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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - November 17, 1997 - CC AGENDA AZUSA CITY COUNCIL, REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND AZUSA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY CIVIC AUDITORIUM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1997 213 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD 7: 30 P.M. AZUSA CITY COUNCIL CRISTINA C. MADRID MAYOR DIANE BEEBE DAVE HARDISON MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCILMEMBER DICK STANFORD JOSEPH R. ROCHA COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER I. PRELIMINARY BUSINESS ! Call to Order ! Pledge to the Flag ! Invocation - Reverend Mark Carlson of the First Presbyterian Church. ! Roll Call II. 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.) A. Ms. Diana Offen to address Council presenting the perspective of two votes. 2. Ms. Gina Rico of the Azusa Food Pantry of Saint Frances of Rome Church, to address Council requesting donation or contribution to the pantry. REPORTS, UPDATES, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF/COUNCIL Update on the Cultural and Historical Landmark Commission. III. CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar adopting the printed recommended action will be enacted with one vote. If Staff or Councilmembers wish to address any item on the Consent Calendar individually, it will be considered under SPECIAL CALL ITEMS. A. Approval of Minutes. Recommendation: Approve minutes as written. B. Resolution Approving Appropriation Amendments for Fiscal Year 1997-98. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 97-C160. C. Purchase of Health Reference Center Database with Auen- Berger Foundation Grant.. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 97-C161, waiving formal bidding and authorizing the issuance of a purchase order in the amount not to exceed $5,500 to Information Access Company. D. Specifications for the Solar Powered Pedestrian Flashing Yellow Signal System for Vernon Avenue and Eleventh Street. Recommendation: Approve specifications and authorize the City Clerk to advertise for bids. E. Request authorization to dispose of old equipment removed at Azusa Substation. Recommendation: Declare the old circuit breakers as surplus; authorize staff to dispose of them and accept the offer of Berg Power Engineers to dispose of the old equipment. F. Plans and Specifications to advertise and Certification of Negative Declaration for the Azusa Avenue Improvements Project. Recommendation: Approve the plans and specifications, pending LA County concurrence; authorize the City Clerk to advertise for bids and certify the Negative Declaration prepared for the project. G. Human Resources Action Items. Merit increases. Recommendation: Approve. J. Arias, T. Avila, K. Bailey, A. Egan, D. Aszman, M. Criswell, and F. Vasquez Separations J. Fraley, Park Maintenance Worker III, effective 11/8/97. H. Azusa Family Resource Center. The City is involved in a joint effort to set up the Azusa Family resource Center-a one- stop location offering health and referral services to low income residents. The Visiting Nurses Association has agreed to provide an outreach worker for the Center as part of the currently funded Mano a Mano Program, but requests an additional $2,000 CDBG funding for the position. Recommendation: Approve the request for an additional $2,000 CDBG funding and authorize staff to prepare the necessary documents. I. Reimbursement Agreement with Monrovia Nursery. Recommendation: Approve the Agreement. J. Resolution authorizing claims and demands. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 97-C162. 11/17/97 PAGE TWO IV. SPECIAL CALL ITEMS V. AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar adopting the printed recommended action will be enacted with one vote. If Staff or Boardmembers wish to address any item on the Consent Calendar individually, it will be considered under SPECIAL CALL ITEMS. A. Approval of Minutes. Recommendation: Approve minutes as written. B. Owner Participation and CC&R=s for property at 850 West Foothill Boulevard. In an effort to clean up the title issues relating to the property at 850 West Foothill Boulevard and to limit certain auto-related uses at the property, staff and Mr. Dearth have negotiated terms of a revised CC&R=s. The proposal is to rescind the continuing obligations related to the existing OPA and CC&R=s and record new CC&R=s against the property. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 97-R58, approving the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions, Easements, and Restrictions to be recorded against the property at 850 West Foothill Boulevard and rescind the existing Owner participation Agreement and CC&R=s regarding the property. C. Proposed Redevelopment Plan Amendment. A Redevelopment Plan Amendment for the Merged Central/West End and Ranch Center Redevelopment Project Plans is proposed to recapture the Redevelopment Agency=s authority to use eminent domain and to amend the Plans= Owner Participation Rules and Relocation guidelines. The first step in the amendment process is to request the Agency Board to direct staff to commence proceedings on the proposed Plan Amendment. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 97-R59, authorizing staff to proceed with the amendment process for the Merged Central/West End and Ranch Center Redevelopment Project Plans. D. Resolution authorizing claims and demands. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 97-R60. VI. SPECIAL CALL ITEMS (Agency). Adjourn Agency. VII. ORDINANCES/SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS A. Civil Fines and Penalties Ordinance. Proposed Ordinance amending the Azusa Municipal Code pertaining to administrative procedures governing the imposition, enforcement, administrative review and collection of penalties for violating provisions of the Azusa Municipal Code. Recommendation: Waive further reading and introduce the ordinance. 11/17/97 PAGE THREE VIII. OTHER BUSINESS/CITY COUNCIL A. COUNCILMEMBER HARDISON 1. Discussion regarding methods to weigh or gage extraction from the Rock Quarries. IX. CLOSED SESSION A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - POTENTIAL LITIGATION (Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9(a) and (b)). One Case. X. Adjourn to Monday, November 24, 1997, at 6:00 P.M., in the Library Auditorium, to conduct a Joint Workshop with the Planning Commission on Rosedale and Design Review. 11/17/97 PAGE FOUR