Votes at a glance: Yucaipa council actions on July 28, 2025

The Yucaipa City Council took the following formal actions at its July 28 meeting. This roundup lists each item, the motion outcome and the recorded vote where available.

• Resolution authorizing mayor to take action on urgent legislative matters (Item 2) — Outcome: Adopted (4–1). Motion summary: Staff recommended a resolution authorizing the mayor to issue letters of support or opposition on time-sensitive state legislative matters that cannot wait for a full council meeting. Council adopted the resolution and required a report back at the next meeting. Vote: Bieber — yes; Miller — yes; Woolsey — no; Venable (Mayor Pro Tem) — yes; Thorpe (Mayor) — yes.

• Award of contract for demolition of two residential structures supporting Avenue E roundabout improvements (Item 4) — Outcome: Approved (unanimous). Motion summary: Staff presented a contract to demolish two city-owned residential structures acquired for road improvement and roundabout construction at Avenue E and Fourth/Fifth streets; staff will return with disposition/sales recommendations for the cleaned parcels after required notifications and surplus processes.

• Economic Development Advisory Committee meeting frequency (Item 15) — Outcome: Approved (unanimous). Motion summary: Council approved a request from the Economic Development Advisory Committee to meet monthly rather than quarterly. The committee cited workload and the need for timely recommendations.

• Food-truck permit code amendments (Item 19) — Outcome: Adopted (unanimous). Motion summary: Council approved code amendments and exceptions for food trucks, including a host-business pathway allowing a brick-and-mortar host to sponsor rotating food-truck visits up to 10 times per year, retention of county health-permit requirements and a city point-of-sale reporting requirement.

• Mobile-home rent-stabilization ordinance and rules (Item 16) — Outcome: Introduced and first reading approved. Motion summary: Council approved the introduction and first reading of ordinance 4-58 amending the mobile-home rent-stabilization program and associated rules; second reading and final adoption were scheduled for a subsequent meeting.

• Proposed moratorium on new fuel stations and car washes — Outcome: Motion to impose moratorium failed (roll-call 2–3). Motion summary: A motion to adopt a moratorium on new fuel stations and car washes was moved but did not receive the four affirmative votes needed for the action; roll call: Bieber — yes; Miller — no; Woolsey — no; Venable — no; Thorpe — yes.

• Safety element and adoption of CAL FIRE fire-severity maps (Item 20) — Outcome: Urgency ordinance adopted (unanimous). Motion summary: Council adopted an urgency ordinance and introduced an implementing ordinance to adopt CAL FIRE’s new Fire Hazard Severity Zone map and related building-code standards; staff will incorporate any Board of Forestry comments and return final text for second reading.

• Landscape Lighting and Maintenance District annual assessment confirmation (Item 21) — Outcome: Adopted (unanimous). Motion summary: Council held a public hearing and adopted a resolution confirming the city’s annual LLMD assessments for 58 zones; staff reported that some zones use CPI or 5% adjustments per annexation methodology and listed specific credits where applicable.

For items not listed above, the council received reports, recognized community members and handled consent-agenda items; staff were directed to return with follow-up information where requested.