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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