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ARCADIA CITY COUNCIL MEETING
NOVEMBER 19, 1991
7:30 P.M.
.INVOCATION
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ACTION
ROLL CALL: Council Members Ciraulo, Fasching, Harbicht,
Young and Gilb All Present
MINUTES of the adjourned and regular me.etings of November
5, 1991, and the Study Session of October 24, 1991 Approved
MOTION: Read all ordinances and resolutions by title
only and waive reading in full. Adopted
1. PUBLIC HEARING
Underground Utilities District No. 13 - Second Avenue
from La Porte Street to Huntington Drive. Public Hearing Closed;
RESOLUTION NO. 5630, establishing Underground Adopted
Utility District No. 13.
2. BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS
Consideration of appointment to the Arcadia Beautiful
Commission. Appointed Rosa Schram
3. Time reserved for those in the audience who wish
to address the City Council (five- minute time
limit per person).
4. RECESS CITY COUNCIL
5. MEETING OF THE ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
a. ROLL CALL: Agency Members Ciraulo, Fasching,
Harbicht, Young and Gilb All Present
AGENDA 11/19/91
5. ARA
(continued)
ACTION
b.
MINUTES of the meeting of November 5, 1991
Approved
C.
ADJOURN to 7:00 p.m., December 3, 1991
6. RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL
7. CONSENT ITEMS
a.
Consideration of Zone Change Z -91 -010, from
R -1 7,500 (single - family residential, with a
minimum lot size of 7,500 sq. ft.) to R -1 10,000
for certain properties in the southwest portion
of the City. This proposal changes the required
minimum lot size for any new lot from 7,500
square feet to 10,000 square feet (PUBLIC HEARING
TO BE SCHEDULED).
Public Hearing 12/3
b.
Consideration of Final Map 50451, for a 5 -unit
condominium project at 517 S. Third Avenue
(C.H. Construction, the developer, on behalf of
the property owners, Won Suk Park and Young Joo
Park).
Approved
C.
Recommendation to replace pneumatic controls
with individual zone thermostats for the air
conditioning of City Council Chambers and
Conference Room.
Approved
d.
Legislative Report regarding Hillside Mora-
torium.
Approved
8. CITY MANAGER
Request for annexation and water service for a
portion of Monrovia property. Continued
9. CITY ATTORNEY
a. ORDINANCE No. 1957 - For Introduction - Amending
Section 6616.10 of the Arcadia Municipal Code
to provide for waiver of business license fee
by Business License Officer regarding motion
picture filming by student or charity. Introduced
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9. CITY ATTORNEY (continued) ACTION
b. ORDINANCE NO. 1958 - For Introduction - Amending
Section 6436.7 of the Arcadia Municipal Code
to authorize the Fire Prevention Officer to
approve Christmas tree tents and canopies. Introduced
C. RESOLUTION NO. 5624, implementing a stand -by
policy in the Equipment Services Division of
the Public works Department. Adopted
10. MATTERS FROM STAFF
11. MATTERS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS
12. ADJOURN to 7:00 p.m., December 3, 1991, in memory of
Steve Ballreich
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NOVEMBER 19, 1991
TO: CITY COUNCIL
FROM: WILLIAM WOOLARD, DIRECTOR OF PLANNING
GERALD GARDNER, FIRE CHIEF
JOSEPH LOPEZ, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS
ELDON DAVIDSON, ASST. CITY ENGINEER/WATER MGR.
SUBJECT: REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION AND
WATER SERVICE FOR A PORTION OF
NICK POKRAJAC'S MONROVIA PROPERTY
Attached is a letter from Barbara Hall, representing Mr. Nick Pokrajac,
requesting that the City of Arcadia annex a portion of Mr. Pokrajac's property
which is currently within the City of Monrovia and that the City of Arcadia_
provide water service to said property.
The two requests, annexation and water service, will be looked at separately
since one could occur without the necessity of the other taking place.
BACKGROUND
When Bluth's Tract No. 42936 (the extention of Whispering Pines Estates)
was approved by the City of Arcadia, it was approved with the condition that
a water tank to serve the domestic water and fire fighting water needs be
constructed on Lot 14, which was the lot with the highest elevation in the
Tract. The Tract was also approved with cut slopes along the easterly side of
the project (City limit), adjacent to Mr. Pokrajac's property in Monrovia. Mr.
Bluth and Mr. Pokrajac had been working together on 1) the possiblity of
locating a water tank on Mr. Pokrajac's Monrovia property 2) the daylighting
of the cut slopes onto Mr. Pokrajac's Monrovia property, 3) Mr. Bluth's
grading of the pads for several areas on Mr. Pokrajac's property, and 4)
mutual easements between Mr. Bluth and Mr. Pokrajac. These development
alternatives were not precluded by the conditions of approval. If the parties
(Bluth and Pokrajac) could have come to mutual agreement, the result would
have been beneficial to both parties.
Some agreement was apparently reached since the portion of Mr. Pokrajac's
property adjacent to the Bluth Tract was daylighted (in accordance with plans
approved by the City of Monrovia), and electrical service for Bluth's pump
station to serve the proposed water tank on Lot 14 was permitted to access
from Pokrajac's property. It is important to note that the agreement(s)
between Mr. Bluth and Mr. Pokrajac are private agreements, the terms and
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conditions of which are not applicable to and not enforceable by the City of
Arcadia.
Mr. Bluth subsequently received approval from Monrovia to obtain water
service from the Monrovia water tank located approximately 3,000 feet
northeast of both Bluth's and Pokrajac's properties. Subsequent grading
within Monrovia by Mr. Bluth resulted in Monrovia's decision not to allow
Mr. Bluth to tie into their City's tank. Thus, at the present time, Mr. Bluth is
proceeding with the preparation of plans and specifications for the water tank
to be located on Lot 14 and the pump station as had been originally required
by the City of Arcadia. These plans are currently in the plan check review
stage.
ANNEXATION ISSUES
While the daylighted areas of Mr. Pokrajac's property within the City of
Monrovia appear to be extensions of Mr. Bluth's building pads, they are_not.
Development on Mr. Bluth's pads must comply with Arcadia building and
zoning regulations, including setbacks from the property line between Mr.
Bluth's property and Mr. Pokrajac's property.
Annexation of these daylighted areas would not have any bearing on the
development of Mr. Bluth's properties since the daylighted areas are owned
by Mr. Pokrajac.
What would actually be created would be highly irregular shaped portions of
Mr. Pokrajac's property which are not legal lots and don't have any right of
access from the City of Arcadia. The letter from Mr. Pokrajac's representative
does not specifically address how the areas which are proposed to be annexed
would be subdivided. It appears that three new lots are proposed (Lots 1, 7
and 8), and the remainder of the property is presumed to be incorporated into
the adjacent Arcadia lots (which are part of Mr. Bluth's Tract No. 42936).
However, this is not mentioned in the letter or indicated on the plan. It is
possible that the Arcadia property owner(s) (Bluth) may not want to acquire
this property from Mr. Pokrajac.
Proposed Lot 1 would be land locked and does not currently have legal access
to a public street within Arcadia, and there is no existing access to this lot
from Monrovia. The only access to proposed Lots 7 and 8 would be from
Monrovia because these proposed lots do not have legal access through
private streets in the Whispering Pines Tract.
The cost for providing municipal services to the proposed annexation area
would be more than the property tax revenues which the City would receive
from its development with single-family homes. The existing Arcadia
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taxpayers would in essence be subsidizing the cost of providing municipal
services to this area if it were to be annexed.
It should be noted that de-annexation by Monrovia and annexation by
Arcadia would not change school district boundaries,postal address and
possibly water purveyor.
WATER SERVICE ISSUES
The water tank which Mr. Bluth is designing for his project will provide
water for the lots in Tract No. 42936 for domestic and fire fighting purposes.
The tank size is based upon the demand necessary to satisfy City of Arcadia
requirements for this development. The tank is not sufficiently sized to
handle the fire fighting needs of both Mr. Bluth's and Mr. Pokrajac's
properties. There is 240,000 gallon of gravity storage designed in the water
tank for emergency fire protection purposes, and 80,000 gallons for domestic
usage. Being that the total tank storage is 320,000 gallons, there is not
adequate fire protection water to share with a development outside of Arcadia
that is under the control of the Monrovia Fire Department. In addition, if
there is an emergency in which power is lost to the pump station, there
would be a finite limit to the available water in the tank for emergency
purposes.
The 240,000 gallons of fire storage in the tank is vital for fire protection
purposes even when the pump station is operational in that the storage will
meet the 2,000 gallons per minute fire flow requirement of the Arcadia Fire
Department. The pumping capacity of the pump station alone will not meet
this flow requirement. Therefore, water storage in the tank is paramount to
Arcadia's providing adequate fire protection for the developments planned in
Arcadia's Tract No. 42936.
For Arcadia to physically serve fire protection to Mr. Pokrajac's property from
Arcadia's water tank, a fire hydrant would have to be located approximately
two hundred feet east of the area which is being proposed to be annexed (Lots
7 and 8), within the City of Monrovia. This location is required in order to
provide a minimum of 20 lbs of residual water pressure in the pipeline. Fire
equipment would have to access the property via Madison (Monrovia) and
the long (1,620 feet) and narrow (15 feet) private driveway in order to hook up
to the hydrant in Monrovia before arriving at a fire on proposed Lots 7 or 8.
Easements for the location and maintenance of the hydrant and water lines
within Monrovia would have to be provided.
Providing fire fighting facilites (hydrant) within Monrovia, which are served
by a tank in Arcadia could result in the tank's limited resources being used by
Monrovia, for fire fighting purposes within their jurisdiction and thereby
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potentially reducing firefighting capability within Arcadia should a fire
spread.
SUMMARY OF REASONS FOR NOT ANNEXING
1. Monrovia must approve of a de-annexation. Mr. Pokrajac has not
provided us with any documentation that Monrovia would be willing
to de-annex these areas.
2. There is no existing legal direct access to any of the proposed lot(s) from
Arcadia.
3. There is no assurance that the remnant daylighted areas would be
consolidated with the existing adjacent Arcadia properties (pad areas on
Bluth's properties).
4. All emergency service to proposed Lots 7 and 8 by Police, Fire, and/or
Paramedics require access through Monrovia or use of private roads
within the Whispering Pines Tract and the emergency access road
within Arcadia intended for emergency evacuation.
5. There is no benefit for the City of Arcadia. The cost for providing
municipal services would be more than the property tax revenues
which the City would receive from the annexation of a single-family
residential development.
SUMMARY OF REASONS FOR NOT PROVIDING WATER SERVICES
1. Monrovia must relinquish water service. Mr. Pokrajac has not
provided us with any documentation that Monrovia would be willing
to relinquish such service.
2. A fire hydrant would have to be located within the City of Monrovia
with service from Arcadia's water tank, approximately two hundred
feet east of proposed annexation Lots 7 and 8, resulting in a potential
reduction in Arcadia's fire protection capability if it were utilized by
Monrovia's Fire Department.
3. The 240,000 gallons of water storage in Arcadia's tank is inadequate to
provide fire protection to two separate fire jurisdictions and to do so
could limit our fire fighting capability in an emergency.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the Mr. Pokrajac's property not be considered for
annexation and/or for receiving water service from the City of Arcadia.
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Mr. Pokrajac secured a building permit for the house which is currently
under construction on proposed Lot 8 from the City of Monrovia. Monrovia
is requiring that he provide the same fire protection that Arcadia required in
the Bluth project. Mr. Pokrajac can meet Monrovia's requirements by either
constructing a water line from Monrovia's existing water tank (located to the
northeast), or by providing a booster station at Madison and constructing a
reservoir tank at a higher elevation on his property (same as Arcadia required
of Mr. Bluth).
Mr. Pokrajac should have been aware of Monrovia's requirements before
commencing construction on proposed Lot 8. Mr. Pokrajac should continue
to work with Monrovia for the development of his property.
There is no benefit to the City of Arcadia by annexing Mr. Pokrajac's property
and/or providing water services. Annexing this property and providing
water services may lessen Mr. Pokrajac's cost for development, but would put
Arcadia's fire protection capability at risk, and would increase the cost to the
City of Arcadia for emergency services.
Approved: �, .�' y�%h re-/
'George J. atts, City Manager
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KE:- =JETH I. MULLEN. CONSUL-1'm— ,`G.ENGINEERS, INC.
K I1 '1 444 EAST HUNTINGTON DRIVE. SUITE 310. ARCADIA. CALIFORNIA 91006-3768
(8 1 81 44522 1 2 FAX (818/ 445.8294
616 SOUTH EL CAMINO REAL. SUEC. SAN 7LEMENTE. CALIFORNIAl . 7�rZNnip(T4362O
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City of Arcadia
240 W. Huntington Dr.
Arcadia, CA 91006
Attention: Mr. George Watts, City Manager
Subject: Annexation of a Portion of Tentative Tract 43811
Currently in the City of Monrovia, to the City
of Arcadia
Dear Mr. Watts:
Tract 42936 , located in the City of Arcadia was allowed to
daylight a slope onto property owned by Mr. Nick Pokrajac in the
City of Monrovia, along its boundary with Arcadia.
On behalf of our client, Mr. Nick Pokrajac, we hereby request an-
nexation of these slope areas as well as two graded pads into the
City of Arcadia. Further, we request water and fire service for
the annexed property. We intend to prepare a Parcel Map and a
lot line adjustment to create the lots for annexation. The con-
figuration of the property in question is shown on the attached
map.
Please review our request for annexation and provision of ;water
and fire service to this portion of Mr. Pokrajac's property. We
would like to meet with you or your staff to discuss the specific
procedures necessary to accomplish the annexation.
Thank you for your assistance in this matter. If you have any
questions, please do not hesitate to contact the undersigned at
818-445-2212 .
Very truly yours,
KENNETH I. MULLEN,
CONSULTING ENGINEERS, INC.
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Barbara L. Hall, P.E.
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REPORTS - PLANS - SPECIFICATIONS • ASSESSMENT DISTRICTS - RATE STUDIES
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November'19, 1991
TO: ARCADIA CITY COUNCIL
FROM: PLANNING DEPARTMENT
James M. Kasama, Assistant Planner
SUBJECT: LEGISLATIVE REPORT ON THE HILLSIDE MORATORIUM
The adoption of the ordinance to extend the moratorium on development of the
undeveloped hillside areas shown on the attached map is based on the conditions of
those undeveloped hillside areas and the potential for future development that
would be inconsistent with current concerns for grading, seismic hazards, fire _
hazards, house size, and the preservation of a limited resource.
Since the imposition of the moratorium on December 18, 1990, there have been no
proposals for development within the area of the moratorium, nor have there been
any serious inquiries for development possiblities in that area.
During the period that the moratorium has been in place, the Planning Department
has been reviewing hillside regulations from other communities in the San Gabriel
Valley to prepare a thorough study for a careful and comprehensively updated
approach to hillside development. Of particular interest are Monrovia's new
"Hillside Development Policies and Standards” which their City Council adopted on
November 5, 1991, and, Sierra Madre's proposed hillside ordinance amendments
which were introduced for a first reading on November 12, 1991.
The Planning Department's reviews are not yet complete. Additional time is
necessary for prepartion of final recommendations. Government Code Section
65858 requires that ten days prior to the expiration of an interim ordinance or any
extension, the legislative body shall issue a written report describing the measures
taken to address the factors which led to the moratorium.
Pursuant to Section 65858, the City Attorney has advised that the City Council
should adopt this report as the necessary prerequisite to extension of the current
moratorium which will be brought to the City Council for consideration at the
meeting of December 3, 1991.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
Approve issuance of this report as the City Council's status report concerning the
moratorium ordinance regarding development of undeveloped hillside areas.
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MORATORIUM AREA
The proposed moratorium will involve the undeveloped properties, bounded
on the north, west and east by the City Boundary and on the south by Elkins
Avenue and its extension to the easterly City Boundary.
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