NOTICE OF SPECIAL JOINT MEETING

OF THE PASADENA CITY COUNCIL

AND THE PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

 BOARD OF EDUCATION

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2020

 

PUBLIC MEETING: 6:30 P.M.

PASADENA CITY HALL, COUNCIL CHAMBER

100 NORTH GARFIELD AVENUE, ROOM S249

 

             NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a special joint meeting of the Pasadena City Council and the Pasadena Unified School District’s (PUSD) Board of Education will be held on Monday, February 3, 2020 at City Hall, Council Chamber, 100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249, Pasadena.  The special joint meeting will begin at 6:30 p.m. to discuss the following items:

 

1.     CALL TO ORDER AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

2.    PROPOSED ACTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL: PROPOSED MUNICIPAL CODE AMENDMENTS TO UPDATE LOCAL SMOKING REGULATIONS AND RESTRICT THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF FLAVORED AND MENTHOLATED TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND TOBACCO LOOK-ALIKE PRODUCTS

Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:

(1)      Find that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to state CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3) (Common Sense Exemption);

(2)      Direct the City Attorney to prepare amendments to update the local Pasadena Municipal Code (“PMC”) to align with current state and federal definitions related to tobacco products, tobacco paraphernalia, tobacco use, and age identification requirements and tobacco sales; and prohibit the sale and distribution within the city of mentholated cigarettes and/or other flavored tobacco products, including flavored products for electronic smoking devices (“ESD”), including ESD liquids, flavored little cigars, and tobacco look-alike products.

PROPOSED ACTION OF THE PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT: ADOPT A RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING COMMUNITIES TO RESTRICT THE SALE OF FLAVORED TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND MENTHOL CIGARETTES

Recommendation:  It is recommended that the Pasadena Unified School District, Board of Education adopt a resolution encouraging communities to restrict the sale of flavored tobacco products and menthol cigarettes.

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ATTACHMENT A 668k

RESOLUTION 1164k

 SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

CORRESPONDENCE 1059k

POWERPOINT PRESENTATION - PRESENTED AT MEETING

ACTION:  APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION AMENDED TO DIRECT STAFF TO PURSUE A MORE AGGRESSIVE MONETARY PENALTY SCHEDULE AS WELL AS MAKING ANY VIOLATIONS A MISDEMEANOR

 

3.      UPDATE ON THE OFFICE OF THE YOUNG CHILD

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         POWERPOINT PRESENTATION - PRESENTED AT MEETING

         ACTION:  PRESENTATION MADE

 

4.      UPDATE ON YOUTH MASTER PLAN

        1940k

         SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

         YOUTH MASTER PLAN PROGRESS REPORT 2019

         POWERPOINT PRESENTATION - PRESENTED AT MEETING

         ACTION:  PRESENTATION MADE

 

5.      UPDATE ON COLLABORATE PASADENA

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         POWERPOINT PRESENTATION - PRESENTED AT MEETING

         ACTION:  PRESENTATION MADE

 

6.      DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL FUTURE USES FOR CLOSED SCHOOL SITES

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         POWERPOINT PRESENTATION - PRESENTED AT MEETING
 

7.      ADJOURNMENT

 

 

 

Terry Tornek, Mayor

City of Pasadena

Patrick Cahalan, President

PUSD Board of Education


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Note to the public:    Public comment is limited to items on this special joint meeting agenda.  An opportunity for public comment on items on the agenda will be provided when the items are discussed.  There will be one opportunity for public comment for those speakers who wish to speak on more than one item on this special meeting agenda.  Please limit comments to no more than 3 minutes each.

 

Free street parking is available on the streets surrounding City Hall beginning at 5:00 p.m.  Free child care for those attending the meeting will be provided at City Hall, 2nd Floor, Room S222.

 

 

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Assistive Listening Devices are available at all Pasadena City Council meetings.  Assistive Listening headphones and neckloops can be checked out at the desk of the Sergeant-at-Arms, located inside the City Council Chambers.

 

 

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Spanish translation services will be provided at this meeting.

 

Habrá servicio de interpretación en Español en esta junta.

 

 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that this notice, in its entirety, was posted  on the Internet at www.cityofpasadena.net/councilagendas and on the Council Chamber Bulletin Board, Room S249, City Hall, 100 North Garfield Avenue, the Pasadena Unified School District Education Center posting box, 351 South Hudson Avenue, and a copy was distributed to Central Library for posting this 30th day of January, 2020, at 5:30 p.m., and that copies hereof were faxed or delivered to each member of the City Council and the PUSD Board of Education, and to each local newspaper of general circulation, radio or television station requesting notice in writing, all of which recipients are identified on the distribution list set forth herein below.

 

 

 

 

Mark Jomsky, CMC

City Clerk
 

 

DISTRIBUTION:

Mayor and City Council                Central Library                          Pasadena Weekly

PUSD Board of Education           Public Information Officer        Los Angeles Times

City Manager                                 La Opinion                                 Star News

Superintendent of Schools           Pasadena Now                         Pasadena Independent         

City Attorney                                  Pasadena Journal