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SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE
WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008 |
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5:45 p.m. |
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City Manager's Conf. Room
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AGENDA
Agenda material is available for review at the City Clerk's Office, Room 317 in City Hall, 1444 W. Garvey Avenue, West Covina and at www.westcovina.org The City complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you will need special assistance at Council meetings, please call (626) 939-8433 (voice) or (626) 960-4422 (TTY) from 8 to 5 Monday through Friday. Do call at least one day prior to the meeting date to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is possible. For sign language interpreter services at Council meetings, please request no less than four working days prior to the meeting.
ROLL CALL
Mayor Lane, Mayor Pro Tem Hernandez
Councilmembers Herfert, Sanderson, Touhey
I PUBLIC COMMENT ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
II CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6
City Negotiators: Fields, Bachman
Employee Organizations
- W.C. Firefighters' Association, I.A.F.F., Local 3226
- W.C. Firefighters' Management Assoc.
- W.C. Police Officers' Association
- W.C. Police Management Association
- Miscellaneous Unrepresented Management Employees, including
- Fire Chief
- Police Chief
ADJOURNMENT
Motion by ______ 2nd by ______
to adjourn the meeting at _____ pm.
REGULAR MEETING
OF THE
WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008 |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Council Chambers
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AGENDA
Agenda material is available for review at the City Clerk's Office, Room 317 in City Hall, 1444 W. Garvey Avenue, West Covina and at www.westcovina.org The City complies with the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA). If you will need special assistance at Council meetings, please call (626) 939-8433 (voice) or (626) 960-4422 (TTY) from 8 to 5 Monday through Friday. Do call at least one day prior to the meeting date to inform us of your particular needs and to determine if accommodation is possible. For sign language interpreter services at Council meetings, please request no less than four working days prior to the meeting.
INVOCATION
Pastor Kelly Dupeé
Faith Community Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Councilmember Sanderson
ROLL CALL
Mayor Lane, Mayor Pro Tem Hernandez,
Councilmembers Herfert, Sanderson, Touhey
REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
- Blue Star Video
- Badge Presentation
Fire Chief Paul Segalla
ANNOUNCEMENTS
RULES OF DECORUM
The following are excerpts from the West Covina Municipal Code:
Sec. 2-48. Manner of addressing council; time limit; persons addressing may be sworn.
(a) Each person addressing the council shall step up to the rostrum, shall give his or her name and city of residence in an audible tone of voice for the record and unless further time is granted by the council, shall limit his or her address to five (5) minutes.
(b) The city council may establish a limit on the duration of oral communications.
(c) All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a body and not to any member thereof. No person, other than the council and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a member of the council, without the permission of the presiding officer. No question shall be asked of a councilmember except through the presiding officer.
(d) The presiding officer may require any person to be sworn as a witness before addressing the council on any subject. Any such person who, having taken an oath that he or she will testify truthfully, willfully and contrary to such oath states as true any material matter which he knows to be false may be held to answer criminally and subject to the penalty prescribed for perjury by the provisions of the Penal Code of the state.
Sec. 2-50. Decorum--Required.
(a) While the council is in session, the members must preserve order and decorum, and a member shall neither, by conversation or otherwise, delay or interrupt the proceedings or the peace of the council nor disturb any member while speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the council or its presiding officer, except as otherwise herein provided.
(b) Any person making personal, impertinent or slanderous remarks or who shall become boisterous while addressing the council shall be forthwith, by the presiding officer, barred from further audience before the council, unless permission to continue be granted by a majority vote of the council.
Sec. 2-52. Persons authorized to be within council area.
No person, except city officials, their representatives and members of the news media shall be permitted within the rail in front of the council chamber without the express consent of the council.
The following are excerpts from the Penal Code
148(a) (1) Every Person who willfully resists, delays, or obstructs any public officer, peace officer, or an emergency medical technician, as defined in Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797) of the Health and Safety code, in the discharge or attempt to discharge any duty of his or her office or employment, when no other punishment is prescribed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.
403 Every person who, without authority of law, willfully disturbs or breaks up any assembly or meeting that is not unlawful in its character, other than an assembly or meeting referred to in Section 303 of the Penal Code or Section 18340 of the Elections Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
(Per Ordinance No. 2150)
Any person wishing to address the City Council/Community Development Commission on any matter listed on the agenda or on any other matter within their jurisdiction should complete a speaker card that is provided at the entrance to the Council Chambers and submit the card to the City Clerk/Secretary.
Please identify on the speaker card whether you are speaking on an agenda item or non-agenda. Requests to speak on agenda items will be heard prior to requests to speak on non-agenda items. All comments are limited to five (5) minutes per speaker.
Oral Communications shall be limited to thirty (30) minutes, unless speakers addressing agenda items have not concluded.
Any testimony or comments regarding a matter set for a Public Hearing will be heard during the hearing.
A) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker
Please step forward to the podium and state your name and city of residence for the record when recognized by the Mayor.
B) UPDATES/REPORTS FROM CONSULTANTS
No reports for this meeting.
C) ITEMS CARRIED OVER FROM PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETINGS
1) Graffiti Abatement Contract Review
It is recommended that the City Council keep the current contractor and appropriate $25,000 for enhancement of the City's anti-graffiti programs (outside the scope of the contract).
C-1.pdf
Motion by _________ 2nd by _________
to _________________________________
D) CONSENT CALENDAR
1) City Council Meeting Minutes (receive & file)
Special Meeting of September 4, 2007
smin 09-04-07.doc
Special Meeting of September 18, 2007
smin 09-18-07.doc
Regular Meeting of September 18, 2007
min 09-18-07.doc
Special Meeting of October 2, 2007
smin 10-02-07.doc
Regular Meeting of October 2, 2007
min 10-02-07.doc
Regular Meeting of November 6, 2007
min 11-06-07.doc
2) Commission Summary of Actions (receive & file)
a) Community Services 11/13/07
D-2a.doc
b) Human Resources 11/14/07
D-2b.doc
c) Planning 01/22/08
D-2c.doc
d) Senior Commission 11/08/07
D-2d.doc
3) Ordinance for Adoption
Ordinance for Adoption - Change of Speed Limit on Citrus Avenue
This ordinance was introduced at the City Council meeting of January 15, 2008. This ordinance would change the posted speed limit of traffic traveling on Citrus Street from Vine Avenue to Hillside Drive from 45 MPH to 40 MPH. The ordinance will become effective 30 days after adoption on February 14, 2008.
D-3.doc
D-3 Attach1.doc
Attachment #2 is available for review at the City Clerk's office.
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. __________ - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 22-132 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO DECREASES OF STATE LAW MAXIMUM SPEEDS
4) Award of Bid
a) Award of Bid - Bus Transit Surveillance System
It is recommended that the City Council accept the bid of Seon Design, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $55,000 for the purchase and installation of a transit surveillance system.
D-4a.doc
D-4a Attach.xls
5) City Treasurer's Report (receive & file)
Report for the Month of December 2007
D-5 City Rpt.doc
D-5 City Detail Rpt.xls
D-5 City Treas Rpt.xls
D-5 City Bond Detail Rpt.xls
CDC Rpt.doc
CDC Bond Detail Rpt.xls
CDC Treas Rpt.xls
6) Miscellaneous - Environmental Management
a) May 17, 2008 Los Angeles County Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Round-Up in West Covina
It is recommended that the City Council authorize staff to host the Los Angeles County Household Hazardous and Electronic Waste Round-Up on May 17, 2008, here in West Covina.
D-6a.pdf
Miscellaneous - Finance Department
b) 2007-2008 Fiscal Year Mid-Year Budget Update
It is recommended that the City Council:
D-6b.doc
- Receive and file the budget update report.
- Appropriate the additional appropriations and transfer of appropriations as listed in "Section 2. Additional Appropriation/Transfer Requests" of the report.
Miscellaneous - Human Resources
c) Approval of Revised Class Specification for Police Officer
It is recommended that the City Council approve the revised class specification for Police Officer by adopting the following resolution
D-6c.doc
RESOLUTION NO. __________ - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, REVISING THE CLASS SPECIFICATION FOR POLICE OFFICER
Miscellaneous - Public Works Department
d) Cooperative Agreement with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works to Formalize Maintenance Responsibilities of Intersections that are Part of the Traffic Signal Synchronization Program Projects
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the Public Works Director/City Engineer to execute a cooperative agreement with the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works to formalize maintenance responsibilities of intersections that are part of the Traffic Signal Synchronization Program.
D-6d.doc
Attachment is available for review at the City Clerk's office.
Miscellaneous - Public Works Department
e) Renewal of the Citywide Lighting and Maintenance District and Landscape Maintenance Districts Nos. 4, 6, and 7 - Ordering of Engineer's Reports
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolutions:
D-6e.doc
D-6e Reso1.doc
D-6e Reso2.doc
D-6e Reso3.doc
D-6e Reso4.doc
Attachments are available for review at the City Clerk's office.
RESOLUTION NO. __________ - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE AND FILE A REPORT IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROPOSITION 218 AND ARTICLE 4, CHAPTER 1, PART 2, "LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972", BEING DIVISION 15, STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, ORDERING CERTAIN LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING MAINTENANCE IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, FOR THE SUBSEQUENT FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2008 (WEST COVINA LIGHTING AND MAINTENANCE DISTRICT - 2008-2009)
RESOLUTION NO. ___________ - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 4 LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT WITHIN THAT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO PROPOSITION 218 AND THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009 (WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 4 - 2008-2009)
RESOLUTION NO. ___________ - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 6 LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT WITHIN THAT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO PROPOSITION 218 AND THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009 (WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 6 - 2008-2009)
RESOLUTION NO. ___________ - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING PROCEEDINGS FOR THE CONFIRMATION OF THE WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 7 LEVY AND COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENT WITHIN THAT DISTRICT PURSUANT TO PROPOSITION 218 AND THE LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING ACT OF 1972 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008-2009 (WEST COVINA LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 7 - 2008-2009)
Miscellaneous - City Manager's Office
f) Solicitation of Federal Funding for City Projects
It is recommended that the City Council authorize City staff to submit the projects mentioned in the staff report to Congresswoman Hilda Solis for possible funding consideration.
D-6f.doc
ACTION ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER D-1 through D-6f:
Motion by __________ second by __________
to waive further reading of the resolutions/ordinance and adopt,
and approve all items except: ________
ROLL CALL: Herfert, Hernandez, Sanderson, Lane, Touhey
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
E) PUBLIC HEARINGS
1) Public Hearing
Amendments to the FY 2007-2008 Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) Action Plan
E-1.doc
- Verification of publication
- Open hearing
- Staff presentation
- Public testimony
- Close hearing
- Council discussion
- Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council approve the proposed amendment to the FY 2007-2008 CDBG Action Plan to include $150,000 for the construction of a ramp at Shadow Oak Park for handicap accessibility.
Motion by __________ 2nd by __________
approve ____ disapprove ____ hold over ____
2) Public Hearing
Development of Draft FY 2008-2009 Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) Action Plan
E-2.doc
E-2 Attach.doc
- Verification of publication
- Open hearing
- Staff presentation
- Public testimony
- Close hearing
- Council discussion
- Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council direct staff to develop a draft FY 2008-2009 CDBG Action Plan, which incorporates the recommendations of the Community Services and Senior Citizens Commissions, as detailed in the report.
Motion by __________ 2nd by __________
approve ____ disapprove ____ hold over ____
F) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Recess the City Council meeting at ______ p.m. to convene the CDC.
Reconvene the City Council meeting at ______ p.m.
CDC Agenda
G) DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS
No reports for this meeting.
H) MAYOR'S/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS
1) Councilmember Steve Herfert
Formation of Public Arts Commission
Staff recommends that the City Council select either Option 1 (leave responsibility for Art in Public Places Program with Planning Commission) or Option 2 (add members to the Planning Commission to sit as Public Arts Commission) of the four options identified in the staff report.
H-1.doc
H-1 Attach 1.doc
Motion by __________ 2nd by __________
to ___________________________________
2) Councilmember Michael Touhey
Ban on Selling Dogs at West Covina Pet Stores that are Bred at Puppy Mills
It is recommended that the City Council introduce the following ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR ALL PET STORES IN THE CITY IN ORDER TO ENFORCE THE FEDERAL ANIMAL WELFARE ACT AND THE CALIFORNIA PET PROTECTION ACT
H-2.doc
H-2 Ordinance.doc
Motion by __________ 2nd by __________
to waive further reading of the ordinance and
approve ____ disapprove ____ hold over ____
3) Councilmember Steve Herfert
Establish a Sister-City Relationship with the City of Wuhu, China
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly.
H-3.doc
Motion by __________ 2nd by __________
to ___________________________________
4) Mayor Pro Tem Roger Hernandez
Re-Establish Sister-City Relationship with the City of Toluca, Mexico
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly.
H-4.doc
Motion by __________ 2nd by __________
to ___________________________________
AB 1234 Conference and Meeting Report
(In accordance with AB 1234, Councilmembers shall make a brief report or file a written report on any meeting/event/conference attended at City expense.)
I) COUNCILMEMBERS' REQUEST FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATIONS
(Per City of West Covina Standing Rules 4.f - Requests by Councilmembers for reports, studies, or investigations that are not readily available must be placed on the City Council agenda as items of business and must be approved by a majority of the City Council.)
1) Councilmember Michael Touhey
Request from Councilmember Michael Touhey Seeking the City Council's Consensus to Consider the Initiation of a Code Amendment to Allow the Sale of Alcoholic Beverages in Conjunction with Gasoline
of Alcoholic Beverages in Conjunction with Gasoline
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly.
I-1.doc
Motion by _________ 2nd by _________
to _________________________________
J) COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Motion by _________ 2nd by _________ to adjourn the meeting at ____ p.m.
TENTATIVE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS
| Tuesday 2/19/08 |
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7:00 pm Regular Meeting |
| Tuesday 3/4/08 |
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7:00 pm Regular Meeting |
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