Regular City Council Joint Meeting - April 15, 2025
JOINT MEETING—CLOSED SESSION 6:30 PM
CLOSED SESSION - WILL NOT BE HELD
JOINT MEETING—OPEN SESSION 7:30 PM
CALL TO ORDER
Council/Agency/Authority Members: Walter Allen, III, Patricia Cortez, John C. King, Mayor Pro Tem/Vice Chair Hector Delgado, and Mayor/Chair Victor Linares
ROLL CALL
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Councilmember Allen.
INVOCATION
Given by Covina Police Chaplain Ron Butler.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
PRESENTATIONS
A. Charter Oak Lady Chargers Cheer Athletes
B. Donate Life Month
C. Recognition of Covina Police Department Baker to Vegas Relay Participants
PUBLIC COMMENTS
This is the time and place for the general public to address the City Council/Agency/Authority on any item listed on the agenda ( e.g. Consent Calendar, Continued Business, and New Business items ) or not listed on the agenda, except for Public Hearing items. Members of the audience will have the opportunity to address the Council/Agency/Authority regarding Public Hearing items at the time the public hearing is held.
Each speaker is limited to a total of five (5) minutes, subject to the Mayor/Chairperson's discretion to amend time limits based on the anticipated length of the meeting.
COUNCIL/AGENCY/AUTHORITY COMMENTS
Council/Agency/Authority Members wishing to make any announcements of public interest or to request that specific items be added to future Council/Agency/Authority agendas may do so at this time.
CITY MANAGER COMMENTS
CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under Consent Calendar are considered routine, and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items prior to the time the Council/Agency/Authority votes on them, unless a member of the Council/Agency/Authority requests a specific item be removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion.
CC 1. Minutes
1. 2025 04 01 Minutes CC.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Approve the Minutes of the April 1, 2025, Regular Meeting of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Covina Redevelopment Agency/Covina Public Financing Authority/Housing Authority.
CC 2. Payment of Demands
1. Payment of Demands March 14, 2025- March 27, 2025.pdf
2. City MAR 14, 2025 - MAR 27, 2025.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Approve Payment of Demands in the amount of $3,769,274.99.
CC 3. City of Covina Investment Report for Month Ended March 31, 2025
1. City of Covina Investment Report for Month Ended March 31, 2025.pdf
2. City of Covina investment Report for the Month Ended March 31,2025.pdf Staff Recommendation:
Receive and File.
CC 4. Covina Park Improvements Project – Project No. P2005 – Final Acceptance and Filing Notice of Completion
1. Covina Park Improvements Project – Project No. P2005 - NOC.pdf
2. Attachment A - Notice of Completion.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Accept the work performed by Gentry Brothers, Inc.; and Authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the Covina Park Improvements Project – Project No. P2005.
CC 5. Approval of Fiscal Year 2026 Water Supply Strategy and Authorization to Execute All Requisite Documents
1. Approval of Fiscal Year 2026 Water Supply Strategy; and Authorization to Execute all Requisite Documents.pdf
2. Attachment A - Temp Assignment or Lease of Water Right.pdf
3. Attachment B - Lease Agreement.pdf
4. Attachment C - Order for Delivery.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Approve the Fiscal Year 2026 water supply strategy outlined in this report; Authorize the City Manager to execute a Temporary Assignment or Lease of Water Right Form to assign up to 383.66 acre feet of Water Production Rights from the City to an Alternate Water Agency for FY 2026; Authorize the City to solicit and lease up to 400 shares of Covina Valley Water Company stock for Fiscal Year 2026, and execute a Lease Agreement and an Order for Delivery with interested shareholders; and Authorize the City to participate in the Fiscal Year 2026 Covina Valley Water Company lease pool.
CC 6. Escheatment of Unclaimed Funds to the City of Covina in Accordance with the Escheat of Unclaimed Property Policy
1. FY 24-25 Escheatment of Unclaimed Funds to the City of Covina in Accordance with the Escheat of Unclaimed Property Policy.pdf
2. Attachment A - Unclaimed Property 2025.pdf
3. Attachment B - Unclaimed Property 2025.pdf
4. Attachment C - Instructions for Claiming Unclaimed Property.pdf
5. Attachment D - Unclaimed Property Claim Form.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Authorize staff to pursue the escheatment of unclaimed funds to the City in the amount of $97,489.27 and approve the transfer of any available funds remaining unclaimed to be recognized as revenue in the General Fund in accordance with the Escheat of Unclaimed Property Policy.
CC 7. Amend Finance Advisory Commission Regular / Special Meeting Bylaws
1. Amendment to FAC Bylaws.pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution CC 2025-27.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Adopt
Resolution CC 2025-27
Amending the Bylaws of the Finance Advisory Commission Pertaining to the Establishment of a Meeting Quorum and to Allow Bylaw Amendments at All Meetings.
CC 8. Adoption of Resolutions Relating to the Annexation of Territory to Community Facilities District No. 2007-1, declaring intention to Authorize Annexation, Adopting Boundary Map, and Setting the Public Hearing Date for June 3, 2025
1. Intent to Authorize Annexation 37 for CFD 2007-01.pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution CC 2025-28.pdf
3. Attachment B - Resolution CC 2025-29.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Adopt City
Resolution CC 2025-28
, declaring intention to authorize the annexation of territory (270 West Dexter Street, Covina//Annexation 37) to Community Facilities District No. 2007-1 (Public Services); and Adopt City
Resolution CC 2025-29
, adopting boundary map showing territory proposed to be annexed in the future to Community Facilities District No. 2007-1 (Public Services).
CC 9. Adopt Resolution Proclaiming April 22, 2025 as Earth Day in the City of Covina
1. Earth Day.pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution CC 2025-30.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Adopt
Resolution CC 2025-30
proclaiming April 22, 2025, as Earth Day in the City of Covina.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
PH 1. Public Hearing on City Vacancies and Recruitment and Retention Efforts (Assembly Bill 2561/Government Code Section 3502.3)
1. Compliance with New Legal Obligations - City Vacancies and Recruitment and Retention Efforts.pdf
2. Attachment A - AB 2561 Public Hearing Procedure.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
City Council to open the public hearing and consider public testimony at which the City will report on workforce vacancies, and recruitment and retention efforts and the City's recognized employee organizations will be provided an opportunity to make a presentation on such subjects (Procedures for the Public Hearing on City Vacancies and Recruitment and Retention Efforts are attached hereto as Attachment “A.”); and Receive and File a staff report on the City’s workforce vacancies, and recruitment and retention efforts in compliance with Assembly Bill (“AB”) 2561. (Gov. Code § 3502.3.).
NEW BUSINESS
NB 1. FY 2025-26 Capital Improvement Project Presentation
NB 2. Creation of City Council Ad-Hoc Committee to Review City Council Procedural Guidelines and Policies
1. Ad Hoc Committee.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
That the City Council authorize the formation of an Ad-Hoc Committee to review City Council Procedural Guidelines and Policies and appoint two Council Members to serve on the committee.
ADJOURNMENT
The Covina City Council/Successor Agency to the Covina Redevelopment Agency/Covina Public Financing Authority/Covina Housing Authority will adjourn to its next regular meeting of the Council/Agency/Authority scheduled for Tuesday, May 6, 2025, at 6:30 p.m. for closed session and at 7:30 p.m. for open session inside the Council Chamber at City Hall, located at 125 East College Street, Covina, California, 91723.