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Home My WebLink AboutMinutes - June 14, 1995 - RA0 0 CITY OF AZUSA MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND THE AZUSA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING BUDGET WORKSHOP JUNE 14, 1995 6:30 P.M. The City Council of the City of Azusa of the City of Azusa met in regular adjourned session at the above date and time at the City Library Auditorium. Mayor Alexander called the meeting to order, and led in the salute to the Flag. Call to Order Invocation was given by Director of Finance Craig. PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, BEEBE, ALEXANDER ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: MADRID, NARANJO 1 W City Administrator/Executive Director Garcia, Chief of Police Nelson, Police Captain Broderick, Community Development Director Bruckner, Finance Director Craig, Community Services Director Guarrera, City Librarian Maghsoudi, Utilities Directors Hsu, Financial Analyst Redmile, Accounting Supervisor Brisco, Junior Accountant Grijalva, Grants Manager Neal, Redevelopment Director Cervantes, Project Manager Forintos, Senior Accountant Jara, Secretary Thompson, Part-time Secretary Fahrbach, Economic Development Specialist Hall, Deputy City Clerk/Deputy Secretary Toscano. Invocation Roll Call Also Present Moved by Mayor/Chairman Alexander, seconded by Councilmember/Director Beebe and Naranjo & unanimously carried by roll call that Councilmember/Director Naranjo be excused from Madrid exc the meeting and that Councilmember/Director Madrid be excused from the meeting until 7:30 p.m. Director of Finance Craig addressed the issue with a slide presentation showing a brief Dir of Fin overview of the Revenues, proposed appropriations and forecast revenues, property tax Comments trends from 1990 through 1996, sales tax trends, sales per capita, hazardous waste trends, land excavation tax trends, motor vehicle in -lieu, general fund revenues per capita, the estimated projection of funding gap and business license tax trends. Utilities Director Hsu presented a summary of the Utilities budget which included the Utilities Electric, Water, Azusa Valley Water Company, and Customer Service Divisions. budget Accounting Supervisor Brisco presented the CIP budget and the Azusa Public Financing CIP & APFA Authority budget. budget 0 0 Redevelopment Director Cervantes presented charts displaying the Agency CRA accomplishment for the 1994-95 year, which consisted of improvements in the areas of budget Housing Projects, Commercial Projects and Industrial Projects. He presented past and future redevelopment projects as well as miscellaneous programs such as the Freeway Reader Board, Banners Program, proposed Downtown Plan, and Shop Azusa Program. Councilmember/Director Madrid entered the meeting at 7:28 P.M. Madrid ent mtg Director of Finance presented suggested new revenue sources, which was followed by Dir of Fin discussion between staff and Councilmembers/Boardmembers regarding new revenue comments sources. Moved by Councilmember/Director Beebe, seconded by Mayor/Chairman Alexander and Adjourn to unanimously carried by roll call to adjourn to Tuesday, June 20, 1995. 6/20/95 rglr mtg TIME OF ADJOURNMENT: 7:52 P.M. el� DEPUTY CITY CLERK/SECRETARY NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 95-C75 NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 95-09 (City) NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 95-R33. NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 95 -ROI. (Agency) NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 95-P1. (Authority) 06/14/95 PAGE TWO 0 0 Moved by Chairman Alexander, seconded by Director Beebe to waive further reading and adopt. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of the Agency: AYES: DIRECTORS: HARDISON, MADRID, NARANJO, BEEBE, ALEXANDER NOES: DIRECTORS: NONE ABSENT: DIRECTORS: NONE Mayor Alexander offered a Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA Res. 95-C81 AUTHORIZING LOANS FOR PURPOSES OF THE MERGED Authorizing REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT AREA. loans Moved by Mayor Alexander, seconded by Councilmember Beebe to waive further reading and adopt. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, MADRID, NARANJO, BEEBE, ALEXANDER NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE THE CITY COUNCIL RECESSED AND THE REDEVELOPMENT Cncl Recess AGENCY CONTINUED AT 9:41 P.M. CRA cont The CONSENT CALENDAR consisting of items I -4a through I -4c was Consent Cal approved by motion of Director Beebe, seconded by Chairman Alexander and I-4a-I4c unanimously carried by roll call vote. appvd a. The Minutes of the regular meeting of June 5, 1995, and the adjourned Min appvd regular meeting of June 7, 1995, were approved as written. b. The Agency Treasurer's Report as of April 30, 1995, was received and filed. Treas Rpt C. Two separate resolutions authorizing payment of warrants by the Agency was adopted and entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE Res. 95-R37 & CITY OF AZUSA ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS 95-R38 TO BE PAID OUT OF REDEVELOPMENT FUNDS. Warrants SPECIAL CALL ITEMS Special Call None. None SCHEDIMED ITEMS Sched Items PUBLIC HEARING - on proposed Lease Agreement with Liberty Candles. Pub Hrg Lease agent w/Liberty Candle Co. The Chairman declared the Hearing open. The Secretary read the affidavit of Hrg open proof of publication of notice of said Hearing published in the Azusa Herald on June 8, and June 15, 1995. 06/20/95 PAGE FOUR 0 0 Economic Development Specialist Hall addressed the issue stating that Liberty Economic Dev Candle Company, currently located at 1021 West Foothill Boulevard, has been Specialist Hall looking to expand and has located a site in the downtown area with store front comments visibility at 630 and 632 North Azusa Avenue and owned by the Agency. She requested that a month-to-month Lease Agreement be approved for $1,000 per month. Since the building is in need of approximately $4,500 in repairs, the Agency is proposing that the tenant pay for the improvements and that the rent be deferred proportionally. Also the maintenance is to be paid by the tenant and they wish to move in by July 1st. Testimony was solicited, but none was received. Testimony Moved by Director Beebe, seconded by Chairman Alexander and unanimously Hrg closed carried by roll call to close the Hearing. Director Beebe offered a Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY Res. 95-1139 OF AZUSA APPROVING THE EXECUTION OF A LEASE AGREEMENT Appvg Lease WITH PAM HENRY, DBA LIBERTY CANDLE COMPANY. w/Liberty Candle Co. Moved by Director Beebe, seconded by Director Hardison to waive further reading and adopt. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of the Agency: AYES: DIRECTORS: HARDISON, MADRID, NARANJO, BEEBE, ALEXANDER NOES: DIRECTORS: NONE ABSENT: DIRECTORS: NONE Economic Specialist Hall provided an update on the proposed Rose Parade float, Economic Dev issuing a report which named steering committee members, up to date Specialist Hall contributors, Fund raising ideas, what the City would benefit, staff time involved, Update on Rose what the City would lose if the proposal is abandoned, and a Schedule of Events. Parade Float She advised of goals that are being proposed by July 30th, which were to: organize a strong group of supporters, organize a promotional campaign, organize a fund raising campaign, establish a bank account, complete non-profit status, hire float designer/builder and raise $30,000, which will include approximately $12,000 that has already been raised. Discussion was held between Directors and Ms. Hall regarding the pros and cons Discussion of the proposed Parade Float. Moved by Director Hardison, seconded by Chairman Alexander and carried by Motion to roll call that staff continue with scheduled events towards meeting the goals of continue w/ the proposed float for Azusa, excluding hiring a float builder, until July 30, 1995, goals for float and if the scheduled goals are not met, item will come back to Boardmembers for until 7/30/95 reconsideration. Directors Beebe and Naranjo dissenting. It was consensus of the Board members to recess to the end of the Council meeting in order to conduct a Closed Session. TIME OF RECESS: 10:38 P.M. Recess THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONVENED JOINTLY WITH THE Reconvene CITY COUNCIL TO RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION AT 10:43 P.M. jointly w/Cncl 06/20/95 PAGE FIVE 0 0 Moved by Mayor/Chairman Alexander, seconded by Councilmember/Director Closed Sess Hardison and unanimously carried to recess to Closed Session to discuss the following: Real Property Negotiations (Gov. Code Sec. 54956.8) Azusa Redevelopment Agency/Mission Chrysler, 229 South Azusa Avenue, Azusa, California, Price and terms of payment and Nathan S. Krems and Alan D. Shulman, Trustees of the Trust of Helen G. Krems, 587-647 East Foothill Boulevard, Azusa, California, Price and terms of payment. TIME OF RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION: 10:44 P.M. ' Recess THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Reconvene RECONVENED AT 12:08 P.M. General Counsel Deitsch advised that there was no reportable action taken in General Cnsl Closed Session. comment Moved by Councilmember/Director Beebe, seconded by Mayor/Chairman Adjourn Alexander and unanimously carried by roll call to adjourn to Thursday, June 29, to 6/29/95 1995, at 6:30 p.m., at the City Library Auditorium„ in order to recess to Closed 6:30 p.m. Session on a Personnel Matter. Lib Aud TIME OF ADJOURNMENT: 12:10 A.M. NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 95-R40 NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 95-01 06/20/95 PAGE SIX