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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMAY 1,1984 25:0933 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS ARE RECORDED AND ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK I ROLL CAll MISCELLANEOUS MEDICAL FACILITY (PUBLIC HEARING MAY 15,1984) I I M I NUT E S CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA and the ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING May 1, 1984 The City Council of the City of Arcadia and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in an adjourned regular session Tuesday, May 1, 1984 at 7 p.m. in the Arcadia City Hall Conference Room. PRESENT: Council Members Gi1b, Lojeski, Pellegrino, Young and Hannah ABSENT: None Staff submitte9-communications from 1) Howard Bong relating to the development of his property and 2) from Harold Roach offering one of his sculptures to the City. The first will be considered later in this meeting and the second will be referred to the Olympic ~- Commission to ascertain if it would be interested. A letter from the Deputy Lord Mayor of Newcastle, Australia was distributed to Counc il . Council also received letters from residents interested in the expansion of the medical facility at Lovell and Naomi Avenues. This matter had been scheduled for a public hearing on May 15 at the request of Councilman Lojeski who was Mayor at the time. Councilman Lojeski said, "A question has been asked of me, why I appealed that and I think I can go on record and indicate to you --- 1) I like to see things run smoothly and easily, but this maybe doesn't seem like it's going that way. But this is going to give everyone an opportunity of appearing before one body and not particularly two. The Planning Commission at that meeting, if I was reading the minutes right, gave the inclination that they were going to turn the project down again which would have meant if the people ,who lived in that area were going to appear they would have appeared in front of the Planning Commission, and that meeting, the thing would have been -- just appealed again, and would have come right back to us and they'd of had to come right back in here. And I -- for either side -- 1 think that's ridiculous -- I think we can settle it once and for all and let them appear in front of us. That was my intent on appealing it-- nothing more and nothing less." Councilman Gi1b said, in part. that wasn't Or. Holman trying to work out some kind of a situation with the people and where does that put him now? ... he was trying to work out some modifications and according to his letter, he was as surprised as anybody else... ~i11 it come back before the Council in the original form or with the modification? Councilman Lojeski then stated, "I really don't know. I under- stand that he has communicated to -- I'm trying to think of the gentleman's name -- lives directly across the street and there was concern of one that the residents'would like to see a widening of Naomi. They'd like to see some stop-signalling at the inter- section of Lovell and Duarte. And they were very concerned architecturally over the design of the rear of the parking structure, which would be the south side of the parking structure. And those things seem to have been worked out between those parties. Now 1 don't -- I have no idea where that's going to end up." -1- 5/1/84 BUDGET SESSION (May 1 7 ,1 984 7 p.m.) CABLE TV (NEGOTIATIONS REOPENED) (\ 6-\ ( CLOSED SESSION 25:0934 Mayor Hannah asked if he is correct -- that once there has been an appeal by a Council Member it will be heard? The City Attorney said. in part, that generally that is correct ... at the appeal hearing, if anything has been worked out that can be made part of the record and the Council may act accordingly. If everybody is happy and it is worked out Council may then go ahead and in effect affirm that decision .,. but it will be heard ... you do have jurisdiction at this point. Councilman Lojeski said, "My intent is not to circumvent the Planninq Commission in any way, shape or form ... nor circumvent anything that the citizens would have a right to appeal or a right to consider. I read the report as staff makin9 recommendation as to how the project could work ... there seems to be a diver~e piece of information... staff says it can work, the citizenry says it can't and the Planning Commission says it can't work.... I would like some more information on it. Thank you." I Councilman Pellegrino suggested holding a joint session with the Planning Commission on something 1 ike this.'... and noted that plans are sometimes changed by the time it reaches the Council and the Planning Commission feels it had never seen the same project.'.", " Councilman Gilb then read portions of a letter written by Dr. Holman to the residents, in part: "J had planned to delay an appeal to the City Council until we had a chance to work this out, however, I was called this mornin9 by someone in the Planning Commission explaining that at the Council meeting last evening one of the Councilmen asked that an appeal be made of the Planning Commission's decision." The City Attorney explained study sessions may be held on topics in general but at this point and time there is a specific applica- tion which was adjudicated by the Planning Commission '" is now appearing before the Council... it would not be possible to have a joint session on this matter at this stage. Be it noted that this hearinq has been scheduled for a public hea rj n g on May 1 5, 1984. . Scheduled for Saturday, May 19 at 9 a.m. (THIS LATER CHANGED TO THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 17, 1984 at 7 p.m.) Staff asked Council to reopen negotiations with Group W Cable Television in hopes of reaching a new franchise agreement which could be brouqht to Council for consideration... they would also like to solicit informal proposals for a consultant to assist during the negotiation period. The consultant would be retained by the City but paid by Group W. It was the unanimous consensus of Council that staff proceed along the lines of its recommendations. Corrections were made in the minutes of the regular meeting of April 17, 1984. These will be made a matter of record in the regular meeting to convene at 7:30 p.m. this date. The Council entered a CLOSED SESSION, reconvened and adjourned at, 7:30 p.m. sine die. I ATTEST: ~~ ity Cl erk 5/1/84 ~2~