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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAUGUST 13,2002 I I I 44:0160 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS ARE TAPE RECORDED AND ON FILE IN THE OFFICE OF THE CITY CLERK ROLL CALL 1, INTERJlEVIIS' .APPOINTMENTS T01HE A.ANNING COMMISSION (Ca1ti-...ed 1ian JLty 22, 2(02) MINUTES 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 1 8/13/02 AMENDED 44:0161 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, /Cff~,'k~N~d. 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