SOUTH GATE CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 at
5:15 p.m.
SOUTH GATE COUNCIL CHAMBERS
8650 CALIFORNIA AVE
SOUTH GATE, CA 90280
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MEETING ID: 817 3164 9857
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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
Maria Davila Chris Jeffers Joshua Barron
Al Rios
CITY ATTORNEY
Raul F. Salinas
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.
1 Brown Act
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City's Vision Statement
We envision a thriving, safe and inclusive community where everyone has the opportunity to access exceptional services, education and support to be resilient and live full, vibrant lives.
Public Communications
Public Comments on agenda items are limited to three (3) minutes. All comments are to be addressed directly to the Agency Members not to the members of the public.
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 honoring the South Gate Boy Scout Troup #468 and celebrating their 40th Anniversary
The City Council will issue a Proclamation Celebrating the South Gate Boy Scout Troop #468 on their 40th Anniversary. (CM)
Documents:
Item 1 Report 06132023.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. Norma Vencebi v. City of South Gate, et al.
Documents:
Closed Session Memorandum.pdf
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL -ANTICIPATED LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)4
One (1) - Potential Case
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CONSIDER THE EVALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957(b)(1)
a. City Manager
Special Meeting Adjournment
I, Yodit Glaze, City Clerk, certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Meeting Agenda was posted on June 7, 2023, at 3:25 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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PUBLIC COMMENT/PARTICIPATION
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Under Comments from the Audience portion, speakers are also limited to a single three (3) minutes time limit. Comments from the Audience is initially limited to 45 minutes at each meeting. Any speaker still wishing to speak, that did not speak, will have an addition Comments from the Audience opportunity after the last business item is finished. The Presiding Officer may extend the time limit as long as there is no objection from the City Council as a body.
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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.
STAFF REPORTS
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SERVICES TO FACILITATE ACCESS TO PUBLIC MEETINGS
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tl'ie Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States with approximately 762,000 youth participants; and
tlie stated mission of the Boy Scouts of America is to, "prepare young people to make ethical and moral clioices over their lifetimes by instilling iii them the values of the Scout Oath and Law"; and
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the Boy Scout troops have been meeting at South Gate Park the entire 40 years and providing the youth of the community with essential life skills and values including a sense of civic pride which encourages giving back to the coinrnunity; and
the Soutli Gate Coininunity will be celebrating the longevity and achievements of Troop #468 on June 17, 2023 at a special event at the Henry C. Gonzalez
Auditorium.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it proclaimed on this 13th day of June 2023, that I, Maria del Pilar Avalos, Mayor of the City of South Gate, on behalf of the City Council, do hereby recognize the South Gate Boy Scout Troop #468 and their current Scout Master David Hernandez, duly celebrate the Troop's 40'h Anniversary, and coinmend tliem for their many years of dedicated service to the City South Gate.
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5 CITYMANAGER'S OFFICE
MEMORANDUM JUN 0 7 2023
Chris Jeffers, City Manager
Raul F. Salinas, City Attorney$=FROM:
DATE: June 7, 2023
SUBJECT: CLOSED SESSION ITEMS FOR THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF JUNE 13, 2023
The following items should be listed on the CIosed Session Agenda for the Special City Council Meeting of the City of South Gate on June 13, 2023, at 5:15 p.m.:
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - PENDING LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a), 54954.9(b)(3)(C) a. Norma Vencebi v. City of South Gate, et al.
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIP ATED LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)
One (1) - Potential Case
3. CONSmER THE EV ALUATION OF PERFORMANCE OF A PUBLIC EMPLOYEE Pursuantto Government Code Section 54957(b)(1)
a. City Manager
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