Rosemead — 2023-01-24

A. Introduction of Newly Hired Public Works Manager, Oscar Madariaga; Public Works\nMaintenance Worker, Luis Valero; Finance Accountant, Polly Tan; and Administrative\nSpecialist, Kendahl Gottes

B. Recognition of the Rosemead Rebel Cheerleaders on Winning First Place in the San\nGabriel Junior All-American Conference and Second Place in the Jamz State\nChampionship

A. Claims and Demands * Resolution No. 2023-08 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY\nCOUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA, ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS\nAND DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF $1,780,468.01 CHECKS NUMBERED 113116\nTHROUGH NUMBER 113232, DRAFTS NUMBERED 6166 THROUGH NUMBER 6208\nAND EFT NUMBERED 51454 THROUGH NUMBER 51474 INCLUSIVELY CEQA: Not\nsubject to the California Environmental Quality Act.\nRecommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 2023-08.\nStaff Report

C. Acceptance of Annual Audit Reports for The Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2022 The\ncertified public accounting firm of Lance, Soll & Lunghard, LLP (LSL) was engaged\nby the City Council to perform an audit of the financial statements and perform\ncompliance testing of the City of Rosemead of the fiscal year ended June 30, 2022.\nLSL conducted the audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards\nand issued an unmodified (clean) audit opinion on the financial statements. The\nreport provides a summary of the audit report to be used as a companion to the\npublished Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR). Also included are the\nRosemead Housing Development Corporation Financial and Compliance Report, and\nother documents related to the financial audit. CEQA: Not subject to the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act.\nRecommendation: That the City Council receive and file the City of Rosemead Annual\nComprehensive Financial Report, the Rosemead Housing Development Corporation\nAnnual Financial Statements, and other related audit reports for fiscal year ended June 30,\n2022.\nStaff Report

D. Approval of First Amendment to Professional Services Agreement with Transtech\nEngineers, Inc. to Provide Traffic Engineering, Engineering Support, and Public\nWorks Permit Inspection Services On September 7, 2021, the City Council approved\na one-year extension to the professional services agreement with Transtech\nEngineers, Inc. in the amount of $342,420.00 to provide City Engineering, Traffic\nEngineering and General Engineering services. Transtech’s Agreement expires on\ntheir Agreement for approximately 16 months to align with the start/end of the City’s\nfiscal year (June 30, 2024). Transtech’s proposal includes an hourly rate fee\nschedule increase of 2.76% compared to their 2021/22 fee schedule. This fee\nincrease is reasonable and well below the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI)\nincrease of approximately 7%. Furthermore, due to the City’s recent addition of a\nfull-time City Engineer, the scope of services is proposed to be amended to reduce\nand reclassify City Engineering services to Engineering Support services and\nincrease Traffic Engineering services to address the City’s backlog of traffic\nanalyses related to Traffic Commission items and community requests. CEQA: Not\nsubject to the California Environmental Quality Act.\nRecommendation: That the City Council authorize the City Manager to execute the First\nAmendment to the professional services agreement with Transtech Engineers, Inc. for\nengineering services to extend the agreement term from February 18, 2023, to June 30,\n2024, in a not-to-exceed amount of $431,200.\nStaff Report

E. Second Reading and Adoption of Ordinance No. 1013 - Approval of Planned\nDevelopment 22-01 and Zone Change 22-01, Amending the Zoning Map of the\nSubject Site from Single Family Residential (R-1) to Planned Development (P-D)\nZone at 8601 Mission Drive and Affordable Housing Agreement On January 10, 2023,\nthe City Council introduced for first reading, Ordinance No. 1013, an ordinance\nadopting the approval of Planned Development 22-01 and Zone Change 22-01,\namending the Zoning Map of the subject site from Single Family Residential (R-1) to\nPlanned Development (P-D) zone. The subject site is located at 8601 Mission Drive.\nIn addition, the City Council directed staff to work with the applicant to revise the\nAffordable Housing Agreement. CEQA: Not subject to the California Environmental\nQuality Act.\nRecommendation: That the City Council take the following actions:\n1. Move to approve the second reading and adopt Ordinance No. 1013, by title\nonly, entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF\nROSEMEAD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, FOR THE\nAPPROVAL OF PLANNED DEVELOPMENT 22-01 AND ZONE CHANGE 22-01,\nAMENDING THE ZONING MAP OF THE SUBJECT SITE FROM SINGLE FAMILY\nRESIDENTIAL (R-1) TO PLANNED DEVELOPMENT (P-D) ZONE. THE SUBJECT\nSITE IS LOCATED AT 8601 MISSION DRIVE;\n2. Authorize the City Manager to execute an Affordable Housing Agreement with\nMission Villas, LLC for four affordable units; and\n3. Find that the City of Rosemead acting as a Lead Agency, has completed an\nInitial Study in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act\n(CEQA) (Public Resources Code Section 21000-21177) and pursuant to Section\n15063 of Title 14 of the California Code of Regulations (CCR). The City has\nconcluded that the project will not have a significant effect on the environment\nwith the incorporation of mitigation measures and has therefore prepared a\nDraft Mitigated Negative Declaration.\nStaff Report

F. Solid Waste Collection and Street Sweeping Evaluation At the December 13, 2022,\nCity Council Meeting, Council Member Armenta requested that staff evaluate the\nfollowing information: 1) the number of cities that combine their solid waste\ncollection and street sweeping services through their franchise solid waste hauler;\n2) for the cities that combine services, how many of the waste haulers provide street\nsweeping services through an internal operation versus subcontracting with an\nexternal street sweeping service provider, and 3) the annual increase for the solid\nwaste collection service rates for the cities that combine services. The purpose of\nthis report is to provide the results of staff’s solid waste collection and street\nsweeping services evaluation. CEQA: Not subject to the California Environmental\nQuality Act.\nRecommendation: That the City Council review and file the report.\nStaff Report

A. Proposed Founder’s Park Discussion The City Council will discuss and give\ndirection to staff regarding the licensed Southern California Edison Corridor\nproperty that is located between Mission Drive and Wells Street just west of Walnut\nGrove Avenue. Currently, the City has a five year license agreement with SCE which

A. Discussion of Forming a Subcommittee to Evaluate the Potential as a Charter City\nevaluate the potential as a Charter city. CEQA: Not subject to the California\nEnvironmental Quality Act.\nRecommendation: That the City Council discuss and provide further direction to City staff.\nStaff Report

B. Rosemead Boulevard Relinquishment Discussion Mayor Pro Tem Ly requested the\nCity Council discuss the Caltrans relinquishment of Rosemead Boulevard to the City\nof Rosemead. CEQA: Not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act.\nRecommendation: That the City Council discuss and provide further direction to City staff.\nStaff Report

C. Council Comments