CITY COUNCIL/
FINANCE AUTHORITY/
HOUSING AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING
Agenda
September 18, 2024, 7:00 PM
Mayor/Chair
Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair
Councilmember/Member
Councilmember/Member
Councilmember/Member
Emmanuel J.
Estrada
Jean M. Ayala
Alejandra Avila
Daniel Damian
Monica Garcia
Welcome to your City Council/Finance Authority/Housing Authority Meeting We welcome your interest and involvement in the City’s legislative process. This agenda includes information about topics coming before the City Council and the action recommended by city staff. You can read about each topic in the staff reports, which are available on the city’s website and in the Office of the City Clerk.
Please note that, in the event of a technical issue causing a disruption in the call-in option or internet-based option, the meeting will continue unless otherwise required by law, such as when a Board Member is attending the meeting virtually pursuant to certain provisions of the Brown Act. Electronic devices are to be turned off while meetings are in session.
How to watch
The City of Baldwin Park provides two ways to watch a City Council meeting:
In Person
Most City Council meetings take place at
City Hall, 14403 E. Pacific Ave.,
Baldwin Park, CA 91706
Online
Audio streaming will be available at
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFLZ0
_dDFRjy59rhiDZ13Fg/featured?view_as=subscriber
http://baldwinpark.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=10 Reasonable Accommodations
Individuals with disabilities may request an agenda packet in appropriate alternative formats as required by the Americans with Disability Act of 1990. Reasonable accommodations and auxiliary aids will be provided to effectively allow participation in the meeting. Please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (626) 960-4011.
Public Comments
The public is encouraged to address the City Council or any of its Agencies listed on this agenda on any matter posted on the agenda or on any other matter within its jurisdiction. In accordance with Chapter 39 of the Baldwin Park Municipal Code, Speakers must address the Council as a whole and refrain from making impertinent, slanderous, or profane remarks or disrupt the peace of the meeting. Speaker cards are available at the podium and by request with the City Clerk.
Public Communication
There is a three-minute speaking time limit. This is the time set aside to address the City Council. Please notify the City Clerk if you require the services of an interpreter. No Action may be taken on a matter unless it is listed on the agenda, or unless certain emergency or special circumstances exist. The legislative body or its staff may: 1) Briefly respond to statements made or questions asked by persons; or 2) Direct staff to investigate and/or schedule matters for consideration at a future meeting. [Government Code §54954.2] If you wish to comment on agenda items and are unable to physically appear in person, please email your name, place of residence, item number or topic and a phone number where you will be available between the hours of 7:00 PM du ring City Council Meetings to [email protected]. Written comments will be distributed and will be made part of the written record but will NOT be read verbally at the meeting
Notice Regarding California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Determinations Pursuant to CEQA, a "project" is defined as a "whole action" subject to a public agency's discretionary funding or approval that has the potential to either (1) cause a direct physical change in the environment or (2) cause a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. "Projects" include discretionary activity by a public agency, a private activity that receives any public
funding, or activities that involve the public agency's issuance of a discretionary approval and is not statutorily or catego rically exempt from CEQA. (Pub. Res. Code § 21065.) To the extent that matters listed in this Agenda are considered "projects" und er CEQA, their appropriate CEQA determination will be listed below each recommendation. If no CEQA determination is listed, it has been determined that the action does not constitute a "project" under CEQA
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The City Council are also members of the Board of Directors of the Housing Authority and Finance Authority which are concurrently convening with the City Council this evening and each Council Member is paid an additional stipend of $30 for attending the Housing Authority meeting and $50 for attending the Finance Authority meeting.
PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Presentation – City Plaque Recognition to Mario Maciel, Jr. for his years of services as a Planning Commissioner
PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
CONSENT CALENDAR
All items listed are considered to be routine business by the City Council and will be approved with one motion.
There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a City Councilmember so requests, in which case, the item will be removed from the general order of business and considered in its normal sequence on the agenda.
1. City of Baldwin Park’s Warrants and Demands
Staff recommends that the City Council ratify the attached Warrants and Demands Register.
2. Treasurer’s Report City (CC) – August 2024
Staff recommends that Council receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for August 2024.
3. Meeting Minutes of September 4, 2024
It is recommended that the City Council approve the following meeting minutes of the Special City Council and Regular City Council Meetings held on September 4, 2024.
4. Consideration to Reappropriate American Rescue Plan Act Funds for the Basic Subsidy Program
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Authorize the Director of Finance to reappropriate ARPA Funds as indicated under Fiscal Impact as shown on the table below for the Basic Subsidy Program and make necessary changes to the budget; and
2. Authorize the Director of Recreation & Community Services to coordinate all elements associated with the Program.
5. Approval of a Master Services Agreement with OpenGov Inc., for the Implementation of an Asset Management Software System for the Department of Public Works Staff recommends that Council:
1. Approve the cancellation of OpenGov’s Budgeting and Planning software module and authorize the implementation of OpenGov’s Asset Management software including the transfer of remaining budgeted funds and contract credits to be applied towards implementation and subscription costs for the new system; and,
2. Authorize the Mayor to execute the Master Services Agreement, and related documents with OpenGov in an amount not to exceed $156,598.17 for an initial term of two years and four months, with additional three one-year renewal options for the implementation and subscription of the Asset Management software including integration with the Government Outreach GoGov portal; and,
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to make all necessary appropriations and budget amendments for the term of the Agreement.
PUBLIC HEARING
6. Public Hearing Regarding Fiscal Year 2023 -24 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER)
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Conduct a Public Hearing to hear comments and approve the Final 2023 -24 Consolidated Annual Performance & Evaluation Report (CAPER) for federal CDBG and HOME funds; and
2. Authorize the City Manager to transmit this report to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) by the deadline of September 30, 2024.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
7. Adoption of a Resolution No. 2024 -042 Establishing the City of Baldwin Park Policy for Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore
It is recommended the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2024 -042 establishing the City Policy for Selection of Appointed Mayor and Mayor Pro Tempore.
8. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-043 Updating the Street Naming Policy, Rescind Resolution No. 79-37 and Consider Request to Rename Cleary Drive
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Rescind and Repeal Resolution No. 79-37; and
2. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-043 Updating Street Naming Policy
3. If Recommendations 1 and 2 are approved, then approve the renaming of Cleary Drive to Bernardo Flores Drive and direct staff to implement the street naming; and authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate funding to cover the cost from Measure R, Fund No. 254 and make the necessary budget adjustments.
CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE DISSOLVED COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SA 1. Successor Agency to The Dissolved Community Development Commission of The City of Baldwin Park Warrants and Demands
Staff recommends that the Board ratify the attached Warrants and Demands Register.
SA 2. Treasurer’s Report SA – August 2024
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for August 2024.
FINANCE AUTHORITY
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Treasurer’s Report FA – August 2024
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for August 2024.
HOUSING AUTHORITY
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Baldwin Park Housing Authority’s Warrants and Demands Staff recommends that the Board ratify the attached Warrants and Demands Register.
2. Treasurer’s Report HA – August 2024
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for August 2024.
CITY COUNCIL / CITY CLERK / CITY TREASURER / STAFF REQUESTS & COMMUNICATION
Councilmember Damian seeks consensus from the City Council in directing Staff to draft and present a resolution urging and requesting that Governor Newsom, Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, and the California Legislature take emergency action to stabilize the homeowners and commercial property insurance industry in the State of California. Some of the State’s largest insurance carriers have stopped issuing new insurance policies, while several others have largely limited the issuance of new policies.
Thus creating a state of crisis in the insurance industry that is threatening the availability of affordable housing, construction of housing and commercial developments in general.”
ADJOURNMENT
CERTIFICATION
I, Christopher Saenz, City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park hereby certify that, under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted on the City Hall bulletin board not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting.
Christopher Saenz
City Clerk
For further information regarding agenda items, please contact the office of the City Clerk at (626) 960 -4011 ext. 466 or via e-mail at [email protected].
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the Public Works Department or Risk Management at (626) 960-4011. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable staff to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 34.102.104
ADA TITLE II)