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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAPRIL 21,1992_2 I I 0/10 -'-0 rJ'I,')./fi ;J. 34:0098 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS ARE TAPE RECORDEO AND ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL MINUTE APPROVAL (Apr.7,1992) (APPROVED) ORD. & RES. READ BY TITLE ONLY CLOSED SESSION 0110-'10 II/S'-' PLANNING COMSN. (Huang) OI;uJ _ $'"0 SISTER CITY COMSN. (Lee) ()/.::JJ-'i7Q ELECTION CERTIFICATION RESOLUTION NO_ 5656 (ADOPTED) I()JO...)(J 1.1 1'/ -'{J. M I NUT E S CITY ~OUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA and the ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGULAR MEETING APRIL 21, 1992 The City Council and Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in a regular meeting at 7:30 p. m., Tuesday, April 21, 1992 in the Arcadia City Hall Council Chamber. Rev. Matthew Chong, Church of the Good Shepherd Councilmember Mary Young PRESENT: Councilmemhers Ciraulo, Fasching, Harbicht, Young and Gilb None ABSENT: On MOTION by Councilmember Young, seconded by Councilmember Ciraulo, and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows, the minutes of the adjourned and regular meetings of April 7, 1992 were APPROVED. It was MOVEO by Councilmember Ciraulo , seconded by Councilmember Fasching, 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. The City Attorney announced that, "pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a), the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency and City Council met in a CLOSED SESSION this evening to discuss the existing eminent domain cases of Arcadia vs. Cordova and Arcadia vs. Franco." The Oath of Office was administered by the City Clerk to Edward Huang, incoming member of the Planning Commission. Councilmember Fasching, liaison to the Planning Commission, presented the incoming Commissioner with his credentials .and City pin and welcomed. him to the City family. The Oath of Office was administered by the City Clerk to Dennis Lee, incoming member of the Sister City Commission. Councilmember Young, liaison to the Sister City Commission, presented the incoming Commissioner with his credentials and City pin and welcomed him to the City family. The City Clerk recited the results of the General Municipal Election held in the City on the 14th day of April, 1992, and declared the results thereof indicating the election of Robert Margett and Dennis A. Lojeski to the City Council, and June D. Alford as City Clerk. The City Clerk presented and read the title of Resolution No. 5656: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA RECITING THE FACT OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 14TH DAY 1 4/21/92 /OJO-.').O 10.30 -;2.() 34:0099 OF APRIL, 1992, DECLARING THE RESULT THEREOF PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE CITY CHARTER". It was MOVED by Mayor Pro tern Harbicht, seconded by Councilmember Fasching, and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Resolution No. 5656 be and it is hereby ADOPTED. AYES: Councilmembers Ciraulo, Fasching, Harbicht, Young and Gilb None None NOES: ABSENT: Judge S. Clark Moore, of the Santa Anita Municipal Court, administered the Oath of Office to Councilmembers Elect Robert G. Margett and Dennis A. Lojeski. City Clerk June Alford then presented Certificates of Election and copies of the Oath of Office to the new Councilmembers. I Judge S. Clark Moore, of the Santa Anita Municipal Court, then administered the Oath of Office to re-elected City Clerk June D. Alford and the Certificate of Election and copy of the Oath of Office were presented to her. PRESENTATIONS TO OUTGOING MAYOR GILB Mayor Pro tern Harbicht presented Mayor Gilb with a plaque in honor and appreciation of sixteen years of service as a City Councilmember, including four years as Mayor of the City of Arcadia, from the Members of the City Council and City Manager. Mayor Pro tern Harbicht then presented a second plaque with the City seal, in recognition of sixteen years of service to the City of Arcadia from the Members of the City Council and City Manager. Mayor Pro tern Harbicht also presented to Mayor Gilb a collage of artifacts including his Councilmember badges, one for Councilman, one for Mayor Pro tern, one for Mayor and one for past Mayor, together with a symbolic key to the City. His terms as Mayor were 1975-76; 1981-82; 1987-88 and 1991- 92; eighteen years since Mayor Gilb first came onto the Council; sixteen years of service; with thanks from the City Council and the City family. The following also made presentations to Mayor Gilb: Mayor Pro tern Harbicht presentation for Governor Wilson Mark Harmsen for Congressman David Drier Wellington Love for Senator Newton Russell and Natalie Blanning for Senator Frank Hill Al Miller for Assemblyman Dick Mountjoy Carol Robinson for Supervisor Mike Antonovich Mayor Pro tern Harbicht for Senator John Seymour Isabel Hooton for the'Senior Citizens' Commission Howard Larew for the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Mayor Pro tern Harbicht presented Mayor Gilb's Council portrait by J. Carlton Roberts Dorothy Cummingham for Arcadians for Arcadia. I REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY OUTGOING MAYOR GILB "I have been allowed to take a few minutes -- this is a rather sentimental time for me -- I'll do my best. First, I would like to thank and introduce my wife, Ruth. You know, it is easy to just say, 'thanks, Ruth, you were always there', but I want to tell you, she was always there. She was always there with good ideas, backing me up; she was always there to watch Matlock when I had to come to the Council meetings. As 2 4/21/92 34:0100 they say at the race track, we have the 'class of the field', and Ruth Gilb is the 'class of the field'. I would like also to recognize and thank my children who are here tonight: my daughter, Denise; my daughter Valerie; my son, Michael and his wife, Gail; and my two grandchildren, Heather and Amy, who came from Albuquerque. Would you give them a hand, please. You know, if you don't think eighteen years ago was a long time, just subtract it in your mind from your age right now, and see where you were. I remember when we had the returns that night at the house. Valerie was running up and down the ladder. Ray Rogers walked outside and it was so crowded, he couldn't get back in, and he walked around the house a couple of times. Those were really the fun days. I "I would like to tell you just a little bit about my feelings the last eighteen years. The Arcadia scene, of course, has changed. Not only in the physical structure, but also in the people. There are new participants; many of the old timers have moved or passed away or dropped out of participation. We think of some of the people that we used to see here all the time -- Herb Fletcher, Lyle Cunningham, Catherine Mundy, Bill Beckwith and Charlie Batterson -- all of those folks -- Charlie Schugert. Many of those people helped build this community, but it was also built by many of the people who served on the Councils and by you sitting in the audience, who have given your love and time and dedication to this community. I started in 1974 in the old Council chambers. Many of you didn't even know we had an old Council chambers; it's where the printing shop is now. The first night I came in with Jim Helms, Alton Scott, Jack Saelid and Floretta Lauber. That was our first Council meeting, and I took Ed Butterworth's place. Ed Butterworth told me tonight just to tell everybody that I have deeded the City over to Ruth and everybody can go to hell. I have served with many Council people -- many, many Council people. We all had divergence of ideas, and we all worked it out; when we walked out of the room, we were all friends. I remember Jack Saelid and I used to sit at the Council meetings and argue about everything -- I don't think we agreed on anything -- but we all agreed we did agree what was best for the City, and when we walked out of here, it was all left behind us. When I started this job, I made two pledges. One is that if I make a mistake, I'll change it; and the other is that I'd never spend your tax dollars on anything that I would not put my own funds in. And that is the way I looked at everything. And I want to tell you, we're short of funds on Singing Wood. I "I also am very happy with all the City employees that we have here in the City. And I want you to know that they are professionals; the department heads, I don't think that you could have a city that is run any better than this. Now, you have to look at what we are doing. We have a Police Department which is great; and a Fire Department; our streets are clean; we still sweep them every week; our trees are trimmed. We have a community here that is next to nobody; we are first in the way we run this community. And it is because, not only the City Council, but because of the staff and the people in this community. The City employees, as I said, the department heads -- I have locked horns with lots of them lots of times, but we have always gotten along, What has been great has been to see people in these departments that have retired, and new people coming in with fresh ideas who have done a fine job for the City. I met many, many friends in this City that were City Councilmembers. I met many, many friends in this community who were City employees. My best friend was Charlie Mitchell. I met him here. One of my other best friends was a City employee here and she was an elected official -- Christine Van Maanen who was so dedicated to the City -- she loved it so much that it got beyond her -- she just didn't want to leave -- and she still thinks that way. 3 4/21/92 34:0101 And then we had a lady in the City who ran the newspapers who I thought did a fine job and really covered the City Council. I will always remember Helen Schraeder. I would like to go through this whole room and tell you all how much I think of each one of you. I've had a meeting with the staff, and they know. I've had a meeting with the Senior Citizens; and they know. I've tried to do it with all of the employees of the City and with all of the people of the community. "I want to thank you all who voted for me over the years. As you know, I was President of the League of California Cities, Los Angeles Division. I was President of the Independent Cities at the same time, and I was Mayor; and I was working in Bakersfield. I was making four trips a night down here on an airplane; a chartered airplane. George used to pick me up at the ai.rport and then drop me off. He and Jim Helms used I to drop me off at 12: 30; then it would get so foggy, I couldn't get out of town until 12:00 or 12:30 or 2:00 and have to go back out through Riverside to get to Bakersfield at 3:30 . and get up at 5:30 to go out and try to make a living again. And then that night, I had to come down again. And I never missed very many of them, I'll tell you. I made all those trips --I don't know how many -- but I'll tell you, when I was forty-nine years old, I started the job and it worked out fine; but now I am sixty-seven and I get a little tireder. I just want to close with one thing. I have enjoyed working with this Council; I have enjoyed working with all the Councils. It is interesting to see everybody's opinion on things and everybody's ideas. As long as the Council focuses itself on what their service is to the community and to the people, that's all you can ask; and they are answerable then to the people at the next elections when they come around. And I think that is the great thing in a democracy. I want to thank June for the job that she has done, and, of course, George and Mike, and all the rest of them. I call them all my personal friends, and they are my personal friends. Thank you very much. I appreciate all you have done." PRESENTATIONS TO OUTGOING COUNCILMEMBER MARY YOUNG Mayor Gilb presented Councilmember Young with a plaque on behalf of the City of Arcadia in appreciation for eight years of service as Councilmember from the Councilmembers and the City Manager. Mayor Gilb then presented a collage exhibiting all the badges and pins and expressing appreciation for service to the community and service on the Council from the Councilmembers and the City Manager. Mayor Gilb said, "I hope you will put this on the wall, and always remember these days". The following also made presentations to Councilmember Young: Mayor Gilb read a letter from Governor Wilson I Mark Harmsen for Congressman David Dreier Wellington Love for Senator Newton Russell and Natalie. Blanning for Senator Frank Hill (The letter from Senator Newton Russell recalled Councilmember Young's recent distinction in the Senate Chamber when she was named Woman of the Year for the 21st Senate District) Al Miller for Assemblyman Dick Mountjoy Carol Robinson for Supervisor Michael Antonovich Mayor Pro tern Harbicht for Senator John Seymour Pat Loechner for the Senior Citizens' Commission Howard Larew for the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Mayor Gilb presented Councilmember Young's Council portrait by J. Carlton Roberts Dorothy Cunningham for Arcadians for Arcadia 4 4/21/92 I I ()/IV - 'it) /99:1 _ct..j 34:0102 REMARKS BY OUTGOING COUNCILMEMBER YOUNG "Now I get to say a few words. You can see why it was so enjoyable to work on the Council. We have great people and this is a great City. A farewell address is indeed timely to review the past, apply the past to the present and to target on the future. From the slow moving progress of eight to ten years ago to the smooth running machinery we have now, I will forego giving a laundry list of what has been accomplished. Sound walls and paving of Orange Grove still bug me. But those wheels are turning, be it ever so slow. I've worked hard to achieve this progress and to maintain our City, known as the Communi ty of Homes. I have worked hard for the ci tizens of Arcadia and enj oyed every minute. The Council sets policy and the staff administers that policy, and there are certain governmental parameters that the City must abide by which make the wheels of getting things done very slow for most of us. Then there is the appearance of regional governance, and that does not really excite me. With it is an increase in centralization of government and, following that, centralization of money. Public dollars are now used for different things and do not come back to the City. Therefore, of course, fewer resources are available. Federal and state governments are intruding on many local concerns, and then there is the Brown Act. I hope the new Council will be fit -- FIT -- and that means to have focus, and integrity with the citizens and the staff, and teamwork with the citizens and the staff. "As I became acquainted with Councilmembers from other cities, it was obvious early on that a strong, dedicated staff was and is essential, Arcadia is fortunate for the progressive teamwork demonstrated these past eight years. The staff is FIT, and the City is financially sound, with very little debt. What a good combination. Strong support from a Councilmernber's spouse is most important, not only because of the munber of Council meetings, but for the many other meetings that need attention. A City not attending such meetings can wind up being dragged along, left out or not involved in a delicate or important decision. I wish to thank my husband, Dick, for his support. Also, I wish to thank the rest of my family. Our oldest son, Don and his family live in Oregon. They are not here tonight. But tonight our daughter Carolyn is here wi th her husband, Howard Giffis, And the other half of this combination of twins, her brother, Bob. I wish to thank the staff for being so courteous and so willing and so pleasant to work with me. When I say 'staff,' I mean the whole staff - - the Police Department, the Fire Department and all those in Public Works. I appreciate the Councilmembers I have worked with, and truly appreciate the past Councilmembers for the vision they had to create a firm foundation. I thank you, one and all, for the opportunity given me to serve you, and I thank everyone here for the certificates, plaques. and portrait. So, for now, farewell." The newly elected Councilmembers then assumed their seats at the council table. REORGANIZATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL FOR 1992-93 City Clerk June Alford declared the Office of the Mayor of the City of Arcadia to be vacated and called for nominations for that office. Councilmember Ciraulo nominated Councilmember George Fasching as Mayor of the City of Arcadia for the ensuing year. This was seconded by Councilmember Lojeski who then requested that Council cast a unanimous ballot. Hearing no objections, the unanimous ballot carried. Mayor Fasching then took his seat as Mayor at the City Council table. 5 4/21/92 34:0103 As his first official act, Mayor Fasching called for nominations for the Office of Mayor Pro tern and then nominated Councilmember Joseph C. Ciraulo to that Office for the ensuing year. This was seconded by Councilmember Margett. Mayor Fasching then requested that Council cast a unanimous vote. Hearing no objections, the unanimous vote carried and Mayor Pro tern Ciraulo was seated. REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY MAYOR FASCHING "First of all, I would like to introduce my family. First of all my lovely wife, Geraldine; and my daughter, Leanne who goes to Arcadia High School; my son Bob, who also attends Arcadia High School -- they are twins; and my son, Greg, who is now working with me in the business; and my daughter-in- law, Robbi Fasching; and my grandson, Cameron Fasching, who '1. attends Highland Oaks Elementary School; and my grandson, Ryan Fasching, who attends Foothills Junior High School. That is my family. I have another son. My wife is not the mother of all those people out there. My other son, Steve, is living in San Diego and is not here this evening. I have many dear friends out there, but it has been a long evening and we have a ways to go yet, so I am not going to take the time to introduce all my friends out there. I certainly appreciate your being here and I love you all. But one friend I would like to introduce and he is kind of a family member. He is known as 'Uncle Ed' to all my kids because I've known him for a hundred years. A very dear friend and former Director of Recreation for many years for the City of Pasadena, my friend, Ed Bignall. "I think that it was inevitable that I ultimately sit in this seat because my first year on the Council I sat where Mr. Lojeski is now sitting, with my right profile to the audience. The second year I sat where Mr. Margett is with my left profile to all of you and, with my nose, it is much better that I sit here and face all of you. If you think I am kidding -- Kathy Kennedy out there - I just read her lips -- she said to her husband, 'who is that sitting there?'. It's me, Kathy. I also once remember when I was a new Councilman, and we were in Monterey at a convention for councilmembers wi th the League of California Cities, one of the speakers talking to five or six hundred of us councilmembers there -- some of us very new -- said to us, 'You have to remember one thing, the job you are embarking upon -- it is stressful and it is hard work if you apply yourself, so you got to have a little fun and a few laughs as you go along or you are going to burn out'. So I think we are going to have a few laughs and a little fun, but a lot of hard work as the years go on from now on. So, first of all, I'd like to say, Joe, everything worked out fine, we're the new faces still on the Council and we got a couple of old timers back here. We're still the new faces, and we welcome you back. "As I sat in my office. this afternoon, I tried several times 1 to sit down and write out a whole lot of things that I wanted to say here this evening -- directions and things to do and everything. And I thought well, everybody else has things that they want to say -- my colleagues here this evening, so I thought it best to just take one phrase, and that is, several weeks ago during the election campaign, a woman, one of our neighbors, came into my office and wanted to discuss the voting, the election, and we talked about things in the City for a while and she finally said to me, 'George, I think everything is fine in our City, but it just kind of needs a shot in the arm'. That kind of stuck with me -- that 'shot in the arm' phrase. And I kind of dwelled upon it this afternoon thinking that this City has had such excellent people that have been governing from the Council standpoint since its inception, if you drive through our City, as 6 4/21/92 34:0104 I compared to any other city in the San Gabriel Valley, and probably many others in the State, we have probably one of the finest cities and community of homes that can be found. And we are to be proud of that and the people who have represented us all of these years -- we are to be proud of them, too. And as I look out upon you, and as I have heard the outgoing Councilmembers say their things tonight, I have one feeling that really hits at me is that we are all family and we are all neighbors, and we are all working for the one thing and we are all interested in the one thing which is that Arcadia is the City that we are proud of and the City that we want to live in. There have been some differences in the past, differences of opinion, direction and which way we want to go, but I think at the present time, is that we can look and see, as Mary Young said, that our City is fiscally sound, and we have no debt, and we are in great shape. But the time, perhaps, has come that we have to face a little new reality and take a little new direction and that is that 'shot in the arm' that I referred to before -- meaning that we have some things that really have not been attended to for many years, and they weren't because they were fine. But we are being faced now with some things that need to be attended to, and they need good attention and fast attention -- meaning our business districts need to have some rhyme and reason to them and their business fronts. We still have some problems with architecture within our City where we have some dissention about people that don't like some houses the way they are designed. We want to work on that. I "We have other areas that need improving upon. Our civic center is aged and we have to look forward in the years to come to replacing our City Hall, our Police Department and the City Library, which we are currently working on, needs to be refurbished and brought up to date. We have in the works right now what we think is a very good plan to put that library in that condition. But all of this, of course, and when I talk about direction and things to do and what we want to work upon, is including the things that we don't want to do at the same time. We don't want to increase density and we don't want to increase our traffic problems and we don't want to lose sight of what we want most of all --the fine, outstanding community of homes that we have. But the other things we have to work on and bring up to date to keep that and keep the pride in this City that we all want to share. So, I think as we go along, you will find this Council will be working much closer with our commissions. We are going to ask more input from our commissions .- Planning Commission, Recreation Commission - - - everybody involved. And we are going to call upon many people in this community to help us guide and go forward with this City. And we are going to share much more input and responsibility in that direction. And that will be with our School District in collaboration - - how can we help our School District? We don't want to be the School Board, nor do we want to run the schools, but there has to be a blending here at this stage of the game to work together to uphold the high traditions of our school district because our school district also upholds our high property values. "So, I am going to pass it on now to my other colleagues who want to say things. Somebody said I already said everything. That is why I didn't write it down, because I knew they would get mad at me if I did do that. But, I must tell you that two years ago when I took office as a Councilmember, it was probably one of the greatest privileges and experiences of my life, and to be elected here tonight as Mayor is probably a greater experience than that was. I won't let you down none of us will let you down. We want to hear from you and we are going to work for you. Thank you very much." 7 4/21/92 34:0105 REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY MAYOR PRO TEM CIRAULO "My sons were unable to be here tonight with me, but two very special people in my life are here tonight in the audience, and I would like to introduce them ... my dad, Phil Ciraulo and my wife, Carole. I'd like to thank my colleagues on the Council for having the confidence and nominating me as Mayor Pro tern and I look forward to working with the new Councilmen Margett and Lojeski, as well as continuing to work with Mayor Fasching and Councilman Harbicht. We have a lot of work to do, and I think we are all set to sit down and do that work. Thank you, again." REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY COUNCILMEMBER DENNIS A. LOJESKI "I guess history repeats itself; exactly ten years ago I was taking the same oath, and I stumbled across the same line. I really, embarrassingly, have to admit that. My apologies, Judge Moore. I would sincerely and personally like to thank the voters of Arcadia in renewing your endorsement of me. and returning me for another four years to the Arcadia Ci ty Council. Throughout the past three and one-half months, I have had a lot of opportunities to share with many of you the differences in being a part of the election process of today and the election process of years past. The easiest election always to participate in and run is your first ... you're young; you're fresh; you're excited; you don'~ know what is out there. I've now discovered that the most difficult one is when you have left public office, and the decision is made to attempt to return. I'd like to personally thank (although they have left) former Mayor Charles Gilb and former Mayor Mary Young for their service and commitment to our City. I tip my hat to anyone for however long or however short they have served and devoted their time and their energies. In the audience tonight we had the pleasure (he also has left), former Mayor Jack Saelid. I have been there and I can tell you, I tip my hat to these individuals who have put their life and their time and their devotion on the line for the betterment of our community. To Joe, our new Mayor Pro tern and George, our new Mayor, my heartfelt congratulations. To Councilman Bob Harbicht, it's like old times... we are back again for another round and I am going to be leaning on you quite heavily for your six years of experience. You are now the senior member of this Council. To new Councilman, Bob Margett, my congratulations to you. You ran a hell of a campaign. You deservedly won. You went out there; you organized your forces; you communicated with the people and you did a great job. My congratulations to you and your staff. "I am personally looking forward to an exciting term of addressing the issues of today. As it was said at the Council table earlier, we are not always going to agree; we are going to disagree; but it is going to be an interesting Council, I feel, from the diverse opinions and the diverse realms that these people come from. We are going to sit down at the table and we are going to have one issue and one key thing in mind and that is what is in the best interest for you, the people of the City of Arcadia. I please request that you have a little patience with me; I have been gone for two years; and I've got to get back up to my reading speed. George, I know you are going to keep us real busy with that sort of situation. I ask the indulgence of the Council to bear with me; let me get up to snuff and up to speed with the issues at hand. And there are many, there are many different ones. 8 4/21/92 I I 34:0106 I "I would like to make some introductions of some very special people to me. First of all, my wife, Janet, and my daughter, Michelle. As all fathers, I am going to take the liberty of bragging a little bit. Michelle, of course, is the queen of our illustrous City, and we have made the decision that... come September, she is going to be attending the Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. It was close to the initials of USC; but we didn't quite win out. My son, Brian, who many of you have seen, who is my clone, he looks exactly like me, made an unexpected visit home for the Easter holiday over the weekend. Brian is currently finishing his freshman year at the University of the Pacific at Stockton. We are real proud of both of them. My parents, Mr and Mrs. Edward Lojeski. My dad wanted to know how many more times he had to put double signs on his property ... because he has a key corner. To my in-laws, Dr. and Mrs. McKay Neilson. Someone who I saw in the audience and who might still be here -- my brother, Dr. Stephen Lojeski, former Recreation Commissioner for our Ci.ty. To each and everyone of you, my family members, I appreciate it; I appreciate you allowing me the time and the commitment of energies to go forward for the "tterment of our community. I would also like to acknowledge two very special friends. When I use the term, 'friends', I really mean it. A week ago, election night, I gave a very short little scenario, and I used the term, 'friends', I used the term, 'people'. And this really is what this town is made of. When you spend the number of years, days and hours in this community, Arcadia is friendly people and committed people, and, deservedly, giving people. To my two best friends, a guy who came with me ten years agQ and said, 'I will run your campaign'. And I tell the funny story that the only campaign he had ever run prior to that was an election process that he went through as student body president of Arcadia High School. My g09d friend, Craig Lucas. My other friend, who was really, really the backbone of this particular campaign and this effort this time. He has been a good friend, and I hope will continue to remain my best friend, second best friend, my friend, Dave Powell. You can't run campaigns without having some key critical people, in true confidence, true friends. I also would like to thank publicly and personally for their endorsement which is always important in a political candidate's campaign -- and their efforts, the Pasadena Star News, Arcadia Tribune. Thank you very much, Chris. Please pass that along to your newspaper. To my friends -- and I keep calling them my friends -- I said new friends, but they really are not new; because we have been together almost from their inception -- the Arcadia Chinese Association. Thank you very much. And also to my friends, the City workers, particularly the Arcadia Fire Fighters' Association, guys, I appreciate you. Here in Arcadia we have a great City staff. This has been said; it will be said in the future; it has been said in the pas t. I am looking forward to again working with each and everyone of you as staff members, you, George, as our City Manager, and my promise to you is I'11~ as always, be very responsive, open, not intimidating in the least; but always be very encouraging for the continuance of our excellent community of traditions here in Arcadia. I "During the next four year I would, selfishly, like to see a few things accomplished. I think this Council has the wherewithal, the history and the means to accomplish these particular items. As I said, Arcadia means people, it means volunteering people. I would like to see our Recreation Commission and our Planning Commission return to seven members. As I wandered through and went through the community, speaking, talking, discussing, we have many, many new, active people who would love to get involved in this community. And I think it is important to utilize those attributes and those resources which we have. I, personally, 9 4/21/92 34:0107 would like to see that happen ... get more people involved. Let them understand the history of Arcadia ... what Arcadia is about and why we all moved here. Let's continue on with those traditions. I also would like to see our City take a more active, positive role in acknowledging our citizens who have a desire to serve on our commissions. I was flabbergasted, a little bit, and amazed and, through no one's fault, but when someone has the wherewithal to apply for a commission position, even though that commission may be filled, we, as a City, should respond to them. We should respond in a very open, positive fashion to keep that interest and that spark of interest alive, even though there may not be an opening at that particuler time. Another pet proj ect - - and when I stepped off the Council two years I looked at the remaining council people and the two new ones and I said, 'Ladies and Gentlemen, please fix Orange Grove Avenue'. Well, I I'm back at it again. The street hasn't gotten any better; it is long overdue; very high liability exposure; and it needs to be repaired and my hope is to bave it repaired as soon as possible. I hope this Council can begin very soon with a real strategic planning session -- one that is very open and very, very productive and, hopefully, with the help of perhaps a consultant, we can create a long range plan to address our City's infrastructure - - the police station, the other two fire stations, our City Hall here, perhaps, additionally, looking into the City Library. Those City structures that really need to be addressed, but do it in a very planned fashion. I also would like to address the traffic issues in our City. I have to tell you -- talking to the people in this community -- traffic was a key, key issue, and I would like to see us work very hard and very diligently, with our higher governmental agencies to encourage' the use of a light rail system or a commuter transportation type of system which will alleviate some of the congestion. But, also a solution to the problems of sound and air pollution that the 210 freeway creates, so that a quality of life that has been lost for many, many years can be restored, to not only our City, but our citizens. I, personally, want to thank you, once again, for another four years. I will promise you nothing but honesty; I promise you my integrity; I'll promise you the best ability I have to listen, and the ability to act in the best interests of our entire City and its constituents. It is truly my privilege and my pleasure and my honor to serve you once again as your City Councilman. I thank each and every one of you, the people that vote." REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY COUNCILMEMBER HARBICHT "I know this has gone on and I ask you to indulge me. I have a few comments I would like to make. I'd like to welcome everyone here, and thank you all for coming. I would like to introduce my wife, Patsy. As everyone else has said, it is cri tically important to have support on the home front, and I I have had that for the six years that I have been on this Council. Patsy not only allows me the time to do these things, but has accompanied me to many, many things. She has probably been to more Eagle Scout ceremonies than most scout masters. "We are saying' good-bye' to two of our Councilmembers this evening, and I would like to comment on that briefly. When I first came on this Council six years ago, I barely knew Charles and Mary. I now consider them true friends, very dear friends. Over the years we've agreed on many, many issues; ~e've disagreed on more than a few. I always felt that we were all working toward the same goal. I would like to thank them for when they supported me; I respect them for when they opposed me. They served with great dignity ana statesmanship on the Council, and this community is a better community for 10 4/21/92 34:0108 their efforts. We are also welcoming two new Councilmembers here, and as Dennis said, we served together for four years, and I would like to welcome you back, Dennis. I look forward to working with you again. And also, Bob Margett who is"also returning, but he was here before my time, but I have worked with Bob for many years. We are both in Rotary together. Bob, I have always appreciated your humor and wit, and I am looking forward to working with you on the City Council. I "I am very proud of Arcadia. I am proud just to tell people I live here, and I am also proud of the part that I had the opportunity to play in making this community the kind of community that it is. It seems like every couple of years, we have to have an election, and during the course of the campaign we find out everything that is wrong with our City, and it is difficult for those of us on the Council who have worked diligently to try to make it an excellent community to si t quietly, but that really is our job and I think we recognize that much of this is campaign rhetoric. But I would like to take this opportunity to assure you that Arcadia is a wonderful City. I meet with other city officials at various kinds of conferences; I meet with our County supervisors, State assemblymen and senators. and, of course I the discussion always centers around the various problems that face their jurisdictions. When I sit and listen to the litany of problems that they have, I realize that we are truly blessed here in Arcadia. I think your City Council has constantly been working to try to make Arcadia the kind of community that the citizens want. I "And some of the things that have gone on r'ecently that I would like to note for you, probably the biggest problem facing Southern California and one that we are all aware of is just the explosive growth that we are experiencing. Arcadia has not experienced that growth. In the 1980 to the 1990 census, our population grew less than one-half of one percent a year. I don't know if there is another city in the Los Angeles area that has had lower growth than that. That has come about, I think, because of the policies of the Council -- our zoning, our building standards, the fact that we have resisted the temptation to change our zoning to allow greater density. This Council in the last two years has been very busy doing something that most people, I don't think, are even aware of. We are rezoning most of the commercial areas of this City, which all allowed up to eight stories construction; we're rezoning those to eliminate high rise in Arcadia. I think that is something which is going to continue to restrict growth, and will address some of these problems of traffic, etc., or at least address the problem of traffic getting worse. And we have also rezoned large areas of the south part of the City which have large lots, and raised the minimum lot size. That was to 'eliminate these large lots being cut up into cul-de-sacs. Another anti-growth measure. We currently have in place a moratorium on hillside construction, and we are working on a new hillside ordinance which will preclude any further construction on our hillsides. I don't think we are going to see any more construction on the hillsides of Arcadia when are done with that. "We built a community center, which we are very proud of. Most of you have probably had the opportunity to see it, If you haven't, go by. The community center expects to serve approximately 50,000 people this year and is a real addition to the City. We haven't eliminated all the problems of Arcadia. We have been experiencing, unfortunately, recent problems with graffiti. But the City Council has recognized that this is not a problem of the individual property owner. This is society's problem. And so, we have allocated public monies to eliminate graffiti. So, any place that graffiti appears in our community, whether it is on public property or 11 4/21/92 34:0109 private property, we immediately remove it. All you need to do is to make a phone call to City Hall, tell us where it is, and we will be out there to remove it. We have been doing that for the last two years. We can't keep ahead of it, but I think we are keeping pretty close behind it and getting rid of it. "There have been comments made about our staff and I would like to also comment on the City staff. I'll tell you that, by and large, I am not impressed with government workers; I think I probably have the same complaints that many of you have over various inefficiencies in government. I have been in the consulting business for twenty-seven years and, during that time, I have worked with literally hundreds of companies and worked very closely with those companies. I have found very few. that run as efficiently as this City. I am very I proud of our staff; I am very proud of the department heads right on down through the lowliest member of our staff. Our Pol ice Department, Fire Department -- outs tanding - - just absolutely outstanding and I thank them for what they have done to make those of us on the City Council look good. "I also have some plans for the future that I would like to see implemented. Many of these are already in progress. I'd like to see us expand and refurbish our library. This is the most used facility in the City of Arcadia, with 40,000 people a month going through those doors. If you haven't been down there lately, because we have such a successful library, it needs to be expanded. It needs to be refurbished. I think that it is time for us to build a civic audit~rium. I think this is long overdue. We were laboring under the misperception that this is a twelve or fourteen million dollar expenditure. I have seen with my own eyes a very nice civic auditorium in a neighboring city that cost $2.3 million dollars. I think the City has been too long without one. It is now time for us to move ahead with that. I'd like to see us adopt this new hillside ordinance. I'd like to make that ordinance so tough that we will have no further development of the hillsides of Arcadia. And, finally, I would like to work in harmony with the City Council to accomplish the goals that we all would like to accomplish, and that is have Arcadia continue to be such a wonderful place for our friends, our families and our neighbors. And, again, I thank you all for coming and for giving me the opportunity to chat with you." REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY COUNCILMEMBER ROBERT MARGETT "Mr. Mayor, I don't know what I can say after everything that has been said, but I do have to acknowledge my lovely wife, Beverly. She has been a constant source of inspiration to me as I go through my life, not only here at Council, but in everything that I do. I love you dearly, Beverly. I don't know whether I have any of my kids here or not. You know, it is after 8:30 -- they're all contractors and usually they go I to bed about this time. So, I am assuming that most of my children are not here, 'unfortunately. But they have all wished their dad well; I know they are very supportive of me and they will be with me. I am going to introduce some people here who were so active in my campaign that things clicked so well. I have been through three Council races and this one was so well structured, so well oiled, things seemed to just fall into place. And that doesn't go because Bob Margett structured it, it goes because you have a lot of good people assisting you. Those people who assisted me in that campaign -- if you will stand up or wave your hand -- Bob Daggett, unfortunately, could not be here this evening. If you ever want to run a campaign, he is the man to get. Beth Wells, of course, was so important in the campaign; she took care of many, many, many details, and my thanks again, Beth. I have thanked you many times and actually one more time. Joe Miller 12 4/21/92 34: 0110 -- Joe, you were there all the time -- a good, good friend - - and it is much appreciated. And I have to go to Art Fry. Art Fry was with me on the first campaign that I ever ran. We didn't know what we were doing. All I knew was that I wanted to run for City Council. I lost. But Art Fry was there; he was a friend and he has been with me in every single campaign; every single campaign that I have managed for anybody, Art was there. Art, stand up and take a bow, please. Art was a former City Councilman for the City of El Monte, also. I "I don't want to take a lot of time parroting what Dennis and Joe and Bob and our new Mayor Fasching have said. I am in total agreement with what they said; and I am very, very supportive of what they said. I think that it is going to be important. that we have a Council that is going to be harmonious; working together; setting goals for this community; and working for those goals; and those are going to be beneficial for you and for the City as a whole. After all, the sacrifices and efforts of people in the past that have made this community what it is today, and I feel excitement this evening; I feel ready to go; ready to do some work because I feel that the best times are yet to come. I think that under the leadership of Mayor Fasching, a person who I have known for a long, long time, one of the mos t creative men that I have ever known in my life, you are going to see a lot of things happening within this community. I want to place my support to him and other Councilmembers in achieving and helping Mr. Fasching attain those goals. And that's all I have to say." REMARKS AND INTRODUCTIONS BY CITY CLERK JUNE D. ALFORD I "I am very happy to be back as the Arcadia City Clerk and there are many people in the audience tonight who supported my campaign, and I will mention you a little bit later. I would like to, first, introduce my family and my campaign manager, my husband, Earle. We have three lovely daughters: my daughter, Diane and her son, David Joel, my grandson; my daughter, Lisa; my daughter, Marta; and last, but not least, our son, Joshua; and another little campaign worker, Josh's friend, Cindy. They all worked hard for me, and I appreciate all of them. Thank you. It is great to have the support of family and no one can attest to that more than myself, My son has missed many dinners, let me tell you, when I have been here at night. Then I would also like to mention that I am very honored this evening to tell you that I have had the endorsement of the Arcadia Firefighters' Association, and I really believe that is a great honor, and I wish to thank all those fellows for their support, and all their hard work in my behalf. They did a super job for all of the candidates that they supported. I also appreciate the endorsement of the Arcadia Chinese Association. They did a great job, also. And all the Foothill Ciths newspapers -- the Tribune and the Pasadena Star News, etc. I would like to thank all the members of the Al trusa Club. These ladies were jus t very supportive, and they offered all kinds of help, and I sincerely appreciate that. I would be remiss if I did not thank Lorraine Fricke and Jim Green for all their sign locations. They really know how to do that; they are just all over this City. I saw those -- I'm going to call them purple, I don't know whether they were purple or hot pink or something "- but they were allover the place, and Jim and Lorraine were responsible for that. Thank you both. "I must say that I will miss Mary Young and Mayor Gilb, especially, the Mayor's colorful remarks. He is not here right now, but it has been a pleasure serving with both of them. I am delighted that Dennis Lojeski and Bob Margett are 13 4/21/92 ROLL CALL 1. 2. 3. 3a. ROLL CALL 3b. MINUTE APPROVAL (Apr.7,1992) (APPROVED) 3c. ADJOURNMENT 4. 5. Sa. PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED (May 5,1992) ..., ,- '" t..-P'~l ,:"', ~-...,.. 34: 0111 on the Council, and I wish to congratulate them, and also Mayor Fasching, and~ayor Pro tern Ciraulo. I think we have a very fine Council, and as soon as we mellow out, we will be working fine together. It's been a pleasure serving with George up to this point, and Joe, also, and Bob. I wanted to thank Charles for all the nice things he has done for me, and he truly has, he has just been a real neat person. He has done a lot of nice things for a lot of people, and I am one of them. I am looking forward to the next four years as City Clerk, and to working with the newly elected Council, as I said. May God bless you all, Council people, and may God continue to bless this great City. Thank you." RECESS REORGANIZED COUNCIL RECONVENED I PRESENT: Councilmembers Ciraulo, Harbicht, Loj eski, Margett and Fasching None ABSENT AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Scott Downie, 1430 Rancho Road, congratulated the new Councilmembers. He is looking forward to a very interesting and progressive year. He lives close to Orange Grove Avenue and hopes something will occur there. He is looking forward to seeing what Council can accomplish with the Library, and perhaps with building a new Police station, as well as a few other things he has noticed that need to be taken care of. He appreciates the efforts of the Police Department and the Fire Department and a lot of things seen going on in his travels though the City, He congratulates everyone. CITY COUNCIL RECESSED IN ORDER TO ACT AS THE ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PRESENT: Agency Members Ciraulo, Harbicht, Loj eski, Margett and Fasching None ABSENT: On MOTION by Member Harbicht, seconded by Member Ciraulo and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows, the minutes of the meeting of April 7, 1992 were APPROVED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: Members Ciraulo, Harbicht and Fasching None None Members Lojeski and Margett I The meeting ADJOURNED to 7:00 p. m., May 5, 1992. CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED CONSENT ITEMS PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED for May 5, 1992 for consideration of preliminary draft of the Household Hazardous Waste Element pursuant to the California Integrated Waste Management Act. ,. 4/21/92 14 I I 5b. PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED (May 5,1992) o '-80 -02~ 5c. CONTRACT AWARD (1991-92 Annual Trf.Strip'g & Pave't Mark'gs Prog. - Job No. 518) Oq:)o -qO 6. 6a. ORDINANCE NO. 1967 (ADOPTED) o S~'t 0 - 6 S- 6b. ORDINANCE NO. 1968 (ADOPTED) o )50- '(0 7. 34: 0112 PUBLIC HEARING SCHEDULED for May 5, 1992 for consideration of MM 92-001, a modification for a maximum height of 6' -6" (as built) in lieu of 4'-6" for the east and west side property line walls/fences for a front yard landscaping project at 284 Arbolada Drive (Dr. and Mrs. William C. Dale, property owners). AWAROED contract for the 1991-92 Annual Traffic Striping and Pavement Markings Program - Job No. 518 to Traffic Operations, Inc., in the amount of $57,134.15; APPROPRIATED an additional $3,000 in Gas Tax funds to cover the remaining cost of the project including engineering, contract construction, inspection and contingencies; WAIVED all informalities in the bid or bidding process; and AUTHORIZED the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a contract in a form approved by the City Attorney. ALL OF THE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS WERE APPROVED ON MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LOJESKI, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER HARBICHT AND CARRIED ON ROLL CALL VOTE AS FOLLOWS: AYES: Councilmembers Ciraulo, Harbicht, Loj eski, Margett and Fasching None None NOES: ABSENT: CITY ATTORNEY The City Attorney presented and read the title of Ordinance No. 1967: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING TEXT AMENDMENT 92-003 AMENDING SECTION 9269.14 OF THE ARCADIA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PAVING STANDARDS IN COMMERCIAL AND' INDUSTRIAL ZONES". It was MOVED by Mayor Pro tern Ciraulo, seconded by Councilmember Harbicht and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Ordinance No. 1967 be and it is hereby ADOPTEO. AYES: Councilmembers Ciraulo, Harbicht, Loj eski, Margett and Fasching None None NOES: ABSENT: The City Attorney presented and read the title of Ordinance No. 1968: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING ZONE CHANGE 92-001, REZONING THE PROPERTIES AT 600-604 NORTH SANTA ANITA AVENUE FROM R-3 (MULTIPLE FAMILY) TO C-O (PROFESSIONAL OFFICE)". It was MOVED by Councilmember Harbicht, seconded by Mayor Pro tern Ciraulo and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Ordinance No. 1968 be and it is hereby ADOPTED. AYES: Councilmembers Ciraulo, Harbicht. Margett and Fasching None None Councilmember Lojeski (Because of the similarity of name of the applicant, although there is no conflict of interest.) NOES: ABSENT: ABSTAIN: MATTERS FROM STAFF None 15 4/21/92 8. DISCUSSION (Proposed Study Session & School Board/ Council Study Session) FASCHING (School Board/ Council Study Session) HARBICHT (Proposed Auditorium/ Duarte Auditorium) FASCHING (School Board/ Council Study Session) MARGETT (W/D Motion) CIRAULO (School Board/ Council Study Session) 34: 0113 MATTERS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS Councilmember Margett suggested setting aside time for a study session to focus on some of the issues which have recently been talked about during the election campaigns. He feels the issues need to be prioritized, and he would like to see an agenda of items to be discussed at such a study session. Councilmember Margett MOVED that such a study session be scheduled. Mayor Fasching suggested that such a study session could be held prior to the scheduled meeting with the School Board at 6:00 p.m., May 5, 1992. Councilmember Margett did not think there would be enough time to prepare for that meeting. He wished to have a study session first to set goals and aims a.nd consider each Councilmember' 5 "wish list", then prioritize the essentials before talking about an auditorium with the School Board. Councilmember Lojeski preferred not to postpone the meeting with the School Board; he would like to communicate with them on their proposed bond issue and everything else. Further, he would also like to have the opportunity to see the auditorium in Duarte before discussions with the School Board. Councilmember Harbicht noted that Council thought it might be well to have input from the School Board prior to continuing Council's discussions about the auditorium. This resulted in the scheduling of the May 5 meeting. This meeting is to be a preliminary one to discover what the parameters are. He feels the meeting with the School Board to be a productive step in finding out what the element of estimated cost might be, possible location, .etc. I Mayor Fasching agreed. Staff noted that the School Board is prepared to come to this meeting for a presentation of their proposed bond issue; they are probably not prepared to discuss the proposed auditorium. Mayor Fasching does not feel the Council is prepared to discuss the auditorium issue with the School Board at this time either. Councilmember Harbicht reviewed for the benefit of the new Councilmembers, his description of the Duarte auditorium, including the $2.3 million dollar cost, not counting land cost. He feels that for this amount of money, construction of an auditorium is something Arcadia should be able to accomplish, and that the Council should consider such a project. He would like to move ahead with this. Also, he does not feel that the construction of an auditorium would impact upon other maj or proj ects, such as the new police building, since funding for such a large proj ect is not available and a bond issue would be necessary. Mayor Fasching noted that an auditorium should be primarily for use by the school children. Council wants to find out if the School Board might have a location in mind, as well as how many seats would be necessary for school purposes. There are many items to be taken into consideration. Mayor Fasching suggested Council proceed with the study session with the School Board to hear their presentation regarding the proposed bond issue. At that time the School Board could be informed with regard to Council's preliminary thinking regarding the auditorium, and have the School Board come back at another time with their comments and suggestions. I Councilmember Margett withdrew his original motion, which had not been seconded. Mayor Pro tern Ciraulo agreed that the meeting with the School Board should held as planned. 16 4/21/92 I I CITY ATTORNEY ALL COUNCILMEMBERS (Proposed Study Session) LOJESKI (Rec.Comsn. Appointment) MARGETT (Commissioner Appointment Procedure) CIRAULO (Rec.Comsn. Applica tions) LOJESKI (Check Poss. Inoperable Vehicle) LOJESKI (Board of Realtors Program) FASCHING (In Memory of John Grivich) 9. ADJOURNMENT (May 5,1992 6:00 p.m.) 34:0114 The City Attorney noted that a motion on this matter is not required. Under the Brown Act, it would be preferable to keep it as an adjourned regular meeting. Considerable discussion ensued regarding Councilmember Margett's original request for a study session to discuss issues, projects, priorities and direction to staff. It was agreed that each Councilmember would prepare a list of items he would like to discuss for the purpose of preparation of an agenda. The meeting would then be scheduled at a mutually agreed upon day and time after the meeting with the School Board. Councilmember Lojeski would like to see the matter of filling the vacancy on the Recreation Commission placed upon an upcoming .Council meeting agenda. In reply to a question from Councilmember Margett, the City Manager outlined the procedure for appointment of commissioners. Mayor Pro tem Ciraulo would like to see a list of the applications for Recreation Commissioner now on file. Councilmember Lojeski requested staff to check on a possibly inoperable vehicle parked for a considerable length of time at 150 N. Santa Anita Avenue. This is a white Nisson truck license # 2L88677. Councilmember Lojeski requested verification of time of a Board of Realtors program to be held May 8 at the Community Center Building. "I would like to adjourn the meeting tonight in memory of John Grivich. John was born in 1922 and was raised in Streeter, Illinois. In 1941, after seven months at the University of Illinois, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and served thirty- seven months in the South Pacific as a member of the Forgotten Battalion. While in the Corps, he met and married his wife, Cecilia or Tootie, as she is affectionately known. She was from the Los Angeles area, so they settled here after the war. John first worked for a surveying company, and then for Southern California Water Company. On July 21, 1949 he came to work for the City of Arcadia as Senior Pump Man. He was appointed Water Superintendent in 1960 and became Water Manager in 1966. John spent twenty-six years with the City of Arcadia Water Department and is largely responsible for the quality of the water system as we know it today. John died on April 18, 1992, and services were held yesterday at St. Luke's Church in Temple City." At 10:10 p. m. the meeting ADJOURNED to 6:00 p. m., Tuesday, May 5, 1992 in the Conference Room of the Council Chambers for a study session with the School Board, and to conduct the business of the Council and Agency and any CLOSED S ON necessary to discuss personnel, litigation and evalu 'on of properties. ~ , Alford 17 4/21/92