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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL
ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING
MONDAY, APRIL 9, 2001 - 6:30 P.M.
The City Council of the City of Azusa met in Adjourned session, at the above date and time in
the Azusa Light and Water, located at 729 N. Azusa Avenue, Azusa, California.
Mayor Madrid called the meeting to order.
ROLL CALL
PRESENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: HARDISON, STANFORD, ROCHA, CHAGNON,
MADRID
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ALSO PRESENT:
City Attorney Carvalho, City Manager Cole, Assistant City Manager Person, Finance Director
Medina, Utilities Director Hsu, Community Development Director Bruckner, Senior Management
Analyst Kalscheuer, Electrical Test Technician Beterbide, Lamon King and Anthony Silva, Public
formation Officer Quiroz, Business Retention Development Marez, City Treasurer Macias, City
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erk Mendoza, Deputy City Clerk Toscano.
Utilities Director Hsu presented programs to manage rolling blackouts, beginning with an
inventory of all the City facilities to insure energy conservation and do shut offs if necessary,
second is customer participation i.e. large companies such as Cemex and APU, voluntarily shed
electrical load when needed, and third is residential customer campaign; staff will work with a
consulting firm to get the message out on how all customers could conserve energy by at least
10%. Lengthy discussion was held regarding the issue.
Call to Order
Roll Call
Also Present
Utilities Dir
City Mgr
comments
It was consensus of Councilmembers that the agreement with Cotton Bridges Associates (CBA) Agmt w/CBA
to prepare an interim Housing Element of the General Plan, be approved. Councilmember Rocha approved
requested that with regard to the Time Schedule on page seven of the Proposal for 2000-2005
Housing Element, that another item be added as follows: "10. Consultant is available for
consultation for balance of term of the contract - April 9, 2002.
Utility Director Hsu reported on Utility Strategic Mission Group Exercise, detailing the history of Utility
the Group and its mission to assess services which could be developed and provided to improve Strategic
the Utility's value to customers and the City; to assess organization and governance options to Mission
improve the Utility's capacity to provide new services and agility to respond to changing Group
conditions. Four critical approaches that were suggest were: service businesses, specializing Exercise
in resource management to customer, view Light and Water as a non-profit organization
trrvicing the City, Council to become Board of Directors, who set policy for the organization, and
ht and Water employees to become stakeholders; noting as the business grows, there is more
eer opportunity to grow. A draft ordinance establishing a Utility Commission, consisting of
Councilmembers, was presented for discussion. Lengthy discussion was held name change,
officers, compensation, etc.
It was consensus of Council to direct staff to come back with the final draft of an ordinance for Draft Ord
the purpose of governing the Azusa light and water Department. staff to come
back to with
final Ord.
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Report on Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Working Group. City Manager advised that the Budget Rpt on
Working group will involve a small group of people again this year consisting of staff and Budget Wlcg
Councilmember Chagnon and Stanford. He also noted that there will be a small group of people Group
of the community to look into ways to fund the two million dollar gap in the General Fund.
Further, to look into a long range five year plan and
matching funds for a new Library, via a consolidated
consists of Carl Fonoimoana, Art West, Joan Singleton,
Martinez.
Recess: 8:38 p.m. Reconvened: 8:45 p.m.
the challenge to meet ten million dollar
election in November. The group will
Inez Gutierrez, Uriel Macias and Kathryn
Recess
Discussion regarding vacancies in three City Commissions; Planning, Cultural and Historical Discussion
Landmark, and Architectural Barriers Commission. It was consensus of Council that letter be vacancies
[nt out to applicants that were interviewed in September 2000, for those positions to see if they Brds & Com
e still interested and to others who have expressed interest in the positions.
It was consensus of Councilmembers to adjourn.
TIME OF ADJOURNMENT: 9:11 P.M.
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Adjourn