Agenda, regular meeting, second session — Baldwin Park City Council, June 18, 2025

CITY COUNCIL

FINANCE AUTHORITY/

MUNICIPAL FINANCE AUTHORITY

HOUSING AUTHORITY

REGULAR MEETING
Agenda – Time Change
June 18, 2025, 6:00 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

The City Council are also members of the Board of Directors of the Finance Authority , Housing Authority and Municipal 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.

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. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-017 Setting the Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No.2025 -017, setting the Appropriations Limit for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 at $108,402,535.

3. Approval of Annual Statement of Investment Policy for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Staff recommend that the City Council adopt the attached Statement of Investment Policy for Fiscal Year 2025-2026.

4. Treasurer’s Report City (CC) – April 2025
Staff recommends that Council receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for April 2025.

5. Request for Additional Funds to Cover PLHA Ineligible Costs Staff recommend that the City Council that:

1. Approve the ineligible expenses totaling an estimate of approximately $400,000.

2. Authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate the funding in the amount of $400,000 and make necessary budget adjustments.

6. Launch of Bed Inventory Matching for all Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA) Beds and Community Matcher Role at Serentiy Homes
Staff recommend that the City Council receive and file this report for informational purposes.

7. Meeting Minutes of June 4, 2025
It is recommended that the City Council approve the following meeting minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting held on June 4, 2025.

8. Measure BP Fund- Revenue Allocation Policy
It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt as a Policy that the Measure BP SOC shall have review and recommendation jurisdiction of investments of up to $6 Million annually of Measure BP Revenue; and

2. Any and all Measure BP revenue, including interest earnings, above $6 million annually shall be under the direct review and allocation jurisdiction of the City Council.

3. Direct the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the Director of Finance to implement this policy effective July 1, 2025, with applicability retroactive to the inception of Measure BP on April 1, 2023, using the fiscal year as the basis.

4. Authorize the CEO to make non-substantive adjustments as deemed necessary.

9. Adoption of Resolution No. 2025 -018 “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park, California, Adopting the Amended Fee Schedule for Solid Waste Collection and Recycling Services to reflect Consumer Price Index Increases.”
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2025-018, “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park, California, Adopting the Amended Fee Schedule for Solid Waste Collection and Recycling Services to reflect Consumer Price Index Increases”

REPORTS OF OFFICERS

10. Adoption of Resolution No. 2025 -019 “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park, California, Appointing Joney Mayer Law a s City Attorney of the City of Baldwin Park and Approving a Legal Services Agreement.”
It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-019 “A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park, California, Appointing Jones Mayer Law as City Attorney of the City of Baldwin Park and Approving a Legal Services Agreement.”, effective July 1, 2025 and upon execution of the Agreement by both parties; and

2. Approve the Agreement between the City of Baldwin Park and Jones Mayer Law for City Attorney legal services; and

3. Authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement; and

4. Recognize the Letter of Termination Dated March 6, 2025 submitted to the City by Best Best & Krieger LLP; and

5. Authorize the CEO to make non-substantive technical adjustments as necessary.

PUBLIC HEARING

PH 1. Public Hearing and First reading and introduction of Ordinance No. 1518 amending the Baldwin Park Municipal Code to adopt the Fire Hazard Severity Zones Map pursuant to Government Code Section 51178.

It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Conduct Public Hearing

2. Introduce for first reading, by title only Ordinance No. 1518 entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF

THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK AMENDING THE BALDWIN PARK MUNICIPAL CODE TITLE IX, CHAPTER 150 94 BY ADDING SECTION 150.14494.03 TITLED ‘FIRE HAZARD SEVER ITY ZONES’ AND FINDING THE ADOPTION OF THE ORDINANCE TO BE EXEMPT FROM CEQA” .”

3. Find that the adoption of this Ordinance is not subject to California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15060(c)(2), Section 15060(c)(3), and Section 15308.

PH 2. Public Hearing and Adoption of Resolution No. 2025-021 of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park Confirming the Advisory Committee’s Report and Levying the Assessment in the Baldwin Park Citywide Business Improvement District for Fiscal Year 2025-26 Staff recommend that the City Council:

1. Hold a Public Hearing and after considering testimony, adopt Resolution No. 2025 -021, entitled “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, CONFIRMING THE ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S REPORT AND LEVYING THE

ASSESSMENT IN THE BALDWIN PARK CITYWIDE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026”; and

2. Approve the FY 2025-26 BIT budget allocation.

PH 3. Public Hearing Regarding the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Home Investment Partnership Program (HOME) Five -Year 2025-2030 Consolidated Plan, Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan, and Citizen Participation Plan It is recommended that the City Council:

1. Conduct a public hearing

2. Approve Five-Year 2025-2029 Consolidated Plan

3. Approve Fiscal Year 2025-2026 Annual Action Plan

PH 4. Public Hearing and Adoption of the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025-26 for the City, Finance Authority, Municipal Financing Authority, Housing Authority and Successor Agency

1. Staff recommend that the City Council open a public hearing, and following the public hearing, adopt the fiscal year 2025-26 Budget for:
• City of Baldwin Park by Resolution No. 2025-015, and
• Finance Authority by Resolution No. FA 2025-001, and
• Municipal Financing Authority by Resolution No. MFA 2025-001, and • Housing Authority by Resolution No. HA 2025-003, and
• Successor Agency by Resolution No. SA 2025-002, or

2. In the event the budget is not adopted by July 1, 2025, staff recommend that the City Council approve Continuing Appropriation for:
• City of Baldwin Park by Resolution No. 2025-016, and
• Finance Authority by Resolution No. FA 2025-002, and
• Municipal Financing Authority by Resolution No. MFA 2025-002, and • Housing Authority by Resolution No. HA 2025-004, and
• Successor Agency by Resolution No. SA 2025-003.

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 – April 2025
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for April 2025.

SUCCESSOR AGENCY PUBLIC HEARING
SA 3. Public Hearing and Adoption of the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 -26 for the City, Finance Authority, Municipal Financing Authority, Housing Authority and Successor Agency

FINANCE AUTHORITY CONSENT CALENDAR
FA 1. Treasurer’s Report FA – April 2025
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for April 2025.

FINANCE AUTHORITY PUBLIC HEARING
FA 2. Public Hearing and Adoption of the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 -26 for the City, Finance Authority, Municipal Financing Authority, Housing Authority and Successor Agency

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 – April 2025
Staff recommends that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for April 2025.

HOUSING AUTHORITY PUBLIC HEARING

HA 3. Public Hearing and Adoption of the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 -26 for the City, Finance Authority, Municipal Financing Authority, Housing Authority and Successor Agency

MUNICIPAL FINANCING AUTHORITY PUBLIC HEARING

MFA

1. Public Hearing and Adoption of the Budget for Fiscal Year 2025 -26 for the City, Finance Authority, Municipal Financing Authority, Housing Authority and Successor Agency

CITY COUNCIL / CITY CLERK / CITY TREASURER / STAFF REQUESTS & COMMUNICATION

PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS & PRESENTATIONS

Presentation –Recognition of Retirement for Chief Executive Officer Enrique C. Zaldivar

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 12th day of June 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)

Baldwin Park City CouncilJune 18, 2025

Baldwin Park City Council
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