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Home My Public Portal About04) 7A-2 CC Regular Minutes 2019-09-171. CALL TO ORDER CITY COUNCIL TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA REGULAR MEETING MINUTES SEPTEMBER 17, 2019 AGENDA ITEM ?.A-2 . Mayor Fish called the City Council Regu lar Meet ing to order at 7 :3 1 p .m . in the Counc il Chambers located at 5938 Kauffman Avenue , Temp le C ity. 2. ROLL CALL PRESENT: Councilmember-Man , Sternquist, Yu , Chavez , Fish ABSENT: Councilmember-None ALSO PRESENT: C ity Manager Cook , City Attorney Murphy , City Clerk Kuo 3. INVOCATION -Jerry Jambazian , owner of Wonder Cleaners and Draperies , provided the invocation . 4 . PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE-Boy Scout Troop 161 led the pledge of alleg iance . 5. CEREMONIAL MATTERS-PRESENTATIONS A. PAINT THE TOWN PURPLE PROCLAMAT ION Mayor Fish and City Council presented a proclamation to Lynne Hanamoto and the Temple City Relay for Life team . B. RECOGNITION OF COMMUNITY EMERGENCY RESPONSE TEAM (CERT) VOLUNTEERS Publ ic Safety Supervisor Ariizum i and Disaster Management Area D Coo rdinator Ms . Manzano-Garcia remarked about the City's Community Eme rgency Response program. Mayor Fish and City Council recognized the City's CERT volunteers and presented each with a certificate . C. UPDATE ON THE TEMPLE CITY LIBRARY EXPANSION PROJECT CONSTRUCTION Pat McGee and Bill Yee , Los Angeles Co unty, gave an update on t he const ru ction of the library expans io n project. City Council Minutes September 17 , 2019 Page 2 of 8 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA Leanne Baroldi , Temple City Sister Cities and Darren Panedo , Sister Cities Student Exchange Program student ambassador, thanked City Coun c il for sponsoring the student exchange program . Lucy Liou , Temple City Neighborhood Watch , invited the public to th is Thursday 's meeting at the Live Oak Park. Lynne Best, Temple City Historical Soc iety , invited the public to the Historical Society's 961h Anniversary Dinner Celebration on September 28 . ' 7. CONSENT CALENDAR Counc ilmember Man made a motion to approve the Consent Calendar items. Seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Chavez and carried by the following votes : AYES : NOES: ABSTAIN : ABSENT : Councilmember-Man , Sternquist, Yu , Chavez , Fish Councilmember-None Councilmember-None Councilmember-None A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The City Council is requested to review and approve: 1. Minutes of the Special City Council Meeting of September 3 , 2019 ; and 2. Minutes of the Regular City Council Meeting of September 3, 2019 . Action: Approved . B . PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS The City Council is requested to receive and file Actions of the Regular Transportation and Public Safety Commission Meeting of August 27, 2019 . Action : Rece ived and filed . C . TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC SAFETY COMMISSION ACTIONS The C ity Council is requested to receive and file Actions of the Regular Transportation and Public Safety Commission Meeting of August 28 , 2019 . Action : Received and filed . City Council Minutes September 17, 2019 Page 3 of 8 D. LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES ANNUAL CONFERENCE RESOLUTIONS The City Council is requested to receive and file the League of California Cities annual resolutions and approve the voting delegate (Mayor Pro Tern Chavez) and voting alternate (Councilmember Man) to use their discretion to vote on the proposed resolutions during the League 's Annual Business Meeting . Action : 1. Received and filed League of California Cities Annual Conference Resolutions ; and 2 . Approved the voting delegate and voting alternate to use their discretion to vote on the proposed resolutions . E. CONTRACTUAL AMENDMENT WITH TRANSPO GROUP USA, INC . The City Council is requested to amend the agreement with Transpo Group USA, Inc . extending the term to December 31 , 2019. The time extension would allow staff to finalize the parking strategy update. Action: Approved a contractual amendment with Transpo Group USA, Inc. that extends the duration of professional services to December 31 ,2019 . F. PETIY CASH AND VISA CARD REPORT The City Council is requested to receive and file the Petty Cash and Visa Card Report. Action: Received and filed . G . ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO . 19-5423 APPROVING PAYMENT OF BILLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2019-20 The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No . 19-5423 authorizing the payment of bills . Action : Adopted Resolution No . 19-5423 . 8. PUBLIC HEARING A . INTRODUCTION AND FIRST READING OF ORDINANCE NO . 19-1036 AMENDING TITLE 9 (ZONING REGULATIONS), CHAPTER 1 OF THE TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE , ADOPTING THE TEMPLE CITY ZONING MAP , City Council Minutes September 17, 2019 Page 4 of 8 REPEALING THE DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN , AND ADOPTING AN ADDENDUM TO THE TEMPLE CITY MID-CENTURY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE AND CROSSROADS SPECIFIC PLAN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT The City Council is requested to consider a comprehensive update to the City's Zoning Code, repealing of the Downtown Specific Plan , and the adoption of an addendum to an Environmental Impact Report . City Manager Cook gave an overview of the proposed zoning code update . City Attorney Murphy informed Council of the City's obligation to bring the zoning code to conform with the City's updated General Plan and the time line to approving the zoning code update . Planning Manager Reimers gave a summary of the staff report . Mayor Fish opened public comment. Hearing no request to speak, Mayor Fish closed public comment. City Council made comments and asked questions regarding staffs proposed amendments and potential alternatives relating to the following provis ion of the draft Zoning Code : The Building height in the R-1 Zone: Staffs recommendation is to set the building heigh't at 28 feet for lots less than or equal to 75 feet wide ; 32 feet for lots greater than 75 feet wide and a maximum top plate height of 23 feet. Staff offered three alternatives in addition to their recommendation : Alternative A: Reduce the maximum top plate height from 23 feet to 2 1 feet Alternative 8: Maintain the existing 26-foot height requirement for two story structures in the R-1 zone. Howeve r, if an applicant is proposing a style of architecture that requires a higher roof pitch , the maximum building height may be increased to 28 feet on lots less than or equal to 75 feet and 32 feet on lots greater than 75 feet Alternative C Modify the draft Zoning Code so that it retains the building heights found in the existing Zoning Code Mayor Pro Tern Chavez , Councilmember Sternquist , and Mayor Fish spoke in favor of staff's recommendation . Councilmember Man spoke in favor of Alternative 8 and Councilmember Yu spoke in favor of Alternative C . City Council Minutes September 17, 2019 Page 5 of 8 Front-of-the Lot FAR in the R-1 Zone : Staff's recommendation is to replace the existing two standards with one standard of using a maximum FAR figure for the front 40 feet of the lot (i.e., floor area ratio of 0.25 within the front 40 feet). Staff offered two alternatives in addition to their recommendation : Alternative D: Increase the maximum front-of-the-lot floor area ratio to 0.4 . Alternative E : Modify the draft Zoning Code so that it retains the existing Zoning Code's 40-degree front yard encroachment plane requirement (§ 9 -1 M-12.E) and second floor setback requirement (§ 9-1 M-15 .A 5 .d). Councilmember Man and Mayor Fish spoke in favor of Alternative D , Mayor Pro Tem Chavez spoke in favor of staff's recommendation and Alternative D, Councilmember Yu and Councilmember Sternquist spoke in favor of Alternative D or combining Alternative D and E. Front and Rear Yard Setbacks : Staff's recommendation is to increase the existing R-1 zone setbacks (i .e ., minimum front yard setback of 20 feet and a minimum rear year setback of 15 feet) by 5 feet with the caveat that they can be reduced by 5 feet. If the garage is in the rear of the property and is detached from the main dwelling . In no case can the front yard setback be less than 20 feet. Staff offered three alternatives in addition to their recommendation : Alternative F: Maintain the front and rear yard setbacks found in the existing Zoning Code (20 and 15 feet, respectively) for shallow lots (properties that are less than or equal to 80 feet in depth). Maintain the front and rear yard setbacks in the draft Zoning Code (25 and 20 feet, respectively) for non-shallow lots (properties greater than 80 feet in depth). Alternative G: Maintain the front and rear yard setbacks in the draft Zoning Code (25 and 20 feet, respectively). Allow a five foot reduction in front and rear yard setbacks if the garage is placed in the rear and is detached . For shallow lots (lots with a depth less than 80 feet), the garage must be placed in the rear but does not need to be detached. This would result in a FAR of .5 . Alternative H : Maintain the front and rear yard setbacks found in the existing Zoning Code for all properties . -------------------- City Council Minutes September 17 , 2019 Page 6 of 8 Mayor Pro Tern Chavez and Councilmember Sternquist spoke in favor of staff's recommendation or Alternative G ; Councilmember Yu , Councilmember Man , and Mayor Fish spoke in favor of Alternative H . Minimum Lot Width (R-1 ): Staff's recommendation is to establish a consistent minimum lot w idth of 50 feet to help provide consistency in the Code and to limit challenges to the City's minimum 60-foot lot minimum for flag lots . Staff offered two Alternatives in addition to their recommendation : Alternative I: Set a 60-foot minimum lot size for all newly created lots . Alternative J: Maintain the existing Zoning Code which sets a min imum lot width of 60 feet but provides for a minimum lot width of 50 feet when the lot that is being split is more than 1 00 feet. Councilmember Sternquist, Councilmember Man, Councilmember Yu , and Mayor Fish spoke in favor of Alternative J , and Mayor Pro Tern Chavez spoke in favor of staff's recommendation . Underground Parking (R-3 ): Staffs recommendation is to place parking underground and center the units around a central garden courtyard . Staff offered two Alternatives in addition to their recommendation : Alternative K : Direct staff to return with R-3 standards that encourage at grade parking , if feasible , while still meeting Housing Element requirements Alternative L: Direct staff to return with an ordinance that revises R-3 development standards that have the effect of requiring parking underground (such as number of parking spaces , size of open space, etc.) while maintaining the open space concept to the extent feasible while still meeting Housing Element requirements . Councilmember Man , Mayor Pro Tern Chavez and Mayor Fish spo ke in favor of staffs recommendation , Councilmember Yu and Councilmember Sternquist spoke in favor of increasing the number of units without requiring underground park ing , similar to Alternative "L" but replacing the word "requiring to encouraging" parking underground ... City Council Minutes September 17 , 2019 Page 7 of 8 Councilmember Yu made a motion to refer this item back to the Planning Commission to consider Council 's recommended alternatives and to bring t his item back to Council for consideration . Seconded by Councilmember Sternquist and carried by the following votes : AYES : NOES : ABSTAIN : ABSENT: Councilmember-Man, Sternqu ist, Yu, Chavez, Fish Councilmember-None Councilmember-None Councilmember-None 9. UNFINISHED BUSINESS -None 10. NEW BUSINESS -None 11. UPDATE FROM CITY MANAGER -informed Council that work has begun in prepping the Council Chambers for the Chamber of Commerce move in , commented on the Temple City High School 's pool dedication , and remarked about the housing legislations from the State . 12. UPDATE FROM CITY ATTORNEY -remarked on proposed legislations of interest to the City . 13 . COUNCIL REPORTS REGARDING AD HOC OR STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS A. SCHOOL DISTRICT/CITY STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Man and Mayor Fish)-Formed 1/3/2012 The standing committee reported on their meeting on Friday , September 6 , 2019 . The committee discussed joint use facilities agreement, traffic issues around the schools , and improving communication between the city and school districts regarding upcoming special events . B . LAS TUNAS DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION STANDING COMMITTEE (Mayor (ProTem Chavez and Councilmember Yu)-Formed 2/18/2014 No report . C . FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY PROPERTIES STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Yu and Councilmember Man )-Formed 2/18/2014 No report . D. AUDIT STANDING COMMITTEE (Mayor ProTem Chavez and Councilmember Yu)-Formed 7/15/2014 r~--------·~~- City Council Minutes September 17, 2019 Page 8 of 8 No report . E. FACILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS , AND INFRASTRUCTURE STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Yu and Councilmember Man)-Formed 4/4/2017 The Standing Comm ittee report on their meeting on Friday, September 13 , 2019 . The committee received an update on the Downtown Parking Study. F. LIBRARY CONSTRUCTION AD HOC COMMITTEE (Mayor Fish and Councilmember Sternquist)-Formed 4/4/2017 No report . 14. COUNCIL ITEMS SEPARATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER'S REGULAR AGENDA A. COUNCILMEMBER STERNQUIST -commented on the Moon Festival and thanked Community Development Director Forbes for his years of service . B . COUNCILMEMBER YU -commented on the Moon Festival and thanked Community Development Director Forbes for his years of service . C . COUNCILMEMBER MAN -commented on the Moon Festival and thanked Community Development Director Forbes for his years of service. D. MAYOR PROTEM CHAVEZ-none . E. MAYOR FISH -commented on the Moon Festival and thanked Commun ity Development Director Forbes for his years of service . 15 . ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA- Jerry Jambazian , Temple City business owner, c ongratulated City Manager Cook on his 5th year with the City . 16. ADJOURNMENT The City Council Regular Meeting was adjourned at 10 :45 p .m . Nanette Fish , Mayor ATTEST: Peggy Kuo , City Clerk