CITY of Glendora AGENDA

 

 

CITY COUNCIL

SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

HOUSING AUTHORITY

 

REGULAR JOINT MEETING 7:00 PM

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER

116 E. FOOTHILL BLVD

 

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Joe Santoro

Judy M. Nelson

Karen K. Davis

Gene Murabito

Douglas F. Tessitor

 

Mayor/Chair

Mayor Pro Tem/Vice-Chair

Council/Agency Member and Commissioner

Council/Agency Member and Commissioner

Council/Agency Member and Commissioner

 

 

PLEASE TURN OFF CELL PHONES AND PAGERS WHILE MEETING IS IN PROGRESS

PUBLIC COMMENT

 

The public is encouraged to address the City Council/Successor Agency /Housing Authority (HA) on any matter posted on the agenda or on any other matter within its jurisdiction.  If you wish to address the City Council/Successor Agency/Housing Authority you may do so during the PUBLIC COMMENT period noted on the agenda.  Each person is allowed three (3) minutes speaking time.

 

Pursuant to provisions of the Brown Act, no action may be taken on a matter unless it is listed on the agenda, or unless certain emergency or special circumstances exist.  The City Council/Successor Agency/Housing Authority may direct staff to investigate and/or schedule certain matters for consideration at a future meeting.

 

Americans with Disabilities Act

 

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office, (626) 914-8212 no later than 72 hours prior to the meeting.  (28 CFR 34.102.104 ADA TITLE II)

 

 

 

 

PLEASE NOTE: Copies of staff reports and supporting documentation pertaining to each item on this agenda are available for public viewing and inspection at City Hall, in the City Clerk’s office during regular business hours, Glendora Public Library and on the City’s website www.ci.glendora.ca.us. For further information, please contact the office of the City Clerk at (626) 914-8210, or via e-mail at ksessman@ci.glendora.ca.us.

 

Documents DISTRIBUTED FOLLOWING THE POSTING OF THE AGENDA

 

Any writing that relates to an agenda item for an open session that is distributed within 72 hours of the meeting is available for public inspection at the City Clerk’s Office, 116 E. Foothill Blvd., Glendora.


AGENDA

REGULAR JOINT MEETING

of the

CITY of GLENDORA

CITY COUNCIL

SUCCESSOR AGENCY To the Community Redevelopment Agency

HOUSING AUTHORITY

Tuesday, September 24, 2013

CITY HALL COUNCIL CHAMBER, 116 E. FOOTHILL BLVD

 

 

7:00 PM REGULAR JOINT MEETING

 

 

Preliminary Business

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

ROLL CALL

 

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

Invocation by Pastor David Hill of Grace of Calvary Lutheran Church.

 

Pledge of Allegiance

 

SPECIAL ITEMS - NONE

 

STUDENT REPORTS

 

Alex Haston, Charter Oak High School Student Representative

 

Dominic Velasquez, Glendora High School Student Representative

 

Mia Mojarro, St. Lucy's Priory Student Representative

 

Bradley Kyle, Whitcomb High School Student Representative

 

PUBLIC COMMENT

 

Three (3) Minute speaking time limit

Public Comments cards are on the counter in the lobby.

Public comment shall conform to the protocol established in City Council Resolution No. 03-37, the highlights of which are listed below:  Any person may request to address the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority by submitting to the City Clerk a Speakers Request form asking to address the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority and stating the topic to be addressed.  Speakers Request forms shall be available at the Council Chambers throughout the meeting.

 

Under the agenda item “Public Comment”, the Mayor/Chair may recognize any person desiring to address the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority concerning any subsequent item calendared for action or discussion at that meeting or on any matter within the jurisdiction of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority.  Public comment may also be given when an item is scheduled for consideration.  Comments on Consent Calendar items should be made during the Public Comment Period.  The Public Comment Period is limited to 30 minutes.  Each speaker shall be limited to three minutes unless, upon motion, such time is extended by the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority.

 

Any person given permission to address the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority shall advance to the rostrum and state his/her name and the subject matter he/she wishes to discuss.  All remarks shall be addressed to the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority as a body and not to any member thereof.  No question shall be asked of a Council Member/Commissioner or a member of the staff, except through the presiding officer.

 

COUNCIL/AGENCY/COMMISSION REPORTS AND STATEMENTS

 

REORDERING OF AND ADDITIONS TO THE AGENDA

 

PUBLIC HEARINGS

 

Following the staff report, the applicant/appellant will be allowed ten minutes in which to make a presentation.  The public hearing will then be opened.  Testimony by proponents shall be limited to three minutes per speaker and to a total of 15 minutes.  Testimony by opponents shall be limited to three minutes per speaker and to a total of 15 minutes.  The Mayor/Chair may permit a five minute summation by a representative of proponents, followed by a five minute summation by a representative of opponents.  The public hearing will then be closed and no member of the public shall be allowed to speak further without consent of the Mayor/Chair.  Any person desiring to speak to a Public Hearing item shall make his/her presence known to the Mayor/Chair.  Speaker cards are available in the lobby.  Speakers are entitled to submit written or other graphic evidence.  All such evidence presented shall be retained by the City Clerk as part of the Clerk’s record.

 

PLEASE NOTE:  If you challenge the any of the proposed action(s) in court, you may be limited to raising only those issues you or someone else raised at the public hearing described in this notice, or in written correspondence delivered to the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority at, or prior to, the public hearing.

 

1.

A Public Hearing to Consider a General Plan Amendment; Zone Change; Development Plan Review; Lot Line Adjustment; and Tentative Tract Map No. 71941 for development of 23 detached condominium units and allowance of up to 30 additional units (Project No. PLN12-0107) (Applicant: The Olson Company; Location: 435 & 447 E. Gladstone Street and 1319 & 1327 Bonnie Cove Avenue). (Continued from City Council meeting of June 25, 2013) (CITY ACTION)

 

Planning to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Open the Public Hearing, accept evidence and testimony presented, and in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary consider the following options:

 

OPTION 1: Staff recommends that the City Council deny the subject applications; OR in the alternative,

 

OPTION 2: Staff recommends that the City Council deny the subject applications, and direct staff to initiate a General Plan Amendment and Zone Change to designate 435 & 447 E. Gladstone Street for single-family residential (alternate staff recommendation – Note that this alternative requires that the Planning Commission make a recommendation prior to the City Council taking formal action on a General Plan Amendment and Zone Change to designate 435 & 447 E. Gladstone Street for single-family residential); OR in the alternative,

 

OPTION 3 (Attachments G, H and I): Planning Commission recommends that the City Council 1) Adopt a Negative Declaration; and 2) Adopt a City Council Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN LAND-USE DESIGNATION ON CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 447 EAST GLADSTONE STREET (PROJECT NO. PLN12-0107)”; a City Council Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW, LOT-LINE ADJUSTMENT, AND TENTATIVE TRACT MAP ON CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 447 EAST GLADSTONE STREET (PROJECT NO. PLN12-0107)”; and waive further reading, read by title only and adopt on second reading an, “ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE ON CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 447 EAST GLADSTONE STREET (PROJECT NO. PLN12-0107)” and direct staff to schedule second reading; which will approve the subject applications as modified by the Planning Commission at their May 7, 2013 meeting.

 

OPTION 4 (Attachments G, J and K): 1) Adopt a Negative Declaration; and 2) Adopt a City Council Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A GENERAL PLAN AMENDMENT TO CHANGE THE GENERAL PLAN LAND-USE DESIGNATION ON CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 447 EAST GLADSTONE STREET (PROJECT NO. PLN12-0107)”; a City Council Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING DEVELOPMENT PLAN REVIEW, LOT-LINE ADJUSTMENT, AND TENTATIVE TRACT MAP ON CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 447 EAST GLADSTONE STREET (MODIFIED PROJECT NO. PLN12-0107)”; and waive further reading, read by title only and adopt on second reading an, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A ZONE CHANGE ON CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 447 EAST GLADSTONE STREET (MODIFIED PROJECT NO. PLN12-0107)” and direct staff to schedule second reading; which will approve the subject applications as modified by the Planning Commission at their May 7, 2013 meeting and as further modified by the City Council.

 

2.

Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report for the 2012-2013 Community Development Block Grant Program. (CITY ACTION)

 

Planning to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Open and conduct the Public Hearing, accept evidence and testimony presented, close the hearing and in the absence of evidence and testimony to the contrary, consider the following motions:  1) Approve the City of Glendora’s 2012-2013 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report;  2)  Approve submittal of the City of Glendora’s 2012-2013 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report accomplishments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development; and 3)  Authorize the City Manager to submit the 2012-2013 Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report accomplishments to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 

CONSENT CALENDAR

 

Items on the Consent Calendar will be enacted by one motion without individual discussion.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the City Council/Successor Agency to the Community Redevelopment Agency/Housing Authority requests specific item(s) be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.  Items removed from the Consent Calendar will be considered after the regular items.  Anyone wishing to address a Consent Calendar item should do so during the Public Comment Period.

 

3.

City Council, Successor Agency to the former Community Redevelopment Agency, and Housing Authority Minutes. (CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY ACTION)

 

CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Approve the following minutes as presented:
a) September 10, 2013 Regular Joint Meeting minutes.

 

4.

Approval of Demands and Warrants Issued on September 6, 2013 and September 13, 2013. (CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY ACTION)

 

CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Approve the following demands and warrants as presented:
a) General Warrant Register dated 09/06/2013 in the amount of $213,381.95.
b) Payroll payments for the pay period ended 09/01/2013 in the amount of $596,813.41.
c) CALPERS Health for the pay period of September 2013 in the amount of $119,587.41.
d) General Warrant Register dated 09/13/2013 in the amount of $643,108.64.
e) CALPERS Retirement for the pay period ended 09/01/2013 in the amount of $151,887.38.

 

5.

Accept Sewer Easement under Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) railroad to serve the Monrovia Nursery Development. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Approve acceptance of easement under Southern California Regional Rail Authority (SCRRA) railroad to serve the Monrovia Nursery Development; and 2) Direct City Clerk to sign the Certificate of Acceptance and transmit documents to SCRRA for recording purposes.

 

6.

Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance amending the Glendora Municipal Code regarding Section 19.24.07.8 banners (Zone Amendment: Project No. PLN13-0025; Location: City Wide). (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Waive full reading, read by title only and adopt on second reading Ordinance 1972 entitled, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ONE SECTION OF THE GLENDORA MUNICIPAL CODE: TITLE 19.24.070 (8B), DELETING EXISTING LANGUAGE AND ADDING NEW LANGUAGE REGULATING TEMPORARY BANNERS CITYWIDE (PLN13-0025).”

 

7.

Accept and Appropriate 2013-14 Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (Grant #PT14123) grant funds. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Accept and appropriate $60,000 in grant funds from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety, Selective Traffic Enforcement Program (Grant #PT14123); and 2) Amend the Police Department revenue and expenditure budgets in the amount of $60,000 in FY 2013-14.

 

8.

Accept and Appropriate 2013-14 DUI Avoid Campaign (Grant #AL1465) grant funds. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Accept and appropriate $600,000 in grant funds from the State of California Office of Traffic Safety, DUI Avoid Campaign (Grant #AL1465); and 2) Amend the Police Department revenue and expenditure budgets in the amount of $600,000 in FY 2013-14.   

 

9.

City of Glendora and Glendora Successor Agency Investment Report and Fiscal Agent Report for August 31, 2013. (CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY ACTION)

 

CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

10.

Presentation of the City’s Strategic Plan and Objectives for April 10, 2013 through October 15, 2013 updated September 2013. (CITY RECOMMENDATION)

 

City Manager to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Review and accept the City’s Strategic Plan as presented.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

11.

Consideration of a Resolution of the Successor Agency approving a Long-Range Property Management Plan. (CITY ACTION)

 

Planning to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Adopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE FORMER GLENDORA COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A LONG-RANGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT PLAN;” and 2) Transmit the Long-Range Property Management Plan to the Oversight Board and Department of Finance for approval pursuant to Health and Safety Code 34191.5(b).

 

COUNCIL/AGENCY/COMMISSION AND STAFF ITEMS

 

CLOSED SESSION - NONE

 

RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AND ANNOUNCE ANY ACTION TAKEN - NONE

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted on the City Hall bulletin board at 116 E. Foothill Boulevard not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.2.  Dated this 20th day of September. 2013.

 

                                                                       

Kathleen R. Sessman, CMC

            City Clerk/Commission Secretary