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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - November 4, 2014CITY OF ARCADIA City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Tuesday, November 4, 2014, 7:00 p.m. Location: City Council Chamber, 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 INVOCATION Reverend Thomas Shriver, Emmanuel Assembly of God PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Kurt Norwood, Fire Chief ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS John Wuo, Mayor Gary Kovacic, Mayor Pro Tern Tom Beck, Council Member Roger Chandler, Council Member Sho Tay, Council Member REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM CITY MANAGER REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS MOTION TO READ ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE THE READING IN FULL 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. PRESENTATIONS a. Presentation of Proclamation to Arcadia Festival of Bands Co- Chairs Fred and Maryann Stevens, Music Club President Kirby Repko and Drum Major Minphy Liao. b. Presentation by the County of Los Angeles Department of Public Works on the Santa Anita Stormwater Flood Management and Seismic Strengthening project. 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. REPORTS FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK (including reports from the City Council related to meetings attended at City expense CAB 1234]) 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. Regular Meeting Minutes of October 21, 2014. Recommended Action: Approve b. Ordinance No. 2319 aaarovina an amendment to the Seabiscuit Pacifica Specific Plan (SP No. 13 -02) to modify conditions of approval for two new hotels and a hotel condominium at 130 W. Huntington Drive. Recommended Action: Adopt C. Resolution No. 7050 accepting two Grants of Easement for purposes of constructing a "shotcrete wall" and for future maintenance and repair (2205 Canyon Road). Recommended Action: Adopt Street closures for the Festival of Bands Parade. Recommended Action: Approve e. Accept all work performed by Southwest General Engineering, Inc. for the Canyon Reservoir Facility Slope Stabilization project as complete and authorize the final payment to be made in accordance with the Contract documents, subject to the retention of $3,604.75 and authorize an additional appropriation of $5,780 from the Water Fund. Recommended Action: Approve Reject all bids received for landscape maintenance services, direct staff to re -bid the contract with revised specifications for these services, and award a two month contract extension with CLS Landscape Management, Inc. in the amount of $70,760. Recommended Action: Approve Purchase of a mobile command post for the Police Department in an amount not to exceed $300,000. Recommended Action: Approve Purchase Order with Ernie's Auto Parts for the aurchase of automobile reaair parts for City vehicles in an amount not to exceed $55,757. Recommended Action: Approve Contract with General Pump Company for Inspection and Rehabilitation of St. Joseph Well 2 in an amount not to exceed $144,280. Recommended Action: Approve 2. CITY MANAGER a. Ordinance No. 2320 amending the Arcadia Municipal Code to require compliance with State prevailing wage requirements on City Public Works projects. Recommended Action: Introduce b. Ordinance No. 2321 amending Article III, Chapter 1, Part 7 of the Arcadia Municipal Code Relating to Emergency Medical and Ambulance Transport Services and Paramedic Membership Program. Recommendation: Introduce Contract with GMC Enqineerinq, Inc. in the amount of $506,373 for Phase Two of the Huntington Drive Capacity Improvements project with a provision to allow U- turns at the Huntinaton Drive and Colorado Place intersection and aaarove a 10% contingency. (Continued from October 21, 2014) Recommended Action: Approve ADJOURNMENT The City Council will adjourn this meeting in memory of former City Commissioner Jim Kuhn to Tuesday, November 18, 2014, 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber Conference Room. 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 ( CityClerkGeneral Mail box 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.