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HomeMy WebLinkAboutFEBRUARY 3,1987_2 1 J 29 :0112 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS ARE TAPE RECORDED AND ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK INVOCATION PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL VISITORS WELCOMED MINUTE APPROVAL (Jan. 20,1987) (APPROVED) ORD. & RES. READ BY TITLE ONLY CLOSED SESSION 1. '~ 1. PUBLI C HEARING M-87-7 INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT (ChiCagoxark) 0' 'v II ~ I I M I NUT E S CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA and the ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY' REGULAR MEETING FEBRUARY 3, 1987 The City .Council and the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency met in a regular session, February 3, 1987 at 7:30 p. m. in the Arcadia City Hall Council Chamber. Resident Chaplain Brenda Peterson, Arcadia Methodist Hospital Councilmember Roger Chandler PRESENT: Counci1members Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski and Young ABSENT: Counci1member Gi1b On MOTION by Counci1member Lojeski, seconded by Counci1member Harbicht and CARRIED, Counci1member Gi1b was EXCUSED. The attendance of Scout Troop No.3 with Scoutmaster Don Little was acknowledged. The Scouts are working on their merit badges. . On MOTION by Counci1member Lojeski, seconded by Councilmember Harbicht and CARRIED, the Minutes of the January 20, 1987 adjourned and regular meetings were APPROVED. It was MOVED by Counci1member Harbicht, seconded by Counci1member Lojeski and CARRIED that all ordinances and resolutions be read by title only and that the reading in full be waived. CITY ATTORNEY The City Attorney announced that pursuant to Government Code 54956.9a the Council met in a CLOSED SESSION this evening to discuss the existing personal injury case of Charles v. City of Arcadia anq_~ ~9vnty~~6~ Angeles. Also pursuant to Govern- ment Code~nc~'rri~ in CLOSED SESSION with its negotiators to discuss potential acquisition of properties specifically relat- ing to the Derby Motel. Also at the conclusion of this meeting, the Council will be adjourning to a CLOSED SESSION, pursuant to Government Code 54956.9(a) to discuss the existing law suit of Arcadia and Rodeffer and Public Storage v. E1 Monte. Council considered modification (M-87-7) to construct an industrial development on a site containing 14,663 sq. ft., of lot area in lieu of 15,000 sq. ft., and deletion of loading space on Lots 1637-1641 in the Chicago Park Tract (northeast corner of Goldring Road and Varus Street). The applicant is Kenneth Elmore, owner. If approved, the conditions were set set forth in the staff report dated February 3, 1987. 2/3/87 -1- 2. 3. 3a. ROLL CALL 3b. MINUTE APPROVAL (Jan.20,1987) (APPROVED) 3c. PROPOSED ARCADIA NISSAN/AGENCY LAND EXCHANGE (Feb. 17 ,1987) ~ot1 fl 3d. PROPERTY ACQU I S IT I ON (Andy's Burgers) (APPROVED) )'d q1 r 29 :0113 Mayor Young declared the hearing open and no one desiring to be heard, the hearing was CLOSED on MOTION by Counci1member Harbicht, seconded by Counci1member Lojeski and CARRIED. It was MOVED by Counci1member Lojeski, seconded by Counci1- member Harbicht and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that the development would secure an appropriate improvement, prevent an unreasonable hardship or promote uniformity of development and the modification be APPROVED subject to all conditions set forth in the staff report. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Counci1members Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski and Young None Counci1member Gilb 1 CITY COUNCIL RECESSED IN ORDER TO ACT AS THE ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY PRESENT: Members Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski and Young ABSENT: Member Gi1b On MOTION by Member Lojeski, seconded by Member Chandler and CARRIED, Member Gi1b was EXCUSED. On MOTION by Member Lojeski, seconded by Member Harbicht and CARRIED, the Minutes of the Meeting of January 20, 1987 were APPROVED. " Proposed Nissan/Agency land exchange which is a continued item from January 20, 1987. Staff advised that the Agency's offer has been presented to Bruce Low who would like to address Council: Bruce Loll', 333 E. Huntington Drive, stated: "I have decided to accept~e offer of the Redevelopment Agency. I feel it is a little low, but I also feel that splitting hairs is something, that in good faith -- that each of us as neighbors need not do and we have laid out the terms to staff and that they will be accepted as stated by the Redevelopment Agency and I hope. that you will accept this as a gesture of the genuineness of the Low family with the City of Arcadi a. Thank you very much." No action at this time. , The Agency has acquired the land and improvements at 400 East I Huntington Drive from Mr. and Mrs. Henry Comstock. Their tenants, - Amir and Shirin La1ji, doing business as Andy's Burgers, have been in negotiation'with the Agency for several months regarding the Agency's relocation of their business on, in the absence of a suitable - relocation site, the purchase of the business. The Aqency's Relocation Consultant, Port & F10r, has been unable to locate available property suitable for a fast food restaurant. The Agency is there- fore purchasing the furniture/fixtures and equipment of the business. The basic agreement, which the La1jis have accepted, calls for a total payment of $100,000. Staff recommended approval and noted that inventory is $5,000. 2/3/87 -2- 1 1 3e. APPRAISAL CONTRACT (333 E. Huntington) (APPROVED) ~ I ); \ u' 3f. CONTINUATION HIGH SCHOOL RELOCATION BIDS (APPROVED) )1'\ \}-f ~ 29:0114 It was MOVED by Member Chandler, seconded by Member Harbicht and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows to APPROVE the Agreement for Purcha~e and Sale of Property and Settlement of Claims and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to make minor revisions subject to approval of such by the Agency Attorney as to form and AUTHORIZE the Executive Director to execute all documents related to the purchase of Andy's Burgers consistent with this Agreement. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Members Chandler, None Member Gil b Harbioht, tojeski and Young MemQer Lojeski inquired how the Agency intended to dispose of the fixtures. Staff replied it will be auctioned by those who handle restaurant fixtures, probably around February 23. Staff referred to the appraisal contract with Alan Weirick of property north of the Arcadia Nissan property. In view of the acceptance by Bruce Low of the Agency's offer on said property, staff would like authority to pay Mr. Weirick for the work he has done ... he has visited the site and has performed some initial work. Staff recommended to be authorized to pay Mr. Weirick his hourly rate and have him cease work. It was MOVED by Member Lojeski, seconded by Member Harbicht and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Mr. Weirick be paid $1,000 for the appraisal work at 333 E. Huntington Drive. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Members Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski and Young None Member Gil b Staff report presented on the bids for relocation of the continuation high school from 8 South Third Avenue and rehabili- tation. Staff explained there are essentially two contracts proposed -- one is to lift the school and move it to its permanent p1ace at Arcadia High School; the second is to prepare foundations for the school and come back when the school is in place and fit it down and put the ramps back. The bids for the relocation came in at $55,000 with a 10% contingency that is $60,500. The bid for the rehabil itation and the foundations which was $36,975 came iln with 10% contingency $40,673 for a total of $101,173. Member Harbicht questioned if he had not read that the schools agreed to do some of the work that is worth about $14,000. Staff replied that the schools have agreed to do that work. A formal written agreement from the school s has not been recei ved, but they have agreed that they will take care of this work, which is work that originally the Agency thought it would have to do. It was MOVED by Member Harbicht, seconded by Member Lojeski and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency' contract with Three 0 Services to relocate the Continuation High School Build.ing at a cost not to exceed $60,500; and AUTHORIZE the Agency Executive Director to execute an agreement with Three 0 Services, in form approved by Agency General Counsel; and that the Agency contract with B. K. Wheeler Construction Company to rehabili- tate the Continuation High School Building at a cost not to exceed $40,673; and AUTHORIZE the Agency Executive Director to execute an agreement with B. K. Wheeler Construction Company, in form approved by the Agency General Counsel. 2/3/87 -3- 30. CLOSED SESSION 4. 5. v 6. 6a. PUBLIC V HEARING SCHEDULED (Feb.17,1987) 6b. PUBLIC t/ HEARING SCHEDULED (Feb. 17 ,1987) 6c. () FINAL MAP r'- 44170 (1018 Arcadia Av. ) " 6d. P I OlDETERMINATION \ r. I (lOF USE ~JI PLANNING COMSN. f' U' RESOLUTION 1330 29 :0115 AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Members Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski and Young None Member Gilb Member Lojeski remarked in regard to this item that he had been talking with School Board Member Spuck last evening.and:'reca11ed at the last meeting there was a young man who represented Arcadia High School and was concerned with the lack of parking for students. This proposed space for the Continuation High School temporary structure is going to take out some additional parking. Chairman Young stated that she had talked to the Superintendent of Schools last week and apparently in doing this, they plan to restripe the parking lot for more efficiency and will gain some extra parking spaces. 1 The Agency adjourned to a CLOSED SESSION at the end of this meeting. CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION Herb Fletcher, 175 W. Lemon Avenue, asked the City Council to not move hastily to redevelop land north of Huntington Drive as he had noticed from the newspaper that there is a good possibility of losing some automobile agencies along with about $200,000 in sales tax revenue. There is little land remaining and once it is gone, it is gone forever. He suggested that perhaps the Council should consider covering the entire area with automobile agencies ... perhaps a parking structure that could be financed with a bond issue and then endea~or to obtain car agencies. He would like to make sure that the City gets the best possible development on the last remaining land which the City owns. CONSENT ITEMS "~~--~'-~".-..,-----. - SCHEDULED a public hearing for February 17, 1987 for consideration of Text Amendment 87-1, adding regulations to the Arcadia Municipal Code which would. establish architectural/Design Review criteria and procedures applicable to projects located within the City's Mu1tip1e- Family Residential, Commercial and Industrial zones. SCHEDULED a public hearing for February 17, 1987 for consideration of variance requested' by Mr. and Mrs. David A. Sapio, 2146 Highland Oaks Drive (who are building a swimming pool) to delete fencing along the rear of their property adjacent to the Santa Anita Spreading BaSinl where there is a steep embankment. APPROVED Final Map 44170 for a proposed 10-unit condominium project at 1018 Arcadia Avenue (Franklin Yu, owner/developer), subject to the condition that before the Final Map is recorded, all outstanding conditions of approval as set forth by the Public Works Department shall be complied with. RATIFIED Planning Commission Resolution No. 1330 setting forth findings of fact and determining the conditions in which an instant printing business would be permitted in a C-O Professional Office Zone. 2/3/87 -4- 6e. LEASE OF (, WATER RIGHTS r FROM CITY OF SIERRA MADRE 1 6f. ADVERTISE FOR BIDS (Concrete Gutter Construction Program - Job 613) .~/~-o !o ( f 7. 7a. RESOLUTION NO. 5339 (ADOPTED) I)' y(l 1 ' 1 7b. RESOLUTION NO. 5340 (ADOPTED) (Feb.17 ,1987) f jJ J.! 29 :0116 AUTHORIZED staff to offer to lease 1,500 acre feet of water rights in the East Unit of the Raymond Basin for Fiscal Year 1986-87 from the City of Sierra Madre and AUTHORIZED the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an Agreement in a form approved by the City Attorney for said lease. Funds for the lease of 1,500 acre feet at $96.67 per acre feet ($145,005) are available in the Water Fund. APPROVED plans and specifications for the annual Concrete Gutter Construction Program which includes the construction of concrete gutters and miscellaneous curb, drive apron and asphalt concrete patching on Forest Avenue (Second Avenue to Fifth Avenue), Fourth Avenue (Duarte Road to Camino Real Avenue), Oakg1en cul-de-sac, Colorado Boulevard (Santa Maria Road to 115' east of Santa Maria Road) and AUTHORIZED the City Clerk to call for bids to be opened March 10. The estimated cost of the project is $94,582 which will be funded from State Gas Tax funds. ALL OF THE ABOVE CONSENT ITEMS WERE APPROVED ON MOTION BY COUNCIL- MEMBER HARBICHT, SECONDED BY COUNCILMEMBER LOJESKI AND CARRIED ON ROLL CALL VOTE AS FOLLOWS: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Counci1members Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski and Young None Counci1member Gi1b CITY ATTORNEY The City Attorney presented, explained the content and read the title of Resolution No. 5339, entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE DECISION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT 86-14 WITH FINDINGS". It was MOVED by Counci1member Lojeski, seconded by Counci1member Harbicht and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Resolution No. 5339 be and it is hereby ADOPTED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Counci1members Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski and Young None Councilmember'Gi1b The City Attorney presented, explained the content and read the title of Resolution No. 5340, entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA OECLARING THAT WEEDS.GROWINr, UPON AND IN FRONT OF, AND BRUSH, RUBBISH, REFUSE, AND DIRT UPON AND IN FRONT OF CERTAIN PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE CITY ARE A PUBLIC NUISANCE, AND DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO PROVIDE FOR THE ABATE- MENT THEREOF". (Pub 1i c Heari ng to be held February 17, 1987.) It was MOVED by Counci1member Chandler, seconded by Counci1- member Harbicht and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Resolution No. 5340 be and it is hereby ADOPTED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Counci1member Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski and Young None Counci1member Gilb 2/3/87 -5- 7c. RESOLUTI ON NO. 5341 (AllOPTED) } 1" K " , f':, y ~ / / f 7d. CLA IM OF J. SABUNI AS GUARDIAN FOR H. SABUN I (DENIED) CLOSED SESSION 8. 9. LOJESKI 29 :0117 The City Attorney presented, explained the content and read the title of Resolution No. 5341, entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING COMPENSA- TION FOR VARIOUS PART-TIME EMPLOYEE POSITIONS". It was MOVED by Counci1member Lojeski, seconded by Counci1member Harbicht and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows that Resolution No. 5341 be and it is hereby ADOPTED. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Counci1members Chandler, Harbicht, Lojeski and Young None Counci1member Gi1b 1 On recommendation of the City Attorney, the claim of J. Sabuni as Guardian for M. Sabuni was DENIED on MOTION by Counci1member Harbicht, seconded by Counci1member Lojeski and CARRIED on roll call vote as follows: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: Counci1members Chandler, None Counci1member Gi1b Harbicht, Lojeski and Young CITY ATTORNEY In addition to the CLOSED SESSION announcement made previously regarding litigation, the Agency will also be discussing some additional instruction to be given to Mr. Kinnahan regarding acquisition of certain property. MATTERS FROM STAFF None MATTERS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS . Reported on what transpired at the meetings of the Sound Wall Committee. The consultant is going to each of the properties to ascertain the distances from the freeway... there is no time estimation... but at this point and time you go by Ca1trans' rules. If it doesn't work, you try to change the rules ... he felt the proposed approach is at least equitable for the time being. Had spoken with two residents (one near Santa Anita and Longden and the other on La Cadena) concerning the security devices who expressed the hope that the City Council would not initiate any type of ordinance to prohibit the use of bars on the windows. Each had experienced burglaries and desired to have the bars left on. Spoke to the proposed rental of School property (Foothills Jr. High). The applicant attended the School Board meeting when this was considered. The Board was ready to proceed and did on a 4 to 1 ' vote. The applicant apparently has been negotiating with the School since last September and was surprised to hear'of the procedure he must follow with the City in order to hold church services. This matter is on an hold situation. 1 2/3/87 -fa- 1 1 LOJESKI (cont'd) HARBICHT LDJESKI CHANDLER 29:0118 Re. the Youth Commission, noted two of its proposed activities ... the annual Disneyland trip to be on Friday April 4 ... and an all- ninth-grade dance to be held at the High School May 2. The viability of the Youth Commission had been discussed previously and it was brought out that the senior representatives are heavily involved in just actions of the student government at the high school, particularly the executive council. The Junior High representatives are also moderately involved with activities of their schools. The students may come to Council Meetings to see government in action and he felt it would be doing a great service to dissolve the Commission. The present Commissioners would serve out their specific terms. - The Council members were in agreement and a resolution to that effect will be prepared and placed on a future agenda. In response to a question, staff advised on the outcome of the auction held by Tauber Arons of the remaining Bong equipment ... about 80 persons attended the auction, the total taken was about $62,000, the auctioneer takes 10% of that as their fee .., about $4,000 in costs ... will probably net $52,000. Referred to Counci1member Lojeski's remarks on the security bars and said, in part, that the fact that someone -said they were burgled twice and then put bars on the windows and haven't had a problem since .., if a burg1er is going out to burgle someone and he happens to pick a specific address and he is walking up the driveway and sees bars on the windows, he doesn't think, "I guess I'll go home and watch the Cosby show". He goes to another house. You don't really reduce the burglaries. If you think about the effect of that -- people put bars up and they don't get burgled, but their neighbor does. Whet is the neighbor going to do? Get bars up. Do you want a barred community or not? That is really the -question. And the fact that someone selfishly says, "I am not getting burgled anymore" doesn't mean that we have solved any problems. The only problem with that way of thinking is -- is it just like the person who installs an alarm system and has a sign that says ABC Alarm Company or guard dog on duty or whatever and "I may e,scape from the burg1er who is going to burglarize my house and that may be the deterrent, but that is going to drive him next door to maybe burglarize my next door neighbor". I think we can draw analogies like-that quite extensively. Said he would not like to see Arcadia a barred community so to speak like some others. However, as he drives around town, he doesn't really notice them unless he is looking for them. There are homes with bars. There are homes in Beverly Hills that are barred up -- on estates, etc. There are homes in Arcadia where people can get behind hedges and cannot be seen by police or anybody else and some of them have ornate bars. I think the assumption that a certain amount of burglaries are going to occur in Arcadia no matter whether you put bars up or not is not necessarily a good assumption. It seems to me that if a person has been victimized and has gone to the trouble to make a large investment to put the bars up and it has given them peace of mind and it has given them what it takes for them to survive emotionally, that it is pretty presumptive to make a law that says they have to comecdown within a year. He could not see any equity in that. I can see doing what the rule or an ordinance that dis- courages the use of bars towards requiring permits so that at least we can get the best possible looking and safest system out of them. We talked about putting bars on the inside of industrial buildings -- that is the worst place in the world to put them for a fireman. We discussed firemen's safety. At least if they are on the outside, the fireman knows what he is going into and they can hook a tow truck uP.to them and yank them off or use their equipment. -7- 2/3/87 29 :0119 CHANDLER (cont'd) It is actually ridiculous to put them on the inside of a building and then require a sprinkler system, so it is no easy discussion to in and out of, but there has got to be some midd1 e ground, 'from my way of looking at it, if we are going to make some kind of an ordinance about it. I don't buy the argument of "if my neighbor has bars, then I am going to get burglarized'. I don't think that is necessarily so. I think there are certain people who are known to be better victims than'others -- women who live alone -- invalids -- people who are gone from home a lot -- burglars are not haphazard -- they don't just spin a ouija board -- if you notice police reports, they tend to know what they are doing when they operate. They have an expectation of what they are.going to get as well. get YOUNG This is something we are going to have to study and Council is in the process of doing that. I don't think we are going to settle it tonight. 1 LOJESKI Asked who has jurisdiction over the school on a building that they have or do they fa 11 under some"other category? Because they have bars at the High School on the windows of the Students' Store and the gym. It would be a tragedy if there were a fire in one of the locker rooms with a bunch of students and everybody is crowding to the door and they couldn't get out the window because of the bars on the window. In response to his question as to whether or not Cable TV had changed channels, staff will send him a data sheet with this infonnation. Mayor Young adjourned the meeting in memory of Olive Moody, who passed away suddenly on January 31, 1987. Mrs. Moody is survived by her husband, Joe, four daughters, ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Mrs. Moody was Personnel Director of Hinshaws Department Store for many years. Active in the Church of the Good Shepherd, Soroptomi st Internat i ona 1, and the Arcad i a Red Cross. Counci1member Lojeski adjourned the meeting in memory of Paul Ka1manovitz, who passed away recently in Tiburon, CA. Mr. Ka1manovitz was owner of the Meier Brewing Company and was owner cf property in Arcadia. He also served on the personal staff of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Publisher William Randolph Hearst and Louis B. Mayer of MGM Studios. He was an avid supporter of Guide Dogs. He emigrated to the United States in 1926 from Lodz, Poland and was listed in the Forbes 400 list in 1985. CLOSED SESSION ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned to a CLOSED SESSION, reconvened at 9:30 p. m. and adjourned to 7 :00 p.m., February 17, 1987 in the Conference Room to conduct the business of the Council and Agency and any Closed Session necessary to discuss personnel, litigation matters and evaluation of properties. 1 ~"'I<I1~/ Ma B. oung, ayor ATTEST: ~~..~ity Clock U3/B7 -8-