City Council - Regular Meeting

Order the City Council City of Rialto the acting successor agency to the redevelopment agency the Rialto Utilities Authority the Rialto Housing Authority is now in order. Would the clerk please call the roll?

President Scott president some of my carousels president councilmember Perez president councilmember Montoya president City Treasurer Carrillo.

Present.

City Attorney Eric Bell. Present. City Manager Tanya Wiegand. Present.

OK. All members present and accounted for. So at this time, we'll move on to the Pledge of Allegiance. Council Member Carla Perez will lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. And if you can remain standing.

Right hand over your heart. Ready, begin. I pledge allegiance.

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.

And now we'll have the invocation that will be led by Pastor Javier Reyes from Calvary Chapel.

Let's bow our heads as we come to the Lord in prayer. Father, we come to you this afternoon, Lord, God of heaven, we pray that as we gather here within this room that your spirit would grant us direction and wisdom, Lord. I pray for Mayor Baca to begin with, dear God, that you would endow him with an anointing, dear God, of direction today as he gathers with these council members, Lord, to make decisions, dear God, for the city of Rialto as they deal with new business, Old business, Lord. They need to make decisions on resolutions, claims, dear God. Things that need to get done, Lord, as progress is being taken place in the city of Rialto, Lord. I pray that they would help realize, dear God, that the positions that they hold of authority, Lord, are indeed gifts by you. And Lord, I pray that they would do it in a way that would bring honor and glory to your name. And so we ask and pray these things in the name of Jesus. And we all said, amen. Amen. You may seat it now.

At this time, there are no presentations or proclamation. So we'll move on to oral communications. Are there any oral communications from anyone that has asked to speak?

Madam Clerk? No, Mayor.

There are none? Seeing that there's none, we'll move on to the consent item. All matters listed in the consent item are considered to be routine of the City Council and will be acted upon by one motion during the following forum. Are there any items from the consent item that any member wishes to pull? If not, do I hear a motion to approve the consent item? Motion's been made by Council Member Cadaceres and seconded by Carla Perez. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any oppositions? Hearing none, motion carries. We will now move on to our tab items. We'll start with tab one.

Sorry. Yes, good evening, honorable mayor. Mayor Pro Tem, members of city council, thank you for the opportunity to present for the council's consideration, review, discussion, and direction to propose general fund budget for fiscal year 2026 and 27, beginning just next week, July 1, and it will run through June 30 of the following year. Before we get started, just a couple of comments. This is a city-wide activity. And so first and foremost, I want to thank the finance team who are here and can assist with any detailed questions the council may have. And also, the finance team would like to thank our cohort departments. as you said, a citywide cooperative effort for the work product that the council has in front of them. So it's noted in the staff report and briefing what this evening, the fiscal year 2026-27 annual operating budget, is a financial plan that That was comprised of reasonable estimates of revenues and expenses and any needed transfers and estimated reserves. As mentioned in the mid-year report last December, the city is in a good place. And this is the direct result of intentional decisions on the part of the council that have included building this economic base that has benefited the city, particularly local and regional economic engine that continues to generate sales tax revenue for operational needs to the city. And also the ongoing budgetary discipline and control while retaining operational needs and customer service to the community. So the primary considerations, the city's financial plan, both in the short and the long term. So first and foremost is fiscal sustainability and accountability, but also sustainability of operations. And those are operations for the community and sustainability of both finances, and that includes operational efficiency. as customer service is our reason for existence as an organization. So the strategy is both organizational and fiscally responsible. So per the city manager's direction, this budget is presented with estimated ongoing and continuous operating expenditures and transfers out. And those being matched by ongoing and So over the next few slides as we have here, first one up, we will cover the general fund overview and the fund balance and a look back to the last couple of years. Estimated general fund revenue. and the most significant revenue sources, estimated general fund expenses, salary and benefits, long-term forecast, and then we will finish up with some requests on the part of departments. So this is where we begin. This is the unrestricted general fund balance. And in this center column here, this is what we refer to as a roll forward. These are the most recent audited results. So the unrestricted fund balance is 72.3 million. and that the audited results also have the reserve for economic uncertainty intact. That's where we began this year and projected to end this year. We expect it to finish at least with unrestricted fund balance of 75.3 million and the reserve for uncertainty intact. The reserve for uncertainty is computed. We have a note there. It's 30% of the fiscal year's actual expenses. So that will be adjusted as we close the year. So this is our starting point. Where are we as we begin the budget process? Next, we'll look at general fund revenues. So the table and the graphic both represent the same data and we have the projected general fund revenues by major groupings. The table on the left shows these estimates and they are based on recent trends. caution for uncertainties as well as available information from the city's analytics firms. The top three, as the council is aware, property tax, sales tax, utility users tax, these comprise more than 75% of our revenues. And another category here that has done well, this use of money and property as the investment portfolio has continued to do well as rates have been And then of course the pictorial just demonstrates the importance of each of these revenue sources. Property taxes are most stable and we can see that how much sales tax has grown over the last several years in particular. A similar look at general fund expenditures. So this table's high level overview by major category personnel and maintenance and operations. The estimated and proposed expenditures is 169.15 million plus transfer out for debt service. And that brings us to And a balanced budget approximately two point Two point eight million revenues over expenditures a couple of considerations One area that continues to be a challenge is our CalPERS pension costs that do increase at a rate that is higher than other expenditures. The reports that are available to us, there's a two-year lag, and so those future, the primary expenses represent future obligations, and those are actuarially determined. So the distribution in summary shows that most expenditures are staffing as we are a service organization. And that is consistent with past years and the service to community. Next we have long range projections. So in the left most column, this represents the current fiscal year that we are wrapping up. With the estimated surplus of at least 3 million and the budget that is being presented this evening with 2.3 million revenues over expenditures. And then in the out years, we estimate to be positive. So over the next three slides, as noted in the staff report, proposed new staffing. And we can, just to summarize a few points on this, these recommendations are based on recent feedback and are for the purpose of enhancing the level of customer service provided to both the businesses and the citizens of Rialto. The requests are grouped by both fund as well as department. And in several instances, for instance these first two, the negative numbers represent a position that is either being eliminated or unfilled and that resulting in an offset of what is being proposed. In other cases, they are These are based on operational assessment and recommendations. So the first two of these three are general fund. And then, of course, the third slide here has no impact on the general fund. This is our utility, and this is a Fires 208 fund. So in summary, and we can come back to these, but In conclusion, we end where we began. The city is in a good place and these are because of intentional decisions that put our city on this trajectory. So that concludes our report and we are available for any questions or discussion.

Thank you. Are there any individuals that have submitted a form to speak from the audience? This is a public hearing.

No, I have none that has been submitted for at this time.

I'll move it to council members motion to close the public hearing second motions been made by Carla Perez seconded by Mayor Pro Tem it's got all those in favor signify by saying aye aye any oppositions hearing none motions up and carried to close the public hearing So at this time we'll open it up Are there any individuals that would like to speak in reference to it? If not, council members. I'll start off with Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott.

Thank you. Just a couple questions. In the budget, Public Works Development Services are asking for fairly substantial amounts for contract services, which include inspections and plan check review. And as you're well aware of, each one of us met with department heads that go through the budget. In the meeting that I had with them, I expressed my concern about those amounts and the fact that this council and the former council has given very clear direction that we want to slow down contract services and hire employees to replace individuals who are contract employees. That clearly is not happening and has fallen on deaf ears. So I have a concern that we are not moving forward, especially in the areas of plan check, to hire employees within the city to do that work to give us the kind of quality that we need for plan check. Same with inspections out in the field, whether it be public works or building inspections. We're better off having Rialto employees do those inspections than using contract individuals. So, My question to you is those amounts are for a 12 month period, is that not correct?

That's correct.

Do you see that there would be any issue if we only approved 50% of those amounts with the understanding that both of those departments would come back to us in December? report to us what they've done to recruit and bring in employees into the city that would fill those positions. And then if necessary, we would approve additional dollars if we needed additional contract dollars. But I see that as the only way of getting people to heed what the council has said, which is we wanna replace contract employees with city employees. Do you see any issue with that?

No, that is certainly feasible.

Okay, my other question is regarding the police department. I had some conversations with the police chief after my presentation by department heads, And based on the size of his new building and the size of the old existing building and how many people were doing custodial work over there, I've come to the conclusion that two custodians and one part-time may not be enough. So I would propose tonight that we change that to three full-time custodians. and he can always adjust it later if he finds that's too much, but I think we need to keep that building in good tip-top shape and in the condition that it should be kept in. The other question that I might have for you is when we come to fire, and I may address this to the Chief. Chief, as you know, we've experienced a warehouse fire in a very critical business in this city it happened this last weekend and unfortunately i kind of predicted in that budget meeting that it was only a matter of time and then it happened to a happened over the weekend luckily you guys responded in a fantastic manner and took care of it and minimized the damage to that amazon building you and i have talked in the past about the necessity and the need to bring on additional equipment into the fire department that can deal with battery fires high heat fires the fuel terminal at the south end of the city and we've actually discussed the possibility of of bringing in a a apparatus that would be remote controlled, basically a robot apparatus to fight those kind of fires. So I would hope that we would take what happened over the weekend seriously and move forward to look at that type of equipment. Additionally, I know that we need to look at an additional tiller um because of all the warehouses we have in the city and the bigger buildings that have come about as the last couple years so i'd like to see some kind of a report on that in the future near future as to what specifically we need and how we how we do that i am certainly in support of your additional uh fire captains, engineers, paramedics, and EMT. So I know that the need for that is to be able to handle the ambulance services and paramedic services in the city to the level that we're required to under 201. So I also support that. I know you've been working on a tower and a training center. I support some type of a tower, well I support the tower and some type of a training center and I look forward to that presentation. But I would like to see us address these warehouses and the necessity of having some sufficient, efficient equipment for a couple reasons. One, to minimize damage to those type of buildings and the impact it could have on the city. And two, to frankly protect our firefighters and paramedics. So I think that's real important that we do that. the personnel changes in public works that include utilities, I'm also in support of. So I wanna thank you for the presentation you did. I know that the budget meeting was a little brutal, but we got some answers, some good answers out of it. So I wanna thank you guys for all your hard work, both Scott and the department heads, and most importantly, the staff that put everything together. so a good good job and look forward to a prosperous new year and i hope your predictions on sales tax are right i appreciate the information you sent me i'm still a little leery of it because it's a pretty substantial increase for the next 12 months but i hope it's right on target

And we'll monitor at mid-year, as you mentioned.

Great, thank you. I have a couple of questions. First of all, I do appreciate that we're solvent and that we're moving in the right direction and that our budget reflects that based on the last couple of years. And the amount of monies that can be generated, and I know that you said 75% comes from property taxes, utility taxes, and sales taxes. My concern with the budget when I look at it, you mentioned that the biggest expenditure to us is the staffing. Rialto is going to continue to grow. We have 110,000 people in the city of Rialto and I look at the probability of having over 150,000. So staffing is going to increase and the budget should reflect the amount of growth that we're going to have now or in the future too as well to make sure that we're able to provide the kind of service to our community. And I think that's why some of the questions that the Mayor Pro Tem asked in reference to the employees that we need to make sure that we have the staffing that's necessary, not only now but in terms of the future. And the same thing I looked at Public Works. Public Works I think is doing a great job in a lot of the services that we're providing. But I believe that we need additional staffing based on the growth of our city to make sure that we continue to do everything that needs to be done. Now in reference to the contracts, and this is a question that I have, and I'm sure that the reason why we're contracting out, that this is only for 12 months that they're going to be doing a service versus someone that would be employed and would maybe not need it. So it has to be an assessment and evaluation on those contracts that we end up hiring. Isn't that correct, city manager?

Sorry, what's your question?

My question is on the contracts that we're currently giving out. They're basically for 12 months. So if we start hiring people for permanent positions, we may not need those jobs. So it has to be assessed and evaluated based on the kind of jobs that we're gonna need now and in the future to hire in those specific areas versus being cost effective in contracting out hiring only for that period of time and that's a question to you and a question to our finance director

When it comes to direct revenue related activity, there is certainly flexibility in the contract model. But what we are hearing from the council is the direction of having staff that are invested long term in the going concern and sustainable operations of the city. So there is a balancing to that.

In other words, there's wiggle room in both areas. One is to have permanent staff and another is to contract out.

I think there is flexibility in contract services. However, what I'm hearing from council is that there's concern about the commitment and level of service with contractors. I think that we've seen an issue with some of our plan check companies and inspection services where the companies are delivering a service but maybe not perhaps the level we would expect a full time staff.

Well that's why they should be held accountable and there should be transparency. And we should be looking at the work that they're performing and when they're not, let them know right then on the spot instead of after the work is being completed and we're being charged X amount of dollars for the performance that they didn't perform. So, I mean, that needs to be done and that has to be ongoing with our staff to continue to evaluate and assess the contractors that we're hiring. But that's why when I looked at the contract, I didn't know specifically what was meant in terms of the 12 month versus the permanent employees. And I do agree that we do need to hire permanent employees in a lot of the areas that we need to. Along with that, I'm glad that, My colleague here mentioned the training tower because I've been a strong advocate for that training tower that we need to make sure that it's included in the budget, not only just from grants that we need, but that we also need to provide there. And then also for parks and recreation too, as well as we look at further expansion in terms of parks and recreation, is to make sure that the budget includes areas that we need to improve our parks. and recreational facilities too as well, whether we have splash pads at each of the parks in the area to make sure that we have them there. And I know that we're doing an all-inclusive playground that's gonna be done right now, but we should not only just be looking at grants, but also looking at how we can improve the services that we're providing to our community, especially in those areas. And in the area of equipment, I agree with my colleague here, is that we need to make sure that we have the appropriate equipment, whether it's for the fire department or whether it's for the police department. We've got to make sure that we have the best equipment and the best technology equipment that we can get to make sure that our firefighters and our police have the kind of equipment that they need that's going to be good for them and safe for them to operate and do what's necessary at all levels. And this is something that should be going on as we begin to look at a person that we hire that looks at what is the kind of technology that we need for the future as well as we move in to the next generation that will come after you guys, not me, but after you guys.

I'm kidding.

But after the next, so we have to look at the kind of technology that we're going to need in that area. And I do agree with you. Mayor Pro Tem is in terms of the kind of technology that we need. So these are some of the concerns that I have, but I do appreciate all of the members here getting together and actually reviewing the budget. So we all had an opportunity to review it, go over with staff and departments in terms of our concerns. And some of us mentioned some of those and I'm always concerned to make sure that we have the kind of employees that we need and sufficient employees to meet the demands of now and in the future as well. And we need to forecast that in the budget too as well. Any other questions or comments? I'll go to Andy since Andy has not had an opportunity. Thank you, Mayor.

First off, thanks for the presentation. Very well put together with all the essentials. I know these things can be. as thick as a binder, but I'm glad you were able to nail it and really put down the essentials that we need. So I just have a couple questions for the long-term projection on the general fund for the UUT in 26-27. It shows that it's projected at 15.9, and then in 27-28, it goes back up So if you could just explain to us and the public how we came up with that and Why we're projecting it to, or why it was projected to go down and then it's projected to go back up?

Yes, it was temporarily suspended and that spanned a calendar year. And so that was at mid-year that we put that into place. So the last half of the current fiscal year that ends next week. And then through the first half of the next fiscal year. And that was suspended for residential customers. And then in the out years it is expected to return to normal.

So because of the suspension. But in 25-26 it was 19 and then it's expected to go down to 16.3, then 16.7, then 17? So what's the drop on 2025-26?

So back in January of this year, we suspended the UUT for all residential accounts. So that will go through two fiscal years, the rest of this fiscal year and then the start of next fiscal year. And so that's why we're seeing the big drop for next year, because that first half of next fiscal year will still be impacted by the reduction in the residential UUT.

Oh, got it. OK, perfect. All right, and with all the other departments, I'm okay with all the recommendations for community development, for parks and recs. Now, we have a vacant pool manager.

We currently have two vacant pool manager positions.

That's two positions? Correct. Oh yeah, two. Okay, and what's the status on that?

So depending on if the positions get approved, then we will eliminate those two part-time positions, convert it to a full-time, and then start the hiring process to fill it.

So you'll turn it into one position? Correct.

OK.

Great, and the public works, I'm okay with that. Police and fire, I'm in support of all the positions. Our fire guys are 12 positions, I'm in support of that. And public works, of course, in support of that with some of the recommendations that have been Mentioned by my colleagues and I do look forward to the towers the training towers and seeing how we can become a staple here and And a leader in that with our fire department and that's all I have mayor.

Thank you Yes, sir, thank you mayor I I'm gonna go along with what mayor potem had discussed we we had discussed since last year the whole contracting deal so i don't know what the previous council had spoke about but i know this past year we we have discussed the contract versus uh hired employees so i am on board with that and i i am anxious to see what it looks like what we're looking like uh end of year so we can see if that's going to be feasible or not. But I kind of want to piggyback on the warehouse fire things. I had it slotted to discuss this anyways, and then we had this recent fire. But I wanted to discuss more about the sprinkler issues. I don't know if we have issues per se, however, i think maybe if we had somebody going to inspect some of these warehouses on a regular basis so we can maybe get ahead of these these fires possibly rather than rather than being more defensive you stay on the offense But I do agree with all of your positions, Chief, that you have proposed, but maybe even thinking of something to be more proactive. We have a lot of buildings and a lot of warehouses in our city, and we need to take care of what we have. And to be a little bit more proactive, and visiting these places a little bit more regularly i don't know how often you do and i'm not saying that you're lacking on that i'm just trying to point out maybe doing something like that and i think we we would all be on board with being proactive to keep us all safe and keep our businesses safe as well but other than that i i agree with everything else

Thank you. Mayor Pro Tem, that's Scott. Thank you. I want to touch back on this contract issue. Ms. Taylor, how many full time plan checkers do you have?

We currently have one plans examiner in building and safety that's a full-time position, but he does spend part of his time doing some inspections as well.

So it's really a part-time plan checker, and then you have a fire plan checker, correct? Yes, sir. Would you not agree that plan checking is more efficient if it's done in-house by city personnel? For instance, We've had a number of issues where a big project has come through the city. We've used a contract plan checker who those plan checkers many times leave in the middle of the project, go to work somewhere else, so that company assigns a new plan checker. We kinda lose our momentum and I think we just had a recent case where where plan checking on some houses took some time that it shouldn't have and it's it's happened on a number of businesses where we've not only missed stuff on plan checks but we've taken too long to actually do the plan checks is that not true that is true and in regards to to building inspectors Would you not agree that you get better quality inspections when building inspectors are more dedicated to the city and have more buy-in into the city? Now, I noticed in your budget and in Public Works' budget, you're actually predicting a decrease in projects next year, which kind of makes sense with the economy. I would hope by the end of next year, or by mid-next year, we would start picking up on projects. But that's the reason that I've suggested that we, and I've been suggesting this for a number of years, that we have in-house plan check. Because it'll give the city better quality plan check. I know everybody on this council has been frustrated with projects where people have come to us and said, my plan check has taken too long. It's not very personal. It's, you know... small business needs to get their plans out get their building permit as quickly as possible then i want to take it as a step i appreciate what you had to say council member montoya on on the warehouses i totally agree with you and and chief one question Became aware after the other fire that we had Saturday at unfortunately the Korean barbecue That could have been a big tragedy if it hadn't have been for your department's quick response But what I found out and I actually found it out from a business is the city is that we haven't been doing business inspections because we haven't had the manpower to do it now miss Taylor has two individuals she's adding on uh to help with inspections but there are some inspections that are a little more critical for instance ducting that has grease in it in in buildings batteries that are being stored in buildings wouldn't you think that it would take a an individual of a perhaps higher caliber to do that than just a normal inspection for fire extinguishers

Yes, thank you, Mayor Pro Temp, for the question. These types of occupancies have complex systems in them, and yes, it would take a higher level of understanding of not only the system processes and uses of those facilities, but of the codes that regulate them. They're very complex, they're very technical, and you can make a code decision that could impact multiple other codes. So yes, it would require a higher level.

Thank you, and we all are in agreement the city is growing by population, by business. I mean, we're probably the most improved city in this county by far, but we also need to move our personnel up to those standards and move forward with high quality people that can do those kind of inspections. Before COVID, our fire engines were out in the, streets going to businesses they'd come downtown when i had a business downtown and they would come in and do the inspection because you were always short-handed on the normal inspectors fire prevention inspectors that doesn't happen anymore i'm not saying whether it should or shouldn't happen but we need to do a better job of inspections on businesses Not to control what they're doing, but to help protect them from having a tragedy that's going to cause a fire like we saw on Saturday night. Which, very frankly, has shut that business down probably six to 12 months would be my guess, because there's going to be insurance companies fighting about it. And it's probably cost the jobs of 25 to 30 people. That's very unfortunate. i just feel that we might have caught that with a better inspection process and that's not being critical of you or your your people at all it's just saying we need to move to the next area where we can do better inspections and have the manpower to do it and i personally just don't believe contracting people is the way to do it

Thank you, are there any other questions? If not, I think we're all basically in agreement that we have to look at our future and our growth and the kind of population that we're gonna have in the future and to make sure that we have the staff that's necessary in all areas too as well. I think with that then, I'd like to hear a motion to approve it with the conditions that we approve the additional custodian to this as well. Could that's one recommendation that came forward right now and then The rest of the department's look at additional staffing that we may need to in terms of the future As was discussed in a variety of different areas right now. Do I hear a motion? Aye

Mr. Mayor I would make a motion to approve with the condition that the part-time custodian be made a full-time custodian in the police department and that contract services be limited to 50% of the budgeted amounts and re-reviewed in December as to where we need to go with a full report from both departments public works and Development Services as to what they've done to recruit individuals to do that. So I would move approval of Resolution 8531, Resolution 01-26, Resolution 26-06, Rialto Redevelopment Successor Agency Resolution SA 1-26, fiscal year 2026-2027, CIP budget resolution 8532 for the city, fiscal year 2026-2027 annual budget, resolution 8533 adopting the fiscal year 2026 2027 appropriations limit gan limit resolution 8534 adopting the fiscal year 2026-27 citywide classification and compensation plan

Okay, a motion has been made and is seconded by Andy Caraceres. Any other discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any oppositions? Hearing none, motion carries. We'll move on to tab two.

Good evening, Mayor and City Council. Tab two this evening will be presented by Steven DiPugio at DiPugio Wells. He has support with him from the consultant who helped put together the urban water management plan as well.

Great, thank you. Mr. Mayor, members of the council, it's a pleasure to be here tonight. The item before you tonight is requesting the city council and the Rialto Utility Authority to conduct a public hearing to consider adopting the 2025 Upper Santa Ana River Integrated Regional Urban Water Management Plan. And that is comprised of an overall urban water management plan and a water shortage contingency plan. There's a series of four resolutions for both City Council and the Rialto Utility Authority that are before you tonight. This is a requirement of the California Water Code. And we have a brief presentation, if you can bring that up. Thank you, Gabe. So the public hearing items tonight, there's two. There's the 2025 Regional Urban Water Management Plan. This is something that's required every five years. It evaluates the city and the region's near term and long term water service reliability under various hydrological scenarios. It demonstrates conservation efforts and outcomes implemented by the city and meets the city's reporting requirements under the Urban Water Management Plan Act that is required by the state. The second item is the Water Shortage Contingency Plan, and what that does is describe the city's planned actions to prevent or respond to actual water shortage conditions if they occur. For example, droughts or emergencies, things like that. So a bit of background, the California Water Code requires the urban water suppliers to prepare and adopt an urban water management plan and submit to the California Department of Water Resources. Those urban water management plans are required every five years and must satisfy requirements of that particular act. That act requires our water suppliers serving 3,000 or more connections or supplying more than 3,000 acre feet per year to conduct these reports, which applies to you. And the suppliers within a region may work together to develop a cooperative regional plan, which you have done since 2010. You participated with San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District leading that effort. which I would note actually provides a significant savings over each agency doing it themselves. So there's four planned components for adoption by the City Council and the Rialto Utility Authority tonight. Part one is the regional context. It gives an overall summary of those particular five items. I won't read them line by line for you, but it's a requirement. to look at those regional contexts. And then under part two, again, as part of the regional plan, actually it looks like there's a bit of a typo there, but it's item number five, chapter five applies to the city of Rialto. And then under part three, you're looking at some of the supporting information. It includes some regional supporting documentations referenced in those earlier parts, including any agreements just to document to the state that you in fact have you know the agreements in place and the authority to do it and then that rolls into the fourth part which is the local agency supporting information and that includes your water shortage contingency plan that i highlighted earlier So the conclusions from all of this effort is the city has long term water service reliability under normal year, single dry year, and five consecutive drought years. You have sufficient near term supply reliability for a drought period lasting five consecutive years. And the city's ongoing participation in collaborating in regional water resource planning in the regional planning process is key to you meeting your future supplies. So again, you are able to demonstrate that you can achieve those five consecutive years. It's California, oftentimes things go beyond five years and we have mechanisms to deal with that. But for the most part, you are completely compliant with the urban water management plan. And so tonight we have Lane Carlson of Water Resources Consulting. They're the firm who did it on behalf of the regional effort for San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District. And she's here to answer any questions that you might have.

Okay, thank you. This is to conduct a public hearing. So at this point, is there anyone from the public that would like to address any of these issues?

Move to close the public hearing. Second. Second.

Motion's been made by Mayor Pro Tem and Scott, seconded by Edward Montoya to close the public hearing. All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition? Hearing none, motion carries at this time. We'll open it up for discussion from members of the council. I see Andy Karacetis, so okay. Mayor Pro Tem and Scott.

Mr. DiPuglia. The ability to have water for five years is based on not only the water that's in our basin, but the water that we would obtain from San Bernardino Valley Municipal Water District, correct? That is correct, they're your wholesaler. Can you tell me what the current status is of our water levels in the basin?

They have been declining. In particular, your Rialto-Colton Basin is of concern. You have a lot of wells that draw water out of there. You have wells in other basins that you don't have as much restriction. But that particular one is critical because it just has not demonstrated the ability to artificially, or to naturally recharge from rain. And so there are some efforts underway to look at artificially recharging, bringing imported water, and supplementing supplies into that. That's critical.

What is the status of those negotiations?

So those have been ongoing. We're actually going to give an update to the Water Subcommittee later this week. So there had been some modeling work that was being done just because it needed to be done independently. But quite frankly, there's a facilitator who had some family issues. And so it's been stalled for probably about three or four months now. He's back from those family issues. And so we've received an email from him last week to start up those facilitative negotiations with all of the agencies to get recharge into the cactus stormwater basins.

And your best guess, what's your projection of when that would occur as far as being able to recharge the basin?

I think they are hoping to have some agreements in place by the end of the year, which would hopefully pave the way to have some recharging occurring next year, which is critical. The sooner you get it done, the better.

Okay, why I would hope that it does happen by the end of the year and if it does not happen I would hope that this council would take some action to Ensure that our rights are protected and that our asset does not become a stranded asset correct it's i i'm deeply concerned about the levels of water in that basin and the fact that we may have to resort to buying water outside because we don't have water in the basin so i would hope that this gets resolved and i think it should be a very high priority for the city

Yeah, you've touched on something that's critical with that stranded asset, you know As you know, there's cleanup occurring and the basin shouldn't be for cleanup It should be for drinking water and they need to manage those issues exactly. Thank you.

I have a question in In in reference to the urban water management plan it says that you'll do it at least once every five years and I think the concern that that Mayor Pro Tem has is to make sure that the quality of water and level of water is good. Why is it every five years? Can it be done earlier than that or do we have to wait five years? And what is the targeted date five years from now on July or June or what?

yeah it's it's uh required to be submitted to the state by july 1st which is why it's before you tonight the analysis is required every five years by the state but that doesn't mean that the city could not look at those issues and oftentimes we are looking at those water supply issues we're looking at wells if there's additional wells that need to be brought on board so it's more of a requirement of the code not necessarily the way in which you're managing the system

But for the safety of our community and the quality of water, it seems like we should have some dates that you can go out there periodically to make sure that we're not waiting just for five years for it to happen. I think that was your concern, right, Mayor Pro Tem?

Do we currently have a schedule of when they're getting

It's by statute is required every five years, but if I'm understanding the mayor correctly, it's something that can be reviewed at any time. We can do it annually, bring something back. I think it would be good if we did it annually, so this way, yeah.

Okay, I was under the impression that even though it's submitted every five years, that it was being checked frequently, so I don't know if there was an actual schedule on that.

It's naturally done as part of the utility department, looking at things, working with the concessionaire and your operator. You're always looking at those circumstances, but it's something that we can bring formal reports back and true it up to the urban water management plan. Are we meeting those expectations?

Good. I think we'd appreciate something like that. Thank you.

The quality of the water is looked at frequently.

Yes, that's our next tab item, actually.

The ability to have water is a whole different thing. Right. and it's critical for this city. And so, like I said, we get to the end of the year and we still have no movement on this, then it's time for this council to take some action.

I'd like to make a motion to approve resolution number 8535 and RUA resolution number 26-07 to adopt the 2025 Upper Santa Ana River Integrated Regional Urban Water Management Plan and approve resolution number 8536 and RUA resolution number 26-08 to adopt the Water Shortage Contingency Plan.

Okay, motion's been made by Carla Perez. Do I hear a second? Second. Seconded by Edward Montoya. Any further discussion? All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition? Hearing none, motion carries. Thank you. Move on to tab three.

You have me for that one as well. So tab three is to bring a consumer confidence report for you. This is something that is required annually. It is a requirement of the Safe Drinking Water Act that was implemented in 1996. The requirements of that, the Safe Drinking Water Act requires that every utility operator provide an annual water quality report. That's referred to as the Consumer Confidence Report, and that is to be delivered to customers by July 1st as well. The CCR includes information on your source water, water levels, detection of any contaminants for that calendar year, compliance with all drinking water quality rules, plus educational materials. This year as it was last year, there was a recent change that allowed those reports to be sent to people or made available digitally. There are hard copies that are going to be provided in specific locations throughout the city. And with that, I'm going to actually turn it over to Veolia, who will provide you an update on the Consumer Confidence Report and where things stand. And this will go out in the customer's bills with a link so that they can find it online for the digital version as well versus sending just a hard copy so with that i will turn it over to andrew coleman of the oleo water resources

good evening good evening mayor good evening mayor pro tem council my name is andrew coleman i am the operations supervisor for rialto water services operated by violia tonight i'm presenting the consumer confidence for 2025 for receive and file this is a quick brief overview of the consumer confidence or a consumer confidence report that we did for 2025. My counterpart here, Mr. Tapuja, just gave a quick brief info. In 1996, the United States Congress amended the Safe Water Drinking Act by adding provisions requiring all communities and water systems. to deliver a brief annual water quality report and annual water report to refer to as a consumer confidence report, CCR, and is delivered to customers annually no later than July 1st. The CCR includes information on our water, on our source water, the levels of any detected contaminants or constituents for the calendar year, compliance with drinking water rules, plus educational material. Annual drinking water report, The purpose of this report is to provide information about the quality of water delivered to customers in 2025. This report is mandated by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and is your right to know where your water comes from and what it contains. We are happy to report that we have consistently delivered water that has met, exceeded the standards set by the state of California and by federal law to the residents here in Rialto. This is a quick little overview of some of the tables you will see in the Consumer Confidence Report. It talks about parameters, units, MCLs, range, average, what we detect or what comes up with our samples here in the city of Rialto, and sources that we have coming into the city of Rialto, as in BLF Encanto Water. BLF stands for baseline feeder. and as you can see, West Valley Water District, and it gives a brief description of typical sources or constituents, contaminants that may be detected in these parameters. Just a quick little overview of what you are seeing on that table to kind of give a little more in depth. What is a maximum or some people don't know what the MCL is. That is what is a maximum contamination level. The California State Water Resources Control Board Division of Drinking Water Environmental Management determines maximum contamination level or MCL in drinking water. The MCL is the highest level of concentration that is allowed in drinking water for a constituent. To give a quick little brief example for you to understand what that means, one ppm equals one milligram per liter is one drop of water in 10 gallons in an aquarium. One ppb is equal to one microgram per liter equals one drop of water in a 10,000 gallon pool. One ppt equals one nanometer, nanoliter, or nanogram equals one grain of sugar in 660,000 gallon pool. So that is just kind of a brief little understanding because these are scientific terms, these are terms that they use in these analytical reports when you're reading through the CCR. Facts about our water system, in 2025, 75% of our total potable drinking water was sourced from our groundwater basins, 15% was from the baseline feeder, BLF, and 10% came from surface water that we get from Oliver P. Romer through West Valley Water District. The population from our census is, we serve 59,264 people in our water coverage area here in the city of Rialto. Number of water service connections, we have 12,451. We have 186.5 miles of water lines. We have seven producing water wells. We hold 28 million gallons in our reservoirs. There's a total of five reservoirs. We have a maximum daily production of 14.4 million gallons 1.8 million gallons. A minimum of daily production is 3.75. Average daily production were around 9.25. Total annual production for 2025 was 3.391 billion gallons of water. Just as a quick conclusion for the CCR and a quick overview of what we provide to the city of Rialto and the residents here, the city of Rialto's drinking water meets or exceeds all the state of California's regulatory compliance.

Motion to receive and file.

Motion's been made by Carla Perez to receive and file. Second. Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott. Any further discussion? All those in favor signify by saying aye. Aye.

Motion carries. Thank you.

Tab four.

Good evening, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, members of City Council, Yaz, I'm Ronnie, your Public Works Director, here to talk about Fire Station 201 Interior Improvement Project. On May 11th, 2024, a vehicle crashed into Fire Station 201, causing significant damage to the station's living and kitchen areas. The collision also damaged the fire sprinkler system, resulting in additional water damage. Fortunately, no fire personnel were injured and emergency operations continued with only minimal disruption. Since the incident, the city has worked through damage assessments, insurance coordination, project design, and bid solicitation to restore the damaged portions of the facility. The proposed project includes structural repairs, interior reconstruction, flooring replacement, kitchen and living area improvements, et cetera, and other necessary work to return the station to full functionality. The project was competitively bid and the city received five proposals. After review, staff determined that our Dependable Construction Inc. submitted the lowest responsive and responsible bid in the amount of $1,160,417. This bid came in below the engineer's estimate for the base bid, providing the necessary responsive and responsible bid. The city has also been coordinating with its insurance representatives regarding reimbursement of repair costs. To date, the insurance carrier has confirmed an undisputed reimbursement amount of approximately $905,000 towards the interior repair work, with discussions continuing regarding- Move approval.

Motion's been made by Mayor Potea and Scott, seconded by Carla Perez. Any further discussion? All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition? Hearing none, motion carries, thank you. Couldn't happen too soon.

Those guys will tell you.

No, I think we all care very much about our safety and the safety not only just of the people that work there but also a lot of the people that drive there too as well that happen to run into the fire station. Next item. Tap five.

So next item is a request to approve a professional services agreement with Cask Engineering and Consulting for technical consultant services to support the city's NPDES program. The proposed agreement is for a three year term at an annual cost of $297,333.28 for a total contract amount of $891,999.84. The NPDES program is a federally mandated program established under the Clean Water Act to regulate stormwater discharges and protect water quality. As a co-permittee under the San Bernardino County Municipal Separate Storm Sewer System, otherwise known as MS4 permit. The city of Rialto is responsible for ensuring compliance with numerous federal, state, and regional water quality regulations. To assist with these complex requirements, the city released a request for proposal number 26-028 on May 13th, 2026, seeking qualified firms to provide. I'll move approval, but I do have a question.

Motion's been made by Mayor Pro Tem Scott, seconded by Andy Caraceres.

discussion yeah the question is that storm drains that are on private property that drain into city storm the city storm drain system Do they also inspect those drains?

Yes, Mayor Portama. We're supposed to inspect.

And the reason I'm asking this question is there's some confusion amongst city staff as to whether or not CAST goes on private property to do inspections. I've always believed they did. You just confirmed that. the very site that you and i talked about earlier today has a number of storm drains on it that have trash and debris in them which they should not and i don't know how that gets handled but i do know that you're working on that particular location so i think we need a little more education in the city amongst inspectors Staff members to understand what cast Responsibility is what they should be inspecting and making sure is happening Because there is clearly some confusion Absolutely as part of their contracts is training aspect and we will make sure that we follow up with them on additional training and education Thank you

Any other discussion other than the storm drains? Our town has been very old and a lot of these storm drains are small and I think when they're doing the inspection they should look at do we need to upgrade a lot of these drain storms too as well to comply with the current population that we have now when these homes were originally built. And I think that's something that needs to be done in terms of the future as well as part of a major project that we need to look at in terms of the future.

Actually, as part of the budget that was just adopted, we have a storm drain master plan for this next fiscal year, which we'll look at that very question and examine the hydraulic adequacy of the storm drain system.

Good, thank you. With that, any other further discussion? Hearing none, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition? Hearing none, motion carries, thank you. We'll move to tab six.

So before you tonight is a request to authorize a task order with St. Francis Electric in the amount of $729,782.74 for the Cactus Trail Solar Light Project. and authorize the city manager or their designee to execute all related documents. So the Cactus Trail, which was completed in 2023, is a 1.5 mile class one multi-use trail connecting residents to schools, parks, businesses, downtown Rialto. To improve safety and extend trail usability during evening hours, the city and San Bernardino County have partnered to install pedestrian-oriented solar lighting along the corridor. in february 2026 the city council approved the memorandum of understanding with san bernardino county providing up to 859 100 in funding for this project the proposed project includes the installation of 99 solar-powered led light poles along the trail between rialto avenue and baseline road the lighting system is designed to provide safe and efficient illumination for both pedestrians and bicyclists while minimizing impacts to surrounding properties Staff issued a request for proposal to the city's on-call contractors with experience in similar work. After reviewing the proposals received, St. Francis Electric was determined to be the lowest responsible proposer.

Move for approval. Second. Motion's been made by Andy Karacetis and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott. Anyone have a comment? and comment yeah so uh this is much needed and uh the people in that community we're really going to appreciate that trail to be led so look forward to getting that going thank you thank you i'd just like to make another comment too as well first of all i'd like to thank the county supervisor joe baca jr and in terms of coming up with the the funding for this and then also want to thank two individuals that came up with the idea that we needed to have uh Lighting in that area. That's Terry Thomas and Kathy That were the ones that came up with that idea that that we needed lighting at some time two years ago. In fact, they approached me at the console and then I approached the Supervisor and then I approached the console here and so I'm glad that we're moving in the right direction To create create a safe have Haven for people to walk up and down that cactus trail. I Any other discussion? If not, all those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition, hearing none, motion carries. Thank you, move to tap seven.

You have a three, Max, I'm just kidding.

This is the last one, I promise. So this item requests the introduction of ordinance number 1714, which would amend multiple sections of the Rialto Municipal Code to grant the public works director the same authority currently assigned to the city engineer in various city operations. The purpose of this ordinance is to improve efficiency and flexibility in the administration of city projects, permits, and public works functions. Currently, many sections of the municipal code assign responsibilities exclusively to the city engineer, including areas such as public project procurement, infrastructure approvals, truck route designations, et cetera.

Move for approval.

But I believe there's a correction in reference to the the title that needs to just be modified Every instance where the ordinance refers to a professional engineer it just referred to a civil engineer and

Will make that change if the council approves that and it will be in your Second one to change that the city attorney motions been made and second with the changes that were recommended Any further discussion since this is an ordinance.

Do we need it right into the record?

Yes, we need it right into the record, please 1714 I mean 7, 17, 14 in ordinance of the city council to see their free out to amend the miscellaneous sections in the we have told me this will call to provide the director of public works with the same authority as the city engineer.

Okay. Motion's been made and the ordinance has been read. All those in favor signify this.

I need to do a roll call.

Roll call on that? Yes. Okay. We'll do a roll call.

I'm going to do an ordinance. I do a roll call. Andy Caracales. I'm sorry. Council Member Andy Caracales. Aye. Mayor Pro Tem Scott.

Aye.

Council Member Perez. Aye. Council Member Montoya. Aye. Mayor Barker. Aye. Thank you.

We'll move on to tab eight.

Good evening, honorable Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and council. Tonight I'm requesting approval of a purchase order with Life Assist Incorporated for the ongoing procurement of a- Move approval.

Motion's been made by Mayor Pro Tem and Scott, seconded by Andy Carosellis. Any discussion? All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition? You only got that quick because you had so many people in the audience. Matt's out there, you know. Blanco's out there.

And all the fire guys left.

Okay, with that, that concludes the items on the agenda. So at this time, we'll move to reports by council members. And I'm gonna start by, first of all, given my report i'd just like to state that i attended the juneteenth event that was just held recently at ferguson park it was well attended by the community and a lot of the vendors and terry i mean vicky davis did an excellent job in coordinating it and putting it on. I believe this is probably the largest one that I have seen since this is the third one I believe that we have held in the area as well. Then also attended the Rialto Farmer's Market Men's Health Fair that was just held last Wednesday. And that concludes my report. So then we'll move on to anybody else who would like to give a report from the council. We'll start with Carla Perez.

Thank you, Mayor. I also attended the men's health fair. It was a great event. Thank you to the city clerk and everyone involved with that. And I just want to take an opportunity to wish everyone a happy and safe 4th of July. I'm sure we'll have our Parks and Rec Department go over our city event, but stay safe out there.

Thank you. Next, I'd like to call on Council Member Edward Montoya.

Yes, sir, thank you. I was also at the Men's Health Fair, another great Men's Health Fair. I've been attending for a good few years now. Normally I'm a vendor, but this year I was unable to, so I apologize to the city clerk. So the main thing I want to discuss this evening is I just want to go over Illegal fireworks. They're not as bad as the previous years that we've had. They're really not. And maybe they're a little afraid to be caught. But they've been pretty bad the last few years. This year they're kind of slowing down a little bit. But I just want to remind everybody that up north we are in a high fire risk area. And be aware of that. Yes, it's fun. Yes, you're having a great time. But you're putting a lot of people at risk. It's not only a nuisance to a lot of different people, your pets, small children, and everything else, but it's a risk. You're putting all of our homes at risk, all of our businesses. And I want to remind everybody out there that on the My Rialto app that you can report firework-related incidents. There is something that you can do if you feel that you have a problem. And that's all I got. Thank you.

Thank you. Next, I'd like to call on Mayor Pro Tem Ed Scott.

Thank you. I too attended the Men's Health Fair after I attended two doctor's appointments.

Yeah, you was there.

I was there.

That one last year, you wouldn't have two doctor's appointments.

That's probably true.

Because you attended it, they send you to the doctor?

No, the doctor sent me to the men's health fair.

And that's all I have. Council member Andy Karacelis.

Thank you, I was at the men's health fair as well and I was gonna give blood but I was in a rush so I wasn't able to. Also, let's see, so on the public worksite, so there's a few areas in the city that have specifically 210 Freeway north of Ayala. That center medium has, it almost became an island now with grass and weeds that are popping out of the concrete there. We've fixed it every year, so I want to see if we could try to find a permanent solution for that. I know we'd go out and we'd whack the center divider there. but I'd like to see us maybe do some kind of a permanent, even maybe just a seal. We could get like a slurry seal in the middle there. And it's a pretty long stretch. It's north of the 210, almost all the way to Sunrise Church up to Riverside Avenue. So I'd like to see us kind of get a handle on that. And lastly, I just want to wish everyone a happy 4th of July and a happy 250th anniversary to our country. That's all I have, Mayor.

Thank you very much. Next, I'd like to call on our city clerk, Barbara McGee.

No, I have no report this evening. Thank you.

Next, I'd like to call on our city treasurer, Edward Carrillo. Thank you, Mayor. I do have a question regarding what's going on on Riverside Avenue north of Chittenden. I think the last city council meeting I asked why that's a mobile sign that's on Riverside just north of Galloway that indicates a road construction or something going on from the end of June all the way through the end of October. And nobody seems to know what that is or what that project is and who's doing that construction.

Those are county related work that is being done up there.

It's not the city related Then I didn't go to the men's health because I wasn't here I was on my annual motorcycle ride across the country to South Carolina. It was quite interesting this year We've had we had everything from rain heat wind you name it road closure construction. It was horrible. I

but i'm back you made the whole trip of course i did to charlotte south carolina back absolutely that's jim burns that's how that's how i celebrated my 75th birthday happy birthday thank you thank you uh next i'd like to call on our city manager uh tanya williams good evening mayor and council no report from this evening thank you next i'd like to call on our city attorney eric vale

Thank you, Mayor. Just one very geeky thing to mention since the 250th anniversary doesn't come up very often. It actually has a name. It's called the semi-quincentennial, which you won't see on very much because it's too hard to pronounce. Where'd you come up with that?

So thank you for that. Nice little piece of trivia. I knew you would come and rescue me on that one.

Thank you. Next, I'd like to call on our captain, Mark Adams.

Thank you, Mayor, Mayor Pro Tem, and Council. I was going to wish everyone a happy semi-quintennium. But the city attorney stole my words. Two brief announcements. National night out. we love national night out an amazing event and opportunity for us to connect with the community that will be held at rialto city park on tuesday august 4th beginning at 5 p.m and it'll end sometime around 8 30. please come out and join the city and the police department in a night out against crime and then a quick construction update As you may have observed, we're well into phase two of the construction project. The old building is no more. It's been demolished. And that will be a new parking lot. Additionally, the mortuary on the south side of Rialto and the parking lot will be fenced off starting tomorrow so that they can demolish that building and create an offsite parking facility. And in closing, on behalf of Chief and a grateful police department, thank you for your continued investment in public safety and our police department.

Thank you, Mark.

Thank you.

Next, I'd like to call on our Fire Chief Chris Jensen.

Thank you, Mayor. First off, thank you for your support tonight on some very important staffing and equipment for the fire department through the budget adoption. I just have one thing I'd like to say relating to the 4th of July holiday season. And I want to remind our community that while safe and sane fireworks are permitted in Rialto when used responsibly and under adult supervision, illegal and dangerous fireworks are strictly prohibited. These include aerial devices, firecrackers, Roman candles, and other explosive items that either leave the ground or go boom. The use of illegal fireworks has a serious impact on the quality of life in our community. They start fires, cause injuries, and create extreme distress for veterans, young children, the elderly, and even our animals, many of whom experience fear, anxiety, and trauma from these explosions. Violations carry a $1,000 fine up to six months in jail or both. And if an emergency response is created from the use of illegal fireworks, cost recovery for those incidents can also be considered. This year, Rialto Fire and Police will be actively enforcing fireworks laws with zero tolerance for illegal and dangerous fireworks. We ask our residents to celebrate safely, lawfully, and with respect to their neighbors. Together we can protect our community and ensure a safe and enjoyable holiday for all. If you'd like to report illegal fireworks, you can find the QR code on our social media sites as well as our website. And that's all I have tonight, thank you.

Thank you very much. Next, our Public Works Director, Yats Imrani. Thank you, Mayor.

Just a short report to give you an update. Since the last meeting, we have completed over 724 work orders. uh in graffiti removal 138 work orders pothole repairs 67 work orders facilities maintenance and 91 work orders trash and debris and 97 work orders in terms of pavement marking our traffic safety division has also started this annual maintenance program for crosswalk and roadway legend painting Our efforts are focusing on school zones and the surrounding areas within a one mile radius of each school. And this work aims to enhance visibility and improve safety for students and pedestrians ahead of the new school year. Thank you.

Well, thank you very much for your report. I'd just like to say on behalf of the whole council here is that the work that Public Works is doing is going, it's not going unnoticed. The public is realizing it, they're seeing it, and they're making positive comments about the city of Rialto and how much it's improved, so thank you. Next, I'd like to call on Cynthia Alvarado in reference to Parks Recreation, Director.

Members of the Council, here's what's going on in Rialto. Wednesday, June 24th is our last senior summer camp day at Grace Vargas Senior Center. It will be from 1.30 p.m. to 5 p.m. Our seniors will be having a Rainbow Spirit Day Friday, June 26th at Grace Vargas Senior Center from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Movies in the Park will be this Friday at Joe Sampson. We'll be showing Stuart Little. It'll be Friday, June 26th at Joe Samson. Fun starts at 6 p.m. Summer camp week four session begins Monday, June 29th at Rialto Community Center and Hugh Banks Elementary. And your save the dates are our 4th of July celebration, Saturday, July 4th, which will be held at Jerry Eaves Park from 5.30 to 9.30 p.m. Our Parks and Recreation Month will be all of July, so don't you worry, I'll have something for everybody. Rialto Certified Farmers Market's 14th birthday celebration will be Wednesday, July 15th here at the Civic Center from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. And then our Drowning Prevention and Safety Fair will be Saturday, July 18th at the Tom Sawyer Pool from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. And that concludes my announcements. asked by the community are they able to bring outside food to the fourth of july celebration yes and also can they bring like umbrellas or easy ups um we will have a section for easy ups it's usually far back in the park area just so that the view doesn't get obstructed for those who want to see the entertainment but we do usually allow a few towards the back thank you so much

before i call on our community development director christina taylor i'd just like to make a comment that people have made to me in reference to the the pickle courts that have been done and also the basketball courts that have been upgraded at ferguson park quite a few of the people that were there on juneteenth noticed that and made some positive comments about the way it looks right now so thanks parks recreation for upgrading it it looks great you know the pickleball courts that are there right now and then also the basketball courts next I'd like to call on Christina Taylor our community development director Thank You mayor nothing to report this evening thank you next I'd like to call on our finance director and also thank him for putting together the budget and getting it through and I think he probably doesn't have anything else to say except thank you And with that, that concludes the report of everyone. The only thing I'd like to say once again is happy 4th of July to everybody that's listening out there. And also be safe, which is the most important thing, too, as well, during the 4th of July. Enjoy it with your families, friends, and others, but be safe. And with that, do I hear a motion to adjourn? So moved. Motion's been made by Carla Perez, seconded by Edward Montoya. All those in favor, signify by saying aye. Aye. Any opposition? Hearing none, council's adjourned.