CITY OF HIGHLAND
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA I
Regular Meeting
April 8, 2025 at 6: 00 PM
City Hall Donahue Council Chambers
27215 Base Line, Highland CA 92346
COUNCILMEMBERS
Penny Lilburn, Mayor
District 3
Larry McCallon, Mayor Pro Tern
District 5
Gregory Hogan, Councilmember
District 1
Jimmy Saldana, Councilmember
District 2
John P. Timmer, Councilmember
District 4
STAFF
Carlos Zamano, City Manager
Lawrence Mainez, Community Development Director
Leticia Nava -Cruz, Director of Administrative Services/City Treasurer Octavio Duran Jr., Public Works Director/ City Engineer Maricela Marroquin, City Attorney
Alondra Munoz, City Clerk
MISSION STATEMENT
Highlandis dedicatedto thebettermentof the individual, the family, the neighborhoodand the community.
TheCityCouncilandthestaffofHighlandarededicatedtoprovidingthequalityofpublicfacilitiesand services that its citizens are willing to fund and will do so as efficiently as possible. 909) 864 6861 www. cityotnigniana. org
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda April 8, 2025
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Levine Act: Pursuantto GovernmentCodeSection84308, any partyto a City proceedingmustdiscloseon the recordanycampaigncontributionsmadetoa memberoftheCityCouncil (orcommission) inexcessof $250inthe past12 months. Thisdisclosurerequirementincludescontributionsby the party's agentandaggregated contributionsfrompersonsorentitiesrelatedtotheparty. Pleasemakethedisclosureassoonaspossible, butno later than the beginning of the proceeding.
CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING
APRIL 8, 2025 - 6: 00 p. m.
AGENDA
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS
Proclamation
Child Abuse Prevention Month
PUBLIC COMMENT ITEMS NOT ON THE AGENDA
ToaddresstheCityCouncil, pleasecompletea speakerformlocatedat theentranceandgive it totheCityClerkpriortothebeginningofthemeeting. Yournamewillbecalledwhenit isyour turn to speak. StateLawprohibitsthe City Councilfrom actingon any item not on the agenda.
Individual speakers are limited to three ( 3) minutes each. For those wishing to make public commentsby email, pleasesubmityourcommentsby 5:00p.m. onApril8, 2025, to theCity Clerkat publiccomment(cD-cityofhighland.orp. If you are submittinga publiccommentpertaining to an item on the April 8, 2025 agenda, pleaseidentifythe agendaitem numberin the subject line. Emailedcommentssubmittedby a speakerthatalsoappearsinpersontoaddressthesame matter will not be read into the record.
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda April 8, 2025
CITY COUNCIL BUSINESS
Designationof an Alternate Representativefor the SouthernCaliforniaAssociationof Governments (SCAG) 2025 Regional Conference and General Assembly RECOMMENDATION: Thatthe CityCouncilappointan AlternateRepresentativefor the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) 2025 Regional Conference and General Assembly.
CITY COUNCIL CONSENT CALENDAR
2. Waive the Reading of All Ordinances
RECOMMENDATION: Waivethe readingof all Ordinancesin their entiretyand read by title only.
3. Minutes - March 11 2025 Regular City Council Meeting RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Minutes as submitted.
4. Minutes - March 11 2025 Special City Council Meeting RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Minutes as submitted.
5. Minutes - March 27 2025 Special City Council Meeting RECOMMENDATION: Approve the Minutes as submitted.
6. Warrant Register
RECOMMENDATION: Approve Warrant Register No. 776 for April 8, 2025, in the amount of $ 2,807, 119. 37 and Payroll of $237, 482. 36.
7. Treasurer' s Report for February 2025
RECOMMENDATION: That the CityCouncilreceiveandfile the Treasurer's Report for February 2025.
8. Claim Consideration - Steven Olson
RECOMMENDATION: George Hills Company recommends the City Council reject the claim.
9. Claim Consideration - Erick Smart
RECOMMENDATION: George Hills Company recommends the City Council reject the claim.
10. Authorization and Purchase Agreements for Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning HVAC) System Repairs for the Highland Library Building
RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council:
1) Waiveformalcontractproceduresper MunicipalCodeSection2.40.100for which they City's best interests are served;
2) ApprovetheproposalfromTRANEintheamountof $52,698to replacetheHVAC control system at the Highland Library through the City's Omnia Partners cooperativepurchasingprogramcontractno. RACINE-3341; and 3) Authorizethe City Managerto sign purchaseagreementswith TRANEto replace the HVAC control system at the Highland Library.
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda April 8, 2025
11. Construction and Construction Management Services Contract Award - 9tn Street Transit Stops Sidewalk and Bikeway Improvements (Project No. swk19001) RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council:
1) Award the construction contract for Bid No. 2027-07 9th Street Transit Stops, Sidewalk, andBikewayImprovementsProjectto the responsiblelowbidder, GJ Gentry General Engineering Inc., in the amount of $ 744, 131. 00; 2) Approve the proposal from TKE Engineering, Inc. (TKE) to provide construction management and inspection services (CM Services) in the amount of $94, 703; 3) Approve a budget adjustment to use up to $ 567, 000 from the Measure I fund balance ( Account # 017- 2100) to be expended from the Traffic Improvements Account ( Account # 017- 8350- 6550); and
4) Approve a budget adjustment to the TDA Article III expenditure account # 005- 8320- 6545 and to the revenue account # 008- 8320- 7205 to include $ 430, 700.
CITY COUNCIL LEGISLATIVE
12. Appoint One ( 1) Member of the Public to the Community Trails Committee RECOMMENDATION: Thatthe CityCouncilappointone (1) memberof the publicto the Community Trails Committee.
13. CityManagerReportandComments (WorkProgramRegional/Legislative/ Development Issues Subcommittees, etc.)
RECOMMENDATION: Discussion and possible action.
14. Councilmember Comments (Agency/Committee/AB 1234 Reports District Updates, etc.) RECOMMENDATION: Discussion and possible action.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
CLOSED SESSION
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - POTENTIAL LITIGATION
The City Councilwill meet in closed sessionwith the City Attorneypursuantto Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) with respect to one matter of potential litigation.
A pointhasbeenreachedwhere, intheopinionof theCityAttorney, basedon existing factsand circumstances, thereis a significantexposureto litigationinvolvingthe Citywith respectto thepropertieslocatedat 8046CentralAvenue (APN1192-561-08) and26855 4th Place (APN 1192-561-10) and based on a letter dated March 31, 2025, from Claudia Orian. The letter is available for public inspection at the Office of the City Clerk.
CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Pursuant to Government Code § 54957. 6
Unrepresented employee: City Manager
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significantexposureto litigationpursuantto GovernmentCode Section 54956.9(d)(2) and/ or ( d)( 3):
One case.
ADJOURN
City Council Regular Meeting Agenda April 8, 2025
Regular Meetings
Effective March 1, 2022, pursuant to Resolution No. 2022- 001, the regular City Council meetings will be held once a month on the second Tuesday of each month. The next regular meetingsof the CityCouncilfor 2025are as follows: May13, June10, July 8, August12, September 9, October 14, November 12, December 9.
I, AlondraMunoz, CityClerk, certifyI causedto bepostedthisAgendaonor beforeApril 3, 2025, by 5:30 p.m., on our website at www.citvofhighland.org and in the following designated areas:
Highland Branch Library ( 7863 Central Avenue), Fire Station No. 1 (26974 Base Line), and City Hall ( 27215 Base Line).
Date: April 3, 2025
Alorpra Mu
City Clerk