HomeMy WebLinkAbout08/01/17 - Minutes - Regular MeetingMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
AUGUST 1, 2017
CLOSED SESSION: 6:00 p.m., Room CC -8
Conference with Legal Counsel — Anticipated Litigation
Government Code Section 54956.9
One (1) Potential Case
Public Comments:
None Offered
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Pro Tem Low called the Regular City Council
meeting to order at 6:39 p.m. in the South Coast Air Quality Management
District/Government Center Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA.
CA/DeBerry reported that no reportable action was taken during tonight's Closed
Session.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember Tye led the Pledge of Allegiance
INVOCATION: None Offered.
ROLL CALL: Council Members Herrera, Lyons, Tye, and Mayor
Pro Tem Low
Absent: M/Lin was excused.
Staff Present: Dan Fox, City Manager; David DeBerry, City Attorney; Ryan
McLean, Assistant City Manager; Ken Desforges, IS Director; David Liu, Public Works
Director; Dianna Honeywell, Finance Director; Greg Gubman, Community Development
Director; Amy Haug, Human Resources/Risk Manager; Marsha Roa, Public Information
Manager; Anthony Santos, Assistant to the City Manager; and Tommye Cribbins, City
Clerk.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: As Presented.
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS: None.
2. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: None.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Pui-Ching Ho, Library Manager, spoke about upcoming library events including a
series of events on Solar Eclipse in August. On Tuesday, August 15 at 3:30 p.m.
Dr. William Owen from JBL will discuss the Solar Eclipse. On Wednesday,
August 16 at 3:30 p.m. teens are invited to the library to make box pinhole
viewers for safe viewing of the eclipse. This program is sponsored by the
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Diamond Bar Friends of the Library. Join everyone in the Reading Garden to
watch the Solar Eclipse on Monday, August 21 at 10:00 a.m. Special solar
glasses will be provided for safe viewing and cold drinks and snacks will be
provided while supplies last. Those wishing to obtain additional information can
call the library at 909-861-4978 or go online to the Library's website at
http://www,colapublib.org/libs/diamondbar/
Rainbow Young, SCAQMD Geographic Representative for the San Gabriel
Valley cities including Diamond Bar, congratulated CM/Fox on his appointment
and asked to meet with him and looks forward to working with his administration.
She updated the Council and community on AQMD activities. She reminded the
community about the 1800 -CUT SMOG (1-800-288-7664) air quality complaint
hotline is available and anyone sensing an air quality problem should call the
AQMD hotline first. Another website residents may wish to bookmark is
www.airalerts.org which provides air quality information, alerts, advisories, and
forecasts by email. Also on their website www.agmd.gov one can type in their
zip code and receive close to real-time air quality information. AQMD has its
lawnmower rebate program going on at this time. This year you don't have to
bring your old gas mower to a certain place and day for exchange. Now you can
purchase the electric model online at any store, keep the receipt and bring their
old mower to one of the vendors in exchange for a certificate for the mail -in
rebate. For residential purchases between $251 and $400 participants will
receive a rebate of $200. There is a program available for commercial gardeners
and landscapers for leaf blower exchange programs as well.
Ms. Young provided 2017 clean buying guide pamphlets. The MSRC (Mobile
Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee) has two current funding
opportunities for which local governments can apply, one of which is the Natural
Gas Infrastructure Funding Opportunities (construction of new and expanded
refueling facilities within the jurisdiction).
Daniel Luevanos, Ambassador for One Legacy of Life provided an update on
what the transplant community has been doing the past couple of months. To
register for organ, eye and tissue donation visit www.donatelifecalifornia.org or
www.donavidacalifornia.org He thanked the City of Diamond Bar for contributing
its City Proclamation for the organizations DMV Donate Life Campaign which
was held in April. As a donor recipient, it is an honor for him to serve as a One
Legacy Ambassador and invited individuals to participate in the many events
including the annual Donate Life RunNValk, the bi-annual Donate Life Transplant
Games of America and the Donate Life Rose Parade Float showing that lives do
matter.
4. RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS: None
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5. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:
5.1 Final in the summer series of Concerts in the Park/National Night Out —
August 2, 2017 — 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. — Mark Wood and the Parrot
Head Band (Tribute to Jimmy Buffet), Sycamore Canyon Park, 22930
Golden Springs Drive.
5.2 Movies "Under the Stars" — August 2, 2017 - (Moana) - immediately
following the Concert — Sycamore Canyon Park, 22930 Golden Springs
Drive.
5.3 Planning Commission Meeting — August 8 2017 — 7:00 p.m., Windmill
Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive.
5.4 Traffic & Transportation Commission Meeting — August 10, 2017 — 7:00
p.m., Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive.
5.7 City Council Meeting — August 15, 2017 — 6:30 p.m., AQMD/Government
Center Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR: C/Tye moved, C/Lyons seconded, to approve
the Consent Calendar as presented. Motion carried by the following Roll Call
vote:
AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Herrera, Lyons, Tye, MPT/Low
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
None
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
M/Lin
6.1 WAIVE READING IN FULL OF ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS
AND ADOPT THE CONSENT CALENDAR.
6.2 APPROVED CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - Regular Meeting of July 18,
2017
6.3 RECEIVED AND FILED TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION MINUTES — Regular Meeting of May 11, 2017
6.4 RATIFICATION OF CHECK REGISTER DATED July 13, 2017 through
July 26, 2017 totaling $2,351.733.91.
6.5 APPROVED TREASURER'S STATEMENT FOR JUNE 2017.
6.6 APPROVED REDUCTION OF 75% OF SURETY BOND NO. 24058526
TO COMPLETE ROUGH GRADING AND EROSION CONTROL
IMPROVEMENTS, SURETY BOND NO. 24058527 TO COMPLETE IN -
TRACT PRIVATE SEWER IMPROVEMENTS, SURETY BOND NO.
24058528 TO COMPLETE IN -TRACT PRIVATE STREET
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IMPROVEMENTS, AND SURETY BOND NO. 24058529 TO COMPLETE
IN -TRACT PRIVATE STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS FOR TRACT
MAP 63623 (SOUTH POINTE RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
LOCATED SOUTH OF LARKSTONE DRIVE).
6.7 AWARDED A THREE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
AN ADDITIONAL THREE, ONE-YEAR EXTENSIONS, TO BEST
LIGHTING PRODUCTS, INC. FOR MONTHLY LIGHTING INSPECTIONS
AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES WITHIN CITY PARKS, CIVIC CENTER,
DIAMOND BAR CENTER AND LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 38 IN THE NOT -TO -EXCEED ANNUAL
AMOUNT OF $40,000.
7. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None.
8. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
8.1 2017 LEGISLATIVE PLATFORM
ATCM/Santos Stated that the Platform was last viewed when adopted in
2008. Staff currently monitors Legislative Alerts issued by the League of
California Cities, Contract Cities Association and Professional
Associations, and staff prefers letters that are consistent with that
platform. The Legislative Subcommittee comprised of MPT/Low and
C/Tye met on June 2nd and June 21St to discuss the current platform
procedures and to discuss potential changes. As a result of that meeting,
the subcommittee members requested that revisions to the Platform be
considered to ensure the flexibility of the Platform, but consistency with
the Council's priorities.
The proposed changes to the Platform are as follows: 1A has been
revised to streamline the definition of local control and proposed measures
that reduces local control. Item 3C has been removed (Four Corners
Transportation Coalition) because it has completed its mission and is
being dissolved. Item 5A has been removed since General Law Cities can
use design build contracts and Item 8C has been added to support
funding for Storm Water Quality Mandates.
The Administrative changes are the changes that the City uses to guide
how it interprets the Platform. The first item that has been added is the
entire Administrative Procedures which were included in the text of the
Platform are now at the end of the Platform. More specifically, as
requested by the subcommittee, is the addition of the following wording:
"Legislative proposals with tax implications of any kind shall be reviewed
by the Legislative Subcommittee and approved by the City Council." And
further, "Legislative proposals that conflict in two or more categories shall
be reviewed by the Legislative Subcommittee and approved by the City
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Council."
Staff recommends that the City Council approve the Legislative Platform
with the revisions as requested by the subcommittee and if approved, that
Platform would go into effect immediately and would be brought back to
the subcommittee annually for review and City Council adoption as
needed.
C/Herrera thanked the subcommittee for their efforts in updating this nine
year-old policy.
C/Lyons seconded her admiration for the subcommittee for going through
this timely effort.
C/Herrera moved, C/Lyons seconded, to approve the 2017 Legislative
Platform as recommended by staff and the Legislative Subcommittee.
Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote:
AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS
Herrera, Lyons, Tye, MPT/Low
None
M/Lin
9. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE
REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
C/Lyons stated that like everyone who has attended, she too has enjoyed the
Concerts in the Park and movies shown following the concert. She asked
everyone to join in the last concert of the series tomorrow night which will be fun
as always. Last week she attended the Grand Opening of the Proterra Electric
Bus Factory in the City of Industry because Foothill Transit uses these buses.
C/Herrera was unable to attend because she was at a different bus tour. The
buses are clean and green and very quiet and are also very economical. She is
very pleased that Foothill Transit has made an effort to purchase these buses
which will better serve the community. She reminded everyone that in less than
two weeks the school year begins and please be careful when driving, especially,
during the morning commute hours.
C/Herrera thanked C/Lyons for attending the Proterra Electric Bus Factory Grand
Opening in the City of Industry. She was in Chicago where she attended a
Transportation Conference. Foothill Transit has made the decision to have as its
goal to convert all of their buses to 330 electric buses by the year 2030 which is
an admirable goal. The City is very proud of Foothill Transit and LA Metro which,
not to be outdone, just placed an order for 300 electric buses from a different
manufacturing company. She is pleased that many agencies in the Diamond Bar
area are going electric which will do a great deal to clean up the environment and
reduce pollution.
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C/Tye congratulated MPT/Low on doing a good job tonight. C/Tye said that he
would like to say, that especially for the senior citizens, that they pay attention to
the City Council meetings and to be aware of the scam that is being perpetrated
upon them. Actually, anyone who has a cellphone is at risk. Even his son was
contacted. If one receives a phone call from someone claiming they are calling
on behalf of the United States Treasury and wants to make them aware of a
complaint that has been filed in their name in your county, it is very important to
understand that the IRS does not make phone calls. Individuals can call them,
but they do not make phone calls to alert people they have a fine or outstanding
balance. C/Tye suggested that something be put on the City website to make
people aware so that they are alerted to that scam which happens from time to
time. C/Tye asked that tonight's meeting be adjourned in memory and in honor
of Tiffany Ching, the wife of Walnut Councilmember Eric Ching who tragically lost
her life in a car accident two weeks ago. It is very, very sobering to attend a
memorial which was a wonderful celebration of her life, and to see how many
people thought the world of her whether it was people from Walnut or her
employer and co-workers or high school peers. She leaves her husband Eric
and two young daughters.
C/Lyons suggested the information regarding the latest scam be put in the City
Newsletter because everybody reads that publication cover to cover.
MPT/Low stated that southern California is experiencing extreme heat this
summer and yesterday in Diamond Bar there was report of a brush fire on the
Pomona border near the SR 60 just east of Diamond Bar Boulevard. She was
pleased to report that the Fire Chief and firefighters were able to contain the fire
with no loss of life or structures. Residents are very grateful for the hard work
and diligence the firefighters provide to this community every day. Please take
extra precautions to remove hazardous materials in light of these freaky lightning
storms and extreme heat. She thanked staff for their excellent work as seen by
the work done on the City Budget. Earlier this year the Council adopted a very
fiscally balanced and conservative budget and during that process FD/Honeywell
and her team produced a budget book which is a compilation and explanation of
the City's budget and is presented in an easy -to -read and understandable format.
For that effort, FD/Honeywell and her team received a Special Recognition from
the www.opengov.com July 2017 customer newsletter. She encouraged
everyone to take a look at the book which can be accessed through the City's
website and shows the City's fiscal prudence and transparency. As C/Lyons
said, tomorrow night is the final of the season Concerts in the Park. Everyone
please come and enjoy the concert and the Disney movie Moana.
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ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to conduct, MPT/Low adjourned the
Regular City Council Meeting at 7:08 p.m. in memory of Tiffany Ching.
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Tommye Pribbins, City Clerk
The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this 15thday of August , 2017.
Ruth Low, Mayor Pro Tem