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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOCTOBER 7,1969 CITY COUNCIL PROCE~DINGS ARE TAPE RECORDED AND ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK I INVQCATION 18:7514 M I NUT E S CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 7, 1969 The City Council of the City of Arcadia, California, met in regular session in the Council Chamber of the Arcadia City Hall on October 1, 1969, at 8:00 P.M. Rev. Robert K. Oliver, Arcadia Church of Christ Mayor Arth expressed appreciation to Rev. Oliver for his community effort relating to the youth, and in particular for his activity in the Path Organization. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor C. Robert Arth ROLL CALL MINUTE APPROVAL HEARING a :f; If //-'1..- (,v MOTIOll PRESENT: ABSENT: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Rage, Helms, Arth None Councilman Butterworth requested that the fourth line from the bottom of page 2 of the Minutes of September 16 be AMENDED to read: ABSTAIN: Councilman Butterworth (advised that he is involved in a matter in another city with the applicant, Mr. Ingram, and, wished to abstain from voting. ) With said correction he MOVED that the Minutes as thus amended be APPROVED. Motion seconded by Councilman Hage and carried unanimously. Application of John F. Lessard for a Council permit to conduct an antique and collectors' show at 27 W. Huntington Drive on November 1 and 2. The City Manager paraphrased the report of the Acting License Officer which noted that attendance is estimated at approximately 200; that there will be 30 to 35 spaces for exhibits and that 25% of the admission profit will be donated to the Cerebral Palsy Fund. Mayor Arth declared the hearing open and no one desiring to be heard the hearing was CLOSED on MOTION by Councilman Butterworth, seconded by Councilman Considine and carried unanimously. It was then MOVED by Councilman Considine, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried unanimously that the application be approved and that a business permit be issued for said purpose. HEARING Appeal filed by Mrs. Harry Friedman from the , ~. Committee and the Planning Commission in the P / /'J-1...t./permission to install a second free standing , Shopping Center, 120-150 E. Duarte Road. I decision of the Modification de~ial of an application fo~ sign in the Alpha Beta The Planning Director summarized his report dated October 7 and on file in the Office of the City Clerk, wherein it was explained that the Commission recognized the plight of the applicant and suggested that perhaps the sign limitations should be removed from the 'n' overlay zone and placed under the general sign regulations which would permit additional sign area to be added to the existing free standing sign. However, to actually remove the In' overlay would require Council approval. He continued that the subject matter involves an illegal lot split which is not before Council at this time. He noted that the Commission desired to withhold consideration of the sign matter until the lot split had been resolved. Projecturals were shown and defined. Mayor Arth declared the hearing open and Mrs. Harry Friedman stated in part that she was unaware of the illegal lot split until she appeared before the Modification Committee on her application for a free standing 10-7-69 - 1 - CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT APPROVED p! t u f MOTION SCAG 7- /or.:/ MOTION SMOG 5 : r::W... .t01,' V,\0-"I./I/...../ 18:7515 sign some time ago. She stated that she immediately filed for a legal lot split which matter would be before the Commission on October 14. She stated that all of the tenants in the Center desire the additional sign as they feel they do not have adequate exposure to traffic moving east and west on Duarte Road; that one can pass the Center without realizing it is there. She told of contacts with the lending institution in New York City which has the final say inasmuch as there has been a change in the original plot plan. She asked for a favorable decision on her appeal. No one else desiring to be heard the hearing was CLOSED on MOTION by Councilman Butterworth, seconded by Councilman Considine and carried unanimously. I During the ensuing discussion it was the consensus of the Council that the Modification Committee is the proper agency to make the determination on the second free standing sign and that after the Commission has acted on the application for a legal lot split the applicant could then return to the Committee for consideration of the sign. Whereupon it was MOVED by Councilman Butterworth that the appeal be denied. Motion seconded by Councilman Considine and carried unanimously. Planning Commission Resolution No. 683 granting a conditional use permit subject to specific conditions for the expansion and remodeling of an existing restaurant at 233 E. Huntington Drive. It was noted therein that the subject property is zoned C-2 and 'D' with commercial buildings to the east, south and west of the site in a similar zone - single family residences are north and east in a C-2 and D and M-l zones; that the intended expanded use will not be detrimental to the public health and welfare or injurious to the property or improvements in such zone or vicinity. The application was filed by R. E. Cayer, Genevieve C. Cayer and Dominic C. Sturniolo. It was MOVED by Councilman Helms, seconded by Councilman carried unanimously that the action of the Commission as Resolution No. 683 be and it is hereby ratified. Considine, and set forth in , ,I The City Manager explained the recommendation of the Southern California Association of Governments urging the federal government to continue the present import quota on low sulphur content oil in the interests of air ~llution in Southern California. He noted that the oil has made a tremendous improvement in the problem of areas adjacent to generating plants in the fall-out from emissions of oil burned during the winter months and recommended support thereof. It was MOVED by Councilman Hage, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried unanimously that the City Council of the City of Arcadia, based upon a recommendation adopted by the SCAG Standing Committee on Air Pollution Control and the SCAG Council of Air Pollution Control Officers in jOint meeting on August 13, 1969, hereby endorses the Statsnent of the Los Angeles County Air Pollution Control District of July 10, 1969, I and in the interests of air pollution control in the Southern California air basin urges the continuation of the present import quotas on low sulphur content oil which are due to be terminated on March 15, 1910. Said minute resolution to be directed to the Honorable George P. Schultze, Chairman, Cabinet Task Force on Oil Import Control in Washington, D. C. The City Manager noted that the County Board of Supervisors had recommended that municipalities oppose an out-af-court settlement pt a_ suit against automobile manufacturers, alleging restraint of trade i~ past consideration of smog reducing devices, and that the Board of Supervisors had adopted a resolution therefor. 10-7-69 - 2 - ., ): ". " ., I I '. . , , lr .. " ..{...... MOTION TO OPPOSE MOTION TO INTERVENE I ".: EVENTS APPROVED fI r./~R, CITY FIREMEN AGREEMENT ..' ' . .~. 18:7516 It was the consensus of a majority of the Council that action be taken to support the motion and also to intervene. Whereupon it was MOVED by Councilman Butterworth, seconded by Councilman Hage that formal notification be made to the County Board of Supervisors and the County Counsel that this body supports the minute resolution and authorize them to advise the ,United States District Court that it opposes the settlement. (He noted that if the City Attorney deems it helpful a copy also be sent to Judge Curtis who is soliciting direct comments of interested governing bodies as to attitude on the settlement of this anti-trust action). Prior to taking a vot~tRn ~Qt'~R,ion Mayor Arth stated for the record: "I am going to oppose thrs"be~ause from all the information I have been able to get; it practically, in essence, grants the government everything they ask for which actually, in my opinion, would speed the steps toward getting to a condition where we come closer to a smog free automobile. It could very well be that if the settlement is accepted they will immediately comply with all of these things, otherwise it could drag out for four or five years and I' think actually would delay progress instead of moving toward a more livable climatic condition in the State of California." Roll call was taken.on the motion as made and ~econded: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Hage, Helms Councilman Arth None Councilman Helms then MOVED to authorize the City Attorney to file the necessary papers to intervene in the action and oppo~e the consent decree. Motion seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilme~ Butterworth, Considine, Hage, Helms Counci lman Arth .None On MOTION by Councilman Helms, seconded by Councilman Considine and carried unanimously the. following events were APPROVED subject to conditions as set forth in the City Manager's reports concerning each project: 1. Tournament of Roses Association - Annual automobile show - October 9 (May Company parking area) 2. Professional Association - Christmas To be installed by November 14 and removed West Arcadia Business and lighting and decorating. by January 10, 1910. , 3. West Arcadia Business and Professional Association - Invitational Band Review. November 22. Baldwin Avenue route. 4. School Carnivals: PIA - Camino Grove School - October 17 PTA - Hugo Reid School - October 18 PIA - Santa Anita School - October 25 Insurance certificates, where required, ~ill be filed. The City Manager, Fire Chief and his Assistant, the Personnel Director and the City Firemen's Relief Association Wages and Benefit Committee, have been meeting and conferring, and have reached an agreement as set forth in a report dated October 3, 1969: 1. Duty hours of 24-hour shift Fire Department positions be reduced to 60 hours per week (130 per year, effective January 1, 1970). 2. The annual review of salaries for Fire personnel preceding July 1, 1970 will result in recommendations that the City of Arcadia meet the average salary of the 16 cities surveyed. 10-7-69 - 3 - MOTION PROPERTY ACQUISITION MINI-PARK p: P /lrt-:"s MOTION BALDWIN STOCKER SCHOOL PARK -:l' ~'IJ is FIRE HAZARD ADVERTISE FOR BIDS (Santa Fe Station) r./ 18:7517 3. The same 1970 review will include hours and if the average duty week is 58.5 hours or less, we will recommend a 58- hour duty week, effective the following January 1 for the City of Arcadia. 4. As a part of the above, all employees of the Department will continue to analyze and make suggestions for better and faster public service at the lowest cost to the taxpayer. We are pledged to be open to ideas which may depart from the traditional and to review any suggestions regardless of their source. 5. Prior to any recommendations to the City Council the management will inform the Association of such recommendation. I Whereupon it was MOVED by Councilman Hage, seconded by Councilman Helms and carried unanimously that the agreement be accepted. Staff and the Association were commended on their approach in reaching this settlement. The City Manager explained that there is an L-shaped parcel of property surrounding a lot at the southeast corner of Second Avenue and Camino Real which may be available through tax delinquency sale; that it contains a home and suggested that if the present Owner has no deeded interest or ability to retain the property, that proceedings be instituted to acquire it for park purposes. The subject area is without such facilities. Reference was made to a draft of a letter proposed to be sent to the owner indicating the interest on the part of the city in ascertaining whether or not she will attempt and be able to retain the property. Should this prove impossible and the property were to change ownership in any case, he recommended that staff be authorized to take appropriate steps for its acquisition. It was MOVED by Councilman Hage, seconded by Councilman Considine and carried unanimously that Council endorse the draft of a letter and depending on a reply and deadlines, authorize staff to notify the County of the interest on the part of the City in acquiring the property for public park purposes. The City Manager advised that the Board of Education recently took action to notify the City to proceed with its plans for the undeveloped portion of land for recreational purposes at the site of the Baldwin Stocker Elementary School in accordance with terms and conditions of the agreement between the City and the District dated February 13, 1968. He recommended the acceptance of this action and authorize the landscape architects to proceed with working drawings and supervision of Phases I and II and III of the development of this area. It was Councilman Helms' observation that this development has long been delayed and that in his opinion the work should advance promptly, whereupon he MOVED that the City Council authorize the landscape architects to proceed with the working drawings and supervision of the installation of Phases r. II, III and that the necessary funds be appropriated from the I Capital Improvement Account. AYES: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Hage, Helms, Arth NOES: None ABSENT: None Councilman Helms asked that an investigation be made of a potential fire hazard at the rear of the Youth Hut at the Baldwin Stocker School. On MOTION by Councilman Considine, seconded by Councilman Helms and carried unanimously the plans and specifications for the landscaping, sprinkler facilities and fence in connection with the site development of the Santa Fe Station in the Arboretum were APPROVED and the City Clerk was authorized to advertise for bids to be returned November 3, 1969. This project to be financed with previously budgeted State Gas Tax Funds and a request will be made for same when the contract award recommendation is presented to Council. 10-7-69 - 4 - BIDS REJECTED ( STREET MAINTEN ANCE PROJECT JOB NO. 350) ~ I BIDS REJECTED (SIDEWALK PROGRAM PHASE IV JOB 358) Y WORK COMPLETION AND ACCEPTANCE .1-1/7(, WORK COMPLETION AND A~CEPTANCE d ,y.-/c.t' {/ J'. FORMATION OF L M D If 32 ",- .7"- 1'1// I FORMATION OF L M D If 33 (f I') ':'.J J - .< /, " 18:7518 On recommendation of the City Manager and the Director of Public Works bids for the 1968-69 street maintenance work were rejected on MOTION by Councilman Considine, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried unanimously. It was explained by staff that the bids were high without justification, although it was felt that they resulted from the relatively unstable conditions in the construction industry and the large backlog of work in this area due to the operating engineers' strike. The project will be combined with the program of 1910 and readvertised approximately in June of 1970~ On recommendation of the City Manager and the Director of Public Works bids for Phase IV of the sidewalk program were rejected on MOTION by Councilman Considine, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried unanimously. It was explained by staff that the bids were high without justification except that they probably resulted from the relatively unstable conditions in the construction industry and the large backlog of work in this area due to the delay caused by the operating engineers' strike. The project will be delayed until the spring of 1970 at which .. time it is proposed to readvertise for bids. '... On advice of the City Manager and the Director of Public Works that the improvement of Foothill Boulevard between Santa Anita Avenue and Tindalo Road had been satisfactorily completed by Sully Miller Company, it was MOVED by Councilman Rage, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried on roll call vote as follows that same be accepted and that final payment be authorized in accordance with the terms of the contract. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Hage, Helms, Arth None None On advice of the City Manager and the Director of Public Works that the extension of Arcadia Avenue and the improvement of the alley east of Baldwin Avenue, Camino Real and Naomi Avenue, have been satisfactorily completed by Crowell and Larsen, it was MOVED by Councilman Butterworth, seconded by Councilman Hage and carried on roll call vote as follows, that same be accepted and that final payment be authorized in accordance with the terms of the contract. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Hage," Helms, Arth None None The report on the proposed formation of Lighting Maintenance District No. 32 was received and approved by Council on MOTION by Councilman Hage, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried unanimously. Streets or portions of streets to be lighted were indic~ted on a plat showing exact limits: Don Alvarado Drive and Don Diablo Drive Magna Vista Avenue and Second Avenue Wistaria Avenue and Holly Avenue Camino Grove Avenue and Eighth Avenue Resolutions of approval, intention to form district and a date for hearing, to be adopted at the next regular meeting. The report on the proposed formation of Lighting Maintenance District No. 33 was received and approved by Council on MOTION by Councilman Hage, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried unanimously. The district as proposed will include new lighting on that portion of Live Oak Avenue improved with a median between Santa Anita .and Third Avenues. This system to be furnished and installed by the City. Resolutions of approval, intention to form district and a date for hearing, to be adopted at the next regular meeting. 10-1-69 - 5 - DEBRIS HAULING EATON WASH ROUTE 605 I FREEWAY I I -/ ~/ I .../""""'/.J.~"",, &~~7/t -f ,// DEBRIS DISPOSAL SANTA ANITA DAM . -/. ~. ,. ;/-""_-r .,Go- ff. n 1 f:,/'/~./-~/(.." MOTION 18:7519 Council received the report dated October 3 of the City Manager and the Director of Public Works concerning the large number of trucks hauling debris from the Eaton Wash and the resulting noise. It was determined therein that the work being done by the County Flood Control District is of an emergency nature; that the haul route through Arcadia is entirely on State Highways and approved truck routes and beyond City jurisdiction; that there is no other practical haul route and that all possible pre- cautions are being taken to eliminate hazards and conduct a safe, efficient operation. Discussion held on measuring the noise level and the possibility of having the trucks covered to prevent the debris from blowing over the area when enroute. Staff will work toward this end. Considerable discussion held on the request of the County Flood Control District for permissinn to pursue the removal and disposal of debris from the Santa Anita Reservoir on an around-the-clock basis until removal operations have been completed. It was anticipated by the District that the operation would be at the rate of approximately 1500 cubic yards per hour; that with favorable weather conditions it could almost be assured that the total debris could be removed by the first of the year. I The Director of Public Works explained that it had been clarified by the District that it plans to work a 20 hour day six days per week. He explored anticipated problems in connection with such an operation. The major one being the noise generated by the equipment. He felt in order for the District to achieve the most economical operation permission should be granted for the 20 hour day. Councilman Hage stated in part that it cannot be denied there is a serious and urgent need of cleaning out the Santa Anita Dam at the earliest possible date and certainly prior to the commencement of the heavy rainfall conditions; that in order to provide a maximum of protection to the down-stream property owners he would vote for a 20 hour week but no less. He also noted that he had made on-site inspections of the Tujunga Darn debris clean-out project which involves essentially the same type of equipment to be used in the subject operation. Discussion ensued on the noise level, the inconvenience and safety to residents, the possibility of a heavy rainfall before completion of the. operation. Councilman Helms was anxious that it go forward as soon as possible and he would be willing to permit an 18 hour work day for a time to see how it goes. Councilman Considine set forth calculations which would mean a 15 hour day for 55 days to remove the debris, less Sundays and Holidays. He felt that starting off with two 8 hour shifts per day would permit residents to sleep undisturbed which would not be possible with a longer period. That a resident can lose sleep for a few weeks, but it is a different matter when talking of 55 days or more. Councilman Butterworth stated in part that there is no desire on the I part of Council to inconvenience residents, but he would rather have the work proceed on a 20 hour day basis and endeavor to take some extraordinary precautionary measure to keep down the noise level perhaps by a special type of muffler and seeing that certain equipment could not be used except during daytime hours. He noted that Councilman Hage and the Director of Public Works had recommended a 20 hour day. Councilman Helms suggested a compromise that would meet the needs of the residents and the workers, perhaps on a temporary basis, to see how the work progresses and MOVED to authorize an 18 hour day beginning 10-7,69 - 6 - I I EQUIPMENT PURCHASE P : ;t CCLt!. O""/J .' 1/ :.0 '..,;..... '"- PROPOSED INCORPORATION (City of San Pasqual) /- 9~'~-R MOTION 18:7520 at 6:00 a. m. in the morning and subject to the following conditions: 1. No work shall be permitted between 12:00 midnight and 6:00 a. m. 2. That no track-mounted equipment shall be permitted to operate between the hours of 7:00 p.m. and 1:00 a. m. 3. That the City Manager and City Engineer shall be permitted to require more effective muffling of any equipment in order to maintain'the sound ~mission at the lowest possible level. Motion seconded by Councilman Considine and carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Considine, Helms, Arth Councilmen Butterworth, Rage None The City Manager, the Director of Public Works and the Acting Purchasing Officer reported that the following bids had been received for the pur- chase of a four-wheel, dual gutter broom street sweeper and made recommendation for the award of contract: Dearth Machinery Kemp Yorke Equipment Dearth Machinery Wayne 2-913 (alternate bid) Mobil 2-TE3 Wayne 2-945 $12,984.20 13,382.00 14,052.10 Quotations are F. O. B. Arcadia, including applicable taxes and tradein allowance for a 1960 Wayne 2-460. It was explained that the alternate bid from Dearth Machinery was for a three-wheel sweeper and did not meet the requirements of the specifi- cations. That the Mobil 2-TE3 is a machine widely used by many cities in the area and it is purported to be a low cost per mile operation with a minimal repair problem; is more productive than the three-wheel one engine mod e 1. Whereupon it was MOVED by Councilman Butterworth, seconded by Councilman Hage and carried on roll call vote as follows, that the said equipment be purchased from Kemp Yorke Company in the amount of $13,382.00 with the trade-in of Vehicle #107-1, that all other bids be rejected and any informalities or irregularities in the bids or bidding process be waived; that the Mayor and City Clerk be and they are hereby authorized to execute the contract in form approved by the City Attorney. Funds available in the 1969-70 budget Account #433-74. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Rage, Helms, Arth None None Discussion held on the proposed incorporation of county territory including that which is surrounded by the City of Arcadia in the vicinity of Foothill Boulevard and Baldwin Avenue as well as the Foothill Boulevard right-of-way connecting the "island" to other county property west of the City. It was the consensus of Council that the territory often referred to as "Anoakia" should not be incorporated into a city which would be virtually separated from the "island" by some 2,900 feet of developed residential property in the City of Arcadia. It was noted that a public hearing is scheduled before the Local Agency Formation Commission for October 22 at 9 A. M., for the purpose of taking testimony relating to the application for the incorporation of the new city. Whereupon it was MOVED by Councilman Considine, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried unanimously that the Mayor and City Attorney be authorized to appear at said hearing to express the opposition of the City to the inclusion of the Anoakia area in the incorporation proposal and also to present pertinent evidence. 10-7-69 - 1 - ., 18:7521 AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION ORDINANCE NO. 14D2 ADOPTED ./" RESOLUTION NO. 4092 ADOPTED AS AMENDED ...----- HELMS Jl,) l? Louis B. Baldwin, 1116 Highland Oaks Drive, stated in part that he was pleased that Council did not award the contract for construction of sidewalks which would include such installation on the east side of Highland Oaks Drive between Foothill Boulevard and Sycamore Avenue. He read a communication signed by six property owners on Highland Oaks Drive objecting to the proposed construction which set forth in part that the sidewalks do not appear to be necessary for safety; that considerable cost will be involved and the appearance and yards will suffer. He was advised that there is now an opportunity for the petitioners to meet with the City Manager and Director of Public Works in this regard. I The City Attorney presented for the second time, explained the content and read the title of Ordinance No. 1402, entitled: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA ADDING SECTION 3221.8 TO THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE, ESTABLISHING A THIRTY-FIVE (35) MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT ON BALDWIN AVENUE SOUTHERLY OF CAMINO REAL AVENUE." It was MOVED by Councilman Hage, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried on roll call vote as follows, that the reading of the full body of Ordinance No. 1402 be WAIVED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Hage, Helms, Arth None None It was MOVED by Councilman Hage, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried on roll call vote as follows, that Ordinance No. 1402.be ADOPTED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Hage, Helms, Arth None None The City Attorney presented and recommended amending Section 1 of Resolution No. 4092 by omitting the word "non-commercial" in the third line second paragraph and stated reasons therefor. Whereupon it was MOVED by Councilman Helms, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried unanimously that Resolution No. 4092 be so AMENDED. The City Attorney then read the title of Resolution No. 4092, entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR STREET SIGNS." It was MOVED by Councilman Helms, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried on roll call vote as follows, that the reading of the full body of Resolution No. 4092 as amended be WAIVED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Rage, Helms, Arth None None I It was MOVED by Councilman Helms, seconded by Councilman Butterworth and carried on roll call vote as follows, that Resolution No. 4D92 as amended, be ADOPTED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmen Butterworth, Considine, Hage, Helms, Arth None None Noted that off times young people who make unfortunate headlines overshadow those who have genuine, worthwhile interests and referred to those with whom he has had recent contact who are concerned about the destruction of the natural environment of the wild life habitation in the flood control debris basin area. That the plans of the Flood Control District indicate 10-7-69 - 8 - CONSIDINE tl/ . _u //.... t: I ARTH :p. /~ ARTH 'r .,7/ !. ~ /j/ ADJ OURNMENT I 18:1522 ~ &VM) that debris will completely f _ the natural growth which has formed there, which will drive the deer, foxes, raccoons, etc., out, if indeed this has not already occurred. There is also concern in the beautiful Clam Shell Canyon which basically remains wild with a rough stream of pure clear water. He suggested that the Director of Public Works ask the District what plans it has for preserving the natural environment of this canyon. Stated in part that he had been discussing a concept of a community center with some of the residents and that he also has visited a few such facili- ties and was particularly impressed with one in the City of Hawthorne. That it appears to be a reasonable and logical solution to the local need for a teenage center as well as a facility which could be flexible in its appli- cation as an auditorium seating perhaps 1500, rooms for study sessions, perhaps the Recreation Department could also be housed there; that thought could be given to constructing such a facility on city owned land in the downtown area although he was not limiting the location in his thought; that perhaps a small amount of money could be appropriated from the Council Contingency Account for the preparation of a more detailed analysis as to location and plan. He said he had discussed it with the Recreation Commission asking it to give it thought, and that, as an individual, he had put the question to the Path organization also. The City Council concurred that indeed such a facility was needed in the community and asked the City Manager to discuss the matter with the School officials as any such center would be used for city and school purposes. Commended Councilman Butterworth and the City Manager for their efforts on the Committee of the Future of the League of California Cities and for presentations made at the recent Conference. He noted that copies will soon be available. Explored the results of a recent Sierra Madre fire and expressed concern over the possible danger of floods. The City Manager and the Director of Public Works will work with the Flood Control District for specific help, Mayor Arth declared the meeting adjourned at 10:15 P.M. sine die. (!/A" dJ'-~ Mayor ATTEST: ~?'~ ~~ 77~A.- City Clerk 10-7-69 - 9 -