REGULAR JOINT MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL, SUCCESSOR AGENCY, MONTCLAIR HOUSING CORPORATION,
MONTCLAIR HOUSING AUTHORITY, AND MONTCLAIR COMMUNITY FOUNDATION to be held in the Council Chambers
5111 Benito Street, Montclair, California
Monday, August 7, 2023
7:00 p.m.
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AGENDA
I. CALL TO ORDER City Council [CC], Successor Agency Board [SA], Montclair Housing Corporation Board [MHC],
Montclair Housing Authority Commission [MHA],
Montclair Community Foundation Board [MCF]
II. INVOCATION
In keeping with our long–standing tradition of opening our Council meetings with an invocation, this meeting may include a nonsectarian invocation. Such invocations are not intended to proselytize or advance any faith or belief or to disparage any faith or belief. Neither the City nor the City Council endorses any particular religious belief or form of invocation.
III. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
IV. ROLL CALL
V. PRESENTATIONS
A. Southern California Edison Wildfire Mitigation Efforts Presentation VI. PUBLIC COMMENT
During Public Comment, you may comment on any subject that does not appear on this agenda. Each speaker has up to five minutes. The meeting’s presiding officer may provide more or less time to accommodate speakers with special needs or a large number of speakers waiting in line. (Government Code Section 54954.3).
If you did not submit a Speaker Card and would like to speak on an item on the Consent Calendar, please raise your hand during Public Comment to announce the agenda item you would like to provide comments on. The presiding officer will call on you to speak at the time of the item’s consideration.
Under the provisions of the Brown Act, the meeting bodies are prohibited from participating in substantial discussion of or taking action on items not listed on the agenda.
VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS — None
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VIII. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Approval of Minutes
1. Adjourned Meeting — June 22, 2023 [CC/MHC] 160
2. Special Meeting — June 29, 2023 [CC/MHC] 163
3. Regular Joint Meeting — July 17, 2023 [CC/SA/MHC/MHA/MCF] 165 B. Administrative Reports
1. Consider Approval of Warrant Register & Payroll Documentation [CC] 5
2. Consider Implementing a Temporary, 18–Month Montclair Hiring Bonus Incentive Program Focusing on Recruitment of Lateral Police Officers and Police Officer Trainees Funded by Personnel Savings in the Montclair Police Department Budget Related to Current Police Officer Classification Vacancies [CC]
Consider Authorizing the Following Elements of the Montclair Hiring Bonus Incentive Program: a Lateral Police Officer Hiring Incentive Bonus Program, Providing a $30,000 Bonus to Each New Hire; a Police Officer Trainee Hiring Incentive Bonus Program, Providing a $10,000 Bonus to Each Newly Hired, Unsponsored Police Academy Trainee; and a Montclair Employee Police Recruitment Referral Bonus Program, Which May be Terminated at Any Time Prior to the End of the 18–Month Montclair Hiring Bonus Incentive Program, Providing a $2,500 Bonus to Each City of Montclair Employee Referring a Person who is Successfully Hired and Completes Probation as a Montclair Police Officer [CC]
Consider Authorizing the City Manager to Make Adjustments and Modifications to the Montclair Hiring Bonus Incentive Program, and to the Amount of the Hiring Incentive Bonus on a Case–By–Case Basis, Subject to Approval by the Montclair Personnel Committee to Ensure Success of the Program [CC] 6
C. Agreements
1. Consider Approval of Agreement No. 23–51 with Christian Development Center to Provide Case Management Services for the City’s Homeless Outreach and Assistance Program, Subject to Any Revisions Deemed Necessary by the City Attorney [CC] 19
2. Consider Approval of Agreement No. 23–56 with Revenue and Cost Specialists, LLC (RCS) to Conduct a Development Impact Fee Nexus Study, Subject to Any Revisions Deemed Necessary by the City Attorney [CC] 36
3. Consider Approval of Agreement No. 23–57 with Mobile Screening Solutions for Department of Transportation (DOT) Random Employee Drug and Alcohol Screening Services [CC] 72
4. Consider Approval of Agreement No. 23–58 Amending Agreement No. 06–175 with the County of San Bernardino for the Lease of a City–Owned Facility to Provide County Library Services, Subject to Any Revisions Deemed Necessary by the City Attorney [CC] 81
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D. Resolutions
1. Consider Adoption of Resolution No. 23–3413 Authorizing Placement of Assessments on Certain Properties for Delinquent Sewer and Trash Accounts [CC] 87
2. Consider Adoption of Resolution No. 23–3416 Declaring that Certain Real Property Located at 9729 Ramona Avenue, Montclair, is Exempt Surplus Land Pursuant to Government Code Section 54221 and Finding that Such Declaration is Exempt from Environmental Review Under the California Environmental Quality Act [CC]
Consider Adoption of Resolution No. 23–3417 Approving Agreement No. 23–59, an Affordable Housing Agreement with the Montclair Housing Authority and the Montclair Housing Corporation; Authorizing the Transfer of 9729 Ramona Avenue, Montclair, to the Montclair Housing Authority for Use as Affordable Housing Units [CC] Consider Adoption of MHC Resolution No. 23–04 Approving Agreement No. 23–59, an Affordable Housing Agreement with the City of Montclair and the Montclair Housing Authority [MHC]
Consider Adoption of MHA Resolution No. 23–03 Approving Agreement No. 23–59, an Affordable Housing Agreement with the City of Montclair and the Montclair Housing Corporation, and Accepting the Transfer of Certain Real Property from the City of Montclair [MHA]
Consider Authorizing a $20,000 Appropriation from the Housing Trust Fund for Rehabilitation of the Property Located at 9729 Ramona Avenue, Montclair [MHA] 93
IX. PULLED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
X. COMMUNICATIONS
A. Department Reports
1. Human Services — Upcoming Activities & Events
2. Police Department — National Night Out
A. City Attorney
1. Request for City Council to Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code §54956.9(d)(1) Regarding Pending Litigation [CC] Godoy v. City of Montclair
2. Request for City Council to Meet in Closed Session Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 Regarding Conference with Designated Labor Negotiator Edward C. Starr [CC]
Agency: City of Montclair
Employee Management
Associations: Montclair City Confidential Employees Association Montclair General Employees Association
Montclair Fire Fighters Association
Montclair Police Officers Association
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B. City Manager/Executive Director
C. Mayor/Chairperson
D. Council Members/Directors
E. Committee Meeting Minutes (for informational purposes only)
1. Public Works Committee Meeting — June 15, 2023 [CC] 156
2. Personnel Committee Meeting — July 17, 2023 [CC] 159 XI. CLOSED SESION
XII. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
XIII. ADJOURNMENT
The next regular joint meeting of the City Council, Successor Agency Board, Montclair Housing Corporation Board, Montclair Housing Authority Commission, and Montclair Community Foundation Board will be held on Monday, August 21, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
Reports, backup materials, and additional materials related to any item on this Agenda distributed to the meeting bodies after publication of the Agenda packet are available for public inspection in in the Office of the City Clerk between 7:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m., Monday through Thursday. Please call the City Clerk’s Office at (909) 625–9416 or send an e–mail to [email protected] to request documents via e–mail.
If you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (909) 625–9416 or e–mail [email protected]. Notification prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting. (28 CFR 35.102–35.104 ADA Title II)
I, Andrea M. Myrick, City Clerk, hereby certify that I posted, or caused to be posted, a copy of this Agenda not less than 72 hours prior to this meeting on the City’s website at https://www.cityofmontclair.org/agendas/ and on the bulletin board adjacent to the north door of Montclair City Hall at 5111 Benito Street, Montclair, CA 91763 on Thursday, August 3, 2023.