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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - June 19, 2000 - CC1 CITY OF AZUSA MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING MONDAY, JUNE 19,2000 - 6:30 P.M. The City Council of the City of Azusa met in regular session at the above date and time in the City Manager's Office to conduct a Closed Session on the following: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Gov. Closed Session Code Sec. 54956.9 (c)). Once Case - Amicus Brief Sonoma, et al. v. California Department of Finance, et al. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Gov Code Sec. 54956.9 (a)). Two Cases. LABOR NEGOTIATIONS (Gov. Code. Sec. 54957.6). Agency Negotiators: City Manager Cole, Chief Negotiator Bill Floyd, Assistant City Manager Craig, and Human Resources Manager/Personnel Officer Wallace. Re: Bargaining Units: ACEA, AMMA, APOA, IBEW, APMA and CAPP. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED IN THE CIVIC AUDITORIUM IN ORDER TO Regular meeting CONDUCT ITS REGULAR MEETING. The City Council returned from Closed Session at 7:25 p.m., City Attorney Carvalho Amicus Brief advised that Council members approved the Amicus Brief, Sonoma, et al. v. California Sonoma Department of Finance, et al. and that remaining Closed Session items will be handled at the end of the Council meeting. Mayor Madrid called the meeting to order and led in the Salute to the Flag INVOCATION was given by Ms. ROLL CALL PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: ALSO PRESENT: of Saint Frances of Rome Church HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, BEEBE, MADRID NONE City Attorney Carvalho, City Manager Cole, Interim Chief of Police Garcia, Utilities Director Hsu, Senior Services Manager Crawford, Community Development Director Bruckner, Accountant Grijalva, Senior Librarian Stewart, Waste Management Coordinator Kalscheuer, Business Retention/Development Coordinator Marez, Superintendent of Public Works Pedroza, Planning Secretary Rocha, Finance Director Medina, Assistant City Manager Craig, Associate Director of Recreation and Parks Jacobs, City Clerk Solis, Deputy City Clerk Toscano. PUBLIC PARTICIPATION Call to Order Invocation Roll Call Also Present Pub Participation Y Ms. Elvira Luna addressed Council regarding the Azusa Head Start Program and her E. Luna view regarding parents rights, complaint procedure and training. Mayor Madrid advised comments her to meet with City Manager Cole and Director of Community Services/City Librarian Maghsoudi, to discuss the issues. REPORTS. UPDATES COUNCIL BUSINESS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS -STAFF Updates/Rpts City Manager Cole reminded all that on Thursday, June 22, 2000, at 6:30 p.m. at the City Mgr General Plan Information Center, will be the unveiling of the Citizen's Congress results. comments On Wednesday, June 21, 2000, at 6:30 p.m. in the Civic Auditorium will be a Adjourned meeting on the City Budget as well as options for site of a new Library and options for Financing of the new Library. Ms. Cheryl Stewart, Azusa City Senior Librarian, addressed Council announcing the C. Stewart kick-off of the Summer Reading Program; she provided facts regarding the positive comments results to children who attend and described program activities. Councilmember Stanford provided a report on his attendance at the American Public Stanford Power Authority conference, regarding deregulation, increased information circulation comments and the pride he felt accompanying Utility Director Hsu. He also announced the 4`h of July parade in Azusa and the carnival and fireworks show at Citrus College. He later requested that flowers be sent to Miss Azusa, Jenal Proctor, at Fresno, California, where she will be competing in the Miss California Pageant. It was consensus of Council to approve that the flowers be sent. Councilmember Hardison reminded all that this is the season for the need of Code Hardison Enforcement throughout the community. comments Moved by Councilmember Beebe, seconded by Councilmember Stanford and July 3rd mtg unanimously carried to reschedule the meeting of July 3, 2000, to July 10, 2000. rescheduled 7/10 Councilmember Beebe then provided a summary of the Play for Kids Golf Tournament Beebe and thanked Associate Director of Recreation and Parks Noriega, his staff, Azusa Greens comments Golf Course and all participants for their involvement in the tournament. Mayor Pro -Tem Rocha invited all to participate in the July 1" Tree Planting on Soldano Avenue from Third Street to Foothill Boulevard; he invited all to attend the Fourth of July Parade which will begin at 10 a.m., in front of the Senior Center. He advised that residents on Azusa Avenue and Sierra Madre, are unhappy about the traffic during the holiday and asked what can be done about it, and advised all to remember that school is out on Thursday and all should be careful while driving City streets, as children will be present. City Manager Cole advised that this could be discussed with the Chief of Police. Mayor Madrid advised that the Mayor of Glendora, Larry Glenn, has expressed an interest in meeting with Council regarding a Joint Planning Project on the Monrovia Nursery Property. It was consensus of the Councilmembers that City Manager Cole set up the meeting with City of Glendora. She then asked to keep in prayer the families of Petra Chavira, Teri Harbin's mother, and Mr. Romo, who passed away. SCHEDULED ITEMS PUBLIC HEARING - on Schedule of Fees and Charges for City Services Rocha comments Madrid comments Scheduled Items Pub Hrg Fees ' The Mayor declared the Hearing open. The City Clerk read the affidavit of proof of Hrg open publication of notice of said hearing published in the San Gabriel Valley Tribune on June 9' and June 14`h, 2000. f Assistant City Manager Craig detailed the revised fee lists for Fiscal Year 2000-2001. Asst City Mgr He stated that the fees reflect an increase of approximately 3.4% equal with the cost of comments living index. He noted new items added to the schedule, fees for non-profit organizations and revised schedules for Woman's Club rental and Senior Center. He then answered question posed by Councilmembers. 06/19/00 PAGE TWO Staff responded to questions posed by Council as follows: that they would look into the Staff responses feasibility of an increase for Filming fees; that the new fees will be implemented via a booklet listing all new fees to be distributed to all departments and made available to the public, that there .is a subsidy program for multi -children families, that shopping cart retrieval has a flat rate and that they will come back with a revised list on Wednesday rounding off the numbers in increments of .25 to .50. Moved by Councilmember Beebe, seconded by Councilmember Rocha and unanimously Hrg Closed carried to close the Public Hearing. Mayor Pro -Tem Rocha voiced his opposition to raising the recreational swim fees and Rocha comments yard sale permit fees; he requested that they leave those fees as they are. Staff advised re: swim fees & that they would survey other cities and report back to City Manager. yard sale pmts Moved by Mayor Pro -Tem Rocha, seconded by Councilmember Stanford and carried by Motion, fees for roll call that the Schedule of Fees and Charges for Fiscal Year 2000-2001, be approved swim & yard sale with the amendments that the Recreation Swim Fees and the Yard Sale Permits NOT be remain same & increased and that odd cents amount be rounded off to the nearest .25, .50, and $1.00. round off Councilmembers Hardison and Beebe dissenting. numbers Mayor Pro -Tem offered a Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, Res. 00-C64 CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING CERTAIN DEVELOPMENT PROJECT FEES AND Establishing SERVICE CHARGES. Dev Project fees Moved by Mayor Pro -Tem Rocha, seconded by Councilmember Stanford to waive further reading and adopt. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of the Council: ' AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: STANFORD, ROCHA, MADRID NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, BEEBE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE Mayor Pro -Tem offered a Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, Res. 00-C65 CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A USER FEE SCHEDULE FOR VARIOUS Establishing User MUNICIPAL ACTIVITIES AND SERVICES. Fees Moved by Mayor Pro -Tem Rocha, seconded by Councilmember Stanford to waive further reading and adopt. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: STANFORD, ROCHA, MADRID NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, BEEBE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE Utilities Director Hsu presented the Utilities Department budget covering the issues of Utilities Budget ' revenues, expenditures, reserve for stranded investments, public benefits program, new presentation positions and one reclassification, studies for street lighting cost allocations and creating funding for underground, budget for GIS - hardware, software and basic training and that there are no rate increases. Waste Management Coordinator Kalscheuer detailed. options for recycling in order to C. Kalscheuer comply with AB 939 and the pros and cons of each option. Option A: Process all mixed Options for waste collected by Athens Services through a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) located recycling in order in the City of Industry. Option B: Issue two automated barrels to residents for separated to comply w/AB collection of trash and recyclables; continue collection of separated green waste from 939 manual barrels. He then answered questions posed. 06/19/00 PAGE THREE Mr. Denis Chappetta, Chief Operating Officers of Athens Disposal, addressed Council providing statistics on rates in Azusa in comparison with other cities and urged them to adopt option A; he then answered questions posed by Councilmembers. Moved by Councilmember Stanford, seconded by Councilmember Hardison and carried by roll call to adopt Option A: process all mixed waste collected by Athens Services through a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) located in City of Industry and direct staff to work on a restated agreement to implement the program. Mayor Madrid dissenting. D. Chappetta Athens Disposal comments Motion to approve Option A The CONSENT CALENDAR consisting of Items V-A through V -P, was approved by Consent Cal. motion of Councilmember Hardison, seconded by Councilmember Stanford and V-A - V -P unanimously carried with the exception of items V -K, which was considered under the V -H, K Special Special Call portion of the Agenda. Mayor Pro -Tem Rocha abstained on item V -P. Call A. The Minutes of the regular meeting of June 5, 2000, were approved as written. Minutes Appvd B. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA Res. 00-C66 WAIVING FORMAL SEALED BIDDING AND AWARDING THE PURCHASE Purchase Replace OF A NETSERVER TO COMPAQ COMPUTER CORPORATION. Netserver C. Request for Proposals for Child Care Food Vendor for the Azusa Head Start State RFP's Child Preschool Program were approved and the City Clerk was authorized to advertise Care Food for bids. Vendor HS D. Bristol Babcock Inc. completed the System Control & Data Acquisition System, Notice of Comp. SCADA Project, in accordance with the specifications. The Project was accepted SCADA Project as complete; Notice of Completion was approved and the City Clerk was Bristol Babcock authorized to have same recorded at the Los Angeles County Registrar Recorder's Inc. Office. E. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA Res. 00-C67 REVISING CLASS SPECIFICATIONS FOR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER Revise Class AND ADJUSTING THE SALARY THEREFOR. Specs Asst CM F. The City Treasurer's Report as of March, 2000, was received and filed. Treas Rpt G. Human Resources Action Items were approved as follows: ' Human Resource Merit and/or regular appointments: R. Covarrubias, C. Guido, J. Helvey, C. Action Item Stewart and D. Irish. New Appointments: M. Gonzales, Jr., Recreation Coordinator, effective pending physical. H. The Agreement for Azusa Avenue Improvements was awarded to Mobassaly Agmt Mobassaly Engineering, low bidder, in the amount of $374,939.00, and the Mayor was Engr. Azusa Ave authorized to execute same. Improvements I. Authorization was given to the Parks Division to purchase two new riding Purchase two lawnmowers at a cost of $17,320.84, for both mowers. riding mowers J. Agreement between City of Azusa and Neighborhood Homework House, a Agmt Neighbor - Community Development Block Grant program, was approved and the Mayor was hood Homework authorized to execute same. House K. SPECIAL CALL ITEM. Spec Call L. Contract award for Gladstone Park Improvements/Iron Fencing, CDBG Project Agmt Gladstone No. 99045-99, was awarded to Artistic Iron, sole bidder, in the amount of Park Iron Fence $26,376; the Mayor was authorized to execute same, pending L.A. County Artistic Iron approval. 06/19/00 PAGE FOUR M. Azusa is being considered for a grant of $200,000, in "1999 State Budget Ltr to Gov re: Augmentation Funds" with which to study the economic impact on Azusa of the 1999 State Budget one-way traffic pattern now existent on Azusa and San Gabriel Avenues. If the bill Augmentation passes, the Mayor is authorized to send a letter to the Governor requesting his Funds approval of the budget. N. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA Res. 00-C69 SUPPORTING THE RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE SPEAKER'S Supporting State COMMISSION ON STATE AND LOCAL FINANCE. • & Local Fin O. Issuance of blanket purchase orders over $10,000 for Fiscal Year 2000-01, were Blanket P.O.'s approved. P. Resolution authorizing payment of warrants by the City was adopted and entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA Res. 00-C70 ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS AND SPECIFYING THE Warrants FUNDS OUT OF WHICH THE SAME ARE TO BE PAID. SPECIAL CALL ITEMS Special Call Items Councilmember Hardison reiterated that, although there is a need for new technology as Hardison GIS, there is also a need for more code enforcement services. comments Councilmember Hardison offered a Resolution entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA ADOPTING Res. 00-C68 CLASS SPECIFICATIONS FOR GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS specs GIS SPECIALIST AND ESTABLISHING A SALARY THEREFOR. Specialist Moved by Councilmember Hardison, seconded by Mayor Madrid and unanimously carried to waive further reading and adopt. Resolution passed and adopted by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, BEEBE, MADRID NONE NONE Mayor Madrid requested that the specifications for Assistant City Manager include the Mayor comments handling of the Mediation Program. THE CITY COUNCIL RECESSED AND THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Cncl recess/CRA CONVENED AT 9:10 P.M. convened THE CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 9:11 P.M. Cncl reconvened THE CITY COUNCIL RECESSED AND THE AZUSA PUBLIC FINANCING Cncl recess/APFA AUTHORITY CONVENED AT 9:11 P.M. convened THE CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 9:12 P.M. ORDINANCES/SPECIAL RESOLUTIONS Councilmember Stanford offered an Ordinance entitled: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING TITLE IX TO`CHAPTER 62 OF THE AZUSA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO PROHIBITIONS ON THE SOLICITATION OF EMPLOYMENT ON STREETS AND PRIVATE PARKING AREAS. 06/19/00 PAGE FIVE Cncl reconvened Ord/Spec Resos Ord No. 00-010 Prohibit on Solicitation of Employment on streets & private parking areas Moved by Councilmember Stanford, seconded by Councilmember Beebe and unanimously carried to waive further reading and adopt. Ordinance passed and adopted by the following vote of the Council: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, BEEBE, MADRID NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE ' It was consensus of Councilmembers to recess to Closed Session to complete business on Closed Session the following items: CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION (Gov. Code Sec. 54956.9 (b)). Two Cases. LABOR NEGOTIATIONS (Gov. Code. Sec. 54957.6). Agency Negotiators: City Manager Cole, Chief Negotiator Bill Floyd, Assistant City Manager Craig, and Human Resources Manager/Personnel Officer Wallace. Re: Bargaining Units: ACEA, AMMA, APOA, IBEW, APMA and CAPP. TIME OF RECESS: 9:14 P.M. Recess THE CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED AT: 11:25 P.M. Reconvened There was no reportable action taken in Closed Session. No Rpts It was consensus of Councilmembers to adjourn, in memory of Petra Chavira, Teri Adjourn Harbin's mother, and Mr. Romo, who passed away, to Wednesday, June 21, 2000, at to 6/21 6:30 p.m. in the Civic Auditorium. TIME OF ADJOURNMENT: 11:30 P.M. NEXT RESOLUTION NO. 2000-C71. NEXT ORDINANCE NO. 2000-011. 06/19/00 PAGE SIX