City Council - Regular Meeting

Director of operations here in Ontario Topgolf. The simplest way to put it, it's a ton of fun. It's, three floors of high-tech driving range for lack of better term. You don't have to be a golfer. You don't have to know any of the rules of golf. You just come here, pick a game. You can use our wonderful targets out on the field. You can use our top tracer technology and play some virtual courses, Angry Birds with the kids, all kinds of fun games for everybody. So it's really inclusive for everybody, and it's it's just an entertainment destination with amazing food and drink as well. Family friendly, full menu. It appeals to everybody. You know, our core guest is really just a little bit of golf and

a lot of fun.

That's really all. You get to be outside. You get to have fun. There's no stuffiness to it that you get in any traditional golf environment, but it's also not stuffy like a traditional restaurant. So come with a big group, come in on a date night, come in with the family. There's just something for everybody to do, and it's just a lot of fun because being in a neighborhood where you've got pull. And so being close to all the different freeways, the airport, obviously, having a view of Mount Baldy over here. I mean, it's just absolutely fantastic. It it's just been a success. Lack of a better turn, it's just been successful, and we'll continue to open more.

We're the newest thing in town. We're the thing that everybody wants to come try out. And so as long as we capture them while they're here, we'll see them again and again. I mean, that's really what it comes down to. Topgolf Ontario is proud to be made in Ontario.

The record will reflect all members are present with the exception of council member Bowman who is excused.

Okay. So before we move on to abide by state law, I'm obligated to ask if there's any possible conflicts of interest.

Mister mayor, I have it's not a direct conflict but I'm gonna abstain from the closed session item concerning police contracts. Is that good enough for you Mr. Siddiquir? Pardon me? Fourteen

thirty fire, not police. It just impacts public safety entire. Okay,

whatever. I'm not going to close session. Okay. So

We got that taken care of. So thank you. It takes us to the closed session. Is there anybody here to speak to? So I'll have the city attorney give us a rundown.

Yes. Thank you, Mr. Mayor. You've got one item on your closed session agenda this afternoon. It is as indicated already, a labor negotiation session under five four nine five seven point six of the government code where the council will have the opportunity to discuss with the city manager or his designee labor union issues involve involving the Professional Firefighters Association Local one four three zero. Thank you.

Alright. So we're gonna recess in a closed session. We'll be back as soon as we can. Certainly before 06:30 when we'll start our regular meeting. And our pledge allegiance will be led by mayor pro tem Wapner, and our invocation will be led by pastor Gressford Thomas from Ontario Seventh Day Adventist Church.

Please join me in a pledge to our great flag. I pledge allegiance

to the flag of The United States Of America and to the republic for which it stands, one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.

Let us bow our heads for prayer. Gracious and loving god, we are thankful for the gift of this day and another opportunity to come together as a city to discuss important matters that will affect our future. Lord, we pray that you would grant wisdom to our leaders, unity in our decisions, and compassion in our actions. I pray a blessing on all the council members, the city staff, and all the members of our community. We pray that everything done here tonight will bring about justice, peace, and well-being to all who call this city home. In Jesus name. Amen. Amen.

So we'll ask our city attorney to provide a report on closed session.

Yes. Thank you, mister mayor. This afternoon, pursuant to the posted agenda, the council met to consider one item that's listed on that closed session agenda. They received direction from staff, provided direction to staff, but there is no reportable action. Thank you, mayor.

Alright. Thank you. So we'll move on to public comments, and you'll be limited to three minutes. And accordance with state law remarks must be within counsel's jurisdiction. If you're wishing to speak, need to be recognized by me first. Anybody in the room? And then do we have any email public comments?

Yes, Mr. Mayor and they have been printed, placed at the desk and will be entered into the record.

Alright, thank you. So then I have 10 blue nine blue cards. So we'll begin with Andrew Hanif.

Good evening, mayor Leon and council members. Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to speak. My name is Andrew Haniff. I'm an outreach specialist at Reach Out. Reach Out is a nonprofit organization that has worked to serve Ontario and the Inland Empire for the last fifty three years.

My work focuses on substance use prevention. We made a comment about a month ago thanking you for your seven zero eight ordinance, just tackling that issue rather quickly. Today, I'm speaking to let the community know about the upcoming National Take Back Day. National Take Back Day is a biannual event organized by the DEA in response to the ongoing opioid crisis. The DEA partners with local police departments and community based organizations to set up prescription drug disposal sites.

On National Take Back Day, the community is encouraged to visit a disposal site and drop off old, unused, or expired prescription medication. This is important work. Unattended, forgotten, or expired prescriptions can pose a real threat to our community. A 2018 investigation published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that nearly nine thousand adolescents died from prescription and illicit opioids between 1999 and 2016. During this time, the mortality rate for this age group was increased by two thirty eight percent.

A 2019 study of teens and young adults misusing opioids found that nearly fifty percent of adolescents obtained opioids from relatives or friends with or without their knowledge. That number increased to fifty seven percent for young adults. The last study I want to cite, one tracking fatal pediatric opioid poisonings from 2004 to 2020, found that those aged between zero and four were the second largest victims of opioid overdoses with three sixty deaths. National Take Back Day is a way for the community to ensure that prescription drugs that may have slipped our need. Will not be intentionally or unintentionally misused.

Thankfully, the DEA has partnered with the Ontario Police Department for this April's take back day. My organization, Reach Out, will also be assisting with the collection efforts here in the city as well. Take back day will be this Saturday, April 25 from 10AM to 2PM. Ontario has a few collection points. The Ontario Senior Center right outside, address 225 East B Street, Ontario.

Another collection point is the Ontario Police Station, 2500 South Archibald Ave in Ontario. And the last collection point is the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center, 2295 South Vineyard Ave, Ontario, 91761. Thank you for the opportunity to speak. We hope to see you at National Take Back Day. My team and or me and my team are available if anyone has the community if anyone in the community has any questions. I also have flyers for the event if you needed. Thank you.

Thank you. Our next speaker is Leticia Duran.

Good evening mayor and members of the council. My name is Alethia Duran. I am a student at Cal State San Bernardino in the Bachelor's of Social Work program. And part of this program, my team and I had the opportunity to assess the needs of the community through the community advocacy project in which we have been working to better understand the residents here in Ontario. Through the surveys and conversations with the community, what consistently came up is that many residents are not aware of the resources that are already available to them.

This is especially concerning given the current economic challenges with rising costs, housing, food and basic necessities that families require. Although there are programs and services designed to help, they may not be reaching the target audience who it could benefit from the most. For example, my team and I were able to host and put together a community clothing event at the Linda Vista Full Service Center with the OMSD School District of Office. They help connect families in essential resources like clothing, food and community support. And in the months leading up to our event, we were able to collect clothes through different organizations.

And what we found with those organizations that they were asking us if they knew of other resources to better help their families or they were not aware of each other. So the question is how do we increase visibility and bridge that gap? The gap between available resources and public awareness that creates a barrier that leaves families without support that they may urgently need. We believe the solution starts with stronger communication and outreach. This include this could include improving how information is shared through city websites, social media schools and community organizations.

To sum it up, bridging the gap between resources and the people who need them is the overall goal. That is all. So thank you for your time and for your continued commitment to serving our community.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Our next speaker is Randy Beckendom.

Evening, Mayor and Council. Two weeks ago today, there were two events that affects the residents of Ontario. At the County Board of Supervisors meeting in the morning, two weeks ago, Supervisor Hagman made the announcement that the County was going to dispose of 200 and some prop 70 land and sell them to the city of Ontario and they would be used for the great park. And that evening, at council meeting, our city manager informed us that the city was gonna be bringing agricultural recreation to the to the residents on this parkland. So we need to go on the record once again to say that the county doesn't own those lands.

Citizens of California own the land. The county is a steward and they hold that land in trust. You can't just sell it, buy it, and so on. It's meant, it's mandated to be preserved for agricultural use, in our opinion, food. So that brings me to our vision.

The lands it was also said by our city manager that because the lands are not contiguous, they are not useful. Where they sit, they all could be converted to regenerative farming. They don't have to be contiguous. We can do incredible good with those 200 acres right where they are. They simply have to be converted from empty dairies to regenerative farming and produce a massive amount of food for this area. The other part of the vision is those 200 acres could be a resource to support all of the agricultural recreation.

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Thank you. Those 200 acres could be a resource to support all of the agricultural recreation that you want to do in Grand Park. There could be a farmer's market on Saturday that would rival Claremont's Sunday market. You could have a farm to table restaurant. We operate a farm to table restaurant in Claremont. We've done it for ten years. We know how to do that. You could have community growing beds, as many as you wanted scattered throughout that area. And those 200 acres could could build those and maintain them and and help with that. And education programs, we could go on and on.

It's it's really a good vision. So those lands need to be conserved where they are, converted to farming, build the grand park, and let's do agricultural recreation. Alright,

thank you. Our next speaker is, goes by the name of Dale.

I wanna tell you first off, anytime you see me here, you're gonna hear the truth. And if you think I'm lying, all you gotta do is talk about about yourself and then prove me that I'm lying. I'm here today because you have a police department that is out of control. One thing they know how to do is to lie, and they can lie faster than you can type in. You have a dispatch that lies, and one of these days, one of those dispatchers is gonna get caught up in their lie, and I can't wait to see him in prison.

And what I mean by that is they'll say that an officer is nearby, will have an officer there, and there's nobody coming. I had a dispatcher. I called to report two females was being trafficked out here on Holt Boulevard. And the dispatcher I was on I had only talked about one. And the dispatcher told me, I am not going to send my officers out there on what you assume. Okay? She doesn't know. I'm I don't assume. Okay? And she wasn't willing to send the cops out, and she didn't send the cops out.

The second individual, okay, and I don't know what what the end result was with that young lady. The second individual was caught, no thanks to my phone call, and that perpetrator went to prison. And if you remember, his name was Wiggins. Okay? He got the girl from an alley. Okay? And it just just really irritates me that these people are getting paid wearing a badge and a gun. And that does not make you a cop just wearing a badge and a gun. Okay? Anybody can wear a badge and a gun.

I've them. I've called the Ontario PD.

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Thank you. I've called the Ontario PD many times, and they don't realize I'm not a coward. I don't run, okay? There was a car parked over here on Holt about five to six feet off the curb. And the car was running. The individual was laying back in the seat. And their lights were on. Two police cars end up going by, just casually going by. About two minutes later, three minutes later, one comes back by. This was down there by the Cardenas Market on hold.

And he neither stopped, honked his horn, or did nothing. And the guy was still sleeping, okay, with the car running. A homeless guy finally came along and woke the guy up, and the guy went on his way. I personally called them to come to my house when I had a house over here on Hope Street because someone was trying to kick the door in. Not a cop showed up. Not a single cop showed up. I just wonder, are you only only brave when you got a gun in the bag?

Alright. Our next speaker is Lois. You know who you are.

And I know who you are. I am Lois talking, sicking. Good evening, Ontario City Council and those online and everyone in the audience. I'm here this evening to talk about AB 98, planning and zoning logistics use and specifically on the truck routes. In September 2024, AB 98 was signed into law, And it applies to logistics use warehouse projects based on, number one, size number two, zoning and number three, distance from sensitive receptors.

I will be talking about truck routes and their distance from sensitive receptors and Ontario's updated general plan to designate truck routes. Ontario's requirements came in in 2026, January, and that's a little bit early as compared to most cities here in Southern California. And why? Because there were 12 cities that were designated as warehouse concentrate, as part of a warehouse concentration region. Ontario is one of 12 of those cities.

That required that you, Ontario, have designated truck routes, which you did not before that. And so you held several open houses. We would have preferred that they had been staff directed community dialogue sessions rather than just one on ones because we have much to learn from each other. That being said, let's go back to sensitive receptors and the truck routes that the city of Ontario approved. AB 98 imposed requirements depending on how far a project sensitive is receptors.

That is projects that are within 900 feet of these sensitive receptors will be bound by AB 98. Sensitive receptors includes residential areas, schools, daycare, public parks, and nursing homes or hospitals. In the current approved truck routing plan here in Ontario, there are many truck routes that are designated through residential areas near nursing homes, health care facilities, daycares, and schools. Ontario has been asked about this before, and they said, well, over in Rancho Cucamonga, there was a designated truck ride through a residential area, and Rancho could not get it changed. Well, you can get it changed.

In Upland, Upland successfully removed Euclid from the truck route, proving it's possible. Long story short, we have a community group getting together that will propose to you improvements to that truck riding plan. Thank you for this opportunity to talk with you.

Thank you.

Good day.

Our next speaker is Donna Littleton Ferrys.

Good evening, mayor and council people. I'm just here. I wanted to know if there is any updates on the ballpark. We haven't heard anything back from Parks and Rec since my brother handed you the plans for that. Also, I was a little confused.

We had talked to one of the council members after the last meeting and were told that the ballpark has been tabled which meant that there will no longer be a vote on the ballpark for it going forward. So we were a little confused that that meant that nothing is going to be taken forward with the ballpark that it's dead and gone. So we were a little confused with that. So we would like some clarification on that. That's all I wanted to know and ask. So that's it.

Right. Well, thank you. Next speaker is Chris Robles.

Good evening, mister Mayor, City Council. I'm Chris Rubless. I have three things I'd like to speak on tonight. First is the Littleton Ballpark. From my rough calculations based on closure beginning with COVID and we know what was closed prior to that, the Littleton Ballpark has now as of today been closed two thousand two hundred and twenty five days.

And I formally would like to make a public records request for the public comments that were given to staff at those three poorly designed public comment workshops out in the community, poorly designed because they were from three to 5PM and one was a Friday night. Those should have been part of a presentation to this council when that vote on March 17 came up. So I would like that information please. I also would like to comment on the proximity land. I concur with farmer Randy.

That land is not the counties, not Ontario's. The people of California own that land and that land was set aside in perpetuity for protection. It should not be used for any other reason and I watched the board of supervisors meeting online and the comments were way out of line. That land is not wasted, is not unused, underutilized, yes, but that's because the county did it that way. Last comment.

So yesterday the comment period ended on the Ontario 2050 plan and the Eucalyptus project and also prop 98, the trucking routes. So we turned in our comments. But lo and behold, we found out weeks before, there's an announcement in the newspaper that the Planning Commission is already taking this up. I do not understand how comments made yesterday from probably quite a few people can all of a sudden be ready for a public hearing by the Planning Commission and have been forecasted to be so two weeks ago. Such that now, April 28 is the public hearing with the Planning Commission.

Just doesn't make sense, but it seems to be typical of the rush to judgment or the predetermination of outcomes by this city council. Thank you.

Alright. Our next speaker is Brad Newman.

Hello friends. My name is Brad Newman. I am the former city auditor for the city of Ontario in beautiful Southern California. The reason why I am the former city auditor is because I was told to do something that I know to be wrong, and I put it in writing that I was told to do something wrong. Two days after my protected activity, the city of Ontario received the credible allegation of public corruption, mayor.

Anonymous whistleblower report case number 44. As city auditor, my job is to audit and investigate all internal processes and procedures to do what, Scott? Eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse here at the city of Ontario. Two days after I engaged in protected activity, I received that allegation. And you know what I did?

I gathered documents and evidence. According to sworn testimony by attorney at law, Michael Allen Hyder, California law license number 218776, I asked him, when you marked the case as reviewed in your case notes, did you gather any relevant documents and evidence? You know his answer? No. I asked him, was there any other work that you performed for case 44 that was not in your investigative report?

His answer was no. Mayor, there were four names of employees. You know what four names of employees in a whistleblower report means? There were four human resources records, four pieces of evidence. You know what else is evidence, Ruben Duran? The contracts that were named in the report that Michael Hyder did not review. You know what else he didn't review? The financial statements. The next week, I was ordered by Jordan Vilbock again to do something I know to be wrong. I responded in writing saying, no, what you're telling me to do is wrong.

It's a violation of the professional audit standards that I have to adhere to according to city policy issued by Scott Ochoa in January 2020. Oh, no, 05/20/2020. Anyway, according to city policy, according to state law, and according to professional audit standards, I was then lied to that next week by Jordan Vilbock, who said the police were investigating case 44 and I have to stand down. Mayor, because I did my job, I was fired. Do you have this document, Scott, in the printed comments?

This is a five year plan for audit. According to your sworn testimony, you said that audit doesn't investigate fraud. But right here, this document I received two years after I requested it from public records, two years internal audit. This is the 2025 this is the twenty twenty twenty twenty one financial plan. Internal audits. Under that, the third bullet point, fraud investigations. You know what it says under objectives? Abide by recognized audit standards to ensure audit effectiveness. Thank you.

Okay. Our next speaker is Donna Crazy about Donna Mark Marchese. Casey. Okay.

As we now know, I'm Donna Marchese. I'm with Barrel Cat Friends out of Chino. I'm here to talk about some support for ARC. My husband and another member and I have been going to ARC Sunday mornings to clean the cat cages. ARC is seriously understaffed. It takes us about two, two and a half hours. Maximum we've ever cleaned was 18 cages because they are seriously under cats. They have 60 cages and up to 18 are full. So why they don't have more? I think it is a staffing issue.

I'd like to get the city council here to urge your family, your friends, your neighbors, your constituents to pitch in a little. They need volunteers. They need somebody to clean cages, walk dogs. Anything you could do would be nice. ARC also needs supplies. They need supplies like bedding, towels, treats, toys, Kongs and Busy Bones for the dogs, enrichment toys for stimulation. They need some food. Peanut butter collars, leashes, you can give them new and used stuff, they don't care. They'll clean it up, they'll use it. I looked I tried to find out drop off locations for your city.

Chino has three, and I've suggested a lot more. So, I only found your website to say drop it off at ARC. That's not convenient. People are lazy. We all know that. So, I suggested my city. I suggest your city. Have a drop off box. City hall, the police departments and substations, the fire departments, the senior centers, wherever you can put a box that people can drop stuff off in to help work out. You know, they're struggling. They're trying their best. The staff is great. I love them to pieces, but they need your help and you guys need to try to encourage your people to help out, okay? Okay, thank you.

Thanks, Donna. Alright, our next speaker is Tommy Mushigan. Can somebody please put their phaser on stun?

I'd like to speak against any micro hotel being put up over by the your minor league baseball thing on the South Side Of Riverside Drive across the street. Nobody wants another micro hotel over there and then it's just gonna be a nightmare. Keep the hotels away from that area. There's not one but a motel up on Archibald 60. We don't want that there. It's a nuisance. You hear your fireworks and stuff. You're not even done screwing with that place yet. It's disrespectful, you know. And here's a here's the thing where Lochner loaned these $50,000 from his campaign to that.

I mean, just who you know. So that's kinda lame. And then look, this is my favorite one right here with you, Leon. I've got your semi annual $4.60 for the '24 or you're the you're your own treasurer. And then you were able to give yourself a on 10/18/2024, you gave yourself a campaign contribution of $12,997. That's pretty good how you juice yourself like that. I've never seen anything like that before. Your sloppy handwriting. I got this from the city clerk's office. You keep up with your campaign disclosure statements a little bit better, know.

And I feel that oh, it's another thing. How about smart growth policies? I like the fact that there's only 200 acres left of any farmland around there but you got the water wells on-site, grow the food there and then truck it somewhere else or maybe you guys can put some cold storage up there too. So you can grow anything out here you want to because the city symbol says you know balance between, you know, business and agriculture, but for some reason, you guys keep letting the developers build, build, build. You got some sort of thing against the agriculture. I don't know why they keep pushing buildings so much. Anthony, four,

three, two, 1.

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Thank you. I was walking by your thing again on Ontario Avenue and Riverside. There's no university accessible playground equipment there. I've been asking you guys this for over a year now. All you gotta do for an example is go to South Bondi Beach Place and Union Pacific Avenue in East LA and look at the Park Of Dreams. Where's my university accessible playground equipment? Candace Smith is impossible to deal with. She's too busy selling her nutritional supplements down in Irvine. So can we at least get that? Oops. That's it. Oh. The driver that picks up the trash at my house he says that their union does nothing for them. So you might want to contract out to somebody else. Our

next speaker is Jacqueline Carter.

Hello, mayor and good evening, city council. Okay, I have there are two points. First of all, that baseball field on Riverside Drive, I'm tired of the fireworks already. 15 it goes on for and my and the cats and dogs do not like it and I don't like it either. When is that going to stop?

Okay. Secondly, on March oh, not March. April 8, about 03:00 in the afternoon, there are about 10 to 15 kids riding their bikes down Turner Avenue. As a former educator, I was happy to see kids on bikes in the afternoon riding. Ontario PD decided that their helicopter was going to monitor these kids all the way down Turner.

I'm wondering how much money did it cost for a helicopter to monitor the kids, yell at them to get out of the street. I don't know where they expected to ride the bikes if they weren't riding on the street, but they told them to get off their bikes and get off the street. This went on for fifteen minutes. When do we need a helicopter to chase kids on on bikes? Really?

And how much did that cost? What happened to the police the policeman in a car driving behind kids? Why did we need a helicopter yelling directions to kids who were just laughing their heads off? I'd be laughing too, like, you're up in the air and I'm on my bike. I mean, really? I I either the cops are bored or they don't have any anything to do or there's no crime to be fighting but a helicopter in the afternoon chasing kids on the bike? Really? That's it. Thank you.

Alright, thank you. Our last speaker is Jennifer

Daley.

Yes, hi, Jennifer Daley. I'm with Stella for a Better Tomorrow. I'm here to speak about 700255 East Schafer Avenue, the Euclid mixed use specific plan site. For about a year I've been asking the city a simple question, when will the promised development begin? And for a year I've received no clear answer.

What we do have there is a 50 plus acre site operating as a massive 20 fourseven truck yard with the potential for thousands of trailers and vehicles in a city that already struggles with some of the worst air quality in the country as you know. This was approved under TUP, it's PTUP 24,043 which explicitly expires 07/11/2026 and was tied to a mixed use development that was supposed to bring housing, commercial space, and community benefits. But there is no development and no timeline. There is now a de facto long term truck yard. And now without public discussion or transparency, the city is asserting an extension to February 2027 based not on the permit itself but on a grading permit with no clear legal basis.

This use was approved under a CEQA exemption for a temporary limited activity, not for a large scale ongoing industrial operation of this magnitude. So I wanna be clear about what this looks like from the outside. A project that was approved based on promised community benefits is now being used for something entirely different, an industrial track yard that continues to expand in duration with no accountability and no clear end. At the same time, the city has failed to provide clear answers to basic questions, failed to respond to public records act requests, and has not complied with its own production deadlines, and failed to explain how this ongoing use is consistent with what was originally approved. This is how public trust is eroded.

The residents are paying attention. They see a pattern where corporate interests are prioritized while community commitments are delayed, ignored, or quietly rewritten. And this is happening in a city where residents are already bearing Why

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Of pollution, traffic, and industrial expansion. If this temporary permit can be extended once without oversight, it can be extended again and again. And at that point, it is no longer temporary, it is permanent. So tonight, I'm asking three simple things. First, no further extension of this truck yard use without full public process and review. Second, a clear and enforceable timeline for when the promised mixed use development will actually begin. And third, transparency and accountability including full responses to outstanding records requests. Because right now the message being sent is that promises made to the community do not matter. Ontario should work for its residents not just corporations. Thank you.

Okay, thank you. That takes us to agenda review. Mister City Manager?

Yes, mister mayor and members of city council. At each of your seats is an updated copy of the exhibits to the resolution being considered under agenda item number four. The update reflects any payments received from property owners up to 9AM on Tuesday, 04/21/2026. The updated materials reflect a revised and reduced amount for assessments now totaling $172,180.07 related to 67 parcels, which means that $27,645.14 for 24 parcels was collected, postponed or settled since the public agenda was prepared. The updated materials provided will be incorporated into the public record as the consent calendar is being taken up by the council.

That is all, sir.

Okay. So we'll take up the consent calendar with all matters listed in one motion. We do have a blue card written to item number eight. So we'll hear I wonder who. Mr. Robles, will you come on up?

Thank you, Mr. Mayor, City Council. Yes, I didn't want to hold up the meeting because I know how you like to get out early. Yeah. That's And what it as a matter of fact, I happened to be at the Banning City Council meeting last Tuesday and it ran till 10PM because they have five minutes for people to speak and there are no cards. Anyone can come up at any time. Very very different from here. Of course, they also do other things that are questionable, but nonetheless, I am here to speak on item number eight. Thank you for indulging me on that little bar part. Item number eight, I just want the public to know that this ordinance will make it that much easier for this city council to raise your water rates. Thank you.

Mr. Mayor, just for the record, that is not the case, very clearly.

Yeah. Well, why don't you I'd to

add my 2¢ and then whatever.

Who's gonna be first, you?

Well, I'll let do Scott clean up since he

Okay, go ahead.

Okay. So you know, that's so not true and I just wanted to say that the physical

My problem.

That's an important thing. I just wanted to say that there is no fiscal impact to this thing right now. There is no fee increases and there is no impact to the general fund. What this is, is a policy change so that we can do better in the future. And what it does offer is better compliance, more efficiency, stronger reliability and that supports the growth which is especially needed in the Ontario Ranch area. So I'm not in align with your thinking there Mr. O'Lisson, if you'd like to do clean up on that center.

Just very quickly, the two items that are covered by this ordinance have to do with with water and in the first case is the delivery of water to agricultural users. As strange as it may sound, given the demands of recycled water with our partners at IEUA, sometimes it actually makes more sense economically to deliver to the ag users, potable water instead of recycled water. Right now we're required to deliver recycled water. But because of the obligations to the Santa Ana River and other issues that we have with IUA, occasionally, it may make sense for us to not do that but go with the potable. The second piece that is addressed by this ordinance really deals with wholesale rates.

Right now, the code says that if we are to transfer water to another another entity that it is at double the rates that we have for that unit of water. What this ordinance does is is give the general manager the flexibility to negotiate that rate. We may in some instances with partners in the region, in basin want to deliver a wholesale rate to them that is less than double and in other cases with folks who are not partners or we don't feel that to be good partners, we may want to raise that rate depending on what the state of play might be. That's all this ordinance has to do nothing with our retail rates to any of our customers. So once again, I think the speaker is confused.

All right, thank you. So I'll go ahead and I will entertain a motion or conversation from the council.

I'll make the motion that we approve the calendar.

Okay, is there a second? Second by Ms. Mesilla. So let's take the vote. It passes for zero really because Mr. Bowman is gone today. All right. So that takes us to public hearings. And, madam city clerk, item number 12.

Thank you. This is a public hearing for an amendment to the city's five year twenty nineteen twenty twenty three permanent local housing allocation plan. Notice of public hearing has been given. Affidavits of compliance are on file, and we have no written communications.

Alright. So I'll open the public hearing and let the record reflect any written. No? Okay. So I'll close the public hearing and entertain a motion and discussion from counsel. Motion to approve by Parada. Second. Second by Mr. Wattner. We'll take the vote.

Passes four o. So we'll move on to administrative reports and discussions. Item number 13, madam city clerk.

Thank you. Thank you, mister mayor. This is the can canvas of a special municipal election on 03/24/2026, and there were are no written communications on this item.

You know, mister city manager, do you have any more information regarding this election that you'd like to share?

Yes, sir. Just for the record, the March wherein Unite Here Local eleven qualified two initiatives for the ballot, Measure v and Measure w. Measure v was the so called hotel worker safety hotel and venue employment, employee minimum wage and hotel and venue employee work restriction measure and then W was basically requiring voter approval on hotel and venue development in town. A total of 13,123 votes were cast for a measure V. The yes votes were fifty two ninety seven or 40.28%.

The no votes were 70 seven-eighty four or 59.52%. On Measure W, the yes votes were 6,115 with 47.02 and the no votes at sixty eight ninety one with 52.98%. Both measures failed and it's probably worth noting because it does get a little bit confusing that despite the lack of electoral support, Unite here continues to try to promote their positions through utilizing lawsuits and sequel actions on various projects to kill development and job creation in the city. If you have any questions about the canvas, either city clerk or I can address those.

Anybody? Alright, seeing none, I'll entertain a motion or discussion.

I make a motion.

Motion to approve. Second by Miss Mesias. Take the vote. Okay, so it passes four o. And that leads us to staff matters. Mister City Manager?

Nothing to answer.

Council matters, Miss Mesias?

Nothing from me.

Mister Wapner? Nothing. Miss Parada? Nothing. Nothing from me. Thank you. And I do wanna say thank you to Donna for the work that you're doing. That's really kind. I think she left. Is she still here? Nope, okay, forget it. Alright, thank you for attending. And our next meeting will be on 05/05/2026.

We'd really like to

thank

the city council.