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PURSUANT TO EXECUTIVE ORDER N-29-20 ISSUED BY GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ON MARCH 17, 2020, THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING FOR AUGUST 24, 2020 AT 2:00 P.M. WILL TAKE PLACE SOLELY BY VIDEOCONFERENCE/TELECONFERENCE.

In order to facilitate public participation at meetings held solely by electronic means, the City will accept public comment in the following manner:

1. Members of the public may submit comments of any length up to two hours prior to the start of the meeting, at the following email address:  
correspondence@cityofpasadena.net

Please be aware that, while these comments will be provided to the members of the body and will become part of the meeting record, they will not be read aloud. Any comment submitted in this fashion will be forwarded to the legislative body prior to the start of the meeting.

2.  During the meeting, members of the public may submit up to 200 words regarding items on the agenda, at the following webpage:
www.cityofpasadena.net/city-clerk/public-comment

If you wish your comments to be read aloud during the meeting, please indicate so on the form. If you submit more than one form, only the first one received will be read aloud.  The City reserves the right to summarize comments if necessary for the orderly and timely flow of the meeting. All comments in their entirety will become part of the meeting record and will be forwarded to the legislative body.

3. If assistance is needed by phone, please call the City Clerk’s Office at: (626) 744-4124.

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AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AT (626) 744-4124 OR
CITYCLERK@CITYOFPASADENA.NET.

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DE ACUERDO CON LA ORDEN EJECUTIVA N-29-20 EMITIDO POR EL GOBERNADOR
GAVIN NEWSOM EL 17 DE MARZO DE 2020, LA REUNIÓN ESPECIAL DEL CONSEJO DE LA CIUDAD PARA EL 24 DE AGOSTO DE 2020 A las 2:00 P.M. SE EFECTUARÁ SOLAMENTE POR VIDEOCONFERENCIA/TELECONFERENCIA.

Con el fin de facilitar la participación del público en las reuniones celebradas únicamente por medios electrónicos, la Ciudad aceptará comentario público de la siguiente manera:

1. El público podrá presentar comentarios de cualquier duración hasta dos horas antes del inicio de la reunión, al siguiente correo electrónico:
correspondence@cityofpasadena.net

Favor de tomar en cuenta que, si bien estos comentarios se proporcionarán a los miembros del consejo y serán parte los récords de la reunión, no se leerán en voz alta. Cualquier comentario presentado de esta manera se remitirá al órgano legislativo antes del inicio de la reunión.

2. Durante la reunión, el público podrá presentar hasta 200 palabras con respecto a los puntos en el orden del día en la siguiente página web:
www.cityofpasadena.net/city-clerk/public-comment 

Si desea que sus comentarios sean leídos en voz alta durante la reunión, indíquelo en el formulario. Si envía más de un formulario, sólo se leerá en voz alta el primero que se reciba. La alcaldía se reserva el derecho de resumir los comentarios si es necesario para el flujo ordenado y oportuno de la reunión. Todos los comentarios en su totalidad pasarán a ser parte del acta de la reunión, y se remitirán al órgano legislativo.

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SPECIAL MEETING
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY
TO THE PASADENA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

AUGUST 24, 2020
Public Meeting: 2:00 P.M.
Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall
100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249

PUBLIC MEETING – 2:00 P.M. 
ROLL CALL, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE, AND CEREMONIAL MATTERS

 

PUBLIC COMMENT LIMITED TO ITEMS ON THIS SPECIAL MEETING AGENDA AND WILL BE HEARD AT THE TIME THE ITEM IS CONSIDERED

 

CONSENT CALENDAR
(The Consent Calendar consists of routine items which will be approved by one motion and one vote unless removed for separate discussion.)

City Manager/Executive Director  

1.      RECOGNIZE AND APPROPRIATE $1,966,000 TO THE FISCAL YEAR 2021 PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT OPERATING BUDGET AND INCREASE THE DEPARTMENTAL PERSONNEL ALLOCATION BY 6.0 FULL-TIME EQUIVALENT (FTE) FOR THE COVID-19 EPIDEMIOLOGY AND LABORATORY CAPACITY (ELC) PROGRAM
Recommendation:
It is recommended that the City Council:
(1)    Find that the proposed action is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), and 15378, as the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment;
(2)    Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Los Angeles County to accept and administer federal grant funds on behalf of the City of Pasadena to expand epidemiology, surveillance, and testing capacity to combat COVID-19;
(3)    Adopt a resolution establishing new classifications and setting salary control rates for Public Health Nurse Manager and Epidemiologist Analyst; and
(4)    Amend the Fiscal Year 2021 Public Health Department operating budget by recognizing and appropriating $1,966,000 in Los Angeles County grant pass-through funding from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and increase the departmental personnel allocation by 6.0 new full-time equivalent (FTE) limited-term grant-funded positions.

1492k

            RESOLUTION 134k

            SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

            CORRESPONDENCE 284k

            PUBLIC COMMENT 166k

2.      ADOPT A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CANCELLING THE CITY MANAGER’S FOURTH SUPPLEMENT TO THE DECLARATION OF A LOCAL EMERGENCY AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO REINSTATE PROVISIONS OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE BANNING PLASTIC CARRYOUT BAGS
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
(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 15061(b)(3), the Common Sense Exemption that CEQA only applies to projects that may have an effect on the environment; and
(2)
      Direct the City Manager to reinstate the requirements set forth in the Pasadena Municipal Code banning plastic carryout bags; and
(3)
      Adopt a resolution of the City Council of the City of Pasadena Cancelling the City Manager’s Fourth Supplement to the Declaration of a Local Emergency and Reinstating the Provisions of the Pasadena Municipal Code Banning to Plastic Carryout Bags.

654k

           RESOLUTION 233k           

            SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

            CORRESPONDENCE 294k

            PUBLIC COMMENT 446k

City Council

City Clerk/Secretary

3.      APPROVAL OF MINUTES        

June 22, 2020

City Council

 June 22, 2020

Successor Agency to the Pasadena Community Development Commission

 June 29, 2020

City Council

June 29, 2020

Successor Agency to the Pasadena Community Development Commission

July 6, 2020

City Council

July 6, 2020

Successor Agency to the Pasadena Community Development Commission

July 13, 2020

City Council

July 13, 2020

Successor Agency to the Pasadena Community Development Commission

4.      RECEIVE AND FILE CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY OF PASADENA

Claim No. 13,595

Blue Hill Specialty Insurance Company as subrogee for UBER TECH INCP23

$                4,945.82

Claim No. 13,596

Manibog Law PC, representing  Sara Moreno

                25,000.00+

Claim No. 13,597

Ed Kanouse

                     768.00

5.      PUBLIC HEARING SET           

            September 14, 2020, 2:00 p.m. Declaration of Surplus Properties located at 78 N. Marengo Ave and 280 Ramona Street 

OLD BUSINESS: 

 6.      CREATION OF A COMMUNITY POLICE OVERSIGHT COMMISSION AND AN INDEPENDENT AUDITOR
 Recommendation:
It is recommended that the City Council direct the City Attorney to prepare and return with an ordinance amending the Pasadena Municipal Code, within 30 days, establishing a Community Police Oversight Commission and an Independent Auditor function as described in the Background section of the agenda report.



SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

CORRESPONDENCE 80k

CORRESPONDENCE PART 2 1735k

CORRESPONDENCE PART 3 2083kk

CORRESPONDENCE PART 4 2201k

         CORRESPONDENCE PART 5 1297k

PUBLIC COMMENT 442k

         PUBLIC COMMENT PART 2 1735k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 3 1717k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 4 1856k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 5 1665k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 6 1767k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 7 1807k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 8 1698k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 9 1675k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 10 2185k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 11 1827k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 12 2017k 

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 13 2051k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 14 1971k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 15  2089k

        PUBLIC COMMENT PART 16 831k

 

REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES

Economic Development and Technology Committee

Finance Committee

Legislative Policy Committee

Municipal Services Committee

Public Safety Committee

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS

City Manager

City Council

ORDINANCES                     

First Reading:

Second Reading:

7.      Adopt “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING TITLE 6, CHAPTER 6.16 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ELIMINATE DOG LICENSE FEE PRORATION” (Introduced by Councilmember McAustin)

       

        ORDINANCE

CLOSED SESSION                                                                                          

A.       CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8)
Property: 280 Ramona Street (APN 5723-018-910) and 78 N. Marengo Avenue (APNs 5723-026-902, 5723-026-903 and 5723-026-900)
Agency negotiator: Steve Mermell
Negotiating parties: Abode Communities; a joint venture of East to West Development Corporation and HDS Group, LLC; National Community Renaissance of California; HRI Properties with Bridge Housing Corporation; and Edgewood Realty Partners, LLC with Abode Communities
Under negotiation: Price and terms of payment

 

ADJOURNMENT                                                                                              

SCHEDULED
COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE (Chair Victor Gordo, Tyron Hampton, Steve Madison, Andy Wilson) Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S245/S246 (Council Conference Room, 2nd Floor)

September 15, 2020

October 20, 2020

November 17, 2020

FINANCE COMMITTEE (Chair Mayor Terry Tornek, Victor Gordo, John J. Kennedy, 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 Chamber, 2nd floor)

August 24, 2020 (To be cancelled)

September 10, 2020 (Special meeting to commence at 2:00 p.m.)

September 14, 2020 (To be cancelled)

LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE (Chair Terry Tornek, Steve Madison, Gene Masuda) Meets the fourth Tuesday of each month at 6:00 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S245/S246 (Fair Oaks Conference Room S039)

August 25, 2020 (To be cancelled)

September 22, 2020 (Special meeting to commence at 1:30 p.m.)

October 27, 2020

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

August 25, 2020 (To be cancelled)

September 8, 2020 (To be cancelled)

September 22, 2020

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE (Chair John J. Kennedy, Tyron Hampton, Steve Madison, Terry Tornek) Meets the first Monday of each month at 4:15 p.m. and the third Wednesday of each month at 6:00 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (Council Chamber, 2nd Floor)

September 7, 2020 (To be cancelled)

September 16, 2020

October 5, 2020

 

 

FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING DATES

 

August 31, 2020 (To be cancelled)

September 7, 2020 (To be cancelled)

September 14, 2020

September 21, 2020

September 28, 2020 (To be cancelled)

October 5, 2020

October 12, 2020 (To be cancelled)

October 19, 2020

October 26, 2020

November 2, 2020 (To be cancelled)

November 9, 2020

November 16, 2020

November 23, 2020

November 30, 2020 (To be cancelled)

December 7, 2020 (Organizational Meeting of the City Council)

December 14, 2020

FUTURE PUBLIC HEARING:

September 14, 2020, 2:00 p.m. – Declaration of Surplus Properties located at 78 N. Marengo Ave and 280 Ramona Street

October 5, 2020, 2:00 p.m. – Submittal of Public Housing Agency Five-Year Plan (2020-2025) and Annual Plan (2020) to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

October 19, 2020, 2:00 p.m. Continued Public Hearing: Zoning Code Amendment: Update to Single-Family Residential Standards (Mansionization)

 

 

COMMISSION VACANCIES