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Councilmen? her Gnrdc! arrived at 6: 18 p,m; CITY OF PASADENA City Ceufici! Minutes January 24,2005 - 530 P.M. Pasadena Seninr Center, Mu!ti-pur~ose !?om? 85 East Holly Street . Staff: iviayor Bogaaru caiied the reguiar meeting of the Citv Council to order at 555 p.m. (Absent: Counciimembers ord do,- ad is on) C!?Y COUNC!L CONFERENCE bA4iTH REAL PROPERTY NEGQ?IA?ORS pgrsgantf~ G.1.vernmenfCode SectIan 54356.8 ?:cpedy: 29,481 acres, located on the east bide of Oak Grove Drive! Immedktely adiacant ,- - ---- to Pasadena's Haham~nfina am-- Mktershed Park daency hlewtiators: - Cynthis KuPz: ?!artin Pastucha; ?Asnuel N G ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Negotiating Party: Me?ropo!Ifm water District sf Smthe::: California Under Negotiation: Price and terms af - payment - The above closed sessions were discussedi with no repnrtah!e action at this time. On order of the Mayor, the regular meeting of the City Council reconvened at 654 p.m. The Piedge of Aiiegiance was led by the Civ's PirGiic information Officer, Ann Eraman. City Manager Cynthia J. Kurfz City Attorney Michele Beal Bagneris City Cierk Jane L. Rodriguez

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Councilmen? her Gnrdc! arrived at 6: 18 p,m;

CITY OF PASADENA City Ceufici! Minutes

January 24,2005 - 5 3 0 P.M. Pasadena Seninr Center, Mu!ti-pur~ose !?om?

85 East Holly Street .

Staff:

iviayor Bogaaru caiied the reguiar meeting of the Citv Council to order at 5 5 5 p.m. (Absent: Counciimembers ord do,- ad is on)

C!?Y COUNC!L CONFERENCE bA4iTH REAL PROPERTY NEGQ?IA?ORS pgrsgantf~ G.1.vernmenfCode SectIan 54356.8 ?:cpedy: 29,481 acres, located on the east bide of Oak Grove Drive! Immedktely adiacant ,- - - - - - to Pasadena's Haham~nfina am--

Mktershed Park daency hlewtiators: - Cynthis KuPz: ?!artin Pastucha; ?Asnuel N G ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Negotiating Party: Me?ropo!Ifm water District sf Smthe::: California Under Negotiation: Price and terms af - payment -

The above closed sessions were discussedi with no repnrtah!e action at this time.

On order of the Mayor, the regular meeting of the City Council reconvened at 6 5 4 p.m. The Piedge of Aiiegiance was led by the Civ's PirGiic information Officer, Ann Eraman.

City Manager Cynthia J. Kurfz City Attorney Michele Beal Bagneris City Cierk Jane L. Rodriguez

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The above t\$.:o items :vere discussed concurrently

Counci!member Litt!e, Finance Cmmittee Chair, intmduced the first item.

The City Attorney summarized the proposed ordinance and responded to questions.

In response to Mr. Lipira's comments! the Mayor asked staff to formulate a response back to City Councii with respect to on-site saies.

ordinance pmvides for ?he City Cnunc.i! he the fin.! decision- making body with respect to appeals. She further clarified the current procedures of Pasadena's Code Enforcement Commissioni noting cases are heard by a panel of the Commission, and appeals are heard by the full Commission.

Councilmember Gordo indicated his desire would be to eliminate the panei review and go straight to the fuii Code Enforcement Commission, and at that point the matter becomes appeaiabie eiiner by the appeiiani or a member of ihe Ciiy Councii, to ine Ciiy Councii.

Further discussion ensued refiardinfi .A - .A the review process, whether there sheg!d be pafie! revie~~js er re\jie;~:s heard by the fd!! Cede Enforcement Commission., the mrma! wocess of pane! reviews by three members nf the Cnmmissinn, and'wnrk!nad impacts if reviews are by the full Commissioni Following discussion, it was suggested that there be panel reviews, but the decision be appealed to the City Council instead of the Code Enforcement Comm~ss~on.

C-our?ci!member Madison The above ordinance was offered by Counci!member Gordo fer first was excused at 7 3 2 p.m. reading, as amended to revise the language in Sect.inn 8.1 8.1 QO(D), . .

to read . ". . . . unless appealed to the ( Citv Council . . .."

AYES: Councilmembers Gordo, Haderlein, Little, Streator, Vice Mayor Tyier, Mayor Bogaard

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The City Manage: int:~duced the item; and Lecn Whitei Pmject Planner, summarized ?he repert.

Mr. James Korner, representing Field Oneratinns provided a power '-.-. --'-. . - I point presentation of the various llghting alternatives, and responded to questions. -. 1 he City Manager ciarified that Aiternative Two in the staff report is Aiiernaiive inree in ine Power Point (Consuiiantkj preseniation.

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Mr. Antheny J. Palazela, Design Directim Grwp MS. Dana !-!utt, Art Center Co!!eqe of Design Ms. Linda Ta!man, Architect, Teacher at Art Center CI.o!!ege - nf

Design -. rhe following individual spoke in opposition to the pro!ect:

MS. Kyra Compins~y, Pasadena resident

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Councilmember Holden expressed a desire to be supportive of the original design and reallocating funds so the project can move forward and the community can see it in place.

Additional discussion followed with respect to moving forward with the project: leaving open the question of hght design, and using those funds to incorporate as many of the unfunded items as possibie, pending the cost of puiiing the conduit and wiring. -

It was moved by Vice Mayor Tyler, seconded by Coun~i!member Haderlein; to amend staff's recommendatio:: to include the ~ l t n r n ~ t i \ ~ n c thn Pit\/ A r l ~ n ~ n n r nl~tlinnrl tnt~linn C 7 G n nfln t= he U I L U I I I U L I V U C I L l lU V I L J I V I U I IUYUI U U L I I I I V U L V L U I I I 1 3 w I UV;VUU

inc!uded in the ~roject and staff to c m e back te the Ceunci! viith a cnst estimate nf pu!!ing the cnndrrit tn provide the pedestrian !ights at a later timej if the C!ty Council were t.0 approve it. and funding is available. AYES: - Councilmembers Gordon! Haderlein! Vice Mayor

Tyier, Mayor Bogaard NOES: A nmv. ,7

Counciimembers Hoiaen, iittie, Streator ~ t r s t ~ u I : Counciimernber Madison i n M-A?-- s-:i-A\ \ l V l U U U l l IdlleU)

Vice Mayor Tyier asked ihe City Manager to be clear on all elements of the proposai when staff reports back to the Councii.

PUBLIC HEARING: BOYLSTON ROAD PARTIAL ROAD CiOS"RE iAKE *-"-EN"E AND A.".EN"E

Recommendation of Citv ~anauer : it is recommended that the pubiic hearing be continued to March 14, 2005, at 8:00 p.m.

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Mr. Frank Hammad, deve!oper, echoed Mr. Vi!!arrue!'s comme~ts.

CONSENT CALENDAR G!?AN?APPLICA?!ON AND RESOLUTION IN SUPPORTOF THE STATE OF CAL!FO!?N!A DEPA!?T!!!!ENT OF WATER RESOURCES FOR THE PROPOS!T!ON 40 URBAN STREAMS ANn RFSTnRATlnN PROGRAM GRANT FOR TUF RFRKSUIRF ...-- ..--. -.-...-.-. ..--.....-. -.-... . -.. ..a--- m... - m.. . . - D!?W!N ?!?OJEC? !N )?A!-!AMONGNA M!A?E!?-S!-!ED ?ARK F?ecommendafIon of CIfv Manaaer: Appmve the City nf Pasadena's application and resolution to the California Department of Water Resources for the Proposition 40 Urban Streams and Kestoration Program grant in an amount not exceeding $300,000 to assist with the Arroyo Seco Stream Restoration Project and the impiemeniation o i tne Arroyo Seco ~ a s i e r Pian.

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(CEQA) Guidelines Section 15023, Normal Operations of Facilities for Public Gatherings; and (2) Direct the City-Attorney to prepare an ordinance to suspend the hours of operation for amplified sound allowed by the City's Noise Ordinance and a Notice of Exemption and hoid first reading of same, wiin respeci i o the proposed Caivary Cnapei of n _ _ _ _ I _ - _ , _ V - _ l _ - n ! - - n--.:-- I- L - L-I-I \I:-*--. n--I- -- rasaaena s tasrer aunnse aervlr;e LV ve riew a[ v luury r a r K uri G . . - A - . . mn---L -7 -1firiC 6--- T.r-\r-\ - - &- 13.91-1 - au~luay, I V I ~ I L I I L I , LUU~J, IIUIII I .uu 6.111. iu 3 . 3 ~ ~ 1 . 1 1 1 .

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Dcnns Prinzhorn $ l06.09 ???arces !. Ore!!am 1,98439 sBc/Pacific Re!! 8,snn.5? Jeri Wray Braviroff 25,000;00+ Hai Feng Su 31 6:250.00 Mike Reed 270.00 SBCiPacific Bell -. 1,464.25 I ~mothy Herrera & ~ r s . Herrera 25,000.00+ Iiaa Gonzaiez Ramirez Not siaied

February 7, 2005, 8:00 p.m. - Zone Change to Designate a i a n d m a i ~ Districi Overiay for the Crawioras Visia LanamarkDistrici

February i4,2005, WWpm- e nn . . - txuu p.m. - Construction of a iviixed- use Pr"jeci 260 Soijih Arroyo

!ntearation for the State Route !SR) ?I 0 Mitigatior! - Traffic Contro! andNonitoring Systems - !nte!!i&nf Transpcdatinn (ITS) Project in an amount not to exceed $892,000i which includes $841 $ 5 2 7 for the basic scope of services and $50,483 for any additional services the City may reauest. Competitive bidding is not required pursuant to City Charter Section i002(Fj, professionai or unique services. (Contract NO. if3761 j

C~un.ci!member Gordo withdrew his request and asked staff to revisit the Specific Plan and changing from guidelines to standards using this project as a case study,

The City Manager responded that staff would provide the Council with the work program.

ivir. David ~c i lowe i i , architect, spoke in support of the project

At the reauest of the City Manager, the above items were held one week, to January 3 i , 2005, due to time constraints.

RECESS

RECONVENED

C~unci!membe: Hade:!ein was excused at 'I 0:07 prn.

INFORMATION ITEM

FINANCE COMMITTEE

The abwe ~rdinance was effered fcr first reading by Counci!memher Hn!den: AYES: Councilmembers Gordo, littlei Madisoni Streator, Vice

Mayor Tyler, Mayor Bogaard NOES: None ABSENT: Councilmember Haderiein

ORAL PRESENTATION BY TIMOTHY BRICK, CITY'S REPRESENTATIVE ON THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT BOARD

~ r . Tim Br i c~ , summarized the activities of t k ~etropoiitan .Water District, presented a nandout entiiied '' A Southern Caiiiornia 'water Pian", and introduced ivIWD1s interim Executive Director, Giibert ivy -.--I I-!- ... ! K - -I--- .I arlu rlls w ~ e brleryl.

(I Accept the hid submitted to the City on November 4, 2004, by Clark Construction Group-California; LP; in response to the Specifications for General Contracting Services for the Seismic Upgrade and Rehabilitation of the City Hall building; ( Z j Reject aii other bids received; (3) Authorize the City ivianager to execute the contract with Ciark n---~ L:-I r- n-~:r---:- I n r - - -- L - - I I- -..---_I Lurlsiruulurl uruup-L~IIIUIIII~, L r , IUI arl arrluurli rwr-iu-ex~eeu i i = i r i O i l i l i \ i \ f i -A-- +- &La L : A -..-:--+;-- A-6- -G r-LPm A qi \ i \ iZ . Q I J,OJJ,UUU, PI IUI LU 11 ~t: UIU t z ~ p CILIUI I U C I L ~ : UI rtzw U ~ I y 4, LUUL), ;A '\ in-rnnrn iLn n n n r n n r i n i i n n in D r n i n n i i i n 7 4 f i r ~ A L n t 29A 594 1-105 p~ 11 I C I I G ~ J G LI IG applupl I ~ L I U I I iu r IUJGCIL l u u . I I au-r uy SL-~,JL I ,WVJ.

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the Light & Power Fund - $9,000,000 I-( g. ,-A --:..:-- -A. ,-+n,g-. ....An+:-.. -n-+":hm .+ :--.. - -A ,A- ---- 4- I . !IJ! !Q !a!>!! !(J, p! !V~[~!!I-IlJ! !lJa?!l-l! ! !?! !LllJ?!lJ! a! !lJ!l-I! Ill - 1 11.3 a. -. .--

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(5) Direct the City Atterney te prepare an Ordinance increasing the Light and Power Genera! Fund Transfer fnr the City !-!a!! Proiect fmm the current 2.s0/. to 10.1 so/. for Fiscal Year 3005 nnly, returning the General Fund Transfer to 2.5% effective for Fiscal Year 2006. This increase will bring the total General Fund Transfer for Fiscal Year 2005 to 16.0%, the maximum allowable under the City's Cnarier. Recommendation of Citv i-iaii Restoration Oversinnt Commitiee: During ine December 8,2004, meeting oiine City Haii

Cgun~.i!memher Little, Fin~nc-e C.gmmit.t.ee Chair, reviewed the ag~nda report_ and discussed the proposed financing for the pro!@, not~ng that the Committee recommends approval; with one object~on from Councilmember Streator.

ii was moved by Counciimember iiitie, seconded by vice ~ a y o r iyier, io approve the City Manager's recommendation and the n. .- - _ : - L L n - ----ILL- 9 - _- - - -- -- - I -L! - I uverslgnt uxnrnlrree s recurnrnenuarluri.

The following individuals spoke in opposition to the proposed base isolation plan:

A lengthy discussion followed with respect to the ?reject: funding sources; oriainal cost estimate versus actual b~d; appropriate contingency hnds; soaring construction costs; options available if the project did not go forward; and ramifications of deiaying andior rebidding the projeci, witn tne City ~ a n a g e r and Pubiic W o r ~ s Director responding to questions.

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cmsider the financing plan and talk with his cmstituents.

!n respnnse to Cnunci!member Madison's question, Martir! Pastucha, Public Works Director, indicated the hid fmm C.!ark Construction Group would expire on February 4, and if the project were to be re-bid, the likelihood of receiving a lower bid was non- existent.

in response io quesiions, Jay Goidstone, Director of Finance, ouiiined the proposai to raise funds by issuing a suppiemeniai bond, b- L- --.A -..b -.,-- q C ..---- L--- 4 L - ------ I r . . - A LU UG paw UUL U V ~ I LO yea13 IIUIII L I I ~ ue~ ie ld l rurw.

Counci!.member Streator asked the City Manager to include how much debt service we are obligated for and the total dollar amount. Councilmember Gordo asked for timeliness with reaard to options in the future and impact of drawing funds from the -water & Power Department for an additionai year.

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