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Arcadia City Council
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Meeting
October 21, 1997
6:00 p.m.
Council Chamber Conference Room
ACTION
ROLL CALL: Council /Agency Members Chang, Kovacic, Kuhn, Young and - All Present
Harbicht
1. TIME RESERVED FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO
ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIUREDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
(NON - PUBLIC HEARING/ FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT PER PERSON) No one spoke
2. CLOSED SESSION 6:03 p.m. Recessed
to Closed Sessions
a. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 to confer with the City
Labor negotiators regarding negotiations with AFSCME Local 2264.
b. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) to confer regarding
the existing workers' compensation case of Yolanda Velazquez v. City
of Arcadia. .
C. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 to confer with Agency
negotiators William R. Kelly and Peter Kinnahan pertaining to the
purchase price, terms and conditions for the potential sale of part or all
of the 4 -acre Northwest Corner site located at the northwest corner of
Huntington Drive and Second Avenue in Arcadia to one of two proposers:
a) Stonebridge Companies (Gary Rohr) - Hilton Garden Inn; b) Andrus
Enterprises (Brent Andrus) - Courtyard by Marriott and Town Place Hotel.
6:48 p.m. Closed
Sessions ended.
Reconvened Reg. Mtg.
7:00 p.m. at 7:00 p.m. in
Council Chamber
Council Chamber
INVOCATION
Rev. Ellen Jennrich, Lutheran Church of the Cross
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE James Dale, Director of Administrative Services
ROLL CALL: Council/Agency Members Chang, Kovacic, Kuhn, Young and All Present
Harbicht
ACTION
3. PRESENTATION of Proclamation to Jim and Margaret Barrows for Festival Mayor Harbicht
of Bands Month.
4. PRESENTATION of plaque to Don Gathers, outgoing Arcadia Beautiful Mayor Harbicht and
Commission Member. Mayor Pro tem Kovacic
ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE to Janice Torrington - Arcadia City Clerk Alford
Beautiful Commission.
5. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM STAFF REGARDING
None
AGENDA ITEMS.
6. QUESTIONS FROM CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS None
MOTION: Read all Ordinances and Resolutions by title only and waive Adopted 5 -0
reading in full.
7. PUBLIC HEARING
Pub. Hrg. Closed
a. Report and recommendation to approve Text Amendment 97 -004, Aj)proyed 5 -0
prohibiting the hanging of laundry on clothes lines or on any structures
within the required front and street side yard areas.
8. TIME RESERVED FOR THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE WHO WISH TO Lyle Wilson
ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Gail Marshall
(NON - PUBLIC HEARING/ FIVE MINUTE TIME LIMIT PER PERSON)
9. MATTERS FROM ELECTED OFFICIALS
City Council Reports / Announcements /Statements /Future Agenda Items see Minutes
10. MEETING OF THE ARCADIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
ROLL CALL: Agency Members Chang, Kovacic, Kuhn, Young and Harbicht -All Present
a. Minutes of the September 30 and October 7, 1997 adjourned regular Approved 5 -0
and regular meetings.
ADJOURN Redevelopment Agency to November 4, 1997 at 6:00 P.M.
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11. CONSENT
12.
ACTION
a. Minutes of the September 30, October 7, and October 9, 1997 Approved 5 -0
adjourned regular and regular meetings.
b. Report and recommendation to award a contract to United Pumping Approved 5 -0
Service, Inc. in the amount of $42,980.00 for sanitary sewer line
collection inspection services.
C. Report and recommendation for authorization to enter into a contract Approved 5 -0
with Vector Resources, Inc. in the amount of $58,058.06 for installing
the LocaUWide Area Network Infrastructure.
d. Report and recommendation to approve street closures for the
Arcadia Festival of Bands to be held on November 22, 1997.
e. Report and recommendation to adopt Resolution No. 6013,
A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Arcadia, California,
amending Resolution No. 5901 by changing the time of the regular
meetings of the Arcadia Sister City Commission.
Approved 5 -0
Adopted 5 -0
f. Report and recommendation to appropriate $140,000.00 from the Approved 5 -0
Water Facilities Replacement Fund for the City of Arcadia's portion of
the matching funds for the design of water system infrastructure seismic
improvements.
CITY MANAGER
a. Report and recommendation to fill a vacancy on the Human Resources Richard Tauer 5 -0
Commission.
b. City Operating Budget
1) Report and recommendation approving the final 1997 -98 budget
adjustments.
2) Report and discussion regarding the Financial Report and
Quarterly Update.
Table budget discus-
sion to Nov. 4 for
1997 -98 budget &
discussion of utility
tax crease before
voters in April 1998.
4 -1, Dr. Chang - No
ADJOURN City Council to November 4, 1997 at 6:00 p.m. in memory of Carl Frahm and Irene
Souders. Adjourned at 9:12 p.m.
f ~OORPORATSO', ' MEMORANDUM
POLICE DEPARTMENT
TO: Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Ronnie D. Garner, Assistant City Manager /Police Chief,
by, Captain Dave Hinig
SUBJECT: Report and Recommendation to Approve Street Closures for the Arcadia
Festival of Bands to be held on November 22nd, 1997.
DATE: October 21, 1997
SUMMARY
This memorandum requests the City Council approve the closure of specific City streets
for the Arcadia High School Music Club's 44th Annual Festival of Bands on Saturday,
November 22nd, 1997.
DISCUSSION
Forty -four of the top California High School Bands have been invited to attend and
participate in the 44th Annual Festival of Bands. We have confirmed with the City
Attorney that the appropriate insurance binders have been issued to properly protect the
City.
The proposed route will have the bands exit Gate 1 from the Race Track onto westbound
Huntington Drive, southbound on Baldwin Avenue to eastbound Camino Real Avenue.
At this point, the bands board their busses on the residential streets between Duarte
Road and Norman Avenue and are taken to Arcadia High School. Parade awards are
given at the High School and then the bands move to Citrus College in Glendora for the
Field Competition.
Arrangements have been made for the temporary posting of "no parking" signs in the
staging and ending areas of the parade. Posting will occur the evening before the event.
The Police Department provides parade route security for the event and Maintenance
Services supplies barricades and assistance in preparation for street closure and traffic
diversion.
LASER IMMED
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IMPACT AREA
The request covers the closure of Baldwin Avenue from Huntington Drive to Camino Real
Avenue, and the residential streets bordered by Duarte Road and Norman Avenue, and
Holly Avenue and Baldwin. The closure in west Arcadia will be from 8:30 a.m. to
approximately 1:00 p.m. Closure of Campus Drive is required from 1:00 p.m. until 4:00
p.m.
The Arcadia High School Music Club will notify the business community as well as the
affected residential area by delivering letters to all who are impacted by this event.
FISCAL IMPACT
The police budget allows for an expenditure of $5,000 to cover Police Department
overtime expenses for this activity. The actual cost cannot be determined until the event
is complete, as salaries differ from employee to employee, but the expense should not
exceed the budgeted amount.
RECOMMENDATIONS
It is recommended the City Council move to approve the closure of the City streets as
specified in the staff report for the 44th Annual Festival of Bands on November 22nd,
1997.
Approved-
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STAFF REPORT
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER
DATE: OCTOBER 21, 1997
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL ���,�
FROM: WILLIAM R. KELLY, CITY MANAGER. V1
BY: LINDA GARCIA, ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR
SUBJECT: RECOMMENDATION TO ADOPT RESOLUTION NO. 6013
AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 5901 BY CHANGING THE TIME
OF THE REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE ARCADIA SISTER CITY
COMMISSION
SUMMARY
At their September 25, 1997 meeting, the Sister City Commission voted to formally
request the City Council to change the time of their meetings to 7:00p.m. instead of
6:30p.m. A change of this type requires City Council approval by way of the attached
resolution.
Commission meetings will continue to take place on the 4th Thursday of the month in
the Council Chamber conference room.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No. 6013 amending
Resolution No. 5901 by changing the time of the regular meetings of the Arcadia
Sister City Commission.
Attachment: Resolution No. 6013
LASER IMIAGED
0 PORATS MEMORANDUM
OFFICE OF THE CITY ATTORNEY
Date: October 21, 1997
TO: MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL
FROM: CITY ATTORNEY
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SUBJECT: ORDINANCE NO. 2081 - CAMPING AND STORAGE ON PUBLIC
PROPERTY
INTRODUCTION
The attached ordinance was requested by the Police Department for the reasons set forth
in the attached memorandum. The new code sections apply to the use of public streets
and property including City parks and the Civic Center area to assure that they remain
accessible and available to the public.
DESCRIPTION OF ORDINANCE
The proposed ordinance precludes camping and storage on public property including
streets, City parks and the Civic Center area. Exceptions are provided for cert ain
approved activities, repair or maintenance equipment, and for materials utilized for valid
first amendment (expression) purposes tied to a specific meeting at the Civic Center.
LEGAL BACKGROUND
The proposed ordinance is similar to a City of Santa Ana code section recently sustained
by the California Supreme Court (Tobe v. Santa Ana). The Court held that the ordinance
was valid on its face, did not impermissibly restrict the right to travel, did not penalize
status, and was not unconstitutionally vague or overbroad.
RECOMMENDED ACTION
MOVE TO introduce ordinance N0. 2081 .
CONCURRED: W MI , City Manager
LASER IMAGED
MEMORANDUM
POLICE DEPARTMENT
To: Michael Miller, City Attorney
From: Ronnie D. Garner, Assistant City Manager /Chief of Police /
by, Captain Dave Hinig (Z'
Subject: Camping and Storage on Public Property
Date: October 21, 1997
Summary:
The City of Arcadia does not currently have any ordinances or regulations governing
camping, or the storage of personal items upon public property. The Police Department
has encountered a growing number of situations wherein persons use public property for
the purposes of temporary housing as well as storing their personal property upon
sidewalks, in public parking lots, and within City parks. Use of public property for the
purposes of camping and /or storage of personal items limits access to such property by
the public at large and is inconsistent with the uses for which these areas were intended.
The Police Department is requesting the enactment of an ordinance prohibiting the use
of public property for camping and property storage with certain public interest exceptions.
The ordinance will allow for full public access, yet provide for regulation of conduct
contrary to the intended and accepted use of public property.
Background and Discussion:
The Police Department has been called to a number of incidents where persons use
public parking lots, sidewalks, City parks, and other publicly owned unimproved property
for the purposes of housing and storage of personal items. Often, the temporary housing
consists of structures made of cardboard, scrape metal and wood, or tent type
configurations. These makeshift housing units are littered with human waste, discarded
food and containers, and other items which create an unsanitary and hazardous health
condition for the general population.
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Two recent situations required the use of Maintenance Services personnel to remove
extensive amounts of discarded material from City sidewalks and easements on Morlan
Place. City personnel removed nearly one full dumptruck load of refuse in order to
restore the use of the sidewalk. The temporary encampment was vermin infested and
clearly represented a health hazard as well as denying free access to those who wished
to use the sidewalk for its intended purpose of pedestrian travel. Although this is only an
example of what we are encountering, it is representative of several matters we have had
to address.
Further, it is a common occurrence for our officers to encounter individual personal
property stored in public areas. This property is usually found in shopping carts, but may
also be contained in backpacks, grocery bags or other portable carrying devices.
Although most of the property has no apparent value, the preservation of the items
requires the use of staff time for inventory and space for storage until we can identify the
rightful owner.
The Police Department recognizes that transient populations exist within the community.
We assist in finding temporary housing and shelter whenever possible for those in need.
However, when the conduct of a small segment of the population infringes upon the right
of all persons in the public realm to enjoy free access and use of publicly owned parks
and property then we must have a regulatory ordinance to govern unreasonable conduct.
Conclusion:
The Office of the City Attorney has drafted Ordinance #2081 to address our concerns.
We recommend the City Council adopt the proposed ordinance.
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