CITY COUNCIL
BALDWIN PARK
CHARITABLE RELIEF
FOUNDATION
REGULAR MEETING
Agenda
September 3, 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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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 City 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 to [email protected]. Written comments will be distributed and will be made part of the written record but will NOT be read verbally at the meeting.
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 Baldwin Park Charitable Relief Foundation which are concurrently convening with the City Council this evening.
PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation - 2025 National Suicide Prevention Week - September 7 - 13, 2025 presented to Adriana Avila from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention.
Presentation - Certificate of Recognition to Baldwin Park & American Little League Girls Softball State Championship Participants
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
It is recommended that the City Council ratify the attached Warrants and Demands Register.
2. Meeting Minutes of August 20, 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 August 20, 2025.
3. Claim Rejection
It is recommended that the City Council reject the following claim and direct staff to send the appropriate notice of rejection to the claimant:
• Henry Saenz The claimant alleges bodily injury. • Gerardo Chavarria Gonzalez The claimant alleges property damages.
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. Approval of Appropriation of Prop A Funds to cover an unscheduled engine overhaul of one of the City's Fixed Route Buses, 2015 El Dorado E-Z Rider II Max Low Floor.
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the appropriation of $15,620.91 from Prop A Funds;
2. Authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate $15,620.91 from Fund #244 –Prop A and make necessary budget adjustments to cover the repairs; and
3. Authorize the Director of Public Works after the fact, or his designee, to complete all the proper documentation to process purchase requisition for purchase order for Nationwide Transit in the amount of $15,620.91 for the repair work to be completed.
5. Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) to Receive Proposition A Incentive Funds for Reporting Data to National Transit Database (NTD) for City Transit Services for Report Year 2022-2023 It is recommended that the City Council :
1. Approve the attached Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) and authorize the Mayor to execute said agreement; and
2. Authorize the Director of Finance to accept the Proposition A Incentive Funds and make necessary budget adjustments related to this MOU.
6. Approval of Resolution 2025-033 to Approve the Revisions of the Engineering Manager and Community Service Officer Job Descriptions
It is recommended that the City Council approve and adopt Resolution 2025-033 to update the Engineering Manager and Community Service Officer job descriptions subject to any non-substantive changes made by the Chief Executive Officer and the City Attorney.
PUBLIC HEARING
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
7. Consideration to Approve Resolution No. 2025-032 Adopting a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) and Mitigation, Monitoring, and Reporting Program (MMRP) as well as the approval of the concept design for the Roadside Park Project
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Adopt Resolution No. 2025-032 entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK APPROVING AND ADOPTING (1) AN INITIAL STUDY
AND MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND MITIGATION MONITORING
AND REPORTING PROGRAM FOR THE BALDWIN PARK ROADSIDE PARK PROJECT LOCATED AT 1081 LEORITA ST.”
2. Authorize the Director of Recreation and Community Services to apply for grant funding for park improvements based on the conceptual improvements shown on the Site Plan and described in the IS/MND.
8. Approval of Employment Agreement with Maria Moreno for the position of Director of Recreation and Community Services
It is recommended that the City Council
1. Approve the Employment Agreement with Maria Moreno for the position of Director of Recreation and Community Services, subject to any non-substantive changes made by Chief Executive Officer and the City Attorney, and subject to conditions precedent reflected in the agreement; and
2. Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an Employment Agreement with Maria Moreno.
CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE DISSOLVED COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
9. 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.
BALDWIN PARK CHARITABLE RELIEF FOUNDATION
10. Baldwin Park Charitable Relief Foundation Annual Financial Report For The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2025
It is recommended that the Board of Directors receives and files BPCRF’s Annual Financial Report for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025.
CITY COUNCIL / CITY CLERK / CITY TREASURER / STAFF REQUESTS & COMMUNICATION
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 28th day of August 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)