City Council Agenda
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Closed Session 5:00 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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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.
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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.
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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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
March 18, 2025
CLOSED SESSION 5:00 p.m., CC-8 Conference Room In
Person ONLY – no teleconference.
Public Comments
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR
NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Govt. Code Section 54957.6
Agency designated representatives: Dan
Fox, City Manager; Ryan McLean,
Assistant City Manager; Ryan Wright,
Parks and Recreation Director; Amy Haug,
HR & Risk Manager.
Employee organization: AFCSME D.C. 36
CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor
INVOCATION: Deacon Dennis Shin, St. Denis Catholic
Church
ROLL CALL: Chou, Liu, Low, Mayor Pro Tem Tye,
Mayor Teng
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor
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1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS:
1.1 Greater Los Angeles Vector Control District Presentation.
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 – March 25, 2025, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.
4.2 Meet Your Public Safety Service Providers – March 26, 2025, 6:00 – 8:00 p.m., City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.
4.3 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting – March 27, 2025, 6:30 p.m., online teleconference and City Hall Windmill Room, 21810 Copley Dr.
4.4 City Council Meeting – April 1, 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 MARCH 4, 2025 REGULAR
MEETING.
5.1.a March 4, 2025 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes Recommended Action:
Approve the March 4, 2025 Regular City Council meeting minutes.
Requested by: City Clerk
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5.2 RATIFICATION OF CHECK REGISTER DATED FEBRUARY 19, 2025 THROUGH MARCH 4, 2025 TOTALING $1,300,920.64.
Recommended Action:
Ratify the Check Register.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.3 TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
Recommended Action:
Approve the February 2025 Treasurer’s Statement.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.4 2024 HOUSING ELEMENT ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT
Recommended Action:
Approve the report for filing with the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor's Office of Planning and Research (OPR).
Requested by: Community Development Department
5.5 2024 GENERAL PLAN STATUS REPORT.
Recommended Action:
Approve the report for filing with the State Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) and the Governor’s Office of Planning and Research (OPR).
Requested by: Community Development Department
5.6 PURCHASE OF HPE NETWORK SERVERS
Recommended Action:
Approve and authorize the City Manager to issue a purchase order to GovConnection, Inc. for the purchase of six (6) HPE Servers in the not-toexceed amount of $123,493.54.
Requested by: Information Systems
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS: NONE.
7. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
7.1 PRESENTATION OF 2024 PUBLIC SAFETY ANNUAL REPORT.
Recommended Action:
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Receive presentation.
Requested by: City Manager
8. COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
9. ADJOURNMENT: