This

is a housing community. It's not a facility to put people in to house them to, you know, because they created crimes. This is people for people who have families, who have homes, who come here to live here, to work here. They sure okay a lot of people work in Riverside Los Angeles but they come back here to Marino Valley to live to play to grow a family. So I want you guys keep that in your hearts when you think about what you got to vote today. Thank you. The next three speakers are Lesie Young followed by Deborah Johnson followed by Katherine Fuentes.

Hi my name is Lesie Young. This is the second time I've been to a meeting here. I am opposed of K1. How is that not a high fire hazard when my house is right down the street and I can't get fire insurance?

So, how could that not be a a high fire zone when I can't even get insurance for that? So that and two, your mayor. I have never seen such disrespect. People are trying to talk to you and they're confronting you. I don't know what the issue is, but you're shaking your head. You got a big smile on your face

and I do not understand. You're an elected official. How you can be that unprofessional? It bothers me to my core. The next three speakers are Deborah Johnson, followed by Katherine Fuentes, followed by Michael Michelle.

Hi, I'm Deborah Johnson. I'm an educator here in Marino Valley School District. been here a long time and I just looked at something I was definitely not very happy with. Um, I'm pretty positive that my fifth graders could do a better job with the city planning. That was pretty Mickey Mouse if I've ever seen anything Mickey Mouse. Uh, I would definitely v vote today on not voting. Like start over because a bunch of 10 11 year olds I think could do better. And I hate being disrespectful like that, but honestly that was not something I felt was um I felt like that was subpar. Uh I'm also uh here for K1 because I feel like uh we need to have some foresight. We have it, you know, in our title of 2040, but it doesn't appear in the map. Over half the map was uh R10. Just at a glance, I saw it in 10 seconds. And in 10 seconds on that little map, I could see that over half of Marino Valley was going to be designated R10. You really need to be thinking about when you're up there, what's going to make our city safer? What's going to make our city healthier? What is going to make our city more productive for kids? What is going to make our city better educated? Those are the things you should be keeping in mind that I did not see any that was a big fat zero on that map. None of that was accomplished on that map. All right. So, please do not vote for updating that plan because that's a Mickey Mouse plan. Thank you. The next three speakers are going to be

Michael Michelle, followed by Belle Fiero, followed by Franco Pacheco. Is Mikuel Michelle here? Good evening, mayor and council members. Thank you for your time. My name is Michael Michelle. I am a lifelong resident of Marino Valley. I grew up in District 2 and my family and I now live in District 1. I'm here to speak on item K1. When I look at this plan, I don't see maps all I don't see maps or policies. I think about the kids sitting in the classroom near the busy streets breathing in the air that we know isn't clean. I think about the families already dealing with asthma and how more truck traffic and warehouses can make it worse. I do acknowledge the city made changes after the community concerns were raised and I appreciate that. I especially the efforts for better protecting schools but still concerned about the bigger picture. We know that diesel pollution does. We know what diesel pollution does and we know that affects the children most. And even with most improvements, this plan allows for more truck traffic and more pollution in our community. Other nearby cities like Paris have banned have put bans in place to study the impact first. That tells me we need to slow down, make sure we're getting this right, and last plan to adopt. The last plan was adopted in 2006 before our kids were in school were even born. This new plan will shape our city for years to come and we have to get it right. I also want to say many families know many families I know don't realize what's happening and if they don't know they can't speak up about it. Outreach needs to be actually reached to families the most effective. More like going to those people's parks, going to the neighborhoods that these are actually going to be affected by. As a mom who

has a daughter of asthma and a niece who has cancer for 10 plus years, I've really asked to think about the kids growing up here. They don't get a choice in these these decisions, but they do have to live with our outcome. Please slow down, take a closer look, and make sure you think of health first. Thank you. Next three speakers are Briel Fiero, followed by Franco Pacheco, followed by Carla Cervantes. Good evening, Mayor Cabrera, council members, um, city attorney general, and esteemed city staff. My name is Brell Fiero. I'm a lifelong resident of district 2, a mother, and a high school teacher at Balvery Unified. I'm also here to comment on item K1. And shout out to Coach Stansick. I see you in the crowd. Thank you for coming. The current general plan update and climate action plan raises concerns about alignment with AB98, especially with truck routes near sensitive areas. I do want to acknowledge that staff has made changes in response to concerns raised by community members, including the Sierra Club, which helped address some issues near our schools and near our parks. Those changes are important and appreciated. However, the issue isn't whether mitigation exists. It's whether it's effective, enforceable, and preventative instead of reactive. Because a lot of what we're talking about, it almost seems like it's a little too late. And our children do not get a second chance at clean air. With over 30 warehouse projects in the works and more than 13,000 daily truck trips, this plan still contributes to harmful air pollution and long-term health risks like asthma, especially for students just blocks away. While the plan references job creation, it fails to address long-term sustainability, especially as the logistics industry is facing more automation, replacing human labor. Neighboring cities like Paris, where I work, have paused development and implemented a moratorum to study cumulative impacts, and that's what responsible governance looks like. Alarmingly, this is also starting to look like a democratic challenge. The plan emphasizes community engagement. Yet many residents, as they just said,

were not informed or given enough time to respond. Outreach limited to city buildings, libraries, and mailing lists are not enough. It excludes countless working families, non-English-speaking households, and those who do not have consistent access to the internet, and it creates barriers for your constituents to participate. So based on these concerns, I respectfully recommend that we re-evaluate and revise truck routes to align with AB98, that we strengthen the buffer requirements in our sensitive zones, that we establish clear enforceable standards for emissions and idling and how we can enforce that, and recirculating the plan with broader and multilingual community outreach. So if this plan truly does serve the public, it needs to stand up to real scrutiny and meaningful input from the community members. um because we know that when we limit voices, it limits the city's democracy. Thank you. Next two speakers are Franco Pacheco, followed by Carlos Cervantes, followed by Nikita Wilson.

Hello, council. My name is Franco Pacheco with M Valley Alliance. Um coming to support our members in Marino Valley. Um, what can I say that hasn't been said already? Um, in 1980 there were 234 warehouses in the IE. Now there is more than 4,000. That's more than the number of K12 schools, libraries, parks, grocery stores, and hospitals combined in the IE. So what I'm hearing from a lot of the public is that, you know, they're tired of the way that the planning has gone in the city. And when I heard part of the mitigation for a new project is to provide air filters for residents, um I was kind of taken aback that that much um poor decisions has resulted in litigation like this. The lawyer mentioned that this will be a de facto warehouse moratorum. So I asked the council just to pass a warehouse ban completely. Um now what's stopping you now? He's saying it, put it on paper. You know um we should take a look at all these things um that affect our health. You know, residents like your open spaces. Um it's very important too that we take gauge of cities around us. You have Paris, you have uh Riverside County, Riverside City. Their plans affect Marino Valley just as much as Marino Valley's plans affect them. So, um, please recirculate this and allow the the public to provide, uh, adequate comments on this text. Thank you. The next three speakers are Carmela Cervantes, followed by Nikita Wilson, followed by Mr. George Hey.

Good evening, council and mayor. My name is Carla Cervantes. I'm here with Inland Valley Alliance for Environmental Justice and the Sierra Club. I'm here to request this re recirculation of this plan and a warehouse moratorum as well. Um, we need a plan that reflects real community protections. The current plan does not meet the moment. Our community is already overburdened by warehouse expansion, diesel pollution, constant truck traffic, noise, and rising health risks. These are cumulative impacts, and they are being felt most by working families and neighborhoods closest to these developments. We also cannot ignore how this process happened. Much of the outreach took place in 2021 during CO 19. Not even my family members that were party animals were throwing parties during that time. That was not a time of meaningful part public participation. People were sick, working multiple jobs, caring for family, or simply unable to access virtual meetings. To treat that as sufficient community input is not just inadequate. It is unjust and it's disrespectful. Recirculation is not optional. It is necessary to correct a flawed process and rebuild public trust. At the same time, continuing to approve warehouses under a weak plan is irresponsible. That is why a warehouse moratorium is essential. Council member Bernard was really on the money on that one because the impacts have gone above and beyond what this city can handle. Um and it shouldn't be we shouldn't have to risk um public health in order to rich in a developer's p pocket. Um, I want to be clear. Recirculation alone is not enough. We need structural change in how decisions are really being made. Calling for the creation of a community oversight committee with real authority made up of residents, public health experts, and community- based organizations. This committee must have a formal role in reviewing the climate action plan, monitoring implementation, and ensuring accountability over time. Beyond that, you must amplify community

input in a real way. Not just notices and hearings, but accessible meetings, multilingual outreach, transparent data, and decision-making power that includes the people that are most affected. Community involvement cannot be symbolic. It cannot just be a check mark on a piece of paper. It must be meaningful, continuous, and built into the process from start to finish. Marino Valley deserves a future where growth does not come at the expense of our health. We deserve clean air, safe streets, and leadership that really listens. Recirculate the plan, adopt a warehouse moratorum, or better yet, ban them. Establish a community oversight committee with real power, and commit to a process that truly centers this community that you are supposed to represent. Thank you.

The next three speakers are Nikita Wilson, followed by Mr. George P, followed by Luis Palomares.

Good evening. I'm back. Um, this is a follow-up comment to uh item four, I mean item K1. I wanted to address again APR data 1,123 permitted 319 completed zero very low income 32 low income majority market rate. So yes, we are building but the question is what specific trigger timelines and enforcement mechanisms in this plan ensure very lowincome housing is actually delivered and not just permitted. We have the plan, we have the data. Now the plan must produce measurable alignment, not just activity. We need accountability.

Thank you. The next three speakers are George H, followed by Luis Palomares, followed by Joseé Osuna, George Hag Marina Valley. I was going to talk about some of the environmental impacts, but I really appreciate people who spoke before me and we'll just incorporate those. I'll spend some time instead talking about the uh zoning on the northeast. Once again, you you you've heard about 2021. 2021, they were supposed to have these hearings in each portion of the city. The Northeast was denied theirs because of CO. Soon as we started having deliberation before the city council, our council member died. We had no representation. We had no input into the hearing process. But what popped up? R10. If you would have included within the documents, you have the long questionnaires. There was three of them submitted by the city to the residents. You would read no such building in the northeast. But you don't have that document in front of you. And you really should set aside zoning. That was one of the things the court said once again. They set aside the zoning in the city. We don't have what was approved in 2021 before us right now, existing before us right now. What happens when you read number three tonight? It will ask you approving associated zoning text and zoning atlas.

You're approving that tonight. So you are approving the R10. That's what's going to happen. So don't say it's not about zoning. It is lack of required public outreach. Again and again, housing element was designed to reward certain owners. The advisory committee for the general plan back then had two major developers who didn't even live in our city and that was our advisory committee of about five people. Two of them were major developers from outside the city. Our planning staff said such type of zoning for R10 should have shopping. It doesn't have shopping. Should have parks. It doesn't have parks. Doesn't have sidewalks. Doesn't have transit. Doesn't have overhead lights. No bike lanes. No sewers. So why would you put R10 when all of that does not exist? remove high density in Edgemont area. You're voting on that tonight. You're going to be removing high density in the Edgemont area. Can you remove high density? Yes, you're proving it because you're removing it in the Edgemont area. So, if you can remove it there, you can remove it here in the Northeast.

The next two speakers are Luis Palomares, followed by Jose Osuna. Thank you.

W Luis Palomar's community activist section packed meeting tonight. I'm you know I agree with a lot of people here today. It's a new win on me, but I do also also R10s. R10s, like somebody was saying, George just said about the R10s. My daughter lives right there by the R10s. They don't have no driveways. They're on top of each other. You got like three houses on the side of this room here. Put three houses in this room. That's what their R10s are. It's really bad. You got to get away with get away from those R10s. I think we already reached our numbers, right? I believe we have now as far as uh warehouses on the east end. You know, it was supposed to be the world logistic. Never happened. Two warehouses out there. Plus, there's Tallaris, Aldi's, and there's another one out there. That's all we've gone. All you people, I agree, should be over there in Riverside because everything they're building in the Morivian, in Banning, in Bowmont, in Redlands, in Paris, I know they did a mortoriia in Paris. Well, they got all the warehouses they need over there and all the revenue, too. So, I don't think we're going to have any more really horses coming anytime soon. And as far as um Hillwood, if that warehouse would have went in, I would have cared if they never built another warehouse here because that would have gave us the money of five warehouses, $60 million, four soccer fields, a team post that we're going to water and mold the grass. But you send them packing, that could have take care of a lot of warehouses. So we got all the traffic coming through our through our freeways here going to banning and bulma mine. They're giving us the finger and saying here for you. You know they had it in court for so long. I'm not advocating for Ido so long that so everybody went to the Merivian. They went to every surrounding city. So those warehouses ain't going to come here. So I'm not even worrying about

warehouses anymore or talking about them really because who knows what's going to come next. But these R these R10s, uh-uh, that's you're that's bad. That's bad because you go look at the ones across the street from Target. You could they don't have no driveway. You can jump from roof to roof. I'm not lying. You can jump from roof to roof if you have long legs or like Roy. You could do it. It could happen, you know. And as far and as far as our lying mayor here, he told these people, it gave them a good story. A lot of these people here and then he switched it on them, you know, lying again. And then earlier he gave a big old infomercial, cleaning it up when we're talking about certain things. He starts giving a big infomercial. I thought you were doing a campaign. You know, I thought you were in a campaign role here, mayor. You know, this isn't this isn't for your campaigning and and for cleaning it up and for doing your uh infomercials. It's not. Thank you. The next two speakers are Joseé Osuna, followed by Roy Blackard.

Hello. Good evening, Mayor and Council members. My name is Jose Sunatiso. I'm a college student at Mareno Valley College and I've lived nearby in Paris for 11 years. In my young life, I've seen this valley grow and I oppose a plan. I'm here to comment on K1. Looking at the truck routes and the item, the council should reconsider the truck routes as the current proposal will affect local residents directly. And the 36 warehouses already approved and ready to be built will squeeze in truck traffic onto Allesandro and local streets, which truck routes should not be going through to bypass the freeway. Imagine, city council, if all the 36 warehouses that are on standby are finished tomorrow. Not only would it cause heavy traffic and build ice wars in the city, but the most serious of them all is the environmental damage which will affect the city directly within the heart of the city. Imagine city council thousands of trucks coming in which emit harmful pollutants like nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide which are known to cause increased rates of asthma, lung cancer and other respiratory illnesses and diesel particulate matter which causes irritation of the eyes, throat, nose, heart and lung disease, birth defects and premature death. and honorable mention neurological impairments. These polloons will go straight into people's backyards and in the long term can possibly create quote diesel deaf zones in Mobile. Diesel dev zones is a term referred to communities that are exposed to disproportionate volumes of diesel pollution. Examples include communities like San Pedro and Wilmington near the port of LA and the nearby city of San Bernardino, which is not known for having good quality of air. City council members and mayor, please think ahead about what you're going to do. Your vote and signatures will have the impact to affect the city for de for decades. Please let the impact be positive and thank you. Next two speakers are Roy Blacker followed by Bob Palomares.

Let us keep our septic tanks. words I thought I would never hear. Jesus Christ passed the darn thing.

We're 10 years past where we should be like we were the other time. We do this every 20 years. We should do it every 10. Go look at your beloved California League of Cities. They say you're doing that. This is why we're a joke of a town. We don't do anything. I have no sympathy for the northeasters because they did not take the deal we worked out 12 years ago to halfacre lots north of Ironwood east of of of uh Nason. You're done. We're that. No, you had to go recall Mayor Tom and prove your point. Well, now you got it. AB98, SB415, and all these stupid rules and regulations and costs. You want to know why it is so expensive for housing and everything and groceries and everything else? All these idiotic, stupid, ridiculous regulations that have stopped the progress, took the quality of life of everyone down the tubes. and I will invite anyone to come in and we will sit in my studio and go till the cows come home and I will let you have as much time as you want to prove your point because we have plenty of evidence to show what the crap is going on. De facto no warehouses. You heard it from the city attorney. What are we going to This is what you all wanted and now it isn't good enough. When do we stop?

Yeah, that's exactly Nick Shirley points out exactly what is going on in every form of government in the United States of America. And this is a you are advocating for the exact thing when you come up here and say, "Oh, we were going to do it again and all this stuff. We might as well throw the city right down the toilet because that's what you're doing at one point. At some point, you've got to make a decision and move on. We do you want to never do it again?" Most of you sitting here, if I took the attitude you guys got, you would not be living in this city. So, let's pass this thing, move on. Let some development come in here. Let's people want jobs and that peop developers businesses are not becoming because of the three- ring circus sideshow for 40 plus years that has gone on is going on today some point pass this thing and let's hopefully turn this thing around.

The final speaker is Bob Palomarz. Roy was right about what happened back when they had the opportunity to vote for the numbers that could be put on, but that was then and this is now. You know, I was I've always been one second. All right, just to get the time.

Okay, there we go. You know, I've always been for progress and I've seen all the development come in and we've done good, but I think it's over now. You know, I drive on Ironwood going north quite often and I look to my left and I see all the hills and you know the way it is and I said, "Man, this is the end of Moreno Valley as we know it from the very beginning from when Roy was a kid. It's the only part that's left that, you know, we that he recognizes, I'm sure. And why should we let a developer come in and build what is not wanted there? You know, north of the 60 freeway, it's unique and it should stay that way. In my opinion, nothing should be built there. Leave it the way it is. George H says he loves it the way it is. He lives there. Let him have it. Thank you,

Mayor. That concludes all our public comments for this item. Thank you, Madam Clerk, and thank you to all of our public speakers as well. We'll go ahead and bring it back up to the deis for council deliberation and uh look to my colleagues. I'm just gathering my thoughts here. I'll start. There you go. There you go. You guys, you guys think about what you're going to say and I'll just throw myself under the bus here.

So, I do represent district two where the most of the comments are directed to and I do listen to my constituents. This is not the meeting that we are talking about zoning. This is and I clarified that early on. So, we are talking about the general plan update that was presented to us by the attorney general and the Sierra Club in court and we are cleaning that part up now. Come time to talk about development in those areas, that's 100% the time that we can have those discussions about the zoning in those areas. Um, but this city needs to move forward. I I think a couple uh speakers said that the city needs to move forward with this general plan. Um and most of the speakers talked about environmental justice, the way um the truck routes and warehousing and that has nothing to do with with what we're talking about tonight. Now, the general plan update does cover all those in a wide breath, right? Um but what we're talking about tonight is is approving the general plan the 2040 to move forward in in our city. So um there are a lot of people in the audience that I've worked directly with in district 2 and when they call me and they present me an issue I help them resolve it. Now doesn't always resolve in their favor or the way they would want but it's resolved nonetheless. they don't have to call me back and say you never called me back. So, um I do care what you guys think. I do care the quality of life that that we have in District 2. Um but this this plan that is presented today needs to move forward so our city can move forward. Now again, every every

development is going to be is going to be um discussed and voted on on that development. So that's it. Mayor Pro Tim Gonzalez.

Thank you. And this question for for staff. Um the mitigation monitoring that was uh that's in the GPU, the oversight, the the um the enforcement. Can can you elaborate on that? How how that will happen um once this is if it's adopted? I will defer to either Sean or Angelica on that because that's administered in those divisions. The mitigation measures that are identified within the general plan are ultimately going to be implemented in a number of different ways. whether it is through implementation of the programs within the general plan or implemented through the review of development applications. Those would be the primary ways that we're going to see those occur. Thank you. And uh another question the this this GPU right the didn't this did it uh touch the the the land use right the component can you clarify the zoning atlas and the zoning text amendment and and how it aligns with with the existing general general plan update and there might be some confusion there. So, general plan 20 240 which was adopted in 2021 by the city council that land use map established the was established that map is the same map that has been brought before you this evening for your approval again as was

changes there there were no changes made to that map as part of this update that we've done it was already incorporated ated into it. Let's please please keep it respectful in the back.

Folks, everybody had their three minutes. Please, uh, I I I don't want to start giving out warnings or anything like that. Let's just keep it respectful, please. The general plan land use map of 2021 and the general plan land use map that is before you this evening are the same general plan land use map. The reason they are the same is because they needed to be consistent with the city's housing element which was adopted by this council in 2021, certified by HCD and ultimately was upheld by the court. For us to make any changes to the housing to that to the land use map at this point would then trickle into us having to redo the housing element as well. And that would ultimately result in us needing to then go forward back to HCD to have the housing element reertified. And it would also mean that we were removing our prohousing designation. That's why it it is you know staff can state with confidence we did not make any changes because to do so would have had a very significant trickle down effect. So this this property was identified as R10 in 2021. It was presented. There were public comments expressing concern back in 2021 with this R10 as well.

There were public comments in 2021 relative to this as well when this was adopted and this but ultimately for the same purpose affirmatively furthering fair housing. That is why this R10 designation was put forward there at Marino Beach. And I I have one more question. So the going going back there was a a question from one of uh the speakers that that half of the northeast corner of the city is R10. I I just want to dispel that um uh myth.

The the map that was shown um what I believe they were referring to I know that Angelica mentioned in her presentation it was orange. What I'm assuming is that the speaker that um saw the map was identifying our hillside residential zone, which is an orangish brown color, and that that was ultimately what they were assuming was also R10 within that northeast area. We're strictly the R10 zoning designation in the orange portion for which um our community development director was referencing was is specifically located on either side of Marino Beach south of Ironwood.

It's a it's a very compar comparatively speaking it's a very small percentage of of the land use in that northeast quadrant. That was black and white. Ma'am, thank thank you. I appreciate that. But, uh, public comment is already done. I I I really don't want to ask folks to keep it down. I've already asked three times. Um, everybody has had their three minutes to speak on public comment. Um, again, just ask folks to let our staff and let the council deliberate here at this time. Thank you,

Mayor Pro Tim. Also, uh, you alluded to 2021 and 2021 approvals. Uh, I'd like to remind uh council that in 2018 uh the council before you dedicated $2 million to the actual update of the general plan 2018 engagement started in 2018 2019 2020 all precoid culminated in 2021. Um, so there was active engagement and so forth precoid. Uh, yes, we did have to change procedures when CO uh did uh hit, but um 2018 was when your body uh approved $2 million for the GPU. Thank you.

Thank you.

Is there any further deliberation? Yes. Okay. Um, so I'm going back and forth because I know what got really honed in on on the northeast side is the Archin zoning. And as we discussed, we're it we are not changing that. Um, one of the issues that came up um I guess the way I should put this is we were we are here to address the EIR. Correct, city attorney. Correct.

Okay. So, we're here to address the EIR. Um, and so I know the question kept coming up over and over again. did who read what was read. I read the report that came out. I've also read and and continue to read as everyone is talking um all of the emails and um uh things that are coming out um from the residents who have given things. I've read um several public comment via emails and so um I'm reading them and although I understand um what everyone is saying about the R10 housing some of the things and some of the some of the things that are pointed out in the R10 housing when we're talking about being proh housing and I'm just going to quite simply call it out is if we go to R10 housing then that would mean um the crime rate were to go up which I just think I want to put out there that's a falsehood. Okay, high density does not automatically equal crime rates increasing. I don't know where that comes from. Um, and if you have the statistics to prove it and back it up, please, please, please forward that to me because I love to read. My center does a lot of research and reports and that's just not a correlation. Um, another thing that keeps coming up is the previous um council that put together the um the committee and all of that. Well, I understand is not everybody that we would have probably as a collective put up there, but we can only deal with what we have now and that's what we're here to address today. Um, so because that's what we're here to address today. We're not here to address the the zoning. We are here to address what the AG asked us to address in the IR what the judge has asked us to address. Um, this will be going through the process yet again, city attorney. We we're going to send it back through. So they have what? Another 40 to 45 days.

Closer to 40 days. Closer to 40 days. Right. Because it's going to go back through planning. That's correct. We have to provide at least 20 days advanced notice of that public hearing. Um what I would like to um see and maybe I can get some consensus up here is if um that is the case, would we be able to put together and I I do apologize staff. would we be able to put together a um several meetings probably highly concentrated in the northeast since the northeast is um expressing that they have concerns where we are able to meet with them hear their concerns and um see if there is anything else in this certainly to address certainly you have that

okay so are are we open to doing that we are fine with that thank you that's all mayor Council member, you did say with consensus, but I did see everybody's head shaking. So, without a vote, but we will do that as Okay. Do you want me to make it a formal? We will do that as Thank you.

Yeah. Thank you. um want to say thank you to all of the public speakers, our community who came out, the various organizations that came out to uh represent um you know uh your organizations and I I don't want to repeat everything that has been said but um you know at this point where we are the city manager just mentioned how many years right when this originally started and and I remember very vividly because um I I was there whenever the conversations first started. I was a council member at the time and at that time throughout the process I expressed you know my concern various times of the way that the process was being put together uh the folks that were the developers that were being put on the committee. Um I I had serious issues with it, but at the time uh I was in the minority on the council and you know things unfortunately played out the way that they did and where we are today we're you know we really are kind of we we have to play with the cards that were being dealt and um you know the litigation took years right the Sierra Club filed lawsuit AG got involved uh we've been in negotiations with the AG for years now uh finally have come to um you know what basically an agreement on moving forward with this and so you know COVID was out of our control that was something that nobody could have foreseen but um at the end of the day I think where we are right now the the even if we were to entertain starting all over again making serious changes to this there's already been a plethora of reasons stated why why we shouldn't do that because of the other issues that that is going to ing uh to us whether that's litigation from developers who have already uh had their property resoned in 2021. Um uh I just

I think the potential consequences outweigh uh any benefits that could come from, you know, starting all over again or making significant changes to anything other than the EIR. uh where we are right now, we have to just move forward and um of course additional community input wherever we can to to have those opportunities without a doubt. And then also uh one one of you all went into detail on this, but um this is not approving any projects, any specific projects like those still need to come to us. They still need to come to our agenda. We still need to deliberate, vote on those. And so I I I'm really hoping that we see you all there when those projects come in. you know, when that day comes where a developer submits those applications and it finally ends up on our agenda for a vote, um I I really want you all to be here as well, to come out in force like you are here tonight, uh to speak your mind and make sure that the community is heard. Uh but today is not that day. We're today we're simply looking at the EIR, looking at, you know, the agreement that we've come to with the AG and uh we we need to move forward. This has just been hanging over our head for way too long, way too many years. we we need to just move past this. So, um with that, I think there might be a motion uh from from district 4 uh just to make sure we get the language correct. If there's no further deliberation, we can entertain a motion in the second. I make a motion to approve staff's recommendation um with the caveat also that we uh reach out to the community as specifically in the northeast um have several meetings over there um so that they can give us some actual some input also.

I'll second. Okay, there's a motion and a second. Madame clerk, please call for the vote. Thank you, Mayor. Council member Bernard, yes. Council member Delgado, yes. Council member Baka Santa Cruz. Yes. Mayor Prom Gonzalez. Yes. And Mayor Cabera. Yes. Thank you. Thank you. Yeah. And um we'll go ahead and take a recess at this time. We'll be back in a few minutes.

Good evening and welcome back to our council meeting. We'll go ahead and move to our next item K2 which is another public hearing um pertaining to CDBG home and ESG project applications. And at this time we will start with a staff report which will be presented this evening by our chief financial officer city treasurer Felicia London.

Good evening Mayor Mayor Prom and members of the city council. This is a routine annual item as part of the city's federal funding programs through CDBG home and ESG for the FY2627 annual action plan. Tonight you have before you a summary of applications submitted and funding request. At this stage, there are no funding recommendations at this time. This is simply for the public review and input as required by HUD. In terms of available funding, the city has approximately 2.3 million in CDBG funds, 2.7 million in home funds, and approximately 247,000 in ESG funding. We will return to council on May 5th with final funding recommendations and the full annual action plan for consideration. With that, staff recommends that the city council conduct a public hearing to receive input on the applications. staff is now available to answer any questions that you may have.

Thank you very much, Miss London. We will bring it back up to the deis for any council questions of staff. Seeing none, we will open the public testimony portion. Madam clerk, do we have any requests to speak on this item?

We do, mayor. The first two speakers are Katherine Fuentes, followed by Roy Blackard. Hi, good evening honorable mayor and members of the city council. My name is Cat Fuentes and I'm the director of government partnerships with Upwards. We are the nation's largest child care network. We are grateful for the city council's support in funding the boost program which is a direct federal investment in Moreno Valley's childare infrastructure small business community and the amazing families who call this community home. We had a strong start to the program this year with all 19 enrolled microenterprise childcare businesses actively participating in the program to date. The program is already meeting 120% of our job creation goal and showing signs of strong revenue growth as we kick off the final quarter of the program. These are meaningful milestones that reflect the momentum these providers are building, which you can read more about in the testimonial I emailed each council member last week. For those who may not be familiar with the program, uh, Boost equips low to moderate income daycare providers with one-on-one business coaching and digital tools to strengthen their operations and grow their revenue. Providers work individually with experienced care specialists to build a customized business action plan, which covers things like business marketing, enrollment, financing, staffing, and so much more. They also receive free access to our childcare management system, which streamlines day-to-day operations, and improves programming quality with the use of customized technology. The result, providers grow their small business. They create local jobs and expand access to affordable quality care for working families in this beautiful community. This program addresses a critical need in the city where child care shortages are both a family crisis and an economic one. 61% of children

under age six in Maron Valley lack access to a licensed child care slot, leaving thousands of families, especially mothers and single parents, unable to fully participate in the workforce. Childare workers in Mareno Valley also earn an average of $17.54 per hour, far below the wages of elementary school educators. This wage gap drives high turnover and deepens the local shortages. Likely uh uh the reason twothirds of childcare providers nationwide report difficulty in meeting basic needs, including food and housing, a pressure Miranda Valley providers know firsthand. Uh luckily, Boost has a strong track record of meeting these needs. Across 30 cities and counties, Upwards has mentored over 500 family child care providers, created 180 new jobs, helped providers increase revenue by an average of 25 to 30%, and expanded child care slots anywhere from 30 to 50% all within the first year of program implementation. Upwards is already operating in the region and is currently being reviewed for year 2 federal funding in this public hearing tonight. We encourage the council to support boost programs with federal CDBG funding for fiscal year 2627 so that we can continue to support these critical microenterprise businesses and families in Moreno Valley, many of whom are in the audience. The next speaker is Roy Blackard. This past Sunday, longestr running television show in Southern California, KMBBC News conference hosted by Colon Nolan and happened to be Sheriff Chad was on there and they asked the topic of housing came up and Colon Nolan said we don't need another Marino Valley.

You look at this of all the stuff that's going on. You want to know why things are unaffordable? You are building unaffordable housing. Just go ask Jim Jernigan on the Cottonwood. And I did. If you get rid of the I just if you just get rid of the stupid regulations. I asked him, how much would it drop the cost? Onethird. So when you look at that and you propose this and it's housing in blighted areas, where's the biggest blighted area? You got it. The L of Edgemont. You don't address that. It looks almost, no, it looks, if you want to take it collectively, it looks way worse than when I first rolled in there almost 65 years ago. The amount of people mentioned Nick Shirley and the fraud when I came up here in the speaker before the amount of fraud that's going on in these projects across the board from the county half a million dollars and it's well on the public record because I was down there mentioning it commenting on it when these projects came up at the county with the same garbage. The amount of fraud that runs across all these projects is ridiculous and that's what makes it unaffordable. I get the intention of it. The application of the evidence shows

unequivocally it's a failure. Look at the amount of unaffordability in housing in Marino Valley. I can tell you it was way more affordable when it was a bunch of us ditch bank ois out here. Look at it today. Tell me a family can afford to live on a halfacre, 1acre lot or buy them that you just heard about. Ain't happening except in rare instances. This is what the problem is. This is what's not addressed. This is what should be addressed in it.

Mayor, that concludes all of public testimony for this item. Thank you, Madam Clerk. We'll bring it back to the deis for any council deliberation. No, sir. Yeah, this is a routine item that we do every single year. So, I'll make a motion if there's no deliberation to approve staff's recommendations. I second that motion. There's a motion and a second. Please call for the vote. Thank you, mayor. Council member Bernard. Yes. Council member Delgado, yes. Council member Bak Santa Cruz, yes. Mayor Prom Gonzalez, yes. And Mayor Cabera, yes. Thank you.

Thank you. Next is L, general business, L1, adoption of a resolution supporting AB 2083. And we will start with a staff report from our city clerk. Madam clerk, the floor is yours.

Thank you, mayor. Good evening, mayor and honorable members of the council. Before you tonight is a staff report on Assembly Bill 2083, a proposal to to establish the Marino Valley Parish Childare Special District as a 5-year pilot program. On February 17th, 2026, the city council expressed unanimous support for the proposed Mareno Valley Child Care Paris Child Care Special District Act. At that time, the legislation had not yet been assigned a bill number. In con in consultation with city manager and city attorney, this item is being brought back for a formal action through a resolution now that it has been designated an assembly bill number 2083. So the recommendation would be to adopt the resolution supporting AB 2083 which would establish the Marino Valley Parish Childare Special District confirm the city's intent to participate in a district governance including board represent representation and the purpose of the bill AB 2083 would be to expand access to affordable flexible child care including 247 care support working families and local workforce participation enhance and not replace existing childcare providers. And um I have the bill here that I'd like to read regarding the funding. The bill would provide that if the commission on state mandates determines that the bill contains cost mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made. And um at this time there would be no appropriation. And um it would be up to 5 million in state grant funding. It would if available for startup and of course that would include staffing and planning and um but long-term funding would require voter voter approval and a key benefit this would ensure local oversight and alignment with community child care needs through city participation and

governments. That concludes my staff report. I'm available for questions as is city manager and city attorney. Thank you madam clerk. We'll bring it back to the days for council questions of staff. Council Delgato. Thank you, Madam Clerk, for that presentation. And I have two questions. So, um, there is no funding available. There's no funding for this, correct? That's correct.

So, then long-term, we're setting up a district with no funding. I mean, that that's essentially what we're we're asking or being asked to do. I'm going to defer to the city attorney or the city manager and see if they have insight on this question.

Yeah, thank you um madame clerk. Um council member, uh the uh assembly bill uh verbiage uh states that um there would be potential seed money of about 5 million. Um at this particular point in time the the seed funding is not identified within um the codified verbiage of uh Assembly Bill 2083. So to answer your question at this particular point in time although there is potential seed money not quite sure where it comes from. And and my last question would So this is a Marino Valley Paris uh district and this this district would be created by the two cities. Correct. That's what it's saying.

Yes. Based on this assembly bill and the language within the assembly bill, it's creating a Marino Valley and a Paris district. Uh that would have to go through uh LAFCO approval. Uh sorry, local agency formation uh commission approval. Um and uh this particular bill is going through various committee meetings uh at the state uh at this particular point in time. And when uh the bill number was assigned and uh codified, we thought it would be in uh best interest because uh like uh Madame Clerk had mentioned uh the child care special district act back in February. Um we had uh support um from council um council approval to support that, but now uh there's actual language and so forth. We want to make sure that we get this before you.

And last question, did I say last time and maybe I didn't, but last question for real is uh has Paris uh agreed to do this? Had the city of Paris, the other entity that's named in the resolution or the bill? To my knowledge, they have not taken anything to council. Um but I am aware I received an email from my counterpart uh Clara Merontis who's the city manager in Paris um stating that um they being council um did not support this and supposedly there was communication with the um assembly members office. Okay. Thank you. B

I have a question. Isn't this a county function? when we needed child care in my family, we went to the county and they provided child care. Um, and there's billboards on the 60 freeway saying if you need child care to call the Riverside County Office of Ed. So, isn't this a service the county already provides? From my understanding, there is funding available from the county. Um, when we do receive um either um emails into constant sorry, contact us at mollal.org or or calls of um residents needing uh assistance with uh child care, uh we provide them the 211 information, which is the county source uh for funding.

So, if I could add some additional comments here just to those questions. Um, part of this also includes the school districts. It would be Marina Valley Unified School District, Valva Unified School District, and uh Paris Paris Union School District. It's it's one of those uh that's within the within the city of Paris. I can't remember exactly which one it is. So uh it wouldn't be just limited to the cities but um basically the reason uh part of the reason why the resolution is coming to us is to see if you know we are interested in being uh having membership on this special district were it to be formed were it to pass signed into law and uh you know basically we would be able to have two seats at on that board on that commission. Um, and so it it wouldn't be just the two cities. And I believe, and I don't know if staff has this information, one or two of the school districts have approved resolutions for it. Um, I I I think you're correct with Paris. I don't think they've formally made a decision on it. Um, and then on the funding component of it, that was one of the things that, you know, even I asked and and other counterparts of mine in Paris asked was the funding, right? Where is that going to come from? how are we going to pay for this? And so, as part of the discussions, uh, the assembly member is making that budget request in the state budget to ask and seek $5 million. Uh, but it's kind of contingent on each other. If the 5 million can't be secured, the bill likely is not going to survive. And so, they they go hand in hand. And, um, the long-term funding also, it wouldn't necessarily commit the city to any kind of long-term funding. That would have to go out to a vote. Um just like we go out and put measures on the ballot, it any long-term funding

would have to be approved by the voters. Um there would not be um the city would not be on the hook or forced to contribute funds to the special district. Um so I think at the end of the day, well, I'll save my comments more comments for deliberation, but uh the goal here is to expand access to child care um because we desperately need it, especially here in Mareno Valley. So just to add additional comments to the the questions

and so mayor um based on uh the school districts I am not aware of any formal votes but um my my apologies I didn't seek um to see if they had uh done any formal votes as well. Um you are correct section uh 10493.4 Four. Um the district shall be governed by a board of five members uh with one uh member appointed by each of the following. Um Marino Valley Paris uh VVUSD, MVUSD, Paris Elementary School District. Uh the term of each member of the governing board shall uh be uh blank years obviously this so as it goes through committee there would be some additional information. Um also, uh the district is to be established, um and set for a five-year period. Uh after five years, there's specific uh verbiage that's codified that in the 2030 2031 year, um the uh district would need to be revoted uh to continue. Um and if so, then um additional funding would be needed. I I have a follow-up question if that's okay. Um would it be accurate in saying in business or in city municipality conducting business would it be uh premature without funding? And the mayor even said if if there's no funding and he can't secure funding, this bill will die. Well, aren't we kind of like putting the cart before the horse in in doing this now and wait till the funding is there and then they can come back to us and say, "Hey, the funding's here." Because we all agree that it's that we we we we agreed to it in February to actually explore it or to to say that we we'd agree to do this, but we didn't know that there was going to be no funding attached.

I would answer that in a manner that um I don't know why any one person writes legislation uh for any given reason. Um but it it is difficult when you're writing legislation and you're trying to find a funding mechanism because it's very difficult to try and create something through legislation and find the funding. Um, and if you were to go try and get the funding through budgetary means without the legislation, either way, the the equation doesn't work. So, I I could see where um any one legislator is trying to create something here, but unknowns um there's always legislation that always have unknowns. And that's where that's why things go through so many committees. uh will go through uh various finance committee, governmental committees, all other all these types of committees up at the uh state. So that being said, um it it is difficult when um you're trying to create something like this without a funding source, but I don't see how you would be able to do it the other way because why would um the state uh budget officers be saying, "Okay, well, I'll give you 5 million, but you don't have anything created." It's very difficult.

Thank you for that explanation. But wouldn't it be better for it to just go to the county? If he's going to get $5 million, why doesn't he just give it to the county who already provides services like that? What would we be doing? Opening daycare centers, providing vouchers, like what kind of um what model would this look like? So the specific verbiage within AB 2083 um the um body uh that is created uh by this district, those five members that I I had mentioned uh and that the mayor had mentioned as far as the entities uh they would actually um adopt budget um and financial controls consisting with dependent special district requirements. Uh they would hire a general manager to oversee daily operations and report to the board. Establish recruitment and hiring processes consistent with past practices uh established by CD um uh sorry CSDA or or California Special Districts Association. Um they could designate contract with or directly operate uh child daycare facilities as defined in section 1596.750 of the health and safety code. uh the district exercises its authority under the subdivision to um of the district uh shall only contract with or employ union child care workers to the extent that uh uh there exists a union representation uh in that c category for uh childare worker. So the the program is to be developed for uh new child care programs for 10 and younger uh coordinate with school districts uh first five local first five commissions other uh public and nonprofit partners. So it it is in essence creating uh the entire um uh child care industry within this district.

Are there any further questions from the council? Okay, seeing no further questions, madame clerk, do we have any request to speak?

We do, mayor. First three speakers are Luis Palomares, followed by Roy Blackard, followed by Tangela Ford. Wow. Luis Palmer's community activist. Hey, I only got four pockets. How much more tax money do you want from me? They don't even got funding yet, but they're throwing it just like that last thing about the Corey Jackson over there on Paris and yada yada. Millions went into that from the county. They got fooled and here we are. This is, you know, you're putting the card before the horses, right? You know, may um the mayor here is giving a, you know, a good presentation, a good campaign, how great it is. uh you know uh lobbying us all his bright ideas you know a big infomercial you know well it whose idea was this and why is the staff I mean who are you working for the taxpayer Marino Valley or this mayor who do you owe your allegiance to some of you I'm not talking I'm not giving no names but who do you owe your allegiance to us the taxpayer or the mayor and his sidekick right here Gonzalez come on I'm tired look get $30 million, my penny, and I don't care about the penny, but what are they going to do with the $30 million? That's what I want to know. Like I said, let's build a state-of-the-art police state, state-of-the-art um fire station, state-of-the-art library, state-of-the-art museum, not that joke over at that at the mall, a state-of-the-art senior citizens. Seniors, no, another another hand in the pocket. I mean, give me a break. We have the afterchool programs and a lot of students are in those from kindergarten to you know um middle school. We got that. A lot of kids go to the after school programs. They they work good.

The county has daycare. You call the county. Well, okay. Let's help you. You got to do this that the also the the colleges have daycare care for their students that are going there. You know, the parents that are going there, they have daycare. So now we're going to get on another adventure. Let's fix what we what's broken here first before we start putting but I know it's the mayor's bright idea. Let me take it. Mayor, was this did you bring this? Was this your idea? I want to know. And how many people are calling us to the city about daycare? How many this month? I want to know. Inquirs want to know. So here we go again with another venture off to the left or you know, hey, follow the yellow brick road. They all lead to this mayor here, this corrupted mayor here. Follow the Y just, hey, let's start the program, you know. Wow. It creates a lot of jobs. But who's getting the benefit more? The students, the kids, or the or the people, the staff. How much does it cost to staff all this? Like our little Mickey Mouse libraries. How much does it cost to staff them? To rent the building for rent and to staff them? A lot of money when we could build a great building, you know? So, think out of the damn box, mayor. Bring us something. But you always want all this little stuff for your little campaign propaganda page. Come on, do the right thing for the people.

The next three speakers are Roy Blackard, followed by Tangela Ford, followed by Bob Palomares. One of those famous Royism 101s. No matter how well-intentioned every government program, 98.7% of them wind up in graph corruption and failure. Again, I didn't mention it. It was shouted out from the audience earlier. Nick Shirley, fraud, child care. Do we have to go any further again? Why is it mentioned? Why isn't Assembly Member Corey Jackson or his rep here to outline the project? Oh, we like to use big words like codify. We'll codify this. I've asked for it many times. Why isn't there a joint study session with the city of Paris, Marino Valley, the syndicate, and VB? And then discuss what's going on. We hear this and we hear that and this. Well, they're not doing it and maybe this and that. Why is it even here as a proposal on an agenda item incomplete? You want you talk about waste of time or I get my rear end ripped. What are you doing to the people of Marino Valley for 42 years? Why don't we build a community like we used to have? where parents could provide child care and housing and food and education for their kids. Why don't we ever have a discussion about that? You a lot of people say maybe on this day in the well, we did it all wrong

back in the day. We didn't have these problems back then. In fact, we had much more opportunity. Again, even as a seveny old, the last thing I would have ever said or practically anybody that grew up when I was seven is we don't have nothing to do. You'd have figured out you'd have said that one time and then you would have figured out that wasn't a really smart thing to do. Why don't we start doing some smart intelligent things? Why don't we have the discussions of how we're not discussing this and how we're providing opportunity for our kids? Like I've said, what breaks my heart and I tell everybody this, especially the younger generation, breaks my heart. Your generation is not going to have the opportunity my generation had. And 98.7% of that is the government policy and the people we have elected that have brought us to these points today. When do we stop? When do we fix it? The next two speakers are Tangela Ford followed by Bob Palamares. Hi guys. Thank you for uh meeting tonight and letting me speak. Um as to the issue of L1, I think that it's a good idea. Um affordability is a huge thing. Um making child care more accessible is super important. Um not only that, in my daytime work, I work for the County of Riverside Auditor Controllers's office. I specifically

myself deal with LAFCO and special district um entities. So taxes are aortioned to pay for them. So um I think that us getting ahead and being part of this special district, I think that it will be a unique opportunity for Marino Valley and eventually um kind of pay for itself. Did I hear her correctly? She said that it would they we could um even offer 24/7 daycare which is not common out here which is needed because things are not affordable. People need to work more but people need to watch the kids as well. So I think that it would be a good opportunity um to bring in more revenue for parents to be able to work more and also through laugh coortionments. Thank you. The next speaker is Bob Palomares.

Nobody disputes child care, but this is deja vu. Do you remember when SVX got the mayor to get the staff to help with an application for the $10 million?

And some of the council members would say, "No, no, no harm, no foul. Let's try it. Do you know where that particular project on Paris Boulevard stands right now? If you don't look into it, you'll find out that we wasted a lot of time, staff wasted time, and that's taxpayer money. And this right here is right along those lines. It's a What can I do? Oh, Mr. Jackson, sure, I'll help you. Let me and like Roy says, why weren't all the cities that are supposedly involved in all the agencies meet together first, then bring it to the city? This is what we have. Instead, they're trying to slip it through again. You know, th this is pure stupidity,

right?

I mean, absolutely. when you got somebody doing it the way it's being done right now and then you bring it to us and of course you know staff they're listening to the mayor man we don't look too smart believe me I mean it's very disappointing and I'm sure other people see it because remember the county provides all these services The college has them also. So we're going to tax the taxpayer twice to get the one service. I mean, you know, it's really a joke.

The next speaker is Christopher Baka. Well, of course, child care is highly needed and it's definitely a good idea, but this is obviously Cy Jackson's Chad Biano's um ballot uh debacle where he's just trying to score political points. It's obvious Cy Jackson is just bringing this so he could use it for his campaign literature that he brought childc care to the community of Paris and Moreno Valley. So shame on that. It's for whatever I'm not going to say much more but it's shameful. I would just table it. Of course it's something good but I would just table it till after the election. Uh Mr. Delgado, since you're running for that seat, I would just abstain from it. Thank you,

mayor. That concludes all the public comments for this item.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. We'll go ahead and bring it back up to the deis and I'll just kind of get us started with the deliberation. Um, just appreciate staff bringing this forward for our consideration. Um, so that we can deliberate and, you know, take a vote and see how that goes. I think at the end of the day um you know I I I don't want to speak for my colleagues but you know those those of us in our city including those of us in this chamber that have young children um can speak from experience lived experience currently uh I know you know some of you public speakers uh most of you if not all of you have children or had children uh uh that are maybe grown now but um speaking from a place of living today and having to work, put food on the table, and going through the experience of being on weight lists. Um, even myself, right, being on weight lists of uh trying to get slots so that my children have uh child care and are able to get uh into these um educational programs. I mean it's a it's a real challenge especially for a city like ours where uh we're a commuter city and about uh vast majority of our working population has to leave the city every single day to work and so uh the way I see it is you know is this this is maybe not the best solution it's not a perfect solution but I think um it's a good faith effort to try to expand access to child care and that's what it's all about so um you know We'll see where the council decides to go with this. But um whether this passes or not and even if we support it and it makes its way to the governor's desk and gets signed, we still need to have a broader conversation about what we do as a body to expand and increase access to child care because I 100% disagree with any comments that are saying, you know, why

don't they go to the county and all that. I mean, they're um if if you're privileged enough to have the money to to pay for some of these programs that are more expensive, that's that's great. But um not all the time can you find those childcare facilities in your own city um or that works best with your schedule. Some folks have to work multiple jobs. They're working at night. Um it's it's really difficult. And so I think at the end of the day, just a broader conversation of what we as a city council do moving forward to expand access to child care to help um our working families here in the city of Rena Valley. So I'll leave my comments on that. Mayor Proton, I I just want to say a few words. the um you know u echoing the comments of the mayor, the anything that expands uh child care childcare facilities and if we can coordinate um uh if we could coordinate with our with Paris and the various school districts to to see how we can we can better um have those uh opportunities for for families because families right now are struggling. They're struggling to to put food on the table, pay rent, and child care is a is a big chunk of of their lives, especially for for young families. So, anything that that that promotes this where uh a childcare district may help alleviate that and and make sure that there's more opportunities for for our young families in our in our city, in the city of M Valley, city of Paris, and and the school district. So, I think anything that we can add to this toolbox will will benefit families and and support um sustainability. So, thank you.

And one more comment and I promise I'll be quiet. So, um I'm going to I know for a fact that Paris council does not agree with this and I'm going to read the first and last paragraph. Unfortunately, my council this is from the mayor of Paris. Unfortunately, my council has chosen not to support this bill mainly for uncertainties on the funding mechanism and I'll go down to the last paragraph as currently drafted. However, the resolution creates an open-ended commitment for the city without the benefit of full information which is unacceptable. So, I don't see how we can move forward without support of the sister city. And I know you guys talked about school districts and um but the the the business part obviously Paris looked at this and their entire council said no. Um and not because we don't need or we're we're too good for subsidiz subsidized child care because we all understand that we need it for sure but this is not ready. So, I just wanted to make sure that the my peers knew that.

Um, so I um so I I recognize the need for child care as as someone um who spends roughly and I'm on the lower end of $1,600 a month in child care. Um I I recognize the need for child care. I think the idea is very I think the idea is good. I think the idea is noble. I have a number of questions. Um, one, this is just an assembly bill. Whether or not it makes it out, I think that before it had came to before this should have even come to us for this, we should know for a fact whether or not the funding is obtained. Um, I have other questions. I wish that assembly member Jackson or a member of his staff was here to have this discussion or would have at least reached out to have more of a thorough discussion because I have a number of questions. Um so long-term is this under local control? Um the reimbursement of the up to $5 million, right? Because you know it could be reauthorized in 2030 to 2031 and it would have to go before um it would have to go before basically both cities on um on a ballot. I also want to know how are the members selected? Once we get to the member selection, how would the committee determine the requirements for access to um the child care? What like I understand that he puts in here it would only be um those that the child care facilities would be um unionized. Okay. So, is this a partnership with UDW, that union that um represents childc carees in this area? And if so, do they get a seat on this board? Um, the other question that I would have is what would it require from city staff? Because obviously if it's a special district, we would need city staff as well as schoolboard staff because somebody would have to management manage it because it wouldn't be us. Also, is this like another one of our um boards

or commissions that we're on that we're we're appointing? So, there's just a number of things and and questions that go into it. Well, I I don't think it is a bad idea. I think that We need to allow this to develop a little bit more. We need to get a little bit more conversation around it. Um I think that Assembly Member Jackson's uh staff should probably do some outreach because unless we're going to have a joint meeting together um with Paris uh Paris Elementary, Valverie, the city of Moval, and the city of Paris. And I think that's probably why the city of Paris pulled back is there's still some questions out there for a bill that hasn't made it through all the committees yet. Um, so I think it's a little premature um for us to say like we're going to support it and we commit to it, especially if we've already got Paris. It's kind of like not right now. And then I don't know where the other ones stand um about what's going on. So maybe that is the also the discussion so that we don't have any violations and maybe we call a special meeting between all of the special districts that are going to be involved to say like what are the concerns that you have? What are the concerns that we have? Um and then the agreement is okay, we will put it forward on a ballot because it's a good idea and then if we're able to get the 5 million and we al we also know that in this um budget time and this budget times right now with the state of California, you know, we also know we may not get the $5 million seed money to begin with because I know um the last year or so we've been told all the things that had to be cut and there things that there are no money there is no money for. Um, so I do not think it is a bad idea, but I do think some more discussion needs to be had before I can fully say, um, yep, this is this is this is it. This is what we should do. Um, I don't think he needs a letter of support right now about it or a resolution behind it. I think they need to have a few more discussions um with with

everybody and on the councils and school boards and not just a select one or two and pulling info that way because I have a number of questions that his district director or any of his staffers could have reached out and I'd have been like here are all the questions I have and if they had been able to give me some answer around that might have been satisfied with it. I motion to decline the resolution in support of AB282083.

I'll second. And just real quick, I just have one final comment before we call for the vote that um um again just I think we even if this doesn't pass, it looks like it's not looks like there's three votes to vote it down. uh we still need to um explore options of how we have these conversations uh to throw ideas around with our partner agencies like the school districts and you know neighboring cities if they choose to. Um so I'll be making a proposal under future agenda items to explore what those options look like so we can initiate those conversations. But um there's a motion in a second uh to vote.

Uh just some thoughts as you're as you are now going to be thinking about a future agenda item. We do have the joint task force which meets with all of our regional uh bodies includes the school districts, the colleges um but it's not their electeds. It's it is not their elected. It's a different meeting. Yeah, it's not that. And we we have asked their electeds to do joint meetings in the past and it's it's been unsuccessful. But that but that wouldn't include the city of Paris. So we would have to ask for a special meeting between us, the city of Paris and Paris Elementary isn't included in that meeting either. So we would just and I know because you're looking like how are we going to task with all of us coming together but we will figure it out then but not now this can we just vote on this?

Yeah, right now is we're not deliberating that. I think we might be getting ahead of ourselves. Um so let's go ahead and take the vote. There's a motion and a second to clarification on the vote. It's yes to decline. Right, Patty? Miss Patty, it's yes to decline. Well, your it would be um your motion not to approve. Okay. Yes. To decline. Yes. Correct. Thank you. So, Council Member Bernard, I'm clarifying because I'm looking at I know because it's up here. It says adopt the resolution. Yes. On our screen. So, the motion made by Baka Santa Cruz was to vote it down to not support. So, a yes vote would be to vote it down. Correct.

Correct. Yes. Okay. Yes. Council member Delgado. Yes. Council member Baka Santa Cruz. Yes. Mayor Prom Gonzalez, no. And Mayor Cabera, no. Thank you. At this time, my fever is coming back. I'm under the weather and I'm going to excuse myself for the rest of the meeting. Thank you. Thank you, Council Member Pakistan Cruz.

Next item is L2, approval of revisions to policy 1.10 regarding board and commission term limits and planning commission interview procedures. And we will hand it over to our city manager for a staff report. Thank you. Um, mayor, mayor prom, council members. Um, fairly quick item. Um, we were here last meeting, uh, to discuss, uh, potential revisions to policy 1.10. Um, and as directed by council in that particular meeting, there were two items um to bring back uh, with revisions to the policy. Uh so uh one of those is um adding subsection G in uh section 3 appointment procedures. Uh so in essence uh adding the interview process for the planning commission appointments uh as discussed on the dis um this last meeting and directed to staff. The other revision is uh revising subsection F uh in section two boards and commissions. Uh which uh the other direction from council uh at last meeting was to bring back term limits for all council member or sorry for all commissioners um and board appointees and it would be uh for uh three terms. Um and so whatever the various terms are for the individual uh commissions or um uh boards uh there would be a three-term limit. And with that um that concludes my comments, but I'm available for any questions.

Thank you, Mr. City Manager. We'll bring it back to the Deas for council questions of staff. Just to confirm, Brian, this would just be for the planning commission. Uh so the revision related to the interview process that is just for the planning commission for the term limit it's going to be for all across the board all across the board commissioners and board members. Thank you.

And one question I do have in the proposed changes there's a redline version attached to the agenda. Uh there's just two and the second one pertains to the term limits. explicitly says there that it would not apply if approved the three-term limit would not apply to retroactively, right? Is there is there a reason why it can't? Is that something if we choose to can we put that in place for existing commissioners?

Uh, typically we we don't do things retroactive. Um, and so we always look at prospectively. Um but I would have to defer to the city attorney on that because um those particular uh appointees um are already currently serving um and been appointed. Um

yeah, there's a general principle of law that all regulations, procedures and policies are not to be applied retroactively. However, there are, you know, you can't in under some circumstances if there's no expectation of any rights associated with that particular appointment. That makes sense. Very good. Thank you. Are there any further questions? Seeing none, madam clerk, do we have any requests to speak? We do, mayor. The first three speakers are Christopher Baka, followed by the AIE Informer, followed by Luis Palomares.

Good evening again. Uh first of all, uh a shout out to uh Mr. Daryl Terrell. Uh that's now on the county planning commission. And uh that brings me to my comments tonight where I wanted to uh give you a little background that many over a decade and a half ago uh my uh rest in peace sister Victoria was on the city council and uh my niece Atlanta Santa Cruz was on the library commission and I was on the arts commission. So, uh, one of my greatest accomplishments that, uh, I see were a lot of my ideals that came to flourish as on the arts commission that included, you know, uh, Day of the Dead, uh, the Grito, uh, we planted the seats for the, uh, um, amphitheater and, um, other things. But regardless, the point to that being that there is uh would it be a policy of ne nepotism that came about because people disliked us being involved and I think that nepotism u policy should be rescended if it does exist because uh I am interested in uh applying for the planning commission for the for the vacancy So, I don't think it would actually be legal. I will challenge it uh that I should be automatically disqualified because of a distant relative being on the city council. So, I ask that this be

considered the nepotism um uh policy. uh it it's uh discriminatory and it has absolutely nothing to do but uh basically it was uh done because of hate and jealousy I guess. I mean what was the purpose of of creating that simply because they didn't like the fact that uh Victoria bless her uh God bless her soul was on the city council and Lynn and myself were in different uh commissions. So, if you would consider that uh looking into that and um getting direction, I will be applying for that position and I ask you to uh please consider me. Uh I think I'm very wellqualified for being on the planning commission. I know exactly what's going on in this city. Um, of course we may have a lot of opposition because some people may not like my views, but I call it as it is. And I think sooner or later people will see exactly what I'm saying. And if I offended anybody, I apologize, but there's only a certain way that I can get across.

The next two speakers are Luis Palomares, followed by Roy Blacker. Louise Palomy the last um L1 I'm just going to say um I we're on L2. I know where we're at, but I have I have I have 25 grandkids and 18 great grands and they all managed to find daycare. So don't go there.

Okay, here we go. on the planning commissions. I hope mayor, you're not going to put forward people that aren't documented and don't even vote like you did last time at the at the at the last time when you put your people in there that you wanted in there. We want qualified people, not on the job training people. The ones in there, they're doing a good job. And sure, we need to fill the other seats and I get that. But don't throw out the baby with the bathwater. That's all I'm saying. And as far as term limits, term limits, but how many how many terms? three terms. How for how long? Four year four four I'm tired. Four ter four years or what on that one. And as far as um yeah, they should come out and be vent and you know do a presentation and be able to answer the hard questions because a lot of the new the newbies that he wanted to put in there are corrupt mayor. They didn't even know what the hell they were doing up there. And then we send one of the gals off that wasn't a registered voter that he put in that seat, not documented either, and she was, you know, out there traveling and going to all the other things. Mayor, how do you get away with all this stuff? You sneak people in there. That's the way you do it backwards, underhanded. And we know you were lobbying for your your friend out there, Corey Jackson. That's why you're putting this forward. But yeah, we got to do the right thing for our community, not the right thing for you. And I hope the staff is doing what we need for the community, the people, the taxpayer, not for the mayor, not his bright ideas, because he always brings a lot of bright ideas. If it's not a good I if it's if it's not his idea, it's not a good idea, you know. So that's that's what I got to say. And I'm tired. I'm going home. The

next speaker is Roy Blackard. So you ran Hurricane Louise out of words. Oh man, the whole process of this and I gave you permission to cheat. It should be on their copy and paste like we did it 12 years ago so we don't have to keep going through this stuff. Get it on, get it done. It's really a disservice to the ones that are on the planning commission that we've extended them and again even from the development and hopefully we get the general plan. We need an established planning commission in the terms so people have more confidence when they bring a project before the planning commission. They actually know who's going to be sitting on the deis. So let's work on being more simple, effective, and efficient C on all of this stuff. So we're not here to 10:30, 11, 12 or whatever. His ander brought up the retroactive part. So if you studied political science with your UCR degree, you should have known or studied you can let's say Prop 140. That was not retroactive. Most laws are not retroactive. Or when we passed term limits in 2016, they were not retroactive. And as the city attorney said, that is pretty much the tradition because if you're going to start a new law, you start it from this point forward. The only purpose that I can see to bring up the retroactive is like this whole thing has been. We've

been playing a political football with the whole planning commission issue starting with the mayor. So, you need to reform the process, get it done. So, here we are years later. We're still going after the same thing, doing the same thing, hoping for a different result. You want to get the moniker off of the city. You want to get the curse off of the city. Let's start doing things properly. And with a little forethought and intelligence, then you will probably find that we won't be in these situations as much as we are and everybody will have a nice smiling face as Sheay just had and we will all live happily ever after as what what did uh what did uh Louise say Alice in Wonderland or something? Why don't we get to that point? I'd sure like to see it before I'm looking at the roots of the grass. I don't know if I will, but hope springs eternal. Mayor, that concludes public comment for this item.

Thank you, Madam Clerk. We'll bring it for council deliberation. If not, a motion and a second. I make a motion to approve staff's recommendation to the revision um to policy 110 regarding board and commission appointments. I'll second that. Thank you. Council member Bernard. Yes. Council member Delgado. Yes. Mayor Prom Pakan Cruz has left. Mayor Prom Gonzalez. Yes. And Mayor Cabrera. Yes. Thank you.

Thank you. Next is L3 regarding a regular and urgency ordinances regarding rotational tow services program. And we'll turn it back to our city manager for a staff report. Uh thank you, Mayor, Mayor Potam, council members. Uh I'll make my presentation fairly short. Um last council meeting we were here to award bid uh predicated off of an RFP that was that had commenced and was getting ready to um complete uh for the rotational tow program. Based on uh conversation on the dis at that particular point in time, uh staff was directed to descertify the RFP uh come back with a regular and urgency ordinance uh related to um the requirement that the toward the the tow company's toward had to be within our jurisdictional boundaries. Uh so as such uh the item before you tonight is adopt an urgency ordinance, introduce and subsequently adopt uh a regular ordinance. Um and what the ordinance is um is doing is providing you uh the options of how far you want um a a towy yard to be outside of jurisdictional boundaries. So give you an example. Uh what we placed in in this is a kind of a menu that you could either uh direct staff 1 mile, 2 mile, 3 mile, 4 miles, 5 miles uh for any one uh toward to be outside of our jurisdiction. Just give you an example of what that would mean. Um there potentially could be two additional tow companies within a mile. Um possibly an additional two within three miles. and another another additional uh tow company within 5 miles

for a total of uh five additional towe companies. The so that's just uh the towyard. The other requirements related to the towyard are still in place. Uh they need to have uh enough uh for 150 vehicles. Um there are still minimum requirements for uh response times and so forth that um any one bidder uh in the future because most likely what would happen is if approved tonight uh ordinance would become effective and we would go out and do a new RFP based on uh the new municipal law uh predicated on this approval. um the biders would still need to meet those additional requirements uh related to the towyard. All we're doing is trying to figure out based on council uh conversation at the dis and direction is where those towy yards are potentially located. Uh whether they be in the city um jurisdiction or any um mileage outside of the uh city's jurisdiction up to five miles. Uh with that, that concludes uh my comments and I'm available for any particular uh questions you may have. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. City Manager. We'll open it up to questions of staff. Brian, how many tow companies right now are we capped at?

We're not necessarily capped at anything. Um so when we started when we modified the rotational tow program 5 years ago um we received as part of that RFP five towe companies. Now subsequently from that time we are down to two uh toe companies and um not to say any names but based on the rotational toe program and uh the administration of the rotational tow program which is um the public safety contract uh administrator uh staff as well as uh RSO being our law enforcement contract. Uh there are no concerns with those two vendors related to our rotational toe um program at this particular point in time.

Thank you. And uh I will say that on a rotational toe basis, any one vendor, no matter how many you have, any one tow company that can't meet that um minimum time frame in response won't qualify. Well, they could just forego that call and we go to the next vendor. So, um, you know, that's that's the only benefit to having a multitude of of tow companies. But at this particular point in time, I have not heard anything from law enforcement or the public safety uh contract administrator that states that there are any concerns with response times.

Thank you, ma'am. Uh Brian, so so two companies responded to the RFP, correct? To the ex to the previous RFP. Uh so the previous RFP Oh, so let Yeah. So the one in I think it was 2017 18 time frame that was five. Uh the one that we just recently did that was descertified this last uh particular meeting. There were three that um bid or applied. Uh but there were two that were qualifying because the third uh vendor did not have a towyard within our jurisdictional boundary.

Got it. So So if we were and if you could repeat the the w the the mile and the three mile radius potentially the mile would increase it to how much? So, a mile potentially gets you two additional vendors, but those vendors still have to meet all of the other um uh requirements of the RFP uh or the municipal code. Um if you go to three miles, that's going to be an additional two vendors. So, you're up to four potentially four additional vendors. Four additional vendors. Four additional vendors. And then if you go to the fifth mile, that picks up another vendor for an additional five potentially. potentially as long as they qualify for every uh all the other requirements.

Thank you.

And Brian, are there any any comparable cities that you're aware of or staff is aware of where they have in their ordinance where they allow for let's say a mile out from their city boundaries or three miles out? I have not done extensive research on a multitude of um jurisdictions, but I know that there are jurisdictions that do allow towyards outside of their jurisdictional boundaries. And I'm also aware of very similar to us, they must uh comply and be within the city limits. Um it's a policy issue. Um and therefore, um the only thing that um from an operational standpoint of our rotational tow program that we would be concerned with is response time. So if you go 5 miles out and they're uh south Paris and they're having to come up, you know, heck doesn't go through, they're coming up to 2:15 on a busy uh day, they might not meet the minimum uh uh response time. Uh so that's the only thing that that law enforcement and that staff uh as administrators of the rotational toe program would be concerned about because you don't want uh on a on a hot summer day having somebody um that is sitting on the side of the road um in in the sweltering heat and not getting a response time that uh one our jurisdictional municipal code is requiring.

Thank you. Yeah, I I agree with that. you know, just trying to find that balance, right? And not just for response times for, you know, law enforcement and emergency purposes, but also, uh, for those who do get their vehicles towed, also how do we strike that balance between what's too far and what's reasonable, right? Um, are there any other questions?

One clarifying question. So, theoretically, we could have 100 tow companies. So, if we go five miles out, just say, and there's 20 towe companies that qualify that qualify for, you know, they they meet all the regul, they meet all the requirements and it comes back to you RFP one through 20 qualify. How how do you guys like say no, we only want five or we we limit it to five? I mean, I don't know. Is that But theoretically, I don't recall anything in the municipal code that caps it. So, I thought it was five. I thought it was five, but

no, that's the five was just because we had um five applied prior. Okay. Okay. Thank you. That's it. Thank you. Thank you. Um I I have confirmed with the prior public safety contract administrator that there is no cap and so therefore uh as Felicia used to administer that program um there was there is no cap. Thank you. If there are no further questions, we can go to public comment. Madam clerk, do we have any requests to speak? We do, mayor. The first three speakers are George Sodto, followed by Christopher Navaro, followed by Randall Wilson.

Good evening, George Sodto with Pepe Towing Service. On April 7th's council meeting, the term predatory towing was thrown around several times.

What is predatory towing? The National Insurance Crime Bureau defines it as the use of deceptive, coercive, or illegal tactics by towing companies to remove vehicles and charge exorbitant non-consensual fees. Beep Towing does not engage in those practices. We do however provide towing services to multiple law enforcement agencies and private property owners and their agents following guidelines of the California Vehicle Code. I met with council member Baka Santa Cruz about a year ago in her office. She mentioned a family member had been impounded from private property. I explained to her the dos and don'ts according to the California Vehicle Code. Council member Delgado, we had a phone conversation April 3rd after your friend was towed for being in violation of his HOA CCNRs and the California Vehicle Code. You scheduled an in-person meeting for April 8th, which you canled hours prior due to unforeseen circumstance. However, whenever you want to reschedule a meeting or any council member to discuss vehicle code 22658, I'm always available. On April 7th, the city council meeting, it was brought up to reissue another RFP and modify existing municipal code to allow toll companies outside the city to bid on the rotation toll program. My question to city council, who really benefits from this? Is it your constitu constituents that now must drive outside the city to retrieve their vehicle, or is it law enforcement who must now wait longer for a tow truck to make its way to an accident scene? Two companies have continued to serve the city of Marino Valley for years when the other tow service providers dropped out of the program. These two tow companies have cleaned up many accident scenes in a timely manner and hauled away many junk

motor homes that litter the city of Marino Valley. The staff report has no mention of canceled calls or how many times those two companies have not met the required ETAs. Could it be because all the calls for service has been handled by these two loyal towers that didn't abandon their post when the others did? Or is it because a staff report and push to change municipal code was rushed and not enough data was collected? So once again, city council members, who does this change in the municipal code really benefit? Thank you. The next two speakers are Christopher Nar Near Navaro followed by Randall Wilson followed by Christopher Baka.

Just a friendly reminder to keep it respectful folks. Just let's set a good example here please.

Thank you. Good evening Mr. Mayor and honorable city council. My name is Chris and I'm the operations manager at Pepis Towing. I would like to express to the council that this urgency ordinance is not needed. Mayor Cabera, you previously uh mentioned uh your concern of only having two tow companies on rotation and the response times at the previous meeting. Last year, PEP towing responded to roughly 1,300 calls for service with an average response time of 6 minutes. The police department requires a uh response time of 20 minutes. Valleywide towing also satisfies the required response times. There has never been an incident where neither Beep is Towing or Valleywide was unable to respond to the call. When the police department called for a toe, Beep is Towing and Valley Wide always responded. One thing to consider is that the call volume has dramatically decreased over the years. BEP is towing currently averages only two toes a day on the rotation. And between Beepis towing and Valleywide, we have approximately 25 tow trucks and 29 tow truck drivers currently registered to the city of Marina Valley. There is simply no need for additional companies on rotation when the current toll providers are exceeding the expectations of the city and its police department. As you've heard, we have no complaints from the police department. Both tow companies are also tasked with removing junk motor homes from city streets, and we are the ones that have to pay out of pocket to get them disposed of, which costs roughly around $1,200 per motor home. There are several tow companies just outside the city that are notorious for refusing to tow these motor homes for other law enforcement agencies and Pepis towing is always the company that has to come out and handle these services that they refuse to do. I ask that you please consider the impact that this will have on not only the current tow providers but also the owners of the vehicles who travel outside of the city to retrieve their property and their vehicles. You know, it's rare in the towing industry to have tow companies who are on the same rotation get along. You know, this

industry is very cutthroat and PEP is Towing and Valley to Towing, we stand here and united tonight to say that uh we've been handling the services with with ease and we ask that you keep the towing inside the city of Marina Valley. Thank you.

The next two speakers are Randall Wilson followed by Christopher Baka. Good evening, mayor and council members. I am Randall Wilson. I represent Valleywide Towing and we have been serving the city of Marino Valley since 1982. In reference to the meeting of April 7th, the RFP was previously approved and sent out to the towers on 12:30 and was due on 1:30 2026. Rejected. It was rejected three months later to allow a tow company outside the city limits to be on rotation. Since the inception of the program in 2010, there was five companies and there have been specific requirements for tow companies to meet all in the best interest of citizens of Marino Valley. This includes being part of the city, having proper indoor and outdoor storage, and being able to make the required response time window. Hiring an outside company further away will affect response times negatively, and that will burden not only your citizens, but the police department as well. This will require citizens to wait longer for service, causing public safety concerns. and to travel outside the city to release accident vehicles to their insurance. Retrieve personal belongings out of their vehicles and retrieve their vehicle if it is a law enforcement impound. Mr. Delgado, Miss Baka Santa Cruz, your residents will have an additional 18 to 25 minute drive to go over there from your jurisdiction or districts. Mr. Gonzalez and Miss Bernard, it's about 10 to 15 minutes for you guys. um you may have to make additional drives. Uh suggests they have an alternate vehicle and that's only counting the times to go to the towyard. But in case of law enforcement impounded vehicles, they're going to have to go to the towyard, grab the proper uh documentation, go back to the city or police station, sorry, get a release, then come out here, then go back to the towyard. Sorry. Takes a while. Um Valley RTOR has made significant investments in

the city. our employees and our yard to abide by these rules. I personally looked for another yard. My father was going to sell the property to downsize as we do not need that much space for the vehicles. Um we have uh amount space we have and was not allowed to have a yard outside city limits that I had located for sale that was within the one mile as well. All tow companies should abide by the same city ordinances we have. All had to follow. We required a 20-minute window. Valley White Towing currently averages the time of 14.3 minutes for 2026 and was 15 and a half minutes in 2025. We are the furthest company from the city center. There is no way an outside company will make the required response window. Since the inception of the program, two companies have withdrawn due to low call volume and city fees going up. This holds true today as each company pays $100,000 over the 5-year period, increasing yearly, but the call volume continues to decrease or fluctuate. The RFP contract was posted on 12:30 25 and due on 1326 and clearly stated in there must have a yard that can hold 150 cars and five cars inside and be within the city limits. So, why was somebody even applying afterwards if they know they don't have the yard in Marino Valley? And then

the next two speakers are Christopher Baka followed by Roy Blacker.

Oh, he mentioned that Pepe Towing is not involved in predatory um towing. You can Google that. You can see how many lawsuits there are. You also had quite a few residents here the last time saying that they had been victims of beep towing predatory practices. I he mentioned uh actually he was talking about me having my car towed. He they he had they as a matter of fact I'm going tomorrow to the court since it's still within the time frame to file a small claims court uh so he can res uh return my $450 for illegally having my car towed away. Uh that's predator I guess he doesn't know what predatory towing is. They Pepees Towi had no right patrolling the the complex and at his discretion taking cars without uh the proper procedure. They illegally did that. He should be cited and should not be allowed his his license should be removed because that the procedure to have a car towed again and again. The procedure is that the management must call uh the tow company. The tow company um must call the police department and they have to be both have to be there and signing it off. None of that happened. He Pepe to uh Pepe Towing was getting bribes from the management to go in there. I mean, paying off bribes or paying off um whatever you want to call it, paying them off so that he can go in there and take cars at his discretion. So, he's straight out out here lying about him not being not involved in predatory towing. So, Pepis towing. If you Google it, you had the people here. He's lying. So, he needs you do not need

to have that type of business in this city. And uh I've been a victim of it. And uh I will be going tomorrow to small claims court to file uh his uh actions against me having my car towed away. Also, he I think the other guy now I see who who they are. When I went to go pick up my car, he put it on a forklift and he messed up my catalytic converter. You know, that's that's they're just dirty. They're absolutely dirty and they're just out to make a buck and they don't care about the community and who they're towing. You know, some of these people on in my complex that had their car towed away illegally. You know, that's all they had. We had a disabled woman that never got her car back because she couldn't afford the $400. You had another lady going trying to take her kids to school in the morning, you know, because he went out there and towed a car away because she hadn't paid her registration. Well, she had didn't have a job. You know, what right does he have going into?

The next speaker is Roy Blackard. So from the last meeting to this, I really don't see that we need to create any more or move the facilities out past the city limits. The concerns I have or this and I would be okay with it if in the future if we wanted to add rotational toe companies within the city, we could add them on. Is this just locked into these two companies for five years? If that's not the case, I'm perfectly fine with it. We just passed and finally got the general plan update. Maybe there's going to be more properties or opportunities to put impound yards in the city of Marino Valley. So at this time I think we should look at we should look at every option and distinguish every option is out before we even look at moving it out of the city limits. Response time if you do have to get your car out of impound the the inconvenience of time frame is critical if you're in emergency situations. So if we can work all that out, I think we should keep it towe companies within the city limits. So that would be work out I think for everybody who needs a tow has to have those services. We can get them done, get them in and out of here, keep the jobs in Marina Valley and I think it would be a winner for all.

Mayor, that concludes all the public comment for this item. Thank you. We'll bring it back to the dance for deliberation. I'll start. Brian, I have a question for you. If a company, if we were to do this, whatever mile radius we allow and a company comes in and they do not perform, they do not meet the requirements for time uh for response times, is that something that is in their contract that we can say uh if you don't meet this, you're you're you're gone. Basically, you're you're no longer part of the rotation.

Yeah. As part of administration of the rotational toe, it's not only law enforcement side, but it's also the administration of the contracts. And if um the uh tow companies aren't adhering to the contractual arrangements um which a lot of it has to do with our municipal code um then um as the administrator uh they do have the ability to go ahead and resend uh the contractual arrangements with any one uh tow company that is not meeting the requirements.

Thank you. And just for clarification, can you repeat the uh mile one is how many possibly? Okay, so all sorry,

all five of the potential tow companies that have tow yards outside of the city are in Paris. They have a lot of tow to tow yards. Uh so one mile would potentially pick up uh two vendors. At the third mile you pick up an additional two. And at the fifth mile you pick up an additional one for a total of five additional tow companies. And all of them are in Paris. Thank you. Right. And again, they would even though they're there, they they they would have to apply, right? So that's they they might not even be interested. Correct.

Yeah. So I depending on the policy decision you make tonight. Um that will set anything potentially outside our jurisdiction if that's what you choose or you choose no revisions. Um, and then I might be asking you some additional questions if there's no revisions and possibly seeing if we can um reertify the previous RFP. But um uh it is up to the policy uh makers as to what you guys want to do. Um, we do plan based on whatever your decision is tonight uh to quickly uh revamp the RFP um and get back out into uh the public uh in the next day or so. So, this particular urgency ordinance becomes effective immediately. So, based on that policy decision tonight, we can uh effectively uh have the RFP probably updated and out by the end of this week. And yes, they would have to apply. Okay. They would have to meet all of the requirements uh and so forth.

And for clarification, the the contract for the rotation is that is that a five-year uh what's the term of that contract or the you know, whatever toe companies we bring in onto the rotation? What's the term? We we do uh five-year rotational tow contracts. Um so um again, if um they're meeting the requirements of the contract, we continue with them. If they don't, uh then we uh remove them from the to rotational tow program. Uh but prototypically, it's five years. Um, a lot of the contracts that we do even for, um, public services or, uh, for other means, uh, it's best practice to always go back out and do an RFP about every five years. So, that's a lot of times why you get five-year contracts.

Thank you. So, I I just I would say, you know, because the last meeting I was not uh I did not know I was not aware of I've got some new information, particular the response times. I was not aware of that. So, thank you for sharing that. that that definitely is helpful to to know that there are no particular issues with response times with our existing two companies on the rotation. That being said, I also feel like I mean if we're going to award this rotation for five years, once we award it to whatever, you know, successful companies make it through and get awarded, it's going to be hard to undo it or redo it until five years out, right? Um, so I I just feel like it would still be prudent for us to look at at least one mile. I I think three miles, five miles, you're talking from one side of town to the other side of town. That's a lot that's a a long way to cover. I think one mile is reasonable, but I don't know. It could kind of go either way.

I'm thinking I think reason five. I I agree that one mile is sufficient and that that the reason I'm even torn and thank you guys for servicing Marino Valley the way you guys do because apparently there are no issues with response times for our PD and our residents. That's response times. Um my concern is we have we're a city of 214,000 people and we're only growing. We're only going to get bigger. And yes, I I I can I can sense that you're saying, "Well, we're handling it right." I I understand that, but you never know what the future holds. You if and if we open it up to one or two, if we go one mile out, that's potential two. That's not even if they'll qualify. That's potentially two more vendors. Um to put two more, four is still not a lot for a city of our size. We're the second largest city in the river in Riverside County, only second to to Riverside. So, I don't I I don't think that's unreasonable to open it up one mile and still maintain those response times because it's only a mile outside of the city. And who knows if it's point8 miles or if it's.5 miles. Who knows? I or it's a one mile. They still have to respond and perform or we're going to hear it from RSO.

Yeah, we did an extensive uh search. It was a Google search just to figure out the one mile, two mile, three mile. I mean, it could be 1.1, it could be 0.9, but in a Google search, cuz we're not really sure based on GIS data, we're not really sure if they're one mile or 1.1, but we think that potentially you could pick up two vendors and and and and just based on those parameters, I mean, again, they might not even respond to the RFP because they know they can't respond. I mean, they might just, you know, look at their what they can do and not respond.

And and I agree. I was thinking the same along the lines of you like currently the service is there, but we're growing. And again, that's why I bring up the five-year term because for five year, we're going to lock this in. You know, changing it within that five years is going to be nearly impossible. Um, so I'm just thinking future growth. these next five years, we're going to keep building rooftops and have more people coming into the city. And so just to have those contingencies in place, um I think it's prudent. So, um yeah, I would be comfortable with exploring at least the one mile. I think that's reasonable. I'm comfortable with that. You guys are comfortable.

Yeah. I don't know if D4 has any anything to add there or if not we can I don't have anything to add. I'm good with the with the one mile radius. Okay. So then with that, I think we can go ahead and make a motion then uh to uh approve staff's recommendations and include the changes to allow for up to a onem radius beyond the city's boundaries uh to to allow tow companies to uh apply for our RFP. Is that sufficient?

Uh yes. Uh so basically uh you're adopting uh staff's recommendation uh but you're choosing the onem radius uh for towy yards outside of the um city uh jurisdiction. Um and you're directing staff to immediately prepare and distribute uh revised requests for proposals uh for references uh any approved revisions uh to the city's rotational toe service program. So moved. I'll second. Okay, there's a motion and a second. Please call for the vote. Thank you, mayor. Council member Bernard, yes. Council member Delgado, yes. Mayor Prom Gonzalez, yes. And Mayor Cabera, yes.

Thank you. Thank you. That brings us to our regional commission committee board reports. Uh we do have a few. Um I think it looks like we're going to power through these unless 11:30. Okay. So, um Okay, we have a few several. So, yeah. Okay. We'll go to uh Council Member Dogado for JPA. Okay. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. Tonight, I'm providing an update from the March Joint Powers Commission meeting that was held on April 1st, 2026.

Hold on. Okay. The commission approved the 2026 DC legislative platform, directed the CEO to file a notice of a completion with the county recorders office, authorized the CEO to execute a contract with March Inland Port Apron Reconstruction Project, and approved the mid-year budget adjustments for the March Inland Port Airport Authority. And that concludes my report from the March Joint Powers that was held on April 1, 2026.

Thank you. Um I'll just be presenting one for RCTC from the March 23rd meeting. Uh the committee awarded agreements to several firms to provide transportation demand management modernization plan and services. The plan and services play a critical role in improving mobility, reducing congestion, and supporting air quality goals. The plan will analyze localized travel behaviors including the Marino Valley Paris sub region of Riverside County and provide recommendations accordingly. The next meeting is scheduled for April 27th, 2026. And that'll conclude my reports. Next, we'll go to Council Member Bernard.

Thank you, Mayor. I have um tonight I'm providing updates from the Riverside Transit Agency board director's meeting held on March 26th and the administration and operations committee meeting held on April 1st. For the board of directors meeting, the board uh voted to approve new janitorial service contract with Base Hill, Inc., the next lowest responsive and respon uh responsible bidder and terminated the contract previously awarded to Premier Property Preservation LLC due to multiple instances of non-performance. Two other items listed on the agenda, authorization to award a contract to Incharge Energy Inc. and potential adjustment to board member compensation were postponed to the next meeting. Uh for the administration and operations committee meeting, the committee approved awarding a contract to charter communications operating LLC for installation of the new highspeed um internet circuits at the Riverside and HIMT facilities. The upgrades will double the current uh internet speed enhanced network redundancy and the total project amount is $458,000. The next board meeting was held on April 16th. I'll be providing an update on that tonight. I'm providing another update. We awarded a new security services contract to Allied University uh Allied Universal Security Services support systemwide transit security. The agreement strengthens field operations by providing continuous 247 365 mobile patrol coverage and enhancing overall responsiveness across transit properties. An agenda item was also presented um to uh regarding potential adjustment to board member compensation which has not been updated since 2008 and may be modified under existing authority. Following deliberation, a motion was introduced and approved by directing staff to develop a formal policy to increase the permeating rate and return. A draft policy for consideration at the

next board meeting which will be held on May 28th. And that concludes my report for the RTA director's meeting. And my last report, mayor, is school districts and city joint task force. Um, we got an update regarding the let's work together um safety training and new initiative out of the office of emergency management. We are currently preparing for the public safety expo which will be held May 16th from 10:00 a.m. to 2 pm right outside of um city hall on Cali uh Cali Sanan de los Lagos. Please please please come. Um we uh our aquatics program starts June 22nd. We are doing another uh call to arts for the utility box program. Think Together said that they are using a state grant to provide opportunities at five schools in Valverie, 14 in Marino Valley, and that includes introduction to Banda, African drumming, yoga, which I just signed my son up for. Um, yes, they're doing yoga for I think it is grades K through fifth. They're doing yoga. Um, and additional creative and cultural opportunities. They are our library is increasing participation program and engagement across Marino Valley. Um day of the books Star Wars Read Day is May 2nd at 10:00 a.m. Valley View High School will be officially recognized as a California distinguished high school. Um, there will be a free health clinic at Vista Del uh Delago High School April 25th and April 26. So that's the end of this week from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. They will be offering oral cleanings, vision exams, general vital exams, and haircuts. And that's from the county board of

supervisors office. Um, Rising Stars is still um providing high school diploma completion services. And that concludes the joint task force meeting. It's everything

and then uh we'll pass it back to um District 2 for uh another report. This is for the uh Western Riverside Council of Governments or WRCOG that was held on April 6th. Um the committee meeting uh reports for fiscal department activities, committees, agency activities, and various external committees. Um they talked about the 2026 General Assembly community awards. The awardees will be recognized at the 35th annual general assembly and leadership on June 18th, 2026. They went through Irene Energy Fellowship 2026 277 uh program uh service year. Um approval of the updated personnel policies related to WR ARCOG employee leave benefits. Um and the next meeting will be held on uh Monday, May 4, 2026 at 2 o'clock at the CAC building in downtown Riverside on the first floor. And that concludes the report for WROG.

Thank you. And I believe that concludes all of our regional committee commission reports item N employee association report. We do not have one tonight which brings us to the famous city manager report. Thank you mayor mayor prom council members. Uh just want to remind um the residents that we do have a beautify Moval event uh this Saturday um here at city hall um begins at 8:00 and then we will uh depart to two different um uh parks uh at 9:00. Uh so West Bluff uh park in district 4 and Bthun Park in District 2.

Sorry, my bad. Um wrote those wrote those down wrong. sorry, Bthoon Park in district 4, Westluff Park in District 2. Um, we are also uh participating uh and recognizing uh Arbor Day and so we'll also be planting uh trees as well uh as we are a Tree City uh USA um designated city. Uh we also will have environmental organizations that will hostformational booths at city hall um during the morning events. Um, I know that uh Council Member Bernard kind of stole my thunder with uh my next uh comment, but OEM uh our office of emergency management is working um with uh a let's work together campaign. Um, in essence, what they're trying to do is, uh, connect with, uh, other regional partners such as school districts, uh, such as other businesses and so forth, uh, to ensure that, uh, those entities, um, are also, uh, emergency prepared. And so, they're going through a multitude of training uh, with the school district right now. Uh, they're working with Marino Valley Unified School District. Uh they will also be working with the other uh school district VVUSD as well as the college uh and other um uh businesses as well. So if uh you would like to if you are a business or regional um entity uh please reach out to our OEM department so that uh they can assist you with being emergency prepared as well. Thank you. That completes my uh comments.

Thank you. That brings us to council closing comments and we'll go to district four. Thank you, mayor. Um, just a couple of things, uh, we have been doing over the last month or so. Um, after that meeting that we had, uh, we had the public works rodeo the very next day. I would like to thank, um, Melissa Walker and her team, um, for going out there and it's a, it's a very good event. They, we had, uh, Sanernardino County s, different cities throughout, uh, Riverside and Sanernardino and to see them out there. Um, it's basically a competition how quickly they can fill a pothole. Um, move stuff around on a forklift. I saw very interesting things. Uh, there was a wheelbarrow race where, you know, some of them were offloading offloading wheels. So, that was that was fun. That was interesting. Um, so thank you for that invite. I hoping that it's here again next year, but I I also understand we're trying to rotate it out. Um, we had our springtastic as well as our adult egg hunt. I would like to thank parks and wreck for um being flexible and moving the adult egg hunt as the original date was um exactly when the fire was happening. And so I I thank the community as well as uh parks and wreck for being flexible with that because that was a curveball we weren't all expecting. Um also, as you heard, we do have the public safety expo coming up um on May 16th. So, please plan for that. I'm going to say this because everyone's going to say, "We we didn't know." Please um check your soaring guide for the um premier swim lessons. There's open swim and then there's swim lessons. Please sign up. Those classes fill up quickly. We keep trying to add them, but you know, there's only so many hours in the day and there's only so much time we can do them. So, please um add them. Again, I'm going to repeat this. We do have a scholarship in there for um those that are unable to afford the lessons. there is a scholarship. It's a quick and easy program. Just go ahead and sign up.

So, I encourage everyone to do that as we prepare um for the summer season. Um and as I said, I was going to keep this pretty short, so I am. I also want to recognize that it is um autism awareness month. Um I will be at the um Beautify Moval event on Saturday, but then I will be leaving there to go do the autism walk um at the Paris uh rail station with my family in honor of my son um who you have seen come out to more and more events. So please um as I always tell people, please be kind to each other and everyone. Um, when I when I think about all the things that are happening in the world, one of the things that I try to always stress to people is is kindness. I know the last the last meeting I will say this just kind of got a little off the rails and that happens sometimes. Um, but as I've always told people, did you do the best you can? And if not, we can do better tomorrow. And so I hope um the public understands that we we we had some issues. We're working through it, but we did better um in this meeting. And with that, I close. Mayor Thank you. Next, we go to district two.

Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And I too attended the uh springtastic. It was awesome watching the kids run and vacuum up those eggs like uh like I wish they could in the yard with leaves. Um then went to the adult. I pictured that. I swear I pictured that that they were picking up leaves in the yard and I I was I need them for five minutes. That's all I need. Um and then the adult egg hunt was massive. That was Jeremy out there throwing golden eggs everywhere. So anyways, uh I too attended the um rodeo rodeo, whatever it's called, rodeo. Um and yes, it was interesting. These guys are talented. These guys are they know their craft. So thank you Melissa for putting that on and and hosting this year. Um and they they they were all they're very very excited about their craft. So and they were on full display. Um, I also attended the uh Marino Valley College uh podcast with the press. I think he said you you attended too, Mr. Mayor. So, that was interesting. That was really cool. First time I've ever done a podcast, but that was uh really really cool. Um and then I went to DC um on the March Joint Powers Authority legislative trip to advocate for funding and u uh more secure issues at the base infrastructure um upgrades with the gas line. Um, and how it's going to affect Marino Valley is we're very, very close to completing funding for the Cactus Channel. So, if you go drive down Peacock and you see the big flood channel that's already concrete and instin, we're going to do the same on Cactus uh, that surrounds the base to prevent flooding on the runway. And, and what that does is it keeps the birds out of there for bird strikes on the jets as they take off.

So, uh, really, really, uh, productive week that we had in DC, um, advocating for our base and our city of Amir Valley. Um, and like Council Member Bernard said, uh, please be kind to one another. And it really does not take a whole lot to be kind. And here we are coming up to the summer season, and I think that people are going to be out more. Um, they're going to be barbecuing, they're going to be happier. So, uh, maybe easier to be kinder. Maybe Lieutenant Gaskins, you know what I'm talking about. Yes, sir. All right. And that concludes my comments. Thank you. Thank you. Next up, Mayor Pro Tim Gonzalez.

I'll keep mine uh short. Uh also attended the adult egg hunt. Um it was um it was great to see all the smiling faces of the residents that that that won the the the prizes, the the TVs, the the um all the home, you know, home things that that that were on display at the that that they won. It was it was it was something nice to see taking pictures. Um great event by city staff as always. It's always changing, right? The they they they had to set up a little bit. It was more streamlined, more efficient. The the awarding of the of the um of of the prizes. So, I think and and then Highense, there was a lot of Highense TVs. Um a shout out to our local business here that we got here in in M Valley. So, um great event and I'm sure next year we will be even greater and and more well attended. Um, and again I I just want to thank staff for all the work you guys put into the GPU. It's it was it was a lot uh a long time coming and and thank you for for all you do and I also want to echo the comments of of uh my peers. Um we we can always do better, right? We we got to make sure that we we practice uh self-discipline and control our our emotions as best we can and and definitely be nice to each other. It it doesn't um doesn't take too much, but it's a work in progress. So, thank you and have have a good night everyone.

Thank you. And uh I also had a chance to attend most of the events that have already been mentioned. So I won't go into that, but hats off to staff as always for uh successful events there and working with rescheduling due to the Springs fire. Uh not sure if I mentioned this last time, but uh Congressman Mark Takano secured $850,000 for our future business and employment resource center. uh he came and uh visited Marino Valley to do a check presentation outside of our existing Burke which is about 3500 square feet. We are 10xing that uh in the near future to 35,000 square feet. Um so that's a major um uh influx of funding that the congressman was able to secure for us in this year's um cycle. So appreciate Congressman Takano and his team for that and and thank you to our staff as well for helping to uh secure the funding. also last week had the opportunity to join uh the California Secretary of Labor Knox and the deput deputy secretary of communications Crystal Young. They came to visit us here in the city of Marino Valley. had the chance to give them a tour of Karma Automotive here in Marino Valley and um also went to visit the city yard where we gave them a really you know a presentation up close look at our city's EV fleet our charging infrastructure and had an opportunity to share with them what our big vision big picture macroeconomic plans are for the future of our electric utility and what we're doing in conjunction with for example our state uh legislators, our representatives to attract more of these businesses, more of these companies like Karma Automotive and any other companies that are along that supply chain. I just saw the other day that Rivian is opening a service facility in the city of Paris. So, how do we continue to stack on top of all these the momentum that's happening with Riverside and Marino

Valley and Paris? How do we continue to bring that here and create uh hopefully a few years from now we'll be known as the EV uh hub of of the nation. Uh we're we're slowly working our way there, but it takes a lot of work. So, thank you to staff for um helping out with all that and thank you to Secretary Knox and Deputy Secretary Young for making the trip down to Mareno Valley. And last but not least, want to mention that uh I'll be heading up to Sacramento these next couple of days. As much as it hurts to leave my son and my daughter and my wife, um, you know, if you've been there, you know what it feels like to have to say bye and leave out the door and they're dada dada looking at you crying. It hurts. But heading up there to Sacramento to advocate for the city of Mareno Valley and cities up and down the state of California. Uh, be meeting tomorrow, rapidfire meetings with various state legislators, assembly members, senators. Uh, I'll be going to testify at a hearing as well on Thursday. We have a gubberatorial forum as well. So, uh, it's going to be rapid fire, busy, busy next couple of days, but um, always a great time to put Marino Valley on the map and to continue to work for our constituents here at home. So, uh, with that, uh, go ahead and conclude my closing comments and we will move to item Q, future agenda items. Um, I do have one, I don't know if it will require, uh, council action. It's regarding the child care just to explore if we can have meetings, maybe some initial meetings. If it's okay with the council, we can just direct staff to kind of start coordinating some of that and see what comes out so we don't have to go through the two three-step process of agendaizing items. Okay. It sounds like there's consensus on that. Thank you. Thank you.

You need No, no, no. I I was just going to mention that um based on our follow-up we have that the city clerk would be reaching out to the respective her respective peers of the other uh bodies to see if we can get those uh elected scheduled u for uh joint meetings. Thank you. And are there any public comments on this item? We have one right now. Christopher Baka

and we'll be limiting it to just a minute. Okay. Well, I would like to uh propose that you bring uh thatou since it was uh done improperly and broke uh you broke the Brown Act that you do it correctly and you bring it back and uh do the process correctly. Also, the uh direction for the public safety building that that be brought out in public and we the public needs to know how and when and where anything is going to be built. Uh as far as uh outside of what was proposed. Um, so those two items I would I will I I think it's important that you guys really look into um theou that was uh done improperly and uh fix that because uh the most most likely outcome of that not going to be nice for and going to give tarnish the city is going to tarnish the city in the future. So, I would suggest you do something.

Mayor, that concludes public comment for this item. Thank you. And with that, we'll officially adjourn our council meeting at 11:24 p.m. Have a good night.