City Council Agenda 10/18

Arcadia CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGULAR MEETING

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2011

AGENDA 5:30 p.m.

Location:  City Council Chamber Conference Room, 240 W. Huntington Drive

CALL TO ORDER

ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMBERS:

Gary Kovacic, Mayor/Agency Chair Robert Harbicht, Mayor Pro Tem/Agency Vice Chair Peter Amundson, Council/Agency Member Roger Chandler, Council/Agency Member Mickey Segal, Council/Agency Member

PUBLIC COMMENTS – STUDY SESSION (5 minute time limit per person)

Any person wishing to address the City Council/Redevelopment Agency on any Study Session item is asked to complete a “public comments” card available in the Council Chamber Lobby. The completed card should be submitted to the City Clerk/Agency Secretary prior to the start of the Study Session meeting.  Each speaker is limited to five (5) minutes per person.  Under the Brown Act, the City Council/Redevelopment Agency is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any items not listed on the posted agenda.

STUDY SESSION

a.    Discussion of job and candidate profile for City Manager recruitment.

7:00 pm, City Council Chamber

RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING TO OPEN SESSION

CALL TO ORDER

INVOCATION

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMBERS:

Gary Kovacic, Mayor/Agency Chair Robert Harbicht, Mayor Pro Tem/Agency Vice Chair Peter Amundson, Council/Agency Member Roger Chandler, Council/Agency Member Mickey Segal, Council/Agency Member

REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY/AGENCY COUNSEL ON STUDY SESSION ITEM

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM CITY MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS

MOTION TO READ ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE THE READING IN FULL

PRESENTATIONS

a.    Presentation of “Believe in Arcadia…Volunteer!” Award to the Assistance League of Arcadia.

PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 minute time limit per person)

Any person wishing to address the City Council/Redevelopment Agency during the public comment period is asked to complete a “public comments” card available in the Council Chamber Lobby. The completed card should be submitted to the City Clerk/Agency Secretary prior to the start of the 7:00 p.m. open meeting.  Each speaker is limited to five (5) minutes per person, unless waived by the City Council.  Under the Brown Act, the City Council/Redevelopment Agency is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any items not listed on the posted agenda.

REPORTS FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK

1.    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 members of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency request that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion.

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ITEMS:

a.    Approve the Meeting Minutes of September 20, 2011. Recommended Action: Approve

CITY COUNCIL ITEMS:

b.    Approve the Meeting Minutes of September 20 and October 4, 2011. Recommended Action: Approve

c.    Adopt Ordinance No. 2287 amending Article VI (Business, Professions, Trades and Occupations) and Article IX (Division of Use of Land) of the Arcadia Municipal Code. Recommended Action: Adopt

d.    Adopt Ordinance No. 2290 granting to Golden State Water Company, its successors and assigns, a franchise to use or to lay and use, pipes, conduits and appurtenances for transmitting and distributing water for any and all purposes in, along, across, upon and under the public streets, ways, alleys and places within the City of Arcadia (per Article XIII of the Arcadia City Charter) Recommended Action:  Adopt

e.    Authorize the City Manager to execute a one (1) year contract extension with CLS Landscape Management for landscape maintenance at City facilities in the amount of $460,251. Recommended Action: Approve

f.    Authorize the City Manager to execute a one (1) year purchase order contract extension to HD Supply Waterworks for the purchase of mainline fittings, brass valves and other related accessories for the City’s water distribution system in the amount of $113,252. Recommended Action: Approve

g.    Accept all work performed by Gentry Brothers Inc. for the Rehabilitation of Westbound Huntington Drive between Holly Avenue and Baldwin Avenue as complete and authorize the final payment to be made in accordance with the contract documents. Recommended Action: Approve

h.    Approve the revised classification specifications for Library Aide I (Part-Time) and Library Aide II (Part-Time). Recommended Action: Approve

ADJOURNMENT

The City Council/Redevelopment Agency will adjourn this meeting in memory of Dr. Lewis H. V. May, physician and former Arcadia Unified School District Board Member to November 1, 2011, 5:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber Conference Room located at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia.

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