CITY OF HAWAIIAN GARDENS
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Victor Farfan, Mayor Pro Tem
Jesse Alvarado, Council Member
Myra Maravilla, Council Member
Maria Teresa Del Rio, Council Member
Luis Roa, Mayor
Thursday, January 20, 2022
Regular Meeting, 6:00 PM
Ernesto Marquez,City Manager
Megan Garibaldi, City Attorney
MINUTES
CALL TO ORDER
The Special City Council meeting was called to order on Thursday, January 20, 2022 at 6:07 PM Reanna Guzman, Staff Assistant II, provided brief information relating to the conduct of the meeting.
FLAG SALUTE
The flag salute was led by Mayor Roa.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT
Mayor Pro Tem Farfan
Mayor Roa
Councilmember Alvarado
Councilmember Maravilla
Councilmember Del Rio
ABSENT
None
Reanna Guzman, Staff Assistant II, announced a quorum.
PUBLIC COMMENTS GENERAL OR ITEMS ON OR OFF THE AGENDA There were no Public Comments.
DISCUSSION ITEM(S)
1. BUDGET WORKSHOP
SUGGESTED ACTION: Conduct Budget Workshop.
Ernesto Marquez, City Manager, led the discussion of the budget workshop. He gave a brief summary regarding the overview of the Strategic Planning Goals & Objectives, City Council Goals, and the Budget.
Linda Hollinsworth, Finance Director, gave a summary regarding the overview of the budget being presented.
Steve Gomez, Recreation and Community Services Director, gave a brief summary regarding the programs and services in recreation.
Councilmember Maravilla made comments regarding remodeling the facility and upgrading technology for Clarkdale and Leeware.
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Ernesto Marquez, City Manager, led the discussion of the budget workshop. He gave a brief summary regarding the overview of the Strategic Planning Goals & Objectives, City Council Goals, and the Budget.
Linda Hollinsworth, Finance Director, gave a summary regarding the overview of the budget being presented.
Steve Gomez, Recreation and Community Services Director, gave a brief summary regarding the programs and services in recreation.
Councilmember Maravilla made comments regarding remodeling the facility and upgrading technology for Clarkdale and Leeware.
Ernesto Marquez, City Manager, stated they can create a fund to look at those requested projects for Clarkdale and Leeware.
Ernesto Marquez, City Manager, continued to give a summary regarding the City’s project list.
Councilmember Maravilla made comments regarding the replacement of street signs and the possibility of using the Gas Tax to use as funding.
Councilmember Farfan made comments of the consideration of renaming all the streets that have numbers and replacing them with street names.
Mayor Roa would like to make this a goal and rename the numbered streets and invest some money into the project.
Councilmember Maravilla made comments regarding speed bumps and traffic calming measures in the city.
City Council agreed to researching more options to prevent speeding and dedicating funds to the topic.
Councilmember Maravilla made comments regarding replacing the chain link fence by Helen Rosas with a block wall and Council will research further.
Councilmember Alvarado made comments regarding building a second story for Public Works building. Staff will research for new estimated cost for project.
Ernesto Marquez, City Manager, continued to present the PowerPoint to Council.
ORAL COUNCIL REPORT(S)
There were no Oral Council Reports.
ADJOURNMENT
City Council adjourned the Special meeting at 8:00 PM to the next Regular City Council meeting to be held on Tuesday, January 25, 2022 at 6:00 PM.
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