CITY COUNCIL VISION STATEMENT
“Our Vision is to create an equitable, sustainable, and vibrant city, rich in opportunity for all to thrive by building on our foundation and success as a world class community.”
Mayor
L. Dennis Michael
Mayor Pro Tem
Lynne B. Kennedy
Members of the City
Council:
Ryan A. Hutchison
Kristine D. Scott
Ashley Stickler
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
December 17, 2025
10500 Civic Center Drive
Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730
FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT BOARD – CITY COUNCIL
HOUSING SUCCESSOR AGENCY- SUCCESSOR AGENCY –
PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY
CLOSED SESSION
REGULAR MEETINGS
TAPIA CONFERENCE ROOM
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
4:30 P.M.
7:00 P.M.
The City Council meets regularly on the first and third Wednesday of the month at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 10500 Civic Center Drive. It is the intent to conclude the meeting by 10:00 p.m. unless extended by the concurrence of the City Council. Agendas, minutes, and recordings of meetings can be found at https://www.cityofrc.us/your-government/city-council-agendas or by contacting the City Clerk Services Department at 909-774-2023. Live Broadcast available on Channel 3 (RCTV-3). For City Council Rules of Decorum refer to Resolution No. 2023-086.
Any documents distributed to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda after distribution of the agenda packet will be made available in the City Clerk Services Department during normal business hours at City Hall located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91730. In addition, such documents will be posted on the City’s website at https://www.cityofrc.us/your-government/city-council-agendas.
CLOSED SESSION – 4:30 P.M.
TAPIA CONFERENCE ROOM
ROLL CALL: Mayor Michael
Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy
Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler
A. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S)
B. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEM(S)
C. CITY MANAGER ANNOUNCEMENTS
CITY COUNCIL VISION STATEMENT
“Our Vision is to create an equitable, sustainable, and vibrant city, rich in opportunity for all to thrive by building on our foundation and success as a world class community.”
D. CONDUCT OF CLOSED SESSION
D1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS ROBERT NEIUBER, SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES
DIRECTOR, PETER CASTRO, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, JULIE SOWLES, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER, MIKE
MCCLIMAN, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER/FIRE CHIEF, AND EMILY NIELSEN, SENIOR HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER; PER GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54957.6 REGARDING LABOR
NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE FIRE MANAGEMENT EMPLOYEES BARGAINING GROUP, RANCHO CUCAMONGA FIREFIGHTERS' ASSOCIATION - IAFF LOCAL 2274, AND TEAMSTERS LOCAL 1932. (CITY/FIRE)
D2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION: SIGNIFICANT EXPOSURE TO LITIGATION PURSUANT TO PARAGRAPH (2) OF SUBDIVISION (D) OF GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 54956.9: 1 CASE – SUPPORTERS ALLIANCE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY (“SAFER”)
NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE SUIT UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT REGARDING THE VINOVA COMMUNITY PROJECT (DRC2024-00395; DRC2025-00168; DRC2025-00169) .
THE RECORD OF THE THREAT OF LITIGATION CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. (CITY)
E. RECESS
CITY COUNCIL VISION STATEMENT
“Our Vision is to create an equitable, sustainable, and vibrant city, rich in opportunity for all to thrive by building on our foundation and success as a world class community.”
REGULAR MEETING – 7:00 P.M.
COUNCIL CHAMBERS
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL: Mayor Michael
Mayor Pro Tem Kennedy
Council Members Hutchison, Scott and Stickler
A. AMENDMENTS TO THE AGENDA
B. ANNOUNCEMENTS / PRESENTATIONS
B1. Presentation of the APWA Southern California Chapter BEST Award for the West Foothill Project.
B2. Recognition of the City of Rancho Cucamonga for Being Awarded the IEEP Best Public Safety Initiative Award.
B3. Regional and Local Healthcare Update Presented by San Antonio Regional Hospital.
C. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
This is the time and place for the general public to address the Fire Protection District, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, Public Financing Authority Board, and City Council on any item listed or not listed on the agenda. State law prohibits us from addressing any issue not on the Agenda. Testimony may be received and referred to staff or scheduled for a future meeting.
Comments are to be limited to three (3) minutes per individual. All communications are to be addressed directly to the Fire Board, Agencies, Successor Agency, Authority Board, or City Council not to the members of the audience. This is a professional business meeting and courtesy and decorum are expected. Please refrain from any debate between audience and speaker, disorderly or boisterous conduct that disturbs, disrupts, or otherwise impedes the orderly conduct of the meeting. For more information, refer to the City Council Rules of Decorum and Order (Resolution No. 2023-086) located in the back of the Council Chambers.
The public communications period will not exceed one hour prior to the commencement of the business portion of the agenda. During this one hour period, all those who wish to speak on a topic contained in the business portion of the agenda will be given priority, and no further speaker cards for these business items (with the exception of public hearing items) will be accepted once the business portion of the agenda commences. Any other public communications which have not concluded during this one hour period may resume after the regular business portion of the agenda has been completed.
CITY COUNCIL VISION STATEMENT
“Our Vision is to create an equitable, sustainable, and vibrant city, rich in opportunity for all to thrive by building on our foundation and success as a world class community.”
CONSENT CALENDARS:
The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and noncontroversial. They will be acted upon without discussion unless an item is removed by Council Member for discussion.
Members of the City Council also sit as the Fire Board, Housing Successor Agency, Successor Agency, and Public Finance Authority and may act on the consent calendar for those bodies as part of a single motion with the City Council consent calendar.
D. CONSENT CALENDAR
D1. Consideration to Approve the Minutes of the Regular Meetings of December 3, 2025.
D2. Consideration to Approve City and Fire District Bi-Weekly Payroll in the Total Amount of $1,028,100.86 and City and Fire District Weekly Check Registers (Excluding Checks Issued to Southern California Gas Company) in the Total Amount of $3,923,164.86 Dated November 24, 2025, Through November 30, 2025. (CITY/FIRE)
D3. Consideration to Approve City and Fire District Weekly Check Registers for Checks Issued to Southern California Gas Company in the Total Amount of $25,175.62 Dated November 24, 2025, Through November 30, 2025. (CITY/FIRE)
D4. Consideration to Receive and File Current Investment Schedules as of October 31, 2025 for the City of Rancho Cucamonga and the Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District. (CITY/FIRE)
D5. Consideration to Approve the Housing Successor Fiscal Year 2024-2025 Annual Report. (HOUSING
SUCCESSOR AGENCY)
D6. Consideration to Accept and Adopt the Arts & Entertainment Programming Strategy Policy. (CITY)
D7. Consideration to Accept $1,000,000 of Community Project Funding from FY 2024 Congressional Directed Funding Appropriation and Appropriate $1,000,000 in Grant Revenue and Expenditures to Pilot a Local Circulator in Rancho Cucamonga. (CITY)
D8. Consideration to Accept $15,000 of Kaiser Permanente Grant Funds and Appropriate $15,000 in Revenue and Expenditures to Expand Mental Health Resources at Day Creek Intermediate. (CITY)
D9. Consideration of an Appropriation in the Amount of $120,000 from RC Fiber Fund for the Necessary Design, Engineering, Permitting, Plan Review, and Project Management for the Distribution of the Fiber Optic Network as Part of the City’s Fiber Optic Master Plan. (CITY)
D10. Consideration of the Purchase of Radios from Motorola Solutions, Inc. as a Single Source Vendor in the Amount of $28,390. (FIRE)
D11. Consideration to Approve the Use of National Association of State Procurement Officials (NASPO) Value Point Cooperative Agreement with CDWG, LLC in the Amount of $3,984,600 for the Procurement and Implementation of Network Hardware, Software, and Services, with a Contingency of $80,000. (CITY/FIRE)
D12. Consideration of a Three-Year Professional Services Agreement with Empire Economics Inc., for Annual Forecasting of Expected Economic and Housing Growth Conditions, and Supplemental Analysis as Requested, in the Amount Not to Exceed $150,000. (CITY)
D13. Consideration to Approve an Improvement Agreement and Improvement Securities for Public Improvements Related to Case No. DRC2017-01011, Located at 6140 Haven Avenue. (CITY)
CITY COUNCIL VISION STATEMENT
“Our Vision is to create an equitable, sustainable, and vibrant city, rich in opportunity for all to thrive by building on our foundation and success as a world class community.”
D14. Consideration of an Award of a Professional Services Agreement for Five-Year On-Call Contract for Acting City Surveyor Services for Fiscal Years 2025/26 through 2029/30. (CITY)
D15. Consideration of Amendment No. 002 to the Professional Services Agreement with Mary McGrath Architects for Conceptual Design Services in the Amount of $1,396,774. (FIRE)
D16. Consideration to Accept the Spagnolo 9/11 Memorial Park at Fire Station 178 Facility as Complete, File a Notice of Completion, and Release of Retention. (FIRE)
D17. Consideration to Accept as Complete, File a Notice of Completion, and Authorize Release of Retention and Bonds for the Haven Avenue Overcrossing Fencing Project (Project). This Project is Exempt from the Requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per Government Code Section 15301 – Existing Facilities. (CITY)
D18. Consideration to Adopt Resolutions Updating the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 City and Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District Salary Schedules. (RESOLUTION NO. 2025-100 AND RESOLUTION FD 2025-029) (CITY/FIRE)
E. CONSENT CALENDAR ORDINANCE(S) - SECOND READING/ADOPTION
F. ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING ITEM(S)
F1. Review of Minor Use Permit DRC2023-00257 – Hamilton Family Brewery. This Review Does Not Constitute a Revocation Hearing under Rancho Cucamonga Development Code Section 17.14.110. (CITY)
G. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS ITEM(S) - CITY/FIRE DISTRICT
G1. Public Hearing for Consideration of a Resolution Adopting a General Plan Amendment to Amend the General Plan Land Use and Community Character Chapter related to Floor Area Ratio on Table LC-1 and Policies Relating to Block Lengths; Amend the General Plan Mobility and Access Chapter to add Dimension Standards for Street Typologies, Remove the Proposed 8th Street Trail and Amend the Truck Routes Map Pursuant to AB98; and Consideration of First Reading of Ordinances 1053 and 1054 to be Read by Title Only to Amend Municipal Code Table 17.130.050-1 to Update Floor Area Ratio and Ground Floor Use Regulations for Form Based Zones and Amend Municipal Code Section 17.138.030 Regarding Block Length for Form Based Zones and Amend Municipal Code Section 10.56.020 to Alter Truck Routes. An Addendum to the General Plan EIR Has Been Prepared for this Project. (RESOLUTION NO. 2025-102 AND ORDINANCE NOS. 1053 AND 1054) (CITY)
G2. Public Hearing to Consider First Reading of City Council Ordinance No. 1052 to Approve Development Agreement DRC2022-00266 to be Read by Title Only and Waive Further Reading: to Consider a City Council Resolution to Adopt Design Review (DRC2019-00742), Tentative Parcel Map (SUBTPM20173), Conditional Use Permit (DRC2022-00009), and Certificate of Appropriateness (DRC2019-00854) for the Development of Three (3) Concrete Tilt-up Industrial Buildings Totaling Approximately 982,096 Square Feet on Approximately
45.96 Net Acres Bound by Vineyard Avenue to the East, 9th Street to the North, Baker Avenue to the West, and the BNSF/Metrolink Railroad Line to the South; APN: 0207-271-25, -27, -39, -40, -89, -93, -94, -96, -97. An Environmental Impact Report (SCH No. 2019110456) was Prepared for the Project. (Primary Case File No:
Design Review (DRC2019-00742). (RESOLUTION NO. 2025-101 AND ORDINANCE NO. 1052) (CITY)
H. CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORT(S)
H1. Receive and File an Oral Presentation by the Etiwanda Historical Society of Its Annual Report of Events, Fundraising, Membership, and Outreach Activities. (CITY)
CITY COUNCIL VISION STATEMENT
“Our Vision is to create an equitable, sustainable, and vibrant city, rich in opportunity for all to thrive by building on our foundation and success as a world class community.”
I. COUNCIL BUSINESS
I1. COUNCIL ANNOUNCEMENTS
(Comments to be limited to three minutes per Council Member.)
I2. INTERAGENCY UPDATES
(Update by the City Council to the community on the meetings that were attended.)
J. CITY ATTORNEY ITEMS
K. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
L. ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATION
I, Ashton R. Arocho, MMC, City Clerk Services Director of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, or my designee, hereby certify under penalty of perjury that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted at least seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2 at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California and on the City's website.
ASHTON AROCHO, MMC
CITY CLERK SERVICES DIRECTOR
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