11-20-2007 - RegularTuesday
November 20, 2007
REGULAR MEETING
OF THE
WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
7:00 pin
Council Chambers
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INVOCATION Pastor Mason Okubo
Immanuel First Lutheran Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Pro Tern Hernandez
ROLL CALL Mayor Lane, Mayor Pro Tem Hernandez,
Councilmembers Sanderson, Touhey, Herfert
REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS * Blue Star Video
* Resolution of Commendation and Tile Presentation
Kenneth Freeland, Fire Engineer
* Resolution of Commendation and Tile Presentation
Janice Petty, Fire Department Management Analyst II
* Certificate of Recognition
Glenn Kennedy, Community Enhancement Painting Program
* Certificate of Recognition
Jennifer Touhey, Teacher of the Year
Covina Valley Unified School District
* Certificate of Recognition
Vanessa Martin, Teacher of the Year
West Covina Unified School District
* Certificate of Recognition
Patricia Mendoza, Teacher of the Year.
Rowland Unified School District
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City Council Agenda for November 20, 2007
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 falsemaybe 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 time not exceeding one thousand dollars (S 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 WCMC 2-48, 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.
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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) Councilmember Roger Hernandez
Request from Councilmember Roger Hernandez Seeking the City Council's
Consensus to Review the Downtown Revitalization Plan (Scenario Q
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly.
Motion by
to
2nd by
2) Councilmember Hernandez
Request from Councilmember Roger Hernandez Seeking the City Council's
Consensus to Discuss Graffiti Issues
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly.
Motion by
to
2nd by
3) Councilmember Roger Hernandez
Request from Councilmember Roger Hernandez Seeking the City Council's
Consensus to Instruct City Staff to Consider the Use of Neighborhood Speed
Humus
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly
Motion by
to
D) CONSENT CALENDAR
2nd by
1) City Council Meeting Minutes (receive & file)
No reports for this meeting.
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D) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)
2) Commission Summary of Actions (receive & file)
a) Community Services............................08/14/07 & 09/11/07
b) Senior Commission..............................08/09/07 & 09/13/07
3) Approval of Final Map
a) Approval of Final Map for Parcel Map No. 62858
Location: 1125 South Willow Avenue
Subdivider: Alfonso and Mary Diaz
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING FINAL MAP OF PARCEL MAP NO. 62858 AND
DIRECTING THE RECORDATION THEREOF (ALFONSO AND
MARY DIAZ)
4) Miscellaneous — Community Services Department
a) Resolution Establishing Change in Date for the Senior Citizens
Commission Meetings from the Second Week of Every Month to the
Fourth Week of Every Month
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 5682 RELATING TO MEETING
TIMES AND PLACES OF CITY BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS, TO
CHANGE THE MEETING DATE OF THE SENIOR CITIZENS
COMMISSION FROM THE SECOND WEEK OF EVERY MONTH TO
THE FOURTH WEEK OF EVERY MONTH EFFECTIVE JANUARY
24, 2008
b) Sale of Global Electric Motors (GEM) Vehicle to West Covina Unified
School District
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the sale of one Global
Electric Motorcar Vehicle (VIN #5ASAK27462F029002) to the West
Covina Unified School District.
Miscellaneous — Finance Department
c) 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 Fiscal Years Budget Update
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Receive and file the budget update.
2. Appropriate Proposition IB Funds in the amount of $1,821,489 to the
street rehabilitation and traffic signal projects as identified in the staff
report.
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D) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)
4) Miscellaneous — Finance Department (continued)
d) Establishment of an EPMC Replacement Plan for Various Employee
Groups and a Supplemental Retirement Plan for Executive Staff and
City Council
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolutions:
1. RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC AGENCY
RETIREMENT SYSTEM (PARS) EPMC REPLACEMENT
SUPPLEMENTAL RETIREMENT PLAN TO BE ADMINISTERED
BY PHASE II SYSTEMS, PARS TRUST ADMINISTRATOR
2. RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PUBLIC AGENCY
RETIREMENT SYSTEM (PARS) SUPPLEMENTAL
RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EXECUTIVE STAFF AND CITY
COUNCIL TO BE ADMINISTERED BY PHASE 11 SYSTEMS,
PARS TRUST ADMINISTRATOR
It is recommended that the City Council take the following action:
1. Appropriate $97,050 from the General Fund reserve and $68,126 from
various special revenue funds and the CDC reserves.
Miscellaneous — Public Works
e) California Building and California Fire Code Ordinance Introduction
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Introduce the following ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 7,
ARTICLES H, III, IV, V, VI, VII, IX, Xff1, XV, XVI, CHAPTER 10,
ARTICLE II OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
ADOPTION OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AND THE
2007 EDITIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE AND
2006 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE AND THE 2007
CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, 2007 CALIFORNIA MECHANICAL
CODE, 2007 CALIFORNIA PLUMBING CODE, 2007
INTERNATIONAL SIGN CODE, 2007 CALIFORNIA ENERGY
CODE, AND THE 2007 EDITION OF THE CALIFORNIA
ELECTRICAL CODE
2. Set December 4, 2007 as the date for a Public Hearing concerning the
adoption of the California Building Code and the International and
California Fire Codes cited above.
I) Five-year Extension of Landscape Maintenance Contract for
Maintenance District Nos. 1, 2, and 4
It is recommended that the City Council approve a five-year contract
extension to Azteca Landscape effective November 15, 2007 with no
increase in the current contract amount for landscape maintenance services
and authorize the Public Works Director/City Engineer and City Clerk to
execute such contract.
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D) CONSENT CALENDAR (continued)
4) Miscellaneous — Public Works (continued)
g) Sale of Excess Rights -of Way
Northwest Corner of Lark Ellen Avenue and South Garvey Avenue
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Approve the sale of the excess rights -of -way on the northwest comer
of Lark Ellen Avenue and Garvey Avenue South.
2. Adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO EXECUTE
A QUIT CLAIM DEED IN FAVOR OF RENE ORTIZ
Miscellaneous - Risk Management
h) General Liability Claims Administration Contract Extension
It is recommended that the City Council approve an amendment to the
existing General Liability Service Agreement between The City of West
Covina and NovaPro Risk Solutions, LP, which would extend the City's
current service rate for two additional years, beginning January 1, 2008 and
ending December 31, 2009, pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth in
the amendment.
5) AB1234 Conference and Meeting Report (receive & file)
(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)
a) Legislative Advocacv Conference and Meeting Report
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file the report.
ACTION ON CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS NUMBER D-1 THROUGH D-5a:
Motion by second by
to waive further reading of the resolutions/ordinance and adopt/introduce
and approve all items except:
ROLL CALL: Herfert, Hernandez, Lane, Sanderson, Touhey
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
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E) PUBLIC HEARINGS
1) Public Hearing
Amendments to the FY 2007-2008 Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Action Plan
This hearing concerns a proposed amendment to the City of West Covina's of the
FY 2007-2008 Action Plan for the City's Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) program.
a) Verification of publication
b) Open hearing
c) Staff presentation
d) Public testimony
e) Close hearing
f) Council discussion
g) Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council approve the
proposed amendments to the FY 2007-2008 CDBG Action Plan as identified
in the report in Attachment #1, except Activity #8 (Handicap Parking spaces).
Motion by 2nd by to
approve disapprove hold over
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E) PUBLIC HEARINGS (continued)
2) Public Hearing
General Plan Amendment No. 07-01
Zone Change No. 06-06
Categorical Exemption
Applicant: Hector Sanchez
Location: 928 S. Glendora Avenue
The project is for the construction of a 528-square foot single story building to be
used as a used automobile dealership. The project requires a change to the
general plan and a zone change to allow the construction of the facility.
a) Verification of publication and mailing
b) Open hearing
c) Staff presentation
d) Public testimony
e) Close hearing
f) Council discussion
g) Recommendation: The Planning Commission and staff recommend that the
City Council adopt the following resolution to change the General Plan land
use designation from "Low -Medium Residential' to Service and
Neighborhood Commercial."
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
APPROVING GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 07-01
Motion by 2"d by_
to waive further reading of the resolution, and
adopt disapprove hold over
The Planning Commission and staff further recommend that the City Council
introduce the following ordinance to change the zoning designation from
"Single -Family Residential" (R-1) to "Service Commercial' (S-C):
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NO. 06-06
Motion by 2°d by_
to waive further reading of the ordinance, and
introduce disapprove hold over
ROLL CALL: Herfert, Hernandez, Lane, Sanderson, Touhey
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F) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
Recess the City Council meeting at p.m. to convene the CDC.
Reconvene the City Council meeting at p.m.
G) DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS
No reports this meeting.
H) MAYOR'S/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS
No reports for this meeting.
• AB 1234 Conference and Meeting Report
(fit accordance with AB 1234, Councibnembers 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) Mayor Michael Touhey
Request from Mayor Michael Touhey Seeking the City Council's Consensus to
Ban the Selling of Puppy Dogs at West Covina Pet Stores that are Bred at
PUDDV Mills
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly
Motion by
to
2nd by
2) Mayor Michael Touhey
Request from Mayor Michael Touhey Seeking the City Council's Consensus to
Support the Campaign to Create a Nisei World War II Veterans Stamp
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly.
Motion by 2nd by
to
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J) COUNCILMEMBER COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Motion by
2nd by
to adjourn the meeting at p.m.
Tentative City Council Meetings
Tuesday December 4 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Regular Meeting
Tuesday December 18 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers Regular Meeting
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