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INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
MINUTE
APPROVAL
(Apr. 5,
1988)
(APPROVED)
ORD. & RES.
READ BY
TITLE ONLY
RESOLUTION
NO. 5409
(ADOPTED)
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
and the
ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING
APRIL 19, 1988
The City Council of the City of Arcadia and the Arcadia Redevelopment
Agency met in a regular session April 19, 1988 at 7:30 p. m. in the
Arcadia City Hall Council Chamber.
Dr. Charles M. Olsen, Arcadia Presbyterian Church
Betty Masten in memory of her husband, Chief Buck Masten of the El Monte
Fire Department who was a resident of our City who passed away this week.
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski, Young and Gilb
None
On MOTION by Councilmember Young, seconded by Councilmember Harbicht
and CARRIED the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of AprilS, 1988 were
APPROVED.
It was MOVED by Councilmember Lojeski, seconded by Councilmember Young
and CARRIED that Ordinances and Resolution be read by title only and
that the reading in full be waived.
ELECTION CERTIFICATION
The City Clerk recited the results of the General Municipal Election
held in the City on the 12th day of April, 1988 and declared the results
indicating~he election of Charles E. Gilb, Mary B. Young and June D.
Alford. The City Clerk presented and read the title of Resolution No.
5409, entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA,
CALIFORNIA RECITING THE FACT OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN
SAID CITY ON THE 12th DAY OF APRIL, 1988, DECLARING THE RESULT THEREOF
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER".
It was MOVED by Councilmember Chandler, seconded by Councilmember
Lojeski and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Resolution No.
5409 be and it is hereby ADOPTED.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski, Young and Gilb
None
None
Judge S. Clark Moore, of the Santa Anita Court, then administered
the Oath of Office to Charles E. Gilb, Mary B. Young and June D. Alford
and Certificates of Election were presented to the new Councilmembers
and new City Clerk.
The newly elected Councilmembers and City Clerk then assumed official
positions at the Council Table and Clerk's Table.
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PRESENTATIONS TO OUTGOING MAYOR GILB
Mayor Pro Tempore Harbicht presented Mayor Gilb with a plaque in honor
of his tenure as Mayor, with appreciation from the Members of the City
Council and City Clerk for his efforts and accomplishments, and in
appreciation of his dedicated service to the community in a leadership
roll.
The following made presentations to Mayor Gilb:
Robert C. Harbicht representing Governor George Deukmejian
Robert C. Harbicht representing Senator Alan Cranston
Robert C. Harbicht representing Congressman Carlos J. Moorhead
Pat Myers representing Assemblyman Richard Mountjoy
Wellington Love representing State Senator Newton Russell
Sarah Flores representing Supervisor Pete Schabarum
Joe Ciraulo representing the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce
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REMARKS BY OUTGOING MAYOR CHARLES E. GILB
"Now it becomes time on the agenda for the outgoing Mayor to make
some remarks. First, it would give me a great deal of honor to intro-
duce my wife, Ruth and my daughter, Valerie. My son is in Albuquerque
tonight and my daughter, Denice is in Minneapolis. Tonight I close out
my year as Mayor. It has been extremely interesting. I wish to thank
my family and I would also like to thank my fellow Council people who
have served this year with me as Mayor. I appreciate the honor. I am
sitting here thinking this is the beginning of thirteen years on the
Council. I can hardly believe it has been this long. Many of you in
the City have started out when I started out in the old Council chambers
and many things have happened to the community in that time. I am espe-
cially grateful to the staff of the City who have worked so hard in your
behalf and of all of the work and meetings that have been put in by all
the various committees, the boards and the commissions ...'without them
the City would not function quite so well. I have said also at many of
my various functions that I think the City of Arcadia is grateful and
most pleased to have so many organizations that dedicate themselves to
improving this community; no matter what they are, they certainly do a
fine job. This past year we have had many things come up and many
things have been carried on ... the redevelopment, the beginning of the
Senior Citizens' Center and some of the other projects. I don't want
to mention them all because many of those were started in other terms
and the redevelopment was really started fourteen years ago, if I re-
call right, when I first came on the Council and then it went back and
then we got going again and now it is really moving and I think it is
going to be a great credit and I think that the Council has shown in its
efforts that they certainly support all of the things that the community
does. It is interesting all of the calls we get from the citizens in
this community and how we each try to go out and chase down the problem
or the trouble to see if we can correct it in any way. I have enjoyed
my twelve years on the Council and I hope that I will do the next four
years with the same enthusiasm. As I told somebody, I was forty-nine
years old when I started this job and now I am sixty-three and I have to
tell you, you slow down just a hair but I want to tell you that this is
a fantastic community. The citizens of this community are so outstand-
ing that if you just go and compare it to other communities, you just
have no idea if you really know how it all functions. Before I close
I would like to mention our outgoing City Clerk, Christine. We have
sort of been together for a long time and she has been together with
all of us for a long time here and this is really her evening and this
will be her last night. She has been here thirty-two years and some of
you in the room weren't even born when Christine came to work here
thirty-two years ago, but she has been an outstanding member of our
staff. She is an outstanding citizen of this community. She is a
trememdously loved woman in this community and in all the other commu-
nities and tremendously respected. Tonight I told her I did not know
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"who was going to get through this -- her or me, but it is very
difficult because when you are as close to somebody as Chris as
we are in the City and many of you in the community and we will
show our affection for her on April 28 at our reception from 5 to 8
and we hope that you will all be able to come down to the Arcadia
House that evening to bid her thanks for all that she has done. She
is an outstanding servant of the community and we are certainly going
to miss her. I want to welcome June Alford who is our new City Clerk
and I am sure that she will do a fine job. She is a very enthusiastic
person and certainly that is what this job takes. Christine Van Maanen
... we are going to hate to see her go and, gosh, it is going to be
hard to say 'May we have another roll call, Madam City Clerk' and it
isn't going to be Chris. Anyway I want to thank you all for the honor
of serving on your City Council and thank the Council for choosing me
as the Mayor and thank all the previous Councils that I have served with
and all of our staff and all of you, the citizens. Thank you very much."
PRESENTATIONS TO OUTGOING CITY CLERK CHRISTINE VAN MAANEN
Mayor Gilb presented Outgoing City Clerk Christine Van Maanen with
a plaque in honor of her tenure as City Clerk and in appreciation
for thirty-eight years of dedicated service to the City and signed
by Members of the City Council... April 1988.
The following made presentations to Christine Van Maanen:
Charles E. Gilb for President Ronald Reagan
Charles E. Gilb for Governor George Deukmejian
Charles E. Gilb for International Institute of Municipal Clerks
Charles E. Gilb presentation of flag flown over the U. S. Capital
March 3, 1988, at the request of the Honorable Carlos J.
Moorhead, Member of Congress, in recognition of Christine
Van Maanen, retiring City Clerk of the City of Arcadia
Sarah Flores for Supervisor Pete Schabarum
Joint Presentation by Wellington Love and Pat Myers for Senator
Newton Russell and Assemblyman Richard Mountjoy of
Resolution honoring Christine Van Maanen
Dee Lingenfelder for City Clerks' Association of California
J. Carlton Roberts presented portrait of Christine Van Maanen
Jim Bryant for the Arcadia Unified School District
Joe Ciraulo for the Chamber of Commerce
Joe Sargis for Arcadians for Arcadia
REMARKS BY OUTGOING CITY CLERK CHRISTINE VAN MAANEN
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"If I don't lose my composure, I would like to say a few things, please.
You know that's what you get by being emotional and when something means
so much to you when something like this arises, you don't think the day
will ever come. It's come and I must try to end it with dignity and
I made a few notes and if my eyes will clear up, I will read them. First
of all, of course ... your heart gets so full, it is difficult, anyway,
f want to express tremendous congratulations to each and everyone of
you and to all of the presenters and I will cherish them in my rocking
chair stage and, speaking of rocking chair days, I had a telephone call
recently... perhaps I have stayed too long ... I was reminded that I
have stayed too long at the fair. You know, that is rather hard to take
but I did. I started my career with the City, as you know, in 1950 and
when one assumes responsibility for the functions of such an office, you
commit yourself to service and that is what I have really tried to do.
I tried to provide service. The adjustment period, I know is going to
hit me ... as a matter of fact it has already started. I will now get
acquainted with my home that I have maintained these years. Actually,
the City Hall has been my home, more than my own home, so I am going to
try to get that place in order if I can. I have a sign on my desk ...
for several weeks ... that says 'There is life after City Hall' and I
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"am trying very hard to live that. There is so much I could say, but
I know we have an agenda to abide by and a new City Clerk to take over.
And I know our presiding officer is one who likes to get the show on
the road, as he says. I just would like to thank each and everyone of
you for all your help in making my leaving ()ffice easy., I want to
thank the City Manager also for the memories. To the new City Clerk,
I stand willing and able to help you in any way I can. Feel free to
call me. I will do anything I can. I don't want to be in your way.
I just want to help if you need it. I would also like to say that it
is gratifying, I think, to the Manager, I am not sure, the wheels are
already in progress to install a new legislative history system in my
office. This is long overdue and during the ,campaign you heard it
referred to. Yes, that was installed in 1956 ... it is a Remington Rand I
system and has been great ... still workable but obsolete. Now with the
computer age, it should have its place, too, in the sun like all the
other departments in City Hall. So I am grateful to hear that. I will
now become a voter and a taxpayer and I will increase my volunteer
services to the Arboretum, Rescue Mission and believe it or not, I
have just been called for jury duty and so I shall be busy. Thank
you all and goodbye."
Christine Van Maanen then presented the Mayor and Council with a set
of pictures that had been in the City Clerk's office of all the Mayors
of Arcadia from 1903 to date.
REORGANIZATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 1988-89
City Clerk June Alford declared the office of Mayor vacant and called
for nominations for that office. Councilmember Gilb nominated Mayor
Pro Tempore Harbicht as Mayor of the City of Arcadia for the ensuing
year. This was seconded by Councilmember Chandler. No other nomina-
tions were made and the nominations were closed. It was MOVED by
Councilmember Lojeski, seconded by Councilmember Young that a un-
animous ballot be cast that Mayor Pro Tempore Harbicht be Mayor for
the ensuing year.
Mayor Harbicht assumed his place at the Council Table and called for
nominations for the Office of Mayor Pro Tempore. Mayor Harbicht nominated
Councilmember Chandler as Mayor Pro Tempore for the ensuing year. This was
seconded by Councilmember Gilb. No other nominations were made and the
nominations were closed. It was MOVED by Councilmember Young, seconded
by Councilmember Gilb that a unanimous ballot be cast that Councilmember
Chandler be Mayor Pro Tempore for the ensuing year.
REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY MAYOR HARBICHT
"I would like to start out by introducing some special people this
evening. First, I would like to start with the most special person
and that is my wife, Patsy. I would also like to introduce my children:
my son, Rob who is a recent graduate from USC and my daughter, Jill who
is one month away from graduating from Pitzer College in Claremont. I I
would also like to introduce my mother and father, Dale and Bob Harbicht
and my mother and father-in-law, May and Fritz Barlow. My brother, John .
couldn't be here this evening -- he has an emergency golf game earlier
this evening, but his wife, Carrie and my niece and nephew, Jan and
Matthew Harbicht are here. I am excited this evening and I am excited
and honored by the opportunity to serve as Mayor and excited about where
we are going in this City and I certainly appreciate the confidence of
my fellow Councilmen. I would like to say that I am absolutely de-
lighted at the re-election of Charles and Mary. We have an excellent
team here and there is work yet to be done and I am very, very pleased
that the team is intact to continue on. I have found in the past two
years on the City Council that while we may have disagreements from
time to time on one issue or another which is, I think, healthy, every
Member of this Council is dedicated to making Arcadia a better place
to raise our families and live our lives. We've made some great strides
in the recent past and continue along that path ... examples would be
the redevelopment on East Huntington Drive. We had the ground breaking
on the North side of Huntington today for the Emkay Project. The North
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and South side projects total better than fifty million dollars in
neW investment in the City of Arcadia. That is something that we can
all be proud of. We have taken an area of our community which was
really kind of a shame of our community and made it another area to
be the pride of Arcadia. We are in the process of recognizing the
special needs of a segment of our community and moving forward on the
Senior Citizens' Center and I hope to have this well under way before
I leave this chair and I know the Council shares that feeling. I am
particularly proud of our City staff including the Police, the Fire, the
Public Works, the City Hall Staff. We really do have an outstanding
staff in this City and I think the quality of the services that are
offered is the result of that. I think George Watts does an outstand-
ing job as our City Manager and a great deal of the credit for the job
that he does goes to the staff that he has put together. Officials
often take office with grandiose plans for revolutionary changes that
they want to make. This is not the case here ... Arcadia does not need
them. My goal is to continue to guide Arcadia along the course that has
been set by so manY,mayors and so many councils in the past. We have
really a great community and with the help of all the people I've
mentioned and all of the citizens of our community, we will keep it
that way. Thank you."
REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY MAYOR PRO TEMPORE ROGER CHANDLER
"I would like to start by introducing my wife, Jane. We did not bring
a big rooting section. Our oldest son, Greg, is in a class at PCC and
the youngest son, Jeff, is at guitar lessons. I would like to thank them
for thinking about us anyway. I would like to' thank the fellow Council-
members and staff for, I think, what has been a terrific two year experi-
ence so far for me. The terrific part is the fact that we indeed have
been able to accomplish things and really that is what it's all about
and accomplish things without a great deal of turmoil which is, I think,
too common in many communities -- backbiting and what have you starts
and progress stops. This group here for the past two years, with the
leadership of George Watts and his department heads, really have
accomplished a great deal without that type of turmoil, so I am really
tickled to be a part of that and look forward to at least another two
years. Once again, I am really pleased and I hope that everybody in
town recognizes tlat on the North side of Huntington Drive just about
as you get into Monrovia we are starting to blossom out of the ground
and will no longer have to play second fiddle to their redevelopment
program. I think that in the years to come this team here will continue
to make that even more successful. So, thank you.1t
REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY COUNCILMEMBER DENNIS A. LOJESKI
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"It is a great honor that I am able to introduce my family this
evening -- my wife, Janet; my son, Brian; my daughter ... today is
her fourteenth birthday... Michelle. Also, my father, Mr. Edward
Lojeski. I am kind of the old Councilman here who is coming into
the home stretch. This, the beginning of my seventh year ... two
more years to go ... that last furlong or something like that. I, too,
am proud and pleased with the accomplishments not that myself or Council-
man Gilb or Councilwoman Young or any of us who have sat up here have
individually done. Everything that has been accomplished has always
been a team effort. Sometimes the team pulls with a slim margin; some-
times they pull with a terrific margin. But it has been a real plea-
sure. I have to tell all of the citizens of Arcadia that I have served
for the past six years that I am looking forward to a very active, very
good continuation of the next two years. I would like to congratulate
our new City Clerk, June Alford. June ran, in my opinion, probably one
of the most professional, finest campaigns. If I ever run for anything
in this area again, I am certainly going to ask June to help me out.
She did a terrific job. Congratulations again, Mary; welcome back to the
Council. You did not stay away very long. Charles, you did not stay away
very long. Congratulations to both of you. Our new Mayor, Bob, congrat-
ulations. Roger, you have got some excitement ahead of you as you become
Mayor Pro Tem and congratulations. As kind of a last note I 'would person-
ally like to make my remarks to our outgoing City Clerk. I sat down and
attempted to put a few words down and just as has been said by the
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"presenters, as Christine herself said, it is very difficult many times
to put things into words, but I would personally like to give my thank
you, my congratulations. It's been an honor to serve with her. And
Christine, I certainly appreciate the guidance and everything you have
done for all of the citizens of the City of Arcadia and I think I speak
for the entire Council. Thank you very much."
REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY COUNCILMEMBER MARY B. ' YOUNG
"Good evening everyone. I am almost speechless, too, like Christine
because it is such a thrill to have the confidence of the citizens behind
you. I have enjoyed the last four years extremely. I have enjoyed work- I
ing with this Council and I have had many people in town ask me, 'How is
it working with all those men'. Well, it has been a true pleasure and I
have enjoyed it and I have deeply appreciated the fact that we have been
able to accomplish a great deal. The other Councilmembers have itemized
those big accomplishments and they are big accomplishments for our little
City. We have a wonderful City and I am probably one of the best P. R.
people for it. I certainly want to thank all of the citizens who have
supported me and I truly appreciate the vote of confidence. I will assure
you that I will work my hardest to do the best I can for the next four years.
Before I finish, I would like to introduce my husband, Dick, who is standing
at the back. He has been very supportive and I guess:when.a,woman'is',on the
Council that means a tremendous amount because it could not have been done
otherwise. Right next to him is son number two, Bob Young, and my daughter
and her husband, Carolyn and Howard Giffis .,. I think they took the noises
you heard out ... Forrest, age 3, looks like Hopalong Cassidy tonight, and
Elliot, age 2. Thank you."
REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY CITY CLERK JUNE ALFORD
"Ever since I was a youngster, I have heard the words "campaign trail"
and I surely have come to know what those words mean. It was a long trail,
and when the day of election arrived I was so glad to have this happen
and that it would be decided, and we would all know, and we could all
get back to the business of the day. Campaigning was surely an experience
I will not soon forget. I gained a whole new concept of what it means in
the life of a candidate. The name recognition that you must get before the
public; your purpose; the who of who you are. Now that it is over I can
see the benefits and as City Clerk I am sure that I will be able to take
advantage of these benefits because I surely understand what a person goes
through when they take out their papers and they must go through the cam-
paign cycle. And I know this will be a very great benefit in future elec-
tions. As to my own campaign, no one worked harder and no one was more
dedicated and energized and enjoyed campaigning more than my campaign
manager ... the drive and hard work are so typical of him and of his approach
to getting a job accomplished and he made friends allover the City. I am
referring to my husband and my partner for life ... and I would like to
introduce him at this time. His name is Earle Alford. He really worked
hard. I appreciated Councilman Lojeski's remarks about my own involve- I
ment in our campaign, but I must say that my husband worked harder than
anyone. At the same time our son, Joshua was very much involved ... he ,
is twelve and he and his friends campaigned door to door and they did
signs ... they did everything. I would like you to meet my son, Joshua.
We also have our three daughters here this evening and I would like my
daughter, Lisa, and her husband, Fred Leach to stand so we can recognize
them. I want to thank both of them for their involvement in our campaign.
My daughter, Diane and our grandchildren, Leah and Joel, are also here
tonight. One more daughter .,. our daughter, Marta; she was a great help
in our campaign. My sister also, I thought would be here tonight, but I
don't know if she is here ... LaVerne Springer. I don't know what happened.
Anyway, she was a great help to us. She was very much involved and thrilled
in the whole process. In any campaign there are, of course, many others
who are involved and they take their time and their effort on behalf of the
campaign and the canddiate, and I am deeply appreciative of all those who
helped in so many different ways. Time does not allow me to acknowledge
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"each one individually by having them stand, but I would like to thank
some of those who are here in the audience this evening who were so
great in their support of my campaign and in their help: Tom Cherry is
one of them; I thank Tom; I thank Chuck and JoAnne Hayes for all their
help ... I really appreciate it; my thanks also go to Vicki.and'Frank Ferris
.., they have just been great and I have appreciated them; and Kaelene
and John Peterson ... I don't know whether they are actually here, but
they were a great help ... they are a lovely young couple who are new
in the community and they want to be involved and they certainly were
in my campaign. I would like to thank Ron and Sandy Lug. Ron was my
treasurer and they did a great job. My thanks also to Irene Wilbur for
all her help '" I really appreciate you, Irene. I thank you also Francine
and Bob Cothren. Francine went door-to-door ... a really sweet girl and
they did a bang-up job. Joy Serafian ... I don't know whether Joy is in
the audience tonight ... Joy is a talented writer. She has a lot of savy
in campaigning and she is related to the Deukmejians so she comes by it
easily and naturally. I also would like to thank Al and Hilda Aponno
for their help and love. I really appreciate them. To those I have just
mentioned and to the many who were very encouraging, I just wish to say
'thank you'. My remarks and acknowledgements this evening would not be
complete without a very special 'thank you' to Arcadia City Clerk, Christine
Van Maanen. Thank you, Christine, for the example you set by your diligent
devotion to the work and to the City, especially your caring about the
people of Arcadia. You really care. I believe God has a plan and a purpose
for each of our lives and I expect a fresh new door of oppotunity to open
for you where your talents and energy will be utilized. I believe it to
be so. There is more to come and it is good. We have had some happy times
together and I will miss those special times. I would like to close my
thoughts this evening with this: my love for this City goes back further
than the almost fifteen years that we have lived here. I feel I am so
blessed and priviledged to be a part of this City government. I look
forward to working with the Council and our fine, dedicated staff and I
believe that it is all for the good of the public interest. To this end,
I wish to dedicate my service as City Clerk of the City of Arcadia. Thank
you."
"Thank you, June, and on behalf of the City Council, I would like to say
once again, 'welcome aboard... we are happy to have you with us. If'
RECESS
COUNCIL RECONVENED
To consider recording a Notice of Merger in accordance with Arcadia
Municipal Code Section 9111.7 at 12, 16 and 20 N. Third Avenue and
301 and 315 East Huntington Drive (the Souplantation site)
CONTINUED TO MAY 3, 1988.
CITY COUNCIL RECESSED IN ORDER TO ACT AS THE
ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
Members Chandler, Gilb, Lojeski, Young and Harbicht
None
~on MOTION by Member Gilb,
Minutes of the meeting of
seconded by Member Chandler and CARRIED, the
AprilS, 1988 were APPROVED.
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ADJOURNMENT The Meeting adjourned to May 3, 1988 at 7:00 p. m.
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CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED
5.
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
Johanna Hofer, 875 Monte Verde Drive stated, in part, that she wished to
know if all the Councilmembers had read the article in the Sunday, April
17, 1988 issue of the ARCADIA TRIBUNE, entitled: "Hofer requests recount
in precinct". She also inquired if the Arcadia City Attorney, Michael
Miller, speaks for the entire City Council in this matter. Councilmember
Lojeski interjected that he resented a citizen making insinuating remarks
about a member of the City staff. He did not want'. to hear a rehash of
the election campaign and an irresponsible recounting of votes. Mayor
Harbicht stated that this is the time for citizens to address the Council I
not for the Council to address the citizens. Mrs. Hofer reiterated her
questions. Council did not reply. Mrs. Hofer said she wanted them to
know that she was not game playing; she is dead serious. She stated that
she had given information to the editor of the TRIBUNE regarding the April '
13, 1982 election and why she had taken the issue of the randomized alphabet
for that election into small claims court for a decision. She is waiting
for a retraction and an apology otherwise she will get legal counsel. She
also inquired if the City should want a recall election within the next
two year period, what would the number of votes required be? The City
Clerk said she did not have that information at the moment but would obtain
it for Mrs. Hofer. Mrs. Hofer then inquired about two petitions she had
presented at the previous Council meeting. Council has taken no action to
date. She referred to the Brown and Caldwell contract for engineering
services, in particular the schedule of billing rates in Exhibit D and
suggested that the contract not be acted upon hastily. She was happy to
learn that the new City Clerk believes in keeping this position an
elective one. Assembly Bill 2700 is in the Senate Judiciary; no hearing
date has been set. She would hope that Council would pass an ordinance
similar to one passed by the County Supervisors. This has to do with the
control of ingredients of dangerous substances. The City Attorney had
stated during the March 15, 1988 Council meeting that if this matter be-
came a State law, any City law passed would be superceded in'any event.
She also stated for the record that personnel in the executive offices
of the Board of Supervisomhad stated that as many as three letters had
been sent to the City in the past month ... she guessed our City has a
problem with important mail reaching City Hall.
Jim Bryant, 1405 South Fifth Avenue, on behalf of the School Board and
the student population .,. welcome to the newly elected officials and the
new Mayor and Mayor Pro Tern. He looks forward to another cooperative
session.
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CONSENT ITEMS
6a. j
HEARING SCHEDULED for May 3, 1988 a public hearing for consideration of MM-88-003 I
SCHEDULED for a proposed industrial building to be on a lot containing 14,766 square
(May 3, feet in lieu of the minimum 15,000 square feet required and modification '
1988) for loading zone at 11901 Goldring Road (Kenneth C. Elmore, applicantl .
owner)
6b.
HEARING vi
SCHEDULED
(May 3,
1988)
SCHEDULED for May 3, 1988 a public hearing for consideration of MM-88-004
for a proposed industrial building to be on a lot containing 12,840 square
feet in lieu of the minimum 15,000 square feet required at Lots 1606-1609
in the Chicago Park Tract '(Walter P. Wild, architect).
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HEARING SCHEDULED for May 3, 1988 a public hearing for consideration of MM-88-002
SCHEDULED for a proposed industrial building to be on a lot containing 7,682.5 square
(May 3, feet in lieu of the 'minimum 15,000 square feet required and a modification
1988) for a 10' front setback in lieu of the required 25' special setback at
115 E. La Porte (Sam La Porte, owner/applicant).
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HEARING
SCHEDULED
(May 3,
1988)
6e.
WORK
ACCEPTED
J(Traffic
t! Strip. &
1-" Pave.Mk' g)
, (Job No.
1'I~~:~'~34)
6f.
ENGINEER
CONTRACT
(L.O.
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X 677)
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SCHEDULED for May 3, 1988 a public hearing for consideration of the
Capital Impro~ementI~rogram 1988-89 througn 1992-93.
ACCEPTED the work and AUTHORIZED final payment pursuant to the contract
with Traffic Operations, Inc. for painting traffic striping and pavement
markings on various streets throughout the City. The project is funded
from the 1986-8-7.LPub'lic' Works Operating Budget. Final contract amount
is $19,355.00.
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APPROVED engineering contract with Brown and Caldwell for the design
and construction ma~agement of the Live Oak Water Facilities and that
the Mayor'and'City'Clerk be AUTHORIZED to execute same in a form approved
by the City Attorney. The contract provides total compensation up to
$98,700 with' provisions for necessary adjustments if the scope is modified
from the engineering services covered in the contract. Funding is from
the 1987-88 Capital Improvement Program.
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CONSULTING APPROVED consulting agreement with Christine Van Maanen to effectuate a
~.AGREEMENT transition applicable to the City Clerk's Office.
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ALL OF THE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS WERE APPROVED ON MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER
, ." , ,J "LOJESKI,' SECONDED "BY' COUNCILMEMBER GILB AND CARRIED ON ROLL CALL VOTE AS
" ,', FOLLOWS: I" .
7 .
7a.
RESOLUTION
NO. 5410
(ADOPTED)
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7b.
MUNICIPAL
CODE WAIVER
(Woodlands
Archery &
Taxidermy)
(APPROVED)
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AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Chandler, Gilb, Lojeski, 'Young and H'!rbicht
None- I!
None
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CITY ATTORNEY
The City Attorney presented, explained the content and read the title
of Resolution No. 5410, entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE CALIFORNIA WILDLIFE,
COASTAL AND PARK LAND CONSERVATION ACT OF 1988".
It was MOVED by Councilmember Chandler, seconded by Councilmember Gilb
and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Resolution No. 5410 be and
it is hereby ADOPTED.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Councilmembers
None
,None
Councilmember
Chandler, Gilb, Lojeski,and Harbicht
Young (She was not sure it was practical on a state
level and wanted more information.)
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The City Attorney presented a request by Woodlands Archery regarding
waiver of Arcadia Municipal Code, Section 6415.4 regarding distance of
parking lot event from residential zone.
It was MOVED by Councilmember Gilb, seconded by Councilmember Young and
CARKIED on roll call vote as follows that waiver of Code Section 6415.4
described in memorandum dated April 30, 1987 regarding Woodlands Archery
be APPROVED and also that staff be directed to bring back to Council a
possible Code amendment to provide a permit process to be administered by
staff allowing deviation from the distance requirement set forth in the
Code under certain conditions.
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9.
LOJESKI
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Grove
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ve.
HARBICHT
LOJESKI
(SGVAC)
YOUNG
HARBICHT
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HARBICHT
(Arcadia
Nat.L.L.)
CHANDLER
YOUNG
(Library
Bd.)
HARBICHT
10.
ADJOURNMENT
GILB
(Memory
of Fred
Brandt)
30:0090
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Cou~ci~members Chandler, Gilb, Lojeski, Young and Harbicht
None
None
MATTERS FROM STAFF
None
MATTERS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS
/Stated that in, the couple years he will remain on the Council he would
like to give ,~ouncil a challenge to improve Orange Grove Avenue. He WOUldt
like to see the street repaired so people can drive on it in a safe fashio
We have had.co~tacts with Sierra Madre and the County.
Stated that, he ,;had a meeting scheduled with Supervisor Antonovich in
about a ~e~k ~~d a-half specifically to discuss Orange Grove Avenue.
Re. liaison apppintments, there should be a delegate named to the San
Gabriel Valley Association of Cities.
Said she~4ad beeg attending the meetings and that Committee (Waste
Committee) is coming to an end. She is attending a dinner next week
and hopefully will come back with a report.
Stated ,that Councilmember Young was the delegate and he was the alternate
on that parti~ul~r one.
Had a
their
them.
communication from Arcadia National Little League which is having
35th reunion April 30. He will be out of town and has informed
Perhaps some other Councilmember could attend.
Said he belonged to that Little League and he would try to attend it.
Re. assignments, she noted that she had been assigned to the Library
Board. That meets one hour ahead of the San Gabriel Valley Association
of Cities and both on Thursday.
It will be worked out after he has had an opportunity to look at the
assignments.
"I would like to adjourn the meeting in memory of Fred Brandt. Fred was
67 years old and he passed away April 6. He suffered a massive heart
attack at O'Hare Field in Chicago and died at that facility. He was
born November 29 in Cleveland and he lived most of his life in Shaker
Heights, Ohio. He was in World War II; he was a member of the cavalry;
he has lived in the City of Arcadia since 1984 and he was National Sales I
Manager for National Directory of Morticians. He is survived by his sons
and his wife, all of New Jersey. He was very active in the Disaster Action
Team of the Arcadia Chapter of the American Red Cross, the Arcadia Rotary
Club, Arcadia Chapter of the Tournament of Roses and the Arcadia Senior
Men's Club and the American Legion. He was at one time Commander of the
Shaker Heights Post of the American Legion. I would like to close the
meeting in Memory of Mr. Fred S. Brandt."
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GUB
(Memory
of
Charles
Masten)
I
ADJOURNMENT
(May 3,
1988)
ATTEST:
30:0091
"Also at the same time, I would like to close the meeting in memory of
a very distinguished citizen who passed away this past week ...Charles
"Buck" Masten. Buck was the Chief of the El Monte Fire Department, but
he lived in the City of Arcadia. He was born in Anaconda, Montana, and
he received a football scholarship to Montana State University where he
played linebacker and graduated from there with a Bachelor's Degree in
Health and Physical Education. He went on to earn a Master's Degree in
Public Administration. Buck was a decorated World War II veteran and
he came to El Monte as the Chief in 1972. He was a long time resident
of Arcadia. He could be described as friendly, warm and caring. More
than that, though, at the service that was held for Buck recently, the
Fire people turned out and all of his friends. It was a massive turnout
of respect for a very fine gentleman. Buck Masten was one of the few
people in the community that was always there when you needed him and
he was a great credit to our community. He was a fine citizen; he is
going to be missed. He died way too young. He is survived by his wife
of 37 years, Betty and three children. The 'large service turnout was
a great credit to the way that he was thought of in this community and
he is going to be missed sorely and I would like to close the meeting
tonight in memory of Charles "Buck" Masten.
The Meeting adjourned at 9:10 p. m. to 7:00 p. m., May 3, 1988 in the
Conference Room of the Council Chamber Building to conduct the business
of the Council and Agency and CLOSED SESSION, if any, necessary to discuss
personnel, litigation and evaluation of properties~
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R. C. Harbicht, Mayor
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D. Alford, C' Cle
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