CITY COUNCIL
FINANCE AUTHORITY
HOUSING AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING
Agenda
November 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.
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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 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
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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 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 - 2025 Helen Putnam Award of Excellence Winner - Baldwin Park’s Homelessness Reduction Initiative
Presentation - Proclamation proclaiming November 16-22, 2025 Transgender, Gender-Expansive, and Intersex Health Week
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. Treasurer's Report CC - September 2025
It is recommended that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for September 2025.
3. Meeting Minutes of October 30, 2025 and November 5, 2025 It is recommended that the City Council approve the following meeting minutes of the Special City Council Meeting held on October 30, 2025 and the Special City Council Meeting and Regular City Council Meeting held on November 5, 2025.
4. APX Radio System Lease Financing Structure and Change Order #01 Credit Application It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Receive and file this clarification of the APX Radio System lease financing structure; and
2. Authorize staff to proceed with project implementation as outlined in the executed contracts; and
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to make the necessary appropriation and budget adjustments.
5. American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funds Reclassification and Re-obligation It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the reallocation and re-obligate of ARPA funds to cover FY 2024-25 expenditures for Zocalo Park ($840,500 from Measure W, $168,810 from Future Development Fund, $91,379 from Community Enhancement Fund).
2. Approve the reallocation and re-obligate of ARPA funds to cover $23,535 for the FY 2024-25 Crossing Guard program and $225,000 for projected costs of the program through the remainder of the ARPA funding period.
3. Approve the commitment of the following funds to the Council Chamber Improvement project:
General Fund $248,535, Future Development Fund $468,810, and Community Enhancement Fund $591,379.
4. Approve the Addendum to the Inter-Agency Agreement for Police Department.
5. Approve the Addendum to the Inter-Agency Agreement for Public Works Department.
6. Authorize the Director of Finance to make the appropriation and necessary budget adjustments.
6. Purchase and Approval for Bosch Crash Data Retrieval (CDR) Hardware with Police Grants Fund under the PD Traffic Safety account.
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve the purchase of Bosch CDR hardware and cables from Crash Data Group, Inc. in the amount of $50,896.57; and
2. Authorize the Chief of Police to execute the purchase agreement with Crash Data Group, Inc.; and
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate $50,896.57 from the Police Grants Fund (Fund #271), PD Traffic Safety account for this purchase and make the necessary budget adjustment.
7. Contract Amendment - Jail Facility Staffing Services It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve contract amendment with Starside Security and Investigations, LLC to increase base contract from $416,252 to $482,808 annually, effective December 1, 2025;
2. Establish $10,000 annual overtime reserve for approved special operations;
3. Authorize 3.5% annual escalator on base contract amount for Year 3 (December 2026- November 2027);
4. Authorize the Finance Director to do a budget transfer of $76,556 from Account #100-30-340- 50120-00000 (Patrol Overtime) to Jail Services contract account for FY25-26 and make necessary budget adjustments; and
5. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all necessary contract amendment documents.
8. Accept Grant Award from Foothill Transit's Bus Stop Enhancement Program It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Accept Foothills Transit’s Bus Stop Enhancement Program’s (BSEP) Grant in the amount $40,000; and
2. Authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement with Foothill Transit; and
3. Authorize the Director of Public Works to finalize all documents associated with the grant; and
4. Authorize the Director of Finance to appropriate grant funds, create a CIP Project, and make necessary budget adjustments.
9. Financial Adjustments for Successor Agency and General Fund It is recommended that the City Council and the Board authorize the reversal of the advance from General Fund to Successor Agency in the amount of $24,329,952.
10. Request to Approve Traffic Signal Maintenance Agreement with YUNEX, LLC through “Piggy- Back”
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve and award a maintenance contract to Yunex, LLC through piggybacking from City of Glendale’s recent contract in an annual amount not-to-exceed $200,000; and,
2. Approve an additional $64,581.59 for a one-time non-routine repair work and system upgrade to traffic signal system; and,
3. Authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the contract with Yunex, LLC for traffic signal and street lighting systems maintenance; and,
4. Authorize the Director of Finance to make the necessary appropriations and budget adjustments for Gas Tax and SB1 funds.
11. Selection and Approval of Hometown Heroes Military Banner Recognition Program Design It is recommended that the City Council;
1. Selection of Hometown Heroes Military Banner Recognition Program design to recognize active-duty military service members; and
2. Authorize the Finance Director to appropriate funds and make necessary budget adjustments.
PUBLIC HEARING
12. Conduct a Public Hearing and adopt Amendment No. One (Substantial) to the Fiscal Year 25-26 Annual Action Plan
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Conduct a Public Hearing; and
2. Adopt Amendment No. One (Substantial) to the 25-26 Annual Action Plan; and
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to make the appropriation and necessary budget adjustments.
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
13. Select and Approve Downtown Light Pole Banners Design It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Select a design; and
2. Approve design for production and installation to be placed on downtown light pole banners; and
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to make necessary budget transfers and adjustments.
CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE DISSOLVED COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
14. Successor Agency to The Dissolved Community Development Commission of The City of Baldwin Park Warrants and Demands
It is recommended that the Board ratify the attached Warrants and Demands Register.
15. Treasurer's Report SA - September 2025
It is recommended that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for September 2025.
FINANCE AUTHORITY
16. Treasurer's Report FA - September 2025
It is recommended that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for September 2025.
HOUSING AUTHORITY
17. Baldwin Park Housing Authority’s Warrants and Demands It is recommended that the Board ratify the attached Warrants and Demands Register.
18. Treasurer's Report HA - September 2025
It is recommended that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for September 2025.
BALDWIN PARK CHARITABLE RELIEF FOUNDATION
19. Adoption of Resolution with the Board of Directors for Navidad en el Barrio, Inc., Christmas campaign entitled, "Resolution of the Board of Directors Program Year 2025" It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Adopt Resolution with the Board of Directors for Navidad en el Barrio, Inc., Christmas Campaign entitled, “RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS PROGRAM YEAR 2025” and;
2. Authorize the Chair to execute the Resolution; and
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to make the necessary appropriation and budget adjustments.
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 19th day of November 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].