SPECIAL SOUTH GATE CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL SOUTH GATE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
Tuesday, May 23, 2023 at
5:15 p.m.
SOUTH GATE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
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SOUTH GATE, CA 90280
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MEETING ID: 891 7657 7785
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Call to Order/Roll Call
CALL TO ORDER: Maria del Pilar Avalos, Mayor ROLL CALL: Yodit Glaze, City Clerk City Officials
MAYOR CITY CLERK
Maria del Pilar Avalos Yodit Glaze
VICE MAYOR CITY TREASURER
Gil Hurtado Jose De La Paz
COUNCIL MEMBERS CITY MANAGER
Joshua Barron Chris Jeffers
Maria Davila
Al Rios CITY ATTORNEY Raul F. Salinas
1 Meeting Schedule
The regular meetings of the City Council are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, closed session business will usually commence at 5:30 p.m., when scheduled, and general business session will commence at 6:30 p.m.
Brown Act
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City's Vision Statement
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Meeting Compensation Disclosure
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54952.3: Disclosure of compensation for meeting attendance by City Council Members is $790 monthly regardless of the amount of meetings.
Open Session Agenda
1. Proclamation presented to Sylvia Zamora for accomplishments in Sociology - product of South Gate
The City Council will issue a Proclamation honoring on of South Gate's own for accomplishments made in the field of Sociology and achieving the status of a Tenured Professor. (CM)
Documents:
Item 1 Report 05232023.pdf
2. Certificates of Appreciation to the South Gate High School Girls Cheer Team for winning the 2023 CIF Championship
The City Council will issue Certificates of Appreciations in recognition of the South Gate High School Girls Cheer Team winning the 2023 CIF Championship. (CM) Documents:
2 Item 2 Report 05232023.pdf
3. Proclamation celebrating May 29, 2023 as Memorial Day
The City Council will issue a Proclamation declaring May 29, 2023, as Memorial Day. (PARKS)
Documents:
Item 3 Report 05232023.pdf
4. Proclamation declaring June as LGBTQ+ Pride Month
The City Council will issue a Proclamation declaring June 2023, as LGBTQ + Pride Month. (CM)
Documents:
Item 4 Report 05232023.pdf
5. Proclamation declaring June as National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Month
The City Council will issue a Proclamation declaring June 2023, as National Post- Traumatic Stress Disorder Month. (CM)
Documents:
Item 5 Report 05232023.pdf
6. Introduction of new/promoted employees for the month April
The City Council will consider receiving and filling the list of new and promoted full-time employees hired or promoted during April 2023. (ADMIN SVCS) Documents:
Item 6 Report 05232023.pdf
Closed Session: (ATTY)
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - PENDING LITIGATION
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a), 54954.9(b)(3)(C)
a. Jimmy Torres and Susana M. Corcios v. City of South Gate, et al.
Documents:
Special Meeting 05232023.pdf
2. CONSIDER THE EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE 3 Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)(1)
a. City Manager
Adjournment
I, Yodit Glaze, City Clerk, certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Meeting Agenda was posted on May 18, 2023, at 2:55 p.m., as required by law.
Yodit Glaze
City Clerk
GENERAL NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
The City Council adopted new rules relating to the conduct of the public meetings, proceedings, and business in the City of South Gate on July 12, 2022, (Resolution 2022-38-CC) and go into effect on August 1, 2022. Resolution #2022-38-CC is available at the City Clerk’s Office.
MEETING SCHEDULE
Regular meetings of the City Council are held on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month, closed session meetings will commence at 5:30 p.m. unless posted otherwise on its agenda. The regular City Council meetings will commence at 6:30 p.m. Agendas are available at the following locations:
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Office,
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To ensure that the public is able to participate, the City provides the opportunity to submit their comments in person, virtually, email, phone call, mail and any other method which may become 4 available. Methods of participation may be subject to change during other such times when a State of Emergency, Health Order or State Executive Order limits in-person participation.
CURFEW
In absence of a motion duly adopted by majority vote of the City Council, the Presiding Officer may adjourn the City Council meetings at 10:30 p.m. The Presiding Officer may ask the City Council if any agenda items listed should be continued or dealt with during the meeting. For those items to be continued, the City Council can direct the item be placed on the next City Council agenda or the current meeting may be adjourned to a time certain at which time the meeting shall be reconvened as an Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council and action upon the published agenda continued.
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As a general rule, staff reports. or other written documentation are prepared/organized with respect to each item of business listed on the agenda. Meeting agendas and staff reports are available at least 72- hours prior to the scheduled regular City Council meeting and a minimum of 24-hours prior to a Special City Council meeting. There are times when the City Council receives written material. revised material after the posting of agendas, these materials are become a public record and will be available for public view within 72-hours after the meeting in which they were received. Those materials and any other public document can be inspected in the City Clerk's Office located at 8650 California Avenue, South Gate.
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Dr. Sylvia Zamora, Ph.D.
Honoring one ofSouth Gate's own foraccomplishments madein thefield ofSociology
and achieving the status ofa Tenured Prokmor.
WHEREAS, Sylvia Zamora is a lifelong resident ofSouth Gate, serving as South Gate mgh School Smdent Body President (1999-2000), Junior Class President (1998-1999), studentmemberofSouth Gate's Youth Commission (1999- 2000), and Executive Board Member of the student organization MEChA (1998-2000); and
WHEREAS, Sylvia Zamora received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles (2014), a BA in Sociology and Latin American Studies from Smith Conege in Northampton, MA (2004), and served as a Provosls Career Enhancement Postdoctoral Scholar at the University of Chicago (2014-2016); and
WHEREAS, AsaProhmorofSociology,SylviaZamora'sresearch,guidedbyquestions concerninghowLatinoimmigrationischangingsocial, political, andracial dynamics in the US., has made an impact in the Social Science discipline and her award-winning research is published in numerous prestigious academic journals; and
WHEREA5 SylsriaZamora'sscholarlybook,RacialBaggage:Mexicanlmmiyantsand Race Across the Border (Stanford Universiff Press) emmines how the immigration experiencecan mnsfomimigrantundemtandingofmceand inequalityin home andhostsocieties; and
WHEREAS, Nauonanyonly26.5%ofunivemityfacultyaretenured,meaningtheyare appointedindefinitely, andLatinosmake upless than 5 percentoftenured faculty at univemities in the United States making this an almost unattainable accomplishment; and
WHEREAS, SylviaZamora,havingovercomenumerousobstacles,shouldberecognized for recently achieving the status of Tenure and promotion in rank to Associate ProfessoratLoyola Marymount University (LM[T) and for being awarded an LMUAscending Scholar Award recognizing excenence and promisein facultyscholamhip.
NOTT/; THEREFORE, on this2.3" dayofMay2023, I, Maria delPilarAvalos, Mayorofthe City of South Gate, on behalf of the City Council and citizens of South Gate, do hereby recognize Dr. Sylvia Zarnora for becoming a Tenured Associme Professor and for an her extraordinarycontributionsin sheddinglight to topics thatdoselyimpactourcommunity.
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
Joysie )lr6a[{o
In recognition of the South Gate High School
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
Danie[)irias
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2023 CIF Championship.
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Mayor
May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
Vianey Be[:tran
In recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winning the
2023 CIF Championship.
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Mayor
May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
Jada Oerecero
In recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winnmg the
2023 CIF Championship.
Maria del Pilar Avalos
Mayor
May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
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recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winning the
2023 CIF Championship.
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Mayor
May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
Crysta[ (2ue[[ar
In recogrution of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winnmg the
2023 CIF Championship.
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May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
Nata{ie gomez
In recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winning the
2023 CIF Championship.
Maria del Pilar Avalos
Mayor
May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
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recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winning the
2023 CIF Championship.
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
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recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winning the
2023 CIF Championship.
Maria del Pilar Avalos
Mayor
May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
HannaFt (3odriguez
In recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winning the
2023 CIF Championship.
Maria del Pilar Avalos
Mayor
May 23, 2023
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CERTNFNCATB C)F APPREaATHCN
Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
Vanesa (3u6io
In recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winn'ing the
2023 CIF Championship.
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Mayor
May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
In recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winning the
2023 CIF Championship.
Maria del Pilar Avalos
Mayor
May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
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In recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team wtnning the
2023 CIF Championship.
Maria del Pilar Avalos
Mayor
May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
)i[yssa Tapia
In recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team winning the
2023 CIF Championship.
Maria del Pilar Avalos
Mayor
May 23, 2023
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Presented by the South Gate City Council
on Behalf of the Citizens of South Gate to:
Vanessa Uscanga
In recognition of the South Gate High School
Girls Cheer Team wintung the
2023 CIF Championship.
Maria del Pilar Avalos
Mayor
May 23, 2023
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since Memorial Day originated on May 30, 1868, Americans pause to observe a special day and National holiday set aside to remember with dignity and admiration those who made the ultimate sacrifice in service to our nation; and
on National Vietnam War Veterans Day, we honor all those who bravely served in the Vietnarn War and who sacrificed, as did their families and caregivers, on behalf of our Nation; and Memorial Day is designated to pay tribute to our American Soldiers who fought and died so that we may live in freedom and maintain the legacy left to us by our forefathers; and in 2012, our Nation launched a 13-yr long commemoration of tlie 50th anniversaiy of the Vietnam War to ensure that every veteran, family, caregiver, and survivor impacted by the difficult years in Vietnam feels our Nation's gratitude for their sacrifice; and the names etched in The Wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial remind us of our loved ones who gave their all and never came home; and
the veterans who fought and died for our country helped preserve the freedoms and rights guaranteed to all people under the U.S.
Constitution; and
Memorial Day provides us with the opportunity to reflect and honor the past, to renew and pass on our patriotism, and pay tribute to those who died in service to our country.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it proclaimed on tis 23'd day of May 2023 that I, Maria del Pilar Avalos, Mayor of the City of South Gate, on behalf ofthe City Council, do hereby declare May 29, 2023, as Memorial Day in tribute and honor to those who lost their lives in the name of freedom. I further invite citizens to attend the City's Memorial Day Ceremony on May 27, 2023.
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WHEREAS, all residents of tis community deserve to be treated with dignity, respect, compassion and justice regardless of gender, age, race, religion, economic stahis, or sexual orientation; and WHEREAS, LGBTQ+ Pride Month is a time to recall the trials the LGBTQ+ commiuiity has endured and to rejoice in the triumplis of trailblazing individuals who have bravely fought and continue to fight for full equality; and
WHEREAS, Pride is a celebration of visibility, self-worth, and dignity and during this time, we recognize the valuable contributions of the LGBTQ+ individuals across America, and we reaffirm our cornrnitrnent to the ongoing muggle against discrimination and injustice and are committed to protecting the civil rights of the LGBTQ+ community to create a more open and just society; and
VVHEREAS, the LGBTQ+ comtniu'iity in America has achieved remarkable progress with historic Supreme Court rulings in recent years which have eliminated regressive laws, affirmed the right to marriage equality, and secured workplace protection for LGBTQ+; and TVHEREAS, the LGBTQ+ community now serves in nearly every level of public office including local government, the office of Governor, to Congress, and throughout Administration; and
TVHEREAS, during Pride Month, we recognize the deterH'iination of many individuals who are fighting to live freely and authentically and in doing so, are opening hearts and minds, and laying the foundation for a just and equitable America.
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in May, we are reminded not only of the htunan mind's iminense strength but also some of its lin'fftations. It is a reminder that we are not macliines and that it is completely normal to feel the emotions tliat we do. And rmlike macliines, we liave tlie strengtli to get better on our own by lielping each other; and
there are two types of trauma and they range in the severity of the causes and triggers: the 'Big T' is any type of trauma that has occurred due to a life-threatening situation like wars, natural disasters, physical assault, etc., wile the 'Small t' is caused due to a disturbing event that is not life-threatening like divorce, abruptrelocation, financial woes, etc.; and maiiy people recover from PTSD after a few days, weeks, or months. Yet, for others, tlie recovery road might mean one year or more. This mental disorder is highly treatable, but due to the lack of 1<iiowledge around it as well as the stign'ia attached to seeking mental help, many clioose to ignore the problem aiid suffer througli it; and
June is National PTSD Awareness Month. Its goal is to raise awareness about said mental illness for people to recover from it by seeking better and effective treatments like grorip tlierapy, cormseling, and antidepressants; and
the more talk tliere is about PTSD, tlie more people will become aware of it, and the more people will seek treatment for it. The road to recovexy may look different from one person to another, but it is always there.
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MAY 10 2023
CITY COUNCIL
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For the Regular
Originatin
of: May 23, 2023
ent: Human Resources
Human Resources Director:
Co Jeffers
SUBJECT: INTRODUCTIO OF THE NEW AND PROMOTED FULL-TIME EMPLOYEES HIRED IN THE MONTH OF APRIL 2023
PURPOSE: To introduce to the City Council the newly hired and promoted full-time employees in the month of April 2023.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: The City Council will consider receiving and filing the list of new and promoted full-time employees hired or promoted during April 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT: None
ANALYSIS: None
BACKGROUND: The following is a list of new and promoted full-time City employees who were hired or promoted in the month of April 2023:
Employee Title Department Division
Original
Hire
Date
Promo
Date
Promoted
From
Leticia Cueto Intermediate
Account Clerk
Administrative
Services
Finance 03/28/21 04/23/23 Customer
Services
Representative
Sadie Rose
Kimbro
Community
Service Officer
Police Patrol 04/24/23
Kimberly
Mondragon
Office
Assistant
Police Administration 04/1 1/23
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Hire Date: 4/24/23
Sandie Rose Kimbro
Community Services Officer
Police
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Office Assistant
Police
Hire Date: 4/11/23
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dlTYMANAGER'S OFFICE
MEMORANDUM
MAY 1 7 2023
TO:
FROM:
Chris Jeffers, City Manager
aul F. Salinas, City Attorne ')'
DATE: May 17, 2023
SUBJECT: CLOSED SESSION ITEMS FOR THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF MAY 23, 2023
The following items should be listed on the Closed Session Agenda for the Special City Council Meeting of the City of South Gate on May 23, 2023, at 5:15 p.m.:
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COtJNSEL - PENDING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a), 54954.9(b)(3)(C) a. Jimmy Torres and Susana M. Corcios v. City of South Gate, et al.
2. CONSmER THE EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)(1)
a. City Manager
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact this office immediately. 34