CITY COUNCIL
FINANCE AUTHORITY
HOUSING AUTHORITY
REGULAR MEETING
Agenda
January 21, 2026, 7:00 PM
Mayor
Mayor Pro Tem
Councilmember
Councilmember
Councilmember
Daniel Damian
Jean M. Ayala
Alejandra Avila
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 - Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control
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 - November 2025
It is recommended that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for November 2025.
3. Meeting Minutes of December 17, 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 Housing Authority Meeting held on December 17, 2025.
4. Budget Transfer for National Peace Officers Memorial Week Attendance to Honor Officer Samuel Riveros
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve budget transfer of $35,000 from Account 100-30-340-50120-00000 (Patrol Overtime) to Account 100-30-300-53350-00000 (Meetings and Conferences) for National Peace Officers Memorial Week attendance; and
2. Authorize the Chief of Police to finalize travel arrangements for ten department personnel; and
3. Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute all necessary documents related to this transfer; and,
4. Authorize the Director of Finance to process the transfer and make necessary budget adjustments.
PUBLIC HEARING
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
5. Update on Project Activities Implemented by the San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Receive and file the updates on project activities implemented by the San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity; and
2. Provide direction to staff as needed.
CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE DISSOLVED COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
6. 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.
7. Treasurer's Report SA - November 2025
It is recommended that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for November 2025.
8. Approval of the Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule (ROPS 26-27) for the Period from July 1, 2026 to June 30, 2027 and Administrative Budget It is recommended that the City Councilas governing body of the SA:
1. Approve the estimated ROPS 26-27 for the period of July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027; and,
2. Adopt the Successor Agency Administrative Budget for Fiscal Year 2026-27; and,
3. Adopt Resolution No. SA 2026-001
4. Direct staff to send the approved ROPS 26-27 to the County Executive Office, County Auditor Controller, the State Controller, and DOF by February 1, 2026; and,
5. Instruct staff to post the approved ROPS 26-27 on the City’s website.
FINANCE AUTHORITY
9. Treasurer's Report FA - November 2025
It is recommended that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for November 2025.
HOUSING AUTHORITY
10. Baldwin Park Housing Authority’s Warrants and Demands
It is recommended that the Board ratify the attached Warrants and Demands Register.
11. Treasurer's Report HA - November 2025
It is recommended that the Board receive and file the Treasurer’s Report for November 2025.
CITY COUNCIL / CITY CLERK / CITY TREASURER / STAFF REQUESTS & COMMUNICATION Mayor Pro Tem Jean M. Ayala seeks consensus from the City Council to discuss the consideration of dedicating the 4200 block of Fillhurst Avenue to the memory of Officer Samuel Riveros.
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 January 2026.
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].