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AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
DECEMBER 8, 2003
Closed Sessions 5:30 P.M.
Public Meeting 6:30 P.M.
Public Hearings 8:00 P.M.
Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall
100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room 247
5:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSIONS
(To be heard at 5:30 p.m., and/or at the conclusion of the meeting)
A. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING POTENTIAL LITIGATION - CONSIDERATION OF
INITIATION OF LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(c):
One potential case
B. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE
WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING POTENTIAL LITIGATION - Significant exposure to
litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b): Claim No. 9303
filed by Pasadena Fire and Police Retirement System
C. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE
WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Negotiators: Karyn Ezell, Richard Kunz
Employee Organization: International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
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. CONSIDERATION OF CITY OF
PASADENA’S WITHDRAWAL FROM PROJECT D.A.Y. (DIVERSION ALTERNATIVES FOR YOUTH)
JOINT POWERS AUTHORITY (Councilmember Little) (Pending
motion by Councilmember Little that the City of Pasadena withdraw from the
Joint Powers Authority and after December 31, 2003, stop our financial
involvement.)
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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)
RECOGNIZE REVENUE FROM A STATE OFFICE OF
TRAFFIC SAFETY MINI-GRANT FOR
CONDUCTING DRIVING
UNDER THE INFLUENCE
(DUI) CHECKPOINTS
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1)
Approve a journal voucher recognizing revenue from the Office of Traffic
Safety Driving Under the Influence
grant program in the
amount of $41,112.
(2)
Approve a journal voucher increasing appropriations to the Police Department
Traffic Section overtime
Account No. 8011-101-407800 by
$41,112.
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(2) AUTHORIZATION FOR THE CITY MANAGER TO
INCREASE THE PURCHASE ORDER WITH
GEOSYNTEC CONSULTANTS FOR AN
ADDITIONAL $300,000 FOR ENGINEERING CONSULTING
SERVICES RELATED TO PERCHLORATE GROUNDWATER
CONTAMINATION
Recommendation
of City Manager: It is recommended that the City Council authorize
the City Manager to
increase the purchase order with GeoSyntec Consultants (GeoSyntec) for an additional $300,000 for engineering
consultant services related to perchlorate
groundwater contamination. Competitive bidding is not required
pursuant to City Charter Section 1002(F), contracts for
professional or unique services.
It is recommended
that the City Council grant the proposed amendment an exemption from the
competitive
selection process, pursuant
to Section 4.08.049(B), contracts for which the City’s best interests are
served.
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B. City Clerk
(1)
Approval of Minutes - November 3, 2003
November 10, 2003 (Cancelled)
(2) Receive and file claims against
the City of Pasadena
Claim No. 9429 Sallie Horn
$ 1,950.19
Claim No. 9430 Marcel Stewart
Unknown
Claim No. 9431 Wilfred Roberts
581.80
Claim No. 9432 Voided number
Claim No. 9433 William K.
Fukutaki
Unknown
Claim No. 9434 Alex Harutunian
2,044.37
Claim No. 9435 SBC c/o Diane
Mancini
1,054.16
Claim No. 9436 SBC c/o Diane
Mancini
13,896.68
Claim No. 9437 Guadalupe Avina
Escoto
3,332.00
Claim No. 9438 Darcy Harris
2,000.00
Claim No. 9439 Frances J. Kopec
Unknown
Claim No. 9440 Eric Maurice Watts
7,000.00
Claim No. 9441 Interinsurance
Exchange of the
Automobile Club for Karina L. Edmonds
1,833.49
Claim No. 9442 Patsy Ann Bennett
Unknown
5. REPORTS AND COMMENTS
FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES
A. Economic Development and
Technology Committee
B. Finance Committee
(1)
FISCAL YEAR 2004 OPERATING BUDGET AMENDMENTS
Recommendation of City Manager: Approve a journal voucher
implementing certain amendments to the fiscal year
2004
Operating Budget as
detailed in the background section of the agenda report.
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(2)
APPROVAL OF THE FINAL AGREEMENT WITH THE OLD PASADENA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT
FOR THE
MANAGEMENT OF THE
SCHOOLHOUSE, DELACEY AND MARRIOTT PARKING GARAGES (See related Items
7.B.2. & 7.C.1.)
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1)
Approve the final agreement (Attachment 1 of the agenda report) between the
City and Old Pasadena
Management
District (OPMD)
authorizing the OPMD to manage the Schoolhouse, Delacey and Marriott parking
garages (Old
Pasadena Garages);
(2)
Authorize the City Manager to amend and assign Contract No. 17,320-2 between
the City and Ampco System
Parking for management and
operation of the Old Pasadena Garages to the OPMD;
(3)
Authorize the City Manager to amend and assign that portion of Contract No.
17,310-1 between the City and Inter-
Con Systems, Inc. with
respect to security services for the Old Pasadena Garages to the OPMD.
The total amount of
the assignment to the OPMD under this contract will be $380,300;
(4)
Authorize the City Manager to amend Contract No. 17,680 between the City and
Morlin Management Corporation
with respect to the
management and operation of the trash compactor area in the Schoolhouse
parking garage, for
which responsibility will
be transferred to the OPMD under the agreement, and decrease the not to
exceed amount by
$21,700;
(5)
Authorize the City Manager to amend Contract No. 18,093 between the City and
Western Elevator, Inc. with
respect to the maintenance of
the elevators in the Old Pasadena Garages, for which responsibility will be
transferred to
the OPMD under the
agreement, and decrease the not to exceed amount by $7,920 for year two and
by $8,640 for
each subsequent year; and
(6)
Prepare a journal voucher amending the FY 2004 Adopted Operating Budget for
the Old Pasadena Parking
Structure
Fund (407),
decreasing it by $286,803 along various line items in accord with year one
of the pro forma included as
Exhibit C in Attachment 1 of the
agenda report.
Recommendation
of Old Pasadena Parking Meter Zone Advisory Commission:
This initial proposal was
reviewed by the Old Pasadena
Parking Meter Zone Advisory Commission (Commission) and unanimously approved
on November 21, 2002 along with the
stipulation that the final agreement be presented to the Commission.
Following
approval of the final agreement (Attachment 1
of the agenda report) by the OPMD Board on November 24, 2003, the
Commission
reviewed the final agreement at a
special meeting on December 4, 2003 and voted unanimously in
support of it.
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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.
A.
CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: REVISIONS TO
THE ZONING CODE - TRIP REDUCTION REQUIREMENTS
Recommendation of City Manager: It is recommended that City Council
continue the public hearing to February 9,
2004, at 8:00 p.m.
B. PUBLIC HEARING:
REVISIONS TO THE ZONING CODE REGARDING PARKING FOR TAKE OUT RESTAURANTS,
RENTAL OF BEDROOMS, CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR SIGNIFICANT TOBACCO SALES,
APPEALS AND CALLS FOR REVIEW AND OTHER MINOR AMENDMENTS
Recommendation of City Manager: It is
recommended that the City Council continue the public hearing to December
15, 2003, at 8:00 p.m.
C. PUBLIC HEARING:
DRAFT CENTRAL DISTRICT SPECIFIC PLAN
Recommendation of City Manager
Following a public hearing, it is recommended that the City Council:
(1) Conceptually approve the draft
Central District Specific Plan as modified by the Planning Commission
comments; and
(2) Direct staff to complete an
environmental impact report on the Central District Specific Plan; and the
previously approved Zoning Code Update, Land Use, and Mobility Elements of
the General Plan.
Recommendation of Planning Commission:
On October 22, 2003, the Planning Commission adopted the following motion
regarding the draft Central District Specific Plan: Recommend that the
City Council conceptually approve the draft Central District Specific Plan
with the following recommended changes:
·
Page 179 - As part of the Urban Residential
standards, add a new requirement to the Specific Plan and Zoning Ordinance
that mandates that the required open space in residential projects be
visible from the public street.
·
Pages 188-189 - Change the implementation measure
on pocket park development to a short to mid-term priority. Pages
80-81 - Add language to the Specific Plan to allow pocket parks to be
acquired through purchase, lease, license, or other appropriate methods.
·
Add a policy to allow residential developments to
develop a small public/private park on part of the site in-lieu of providing
the required open space. This could take the form of a small public
park (of minimum size) in an accessible part of the site that is open to the
public for at least daylight hours. To encourage these small parks,
other incentives could be provided, such as granting the 10% floor area
ratio (FAR) bonus or reducing the total community space requirement if part
of it is in a public park.
·
Page 86 - Increase the required front setbacks
from 10' minimum to 20' minimum on Oakland, Madison and Oak Knoll Avenues
between Walnut and Corson Streets; and on Locust Street between El Molino
and Hudson Avenues.
·
Page 93 - With approval of the Design Commission,
allow a height of up to 50' and 4 stories on corner lots in the Old Pasadena
core area - at those locations that are within 75' from an intersection.
In addition, the Planning Commission identified the
following issues and recommended that they receive further study in the
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) or during the Specific Plan refinement
process:
·
Because transferability between residential and
non-residential development as allowed in the Specific Plan could result in
one of the limits provided in the General Plan being exceeded with a
corresponding decrease to the other use, staff and the City Attorney should
study the transferability provision to ensure that it is consistent with the
General Plan and not subject to legal challenge.
·
The plan should examine ways to provide more
incentives for the creation of publicly accessible open space.
·
The EIR and the plan should examine an alternative
wherein parking requirements were not capped by virtue of inclusion in
Transit Oriented Development Districts (TODs), but instead determined by the
market.
·
There should be an examination of recent
population and demographic data to verify that the 1994 General Plan
assumptions relative to population growth and family size are still
relevant.
·
The Specific Plan should study the possibility of
providing incentives for the development of public parking.
In response to the Planning Commission concerns, staff
will also examine a mechanism to inform the Planning Commission and City
Council when the overall amount of housing or commercial development
proposed in the Central District approaches the limit set forth in the 1994
General Plan.
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7. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM
OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
A.
City Council
(1)
CONSIDERATION OF CALL FOR REVIEW
OF CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 4257 TO THE BOARD OF
ZONING APPEALS [TO ALLOW
THE ON-SITE SALE OF ALCOHOL (BEER AND WINE) IN CONJUNCTION
WITH THE
EXPANSION OF EXISTING RESTAURANT (HOOTERS), 102 E. COLORADO BOULEVARD]
(Councilmember Madison)
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(2)
CONSIDERATION OF CALL FOR REVIEW OF APPLICATION
FOR PRIVATE TREE REMOVALS (TR#2003-
00417), 3267 NEW YORK DRIVE, TO THE BOARD
OF ZONING APPEALS (Councilmember Haderlein)
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(3)
CONSIDERATION OF CALL FOR REVIEW OF VARIANCE
NO. 11455 TO THE BOARD OF ZONING APPEALS
(3074 EAST CALIFORNIA BOULEVARD, TO
ALLOW A FENCE IN THE FRONT YARD THAT EXCEEDS THE
MAXIMUM HEIGHT, AND TO
ALLOW AN ADDITION TO ENCROACH INTO THE REQUIRED 25-FOOT REAR
YARD SET BACK)
(Councilmember Haderlein)
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(4) ORAL UPDATE ON VEHICLE LICENSE
FEE BACKFILL (Councilmember Haderlein)
(5) RESIGNATION OF JOSEPH FEINBLATT
FROM THE UTILITY ADVISORY COMMISSION (District 5 Nomination)
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B. City Manager
(1) SUPPORT FOR THE LOCAL TAXPAYERS
AND PUBLIC SAFETY PROTECTION ACT SPONSORED BY THE LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA
CITIES
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Adopt a resolution to support the
Local Taxpayers and Public Safety Protection Act to be placed on the
November 2004 ballot; and
(2) Authorize the Mayor to communicate
Pasadena’s position to appropriate authorities.
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(2) REVISIONS TO ADVISORY COMMISSION
OVERSIGHT OF OLD PASADENA PARKING GARAGES (See related Items
5.B.2 & 7.C.1)
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Revise the role of the Old Pasadena
Parking Meter Zone Advisory Commission to reflect the delegation of
responsibilities to the Old Pasadena Management District; and
(2) Rescind direction to the City
Attorney to prepare an ordinance to amend the Pasadena Municipal Code to
revise the role of the Old Pasadena Parking Meter Zone Advisory Commission,
acknowledging that no such amendment is necessary to enact these particular
changes.
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C. Advisory Bodies
(1) CITY-OWNED PARKING GARAGE MANAGEMENT FOR OLD
PASADENA PARKING GARAGES BY OLD
PASADENA MANAGEMENT DISTRICT (See
related Items 5.B.2. & 7.B.2.)
Recommendation of Old Pasadena Parking Meter Zone
Advisory Commission (OPPMZAC) : It is recommended
that the City
Council authorize the OPPMZAC to continue to be the public body that
oversees the management of the
three parking structures in Old Pasadena.
It is also recommended that the contract being proposed between the City of
Pasadena and the Old Pasadena Management District be approved.
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8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION MEETING
A.
Approval of Minutes - November
3, 2003
November 10, 2003 (Cancelled)
9. ORDINANCES
A. First Reading:
None
B. Second Reading:
(1)
Adopt “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA
ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 8.13 TO THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE TO MANDATE THE
POSTING OF CURRENT HEALTH INSPECTION SUMMARY REPORTS IN RETAIL FOOD
ESTABLISHMENTS” (Introduced by Councilmember Gordo)
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10.
INFORMATION ITEMS:
A.
ORAL STATUS REPORT REGARDING HEALTH BENEFITS FOR
RETIREES
11. PUBLIC COMMENT (Continued)
12. CLOSED SESSIONS (Continued,
if necessary)
13. ADJOURNMENT
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