Before being forced to make nearly half-a-million dollars in cuts to services, the City of Arcadia gave property owners one more chance to approve a proposed street lighting fee system that could mean an extra couple bucks per month for the average private homeowner. And this time voters gave the idea their blessing by nearly 61%.

A similar vote failed less than two years ago due to what officials felt was a convoluted message that voters didn’t understand.

The vote, which closed Tuesday evening and results in property owners, including absentee business owners, picking up 40% (about $428,600) of the total cost of street light maintenance and repair, will not bring any new or improved lighting but it will keep the current lights on.

The City will pay 60% of the tab.

– By Scott Hettrick

PUBLIC COMMENTS – CLOSED SESSION/STUDY SESSION (5 minute time limit)
Any person wishing to address the City Council/Redevelopment Agency on any Study Session or
Closed Session item is asked to complete a “Public Comments” card available in the Council
Chamber Lobby. The completed card should be submitted to the City Clerk/Agency Secretary prior to the start of the Study Session/Closed Session meeting.
In order to conduct a timely meeting, there will be a five (5) minute time limit per person. All
comments are to be directed to the City Council/Redevelopment Agency and we ask that proper
decorum be practiced during the meeting. State law prohibits the City Council/Redevelopment
Agency from discussing topics or issues unless they appear on the posted Agenda.
CLOSED SESSION
a. Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 to confer with labor negotiators.
City Negotiators: Administrative Services Director Hue Quach, Human Resources Administrator Michael Casalou and William Floyd of Best Best and Krieger LLP.
Employee Organizations: Arcadia Public Works Employees Association, Arcadia City Employees Association, Arcadia Police Civilian Employees Association, Arcadia Police Officers’ Association, Arcadia Firefighters’ Association and unrepresented employees: Department Heads, Division Managers, Supervisors, and Part-time employees.

STUDY SESSION
a. Report, discussion and direction regarding Civic Center Athletic Field replacement with Synthetic Turf Project.
b. Report, discussion and direction regarding City Council Official Meetings budget.

CITY OF ARCADIA
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for
public inspection in the City Clerk’s office located at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, during normal business hours.

7:00 p.m., City Council Chamber
RECONVENE CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING TO OPEN SESSION CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
Reverend Thomas Shriver, Emmanuel Assembly of God
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Sara Somogyi, Director of Recreation and Community Services
ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMBERS:
Chandler, Harbicht, Kovacic, Segal and Amundson
REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY/AGENCY COUNSEL ON CLOSED SESSION/STUDY SESSION ITEMS
SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM CITY MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS MOTION TO READ ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE THE READING IN FULL PRESENTATIONS
a. Presentation of a Certificate to the Outstanding Crossing Guard of the Year 2010, Lynda Kreinbring.

1. PUBLIC HEARING
All interested persons are invited to appear at the Public Hearing and to provide evidence or
testimony concerning the proposed items of consideration. You are hereby advised that should you desire to legally challenge any action taken by the City Council with respect to any Public Hearing item on this agenda, you may be limited to raising only those issues and objections which you or someone else raised at or prior to the time of the Public Hearing.

CITY COUNCIL ITEMS:
a. Approve the Annual Weed Abatement Charge List.
Recommended Action: Approve
b. Consider all protests, and close the ballot proceedings for the Citywide Street Lighting Assessment District and direct staff to review ballots and calculate whether a protest exists and to report back to the City Council at the August 3, 2010 City Council Meeting with a recommendation to either approve or abandon the formation of the District based on the results of the ballots received.
Recommended Action: Approve
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for
public inspection in the City Clerk’s office located at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, during normal business hours.
c. Authorize the utilization of a proposed 2010 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice
Assistance Grant (JAG) award in the amount of $16,012 to help offset the
personnel costs of a Youth and Educational Support (YES) Police Officer at the
Arcadia High School.
Recommended Action: Approve

PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 minutes per person)
Any person wishing to address the City Council/Redevelopment Agency during the Public Comments period is asked to complete a “Public Comments” card available in the Council Chamber Lobby.
The completed card should be submitted to the City Clerk/Agency Secretary prior to the start of the 7:00 p.m. Open Session meeting. In order to conduct a timely meeting, there will be a five (5)
minute time limit per person. All comments are to be directed to the City Council/Redevelopment
Agency and we ask that proper decorum be practiced during the meeting. State law prohibits the
City Council/Redevelopment Agency from discussing topics or issues unless they appear on the
posted Agenda.

REPORTS FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK
2. CONSENT CALENDAR
All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and can be acted on by
one roll call vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless members of the City
Council/Redevelopment Agency request that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ITEMS:
a. Approve the Special Meeting Minutes of June 23 and Regular Meeting Minutes of July 6, 2010.
Recommended Action: Approve

CITY COUNCIL ITEMS:
b. Approve the Special Meeting Minutes of June 23 and Regular Meeting Minutes of
July 6, 2010.
Recommended Action: Approve
c. Adopt Ordinance No. 2276 amending uncodified Ordinance No. 2206 to establish franchise fees, public access support fees and customer service penalties for State franchise holders providing video service within the City of Arcadia.
Recommended Action: Adopt
d. Adopt Resolution No. 6730 consenting to inclusion of the properties within the incorporated area of the City of Arcadia in the Los Angeles County Energy Program (“LACEP”) and approving the report that sets forth the parameters of that program and certain related matters.
Recommended Action: Adopt
e. Adopt Resolution No. 6731 declaring support for an energy wise partnership between the San Gabriel Valley Council of Government, Southern California Edison and the City of Arcadia.
Recommended Action: Adopt
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s office located at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, during normal business hours.
f. Adopt Resolution No. 6732 authorizing the submittal of a Used Oil Payment Program (OPP) Application to Calrecyle.
Recommended Action: Adopt
g. Authorize the City Manager to award a purchase order contract to SirsiDynix for maintenance and support for the Library’s integrated library system in the amount of $30,529.45.
Recommended Action: Approve
h. Authorize the City Manager to execute a purchase order contract with Daniels Tires for the purchase of tires and accessories for City vehicles in the amount not to exceed $70,000.
Recommended Action: Approve
i. Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with Beacon Media, Inc. for Legal Advertising Services For Fiscal Year 2010-2011 in the amount not to exceed $8,000.
Recommended Action: Approve
j. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Beatrice Picon for the Fiscal Year 2010-2011 with the option of two (2) one (1) year renewals at the end of the term for the administration of the Home Improvement program funded by the Community Development Block Grant Program.
Recommended Action: Approve
k. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Wittman Enterprises, LLC, for ambulance billing and collection services for the period of August 1, 2010 through June 20, 2015; and Authorize the City Manager to implement electronic Patient Care Reporting and purchase all necessary computer hardware and software when deemed appropriate
with the understanding that Wittman Enterprises, LLC, will absorb all upfront costs associated with the conversion.
Recommended Action: Approve

3. CITY MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ITEMS:
a. Appointment of a Voting Delegate and Alternate Delegate for the 2010 Annual League of California Cities Conference in San Diego, California.
Recommended Action: Appoint a Delegate and Alternate Delegate
b. Authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Converse Consultants to test and remove underground fuel storage tanks for the Santa Anita Avenue Corridor Improvement Project in the amount of $16,478 and authorize a contingency of $4,000 for and unforeseen circumstances.
Recommended Action: Approve
c. Authorize the appropriation of funds from Redevelopment Agency Reserves to purchase properties at 101 – 111 North Santa Anita Avenue and 121 159 North Santa Anita Avenue.
Recommended Action: Approve
d. Authorize the appropriation of funds from Redevelopment Agency Low and Moderate Income Housing Fund Reserves to purchase the property at 19 Lucille Street.
Recommended Action: Approve
Any writings or documents provided to a majority of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda will be made available for
public inspection in the City Clerk’s office located at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California, during normal business hours.
e. Report, discussion and direction regarding Long Term Financial Plan.
Recommended Action: Provide direction

ADJOURNMENT
The City Council/Redevelopment Agency will adjourn this meeting in memory of Eileen Garner to
Tuesday, August 3, 2010, 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber Conference Room located at 240
W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia.
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with a disability who require a disability related modification or
accommodation in order to participate in a meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, may request such modification or
accommodation from the City Clerk at (626) 574-5455. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to
make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to the meeting.

The tote bag promotion follows the recent distribution by the Arcadia Redevelopment Agency of a postcard offering a 15% discount to participating downtown restaurants during the summer months.

Empowering residents to make a difference in their own community is the logic behind the City’s public education effort called Shop Arcadia, a program designed to promote the concept of shopping locally when you need to make a purchase. Local businesses keep dollars circulating in the community, they provide jobs and through sales tax they fund a significant part of the cost of City services such as police, fire and emergency medical protection; library, recreation and senior citizen programs; code enforcement; public works projects and more.

CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
REGULAR MEETING

TUESDAY, JULY 6, 2010
AGENDA
7:00 p.m.
Location:  City Council Chamber, 240 W. Huntington Drive

CALL TO ORDER
INVOCATION
Reverend Dr. Elie Elbayadi, Arabic Evangelical Nazarene Church

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Tony Trabbie, Fire Chief

ROLL CALL OF CITY COUNCIL/REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEMBERS:
Peter Amundson, Mayor/Agency Chair
Gary Kovacic, Mayor Pro Tem/Agency Vice Chair
Roger Chandler, Council/Agency Member
Robert Harbicht, Council/Agency Member
Mickey Segal, Council/Agency Member

REPORT FROM CITY ATTORNEY/AGENCY COUNSEL ON CLOSED SESSION/STUDY SESSION ITEMS

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM CITY MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR REGARDING AGENDA ITEMS

MOTION TO READ ALL ORDINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS BY TITLE ONLY AND WAIVE THE READING IN FULL

PRESENTATIONS

a.    Presentations to outgoing Members and Administration of the Oath of Office to newly appointed Board and Commission Members.

1.    PUBLIC HEARING

All interested persons are invited to appear at the Public Hearing and to provide evidence or testimony concerning the proposed items of consideration.  You are hereby advised that should you desire to legally challenge any action taken by the City Council with respect to any Public Hearing item on this agenda, you may be limited to raising only those issues and objections which you or someone else raised at or prior to the time of the Public Hearing.

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ITEMS:

a.    Architectural Design Review No. ADR 09-27 for a 1,146 square-foot second floor addition and remodeling of 2,377 square feet of the first floor of a 4,323 square-foot commercial and dental office building at 29 E. Huntington Drive.
Recommended Action: Approve

CITY COUNCIL ITEMS:

b.    General Plan Amendment Application No. GP 10-01, Conditional Use Permit Application No. CUP 10-03, Architectural Design Review No. ADR 10-05 a 43-unit affordable senior-citizen apartment project at 16 Campus Drive – the “Campus Commons” project.
Recommended Action: Approve

Adopt Resolution No. 6727 approving General Plan Amendment No. GP 10-01 to modify the density bonus allowed for low and very low senior citizen housing in the commercial zones.
Recommended Action: Adopt

Adopt Resolution No. 6729 granting Conditional Use Permit Application No. CUP 10-03 and Architectural Design Review Application No. ADR 10-05 for a new 43-unit Senior Citizen Housing Project located at 16 Campus Drive (The “Campus Commons” Project).
Recommended Action: Adopt

PUBLIC COMMENTS (5 minutes per person)

Any person wishing to address the City Council/Redevelopment Agency during the Public Comments period is asked to complete a “Public Comments” card available in the Council Chamber Lobby.

The completed card should be submitted to the City Clerk/Agency Secretary prior to the start of the 7:00 p.m. Open Session meeting. In order to conduct a timely meeting, there will be a five (5) minute time limit per person. All comments are to be directed to the City Council/Redevelopment Agency and we ask that proper decorum be practiced during the meeting.  State law prohibits the City Council/Redevelopment Agency from discussing topics or issues unless they appear on the posted Agenda.

REPORTS FROM MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL AND CITY CLERK

2.    CONSENT CALENDAR

All matters listed under the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine and can be acted on by one roll call vote.  There will be no separate discussion of these items unless members of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency request that specific items be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate action.

REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY ITEMS:

a.    Approve the Meeting Minutes of June 1 and June 15, 2010.
Recommended Action: Approve

b.    Adopt Resolution No. ARA-236 authorizing investment of Arcadia Redevelopment Agency Bond proceeds in the Local Agency Investment Fund..
Recommended Action: Adopt

CITY COUNCIL ITEMS:

c.    Approve the Meeting Minutes of June 1 and June 15, 2010.
Recommended Action: Approve

d.    Adopt Ordinance No. 2275 amending Article IX (Division and Use of Land) of the Arcadia Municipal Code to define and address regulations for personal service business uses and the requirements for Conditional Use Permits for such uses.
Recommended Action: Adopt

e.    Reject the bids for Electrical Repairs and Preventative Maintenance at various City facilities and direct staff to re-bid the contract.
Recommended Action:  Approve

f.    Authorize the City Manager to execute a contract with E&R Construction, Inc. for the 2009-10 Water Main Replacement Project in the amount of $271,356.
Recommended Action:  Approve

g.    Award a one (1) year purchase order contract extension to 10-8 Retrofit, Inc. for the installation of emergency related equipment and accessories for City vehicles in the amount of $35,000.
Recommended Action:  Approve

h.    Award a one (1) year purchase order contract extension to H.D. Waterworks for the purchase of Data Log Radio Read Water Meters for the City’s Water Distribution System in the amount of $250,000.
Recommended Action:  Approve

i.    Authorize the City Manager to execute a Professional Services Agreement with Willdan for Geotechnical Engineering Services in the amount of $12,150 and authorize a contingency of $3,000 for any additional unforeseen services..
Recommended Action:  Approve

j.    Authorize the City Manager to execute a one (1) year contract with Life Assist in the amount not to exceed $55,000 for the replacement of paramedic field supplies utilized during emergency medical treatment for Fiscal Year 2010-2011.
Recommended Action:  Approve

k.    Authorize staff to continue utilizing personnel legal services under current Letter Agreements with Liebert Cassidy Whitmore and Best Best and Krieger for Fiscal Year 2010-2011.
Recommended Action:  Approve

l.    Accept all work performed by S. J. Grigolla Construction Co. as complete and authorize the final payment to be made in accordance with the contract documents.
Recommended Action:  Approve

m.    Accept a gift in the amount of $1,000 from the Arcadia Chinese Association for programs and materials for the Library.
Recommended Action: Approve

3.    CITY MANAGER/EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR ITEMS:

a.    Introduce Ordinance No. 2276 amending uncodified Ordinance No. 2206 to establish franchise fees, public access support fees and customer service penalties for State franchise holders providing video service within the City of Arcadia.
Recommended Action: Introduce

b.    Introduction of Arcadia CrimeMapping available on the Police Department Updated Public Information Web Page.
Recommended Action: Receive and file

c.    Report, discussion and direction regarding Fiscal Year 2010-2011 Slurry Seal Program.
Recommended Action: Provide direction

ADJOURNMENT

The City Council/Redevelopment Agency will adjourn this meeting to Tuesday, July 20, 2010, 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chamber Conference Room located at 240 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia.

Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, persons with a disability who require a disability related modification or accommodation in order to participate in a meeting, including auxiliary aids or services, may request such modification or accommodation from the City Clerk at (626) 574-5455.  Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to assure accessibility to the meeting.

The latest dramatic development came late last month when the City of Arcadia was informed that after all this time planning for station platforms on the east side of First Avenue, now the Metropolitan Transportation Authority says the station will be on the westside of First Avenue as preferred by nearly everyone involved.

That development was quickly followed by Council approval of significant design enhancements for the station platforms to reflect elements of Santa Anita Park.

And on Friday, July 2, a major agreement was finally signed by Metro and the Foothill Extension Construction Authority — the Master Cooperative and Funding Transfer Agreements for the Foothill Extension — that was required to formalize the schedule of funding (totaling $810 million) over the next nine years and to layout the working relationship between the two agencies during the design and construction phase, according to Construction Authority CEO Habib Balian.

The funding for Phase 2A that will extend the Gold Line 11.4 miles from the Sierra Madre Villa station in Pasadena through Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale, and two stops in Azusa is mostly coming from L.A. County’s Measure R half-cent sales tax approved in November 2008 for many transportation improvements in the County — this is the first of those projects set to be funded.

Artist rendering of Gold Line bridge to be built over eastbound lanes of I-210 heading carrying trains in and out of Arcadia.

That Master Cooperative and FTA agreement signing came nearly a week after a major dedication ceremony on Saturday, June 26, at Newcastle Park in Arcadia for the new 584-foot “iconic freeway structure” bridge to be built from the median across the eastbound lanes of the Foothill Freeway (Interstate 210) to the area north of Newcastle Park. The bridge (pictured at right) designed by a Minnesota artist selected by Metro with no input from Arcadia will include four basket-shaped columns that light up and were supposedly inspired by the area’s snakes and the Chumash Native Americans (who lived in Santa Monica and the coast but never in San Gabriel Valley).

The first phase of the extension is projected to generate 7,000 jobs (2,600 in construction alone) and $1 billion in economic output during constructio, plus $40 million in tax revenues.

But there remain multiple hurdles to clear, any one of which could further delay or even prevent the construction of the Extension, including nothing more important than gaining permission from track owners Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway to share use of the tracks east of Arcadia with Metro.

Other steps before major funding is distributed are an enivronmental review and purchase of land for the Maintenance and Operations Facility. No small challenges.

The Construction Authority is also simultaneously continuing procurement of the more than $400 million contract for the Phase 2A Alignment construction to be awarded in the Spring 2011 – likely to be the single largest public works contract awarded in 2011 anywhere in the nation, according to Balian.

The next Phase 2b of the foothill extension from Azusa to Montclair will include stops in Glendora, San Dimas, La Verne, Pomona and Claremont and is scheduled to be completed in 2017. Bu the real prize will be if and when the extension of the line is completed to the Los Angeles/Ontario airport in San Bernardino County.

Gold Line parking structure and "transit plaza" on north west corner of First Ave. and Santa Clara, and former location of station platforms east of First Ave.

As for last week’s news of the relocation of the station, that’s actually a very good thing because the multi-level parking garage (2 levels initially, expandable to four levels) will also be on the westside of First Avenue, north of Santa Clara, directly across from 24 Hour Fitness (a sign is on the vacant lot there from a dedication ceremony earlier this year for the Arcadia Gold Line station).

Looking southwest across tracks -- station, parking structure and transit plaza will now be to right side of this photo, directly across from 24 Hour Fitness.

Had this change not been made, riders would have had to cross at least one and maybe two streets and, in some cases, a double-set of tracks, to get from the parking garage to the station platforms, which would have created more potential pedestrian dangers, especially as riders hurried to catch the train. Now, riders from the parking garage will not have to cross any streets and, depending on which way they are heading, potentially no tracks.

Also changing by the week is the design of the station platforms. Although the City Council wanted to do nothing beyond the “plain vanilla” design offered by Metro, especially since the platforms were to be several hundred feet east of First Avenue and therefore out of plain view of most Arcadia drivers, a committee of the Arcadia Chamber of Commerce, along with representatives from Santa Anita Park, has been pushing for several months to add some public art and design elements to the station. The idea is to make the Arcadia station stand out to train passengers in a way that showcases Arcadia as a special and distinctive town from all the others along the line, and to entice them to get off and shop in Arcadia in hopes of helping spark a revitalization of the Downtown Arcadia area near First Avenue and Huntington Drive.

Plans are now in the process of being approved to create a color scheme and font for the station canopy (rooftop) Arcadia sign that closely matches that of Santa Anita Park (at no extra cost), and to create customized station platform benches designed with a thoroughbred horse theme (tentatively to be funded by Santa Anita Park).

This plan appeared to be about to get reluctant approval by the Council until the location of the station was moved to the more prominent position on the westside of First Avenue, which generated more enthusiastic and unanimous Council support. In fact, the Council even approved using up to $125,000 from an estimated $671,000 in savings on nearly $14.2 million in budgeted construction costs on the bridge over Santa for station enhancements such as a friez design along the fence railing similar to that at Santa Anita Park.

June 26 groundbreaking ceremony at Newcastle Park.

More than 700 people attended the groundbreaking ceremony, including officials who traveled in from Washington D.C. and Sacramento (Congress Members Rep. Judy Chu, D-El Monte; Rep. David Dreier, R-San Dimas; Rep. Grace Napolitano, D-Santa Fe Springs; and Adam Schiff; State Senator Carol Liu and State Assembly Members Ed Hernandez, D-West Covina; and Anthony Portantino, D-Pasadena). Other officials included Antonovich; Assemblywoman Norma Torres; and officials from more than a dozen cities in the San Gabriel Valley and Inland Empire.

It will be months before active construction will begin on the “Iconic Freeway Structure” but work will begin right away by Skanska USA Civil West and AECOM Technical Services, which were awarded the contract with an $18.6 million bid, to finalize and get approval for designs, acquire permits, and hire contractors. Metro projects the bridge construction will create 500 engineering and construction jobs.

– By Scott Hettrick