ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
COMMITTEE
MINUTES
Wednes
day
,
August 12
,
20 2
1 City Council Chambers
Call to Order/Roll Call
1 :
3 5
PM
EDC MEMBERS PRESENT:
Deborah Robertson, Mayor
Ed Scott, Mayor Pro Tem
CITY/AGENCY STAFF PRESENT:
Marcus Fuller
,
City Manager
Eric Vail
, City Attorney
Daniel Casey
,
Acting Community Development
Manager
Michael Tahan, Interim Public Works Director
David Hammer, City Engineer
Tom Crowley
,
Utility Manager
Angela Perry,
City Council/
City Manager’
s
Executive Assistant
Public Comments
-
None
Review/Approva
l of
Minutes
–
Accepted for the Record
Review /Modification of Agenda Items for Discussion
PRESENTATIONS
EDC
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0544 Renaissance Residential
Glen Crosby, Brian
Goodman,
and
Representatives from Lennar
Committee Comments/Recommendations
Mayor
Robertson
said that she thought there would be some level of luxury apartments .
Glen said this just isn’t the market for them and they were told that ,
by many people.
EDC said to
move forward.
EDC
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0473 Evergreen Townhomes by George Becerra & Fernando Acosta .
Daniel Introduced Item
-
Fernando A
c
osta
and
Flor
y Smith, Andresen Architecture
gave
the presentation
Committee Comments/Recommendations
M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
asked
if t
hese are all
going to be sold separately and the answer
was they will be rentals
and
M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
said
,
that we need to restrict these so
they wouldn’t be sold. Eric said that with fee restrictions against s el
ling. Mayor
Robertson’s
concerned about
housing not being built to accommodate
handicapped
,
master bedroom on lower level. M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
asked i
f
they can include a one
car option, they said they can do that. Mayor
Robertson
said moving forward we need
to rai
se our standards to meet the needs of the disabled. EDC said to move forward with that restriction.
M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
-
Locust property
, is there a
ny objection from us to rezone
–
Daniel said no
.
Mr.
Acosta said they will submit the application.
EDC
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0475 Community Development Department
-
Work Program
Daniel Casey
gave the presentation
.
Committee Comments/Recommendations
Mayor Pro Tem Scott asked about the t
r
uck
route study
.
T
hey should be bringing it back
with an update. Mayor
Robertson
wants to see the draft copy. M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
is
concerned that the report isn’t accurate
or updated
.
REPORTS/DISCUSSIONS
EDC
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21 -
0495 Consideration of an Update to Rialto Municipal Code 2.48 –
Purchasing
Ordinance
Committee Comments/Recommendations
PUSHED
to next meeting
EDC
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21 -
0380 City Council Resolution No. 2401
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1612 West Merrill Avenue
Non
-
Conforming Status
Extension Request
Daniel Casey
gave
overview and Daniel Rosas is the Planner for this.
Committee Comments/Recommendations
Mayor
Robertson
said there needs to be a comparison. The facility has a need to keep that there. We need to look at our ADA areas
. Michael said that we need to look at
what we need to do
from City’s perspective
. Marcus said staff will move forward with
the extension resolution. Eric said that there should be a fixed time. It will be
extended
another
40 years when it goes to Counc
il
on September 14, 2021
.
EDC
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0488 Request Economic Development Committee to Review the Street Overlay
and Reconstruction Project and the Joint Projects between the City of
Rialto and San Bernardino County.
Michael Tahan & Jeff
gave the
presentation
Committee Comments/Recommendations
PUSHED
EDC
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21 -
0489 Request Economic Development Committee to Review the Proposed
Citywide Fleet Assessment.
Mike Orona, Tony, Diane, Amy gave
the presentation
.
Committee
Comments/Recommendations
Mayor Robertson asked , a
re we set to eliminate our 1
st
generation?
Mike Orona said,
t
hey are set for immediate elimination
and replacement
.
M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
said who
made the decision to give building
inspectors
4 -
wheel
drive
vehicles? Mike
Orona
said
the Department Head made that decision.
Mayor Pro Tem Sco
t
t said that t
hey gave the
direction to not purchase
these types of vehicles
.
M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
as
ked about
the lease vs
.
buy and Mike
Orona
said it should be combination. Hidden cars in the
city, cars that are just around unnecessarily. M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
said Mike
Orona
needs to address vehicles that they don’t need.
We have no budget from over
the
last
few years that we haven’t purchased any vehicles. Mayor Robertson
is concerned why
is not surplus funds put back in the line item it came from.
Marcus is saying that we
now have to figure out how to pay for the vehicles. Marcus said that he pre fers the
lease purchase. Committee said sure. Marcus wants to bring this on the 14 th
. Meet
with the other 3 council members in person and phone with Mike.
EDC
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0490 Request Economic Development Committee to Provide Feedback and
Recommendation to th
e Draft of the City of Rialto’s Climate Adaptation
Plan.
Michael Tahan introduced the item.
Company is Dudek
-
Henry gave the presentation
w/PowerPoint
,
Committee Comments/Recommendations
Mayor Robertson said w
e need to have it added to our plan
, conditioning areas to make
space for trees. Calfire provides that information and Las Colinas area has
most of
the
vacant land
. M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
said we need to see those maps from the Insurance
companies, so that we are able to assist the residents
of the community
.
Michael said
that they plan to bring the plan to
one of the
City Council meeting in September.
Juanita
Chan
from Americore/California Climate and
spoke
, along with
Owen
Knapper,
from
Carter High School
.
M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
asked that they share the list of trees from the Incredible Edible
Community Garden
.
EDC
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0493 Cemetery Maintenance Procedures and Schedules
Michael Tahan
gave the presentation
, Terry from
TK
E
Committee
Comments/Recommendations
M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
wants to know about
g
etting the road paved
and
about the Flooding
and Drainage problems
at the
cemetery
.
Tony Brandyberry went over some of the issues
that the subcommittee brought up at previous meetings. Mayo r has a problem with the
contractor
saying that staff won’t come back to work. There are weeds and golfer holes.
She said maybe we need to tell them that either they do the work, or we will get someone else. Mayor Pro Tem said that people are upset at
how bad the cemetery is looking. It’s
not just the landscapers, it’s city staff as well.
Michael Tahan told subcommittee about the money that sits over in the Treasurer’s funds and it is believed that it is the endowment. Michael that he has asked if th at money can
be used and he was told no. He will work with the City Manager. Mayor saids that there needs to be better accounting for the funds that are going under treasurer. An endowment should be used for the upkeep of the cemetery.
Marcus
will take
the lead on Mayor
Robertson
wanting
to know
what is covered in an endowment.
M
ayor
P
ro
T
em Scott
said we need to find someone outside that can handle
the cemetery
process
. Mayor
Robertson
said can there be
an
RFP put out to have someone
manage
and
hand
le the cemetery.
EDC
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0491 Public Works Project Updates/Status
Mayor wants to see the status update on the
I
-
10 . Marcus directed it to go before Council
.
Adjournment
Meeting adjourned at
6:10
p.m.