Hesperia — 2025-05-06

City Council

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CLOSED SESSION - 5:00 PM\nConference with Legal Counsel - Potential Litigation:\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)2 & (e)(1)\n1. One (1) Case\nConference with Legal Counsel – Existing Litigation\nGovernment Code Section 54956.9(d)1\n1. Sully-Miller Contracting, et al. v. City of Hesperia et al., SBSC Case No.\nCIVSB2410614\nPersonnel Matters - Performance Evaluations\nGovernment Code Section 54957\n1. Performance Evaluation - City Attorney\n2. Performance Evaluation - City Manager
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10. Page 81 FY 2025-26 Budget Workshop #1- Operating Budget\nRecommended Action:\nIt is recommended that the City Council/Board receive and file this staff report,\nwhich provides information about the current status of the City of Hesperia ’s\nproposed operating budget for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26.\nStaff Person: Assistant City Manager Casey Brooksher\nAttachments: SR FY 2025-26 Budget Workshop #1 5-6-2025
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11. Page 83 Reestablishing Healthy Hesperia\nRecommended Action:\nIt is recommended that the City Council provide direction to staff on opportunities to reestablish the previously adopted Healthy Hesperia initiative.\nStaff Person: Public Relations Analyst Kelly Brady\nAttachments: SR Reestablishing Healthy Hesperia 5-6-2025
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12. Page 85 2024 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan Update\nRecommended Action:\nIt is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2025-12,\napproving the 2024 Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP) Update, and authorize\nstaff to make future non-substantive revisions to the plan as needed.\nStaff Person: Management Analyst Jacquelyn Castillo\nAttachments: SR 2024 Hazard Mitigation Plan 5-6-2025\nResolution 2025-12\nAttachment 2 - FEMA Review Letter\nAttachment 3 - 2024 Mitigation Plan (Available on the City's website)
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2. Page 15 Warrant Run Report (City- Successor Agency- Housing Authority- Community\nDevelopment Commission- Water)\nRecommended Action:\nIt is recommended that the Council/Board ratify the warrant run and payroll\nreport for the City, Successor Agency to the Hesperia Community\nRedevelopment Agency, Hesperia Housing Authority, Community Development\nCommission, and Water District.\nStaff Person: Assistant City Manager Casey Brooksher\nAttachments: SR Warrant Run 5-6-2025\nAttachment 1 - Warrant Run
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3. Page 17 Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Grant Application to the California Department of\nParks and Recreation\nRecommended Action:\nIt is recommended that the City Council approve and adopt Resolution No .\n2025-11 authorizing the submission of a California Off-Highway Motor Vehicle\n(OHV) Grant Application to the California Department of Parks and Recreation\nfor a total of $104,216.00 and authorize the City Manager and the San\nBernardino County Sheriff’s Department to execute the Application and any\namendments thereto on behalf of the City.\nStaff Person: Captain Steve Allen\nAttachments: SR Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Grant Application 5-6-2025\nResolution 2025-11\nAttachment 2- Off-Highway Motor Vehicle Grant Application
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4. Page 23 Three-Year Service Agreement with Vector Resources, Inc. dba VectorUSA\nRecommended Action:\nIt is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a\nthree-year professional services agreement with Vector Resources, Inc. dba\nVectorUSA for a total not-to-exceed contract amount of $140,376 for the\nprovision and installation of Fortinet firewalls, WiFi access points, and\nassociated licensing.\nStaff Person: Assistant City Manager Casey Brooksher\nAttachments: SR Vector Resources Service Agreement 5-6-2025
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5. Page 25 Contract with Badger Meter, Inc.\nRecommended Action:\nIt is recommended that the Board of Directors of the Hesperia Water District\nauthorize the City Manager to approve a contract for Fiscal Year (FY) 2025-26\nwith Badger Meter, Inc. in the not-to-exceed amount of $900,000. An anticipated\n$600,000 will be expended for the purchase of cellular endpoints and registers\nfor automated meter reading infrastructure. An additional $ 300,000 is allocated\nfor the purchase of water meters and related water meter parts.\nStaff Person: Director of Public Works/City Engineer Cassandra Sanchez\nAttachments: SR Contract with Badger Meter, Inc. 5-6-2025
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6. Page 27 Ad-Hoc Committee Collaboration Opportunity\nRecommended Action:\nIt is recommended that the City Council approve the addition of a discussion\nitem for the City / Hesperia Recreation and Park District (HRPD) Ad Hoc\nCommittee, regarding the proposed Hesperia Animal Shelter Play Yard Capital\nImprovement Project.\nStaff Person: Assistant to the City Manager Tammy Pelayes\nAttachments: SR Ad-Hoc Committee Collaboration Opportunity 5-6-2025
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7. Page 29 Development Code Amendment DCA25-00001; \nApplicant: City of Hesperia;\nArea affected: City-wide\nRecommended Action:\nThe Planning Commission recommends that the City Council introduce and\nplace on first reading Ordinance No. 2025-01, approving Development Code\nAmendment DCA25-00001, which modifies development standards related to\nAccessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (Junior\nADUs).\nStaff Person: Principal Planner Ryan Leonard\nAttachments: SR ADU Development Standards Update 5-6-2025\nOrdinance 2025-01\nAttachment 2 - Exhibit A: HMC Modifications
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8. Page 37 Appeal Hearing for the Revocation of Business License No. BL-50006 held by HSP Hotels, LLC\nRecommended Action:\nIt is recommended that the City Council conduct an appeal hearing regarding\nthe revocation of Business License No. BL-50006, held by HSP Hotels, LLC,\ndoing business as Holiday Inn Express ("Operator"), located at 9750 Key Point\nAvenue.\nFollowing the hearing, it is further recommended that the City Council determine\nthat the Operator is in violation of Hesperia Municipal Code Section 3.10.050\ndue to its failure to remit Transient Occupancy Tax (“TOT”), thereby causing\nfinancial harm to the City and its taxpayers. Based on this finding, the City\nCouncil should uphold the revocation of Business License No. BL-50006 in\naccordance with Hesperia Municipal Code Section 5.04.140(A)(4).\nStaff Person: Director of Development Services Nathan Freeman\nAttachments: SR Appeal Hearing for Revocation of Business License 5-6-2025\nAttachment 1- April 25, 2024 Demand Letter\nAttachment 2a - November 14, 2024 Letter from City to Operator\nAttachment 2b - Returned Certified Mail Receipt\nAttachment 3 - January 27, 2025 Notice of Intent to Revoke BL-50006\nAttachment 4 - February 6, 2025 Revocation Letter 15 day Appeal\nAttachment 5 - February 18, 2025 Appeal Letter\nAttachment 6 - City's Response to Appeal Letter\nAttachment 7 - Hesperia Municipal Code Chapters 3.10 and 5.04\nAttachment 8 - Estimated Unpaid TOT Amounts of Operator
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9. Page 75 Resolution to consider approving the issuance of Tax -Exempt Bonds for the\nbenefit of La Verne Elementary Preparatory Academy, and/or Related Entity\nRecommended Action:\nIt is recommended that the City Council:\n1. Conduct a public hearing regarding the proposed issuance of tax -exempt\nfinancing, in an amount not to exceed $22,000,000, for the benefit of 9966 I\nAve, LLC, a California limited liability company whose sole member is\nLaVerne Elementary Preparatory Academy Foundation, a California\nnonprofit public benefit corporation, and/or a related entity (the “Borrower”).\nThe financing would be used to (a) finance and/or refinance the costs of\nacquiring, constructing, installing, improving, furnishing, and equipping\ncharter school facilities located at 16955 Lemon Street, Hesperia, California\n92345, in the amount of $21,000,000, and 9966 I Avenue, Hesperia,\nCalifornia 92345, in the amount of $1,000,000; (b) fund a debt service\nreserve and related working capital; (c) paying capitalized interest on the\nbonds; and (d) pay issuance and other related costs associated with the\nproject; and\n2. Adopt a resolution approving the issuance of tax-exempt bonds in an\namount not to exceed $22,000,000 by the California Public Finance\nAuthority (CalPFA).\nStaff Person: Director of Development Services Nathan Freeman\nAttachments: SR La Verne Elementary Preparatory Bond Approval 5-6-2025\nResolution 2025-13