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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMAY 21,1996 I I I 0//0-'> 0 O<~.Iq{, 38:0157 C,C CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS ARE TAPE RECORDED AND ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK I:-<VOCATlON PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL 1. ARCADIA BEAUTIFUL AWARDS O/!l.t.J ./0 MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA and the ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGULAR MEETING MAY 21, 19% The City Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in a regular meeting at 6:30 p. m.. Tuesday, May 21, 1996 in the Arcadia City Council Chambers. Rabbi 1. B. Sacks, Temple Shaarei Torah Former Councilmember Peter Ulrich PRESENT: ABSENT: Councilmembers Chang. Harbichl. Lojeski. Young and Kuhn None PRESENTATION OF ARCADIA BEAUTIFUL A WARDS Mayor Kuhn announced that the Arcadia Beautiful Awards are to be presented at this time. She then introduced the Arcadia Beautiful Commission Chairwoman Gloria Vertz. Chairwoman Vertz thanked the Council for inviting the Arcadia Beautiful Commission to present the awards at this Council meeting. Chairwoman Vertz gave a brief history of the Commission: In 1970 Ordinance 1407 was adopted and the Arcadia Beautiful Commission was bom This Commission meets once a month and serves as an advisory board to the Arcadia City Council. Their mission is to rally the citizens of Arcadia into action to improve the general appearance of the City. In the past twenty-six years, the Commission has ~n instrumental in removing the utility poles from Michillinda Avenue; proposed that Holly Avenue School be listed in the National Historical records; promoted landscaping along the 210 Freeway and cleaned up the trash around the ramp; suggested uniform trash containers; beautified hiking and biking trails with shrubs and trees; encouraged new bus benches with no advertising; with the combined efforts of Los Angeles County, the City of Arcadia and Arcadia Rotary restarted the memorial fountain at Santa Anita and Huntington Drive; and since 1975 has presented over two hundred Arcadia Beautiful awards. In 1993 the Commission was designated the Tree Commission, and one of its duties is to plan and exec;ute an Arbor Day celebration, This year the Arbor Day observance was held at the Arcadia High School, where a tree was planted with the assistance of students from Baldwin Stocker SchooL Chairwoman Vertz then introduced past Arcadia Beautiful Commissioners present this evening: Mary Hansen, Peter Ulrich, Lois Patnou, and Marguerite Towsley. Chairwoman Vertz acknowledged with thanks the assistance of Gary Rogers, who will be taking photographs this evening; Melissa Ornelas, Engineering Secretary who also 1 S121196 38:0158 serves as the Commission Secretary; Corky Nicholson, City staff liaison, TCI Cable Vision who took all the video pictures of the award winning homes; and Mayor Barbara Kuhn, City Council liaison to the Commission. Chairwoman Venz then introduced the Arcadia Beautifu1 Commissioners: Gary Brewer, Helen Dahlstrom. Dorothy Denne. Pat EicherIy. Roland Kelly and Sandy Wu, I Chairwoman Venz congratulated the 1996 Arcadia Beautifu1 Commission Awards winners, and expressed appreciation for their part in keeping Arcadia beautifu1. Commissioner Roland Kelly explained the Commission's procedures for selecting the winners, Commissioners Kelly and Dahlstrom then presented the following awards: LUCKY BALDWIN AWARD Alan and Marci Schultz 1709 Wilson Avenue ROSEBUDD BALDWIN DOBLE AWARD Richard and Anita Hunter 85 Ontare Road AZALEA AWARD Steven and Shirley Brodie 2026 Elkins Place QUEEN ANNE AWARD Raymond and Dianne Wong 1677 Highland Oaks Drive HUNTINGTON AWARD Keith and Denise Brown 1531 Rodeo Road PEACOCK AWARD Don and Rose Mary Franco I 1425 Rancho Road NEWCASTLE AWARD Bosko and D13gica Grabovac 1114 Fairview Avenue HUGO REID AWARD The H. William Thee Family 926 Encanto Drive CLARA BALDWIN STOCKER AWARD Kathleen Fonnanack 608 West Lemon Avenue Justin, Michael and Keri ARCADlAAWARD Samuel and Yun Yong Kim 2230 Holly Avenue ANITA BALDWIN AWARD Marlene Lorenzini 174 Longley Way MAYOR'S AWARD Goldstein's Bagel Bakery 412 North Santa Anita Avenue SANTA ANITA AWARD Oakcrest of Arcadia 1130. 1136, 1140 and 1146 Arcadia Avenue Karen Lytell, Board Member I 2 5/21/96 I I I 2. DONATION TO ARCADIA POLICE DEPT. SWAT TEAM (Armored Transport, G & STowing & Bill's Auto Body) 0./ r).,).. (i(: 0/.:10- li"C tVSf=> 3. ORD. & RES. READ BY TITLE ONLY 4. 4a. PUBLIC HEARING VACATION - PORTIONS OF PECK RD. N. OF CLARK ST. (APPROVED) o Ji''' '- to 38:0159 AI 6:50 p, m. the Mayor announced a brief RECESS and RECEPTION THE CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 7:00 p,m. PRESENTATION Arcadia Police Chief Ronnie Gamer staled that he is pleased tonight to accept the donation ofa 1985 Ford diesel armored truck. The vehicle is for the SWAT leam which is a unit of fifteen officers who volunteer 10 be part of a very dangerous unit - a unit that does high risk work. The SW AT Team handles barricaded hostage situations. home invasion robberies. high risk warrant service, and many other dangerous situations where hostile fire is eminent The vehicle gives officers the capability of establishing an immediate ballistic barrier between a downed officer or a downed citizen. The main purpose of iI is to extract people from very dangerous situations, II gives the Police Department a capability 10 save lives thai it did not have before. The vehicle itself was donated free of charge to the City by Annored Transport, Inc. Also, for no charge. were donations from G & S Towing and Bill's Auto Body in terms of interior paint and flooring, Also staff from the City YanI and Maintenance Services worked on the vehicle preparing it for use by the Police Department. The City is extremely appreciative of all these efforts and grateful for the donation and the polential it offers to protect officers and citizens. A plaque in appreciation of the donation to the Arcadia Police Department SWAT Team and the Mayor's Cenificate of Commendation were presented to Mike Kebo and Shelvy Day, owners of Bill's Auto Body and G & S Towing; and to Gene Bernard and John Casada, Annored Transport, Inc. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM STAFF REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS- REPORTSlANNOUNCEMENTSlST A lEMENTS The City Manager stated that. pursuant to Council's request. staff contacted the office of Supervisor Michael Antonovich, and suggested Wednesday July 24. 1996 at 7:30 a, m. ' for a joint Supervisor/City Council meeting. A list of issues to be addressed will be compiled. Also, budget meetings are 10 be scheduled. After some discussion. it was Council's decision to schedule the first budget meeting at 5:30 p. Ill. , Monday, June 3. 1996, at the Community Center. It was MOVED by Councilmember Chang, seconded by Mayor Pro tem Harllicht and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that ordinances and resolutions be read by title only and that the reading in full be WAIVED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmembers Chang. Harllicht. Lojeski, Young and Kuhn None None PUBLIC HEARING Consideration of recommendation to adopt Resolution No. 59 I 6, providing for the vacation and abandonment of portions of Peck Road Nolth of Clark Street. On December 5, 1996, the City Council approved the vacation of a portion of Peck Road at the southeast comer of Peck Road and vacated Dearborn Street. The vacation was done 3 5/21196 RESOLUTION NO. 5916 (ADOPTED) o ",,"i.' ~() 5. O~.3'; 10 OS-IS. f:"f rJ.'.>!- t:J ~ '.'.,- -/0 t)~/5. _ ~ /1-' 1\1 r-' 38:0160 at the request of the owner of the Save Most Self Storage property located at 5630 Peck I Road, Unfortunately, when the owner requested the vacation of ponions of the road no longer in use, he neglected to request the vacation of the remaining two ponions of Peck Road right-<lf-way adjacent to his property which he would now like to have dedicated back to his property. In an effon to remedy this oversight and clarifY City records, it is necessaty to vacate the remaining two (2) parcels in the Peck Road right-<lf.way. One parcel is at the southeast comer of Peck Road and vacated State Street, and the other at the northeast comer of Peck Road and vacated Dearborn Street (Exhibit A, staff repon dated May 21, 1996). Mayor Kuhn declared the public hearing to be OPEN. No one desiring to be heard, the public hearing was CLOSED on MOTION by Councilmember Lojeski, seconded by Councilmember Young and CARRIED, It was MOVED by CounciImember Lojeski, seconded by Councilmember Young and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Council FINDS from all evidence submitted, that ponions of Peck Road are unnecessaty for present or prospective public use; and that Resolution No. 5916: "A RESOLUTION OF TIm CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA. ORDERING TIm VACATION AND ABANDONMENT OF TIm PORTION OF PECK ROAD NORTH OF CLARK STREEr', be and it is hereby ADOPTED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Councilmembers Chang, Harbicht. Lojeski. Young and Kuhn None None I AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Gino Roncelli. 1250 Ramona Road, stated, in part, that he is present again to try to help the City save money. The Planning Commission is continuing their General Plan Update meetings, Transition Area No. I. Santa Anita Race Track. could be considered at a later date at which time the applicant. if there should be one at that time, could help pay the costs. At the last Planning Commission meeting, it was brought up that Transition Area 4 was zoned M-I (manufacturing). At the end of the meeting it was decided that it should remain M-l. He wonders how much money was spent to arrive at this decision. At the last meeting he noted that the City Manager and the liaison Council member were absent Mr. Roncelli felt that these are important meetings, and these people should be in attendance. AIro, he wondered why money continues to be spent on these meetings when there is no applicant Mr. Roncelli noted that the City is $750,000 over budget this year and he asks that Council stop spending money on this issue. CounciImember Lojeski responded to Mr, Roncelli's remark about his absence from the Planning Commission meeting that the had been in Dallas, Texas attending his daughter's graduation from college, which he felt was a legitimate reason for an absence. Collene Doan. 422 North Gerona Avenue. San Gabriel, Planning Consultant representing the Neighbors for Arcadia, stated, in part, that she is addressing the item on the May 7 Council agenda; the approval of $87.750 for costs associated with the General Plan Update, In her opinion, it was u..'lfortunate that the item was considered SO late in the meeting, since it seemed that the Council was tired and it seemed that it I 4 5/21/96 I I O~.H .,1) 0'>/5- :; ~ (l/S/~ 0>.:1 ., .f(? O:n"-- .$"/1' N~J' I 0:,.< <; . /(l O~H . ,ni' NH . ' , ~. "" 38:0161 bad little interest in discussing this contrOVerSial issue. Even though Mayor Pro \em Harbicbt lamhosted the other Couucilmembers on the evening of his swearing in for minimalizing these City expenses, he was not eager 10 fully analyze the City's options or the reasons for the large expense. Although Mayor Pro \em Harbicht granted that it was a disgustingly large amount of money 10 have been spent, he would go no funher into the cause of the expense which, of cowse, was the inclusion of Transition Area 1 into a housing element General Plan Update. With no discussion from the other Councilmembers, he concluded that the resolution of the problem was to get it over and done with. Mayor Pro tem Harbicht also concluded that while payment by Santa Anita was not an issue, costs could be cut by reducing the public meeting notification 10 the minimum legally required. Ms. Doan does not agree with this, since the public hearings of the City Council have not begun yet, and there is a great deal of public interest She thinks it would be wise for the City 10 continue 10 be aggressive in their notification. It was ama7ing 10 her that then the CouncilmembeIS concluded that Santa Anita should not pay additional dollars for the General Plan Update because they bad a1ready paid several hundred thousand dollars for the processing of their application. Staff has always maintained that the General Plan Update is completely separate from the Santa Anita proposal, and ran well ahead of the Santa Anita proposal, and as a City vision. However, the information in the General Plan Update was gleaned from a development application. Should this not have been the other way around? The City seems to be setting land use policy with information gleaned from Santa Anita's application for a specific plan of development She was appalled by this justification from staff. She hoped Council finds time in the futun: 10 address these City issues with more caring and concern. Drew Krvnicki. 321 Leroy Avenue, stated. in part. that he was disappointed by the comments made at the last City Council meeting. He felt that it was inappropriate for a Councilperson 10 scold the public, even though they may not have known the workings of City Hall and may not have been awan: of other pertinent meetings. There is an opportunity now with a City-wide initiative on the ballot in the Fall 10 give people the opportunity to take this basic decision out of the hands of the City Council and put it back where it belongs in the bands of the taxpayers. A "yes" vote in the Fall will be a vote expressing the need for financial responsibility. Mr. Krynicki feels that, with respect to this entire issue, there is a bottomless pit labeled .consultant fees". He feels that is an inappropriate expenditun: of funds. and the ballot in the Fall may be able 10 remedy the situation. Jackie SaYre. 28 West Longden Avenue, inquired how many notices of the upcoming Planning Commission meeting on May 30, 1996 are to be sent out. Staff responded no notices will be sent because this will be a continued meeting of the Planning Commission. The City Attorney reiterated that the legal requirementS for a continued bearing are notice of adjournment and the normal public notice given by announcement, and that is what the City routinely gives on a continued public hearing. Mrs. Sayre felt serious consideration should be given 10 the number of people who are interested in this meeting. The Neighbors for Arcadia will be sending notices to people on their list. Perhaps a larger meeting room than that provided by the council chambers should be provided. Richard Roche. 2320 Sewanee Lane, stated, in part. that since March of this year he has written six letters 10 the Planning Commission. Copies of the last two letters were provided to the Councilmembers. His remarks refer to those letters. He felt that it was a mistake to include the proposed Santa Anita development in the draft of the General Plan Update. That was a proposed development over which Santa Anita retained control, which it exercised in its letter of April 24, 1996 in which it withdrew its 5 5121196 fJ(;", tfv' . 6. CHANG (Citizens' Meeting) (City Investment Policy) LOJESKI YOUNG (Fire Dept. Breakfast) HARBICIiT (Economic Development ) 38:0162 application. In the meantime the City had spent or committed approximately $300,000 I preparing the General Plan Update, EIR and fiscal impact report. The preponderance of this cost related to the alternates and scenarios involved in the Santa Anita proposal. These portions of the cost are now substantially wasted, If Santa Anita submits another proposal, Mr, Roche suggested that the City process that proposal separately, and establish a separate work order against which all City costs related thereto would be charged. and no City work should be initiated unless Santa Anita agrees to pay for such work. Mr. Roche understands that LSA Associates, Inc. is working for both the City and Santa Anita relative to the development of the southerly parking lot area. Since the interests of Santa Anita and the City are not necessarily the same, this would constitute a conflict of interest. At the recent Planning Commission meeting a professional traIlic engineer discussed the conclusions in the EIR related to traIlic impact. His evaluation was that the traIlic impact would be much more serious than indicated in the EIR. Mr. Roche does not think the proposed zone change for the Santa Anita property would be in the best interests of the City at this time. Mr, Roche suggested that in futwe proposals which could result in far-reaching impacts on the quality of life in Arcadia. that City Council exercise more control over staff by requiring monthly written progress reports, including work completed and proposed, as well as funds expended and proposed for spending. The Citv Attornev addressed one allegation by Mr. Roche which was an accusation of what could be a criminal activity. making him susceptible to a defamation suit The City Attorney is not suggesting this would happen. LSA works for the City of Arcadia. and the City of Arcadia only. The City's Reimbursement Agreement is a public record in which it is very clear for whom LSA works. They do not work for two parties - that would never be the situation. Mr.Roche said that was what he had heard. I :,' Marl!Uerite Soencer. 1008 South Mayflower Avenue. stated. in part, that at the Library there is a copy of a document which was filed July 1995 which is identified as Santa Anita's specific preliminary plan for the development On the first page is a map with LSA written in the comer. MATTERS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS Councilmember Chang commented that his next citizens' meeting will be held on Wednesday, May 29, 1996 at 7:30 p. m, at the Glendale Federal Bank. 100 South First Avenue, Council member Chang stated. in part, that he studied the City of Arcadia Investment Summary as of April 30, 1996. He inquired why interest rates on long term investments range from 3% to 60/0, and if this represented a loss of earnings. Jerry Parker. City Treasurer, explained the investments questioned are five year instruments with what is referred to as a "floating rate". They are based upon a specific fonnula, and if averaged over a five year period. most of them averaged from 4% to 5% which is comparable to a like instrument for the same period of time. which was five years. Councilmember Lojeski wished everyone a happy Memorial Day. Councilmember Young commented that the City of Monrovia Fire Department breakfast was very enjoyable. I Mayor Pro tern Halbicht commented on economic development: "Over the years in Arcadia we have enjoyed a fiscally very healthy City. We have been able over the years 6 5/21/96 I I ()o,'~- S'~ III) I ' I ".' 1'1 " 38:0163 to provide far more semces for our citizens than most cities have been able to and that has been a very positive thing in Arcadia. But for the past three years we havi: had severe budget problems, The budget has been out ofbalance all of those years and it has ' been due to a variety of things ... the State took away property tax monies that the cities had been getting. Every city is suffering from that And there have been other things that have impacted all the cities. and some things that have impacted Arcadia, specifically. This year is no exception. At the present time we are wrestling with a budget that is about $700.000 out of balance, and we are trying to figure out how to bring it back in balance. Generally when your expenditures are not equaling your income there are two solutions to that '" either to cut services or raise revenue. If we look at raising revenue, there are two ways to do that One is to raise taxes. and the second is to bring in businesses that will generate revenues for the City. I have to say that I prefer the latter. I think that the long term health of the City depends on City government bringing in the kinds of businesses that will provide revenues for our community, And I think it is time that the City Council take a leadership role in this. I think we need to direct staff that we would like them to aggressively seek revenue sources, and guide them through the process of coming to our City. I also think we should take a leadership role in selling this concept to the community and letting the community know the imponance of these kinds of things. I would like to cite an example of some of the things that I see going on. Three weeks ago Santa Anita withdrew their application for their entertainment center, part of which was a multi- screen movie theater. Ten days later I read in the paper that Monrovia, who had proposed a two screen theater on Myrtle Avenue, had now expanded that to a ten screen theater. and it is no longer on Myrtle Avenue where it was gong to be. it is now on a city parking 101. The city is going to provide additional parking ... to accommodate the loss of parking for putting this theater on their City parking lot I don't think this timing was a coincidence. I think that Monrovia saw an opponunity and struck while the iron was hot. They recognized the value that having a ten screen theater can bring to their downtown area, in hoping to revitalize that area. So in ten days Monrovia put a deal together, now it may or may not go through, but at that point they had obviously met with the developer and the City in concert had moved forward to the point of committing city land and worldng out at least the bare bones outline of a deal. W Santa Anita came to Arcadia with a proposal, and one year later when they withdrew it, they still had not gotten off square one. I think that is something that we need to take a look at We need to recognize that we are in a competitive situation here. We are competing with every other city in this area for those revenue generating businesses. Frankly, we are falling behind. AJcadians are going over to Home Depot in Monrovia to buy their home improvement products, and spending sales tax dollars that are staying in Monrovia. We are seeing lots of development going on around us. We are seeing a lot of dollars being generated. but we are not seeing it here in Arcadia. For many years. Arcadia had all the revenue it needed. We were kind of able to stay above the fray. We did not have to get down and wrestle for every last dollar ... but, no more, We can't stay above it anymore. And, frankly, we can't just be a community of homes. Even though that is our trademark - the outstanding neighborhoods that we have, the fact is, we never have been just a community of homes. We are a community of automobile dealers; we are a community of a race track; we are a community of a regional shopping mall; we are a community of stores; restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, gas stations. Those things all help to provide the revenues we need to keep this fine community of homes what it is. They have taken away our auto dealers. Auto dealers generate more sales tax per square foot than almost anything. and every city wants them. There is nothing we can do about thaI. Monrovia and Duarte bad cheap land right on the freeway, practically gave it away to them, and there was no way we could keep them here in town. The fact is it was a tremendous loss of revenue to the City of Arcadia. 7 5121/96 J'; or\-' 38:0164 Horse racing bas declined. Our revenue from horse racing is now something like two- thirds of what it was at its peak ... a significant reduction. And, to maintain this beautiful community of homes. we have to replace those revenues. We have to make up that deficit I "I would like to say a few things about some of the things that were said here this evening, and the Neighbors for Arcadia and the petition they are passing. They maintain that they are trying to save our community. 1 don't question their motives or sincerity, but 1 believe they are helping to destroy our community. The race uack is one of the last pieces of open land in Arcadia. and though a lot of people would like to have it stay just what it is ... a big empty parking lot, the fact is that land is far too valuable to sit there empty. And it is going to be developed, and we have the opportunity to have that developed in a way which is going to be beneficial to this community, But we have to be proactive on this. We can'tjust bury our heads in the sand and pretend that if we just ignore it, that it is going to stay there as just this big old paved area. If this petition qualifies and passes, it would require that anything on that huge piece: of property other than horse racing, would have to go to a vote of the people. This going to tie the hands of the City Council. and it is going to tie the hands of the property owner. And so, while the Monrovia City Council is progressive, and bas taken innovative steps to provide for the future, the Arcadia City Council would have to stand by and say, 'hey, it's out of our hands. We can't do anything'. 1 guess my comment nn that is. if you don't trust your City Council, then get us out of here and get some people in that you do trust But, 1 believe in representative government, and 1 believe that this panicular thing should be handled the same way everything else in the City is handled ... by the people that were elected by the people to be their representatives. "Think about trying to put together a development deal. Let's assume that Santa Anita came up with some great proposal - something that would be a true asset to this community in every way. The property owner would be talking to the businesses that they want to come in, about coming in, but they would say, 'of course we can't guarantee that you can do this. and it is going to take months to get an answer because we have to go to this vote', Look at it from the developer's viewpoint He is looking at this piece of property in this very desirable City, but he is saying, 'do you expect me to spend my time, my effort, my money, while waiting for a jury of SO,OOO people to make a decision as to whether or not you are going to allow me to build this building or whatever it is?' What developer would do that? What developer would come in here and then wait months and months and months while they are expending their money and all their efforts to do this? And the decision that eventually is made is going to be made largely on emotion; on lack of information; in some cases, misinformation. 1 think the developers are going to say, 'No, thanks. We'll go to a city that handles these things in a businesslike way,' I "I don't want to harp on the Santa Anita project. That bas been withdrawn. 1 thought that it would have been a good thing for Arcadia. I'm not endorsing it a hundred per cent There probably was some fine tuning that needed to go on. But what was that project, really? Some movie theaters; some restaurants; it was an upscale supermaIket; a book store; ice skating rink and a roller skating rink. maybe. A place where young people could go for clean wholesome activity. But from the reaction of some of the people that 1 talked to and some of the people that 1 heard from, you'd have thought that they proposed a gambling hall. slaughter house and cat house, all in a row there, Are you aware that ten million people visit the mall every year? '.. Ten million people. I And the mall generates about three million dollars in revenue for the City of Arcadia. That's money we use to provide police, fire, maintain our parks, provide our recreation programs, And are we really all that inconvenienced? 8 S/21196 I I I KUHN CITY ATTORNEY KUHN (Mail Boxes) (Youth Volunteer Awards) (Sanitation District Tour) 7. 7a. MINUTE APPROVAL (May 7, 1996) (APPROVED) . , . : ~ 38:0165 "I am in favor of bringing positive development to this City. And 1 am going to be out looking for opportUDities. When 1 find them. 1 am going to by to help them through the process because 1 think it is in the best interests of this community. And, 1 would like to see the rest of the City Council take a leadership role in a positive step for the community. 1 think we need to give a clear message to staff that this is our agenda. We want the red tape cut We want them to help the applicants get to the decision point 1 am not saying that we are giving a blank check to any developer that comes in here. but at least we can pave the way for them so that they can get to the decision point and we can tell them 'yes' or 'no' and get on with it 1 think that what has been going on here has dragged on far too long. If you look at what is happening in other communities that really have an open door policy for these kinds of developments, and if we are competing with them, we have to be ready to compete. And we have to compete on the same playing field that they are competing on. 1 think the staff is looking to us for leadership. 1 think the community is looking to us for leadership and 1 think it is time that we provided it I think it is time that we made it clear just what we want for this community. I'd like to know if my colleagues agree or disagree with this. My position is ..' we need the revenue; we need to bring in businesses that can provide that revenue for us. consistent with the kind of community that we have." Mayor Kuhn commented that Mayor Pro tem Harbicht has a lot of thought provoking thoughts there ... and, she does agree with most of them. The City Attorney commented that the Brown Act would preclude any discussion at this time since it is not on tonight's agenda. In response to Mayor Pro tem Harbicht's request. Councilmembers agreed to direct staff to place this item on the agenda for the next Council meeting. Mayor Kuhn stated that the United States Postal Service is asking all homeowners to inspect and repair their mail boxes during "Mail Box Improvement Week", which is May 20-25. Repairing aging mail boxes improves the appearance of our community and makes delivering and receiving mail safer for posta1 carriers and customers. If a new mail box is to be installed. it must be one that is postaI service approved. Mayor Kuhn announced that Rebecca Choi. Arcadia High School Senior, won Congressman Dreier's Youth Volunteer Award. She is also an Arcadia Tournament of Roses Princess. Brian Hubinger, Arcadia High School Student, finished in the top five, also. Mayor Kuhn also' announced that the County Sanitation District is sponsoring a facilities and projects tour for Wednesday, June 5, 1996. CONSENT ITEMS APPROVED minutes of the May 7.1996 regular m=ting. 9 5121/96 7b. REJECTED BIDS (Serv.Ctr. Roof Re-seal) AUTHORIZED Ausn LEAD AGENCY r) 7 ? tI d .l oj (Re-roofing & Re-sealing - Roth A"encies (APPROVED) 7c. GENERAL SERVo j,' 10 -,.21) AGREEMENT 1. A. COUNTY/ CITY OF ARCADIA 7d. LICENSE AGREEMENT - CITY/SANTA ANITA FASHION PARK (D.A.R.E. Fair) ,) '-I' :,.J /,,! ()S" lit) 8. 8a. LIBRARY EXPANSION OF HOURS TO INCLUDE SUNDAYS (TABLED) f), ;'''\-..1:' 38:0\66 REJECTED all bids received for roof re-scaling of the City Service Cemcr facilities 011 Goldring Road; and AumOl!.lZED the Arcadia Unified School Oislric:t to act as the lead agency in the cooperative re-roofing and rc-sealing projcas for both ageDCica. APPROVED a five year GeocraJ Services Agreement with the County of Los Angeles (7-\-96 though 6-3~1). This is a formal ag.oe_ wbich _ all general services that !O2l!!ll be provided by the County at the mjucst of the City. The City bas had this type of Agreement with the County since 1976, reuewing it every five yean. Such services include. but are not limited to. suec:t maintenance, traffic Signal maiDl"".~. forestly service, prosecution of City Ordinances. building and safety services, etc. APPROVED the D,A.RE. Fair license ag....meul with Santa Anita FashiOll Park to enable the Arcadia Police Oepanmcnt to use the FashiOll Park parking lot in connection with the first annual DARE. Fair. SatunIay. &me 8. 1996; and AumOJH7Fn the City Managa- to sip the -oy License ~~ suIljea to approval as to form by the City Attomey. ALL OF TIlE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS WERE APPROVED ON ManON BY COUNCn.MEMBER LOJESKI, SECONDED BY COUNClLMEMBER YOUNG AND CARRIED ON ROLL CALL VOTE AS FOILOWS: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Counl:iImcmbers Chang, HaJbicht, Lojcslti. Y 0UIIg and Kuhn None None CITY MANAGER Consideration of the repon ~ng the JlOSS1ble iDcmIse of Libnuy houn to include opening on SUDday for six bows. It bas been requested by a member of the City Council that the l.1bnuy explore the JlOSS1bility of increasing the houn of the Libnuy to iocbJdc opening between 12:00 p.m. and 6:00 p. m. on SWIdays. For the Libnuy to open on SUDday for six hours, three service desks would need to be sta1I'ed. 1besc include the Children's Services, Adult Services and Citculation Services. Then: would probably be no need for Technical Services or Administrative Services sta1I' cIuriog this period. This would probably be a very active and busy day, thus requiriq similar sta1Iiog to tha1 . required on a SatunIay. Cin:ulation services would require al least one full-time Libnuy Technician and three pan-timc Libraly Aides. Adult Services would need two Librarians while Children's Services would Deed one Librarian (or principal Librarian), one full-time Libnuy Technician and one pan-time l.1bnuy Aide. Kent Ross. City Librarian replied to questions from Councilmember Cbang with regard to the financial aspecIS of opening the Libnuy an additional day. Although it had been 10 5121/96 -~ I I I I I I '.'- - '., 9. 9a. ORDINANCE NO. 2052 (INTRODUCED) '.: ' . . . -", . __ " '-,'-, -. ~--:-"7.'l"""~" ". _ ,,' _ '~_._._ 0" .' '_ -I ~~.K."w ,1-. "._...-:'.'_;.: .i:,~.~._;:".~ -~~"::'" _ _..".....:"\.-':?~: ....... - -_:~._:.:_f;~~: 38:0167 :.. .'; "' ~I Il1grt..t that the Library mnain open 0DIy for. sill boiJii, iDany' of the COSlI could be very similar to those of a full day. Library ~lfma C8IIIIDt bOdivided into a per Co ' bour cost. Sche"nlil1g restrictions preclude adding or ddellng-biliirs ODe at a time. Also, when the building is opened, ,;",;n'........... and utilities: mnain the same ~ess of the number of hows. The annual cost of imp,~ti"8 the addition of ODe day of Library service could range tiom a low $30,000 to a high of $70,000 Mp-liI111 on the c:ir"nm"I_ described earlier. Councilmcmber Cbang ""8lV""'" that in order to cut costs. the Library mnain open on Sundays as a .d'e.ence SOlIJtC and/or rading room, with DO other services provided, such as ~'-Inl1g 0IIt books, paying fines, requesting information, dC., possibly with volUDlccrS. The City Librarian agreed !his would be possible, but probably would be difficult because the Library patrons would expo;t these services to be, available, since that is. what a b'brary is for, and would undoubtcdIy JlRSSWe those employees present for such services; thereby lidding a certain amount of stress to those employees. The doors would be open for everyone. Councilrnember Chang stated, in part. that cdul:ation is Wq.w Ilu4 and !his would benefit the students and adults. He ll:almmended that !his matlI:r ~ submitted to the ullrary Board of Trustees for their study and recx>mm""".rioDS. Mr. Ross mm_ that the Library Board is aware of !his request for C'<plIntled hours, and it is their opinion that it would be an excellent addition to the Ubrary's service to the comnmni(y. HOWlMr the Board is colllXlllCd about the City's preselIt fino...,;.1 restrictions. In response to a question from Conncilm....her YOUOll as to the possibility of possibly 11 closing the Library one weekday, Mr. Ross explained that the Board.was not in fawr of 'if subtracting services in other areas to accommndo'.. the ~""ed hours. ',,-, -....... - 'tt Mayor Pro tern Harbicht COJJUDeDted that there was not mnch to .,;;'~ by snbrnitting '~ . !his matter to the Library Board. He is a supporter of the Library, but !his is a tisc:al consideration. Counc:il and staff are well aware of the tisc:al considerations being made at !his time., We are not lonldng for WlI)'S to spend more money; weare looking for WlI)'S to cut costs. He does not see any way to lIlXXlIDJllish !his at t!Iil:jDesent time. With regard to the suggestion of opening but not baving full hllrary semca - _,;.lIy a readinll room - !his presents all kinds of problems. ~Ie would expo;t full library services, a hllrary is not just a rading room. Also there is the matter of security for a huge flIQlity. Employees IIlI\'e to be at various places in the library, not 0DIy providing h'brary services, but providing security and knowledge of what is going on in the library. Mayor Pro tern Harbicht ""llr"N1 that for the present, CoundI Rlceiw and file the report. Mayor Kuhn agreed to file the report and lHddress the matter of exponml111 the Library houri'. in the !\dura wben more funds may be avaiIabIe.r..>. This is strictly a financial decision ri~ now. It was MOVED by, Mayor Pro tern Harbicllt, sec:onded by C(>lI...,;!m....""" Young and CARRIED on roU call vote as foUows to TABLE the matlI:r of Sunday houri for the ,Library to a !\dura date when the City's fin~nn!!!l improve. j 1 , J , 1 1 , AYES: NOES: ABSENT ConnciIrnembers Harbicht, Lojeski, Y 0UII8 and Kuhn Councilmcmber Chang, ,..; ~ne ~ CITY .AlTORNEY ~. ". .' .:J1T The City Attorney presented for introduction and read the title of ()rdlnolON! ~. 20'2: MAN ORDINANCE OF. THE CITY COUNCll. OF THE' CITY;OF ARCADIA. II '121196 OJ '-0 ~ < .; 9b. RESOL.!!JION C\ '}JCl---NO. 5w 7 r (ADOPTED) 0.6 '10 .,:) \ 10. lOa. 11. 11a. ;)/':J-.JD 38:0168 CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TIlE BUSINESS LICENSE SECTION OF TIlE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO NEW PROCESSING PROCEDURES FOR PARKING LOT PROMOTIONAL EVENTS, GAME MACHINES AND SIDEWALK SALES; ESTABLISHING NEW FEES FOR SOME USES SUCH AS DAILY VENDOR FEES.. ADVERTISING AND DISTRIBUI1NG FEES AND COMMERCIAL AND ENTERTAINMENT FEES; AND REQUIREMENr OF BUSINESS LICENSE FEES FOR GARAGE SALES, HOLIDAY SOunQUES. TIPPING FEES AND FAMILY CARE FACILITIES FOR SEVEN OR MORE CIDLDREN AND/OR ADULTS. (Text ,Amt"ntlment 96-0(2)". It was MOVED by Mayor Pro tcm HaJbicbl, seconded by Councilmember Lojeski and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that OrdiIl8llCe No. 20'2 be and it is hereby INTRODUCED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Co~ Chang, HaJbicbl, Lojeski, Young and Kuhn None None The City Attorney pRSCDtcd for adoption and lead the title of Reso1ution No. 5917: "A RESOLunON OF TIlE CITY COUNCn. OF TIlE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR' TIlE CENTRAL ~ BUSINESS DISTRICI' (CBD) DISTRICT". :f '" t , It was MOVED by CounciImember Lojeski, seconded by Qu,,plmMllher Young and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Resolution No. 5917 be and it is hereby ADOPTED: . . AYES: NOES: ABSENT: COllncil"""",1v!rs Chang. HaJbicbt, Lojeski; Young and Kuhn None None a.oSED SESSION'" The City Attorney lIJIDOUIIl:ed that the Council will enter 8 a.oSED SESSION, "pursuant to Government Code Section 549'6.9(8) to disaJss the ,existing workers' compensation case of Judi Williams VB. the City of An:adia". CITY COUNen. RECESSED IN ORDER 10 ACI' AS TIlE ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY' PRESENT: ABSENT: Agens:y Members Chang. HaJbicht, Lojeski, Young and Kuhn None CLOSED SESSION The Agency Coul'scl announced that the Agens:y will enter 8 CLOSED SESSION, "pursuant to Government Code Section 549'6.8. The purpose of this Closed Session is to confer with the An:adia Redevelopment Agency negotiators and Robert Robinson, 12 5121196 ,~ ..... I I , l I I I I ADJOUR.c'rnENT KUHN (In Memory of Jo Duckwall) ADJOURNMENT (June 3, 1996 5:30 p.m.) ATTEST: 3B:Ol69 Promus Hotels. with regard to the potential sale of certain Agency~wned property located at the nonhwest comer of Huntington Drive and Second Avenue". The meeting ADJOURNED to June 3, 1996 at 5:30 p, m. CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED Mayor Kuhn announced, "we have lost a long time friend, and [MOVE to adjourn in memory of Jo Duckwall who passed away last weekend, Jo was a long time resident A dedicated volunteer for the City of Arcadia for over a decade, she volunteered her time and talent to assist senior citizens, She served on the Senior Citizens' Commission on the Senior Committee that was instrumental in implementing the senior lunch program and volunteer ambulance subscription program. Last year Jo was Chairperson of the Senior Citizens' Commission. [n 1987 she was Senior Citizen of the Year. [n addition to her City activities. Jo had a fifty year association with the Girl Scouts, both as a volunteer and a member of their staff. Jo was married to her husband Gene for sixty years. She is SUIvived by Gene; her brother, Cecil; her daughter, Carol; two grandchildren, Dean and Dana; two great grandchildren, Audrey and Alex. Jo was a terrific person who always found time to assist those in need. We will all miss her beautiful smile. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 8, 1996 at 3:00 p. m. at Rose Hills in Whittier." At 8:20 p. m. the City Council ADJOURNED to a CLOSED SESSION, RECONVENED and ADJOURNED at 9:05 p. m. to Monday, June 3, 1996 at 5:30 p. m. in the Arcadia Community Center for an Adjourned Regular meeting to conduct the business of the City Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency and any Closed Session necessary to discuss personnel. litigation matter.; and evaluation of properties. City of Arcadia J 13 5121/96