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HomeMy Public PortalAbout01) CC Agenda - 14-04-15 CITY COUNCIL TEMPLE CITY, CALIFORNIA REGULAR MEETING APRIL 15, 2014 – 7:30 P.M. COUNCIL CHAMBERS – 5938 KAUFFMAN AVENUE 1. CALL TO ORDER – Mayor Blum 2. ROLL CALL – Councilmember Sternquist, Vizcarra, Yu, Chavez, Blum 3. INVOCATION 4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 5. CEREMONIAL MATTERS – PRESENTATIONS A. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION – PINK MUSTACHES B. CERTIFICATE OF RECOGNITION – T.C. CHAMPS - ALL-STAR TEAM C. TEMPLE CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE MONTHLY UPDATE D. SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON RELIABILITY AND OUTREACH 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA The City Council will now hear public comments regarding items not listed on PROCEDURE TO ADDRESS CITY COUNCIL: If you wish to address the City Council, please complete a Speaker Request Form, indicating the agenda item number and submit it to the City Clerk. There will be a maximum 20-minute period for comments on any subject with a 3-minute time limit on each speaker, unless waived by Council. You have the opportunity to address the City Council at the following times: • AGENDA ITEM: at the time the Council considers the agenda item; • NON-AGENDA ITEM: at the time for PUBLIC COMMENTS. Please note that while the City Council values your comments, pursuant to the Brown Act, the Council cannot take action on any item not listed on the agenda; and • PUBLIC HEARING: at the time for public hearings under NEW BUSINESS. The listing of any item on the agenda includes the authority of the Council to take action on such item and to approve, disapprove, or give direction on any item. City Council Agenda April 15, 2014 Page 2 of 10 the agenda. The procedure to address the City Council is highlighted on the first page of this agenda. 7. CONSENT CALEND AR All Consent Calendar items may be approved in a single motion as recommended unless removed for f urther discussion. If members of the City Council or persons in the audience wish to discuss any matters listed on the Consent Calendar, please address them at this time. Recommendation: Approve Items A through J per recommendations. A. APPROVAL OF MINUTES The City Council is requested to review and approve: 1) Minutes of the City Council Regular Meeting of April 1, 2014; 2) Minutes of the City Council Special Meeting of April 2, 2014; and Recommendation: Approve. B. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS – MEETING OF FEBRUARY 25, 2014 The City Council is requested to review the Parks and Recreation Commission actions of their meeting of February 25, 2014. Recommendation: Receive and file. C. PLANNING COMMISSION ACTIONS – MEETING OF MARCH 25, 2014 The City Council is requested to review the Parks and Recreation Commission actions of their meeting of March 25, 2014. Recommendation: Receive and file. D. APPROVAL OF PERMITS TO SELL FIREWORKS FOR THE 2014 SEASON The 2014 firework season impelled 11 non-profit organizations to apply for the permit to sell fireworks. Staff received ten permit applications from organizations that were approved during the 2013 season and one during the 2003 season. As set forth in Municipal Code Sections 3100-3118, no more than 12 fireworks stand permits are issued per season to non-profit associations or corporations organized primarily for veteran, patriotic, welfare, civic betterment or charitable purpose. The code also regulates permit application procedures, qualifications of applicants, and operation of stands. City Council Agenda April 15, 2014 Page 3 of 10 The City Council is requested to consider approval of the recommended 11 non-profit organizations requesting permits. City Council’s approval will allow the non-profit organizations/ groups to raise funds to support their respective activities. Recommendation: Approve 11 non-profit organizations/ groups for fireworks permits for the 2014 season. E. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 14-4987 APPROVING PARTICIPATION IN THE LOS ANGELES URBAN COUNTY COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM BY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, OR HIS DESIGNEE TO SIGN A COOPERATION AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES The CDBG program was enacted through the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974. The CDBG is a federally funded program component of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The program was established to provide communities with resources to address a wide range of unique community development needs (e.g., addressing slum, blighted, and low to moderate income families, etc.). The City recently received a Bulletin form the Los Angeles County Community Development Commission requiring the City to update their agreement with the County of Los Angeles. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 14-4987 approving participation in the CDBG program and authorize the Mayor, or his designee to sign a cooperation agreement with the County of Los Angeles. F. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 14-991 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF TEMPLE CITY ADOPTING THE REORGANIZED CITY OF TEMPLE CITY MUNICIPAL CODE AND ENACTING A NEW CODE NUMBERING SYSTEM FOR THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF CITY OF TEMPLE CITY With the recent increase of ordinance adoptions, it has become evident that the current method of organizing the Municipal Code is antiquated, difficult and cumbersome for staff to add new sections to related subjects within a Chapter’s Article(s). Staff has already had to present ordinances to City Council this past year to amend duplicate Section numbering. The new proposal would allow for an expandable numbering system (e.g., Sterling’s standard x-y-z numbering system) which better accommodates future expansion of the municipal code. City Council Agenda April 15, 2014 Page 4 of 10 Presentation: City Clerk Recommendation: Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 14-991, adopting the reorganized City of Temple City Municipal Code and enacting a new numbering system for the Municipal Code. G. APPROVAL OF CONSULTANT SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHLAND TRANSIT As part of broader continuing efforts to enhance community services, the City recently conducted a Fixed-Route Transit Study and regularly conducted feedback sessions with Dial-A-Ride users to evaluate existing public transportation offerings. With the City’s current Dial-A-Ride contract expiring on June 2014, the City Council directed staff to utilize the procurement process to solicit bids for the continuation of the Dial-A-Ride program. Recommendation: 1. Award a three-year Consultant Services Agreement with Southland Transit, Inc. for management and operation of the City’s Dial-A-Ride program, at a cost not to exceed $1,282,748 (i.e., $416,125;$427,226; and $439,397 respectively for years one, two and three); and 2. Authorize the Interim City Manager to finalize and execute the Consultant Services Agreement with Southland Transit, Inc. H. DONATION TO THE TEMPLE CITY HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND AND PAGEANTRY CORPS FOR ITS PARTICIPATION IN THE 2015 TOURNAMENT OF ROSES PARADE The annual Tournament of Roses Parade in nearby Pasadena is known as America’s New Year celebration. It is one of the most notable and prominent parades in the world, attracting more than 1 million spectators along its 5.5- mile parade route and viewed internationally by tens of millions of television viewers. The Temple City High School Marching Band and its Pageantry Corps was among 100 bands invited to apply for the prestigious honor; and ultimately named to the parade line-up because of its musicianship, marching ability and entertainment value. The Band is required to raise funds for travel and accommodations, including costs to perform in one of three Band fest events scheduled for December 29- City Council Agenda April 15, 2014 Page 5 of 10 30, 2014 at Pasadena City College. The City’s contribution will not only help the Band accomplish a goal to look and sound its best at the Parade, but also assists in replacing 12 year old uniforms and 30 year old instruments, well beyond their useful life. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 14-4989 approving a $15,000 donation to the Temple City High School Marching Band and Pageantry Corps for its participation in the 2015 Tournament of Roses Parade. I. PETTY CASH REPORT AND VISA CARD REPORT The City Council is requested to review, receive and file the Petty Cash and Visa Card Report. Recommendation: Receive and file. J. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO. 14-4990 APPROVAL OF PAYMENT OF BILLS The City Council is requested to adopt Resolution No. 14-4990 authorizing the payment of bills. Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 14-4990. 8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. SECOND READING AND ADOPTION OF ORDINANCE NO. 14-992 AMENDING THE TEMPLE CITY ZONING CODE AND DOWNTOWN SPECIFIC PLAN TO REQUIRE A CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT FOR MEDICAL OFFICES AND SIMILAR USES This code amendment is intended to be an interim option that will regulate massage businesses in accordance with SB 731 until a comprehensive massage and “Day Spa” ordinance is adopted. The proposed ordinance should also have little impact to the medical community. Since the beginning of the year we have had only one business license application for a medical office. Presentation: Planning Manager Recommendation: Waive further reading and adopt Ordinance No. 14-992 amending the Temple City Zoning Code and the Downtown Specific Plan to require a City Council Agenda April 15, 2014 Page 6 of 10 Conditional Use Permit for Medical Offices and similar uses. 9. NEW BUSINESS A. CONSIDERATION OF AMENDING THE AMERICAN WITH DISABILITIES ACT (ADA) BARRIER REMOVAL PROGRAM’S ACTIVITIES AND ADD $30,000 OF UNALLOCATED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) FUNDS TO THE ORIGINAL PROGRAM ALLOCATION ($75,000) BRINGING THE TOTAL PROJECT COST TO $105,000 Since 1974, the City has received CDBG funds from the LACDC as a sub- recipient. For the past 20 years the City has primarily used CDBG funds on the housing rehabilitation loans, asbestos and lead-based paint testing and abatement grants, youth scholarships grants and various ADA improvements to public facilities. As discussed at the April 1, 2014 City Council Meeting, the City has excess CDBG funds that need to be spent by June 30, 2014 or the City risks losing the funds. City staff was advised to add unallocated CDBG finds to existing projects or create new projects that could be easily be implemented. LACDC staff suggested seeking ADA improvements that could be easily implemented within the approved program/project budget. Rather than the City trying to identify and justify each ADA curb ramp improvement, City staff identified ADA deficiencies at City Hall and L.A. County Library parking lots, L.A. County Library entrance, and Live Oak Park tennis courts. Presentation: Planning Manager Recommendation: 1. Hold a Public Hearing to consider proposed amendments to the City’s CDBG funded ADA Barrier Removal Program for Fiscal Year 2013-14; and 2. Consider appropriating $ 30,000 of unallocated CDBG funds for the ADA Improvement Program bringing the total to $105,000, and modify the program’s activity from ADA curb cuts to ADA Improvements to City and L.A. County public facilities and parking lots. B. APPROVAL OF ROSEMEAD BOULEVARD TEXT ART Entitled “Temple City Routes,” Rosemead Boulevard’s 24 mosaic pavers and text art features will exhibit nearly 300 years of local history, from the Temple family’s migration to America to the founding of Temple Town. Inspired by stained glass, tile and woodwork of La Casa Nueva–Walter P. Temple’s City Council Agenda April 15, 2014 Page 7 of 10 family home–mosaic pavers and text art features are intended to show how the founding of Temple City was not merely a monument to the Temple family; but a representation of how the Temple’s identified themselves ethnically, entrepreneurially, and as pioneering settlers of the San Gabriel Valley. From this project also stems an unprecedented partnership between the City and the Homestead Museum to cross-promote the art walk and potentially expand its audience. Recognizing this as an alternative and interactive opportunity to display local history, Mr. Spitzzeri developed preliminary context for each paver to further elaborate the local and national historic events as portrayed in the artwork. Using the Temple family as a case study, Mr. Spitzzeri identified a broader artwork theme that transcends the Temple’s saga, and looks to the future by looking at the past. Mr. Spitzzeri pronounces “Temple City Routes” as “roots” to indicate a double meaning in terms of how immigrants get places historically and currently, but also how they pull up their own roots from one place and plant them in another. To achieve these efforts, the Commission recommended by majority vote to grant a $5,000 honorarium to the Homestead Museum allowing Mr. Spitzzeri to further refine supporting context and provide historian consulting services for “Temple City Routes.” Presentation: Assistant to the City Manager/Economic Development Manager Recommendation: 1. Approve text art phrases associated with “Temple City Routes” for immediate fabrication and installation by the Rosemead Boulevard Grand Opening event on May 10, 2014; and 2. Approve a $5,000 honorarium to the Homestead Museum to finalize narrative and web components for “Temple City Routes” that further historic and local context for each mosaic paver and related text art phrase. 10. COMMUNICATIONS – None 11. RECESS TO SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE TEMPLE CITY COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING 12. ACTIONS T AKEN BY CITY AS SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE TEMPLE CITY COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY 13. UPDATE FROM CITY MAN AGER City Council Agenda April 15, 2014 Page 8 of 10 14. COUNCIL REPORTS REG ARDING AD HOC OR STANDING COMMITTEE MEETINGS A. ROSEMEAD BOULEVARD IMPROVEMENT PROJECT STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Yu and Mayor Blum) – Formed 6/3/2011 B. SCHOOL DISTRICT/CITY STANDING COMMITTEE (Mayor Pro Tem Chavez and Mayor Blum) – Formed 1/3/2012 C. CITY CODE REVIEW STANDING COMMITTEE (Mayor Pro Tem Chavez and Councilmember Vizcarra) – Formed 11/6/2012 D. CIVIC CENTER MASTER PLAN STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Yu and Mayor Blum) – Formed 5/13/2013 E. STRATEGIC PLAN IMPLEMENTATION STANDING COMMITTEE (Mayor Pro Tem Chavez and Mayor Blum) – Formed 1/27/2014 F. LAS TUNAS DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Vizcarra and Yu) – Formed 2/18/2014 G. FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF CITY PROPERTIES STANDING COMMITTEE (Councilmember Vizcarra and Councilmember Yu) – Formed 2/18/2014 H. STRATEGIC PLANNING AD HOC COMMITTEE (Councilmember Yu and Mayor Blum) – Formed 4/2/2013 I. AUDIT AD HOC COMMITTEE (Mayor Pro Tem Chavez and Councilmember Yu) – Formed 1/27/2014 J FACILITIES, PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE AD HOC COMMITTEE (Councilmember Yu and Mayor Blum) – Formed 2/4/2014 K. CITY ATTORNEY LEGAL SERVICES AD HOC COMMITTEE (Mayor Pro Tem Chavez and Councilmember Sternquist) – Formed 2/4/2014 15. COUNCIL ITEMS SEPAR ATE FROM THE CITY MANAGER’S REGULAR AGEND A A. COUNCILMEMBER STERNQUIST B. COUNCILMEMBER VIZCARRA C. COUNCILMEMBER YU City Council Agenda April 15, 2014 Page 9 of 10 D. MAYOR PRO TEM CHAVEZ E. MAYOR BLUM 16. REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES TO CITY OFFICIALS FOR CONDUCT OF CITY BUSINESS AND FOR CITY PAYMENT OF CONFERENCE EXPENDITURES A. COUNCILMEMBER STERNQUIST – None B. COUNCILMEMBER VIZCARRA Reimbursement of $80.86 for rental car expense for CACEO two-day seminar at Laguna Beach, CA March 25-27, 2014. C. COUNCILMEMBER YU – None D. MAYOR PRO TEM CHAVEZ – None E. MAYOR BLUM – None 17. ADDITIONAL PUBLIC COMMENTS ON ITEMS NOT LISTED ON THE AGEND A The City Council will now hear additional public comments regarding items not listed on the agenda. The procedure to address the City Council is highlighted on the first page of this agenda. 18. CLOSED SESSION A. Purpose: Anticipated Litigation Potential Cases: One (1) Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) Representatives: City Attorney B. Purpose: Anticipated Litigation Potential Cases: One (1) Authority: Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(2) Representatives: City Attorney 19. ADJOURNMENT NEXT REGULAR MEETING OF: City Council Agenda April 15, 2014 Page 10 of 10 Notice: Staff reports or other written documentation relating to each item of business of this Agenda are available for viewing on the City’s website at www.templecity.us and are on f ile in the Office of the City Clerk located at City Hall, 9701 Las Tunas Drive, Temple City, California, and available for review during regular off ice hours. I hereby certify under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California that the foregoing agenda was posted on the Civic Center bulletin board not less than 72 hours prior to the meeting. Marilyn Bonus, Deputy City Clerk Signed and Posted: April 9, 2014 (6:00 p.m.) City Council 7:30 P.M. MAY 6, 2014 Planning Commission 7:30 P.M. APRIL 22, 2014 Parks & Recreation Commission 7:30 P.M. APRIL 16, 2014 Transportation & Public Safety Commission 7:30 P.M. APRIL 23, 2014 Public Arts Commission 7:00 P.M. May 7, 2014 In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (626) 285-2171. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.