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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - April 21, 2015CITY OF ARCADIA City Council Regular Meeting Agenda . �PyIFORN �9 Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 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 INVOCATION Pastor Terrence Shay, Arcadia Chinese Baptist Church PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mary Beth Hayes, Library and Museum Services Director 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 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 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. 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 requests that a specific item be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion and action. a. Regular Meeting and Special Meeting Minutes of April 7, 2015. Recommended Action: Approve b. Appointment to the Metro San Gabriel Valley Service Council. Recommended Action: Appoint Council Member Chandler Ordinance No. 2326 amending portions of Division 1, Part 1, Chapter 2 of Article VI; portions of Division 8, Part 1, Chapter 4 of Article VI; and portions of Part 2, 6 and 7, Chapter 2 of Article IX of the Arcadia Municipal Code in order to update the City's Massage Therapist and Business Regulations. Recommended Action: Find that Ordinance No. 2326 is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and adopt the Ordinance. Ordinance No. 2327 amendina Section 7553.7.1 of the Arcadia Municipal Code concerning Outdoor Irrigation and Prohibited Water Uses. Recommended Action: Find that Ordinance No. 2327 is exempt from the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA); and adopt the Ordinance. e. Professional Services Agreement with Moss, Levy & Hartzheim, LLP for the City's Financial Auditing Service. Recommended Action: Approve PRESENTATIONS TO OUTGOING MAYOR JOHN WUO Presentation by Viola Van on behalf of Congresswoman Judy Chu Presentation by Clayton Arick on behalf of Senator Dr. Ed Hernandez, O.D. Presentation by Adam Hsu on behalf of Assembly Member Ed Chau Presentation by Brian Mejia on behalf of Supervisor Michael Antonovich Presentation by Lori Phillipi and David Vannasdall on behalf of the Arcadia Board of Education Presentation by Andrew Gregson and Scott Hettrick on behalf of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce Presentation by Francine Chiu and Shelley Liu on behalf of the Arcadia Chinese Association Presentation by Mayor Pro Tern Gary A. Kovacic on behalf of the City of Arcadia REMARKS BY OUTGOING MAYOR JOHN WUO 2. CITY COUNCIL REORGANIZATION a. The City Clerk calls for the election of Mayor b. The Mayor calls for the election of Mayor Pro Tern C. Comments by the newly Elected Mayor d. Comments by the newly Elected Mayor Pro Tern e. Comments by Members of the City Council ADJOURNMENT The City Council will adjourn this meeting to Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 4:00 p.m. at the Arcadia Police Department's EOC 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.ArcadiaCa.gov. Copies of individual Agenda Reports are available via email upon request ( CityClerkGeneral Mail box a- ArcadiaCa.gov). 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 (optional) 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 10 copies of any printed materials you would like distributed to the City Council. The use of City equipment for presentations is not permitted. 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.