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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
and the
ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
JULY 2, 1991
The City Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in
an Adj ourned Regular meeting on Tuesday, July 2, 1991, at 7: 00
p.m. in the Conference Room of the Council Chambers.
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Ciraulo, Fasching, Harbicht and Young
Mayor Gilb
On MOTION by Councilmember Ciraulo, seconded by Councilmember
Young and CARRIED, Mayor Gilb was excused.
The City Manager reported the Emergency Operations Center at
Fire Station No.1, operated like clockwork during the recent
earthquake. The employees did a super job handling the
emergency. The Planning Director has provided a summary of
what has occurred since the earthquake and will present the
report at the Regular City Council meeting this date.
A notice will be sent to all owners of buildings which have
sustained damage to chimneys during the June 28th earthquake.
The notice will explain the requirements and procedures for
the rebuilding andlor repair of damaged chimneys. The City is
requiring that damaged unreinforced chimneys be torn down and
entirely rebuilt. A building permit will be required for the
construction. Staff noted the City will not charge a fee for
the building permit. An existing damaged unreinforced chimney
may be rebuilt only if a report, prepared by a structural
engineer licensed in the State of California, shows to the
satisfaction of the City, that the proposed method of repair
provides for the structural repair of the entire chimney.
The Planning Department has produced a list of damaged
buildings throughout ,the City and an estimate of the cost to
repair each building. The total of all damages for the entire
City is estimated to be over $6,000,000. Further damage
information is still being collected by the Planning
Department. '
Agenda Items 8a and 8b on the Regular Meeting Agenda this date
to be set for public hearing on July 16, 1991.
Agenda Item 9b, the introduction of Ordinance No. 194Z
regarding the regulation of alarm systems; the Chamber of
Commerce requests that Council not take any action on this
ordinance until the Chamber has the opportunity to review the
ordinance and provide comments to the Council. Therefore,
staff recommends this item be continued to the August 6,,1991
Council meeting.
In reference to the proposed widening of Orange Grove Avenue,
staff reported that the Mayor of Sierra Madre has suggested
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a joint meeting of the Sierra Madre and Arcadia City Councils
be held to discuss the proposed project prior to a public
hearing. Staff does not recommend a joint meeting between the
two City Councils; but rather recommends a joint private
meeting with a subcommittee representing each City Council.
Fu~ther, staff suggested two Councilmembers from each Council
and support staff could make up the subcommittee. Council
agreed that Councilmembers Harbicht and Fasching would be
members of the committee with Councilmember Young as
alternate.
The City Manager requested a Closed Session following the
pre-meeting this date.
Regular Meeting Agenda this date, Item ge the tree
preservation urgency interim ordinance to be moved forward on
the agenda before the public hearings by consent of Council.
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Mayor Pro tem Harbicht noted that the City employs over 300
persons, and 100 Workers' Compensation claims are filed each
year by employees. Staff verified this statement and reported
that by law, all employee work related injuries must be
reported and a claim filed. Further, five percent of claims
filed result in a cash award. Most of the claims are very
menial ... although, some are significant. Very few claims
are ever adjudicated, that is, challenged. Often the
employee recuperates; then return~ to work and the claim is
closed. Mayor Pro tern Harbicht noted the claims history over
the past ten years indicates that 60% of the City's cost for
claims and law suits against the City went toward defending
the City. Around 40% was expended in actual awards to injured
employees. He noted also that of the cash awards, a fairly
significant percentage of the award went to attorneys on the
opposing side. Councilmember Fasching commented that in the
private sector most of the insurance carriers, including the
State Compensation Fund, would rather settle for anything
under $10,000 because it would cost them more than that to go
to court. The insurance carrier then passes the cost on to
the employer.
At 7:23 p. m., the City Council entered a CLOSED SESSION,
RECONVENED AND ADJOURNED sine die at 7:35 p.m.
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