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Home My WebLink About12/3/2002 Minutes - Regular Meeting`J 1 MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR DECEMBER 3, 2002 STUDY SESSION: MIChang called the meeting to order at 5:35 p.m. in Room CC -8 of the South Coast Air Quality Management District, 21865 E. Clopley Dr., Diamond Bar, CA. ➢ Home Improvement Program Present: Herrera, Huff, Zirbes, Mayor Pro Tem O' Mayor Chang Also present were: Linda Lowry, City Manager; Mike Jenkins Attorney, James DeStefano, Deputy City Manager; Dave Doyle, Depute Manager; David Liu, Public Works Director; Bob Rose, Community Se Director; Linda Magnuson, Finance Director and Lynda Burgess, City Clerk. CLOSED SESSION: None CALL TO ORDER: 6:45 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Lt. Maxey, Walnut Sheriff Department INVOCATION: The Invocation was given by 1st Councilor Lorenzen., Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. ROLL CALL: Council Members Herrera, Huff, Zirbes, M Tem O'Connor, Mayor Chang Also present were: Linda Lowry, City Manager; Mike Jenkins Attorney, James DeStefano, Deputy City Manager; Dave Doyle, Deputy Manager; David Liu, Public Works Director; Bob Rose, Community Ser Director; Linda Magnuson, Finance Director and Lynda Burgess, City Clerk. APPROVAL OF AGENDA: As presented. 2. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS: 2.1 Proclaimed December 2002 as "YOU DRINK & DRIVE. YOU LOSE." Month 3. CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION 3.1 SELECTION OF MAYOR Mayor Chang nominated Council Member O'Connor. Council Member O'Connor withdrew her name from nomination and City City ph Ralf Pro City City DECEMBER 3, 2002 PAGE 2 CITY COUNCIL nominated Council Member Herrera. There being no further nominations, Mayor Chang closed the nominations. Council Member Herrera was selected as Mayor for the ensuing year by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Herrera, Huff, O'Connor, Zirbes NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Chang (cast his vote for O'Connor) ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None 3.2 SELECTION OF MAYOR PRO TEM Mayor Herrera opened the nominations. ClZirbes nominated CIHuff. C/O'Connor nominated ClZirbes. There being no further nominations, Mayor Herrera closed the nominations. Council Member Huff was selected to serve as Mayor Pro Tem by the following voice count vote: Council Member Huff — Herrera, Huff, Zirbes Council Member Zirbes — Chang, O'Connor 3.3 PRESENTATIONS TO OUTGOING MAYOR, WEN P. CHANG Presentations made by the City Council and representatives from Congressman Gary Miller, State Senator Bob Margett, Assemblyman Robert Pacheco. Presentations were also made by Betts Griffone, representing the D.B. Friends of the Library; Dr. An York Lee, Bd. President and Dr. Kent Bechler, Superintendent, Walnut Unified School District, Stuart Pompel, Pacific Crest Youth Arts, Irene Wang, D.B. Library, Phyllis Murphy, YMCA, Dr. Tony Torng, Asian American Professional Assn., Benny Liang, Diamond Bar Chinese American Assn., Mary Matson, Walnut Republican Women Federated, Dr. Doug Glaeser, Cal Poly Pomona, Dr. Pat Rasmussen, Cal Poly Pomona, Jack Tanaka, D.B. Planning Commission and the Diamond Age Seniors. RECESS: MlHerrera recessed the City Council Meeting at 7:35 p.m. RECONVENE: MlHerrera reconvened the City Council meeting at 8:03 p.m. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: None Offered. DECEMBER 3, 2002 PAGE 3 CITY COUNCI 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS AND RESPONSES: 4.A PUBLIC COMMENTS: Allen Wilson congratulated Mayor Herrera on her appointment. He spoke on behalf of the D.B. Community Foundation to advise residents about the street sign sale fundraiser. A street sign sale will take place on Saturday, January 11, 2003 at the Deane Homes Swim Club, 1010 Overlook Bridge. The silent auction has abase bid amount of 10 per sign with increments of $5 per bid. Benjamin Kim spoke about his love for D.B. and the good work by the City Council Members. He liked the new street signs and felt they were very aesthetically pleasing and very readable. Last week, relatives visi ing his home received a citation for parking in front of his home during restricted street sweeping hours. He supported the street sweeping policy but there is no signage on his street warning people they should not park there during street sweeping hours. He asked Council to take a look at providing better notice to visitors. 4.B RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENT: M/Herrera explained that street sign replacement would be phased -i i over a five-year period. M/Herrera thanked Mr. Kim for his comments and indicated that the Council would review the street sweeping policy by next March within six mo the of its implementation. 5. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS: 5.1 HOLIDAY RIDE — November 29, 2002 to January 2, 2003 — Free to all D.B. residents 18 years and older (children under 18 must be accompanied y an adult). Please call 1-800-578-6555 for pick up. 5.2 PLANNING COMMISSION MEETING — December 10, 2002 — 7:00 p.m., SCAQMD/GOVERNMENT CENTER Auditorium, 21865 E. Copley Dr. 5.2 TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MEETING — Decernber 12, 2002 — 7:00 p.m., SCAQMD/GOVERNMENT CENTER Hearingoard Room, 21865 E. Copley Dr. Meeting adjourned due to anticipated la k of quorum. 5.4 WINTER SNOW FEST — December 14, 2002 — 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 .m., Pantera Park, 738 Pantera Dr. 5.5 CITY COUNCIL MEETING — December 17, 2002 — 6:30 .m., SCAQMD/GOVERNMENT CENTER Auditorium, 21865 E. Copley Dr. DECEMBER 3, 2002 PAGE 4 CITY COUNCIL 5.6 PARKS AND RECREATION COMMISSION — December 19, 2002 — 7:00 p.m., SCAQMDIGOVERNMENT CENTER Hearing Board Room, 21865 E. Copley Dr. Meeting adjourned due to anticipated lack of quorum. 5.7 CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY — Tuesday, December 24 and Wednesday, December 25, 2002, City offices will be closed in observance of the Christmas Holiday. Offices will reopen, Thursday, December 26, 2002. City Offices will be closed Wednesday, January 1, 2003 in observance of New Year's Day. Offices will reopen on Thursday, January 2, 2003. 5.8 CITY -SPONSORED ELECTRONICS WASTE PICKUP —December 26, 2002 to January 17, 2003 — Free removal of TV's, VCR's Monitors, CD Players, Telephones, Radios, etc. Call 800-449-7587. 5.9 CHRISTMAS TREE RECYCLING PROGRAM — December 26, 2002 through January 10, 2003. Place tree at curbside on regular trash pick up day for disposal. 5.10 COMMUNITY FOUNDATION "SILENT AUCTION" —Saturday, January 11, 2003 — 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m., Deane Homes Swim Club, 1010 Overlook Ridge Dr. t 6. CONSENT CALENDAR: Moved by C/Chang, seconded by MPT/Huff to approve. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Chang, O'Connor, Zirbes, MPT/Huff, MI Herrera NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None 6.1 RECEIVED AND FILED PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES — Regular Meeting of October 29, 2002. 6.2 RECEIVED AND FILED TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MINUTES — Regular Meeting of October 10, 2002. 6.3 RECEIVED AND FILED PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES — Regular Meeting of October 24, 2002. 6.4 APPROVED WARRANT REGISTER - dated November 21, 2002 in the amount of $547,901.82. 6.5 APPROVED APPLICATION FOR TREE CITY USA RECERTIFICATION FOR 2002 AND AUTHORIZED THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE APPLICATION. 7. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None DECEMBER 3, 2002 PAGE 5 CITY COUNCIL 8. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION: 8.1 ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2002-78 A RESOLUTION APPROVING A MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION (ND2002-8) FOR THE PROPSED SUMMITRIDGE LIBRARY PROJECT. Moved by C/Zirbes, seconded by C/Chang to adopt Resolution No, 20()2-78. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Chang, O'Connor, Zirbes, MP Huff, M/Herrera NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None 8.2 ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2002-79 ESTABLISHING A F OME IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM TO ASSIST ELIGIBLE LOW -AND -MODE RATE INCOME RESIDENTIAL OWNER/OCCUPANTS IN F OME REHABILITATION. Jeff Koontz, D.B. Chamber of Commerce, was happy to learn thlat no additional monies allocated to other Community Block Grant Fundingwould be used to support this program. He asked that the City provide an approved list of contractors. He looked forward to improved housing for D.B. MPT/Huff asked Council to consider the following change: Definitilon of Annual Income would include "payments designated specifically for oster children" and be deleted from "shall not include." Council concurred. C/O'Connor asked if on Page 4 the term household's be changed to ow er's" in the statement "ownership of rental property or other real estate ho" other than the household's primary residence is prohibited." DCM/DeStefano responded that staff is still looking into this prc change. He asked that in the event of approval the Council furnish di to staff accordingly. Moved by C/Chang, seconded by MPT/Huff to adopt Resolution No. 2002-79 with additions by MPT/Huff and C/O'Connor (as determined by staff i their research of the use of "household's" in Section 2, Page 4). C/Chang said that the mission of the Neighborhood Improvement Subcommittee was to provide guidance for maintenance of property in the ' City and to provide grants to property owners who are in need of financial assistance. C/Zirbes explained that this program came out of the efforts o the Neighborhood Improvement Subcommittee. In working with the DECEMBER 3, 2002 PAGE 6 CITY COUNCIL neighborhood improvement officers, the Committee found that there were numerous homes within the City that could benefit from this type of program. The Committee looked at similar programs utilized by other cities and formulated a program specifically for D.B. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - Chang, O'Connor, Zirbes, MPT/Huff, MlHerrera NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS - None RECESS TO REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY: MlHerrera recessed the meeting to the Redevelopment Agency Meeting at 8:45 p.m. RECESS TO PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY: The Redevelopment Agency Meeting was recessed to the Public Financing Authority meeting at 8:47 p.m. CIO'Connor left the meeting at 8:46 p.m. RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING: MlHerrera reconvened the Regular City Council Meeting at 8:47 p.m. 9. COUNCIL SUB -COMMITTEE REPORTS/ COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS: C/Zirbes expressed his thanks to Wen Chang for his leadership to the City Council this past year. He congratulated Carol Herrera on her appointment as Mayor and looked forward to working with her and the rest of the Council in the coming year. C/Chang thanked Mr. Zirbes for his kind words and for their good working relationship. He congratulated Mayor Herrera and Mayor Pro Tem Huff on their appointments and thanked the City for giving him the opportunity to serve the community as their Mayor and Council Member. He looked forward to the challenge of financing a new library for the community. The City is facing possible state budget cuts. As a result, the formation of the Financing Authority should help the City move forward with economic development in these difficult economic times. MPT/Huff said it was very special celebrating Thanksgiving this past week with his wife's family. Tonight's reorganization was another step in moving the City forward. He believed the Council spoke with a single voice even though there were different ideas on how to get to that point. He explained that he and Council Member Zirbes were not opposed to supporting the Financing Authority. In fact, they felt strongly in favor of a fixed-rate loan instead of a variable-rate loan. Whatever action the Council took, he intended to move forward. Much was accomplished this past year and he was certain that the City would continue to move in a forward direction under the leadership of Mayor Herrera. He thanked staff for the City logo stationed behind the Council for the edification of the viewing public. MlHerrera said that although Council Members do not always vote unanimously, the 1 n DECEMBER 3, 2002 PAGE 7 CITY COUNCIL global goal is apparent. All Council Members share the vision of a stable eco lomic health for the City. Because there is a large scope of work for 2003, she inte ids to streamline the Council Meetings for the benefit of staff. She did not foresee E need for task forces since most of today's events were spurred by task force gro ps of 1998 — the Community/Senior Center, the library and others. She asked that Council Members indicate their preference for committee assignments for the December 17 meeting appointments. ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to conduct, MIH rrera adjourned the meeting at 9:14 p.m. in memory of Don Carruthers, father of City Clerk Lynda Burgess and James Wright, father of SCAQMD AudioNideo support staff member Paul Wright. ATTEST: W-ow�- CAROL HERRERA, Mayor � 9 . i L�NDA BURGESS, City Clerk