HomeMy WebLinkAboutJANUARY 4,1994
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CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS ARE TAPE RECORDED AND ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY
CLERK
INTERVIEWS
FOR POSITION
OF PLANNING
COMMISSIONER
M I NUT E S
CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
and the
ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
JANUARY 4, 1994
The City Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in an
Adjourned Regular Meeting on Tuesday, January 4, 1994, at 5:30
p.m. in the Conference Room of the City Hall Council Chambers.
The Council conducted interviews of the following five applicants
for the position of Planning Commissioner.
Hodl!e C. "Buzz" Gaines is president of Taylor and Gaines. He is
a Civil Engineer and graduate of Caltech, and has been doing
consulting structural engineering work in Pasadena for over 30
years. Most of his work is done with architects, contractors,
and developers. He has been involved in city planning and city
projects, and stated he has an understanding of the Planning
Commission's work and how the City functions.
John D. Muruhv has been employed by Unocal Corporation for 33 1/2
years and is currently Vice President of Corporate Real Estate.
He has had experience in land acquisition, land development, and
property management. He fee Is his work wi th many cities in
preparing and processing general plan updates, master planned
communities. zoning changes, conditional use permits, etcetera,
has given him the qualifications to be able to serve on the
Planning Commission.
Garv A. Kovacic is an attorney with Sullivan, Workman & Dee,
specializing in land use planning, eminent domain, zoning, and
environmental law. Mr. Kovacic served on the Planning Commission
from 1984 through 1987. He feels it is important for a planning
commissioner to be able to put aside any prejudices or biases and
be reasonable in all decisions. He has co-authored an article
for the Planning Commissioner's Journal regarding drafting
appropriate land-use findings.
Loren F. Brodhead is employed with Avery Dennison as Group
Director of International Planning. He has not had any
experience with planning commissions, but has reviewed some
pertinent books from the Planning Department and also studied the
General Plan. He feels the General Plan is a good one, and the
fact that it can be changed is important so that in the future
it may be modified to meet certain needs.
Richard Bruckner is a planner for the City of Anaheim Community
Redvelopment Agency. He has been in the planning field for 15
years, mostly in the area of redevelopment. He feels it is
important, as a good planning commissioner, to give fair and
clear rules to the community to encourage them to invest in this
City.
Eric Heikkila, who was also scheduled to be interviewed, was out
of the country on this date.
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After each applicant briefly related information regarding his
background and qualifications, Councilmembers asked questions and
received more detailed information as to each person's ability
to serve on the Planning Commission. A discussion ensued, and
the Council expressed their choices for Planning Commissioner.
It was agreed that all five candidates were very well qualified,
and anyone of them would fill the position very competently.
Council concurred that Gary Kovacic was their first choice to be
appointed to the current vacant position. There will be another
vacancy on the Planning Commission in June, and it was suggested
this be mentioned in a letter to each of the other candidates
that they will be considered again at that time.
CLOSED
SESSION
The City Attorney announced, "We are going to a Closed Session
under Government Code 54956.9(a) to discuss two workers
compensation cases, Piland versus Arcadia and Duda versus
Arcadia. Gary Rogers will participate in the discussion."
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ADJOURNMENT
At 6:55 the Council entered the CLOSED SESSION, RECONVENED and
ADJOURNED sine die at 7:30 p.m.
ATTEST:
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