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Home My Public Portal AboutMinutes - 2004/05/04 - Regular1 COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA REGULAR MEETING MINUTES MAY 4, 2004 1. CALL TO ORDER Chairman Zovak called the Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting to order at 9:05 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 5938 Kauffman Avenue, Temple City. 2. ROLL CALL PRESENT: ABSENT: Member - Capra, Vizcarra, Wong, Arrighi, Zovak Member -None ALSO PRESENT: Executive Director Cole, Assistant Executive Director Dawson, Agency Counsel Martin, Agency Secretary Flandrick 3. CEREMONIAL MATTERS — None 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS — None 5. CONSENT CALENDAR Vice Chairman Arrighi moved to approve the Consent Calendar, seconded by Mr. Vizcarra and unanimously carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Member - Capra, Vizcarra, Wong, Arrighi, Zovak NOES: Member -None ABSENT: Member -None ABSTAIN: Member -None A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Approved Minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 20, 2004, as presented. B. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. CRA 04 -829 — APPROVAL OF PAYMENT OF BILLS Adopted Resolution No. 04 -829, a RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY ALLOWING CLAIMS AND DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF $63,600.00 DEMAND NOS. 3151 THROUGH 3152. 6. UNFINISHED BUSINESS — None 7. NEW BUSINESS — None 8. COMMUNICATIONS — None 9. MATTERS FROM AGENCY MEMBERS — None 10. CLOSED SESSION — None 11. ADJOURNMENT The Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting was adjourned at :07 p.m. ATTEST: Q Q Ili. , Agency�tary CHAIRMAN 1 1 CITY OF TEMPLE CITY CITY COUNCIL, COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, FINANCING AUTHORITY SPECIAL MEETING — BUDGET STUDY SESSION MINUTES MAY 13, 2004 1. CALL TO ORDER Mayor Zovak called the City Council Special Meeting — Budget Study Session to order at 7:09 p.m. in the Council Chambers located at 5938 Kauffman Avenue, Temple City. The City Council also presided as the Community Redevelopment Agency and the Financing Authority. 2. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmember- Capra, Vizcarra (entered meeting at 7:14 p.m.), Wong, Arrighi, Zovak ABSENT: Councilmember -None ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Cole, City Attorney Martin, Assistant City Manager /Parks and Recreation Director Burroughs, Community Development Director Dawson, City Clerk Flandrick, Senior Management Assistant Flod, Public Safety Manager Guerrero, Public Services Director Stroud Mayor Pro Tem Arrighi moved to excuse Councilmember Vizcarra for cause, seconded by Councilmember Wong and unanimously carried. 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS — None 4. PROPOSED BUDGET — FISCAL YEAR 2004 -2005 A. BUDGET MESSAGE Using a power point presentation, City Manager Cole reviewed his budget message, stating in light of the state budget situation, there have been some positive developments that provide some hope that the past raids on local governments will not increase during fiscal year 2004- 2005. The proposed budget maintains existing service levels and estimates conservative revenues. Proposed operational expenditures have been kept to a minimum to support existing services. Also proposed Capital Improvement Projects (CIP) have been kept to a minimum until the potential impacts of the state budget are known, with focus on implementing CIP items funded from non - General fund sources. The proposed budget projects an excess of revenues over expenditures, resulting in a surplus. Councilmember Vizcarra entered the meeting at 7:14 p.m. B. REVENUES /EXPENDITURES City Manager Cole presented a review of operations for fiscal year 2003 -2004. The greatest impact on the City's financial condition for fiscal year 2003 -2004 was the Vehicle License Fee Funding Gap (VLF Gap). The net result was a significant reduction in the amount of VLF revenues received by the City, amounting to 8.05% of the City's total General Fund budgeted income. However, the City is still expected to show a modest surplus from operations of $182,635. As shown in the table provided, the City has an unreserved General Fund balance of $15,850,589 as of June 30, 2004. This has been achieved through a continued conservative fiscal policy adopted by Council and staffs strict adherence to the policy with emphasis on cost containment and seeking out non -local grants to conserve the City's General Fund. Special Meeting Minutes May 13, 2004 Page 2 An overview of estimated revenues and proposed expenses was presented showing revenue sources remaining steady. The proposed budget contains a net General Fund estimated operational surplus of $220,560. Overall expenditures requested from the departments stay within the general level of last year. Of the 26 General Funded programs, only 14 increased very slightly. Law enforcement and Parks and Recreation Programs account for $197,550 of the $213,715 increase of the total General Fund expenditures. As in prior years, law enforcement continues to outpace the overall Consumer Price Index (CPI) by a significant margin. An increase of $124,960 (or 5.00 %) is included for law enforcement in the proposed budget. , A proposal was tendered by the Sister Cities Association requesting a proposed increase of $6,120 for a total amount of $18,250 in funding by the City. While acknowledging the importance of the program, staff could not recommend approving the request for this or any group that requests funds from the City without attempting to fundraise. The non- General Funds or special revenue funds — Lighting and Landscape District and Gas Tax Funds were reviewed. C. EQUIPMENT REPLACEMENT In the vehicles and equipment fund, there is a proposal for a new telephone system at an approximate cost of $45,000. Also, per a request from Mayor Pro Tenn Arrighi, the proposed budget includes the purchase of a ham radio antenna and equipment for the EOC. There is a proposal for replacement of two vehicles — one for the Director of Community Development and one for the RSVP personnel. D. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM The City will begin this fiscal year with 24 Capital Improvement Projects (CIPs). Of the 39 outstanding projects, 15 are complete as of March 31, 2004 and it is expected another 9 will be complete by June 30, 2004. In addition to the items proposed by staff, Mayor Zovak has requested consideration of the installation of a traffic signal on Rosemead Boulevard north of Las Tunas Drive to help alleviate the traffic block for those patrons of Temple City Marketplace wishing to make a right turn onto southbound Rosemead Boulevard. Other proposed items included a citywide street name project, repainting all traffic lights, street striping program, pavement management study, sidewalk replacement and street lighting survey, most of which are eligible for Prop A, Prop C or grant funding. Special items of consideration include the establishment of a sanitary sewer improvement fee and the establishment of an overnight parking permit fee of $1 per night and a parking permit dispenser. Sheriff Department personnel spoke in favor of the permit machine, as is being utilized in the City of Glendora. Also proposed was an automatic gate for the corporation yard and an emergency generator. E. PERSONNEL City Manager Cole reviewed items included in the salary plan. A CPI increase of 1.8 %, a request for an RFP for a class and compensation study, a Section 125 benefit, and an adjustment to the overtime policy were proposed. Council discussed various items in the budget, resulting in following actions. 1 1 1 1 Special Meeting Minutes May 13, 2004 Page 3 Councilmember Wong moved to approve the CIP budget items with the exception of the automatic gate for the City yard and the parking permit dispenser, seconded by Councilmember Capra and unanimously carried. Mayor Pro Tem Arrighi moved to approve the automatic gate and the parking permit dispenser, seconded by Councilmember Wong and carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmember - Vizcarra, Wong, Arrighi NOES: Councilmember- Capra, Zovak ABSENT: Councilmember -None ABSTAIN: Councilmember -None City Manager Cole proposed an administrative order adjustment to the overtime policy to allow the payment of overtime in excess of 40 hours per week. Councilmember Capra moved to approve the proposed overtime policy, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Arrighi and unanimously carried. Councilmember Capra moved to approve the payment of double time if an employee is called out to work after midnight up to the employee's start time, and seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Arrighi. The motion failed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmember- Capra, Arrighi NOES: Councilmember - Vizcarra, Wong, Zovak ABSENT: Councilmember -None ABSTAIN: Councilmember -None Mayor Pro Tem Arrighi moved to approve a Request for Proposals (RFP) for an employee classification and compensation study, and seconded by Councilmember Wong. The motion failed by the following roll call vote: AYES: Councilmember -Wong, Arrighi NOES: Councilmember- Capra, Vizcarra, Zovak ABSENT: Councilmember -None ABSTAIN: Councilmember -None Councilmember Vizcarra moved to approve the CPI increase for salary and all remaining personnel items, seconded by Councilmember Capra and unanimously carried. Councilmember Wong moved to include the traffic signal on Rosemead proposed by Mayor Zovak as a Capital Improvement Project, seconded by Councilmember Capra and unanimously carried. Mayor Zovak requested an expanded traffic study on all of Rosemead Boulevard to be included in the project. The Community Redevelopment Agency Special Meeting was called to order at 9:42 p.m. with all Agency Members present. Vice Chairman Arrighi moved to approve the proposed Community Redevelopment Agency budget, seconded by Ms. Wong and unanimously carried. Special Meeting Minutes May 13, 2004 Page 4 The Financing Authority Special Meeting was called to order at 9:45 p.m. with all Agency Members present. Mr. Capra moved to approve the proposed Financing Authority budget, seconded by Vice Chairman Arrighi and unanimously carried. 5. ADJOURNMENT The City Council, Community Redevelopment, and Financing Authority Special Meetings adjourned at 9:48 p.m. ATTEST: Agency Secr tar`y 1 1