CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION MINUTES
SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT/ROOM CC-8
21865 COPLEY DRIVE, DIAMOND BAR, CA 91765
MARCH 7, 2023
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Chou called the Study Session to order at 5:00 p.m.
ROLL CALL: Council Members Ruth Low, Chia Yu Teng, Steve Tye, Mayor Pro Tem Stan Liu, and Mayor Andrew Chou
Staff in Attendance: Dan Fox, City Manager; Omar Sandoval, City Attorney; Ryan McLean, Assistant City Manager; Anthony Santos, Assistant to the City Manager; David Liu, Public Works Director; Ryan Wright, Parks & Recreation Director; Jason Jacobsen, Finance Director; Cecilia Arellano, Public Information Coordinator; Marsha Roa, Public Information Manager; Kristina Santana, City Clerk Staff Present Telephonically: Hal Ghafari, Public Works Manager/Assistant City Engineer
1. INTRODUCTION OF 2024-2027 CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PLAN:
ACM/McLean thanked Council Members for responding to the survey and staff members for their assistance in preparing the plan, detailed the process, and presented the staff report and draft plan while responding to Council’s questions, comments and concerns.
Council briefly discussed C/Low’s suggestion to consider incentivizing small manufacturing companies to locate in Diamond Bar through economic development to replace the brick and mortar business shrinkage and fill building vacancies.
The Council discussed focusing on communication with the public.
The Council discussed the first general public satisfaction survey specific to government services expected to be launched by the end of the fiscal year (June 30, 2023).
The Council discussed C/Low’s suggestion for increased emphasis on safety for local businesses. ACM/McLean responded that there has been significant outreach to businesses. During a recent conversation with Deputy Scheller he indicated that he has new Volunteers on Patrol who have foreign language ability and he will partner with those individuals to go out to discuss available resources with business owners where there has been a language barrier. In addition, staff has discussed having more public safety outreach events which will include the business community to encourage them to successfully encourage them to install camera security equipment.
ACM/McLean said that the plan would be updated with items discussed this evening and would be considered during the budget process.
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______________________________________________________________________ ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to come before the City Council, Mayor Chou recessed the Study Session at 6:28 p.m. to the Regular Meeting.
Respectfully submitted:
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Kristina Santana, City Clerk
The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this 21st day of March, 2023. _______________________________
Andrew Chou, Mayor