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MINUTES
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
MARCH 8, 2022
CALL TO ORDER
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Highland was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor McCallon at the Donahue Council Chambers, 27215 Base Line, Highland, California.
The invocation was given by Mayor McCallon, and the Pledge of Allegiance was led by Benjamin and Joseph Shumate, Boy Scout Troop 19.
ROLL CALL
Present: Chavez, Lilburn, McCallon, Solano, Timmer
Absent: None
REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
City Attorney Marroquin stated the Housing Authority met in closed session so she will be doing a written report for that.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Mayor McCallon presented a Proclamation proclaiming March 29 as Vietnam War Veterans Day.
Richard Aquino, Girl Scouts of America, gave a brief presentation regarding their appreciation of support received from members of the community.
Kelly Malloy, Director of Strategic Services , East Valley Water District , gave a n update on the Sterling Natural Resource Center.
PUBLIC COMMENT (ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA)
Sophia Trovato spoke regarding safety issues with traffic in the red zone area near her residence.
CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR
A MOTION was made by Mayor Pro Tem Lilburn, seconded by Council Member Solano, to approve the consent calendar as submitted. Motion carried on a roll call vote, 5-0.
1. Waive the Reading of All Ordinances
Waived the reading of all Ordinances in their entirety and read by title only.
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2. Minutes – February 8, 2022 City Council Special Meeting Approved the Minutes as submitted.
3. Minutes – February 8, 2022 City Council Regular Meeting Approved the Minutes as submitted.
4. Warrant Register
Approved Warrant Register No. 739 for March 8 , 202 2, in the amount of $1,916,815.90 and Payroll of $106,017.01.
5. Preparation of Annual Engineer’s Reports for 2022/2023 Assessments 1) Adopted Resolution No. 2022-009 ordering the preparation of an Engineer’s Report for Consolidated Landscape and Lighting District No. 96-1; and 2) Adopted Resolution No. 2022-010 ordering the preparation of an Engineer’s Report for Street and Drainage Maintenance District 96-1.
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-009
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE PREPARATION OF ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR CONSOLIDATED LANDSCAPE & LIGHTING DISTRICT NO. 96-1 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-010
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE PREPARATION OF AN ENGINEER’S REPORT FOR STREET AND DRAINAGE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT 96-1
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022/2023
6. Upgrading the City’s Current Fleet to be Compatible with th e U-EBSS for NFPA 1981-2018 Standard SCBAs
1) Approved the quote by All Star Fire Equipment, Inc., in the amount of $20,393.89; and
2) Adopted Resolution No. 2022-011 finding that All Star Fire Equipment, Inc., is a sole source vendor for this item.
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-011
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF HIGHLAND,
CALIFORNIA, FINDING THAT IT IS NECESSARY TO PROCURE THIRTY- EIGHT (38)-SCOTT X-3 SCBA’s FOR THE HIGHLAND FIRE DEPARTMENT
FROM A SINGLE SOURCE, AS AUTHORIZED BY THE
HIGHLAND MUNICIPAL CODE § 2.40.070
7. Easements Acceptance/Dan Moore – “Dan Moore Electric” Industrial Project (27002 Meines Street)
1) Accepted Grants of Easement for Road and Drainage purposes and Sidewalk purposes from Dan Moore; and
2) Directed the City Clerk to record the Grant of Easement.
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8. Review of the City’s 2021 General Plan Implementation Annual Report in Accordance with Government Code Section 65400 and 65588 Received and filed the 2021 General Plan Annual Report.
CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC HEARING
No public hearing.
CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE
9. 2022 Community Events
City Council briefly discussed the upcoming 2022 events and gave direction to staff accordingly.
10. AB 1623 (Ramos) Personal Income Taxes: Exclusion: Uniformed Services Retirement Pay: Survivor Benefit Plan Payments
City Clerk Hughes gave a brief review of the staff report.
A MOTION was made by Council Member Timmer, seconded by Council Member Solano, to approve Assemblymember James Ramos’ request for a letter of support. Motion carried, 5-0.
11. City Manager Report and Comments (Work Program, Regional/Legislative/ Development Issues, Subcommittees, etc.)
City Manager Hughes stated he just wanted to bring the Council up to speed on a few items. First was our Homeless Point in Time count which was held on February
24. The count was coordinated by Bar rie Owens, one of our Code Enforcement officers, and assisted by seven other staff members and four deputies. The group started at 5:30 a.m. and concluded at 10:00 a.m. They divided up into four groups and canvas sed the entire city, including flood control basins, rivers, and bridges. This year the group counted sixty homeless individuals and due to COVID restrictions, there was no count last year. However, in 2020 there were seventy- eight persons and in 2019 there were seventy-two. The final detailed report will be published by the County of San Bernardino in April. The Citrus Harvest Festival is March 26 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. As of today, we have approximately seventy-five booth spaces assigned. Eleven of those are historic demonstrators and four are food vendors. Ten residents have signed up for the baking contest, which will be held this Thursday at City Hall, and the winners will be revealed at the festival. The Finance Subcommittee will be reviewing auditing firms this Thursday and will be bringing that item before the City Council in April. On Friday, February 25, the Public Works staff submitted the final report for our Cal Recycle TRP10 RAC Grant in the amount of $31,000. The report includes reimbursement for construction of rubberized asphalt concrete overlay on eleven street segments in Sector E. The remaining twelve street segments in the Sector E project will be completed and included in the next report, which will be due on [March] 31. By way of this grant, the City has diverted 7,262 waste tires from going to the landfills. He
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has already touched on this, but Thursday, March 10 from 7:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. we will be holding the baking contest. So, if you want to come by and sample some goodies, that will be on Thursday. On Monday, March 14 at 4:00 p.m., there will be a Blood Drive Committee meeting at Highland City Hall . On Saturday, March 19, the Highland Improvement Team will be doing a cleanup at the Historic District to get ready for the Citrus Harvest Festival. On Monday, March 28, there will be a blood drive at the Highland Police station from 12 :00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. For the Police Department for February through March 6, they had 1,509 calls for service, 116 reports and made 87 arrests.
12. Council Member Comments (Agency/Committee/AB 1234 Reports, District Updates, etc.)
Mayor McCallon stated he had the pleasure of attending a press briefing today. He was substituting for Mayor Pro Tem Lilburn, who was unable to attend at SBIAA .
The press briefing was there to announce the start of a passenger service for Breeze Airways beginning on August 4. It will be daily flights initially to San Francisco with others to follow. Breeze has been operating primarily on the east coast. It is one of five airlines that the founder has successfully started, which includes JetBlue. Breeze provides a nonstop service between underserved routes across the U .S. at affordable fares. You can book tickets on www.flybreeze.com or on their mobile app. Interesting to note that when the app went live for SBD, this morning at 7:00 a.m., there were twenty-four tickets booked even before the public announcement in the subsequent publicity, which indicates that there is a lot of interest in flying out of San Bernardino. It is a great day for San Bernardino International Airport and for this region to have passenger service f inally starting out of the passenger terminal that was built several years ago. Hopefully, it is a harbinger of more things to come.
Mayor Pro Tem Lilburn stated thank you to Mayor McCallon for attending that today. She did book a flight today. Omnitrans, we are getting a number of solar lights, and she knows a lot of them are in Council Member Solano’s district. They thought that where they were putting them in was in the City of Highland, but actually they were in the City of San Bernardino, so she had the pleasure of meeting with them and asking them to put a little more. So, they are going to do a little more upgrading on our benches , on our shelters and some solar lighting for us. We are going through a process right now to make our bus stops a little safer, trying to do what we can to make the ridership feel safer, so if there are any particular sites that you want in your districts, please let her know so she could reach out to them. She also had a number of residen ts send her the video from their ring door today and she just wanted to thank our Police Department . We do not know a lot of stuff that they are doing out there, but from watching these videos it is amazing the stuff that the Police Department does, and she just wants to say thanks.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
April 7, 2022 Chamber of Commerce Installation Dinner
CLOSED SESSION
None
ADJOURN
There being no further business, Mayor McCallon adjourned the meeting at 7:00 p.m.
Submitted By: Approved By:
Betty Hughes, MMC Larry McCallon
City Clerk Mayor