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 21, 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. Certificate of Recognition Presented to Jorge Grajeda for Courageous Actions 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.
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VII. PUBLIC HEARINGS
A. Consider Adoption of Resolution No. 23–3404 Declaring the City’s Intent to Become Subject to the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act [CC] First Reading — Consider Ordinance No. 23–1004 Amending Section 3.08.010 of the Montclair Municipal Code to Provide Informal Bidding Procedures Under the Uniform Public Construction Cost Accounting Act [CC]
Consider Setting a Public Hearing for Second Reading and to Consider Adoption of Ordinance No. 23–1004 on Monday, September 18, 2023, at 7:00 P.M. in the City Council Chambers [CC] 4
VIII. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Approval of Minutes
1. Regular Joint Meeting — August 7, 2023 [CC/SA/MHC/MHA/MCF] 110 B. Administrative Reports
1. Consider Receiving and Filing of Treasurer’s Report [CC] 11
2. Consider Approval of Warrant Registers & Payroll Documentation [CC] 12
3. Consider Receiving and Filing of Treasurer’s Report [SA] 13
4. Consider Approval of Warrant Register [SA] 14
5. Consider Receiving and Filing of Treasurer’s Report [MHC] 15
6. Consider Approval of Warrant Register [MHC] 16
7. Consider Receiving and Filing of Treasurer’s Report [MHA] 17
8. Consider Approval of Warrant Register [MHA] 18
9. Consider Authorizing a $33,812.14 Allocation from the General Fund for the Purchase of a 2023 Nissan Rogue from Metro Nissan Montclair for Use by the Human Services Department [CC] 19
10. Consider Approval of a Policy for Use of City–Owned and Controlled Electronic Message Boards [CC] 20
C. Agreements
1. Consider Approval of Agreement Nos. 23–61, 23–62, and 23–63 with Montclair Little League and Golden Girls Softball League for Use of Ball Field Facilities [CC] 25
2. Consider Approval of Agreement No. 23–67 with Epic Land Solutions to Provide Right–of–Way Consulting Services on an As–Need Basis, Subject to Any Revisions Deemed Necessary by the City Attorney [CC] 47 D. Resolutions
1. Consider Adoption of Resolution No. 23–3418 Authorizing the Submission of an Application for Grant Funds for the Community Resilience Centers Program from the Strategic Growth Council and Authorizing the Execution of Application–Related Documents by the City Manager or Their Designee [CC] 94
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IX. PULLED CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
X. BUSINESS ITEMS
A. Consider Providing Direction to Staff Related to a Request by the Jewish Federation of the Greater San Gabriel and Pomona Valleys for the City Council to Adopt a Resolution Denouncing Antisemitism and All Forms of Hatred [CC] 96
XI. COUNCIL WORKSHOP
A. North Montclair Street Improvement Master Plan Presentation (The City Council may consider continuing this item to an adjourned meeting on Monday, September 18, 2023, at 5:45 p.m. in the City Council Chambers) XII. COMMUNICATIONS
A. Department Reports — None
B. City Attorney
1. 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
C. City Manager/Executive Director
D. Mayor/Chairperson
2. Notice of Cancellation of September 5, 2023 Regular Joint Meeting [CC/SA/MHC/MHA/MCF]
E. Council Members/Directors
F. Committee Meeting Minutes (for informational purposes only)
1. Personnel Committee Meeting — August 7, 2023 [CC] 109 XIII. CLOSED SESSION
XIV. CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS
XV. ADJOURNMENT
The regular joint meeting of the City Council, Successor Agency Board, Montclair Housing Corporation Board, Montclair Housing Authority Commission, and Montclair Community Foundation Board scheduled for Tuesday, September 5, 2023, has been cancelled due to a lack of pressing business. The next regular joint meeting will be held on Monday, September 18, 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 17, 2023.
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