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AGENDA
AZUSA CITY COUNCIL, REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND AZUSA PUBLIC FINANCING
AUTHORITY
CIVIC AUDITORIUM MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1998
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 Gilbert Becerril of the Pathfinder Veterans Outreach Fellowship.
• Roll Call
• Ceremonial - Executive Director of the Chamber of
Commerce Vera Mendoza to present contestants for the 1998 Miss Azusa Pageant.
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.)
1. Mr. Jack Lawrence, President of the Montecito Maintenance Homeowners Association (Azusa Greens
Development), to address Council regarding golf ball problems, new development on Montecito Drive,
and CalMat property re-zoning.
REPORTS, UPDATES, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF/COUNCIL
1. Staff requests City Council to select a date for Council/staff workshop on vision and goals.
2. Water Superintendent Bob Bowcock to provide report on Water Quality in Azusa.
3. Ms. Marianne Miasnik to provide update on Centennial Celebration.
4. Mrs. Lurece Hunter, General Chairperson of Golden Days Committee to provide an update on Golden
Days event.
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. 98-C39.
C. Purchase of Primary Underground Distribution cable. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 98-C40,
waiving formal bidding procedures and authorizing the issuance of a purchase order in the amount not to
exceed $10,788.20, to M.A. Hanson & Associates.
D. Annual Weed Abatement Resolution (Improved Parcels). Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 98-
C41, declaring certain properties to be a public nuisance and setting the “Protest Hearing” for March 16, 1998.
E. Woman’s Club Fees. Recommendation: 1.) Adopt proposed amended fee schedule effective immediately,
and refrain from granting fee waivers. 2.) Hold Saturdays for full fee events. Non-profits use of facility on
week nights including Friday evenings or Sundays. 3.) Delegate authority to oversee the operation &
maintenance of the Woman’s Club to the Senior Services Manager. 4.) All non-profit organizations who have
historically received fee-waiver events shall be requested to pay toward expenses according to the fee schedule
for non-profit organizations. 5.) Authorize staff to coordinate the retaining of qualified security guards - rates
for the event to be added to the fees due to the City.
F. Lease-purchase of Finance Computer System from Bi-Tech Software and Data General, Inc.
Recommendation: Authorize the Director of Finance to commence the process of lease-purchasing a Unix-
based accounting system from Bi-Tech Systems, Inc., operating on Data General Hardware, and direct staff to
prepare recommendations for investing the cash that this financing releases in infrastructure maintenance.
G. Purchase of three unmarked safety vehicles. Recommendation: Authorize Police and Finance to
negotiate with Azusa auto dealerships to obtain the best deal(s) for the City on three basic late model
previously-owned sedan vehicles, not to exceed a total of $50,000, inclusive of all taxes and title fees.
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H. Citywide Development Fee Study. In 1996, the Planning Commission recommended that the City consider
the establishment of development impact fees to assist with the cost of community infrastructure related to
growth. On November 24, 1997, Council requested that staff return with a recommendation.
Recommendation: Approve proposal from Keyser Marston Associates to perform a citywide development
fee study.
I. Bid Opening re: Resurfacing play area at the Head Start facility. Recommendation: Reject sole bid and
authorize the City Clerk to re-advertise the project.
J. City Treasurer’s Report as of January 31, 1998. Recommendation: Receive and file.
K. Two separate resolutions authorizing claims and demands. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution Nos.
98-C42 and 98-C43.
IV. SPECIAL CALL ITEMS
(Items that are removed from Consent Calendar are to be discussed at this time).
V. COUNCIL TO CONVENE JOINTLY WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
A. JOINT PUBLIC HEARING - on a proposed Amendment to the Merged Central Business District/West End
Redevelopment Project Area.
At their February 2, 1998 meeting, the City Council discussed eminent domain issues concerning the proposed
Amendment to the Merged Central Business District/West End Redevelopment Project Area and directed staff
to place the matter on the February 17, 1998 Redevelopment Agency Agenda for action, which was continued
for discussion at the March 2, 1998 meeting.
Recommendation: Open the Public Hearing. Review eminent domain issues, alternatives, and scheduling for
the proposed Amendment to the Merged Central Business District/West End Redevelopment Project Area and
take appropriate action on this matter.
VI. CITY COUNCIL TO RECESS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO CONTINUE
The Consent Calendar adopting the printed recommended action will be enacted with one vote. If Staff or
Boardmenbers 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. Agency Treasurer’s Report as of January 31, 1998. Recommendation: Receive and file.
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C. Two separate resolutions authorizing payment of claims and demands. Recommendation: Adopt
Resolution Nos. 98-R14 and 98-R15.
VII. SPECIAL CALL ITEMS (Agency)
(Items that are removed from the Agency Consent Calendar are to be discussed at this time).
VIII. ORDINANCES/SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
A. Second Reading and adoption of proposed Ordinance approving Zone Change Z-97-1, from Water
Conservation (W) to Light Manufacturing (M-1). Recommendation: Waive further reading and adopt
Ordinance No. 98-O3. (Public Hearing held February 17, 1998).
B. Proposed Ordinance amending Ordinance No. 95-O8, providing for the granting and regulation of
Franchises for cable communication systems. Recommendation: Waive further reading and introduce the
ordinance.
IX. SCHEDULED ITEMS.
A. PUBLIC HEARING - to receive testimony from affected property owners regarding the abatement of weed
growth and/or the presence of rubbish on certain unimproved properties within the City.
Recommendation: Open the Public Hearing; receive testimony, close the Hearing. Refer any objections to
the Los Angeles County Agricultural Commission’s Office and approve the motion and abatement order
directing the Agricultural Commissioner’s Office to abate nuisance by removing all weeds, and rubbish from
the affected parcels.
B. Hiring of Rosedale Project Planner. As part of the Reimbursement Agreement executed between the City
and Monrovia Nursery, it has been agreed that Monrovia Nursery would fund the hiring of a project planner to
assist in the review and processing of the proposed Specific Plan and related documents. Recommendation:
Approve the agreement with Mr. Anthony Ambrose of Burkett & Wong, and authorize the Mayor to execute
the same.
X. OTHER BUSINESS/CITY COUNCIL
A. COUNCILMAN STANFORD
Request Council approval to adopt resolution to support the opening of Highway 39 to Highway 2.
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XI. CLOSED SESSION
A. REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATIONS (Gov. Code Section 54956.8)
1. Owner: Rite Aid
Proposed Location: SE or NW Corner Azusa Ave. and Foothill Blvd.
Negotiator: Rick Forintos
B. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9(a).
1. Basura’s Custom Auto Body Towing and Transportation, a corporation, and Michael N. Basura, an
individual v. City of Azusa, a municipal corporation, et.al., Los Angeles
County Superior Court Case No. BC183759.
2. City of Azusa, et.al. v. Mission Chrysler Plymouth, Inc., et.al., Orange County Superior Court Case NO.
764504.
XII. ADJOURNMENT
A. Adjourn to Saturday, March 14, 1998, at City Hall parking lot, to conduct joint working session with the
Planning Commission to inspect real property housing projects outside the City’s boundaries pursuant to
Government Code Section 54954.
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