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CITY OF WEST COVINA

CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY
Updated October 15, 2025
Invocation by Pastor Samuel Martinez
Removal of Presentation to the Rotary Club
Repositioned Consideration of Approval of Conceptual Design for Fire Station 1 to Departmental Matters
(formerly Item 4 now Item 9)
Repositioned Consideration of Extension of GO West Covina Microtransit Program to the Consent Calendar
(formerly Item 9 now Item 2)
Addition of Item No. 11 Proposed Revisions to Job Descriptions for
City Department Heads/Executive Management Team
Removed Audit Committee Item No. 1 to meeting date 10/21/2025
OCTOBER 7, 2025, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1444 W. GARVEY AVENUE SOUTH
WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA 91790

Mayor Tony Wu
Mayor Pro Tem Letty Lopez-Viado
Councilman Ollie Cantos
Councilwoman Rosario Diaz
Councilmember Brian Gutierrez

Please turn off all cell phones and other electronic devices prior to entering the Council Chambers

AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT
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AGENDA MATERIAL
Agenda material is available for review at the City Clerk's Office, Room 317 in City Hall, 1444 W. Garvey Avenue South, West Covina and at www.westcovina.org. Any writings or documents regarding any item on this agenda, not exempt from public disclosure, provided to a majority of the City Council that is distributed less than 72 hours before the meeting, will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office, Room 317 of City Hall located at 1444 W. Garvey Avenue South, West Covina, during normal business hours.

NOTICE
The City Council will regularly convene on the first and third Tuesday of the month. The West Covina Community Development Commission, West Covina Public Financing Authority and the West Covina Community Services Foundation are agencies on which the City Council serves as members. Agendas may contain items for these boards, as necessary.

PUBLIC COMMENTS
ADDRESSING THE CITY COUNCIL

Any person wishing to address the City Council on any matter listed on the agenda, excluding any matter set for a public hearing, or on any other matter within their jurisdiction must complete a speaker card that is provided at the entrance to the Council Chambers and submit the card to the City Clerk prior to the commencement of Oral Communications. No speaker cards will be accepted after the commencement of Oral Communications, except at the discretion of the Presiding Officer.

Please identify on the speaker card whether you are speaking on an agenda item or non-agenda. Requests to speak on agenda items will be heard prior to requests to speak on non-agenda items. Comments are limited to three (3) minutes per speaker, unless modified by the Presiding Officer or the City Council.

Any testimony or comments regarding a matter set for a public hearing will be heard during the hearing.

While members of the public are free to level criticism of City policies and the action(s) or proposed action(s) of the City Council or its members, members of the public may not engage in behavior that is disruptive to the orderly conduct of the meeting, including, but not limited to, speaking off topic, speaking beyond the speaker’s allotted time limit, making slanderous or profane remarks or using loud, threatening, or abusive language which disrupts, disturbs, impedes, or renders infeasible the orderly conduct of the meeting. Members of the public may not threaten any person with physical harm or act in a manner that may reasonably be interpreted as an imminent threat of physical harm. The City of West Covina will not tolerate harassment based upon a person’s race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, disability, medical condition, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, or age.

RULES OF DECORUM
Excerpts from the West Covina Municipal Code and Penal Code pertaining to the Rules of Decorum will be found at the end of agenda.

AGENDA

CITY OF WEST COVINA
CITY COUNCIL/SUCCESSOR AGENCY

TUESDAY OCTOBER 7, 2025, 7:00 PM
REGULAR MEETING

INVOCATION

Led by Pastor Samuel Martinez of Amazing Love Ministry

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

Led by Mayor Pro Tem Lopez-Viado

ROLL CALL

REPORTING OUT FROM CLOSED SESSION

PRESENTATIONS

PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING FIRE PREVENTION WEEK
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH
PROCLAMATION RECOGNIZING OCTOBER AS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH

ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Three (3) minutes per speaker
Please step forward to the podium and state your name and city of residence for the record when recognized by the Mayor.

CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
City Manager's report on current City projects.

CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under CONSENT CALENDAR are considered to be routine and can be acted on by one roll call vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless members of the City Council/Community Development Commission request specific items to be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion or action.

CITY CLERK'S OFFICE

CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE

CONSIDERATION OF EXTENSION OF GO WEST COVINA MICROTRANSIT PROGRAM

It is recommended that the City Council take the following actions:

Provide staff direction relative to a preferred transit option;
Authorize the Acting City Manager to negotiate and execute an amendment to the Transit as-a-Service (TaaS) Service Order with Nomad Transit, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Via Transportation, Inc., to provide the preferred service through June 2027, in such final form as approved by the City Attorney; and
Adopt a resolution to approve a budget amendment based on the option selected:

a. If the City Council selects Option 1 to keep the current service model, adopt the following resolution (Attachment No. 5):

RESOLUTION NO. 2025-78 – A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026 (GO WEST COVINA)

b. If the City Council selects Option 2 to expand the service Citywide, adopt the following resolution (Attachment No. 6):

c. If the City Council selects Option 3 to expand the service Citywide and add paratransit, adopt the following resolution (Attachment No. 7):

CONSIDERATION OF SIXTH AMENDMENT TO AGREEMENT WITH NATIONWIDE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES FOR STREET SWEEPING SERVICES

It is recommended that the City Council:

Authorize the Acting City Manager to execute the Sixth Amendment to the Street Sweeping Contract with Joe's Sweeping, Inc. dba Nationwide Environmental Services, in such final form as approved by the City Attorney.
Adopt the following resolutions, approving the necessary budget amendments associated with the Sixth Amendment:

RESOLUTION NO. 2025-68 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2024 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2025 (SERVICE CONTRACTS)

RESOLUTION NO. 2025-69 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026 (SERVICE CONTRACTS)

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT

CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) BETWEEN THE CITY AND FOOTHILL TRANSIT FOR AMAR ROAD TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY PROJECT

It is recommended that the City Council approve the Bus Signal Priority Project Memorandum of Understanding between the City and Foothill Transit and authorize the Acting City Manager to execute the agreement.

COMMUNITY SERVICES

CONSIDERATION OF A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND THE KIWANIS CLUB OF WEST COVINA FOR THE KARTOBER-FEST CAR SHOW PORTION OF THE ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF FRIGHTS EVENT

It is recommended that the City Council:

Approve the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the City of West Covina and the Kiwanis Club of West Covina for the 2025 Kartober-Fest held in conjunction with the City of West Covina's Festival of Frights event scheduled for October 25, 2025.
Authorize expenditures related to the support of Kartober-Fest in an amount not to exceed $1,000; and
Authorize the Acting City Manger to execute the MOU between the City of West Covina and the Kiwanis Club of West Covina, in such final form as approved by the City Attorney.

FIRE DEPARTMENT

CONSIDERATION OF RENEWAL OF VERDUGO FIRE COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH SERVICE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITIES OF BURBANK, GLENDALE, AND PASADENA AND THE CITY OF WEST COVINA

It is recommended that the City Council:

Approve the exercise of the one-year renewal option to extend the term of the Verdugo Fire Communications Dispatch Service Agreement between the Cities of Burbank, Glendale, and Pasadena and the City of West Covina for one additional year, through February 15, 2027.
Authorize the Acting City Manager to negotiate any documents necessary to memorialize the exercise of the renewal option in such form as approved by the City Attorney.
Approve the following resolution:

RESOLUTION NO. 2025-74 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING A BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR COMMENCING JULY 1, 2025 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 2026 (VERDUGO FIRE COMMUNICATIONS DISPATCH SERVICES)

CONSIDERATION OF ORDINANCE ADOPTING 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE AND THE 2025 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE

It is recommended that the City Council:

Adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION NO. 2025-76 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, MAKING FINDINGS REGARDING THE NEED FOR MODIFICATIONS TO PROVISIONS OF THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE DUE TO LOCAL CLIMATIC, GEOLOGICAL OR TOPOGRAPHICAL CONDITIONS

Introduce the following ordinance:

ORDINANCE NO. 2534 - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ARTICLE II OF CHAPTER 10 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE THE 2025 CALIFORNIA FIRE CODE, WHICH ADOPTS BY REFERENCE THE 2024 INTERNATIONAL FIRE CODE, WITH LOCAL AMENDMENTS, AND TO ADOPT BY REFERENCE THE 2025 CALIFORNIA WILDLAND-URBAN INTERFACE CODE, AND AMENDING PROVISIONS OF CHAPTER 4.5 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE

END OF CONSENT CALENDAR

DEPARTMENTAL REGULAR MATTERS

CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF PROPOSED LAYOUT FOR COUNCIL CHAMBERS AS PART OF PROJECT NO. 22017 CITY HALL ADA IMPROVEMENTS DESIGN

It is recommended that the City Council approve the proposed layout Option 1 for the City Council Chambers as designed by Brian F. Knight, Architect, Inc. dba BFK Architecture + Planning.

CONSIDERATION OF APPROVAL OF CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR FIRE STATION 1

It is recommended that the City Council approve the conceptual design for the Fire Station 1 replacement project.

CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE

MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REPORTS
AB 1234 Conference and Meeting Report (verbal, if any)
(In accordance with AB 1234, Councilmembers shall make a brief report or file a written report on any meeting/event/conference attended at City expense.)

CITY COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR REPORTS, STUDIES OR INVESTIGATION
(Per City of West Covina Standing Rules 4.f - Requests for reports, studies, or investigations that are not readily available must be placed on the City Council/Successor Agency agenda as items of business and must be approved by a majority of the City Council/Successor Agency Board.)

PUBLIC SAFETY PRESENTATION AND UPDATE ON COMMERCIAL AND RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES

It is recommended that the City Council receive and file this presentation.

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PROPOSED REVISIONS TO JOB DESCRIPTIONS FOR CITY DEPARTMENT HEADS/EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

Staff and the Human Resources Commission recommend that the City Council adopt the following resolution:

RESOLUTION NO. 2025-81 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE REPEAL AND REPLACEMENT OF THE CLASS SPECIFICATIONS FOR DEPARTMENT HEAD/EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT POSITIONS

CITY COUNCIL COMMENTS

ADJOURNMENT

Next Tentative City Council Meeting

Regular Meeting

October 21, 2025

7:00 PM

RULES OF DECORUM

The following are excerpts from the West Covina Municipal Code:

Sec. 2-48. Manner of addressing council; time limit; persons addressing may be sworn.

Each person addressing the council shall step up to the rostrum, shall give his or her name and city of residence in an audible tone of voice for the record and unless further time is granted by the council, shall limit his or her address to five (5) minutes.
The city council may establish a limit on the duration of oral communications.
All remarks shall be addressed to the council as a body and not to any member thereof. No person, other than the council and the person having the floor, shall be permitted to enter into any discussion, either directly or through a member of the council, without the permission of the presiding officer. No question shall be asked of a councilmember except through the presiding officer.
The presiding officer may require any person to be sworn as a witness before addressing the council on any subject. Any such person who, having taken an oath that he or she will testify truthfully, willfully and contrary to such oath states as true any material matter which he knows to be false may be held to answer criminally and subject to the penalty prescribed for perjury by the provisions of the Penal Code of the state.

Sec. 2-50. Decorum--Required.

While the council is in session, the members shall preserve order and decorum, and a member shall neither, by conversation or otherwise, delay or disrupt the proceedings or the peace of the council nor interrupt any member while speaking or refuse to obey the orders of the council or its presiding officer, except as otherwise herein provided.
Members of the public shall not willfully disrupt the meeting or act in a manner that actually impairs the orderly conduct of the meeting. For the purposes of this code, “willfully disrupt” includes, but is not limited to, continuing to do any of the following after being warned by the Mayor that continuing to do so will be a violation of the law:
1. Addressing the Mayor and City Council without first being recognized.
2. Persisting in addressing a subject or subjects, other than that before the Mayor and City Council.
3. Repetitiously addressing the same subject.
4. Failing to relinquish the podium when directed to do so.
5. From the audience, interrupting or attempting to interrupt, a speaker, the Mayor, a council member, or a staff member or shouting or attempting to shout over a speaker, the Mayor, a council member or a staff member.
6. As a speaker, interrupting or attempting to interrupt the Mayor, a council member, or a staff member, or shouting over or attempting to shout over the Mayor, a council member, or a staff member. Nothing in this section or any rules of the council shall be construed to prohibit public criticism of the policies, procedures, programs, or services of the City or of the acts or omissions of the City Council. It shall be unlawful to violate the provisions of this Section.

If any subsection, sentence, clause, or phrase or word of this Section 2-50 is for any reason held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity of the remaining portions of this Section. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this section and each subsection, sentence, clause and phrase thereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more subsections, sentences, clauses, phrases or words had been declared invalid or unconstitutional.

Sec. 2-52. Persons authorized to be within council area.
No person, except city officials, their representatives and members of the news media shall be permitted within the rail in front of the council chamber without the express consent of the council.

The following are excerpts from the Penal Code

148(a) (1) Every Person who willfully resists, delays, or obstructs any public officer, peace officer, or an emergency medical technician, as defined in Division 2.5 (commencing with Section 1797) of the Health and Safety code, in the discharge or attempt to discharge any duty of his or her office or employment, when no other punishment is prescribed, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars ($1,000), or by imprisonment in a county jail not to exceed one year, or by both that fine and imprisonment.

403 Every person who, without authority of law, willfully disturbs or breaks up any assembly or meeting that is not unlawful in its character, other than an assembly or meeting referred to in Section 303 of the Penal Code or Section 18340 of the Elections Code, is guilty of a misdemeanor.