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From: GERALD MCINTOSH <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 9:55:17 PM
To: Nakamura, Jennifer <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Public Comment – Opposition to Red Hill Country Club Proposal
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Dear Planning Director Nakamura and Honorable City Councilmembers, I am writing as a resident of the Red Hill neighborhood to express my strong opposition to the proposed redesignation and rezoning at the Red Hill Country Club. I live directly across from the proposed site on Calle Casino, and my family and I would be among the most directly impacted by this project.
1. Loss of Open Space
This project would convert land currently designated as open space into residential tracts. Such a change undermines the long-standing purpose of the Country Club as a community buffer and contradicts our General Plan’s intent to preserve neighborhood character.
2. Lack of Affordable Housing
While the proposal adds housing units, the staff report acknowledges these will be market-rate only. This directly conflicts with General Plan Goal H-2, which calls for housing opportunities that meet the needs of all socioeconomic segments. Approving luxury homes and condos does not address our city’s pressing affordable housing needs.
3. Traffic and Infrastructure Strain
Residents have repeatedly voiced concerns about worsening traffic. Even without this project, an additional 308 multi-family units are already entitled nearby. Adding 13 single-family homes and 42 multi-family units at Red Hill will further strain streets and infrastructure in a historic neighborhood that was never designed for this level of density.
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4. Design Conflicts with City Policy
The single-family portion proposes a cul-de-sac layout, inconsistent with General Plan Goal LC-4.12 and the Housing Accountability Act, both of which prohibit discontinuous suburban street patterns. Approving this project would require special legislative action to override current standards.
5. Failure to Provide Proper Transitions
The rezoning for higher-density multi-family units conflicts with adjacent land uses. General Plan Policy LC-4.11 requires gradual transitions between neighborhoods. At 14 units per acre, the proposed density would overshadow nearby single-family homes and disrupt community balance.
Conclusion
This proposal prioritizes developer interests over community values. It replaces open space with market-rate housing, worsens traffic, and disregards city policies on neighborhood design and affordability. As a resident living directly across from the project site, I will be among the most affected, and I urge the City Council to reject the Red Hill Country Club proposal.
Sincerely,
Gerald McIntosh
Resident, 7817 Calle Casino, Red Hill Neighborhood
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
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From: mark schultze <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 29, 2025 5:14 PM
To: Planning, City <[email protected]>
Subject: Rcc condo proposal
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Hello, I have great concerns about what the mayor told me when he visited my house. He says they’re trying to plan a condo development on Redhill county club property, I live across the street on valle vista dr. We’ve already had to much development off of foothill blvd. Rcc drive is going to be super busy with all the new developments, you need to be transparent of your intentions so everyone can vote on this, yay or nay. It’s a hard nay from us. The mayor is also against this eyesore!!!
Sincerely,
Mark and Tracy Schultze
949-421-9452
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Ordinance No. 1047 - Page 1 of 3
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ORDINANCE NO. 1047
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTION 2.16.030 OF THE RANCHO
CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE PERTAINING TO
SALARIES FOR MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE
CITY COUNCIL
The City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga does ordain as follows:
A. RECITALS
1. California Government Code Section 36516 provides, in pertinent part, as follows:
"(a) A City Council may enact an ordinance providing that each member of the City Council shall receive a salary."
2. Government Code subsection 36516 (ca)(4)(A) allows Council salaries to be increased by ordinance in an amount not to exceed 5% for each full calendar year from the operative date of the last Council salary adjustment.
3. Two full calendar years have elapsed since the effective date of the last Council salary adjustment which set the salary at $1,562 per month, effective as of December 2024. However, this Council intends to modify Council salaries; total compensation increases anticipated in the coming fiscal year, but not to exceed the limit of 5% for each calendar year for each of the past two full calendar years. ·
4. Government Code Section 36516.1 provides authority for a directly elected Mayor of a general law city to be provided with additional compensation.
B. ORDINANCE
IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. Subsection A of Section 2.16.030 of the Rancho Cucamonga Municipal Code is hereby amended to read, in words and figures, as follows:
"2.16.030 Salary amount and waiver.
"A. Each member of the City Council other than the Mayor shall receive as salary the sum of one thousand six hundred forty ($1,640) per month. The Mayor shall receive the sum of one thousand eight hundred eighteen dollars ($1,818) per month. The salary shall be paid at the same time and in the same manner as salaries are paid to other officers and employees of the City.
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Section 2. The salary increases provided for in this Ordinance shall become available to the members of this Council during December 2026.
Section 3. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Ordinance and cause it to be published in accordance with applicable law.
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PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this xxth day of October, 2025.
L. Dennis Michael, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kim Sevy, Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO ) ss
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
I, Kim Sevy, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Ordinance was introduced - at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 1nd day of October 2025, and was passed at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga held on the 15th day of October 2025.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAINED
Executed this XXth day of October 2025, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
Kim Sevy, Clerk