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CITY COUNCil. PROCEEDINGS ARE TAPE RECORDED AND ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE
CITY CLERK
INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF
ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL
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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
and the
ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING
MARCHS, 1996
The City Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in a regular meeting at
7:00 p. m.. Tuesday, March S, 1996 in the Arcadia City Council Chambers.
Rabbi 1. B. Sacks, Temple Shaarei Torah
Fire Chief, Gerald Gardner
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Chang, Kuhn, Ulrich, Young and Lojeski
None
PRESENT A nONS
The City Clerk administered the Oath of Office to incoming Arcadia Beautiful
Commissioner. Dorothy Denne. Mrs. Denne will serve the unexpired tenn of Joan
Cline to April, 1998. Mayor Pro tern Kuhn, Council liaison to the Arcadia Beautiful
Commission, presented Mrs. Denne with her credentials and a City pin and welcomed
her to the City family.
Mayor Lojeski noted that this evening the Councilmembers are supporting the new
Police Department project in the schools, known as the DARE. project, by wearing the
DARE. swealShins. The Council appreciates what the Police Department and Police
Officers are doing with orientation toward better education of the young people in our
schools.
Mayor Lojeski introduced three members of the Arcadia School Board present in the
audience tonight: Maryann Gibson, loann Steinmeier and Mary Dougherty.
Mr. Tom Pack, President, Sequel Contractors, stated that while the company was
engaged in some excavation work at Santa Clara and Huntington Drive, they discovered
the old Red Line tracks, and he presented a spike from those tracks to the Arcadia
Historical Society. Carol Libby, Museum Curator, accepted the spike. and welcomed
everyone to visit the Historical Museum to see the Red Car traclc and spikes, and other
items of interest and imponance to Arcadia history. Also present were Richard Proctor,
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President, Arcadia Historical Society and Charlotte Davenport, Fonner Museum I
Curator. Mr. Proctor also invited residents to visit the Museum.
Mayor Lojeski stated that the Arcadia High School Science Bowl Team competed in an
academic competition sponsored by the Depanment of Energy in association with Jet
Propulsion Laboratories to promote excellence in science and mathematics among high
school students. In January and February various educational institutions affiliated with
the Depanment of Energy sponsored regional competitions with the winner to move on
to the national competition which will be held in Washington. D.C. On January 27.
1996 Arcadia High School. along with twenty-three other high schools competed in the
regional competition at Jet Propulsion Laboratories in the categories of math, computer
science, eanh science, chemistIy, biology, physics, astronomy and general science.
Arcadia won the regional competition and the students are currently practicing to
compete in the national competition May 3 - 6, 1996. Mayor Pro tern Kuhn introduced
Instructor, Jenny Chiu and the tearn, and presented the Mayor's Certificate of
Commendation to each. Mr. Wayne Lee representing Jet Propulsion Laboratories.
presented the Championship Plaque of the 1996 Regional Science Bowl, Los Angeles,
County to the Arcadia High School team for achieving first place. Mr. Lee further
stated that this one of the best teams they have seen come through JPL. and that they
have a good chance for the national championship. He also stated that the Arcadia team
had demonstrated the best sportsmanship they have seen in the four year history of the
tournament. Mayor Lojeski noted that some of the audience may have recognized
Team Member, Shirley Hung who recently was honored by the City Council for
achieving a perfect score on the S.A. T. examination. She is also a member of the
Arcadia High School Constitution Team. This is an incredible young lady.
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Mayor Lojeski introduced Mr. Ron Morris and the Arcadia High School Constitution
Team This team started in September and proceeded all the way to Sacramento and
placed third in the Slate competitions. To give the audience a taste the competition. the
team demonstrated a mock Congressional hearing in which each member participated.
This dealt with the congressional history and experience, looking back to what the
founders learned from colonial experiences. and also from the history of constitutional
government formation in England. Mr. Morris introduced the Constitution Team
members. The question demonstrated by the Team concerned constitutional
government, such as: What are the fundamental characteristics of a constitutional
government? What are the essential differences between a constitutional government
and an autocratic or dictatorial government, and describe at least five provisions of the
State's constitution that provide a means of preventing the abuse or misuse of
governmental power; explain.how they work in our system. Mayor Lojeski noted that
this is where educational dollars are going - to the betterment of today's young society.
Mayor Pro tern Kuhn presented the Mayor's Certificate of Commendation to each
member of the Constitution team and Ron Morris. Mayor Lojeski also presented a
check for SSOO to the team for expenses.
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM STAFF REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS-
REPORTS/ANNOUNCEMENTS/STATEMENTS
Pursuant to the request of Mayor Lojeski, City Manager, Kelly responded to some
misconceptions concerning the Downtown 2000 project. "The estimated cost as of
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1995 of this project was a little over $6 million dollars. Of those funds, a ponion was
set aside for design and inspection. Due to a series of problems. the project bas risen up
an additional about $1.6 million dollars to cause correction to work that was inadequate
or behind schedule. The new project is now up to $8 million, so the number of $8
million dollars is accurate. But it was not targeted at that. The City Attorney can
explain further what that means. The project is up to around $8 million dollars. The
funding for this, though, is not General Fund money. As the Council is aware, this
project was designed in order to correct cenain deficiencies in the street and storm drain
system of about $3 million dollars. So of the total for the original $6 million dollars.
about half of that money was already targeted for infrastructure repair. The additional
$3 million dollars was set aside for landscaping and other amenities. Of those funds,
the majority or about $6 + million dollars was Redevelopment money. The Water Fund
for the water works was a little over $600,000. Gas tax funds were used for the street
work, or a little over $1 million dollars. So, there were sufficient funds set aside to do
this project when it began, and there are still sufficient funds to complete the project.
There is just confusion over how the project was funded and the actua1 cost. We
anticipate finishing the project toward the end of March. The Mayor bas something to
read about the March 30 dedication ceremony. This tries to put the facts back into place
as to the original construction cost. what the new cost will be, as well as its funding
sources. "
City Attorney Miller stated, "the City is in litigation with the contractor, so I am
somewhat limited in what I can state regarding that litigation, but it can be made public
that the City was forced to terminate its contract with the Sully-Miller Contracting
Company on the Project 2000, basically for lack of performance. These are things that
are unpredictable when you enter into a contract, as we are required to do by the City
Charter, with the lowest responsible bidder. The Sully-Miller Company is a vel)'
reputable company. They had some outside labor problems, and then those were
compounded by their own lack of response and performance, so they were terminated by
the City. Sully-Miller responded with a law suit against the City of Arcadia We have
now responded to that law suit. We have had three of their causes of action dismissed.
The court bas dropped their punitive damage claim against the City. All of the
individnal defendants of the City have been eliminated from the law suit, but we are still
in litigation. Vel)' shortly, the City of Arcadia will be filing a law suit against the
Sully-Miller Company for alleged bli!ach of contract to recover all of the monies that
the City has been forced to spend to complete the job because of their breach of
contract. We will be filing that suit, probably within the next sixty days to recover
monies we've been forced to spend as a result of their breach of contract."
The City Manager further sttted, "the term, 'debt' can be a confusing statement. This
project was budgeted using the three sources of funds mentioned earlier. There was no
new debt incurred to pay for this project. The funds were accumulated and set aside for
the Downtown 2000 project. In fact, the Redevelopment Agency dollars can only be
used in the downtown for these kinds of projects. No new debt was incurred to
complete this project." Mayor Lojeski noted that no new taxpayer dollars have gone into
that project.
It was MOVED by Councilmember Young seconded by Councilmember Ulricb
and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that ordinances and resolutions be read by
title only and that the reading in fuIJ be WAIVED.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilrnembers Chang. Kuhn, Ulrich, Young and Lojeski
None
None
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AUDffiNCEPARTICWATION
Gabriel Monares. Southern California Gas Co.. 10990 E. Lower Azusa Road, El Monte.
stated, in part, that he is present to introduce himself as the new District Manager of
Southern California Gas Company. He will be handling Public Affairs and
Government Relations in Arcadia. He will be pleased to be of any assistance to Council
or staff as needed or required.
Gail Marshall. 2300 block of Lee Avenue, stated, in part, that, first, she feels that the
tree trimmers are doing an excellent job in the City. Second, she complimented the
Council on their decision to deny the laser tag facility last month. She agreed with the
four Council members who recognized the changing of the tenninology from "shooting"
and "killing" to "zap', "tag" and "deactivate" as a smoke screen. Putting aside the
matter of whether this would have been morally correct for Arcadia, it was not in
concurrence with the redevelopment plan. She had read a list of those businesses which
were not to be pennitted in the redevelopment area. It was very clear that a laser tag
establishment was not in concurrence with the desires of the City Council. She
questioned the Planning Commission's 7.{J vote for approval. She questioned
Councilmember Chang' s reasoning and vote of approval for the laser tag facility in the
downtown development area. At a Council meeting last year, Ms. MaIshaIl had
presented a proposal regarding the number of video games allowed in a business not I
operating under a conditional use penniL Councilmember Chang took a firm stand and
boldly stated, "I am against any of these games anywhere in this City. The children
belong at home studying and spending time with their families. As far as 1 am
concerned, we should remove all these games in the City." Ms. MaIshaIl owned an
arcade at the time and so remembered his words. However, later a Chinese applicant
applied for seven arcade games. Being aware that there were already 32 to 42 games in
a two block area from the applicant's store, Councilmember Chang was striving for
approval. Ms. MaIshall had thought he was strongly opposed to such games. This
was a drastic change of opiniglt in a few shon weeks. A few days after the hearing she
had been informed that Councilmember Chang was close friends with the store owner
and his family. If true, Councilmember Chang should have abstained from voting due
to a conflict of interest. If she had known of this, she would have brought it to the
Council's attention. At a September Council meeting. a gentleman raised the question
of the ISO degree turn in opinion concerning video games. Councilmember Chang said,
"I don't remember". Ms. MaIshaIl attends most of the Council meetings and remembers
how issues are voted upon. If there are doubts about these accusations, she urges
CounciImember Chang to review the tapes of the meeting. She asks Councilmember
Chang if his vote is dependent upon his beliefs, convictions, betterment of the entire
commUJ'lity or is the decision persuaded by friendships and the race of the applicanL
,Ms. Marshall reminded Council member Chang of the article he wrote for a Chinese
newspaper in which he blamed fellow Councilmembers of being insensitive to Asians in
the community. She has seen no proof of such accusatiOIlS. The article was written in a
Chinese only newspaper so only a segment of the community would be infonned; she
chose to come before the TV camera so the entire community would be aware. She
believes every person living in Arcadia regardless of ethnic background is important in I
all the decisiollS that are made by the Council. She hopes she has not offended any of
the Asian community. This is not a racial attack, it was given from a political
standpoint only.
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Dorothv Denne. Arcadia Beautiful Commission, stated, in part, that one of her activities
in the City is to volunteer in the P.A.C.E. office at the Police Department. She believes
in the PAC.E. and DARE. projects. She was happy to see the Councilmembers
tonight in their DARE. tee shirts. The Council and the City Clerk not only bought
the shirts, each one of them donated money to support at least one student through the
D.A.RE. program. This shows wonderful cooperation between the City government,
the citizens, the Police Department and the schools.
Marv DoUlmertv. Member. Arcadia Unified School District Board of Education, stated,
in part, that she thanks the Council for honoring the students this evening; and she is
glad that the Council had the opportunity to see and to show the community what a fine
job the students did in representing Arcadia as they went forward in competition for the
Congressional District and to Sacramento for the State competitions. Representing
herself as a citizen of Arcadia, she thanked the Councilmembers for their support of
Proposition 203, the State School Facilities Bond Issue. The Board of Realtors has also
joined in support of Proposition 203. The President of the Howard Jarvis Taxpayers
Association noted that, while the Association has not taken a position on Proposition
203, that he, as an individual, was leaning in favor of this Proposition. The reason
being that it will not increase local property taxes and the need is urgent. This will draw
on the State's sources of revenue, primarily the State income tax and sales tax.
MA TIERS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS
Councilmember Young mentioned a letter received from Congressman David Dreier
concerning the Youth Volunteer of the Year, and wondered if other Councilmembers
had given thought to this selection. Councilmember Ulrich mentioned Eagle Scout
Brian Hubinger. He is not only an Eagle Scout; he is a member of the Arcadia High
School football team and a fine student. Mayor Lojeski recommended communication
with the current Queen of the Arcadia Rose Tournament, who has a long list of
volunteer service. Mayor Lojeski also noted that last year's Youth Volunteer of the
Year was from Arcadia
Councilmember Chang expressed his pride in the Arcadia High School Science Bowl
Team and Arcadia High School Constitution Team, their achievements, and their
outstanding performance. Honors should also go to their parents and the Arcadia
School District.
(Congratulated Counci1member Chang congratulated the Arcadia Police Department on their successful
P. D. on D. A. R. E. PAC.E. 2000 program. Also, the DARE. program to teach children to say "no" to
and P. A. C . E drugs has been successful in the schools.
Programs in
Schools)
(Rebuttal to
Remarks
by Ms.
Gail Marshall)
Councilmember Chang said that Ms. Gail Marshall's earlier comments were
misleading. "It is his belief that the kids should stay at home and study homework as
much as possible. Sometimes, they go to the Arcade on the weekends. As long as
they complete their school work, we can not really prohibit them. This has nothing to
do with my objection to the matter that I voted against her wish to prohibit other video
operators to come into the same market shopping center as her own video stores. As I
remember, her video store had twenty-<lne video games, and she is saying that nobody
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else should come into. I believe that this is a free competition market. You can not
just-say.... As long as the law doesn't have any other provisions, then we should let the
other people to come into here to have a free competition. That's the reason I vote "no"
to her request. Now, I don't know the new owner, so there is no conflict of interest
here. Now. talking about the violence, talking about the reason I voted for the laser tag
is that I believe that the Police Department has no problem with this, and the School
District has no problem with this kind of game. We have asked for their feedback. And
the Planning Commission has voted 7.{). I feel that this is a high tech family
entertainment kind of game. So I voted for this kind of business. If we talk about
violence, I think a video game has most of the violence. Everybody who has played
video games knows that is really violent. Some of the games have very profound
violent component. I would advise her to read the translation of the article that I had in
the Chinese newspaper, so that she would not misundemand or be mislead. I believe
that all that I have been doing is for the entire Arcadia citizens, not just for some
sections of the Arcadia citizens. "
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ULRICH Councilmember Ulrich reminded the community about the Arcadia Firefighters'
(Firefighters' pancake breakfast to be held Saturday, March 9, 1996.
Pancake Breakfast)
(Downtown 2000
Reopening
Celebration)
KUHN
(Arcadia -
Tree City USA)
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(Transportation
Related
Assembly
Bills)
FEINBERG
(Transportation
Related
Assembly
Bills)
LOJESKI
(Arcadia
Transit
Appreciation)
(Proposed
Santa Anita
Project)
Councilmember Ulrich reminded everyone of the Downtown 2000 reopening
celebration to be held Saturday, March 30, 1996. He hopes the residents will show
support for the 10ng-su1fering merchants on Huntington Drive
Mayor Pro tem Kuhn announced that for the second year, Arcadia has been named
Tree City USA by the National Arbor Day Foundation. The Arbor Day celebration will
held March 7, 1996 at Arcadia High School
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Mayor Pro tem Kuhn noted that as a Member of the Transportation Committee of
Council of Government and the California League of Cities, she and City Staff Member
David Feinberg traveled to Sacramento, together with some local elected officials and
other transportation people, to lobby against pending bills which could adversely affect
our local transportation programs. should they become State law.
At Mayor Pro tern Kuhn's request, Staff Member David Feinberg further reported on
their trip to speak to Assembly Members and State Senators concerning several bills,
specifically AB 2084 which, if passed. would impact Arcadia Transit's operations.
This bill would allow counties to divert State transportation monies into their own
coffers and take them away from transportation agencies throughout the State. This
would take about $300,000 or about 25% of Arcadia Transit's operating budget. This
would have impact on both weekday and weekeud services. This bill would also
impact Foothill Transit and MfA who also provide crucial transportation for Arcadia
residents.
Mayor Lojeski related the comments of one of his neighbors who is confined to an
electrified wheel chair. This person gave many accolades to Arcadia Transit and City
staff who handle those programs. He appreciated the efficiency, cleanliness, the price.
and the drivers. He was especially appreciative of the new vans which are wider and
can handle the wider wheel chairs.
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Mayor Lojeski stated that he has heard many questions regarding placing the potential
Santa Anita Entertainment Center Project before the voters. "The City Council is not
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actually obligated to submit any rand use decisions to the electorate. In fact. as the duly
elected representatives of the people, most of these decisions are not submitted to the
electoral process. But, please remember that the appropriate time to consider a possible
election is after the Environmental Impact Repon has been completed, and the public
and the City Council have had the opponunity to review the project's impact and public
comment. This process will then give the City a very accurate picture of the project and
its potenual impacts. The latest guesstimation from our City staff is that those reports
should be approaching us by late April or early May. That's the time schedule at the
present time."
Mayor Lojeski stated that the long-awaited completion of the Downtown 2000
Streetscape is on the horizon. Saturday, March 3D, 1996 the City will host an event
called "Celebrate Downtown". This will be a family oriented community festival
designed to celebrate the completion of the Streetscape component of the Downtown
2000 project and to stage an event that will bring the opponunities available in
downtown Arcadia to the attention of local residents and those in surrounding cities.
Also it is to thank. the residents and downtown merchants for their cooperation
throughout the long period of inconvenience; to demonstrate the City Council's suppon
of downtown as a viable business district and a valuable community resource: and to
celebrate Arcadia's sense of a real community. Anticipating the need for advenising
some kind of special event at the end of this component of the Downtown 2000 project,
money was included in the FY 1995-91 Redevelopment Agency budget. In fact. the City
is investing approximately $9,500 on newspaper advenising, and $10.500 to coordinate
the Celebrate Downtown Community Festival. Although this amount of money is
significant, it comes from the approved Redevelopment Agency budget. As elected
officials who have the best interests of the entire City in mind, we feel it is very
impottant to do what we can to assist the business community in a manner that is
harmonious with our Community of Homes, and consistent with the unique and special
spirit of Arcadia To summarize the objectives of the Downtown Project: "It is a
comprehensive program designed to improve the appearance and viability of the
downtown as a new commen:ial district. We hope to create an environment that will
provide enhanced opponunities for both businesses and residents. While we believe
that the physical rehabilitation will make downtown more attractive, the area will not go
from an aged business district to one that is flourishing overnight. By approving this
project, the City Council has demonstrated its commitment to make the area successful
over a long term. And to that end, when you are in need of a product or a service that is
available in the downtown district. I would like to encourage each of you to at least visit
these shops and see what they have to offer. If there are any questions about the various
components or details of the Downtown Project, please feel free to call City Hall and ask
for a copy of our question and answer pamphlet, which was prepared in an attempt to
clear up some of the confusion and misunderstanding that has surrounded this project."
Celebrate Downtown will be held on March 30. 1996,9:00 a. m. to 3:00 p.m. on South
First Avenue at Huntington Drive.
Mayor Lojeski noted that on Saturday. March 3D, 1996 the annual Chamber of
Commerce installation will be held at the University Club in Pasadena. This is also an
opponunity to honor a number of citizens in the community for their volunteerism.
Mayor Lojeski noted the Artlor Day celebration at Arcadia High School by the
Arcadia Beautiful Commission. They will plant a tree in celebration. Five third grade
classes from Baldwin Stocker will also panicipate.
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Breakfast)
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RESOLUTION
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MUNICIPAL
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Mayor Lojeski noted the Mayor's Prayer Breakfast to be held at the Arboretum, Friday,
March 29, 1996. at 7:00 a. m.
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CITY CLERK
The City Clerk presented and read the title of Resolution No. 5910: "A RESOLUTION
OF THE CITY COUNCn. OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA,
ESTABLISHING VOTING PRECINCTS AND POLLING PLACES, APPOINTING
POLLING PRECINCT BOARD MEMBERS AND FIXING COMPENSA nON FOR
THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION OF SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, APRil.. 9,
1996, HERETOFORE CALLED BY RESOLUTION NO. 5894 OF THE CITY
COUNCn. "
In response to a question from Councilmember Chang regarding the all-mail ballot
precincts, the City Clerk responded that voters within the Arcadia Unified School
District that are affected by Proposition A are entitled to vote on the Chaner
amendment Therefore, one major voting precinct has been established with a polling
place in the Arcadia Unified School District, but outside of City boundaries in Temple
City. The all-mail ballot precincts are located at the edge of the City; in Sierra Madre,
Monrovia and in the County area. All are in the Arcadia Unified School District.
Each precinct consists of Jess than two hundred fifty voters; therefore we are entitled to
establish all-mail ballot precincts for those voters.
It was MOVED by Mayor Pro tem Kuhn, seconded by CounciJmember Young and I
CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Resolution No. 5910 be and it is hereby
ADOPTED.
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Chang, Kuhn, Ulrich, Young and Lojeski
None
None
The City Clerk reminded the audience that there are four propositions on the ballot for
the Municipal Election. These will change the Arcadia City Chaner if they are
approved. Anyone who wishes to receive details of these propositions may call the
City CJerk's office and the information will be forwarded. Everything will be outlined
in the Voters' Pamphlet The Sample Ballot1 Voter's Pamphlet should be in the mail by
Wednesday or Thursday of next week. March 13 or 14, 1996.
CITY COUNCn. RECESSED
MEETING OF THE ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY AND CITY
COUNCn.
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
Agency Members Chang, Kuhn, Ulrich, Young and Lojeski
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CONSENT ITEMS
6a.
MINUTE APPROVAL APPROVED the minutes of the February 20. 1996 regular meeting.
(Feb.20,1996)
(APPROVED)
6b.
RESALE SHOP
(35 S. First
Ave.)
(APPROVED)
06<10 -dl.,.-
ADJOURNMENT
7.
7a.
MINUTE
APPROVAL
(Feb.20,1996)
(APPROVED)
7b. 00/1.-: 'i ,;-
ADVERTISE FOR
BIDS - 1995-
96 VALVE
. REPLACEMENT
PROGRAM
(W.O. 607)
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CONDITIONAL USE
PERMIT 92-003
ONE-YEAR
EXTENSION
(Rodeffer
Inert
Landfill)
APPROVED consignment resale clothing shop proposed for 35 South First Avenue, in
the Project area. "Second Time Around", Lee Daniels, Owner.
THE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS 6a AND 6b. WERE APPROVED ON MOTION BY
AGENCY MEMBER ULRICH, SECONDED BY AGENCY MEMBER YOUNG AND
CARRIED ON ROLL CALL VOTE AS FOLLOWS:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Agency Members Chang, Kuhn. Ulrich, Young and Lojeski
None
None
The Redevelopment Agency ADJOURNED to March 19, 1996 at 7:00 p. m.
CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED
CONSENT ITEMS
APPROVED ininu\eS of the February 20, 1996 regular meeting.
AUTHORIZED the City Clerk to advertise for bids for the 1995-96 Valve Replacement
Program - Work Order 607. Funds in the amount of $35,000 were budgeted in the
1995-96 Capital Improvement Program to cover the cost of construction, inspection and
contingencies.
APPROVED a one-year time extension for Conditional Use pennit 92-003, the
Rodeffer Inen Landfill. Proceedings with the City of EI Monte have prevented the
project from proceeding. Mr.-Rodeffer is currently pursuing the required pennits
through various agencies.
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APPROVED
FINAL MAP
NO. 51245
(1036-1048
Arcadia Av.)
7e.
01~0-'IO RESOLUTION
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(ADOPTED)
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RESOLUTION
NO. 5906
(ADOPTED)
7g.
01/0 - q r RESOLUTION
NO. 5908
(ADOPTED)
7h.
O'1hO -10 RESOLUTION
NO. 5909
(ADOPTED)
7i.
068 a - 6Je9UTDOOR
DISPLAYS FOR
DOWNTOWN 2000
CELEBRATION)
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APPROVED Final Map No. 51245 for a lO-unit residential condominium project at
1036-1048 Arcadia Avenue, provided that, before the final map is recorded, all
outstanding conditions of approval shall be complied with to the satisfaction of the City
Engineer.
ADOPTED Resolution No. 5903: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING THE APPLICATION FEE
RELATING TO INCIDENTAL OUTDOOR DINING PER CITY ORDINANCE NO.
2045". The fee would be the same as that required for the processing of a sidewalk
dining application. Currently the processing fee for a sidewalk dining application is
$95.00.
ADOPTED Resolution No. 5906: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, DESIGNATING THE HUMAN
RESOURCES MANAGER AND THE COMMUNITY RELATIONS OFFICER TO BE
IN THE UNCLASSIFIED SERVICE".
ADOPTED Resolution No. 5908: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA SUPPORTING THE NEW LOS ANGELES
MARKETING PARTNERSHIP".
ADOPTED Resolution No. 5909: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN
TO REDUCE SMOKING AMONG CHll.DREN lHROUGH REGULATION OF
TOBACCO PRODUCTS".
W AIVEO the enforcement of City codes regulating outdoor displays, specifically
Sections 9263.4 and 9262.4.3 B of the Arcadia Municipal Code for the period ofMarcb
16, through April 14, 1996 subject to provisions set fonh in staff report dated Marcb 5,
1996.
ALL OF THE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS WERE APPROVED ON MOTION BY
COUNCILMEMBER YOUNG, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER ULRICH
AND CARRIED ON ROLL CALL VOTE AS FOLLOWS:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
Council members Chang, Kuhn. Ulrich, Young and Lojeski
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ADJOURNMENT
(Mar. 19, 1996
7:00 p.m.)
ATTEST:
Alford,
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CLOSED SESSIONS
At 8:2S p. m. the City Council RECESSED and immediately entered a CLOSED
SESSION, "pursuant to Government Code Section S49S6.9 to confer with legal counsel
regarding anticipated (pending) litigation. TIlis is based on existing facts and
circumstances, on advice of the City Attorney, involving a significant expoSllfe to
litigation against the City (Government Code Section S49S6.9(bXI) and is also based on
facts and circumstances that might result in litigation against the City. which the City
believes are not yet known to a potential plaintiff. which facts and circumstances need to
be disclosed to the city Council (Government Code Section S4956.9(3)(a)(b)(I)".
Closed Session "pursuant to Government Code Section S49S6.9(a) to confer with the
City Attorney regarding the existing litigation of EI Monte v. Rodeffer (Case No.
BS028499 and case involving General Plan Application by the City ofEI Monte)."
At the conclusion of the Closed Sessions, the Council RECONVENED and
ADJOURNED at 9:S0 p. m. to Tuesday, March 19, 1996 at 7:00 p. m. in the Arcadia
City Hall Coun<:il Chambers for a regular meeting to conduct the business of the City
Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency, and any Closed Session nece553IY to
discuss personnel, litigation matters and evaluation of properties.
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