City Council Agenda
Tuesday, January 18, 2022
6:30 PM
PUBLIC ADVISORY:
Consistent with State Assembly Bill 361, this meeting will be conducted telephonically and Members of the City Council and staff will be participating via Teleconference. There will be no physical meeting location for this meeting. Members of the public are encouraged to participate and address the City Council during the public comment portion of the meeting via teleconference.
How to Observe the Meeting From Home:
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How to Submit Public Comment:
The public may provide public comment by attending the meeting in person, by sending an email, or by logging into the teleconference. Please send email public comments to the City Clerk at [email protected] by 4:00 p.m. on the day of the meeting and indicate in the Subject Line “FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.” Written comments will be distributed to the Council Members, noted for the record at the meeting and posted on the City’s official agenda webpage as soon as reasonably practicable (found here: http://diamondbarca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx).
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American Disability Act Accommodations:
Pursuant to the Executive Order, and in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in the Council Meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office (909) 839- 7010 within 72 hours of the meeting. City Council video recordings with transcription will be available upon request the day following the Council Meeting.
The City of Diamond Bar thanks you in advance for taking all precautions to prevent spreading the COVID-19 virus.
NANCY A. LYONS
Council Member
STAN LIU
Council Member
STEVE TYE
Council Member
RUTH M. LOW
Mayor
ANDREW CHOU
Mayor Pro Tem
City Manager Dan Fox • City Attorney David DeBerry • City Clerk Kristina Santana
DIAMOND BAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING RULES
Welcome to the meeting of the Diamond Bar City Council. Meetings are open to the public and are broadcast on Spectrum Cable Channel 3 and Frontier FiOS television Channel 47. You are invited to attend and participate. Copies of staff reports or other written documentation relating to agenda items are on file and available for public inspection by contacting the Office of the City Clerk. If requested, the agenda will be made available in an alternative format to a person with disability as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have questions regarding an agenda item, please contact the City Clerk at (909) 839-7010 during regular business hours.
PUBLIC INPUT
Members of the public may address the Council on any item of business on the agenda during the time the item is taken up by the Council. In addition, members of the public may, during the Public Comment period address the Council on any Consent Calendar item or any matter not on the agenda and within the Council’s subject matter jurisdiction. Any material to be submitted to the City Council at the meeting should be submitted through the City Clerk.
Speakers are limited to five minutes per agenda item, unless the Mayor determines otherwise. The Mayor may adjust this time limit depending on the number of people wishing to speak, the complexity of the matter, the length of the agenda, the hour and any other relevant consideration.
Speakers may address the Council only once on an agenda item, except during public hearings, when the applicant/appellant may be afforded a rebuttal.
Public comments must be directed to the City Council. Behavior that disrupts the orderly conduct of the meeting may result in the speaker being removed from the meeting.
INFORMATION RELATING TO AGENDAS AND ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL Agendas for regular City Council meetings are available 72 hours prior to the meeting and are posted in the City’s regular posting locations, on DBTV Channel 3, Spectrum Cable Channel 3, Frontier FiOS television Channel 47 and on the City’s website at www.diamondbarca.gov. The City Council may take action on any item listed on the agenda.
HELPFUL PHONE NUMBERS
Copies of agendas, rules of the Council, Video of meetings: (909) 839-7010 Computer access to agendas: www.diamondbarca.gov
General information: (909) 839-700
Written materials distributed to the City Council within 72 hours of the City Council meeting are available for public inspection immediately upon distribution in the City Clerk’s Office at 21810 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, California, during normal business hours.
THIS MEETING IS BEING VIDEO RECORDED AND BY PARTICIPATING VIA TELECONFERENCE, YOU ARE GIVING YOUR PERMISSION TO BE TELEVISED.
THIS MEETING WILL BE RE-BROADCAST EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT 9:00 A.M. AND ALTERNATE TUESDAYS AT 8:00 P.M. AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR
LIVE VIEWING AT
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CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
January 18, 2022
CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor
ROLL CALL: Liu, Lyons, Tye, Mayor Pro Tem Chou,
Mayor Low
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS:
1.1 New Business of the Month – Hanna Bridal.
1.2 Certificates in Recognition of Chaparral Middle School Mock Trial Team and Diamond Bar High School Mock Trial Team
2. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
"Public Comments" is the time reserved on each regular meeting agenda to provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Council on Consent Calendar items or other matters of interest not on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Although the City Council values your comments, pursuant to the Brown Act, members of the City Council or Staff may briefly respond to public comments if necessary, but no extended discussion and no action on such matters may take place. There is a five-minute maximum time limit when addressing the City Council. At this time, the teleconference moderator will ask callers one at a time to give their name and if there is an agenda item number they wish to speak on before providing their comment. If you wish to speak on a public hearing item or council consideration item, you will then be called upon to speak at that point in the agenda.
4. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:
4.1 Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board of Directors Regular Meeting – January 19, 2022 – 6:00 p.m., online teleconference only.
4.2 Planning Commission Meeting – January 25, 2022 – 6:30 p.m. –
CANCELLED
4.3 Parks & Recreation Commission Meeting – January 27, 2022 – 6:30 p.m. – CANCELLED
4.4 City Council Meeting – February 1, 2022, 6:30 p.m. online teleconference only.
5. CONSENT CALENDAR:
All items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be acted on by a single motion unless a Council Member or member of the public request otherwise, in which case, the item will be removed for separate consideration.
5.1 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE DECEMBER 21, 2021 REGULAR MEETING.
5.1.a December 21, 2021 City Council Minutes
Recommended Action:
Approve the December 21, 2021 Regular City Council meeting minutes.
Requested by: City Clerk
5.2 RATIFICATION OF CHECK REGISTER DATED DECEMBER 15, 2021 THROUGH JANUARY 11, 2022 TOTALING $1,317,396.43.
Recommended Action:
Ratify the Check Register.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.3 TREASURER'S STATEMENT
Recommended Action:
Approve the October 2021 and November 2021 Treasurer’s Statements.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.4 CONTINUED USE OF TELECONFERENCING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 361 FOR MEETINGS OF THE DIAMOND BAR CITY
COUNCIL AND OTHER CITY COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
SUBJECT TO STATE OPEN MEETING LAWS.
Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution No. 2022-01, providing for continued use of teleconferencing and other formats as defined and in compliance with Assembly Bill 361 for meetings of the Diamond Bar City Council, City Commissions and Subcommittees.
Requested by: City Manager
5.5 MAINTENANCE SERVICE AGREEMENT WITH EXTERIOR PRODUCTS
CORP FOR ON-CALL ELECTRICAL AND LIGHTING SERVICES
THROUGH JUNE 30, 2022.
Recommended Action:
Authorize the City Manager to sign a Maintenance Service Agreement with Exterior Products Corp through June 30, 2022.
Requested by: Public Works Department
5.6 ESTABLISHMENT OF ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING FEE RATES.
Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution No. 2022-02, establishing electric vehicle charging station fee rates effective January 19, 2022.
Requested by: Public Works Department
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
6.1 CONSIDERATION TO DISSOLVE LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT NO. 39 AND TO DECLARE INTENTION TO FORM A NEW
LANDSCAPE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 39-2022.
Recommended Action:
A. Receive presentation, open Public Hearing to receive testimony, close Public Hearing, and discuss; and
B. Adopt Resolution No. 2022-03 to dissolve Landscape Assessment District No. 39; and
C. Adopt Resolution No. 2022-04 declaring intention to form Landscape Assessment District No. 39-2022 and levy assessments, preliminarily approving the Engineer’s Report, providing notice of Public Hearing and ordering the mailing of the assessment ballot.
Requested by: Public Works Department
6.2 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM
ALLOCATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023.
Recommended Action:
A. Open the public hearing to receive public testimony; B. Close the public hearing; and
C. Adopt Resolution No. 2022-05 approving the Community Development Block Grant Funding Allocations for Fiscal Year 2022/2023.
Requested by: Community Development Department
7. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
7.1 TRANSMITTAL OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 ANNUAL
COMPREHENSIVE FINANCIAL REPORT (ACFR) AND
APPROPRIATION OF UNASSIGNED GENERAL FUND RESERVES TO
VARIOUS FUNDS.
Recommended Action:
A. Receive and File the Fiscal Year 2020-21 Annual Comprehensive Financial Report;
B. Assign $100,000 of Unassigned General Fund Reserves to the Technology Reserve Fund (104);
C. Assign $260,826 of Unassigned General Fund Reserves to the OPEB Reserve Fund (105);
D. Approve an appropriation of Unassigned General Fund Reserves in the amount of $742,536 to the Park & Facility Development Fund (262); and
E. Approve an appropriation of Unassigned General Fund Reserves in the amount of $742,536 to the Building Maintenance & Replacement Fund (504).
Requested by: Finance Department
8. COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
9. ADJOURNMENT: IN MEMORY OF JOHNNY GONZALES.