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Home My WebLink About2020.02.18 - Minutes - Regular MeetingCITY OF DIAMOND BAR MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF THE FEBRUARY 18, 2020 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor 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. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor Tye led the Pledge of Allegiance. INVOCATION: Shaykh Nomaan Baig, Institute of Knowledge, provided the invocation. ROLL CALL: Council Members Andrew Chou, Jennifer "Fred" Mahlke, Mayor Pro Tern Nancy Lyons, and Mayor Steve Tye Absent: Council Member Ruth Low Staff in attendance: Dan Fox, City Manager; Ryan McLean, Assistant City Manager; David DeBerry, City Attorney; David Liu, Public Works Director; Greg Gubman, Community Development Director; Ryan Wright, Parks and Recreation Director; Dianna Honeywell, Finance Director; Ken Desforges, Information Systems Director; Anthony Santos, Assistant to the City Manager; Amy Haug, Human Resources Manager; Cecilia Arellano, Public Information Coordinator; Kristina Santana, City Clerk. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: As presented. 1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS: 1.1 Census 2020 Presentation 2. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: None 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mark Statema spoke about the Christian Outreach Youth Organization startup programI Young Life Walnut Valley. Allen Wilson spoke about the January 27th Special City Council Meeting agenda regarding the appointment of a vacant Council seat and tonight's agenda item 8.1, and questioned two check register items, a California Edison late fee and a consulting fee for legislative services. Cindy Cheng, spoke about Life Steps Foundation Children and Family Services and announced the Foundation's first Earth Day 5K Run/Walk would be held in Whittier Narrows Recreation area on April 18th FEBRUARY 18, 2020 PAGE 2 CITY COUNCIL Chia Teng voiced concerns to the Council about the Millennium Development project. Dawn Hallie spoke on behalf of Cimarron Oaks XI HOA regarding damage to homes from spring water. Douglas Barcon asked if something could be done to stop drivers from running stop signs throughout the City. 4. RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS: None Offered. 5. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS: 5.1 Voting Solutions for All People (VSAP) Demonstration —February 20, 2020 — 7:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon, Diamond Bar Center, 1600 Grand Avenue. 5.2 Planning Commission Meeting —February 25, 2020 — 6:30 p.m., Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive. 5.3 City Council Meeting —March 3, 2020, 6:30 p.m., AOMD/Government Center Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive, 6. CONSENT CALENDAR: MPT/Lyons moved, C/Chou seconded, to approve the Consent Calendar with C/Mahlke abstaining from Item 6.1. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Chou, Mahlke, MPT/Lyons, M/Tye NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Low 6.1 APPROVED CITY COUNCIL MEETING MINUTES: 6.1 a REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 21, 2020 — as presented. 6.1b ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF JANUARY 27, 2020—as presented. 6.2 CITY COUNCIL RECEIPT OF COMMISSION MINUTES: 6.2a PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF OCTOBER 24, 2019. 6.2b PLANNING COMMISSION SPECIAL MEETING OF DECEMBER 412019, 6.2c PLANNING COMMISSION REGULAR MEETING OF DECEMBER 10, 2019. 6.3 RATIFIED CHECK REGISTER DATED JANUARY 16, 2020 THROUGH FEBRUARY 18, 2020 PAGE 3 CITY COUNCIL �l E� FEBRUARY 12, 2020 TOTALING $2,833,010.911 6.4 APPROVED TREASURER'S STATEMENT OF DECEMBER 2019. 6.5 APPROVED THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE AGREEMENT WITH CIVIC PLUS FOR ANNUAL HOSTING AND MAINTENANCE, CITIZEN REQUEST MANAGEMENT SYSTEM USER LICENSES AND TRAINING (CP-CONNECT), AND IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW MOBILE APPLICATION (CP-MOBILE.) 6.6 RECEIVED AND FILED 2019 GENERAL PLAN STATUS REPORT. 6.7 RATIFIED THE MAYOR'S REVISED APPOINTMENTS OF COUNCIL MEMBERS TO SERVE ON LOCAL AND REGIONAL BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES, AND DELETED THE FOUR CORNERS TRANSPORTATION COALITION AND DISSOLVED THE INDUSTRY EAST DEVELOPMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE, PUBLIC HEARING(S): NONE COUNCIL CONSIDERATION: CITY COUNCIL APPOINTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION, PLANNING AND TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSIONERS. Council Member Jennifer "Fred" Mahlke Sandra Ybanez Parks and Recreation Commission Mahenura Garg Planning Commission Michael Gonzalez Traffic and Transportation Commission Council Member Ruth Low Manisha Sulakhe Parks and Recreation Commission Ray Wolfe Planning Commission Cynthia Quan Traffic and Transportation Commission Council Member Andrew Chou Stan Liu Parks and Recreation Commission Bill Rawlings Planning Commission Andrew Wong Traffic and Transportation Commission Mayor Pro Tern Nancy Lyons Aaron Salo Parks and Recreation Commission Ken Mok Planning Commission Kim Hsieh Traffic and Transportation Commission FEBRUARY 18, 2020 PAGE 4 CITY COUNCIL Mayor Steve Tye Tommy Orona Parks and Recreation Commission Naila Barlas Planning Commission Surendra Mehta Traffic and Transportation Commission C/Chou moved, C/Mahlke seconded, to ratify Commission appointments as set forth by each Council Member. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Chou, Mahlke, MPT/Lyons, M/Tye NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Low 9. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS: C/Mahlke indicated that she spent a considerable amount of time over the past two weeks with CM/Fox and department heads who were all very generous with their time, knowledge and guidance, which she greatly appreciated. Staff are very passionate people who care deeply about the City. She has also received a lot of support from her colleagues and a warm welcome from many residents. While she has not had the opportunity to attend subcommittee meetings, she will attend her first meeting tomorrow. C/Chou offered C/Mahlke a warm welcome to the City Council and believes she will contribute much to the Council based on her experience on the Traffic and Transportation Commission and the Planning Commission. He reiterated the importance of the US Census. He attended a press conference with the Secretary of State and for every head that is not counted, the state loses approximately $1,000 in federal funding each year. The last census was taken 10 years ago and the most undercounted segment of the population were individuals under the age of 5 who are now reaching the age of 15 and will soon be attending college for which the state will not receive funding because these young people were not counted. Today is the last day to register to vote, so for those who have not registered they can go to the website www.lavote.net and register to vote and exercise their right. As a delegate to the League of California Cities he was honored to be appointed to the Public Safety Policy Committee which met in Sacramento a couple of weeks ago. One of the items discussed was reducing crime and the Keep California Safe Act of 2020 which should be on the November ballot. This Act seeks to undo some of the unintended consequences of Props 47 and 57 and will broaden the definition of violent felonies to reflect the wider universe of offenses. He congratulated Kazi Blooms on their grand opening. OPT/Lyons welcomed C/Mahlke to the City Council, On February 8th, she and M/Tye participated in the Friends of the Library ribbon -cutting ceremony to FEBRUARY 18, 2020 PAGE 5 CITY COUNCIL celebrate the renovated Reading Garden in the library. She encouraged everyone to visit the refreshed space with new furniture, umbrellas with solar lights, and beautiful new plants, some, courtesy of the City. She filled in for M/Tye at the Foothill Transit January meeting and encouraged M/Tye to attend the Bus Rodeo, Foothill Transit is building a transit center at Mt. San Antonio Community College so that students will not have to drive to and from the school where parking is a problem. She and C/Mahlke attended the Miss Diamond Bar Scholarship Pageant where they met 11 young women who were very poised and presented themselves as great representatives for the City. She and C/Chou judged the American Association of University Women Speech Trek which was comprised of a number of young people with tons of talent. She asked everyone to attend the demonstration of the new voting machine on Thursday from 7:30 a.m. to noon at the Diamond Bar Center. M/Tye thanked MPT/Lyons for inviting him to attend the Foothill Transit Bus Rodeo. He was excited to throw out the first pitch for the Diamond Bar Girls' Softball opening day game. Tonight's meeting will be adjourned in honor of former City of Industry Mayor Dave Perez who passed away last week at age 74. He was a wonderful human being, a great guy and very gregarious. He was born and raised in Industry and was devoted to his City and gave countless hours to many non-profit organizations in the community. He was a founding member of Industry Sheriff's Station's Youth Activities League which has become the model program for the LA County Sheriff's Department. His rosary will be February 24'h at 7:00 p.m. at St. Joseph Church in La Puente, followed on Tuesday February 25'h at 10:00 a.m. with a Mass and burial to follow. Condolences to his widow Shirley, his nephews and extended family. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to conduct, M/Tye adjourned the Regular City Council Meeting at 7:13 p.m. in honor of former City of Industry Mayor Dave Perez. Respectfully submitted: Kristina Santana, City Clerk The/forgoing minutes are hereby approved this 3�d day of March, 2020. f Steve Tye, M yor