Tuesday, May 27, 2025
2:00 PM
City of Fontana
8353 Sierra Avenue
Fontana, CA 92335
Revised Agenda
WORKSHOP - 12:00 P.M.
CLOSED SESSION - 1:30 P.M.
REGULAR MEETING - 2:00 P.M.
Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers
City Council Meeting
Acquanetta Warren - Mayor
Peter A. Garcia - Mayor Pro Tem
John B. Roberts - Council Member
Jesus "Jesse" Sandoval - Council Member
Phillip Cothran - Council Member
Germaine Key - City Clerk
Janet Koehler-Brooks, City Treasurer
City Council Meeting Revised Agenda May 27, 2025
Welcome to a meeting of the Fontana City Council.
Welcome to a meeting of the Fontana City Council. Meetings are held at the Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers 8353 Sierra Avenue Fontana, CA 92335. To address the Council, please fill out a card located at the entrance to the right indicating your desire to speak on either a specific agenda item or under Public Communications and give it to the City Clerk. Your name will be called when it is your turn to speak. In compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 USC § 12132), the Council Chambers is wheelchair accessible, and a portable microphone is available. Upon request, this agenda will be made available in appropriate alternative forms to persons with disabilities, as required by Section 12132 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Any person with a disability who requires accommodation to participate in a meeting should direct such a request to the City Clerk ’s Office at ( 909) 350-7602 at least 48 hours before the meeting, if possible. Any public record, relating to an open session agenda item, that is distributed within 72 hours prior to the meeting is available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s Office.
Para traducción en Español, comuniquese con la oficina,“City Clerk” al (909) 350-7602.
The City of Fontana is committed to ensuring a safe and secure environment for its residents to engage with the government. No oversized bags or backpacks (size limit of 14”x14”x6”) will be allowed inside the Council Chambers. All bags are subject to search. Face masks are prohibited in the Council Chambers, but clear masks will be provided upon request to accommodate individuals with medical needs, ensuring their safety and well-being. Before entering the Council Chambers, you may be subject to a metal detector screening. The City Manager retains the discretion to grant any exemptions. Fontana aims to provide safe buildings for our community members, employees, and visitors.
WORKSHOP:
A. 12:00 P.M. City Council Workshop
A. City Council Workshop: FY 25-27 Budget Review 25-0276 PUBLIC COMMUNICATION - CLOSED SESSION:
This is an opportunity for citizens to speak to the City Council for up to 3 minutes on the following Closed Session. The Mayor and City Council reserve the right to adjust this time limit based on the number of speakers who wish to address the Mayor and City Council.
A. Public Communications - Closed Session
CLOSED SESSION:
A. 1:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
A. 1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR PURSUANT
TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6 City Negotiator:
John Bakhit, Labor Counsel and Matt Ballantyne, City
25-0277
City Council Meeting Revised Agenda May 27, 2025
Manager. Employee Organization( s): Police Officers
Association.
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL:
A. Call To Order/Roll Call:
INVOCATION/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
A. Invocation/Pledge of Allegiance:
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS:
A. Special Presentations
A. 1. Mayor Warren and City Council to introduce new Parks, Community and Human Services Commissioners.
2. Mayor Warren and City Council to recognize, Corporal David Campa, Officers Daniel Oliver, Holden Sparrow, Ryan Ruff, Imaad Sally, Israel Matos, Sophia Stracner, Anthony Martinez, Cody Chick, Joshua Carreon, Mario Martinez,
Alex Chuy, Brandon Whobrey, Khyra Radford and
Christopher Drayer, and Animal Services Officer Ashley
Cockroft as April 2025 Employees of the Month (Captain
Burton to present).
25-0269
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS:
This is an opportunity for members of the public to address the City Council for up to three ( 3) minutes total on items either on the Agenda or items not on the Agenda, but within the City Council's jurisdiction. Note that Public Hearing items have individual and specific public input opportunities during the public hearing and testimony on those items will only be taken during the public hearing. The Council is prohibited by law from discussing or taking immediate action on non-agendized items. The Mayor and City Council reserve the right to adjust this time limit based on the number of speakers who wish to address the Mayor and City Council.
A. Public Communications
CONSENT CALENDAR:
All matters listed under CONSENT CALENDAR will be enacted by one motion in the form listed below. There will be no separate discussion on these items prior to the time Council votes on them, unless a member of the Council requests a specific item be removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion.
Approve Consent Calendar Items as recommended by staff.
A. Approval of Minutes 25-0264
City Council Meeting Revised Agenda May 27, 2025
Approve the minutes of the May 13, 2025, Regular City Council Meeting.
Attachment No. 1 - City Council Meeting Minutes
05-13-2025.pdf
Attachments:
B. Adoption of Ordinance No. 1969 on Second Reading,
Establishing Entertainment Center Overlay District and
other Zoning and Development Code Amendments.
25-0265
Adopt Ordinance No. 1969 on Second Reading, approving Master Case No. 25-0011 and Municipal Code Amendment No. 25-001 to establish a new entertainment center overlay district with three (3) Entertainment Center planning areas with land use restrictions and requirements; revisions to the land use tables in Form Based Code (FBC) Downtown Gateway, Sierra Gateway, Route 66 Gateway and Valley Gateway) and Commercial Zoning Districts for parcels that have frontage along Foothill Boulevard between Ilex Street to Maple Avenue and Along Sierra Avenue from I-10 to Randall Avenue, revise the permit requirements for farmers markets from minor use permit to temporary use permit; revise the nonconforming provisions to allow for expansions for up to 50 percent along with an extension of a discontinued nonconforming use up to twenty-four months for repairs, remodels, and expansions; and include a requirement for the installation of Route 66 signage for certain properties along Foothill Boulevard for projects that undergoing a Design Review or an Administrative Site Plan, pursuant to the certified General Plan Environmental Impact Report (State Clearinghouse (SCH) No. 2016021099) and Public Resources Code Section 21083.3.
Attachment No. 1- Ord. 1969.docx
Attachment No. 2- Exhibit A.docx
Attachments:
C. 2025-2026 Statement of Investment Policy 25-0082
Adopt the City of Fontana Statement of Investment Policy for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.
Fontana 2025-2026 Investment Policy Final.docxAttachments:
D. Award a Task Order for Geotechnical Engineering and
Materials Testing Services for the 2024-2025 programmed Citywide Pavement Rehabilitation Projects (Request for
Proposals DE-24-195-SQ-02)
25-0190
1. Award and authorize the City Manager to execute a Task Order in the amount of $136,850.00 with Geocon West, Inc. for the 2024-2025 programmed Citywide Pavement Rehabilitation Projects (Request for Proposals DE-24-195-SQ-02).
2. Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute any future amendments to the Task Order in the amount not to exceed $30,000.
City Council Meeting Revised Agenda May 27, 2025
Attachment No. 1- Geotech BidResultDetail423828.pdf
Attachment No. 2- Grid Map 47 Pavement Map.pdf
Attachment No. 3- Marygold Ave Sierra to Maple Map.pdf
Attachment No. 4- Merrill Ave Alder to Maple Map.pdf
Attachment No. 5-Sierra Ave Baseline to Highland Map.pdf Attachment No. 6- Sierra Ave Summit to Sierra Lake
Map.pdf
Attachments:
E. Approval to Purchase a Mulch Blower and Trailer to
Support SB 1383 Procurement Requirements
25-0200
1. Authorize the Purchasing Division to procure a mulch blower and trailer utilizing the Purchasing Policy and Procedure Manual 3.1.5 Non-Competitive Proposal - Purchase by Another Agency.
2. Authorize to use the Sourcewell contract #070821-FNN to purchase the Finn mulch blower and trailer from authorized dealer Clairemont Equipment, Fontana, CA in the amount of $154,874.34 plus applicable sales tax.
Attachment No. 1- City of Fontana MBH6 quote.pdf
Attachment No. 2- City of Fontana MBH6 sales contract.pdf Attachments:
F. Final Acceptance of the Active Transportation Program (ATP) Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Pedestrian
Improvements Project on Ramona, Alder, Locust Avenue
Project [Federal ID No. ATPSB 1L-5307(027)] (Bid No .
SB-67-DE-23)
25-0208
Accept as complete the work performed by Riverside Construction Company, Inc. for the Active Transportation Program (ATP) Safe Routes to School (SRTS) Pedestrian Improvements Project on Ramona, Alder, Locust Avenue Project (#37603339).
Attachment No. 1- Vicinity MapAttachments:
G. Final Acceptance of the Sierra Avenue Landscape Median Project (DE-24-28-SB)
25-0209
Accept as complete the work performed by IMR, Inc. for the construction of the Sierra Avenue Landscape Median Project.
Attachment No. 1- Vicinity MapAttachments:
H. Co-Sponsorship Application Cycle (1) FY 2025/2026 25-0210 Review and approve the seventeen (17) Co-Sponsorships requests recommended for the first half of FY 2025/2026 fiscal year (July 2025
City Council Meeting Revised Agenda May 27, 2025
through June 2026) totaling an amount of $47,379.00 as recommended by Parks, Community, and Human Services Commission.
Attachment 1- Co-Sponsorship Policy.pdf
Attachment 2- Feb '25 final.pdf
Attachment 3- Feb '25 final.pdf
Attachment 4 - w_out Revenue Loss_Feb. '25 final.pdf
Attachment 5- Priority Matrix_Feb '25 final.pdf
Attachments:
I. Authorization to Apply for the Board of State and
Community Corrections Proposition 47, Cohort 5 Grant
Program
25-0252
1. Authorize the Fontana Housing Department to apply for State and Community Corrections (BSCC) Proposition 47, Cohort 5 Grant Program.
2. Authorize the City Manager, or City Manager ’s designee, to execute and transmit any documents necessary or desirable to ensure the City's timely submittal and execution of the State and Community Corrections Proposition 47, Cohort 5 Grant Program.
3. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-023 , delegating the City Manager with signing authority to execute the State and Community Corrections Proposition 47, Cohort 5 Grant Program grant agreement, if awarded.
4. Approve and authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a lease agreement with River ’s Edge Ranch for the property located at 16000 Dorsey Ave (APN: 0232-191-10-0000).
5. Approve and Authorize the City Manager, or City Manager ’s designee, to make non-material changes to these agreements and execute any future amendments to the lease agreement.
Attachment No. 1- Prop 47 Resolution.docx
Attachment No. 2- The Rivers Edge Ranch Lease for 16000 Dorsey-c1.docx
Attachments:
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
To speak on Public Hearing Items, submit comments via e-mail at [email protected]. In the subject of your e-mail please indicate whether you are in favor or opposition of the item. Comments must be received no later than 12:00 P.M. on the day of the meeting. Comments of no more than three ( 3) minutes will be read into the record at the appropriate time during the meeting. If you challenge in court any action taken concerning a Public Hearing item, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the Public Hearing described in this notice or in written correspondence delivered to the City at, or prior to, the Public Hearing.
All Public Hearings will be conducted following this format:
(a) hearing opened (e) oral - favor
(b) written communication (f) oral - opposition
City Council Meeting Revised Agenda May 27, 2025
(c) council/staff comments (g) hearing closed
(d) applicant comments (applicant not limited to 5 minutes) A. Master Case (MCN) No. 25-0025 - Municipal Code
Amendment (MCA) No. 25-0006: For amendments to the
Fontana Municipal Code to amend multiple sections of
Chapter 30 (Zoning and Development Code) relating to
parking requirements in the Sierra Core District of the Form-Based Code, minimum dimensions for private open
space in the Form-Based Code, minimum width of
rowhouses in the Form Based Code, minimum queuing and
study requirements for drive-through restaurants,
screening requirements for mechanical /utility equipment, and to eliminate redundant code language, pursuant to
Section 15378 of the State of California Environmental
Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, section No. 3.22 and 3.07 of the 2019 Local Guidelines for Implementing CEQA.
25-0250
1. Determine that this Ordinance is not a project pursuant to Section 15378 of the State of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines, Section No. 3.22 and 3.04 of the 2019 Local Guideline for Implementing CEQA, because it does not have potential for resulting in physical change in the environment, directly or indirectly, and it can be determined with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have significant effect on the environment and is therefore not subject to CEQA; and
2. Read by title only and waive further reading of and introduce Ordinance No. 1970, an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Fontana approving Master Case No. 25-0025 and Municipal Code Amendment No. 25-0006 to amend multiple sections of Chapter 30 (Zoning and Development Code) relating to parking requirements in the Sierra Core District of the Form-Based Code, minimum dimensions for private open space in the Form-Based Code, minimum width of rowhouses in the Form Based Code, minimum queuing and study requirements for drive-through restaurants, screening requirements for mechanical/utility equipment, and to eliminate redundant code language; and the reading of the title constitutes the first thereof.
Attachment No. 1 - Ordinance No. 1970
Attachment No. 2 - Planning Commission Packet
Attachment No. 3 - Planning Commission Minutes of
5-6-2025.pdf
Attachment No. 4 - Notice of Exemption
Attachment No. 5 - Public Hearing Notice
Attachments:
City Council Meeting Revised Agenda May 27, 2025
NEW BUSINESS:
A. New Business
A. Fiscal Year 2024-25 Third Quarter Budget Status Report 25-0253 Approve the recommended Fiscal Year 2024-25 Third Quarter Budget adjustments and organizational changes.
FY24-25 Third Quarter Budget Status Report 5-22-25.pdfAttachments:
CITY MANAGER COMMUNICATIONS:
A. City Manager Communications
ELECTED OFFICIALS COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS:
A. Elected Officials Communications/Reports
ADJOURNMENT:
A. Adjournment
Adjourn to the next Regular City Council Meeting on June 10, 2025 at 2:00 p.m. in the Grover W. Taylor Council Chambers located at 8353 Sierra Avenue, Fontana, California.