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Home My Public Portal AboutA 2015-10-20 LSAt QLZro CITY OF LYNWOOD As Successor Agency to the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency Jose Luis Solache, Mayor Maria Teresa Santillan -Beas, Mayor Pro -Tem Salvador Alatorre, Councilmember Aide Castro, Councilmember Edwin Hernandez, Councilmember This Agenda contains a brief general description of each item to be considered. Copies of the Staff reports or other written documentation relating to each item of business referred to on the Agenda are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for public inspection. Any person who has a question concerning any of the agenda items may call the City Manager at (310) 603 -0220, ext. 200. AGENDA CITY OF LYNWOOD AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE LYNWOOD REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OCTOBER 20, 2015 REGULAR MEETING 6:00 P.M. LYNWOOD CITY HALL 11330 BULLIS ROAD JOSE LUIS SOLACHE MAYOR MARIA TERESA SANTILLAN -BEAS MAYOR PRO -TEM AIDE CASTRO COUNCILMEMBER CITY MANAGER J. ARNOLDO BELTRAN r OCT 1 2015 CITY OF LYNWOOD CITY CLERKS OFFICE - SALVADOR AL TORRE COUNCILMEMBER EDWIN HERNANDEZ COUNCILMEMBER CITY ATTORNEY DAVID A. GARCIA CITY CLERK CITY TREASURER MARIA QUINONEZ YOLANDA RODRIGUEZ- GONZALEZ OPENING CEREMONIES: A. Call Meeting to Order B. Roll Call ( ALATORRE - CASTRO - HERNANDEZ - SANTILLAN - BEAS- SOLACHE) C. Certification of Agenda Posting by City Clerk PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Regarding Agenda Items Only) NON - AGENDA PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed under the Consent Calendar will be acted upon by one motion affirming the action recommended on the agenda. There will be no separate discussion on these items prior to voting unless members of the Council as the Successor Agency to the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency or staff request specific items to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETING Regular Meeting of October 6, 2015 2. APPROVAL OF THE WARRANT REGISTER Comments: City of Lynwood Successor Agency warrant register dated October 20, 2015 for FY 2015/16. Recommendation: Staff respectfully recommends that the Lynwood City Council as Successor Agency approve the warrant register dated October 20, 2015. CLOSED SESSION NONE ADJOURNMENT CITY OF LYNWOOD AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE LYNWOOD REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETINGS WILL BE POSTED AS NEEDED. THE NEXT MEETING WILL BE HELD IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS OF CITY HALL, 11330 BULLIS ROAD, CITY OF LYNWOOD, CALIFORNIA. AGENDA STAFF REPORT DATE: October 20, 2015 TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council as Successor to the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency APPROVED BY: J. Arnoldo Beltran, City Manager PREPARED BY: Maria Quinonez, City Clerk Q P.� , Daryl Betancur, Interim Deputy City Clerk rY p Y Y SUBJECT: City of Lynwood as Successor to the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency Minutes Recommendation: Staff recommends the City Council as the Successor Agency to the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency, approve the following minutes: • Regular Meeting — October 6, 2015 Background: N/A Discussion & Analysis: N/A Fiscal Impact: N/A Coordinated with: N/A 1 AGENDA ITEM 0 CITY OF LYNWOOD AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE LYNWOOD REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGULAR MEETING October 6, 2015 The City of Lynwood as Successor Agency to the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency met in a regular meeting in the Council Chambers, 11330 Bullis Road, Lynwood, CA on the above date at 6:35 p.m. Mayor Solache presiding. Council Members Alatorre, Castro, Hernandez, Santillan -Bess and Solache were present. Also present were City Manager Beltran, City Attorney Garcia, City Clerk Quinonez, Interim Deputy City Clerk Betancur and City Treasurer Rodriguez - Gonzalez. City Clerk Quinonez announced that the Agenda had been duly posted in accordance with the Brown Act. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Regarding Agenda Items Only) There were no oral communication requests. None NON - AGENDA PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Castro to approve the Consent Calendar with the exception of item No.2, which was pulled at the request of Council Member Alatorre, seconded by Council Member Hernandez. Motion carried by 5 -0 vote. Council Member Castro moved to adjourn the Successor Agency meeting. Motion seconded by Council Member Alatorre. Motion carried by a 5 -0 vote. Item #1. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS MEETINGS Regular Meeting — September 15, 2015 Received and filed Item #2. APPROVAL OF THE WARRANT REGISTER (Pulled) MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Castro, seconded by Council Member Hernandez to approve the warrant register. 1 Council Member Alatorre requested to have item No. 2 pulled for a separate discussion and commented that he was questioning the charges for a vendor who provided landscaping services; that he wanted to get a report on what they do specifically and that the check No. 5359 belonging to Swayzer's Inc. for the community development former Redevelopment Agency; he raised the issue that there was no report and inquired as to why they were not willing to report. Bruno Naulls Project Manager for the Community Development commented that the agreement was prepared and it was submitted to the Council regarding the clean -ups and scheduling for the clean -up; that they clean once a month; that they provided pictures when they clean. Council Members reiterated that no pictures were presented. Council Member Alatorre stated that he was asking Council not to authorize this warrant until the company provided proof before and after the services were rendered. Council Member Hernandez stated that he understands the issues raised, however, if the services were rendered the City was supposed to pay. It was clarified that the pictures were not attached to the invoices and as such Council Member Hernandez concurred to have the item pulled. Council Member Alatorre also stated that he wanted to inquiry about check No. 5355 for Plaza Mexico for $44,000 and that he wanted to get an itemized report to go to all council members as to what the Consultant had done with the money since the Disposition and Development Agreement (DDA) was recently approved. City Manager Beltran stated that there needed to be a clarification that this was a firm that did not deal with only Plaza Mexico and was not the firm the Council approved to handle the services for the expansion project for Plaza Mexico. Mr. Beltran asked Mr. Naulls to provide an update for the City Council regarding the environmental legal issues across a number of project areas. Mr. Naulls explained briefly that the warrant in question belonged to Cox, Castle & Nicholson, LLP who was special counsel for the Northgate Side Alameda Triangle and other environmental issues; he commented that the amount related to the environmental legal issues associated with the settlement agreement with Caltrans and the potential litigation issues with Caltrans the responsible parties for the contamination of those sites. Following a discussion on this item, the rest of the consent agenda was approved by a 5 -0 vote. MOTION: It was moved by Council Member Castro, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Santillan -Beas to adjourn the Successor Agency meeting at 6:45 p.m. Motion carried by a 5 -0 vote. 2 CLOSED SESSION U01010 The City Council reconvened to the regular meeting at 6:45 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Having no further discussion, it was moved by Council Member Castro, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Santillan -Bess to adjourn the regular City of Lynwood as Successor Agency to the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency meeting at 6:45 p.m. Jose Luis Solache, Mayor 3 Maria Quinonez, City Clerk AGENDA STAFF REPORT. DATE: October 20, 2015 TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council as Successor Agency to the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency APPROVED BY: J. Arnoldo Beltran, Executive Director PREPARED BY: Amanda Hall, Finance Director Monica Ochoa, Accounting Technicianoa' SUBJECT: Approval of the Warrant Register Recommendation: Staff respectfully recommends that the Lynwood City Council as Successor Agency approve the warrant register dated October 20, 2015. Attached Warrant Register dated October 20, 2015------------ - - - - -- vchlist Prepaid Voucher List Page: 1 10/14/2015 3:06:07PM Successor Agency of the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency Bank code: sa usb Voucher Date Vendor Invoice PO # Description /Account Amount 5360 10/14/2015 005357 URBAN ASSOCIATES, INC. 100.513A CONSULTING SVCS- 9/2015 1 Vouchers for bank code : sa usb 1 Vouchers in this report 11- 000686 1022.75.207.62015 8,270.00 Total : 8,270.00 Bank total : 8,270.00 Total vouchers: 8,270.00 Page: 1 vchlist Voucher List Page: 2 10/14/2016 3:11:31 PM Successor Agency of the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency Bank code : sa usb Voucher Date Vendor Invoice 5361 10/20/2015 001330 CANON FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. 15339791 5362 10/2012015 000488 CANON SOLUTIONS AMERICA, INC 4016996262 5363 10/20/2015 000003 FIRST CHOICE SERVICES 941719 5364 10/2012015 000312 SPARKLETTS 6523809100115 5365 10/20/2015 008890 TAFOYA AND GARCIA, LLP 2015.0405 Total : 2015.0505 5366 10/20/2015 002938 TAJ OFFICE SUPPLY 0036234 -001 11- 000662 6 Vouchers for bank code : sa usb 30.89 6 Vouchers in this report PO # Description /Account Amount Bank total : 1,729.47 Total vouchers : 1,729.47 Page: 2 LEASE AGRMNT PMT - 10/2015 11- 000679 1021.76.208.63030 231.60 Total: 231.60 LEASE AGRMNT PMT - 9/2015 11- 000680 1021.76.208.63025 556.20 Total : 556.20 COFFEE SUPPLIES 9/2015 11- 000662 1021.76.208.67950 30.89 Total : 30.89 DRINKING WATER - 9/2015 11- 000676 1021.76.208.67950 26.79 Total : 26.79 LEGAL SVCS- 4/2015 11- 000703 1021.76.211.62001 665.00 LEGAL SVCS - 5/2015 11- 000703 1021.76.211.62001 140.00 Total : 805.00 OFFICE SUPPLIES - 10/2015 11- 000677 1021.76.208.65015 78.99 Total : 78.99 Bank total : 1,729.47 Total vouchers : 1,729.47 Page: 2