CITY COUNCIL AND HOUSING
AUTHORITY MEETING
City of
SAN ACTION MINUTES
DIMAS
California
1960
MAY 28, 20247:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING
Council Members Present: Mayor Emmett Badar, Mayor Pro Tem Ryan A. Vienna, Councilmember Rachel Bratakos, Councilmember Eric Nakano, 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 Community Development Luis Torrico, City Attorney Jeff Malawy, City Clerk Debra Black, Acting Planning Manager Marco Espinoza, Landscape Maintenance Manager Steven Farmer, Housing Manager Lily Flores
Call to Order: 7:00 PM
CONSENT ITEMS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Recognize Mosquito Awareness Week Councilmember Nakano requested
2. Adopt Resolution 2024-33, A Resolution discussion for consent calendar item 7. of the City Council of the City of San
Dimas, Approving the Warrant Register MOTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Vienna of May 30, 2024, in the amount of seconded by Councilmember Weber to $1,184,479.77. approve the consent calendar items 1-8
3. Approve the City Council Minutes of the excluding item 7. Motion carried 5-0.
May 14, 2024, Study Session and May
14, 2024, Regular Meeting Yes: Badar, Bratakos, Nakano, Vienna,
4. Receive and File the April 2024 Weber
Investment Report No: None
5. Approve a Vendor Agreement with the Absent: None
San Dimas Chamber of Commerce to Abstain: None
Provide Economic and Business Support
Activities in an Amount not to Exceed
$16,800 MOTION: Motion by councilmember Nakano
Receive and File the Revised Draft San seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Vienna to Dimas Downtown Specific Plan That Will approve the consent calendar item 7. Motion Be Considered at Future Public Hearings carried 5-0.
Before the Planning Commission and
City Council Yes: Badar, Bratakos, Nakano, Vienna,
7. Authorize the City Manager to Enter into Weber
Reimbursement Agreements with Bonita No: None
Unified School District (BUSD) to Absent: None
Reimburse the City of San Dimas for use Abstain: None
of a Special Assignment Deputy in the
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Amount of $255, 144 and a Crossing
Guard in the Amount of $9, 100.
8. Adoption of Ordinance 1307 - Municipal
Code Text Amendment 22-0002, a
Municipal Code Text Amendment to
amend Title 18-Zoning of the San Dimas
Municipal Code to Create Standards to
Regulate Recycling Facilities, Donation
Boxes and Non-US Postal Service
Mailboxes, and Amend Title 18-Zoning,
Chapter 18.08 Definitions to Reflect the
Changes Associated with the Proposed
Standards. 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. Therefore, no
additional environmental review is
needed at this time.
HOUSING AUTHORITY ITEMS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Approve the Appropriation of Funds for MOTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Vienna the Camera Installation Project for seconded by Councilmember Weber to Charter Oak Mobile Home Estates; and approve the appropriation of funds for the Approval of an Agreement with Netsync camera installation and approval of Network Solutions (Netsync) in an agreement with Netsync. Motion carried 5-0.
Amount not to exceed $66,877.39 for the
purchase and installation of equipment Yes: Badar, Bratakos, Nakano, Vienna, and cameras for the Charter Oak Mobile Weber
Home Estates No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Adopt Resolution 2024-34 Setting the No public comments were received on this City-Wide Landscape Parcel Tax for item.
Fiscal Year 2024-25
MOTION: Motion by Councilmember Weber
seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Vienna to adopt
Resolution 2024-34. Motion carried 5-0.
Yes: Badar, Bratakos, Nakano, Vienna,
Weber
No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
2. Adopt Resolution 2024-36 Confirming the No public comments were received on this Assessment for Open Space item.
Maintenance District No. 1, Annexation
No. 3 (Tract 32841, Northwoods). MOTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Vienna seconded by Councilmember Weber to adopt
Resolution 2024-36 with no increase.
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Yes: Badar, Bratakos, Nakano, Vienna,
Weber
No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
Adopt Resolution 2024-37, Option 1 No public comments were received on this Confirming the Assessment for Open item.
Space Maintenance District No. 1 (Tract
32818, Boulevard) with an increase for MOTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Vienna Consumer Price Index in the Amount of seconded by Councilmember Weber to adopt
3.4% or $20.50/Parcel Resolution 2024-37, Option 1. Motion carried Yes: Badar, Bratakos, Nakano, Vienna,
Weber
No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
4. Discussion, Consideration and This item was taken out of order and heard Introduction of Ordinance 1308 to first at the request of Mayor Pro Tem Vienna.
Approve ZC 22-0001 and Approve
Vesting Tentative Tract Map 22-0001, City Attorney Malawy recommended to split General Plan Amendment 23-0001, the recommendations into two decisions.
Development Plan Review Board 22- • Decision 1 approve or deny the 0015 and Tree Removal Permit 22-0029; entitlements and zoning of the 2 PROJ-22-0051 A request to approve the parcels along Cherokee Court owned subdivision of two (2) existing parcels by the Applicant. into seven (7) new parcels (TTM 83304)
to be developed with seven (7) detached • Decision 2 Deny the rezoning or single-family residences, amend the continue the rezoning of the 17 General Plan designation of the two (2) parcels to the next council meeting. parcels from Single Family Very Low (0.2
- 3) to Single Family Low (3.1 - 6), MOTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Vienna change the Zoning of the two (2) parcels seconded by Councilmember Bratakos to from SF-A 16,000 to S-F 7,500, and approve the entitlements and zoning changes remove 11 mature protected trees for the for two parcels and seven homes along properties located at 327 East Baseline Cherokee Court and deny the request to Road and an unaddressed parcel (APNs rezone the 17 parcels, bring back revised 8661-017-010 & -011); and Amend the resolutions, and for the developer to prevent General Plan Land Use designation of 17 infringement on horse keeping for adjacent parcels from Single Family Very Low (0.2 properties as much as possible. Motion - 3) and Commercial to Single Family carried 5-0.
Low (3.1 - 6), and change the Zoning
designation of 17 parcels from SF-A Yes: Badar, Bratakos, Nakano, Vienna, 16,000 to S-F 7,500 for the properties Weber
located at 1102, 1108, 1114, 1120, 1126, No: None
1132 & 1136 Cherokee Court, 315 E. Absent: None
Baseline Road and an unaddressed Abstain: None
Parcel (APNs 8661-017-009 & -008), 245
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E Baseline Road, and 1117, 1121, 1129,
1139, 1145, 1151 & 1150 N. Walnut
Avenue and to adopt an Initial
Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration
(IS/MND).
5. Adopt Resolution 2024-27 and Introduce The City Attorney announced that Public Ordinance 1306 Approving the Following Hearing Item 4 was denied by Council and Related Applications with a Mitigated therefore item 5 cannot be approved and Negative Declaration for the must be continued to a date uncertain.
Development of a 63,749 Square Foot
Warehouse/Office Multi-tenant Building MOTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Vienna on a 2.58-acre Site Located at the seconded by Councilmember Weber to Northwest Corner of Cataract Avenue continue the public hearing to a date and Allen Avenue (309 W. Allen Avenue, uncertain. Motion carried 5-0. 917 N. Cataract Avenue, And 929 N.
Cataract Avenue) APN's 8392-016-008, - Yes: Badar, Bratakos, Nakano, Vienna, 048, and -047. Weber
No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: None
CITY REPORTS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS
1. City Manager None
2. City Attorney None
3. Members of the City Council All Councilmembers attended the California Reports on Meetings Attended AB 1234 Contracts Cities Annual Seminar. (G.C. §53232.3(d))
CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS
FUTURE ITEMS
Request by Councilmember Nakano and
supported by Mayor Pro Tem Vienna to
discuss adding the Planning Commission
training budget during the city budget
discussion at the next meeting.
CLOSED SESSION ITEMS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL Following the closed sessions, the City COUNSEL--EXISTING LITIGATION Attorney made a public announcement that Government Code Section 54956.9(d) (1) the City Council met and discussed the two Name of case: City of Whittier, et al. v. closed session items listed on the agenda, Superior Court of the State of California, that the City Council gave direction to staff on County of Los Angeles, et al., Orange those items, and that no reportable action County Superior Court Case No. was taken. Councilmember Vienna recused 23STCP03579 himself and did not participate in closed
session item number 2, due to a conflict of
interest resulting from the involvement of his
employer, the County of Los Angeles, in the
item.
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2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL
COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED
LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation pursuant to
Government Code Section
54956.9(d) (4): One case.
Adjourned: 9:25 PM
1, Debra Black, City Clerk attest that these minutes are accurate and reflective of the actions taken by the City Council.
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Debra Black, City Clerk
CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION
City of ACTION MINUTES
SAN
DIMAS MAY 28, 2024, 5:30 PM
California
1960
Council Members Present: Mayor Emmett Badar, Mayor Pro Tem Ryan A. Vienna, Councilmember Rachel Bratakos, Councilmember Eric Nakano, 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 Community Development Luis Torrico, City Attorney Jeff Malawy, City Clerk Debra Black, Acting Planning Manager Marco Espinoza
Call to Order: 5:30 PM
STUDY SESSION ITEMS COMMENTS/RECOMMENDATIONS
1. Discussion of the City's Code Involving MOTION: Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Vienna, Single Family Agricultural Zone and second by Councilmember Weber directing Related Permitting of Certain Domestic Staff to return in October 2024 with a study Animals session to discuss potential changes to the
SF-A zone that would positively impact
property owners' ability to maintain
equestrian and other animal-keeping uses.
Motion carried 4-0-1 with Councilmember
Nakano abstaining.
The City Council requested the following
information:
• A map identifying all SF-A parcels.
• An outline of the cases in which the
City tracks the number of parcels
maintaining equestrian or other
animals; and
Identification of best practices for
horse keeping, including a review of
policies in the cities of San Luis
Obispo, Lompoc, Cambria, Norco,
Fontana, Eastvale, Covina, and Chino.
Yes: Badar, Bratakos, Vienna, Weber
No: None
Absent: None
Abstain: Nakano
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Adjourned: 6:50 PM
1, Debra Black, City Clerk attest that these minutes are accurate and reflective of the actions taken by the City Council.
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Debra Black, City Clerk