AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION
MAY 22, 2000
Public Meeting 6:30 P.M.
Public Hearings begin at 8:00 P.M.
Council Chamber
Pasadena City Hall, Room 247
5:30 P.M. DINNER RECESS
6:30 P.M. PUBLIC MEETING
1. ROLL CALL, PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE AND CEREMONIAL MATTERS
2. PUBLIC COMMENT ON MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA - Public comment
will be limited to 20 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. MR. RICK AUERBACH, NEWLY APPOINTED LOS ANGELES COUNTY
ASSESSOR - BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ASSESSOR'S OFFICE
3. OLD BUSINESS
A. PREDEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW FOR THE PROPOSED 21-UNIT
APARTMENT HOUSE AT 390 ASHTABULA STREET
Recommendation of City Manager: This report is being provided for
informational purposes only.
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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 - March 27, 2000 (Special)
April 10, 2000
(2) Receive and file claims against the City of Pasadena
Claim No. 8498 Alicia Dhanifu $ Unknown
Claim No. 8499 Eric vonBluecher 420.00
Claim No. 8500 Stephanie Woodyard 469.78
Claim No. 8501 Charles DeLannox 1,500.00
Claim No. 8502 Sammi Reeves 37,826.00
(3) Public Hearing Set:
July 10, 2000, 8:00 p.m. - Approval and submittal of Public Housing
Agency Five-Year Plan, Annual Plan, and Rental Assistance
Program Administrative Plan
5. REPORTS AND COMMENTS FROM COUNCIL COMMITTEES
A. Business Enterprise Committee
(1) FUTURE ROLE OF THE PASADENA COMMUNITY ACCESS
CORPORATION (PCAC)
Recommendation of City Manager: It is recommended that the City
Council direct the Pasadena Community Access Corporation to:
(1) Restructure its operations eliminating the production and training
elements of its business plan by:
(a) Initiating a planning process that will transfer production
services from PCAC to Charter Communications and begin a planning
process that will transfer public access training responsibilities from
PCAC to the Pasadena Unified School District and Pasadena City
College.
(b) Development of a FY 2001 budget.
(2) It is further recommended that the City Council direct staff to
include the provision of public access production services as part of the
franchise renewal negotiations between the City and Charter
Communications.
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B. Deregulation Committee
C. Finance Committee
(1) QUARTERLY INVESTMENT REPORT - QUARTER ENDING 3/31/2000
Recommendation of City Manager: This item if for information only.
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D. Legislative Policy Committee
(1) SUPPORT FOR ASSEMBLY BILL 2451 (RUNNER) - MOTOR
VEHICLE FUEL TAXES: LOCAL ROADS AND ASSEMBLY BILL 2742
(BAUGH) - TRANSPORTATION FUNDING
Recommendation of City Manager:
(a) Support Assembly Bill 2451 (Runner) Motor Vehicle Fuel Taxes:
Local Roads;
(b) Support Assembly Bill 2742 (Baugh) Transportation Funding;
(c) Support any similar bills that would increase the local governments'
funding for street maintenance and traffic management; and
(d) Authorize the Mayor to send letters to the appropriate authorities
stating Pasadena's position.
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(2) SUPPORT FOR ASSEMBLY BILL 1939 (VINCENT AND MARGETT),
RELATING TO THE CALIFORNIA INTEGRATED WASTE
MANAGEMENT ACT
Recommendation of City Manager:
(a) Adopt a resolution supporting AB 1939 which recommends
changes to AB 939; and
(b) Support any related legislation proposed in calendar year 2000
which adopts essentially the same position as AB 1939; and
(c) Authorize the Mayor to send letters to the appropriate officials
stating Pasadena's position.
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E. Public Safety Committee
F. Charter Reform Task Force on School District Governance
G. Reports from Representatives
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS - 8:00 P.M.
A. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: FY 2001-2006 RECOMMENDED
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM BUDGET
Recommendation of City Manager:
(1) Adopt by resolution the FY 2001-2006 Capital Improvement Program
as detailed in Attachments I, II, and III of the agenda report; and
(2) Approve a journal voucher recognizing $396,442 from the Bank of
America lawsuit and authorize it to be deposited in the Charter Capital
Reserve to be used for the match for library capital improvements made
under Proposition 14 and multi-purpose athletic fields.
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B. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: FISCAL YEAR 2001 RECOMMENDED
OPERATING BUDGET
Recommendation of City Manager: Continue the public hearing to each
subsequent meeting of the City Council at 8:00 p.m., until June 19, 2000, or
such other later date as the City Council may determine, and at which time
the City Council will be asked to close the public hearing and formally adopt
the Operating Budget.
C. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING: AMENDMENT TO ZONING CODE
SECTION 17.90 - FILMING AND REVISIONS TO THE GENERAL FILMING
GUIDELINES
Recommendation of City Manager: It is recommended the City Council
continue the public hearing to September 11, 2000, at 8:00 p.m.
D. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING: APPROVAL AND SUBMITTAL OF THE FIVE
YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN (2000/2005) AND ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
(2000/2001) WHICH FUNCTIONS AS THE APPLICATION AND
STATEMENT OF PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS FOR THE CITY'S
2000-01 PY PARTICIPATION IN THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ("HUD") COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT (ESG), HOME
INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT (HOME), AND HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA) PROGRAMS;
AND HUMAN SERVICES ENDOWMENT FUND (HSEF)
Recommendation of the City Manager/Chief Executive Officer: It is
recommended that the City Council continue the public hearing to
June 5, 2000 at 8:00 p.m.
7. RECOMMENDATIONS FROM OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENTS
A. City Council
(1) APPOINTMENT OF JILL SWITZER TO LIBRARY COMMISSION
(At Large/District 7 Appointment)
(2) RESIGNATION OF ROBERT J. CONLEY TO SOUTH LAKE PARKING
PLACE COMMISSION (Mayor/District 7 Appointment)
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(3) REAPPOINTMENT OF MARK LEON TO TRANSPORTATION
ADVISORY COMMISSION (District 1 Appointment)
B. City Manager
(1) EXTENSION OF MORATORIUM ORDINANCE ON THE ACCEPTANCE
OF APPLICATIONS AND THE ISSUANCE OF BUILDING PERMITS
FOR OFF-PREMISE SIGNS
Recommendation of City Manager: Acknowledge the environmental
determination and adopt a one-year extension of the moratorium on the
acceptance of applications and issuance of building permits for off-premise signs.
(a) Conduct first reading of "AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF PASADENA EXTENDING A MORATORIUM ON
THE ISSUANCE OF ANY BUILDING PERMITS FOR OFF-PREMISE SIGNS
PENDING COMPLETION OF THE CITYWIDE SIGN REGULATIONS"
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8. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETING
A. Approval of Minutes - April 10, 2000
B. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING: APPROVAL AND SUBMITTAL OF THE FIVE
YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN (2000/2005) AND ANNUAL ACTION PLAN
(2000/2001) WHICH FUNCTIONS AS THE APPLICATION AND
STATEMENT OF PROJECTED USE OF FUNDS FOR THE CITY'S
2000-01 PY PARTICIPATION IN THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ("HUD") COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT (ESG), HOME
INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP ACT (HOME), AND HOUSING
OPPORTUNITIES FOR PERSONS WITH AIDS (HOPWA) PROGRAMS;
AND HUMAN SERVICES ENDOWMENT FUND (HSEF) (See Item 6.D.,
8:00 p.m.)
C. SUBMISSION OF 2000 CONTINUUM OF CARE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE
APPLICATION TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN
DEVELOPMENT (HUD)
Recommendation of Chief Executive Officer: Authorize the filing with the
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the 2000
Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance Application for a funding request of
$2,232,147, for three projects and authorize the Chief Executive Officer to
execute, and the City Clerk to attest the 2000 Continuum of Care Homeless
Assistance Application and all other subsequent documents if funding is
awarded. The projects to be included in the HUD application include Pacific
Clinics/Passageways, Union Station/Euclid Villa, and Serra Project.
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9. ORDINANCES
A. First Reading:
(1) Conduct first reading of "AN UNCODIFIED ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF PASADENA EXTENDING A MORATORIUM ON THE
ISSUANCE OF ANY BUILDING PERMITS FOR OFF-PREMISE SIGNS
PENDING COMPLETION OF THE CITYWIDE SIGN REGULATIONS"
[See Item 7.B.(1)]
B. Second Reading:
(1) Adopt "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PASADENA AMENDING
TITLE 17 OF THE PASADENA MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING
THE WEST GATEWAY SPECIFIC PLAN ZONING DISTRICT TO
IMPLEMENT THE WEST GATEWAY SPECIFIC PLAN EXCEPTING
THAT PORTION KNOWN AS THE VISTA DEL ARROYO
BUNGALOWS" (Introduced by Councilmember Madison)
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10. INFORMATION ITEMS
A. PREDEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW FOR THE PROPOSED NEW OFFICE
BUILDING AT 199 N. LAKE AVENUE
Recommendation of City Manager: This report is for information only.
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11. COMMUNICATIONS - None
12. PUBLIC COMMENT (Continued)
13. ADJOURNMENT