HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - August 2, 1999 - CC••••••AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CIVIC AUDITORIUM MONDAY, AUGUST 2, 1999
213 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD 7: 30 P.M.
AZUSA CITY COUNCIL
CRISTINA C. MADRID
MAYOR
DIANE BEEBE DAVE HARDISON
COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER
DICK STANFORD JOSEPH R. ROCHA
MAYOR PRO TEM COUNCILMEMBER
I. PRELIMINARY BUSINESS
• Call to Order
• Pledge to the Flag
• Invocation - Reverend Mark Carlson of the First Presbyterian Church.
• Roll Call
• Ceremonial - None.
A. Resolution declaring the results of the Special Municipal Election held on Tuesday, July 20, 1999.
Recommendation: Waive further reading and adopt Resolution No. 99-C98.
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. Mr. Al Marquez of the VFW to address Council regarding September 11, 1999, fundraiser.
B. Ms. Rosemary Agabra to address Council regarding security cameras at the City Library.
REPORTS, UPDATES, COUNCIL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF
A. City Manager Cole to provide an update on Dalton Avenue neighborhood traffic concerns.
B. Councilmember Hardison - consideration of stop sign on Dalton Avenue and discussion regarding
deplorable alley situation with possible speed humps as solution to speeding problems.
C. Request to reduce the members of the Cultural and Historical Landmark Commission members from
nine (9) to seven (7) members.
D. NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC - City Board and Commission term of office expirations, ending September
30, 1999, for the following Boards and Commissions:
2 positions - Architectural Barriers Commission (four year term)
2 positions - Cultural & Historical Landmark Commission (four year term) (1 position expiring
9/30/01)
2 positions - Library Commission (three year term)
2 positions - Park & Recreation Commission (three year term)
1 position - Personnel Board (expiring 9/30/00)
1 position - Planning Commission (four year term)
Applications are available in the City Manager’s or City Clerk’s Office for interested
residents/incumbents. Applications will be accepted through August 31, 1999, and interviews will be
scheduled during the month of September, 1999.
III. 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 hearing.”
A. HEARING - on 1998-99 Weed Clearance Charges. Recommendation: Conduct an informal hearing
to receive and consider any objections from affected property owners, confirm the weed abatement
costs and authorize the Mayor to sign required notice to the County Auditor.
B. CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING - to receive and consider all evidence and reports presented relative
to the City’s schedule of fees and charges for various services. Recommendation: Continue the
Public 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.
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B. Purchase of Black and White Patrol vehicles - Police Department. Each year the Police
Department budgets to replace high mileage patrol cars. Recommendation: Approve the purchase
of five black and white 1999 Ford Crown Victoria patrol vehicles. The City is able to join in on the
Orange County Sheriff’s Department formal bidding procedure and purchase the vehicles from Robert
H. Loud Ford with favorable pricing in the amount of $23,776.84 per vehicle.
C. Human Resources Action Items. Recommendation: Approve.
Merit Increase and/or regular appointment: S. Sears.
D. Memorandum of Understanding with the CDC to provide Home Loans. The City of Azusa entered
into a contract with the CDC on April 28, 1994, to implement the federally-funded HOME Loan
Program as participating city. The program provides low interest and deferred payment housing
rehabilitation loans to low income families, and pays the City a 5% administrative subsidy. The City
desires to apply for the higher $2,500 flat subsidy fee per funded loan. Recommendation: Adopt
Resolution No. 99-C99, authorizing participation in the HOME Investment Partnership Program and
direct staff to prepare the necessary documentation.
E. Letter of Support - AB178 - Prohibition on Financial Incentives to Relocating Businesses. Assembly
Bill 178 will require a city, county or redevelopment agency that provides financial assistance as a
relocation enticement to an auto dealership or a big box retailer to equally share its net new sales tax
for a period of ten years with the city that lost the business. Recommendation: Join with the
California Redevelopment Association in supporting this proposed legislation by authorizing the Mayor to
sign attached letter.
F. Letter of Support - AB 1475-Safe Routes to School. Assembly Bill 1475 would require the
Department of Transportation to establish and administer a “Safe Routes to School” construction
program using federal transportation funds for construction of bicycle and pedestrian safety and traffic
calming projects. Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor to sign attached letter in support of AB
1475.
G. Resolution approving the Compensation and Benefits Memorandum between the City and Head
Start/State Preschool employees effective July 1, 1999. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No.
99-C100.
H. Resolution reinstating and revising the Compensation and Benefits of Non-Classified Employees and
Elected and Appointed Officials of the City of Azusa effective July 1, 1999. Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution No. 99-C101.
I. Enabling Agreement between City and Duke Energy Trading and Marketing, L.L.C. (“DETM”). The
agreement will facilitate any future wholesale short-term power transactions between the parties.
Recommendation: Approve the Agreement and authorize the Mayor to execute; further, delegate the
authority to the City Manager or his designee to enter into future short-term transactions that may arise
under the Agreement.
J. Resolution authorizing the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience for the operation of a
Taxi Cab Service to Gorgee Enterprises, Inc., DBA: “People’s Taxi”. A Public Hearing was held on
this issue on July 19, 1999. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 99-C102.
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K. Adoption of Class Specifications - Business Retention/Development Coordinator and Public
Information Officer. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 99-C103, amending the City’s
classification plan and compensation and benefits memorandum covering the non-represented middle
management employees to include the class of Business Retention/Development Coordinator; and the
compensation and benefits memorandum covering the non-represented classified employees to include
the class of Public Information Officer.
L. Two separate resolutions authorizing payment of warrants by the City. Recommendation: Adopt
Resolution Nos. 99-C104 and 99-C105.
THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONVENED JOINTLY TO DISCUSS THE
FOLLOWING:
V. JOINT CITY COUNCIL AND AGENCY ITEM.
A. Electronic Reader Board Sign Policy. The City of Azusa Reader Board Message Policy details
policies and procedures related to the programmable message board located at the Texaco station, 106
S. Azusa Avenue, Azusa. The message board is a double-faced sign that is visible from 210 Freeway.
The message board is a joint venture between the City of Azusa, the Azusa Redevelopment Agency,
and Texaco. Since Redevelopment Agency funds were used to construct the sign, the primary purpose
of message shall be for economic development. Recommendation: Approve the City of Azusa
Electronic Reader Board Sign Policy.
THE CITY COUNCIL RECESSED AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONTINUED.
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. First Amendment to the Owner Participation Agreement and Certificate of Completion/Texaco
Electronic Board. Effective January 1, 1998, Texaco Inc. and Shell Oil Company formed Equilon
Enterprises LLC. Equilon assumed the rights and obligations of Texaco under the Owner Participation
Agreement (“OPA”) for the development and operation of the electronic reader board sign at 106 S.
Azusa Avenue. The First Amendment to the OPA provides for the new ownership name an
addresses. The Certificate of Completion concludes that the sign was constructed according to the
terms of the OPA. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 99-R33, approving the (1) First
Amendment to the OPA with Equilon Enterprises LLC (previously Texaco Refining and Marketing Inc.)
And (2) Certificate of Completion for the development of the electronic reader board sign at 106 S.
Azusa Avenue.
C. Two separate resolutions authorizing payment of warrants by the Agency. Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution Nos. 99-R34 and 99-R35.
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VII. ORDINANCES/SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS
A. Proposed ordinance relating to purchasing and bidding requirements. Recommendation: Waive
further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 99-O14.
B. Proposed Ordinance amending Chapter 54, Article II, Section 54-36, of the Azusa Municipal Code,
changing the membership of Planning Commission by reducing the number of members from seven
to five. Recommendation: Waive further reading and introduce the ordinance.
VIII. CLOSED SESSION
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Gov Code Sec. 54956.9
(a&c)). One Case.
B. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINE/DISMISSAL/RELEASE
IX. ADJOURNMENT
A. Adjourn
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