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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - May 2, 2017 CITY OF ARCADIA City Council Regular Meeting Agenda Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 5:00 p.m. Location: City Council 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 Peter Amundson, Mayor Sho Tay, Mayor Pro Tem Tom Beck, Council Member Roger Chandler, Council Member April A. Verlato, 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 concerning regulations for short term rentals such as Airbnb and VRBO. b. Report, discussion and direction regarding Pension Costs and Unfunded Liabilities. c. Report, discussion, and direction concerning use and disposition of City parking lots along Wheeler Avenue and Indiana Street, east of First Avenue. CLOSED SESSION a. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) to confer with legal counsel regarding the matter of Dana Nava v. Dominic Lazzaretto; Real Party in Interest: City of Arcadia (California Court of Appeal Second Appellate District Case No.: B266783). b. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1) to confer with legal counsel regarding the matter of Southern California Gas Company, a California corporation v. Southern California Edison Company, a California corporation; City of Arcadia, a municipal corporation; and Does 1-10, inclusive (Los Angeles Superior Court Case No.: BS161634). Regular Meeting City Council Chamber, 7:00 p.m. CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION Reverend Jolene Cadenbach, Arcadia Congregational Church PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS Peter Amundson, Mayor Sho Tay, Mayor Pro Tem Tom Beck, Council Member Roger Chandler, Council Member April A. Verlato, 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 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 or in an administrative proceeding 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. Ordinance No. 2347 amending various sections of Article IX, Chapter 1 of the Arcadia Municipal Code (The Development Code), with an exemption under the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), to update the City’s regulations for accessory dwelling units, and to address minor text cleanups. Recommended Action: Introduce 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 \[AB 1234\]) 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 April 18, 2017. Recommended Action: Approve b. Contract with MNR Construction, Inc. for Phase 2 of the Huntington Drive Sewer Capacity Improvement Project in the amount of $274,051. Recommended Action: Approve c. Professional Services Agreement with Best, Best & Krieger, LLP for Professional Lobbying and Consulting Services to secure grant funding through the 2007 Water Resources Development Act (“WRDA”) Authorization in the amount of $72,000. Recommended Action: Approve d. Resolution No. 7164 declaring its intention to vacate an easement for street and highway purposes over land bounded on the Southwest by the Arcadia Par-3 Golf Course, and on the Northwest by Daines Drive, in the unincorporated County of Los Angeles, setting a public hearing relative thereto for June 6, 2017, and approving a categorical exemption pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”). Recommended Action: Adopt e. Contract with California Professional Engineering, Inc. for traffic signal improvements on Duarte Road at First and Second Avenues in the amount of $159,050. Recommended Action: Approve ADJOURNMENT The City Council will adjourn this meeting to May 16, 2017, 4:00 p.m. in the Police Community Room for Budget Study Session. 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 (CityClerkGeneralMailbox@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.