AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
AUGUST 30, 1999
Closed Session - 5:30 P.M.
Public Meeting - 6:30 P.M.
Public Hearing - 8:00 P.M.
Council Chamber
Pasadena City Hall, Room 247
5:30 P.M. CLOSED SESSION
(To be heard at 5:30 p.m., and/or at the conclusion of the meeting)
A. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR, pursuant to
Government Code Section 54957.6:
Name of Negotiators: Gale Harrison & Bruce Barsook
Employee Organization: Pasadena Firefighters Local 809
ACTION: DISCUSSED; NO ACTION
B. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL pursuant to
Government Code Section 54956.9(a)
Name of Case: Pamela Chapman v. City of Pasadena,
Los Angeles Superior Court No. GC021921
ACTION: DISCUSSED; NO ACTION
6:30 P.M. PUBLIC MEETING
1. ROLL CALL AND CEREMONIAL MATTERS
2. PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA
3. OLD BUSINESS - No Items
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)PURCHASE OF ONE STENCIL TRUCK
Recommendation of City Manager: Authorize the
Purchasing Administrator to issue a purchase order
to College Ford in the amount not to exceed $64,777,
for the purchase of one stencil truck to be used by
the Public Works Street Maintenance Division. The
proposed purchase is exempt from competitive bidding
pursuant to City Charter, Section 1002(H), contracts
with other governmental entities or their contractors
for labor, material, supplies or services.
It is also recommended that the City Council grant
this contract a partial exemption (vendor outreach
only)from the Affirmative Action in Contracting
Ordinance, pursuant to Pasadena Municipal Code,
Section 4.09.060(C), contracts for which the City's
best interests are served.
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ACTION: APPROVED
(2)APPROVAL OF FY 2000 ALCOHOL SERVICES AGREEMENT IN THE
AMOUNT OF $220,811 BETWEEN LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, ALCOHOL AND DRUG PROGRAM
ADMINISTRATION AND THE CITY OF PASADENA PUBLIC HEALTH
DEPARTMENT
Recommendation of City Manager: Adopt a resolution
authorizing the City Manager to approve the Alcohol
Services Agreement (County Contract No. H-210267) for
non-residential Community Prevention and Recovery
Program services between the City of Pasadena and the
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services,
Alcohol and Drug Program Administration in the
amount of $220,811 for the period July 1, 1999
through June 30, 2000.
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ACTION: APPROVED
(3)APPROVAL OF FY 2000 ALCOHOL SERVICES AGREEMENT IN THE
AMOUNT OF $32,000 BETWEEN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND THE
CITY OF PASADENA PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE
RECOVERY SERVICES TO CalWORKs CLIENTS
Recommendation of City Manager:
(a) Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager
to approve the Alcohol Services Agreement (County
Contract No. H-210164) for non-residential Community
Prevention and Recovery Program services to CalWORKs
clients, between the City of Pasadena and the Los
Angeles County Department of Health Services, Alcohol
and Drug Program Administration in the amount of
$32,000 for the period July 1, 1999 through June 30,
2000;
(b) Approve a journal voucher increasing the estimated
FY 2000 revenues and appropriations in the Health
Promotion and Policy Development Division Budget Account
No. 565000 by $8,027, from $992,811 to $1,000,838.
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ACTION: APPROVED
(4)EXCHANGE OF SEWER EASEMENTS AT 310 LINDA VISTA AVENUE
Recommendation of City Manager: Adopt a resolution:
(a) Approving and accepting a Grant of Easement for
sewer purposes and consenting to the recordation thereof.
(b) Directing the City Manager to execute, on behalf
of the City, a Quitclaim Deed releasing all of the
City's right, title, and interest in the sewer easement
acquired in 1923.
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ACTION: APPROVED
B. City Clerk
(1)Approval of Minutes - August 2, 1999
ACTION: APPROVED AS SUBMITTED
(2)Receive and file claims against the City of Pasadena
Claim No. 8313 Brenda Marshall $ Unknown
Claim No. 8314 Robert L. Baker 7,069.00
Claim No. 8315 Joe Bedoian 1,183.00
Claim No. 8316 Ana Menal, Douglas Wilson
& Robert Love Unknown
Claim No. 8317 Roxie Huff 4,000.00+
Claim No. 8318 Brian Schrack 8,655.28
Claim No. 8319 Rita Moreno 8,400.00
Claim No. 8320 Miguel Fernandez Unknown
Claim No. 8321 Alison McCrary 319.31
Claim No. 8322 Pasadena Tournament of
Roses 1,141.87
Claim No. 8323 Enriqueta G. Lozano 2,200.00
Claim No. 8324 Tina Delgado Unknown
Claim No. 8325 Edwin Nicholson 500.00
Claim No. 8326 Crystal Briggs 1,000,000.00
ACTION: RECEIVED AND FILED
(3)Public Hearing Set:
September 13, 1999, 8:00 p.m. - Subdivision Committee
Appeal, 3315 Calvert Road
ACTION: PUBLIC HEARING SET
5. REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES
A. Business Enterprise Committee
B. Deregulation Committee
(1)ENERGY AND CREDIT RISK MANAGEMENT POLICY FOR WATER
AND POWER DEPARTMENT WHOLESALE ENERGY TRANSACTIONS
Recommendation of City Manager: Adopt the General
Principles of an Energy and Credit Risk Management Policy,
and direct the City Manager to implement such principles
to govern wholesale energy transactions for the Water and
Power Department.
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ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
C. Finance Committee
D. Legislative Policy Committee
E. Public Safety Committee
F. Reports from Representatives
6. PUBLIC HEARING - 8:00 P.M.
A. ADOPTON OF THE REVISED MITIGATED NEGATIVE DECLARATION AND
APPROVAL OF CONCLUSIONS AND FINDINGS OF THE REVISED
INITIAL STUDY FOR THE KIDSPACE MUSEUM PROJECT, AND
AMENDMENT TO THE LEASE BETWEEN THE CITY AND KIDSPACE
MUSEUM
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1)Adopt the Revised Mitigated Negative Declaration
and mitigation monitoring program based on the
conclusions and findings of the Revised Initial Study
dated August 9, 1999.
(2)Approve the conclusions and findings of the Revised
Initial Study dated August 9, 1999.
(3)Authorize the City Manager to approve an amendment
to the lease between the City and Kidspace for an
additional basement square footage of 9,353 square feet
(sf) and add language limiting the allowable use to
storage and back of the house functions. Additionally,
the City Manager shall add language that program space
can be located in the original 5,000 sf basement in order
to reduce building footprint. In no case shall such
allowable program spaces exceed 3,000 sf of basement space
to ensure that the intensity of use shall remain the same
for the duration of the lease.
(4)Direct the City Clerk to file the Notice of
Determination and Certificate of Fee Exemption from State
Fish and Game fees with the Los Angeles County Registrar-
Recorder/County Clerk.
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ACTION: CLOSED PUBLIC HEARING AND EXTENDED THE WRITTEN PUBLIC
COMMENT TO 9/3/99 FOR ENVIRONMENTAL DOCUMENTATION; COUNCIL
DISCUSSION AND ACTION AGENDIZED FOR 9/20/99
7. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
A. City Council
(1)APPOINTMENT OF TWO COUNCILMEMBERS TO THE CHARTER REFORM
TASK FORCE ON PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE
ACTION: COUNCILMEMBERS HOLDEN AND HADERLEIN APPOINTED
(2)APPOINTMENTS TO THE CHARTER REFORM TASK FORCE ON PASADENA
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE (Four City Council
Citizen Appointments)
ACTION: ESTEBAN LIZARDO, NANCY PARACHINI, ALFRED WILFORD,
CATHERINE WOOD APPOINTED
(3)RATIFY APPOINTMENTS OF LISA FOWLER AND MARGE WYATT TO THE
CHARTER REFORM TASK FORCE ON PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT GOVERNANCE (PUSD Appointments)
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ACTION: APPOINTMENTS RATIFIED
(4)RATIFY APPOINTMENT OF BART DOYLE TO THE CHARTER REFORM
TASK FORCE ON PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE
(City of Sierra Madre Appointment)
ACTION: APPOINTMENTS RATIFIED
(5)RATIFY APPOINTMENTS OF KEN LOVELL AND BARBARA MADDEN TO
THE CHARTER REFORM TASK FORCE ON PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL
DISTRICT GOVERNANCE (Supervisor Antonovich Appointments)
ACTION: APPOINTMENTS RATIFIED
(6)STAFFING AND BUDGET FOR THE CHARTER REFORM TASK FORCE ON
PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT GOVERNANCE
Recommendation of City Clerk:
(a) Authorize the City Clerk to issue Requests for
Qualifications to hire a consultant to assist in
providing staff support (analyze data, research, write
reports, and assist with preparing media/public relations
materials)for the Charter Reform Task Force.
(b) Approve a journal voucher appropriating $23,000 from
Unappropriated General Fund balance to the FY 1999 City
Clerk Budget, Charter Reform Account No. 261010, for
consultant staffing costs for the period of September
1999 through February 2000.
(c) Determine if the Task Force meetings should be
videotaped and broadcast on the public access channel
and, if so, allocate from the Unappropriated General
Fund balance an additional $15,000 to the Charter Reform
budget.
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ACTION: APPROVED
(7)RESIGNATION OF PHYLLIS COZAD FROM ARTHUR NOBLE COMMITTEE
(District 4 Appointment)
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ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
(8)UPDATE ON ALKEBULAN CULTURAL CENTER LEASE AGREEMENT
(Councilmember Holden)
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ACTION: CONINUTED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
(9)APPOINTMENT OF MAYOR BOGAARD AS VOTING DELEGATE AND
VICE MAYOR STREATOR AS ALTERNATE VOTING DELEGATE TO THE
ANNUAL CONGRESS OF CITIES ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING,
DECEMBER 4, 1999 IN LOS ANGELES
ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
(10)CONSIDERATION OF CALL FOR REVIEW TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3582, 500 N. FAIR OAKS AVENUE
(EXTENDED HOURS OF OPERATION FOR LA ESTRELLA TAKE-OUT
RESTAURANT) (Councilmember Crowfoot)
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ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
(11)CONSIDERATION OF CALL FOR REVIEW TO THE CITY COUNCIL OF
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT NO. 3587, 1001 ROSE BOWL DRIVE
(SIX PORTABLE TRAILERS FOR PRIMARILY OFFICE USE
SURROUNDING THE ROSE BOWL STADIUM) (Councilmember
Crowfoot)
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ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
B. City Manager
(1)COMPLETION OF THE NORTH MADISON NEIGHBORHOOD
REVITALIZATION PROGRAM (NRP) AND SELECTION OF NEXT
TARGET AREA
Recommendation of City Manager:
(a) Receive and file information on the completion
of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program in the
North Madison area; and
(b) Approve the next area for application of the
NRP. The new area is bounded by Washington Blvd. to
the south, Los Robles Avenue to the east, Raymond
Avenue to the west, and the City limits to the north,
as shown on Exhibit D of the agenda report.
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ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
(2)REVISION TO PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE SECTION 4.02.040A
SALES OF SURPLUS REAL PROPERTY
Recommendation of City Manager: Instruct the City
Attorney to prepare an ordinance revising Section
4.02.040A of the Pasadena Municipal Code (Code),
increasing the reasonable market value threshold upon
which surplus real property is exempt from Chapter
4.02 of the Code, from $1,000 to $10,000.
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ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
(3)JOINT ACTION: AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PASADENA COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE FAIR OAKS AND LINCOLN
AVENUE PROJECT AREA COMMITEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000
Recommendation of City Manager:
(a) Authorize and direct the Pasadena Community
Development Commission ("Commission") to consult with and
obtain the advice of the Fair Oaks and Lincoln Avenue
Project Area Committees ("PACs") concerning matters
relative to their respective redevelopment project areas
during Fiscal Year 1999-2000; and
(b) Approve the contracts between the Commission and
each respective PAC at the funding level indicated in the
agenda report.
Recommendation of Chief Executive Officer:
(a) Approve the respective contracts with the PACs for
Fiscal Year 1999-2000 in a form approved by the
Commission's General Counsel; and
(b) Authorize and direct the Chief Executive Officer to
execute said contracts on behalf of the Commission.
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ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING
A. Approval of Minutes - August 2, 1999
ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
B. HERITAGE SQUARE SENIOR HOUSING PROJECT; PREDEVELOPMENT LOAN
AND LOAN MODIFICATION AGREEMENT
Recommendation of Chief Executive Officer:
(1)Find that the feasibility and planning studies and related
predevelopment items specified in the proposed Predevelopment
Loan and Loan Modification Agreement (?Agreement?) between
the Urban Development Company, Thomas Scoot, and the
Commission are categorically exempt under the California
Environmental Quality Act and, specifically, under
Section 15262 of the State CEQA Guidelines, and authorize the
Secretary of the Commission to file with the County Clerk,
a Notice of Exemption for the Agreement pursuant to Section
15262 of the State CEQA Guidelines;
(2)Approve the terms and conditions of the Agreement between
The Urban Development Company, Thomas Scott, and the
Commission;
(3)Authorize the Chief Executive Officer to execute, and the
Secretary to attest, any an all documents necessary to
effectuate the proposed Agreement.
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ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
C. JOINT ACTION: AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE PASADENA COMMUNITY
DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AND THE FAIR OAKS AND LINCOLN AVENUE
PROJECT AREA COMMITEES FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999-2000
[See Item 7.B.(3)]
ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
9. ORDINANCES
A. First Reading: None
B. Second Reading:
(1)Adopt "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING THE
OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF THE CITY OF PASADENA ESTABLISHED BY
SECTION 17.98.040 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE TO CHANGE
THE DESIGNATION FOR A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY WITHIN THE
BOUNDARIES OF ALTADENA DRIVE, SIERRA MADRE BOULEVARD, MOHAWK
STREET AND DEL MAR BOULEVARD" (Introduced by Vice Mayor
Streator)
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ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
10. INFORMATION ITEMS
A. REVIEW OF PRIOR TOW OPERATOR SELECTION PROCESS
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ACTION: CONTINUED TO MEETING OF SEPTEMBER 13, 1999
11. COMMUNICATIONS - No Items
12. ADJOURNMENT