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Home My WebLink AboutOCTOBER 2,1990 I I 32:0230 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS ARE TAPE RECORDED AND ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF TRE CITY CLERK ' ROLL CALL CPT. BROWN (Dep. Fire Marshall) CLOSED SESSIONS COMMUTER RAIL COORD.COMTE. 1)5'"30-;;l- () NSP MINUTES CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA and the ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 2, 1990 The City Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in an Adjourned Regular session at 7:00 p. m., October 2, 1990 in the Conference Room of the City Ra1l Council Chambers. PRESENT: Councilmembers Ciraulo, Fasching, Gi1b, Rarbicht and Young ABSENT: None Fire Chief Gardner introduced Cpt. Richard Brown as the new Deputy Fire Marshall in the Fire Prevention Bureau, replacing Earl Curtis, Cpt. Brown has been with the Fire Department for 12 years, the past three as Fire Suppression Captain. The City Manager requested a Closed Session before the Regular City Council meeting this date, Counci1member Gi1b requested a Closed Session with the Council, City Manager and Personnel Director, Alex McIntyre, after the Regular City Council Meeting this evening. Councilmember Fasching reported that he will attend the October 10 meeting of the Foothill Transit Commuter Rail Coordinating Committee, relative to the 1/2 cent sales tax initiative, Proposition C, Foothill Transit has invited each city to bring their "wish list" for discussion in the event the measure passes and these transportation funds become available. Counci1member Fasching solicited input from Council to convey to the Committee, Further, he will bring a report of the discussion back to Council, Mayor Young noted that Foothill Transit would want the list by the lOth and perhaps even by the 5th of October. A discussion ensued of the possible destination of the commuter line; the location of stations outside of Arcadia; the possibility of the light rail line between Pasadena and Los Angeles and the use of the Santa Fe tracks for both the commuter and light rail lines; would the light rail be the same as the Long Beach Blue Line, which is electric; also would both the light rail and commuter rail use the Santa Fe tracks and possibly the Southern Pacific tracks in EI Monte, The use of commuter busses to the stations in Duarte and East Pasadena was a possibility and the use of the subway on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles to connect the commuter rail line to the Blue Line route to Long Beach. Mayor Young noted that Monrovia would like to have a station at Duarte Road and Myrtle Avenue. It was the consensus of Council that they would be in favor of the commuter rail line. with a station located in Monrovia. Councilmember Fasching to convey this to the Committee at the October 10 meeting if the opportunity is present. 10/2/90 1 .. TRF.SIGNAL (Fthl. & Baldwin) ANOAKIA DS/s"- 0 t' NSP COUNCIL LAISONS JUVENILE DIVERSION O/~IJ-';>'{) 32:0231 Councilmomher Harbicht requested that Public Works recheck the timing of the north bound traffic signal at the SE corner of Foothill and Baldwin. The signal seems to be twice as long east and west bound on Foothill as before cars are beginning to back up on Baldwin to the 210 Freeway underpass. Referring to the meeting with the Arcadia Ristorical Society to explore options for preserving Anoakia, Councilmember Rarbicht reported that the Ristorical Society has opened a dialogue with Mr. McCaslin, the owner of Anoakia, Although nothing was actually resolved at the meeting, a decision to study the matter was the direction taken. A study group has been formed and Councilmember Rarbicht will attend this meeting the 2nd week in October. He believes this to be a serious effort with many well known leaders in the community involved. Councilmember Harbicht will report back to Council when this second meeting occurs, Referring to the August meeting, when considering the Anita Baldwin mansion, the group could not envision the mansion as having any practical use. Ideas were exchanged of the possibility of turning it into a museum for the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association; or perhaps it could be utilized as a study center of some sort. For the most part, the Historical Society is considering the house only and a relatively small part of the grounds for preservation, Mr. McCaslin, it was reported, would like to preserve the mansion, if possible. If the Ristorical Society could develop a feasible plan. he would be willing to negotiate a sale of the property, excluding the mansion. The property, it was noted, is in escrow at this time with,an offer of around $20 million from Lewis Romes, Mayor Young reported that the Thoroughbred Rorse Breeders had contacted her and expressed interest in the mansion for their offices. She directed them to contact Mr. McCaslin and informed them that the zoning in that area would be a problem. Councilmember Harbicht commented that most of the proposals for preservation of the mansion in the last ten to fifteen years have been unacceptable to the home owners in that area because they were not consistent with the area; a museum or offices for the CTBA would generate traffic, Councilmember Fasching commented that it would be very generous of Mr. McCaslin if he were to donate some of the property to the City. Councilmember Gilb noted that if the area was developed as a planned unit development, those who purchase the homes in the development would not want a museum that would be,open for many hours a day for bus tours, If it were preserved as a museum and funding was received from the government, it must be made available to the public. Further, he had understood that the house could possibly be used as a club house for a planned unit development. With regard to Lewis Romes. staff said they were not interested at all in keeping the house but would take it down entirely. Comparison of the Baldwin mansion to the Runtington house and library was considered ... the Huntington site is a much larger area than the Anoakia site, Councilmember Harbicht stated he will attend the October meeting with the Historical Society and the group of citizens interested in preserving the mansion and keep Council apprised of their progress. I I Mayor Young encouraged all Councilmembers, who also serve as liaison to various organizations, to report back if anything of interest is discussed at the meetings. Councilmember Gilb reported that the Juvenile Diversion Board had requested $9,000 in funds from United Way. The response from United Way came back that they would give the Juvenile Diversion program the $9,000, but before the funds were released, Juvenile Diversion must develop a committee of advisors to the Program of 25 persons from each City.., this was later changed to two from each city; one person from law enforcement and one person from the school district, These 2 10/2/90 I I 32:0232 persons would not be eligible to vote. of all the cities involved, Monterey Park was the only City represented on the board that favored this plan, all the other cities said they were not interested. It was pointed out that, to receive this $9,000 from United Way would require additional staff just to keep all these people involved. To raise the $9,000, the Juvenile Diversion Board will have fund raisers to make up the difference, although this may not be permitted under the joint powers agreement. It was noted that the Juvenile Diversion Board had received advice from the Rosemead City Attorney on the matter, United Way also wanted to know if they would be able to service persons outside of the Board's area. ADJOURNMENT At 7:25 p. m. Council entered the CLOSED SESSION, RECONVENED AND ADJOURNED sine die at 7:40 p, m. ~>?~4~/r ry B. ung, Ma r ATTEST: 10/2/90 3