Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - August 20, 2013CITY OF ARCADIA City Council /Successor Agency to the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency Adjourned Regular Meeting Agenda L""=u Tuesday, August 20, 2013, 6:00 p.m. Location: City Council Chamber Conference Room, 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with a disability who require a disability related modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, may request such modification or accommodation from the City Clerk at (626) 574 -5455. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to the meeting. CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Mickey Segal, Mayor John Wuo, Mayor Pro Tern Peter Amundson, Council Member Robert Harbicht, Council Member Gary Kovacic, Council Member PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 minute time limit each speaker) Any person wishing to speak before the City Council is asked to complete a Speaker Card and provide it to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. Each speaker is limited to five (5) minutes per person, unless waived by the City Council. Under the Brown Act, the City Council is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not listed on the posted agenda. STUDY SESSION a. Report, discussion and direction regarding potential new hotel /residential development at 130 West Huntington Drive (Santa Anita Inn site). Recommended Action: Provide Direction Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk's office located at 240 W Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, during normal business hours. City Council Chamber 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION Reverend Thomas Shriver, Emmanuel Assembly of God PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Robert Guthrie, Police Chief ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Mickey Segal, Mayor John Wuo, Mayor Pro Tern Peter Amundson, Council Member Robert Harbicht, Council Member Gary Kovacic, Council Member REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY ON STUDY SESSION ITEM SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM CITY MANAGER REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS MOTION TO READ ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE THE READING IN FULL PUBLIC HEARING Any person wishing to speak before the City Council on a public hearing item is asked to complete a Speaker Card noting the agenda item number and provide it to the City Clerk prior to the start of the public hearing. Separate and apart from the applicant (who may speak longer in the discretion of the City Council) each speaker is limited to five (5) minutes per person unless waived by the City Council. Under the Brown Act, the City Council is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not listed on the posted agenda. The applicant may additionally submit rebuttal comments, in the discretion of the City Council. You are hereby advised that should you desire to legally challenge in court any action taken by the City Council regarding any public hearing item, you may be limited to raising only those issues and objections you or someone else raised at the public hearing or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council at, or prior to, the public hearing. a. Resolution No. 6985 findina the Citv of Arcadia to be in conformance with the Congestion Management Program (CMP) and adopting the CMP Local Development Report, in accordance with California Government Code Section 65089. Recommended Action: Adopt b. Resolution No. 6987 establishing and /or adjusting various fees for City services; and finding that this Resolution is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 6989 ordering the vacation of Front Street in its entirety for the construction of the Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Light Rail Project. Recommended Action: Continue Public Hearing to September 17, 2013 Appeal of the Planning Commission denial of Tentative Parcel Map No. TPM 11- 02, Residential Mountainous Development Permit No. RM 11 -01, and the non - certification of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for a proposed subdivision and grading of a 90.25 -acre undeveloped property for the development of two single- family residences at 2111 -2125 Canyon Road. Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution No. 6991 denying Tentative Parcel Map No. TPM 11 -02 and Residential Mountainous Development Permit No. RM 11 -01 and reject certification of the Final Environmental Impact Report PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 minute time limit each speaker) Any person wishing to speak before the City Council is asked to complete a Speaker Card and provide it to the City Clerk prior to the start of the meeting. Each speaker is limited to five (5) minutes, unless waived by the City Council. Under the Brown Act, the City Council is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any item not listed on the posted agenda. The matter will automatically be referred to staff for appropriate response or action or will be placed on the agenda of a future meeting. REPORTS FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK (including reports from the City Council related to Meetings Attended at City Expense CAB 1234]). 2. CONSENT CALENDAR All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and can be acted on by one roll call vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the City Council, staff, or the public request that a specific item be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action. a. Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of August 6, 2013 and Special Meeting Minutes of August 7, 2013. Recommended Action: Approve b. Authorize and direct the City Manager to approve the purchase of fleet management and GPS wireless devices from Fleet Solutions LLC, in the amount of $20,537.73. Recommended Action: Approve Authorize and direct the City Manager to execute a contract for the purchase and installation of emergency related equipment and lighting for City vehicles with Black and White Emergency Vehicles Inc., in the amount of $84,793.88. Recommended Action: Approve Authorize and direct the City Manager to approve the purchase of two -wheel drive Chevrolet Tahoe from George Chevrolet, in the amount of $30,189.07. Recommended Action: Approve Authorize and direct the City Manager to accept two proposed grant awards from the Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) - $31,810 from the Sobriety Checkpoint Grant Program and $43,000 from the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program for reimbursement of costs related to various traffic enforcement checkpoints to be held during the period of October 1, 2013, through September 30, 2014. Recommended Action: Approve Authorize and direct the City Manager to waive the formal bid process and approve the purchase and upgrade of the Police Department's PS.Net Public Safety Suite system by Executive Information Services, Inc., in the amount of $49,000. Recommended Action: Approve Authorize and direct the City Manager to execute a Lease Agreement with VG Property Investments, LLC, for the lease of 48 parking spaces in the City Hall Parking Lot. Recommended Action: Approve Receive a aift of $6.000 from the Arcadia Public Library Foundation for aroarams and services at the Library. Recommended Action: Accept donation CITY MANAGER ITEMS Consideration of the installation of left turn lanes and the removal of on- street parking on Second Avenue at the Foothill Boulevard Intersection and approval of a categorical exemption pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) for the improvements. Recommended Action: Approve Resolution No. 6990 approving Conditional Use Permit No. CUP 13 -03 and Architectural Design Review No. ADR 13 -05 to convert the former 42,236 square foot grocery store at 16 E. Live Oak Avenue to a Savers Thrift Superstore and finding that as a conversion of an existing facility this project qualifies as a categorical exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Recommended Action: Adopt ADJOURNMENT The City Council will adjourn this meeting to September 3, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber Conference Room located at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. Welcome to the Arcadia City Council Meeting! The City Council encourages public participation, and invites you to share your views on City business. MEETINGS: Regular Meetings of the City Council are held on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m. in City Council Chambers. A full City Council agenda packet with all backup information is available at City Hall, the Arcadia Library, and on the City's website at www.ci.arcadia.ca.us. Copies of individual Agenda Reports are available via email upon request ( CityClerkGeneraI Mai Ibox a- ci.arcadia.ca.us). Documents distributed to a majority of the City Council after the posting of this agenda will be available for review at the Office of the City Clerk, 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California. Live broadcasts and replays of the City Council Meetings are on cable television. Your attendance at this public meeting may result in the recording and broadcast of your image and /or voice as previously described. CITIZEN PARTICIPATION: Your participation is welcomed and invited at all City Council meetings. Time is reserved at each regular meeting for those in the audience who wish to address the City Council. The City requests that persons addressing the City Council refrain from making personal, slanderous, profane, or disruptive remarks. Where possible, please submit a Speaker Card to the City Clerk prior to your comments, or simply come to the podium when the Mayor asks for those who wish to speak, and state your name and address for the record. Please provide the City Clerk with a copy of any written materials used in your address to the City Council as well as a copy of any printed materials you wish the City Clerk to distribute to the City Council. MATTERS NOT ON THE AGENDA should be presented during the time designated as "PUBLIC COMMENTS." In general, each speaker will be given five (5) minutes to address the City Council; however, the Mayor, at his /her discretion, may shorten the speaking time limit to allow all speakers time to address the City Council. By State law, the City Council may not discuss or vote on items not on the agenda. The matter will automatically be referred to staff for appropriate action or response or will be placed on the agenda of a future meeting. MATTERS ON THE AGENDA should be addressed when the City Council considers that item. Please indicate the Agenda Item Numbers(s) on the Speaker Card. Your name will be called at the appropriate time and you may proceed with your presentation within the five (5) minute time frame. The Mayor, at his /her discretion, may shorten the speaking time limit to allow all speakers to address the City Council. PUBLIC HEARINGS AND APPEALS are items scheduled for which public input is either required or desired. Separate and apart from the applicant (who may speak longer in the discretion of the City Council), speakers shall be limited to five (5) minutes per person. The Mayor, at his /her discretion, may shorten the speaking time limit to allow all speakers to address the City Council. The applicant may additionally submit rebuttal comments. AGENDA ITEMS: The Agenda contains the regular order of business of the City Council. Items on the Agenda have generally been reviewed and investigated by the City Staff in advance of the meeting so that the City Council can be fully informed about a matter before making its decision. CONSENT CALENDAR: Items listed on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be acted upon by one motion. There will be no separate discussion on these items unless a member of the City Council, Staff, or the public so requests. In this event, the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered and acted on separately. DECORUM: While members of the public are free to level criticism of City policies and the action(s) or proposed action(s) of the City Council or its members, members of the public may not engage in behavior that is disruptive to the orderly conduct of the proceedings, including but not limited to, conduct that prevents other members of the audience from being heard when it is their opportunity to speak or which prevents members of the audience from hearing or seeing the proceedings. Members of the public may not threaten any person with physical harm or act in a manner that may reasonably be interpreted as an imminent threat of physical harm. All persons attending the meeting are expected to adhere to the City's policy barring harassment based upon a person's race, religious creed, color, national origin, ancestry, physical handicap, medical condition, marital status, gender, sexual orientation, or age. The Chief of Police, or such member or members of the Police Department, shall serve as the Sergeant -at -Arms of the City Council meeting. The Sergeant -at -Arms shall carry out all orders and instructions given by the presiding official for the purpose of maintaining order and decorum at the meeting. Any person who violates the order and decorum of the meeting may be placed under arrest and such person may be prosecuted under the provisions of Penal Code Section 403 or applicable Arcadia Municipal Code section.