CC - Item 4A - Minutes 09-25-12Minutes of the
City Council Meeting
September 25, 2012
The regular meeting of the Rosemead City Council was called to order by Mayor Armenta at 7:01 p.m. in the
Rosemead City Council Chamber located at 8838 East Valley Boulevard, Rosemead, California.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Council Member Clark
INVOCATION: Council Member Ly
PRESENT: Mayor Armenta, Mayor Pro Tern Low, Council Members Alarcon, Clark, and Ly
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Allred, City Attorney Richman, Assistant City Manager Hawkesworth,
Community Development Director Ramirez, Director of Parks and Recreation Montgomery- Scott, Public
Works Director Marcarello, and City Clerk Molleda
PUBLIC COMMENTS FROM THE AUDIENCE
Ron Esquivel — thanked the City Council and staff for installing crosswalks near schools and protecting the
public.
2. PRESENTATION
• Ladyhawks recognition for their participation in the Triple Crown World Series in
Nevada and in the USSSA Nationals in West Covina.
Ladyhawk members were not in attendance to accept their certificate of appreciation.
• National Voter Registration Day Proclamation.
Mayor Armenta presented a proclamation to City Clerk Molleda proclaiming National Voter Registration Day.
Mayor Pro Tem Low asked if residents could drop off their voter registrations to City Hall because of
concerns that the County Registrar office may not receive all registrations.
City Clerk Gloria Molleda replied that residents can drop -off registrations at City Hall and staff will forward
them to the County Registrar Recorders office. Residents can check their status online after two weeks of
mailing their registrations or can contact the City Clerk's office for verification.
• Savannah Memorial Park
Mayor Armenta presented a proclamation to Savannah Memorial Park Cemetery for obtaining California's
Historical Landmark status.
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Joe Castillo — President of El Monte Cemetery Association, thanked City Council and staff for their support in
obtaining the historical landmark status. Mr. Castillo invited the City Council and the public to their fundraising
Spirit Festival event taking place on September 29, 2012.
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Minutes
April 24, 2012 — Regular Meeting
B. Claims and Demands
Resolution No. 2012 — 53
Recommendation: to approve Re§W No. 2012 — 53
A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNC F THE
ROSEMEAD A OWING CE R C AND [
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City Council adopt at its second reading, Ordinance No. 923,
1N OF THE ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL OF THE
OF
SE CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONE
3 1 CHANGING THE ZONING CLASSIFICATION
RATHMORE AVENUE FROM P (PARKING) T C -3
COMMERCIAL), LOCATED 2743 STRATHMORE
IE (APN:5284- 038.002)
Item 3D was deferred to the meeting of October 9, 2012.
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D. Resolution Supporting Creation of San Gabriel Mountains National Recreation Area
The San Gabriel Mountains Forever campaign is requesting that the City Council adopt a
resolution in support of the creation of a San Gabriel Mountains National Recreation Area.
This designation would provide the San Gabriel Mountains with increased attention and
resources in order to improve recreational opportunities for residents and further
conservation efforts.
Recommendation: That the City Council approve Re ution No. 2012 -54, entitled:
A RESOLUTION OF THE ROSEMEAD OUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROSEMEAD SUPPORTI REATION OF A
SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS N I R - TION AREA
E. Safe Routes to School Project — ion No. 2012 -55 ,prizing City Staff to
Execute an Agreement with the of California for the R I' rsement of Funds
As part of the City's Fisc Year 2011 -12 11 ement Progra City Council
approved a project titled outes to Sc gram ". The progra volves traffic
safety and traffic calming nts at six T al schools: Emerson Elementary,
Garvey Intermediate, Willa . e Bitely EIS ary, Sanchez Elementary, and
Temple Intermediate. The bu V this s fund e ugh the State of California Safe
Route to ram, with al app ds ant of "000.
The pr was appr by the C ncil on Jun 2012 and work is currently
underway. ovem include th allation of new safety traffic striping, traffic signage,
s ,jpge feedba g -outs, i yement crossing lightings, and traffic signal
City Council approve Resolution No. 2012 -55, entitled:
A RESO' � ON OF ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEMEAD AUTHORIZING STAFF TO EXECUTE
k E , E PRO M SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENT N0. 0.122, FOR
S TO SCHOOL, CYCLE 9, PROJECT NO.
L'. (013) BETWEEN THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD AND
THE E OF CALIFORNIA
Council Member Steven Ly made a motion, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Polly Low to approve the
Consent Calendar with the exception of item D. Vote resulted in:
Yes: Alarcon, Armenta, Clark, Low, Ly
No: None
Abstain: None
Absent: None
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4. MATTERS FROM CITY MANAGER & STAFF
A. Adoption of the City of Rosemead Natural Hazards Mitigation Plan
The Federal Disaster Mitigation Act mandates that local governments implement programs to
plan for pre- disaster mitigation, to streamline the administration of disaster relief, to control
the federal costs of disaster assistance, and for other purposes.
This Act requires all state, local, and tribal
mitigation plan as a condition of receiving
and public assistance following a disaster.
Strategy 6 of the City's Strategic Plan ( "In(
Preparedness ") and corresponding action,,
Recommendation: That the City
Mitigation Plan.
) develop and submit a local hazard
9n Grant Program (HMGP) funding
of the Plan is in accordance with
s level of Emergency
the City
City Manager Allred stated that staff prep d the EmergeR1
Plan, and the Natural Hazard Mitigation ich would
Public Safety Coordinator Mandy Wong
Council Member Steven . ' "ft' motion, s�
Local Hazard Mitigati Vo Wr6ulted in:
Yes:
B. ward of Con —
and Softball
Local Hazard
Action
Polly Low to approve the
D the budJin's in May of this year, City Council authorized contracting
Rose d's ads servicesThis is consistent with the fourth of five "Guiding
Principl FResponsibility as incorporated in Rosemead's Strategic Plan 2012-
13, which s in doubt, contract out'.
Request for Proposals (RFP) were solicited for total operations of our adult basketball and
adult softball programs. We received three responses for adult basketball services and two
for adult softball services. Staff reviewed each proposal for completeness, understanding of
the scope of work, relevant experience, demonstrated ability to conduct all league
operations, and program fees. Additionally, reference checks were conducted for those firms
deemed most qualified in each of the two service categories:
Plan, Facilitys
a main binder.
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• Adult Basketball — Southland Sports Association
contract i
Parks and 1
Council' er Ly com
contracting It sport
MayorArmenta a c
community.
o Southland has been operating for nine years and currently runs similar
adult basketball programs for the cities of Glendora, Rancho
Cucamonga, Arcadia, and Baldwin Park. They have the demonstrated
ability to operate every aspect of Rosemead's adult basketball leagues.
The cities they currently serve report no significant issues and
consistently rate their performance at score of 9 out of 10.
o Participant fees will remain at levels.
Adult Softball —Major League
o MLS has been s % ` }southern Cali cities since 1986 and
currently provi, , ilar adult softball p fns to 29 cities including
Claremont, Co uarte, and Pasadena. dition to offering
softball leagues, ffers a ive ball fief tenance services.
MLS highly recom'' ` ` .d of the cities to .; staff spoke.
o Parti WWess will be simi those currently paid by league
hat the CIt ounci th adu sketball program contract to
s 'ation an oftb ram contract be awarded to Major
and t he City C uthorize th ity Manager to execute each
n agar d by the Cit ornev.
the staff report.
on, "When in doubt, contract out" in regards to
much y the City saves to continue providing the same services to the
Parks and Recreation Direct Mon
mery-Scott replied the city will save on staff time cost: for example on
score keepers and event supof facilities. He explained that the City would gain a percentage of
revenues based on team participation in each league.
City Manager Allred added that the City would also save on workers compensation claims and unemployment
insurance cost.
Council Member Alarcon asked where the softball games would be played and when would they start
playing.
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Parks and Recreation Director Montgomery-Scott replied that most games will be played at Rosemead Park
or the sport complex and all games run quarterly.
Mayor Pro Tem Polly Low made a motion, seconded by Council Member Steven Ly to approve the
adult basketball program contract with Southland Sports Association and the adult softball program
contract with Major League Softball. Vote resulted in:
Yes: Alarcon, Armenta, Clark, Low, Ly
No: None
Abstain: None
Absent: None
C. Stray Cat Drop -Off Fee
A resident who routinely traps stra ry e'°{;
complained about the City's stray c`'a' F
partial cost recovery of the average co
Angeles County Animal S elter to a . ep ,
The resident argues tha is paid to
that he pays, which is no u k".
partial
That
City Manager Allred re VOW the
Council
the City.
City Man fired replied t e anima
however, th ch
ter does arg �t�es to
Council Member t
the city's drop -off fee:
cats.
drops them off Public Safety Center has
f fee of $10. This ',jTovides the City with only
G O RY 120 to 0 that the Cif s to the Los
nG inmost ca thanize the cats.
by the City are cov d by the taxes
$10 stray cat drop -off fee as
iimal Shelter.
Los Angeles County Animal Shelter charges
fee in return.
charge residents to drop -off a cat at their facility;
can directly drop -off a cat to the animal shelter to avoid paying
Chief of Police Tim Muraka - ed that the City saves on cost of staff time when a Rosemead resident
directly drops -off a cat to the s 'r. However, the City gets billed for the housing, feeding, medication and
maybe euthanizing of the cat that was dropped -off by a Rosemead resident.
Council Member Clark expressed concern with having to charge residents $10 for dropping off a cat. She
explained that the City was not recouping any net cost. She stated residents were doing a service to the
community by dropping off stray cats; there are issues of animal diseases and the spread of typhus. Mrs.
Clark made a motion to not charge residents for the stray cat drop -off fee.
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Council Member Ly stated that over the past 50 years the Los Angeles County has had 10 to 15 reported
annual cases of typhus spreading, which is a flea problem in animals.
Council Member Clark reiterated that by charging a fee it is a disservice and a negative connotation to the
residents and restated her motion to not charge the fee.
Mayor Armenta asked for a second motion. There being no second, motion died on the floor.
Juan Nunez — asked if an owner of a cat picks up their cat will they
City Manager Allred replied no, because cats that are drop -off
transferred to the Baldwin Park Animal Shelter, which the city.
Council Member Clark inquired about in -house
by the city.
City Manager Allred explained that the city has an in
therefore, they are taken to the Baldwin PKk Animal
Assistant City Manager Hawkesworth
temporary facility and then they are tr
Council Member Clark
call the Public Safety qt
Assistant City Manager
Public Safetv . M
Council Me Steven Ly n
City's current ;ck up fee
No: CIO
Abstain:
Absent:
services
Park's
that if their cat is lost to
that in Park's animal shelter refers residents to the
Saf enter or City Hall for animal control issues. Mr.
I . trea , o notify the community on animal control
Vote
Low, Ly
in:
by Mayor Pro Tern Polly Low to uphold the
back.
Safety Center are then
essin4 fee for.
service
long animals are detained
for animals;
an animal for 24 hours at a
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5. MATTERS FROM MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL
A. City of Rosemead Chinese Name Standardization
On August 14, 2012, the City Council discussed the need to standardize the Chinese
transliteration used to identify Rosemead using the characters IMAM (10 si mi). At that
time, the Council indicated its intent to adopt this Chinese transliteration but delayed final
action until September 25th in order to provide an opportunity for additional review and
comment by the community." .
Recommendation: That the City Council
Rosemead's standardized Chinese translii
Nancy Eng — read a letter on behalf of resident V
standardizing the Chinese characterization of the
Chinese characters has a symbolic meaning ass(
characters will now flow better phonetically and s
the City of Rosemead.
Mayor Pro Tom Low suggested using tl
newspapers and television, versus what
City Manager Allred
Mayor Armenta inquired t the
Public
Council M1 or Clark s(
want to spec the item.
Council Member ed that Mr
word honey in the na that
(lu6 si mi) as the City of
J, where she et
Mrs. Eng, also c
them. She expresse
Mrs. Fe(,Udded that
the City for
i that the writing of
)ort and stated the
�Xes a good image to
soft, because it is used in many
to the characters si mi.
characters mi and mi.
between mi and mi is pronunciation and
item to another meeting in case there are people who may
Wang and Mr. Daniel Deng had expressed they did not want the
Council Member Low explaI"t there are two forms of Chinese writing, traditional and simplified.
Mayor Pro Tern Polly Low made a motion, seconded by Council Member Steven Ly to approve rbu si
mi (4 VVM) as the City of Rosemead's standardized Chinese transliteration.
Yes: Alarcon, Armenta, Clark, Low, Ly
No: None
Abstain: None
Absent: None
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B. Rosemead Municipal Code Section 17.104.080 — English Language Use on On- Premise
Signs
At the City Council Meeting of September 11, 2012, Council Member Ly requested that
Rosemead Municipal Code Section 17.104.080 — "English language use on on- premises
signs" be brought before the City Council for discussion.
Recommendation: That the City Council receive and file the report.
Community Development Director Michelle Ramirez reviewed the so
Council Member Ly stated that an article in the Los Angeles V tei
an ordinance requiring businesses to have English signs. �He`e aine
business and address containing Arabic numbers to be'{ , dish. The or
years ago and the emphasis was for public safety r Mr. Ly was conc
owners were told that their signs had to be in Englis ly. He clarified that
Chief of Police Murakami explained that
because emergency responders may nc
Council Member Ly asked staff what
business.
Community Developm
states. They can have
they need to include in
City
was
Council Me Ly asked
defensible in a
City Attorney
i that the City of Rosemead had
he City only requires the type of
was approved over 20
e . , .that some business
was i a and unconstitutional.
was neces or safety reasons
told ,ftq apply for permits for their
owners exactly what the ordinance
safety and identification purposes
sire on tr:
business
1
the title of the ordinance because the old title
if the City was sued over this issue if it would be
yes, iuld be defensible in court.
City Manager Allred clarifie' hange will be on the title of the ordinance approved in 1990 that will
state "Identification of Business" tivity on On- Premise Signs" and not "English Language Use on On-
Premise Signs" which was inaccurate.
City Attorney Richman explained the City of Rosemead amended its code in 1990 to conform with the case
from the City of Pomona. The previous ordinance required fifty percent of a sign to be in English and at that
time a court ruled that was not compelling for safety reasons.
Juan Nunez — suggested that signs be in English.
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6. CLOSED SESSION
A. Conference with Legal Counsel — Anticipated Litigation
Government Code Section 54956.9 (b): 1 matter
Mayor Armenta recessed into Closed Session at 8:08 pm. The City Council reconvened back from closed
session at 8:36 p.m.
City Attorney Richman announced there was no reportable actions
The meeting adjourned at 8:36 p.m.
October 9, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Council meeting is
to take place on
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