South El Monte — 2024-03-26

13.a. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR\nPursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6\nCity Negotiator: City Manager\nEmployee Organizations: South El Monte Employees Association

13.b. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR\nPursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6\nCity Negotiator: City Manager\nEmployee Organizations: South El Monte Executive Management Team\nAssociation

19.a. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY\nMEETING MINUTES FOR FEBRUARY 27, 2024\nStaff is requesting approval of the Minutes of the February 27, 2024,\nSuccessor Agency Meetings.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends the Board approve the\nSuccessor Agency Meeting Minutes of February 27, 2024.

4.a. Certificate of Recognition to Ophelia Silva, Resident of South El Monte for\nover 60 Years, Honoring her 100th Birthday on March 8, 2024

4.b. Presentation by Edward Zuniga, Ed.D., Superintendent, El Monte Union\nHigh School District on the Safety Resource Officer (SRO) program

4.c. Certificate of Recognition Presented to Noelia Saucedo for receiving a\n2024 Distinguished Women of the 56th District Award from\nAssemblywoman Lisa Calderon

4.d. Certificates of Recognition Presented to the City's "C" Division Youth Girls\nBasketball for Winning the Southern California Municipal Athletic\nFederation (SCMAF) Basketball Championship

4.e. Audit Results of the City of South El Monte Financial Statements as of\nand for the Fiscal Year Ended June 30, 2023

4.f. Sheriff's Department Report for the Month of February 2024

4.g. Code Enforcement and Public Safety Department Report for the Month of\nFebruary 2024

7.a. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF THE REGULAR CITY\nCOUNCIL MEETING MINUTES OF MARCH 12, 2024\nStaff is requesting approval of Minutes for the March 12, 2024, Regular\nCity Council Meeting.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff is requesting approval of Minutes for the\nMarch 12, 2024, Regular City Council Meeting.

7.b. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 24-138,\nAPPROVING WARRANTS FOR THE PERIOD OF MARCH 13, 2024,\nTHROUGH MARCH 26, 2024\nAuthorizing payment of City expenditures for the period of March 13, 2024,\nthrough March 26, 2024, totaling $798,687.61.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends City Council adopt\nResolution No. 24-138, authorizing payment of City expenditures.

7.c. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION NO. 24-139,\nAPPROVING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS AND AWARDING A\nCONSTRUCTION AGREEMENT TO CALPROMAX ENGINEERING, INC.\nFOR THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL IMPROVEMENTS AT LEE AVE & GARVEY\nAVE AND DURFEE AVE & PECK RD (HSIPL-5352(021))\nOn February 20, 2024, the Engineering Department solicited bids for the\nTraffic Signal Improvements at Lee Ave & Garvey Ave and Durfee Ave &\nPeck Rd. The lowest responsive bid was submitted by Calpromax\nEngineering, Inc. in the amount of $437,390.00.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends City Council:\n1. Approve the plans and specifications for the Traffic Signal\nImprovements at Lee Ave & Garvey Ave and Durfee Ave & Peck Rd.\nProject;\n2. Review the bids and find that Calpromax Engineering, Inc. has\nsubmitted the lowest responsive bid;\n3. Adopt Resolution No. 24-139, approving plans and specifications and\nawarding the Traffic Signal Improvements at Lee Ave & Garvey Ave\nand Durfee Ave & Peck Rd Project contract to Calpromax Engineering,\nInc. in the amount of $437,390.00;\n4. Approve a 15% contingency amount of $65,608.50 for a total project\nconstruction budget amount not to exceed $502,998.50; and\n5. Authorize the City Manager or designee to negotiate and execute the\ncontract.

8.a. CONTINUED FROM THE MARCH 12, 2024, CITY COUNCIL MEETING -\nADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 24-140, REPEALING RESOLUTION NO.\n21-63 AND APPROVING THE REVISED VERSION OF HOUSING\nELEMENT 2021-2029 IN RESPONSE TO REQUIRED REVISIONS\nFROM THE STATE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY\nDEVELOPMENT AND RE-ADOPTING PRIOR NEGATIVE\nDECLARATION\nAdoption of Resolution repealing Resolution No. 21-63, approving the\nrevisions to the City's 6th Cycle 2021-2029 Housing Element.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends City Council:\n1. Conduct a public hearing;\n2. Take public testimony; and\n3. Adopt Resolution No. 24-140, repealing Resolution No. 21-63 and\napproving the revisions to the City's 6th Cycle 2021-2029 Housing\nElement in response to required revisions from the State Office of\nHousing and Community Development and readopting prior Negative\nDeclaration.

9.a. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING OPTIONS\nFOR ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS ON SMOKING IN PUBLIC PLACES\nAND THE SALE OF TOBACCO IN THE CITY\nAt the February 13, 2024, City Council meeting, the City Council\nexpressed interest in exploring its options to address smoking and tobacco\nsales in the City following a presentation discussing the same.\nAccordingly, by way of this staff report, the City Attorney’s Office further\nevaluated the matter to provide the City Council some options to address\nthe regulation of smoking and prohibition of the sale of all tobacco\nproducts.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION: (1) Continue to follow and enforce the City’s\ntobacco and electronic cigarette retail permitting regulations and smoking\nprohibitions pursuant to Chapters 8.40 and 8.42 of the South El Monte\nMunicipal Code (“SEMMC”) as it adopts and implements provisions\ndelineated by Federal and State law; and (2) Consider amending the\nSEMMC to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products and tobacco product\nflavor enhancers pursuant to Senate Bill 793.

9.b. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF RESOLUTION 24-141,\nAPPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CONTRACT SERVICES\nAGREEMENT (CSA) WITH COUNCIL FOR WATERSHED HEALTH FOR\nTHE MERCED AVENUE GREENWAY PROJECT\nOn October 12, 2021, the City Council adopted Resolution 21-66 awarding\na contract services agreement (CSA) to Council for Watershed Health\n(CWH) to provide project administration services for the Merced Avenue\nGreenway (Rush Street to Lerma Road) project in the amount of $412,447\nfunded through a California Natural Resource Agency Prop 68 grant to\nproceed with pre-construction activities including project administration,\ngrant reporting, technical services supporting bid and award, WQ/LID\nplanning documents and community engagement. The Merced Avenue\nGreenway Project in the City of South El Monte is a multi-benefit green\nstreet project which includes decentralized Low Impact Development (LID)\nBest Management Practices (BMPs) within the street right-of-way that\nslows, captures, treats, and infiltrate stormwater runoff.\nRECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends City Council: Adopt\nResolution No. 24-141, approving an amendment to the existing CSA with\nCouncil for Watershed Health to 1) increase the PSA value by $499,850 to\nauthorize the full scope of project administration, technical services,\nLID/WQ monitoring program implementation and community engagement\nthrough construction and post-construction monitoring of the southern\nportion of the Merced Avenue Greenway project. These efforts are\nexpressly identified within the funded agreements and line item budgets of\nthe State Water Resource Control Board (SWRCB) Prop 1 and LA County\nSafe Clean Water Program (SCWP) Measure W grants; 2) edit PSA terms\nand conditions in Exhibit C to delete 10% retention requirement; and, 3)\nextend performance period to April 30, 2026.