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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
and the
ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
NOVEMBER 6, 1990
The City Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in
an Adjourned Regular session November 6, 1990 at 7:00 p. m.,
in the Conference Room of the City Hall Council Chambers.
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Ciraulo, Fasching and Young
Councilmembers Gilb and Harbicht
It was MOVED by Councilmember Ciraulo, seconded by Council-
member Fasching and CARRIED, that Councilmembers Gilb and
Harbicht be EXCUSED.
The following Agency Item on the Regular Meeting this date to
be set for public hearing November 20, 1990:
6a. Consideration and review of the Revised General Plan,
which contains the land use, circulation, housing, open
space and conservation, parks and recreation, safety and
noise elements and spheres of influence.
Awards to be presented at the May 7, 1991 Regular City
Council Meeting.
The City Manager requested a Closed Session before the
Regular Meeting this date.
Councilmember Fasching reported that Ms. Sue Wallace, who.
trains dogs at the County Park, has expressed concern of dogs
from this area being picked up and sent to the Los Angeles
County Pound in Baldwin Park rather than Pasadena. She
believes the conditions at the Baldwin Park facility are
deplorable. Staff explained, about 12 years ago because of
rising costs for the service, the City left the L.A. County
Pound in Baldwin Park and contracted with the San Gabriel
Valley Humane Society for about two years .,. this arrangement
was very unsatisfactory, for many reasons. After the two year
period the City went back to the County service in Baldwin
Park. It has been approximately ten years since. Staff has
not found the County Pound to have deplorable conditions.
Further, the service has been excellent, The Pasadena Humane
Society, staff noted, has submitted two proposals in the past,
however, they cannot provide the same level of service to the
City at the same cost as the County.
Referring to the billing practices of Cablevision,
Councilmember Fasching stated, in part, that he understands
that the cable costs to Arcadia will increase $2.00 to $19.50
a month per subscriber. Cablevision, as opposed to other
services to the residents, is billed 30 days in advance of the
service. He wondered just how much of these funds the cable
company is drawing interest on for a service they have not as
yet provided Council should look into this practice.
Mayor Young has also received phone calls from Arcadia
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Cablevision subscribers who do not think the increase is fair
for two reasons: 1) the amount of the increase and, 2) the
fact that the homeowner does not have any choice of cable
companies. Further, they do not have channel selection...
they must take the complete package whether they want some of
the programming or not. Staff explained that the City cannot
regulate rates ... the FCC does this. The City cannot tell
Cablevision what packages to put together. .. 1984 legislation
stripped cities of almost all power to regulate cable
television. Once a cable company gets a foothold in a
community, no other company will compete with them because it
costs too much money to install the cable and service in the
City, according to staff. Arcadia has a franchise with
Cablevision and for the preceding reasons, although other
companies were encouraged to compete, Arcadia would still have I
just one company in the City. However, with respect to when
the monies are collected from the homeowner, staff will look
into the situation. Further, the City may have to either
negotiate a change in the agreement; or wait until the
agreement comes up for renewal and make the change a
condition. The discussion briefly continued. Mayor Young
added that when the contract was negotiated there was supposed
to be public access for citizens to use the cable ... staff
will provide information on the status of this matter also.
Mayor Young attended a meeting of the "Preserve Anoakia"
committee and reported it appears that Lewis Homes has backed
away from their proposal to develop the Anoakia site because
housing development these days is a risk. Mr. McCaslin is
again looking into developing the site as a retirement
complex. The Rancho Santa Anita Property Owners' Association,
Mayor Young was told, may be interested in this type of
development for the Anoakia area. The committee also
discussed moving the Anita Baldwin home from Anoakia to,
possibly, the Race Track. It appears the main house can be
moved although some of the wings of the home cannot be moved
... the home is reinforced concrete. The cost is estimated
at $790,000 plus other expenses which could bring the total
to approximately one million for the relocation.
Mayor Young will be unable to attend the Armistice Day
Program, November 11 at 10:45 a. m., at the Monrovia Library
Park. This is a San Gabriel Valley Veterans Council program
... Councilmember Fasching agreed to attend in Mayor Young's
place.
At 7:15 p. m., Council entered a CLOSED SESSION, RECONVENED
AND ADJOURNED sine die at 7:35 p. m.
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