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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
and the
ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
DECEMBER 17, 1991
The City Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in
an Adjourned Regular Meeting at 7:00 p, m., Tuesday, December
17, 1991, in the Conference Room of the City Hall Council
Chambers.
PRESENT: Councilmembers Ciraulo, Fasching, Harbicht, Young and
Gilb
ABSENT: None
Communication received from the Arcadia Postmaster stating
the Post Office had closed on Friday, November 29, 1991, the
day after the Thanksgivingholiday,because she determined that
Friday, the 29th, would be a very slow day. The Postmaster
also indicated that the Post Office would remain open after
the Christmas and New Year's Day holidays because postal
patrons had telephoned regarding the November 29 closure.
Mayor Gilb questioned the Postmaster's authority to close the
Post Office after the Thanksgiving holiday and noted that he
understands that the authority to do so should have come from
the Postmaster General.
Staff has contacted the structural engineer who was hired by
the Post Office to inspect the Wheeler Street Post Office
building which was damaged in the June, 1991, earthquake, The
structural engineer has completed his report and has sent it
to the Postal authorities for review. The engineer does not
know when the repairs will commence. He has given the Postal
authorities preliminary cost estimates for the reconstruction.
Staff added the Postal service would probably have to budget
for costly repairs.
Staff informed Council that the City Charter allows a maximum
fine of $500 and/or a six month jail sentence for violations
of a City ordinance. Further, each day could be considered
a separate offence for each tree removed. This in response
to a' question from the Mayor. Mayor Gilb related a telephone
conversation with Mrs. Draper, former President of the Rancho
Santa Anita Property Owners Association, Mrs. Draper informed
the Mayor that during her recent absence from the City, a
resident on Fallen Leaf had removed one to two oak trees from
his property for a remodeling construction proj ect. Mrs.
Draper inquired about the penalty for such an act. Staff
noted that, while the provision for penalty is in effect with
the moratorium for tree removal established by the urgency
ordinance, and, even though the Planning Department did not
give permission to remove any trees on this property, it would
be very difficult to prove that this had occurred at this late
date. The public should inform Planning or the Police
Department as soon as they see this violation occurring, staff
added.
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RTD Director, Carl W. Raggio, has informed the City of
Westlake Village, and other cities he represents, that the
costs for the Metro Green Line rail proj ect have become
seriously over budget. The Los Angeles County Transportation
Commission is considering a budget increase of $115 million
for a segment of the automated driverless Green Line, which
will run from Norwalk to El Segundo, In his letter, Mr.
Raggio recomments the use of conventional rather than
automated technology for the system to reduce costs. Staff
noted that every time the budget for the Green Line increases,
there is less chance that funds will be available for
extension of the Blue Line through Arcadia. The consensus of
Council determined that a letter be sent over the Mayor's
signature in opposition to this costly budget increase for
this automated technology, but in support of the Green Line
construction using conventional technology.
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Staff recommends setting Agenda Items on the Regular Meeting
Consent Calendar, Items 7a - MP 91-006, 7b - MP 91-008, and
7c - Text Amendment 91-006, for public hearing January 7,
1992,
Mayor Pro tern Harbicht commented that he receives many Yellow
Pages telephone books at his home which seem to be
indiscriminately distributed to all phone users. Some
residents in his area, he noted, received as many as twelve
of these particular phone books. He would like to develop
some way to restrict this practice. Perhaps, staff could
contact Pacific Bell to find out how they decide how many
books to put at each residence, The Mayor noted that a phone
book is left for each line, Mayor Pro tern Harbicht suggested,
in terms of restricting the numbers distributed, that possibly
the distributor could leave no more than one book at a house
unless they had a written request for additional copies. The
City Manager said staff would inquire of the City's
representative at Pacific Bell regarding this situation.
Councilmember Fasching stated, in part, his objection to the
customer billing practice recently established by Cablevision
with their setting out the 5% Franchise Fee on their
statements to customers. He believes this new billing
procedure covers the fact that there has been a 5% increase
in cable rates, The dollar figure should be represented in
their cablevision rate charges as an increase, not as a
franchise fee, he added. Further, if they want to show at the
bottom of their bill, "we annually pay a 5% fee to the City",
he would not have a problem with that. The franchise fee was
not increased. The Cablevision rates were increased.
At 7:19 p.m. the City Council ADJOURNED sine die.
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'Charles E. Gilb, Mayor
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