City Council - Regular Meeting

Yeah, I'm thinking Oh, this is our We're starting up. Oh, that was [Applause] Okay. Oh, okay. Okay. Should I Mr. Sergio calling Mr. Sergio. Where's  Where's Dr. Dr. Kelly? I can't say over. There she is. He's right behind you. Excuse

you more often. Oh, thank you. Okay. All right.  Everybody ready? We're ready. Okay. Good evening   and I am calling our meeting tonight uh this  Tuesday, December 16th at 7:36 p.m. And we are   going to we are convening our meeting in honor  of Sophia Reena Herardo, born December 7th,   2025 to parents Ricardo and Emily Herardo and  grandparents um Ricardo Herardo. That's Ricky   from the um Ming. Well, congratulations  and so great to uh convene our meeting in   honor of little Sophia. and followed by the  invocation. Do we have Reverend Tatkin here?   You're good. You're good. Oh, there you are. I  was looking for in the front row. Where is he?   Uh and then followed by our pledge of allegiance  led by Council Member Larry Spicer. All right. As we face these longest of nights, we pray  for days of peace. In this time of darkness and   division, we pray for light. We pray for the light  of patience to brighten our spirits. We pray for   the light of compassion to brighten our hearts.  We pray for the light of generosity to brighten   our souls. And we pray for the light of hope to  brighten our imaginations. We pray for the light   of healing to brighten our broken places. And we  pray for the light of graciousness to brighten   our relationships. We pray for the light of  togetherness to brighten our loneliness. We  

pray for the light of truth to brighten our world.  We pray with gratitude for our many blessings. We   pray with sorrow for our losses. We pray with  anger over injustices in our world and we pray   with humility for our failure to do enough.  We pray with determination for our ability to   change. May we be led through this holy season  by the love and hope made manifest in our many   religious traditions. Blessings and peace be with  all of you this day and always. Amen. Amen. Please   stand and join me in the pledge of allegiance  to our flag. Ready? Begin. I pledge algiance   to the flag of the United States of America and  to the republic for which it stands, one nation   under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice  for all. Thank you, Larry. You're welcome. Okay,   then. Uh, can we have please have roll call?  Council members Beldin present. Jimenez here.   Spicer present. Mayor Prom Dr. Kelly here  and Mayor Chevlin here. Uh we did have a   close session and I will ask uh Craig Steele,  our city attorney for report out. Thank you,   mayor. Prior to the meeting this evening, the  council met in close session regarding the two   items on the posted agenda. Um, with regard to  item CS2, council, I'm sorry, Mayor Chevlin um,   declared a conflict of interest due to the  fact that the property owner is a client of   her employer and did not participate in that  item. The council took no reportable action   on either of the two items. Thank you. Um, and  then, um, we have lots of fun this evening. Uh,  

our presentations and proclamations. We're going  to start off on I I think you've gotten the kind   of the theme. We're not too ugly this year though,  although I don't know about it, Larry. Uh so,   uh our PR1 is ugly sweater contest. Now, who's  going to mediate or facilitate our our contest? I guess I am, mayor. Okay. All right. Um so,  we'll start. Um I think anybody participating,   right? Do we have a I think in the council  and I and I know Dylan in his dinosaur suit and get your Christmas pajamas  on. I don't know how ugly um Yeah, I see three staff members. Sarah, come on up. Anybody else? I like that. All right. So, we'll do  this by a round of applause from the   audience. All right. So, I guess I'll  go and I'll I'll highlight. You've got   it. Okay. Lauren's got it. So, we can  start closest to us. We have Vinnie. Next we have John. I think we all think Austin just said there's  no ugly there, but go for it. Then behind us,  

we've got Sergio Jimenez. Council  member Oh. Oh. Oh, there you go. All right. Followed by Mayor Chevlin. Mayor Prom, Dr. Kelly, [Applause] Council Member Belden, Council Member Spicer, [Applause]  our beloved city attorney Steel. Phil and city manager Dylan Feak. All right. I think there's clearly three  leaders. So, if we can narrow this down   to Council Member Jimenez, um Council  Member Spicer, and City Manager Fe,   we're going to have to just do a second round. All  right. So, with Council Member Jimenez, what do we council member Spicer and City Manager Fe?

[Laughter] I don't know. I think it  was council member Spicer. [Applause] Wait, wait, wait. Come on. [Laughter] [Applause] And you did it without showing leg. Yeah. Yeah. Congratulations, Larry. Thank you. Okay. Um,   moving on to PR2 Pasadena Humane Pet  of the Month. And we have Saint here   this evening with us. 2-year-old Shepherd.  Saint is an angel, I hear. That's right. Good evening, everybody. Um, and yes, I did bring  um what I would call our backup dog tonight. Um,   but he actually is the star of the show. Oh, this  is Saint. He is a 2-year-old German Shepherd. He's   been with us at the shelter for about a month  and a half. Um, and it's mind-boggling why he   hasn't been adopted. Super well trained, super  sweet, very friendly with everyone he meets. Um,   he even got to participate in a yoga class  today. We have a yoga instructor who comes in   and he was her yoga assistant. Um, so this guy is  perfect. Um, and to sweeten the pot a little bit,  

um, we are in the middle of an adoption  promotion called Home for the Holidays. Um,   ideally trying to get all of our dogs and cats  into homes before the holidays. Um, so he is,   uh, well, he can be adopted at no charge  uh, from now until uh, until the 31st. So,   if you're looking to add a big dog or cat to  your home, now is a great time to do it. Um,   get him home for the holidays. All right.  Thank you very much. Thank you. Well,   come on. We got to take I know. Yeah. I mean,  we need a picture with the outfits for sure. [Music] [Music]   excited. Perfect. [Applause] Well, I hope Saint gets to go home for  the holidays. That's a great deal. So,   remember that free adoption through uh  the 31st, I think he said. Okay. Um,   now what I know many of you have been waiting for,   PR3 Holiday Home Decorating and Oldtown Window  Decorating Contest Award winners. And um,   Tiffany Peterson, our recreation supervisor, will  will fill in for us here on this presentation. Good evening, Mayor Chevlin and city council  members. This evening, we have the pleasure of  

assisting you with recognizing and congratulating  the holiday home decorating winners and Oldtown   window display contest winners. This year, we  had over 22 entries who shared their holiday   joy with the community. We would like to thank  the community services commission who helped to   determine the awards we will be giving out this  evening. Tonight, we will be congratulating each   winning entry with a certificate of recognition  and a window sign to display all year long.   So, at this time, I'll call them up individually,  and if you'd all like to come down to take a photo   with them, that'd be much appreciated. So,  first up, we have our best still display,   which is 126 Melrose Avenue, and that's  Bernie and Boss Hanzo. Come on up. We got to take a picture. Ready? One, two, one, two, three. Yeah. Next up, we have our best outdoor display,  which is 541 Valmont Drive. And this is the   Rodriguez family. Are we in attendance  tonight? I don't think they're present. Next, we have our most effective use of lighting,  

which is 308 West Lemon Avenue, and that  is Joey and Emma Arilano. [Applause] Congratulations. One, two, three. Congratulations. Next, we have our Children's Choice Award,   which is 632 Toronto Drive. And we have Bob  and Trisha Macau in in attendance. Come on up. We are ready. One, two, three. Ready? One, two, three.

[Applause] Next, we have our best neighborhood  effort, which is Valmont Drive and Place. In   attendance, we have George and Carol  Hills and Susie Martin. Come on up. [Applause] Congratulations. Congratulations Peek around. [Laughter] One, two, three. [Applause] Yeah, of course. Next we have Santa's workshop award which  is 519 West Colorado Boulevard and we   have Stephanie Mike Aurora Michael  Xander and Reyes Alo. [Applause]

All right, congratulations. We're also a Halloween. We're honoring him. [Applause]   Next we have the Holiday Spirit  Award which is 12 Hidden Valley   Road. Um with us tonight is Jim Joanie  and Johnny Mains. Come on up. [Applause] Congratulations. All right. Ready? And our final award for our houses  is our judges award which is 426  

East Walnut Avenue which is Samantha Jose  and Margarita Diaz. [Applause] Excellent. Congratulations. So now I'm back. [Applause]   Now we're going to move into our Oldtown  window decorating contest winners. Um,   first up we have our most spectacular which is   California Drum Shop. We have Dan,  Mary, and Aaron. Congratulations. Congratulations. Your shop looks great. Thank you so much. Congratulations. [Applause]  Next, we have our most holiday spirit,  

which is Hot Shots Salon. Leslie and Bernice  are here to accept their award. Congratulations. To the window. Don't worry. All right. [Laughter] All right. Congratulations. Next up, we have our judges award, uh, which is  Jake's Roadhouse. We have Miguel and Nicole here. Excellent. Two. [Applause] And to round out our awards for the evening,  

we have most creative, which is Suo. We  have Janine Herrera here with us tonight. [Applause] Ready? One, two, three. Congratulations. [Applause] Well, again,  congratulations to all the winners. Thank you,   council, and happy holidays, everyone. Thank you. Great job, everyone. That's that's what makes  Monrovia look so fun. Okay. Um, we do not have   a student government representative uh report  tonight. Um, and then we are moving on to   uh order of business. I believe there is an item  to be pulled from the consent calendar. It's CC9,   correct? CC9, correct? Uh, but we will go ahead  and the remainder of the consent calendar through CC21. And there is also uh we are pulling um a  CC18 uh and there's a um CC3 um the uh attached   disposition form was distributed after the  agenda was posted and on CC19 there were a  

a couple of typos in terms of the the date. So  with that I let's see if we can remain these are   ordinary in business and so um CC1 through CC21  but we are pulling CC9 and we are pulling CC18.   Do I have a motion CC3 right? No that that just  was a correction with a notation that a document   was added. With all that was said I'll move  for approval. I'll second. Great. We have a   motion in a second without further discussion  then. So approved. And then uh CC9. Mr. Fe,   do you want to go ahead and address that one?  Yes, I'll provide just a brief overview of item   CC9. Also, the reason it was pulled is there  was a public comment submitted to the city.   Um CC9 item is council's review and consideration  of approval of a reimbursement agreement between   the city of Monrovia and the Monroia Unified  School District. As the public is aware,   uh there's been community discussions about  repairs needed to the high school swimming pool.   Um, for several months, the city and the school  district have discussed uh a collaborative effort   uh where we could partner together to help uh  restore the pool in its current condition. While   the school continues discussions about the  future of the pool, um the you know the the   current need at the time right now is kids are  currently being transported over to different   locations to use the pool. Certainly disrupting  students, their lives, the the parents who have   to transport them. Um so the city had approached  the school district with a solution where um using   uh available city funding we could um help fund  a significant portion of the improvement cost   um that the district is currently underway with  the construction about $343,000 to make necessary   pairs to re reopen the pool um and comply with  the uh LA County Department of Public Health  

uh inspection uh notices that have been provided  the pool. The city is going to be providing   a payment of $210,000 to help with the the cost  to repair the pool. Um these funds are primarily   associated with removing all of the plaster in the  existing pool. Also um restoring and repairing and   installing new um plaster throughout the pool  to ensure there are no leaks in it. There are   also some minor decking improvements around  the perimeter of the pool, but ultimately the   pool will be restored in its current condition.  So, for those who are are wondering if we'll be,   you know, if there will be further excavation or  making deeper lanes at this time, this is just   to repair it in asis condition, but that will  not have leaks so it can continue to be used,   but also comply with LA County Department of  Public Health. um is as part of the collaborative   spirit, the school district has agreed to make  available all five elementary school sites   um in non-school use hours, make those spaces  available to the public. Um, so we're still   working through some of the signage and some of  the rule requirements, but ultimately, um, there   are five school sites throughout the community  which look very similar to neighborhood parks and   the school district will be reopening these spaces  during non-school use hours to make them available   for the public to use. So, they're not renting  these out at this time. uh they they certainly can   under their rights to use their own property, but  this the city we felt this was a very appropriate   compromise where if we partner together and  share resources, we could not only fix the pool,   but also create more green space throughout  the community at the elementary schools. Um   the hours will be are are outlined in the staff  report, but typically it's going to be uh uh after   school and through dusk. Um, and I think in the  summertime when school's out, they'll be open, uh,   m they'll be much more available. Um, open hours  include nights, weekends, holidays. Um, and this  

agreement will last through December 31st of 2030,  which hopefully it's successful. We can continue   the partnership beyond that. As council is also  aware, the city and the school district will be   meeting to discuss additional collaborative  efforts uh, between the two parties uh,   at an upcoming meeting. Uh, but that's my report.  I'd be happy to answer any questions you might   have. Thank you. Did we have an actual speaker?  Yes, we have a speaker card from Karen Dlue. Good evening. Good evening, Mayor Chevlin,  city council members, Mr. Fe and Monrovia. Um,   this was such a happy moment for me to be able to  come here tonight, seeing this item on the agenda,   knowing that things were happening. Um, I've  been here a lot over the last year and um,   I actually haven't been addressing the pool when  I come here. I've known all along that the pool   is kind of MUSD deal and I've kind of focused my  efforts here at the city of Monrovia on aquatics   programming because that's kind of the deal here  on the city side. Um, I think it was above and   beyond and amazing to actually step forward and  help with the facility itself. That was great.   Um, it is a band-aid solution and it is not going  to buy us another 40 years, which is how old this   pool is, but it is going to buy us a few years of  kids not having to be bust to Citrus College and   Darty. And hopefully, one thing I did I couldn't  help but notice is that there was no provision   for city use of the pool itself. Um, it does seem  like one of those green spaces that could be made   available to the community during non-school  time. I was really hoping to see that as part   of the negotiation. I'm hoping that we'll see that  as the next step at least for next summer. We have   a few months. Um hopefully we can get swimming  lessons back in and recreation swim and lap swim  

and all of that at least during the summer months  while we have that facility there. And I'm really   looking forward to hearing about any future plans  for a more appropriate aquatic facility that our   our city really deserves. something where we can  pro provide hopefully year round, but at least a   really robust summer aquatics recreation program.  Um, that is the kind of thing that Monrovians has   have always expected and we deserve going forward.  Thank you so much for making this happen. I'm just   going to say y'all made it happen. So, thank you.  Thank you. Dylan, can you confirm the the comment   relating to the um usage? Sure. Sure. Um, I will  just speak to the this agreement specifically   outlines the reimbursement provisions and and what  the reason we tied the open space to it was for   the city to come out and help fund a significant  portion of the cost. The district is really   providing some of those additional items that they  just chose to do. We felt like it was appropriate   to ask for, you know, could there be a benefit  more broadly for the city using our resources.   Historically, we had a separate agreement  which was a shared use agreement and that   governed how we were going to share the pool  and and we fully expect to be discussing that   in the new year. How it works, who provides what,  there's been different variations of how the city   has provided those services. The district is  very open to it. They want us to be using it   when they're not using it. But we just have  to work through those discussions. And we've   we've really told them right now, just get the  construction out of the way. Get it open. Get it   used. We'll deal with the other stuff later. So,  that'll be coming here soon. That's really great   news. Thank you. Thank you very much. Okay,  we will this we need a motion on this item.   If there aren't any other questions or comments,  I'll move to approve CC9. Second. Second. Okay,  

we have a second and a third. Uh without any  further discussion or objection, so approved.   Okay, we are moving on then to uh public input  and this is uh we invite you to come to the our   meetings and we love to hear for you from you  and during this portion it is for items not on   our agenda and so city clerk do we have any we  do have some speaker cards she'll call you up   and you are allowed uh three minutes to address  the city council beginning with Sher Lochner. Good evening everyone. My name is Sheri Lochner  and I'm a resident of Monrovia as is my mother and   my um and I grew up here in Monrovia and Dwarte. I  am here this evening to advocate for day laborers   and other people who are immigrants targeted by  ICE. As you would be well aware, ICE is continuing   with their fascist unlawful practices of detaining  and kidnapping people throughout our country. My   colleagues and I have reinstalled the memorial for  Carlos Roberto Mononttoyo Valdez and the 24 other   people who have lost their lives several times  and we will continue to do this practice as long   as needed. We want to see a permanent memorial for  Carlos to commemorate his life and acknowledge his   death as a result of the brutal unjust tactics  of ICE. I am here to urge the city council to   dedicate time and resources to make the memorial  happen. I stand here this evening because I and   my colleagues refuse to allow the government  to sweep the deaths of undocumented people   under the carpet. They are husbands, fathers,  brothers, wives, sisters, mothers, friends,  

and our neighbors. The Monrovia City Council's  silence on Carlo Roberto Mononttoya Valdez's death   is deafening. My questions for the city council  this evening are, as always, one, what progress   has been made on securing the report investigating  the circumstances resulting in Carlos's death?   Two, how can my colleagues work with the city  council to secure an appropriate site for the   erection of a permanent memorial for Carlos and  the other people who have died as a result of ICE   actions? Will the city council commit space  and resources for this memorial? And four,   when is the city council going to stand up  to the authoritarian actions of this federal   government and denounce the ICE raids  and secure justice for Carlos Roberto   Mononttoya Valdez? As Mahatma Gandhi said,  the true measure of any society can be found   in how it treats its most vulnerable members.  I stand for justice. I stand for compassion.   Where do you stand? Yosoy Carlos Roberto  Mononttoya Valdez. Next is Martha Mack. Good evening. Hi, my name is Martha Mack. Um, I  would like to start with a quote from Leviticus   19:33-34. When a foreigner resides among you in  your land, do not mistreat them. The foreigner   residing among you must be treated as nativeorn.  Love them as yourself for you were foreigners in   Egypt. These are the 25 names of the people who  have died in ICE detention or as a direct result   of an ICE raid. Ismael Ayala Uribe Oscar Dwarte  Rasone Lorenzo Antonio Batres Vargas Gay Tenuan  

Fan Isidro Perez Johnny Novo Jesus Molina Vega  Abelardo Aenda Delgado Marie Angie Blae Naku Nuin   Brian Rio Garson Maxim Chernack Sarah G Gazahin  Dehene Henry Ruis Guen Romesh Amakchand Panka   Pankage Karan Sind Kataria Jose Manuel Sanchez  Castro Santos Reyes Reyes Paneas Gabrielle   Garcia Ales Jose Castro Riviera Sylv Sylio Viegas  Gonzalez Haime Alanise Garcia Francisco Gaspar   Christoval Andres Carlos Roberto Montter Valdez.  Thank you. Thank you. Next is uh Chavis Harris. Good evening. Hi. Good evening everyone. My name  is Chavis Harris. I am a resident of Monrovia for   four years and I really love the city. Uh I love  the community. I feel very welcome and comfortable   here. Um but I'm facing an issue. Uh I have LLC  business, a homebased business. Uh I have a box   truck business. um for the type of truck that I  the size truck that I have, there's no parking   for commercialsiz trucks in a community. So, um  I found a location where there's uh commercial uh  

warehouses and businesses that conduct business.  uh West Maple Avenue and South Alta Vista Street   next to the living spaces. Uh I live seven blocks  from there. Um where I live at on my street,   my truck is too large for me to park. So I park my  truck next to the living spaces uh off of uh Maple   and Al Vista. Um, in that particular area, there's  no parking allowed for any trucks over 3 tons,   over 7 tons. Uh, my truck is 7.25 tons. Uh,  there's no parking for um, no parking stoages   within the local area. So, I have no choice but  to park in that particular area where they're   industrial, commercial businesses. Um, for some  reason I get parking tickets from parking there   because my truck is oversized. However, there  are trucks that park in that same area that have   uh the same weight as my trucks have and they  don't get parking tickets. They um there's a   tree trim in place across the street from living  spaces. They have the same size uh weight that   I have. um 26,000lb maximum capacity. The same  sticker that's on the side of my truck is the same   sticker that's on the side of their truck. And I  even park my truck next to their truck just to see   what PD will do. And I get the tickets, but they  don't. I don't understand how is it that PD can   look at my truck and give my truck a ticket, but  the tree trimming place don't get a ticket. I've   been to the police department and talked to the  police department about this issue and they want  

me to fill out a uh special parking permit. Um but  I'm not clear about it. But I kind of think what   they were saying is that they can only give me a  permit if I park my truck next to my my business   of location which is my resident. So I can't park  my truck on Lynwood. I live at 434 Lynwood Avenue,   so there's no way. I think we we're at 3 minutes.  I think I I Well, that's okay. I I think I   understand what your situation is, and I don't  know if this evening if there's anyone available   that could talk further with them off out of the  out of the room. What I might what I might just   request is maybe Greg since I just can see you  in the back or actually Sarah Karubius. We have   Captain Sarah Kubius with the police department.  She's actually outside the doors. Um, so Mr.   Harris, if you wouldn't mind just getting your  contact information to her applicable addresses,   we'll we'll certainly follow up afterwards.  Okay. Yeah. All right. Thank you for listening.   I really appreciate and I enjoy living here in  Monroe. Oh, thank you. Thank you. Don't move, Mr. Nelson. Good evening. Happy holidays. always love the  sweaters and uh and the decorations awesomeness   here in Monrovia. Um I'd like to categorically  denounce any and all political violence and   corruption both big and small emphasis on  small. Speaking of which, regarding the   charity community media, the foothills, KG Jim  TV studio and the city of Monrovia in general,   may wisdom guide us on our path. Since I was  young, I've often pondered how much poison   needs Whoops. Pardon me. I often wonder and  ponder how much poison needs to be in a glass  

of water to consider the water is poisoned. Half  full, maybe a drop. Apparently, it depends on the   type of poison and how much of it can be tolerated  before even life-giving water becomes life-taking.   So the question, how much apparent corruption at  KGM TV studio by the current leadership does there   need to be before the city becomes corrupt for  supporting it? How much? Little bit, a lot. Or how   much corruption is in the city that begets more  corruption in a city-f funed organization given   hundreds of thousands of taxpayers dollars without  requiring a forensic analysis for fraud and   embezzlement. The little procedural audit the city  asked for doesn't do that. It even claims right   at the top of the audit. It's not to be used for  that at all. So nothing's been done to actually   look and see what's happened. Again, I have over  100 points of interest pointing towards corruption   regarding community media, the Fred Hills  charity, KGM TV studio, and the city of Monrovia   in general. We will be exploring these questions  and answers in the new year. So, 2026 is going to   be very, very informative. I'm making these public  comments so both the council and citizens can make   informed decisions when they cast their votes.  I like what journalist Steve Bennon says about   those denying corruption in plain sight and that  it does not exist. Quote, "They appear determined   to keep playing makebelieve, hoping the repetition  of nonsense will bully reality into submission."   For more information from the executive committee  who has been legitimately investigating financial  

risk management at KGMTV Studio for over two  years, please email CMF board Monrovia atgmail.   That's cmf b o a r d m o n r ovgmail. Hopefully  everybody knows how to spell Monrovia. Again, it's   cmf board monovgmail. if you want more information  from the people who've been investigating this and   have unbelievable amounts of proof. Okay. Um,  thank you for your consideration and again,   happy holidays. Always love sweaters and uh the  the uh decorations throughout town. Thank you.   Thank you. Have no other speaker cards. Uh, anyone  else wanting to address the council this evening   on matters not on the agenda? Not seeing any, then  we will close our public input. us uh portion and   we are moving on to public hearing meetings. Um  and we have first up we have PH1 historic landmark   HL-171 and Mills Act con contract MA159 for  property located at 218 East Greystone Avenue uh   etc etc. So Vincent, um yes, please. Uh thank you  uh Mayor Chevlin and members of the city council.   Um yes, as you mentioned, this is a request for a  historic mil uh landmark application and a Millsac   contract uh by the property owners uh Dominic  and Kathleen Biano. Uh so the subject site it's   located uh north of Foothill Boulevard at the  southwest corner of Greystone and May Avenue   uh intersection. You can see it's developed with  a single family home with an attached uh garage. And here in this picture it shows that the  it's a twostory home designed in the Spanish  

colonial revival uh architectural style. It was  designed by the architect Robert M. Finle and   uh built in 1930. Uh so the home has  several uh character defining features   found on Spanish colonial revival architecture  including a multi-pane uh metal frame windows,   a prominent entry uh centered at the front  elevation uh with a decorative relief. Uh   it also features brick and tile accents  and terracotta uh tower roofing as well as   uh intricate uh iron work uh  seen on the balcony right here. As you can see in the photos, the footprint  of the home has remained relatively unchanged   since the original construction. uh  many of the key features uh of the home   uh on the front and side elevations uh remain  intact. The two leading changes uh that have   occurred to the home are were a texture uh paint  coating uh that was added to the exterior and a   rear patio enclosures uh to the rear of the home.  Within the last few years, a texture a coated   uh texture painting was applied to the exterior  stucco uh covering the original uh smooth uh trled   finish stucco sighting. And here in the photos,  uh the other change made to the home was the   enclosure of the rear uh patio and sleeping  porches um that were original to the home.   Uh these are on the both on the first and second  floors. Uh as you can see in the photos, at some   point in time, uh the original uh open patio  and porch openings were enclosed with windows,  

uh doors, and wall panels to create  additional li living space for the home. Using the Monrovia Historic Context statement,  staff and the Historic Preservation Commission   determined that the home is eligible for  landmark designation due to its high quality   of design and retention of uh Spanish  colonial uh character-defining features.   Although the stucco texture and the  paint enclosures are non-original,   it still maintains most of the uh character  defining features uh found on the home, including   the asymmetrical facade, a low pitch gable roof  lines, uh covered uh coved wood bracketed eaves,   uh ride detailing that's normally  found on Spanish colonial architecture. The applicant is requesting a Millsac contract in  order to restore the home back to its 1930s charm.   So, some of the key improvement items that  are included in the Milzac conditions are   weatherproofing and restoration of the original  windows and doors, maintenance of the exterior as   needed, replacing the patio and porch enclosures  with period appropriate windows and doors in   the rear, and restoration of the exterior  stucco to the original smooth handt finish. So with that, uh, staff and the Historic  Preservation Commission are recommending   approval of the historic landmark, uh, number  171 with a Millsac contract. This concludes   my presentation. I'd be happy to answer any  questions. Any questions for Mr. Gillespie?   Not hearing any. This is a public hearing.  So I will open the public hearing and ask  

is there anyone wanting to address this  either for or against this matter? Yes. Good evening council. My name is Dominic Biano and  I'm the proud owner with my wife Kathleen of 218   East Greystone. And I just wanted to say thank you  for the opportunity of being able to participate   in a historical renovation and the assistance that  I've had from community development and from the   historical committee. It's been a wonderful  experience and we hope to be able to continue   improving the home. Uh we moved to Monrovia  only eight years ago and um still have the first   house that we own uh on Norbega. My son is now  living there. We're hoping to call this our home   uh forever and uh continue to improve it and  make it a beautiful addition to the historical   uh context of Monrovia which is just wonderful.  Um, this has given me community at May and   Greystone that I never had before and even u  it's just been wonderful in my retirement days.   It's been a wonderful experience to be living  in this location. We bought the home at the   end of 23. Uh we did a lot of construction on it  uh to get it to be inhabitable on the inside and   um it had good bones and we've been able to uh  restore it and continue to restore it. So just   thank you very much and appreciate that. Nice to  meet you. Glad to have you. Anyone else wanting to   speak on this matter? Okay, not hearing seeing  anyone then uh we'll come back to the council.  

We'll close the public hearing, bring it back to  the council. Um, and if there are no questions,   comments, great, great report, Vincent. And,  uh, do we have a motion? I'd like to make a   motion to adopt resolution 2025-56. I'll second  it. We have a motion in a second. Can we have   a roll call vote? Council members Beldon, yes.  Jimenez, yes. Spicer, yes. Mayor Prom, Dr. Kelly,   yes. And Mayor Chevlin, yes. and congratulations.  Thank you. Okay, we are moving right along then   to PH 2. I got to go back to my PH2 historic  landmark HL-170 and Millsac contract MA1 158   for property located at 130 North Insenus Avenue  by property owners Kurt and Sonia Lugenville. And   uh yes, thank you, Mayor Chevlin. Good evening,  council members. Uh the request before you this   evening is for historic landmark and Millsac  contract for the property at 130 North Insenus   Avenue. As Mayor Chevlin stated, the applicants  are curtain Sonia Lincoln. So the subject site   is located at 130 North Insenus Avenue. This is  on the east side of North Insidus. This is just   north of Foothill Boulevard between Foothill  and Cedar Avenue. And the property is actually   located in the north initus historic district  which spans between the 100 and the 200 block   of North Insensitus Avenue. This is the second  historic district in the city, the other being   Wild Rose and it was adopted by city council  on March 22nd of 2017 and it was included in   the his city's historic context statement. Now,  the district is significant because it represents   a cohesive neighborhood of working-class housing  during early Monrovia development um specifically   during the late 1800s and the early 1900s. The  subject property is located at the beginning or  

the south end as you can see highlighted in red  uh of the district near Foothhill Boulevard and   it's listed as a contributor to this historic  district uh because it represents the early   development pattern in Monrovia during the early  20th century and it remains largely intact and   because of its contributing status actually  the home is already automatically qualified   for a Millsac contract. The home itself is a  transitional craftsman. It was built in 1906. Uh unfortunately the architecture builder is  unknown. Um but as I stated it is part of the   historic contract uh historic and north inas  historic district. Um some of its character   defining features you can see um moving from  the top of the image uh to below you have the   centered hip dormer with a six diamond pane  window that's flanked by louvered vents. Um,   we have the hipped roof with exposed rafter  tails. It has clapboard siding that is divided   by a coarse belt with very engaged siding and it  has a multitude of multi-pane windows um kind of   hidden behind the tree which I'll show here in  the next slide. Uh and then you can see that is   uh off-centered steps uh flanked by river  rock retaining walls um and use of river   rock on a further retaining wall at the bottom  of the image which is encircles the front yard. And as we kind of move some of the other uh  key items in terms of the character defining   features of the home. This is behind that  tree as I mentioned. Uh you can see the   six over I'm sorry the five over one diamond  pane windows there and the small multi-pane   diamond pane window. As we move around,  you can see that the uh L-shaped porch has   uh is supported by square wooden  posts with the broad eaves. And when preparing the DPR form, uh staff  did refer to the historic context statement.  

Uh specifically the residential development  theme, which is the arts and crafts movement.   Um specifically the single family residential  sub theme. Uh and this uh the staff and the   historic preservation commission agree that the  house meets designation of criteria number four.   uh given that the transitional craftsman has  retained the essential aspects of integrity   and most of its character defining features  as I shown specifically it has one-story   uh Victorian style massing the clapboard  exterior the hip roof with exposed rafter   tails the large porch with the square posts  and the multi-pane windows over a single pane in addition to the landmark request the  applicants are also proposing a Millsact contract   As I previously stated, this is uh they  already automatically qualify for a millac   contract because they're a contributor  to the historic district. Um but and it   includes standard conditions of approval mostly  retrofit, an electrical safety inspection,   and the the coveted uh landmark plaque, which  they all love. Uh it's very beautiful plaque.   In addition, um they're proposing some additional  standard uh conditions of approval. Specifically,   that the exterior window screens be replaced.  So, what's a little neat feature is all of the   windows have these little hooks, these metal hooks  on the edge, the outside of each window where you   would place and hook the original screens on. So,  they want to replace all of them on the house. In   addition to that, they're going to reg grout the  river rock at the front steps and the front yard   retaining wall. Um the asphalt driveway is  significantly broken. Needs to be repaired   with a new concrete or an approved alternative. Uh  copper gutter installation needs to be installed   around the entire house. Um attic vents need to  be replaced. A lot of them are broken. And then   um you know as needed deteriorated exterior  clapboard siding needs to be repaired. Um as  

well as the size seismic retrofit needs to  be completed as well. And with that um it   does conclude my presentation. Both staff and  the Historic Preservation Commission recommend   approval to designate the property at 130 North  Insidus Avenue as historic landmark number 170   with a millac contract number 158. And Sonia is  here as well as myself if you have any questions.   Thank you. Any questions of Mr. Arnold? Okay,  this is another public hearing and uh I will   open the public hearing at this time and ask if  there's anyone wanting to address the council at   this time on this matter. Sonia, you want to  be talking? I can talk to Thank you. We can't   believe you live here. Uh then anyone else  anyone else wanting to speak on this matter?   Not seeing or hearing anyone, then I will  close the public hearing and come back to   the city council and unless there's a question  or a comment. Great, uh, report. Um, uh, Austin,   and I love your sweater. Uh, not ugly at all. Um,  sorry. Do we have a motion? I'll make a motion to   approve to adopt resolution 202557. Second. We  have a motion in a second. Can we please have   a roll call vote? Council members Beldon,  yes. Jimenez, yes. Spicer, yes. Mayor Prom,   Dr. Kelly, yes. Mayor Chevlin, yes. And thank  you very much for the report. Thank you. I'll   get an uglier sweater next year. Yeah. Okay. Okay.  Congratulations, Sonia. Okay, moving on then to Too many things in this binder. Uh  report of uh city manager and staff RCM1  

uh city council directives updates  from our city manager. Yes, thank you,   Madam Mayor. The only updates I'd like to provide  at this time are the uh was questions were raised   earlier about the city's efforts to try to gather  information on the death of Carlos Roberto Montto   Valdez. As as I've stated multiple times at each  uh council meeting opportunity, the city has   made the request from the governor and the state  attorney general. We've requested information and   a thorough investigation. Um whether we receive  any information from California Highway Patrol,   which is conducting investigation, is yet to be  seen. I think it's quite unlikely. Um, I think the   governor's office has reached out to us directly  and made that very clear on this circumstance,   it's probably unlikely, at least anytime soon. So,  we'll continue to reach out and try, but we just   want to make it clear to the public that we we  are doing what we can, but in matters like this,   whether they share information with the city,  we're very limited in what we can do. Um,   the other item that I would just like to to  restate again is comments were made earlier   about corruption specifically related to the  city's contract with community me, the foothills.   I would just like to point out again that uh  when concerns and complaints were raised in   uh early 2024, the city promptly took the  information we investigated. We used the city's   independent auditor to review the financial  records of the nonprofit, which does receive   appro at the time approximately $190,000 a year  for services rendered to the city of Monrovia.   Um we found at that time that while there were  some corrections that we suggested to community   of the foothills um we did not find uh the the  independent auditor did not find that there was   corruption or abuse. It was more a matter of it's  a small nonprofit that just needs to correct a   couple items. They pointed out what those were. We  held multiple meetings with community foot media   of the foothills. Um and I just you know while  people can come and speak to um their concerns   uh here at the council diseing public is getting  correct information. If anyone has any additional   questions on uh matter of public funding, how  we use those funds, how we care for and promptly  

review how our partners are using those funds,  they're more than welcome to reach out to me   anytime. That concludes my report this evening.  Okay, any questions of Mr. Fe? All right, then.   Uh we are moving on then to our reports of uh city  council members and I will start with Mr. Belden. Thank you very much Madame Mayor. Uh, one thing  we we had the pleasure of uh, the a new agreement   with the school district and I I just want to  say I think it's an outstanding first step,   but I I think even Dylan, you mentioned it's  it's a first step and it's a chance to really uh,   build and strengthen our bond and our working  relationship with our school district. And uh,   there's some great examples out there already.  um many other communities even Lock and Yatta   uh have some new efforts together to make sure  that their their city and school district are   working together a lot and collaborating. So  I think it's a great first step and I hope   we're going to be doing a lot more of that.  um just uh it it is the holiday season. So,   it's been great to see so many folks here on the  dis at some of the events and so many community   members at so many of the different events as well  and just uh I hope everyone has a great holiday   season and uh best wishes to all of you. Um, one  thing I'll just point out, we mentioned it during   one of the Millsac contracts, the first one, and  I just maybe even the second one it was there too,   and I just maybe missed it, but uh that you  could see that wonderful house, the Spanish   revival house, and there was a picture, the old  picture, and it it had the old oak tree there,   and the new picture still has the oak tree there.  So, it's it's kind of great to see uh not only is   the house surviving, but the landscape and those  old heritage oaks are still there and carry almost   some of the same significance sometimes as the  house itself. And I I think uh is it going to come   out later? Well, no. I guess I'll mention just  now as well. I know a few of my other colleagues,  

we have some League of Cities uh committees that  we're going to be working on and I'll be working   again um with the environmental quality committee.  So that's it for me. Thank you. Happy holidays to   y'all. Thank you. And um I'm gonna go to Dr.  Kelly. Yay. Thank you. Hello everyone. I am   excited to be um to h be able to work with the  housing and community development uh committee   um via the Cal Cities. Um I was appointed to that  again and I'm excited to be able to do the work.   Um, I'm really also looking forward to working  with the um committee for the Olympics um and uh   being able to come back with some great um updates  concerning that um in the new year. Um I wanted to   remind Monrovia that during this holiday season to  support uh local business, support local business.   We have wonderful businesses in the city. We  have wonderful restaurants in the city. Um,   and to just give you a greater incentive, if you  uh shop in Oldtown and you spend $25, you can be   eligible to for a free hay, not hay ride. I was  about to say a hay hay ride. not a hay ride, but   a indeed a sleigh ride carriage ride on Sunday,  December the 14th or uh December the 21st from 3   to 6:00 p.m. The rides are normally $5 per person.  And so we want to encourage you to uh take a ride   even if you don't shop in Oldtown. Um that Oh, I  wanted to make mention of the wonderful event that   I was able to go to for the uh Kowanas sponsoring  um Citrus Singers. Citrus Singers. Wow. I don't  

know if any of you had an opportunity to listen  um or or experience the Citrus College singers,   but they are uh A1 top-notch. It was an an  excellent presentation. And so if you get an   opportunity, if you get anything in the mail or if  you want to go to the Citrus College website and   just kind of find out where they're going to be,  it's definitely uh worth that and congratulations   to Kowanas for putting on such an amazing uh  event. That's all I have. Thank you. All right,   Mr. Jimenez. Thank you, Met Mayor. Um during  this time of year, we we've come to expect all   the wonderful events that volunteer organizations  and individuals given Monrovia of their time and   their effort. And I want to point out that the uh  Monrovia Police Officers Association along with   Detail Union, the Foothill Unity Center, DTM Auto  Body, and numerous volunteers held a toy drive at   Detail Union. Um yes, Monroe Police officers were  there. They're represented there. Uh not only did   they have classic muscle cars and Porsches and  Ferraris, but Santa sled used to visit Monrovia's   residences was the on hand as well. Um and they  collected a huge number of toys for local youth.   So, thank you so much to them for what they're  doing in our community. I also wanted to point   out um that we had a lunchon for the trail crew uh  trail crew volunteers for our wilderness preserve   at Maxis. Um these are people that again  they volunteer their time to make sure that   our trails are passable especially in wintertime  and in spring. Um and a lot of them are retired.   the retired people, they give freely of their time  and just the opportunity to express the thank you,   the gratitude to them um by taking them to  lunch is something that um the city of Monrovia  

uh does and I want to thank Eugene for organizing  those efforts as well. And of course, I wanted to   to comment on on the Christmas parade. Every  year the Monroia Christmas parade gets bigger   and better with the large larger and larger number  of participants and people uh lining the parade.   I want to congratulate all the winning entries  and everybody that participated and came out.   It's not just Monrovians, it's people throughout  the San Gabriel Valley that helped us celebrate   the holidays. And finally, I just wanted to wish  everybody a very merry Christmas, a happy holiday,   and Felis Navidida. Thank you. Thank you, Sergio  and Mr. Spicer. Okay. Thank you, Mayor. Um,   just a brief update from community service. The  winter class schedule is now available and open   for registration. Check out the Monrovia today  on the city website or you can pick up a copy   um at the community center. Classes start January  the 5th. There are many options available to meet   your recreational needs. And um I wrote a little  something for the staff to the city of Monrovia   staff. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you for an  amazing year. I know we the council often asks   for a lot, but your steady support, no matter  what the challenge is, is what keeps this city   moving forward. Your dedication is the heartbeat  of Monrovia and I am grateful. And to the citizens   of Monrovia, thank you for an amazing year.  Your support, your patience, and commitment   to one another make this city shine. We know the  council often asks for a lot, but your willingness   to stand together and keep believing in Monrovia  is what keeps Monrovia moving forward. You are the  

reason this commu community is strong and I am  proud to serve you. Also, I would like to wish   everyone a safe and happy holiday. God bless  you. Well, hallelujah. Thank you, Larry. Very,   very well put. Yes, we couldn't do it without our  fantastic uh staff. And so, thank you. Thank you.   Thank you. Big thank you. Uh and we will have the  opportunity this Thursday. there's a the staff   um holiday lunchon will occur and we'll be able  to give you a bunch of bunch more. Uh thank you   very much Larry. That was very very nice. Uh  and the um the parade. Yes, that's uh every   year I think I hear comments that's the biggest  parade I've ever seen. And and how many did we   have and actually participate in the parade?  2500. Huge. huge and with uh with all those   participants come friends and parents and uh kids  and everything else. So, it was great and I I was   blessed to be able to ride my bike another year,  you know, I can still balance on on a bicycle. So,   that's always fun. And I didn't crash into anybody  and I didn't fall down either. So, that's always   that that's good, too. Uh, and talking about toy  drives, the Monrovia Guild for Children's Hospital   Los Angeles, they also had a a a toy drive at  Tired Iron on December 5th and uh raised lots   of money and collected lots of toys for the kids  at Children's um hospital um on a definitely not   holiday related um Foothill Transit. Um it's very  unfortunate they lost the funding for the hydrogen  

fuel cell. um uh grant for buses and so the we did  have an order um we were ordering some fuel cell   buses but we had to um cancel that order and in  its place still CNG buses aren't and they're good   um but u for the price tag we had to um we had  to go with the CG buses but we're not giving up   on the hydrogen fuel cell we still have one of  the largest fleets I think in uh I want to say   in the country and those will continue to operate.  They're beautiful um buses. The cost of the of the   hydrogen hasn't dropped as much as we had hoped,  but hopefully in the future that funding will come   back. Um we'll be able to pick up where we left  off on our fuel cell bus program. Um, and then,   uh, I through my LA County Executive Committee,  uh, regional homeless alignment. That's always,   it's so hard to remember that acronym. It's  called ECRA. Um, this last Friday, we made   our recommendations to the board of supervisors  regarding the spending plan for measure A. I won't   bore bore you with all the details. If anyone  wants to talk to me about that, I'll be more   than happy to fill you in. It is a very technical  conversation and very lay layered. The funding is   all a percentage of a percentage of a percentage  of a percentage and um so but the spending plan   that that uh the ECRA oversees is the 63 64ish  um percentage of the measure A that goes to the   county and then the other well currently 37 35.75%  goes to Lacassa which is essentially a housing  

trust and it's distributed um on that side. Um  last meeting I told you I was going to go visit   Men's Central Jail which I did. We had a 2hour uh  tour. It was very educational. Uh that building   is very old, very decrepit and does need to be um  replaced. Um, but if anyone is interested and they   want to um go on a tour, I've been told that um to  let let them know. Now, I'm not going to take you,   but there are others that will accommodate you if  you would really like to visit Men's Central Jail.   Um, and um, oh, and SCAG, Southern California  Association of Governments, their economic   outlook is out. And you mentioned uh Dr. Kelly,  you mentioned the Olympics and as a part of their   economic out uh outlook. They have made um some  not recommendations but their expectations of what   the economic outlook will be with the uh Olympics  and also the um the FIFA the world the World   Cup coming and whatnot. They sound a little um  overly optimistic to me, but you never know. But   uh at any rate, that is available online on the  SCAG website, but I know that Mr. Fe has also   uh sent it around. At least I believe you did,  Mr. Fe. You sent it to the rest of the council   members. Um let me see. And obviously, we're  talking about all the great events. The other one,   a Festival of Trees for the Boys and Girls Club.  They raised lots of money. That was an awesome   um event. Uh and Larry and I got to help serve  a lunch to the seniors the other other day for   that was the New Horizons club, wasn't it? Yes.  And so that was a lot of fun to serve the seniors  

and the gatabouts. And the gatabouts, right? And  um and last night KJM had an open house and it was   very nice, very well attended. uh they've made  some changes in the just moving some furniture   around and really uh spruceed the place up. So,  it's really nice. Um and with that, and I would   also would like to again reiterate what Larry  said. I think that that's a sentiment that we all   express a great thanks to our our staff and to our  community. Um and we love working with you. Um,   and there's so many people, we say this is  the greatest time of the year, but for so many   it's very, very, very painful and very sad. And  there's a lot of hurt going on in the world. So,   um, our hearts and prayers go out to those who are  suffering, um, lost their lives and, um, or just   don't have the wherewithal to have that greatest  time of the year. Don't mean to be total downer   here, but do need to recognize those that don't  have as much as we uh experience here in Monrovia.   It's it's really a a blessing that we have each  other. So, at any rate, with that then um I have   one um something I forgot to mention. Okay. I was  appointed um as the League of California Cities   one of their representatives for a transportation  communication and public works policy committee   and congratulations and I know Tamil mentioned and  I think uh Edward you said that you're on the um   environmental. Yes. All right. Great great work  guys. We make a good team. Uh I always do that   when something's written under my report. I report  on everything else but the one that's written on  

the on the agenda. Okay. Uh and also coming up,  don't forget we have New Year's Eve and Library   Park. That is a great event for all the the kids.  What time does that start at? Noon. No, that that   that's when they do the 10 10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.  at Library Park and then at noon then we do the   count countdown for New Year's Eve and then  in the evening we will have our New Year's Eve   uh event on in Oldtown. So and happy new year too  in 2026 is going to be a good year. Okay, moving   right along then to we have uh administrative  reports. We will start with AR1, repeal of past   city council resolution numbers 1638 and 1693 uh  expressing the Monrovia City Council support for   the unjust treatment and incarceration of Japanese  Americans during World War II. uh resolution   number 2025-70 and Mr. Fe will be presenting  this. Thank you, Madam Mayor. The item before you   this evening is a little unique. I don't I don't  recall a time in my career where we've gone back   as far to look for resolutions with the intent of  repealing them. Um, but what's been interesting   is over the course of the last few years as we've  developed Saturi Park, we've we've sought out all   kinds of ideas to really tell the story of the  park and why it's important and why it matters.   And I'd like to put um Sarah Godin's on the spot  because it was some time ago that she had shared   that in doing some research in the city clerk's  office, she found these resolutions which were   really interesting. And when I thought, huh,  really interesting. I'd love to see what those   were. And I was pretty surprised at uh at actions  taken by the Monrovia City Council back in the  

1940s. And and so I think it was it'd be important  as a part of telling the story that we're trying   to tell with the development of Satoshi Park um to  to address a couple resolutions which were adopted   years ago. And so I'll I'll take you through the  report. Um first a little bit of history. The   reason that we're here is beginning in 2021 when  the city approved entitlements for the site where   Satoshi Park will is currently under construction.  It's a little over 2 acres uh right next to the   Chick-fil-A and Starbucks on West Huntington  Drive. As a part of that development project,   um the property owner, the Dick Hill Corporation,  dedicated about 8,600 square f feet to the city   to build a neighborhood park, one of our uh first  parks south of the 210 freeway, but also is really   important for it to be a community park. Uh when  council approved uh agreements with RHA landscape   architects and planners, we developed the park.  We did some pretty robust public outreach to   determine how are we going to name the park? How  will it be designed? We solicited a lot of ideas   and feedback from community members. And in  2024, council approved the naming of the park   as Satro Senishi Park. For those who don't  know, Mr. Senishi was a notable Monrovian,   first Asian Japanese American to graduate from  Monrovia Arcadia Dherty High School. The project's   been under construction since early this year.  And I'll talk here in a few minutes at the end   of the presentation about the uh ribbon cutting  date, which we've uh recently set. Um, in addition   to honoring Mr. Senichi, it incorporates stories  and features of him, of his family, and you, the   park is not just an amazing place for families to  congregate, for people to relax, for the neighbors   to come and socialize as you would with any  neighborhood park, but it really tells an amazing   story of our community and our history. Features  two beautiful new murals that tell the story of   the Senichi family. It does, they do incorporate  Route 66. Uh they include the blue, excuse me,  

a typo, the blue star banners which feature four  of Mr. Suni's sons who all served in World War II.   And then there's also Haiku poetry honoring Mr.  Tenishi. Um the design has been inspired driven by   this broader community outreach feedback and input  over time. Um before I speak about the resolution,   um what is important to note with the Senichi  family is while um he was living here in Monrovia   and while he was operating his businesses much  like many were um he was sent to uh an internment   camp what's called Hart Mountain uh which is in  Wyoming. Um eventually when the war ended and   they were he was relocated to Monrovia, he had to  rebuild with his family here in Monrovia, but this   was home for him and he and he remained here in  the area uh throughout the remainder of his life.   And several of his family members, including  grandchildren, have actually been involved in   helping design and approve the concepts for the  park. But Mr. Seni and his family were subject to   actions taken uh during a wartime era. So um as as  as everyone know as the commu community knows in   the early part of the and middle part of the 20th  century um Japanese Americans had started settling   in Monrovia and made this their home. They they  cultivated strawberry farms, grocery stores and   fruit stands throughout the community and they  worked to make Monrovia what it what it is. Um,   but at the start of World War II, there was a  lot of racism and hysteria uh around the Japanese   Americans in our communities, particularly on  the West Coast. Um, at the time, the city count,   the Monroia City Council adopted what we're  referring to as two unjust resolutions aimed at   keeping Japanese Americans away from the Pacific  West Coast. Um, and I'm going to talk about   those resolutions here in a minute. Um, President  Franklin Delanor Roosevelt signed Executive Order  

9066. This order is what authorized the forced  removal of all those Japanese Americans who are   considered to be a national security threat from  West Coast areas to relocation centers further   inland. It was under this executive order that  more than 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry   were incarcerated to in 10 concentration camps uh  in the World War II era. There were many Japanese   Monrovian and Monrovian families who were part  of this. On February 2nd, 1942, the Monrovia   City Council adopted resolution number 1638.  I've included the information here. And while   it's hard to read, I'd like to point out a few  interesting um kind of wherees that you can see   throughout the resolution that I think are just  important for our history and our storytelling.   Um uh second paragraph uh bottom paragraph on the  left side. Whereas Japanese aliens are a potential   source of danger to our security, it would be  advisable for the federal government to transfer   them from Pacific coast areas and care for them  at inland point points where they could till   the soil far removed from airfields, power lines,  water reservoirs, water and water lines and other   strategic defense facilities. And whereas the  upper right, the hazard of these Japanese aliens   near our defense points and public utility plants  is evidenced by the fact that 80% of Japanese   residents here retain their native Buddhist and  Shinto religions. That the Shinto religion is that   of the emperor of Japan and includes worship of  ancestors and the belief that soldiers who die for   Japan become spirits to be worshiped. And whereas  the strong ties of religious belief are often so   implanted in humans that they are prone to revert  to original or native allegiance in periods of   stress or emotion. And whereas in the event of  an invasion of California by forces of Japan,   the civil population of California  would be unable to cope with the large  

Japanese population which would constitute  a potentially dangerous fifth column enemy. And whereas it is difficult, if not impossible,  to distinguish between loyal and disloyal Japanese   aliens, therefore be it resolved that immediate  action be taken to transfer Japanese aliens   from coastal points to inland areas for reasons  explained herein. And this resolution was uh was   sent to uh federal representatives following and  it was adopted on the second day of February 1942.   A short time later, um, resolution number 1693 was  adopted by the Monroia City Council on June 21st,   1943. Um, and and this will continue some  of the same language found herein. But   what I think is important to this one, and I'd  like to point out the second page on this. Um,   it's that uh it's the resolved further that  the city council hereby records its opposition   to the return of any Japanese to the Pacific  Court military areas and calls upon California   senators and representatives in the Congress  to actively and vigorously oppose any plan or   movement seeking to accomplish that purpose  until the Japanese aggressor unconditionally   surrenders. Um these two resolutions uh  which we received assistance from the city   attorney's office in preparing are are really  uh important parts of the story as we prepare   to open Saturi Park. the family has shared with  us um materials that they have kept and hidden   uh related to um postings and signage placed  around Monrovia back in the 1940s uh uh that   their family had to had to read that were very um  racially motivated uh where they were made to feel   very unwelcome. Um, and as we prepare to break  ground on our ninth public park in early 2026,   um, we are doing our very best to tell the story  of the Seni family and the many Japanese American  

families who have really made Monrovia the special  place that it is. U, we we are we are trying to   dot the park with with all the little indications  that they were here, that they that they mattered,   and that they made a difference in our community.  Um, we're very proud that the Senichi family   returned to Monrovia and rebuilt their lives here.  We're very excited to share um the the story of   the park with the public. I did not want to share  too many photos because right now we're leaving   the green screen up to shield the beautiful  park from the public. We want it to be a lovely   surprise. And as council is aware and we'll share  with the community in this week's update, we've   set the ribbon cutting date for Tuesday, January  13th at 3 p.m. Um, it's going to be a wonderful   event. We will showcase the the new murals. We'll  showcase the new playground and all the different   amenities and features. It's an ADA accessible  playground. It's very welcome and conducive for   all to come and recreate. And we look forward to  celebrating this park dedication in the new year.   Um, also of note is in the in the early portion  of 2026, um, we should be complete with our latest   neighborhood treasures art installation. Um, the  artwork is is nearly complete for Koshi Kamia,   an early civil rights activist in Monrovia's  history, who's also a Japanese American,   and we will be honoring him and his legacy with  an installation of a neighborhood art piece uh,   here very soon. Um so the actions before the city  council tonight um are really a consideration to   adopt resolution number 2025-70 which would repeal  um these earlier resolutions from World War II   era. Certainly you could ask for additional input  or provide additional direction. Um but this uh   this action here today is much more symbolic and  kind of coming full circle to those resolutions  

approved uh over 80 years ago. So I'd be happy  to take any questions that you might have. Uh but   I appreciate your time and that is concludes my  report. Any questions of Mr. Peak? Great report,   fascinating um history, unfortunate history, um  sad history and and so happy that they did return   to Monrovia and to rebuild their their lives and  made a great uh contributions. Um do we have a   motion? I make a motion to adopt resolution number  2025-70. I just have some comments before if you   don't mind, but uh I mean I I just wanted to  say thanks to the staff for helping to bring   this forward and and I hope we can keep looking  if we have any of these kind of horrendous legacy   ordinances that may have been passed at different  times. And I just it just brings to my mind that   uh you know we we all take action on a regular  basis but history in the US it's complicated   it's complex sometimes and we uh have a chance  to look back at wrongs we made and we repair   them and I just especially in these holiday times  and also the times and we are living in currently   just we should all maybe think a little bit more  about that and how these actions we currently are   can maybe look back at in a few years and what  we might regret because I mean this is a pretty   racist action that was taken by our city.  It's pretty sad to have that, but I'm glad   we're taking the step to fix it now. Thanks. And  it brings more uh meaning to the actual opening   so that it's not performative, you know, but it  it's a deeper meaning behind it, not only for   um city leaders, but for our community by bringing  this forward, that there's meaning behind it and   that this family really matters and what they've  gone through. I mean, this is only a tip in the  

iceberg, but to be able to write that wrong is  the best that we can and how we can show up,   I think it's very important. Second. Yeah. And and  we have a motion in a second. And I was just going   to say they still have quite a few family members.  I know that when we did the groundbreaking, they   were in attendance and I hope u many of them can  u attend the the ribbon cutting as well. Uh okay,   we have a motion and a second. Let's do a v a roll  call vote. Council members Belton. Yes. Jenzer.   Yes. Mayor Prom. Dr. Kelly. Yes. Mayor Chevlin.  Yes. and thank you very much for bringing uh this   forward and thank you for finding something  in the archives. Yes. Okay. Moving on to AR2   reimbursement agreement with Monrovia Historic  Preservation Group in the amount of $20,000 to   submit an application for Oldtown Monrovia to be  considered for the National Register of Historic   Places. And Mr. Fee, you are up again. Thank you.  This will be my final report for the night. Thank   you very much. which is the mayor had read the  uh title that is the item before you. Kind of an   exciting uh item to discuss. I'm going to walk  council through a couple different um items.   First, I'm going to provide a little bit of an  overview on the National Register of Historic   Places. I will be very frank that I am not an  expert on the program. The information that I have   received has been received through uh Monrovia  Historic Preservation Group and information   they've provided through community meetings and  just in help in preparation of this item. I'd   also like to provide an update on uh the historic  preservation group's efforts to date to cons uh to   place Oldtown Monrovia on the National Register of  Historic Places. And then the actionable item for   you tonight is your consideration of paying the  cost, the $20,000 reimbursement um for the the   nomination. So, first question, uh what is the  National Register of Historic Places? Uh it's a  

program that's been around uh program offered by  the United States government 19 since 1935. It's   expanded several times over the year the years  um particularly through the National Historic   Preservation Act which really aims to preserve  and promote our nation's history and there are   over 100,000 listings on the National Register  of Historic Places. Um, so generally speaking,   one of the key criteria is that listings have  to be 50 years old. And these listings can   be anything from a particular building or  location. It can be a group of buildings.   It can be a a feature of a community. It can  certainly be neighborhoods or old towns. Um,   you'll see a whole variety of listings within  that 100,000 grouping. Um, the program is   administered by the National Park Service  under the US Department of the Interior. Um,   currently the city of Monrovia has five buildings  that are listed on the National Register. Each one   of these five buildings also has local landmarks  uh associated with them. The Aztec Hotel,   the Oaks, the Upton Sinclair House, as well as  the Luther Blair House and the Brasard House,   which are are those two properties are um within  the proposed boundary of the historic district. Um, so the question comes of why place downtown  Monrovia or Oldtown Monrovia on the National   Register? And it really does a couple things and  we're going to talk in in a minute about what it   does do and what it does not do. But generally  speaking, um, National Register status provides   formal recognition of historical significance.  In the case of Oldtown Monrovia, our downtown   has been the heart of the city um, since the city  was founded. Um the the the program also provides   uh preservation incentives particularly federal  preservation grants and tax credits but there   are also state grants and tax credits available.  Um it becomes part of national register archives.  

These are searchable databases of interest  to preservationists across the community. Um,   while I did not speak specifically about uh Route  66, you know, Monrovia already has a fascinating   history where even things like Route 66 and the  historic district could, you know, certainly   be compatible together. Um, but ultimately, um,  communities are encouraged to celebrate historic   resources nationwide. We have such a variety in  our country. um the application that was prepared   by the um the by mopeeg um has 120 elements to  it and I'm going to talk about the boundary here   in just a moment but generally uh and much like  our historic districts there are contributing   buildings and non-contributing buildings there are  also existing national register listings proposed   the Luther Blair and the Brousard houses there are  structures which contribute structures like the   Rotary band shell, the farmer's fountain. Um those  both have historic land local landmark status. Um   the stone from the early city hall facility on the  on the library grounds as well as the town clock.   Um we have non-contributing structures like the  library fountain. One day that could be a historic   structure. Um but that those are all identified  as resources within the proposed boundary. The   centennial marker also the Mark Twain statue  is even considered of historic significance.   Um this this map is the best rendition we  could do to show the city council where   the proposed boundaries are. Um,  and when MOPEG hired a consultant,   the um the Vixsburg Foundation, um, they they  they they don't just look at a geographic area,   they also have to look at what properties, what  resources could be included in a proposed area,   which would help us receive the status that  we're seeking. the Vixsburg Foundation,  

the partnership that uh Mope is working with, they  have to combined they've submitted um six for 60   uh 60 applications and they've been successful  on all 60 of them. So they were very intentional   about selecting where the boundaries were. But  generally speaking, the boundary to the north is   going to be Palm Avenue and that will include  properties on the north side of Palm and the   south side of Palm and will exist from Primrose  to Ivy. That will be the northern boundary line.   The southern boundary is a little bit unique  in that it doesn't go from Primrose to Ivy,   but it includes a few buildings that are right  at the intersection of Olive and Myrtle Avenue.   And we've highlighted those buildings which are  uh basically their Myrtle Avenue frontage and   then uh a building just immediately to the east of  Myrtle Avenue behind those buildings at front. Um,   it includes properties between Myrtle Avenue and  Ivy Avenue, uh, along both Lime along all Lime,   Lemon, and Colorado, both sides of the street. And  then when you look west of Myrtle Avenue, so from   Myrtle to uh, Primrose on Lime, all properties are  included. This would include the public library   and the city's parking lot south of the library.  When you look at Lemon, it only includes the   properties that front Myrtle Avenue. Um, and then  when you look at Colorado Boulevard, it includes   the properties that front Myrtle Avenue and  addition a couple additional buildings immediately   west on the southern side of Colorado. So it it's  not as clear to just say primrose to ivy and you   know olive to palm but you can generally see the  geographic area that was submitted by moped. Um   and that's the the the map to the left. The reason  we're also showing the zoning map to the right.  

You can see the same properties, but the current  zoning designations is where the city could see   potential impacts or concerns of just points of  interest is the properties that are within the   proposed boundary of the district are not all  zoned the same. Um the the historic commercial   district are those those properties in red, which  are the properties that face Myrtle Avenue. Those   properties are all in the historic commercial  district. They're all subject to review by the   Historic Preservation Commission. They also  have certain design guidelines around them,   which the Historic Preservation Commission also  reviews. But if you look outside of the HCD and   look at some of the plan districts, the PDS,  the blue parcels, well, those are not reviewed   by the Historic Preservation Commission. Those  are reviewed by the design review committee.   In some cases, those properties are reviewed  just by staff if it's a low-level multif family   residential. Um, you have MOPEG has or I'm sorry,  MOTAB, the the Oldtown Advisory Board has certain   uh uh work that they do which is right here in the  middle and in the heart of the proposed district.   Um, but I think the point that I'm making here is  you can see how from just a implementation of our   zoning rules. Um, we could have different review  processes if the HCD properties are included,   but also the PD properties or the city hall and  the public library properties are included. So   that's one thing that if granted the designation,  you know, the city will likely want to consider is   how do we systematically and effectively proceed  where we have kind of one review process or how   many review processes for the properties that  exist within the proposed district if granted.   Um, I think it would be odd to say to properties  along Myrtle Avenue, well, you have to go through  

HBC, but the historic landmark properties down  off Lemon Avenue across the street from city hall,   well, you don't have to go to HBC. Um, we may  want to make some modifications or consider   a later point in time. Um what national  listing status does do is it generally   identifies helps you market and promote those  buildings, those structures, those sites,   uh districts that are of historic value to the  community and in this case even from a national   perspective. Um it encourages preservation of  these properties. Um, it also helps and assists   with preservation, uh, such as enabling access  to federal and state funding and grants. Um,   it does provide for review of federally  funded license sponsored projects. So,   um, I'll talk here in a minute about what it  does not do, but property owners still have get   to choose whether they want to participate  in federal and state programs or not. So,   it doesn't restrict you any more than your local  zoning rules restrict you. So it doesn't create   new burdens and hurdles generally speaking. Now if  properties are included within a historic district   um and they are they are contributors and it  could have some kind of impact on the district   it may create a new level of review um from  an administrative perspective but it doesn't   necessarily inhibit you from developing or  using your property. Um there are certain   rehabilitation requirements particularly when  it comes to accessing state and federal funds.   um properties should generally be income producing  on like a commercial property. So they they want   to see that these these older historic structures  are being put back into the economy. That's an   important aspect of the program. Um and they do  encourage rehabilitation of residential structures   which meet certain preservation standards. Um  what listings do not do is they do not restrict  

the rights of private property owners to use to  develop to sell their historic properties. Um the   the local zoning rules and laws continue to apply.  Um so you know national register status does not   lead to automatic changes to zoning. if we were  to decide, you know, maybe we want to include new   parcels in the historic commercial district or we  want to change the zoning designation to kind of   reflect the national register status. You know, we  would have to adopt new zoning changes to do that.   Um, it doesn't force federal, state, or local  projects to be stopped. It doesn't provide for   uh uh review of state, local, privately funded  projects which affect historic properties. It   doesn't guarantee that grant funds are available  for anything. Um, and it doesn't it does not   provide that tax credits, federal tax credits to  owners of residential stock properties unless they   uh are rental treated as income producing. So  there's there's a lot of strings attached. Even if   a property owner wants to participate in a federal  program or a state program even, they still have   to go through all those requirements that the  federal government or state government may may   lay out. I'm sorry. I apologize because I just  went through all of these and I had them on my   uh uh device in front of me, but I did not have  them up there. I just went over this list of   what it does not do um it does do and what it does  not do. And my apologies for skipping ahead. So,   at this point, uh what we're presenting to city  council, um the historic preservation group has   done the the vast majority of all the leg work  up until this point. They've incurred thus far   $12,000 to do the actual study and to draft the  the kind of the findings that they are currently   working on a report to submit to the National  Park Service. First, it will actually go to   the state historic preservation office. They'll  review and determine that it that it complies  

with their rules and guidelines and then they will  refer it to the federal government um for review   and consideration. But um ultimately if the if the  project is approved um the cost to finalize um all   the application materials is $20,000. And the city  has been very supportive of historic preservation   efforts. And this was an item I wanted to bring  to city council's consideration uh is do we   want to be a a partner and consider funding the  remaining cost um to submit the application to   the National Park Service for uh Oldtown Monroe to  be considered on the National Register of Historic   Places. Um certainly um council can decide not to  do this. Um but the item before you is the option   to do so. I'd be happy to answer any questions you  might have questions of Mr. FE. No questions. I I   did want to ask, is there anyone in the audience  that uh would like to provide public comment on   this item? Okay. Not seeing any no discussion.  Yes, Edward. the uh the boundary that you showed,   was that one that the the group them or the the  consultant team put together or is that something   that was um I just curious because of not making  the big a big square versus kind of isolating some   areas out. Correct. The the city we were not  involved in any way in the in the the the the   perimeter or the boundary of the map. Um there  was a lot of thought and information that went   into why this area. Um some of the areas that  were excluded have seen much more development   over over the years. Um but they specifically  selected this area based on the consultants   feedback that this this area would be the best  chance to get them on the national register. I I may perhaps one thing I could add is um we  had just finalized these maps this week, but one  

of the things that we will be able to follow up  in the in the months to come is there's also many   historic landmarks in and around the area that are  not within the proposed boundary. So, for example,   um you have the the old city hall annex  right here across the street on lime.   um you have the Anderson House which on this  these same maps that you'd see there are landmarks   um immediately around it. So, what we'll  kind of have a little fun doing is looking   at taking a step back now that we have this  information and what could that possibly mean   for other areas of town because historically  from, you know, Alta Vista to Myrtle Avenue,   for example, you know, a lot of that was platted  and a lot of these old homes like that's that's   also where people lived when they would walk to  Oldtown and come and participate in commerce and   whatnot. So there's a lot of landmarks that are  immediately surrounding the proposed boundary. If there are no further questions, do we have a  motion? I'll make a motion um to approve reimburse   uh oh, something jumped out there. agreement  with Monrovia Historic Preservation Group in   the amount of $20,000 to submit application for  Oldtown Monroia to be considered for the National   Register of Historic Places and authorize  the city manager to execute the necessary   documents in a form approved by the city attorney.  Second. We have a um motion and a second. Then   um why don't we do a a roll call vote? Council  members Belton, yes. Jimenez, yes. Spicer,   yes. Mayor Prom, Dr. Kelly, yes. Mayor Shlin, yes.  Thank you very much. Um and then we are moving to  

AR3, amendment to title 15 of the Monrovian  Municipal Code, repealing chapter 15.04.010 and establishing a new chapter 15.04.010 010 by  adopting by reference and amend amending the 2025   edition of the California Building Code volumes  one and two etc. It's a long one. And and we   have Greg Wajian. Did I Did I do pretty good? That  was close. Building and safety division manager.   Greg. Okay. Well, good evening, mayor, council  members. It is good to be back. I'm here I think   up here once every three years. We have to update  codes every three years. Um, so for today, uh,   I would like to introduce the California building  code updates, also known as ordinance 2025-14. Uh,   before we get into the code changes, I would like  to give you kind of an overview of the building   division's operations to kind of give you an  idea of the services that the city provides. So,   the building division is organized into three  functions. Uh, one being the counter services. So,   if you've ever come in to pull a permit, that's  our permit counter. Um, that can be one of your   plans down there as well. Um, and we issue all  types of permits, building, mechanical, plumbing,   electrical. We process plant check submitts.  We calculate project valuation and fees. Uh,   we process uh grading permits, and we route  and circulate plans. The second function is   inspections. And if you've pulled a permit,  you probably had an inspection. We schedule   and perform field inspections, special housing  inspections. We issue stop work orders if you're   doing work without permits. And uh we issue red  and yellow tags if there's been ever a disaster  

to a structure like a fire or a flood. And uh  we also assist other departments in building   related matters. Uh the third function is plan  check services. So with planch check we review   plans and calculations for code compliance.  We review test reports and specifications.   We provide technical assistance to the the  public and to design professionals. And we   keep the building code up to date. And we also  manage the city's plan review consultants. Now, with all that work, you're probably  wondering, are we busy? So, I want to just   give you kind of three metrics to look at for this  calendar year 2025. And these are as of December   20th since the year is not over. We have number of  permits issued this year so far over 1500 number   of plan checks that we've um completed uh first  check now after one plan check has been checked   it can be checked several times after that but the  first check over 400 and the number of inspections   is over 17,000 inspections. I have to ask you  in that prior picture that yes that piece of   furniture how many how many sets of plans can that  thing hold I that's the max I wouldn't we have   another um area like that and those are those are  all active yes so that is our uh that's a steel   cabinet and it it is holding all the active uh  plants that are in construction I was just going   to say they have tags on them it's yeah but you  have to go through one by fun. There's the Yeah,   they're they're in alphabetical order. So, there's  a tag next to it. It's a it's a system that works   uh when you do it every day. So, uh but any other  input you have, I'm more than happy to hear. Maybe   add some color or something to it. But I Yeah, I  we can find them. Might take a little bit longer,  

but we we do find them. Um now, the uh the 447  is Yes. What's What's the majority of that? Uh   well those are plan checks and that can be any and  all plan checks on this level. Yeah. All structure   like it can be a structure be mechanical,  electrical, plumbing, any type of review   that requires a plan check that's in that number.  So now I want to get into the new building codes.   And here's a picture of all of the volumes within  the most uh current 2025 building codes that we're   trying to adopt. Um one quick thing I wanted to  do was kind of give a quick history lesson. Um,   some of you might have heard this already, but  a brief history lesson on building codes. So,   did you know that the earliest known building  code can be found in the code of Hammurabi,   which is the sixth king of Babylon? And in there,  in the Hammurabi code of law, number 229, it says,   "If a builder builds a house for someone  and does not construct it properly, and   the house which he built falls in and kills its  owner, then that builder shall be put to death."   So, I just want to be clear, we're not adopting  this section in historic code cycle. Um, now kind   of fast forward to American law with the built  environments and uh there's a rapid evolution   that has occurred from the mid 1800s largely uh as  a result of disasters. So, that's where we kind of   learn what works and doesn't work and it can it  was since the 1800s with the Chicago fire uh the   great San Francisco earthquake. Fast forward to  the 1994 Northridge earthquake and then of course   the most recent this year 2025 Eaton and Palisade  fires. So with each disaster we learned something   new. For example, the Northridge introduced  many seismic regulations to softstory structures   and the recent Eton and Palisad fires organized  wildfire resiliency requirements into one document   which I'm going to touch on a little bit. Here's  another fun fact I want to kind of show you.  

So the book on the left is the uniform building  code of 1927, the very first building code. Um,   and this was the first uniform building code and  it was adopted by many local governments and it   established a uniform building code in California.  Fast forward to today, what we are trying to adopt   now is the 2025 building codes which consists of  the building code, residential code, energy code,   mechanical and so on. And uh these get updated  every 3 years. And kind of give you a comparison   of where we've come from. There's about 250  pages in the original building code. With the   current code with all the volumes, there's over  6,000 pages. So that kind of gives you a good   picture of what we've learned and where we've come  from. Kind of like the rules of court used to be   a little binder. Now it's So the California  codes are referenced as the building codes,   all of those. And I'd like to go into the  actual code adoption. So the new codes are   required to be adopted. In the California Health  and Safety Code, uh it requires that the latest   California Building Standards Code apply to local  construction 180 days after they become effective   at the state level, which it did July 1st. So  the California Building Standards Commission has   adopted this 2025 addition of the California code  of regulations into state law which requires it to   become effective at the local level starting  January 1st of 2026. So therefore, Monurvia   is adopting this with a small set of local  amendments as our new Monrovia building code.   Now, regarding local amendments, which is what  I talked about, those are um per the California   Health and Safety Code, it does permit us to  um adopt local amendments to amend the code   um with expressed findings um for reasonable  necess necessary reasons such as local climate,  

geographical, topographical conditions that affect  a certain jurisdiction. The uh intended purpose   of proposed amendments is to minimize, prevent and  protect the community from natural hazards such as   earthquakes, floods and fires. And the second is  to improve the health and welfare of the community   through greed and sustainable construction  practices. Much emphasis and work has been   put in this code cycle due to California's recent  wildfire activity. Now, I want to mention assembly   bill 130. This one's important. So, normally  the city can modify state codes to address   local needs. However, Assembly Bill 130 effective  June 30th of 2025 has placed a six-year moratorum   on local amendments that affect residential units.  And Assembly Bill 130 was created as an effort to   address California's housing shortage and high  construction costs by freezing local amendments   for the next six years. to get into the AB130 a  little bit more. It the only local changes that   it allows for housing units is one that whatever  amendments we have now match what is already in   effect prior to September 30th of this year and or  improve wildfire resistance. Uh because of this,   Manorvia will continue to use the same local  amendments that we had adopted the last code cycle   three years ago that's in effect now with some new  fire code amendments. And these are allowed under   AB130 because there have already been in place  prior to the moratorium and the new fire code   amendments do improve uh wildfire resistance. Uh  in this ordinance, staff is also proposing minor   updates to the administrative code to help improve  cross referencing and maintaining a consistency   with the 2025 codes. One thing I do want to  highlight as a key change in this code cycle kind  

of what's new and the biggest change this year  is the introduction of the 2025 2025 California   wildland urban interface code. So earlier slides  I showed a volume of so many different code books   and this is one of them and this is new. Um but  what this is is it pulls all of uh the new code   pulls together wildfire resistance requirements  that were previously scattered across multiple   codes. So these requirements are already in the  code they were just scattered and what this does   is it consolidates it so into one document. And  this is a model code that um ICC had produced and   California is not adding any major requirements.  Instead, it's organizing into an existing rule   uh into one clear, easy to use document. And  this is a major step in making wildfire related   standards more streamlined statewide. With this,  I come to the end and staff does recommend city   council approve ordinance number 2025-14. And this  is the introduction and if city council concurs,   the public hearing will be set for January 20th of  2026. Thank you. Thank you. Any questions of Greg?   Yes, Edward. Yeah, a few. Um, mostly actually  on the item you addressed uh or brought up and   I still was a little confused because it it  sounds like um sounds like AB 130 is trying   to be cognizant of the the problem we have right  now with housing and allowing that to proceed,   but it also sounds like we have some well maybe we  don't because the the conversation you mentioned   about the wild and urban h interface and the new  housing organization. So are there not additional   uh home hardening requirements in that new  wildfire zone kind of Yeah, tell me more about   that one first and then AB 130. Sure. Let me go  back to AB 130. So there are already um up-to-date  

code um related to you know fire resistance in  construction within the current code. Uh AB130   is basically telling us um to make sure that our  local amendments don't affect housing unless it's   to fire harden the home. Yeah. Which was one of  the exceptions in there. Um and this new code   does help to do that. It reorganizes it. But along  with this in our local amendments, I go back. So   what we're doing is we're taking the the code and  we're adding local amendments to it which are fire   code amendments and administrative amendments.  So there are additional in the ordinance specific   fire code changes that are being added into  this uh code cycle that are local amendments   for Monrovia that are for fire hardening and  that is that is happening. Can you give me a   few examples of what might look like? Yes. So on  the ground like just or when you're building let's   say. Yeah. Uh I can also defer to our fire chief  who's here as well. Uh in terms of uh the specific   fire code amendments, uh a few I can give that are  within the urban wildfire uh interface um such as   um you know under Eve uh enclosures to make sure  that your attic vents are enclosed so that it is   um uh when there ever is embers and so forth.  Yeah. It doesn't go up into the attic and then   you end up having a fire. certain uh vents have  a higher uh fire resistant rating in terms of   the gauge of metal. Um the windows uh will have to  be tempered uh in homes that are in the high fire   zone. Um and uh anything else that is related  to the fire amendments specifically fire just   wanted to add on those as well. But those are some  that I gave that related to the construction of of  

a structure. You can also you can also find those  changes. Unfortunately, the ordinance page is not   uh numbered, but it's in section part four of of  the ordinance. There are um local changes related   to defensible space. Thank you. Fuel modification,  um the defensible space distances. There's about   seven or eight pages of of the local changes  in part four. Because of AB130, the first three   parts are administrative changes. We're not going  into technical details, but part four are the fire   uh changes from the fire department that are spec  that that are allowed under this bill and you can   see those there. Part four of the ordinance.  Thanks. I'll look a little bit more. Appreciate   it. Thank you. Okay. And yes, could would it be  okay? Could I invite uh fire chief Jeremy Ces   to come up? One of the discussion items that has  come up often has been what they call zone zero   requirements. Yeah. Um and those are more of like  a a um fire department implementation. Jeremy,   could you speak a little bit to zone zero and  what what that means for us? Yes, for sure. Good   evening, Mayor Chevlin, council. Um so during  this code adoption, um one of the things that   comes up is zone zero. So as you've heard many  dialogue, many much discussion about zone zero,   and to this day, they're still making changes to  what zone zero will actually be. Um what we've   chosen to do is because the compliance will not  be re um not be um needed to be obtained until for   three years from now. This adoption will not see  any zone zero specific items. So when it comes to   defensible space, we're not going to be enforcing  that 0 to 5 because a lot of things are still   changing. They're still um making the amendments  to make it fit everybody's needs. What we are   going to do is educate the public so that way when  the time does come in three years um we're going   to be enforcing at that point. And even to this  to this moment now, there's still amendments that   are being made that will allow trees and bushes  up to four um four feet tall or they're going  

to be in pots. Are they not going to be allowed  in pots? Um is mulch going to be allowed? Is are   um fences allowed to be touching the actual  combust combustible fences allowed to be touching   the buildings? So there's so many changes that  are still going. So, we found it more important   to make sure that we exclude that for this goound.  And then when we do the adoption in three years,   we'll include all those requirements so that  way we know we're adopting the right code and it   fits our needs. Thank you, Chief. Thank you. Any  questions? If not, sounds like we're still going   to be able to use some native plants in those  areas as well. I know that there's there's still   concern right now. What I was reading through is  they have a current um public resource code that   has four options in different vegetation, fuel  modification, um defensible space requirements.   So there's option one through four and the  discussion is still going on about which ones   they're going to they're going to adopt. As you  guys know, there's many much public comment on it.   Yes. Um to make sure that we allowed to do what's  smart, not just paint it with one brush. So Right. Okay. Thank you. Do we have a motion? Yes. I'd  like to recommend introduce wave further reading and read by title only ordinance number 2025-14 and set and set for public hearing on January  the 20th, 2026. I second it. We have a motion   and a second. Can I please have a roll call vote?  Council members Beldum. Yes. Jimenez. Spicer. Yes.   Mayor Prom. Dr. Kelly. Yes. And Mayor Sheplin.  Yes. Thank you. I was thinking about thanking   him and his saying. Yes. Thank you. Thank you.  Thank you. Go ahead. Mayor said magical time of   the year that I get to read the title to this  monster. Um so if you'all want to get a cup of  

coffee or something, I'll be right back. It's  ordinance number 2025-14. An ordinance of the   city council of the city of Monrovia, California,  amending title 15 of the Monrovia Municipal Code,   adopting by reference the 2025 edition of  the California Building Standards Code,   known as the California Code of Regulations, Title  24, which includes the 2025 California Building   Codes, volumes 1 and two, part two of Title 24,  the 2025 California historical building code,   part 8 of Title 24, the 2025 California  existing building code, part 10 of title 24,   the 2025 California existing I'm sorry, the  2025 California residential code part 2.5 of   title 24 the 2025 California green building  standards code chapter 4 and chapter 5 of   mandatory measures only cal green part 11 of title  24 the 2025 California plumbing code part five of   title 24 the 2025 California mechanical code part  four of title 24 The 2025 California Energy Code,   part six of Title 24. The 2025 California  Electrical Code, part three of Title 24,   the 2025 California Fire Code, Part Nine of Title  24, the 2025 California Wildland Urban Interface   Code, Part 7 of Title 24, and readdopting  the 1997 edition of the Uniform Housing Code,   the 1997 edition of the Uniform Administrative  Code, the 2024 Uniform Solar Energy and Hydronics   and Geothermal Code, the 1997 edition of the  Building Standards Code, code. I'm sorry. Building   Security Code, the 1997 edition of the Uniform  Code for the abatement of dangerous buildings,   adopting penalties for violations thereof,  and adopting certain amendments, additions,  

and deletions, and making findings  in support thereof. Very well done. You earned it for the year, huh? I didn't win the  sweater thing, but I got some applause anyway.   Well, thank thank you. Okay. Uh, moving right  along then to AR4, power purchase agreement   with JNG Power Corporation related to a solar  and energy storage project at the Mountain   Avenue Reservoir. And Mr. Tachiki in his very cute  black sweater with a little reindeer on it who'll   be giving us the presentation. All right. Good  evening, Mayor and Council. Thank you for the   opportunity tonight to talk to you about a power  purchase agreement with J&G Power Corporation.   Um much shorter than the the last item. Yeah,  that's um so for a background and overview um   back in May um Dylan and I came and presented  to council about two um conceptual projects,   energy efficiency projects if you'll recall. um  one of which one of which was the power purchase   agreement um and a solar panel array on top  of the Mountain Avenue reservoir and then the   second one being a EV charging station project.  Um so the item again for you tonight is the power   purchase agreement or what we refer to as a  PPA. Um power purchase agreements are used by   public entities that allow for direct purchase  of power from electricity generating projects.   So a PPA is a formal agreement in which the entity  agrees to terms and conditions to purchase that   electricity. Um so when you think of an agreement  like this, think of it similar to how the city   entered into an agreement with the clean power  lines or we enrolled in CPA. Um CPA has power   purchase agreements with generating projects.  That way CPA then brings in the power and then   conveys it to cities and to our residents. So PPA  memorial memorializes several key factors. the  

responsibility of construction and operation  of the project. Um the volume of electricity   generated by the project. Um the price point at  which the energy is produced and then the contract   length um for which electricity is sold. I  apologize for the typo on the slide there. Um the   proposal from J&G specifically though is going to  propose a 15% discount rate from Edison's current   market rate. So that means that whatever Edison's  rates are, um the CPC then approves those rates,   J&G will discount that 15% and then that rate  is what the city will pay. Um over the duration   of the contract, the city's rate remains 15% at  all times underCE's market rate. Um J&G would own   and maintain the electricity generating project,  which means the city does not have to maintain it   um on an annual basis. So, we don't have to pay  for any annual maintenance. Any time that there's   a replacement of a solar panel, we do not pay  for that. J&G does. Um, some of the benefits of   a PPA. So, electricity produced from a electricity  generating project is clean and renewable energy,   consistent with the goals of the council and  enrolling in CPA. Um, it would reduce the city's   cost of purchasing electricity. So, specifically  at this um reservoir or this site at Mountain,   um we currently pay in excess of $200,000 for this  one facility, um a 15% discount rate represents   roughly about 30% or $30,000 in savings per year.  Um which is significant in terms of how much we   are spending on our electricity. Um we do not have  to invest any upfront capital um in this and that   J&G would own, operate and maintain it. So, like I  mentioned earlier, if there's any sort of repairs,   any uh cleaning of the panels, any sort of regular  maintenance, the city does not have to spend any   money on that. J&G is um 100% on the hook to pay  those costs. Um the city was just simply leasing  

the space on top of the reservoir in order  to provide a advantageous position for those   panels. Um the city would also retain the ability  to purchase energy from Edison or Clean Power   Alliance should we choose to do so. um we are um  installing what we call an Edison interconnection.   So this means that even though we'd be taking  power directly generated from these solar panels,   it does mean that we have the ability to  essentially turn on the switch um and use Edison   or CPA energy um for whatever reason we choose to  do so. Um as mentioned um when council or when uh   we presented this um conceptual project to council  um the feedback was are we getting the best deal?   Have we done our research? Have we surveyed the  market? Um there are several different alternative   project delivery models um that we've also  explored. Um right now um what's before you again   the PPA is one method to procure clean renewable  energy. Um other types of um proposals are what   are bulleted there which is a project development  agreement which was proposed by Johnson Controls   International. They're one of the largest energy  efficiency um contractors and providers. Um they   have projects throughout all 50 states. Um  and so what they had proposed is a PDA. Um,   one of the items specific to a project development  agreement though is that um, you would work with   a Johnson Controls International or a similar  vendor, you would develop a scope of work. Once   that scope of work is then is finalized, you would  actually have to pay a one-time lumpsum fee um,   to that contractor before you actually enter any  any sort of agreement to actually go and design   or build the project. And so for that reason  alone, we felt like the power purchase agreement   is more advantageous. We're not investing any  upfront capital with that. Um what I'm calling  

energy efficient assessment and design. So this  isn't an official term. Um but when we talk to   the energy coalition, which is a partner of SoCal  Ren and the COG, um the energy coalition is kind   of a conglomerate of subcontractors and energy  efficiency specialists. What they would do is that   they would contract with the city. They would then  subcontract out several different trades. Um they   would look at benchmarking your facilities.  They would pro provide similar analysis to   um what J&G is providing. And then ultimately it  would be the city's responsibility to procure,   develop the RFP, go out to bid and then construct  the project. So um in that model there um the   energy coalition and SoCal Ren would be able  to provide conceptual design and and project   delivery but they wouldn't necessarily be  able to build the project which means that   the city is investing 100% of the funds into that  project for for that reason. Then we're we're also   recommending the power purchase agreement  is still more advantageous than that model   there. Um and then we also surveyed similar power  purchase agreements. Um what we had found is that   there actually aren't that many power purchase  agreements the same size at which what we're being   um what J&G is proposing to the city. Um the most  comparable one that was readily available um was   the city of Ventura. And so the city of Ventura um  is in uh an agreement with Forefront Power which   is another provider similar to J&G. What they're  what they're proposing though is a 900 kilowatt   project for three separate facilities at a fixed  rate. Um it's important to note though that in   that project though that project itself the 900  kilowatts does not cover 100% of the energy needs   for those three facilities. It provides 97%  coverage on one and then less than 50% for   the police and fire department. So for those  reasons um forefront and ventur entered a fixed  

rate versus a discounted rate. Um it's again the  the disadvantage to that is it doesn't cover 100%   um of of the power needs and so they'll still  have a component of Edison rates um or clean power   lines and then they'll also be paying for front um  power as well. Um we also looked at were there any   readily available agreements at a 15% discount  rate. At that point, we did not find anyone who   had offered a competitive 15% the way J&G does.  And so, we found that J&G is offering the most   competitive rate here. Um, the other option is  that we could we the city could design, develop,   and then maintain the system. Obviously,  this is the most costly of of all of the   options. This means that we would be hiring a an  engineer and a developer to design the project.   um we would put out an RFP and then we would go  ahead and construct it. Um a project of this size,   if you look at the proposal from J&G, is roughly  about $4.4 million. Um a design for a project of   similar size is typic typically between $400 to  $500,000. Um and then on an annual basis, we would   have to enter into a maintenance contract with a  contractor. You're spending typically between $50   to $150,000 depending on how often you're cleaning  the panels. is there any sort of replacement? Um,   and then that way you have to always make sure  that you're keeping up on it because you always   want to make sure that the panels are absorbing  the sunlight at an optimum rate. And to remind   council, the concept that you see here on the  slide on the left is that it's a solar panel   array. We still haven't determined the exact  number of panels, um, but it would sit at top   the roof of the mountain reservoir. um it would  potentially be producing up to 635 kilowatts,   which is more than what we actually need at that  facility. Um under our last um full billing year  

with Edison or CPA, um this facility only needed  about 42500,000 kilowatts for the year. Um so this   more than um covers what we need. Um what we're  proposing here um is little to no visibility from   either Mountain or Lemon. this sits um at a lower  grade and at an angle at which we don't feel the   residents will be disturbed by this. Um one other  feature to this that we will be finalizing with   J&G is that there's a backup battery component  to this as well. Um as council is aware we are   undertaking the Wellfield electrical project  which has a backup generator component to it.   That backup generator provides safety and security  should we have an outage within within the city   that we would still be able to deliver and pump  water up into our system. Mountain reservoir is   the second most critical in our water system. So  having backup generation um further protects us   from emergency events. So, if we have at least a  24-hour backup battery here, that would mean that   we would have at least 24 hours, if not longer,  um, energy to then, uh, get through an emergency   event, um, should we need it. So, for some next  steps, um, if approved tonight, we'll finalize   the the design of the project by February or March  of next year. Um we'll go through a building plan   check with our with our team here in community  development and then the installation would meet   need to be complete by um a end of April of 2026.  We are uh confident that we can still meet this   deadline. And so for the recommendation the two  options that are in the report are to approve   the PPA with J&G um or to reject the proposal  and then give staff further direction. Um,   and before um there's any questions, I did  want to also share another anecdote as well,  

um, similar to what we're talking about tonight  on the energy efficiency side, um, I did want to   share that earlier this month, staff was presented  the energy champion award from the COG. Um,   the reason I bring that up is that, um, over  the last several years, we've been undertaking   several different energy efficiency um, efforts,  whether it's, um, outreach and education or   actually project delivery. Um so based on our  our efforts in um 2022 and 2023, the city was   awarded a silver silver award. Um I believe when  we shared that with council, the question was,   well, how do we get up to gold, platinum, and and  so forth. Um so based on activities between 2024   and 2025, we were now awarded the highest, which  is the champion award. Um what we did to achieve   that is we participated in a number of education  and outreach events through the COG um and then   we completed several project based um actions.  So approval of a PPA like what we're what we're   proposing tonight um is another action that would  keep us at a champion level. Um, specifically what   we did over the last couple years, enrollment and  CPA, the um, changing out of the LED lights for   our street lights are all certainly actions that  are consistent with that. Um, it's also important   to note actually that Monrovia's residents  also contributed to this award as well.   Um I was sharing with Dylan that actually at the  COG award ceremony that Monrovia actually had um   some of the highest numbers of enrollment in the  energy efficiency um programs um that are offered   through SoCal Ren whether it's an Ed Edison rebate  a gas company rebate or energy assessments and so   um that number was about 16 and so even though  that doesn't seem significant um I would note that   that's one of the higher totals throughout the San  Gabriel Valley. So kudos to our residents for also   contributing to the champion award. So um thank  you for entertaining that side anecdote. Um that  

concludes my report. I'd be happy to answer any  questions. Questions of Mr. Tachiki since I want   to make sure we stay later. I'll just ask a few  questions. But I mean thank you honestly to the   to the staff. Um uh thank you for bringing this  forward. I think it's a it's a great step. It's a   it's a great project, great location. It's gonna,  I think, really just do a lot to help us reduce   our own uh greenhouse gas emissions, but also  save money, which is really really fun. It's like   you get two benefits at the same time. So, that's  fantastic. Um, just I know you went over it. Um,   thanks for doing that. I I do I would love it if  in the future we could look at doing RFPs for it   because there actually are quite a few um uh like  the Clean Power Alliance typically does an RFP for   a PPA um and uh and many other organizations out  here even do that and um it and you'll get a lot   of bids from it that so maybe there may not have  been a better one on the on the market but it's   always nice to see them and then you get a chance  to really like hone in on some of those details.   and see if we can get a better deal. So, um, thank  you for moving this forward. Appreciate it. Any   other questions, comments? If not, can we have a  motion? I'll make a motion to approve the power   purchase agreement with JNG Power Corporation  related to a solar and energy storage project   at the Mountain Avenue Reservoir and authorize the  city manager to execute the necessary documents in   the form approved by the city of All right, we  have second. We have a motion and a second. Can   we have a roll call vote, please? Council member  Beldin, yes. Jimenez, yes. Spicer, yes. Mayor Bam,   Dr. Kelly, yes. and Mayor Shoveling. Yes. Thank  Thank you, Alex. And wait, and wait there. There's  

more. We are conven con convening the Monrovia  Housing Authority meeting without adjourning our   council meeting. And I will now convene the the  housing authority. And can we have roll call,   please? So, I have to get my cheat sheet on your  new title. Uh board members Belden, yes. Jimenez,   present. Spicer, yes. Vice Chairman, Dr. Kelly,  and chairman Chevlin here. Okay. Uh moving then   to our consent calendar, which uh is item I  think there's only one, two, no two. uh two   uh MH Acc1 and MH Acc2. There wasn't anything  else. No. Okay. Unless there's something questions   or need to pull something. Do we have a motion to  approve our consent calendar? Motion to approve.   Second. Uh we have a motion and a second. Then  without any further discussion and no opposition,   then the ME the consent calendar is hereby  approved. Public input. Um if Oh, now we're   going back to our regular council meeting. Um  public input, we don't have any additional public   input. Um, and our next scheduled meeting is next  is uh Tuesday, January 5th. I think 20th. Oh,   the January 6th meeting is canceled. I'm sorry.  I know there was a it was left out on the agenda.   Apologies. So, it is January 20th. January  20th, uh, 7:30 p.m. in these council chambers.  

And uh again want to wish everyone the best of  holidays, the best to you and you and yours,   your family and our happy uh Hanukkah to all of  our Jewish friends and our hearts be with them as   they um work through well the world does through  actions especially in Australia. And uh Madame,   you might want to announce the event that's going  to be held Saturday in front of Jake's. Saturday   in front of Jake's. What's that? They're going to  have a manora that's going to be delivered there.   A large manora. Oh, okay. So, it's I didn't I  I did I was on social media. Oh, who's going to   have It's going to be in front of Jake's. Oh,  but what organization? I'm not sure if it's an   organization or just people that are concerned  about what's happened in Australia. Oh, okay.   Okay. I can I can just share a little bit more. Um  I received an email earlier this afternoon. Let me   just pull it up so I can give specific details. Um  we haven't shared anything yet with the public. We   were just made aware through social media as  well. Um if you give me just a quick moment. All right. So, the the um Shabbad of Arcadia and  Monrovia are hosting a an event they're calling   Light Up Myrtle Avenue, Saturday, December 20th  at 6:30 p.m. They're just going to be meeting   right outside of Jake's Roadhouse restaurant.  Um the purpose of the meeting is just to show   solidarity with victims of the Kaneka massacre  in Sydney. They're specifically going to do   uh to have a drreal game. It's free admission.  They want to have a giant manora lighting,   serve some jelly donuts, have some festive music,  and I think the point is just to gather uh and be  

together after some of the tragedies sidewalk.  Um I I I don't have specific details on where   it's going to be. It literally says in front of  Jake's Roadhouse. Um so I would suspect it's on   the side on the sidewalk in the area around. We've  we've let the police department know and all the   city staff will be we'll be there nearby just  to make sure that everyone feels safe and that   they can gather. But um that's the information  that's been relayed to us earlier today. Okay,   great. Thank you. Thank you very much.  Thank you, Sergio. Um unfortunately,   we are not adjourning in the  name of any past loved one. So,   um that's good. But again, merry Christmas,  happy Hanukkah, happy holidays, happy new   year. 2026 is going to be a good year. And  with that then no further business being   before us. We are adjourned at 10:03 p.m. Yep.  Do I have another one? Oh my goodness gracious. I'm sorry. Uh which color is that one? This one.  Okay. This is the regular meeting of the successor   agency of the Monrovia Redevelopment Agency and  um I'm convening it then at 10:04 and roll call   please. Yes. Board members Beldin here. Jimenez  here. Spicer present. Vice Chairman Kelly here.   Chairman Chevlin here. Okay. Um then our I thought  those two I got this mixed up. I apologize. Um   then we are moving on to our consent calendar  which is which are there are three on that one.  

Edward SACCC1 through SACC3. Uh and unless there  are comments something to be pulled. Move for   approval. Do we have a second? Second. We have  a motion and a second. Then without any further   discussion and no objection. So approved. Um do  we have any public input? Having no public input,   I will close that section and move on to our  administrative reports for which there are none.   Uh and then we will adjourn then our um successor  agency to the Monrovia Redevelopment Agency at   10:05. Fastest meeting I think I've ever had.  Uh so with that then we are completely uh done   adjourned. I think yeah well I got those apologize  for that. You could redo the bring out the   with that. Merry Mary, thank you.