10-15-2019 - 10/15/2019 Regular Session AgendaCITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION
OCTOBER 15, 2019, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790
Mayor Lloyd Johnson
Mayor Pro Tent Tony Wu
Councilman Dario Castellanos
Councilwoman Letty Lopez-Viado
Councilmember Jessica C. Shewmaker
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AGENDA MATERIAL
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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.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL
(Per WCMC 248, 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
wiB 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 OFDECORUM
Excerpts from the West Covina Municipal Code and Penal Code pertaining to the Rules of Decorum will be found at the end of agenda.
AGENDA
CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY/COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION
TUESDAY OCTOBER 15, 2019, 7:00 PM
77- REGULAR MEETING
INVOCATION
Led by Pastor Jillian Lutes
West Covina Hills Seventh-Day Adventist Church
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Girl Scout Junior Troop 1994 Members Avery Alvarez, Jordyn Le, Sophia Guerrero and Xitali Esparza
ROLL CALL
REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION
PRESENTATIONS
Oath of Office / New Fire Chief, Vince Capelle
Breast Cancer Awareness Month Proclamation
100 Years of Women Voting Proclamation
Planning Month Proclamation
PD Dispatchers Certificate of Recognition for Dispatch Supervisor Mary Rodriguez, Senior Operator Nicole
Santoyo and Dispatcher Juanita Franco
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/Community Development Commission request specific items to be
removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion or action.
APPROVAL OF MEETING MINUTES
1) OCTOBER 1, 2019 CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY CLOSED SESSION SPECIAL
MEETING MINUTES
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file the October 1, 2019 Closed Session Special
Meeting Minutes
CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
2) CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATIVE POSITION REGARDING SENATE BILL 732
TRANSACTIONS AND USE TAX: SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT
DISTRICT (ALLEN)- MAYOR LLOYD JOHNSON
It is recommended that the City Council direct staff to communicate position of opposition to the City's
legislative representatives
3) CONSIDERATION OF PROPOSED APPOINTMENT OF ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER
It is recommended that the City Council approve the City Manager's proposed appointment of Mark
Persico to the position of Assistant City Manager.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
4) APPEAL OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION'S APPROVAL OF
ADMINISTRATIVE USE PERMIT (AUP) NOS. 19-25, 19-26, 19-27, 19,28, AND 19-29 FOR
THE REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING LIGHT POLES AND THE
INSTALLATION OF SMALL WIRELESS FACILITIES (SWF) ALSO KNOWN AS SMALL
CELL SITES, CONSISTING OF SHROUDED ANTENNAS ON TOP OF LIGHT POLES AND
UNDERGROUND EQUIPMENT IN THE PUBLIC RIGHT-OF-WAY NEAR/IN FRONT OF
THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES: 1631 E. NANETTE AVENUE, SCE POLE # 4279155E
(AUP NO. 19-25); 2539 TEMPLE AVENUE, SCE POLE # 1918455E (AUP NO. 19-26); 1689
NATALIE AVENUE, SCE POLE # 2079805E (AUP NO. 19-27); 2634 TEMPLE AVENUE,
SCE POLE # 1918457E (AUP NO. 19-28); 1722 NATALIE AVENUE, SCE POLE # 2271977E
(AUP NO. 19-29)
Based on City Council direction at the October 1, 2019, City Council meeting, the following resolutions
has been prepared for adoption:
RESOLUTION NO.2019-65 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE APPEAL, OVERTURNING THE
DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND DENYING ADMINISTRATIVE
USE PERMIT NO. 19-25
RESOLUTION NO.2019-66 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE APPEAL, OVERTURNING THE
DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND DENYING ADMINISTRATIVE
USE PERMIT NO. 19-26
RESOLUTION NO.2019-67 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE APPEAL, OVERTURNING THE
DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND DENYING ADMINISTRATIVE
USE PERMIT NO. 19-27
RESOLUTION NO.2019-68 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE APPEAL, OVERTURNING THE
DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND DENYING ADMINISTRATIVE
USE PERMIT NO. 19-28
RESOLUTION NO.2019-69 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE APPEAL, OVERTURNING THE
DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION AND DENYING ADMINISTRATIVE
USE PERMIT NO. 19-29
FIRE DEPARTMENT
5) CONSIDERATION OF AMENDMENT TO THE JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY AGREEMENT
FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT AREA D
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the following resolution:
RESOLUTION NO.2019-64 — A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE REVISED JOINT POWERS
AGREEMENT TO PROVIDE FOR INTER -AGENCY COOPERATION IN MAJOR
NATURAL OR MAN-MADE DISASTER
HUMAN RESOURCES
6) CONSIDERATION OF POLICE OFFICERS' ASSOCIATION MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING
It is recommended that the City Council approve the Police Officers' Association Side Letter of the
Memorandum of Understanding from Fiscal Year 2017-2021.
7) CONSIDERATION OF REVISION TO CLASS SPECIFICATION — CODE ENFORCEMENT
MANAGER
It is recommended that the City Council approve the revised class specification for the Code Enforcement
Manager.
8) CONSIDERATION OF IMPASSE AND IMPOSING TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF PRIOR
MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH NON -SWORN BARGAINING UNIT FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2017-18
It is recommended that the City Council declare impasse and impose the status quo to the terms and
conditions of employment on employees represented by the West Covina Non -Sworn Safety Support
Employees' Association for the period of July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018.
POLICE DEPARTMENT
9) CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE
GRANT
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Accept the 2019 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) from the U.S. Department of Justice for police
supplies; and
2. Adopt the attached resolution authorizing the necessary budget amendments:
RESOLUTION NO.2019-79 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2019, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2020 (2019 BJA
JAG GRANT)
10) CONSIDERATION OF ACCEPTANCE OF GRANT FROM THE CALIFORNIA BOARD OF
STATE AND COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS (BSCC) FOR MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING
FOR JAILERS
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Accept the grant from the California Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) for
mental health training for Jailers (#BSCC 1152-18-MH) and authorize the City Manager or
designee to negotiate and execute all grant related documents; and
2. Adopt the attached resolution authorizing the necessary budget amendments:
RESOLUTION NO.2019-80 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2019, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2020 (BSCC
GRANT FOR JAILER MENTAL HEALTH TRAINING)
11) CONSIDERATION OF EXPENDITURES OF FISCAL YEAR 2019-2020 SUPPLEMENTAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES ACCOUNT FUNDS
It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:
1. Appropriate expenditures from the Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020 Supplemental Law Enforcement
Services Account (SLESA) funds, totaling an estimated $163,853, for frontline law enforcement
items detailed in the attached budget amendment; and
2. Adopt the attached resolution authorizing the necessary budget amendment:
RESOLUTION NO. 2019-81- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE
FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2019, AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2020 (2019-2020
SLESA FUNDS)
PUBLIC SERVICES
12) WEST COVINA COMMUNITY SERVICES FOUNDATION FISCAL YEAR 2018-2019
ANNUAL REPORT
It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report.
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
HEARINGS
MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS
AB 1234 Conference and Meeting Report (verbal, if any)
(In accordance with AB 1234, Councilmembers 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/Successor Agency agenda as items of business and must be
approved by a majority of the City Council/Successor Agency Board.)
CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS
ADJOURNMENT
Next Tentative City Council Meeting
Regular Meeting November 5, 2019 7:00 PM
11 RULES OF DECORUM
The following are excerpts from the West Covina Municipal Code:
Sec. 248. Manner of addressing council; time limit; persons addressing may be swom.
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 dismpP' 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 roles 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 ($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.