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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
MAY 7, 2019
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Pro Tem Tye called the Regular City Council
meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. in the South Coast Air Quality Management
District/Government Center Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA.
Staff Present: Dan Fox, City Manager; Ryan McLean, Assistant City Manager;
David DeBerry, City Attorney; Ken Desforges, IS Director; Ryan Wright, Parks and
Recreation Director; Dianna Honeywell, Finance Director; Grace Lee, Senior Planner;
Anthony Santos, Assistant to the City Manager; Marsha Roa, Public Information
Director; Cecilia Arellano, Public Information Coordinator, and Tommye Cribbins, City
Clerk.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Pro Tem Tye led the Pledge of Allegiance.
INVOCATION: None provided.
ROLL CALL: Council Members Chou, Low, Lyons, and Mayor Pro
Tem Tye.
Absent: Mayor Herrera was excused.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: As presented.
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SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS:
1.1 J. Lopez, Assistant Chief of Forestry from the Los Angeles County Fire
Department, provided a video entitled READY SET GO a video regarding
the need for brush clearance.
CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: None.
PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Greg Agee, LA County Sanitation Districts, provided an update on contract
negotiations and asked that the City's delegates support the contract.
Felicia Petrie, 1483 Winterwood Lane, asked that the Council delegates support
the union ASME contract.
RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS: None.
5. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:
5.1 Spring Corporate Showcase — May 9, 2019 — 11:00 a.m. — 1:00 "p.m.,
Diamond Bar Center, 1600 S. Grand Avenue.
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5.2 Traffic and Transportation Commission Meeting — May 9, 2019, 2019 —
6:30 p.m., Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive.
5.3 Planning Commission Meeting — May 14, 2019 — 6:30 p.m., Windmill
Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive.
5.4 Heritage Park Conceptual Design Community Workshop — May 14, 2019 —
6:30 p.m. — 8:00 p.m., Heritage Park, 2900 S Brea Canyon Road.
5.5 Sunset Crossing Conceptual Design Community Workshop — May 16,
2019 — 6:30 p.m., YMCA Early Learning Center, 22600 Sunset Crossing
Road.
5.6 City Council Meeting — May 21, 2019 — 6:30 p.m., AQMD/Government
Center Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR: C/Lyons moved, C/Low seconded, to approve
the Consent Calendar Items with the exception of Item 6.8 pulled by C/Chou and
Item 6.10 pulled by C/Lyons for further consideration. Motion carried by the
following Roll Call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Chou, Low, Lyons, MPT/Tye
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: M/Herrera
6.1 APPROVED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES:
6.1a STUDY SESSION OF APRIL 16, 2019 —as presented.
6.1b REGULAR MEETING OF APRIL 16,2019—as presented.
6.2 RECEIVED AND FILED PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES:
6.2a REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 22, 2019.
6.3 RECEIVED AND FILED TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION MINUTES:
6.3a REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 14, 2019.
6.4 RECEIVED AND FILED PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION
MINUTES:
6.4a REGULAR MEETING OF MARCH 28, 2019.
6.5 RATIFICATION OF CHECK REGISTER DATED APRIL 11, 2019
THROUGH MAY 1, 2019 TOTALING $2,444,075.09.
6.6 APPROVED TREASURER'S STATEMENT FOR MARCH 2019.
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6.7 APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED THE DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
WORKS/CITY ENGINEER, TO FILE THE NOTICE OF COMPLETION
FOR THE CITY ENTRY MONUMENT SIGN PROJECT AT DIAMOND
BAR BOULEVARD/TEMPLE AVENUE AND GOLDEN SPRINGS
DRIVE/CALBOURNE DRIVE — PROJECT #26516.
6.9 APPROVED .THE MERCHANT PROCESSING AGREEMENT FOR
CREDIT CARD PAYMENT PROCESSING WITH CARDCONNECT.
WITHDRAWN FROM CONSENT CALENDAR:
6.8 PROPOSITION A LOCAL RETURN TRANSIT FUND AGREEMENT WITH
THE CITY OF POMONA.
C/Chou asked if the $727,000 was the City's portion (25 percent) of the'/
cent sales tax measure.
FD/Honeywell responded affirmatively.
C/Chou stated that this was a Proposition passed by the voters with the
understanding that the actual sales tax dollars being collected would be
spent on transit projects through the County and expressed concern that
the proposed exchange would take that money and place it in the City's
g General Fund for other Capital Improvement Projects.
C/Chou stated that Metro Guidelines lists 15 ways the money can be
spent.
C/Chou said that one of the exceptions, Item 14 on the approved uses list,
is that the City can actually accumulate the funds beyond the three-year
allotted period to fund a larger project going forward. He believes that on
a practical level, if the City is looking at the Downtown Diamond Bar area
at Diamond Bar Boulevard/Golden Springs Drive, this area would have
need for some creative public transit solution once the area is built -out, to
alleviate potential congestion. Additionally, with the potential passage of
SB50, there may be some high-density requirements around the transit
center and he believes at some point, the City may be looking at building
some public transit solutions like buses or Park 'n Ride. On a fiscal level,
the City is proposing to give up $970,000 to Pomona in exchange for
$727,500, at an exchange rate of about 75 cents on the dollar, for a loss
of about $242,500 of Prop A monies. If the City cannot find a project it
would, in his opinion, benefit the residents if the dollars were returned
back to the Dial -a -Ride program or allocated to the paratransit projects to
fully fund those projects going forward.
C/Chou recommended that the Council look at projects that could
potentially use, this money, and if there is no current project for the
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$242,000, come up with a project for the downtown Diamond Bar area or
the potential high-density area around the Metro Station area. At a
minimum he believes the City should return the money to the Dial -a -Ride
program from which the City took money a couple of years ago.
C/Chou made a motion for staff to come up with a way to use the entire
amount of the City's portion and not exchange it for 75 cents on the dollar.
FD/Honeywell explained that during Fiscal Year 2019 budget process staff
did an exhaustive search of projects that the City could fund with Prop A
funds and were able to reprogram the Dial -a -Ride program to be fully
funded by Prop A which was previously funded by Prop C funds.
Additionally, staff looked at all of the City's outstanding Capital
Improvement Projects that are currently in process, as well as, those that
will be in process as new projects next year. As was reported in the CIP
Study Session, there was very little General Fund money used for Capital
Improvement Projects because the City was able to use Special Revenue
Funds (primarily) for all of those projects. Staff has been doing a better
job of programming those Special Revenue Funds and using them first
before using General Fund monies.
CM/Fox stated that this evening's request is imbedded in the current
Fiscal Year budget. Based on the exchange of Prop A Funds, the City
would be able to fund those Capital Improvements Projects listed in staff's
report. It clearly is a policy decision on how the Council wishes to move
forward; however, if the Council decides not to move. forward, staff will
need to come back to the Council and reprogram those Capital
Improvement Projects with General Fund reserves to pay for those
projects that are currently underway as part of this year's budget.
C/Lyons stated that she believes that with the proceeds of this money
going to the General Fund they can be used to repair the City's roads and
still get used for "transportation" purposes. One of the things people really
like about Diamond Bar is that the City really maintains its roads well, and
that the City does not have potholes and huge cracks but she agrees with
C/Chou that she hates giving up the 25 percent.
C/Low said that C/Chou mentioned these funds can be aggregated over a
three-year period, and asked FD/Honeywell to explain how that works.
FD/Honeywell explained that the City is allocated money each year and
her understanding of the funds is that the City has to spend them within
three years of issuance of the funds. With the Dial -a -Ride program,
Diamond Bar is very generous and more generous than most cities in the
region with a 20 percent subsidy for residents' passes for the program.
These funds are being utilized to the greatest extent possible and when
there is an excess of funds, it is determined that the best option is to sell
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the excess funds and program them only in Capital Improvement Projects
which has been the City's practice in the past.
C/Low said that if this year the City's rebate amount was $1.2 million
aggregated for three years, and there was a project in the next three-year
timeframe that would cost under $4 million that it could fund.
FD/Honeywell said that it is a very specific kind of transportation. Cities
cannot merely pave the streets with Prop A money. It is very specific as to
what cities can do and it has to involve a transit line, building a train
station, etc, which are not things that Diamond Bar necessarily does or
foresees doing.
C/Low asked if she was correct that Diamond Bar would not have the
opportunity to spend those dollars in that fashion other than how the City
is currently acting.
FD/Honeywell said that C/Low was correct.
C/Low said that in this case, it would be pointless to hold on to the funds
C/Chou said that according to Metro guidelines, the Capital Reserve
option is stated as such: "a Capital Reserve Project provides a jurisdiction
the opportunity to accumulate local return funds over and above the three-
year period to finance a large project". Per your discussion, projects are
limited to construction of bus facilities, bus purchases, transit centers, park
and ride lots, construction of major street improvements or, rail projects
along Metro's plan and adopted rail corridor. Further, it states that a
Capital Reserve Project constitutes a long-term financial planning
commitment. Again, to his earlier point, he believes with the future
planning for downtown Diamond Bar and the potential for high-density
housing around transit centers (Metro Station), it is hard for him to believe
that a project cannot be found for spending this money. In 2018 $230,000
was exchanged with Manhattan Beach for which Diamond Bar received
$161,000 (a loss of about $69,000) and in 2017 $1.2 million was
exchanged.with the City of Industry for which Diamond Bar received
$840,000 (a loss of about $360,000). By combining this year's exchange,
the City will have given up $671,000 in Prop A funds over a three-year
period.
FD/Honeywell said she understood C/Chou's point. She believes that in
the current five-year CIP plan, the City has allocated as much Prop A
funds as possible. If there is something beyond that she is not aware of
for which she needs to be setting aside Prop A funds, that would be a
Council direction.
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C/Chou moved to have staff look at this item again to potentially find a
way to spend this excess money over the next three to five-year period or
try to negotiation a better rate of exchange.
C/Lyons said she was not sure either of those options would be feasible.
She asked the timeline for executing the exchange with Pomona.
FD/Honeywell responded that Pomona has this item agendized for their
May 20 City Council meeting and Diamond Bar has it in the budget to be
completed by June 30th
MPT/Tye said his understanding is that there is a "use it or lose it"
timeframe which is the end of the current fiscal year (June 30th) for the
money in question.
CM/Fox said he believes this opportunity to exchange it with the City of
Pomona is this fiscal year.
FD/Honeywell agreed.
CM/Fox said that as a part of that, should the Council decide not to
approve the exchange, this year's fiscal year budget and capital
improvement program with respect to several projects related to parks
would need to be subsidized through General Fund reserves in order to
complete those projects. Council could continue this matter to the next
meeting to see if staff can renegotiate a slightly better rate. This rate is
better than what was put forth several months ago with the City of
Manhattan Beach. To C/Chou's comments regarding the Capital
Improvement Program, staff could look at that moving forward and with
the General Plan update, if there are those opportunities for the next
budget year, the City could begin banking those funds and look for those
types of projects. Again, they are very limited and they are related to
public transportation. Diamond Bar does not run a bus system, the
Metrolink is not within the City limits and about the only thing the City
could possibly do would be to expand the Diamond Ride program,
Metrolink subsidies for bus passes or build a Park and Ride lot
somewhere on property the City does not currently own.
MPT/Tye said if he heard FD/Honeywell correctly, Diamond Bar is already
subsidizing Metro to the maximum amount. These funds cannot be held
on the idea of something that has come forward out of the General Plan
into perpetuity. Such a project has to be ready to go within a time certain.
MPT/Tye said we did not take money from Dial -A -Ride, we tightened up
the restrictions to eliminate the abuse which grew from about $350,000 to
$650,000 with folks using it outside of the parameters of what was
originally designated.
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ACM/McLean said that MPT/Tye was correct that the radius of the
program was adjusted. At one point it stretched to the west side of Los
Angeles and out past the Fontana/Rialto area on the east side. Those
radius areas were brought back down which reduced the mileage and the
costs.
MPT/Tye has always had the sense that it was a use it or lose it
proposition and he would much rather have 75 cents on the dollar than
zero dollars. It is our tax money to use as we see fit once, we make that
exchange with Pomona.
C/Chou reiterated his concerns.
C/Lyons said she believes the thing to do would be to move forward with
the exchange with Pomona, which is certainly better than what Manhattan
Beach offered, and next fiscal year when the General Plan is adopted and
approved, the Council and staff would know with more clarity what might
be possible.
C/Lyons moved to approve the agreement as recommended by staff.
C/Low said she understands C/Chou's concerns that Diamond Bar doesn't
want to give up 25 percent. She appreciates the research C/Chou brought
to the Council this evening, but having been in public service and having
done a lot of work on websites, what is on the website does not go into the
nitty gritty and give you the complete facts. There are exceptions and
qualifications and she does not feel that the Council should be making a
policy decision which could result in the City getting zero dollars based
upon language on a general public website with very general terms. What
is before the Council this evening is, in her opinion, a very professional
City staff recommendation from individuals who have done this type of
work for decades. Indeed, she believes staff is looking for a balance
between what the City is getting and what the City is giving up. They are
looking at the total $29 million budget as a whole which is what the
Council and City want. When looking at the matter of the 25 percentage
against a $29 million budget it does not seem to be very much. The staff
report clearly states the projects the City plans to fund and if we do not
fund these projects with the Prop A funds, the money would come out of
the General Fund Reserves which, as everyone has understood and
agreed that the City's reserves are on the downhill and are not projected
to increase. If these CIP projects were to be funded from the General
Fund, it would probably not be the wisest fiscal choice. In addition, in
looking at the specific project being targeted, it includes the Sycamore
Canyon Park slope erosion which amounts to over $400,000. She does
not believe it would make any sense for the entirety of the City to hold off
on this project even longer for the prospect of a downtown Diamond Bar or
Transit Center. There is really no other way except to hold on to this
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money for the sake of the 25 percent for three years or 30 years until
Diamond Bar actually gets a feasible project. Overall, while she gets the
point, the overall balance is for the 25 percent, the projects to be
completed and the future budget of the City of Diamond Bar under the
uncertainty of what can be done.
C/Chou said he appreciates the feedback from staff and his colleagues.
To clarify, the $1.2 million received was in this fiscal year so if the City
does not spend that amount does it mean that the City would have three
years from today to spend that money?
FD/Honeywell said she would have to do more analysis to determine how
aged each portion of the funds are, but certainly a portion should be falling
off next year.
MPT/Tye said that ideally, when Prop A was passed (Local Return Transit
Fund) it would let the City use the funds that come to the City of Diamond
Bar the way the City deems fit, whether to paint, slurry roads or whatever,
Diamond Bar has to deal with the guidelines and rather than lose it all, it is
better to "lose" the 25 percent but he does not see it as "losing" the 25
percent as much as he sees it gaining the 75 percent because otherwise,
it will all be lost. That is the tradeoff to him what can we keep and
determine what we will use it for and we will keep the 75 cents on the
dollar. While that is distasteful, it remains better than the alternative.
C/Chou's motion died for lack of a second.
C/Lyons again moved and C/Low seconded, to approve Consent Calendar
Item 6.8, Proposition A Local Return Transit Fund Agreement with the City
of Pomona. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote:
AYES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Low, Lyons, MPT/Tye
NOES:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Chou
ABSENT:
COUNCIL MEMBERS:
M/Herrera
6.10 AUTHORIZATION TO PURCHASE A NEW FINANCE ENTERPRISE
RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEM, HARDWARE AND RELATED
IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES AS FOLLOWS:
A. APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
AN AGREEMENT WITH TYLER TECHNOLOGIES TO PROVIDE AND
IMPLEMENT A FINANCE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
(ERP) SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $796,564;
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B. APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE
AN AGREEMENT WITH SCHAFER CONSULTING TO PROVIDE
CONSULTING SERVICES DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF
THE ERP SYSTEM IN THE AMOUNT OF $140,000;
C. APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE A
PURCHASE ORDER TO OLD AMERICAN, INC., FOR THE
PURCHASE OF FOUR (4) HEWLET PACKARD SERVERS IN THE
AMOUNT OF $62,250.00;
D. APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE A CONTINGENCY AMOUNT OF
$93,656 FOR CONTRACT CHANGE ORDERS, SERVICES, AND
HARDWARE NECESSARY FOR THE SUCCESSFUL
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING
(ERP) SYSTEM, TO BE USED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CITY
MANAGER; AND,
E. APPROPRIATE AN ADDITIONAL $249,347 FROM THE GENERAL
FUND RESERVE TO COVER THE ENTIRE FINANCE ENTERPRISE
RESOURCE PLANNING (ERP) SYSTEM PROJECT, INCLUDING
CONTINGENCY.
C/Lyons said she pulled this item for further discussion about why the cost
of this project has increased a quarter of a million dollars from when
Council originally approved it.
ISD/Desforges provided information regarding this item. As the Council is
aware, from both a strategic planning and budget processing, Council and
staff have been preparing for the three major software system
upgrades/replacements for a number of years. The first system was the
most recently completed Parks and Recreation software upgrade which
was completed by PRD/Wright and his team on time and under budget.
The item before the Council tonight is the second software system
replacement and this item achieves a significant milestone in the Council's
Strategic Plan, the selection of the City's new financial ERP vendor, Tyler
Technologies in the amount of $796,564. Council has been prudently
preparing for this large capital expense for a number of years and has
already allocated the significant sum of $885,993 toward the required
$1,135,340 funding for this project. Of this approximately $1.1 million,
$93,656 is contingency of which staff hopes to use as little as possible.
However, with a two-year implementation it is still prudent to request
approval of this amount in advance rather than coming back to Council
again and again for each little item that may occur. Additionally, some of
the professional services in the Tyler Contract and all of the professional
services in the Schafer Consulting Contract are billed on a time and
materials basis and these amounts have been carefully calculated through
an extensive scoping process. Yet both may offer opportunities for staff to
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achieve additional cost savings during the year post implementation which
makes him optimistic that staff may yet achieve a sub -$1 million total cost
in the end. The Tyler product selection was approximately a 15 -month
process that involved virtually every department in the City.
FD/Honeywell, along with HRRM/Haug and CC/Cribbins, were key
stakeholders and thought leaders during the process, developing over
1,127 desired functional requirements along with the Schafer Consulting
Team. As mentioned in the Council report, the Tyler technologies Munis
System over time will greatly enhance customer service and increase staff
efficiencies in the area of finance, human resources, purchasing,
cashiering, and contract management, and allow for over-the-counter
credit card processing. As noted in the report, the recommended vendor
solution, Tyler's on -premises solution, along with all of the implementation
costs, represents a savings of between $1.1 million and $1.5 million over
the next 10 years and is likely to double that amount over the 20 -year
anticipated lifespan when compared to other viable alternatives. The Tyler
Munis implementation is anticipated to take 24 months beginning on June
3, 2019. In conclusion, the City's third software system replacement
project, the Enterprise Land Management system replacement has started
the functional requirements development process.
C/Lyons questioned the cost of the consulting service and asked if that
cost could be reduced.
ISD/Desforges responded that it will be managed by FD/Honeywell who
will be the project manager during the implementation process. However,
the answer is yes, but he does not want to predict how it will work out in
the end. It is a time and materials -based contract and the company is an
excellent service provider for the City. For the City to use its own staff or
directly hire staff to implement the system, the City would not benefit from
their experience. They have implemented this solution numerous times
and that alone will save the City a lot of time and trouble. He believes it is
worth having them and their experience during implementation. The City
will pay for only what it uses as opposed to creating a long-term
encumbrance if he had to hire a permanent staff member to do that job. In
addition, the City has traditionally used out -source project managers and it
has proven to be cost-effective.
C/Low asked how ISD/Desforges could be certain that this software had a
20 -year lifespan.
ISD/Desforges explained that in finance systems accounting does not
change that much and the key is that Tyler has an evergreen software
upgrade package which is a key point in staff's report about how valuable
they are on their annual maintenance because unlike other vendors that
charge upgrade fees, etc. there are none on this product. By simply
continuing the annual maintenance for that 20 years, baring them going
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bankrupt, or being bought up which seems unlikely, they will be in
business to follow through on this contract.
C/Low asked if purchase and implementation of this system would allow
the City to retain staffing at the current level as opposed to requiring
additional full time or part time staff to do the function the software is
supposed to do for the City.
ISD/Desforges responded that this was a key part of the discussions staff
had throughout this process and while he does not want to speak to that
issue in terms of absolutes, staff believes that the software product will
allow FD/Honeywell to reorganize her departmental staff functions by
freeing up some staff tasks that are currently manual and turning those
into automated process will allow her to repurpose staff for functions the
City has a need for. This will at least delay the need for additional staff for
some period of time but he cannot say that there will never be a request
for an additional staff person.
C/Low asked where the benefits to customer service will be seen for
residents as a result of implementation of this system.
ISD/Desforges said he believed the earliest benefit the residents will see
is in the ability for the City to take credit card processing over the counter
4 which the City cannot do except for the current online credit card
processing. This will ultimately allow the City to take credit cards for all
sorts of areas, both in the Parks and Rec system, Enterprise Land
Management system when it comes online as well as, miscellaneous and
other types of cash functions that are currently ongoing.
C/Chou moved, C/Lyons seconded, to approve Consent Calendar Item
6.10 as proposed by staff. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
7. PULIC HEARINGS: NONE.
8. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION: NONE.
Chou, Low, Lyons, MPT/Tye
None
M/Herrera
9. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE , REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE
REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
C/Chou reported that on April 24th as the Delegate to the League of Cities, he
traveled to Sacramento on a day trip to receive a presentation from Senator
Weiner, the author of SB 50 (the housing bill) which he is closely monitor to see
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how that can potentially impact the City and the way it zones. He toured local
businesses with Congressman Cisneros and Congress Member Judy Chu. to
learn more about how businesses are run and potentially advocate for more
businesses to come to Diamond Bar. On April 25th he attended the Sheriff
Department's Volunteer Recognition Dinner. It was amazing to hear about all of
the volunteers who volunteer thousands of hours. They are an amazing group of
people and without them we would not be the 4th or 5th safest City in California.
Thank you to the Volunteers! May is Asian -Pacific American Heritage month
which was passed in 1977 by the US Congress. During this month we come
together to celebrate the vibrant history and widespread contributions that Asian
Americans and Pacific Islanders have made for our nation. As we celebrate this
month let us honor the tireless work of generations of API's who came before us
and recommit ourselves to advancing the work that still lies ahead.
C/Lyons congratulated City staff for a very successful Breakfast with the Bunny.
A couple of weeks ago she spent an entire day at the Ports of Long Beach in Los
Angeles. She attended with the Capital Projects Construction committee. They
were on a boat and saw everything from the oceanside including the incoming
container ships, container ships being unloaded and containers moving out east
having been loaded on trains and trucks. This is part of goods movement and
the better we understand goods movement, the better it can be explained to
people in Sacramento and Washington, D.C. to make a stronger case for getting
the SR57/60 choke point fixed. One more arrow in Diamond Bar's quiver of
arrows to get a full picture of why this choke point needs to be un -choked. She
wished Diamond Bar moms a Happy Mother's Day.
C/Low thanked the Volunteer Patrol for their many hours of service to Diamond
Bar everyday of every year. She congratulated City staff for an excellent 30th
Diamond Bar Birthday held on April 27th. It was a lot of fun, great showing, good
participation by the City as well as, by the residents. It was a great event she
hopes the City will continue, as it appears to be growing every year. Mayor
Herrera was there for Meet the Mayors Day. This is snake season and she
cautioned residents to be aware and watch out for themselves and their pets.
Happy Mother's Day to residents of Diamond Bar as well as, all of those who
have generously and kindly stepped into the "mother" role. All are appreciated
so please take time to express appreciation for the moms in your life.
MPT/Tye said it is estimated that the Volunteers equal about '% million dollars of
Sheriff's services and the City greatly appreciates everything they do for
Diamond Bar. Last week he attended his first SCAG General Assembly meeting
as the recently elected delegate to Region 37 during which they welcomed the
new Executive Director, Kome Ajise and Congressman Bill Yawn from Big Bear
who will take over as the incoming President. Last Saturday he had coffee and
donuts with Assemblyman Chen and listened to what he had to say about
Sacramento and he believes Assemblyman Chen is an advocate for Diamond
Bar. On his way to the Diamond Bar Center where that meeting was held, it was
exciting to pass by the top of Sycamore Canyon Park and see the machinery
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ready to move forward with the rehabilitation of the slope. It was January 2017
when Diamond Bar suffered that storm and two plus years later it is finally being
repaired which ties in with what was being discussed this evening about not
giving money away. A lot of people couldn't figure out why Diamond Bar would
not just pay for it and get it done who now realize that FEMA came through with
almost a million dollars of the repair cost and that it was worth waiting for, no
matter how frustrating. He wished his beautiful wife, his daughter and all
mothers a Happy Mother's Day.
ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to conduct, MPT/Tye adjourned the
Regular City Council Meeting at 7:37 p.m.
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TOMMYE CRIBBINS, CITY CLERK
The,foregoing minute!§-xe hereby approved this 21st day of May 2019.
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STEVE TYE, MAYOR PRO TEM