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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet - November 20, 2000 - CC AGENDA CITY COUNCIL, THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY, AND THE AZUSA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY AZUSA AUDITORIUM MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2000 213 EAST FOOTHILL BOULEVARD 6:30 P.M. AZUSA CITY COUNCIL CRISTINA C. MADRID MAYOR DIANE BEEBE DAVE HARDISON COUNCILMEMBER COUNCILMEMBER DICK STANFORD JOSEPH R. ROCHA COUNCILMEMBER MAYOR PRO TEM ! Call to Order ! Pledge to the Flag ! Invocation - Reverend Leroy of the First Assembly of God Church. ! Roll Call I. CLOSED SESSION A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9 (b )). One Case. Claimant Joel Crawford. B. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION (Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9 (a)). Johnson v. City of Azusa, Los Angeles Superior Court No. BC 194900. C. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9 (a,b,&c)). Two Cases. 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.) III. REPORTS, UPDATES, COUNCIL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS FROM STAFF A. Mayor Pro-tem Rocha - request to sponsor Joshua Barroga of Azusa High School, in the amount of $100, to attend the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine. B. Associate Director of Recreation and Parks Department Noriega to make a presentation of the 2000 Trees in the year 2000 program. C. City Attorney to discuss scheduling of hearing for Arrow Pines Mobile Estates Rent Increase Application. IV. SCHEDULED ITEMS A. PUBLIC HEARING - Code Amendment No. 213, an amending to the Azusa Municipal Code Chapter 88, adding definitions for ABusiness Support Services@ and APrinting and Publishing@ and adding Business Support Services as permitted uses in the C-1, C-2, C-3, CBD, PID, C1 and M-2 Zones. Recommendation: Open the Public Hearing, receive testimony, close the Hearing. Waive further reading and introduce the proposed Ordinance approving Code Amendment No. 213. V. 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. Notice of Completion - Installation of new traffic signal. Macadee Electrical Construction has completed the installation of the new traffic signal at the intersection of Azusa and Newburgh in accordance with the plans and specifications. Recommendation: Accept the project as complete and authorize the Notice of Completion to be filed with the County Registrar Recorder. C. Contract Increase with West Coast Arborist. The increase will provide for the planting of 1,200 twenty four inch box trees. One thousand trees will be planted on public right of way areas and two hundred trees will be offered for planting on Azusa Unified School District school sites. Recommendation: Approve the increase in the amount of $240,000. 11/20/00 PAGE TWO D. Specifications for Landscape Maintenance Contract. The contract scope includes landscape and irrigation maintenance on various street mediums, facility landscaping and newly developed areas. Recommendation: Approve the specifications and authorize the City Clerk=s Office to advertise for bids. E. City Treasurer=s Report as of September, 2000. Recommendation: Receive and file. F. Human Resources Action Items. Recommendation: Approve. Merit Increase and/or regular appointments: J. Gurbada, R. Arevalo, and D. Irish. G. Grant Funding Expenditure Plan - California Law Enforcement Equipment Procurement Program (CLEEP). The grant funds received by the Police Department are to be utilized to purchase new technology equipment. Staff is requesting that the funds be used to purchase 40 notebooks and $15-$20,000 to accomplish system integration between the field-reporting software and Lucent=s Records Management System. Recommendation: Approve the request. H. Resolution establishing and amending Light & Water Rules and Regulations. This resolution is regarding Level Pay Plan, Automatic Payment, Pre-Payment Refund and Revised Connection/Re-connection Policies. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 00-C133, regarding the proposed changes to the Rules & Regulations in Electric Rules 1, 6, 8, 9 and Water Rules 1, 5, 7, 8, 11. I. Memoranda of Understanding - Civilian Association of Police Personnel and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 18. Mr. Bill Floyd, assisted by Assistant City Manager Craig, and Human Resources Manager/Personnel Officer Wallace, negotiated in good faith with representatives of the CAPP and IBEW. The attached Memoranda of Understanding reflects the result of the negotiations. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 00-C134, approving the MOU with CAPP and adopt Resolution No. 00-C135, approving the MOU with IBEW. J. Class Specifications and Salary for Adult Education and Literacy Services Coordinator & Literacy Program Assistant. The new positions would replace the existing contract positions of Literacy Program Coordinator and Literacy Program Assistant. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 00-C136. K. Third Party Administrator Service Agreement Renewal - Workers Compensation. The Workers= Compensation Service Renewal from Fleming & Associates proposes a two-year contract, with no increase. Recommendation: Approve the two-year agreement effective January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2002, at the rate of $5,750 per quarter and authorize the Mayor to execute same. L. Azusa Light & Water Department Rate Allocations for Street Lighting and Undergrounding of Power Lines. These cost allocation method and funding mechanism are revenue neutral and primarily designed to disaggregate these cost factors from overall electric rates. Recommendation: Approve the following: Street & Alley Lighting - the City establish a non-bypassable street lighting rate on total electric consumption (kWh) for electric customers while simultaneously reduce existing rates by like amounts and Underground Power Lines - provide funding for undergrounding existing overhead utility facilities through internal allocation of electric system revenue and that funding level be set in accordance with current method prescribed by California Public Utilities Commission. 11/20/00 PAGE THREE M. Change in Bus Pass Subsidy. Staff is requesting a reduced subsidy for Foothill Transit bus passes in order to initiate a $20 Express passes as well as the others listed. Recommendation: Approve the request as outlined in the staff report. N. Resolution authorizing payment of warrants by the City. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 00- C137. VI. REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY CONSENT CALENDAR The Consent Calendar adopting the printed recommended action will be enacted with one vote. If Staff or Directors 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 September, 2000. Recommendation: Receive and file. C. Resolution authorizing payment of warrants by the Agency. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 00-R35. VII. AZUSA PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY A. Approval of Minutes. Recommendation: Approve minutes as written. B. Authority Treasurer=s Report as of September, 2000. Recommendation: Receive and file. VIII. ADJOURNMENT A. Adjourn to Tuesday, November 28, 2000, at 6:30 p.m. to conduct a Joint Meeting with the Azusa School Board at the Azusa Unified School District Board Room. AIn compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a city meeting, please contact the City Clerk at 626-812-5229. Notification three (3) working days prior to the meeting or time when special services are needed will assist staff in assuring that reasonable arrangements can be made to provide access to the meeting.@ 11/20/00 PAGE FOUR