HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/25/2016 Special Meeting ARCADIA CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING MINUTES
WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016
CALL TO ORDER - Mayor Beck called the Special Meeting to order at 6:00 p.m. in Arcadia
Police Department Community Room, 250 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS
PRESENT: Council Member Amundson, Beck, Chandler, and Verlato
ABSENT: Council Member Tay
•A motion was made by Council Member Chandler, seconded by Council Member Verlato to
excuse Council Member Tay from this meeting.
STUDY SESSION
a. Report, discussion and direction regarding the Proposed 2016-17 Fiscal Year Budget.
City Manager Lazzaretto presented an overview of the proposed 2016-17 Fiscal Year budget,
which was discussed at a City Council Study Session on May 17, 2016.
Despite Council Member Verlato and Mayor Pro Tem Amundson stating that they did not feel a
new City Hall was needed, it was the consensus of the City Council that (1) an additional
$500,000 from the Fiscal Year Budget 2015-16 be added to the New City Hall fund; (2) $3,500
be allocated in the FY 2016-17 Budget for new banners on Santa Anita Avenue; (3) staff to
follow-up regarding trash pick-up on freeway on/off ramps; (4) $15,000 be allocated for coyote
education; staff to follow-up with Southern California Edison regarding what can be placed on
Edison poles; and (5) staff to set, up a meeting with the Race Track to meet with City staff,
Mayor Beck, and Council Member Chandler regarding potential development on race track
property, to figure out how the City can make more money from either wagering or taxes at the
race track.
Mayor Beck adjourned the Special Meeting at 7:57 p.m.
Mayor of the City o Arcadia
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