CITY of Glendora AGENDA

 

CITY COUNCIL

SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY

HOUSING AUTHORITY

 

REGULAR JOINT MEETING 7:00 PM

 
Tuesday, March 12, 2019

City Hall Council Chamber

116 E. Foothill Boulevard

 

 

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MAYOR/CHAIR

Mendell L. Thompson

 

MAYOR PRO TEM/VICE-CHAIR

Judy M. Nelson

 

COUNCIL/COMMISSIONERS

Michael Allawos

Gary Boyer

Karen K. Davis

 

 

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

 

 

PUBLIC COMMENT

The public is encouraged to address the governing board on any matter posted on the agenda or on any other matter within its jurisdiction.  If you wish to address the governing body, 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 governing body 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

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

 

 

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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 12, 2019

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

 

In permitting a nonsectarian invocation, the City does not intend to proselytize, advance, or disparage any faith or belief. Neither the City nor the City Council endorses any particular belief or form of invocation.

 

Invocation by Pastor Bob Stebbing of Cornerstone Bible Church

 

Pledge of Allegiance

 

SPECIAL ITEMS - NONE

 

STUDENT REPORTS - NONE

 

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 by Resolution, the highlights of which are listed below:  Any person may request to address the governing body by submitting to the City Clerk a Speakers Request form asking to address the governing body and stating the topic to be addressed.  Speakers Request forms shall be available throughout the meeting.

 

Under the agenda item “Public Comment”, the presiding officer may recognize any person desiring to address the governing body concerning any subsequent item calendared for action or discussion at that meeting.   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 governing body.

 

Any person given permission to address the governing body 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 governing body members or a member of the staff, except through the presiding officer.

 

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 presiding officer 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 presiding officer.  Any person desiring to speak to a Public Hearing item shall make his/her presence known to the Presiding officer.  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 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 at, or prior to, the public hearing.

 

1.

A Public Hearing Authorize the Issuance of Pension Obligation Bonds and the Judicial Validation Proceedings Relating to the Issuance of Such Bonds, and Approve Additional Actions Related Thereto (Strategic Plan Initiative).

 

Finance to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Adopt City Council Resolution entitled, “Resolution of the City Council of the City of Glendora, California, Authorizing the Issuance of Bonds to Refund Certain Pension Obligations of the City, Approving the Form and Authorizing the Execution of a Trust Agreement and Purchase Contract, Authorizing Judicial Validation Proceedings Relating to the Issuance of Such Bonds and Approving Additional Actions Related Thereto;” 2) Authorize the City to issue Pension Obligation Bonds in an amount not to exceed $65 million; 3) Authorize Stradling, Yocca, Carlson & Rauth to serve as Bond & Disclosure Counsel to the City and to serve as litigation counsel in connection with the judicial validation proceedings; and 4) Authorize Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated, to serve as underwriter for the Pension Obligation Bonds.

 

2.

A public hearing to consider a Resolution and Ordinance approving a Specific Plan Amendment, Master Development Plan Amendment, Tentative Parcel Map (TPM#82236), and Design Review to allow a new drive-through restaurant (Raising Cane's) within the Glendora Commercial Specific Plan (Glendora Marketplace). (Project No. PLN17-0025)

 

Planning to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Open  and  conduct  the   Public  Hearing, accept evidence and testimony presented and in the absence of substantial evidence to the contrary, consider the following: 1) Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration and Mitigation Monitoring Program; 2) Waive full reading, read by title only and introduce for first reading an Ordinance entitled, “AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA INCREASING THE MAXIMUM NUMBER AND SIZE OF DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANTS WITHIN THE GLENDORA COMMERCIAL SPECIFIC PLAN AND TO AMEND THE MASTER DEVELOPMENT PLAN OF THE GLENDORA COMMERCIAL SPECIFIC PLAN;” 3) Adopt a Resolution entitled, “A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 82236 AND A DESIGN REVIEW TO ALLOW THE CONSTRUCTION OF ONE NEW DRIVE-THROUGH RESTAURANT WITHIN THE GLENDORA COMMERCIAL SPECIFIC PLAN ON CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED AT 1225 SOUTH LONE HILL AVENUE, GLENDORA, CALIFORNIA (PLN17-0025)”; and 4) Direct Planning Department staff to prepare a summary ordinance for publication.

 

3.

Continue Public Hearing to consider a Resolution and Ordinance changing the City of Glendora’s Alarm Permit Program and updating the City’s Master Fee Schedule to Date Uncertain. (Continued from February 12, 2019 meeting)

 

Police to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Open and Continue Public Hearing to a date uncertain, as required by law Notice of Public Hearing will be re-published prior to the meeting at which it is scheduled to be heard.

 

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 governing body 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.

 

4.

City Council, Successor Agency for the former Community Redevelopment Agency, and Housing Authority Minutes.

 

CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Affirm the following minutes: a) January 8, 2019 Regular meeting minutes, b) January 22, 2019 Regular meeting minutes, c) January 22, 2019 Special meeting minutes, d) February 12, 2019 Special meeting minutes, d) February 26, 2019 Special meeting.

 

5.

Award of Contract for Library Elevator Modernization to A-Z Tech Elevator Company - Plan No. 1292.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Adopt a Categorical Exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to Section 15301 of the California Code of Regulations; 2) Award the contract for Glendora City Library Elevator Modernization, Plan No. 1292 to  A-Z Tech Elevator Company in the amount of $85,000; 3) Authorize the Director to execute any necessary change orders in an amount not to exceed 10% of the original contract amount; 4) Authorize the Finance Director to make the necessary budget adjustments to appropriate $18,000 from Capital Funds (321) reserves; and 5) Authorize the Mayor to execute the Agreement.

 

6.

Demands and Warrants Issued on February 22, 2019 and March 1, 2019.

 

CITY/AGENCY/AUTHORITY RECOMMENDATION: Affirm the following Demands and Warrants were received and filed as presented: a) General Warrant Register dated 2/22/19 in the amount of $229,534.93, b) General Warrant Register dated 3/1/19 in the amount of $741,346.90, and c) Payroll EFT - P/E 2/24/19 in amount of $506,680.68.

 

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

7.

Presentation of the Final Matrix from the August 2018 through January 2019 Strategic Plan and of the Results of the City’s January 30, 2019 Strategic Planning Retreat.

 

City Manager to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: Received and file.

 


 

NEW BUSINESS

 

8.

Discussion relating to Senate Bill (SB) 312, Veterans: Service Dog Assistance (Leyva) (Requested by Council Members Boyer and Allawos).

 

City Manager to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Receive and file a presentation on SB 312, Veterans: Service Dog Assistance (Leyva); and 2) Determine if the City will take a support position on SB 312, Veterans: Service Dog Assistance (Leyva) and, if applicable, direct the City Manager to draft a letter in support.

 

9.

Presentation of City Manager’s Proposed Reorganization plan for city departments and services (Strategic Plan Objective).

 

City Manager to report.

 

CITY RECOMMENDATION: 1) Review and discuss the recommended organization changes from the City Manager pursuant to GMC Section 2.08.070, and 2) Direct staff to incorporate the recommended organizational changes in the Fiscal Year 2019-2021 Two-Year Budget, subject to final review and approval by the City Council in June 2019.

 

GOVERNING BODY AND STAFF ITEMS

 

CLOSED SESSION - NONE

 

RECONVENE OPEN SESSION AND ANNOUNCE ANY ACTION TAKEN - NONE

 

ADJOURNMENT

 

I, Kathleen R. Sessman, City Clerk of the City of Glendora, 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, Glendora, California and on the City's website not less              than 72 hours prior to the meeting in accordance with Government Code Section 54954.2.  Dated this 8th day of March, 2019.

                                                                       

Kathleen R. Sessman, MMC

            City Clerk/Commission Secretary