CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Agenda
March 05, 2025, 7:00 PM
Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
Alejandra Avila
Daniel Damian
Jean M. Ayala
Emmanuel J. Estrada
Manuel Lozano
Welcome to your City Council 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 during City Council Meetings to [email protected] 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 categorically exempt from CEQA. (Pub. Res. Code § 21065.) To the extent that matters listed in this Agenda are considered "projects" under CEQA, their appropriate CEQA determination will be listed below
REVISED
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
PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Presentation – Administer Oath of Office to Housing and Planning Commissioners. • Diana Miranda-Dzib
• Edward Gonzalez
• Jose Sauza
• Maria Cisneros-Gonzalez
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. Meeting Minutes of February 5, 2025 and February 19, 2025 It is recommended that the City Council approve the following meeting minutes of February 5, 2025:
Special City Council Meeting and Regular City Council Meeting and meeting minutes of February 19, 2025: Special City Council Meeting, Regular City Council Meeting, Finance Authority Meeting and the Housing Authority Meeting.
3. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance 1516, entitled, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BALDWIN
PARK TO ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT WITH ALLVISION LLC FOR
THE APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF A TWO-SIDED DIGITAL BILLBOARD LOCATED IN THE RAILROAD RIGHT-OF-WAY ADJACENT TO 3100 BALDWIN PARK
BLVD, WITH THE SPECIFIC LOCATION SHOWN ON THE PLANS ON FILE WITH THE CITY PLANNER”.
It is recommended that the City Council waive further reading and adopt Ordinance 1516, entitled, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK
AUTHORIZING THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK TO ENTER INTO A DEVELOPMENT
AGREEMENT WITH ALLVISION LLC FOR THE APPROVAL FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF
A TWO -SIDED DIGITAL BILLBOARD LOCATED IN THE RAILROAD RIGHT -OF-WAY ADJACENT TO 3100 BALDWIN PARK BLVD, WITH THE SPECIFIC LOCATION SHOWN ON THE PLANS ON FILE WITH THE CITY PLANNER”.
4. Approval of Amendment Number 3 to the Consultant Services Agreement with Terra Realty Advisors Inc. to provide various real estate services related to outdoor advertising.
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Authorize the Mayor to execute the Amendment subject to any non-substantive changes made by the CEO and City Attorney; and
2. Authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate funding and make the necessary budget adjustments.
5. Claim for Damages Rejections
It is recommended that the City Council reject the following claims and direct staff to send the appropriate notice of rejection to claimants:
• Gonzalo Cetina The claimant alleges errors and omissions.
This government claim, and all government claims, should be considered as potential lawsuits in the future. Thus, it is requested that all City Staff, the Mayor and all Council Members refrain from making any statements, whether public or private in nature. It is important that no statements be made so as to not prejudice this claim in any way which can happen if public or private comments are made about this claim by City staff or Council Members.
6. Approval of an updated Affordable Homeownership Expansion Program and Project funding Implemented by the San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity It is recommended that the City Council
1. Approve the updated Affordable Homeownership Expansion Program and associated funding sources; and
2. Authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate funding for this updated Program and Project Activities and make the necessary budget adjustment; and set up new account numbers accordingly; and
3. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer, City Attorney, and Special Counsel to continue carrying out all subsequent and needed actions to proceed with the Program, including approving real estate purchase transactions, and executing agreements including form s of Agreements for Habitat for Humanity to use PLHA Funds for ADU creation.
PUBLIC HEARING
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE DISSOLVED COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
CITY COUNCIL / CITY CLERK / CITY TREASURER / STAFF REQUESTS & COMMUNICATION
Staff will provide an oral update on the status of the following projects:
1. Barnes Park Stormwater Infiltration and Park Improvements- Public Works
2. Torch Street Housing Project -CDD/Housing
3. Stewart Ave – Church to Housing Project- CDD/Housing
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. Dated this 27th day of February 2025.
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)