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AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
MAY 17, 2010
 

Closed Session 5:30 P.M.
Public Meeting 6:30 P.M.
Public Hearing 7:30 P.M.
Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall
100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249
 

Please note that a special joint meeting of the Finance Committee and the City Council

will be held at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Room S249, to discuss the City Manager's Recommended Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Budget and Fiscal Year 2011-2015 Capital Improvement Program.

A.        CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Negotiator: Karyn Ezell
Employee Organizations: Pasadena Association of Clerical and Technical     Employees/Laborers International Union of North America, Local 777; American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, Local 858;  Pasadena Fire Fighters Association; Pasadena Firefighters Management Association; Pasadena Management Association; Pasadena Police Officers Association; Pasadena Police Sergeants Association; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 18; International Union of Operating Engineers, Local 501; Service Employees International Union, Local 347; and all Unrepresented Employees   

B.        CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Negotiators: Karyn Ezell, Arthur Chavez
Employee Organization: Pasadena Fire Fighters Association  

 

 

1.         AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT NO. 19,703 WITH ARNOLD AND WALTERS TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANTS, FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT SERVICES
Recommendation:
(1)    Find that the contract extension is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3);
(2)    Authorize a six-month contract extension to Contract No. 19,703 with Arnold and Walters Telecommunications Consultants, for telecommunications engineering and construction management services for a total not to exceed amount of $109,000.  Competitive bidding is not required, pursuant to City Charter Section 1002(F), contracts for professional or unique services; and
(3)    Grant the proposed contract extension an exemption from the competitive selection process of the Competitive Bidding and Purchasing Ordinance, pursuant to Pasadena Municipal Code Section 4.08.049(B), contracts for which the City’s best interests are served. 

972k

2.         AUTHORIZE THE ISSUANCE OF A PURCHASE ORDER WITH GBA MASTER SERIES, INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF AN ASSET MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $155,540
Recommendation: 
(1)    Find that this action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section15061(b)(3), the General Rule that CEQA only applies to projects that may have an effect on the environment; and
(2)    Authorize the issuance of a purchase order to GBA Master Series, Inc., (gbaMS), for an Asset Maintenance Management System in an amount not to exceed $155,540, without competitive bidding, pursuant to Section 1002(F) of the City Charter, professional or unique services. 

977k

3.         CONTRACT AWARD TO GREEN GIANT LANDSCAPE, INC., FOR VILLA PARKE SYNTHETIC SOCCER FIELD FOR AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $435,000
Recommendation:  
(1)    Find that the project is categorically exempt from environmental review, Section 21084, California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15302, Replacement or Reconstruction.  The replacement of an existing turf athletic field with a new field of similar type, size, purpose and capacity; and
(2)    Accept the bid, dated May 4, 2010, submitted by Green Giant Landscape, Inc., in response to the specifications for Villa Parke Synthetic Soccer Field; reject all bids received; and authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract not to exceed $435,000. 

826k

4.         EXTENSION OF LEASE TERM FOR THE FOOTHILL WORKFORCE INVESTMENT BOARD AT 1207 EAST GREEN STREET, CONTRACT NO. 16,669
Recommendation: 
(1)    Find that the leasing of 1207 East Green Street from the State of California for occupancy by the Foothill Workforce Investment Board (FWIB) is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301, Existing Facilities; and
(2)    Authorize the City Manager to execute a five-year lease, incorporating the terms and conditions generally described in the agenda report, with the State of California for the City to continue leasing a portion of the building located at 1207 East Green Street for the FWIB, and any other documents necessary to carry out the lease. 

687k

5.         AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH PURETEC INDUSTRIAL WATER, INC., TO PROVIDE THE WATER CONDITIONING SYSTEM INSPECTION, MONITORING, AND MAINTENANCE SERVICES FOR THE GLENARM AND BROADWAY POWER PLANTS
Recommendation:
(1)    Find that the action proposed in the agenda report is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15301 (Existing Facilities);
(2)    Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Puretec Industrial Water, Inc., to provide Water Conditioning System Inspection, Monitoring and Maintenance Services for the Glenarm and Broadway Power Plants for an amount not to exceed $182,000 over a three-year period; and
(3)    Authorize the City Manager to extend the contract for one additional two-year period with price adjustment tied to the Consumer Price Index in the Los Angeles-Riverside-Orange County areas.
The proposed contract is exempt from competitive bidding pursuant to City Charter Section 1002 (F), contracts for professional or unique services.        

770k      

6.         JOINT ACTION: APPROVE FUNDING FOR THE ACQUISITION FOR HISTORIC PRESERVATION PURPOSES OF THE REAL PROPERTY LOCATED AT 78 NORTH MARENGO AVENUE, AND FURTHER IDENTIFIED AS LOS ANGELES COUNTY TAX ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBERS 5723-026-028 AND 029
Recommendation:  It is recommended that the Pasadena Community Development Commission (PCDC) and the City Council: 
(1)    Approve a journal voucher appropriating $3.20 million from PCDC Downtown Capital Fund (801) unreserved fund balance to partially fund the acquisition of property located at 78 North Marengo Avenue, (YWCA), identified as Los Angeles County Tax Assessor’s parcel numbers 5723-026-028 and 029 for a public purpose, namely, historic preservation;
(2)    Approve a journal voucher appropriating $3.23 million from PCDC Old Pasadena Capital Fund (805) plus other acquisition costs as interest expense due the General Fund on Reimbursement and Repayment Agreement Number 5672 dated November 17, 1986; and recognize same amount in the General Fund as interest earned on PCDC advances; and
(3)    Appropriate $3.23 million plus other acquisition costs from the General Fund unreserved fund balance to purchase the YWCA property described above. 
Recommendation of the Community Development Committee: At its regularly scheduled meeting of May 13, 2010, the Community Development Committee recommended that the Pasadena Community Development Commission approve the funding for the real property located at 78 North Marengo Avenue.  

527k

7.         APPROVAL OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE CITY OF PASADENA AND THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES
INTERNATIONAL UNION, LOCAL 347 FOR THE TERM APRIL 27, 2010 THROUGH APRIL 26, 2011
Recommendation:
Approve a successor Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Pasadena and the Service Employees International Union, Local 347 (SEIU), for a one-year term covering the period April 27, 2010 through April 26, 2011.         

340k

City Clerk/Secretary 

8.         RECEIVE AND FILE CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY OF PASADENA 

Claim No. 11,107	Samuel Arellano	$80.00
Claim No. 11,108	Victor Jaime	Not Stated
Claim No. 11,109	Christopher Sutton, Attorney for Edmund Fry and Mary Fry dba Rose Tree Tea Cottage	43,222.41
Claim No. 11,110	Paris Phifer	1,200.00

9.          PUBLIC HEARINGS SET 

May 24, 2010, 7:30 P.M. – Proposed Street Name Change from Titley Avenue to Kinneloa Avenue

June 7, 2010, 7:30 P.M. – Call for Review of a Design Commission Decision  to the City Council Regarding an Application for Concept Design Review at 680 East Colorado Boulevard, PLN2009-00450 for the IDS Playhouse Plaza Project

 

 

Economic Development and Technology Committee

Finance Committee 

Legislative Policy Committee 

Municipal Services Committee 

Public Safety Committee 

Reports from Representatives 

10.      CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING:  CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDED FISCAL YEAR 2011 OPERATING BUDGET AND FISCAL YEAR 2011- 2015 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM
Recommendation:  Receive public comment and continue the public hearing to each subsequent regular meeting of the City Council at 7:30 p.m. until June 21, 2010, or such other later date as the City Council may determine, and at which time the City Council will be asked to close the public hearing and formally adopt the Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Budget and the Fiscal Year 2011-2015 Capital Improvement Program Budget.  

3524k

Recommended Fiscal Year 2011 Operating Budget

Capital Improvement Program

City Manager 

11.      FINAL GENERAL PLAN OUTREACH SUMMARY REPORT
Recommendation:  Accept the Final General Plan Outreach Summary Report and Appendix as documentation of Phase I of the community participation process and as the foundation from which the next phase of the General Plan Update will proceed. 

948k

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

CORRESPONDENCE  363k

OUTREACH SUMMARY REPORT Part 1 4503k

OUTREACH SUMMARY REPORT Part 2 5361k

12.      STRATEGIC PLAN UPDATE
Recommendation:  Adopt the six-month strategic objectives for the period of April 30, 2010 through November 1, 2010 (Attachment A of the agenda report). 

2951k

City Council 

13.      CONSIDERATION OF POSSIBLE CITY COUNCIL ACTION IN REGARD TO STATE OF ARIZONA SENATE BILL 1070 RELATING TO THE ENFORCEMENT OF FEDERAL IMMIGRATION LAWS (Vice Mayor Gordo) 

COVER MEMO  139k

ATTACHMENTS 1 thru 3 5285k

ATTACHMENTS 4 thru 6 1253k

ATTACHMENTS 7 thru 9 1972k

            SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

CORRESPONDENCE  699k

First Reading:    

14.      Conduct first reading of “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING TITLES 3 AND 4 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE TO UPDATE THE LIST OF PARKS AND OPEN SPACE AREAS ON WHICH RESIDENTIAL IMPACT FEES MAY BE EXPENDED (ANNANDALE CANYON PARK)” 

674k

Second Reading:   

15.      Adopt “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING TITLE 17 (THE ZONING CODE) TO REMOVE CERTAIN EXEMPTIONS TO PUBLIC ART REQUIREMENT” (Introduced by Councilmember Holden) 

650k

16.      Adopt “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING CHAPTER 2.65 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE, REPEALING THE SUNSET CLAUSE FOR THE COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN” (Introduced by Councilmember Robinson) 

397k

17.      CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP ON BROADBAND AND FIBER OPTICS
Recommendation: This report is submitted for information only. 

839k

ATTACHMENTS A & B 865k

 
SCHEDULED
COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE (Chair Victor Gordo, Steve Madison, Jacque Robinson, Terry Tornek)
Meets the first Wednesday of each month at 5:30 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S245/S246 (Council Conference Room, 2^nd Floor)

June 2, 2010

July 7, 2010

August 4, 2010

FINANCE COMMITTEE (Chair Chris Holden, Victor Gordo, Steve Haderlein, Margaret McAustin)
Meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m., 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (City Hall Council Chambers, 2^nd floor)

May 17, 2010 (Special joint budget meeting with City Council at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers)

May 24, 2010 (Special joint budget meeting with City Council at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers)

June 7, 2010 (Special joint budget meeting with City Council at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers)

LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE (Chair Bill Bogaard, Steve Madison, Jacque Robinson)
Meets the third Wednesday of each month at 8:15 a.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S039 (Fair Oaks Conference Room, Basement)

May 19, 2010

June 16, 2010

July 21, 2010

MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE (Chair Margaret McAustin, Bill Bogaard, Terry Tornek)
Meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (Council Chambers, 2^nd Floor)

May 25, 2010

June 8, 2010

June 22, 2010

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE (Chair Steve Haderlein, Steve Madison, Margaret McAustin, Jacque Robinson)
Meets the first Monday of each month at 4:15 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S038 (City Hall Grand Conference Room, Basement)

June 7, 2010

July 5, 2010 (To be cancelled)

August 2, 2010