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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04/19/2011 Minutes - Regular MeetingCITY OF DIAMOND BAR CITY COUNCIL STUDY SESSION APRIL 19, 2011 STUDY SESSION: M/Tye called the Study Session to order at 5:00 p.m. in Room CC -8 of the South Coast Air Quality Management District/Government Center, 21865 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, CA. Present: Council Members, Ron Everett, Carol Herrera, Jack Tanaka, Mayor Pro Tem Ling -Ling Chang and Mayor Steve Tye. Staff Present: James DeStefano, City Manager; David Doyle, Assistant City Manager; Michael Jenkins, City Attorney; Bob Rose, Community Services Director; David Liu, Public Works Director; Greg Gubman, Community Development Director; Ryan McLean, Assistant to the City Manager; Ken Desforges, IT Director; Marsha Roa, Public Information Manager, and Tommye Cribbins, City Clerk. Also Present: Ted Carrera, Traffic and Transportation Commissioner. No. CITY COUNCIL GOALS AND OBJECTIVES — Discussion and Action CM/DeStefano gave an update on the Goals and Objectives for the current budget year and proposed Goals and Objectives for the 2011- 2012 Fiscal Year Budget. CM/DeStefano then introduced ATCM/McLean who detailed the proposed changes outlined in staffs memorandum. Traffic Mitigation ATCM/McLean walked the City Council through each item under Traffic Mitigation with a recom mendation to modify the fourth Bullet Point to reflect the change from Four Corners Transportation Coalition (FCTC) to Four Corners Coalition (FCC) which is now advocating a regional transportation, economic development and legislative solutions. ATCM/McLean then stated that under Bullet Point 5 Monitor and evaluates Neighborhood Traffic Management Plan Solutions — Because the Traffic Signal Interconnect project is now completed the existing item should be modified as recommended by staff. ClEvereft felt that completed and in -process projects should be highlighted on the website with regular updates as they proceed to conclusion. PWD/Liu stated that staff provides the City Council with updates and videos that speak to those issues. However he would speak with PIM/Roa about placing the information on the City's website. ClEverett said he felt all completed projects should be highlighted to the residents. APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 2 CC STUDY SESSION Fiscal Responsibility/Economic Developmen , ATCM/McLean indicated that in this area the only change would be to the third bullet point Site D Specific Plan. Since the City Council has directed staff to pursue a 100% residential project and neighborhood park there would be no reason to keep this goal and therefore should be removed. C/Everett again wanted to follow the economic development process to completion and not have it eliminated. CM/DeStefano responded that with respect to the goal of fiscal responsibility and economic development an all -residential project is quite different than what the City might have achieved with a commercial project or a 50/50 project. Since Council gave that overriding policy direction to staff to develop a residential project that is exactly what staff is moving forward with. From staffs perspective, it is still an important project for the community as well as the benefits it derives to the community and the school district in particular, but it is no longer an appropriate component of "fiscal responsibility of economic development". Communications Under this category, ATCM/McLean recommended that the only bullet point be modified to reflect the expanded communication methods that the City is utilizing to keep the residents informed. Other Items — Bullet Point 1 — Update the City's Solid Waste Ordinance - Council concurred with the elimination of this item. Bullet Point 2 — Preserve Windmill structure — ATCM/McLean stated that due to the property owner's unwillingness to work with the City on preserving the windmill, that this goal be eliminated. CM/DeStefano said that if the Council Members have an interest in further discussions about acquiring the windmill it should remain on the list of Goals and Objectives so that staff can come back to the Council with ideas about how the City can protect the heirloom. Council Members unanimously concurred. Bullet Point 3 - Develop a City-wide Branding Plan — No change was recommended. Bullet Point 4 Quiet Zone — ATCM/McLean recommended that this item be removed. Following discussion, it was determined to keep it on the list. APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 3 CC STUDY SESSION Bullet Point 5 Sustainability Programs — City Council concurred with the modification of the language recommended. Bullet Point 6 and 7 - Items related to relocating the current City Hall and Library facilities to the New City Hall. Discussion ensued about the timing, following discussion the Council agreed to the end of 4 th quarter 2011 for City Hall and October 2012 for the library. Bullet Point 8 - New City Hall First Floor Space Contingency — ATCM/McLean recommended that this item be eliminated since staff has received confirmation that the County Library will in fact move to the first floor. Council concurred. 5. NEW ITEMS RECOMMENDED BY STAFF FOR FY 11-12 ATCM/McLean — Offered two new items to be added to this fiscal year's Goals and Objectives: Traffic Mitigation category — Monitor state high speed and light rail proposals to ensure they do not adversely impact Diamond Bar; and, Other Items — Begin implementation of the approved Housing Element by completing necessary Development Code and General Plan amendments. C/Everett said it would be helpful to add "including the goals, objectives and strategies of the City of D.B.'s General Plan." CM/DeStefano explained that this section is referring to the Housing Element that staff is assuming Council will adopt tonight or sometime soon. There are a number of things that CDD/Gubman and his staff need to do with respect to implementation primarily dealing with land use designations and zoning classifications in the City. Each year staff gives the City Council a General Plan status report and that is typically where Council is provided an update as to the attainment of the goals, objectives and strategies listed in the General Plan. In general, the General Plan itself is becoming outdated and CDD/Gubman has been working on a General Plan amendment project which will require significant time and resources to complete. The Housing Element is a component required by the State on a more specific schedule and that is why this item is before the City Council at this time. From a staff standpoint it can implement anything the Council deems fit, but staff is recommending that it be kept as is for the moment and allow for augmenting the goals and objectives in the future. C/Everett recommended that a review of the General Plan updates be added to the list so that Council could begin to review the goals, objectives and strategies for the General Plan in preparation for the update of the entire General Plan document. He hopes that updates are influenced by the Council, the community and through public hearings. APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 4 CC STUDY SESSION C/Tanaka said an update time was good for him. C/Everett reiterated his point of view that there should be an intentional statement that the City is going to organize to review those things. He is in a little different wave length. He thinks about taking time out — a day or a week every year to do goals and objectives and planning by the leadership team and from that trying to change the way the City is operating here he believes this is a place the Council needs to review more intensely as a Council, ATCM/McLean said he would update the goals and objectives and come back to Council based on the comments this evening. C/Everett said he wanted serious thought about this and if his colleagues say No that is okay. He needs to hear that back so that he does not get frustrated every time the Council talks about goals and objectives. Staff goes through them quickly and thinks the Council needs to sit down and stop and think and listen to some public comments and things like that on the matters of goals and objectives that are important and even prioritizing these in a way. The transportation one troubles him because he thinks the one that is most important is on the second page — "monitor and evaluate the neighborhood traffic and the traffic management system" is right up at the top and he felt it was important for the Council to focus its thinking and creativity and use this as a vehicle to communicate with the community. MPT/Chang said that since it had been a long time since the City had updated the General Plan Council might as well put it on the goals and objectives and get the ball rolling. CM/DeStefano said that if the Council concurs, staff will come back with language for consideration to add to this list of goals and objectives. The General Plan is a very large project so the Council can start working with CDD/Gubman and his group to begin deciding what can be accomplished in the next budget year and beyond. C/Herrera said it should include what the dollar amount will be. For some cities, this process costs over $1 million. CM/DeStefano agreed. C/Tanaka said that even though the traffic mitigation is on the second page, staff has purposely not numbered these goals so that it would not appear that the first item listed would have more significance than the third item, for example. That's why the bullet system was used because they are all important regardless of how they appear on the list. APRIL 19,2011 00. PAGE 5 CC STUDY SESSION M/Herrera agreed. Traffic mitigation is the first goal the City Council talks about as the City's number one priority issue. Following further discussion, ATCM/McLean reiterated that these items would come back to the Council in order of priority. UPDATE ON NEW CITY HALL — INTERIOR COLORS — Discussion and Action ACM/Doyle explained to the Council that an employee committee had been created to review the exterior and interior design provided by the architects and from that the committee picked a color scheme. Tonight the City Council is asked to preview the proposed interior and exterior finishes presented by consultants Rick and Chris from LPA Architects and then to recommended a palate and alternate palate and provide staff with direction as to how to proceed. M/Tye suggested tiling the City Hall entry. ACM/Doyle agreed that diagonal tile with a carpet inset would be much more cost effective than all carpet and give the public area an upgraded classier look. Following the presentation, the Council concurred with staffs recommendation. 110. DISCUSSION REGARDING DOG PARK — Discussion and Action CSD/Rose presented a power point presentation on the two potential sites (Option A - Meadow and Option B - Bowcreek) at Pantera Park. M/Herrera asked if the park could be left in a more natural state instead of putting down woodchips. CSD/Rose stated that the mitigated areas would prevent fleas and ticks by removing their sustainable materials. The area would not be graded to change the topography. No trees will be removed, only shrubbery in which ticks live and thrive, for example. A weed barrier would be laid on the ground and six inches of wood chips would be laid on top of the weed barrier. Turf areas are much more expensive to install and maintain. M/Herrera asked if instead of wood chips the area could be covered with dirt to alter the costs. CSD/Rose responded that it would alter the maintenance cost because weeds would grow. APRIL 19,2011 PAGE 6 CC STUDY SESSION M/Herrera said she intended that weed barrier would be laid in first and then over that wood chips and a portion of dirt. CSD/Rose said he felt dirt would become too muddy. Instead, decomposed granite (DC) could be used so that the water would blow off of it. The area would have to be graded to put down DC. M/Herrera felt the meadow site was preferable. Another disadvantage to the Bowcreek site is that there is no adjacent parking which means folks would be parking on the street in front of homes. M/Tye said he liked the meadow site because it did not take away from the people park and was twice the size of the Bowcreek site. Council Members concurred and directed staff to go with Option A – Meadow. Public Comments: One speaker stated that once a month there is a weed -pulling session at the San Dimas dog park. She said she had seen sponsorship of dog parks such as Little League sponsorship to help maintain the park. CM/DeStefano said that staff would refine the numbers and propose the dog park as a component for the upcoming budget so that the project can commence bid design and construction as of July 1, 2011. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to discuss, M/Tye recessed the Study Session at 6:30 p.m. to the Regular City Council Meeting. TOMMY RIBBINS, City Clerk The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this -3,1 day of iv, a y 2011. STEVI�'�E, Maior— MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR APRIL 19, 2011 STUDY SESSION: 5:00 p.m., Room CC -8 ► City Council Goals and Objectives — Discussion and Action ON. Update on New City Hall — Interior Colors — Discussion and Action ► Update on proposed Dog Park — Discussion and Action Study Session adjourned at 6:35 p.m. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Tye called the Regular City Council meeting to order at 6:40 p.m. in The Government Center/SCAQMD Auditorium, 21865 Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, CA. CM/DeStefano reported that during tonight's Study Session, the City Council discussed Council Goals and Objectives. Many of the goals and objectives presented are multi-year projects which carry over into the next fiscal year, Additional goals and objectives and refinements were also covered. Staff indicated that the document will be finalized and brought back for approval at the next City Council meeting. Council also discussed the interior and exterior finishes to the new City Hall and provided direction to staff to move forward with the colors and materials that was presented. Council was also shown the library's color scheme. Lastly, Council reviewed 2 options for the location of the dog park at Pantera Park. Option A referred to as "Meadow"; and, Option B referred to as "Bowcreek" across from Pantera Elementary School. Following a power point presentation Staff was directed to move forward on the details toward the eventual creation of a dog park on the "meadow" site directly across from Pantera Elementary within Pantera Park. The Study Session adjourned at about 6:30 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Karl "Speed" Klinzing led the Pledge of Allegiance. INVOCATION: Mike Malatka, Youth Minister, Diamond Canyon Christian Church gave the invocation. ROLL CALL: Council Members Ron Everett, Carol Herrera, Jack Tanaka, Mayor Pro Tem Ling -Ling Chang and Mayor Steve Tye Staff Present: James DeStefano, City Manager; Michael Jenkins, City Attorney; Ken Desforges, IS Director; David Liu, Public Works Director; Bob Rose, Community Services Director; Greg Gubman, Community Development Director; Ryan McLean, Assistant to the City Manager; Lauren Hidalgo, Public Information Specialist, and Tommye Cribbins, City Clerk. APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 2 CITY COUNCIL APPROVAL OF AGENDA: As Presented. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS - None 2. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS: CM/DeStefano spoke about personally witnessing the quick response of Deputy Mark St. Amant and Sgt. Mark Saunders who, led by Lt. Steve Katz, ultimately apprehended two of three suspects believed to be involved in home burglaries in D.B. and other communities. 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Lisa Davis, 1173 Twin Canyon Lane, presented a letter to the City Council from the Deane Homes Swim Club Assn. asking for Council's support in assisting the Association in cleaning up a property that was recently involved in the fatal shooting on April 7 which occurred near the corner of north Del Sol and High Knob. The property where the shooting occurred has been the subject of many concerns addressed over many years with respect to appearance and property use. Despite the efforts of immediate neighbors, the Deane Homes Swim Club Association and the City's Code Enforcement staff, the situation continued to deteriorate. As representatives of the Association, the residents are concerned about the present and future disposition of the property which has been deemed uninhabitable and presents an attractive nuisance while having a diminishing effect on surrounding property values, neighborhood appeal and safety. She asked the Council to address the residents' immediate concerns. Angela Sung spoke in favor of a dog park in D.B. 4. RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS: CM/DeStefano responded to the speaker regarding the property issue near the corner of Del Sol and High Knob where the shooting took place and involved residents living in the home. City staff is aware of some of the ongoing yet unrelated code enforcement concerns on the property and staff is and has been working on that issue. Staff has found the property owner to be more cooperative during the past couple of weeks as a result of information staff learned regarding certain contents on the property that resulted in red tagging the home. The homeowner is working to clean up the home and there are more interior issues than exterior issues. The homeowner needs to clean the property in order to move back into the property when it is again deemed habitable. Residents have seen some exterior changes including the removal of two vehicles parked on the APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 3 CITY COUNCIL street for a long period of time. City Neighborhood Improvement are also working with the property owner and the City's Prosecutor to get the proper attention paid to the property and get the property cleaned up. D.B. prides itself on well -kept homes and neighborhoods and from time to time there is an exception. In this particular neighborhood of very well - kept homes this particular property does stand out. The City will do its best to clean this property up within the frame of City's codes and ordinances. The conclusion may not be pleasing to all neighborhood residents but the City will do all that it can. Homeowners' Associations are also very effective at gaining compliance with standards set forth by the Homeowners Association and there may be an opportunity for the Association to gain additional compliance and/or support for cleanup of the property. M/Tye asked Ms. Sung to contact CSD/Rose and provide input to the City regarding the proposed dog park. 5. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS: 5.1 Arbor Day - April 22, 2011 - 9:30 a.m., Pantera Elementary School, 801 Pantera Drive. 5.2 Annual Easter Egg Hunt/Pancake Breakfast - April 23, 2011 - Breakfast 8:30 a.m. - Egg Hunt - 10:00 a.m., Pantera Park, 738 Pantera Park. 5.3 Planning Commission Meeting - April 26, 2011 - 7:00 p.m., SCAQMD/Government Center Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive. 5.4 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting - April 28, 2011 - 7:00 p.m., SCAQMD/Government Center Hearing Board Room, 21865 Copley Drive. 5.5 City Council Meeting - May 3, 2011 - 6:30 p.m., SCAQMD/Government Center Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive. 6. CONSENT CALENDAR: C/Everett moved, C/Chang seconded, to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. Motion carried by the following Roll Call: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Everett, Herrera, Tanaka, MPT/Chang, MTye NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT:COUNCIL MEMBERS: None 6.1. CITY COUNCIL MINUTES - Regular Meeting of April 5, 2011 - Approved as submitted. APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 4 CITY COUNCIL 6.2 RATIFIED CHECK REGISTER — dated March 31, 2011 through April 13, 2011 totaling $334,065.99. 7. PUBLIC HEARINGS: 7.1 ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2011-11: Adopting the 2008-2014 Housing Element Update (General Plan Amendment No. PL 2011- 43). CDD/Gubman reported that this process began about three and a half years ago when staff contracted with John Douglas to prepare this Housing Element for the planning period from 2008-2014. The latest milestone reached in this process occurred last month when the Planning Commission conducted a public hearing and recommended to the City Council adoption of the Housing Element as presented this evening. CDD/Gubman then introduced John Douglas who provided a Power Point presentation showing the process and requirements staff went through in the preparation of the Housing Element and what staff sees as the key issues and actions before the Council this evening. The Housing Element is part of the City's General Plan and this Housing Element for the 2008-2014 timeframe is prepared by State law. The key issues are 1) Demonstrating that the City has adequate sites to accommodate its fair -share housing numbers, and 2) Special housing needs. One of the primary objectives is to receive approval or Certification from the State's Department of Housing and Community Development for the Housing Element. The public review consisted of four public Planning Commission meetings and at its April 22 meeting, recommended City Council approval. Tonight is the Council's third review meeting of the Housing Element. In addition, there have been four rounds of review between City staff and the State Department of Housing and Community Development. On January 18 the State issued a Draft Certification which means that if this draft document is adopted in its present form and transmits the document to the State in its present form, it will be certified. The State's certification is very important for a number of reasons. The Housing Element is different from any other element of the City's General Plan. Some of the important reasons for obtaining certification is to help maintain the legal adequacy of the General Plan, the foundation for the City's planning process (zoning, land use approvals, etc.) which helps to ensure local control of future land use decisions. This certification would also avoid a carryover of the City's fair -share numbers into the next planning cycle. State certification also helps to preserve eligibility for some grant funding APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 5 CITY COUNCIL programs. Mr. Douglas explained that "adequate sites" or "RHNA" requirement as a fair -share housing allocation conducted by the SCAG (Southern California Association of Governments) and through their analytical process, a fair -share number is assigned to every jurisdiction. It is important to note that these fair -share allocations are planning targets and not development quotas. In other words, jurisdictions are required to plan and zone land that could accommodate that amount of development but there is no penalty if the construction does not happen because cities do not have total control over the development process. The focus of this exercise is for high-density multi -family housing that is suitable for lower income affordable units. The key requirement is that the City has to demonstrate that it has the realistic and adequate capacity to accommodate the amount of development that is embodied in that Regional Housing Needs Allocation (RHNA). Mr. Douglas stated that for the City of Diamond Bar, the lower income portion of the RHNA allocations is 466 housing units out of a total of 1100 housing units which includes moderate and above - moderate income categories. Under State law, an amendment that was passed a few years ago established 30 -units per acre as the minimum density deemed to be required in order to facilitate lower- income affordable housing. The City's current zoning has a maximum of 20 -units per acre and so in order to accommodate that fair -share need of 466 units the City is required to re -zone 15.6 acres of land that would allow development at 30 -units per acre in order to demonstrate an adequate capacity to accommodate the RHNA number. Program 9 in the Draft Housing Element includes a program calling for rezoning the Tres Hermanos area in the northern part of the City to accomplish that requirement. Mr. Douglas spoke about the second key issue for the three programs to address "Special Needs Housing" 1) Emergency Housing — SB 2 was passed in 2008 that requires every city in the State to dedicate at least one zone where an emergency shelter can be established by a very simple process. Therefore, the Housing Element before the Council identifies the RM (Residential Medium) density as the zone the City intends to designate for this purpose. He pointed out that this zone change would come back to the Council at a future public hearing to review the particulars and - development standards that would apply to these emergency shelters. What is before the Council tonight establishes the intent for the City to do that at a future date (Program 12). Related to the issue of 2) Emergency Shelters is "transitional and supportive" housing, a requirement that also came out of SB 2 in 2008. This APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 6 CITY COUNCIL portion of the law says that cities need to treat transitional and supportive housing exactly the same as any conventional residential use in that same zone. 3) Reasonable accommodations for persons with a disability is a State law that says every city has to have a process on the books by which they review and approve requests for some modification to a development or zoning Stand- ard that is necessary for a person with a disability in order to enjoy the use of the property. This is a procedural requirement called for by State law and would come back to the Council in the form of a Code amendment. He concluded by recapping his presentation. The next step of this process is, if it is the Council's pleasure to approve this document, staff will transmit it to Sacramento as an approved adopted Housing Element and if there are no changes, the State, as they have indicated, will grant certification. Following that action, staff would implement zone changes and code amendments that would come back to the City Council for action. C/Herrera asked if once this document is adopted and approved, would it only be good for the three years left in this process and if so, did that mean that the City would have to start all over again. Mr. Douglas responded "Yes". The timeline has been moved forward and the next Housing Element would be due in the fall of 2013. When the City began this process the timeframe was 2008- 2014; however, the State Legislature adjusted the schedule so that this document will carry the City through the Fall of 2013 and at that time, all jurisdictions within the SCAG region will be required to submit a revised document. C/Everett thanked Mr. Douglas and CDD/Gubman for their efforts. Mr. Douglas confirmed that Program 9 and Program 12 refers to the D.B. program identification to that entity or description. M/Tye asked Mr. Douglas to define "affordable housing". Mr. Douglas explained that affordable housing is defined under State and Federal law as a function of the income of the occupant. For example, low income housing refers to a housing unit that requires no more than 30 percent of the income of a person who earns up to 80 percent of the county median. The number in the City's Housing Element states that approximately $1500 per month for a two-bedroom apartment would be by definition, a low-income apartment. M/Tye said that essentially, folks at the State and Federal level are telling cities what affordable housing should be. APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 7 CITY COUNCIL Mr. Douglas said that M/Tye is correct. It is dependent on the median income for the county in which the project is located. C/Herrera asked Mr. Douglas to explain in more detail "transitional supportive" housing. Mr. Douglas stated that transitional and supportive housing is intended to serve people with a "special' need such as help with their daily living, taking medication, necessities of life such as bathing and is intended to be a bridge between being on the streets and regular conventional housing, or said another way, "transitional housing for people in that situation." Supportive housing is very similar but has a more supportive component to it. That is, the agency that has the client residence would provide more in the way of job training, counseling, daily life, etc. It is contrasted with an emergency shelter which is shelter on a night -to -night emergency basis. Transitional and supportive housing units are intended to be occupied on a longer term such as six -months to two years or longer. C/Herrera asked if some of these units can be a group of houses or homes that are used for purposes such as group homes. Mr. Douglas explaining the difference stated that group homes are in a different category where the occupants of group homes are typically individuals where transitional and supportive housing is intended more for families. For example, there may be an apartment that is occupied by a family and owned and operated by a non-profit agency that provides subsidized rent and services to the family occupying that unit. C/Herrera asked for confirmation that these are requirements by the State for cities to have various units that fall into these categories. Mr. Douglas responding affirmatively stated that although there is no requirement for cities to have these units the requirement is for cities to allow these units to be established if there is an agency that wishes to own and operate that type of facility. M/Tye opened the Public Hearing. With no one present who wished to speak, M/Tye closed the Public Hearing. APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 8 CITY COUNCIL C/Herrera moved, C/Everett seconded, to Adopt Resolution No. 2011-11 approving the 2008-2014 Housing Element Update (General Plan Amendment No. PL 2011-43). Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Everett, Herrera, Tanaka, MPT/Chang, M/Tye NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None 8. COUNCIL CONSIDERATION: None 9. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS/COUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS: C/Tanaka stated that on Sunday he attended the D.B. Performing Arts program performed by the D.B. Cello Choir, the San Gabriel Valley Children's Hand Bell Choirs, San Gabriel Valley Children's Chorus, the Circle of Friends and the D.B. Hand Bell Choir and thanked conductor Joanna Low. On Sunday April 10 he attended the D.B. Friends of the Library 18th Annual Wine Soiree. He also attended the Annual Volunteer Recognition Dinner where Senior Volunteers were recognized; groundbreaking ceremonies for CGM Development's new three-story office building in the H Mart Shopping Center and this past Saturday attended the City's 22nd Annual Birthday Celebration at Pantera Park. C/Herrera expressed how proud she is of the City's excellent employees and all of the different things they do. She congratulated the Community Services Department for successfully applying and receiving a grant for $61,000 for Sycamore Canyon Park and Summitridge Trail systems. She congratulated the Public Information Department for winning First Place for the City News that's mailed to every household in the City and thanked Lauren Hidalgo, PIO Specialist for accepting the award on behalf of the City. She believes a great deal of the City's success is due to the longevity of the City's employees. They love working here and we love having them here. The fact that there is such stability is reflected in the great work that it is done in the City. She congratulated the most recent milestone five-year recipients — Alfredo Estevez, Jason Fuentes, Allison Meyers and 10 -year recipients David Doyle, Jorge Garcia and Rita Torres. Other employees have been with D.B. for 15 and 20 years and Council thanks them for making D.B. a wonderful place for its residents. She thanked her colleagues for being such excellent leaders. C/Everett thanked everyone who spoke. He thanked CM/DeStefano for articulating the law enforcement intervention during a home burglary in the City. Last week he attended PUSD Board meeting during which budget issues were discussed. The low light are 185 classified workers (non- APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 9 CITY COUNCIL teachers) receiving layoff notices. The Board meeting was very collegial and respectful in the face of a poorly managed State budget. The DRHS Band Department is having a fundraiser at the historic Fox Theatre on May 22. He too appreciated the event for the Senior Volunteers he attended along with C/Tanaka and M/Tye. The Car Show at the City Birthday Party was excellent and the day was outstanding. He thanked CSD/Rose and his staff and all who participated. He said it was his privilege to celebrate the life of Helen Doss and asked that tonight's meeting be adjourned in her honor, her legacy and service to schools and the community. His best wishes to her husband Gene and the family of Helen Doss. MPT/Chang reminded residents that they can follow her on Facebook and Twitter. She is always pleased to see that residents are active on Facebook checking out and commenting on the City's Facebook page and in particular, yesterday's burglary. The City actually had a message on Facebook and some residents were able to comment and follow the situation. She has received messages from residents who support various City projects such as the dog park and welcomes messages from anyone. She commended the Public Information Department for updating and handling the City's social media outlets and congratulated them on the City Newsletter for placing First in the 2010 statewide competition for the best communication program. She attended the League Revenue and Taxation Policy committee meeting on April 8 during which the State budget and perspectives on State budget deliberations update on pension issues and pending audit legislation were discussed. This discussion will continue at the next meeting. She also commented on the D.B. Performing Arts Conservatory concert. Joanna Low has done a tremendous job in putting these types of concerts together. She thanked the participating students and community for their support. The Friends of the Library Wine Soiree was fabulous with Supervisor Don Knabe announcing support for the new library. She attended a Chamber of Commerce Women's Business Counsel at Pacific Palms. She thanked staff for putting together a great City Birthday Party celebration and is ecstatic about the dog park. People have approached her since she began serving on the Parks and Recreation Commission. People want to be involved, volunteering and fundraising. Anyone who is interested in helping should contact the Community Services Department. She wished everyone a Happy Passover. M/Tye said there is an opening on the Wildlife Corridor Conservation Authority Advisory Committee for anyone who wishes to serve. Contact City Hall if interested. He congratulated staff on a spectacular 22"d Birthday Celebration. As we ponder the fact that the City was awarded a grant for $61,000 we should consider that a lot of people vote for a number of things and most likely forget about that vote by the time they leave the voting booth but it was from Prop 84, the Nature Education APRIL 19, 2011 PAGE 10 CITY COUNCIL Facilities grant program that the competitive program with only 44 of the best ideas the City has cc video shown during the State of 1 the people behind the scenes ar done in the community. He nominated by her peers to be tl Excellence for this quarter. money was awarded. It was a very awards. Congratulations to staff. One )me up with was the public information he City really gave residents an idea of id how active they are in getting things congratulated Rebecca Siu who was ie recipient of the Employee Award of ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to conduct, M/Tye adjourned the City Council meeting at 7:38 p.m. in memory of Helen Doss. jxv�' - alL TOMMYE tRIBBINS, CITY CLERK The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this 3rd day of Ma 2011. STEVE TYE, MAY