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Home My Public Portal About03) 7A-2_CCM - 2021-07-20 Regular CITY COUNCIL TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA REGULAR MEETING MINUTES JULY 20, 2021 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Yu called the City Council Regular Meeting to order at 7:45 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 Assistant to City Council and City Manager Flores, Administrative Services Director Paragas, Community Development Director Reimers, Parks and Recreation Director Matsumoto, Public Safety Supervisor Ariizumi, Associate Planner Gulick 3. INVOCATION – Pastor Jim Walden, First Baptist Church, provided the invocation. 4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIAN CE – Mayor Yu led the pledge of allegiance. 5.CEREMONIAL MATTERS – PRESENTATIONS A.UPDATE FROM AREA D DISASTER MANAGEMENT AREA COORDINATOR DIANA MANZANO-GARCIA Diana Manzano-Garcia, Area D Disaster Management Area Coordinator, introduced herself and provided an update on the activities and services of Area D. 6.PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA Kimberly Luna, Health Promotion Specialist for the American Lung Association, spoke regarding the youth vaping epidemic and the Temple City High School students’ participation in their effort to restrict the sale of all flavored tobacco products. Temple City High School student club Healthy Lungs TC members made comments regarding the youth vaping epidemic. AGENDA ITEM 7.A-2. City Council Minutes July 20, 2021 Page 2 of 5 7. CONSENT CALENDAR Councilmember Man made a motion to approve the consent calendar items. Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Sternquist and approved by the following votes: AYES: Councilmember – Chavez, Man, Vizcarra, Sternquist, Yu NOES: Councilmember – None ABSENT: Councilmember – None ABSTAINED: Councilmember – None A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The City Council is requested to review and approve the Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of July 6, 2021. Action: Approved. B. VISA CARD REPORT The City Council is requested to receive and file the Visa Card Report. Action: Received and filed. C. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 21-5541 APPROVING PAYMENT OF BILLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020-21 The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 21-5541 authorizing the payment of bills. Action: Adopted Resolution No. 21-5541. D. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 21-5542 APPROVING PAYMENT OF BILLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2021-22 The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 21-5542 authorizing the payment of bills. Action: Adopted Resolution No. 21-5542. 8. PUBLIC HEARING – None 9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS – None 10. NEW BUSINESS A. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM UPDATE REGARDING THE COVID-19 RELIEF PROGRAMS The City has CDBG funds not allocated to a specific program. These funds are the result of loans paid back to the City and CDBG funds that went unspent. The City Council Minutes July 20, 2021 Page 3 of 5 following report summarizes the accomplishments of the grant programs and recommends to expand programs the City Council adopted for FY 21-22. City Manager Cook gave a brief introduction of the agenda item and asked City Council to receive an update regarding the CDBG programs and schedule a public hearing for the allocation of the COVID-19 Relief Programs funds. Associate Planner Gulick gave a summary of the staff report regarding the City’s CDBG Programs (i.e., Temporary Residential Rental Assistance and Small Business Grant Program) and unallocated CDBG Funds. City Council asked questions and made comments regarding the CDBG program and the COVID-19 Relief Programs. Mayor Yu opened public comment. Hearing no request to speak, Mayor Yu closed public comment. Councilmember Vizcarra made a motion to: 1 Receive an update regarding the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and Covid-19 Relief Programs (CARES Act); 2. Directed staff to issue a public notice for September 7, 2021, amending the allocations for the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22 CDBG programs as shown in Table 2; and 3. Directed staff to return on November 2, 2021, to discuss FY 2022-23 CDBG Programs. Seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Sternquist and approved by the following votes: AYES: Councilmember – Chavez, Man, Vizcarra, Sternquist, Yu NOES: Councilmember – None ABSENT: Councilmember – None ABSTAINED: Councilmember -- None 11. UPDATE FROM CITY MANAGER – commented on the City’s online services and Concerts in the Park tomorrow night. 12. UPDATE FROM CITY ATTORNEY – commented on Orange County’s lawsuit regarding their Regional Housing Needs Assessment requirement, the reinstatement of the mask mandate in LA County, Brown Act changes expiring on September 30, and the three recall efforts circulating in Los Angeles County. 13. COUNCIL REPORTS REGARDING AD HOC OR STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS A. SCHOOL DISTRICT/CITY STANDING COMMITTEE City Council Minutes July 20, 2021 Page 4 of 5 (Councilmember Man and Councilmember Chavez) – Formed 1/3/2012 No report. B. LAS TUNAS DOWNTOWN 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 (Mayor Yu and Councilmember Man) – Formed 4/4/2017 The standing committee met on Friday, July 16, to review color schemes for the playground shade and exercise equipment. F. PRIMROSE PARK ART ELEMENT AD HOC (Councilmember Vizcarra and Mayor Yu) – Formed 5/19/20 Councilmember Vizcarra reported that he met with staff and former Public Arts Commission members regarding public art for Primrose Park. G. CITY BASED HOMELESS PLAN STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Vizcarra and Mayor Pro Tem Sternquist) – Formed 3/16/21 No report. 14. COUNCIL ITEMS SEPARATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER’S REGULAR AGENDA A. COUNCILMEMBER MAN – commented on the resuming of City’s Concerts in the Park and shared that the City has a COVID-19 vaccination rate of 78%. B. COUNCILMEMBER VIZCARRA – shared that he has been getting a lot of questions regarding new trash collection services. C. COUNCILMEMBER CHAVEZ – no comment. City Council Minutes July 20, 2021 Page 5 of 5 D. MAYOR PRO TEM STERNQUIST – asked about parking restriction of cars on the street over 72 hours, inquired about the next meeting for the Las Tunas Downtown Revitalization Standing Committee, and requested staff to bring back an update regarding the former Chamber of Commerce site. E. MAYOR YU – commented on City’s Concerts in the Park. 15. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA 16. ADJOURNMENT The City Council Regular Meeting was adjourned in memory of Frank Pennet at 8:59 p.m. Vincent Yu, Mayor ATTEST: Peggy Kuo, City Clerk