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AGENDA
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL,
THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO
THE FORMER REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND
THE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY,
OF THE CITY OF AZUSA
AZUSA AUDITORIUM MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2023
213 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD 6:30 P.M. Closed Session
AZUSA, CA 91702 7:30 P.M. Meeting
AZUSA CITY COUNCIL
ROBERT GONZALES
MAYOR
DENNIS BECKWITH EDWARD J. ALVAREZ
MAYOR PRO-TEM COUNCILMEMBER
JESSE AVILA, JR. ANDREW N. MENDEZ
COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER
6:30 P.M.
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
CLOSED SESSION
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC FOR CLOSED SESSION
Prior to going into closed session, the City Council will convene in the Auditorium serving as Council
Chambers to take public comment on the closed session items only. General public comment will be provided
for during the regular portion of the meeting beginning at 7:30 P.M.
1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – INITIATION OF LITIGATION Pursuant to
California Government Code, Section 54956.9 (d)(4).
1 Potential Case – 238 North Angeleno Avenue, APN 8611-028-012
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – INITIATION OF LITIGATION Pursuant to
California Government Code, Section 54956.9 (d)(4).
1 Potential Case – Filing of Injunction Regarding Los Angeles County Zero Bail Policy
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3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION Pursuant to California
Government Code, Section 54956.9(d)(1)
Case Name: Chris Grant, Jorge Sandoval, Bertha Parra v. City of Azusa; Case No. 22STCV39267
7:30 P.M. - REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY, AND
THE PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY.
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC FOR REGULAR MEETING.
In compliance with Government Code Section 54957.5, copies of staff reports or other written documentation
relating to each item of business referred to on the Agenda are on file in the Office of the City Clerk - 213 E.
Foothill Blvd.; copies for public view are at the Azusa City Library - 729 N. Dalton Ave., Azusa Police
Department Lobby - 725 N. Alameda Ave., and the City of Azusa Web Page www.azusaca.gov. Persons who
wish to speak in-person during the Public Participation portion of the Agenda or on a Public Hearing item
shall fill out a card requesting to speak and shall submit it to the City Clerk prior to 7:30 P.M.; cards submitted
after this time will not be accepted.
Those wishing to participate during Public Comment may do so in-person at the Azusa Auditorium, or may
submit written public comments by emailing PublicComment@azusaca.gov. Emailed public comments are due
by 5:30 p.m. and shall be limited to no more than 250 words. Written public comments will be provided to the
City Council and will be part of the record but will not be read aloud.
View the City Council meeting live on the City’s website https://www.ci.azusa.ca.us/1389/Watch-Meetings-
Online, or on Channel 3 (Spectrum). Archived video of recorded meetings is also available on the City website.
Notice Regarding California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Determinations. Pursuant to CEQA, a
"project" is defined as a "whole action" subject to a public agency's discretionary funding or approval that has
the potential to either (1) cause a direct physical change in the environment or (2) cause a reasonably
foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. "Projects" include discretionary activity by a public
agency, a private activity that receives any public funding, or activities that involve the public agency's issuance
of a discretionary approval and is not statutorily or categorically exempt from CEQA. (Pub. Res. Code §
21065.) To the extent that matters listed in this Agenda are considered “projects” under CEQA, their
appropriate CEQA determination will be listed below each recommendation. If no CEQA determination is
listed, it has been determined that the action does not constitute a “project” under CEQA.
A. PRELIMINARY BUSINESS
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Flag Salute
4. Invocation – Oscar Ventura, Calvary Chapel Azusa
5. Closed Session Report by the City Attorney
CEREMONIAL
1. Presentation of Proclamation proclaiming the Month of October 2023 as National Community Improvement
Month in the City of Azusa.
2. Presentation of Proclamation proclaiming the Month of October 2023 as Cybersecurity Awareness Month in
the City of Azusa.
3. Presentation of the Helen Putnam Award from Cal Cities to the City of Azusa.
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B. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION
This time has been set aside for persons in the audience to make public comments on items listed or not listed
on this Agenda. Members of the audience will have the opportunity to address the City Council/Agency Board
about public hearing items at the time the public hearing is held. Under the provisions of the Brown Act, the
Council/Agency Board is prohibited from taking action on oral requests, but may refer the matter to staff or to a
subsequent meeting. Each person or representative of a group shall be allowed to speak without interruption
for up to five (5) continuous minutes, subject to compliance with applicable meeting rules. Questions to the
speaker or responses to the speaker's questions or comments may be handled after the speaker has completed
his/her comments. Public Participation will be limited to sixty (60) minutes.
C. REPORTS, UPDATES, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF/COUNCIL
1. City Manager Communications.
2. 2023 San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments Update by Brielle Salazar.
3. Legislative Update by Senator Susan Rubio.
D. SCHEDULED ITEMS
1. FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE AMENDING VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE AZUSA
MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE MAKEUP AND DUTIES OF VARIOUS CITY OF
AZUSA BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS.
CEQA COMPLIANCE: This ordinance is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act
(“CEQA”) under the State CEQA Guidelines because the proposed action as it is not a “project” and has no
potential to result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change to the environment as it pertains only
to administrative provisions governing City boards and commissions. Further, this ordinance is exempt from CEQA
as there is no possibility that this ordinance or its implementation would have a significant effect on the environment.
14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15061(b)(3).
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Staff recommends that the City Council review and provide direction on the proposed options:
Option 1
1) Waive further reading, read by title only, and introduce Ordinance No. 2023-XX; AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING VARIOUS
PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 2-32, 2-387, 2-389, 2-407, 2-421, 2-366 THROUGH 2-367, 42-36
THROUGH 42-39, 50-37 THROUGH 50-43, 54-36 THROUGH 54-44, AND 55-1 THROUGH 55-
8 OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE MAKEUP AND DUTIES OF
VARIOUS CITY OF AZUSA BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
or
Option 2
2) Waive further reading, read by title only, and introduce Ordinance No. 2023-XX; AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING VARIOUS
PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 2-32, 2-407, 42-36 THROUGH 42-39, 50-37 THROUGH 50-43, 54-
36 THROUGH 54-44, 55-1 THROUGH 55-8 AND DELETING DIVISIONS 2, 3, AND 6 OF
ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 2 OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE
MAKEUP AND DUTIES OF VARIOUS CITY OF AZUSA BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
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Total Cost: N/A Is the Cost of this item budgeted? N/A
Fund/Account No: N/A
E. CONSENT CALENDAR – CITY COUNCIL
The Consent Calendar adopting the printed recommended actions will be enacted with one vote. If
Councilmembers or Staff wish to address any item on the Consent Calendar individually, it will be considered
under SPECIAL CALL ITEMS.
1. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING DATED AUGUST 21, 2023.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve minutes as written.
Total Cost: N/A Is the cost of this item budgeted? N/A
Fund/Account No: N/A
2. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENTS OF WARRANTS BY THE CITY DATED
SEPTEMBER 15, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 28, 2023.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt Resolution No. 2023-C56 allowing certain claims and demands and specifying the funds out of which
the same are to be paid.
Total Cost: N/A Is the cost of this item budgeted? N/A
Fund/Account No: N/A
3. HUMAN RESOURCES ACTION ITEMS.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve the following Personnel Action Requests in accordance with the City of Azusa Civil Service Rules.
Total Cost: N/A Is the cost of this item budgeted? N/A
Fund/Account No: N/A
4. ACCEPTANCE OF ADULT AND FAMILY LITERACY GRANT FROM CALIFORNIA LIBRARY
LITERACY SERVICES (CLLS).
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Accept the $46,672 in grant awards from California Library Literacy Services (CLLS).
Total Cost: $46,672 Grant Is the Cost of this item budgeted? N/A
Fund/Account No: TBT
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5. AUTHORIZE THE USE OF METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY MEASURE R
FUNDS AND SEWER FUNDS TO SUPPLEMENT GAS TAX FUND.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Authorize the use of Metropolitan Transportation Authority Measure R Fund in the amount of $200,000 to
supplement the increased FY2022-23 operational costs in the Public Works Department’s Gas Tax Fund;
and Authorize the use of Sewer Funds in the amount of $60,000 to supplement the increased FY2022-23
operational costs in the Public Works Department Gas Tax Fund.
Total Cost: $260,000 Is the Cost of this item budgeted? No
Fund/Account No: Measure R Fund and Sewer Fund
6. APPROVE A 3-YEAR AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF AZUSA AND INTER-CON
SECURITY SYSTEMS, INC. FOR ONGOING PARKING ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve a 3-year Agreement between the City of Azusa and Inter-Con Security Systems, Inc. for parking
enforcement services with the option for two (2) one (1) year extensions; and Authorize the City Manager,
or designee, to execute the Agreement, in a form acceptable to the City Attorney, on behalf of the City, and
approve subject to non-substantive changes approved by the City Attorney and City Manager.
Total Cost: $202,800.00 Is the Cost of this item budgeted? Yes
Fund/Account No: 10-20-333-000-6498
F. SECOND READING ORDINANCES
1. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE AZUSA CITY COUNCIL
TO AMEND SECTIONS 88.22.065 (ALLOWABLE USES IN NEIGHBORHOODS,) 88.24.005
(ALLOWABLE USES IN DISTRICTS,) 88.26.005 (ALLOWABLE USES IN CORRIDORS,)
88.42.200 (SENIOR CITIZEN APARTMENTS,) 88.36.050 (NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES
REQUIRED,) 88.26.010 (FOOTHILL BOULEVARD CORRIDOR,) 88.26.020 (AZUSA/SAN
GABRIEL AVENUE CORRIDORS,) 88.30.014 (DWELLING UNIT MINIMUM FLOOR AREA,)
AND 88.36.050 (NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED) OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL
CODE, AND DETERMINING THE ORDINANCE TO BE EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT. THE AMENDMENTS ARE NEEDED IN ORDER TO
IMPLEMENT HOUSING PROGRAMS H3-3, H4-4, H4-5, AND H4-6 AS REQUIRED BY THE
CITY'S ADOPTED HOUSING ELEMENT.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
1) Read by title only, second reading and Adopt Ordinance No. 2023-04.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA AMENDING SECTIONS
88.22.065 (ALLOWABLE USES IN NEIGHBORHOODS,) 88.24.005 (ALLOWABLE USES IN
DISTRICTS,) 88.26.005 (ALLOWABLE USES IN CORRIDORS,) 88.42.200 (SENIOR CITIZEN
APARTMENTS,) 88.36.050 (NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES REQUIRED,) 88.26.010 (FOOTHILL
BOULEVARD CORRIDOR,) 88.26.020 (AZUSA/SAN GABRIEL AVENUE CORRIDORS,) 88.30.014
(DWELLING UNIT MINIMUM FLOOR AREA,) AND 88.36.050 (NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES
REQUIRED) OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE, AND DETERMINING THE ORDINANCE TO BE
EXEMPT FROM THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT.
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Total Cost: N/A Is the cost of this item budgeted? N/A
Fund/Account No: N/A
G. CONSENT CALENDAR - SUCCESSOR AGENCY RELATED BUSINESS.
1. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF WARRANTS BY THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY
DATED SEPTEMBER 15, 2023 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 28, 2023.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
1) Adopt Resolution No. 2023-R12 allowing certain claims and demands to be paid out of Successor
Agency Funds.
H. ADJOURNMENT
UPCOMING MEETINGS:
October 16, 2023, 6:30 p.m. Closed Session, 7:30 p.m. Regular Meeting
November 6, 2023, 6:30 p.m. Closed Session, 7:30 p.m. Regular Meeting
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CERTIFICATION
I, Adrian Garcia, MMC, Chief Deputy City Clerk of the City of Azusa, or my designee, hereby certify under
penalty of perjury that a true, accurate copy of the foregoing agenda was posted on September 28, 2023,
seventy-two (72) hours prior to the meeting per Government Code 54954.2 at the City Clerk’s Office, 213 E.
Foothill Blvd.; the lobby of the Police Department, 725 N. Alameda Ave.; the Civic Auditorium, 213 E.
Foothill Blvd.; the City Library, 729 N. Dalton Ave.; and on the City’s Web Page at www.azusaca.gov.
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Adrian Garcia, MMC
Chief Deputy City Clerk
Azusa City Clerk’s Office