CITY OF LOMA LINDA

CITY COUNCIL AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 26, 2009

AS AMENDED TO INCLUDE ITEM 22

AND ADJOURNED TO MAY 27, 2008 @ 5 p.m.

A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Loma Linda is scheduled to be held Tuesday, May 26, 2009 in the City Council Chamber, 25541 Barton Road, Loma Linda, California.  Pursuant to Municipal Code Section 2.08.010, study session or closed session items may begin at 5:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as possible.  The public meeting begins at 7:00 p.m.

Reports and Documents relating to each agenda item are on file in the Office of the City Clerk and are available for public inspection during normal business hours.  The Loma Linda Branch Library is also provided an agenda packet for your convenience.  The agenda and reports are also located on the City’s Website at www.lomalinda-ca.gov.

Materials related to an item on this Agenda submitted to the City Council after distribution of the agenda packet are available for public inspection in the City Clerk’s Office, 25541 Barton Road, Loma Linda, CA during normal business hours.  Such documents are also available on the City’s website at www.lomalinda-ca.gov subject to staff’s ability to post the documents before the meeting.

Persons wishing to speak on an agenda item are asked to complete an information card and present it to the City Clerk prior to consideration of the item.  When the item is to be considered, the Chair will recognize you and you may offer your comments.  The City Council meeting is recorded to assist in the preparation of the Minutes, and you are therefore asked to give your name and address prior to offering testimony.

The Oral Reports/Public Participation portion of the agenda pertains to items NOT on the agenda and is limited to 30 minutes; 3 minutes allotted for each speaker.  Pursuant to the Brown Act, no action may be taken by the City Council at this time; however, the City Council may refer your comments/concerns to staff or request that the item be placed on a future agenda.

In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need special assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk at (909) 799-2819.  Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to this meeting.  Later requests will be accommodated to the extent feasible.

Agenda item requests for the JUNE 9, 2009 meeting must be submitted in writing to the City Clerk no later than NOON, MONDAY, MAY 25. 2009

A.        Call To Order

B.        Roll Call

C.        Closed Session (5:30 p.m.)

 1.        Conference with Labor Negotiator pertaining to Meet and Confer process relating to San Bernardino Public Employees Association; Professional and Administrative Employees Association; Unrepresented Employees, and Loma Linda Firefighters Local 3603 (Government Code Section 54957.6)

 2.        Public Employee Appointment - City Manager (Government Code Section 54957)

D.        Workshop (6:30 p.m.)

 3.        Deleted.

7:00     Reconvene

E.         Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance – Councilman Popescu (In keeping with long-standing traditions of legislative invocations, this City Council meeting may include a brief, non-sectarian invocation.  Such invocations are not intended to proselytize or advance any one, or to disparage any other, faith or belief.  Neither the City nor the City Council endorses any particular religious belief or form of invocation.)

F.         Items To Be Added Or Deleted

G.        Oral Reports/Public Participation - Non-Agenda Items (Limited to 30 minutes; 3 minutes allotted for each speaker)

H.        Conflict of Interest Disclosure - Note agenda item that may require member abstentions due to possible conflicts of interest

I.          Scheduled And Related Items

 4.        Presentation of Proclamation recognizing the San Bernardino County Homeless Partnership [Mayor]

 5.        Joint Public Hearing of the City Council and Redevelopment Agency pertaining to the financing of public improvements by the Redevelopment Agency [Public Works]

a.         Council Bill #R-2009-20 – Approving a Public Works Agreement with the Redevelopment Agency regarding certain public improvements

b.         CRA Bill #R-2009-05 – Approving a Public Works Agreement regarding certain public improvements

c.         Public Works Agreement

 6.        Public Hearing - Council Bill #R-2009-21 - Approving the Annual Report and Assessments for Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 for fiscal year 2009-2010 [Public Works]

 7.        Public Hearing – Council Bill #R-2009-22 – Approving the Annual Report and Assessments for Street Light Benefit Assessment District for fiscal year 2009-2010 [Public Works]

 8.        Public Hearing - Council Bill #R-2009-23 – Pertaining to Fire Department Fee For Service and Subscription Program and repealing Resolution No. 2591 (TO BE CONTINUED TO JUNE 9) [Fire Department]

 9.        Public Hearing - General Plan (May 2009)

a.         Council Bill R-2009-03 Approving the Addendum to the Certified Final Program Environmental Impact Report which approves the Addendum to the FEIR, which includes the Draft Addendum, Updated Traffic Impact Analysis, Comments and Response to Comments; and,

b.         Council Bill R-2009-04, which adopts the amended General Plan (January 2009 as revised May 26, 2009) and approves all of its Elements, based on the Findings; adopts the Statement of Overriding Considerations pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Sections 15043, 15091, 15092, and 15093) for the significant unavoidable adverse impacts related to Air Quality, Loss of Open Space, Biological Resources, Water Supply, and Traffic and Circulation that would result from implementation of the amended General Plan (January 2009 as revised May 26, 2009).  The Elements of the amended General Plan are as follows:

a.                   Introduction To the General Plan Element (1.0);

b.                  Land Use Element (Element 2.0);

c.                   Growth Management Element (2A);

d.                  Community Design Element (Element 3.0);

e.                   Economic Development Element (4.0);

f.                    Housing Element (5.0);

g.                   Transportation And Circulation Element (6.0);

h.                   Noise Element (7.0);

i.                     Public Services And Facilities Element (8.0);

j.                    Conservation And Open Space Element (9.0);

k.                  Public Health And Safety Element (10.0); and,

l.                     General Plan Implementation Programs Element (11.0)

J.         Consent Calendar

10.        Demands Register

            11.        April 2009 Treasurer's Report

12.        Award contract for Barton Road Pavement Rehabilitation from Anderson Street to Union Pacific Railroad Bridge [Public Works]

13.        Accept as complete and authorize recordation of Notice of Completion for: [Public Works]

a.         Tenant Improvement for Supervisor Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System, WaterHammer, Inc., contractor

b.         Barton Road Sidewalk and Street Improvements and Remove and Replace Sidewalk at Various Locations, New Legacy Corporation, contractor

14.        Employment Agreement - City Manager [City Attorney]

15.        Community Development Block Grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (CDBG-R) Allocation [Public Works]

16.        Accept Homeland Security Grant funds [Fire Dept.]

K.        Old Business

17.        Direction to City Manager and Staff to contact Loma Linda University regarding negotiations pertaining to the Stewart Street Project (Councilmen Rigsby, Petersen, and Ziprick sit to constitute a quorum and vote; Councilmen Brauer and Popescu abstain)

18.        Consideration regarding the placement of a measure on the ballot to allow the City to expend RDA funds for the Stewart Street Project (Continued from 5/12/09) [City Attorney]

19.        Request from Loma Linda Ronald McDonald House to waive the Transient Lodging Tax fees for hotel rooms at the Loma Linda Inn, 24532 University Avenue, for the period of May through December 2009 [City Attorney]

L.         New Business