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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ARCADIA
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
August 13, 2002
The Arcadia City Council met in an Adjourned Regular Meeting on Tuesday August 13, 2002 at,
4:00 p,m, in the Council Chambers Conference Room for the purpose of conducting
interviews/appointments to the Planning Commission, ,
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
Councilmembers Chang, Kovacic, Segal, Wuo and Marshall
None
AUDIENCE PARTICIPATION
None,
The Council conducted interviews of the following applicants for the three vacant positions on
the Planning Commission,
Shone WanQ, Engineer, Developer for National Security Construction Inc" stated in part that in
his opinion the Planning Commission is the primary advisory body to the City Council regarding
land use, Its goals are to guide the sound and orderly progress of land use and physical
development within the city, with an emphasis on protecting and promoting the existing and
future well-being of the residents and the community, He believes that Architectural Review
Boards and Homeowners' Associations are doing a good job, Mr, Wang felt that
mans ionization is the homeowners right and he does not have any problem with it as long as it
falls within City's codes, regulations and guidelines, He does not have any problem with
regard to the City's sign age reguiations, Mr, Wang would bring to the Planning Commission
years of experience and knowledge in development. He will not only implement the existing
policy but will look further into future challenges in order to facilitate a more healthy and a more
orderly development environment in the City, His area of concerns included high density and
multi-family developments, With regard to the parking issue, he felt that the City should
impose guest parking requirements on multi-family developments, In his opinion FAR (Floor
Area Ratio) would make a big difference on a 700 sq, ft, lot, but on the larger lots he cannot
see any reason to not allow free expression of architecture, Mr. Wang stated that he was
involved with low/moderate housing issues in several cities,
S,H, Wen. Senior Manager, KMI Parexel LLC, Would like to serve the community in a
different capacity; he has always been active and enjoyed volunteer activities; has
accumulated a tremendous amount of knowledge, skill and experience through his years of
career and volunteerism, He felt the biggest challenge that faces the Planning Commission is
the future development of the City, "How far we want to go and how much we want to maintain
the community of homes", He strongly supports the FAR (Floor Area Ratio), Mr. Wen felt that
having Homeowners' Associations and Architectural Review Boards would be beneficial for the
southern part of Arcadia and it would create uniformity throughout the City, Mr. Wen felt, even
though the residents of the southern part of Arcadia are not in favor of having a homeowners
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association, however, forming a community-wide Architectural Review Board, under the
supervision of the Planning Commission would help with the uniformity of the City, With regard
to the signage issue, Mr, Wen stated that using 1/3 Chinese and 2/3 English characters on I
commercial sign age worked for the past 13 years and he does not have any problem with that.
Mr. Wen sees as the objectives and goals of this advisory commission as service to the
community, to know the people and tradition of the City and understand concerns and
problems of all residents and be able to communicate with them, These are the special
qualities that he can bring to the Planning Commission,
Following conclusion of the interview process, Mayor Marshall called for nominations for the
appointment of three Planning Commissioners for full four-year terms each ending June 30,
2006, Mayor Pro tem Chang nominated Craig Lucas, Frank Hsu and Jack Tsao;
Council member Segal nominated Shone Wang and S,H, Wen; Council member Kovacic
nominated James Kelly; and, Mayor Marshall nominated Gordon Maddock,
1ST R:Uc<>ti. \U1E: Hsu
Chang
Wuo
Maddock
Marshall
WanQ
Segal
, Marshall
Wen
Segal
Marsahll
Kovacic
Kellv
Kovacic
Lucas
Chang
Segal
Wuo
Kovacic
Tsao
Chang
Wuo
Following the majority vote for Craig Lucas and S,H, Wen, the City Council cast their votes for
one additional Planning Commissioner as follows:
21'D R:Uc<>ti.\U1E: Hsu
Chang
Marshall
Wuo
Kovacic
Maddock
Marshall
Tsao
Chang
Wuo
WanQ
Kovacic
Chang
Marshall
Kelly
Wuo
Kovacic
By majority vote of the City Councii, Craig Lucas, Frank Hsu and S,H, Wen were APPOINTED
to the Planning Commission for full four-year terms each, ending June 30, 2006,
JIDJOURNMENT At 8:30 p,m, the Adjourned Regular Meeting of the Arcadia City Council ADJOURNED to
(Awst20,2002) Tuesday August 20, 2002 at 5:30 p,m, in the Council Chambers Conference Room for a
Regular Meeting to conduct the business of the City Council and any Closed Session
necessary to discuss personnel, litigation matters and evaluation of properties,
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