02-19-2013 - RegularCITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2013, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
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Councilmember Robert Sotelo
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Please turn off all cell phones and other electronic devices prior to entering the Council Chambers
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AGENDA MA TERIAL
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 1444 W. Garvey Avenue, West Covina, during normal business hours.
NOTICE
The City Council will regularly convene on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The West Covina Community
Development Commission, 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
as
. PUBLIC COMMENTS
ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL
(Per WCMC 2-48, Ordinance No. 2150)
Any person wishing to address the City Council 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.
Please identify on. the speaker card whetter 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 agenda.
Tuesday February 19, 2013
AGENDA
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 19, 2013, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
INVOCATION
Pastor Kelly Dupee
Faith Community Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
OATH OF OFFICE
Councilmember Andrew McIntyre
ROLL CALL
REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
-CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
Police Department Chaplain
Pastor Kelly Dupee
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
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 froin the Consent Calendar for separate discussion or
action.
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES (receive & file)
1) Special City Council Meeting Minutes of November 7, 2012
Special City Council Meeting Minutes of November 14, 2012
Special City Council Meeting Minutes of November 20, 2012
Regular City Council Meeting Minutes of November 20, 2012
COMMISSION SUMMARY OF ACTIONS (receive & file)
2) Planning Commission - February 12, 2013
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CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY
3) 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 J. Walsh III vs. City of West Covina (Claim One)
• Raymond J. Walsh III vs. City of West Covina (Claim Two)
• Mercury Insurance/Gabriel Flores vs. City of West Covina
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
4) Appointment of City Commissioners
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the appropriate resolutions reappointing
the current Commissioners to the various City Commissions as follows:
Community and Senior Services Commission (Three Year Term) - Ten Commissioners:
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING INDIVIDUALS TO
THE WEST COVINA COMMUNITY AND SENIOR SERVICES COMMISSION
Human Resources Commission (Three Year Term) - Five Commissioners:
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING INDIVIDUALS TO
THE WEST COVINA HUMAN RESOURCES COMMISSION
Planning Commission (Three Year Term) - Five Commissioners:
RESOLUTION NO. - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING INDIVIDUALS TO
THE WEST COVINA PLANNING COMMISSION
5) City Council Chambers Video System Upgrade
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve City staffs Council Chambers video system upgrades as presented; and
2. Appropriate $75,000 from the Public, Education, and Govermment (PEG) Fund
balance into the various PEG expenditure accounts to fund the upgrades.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
6) Fiscal Year 2012-1.3 Mid -Year Budget Update
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Receive and file this report.
2. Appropriate $30,000 of Construction Tax funds to re -roof the City Council
chambers.
3. Reallocate an appropriation of $15,000 of Park Dedication Fee Funds to recondition
the Cameron Center gym floor and multi -purpose room floor.
4. Appropriate $1,000 of Community Development Block Grant Funds for the Youth
Assistance Program.
5. Appropriate $20,000 from the General Fund reserve to fund economic development
activities.
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7) Comprehensive Annual Financial Report for the Year Ended June 30, 2012
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report.
ACTION ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by second by
to approve all items listed on the Consent Calendar as presented
except:
ROLL CALL: Herfert, McIntyre, Sotelo, Sykes, Sanderson
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR FOR DISCUSSION OR
SEPARATE ACTION
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS
COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT SOTELO
8) Procedures for Establishing City Council Initiated Term Limits
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report or direct staff
accordingly.
Motion by second by
to
COUNCILMEMBER FREDRICK SYKES
9) Consideration of a Rental Housing Inspection and Regulatory Program
It is recommended that the City Council provide staff direction on this matter.
Motion by second by
to
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.)
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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 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/Conununity Development Commission)
MAYOR SHELLEY SANDERSON
10) Request from Mayor Shelley Sanderson Requesting the City Council to Instruct City
Staff to Prepare a Report on the Adoption of a City-wide School Violence Training
and Intervention Program
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly.
Motion by second by
to
COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT SOTELO
11) Request from Councilmember Robert Sotelo Requesting the City Council to Instruct
City Staff to Prepare a Study Identifying the Needs of the Fire Department to
Replace and/or Maintain their Existing Fire Vehicles
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff and the City Attorney's Office
accordingly.
Motion by second by
to
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Next Tentative City Council Meeting
Regular Meeting - CC 03/05/2013 7:00 PM
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RULES OF DECORUM
The.following are a cerpts front 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 front 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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