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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2022.12.06 - Minutes - Regular MeetingCITY OF DIAMOND BAR MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING SOUTH COAST AIR QUALITY MANAGEMENT DISTRICT/MAIN AUDITORIUM 21865 COPLEY DRIVE, DIAMOND BAR, CA 91765 DECEMBER 612022 CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Low called the Regular City Council meeting to order at 6:32 p.m. in the South Coast Air Quality Management District's Main Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765 Consistent with State Assembly Bill 361, members of the public were encouraged to participate and address the City Council during the public comment portion of the meeting via teleconference. City Council Members and staff participated in person and telephonically. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council Member Lyons led the Pledge of Allegiance. INVOCATION: Cantor Paul Buch, Temple Beth Israel, provided the invocation. ROLL CALL: Council Members Stan Liu, Nancy Lyons, Steve Tye, Mayor Pro Tern Andrew Chou, Mayor Ruth Low Staff Present: Dan Fox, City Manager; Omar Sandoval, Assistant City Attorney; Anthony Santos, Assistant to the City Manager; Ryan McLean, Assistant City Manager; Amy Haug, Human Resources and Risk Manager; Greg Gubman, Community Development Director; David Liu, Public Works Director; Jason Jacobsen, Finance Director; Ryan Wright, Parks & Recreation Director; Ken Desforges, Information Services Director; Marsha Roa, Public Information Manager; Cecilia Arellano, Public Information Coordinator; Joan Cruz, Administrative Coordinator; Kristina Santana, City Clerk Staff Present Telephonically: Hal Ghafari, Public Works Manager/Assistant City Engineer Also Present: LA County Sheriff's Captain Stephen Tousey, LACFD Community Services Liaison Leticia Pacillas APPROVAL OF AGENDA: As presented by M/Low. POST ELECTION PROCEDURES: ELECTION RESULTS OF THE NOVEMBER 8, 2022 GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. CM/Fox provided the staff report. M/Low opened the item for public comment. With no one wishing to speak, M/Low closed public comments. C/Liu moved, C/Tye seconded, to Adopt Resolution No. 2022-58 declaring the DECEMBER 6, 2022 PAGE 2 CITY COUNCIL election results of the November 8, 2022 General Municipal Election, as amended. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS Liu, Lyons, Tye, MPT/Chou, M/Low None None PRESENTATION TO OUTGOING COUNCIL MEMBER NANCY LYONS: M/Low and City Council Members presented a City tile, clock and memory book to outgoing Council Member Nancy Lyons in recognition of her service to the City of Diamond Bar from November 2013 to December 2022. The following individuals thanked outgoing Council Member Lyons for her service and dedication to the City of Diamond Bar: Abigail Fachtmann, Field Representative for US Representative Young Kim (CA- 39); Brandon Wong, Field Representative for Senator Josh Newman; Assistant Fire Chief Jesse Vela and Community Services Liaison Leticia Pacillas; Miss Diamond Bar Scholarship Pageant Royal Court and Board Member Linda Headlee; Jerry Tang, President and Scarlett Kwong, Board Member, Walnut Valley Water District; Camille Jones and Dionne Edwards, Diamond Bar Community Foundation; Tony Torng, President, Helen Hall, Board Member, and Cynthia Ruiz, Vice President, and Superintendent Robert Taylor, Walnut Valley Unified School District; Lily Quiroa, Waste Management; Wendy Jo, Friends of the Diamond Bar Library; Surendra Mehta; Bill Ruh, Government Affairs Director, Citrus Valley Association of Realtors; Angie Valenzuela, Valley Vista Services; and, Claudia Maidenberg, Diamond Bar Women's Club Council Member Lyons offered closing comments and left the dais. ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE Administration of the Oath of Office to the following Council Members: District 1 —Council Member Steve Tye —Kelly and Jeffrey Tye District 3 —Council Member Andrew Chou — CC/Santana District 4 — Council Member Chia Yu Teng — Jerry Tang, President, WVWB CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION: SELECTION OF MAYOR: C/Liu nominated C/Chou to serve as Mayor. There were no other nominations offered. C/Chou was unanimously elected to serve as Mayor of the City of Diamond Bar by the following Roll Call vote: C/Liu Yes DECEMBER 6, 2022 PAGE 3 C/Teng Yes C/Tye Yes C/Chou Yes M/Low Yes SELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM: CITY COUNCIL C/Tye nominated C/Liu to serve as Mayor Pro Tem. There were no other nominations offered. C/Liu was unanimously elected to serve as Mayor Pro Tem of the City of Diamond Bar by the following Roll Call vote: C/Liu Yes C/Low Yes C/Teng Yes C/Tye Yes M/Chou Yes PRESENTATION TO 2022 MAYOR RUTH LOW City Council Members presented a gavel and the individuals listed below offered their presentations, comments and thanks for her service to outgoing Mayor Ruth Low: Nancy Lyons, Abigail Fachtmann, Field Representative for US Representative Young Kim (CA-39), Brandon Wong, Field Representative for Senator Josh Newman, and Vinod Kashyap. C/Low thanked her colleagues, staff and residents for the honor and privilege of serving as the City's Mayor for 2022 and spoke about the many accomplishments of the City during challenging times. RECESS to RECEPTION: M/Chou recessed the meeting at 7:38 p.m. RECONVENE: M/Chou reconvened the meeting at 8:02 p.m. 1. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: None. 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS: None Offered. 3. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS: CM/Fox presented the Schedule of Future Events. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR: C/Low moved, C/Tye seconded, to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. Motion carried 5-0 by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Low, Teng, Tye, MPT/Liu, M/Chou NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None DECEMBER 6, 2022 PAGE 4 CITY COUNCIL ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None 4.1 APPROVED CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE NOVEMBER 15, 2022 REGULAR MEETING. 4.2 RATIFIED CHECK REGISTER DATED NOVEMBER 9, 2022 THROUGH NOVEMBER 29, 2022 TOTALING $1,479,118.45. 4.3 APPROVED FOR SECOND READING BY TITLE ONLY, WAIVED FULL READING, AND ADOPTED ORDINANCE NO. 04(2022) (SHORT-TERM RENTAL ORDINANCE) AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 5 (BUSINESS LICENSING) AND TITLE 22 (DEVELOPMENT CODE OF THE DIAMOND BAR MUNICIPAL CODE TO CLARIFY THE EXISTING PROHIBITION ON SHORT-TERM RENTALS IN RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS. 4.4 ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2022-59 EXTENDING THE DECLARED LOCAL EMERGENCY REGARDING NOVEL CORONAVIRUS (COVID- 19). 4.5 ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2022-60 PROVIDING FOR CONTINUED USE OF TELECONFERENING IN ACCORDANCE WITH ASSEMBLY BILL 361 FOR MEETINGS OF THE DIAMOND BAR CITY COUNCIL AND OTHER CITY COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES SUBJECT TO STATE OPEN MEETING LAWS. 4.6 ADJOURNED THE DECEMBER 20, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING TO JANUARY 17, 2023. 4.7 APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO SIGN, THE FIRST AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH WOODRUFF, SPRADLIN & SMART FOR CITY ATTORNEY SERVICES DESIGNATING OMAR SANDOVAL AS CITY ATTORNEY AND DAVID DEBERRY AS ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY, 4.8 APPROVED AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE A PURCHASE ORDER TO CDWG FOR THE PURCHASE OF FOUR (4) HPE SERVERS IN THE AMOUNT OF $84,536.58. 5. PUBLIC HEARINGS: NONE 6. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION: NONE RECESS: M/Chou recessed the City Council Meeting to the Public Financing Authority meeting at 8:08 p.m. RECONVENE: M/Chou reconvened the City Council Regular Meeting at 8:18 p.m. DECEMBER 6, 2022 PAGE 5 CITY COUNCIL 7. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS: C/Low thanked staff and especially the Parks & Recreation staff for a successful Windmill Lighting ceremony and DBHS and DRHS for providing the music, and congratulated the LA Sheriff's Volunteer Patrol Booster Club on a very successful fundraiser. C/Tye congratulated former Mayor Low and thanked her for her leadership, wished Godspeed to former Council Member Lyons following 8 years with WVUSD and 9 years with the Diamond Bar City Council, and hoped to see everyone at the Saturday Winter Snowfest & Craft Fair. C/Teng was grateful to CM/Fox, CC/Santana and staff for helping him transition to tonight's meeting and looked forward to working with his colleagues, and thanked M/Chou for helping him through tonight's meeting. MPT/Liu thanked staff for their help and preparation for tonight's transitional Council meeting and congratulated C/Tye on his re-election, newly elected C/Teng and M/Chou on his appointment, and thanked outgoing Council Member Lyons for her community service and outgoing Mayor Low for her leadership and contributions to the community during her tenure. M/Chou welcomed C/Teng, congratulated MPT/Liu on his appointment, thanked outgoing Mayor Low for her service to the Council and community, and thanked C/Tye for his guidance and support over the past four years. Reflecting on being a new member of Council and feeling alone and uncertain in his new position, it dawned on him that City Hall should be more accessible and welcoming to residents and to his colleagues, he expressed his sincere hope that he could count on their engagement, bold visions and healthy debate. He thanked residents for all that has been accomplished and all that will be accomplished in the future. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to conduct, M/Chou adjourned the Regular City Council Meeting at 8:26 pm. Respectfully Submitted: Kristina Santana, City Clerk The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this 20th day of December, 2022.