Regular City Council Joint Meeting - November 04, 2025
JOINT MEETING—CLOSED SESSION 6:30 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
PUBLIC COMMENTS - CLOSED SESSION
The public is invited to comment on Closed Session items only at this time.
CLOSED SESSION
The City Council/Successor Agency to the Covina Redevelopment Agency/Covina Public Financing Authority/Covina Housing Authority will adjourn to closed session for the following:
A. Government Code § 54956.8 - CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Property: 1104 McGill St., Covina, CA Agency Negotiator: Chris Marcarello, City Manager/Executive Director Brian Lee, Deputy City Manager/Community Development Director Negotiating Parties: Unidentified at this time
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
B. Government Code § 54956.8 - CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS Property: 176 E. Badillo St., Covina, CA (APN: 8445-010-812) Agency Negotiator: Chris Marcarello, City Manager
Brian Lee, Deputy City Manager/Community Development Director Negotiating Parties: Frontier California, Inc., Owner Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
C. Government Code § 54957 - PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT
Title: City Attorney
RECESS
JOINT MEETING—OPEN SESSION 7:30 PM
RECONVENE AND 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 King.
INVOCATION
Given by Covina Police Chaplain Steve Martinez.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
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 three (3) 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 10 07 Minutes Special Closed CC Draft.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Approve the Minutes of the October 7, 2025, 2:30 p.m. Special Closed Session Meeting of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Covina Redevelopment Agency/Covina Public Financing Authority/Housing Authority.
CC 2. Minutes
1. 2025 10 07 Minutes Special Closed 4 pm CC Draft.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Approve the Minutes of the October 7, 2025, 4:00 p.m. Special Closed Session Meeting of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Covina Redevelopment Agency/Covina Public Financing Authority/Housing Authority.
CC 3. Minutes
1. 2025 10 21 Minutes CC Draft.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Approve the Minutes of the October 21, 2025, Regular Meeting of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Covina Redevelopment Agency/Covina Public Financing Authority/Housing Authority.
CC 4. Payment of Demands
1. Payment of Demands October 1, 2025 - October 16, 2025.pdf
2. Check Register Oct 1, 2025 - Oct 16, 2025.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Approve Payment of Demands in the amount of $6,359,799.50.
CC 5. Speed Hump Installation Project – North Larkin Drive between Badillo Street and San Bernardino Road – Final Acceptance and Filing Notice of Completion
1. Speed Hump Installation Project - N. Larkin Dr between Badillo St and San Bernardino Road - NOC.pdf
2. Attachment A - Notice of Completion.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Accept the work performed by FS Contractors, Inc.; and
Authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the Speed Hump Installation Project – North Larkin Drive between Badillo Street and San Bernardino Road.
CC 6. Speed Hump Installation Project – Armel Drive between Rowland Avenue and Workman Avenue – Final Acceptance and Filing Notice of Completion
1. Speed Hump Installation Project - Armel Drive between Rowland Ave and Workman Ave - NOC.pdf
2. Attachment A - Notice of Completion(1).pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Accept the work performed by FS Contractors, Inc.; and
Authorize the City Clerk to file a Notice of Completion for the Speed Hump Installation Project – Armel Drive between Rowland Avenue and Workman Avenue.
CC 7. Declaring Real Property Owned by the City as Exempt Surplus Property that is no Longer Necessary for the City’s Use; Authorization to Proceed with the Sale of the Property, and Finding that this Action Exempt from the Provisions of CEQA
1. Exemption from Surplus Land Act - SWC of Hurst Street and Grand Avenue.pdf
2. Attachment A - Resolution CC 2025-114.pdf
3. Attachment B - Vicinity Map.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
That the City Council:
Adopt
Resolution CC 2025-114
, declaring City-owned real property at the southwest corner of Grand Avenue and Hurst Avenue (APN #8429-004-900) as surplus and finding that it is exempt from the Surplus Land Act; Authorize the City Attorney to make minor revisions, if necessary, to the Resolution prior to submittal to the California Department of Housing and Community Development; Find that this action is exempt from the provisions of CEQA; and Authorize the City Manager, or designee to initiate an appraisal and advertisement of the real property for sale.
NEW BUSINESS
NB 1. Introduction of Ordinance 25-13, Amending Title 14, Building and Construction, of the Covina Municipal Code
1. Ordinance- 2025 Building Standards Code.pdf
2. Attachment A - Ordinance 25-13.pdf
3. Attachment B - Resolution CC 2025-115.pdf
Staff Recommendation:
Waive full reading, read by title only, and introduce
Ordinance 25-13
entitled “An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Covina adopting by reference codes comprising the 2025 Edition of the California Building Standards Code (California Code Of Regulations, Title 24, Parts 1 - 12), including the 2025 Editions of the California Administrative Code, California Building Code Volumes 1 and 2 including Appendices A B, D, F, I, J, N, O and P, California Residential Code including Appendices AA, BB, BF, BG, BH, BI, BJ, BK, BL, BM, BN, BO, CI, and CJ, California Green Building Standards Code, California Mechanical Code, California Plumbing Code, California Electrical Code, California Fire Code, California Existing Building Code, California Energy Code, California Historical Building Code, California Referenced Standards Code, and the California Wildland-Urban Interface Code, together with certain additions, insertions, deletions and changes, amending Title 14 of the Covina Municipal Code, and approving a CEQA exemption determination”; and Schedule a public hearing for December 2, 2025, to receive public input on the proposed adoption by reference of the aforementioned Codes.
NB 2. Wingate Park Regional EWMP Project Presentation
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, November 18, 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.