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 AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL AND
THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
PASADENA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
FEBRUARY 25, 2013 

Closed Sessions 5:30 P.M.
Public Meeting 6:30 P.M.
Public Hearings 7:00 P.M.
Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall
100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249 

 A.        CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING
             ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
             Initiation of litigation pursuant Government Code Section 54956.9(c)
             (One potential case) 

B.        CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(a) regarding pending litigation
Name of Case: Allstate v. City of Pasadena
Case No.: GC 049376 

C.        CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS pursuant to
Government Code Section 54957.6
Agency Designated Representatives: Kristi Recchia and Michael J. Beck
Employee Organization:  Pasadena Police Sergeants Association (PPSA)  

 

 

 City Manager/Executive Director

1.         ADOPTION OF A RESOLUTION AMENDING THE NON-REPRESENTED MANAGEMENT SALARY RESOLUTION TO ESTABLISH COMPENSATION FOR NEWLY ESTABLISHED CLASSIFICATIONS
Recommendation: 
(1)     Amend the Non-Represented Management Salary Resolution to establish new classifications and related salaries; and
(2)     Amend the Fiscal Year Operating Budget to include 1.0 FTE for a new position titled 311 Call Center Manager in the Department of Public Works, Administration Division (101-761000/301-761100).  

163k

2.         RESOLUTION APPROVING TWO PROGRAM SUPPLEMENT AGREEMENTS TO ADMINISTERING AGENCY-STATE AGREEMENT NO. 07-5064R, FOR FAIR OAKS AVENUE/COLORADO BOULEVARD AND LAKE AVENUE/MOUNTAIN STREET, AND FOR PASADENA AVENUE/SR 210 WEST-BOUND (WB) ON-RAMP AT WALNUT STREET
Recommendation: 
(1)     Find the project proposed herein to be categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with Section 15301 (Class 1), Subsection (c).  This exemption includes minor alterations of existing public facilities (including streets) involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination, and there are no environmental reviews;
(2)     Authorize the City Manager to execute two Program Supplement Agreements for Fair Oaks Avenue/Colorado Boulevard and Lake Avenue/Mountain Street, and for the Pasadena Avenue/SR 210 WB On-Ramp at Walnut Street; and
(3)     Adopt a resolution approving the two Program Supplement Agreements Nos. 089-N and 090-N to Administrating Agency-State Agreement No. 07-5064R between the City of Pasadena and the State of California, for State reimbursement of costs for Fair Oaks Avenue/Colorado Boulevard and Lake Avenue/Mountain Street, and for Pasadena Avenue/SR 210 WB On-Ramp at Walnut Street, Federal-Aid Project Nos. HSIPL-5064(074) and HSIPL-5064(075), respectfully. 

            258k

3.         ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO CLOSE THE SOUTH 74 FEET OF MICHENER ALLEY
Recommendation: 
(1)     Find that the closure of the south 74 feet of Michener Alley is categorically exempt from California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) in accordance with Article 19, Section 15301, existing facilities; and
(2)     Adopt a resolution to close the south 74 feet of Michener Alley pursuant to Section 21102.1 of the California Vehicle Code. 

  480k

4.         AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH MRV OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED $244,155 FOR WDM (wavelength-division multiplexing) LIFECYCLE REPLACEMENT EQUIPMENT FOR THE CITY’S FIBER OPTIC RING
Recommendation: 
(1)     Find that the following proposed actions are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), general rule;
(2)     Authorize the City Manager to enter into a purchase order contract with MRV Optical Communications Systems for the purchase of WDM (wavelength-division multiplexing) lifecycle replacement equipment for the City’s fiber optic ring network in an amount not to exceed $244,155.  Competitive bidding is not required pursuant to City Charter Article X Section 1002(F), contracts for professional or unique services; and
(3)     Grant the proposed contract an exemption from the competitive bidding 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 interest are served. 

               264k

5.         FINANCE COMMITTEE:  QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT – QUARTER ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2012
Recommendation:  This report is for information purposes only.  

  346k

QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT_PART 1   1036k
QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT_PART 2    882k

6.         FINANCE COMMITTEE:  AUTHORIZATION TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH CELPLAN TECHNOLOGIES, INC., FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM IN THE JAIL AND PROPERTY SECTIONS OF THE POLICE DEPARTMENT AND AMENDMENT TO THE FY 2013 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET
Recommendation: 
(1)     Find that the proposed contract is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15061(b)(3);
(2)     Amend the Fiscal Year 2013 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget to include a new project in the Technology Projects Section entitled “Video Surveillance System Project”;
(3)     Appropriate $350,000 to the new Video Surveillance System Project and decrease appropriations in the Police Department operating budget account 8504-207-401500 in the amount of $350,000; and
(4)     Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract without competitive bidding pursuant to City Charter Section 1002(F), contracts for professional or unique services, with CelPlan Technologies, Inc., for an amount not to exceed $450,000. 

  390k

7.         FINANCE COMMITTEE:  REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION RELATED TO THE ELECTRIC SYSTEM
Recommendation:  It is recommended that the City Council adopt a resolution declaring the City’s intention to reimburse itself from the proceeds of one or more tax-exempt financings for certain expenditures made and/or to be made in connection with the acquisition, construction, and equipping of certain capital improvements. 

   346k

8.         FINANCE COMMITTEE:  AMENDMENT TO FISCAL YEAR 2013 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET AND APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR THE PURCHASE OF NEW STUDIO EQUIPMENT FOR PASADENA COMMUNITY ACCESS CORPORATION
Recommendation: 
(1)       Find that the proposed action is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3);
(2)       Amend the Fiscal Year 2013 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget to include a new project in the Technology Projects section entitled “PCAC equipment replacement project”; and
(3)       Appropriate $493,000 from the unappropriated fund balance of Fund 408 Telecommunications Fund to the new capital project and increase appropriations in Fund 408 by the same amount. 

   269k

City Council 

9.         APPOINTMENT OF CYNTHIA KURTZ AS THE CITY’S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
Recommendation:  It is recommended that the City Council approve and consent to the Mayor’s appointment of Cynthia Kurtz as the City’s representative on the Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for a term ending December 31, 2016, subject to possible future reappointment at the expiration of the term. 

  52k

City Clerk/Secretary 

10.      RECEIVE AND FILE CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY OF PASADENA

          

Claim No. 11,854	Carol Lee	Not stated
Claim No. 11,855	Jackie Horrick	$3,119.16
Claim No. 11,856	Maria Lucero	Not stated
Claim No. 11,857	Staci Hardy	408.82
Claim No. 11,858	Wendy Nash	101.13
Claim No. 11,859	Talar Gurunian	Not stated
Claim No. 11,860	Nim-Fong Chan	Not stated
Claim No. 11,861	Arnaldo G. Delgado	21,500.00
Claim No. 11,862	Raymond Gonzales	9,509.84

11.       PUBLIC HEARING SET 

April 8, 2013, 7:00 p.m. – Public Hearing to approve and authorize the submittal of the Analysis of Impediments to Fair Housing Choice/Fair Housing Plan to the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

 

 

 Economic Development and Technology Committee 

Finance Committee 

Legislative Policy Committee 

Municipal Services Committee 

Public Safety Committee 

Reports from Representatives 

12.       PUBLIC HEARING:  AMENDMENT TO PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.75 TO ALLOW HISTORIC DISTRICTS LISTED IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES TO HAVE A VOTING REPRESENTATIVE ON THE HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION
Recommendation: 
(1)    Find that the proposed code amendment is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), general rule;
(2)    Direct the City Clerk to file a Notice of Exemption with the County Recorder;
(3)    Find that the proposed amendment is in conformance with the goals, policies, and objectives of the General Plan;
(4)    Find that the proposed amendment would not be detrimental to the public interest, health, safety, convenience, or general welfare of the City;
(5)    Approve the proposed amendment to Pasadena Municipal Code (PMC) Chapter 2.75 to allow historic districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places to have a voting representative on the Historic Preservation Commission; and
(6)    Direct the City Attorney’s office to prepare an ordinance codifying this amendment and return within 60 days for first reading. 
Recommendation of Historic Preservation Commission:  At a public meeting on November 5, 2012, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended that the City Council approve the proposed amendment to PMC Chapter 2.75 to allow historic districts listed in the National Register of Historic Places to have a voting representative on the Historic Preservation Commission. 

  1181k

13.       PUBLIC HEARING: DESIGNATION OF 182 SOUTH ORANGE GROVE BOULEVARD AS A HISTORIC MONUMENT
Recommendation: 
(1)    Find that the designation of a historic resource is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Section 15308, Class 8 – Actions by Regulatory Agencies for Protection of the Environment;
(2)    Acknowledge that the house and its surrounding landscape architecture was evaluated in the Ambassador West Project Final Environmental Impact Report (FEIR), and that the structure and site features recommended for designation in this report were found to be historically significant in the FEIR;
(3)    Find that the house at 182 South Orange Grove Boulevard meets historic monument designation Criterion C in the Pasadena Municipal Code (PMC) Section 17.62.040 as a regionally significant, exceptional example of an Arts and Crafts period house in the Tudor Revival style from 1902, and is an exceptional representation of the work of the regionally significant architect Frederick L. Roehrig;
(4)    Find that the landscape architecture features at 182 South Orange Grove Boulevard meet designation Criterion C because they have integral features of the landscape design for Ambassador College Campus Mall (or Great Lawn) designed by EDAW, a noted landscape architecture firm;

            (5)    Approve the designation of the property at 182 South Orange Grove Boulevard as a Historic Monument;
(6)    Adopt the attached resolution approving a Declaration of Historic Monument Designation for 182 South Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, California;
(7)    Authorize the Mayor to execute the attached Declaration of Historic Monument Designation for 182 South Orange Grove Boulevard, Pasadena, California; and
(8)    Direct the City Clerk to record the declaration with the Los Angeles County Recorder.
Recommendation of Historic Preservation Commission:  On Monday, November 5, 2012, the Historic Preservation Commission recommended that the City Council approve the designation of the property at 182 South Orange Grove Boulevard as a Historic Monument under Criterion C of PMC Section 17.62.040.  

  703k

ATTACHMENT A   1335k
ATTACHMENTS B THRU E  1895k
ATTACHMENT F   355801k

City Manager: 

14.       AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING THE APPROVAL OF NEW RECYCLING FACILITIES, THE EXPANSION OR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, AND THE RESUMPTION OF DISCONTINUED LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS FOR RECYCLING CENTERS
(See related Item 15)
Recommendation: 
(1)    Find that the proposed interim ordinance is categorically exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15262, because the interim ordinance will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment and because the project involves only feasibility or planning studies for possible future actions which the City has not approved, adopted, or funded, and does not involve adoption of a plan that will have a legally binding effect on later activities;
(2)    Find that the proposed moratorium is consistent with the objectives and policies of the General Plan;
(3)    Find that (a) there is a current and immediate threat to public health, safety and welfare because continued approval of new, the expansion or modification of existing, and the resumption of discontinued legal nonconforming status recycling facilities would have adverse impacts on the public health, safety, or welfare pursuant to the standards and policies set forth in the General Plan, and

            (b) the proposed interim ordinance is necessary to avoid these adverse impacts;

            (4)    Adopt an interim urgency ordinance temporarily prohibiting the approval of new recycling facilities, the expansion or modification of existing facilities, and the resumption of discontinued legal nonconforming status for recycling facilities; and
(5)    Provide direction to staff regarding a permanent ordinance regulating recycling facilities. 

               575k

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

CORRESPONDENCE 33k

 First Reading:   

15.       Conduct first reading of “AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA TEMPORARILY PROHIBITING THE APPROVAL OF NEW RECYCLING FACILITIES, THE EXPANSION OR MODIFICATION OF EXISTING FACILITIES, AND THE RESUMPTION OF DISCONTINUED LEGAL NONCONFORMING STATUS FOR RECYCLING FACILITIES” 

    269k

Second Reading:  None 

 16.      PREDEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW OF PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT PROJECT LOCATED AT 254 EAST UNION STREET
Recommendation:  This report is intended to provide information to the City Council, no action is required. 

   500k

 PPR PLANS   4635k