CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Agenda
March 19, 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.
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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 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 – Administer Oath of Office to Housing Commissioner Laura A. Franklin
Presentation – Recognition of Baldwin Park – Excellence in Engagement and Collaboration Award presented by Anais Medina Diaz, San Gabriel Valley Mosquito & Vector Control District
Presentation – Council Chamber Remodel Update presented by Romany Basilyous, Acting Director of Public Works
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) – January 2025
Staff recommends that Council receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for January 2025.
3. Meeting Minutes of March 5, 2025
It is recommended that the City Council approve the following meeting minutes of the Special City Council Meeting and Regular City Council Meeting held on March 5, 2025.
4. Grant Reimbursement Report for Second Quarter(2Q) Fiscal Year (FY)24 -25 (October to December) for Department of Recreation and Community Services It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this report.
5. Award of Contract for Independence Day Spectacular with Pyro Spectaculars, Inc.
It is recommended that the City Council;
1. Award contract to Pyro Spectaculars, Inc. in the amount of $23,000 for professional pyrotechnic services related to the Independence Day Spectacular; and
2. Authorize the Mayor to execute contract; and
3. Authorize Director of Recreation & Community Services to execute any associated documents; and
4. Authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate funding in the amount of $23,000 and make necessary changes to the budget.
6. Approve Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Baldwin Park and the San Gabriel Valley Regional Housing Trust for Eligible Activity #3 Matching Permanent Local Housing Allocation Funds for Regional Housing Trust
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the MOU between the City of Baldwin Park and the SGVRHT for utilization of the PLHA Funds - Housing Trust Match in the amount of $250,805.55; and
2. Authorize the CEO to execute the MOU and necessary documents associated with the PLHA Funds; and
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to make necessary budget adjustments and appropriations including payments, upon receipt of funding from the Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD).
7. Approval of Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG) for Funding Domestic Violence Prevention and Response Program.
It is recommended that the City Council
1. Approve the Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with SGVCOG for the distribution of AB 157 Funds; and
2. Authorize the Mayor and the CEO/City Manager to execute the agreement on behalf of the City; and
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to create a designated line -item account to track, monitor, and regulate these funds and make any necessary budget adjustment.
8. Approval of Crossing Guard Services Agreement with All City Management Services for Fiscal Year 2025-2026
It is recommended that the City Council
1. Approve the contract with ACMS for crossing guard services for FY 2025 -26 in an amount not to exceed $316,368; and
2. Authorize the Mayor to execute the agreement; and
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate funding from the General Fund and include it in the FY 2026 budget to cover the City's share of the services; and
4. Authorize the Director of Finance to bill BPUSD for its share of the contract cost for crossing guard services, with a projected amount of $158,184.
PUBLIC HEARING
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
9. Fiscal Year 2024-25 Mid-Year Budget Review
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Review the mid-year analysis and approve the mid -year revenue and expenditure projections for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, and
2. Authorize the Director of Finance to complete all necessary budget amendments and appropriations.
CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE DISSOLVED COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
SA 1. Treasurer’s Report SA – January 2025
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for January 2025.
SA 2. 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.
FINANCE AUTHORITY
CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Treasurer’s Report FA – January 2025
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for January 2025.
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 – January 2025
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for January 2025.
PUBLIC HEARING
Conduct Public Hearing to consider the Housing Authority of the City Baldwin Park (HACBP) Public Housing Agency (PHA) 2025-2029 Five Year Plan and 2025 PHA Annual Plan and adopt Resolution No. HA 2025-001.
It is recommended that the Housing Authority Board:
1. Conduct a Public Hearing to hear public comments.
2. Accept the Public Housing Agency (PHA) 2025-2029 Five Year Plan and FY 2025-2026 PHA Annual Plan; and
3. Approval of Resolution No. HA-2025-001, entitled “A Resolution of the Housing Authority of the City of Baldwin Park approving and adopting the Public Housing 2025-2029 Five Year Plan and Annual Agency Plan for FY 2025-2026”, which establishes the adoption of the Plan as required by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
CITY COUNCIL / CITY CLERK / CITY TREASURER / STAFF REQUESTS & COMMUNICATION
Councilmember Ayala requests consensus from the Council in requesting Staff to provide staff report with the status of the implementation of the APEX Officer- Pro Training Simulator system, approved by City Council for a sole -source acquisition at its meet ing of November 15, 2023. Report should address the following questions:
• How long (period of time) was product utilized? by whom/number of officers? • Are we able to support the officers with such training? • Is this type of training available to our newest officers? • Is the product updated to reflect situations that could possibly occur in any location? • If product is inoperable or malfunctions at any time, are we able to repair? • Are repairs costly?
• Are repairs or maintenance covered under the initial grant?”
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Zaldivar and Recreation & Community Services Director Carrillo would like to update the City Council that LA County has developed a funding allocation plan for Measure A (Successor to Measure H) for Fiscal Year 25/26.
CEO Zaldivar would like to provide the City Council with an update on the number of proposals submitted in response to the City’s RFQ for City Attorney and related legal services released on February 6, 2025, with a proposal submittal deadline of March 13, 2025. Consistent with the proposal evaluation timeline, and until such time that the City Council decides on the provider of City Attorney services, our current city attorney firm Best, Best, & Krieger (BBK) will continue to serve as the City Attorney
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 13TH day of March 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)