08-02-2018 - SpecialCITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/
HOUSING AUTHORITY/PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY
THURSDAY AUGUST 02, 2018, 7:00 PM
SPECIAL MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Lloyd Johnson
Mayor Pro Tern Tony Wu
Councilman Mike Spence
Councilmember James Toma
Councilmember Corey Warshaw
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AGENDA 1W4TERL4L
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South, West Covina and at 'vim. ivestcovin a. 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.
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PUBLIC COMIVIENTS
ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL
(Per ITCMC 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/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/
HOUSING AUTHORITY/PUBLIC FINANCE AUTHORITY
THURSDAY AUGUST 02, 2018, 7:00 PM
SPECIAL MEETING
CALL TO ORDER
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
1) Code Amendment No. 18-03 Initiation to Study Parking Standards for the
Downtown Plan and Code
It is recommended that the City Council initiate Code Amendment No. 18-03 to study
parking standards for the Downtown Plan and Code, by adopting the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-103 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, INITIATING CODE AMENDMENT NO.
18-03 TO STUDY PARKING STANDARDS FOR THE DOWNTOWN PLAN AND
CODE
2) Extension of Azteca Landscape Contract for Landscape Maintenance of District
No.'s 1, 2 and 4, and Coastal Sage and Scrub Community Facility District
It is recommended that the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute a month-
to-month contract extension with Azteca Landscape for Maintenance District numbers 1,
2 and 4 and the Coastal Sage and Scrub Community Facilities District (CSS) effective
July 1, 2018 at the current monthly rate of $32,106.94 not to exceed six months.
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3) Acceptance of Public Improvements for Cameron Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation
Project (Federal Project No. STPL-5259 (028)/City Project No. SP-17003)
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1) Accept the Cameron Avenue Pavement Rehabilitation Project - Federal Project No.
STPL-5259 (028)/City Project No. SP-17003;
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: Spence, Toma, Warshaw, Wu, Johnson
DEPARTMENTAL MATTERS
4) Adoption of the City of West Covina Fiscal Year 2018-19 Annual Operating and
Capital Improvement Program Budget
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1) Approve the Fiscal Year 2018-19 Proposed Operating and Capital Improvement
Program Budget by adopting the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-104 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING THE OPERATING BUDGET
FOR THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, WEST COVINA PUBLIC FINANCE
AUTHORITY, WEST COVINA HOUSING AUTHORITY, THE SUCCESSOR
AGENCY TO THE FORMER WEST COVINA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND
TFIE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2018-19
2) Adopt the additional budget related recommendations presented by staff, as
summarized on Page 10 of the Staff Report
Motion by
adopt
second by
disapprove
hold over
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5) Annual Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2018-19
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-105 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, SETTING THE ANNUAL
APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2019
Motion by second by
adopt disapprove
hold over
6) Reconsideration to Implement the City's Last, Best and Final Offer to the West
Covina Firefighters Association
It is recommended that the City Council take the followineactions:
1) Determine whether to reconsider implementation of City's Last, Best and Final Offer;
and
2) Implement the City's Last, Best and Final Offer to the West Covina Firefighters
Association by adoption of the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-106 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, IMPLEMENTING ITS LAST, BEST AND
FINAL OFFER REGARDING STAFFING FOR THE WEST COVINA FIRE
DEPARTMENT PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 3505.4,3505.5
AND 3505.7
Motion by
adopt
second by
disapprove
hold over
Public Safety Special Tax Measure for the November 2018 Ballot
It is recommended that the City Council provide direction on the placement of a special
tax on the November 2018 ballot.
Motion by second by
to
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8) Argument in Favor of Ballot Measures on Changing the Office of the City Treasurer
and the Office of the City Clerk from Elected Positions to have them Appointed by
the City Manager and Potential Rebuttal Arguments
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1) Consider and discuss a proposed argument in favor of the Ballot Measure to change the
position of the City Treasurer from an elected official to a position that would be
appointed by the City Manager based upon professional qualifications;
2) Consider and discuss preparation and submission of a rebuttal to any primary argument
against the Ballot Measure, to change the position of the City Treasurer from an elected
offiCial to a position that would be appointed by the City Manager based upon
professional qualifications, which may be timely submitted;
3) Consider and discuss a proposed argument in favor of the Ballot Measure to change the
position of the City Clerk from an elected official to a position that would be appointed by
the City Manager based upon professional qualifications; and
4) Consider and discuss preparation and submission of a rebuttal to any primary argument
against the Ballot Measure to change the position of the City Clerk from an elected official
to a position that would be appointed by the City Manager based upon professional
qualifications, which may be timely submitted.
Motion by second by
to
ADJOURNMENT
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.
(1:1) 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 couneilmeinber 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
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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.
e. 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 he 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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