05-18-2021 - Closed Meeting - Minutesx
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
MAY 18, 2021, 6:30 PM
REGULAR MEETING -CLOSED SESSION
MANAGEMENT RESOURCE CENTER 3RD FLOOR
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Letty Lopez-Viado
Mayor Pro Tern Dario Castellanos
Councilwoman Rosario Diaz
Councilmember Brian Tabatabai
Councilman Tony Wu
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CALL TO ORDER
A Closed Session Meeting was called to order by Mayor Lopez-Viado on Tuesday, May 18, 2021
at 6:30 p.m., in the Management Resource Center Conference Room on the 31d Floor, 1444 West
Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California
ROLL CALL
Council Members
Present: Council Members Tony Wu, Brian Tabatabai, Rosario Diaz, Mayor Lopez-Viado.
Council Members
Absent: Mayor Pro Tern Castellanos
City Staff: David Carmany City Manager, Thomas P. Duarte City Attorney, Helen Tran Human
Resources Director, Robbeyn Bird Finance Director, Paulina Morales Acting Assistant
City Manager, Baron Bettenhausen Deputy City Attorney
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PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS ON THE AGENDA
None
CLOSED SESSION
1.CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL — EXISTING LITIGATION — Pursuant to Government
Code § 54956.9(d)(1)
1. Marc Taylor v. City of West Covina (LA Superior Court, Case No. 20STCV23682)
2. Larry Whithorn v. City of West Covina (LA Superior Court, Case No. 20STCV08916)
2.CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.9(d)(4)
Initiation of Litigation: Number of Cases: One (1)
&CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54956.8
Property: 700 & 750 Pads APN#8735-001-010, 8735-001-011, 8735-001-012, 8735-001-013,
8735-001-014, AND 8735-001-015
Agency Negotiator: Carmany, Morales, Duarte
Negotiating Parties: M&A Gabaee
Under Negotiation: Term of Purchase & Sale Agreement
4.CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54957.6
City Negotiators: Carmany, Duarte
Employee Organizations
• Confidential Employees
• Maintenance & Craft Employees
• Non -Sworn
• W.C. Police Officers' Association
• W.C. Firefighters' Management Assoc.
• W.C. Firefighers' Association, I.A.F.F., Local 3226
• General Employees
• W.C. Police Management Association
Unrepresented Employee Group
• Department Heads
REPORTING OUT
City Attorney reported regarding Item #4, on a vote of 4-0 (Absent:Castellanos) Council
authorized the City Manager to negotiate and execute PSA (purchase and sale agreement) for
730 pad: APN: 8735-001-933 &934.
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ADJOURNMENT
A motion to adjourn the Closed Session Meeting was made by Mayor Lopez-Viado, and the
meeting was adjourned at 7:OOp.m. The next regularly scheduled Closed Session City Council
Meeting will be held on Tuesday June 1, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. in the Management Resource Center
Conference Room, 31d Floor, 1444 West Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, California.
Submitted by:
Lisa Sh r ick
Assists City Clerk
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Mayor
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