SPECIAL AGENDA
BRADBURY
A Special Meeting of the Bradbury City Council
To be held on Saturday, March 9, 2024
at the Bradbury Civic Center
600 Winston Avenue, Bradbury, CA 91008
RETREAT: 8:00 AM
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Mayor Barakat, Mayor Pro-Tem Hale, Councilmembers Lewis, Lathrop and Bruny
PUBLIC COMMENT
Anyone wishing to address the City Council on any matter that is on the agenda for this Special Meeting may do so at this time. Please state your name and address clearly for the record and limit your remarks to five Please note that while the City Council values your comments, the City Council cannot respond nor take action until such time as the matter may appear on a forthcoming agenda.
Routine requests for action should be referred to City staff during normal business hours, 8:30 am - 5:00 pm Monday through Friday, at (626) 358-321
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GATHERING / SIGN-IN
A VISION FOR BRADBURY
A REVIEW OF MISSION & VISION STATEMENT
STRATEGIES FOR IMPLEMENTING MISSION & VISION
LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES
AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER HALE, THIS ITEM
PROMPTS A GENERAL DISCUSSION ON THE CITY'S LAW
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
4. DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE
AT THE REQUEST OF MAYOR BARAKAT AND MAYOR PRO-TEM
HALE, THIS ITEM PROMPTS A GENERAL CONVERSATION ABOUT
THE CITY'S DISASTER PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE, WHICH
ALSO ENCOMPASSES A POTENTIALLY NEW EMERGENCY
SHELTER.
5. CITY BEAUTIFICATION
AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER LATHROP, THIS ITEM
PROMPTS A GENERAL CONVERSATION ON HOW TO BETTER
BEAUTIFY THE COMMUNITY
NEWSLETTER CONTENT GOALS
AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER LATHROP, THIS ITEM
PROMPTS A GENERAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE GOALS OF
THE CITY'S MONTHLY NEWSLETTER
COMMUNITY SUPPORT/DONATIONS
AT THE REQUEST OF COUNCILMEMBER LATHROP, THIS ITEM
PROMPTS A GENERAL CONVERSATION ABOUT THE CITY'S USE
OF COMMUNITY SUPPORT FUNDS
ADJOURNMENT
The City Council will adjourn to a Regular Meeting at the Bradbury Civic Center, 600 Winston Avenue, Bradbury, CA 91008 on Tuesday, March 19, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. "I, Diane Jensen, City Clerk, hereby certify that I caused this agenda to be posted at the Bradbury City Hall entrance gate on Tuesday, March 5, 2024 at 5:00 p.m."
CITY CLERK - CITY OF BRADBURY
BRADBURY
MEMO
To: Mayor and City Council
From: Kevin Kearney, City Manager
Re: Retreat Supplemental Information
Attachments: 1) Bradbury's Mission and Vision Statements 2) Bradbury City Council Priorities: FY 23/24
3) LA County Grand Jury Findings and City Response re:
Homelessness Support
This supplemental memorandum is to provide information ahead of the upcoming City Council Retreat on Saturday, March 9, 2024.
Item #2: A Vision for Bradbury
Attachment #1 includes the City's Mission and Vision statement for review and discussion during the item. Attachment #2 is the City Council's currently Work Plan Priorities for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.
Item #8: Community Support/Donations
Attachment #3 the original Los Angeles County Grand Jury findings for Bradbury related to 'inadequate El Nino planning for County homeless population". It also contains the City's response to the Grand Jury Finding. For this Fiscal Year, the City allocated $3,000 to be spread evenly (at $1,000 each) to Friends in Deed, Union Station, and Homes for Life Foundation.
ATTACHMENT #1
HERTY OFTE
BRADBURY
City of Bradbury's Mission & Vision Statements
"Mission Statement: The City's Mission Statement, "Preserving Rural Tranquility" , is a policy as relevant now as it was decades ago when it was initially adopted. The Mission Statement provides guidance to local decision makers in the implementation of the community's land use policies."
- General Plan: 2012-2030 (Introduction Page No. 6)
"Tomorrow's Vision Statement: The City of Bradbury recognizes its unique single-family residential character and by making fiscally responsible governance and development policies shall strive to provide a stable and sustainable rural community balancing preservation of natural open space with the needs of its residents for a quiet and safe place to live and raise their families." - General Plan: 2012-2030 (Introduction Page No. 6)
600 Winston Avenue, Bradbury, CA 91008 • 626.358.3218 • fax 626.303.5154 ATTACHMENT #2
2023 - 2024 Work Plan
City Council Priorities
Disaster Preparedness
Fiscal Responsibility
Capital Improvements
Infrastructure Improvements
City Beautification
Disaster Preparedness
1. Implement Community Wildfire Protection Plan (CWPP) Action Items
2. Host One Community Preparedness Education Event
3. Obtain Status as a Firewise Community, USA
4. Continue Increasing Disaster Communications
5. Continue Evaluating & Increasing Disaster Supplies
Fiscal Responsibility
1. Continue to Work with the Community on Fiscal Stability
2. Update the City's Fee Schedule
Capital & Infrastructure Improvements
1. Complete Road Widening at Wildrose Avenue
2. Complete Lemon Avenue Trail Project
3. Replace Aging City Signage
4. Explore Curb Improvements on Royal Oaks Drive North
City Beautification
1. Continue to Improve City Trails & Medians with Drought Tolerant Landscaping Miscellaneous Community Improvement
1. Continue Work toward Updating the City's Development Code
2. Explore the Most Effective Policing Solution to Increase the Feeling of Safety within Bradbury
3. Work Regionally and with Neighboring Cities on the MS4 Permit
4. Improve Communications with the Community
5. Complete the State Mandated Housing Element Update
600 Winston Avenue, Bradbury, CA 91008 • 626.358.3218 • fax 626.303.5154 ATTACHMENT #3
RESPONSES RECEIVED TO
INADEQUATE EL NIÑO PLANNING
FOR COUNTY HOMELESS POPULATION:
An Interim Report (IR) by the
2015-2016 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury
Civil Grand Jury Recommendations:
IR1.1. The County of Los Angeles and each of its 88 cities should immediately locate uildings that could be used to shelter the approximately 29,000 homeless people wh vill not be accommodated by the plans known to the CGJ from the expected torrentia rains.
IR1.2. The County of Los Angeles and each of its 88 cities should determine what additional supplies and equipment need to be relocated to the buildings identified above to provide for the basic human needs of the people housed in those buildings during the El Niño event. These buildings should be identified and located according to need across the County. Sheiters additionaily should provide space for personal items and be staffed and controlled by Department of Health employees and patrolled by police.
IR1.3. The County and its 88 cities should immediately take steps to reasonably modify ordinances and regulations that would impede the sheltering of people in public structures and facilities during the El Niño event, by relaxing restrictions in health, fire, and other safety standards applicable to non-catastrophic times.
IR1.4. The County and its 88 cities should immediately take steps to waive ordinances and regulations that for whatever reason similarly block private entities from providing temporary shelter to people without homes.
IR1.5. The County of Los Angeles and each of its 88 cities at a minimum should purchase and provide tents, tarps, and ponchos to people who cannot be accommodated in shelters because they have pets or for whom there is no room in existing emergency shelters. Every step should be taken to assure that unsheltered people remain dry and avoid hypothermia.
IR1.6. The County and its 88 cities should make plans or they should partner with non- governmental entities to distribute these supplies.
IR1.7. Public Service Announcements should be made throughout Los Angeles County about the location of public-building shelters available to unsheltered people, including public transportation when needed.
2015-2016 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT 11 Summary of Responses*
60 Deferred to
Will Will not LAHSA or
Implemented No Response
Implement Implement other service
providers
5 IR1.1 6 9 24 38
• IR1.2 30 14 9 25 14
5 IR1.3 30 16 17 26 1
\ IR1.4 39 12 12 26
= IR1.5 24 6 16 26
FIR1.6 42 5 25
* IR1.7 54 2 25
*Some of the cities responded with more than one answer with each recommendation. 12 2015-2016 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT City
Recommendations Will Implement Will not Implement No Response Deferred to LAHSA × or other service providers Baldwin Park* IR1.1
IR1.2
IR1.3
IR1.4 X
IR1.5
IR1.6 X
IR1.7 X
Bell IR1.1
IR1.2
IR1.3
IR1.4
IR1.5
IR1.6
IR1.7
Bell Gardens IR1.1
IR1.2
IR1.3
IR1.4
IR1.5
IR1.6
IR1.7
Bellflower IR1.1
IR1.2
IR1.3
IR1.4
IR1.5
IR1.6 X
IR1.7
Beverly Hills IR1.1
IR1.2
IR1.3 x
IR1.4
IR1.5 X
IR1.6
IR1.7 x
Bradbury IR1.1
IR1.2 X
IR1.3
IR1.4
IR1.5
IR1.6
IR1.7
14 2015-2016 LOS ANGELES COUNTY CIVIL GRAND JURY FINAL REPORT
CITY OF BRADBURY
Incorporated July 26, 1957
March 21, 2016
Presiding Judge
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justoce Center
210 West Temple Street
Eleventh Floor, Room 11-506
Los Angeles, California 90012
RE: The City of Bradbury's Response to the 2015-2016 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury Report - Inadequate El Nino Planning for County Homeless Population Dear Presiding Judge:
The City of Bradbury submits this letter in response to the Interim Report on 2015-2016 Los Angeles County Civil Grand Jury Report. The Grand Jury has asked for a written response to the following Findings and Recommendations in the Report pursuant to Penal Code Section 933.05.
Responses for the City of Bradbury
IR1.1. The County of Los Angeles and each of its 88 cities should immediately locate buildings that could be used to shelter the approximately 29,000 homeless people who will not be accommodated by the plans known to the CGJ from the expected torrential rains.
The City of Bradbury agrees with the Grand Jury Report. The City of Bradbury has regularly participated in the efforts to count the number of homeless within our community partnering with local communities and the Los Angeles Homeless Services Authority (LAHSA). As LAHSA can verify, these efforts have consistently found there are NO homeless people living in Brabdury.
Further, as a strictly residential community with no commercial or industrial areas, or even a church, there are no buildings that could be used as shelters. The only public building is City Hall, and while it meets ADA standards, it does not have shower or kitchen facilities. Finally, there are no public transportation routes within the city, so it would make it very difficult for the homeless population in other cities to access a shelter in Bradbury.
600 Winston Avenue, Bradbury, CA 91008
IR1.2. The County of Los Angeles and each of its 88 cities should determine what additional supplies and equipment need to be relocated to the buildings identified above to provide for the basic human needs of the people housed in those buildings during the El Niño event. These buildings should be identified and located according to need across the County. Shelters additionally should provide space for personal items and be staffed and controlled by Department of Health employees and patrolled by police.
The City of Bradbury as mentioned in IR1.1 has no homeless individuals, nor does it have facilities to operate a shelter within its boundaries. For emergency purposes the City has an agreement with neighboring communties to work together with the American Red Cross and local school districts to provide such facilities in a time of crisis. Such facilities are available in Pasadena, Duarte and Monrovia.
IR1.3. The County and its 88 cities should immediately take steps to reasonably modify ordinances and regulations that would impede the sheltering of people in public structures and facilities during the El Niño event, by relaxing restrictions in health, fire, and other safety standards applicable to non-catastrophic times.
The City of Bradbury agrees. The City of Bradbury as mentioned in IR1.1 does not have facilities to operate a shelter within its boundaries.
IR1.4. The County and its 88 cities should immediately take steps to waive ordinances and regulations that for whatever reason similarly block private entities from providing temporary shelter to people without homes.
The City of Bradbury agrees. The City of Bradbury as mentioned in IR1.1 does not have facilities to operate a shelter within its boundaries, however the City's General Plan 2012-2030 and current Development Standards ensure that any such facilities would be acceptable for temporary shelters for people without homes in the event of an emergency in all zones.
IR1.5. The County of Los Angeles and each of its 88 cities at a minimum should purchase and provide tents, tarps, and ponchos to people who cannot be accommodated in shelters because they have pets or for whom there is no room in existing emergency shelters. Every step should be taken to assure that unsheltered people remain dry and avoid hypothermia.
The City of Bradbury agrees. The City of Bradbury as mentioned in IR1.1 does not have any homeless at this time, but will contiue to encourage support of local San Gabriel enities/efforts such as Friends in Deed, EPAC, Union Station (Pasadena) and Foothill Unitiy Center in making donations to assist with the supply of needed items such as tents, tarps, coats and blankets to keep people dry and avoid hypothermia.
IR1.6. The County and its 88 cities should make plans or they should partner with non- governmental entities to distribute these supplies.
The City of Bradbury agrees. See response to /R1.5.
IR1.7. Public Service Announcements should be made throughout Los Angeles County about the location of public-building shelters available to unsheltered people, including public transportation when needed.
600 Winston Avenue, Bradbury, CA 91008
The City of Bradbury agrees. The City will continue to work with its non-profit partnerships to provide shelter and transportion information to the public via the City's use of the Connect-CTY service (this tools allows messages to be sent by phone call, test and email). Additionally, the City will post information on the City's website, at the Civic Center and with the assistance of its law enforcement agency (the Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department) through the Countywide Nixle.
CONCLUSION
recommendations and required responses contained in the Civil Grand Jury's Interim required by Califia Penal Code Section 933(c) and 933.05.
If you have any additional questions please do not hesitate to contact City Manager Michelle Keith at 626.358.3218.
Sincerely,
The City of Brabdury
Michelle Keith
City Manager
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600 Winston Avenue, Bradbury, CA 91008