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July 19, 2006
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
CITY COUNCil MINUTES
Soecial Meetinq
A. CALL TO ORDER
A special meeting of the Rancho Cucamonga City Council was held on Wednesday, July 19, 2006, in the
Tri Communities Room of the Civic Center located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga,
California. Mayor William J. Alexander called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m.
Present were Councilmembers: Rex Gutierrez, L. Dennis Michael, Sam Spagnolo, Diane Williams
(arrived at 4:15 p.m.) and Mayor William J. Alexander.
Also present were: Jack lam, City Manager; James Markman, City Attorney; Kevin Ennis, Deputy City
Attorney; Linda D. Daniels, Redevelopment Director; Mike Nelson, Sr. Redevelopment Analyst; Jan
Reynoids, Redevelopment Analyst; Flavia Nunez, Redevelopment Analyst; James Troyer, Planning
Director; Dan Coleman, Principal Planner; and Debra J. Adams, City Clerk.
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B. PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
No communication was made from the public.
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C. ITEM(S) OF DISCUSSION
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C1. DISCUSSION OF AN INClUSIONARY ZONING ORDINANCE
A staff report was presented by Linda D. Daniels, Redevelopment Director, from a memo dated July 6,
2006, which was previously distributed to the Council. She also referred to the poster boards/charts that
were displayed.
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Councilmember Williams arrived at 4:15 p.m.
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Linda Daniels, Redevelopment Director, stated there are some neighboring cities that have or are in the
process of adopting an inclusionary zoning ordinance. She stated the recommendation of the
subcommittee is to consider an inclusionary zoning ordinance that would apply to any nonresidential
application that wants to convert land use to residential any place in the City. She stated another option
to this would be to have limited inclusionary zoning anywhere in the City, but require any residential
development in the project area to have this requirement.
Councilmember Michael was curious how many residential units are yet to be built in the City. He stated
the next step wouid be for staff to go out and meet with developers about this if the Council decides to go
forward with the recommendation.
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Councilmember Spagnolo stated people do not like the word "affordable housing," but tell they would iike
it better if it were referred to as "workforce housing."
Linda Daniels, Redevelopment Director, stated we are definitely talking about "workforce housing."
Councilmember Gutierrez felt we need to step up and do something. He felt apartment owners have
been treated fairly and have done well. He felt we need to step this up and make developers understand
that this is something they will have to comply with. He stated apartment and condominium builders will
be asked to provide affordable housing in the future.
Councilmember Michael stated we knew we would have to provide affordable housing when the
Redevelopment Agency was formed in 1982, and fell we need to do something to achieve that. He felt
everything outside the Redevelopment project area should meet requirements on a iimited basis, but that
anything inside the project area should be required to meet certain requirements for affordable housing.
Councilmember Williams asked if there is consideration being given to buying up property on the west
side of town and building new buildings. She felt we need to do this.
Mayor Alexander stated he iiked the conclusion at the end of the report that was distributed, and felt there
should be a motion to approve it.
MOTION: Moved by Spagnolo, seconded by Williams to approve the recommendation listed in the
report.
Council member Williams asked that her comments also be included.
Motion carried unanimously 5-0.
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D. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: Moved by Spagnolo, seconded by Michael to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. The
meeting adjourned at 4:42 p.m.
Approved: August 2, 2006