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MINUTES Special meeting of the City Council of the City of Redlands held on June 29, 2021 at 5 00 P M Present Staff Paul Banch, Mayor Eddie Tejeda, Mayor Pro Tempore Paul Foster, Council Member Denise Davis, Council Member Jenna Guzman -Lowery, Council Member Charles M Duggan, Jr , City Manager, Dan McHugh, City Attorney, Robert Dawes, City Treasurer, Jeanne Donaldson, City Clerk, Carl Baker, Public Information Officer, Chris Catren, Police Chief, Danielle Garcia, Management Services/Finance Director, Chris Boatman, Facilities and Community Services Director, Brian Desatmk, Development Services Director, Jim Topoleski, Fire Chief, John Harris, Municipal Utilities and Engineenng Director, Janice McConnell, Assistant City Manager This was conducted as a virtual teleconference meeting with all Council Members and staff participating remotely All votes during the meetings were conducted by roll call In compliance with public health recommendations to limit public gatherings during the Covid-19 pandemic and acting as the City of Redlands Emergency Services Director, City Manager Charles M Duggan Jr , directed meetings of the City Council/Successor Agency of the former Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redlands be closed to the public until further notice or until the current local State of Emergency has been lifted The City Council will continue to meet to conduct essential business Public comments, up to 250 words and received by 5 00 P M the day before the meeting, were read aloud by the City Clerk Mayor Banch called the meeting to order at 5 00 P M and a quorum was established PUBLIC COMMENT All public comments received by 5 00 P M the day before the meeting were read into the public record at the meeting RHNA Inventory - Dennis Bell stated the very low and low income sites fisted in the Regional Housing Needs Assessment inventory contained too many commercially zoned properties, and it seemed to him the City didn't want affordable/low-income housing, but had a preference for high -end housing He thought the online maps of these sites were quite vague and hard to read, and he complained the two community meetings for this update were held via zoom which he has found to be completely unreliable England Grove Estate - Richard 0 Donnell urged Council Members to keep an open mind when the proposed development of the England Grove Estate on Palm Avenue comes before them He asked whether correct procedures related to a Measure U exemption were properly filed, adding he thought all requirements were not met and the proposed development was incompatible with the neighborhood and voter approved Measure U Zoning- Joshua Cox, of Hillwood, explained that recently his company partnered with Mistretta Properties to re -develop the former Splash Kingdom site based on the underlying industrial zoning He inquired why this property was recently added to the proposed down zone to residential zoning area, and he said this location should be one of the last parcels to be designated as potential residential, given its proximity to the Special CC_June 29, 2021 Page 1