HomeMy WebLinkAboutPRA 2026-128 (Flock)_2023.09.19 Agenda Packet - Regular MeetingCity Council Agenda
Tuesday, September 19, 2023
Closed Session 5:30 PM
South Coast Air Quality Management District/CC-8
21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765
Regular Meeting 6:30 PM
South Coast Air Quality Management District/Main Auditorium
21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA 91765
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The public may provide public comment by attending the meeting in person, by sending an email, or by
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FOR PUBLIC COMMENT.” Written comments will be distributed to the Council Members, noted for the
record at the meeting and posted on the City’s official agenda webpage as soon as reasonably
practicable (found here: http://diamondbarca.iqm2.com/Citizens/Default.aspx).
The public may log into the meeting through this link:
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be called upon one at a time during the Public Comment portion of the agenda. Speakers are limited to
five minutes per agenda item, unless the Mayor determines otherwise.
American Disability Act Accommodations:
Pursuant to the Executive Order, and in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need
special assistance to participate in the Council Meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office (909) 839-
7010 within 72 hours of the meeting. City Council video recordings with transcription will be available
upon request the day following the Council Meeting.
The City of Diamond Bar thanks you in advance for taking all precautions to prevent spreading
the COVID-19 virus.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 PAGE 2
RUTH M. LOW
Council Member
CHIA TENG
Council Member
STEVE TYE
Council Member
ANDREW CHOU
Mayor
STAN LIU
Mayor Pro Tem
City Manager Dan Fox • City Attorney Omar Sandoval • City Clerk Kristina Santana
DIAMOND BAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING RULES
Welcome to the meeting of the Diamond Bar City Council. Meetings are open to the public and are
broadcast on Spectrum Cable Channel 3 and Frontier FiOS television Channel 47. You are invited
to attend and participate. Copies of staff reports or other written documentation relating to agenda
items are on file and available for public inspection by contacting the Office of the City Clerk. If
requested, the agenda will be made available in an alternative format to a person with disability as
required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you have questions
regarding an agenda item, please contact the City Clerk at (909) 839-7010 during regular business
hours.
PUBLIC INPUT
Members of the public may address the Council on any item of business on the agenda during the
time the item is taken up by the Council. In addition, members of the public may, during the Public
Comment period address the Council on any Consent Calendar item or any matter not on the
agenda and within the Council’s subject matter jurisdiction. Any material to be submitted to the City
Council at the meeting should be submitted through the City Clerk.
Speakers are limited to five minutes per agenda item, unless the Mayor determines otherwise. The
Mayor may adjust this time limit depending on the number of people wishing to speak, the
complexity of the matter, the length of the agenda, the hour and any other relevant consideration.
Speakers may address the Council only once on an agenda item, except during public hearings,
when the applicant/appellant may be afforded a rebuttal.
Public comments must be directed to the City Council. A person who disrupts the orderly conduct of
the meeting after being warned by the Mayor or the Mayor’s designee that their behavior is
disrupting the meeting, may result in the person being removed from the meeting.
INFORMATION RELATING TO AGENDAS AND ACTIONS OF THE COUNCIL
Agendas for regular City Council meetings are available 72 hours prior to the meeting and are
posted in the City’s regular posting locations, on DBTV (on Spectrum Cable Channel 3 and Frontier
FiOS television Channel 47) and on the City’s website at www.diamondbarca.gov/agendas. The
City Council may take action on any item listed on the agenda.
HELPFUL PHONE NUMBERS
Copies of agendas, rules of the Council, Video of meetings: (909) 839-7010
Computer access to agendas: www.diamondbarca.gov/agendas
General information: (909) 839-7000
Written materials distributed to the City Council within 72 hours of the City Council meeting are
available for public inspection immediately upon distribution in the City Clerk’s Office at 21810 Copley
Dr., Diamond Bar, California, during normal business hours.
THIS MEETING IS BEING VIDEO RECORDED AND BY PARTICIPATING VIA
TELECONFERENCE, YOU ARE GIVING YOUR PERMISSION TO BE TELEVISED.
THIS MEETING WILL BE RE-BROADCAST EVERY SATURDAY AND SUNDAY AT
9:00 A.M. AND ALTERNATE TUESDAYS AT 8:00 P.M. AND IS ALSO AVAILABLE FOR
LIVE VIEWING AT
HTTPS://ATTENDEE.GOTOWEBINAR.COM/REGISTER/2923025708009781592 AND
ARCHIVED VIEWING ON THE CITY’S WEB SITE AT WWW.DIAMONDBARCA.GOV.
CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
CITY COUNCIL AGENDA
September 19, 2023
CLOSED SESSION 5:30 p.m., CC-8 Conference Room, In Person
ONLY – no teleconference.
Public Comments
Public Employee Performance Evaluation
Pursuant to Government Code section 54957
Title: City Manager
CALL TO ORDER: 6:30 p.m.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Mayor
INVOCATION: Kevin Ahn, Youth Pastor of Evangelical Free
Church
ROLL CALL: Low, Teng, Tye, Mayor Pro Tem Liu, Mayor
Chou
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: Mayor
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 PAGE 2
1. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS:
1.1 Certificates of Recognition for Diamond Bar Girls Softball All-Stars.
2. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Public Comments” is the time reserved on each regular meeting agenda to
provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Council
on Consent Calendar items or other matters of interest not on the agenda that
are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Although the City Council
values your comments, pursuant to the Brown Act, members of the City Council
or Staff may briefly respond to public comments if necessary, but no extended
discussion and no action on such matters may take place. There is a five -minute
maximum time limit when addressing the City Council. At this time, the
teleconference moderator will ask callers one at a time to give their name and if
there is an agenda item number they wish to speak on before providing their
comment.
4. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:
4.1 City Government Explained Series – How the City Prepares for
Emergencies – September 20, 2023, 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. Diamond Bar
Center, 1600 Grand Ave.
4.2 Free Catalytic Converter Etching – September 20, 2023, 9:00 – 11:00
a.m. Calvary Chapel Golden Springs, 22324 Golden Springs Dr.
4.3 Free Paper Shredding Event – September 23, 2023, 9:00 a.m. – 1:00
p.m. SCAQMD Parking Lot, 21865 Copley Dr.
4.4 Planning Commission Meeting – September 26, 2023 – cancelled.
4.5 State of the City Address – September 27, 2023, 5:30 p.m. – 7:30
p.m. Grand View Ballroom, Diamond Bar Center, 1600 Grand Ave.
4.6 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting – September 28, 2023 –
online teleconference and Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley
Dr.
4.7 City Council Meeting – October 3, 2023 – online teleconference and
SCAQMD Main Auditorium, 21865 Copley Dr.
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 PAGE 3
5. CONSENT CALENDAR:
All items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered by the City Council to be
routine and will be acted on by a single motion unless a Council Member or
member of the public request otherwise, in which case, the item will be removed
for separate consideration.
5.1 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES OF THE AUGUST 15, 2023 REGULAR
MEETING.
5.1.a August 15, 2023 City Council Regular Meeting Minutes
Recommended Action:
Approve the August 15, 2023 Regular City Council meeting minutes.
Requested by: City Clerk
5.2 RATIFICATION OF CHECK REGISTER DATED AUGUST 9, 2023
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 12, 2023 TOTALING $3,602,766.62.
Recommended Action:
Ratify the Check Register.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.3 TREASURER'S STATEMENT
Recommended Action:
Approve the August 2023 Treasurer’s Statement.
Requested by: Finance Department
5.4 HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH PROCLAMATION.
Recommended Action:
Adopt the Proclamation declaring September 15 – October 15 as Hispanic
Heritage Month.
Requested by: City Manager
5.5 ESTABLISHING LOCATIONS FOR POSTING OF CITY ORDINANCES,
RESOLUTIONS, PUBLIC NOTICES, AND AGENDAS REQUIRED BY
LAW TO BE PUBLISHED OR POSTED.
Recommended Action:
Adopt Resolution No. 2023-30 establishing locations for posting of City
Ordinances, Resolutions, Public Notices, and Agendas Required by Law
to be published or posted.
Requested by: City Clerk
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 PAGE 4
5.6 PUBLIC WORKS AGREEMENT WITH EIDIM GROUP, INC. DBA EIDIM
AV TECHNOLOGY FOR WINDMILL/WILLOW ROOM AUDIO VISUAL &
PRODUCTION CONTROL ROOM SYSTEMS UPGRADE PROJECT (FP
23504).
Recommended Action:
A. Determine that approving the construction contract for the proposed
Project is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act
pursuant to Sections 15301(c) and 15302 of the CEQA Guidelines;
B. Adopt Resolution No. 2023-31 approving the design plans, specifications,
and working details for the Windmill/Willow Room Audio Visual &
Production Control Room Systems Upgrade Project;
C. Approve, and authorize the City Manager to sign a construction
contract with EIDIM Group, Inc. dba EIDIM AV Technology; in the
amount of $355,065.70, plus a contingency amount of $53,260 for
contract change orders, if any, to be approved by the City Manager,
for a total authorization amount of $408,325.70; and
D. Appropriate $108,326 from the PEG Fund (Fund 270) fund balance
to the CIP Fund (Fund 301) for Project #FP23504.
Requested by: Public Works Department
5.7 CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH MULHOLLAND
CONSULTING, INC. FOR THE DESIGN OF THE STEEP CANYON
ROAD EROSION CONTROL AND SEDIMENTATION PREVENTION AT
CLEAR CREEK CANYON DRIVE PROJECT (CIP PW24401).
Recommended Action:
Approve, and authorize the City Manager to sign, a Consultant Services
Agreement with Mulholland Consulting, Inc., in the amount of $59,433.00
plus a contingency amount of $8,914.95 for a total authorization amount of
68,347.95.
Requested by: Public Works Department
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS: NONE.
7. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION:
7.1 CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH REGIONAL CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY FOR BUSINESS
DEVELOPMENT AND ENGAGEMENT SERVICES THROUGH JUNE 30,
2024.
Recommended Action:
SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 PAGE 5
Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign the Consulting Services
Agreement with Regional Chamber of Commerce San Gabriel Valley.
Requested by: City Manager
7.2 MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH FLOCK GROUP, INC. FOR
AUTOMATED LICENSE PLATE READER SURVEILLANCE CAMERA
SERVICES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 19, 2025.
Recommended Action:
A. Approve and authorize the City Manager to sign the Master Services
Agreement Flock Group, Inc; and
B. Appropriate $185,000 from Law Enforcement Reserve Fund (Fund
102) to fund the Agreement for FY 23/24.
Requested by: City Manager
8. COUNCIL SUB-COMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE
REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
9. ADJOURNMENT: