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Home My WebLink About1993 04 27 CC MIN1993 04 27 CC MINòw @˜„`CC MIN APR 27 1993à›[H¥8 ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING TOWN MEETING) OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK, CITY HALL, 14403 EAST PACIFIC AVE, TUESDAY, APRIL 27, 1993 The City Council of the City of Baldwin Park met in an adjourned regular session Town Meeting) in Council Chambers at 7:00 p.m. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS GALLEGOS, MCNEILL, ROLL CALL MARTINEZ AND MAYOR VARGAS ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Penman, Director of Administrative Services Yeats, Police Chief Lanza, Director of Human Services Nunez, Director of Public Works Mousavi, and City Clerk Gair 00- The absence of Councilman Izell was excused. ABSENCE EXCUSED 00- Mayor Vargas declared the Town Meeting in Session at MEETING IN 7:00 p.m. SESSION Mayor Vargas stated that because of the informality of COUNCIL this Town Meeting formal Oral Communications would be WELCOME dispensed with, because audience participation will be encouraged throughout the meeting. Mayor Vargas welcomed all those present and told of the VARGAS need for the community to share their ideas and to express their concerns to the City Council. He expressed his view of the City budget and the situation the City is in due to the effect of the State's proposed budget. He expressed the Council's concern for Public Safety and stated that this would be reflected in the budget Mayor pro tem Gallegos stated that he felt that the GALLEGOS challenges of today's times offers the City and citizens an opportunity to show what we're made. He explained that Council wants new input from the citizens, want the citizens to become involved, and to know what is on their minds in order to take the City in the right direction. Councilwoman McNeill expressed her disappointment in the MCNEILL President's Economic Stimulus being turned down, because funding that the City had hoped for would not be available. She thanked everyone for coming and expressed her hope for everyone getting along. Councilman Martinez stated his belief in the importance MARTINEZ of exchanging ideas and explained the difficult decisions that were made regarding last year's budget. He felt that those decision still allowed services to the community and reiterated the priority that the Police Department is to this Council. He expressed his hope for more meetings of this nature. City Manager Penman gave a slide projection presentation PENMAN regarding the City budget which included overviews of: BIB] 37175-U01 CC-U02 MIN-U02 APR-U02 27-U02 1993-U02 LG1-U03 LI1-U03 FO3433-U03 FO3650-U03 FO3663-U03 DO3668-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 10/11/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 BIB] 37260-U01 1993-U02 04-U02 27-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LG1-U03 LI1-U03 FO3433-U03 FO3650-U03 DO3668-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 10/11/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 CITY-U05 COUNCIL-U05 MINUTES-U05 BIB] 37260-U01 1993-U02 04-U02 27-U02 CC-U02 MIN-U02 LG1-U03 LI1-U03 FO3433-U03 FO3650-U03 DO3668-U03 C4-U03 MINUTES1-U03 10/11/2001-U04 ADMIN-U04 CITY-U05 COUNCIL-U05 MINUTES-U05 1993 04 27 CC MINòw @˜„`CC MIN APR 27 1993à›[H¥8 ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY APRIL 27, 1993 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK PAGE TWO 1) How General Fund Dollars are spent; 2) Comparison of spending of State Tax dollars; 3) Property tax revenue and reduction; 4) Utility tax charges by cities: 5) Funding losses incurred by the City; and 6) Staff reductions in the City. In response to questions from the floor, City Manager RESPONSES Penman responded that: 1) Staff reductions were mostly mid-management; 2) There were no across the board salary cuts done; 3) It is too early to tell if further cuts will be made, because of the State's budget; 4) There have been no salary increases for two years in the City; and 5) There will be more meetings before the budget is passed. Questions and Comments from the audience included: QUESTIONS/ COMMENTS * Inquiries regarding retirement benefits for the Police Department being included in their 65% of the budget. * Development in the City being paced well, but sources of revenue need to be identified. * Taxes have increased for property owners and single family homes do pay their way in City support. * What is the status of the Hotel? * Felt it was safe to walk in the City because of the police. Citizen Priorities CITIZEN PRIORITIES * Fix the pot holes, repair the streets, give a good impression to attract and keep businesses. * Fix the neglected area in the Northeast section of town, streets, sidewalks, and drainage are major problems * Work with Irwindale to fix their part of the streets. * Repair the worst streets first. * Paint and cleanup the City. Get rid of the parked and abandoned cars. Enforce the laws. * Need Code Enforcement to be more active. * Get rid of rented out garages and campers. * Fine people for code violations. * Get rid of the bad element at Morgan Park. * City Council needs to make cleanup of the City a priority. * Cleanup Garvey area of prostitution and drugs. Problem is spreading onto Merced Avenue. * Cleanup the graffiti and enforce the laws that are already passed. Go after the offenders like other cities do. * Give more citations and fines for the D.A. * An ordinance be passed forbidding trash to be put by the curb before Friday morning of the pickup day. * Enforce the law to stop cars from parking on the lawns. * Have NO interest loans for seniors. Councilmembers and the City Manager responded to the RESPONSES citizen's comments and questions and their priorities by explaining some of the CRA impacts, the litigation regarding the Hilton Hotel, the economic issues that are facing the city, police enforcement problems and code enforcement problems. The overall program for street improvement was also briefly outlined in response to many concerns over deteriorating streets. Councilmembers each thanked the citizens for attending COUNCIL the Town Meeting and stated that they looked forward to COMMENTS more meetings of this nature. They assured everyone that the difficult decisions that are to be made in adopting the budget will be in the best interest of all. The City is committed to being creative in these very difficult times and the input from citizens to assist in this goal is critical. 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He felt that the Council and the citizens agree on far more than they disagree on and meetings like this will help us all figure out how to get to where we would like to see the City go. 00- CLOSED SESSION The adjourned regular meeting was adjourned to a closed CLOSED session at 9:07 p.m. for the purpose of Meet and Confer SESSION and Personnel as authorized by Sections 54957.6 and 54957 of the Government Code. The adjourned regular meeting was reconvened at 9:55 IN SESSION p.m. Roll Call remained the same. 00- The adjourned regular meeting of the City Council was MEETING adjourned at 9:57 p.m. ADJOURNED 9:57 P.M. 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