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AGENDA CITY COUNCIL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION July 28, 2003
Closed Sessions 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 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 - Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b): 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 REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 Property: Rose Bowl Stadium and surrounding parking areas Agency Negotiators: Cynthia Kurtz, Darryl Dunn, John Moag, Larry Braun Negotiating Parties: National Football League (NFL) Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
D. 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
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. SUSPENSION OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE RACE FOR THE CURE TO BE HELD AT AREA H AND THE ARROYO SECO ON SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2003, FROM 9:00 A.M. TO 2:00 P.M. Recommendation of City Manager: (1) Acknowledge that the Temporary Conditional Use Permit and the suspension of the Noise Ordinance necessary to hold this non-profit event is categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15323, Normal Operations of Facilities for Public Gatherings. (2) Direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance to suspend the Noise Ordinance and a Notice of Exemption, with respect to the Race for the Cure to be held at Area H and the Arroyo Seco on Sunday, November 2, 2003, from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 191k
B. APPROVE CONTRACT BETWEEN THE CITY OF PASADENA AND THE PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT FOR THE DISBURSEMENT OF $437,000 PREVIOUSLY APPROVED TO IMPROVE SELECTED SCHOOL FIELDS (Pending motion to approve City Manager's recommendation, as amended by the Finance Committee) Recommendation of City Manager: Approve the contract between the City of Pasadena and the Pasadena Unified School District for the disbursement of $437,000, as allocated by Council on June 23, 2003, to improve eight selected school playing fields within the Pasadena Unified School District. 1594k
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) CONTRACT AWARD TO STEINY AND COMPANY, INC., FOR INSTALLATION/MODIFICATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT CRAIG AVENUE AND MAPLE STREET AND OTHER LOCATIONS FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $481,000 Recommendation of City Manager: (1) Accept the bid dated July 2, 2003, submitted by Steiny and Company, Inc. in response to the Specifications for Installation/ Modification of Traffic Signals at Craig Avenue and Maple Street and Other Locations, reject all other bids received, and authorize the City Manager to enter into such contract as is required. (2) Acknowledge the project to be categorically exempt under Section 21084 of the California Environmental Quality Act of 1984 in accordance with Article 19, Section 15301 (Class 1), Subsection (c) of the Resources Agency of California Guidelines (minor alterations involving negligible expansion of use beyond that previously existing) pursuant to the findings of the Secretary of the Resources Agency and authorize the City Manager to execute and the City Clerk to file a Notice of Exemption for the project with the Los Angeles County Clerk. 360k
(2) REJECTION OF ALL BIDS FOR PROVIDING LABOR AND MATERIALS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF ELECTRICAL CONDUIT SYSTEMS, VAULTS AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS WORK FOR THE WATER AND POWER DEPARTMENT Recommendation of City Manager: Reject all bids for providing labor and materials for construction of electrical conduit systems, vaults and other miscellaneous work for the Water and Power Department. 155k
(3) RESOLUTION AMENDING THE GENERAL FEE SCHEDULE TO ALLOW FOR THE IMPOSITION OF A FALSE ALARM RESPONSE FEE UPON THE SECOND AND ALL SUBSEQUENT RESPONSES IN A TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD (See related Item 9.A.1.) Recommendation of City Manager: Adopt a resolution amending the General Fee Schedule to allow for the imposition of a false alarm response fee upon the second and all subsequent responses in a twelve-month period. 146k
B. City Clerk
(1) Approval of Minutes - April 21, 2003
(2) Receive and file claims against the City of Pasadena
Claim No. 9328 Abigail Veltman $ 25.00 Claim No. 9329 Frances M. Blackwell 6,200.00 Claim No. 9330 Manny Abdollah 1,655.44 Claim No. 9331 Jan Crocker Unknown Claim No. 9332 SBC/Pacific Bell c/o Diane Mancini 802.12 Claim No. 9333 Travis Alan Cummings 9,633.52 Claim No. 9334 Levon Awakimian 110.00 Claim No. 9335 Sherrye Kegley Unknown Claim No. 9336 Sherilyn Pawlewitz 706.00 Claim No. 9337 Pierre La Pointe 1,593.28 Claim No. 9338 David Luce 10,000.00+ Claim No. 9339 Mark D. Craig Unknown
C. Public Hearings Set:
August 18, 2003, 8:00 p.m. - Landmark Designation - 529 N. Los Robles Avenue
5. REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES
A. Economic Development and Technology Committee
B. Finance Committee
(1) CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: ADOPTION OF THE FY 2004-2008 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET AND APPROVAL OF NEW CRITERIA FOR UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING PRIORITIES (See Item 6.A., 8:00 p.m.)
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: ADOPTION OF THE FY 2004-2008 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET AND APPROVAL OF NEW CRITERIA FOR UTILITY UNDERGROUNDING PRIORITIES Recommendation of City Manager: (1) Adopt by resolution the FY 2004-2008 Capital Improvement Program as amended by the Finance Committee; (2) Approve a journal voucher amending the FY 2003 CIP budget resulting in a decrease of $2,302,902, as detailed in Attachment III of the agenda report; (3) Adopt the proposed criteria for establishing priority of streets for undergrounding of overhead utilities and the partial listing in priority order of Category 1 streets, as explained in Attachment IV of the agenda report; (4) Approve the addition of a new project in the Municipal Buildings and Facilities section "Regulatory Repairs of Four Fuel Sites" with a total estimated cost of $300,000. Commission Recommendations: The Recommended FY 2004-2008 Capital Improvement Program was presented to and received the support of the following commissions: Recreation and Parks, Transportation Advisory (TAC), Northwest, Old Pasadena Parking Meter Zone Advisory Commission, and Planning. 770k
7. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
A. City Council
(1) RATIFICATION OF APPOINTMENT OF ROSANNA ESPARZA TO THE HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION (Agency Representative)
(2) NOMINATION OF SIDNEY F. TYLER, JR. FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE OF PASADENA BOARD (CHAP) (City Council)
(3) NOMINATION OF WILMA ALLEN FOR MEMBERSHIP ON THE COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE OF PASADENA BOARD (CHAP) (City Council)
(4) APPOINTMENT OF DAVID J. JACOBS TO THE ROSE BOWL AQUATICS CENTER BOARD (District 7 Nomination)
B. City Manager (No items)
8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING
A. Approval of Minutes - April 14, 2003 (Cancelled) April 21, 2003 (Cancelled)
9. ORDINANCES
A. First Reading:
(1) Conduct first reading of "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING CHAPTER 5.24 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE ASSESSMENT OF A FEE FOR FALSE ALARMS" ( See related Item 4.A.3) 289k
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
August 6, 2003
August 20, 2003
September 3, 2003
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
July 28, 2003 (Special meeting at 3:00 p.m., Management Conference Room 323)
August 11, 2003
August 25, 2003 (To be cancelled)
LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE (Chair Bill Bogaard)
Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 3:30 p.m., in the Council Conference Room 240
August 5, 2003
September 2, 2003
MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE (Chair Sidney F. Tyler)
Meets the first and third Wednesday of each month at 1:30 p.m., in Council Conference
Room 240
August 6, 2003
August 20, 2003
September 3, 2003
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
August 4, 2003
August 18, 2003
September
1, 2003 (To be cancelled – Labor Day Holiday)
FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING DATES
August 4, 2003
August 11, 2003
August 18, 2003
August 25, 2003 (To be cancelled)
September 1, 2003 (To be cancelled - Labor Day Holiday)
September 8, 2003
September 15, 2003
September 22, 2003 (Joint Meeting with Pasadena Center Operating Company
Board, 6:30 p.m., Council Chamber)
September 29, 2003
October 6, 2003
October 13, 2003
October 20, 2003
October 27, 2003
November 2, 2003
November 10, 2003 (To be cancelled - Veterans Day Holiday)
November 17, 2003
November 24, 2003
FUTURE PUBLIC HEARINGS:
August
11, 2003, 8:00 p.m. - Adoption of
Negative Declaration and Approval of
Terms and Conditions of Owner
Participation, Purchase, Development, Loan and
Lease Agreement Between Pasadena
Community Commission and Los Angeles
Community Design Center for Development of
the Orange Grove Gardens Housing
Project at 252-284 E. Orange Grove Boulevard.
August
11, 2003, 8:00 p.m. - Establishment of
Height Limit Overlay District and
Adoption of the Height Limit Overlay District
in Zoning Study Areas 1-C, 2, and 12.
August 18, 2003, 8:00 p.m. - Landmark Designation - 529 N. Los Robles Avenue
September
8, 2003, 8:00 p.m. - Public Hearing to Adopt the New
Inclusionary
Housing In-Lieu Fees