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CITY OF PASADENA
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 14, 2002
5:00 P.M.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that a special meeting of the City Council will be held
on Monday, October 14, 2002, at 5:00 p.m., at the City Hall Council Chamber, 100
North
Garfield, Room 247, to discuss the following items:
AGENDA
1. ROLL CALL/PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
2. PUBLIC HEARING: 2000-2005 HOUSING
ELEMENT OF THE GENERAL PLAN
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Adopt the Initial Environmental Study and Negative
Declaration, with the
appropriate findings (Attachment C of the agenda
report);
(2) Adopt a resolution adopting the 2000-2005 Housing
Element of the
Comprehensive General Plan (Attachment D of the agenda
report);
(3) Approve the De Minimis Impact finding on State Fish
and Wildlife Habitat; and
(4) Direct the City Clerk to file a Notice of
Determination and Certificate of Fee
Exemption for the California Department of Fish and
Game with the Los Angeles
County Recorder (Attachment E of the agenda report).
Recommendation of Planning Commission: The Planning
Commission held a
public hearing and reviewed the proposed 2000-2005
Housing Element at its regular
meeting on September 25, 2002. The Commission
unanimously adopted the staff
recommendation that the City Council adopt the
2000-2005 Housing Element and
related environmental documents. In addition, the
Commission recommended that
Policy 1.10 be added to the proposed 2000-2005 Housing
Element. The additional
policy, which is incorporated into the 2000-2005
Housing Element as recommended
to the City Council, states: Promote the preservation
of existing affordable housing
stock. The Commission also recommended that the
City of Pasadena should be
actively involved in the Regional Housing Needs
Assessment, which is prepared by
the Southern California Association of Governments, and
to question the allocation
of housing needs assigned to the City.
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3. CLOSED SESSIONS:
A. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE
WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR pursuant to
Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Negotiators: Karyn Ezell,
Steve Lem
Employee Organizations: Pasadena
Police Officers Association and
Pasadena Firefighters Management
Association
B. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE
WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
pursuant to Government Code Section
54956.8
Property: Fee title interest in
portions of public street right-of-way along
Colorado Boulevard between Los Robles
Avenue and Euclid Avenue;
Euclid Avenue between Colorado
Boulevard and Union Street; and Los
Robles Avenue between Colorado
Boulevard and Union Street
City Negotiators: Richard
Bruckner and Kirk Pelser
Negotiating Parties: Heirs and
devisees of George E. McHarry, Pasadena
Hotel Corporation, and Broadway Hale
Stores, Inc. (Formerly known as
Broadway Department Store, Inc.)
Under Negotiation: Price and
Terms
C. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding
pending litigation pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(a)
Name of Case: Riggins v.
City of Pasadena
Case No. GC 20604
4. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: UPDATED
GENERAL PLAN NOISE ELEMENT
Recommendation of City Manager: It is recommended that
after the public hearing
the City Council:
(1) Adopt the Initial Environmental
Study and Final Negative Declaration and make
the appropriate findings (Attachment 5 of the agenda
report); and
(2) Receive the Existing and Future
Conditions report (Attachment 1 of the agenda
report), as amended (see Attachment 3 of the agenda
report), as the basis of the
updated Noise Element; and
(3) Adopt a resolution adopting the
updated Noise Element (i.e., the Objectives,
Policies, and Implementation report - Attachment 2 of
the agenda report), as
amended (see Attachment 3 of the agenda report); and
(4) Direct the City Clerk to file a
Notice of Determination and a Certificate of Fee
Exemption for the California Department of Fish and
Game (Attachment 6 of the
agenda report) with the Los Angeles County Recorder.
Recommendation of the Planning Commission: The Planning
Commission
considered the proposed amendments at its regular
meeting of April 24, 2002, and
unanimously voted to recommend approval of the updated
Noise Element with the
following changes:
(1) Revise
policies regarding traffic noise to recognize the City's limitations on
controlling such noise;
(2) Clarify
the City's commitment to working to reduce traffic noise on residential
streets;
(3) Include a
cross-reference to Implementation Measure 13 in Policy 3b;
(4) Revise
policies regarding aircraft noise to recognize the City's limitations on
controlling such noise;
(5) Add an additional policy regarding
the Rose Bowl to minimize noise when the
Noise Restrictions Ordinance [Pasadena Municipal Code (P.M.C.)
Chapter 9.36 -
Attachment 8 of the agenda report] is suspended;
(6) Add an
additional policy regarding the Rose Bowl to require annual reporting
on noise complaints;
(7) Commit
the City to updating the Noise Restrictions Ordinance (P.M.C. Chapter
9.36 - Attachment 8 of the agenda report) within one
year and revise it every three
years thereafter; and
(8) Commit
the City to requiring mitigation from light rail noise.
Staff proposes to incorporate Recommendation Nos. 1, 2,
3, 4, and 8, and to modify
Recommendation No. 7 (Attachment 3).
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5. INFORMATION ITEM:
A. CALTRANS AND METROPOLITAN
TRANSIT AUTHORITY UPDATE ON
FREEWAY SOUND WALLS (Oral Report)
6. PUBLIC HEARING: REVISION OF
GENERAL PLAN SAFETY ELEMENT
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Approve the Initial Environmental Study and
Negative Declaration and make
the appropriate findings (Attachment 1 of the agenda
report);
(2) Approve the De Minimis Impact Finding of the State
Fish and Wildlife Habitat
(Attachment 2 of the agenda report);
(3) Receive the Technical Background Report to the
Safety Element of the
General Plan (Attachment 6 of the agenda report) as the
basis of the updated Safety
Element;
(4) Approve the updated Safety Element (i.e., the
Goals, Policies, and Programs
Report) (Attachment 7 of the agenda report);
(5) Adopt a resolution (Attachment 4 of the agenda
report) adopting the updated
Safety Element (i.e., the Goals, Policies, and Program
Report; and
(6) Direct the City Clerk to file a Notice of
Determination (Attachment 3 of the
agenda report) and a Certificate of Fee Exemption for
the California Department of
Fish and Game, with the Los Angeles County Recorder.
Recommendation of Planning Commission: The Planning
Commission reviewed
the draft Safety Element at its regular meeting of
August 28, 2002, and voted
unanimously to recommend approval of the updated Safety
Element of the General
Plan.
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7. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: ADOPTION
OF UPDATED DESIGN
GUIDELINES AND NEW GUIDELINES FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT
SPECIFIC
PLAN
Recommendation of City Manager: It is recommended the
City Council continue
the public hearing to October 21, 2002, at 5:00 p.m.
8. PROPOSED SERVICE CHANGES TO THE PASADENA
AREA RAPID TRANSIT
SYSTEM (ARTS)
Recommendation of City Manager: It is
recommended that the City Council delay
discussion regarding changes to the Pasadena Area Rapid
Transit System until the
City Council meeting of October 28, 2002.
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9. Adopt "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING THE
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PASADENA ESTABLISHED
BY
SECTION 17.08.040 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE TO
CHANGE THE
DESIGNATION FOR THE PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE WEST SIDE
OF
ALTADENA DRIVE BETWEEN VILLA STREET AND WAGNER STREET
(435
NORTH ALTADENA DRIVE)" (Introduced by
Councilmember Haderlein)
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10. Adopt "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
PASADENA ADDING CHAPTER 17.53
TO THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE CONCERNING HISTORIC
PROPERTY
CONTRACTS (MILLS ACT CONTRACTS), A PROPERTY TAX
REDUCTION
INCENTIVE TO ENCOURAGE PRESERVATION OF QUALIFIED
HISTORIC
PROPERTIES" (Introduced by Vice Mayor Little)
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11. ADJOURNMENT
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Bill Bogaard, Mayor
City of Pasadena
Note to Public: An opportunity for
public comment will be provided at the time each of the
above items are discussed. Public comment for this special meeting is
limited to the items on the special meeting notice. Please limit comments
to 3 minutes per speaker.
I HEREBY CERTIFY that
this notice, in its entirety, was posted on the Council Chamber
Bulletin Board, Room 247, City Hall, on October 10, 2002 at 5:30 p.m., and
that copies hereof
were faxed or delivered to each member of the City Council and faxed to each
local newspaper
of general circulation, radio or television station requesting notice in
writing, all of which media
recipients are identified on the distribution list set forth herein below.
_______________________
Jane L. Rodriguez, CMC
City Clerk
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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
October
16, 2002 (To be cancelled)
October
30, 2002 (Special meeting at 7:00 p.m., in the Council Conference Room 240)
November
6, 2002
November
20, 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
October
14, 2002
October
28, 2002
November
11, 2002 (To be cancelled - holiday)
LEGISLATIVE
POLICY COMMITTEE (Chair Bill Bogaard)
Meets
the first Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Conference Room 240
November
5, 2002
December
3, 2002
MUNICIPAL
SERVICES COMMITTEE (Chair Sidney F.
Tyler)
Meets
the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in Council Conference
Room
240
October
22, 2002
November
12, 2002
November
26, 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
October
21, 2002
November
4, 2002
November
18, 2002
FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING DATES
October
21, 2002
October
28, 2002
November
4, 2002
November
11, 2002 (To be cancelled - holiday)
November
18, 2002
November
25, 2002
December
2, 2002
December
9, 2002
December
16, 2002
December
23, 2002
December
30, 2002 (To be cancelled)
FUTURE
PUBLIC HEARINGS:
October
21, 2002, 5:00 p.m. - Continued Public
Hearing: Adoption of Updated Design
Guidelines and New Guidelines for the Central District Specific Plan
October
21, 2002, 5:00 p.m. - Revisions to the
Zoning Code regarding Special Uses,
Overlay Districts and Parking/Loading and Site Development Standards
October
21, 2002, 5:00 p.m. Revisions to the City’s
California Environmental Quality Act
(CEQA) Guidelines and Administrative Procedures
November
4, 2002, 8:00 p.m. - Amendments to the FY
2003 Fee Schedule for Bee Removal
by the Public Health Department