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CC - 06-14-05MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL JUNE 14, 2005 The regular meeting of the Rosemead City Council was called to order by Mayor Imperial at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 8838 E. Valley Boulevard, Rosemead, California. The Pledge to the Flag was led by Councilwoman Clark. The Invocation was delivered by Pastor Daniel Kwok of Branches Christian Ministries. ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS: Present: Councilmembers Clark, Nunez, Tran, Mayor Pro Tern Taylor, and Mayor Imperial Absent: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES: APRIL 26, 2005 - SPECIAL MEETING MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TAYLOR, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CLARK that the Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Rosemead City Council held on April 26, 2005, be approved as submitted. Vote resulted: Yes: Clark, Nunez, Tran, Taylor, Imperial No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: APRIL 26, 2005 - REGULAR MEETING Mayor Pro Tern Taylor requested that the minutes be deferred and asked that the Oral Communications from the Audience section be verbatim relating to his and Mr. Flournoy's comments. There being no objections, those comments will be verbatim. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MAY 10, 2005 - REGULAR MEETING MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TAYLOR, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CLARK that the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of the Rosemead City Council held on May 10, 2005, be approved as submitted. Vote resulted: CCMIN:6-I4-05 Page # I • 0 Yes: Clark, Nunez, Tran, Taylor, Imperial No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: JUNE 7, 2005 - ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TAYLOR, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CLARK that the Minutes of the Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Rosemead City Council held on June 7, 2005, be approved as submitted. Vote resulted: Yes: Clark, Imperial, Nunez, Taylor, Tran No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. PRESENTATIONS: None 1. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE Patrick Manfredi, 8761 Hovey Street, Rosemead, stated that the Council should work toward a more harmonious relationship, and that it would not be feasible for the City to have their own police department. Victor Ruiz, 9703, Rosemead, criticized the response time and services of the Sheriff's Department. Mr. Ruiz stated that his car was stolen and it took 2 '/2 hours before the Sheriffs arrived. THE FOLLOWING SECTION IS VERBATIM: RON GAY, 4106 ENCINITA, ROSEMEAD: Seems like we're hitting on a lot of issues, and, I want to talk about the CalCard folks. Frankly, I sat in here that night when that discussion went on. And, the feedback I heard from our incumbents, to me, was unacceptable. Number one, and for anyone out in the audience that wants to know about the Cal-Card, we've got copies. It's ten pages. It's sponsored by the State of California, ok. This is for accountability in government, in schools, in any kind of agency. Let me start. Start with right here with the flyer that we have that our incumbents put out. Keep Rosemead on the right track. Cal-Card issue - John Tran is catching heat. This whole thing is...that P.R.I.D.E. sends out, which I'm sure that most of the documents that go in the newspaper are written by Michael Lewis. It says "Tran wants to spend $5,000 per Councilman per month". It's a.crock of bull, ok., it's pure bull. Number one, Cal- Card has more restrictions on it and it is basically for the accountability of city officials, school CCMIN:6-14-05 Page n2 • 0 official, Garvey School District uses it. There are numerous districts that use it. Let me go through this real quick so I won't take too much of your time. So obviously it's a whole campaign here - Cal-Card and the police. Bottom line, getting to the police, like I talked to the Lieutenant before. When you walk precincts and you talk to people when you're running for an office, what it is is you ask your constituents in the City, what are your concerns? The majority of the concerns and the people on the south side were response times. All the man is doing is responding to what his constituents ask him. But, no, it gets turned around. It's blown up. He wants to get rid of this and that and that's not the case. That is not the case at all. Let me get back to my original thing about Cal-Card. When City Manager, Bill Crowe and his staff was asked to look into the Cal-Card, their response was "It's a good thing". It's a good thing, it's an accountability. What it is is, Cal-Card ...you say $5,000 is the limit. If you read the packet, you can design a Cal-Card anyway to fit your city, your school district, whatever. You want a $1000 limit, you put a 51000. That doesn't mean they're going to go out and spend $1000. What that means is that's the limit, ok. And, the way Cal-Cards work is it's not a credit card to keep in your pocket. A Cal-Card is something that is kept in the office of the City Hall or whatever agency. When our officials go out on business trips, they check it out. They don't keep it on them. They check it out, they use it if they have to. Bottom line, what you're going to do is you're going to find that your City Manager is going to try to book everything ahead of time, book flights, book accommodations. If things happen to fall out, there when you rely on your Cal-Card, or what other legitimate expense there is. And, trust me, this packet, 10 pages worth outlines it all. It outlines what you can, what you can't, and if the City wants to put more restrictions in there, it's up to you. You design your own packet. This is not some little fluke where you're going to...$5000, 10...5, 10, 15, 20, 25...oh, that's $25,000 a month. That's not the case. Not at all. It is endorsed by the State of California. There is no cost to the City. There is no interest charges. If you pay your bill within a 45-day period, there is zero interest charges. As a matter of fact, it works in reverse. The sooner you pay this off, you get what are called, performance rebates. Which means if you pay it within 7 days, you get 0.62%. That's almost a whole percent that you get paid off of your bill, taken off the top because you're paying the balance in full within the 7-day period. And, this goes in increments. There's a scale here that goes all the way up to 45-days that you get a rebate. It's not costing you any money. There's no annual fees. What's the problem? It's too good? Down the road, the big thing about it is it provides the individual an accountability of spending with strict guidelines and restrictions, like I said before. It's issued to individuals, and they can only use it. It doesn't get passed on. It's not a pass around credit card like we have in the City right now. Correct me if I'm wrong, Mr. Wagner, you have a credit card I believe up to $25,000, right. DON WAGNER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER: $20,000. GAY: Ok, that's cool. I'm only off by $5000. How that works is either you have to sign a permission slip for someone to use it or you have to go with them. Correct? WAGNER: Correct. GAY: Ok. From the records we checked at the library, it doesn't have individual accountability. Unless we're looking in the wrong place, and correct me if I'm wrong, but we couldn't see CCMIN:6-14-05 Page #3 • • where this person spent this much, this person spend that much. There is no individual accountability. And this is what this is all about - individual accountability. So, anyways, you have this pass around credit card and, you know, 1 know you Don, I like you Don, but I think it's antiquated. And getting back to our little logo, keeping Rosemead on track, that is not keeping Rosemead on track. MAYOR PRO TEM TAYLOR: Mr. Mayor. I'd like to respond to some of your comments. How old is this City? GAY: Let me see, it was incorporated in 1959, it says there. TAYLOR: That's a good start. GAY: Ok, you tell me. TAYLOR: 46 years and it's not broken. GAY: Ok, the horse and carriage wasn't broken. TAYLOR: That's all right. When they come back from their different trips, the City pays for the flight tickets before they go. The City pays the pre-registration at the hotel when they go, the City pays for the conference registration when they go. They give the Councilmembers a $150 miscellaneous expense money and then they come back and turn in their receipts and it goes right to the bookkeeper. . GAY: What's wrong with having something that is being a public record? Public officials. TAYLOR: Wait a minute, wait a minute. Mr. Kress, are these public records? ROBERT KRESS, CITY ATTORNEY: Absolutely. TAYLOR: That we conceal them? You imply that ...come in and ask any day. GAY: We found the budget.... TAYLOR: What are you implying, that they're not public records? Come in and ask the City Clerk. GAY: I'll be in to ask, trust me. TAYLOR: That's terrific, now you're making all these accusations and you're not... GAY: Are these accusations? They're facts. TAYLOR: No, no. They're public records and right out here anytime you want to see them. CCMIN:6-14-05 Page #4 • • GAY: Why do you think they developed this program? TAYLOR: Why do you think the State is in so much trouble right now. Why do you think the County is in trouble? Why are the school districts in trouble? Because it's easy money to spend. GAY: Ok. I'll make a point later on in this little... TAYLOR: Mr. Mayor. I would like to cut some time off because this has been 15 minutes... GAY: Because you've interrupted me. TAYLOR: Oh no, don't pull that stuff with me, Ron. GAY: Let me get to the chase here. Let me ask you and Councilmembers. How many of you utilize City expenses for limousines and upgrading executive suites during your business trips? TAYLOR: Anybody want to comment? I haven't. COUNCILWOMAN CLARK: Never. IMPERIAL: I have not ever. I've got a card in my wallet, it says Jay Imperial on it. I go out and I use that and I turn the bills back to the City and they pay me for what I've put on my card. GAY: So you're telling me right now that you have never ...on City dime... utilized limousines with the existing credit card and or upgraded to an executive suite. IMPERIAL: I'll tell you that I'll take a lie detector test and say'the same. GAY: Ok, that's fine. That's all I wanted to hear. TAYLOR: Mr. Mayor. If I may, he's making an accusation, back it up. This is why you mislead people, answer your own questions. COUNCILMAN TRAN: Mr. Mayor. If I can chime in here please. I think misleading is when you get an article, when you get letters from a constituent that says I'm proposing a $5000 limit per credit card when staff clearly did research on this and approving credit cards that will identify each Councilmember expense. They're going with three restrictions which allows Councilmembers to use the Cal-Card for lodging, food and I believe, emergencies. . GAY: You can tailor it to your own needs. TRAN: Exactly. Basically you go and check this out prior to the conference and once you get back you check it back in. It saves staff a lot of time because they don't have to sort out which Councilmembers used the credit card and what for. Perfect example. Going on a trip with 3 Councilmembers and one of our staff members. Everything gets put onto to one bill. So you CCMIN:6-14-05 Page #5 • 0 can't really identify who puts what Councilman one spends on, Councilman two or Councilman three. This now clearly identifies what each Councilmember spends. Therefore, negates a staff member going on a trip. It saves taxpayers dollars as well as, we don't'need an advance. We don't need an advance to go on a conference. This card will be checked out before a conference and will be checked right back in after the conference. So we're not carrying a $5000 credit card. We're actually carrying an accountability card that will reflect our own actions at a conference. I wanted to clarify this. I know Mr. Manfredi brought this little article, and it wasn't even an article from the Tribune. It was an opinion, a letter, from the editor. You want to talk about misleading, this is misleading, Mr. Taylor. TAYLOR: I'd like to move on to the next item because Mr. Gay has made his point. GAY: Thank you very much for your time. The only thing I can say is, other than that, away from all this... being at these Council meetings and seeing that it's a total split of 3 against 2 no matter what idea comes up, it's thrown out the door. This City is not going to go forward, folks, it's not going to go forward. COUNCILWOMAN CLARK: Mayor. I'd like to ask a question. I really wasn't going to bring this up, but I need to ask Mr. Tran, speaking of accountability the hotel bill that came back from the conference in Las Vegas, the Shopping Center Conference. It has four entries signed by Sharon Martinez, Councilmember in Monterey Park, and I'd like to know why her expenses would be on your hotel bill. Perhaps you shared a room, I don't know. You can't tell from the bill because... are we paying for meals... it was room service. TRAN: I have no idea. TAYLOR: Then it needs to be checked into. CLARK: How can it be on your bill. TRAN: Exactly. And this kind of...there's a need for this CalCard. Once the CalCard is there you can actually identify what I've spent. CLARK: How can it be on your bill ...It's right there on the bill. I would assume that maybe she signed for those expenses. TRAN: I have no idea. There's myself, Councilman Nunez and a couple of staff members stayed at the same hotel. CLARK: Did you share a room with Sharon Martinez. TRAN: No I didn't. CLARK: Did you have meals? How could her meals be paid for by our City, that's very disturbing. You're talking about accountability. I'mjust asking. CCMIN:6-14-05 Page x6 • 0 GAY: It's interesting how everyone is scrutinizing over here. CLARK: Well, you're bringing it up, Ron. GAY: No, no, I'll bring it up - a plain fact that this is a good program. TAYLOR: Mr. Mayor. Mr. Gay scrutinized you about a limousine. We asked Mr. Tran about it and now you're ducking the issue. GAY: I'm not ducking anything. TAYLOR: Now he can't explain why...he doesn't know GAY: He can explain whatever he needs to. TAYLOR: He doesn't know. Now we've got some bills. GAY: And I'm sure he'll find... TAYLOR: Well, we are going to find out. Mr. Mayor, I'd like to move on. JUAN NUNEZ, 2702 DEL MAR, ROSEMEAD. I received a letter from PRIDE. And I've heard... read on some of these things that PRIDE puts out about "out-of-towners are at it again, "out-of-towners powerbrokers". I don't know who they mean, but out-of-towners, powerbrokers, do they mean the people that are against WalMart? That's what they're speaking about. There are three of you Councilmembers that the out-of-towners worked to put you on the Council. TAYLOR: Mr. Nunez, point of information. I've got a letter here from the Fire Fighters Support, from the AF of L's Miguel Contrereas. These letters were sent out here to defeat three Councilmembers and elect three new. So this is an AF of L, it's a very large organization. Did you receive these letters? JUAN NUNEZ: No. TAYLOR: You didn't receive one from Gloria Romero? Same letter basically, just altered. You didn't receive one from Assemblymember Judy Chu? You didn't receive one from Miguel Contrereas. JUAN NUNEZ: No. CCMIN:6-14-05 Page #7 J TAYLOR: I know that I've checked in the northeast part of the City, the northwest part, the central part and the southeast and the southwest and these are the outsiders that we're talking about. I want to read what he states in here, and I'm sorry to say he passed away a couple of weeks ago, but that can't be helped. Here is his letter, he states that "WalMart sells guns and ammunition". That was taken out on September the 7`h: You were at the auditorium, were you not. You remember that discussion? It was taken out, was it not. Here's an outsider saying that they're going to sell guns and ammo. And this is from the March election, six months after our public hearing. COUNCILMAN JOHN NUNEZ: Mr. Taylor. Are you saying that WalMart does not sell... TAYLOR: This store does not sell guns and ammunition. Is that clear? JOHN NUNEZ: The question that I asked was...did he say that this store in Rosemead was going to sell guns? TAYLOR:- Why would he send this letter to 15,000 voters. JOHN NUNEZ: He says that the store called WalMart sells ammo and guns. TAYLOR: But he sent it to15,000 homes in Rosemead. JOHN NUNEZ: I'm sure that when ...that same type of letter went out to Inglewood too. TRAN: I'm looking at the fact that when you mentioned Senator Romero and you were talking about Assemblymember Judy Chu, Congressmember Hilda Solis. How are they considered outsiders? They do represent our City. TAYLOR: No, no no. They got their funding from the Unions. That's the big difference. TRAN: You're saying that Mike Lewis who represents... TAYLOR: No, no... TRAN: Mr. Taylor, may I finish. You're saying that Mike Lewis who does... is the so called spokesperson of PRIDE, organizes the meetings, does he live in Rosemead? TAYLOR: You want an answer? TRAN: Yes. TAYLOR: WalMart is a national corporation who has vested rights to come and buy property in the City of Rosemead. They have a right to protect those interests because they are putting money in to a community. (Talking from the audience). Excuse me, I'm answering Mr. Tran's question. They have a vested interested and protected rights, Mr. Nunez, to come in and build, CCMIN:6-14-05 Page #8 • 0 it's zoned C-Commercial. Edison has a right to sell the property. Now, the Unions come in and send money to Judy Chu, to Gloria Romero and here's the signature right now, 350 Unions, 800,000 members, and here's the Executive Secretary, the highest person in that office... and then it goes on to state further, "The City Council threw those petitions in the garbage". That's an outright lie. JOHN NUNEZ: Mr. Mayor, may I respond? One of the things that you have to also look at, Mr. Taylor, is that the Union members, they live in the City of Rosemead that Miguel Contreras represents, also has a vested interest. Their vested interest is that they're saying that they don't want this type of business in here. So that's why Miguel Contreras can also come in here and, or somebody like that, and say those things, because they also have a vested interest. My son, is a Union workers. He works for the motion picture costumes from time to time. He pays Union dues. If that's what their whole Union fellowship says that they want to uphold and send letters, they have a vested interest, don't they? TAYLOR: Yes. JOHN NUNEZ: Union members also have a vested interest, don't they? TAYLOR: I've been a Union member for 49 years. JOHN NUNEZ: And, your Unionship has a vested interest and they could also argue... TAYLOR: No, no. Why do you think that Proposition is on the November ballot, where the members are going to have to sign before the Unions can take their money away from them. AUDIENCE COMMENTS: Not true, not true.... TAYLOR: All right, "not true", we'll wait and see. TRAN: I'd like Mr. Taylor to answer that question. You pretty much dodged that question. Does Mike Lewis live in Rosemead? TAYLOR: Mike Lewis is a representative of an organization in Rosemead called PRIDE. TRAN: Right. But does he live in Rosemead? Is he outside of Rosemead? TAYLOR: They're protecting a vested interest that WalMart spent close to $1 million... TRAN: So are the Unions protecting the quality of life for the resident's of Rosemead. If you're looking at the fact that ...you talked about this property that was zoned C-3 as your saying now. Wasn't it zoned Light Manufacturing prior to it being amended by the Council? TAYLOR: When? When was it amended. CCMIN:6-14-05 Page #9 0 r] L TRAN: Mr. City Attorney, wasn't it amended from Light Manufacturing to Commercial? TAYLOR: It allows commercial use in that area. TRAN: Can we get someone that can answer that question. TAYLOR: We've got a volunteer, Mr. Johnson, our Planning Director. BRAD JOHNSON, PLANNING DIRECTOR: I think what Mr. Tran is referring to is the Office-Light Manufacturing designation. That's in the City's General Plan. The Zoning Map for the City is C-3 Medium Commercial. There's a difference between the two. We do have a type of zoning in Rosemead that allows uses in manufacturing zones that are commercial. TAYLOR: So, we didn't change it, Mr. Tran. TRAN: The General Plan was not amended? TAYLOR: No, no, the General Plan is an amendment, not a zoning regulation. TRAN: Mr. Taylor, I'm asking Mr. Johnson a question. Would you please stop interrupting me. JOHNSON: That was one of the applications proposed by the applicant to change the General Plan to Commercial as well. TRAN: Thank you. So it was changed. TAYLOR: It was not changed from Commercial, was it Mr. Johnson? What's the clarification to bring the two into agreement? JOHNSON: The application was for a General Plan Amendment not a Zone Change. TAYLOR: That's correct. JOHNSON: The General Plan was changed to Commercial. You could argue either way that Commercial project is allowed in either designation. TAYLOR: It was allowed though, as a C-3 Zone. JOHNSON: You could allow or argue either case. TAYLOR: Anyway, Mr. Nunez, I'm sorry I interrupted you. JUAN NUNEZ: It's all right. What I'm saying is, according to this, we worked for three of the Councilpersons way back, whenever ...you were elected in 78'? CCMIN:6-14-05 Page # 10 i TAYLOR: Well, I don't know where you stand now. JUAN NUNEZ: You know where I stand, I'm against Wa1Mart. TAYLOR: OK. I'm for Wa1Mart for the benefit of the City. We have a disagreement. But you're the strongest friend that I've had. Every eight elections that I've ran, you've helped me. So we can have a disagreement. JUAN NUNEZ: Right. What I'm saying to this letter that out-of-towners, and I don't know how many out-of-towners here that are working against WalMart are out-of-towners. As you mentioned Unions and all that, with $100 that I get a month, I wouldn't be able to set up a WalMart and you know that. Neither would you. I don't know why you came into it or what. You made your decision... TAYLOR: Mr. Nunez, I've tried to make it as clear as I could. At the public hearing, do you remember all of the, if not outright lies, the misconceptions, deceptions, that went on about Wa1Mart only pays minimum wage, WalMart does not provide benefits to their employees. That's where we've started out and I've had to clarify it. My daughter... and this is something that one of the persons that came up here and spoke. I stated at the public hearing that my daughter had worked for Wa1Mart for 10 years and was in a management position, over at Sam's Club, which is a subsidiary of WalMart. I know the benefits that the employees have and there are many of them. In fact, if we went right down a column, they have more benefits than the Union has. Why do you think, my listening to that (groans from the audience), line by line ...line for line, I've compared them and I state because I know the benefits that my daughter has, that my niece has, that my nephew has, and they were all working for WalMart or Sam's before... before WalMart ever proposed to come to Rosemead. So when all these lies and deceptions go out there that Wa1Mart is not paying these benefits, it's a lie. JUAN NUNEZ: At what level of employment are they? The bottom of the ladder? TAYLOR: No. Have you been in to Target and asked them what they make? NUNEZ: No. TAYLOR: You know what they make. You should know, it's minimum wage. What's minimum wage in California - $6.75 approximately. How does Kmart pay? Minimum wage. Nobody is picketing Target or Kmart. You go in and you check with these stores and a lot of the bigger stores, they only pay minimum wage. Some of them have commissions if they sell. JUAN NUNEZ: As I've said. I have a quarrel with that "out-of-towners". As I said, we worked for you, myself and Margaret. Myself and Margaret were out there twisting arms and breaking legs. TAYLOR: Who was? CCMIN:6-14-05 Page #11 • • JUAN NUNEZ: Myself and Margaret. CLARK: For what? JUAN NUNEZ: We were working the campaign. The only reason there were no broken legs before.... CLARK: Oh, I broke my leg (car accident) ...I didn't break somebody else's. TAYLOR: Mr. Nunez, this letter states, "This is for Rosemead. The Fire Fighters support the 4000 Rosemead resident's who signed petitions asking the Rosemead City Council (this is speaking to Rosemead) not to allow a 24-hour store with guns, alcohol and ammo to open across the street from a school". This letter was directed specifically to Rosemead by Mr. Contreras. It goes on further to state in.big bold capital print, "The City Council threw those petitions in the garbage". JUAN NUNEZ: I would like a copy of that letter because I don't have it. TAYLOR: I have to ask the City Clerk, because I'm going to do this later on. Where are those petitions now? NANCY VALDERRAMA, CITY CLERK: I have them. TAYLOR: She has them. Where are they? VALDERRAMA: They're in the basement locked up in a storage area. I cannot legally dispose of them. TAYLOR: She cannot get rid of them. To the City Attorney, do you know if they're there? KRESS: The City Clerk says they're there. TAYLOR: I need that verification, Mr. Nunez, because this is an outright lie. The City Clerk ...I want to read you something here, her responsibilities, what the City Clerk has to do. JUAN NUNEZ: You, however, can't resent Mr. Contreras anymore because I mean... TAYLOR: But there are others with him with the same letter. I want to read you something that the City Clerk has to do. It says, "Neglect or refusal to perform official duties, every person charged with the performance of any duty under any law of this State relating to the elections who willfully neglects or refuses to perform it or who in his or her official capacity knowingly and fraudulently acts in a contradiction or violation of any of these laws is, unless and different punishment is prescribed by the Code, punishable by fine not to exceed $1000 or by imprisonment". Somebody got to those petitions and threw them in the garbage... does that sound reasonable? It's a lie. It's a bald face lie because they are still locked up. CCMIN:6-14-05 Page # 12 • TRAN: I don't think Mr. Nunez is even referring to that. I think we have one of the best City Clerk's in Los Angeles, Nancy Valderrama. Mr. Nunez, I'm glad you brought that up when you talk about outsiders because if you look at the public hearing, how many employees were bussed in for that public hearing? They spoke from Baldwin Park, from Glendora, from different cities that represent WalMart. When you want to talk about outsiders, outsiders are not the 2600 people who signed the petition. They were residents of the City of Rosemead that signed the referendum. TAYLOR: Mr. Nunez, I referred to the Election Code to basically protect the City Clerk saying that this is not true. She's not guilty of it, but she could be because they are accusing us of "throwing it in the garbage, disposing of it". That's the bald face lie. IMPERIAL: I want to clarify one thing, Gary, for the City Clerk. She is the only one that has access to that safe. Even her assistant does not have access to that safe, just the Clerk. I want to clarify that. TRAN: Again, Mr. Nunez is concerned when he raised that question about "outsiders". We're always detracting from it. JUAN NUNEZ: That's where I was going. But I think I've had enough time here. I'd like to have a copy of that letter. TAYLOR: I'll get you one. I've checked it out in all segments of the City and I've got copies from other residents in the City. Why you don't have it I don't know. TRAN: Maybe there wasn't 15,000 of them. TAYLOR: That's how you find out what the filings and statements that are put in. JUAN NUNEZ: Thank you. TAYLOR: Mr. Mayor. I'd like this conversation in the minutes verbatim. That way we can all go back and determine who did what. VERBATIM ENDS. David Bemal, 8833 Mission Drive, Rosemead, representing the Rosemead Athletic Club, requested that the City allow them to have a fireworks stand as they did not file their application on time. Don Wagner, Assistant City Manager, explained that their application was turned in too late to put it on tonight's agenda and the next Council meeting is after the 4m of July. CCMIN:6-14-05 Page #13 • • MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TRAN, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CLARK to amend tonight's agenda be consider this additional application. Vote resulted: Yes: Clark, Imperial, Nunez, Taylor, Tran No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TRAN, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM TAYLOR that the Council approve the application of the Rosemead Athletic Club fireworks stand, with the condition that they meet all the requirements. Vote resulted: Yes: Clark, Imperial, Nunez, Taylor, Tran No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. Kristen Chong, 1336 Centurion Avenue, South San Gabriel, representing K.E.E.P (Keeping (our) Environment Evergreen (and) Peaceful, stated that her organization is opposed to the proposed expansion of Resurrection Cemetery and to the proposed WalMart as it will increase traffic significantly in those areas. II. PUBLIC HEARINGS A. PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ADOPTION OF THE CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND ANNUAL FUNDING PLAN FOR THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) AND HOME PROGRAMS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005-2006 The staff report was present by the City Manager. The Mayor opened the Public Hearing for those in the audience wishing to speak for or against this item. These being no one wishing to speak, the Mayor closed the Public Hearing. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TAYLOR, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TRAN that the Council approve the Consolidated Plan and Annual Funding Plan; approve the submission of the Plan; and authorize the City Manager to execute all appropriate certifications and submit to HUD. Vote resulted: CCMIN:6-I4-05 Page #14 • • Yes: Clark, Imperial, Nunez, Taylor, Tran No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said Motion duly carried and so ordered. B. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER PROTESTS RELTAING TO THE IMPOSITION OF LIENS ON REAL PROPERTY IN CASES WHERE THE RUBBISH COLLECTIONS OF SAID PROPERTY HAVE BECOME DELINQUENT The City Manager presented the staff report. The Mayor opened the Public Hearing for those in the audience wishing to speak for or against this item. Juan Nunez, 2702 Del Mar, Rosemead, stated that he was in favor of imposing liens on delinquent properties. There being no one else wishing to speak, the Mayor closed the Public Hearing. MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM TAYLOR, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN TRAN that the Council direct staff to take the necessary steps to place liens on those properties that have not paid by 6:00 p.m. on June 30, 2005. Vote resulted: Yes: Clark, Imperial, Nunez, Taylor, Tran No: None Absent: None Abstain: None III. LEGISLA TIVE A. RESOLUTION NO. 2005-15 - CLAIMS AND DEMANDS The following Resolution was presented to the Council for adoption. RESOLUTION NO. 2005-15 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF $1,749,736.68 NUMBERED 49047 THROUGH 49403 CCMIN:6-14-05 Page #15 • MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TRAN, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN NUNEZ that the Council adopt Resolution No. 2005-15. Vote resulted: Yes: Clark, Nunez, Tran, Taylor, Imperial No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. IV. CONSENT CALENDAR CC-A RESOLUTION NO. 2005-16 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD TO APPOINT SPECIFIC REPRESENTATIVES TO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY COUNCIL OF GOVERNMENTS CC-B APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR ROSEMEAD PUBLIC SAFETY CENTER AT ZAPOPAN PARK CC-C APPROVAL OF FIREWORKS STAND AND LOCATIONS CC-D AUTHORIZATION TO ATTEND LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 6-8,2005, SAN FRANCISCO CC-E AUTHORIZATION TO REJECT CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY FROM DAWN MILLSAPS CC-F REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CONTROLS AT ANGELUS AVENUE/KLINGERMAN STREET AND ANGELUS AVENUE/FERN AVENUE CC-G REJECTION OF BIDS AND AUTHORIZATION TO RE-ADVERTISE FOR BIDS FOR BUS STOP IMPROVEMENTS CC-H AUTHORIZATION TO ATTEND ANNUAL CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY 10TH ANNUAL RISK MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE, OCTOBER 26-28,2005, LONG BEACH CC-I AUTHORIZATION TO ATTEND LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES MAYORS AND COUNCILMEMBERS EXECUTIVE FORUM AND ADVANCED LEADERSHIP WORKSHOPS, JULY 27-30,2005, MONTEREY CC-J EXTENSION OF AGREEMENT - PARKWAY AND MEDIAN LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE CCMIN:6-14-05 Page # 16 • 9 CC-K PURCHASE OF ONE E-350 SUPER DUTY EXTENDED WAGON XL/531 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECOND BY COUNCILWOMAN CLARK that the Council approve the aforementioned items on the Consent Calendar. Vote resulted: Yes: Clark, Imperial, Nunez, Taylor, Tran No: None Absent: None Abstain: None V. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION - None VI. STATUS REPORTS - None VII. MATTERS FROM OFFICIALS Mayor Pro Tem Taylor: Mr. Mayor Mayor Imperial: Yes Mayor Pro Tern Taylor: I brought up this letter from Mr. Contreras about the petitions being thrown in the garbage and I would like to make a request that the City Attorney or City Clerk, whatever the procedure is, that those petitions be retained because this was a campaign issue with the three previous Council Members. This has a direct correlation of you and I being in this accusation of "throwing it in the garbage." So I would like those petitions to be kept, and nobody gets to see them, but I don't want them to be disposed of when this comes to a head if and when there is an election. Is there a problem keeping those Mr. Kress? Mr. Kress stated absolutely no problem. Mayor Imperial stated that there was no problem. Mayor Pro Tem. Taylor then stated that he would like this to be in the record that this is the reason they are to be kept. Councilwoman Clark stated that she would like to comment that we did exactly what the petitions ask for, whether it was the signers intent what they wanted, but we did exactly what they ask. So that was a double lie. Mayor Pro Tem Taylor requested a copy of the school report from a student that addressed the Council requesting interview times. VIII. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE - None CCMIN:6-I4-05 Page #17 • IX. ADJOURNMENT There being no further action to be taken at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 9:25 p.m., in memory of Bill Brownell, founder of the WeTip Program. The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 28, 2005, at 8:00 p.m. Respectfully, submitted: City Clerk APPROVED: MAYO CCMIN:6-14-05 Page N 18 N a O V L L O U G LO O N r c J Z Y U cp 1 CO 0 ai .n 0 t c 0 . N m /D L O V/ L L O f- O J 0 U ~ a a~ o ~ H O (D m L Q O Q E i i (6 f0~ 0c1r) QL C 0 4F O J - ~c aV w ~ ~Iv ti 0 r N f~ ~ r r r a STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ) SS. CITY OF ROSEMEAD ) I, Nina Castruita, City Clerk of the City of Rosemead, do hereby certify that the minutes from June 14, 2005 were duly and regularly approved and adopted by the Rosemead City Council on the 11 th of July 2006, by the following vote to wit: Yes: CLARK, IMPERIAL, NUNEZ, TAYLOR, TRAN No: NONE Absent: NONE Abstain: NONE Nina Castruita Secretary