City Council Agenda
Tuesday, December 17, 2024 6:30 PM
South Coast Air Quality Management District/Main Auditorium 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765
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ANDREW CHOU
Council Member
STAN LIU
Council Member
RUTH M. LOW
Council Member
CHIA YU TENG
Mayor
STEVE TYE
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 17, 2024
CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor
INVOCATION: Deacon Alfredo Guerrero, St. Denis
Catholic Church
ROLL CALL: Chou, Liu, Low, Mayor Pro Tem Tye,
Mayor Teng
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS:
2. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
2.1 Post Election Wrap-Up on State, County and Local Ballot Measures.
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.
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4. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:
4.1 Christmas Holiday – December 24-25, 2024, City Offices Closed.
4.2 New Year’s Day Holiday – January 1, 2025, City Offices Closed.
4.3 City Council Meeting – January 7, 2025 – cancelled.
4.4 Red Cross Blood Drive – January 8, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m., Grand View Ballroom, Diamond Bar Center, 1600 Grand Ave.
4.5 Planning Commission Meeting – January 14, 2025, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.
4.6 Used Oil Filter Exchange – January 18, 2025, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m., Autozone, 303 W. Diamond Bar Blvd.
4.7 Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday – January 20, 2025, City Offices Closed.
4.8 City Council Meeting – January 21, 2025, 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 DECEMBER 3, 2024 REGULAR MEETING.
5.1.a December 3, 2024 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Recommended Action:
Approve the December 3, 2024 Regular City Council meeting minutes.
Requested by: City Clerk
5.2 RATIFICATION OF CHECK REGISTER DATED NOVEMBER 13, 2024 THROUGH DECEMBER 9, 2024 TOTALING $3,386,142.03.
Recommended Action:
Ratify the Check Register.
Requested by: Finance Department
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5.3 TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
Recommended Action:
Approve the November 2024 Treasurer’s Statement.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.4 AMENDMENT TO THE COMPENSATION PLAN FOR ONE PART-TIME NON-BENEFITTED CLASSIFICATION OF EMPLOYMENT.
Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution No. 2024-41 amending the Compensation Plan for One Part-time Non-Benefitted Classification of Employment Effective December 28, 2024.
Requested by: City Manager
5.5 ADOPT RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF FUNDING
AGREEMENTS FOR STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDING, APPROVE
WVWD UTILITY AGREEMENT, APPROVE LACFCD TRASH EXCLUDER
AGREEMENT AND ADOPT A CLASS 1 CEQA EXEMPTION FOR THE
DIAMOND BAR BOULEVARD COMPLETE STREETS PROJECT.
Recommended Action:
A. Determine that approval of the utility relocation agreements, trash screen installation agreement, and funding documents resolution for the Project is categorically exempt from environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Class 1: Existing Facilities; B. Adopt Resolution No. 2024-42, to authorize the Public Works Director/City Engineer to sign and execute project related funding agreements and documents with the State of California for Federal and State Funds;
C. Approve, and authorize the City Manager to sign an Agreement with Walnut Valley Water District to reimburse their costs for relocating or adjusting water facilities within the Diamond Bar Blvd. Complete Streets project limits; and
D. Approve, and authorize the City Manager to sign an Agreement with LA County Flood Control District to authorize the City to install trash screens on stormwater catch basins and remove future trash from the catch basins citywide, including the Diamond Bar Blvd. Complete Streets project limits.
Requested by: Public Works Department
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6. PUBLIC HEARINGS: NONE.
7. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
7.1 ANNUAL APPOINTMENT OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON
LOCAL AND REGIONAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND
COMMITTEES.
Recommended Action:
Ratify the Mayor's appointments, and adopt Resolution No. 2024-43 confirming appointments to the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments.
Requested by: City Manager
8. COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
9. ADJOURNMENT: