03-20-2018 - RegularCITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY MARCH 20, 2018, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Mike Spence
Mayor Pro Tern Lloyd Johnson
Councilmember James Tama
Councilmember Corey Warshaw
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
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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
South, West Covina and at www.westcovina.ork. 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.
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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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AGENDA
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL
TUESDAY MARCH 20, 2018, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
INVOCATION
Led by Reverend Tracey C. Johnson from Murph-Chapel St. Paul A.M.E. Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Mayor Pro Tern Lloyd Johnson
ROLL CALL
REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
Introduction of West Covina Police Officer George Ledesma
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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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)
I) March 6, 2018 Regular City Council Closed Session Meeting Minutes
March 6, 2018 Regular City Council/Successor Agency Meeting Minutes
CITY CLERK'S OFFICE
2) Update of the City of West Covina's Records Retention Schedule
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-22 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A REVISED RECORDS
RETENTION SCHEDULE AND RESCINDING THE PREVIOUS RECORDS
MANAGEMENT MANUAL AND RETENTION SCHEDULE DATED JULY 1, 2004
3) Destruction of Documents as Prescribed by Law
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-21 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE DESTRUCTION OF
CERTAIN DOCUMENTS AS PRESCRIBED BY LAW
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
4) Computer Network Firewall Replacement and Installation
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to
execute an agreement with Technology Integration Group (TIG), subject to City Attorney
approval, to purchase new and replacement computer network firewalls, including one
year of maintenance, for the City Hall Building Data Center, all Fire Stations, Community
Centers/Daycare locations and the Police Department Building for an amount not to
exceed $131,930.
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POLICE DEPARTMENT
5) Reducing Crime and Keeping California Safe Act of 2018
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-23 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE REDUCING CRIME
AND KEEPING CALIFORNIA SAFE ACT OF 2018
PUBLIC WORKS
6) Acceptance of Public Improvements for Fire Station No. 4 Emergency Generator
Replacement (Project No. BP-17012)
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1) Accept the Fire Station No. 4 Emergency Generator Replacement improvements for
Project No. BP-17012; and
2) Authorize 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:
ROLL CALL: Toma, Warshaw, Wu, Johnson, Spence
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
HEARINGS
PUBLIC HEARINGS
7) Proposed Amendments to the Community Development Block Grant (CDSG) Fiscal
Year (FY) 2017-2018 Action Plan
a) Verification
b) Open hearing
c) Staff report
d) Open testimony
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e) Council discussion '
f) Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1) Approve the proposed amendments to the CDBG FY 2017-2018 Action Plan as
detailed in Table 1; and
2) Establish CIP Project #18038 for Street Rehabilitation and appropriate expenditures in
the amount of $425,000 to the CDBG Fund (Account #18038.131.7200).
Motion by
to
second by
8) Authorization to Draft the Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-2019 Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) Action Plan
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff to develop a draft FY 2018-19 CDBG
Action Plan, based on the needs and priorities identified in the 2015-2020 Consolidated
Plan, as amended (Table 1 of the report).
Motion by
to
second by
DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
9) Consideration to Apply for the 2017 Staffing for Adequate Fire & Emergency
Response (SAFER) Grant
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file the informational report.
Motion by
to
second by
FINANCE DEPARTMENT
10) Amendment of Chapter 2, Article VII (Purchasing and Sales) of the Municipal Code
It is recommended that the City Council introduce, waive further and give first reading to
the following ordinance:
ORDINANCE NO. 2337 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, TO AMEND CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE VII OF
THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PURCHASES AND
SALES
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Motion by second by
introduce disapprove hold over
ROLL CALL: Torna, Warshaw, Wu, Johnson, Spence
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Next Tentative City Council Meeting
Closed Session 04/03/2018 6:00 PM
RULES OF DECORUM
The following are excerpts from the West Covina Municipal Code:
See. 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
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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.
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
(S1,000), 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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CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
TUESDAY MARCH 20, 2018, 5:30 PM
REGULAR MEETING - CLOSED SESSION
CITY MANAGERS CONFERENCE ROOM
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Mike Spence
Mayor Pro Tern Lloyd Johnson
Councilmember James Toma
Councilmember Corey Warshaw
Councilman Tony Wu
Agenda material is available for review before the meeting at the City Clerk's Office, Room 317 at City Hall, 1444
W. Garvey Avenue South, West Covina. The City complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). If
you will need special assistance at this meeting, the City will try to accommodate you in every reasonable manner.
Please call (626) 939-8433 (voice) or (626) 960-4422 (TTY) from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through
Thursday at least 48 hours prior to the meeting. For sign language interpreter services at Council meetings, please
call at least four working days prior to the meeting.
AGENDA
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
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CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8
Property: APN's: 8474-003-915, 8474-003-918, 8474-003-940, 8474-007-928,
8474-007-931, 8474-007-932, 8474-007-933, 8474-007-934,
8474-007-935, 8474-007-939, 8474-007-940
Agency Negotiator: Freeland, Bresciani, Morales, Hall Barlow
Negotiating Parties: Starwood Retail Partners LLC
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6
City Negotiators: Freeland, Macias, Bresciani, Hall Barlow
Employee Organizations
- Confidential Employees - General Employees
- Maintenance & Crafts Employees - Mid-Management Employees
- Non-Sworn - W.C. Police Management Association
- W.C. Police Officers' Association
- W.C. Firefighters' Management Assoc.
- W.C. Firefighters' Association, I.A.F.F., Local 3226
Unrepresented Employee Group
- Department Heads
CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8
Property: APN's: 8735-002-906, 8735-002-909, 8735-002-910, 8735-002-018
Agency Negotiator: Freeland, Bresciani, Morales, Hall Barlow
Negotiating Parties: Singpoli, LLC
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
ADJOURNMENT
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