04-01-2014 - RegularCITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY APRIL 01, 2014, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Steve Herfert
Mayor Pro Tem Fredrick Sykes
Councilmember Mike Spence
Councilmember James Toma
Councilmember Corey Warshaw
Please turn off all cell phones and other electronic devices prior to entering the Council Chambers
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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.wesicovina.ot . 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 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.
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Tuesday April 01, 2014
AGENDA
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY APRIL 01, 2014, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
INVOCATION
Pastor Mason Okubo
Immanuel First Lutheran Church
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
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/C01771771117ity
Development Commission request specific items to be removed f om the Consent Calendar for separate discussion or
action.
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES (receive & file)
1) Special City Council Meeting Minutes of March 03, 2014
Adjourned Special City Council Meeting Minutes of March 04, 2014
Special City Council Meeting Minutes of March 04, 2014
COMMISSION SUMMARY OF ACTIONS (receive & file)
2) Planning Commission - March 11, 2014 and March 25, 2014
3) Community and Senior Services Commission - January 14, 2014
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Tuesday April 01, 2014
AWARD OF BID
4) Award of Bid for the Repair of the City Hall West Elevator
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Accept the lowest responsive bid from Amtech Elevator Services in the amount of
$54,010 as submitted on March 6, 2014, and authorize the Public Works
Director/City Engineer and City Clerk to execute the contract to repair the west
elevator at City Hall_
2. Establish expenditure Account 161.83.8434.7900 for Project No. BP-14303.
TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES (accept & file)
5) Traffic Committee Meeting Minutes of March 18, 2014
It is recommended that the City Council accept and file the Minutes of the Traffic
Committee meeting held on March 18, 2014, for Item No. 1 only and hold over the
minutes for Item No. II at the request of the resident and bring it back at a future City
Council meeting.
L. Request:
Lola Finley, West Covina Resident
That parking on Brookfield Place from Woodgate Drive to 2720 Brookfield Place be
restricted to permit only parking every day, Sunday through Saturday.
Traffic Committee Recommendation:
That parking on Brookfield Place from Woodgate Drive to 2720 Brookfield Place be
restricted to permit only parking every day, Sunday through Saturday.
IL Request:
Lola Finley, West Covina Resident
That speeds be reviewed on Woodgate Drive and Stop signs be installed at the
intersections' of Woodgate Drive at Courtnay Circle and Woodgate Drive at
Brookfield Place.
Traffic Committee Recommendations:
That staff continue to monitor the traffic conditions on Woodgate Drive.
That Playground (W 15-1) and Ahead (W 16-9P) signs be installed in advance of
Gingrich Park on the east and westbound approaches of Woodgate Drive.
That a right -edged stripe be installed along Woodgate Drive adjacent to Gingrich
Park.
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
6) Waiver of Fees for West Covina Rotary Club "Strut Your Mutt Dog Show"
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to waive the park
rental, temporary use permit, and fire permit fees for the event.
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Tuesday April 01, 2014
7) Waiver of Fees for West Covina American Legion Post 790 Annual Family Spring
Picnic
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to waive the picnic
shelter rental fee for the event.
ACTION ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by second by
to approve all items listed on the Consent Calendar as presented
except:
ROLL CALL: Spence, Sykes, Toma, Warshaw, Herfert
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
8) ,- Host Town for the 2015 Special Olympics World Games
It is recommended that the City Council provide direction to City staff.
Motion by second by
to
FIRE DEPARTMENT
9) Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response (SAFER) Grant
It is recommended that the City Council consider the acceptance of the 2013 SAFER
grant.
Motion by second by
approve disapprove hold over
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS
No 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 anv
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/Community Development Commission.)
MAYOR PRO TEM FREDRICK SYKES
10) Request from Mayor Pro Tem Fred Sykes Requesting the City Council to Instruct
City Staff to Prepare a Report to Restrict Private Tour Buses from Loading and
Unloading on City Streets
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly.
Motion by second by
to
11) Request from Mayor Pro Tem Fredrick Sykes Requesting City Council's
Consideration to Instruct City Staff to Prepare a Report Examining Opportunities to
Hire Part -Time Code Enforcement Officers
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly.
Motion by second by
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12) Request from Mayor Pro Tem Fredrick Sykes for City Council's Consideration to
Instruct City Staff to Determine the Costs to Develop a Mobile Phone Application
for Residents to have access to City Services
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff accordingly.
Motion by second by
to
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Next Tentative City Council Meeting
Regular Meeting - CC 04/15/2014 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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