HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - August 18, 2015CITY OF ARCADIA
City Council
Regular Meeting Agenda
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Tuesday, August 18, 2015, 5:00 p.m.
Location: City Council Chamber Conference Room, 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia
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CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Gary A. Kovacic, Mayor
Roger Chandler, Mayor Pro Tern
Tom Beck, Council Member
Sho Tay, Council Member
John Wuo, 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.
CLOSED SESSION
a. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) to confer with legal
counsel regarding the matter of NRDC and Los Angeles Water Keeper v. State
Water Resources Control Board and California Regional Water Quality Control
Board, Los Angeles Region; Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case No
B S 156962 .
b. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) to confer with legal
counsel regarding the matter of City of Gardena v. Regional Water Quality
Control Board, Los Angeles Region; Los Angeles County Superior Court, Case
No BS156342
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) to confer with legal
counsel regarding the matter of the Cities of Duarte and Huntington Park v.
Regional Water Quality Control Board, Los Angeles Region; Los Angeles County
Superior Court, Case No BS156303
Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) to confer with legal counsel
regarding the matter of Save the Arcadia Highlands v. City of Arcadia, City
Council of the City of Arcadia, and Does 1 through 10; and Robert Tong, Bowden
Development, Inc., 29 East Orange Grove Avenue, LLC, and Does 11 through
25; Los Angeles Superior Court (Central District — Stanley Mosk Courthouse);
Court Case No. BS154327.
e. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) to confer with legal
counsel regarding the matter of John Doe, an individual, v. City of Arcadia, an
incorporated California Municipality, and Does 1 through 10, inclusive — United
States District Court Case No.: 2:15 -cv- 05736- CAS -AS
STUDY SESSION
a. Report, discussion and direction regarding policies on the use of artificial turf as
landscaping.
Regular Meeting
City Council Chamber, 7:00 p.m.
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
Reverend Thomas Shriver, Emmanuel Assembly of God
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
Gary A. Kovacic, Mayor
Roger Chandler, Mayor Pro Tern
Tom Beck, Council Member
Sho Tay, Council Member
John Wuo, Council Member
REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY REGARDING CLOSED /STUDY 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
PRESENTATIONS
a. Administer the Oath of Office to newly appointed Planning Commissioners.
1. 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. Special Use Permit No. SUP 15 -15 for the "Rise of the Jack O' Lanterns" at the
southwest parking lot of Santa Anita Park at 285 W. Huntington Drive.
Recommended Action: Conditional approval
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])
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 requests that a specific item be removed from the Consent
Calendar for separate discussion and action.
a. Special and Regular Meeting Minutes of July 7, 2015, Special Meeting Minutes of
July 15, 2015, and Regular Meeting Minutes of July 21, 2015.
Recommended Action: Approve
b. Resolution No. 7087 authorizing the City Manager and the City Attorney to
execute certain documents required by the Board of Equalization to collect the
City's Utility Users Tax on prepaid wireless service.
Recommended Action: Adopt
a aift from the Arcadia Museum Foundation in the amount of $5.087 for
the purchase of historical documents, photographs, and artifacts for the
Museum's collection.
Recommended Action: Accept
d. Revisions to the existina classification saecifications for Fire Battalion Chief. Fire
Captain, and Fire Administrative Specialist.
Recommended Action: Approve
e. Agreement to Purchase First Pacific Exchange, Inc., dba NavigateHCR Software
and related services for Affordable Care Act Tracking and IRS Reporting in the
amount of $8.388.
Recommended Action: Approve
Extension to the Purchase Order with HD Supply Waterworks for the purchase of
data log radio -read water meters for the City's water distribution system in the
amount of $500,000.
Recommended Action: Approve
3. CITY MANAGER
a. Ordinance No. 2328 amending the Arcadia Municipal Code by adding a new
Chapter 11.1, Part 4 to Article VIII to provide an expedited, streamlined
permitting process for small residential rooftop solar systems.
Recommended Action: Introduce
b. Consideration of public information and outreach efforts concerning residential
development standards.
Recommended Action: Approve
ADJOURNMENT
The City Council will adjourn this meeting in memory of Ann Durgerian and Bob Denne to
Tuesday, September 1, 2015, 5:00 p.m. in the City Council 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.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
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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.