LOCATION:
El Monte City Hall – East
City Council Chambers
11333 Valley Boulevard
El Monte, CA 91731
DATE AND TIME:
Thursday,
January 20, 2022
5:30 p.m.
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF EL MONTE
MEETING JOINTLY AND REGULARLY WITH THE EL MONTE HOUSING AUTHORITY; EL MONTE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY; EL MONTE WATER AUTHORITY; EL MONTE PARKING AUTHORITY; SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER EL MONTE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY; HOUSING SUCCESSOR AGENCY; AND, FROM TIME TO TIME, SUCH OTHER BODIES OF
THE CITY WHOSE MEMBERSHIP IS COMPOSED EXCLUSIVELY OF THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE CITY
COUNCIL
COUNCILMEMBERS/AUTHORITY MEMBERS:
Jessica Ancona, Mayor
♦ Alma D. Puente, Mayor Pro Tem ♦ Martin R. Herrera, Councilmember ♦ Victoria Martinez Muela, Councilmember ♦ Dr. Maria Morales, Councilmember
This meeting shall be conducted in compliance with the procedures set forth under AB361 which allows local legislative bodies to continue conducting virtual meetings under certain emergency circumstances without strictly complying with traditional Brown Act teleconferencing requirements, so long as there is a live comment option for public comments, meetings are paused for any technical difficulties that affect public participation, and each agenda contains information on how to access the meeting as well as how to participate in public comment virtually. The City Council has availed itself of the procedures of AB361 for this meeting by resolution last approved at its meeting of January 11, 2022. To mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and subject to the public’s right to participate in the manner described below, City Hall and the City Council Chambers will be closed to members of the public for this meeting. Please also note, that this meeting is a Special Meeting within the meaning of Government Code Section 54956 and as provided under Government Code Section 54954.3 , interested members of the public may only address the City Council on items of business appearing on this Special Meeting agenda.
Members of the public wishing to observe the meeting may do so in any of the following ways:
(1) Turn your TV to Channel 3; or
(2) City’s website at http://www.elmonteca.gov/378/Council-Meeting-Videos.
Persons wishing to offer public comment for this meeting may do so:
By calling-in to the conference line at (888) 204-5987; Code 8167975. Prior to going into closed session, the City Council, through the presiding officer, will ask the City Clerk if there are any members of the public who have called in who wish to address the City Council. The City Council shall be under no obligation to Special City Council Meeting of January 20, 2022
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entertain comments from persons who call-in after the City Council has moved into closed session. The City Council shall be under no obligation to respond to or deliberate upon any specific questions or comments posed by a speaker or take action on any issue raised by a speaker beyond such action as the City Council may be lawfully authorized to take on an agendized matter pursuant to the Brown Act (Govt. Code Section 54950 et seq.) Members of the City Council may provide brief clarifying responses to any comment made or questions posed. Persons who wish to address the Council are asked to state their name and address for the record. Speakers may not lend any portion of their speaking time to other persons or borrow additional time from other persons. All comments or queries presented by a speaker shall be addressed to the City Council as a body and not to any specific member thereof. No questions shall be posed to any member of the City Council except through the presiding official of the meeting, the Mayor and/or Chair. The City Council may not engage in any sort of prolonged discussion or deliberation with any speaker or group of speakers on matters that are not listed on this agenda.
Enforcement of Decorum: The Chief of Police, or such member, or members of the Police Department as the Chief of Police may designate, shall serve as the Sergeant-at-Arms of any Council meeting. The Sergeant-at-Arms shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the presiding official for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the meeting. While members of the public are free to level criticism of City policies and the action(s) or proposed action(s) of the Council or its members, members of the public may not engage in behavior that is disruptive to the orderly conduct of the proceedings, including, but not limited to, conduct that prevents other members of t he public from being heard when it is their opportunity to speak or which prevents members of the audience from hearing or seeing the proceedings. Members of the public may not threaten any person with physical harm or act in a manner that may reasonably be interpreted as an imminent threat of physical harm. All persons participating in the meeting must adhere to the City’s policy barring harassment based upon a person’s race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, or age.
Instruction regarding accommodation under the Am ericans with Disabilities Act can be found on the last page of this Agenda.
1. CALL TO ORDER:
2. ROLL CALL FOR CITY COUNCIL AND AUTHORITY BODIES:
Jessica Ancona, Mayor/Chair
Alma D. Puente, Mayor Pro Tem/Authority Member
Victoria Martinez Muela, Councilmember/Authority Member Dr. Maria Morales, Councilmember/Authority Member
Martin R. Herrera, Councilmember/Authority Member
3. APPROVAL OF AGENDA:
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4. CLOSED SESSION:
This is the time set aside for interested members of the public to address the City Council on agendized Closed Session matters. Subject to the commenting procedures described, above, the City Council will allow interested members of the public to address the City Council on agendized Closed Session matters prior to holding Closed Session. Each speaker will be given a single speaker time allotment of three (3) continuous m inutes total to address the Council on any or all closed session items of business. The City Council shall be under no obligation to recognize a speaker who submits a speaker card after the City Council has gone into Closed Session.
4.1 Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957 – Discussion Relating to Annual/Routine Performance Evaluation Per Section 8 of City Manager Contract.
4.2 Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 – Conference with Labor Negotiators.
City’s Negotiator:
Rick Olivarez, City Attorney
Unrepresented Employee:
City Manager
5. CITY REPORT OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION.
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6. ADJOURNMENT:
The next Regular Meeting of the City Council will be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 6:00 p.m. The agenda for this upcoming Regular Meeting will be posted on the City’s website, www.ci.el- monte.ca.us, and physically posted no less than 72 hours prior to the start of the subject regular meeting. Although it is the City’s practice and desire to electronically post a copy of this Agenda along with supporting material as part of its website posting, the size or formatting of certain supporting materials may render their website posting infeasible. Nevertheless, all supporting materials related to any item on this Agenda, that is made available to the members of the council may be inspected by members of the public at the City Clerk’s Office located at 11333 Valley Boulevard, El Monte, Monday through Thursday, 7: 00 am – 5:30 pm. For more information, please call the City Clerk’s Office at 626-580-2016.
All public meetings and events sponsored or conduc ted by the City of El Monte are held in sites accessible to persons with disabilities. Requests for accommodations may be made by calling the office of the City Clerk at (626) 580-2016 at least three (3) working days prior to the event, if possible.
This Agenda and copies of documents distributed at the meeting are available in alternative formats upon request.
Posted: January 19, 2022 at 4:35 p.m.