Agenda packet — San Dimas City Council, June 13, 2023 (part 1 of 3)

CITY COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA
TUESDAY JUNE 13, 2023
5:30 PM – CLOSED SESSION
7:00 PM – REGULAR SESSION
SAN DIMAS COUNCIL CHAMBER
245 EAST BONITA AVENUE
Remote Teleconference Location (Councilmember Vienna)
Embassy Suites by Hilton
50777 Santa Rosa Plaza
La Quinta, CA 92253
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5:30 PM
PUBLIC COMMENT ON CLOSED SESSION
CLOSED SESSION ITEMS

1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Initiation of litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(4): One case.

2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code section 54956.9(d)(2): Two cases

3. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
Agency designated representative: Jeff Malawy, City Attorney Unrepresented employee: City Manager
7:00 PM
CITY COUNCIL
Mayor Emmett Badar, Mayor Pro Tem John Ebiner, Councilmember Eric Nakano, Councilmember Ryan A. Vienna, Councilmember Eric Weber
CALL TO ORDER AND FLAG SALUTE
REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION

PRESENTATION
Presentation and Discussion of Community Opinion Survey Results Performed by True North Presentation and Discussion of Electrical Utility Reliability by Southern California Edison

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Mayor Emmett Badar, Mayor Pro Tem John Ebiner, Councilmember Eric Nakano, Councilmember Ryan A. Vienna, Councilmember Eric Weber
CALL TO ORDER AND FLAG SALUTE
REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION

PRESENTATION
Presentation and Discussion of Community Opinion Survey Results Performed by True North Presentation and Discussion of Electrical Utility Reliability by Southern California Edison ORAL COMUNICATIONS
(Members of the audience are invited to address the City Council on any item on this agenda or not on this agenda. Public comment will not be taken during each individual agenda item, except for public hearing items. Comments on public hearing items will be heard when that item is scheduled for discussion. Under the provisions of the Brown Act, the legislative body is prohibited from engaging in discussion on any item not appearing on the posted agenda. However, your concerns may be referred to staff or set for discussion at a later date. Each speaker will be limited to speaking once for up to (3) three minutes.)
CONSENT CALENDAR
CC1. Approve Resolution 202336, A Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Dimas, Approving Certain Demands for the May 31, 2023 Prepaid Warrant Register in the Amount of $184,421.22 and the June 15, 2023 Warrant Register in the Amount of $561,158.02.

CC2. Approve Minutes of the May 23th, 2023 Regular City Council Meeting CC3. Deny Claim Lopez vs. City of San Dimas 3046940
CC4. Approve Resolution 202339 Authorizing Submission and Adoption of a 202324 List of Projects Funded by Senate Bill 1, Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Act of 2017 CC5. Approve Renewal of a Professional Services Agreement with AGA Engineers Inc. for Profesisonal Traffic Engineering Services in an Amount not to exceed $120,000 for Fiscal Year 202324 and 202425, and Authorize the City Manager to Execute the Agreement.

CC6. Approve Resolution 202337 Determining the Need to Extend the Local Emergency Regarding the February 2023 Winter Storms
CC7. Approve Resolution 202338 Determining the Need to Extend the Local Emergency Regarding March 2023 Winter Storms
CC8. Award Construction Contract 202303 for Playground Surface Replacement at Lone Hill and Horsethief Canyon Parks to Great Western Installations in an Amount not to Exceed $311,983.00 (including a 10% contingency of $28,362), Approve a Budget Amendment in the Amount of $43,143.00 and Authorize the City Manager or Designee to execute the Agreement.

CC9. Approve Participation in the Los Angeles Urban County Community Development Block Grant ("CDBG") Program for the Fiscal Years 202425 through 202627 CC10. Approve a Letter to Los Angeles County Sheriff and Board of Supervisors Opposing Mandatory Rotation of Deputies as Recommended by the Los Angeles County Civilian Oversight Commission

ENDOFCONSENTCALENDAR

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CC8. Award Construction Contract 202303 for Playground Surface Replacement at Lone Hill and Horsethief Canyon Parks to Great Western Installations in an Amount not to Exceed $311,983.00 (including a 10% contingency of $28,362), Approve a Budget Amendment in the Amount of $43,143.00 and Authorize the City Manager or Designee to execute the Agreement.

OTHER BUSINESS
OB1. Consideration, Review and Adoption on Amendments to the City’s Boards, Commissions, and Committees Handbook
RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council:

Adopt Resolution 202314 approving the proposed revisions and updates to the BCC’s Handbook identified at the February 4, 2023, Study Session.

OB2. Discuss Zoning, Design and Development Standards the City could include in an Ordinance to Minimize Negative Impacts Related to Senate Bill 9, which Requires Cities to Ministerially Approve Subdivisions of Singlefamily Zoned Parcels into two (2) Parcels and Developments of Two (2) Residential Units on Singlefamily Zoned Parcels.

RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends that the City Council:

Discuss the revised proposed options related to Senate Bill 9 (SB 9), consider the Planning Commission’s recommendations related to optional development standards, and direct staff to draft an SB 9 ordinance to present to the Planning Commission and subsequently to the City Council for adoption.

PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
PH1. Public Hearing Regarding Open Space Maintenance District No. 1 (Tract 32841, Northwoods) and Adoption of Resolution 202341 Approving the Revised Engineer’s Report and Confirming the Diagram and Assessment for Fiscal Year 20232024.

RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommends the City Council:

1. Conduct a public hearing on the proposed assessment for Open Space Maintenance District No. 1 (Tract No. 32841, Northwoods).

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District No. 1 (Tract No. 32841, Northwoods).

2. Adopt Resolution 202341, Approving the Revised Engineer’s Report and Confirming the Diagram and Assessment for Fiscal Year 20232024 for Open Space Maintenance District No. 1 Annexation No. 3 (Tract No. 32841, Northwoods) ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
(Members of the Audience (Speakers are limited to (3) minutes or as may be determined by the Chair.) CITY REPORTS
CR1. City Manager
CR2. City Attorney
CR3. Members of the City Council
Councilmembers’ Report on Meetings Attended at the Expense of the Local Agency (Pursuant to AB 1234 – G.C. §53232.3(d)
City Council Requests for Future Items, Comments and Updates

ADJOURNMENT
Notice Regarding Americans with Disabilities Act: In compliance with the ADA, if you need assistance to participate in a city meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (909) 3946216. Early notification before the meeting you wish to attend will make it possible for the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting [28 CFR 35.10235.104 ADA Title II].

Copies of documents distributed for the meeting are available in alternative formats upon request. Any writings or documents provided to the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public review Monday through Thursday 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Fridays from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Administration Counter at City Hall and San Dimas Library. In addition, most documents are posted on the City’s website at www.sandimasca.gov.

Posting Statement: I declare under penalty of perjury that on June 9, 2023, I posted a true and correct copy of this agenda on the bulletin board in the Civic Center Plaza of City Hall at 245 E. Bonita Ave., San Dimas Library 145 N. Walnut Ave., San Dimas Post Office 300 E. Bonita Ave., Von’s Via Verde Shopping Center 1160 Via Verde Ave., and on the City’s website www.sandimasca.gov/agendasminutes/ as required by law.

June 09, 2023
Debra Black
Debra Black, City Clerk

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Agenda Item Staff Report
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
From: Chris Constantin, City Manager
Prepared by: Brad McKinney, Assistant City Manager
Subject: Presentation and Discussion of Community Opinion Survey Results Performed by True North
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SUMMARY
This is a presentation of the Community Opinion Survey results.

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council:
• Review, discuss and file the Community Opinion Survey results.

FISCAL IMPACT
The True North contract to design, conduct, and present the Community Survey was $27,928.

BACKGROUND
During the November 8, 2022, City Council Meeting, Councilmembers Weber and Vienna expressed an interest for the City to perform a comprehensive satisfaction survey. At this meeting, the Council provided direction to staff to agendize a discussion in performing a citizen satisfaction survey prior to conducting City Council strategic planning. At the November 22, 2022, City Council Meeting, the Council directed staff to engage a professional services independent research company to collect the community’s vital input as it pertains to satisfaction of City operations, communications, safety, projects, etc. The estimated cost provided to the City Council was $25,000-$30,000.

In December 2022, the City Manager entered into a contract with True North Research for an amount of $27,928. True North has specialized in public policy-oriented opinion research and has conducted over 1,200 survey research studies for public agencies. True North is a full-service

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Community Opinion Survey Results Page 2
For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
survey research firm that is dedicated to providing public agencies with a clear understanding of the values, perceptions, priorities, and concerns of their residents and customers. True North helps its clients to move with confidence when making strategic decisions.

True North conducted a survey among a random sample of 679 adults who reside within the City of San Dimas. The survey was administered in English, Spanish, and Chinese between February 27 and March 6, 2023. The survey followed a mixed-method design that employed multiple recruiting methods (email, text, and phone) and multiple data collection methods (phone and online). True North worked with a City Council Ad-Hoc Committee and staff on developing questions and survey methodology to address the City’s current and future objectives, needs, and challenges. The Survey featured an average interview length of 18 minutes.

True North has compiled and analyzed the survey results. The purpose of this presentation item is for the City Council to receive the survey results from True North Research, ask questions, and if it is the desire of the Council, direct staff to move forward with the Council Strategic Planning initiative.

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS
The purpose of this presentation item is for the City Council to discuss the survey results, ask questions, and provide any direction to staff.

ALTERNATIVES
None.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This item is not a project and does not fall within the meaning of Section 15378 of the State of California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) Guidelines, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change in the environment, directly or indirectly.

Respectfully submitted,
Brad McKinney
Assistant City Manager
Attachments:

1. Community Opinion Survey

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Table of Contents
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T ABLE OF C ONTENTS
Table of Contents. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i List of Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii List of Figures. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iv Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Purpose of Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Overview of Methodology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Organization of Report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 About True North . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Key Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Quality of Life . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Overall Quality of Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Question 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Changes to Improve San Dimas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Question 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 City Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Overall Satisfaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Question 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Specific Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Question 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Differentiators of Opinion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Public Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 How Safe is San Dimas as a Place to Live? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Question 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Safety in Specific Scenarios. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Question 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Homelessness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Has the Amount of Homeless People Changed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Question 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Strategies to Address Homelessness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Question 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Spending Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Additional High Priorities? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Question 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Public Trust & Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Perceptions of City Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Question 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 City Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Question 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Assessment of City Staff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Question 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Sales Tax . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Question 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Communication & e-Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Satisfaction with City-Resident Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Question 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Communication Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Question 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Attention Paid to Local Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Question 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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Background & Demographics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Methodology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Questionnaire Development . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Programming, Pre-Test & Language Translation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Sample, Recruiting & Data Collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Margin of Error due to Sampling. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Data Processing & Weighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Rounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 Questionnaire & Toplines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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List of Tables
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L IST OF T ABLES
Table 1 Rating City of San Dimas by Age & Gender (Showing % Excellent & Good) . . . . . . . . 9 Table 2 Rating City of San Dimas by Home Ownership Status & Ethnicity (Showing % Excellent & Good) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Table 3 Rating City of San Dimas by Identify as LGBTQ, Survey Language & Child Under 18 in Hsld (Showing % Excellent & Good) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Table 4 Satisfaction With Services by Overall Satisfaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Table 5 Support for Strategies to Address Homelessness by Age (Showing % Strongly Support) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Table 6 Support for Strategies to Address Homelessness by Gender & Ethnicity (Showing % Strongly Support) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Table 7 Support for Strategies to Address Homelessness by Home Ownership Status & Opinion of Homeless Population in Past 3 Years (Showing % Strongly Support) . . . 22 Table 8 Support for Strategies to Address Homelessness by Identify as LGBTQ, Survey Language & Child Under 18 in Hsld (Showing % Strongly Support) . . . . . . . 22 Table 9 Spending Priorities by Age & Gender (Showing % High Priority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Table 10 Spending Priorities by Home Ownership Status & Ethnicity (Showing % High Priority). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Table 11 Spending Priorities by Identify as LGBTQ, Survey Language & Child Under 18 in Hsld (Showing % High Priority). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Table 12 Agreement With Statements by Age & Gender (Showing % Strongly & Somewhat Agree, Among Those With Opinion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Table 13 Agreement With Statements by Home Ownership Status & Ethnicity (Showing % Strongly & Somewhat Agree, Among Those With Opinion). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Table 14 Agreement With Statements by Identify as LGBTQ, Survey Language & Child Under 18 in Hsld (Showing % Strongly & Somewhat Agree, Among Those With Opinion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Table 15 Effectiveness of Communication Methods by Age & Gender (Showing % Very Effective). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Table 16 Effectiveness of Communication Methods by Home Ownership, Ethnicity & Overall Satisfaction (Showing % Very Effective) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Table 17 Effectiveness of Communication Methods by Identify by LGBTQ, Survey Language, Child Under 18 in Hsld & Satisfaction With Communication (Showing % Very Effective). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Table 18 Demographics of Sample . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

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List of Figures
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Figure 1 Rating City of San Dimas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Figure 2 Changes to Improve City. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Figure 3 Overall Satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Figure 4 Overall Satisfaction by Years in San Dimas, Survey Language & Identify as LGBTQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Figure 5 Overall Satisfaction by Home Ownership Status, Ethnicity & Child Under 18 in Hsld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Figure 6 Overall Satisfaction by Age & Gender . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Figure 7 Satisfaction With Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Figure 8 Opinion of City Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Figure 9 Opinion of City Safety by Years in San Dimas, Survey Language & Identify as LGBTQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Figure 10 Opinion of City Safety by Home Ownership Status, Ethnicity & Child Under 18 in Hsld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Figure 11 Opinion of City Safety by Age, Gender & Overall Satisfaction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Figure 12 Safety Ratings by Scenario . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Figure 13 Safety Ratings by Scenario by Age & Gender (Showing % Very & Somewhat Safe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Figure 14 Safety Ratings by Scenario by Home Ownership Status & Ethnicity (Showing % Very & Somewhat Safe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Figure 15 Safety Ratings by Scenario by Identify as LGBTQ, Survey Language & Child Under 18 (Showing % Very & Somewhat Safe) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Figure 16 Opinion of Homeless Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Figure 17 Opinion of Homeless Population by Years in San Dimas, Survey Language & Identify as LGBTQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Figure 18 Opinion of Homeless Population by Home Ownership Status, Ethnicity & Child Under 18 in Hsld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Figure 19 Opinion of Homeless Population by Age, Gender & Overall Satisfaction. . . . . . . . . 20 Figure 20 Support for Strategies to Address Homelessness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Figure 21 Spending Priorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Figure 22 Additional High Priority Service, Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Figure 23 Agreement With Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Figure 24 City Staff Contact in Past 12 Months . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Figure 25 City Staff Contact in Past 12 Months by Years in San Dimas, Survey Language & Identify as LGBTQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Figure 26 City Staff Contact in Past 12 Months by Home Ownership Status, Ethnicity, Child Under 18 in Hsld & Satisfaction With Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Figure 27 City Staff Contact in Past 12 Months by Age, Gender & Overall Satisfaction . . . . . . 29 Figure 28 Rating City Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Figure 29 Ballot Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Figure 30 Ballot Test by Years in San Dimas, Survey Language & Identify as LGBTQ . . . . . . . 32 Figure 31 Ballot Test by Home Ownership Status, Ethnicity & Child Under 18 in Hsld . . . . . . 32 Figure 32 Ballot Test by Age, Gender & Overall Satisfaction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Figure 33 Satisfaction With Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Figure 34 Satisfaction With Communication by Years in San Dimas, Survey Language & Identify as LGBTQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Figure 35 Satisfaction With Communication by Home Ownership Status, Ethnicity & Child Under 18 in Hsld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Figure 36 Satisfaction With Communication by Age, Gender & Overall Satisfaction . . . . . . . . 34 Figure 37 Effectiveness of Communication Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Figure 38 Attentiveness to City Government . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Figure 39 Attentiveness to City Government by Years in San Dimas, Survey Language & Identify as LGBTQ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Figure 40 Attentiveness to City Government by Home Ownership Status, Ethnicity & Child Under 18 in Hsld . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Figure 41 Attentiveness to City Government by Age, Gender & Overall Satisfaction. . . . . . . . 37 Figure 42 Maximum Margin of Error . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

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Introduction
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I NTRODUCTION
Nestled in the San Dimas Valley of Los Angeles County, the City of San Dimas was incorporated in 1960 and is currently home to an estimated 34,352 residents.1 As the community has evolved from primarily rural/agricultural into a well-balanced mix of industrial, commercial, and residential living, San Dimas has held onto its small-town feel, western influences, and equestrian qualities. In addition to the 1,700 acre Frank G. Bonelli Recreational Area which lies within the City’s boundaries, there are many neighborhood parks, a city-owned golf course, and over 27 miles of equestrian trails for the enjoyment of residents and visitors alike.

As part of its commitment to provide high quality services and responsive local governance, the City of San Dimas engages its residents on a daily basis and receives regular feedback on issue, policy, and performance matters. Although these informal feedback mechanisms are a valuable source of information for the City in that they provide timely and accurate information about the opinions of specific residents, it is important to recognize that they do not necessarily provide an accurate picture of the community as a whole. For the most part, informal feedback mechanisms rely on the resident to initiate feedback, which creates a self-selection bias—the City receives feedback only from those residents who are motivated enough to initiate the feedback process. Because these residents tend to be either very pleased or very displeased with the service they have received, their collective opinions are not necessarily representative of the City’s resident population as a whole.

PURPOSE OF STUDY The motivation for the current study was to design and employ a methodology that would avoid the self-selection bias noted above and thereby provide the City with a statistically reliable understanding of its residents’ satisfaction, priorities, and concerns as they relate to services, facilities, and policies provided by the City. Ultimately, the survey results and analyses presented in this report provide City Council and staff with information that can be used to make sound, strategic decisions in a variety of areas including service improvements and enhancements, measuring and tracking internal performance, planning, budgeting, policy making, and community engagement.

To assist in this effort, the City selected True North Research to design the research plan and conduct the study. Broadly defined, the study was designed to:
• Identify key issues of importance for residents, as well as their perceptions of the quality of life in San Dimas;
• Measure residents’ overall satisfaction with the City’s efforts to provide municipal services, and their satisfaction with a variety of specific services; • Gather opinions on select topics including public safety, homelessness, funding priorities, and revenue enhancement;
• Gauge satisfaction with the City’s communication with residents, along with preferred methods of communication and level of civic engagement; and • Collect additional background and demographic data that are relevant to understanding residents’ perceptions, needs, and interests.

1. Source: State of California, Department of Finance, E-1City/County Population Estimates, January 2022.

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 OVERVIEW OF METHODOLOGY A full description of the methodology used for this study is included later in this report (see Methodology on page 39). In brief, the survey was administered to a random sample of 679 adults who reside within the City of San Dimas. The survey followed a mixed-method design that employed multiple recruiting methods (email, text, and phone) and multiple data collection methods (phone and online). Administered in English, Spanish, and Chinese between February 27 and March 6, 2023, the average interview lasted 18 minutes.

ORGANIZATION OF REPORT This report is designed to meet the needs of readers who prefer a summary of the findings as well as those who are interested in the details of the results.

For those who seek an overview of the findings, the section titled Key Findings is for you. It provides a summary of the most important factual findings of the survey in a Question & Answer format. For the interested reader, this section is followed by a more detailed question-by-question discussion of the results from the survey by topic area (see Table of Contents), as well as a description of the methodology employed for collecting and analyzing the data. And, for the truly ambitious reader, the questionnaire used for the interviews is contained at the back of this report (see Questionnaire & Toplines on page 42), and a complete set of crosstabulations for the survey results is contained in Appendix A.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS True North thanks the City of San Dimas for the opportunity to conduct the study and for contributing valuable input during the design stage of this study. The collective experience, insight, and local knowledge provided by city representatives and staff improved the overall quality of the research presented here.

DISCLAIMER The statements and conclusions in this report are those of the authors (Dr. Timothy McLarney and Richard Sarles) at True North and not necessarily those of the City of San Dimas. Any errors and omissions are the responsibility of the authors.

ABOUT TRUE NORTH True North is a full-service survey research firm that is dedicated to providing public agencies with a clear understanding of the values, perceptions, priorities, and concerns of their residents and customers. Through designing and implementing scientific surveys, focus groups, and one-on-one interviews, as well as expert interpretation of the findings, True North helps its clients to move with confidence when making strategic decisions in a variety of areas—such as planning, policy evaluation, performance management, establishing fiscal priorities, passing revenue measures, and developing effective public information campaigns.

During their careers, Dr. McLarney (President) and Mr. Sarles (Principal Researcher) have designed and conducted over 1,200 survey research studies for public agencies—including more than 400 studies for California municipalities and special districts.

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Key Findings
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K EY F INDINGS
As noted in the Introduction, this study was designed to provide the City of San Dimas with a statistically reliable understanding of its residents’ opinions, satisfaction, and priorities as they relate to services, facilities, and policies provided by the City. As such, the findings of this study can provide the City with information needed to make sound, strategic decisions in a variety of areas including performance management, planning, establishing budget priorities, and community engagement.

Whereas subsequent sections of this report are devoted to conveying the detailed results of the survey, in this section we attempt to ‘see the forest through the trees’ and note how the survey results answer key questions that motivated the research. The following conclusions are based on True North’s interpretations of the results, as well as the firm’s experience conducting similar studies for government agencies throughout the State.

How well is the City performing in meeting the
needs of San Dimas residents?
San Dimas residents are generally satisfied with the City’s efforts to provide municipal services, as well as the quality of life in their city. When asked to rate the City’s overall performance in providing municipal services, approximately eight-in-ten San Dimas residents indicated they were either very (30%) or somewhat (50%) satisfied, whereas just 13% were dissatisfied and 8% were unsure or unwilling to share their opinion (see Overall Satisfaction on page 11).

The high level of satisfaction expressed with the City’s performance in general was also mirrored in residents’ assessments of the City’s performance in providing most specific service areas, with the highest satisfaction scores assigned to the City’s efforts to maintain parks and recreation areas (91% very or somewhat satisfied), provide trash collection and recycling services (90%), keep public buildings and facilities clean and attractive (88%), provide recreation programs for all ages (87%), and provide online access to city services, information, and resources (87%) (see Specific Services on page 13). It’s also worth noting that among residents who interacted with City staff during the 12 months preceding the interview, staff received high marks for being accessible (95%), professional (94%), and helpful (90%).

How do residents rate
San Dimas as a place to
live, work, and raise a
family?
The City’s performance providing municipal services has also contributed to a high quality of life for residents. More than eight-in-ten residents surveyed provided excellent or good ratings for the overall quality of life in the City (87%) as well as for San Dimas as a place to raise a family (82%). Regardless of subgroup category, respondents generally held a very positive assessment of the quality of life in the City. Indeed, at least eight-in-ten residents in every identified subgroup rated the quality of life in San Dimas as excellent or good, and at least seven-in-ten residents in nearly every subgroup rated San Dimas as an excellent or good place to raise a family. Residents also feel safe in San Dimas, with 88% of resiPage 16 – 468 Key Findings
City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 dents rating San Dimas as either a very (39%) or somewhat (49%) safe place to live (see How Safe is San Dimas as a Place to Live? on page 15).

Residents expressed nuanced opinions about San Dimas when asked to rate the City as a place to retire, shop and dine, and work. As a place to retire, residents were generally positive—with nearly seven-in-ten (69%) using excellent or good to describe San Dimas in this regard. Residents expressed softer opinions regarding San Dimas as a place to shop and dine (41%) and work (38%), although it should be noted that one-third (33%) of respondents held no opinion or did not provide a rating for San Dimas as a place to work (see Quality of Life on page 8).

Where should the City
focus its efforts in the
future?
In addition to measuring the City’s current performance, a key goal of this study is to look forward and identify opportunities to adjust services, improve facilities, and/or refine communications strategies to best meet the community’s evolving needs and expectations. Although residents are generally satisfied with the City’s performance, there is always room for improvement. Below we note some of the areas that present the best opportunities in this regard.

Considering respondents’ verbatim answers regarding what city government could do to make San Dimas a better place to live (see Changes to Improve San Dimas on page 9), the list of services and their respective satisfaction levels (see Specific Services on page 13), and the greatest differentiators in opinion for the specific services between satisfied and dissatisfied residents (see Differentiators of Opinion on page 14), the topics of addressing homelessness, expanding shopping and dining options, providing law enforcement and crime prevention services, managing growth and development, and preserving and protecting open space stood out in the survey as being key areas of opportunity and interest for San Dimas residents.

Additional opportunities for aligning the City’s future investments with residents’ priorities were also found in the survey (see Spending Priorities on page 23). When asked to prioritize among a long list of potential services and facilities that could receive funding in the future, residents were most supportive of addressing homelessness (87% high or medium priority), improving the maintenance of local streets (85%), and redeveloping and revitalizing Downtown San Dimas (75%). It is worth noting that eight of the nine projects tested were viewed as at least a medium priority by the majority of residents.

With the recommendation that the City focus on these areas, it is equally important to stress that when it comes to improving satisfaction in service areas, the appropriate strategy is often a combination of better communication and actual service improvements. It may be, for example, that many residents are simply not aware of the City’s ongoing infraPage 17 – 468 Key Findings
City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 structure improvement efforts or the limits of what a city can do to address homelessness. Choosing the appropriate balance of actual service improvements and efforts to raise awareness on these matters will be a key to maintaining and improving the community’s overall satisfaction in the short- and long-term.

It is also important to keep in mind that although these areas represent opportunities to improve resident satisfaction, the City should not oversteer. Indeed, the primary takeaway from this study is that the City does many things very well, and the emphasis should be on continuing to perform at that high level in those areas. The vast majority of residents were pleased with the City’s efforts to provide services, programs, and facilities and have a favorable opinion of the City’s performance in most areas. The top priority for the City should thus be to do what it takes to maintain the high quality of services that it currently provides.

Do residents perceive
homelessness to be a
growing problem in San
Dimas, and which strategies do they support
for addressing homelessness?
The results of the survey make it clear that homelessness is a top-ofmind concern for many San Dimas residents. When asked in an openended manner what change the City could make to improve the quality of life in San Dimas, addressing homelessness was the second most common response (23%), just two percentage points below providing more shopping and dining options (25%). Improving public safety was third at 10%, and none of the other responses were cited by more than 6% of respondents. Additionally, when presented with a list of 16 specific services, residents expressed the lowest levels of satisfaction with the City’s efforts to address homelessness (31% very or somewhat satisfied), and they also considered addressing homelessness to be the top priority for future city funding (87% high or medium priority).

The saliency of homelessness as an issue is a direct reflection of what most residents perceive to be a growing problem in the City. When asked whether they thought the amount of homeless people in San Dimas had increased, decreased, or stayed about the same during the prior three year period, seven-in-ten residents (70%) indicated the number had increased, whereas 17% perceived it to be about the same. Just five percent (5%) felt that the homeless population in San Dimas has decreased during this period, while an additional 8% were unsure or preferred to not answer the question (see Homelessness on page 19).

The majority of residents indicated support for six of the eight strategies presented that could be used to address homelessness in the City. Residents expressed the most widespread support for enhancing lighting in public areas to discourage people from using these areas to sleep (82% strongly or somewhat support), providing funding for mental health services (79%), joining with other cities and the County to create more regional homeless shelters (74%), and providing funding for counseling and rehab for drug and alcohol addiction (74%). Moreover, between 47%

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 and 63% of respondents indicated they strongly supported each of those four strategies to address homelessness.

Do residents support
actions to enhance City
revenues?
Over the past decade, the City of San Dimas’ revenues have not kept pace with the growing costs associated with providing municipal services and facilities. Although the City has been proactive in responding to this challenge by reducing costs where feasible and through effective financial management practices, the practical reality is that existing revenues simply do not support the high quality services that residents have come to expect. Accordingly, the survey included a question to assess resident support for a three-quarter cent sales tax to provide approximately five million dollars in annual revenue for city services for a period of eight years (see Sales Tax on page 31).

Overall, 61% of respondents indicated they would support the proposed three-quarter cent sales tax to provide additional funding for general city services, whereas 30% were opposed and 10% were unsure or unwilling to share their opinion. For general taxes in California, the level of support recorded in this survey is approximately 11 percentage points above the simple majority (50%+1) required for passage. It is worth noting, morevoer, that support for the measure was widespread, exceeding the simple majority threshold in every demographic subgroup. Although these results suggest that a sales tax measure may be feasible for a future ballot, it is important to keep in mind that this survey was administered to adult residents and not restricted to the subset of voters who are likely to cast ballots in a particular election.

How well is the City communicating with San
Dimas residents, and
what are some of the
main challenges?
The importance of city communication with residents cannot be overstated. Much of a city’s success is shaped by the quality of information that is exchanged in both directions, from the City to the community and from the community to the City. This study is just one example of San Dimas’ efforts to enhance the information flow to the City to better understand the community’s concerns, perceptions, and needs. Some of San Dimas’ many efforts to communicate with its residents include its YouTube channel, My San Dimas smart phone app, newsletters, emails, timely press releases, social media, and its website.

Keeping up with the challenge of communicating with residents has been difficult for many public agencies in recent years. As the number of information sources and channels available to the public have dramatically increased, so too has the diversity in where residents regularly turn for their information. Not only have entirely new channels arisen to become mainstream and nearly ubiquitous (e.g., social media), within these channels there exists a proliferation of alternative services. To add to the challenge, residents’ preferences for information sources are also dynamic, subject to change as new services are made available while othPage 19 – 468 Key Findings
City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 ers may fade in popularity, making thorough, effective communication a moving target for public agencies.

Overall, 72% of residents indicated they were satisfied with the City’s efforts to share information with them through newsletters, the Internet, social media, and other means, whereas 17% were dissatisfied and 12% were unsure or unwilling to answer the question. Additionally, nearly two-thirds (66%) of residents indicated that they are very (17%) or somewhat (49%) attentive to the issues, decisions, and activities of their city government.

Looking forward, the survey does provide some guidance as to the most effective ways that the City can communicate with residents, as well as how preferred methods of communication may vary based on factors such as age, ethnicity, and satisfaction with the City’s performance (see Communication Preferences on page 35). Overall, respondents indicated that the city newsletter and recreation guide that is mailed to their home was the most effective method (87% very or somewhat effective), followed by email and electronic newsletters (85%) and the City’s website (83%).

It is important to recognize that the challenges associated with city-resident communication will continue to change (and may continue to grow) as secondary sources proliferate and technology changes. To stay ahead of the curve, San Dimas, like other cities, should periodically conduct a careful review of its communications strategies and budget to ensure that both are evolving accordingly.

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Quality of Life
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Q UALITY OF L IFE
The opening series of questions in the survey was designed to assess residents’ perceptions about the quality of life in the City of San Dimas, as well as their ideas on changes that city government could implement to make the community a better place to live, now and in the future.

OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE At the outset of the survey, residents were asked to rate the City of San Dimas on a number of key dimensions including overall quality of life, as a place to raise a family, and as a place to work, using a five-point scale of excellent, good, fair, poor, or very poor. As shown in Figure 1 below, respondents generally shared favorable opinions of the overall quality of life in the City (87% excellent or good) as well as for San Dimas as a place to raise a family (82%). Although still rated favorably by nearly seven-in-ten (69% of) residents, San Dimas as a place to retire received softer ratings, while opinions were more mixed for San Dimas as a place to shop and dine (41%) and work (38%). It should be noted that one-third (33%) of respondents held no opinion or did not provide a rating for San Dimas as a place to work.

Question 2 How would you rate: _____? Would you say it is excellent, good, fair, poor or very poor?
FIGURE 1 RATING CITY OF SAN DIMAS
Tables 1-3 on the next page show how ratings of excellent or good for each dimension varied by age, gender, home ownership status, ethnicity, whether the respondent identifies as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender (LGBTQ), survey language, and presence of a child in the home.

Regardless of subgroup category, respondents generally held a very positive assessment of the quality of life in the City. Indeed, at least eight-in-ten residents in every identified subgroup rated the quality of life in San Dimas as excellent or good. Additionally, at least seven-in-ten residents in nearly every subgroup rated San Dimas as an excellent or good place to raise a family.

Across the five dimensions, the most variation in opinion (i.e., difference between highest and lowest ratings) was evidenced across age groups. In particular, residents under 35 years of age

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San Dimas as a place to
raise a family
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retire
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work
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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 and 65 years and older provided more favorable ratings than residents 35 to 64 years of age for San Dimas as a place to retire. Regarding San Dimas as a place to shop and dine, higher than average ratings were recorded among residents 18 to 24 years of age, respondents 65 years and older, residents who identify as LGBTQ, and those with an ethnicity of other/mixed, while residents 18 to 24 years of age also provided high ratings for San Dimas as a place to work.

TABLE 1 RATING CITY OF SAN DIMAS BY AGE & GENDER (SHOWING % EXCELLENT & GOOD) TABLE 2 RATING CITY OF SAN DIMAS BY HOME OWNERSHIP STATUS & ETHNICITY (SHOWING % EXCELLENT & GOOD) TABLE 3 RATING CITY OF SAN DIMAS BY IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ, SURVEY LANGUAGE & CHILD UNDER 18 IN HSLD (SHOWING % EXCELLENT & GOOD)
CHANGES TO IMPROVE SAN DIMAS The next question in this series asked residents to indicate the one thing that city government could change to make San Dimas a better place to live. Question 3 was presented in an open-ended manner, allowing residents to mention any aspect or attribute that came to mind without being prompted by, or restricted to, a particular list of options. True North later reviewed the verbatim responses and grouped them into the categories shown in Figure 2 on the next page.

Close to one-in-five respondents could not think of a desired change (12%) or stated flatly that no changes are needed (6%). Among the specific changes desired to make San Dimas a better place to live, providing more shopping and dining options was the most commonly mentioned (25%), followed by addressing homelessness (23%) and improving public safety (10%). Other desired changes mentioned by at least 5% of respondents included beautifying the City/improving appearance and landscaping (6%), improving the downtown area (6%), and improving infrastructure and roads (6%). 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female The overall quality of life in San Dimas 89.1 87.2 88.2 81.4 86.9 92.0 88.7 87.3 San Dimas as a place to raise a family 86.1 87.2 89.7 80.6 78.1 82.1 83.8 82.7 San Dimas as a place to retire 71.9 83.7 64.1 61.6 60.3 77.4 68.6 73.4 San Dimas as a place to shop and dine 64.8 34.4 25.6 35.0 36.0 54.9 45.6 37.8 San Dimas as a place to work 60.0 41.1 40.6 34.3 30.3 38.2 39.7 36.9 Age (QD1) Gender (QD2)
Own Rent
Live with
others
Caucasian /
White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other /
Mixed
The overall quality of life in San Dimas 89.8 85.2 82.0 89.6 86.8 83.6 83.8 San Dimas as a place to raise a family 85.4 79.1 78.9 81.6 88.3 76.2 79.9 San Dimas as a place to retire 69.1 68.7 77.3 68.3 71.6 70.1 69.8 San Dimas as a place to shop and dine 40.0 41.0 42.1 41.1 38.4 41.8 53.7 San Dimas as a place to work 36.8 44.4 30.8 39.4 42.6 29.3 38.0 Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6)
Yes No English Spanish Chinese Yes No
The overall quality of life in San Dimas 82.9 88.6 86.7 91.8 79.8 84.4 88.5 San Dimas as a place to raise a family 70.6 84.9 82.4 98.4 59.8 88.6 79.8 San Dimas as a place to retire 59.0 71.5 69.1 74.9 62.7 69.2 69.8 San Dimas as a place to shop and dine 56.9 40.7 41.4 40.3 24.4 33.9 44.8 San Dimas as a place to work 26.6 40.8 38.9 41.0 19.2 38.6 38.2 Identify as
LGBTQ (QD7) Survey Language
Child Under
18 in Hsld (QD3)

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Question 3 If the city government could change one thing to make San Dimas a better place to live now and in the future, what change would you like to see? FIGURE 2 CHANGES TO IMPROVE CITY

25.0 22.5

11.7 10.2

6.2 6.1

5.6 5.6

4.6 4.0

4.0 2.9

2.8 2.4

2.1 2.1

2.0 3.3

4.0 0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Provide more shopping, dining options
Address homelessness
Not sure / Cannot think of anything specific
Improve public safety
Beautify City, improve City appearance, landscaping
Improve downtown area
Improve infrastructure, roads
No changes needed / Everything is fine
Improve, provide more public transportation
Enforce traffic laws
Address parking issues
Provide more activities, programs for all ages
Improve, provide more parks, rec facilities
Limit growth, development
Provide more police presence
Improve city planning
Provide more affordable housing
Improve Council, leadership
Improve economy, jobs
% Respondents

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City Services
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C ITY S ERVICES
After measuring respondents’ perceptions of the quality of life in San Dimas, the survey next turned to assessing their opinions about the City’s performance in providing various municipal services.

OVERALL SATISFACTION The first question in this series asked respondents to indicate if, overall, they were satisfied or dissatisfied with the job the City of San Dimas is doing to provide city services. Because this question does not reference a specific program, facility, or service and requested that the respondent consider the City’s performance in general, the findings of this question may be regarded as an overall performance rating for the City.

As shown in Figure 3, approximately eight-in-ten San Dimas residents indicated they were either very (30%) or somewhat (50%) satisfied with the City’s efforts to provide municipal services. Thirteen percent (13%) were very or somewhat dissatisfied, whereas 8% were unsure or unwilling to share their opinion.

Question 4 Next, I would like to ask a series of questions about services provided by the City of San Dimas. Generally speaking, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the job the City of San Dimas is doing to provide city services?
FIGURE 3 OVERALL SATISFACTION
The next three figures display how residents’ opinions about the City’s overall performance in providing municipal services varied by years in San Dimas, survey language, whether the respondents identifies as LGBTQ, home ownership status, ethnicity, presence of a child in the household, age, and gender, with satisfaction ranging from a low of 62% to a high of 90% across subgroups. When compared to their respective counterparts, those who took the survey in English or Spanish, resident who identify as LGBTQ, renters, those in an ethnic group other than Asian, and residents 18 to 34 years of age or 65 years and older were the most likely to report being satisfied with the City’s performance in providing municipal services. Additionally, 46% of residents 65 years and older were very satisfied with the City’s performance, much higher than any other subgroup.

Somewhat
satisfied

49.5 Very satisfied

29.7 Somewhat
dissatisfied

10.2 Very
dissatisfied

2.8 Not sure

7.6 Prefer not to
answer

0.3

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 FIGURE 4 OVERALL SATISFACTION BY YEARS IN SAN DIMAS, SURVEY LANGUAGE & IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ FIGURE 5 OVERALL SATISFACTION BY HOME OWNERSHIP STATUS, ETHNICITY & CHILD UNDER 18 IN HSLD FIGURE 6 OVERALL SATISFACTION BY AGE & GENDER

29.9 33.0

17.2 21.3

32.5 49.5 47.5

53.2 68.7 47.3

29.0 33.0 29.0
Very
satisfied

30.7 54.1 40.9 49.9
Smwt
satisfied

48.9 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 80
90 100
Less than 5 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 or more English Spanish Chinese Yes No Years in San Dimas (Q1) Survey Language Identify as LGBTQ (QD7) % Respondents

27.2 23.3

32.5 26.8 31.6

53.3 47.3

47.6 51.7 48.3
Very
satisfied

30.3 31.1 24.6

34.4 Smwt
satisfied

48.8 47.6

37.1 56.0
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
80 90
100
Own Rent Live with
others
Caucasian /
White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other / Mixed Yes No
Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6) Child Under 18 in Hsld (QD3) % Respondents

17.3 46.4

30.7 30.4

58.7 38.1

51.0 48.2

24.7 25.3

33.5 Very
satisfied

25.2 50.0

54.1 45.3
Smwt
satisfied

61.0 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 80
90 100
18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female Age (QD1) Gender (QD2)
% Respondents

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City Services
City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 SPECIFIC SERVICES Whereas Question 4 addressed the City’s overall performance in providing municipal services, Question 5 asked respondents to rate their satisfaction with the City’s efforts to provide each of the specific services shown in Figure 7. For comparison purposes between the services, only respondents who held an opinion (either satisfied or dissatisfied) are included in the figure. Those who did not have an opinion were removed from this analysis. The percentage of respondents who provided an opinion (either satisfied or dissatisfied) is presented in brackets beside the service label in the figure, while the bars represent the answers of those with an opinion. Thus, for example, of the 98% of respondents who expressed an opinion regarding the City’s efforts to maintain parks and recreation areas, 44% indicated they were very satisfied and 47% offered that they were somewhat satisfied.

At the top of the list, respondents were most satisfied with the City’s efforts to maintain parks and recreation areas (91% very or somewhat satisfied), provide trash collection and recycling services (90%), keep public buildings and facilities clean and attractive (88%), provide recreation programs for all ages (87%), and provide online access to city services, information, and resources (87%). At the other end of the spectrum, respondents were less satisfied with the City’s efforts to address homelessness (31%).

Question 5 For each of the services I read, I'd like you to tell me how satisfied you are with the job the city is doing to provide the service. Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the city's efforts to: _____, or do you not have an opinion?
FIGURE 7 SATISFACTION WITH SERVICES

43.8 48.8

42.6 40.9

39.7 33.0

35.0 32.8

35.5 27.8

27.4 24.9

24.2 18.9

20.1 10.0

47.3 40.9

45.5 46.1

47.0 52.4

48.0 45.2

42.2 49.7

46.1 45.9

44.4 45.7

41.7 20.7

25.6 29.4

23.4 23.9

13.6 11.3

10.6 9.4

9.9 9.7

8.1 6.6

14.8 18.0

16.6 19.5

12.1 39.9

3.9 3
2 2
2 7.6

4.5 9.8

9.7 12.7

4.0 5.6

8.4 7.5
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Maintain parks and recreation areas [98%]
Provide trash collection and recycling services [96%]
Keep public buildings and facilities clean and attractive [96%] Provide recreation programs for all ages [88%]
Provide online access to City services, information, and resources [87%] Operate in an environmentally-friendly, sustainable way [77%] Provide for diversity and inclusion within City events, services, and policies [70%] Preserve and protect open space [86%]
Provide law enforcement and crime prevention services [92%] Prepare the City for emergencies [67%]
Manage traffic congestion in the city [97%]
Maintain and repair streets and roads [99%]
Provide cultural and performing arts [80%]
Promote economic development for a healthy business community [77%] Manage growth and development [83%]
Address homelessness [88%]
% Respondents Who Provided Opinion
Very satisfied Somewhat satisfied Somewhat dissatisfied Very dissatisfied

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 DIFFERENTIATORS OF OPINION For the interested reader, Table 4 displays how the level of satisfaction with each specific service tested in Question 5 varied according to residents’ overall performance ratings for the City (see Overall Satisfaction on page 11). The table divides the 80% of residents who were satisfied with the City’s overall performance (Question 4) into one group and the 13% who were dissatisfied into a second group. The percentage figures in the columns indicate the percentage of respondents in the group that were satisfied with the identified service. Also displayed in the far right column is the difference between the two groups in terms of the percentage who indicated they were satisfied with the City’s efforts to provide each service tested in Question 5. For convenience, the services are sorted by that difference, with the greatest differentiators of opinion near the top of the table.

Thus, for example, among those who were generally satisfied with the City’s overall performance in providing municipal services, 85% were also satisfied with the City’s efforts to provide law enforcement and crime prevention services, whereas just 34% of those generally dissatisfied with the City’s overall performance were satisfied with this specific service area. This results in a large gap in satisfaction between these two groups (51%) for this service.

When compared with their counterparts, those satisfied with the City’s performance in providing services overall were also more likely to express satisfaction with the City’s efforts to provide each of the individual services tested in Question 5. With that said, the greatest specific differentiators of opinion between satisfied and dissatisfied residents were found with respect to the City’s efforts to provide law enforcement and crime prevention services, manage growth and development, preserve and protect open space, and prepare the City for emergencies.

At the other end of the spectrum, there was much less difference between the two resident groups regarding their satisfaction with the City’s efforts to provide recreation programs for all ages, maintain parks and recreation areas, and keep public buildings and facilities clean and attractive.

TABLE 4 SATISFACTION WITH SERVICES BY OVERALL SATISFACTION Very or somewhat
satisfied
Very or somewhat
dissatisfied
Provide law enforcement and crime prevention services 84.7 34.1 50.6 Manage growth and development 69.8 24.0 45.8
Preserve and protect open space 84.8 39.8 45.0
Prepare the City for emergencies 83.6 39.4 44.2
Promote economic development for a healthy business community 72.2 29.7 42.5 Maintain and repair streets and roads 76.9 36.3 40.6
Operate in an environmentally-friendly, sustainable way 90.5 53.9 36.7 Manage traffic congestion in the city 78.7 46.6 32.1
Provide online access to City services, information, and resources 91.6 60.3 31.3 Provide for diversity and inclusion within City events, services, policies 87.3 57.1 30.2 Provide trash collection and recycling services 94.2 64.1 30.1 Address homelessness 35.0 5.1 29.9
Provide cultural and performing arts 72.6 43.8 28.9
Keep public buildings and facilities clean and attractive 91.2 70.1 21.1 Maintain parks and recreation areas 93.7 75.2 18.5
Provide recreation programs for all ages 88.9 73.7 15.1 City's Overall Performance (Q4) Difference Between
Groups For Each
Service
% Respondents Satisfied With Each
Service

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Public Safety
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P UBLIC S AFETY
Ensuring the personal safety of residents is the most basic function of local government. It is important to keep in mind, of course, that public safety is as much a matter of perceptions as it is a matter of reality. Regardless of actual crime statistics, if residents don’t feel safe then they will not enjoy the many cultural, recreational, and shopping opportunities available in the City of San Dimas that will enhance their quality of life. Accordingly, the survey included questions related to how safe residents feel overall as well as in a variety of situations.

HOW SAFE IS SAN DIMAS AS A PLACE TO LIVE? The first question in this series asked respondents to rate the overall safety of San Dimas as a place to live. Eighty-eight percent (88%) of residents rated San Dimas as either very safe (39%) or somewhat safe (49%) as a place to live, with the remainder viewing the City as somewhat unsafe (11%), very unsafe (1%), or were unsure (<1%).

Question 6 Overall, how safe is San Dimas as a place to live? Would you say it is very safe, somewhat safe, somewhat unsafe, or very unsafe?
FIGURE 8 OPINION OF CITY SAFETY
Figures 9-11 on the next page show how residents’ assessments of safety within San Dimas varied across subgroups. With the exception of the small subgroup of residents who were dissatisfied with the job the City is doing to provide services, at least 83% of respondents in each subgroup rated San Dimas as a safe place to live. Examining the intensity of ratings, residents who have lived in the City at least ten years, those who took the survey in English or Spanish, respondents who identify as LGBTQ, those who live with others and do not rent or own, residents with no children in the home, those 18 to 24 years of age, and those very satisfied with the job the City is doing to provide services were the most likely to rate the City as very safe.

Somewhat
unsafe

11.1 Not sure

0.2 Very safe

38.7 Somewhat safe

49.2 Very unsafe

0.8

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 FIGURE 9 OPINION OF CITY SAFETY BY YEARS IN SAN DIMAS, SURVEY LANGUAGE & IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ FIGURE 10 OPINION OF CITY SAFETY BY HOME OWNERSHIP STATUS, ETHNICITY & CHILD UNDER 18 IN HSLD FIGURE 11 OPINION OF CITY SAFETY BY AGE, GENDER & OVERALL SATISFACTION

39.5 35.8

17.4 49.1

40.3 48.4 52.4

70.8 39.2

48.2 Very
safe

37.6 31.1

40.3 42.3
Smwt
safe

52.6 52.8 46.0

51.6 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 80
90 100
Less than 5 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 or more English Spanish Chinese Yes No Years in San Dimas (Q1) Survey Language Identify as LGBTQ (QD7) % Respondents

38.5 37.0 41.3

31.4 43.1

48.4 53.3 45.4

53.5 46.4

40.6 45.8 38.4
Very
safe

39.4 48.4

48.1 48.1
Smwt
safe

49.5 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 80
90 100
Own Rent Live with
others
Caucasian /
White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other / Mixed Yes No
Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6) Child Under 18 in Hsld (QD3) % Respondents

32.0 43.7 41.8 37.5 43.8

14.3 52.2

47.3 47.7 50.6

48.0 46.9 Very
safe

67.8 37.2 36.4 32.7
Smwt
safe

23.5 53.4

52.0 52.3
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
80 90
100
18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female Satisfied Dissatisfied Age (QD1) Gender (QD2) Overall Satisfaction (Q4)
% Respondents

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 SAFETY IN SPECIFIC SCENARIOS Whereas Question 6 asked respondents to rate the overall safety of San Dimas as a place to live, Question 7 presented the seven specific scenarios listed to the left of Figure 12 and asked residents to describe how safe they feel in each scenario using the scale shown at the top of the figure.

Question 7 When you are: _____, would you say that you feel very safe, somewhat safe, somewhat unsafe, or very unsafe? FIGURE 12 SAFETY RATINGS BY SCENARIO
As shown in Figure 12, residents’ perceived safety varied depending on the scenario. Residents indicated that they felt safest walking in their neighborhood during the day and driving on local streets (each 94% very or somewhat safe), followed by walking in commercial and shopping areas of the City during the day (86%), visiting local parks and open space areas (85%), and walking across streets or intersections (84%). Two-thirds (67%) of residents felt safe walking in their neighborhood after dark, while nearly six-in-ten (58%) felt safe walking in commercial and shopping areas of the City after dark. The percentage of residents who felt very safe in each scenario ranged from a low of 19% when walking in commercial and shopping areas of the City after dark to a high or 62% when walking in their neighborhood during the day.

Figures 13 to 15 on the next page show how feelings of safety in each scenario varied by age, gender, home ownership status, ethnicity, whether they identify as LGBTQ, survey language, and presence of a child in the home.

61.7 53.6

47.2 40.9

25.6 19.4

32.6 40.0

38.6 44.4

41.4 41.6

38.9 11.2

12.5 10.9

22.9 25.2

6.9 11.4
3 5

43.0 5
5 1
2 1
1 41
1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Walking in your neighborhood during the day
Driving on local streets
Walking in commercial and shopping areas of City during the day Visiting local parks and open space areas
Walking across streets or intersections
Walking in your neighborhood after dark
Walking in commercial and shopping areas of the City after dark % Respondents
Very safe Somewhat safe Somewhat unsafe Very unsafe Not sure

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 FIGURE 13 SAFETY RATINGS BY SCENARIO BY AGE & GENDER (SHOWING % VERY & SOMEWHAT SAFE) FIGURE 14 SAFETY RATINGS BY SCENARIO BY HOME OWNERSHIP STATUS & ETHNICITY (SHOWING % VERY & SOMEWHAT SAFE)
FIGURE 15 SAFETY RATINGS BY SCENARIO BY IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ, SURVEY LANGUAGE & CHILD UNDER 18 (SHOWING % VERY & SOMEWHAT SAFE) 9898
94 93
92 96
97 93
88 90
96 95
96 94
94 93
94 84
82 83
89 89
89 85
91 90
84 78
83 91
89 84
77 88
85 84
87 83
85 84
85 64
67 66
71 64
74 61
72 62
53 53
64 58
67 52
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
80 90
100
18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female Age (QD1) Gender (QD2)
% Respondents Who Feel Very or Somewhat Safe
Walking in your
neighborhood during day
Driving on local streets
Walking in commercial
and shopping areas of City
during day
Visiting local parks and
open space areas
Walking across streets or
intersections
Walking in your
neighborhood after dark
Walking in commercial
and shopping areas of City
after dark
95 94
97 95
95 94
93 96
91 84
96 94
94 78
87 84
91 88
81 8989
86 88
88 8585
87 96
84 87
78 84
87 85
76 69
67 69
70 62
67 77
57 65
59 60
56 60
63 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 80
90 100
Own Rent Live with
others
Caucasian /
White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other /
Mixed
Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6)
% Respondents Who Feel Very or Somewhat Safe
Walking in your
neighborhood during day
Driving on local streets
Walking in commercial
and shopping areas of City
during day
Visiting local parks and
open space areas
Walking across streets or
intersections
Walking in your
neighborhood after dark
Walking in commercial
and shopping areas of City
after dark
97 95
94 89
97 94
95 87
94 94
92 97
92 94
87 87
86 80
97 82
8888
86 85
82 88
85 86
81 8585
70 91
83 85
74 68
68 54
62 66
68 53
60 59
44 56
55 61
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
80 90
100
Yes No English Spanish Chinese Yes No
Identify as
LGBTQ (QD7)
Survey Language Child Under
18 in Hsld (QD3)
% Respondents Who Feel Very or Somewhat Safe
Walking in your
neighborhood during day
Driving on local streets
Walking in commercial
and shopping areas of City
during day
Visiting local parks and
open space areas
Walking across streets or
intersections
Walking in your
neighborhood after dark
Walking in commercial
and shopping areas of City
after dark

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Homelessness
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H OMELESSNESS
Homelessness is especially visible in California, as more than two-thirds of California’s homeless are unsheltered—living in parks, along streets, or other areas not meant for habitation. The rate of unsheltered homeless in California is the highest in the nation.2 Recognizing that this was likely to be a topic of interest for residents, the survey included several questions to profile residents’ perceptions and opinions as they relate to homelessness in San Dimas.

HAS THE AMOUNT OF HOMELESS PEOPLE CHANGED? The first question in this series simply asked respondents whether, over the past three years, they perceive that the amount of homeless people in San Dimas has decreased, stayed about the same, or increased.

As shown in Figure 16 below, 70% of respondents perceived that the amount of homeless in the City of San Dimas has increased during the past three years, whereas 17% perceived it to be about the same. Just five percent (5%) felt that the homeless population in San Dimas has decreased during this period, while an additional 8% were unsure or preferred to not answer the question.

Question 8 Next I have a few questions about homelessness in San Dimas. Over the past three years, would you say the amount of homeless people you have observed in San Dimas has decreased, stayed about the same, or increased?
FIGURE 16 OPINION OF HOMELESS POPULATION
Figures 17-19 on the next page show how the percentage
of respondents who perceived the number of homeless in
San Dimas to have increased during the past three years varied across demographic subgroups of residents. Overall, residents who have lived in the City for 10 to 14 years, those who took the survey in Spanish, respondents that
identify as LGBTQ, residents with an ethnicity other than Asian, those with children in the home, respondents
between 35 and 54 years of age, female respondents, and residents dissatisfied with the City’s overall performance in providing municipal services were the most likely to indicate that the homeless population in the City has
increased during the last three years.

2. Source: A Snapshot of Homelessness in California, Public Policy Institute of California (February 2019).

Not sure

8.2 Stayed about
the same

17.1 Decreased

5.0 Prefer not to
answer

0.2 Increased

69.5

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 FIGURE 17 OPINION OF HOMELESS POPULATION BY YEARS IN SAN DIMAS, SURVEY LANGUAGE & IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ FIGURE 18 OPINION OF HOMELESS POPULATION BY HOME OWNERSHIP STATUS, ETHNICITY & CHILD UNDER 18 IN HSLD FIGURE 19 OPINION OF HOMELESS POPULATION BY AGE, GENDER & OVERALL SATISFACTION

69.6 85.4

43.9 78.6

69.7 72.8

78.9 69.7

56.9 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 80
90 100
Less than 5 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 or more English Spanish Chinese Yes No Years in San Dimas (Q1) Survey Language Identify as LGBTQ (QD7) % Respondents That Said Amount of
Homeless People Has Increased

74.7 55.7

71.2 78.3

65.1 67.3

73.8 71.2 69.0
0 10
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60 70
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100
Own Rent Live with
others
Caucasian /
White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other /
Mixed
Yes No
Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6) Child Under 18 in Hsld (QD3)
% Respondents That Said Amount of
Homeless People Has Increased

71.0 60.6 63.3

73.7 67.4

83.4 78.2 77.0

62.5 72.1
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
80 90
100
18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female Satisfied Dissatisfied Age (QD1) Gender (QD2) Overall Satisfaction (Q4)
% Respondents That Said Amount of
Homeless People Has Increased

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Homelessness
City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS Respondents were next asked whether they support or oppose various strategies that could be used to address homelessness in San Dimas (see Figure 20). The most widespread support was found for enhancing lighting in public areas to discourage people from using these areas to sleep (82% strongly or somewhat support), followed by providing funding for mental health services (79%), joining with other cities and the County to create more regional homeless shelters (74%), and providing funding for counseling and rehab for drug and alcohol addiction (74%). A majority of residents also supported modifying street benches so it's not comfortable to lie down on them (54%) and providing permanent housing with supportive services for homeless in San Dimas (50%).

Among the eight strategies tested, support was lowest for creating a temporary homeless shelter in San Dimas (41%) and incentivizing under-performing hotels and motels to accept temporary housing vouchers (44%) as ways to address homelessness in San Dimas.

Question 9 Next, I'd like to ask about whether you support or oppose several strategies for addressing homelessness in San Dimas.

FIGURE 20 SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS Tables 5 to 8 on the next page show the percentage of respondents who indicated that they strongly support each strategy by a variety of subgroups. To ease comparisons, the three strategies with the highest percentage of strong support are highlighted in green for each subgroup.

Support for many of the strategies varied considerably by age, ethnicity, homeownership status, whether the respondent identifies as LGBTQ, and survey language, with more than a 20 percentage point difference within those subgroups for at least half of the strategies. The largest differences in strong support were evidenced for providing funding for mental health services (age, home ownership status, identify as LGBTQ, and survey language) and providing funding for counseling and rehab for drug and alcohol addiction (age, ethnicity, home ownership status, identify as LGBTQ, and survey language).

63.1 51.0

46.5 47.6

33.8 25.4

23.4 20.8

19.2 28.2

27.6 26.4

19.7 24.1

19.4 20.4

13.6 16.4

15.0 5.2

3.7 7.1

7.3 7.1

9.9 15.1 24.3

12.3 14.1

9.5 7.5

31.8 40.1

35.6 7.1

5.1 3.8

4.6 4.1

3.1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Enhancing lighting in public areas to discourage people from using these areas to sleep
Providing funding for mental health services
Joining with other cities and the County to create more regional homeless shelters
Providing funding for counseling and rehab for drug and alcohol addiction Modifying street benches so its not comfortable to lie down on them Providing permanent housing with supportive services for homeless in San Dimas
Incentivizing under-performing hotels, motels to accept temporary housing vouchers
Creating a temporary homeless shelter in San Dimas
% Respondents
Strongly support Smwt support Smwt oppose Strongly oppose Not sure

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 TABLE 5 SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS BY AGE (SHOWING % STRONGLY SUPPORT) TABLE 6 SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS BY GENDER & ETHNICITY (SHOWING % STRONGLY

SUPPORT)
TABLE 7 SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS BY HOME OWNERSHIP STATUS & OPINION OF HOMELESS POPULATION IN PAST 3 YEARS (SHOWING % STRONGLY SUPPORT) TABLE 8 SUPPORT FOR STRATEGIES TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS BY IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ, SURVEY LANGUAGE & CHILD UNDER 18 IN HSLD (SHOWING % STRONGLY SUPPORT)
18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Enhancing lighting in public areas to discourage people from using these areas to sleep 52.3 55.0 67.0 74.1 58.7 64.1 Providing funding for mental health services 83.9 59.5 53.9 34.5 46.1 52.6 Providing funding for counseling and rehab for drug and alcohol addiction 82.8 56.5 51.0 32.2 39.9 49.1 Joining with other cities and the County to create more regional homeless shelters 60.4 63.5 45.3 36.9 40.1 46.6 Modifying street benches so its not comfortable to lie down on them 15.0 26.7 37.5 39.9 32.0 38.6 Providing permanent housing with supportive services for homeless in San Dimas 40.2 41.5 24.9 11.8 25.0 22.8 Incentivizing under-performing hotels, motels to accept temporary housing vouchers 26.9 42.8 22.5 10.0 13.6 28.4 Creating a temporary homeless shelter in San Dimas 39.1 39.8 16.4 6.3 14.1 21.3 Age (QD1)
Male Female
Caucasian /
White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other /
Mixed
Enhancing lighting in public areas to discourage people from using these areas to sleep 58.9 66.4 62.1 69.8 59.5 48.6 Providing funding for mental health services 47.7 55.4 51.7 47.6 51.2 70.6 Providing funding for counseling and rehab for drug and alcohol addiction 43.9 52.8 47.0 44.3 48.5 74.7 Joining with other cities and the County to create more regional homeless shelters 41.7 53.0 43.8 48.1 45.4 63.9 Modifying street benches so its not comfortable to lie down on them 36.1 30.3 33.1 39.4 29.8 23.7 Providing permanent housing with supportive services for homeless in San Dimas 24.0 27.8 22.1 22.6 25.8 57.5 Incentivizing under-performing hotels, motels to accept temporary housing vouchers 20.8 27.4 21.3 22.9 25.7 38.1 Creating a temporary homeless shelter in San Dimas 21.9 20.8 18.9 17.6 22.5 44.0 Gender (QD2) Ethnicity (QD6)
Own Rent
Live with
others Decreased Same Increased
Enhancing lighting in public areas to discourage people from using these areas to sleep 65.5 58.8 49.2 72.4 54.0 66.4 Providing funding for mental health services 43.9 65.3 78.5 56.3 53.8 48.6 Providing funding for counseling and rehab for drug and alcohol addiction 39.4 65.5 72.5 53.1 47.2 45.9 Joining with other cities and the County to create more regional homeless shelters 40.9 59.5 66.3 65.7 53.1 44.0 Modifying street benches so its not comfortable to lie down on them 38.6 23.4 18.7 40.2 22.9 37.7 Providing permanent housing with supportive services for homeless in San Dimas 20.1 37.6 44.5 34.7 26.2 23.4 Incentivizing under-performing hotels, motels to accept temporary housing vouchers 16.9 36.2 47.1 32.4 24.0 22.6 Creating a temporary homeless shelter in San Dimas 13.8 34.2 38.6 30.9 25.0 18.4 Home Ownership Status (QD4)
Opinion of Homeless Population
in Past 3 Years (Q8)
Yes No English Spanish Chinese Yes No
Enhancing lighting in public areas to discourage people from using these areas to sleep 53.7 63.6 62.3 81.1 64.8 71.9 58.3 Providing funding for mental health services 84.3 48.9 52.8 42.6 8.3 46.1 54.2 Providing funding for counseling and rehab for drug and alcohol addiction 77.0 46.0 48.9 48.2 9.1 43.5 50.3 Joining with other cities and the County to create more regional homeless shelters 69.7 45.8 48.4 35.4 5.3 41.8 49.5 Modifying street benches so its not comfortable to lie down on them 23.6 34.4 32.9 55.1 31.9 36.8 32.0 Providing permanent housing with supportive services for homeless in San Dimas 58.4 23.3 26.6 13.3 6.5 23.5 26.9 Incentivizing under-performing hotels, motels to accept temporary housing vouchers 38.7 23.0 24.1 21.0 5.3 21.0 25.0 Creating a temporary homeless shelter in San Dimas 47.9 18.8 21.4 16.7 6.5 16.8 23.2 Identify as
LGBTQ (QD7) Survey Language
Child Under
18 in Hsld (QD3)

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P RIORITIES
It is often the case that residents’ desires for public facilities and programs exceed a city’s financial resources. In such cases, a city must prioritize services based upon a variety of factors, including the preferences and needs of residents.

SPENDING PRIORITIES Question 10 was designed to provide San Dimas with a reliable measure of how residents, as a whole, prioritize a variety of projects and services to which the City could allocate resources in the future. The format of the question was straightforward: after informing respondents that the City does not have the financial resources to fund all of the services and facilities that may be desired by residents, respondents were asked whether each item shown in Figure 21 should be a high, medium, or low priority for future city spending—or if the City should not spend money on the item at all. To encourage a sense of competition, respondents were instructed that not all of the projects and services could be high priorities.

Question 10 The City of San Dimas has the resources to provide some of the services and facilities desired by residents. However, because it can't fund every service, the City must set priorities. As I read each of the following items, please indicate whether you think the City should make the item a high priority, a medium priority, or a low priority for future city spending. If you feel the City should not spend any money on this item, just say so. Please keep in mind that not all of the items can be high priorities.

FIGURE 21 SPENDING PRIORITIES
The projects and services are sorted in Figure 21 from high to low based on the percentage of respondents who indicated that an item was at least a medium priority for future city spending.

Among the items tested, addressing homelessness was assigned the highest priority (87% high or medium priority), followed by improving the maintenance of local streets (85%) and redeveloping and revitalizing Downtown San Dimas (75%).

63.9 44.2

47.9 21.5

29.4 28.8

22.2 25.5

10.0 23.5

41.2 26.8

49.1 36.9

37.2 31.0

26.9 25.5
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
Address homelessness
Improve the maintenance of local streets
Redevelop and revitalize Downtown San Dimas
Add or improve the maintenance of recreational facilities Expand the network of paths and trails for walking, running and biking Increase and maintain the Urban Forest
Improve the enforcement of traffic laws
Facilitate development of more affordable housing for low-income families
Upgrade the Aquatics Facility
% Respondents
High priority Medium priority

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 When compared to the other projects and services tested, San Dimas residents assigned a lower priority to upgrading the Aquatics Facility (36%), facilitating the development of more affordable housing for low-income families (52%), and improving the enforcement of traffic laws (53%).

The tables below show how the percentage of respondents who rated each item a high priority varied by age, gender, home ownership status, ethnicity, whether the respondent identifies as LGBTQ, survey language, and presence of a child in the home. To ease comparisons, the top three high priority items are highlighted in green for each subgroup. Although facilitating the development of more affordable housing for low-income families ranked toward the bottom of the list overall (see Figure 21 on previous page), it was a top priority among residents under 35 years of age, those who live with others (do not own or rent), respondents with an ethnicity of other/mixed, and those who identify as LGBTQ.

TABLE 9 SPENDING PRIORITIES BY AGE & GENDER (SHOWING % HIGH PRIORITY) TABLE 10 SPENDING PRIORITIES BY HOME OWNERSHIP STATUS & ETHNICITY (SHOWING % HIGH PRIORITY) TABLE 11 SPENDING PRIORITIES BY IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ, SURVEY LANGUAGE & CHILD UNDER 18 IN HSLD (SHOWING %

HIGH PRIORITY)
ADDITIONAL HIGH PRIORITIES? Recognizing that the list of projects and services tested in Question 10 was not exhaustive, the survey followed-up by asking respondents if there were any services or facilities not mentioned in Question 10 that they think should be a high priority for future city spending (Question 11). This question was asked in an open-ended manner, allowing respondents to mention any project that came to mind without being prompted by or restricted to a list of options. True North later reviewed the verbatim responses and grouped them into the categories shown in Figure 22 below.
18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female Address homelessness 62.6 66.6 67.4 68.9 61.4 59.8 60.3 66.9 Redevelop and revitalize Downtown San Dimas 41.1 46.1 51.5 58.6 50.2 41.6 46.5 51.1 Improve the maintenance of local streets 42.7 33.2 42.4 43.5 38.2 56.9 47.7 40.8 Expand the network of paths and trails for walking, running and biking 38.6 31.1 33.2 24.8 30.4 24.3 30.4 28.1 Increase and maintain the Urban Forest 42.2 32.5 26.4 27.1 27.0 26.2 28.8 28.1 Facilitate the development of more affordable housing for low-income families 60.2 48.0 17.6 12.7 15.7 21.6 23.9 29.4 Improve the enforcement of traffic laws 18.6 9.4 12.6 24.5 22.9 36.0 20.6 21.7 Add or improve the maintenance of recreational facilities 29.6 19.5 22.7 18.4 18.9 23.8 20.5 22.5 Upgrade the Aquatics Facility 14.0 7.1 9.3 13.3 7.5 11.4 9.5 11.1 Age (QD1) Gender (QD2)
Own Rent
Live with
others
Caucasian /
White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other /
Mixed
Address homelessness 61.5 69.0 70.4 60.6 71.3 56.7 65.2 Redevelop and revitalize Downtown San Dimas 49.8 46.4 37.5 43.7 52.3 49.7 51.0 Improve the maintenance of local streets 44.1 43.9 31.0 41.5 47.9 44.0 42.5 Expand the network of paths and trails for walking, running and biking 30.4 26.3 29.4 25.8 28.9 34.6 44.6 Increase and maintain the Urban Forest 25.6 35.3 34.4 21.5 31.8 35.2 42.8 Facilitate the development of more affordable housing for low-income families 16.5 47.4 40.7 17.5 28.1 28.8 56.3 Improve the enforcement of traffic laws 23.9 16.6 7.2 21.0 23.5 28.8 9.2 Add or improve the maintenance of recreational facilities 20.5 27.7 0.0 17.3 24.6 25.5 26.7 Upgrade the Aquatics Facility 8.3 14.6 3.1 6.9 14.7 11.8 4.1 Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6)
Yes No English Spanish Chinese Yes No
Address homelessness 65.5 64.0 63.6 73.0 61.8 70.5 60.0 Redevelop and revitalize Downtown San Dimas 42.2 49.5 48.1 52.0 37.1 52.1 46.0 Improve the maintenance of local streets 38.0 44.3 43.7 52.9 47.0 41.4 45.7 Expand the network of paths and trails for walking, running and biking 48.3 28.0 29.4 24.2 34.4 27.2 30.5 Increase and maintain the Urban Forest 33.1 28.3 28.5 29.4 36.3 25.1 30.6 Facilitate the development of more affordable housing for low-income families 51.5 23.8 26.1 23.6 9.3 22.5 27.5 Improve the enforcement of traffic laws 16.3 22.0 22.1 29.1 16.6 15.6 24.9 Add or improve the maintenance of recreational facilities 40.5 20.1 22.0 15.7 15.6 22.8 20.5 Upgrade the Aquatics Facility 5.8 10.4 9.9 12.7 8.1 12.3 8.5 Identify as
LGBTQ (QD7) Survey Language
Child Under
18 in Hsld (QD3)

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Seven-in-ten (71%) residents could not think of an additional service or facility that should be a high priority for future city spending, and no single suggestion was mentioned by more than 2% of respondents. Among the specific items that were mentioned, improving/providing more parks and recreation facilities (2%), addressing homelessness (2%), improving public safety and reducing crime/drugs (2%), and beautifying the City/improving the City’s appearance and landscaping (2%) were the top responses.

Question 11 Is there a service or facility that I didn't mention that you think should be a high priority for future city spending?
FIGURE 22 ADDITIONAL HIGH PRIORITY SERVICE, FACILITY

70.6 2.3

2.2 2.1

2.1 1.6

1.6 1.5

1.5 1.3

1.1 0.9

0.6 0.6

0.6 0.5

1.5 1.1
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80
No / Cannot think of anything specific
Improve, provide more parks, rec facilities
Address homelessness
Improve public safety / Reduce crime, drugs
Beautify City, improve City appearance, landscaping
Provide more police presence
Provide more community events, programs
Address parking issues
Improve infrastructure, roads
Improve downtown area
Provide more support to seniors, disabled persons
Improve education
Provide more restaurants, shops
Address mental health issues
Address coyote issues
Provide more street lightning
Improve traffic flow
Improve economy, jobs
% Respondents

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P UBLIC T RUST & S ERVICE
Although much of the survey focused on residents’ satisfaction with the City’s efforts to provide specific services, as with other progressive cities San Dimas recognizes there is more to good local governance than simply providing satisfactory services. Do residents perceive that the City is responsive to their needs? Do residents feel that staff serves their needs in a professional manner? How well do residents trust the City, and do they view the City as fiscally responsible? Answers to questions like these are as important as service or policy-related questions in measuring the City’s performance in meeting residents’ needs. Accordingly, they were the focus of the next section of the interview.

PERCEPTIONS OF CITY GOVERNMENT The first question in this series was designed to measure how residents perceive the City on topics such as transparency, responsiveness, and fiscal accountability. For each of the six statements shown along the left of Figure 23, respondents were asked whether they agreed or disagreed with the statement, or if they had no opinion. For comparison purposes between the statements, only respondents who held an opinion (either agree or disagree) are included in the figure. Those who did not have an opinion were removed from this analysis. The percentage of respondents who provided an opinion (either agree or disagree) is presented in brackets beside the statement label in the figure, while the bars represent the answers of those with an opinion. Thus, for example, of the 87% of respondents who expressed an opinion regarding their trust of the City, 81% agreed that they trust the City of San Dimas, whereas 19% disagreed.

Question 12 Next, I'm going to read you a series of statements about the City of San Dimas.

For each, I'd like you to tell me whether you agree or disagree with the statement.

FIGURE 23 AGREEMENT WITH STATEMENTS
Overall, 87% of respondents with an opinion said that they trust the City of San Dimas, 76% felt the City manages its finances well, 75% felt the City is responsive to residents’ needs, and 73% agreed that the City treats all residents the same regardless of color, age, income, or identity.

Approximately two-thirds of residents with an opinion also agreed that the City is transparent in how it operates (68%) and listens to residents when making important decisions (67%). For the

26.7 21.2

20.0 34.8

18.0 18.2

54.7 54.5

54.6 38.2

50.1 49.1 21.6

23.7 18.9

18.2 17.0

13.6 8.3

8.2 7.1

7.3 5.1

11.1 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
I trust the City of San Dimas [87%]
The City manages its finances well [62%]
The City is responsive to residents’ needs [79%]
The City treats all residents the same regardless of color, age, income, or identity [74%]
The City is transparent in how it operates [72%]
The City listens to residents when making important decisions [73%]
% Respondents Who Provided Opinion
Strongly agree Smwt agree Smwt disagree Strongly disagree

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 interested reader, tables 12 to 14 display agreement with each statement by a variety of demographic subgroups, among those with an opinion.

TABLE 12 AGREEMENT WITH STATEMENTS BY AGE & GENDER (SHOWING % STRONGLY & SOMEWHAT AGREE, AMONG

THOSE WITH OPINION)
TABLE 13 AGREEMENT WITH STATEMENTS BY HOME OWNERSHIP STATUS & ETHNICITY (SHOWING % STRONGLY &

SOMEWHAT AGREE, AMONG THOSE WITH OPINION)
TABLE 14 AGREEMENT WITH STATEMENTS BY IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ, SURVEY LANGUAGE & CHILD UNDER 18 IN HSLD (SHOWING % STRONGLY & SOMEWHAT AGREE, AMONG THOSE WITH OPINION) CITY STAFF The next question in this series asked if the respondent had been in contact with City of San Dimas staff in the 12 months prior to the interview. As shown in Figure 24 on the next page, 36% of respondents indicated they had been in contact with staff in the past 12 months. When compared with their respective counterparts, those who have lived in the City less than 15 years, those who took the survey in Spanish, residents who do not identify as LGBTQ, home owners, those with an ethnicity other than Asian, respondents with a child in the home, residents 35 to 54 years of age, and those dissatisfied with the job the City is doing to provide services were the most likely to report having contact with city staff in the past year (see figures 25-27).
18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female I trust the City of San Dimas 78.3 79.4 77.1 77.9 81.2 91.6 84.0 81.2 The City manages its finances well 70.7 66.0 76.7 73.9 80.7 87.4 76.5 74.7 The City is responsive to residents’ needs 78.1 70.9 74.2 69.8 78.3 79.8 76.4 76.0 The City treats all residents the same regardless of color, age, income, identity 67.5 70.7 61.7 74.4 77.3 82.8 81.4 64.8 The City is transparent in how it operates 63.7 69.1 62.6 57.7 73.3 80.7 75.0 63.3 The City listens to residents when making important decisions 72.0 67.5 60.9 61.3 64.0 78.1 71.1 67.1 Age (QD1) Gender (QD2)
Own Rent
Live with
others
Caucasian
/ White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other /
Mixed
I trust the City of San Dimas 82.4 84.5 71.7 85.9 79.9 84.1 69.8 The City manages its finances well 79.1 75.2 53.0 79.1 74.3 80.9 62.6 The City is responsive to residents’ needs 76.0 76.9 56.8 76.1 74.9 76.1 68.2 The City treats all residents the same regardless of color, age, income, identity 79.2 63.7 58.0 77.2 73.6 80.7 47.3 The City is transparent in how it operates 70.5 70.4 42.9 73.0 65.5 70.5 58.0 The City listens to residents when making important decisions 66.7 72.8 52.7 67.9 66.1 74.1 63.2 Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6)
Yes No English Spanish Chinese Yes No
I trust the City of San Dimas 72.0 83.6 80.7 86.8 92.8 78.3 83.3 The City manages its finances well 69.5 77.0 75.0 79.9 100.0 72.7 77.0 The City is responsive to residents’ needs 62.7 77.2 74.9 68.1 76.2 71.2 77.0 The City treats all residents the same regardless of color, age, income, identity 49.2 76.5 72.4 66.8 96.5 66.0 76.9 The City is transparent in how it operates 76.8 69.3 68.1 58.2 84.1 63.9 70.6 The City listens to residents when making important decisions 64.5 69.3 67.5 47.5 87.0 65.9 68.5 Identify as
LGBTQ (QD7) Survey Language
Child Under
18 in Hsld (QD3)

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Question 13 In the past 12 months, have you been in contact with staff from the City of San Dimas?
FIGURE 24 CITY STAFF CONTACT IN PAST 12 MONTHS
FIGURE 25 CITY STAFF CONTACT IN PAST 12 MONTHS BY YEARS IN SAN DIMAS, SURVEY LANGUAGE & IDENTIFY AS LGBTQ
Prefer not to
answer

1.6 No contact
with staff

60.9 Yes, contact
with staff

35.5 Not sure

2.0 35.7

44.6 15.1

25.4 36.7 38.1

42.1 39.9

30.8 0
10 20
30 40
50 Less than 5 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 or more English Spanish Chinese Yes No Years in San Dimas (Q1) Survey Language Identify as LGBTQ (QD7) % Respondents With Staff
Contact in Past 12 Months

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HSLD & SATISFACTION WITH COMMUNICATION
FIGURE 27 CITY STAFF CONTACT IN PAST 12 MONTHS BY AGE, GENDER & OVERALL SATISFACTION ASSESSMENT OF CITY STAFF Residents who had contact with city staff in the past 12 months were subsequently asked to rate city staff on three dimensions: helpfulness, professionalism, and accessibility. As displayed in Figure 28 on the next page, San Dimas residents rated city staff high on all three dimensions tested, with approximately nine-in-ten residents rating staff as very or somewhat accessible (95%), professional (94%), and helpful (90%).

41.0 25.3

34.3 39.1

32.9 39.1

36.2 36.8

26.5 27.4

39.8 0
10 20
30 40
50 Own Rent Live with
others
Caucasian
/ White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other /
Mixed
Yes No Satisfied Dissatisfied
Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6) Child Under 18 in Hsld (QD3)
Satisfaction With
Communication
(Q16)
% Respondents With Staff
Contact in Past 12 Months

31.3 36.0 37.0

34.1 35.1

44.8 17.4

27.6 48.7

44.9 0
10 20
30 40
50 18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female Satisfied Dissatisfied Age (QD1) Gender (QD2) Overall Satisfaction
(Q4)
% Respondents With Staff
Contact in Past 12 Months

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FIGURE 28 RATING CITY STAFF

66.5 71.8

62.9 28.2 22.1

26.8 8.5 3.8 4.8
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
80 90
100
Accessibility Professionalism Helpfulness
Q14 Rating city staff on . . .
% Respondents With Staff
Contact in Past 12 Months
Not sure
Not at all
Somewhat
Very

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Sales Tax
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S ALES T AX
One objective of this survey was to estimate residents’ support for a potential three-quarter cent sales tax increase, which would provide approximately $5,000,000 in annual revenue to fund city services. Proposed for a period of eight years, the sales tax would provide funding for general city services in the City of San Dimas, such as Sheriff's patrols, crime prevention, and 911 emergency response, keeping streets, sidewalks, infrastructure, parks, and facilities safe, clean, and well-maintained, addressing homelessness, removing trash and graffiti, traffic management, and other services. To this end, Question 15 was designed to assess baseline support for the proposed tax measure.

Question 15 Next year, voters in San Dimas may be asked to vote on a local ballot measure.

Let me read you a summary of the measure. To provide funding for general services in the City of San Dimas, such as; Sheriff's patrols, crime prevention, and 911 emergency response; keeping streets, sidewalks, infrastructure, parks, and facilities safe, clean, and well-maintained; addressing homelessness, removing trash and graffiti, traffic management, and other city services; shall an ordinance establishing a ¾ cent sales tax be adopted, providing approximately 5 million dollars annually for general government use for 8 years, with independent audits, citizen oversight, and all money locally controlled? If the election were held today, would you vote yes or no on this measure?
FIGURE 29 BALLOT TEST
Figure 29 presents the results of the ballot test
among all residents surveyed. Overall, 61% of
respondents indicated that they would support the
proposed sales tax measure, whereas 30% stated
that they would oppose the measure, and approximately 10% were unsure or unwilling to share their vote choice. For general taxes in the State of California, the level of support recorded in Question 15 is approximately 11% above the simple majority required for passage.

For the interested reader, figures 30-32 on the next page show how support for the proposed sales tax measure varied across demographic subgroups. It’s worth noting that support for the proposed measure exceeded a simple majority in every identified subgroup.

Prefer not to
answer

1.0 Not sure

8.6 Definitely no

14.7 Probably no

15.1 Definitely yes

25.8 Probably yes

34.7

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25.8 28.4

21.6 17.4

26.5 34.6

38.0 32.0 39.5

35.1 Definitely
yes

38.7 19.6

30.7 21.6
Probably
yes

33.5 36.2

26.7 36.4
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
80 90
100
Less than 5 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 or more English Spanish Chinese Yes No Years in San Dimas (Q1) Survey Language Identify as LGBTQ (QD7) % Respondents

27.2 26.6 32.1 28.6 24.3

35.5 30.5

41.6 30.1 37.0

23.8 15.8

24.8 Definitely
yes

27.5 37.7 49.5 36.0
Probably
yes

32.6 0
10 20
30 40
50 60
70 80
90 100
Own Rent Live with
others
Caucasian /
White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other / Mixed Yes No
Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6) Child Under 18 in Hsld (QD3) % Respondents

23.6 35.6 29.3 23.5 26.5 27.8

32.3 30.6

34.1 35.8

37.0 23.0
Definitely
yes

25.2 17.2 23.6 29.4
Probably
yes

45.2 32.5

34.9 40.9
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
80 90
100
18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female Satisfied Dissatisfied Age (QD1) Gender (QD2) Overall Satisfaction (Q4)
% Respondents

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C OMMUNICATION & E -G OVERNMENT
The importance of city communication with residents cannot be over-stated. Much of a city’s success is shaped by the quality of information that is exchanged in both directions, from the City to the community and from the community to the City. This study is just one example of San Dimas’ efforts to enhance the information flow to the City to better understand the community’s concerns, perceptions, and needs. In this section, we present the results of several communication and e-government related questions.

SATISFACTION WITH CITY-RESIDENT COMMUNICATION Question 16 of the survey asked residents to report their satisfaction with city-resident communication in the City of San Dimas. Overall, 72% of residents indicated they were satisfied with the City’s efforts to share information with them through newsletters, the Internet, social media, and other means, whereas 17% were dissatisfied and 12% were unsure or unwilling to answer the question (Figure 33).

Question 16 Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the City's efforts to share information with you through newsletters, the Internet, social media, and other means? FIGURE 33 SATISFACTION WITH COMMUNICATION
Figures 34-36 on the next page show how satisfaction with the City’s efforts to share information with residents varied across a host of demographic subgroups. Satisfaction was highest among residents who took the survey in English, home owners, Caucasian/White respondents, and those satisfied with the job the City is doing to provide services. With the exceptions of those who live with others (do not rent or own) and those dissatisfied with the City’s overall performance, satisfaction with city-resident communication was fairly consistent across subgroups, ranging between 61% and 79%.

Somewhat
satisfied

48.7 Very satisfied

22.8 Somewhat
dissatisfied

13.1 Very
dissatisfied

3.4 Not sure

11.3 Prefer not to
answer

0.7

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FIGURE 36 SATISFACTION WITH COMMUNICATION BY AGE, GENDER & OVERALL SATISFACTION

23.4 18.8

9.7 29.1 24.1

48.9 42.8

50.8 44.9 48.3
Very
satisfied

24.8 21.6

32.9 20.3
Smwt
satisfied

48.5 50.6

41.9 47.2
0 10
20 30
40 50
60 70
80 90
100
Less than 5 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 or more English Spanish Chinese Yes No Years in San Dimas (Q1) Survey Language Identify as LGBTQ (QD7) % Respondents

23.2 15.3

40.0 21.0 24.1

48.2 46.5

28.3 53.3 46.7

23.0 15.0

23.5 Very
satisfied

24.6 46.8

44.4 55.3
Smwt
satisfied

50.3 0
10 20
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50 60
70 80
90 100
Own Rent Live with
others
Caucasian /
White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other / Mixed Yes No
Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6) Child Under 18 in Hsld (QD3) % Respondents

18.3 28.4

21.1 26.2 27.4

3.8 50.3

45.5 51.2

48.1 51.2
Very 38.9
satisfied

33.0 20.6 21.6 20.5
Smwt
satisfied

38.8 50.4 51.9 51.8
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% Respondents

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 COMMUNICATION PREFERENCES The next communication-related question presented respondents the methods shown to the left of Figure 37 and asked whether each would be an effective way for the City to communicate with them. Overall, respondents indicated that the city newsletter and recreation guide that is mailed to their home was the most effective method (87% very or somewhat effective), followed by email and electronic newsletters (85%) and the City’s website (83%). At the other end of the spectrum, telephone calls (46%) were generally viewed by residents as a less effective way for the City to communicate with them.

Question 17 As I read the following ways that the City can communicate with residents, I'd like to know if you think they would be a very effective, somewhat effective, or not at all effective way for the City to communicate with you.

FIGURE 37 EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATION METHODS
For the interested reader, tables 15-17 show how communication preferences varied by demographic subgroups, with the three methods receiving the highest percentage of very effective ratings highlighted in green for ease of comparison.

TABLE 15 EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATION METHODS BY AGE & GENDER (SHOWING % VERY EFFECTIVE)

49.9 50.5

39.5 35.2

41.3 22.8

38.7 12.9

37.0 34.8

43.5 38.3

31.5 46.2

30.0 32.9
0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100
City newsletter and recreation guide that is mailed directly to your house
Email & Electronic Newsletters
City website
Social Media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram & Nextdoor
Text messages
Town-hall style meetings
My San Dimas smart phone app that allows you to communicate with City, report issues, receive updates
Telephone
% Respondents
Very effective Somewhat effective
18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female Email & Electronic Newsletters 33.7 49.4 50.9 47.1 50.6 59.6 47.5 55.3 City newsletter, rec guide mailed directly to house 29.9 56.2 49.5 47.2 42.3 60.4 41.3 60.2 Text messages 43.3 50.4 38.8 41.2 35.6 41.2 37.2 47.4
City website 29.6 42.4 44.0 35.6 40.1 40.1 38.3 39.9
My San Dimas smart phone app 22.0 40.1 37.9 47.7 40.7 37.9 38.2 41.7 Social Media sites 52.4 46.6 40.2 33.3 30.9 24.3 31.8 40.2 Town-hall style meetings 17.3 26.7 18.7 24.7 21.9 27.0 22.3 23.7 Telephone 12.1 17.9 12.7 11.7 7.8 14.6 11.0 14.8
Age (QD1) Gender (QD2)

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City of San Dimas True North Research, Inc. © 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 TABLE 16 EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATION METHODS BY HOME OWNERSHIP, ETHNICITY & OVERALL SATISFACTION (SHOWING % VERY EFFECTIVE)
TABLE 17 EFFECTIVENESS OF COMMUNICATION METHODS BY IDENTIFY BY LGBTQ, SURVEY LANGUAGE, CHILD UNDER 18 IN HSLD & SATISFACTION WITH COMMUNICATION (SHOWING % VERY EFFECTIVE) ATTENTION PAID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENT The final question in this section asked residents to rate how attentive they are to the issues, decisions, and activities of the San Dimas city government using a scale of very attentive, somewhat attentive, slightly attentive, or not at all attentive. Overall, 17% of respondents claimed to be very attentive to matters of city government, 49% somewhat attentive, and 27% slightly attentive. Another 6% of respondents confided that they do not pay any attention to the activities of their city government, and 1% declined to state (see Figure 38).

Question 18 How much attention do you pay to the issues, decisions and activities of your city government? Would you say that you are very attentive, somewhat attentive, slightly attentive, or not at all attentive?
FIGURE 38 ATTENTIVENESS TO CITY GOVERNMENT
Figures 39 to 41 on the next page display how attentiveness to local government differed across a variety of demographic subgroups. Respondents who have lived
in San Dimas for less than 10 years or more than 14
years, those who took the survey in Spanish or Chinese, respondents who do not identify as LGBTQ, home owners, Latino/Hispanic respondents, those with a child in the home, residents 35 to 54 years of age or 65 years
and older, female respondents, and those who reported
being dissatisfied with the City’s overall performance
were generally more likely than their counterparts to
say they are at least somewhat attentive to issues, decisions, and activities of the San Dimas city government.

Own Rent
Live with
others
Caucasian
/ White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other /
Mixed Satisfied Dissatisfied
Email & Electronic Newsletters 51.1 55.2 32.5 51.2 53.6 48.2 43.5 53.3 37.9 City newsletter, rec guide mailed directly to house 50.8 53.9 21.4 46.7 57.3 43.1 54.4 52.8 36.4 Text messages 40.9 45.4 37.0 40.5 45.1 38.6 39.5 43.4 33.2 City website 41.4 39.8 17.5 39.8 42.7 34.4 43.9 41.8 31.8 My San Dimas smart phone app 39.5 43.5 10.3 41.1 41.5 31.5 41.0 39.7 36.3 Social Media sites 33.3 41.9 26.3 33.6 38.9 32.6 39.8 37.9 29.2 Town-hall style meetings 22.4 24.5 13.4 23.0 25.7 19.0 22.6 23.6 22.9 Telephone 12.1 12.5 13.2 12.2 13.8 9.2 19.5 14.3 10.9
Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6) Overall Satisfaction (Q4) Yes No English Spanish Chinese Yes No Satisfied Dissatisfied Email & Electronic Newsletters 41.2 52.0 50.8 41.6 51.7 50.6 51.0 53.0 45.8 City newsletter, rec guide mailed directly to house 61.8 49.5 49.9 55.2 42.8 52.1 48.8 51.9 51.1 Text messages 35.1 42.5 41.7 35.3 36.3 45.1 39.1 45.4 31.7 City website 33.2 41.0 40.1 37.7 23.0 39.9 39.5 45.2 26.1 My San Dimas smart phone app 31.5 41.0 39.2 40.7 22.8 43.8 36.5 43.2 29.0 Social Media sites 41.4 35.8 35.3 44.4 17.5 42.1 31.7 37.3 35.7 Town-hall style meetings 25.4 22.8 23.5 18.0 10.2 22.4 23.2 26.3 13.1 Telephone 15.3 12.2 13.0 18.2 2.8 12.2 12.8 15.9 5.0
Identify as
LGBTQ (QD7) Survey Language
Child Under
18 in Hsld (QD3)
Satisfaction With
Communication (Q16)
Prefer not to
answer Not at all 1.1
attentive

5.6 Slightly
attentive

27.3 Very attentive

17.1 Somewhat
attentive

49.0

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FIGURE 41 ATTENTIVENESS TO CITY GOVERNMENT BY AGE, GENDER & OVERALL SATISFACTION

16.9 19.4 18.0 22.6

15.6 48.6

54.9 53.0

31.8 50.9

18.9 12.4 13.7
Very
attentive

18.7 53.3 45.9

47.5 Smwt
attentive

49.7 0
10 20
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90 100
Less than 5 5 to 9 10 to 14 15 or more English Spanish Chinese Yes No Years in San Dimas (Q1) Survey Language Identify as LGBTQ (QD7) % Respondents

19.9 15.6 19.3 18.7 15.4

53.9 47.1 40.8

51.5 48.3
Very
satisfied

18.6 14.6 13.1 14.7
Smwt
satisfied

51.7 48.5

35.5 44.2
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Caucasian /
White
Latino /
Hispanic
Asian
American
Other / Mixed Yes No
Home Ownership Status (QD4) Ethnicity (QD6) Child Under 18 in Hsld (QD3) % Respondents

14.8 19.0 18.5 14.8 16.6

23.5 43.2

56.5 43.6 55.0 48.6

57.1 22.0 17.3 14.7
Very
satisfied

10.8 48.6

51.8 48.1
Smwt
satisfied

33.6 0
10 20
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18 to 24 25 to 34 35 to 44 45 to 54 55 to 64 65 or older Male Female Satisfied Dissatisfied Age (QD1) Gender (QD2) Overall Satisfaction (Q4)
% Respondents

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B ACKGROUND & D EMOGRAPHICS
TABLE 18 DEMOGRAPHICS OF SAMPLE
Table 18 presents the key demographic and background
information that was collected during the survey. Because of the probability-based sampling methodology used in
this study, the results shown in the table are representative of adult residents in the City of San Dimas. The primary motivation for collecting the background and demographic information was to provide a better insight into how the results of the substantive questions of the survey vary by demographic characteristics (see Appendix A for more details).

Total Respondents 679
Years in San Dimas (Q1)
Less than 5 20.4
5 to 9 20.2
10 to 14 11.1
15 or more 47.9
Prefer not to answer 0.4
Age (QD1)
18 to 24 8.3
25 to 34 17.4
35 to 44 14.3
45 to 54 17.9
55 to 64 17.1
65 or older 21.6
Prefer not to answer 3.5
Gender (QD2)
Male 47.9
Female 46.0
Non-binary 0.5
Prefer not to answer 5.6
Child Under 18 in Hsld (QD3)
Yes 33.6
No 65.3
Prefer not to answer 1.1
Home Ownership Status (QD4)
Own 63.6
Rent 25.1
Live with others 6.0
Prefer not to answer 5.2
Employment Status (QD5)
Full time 57.2
Part time 4.4
Student 6.5
Homemaker 2.5
Retired 20.3
Prefer not to answer 9.2
Ethnicity (QD6)
Caucasian / White 40.0
Latino / Hispanic 33.3
Asian American 15.5
Other / Mixed 7.9
Prefer not to answer 3.3
Identify as LGBTQ (QD7)
Yes 6.6
No 84.0
Prefer not to answer 9.4
Survey Language
English 92.7
Spanish 4.2
Chinese 3.0

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M ETHODOLOGY
The following sections outline the methodology used in the study, as well as the motivation for using certain techniques.

QUESTIONNAIRE DEVELOPMENT Dr. McLarney of True North Research worked closely with the City of San Dimas to develop a questionnaire that covered the topics of interest and avoided many possible sources of systematic measurement error, including position-order effects, wording effects, response-category effects, scaling effects, and priming. Several questions included multiple individual items. Because asking items in a set order can lead to a systematic position bias in responses, the items were asked in a random order for each respondent.

Some questions asked in this study were presented only to a subset of respondents. For example, only respondents who indicated they had personally interacted with city staff during the prior 12 month period (Question 13) were asked to rate staff’s professionalism, accessibility, and helpfulness (Question 14). The questionnaire included with this report (see Questionnaire & Toplines on page 42) identifies the skip patterns used during the interview to ensure that each respondent received the appropriate questions.

PROGRAMMING, PRE-TEST & LANGUAGE TRANSLATION Prior to fielding the survey, the questionnaire was CATI (Computer Assisted Telephone Interviewing) programmed to assist interviewers when conducting the telephone interviews. The CATI program automatically navigates the skip patterns, randomizes the appropriate question items, and alerts interviewers to certain types of keypunching mistakes should they happen during the interview. The survey was also programmed into a passcode-protected online survey application to allow residents who preferred to complete the survey online the opportunity to do so. The integrity of the questionnaire was pre-tested internally by True North and by dialing into random homes in the City prior to formally beginning the survey. The final questionnaire was also professionally translated into Spanish and Chinese to allow for data collection in three languages according to the preference of the respondent.

SAMPLE, RECRUITING & DATA COLLECTION A comprehensive database of San Dimas households was utilized for this study, ensuring that all households in San Dimas had the opportunity to be selected to participate in the survey. Once selected at random, contact information was appended to each record including email addresses and telephone numbers for adult residents. Individuals were subsequently recruited to participate in the survey through multiple recruiting methods. Using a combination of email and text invitations, sampled residents were initially invited to participate in the survey online at a secure, passcode-protected website designed and hosted by True North. Each individual was assigned a unique passcode to ensure that only San Dimas residents who received an invitation could access the online survey site, and that the survey could be completed only one time per passcode. An email reminder notice was also sent to encourage participation among those who had yet to take the survey. Following a period of online data collection, True North placed telephone calls to land lines and cell phone numbers of sampled residents that had yet to participate in the online survey or for whom only telephone contact information was available.

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MARGIN OF ERROR DUE TO SAMPLING The results of the survey can be used to estimate the opinions of all adult residents in the City. Because not every adult resident of the City participated in the survey, however, the results have what is known as a statistical margin of error due to sampling. The margin of error refers to the difference between what was found in the survey of 679 adult residents for a particular question and what would have been found if all of the estimated 27,608 adult residents3 of San Dimas had been interviewed.

Figure 42 provides a plot of the maximum margin of error in this study. The maximum margin of error for a dichotomous percentage result occurs when the answers are evenly split such that 50% provide one response and 50% provide the alternative response. For this survey, the maximum margin of error is ± 3.7% for questions answered by all 679 respondents.

FIGURE 42 MAXIMUM MARGIN OF ERROR
Within this report, figures and tables show how responses to certain questions varied by demographic characteristics such as length of residence, age of the respondent, LGBTQ identity, and other dimensions. Figure 42 is thus useful for understanding how the maximum margin of error for a percentage estimate will grow as the number of individuals asked a question (or in a particular subgroup) shrinks. Because the margin of error grows exponentially as the sample size decreases, the reader should use caution when generalizing and interpreting the results for small subgroups—such as those who took the survey in a Spanish or Chinese, those who identify

3. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2021 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates. 679 Respondents
± 3.7%
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DATA PROCESSING & WEIGHTING Data processing consisted of checking the data for errors or inconsistencies, coding and recoding responses, categorizing verbatim responses, and preparing frequency analyses and cross-tabulations. The final data were weighted to balance the sample by key demographics according to Census estimates.

ROUNDING Numbers that end in 0.5 or higher are rounded up to the nearest whole number, whereas numbers that end in 0.4 or lower are rounded down to the nearest whole number.

These same rounding rules are also applied, when needed, to arrive at numbers that include a decimal place in constructing figures and tables. Occasionally, these rounding rules lead to small discrepancies in the first decimal place when comparing tables and charts for a given question.

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Q UESTIONNAIRE & T OPLINES
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City of San Dimas
Community Opinion Survey
Final Toplines (n=679)
March 2023
Section 1: Introduction to Study
Hi, may I please speak to: _____. Hi, my name is _____ and I’m calling from TNR on behalf of the City of San Dimas (DEE-muss). The City is conducting a survey of residents to help the City plan for the future, and we would like to get your opinions. Your answers will be confidential.

If needed: This is a survey about important issues in your community. I’m NOT trying to sell anything and I won’t ask for a donation.

If needed: The survey should take about 12 minutes to complete.

If needed: If now is not a convenient time, can you let me know a better time so I can call back?
If needed: TNR is an independent public opinion research firm. We’ve been hired by the City to design and conduct the survey.

Section 2: Quality of Life
I’d like to begin by asking you a few questions about what it is like to live in the City of San Dimas.

Q1 How long have you lived in San Dimas?
1 Less than 1 year 3%
2 1 to 4 years 18%
3 5 to 9 years 20%
4 10 to 14 years 11%
5 15 years or longer 48%
99 Prefer not to answer 0%
Q2 How would you rate: _____? Would you say it is excellent, good, fair, poor or very poor? Ask A First, then Randomize B-E
Excellent
Good
Fair
Poor
Very Poor
Not Sure
Prefer not to
answer
A The overall quality of life in San Dimas 34% 53% 12% 1% 0% 0% 0% B San Dimas as a place to raise a family 39% 43% 11% 1% 0% 4% 1% C San Dimas as a place to retire 28% 42% 17% 4% 2% 8% 1% D San Dimas as a place to work 13% 25% 19% 7% 3% 29% 4% E San Dimas as a place to shop and dine 11% 29% 34% 15% 10% 0% 0%

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Q3
If the city government could change one thing to make San Dimas a better place to live now and in the future, what change would you like to see? Verbatim responses recorded and later grouped into categories shown below.

Provide more shopping, dining options 25%
Address homelessness 23%
Not sure / Cannot think of anything specific 12%
Improve public safety 10%
Improve infrastructure, roads 6%
Beautify City, improve City appearance,
landscaping 6%
Improve downtown area 6%
No changes needed / Everything is fine 6%
Improve, provide more public
transportation 5%
Address parking issues 4%
Enforce traffic laws 4%
Provide more activities, programs for all
ages
4%
Limit growth, development 3%
Provide more police presence 3%
Improve, provide more parks, rec facilities 3%
Improve Council, leadership 2%
Provide more affordable housing 2%
Improve city planning 2%
Improve economy, jobs 2%
Section 3: City Services
Next, I would like to ask a series of questions about services provided by the City of San Dimas.

Q4
Generally speaking, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the job the City of San Dimas is doing to provide city services? Get answer, then ask: Would that be very (satisfied/dissatisfied) or somewhat (satisfied/dissatisfied)? 1 Very satisfied 30%
2 Somewhat satisfied 50%
3 Somewhat dissatisfied 10%
4 Very dissatisfied 3%
98 Not sure 8%
99 Prefer not to answer 0%

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Q5
For each of the services I read, Id like you to tell me how satisfied you are with the job the city is doing to provide the service.

Are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the citys efforts to: _____, or do you not have an opinion? Get answer. If satisfied or dissatisfied, then ask: Would that be very (satisfied/dissatisfied) or somewhat (satisfied/dissatisfied)? Randomize
Very
Satisfied
Somewhat
Satisfied
Somewhat
Dissatisfied
Very
Dissatisfied
Not sure
Prefer not to
answer
A Provide law enforcement and crime
prevention services 32% 39% 14% 7% 7% 1%
B Prepare the City for emergencies 19% 33% 12% 3% 32% 2% C Maintain and repair streets and roads 25% 45% 19% 10% 1% 0% D Manage traffic congestion in the city 27% 45% 16% 10% 2% 0% E Provide trash collection and recycling
services 47% 39% 8% 2% 4% 0%
F Promote economic development for a
healthy business community 14% 35% 18% 9% 22% 1%
G Manage growth and development 17% 35% 21% 10% 16% 1%
H Provide recreation programs for all ages 36% 40% 9% 3% 12% 1% I Maintain parks and recreation areas 43% 46% 7% 2% 2% 0% J Provide cultural and performing arts 19% 35% 19% 6% 18% 2% K Preserve and protect open space 28% 39% 12% 7% 14% 0% L Address homelessness 9% 18% 26% 35% 10% 2%
M Provide for diversity and inclusion within
City events, services, and policies 24% 34% 8% 4% 25% 5% N Provide online access to City services,
information, and resources 35% 41% 8% 3% 12% 1%
O Operate in an environmentally-friendly,
sustainable way 25% 40% 8% 3% 22% 2%
P Keep public buildings and facilities clean
and attractive 41% 44% 9% 2% 4% 1%
Section 4: Public Safety
Q6 Overall, how safe is San Dimas as a place to live? Would you say it is very safe, somewhat safe, somewhat unsafe, or very unsafe?
1 Very safe 39%
2 Somewhat safe 49%
3 Somewhat unsafe 11%
4 Very unsafe 1%
98 Not sure 0%
99 Prefer not to answer 0%

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Q7 When you are: _____, would you say that you feel very safe, somewhat safe, somewhat unsafe, or very unsafe?
Randomize A, B, C first. Then ask D, E, F, G last
and in order.

Very Safe
Somewhat
Safe
Somewhat
Unsafe
Very
Unsafe
Not sure
Prefer not
to answer
A Visiting local parks and open space areas 41% 44% 13% 1% 1% 0% B Driving on local streets 54% 40% 5% 1% 0% 0%
C Walking across streets or intersections 43% 41% 11% 4% 1% 0% D Walking in your neighborhood during the
day 62% 33% 5% 1% 0% 0%
E Walking in commercial and shopping
areas of the City during the day 47% 39% 11% 2% 0% 0%
F Walking in your neighborhood after dark 26% 42% 23% 7% 3% 0% G Walking in commercial and shopping
areas of the City after dark 19% 39% 25% 11% 5% 0%
Section 5: Homelessness
Next I have a few questions about homelessness in San Dimas.

Q8 Over the past three years, would you say the amount of homeless people you have observed in San Dimas has decreased, stayed about the same, or increased? 1 Decreased 5%
2 Stayed about the same 17%
3 Increased 70%
98 Not sure 8%
99 Prefer not to answer 0%
Q9
Next, Id like to ask about whether you support or oppose several strategies for addressing homelessness in San Dimas.

Here is the (first/next) strategy: _____. Do you support or oppose this strategy? Get answer, then ask: Would that be strongly (support/oppose) or somewhat (support/oppose)?
Randomize
Strongly
support
Somewhat
support
Somewhat
oppose
Strongly
oppose
Not Sure
Prefer not to
answer
A Creating a temporary homeless shelter in
San Dimas 21% 20% 15% 40% 3% 0%
B Joining with other cities and the County to
create more regional homeless shelters 47% 28% 7% 14% 4% 1% C Providing funding for mental health
services 51% 28% 7% 9% 4% 0%

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D Providing funding for counseling and rehab
for drug and alcohol addiction 48% 26% 10% 12% 3% 1%
E
Incentivizing under-performing hotels and
motels to accept temporary housing
vouchers
23% 19% 16% 36% 5% 1%
F
Enhancing lighting in public areas to
discourage people from using these areas
to sleep
63% 19% 7% 7% 3% 0%
G Modifying street benches so its not
comfortable to lie down on them 34% 20% 15% 24% 6% 1%
H
Providing permanent housing with
supportive services for homeless in San
Dimas
25% 24% 14% 32% 4% 1%
Section 6: Priorities
The City of San Dimas has the resources to provide some of the services and facilities desired by residents. However, because it cant fund every service, the City must set priorities.

Q10
As I read each of the following items, please indicate whether you think the City should make the item a high priority, a medium priority, or a low priority for future city spending. If you feel the City should not spend any money on this item, just say so.

Please keep in mind that not all of the items can be high priorities.

Here is the (first/next) one: _____. Should this item be a high, medium or low priority for the City or should the City not spend any money on this item? Randomize
High Priority
Medium
Priority
Low Priority
Should not
spend money
Not sure
Prefer not to
answer
A Expand the network of paths and trails for
walking, running and biking 29% 37% 28% 5% 1% 0%
B
Facilitate the development of more
affordable housing for low-income
families
25% 27% 22% 23% 3% 1%
C Improve the maintenance of local streets 44% 41% 13% 1% 1% 0% D Address homelessness 64% 23% 7% 4% 2% 0%
E Add or improve the maintenance of
recreational facilities 22% 49% 24% 3% 2% 0%
F Upgrade the Aquatics Facility 10% 25% 44% 12% 8% 0%
G Increase and maintain the Urban Forest 29% 37% 22% 5% 6% 0% H Improve the enforcement of traffic laws 22% 31% 32% 12% 3% 0% I Redevelop and revitalize Downtown San
Dimas 48% 27% 17% 6% 2% 0%

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Q11
Is there a service or facility that I didn’t mention that you think should be a high priority for future city spending? If yes, ask: Please describe it to me. Verbatim responses recorded and later grouped into categories shown below.

No additional high priorities / Cannot think
of anything specific 71%
Beautify City, improve City appearance,
landscaping 2%
Provide more police presence 2%
Improve, provide more parks, rec facilities 2%
Address parking issues 2%
Improve infrastructure, roads 2%
Provide more community events, programs 2%
Address homelessness 2%
Improve public safety / Reduce crime,
drugs 2%
Address coyote issues 1%
Improve downtown area 1%
Provide more restaurants, shops 1%
Improve economy, jobs 1%
Provide more support to seniors, disabled
persons
1%
Improve education 1%
Address mental health issues 1%
Provide more street lightning 1%
Improve traffic flow 1%
Section 7: Public Trust & Service
Q12
Next, I’m going to read you a series of statements about the City of San Dimas. For each, I’d like you to tell me whether you agree or disagree with the statement. Here is the (first/next) one: _____. Do you agree or disagree, or do you not have an opinion? If agree or disagree, ask: Would that be strongly (agree/disagree) or somewhat (agree/disagree)?
Randomize
Strongly
Agree
Somewhat
Agree
Somewhat
Disagree
Strongly
Disagree
Not sure
Prefer not to
answer
A The City is responsive to residents’ needs 16% 43% 14% 6% 20% 1% B The City manages its finances well 13% 34% 11% 5% 37% 1% C The City listens to residents when making
important decisions 13% 36% 16% 8% 26% 1%
D I trust the City of San Dimas 23% 48% 12% 4% 11% 2%
E The City is transparent in how it operates 13% 36% 17% 6% 26% 2%

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F The City treats all residents the same
regardless of color, age, income, or identity 26% 28% 14% 6% 25% 1% Q13 In the past 12 months, have you been in contact with staff from the City of San Dimas? 1 Yes 35% Ask Q14
2 No 61% Skip to Q15
98 Not sure 2% Skip to Q15
99 Prefer not to answer 2% Skip to Q15
Q14 In your opinion, was the staff at the City very _____, somewhat _____, or not at all _____.

Read one item at a time, continue until all items are read.

Randomize
Very
Somewhat
Not at all
Not sure
Prefer not
to answer
A Helpful 63% 27% 8% 1% 1%
B Professional 72% 22% 5% 1% 1%
C Accessible 66% 28% 4% 1% 1%
Section 8: Sales Tax
Next year, voters in San Dimas may be asked to vote on a local ballot measure. Let me read you a summary of the measure:

Q15
To provide funding for general services in the City of San Dimas, such as:
o Sheriffs patrols, crime prevention, and 911 emergency response o Keeping streets, sidewalks, infrastructure, parks, and facilities safe, clean, and o well-maintained
o Addressing homelessness, removing trash and graffiti, traffic management, and other city services
shall an ordinance establishing a ¾ (three-quarter) cent sales tax be adopted, providing approximately 5 million dollars annually for general government use for 8 years, with independent audits, citizen oversight, and all money locally controlled? If the election were held today, would you vote yes or no on this measure? Get answer, then ask: Would that be definitely (yes/no) or probably (yes/no)? 1 Definitely yes 26%
2 Probably yes 35%
3 Probably no 15%
4 Definitely no 15%
98 Not sure 9%
99 Prefer not to answer 1%

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Section 9: Communication & e-Government
Q16
Overall, are you satisfied or dissatisfied with the Citys efforts to share information with you through newsletters, the Internet, social media, and other means? Get answer, then ask: Would that be very (satisfied/dissatisfied) or somewhat (satisfied/dissatisfied)? 1 Very satisfied 23%
2 Somewhat satisfied 49%
3 Somewhat dissatisfied 13%
4 Very dissatisfied 3%
98 Not sure 11%
99 Prefer not to answer 1%
Q17
As I read the following ways that the City can communicate with residents, Id like to know if you think they would be a very effective, somewhat effective, or not at all effective way for the City to communicate with you.

Randomize
Very
Somewhat
Not at all
Not sure /
Prefer not
to answer
A Email & Electronic Newsletters 50% 35% 9% 6%
B Social Media sites such as Facebook,
Twitter, Instagram & Nextdoor 35% 38% 18% 9%
C
The My San Dimas smart phone app that
allows you to communicate with the City,
report issues, and receive updates
39% 30% 15% 17%
D City website 39% 43% 12% 5%
E City newsletter and recreation guide that is
mailed directly to your house 50% 37% 10% 3%
F Telephone 13% 33% 44% 10%
G Text messages 41% 31% 18% 9%
H Town-hall style meetings 23% 46% 22% 9%
Q18
How much attention do you pay to the issues, decisions and activities of your City government? Would you say that you are very attentive, somewhat attentive, slightly attentive, or not at all attentive?
1 Very attentive 17%
2 Somewhat attentive 49%
3 Slightly attentive 27%
4 Not at all attentive 6%
99 Prefer not to answer 1%

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Section 10: Background & Demographics
Thank you so much for your participation. I have just a few background questions for statistical purposes.

D1 In what year were you born? Year recoded into age groups shown below. 18 to 24 8%
25 to 34 17%
35 to 44 14%
45 to 54 18%
55 to 64 17%
65 or older 22%
Prefer not to answer 3%
D2 What is your gender?
1 Male 48%
2 Female 46%
3 Non-binary <1%
99 Prefer not to answer 6%
D3 Do you have one or more children under the age of 18 living in your household? 1 Yes 34%
2 No 65%
99 Prefer not to answer 1%
D4 Do you own or rent your residence in San Dimas?
1 Own 64%
2 Rent 25%
3 Live rent free with friends/relatives 6%
99 Prefer not to answer 5%

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D5
Which of the following best describes your employment status? Would you say you are employed full-time, part-time, a student, a homemaker, retired, or are you in-between jobs right now?
1 Employed full-time 57%
2 Employed part-time 4%
3 Student 7%
4 Homemaker 2%
5 Retired 20%
6 In-between jobs 3%
99 Prefer not to answer 6%
D6 What ethnic group do you consider yourself a part of or feel closest to? Read list if respondent hesitates.
1 Caucasian/White 40%
2 Latino/Hispanic 33%
3 African-American/Black 3%
4 Native American Indian or Alaskan
Native <1%
5 Asian -- Korean, Japanese, Chinese,
Vietnamese, Filipino or other Asian 16%
6 Pacific Islander <1%
7 Mixed Heritage 5%
8 Other <1%
99 Prefer not to answer 3%
D7 Do you personally identify as LGBTQ?
1 Yes 7%
2 No 84%
99 Prefer not to answer 9%
Post-Interview & Sample Items
S1 Survey Language
1 English 93%
2 Spanish 4%
3 Chinese 3%
Those are all of the questions that I have for you! Thanks so much for participating in this important survey! This survey was conducted for the City of San Dimas.

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RESOLUTION 2023-36

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY

OF SAN DIMAS, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CERTAIN
DEMANDS FOR THE MONTHS OF MAY AND JUNE 2023
WHEREAS, the following listed demands have been audited by the Director of Administrative Services; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Administration Services has certified as to the availability of funds for payment thereto; and
WHEREAS, the register of audited demands has been submitted to the City Council for approval.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of San Dimas does hereby approve the Pre-paid Warrant Register for May 31st, 2023 in the amount of $184,421.22 and Warrant Register of June 15th, 2023 in the amount of $561,158.02.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th, day of June 2023. _____________________________
Emmett G. Badar, Mayor
ATTEST:
_________________________________
Debra Black, City Clerk
I, Debra Black, City Clerk, hereby certify that Resolution 2023-33 was approved by vote of the City Council of the City of San Dimas at its regular meeting of June 13th, 2023 by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

Debra Black, City Clerk

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CITY COUNCIL

ACTION SUMMARY MINUTES
MAY 23, 2023 REGULAR MEETING
Council Members Present: Mayor Emmett Badar, Mayor Pro Tem John Ebiner, Councilmember Eric Nakano, Councilmember Ryan A. Vienna, Councilmember Eric Weber Staff: City Manager Chris Constantin, Assistant City Manager Brad McKinney, Director of Public Works Shari Garwick, Director of Administrative Services Michael O’Brien, Director of Parks and Recreation Scott Wasserman, Director of Community Development Henry Noh, City Attorney Jeff Malawy, City Clerk Debra Black, Planning Manager Luis Torrico

CLOSED SESSION ITEM COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS

CONFERENCE WITH LABOR

NEGOTIATORS
Agency designated representative: Jeff
Malawy, City Attorney
Unrepresented employee: City Manager
Following the closed session, the City
Attorney made a public announcement that
the City Council met and discussed the item,
City Council gave direction to staff to
continue the item, and no reportable action
was taken.

City Council reordered Reports on Meetings
Attended and Requests for Future Items to
the beginning.

STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL REPORTS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS a. Members of the City Council
Reports on Meetings Attended AB 1234
(G.C. §53232.3(d))
California Contract Cities Annual Conference
was attended by all five Councilmembers.

CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR

FUTURE ITEMS

COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS
Councilmember Weber
Councilmember Weber requested, supported
by Mayor Pro Tem Ebiner to agendize a draft
letter of opposition to mandatory deputy
rotation.

CONSENT ITEMS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Approve Resolution 2023-33, A
Resolution of the City Council of the City
of San Dimas, Approving Certain
Demands for the May 30, 2023 Warrant
Register in the Amount of $3,957,481.26.

Councilmember Vienna requested consent
item 9 to be considered for discussion and
approval separately.

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2. Approve Minutes of the Regular Meeting
of May 9th, 2023.

3. Receive and File the Investment and
Cash Condition Report for May 2023

4. Adopt the Updated Sewer System
Management Plan (SSMP) for the City of
San Dimas

5. Approve a Consultant Agreement with
DJP Engineering for the Preparation and
Issuance of a Request for Proposal and
Preparation of Appropriate Studies for
the Marchant Park Stormwater Infiltration
Project Design

6. Approve Supplemental Appropriations
and Additional $100,000 Payment to
CALPERS to reduce unfunded pension
liability.

7. Reject Claim Ruaro vs. City of San
Dimas 3041697

8. Approve the Parking Hearing Officer
Agreement and Authorize the City
Manager to Execute any Documents
Necessary to Implement the Agreement.

9. Approve Budget Amendment to
Appropriate $16,660 from the General
Fund to pay for Change Orders Required
for Work on the Municipal Code Text
Amendment 20-0005 Mitigated Negative
Declaration.

10. Approve Renewal of the Agenda
Management Software Agreement with
Granicus formerly (PrimeGov)
MOTION: Motion/seconded by
Councilmembers Vienna/Weber to approve
the consent calendar with exception of item

9. Motion carried 5-0.

YES: Badar, Ebiner, Nakano, Vienna, Weber
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
Item 9
MOTION: Motion/seconded by Mayor Pro
Tem Ebiner/Councilmember Weber to
appropriate $16,660 from the General Fund.

Motion carried 5-0.

YES: Badar, Ebiner, Nakano, Vienna, Weber
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
City Attorney Jeff Malawy confirmed there
was a typo of the contract numeric amount on
page 289 of the agenda packet, and
indicated the written amount of seventy-five
thousand is correct.

OTHER BUSINESS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Approval of Resolution 2023-35 Setting
the Amount of the Public, Educational,
and Governmental Access Channel Fee
for Fiscal Year 2023-24
MOTION: Motion/seconded by
Councilmembers Vienna/Weber to approve
Resolution 2023-35 setting the public access
fee in the amount of 1% for the fiscal year by
adoption of Resolution 2023-35 and
recategorizing the item to the consent
calendar in the future. Motion carried 5-0.

YES: Badar, Ebiner, Nakano,Vienna, Weber
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None

2. Discussion of Fiscal Year 2023-24
Operating and Capital Improvement
Budget
Consensus of the City Council.

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3. Discuss Zoning, Design and
Development Standards the City could
include in an Ordinance to Minimize
Negative Impacts Related to Senate Bill
9, which Requires Cities to Ministerially
approve Subdivisions of Single-family
Zoned Parcels into two (2) Parcels and
Developments of two (2) Residential
Units on Single-family Zoned Parcels
(Deferred from the City Council’s March
28, 2023 meeting).

Unanimous consent to pull item from agenda
and to continue the item to the next meeting.

PUBLIC HEARINGS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS

1. Introduction of Ordinance 1300 to
Approve Municipal Code Text
Amendment 21-0005 Amending Chapter

10.24 of the Vehicles and Traffic Code,
Parking, and Chapter 18.156 of the
Zoning Code, Vehicle Parking and
Storage, to Modify Recreational Vehicle
Parking Permit Regulations on
Driveways and City Streets.

This item was pulled and will be presented as
a future study session.

STAFF AND CITY COUNCIL REPORTS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS b. City Manager None
c. City Attorney None
Adjourned in memory of Officer Louie Pompei, Glendora resident at 8:27 pm.

I, Debra Black, City Clerk attest that these draft minutes are accurate and reflective of the actions taken by the City Council.
________________________________
Debra Black, City Clerk

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PO Box 2411, Tustin, CA 92781
T: 657-622-4200 | F: 866-254-4423 | www.carlwarren.com
CA License #2607296
May 12, 2023
TO: City of San Dimas
ATTENTION: Brad McKinney
RE: Claim : Lopez vs. San Dimas
Claimant : Gilberto Lopez, a minor
Member : City of San Dimas
Date Rec’d by Mbr : 5/15/23
Date of Event : 11/15/22
CW File Number : 3046940 MZV
Please allow this correspondence to acknowledge receipt of the captioned claim. Please take the following action:
• CLAIM REJECTION: Send a standard rejection letter to the claimant.

Please include a Proof of Mailing with your rejection notice to the claimant. An exemplar copy of a Proof of Mailing is attached. Please provide us with a copy of the Notice of Rejection and copy of the Proof of Mailing. If you have any questions feel free to contact the assigned adjuster or the undersigned claims specialist.

Very Truly Yours,
CARL WARREN & CO.

Timothy M. Varon
Timothy M. Varon
Claims Supervisor

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Agenda Item Staff Report
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
From: Chris Constantin, City Manager
Prepared by: Genevieve Amaro, Management Aide
Subject: Consideration and Approval of Resolution 2023-39 Authorizing Submission and Adoption of a 2023-24 List of Projects Funded by Senate Bill 1, Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Act of 2017
____________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY
On April 28, 2017, the Governor signed Senate Bill 1(SB1), which is known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB1). SB1 was passed by the legislation as a means of providing additional funding for road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety upgrades for State Highways, Local Streets, and Road Systems. SB1 increases the per gallon fuel excise taxes, diesel fuel excise taxes, and vehicle registration fees and provides for adjustments for inflation in future years.

The City receives SB1 funds through the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA). Prior to receiving any RMRA/SB1 funds for any fiscal year, the City must submit an annual listing to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) of projects to be funded with RMRA funds. The deadline for project submission is July 1, 2023, for FY 2023-24. San Dimas is anticipating receiving approximately $863,775 for FY2023-24. This amount in conjunction with funds from previous years will fund several projects. Any additional funds needed for project completion will be appropriated from other funding sources.

RECOMMENDATION
City staff recommends that City Council:

1. Approve the projects proposed for SB 1/Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Act funding

2. Adopt Resolution 2023-39 authorizing the approved list of projects to be submitted to the California Transportation Committee for SB 1/ Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Act funds

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FISCAL IMPACT
The proposed projects will use an estimated $2.4 million in RMRA funds, which have been accrued in previous years leaving a balance at the end of the year of approximately $100,000 in this restricted fund. The proposed streets are showing excessive wear and need extensive repairs. Repairing these streets will reduce the future maintenance cost required and will provide an aesthetically pleasing smooth street surface to our residents. Due to the size of the projects, the RMRA funds will only provide partial funding for the repairs. The remaining funding will be provided by other restricted funds such as the Gas Tax or Measure M. The budgets for these projects will be presented for approval in the FY 2023-24 Budget. In some instances, SB1 funding will be for design in FY 2023-24 with construction anticipated in the FY 2024-25 budget.

Project
Name/Location Description
Estimated Start and
Completion Date
Month/Year
Estimated Useful
Life of Project
(Years)
Eaton Road Et Al
Project
Rehabilitate
approximately
190,000 square feet
of pavement using
approximately 3,200
tons of asphalt
concrete.
6/23- 8/23 20-30 years
Cataract/ Dalepark
Removal and
replacement of
pavement sections
and concrete repairs
8/23-11/23 20-30 years
Lone Hill Ave Et Al
(Cienega to Covina
Blvd)
Reconstruct
approximately
121,000 square feet
of pavement using
approximately 4800
tons of asphalt
concrete
3/24-6/24 20-30 years
Billow Drive and
Pearlanna Drive
Street Rehabilitation
Project
Removal and
replacement of
pavement sections
and concrete repairs
7/23-9/23 20-30 years
Gladstone Street
(From Amelia to San
Dimas Avenue)
Design 6/23-6/24 20-30 years
Bonita Avenue
Corridor (San Dimas
Avenue- City Limit)
Rehabilitation of
existing street with
overlay asphalt
concrete base and
cap
5/23-7/25 20-30 years
Via Vaquero East of
San Dimas Avenue
Rehabilitation of
existing street with
overlay asphalt
concrete base and
cap
7/23-7/24 20-30 years

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BACKGROUND
The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017, Senate Bill (SB 1), approved in April 2017, provides local agencies with a new form of revenue and “reasonable reforms to ensure efficiency, accountability, performance from each dollar invested to improve California’s transportation system” (SB 1). This Bill created the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account and the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program. In addition, programs funded by this bill include the Local Partnership Program, the Active Transportation Program, the State Highway Operation and Protection Program (SHOPP), and Local Streets and Roads apportionments.

SENATE BILL 1
Senate Bill 1 is an investment in California’s transportation systems in the amount of about $1.5 billion per year through funding from the taxes outlined below:
• A 12¢ per gallon increase to the gasoline excise tax, effective November 1, 2017; • A 20¢ per gallon increase to the diesel fuel excise tax, effective November 1, 2017; • A new $25-$175 vehicle registration fee, based on the market value of the vehicle, effective January 1, 2018; and
• An additional new $100 vehicle registration fee on zero-emission vehicles model year 2020 and later, effective July 1, 2020.

These revenue sources will be adjusted annually based on the Consumer Price Index.

The funds generated by SB1 will be used for projects that include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Road maintenance and rehabilitation;
• Safety projects;
• Railroad grade separations;
• Complete street components, including active transportation purposes, pedestrian and bicycle safety projects, transit facilities, and drainage and stormwater capture projects in conjunction with any other allowable project; and
• Traffic control devices.

SB1 specifies the annual allocation of funds for several transportation programs listed in the bill.

The remaining RMRA revenues, will be split 50/50 between the state highway and local streets maintenance and rehabilitation. SB1 continuously appropriates the RMRA revenues to cities and counties using the same formula that applies to the existing base 18¢ per gallon gasoline excise tax.

In order to receive SB1 funding, the City must comply with all relevant federal and state laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. The funding prerequisites have been codified in the Streets and Highway Code (SHC) and include the following:
• The City must submit a list of projects to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) that have been adopted in the fiscal year’s budget at a regular public meeting. • The list of projects must include a description and location of each proposed project, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion (year/quarter is adequate), and the

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estimated useful life of the project.
• For each fiscal year in which RMRA funds are received and expended, the City must submit documentation to the CTC that includes a description and location of each completed project, by May 1, including the amount of funds expended on the project, the completion date, and the estimated useful life of the improvement. • The City may spend its apportionment of RMRA funds on transportation priorities other than priorities outlined in SHC 2030(b) if the city or county’s average Pavement Condition Index (PCI) meets or exceeds 80.
• Agencies receiving RMRA Funds are required to sustain a Maintenance of Effort (MOE) by spending at least, the annual average of its General Fund expenditures during the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years for street, road, and highway repairs from the City’s General Fund.

MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT (MOE)
Agencies receiving RMRA Funds are required to sustain a Maintenance of Effort (MOE) by spending at least the annual average of its General Fund expenditures during the 2009-10, 2010-11, and 2011-12 fiscal years for street, road, and highway repairs from the City’s General Fund. San Dimas’ MOE requirement has been confirmed by the State Controller’s Office, and it is approximately $ 2,100,463 annually. Additional requirements regarding development, project signage, and repainting are required as part of the program guidelines and development.

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS
The City may submit any number of projects to the California Transportation Committee (CTC) for SB1 funding, in planning for FY 2023-24. Staff seeks Council approval to submit the projects listed in the table below. Funding will only be provided for projects on the CTC approved project list, which must be submitted to the CTC by July 1, 2023. The CTC will then submit the list of approved projects to the State Controller’s Office in August 2023, and appropriations are scheduled to be distributed in January 2024.

At this time, the 2023-24 SB1 allocation amount for the City of San Dimas is estimated to be $863,775.

To assure that the City is on the initial eligibility list to receive the vital RMRA funds, Staff has reviewed the current street conditions to identify a list of projects that can be constructed by June 2024 or 2025 and satisfy the SB1 funding requirements.

Below are projects identified by Staff as applicable projects to receive SB1/RMRA funding. Please note that the projects will not be completely funded by RMRA monies. Other restricted funds will be used to fill funding gaps. The complete funding for these projects will be presented for Council approval with the FY 2023-24 budget.

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ALTERNATIVES
Council may elect not to approve the project list.
• Council can direct staff to bring back a revised project list for the next meeting. If the project listing is approved at the 6/27/23 meeting, the City would still meet the requirements to remain eligible for SB1 funding.
• Council can elect not to approve a project listing. If no project listing is approved, then the City would be in danger of not receiving eligible funding from SB1.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This item is not subject to environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act CEQA). Under CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(5), continued administrative activities and organization activities that will not result in a direct or indirect physical change in the environment are not CEQA projects. The adoption of Resolution 2022-39 SB1 Funds RMRA project list for FY 2022-23 are organizational activities of the government which involves the fiscal activities, as such, this item is not a CEQA project.

Respectfully submitted,
Genevieve Amaro
Management Aide
Attachments:

1. Resolution 2023-39, List of FY 2023-24 Projects Funded by SB 1/RMRA

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RESOLUTION 2023-39

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS,

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING SUBMISSION AND ADOPTION OF A LIST OF PROJECTS IN FISCAL YEAR 2023-2024 FUNDED BY SENATE BILL 1, ROAD MAINTENANCE AND REHABILITATION ACT OF 2017 WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 (SB 1), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017) was passed by the Legislature and Signed into law by the Governor in April 2017 to address the significant multi-modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide; and WHEREAS, SB 1 includes accountability and transparency provisions that will ensure the residents of our City are aware of the projects proposed for funding in our community and which projects have been completed each fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, the City must adopt by resolution a list of projects proposed to receive fiscal year funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA), created by SB 1, which must include a description and the location of each proposed project, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvements; and WHEREAS, the City of San Dimas, will receive an estimated $863,775 in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2023-2024 from SB 1; and
WHEREAS, this is the seventh year in which the City of San Dimas is receiving SB 1 funding and will enable the City to continue essential road maintenance and rehabilitation projects, safety improvements, and increasing mobility options for the traveling public that otherwise would not have been possible without SB; and
WHEREAS, the City used a Pavement Management System to develop the SB 1 project list to ensure revenues are being used on the most high-priority and cost-effective projects that also meet the community’s priorities for transportation investment; and WHEREAS, the funding from SB 1 will help the City maintain and rehabilitate six or more streets this year and similar projects in the future; and all projects proposed to receive funding must be included in the budget adopted by the City Council at a regular public meeting; and WHEREAS, the 2020 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment found that the City streets and roads are in at “lower risk” condition and this revenue will help us increase the overall quality of or road system and over the next decade will help bring our streets and roads into a good condition; and
WHEREAS, the SB 1 project list and overall investment in our local streets and roads infrastructure with a focus on basic maintenance and safety using current technology, materials and practices, will have significant positive co-benefits statewide.

NOW, THEREFORE IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of San Dimas does hereby resolve and authorizes as follows:

1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.

2. The following list of proposed projects will be funded in-part or solely with fiscal year 2023-2024 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:

ATTACHMENT 1

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Resolution 2023-39 Page 2
SB1/ RMRA Funds FY23-24
June 13, 2023
Project Title/Location Description
Estimated
StartCompletion
Month/Year
Estimated
Useful Life of
Project
(Years)
Eaton Road Et Al Project
Rehabilitate approximately
190,000 square feet of
pavement using
approximately 3,200 tons of
asphalt concrete.
6/23-8/23 20-30 years
Cataract/Dalepark
Removal and replacement of
pavement sections and
concrete repairs
8/23-11/23 20-30 years
Lone Hill Ave Et Al (Cienega to
Covina Blvd)
Reconstruct approximately
121,000 square feet of
pavement using
approximately 4800 tons of
asphalt concrete
3/24-6/24 20-30 years
Billow Drive and Pearlanna
Drive Street Rehabilitation
Project
Removal and replacement of
pavement sections and
concrete repairs
7/23-9/23 20-30 years
Gladstone Street (from Amelia
to San Dimas Avenue) Design 6/23-6/24 20-30 years
Bonita Avenue Corridor (San
Dimas Ave- City Limit
Rehabilitation of existing
street with overlay asphalt
concrete base and cap
5/23-7/25 20-30 years
Via Vaquero East of San
Dimas Ave
Rehabilitation of existing
street with overlay asphalt
concrete base and cap 7/23-7/24 20-30 years

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Resolution 2023-39 Page 3
SB1/ RMRA Funds FY23-24
June 13, 2023
PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of June, 2023. ___________________________________
Emmett G. Badar, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Debra Black, City Clerk
I, Debra Black, City Clerk, hereby certify that Resolution 2023-39 was adopted by the City Council of San Dimas at its regular meeting of June 13, 2023 by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:
______________________________
Debra Black, City Clerk

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Agenda Item Staff Report
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
From: Chris Constantin, City Manager
Prepared by: Shari Garwick, Director of Public Works
Rhonda Abangan, Administrative Secretary
Subject: Renewal of Traffic Engineering Services for 2023-24 and 2024-25 with AGA Engineers Inc. in an amount not to exceed $120,000
____________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY
The work proposed under this Professional Services Agreement with AGA Engineers, Inc. (“AGA”) provides general traffic engineering services as the City’s Traffic Engineer. The services provided range from traffic impact studies, neighborhood traffic calming studies and plans, safety studies, roadway signing and striping plans, and both local traffic signal timing and coordination traffic signal timing plans. AGA has in-house staff with both registered Civil Engineers and Traffic Engineers, and they can provide a wide array of professional traffic engineering services. The City has contracted with AGA previously and have been served well.

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the City Council:
• Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to enter into a Professional Services Agreement with AGA Engineers Inc. for professional traffic engineering services in an amount not to exceed $120,000 for Fiscal Years 2023-24 and 2024-25. The final Professional Services Agreement is to be in a form approved by the City Attorney.

FISCAL IMPACT
The proposed contract for AGA Engineers Inc. is $120,000 over the next two fiscal years. Budgets for FY 2023-24 and FY 2024-25 would each include an allocation amount of $60,000 per fiscal year for this item. Funding is proposed from the General Fund and from Proposition C monies for review of transit related projects such as the Gold Line or the Lone Hill to White Double Track project for Metro.

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Professional Services Agreement – Renew AGA Engineers Inc. 2 Years Page 2 For the Meeting of June 13, 2023

BACKGROUND
The City has contracted with AGA Engineers Inc. in previous years for these professional traffic engineering services. As the City’s Traffic Engineer, they provide services pertaining to the general traffic engineering needs of the City including, but not limited to, the following:
• Represent the City as the City Traffic Engineer;
• Review matters pertaining to traffic engineering to ensure that undertakings proposed and implemented by the City and others are done in a manner that protects the City's interests and are in keeping with City goals, specifications and practices; • Be available to the public and private developers for traffic engineering functions; • Assist in preparing staff agenda reports, and develop and present technical presentations, for City Council meetings, Planning Commission meetings, Traffic Safety Committee meetings and other meetings, as requested by the Director of Public Works; • Establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, public agencies and outside utilities. Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with the City Engineer; • Direct engineering services provided by the Traffic Engineer's office to assure compatible and timely response to City needs;
• Maintain, at City Hall, traffic engineering records and maps necessary to ensure that accurate information is available to the City;
• Prepare reports, investigations, studies and evaluations as, from time to time, may be directed by the Director of Public Works; and
• Provide and perform other “as needed” engineering related functions, development reviews and plan check traffic engineering and/ or services as directed by the Director of Public Works.

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS
Historically, the City has contracted out for its professional traffic engineering services. AGA Engineers’ expertise and on-call services assist the City by notifying the City of changes in regulations for traffic controls and recommending improvements and/or modifications that reduce potential accidents/injuries and promote the efficient and safe movement of traffic throughout the City. AGA Engineers has been with the City for over 10 years (AGA Engineers were previously known as Albert Grover & Associates) and is highly regarded in the industry. AGA currently provides traffic engineering services for 20 cities, the County of Los Angeles and Orange County Transportation Authority.

AGA has represented the City’s interests through two ongoing large transit related projects: the Gold Line and the Metrolink Double Track project. They have worked with the Gold Line Authority to address and reduce impacts to the local community from the initial design stages of the project through construction. With the Gold Line project nearing completion, AGA Engineers’ expertise and historical knowledge of the City’s transportation network provide a key perspective to make final adjustments to address complex traffic issues related to the rail project. These adjustments typically require coordination with the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), LA County, LA Metro, the California Public Utility Commission and other railroad agencies. AGA’s work with these agencies and municipalities provide additional benefit to the City.

The City of San Dimas has a proactive approach to traffic engineering. The Traffic Safety Committee of which the Traffic Engineer is a key member, meets regularly to address concerns submitted by residents. AGA Engineers often provides insight on solutions that have worked in other municipalities. They also conduct the Speed Zone Study (an engineering and traffic survey) which provides recommendations for Council to set the speed limits on our City streets.

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Professional Services Agreement – Renew AGA Engineers Inc. 2 Years Page 3 For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
Contracting with AGA for a two-year period provides a consistent and efficient delivery of services.

AGA’s knowledge and understanding of the city’s needs, requirements and policies are an integral part of delivering timely, specialized and effective services to San Dimas residents.

The work performed by AGA Engineers Inc. is considered professional services. The proposed Professional Services Agreement which includes AGA Engineers Inc.’s proposal for two years is attached for reference (Attachment 1).

ALTERNATIVES
As an alternative, Council could decide to not authorize this agreement and may direct Staff to put the traffic engineering services contract out to bid for additional proposals. However, this route would likely result in additional costs as a new Traffic Engineer would need to review several sets of railroad project plans to get up to speed on the current (Gold Line) and future project (Lone Hill to White Double Track Project).

ENVIRONMENTAL
Staff evaluated and determined that this work is categorically exempt pursuant to CEQA guidelines Section 15061 (b)(3), CEQA does not apply to this item because there is no potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. This work consists of professional services and engineering recommendations that are not a project in and of itself. The individual recommendations may be subject to further CEQA determinations and would be assessed at the time of implementation or construction.

Respectfully submitted,
Rhonda Abangan
Administrative Secretary
Attachments:

1. Draft Professional Services Agreement – AGA Engineers Inc.

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Agenda Item Staff Report
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
From: Chris Constantin, City Manager
Prepared by: Anissa Livas, Sr. Management Analyst
Subject: Approve Resolution 2023-37 Determining the Need to Extend the Local Emergency Regarding February Winter Storm
____________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY
Consideration of adopting a resolution to continue the local emergency relating to February Winter Storm impacts as such is required to be reviewed every 60 days.

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
• Approve Resolution 2023-37 Determining the Need to Continue a Local Emergency Regarding February Winter Storms.

FISCAL IMPACT
The continuation of the declared local emergency will help ensure access to reimbursement for related costs in response to the February Winter Storm. City staff has submitted a Request for Public Assistance with California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) to seek reimbursement for eligible storm related expenses.

BACKGROUND
On February 28, 2023 the City Council ratified a Proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency relating to unpreceded winter storms, in accordance with Government Code Section 8630 and San Dimas Municipal Code Section 8.28.060(A)(1).

Impacts from the February Winter Storm continue in San Dimas, as the northbound lane of San Dimas Avenue north of Calle Solana has been closed since February 25, 2023 due to storm damage compromising the roadway.

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Extending the Local Emergency Regarding February Winter Storm Page 2 For the Meeting of June 13, 2023

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS
Initial assessment work is currently in process with a Geotechnical Consultant and Civil/Structural Engineer to provide repair recommendations and estimates. However, the work is anticipated to take several months, necessitating the continuation of the local proclamation for future consideration of Public Assistance funding from CalOES.

Government Code Section 8630 requires that the City Council review the need for continuing a local emergency at least once every 60 days until the City Council terminates the local emergency.

The City Council reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency on April 25, 2023.

As such, City staff recommend adopting Resolution 2023-23 extending the declaration of the existence of a local emergency. If adopted, the City Council will review, and as needed renew, this action at least every 60 day

ALTERNATIVES
Not Applicable.

Respectfully submitted,
Anissa Livas, Sr. Management Analyst
Attachments:

1. Resolution 2023-37 February 2023 Storm Continuation

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RESOLUTION 2023-37

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS,

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF THE

EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, City of San Dimas Municipal Code Section 8.28.060(A)(1) provides that the Director of Emergency Services may proclaim the existence of a local emergency when the City of San Dimas is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity and the City Council is not in session, and requires that the City Council shall act to ratify the proclamation within seven days thereafter; and
WHEREAS, on February 24, 2023 and continuing, a significant winter storm impacted the City of San Dimas causing significant debris and erosion causing damage to roadways within the City with risk of landslide, fallen trees, damage to private property and surface deformations; and WHEREAS, due to the above-described emergency conditions, the City Manager acting as Director of Emergency Services (“Director”) did proclaim the existence of a local emergency within the City on the 27th day of February, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the City of San Dimas found the winter storm and the foregoing conditions to constitute an extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within and around the City, and an extreme financial and service burden on the City due to all the foregoing conditions; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the City of San Dimas also found these conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control and the current capacity of the City of San Dimas to provide services, personnel, equipment, and facilities to address this emergency; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 8630 and San Dimas Municipal Code section 8.28.060(A)(1), a local emergency declared by the Director of Emergency Services shall not remain in effect for a period in excess of seven (7) days unless it has been ratified by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on February 28, 2023 the City Council ratified the Director’s February 27, 2023 local emergency proclamation.

WHEREAS, the health, safety and welfare of City residents, businesses, visitors and staff are of utmost importance to the City and additional future measures may be needed to protect the community. The mobilization of local resources, ability to coordinate interagency response, accelerate procurement of vital supplies, use mutual aid, and allow for future reimbursement by the state and federal governments will be critical to successfully responding to the present stormrelated state of emergency. The City may require additional assistance in the future, and proclamation of local emergency allows additional resources to flow to the City in a timely manner; and
WHEREAS, on January 4, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency actions already underway across multiple state agencies and departments, and help the state with ongoing responses to the recent storms; and
ATTACHMENT 1

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WHEREAS, on January 9, 2023, the President of the United States declared an emergency exists in the State of California and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from successive and severe winter storms, flooding, and mudslides; and
WHEREAS, the City’s ability to mobilize local resources, coordinate interagency response, accelerate procurement of vital supplies, use mutual aid, and seek future reimbursement by the State and Federal governments will be critical to successfully respond to the significant winter storms impacting the City of San Dimas on February 24, 2023, and continuing; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 8630(c), the City Council shall review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 60 days until the governing body terminates the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on April 25, 2023, the City Council reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency and confirmed the existence of the need for its continuance; and WHEREAS, after consideration of all facts reasonably available for review and all items, the City Council of the City of San Dimas now finds and determines there is a need to continue the local emergency.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and incorporate them herein by this reference.

SECTION 2. Continuation of Local Emergency. The City Council has reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency proclaimed by the Director on February 27, 2023 and ratified by the City Council on February 28, 2023, and finds that conditions continue to warrant and necessitate the existence of a local emergency throughout the City. Therefore, the local emergency proclaimed by the Director on February 27, 2023 and ratified by the City Council on February 28, 2023 is deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council.

SECTION 3. City Council Review. The City Council shall review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 60 days until the governing body terminates the local emergency. The City Council shall proclaim the termination of the local emergency at the earliest possible date that conditions warrant. (Government Code § 8630.) SECTION 4. Severability. If any subsection, sentence, clause, phrase, or word of this Resolution or any application of it to any person, structure, gathering, or circumstance is held to be invalid or unconstitutional by a decision of a court of competent jurisdiction, then such decision will not affect the validity of the remaining portions or applications of this Resolution.

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SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage and adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13h day of June, 2023. ____________________________________
Emmett G. Badar, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Debra Black, City Clerk
I, Debra Black, City Clerk, hereby certify that Resolution 2023-37 was adopted by the City Council of San Dimas at its regular meeting of June 13th, 2023 by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:
______________________________
Debra Black, City Clerk

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Agenda Item Staff Report
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
From: Chris Constantin, City Manager
Prepared by: Anissa Livas, Senior Management Analyst
Subject: Approval of Resolution 2023-38 Determining the Need to Extend the Local Emergency Regarding March Winter Storm
____________________________________________________________________________

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council:
• Approve Resolution 2023-38 Determining the Need to Continue a Local Emergency Regarding March Winter Storms.

FISCAL IMPACT
The continuation of the declared local emergency will help ensure access to reimbursement for related costs in response to the March Winter Storm. City staff has submitted a Request for Public Assistance with California Office of Emergency Services (CalOES) to seek reimbursement for eligible storm related expenses.

BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION:

On March 28, 2023 the City Council ratified a Proclamation declaring the existence of a local emergency relating to unpreceded winter storms, in accordance with Government Code Section 8630 and San Dimas Municipal Code Section 8.28.060(A)(1).

Impacts from the March Winter Storm continue in San Dimas, as significant erosion has occurred on private property with owners requesting assistance from the City through the use of City staff and a Geotechnical consultant to address safety and hazard concerns.

SUMMARY
Consideration of adopting a resolution to continue the local emergency relating to March Winter Storm impacts as such is required to be reviewed every 60 days.

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Resolution to Continue the Local Emergency Regarding March Winter Storm Page 2 For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
Government Code Section 8630 requires that the City Council review the need for continuing a local emergency at least once every 60 days until the City Council terminates the local emergency.

The City Council reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency on May 9, 2023. City staff recommend adopting Resolution 2023-23 extending the declaration of the existence of a local emergency. If adopted, the City Council will review, and as needed renew, this action at least every 60 days.

Respectfully submitted,
Anissa Livas, Senior Management Analyst
Attachment:
1 Resolution 2023-38

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RESOLUTION 2023-38

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS,

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, EXTENDING THE DECLARATION OF THE

EXISTENCE OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY
WHEREAS, City of San Dimas Municipal Code Section 8.28.060(A)(1) provides that the Director of Emergency Services may proclaim the existence of a local emergency when the City of San Dimas is affected or likely to be affected by a public calamity and the City Council is not in session, and requires that the City Council shall act to ratify the proclamation within seven days thereafter; and
WHEREAS, on March 21, 2023 and continuing, a significant storm impacted the City of San Dimas causing significant debris, erosion, and mudslides causing damage to roadways and local parks within the City with risk of landslide, fallen trees, damage to private property and surface deformations; and
WHEREAS, due to the above-described emergency conditions, the City Manager acting as Director of Emergency Services (“Director”) did proclaim the existence of a local emergency within the City on the 22nd day of March, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Emergency Services of the City of San Dimas found the storm and the foregoing conditions to constitute an extreme peril to the safety of persons and property within and around the City, and an extreme financial and service burden on the City due to all the foregoing conditions; and
WHEREAS, these conditions are or are likely to be beyond the control and the current capacity of the City of San Dimas to provide services, personnel, equipment, and facilities to address this emergency; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 8630 and San Dimas Municipal Code section 8.28.060(A)(1), a local emergency declared by the Director of Emergency Services shall not remain in effect for a period in excess of seven (7) days unless it has been ratified by the City Council; and
WHEREAS, on March 28, 2023 the City Council ratified the Director’s March 22, 2023 local emergency proclamation;
WHEREAS, the health, safety and welfare of City residents, businesses, visitors and staff are of utmost importance to the City and additional future measures may be needed to protect the community. The mobilization of local resources, ability to coordinate interagency response, accelerate procurement of vital supplies, use mutual aid, and allow for future reimbursement by the state and federal governments will be critical to successfully responding to the present stormrelated state of emergency. The City may require additional assistance in the future, and proclamation of local emergency allows additional resources to flow to the City in a timely manner; and
WHEREAS, on March 1, 2023, California Governor Gavin Newsom declared a State of Emergency to make additional resources available, formalize emergency actions already ATTACHMENT 1

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underway across multiple state agencies and departments, and help the state with ongoing responses to the recent storms; and
WHEREAS, on March 9, 2023, the President of the United States declared an emergency exists in the State of California and ordered Federal assistance to supplement State, tribal, and local response efforts due to the emergency conditions resulting from successive and severe storms, flooding, and mudslides; and
WHEREAS, the City’s ability to mobilize local resources, coordinate interagency response, accelerate procurement of vital supplies, use mutual aid, and seek future reimbursement by the State and Federal governments will be critical to successfully respond to the significant storms impacting the City of San Dimas on March 21, 2023, and continuing; and WHEREAS, pursuant to Government Code section 8630(c), the City Council shall review the need for continuing the local emergency at least once every 60 days until the governing body terminates the local emergency; and
WHEREAS, on May 9, 2023, the City Council reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency and confirmed the continuing existence of the need for its continuance; and WHEREAS, after consideration of all facts reasonably available for review and all items, the City Council of the City of San Dimas now finds and determines there is a need to continue the local emergency.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN DIMAS, CALIFORNIA, DOES RESOLVE, DECLARE, DETERMINE AND ORDER AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true and correct and are incorporated herein by this reference.

SECTION 2. Continuation of the Local Emergency. The City Council has reviewed the need for continuing the local emergency proclaimed by the Director on March 22, 2023 and ratified by the City Council on March 28, 2023, and finds that conditions continue to warrant and necessitate the existence of a local emergency throughout the City. Therefore, the local emergency proclaimed by the Director on March 22, 2023 and ratified by the City Council on March 28, 2023 is deemed to continue to exist until its termination is proclaimed by the City Council.

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SECTION 5. Effective Date. This Resolution shall be effective immediately upon passage and adoption. The City Clerk shall certify to the passage and adoption of this Resolution and enter it into the book of original Resolutions.

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 13th day of June, 2023. ____________________________________
Emmett G. Badar, Mayor
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Debra Black, City Clerk
I, Debra Black, City Clerk, hereby certify that Resolution 2023-38 was adopted by the City Council of San Dimas at its regular meeting of June 13, 2023 by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:
______________________________
Debra Black, City Clerk

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Agenda Item Staff Report
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of City Council
For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
From: Chris Constantin, City Manager
Prepared by: Scott Wasserman, Director of Parks & Recreation Subject: Award of Construction Contract 2023-03 Playground Surface Replacement Project and Budget Appropriation Authority
____________________________________________________________________________

SUMMARY
The Construction Contract 2023-03 Playground Surface Replacement Project consists of the removal and replacement of the engineered wood material with ADA compliant, lower maintenance pour-in-place rubber surface material.

On June 6, 2023, the City Clerk publicly opened two formal bids. Staff requests that the Council approve awarding Construction Contract 2023-03 Playground Surface Replacement Project to the lowest bidder, Great Western Installations, for the bid amount of $283,621.

RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council:

1. Award Construction Contract 2023-03 Playground Surface Replacement Project to Great Western Installations as the lowest responsive bid for the bid amount of $283,621.

2. Authorize a total project budget of $311,983 ($283,621 for the construction contract and $28,362 as 10% contingency).

3. Authorize City Manager, or designee, to enter into a Construction Contract with Great Western Installations in a form authorized by the City Attorney.

4. Approve a budget amendment in the amount of $43,143 from the General Fund to the Capital Projects account for Open Space District 1.

FISCAL IMPACT
The proposed contract amount for the Playground Surface Replacement with Great Western Installations is $283,621, with a 10% contingency of $28,362for a total of $311,983 total project budget. The 2023-24 fiscal year City budget includes an appropriation of $268,840 for the

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Award of Construction Contract 2023-03 Page 2
For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
proposed Lone Hill & Horsethief Canyon Playground project in budget account number 021.4410.601.004.

As stated above, completion of the project’s budget will require an appropriation of $43,143 from the General Fund. The main funding for this project is $199,391 from the Proposition 68 Per Capita grant with a budgeted 25% matching requirement of $69,449 from the Open Space District 1 fund.

The total project budget will include separate bids for each park site to allow for the allocation of the grant funding. Incorporating the lowest overall bid, the project budget is as follows:

Base Bid $283,621
Horsethief Canyon Park $ 57,098
Lone Hill Park $226,523
Project Contingency, 10% $ 28,362
Total Construction Project Budget: $311,983
The anticipated total project budget expenditure for the Playground Surface Replacement Project is $311,983.

BACKGROUND
The City of San Dimas replaced the playgrounds at Horsethief Canyon Park in 2000 and at Lone Hill Park in 2013. When they were built, an engineered wood surface material, Fibar, was used as an ADA compliant playground surface material. Over the past decade this product has not performed well and has required annual replenishment/replacement to remain marginally compliant for both ADA and impact attenuation. The cost for replacing this product has escalated substantially every year to where it now costs $15,000 annually to replace the material. Over the projected remaining life of the playgrounds the estimated replacement cost will be in excess of $250,000. This does not include the weekly maintenance cost of raking/grooming the Fibar to maintain the impact attenuation levels for safety and compliance or the risk of material loss from weather as we experienced at Horsethief Canyon Park.

Construction Contract 2023-03 consists of the removal of the Fibar and the installation of a new base layer and pour-in-place rubber playground surface material. This product consists of a cushion layer and cap layer. This system is the standard for all of our playgrounds installed after 2013. This product is ADA compliant, very low maintenance and provides the highest level of impact attenuation safety of any available product to date.

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS
Bid Results and Evaluation
On June 6, 2023, the City Clerk publicly opened four formal bids for Construction Contract 2023- 03, Playground Surface Replacement Project. The preliminary bid results are as follows:

Bidder Horsethief Canyon Park Lone Hill Park Total Bid
1 R.E. Schultz $59,450 $229,800 $289,250
2 Great Western Installations $57,098 $226,523 $283,621

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Award of Construction Contract 2023-03 Page 3
For the Meeting of June 13, 2023
Following the bid results, staff reviewed the bid proposal provided by the lowest responsible bidder, Great Western Installations, and verified that the contractor’s bid bond is issued by an admitted surety, as required by Public Contract Code §20170. It was confirmed through the State Contractor’s License Board that the contractor’s license No. 929912, Class B is current and active with an expiration date of March 31, 2025.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW
This item is Categorically Exempt under the California Code of Regulations, Title 14, Section 6, Chapter 3, Article 19, Section 15301 Existing Facilities Class 1 operations which consists of the operation, repair, maintenance or minor alteration of existing public or private facilities involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use.

Respectfully submitted,
Scott Wasserman
Director of Parks & Recreation
Attachments:

1. Great Western Bid

2. Construction Agreement CC2023-03 Playground Surface Replacement

3. Budget Account 021 - Open Space District #1

4. RFB CC2023-03 Playground Surface Replacement w Addendum

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CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT NO. CC 2023-03
This construction agreement (“Agreement”), is made and effective as of June 14, 2023 by and between the City of San Dimas ("City"), a municipal corporation, and Great Western Installations ("Contractor"), a corporation. City and Contractor may be referred to, sometimes individually or collectively, as “Party” or “Parties.”

RECITALS
WHEREAS, by resolution of the City Council of the City of San Dimas (the “City Council”), the Contractor was duly awarded CC 2023-03 Playground Surface Replacement Project, for the work or improvement hereinafter mentioned; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises and covenants made by the Parties and contained herein and other consideration, the value and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

AGREEMENT
I. SCOPE OF WORK
Contractor shall perform within the time set forth herein of this Agreement and shall furnish all labor, materials, equipment, tools, utility services, and transportation and perform and complete all work required in connection with the construction of CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. CC 2023-03 Playground Surface Replacement (“Project”) and as detailed in Exhibit A, “Project Schedule” attached hereto. The Project shall be performed and completed in a first class and workmanlike manner, with new and quality materials, under the supervision of and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer of the City of San Dimas (“City Engineer”) or its designee.

Contractor promises and agrees that the Project shall be completed strictly in accordance with the Contract Documents, as defined below in Section XXII, including but not limited to all plans and specifications, which are on file in the Parks and Recreation Department.

The Contractor certifies and agrees that it is fully familiar with all of the terms, conditions and obligations of Contract Documents, the location of the job site, and the conditions under which the Project is to be performed based upon its investigation of all such matters.

The Contractor shall supervise and direct the work to complete the Project, using its best skill and attention, and shall be solely responsible for all construction means, methods, techniques, sequences and procedures. Unless otherwise noted, the Contractor shall be responsible for coordinating all portions of the Project, and the Contractor shall provide and pay for all labor, services, materials, installation, cartage, equipment, tools, construction equipment and machinery, water, heat, utilities, transportation, storage, taxes, insurance, and other facilities and services necessary for the proper execution of the work to complete the Project. The Contractor further promises and agrees that the materials used in the Project shall comply with the Contract Documents and be to the satisfaction of the City Engineer, and that the Contractor will timely complete the Project, and turn the Project over to the City, complete and ready for use, and discharged from all claims or demands on any and all materials, equipment and labor used or to be used in the Project.

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As soon as possible under the provisions of this Agreement, the Contractor shall backfill all excavations and restore to usefulness, all improvements existing prior to the start of the work to complete the Project.

The Contractor also agrees that it shall be responsible for the acts and omissions of all of its employees and subcontractors, their agents and employees, and for all other persons performing any of the Project under a contract with the Contractor.

By entering into this Agreement, Contractor acknowledges there may be other contractors on the site whose work will be coordinated with that of its own. Contractor expressly warrants and agrees it will cooperate with other contractors and will do nothing to delay, hinder, or interfere with the work of other separate contractors, the City, or the utilities. Contractor also expressly agrees that, in the event its work is hindered, delayed, interfered with, or otherwise affected by a separate contractor, its sole remedy will be direct action against the separate contractor. To the extent allowed by law, the Contractor will have no remedy, and hereby expressly waives any remedy against the City, on account of delay, hindrance, interference, or other events caused by a separate contractor.

II. TIME FOR PROJECT COMPLETION
All of Contractor’s work on the Project shall be completed within durations established for the individual activities as set forth in the Contract Documents. All work shall commence five (5) calendar days after receiving a written Notice to Proceed from the City. Contractor shall refer to the invitations for bids, and Project plans and specifications, all of which, as set forth below, are incorporated herein by reference, for contractual obligations regarding individual activity durations. The aggregate sum total work of all bid items comprises the entire Project and shall be commenced and completed in conformance with the Project Schedule. The entire Project shall be completed within 40 working days.

The working hours are Monday thru Friday, with the exception of City Holidays, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

III. AGREEMENT SUM
City shall pay to Contractor for the performance of this Agreement, subject to any additions and deductions provided in the Contract Documents, the sum of $283,621 (“Agreement Sum”).

Compensation paid to Contractor for the performance of this Agreement shall be consistent with the “Bid Schedule” as set forth in Exhibit B and incorporated herein by reference. All costs of prosecuting the work under this Agreement for the completion of the Project shall be included in the Contractor’s bid.

IV. PROGRESS PAYMENTS
Based upon Invoice submitted to the City by the Contractor and approval issued by the Director of Parks and Recreation, the City shall make progress payments on account of the Agreement Sum to the Contractor as provided in the Contract Documents This Agreement is subject to the provisions of Article 1.7 (commencing at Section 20104.50) of Division 2, Part 3 of the Public Contract Code regarding prompt payment of contractors by local governments. Article 1.7 mandates certain procedures for the payment of undisputed and properly submitted payment requests within 30 days after receipt, for the review of payment requests, for notice to Contractor of improper payment requests, and provides for the payment of interest on progress payment requests which are not timely made in accordance with that Article. This Agreement hereby incorporates the provisions of Article 1.7 as though fully set forth herein.

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V. RETENTION OF SECURITIES
Public Contract Code section 22300 permits the substitution of securities for any monies withheld by a public agency to ensure performance under a contract, at the request and expense of the Contractor. Contractor shall notify City in writing of any election made under Public Contracts Code section 22300.

VI. WARRANTY
The Contractor warrants that all of the work pursuant to this Agreement shall be done in a first class, workmanlike manner and in accordance with Contract Documents, with new and quality materials and warrants all work performed to complete the Project and materials against defect or deviation (the “Defect”), both in the material or the workmanship, for a period of one (1) year from its completion of the Project, unless stated otherwise in the Contract Documents. If a Defect in the Project is latent, hidden or not readily observable, the Contractor's warranty shall be extended for one (1) year from the date of discovery of the Defect. The Contractor will within a reasonable time after written notice of a Defect, remedy and repair the Defect and any related damage resulting from the Defect (without any expense to the City).

VII. INDEMNIFICATION
Contractor shall indemnify, defend with legal counsel approved by City, and hold harmless City, its officers, officials, employees, and volunteers (“Indemnified Parties”) from and against all claims for and actual liabilities, losses, damages, expenses, costs (including without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees, expert fees, and all other costs and fees of litigation) of every nature relating to, arising out of or in connection with Contractor’s, its officers, agents, employees, or subcontractors (or any agency or individual that Contractor shall bear the legal liability thereof) negligence, recklessness or willful misconduct in the performance of work on and/or connected with the Project or its failure to comply with any of its obligations contained in this Agreement, except such loss or damage which is caused by the sole or active negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Parties. Should conflict of interest principles preclude a single attorney from representing both City and Contractor, or should City otherwise find Contractor’s attorney unacceptable, then Contractor shall reimburse the City its costs of defense, including without limitation reasonable attorney’s fees, expert fees, and all other costs and fees of litigation. The Contractor shall promptly pay any final judgment rendered against the Indemnified Parties with respect to claims determined by a trier of fact to have been the result of the Contractor’s negligent, reckless, or wrongful act, omission or performance. It is expressly understood and agreed that the foregoing provisions are intended to be as broad and inclusive as is permitted by the law of the State of California and will survive termination of this Agreement.

Contractor’s obligations under this section apply regardless of whether or not such claim, charge, damage, demand, action, proceeding, loss, stop notice, cost, expense, judgment, civil fine or penalty, or liability was caused in part or contributed to by Indemnified Parties. However, without affecting the rights of Indemnified Parties under any provision of this Agreement, Contractor shall not be required to indemnify and hold harmless Indemnified Parties for liability attributable to the sole or active negligence or willful misconduct of Indemnified Parties, provided such sole or active negligence or willful misconduct is determined by agreement between the parties or by the findings of a court of competent jurisdiction. In instances where Indemnified Parties are shown to have been solely or actively negligent or to have acted with willful misconduct and where Indemnified Parties’ sole or active negligence or willful misconduct accounts for only a percentage of the liability involved, the obligation of Contractor will be for that entire portion or percentage of liability not attributable to the sole or active negligence or willful misconduct of Indemnified Parties.

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VIII. PREVAILING WAGES
A. Wage rates for this Project shall be in accordance with the “General Wage Determination Made by the Director of Industrial Relations Pursuant To California Labor Code, Part 7, Chapter 1, Article 2, Sections 1770, 1773, and 1773.1", for Los Angeles County. The prevailing rate of per diem wages are on file at the City of San Dimas, Parks and Recreation Department, 245 E Bonita Ave, San Dimas CA 91773, and are available to any interested party on request. The Contractor is required to post at the job site the prevailing rate of per diem wages as determined by the Director of the Department of Industrial Relations and other notices prescribed by regulation. Wage rates shall conform with those posted at the Project site.

B. The following Labor Code sections are hereby referenced and made a part of this Agreement:

1. Section 1774 – Payment of General Prevailing Rate

2. Section 1775 - Penalty for Failure to Comply with Prevailing Wage Rates

3. Section 1777.4 - Apprenticeship Requirements

4. Section 1777.5 - Apprenticeship Requirements

5. Section 1813 - Penalty for Failure to Pay Overtime

6. Sections 1810 and 1811 - Working Hour Restrictions

7. Section 1776 - Payroll Records

8. Section 1773.8 - Travel and Subsistence Pay
IX. FURNISHING RECORDS TO CITY
The Contractor also agrees to furnish, if and when required, payroll affidavits, receipts, vouchers, release for claims for labor, material and subcontractors performing the work required to complete the Project under the Agreement, all in a form satisfactory to the City, and the Contractor also agrees that no payment shall be made, except at City's option, unless any or all of the requested documents have been furnished to the City.

X. RECORD AUDIT
In accordance with Government Code section 8546.7, records of both the City and the Contractor shall be subject to examination and audit by the Auditor General for a period of three (3) years after final payment.

XI. CERTIFICATIONS
Not Applicable
XII. FINAL PAYMENT
Final payment, constituting the entire unpaid balance of the Agreement Sum, shall be paid by City to Contractor no sooner than thirty-five (35) days after a Notice of Completion has been recorded, unless otherwise stipulated in the Notice of Completion, provided the work has then been completed, the Agreement fully performed, and a final payment authorization has been issued by the Director of Parks and Recreation.

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The Contractor shall furnish all materials, tools, equipment and labor in the necessary quantity and quantity, and shall diligently prosecute the work contemplated by this Agreement to completion in a workmanlike manner.

In the event Contractor fails to furnish tools, equipment, or labor in the necessary quantity or quality, or fails to prosecute the work or any part thereof contemplated by this Agreement in a diligent and workmanlike manner, and if the Contractor for a period of three (3) calendar days after receipt of written demand from City or its designated representative to do so, fails to furnish tools, equipment, or labor in the necessary quantity or quality, or to prosecute its work and all parts thereof in a diligent and workmanlike manner, then the City may exclude the Contractor from the premises, or any portion thereof, and take possession of said premises or any portion thereof, together with all material and equipment thereon, and may complete the work contemplated by this Agreement or any portion of said work, either by furnishing the tools, equipment, labor or material necessary, or by letting the unfinished portion of said work, or the portion taken over by the City to another contractor or by a combination of such methods. In any event, the procuring of the completion of said work, or the portion thereof taken over by the City, shall be a charge against the Contractor, and may be deducted from any money due or becoming due to Contractor from City, or Contractor shall pay City the amount of said charge, or the portion thereof unsatisfied. The sureties, provided for under this Agreement, shall become liable for payment should Contractor fail to pay in full any said cost incurred by the City.

XIV. INSURANCE
Prior to the beginning of and throughout the duration of the Project, Contractor and its subcontractors shall maintain insurance in conformance with the requirements set forth below.

Contractor will use existing coverage to comply with these requirements. If that existing coverage does not meet the requirements set forth herein, Contractor agrees to amend, supplement or endorse the existing coverage to do so or to procure insurance coverage to satisfy the requirements.

Contractor acknowledges that the insurance coverage and policy limits set forth in this section constitute the minimum amount of coverage required. Any insurance proceeds available to Contractor or its subcontractors in excess of the limits and coverage identified in this Agreement and which is applicable to a given loss, claim or demand, will be equally available to City.

Without limiting Contractor’s indemnification of City and/or the Indemnified Parties and prior to commencement of the Project, Contractor shall obtain, provide, and maintain at its own expense during the term of this Agreement, policies of insurance of the type and amounts described below and in a form satisfactory to City.

General liability insurance. Contractor shall maintain commercial general liability insurance with coverage at least as broad as Insurance Services Office form CG 00 01, in an amount not less than $1,000,000 per occurrence, $2,000,000 general aggregate, for bodily injury, personal injury, and property damage, and a $2,000,000 completed operations aggregate. The policy must include contractual liability that has not been amended. Any endorsement restricting standard ISO “insured contract” language will not be accepted.

Automobile liability insurance. Contractor shall maintain automobile insurance at least as broad as Insurance Services Office form CA 00 01 covering bodily injury and property damage for all activities of the Contractor arising out of or in connection with work to be performed under this Agreement, including coverage for any owned, hired, non-owned, or rented vehicles, in an amount not less than $1,000,000 combined single limit for each accident.

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Workers’ compensation insurance. Contractor shall maintain Workers’ Compensation Insurance (Statutory Limits) and Employer’s Liability Insurance (with limits of at least $1,000,000) for Contractor ’s employees in accordance with the laws of the State of California, Section 3700 of the Labor Code In addition, Contractor shall require each subcontractor to similarly maintain Workers’ Compensation Insurance and Employer’s Liability Insurance in accordance with the laws of the State of California, Section 3700 for all of the subcontractor’s employees.

Contractor shall submit to City, along with the certificate of insurance, a Waiver of Subrogation endorsement in favor of City, its officers, agents, employees, and volunteers.

Other provisions or requirements
Proof of insurance. Contractor shall provide certificates of insurance and required endorsements to City as evidence of the insurance coverage required herein. Insurance certificates and endorsements must be approved by City’s Risk Manager prior to commencement of performance.

Current certification of insurance shall be kept on file with City for the contract period and any additional length of time required thereafter. City reserves the right to require complete, certified copies of all required insurance policies, at any time and Contractor agrees to provide the same.

Duration of coverage. Contractor shall procure and maintain for the contract period, and any additional length of time required thereafter, insurance against claims for injuries to persons or damages to property, or financial loss which may arise from or in connection with the performance of the work hereunder by Contractor, its agents, representatives, employees, subcontractors or subconsultants. Contractor must maintain general liability and umbrella or excess liability insurance for as long as there is a statutory exposure to completed operations claims. City and its officers, officials, employees, and agents shall continue as additional insureds under such policies.

Primary/noncontributing. Coverage provided by Contractor shall be primary and any insurance or self-insurance procured or maintained by City shall not be required to contribute with it. The limits of insurance required herein may be satisfied by a combination of primary and umbrella or excess insurance. Any umbrella or excess insurance shall contain or be endorsed to contain a provision that such coverage shall also apply on a primary and non-contributory basis for the benefit of City before the City’s own insurance or self- insurance shall be called upon to protect it as a named insured.

City’s rights of enforcement. In the event any policy of insurance required under this Agreement does not comply with these requirements or is canceled and not replaced, City has the right but not the duty to obtain the insurance it deems necessary, and any premium paid by City will be promptly reimbursed by Contractor or City will withhold amounts sufficient to pay premium from Contractor payments. In the alternative, City may cancel this Agreement.

Acceptable insurers. All insurance policies shall be issued by an insurance company currently authorized by the Insurance Commissioner to transact business of insurance or is on the List of Approved Surplus Line Insurers in the State of California, with an assigned policyholders’ Rating of A- (or higher) and Financial Size Category Class VII (or larger) in accordance with the latest edition of Best’s Key Rating Guide, unless otherwise approved by the City’s Risk Manager.

Waiver of subrogation. All insurance coverage maintained or procured pursuant to this agreement shall be endorsed to waive subrogation against City, its elected or appointed officers, agents, officials, employees, and volunteers or shall specifically allow Contractor or others providing insurance evidence in compliance with these specifications to waive their right of recovery prior to a loss. Contractor hereby waives its own right of recovery against City and shall require similar written express waivers and insurance clauses from each of its subconsultants.

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Enforcement of contract provisions (non estoppel). Contractor acknowledges and agrees that any actual or alleged failure on the part of the City to inform Contractor of non-compliance with any requirement imposes no additional obligations on the City nor does it waive any rights hereunder.

Requirements not limiting. Requirements of specific coverage features or limits contained in this Section are not intended as a limitation on coverage, limits or other requirements, or a waiver of any coverage normally provided by any insurance. Specific reference to a given coverage feature is for purposes of clarification only as it pertains to a given issue and is not intended by any party or insured to be all inclusive, or to the exclusion of other coverage, or a waiver of any type. If the Contractor maintains higher limits than the minimums shown above, the City requires and shall be entitled to coverage for the higher limits maintained by the Contractor. Any available insurance proceeds in excess of the specified minimum limits of insurance and coverage shall be available to the City.

Notice of cancellation. Contractor agrees to oblige its insurance agent or broker and insurers to provide the City with a thirty (30) day notice of cancellation (except for nonpayment for which a ten (10) day notice is required) or nonrenewal of coverage for each required coverage. If any of the Contractor’s insurers are unwilling to provide such notice, then Contractor shall have the responsibility of notifying the City immediately in the event of Contractor’s failure to renew any of the required insurance coverages, or insurer’s cancellation or non-renewal.

Additional insured status. General liability, automobile liability, and umbrella/excess liability insurance policies shall provide or be endorsed to provide that City and its officers, officials, employees, agents, and volunteers shall be additional insureds under such policies.

XV. CONTRACTOR'S LICENSE
Contractor must possess at the time of commencing work and throughout the Project duration, a valid Contractor's License, issued by the State of California, which is current and in good standing.

Contractor’s State License No. is 929912, Class B. Contractor shall ensure that any subcontractor working on the Project possesses at the time of commencing work and throughout the Project duration, a valid Contractor's License, issued by the State of California, which is current and in good standing.

XVI. REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
Pursuant to Section 1771.1(a) of the Labor Code:
“A contractor or subcontractor shall not be qualified to bid on, be listed in a bid proposal, subject to the requirements of Section 4104 of the Public Contract Code, or engage in the performance of any contract for public work, as defined in this chapter, unless currently registered and qualified to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5. It is not a violation of this section for an unregistered contractor to submit a bid that is authorized by Section 7029.1 of the Business and Professions Code or by Section 10164 or 20103.5 of the Public Contract Code, provided the contractor is registered to perform public work pursuant to Section 1725.5 at the time the contract is awarded.”
Contractor must be registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) of the State of California in order to be eligible to work on public works projects. Contractor must ensure registration with the DIR is active and in good standing.

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No contractor or subcontractor may be listed on a bid proposal for a public works project (submitted on or after March 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5 [with limited exceptions from this requirement for bid purposes only under Labor Code section 1771.1(a)].

No contractor or subcontractor may be awarded a contract for public work on a public works project (awarded on or after April 1, 2015) unless registered with the Department of Industrial Relations pursuant to Labor Code section 1725.5.

This project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by the Department of Industrial Relations.

The Contractor is not subject to public works requirements (including registration with the DIR) if the public works project is under $1,000, unless the City knows that the same Contractor will be awarded total project costs in excess of $1,000 for a given year.

XVII. COMPLIANCE WITH STATUTES AND REGULATIONS
Contractor will be knowledgeable of and shall comply with all applicable federal, state, local, county, and city statutes, rules, regulations, ordinances, and orders relating to the manner of doing the work under the Agreement or to the materials supplied therein.

XVIII. PROVISIONS REQUIRED BY LAW
Each and every provision of law and clause required by law to be inserted in this Agreement shall be deemed to be inserted herein and the Agreement shall be read and enforced as though it were included herein, and if through mistake or otherwise any such provision is not inserted, or is not currently inserted, then upon application of either party, the Agreement shall forthwith be physically amended to make such insertion or correction.

XIX. SUBSURFACE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
A. In the event trenches or other excavations extend deeper than four (4) feet below the surface, Contractor shall promptly, and before the following conditions are disturbed, notify City in writing of any:

1. Material that Contractor believes may be hazardous waste, as defined in Section 25117 of the Health and Safety Code, that is required to be removed to a Class I, Class II, or Class III disposal site in accordance with the provisions of existing law.

2. Subsurface or latent physical conditions at the site differing from those indicated.

3. Unknown physical conditions at the site of any unusual nature, different materially from those ordinarily encountered and generally recognized as inherent in the Project or the character provided for in the Agreement.

B. Upon receipt of said notification, City will investigate the conditions, and if it finds that the conditions do materially so differ, or do involve hazardous waste, and cause a decrease or increase in the Contractor's cost of or the time required for performance of any part of the Project, the City will issue a change order under the procedures described in the Contract Documents.

C. In the event a dispute arises between the City and the Contractor whether the conditions materially differ, or involve hazardous waste or cause a decrease or increase in the Contractor's cost of or time required for performance of any part of the Project, the Contractor shall not be excused from any scheduled completion date provided for by the

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Agreement, but shall proceed with all work to be performed under the Agreement.

Contractor shall retain any and all rights provided either by agreement or by law which pertain to the resolution of disputes and protests between the contracting parties.

XX. LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
Pursuant to Government Code section 53069.85, if work is not completed within durations established for the individual activities as set forth in the Project Schedule, it is understood, acknowledged, and agreed City will suffer damage. It is therefore agreed that Contractor shall pay to City the sum of $250.00 for each and every calendar day of delay beyond any completion schedule, construction schedule, or Project milestones established in or pursuant to the Project Schedule, or beyond the time indicated in the Project Schedule for any individual Project activity.

Contractor expressly understands, acknowledges, and agrees that such liquidated damages can and shall be imposed if the Contractor does not meet each and every aspect of any activity schedule, completion schedule, construction schedule, or Project milestones established in or pursuant to the Project Schedule. If the City accepts work or makes any payment under this Agreement after a default by reason of delays, the acceptance of such work and/or payment(s) shall in no respect constitute a waiver or modification of any provisions regarding a completion schedule, the Project Schedule or the accrual of liquidated damages. In the event the same is not paid, Contractor further agrees that City may deduct the amount thereof from any money due or that may become due the Contractor under the Agreement. This article does not exclude recovery of damages under provisions of the Agreement, and is expressly in addition to the City’s ability to seek other damages.

Contractor is to refer to Contract Documents for duration of individual activities. Liquidated damages may be assessed if any individual activity duration exceeds the time indicated for that activity in the Contract Documents, unless the time for such activity has been extended by mutual agreement of the parties and confirmed in writing.

XXI. CLAIM PROCEDURES UNDER PUBLIC CONTRACT CODE SECTION 9204 Contractor shall comply with the procedure set forth in Public Contracts Code section 9204 for any claim, as that term is defined therein, for one or more of the following: 1) a time extension, including, without limitation, for relief from damages or penalties for delay; 2) payment of money or damages arising from work done pursuant to this Agreement; and/or 3) payment of an amount disputed by the City under this Agreement.

XXII. COMPONENT PARTS OF THE AGREEMENT
This Agreement entered into consists of the following documents (collectively, the “Contract Documents”), all of which are component parts of the Agreement as if herein set out in full or attached hereto:

Notice Inviting Bids Bid Bond
Scope of Work Summary Information Required of Bidder
Information for Bidders Contract Agreement
Bid Form Certificate Regarding Workers
Compensation
Non-Collusion Affidavit Drug-free Workplace Certification Site Visit Certification Project Plans and Specifications Faithful Performance Bond Addenda
Labor and Materials Payment Bond Addendums
General Conditions Change Orders

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Supplementary General Conditions Shop Drawing Transmittals Project Construction Schedule Special Conditions
Proposed Subcontractors
Those documents listed in Section 1-2 of the “Greenbook” Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction combined with all of the above-named documents are included as Contract Documents and are intended to be complementary. Work required any of the above-named contract documents and not by others shall be done as if required by all.

XXIII. BONDS
The Contractor agrees to furnish bonds guaranteeing the faithful performance of this Agreement and guaranteeing payment for all labor and materials used under the Agreement, as required by the laws of the State of California. The Faithful Performance Bond shall be for an amount not less than 100% of the amount of this Contract and shall be conditioned on full and complete performance of the Agreement, guaranteeing the work against faulty workmanship or materials for a period of one year after completion and acceptance. The Labor and Materials Payment Bond shall be in an amount of not less than 100% of the amount of the Agreement, and shall be conditioned upon full payment of all labor and materials entering into or incidental to the work covered by the Agreement.

The surety on the required bonds shall be a surety company of financial resources satisfactory to the City Council and authorized to do business in the State of California.

The Faithful Performance Bond and Labor and Materials Payment Bond are attached hereto as Exhibit C.

XXIV. PROHIBITION AGAINST ASSIGNMENT
The Contractor may upon reasonable advance Notice to the City assign its rights to receive payment under this Agreement, provided the Contractor also provides to the City the consent of the surety to such assignment. The Contractor may not assign or delegate its duties under this Agreement, without the prior written consent of the City, which the City may not unreasonably withhold or delay. For purposes of this Agreement, assignment shall include any change of control, whether by merger, acquisition or otherwise, of Contractor or any of Contractor's corporate parents. Any assignment in violation of the assignment provisions herein shall be ineffective to relieve Contractor of its responsibility to complete the Project. Should the City consent to any such assignment by the Contractor, the consent shall not constitute a waiver of any other restrictions of assignment under the Agreement and the same restrictions on assignment shall apply to each successive assignment, if any.

XXV. CALIFORNIA LAW
This Agreement shall be interpreted, construed and governed both as to validity and to performance of the parties in accordance with the laws of the State of California. Legal actions concerning any dispute, claim or matter arising out of or in relation to this Agreement shall be instituted in the Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles, State of California, or any other appropriate court in such county, and Contractor covenants and agrees to submit to the personal jurisdiction of such court in the event of such action.

XXVI. CORPORATE AUTHORITY
The persons executing this Agreement on behalf of the parties hereto warrant that (i) such party is duly organized and existing, (ii) they are duly authorized to execute and deliver this Agreement

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on behalf of said party, (iii) by so executing this Agreement, such party is formally bound to the provisions of this Agreement, and (iv) the entering into this Agreement does not violate any provision of any other Agreement to which said party is bound. This Agreement shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the parties.

XXVII. ENTIRE AGREEMENT
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties. No other agreements or contracts, whether oral or written, pertaining to the work to be performed, exists between the parties. This Agreement can be modified only by an amendment in writing, signed by both parties. [SIGNATURES ON FOLLOWING PAGE]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement on the date and year first-above written.

CITY:

CITY OF SAN DIMAS, CALIFORNIA
Dated ________________, 2023 By: _____________________________ City Manager
ATTEST:
________________________________
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM::
_______________________________
City Attorney
CONTRACTOR**:

Dated ________________, 2023 GREAT WESTERN INSTALLATIONS By:

Authorized Representative
Title
By:

Authorized Representative
Title
Address:

Phone:

Fax:

Email:
**Two corporate officer signatures required when Contractor is a corporation, with one signature required from each of the following groups: 1) Chairman of the Board, President or any Vice President; and 2) Secretary, any Assistant Secretary, Chief Financial Officer or any Assistant Treasurer. CONTRACTOR’S SIGNATURES SHALL BE DULY NOTARIZED, AND APPROPRIATE

ATTESTATIONS SHALL BE INCLUDED AS MAY BE REQUIRED BY THE BYLAWS, ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION, OR OTHER RULES OR REGULATIONS APPLICABLE TO CONTRACTOR’S BUSINESS ENTITY.

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CONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT NO. CC 2023-03

NOTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT
A notary public officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document, to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

STATE OF _______________________ )
)
COUNTY OF _____________________ )
On _____________________________, before me, _________________________________, Notary Public, personally appeared __________________________________________, who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person whose name is subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she executed the same in his/her authorized capacity, and that by his/her signature on the instrument the person, or the entity upon behalf of which the person acted, executed the instrument.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature: (Seal)

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EXHIBIT A

PROJECT SCHEDULE
See Project Bid Specifications for
Construction Contract No. CC 2023-03

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EXHIBIT B

BID SCHEDULE
Upon the completion of the Project both to the City Engineer’s satisfaction and in compliance with this Agreement, the City will pay, and the Contractor agrees to accept as full and final compensation for the Project, the total of all bid items, adjusted for variation of quantities at the unit prices for the materials actually used or furnished for the Project, as set forth below:

Lone Hill Park Playground Surface $226,500
Horsethief Canyon Park Playground Surface $ 57,098
Total Playground Surface Replacement $283,621

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EXHIBIT C
BONDS

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CITY OF SAN DIMAS

BOND FOR SECURITY OF LABORERS AND MATERIALMEN
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO.

Whereas, The City Council of the City of San Dimas (the "City"), State of California and (the "Principal") have entered into an Agreement (the "Agreement") dated __________________, 2023, whereby Principal agrees to install and complete the following public improvements: CITY OF SAN DIMAS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. CC 2023-03 The Agreement is incorporated herein by reference.

Whereas, under the terms of the Agreement, the Principal is required before entering upon the performance of the work, to file a good and sufficient payment bond with the City to secure payment of the claims to which reference is made in Title 15 (commencing with Section 3082) of part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code of the State of California.

Now, therefore, the Principal and the undersigned ________________________, as corporate surety (the "Surety"), are held firmly bound unto the City and all contractors, subcontractors, laborers, materialmen, and other persons employed or providing materials in the performance of the Agreement and referred to in aforesaid Civil Code in the sum of for materials furnished or labor thereon of any kind, or for amounts due under the Unemployment Insurance Act with respect to such work or labor. Further, Surety will pay the same in an amount not exceeding the amount hereinabove set forth, and also in case suit is brought upon this Bond, will pay, in addition to the face amount thereof, costs and reasonable expenses and fees, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by City in successfully enforcing this obligation, to be awarded and fixed by the court, and to be taxed as costs and to be included in the judgment therein rendered.

It is hereby expressly stipulated and agreed that this bond shall inure to the benefit of any and all persons, companies, and corporations entitled to file claims under Title 15 (commencing with Section 3082) of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code, so as to give a right of action to them or their assigns in any suit brought upon this bond.

Should the condition of this bond be fully performed, then this obligation shall become null and void, otherwise it shall be and remain in full force and effect.

The Surety hereby stipulates and agrees that no change, extension of time, alteration, or addition to the terms of the Agreement, or the specifications accompanying the same shall in any manner affect its obligations on this Bond, and it does hereby waive notice of any such change, extension, alteration, or addition.

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In witness whereof, the Principal and Surety caused this Bond to be executed on this ________ day of ______________________, 2023.

Principal
________________________________
By:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
Surety
_________________________________
By:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
Local Mailing Address of Surety:
________________________________
Street Address
________________________________
City & State
Telephone Number
(All Signatures Must Be Acknowledged)

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A notary public officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document, to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
)

COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES )
On ____________ , before me, _________________ , Notary Public, personally appeared _________________ , who proved to me on the basis of satisfactory evidence to be the person(s) whose name(s) is/are subscribed to the within instrument and acknowledged to me that he/she/they executed the same in his/her/their authorized capacity(ies), and that by his/her/their signature(s) on the instrument the person(s), or the entity upon behalf of which the person(s) acted, executed the instrument.

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature: (Seal)

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CITY OF SAN DIMAS

BOND SECURING PERFORMANCE
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. CC 2023-03
Whereas, The City Council of the City of San Dimas (the "City"), State of California and (the "Principal") have entered into an Agreement (the "Agreement") dated _______________, 2023 whereby Principal agrees to install and complete the following improvements: CITY OF SAN DIMAS CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. CC2023-03.

The Agreement is incorporated herein by reference.

Whereas, said Principal is required under the terms of said Agreement to furnish a bond for the faithful performance of said Agreement.

Now, therefore, we, the Principal and _______________________________, as surety (the "Surety"), are held and firmly bound unto the City, in the penal sum lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, successors, executors and administrators, jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.

The condition of this obligation is such that if said Principal, his or its heirs, executors, administrators, successors or assigns, shall in all things stand to and abide by, and well and truly keep and perform the covenants, conditions and provisions in the said Agreement and any alteration thereof made as therein provided, on his or their part, to be kept and performed at the time and in the manner therein specified, and in all respects according to their true intent and meaning, and shall indemnify and, save harmless the City, its officers, agents and employees, as therein stipulated, then this obligation shall become null and void; otherwise it shall be and remain in full force and effect.

As a part of the obligation secured hereby and in addition to the face amount specified therefor, there shall be included costs and reasonable expenses and fees, including reasonable attorney's fees, incurred by City in successfully enforcing such obligation, all to be taxed as costs and included in any judgment rendered.

The Surety hereby stipulates and agrees that no change, extension of time, alteration or addition to the terms of the Agreement or to the work to be performed thereunder or the specifications accompanying the same shall in any way affect its obligations on this Bond, and it does hereby waive notice of any such change, extension of time, alteration or addition to the terms of the Agreement or to the work or to the specifications.

In witness whereof, the Principal and Surety caused this bond to be executed on this ________ day of ______________________, 2023.

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Principal
_________________________________
By: ______________________________
Title:_____________________________
Surety
________________________________
By:______________________________
Title:_____________________________
Local Mailing Address of Surety:
________________________________
Street Address
________________________________
City & State
Telephone Number
(All Signatures Must Be Acknowledged)
A notary public officer completing this certificate verifies only the identity of the individual who signed the document, to which this certificate is attached, and not the truthfulness, accuracy, or validity of that document.

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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
)

I certify under PENALTY OF PERJURY under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing paragraph is true and correct.

WITNESS my hand and official seal.

Signature: _________________________ (Seal)

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ATTACHMENT 3

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CITY OF SAN DIMAS

DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION
SAN DIMAS, CA 91773

SPECIFICATIONS AND CONTRACT DOCUMENTS
FOR
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. 2023-03

PLAYGROUND SURFACE REPLACEMENT
Horsethief Canyon Park and Lone Hill Park
BID OPENING DATE: Tuesday June 6, 2023
BID TIME: 10:00 A.M.

ENGINEER’S ESTIMATE: $268,481
Please direct questions or comments to:

Steven Farmer
Landscape Manager

CITY OF SAN DIMAS
245 E. BONITA AVENUE SAN
DIMAS, CA 91773
(909) 394-6230
ATTACHMENT 4

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Department of Parks and Recreation City of San Dimas, California i
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. 2023-03

TABLE OF CONTENTS
NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS ......................................................................................................... ii SPECIAL PROVISIONS..........................................................................................................................1 INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS.............................................................................................................12 BIDDER’S PROPOSAL .........................................................................................................................19 BIDDER’S SECURITY...........................................................................................................................22 BIDDER’S BOND ..................................................................................................................................23 CONTRACTOR'S CLASSIFICATION ....................................................................................................24 STATEMENT OF ABILITY AND EXPERIENCE ....................................................................................25 DESIGNATION OF SUBCONTRACTORS ............................................................................................26 CERTIFICATE AS TO COMPLIANCE WITH CERTAIN REGULATIONS ..............................................27

REJECTION OF BID FOR PRIOR DISQUALIFICATION REMOVAL OR OTHERWISE PREVENTED FROM BIDDING BECAUSE OF VIOLATION OF THE LAW OR A SAFETY REGULATION..................28 QUESTIONNAIRE TO GENERAL CONTRACTORS.............................................................................29 NONCOLLUSION AFFIDAVIT TO BE EXECUTED BY BIDDER AND SUBMITTED WITH BID ............30 NOTARY ACKNOWLEDGMENT...........................................................................................................31 APPENDIX A - SCOPE OF WORK .......................................................................................................32 APPENDIX B - PROJECT SITE ............................................................................................................40

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Department of Parks and Recreation City of San Dimas, California ii

CITY OF SAN DIMAS

NOTICE INVITING SEALED BIDS
CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. 2023-03
BIDS MUST BE RECEIVED ON OR BEFORE: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

BIDS WILL BE OPENED ON: Tuesday, June 6, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

PLACE OF BID RECEIPT: Office of the City Clerk, City Hall, 245 East, Bonita Avenue, San Dimas, California 91773
MANDATORY PRE-BID SITE VISIT Wednesday, May 24, 2023 at 10:00 a.m.

Lone Hill Park, 500 N. Shellman Avenue, San Dimas, California 91773 PROJECT IDENTIFICATION NAME: PLAYGROUND SURFACE REPLACEMENT PROJECT, CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT NO. 2023-03
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City of San Dimas, County of Los Angeles, California, will receive up to, but not later than, the time set forth above sealed contract bids for the award of a contract for the above project. All bids shall be made on the form furnished by the City and shall be opened and publicly read aloud at the above-stated time in the Office of the City Clerk of the City of San Dimas, City Hall.

DESCRIPTION OF WORK: The Playground Surface Replacement features a renovation to existing Fibar playground surface material in the park playgrounds and installing pour in place (PIP) rubber playground surface material.

OBTAINING CONTRACT DOCUMENTS: Contract documents, may be obtained online at sandimasca.gov or by contacting Parks and Recreation Department at 909-394-6230.

Each bid shall be accompanied by bid security referred to in the contract documents and by a list of proposed subcontractors.

Evidence of insurance, a performance bond, and a labor and materials bond as specified in the contract documents will be required prior to execution of the contract.

Pursuant to the Labor Code of the State of California, the Director of Industrial Relations has determined the general prevailing rate of wages and employer payments for health and welfare, vacation, pension and similar purposes applicable to the work to be done.

This rate and scale are on file with the Department of Public Works, and copies will be made available to any interested party on request. The contractor to whom the contract is awarded, and the subcontractors under him, must pay not less than these rates for this area to all workers employed in the execution of the contract.

At the time of the award of the contract, the successful bidder shall possess a Class “A,” “B,” or “C-12” (Earthwork and Paving) contractor's license. Only a contractor registered with the Department of Industrial Relations (“DIR”) to bid on public works contracts in California shall be permitted to submit a bid. Furthermore, only subcontractors registered with the DIR to bid on public works contracts in California shall be permitted to perform work or labor or render service under subcontract to the subject contractor, or be listed on the bid. Further, the project is subject to compliance monitoring and enforcement by theDIR.

In accordance with Public Contract Code section 22300, the bidder who is awarded the contract may substitute securities for retention moneys withheld by a public agency to ensure performance under this contract. The procedure and requirements for substituting said securities is set forth in Public Contract Code section 22300 which is incorporated by this reference as set forth herein.

The City reserves the right to reject any or all bids and to waive any irregularities or informalities in any bid or in the bidding and to make awards in the interest of the City. No bidder may withdraw his bid for a period of ninety (90) calendar days after the opening of bids.

CITY OF SAN DIMAS
For information, please call Parks and Recreation Department at 909-394-6230 ________/s/ Debra Black__________
City Clerk
PUBLISHED: Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
Posted: May 15, 2023

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Department of Parks and Recreation City of San Dimas, California 1 SPECIAL PROVISIONS
SP-1 STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS AND GENERAL PROVISIONS
The Standard Specifications and General Provisions for the construction materials and construction methods as set forth in the "Standard Specifications for Public Works Construction," 2012 Edition and the “State of California Department of Transportation Standard Specifications,” May, 2010 Edition, shall be the Standard Specifications and General Provisions for all the Work to be done and the provisions of the Contract for the Work. In case of conflict between the Standard Specifications, the General Provisions, and these Special Provisions, the Special Provisions shall take precedence over and prevail over such conflicting portions.

SP-2 DEFINITIONS
The terms, whenever appearing in these Specifications, shall be interpreted to mean as follows:
“Board” The City Council of the City of San Dimas
“City” The City of San Dimas, California
“City Attorney” The City Attorney of the City of San Dimas “City Engineer” Authorized personnel of the City of San Dimas “City Council” The City Council of the City of San Dimas “Contract” The Contract and Contract Documents
“Contract Documents The plans, specifications, special conditions, and any other related documents or addenda for the Work.
“Contractor” The Contractor bidding on the Work
“State” The State Department of Transportation
“Work” The Work or Improvement
SP-3 TIME LIMIT
The Contractor undertaking this project must return the executed Contract Documents within Fourteen (14) calendar days of the City Council award date, and to commence work within Ten (10) calendar days from Notice to Proceed. The Contractor will have forty (40) working days to complete the project.

The working hours shall be from 7:00 am until 5:00 pm Monday through Friday excluding Holidays unless otherwise approved by the Director of Parks and Recreation.

The City Council will not authorize any of the Work to be done under these specifications before the Contract has been signed, and any of the Work that is done by the Contractor in advance of such time shall be considered as being done at its own risk, and on its own responsibility, and as a consequence, will be subject to rejection having been done without the presence of the City Engineer or Inspector appointed by the City Engineer.

SP-4 CONTRACTOR’S RESPONSIBILITY
A. SUPERINTENDENCE

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Department of Parks and Recreation City of San Dimas, California 2 Whenever the Contractor is not present on any part of the Work where direction is needed, orders given by the City Engineer shall be received and obeyed by the superintendent or foreman or authorized representative who may be in charge of the Work. Any order given by the City Engineer, not otherwise required to be in writing by the specifications will, on request of the Contractor, be given or confirmed in writing. An authorized representative of the Contractor shall be at the work site during working hours.

B. CHARACTER OF WORKMEN
All superintendents and foreman shall be English-speaking. Any superintendent, foreman, laborer, or other person employed on the Work by the Contractor who fails or refuses to perform the Work in the manner specified herein shall be discharged immediately, and such person shall not again be employed on the Work. Upon written notification, the Contractor or any subcontractor shall discharge any person who is in the opinion of the City Engineer incompetent, disorderly, unfaithful, or otherwise unsatisfactory. Such discharge shall not be the basis of any claim for compensation or damage against the City or any of its officers.

SP-5 CITY ENGINEER AND CITY ENGINEER’S RESPONSIBILITY
Whenever in these specifications, or in other contract documents, where these specifications govern, the term, “City Engineer”, shall mean authorized personnel of the City of San Dimas.

The City Engineer shall have the general supervision and direction of the Work. He has authority to stop the Work whenever such stoppage may be necessary to insure the proper execution of the Contract. He shall have authority to reject any work or materials which do not conform to the Contract Documents, to direct the application of work forces to such portions of the Work as in his judgment is required, to order the work force increased or diminished, to direct the sequence of the Work, and to decide questions which arise in the execution of the Work.

The City Engineer shall provide inspection for all the Work to be performed under the Contract. All materials and the Work shall be performed only in the presence of the City Engineer or his authorized inspector, and any Work done in the absence of the City Engineer or his authorized inspector shall be subject to rejection. The Contractor shall notify the City Engineer forty-eight (48) hours in advance of any Work to be done, in order that inspection services may be provided.

SP-6 INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS
Before execution of the Contract, during the entire period of the Contract, and for periods after the end of the Contract, the Contractor shall have in place all of the insurance coverage’s required in this section. The Contractor’s insurance shall comply with all items specified by the Contract. Any subcontractors shall be subject to all of the requirements of this section, and the Contractor shall be responsible to obtain evidence of insurance from each subcontractor.

A. INSURER REQUIREMENTS
All insurance policies used to satisfy these requirements shall be issued by insurers authorized to do business in the State of California. Insurers shall have a current A.M. Best’s ratings of not less than A: VII unless otherwise approved by the City.

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Department of Parks and Recreation City of San Dimas, California 3 B. COVERAGE’S, LIMITS AND POLICY REQUIREMENTS
The Contractor shall maintain the types of coverage’s and limits as stated:

1. Commercial General Liability Insurance Commercial General Liability Insurance occurrence form, including all coverage’s provided by and to the extent afforded by Insurance Services Office Form CG 0001 ed. 11/88 or 11/85, with no special limitations affecting the City. The limit for all coverages under this policy shall be no less than $2,000,000 per occurrence. The City, its employees, officials and agents shall be added as an additional insured by endorsements to the policy. The insurer shall agree to provide the City with thirty (30) days prior written notice of any cancellation, nonrenewal or material change in coverage. The policy shall contain no provision that would make this policy excess over, contributory with or invalidated by the existence of any insurance, self-insurance or other risk financing program maintained by the City. In the event the policy contains such an “other insurance” clause, the policy shall be modified by endorsement to show that this policy is primary for any claim arising out of the Work performed under the Contract.

2. Commercial Automobile Liability Insurance Commercial Automobile Liability Insurance including all coverage’s provided by and to the extent afforded by Insurance Services Office Form CA 0001, ed. 12/93, including Symbol 1 (any auto) with no special limitations affecting the City. The limit for bodily injury and property damage liability shall be no less than $2,000,000 per accident. The insurer shall agree to provide the City with thirty (30) days prior written notice of any cancellation, non-renewal or material change in coverage. The policy shall contain no provision that would make this policy excess over, contributory with or invalidated by the existence of any insurance, selfinsurance or other risk financing program maintained by the City. In the event the policy contains such an “other insurance” clause, the policy shall be modified by endorsement to show that this policy is primary for any claim arising out of the Work performed under the Contract.

3. Workers’ Compensation Insurance Workers’ Compensation Insurance shall meet all statutory benefit requirements of the Labor Code of the State of California. Employers Liability Insurance with a minimum limit of $1,000,000 per claim. The policy shall contain or be endorsed to include a waiver of subrogation in favor of the City.

C. ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
The procuring of such required policies of insurance shall not be construed to limit the Contractor’s liability hereunder or to fulfill the indemnification provisions and requirements of the Contract. There shall be no recourse against the City for payment of insurance premiums or other related costs. The City shall notify the Contractor in writing of changes in the insurance requirements. If the Contractor does not deposit, within sixty (60) days of receipt of such notice, copies of acceptable insurance policies incorporating the changes with the City, the Contractor shall be deemed in default under the Contract.

Any deductibles or self-insured retentions must be declared to and approved by the City. Any deductible exceeding an amount acceptable to the City shall be subject to the following changes:

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Department of Parks and Recreation City of San Dimas, California 4 1. The insurer shall reduce or eliminate such deductibles or self-insured retentions with respect to the City and its officials, employees and agents (with additional premium, if any to be paid by the Contractor); or

2. The Contractor shall provide satisfactory financial guarantee for payment of losses and related investigations, claim administration and defense expenses.

D. VERIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE
The Contractor shall furnish the City with original endorsements effecting coverage required by this clause. The endorsements are to be signed by a person authorized by that insurer to bind coverage on its behalf. All endorsements are to be received and approved by the City before work commences. Not less than fifteen (15) days prior to the expiration date of any policy of insurance required by this section, the Contractor shall deliver to the City a binder or certificate of insurance with respect to each renewal policy, bearing a notation evidencing payment of the premium, or accompanied by other proof of payment satisfactory to the City.

SP-7 PROGRESS PAYMENTS
Progress payments will be made in accordance with Section 9-3 of the Standard Specifications. The City shall retain five (5) percent of each progress payment to the Contractor in order to ensure performance under the Contract. Upon written claim by the Contractor submitted to the City Engineer on or before the twenty-fifth (25) day of each month during which the Work is under construction, the City Engineer will make an approximate measurement of the Work performed to that date and recommend to the City a progress payment to be paid for the Work completed. All requests for Payment shall be submitted on a City provided template. Payment will be made to the Contractor on or about the fifteenth (15) day of the month following completion of each estimate period. No payment shall be made or required to be made when, in the judgment of the City Engineer, the Work is not proceeding in accordance with the Contract.

A. SUBSTITUTION OF SECURITIES FOR MONIES WITHHELD TO ASSURE PERFORMANCE

AND PAY EARNED RETENTIONS DIRECTLY TO AN ESCROW AGENT
In accordance with California Public Contract Code, Section 22300, the Contractor may request permission to substitute securities in lieu of having retention withheld by the City from progress payments when such payments become due or, in the alternative, the Contractor may request that the City make payments of earned retentions directly to an agreed upon designated escrow agent at the Contractor’s expense. The following shall control if either option is requested by the Contractor:

1. Substitution of Securities for Performance Retention At some reasonable time before any progress payments would otherwise be due and payable to the Contractor in the performance of the Work under the Contract, the Contractor may submit a request in writing to the City requesting permission to substitute retentions with securities equivalent to the estimated amount of retention (“Estimated Retention”) to be withheld by the City. The Contractor shall deposit such securities with the City or may, in the alternative, deposit such securities in escrow with a state or federally chartered bank in California, as the escrow agent, and at the Contractor’s expense. Such securities will be equivalent or greater than the Estimated Retention. If on or after the date the securities are to be deposited: (a) the Contract is modified, by written modification,

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Department of Parks and Recreation City of San Dimas, California 5 change order or otherwise, resulting in the Contractor being entitled to receive an amount more than the estimated Contract amount; and/or (b) the City, by a reservation of rights and at its sole discretion and upon advise of the City Attorney, determine that the amount of the securities on deposit, are not equal to or greater than the Estimated Retention, the Contractor shall within a reasonable time, upon the request of the City, deposit additional securities, so that the amount of securities on deposit with the City or escrow agent is equivalent or greater in value than the amount of Estimated Retention.

Upon satisfactory completion of the Contract, which shall mean, among other things, that the City is not otherwise entitled to retain proceeds from progress payments as elsewhere provided in the Contract or under applicable law, the securities shall be returned to the Contractor.

2. Deposit of Retention Proceeds with an Escrow Agent As an alternative to the substitution of securities, as provided in (A)(1) above, or the City otherwise retaining and holding retention proceeds from progress payments, the Contractor may request the City to make payments of retentions earned directly to an escrow agent with the same qualifications as required in paragraph (A)(1) above and at the expense of the Contractor. At its sole expense, the Contractor may direct the investment of such retention payments into only such securities as mentioned in paragraph (A)(3) below and shall be entitled to interest earned on such investments on the same terms provided for securities deposited by the Contractor. Upon satisfactory completion of the Contract, which shall mean when the City would not otherwise be entitled to withhold retention proceeds from progress payments had the Contractor not elected to have such proceeds deposited into escrow, the Contractor shall be allowed to receive from the escrow agent all securities, interest, and payments deposited into escrow pursuant to the terms of this section. The Contractor shall pay to each subcontractor, not later than twenty (20) days of receipt of the payment, the respective amount of interest earned, net of costs attributed to retention withheld from each subcontractor, on the amount withheld to insure performance of the Contractor.

3. Securities eligible for investment Securities eligible for investment shall include those listed in California Government Code Section 16430, bank or savings and loan certificates of deposit, interest bearing demand deposit accounts, standby letters of credit, or any other security mutually agreed upon between the Contractor and the City.

The Contractor shall be the beneficial owner of any securities substituted for any monies withheld and shall receive any interest thereon.

4. Escrow Agreement for security deposits in lieu of retention The Escrow Agreement that shall be used for the deposit of securities in lieu of retention shall substantially conform to the form prescribed in California Public Contract Code Section 22300(e).

5. Inconsistencies with prevailing statutory requirements If there is any inconsistency between or differences in Public Contract Code Section 22300 and the terms of this provision, or any future amendments thereto, Section 22300 shall control.

B. RELEASE OF RETENTION PROCEEDS:

Retention proceeds withheld by the City, or by the Contractor from any subcontractor shall be governed by California Public Contract Code, Section 7107. Within sixty (60) days after the date of completion of the Work covered by the Contract, the retention withheld from the Contractor shall be released,

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Department of Parks and Recreation City of San Dimas, California 6 unless the City decides to continue to withhold such proceeds, as provided for within the Contract. In the event of a dispute between the Contractor and the City involving the Work, the City may withhold an amount from the retention payment that shall not exceed 150 percent (150%) of the estimated value of the disputed amount from final payment to the Contractor. The date of completion of the Work shall mean any of the following:

1. The occupation, beneficial use, and enjoyment of the Work by the City, excluding any operation only for testing, startup, or commissioning, by the City, or its agent, accompanied by cessation of labor on the Work;

2. The acceptance by the City, or its agent, of the Work;

3. After the commencement of the Work, a cessation of labor on the Work for a continuous period of one-hundred (100) days or more, due to factors beyond the control of the Contractor; or

4. After the commencement of the Work, a cessation of labor on the Work for a continuous period of thirty (30) days or more, if the City files and records a "Notice of Cessation" or "Notice of Completion" with the Los Angeles County Recorder’s Office.

The Contractor may withhold from a subcontractor its portion of the retention proceeds if a bona fide dispute exists between the Contractor and the subcontractor. Otherwise, payment must be made within ten (10) days from the time that any retention proceeds are received by the Contractor. The amount withheld from the retention payment shall not exceed 150 percent (150%) of the estimated value of the disputed amount. In the event retention payments are not made within the required time periods, the City or the Contractor withholding the unpaid amounts shall be subject to a charge of two percent (2%) per month on any improperly withheld amounts in lieu of interest otherwise due. In any action for the collection of funds improperly withheld, the prevailing party shall be entitled to attorney’s fees and costs.

SP-8 LIQUIDATED DAMAGES
Liquidated damages will be assessed in accordance with Section 6-9 of the Standard Specifications.

Progress payments made by the City after the scheduled completion date does not constitute a waiver of liquidated damages.

SP-9 DISPUTE RESOLUTION
Section 20104 et seq. of the California Public Contract Code prescribes a process for utilizing informal conferences, nonbinding judicially supervised mediation, and judicial arbitration to resolve disputes on construction claims of $375,000 or less. In the case of a dispute between the Contractor and the City in regards to this Contract, the requirements of Section 20104 et seq. of the California Public Contract Code shall apply.

SP-10 PROTECTION OF WORK AND MATERIALS
In addition to the requirements of Section 4-1.2 of the Standard Specifications, the Contractor shall be responsible for the protection of the Work until it has been inspected and accepted by the City Engineer.

Any Work damaged or destroyed prior to acceptance of the Work shall be replaced at the Contractor’s expense and to the satisfaction of the City Engineer. This requirement pertains to all sections of the Contract.

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Department of Parks and Recreation City of San Dimas, California 7 The Contractor’s attention is directed to Section 7105 of the Public Contract Code of the State of California prohibiting assignment of responsibility to the Contractor for repairing work damaged by an act of God, in excess of 5% of the contracted amount, provided that the Work damaged is built in accordance with accepted and applicable building standards, and the plans and specifications of the City.

SP-11 SOUND CONTROL REQUIREMENTS
The Contractor shall comply with all local sound control and noise level rules, regulations and ordinances which apply to any work performed by the Contractor. The noise level from the Contractor’s operation, between the hours of 8:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m., shall not exceed 86 dBA at a distance of 50 feet. This requirement in no way relieves the Contractor from responsibility for complying with local ordinances regulating noise level. Said noise level requirement shall apply to all equipment for the Work or related to the Work, including but not limited to trucks, transit mixers or transient equipment that may or may not be owned by the Contractor. No internal combustion engine shall be operated on the project without a muffler. The use of loud sound signals shall be avoided in favor of light warnings except those required by safety laws for the protection of personnel.

SP-12 STREET SIGNS
During period of construction, the Contractor will be responsible for any damage caused to street signs and stop signs within the area of the Work. If the nature of the Work requires the removal of street signs or stop signs, the Contractor may deliver the signs to the City Maintenance Yard for storage. All signs will be reinstalled as directed by the City Engineer.

SP-13 TRAFFIC CONTROL
The Contractor shall comply with all the requirements of Section 7-10 of the Standard Specifications, Subsection 56-2 of the Caltrans Standard Specifications, and the current requirements set forth in the “Manual of Traffic Controls for Construction and Maintenance Work Zones” published by the Department of Transportation, State of California, and to provide all barricades, pedestals and other means necessary to provide the safety of the public and the control of traffic. Flasher units on barricades shall have a twelve (12) volt system. In addition, the Contractor must be prepared to provide additional traffic control measures when necessary for any condition that may arise during the construction period.

Failure to provide adequate safety devices, as directed by the City Engineer, will cause the City to install safety devices as needed at the cost of $50 per location per day, and said cost will be assessed to the Contractor.

A. PUBLIC CONVENIENCE
At least ten (10) calendar days prior to commencing work, the Contractor shall submit a construction schedule to the City for approval. Based on the construction schedule, the Contractor will notify residents, and businesses of the Work and post temporary "NO PARKING" signs at no cost to the City. Signs will be posted at all intersections and along street at a maximum of 200 feet between signs. Signs may be attached to existing poles or street light standards, but when necessary the Contractor shall furnish posts. The "NO PARKING" signs shall be placed not less than twentyfour (24) hours prior to performing the Work; therefore a request for changes in the schedule requiring additional posting shall be submitted by the Contractor for approval by the City Engineer at least fortyeight (48) hours prior to the Work.

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San Dimas City CouncilJune 13, 2023

San Dimas City Council
June 13, 2023