HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - April 20, 1998 - CC•••••••AGENDA
AZUSA CITY COUNCIL, REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY,
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY AND AZUSA PUBLIC FINANCING
AUTHORITY
CIVIC AUDITORIUM MONDAY, APRIL 20, 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 - Father Ed Landreau of Saint Frances of Rome Church.
• Roll Call
• Ceremonial - Proclamation for National Library Week , “April 19th - 25th, 1998".
Proclamation for Week of the Young Child, April 20th - 25th, 1998".
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. Dean Eric Cerda to address Council to introduce himself as selected student ambassador to Australia.
2. Ms. Linda Nimeyer to address Council regarding golf ball mitigation.
3. Mr. Bob Salcido to address Council regarding golf ball mitigation.
4. Mr. Sammy Zaribaf to address Council regarding golf ball mitigation.
REPORTS, UPDATES, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF/COUNCIL
1. Mayor Pro-tem Beebe and Councilman Rocha to provide update on 4th of July Parade.
2. Mr. Keith Hanks, Representative of the Centennial Committee, to provide update on Centennial Event.
3. Code Enforcement update.
III. SCHEDULED ITEMS (Public Hearings)
A. PUBLIC HEARING - on application to operate Taxicabs in the City of Azusa by G & S Transit
Management, Inc., D.B.A. “City Cab Company”. Recommendation: Open the Public Hearing; receive
testimony, close the Hearing. Approve the Application and direct staff to prepare a Resolution authorizing a
“Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity”.
B. PUBLIC HEARING - to adopt Resolution approving Appropriation Amendments for Fiscal Year 1997-98,
to fund Azusa Avenue Improvement Project. Recommendation: Open the Public Hearing; receive
testimony, close the Hearing. Adopt Resolution No. 98-C64.
C. INFORMAL HEARING - Customer appeal for disputed electric bill, J. Swayzer. Recommendation:
Conduct informal hearing.
IV. 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. Request for Proclamation from EDD for Hire-A-Veteran Week, May 3rd-May 9th, 1998.
Recommendation: Authorize City Clerk to prepare proclamation, which will be picked up for posting at
Veteran’s Display Board.
C. Community Development Block Grant 24th (Fiscal Year 1998/99), Reimbursable Contract Amendment
No. 1. Recommendation: Approve the Reimbursable Contract Agreement and authorize Mayor to execute
on behalf of the City.
D. Contract Award for “Wheelchair Ramp Construction” CDBG Project No. D96040-97. Bid opening was
held in the Office of the City Clerk on Tuesday, April 14, 1998. Three bids were received. Recommendation:
Award the Contract to Kovac, Incorporated, low bidder, in the amount of $50,820.00, pending Los Angeles
County concurrence, and authorize the Mayor to sign.
E. Notice of Completion for Flashing Beacons on Vernon at Eleventh Street. Recommendation: Accept
the project as complete; approve the extras, and authorize the City Clerk’s Office to file a Notice of
Completion with the County Recorder’s office.
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F. Resurfacing Play Area Project - Azusa Head Start/State Preschool. Two separate bid openings have
been conducted regarding this project; one which exceeded the amount of the grant and the other with no bids
received. Recommendation: Staff respectfully requests that formal bidding procedures be waived and that
authorization be given to solicit informal bids to complete the playground resurfacing project.
G. Human Resources Action Items
Merit Increases and/or regular appointments:
T. DeLaTorre, B. Bailey, P. Hoh, J. Kimes, R. Field, and L. Maldonado.
New Appointments:
J. Jarrett, Police Officer Trainee, effective May 5, 1998.
H. Resolution urging neighboring cities to support completion of restoration of Highway 39 linkage to
Angeles Crest Highway 2. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 98-C65.
I. Rock Extraction Tax Increase. Extraction industry representatives have requested that Council briefly table
this item until the rock extraction companies finalize and are able to present their response.
Recommendation: Table until May 4, 1998 Council meeting.
J. Two separate resolutions authorizing claims and demands. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution Nos.
98-C66 and 98-C67.
V. CONVENE JOINTLY WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
A. Adoption of the 1998 CEQA Guidelines by the City of Azusa and the City of Azusa Redevelopment
Agency. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 98-C68, (City) and Resolution No. 98-R25, Adopting
Local Guidelines and Implementing the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”).
COUNCIL TO RECESS AND REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY TO CONTINUE.
VI. AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR
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. Revised Owner Participation Rules and Relocation Method. State law requires redevelopment agencies to
adopt owner participation rules and relocation methods to establish guidelines on how owners and operators of
businesses in the project area can participate in the redevelopment plan and what their relocation benefits are.
The Azusa Redevelopment Agency adopted its rules and methods in 1984. The purpose of the revised
documents is to update them to reflect statutory changes that have occurred since 1984. Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution No. 98-R26, adopting revised Owner Participation Rules and Relocation Method for the
Merged Central Business District/West End and the Ranch Center Redevelopment Project Area.
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C. License Agreement with Pima Corporation (DBA Advanced Construction). Pima Corporation is ready to
start construction on the Azusa Avenue improvements. The contractor has requested permission to use the
Agency’s vacant lot at 444 North Azusa (SE corner of Fifth Street/Azusa Avenue) as a construction yard for
its equipment. The contractor will set their construction fence behind the grass berm to prevent damaging the
irrigation system and landscaping with access from the alley. The contractor has agreed to a monthly license
fee to use the property. Recommendation: Approve the temporary License Agreement with Pima
Corporation and authorize the Chairperson to execute the agreement.
D. Resolution authorizing payment of claims and demands. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 98-
R27.
VII. ORDINANCES/SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
A. Ordinance amending Chapter 66 of the Azusa Municipal Code to adopt Code Amendment No. 200, Amending
the Subdivision Ordinance Text for sections 66-143, 66-145.5, 66-201, 66-203, 66-461, 66-462, 66-463, 66-
480, 66-482, 66-483, 66-484, 66-485, 66-486 and adding Article VIII. Recommendation: Waive further
reading and introduce the Ordinance. (Public Hearing held 4/6/98).
VIII. OTHER BUSINESS/CITY COUNCIL
A. MAYOR MADRID
1. Discussion regarding reduction of CDBG Funding Allocation for Public Service Programs.
2. Request Council to approve participation in San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments (SGVCOG)
lawsuit against Los Angeles County. (Staff’s analysis attached).
B. COUNCILMAN STANFORD
1. Consideration to re-zone the subdivision next to Montecito Homeowners Association.
IX. CLOSED SESSION
A. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE POSITION (Gov. Code Sec. 54957), City Administrator. (To discuss procedures
for the recruitment of a City Administrator.)
B. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE/DISMISSAL/RELEASE (Gov. Code Section 54957)
C. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code Section 54956.9
(a)). City of Azusa v. Oil and Solvent Processing Company, Waste Management, Inc. and Does 1 through
100, inclusive. Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. KC026301.
X. ADJOURNMENT
A. Adjourn to Monday, April 27, 1998, 6:30 p.m., at the Light and Water Conference Room in order to conduct a
Council/Staff Vision Workshop.
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