The agenda for the regular second monthly City Council meeting on Tuesday, July 17, is relatively light and controversy-free for the first time in a few weeks.
One of the more notable items on the agenda is a proposed introductory public hearing on a business-related proposed amendment to extensively revise zoning and commercial restrictions in the Downtown area surrounding First Avenue and Huntington Drive as a result of the elimination of the state-funded Redevelopment Agency in February. The Redevelopment project area included many Code-overlaying restrictions to certain types of businesses, including personal service businesses, tutoring centers, bars and cocktail lounges, thrift stores, bail bond offices, check cashing services, and stores selling liquor for off-site consumption, all of which are no longer outright prohibited by Municipal Code alone with the dissolution of Redevelopment.
The proposed amendment would selectively restore many of those restrictions as part of the City Code, allow some only under Conditional Use Permits. and limit others to specific areas. The City’s web site offers the entire 56-page staff report and exhibits related to the proposed amendment to Municipal Code for businesses in the Downtown area.
City Council/Successor Agency to the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency
Regular Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, July 17, 2012, 6:00 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:
Robert Harbicht, Mayor Mickey Segal, Mayor Pro Tem Peter Amundson, Council Member Gary Kovacic, Council Member John Wuo, Council Member
PUBLIC COMMENTS – CLOSED SESSION (5 minute time limit per person)
Any person wishing to address the City Council on any Closed 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 prior to the start of the Closed Session. 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 items not listed on the posted agenda.
CLOSED SESSION
a. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) to confer with legal counsel regarding the workers’ compensation case of Joel Ybarra.
7:00 pm, City Council Chamber
CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
Reverend Rick Seely, Fire Department Chaplain
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Sara Somogyi, Director of Recreation and Community Services
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS:
Robert Harbicht, Mayor Mickey Segal, Mayor Pro Tem Peter Amundson, Council Member Gary Kovacic, Council Member John Wuo, Council Member
REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY ON CLOSED SESSION ITEM
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 HEARINGS
To speak on a public hearing item, it is requested that a “public comments” card be completed noting the agenda item number be submitted 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) speakers shall be limited to five (5) minutes per person. 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. Confirm the County of Los Angeles Department of Agricultural Commissioner/ Weights and Measures Weed Abatement Charges. Recommended Action: Approve
b. Consideration of Text Amendment No. TA 12-01; and Introduction of Ordinance No. 2299 amending various Sections of Article IX (Division and Use of Land), Chapter 2 (Zoning Regulations) of the Arcadia Municipal Code. Recommended Action: Introduce
PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 minute time limit per person)
Any person wishing to address the City Council 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 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 is prohibited from discussing or taking action on any items 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 members of the City Council request that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate discussion.
a. Approve the Regular Meeting Minutes of June 19, 2012, and July 3, 2012. Recommended Action: Approve
b. Authorize and direct the City Manager to execute a one (1) year contract extension with D & J Foothill Electrical Contractors, Inc. for electrical repairs and preventative maintenance at various City facilities in the amount of $112,910. Recommended Action: Approve
c. Authorize and direct the City Manager to execute a one (1) year contract extension with Great Cleaning Service, Inc. for Janitorial and Porter Services at various City facilities in the amount of $239,817. Recommended Action: Approve
d. Accept all work performed by CJ Construction, Inc. for the Windstorm Damage Sidewalk Repair Project; and authorize the final payment to be made in accordance with the contract documents, subject to a retention of $5,181. Recommended Action: Approve
e. Authorize and direct the City Manager to execute an addendum to the Professional Services Agreement with La Canada Design Group for Architectural Design Services for the City Hall External Renovation Project in the amount of $18,450 including a 10% contingency. Recommended Action: Approve
f. Authorize and direct the City Manager to execute a contract with Vargas Olson Enterprises, Inc. for City Hall Interior Renovation in the amount of $257,673; and approve a 10% contingency. Recommended Action: Approve
g. Authorize and direct the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Converse Consultants for abatement monitoring services for the City Hall Interior Renovation Project in the amount of $24,700 including a 10% contingency. Recommended Action: Approve
h. Waive the formal bid process and approve Quartermaster as the uniform vendor for the Police Department in an amount not to exceed $54,200. Recommended Action: Approve
i. Accept a gift of $16,700 from the Arcadia Public Library Foundation for Programs and Services at the Library. Recommended Action: Accept
j. Authorize and direct the City Manager to execute an agreement with Beacon Media, Inc. for Legal Advertising Services for Fiscal Year 2012-13, in an amount not to exceed $8,000. Recommended Action: Approve
k. Approve street closure for Arcadia High School Band practice intermittently from August 28, 2012, through November 16, 2012. Recommended Action: Approve
3. CITY MANAGER ITEMS
a. Appointment of a Voting Delegate and Alternate Delegate for the 2012 League of California Cities Conference. Recommended Action: Appoint a Voting Delegate and Alternate Delegate
ADJOURNMENT
The City Council will adjourn this meeting to August 7, 2012, 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber Conference Room located at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia.