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MINUTES OF OCTOBER 18, 2022
REGULAR MEETING OF THE SAN GABRIEL CITY COUNCIL
CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Ding called the regular meeting of the San Gabriel City Council to order at 6:39 P.M. on Tuesday, October 18, 2022, in the Council Chamber at City Hall, 425 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, California, 91776.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Council Member Wu.
ROLL CALL
Council Members Present:
Council Members Absent:
Staff Members Present:
CLOSED SESSION REPORT
Denise Menchaca, Carina Rivera, John Wu, Vice Mayor
John R. Harrington, and Mayor Tony Ding.
None.
City Manager Mark Lazzaretto, Assistant City Attorney
Steven O'Neill, 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.
Special City Council Meeting of October 18, 2022:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (§ 54956.9) City of San Gabriel v. San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments Assistant City Attorney O'Neill announced that direction was given to staff.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Chief City Clerk Clark provided information for the public on how to view the meeting and how to request meeting agendas.
1. APPROVAL OF AGENDA ORDER
Mayor Ding announced that staff had requested that New Business Item 7B, Grapevine Guide and Grapevine Newsletter Merge, be moved to the November 15, 2022, City Council meeting.
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A motion was made by Council Member Menchaca, seconded by Council Member Rivera, to approve the agenda order as so amended.
Motion carried by a vote of 5-0 as follows:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
MENCHACA, RIVERA, WU, HARRINGTON, DING
NONE
NONE
NONE
2. PRESENTATIONS
A. INTRODUCTION AND PROMOTION OF FIRE ENGINEER BRENT PATTISON Fire Chief Wallace made the presentation and Chief City Clerk Clark administered the Oath of Allegiance.
3. PUBLIC COMMENT
Debbie Kilgore, resident, announced a candidate forum at the Grapevine Padilla Room on October 19, 2022, from at 6:30-8:30 P.M ., moderated by the Pasadena League of Women's Voters; and commented on illegally-placed election signs.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
A motion was made by Council Member Menchaca, seconded by Vice Mayor Harrington, to approve Consent Calendar Items 4A - 41 as presented.
Motion carried by a vote of 5-0 as follows:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
MENCHACA, RIVERA, WU, HARRINGTON, DING
NONE
NONE
NONE
A. RESOLUTION NO. 22-67 REAUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE
CITY'S COMMISSIONS TO IMPLEMENT TELECONFERENCE ACCCESSIBILITY FOR CONDUCTING PUBLIC MEETINGS PURSUANT TO ASSEMBLY BILL 361 The City Council adopted Resolution No. 22-67 regard ing the use of teleconferencing for public meetings.
B. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
The City Council approved the following:
1. M inutes of the City Council Special Meeting of October 4, 2022.
2. Minutes of the City Council Regular Meeting of October 4, 2022.
C. MATERIAL DEMANDS
The City Council approved September 22, 2022, and September 29, 2022, Registers of Demands and Warrants for the payment of City expenditures.
D. CASH AND INVESTMENT REPORT- SEPTEMBER 2022
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The City Council received and filed the report.
E. MONTHLY BUDGET UPDATE- SEPTEMBER 2022
The City Council received and filed the report.
F. FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 YEAR-END APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENTS The City Council adopted Resolution No. 22-66 approving proposed amendments to the annual budget for the Fiscal Year 2021 -22.
G. RESOLUTION NO. 22-59 APPROVING A REQUEST FOR TEMPORARY STREET CLOSURE ON THE 800 BLOCK OF COMMERCIAL AVENUE
The City Council adopted Resolution No. 22-59 authorizing closure on the 800 block of Commercial Avenue from South Gladys Avenue to the end of the cul-desac from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, 2022.
H. APPROVAL OF FINAL TRACT MAP AND SUBDIVISION IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT FOR TRACT NO. 73409 (PROPOSED MIXED-USE DEVELOPMENT AT 101 EAST VALLEY BOULEVARD, "THE ONE")
The City Council approved Final Tract Map No. 73409, authorized its filing with the Los Angeles County Recorder, and authorized the City Manager to execute the Subdivision Agreement on behalf of the City.
I. RESOLUTION NO. 22-63 RATIFYING THE MEMORANDUM OF
UNDERSTANDING WITH THE SAN GABRIEL POLICE MANAGEMENT GROUP FOR THE JULY 1, 2022 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2025 PERIOD AND INCREASING
GENERAL FUND APPROPRIATIONS FOR POLICE MANAGEMENT SALARIES The City Council adopted Resolution No. 22-63, which ratifies the three-year successor Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the period covering July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2025, between the City and the Police Management Group, appropriates $227,486 in General Funds for increased Police personnel salaries; and authorizes the City's negotiators to execute the MOU.
5. PUBLIC HEARING - None.
6. CONTINUED BUSINESS - None.
7. NEW BUSINESS
A. DISCUSSION AND INPUT ON CITY COUNCIL RECOGNITION POLICY City Manager Lazzaretto made the presentation.
Chasity Jennings-Nunez, resident, spoke in favor of proclamations and certificates being signed by all Council Members, and in favor of the one-week-prior request deadline, and requested that the policy include language detailing standing proclamations.
Discussion included that the City website already has a list of standing proclamations and possible related wording for the policy; the Mayor would approve new proclamations, or a majority of Council could override the Mayor; definition of milestone birthdays; preference for certificates from the entire CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MINUTES Page 3 of 4 October 18, 2022 I
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Council; adding information about the research and approval components of the process into the policy; commendation to the City Clerk Department for personalizing certificates; addition of verbiage about the vetting process on the City's website page; the process for distributing certificates; including a point of contact on the website page; fiscal impact for staff time; process for duplicate requests; letters of commendation from individual Council Members as long as they don't speak for entire Council; copying the entire Council on letters sent by the Mayor; and clarifying language in the policy to distinguish ceremonial content versus legislative support.
There was a consensus of the City Council to direct staff to prepare a policy for City Council consideration incorporating the components discussed.
B. GRAPEVINE GUIDE AND GRAPEVINE NEWSLETTER MERGE
This item was rescheduled to the November 15, 2022, regular City Council meeting.
8. PUBLIC COMMENT - None.
9. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
City Manager Lazzaretto announced that the discussion regarding the Focus Plaza requested by the City Council at the last regular meeting has been scheduled for the regular City Council meeting on November 1, 2022, which will be held at the Mission Playhouse, and the City would provide a translator for that item.
10. COUNCIL COMMENTS AND CONFERENCE/MEETING REPORTS
Council Members Wu, Rivera, and Menchaca, Vice Mayor Harrington, and Mayor Ding thanked staff for their work on the Dumpling & Beer Fest, commented on the event, and provided suggestions to improve next year's event.
Council Member Rivera announced the Fall Festival on October 28, 2022, and the upcoming Dia de los Muertos festival.
11. CLOSED SESSION - None.
12. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 7:37 P.M
Respectfully submitted:
Approved this 1st day of November, 2022:
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TONY DING, Mayor ~
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