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ADDENDUM TO AGENDA
CITY
OF PASADENA
CITY COUNCIL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
REGULAR MEETING
SEPTEMBER 20, 2004
CLOSED SESSIONS 5:30 P.M.
PUBLIC MEETING 6:30
P.M.
PASADENA SENIOR CENTER, MULTI-PURPOSE ROOM
85 EAST HOLLY STREET, PASADENA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the City Council and Community
Development Commission agenda for Monday, September 20, 2004, is hereby
amended as follows:
5:30
P.M. CLOSED SESSIONS
Remove
from the agenda:
A.
CLOSED SESSION 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, Jay Goldstone,
Larry
Braun
Negotiating
Parties: National Football League
Under
Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
Add to the agenda new Closed Session Item A:
A.
CLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8
Property:
310 E. Green Street
Agency
Negotiators: Richard
Bruckner, Fred Jones
Negotiating
Parties: Pasadena Ice Skating Corp.
– Fred Culick
Under
Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
I HEREBY
CERTIFY that this Addendum to the Agenda was posted in its
entirety on the City of Pasadena Chamber Building bulletin boards in the lobby
area
and north outside entrance at 117 E. Colorado Boulevard, the Pasadena
Senior
Center bulletin board, 85 E. Holly Street, and a copy was distributed to the
Central
Library for posting on this 17th day of September, 2004, by 5:00 p.m., and that
copies
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 below.
____________________________
/s/ Jane
L. Rodriguez, City Clerk
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL & COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
September 20, 2004
Closed Sessions 5:30 P.M.
Public Meeting 6:30 P.M.
Public Hearings 8:00 P.M.
Pasadena Senior Center, Multi-Purpose Room
85 East Holly Street, Pasadena
5:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSIONS
(To be heard at 5:30 p.m., and/or at the conclusion of the meeting)
A. CLOSED SESSION 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, Jay Goldstone,
Larry Braun
Negotiating Parties: National Football League
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
NEW ITEM A:
A. CLOSED SESSION CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8
Property: 310 E. Green Street
Agency Negotiators: Richard Bruckner, Fred Jones
Negotiating Parties: Pasadena Ice Skating Corp. – Fred Culick
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
B. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8
Property: Public rights-of-way, utility easements and facilities within the City
of Pasadena
Negotiators: Cynthia Kurtz (City); Champion Broadband and Altrio
Communications
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment
C. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS pursuant to
Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Negotiators: Karyn Ezell, Richard Kunz
Employee Organizations: Pasadena Police Sergeants 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 11 (below) "Public Comment (continued)". Please limit
comments to 3 minutes each.
3. OLD BUSINESS:
A. PREDEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION OF A
RESEARCH/OFFICE BUILDING AT 686-700 SOUTH RAYMOND AVENUE
PPR2004-00019
Recommendation of City Manager: This report is for information purposes
only.
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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) AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH ASPLUNDH
TREE EXPERT COMPANY TO PROVIDE POWERLINE CLEARANCE
TREE TRIMMING SERVICES FOR THE WATER AND POWER
DEPARTMENT
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Accept the bid dated August 25, 2004, submitted by Asplundh Tree
Expert Company in response to Specification LD-04-11 for tree trimming
services for the Water and Power Department;
(2) Reject all other bids; and
(3) Authorize the issuance of a contract for a period of four years or
until $1,720,000 is expended, whichever occurs first, with two additional
one-year extensions, each not to exceed $430,000 per year.
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(2) AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A PURCHASE ORDER
CONTRACT WITH AVENTIS PASTEUR TO ACQUIRE VACCINES
FOR TRAVEL IMMUNIZATIONS
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Authorize the issuance of a purchase order contract to Aventis
Pasteur for the period of one year or until an amount not to exceed
$130,000 has been expended, whichever occurs first, for the purchase
of travel vaccines; and
(2) Authorize the issuance of Purchase Order Contracts in amounts
not to exceed $130,000 each for up to three additional years for the
continued purchase of travel vaccines.
Competitive bidding is not required pursuant to City Charter Section
1002(C), contracts for labor, materials, supplies or services available
from only one vendor.
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(3) AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER OR HER DESIGNEE TO AMEND
THE TERM OF CONTRACT NO. 14,061 WITH CALIFORNIA
INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR THE TREATMENT OF
CONTAMINATED GROUNDWATER IN THE ARROYO SECO
Recommendation of City Manager: Authorize the City Manager or
her designee to amend the term of Contract No. 14,061 for a 90-day
extension.
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(4) AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH AMCO
WATER METERING SYSTEMS INC. FOR FURNISHING AND
DELIVERING COLD WATER METERS FOR THE WATER AND
POWER DEPARTMENT, SPECIFICATION WD-04-03
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Accept the bid dated August 27, 2004, submitted by AMCO Water
Metering Systems Inc. in response to Specifications WD-04-03, for
Furnishing and Delivering Water Meters for the Water and Power
Department;
(2) Reject all other bids;
(3) Authorize the Purchasing Administrator to issue a purchase order
for a two-year period to AMCO Water Metering Systems Inc., with two
optional one-year extensions. The contract shall not exceed $361,000
annually for Item A, small water meters, and $220,000 for Item B, large
water meters; and
(4) Approve the transfer of $1,000,000 from CIP budget number 1019
(Fire Protection System Improvements) to CIP budget number 1002
(Meters and Services).
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(5) APPROVAL OF FINAL TRACT MAP NO. 54228, BEING A SIX-UNIT
CONDOMINIUM PROJECT AT 63 HARKNESS AVENUE
Recommendation of City Manager: It is recommended that the City
Council adopt a resolution to:
(1) Approve final Tract Map No. 54228; and
(2) Authorize the City Clerk to execute the certificate on the map
showing the City's approval of said map.
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(6) EXTENSION OF TIME REQUIRED TO MEET CONDITIONS FOR
LEASE AMENDMENT TO PASADENA AREA YOUTH COUNCIL DBA
OMOWALE UJAMAA SCHOOL AKA NORTHWEST COMMUNITY
EDUCATIONAL CENTER AT 1415 NORTH RAYMOND AVENUE
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Approve a two-year extension to Omowale Ujamaa School (OUS)
for meeting the condition required by Council in its January 14, 2002
approval of a 50-year lease extension wherein OUS was given two years
from the date of said Council approval to provide proof that the
remaining Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds totaling
approximately $200,000 are sufficient to cover the cost of the proposed
improvements prior to commencement of construction, and
acknowledge a change in the scope of the work eliminating the need for
the proposed second floor addition.
(2) Authorize the City Manager to execute the Lease Amendment and
all other documents pertaining thereto and to perform such other and
further acts as required under the Lease Amendment.
Recommendation of Northwest Commission: Staff presented this
item to the Northwest Commission at its September 14, 2004 meeting.
The Northwest Commission recommended that the City Council approve
the proposed two-year extension to provide proof that the remaining
CDBG grant funds totaling approximately $200,000 are sufficient to
cover the cost of the proposed improvements prior to commencement of
construction, and to acknowledge a change in the scope of the work
eliminating the need for the proposed second floor addition.
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(7) SUSPENSION OF THE NOISE ORDINANCE RELATING TO THE
SUSAN G. KOMEN FOUNDATION'S RACE FOR THE CURE
RUN/WALK, TO BE HELD ON AREA H ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27,
2005
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Acknowledge that the proposed Susan G. Komen Foundation's
Race for the Cure Run/Walk and the lifting of the Noise Ordinance are
categorically exempt under California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Guidelines Section 15023, Normal Operations of Facilities for Public
Gatherings; and
(2) Direct the City Attorney to prepare an ordinance to suspend the
hours of operation for amplified sound allowed by the City's Noise
Ordinance and a Notice of Exemption and hold first reading of same,
with respect to the proposed Susan G. Komen Foundation's Race for
the Cure to be held at Area H on Sunday, February 27, 2005 from
9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
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(8) AUTHORIZATION TO INCREASE THE AMOUNT OF CONTRACT NO.
18,408 WITH LINSCOTT, LAW & GREENSPAN ENGINEERS TO
PROVIDE ADDITIONAL TRAFFIC CONSULTANT SERVICES FOR
THE ROSE BOWL REHABILITATION PROJECT
Recommendation of City Manager: Authorize the City Manager to
amend Contract No. 18,408 with Linscott, Law & Greenspan Engineers
to provide additional traffic consultant services associated with the
preparation of the Rose Bowl Rehabilitation Project Environmental
Impact Report (EIR) in the amount of $18,500. The new total contract
amount will be $84,000.
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B. City Clerk
(1) Approval of Minutes - August 9, 2004
(2) Receive and file claims against the City of Pasadena
Claim No. 9650 State Farm Mutual Automobile $10,965.82
Insurance Company
Claim No. 9651 Daniel Ward 154.00
Claim No. 9652 Sunny Parisi 3,963.39
Claim No. 9653 Friendship Baptist Church Not Stated
Claim No. 9654 Francisco Rebollar 5,084.00
(3) Public Hearings Set
October 4, 2004, 8:00 p.m. - Hearing to Determine Various Defaults by
Altrio Communications, Inc. in the Performance of its Open Video
System Franchise Agreement with the City of Pasadena
October 18, 2004, 8:00 p.m. - Recognition and Proposed Utilization of
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Funds in Support of the Ongoing
Efforts of the Police Department Youth Accountability Board
October 18, 2004, 8:00 p.m. - Public Comment on the City of
Pasadena's Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report
(CAPER) July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004 for the Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Act (HOME),
Emergency Shelter Grant (ESG), and the Human Services Endowment
Fund (HSEF); and approval of the Needs Assessments and Program
Priorities for the CDBG/ESG/HSEF (2005 - 2006 Program Year)
5. REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES
A. Economic Development and Technology Committee
(1) SUPPORT OF CALIFORNIA'S PROGRAM TO REDUCE GLOBAL
WARMING POLLUTION FROM PASSENGER CARS AND LIGHT
TRUCKS
Recommendation of City Manager: It is recommended that City
Council:
(1) Support California's Program to Reduce Global Warming Pollution
from Passenger Cars and Light Trucks, and
(2) Authorize the Mayor to send a letter of support to the California Air
Resources Board.
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B. Finance Committee
(1) QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT - QUARTER ENDING JUNE 30,
2004
Recommendation of City Manager: The agenda report is for
information purposes only.
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(2) RECOGNITION AND APPROPRIATION OF $1,391,084 IN ANTI-
TERRORISM GRANT FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF TERRORISM
RESPONSE EQUIPMENT, SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS, TRAINING
AND REIMBURSEMENT OF COSTS RELATED TO THE "ORANGE"
ALERT DATED DECEMBER 21, 2003 THROUGH JANUARY 9, 2004
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Approve a journal voucher recognizing $1,366,283 in anti-terrorism
grant funds and appropriating these funds to the Fire Department Fiscal
Year 2005 Operating Budget Account No. 230-361000 for the purchase
of terrorism response equipment.
(2) Approve a journal voucher recognizing $24,801 in State Homeland
Security funds to the Police Department's 2005 Operating Budget under
Account No. 8130-101-401200 to be used for training of police
personnel specific to Weapons of Mass Destruction.
(3) Authorize the City Manager to enter into contracts, grant
agreements or related materials necessary for the Homeland Security
Grant Program.
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(3) APPROVAL OF JOURNAL VOUCHERS TO PROVIDE FUNDS FOR
THE INSTALLATION OF TRAFFIC SIGNALS AT ORANGE GROVE
BOULEVARD AND GARFIELD AVENUE
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Approve a journal voucher appropriating $32,400 from the Fair
Oaks/Orange Grove Specific Plan Transportation System Improvements
along Orange Grove Boulevard from Fund 7029-301 to Budget Account
No. 73129, Fair Oaks/Orange Grove Specific Plan.
(2) Approve a journal voucher recognizing and appropriating $67,600
of Unappropriated Street Occupancy Rental Charge Fees, Fund 6970-
301, to Budget Account No. 73129, Fair Oaks/Orange Grove Specific
Plan.
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(4) APPROVAL OF FY 2005 BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR VARIOUS
PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT PROGRAMS
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Approve journal vouchers adjusting various estimated revenues
and appropriations for grant funded programs in the Public Health
Department's fiscal year 2005 operating budget, as detailed in
Attachment A of the agenda report, for a net increase of $54,763;
(2) Approve the elimination of 1.00 Nutritionist, 1.00 Staff Assistant III
and 0.80 Senior Nutrition Aide from the Women, Infants and Children
(WIC) program and approve the addition of 1.00 Principal Operations
Specialist to the Black Infant Health (BIH) program, thereby decreasing
the Public Health Department total full time equivalents (FTE) from
94.94 to 93.14 FTEs.
(3) Appropriate $97,034 from the unappropriated Health Fund balance
and approve journal vouchers adjusting various estimated revenues and
appropriations in the FY 2005 operating budget to:
• Provide matching funds in the amount of $5,032 for a draw-down of
federal funding for the Black Infant Health (BIH) program; and
• Cover the $92,002 cost of severance pay and separation incentive
pay resulting from the elimination of 2.00 FTEs from the WIC
program and 1.00 FTE from the Substance Abuse Recovery
Program.
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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. PUBLIC HEARING: CALL FOR REVIEW OF MODIFICATION TO
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 4012, 485 S. GRAND AVE
Recommendation of City Manager: It is recommended that the City
Council:
(1) Acknowledge that this action is categorically exempt from the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and
(2) Uphold the decision of the Board of Zoning Appeals to deny the
modification to Conditional Use Permit No. 4012 application to allow the
previously approved 7'-2" setback to be reduced to 5'-4« ", and where the
proposed gross floor area in the Hillside Overlay District would exceed 4,000
square feet.
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B. PUBLIC HEARING: ADJUSTMENT OF THE RESIDENTIAL IMPACT FEE
Recommendation of City Manager: It is recommended that the City
Council, following the public hearing:
(1) Adopt a resolution to increase the Residential Impact Fee from $3,659
to $10,977 per unit;
(2) Approve the Residential Impact Fee to be moved from the "General Fee
Schedule" to the "Schedule of Taxes, Fees and Charges";
(3) Establish the following transition criteria for projects to which the current
Residential Impact Fee would apply:
(a) Any project which has submitted a complete set of plans for
building permits and paid all plan check fees prior to the adoption
of the Residential Impact Fee Resolution.
(4) Exempt Affordable Housing units from the fee increase.
Recommendation of Recreation and Parks Commission: On June 8,
2004, staff presented to the Recreation and Parks Commission a
recommendation to increase the Residential Impact Fee from $3,659 to
$10,977 per unit. The Commission recommends approval of the fee increase
to $19,743 per unit, which is the maximum amount allowable per the "Park
and Recreation Impact Fee Nexus Study."
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7. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
A. City Council
(1) RESIGNATION OF THOMAS SIEFERT FROM THE SANTA MONICA
MOUNTAINS CONSERVANCY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (Council
Appointee)
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(2) APPOINTMENT OF STEVEN SUNSHINE TO THE HISTORIC
PRESERVATION COMMISSION (South Oakland Landmark District
Nomination)
(3) RESIGNATION OF GERALDINE LEWIS FROM THE ACCESSIBILITY
AND DISABILITY COMMISSION (District 1 Nomination)
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B. City Manager (No items)
8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING
A. Approval of Minutes - August 9, 2004
9. ORDINANCES
A. First Reading:
(1) Conduct first reading of "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
PASADENA AMENDING TITLE 9 (PUBLIC PEACE, MORALS AND
WELFARE) OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE AND TITLE 16
(SUBDIVISIONS) WHICH SHALL BE KNOWN AS THE TENANT
PROTECTION ORDINANCE"
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B. Second Reading:
(1) Adopt "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING
VARIOUS SECTIONS OF CHAPTER 10.39 OF THE PASADENA
MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING A NEW SECTION 10.39.031
PROHIBITING VEHICLE SOLICITATION IN UNAUTHORIZED
LOCATIONS WITHIN COMMERCIAL PARKING AREAS" (Introduced
by Councilmember Gordo)
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10. INFORMATION ITEMS:
A. PREDEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW FOR THE PROPOSED
REHABILITATION OF THE ROSE BOWL STADIUM AND ITS
SURROUNDING FACILITIES FOR A NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
TEAM (To be heard at 7:30 p.m. or thereafter)
Recommendation of City Manager: This report is being provided for
information purposes only at this time.
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11. PUBLIC COMMENT (Continued)
12. CLOSED SESSIONS (Continued, if necessary)
13. ADJOURNMENT
SCHEDULED
COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND
TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE (Chair Steve
Madison,
Steve Haderlein, Paul Little, Victor Gordo)
Meets the third Monday of each
month at 4:15 p.m., Chamber Building, 117 East Colorado
Boulevard, Conference Room – 6th Floor
September 20, 2004
October 18, 2004
FINANCE COMMITTEE
(Chair Paul Little, Bill Bogaard, Joyce Streator, Sidney F. Tyler, Jr.)
Meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m., Chamber Building,
117 East
Colorado Boulevard, Conference Room – 4th Floor
September 20, 2004 (Special Meeting)
September 27, 2004
October 11, 2004
LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE
(Chair Bill Bogaard, Chris Holden, Sidney F. Tyler, Jr.)
Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 3:30 p.m., Chamber Building, 117 East
Colorado
Boulevard, Conference Room – 6th Floor
October 5, 2004
November 2, 2004
MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE
(Chair Sidney F. Tyler, Jr., Joyce Streator,
Steve Haderlein)
Meets the third Wednesday of each month at 2:00 p.m., 150 South Los
Robles Avenue,
Pasadena Water and Power Conference Room, 2nd Floor
September 29, 2004 (Special Meeting)
October 20, 2004
PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
(Chair Steve Haderlein, Steve Madison, Victor Gordo)
Meets the first and third Monday
of each month at 4:15 p.m., Chamber Building, 117 East
Colorado Boulevard, Conference Room – 6th Floor
September 20, 2004
October 4, 2004
FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING DATES
October 4, 2004
October 11, 2004
October 18, 2004
October 25, 2004
November 1, 2004
November 8, 2004
November 15, 2004
November 22, 2004
November 29, 2004 (To be cancelled)
December 6, 2004
December 13, 2004
December 20, 2004
December 27, 2004 (To be cancelled)
FUTURE PUBLIC HEARINGS AND APPEALS:
October 4, 2004, 8:00 p.m. - Amendment to
PD-11 - Expansion of Self Storage
October 4, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
-Hearing to Determine Various Defaults by Altrio Communications,
Inc. in the Performance of its Open Video System Franchise Agreement with the
City of Pasadena
October 18, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
- Recognition and Proposed Utilization of Local Law Enforcement
Block Grant Funds in Support of the Ongoing Efforts of the Police Department
Youth Accountability
Board
October 18, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
- Public Comment on the City of Pasadena’s Consolidated Annual
Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) July 1, 2003 - June 30, 2004) for the
Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investment Partnership Act (HOME),
Emergency Shelter
Grant (ESG), and the Human Services Endowment Fund (HSEF); and approval of the
Needs
Assessments and Program Priorities for the CDBG/ESG/HSEF (2005 - 2006 Program
Year)
November 15, 2004, 8:00 p.m.
- Continued Applicant Appeal of City Manager’s Decision to Deny
Request for a Renewal of a Massage License for Ms. Wei-Qing Li Seamone
(applicant)