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CITY OF PASADENA
NOTICE OF MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
June 29, 1998
Closed Session 5:00 P.M.
Public Meeting 6:00 P.M.
Public Hearing begin at 8:00 P.M.
Council Chambers
Pasadena City Hall, Room 247
5:00 P.M. CLOSED SESSION A. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION pursuant to Subdivision (a) of Government Code Section 54956.9 Name of Case: Cheryl Ward v. City of Pasadena, et al., U.S. District Court Case No. 98-2533 MMM
ACTION: DISCUSSED, NO ACTION REPORTED
6:00 P.M. PUBLIC MEETING
1. ROLL CALL AND CEREMONIAL MATTERS
2. PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA - Public Comment
will be limited to 15 minutes at the beginning of the meeting and will continue
under Item 12 (below) "Public Comment (continued)". Please limit comments to
3 minutes each.
A. LEIGH TAPLEY, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, DOOR OF HOPE, REGARDING
BUILDING FEES FOR NON-PROFITS
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ACTION: REFERRED TO CITY MANAGER
3. OLD BUSINESS
A. RECOMMENDATION REGARDING PREFERABLE OPTION FOR CITY
ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Recommendation of Subcommittee: It is recommended that the City
Council determine that the City Attorney and staff of the City Attorney's Office
should be City employees and that the City Attorney shall have discretion to
utilize outside counsel to provide services traditionally handled by in-house
staff when determined reasonable and necessary by the City Attorney.
(Expected to be heard at 6:15 p.m.)
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ACTION: APPROVED, WITH NO CHANGES BEFORE EXPIRATION OF CURRENT CONTRACT (11/12/98)
B. IMPACT OF LIVABLE WAGE ORDINANCE ON CITY CONTRACTS
Recommendation of Acting City Manager: The following is for information
only, no City Council action is being requested at this time. To the extent,
however, that additional budget appropriations are necessary to absorb
increased contract costs arising from the adoption of a Livable Wage
Ordinance, staff will return to City Council with appropriate recommendations.
(Expected to be heard at 8:30 p.m.) [See Related Items 7.B.(1) and 9.A.(1)]
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ACTION: HELD FOR 45 DAYS
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 - No Items
B. City Clerk
(1) Approval of Minutes - June 1, 1998
June 8, 1998 (Special)
June 8, 1998
ACTION: APPROVED AS CORRECTED
(2) Receive and file claims against the City of Pasadena
Claim No. 8054 David Hardie Glossop$ 1,450.00
Claim No. 8055 Margaret M. Marquez 834.83
Claim No. 8056 Rosemary Maese Unknown
Claim No. 8057 Elisa Willis-Stolin 117.54
ACTION: RECEIVED AND FILED
(3) Public Hearing Set:
August 3, 1998, 8:00 p.m. - Chandler School Master Development
Plan Amendment (Rescheduled from July 27, 1998)
ACTION: PUBLIC HEARING SET
5. REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES
A. Business Enterprise Committee
B. Deregulation Committee
C. Finance Committee
D. Legislative Policy Committee
E. Public Safety Committee
F. Reports from Representatives
6. PUBLIC HEARING - 8:00 P.M.
A. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: ADOPTION OF THE FY 1999 - 2004
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET
Recommendation of Acting City Manager:
(1) Amend the City Manager's Recommended FY 1999 - 2004 Capital
Improvement Program (CIP) as detailed in Attachment I of the agenda report;
(2) Adopt the FY 1999 - 2004 Capital Improvement Program as amended by
the Finance Committee and detailed in Attachments II and III of the agenda
report; and
(3) Approve a journal voucher amending the FY 1998 Capital Improvement
Program budget resulting in a net decrease of $20,000, as detailed in
Attachment IV of the agenda report.
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(The complete Capital Improvement Program Budget is available for viewing in the
City Clerk's Office and all Pasadena Public Libraries.)
ACTION: APPROVED
7. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
A. City Council
(1) REAPPOINTMENTS
(a) AL CULLEN TO CODE ENFORCEMENT COMMISSION
(District 7 Appointment)
ACTION: APPROVED
(b) CLAIRE BOGAARD TO PLANNING COMMISSION
(District 7 Appointment)
ACTION: APPROVED
(c) MARK NELSON TO RECREATION AND PARKS COMMISSION
(District 7 Appointment)
ACTION: APPROVED
(d) JAMES HAIGHT TO SENIOR COMMISSION
(District 7 Appointment)
ACTION: APPROVED
(e) DIANE BURBIE TO HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
(District 2 Appointment)
ACTION: APPROVED
(f) ED SCHEUERMAN TO SENIOR COMMISSION
(District 2 Appointment)
ACTION: APPROVED
(g) HENREEN NUNLEY TO RECREATION AND PARKS
COMMISSION (District 1 Appointment)
ACTION: APPROVED
(i) CONSTANCE GRIESMER TO ACCESSIBILITY AND DISABILITY
(District 3 Appointment)
ACTION: APPROVED
(2) APPOINTMENTS
(a) CLARENCE SHAW TO AFFIRMATIVE ACTION COMMISSION
(District 7 Appointment)
ACTION: APPROVED
(b) KEN MIEDEMA TO CULTURAL HERITAGE COMMISSION
(District 2 Appointment)
ACTION: APPROVED
B. City Manager
(1) IMPACT OF LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE ON ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
Recommendation of Acting City Manager: This report is for
information only.
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ACTION: HELD 45 FOR DAYS
(2) ADOPTION OF APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999
Recommendation of Acting City Manager: Adopt a resolution that:
(a) Selects the California Per Capita Income and the population
increase for the County of Los Angeles as the indices to be used in
calculating the appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 1999;
(b) Establishes the appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 1999 at
$122,753,994; and
(c) Establishes appropriations subject to the limit for Fiscal Year 1999
of $80,134,281.
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ACTION: APPROVED
(3) UPDATE ON RITE-AID PROJECT (ORANGE GROVE BLVD. AND
FAIR OAKS AVE.) EXCLUSIVE NEGOTIATION WITH LAKE
DEVELOPMENT COMPANY (Oral Report)
ACTION: HELD TO JULY 13, 1998
C. City Council/Advisory Bodies (Expected to be heard at 6:30 p.m.)
CONSIDERATION OF CITY CHARTER REFORM
(1) CHARTER REFORM TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendation of Charter Reform Task Force:
(A) General Form of City Government: Based on its deliberations
and the votes taken, the Task Force made the following
recommendations:
(1) The City should continue to utilize the council/manager form of
municipal government. The duties and responsibilities of the City
Manager and Council as currently described in the Charter should
remain the same;
(2) The City Council should continue to have seven members
elected by district, in addition to a citywide elected Mayor;
(3) The Mayor should:
(a) Be elected at-large in a citywide election;
(b) Have a term of four years with the first election being held
in the 2001 municipal election cycle;
(c) Sit as the presiding officer of the City Council and vote as
any other Councilmember, and
(d) Have the additional responsibility, at the beginning of
each budget cycle, to deliver a budget message to the City, Council
and City Manager indicating thematic budget priorities that should
be taken into consideration in the preparation of the budget for
submission to the full Council.
Additional duties that are not proposed as Charter
amendments, but are the Task Force's vision of the role of the citywide
elected Mayor, are detailed in Section III, Citywide Elected Mayor;
(B) City Council Compensation: The Task Force recommends that
the provisions in the Charter should be changed to provide for the
following:
(1) Councilmembers elected by district should be paid a stipend
of $250 per meeting, not to exceed $1,000 per month;
(2) The Mayor should be paid a stipend equal to 150% of the
other Councilmembers;
(3) By a unanimous vote with all members present and voting, the
Council can change the amount of the stipend annually and, if
increased, by not more than the most recent annual percent change in
the CalPERS cost of living index; and
(4) Councilmembers will be prohibited from receiving a stipend or
other compensation for any other duties or position in the City,
Community Development Commission or other City-related entity. This
will not prohibit Councilmembers from receiving compensation in
connection with service with other public agencies;
(C) Board of Education: The Task Force also recommends that the
method by which the Board of Education members are elected should
be changed to a system of proportional representation and that it be
accomplished as follows:
(1) The City Council form a new task force to study and make a
recommendation on a specific method of voting under a proportional
representation system for School Board elections;
(2) Based upon the new task force's recommendations, Charter
language would then be drafted and presented for a vote of the people
on the specific method of voting under a proportional representation
system, and provide for the election of all five School Board seats
simultaneously. This Charter amendment proposal should go before a
vote of the people no later than the year 2000 and, if approved, the new
voting method would be used for the next municipal election in the year
2001;
(D) Community Involvement/Neighborhood Councils: The Task
Force also discussed extensively the topic of neighborhood councils.
The main focus of those discussions was the expansion of the level of
participation by citizens in municipal and civic affairs. It was decided
that the Task Force would recommend that the City Council should
create a program to establish a Community Involvement Study Group.
The Study Group would assess current avenues of involvement within
the city of Pasadena and recommend an overall Community Involvement
Strategy for enhancing effective community participation. The study
should include, but not be limited to, consideration of an annual
Community Congress, neighborhood councils, leadership development,
and youth participation in the political process.
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ACTION: DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE AT THE JULY 6, 1998 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
(2) MINORITY REPORT FROM A MEMBER OF THE CHARTER REFORM
TASK FORCE REGARDING PROCEDURAL AND SUBSTANTIVE
ARGUMENTS AGAINST PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION FOR
THE PASADENA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT BOARD OF
EDUCATION
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ACTION: DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE AT THE JULY 6, 1998 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
(3) CONSIDERATION OF PREVIOUS CITY COUNCIL ACTION OF
JANUARY 13, 1997, REGARDING PROPOSED CHARTER
AMENDMENT REGARDING COUNCILMEMBERS' COMPENSATION
ACTION: DISCUSSION WILL CONTINUE AT THE JULY 6, 1998 CITY COUNCIL MEETING
8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING
A. Approval of Minutes - June 8, 1998
ACTION: APPROVED
9. ORDINANCES
A. First Reading:
(1) Hold first reading of "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA
AMENDING SECTION 4.08.130 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL
CODE, AND ADDING A NEW CHAPTER 4.11 TO SAID CODE,
ADOPTING THE PASADENA LIVING WAGE ORDINANCE"
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ACTION: HELD 45 FOR DAYS
B. Second Reading:
(1) Adopt "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING
CHAPTER 8.78 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATED TO
TOBACCO USE PREVENTION" (Introduced by Councilmember Little)
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ACTION: ADOPTED
10. INFORMATION ITEMS - No Items
11. COMMUNICATIONS - No Items
12. PUBLIC COMMENT (Continued)
13. CLOSED SESSION
A. CITY COUNCIL CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING
LITIGATION pursuant to Subdivision (a) of Government Code
Section 54956.9
Name of Case: Cheryl Ward v. City of Pasadena, et al., U.S. District
Court Case No. 98-2533 MMM
14. ADJOURNMENT