CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY REGULAR MEETING TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2010
AGENDA 7:00 p.m. Location: City Council Chamber, 240 W. Huntington Drive CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION Reverend Terry Keenan, The Santa Anita Church PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Jason Kruckeberg, Assistant City Manager/Development Services Director ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMBERS: Peter Amundson, Mayor/Agency Chair Gary Kovacic, Mayor Pro Tem/Agency Vice Chair Roger Chandler, Council/Agency Member Robert Harbicht, Council/Agency Member Mickey Segal, Council/Agency Member
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. Proclamation honoring Arcadia Festival of Bands Month.
b. Presentation by Dr. Russell Maatz, Arcadia Methodist Hospital, regarding the Fire Paramedic Program.
1. PUBLIC HEARING
All interested persons are invited to appear at the Public Hearing and to provide evidence or testimony concerning the proposed items of consideration. You are hereby advised that should you desire to legally challenge any action taken by the City Council with respect to any Public Hearing item on this agenda, you may be limited to raising only those issues and objections which you or someone else raised at or prior to the time of the Public Hearing.
CITY COUNCIL ITEMS:
a. Adoption of the General Plan Update, Final Environmental Impact Report, Proposed Zoning Code Amendments and New Official Zoning Map for the City of Arcadia.
Adopt Resolution No. 6715 certifying the Final Environmental Impact Report (SCH #2009081034), adopting Environmental Findings pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act, adopting a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Program, adopting a Statement of Overriding Considerations and adopting the proposed General Plan Update. Recommended Action: Adopt
Introduce Ordinance No. 2272 repealing and replacing various Sections of Article IX of the Arcadia Municipal Code to enact the 2010 General Plan Update Project and establish new zoning designations for Downtown Mixed Use (DMU), Mixed Use (MU), and Restricted Multi-Family (R-3-R). Recommended Action: Introduce
Introduce Ordinance No. 2273 amending various Sections in Article IX of the Arcadia Municipal Code to enact the 2010 General Plan Update Project and address new local and state regulations and standards. Recommended Action: Introduce
Introduce Ordinance No. 2274 certifying the 2010 Zoning Map as the Official Zoning Map of the City of Arcadia. Recommended Action: Introduce
PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 minutes per person)
Any person wishing to address the City Council/Redevelopment Agency during the Public Comments 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 Session meeting. In order to conduct a timely meeting, there will be a five (5) minute time limit per person. All comments are to be directed to the City Council/Redevelopment Agency and we ask that proper decorum be practiced during the meeting. State law prohibits the City Council/Redevelopment Agency from discussing topics or issues unless they appear on the posted Agenda.
REPORTS FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK
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/Redevelopment Agency request that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ITEMS:
a. Approve the Meeting Minutes of September 21, 2010, October 5, 2010, October 19, 2010 and Special Meeting of October 27, 2010. Recommended Action: Approve
b. Approve a one-year extension in the amount of $65,000 to the Professional Services Agreement between the City of Arcadia and The Ferguson Group for Federal Legislative Advocacy Services. Recommended Action: Approve
c. Authorize the Executive Director to appropriate $30,000 from Arcadia Redevelopment Agency affordable housing reserves to fund tenant relocation, asbestos and lead paint removal, demolition and site clearance related to 19 Lucile Street. Recommended Action: Approve
CITY COUNCIL ITEMS:
d. Approve the Meeting Minutes of September 21, 2010, October 5, 2010, October 19, 2010 and Special Meeting of October 27, 2010. Recommended Action: Approve
e. Approve a one-year extension in the amount of $65,000 to the Professional Services Agreement between the City of Arcadia and The Ferguson Group for Federal Legislative Advocacy Services. Recommended Action: Approve
f. Award a purchase order contract to Park West Landscape, Inc. to install synthetic turf at the Civic Center Athletic Field in the amount of $433,920.13. Recommended Action: Approve
g. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Stetson Engineers, Inc. to prepare the 2010 Urban Water Management Plan (UWMP) Update in the amount of $21,500. Recommended Action: Approve
h. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with American Micro Imaging, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $42,127.00 for Lasefiche software and hardware support, maintenance and additional licenses; and appropriate additional funds in the amount of $11,000 from the General Fund. Recommended Action: Approve
3. CITY MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ITEMS:
a. Report, discussion and direction regarding the installation of left turn lanes and the removal of on-street parking on Second Avenue at Foothill Boulevard. Recommended Action: Provide Direction
b. Request for direction regarding City funding improvements to the Colorado Boulevard Railroad Bridge as part of the Gold Line Foothill Extension. Recommended Action: Provide Direction
ADJOURNMENT
The City Council/Redevelopment Agency will adjourn this meeting to Tuesday, December 7, 2010, 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber Conference Room located at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia.
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