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CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 04, 2012, 7:00 PM
REGULAR JOINT MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor/Chairman Michael Touhey
Mayor Pro Tem%Vice Chairman Shelley Sanderson
Councilmember/Commissioner Steve Herfert
Councilmember/Commissioner Robert Sotelo
Councilmember/Commissioner Fredrick Sykes
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.org. 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 1.444 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
ulese uuaius, 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.
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 04, 2012
AGENDA
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 04, 2012, 7:00 PM
REGULAR JOINT MEETING
INVOCATION
Reverend Alexandra Conrads
St. Martha's Episcopal Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
Certificate of Recognition
Flowers by Robert.Taylor
17th Annual Good Neighbor Day
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Five (5) minutes per speaker
Please. stegforward to the podium and state your name and city of residence for the record when recognized by the,
Mayor.
CONSENT CALENDAR
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 City Council Meeting Minutes of June 41, 2012
Special City Council Meeting Minutes of June 14, 2012
COMMISSION SUMMARY OF ACTIONS (receive & file)
2) Planning Commission - August 28, 2012
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Tuesday September 04, 2012
TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES (accept & file)
3) Traffic Committee Minutes of August 21, 2012
It is recommended that the City Council accept and file the Minutes of the Traffic
Committee Meeting of August 21, 2012:
L Request.
Jean Foresta; West Covina Resident
That*No Parking.on Street Sweeping Days be implemented on Francisquito Avenue
from Indian Summer Avenue to Valinda Avenue every Monday of each month from
7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Traffic Committee Recommendation:
That No Parking on Street Sweeping Days be implemented on Francisquito Avenue
from Indian Summer Avenue to Valinda Avenue every Monday of each month from
7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
IL Request:
Olivia Sanidad, West Covina Resident
That No Parking on Street Sweeping Days be implemented on Frieda Street from
Flora Street to Gloria Street every Friday of each month from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Traffic Committee Recommendation:
That No Parking on Street Sweeping. Days be implemented on Frieda Street from
Flora Street to Gloria Street every Friday of each month from 7:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
III. Request:
Ruben Hauser; West Covina Resident
That stop signs be installed on the minor street approaches of the intersection of.
Broadmoor Avenue and Ituni Street.
Traffic Committee Recommendation:
That, stop signs be installed on the . minor street approaches of the intersection of
Broadmoor Avenue and Ituni Street. .
TREASURER'S REPORT (receive & file)
4) City Treasurer's Report for the Month of July 2012
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
5) Authorization to Apply for Funding Under California Department of Forestry and
Fire Protection Urban Forestry Grant Program
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, AUTHORIZING THE
APPLICATION FOR FUNDING FROM THE URBAN FORESTRY GRANT
PROGRAM ENTITLED, "HERITAGE PARK CITRUS GROVE", AS PROVIDED
THROUGH PROPOSITIONS 40 AND/OR 84
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
6) 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.
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Tuesday September 04, 2012
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION (CDC Action)
7) Appropriation of Housing Funds to Housing Related Programs
It is recommended that the Community Development Commission (CDC) make the
following appropriation of funds:
1. $129,635 to Account Number 820.22.2210.6XXX to fund the Housing Preservation
Loan Program.
2. $2,500 to Account Number 820.22.2210.6120 to fund Administrative Support for the
San Gabriel Valley Consortium on Homelessness.
3. $50,000 to Account Number 820.22.2210.6119 to fund the Housing Element
Update.
HUMAN RESOURCES
8) Approval of Class Specification and Salary Range for Community Enhancement
Coordinator
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution regarding the
proposed class specification for Community Enhancement Coordinator:
RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE CLASS
SPECIFICATION AND SALARY RANGE FOR COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT
COORDINATOR
9) Petition for Formal Recognition and Change of Representation of the General
Employee Bargaining Unit
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution to officially
recognize the General Employee Bargaining Unit pursuant to Sections 2-212 through 2-
217 of the West Covina Municipal Code:
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, OFFICIALLY RECOGNIZING THE
GENERAL EMPLOYEE BARGAINING UNIT
ACTION ON, CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by second by
to approve all items listed on the Consent Calendar as presented
except:
ROLL CALL: Herfert, Sanderson, Sotelo, Sykes, Touhey
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR
SEPARATE ACTION
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
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Tuesday September 04, 2012
DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
10) Appointment of Community and Senior Services Commissioner
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution appointing an
individual to the Community and Senior Services Commission to serve the remaining
three-year term that expires on March 31, 2013.
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING TO
THE WEST COVINA COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION,
Motion by second by _
adopt disapprove hold over
SUCCESSOR AGENCY
Recess the City Council meeting at p.m. to convene the Successor Agency
meeting.
SEE SEPARATE SUCCESSOR AGENCY AGENDA
Reconvene the City Council meeting at p.m.
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS
No reports.
AB1234 Conference and Meeting Report (verbal, if any)
(In accordance with AB 1234, Councilinembers shall make a brief report or file a written report on any .
meeting/evenilconference attended at City expense.)
CITY COUNCIL 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 roust 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.
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Next Tentative City Council/CDC Meeting
Regular Meeting - CC 09/18/2012 7:00 PM
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Tuesday September 04, 2012
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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