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11-01-2011 - Regular;c CERTIFY THAT A COPY OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR MEETING OF it / et fit WAS POSTED IN C ORDANCE WITH THE 01187 BROWN ACT AMENDMENT CITY OF WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TUESDAY NOVEMBER 01, 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 o all cell hones and other electronic devices prior to entering the Council Chambers .%% P P g AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT The City complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If you will need special assistance at Council P 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 1i 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.orz 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 aeencies on which the Citv Council serves as members. Agendas may contain'iitems for these 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 speakers addressing agenda items have not concluded. j Any testimony or comments regarding a matter set fora Public Hearing will be heard during the hearing. ;I, KULZa Ur UEGUKUw[ 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 November 01, 2011 AGENDA CITY OF WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TUESDAY NOVEMBER 01, 20119 7:00 PM REGULAR JOINT MEETING INVOCATION Reverend Alexandra Conrads St. Martha's Episcopal 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 11 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 disc11 ussion or action. APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES (receive & file) 1) Regular Joint Council/CDC/PFA Meeting Minutes of October 18, 2011 CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY 2) Government Tort Claim Denials (deny & notify claimant) It is recommended that the City Council deny the following Government Tort Ip Claims and the claimants and/or their respective attorneys be so notified. Shamsher Khaira vs. City of West Covina Alfonso Mirazo vs. City of West Covina Marcus Hernandez vs. City of West Covina Gonzalo A. Egas vs. City of West Covina h 2 Agenda material is available at www.westcovina.org Tuesday November 01, 2011 ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION 3) Zone Change No. 11-02 Location: 301 S. Glendora Avenue This ordinance was introduced at the Joint City Council/CDC Meeting of October 18, 2011. The purpose of the ordinance is to change the zone designation "Regional Commercial" (RC) to "Specific Plan No. 24" (Lakes District Specific Plan) along Glendora Avenue for the development of a mixed -use project consisting :Iof 412 residential condominium units and 20,000 square feet of commercial floor area. The ordinance will become effective 30 days after its adoption on December 1, 2011. 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, APPROVING ZONE CHANGE NO. 11-02 TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES (accept & file) 4) Meeting of October 18, 2011 - (accept & file) It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions: a. Receive and file the following Minutes of the Traffic Committee meeting held on October 18, 2011: I Request City Initiated Install Exclusive right -turn lanes on northbound Azusa Avenue at Avenue and Rowland Avenue Staff Recommendation: That exclusive right -turn only lanes be installed on northbound Azusa Avenue at Workman Avenue and Rowland Avenue and install the necessary red curbs adjacent to the proposed right -turn only lanes. II. Request Arthur Renya, West Covina Resident That no parking on street sweeping days be implemented on Michelle Street from p g P g Y California Avenue to Sandy Hook Street every Monday of each month from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Staff Recommendation: That no parking on street sweeping days be implemented on Michelle Street from California Avenue to Sandy Hook Street every Monday of each month from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. III. Request City Initiated That speed limit for Cherrywood Street from Garvey Avenue South to Norma Avenue be reduced from 35 miles -per -hour to 30 miles -per -hour and speed limit for Calvados Avenue from Garvey Avenue South to Norma Avenue be reduced from 35 miles -per -hour to 25 miles -per -hour. i Staff Recommendation: That an ordinance be introduced amending Section 22-131 of the West iCovina Municipal Code relating to the reduction of the posted speed limits on the following street segments: 1. Cherrywood Street from Garvey Avenue South to Norma Avenue from 35 miles -per -hour to 30 miles -per -hour. 3 Agenda material is available at www.weskovina.org Tuesday November 01, 2011 2. Calvados Avenue from Garvey Avenue South to Norma Avenue from 35 miles -per -hour to 25 miles -per -hour. IV Request Cyril Hinds, West Covina Resident Dr' restricted 't only I That parking adjacent to 1709 Varilla Drive be restr d to perms y Staff Recommendation: That parking adjacent t 1709 Varilla Drive be restricted to permit only parking. b. Introduce the following ordinance to reduce the speed limit on a portion of Cherrywood Street from Garvey Avenue South to Norma Avenue from 35 miles -per - hour to 30 miles -per -hour and Calvados Avenue from Garvey Avenue South to Norma Avenue from 35 miles -per -hour to 25 miles -per -hour [refers to! Traffic Committee Item III]: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING SECTION 22-131 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO INCREASE OF STATE LAW MAXIMUM SPEEDS (CHERRYWOOD STREET AND CALVADOS AVENUE) TREASURER'S REPORT (receive & file) 5) City Treasurer's Report for the Month of September 2011 6) CDC Treasurer's Report for the Month of September 2011 CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE - Miscellaneous 7) Letter of Support for West Covina to Host Special Olympics World Summ in 2015 Games It is recommended that the City Council send a letter to the Special Olympics International Board of Directors encouraging the use of Big League Dreams -West) Covina as a location to host the 2015 Special Olympics World Summer Games. 8) Taylor House Lease Extension It is recommended that the City Council authorize the Mayor to execute an amendment to the Taylor House lease agreement between the City of West Covina and the WestCovina Rose Float Foundation (WCRFF) for an additional seven (7) years. POLICE DEPARTMENT - Miscellaneous 9) Private Grant from Target for Financial Crimes Supplies It is recommended that the City Council appropriate the Target grant ($2,000) into account 221.31.3110.6220. PUBLIC WORKS - Miscellaneous 10) Purchase of Pickup Truck It is recommended that the City Council authorize the purchase of a pickup truck from the lowest responsible bidder Villa Ford for a total cost of $20,322.22 including sales Jtax and options. 4 Agenda material is available at www.westcovina.org Tuesday November 01, 2011 11) Vehicle and Equipment Surplus It is recommended that the City Council authorize the sale of the surplus vehicles and 11 equipment listed in the staff report using a public auction company, US Auctions, in accordance with Section 2-316 of the West Covina Municipal Code. 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 DISCUSSI( SEPARATE ACTION END OF CONSENT CALENDAR 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 meeting/event/conference attended at City expense.) CITY COUNCIL/COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REVUES REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION (Per City of West Covina Standing Rules 4.f - Requests for reports, studies, or investigations that are available must be placed on the City Council/Community Development Commission agenda as items of b 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 11/15/2011 7:00 PM on any ri readily ?ss and 5 Agenda material is available at www.westcovina.org Tuesday November 01, 2011 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. 6 Agenda material is available at www.westcovina.org