HomeMy WebLinkAbout06/18/2013 Minutes - Regular MeetingMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR
JUNE 18, 2013
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Jack Tanaka called the Regular City
Council meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. in the South Coast Air Quality Management
District Auditorium, 21865 Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, California.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: ' Mayor Tanaka led the Pledge of Allegiance.
INVOCATION: Joseph Valenzuela, Jr. High Pastor, Diamond
Canyon Christian Church, gave the invocation.
ROLL CALL: Council Member Chang, Herrera, Tye, Mayor
Pro Tem Everett and Mayor Tanaka.
Staff Present: James DeStefano, City Manager; David Doyle,
Assistant City Manager; Omar Sandoval, Assistant City Attorney; Ken Desforges,
IT Director; Bob Rose, Community Services Director; Greg Gubman, Community
Development Director; Ryan McLean, Assistant to the City Manager; Grace Lee,
Senior Planner; Kimberly Young, Associate Engineer; Anthony Santos, Senior
Management Analyst; Christian Perez, Associate Engineer; Cecilia Arellano,
Public Information Coordinator, and Tommye Cribbins, City Clerk.
APPROVAL OF AGENDA: M/Tanaka requested that Consent Calendar
Item 6.11 be continued to July 16, 2013.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS, CERTIFICATES, PROCLAMATIONS:
1.1 MPTIEverett proclaimed July 2013 as Parks and Recreation Month
and presented the Proclamation to Parks and Recreation Chairman
Dave Grundy.
NEW BUSINESS OF THE MONTH:
1.2 M/Tanaka presented a Certificate Plaque to Ali Abdullah, owner of
the Diamond Fresh Farmers Market, 21168 Golden Springs Drive,
New Business of the Month for June 2013.
2. CITY MANAGER REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS:
CM/DeStefano reported that earlier today, the LA County Board of
Supervisors approved an agreement between two County Departments
that will allow for the transfer of the former library location at 1061 Grand
Avenue to the Fire District allowing the current fire station on Grand
Avenue to expand and offer a variety of additional services to members of
the Fire Department. This facility is currently used as a training location
as well as other needs that service the Department and the City of DB.
More importantly, the property will remain within the County profile and an
asset of the Fire Department and an overall betterment to the community.
This was an effort that has been underway since the City was involved in
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relocating the library to the new facility at City Hall. CMIDeStefano
thanked Librarian Margaret Donnellan Todd, Chief Daryl Osby, Dave
Stone and Supervisor Don Knabe for their help in this effort.
CMIDeStefano also announced that the library sign that the Friends of the
Library donated several years ago will remain operational and used to
provide public service messaging for the library and the Fire Department.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS:
Nancy Lyons, 22536 Ridgeline Road, spoke about Diamond Bar Day at
the Fair on Thursday, September 5. She reported that the fair offers "no
charge" field trips for elementary school students and that with enough
contributions to the Big Yellow Bus Program, DB students would receive
transportation to the Fair at no charge. Ms. Lyons also announced that
individuals who plan to attend the DB Day at the Fair can purchase a
ticket on-line for only $5 and that, the $5 will go to the Big Yellow Bus
Program. She asked Council if a link could be put on the City's website.
4. RESPONSE TO PUBLIC COMMENTS: None Offered.
5. SCHEDULE OF FUTURE EVENTS:
5.1 Planning Commission Meeting — June 25, 2013 — 7:00 p.m.,
Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive.
5.2 Parks and Recreation Commission Meeting — June 27, 2013 -- 7:0.0
p.m., Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive.
5.3 City Council Meeting — July 2, 2013 -- canceled.
5.4 Independence Day Holiday — July 4, 2013 — City Offices closed in
observance of the 4th of July. City Offices reopen Friday, July 5,
2013 at 7:30 a.m.
5.5 Planning Commission Meeting — July 9, 2013 — 7:00 p.m., Windmill
Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive.
5.6 Concerts in the Park — July 10, 2013 — 6:30 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
Bumptown (Latin) Sycamore Canyon Park, 22930 Golden Springs
Drive.
5.7 Movies Under the Stars — July 10, 2013 — Hotel Transylvania —
Immediately following, Concerts in the Park, Sycamore Canyon
Park, 22930 Golden Springs Drive.
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5.8 Traffic and Transportation Commission Meeting — July 11, 2013 —
7:00 p.m., Windmill Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive.
5.9 Due to remodeling of the South Coast Air Quality Management
District Auditorium, during the months of July, August and
September 2013, City Council Meetings will be held in the Windmill
Community Room located on the First Floor of City Hall, 21810
Copley Drive. Rebroadcasting of Council meetings will be televised
on Time Warner Channel 3 and Verizon FIOS Television Channel
47.
5.10 City Council Meeting — July 16, 2013 - 6:30 p.m., Windmill
Community Room, 21810 Copley Drive.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR: C/Herrera moved, MPT/Everett seconded, to
approve the Consent Calendar with the exception of Item 6.11 which was
continued to July 16, 2013. Motion carried by the following Rall Call vote:
AYES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: Chang, Herrera, Tye, MPT/Everett
M/Tanaka
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS: None
6.1 CITY COUNCIL MINUTES — Regular Meeting of dune 4, 2013 ---
Approved as submitted.
6.2 RECEIVED AND FILED TRAFFIC. AND TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION MINUTES:
(a) Regular Meeting of February 14, 2013
(b) Regular Meeting of April 11, 2013
6.3 RECEIVED AND FILED PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES —
Regular Meeting of May 14, 2013.
6.4 RATIFIED CHECK REGISTER — Dated May 30, 2013 through June
12, 2013 totaling $400,487.98.
6.5 APPROVED SECOND READING AND ADOPTED ORDINANCE
NO. 04 (2013): AMENDING TITLE 22 OF THE DIAMOND BAR
MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION REGARDING EMERGENCY
SHELTERS, TRANSITIONAL AND SUPPORTIVE HOUSING,
SINGLE ROOM OCCUPANCY HOUSING AND DENSITY
BONUSES.
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6.6 LANDSCAPE DISTRICT NUMBERS 38, 39 AND 41:
a) ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2013-16: DECLARING THE
CITY'S INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS
FOR LANDSCAPE DISTRICT NO. 38 AND DIRECTED THE
CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE THE PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS JULY 16, 2013
REGULAR MEETING.
b) ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2013-17: DECLARING THE
CITY'S INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS
FOR LANDSCAPE DISTRICT NO. 39 AND DIRECTED THE
CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE THE PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS JULY 16, 2013
REGULAR MEETING.
c) ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 2013-18: DECLARING THE
CITY'S INTENTION TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS
FOR LANDSCAPE DISTRICT NO. 41 AND DIRECTED THE
CITY CLERK TO ADVERTISE THE PUBLIC HEARING
BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL AT ITS JULY 16, 2013
REGULAR MEETING.
6.7 APPROVED EXTENSION OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT WITH
HARDY & HARPER, INC. FOR THREE YEARS (FY 2013-14, FY
2014-15 AND FY 2015-16) FOR ON-CALL STREET
MAINTENANCE SERVICES SPECIFIC TO ROAD PAVEMENT,
SIDEWALK, CURB & GUTTER, AND STRIPING MAINTENANCE.
6.8 APPROVED CONTRACT AMENDMENT NO. 1 WITH SIEMENS
INDUSTRY, INC. (FORMERLY REPUBLIC ITS) FOR A THREE-
YEAR EXTENSION FOR TRAFFIC SIGNAL MAINTENANCE
SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEARS FY 2013-14, FY 2014-15 AND
FY 2015-16).
6.9 APPROVED A CONTRACT AMENDMENT WITH SUSTAINABLE
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY (SEMCO)
EXTENDING THE CONTRACT TERM THROUGH ,LUNE 30, 2014
AT A COST OF $44,000 FOR A TOTAL NOT -TO -EXCEED
CONTRACT AMOUNT OF $126,500.
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6.10 APPROVED CONTRACT EXTENSIONS FOR COMMUNITY
SERVICES DEPARTMENT:
a) APPROVED AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO THE AGREEMENT
WITH TENNIS ANYONE TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT
PERIOD FROM JULY 1, 2013 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2014 1N
THE AMOUNT OF $56,000.
b) AUTHORIZED THE CITY MANAGER TO EXTEND VENDOR
SERVICES FOR SENIOR AND ADULT EXCURSIONS
PROVIDED BY INLAND EMPIRE STAGES LIMITED, IN AN
AMOUNT NOT -TO -EXCEED $70,000 FOR 2013-14 FISCAL
YEAR.
c) APPROVED AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO THE AGREEMENT
WITH ACCESS CONTROL SECURITY TO EXTEND THE
CONTRACT PERIOD TO JULY 1, 2013 THROUGH JUNE 30,
2014 IN AN AMOUNT NOT -TO -EXCEED $30,000.
d) APPROVED AMENDMENT NO. 5 TO AGREEMENT WITH
AND 1 OFFICIALS TO EXTEND THE CONTRACT PERIOD TO
JULY 1, 2013 THROUGH JUNE 30, 2014 IN AN AMOUNT
NOT -TO -EXCEED $35,000.
e) APPROVED AGREEMENT NOT -TO -EXCEED $45,000 WITH
THE CALIFORNIA CONSERVATION CORP. (CCC) FOR AS
NEEDED TRAIL REPAIRS, BRUSH CLEARANCE AND MINOR
MAINTENANCE IN PARKS AND OPEN SPACE, FOR THE
2013-14 FISCAL YEAR AND AUTHORIZED THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE AGREEMENT,
fl APPROVED AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE CONTRACT WITH
VALLEYCREST LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE TO EXTEND
THE TERM OF THE CONTRACT FROM JULY 1, 2013
THROUGH JUNE 30, 2015 TO PROVIDE LANDSCAPE
MAINTENANCE SERVICES AT NINE (9) CITY PARKS,
GROUNDS OF THE DIAMOND BAR CENTER, FOOTBALL
FIELD AND SLOPE AT LORBEER MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND
THE MESA TRAIL/TRAIL HEAD AT SYCAMORE CANYON
PARK, IN THE AMOUNT OF $368,995 FOR FISCAL YEAR
2013-14 AND 2014-15; AND, AS -NEEDED WORK IN THE
AMOUNT OF $25,000 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2013-14 AND 2014-
15 FOR A TOTAL AUTHORIZATION NOT TO EXCEED
$393,995 ANNUALLY.
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6.11 ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 2013 -XX: CONSENTING TO THE
INCLUSION OF PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY'S
JURISDICTION IN THE CALIFORNIA HERO PROGRAM TO
FINANCE DISTRIBUTED GENERATION RENEWABLE ENERGY
SOURCES, ENERGY AND WATER EFFICIENCY
IMPROVEMENTS AND ELECTRIC VEHICLE CHARGING
INFRASTRUCTURE, AND APPROVING THE AMENDMENT TO A
CERTAIN JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT RELATED THERETO.
(CONTINUED TO JULY 16, 2013)
7. PUBLIC HEARING:
7.1 ORDINANCE NO. 05(2013): AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR APPROVING
DEVELOPMENT CODE AMENDMENT NO. 2013 -XX: AMENDING
TABLES 2-5 AND 2-6 OF SECTION 22.10.030 OF THE DIAMOND
BAR MUNICIPAL CODE.
SP/Lee reported that this matter is an amendment to the Diamond
Bar Zoning Regulations. Staff is proposing language to clarify the
intent of an existing 150 foot distance requirement, requiring gas
stations to be located at least 150 feet from a school in order to sell
packaged alcoholic beverages. This amendment was initiated by
the owners of the ARCO Service Station located at the southwest
corner of Brea Canyon Road and Diamond Bar Boulevard. The
station wishes to upgrade their existing alcoholic beverage license
to include the sale of distilled spirits (hard liquor) at the existing
Diamond Bar AM PM Mini Mart. If the Council approves the code
amendment tonight the Conditional Use Permit application to
upgrade the alcohol license will return to the Planning Commission
for a de novo review after the amendment becomes effective.
Diamond Bar Municipal Code Section 22.10.030 requires gas
stations to be located at least 150 feet from any school in order to
sell packaged alcoholic beverages. The code broadly defines
schools to include not only K-12 education but also a wide array of
commercial uses and non -degree programs such as art, dance and
martial arts studios, fitness training, commercial tutoring centers
and such. .However, it excludes childcare facilities and pre-schools
from the definition. The applicant is requesting to limit the 150 foot
distance requirement to "public and private elementary, middle and
high schools" only. Based on staff's research into this matter, staff
drafted language to clarify the intent of the current 150 foot distance
requirement. It does not appear that the distance requirement was
intended to include the entire spectrum of uses that are currently
defined in the City's Municipal Code as a."school" and rather, the
intent was more likely focused on grade schools where children are
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able to travel to and from school on their own accord as opposed to
commercial tutoring or extra -curricular learning centers where
children are more likely to be dropped and picked up by a parent or
adult thus increasing the likelihood of exposure to alcohol
advertising along with travel and juvenile loitering.
To provide background on the history of this distance requirement,
the City Council adopted an ordinance requiring a Conditional Use
Permit to allow the sale of alcoholic beverages at gas station
convenience stores and for such establishments to be located a
minimum of 150 feet away from any .schools. The City Council
passed this ordinance in 2000 to ensure that the Planning
Commission could adequately analyze the suitability of alcohol
sales at a particular location. It was also noted during the Council
meeting that the potential availability of alcohol at the Chevron Gas
Station across the street from DBHS could become an attractive
nuisance to the teenage students attending the high school as well
as, increase the possibility of disorderly conduct by adults and the
facilitation of negative interaction with juveniles. Therefore, the
Council adopted the ordinance with the 150 foot distance
requirement to reduce the possibility of nuisance activities that are
sometimes associated with alcohol sales establishments near
public schools.
With the proposed clarifying language, service stations will not be
unduly restricted by an overreaching distance restriction that was
intended to limit the distance criteria to elementary, middle and high
schools that are most likely negatively affected by proximity to
service station convenience stores that do sell alcohol and the
majority of extra -curricular learning facilities provide supervision of
children and children are typically dropped off and picked up by an
adult. In addition, there are other types of schools such as
vocational schools that cater to an adult clientele who do not
constitute the target population that the Development Code was
intended to protect.
On February 26, 2013 the Planning Commission held a Public
Hearing and recommended by a 5-0 vote that the City Council
adopt the proposed amendment. There were no issues or
objections raised by the public during the hearing.
Over the years there have been an increasing number of
commercial educational facilities located in commercial shopping
centers; gas stations are typically located near these centers and,
there may be commercial educational facilities located in these
centers. Therefore, gas stations with a convenience store are
being restricted by the current distance restriction that was intended
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to apply to only public and private grade schools. If the Council
limits the distance criteria the following gas stations may be able to
apply for a Conditional Use Permit to sell alcohol including the
Mobil Gas Station on the northeast corner of Diamond Bar
Boulevard and Sunset Crossing Road; the former Shell on the
northeast corner of Diamond Bar Boulevard and Palomino; Mobil
Station on the corner of Grand Avenue and Golden Springs Drive;
Chevron Station on the southeast corner of Brea Canyon Road and
Golden Springs Drive; and, Mobil on the corner of Brea Canyon
Road and Golden Springs Drive.
The crossed -out italicized underlined text highlights the
recommended amendments to Footnote 5 and Table 2-5. Since
the Planning Commission hearing, language has been added to
clarify how the distance requirement is measured from the nearest
property line. The same language is proposed to Footnote 3 and
Table 2-6.
The proposed Code Amendment is exempt from the provision of
the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) as described
under the following sections and staff recommends that the City
Council approve for First Reading by Title Only, Waive Full Reading
of the Ordinance adopting Development Code Amendment and
schedule a Second Reading for July 16, 2013.
Chair/Herrera stated that the agenda speaks to an Ordinance of the
City Council approving Development Code Amendment and there
is no number.
SP/Lee responded that it should be Planning Case No. PL 2013-22.
M/Tanaka opened the Public Hearing.
With no one present who wished to speak on this item, M/Tanaka
closed the Public Hearing.
ClHerrera said she believed that the City has always tried to enact
laws, regulations and codes that make sense and she believes this
amendment makes sense; especially in light of the definition of
"schools" and that every shopping center has schools under that
type of definition.
ClHerrera moved, C/Chang seconded, to adopt Ordinance 05
(2013), an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Diamond Bar
approving Development Code Amendment No. PL 2003-22
amending Tables 2-5 and 2-6 of Section 22.10.30 of the Diamond
Bar Municipal Code. Motion carried by the following Roll Call vote:
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M.
AYES
COUNCIL MEMBERS
NOES: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBERS:
COUNCIL CONSIDERATION: None.
Chang, Herrera, Tye,
MPT/Everett, M/Tanaka
None
None
9. COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS AND MEETING ATTENDANCE
REPORTSICOUNCIL MEMBER COMMENTS:
C/Tye asked if staff could run a public service announcement about the LA
County Fair and the opportunity to help children with their entry fees
through the Big Yellow Bus program effort.
C/Tye stated that a couple of weeks ago it was sobering to participate in
the Relay for Life at Lorbeer Middle School and particularly touching to
see the luminaries and realize that some of them are "in memory of and a
great number that "are in support of'. It was wonderful to talk with folks
who were there that evening and to encourage them and to remember
those that did not make it. We all hope for a cure for cancer and an end to
Relay for Life events.
C/Herrera said that she had an opportunity to speak with a couple of very
important elected officials last week about DB's efforts to get the SR60
recognized as a Goods Movement Corridor and how important it is to the
State and the nation. At a State Freight Network meeting in Long Beach,
Executive Director of SCAG Hassan Ikhrata recognized the presence of
DB. She also had the opportunity to speak with Assemblywoman Bonnie
Lowenthal, Assembly Chair of the Transportation Committee for California
and her staff member Victoria Alvarez about the importance of including
the SR60 as a Goods Movement Corridor in the State Freight Network as
well as the National Freight Network. The next opportunity was on June
13 at the Four Corners Summit. She thanked staff members M/Tanaka
and MPT/Everett who were in attendance. There were three panels of
experts who spoke on economy, transportation and housing. She spoke
with Lucy Dunn, a member of the California Transportation Commission
who spoke at the event. Ms. Dunn asked ClHerrera what she was working
on within the City and ClHerrera took that opportunity to tell Ms. Dunn
about the SR60 and the City's efforts to get it included, particularly in the
national plan so that DB can apply for money to fix the SR57/60
interchange.
June 14 was an historic day. Foothill Transit Executive Board met and
finalized the agreements that were then signed by Foothill Transit and
Veolia amending their contract wherein Veolia would only be responsible
for the transit stores and their employees and Foothill Transit, as of June
28, would interview the remainder of the employees, and by July 1 those
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employees would be engaged as Foothill Transit employees. Also that
evening Doran Barnes became Foothill Transit's first employee. The
Executive Board is very excited about these events and very excited to
reconfigure how Foothill does business and looks forward to saving
between one and two million dollars by taking this action.
C/Chang reminded everyone that they can follow her on Facebook, Twitter
and Foursquare. She was asked to speak at the Regional Chamber's
Women's Business Council on Women in Politics. It was a very engaging
business council and hoped that it would grow in the future.
She attended the League of California Cities meeting with M/Tanaka,
C/Herrera and CMIDeStefano where she was elected President of the
League since former President Steve Diels from Redondo Beach was
termed out of his Council seat in March. She also attended the Revenue
& Tax Policy Committee meeting in Sacramento on behalf of the City and
the League of California Cities.
She stated that she had been asked to attend the meeting with Caltrans at
Congressman Ed Royce's office regarding the closure of a few on/off
ramps on the SR 60 freeway in the coming months and its effect on the
freeway. DB staff was in attendance and will be submitting closure
information on Facebook and Twitter.
She was also asked to speak at Scripps College yesterday with the new
leadership program to encourage young women to get involved and run
for public office. It was uplifting to see the involvement and curiosity from
the young college students and felt that in the future there would be a lot
more involvement in politics.
MPT/Everett said that yesterday it was his privilege to meet at the.
Diamond Bar Center for the Annual Fire Season Meeting and Press
Conference of Region 1 and Region 6. Fire personnel from San Diego to
Kern County to Riverside,' San Bernardino, and of course, LA County met
to review and prepare for the upcoming fire season. This is the third year
of drought, which is a serious problem. County Fire Chief Osby oversaw
and kicked off the press conference by stating that people need to work
together. It's already into the season, but planning is not trivial as he heard
Chief Osby speak about things like mutual aid that doesn't just happen; it
has to be coordinated; agreements need to be in place before the fires
,start. The challenge of contracting aircraft which come from other regions
including Canada and getting those all coordinated to meet our needs.
The next reminder we had, came from the Ventura County Fire Chief
reminding us of the preparation by residents and businesses. It's not too
late to start. Ninety-five percent of all fires are started by people.
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MPT/Everett then stated that he attended The Four Corners Coalition
2013 Economic Summit. There were great panelists and good dialogue
with questions from the audience. It was a healthy opportunity to talk
about the economy — number one it's very important and still tentative and
needs our collaborative efforts on it; transportation and the challenges
we've talked about including our significant SR57/60 and then of course,
housing, which is not trivial to any of us in California.
The next event he had a chance to attend with M/Tanaka was at the
American Red Cross. He met with the CEO's of the Blood Services
location, a new building that's fully operational for processing the blood
banks and the blood source around the country. It is located in the
CalPoly Innovation Village between the CalPoly Campus and Valley
Boulevard right near Temple. They do a wonderful job with quality blood
processing; however they are running short and so one item is the
emphasis. Be available if you can and consider donating blood during the
summer months. There are some contests that they are working on and
started two years ago with the city -to -city challenge to try to encourage
cities to compete and donate blood. The other thing that we always know
about is that they are first at a disaster with resources, coordination and
help. If you are interested in volunteering you can go online to their
website www.redcrossla.org where you can find out what a volunteer does
as well complete an application. In DB we have 28 registered volunteers
that are responding 365 days a year in lA County. We have one
volunteer that is registered nationally to go to a national event. We are
very proud of DBHS and the club that they have that sponsors blood
drives, education and promotion. The thing Red Cross brings is great
training and so if you want to volunteer and learn and grow and maybe
see the country he would encourage everyone to seek out the .
opportunities to help American Red Cross as a volunteer. The other
challenge is that they are also working very hard to strengthen is the
feeding and sheltering in case of disasters. The target that they have set
statewide and then down to the cities is 10 percent of our population. At
this point in time DB has 521 capacity for housing and feedinglsheltering
in a disaster. Quite a bit less than we need if it is 10 percent of our
population so that's something for us to work on.
At the same time they've started the last couple of years documenting as
the fire department talked about doing, their needs and agreements ahead
of time before they have the fires. In the Red Cross case they want a
Memo of Understanding with cities, faith -based organizations, schools and
other facilities where there are places for housing like big rooms, rec
rooms, facilities that are available, and that is something he would
encourage our City to take a look at. We've worked with the Sheriff, we've
worked with the Fire Department and together for our citizens of the City
of DB we really need to focus on coordinating all of these so we're not
duplicating efforts and at this point in time he does not think we have too
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much resource so we want to make sure we coordinate it. Thank you very
much. Enjoy the summer and we'll see you back here in AQMD end of
September. In the meantime, join us at the Windmill Room.
M/Tanaka reported that he also had an opportunity to attend the League
of California Cities LA Division meeting where there were several guest
speakers on the topic of prison realignment and AB109 and its effects on
the local cities. Saturday and Sunday the American Cancer Society held
its DB Relay for Life. It ran from 9:00 a.m. on Saturday to 9:00 a.m. on
Sunday where they raised funds for cancer cure research and raising
cancer awareness. They have three simple words that sums up the
theme for the relay and that's "Remember, Celebrate and Fight Back". So
remember those that have lost their lives to the battle of cancer, celebrate
the survivors and those individuals who are cancer free and fight back for
those that are undergoing treatment. It was a very successful event and
they were able to raise funds for both cancer research and providing
cancer awareness. The team that participated this year again were DBHS
Leo's and Lions that were part of the many teams that participated this
year keeping one person on the track for 24 hours of the days. That's
because cancer never sleeps.
On Tuesday, June 11 he attended the 33rd annual scholarship dinner
which was hosted by the LA County Sheriff's Department Korean -
American Sheriff's Association where they awarded 10 scholarships to
outstanding students that are children of employees of the Sheriff's
Department.
Former D.B. Mayor Wen Chang, and Board Member of the San Gabriel
/Pomona Valley American Red Cross, invited both MPT/Everett and he to
attend a meeting with the American Red Cross at the Southern California
Blood Center in Pomona where they were told about emergency
preparedness as well as other services such as housing and food in time
of need. He also attended the Four Corners Coalition Economic Summit
and heard wonderful panels that addressed the economy, transportation,
jobs and housing in our area. He wished a Happy Anniversary to his wife
Wanda of 41 years.
RECESS: M/Tanaka recessed the Regular City Council Meeting to Closed
Session at 7:25 p.m.
RECONVENE: M/Tanaka reconvened the Regular City Council Meeting at
8:10 P.M.
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CLOSED SESSION: Room CC -8
CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL -- EXISTING LITIGATION
Government Code Section 54958.9 (d)(1)
One Case — Princesita Torres v. City of Diamond Bar — Case No.
KC063979
ADJOURNMENT: With no . further business to conduct, M/Tanaka
adjourned the Regular City Council Meeting at 8:12 p.m.
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TOMMYE CRIBBINS, CITY CLERK
The foregoing minutes are hereby approved this 16th day of Jul
2013.
JACK TANAKA, MAYOR