Victor Ortiz

The meeting included the introduction of new electric utility employees and presentations on energy efficiency programs, resource adequacy, and WindMil engineering software. Staff provided information regarding the 2025 Regional Urban Water Management Plan and the associated Water Shortage Contingency Plan, detailing the city's long-term water service reliability and conservation strategies. Additionally, the commission reviewed a resource adequacy plan to ensure sufficient generating capacity to meet future electricity demand through procurement agreements.

This Local Hazard Mitigation Plan for the City of Colton serves as a comprehensive roadmap to enhance community resilience and reduce long-term risks from natural and human-caused hazards. It outlines six core goals: saving lives and reducing injuries, avoiding property damage, preserving critical government functions, integrating mitigation activities into city policies, maintaining eligibility for hazard funding, and ensuring compliance with state laws including climate change considerations. The plan provides detailed risk assessments, hazard profiles, and mitigation strategies, and is an update to the City's 2019 plan, with key modifications focusing on an expanded risk assessment and revised mitigation actions for 2025.

This document, the Land Use Element of the City of Colton General Plan, establishes policies for the use, development, and intensity of properties within the city and its sphere of influence. It provides a framework for guiding land use decisions, ensuring balance between the Land Use Plan, Circulation Plan, and the provision of infrastructure and services. The community's vision emphasizes respecting heritage, protecting traditional suburban patterns while integrating urban approaches, fostering diverse businesses and employment, and promoting high-quality design. The plan sets a planning horizon year of 2030 to achieve these objectives.

The Planning Commission discussed proposed text amendments to the municipal code concerning amortization procedures for noxious nonconforming uses, focusing on criteria and definitions for such uses. The meeting also included a staff report on the review of the revised draft amortization ordinance changes and an overview of the ongoing effort to identify nonconforming industrial uses within the city.

The Planning Commission scheduled a meeting to include a study session regarding proposed text amendments to the Colton Municipal Code. The discussion focuses on adding Section 18.46 and Section 18.46.080, which pertain to the establishment of amortization procedures for certain noxious nonconforming uses within the city.