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CITY COUNCIUSUCCESSOR AGENCY
TO THE ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2013
CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Segal called the Special Meeting to order at 5:30 p.m.
All Members of the City Council were present.
CLOSED SESSION
a. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956 8, conference with Real
Property Negotiators.
Property: 35 West Huntington Drive 21 Morlan Place, 101 -111 North
Santa Anita Avenue, 121 -159 North Santa Anita Avenue, Assessor
Parcel No 5775 - 025 -908 (property along Santa Clara Street).
Successor Agency Negotiators: City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto.
Assistant City Manager /Development Services Director Jason
Kruckeberg, and Economic Development Manager Jerry Schwartz.
Negotiating Parties: Arcadia Successor Agency and Rusnak /Arcadia
(Paul Rusnak)
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment
There was no reportable action from the Closed Session item.
The Closed Session ended at 5:45 p.m.
SPECIAL MEETING (Continued from April 23, 2013)
a. Report, discussion and direction regarding the Proposed 2013 -14 Fiscal Year
Budget.
City Manager Lazzaretto provided responses to inquires the City Council addressed at the April 23
budget Study Session regarding pari - mutuel fees on additional race track dates, statistics for
medical benefit enrollment, and the monthly household Utility Users Tax payment, if raised; and
also provided a General Fund summary applying the vacancy factor rate of 2 %, as recommended
by staff.
City Manager Lazzaretto discussed the following policy questions with the City Council:
• Does the City Council want to make changes to the new budget methodology?
i. Use a more aggressive /conservative vacancy rate? The City Council concurred to
use a 2% vacancy rate, as recommended by staff.
ii. Make changes to the Revenue Projections? None made
• Does Council want to consider cuts to service levels?
i. If so, what areas? No cuts to service levels were identified; however, the City Council
discussed the staff Design Review process. A study session is scheduled for May
21.
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• Pursue Revenue Enhancements? Yes
L Council Member Harbicht made a motion, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Wuo, that
staff agendize for City Council consideration the raising of the Utility Users Tax from
5% to 7% for gas and electric utilities and from 0% to 7% on water for
implementation after July 1, 2013. The City Council concurred.
• Does the City Council want to make changes to the Capital Improvement budget?
L Additions /Cuts /Deferral of Capital Improvement Projects? The City Council directed
staff to study the cost methodology of affected homeowners paying for replacing the
6.6.v street lighting with the City assisting with money from annual energy savings.
Council Member Kovacic would like staff to look at Panorama (between Michillinda
and Altura) for possible street rehabilitation.
City Manager Lazzaretto provided an overview of Equipment Replacement Fund programs for
Fiscal Years 2013 -14 and 2014 -15.
City Manager Lazzaretto provided an overview of one -time Capital Improvement projects and
unfunded continuing projects and costs, including projections through Fiscal Year 2017 -18.
• Does Council want to make changes to the Equipment Replacement budget?
L Additions /Cuts /Deferral of Equipment Replacement budgeted items? No specific
changes were identified by the City Council.
• What would the City Council like to see before bringing forth the budget to a public hearing?
The City Council directed staff to bring the budget forward for a public hearing and adoption
at the City Council meeting on June 4, 2013.
City Manager Lazzaretto stated that the $300,000 of new programs will be added in the budget; he
discussed the purpose of the "attitude survey" and the legal review of the Zoning Code.
This Study Session ended at 7:51 p.m.
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