CITY of Glendora AGENDA

 

 

CITY COUNCIL

SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

HOUSING AUTHORITY

 

REGULAR JOINT MEETING 7:00 PM

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

City Hall Council Chamber

116 E. Foothill Boulevard

 

color city seal

 

Joe Santoro

Judy M. Nelson

Karen K. Davis

Gene Murabito

Douglas F. Tessitor

 

Mayor/Chair

Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair

Council/Agency Member and Commissioner

Council/Agency Member and Commissioner

Council/Agency Member and Commissioner

 

 

PLEASE TURN OFF CELL PHONES AND PAGERS WHILE MEETING IS IN PROGRESS

PUBLIC COMMENT

 

The public is encouraged to address the City Council/Successor Agency /Housing Authority (HA) on any matter posted on the agenda or on any other matter within its jurisdiction.  If you wish to address the City Council/Successor Agency/Housing Authority you may do so during the PUBLIC COMMENT period noted on the agenda.  Each person is allowed three (3) minutes speaking time.

 

Pursuant to provisions of the Brown Act, no action may be taken on a matter unless it is listed on the agenda, or unless certain emergency or special circumstances exist.  The City Council/Successor Agency/Housing Authority may direct staff to investigate and/or schedule certain matters for consideration at a future meeting.

 

Americans with Disabilities Act

 

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office, (626) 914-8212 no later than 72 hours prior to the meeting.  (28 CFR 34.102.104 ADA TITLE II)

 

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of staff reports and supporting documentation pertaining to each item on this agenda are available for public viewing and inspection at City Hall, in the City Clerk’s office during regular business hours, Glendora Public Library and on the City’s website www.ci.glendora.ca.us. For further information, please contact the office of the City Clerk at (626) 914-8210, or via e-mail at ksessman@ci.glendora.ca.us.

 

Documents DISTRIBUTED FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA

 

Any writing that relates to an agenda item for an open session that is distributed within 72 hours of the meeting is available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s Office, 116 E. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.


AGENDA

REGULAR JOINT MEETING

of the

CITY of GLENDORA

CITY COUNCIL

SUCCESSOR AGENCY To the Community Redevelopment Agency

HOUSING AUTHORITY

Tuesday, October 08, 2013

City Hall Council Chamber, 116 E. Foothill Boulevard

 

 

7:00 PM REGULAR JOINT MEETING

 

 

Preliminary Business

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

ROLL CALL

 

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

Invocation by Reverend Thom Guthrie of the Church of the Brethren.

 

Pledge of Allegiance

 

SPECIAL ITEMS

 

Presentation of a Proclamation proclaiming October 2013 as "Crime Prevention Month."

 

Presentation of a Proclamation proclaiming October 2013 as "National Community Planning Month."

 

STUDENT REPORTS - NONE

 

PUBLIC COMMENT

 

Three (3) Minute speaking time limit

Public Comments cards are on the counter in the lobby.

Public comment shall conform to the protocol established in City Council Resolution No. 03-37, the highlights of which are listed below:  Any person may request to address the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority by submitting to the City Clerk a Speakers Request form asking to address the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority and stating the topic to be addressed.  Speakers Request forms shall be available at the Council Chambers throughout the meeting.

 

Under the agenda item “Public Comment”, the Mayor/Chair may recognize any person desiring to address the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority concerning any subsequent item calendared for action or discussion at that meeting or on any matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority.  Public comment may also be given when an item is scheduled for consideration.  Comments on Consent Calendar items should be made during the Public Comment Period.  The Public Comment Period is limited to 30 minutes.  Each speaker shall be limited to three minutes unless, upon motion, such time is extended by the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority.

 

Any person given permission to address the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority shall advance to the rostrum and state his/her name and the subject matter he/she wishes to discuss.  All remarks shall be addressed to the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority as a body and not to any member thereof.  No question shall be asked of a Council Member/Commissioner or a member of the staff, except through the presiding officer.

 

COUNCIL/AGENCY/COMMISSION REPORTS AND STATEMENTS

 

REORDERING OF AND ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS - NONE

 

Following the staff report, the applicant/appellant will be allowed ten minutes in which to make a presentation.  The public hearing will then be opened.  Testimony by proponents shall be limited to three minutes per speaker and to a total of 15 minutes.  Testimony by opponents shall be limited to three minutes per speaker and to a total of 15 minutes.  The Mayor/Chair may permit a five minute summation by a representative of proponents, followed by a five minute summation by a representative of opponents.  The public hearing will then be closed and no member of the public shall be allowed to speak further without consent of the Mayor/Chair.  Any person desiring to speak to a Public Hearing item shall make his/her presence known to the Mayor/Chair.  Speaker cards are available in the lobby.  Speakers are entitled to submit written or other graphic evidence.  All such evidence presented shall be retained by the City Clerk as part of the Clerk’s record.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  If you challenge the any of the proposed action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority at, or prior to, the public hearing.

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

Items on the Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion without individual discussion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority requests specific item(s) be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.  Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered after the regular items.  Anyone wishing to address a Consent Calendar item should do so during the Public Comment Period.

 

1.

City Council, Successor Agency to the former Community Redevelopment Agency, and Housing Authority Minutes. (CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY ACTION)

 

CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Approve the following minutes as presented:
a) September 24, 2013 Regular Joint meeting minutes.
b) September 26, 2013 Special Joint meeting minutes.

 

2.

Approval of Demands and Warrants Issued on September 20, 2013 and September 27, 2013. (CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY ACTION)

 

CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Approve the following demands and warrants as presented:
a) General Warrant Register dated 09/20/2013 in the amount of $274,941.78.
b) Payroll payments for the pay period ended 09/15/2013 in the amount of $596,716.08.
c) General Warrant Register dated 09/27/2013 in the amount of $639,137.39.
d) CALPERS Retirement for the pay period ended 09/15/2013 in the amount of $154,237.03.

 

3.

Approval of five (5) year Field Use Agreement between the City of Glendora and American Little League, for the use of the "Major Field" at George Manooshian Park. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Approve a (5) five year Field Use Agreement, with (3) three successive periods of (5) five years, between the City of Glendora and American Little League, for the use of the "Major Field" at George Manooshian Park. and 2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement.

 

4.

Cancellation of the Tuesday, December 24, 2013 City Council, Successor Agency to the former Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), and Housing Authority regularly-scheduled joint meeting. (CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Cancel the Tuesday, December 24, 2013 City Council, Successor Agency to the former Community Redevelopment Agency (CRA), and Housing Authority regularly-scheduled joint meeting.

 

5.

Purchase of Replacement Police Vehicles. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Per GMC 2.40.050 (4) Cooperative Agreements, authorize exemption from formal bidding procedures; and 2) Approve Purchase of Five 2013 Ford Police Interceptors from Wondries Fleet Group of Alhambra, for a total purchase cost of $157,054.

 

6.

Second Reading of an Ordinance Approving a Zone Change from MS to R-2/PD on Certain Property Located at 447 East Gladstone Street (Modified Project No. PLN12-0107). (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Waive full reading, read by title only, and adopt on second reading Ordinance 1973 entitled “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE ON CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 447 EAST GLADSTONE STREET (MODIFIED PROJECT NO. PLN12-0107).”

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS - NONE

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

7.

Agreement for Joint Powers Agency East San Gabriel Valley Regional Communications Network. (CITY ACTION)

 

Police to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Approve a Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement between the City of Glendora, City of Covina, City of Azusa, City of La Verne, City of Irwindale, and City of West Covina to establish a Joint Powers Agency to create the East San Gabriel Valley Regional Communications Network.

 

8.

Budget Amendment for 2013 State Homeland Security Grant Program Funds. (CITY ACTION)

 

Police to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Accept $125,000 in grant funds from the 2013 State Homeland Security Act for the Police Department; and 2) Appropriate $125,000 to the FY 2013-14 budget 2013 State Homeland Security Act Grant Fund for the purchase of police dispatch radio consoles.

 

9.

Presentation of Marketing Brochure. (CITY ACTION)

 

City Manager Office to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Receive and File.

 

COUNCIL/AGENCY/COMMISSION AND STAFF ITEMS

 

CLOSED SESSION

 

10.

CLOSED SESSION – CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (pursuant to Government Code §54957.6)
City Negotiators:                    City Manager Chris Jeffers and Human Resources Director                                                 Victoria Cross.
Employee Organization:         Glendora Municipal Employees Association (GMEA).

 

11.

CLOSED SESSION–PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EVALUATION (pursuant to Government Code §54957) 
Title:                                        City Manager

 

RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AND ANNOUNCE ANY ACTION TAKEN

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted on the City Hall bulletin board at 116 E. Foothill Boulevard not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.2.  Dated this 3rd day of October, 2013.

 

                                                                       

Kathleen R. Sessman, CMC

            City Clerk/Commission Secretary