03-15-2011 - RegularCITY OF WEST COVINA .
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
TUESDAY MARCH 159 2011,,7:00 PM
REGULAR JOINT MEETING,,
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor/Chairman Steve Herfert
Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chairman Michael Touhey
Councilmember/Commissioner Karin Armbrust
Councilmember/Commissioner Sherri Lane
Councilmember/Commissioner Shelley Sanderson
Please turn off all cell phones and other electronic devices prior to entering the Council Chambers
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AGENDA MATERIAL
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.ore. Any writings or documentsxegarding any item on this agenda,
not exempt from public disclosure, provided to a majority of the City Council that is distributed less than 72 hours
before the meeting,.will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk's Office, Room 317 of City Hall
located at 1444 W. Garvey Avenue, West Covina, during normal business hours.
NOTICE
The City Council/Community Development Commission will regularly. convene in joint session on the first and
third Tuesday of the month. The West Covina Public Financing Authority"and'The West Covina Community
Services Foundation are agencies on which the City Council serves as, members. Agendas may contain items for
ttiese boards. as
PUBLIC COMMENTS
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 may be limited to thirty (30) minutes, unless speakersaddressing agenda items have
not concluded.
Any testimony or comments regarding a matter set for a Public Hearing will be°heard, during the hearing.
R ULES OF DECORUM
Excerpts from the West Covina Municipal Code and Penal Code pertaining to the Rules of Decorum will be
found at the end of the agenda. I CERTIFY THAT q0PYgF THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR
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Tuesday March 15, 2011
AGENDA
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
TUESDAY MARCH 15; 2011, 7:00 PM
REGULAR JOINT MEETING
INVOCATION
Andrew Pasmant
City Manager
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
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.
CONSENT CALENDAR - City Council/CDC
All matters listed under CONSENT CALENDAR are considered to be routine and can be acted on by one roll call
vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless members of the City Council/Community
Development Commission request specific items to be removedfrom the Consent Calendar for separate discussion or
action.
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES (receive & file)
1) Special City Council Minutes of March 1, 2011
Regular Joint City Council/CDC Minutes of March 1, 2011
COMMISSION SUMMARY OF ACTIONS (receive & file)
2) Community Services Commission - 11/09/10
3) Senior Citizens Commission-10/28/10 & 12/09/10
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CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY
4) Government Tort.Claim Denials (deny & notify' claimant)..
It is recommended that the City Council deny the following Government Tort Claims and
the claimants and/or their respective attorneys be so notified. .
- Felicia Shelton vs. City of West Covina
- Patricia Dolores Stevens vs. City of West Covina
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE - Miscellaneous
5) Destruction of Documents As Prescribed by Law
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution authorizing the
destruction of specific records:
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE
DESTRUCTION OF CERTAIN DOCUMENTS AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW
PUBLIC WORKS - Miscellaneous
6) Authorization to Proceed with the Infill of City Hall First Floor
(Project No. BP-09303)
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
l . Authorize expenditure of Castucci Foundation Grant.
2. Direct staff to design, bid, and build the City Hall first floor infill.
3. Appropriate $30,000 of grant funds from Fund 160 for the preparation of
construction design documents and the project bid package.
4. Appropriate an additional $40,000 of grant funds from Fund 160 and authorize the
remodel of the existing employee break room at the Police Department.
7) Pavement Management System Data Collection
(Project No. SP-11109)
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Establish and approve Project No. SP-11109 Pavement -Management System Data
Collection.
2. Authorize the appropriation of $80,000 of Fund 224 (Measure "R") to Project No.
SP-11109, Account No. 224.81.8140.7200.
3. Accept the proposal from Nichols Consulting Engineers, Chtd. (NCE) in the amount
of $57,800 and authorize the Public Works Director/City Engineer and City Clerk to
execute a consultant agreement for the work to be done.
ACTION ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by second by
to approve all items listed on the Consent Calendar as presented
except:
ROLL CALL: Armbrust, Lane, Sanderson, Touhey, Herfert
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR'
SEPARATE ACTION
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
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HEARINGS
PUBLIC HEARINGS
8) Authorization to Draft FY 2011-2012 Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) Action Plan
The purpose of this hearing is to receive public comments on the proposed
recommendations for the FY 2011-2012 CDBG Action Plan'.
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 direct staff to develop a
draft FY 2011-2012 CDBG Action Plan, based on the needs and priorities identified
in the approved FY 2010-2015 Consolidated Plan.
Motion by
approve
second by
disapprove holdover
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER/COMMISSIONER REPORTS
No reports for this meeting.
AB1234 Conference and Meeting Report (verbal report, if any)
(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.)
CITY COUNCIL/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REQUESTS FOR
REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION
(Per City of West Covina Standing Rules 4.f - Requests for reports, studies, or investigations that are not readily
available must be placed on the City Council/Community Developriaent Commission agenda as items of business and
must be approved by a majority of the City Council/Community Development Commission.)
No reports for this meeting.
CITY COUNCIL/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Next Tentative City Council/CDC Meeting
Regular Meeting - CC and CDC 04/05/2011 7:00 PM
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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.
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