CITY OF SOUTH GATE
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
MINUTES
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2022
CALL TO ORDER Al Rios, Mayor called a Regular City Council Meeting to order at 6:40 p.m.
INVOCATION Reverend Abner Lima, Community of Hope Church
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE Liliana Valadez, Police Records Specialist ROLL CALL Yodit Glaze, City Clerk
PRESENT Mayor Al Rios, Vice Mayor Maria del Pilar Avalos, Council Member Denise Diaz, and Council Member Gil Hurtado; City Treasurer Gregory Martinez, City Manager Chris Jeffers, City Attorney Raul F. Salinas ABSENT Council Member Maria Davila
1 PROCLAMATIONS The City Council issue a Proclamation recognizing November 11, 2022, as Veterans Day honoring those who have served our Nation in the Armed Forces.
2 PROCLAMATIONS The City Council issue a Proclamation declaring November 2022 as National Diabetes Month in the City of South Gate.
3 PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT
& SELECTION The City Council received the list of new and promotional full-time employees hired or promoted during September 2022.
4 CERTIFICATES The City Council presented Certificates of Appreciation, lawn signs, and azalea plants to (9) awardees selected by the Planning Commission to be recognized for their efforts in maintaining and beautifying their homes. 5A
CERTIFICATES
The City Council presented Certificates of Appreciation presented to the Founding Members of the Southeast Los Angeles (SELA) Collaborative. 5 SCHOOLS/EDUCATION The City Council received and filed a report from the Southeast Community Foundation (SCF) on the recently concluded 5-week tutoring program the City and SCF undertook at various LAUSD schools.
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HOUSING The City Council opened the public hearing, took public comments, and approved items A, B, C & D by motion of Council Member Diaz and seconded by Mayor Rios.
ROLL CALL: Council Member Diaz, yes; Council Member Hurtado, yes; Vice Mayor Avalos, yes; Mayor Rios, yes; Council Member Davila, absent.
a. Resolution No. 2022-62-CC entitled - Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, approving Substantial Amendment No. 1 to the 2020-2025 CDBG Consolidated Plan; and authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to submit to the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development; and
b. Resolution No. 2022-63-CC entitled - Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, approving Substantial Amendment No. 1 to the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Annual Action Plan re-allocating $43,850 of FY 2020-2021 CDBG funds to the FY 2022- 2023 Commercial Façade Program, and authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to submit to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and
c. Appropriated $43,850 to the CDBG Fund 243 for the Commercial Façade Program with an equal corresponding increase to grant carryover revenue; and
d. Authorized the City Manager or the Community Development Director to enter into agreements with eligible subrecipients.
Meredith Elguira, Director of Community Development explains that this item came before Council on October 11, 2022, public comments were taken and then it was continued too today. She is requesting Council to open the public comments to hear additional comments. Prior to that they want to reinstate that this consolidated amendment is to add neighborhood preservation added to fiscal years 2020 - 2025. This goal was added back on June 28, 2022, when Council approved the Annual Action Plan for fiscal year 2022 - 2023. In addition to the amendment, they are also requesting a substantial amendment for the 2022- 2023 CDBG Action Plan that would reprogram façade improvement money from the Tweedy Mile Association to be reprogramed to the city's own façade improvement program. This was allocated two years ago, and they are reprograming the money to this fiscal year.
Mayor Rios asked if anyone in the audience and zoom wished to speak on this item.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 25, 2022 Mario Dominguez asked Council to please fix the buildings on Tweedy Boulevard. He thinks they look shabby and with all this infrastructure money coming in those buildings should be upgraded.
Having no one else come forward, Mayor Rios closed the audience portion.
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ITEMS Virginia Johnson says that the time was not long at the candidate forum last week, she is afraid that the candidates were unable to answer all the questions. She wants to make sure that the candidates for council are listening to the needs of the residents. Also says that the businesses across the riverbed need help and refurbishment and explains that the city has not been doing a lot with the general fund and outreach to the businesses. She keeps seeing from her friends on Idaho Avenue that they have been having trouble with the streetlights and they would like to know why the residents must go to the city and Edison company to get this safety issue fixed. She does not know the addresses of the people who are dealing with this issue.
She also thanks Council Member Hurtado for bringing up the streetlights and including area five. Another problem she wanted to bring up is Los Angeles is trying to fix the current problems with adding more Council Members and she explains that the city of Chicago has 50 Council Members, and they are the most corrupt Council. She doesn't believe that it is a good idea to have that many people in the city. Lastly, she doesn't like the 3-minute rule.
Joe Pacheco asks if they could go back to the five minutes so that the residents are able to share their concerns in detail and let them know about the issues that they see daily. Speaking of lights, the lights that were put up on Tweedy are nice and says that the auto zone doesn't have lights which makes it look off. Last meeting, he wanted to ask Mr. Jeffers about the temporary light replacements over the signal lights and he emailed and called the City Manager about this and there has been no response.
Explains that he drives around the city and sees how much it has disintegrated over the years and that the city is old which is why it should be taken care of daily. He asks the Council to focus and try to get the city back better. He says that a couple of months ago they have talked about the parks and new fencing and other renovations, the Council also mentioned a bathroom and explains that the restroom is falling apart.
Another thing that he wants to take notes is that there is a traffic sign that was hit by a car on the center divider sitting on the sidewalk. There is also a tree on the sidewalk, and they must hunch over to get over the branch and now it is where the cars parked.
Liz Ruiz echoed the concerns of the previous speaker about the time especially when it comes to announcements from the Kiwanis. This
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ITEMS CONT'D makes it difficult because she feels responsible for keeping the Council and residents updated on what is going on in the city. She is asking Council to reinstate the five-minute time and thinks that cutting the time is not worth it. She raised concerns about the lighting being out on Michigan and Alexander. She also raised concerns about the overgrown trees, and she hopes that there is funding to expedite the process.
Thomas Buckley stated that all the proclamations lasted about an hour and thirty minutes, and it penalizes the residents because they must wait to speak. Explains that they have reached that point and if they want to talk a lot, he asks them to listen to the audio recording and see how long they take to speak. He explains that the proclamations could be much more efficient if they did not speak as much as they do. He explains that it is insulting when they reduce the time of residents, and they have unlimited time to speak.
Mario Dominguez explains that he wrote three questions for the candidates at the candidate forum, but they were not read. He would like to read two questions the first one is to Mayor Rios, this year he and other residents have been pushing the Council to purchase cameras for the Council Chambers and asks if it is going to happen before this year is over or the next six months. He would appreciate it if he settled this matter. The second question is towards all the candidates, but he wants to direct the question towards the Council. He is pursing six projects for the city two with South Gate and two with Lynwood, he explains that the projects can be funded through grants, state, and county funding. He asks the Council if they would support projects that would be highly beneficial to the city of South Gate. He would like to know what their commitment to get things done, the third question was to Robert Montalvo, but he will pose the question to him if he wins.
Frank Rivera addressed his concern regarding a bike pass on Southern Avenue and Otis this is the second time he has shared this concern. He has seen an increase in numbers of cars parking there and the trash is piling up and asks the Council to take care of it before it starts getting out of control.
Aaron Thumb was made aware of emails that were sent to the Council regarding members of the American Legion defending their commander.
He explains that he has been aware a lot of fake accounts that Robert Montalvo has created on social media to support his agenda and he has also seen a couple of questionable things he has done. Also, he is the one that is sending those fake emails and asks them to understand that this does not represent the veteran's community and all the staff members. He is also aware that he declined the funding that was proposed at the last council meeting. He would like to propose a non-profit for veterans stand together and he explains what the organization does and asks the Council
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ITEMS CONT'D if the funds could be reappropriated. He is thankful for the consideration and hopes he will be able to elaborate on this soon.
Joshua Barron invited the community to the second annual softball camp toy drive. This is being put on with association with the South Gate PD and South Gate Junior Athletic Association all toys donated will be given to the South Gate Police Department Santa Cop program. He says last year they filled up two cop cars and hopes that this time they are able to fill up two more and try to get as many gifts as possible while also giving instruction to the softball teams. He explains that the minors game will be at 9am and then the major division is for high school players and will start at 10:30 and hopes to see a lot of people there.
Resident calls in regarding to the fake veterans email and says he is not a real veteran he was a reservist and got kicked out.
City Attorney Salinas interrupts and explains that this is an opportunity for the public to speak on matters that involve city business. Explains that if it does not have anything to do with city business than he must interrupt.
The resident explains that he understands that, but he was just responding to it.
City Attorney Salinas asks to stop the audio.
City Attorney Salinas explains that when it comes to non-profit organizations the regulatory body for any non-profit is the CA Attorney General's Office that oversees charitable organizations, and it does not fall within the business of South Gate. It is on that bases that if the speaker talks about something that is not within the bases of the businesses within South Gate they are allowed to be cut off and that is the basis of what just happened.
Mayor Rios thanks the City Attorney for explaining to the audience what just happened.
South Gate Citizens on Patrol resident explains that she has constantly called regarding illegal dumping on the street and says that if she is not calling in the items that are dumped in front of the apartments on State Street the items sit there for days, to weeks, and sometimes even months.
That causes transients to come in and people consider it a dumping group because it is harder to identify which apartment it is coming from. It was her understanding that there was a Long Beach Coalition that was supposed to drive by and pick up the items. She would like to know what must get done to get it cleaned up, she asks if a truck could pass by once a week or maybe have Code Enforcement Officers figure out and see if they
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ITEMS CONT'D could do something else. She also explains that they had technical issues, and the lights are not working, and she thanks the electrical department for fixing it.
Mayor Rios asks for the street.
South Gate Citizens on Patrol resident says that it is on Deeble Street.
Cyndi Esquivel is here regarding the sidewalks on Tweedy near Walnut and the ones on Wright Road. She says that those lines must really be re- painted because they are not visible and that they are not very visible at night.
City Clerk Yodit would like to read a few emails but would like to let the audience know how correspondence will be handled moving forward. Any emails received before 12pm on meeting days they will be summarized by the City Clerk. A copy of the email will be provided to the City Council, and it will be available at the City Clerk's Office for public view. She received five emails total from Eddie Blanco, Myra Mendez, Frank Garcia, Tony Marcos, and Jacob Mendez. They have all expressed their concern and disappointment that the Council handled the Veterans' Day dinner by the American Legion on November 11 th.
Robert Montalvo thanks Mayor Rios for giving him another opportunity to speak. He wanted to start addressing some of the inconsistences by the City Attorney, he allows people to speak about businesses that have no jurisdiction over the City Council yet when someone calls in, they are cut off. He says this is very inconsistent and unfair and it shows favoritism, and he understands that he will give an explanation, but he is trying to show how it looks to the residents. He talks about being associated with a reputation that is not good and what that says about people. He also explains that people are upset with how they handled the veterans bill and expresses his discontent.
REPORTS AND COMMENTS
FROM CITY OFFICIALS City Manager Jeffers begins by talking about the street light issues that Ms. Johnson spoke about and says they will have someone check on that tomorrow and Public Works will
provide Council a report on what they found. He continues by explaining to Mr. Pacheco that they ordered the temporary light poles and that they are still waiting on those because they are in transit at the moment. He also explains that it is a supply chain issue and asks Mr. Cervantes if he has any updates on that.
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CONT'D Mr. Cervantes explains that they will begin in January or February when the poles arrive.
City Manager apologizes if he did not respond and explains that he did not receive an email. He repeats that if there are any issues then they can feel free to email him or call him. He doesn't like waiting 2-3 weeks to get on issues that come to him. Explains that the city appropriated money for the street tree lights to be replaced, he appreciates the City Councils trust in getting the light upgraded. Explains that with the street trimming Mr. Cervantes has explained that they are in the process of getting a new contractor which was explained at the previous Council meeting and that will start in November. They will be putting together a list for the 12,000 most needy trees and that will be integrated in. On the Southern Avenue bike pass he says that they will look at that and the cars he knows he got a call from Mr. Hurtado this morning and he mentioned the same concerns and he explains that the property is under DWP.
He says that they are going to be reaching out to the people that live in that apartment complex. The illegal dumping items they will be going back in, and he has spoken with her before, and they will be speaking again. He explains that they have a new process coming January 1st and talks about some of the
differences they have.
Arturo Cervantes explains that they have been servicing the past several months when it comes to restriping all the cross walks adjacent to the schools. That is happening city wide, and they are marking the curb parking that are adjacent to schools as well. At Wright Road just north of Imperial that issue has been brought to their attention and improvements have been made there. They are working on a second project there to improve crossing improvements with additional crossings.
Possibly with pedestrian button crossings and this project is taking a little bit more time and the process does take a procurement. He explains that there are a lot of projects and they have another that is meant to restripe many crosswalks, he doesn't have the exact number but they are planning to restripe.
He explains that the location on Tweedy and Walnut will be added to the list.
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CONT'D Mayor Rios says that he has ben canvassing with a business leader and is interested in doing something like the Tweedy Mile for the businesses on Hollydale. He explains that they will continue moving forward meeting with the businesses on the Hollydale side and discussing having an entity to help move forward the business improvement sector of the businesses.
City Attorney Salinas spoke on the free speech component of tonight. He explains to the public that the public comment period is subject to state law under the Brown Act. The Brown Act gives these opportunities to the public and it has to fall within the subject matter jurisdiction of the city. Explains that if it is outside the cities jurisdiction it is outside the public forum, he continues to explain this and other state statues that follow this policy guideline.
Mayor Rios thanks City Attorney Salinas for explaining that.
He would like to let the audience know that they did approve four million dollars in August for the streetlights and he hopes that it does go for that. They also added money for the tree trimming and there are a lot of other good things coming. He thanks the staff for responding to the comments.
Meredith Elguira, Director of Community Development has nothing to report.
Steve Costley, Interim Director of Parks & Recreation explains that the Art Walk took place two Saturdays ago on the 15t h and it was raining in the morning but after it was sunny. He explains that everything went very well a lot of people showed up along with the vendors. They also opened the Mi Barrio Art Exhibit in the art gallery, and he got to meet some of the artist who were young, and they were also exited. Some upcoming things happening is Halloween and it will be busy at the park, he explains that the operation is a little less busy than it used to be because of the pandemic. He says they are still looking for judges and that is going to start from 6 - 9 on Halloween night.
It will only be in South Gate Park because Hollydale Park will be going under construction soon. Couple of other things on
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CONT'D Veterans Day by the fountain they will be having a ceremony and last is the Centennial Day the city turns 100 on January 20t h and they will be celebrating on January 21st.
Arturo Cervantes, Director of Public Works acknowledged the street light outage that occurred on several streets, and he names those streets. He explains that the impact was from a failure of the streetlights system equipment and Edison did complete the repairs as of late last week. Since then, they have spent time troubleshooting the city streetlight system. As of today, the lights are functional, and they have back up lights if they do not work tonight. Explains that moving forward they can expect to have a more reliable lighting system.
Kris Ryan, Director of Administrative Services has nothing to report.
Chief Arakawa says that tonight they conducted presentations at the park on the fentanyl crisis and it went well. Also, tomorrow they will also have another presentation at the St.
Helena's church, and they will be having another presentation at the park auditorium. He says that a DEA person will be there to explain what they are doing on a federal level. That is also the date they will be doing a prescription drug take back, the prescriptions will be taken and put into a box and disposed of properly. He explains that this week they will be having their Trunk or Treat event and it is a great opportunity for the community to come out and feel safe. They will have a DJ and he invites everyone to come.
City Clerk Glaze explains that they had a successful candidate forum last Tuesday and thanks the Women's League for hosting the event. She explains that within the next two years they should work on translating because that is what was needed.
Also reminds the audience that November 8t h will be their Municipal Election and they will not be having the Regular Council meeting instead there will be a Special meeting on Thursday, November 10th. In regard to Hollydale Community Center, there is a vote by mailbox, and she gives the location of
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CONT'D the box. There will still be a vote by mailbox, but it will be at a different location.
Mayor Rios asks if they will have any digital voting days before the election and where it will be at.
City Clerk Glaze says there will be digital voting and it is at the sports center.
Mr. Costley explains that in person voting will be at the sports center and begins in 11 days before election day.
Mayor Rios asks if they will have other locations or if that is the only one.
Mr. Costley explains that the ones he has mentioned are the only ones involved in the city property's but is unsure if there will be more.
Mayor Rios says they should be made available for the public and they could post them.
City Clerk Yodit Glaze explains that as soon as those locations are available, she can get those to the public.
Vice Mayor Avalos asks if they could make sure to post it to the city website because that is were everyone goes to check.
City Clerk Glaze says she will do that.
City Treasurer Martinez has nothing to report and tells everyone to be safe and to have a good Halloween and wishes all the candidate's good luck.
City Manager Jeffers would like to echo the subscription drop off event that the Chief referred to. He says it is a great program that LA County Sanitation District promotes. The reason is because a lot of expired or unused medication gets flushed which causes a problem for the sanitation of water and treating it. The other place is landfills and he talks about why this
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CONT'D program is a great one and encourages everyone to take advantage of this program. He also gives a personal shout out to his better half in a few days they are going to be celebrating thirty-fifth anniversary and he continues thanking her because in this business they miss a lot of special events and thanks her.
City Attorney Salinas explains that his wife is the president of the Los Angeles Chamber of Commerce, and she is the first woman to hold that position. She was recognized by the LA Times as the most inspirational CEO in the non-profit world.
Council Member Hurtado would like to echo the topic with the streetlights. Explains that years ago they had a problem with the streetlights, and he invited the Congresswoman to pay him a visit and he explained the street light issues to them. As a result, she was able to bring in some funds and he provides a little bit of detail about the funds. He explains that since the lights have been fixed, he has not had any problems. He continues
describing the problems with the streetlights and the
conversations he has had with others. He asks the City Manager and City Attorney for some guidance on what steps they can take to fix this situation. He addresses some other issues and explains that the city needs to be more business friendly and talks about some of the delays that occurred when someone was trying to start a business. He states that it should not take long to get the process started for residents to remodel their homes.
Addresses the parking issues and some people on San Jose try to get the issues resolved when it comes to parking, but they are unable to because the process is taking long and explains that these issues need to be addressed. He also explains why they are unable to have a Trader Joe's in the city of South Gate and they have a business model that if a community does not have an average of 65 thousand and they look at the education levels of the community and they will not consider putting one in those communities. He explains his disagreement with this model and explains that he just wanted to answer the question.
Regarding the change in time for the public to speak from 5 minutes to 3 minutes he voted against it and now asks the other Council Members to consider changing it to 5 minutes and
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CONT'D supports their right to speak. He also agrees with Mr.
Dominguez to bring in cameras so that the residents have an opportunity to watch the meetings from home and hopes that they can look at options when it comes to that. He received complaints about the city apps to report graffiti and many have complained about delays and hopes that maybe they can look into that to see how it can be addressed. He went to the art walk and said it was a great event he also thanked Steve Costley for all the work and effort he puts into the events.
Council Member Diaz echoed the sentiments about the lights along with Council Member Hurtado and regards a
conversation a few years ago where the city was going to take over and there was going to be follow up meetings, but it kept getting rescheduled.
Mr. Cervantes explains that it was a meeting with Southern California Edison to discuss their ability to continue to service the city's street lights. They use transformers and the manufacturer since that last conversation they have gone out of business. They did purchase all of the transformers and they could have a conversation with them in terms of provider and where the responsibility lies. He explains they never got to those conversations, and they need to continue those
conversations to see how those streetlights can be serviced.
Council Member Diaz continues by saying that she appreciates Mr. Pacheco with his complaints because they have so much finesse and he appreciates him begin so engaged. She echoes the same questions as Council Member Hurtado and for the past five years she has asked where the updates to the app are because the current app is outdated. She likes the one the Police Department has, and she thinks they should follow the one the Police Department has. Also, the status of the website is also out of date, she is unaware of the status of the updates.
Vice Mayor Avalos attended a few events the past few weeks.
One was the State of the College of Cerritos College, and she was the only Council Member representing South Gate and she
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CONT'D knows they represent a certain number of our students. One of the Members of the Board of Trustee stepped down and they replaced her with a resident from South Gate she commends her and says that South Gate is being represented on that board. She also attended the Azalea Bowl and concurs that Steve and his staff do an amazing job taking care of these events. She wishes everyone a happy Halloween and to be safe.
Mayor Rios attended the Art Walk and said that it was a fantastic event, and they highlighted a lot of local talent. He attended the Rotary Club, and they had the Assembly Member that gave a presentation on the CELA cultural museum, and they raised a lot of money and they talked about all the investments that are going on. Hopes they can also get a stop on the light rail, and he knows that the supervisor is working on that along with other elected officials. He also attended the Dos Rios Park, and he talks about how significant that park is. He also went to the Urban Orchard, and he explains that there has been a lot of investment. He also explains that they are working with the Chief to make sure that they are safe, they are have nonprofits, and park rangers patrolling. He continues by saying that they must commemorate the Sandy from the Kiwanians Club because they have done exceptional work serving the community and the youth. He attended the candidate forum and was disappointed because the League of Women has been
known to do a lot of forums and there was a lot of Spanish speaking residents, and they did not get the opportunity to speak because there was no translation. He talks about the queuing system and explains that some people do not know how to use technology and there is no one to help them. He explains that this needs to be addressed and they also must translate a lot of the things they put out because some residents don't speak English and they need to do a better job of translating stuff. He understands they are going to be hiring a communications person and maybe they should also oversee translating documents.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 25, 2022 CONSENT CALENDAR Agenda Items 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 were approved by motion of Vice Mayor Avalos and seconded by Council Member Hurtado.
Council Member Davila was absent.
ROLL CALL: Council Member Diaz, yes; Council Member Hurtado, yes; Vice Mayor Avalos, yes; Mayor Rios, yes; Council Member Davila, absent
7 MUNICIPAL CODE
ADMIN The City Council adopted Ordinance No. 2022-08-CC entitled - Ordinance of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, adding Section
5.04.050 (Micro trenching), to Chapter 5.04 (Street Excavations and Obstructions), of Title 5 (Streets and Sidewalks), to the South Gate Municipal Code to incorporate the requirements of Section 65964.5 to the California Government Code, which require a local agency to allow micro trenching for the installation of underground fiber, during the Consent Calendar.
8 LICENSES & PERMITS The City Council approved items A & B during the Consent Calendar. a. Ordinance No. 2022-09-CC entitled - Ordinance of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, granting a five-year franchise from September 13, 2021 through and including September 13, 2026 to Torrance Pipeline Company, LLC, to use, maintain, repair and replace a single pipeline beneath specified public streets, together with related appurtenances, for transmitting and distributing oil and oil products, within the City of South Gate; and
b. Appropriated $25,459 in additional franchise fees to the General Fund revenue estimates for FY 2022/23.
9 PERSONNEL ADMIN The City Council approved items A, B & C during the Consent Calendar. a. Resolution No. 2022-64-CC entitled - Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, amending and restating Resolution No. 2021-56-CC, approving updated salary tables and including an Essential Worker compensation for hourly employees; b. Appropriated $225,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the purpose of providing Essential Worker compensation to hourly employees required to work during the COVID time period (March 18, 2020 to January 1, 2022); and
c. Authorized the Director of Administrative Services to make any budget appropriations needed to carry out these recommended actions.
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SERVICES The City Council approved items A & B during the Consent Calendar.
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a. Resolution No. 2022-65-CC entitled - Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, adopting the Transit Services Division 2022 Title VI Compliance Plan, effective July 31, 2022; and b. Directing staff to submit the 2022 Title VI Compliance Plan as required and implement the associated program.
The City Council approved items A & B during the Consent Calendar. a. Resolution No. 2022-66-CC - Resolution of the City Council of the City of South Gate, California, approving project application(s) for Specified Grant funds from the State of California Department of Parks and Recreation; and
b. Delegated authority to the Director of Parks & Recreation, or designee, to conduct all negotiations, sign and submit all documents including, but not limited to, applications, agreements, amendments, and payment requests which may be necessary for the completion of the grant scope(s).
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SERVICES The City Council approved items A, B, C & D during the Consent Calendar.
a. Approved an agreement (Contract No. 2022-93-CC) with Civic Plus, LLC., to develop and host the City's Parks & Recreation software services; and
b. Appropriated $29,485 from the unallocated General Fund Balance to account 100-401-61-6101 to pay for additional costs for the new software; and
c. Authorized the Mayor to execute the Agreement in a form acceptable to the City Attorney; and
d. Authorized the Director of Parks & Recreation to execute any additional documents that may be required to implement the software program.
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a. Authorized utilization of the 2022-2023 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program ("STEP") Grant Funds in the amount of $175,000 for overtime, equipment, and training expenses; and
b. Increased the Fiscal Year 2022/23 revenue projection in Account Number 236-556 (Law Enforcement Grants - OTS Grant) to $175,000; and
c. Amended the Fiscal Year 2022/23 Law Enforcement Grants Fund Budget by appropriating $175,000 as follows: $8,000 to Account Number 236-556-21-5110 (Overtime-Regular); $105,191 to Account No. 236-556-21-5111 (Overtime Sworn); $1,641 to Account Number 236-556-21-5220 (Medicare); $57,564 to Account Number 236-556- 21-6204 (Small Tools and Equipment) and $2,604 to Account No. 236-556-21-6340 (Training) for overtime, equipment, and training expenses; and
d. Authorized the Mayor to execute the STEP Grant Agreement (Contract No. 2022-94-CC) in a form acceptable to the City Attorney. 14 LAW ENFORCEMENT The City Council approved items A, B, C & D during the Consent Calendar.
a. Authorized utilization of 2020 Homeland Security Grant Program Funds in the amount of $14,185 for law enforcement training to address civil unrest, crowd control and active shooters; and b. Increased the Fiscal Year 2022/23 revenue projection in Account Number 232-541 (Law Enforcement Grants - Homeland Security Grant) to $14,185; and
c. Amended the Fiscal Year 2022/23 Law Enforcement Grants Fund Budget by appropriating $14,185 to Account Number 232-541-21- 6340 (Law Enforcement Grants-Homeland Security Grant - Training); and
d. Authorized the City Manager to execute the State Homeland Security Grant Program Subrecipient Agreement (Contract No. 2022-95-CC) for Grant Year 2020.
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THE AGENDA
17 WARRANTS
16 SOLID WASTE MGMT
The City Council approved items A, B, C, D & E during the Consent Calendar.
a. The Regular Meeting minutes of June 27, 2022;
b. The Regular Meeting minutes of August 9, 2022;
c. The Special and Regular Meeting minutes of August 23, 2022; d. The Special and Regular Meeting minutes of September 13, 2022; and e. The Special Meeting minutes of September 27, 2022.
At this time, there being no objections, Mayor Rios stated that item 17 would be considered out of its regular agenda order.
The City Council approving the Warrant Register for October 25, 2022, by motion of Vice Mayor Avalos and seconded by Council Member Hurtado.
Total of Checks: $2,765,923.72
Less: Voids $ (0.00)
Less: Employee Payroll Deductions $ (380,598.07)
Grand Total: $2,385,325.68
ROLL CALL: Council Member Diaz, yes; Council Member Hurtado, yes; Vice Mayor Avalos, yes; Mayor Rios, yes; Council Member Davila, absent
The City Council received and filed a presentation from Universal Waste Systems on the transition of residential and commercial solid waste, recycling and organics recycling collection services scheduled to begin January 1, 2023.
Council Member Hurtado was recused from participating in this item as the FPPC has determined that it is a conflict of interest as Council Member Hurtado lives within 500 feet of Universal Waster Systems and left the meeting at 9:31 p.m.
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF OCTOBER 25, 2022
ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Rios adjourned the meeting in memory of the City of El Monte Police Chief Ben Lowry at 10:15 p.m. and seconded by Vice Mayor Avalos. Council Member Davila was absent.
PASSED and APPROVED this 24th day of January 2023.
ATTEST:
Maria del Pilar Avalos, Mayor Yodit G e, City Clerk