City Council Agenda
Tuesday, June 4, 2024
Closed Session 5:30 PM
Regular Meeting 6:30 PM
South Coast Air Quality Management District/Main Auditorium 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765
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JUNE 4, 2024 PAGE 2
ANDREW CHOU
Council Member
RUTH M. LOW
Council Member
STEVE TYE
Council Member
STAN LIU
Mayor
CHIA TENG
Mayor Pro Tem
City Manager Dan Fox • City Attorney Omar Sandoval • 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. A person who disrupts the orderly conduct of the meeting after being warned by the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee that their behavior is disrupting the meeting, may result in the person 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 (on Spectrum Cable Channel 3 and Frontier FiOS television Channel 47) and on the City’s website at www.diamondbarca.gov/agendas. 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/agendas General information: (909) 839-7000
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.
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CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
June 04, 2024
CLOSED SESSION 5:30 p.m., CC-8 Conference Room, In
Person ONLY – no teleconference
Public Comments
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
– ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4):
One potential case
CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor
INVOCATION: Jim Wes, Evangelical Free Church
ROLL CALL: Chou, Low, Tye, Mayor Pro Tem Teng,
Mayor Liu
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor
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1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS: NONE.
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.
4. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:
4.1 Planning Commission Meeting – June 11, 2024, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.
4.2 Concerts in the Park/Movies Under the Stars – June 12, 2024, 6:30 – 9:30 p.m., Summitridge Park, 1425 Summitridge Dr.
4.3 Coffee with a Cop – June 15, 2024, 8:00 – 10:00 a.m., Paris Baguette, 21050 Golden Springs Dr. Ste C105.
4.4 City Council Meeting – June 18, 2024, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and SCAQMD Main Auditorium, 21865 Copley Dr.
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 MARCH 26, 2024 JOINT CITY
COUNCIL & PLANNING COMMISSION STUDY SESSION AND THE
MAY 21, 2024 STUDY SESSION AND REGULAR MEETING.
5.1.a March 26, 2024 Joint City Council & Planning Commission Study Session Minutes
5.1.b May 21, 2024 Study Session Minutes
5.1.c May 21, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Recommended Action:
Approve the March 26, 2024 Joint City Council & Planning Commission Study Session minutes and the May 21, 2024 Study Session and Regular City Council meeting minutes.
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Requested by: City Clerk
5.2 RATIFICATION OF CHECK REGISTER DATED MAY 15, 2024
THROUGH MAY 28, 2024 TOTALING $690,908.60.
Recommended Action:
Ratify the Check Register.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.3 CANCELLATION OF JULY 2, 2024 CITY COUNCIL MEETING.
Recommended Action:
Adjourn the June 18, 2024 City Council meeting to July 16, 2024.
Requested by: City Manager
5.4 CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION,
AND CONSOLIDATING THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION WITH
THE STATEWIDE GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 5, 2024, AND ADOPTING REGULATIONS RELATED TO CANDIDATE STATEMENTS.
Recommended Action:
A. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-15 calling the General Municipal Election to be held on Tuesday, November 5, 2024 for the election of two (2) Members of the City Council;
B. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-16 requesting approval from the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles to Consolidate the General Municipal Election with the Statewide General Election; and
C. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-17 adopting Regulations for Candidates for Elective Office related to Candidate Statements.
Requested by: City Manager
5.5 WIRELESS SITE LICENSE AGREEMENT WITH DISH WIRELESS LLC
TO ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND LOCATION OF A
CELLULAR SITE AT PETERSON PARK.
Recommended Action:
Approve and authorize the City Manager to execute the Wireless Site License Agreement and associated documents required for the operation of the DISH Wireless cellular site at Peterson Park through June 2044.
Requested by: City Manager
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5.6 NOTICE OF COMPLETION FOR THE GROUNDWATER DRAINAGE
IMPROVEMENTS AT COPLEY DRIVE AND AT MOONLAKE STREET,
PROJECT NO. PW23401).
Recommended Action:
Approve, and authorize the Director of Public Works/City Engineer to file the Notice of Completion.
Requested by: Public Works Department
5.7 FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT
WITH TORTI GALLAS + PARTNERS TO DEVELOP CITYWIDE
OBJECTIVE DESIGN STANDARDS.
Recommended Action:
Approve, and authorize the City Manager to sign, the First Amendment to the Consultant Services Agreement with Torti Gallas + Partners to prepare Citywide Objective Design Standards.
Requested by: Community Development Department
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS: NONE.
7. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
7.1 ADOPTION OF THE FISCAL YEAR 2024/25 CITY OPERATING
BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM, INCLUDING
ESTABLISHMENT OF THE APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT, EMPLOYEE
COMPENSATION PLAN AND INVESTMENT POLICY.
Recommended Action:
A. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-18 approving the FY 2024/25 City Operating Budget and Capital Improvement Program;
B. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-19 establishing the appropriations limit for FY 2024/25 in the amount of $61,282,567;
C. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-20 establishing the compensation plan, salary ranges and fringe benefits for all employee classifications; and D. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-21 approving the FY 2024/25 Investment Policy.
Requested by:
8. COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
9. ADJOURNMENT: