City Council/Public Financing
Authority/Parking Authority
Agenda
Tuesday, December 3, 2024 6:30 PM
South Coast Air Quality Management District/Main Auditorium 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765
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DECEMBER 3, 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.
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CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
December 03, 2024
CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
INVOCATION Rev. Florentino Cordova, Diamond
Bar United Church of Christ
ROLL CALL: Chou, Low, Tye, Mayor Pro Tem
Teng, Mayor Liu
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor.
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS:
1.1 Good Citizens Certificates – Diamond Bar CAPA Youth Group.
2. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
3. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE
3.1 ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE TO APPOINTED OFFICIALS.
Recommended Action:
Receive and file this report and direct the administration of the oath of office to District 2 Council Member Ruth M. Low and District 5 Council Member Stan Liu.
Requested by: City Manager
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4. CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION
Selection of Mayor
Selection of Mayor Pro Tem
Presentation to 2024 Mayor Stan Liu
RECESS/RECEPTION
RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
5. 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.
6. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:
6.1 Winter Snow Fest – December 7, 2024, 8:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m., Pantera Park, 738 Pantera Dr.
6.2 Windmill Lighting – December 7, 2024, 5:00 – 6:00 p.m., Intersection of Diamond Bar Blvd. and Grand Ave.
6.3 Planning Commission Meeting – December 10, 2024, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr..
6.4 Special Traffic and Transportation Meeting – December 12, 2024, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.
6.5 City Council Meeting – December 17, 2024, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and SCAQMD Main Auditorium, 21865 Copley Dr.
7. 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.
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7.1 JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES OF THE OCTOBER 8, 2024 JOINT STUDY SESSION AND CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 19, 2024 REGULAR MEETING.
7.1.a October 8, 2024 Joint City Council & Planning Commission Study Session Minutes
7.1.b November 19, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Recommended Action:
Approve the October 8, 2024 Joint City Council and Planning Commission Study Session and the November 19, 2024 Regular City Council meeting minutes.
Requested by: City Clerk
7.2 CANCELLATION OF JANUARY 7, 2025 CITY COUNCIL MEETING Recommended Action:
Adjourn the December 17, 2024 City Council meeting to January 21, 2025.
Requested by: City Manager
7.3 PURCHASE OF ONE (1) RARITAN KVM SWITCH WITH 5 YEARS OF SUPPORT.
Recommended Action:
Approve and authorize the City Manager to issue a Purchase Order to GovConnection, Inc. for the purchase of one (1) Raritan KVM Switch with 5 years of support in the not-to-exceed amount of $17,548.
Requested by: Information Systems
8. PUBLIC HEARINGS: NONE.
9. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION: NONE.
RECESS TO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY:
1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. ROLL CALL: Authority Members Liu, Low, Tye,
Vice Chair Chou, Chair Teng
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
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4. CONSENT CALENDAR:
4.1 Public Financing Authority Minutes of December 5, 2023.
Recommended Action:
Approve the December 5, 2023 Public Financing Authority meeting minutes.
Requested by: City Manager
4.2 Public Financing Authority Treasurer's Statement.
Recommended Action:
Approve the Annual Public Financing Authority Treasurer's Statement.
Requested by: Finance Department
5. PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY REORGANIZATION:
Selection of Chair
Selection of Vice Chair
6. AUTHORITY MEMBER COMMENTS:
7. ADJOURN PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MEETING:
RECESS TO PARKING AUTHORITY MEETING:
1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. ROLL CALL: Authority Members Liu, Teng, Tye,
Vice Chair Low, Chair Chou
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
4. CONSENT CALENDAR:
4.1 PARKING AUTHORITY MINUTES OF DECEMBER 5, 2023.
Recommended Action:
Approve the December 5, 2023 meeting minutes.
Requested by: City Manager
5. PARKING AUTHORITY REORGANIZATION:
DECEMBER 3, 2024 PAGE 5
Selection of Chair
Selection of Vice Chair
6. AUTHORITY MEMBER COMMENTS:
7. ADJOURN PARKING AUTHORITY MEETING:
RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING:
10. COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
11. ADJOURNMENT: