HomeMy WebLinkAbout5/24/2011MINUTES OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
REGULAR MEETING OF THE PLANNING COMMISSIOK
MAY 24, 2011
Chairman Shah called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. in the South Coast Air Quality
Management District/Government Center Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar,
CA 91765.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Commissioner Torng led the Pledge of Allegiance.
1. ROLL CALL:
Present: Commissioners Jimmy Lin and Tony Torng, Vice
Chairman Kwang Ho Lee and Chairman Jack Shah.
Absent: Commissioner Steve Nelson was excused
Also present: Greg Gubman, Community Development Director; Grace Lee,
Senior Planner, and Stella Marquez, Senior Administrative Assistant.
2. MATTERS FROM THE AUDIENCE/PUBLIC COMMENTS: Stephen Rogers
of Redlands, CA, said upon submission of a public records request to the City Clerk,
he was informed that the following businesses located within the city limits of
Diamond Bar had not applied for nor obtained approval from the City to conduct
business operations: ARC Engineering, 22900 Estoril Drive, #5; and LAE
Associates, Inc., 20709 Golden Springs Drive, Suite 104. He requested to meet
with the City Manager's office regarding public contracting practice involving public
officials abusing their authority and/or receiving financial benefit due to improper
influence being exerted over private consultants thereby misusing their official
capacity with the _City_ of Diamond Bar and/or the Four Corners Transportation
Coalition.
Commissioner Lin asked if questions and comments were appropriate.
CDD/Gubman responded that the issues raised by the -speaker do not pertain to the
business that the Planning Commission is charged with conducting. The charge for
the Commission as a body is to make land use decisions and recommendations,
not to consider or debate issues of contracts or personnel matters. It is at the
Commissions discretion whether it wishes to respond; however, this is not within the
Commission's purview as a decision-making body to get into those issues.
C/Lin asked if persons in private practice are required to get a business license from
the City and CDD/Gubman responded yes, if their place of business is in the City.
C/Lin asked if regardless of where a person lives they practice business in the City
of Diamond Bar they have to get a business license from the City. CDD/Gubman