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TUESDAY OCTOBER 04, 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 turnoff 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 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.
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AGENDA
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
TUESDAY OCTOBER 0412011, 7:00 PM
REGULAR JOINT MEETING
INVOCATION
Pastor Kelly Dupee
Faith Community Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
Cory Lidle Foundation Check Presentation
National Fire Prevention Week
October 9 - 15, 2011
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 Council/CDC Meeting Minutes of September 6, 2011
Regular Joint Council/CDC Meeting Minutes of September 6, 2011
Regular Joint Council/CDC Meeting Minutes of September 20, 2011
COMMISSION SUMMARY OF ACTIONS (receive & file)
2) Planning Commission - September 27, 2011
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TREASURER'S REPORT (receive & file)
3) City Treasurer's Report for the Month of August 2011
4) CDC Treasurer's Report for the Month of August 2011
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE - Miscellaneous
5) Letter Requesting Governor Jerry Brown to Fully Fund the Public Safety
Realignment Program
It is recommended that the City Council send a letter to Governor Jerry Brown requesting
the State of California fully fund the Public Safety Realignment Program.
PUBLIC WORKS - Miscellaneous
6) Lot Line Adjustment No. 177
Location: 1724 Gigar Terrace and 1738 Gigar Terrace
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 LOT LINE
ADJUSTMENT NO. 177 AT 1724 GIGAR TERRACE AND 1738 GIGAR TERRACE
AND DIRECTING THE RECORDATION THEREOF (PAUL AND ANN GIGAR)
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7) Monument Signs on Interstate-10 Freeway
It is recommended that the City Council approve the conceptual drawing and location of
freeway monument signs welcoming motorists to West Covina on the Interstate-10
Freeway corridor and direct staff to pursue funding options.
8) Opposing San Jose Creek Truck Route
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, OPPOSING THE SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF GOVERNMENTS (SLAG) PROPOSAL TO
CONSTRUCT DEDICATED TRUCK ONLY LANES ALONG THE SAN JOSE
CREEK FLOOD CONTROL CHANNEL AND STATE ROUTE 60 FREEWAY
CORRIDOR
AB1234 Conference and Meeting Report (receive & file)
9) International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) Meeting and Conference Report
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file the report.
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
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
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Tuesday October 04, 2011
HEARINGS
PUBLIC HEARINGS
10) 2011 Congestion Management Program (CMP)
Conformance Self -Certification and Local Development Report (LDR)
The proposed action is the adoption of a resolution certifying the 2010 Congestion
Management Program (CMP). Compliance with and self -certification of the CMP
allows for the City to maintain its eligibility to receive its share of State Gas Tax
revenues for capital improvement projects.
a) Verification of publication
b) Open hearing
c) Staff presentation
d) Public testimony
e) Close hearing
f) Council discussion
g) Recommendation: Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the following
resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, FINDING THE CITY TO11 BE IN
CONFORMANCE WITH THE CONGESTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM (CMP)
AND ADOPTING THE CMP LOCAL DEVELOPMENT REPORT, IN
ACCORDANCE WITH CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65089
Motion by
second by
adopt disapprove hold over
11) Code Amendment No. 11-04
Tattoing
The proposed code amendment consists of certain amendments to the Zoning section of
the West Covina Municipal Code as it relates to allowing tattooing and modifying
standards for permanent makeup and body piercing.
a) Verification of publication
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 introduce the following ordinance:
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,
CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 26 (ZONING) OF THE WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO PERMANENT MAKEUP AND', BODY
PIERCING AND ESTABLISHING STANDARDS FOR TATTOOING
Motion by
second by
introduce disapprove hold over _
ROLL CALL: Armbrust, Lane, Sanderson, Touhey, Herfert
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12) Urgency Ordinance Extending the Moratorium to Create an Equestrian Overlay
Zone on Single -Family Properties on the North Side of Vanderhoof Drive Between
2633 and 2807 Vanderhoof Drive and Providing a Progress Report on the Proposed
Code Amendment and Zone Change
The proposed extension of the moratorium would continue the 45-day moratorium
adopted by the City Council on September 6, 2011 for an additional 10 months and 15
days.
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 introduce and adopt the
following ordinance to extend the 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, EXTENDING THE TERMS AND
PROVISIONS OF ORDINANCE NO. 2220 FOR AN ADDITIONAL PERIOD OF TEN
MONTHS AND FIFTEEN DAYS, 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
ROLL CALL: Armbrust, Lane, Sanderson, Touhey, Herfert
Agenda material is available at www.westcovina.org
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MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBER/COMMISSIONER REPORTS
No reports for this meeting.
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 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 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 10/18/2011 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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