CITY of Glendora AGENDA

 

CITY COUNCIL

SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

HOUSING AUTHORITY

 

REGULAR JOINT MEETING 7:00 PM

 
Tuesday, March 25, 2014

City Hall Council Chamber

116 E. Foothill Boulevard

 

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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) 914-8210 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

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AGENDA

REGULAR JOINT MEETING

of the

CITY of GLENDORA

CITY COUNCIL

SUCCESSOR AGENCY To the Community Redevelopment Agency

HOUSING AUTHORITY

Tuesday, March 25, 2014

City Hall Council Chamber, 116 E. Foothill Boulevard

 

 

7:00 PM REGULAR JOINT MEETING

 

 

Preliminary Business

 

CALL TO ORDER

 

ROLL CALL

 

INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

 

Invocation by Pastor Mike Platter of Glendora Community Church.

 

Pledge of Allegiance

 

SPECIAL ITEMS

 

Reorganization of City Council and Selection of Mayor and Mayor Pro Tem, pursuant to Resolution No. 04-15.

 

STUDENT REPORTS

 

Alex Haston, Charter Oak High School Student Representative

 

Susan Li, 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 Comment 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.  No question shall be asked of a Council Member/Commissioner or a member of the staff, except through the presiding officer.

 

GOVERNING BODY 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.

Annual Action Plan FY 2014-2015 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) 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:  1) Accept filing of the One-Year Action Plan for FY 2014-2015 and commence the required 30-day public comment period.

 

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.

 

2.

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

 

CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Approve the following minutes as presented: a) February 11, 2014 Regular Joint meeting minutes. b) February 25, 2014 Regular Joint meeting minutes.

 

3.

Approval of Demands and Warrants Issued on March 7, 2014 and March 14, 2014. (CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY ACTION)

 

CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Approve the following demands and warrants as presented:

a) General Warrant Register dated 03/07/2014 in the amount of   $348,635.46. b) Payroll payments for the pay period ended 03/02/2014 in the amount of $701,605.25. c) CALPERS Health for the pay period of March 2014 in the amount of $115,596.11. d) CALPERS Retirement for the pay period ended 03/02/2014 in the amount of $154,494.92. e) General Warrant Register dated 03/14/2014 in the amount of   $535,836.38.

 

4.

Second Reading of Ordinance 1982 Amending Title 21 of the Glendora Municipal Code to Revise Requirements Related to Emergency Backup Generators at Wireless Telecommunications Facilities (Location: Citywide; Project No. PLN14-0002). (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Waive full reading, read by title only, and adopt on second reading Ordinance 1982 entitled, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 21 OF THE GLENDORA MUNICIPAL CODE TO REVISE REQUIREMENTS RELATED TO EMERGENCY BACKUP GENERATORS AT WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATIONS FACILITIES (PLN14-0002).”

 

5.

Second Reading and adoption of Ordinance 1983 Amending Title 21 of the Glendora Municipal Code to Make Various Minor Changes and Correct Inconsistencies (Location: Citywide; Project No. PLN12-0118). (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Waive full reading, read by title only, and adopt on second reading Ordinance 1983 entitled “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA AMENDING TITLE 21 OF THE GLENDORA MUNICIPAL CODE TO MAKE VARIOUS MINOR CHANGES AND CORRECT INCONSISTENCIES (PLN12-0118).”

 

6.

Annual General Plan Progress Report. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Receive and file Annual General Plan Progress Report; and 2) Direct Planning Director to submit report to the State of California.

 

7.

Award of Contract for Pasadena Avenue Street Improvements, Whitcomb Avenue to Leadora Avenue, Plan No. 1139. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Adopt a Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15301(c) of the California Code of Regulations; and 2) Award the contract for the Pasadena Avenue Street Improvements, Whitcomb Avenue to Leadora Avenue, Plan No. 1139 to DM Contracting, Inc. of Colton in the amount of $105,185.28.

 

8.

Award of Contract for Citywide Street Resurfacing Project, District 1, Plan No. 1143. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Adopt a Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15301(c) of the California Code of Regulations; and 2) Award the contract for the Citywide Street Resurfacing Project, District 1, Plan No. 1143 to All American Asphalt of Corona in the amount of $389,763.

 

9.

City of Glendora and Glendora Successor Agency Investment Report and Fiscal Agent Report for February 28, 2014. (CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY ACTION)

 

CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Receive and file.

 

10.

Consideration of a Resolution amending Section 2 of Resolution CC 2014-06 Monthly Compensation for Senior Accountant Classification. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Adopt Resolution entitled, “RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION 2 OF RESOLUTION CC 2014-06 MONTHLY COMPENSATION FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF SENIOR ACCOUNTANT.”

 

11.

Reject all Bids for the Citywide Tree Maintenance Program Contract. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Reject all bids for Request for Proposals for Citywide Tree Maintenance Program Contract; and 2) Authorize staff to re-advertise Request for Proposal.

 

12.

Award of contract for Landscape Maintenance and Weed Abatement Program for FY 2014-2017. (CITY ACTION)

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Award the Landscape Maintenance and Weed Abatement Program to J. Orozco Enterprises, Inc. in the amount of $632,160 for a period of three years, FY 2014-2017 with a renewal option for up to two additional years; and 2) Authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement.

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

13.

Request by Mayor Santoro to discuss the placement of a link on the City’s website to provide information on Adoption Programs. (CITY ACTION)

 

City Manager to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Take appropriate action.

 

NEW BUSINESS

 

14.

2014 Annual Review of City Council appointments to various Regional Organizations as City Representatives/Delegates. (CITY RECOMMENDATION)

 

City Manager to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Waive full reading, read by title only and adopt a City Council Resolution entitled, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING DELEGATES AND ALTERNATES TO VARIOUS BOARDS AND COMMITTEES THAT THE CITY OF GLENDORA IS A MEMBER OF FOR 2014 AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION CC 2013-20."

 

15.

Consideration of FY 2014-15 Annual Report and a Resolution announcing the intent to levy and collect assessments for the Glendora Village Business Improvement District (BID). (CITY ACTION)

 

Planning to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Approve the 2014-15 Annual Report; and 2) Adopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, ANNOUNCING INTENTIONS TO LEVY AND COLLECT ASSESSMENTS FOR THE 2014-2015 FISCAL YEAR FOR THE GLENDORA VILLAGE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AS PERMITTED BY THE PARKING AND BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA LAW OF 1989 (CALIFORNIA STREETS AND HIGHWAY CODE SECTION 36500 et seq.).”

 

16.

Consideration of a Resolution Approving Acquisition of Real Property Located at 649 S. Santa Fe Ave and Appropriation of $320,000 from City’s General Fund Reserves and Park’s General Fund. (CITY ACTION)

 

City Manager to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: City Council: 1) Adopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT FOR ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY DESCRIBED AS 649 SOUTH SANTA FE AVE. (ASSESSOR’S PARCEL NUMBER 8640-005-018) FROM JAMES T. GREEN AND MARGARET GREEN, HUSBAND AND WIFE;” 2) Authorize the Glendora City Manager to execute the documents necessary to complete the acquisition of the property identified as APN 8640-005-018; and 3) Appropriate $320,000 to pay for acquisition cost of $316,000 plus buyer's normal share of closing costs from the following funds: $250,000 City’s General Reserves Fund and $70,000 Parks and Recreation Facilities Fund (Fund 206).

 

GOVERNING BODY AND STAFF ITEMS

 

CLOSED SESSION

 

17.

Closed Session – Conference with Legal Counsel – Anticipated Litigation (pursuant to Government Code §54956.9)
Initiation of litigation, pursuant to Section 54956.9(d)(4)
Number of Cases: One (1)

 

RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AND ANNOUNCE ANY ACTION TAKEN

 

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 21st day of March, 2014.

 

                                                                       

Kathleen R. Sessman, CMC

            City Clerk/Commission Secretary