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PUBLIC COMMENT INSTRUCTIONS

INSTRUCCIONES PARA COMENTARIOS PÚBLICOS

AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL AND
THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
PASADENA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
APRIL 14, 2025
Closed Session: 5:00 P.M.
Public Meeting: 6:00 P.M.
Public Hearings: 6:00 P.M.
Council Chamber, Pasadena City Hall
100 North Garfield Avenue, Room S249

A.     CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding pending litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
         Name of Case: Protich v. City of Pasadena, et al.
         Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No.: 22AHCV01222

ACTION: ITEM DISCUSSED; NO REPORTABLE ACTION AT THIS TIME

B.     CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL regarding pending litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)
         Name of Case: Harrell, C. v. City of Pasadena
         Los Angeles County Superior Court Case No.: 20STCV06887

ACTION: ITEM DISCUSSED; NO REPORTABLE ACTION AT THIS TIME

City Manager/Executive Director 

1.      AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH BRAUN NORTHWEST INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF THREE (3) 2026 NORTH STAR 171-1 AMBULANCES FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT-
         TO-EXCEED $1,406,939 (Fire Dept.)
         Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
         (1)         Find that the recommended actions in the agenda report are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines per Section 15061(b)(3), the “Common Sense” exemption that
         CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment;
         (2)         Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with Braun Northwest Inc., for the purchase of three (3) 2026 North Star 171-1 Ambulances in an amount not-to-exceed $1,406,939. Competitive price bidding is not required
         pursuant to the City Charter Section, 1002(H) Contracts with other governmental entities or their contractors for labor, materials, supplies, or services; and
         (3)         Grant the recommended contract an exemption from the Competitive Selection process pursuant to Pasadena Municipal Code Section 4.08.049(B), contracts for which the City's best interests are served.

TPA 


ACTION:  APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION

2.      AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SOUTH COAST FIRE EQUIPMENT INC., FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO (2) PIERCE ENFORCER TRIPLE COMBINATION PUMPERS FOR A
         TOTAL AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $2,909,297 (Fire Dept.)
         Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
         (1)         Find that the recommended actions in the agenda report are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines per Section 15061(b)(3), the “Common Sense” exemption that
         CEQA only applies to projects that may have an effect on the environment;
         (2)         Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with South Coast Fire Equipment, Inc., for the purchase of two (2) Pierce Enforcer Triple Combination Pumpers in an amount not-to-exceed $2,909,297. Competitive price
         bidding is not required pursuant to the City Charter Section, 1002(H) Contracts with other governmental entities or their contractors for labor, materials, supplies, or services; and
         (3)         Grant the recommended contract an exemption from the Competitive Selection process pursuant to Pasadena Municipal Code Section 4.08.049(B), contracts for which the City's best interests are served.

 TPA 


ACTION:  APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION

3.      AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF EL MONTE FOR SUPPLEMENTAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES FOR NEW YEAR’S ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL EVENTS
         FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS (2025-2030) IN AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $650,000 (Police Dept.)
         Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
         (1)         Find the proposed action in the agenda report is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to 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)         Authorize the City Manager to enter into a contract with the City of El Monte for supplemental law enforcement services for New Year’s activities and for Special Events for a period of five years (2025-2030) in an amount not-
         to-exceed $650,000. The proposed contract is exempt from competitive bidding and competitive selection pursuant to City Charter, Section 1002(H), and Pasadena Municipal Code, Section 4.08.049(A)(3), contracts with other
         government entities.

        

         ACTION:  APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION

4.      AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT WITH SELECT ELECTRIC, INC., FOR the PASADENA TRANSIT SIGNAL PRIORITY PROJECT FOR AN AMOUNT NOT-TO-EXCEED $726,974
         (Public Works Dept.)
         Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
         (1)         Find the contract proposed in the agenda report to be categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Title 14, Chapter 3, Article 19, Section 15301, Class 1 – Existing Facilities, and
         that there are no features that distinguish this project from others in the exempt class, and therefore, there are no unusual circumstances; and
         (2)         Award contract to lowest and best bid dated March 18, 2025 submitted by Select Electric, Inc., in response to the project plans and specifications for the Pasadena Transit Signal Priority System project, and authorize the
         City Manager to enter into a contract for an amount not-to-exceed $726,974 which includes the base contract amount of $660,885 and a contingency of $66,089 to provide for any necessary change orders.

 

ACTION:  APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION

5.      FINANCE COMMITTEE: AMEND THE FY 2025 CIP BUDGET TO ADD THE WASHINGTON PARK STORMWATER PROJECT AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A FUND TRANSFER AGREEMENT
         WITH THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT TO ACCEPT $12,649,271 OF COMPETITIVE SAFE, CLEAN WATER PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS (Public Works Dept.)
         Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
         (1)         Find that the proposed actions in the agenda report do not constitute a project subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Section 21065 of CEQA and Sections 15060(c)(2), 15060(c)(3), and
         15378 of the State CEQA Guidelines ,and as such, no environmental document pursuant to CEQA is required;
         (2)         Amend the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget to add the Washington Park Stormwater Capture Project and appropriate $12,649,271 in Measure W – Safe, Clean Water Program Region
         Infrastructure Program grant funds to this project; and
         (3)         Authorize the City Manager to execute a Fund Transfer Agreement with the Los Angeles County Flood Control District to receive a total of $12,649,271 in Measure W – Safe, Clean Water Program Region Infrastructure
         Program grant funds.

ATTACHMENT A

ATTACHMENT B


ACTION:  APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION 

6.      FINANCE COMMITTEE: AMEND THE HOUSING DEPARTMENT’S FISCAL YEAR 2025 OPERATING BUDGET BY RE-APPROPRIATING $1,403,121 FOR THE DOOR OF HOPE DAVID AND KATHERINE LEE HOME    
         TRANSITIONAL HOUSING PROJECT (Housing Dept.)
         Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
         (1)         Find that the proposed action in the agenda report is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) in accordance with Section 15061(b)(3), the “Common Sense” exemption that CEQA only applies to
         projects that may have an effect on the environment; and
         (2)         Amend the Department of Housing’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 Operating Budget by re-appropriating $203,121 in the Low and Moderate Income Housing Trust Fund (237) and $1,200,000 in the Inclusionary Housing Trust Fund
         (239) for the Door of Hope David and Katherine Lee Home transitional housing project.

         

        ACTION:  APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION

City Council 

City Attorney 

City Clerk/Secretary 

7a.    APPROVAL OF MINUTES 

         ACTION:  APPROVED AS SUBMITTED

7b.    RECEIVE AND FILE CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY OF PASADENA 

 
           ACTION:  RECEIVED AND FILED

7c.    PUBLIC HEARINGS SET 

May 19, 2025, 6:00 p.m. – Renewal of the Old Pasadena Management District Property and Business Improvement (PBID) 

ACTION:  PUBLIC HEARING SET

June 16, 2025, 6:00 p.m. – Approve an Application to Amend the Bungalow Heaven Conservation Plan 

ACTION:  PUBLIC HEARING SET

8.      CITY MANAGER’S RECOMMENDED FISCAL YEAR 2026 - 2030 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET (Public Works Dept.)
         Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
         (1)         Open the public hearing on the City Manager’s Recommended Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 - 2030 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) Budget; and
         (2)         Continue the public hearing to May 5, 2025 at 6:00 p.m., and as necessary thereafter at each subsequent meeting of the City Council until the City Council determines that the public hearing may close and then formally adopt
         the FY 2026 - 2030 CIP Budget.         

        

         ATTACHMENT A

         ATTACHMENT B

         ATTACHMENT C

https://www.cityofpasadena.net/public-works/engineering-and-construction/capital-improvement-program/#cip-recommended-budget  

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

CORRESPONDENCE 


          ACTION: CONTINUTE THE PUBLIC HEARING TO MAY 5, 2025 AT 6:00 P.M.

9.      SUBMITTAL OF PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY FIVE-YEAR PLAN (2025-2030) AND ANNUAL PLAN (2025) TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (Housing Dept.)
         Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council (the “City”), as Successor Agency to the Pasadena Community Development Commission, after a public hearing:
         (1)         Find that the recommended action in the agenda report is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines per Section 15061(b)(3), the “Common Sense” exemption that
         CEQA only applies to projects that may have a significant effect on the environment; and
         (2)         Approve the City's Public Housing Agency Five-Year Plan (2025-2030) and Annual Plan (2025), as attached to the agenda report, and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all documents regarding its submittal to
         the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.         

        

         ATTACHMENT A

         ATTACHMENT B 


         ACTION:  APPROVED STAFF RECOMMENDATION

Economic Development and Technology Committee 

Finance Committee 

Legislative Policy Committee 

Municipal Services Committee 

Public Safety Committee

10.    PRESENTATION ON 2024 YEAR-END REVIEW AND ONGOING WORK BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT; DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DIRECTION REGARDING THE SAME
         Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council:
         (1)   Consider updates from City staff and provide direction if desired by the City Council; and
         (2)   Find that, if direction is given to staff, it would not be a “project” subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to California Public Resources Code Section 21065 and within the meaning of CEQA
         Guidelines Section 15378(b).

         POLICE DEPARTMENT YEAR END REVIEW 2024  REVISED PPT

         ACTION:  ITEM HELD FOR A FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING

City Manager 

City Council 

11.      CONSIDERATION OF A CALL FOR REVIEW REQUEST OF AN ARTS & CULTURE COMMISSION DECISION REGARDING THE ARTIST AND CONCEPT ART PLAN FOR 2915 E. COLORADO BOULEVARD
            (RUSNAK PORSCHE) (Councilmember Masuda)

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

          SITE RENDERING

         ACTION:  APPROVED CALL FOR REVIEW REQUEST
       

City Attorney 

 First Reading:  None 

Second Reading:  None

12.    REPORT ON RENT RELIEF PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO RESIDENTS IMPACTED BY THE EATON FIRE
         Recommendation: This item is for information only; no action is required at this time.          

CORRESPONDENCE

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL RECEIVED AFTER POSTING OF AGENDA

          CORRESPONDENCE 

POWER POINT PRESENTATION - PRESENTED AT THE MEETING

         ACTION:  DIRECT THE CITY MANAGER TO ESTABLISH  A RENTAL ASSISTANCE RESOURCE/PROGRAM, WORKING WITH THE PASADENA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION AND OTHER COMMUNITY NON-PROFIT     
                            PARTNERS,  TO HELP MEET THE NEEDS OF TENANTS AFFECTED BY THE EATON FIRE, UNDER THE TERMS OF THE CITY’S AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE ORDINANCE, WITH STAFF TO ENSURE RENTAL    
                            ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE TO BOTH TENANTS AND LANDLORDS.

SCHEDULED

COUNCIL STANDING COMMITTEES

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE (Chair Tyron Hampton, Jason Lyon, Steve Madison, Jess Rivas) Meets the third Tuesday of each month at 5:00 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (City Hall Council Chamber, 2^nd floor)  

April 15, 2025

May 08, 2025 (Special meeting)

May 20, 2025 

FINANCE COMMITTEE (Chair Mayor Victor M. Gordo, Rick Cole, Tyron Hampton, Gene Masuda) Meets the second and fourth Monday of each month at 4:00 p.m., 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (City Hall Council Chamber, 2^nd floor)

April 14, 2025 (Special meeting to commence at 3:00 p.m.)

April 28, 2025 (Special meeting to commence at 2:00 p.m.)

May 12, 2025 (Special meeting to commence at 3:00 p.m.) 

LEGISLATIVE POLICY COMMITTEE (Chair Steve Madison, Jason Lyon, Gene Masuda, Jess Rivas) Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 4:30 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (City Hall Council Chamber, 2^nd Floor)

May 06, 2025

June 03, 2025

July 01, 2025 

MUNICIPAL SERVICES COMMITTEE (Chair Justin Jones, Rick Cole, Tyron Hampton, Jason Lyon) Meets the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (City Hall Council Chamber, 2^nd Floor) 

April 22, 2025

May 13, 2025

May 27, 2025 

PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE (Chair Mayor Victor M. Gordo, Tyron Hampton, Justin Jones, Steve Madison) Meets the third Wednesday of each month at 4:00 p.m., Pasadena City Hall, 100 N. Garfield Avenue, Room S249 (City Hall Council Chamber, 2^nd Floor) 

April 16, 2025

May 07, 2025 (Special meeting)

May 21, 2025

FUTURE COUNCIL MEETING DATES

April 16, 2025 (Special joint meeting with Board of Supervisor Kathryn Barger at 8:30 a.m.) 

April 21, 2025 (To be cancelled) 

April 28, 2025 (Special joint meeting with Pasadena Unified School District Board of Education at 6:00 p.m.)  

May 5, 2025 

May 12, 2025 

May 19. 2025 

May 26, 2025 (To be cancelled) 

June 2, 2025 

June 9, 2025 

June 16, 2025 

June 23, 2025 

June 30, 2025 (To be cancelled) 

July 7, 2025 (To be cancelled) 

July 14, 2025 

July 21, 2025 

July 28, 2025 (To be cancelled) 

August 4, 2025 (To be cancelled)

August 11, 2025 (To be cancelled) 

August 18, 2025 

August 25, 2025 

FUTURE PUBLIC HEARING(S):

May 19, 2025, 6:00 p.m. – Renewal of the Old Pasadena Management District Property and Business Improvement (PBID) 

June 16, 2025, 6:00 p.m. – Approve an Application to Amend the Bungalow Heaven Conservation Plan

COMMISSION VACANCIES