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Home My WebLink AboutCC Min 2012-01-25 .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... G .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD (Copy) 68 -700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero Cathedral City, CA 92234 Wednesday, January 25, 2012 Please note: NEW PROCEDURE The Agenda for the Closed Session Meeting is loaded as an Attachment to the Agenda - it is not taped at all in GRANICUS RECORDING. It will be printed out at the end of the Minutes for future reference. Closed Session Meeting begins at 3:30 p.m. The following is a summary of what transpired in Closed Session. Mayor DeRosa called the Closed Session Meeting to order at 3:30 p.m. Roll Call was taken for the City Council and the RDA Board, all were present except Council Member/RDA Board Member Toles, who was excused by a motion by Council Member England, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Vasquez, passed with no Objection. Mayor DeRosa explained that Mr. Toles had a delayed flight upon Leaving Miami and missed his commection and was unable to get her in time for the meeting. Mayor Opened and Closed Closed Session Public Comments, and Mr. Green deemed a summary of the Closed Session items read into the record. Council moved to Closed Session at 3:34 p.m. Following the Closed Session meeting, the Council will convene to the Council Chambers on the third floor for the Study Session and Regular Meeting. Present: Council/RDA Board Member England, Mayor Pro Tem/RDA Board Vice Chair Vasquez, Council/RDA Board Member Pettis, and Mayor/RDA Chairman DeRosa. Absent: None. STUDY SESSION fi REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY BOARD - Council Chambers - Third Floor of City Hall, 68700 Avenida Lalo Guerrero, Cathedral City, CA 92234 -Study Session - January 25, 2012 at approximately 5:00 p.m. or at such time as the City Council completes the Closed Session Agenda. CALL TO ORDER ; (INV Mayor DeRosa called the Study Session portion of the meeting to Order at 3:30 p.m. { 7 .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... i c o Present: Council/RDA Board Member England, Mayor Pro Tem/RDA Board Vice Chair Vasquez, Council/RDA Board Member Pettis, and Mayor/RDA Chairman DeRosa. 1 Absent: None. PRESENTATION OF COLORS Cathedral City High School Air Force Junior ROTC Honor Guard 1 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Mayor Pro Tem Vasquez led the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. INVOCATION Council Member England offered the Invocation. A PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS Proclamation Presentation - Cathedral City Historical Society being presented to Robert Goemer (Council) Historic Society House tour - 4 Houses built all in the early 30's. Live Music, Snacks, Pictures of homes and people in the cove. Reproductions of Agnes Pelton's work. HS choir singing, a pianist from the city, roving guitar players to the home. PUBLIC COMMENTS i At this time, members of the public may address the City Council on any matter not listed on the agenda or any item on the Study Session agenda. Please complete a ?Request to Speak form and limit your comments to three minutes. When you are called to speak, please come forward and state your name and city of residence for the record. In response to any public comment on an item or matter not on this agenda, pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, members of the City Council and/or the Redevelopment Agency Board may only 1) respond briefly to statements made or questions posed by the public; 2) ask a question for clarification; 3) make a brief report on his or her own activities; 4) provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information; 5) request staff to report to the City Council at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter raised by the public; or, 6) direct staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda. (California Government Code Section 54954). Unless additional time is authorized by the City Council, remarks shall be limited to three minutes. STUDY SESSION AGENDA Normally, no action is taken on Study Session items; however, the City Council reserves the right to give specific policy direction and take specific action as necessary. Presentations will be limited to 10 minutes unless other provisions are made in advance. .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... i 1 F 1 i G 1. Presentation by Katie Barrows, CVAG, on Green for Life Program, and an update on the Desert Cities Energy Partnership. (T. Scott/D. Press grove) (P .1 -28) i �' g Katie Barrows and Ted Flanagan introduced by Tami Scott, Administrative Services Director. Katie Barrows CVAG Director of Environmental - Ms. Barrows lives in La Quinta. Ms Barrows gave an overview of the program, The Desert Cities Energy Partnership and introduced Ted Flanagan Eco Motion of Irvine, lives in Glendale. Mr. Flanagan reported on their initial finding of our Energy Action Plan, The Greenhouse Gas inventory, the Energy Action Plan, the Climate Action Plan and tying together the Regional Linkage trial finding of our Energy Action Plan. All in all Mr. Flanagan advised that Cathedral City was way ahead of every other city in the valley in reaching our goals. 2. Receive and discuss recommended communications schedule from Applied # Storytelling /Caplan Agency. (A. Howe) (Pg. 29 -31) I 1 Allen Howe - There are two sections of Applied Story Telling engagement. The first part we have been involved with is developing the city's story, the second part is a 10 month engagement with Caplan Communications to tell that story through our communications. So how do we get the story we developed out and in more ways? Mr. Steve Caplan will present the work plan for the next six months. Mr. Howe introduced Steve Caplan. Mr. Caplan advised he was a resident of Sherman Oaks. f He is going to give an Update on their work on the City Branding initiative, this is actually the second visit this month for me. My first visit was January 3rd right right after the new : Co year, where Allen and I sat down, and kicked off our program and our planning efforts the 4 results which is the document that you all have in front of you. I also had the opportunity to present our findings to the Chamber of Commerce at their Power Breakfast. I want to report to you the presentation I believe went quite well. I was really taken by the enthusiasm with which the presentation was met by Chamber members, offeres of support, a lot of ideas. I think also we have observed with what has been happening in Cathedral City in the news front. The idea that this is a city that comes together at tough times. For the Chellos Restaurant and the City Council banding together and offering help for the victims of the Date Palm Plaza fire. This is one of many we have seen of the city living the actual brand that we have talked about. I am feeling that we are on the right track here. Mr. Caplan present his update and walked the City Council through the presentation, which you may watch on the city web -site. 3. Discussion of appointments to Redevelopment Agency Oversight Board that will oversee the dissolution of the Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency. (D. Bradley) Mr. Bradley City Manager gave the report. As you know the Redevelopment Agency is just about dissolved. This is actually the last meeting of the Redevelopment Agency as we know it and the next meeting in February will be the first meeting of the so called Successor Agency that will oversee the dissolution of the Redevelopment Agency. Tonight we will focus on just the oversight Board that will be overseeing the decisions that are being made by the successor agency, in this case the successor agency is the City Council. And you will be making various decisions along the way as to how we will I liry dissolve the Redevelopment Agency. And how we adhere to various contracts and matters € 1 1 4 . REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... i that have to be dealt with as we wind down the agency as it is called. The decisions that , G you make as the successor agency will then be reviewed by an oversight agency, that will be comprised of seven members: We have given you a staff report that outlines that, but for the Public's benefit I will recite this just a little bit further. Oversight Committee: One member will be appointed by Board of Supervisors, what we know thus far is that the Board of Supervisors will likely appoint a staff person to serve in that capacity, that will be representing them. Second member is to be appointed by the Mayor of the city that formed the Redevelopment Agency, in our case that would be r Mayor DeRosa. Third is a member appointed by the largest Special District by property tax share. At this point there is still not a definitive determination as to which Agency that is, but it does appear preliminary that would be Coachella Valley Water District. If that is I indeed the case, they would be asked to appoint somebody to the Oversight Board. The i fourth member would be appointed by the County Superintendent of Education, who is an elected position and we don't know who that is going to be, but we know that it has been referred to a Deputy in the County Superintendent 1 Office implying it may p tY Y p PY� g� Y be a staff member but we don't know that for sure. The fifth member would be appointed by the Chancellor of the California Community College and we do know that our local community college, College of the Desert, and its President have been asked to submit nominations, and those nominations that have been submitted, are in fact senior levels staff people. It is likely that there will be somebody from the staff of the COD that will be on this. A member of the Public appointed by the County Supervisors, Supervisor Benoit will be handling the appointments for those oversight Boards in the Coachella Valley. He has asked for input each city as to any nominations that we might have, and we are in the 1 process of developing some suggested names for him. That isn't ready for tonight. i Cie Finally, one member representing the employees of the former Redevelopment Agency, r appointed by the Mayor from the recognized employee organization from the largest number of the former agency employees. This is something, in our particular case we interpreter to mean, because most of our employees who are in this class are in the unrepresented group, that we would have an unrepresented employee who has been involved with the Redevelopment Agency and I think the Mayor will have a recommendation on that This is something that should be appointed as soon as possible, z the Oversight Committee will be meeting as soon as a quorum is able to be established. Quorum will be deemed to be four members, so it is conceivable they would be going ahead with just four members, all though I am sure they would like to go ahead with all seven members being appointed. The specific requirement is to go ahead by May 1st. The _ Chairperson of that Oversight Board needs to be reported to the state and that Chairperson ` is elected from among the seven members who are appointed. So, what we anticipate is that by anywhere from mid February to sometime prior to May 1st the Oversight Board will meet and convene to deal with various issues. We included in the staff report further things about the Oversight Committee, but essentially they review any decision made by the Successor Agency, the decisions of the Oversight Board are then reviewed within three days, it is said by the Department of Finance. So there is quite a ratcheting process on the decisions that goes up the line to the State Department of Finance. At the same time, the County Auditor will be doing audits that will be done between now and July 1st. Each Agency will be audited as to various technical stuff, that goes with this, so there is a two- I pronged approach. The audit will be done and the Oversight Board will be reviewing Cof decisions that have been made by the Successor Agency. So tonight we put this on the Agenda so that you can discuss appointments to this Board. It is something that once the t .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... Mayor makes the determination, we will than notify the appropriate Agencies as to who that is, and we would be prepared to meet whenever it is convenient. Mayor DeRosa advised that she had conversation with staff on the employee member of this and also Council Member Pettis. There is a list being compiled of the public members, so this evening, I would like to offer Tami Scott to sit as the "employee representing Cathedral City. Tami has the vast background, she has been intimately involved with RDA and its projects since she has been at Cathedral City and I think she is the appropriate person to represent Cathedral City in those matters. As far as the Mayor's appointment, I would like to take that appointment and have Council Member Pettis as my alternate. I am sure Mr. Pettis will be attending all those meetings, he has been on most of the conference calls and we will continue to compile the employee names. Mr. England asked if that was a motion, City Attorney Green advised that he felt they were the Mayor's appointments, they were not a recommendation, however, she has the authority to make those appointments and then move forward. 4. Update on lighting and signage at IMAX and Mary Pickford Theaters. (A. Hall) (32 -33) Tami Scott, Administrative Services Director gave the update. In Andy's absence the staff report was from him, and we have met with our staffs. We have walked the site you referred to, some of the things we have come up with: the tree lighting or the rope lights around the trees have been put up and taken down every year, that was when the trees were young and less mature. With the maturity of the trees we believe it would be the best interest to leaving them up. In addition we have some rope lights in our inventory. What we would like to do is rope the remaining Palm Trees that border the vacant property to the South of the parking structure so it would be to the east and south of the parking structure along Hi -way 111. We believe that would be cost effective without trying to install huge flood lights on property that is owned by the Redevelopment Agency and with the Redevelopment Agency, will be subject to sale. Those trees are in the Public Right Away, so that may be a solution. In addition to that we are in the process of looking at attaching every even or odd tree, flood lights as "down" rather than "up" lighting from the Palm Trees down to the lot, as well as one pole that would be in the corner near the Handi- capped ramp. From the lights on the IMAX building to the Light on the corner Handi- capped ramp and the flood lights coming from the Palm Trees we believe without installing stuff on the site, that this may mitigate some of the issues that has happened historically as far as lack of lighting in that area. With your approval we would like to move forward and at least thry that with what we have in our inventory, not knowing who or what may end up owning the property at some point in time. In addition to that, the signage. Andy Hall has met with two different sign companies, as relative to some options that could be looked at. He is in the process of meeting with a third sign company. If you can imagine any signage is relatively expensive on property that we will no longer control or own in the future, so we were looking at some possible cooperative things that could be done with signs without sign companies. Once he has concluded that meeting he will bring back and update on that. 5. Update on Ramon Road East and West protects and the Date Palm Drive -Vista Chino improvements. (B. Simons) (Pg. 34 -35) C ie .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... Bill Simmons gave the report. We had a meeting last Thursday with Cal -Trans Local Assistance in San Bernardino to get an update on the status of their reviews on five 1 projects that we have in the mill. Two of them are the Ramon Road East and West projects. I want to thank Mayor DeRosa and Council Member Pettis for writing a letter to the Cal -Trans District Assistance, Dr. Wolf, requesting assistance in getting our projects processed and on track for construction. Because the District Assistance local engineer, when he saw the list of projects that I gave him, when he saw the Ramon East and West projects, asked if this was the project that the Assistant Director came and talked with me about just a couple of days ago? The letters did get the attention of Director and his staff. I think that based on our conversation on Thursday CalTrans at the District level moving to get the project, Ramon Road East processed and out of their office as quickly as possible. The status is that as of today the Right of Way Document which has to be approved before they can start the review of the Request for Authorization has been approved and I received comments yesterday on the RF8 document. I am in the process of responding to those comments, I have all but one addressed, and I am waiting for input 1 from CalTrans on that one. So I'm hoping on getting the revised documents back to CalTrans tomorrow. If that is the case, it should move fairly quickly to get it out of the District. Unfortunately when it leaves the District, it goes to Sacramento. We have four projects that are currently in Sacramento, three of them have been there since the middle of November. So I'm not sure, but the District is as frustrated as we are, that their projects are not being processed at the Head Quarters level. I will be meeting with Mayor DeRosa to talk some potential actions that we might undertake to break that gridlock. If the Ramon Road East do leave the District this month, which is likely, and if we can break the gridlock at project CalTrans HQ, it is likely that we are ready to go then. We have the 1 specifications and the plans ready to issue, immediately upon receipt of the notice of approval. All we need to do is add the dates of the Bid - opening and issue the Documents. This will take just a few hours, we are hoping that the Bid Documents and the Requests for Proposals will be out in February. If that is the case we would be under construction early in April. A completion date probably in late July. It is about a three month construction E project. We are not on the schedule that I originally indicated in August. Things are, at long last moving, and we are making some progress. For Ramon Road West we received the final approval of our environmental documents on January 12th. In order to begin the process of requesting authorization to construct we had to have the environmental document approved. Having that, we submitted the right of way documentation and the right away certificate to CalTrans review this week, and once they approve that, we can submit the rest of the package. They have changed their process a little to require the 1 right of way certificate before we can be approved and submit the RFA for Construction. We are in the process of finalizing all the requests for authorization, and as soon as we get the right of way certificate signed we will submit those and get those in the mill too. We always anticipated that we would not start construction of Ramon Road West would 1 not begin until after July 4th. It looks like we are on a good schedule to keep that one on track. That construction would start in the summer, minimizing the impact on the snow- birds and also on the businesses. We will keep our eye on the ball at CalTrans to make sure that we do everything we can to keep the projects moving. For the Date Palm Drive - Vista Chino project that we are in the middle of trying to get designed, and negotiate a Change Order with the Interchange Contractor. Couple of weeks ago we prepared letters cie for Mr. Bradley's signature and submitted to CVAG requesting their 75% participation in F the cost and also to Agua Caliente Tribe to have them participate through the Indian l i .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... 1 1 Reservation Road Program. I presented both of them in person. I got a very positive response from both of them. I am not sure, the Tribe indicated that they would have an Agenda item on at the end of this month, like a Study Session, to prepare the Tribal Council for approval in February. We have received Draft Agreements from the Tribe, I had Council review those documents today and we will be dealing with the Tribal Attorney to iron any differences in those documents. The Tribe wants to keep their contributions local and not go to CVAG, and come off the top of the project. They have had discussion with Tom Kirk, Executive Director at CVAG. If that is the case then the Tribal contribution to pay 100% of the City share. We are still working on it, but that 1 sounds pretty good too. 1 Mayor DeRos interjected that was "good news ". Council Member England had a question - Bill, you had mentioned that there was kind of a gridlock in Sacramento. I ' Are you at liberty to let us know what that was all about? Mr Simonds responded that he 1 wished he knew more about it, but what I hear from the District people is that they have had staff changes, they have had lay -offs, people move from one position to another. and they are short- handed. The process always has been that once the documents leave the 1 District and go to HQ, it i s just a matter of getting it in front of the right person to be L signed. to have these projects up there over two months is hard to comprehend. Mr. England wanted to know if we know who that one person is? Mr. Simonds responded we know who the gentleman who is assigned responsibility of signing off on the projects. I Three or four years ago he was in that posiion and then was apparently transferred out and now he has come back. Mayor DeRosa said we will be making phone calls tomorrow. We wouldn't be held up due to the Governor wanting new taxes. The Governors budget t wants to make Transportation a seperate office. Mr. Pettis expressed he didn't think it was g , C any different that us being short staffed here in City Hall. 6. City Council /Staff reports and inquiries of new or ongoing projects. City Clerk advised when Council Members should push the vote button and what happens when they push it too soon. The system record your name, and the name of the seconder, but records the motion in the wrong place on the Agenda Item. Council Member Pettis advised that there were two people from Landau Manor to speak in Public Comments on the Clean up of the Construction by Mrs. Green, and expressed it had not been done correctly and was signed off RECESS Mayor DeRosa recessed the Study Session meeting at 6:45 p.m. CALL TO ORDER Mayor DeRosa called the Regular portion of the meeting to order at 6:46 p.m. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS I ICW 1. Barbara Creson, Queen Mother introducing Date Festival Pageant Winners: 1 F g g 1 y E y F .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... 2. Queen Scheherazade - Jordana Totman Who is Senior at Palm Desert High School 3. Princess Dunyazade - Alysha Woodson who is a Junior at San Antonio College 4. Princess Jasmine - Francesca Parker CLOSED SESSION ANNOUNCEMENTS City Attorney Charles Green advised there were no Closed Session Announcement out of tonight's Close Session. PUBLIC COMMENTS 1 At this time, members of the public may address the City Council on any matter not listed on the agenda or any item on the Consent Agenda. Please complete a ?Request to Speak? form and limit your comments to three minutes. When you are called to speak, please come forward and state your name and city of residence for the record. In response to any public comment on an item or matter not on this agenda, pursuant to Government Code Section 54954.2, members of the City Council and/or the Redevelopment Agency Board may only: 1) respond briefly to statements made or questions posed by the public; 2) ask a question for clarification; 3) make a brief report on his or her own activities; 4) provide a reference to staff or other resources for factual information; 5) request staff to report back to the City Council at a subsequent meeting concerning any matter raised by the public; or, 6) direct staff to place a matter of business on a future agenda. (California Government Code Section 54954). Unless additional time is authorized by the City Council, remarks shall be limited to three minutes. Stan Kernan - was here to report that Mrs. Green did not clean up the "dumping field for Landau Manor" He is very unhappy that this has not been taken care of properly. Late December there was about three days of work there. We are not happy with this clean up { and ask that you work with us to get this blighted property cleaned up. John Lind - Cathedral City Mr. Lind who lives at Elizabeth & McCallum -I have some photographs showing the bulk of debris left. We are not satisfied. These photographs were taken in the summer of 2004, when my wife and I visited here from Massachuttes. This was in participation in buying property that we actually bought. What you see there in the photos is some of the fill and debris and things like that. I feel that now a days those photos might be important. In my opinion, things have certainly gotten worse, though Mrs. Green made some effort to clean up part of it, even thought it is not what we all were looking for. AGENDA FINALIZATION At this time, the City Council and /or the Redevelopment Agency Board may announce any items being pulled from the agenda or continued to another date. .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... URGENCY ITEMS Urgency Items ( "Added Starters "): The Brown Act, which governs public meetings, permits the City Council to take action on any item that does not appear on the agenda only if 2/3 of the Council (if all are present) or all members of the Council (if fewer than all members are present) determine there is a need to take immediate action on the item, and the need to take immediate action came to the City Council ?s attention after the agenda is posted. COUNCIL COMMENTS Council Members - comments on items not on the agenda. Council Member Pettis - various committee I sit on, Yesterday CVAG help workshop, Regional Transportation Plan - DuVall interchange in long range funding at RTP Chuck Vasquez - 9th annual Jannim' for Jesus, Outreach Industries. WE had some wind but they went right on with the presentation and it was great. Having everything free and Having those ministers there to share with all the kids and families. Council Member England - Jammin' for Jesus was 1.5 hours late with wind stor, but they played till 8 p.m. Today SunLne meeting, Michael Oglsby run a good program. Met and dealt exclusively on the American Cab. They will be able to operate in the Valley. We are very pleased with this outcome. SunLine upheld the Court decision. Mayor DeRosa - Reminded every of the Rotary commerative tiles, that will be placed on ry ry p the Rotary Corner across from the IMAX.. Mr. Bradley and the Mayor had breakfast with President Clinton, and participated in the panel on the Health challenges. Mayor DeRosa entered the Letter she wrote into the record that was sent to Dr. Raymond Wolf at CalTrans, pleading for the authority to go ahead on Ramon Road. COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS MINUTES Minutes from the City Council Meeting for January 11, 2012 will be on the February 8 g Y rY , 2012 Agenda. Charlie Green in Council Comments. Potential setttlement, settlement has been finalized. Tri- Millieumen pleased that the matter has been settled prior to the end of the year. Resolution has bben release CONSENT AGENDA 1. RDA. Adopt a Resolution declaring that no loans between the Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency and any public agency have been forgiven from the period commencing January 1, 2010 through December 31, 2011 as required by Section 33354.8 (a) of the California Health and Safety Code pursuant to AB 936 by RDA Resolution R- 1 .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... 503. (J. Davison) (Pg. 1 -3) 2. RDA. Approve a Resolution adopting the Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency's Second Amended Enforceable Payment Obligation Schedule by RDA Resolution R -504. (J. Davison) (Pg. 4 -7) 3. COUNCIL. Approve Vacation 2012 -01: Adoption of a Resolution of Intention to vacate a 20 ft. wide alley, between Bankside Drive and Melrose Drive, south of East Palm Canyon Drive, located behind 68 -307 E. Palm Canyon Drive and set a Public Hearing date of March 14, 2012 Resolution No 2012 -155. (B. Simons) (Pg. 8 -13) 4. COUNCIL. Authorize the Public Arts Commission to expend up to $40,000 in Art in Public Places funds (non - general funds) to have the option to purchase public art at the La Quinta Arts Festival and appoint a sub - committee of the City Council to assist in the selection process by M.O. 4939. Mayor DeRosa and Council Member England will serve as the sub - committee. (A. Howe) (Pg. 14) 5. COUNCIL. Receive report of intended travel from Council Member Pettis for the NCL Congressional City Conference 2012, March 9 -14, 2012, Washington, DC. 5a. COUNCIL Authorize the Mayor, City Attorney and City Engineer to execute a Funding agreement with Riverside County Flood Control and Water Conservation District for reimbursement of city costs for the East Cathedral Canyon Levee Restoration by M.O. 4941 passed 4 -1. Rho LB. Simons) (Pg. 1 -9) MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA Council/RDA Board Member England moved MOTION FOR CONSENT AGENDA - Motion seconded by Mayor Pro Tem/RDA Board Vice Chair Vasquez, motion carried 4 - 0. PUBLIC HEARINGS NONE LEGISLATIVE ACTION 6. COUNCIL. Consider authorizing services with MVR Consulting in the amount of $6,600, to prepare to prepare and submit an application for a Sustainable Communities Planning Grant (Proposition 84) to fund preparation of the City of Cathedral City Sustainability Plan, General Plan Targeted Update and Form -based Codes, and adopting a Resolution in support of that application. (L. Lukes) (Pg. 15 -21. a. Report by Leisa Lukes, City Planner Tami Report G .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... b. Public Comments C I;" c. Recommendation: Authorize consultant services and adopt Resolution Council/RDA Board Member Pettis moved Recommendation: Authorize consultant services by M.O. 4940 and adopt Resolution 2012 -156, motion carried 4 -0 -1 with Council Member Toles absent. Motion seconded by Mayor Pro Tem/RDA Board Vice Chair Vasquez, motion carried 4 - 0. 7. COUNCIL. Consider Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance amending City Council compensation effective December 23, 2012. (D. Bradley) (Pg. 22 -24) a. Report by Donald E. Bradley, City Manager b. Public Comments c. Recommendation: Waive First Reading and Introduce Ordinance Council/RDA Board Member Pettis moved Consider Introduction and First Reading of an Ordinance amending City Council compensation effective December 23, 2012, moved by Council Member Pettis, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Vasquez, motion failed 2 -2 with Council Member Toles absent. Motion seconded by Mayor Pro Tem/RDA Board Vice Chair Vasquez, motion failed 2 - 2. CIO COUNCIL REPORTS ON CITIZEN INQUIRIES AND CONCERNS NOTES TO THE PUBLIC The next regularly scheduled meeting of the City Council/Redevelopment Agency is scheduled for WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 2012 Please remember: City Hall is closed every Friday. Agendas for Council meetings are posted at City Hall at least 72 hours before the meeting and on the Cathedral City Web site, www.cathedralcity.gov. The agenda is available for public inspection in the City Hall lobby or the City Clerk ?s office the Monday preceding the meeting. Any document or writing that relates to an agenda item on the open session of a City Council meeting that is not distributed at least 72 hours prior to the meeting is also available for public inspection in the City Hall lobby or the City Clerk ?s office. In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in a City meeting or other services offered by this City, please contact the City Clerk ?s Office at (760)770 -0385. Assisted - listening devices are available at this meeting. Ask the City Clerk if you desire to use this device. Notification at least 48 hours prior to the meeting or the time when services are needed will assist city staff in assuring reasonable arrangements can be made to provide accessibility to the meeting or service. ADJOURNMENT cipo .REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, THE CITY COUNCIL SITTING AS THE RED... Hearing no further business to come before the City Council Mayor DeRosa adjourned the meeting at 7:18 p.m. 1111P Pat Hammers, MMC City Clerk 1 6 1 -25 -12 CLOSED SESSION AGENDA 1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (A) (C. Green) Case name: Petra Mondragon, Enrique Leon, and Sonia Fabian vs. City of Cathedral City, Officer John Fox Jr. Case No. CV1109096 Court US District Court, Central District of California 2. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 (T. Scott) Property Location Parcel Map 32932 Parcel 1, East of Van Fleet Avenue, south of East Palm Canyon Negotiating Parties Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency and City Urban I Revitalization Corporation Property Owners City Urban Revitalization Corporation Under Negotiations Property Negotiations i 3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (A) (C. Green) Case name: Redevelopment Agency of the City of Cathedral City vs. Tri- Millennium Cathedral City, LLC, et. seq. Case No. BC382171 cpt Court Los Angeles County Superior Court 4. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 (A. Hall) { Property Location APN's 687 - 086 -002 thru -006 Negotiating Parties Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency and Carpet Empire. 1. Property Owners Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency, Under Negotiations Property Negotiations 1 5. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 I Agency Negotiator Donald Bradley, City Manager Represented Employees & 1) American Federation of State, County and Municipal Non - Represented Employees. (AFSCME) Employees 2) Cathedral City Professional Firefighters Association (CCPFA) 3) Cathedral City Police /Fire Management Association (CCPFMA) 4) Cathedral City Police Officers Association (CCPOA) 5) Non - Represented Employees 6. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING POTENTIAL LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code Section § 54956.9 subd. (c) (C. Green) No. Potential Cases: 1 I 1 I 1 - - CLOSED SESSION AGENDA 1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (A) (C. Green) Case name: Petra Mondragon, Enrique Leon, and Sonia Fabian vs. City of Cathedral City, Officer John Fox Jr. Case No. CV1109096 Court US District Court, Central District of California 2. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 (T. Scott) Property Location Parcel Map 32932 Parcel 1, East of Van Fleet Avenue, south of East Palm Canyon Negotiating Parties Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency and City Urban Revitalization Corporation Property Owners City Urban Revitalization Corporation Under Negotiations Property Negotiations 3. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING EXISTING LITIGATION pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9 (A) (C. Green) Case name: Redevelopment Agency of the City of Cathedral City vs. Tri- Millennium Cathedral City, LLC, et. seq. Case No. BC382171 C I; Court Los Angeles County Superior Court 4. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.8 (A. Hall) Property Location APN's 687 - 086 -002 thru -006 Negotiating Parties Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency and Carpet Empire. Property Owners Cathedral City Redevelopment Agency, Under Negotiations Property Negotiations 5. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6 Agency Negotiator Donald Bradley, City Manager Represented Employees & 1) American Federation of State, County and Municipal Non - Represented Employees. (AFSCME) Employees 2) Cathedral City Professional Firefighters Association (CCPFA) 3) Cathedral City Police /Fire Management Association (CCPFMA) 4) Cathedral City Police Officers Association (CCPOA) 5) Non - Represented Employees 6. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL REGARDING POTENTIAL LITIGATION Pursuant to Government Code Section § 54956.9 subd. (c) (C. Green) No. Potential Cases: 1 RECESS Following the Closed Session meeting, the Council will convene to the Council Chamber on the third floor for the Study Session and Regular Meeting. 1 ( (11; g pp Lg k