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09-06-2011 - RegularCITY OF WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 06, 2011, 7:00 PM REGULAR JOINT MEETING \1.aG�`�P�� CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS Cod�p wil 0 1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE of p.7 r-, v to l l(`gy p WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91 Mayor/Chairman Steve Herfert pP Mayor Pro TemNice Chairman Michael Tou ` 0 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 AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT 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 Thursday. 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. 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.orQ. Any writings or documents regarding 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 these boards, as necessary. 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 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. RULES 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. Tuesday September 06, 2011 AGENDA CITY OF WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 06, 2011, 7:00 PM REGULAR JOINT MEETING INVOCATION Officer Jeff Mosley West Covina Police Department 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 removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion or action. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES (receive & file) 1) Special Joint City Council/CDC Meeting Minutes of July 5, 2011 Regular Joint City Council/CDC Meeting Minutes of July 5, 2011 COMMISSION SUMMARY OF ACTIONS (receive & file) 2) Community Services Commission - May 10, 2011 3) Planning Commission - July 12, 2011 & July 26, 2011 4) Senior Citizens Commission - April 28, 2011 2 Agenda material is available at www.westcovina.org Tuesday September 06, 2011 CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY 5) 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. Raymond A. Mata vs. City of West Covina Thomas Mayer vs. City of West Covina Elizabeth Jaramillo vs. City of West Covina Carolyn Beserra vs. City of West Covina Kevin Weemering vs. City of West Covina Richard Eschagary vs. City of West Covina Beatriz Falcon et al. vs. City of West Covina Raquel Gomez vs. City of West Covina ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION 6) Continuum Ordinance Pursuant to AB1X 27 This ordinance was introduced at the City Council meeting of August 23, 2011. This ordinance will comply with the Voluntary Alternative Redevelopment Program pursuant to Part 1.9 of Division 24 of the California Health and Safety code and continue the existence and operation of the Community Development Commission of the City of West Covina. This ordinance will become effective on October 6, 2011, thirty days after its adoption. 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, DETERMINING IT WILL COMPLY WITH THE VOLUNTARY ALTERNATIVE REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAM PURSUANT TO PART 1.9 OF DIVISION 24 OF THE CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE IN ORDER TO PERMIT THE CONTINUED EXISTENCE OF OPERATION OF THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES (accept & file) 7) Meeting Minutes of August 16, 2011 (accept & file) I. Request City Initiated Annual Intersection Collision Rate report for the Year 2010 (informational). Staff Recommendations: That existing right -edge striping be repainted along Cherrywood Street and Garvey Avenue South and install retro-reflective payment markers on the curve along southbound Cherrywood Street at the intersection. That stop aheadsigns and pavement markings be installed at all approaches of the Hollenbeck Street and Merced Avenue intersection. That a side road (W2-2R) sign be installed on eastbound Holt Avenue west of Oak Knoll Drive. That stop ahead signs and pavement markings be installed on the east and westbound approaches of Walnut Creek Parkway at Glendora Avenue. Agenda material is available at www.westcovina.org Tuesday September 06, 2011 That stop ahead signs and pavement markings be installed on the eastbound approach of Merced Avenue at Hollenbeck Street and southbound approach of Hollencrest Drive at Merced Avenue. That staff continue to monitor the intersection of Amar Road and Witzman Drive and notify Los Angeles County regarding the collisions history of the intersection. That clear retro -reflective pavement markers be installed along outside edge of crosswalk at the intersection of Glendora Avenue and Walnut Creek Parkway. That staff verify street lighting level at the southwest corner of Glendora Avenue and Walnut Creek Parkway. II. Request: , Jefferson De Roux, West Covina resident That traffic control at the intersection of Cameron Avenue and Lark Ellen Avenue be reviewed. Staff Recommendations: That signal ahead signs and pavement markings be installed at all approaches of the Cameron Avenue and Lark Ellen Avenue intersection. That radar enforced plates be installed at all speed limit signs on Cameron Avenue from Valinda Avenue to Barranca Street. That radar enforced plates be installed at all speed limit signs on Lark Ellen Avenue from Garvey Avenue South to Francisquito Avenue. That right turn movements on red phase be prohibited at the intersection of Cameron Avenue and Lark Ellen Avenue on school days during the hours of 6:00 a.m. to 8:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. That pedestrian phase time be modified based on a 2.8 feet per second walking speed. That staff seek grant funding to install pedestrian count -down indications at the Cameron Avenue and Lark Ellen Avenue intersection. That staff conduct traffic and speed studies after school begins to determine if left -turn phasing for the east and westbound approaches is warranted. TREASURER'S REPORT (receive & file) 8) City Treasurer's Report for the Month of June 2011 9) CDC Treasurer's Report for the Month of June 2011 10) City Treasurer's Report for the Month of July 2011 11) CDC Treasurer's Report for the Month of July 2011 FINANCE DEPARTMENT - Miscellaneous 12) Prop A Fund Exchange - City of Commerce It is recommended that the City Council approve the agreement authorizing the sale of Prop A Funds to the City of Commerce.. 4 Agenda material is available at www.westcovina.org Tuesday September 06, 2011 13) Prop A Fund Exchange - City of Industry It is recommended that the City Council approve the agreement authorizing the additional sale of Prop A Funds to the City of Industry. PUBLIC WORKS - Miscellaneous 14) Approval of City of West Covina Energy Action Plan It is recommended that the City Council approve the City of West Covina Energy Action Plan. 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 5 Agenda material is available at www.wesicovina.org Tuesday September 06, 2011 DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS (Council Action) PLANNING DEPARTMENT 15) Urgency Ordinance Establishing A Moratorium to Create an Equestrian Overlay Zone on Single -Family Properties on the North Side of Vanderhoof Drive Between 2633 and 2807 Vanderhoof Drive It is recommended that the City Council introduce and adopt the following ordinance to establish a moratorium on ten properties located on the north side of Vanderhoof Drive: ORDINANCE NO. - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, PROHIBITING CONSTRUCTION OF GUEST HOUSES, HABITABLE SPACE ADDITIONS, SPORTS COURTS, TENNIS COURTS, SWIMMING POOLS AND OTHER SIMILAR TYPES OF IMPROVEMENTS ON THE REAR, LOWER PORTION OF EQUESTRIAN ORIENTED PROPERTIES IN SPECIFIED AREAS, OF THE CITY PENDING COMPLETION OF STUDY AND REPORT BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION PERTAINING TO THE PROPER CONDITIONS AND REGULATIONS FOR SUCH USES, DECLARING THIS AN INTERIM ZONING ORDINANCE, AND SETTING FORTH FACTS CONSTITUTING THE SAME AS AN URGENCY ORDINANCE Motion by second by adopt disapprove hold over MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER/COMMISSIONER REPORTS AB1234 Conference and Meeting Report (verbal, 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 REOUESTS 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 Development 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 09/20/2011 7:00 PM 6 Agenda material is available at www.westcovina.org Tuesday September 06, 2011 I RULES OF DECORUM I 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 couricilmember 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. 7 Agenda material is available at www.westeovina.org