10-03-2017 - RegularCITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY OCTOBER 03, 2017, 6:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING - CLOSED SESSION
CITY MANAGERS CONFERENCE ROOM
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Corey Warshaw
Mayor Pro Tern Mike Spence
Councilman Lloyd Johnson
Councilmember James Toma
Councilman Tony Wu
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W. Garvey Avenue South, West Covina. The City complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If
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AGENDA
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
I CERTIFY THAT A COPY OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR
THE MEETING OF io I 3 /,7 WAS POSTED IN
ACCORDAOCE ATH THE 01187 BROWN ACT AMENDMENT
OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK
Tuesday October 03, 2017
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code 54956.9(d)(1)
Freeman, et al. vs. City of West Covina (U.S. District Court Case No. 2: 17-cv-03738)
Jackson, et al. vs. City of West Covina (U.S. District Court Case No. CV-8963-MWF-MRW)
Sanchez v. West Covina, Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC634674
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6
City Negotiators: Freeland, Macias, Hall Barlow
Employee Organizations
- Confidential Employees - General Employees
- Maintenance & Crafts Employees - Mid-Management Employees
- W.C. Police Officers' Association - W.C. Police Management Association
- W.C. Firefighters' Management Assoc.
- W.C. Firefighters' Association, I.A.F.F., Local 3226
Unrepresented Employee Group
- Department Heads
ADJOURNMENT
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CERTIFY NAT A COPY OF THE COUNCIL AGENDA FOR
THE MEETING OF1 0 13 /1 7 WAS POSTED IN
ACCORDANCE WI THE 01/87 BROWN ACT AMENDMENT
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/WEST COVINA
COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION
TUESDAY OCTOBER 03, 2017, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Corey Warshaw
Mayor Pro Tern Mike Spence
Councilman Lloyd Johnson
Councilmember James Toma
Councilman Tony Wu
Please turn offal! cell phones and other electronic devices prior to entering the Council Chambers
AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
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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
Agenda material is available for review at the City Clerk's Office, Room 317 in City Hall, 1444 W. Garvey Avenue
South, 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 South, 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
boards, as necessary.
Tuesday October 03, 2017
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.
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.
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Tuesday October 03, 2017
AGENDA
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/WEST COVINA
COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION
TUESDAY OCTOBER 03, 2017, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
INVOCATION
Led by Pastor Samuel Martinez from Christian Faith Center
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Councilman Lloyd Johnson
ROLL CALL
REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
Presentation by the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) on the Homeless
Count
Proclamation proclaiming October 8-14, 2017 as National Fire Prevention Week
Proclamation proclaiming International Walk to School Day
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.
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Tuesday October 03, 2017
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 he 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) June 20, 2017 Regular City Council Closed Session Meeting Minutes
June 20, 2017 Regular City Council/Successor Agency Meeting Minutes
CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY
2) Government Tort Claim Denials
It is recommended that the City Council deny the following Government Tort Claim and
the claimant be notified:
Raymond Swearingen v. The City of West Covina
INVESTMENT REPORT (receive & file)
3) City Investment Report for the Month Ended August 31, 2017
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file the Investment Report for the
month ended August 31, 2017.
4) Successor Agency Investment Report for the Month Ended August 31, 2017
It is recommended that the Chair and Board Members of the Successor Agency to the
former West Covina Redevelopment Agency, receive and file the Investment Report for
the month ended August 31, 2017.
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
5) Data Network Upgrade
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager, subject to City
Attorney approval, to execute a professional services agreement with VectorUSA of
Rancho Cucamonga, California in the amount not to exceed $183,029.81 for the
replacement of existing data network infrastructure.
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Tuesday October 03, 2017
HUMAN RESOURCES
6) Approval of Job Title Change for Community Enhancement Officer Position
Classification Specification
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-98 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE CLASSIFICATION
SPECIFICATION FOR CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER AND AMENDING THE
FULL-TIME EMPLOYEE SALARY SCHEDULE TO REFLECT THE TITLE
CHANGE FROM COMMUNITY ENHANCEMENT OFFICER TO CODE
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
7) General Plan Annual Report for 2016
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file the report.
PUBLIC WORKS
8) Grant of Easement for Utility Purposes in Favor of Southern California Edison
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2017-95 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY
CLERK TO EXECUTE A GRANT OF EASEMENT IN FAVOR OF SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA EDISON
9) Acceptance of Palm View Park Soccer Field Improvements (Project No. PP-16008)
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1) Accept the soccer field improvements for Project No. PP-16008; and
2) Authorize the recordation of Notice of Completion with the Los Angeles County
Recorder; and
3) Authorize the release of retention funds 35 days after recordation of the Notice of
Completion.
ACTION ON CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by second by
to approve all items listed on the Consent Calendar as presented
except:
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ROLL CALL: Johnson, Spence, Torna, Wu, Warshaw
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS
COMMUNITY SERVICES DEPARTMENT
10) West Covina Community Services Foundation Fiscal Year 2016-17 Annual Report
It is recommended that the City Council provide staff direction regarding current balances
in the West Covina Community Services Foundation.
Motion by
to
second by
AB1234 Conference and Meeting Report (verbal, if any)
(In accordance with AB 1234, Cozincilmembers shall make a brief report or file a written report on any
meeting/event/conference 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 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.)
COUNCILMAN TONY WU
11) Request from Councilman Tony Wu for City Council to Discuss Establishing a Sister
City Relationship with Beijing City Fengtai District, China
It is recommended that the City Council discuss establishing a sister-city relationship with
Beijing City Fengtai District, China and provide direction accordingly.
Motion by
to
second by
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
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Next Tentative City Council Meeting
Closed Session 10/17/2017 6:00 PM
RULES OF DECORUM
The following are excerpts frotn 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 shall preserve order and decorum, and a member shall neither,
by conversation or otherwise, delay or disrupt the proceedings or the peace of the council nor interrupt any
member while speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the council or its presiding officer, except as
otherwise herein provided.
(b) Members of the public shall not willfully disrupt the meeting or act in a manner that actually impairs the
orderly conduct of the meeting. For the purposes of this code, "willfully disrupt" includes, but is not limited
to, continuing to do any of the following after being warned by the Mayor that continuing to do so will be a
violation of the law:
a. Addressing the Mayor and City Council without first being recognized.
b. Persisting in addressing a subject or subjects, other than that before the Mayor and City Council.
c. Repetitiously addressing the same subject.
d. Failing to relinquish the podium when directed to do so.
e. From the audience, interrupting or attempting to interrupt, a speaker, the Mayor, a council
member, or a staff member or shouting or attempting to shout over a speaker, the Mayor, a
council member or a staff member.
f. As a speaker, interrupting or attempting to interrupt the Mayor, a council member, or a staff
member, or shouting over or attempting to shout over the Mayor, a council member, or a staff
member. Nothing in this section or any rules of the council shall be construed to prohibit public
criticism of the policies, procedures, programs, or services of the City or of the acts or omissions
of the City Council. It shall be unlawful to violate the provisions of this Section.
If any subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase or word of this Section 2-50 is for any reason held to be invalid or
unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Section. The City
Council hereby declares that it would have passed this section and each subsection, sentence, clause and phrase
thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or words had been
declared invalid or unconstitutional.
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.
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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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