CITY COUNCIL
FINANCE AUTHORITY/
HOUSING AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING
Agenda
May 21, 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 atten ding the Finance Authority meeting.
PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Presentation – Welcome and Introduction
• Daniel Padilla, Director of Public Works
• Jimmy Wong, Program Coordinator, Promotion
• Jan Buckband, Community Enhancement Officer
• Jasmine Q Phan, Administrative Clerk II
• Sofia E Alvarado, Housing Specialist
• Jenny Tran, Housing Specialist
• Leah M Morales, Housing Specialist, Promotion
Presentation – Certificate of Recognition for Years of Service presented to Yovanni Viramontes
Proclamation – National Public Works Week May 18-24 presented to the Public Works Department.
Presentation – Retirement Recognition for Years of Service to the Baldwin Park Library presented to Julie McCasland, Youth Services Librarian
Proclamation – Lupus and Fibromyalgia Awareness Month presented to Juana Mata, Looms for Lupus
Presentation – Certificate of Recognition for the 2025 Winners of the Mark Daniel Flores Music Foundation Scholarships presented to Wilfredo Calderon and Kimberly Mendieta Rivera
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) – March 2025
Staff recommends that Council receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for March 2025.
3. Meeting Minutes of May 7, 2025
It is recommended that the City Council approve the following meeting minutes of the Special City Council Meeting and the Regular City Council Meeting held on May 7, 2025.
4. FY 2025/26 – 2029/30 Community Enhancement (Code Enforcement) Comprehensive Plan It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the FY 2025/26 -2029/30 Community Enhancement (Code Enforcement) Comprehensive Plan for CDBG funding
5. Approval of Funds Appropriation to Cover Construction Change Orders for the San Gabriel River Greening Project – CIP 21-129 and Waive Formal Bidding and Authorize the Cooperative Purchasing of Wireless Cameras from Access Tech Security.
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate $150,000 from Fund 243 to Account No. 243- 50-520-58100-15093 and to make the necessary budget and purchase order adjustments as needed; and
2. Authorize the Director of Public Works to execute a change order to the contract agreement with Grifith Co. to remove the camera scope of work and use the credit amount of $162,000 and $36,875 from project contingency for the purchase and installation of W ireless Cameras from Access Tech Security.
3. Waive Formal Bidding and Authorize Cooperative Purchasing to purchase security cameras pursuant to Baldwin Park Municipal Code Section 34.23
4. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all required documentation for the purchase and installation of wireless cameras for CIP 20 -129 – San Gabriel River Bikeway Greening Project, PH. II in the amount not to exceed of $198,875.40 with Access Tech Security.
6. Claim Rejection
It is recommended that the City Council reject the following claim and direct staff to send the appropriate notice of rejection to claimant:
1. Joaquin Solis The claimant alleges bodily injury.
2. Juana Galindo Bustamante The claimant alleges bodily injury.
3. Joey Zhou The claimant alleges property damage.
4. Sergio L. Cortez 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.
PUBLIC HEARING
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
7. Approval of Annual Report for Military Equipment
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the 2025 Annual Military Equipment Report and the updated inventory of military equipment.
2. Approve the proposed updates to the Military Equipment Use Policy (Exhibit A) to include newly acquired equipment.
3. Retroactively approve the acquisition of one (1) Transcend Robotics Vantage Robot, which was purchased in November 2024
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 – March 2025
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for March 2025.
FINANCE AUTHORITY CONSENT CALENDAR
1. Treasurer’s Report FA – March 2025
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for March 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 – March 2025
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for March 2025.
CITY COUNCIL / CITY CLERK / CITY TREASURER / STAFF REQUESTS & COMMUNICATION
• Chief Executive Officer Zaldivar and Chief Deputy City Clerk Quiñones would like to remind the City Council that there will be no Special Meeting on June 4th to allow Councilmembers to participate in the Graduation of North Park High School.
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 15th day of May 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)