CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Agenda
April 02, 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.
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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
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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
PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation - Property & Evidence Professionals Appreciation Week presented to Diana Huerta, Police Technician
Proclamation – Arbor Day Proclamation presented to Erika Ortiz, Community Development Management Analyst
Proclamation - Donate Life Month Proclamation presented to Jolene Vargas, OneLegacy Ambassador
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 March 19, 2025
It is recommended that the City Council approve the following meeting minutes of the Special City Council Meeting, Regular City Council Meeting, Finance Authority Meeting and the Housing Authority Meeting held on March 19, 2024.
3. Claim Rejections
Staff recommends that the City Council reject the following claims and direct staff to send the appropriate notice of rejection to claimant:
• Sarah D. Guerra The claimant alleges property damage. • Walberto Zazueta The claimant alleges property damage. • Nuelito Protaci The claimant alleges property damage. • Leo Herrera The claimant alleges property damage.
• Marcelo Sanchez The claimant alleges property damage. • Roger E. Briceno The claimant alleges property damage.
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.
4. Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR), Report on Agreed -Upon Procedures of the City’s GANN Appropriation Limit and Single Audit for Fiscal Year 2023-24 It is recommended that the City Council receive and file the City of Baldwin Park’s ACFR, Report on Agreed-Upon Procedures of the City’s GANN Appropriation Limit and Single Audit for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2024.
5. Amendment to the Requisition of the Eleven (11) New Police Vehicles to the City’s Lease Program – Approved on March 6, 2024 (Agenda Item #8)
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Review and approve the amendment of the estimated payment plan; and
2. Authorize the Director of Finance to make necessary appropriation and budget adjustment in the Measure BP (Fund #110).
6. Approve Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Baldwin Park and the Department of Recreation and Community Services Trust for Activity #6 of Permanent Local Housing Allocation Funds
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the MOU between the City of Baldwin Park and the RCS for the PLHA Funds - Housing Trust Match in the amount of $366,949.12; and
2. Authorize the CEO and the Director of Recreation & Community Services to execute the MOU and necessary documents associated with the PLHA Funds; and
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to make appropriations, including payments, upon receipt of funding from the Department of Housing & Community Development (HCD).
7. Approval of an Appropriation of Funds for Extraordinary and Unscheduled Repair Cost Related to Traffic Signal and Street Lighting Maintenance Program It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the appropriation of $29,640 for the Traffic Signal and Street Lighting Maintenance Program;
2. Authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate $29,640 from Fund #251 – Landscape Lighting Maintenance District (LLMD) and make necessary budget adjustments to cover the repairs; and
3. Authorize the Acting Director of Public Works, or his designee, to complete all the proper documentation to process purchase requisition for purchase order for Yunex LLC. in the amount of $29,640.00 for the additional repair work to be completed.
8. Approval of Landscape Maintenance Agreement and Amendment No. 1 to Freeway Maintenance Agreement with Caltrans in relation to Barnes Park Project (CIP 21 -198) and Caltrans Permit No. 07-23-N-MC-1333
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the Landscape Maintenance Agreement; and
2. Approve Amendment No. 1 to the Freeway Maintenance Agreement with Caltrans for the Barnes Park Project (CIP 21-198); and
3. Authorize the Mayor to execute the agreements.
PUBLIC HEARING
9. First Reading and Introduction of an Ordinance No. 1513 to Amend Sections 153.040.070, 153.070.020, 153.120.350, 153.120.360 and 153.120.370 of the Baldwin Park Municipal Code Relating to Accessory Dwelling Units and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units and Finding the Action to be Statutorily Exempt from CEQA
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing.
2. Find the proposed ordinance is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, §§ 21000 et seq.) (“CEQA”) and the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs, tit. 14, §§ 15000 et seq.). Specifically, the ord inance is categorically exempt from CEQA under Guidelines Section 21080.17, which exempts the adoption of an Accessory Dwelling Unit ordinance to implement the provisions of Section 66310, et. seq. of the Government Code, and that therefore no environmenta l review under CEQA is required.
3. Introduce by first reading, by title only and waive further reading, Ordinance 1513, entitled:
“AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK,
CALIFORNIA AMENDING THE BALDWIN PARK MUNICIPAL CODE, TITLE XV, LAND USAGE, CHAPTER, 153, ZONING CODE, SECTIONS 153.040.070, 153.070.020, 153.120.350, 153.120.360 AND 153.120.370 RELATING IN COMPLIANCE
WITH CHANGES TO STATE ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS LAW ENACTED UNDER ASSEMBLY BILL 2221, SENATE BILL 897, SENATE BILL 477, ASSEMBLY BILL 2533, AND SENATE BILL 1211 AND FINDING THE ACTION TO BE STATUTORILY EXEMPT FROM CEQA UNDER PUBLIC RESOURCES CODE § 21080.17 ”.
10. First reading and introduction of a Ordinance No. 1517 amending the Definitions Section 153.220.240 of the City of Baldwin Park’s Municipal Code relating to Warehouses and Wholesale Sales and to revise Table 153.050.020 as it relates to permitted and conditionally permitted uses in the Industrial “I” and Industrial Commercial “I -C” zones and finding the action to be exempt from CEQA.
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing.
2. Find the proposed ordinance is exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (Pub. Resources Code, §§ 21000 et seq.) (“CEQA”) and the State CEQA Guidelines (Cal. Code Regs, tit. 14, §§ 15000 et seq.). Specifically, the ord inance is categorically exempt from CEQA under Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exception) since the adoption of an ordinance is not a “project” and can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the ordinance may have a significant effect on the environment, either directly or indirectly, and that therefore no environmental review under CEQA is required.
3. Introduce by first reading, by title only and waive further reading, Ordinance 1517, entitled:
“AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK TO AMEND SECTION 153.220.240 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO WAREHOUSES AND WHOLESALE SALES AND REVISE TABLE 153.050.020 IN THE CITY’S MUNICIPAL CODE AS IT RELATES TO PERMITTED AND CONDITIONALLY PERMITTED USES IN THE INDUSTRIAL “I” AND
INDUSTRIAL COMMERCIAL “I -C” ZONES AND FINDING THE ACTION EXEMPT FROM CEQA PURSUANT TO SECTION 15060(b)(3) OF THE CEQA GUIDELINES”.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE DISSOLVED COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
CITY COUNCIL / CITY CLERK / CITY TREASURER / STAFF REQUESTS & COMMUNICATION
Councilmember Lozano seeks consensus from the City Council to discuss the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Baldwin Park Police Department and Baldwin Park Unified School District.
Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Zaldivar would like to inform the City Council of his intent to retire in the month of July of this year, and requests that the Council provide direction to the Human Resources Manager to initiate the recruitment and selection process for the Council to timely select the successor CEO
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 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)