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Home My Public Portal AboutCity Council_Minutes_2020-02-18_Regular 2020CITY COUNCIL TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA REGULAR MEETING MINUTES FEBRUARY 18, 2020 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Fish called the City Council Regular Meeting to order at 7:33 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 5938 Kauffman Avenue, Temple City. 2. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmember — Man, Sternquist, Yu, Chavez, Fish ABSENT: Councilmember — None ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Cook, City Attorney Murphy, City Clerk Kuo 3. INVOCATION — Pastor Darrel Kelty, Community of Christ, provided the invocation. 4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE — Mayor Fish lead the pledge of allegiance. 5. CEREMONIAL MATTERS — PRESENTATIONS A. PRESENTATION OF CAMELLIA FESTIVAL ROYAL COURT Mr. Michael J. Wintercorn, 2020 Festival Chair, gave a brief introduction of the Camellia Festival and introduced the Royal Court. Banner Carriers Mason Cardenas, Mitchell Tsai, Hayden Wong, and Violetta Nguyen. Prince Kendrix Hsu and Maxwell Manthei. Princess Kaylin Yang and Kelsie Jurick. King Collin Catalan and Queen Abigail Jane Mckeon. City Council presented the Royal Court with certificates and city mementos. B. PRESENTATION OF FIREFIGHTER OF THE YEAR Assistant Chief Jesse Vela introduced Firefighter of the Year, Captain Ruben Ortiz. City Council presented Captain Ortiz with a certificate of recognition. C. PRESENTATION OF DEPUTY OF THE YEAR Captain Flores introduced Deputy of the year, Deputy Van Lam. City Council presented Deputy Lam with a certificate of recognition. City Council Minutes February 18, 2020 Page 2 of 7 D. UPDATE FROM COMMITTEE ON AGING Parks and Recreation Director Matsumoto gave an update on the Committee on Aging. 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA Lucy Liou, Neighborhood Watch, invited everyone to the next Neighborhood Watch meeting on April 20, 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Temple City High School Library. Martin Ledwitz, Temple City resident, commented on abandon shopping carts in the city. Jing Li, Temple City Library Manager, shared that the library has closed for renovation but their temporary location at 9050 Las Tunas Drive is now open. 7. CONSENT CALENDAR Mayor Pro Tem Chavez made a motion to approve the Consent Calendar items. Seconded by Councilmember Sternquist and unanimously carried by the following votes: AYES: Councilmember— Man, Sternquist, Yu, Chavez, Fish NOES: Councilmember — None ABSTAIN: Councilmember— None ABSENT: Councilmember — None A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The City Council is requested to review and approve: 1. Minutes of the Special City Council Meeting of February 4, 2020; and 2. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of February 4, 2020. Action: Approved. B. TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION MEETING ACTIONS The City Council is requested to receive and file actions of the Regular Transportation and Public Safety Commission Meeting of January 22, 2020. Action: Received and filed. C City Council Minutes February 18, 2020 Page 3 of 7 C. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE 20-5449 AMENDING THE CITY'S The proposed changes (i.e., addition of records that were previously not identified with retention dates, update to certain legal citations, and clarified records descriptions) to the retention schedule is necessary to ensure the City is in compliance with changes in State law and guidelines issued by the California Secretary of State. Action: Adopted Resolution No. 20-5449 adopting the City's amended Records Retention Schedule D. ACCEPTANCE OF WORK FOR THE TEMPLE CITY PERFORMING ARTS PAVILION ROOFING PROJECT AND AUTHORIZATION TO FILE THE NOTICE OF COMPLETION The City Council is requested to accept the work performed by Rite -Way Roof Corporation which consisted of the replacement of roof on the Performing Arts Pavilion at Temple City Park. Action: ' 1. Accepted the work performed by Rite -Way Roof Corporation on CIP No. P19- 04, entitled "Temple City Performing Arts Pavilion Roofing Project"; 2. Authorized the City Clerk to file the Notice of Completion for recordation with the County of Los Angeles Registrar -Recorder; and 3. Released the 5% retention payment 30 days after recordation. E. AWARD PURCHASE OF A REPLACEMENT WHEEL LOADER TO COASTLINE EQUIPMENT COMPANY The City Council is requested to award the purchase of a replacement wheel loader to replace a 12 -year old loader that is not reliable. Action: Awarded the purchase of a replacement wheel loader to Coastline Equipment Company in the amount of $170,495.98. F. VISA CARD REPORT ' The City Council is requested to receive and file the Visa Card Report. Action: Received and filed. City Council Minutes February 18, 2020 Page 4 of 7 G. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 20-5450 APPROVING PAYMENT OF BILLS ' FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019-20 The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 20-5450 authorizing the payment of bills. Action: Adopted Resolution No. 20-5450. 8. PUBLIC HEARING A. ADOPTION OF URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 20-1039U TO EXTEND THE MORATORIUM PROHIBITING WITHIN THE MU -C ZONE PUBLIC MARKET USES AND THE SUBDIVISION OF PARCELS AND TENANT SPACES FOR 10 MONTHS AND 15 DAYS The City Council is requested to adopt an urgency ordinance extending the moratorium on public market uses and the subdivision of tenant spaces and parcels within the Crossroads Specific Plan MU -C District. Interim Community Development Director Reimers gave a brief summary of the staff report. ' City Council made comments and asked questions. Mayor Fish opened public hearing. Jerry Jambazian, Temple City business owner, asked questions regarding the extension of the urgency ordinance and if the urgency ordinance could be extended again. Albert Choo, H Properties, commented on the K -Mart master lease and asked questions regarding the moratorium. Hearing no further request to speak, Mayor Fish closed public comment. Councilmember Man made a motion to introduce, read by title, waive further reading, and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 20-1039U extending the moratorium prohibiting within the MU -C zone public market uses and the subdivision of parcels and tenant spaces for 10 months and 15 days. Seconded by Councilmember Yu and carried by the following votes: AYES: Councilmember— Man, Sternquist, Yu, Chavez, Fish NOES: Councilmember — None ABSTAIN: Councilmember — None ABSENT: Councilmember — None City Council Minutes February 18, 2020 Page 5 of 7 B. ADOPTION OF URGENCY ORDINANCE NO. 20-1040U TO ESTABLISH REGULATIONS FOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS AND JUNIOR ACCESSORY DWELLING UNITS IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE GOVERNMENT CODE SECTIONS 65852.2 AND 65852.22 The City Council is requested to adopt an urgency ordinance to update the development standards for accessory dwelling units and junior accessory units in accordance with the State Government Code Section 65852.2 and 65852.22. City Manager Cook gave a brief overview regarding the Accessory Dwelling Unit legislation. Assistant Planner Liu gave a brief summary of the staff report. Interim Community Development Director and City Attorney Murphy answered Council questions. City Council recessed the meeting at 9:05 p.m. and reconvened at 9:16 p.m. City Council made comments and asked questions. Mayor Fish opened public comment. Hearing no request to speak, Mayor Fish closed public comment. Mayor Pro Tem Chavez made a motion to introduce, read by title, waive further reading, and adopt Urgency Ordinance No. 20-1040U to establish regulations for accessory dwelling units and junior accessory dwelling units in residential and mixed use zones. Seconded by Councilmember Sternquist and carried by the following votes: AYES: Councilmember — Man, NOES: Councilmember — None ABSTAIN: Councilmember — None ABSENT: Councilmember — None 9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Sternquist, Yu, Chavez, Fish A. FISCAL YEAR 2019-20 MID -YEAR BUDGET REVIEW, TREASURER'S REPORT, REVENUE, EXPENDITURE AND CAPITAL PROJECT SUMMARY REPORTS City Manager Cook continued the Unfinished Business item to a future meeting. ' 10. NEW BUSINESS— None 11. UPDATE FROM CITY MANAGER— None City Council Minutes February 18, 2020 Page 6 of 7 12. UPDATE FROM CITY ATTORNEY —None 13. COUNCIL REPORTS REGARDING AD HOC OR STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS A. SCHOOL DISTRICT/CITY STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Man and Mayor Fish) — Formed 1/3/2012 No report. B. LAS TUNAS DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION STANDING COMMITTEE (Mayor (Pro Tem Chavez and Councilmember Yu) — Formed 2/18/2014 No report. C. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY PROPERTIES STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Yu and Councilmember Man) — Formed 2/18/2014 No report. D. AUDIT STANDING COMMITTEE ' (Mayor Pro Tem Chavez and Councilmember Yu) — Formed 7/15/2014 No report. E. FACILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Yu and Councilmember Man) — Formed 4/4/2017 The standing committee reported out on their February 14, 2020 meeting regarding the design concepts for the Primrose Park. F. LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION STANDING COMMITTEE (Mayor Fish and Councilmember Sternquist) — Formed 11/19/2019 No report. 14. COUNCIL ITEMS SEPARATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S REGULAR AGENDA A. COUNCILMEMBER YU — None B. COUNCILMEMBER MAN — Looking forward to the Camellia Festival. ' C. COUNCILMEMBER STERNQUIST — Looking forward to the Camellia Festival. City Council Minutes February 18, 2020 Page 7 of 7 ' D. MAYOR PRO TEM CHAVEZ— Looking forward to the Camellia Festival. E. MAYOR FISH — Looking forward to the Camellia Festival and invited the public to the State of the City Address at the end of the month. 15. RECESS TO SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE TEMPLE CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING At 9:20 p.m., the City Council recessed to the Successor Agency Meeting. Minutes of the Successor Agency Meeting are set forth in full in the Successor Agency's records. RECONVENE AS CITY COUNCIL The City Council meeting was reconvened at 9:20 p.m. with all Councilmembers present. 16. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA — None 17. ADJOURNMENT The City Council Regular Meeting adjourned at 9:21 p.m. i anet e , Mayor ATTEST: &�� t . Peggy Kuo, ity C erk