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Home My Public Portal About03) 7A-2_CCM - 2021-06-01 CITY COUNCIL TEMPLE CITY, C ALIF ORNIA REGUL AR MEETING MINUTES JUNE 1, 2021 1. C ALL TO ORDER Mayor Yu called the City Council Regular Meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. telephonically. 2. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmember – Chavez, Man, Vizcarra, Sternquist, Yu ABSENT: Councilmember - None ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Cook, City Attorney Murphy, City Clerk Kuo, Deputy City Clerk Nunez, Administrative Services Director Paragas, Community Development Director Reimers, Parks and Recreation Director Matsumoto, and Public Safety Supervisor Ariizumi 3. INVOC ATION – Jerry Jambazian, owner of Wonder Cleaners and Draperies, located at 9136 E. Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, provided the invocation. 4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIAN CE – Mayor Yu led the pledge of allegiance. 5. CEREMONIAL MATTERS – PRESENTATIONS – None 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGEND A City Clerk Kuo read public comment email from Jing Li, Temple City Library Manager, regarding upcoming library activities and events. 7. CONSENT C ALEND AR Councilmember Chavez made a motion to approve the consent calendar items. Seconded by Councilmember Vizcarra and approved by the following votes: AYES: Councilmember – Chavez, Man, Vizcarra, Sternquist, Yu NOES: Councilmember – None ABSENT: Councilmember – None ABSTAINED: Councilmember – None City Council Minutes June 1, 2021 Page 2 of 6 A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The City Council is requested to review and approve the Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of May 18, 2021. Action: Approved. B. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS The City Council is requested to receive and file the actions of the Planning Commission Regular Meeting of May 11, 2021. Action: Received and filed. C. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 21-1055 AMENDING ARTICLE 9-1T (SPECIAL USES) OF THE ZONING CODE RELATED TO NEW GROCERY STORES The City Council introduced the proposed ordinance with modification (i.e., deleting the requirement that recycling facility be located indoo rs) for first reading by title only and scheduled the second reading for June 1, 2021. Action: Waived further reading and adopted Ordinance No. 21-1055 amending Article 9-1T (Special Uses) of the Zoning Code related to new grocery stores. D. APPROVAL OF AGREEMENT WITH THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY HUMANE SOCIETY FOR ANIMAL CONTROL, SHELTER, AND LICENSING SERVICES The City Council is requested to approve the agreement with San Gabriel Valley Humane Society to provide animal control, shelter, and licensing services for Fiscal Year 2021-2022. Action: 1. Approved a new agreement between the City of Temple City and the San Gabriel Valley Humane Society (SGVHS) for animal control, shelter, and licensing services for Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 (Attachment “A”); and 2. Authorized the City Manager to execute the agreement. E. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 21 -5531 APPROVING PAYMENT OF BILLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 21-5531 authorizing the payment of bills. City Council Minutes June 1, 2021 Page 3 of 6 Action: Adopted Resolution No. 21-5531. 8. PUBLIC HEARING – None 9. UNFINISHED BUSINE SS – None Mayor Yu recused himself from the discussion of Agenda Item 10A New Business “DISCUSSION AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GASCÓN”, citing the reason of a common law conflict of interest. In his role as the Assistant Deputy Director of Public Work for the Los Angeles County, he oversees many projects involving the District Attorney’s office, Sheriff’s Department, Probation Department, and detention system. This agenda item deals with the city taking a position on the activities of another officer of the County, and specifically the head of a department for which he has done a significant amount of work and which directly affects his future work. In consulting with the city attorney, it was concluded that under the circumstances of this situation there is a common law conflict of interest requiring recusal. Mayor Yu left the meeting at 7:46 p.m. and turned off his camera and microphone. Mayor Pro Tem Sternquist led the discussion for New Business Item 10A and Mayor Yu will rejoin the meeting after the discussion. 10. NEW BUSINESS A. DISCUSS AND CONSIDER ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION EXPRESSING A VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE IN LOS ANGELES COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GEORGE GASCÓN The City Council is requested to discuss the attached reso lution and the issues presented. City Manager Cook gave a brief summary of the staff report. Mayor Pro Tem Sternquist opened public comment. City Clerk Kuo read email public comments from Carrie Chan, Mark Tang, Joyce Tang, Lisa Tsao, Paul, Diana Young, Steve Tyre, Judith Gunther, Terri Marmolejo, Lucy Liou, Steve Cooley, Richard Dean Bolander and K.Glayde Bolander, Fenglan Liu, Maria Nandino, and Jasmine Rong regarding a vote of no confidence in Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. Two callers (Ms. McKenzie and Michelle Wu) made public comments in favor of adopting a resolution expressing a vote of no confidence in Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón. City Council Minutes June 1, 2021 Page 4 of 6 Hearing no further request to speak, Mayor Pro Tem Sternquist closed public comment. City Council made final comments. Councilmember Man made a motion to adopt the proposed resolution. Seconded by Councilmember Vizcarra and approved by the following votes: AYES: Councilmember – Man, Vizcarra, Sternquist NOES: Councilmember – Chavez ABSENT: Councilmember – None RECUSED: Councilmember – Yu Mayor Yu rejoined the Council meeting at 8:59 p.m. 11. UPDATE FROM CITY MANAGER – announced City Council’s Special meeting tomorrow, June 2, 2021, at 7:30 p.m. to discuss City’s proposed City Budget for FY 2021-2022 and commented on the safe reopening of City Hall and city facilities. 12. UPDATE FROM CITY ATTORNEY – commented briefly on SB 9 and SB 10 and will give a more detailed update at the next Council meeting. 13. COUNCIL REPORTS REG ARDING AD HOC OR ST ANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS A. SCHOOL DISTRICT/CITY STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Man and Councilmember Chavez) – Formed 1/3/2012 No report. B. LAS TUNAS DOW NTOW N REVITALIZATION STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Chavez and Mayor Yu) – Formed 2/18/2014 No report. C. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY PROPERTIES STANDING COMMITTEE (Mayor Yu and Councilmember Man) – Formed 2/18/2014 No report. D. AUDIT STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Chavez and Mayor Yu) – Formed 7/15/2014 No report. E. FACILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS, AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDING COMMITTEE City Council Minutes June 1, 2021 Page 5 of 6 (Mayor Yu and Councilmember Man) – Formed 4/4/2017 Councilmember Man reported on the standing committee meeting on May 28. The standing committee gave staff directions on the Primrose Park playground and exercise equipment color palette and color scheme. F. PRIMROSE PARK ART ELEMENT AD HOC (Councilmember Vizcarra and Mayor Yu) – Formed 5/19/20 No report. G. CITY BASED HOMELESS PLAN STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Vizcarra and Mayor Pro Tem Sternquist) – Formed 3/16/21 No report. 14. COUNCIL ITEMS SEPAR ATE FROM THE CITY M AN AGER’S REGUL AR AG END A A. COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ – shared that the Youth Committee had their last meeting of the year on May 28 and that the committee received 13 applications for their recruitment. He also commented on the automatic implementation of Amazon sidewalk on June 8 (sidewalk devices includes various Ring and Echo Dot devices). B. COUNCILMEMBER MAN – extended his condolences for the Agua Dulce Fire Station shooting. C. COUNCILMEMBER VIZCARRA – shared that Athens Services representative spoke at the Kiwanis Club meeting and provided more information regarding the new trash service. D. MAYOR PRO TEM STERNQUIST – directed staff to publicize information regarding the dry summer season and drought, encouraged the public to get their COVID vaccination, spoke about the danger of using illegal fireworks, and reminded the residents to contact Athens regarding their desired trash container size. E. MAYOR YU – acknowledged Councilmember Chavez for his work with the Youth Committee, and thanked Mayor Pro Tem Sternquist for leading the discussion of New Business Item 10A. 15. RECESS TO SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE TEMPLE CITY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING At 9:21 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 Ag ency’s City Council Minutes June 1, 2021 Page 6 of 6 records. RECONVENE AS CITY COUNCIL The City Council meeting was reconvened at 9:26 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 was adjourned in honor of the services provided by Councilmember Fish and the first responders at 9:27 p.m. Vincent Yu, Mayor ATTEST: Peggy Kuo, City Clerk