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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - March 3, 1997 CC CITY OF AZUSA CIVIC AUDITORIUM 213 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD AZUSA, CALIFORNIA A G E N D A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND THE AZUSA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY MARCH 3, 1997 - 7:30 P.M. AZUSA CITY COUNCIL STEPHEN J. ALEXANDER MAYOR TONY D. NARANJO CRISTINA MADRID MAYOR PRO-TEM COUNCILMEMBER DIANE BEEBE DAVID O. HARDISON COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC Copies of staff reports or other written documentation relating to each item of business referred to on the Agenda are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for public inspection. Meeting procedures are governed by Resolution adopted by the City Council. Council will consider and take actions on numbered matters listed in the Agenda. The recommended action described beneath the Agenda item is Staff's recommendation only. Persons who wish to speak during the Public Participation portion of the Agenda, shall fill out a card requesting to speak and shall submit it to the City Clerk prior to the start of the City Council meeting. When called, each person may address any item on or off the agenda during the comprehensive public participation portion covering all entities of the City, ie., Council, Redevelopment Agency, Industrial Development Authority, and Azusa Public Financing Authority, except for Public Hearings, or where a scheduled item directly pertains to a specific individual or group. Each person speaking shall be limited to a maximum of five (5) minutes, without interruption. Questions to the speaker or responses to the speaker's questions or comments shall be addressed after the speaker has completed his/her comments. A. CALL TO ORDER B. PLEDGE TO THE FLAG C. INVOCATION - Reverend March Carlson of the First Presbyterian Church. D. ROLL CALL E. CEREMONIAL 1. Certificates of Achievement to students from Azusa and Gladstone High School who represented the City of Azusa in the 1996 Academic Decathlon. Gladstone High School placed 14th in the Decathlon and Azusa High School placed 42nd, which is a great accomplishment for a new team. 2. Certificates of Appreciation to Used Oil Certified Collection Centers. F. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION (Person/Group shall be allowed to speak without interruption up to five (5) minutes maximum time, subject to compliance with applicable meeting rules. Questions to the speaker or responses to the speaker's questions or comments, shall be handled after the speaker has completed his/her comments. Public Participation will be limited to sixty (60) minutes time.) 1. Mr. Art Morales to address City to urge the community to please vote in the Azusa General Municipal Election to be held March 4, 1997, from 7am to 7pm. REPORTS, UPDATES, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF/COUNCIL PER STAFF AND COUNCIL REQUEST, THE FOLLOWING PUBLIC HEARINGS ARE BEING TAKEN OUT OF SEQUENCE AND BROUGHT TO THE BEGINNING OF AGENDA. M. SCHEDULED ITEMS If you challenge the City=s proposed actions in court, you may be limited to raising those issues that you or someone else raised at the public hearings described in this Agenda, or in any written correspondence delivered to the City on or prior to the public hearings. 1. PROTEST HEARINGS - to receive testimony from property owners having any objections to the proposed weed abatement by the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commissioner and by the Los Angeles County Fire Department Inspectors. RECOMMENDED ACTION Open the Hearings; receive testimony, close the Hearings. Approve the Order to Abate and direct the Agricultural Commissioner=s Office to abate the nuisance by removing all weeds, and rubbish from the affected parcels. G. CONSENT CALENDAR The CONSENT CALENDAR adopting the printed RECOMMENDED COUNCIL ACTION will be enacted with one vote. The Mayor will ask Councilmembers and Staff if they wish to speak for or against the Recommended Council Action of any matter on the CONSENT CALENDAR. The matter removed from the CONSENT CALENDAR will be considered individually at the end of the CONSENT CALENDAR under SPECIAL CALL ITEMS. The entire CONSENT CALENDAR, with the exception of those Specially Called Items is then voted upon by roll call under one motion. 03/03/97 PAGE TWO 1. APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES Minutes of the regular meeting of February 18, 1997. RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve Minutes as written. 2. APPROPRIATIONS AMENDMENTS RESOLUTION Resolution approving appropriation amendments for fiscal year 1996-97 pursuant to Section 2-450 of the Azusa Municipal Code. RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt Resolution No. 97-C21. 3. NOTICE OF COMPLETION - TRANSIT CENTER Sea West Enterprises, general contractor for the Transit Center, has completed all phases of the work in accordance with the plans and specifications and final acceptance by the City Building Department was February 13, 1997. RECOMMENDED ACTION Accept the project as complete; approve the Notice of Completion and authorize its execution and recordation. 4. CITY TREASURER=S REPORT The City Treasurer=s Report as of January, 1997 RECOMMENDED ACTION Receive and file. 5. SPECIFICATIONS FOR LIBRARY CARPET INSTALLATION PROJECT NO. 97- 03. Carpeting at the City Library has outlived its manufactured life span and water damage and normal foot traffic have created the need to replace all carpet flooring within the facility. Funding for the project is available within the Facility Maintenance Division=s operational budget, maintenance and repair of buildings. RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve the specifications for Project No. 97-03, Library Carpet Installation and authorize the City Clerk to advertise for bids. 6. Human Resources Action Items Step increase/regular appointment recommendations: N. Bui, Engineering Associate. Promotions None. New Appointments None. Separations None. Leave Requests None. RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve. 03/03/97 PAGE THREE G. CONSENT CALENDAR (CONTINUED) 7. CLASSIFICATION PLAN AMENDMENT Pursuant to the Municipal Code and Rules of the Civil Service System, on February 25, 1997, members of the Personnel Board reviewed the request of Director of Utilities Joseph Hsu to adopt a new classification of Utilities Marketing Services Coordinator and establish a salary therefor. RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt Resolution No. 97-C22, amending the City=s Classification Plan to include the classification of Utilities Marketing Services Coordinator and deleting the Classification of Utilities Conservation Officer. 8. ANNUAL REVIEW OF AMENDED APU MASTER PLAN The City Council recently approved an amendment to the Azusa Pacific University=s master plan. Ms. Miasnik, a concerned local resident, submitted a mitigation monitoring sheet for Council=s consideration for the implementation of the amended master plan. Rather than using the monitoring sheet, the Staff report recommends a more informal annual staff review of the amended master plan implementation, with an informational report provided to the City Council. RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve the Staff recommended approach. 9. WARRANTS Resolution authorizing payment of warrants by the City. RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt Resolution No. 97-C23. H. SPECIAL CALL ITEMS 03/03/97 PAGE FOUR CONVENE AS THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY I-1. AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar adopting the printed RECOMMENDED AGENCY ACTION will be enacted with one vote. The Chairman will ask Directors and Staff if they wish to speak for or against the Recommended Agency Action of any matter on the CONSENT CALENDAR. The matters removed from the CONSENT CALENDAR will be CONSIDERED individually at the end of the Redevelopment Agency CONSENT CALENDAR under SPECIAL CALL ITEMS. The entire CONSENT CALENDAR, with the exception of those Specially Called Items is then voted upon by roll call under one motion. a. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Minutes of the regular meeting of February 18, 1997. RECOMMENDED ACTION Approve Minutes as written. b. AGENCY TREASURER=S REPORT The Agency Treasurer=s Report as of January, 1997. RECOMMENDED ACTION Receive and file. c. WARRANTS Resolution authorizing payment of warrants by the Agency. RECOMMENDED ACTION Adopt Resolution No. 97-R8. 2. AGENCY SPECIAL CALL ITEMS 3. AGENCY SCHEDULED ITEMS a. PUBLIC HEARING - on proposed Rental Agreement with John Griffin Construction, Inc., for the property located at 1000 West Foothill Boulevard, Azusa. Consideration of a short term Rental Agreement between the Agency and the John Griffin Construction, Inc.. Griffin is currently installing cable throughout the City and needs a large covered storage area. Agency staff as negotiated terms of a month- to-month rental of building #2 on Agency property. RECOMMENDED ACTION Open the Hearing; receive testimony, close the Hearing. Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 97-R9, approving the month-to-month Rental Agreement between the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Azusa and the John Griffin Construction, Inc. for building #2 at 1000 West Foothill Boulevard. 4. ADJOURN RECOMMENDED ACTION Adjourn, if a Closed Session is necessary, the Agency should recess to end of City Council meeting. 03/03/97 PAGE FIVE J. CONVENE AS THE INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY NO BUSINESS K. CONVENE AS THE AZUSA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY NO BUSINESS. L. ORDINANCES/SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS 1. AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT WITH PUBLIC EMPLOYEES= RETIREMENT SYSTEM TO PROVIDE SECTION 21382.5 (FOURTH LEVEL OF 1959 SURVIVOR BENEFITS) FOR LOCAL MISCELLANEOUS MEMBERS AND LOCAL POLICE MEMBERS. As part of the negotiations which culminated in the new four-year contracts (and revised existing contracts) with the various bargaining units, management agreed that, effective as soon as possible, the City shall amend its contract with the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) to include the highest level (Fourth Level) of the A1959" Survivor Benefit. RECOMMENDED ACTION a. Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 97-C24, resolution of intention to approve an amendment to contract between the Board of Administration of the Public Employees= Retirement System; and b. Waive further reading and introduce proposed Ordinance authorizing an Amendment to the contract between the City of Azusa and the Board of Administration of the Public Employees= Retirement System; and c. Authorize the Mayor to sign the ACertification of compliance with Government Code Section 7507" and the AAgreement to Pool 1959 Survivor Benefits Assets and Liabilities between the Board of Administration of the Public Employees= Retirement System and the City Council of the City of Azusa. M. SCHEDULED ITEMS Handled at the beginning of the Agenda. N. OTHER BUSINESS/CITY COUNCIL (The Council will consider and may take action on the following items.) O. CLOSED SESSION None. P. ADJOURNMENT 1. Adjourn to Tuesday, March 11, 1997, 7:30 p.m., in order to conduct a Reorganization Meeting. 03/03/97 PAGE SIX