CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING
Agenda
March 4, 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.
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 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
PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
Presentation - Certificate of Recognition presented to Sierra VIsta High School Wrestling Team
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 February 18, 2026
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 February 18, 2026.
3. Consideration of Approval and Adoption of Resolution 2026-002 Adjusting the Campaign Limits.
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 2026-002 entitled, "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park Adjusting the Campaign Limit per the Requirements of the Baldwin Park Municipal Code Section 40.08."
4. Request for Approval of Addendum No. 1 to the Affordable Homeownership Expansion Agreement (AHEA) Extending the Project Activities Implemented by the San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity
It is recommended that the City Council:
1. Approve Addendum No. 1 to the initial Affordable Homeownership Expansion Agreement (AHEA), extending project activities implemented by the San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity (SGV Habitat).
2. Authorize the Mayor to execute Addendum No. 1 Agreement between the City of Baldwin Park and San Gabriel Valley Habitat for Humanity Inc (SGV Habitat).
3. Authorize the Director of Finance to make necessary budget adjustments based on the extension requested.
PUBLIC HEARING
REPORTS OF OFFICERS
5. Animal Shelter and Animal Control Services Agreement with Inland Valley Humane Society & SPCA & Getting to Zero Resolution.
It is recommended that the City Council
1. Approve Option 2— a two-year animal shelter and animal control services agreement with Inland Valley Humane Society & SPCA (IVHS-SCPA) of Pomona, including 1-year of a dedicated Animal Control Officer exclusively assigned to Baldwin Park, for the period July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2027; and
2. Authorize an annual base service fee of $1,085,000 for Year 1 (FY 2026-27), subject to automatic Consumer Price Index (CPI) increases capped at 5% annually thereafter; and
3. Authorize an additional annual fee of $125,000 for a dedicated Animal Control Officer exclusively assigned to Baldwin Park, fully burdened, including overtime; and
4. Approve a one-time infrastructure fee of $100,000, payable in two equal installments of $50,000 on July 1, 2026, and July 1, 2027; and
5. Adopt the Getting to Zero Resolution, formalizing the City's commitment to partner with IVHS-SCPA in eliminating the euthanasia of healthy and adoptable animals through proactive community programs; and
6. Authorize the City Manager to execute all necessary agreement documents, transition materials, and related actions to implement the above.
7. Authorize the Director of Finance to make the appropriation and include the funding in FY 2026-27 and FY 2027-28 Annual Budgets.
6. Proposed Establishment of 45-Day Moratorium on the Approval, Establishment, or Operation of Data Centers.
That the City Council waive the reading and adopt by title only by four-fifths vote the urgency moratorium Ordinance No. 1524 entitled: “INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON THE
APPROVAL, ESTABLISHMENT, OR OPERATION OF DATA CENTERS TO CONSIDER
ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR DATA CENTERS PURSUANT TO GOVERNMENT CODE SECTION 65858.”
7. Council Chambers Project Update presented by Daniel Padilla, Director of Public Works.
CITY COUNCIL ACTING AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY OF THE DISSOLVED COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
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 26th day of February 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].