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AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL & COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
May 20, 2002
Closed Session 5:30 P.M.
Public Meeting 6:30 P.M.
Public Hearings begin at 8:00 P.M.
Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall
100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room 247
5:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
A. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL
REGARDING
PENDING LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.9(a)
Name of Case: Matilda Mitchell, Antonio Becerra
v. City of Pasadena, et al.,
Case No. BC 272877
B. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR pursuant to
Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Negotiators: Karyn Ezell, Steve Lem
Employee Organization: Pasadena Firefighters Management
Association
6:30 P.M. PUBLIC MEETING
1. ROLL CALL, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND CEREMONIAL MATTERS
2. PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA -
Public comment
will be limited to a total of 20 minutes at the beginning of
the meeting and will
continue under Item 12 (below) "Public Comment
(continued)". Please limit
comments to 3 minutes each.
3. OLD BUSINESS
A. PREDEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW FOR
THE PROPOSED ANNANDALE
CANYON ESTATES PROJECT (24 SINGLE FAMILY
HOMES) LOCATED
IN THE WESTERN HILLSIDE AREA OF THE CITY,
BEGINNING AT THE
END OF WEIRFIELD DRIVE
Recommendation of City Manager: This report
is provided for information
purposes only at this time.
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4. CONSENT CALENDAR
(The Consent Calendar consists of routine items which will be
approved by one
motion and one vote unless removed for separate discussion)
A. City Manager
(1) EXTENSION OF
AGREEMENTS FOR DIAL-A-RIDE
TRANSPORTATION
SERVICES BETWEEN THE CITY OF
PASADENA, LOS
ANGELES COUNTY AND CITY OF SAN MARINO
Recommendation of
City Manager: Authorize the City Manager to
execute an
Amendment of Agreement to extend the following contracts
for continuance of
coordinated Dial-A-Ride services:
(1) Contract No.
15,868 with Los Angeles County for the period
covering July 1,
2002 to June 30, 2006.
(2) Contract No.
14,454 with City of San Marino for the period covering
July 1, 2002 to
June 30, 2004.
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(2) AUTHORIZATION
TO AMEND CONTRACT WITH COTTON BRIDGES
AND ASSOCIATES INC.
FOR COMPLETION OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL
IMPACT REPORT FOR THE 621 EAST
COLORADO
RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Recommendation of
City Manager: Authorize the City Manager to
amend Contract No.
17,588 for an amount not to exceed $9,850 with
Cotton Bridges and
Associates Inc. to provide for the completion of the
Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) for the 621 East Colorado
Playhouse
Apartments residential development.
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(3) AUTHORIZATION
TO APPLY FOR PROPOSITION 12 URBAN
COMMUNITY AND
FORESTRY PROGRAM FUNDS TO PLANT
STREET TREES
Recommendation of
City Manager: Adopt a resolution approving the
grant application
request for $50,000 for the FY 2002/03 California
Department of Fire
and Forestry Protection, Urban Community and
Forestry Program
(Proposition 12) grant for the planting of street trees
citywide per the
City Council approved Master Street Tree Plan.
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B. City Clerk
(1) Approval of Minutes - March 25, 2002
(2) Receive and file claims against the City of Pasadena
Claim No. 9012 Maria Bertha Lomeli
$ 7,562.30
Claim No.
9013 Donald Albert-Aranovich
25,000.00+
Claim No.
9014 Ted G. Borowinski
127.95+
Claim No.
9015 Huey
Pan
25,000.00+
Claim No.
9016 George Y. Murashige
420.00
C. Public Hearings Set:
June 3, 2002, 8:00 p.m. - Western Asset Plaza (formerly Plaza Las Fuentes)
5. REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES
A. Economic Development and Technology Committee
B. Finance Committee
(1) QUARTERLY
INVESTMENT REPORT - QUARTER ENDING
MARCH 31, 2002
Recommendation of
City Manager: This item is for information
purposes only.
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(2) FISCAL YEAR
2002 OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENTS
Recommendation of
City Manager: It is recommended that the City
Council approve a
journal voucher implementing certain amendments to
the Fiscal Year
2002 Operating Budget as detailed herein:
Increase General Fund appropriations by $12,500
Decrease Water and Power Fund appropriations by $19,609,046
Decrease Local Law Enforcement Block Grant revenues by
$318,309
Decrease Supplemental Law Enforcement Fund revenues by
$312,216
Increase Health Fund revenues by $409,451 and appropriations by
$573,047
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C. Legislative Policy Committee
D. Municipal Services Committee
E. Public Safety Committee
F. Reports from Representatives
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 8:00 P.M. (Note: The
public hearing noticed for Fair
Oaks/Orange Grove Specific Plan General Plan Amendments has
been pulled
from the agenda and will be rescheduled and renoticed.)
A. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: FISCAL
YEAR 2003 RECOMMENDED
OPERATING BUDGET
Recommendation of City Manager:
Receive public comment and continue
the public hearing to each subsequent
regular meeting of the City Council at
8:00 .p.m., until June 10, 2002 or such
other later date as the City Council
may determine, and at which time the City
Council will be asked to close the
public hearing and formally adopt the
Operating Budget.
B. PUBLIC HEARING: Conduct
first reading of "AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING CHAPTER 1.20
('ELECTION
DISTRICTS') OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL
CODE"
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7. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
A. City Council
(1) DISCUSSION OF
POLICY FOR SERVING ON COMMISSIONS,
COMMITTEES, AND
BOARDS
(2) RESIGNATION OF
MELANIE CALDWELL FROM THE ARTS
COMMISSION
(District 3 Nomination)
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(3) APPOINTMENT OF
OLIVIA CARNEGIE TO THE HUMAN RELATIONS
COMMISSION
(District 3 Nomination)
(4) CONSIDERATION
OF REQUEST FROM PASADENA UNIFIED
SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR
CITY SUPPORT OF PROPOSAL TO HAVE
WATER AND POWER
CUSTOMERS VOLUNTARILY APPLY THEIR
POSSIBLE STRANDED
INVESTMENT SURCHARGE CREDIT TO THE
PASADENA
EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION TO HELP SUSTAIN
AFTER SCHOOL
PROGRAMS (Councilmember Tyler)
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B. City Manager
(1) RESOLUTION OF
SUPPORT FOR THE SAN GABRIEL AND
LOS ANGELES RIVERS
WATERSHED AND OPEN SPACE PLAN
Recommendation of
City Manager: Adopt a resolution supporting the
San Gabriel and Los
Angeles Rivers Watershed and Open Space Plan,
"Common
Ground: from the Mountains to the Sea."
Recommendation of
Recreation and Parks Commission: The
Recreation and
Parks Commission unanimously endorsed supporting
the San Gabriel and
Los Angeles Rivers Watershed and Open Space
Plan at their
special meeting held on March 27, 2002.
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(2) JOINT
ACTION: TRANSFER OLD PASADENA TAX INCREMENT
FUNDS IN THE AMOUNT
OF $300,000 FOR THE DEL MAR STATION
PUBLIC PLAZA
BETTERMENTS
Recommendation of
City Manager and Chief Executive Officer: It is
recommended that
the City Council and the Pasadena Community
Development
Commission take joint action to:
(1) Approve the transfer of Old Pasadena Project Tax Increment
in the
amount of $300,000
originally appropriated in FY 2001 to Pasadena
Light Rail at Del
Mar (CIP Account No. 75442) to CIP Account No.
75011, Del Mar
Station Public Plaza Betterments.
(2) Adopt, respectively, a resolution approving the funding of
certain
improvements by the
Pasadena Community Development Commission
on behalf of the
Los Angeles to Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction
Authority and
making certain findings in connection therewith.
Recommendation of
City Manager: It is recommended that the City
Council authorize
the City Manager to execute a Betterment Agreement
with the Los
Angeles to Pasadena Metro Blue Line Construction
Authority to
construct the Betterments at the Del Mar Station Public
Plaza.
Competitive bidding is not required pursuant to City Charter
Section 1002(H),
contracts with other government entities.
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8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING
A. Approval of Minutes - March 25, 2002
B. JOINT ACTION:
TRANSFER OLD PASADENA TAX INCREMENT FUNDS
IN THE AMOUNT OF $300,000 FOR THE DEL MAR
STATION PUBLIC
PLAZA BETTERMENTS (See Item
7.B.2.)
C. APPROVAL OF OWNER PARTICIPATION
AND LOAN AGREEMENT
("OPLA") BETWEEN THE PASADENA
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION AND BEACON SENIOR HOUSING
CORP. ("BSH") FOR
THE CONSTRUCTION OF A 65-UNIT APARTMENT AT
1880-1990 NORTH
FAIR OAKS AVENUE, FOR VERY LOW-INCOME
SENIOR CITIZENS
Recommendation of Chief Executive Officer:
Adopt a resolution:
(1) Acknowledging that a Negative
Declaration for the subject Project was
approved by the City Council on February
28, 2002;
(2) Approving the terms and provisions of
the Agreement between the
Commission and Beacon Senior Housing
Corporation ("BSH"), including the
provision of Commission loan assistance for
the Project in the amount of
$500,000 drawn from the Federal National
Mortgage Association (Fannie
Mae) American Communities Fund Credit
Facility Loan program;
(3) Authorizing and directing the Chief
Executive Officer of the Commission
to execute and the Secretary to attest, the
"OPLA"; and
(4) Approving a journal voucher entry
appropriating $500,000 from the
Fannie Mae American Communities Funds
Credit Facility Loan program
account (Account No. 221-684110-52307) to
the Beacon Senior Housing
Project.
Recommendation of Advisory Bodies: The
subject recommendation was
reviewed and approved by the Community
Development Committee on
May 9, 2002, and by the Northwest
Commission on May 14, 2002.
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9. ORDINANCES
A. First Reading:
(1) Conduct first
reading of "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
PASADENA AMENDING
CHAPTER 1.20 ('ELECTION DISTRICTS')
OF THE PASADENA
MUNICIPAL CODE" (See Item 6.C., 8:00 p.m.)
B. Second Reading: None
10. INFORMATION ITEMS: None
11. COMMUNICATIONS: None
12. PUBLIC COMMENT (Continued)
13. CLOSED SESSIONS (Continued, if necessary)
14.
ADJOURNMENT
SCHEDULED
COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE
(Chair Steve Madison)
Meets the first and
third Wednesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in Council Conference
Room 240
June 5, 2002
June 19, 2002
FINANCE
COMMITTEE (Chair Paul
Little)
Meets the second and
fourth Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in Finance Department Conference
Room 345
May 20, 2002 (Special
Joint Meeting w/City Council, 4:00 p.m., Council Chambers)
May 27, 2002 (To be
canceled – holiday)
May 29, 2002 (Special
Joint Meeting w/City Council, 5:30 p.m., Council Chambers)
June 3, 2002 (Special
Joint Meeting, w/City Council, 4:00 p.m., Council Chambers)
June 10, 2002 (Special
Joint Meeting, w/City Council, 4:00 p.m., Council Chambers)
LEGISLATIVE
POLICY COMMITTEE
(Chair Bill Bogaard)
Meets the first Tuesday
of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Conference Room 240
June 4, 2002
July 2, 2002
August 6, 2002
MUNICIPAL
SERVICES COMMITTEE
(Chair Sidney F. Tyler)
Meets the first and
third Wednesday of each month at 5:00 p.m. in Council Conference
Room 240
June 5, 2002
June 19, 2002
PUBLIC
SAFETY COMMITTEE (Chair
Steve Haderlein)
Meets the first and
third Monday of each month at 4:15 p.m. in the Management Conference Room 323
May 20, 2002 (To be
canceled)
June 3, 2002
June 17, 2002
FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING DATES
May
27, 2002 (To be cancelled -
Memorial Day Holiday)
June
3, 2002
June
10, 2002
June
17, 2002
June
24, 2002
July
1, 2002
July
8, 2002 (To be
cancelled)
July
15, 2002
July
22, 2002
July
29, 2002
August
5, 2002
August
12, 2002
FUTURE
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
June
3, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
- Continued Public Hearing: FY 2003
Recommended Operating
Budget
June
3, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
- Noise Element
June
3, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
- Western Asset Plaza (formerly Plaza Las Fuentes)
June
10, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
- Joint Public Hearing (Council & CDC): Approval of Annual Action
Plan 2002-2003 PY
July 22, 2002, 8:00 p.m.
- Continued
Public Hearing Consideration of Granting of Non-Exclusive
Solid Waste Franchises