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MINUTES OF APRIL 28, 2022
SPECIAL MEETING OF THE SAN GABRIEL CITY COUNCIL
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Ding called the special meeting of the San Gabriel City Council to order at 6:30 P.M. on Thursday, April 28, 2022, in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 425 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, California, 91776.
ROLL CALL
Council Members Present:
Council Members Absent:
Staff Members Present:
1. PUBLIC COMMENT
Denise Menchaca, Carina Rivera, John Wu, Vice Mayor
John R. Harrington, and Mayor Tony Ding.
None.
City Manager Mark Lazzaretto, Assistant City Attorney
Martin Koczanowicz, Community Services Director
Rebecca Perez, Police Chief Eugene Harris, Chief City
Clerk Sharon Clark, Public Works Director/City Engineer Greg de Vinck, Fire Chief Steven Wallace, Human
Resources/Risk Management Director Edward Macias,
Finance Director William Kaholokula, Community
Development Director Aldo Cervantes, and Assistant
City Clerk Marilyn Bonus.
Public comment was deferred to after the staff presentation and clarifying questions from the City Council.
2. STUDY SESSION
A. PROPOSED BUDGET AND CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM FOR FISCAL YEAR 2022-2023
Finance Director Kaholokula and Assistant Finance Director Linda Tang made the presentation.
Chasity Jennings-Nunez, M.D. provided comments expressing displeasure with the proportion of the City budget allocated to public safety.
Andrew; Mitch Borgeson, resident; and Sonia Lyn, provided comments in support of the City adding permanent pickleball courts.
Jeanne Raya, resident, stated her preference for the PowerPoint materials on this item over the many pages that were provided with the staff report.
Discussion included clarification that the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds went into City reserves, except for the business-assistance grants; street expenditures; detail of projects funded in the Measure R line item; street-repair projects completed over the last three years; timeline for Mission Playhouse parking lot, alleys, and poor-condition street repair; details of the General Fund CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES Page 1 of 2 April 28, 2022 I
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subsidy for the Mission Playhouse; and details of improvements to Mission Playhouse revenues.
Continued discussion included Information Technology (IT) history and timeline for improvements; details of projects planned for Smith Park and funding sources; the timing for dealing with the City's pension-obligation; appreciation for staff's work on the budget; no County grants are expected for Fiscal Year 2022-2023; and improvements planned for the City's website and related mobile application.
B. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 8:14 P.M.
Respectfully submitted:
JULI
Approved this 17th day of May, 2022:
TONY DING, Mayo;\b
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