This agenda contains a summary of each item of business which the Council may discuss or act on at this meeting.  The complete staff report and all other written documentation relating to each item on this agenda are on file in the office of the City Clerk and the reference desks at the three libraries and are available for public inspection and review. If you have any question about any matter on the agenda, please call the office of the City Clerk at (818) 238-5851.  This facility is disabled accessible.  Auxiliary aids and services are available for individuals with speech, vision or hearing impairments (48-hour notice is required).  Please contact the ADA Coordinator at (818) 238-5021 voice or (818) 238-5035 TDD with questions or concerns.

 

CLOSED SESSION ORAL COMMUNICATIONS IN COUNCIL CHAMBER:

Comments by the public on Closed Session items only.  These comments will be limited to three minutes.

 

For this segment, a PINK card must be completed and presented to the City Clerk.

 

CLOSED SESSION IN CITY HALL BASEMENT LUNCH ROOM/CONFERENCE ROOM:

 

a.      Conference with Real Property Negotiator:

Pursuant to Govt. Code �54956.8

Agency Negotiator:  Community Development Director/Susan Georgino

Property:  1405 Country Club Drive.

Parties with Whom City is Negotiating:  Max Faeth, 1405 Country Club Drive.

Name of Contact Person:  Gino Gaudio

Terms Under Negotiation:  Instruction to negotiator will concern price and terms of payment concerning the purchase of real property.

 

b.      Conference with Real Property Negotiator:

Pursuant to Govt. Code �54956.8

Agency Negotiator:  Community Development Director/Susan Georgino

Property:  150 East Providencia, Burbank, California.

Party With Whom Agency is Negotiating:  Robert Strickland, 150 East Providencia, Burbank, California.

Name of Contact Person:  Ruth Davidson-Guerra.

Terms Under Negotiation:  Instruction to negotiator will concern price and terms of payment concerning the purchase of real property.

 

When the Council reconvenes in open session, the Council may make any required disclosures regarding actions taken in Closed Session or adopt any appropriate resolutions concerning these matters.

                                                                      6:30 P.M.

 

 

INVOCATION:                      

                                                The Courts have concluded that sectarian prayer as part of City

                                                Council meetings is not permitted under the Constitution.

 

FLAG SALUTE:

 

ROLL CALL:

PROCLAMATION:               FAIR HOUSING MONTH.

 

PROCLAMATION:               NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK.

 

PROCLAMATION:              PROVIDENCE ST. JOSEPH MEDICAL CENTER GUILD 60^TH

                                              ANNIVERSARY.

 

 

COUNCIL COMMENTS: (Including reporting on Council Committee Assignments)

 

INTRODUCTION OF ADDITIONAL AGENDA ITEMS:

At this time additional items to be considered at this meeting may be introduced.  As a general rule, the Council may not take action on any item which does not appear on this agenda.  However, the Council may act if an emergency situation exists or if the Council finds that a need to take action arose subsequent to the posting of the agenda.  Govt. Code �54954.2(b).

 

 

AIRPORT AUTHORITY MEETING REPORT:

 

1.      AIRPORT AUTHORITY COMMISSIONER REPORT:

 

At the request of the Burbank representatives to the Airport Authority, an oral report will be made to the City Council following each meeting of the Authority.

 

The main focus of this report will be issues which were on the Airport Authority meeting agenda of April 3, 2006.  Other Airport-related issues may also be discussed during this presentation.

 

Recommendation:

 

Receive report.

 

 

REPORTING ON CLOSED SESSION:

 

INITIAL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:  (Two minutes on any matter concerning City Business.)

 

There are four segments of Oral Communications during the Council Meeting.  The first precedes the Closed Session items, the second and third segments precede the main part of the City Council�s business (but follow announcements and public hearings), and the fourth is at the end of the meeting following all other City business.

 

Closed Session Oral Communications.  During this period of oral communications, the public may comment only on items listed on the Closed Session Agenda(s).  A PINK card must be completed and presented to the City Clerk.  Comments will be limited to three minutes.

 

Initial Open Public Comment Period of Oral Communications.  During this period of Oral Communications, the public may comment on any matter concerning City Business.   A BLUE card must be completed and presented to the City Clerk.  NOTE:  Any person speaking during this segment may not speak during the third period of Oral Communications. Comments will be limited to two minutes.

 

Agenda Item Oral Communications.  This segment of Oral Communications immediately follows the first period, but is limited to comments on action items on the agenda for this meeting.  For this segment, a YELLOW card must be completed and presented to the City Clerk. Comments will be limited to four minutes.

 

Final Open Public Comment Period of Oral Communications.  This segment of oral communications follows the conclusion of agenda items at the end of the meeting.  The public may comment at this time on any matter concerning City Business.  NOTE:  Any member of the public speaking at the Initial Open Public Comment Period of Oral Communications may not speak during this segment.  For this segment, a GREEN card must be completed and presented to the City Clerk.  Comments will be limited to two minutes.

 

City Business.  City business is defined as any matter that is under the jurisdiction of the City Council.  Although other topics may be of interest to some people, if those topics are not under City Council jurisdiction, they are not City business and may not be discussed during Oral Communications.

 

Videotapes/Audiotapes.  Videotapes or audiotapes may be presented by any member of the public at any period of Oral Communications or at any public hearing.  Such tapes may not exceed the time limit of the applicable Oral Communications period or any public comment period during a public hearing.  The playing time for the tape shall be counted as part of the allowed speaking time of that member of the public during that period.

 

Videotapes must be delivered to the Public Information Office by no later than 10:00 a.m. on the morning of the Council meeting in a format compatible with the City�s video equipment.  Neither videotapes nor audiotapes will be reviewed for content or edited by the City prior to the meeting, but it is suggested that the tapes not include material that is slanderous, pornographic, demeaning to any person or group of people, an invasion of privacy of any person, or inclusive of material covered by copyright.

 

Printed on the videocassette cover should be the name of the speaker, the period of oral communication the tape is to be played, and the total running time of the segment.  The Public Information Office is not responsible for �cueing up� tapes, rewinding tapes, or fast forwarding tapes.  To prevent errors, there should be ten seconds of blank tape at the beginning and end of the segment to be played.  Additionally, the speaker should provide the first sentence on the tape as the �in cue� and the last sentence as the �out cue�.

 

As with all Oral Communications, videotapes and audiotapes are limited to the subject matter jurisdiction of the City and may be declared out of order by the Mayor.

 

Disruptive Conduct.  The Council requests that you observe the order and decorum of our Council Chamber by turning off or setting to vibrate all cellular telephones and pagers, and that you refrain from making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks.  Boisterous and disruptive behavior while the Council is in session, and the display of signs in a manner which violates the rights of others or prevents others from watching or fully participating in the Council meeting, is a violation of our Municipal Code and any person who engages in such conduct can be ordered to leave the Council Chamber by the Mayor.

 

Once an individual is requested to leave the Council Chamber by the Mayor, that individual may not return to the Council Chamber for the remainder of the meeting.  BMC �2-216(b).

 

Individuals standing in the Council Chamber will be required to take a seat.  Also, no materials shall be placed in the aisles in order to keep the aisles open and passable.  BMC �2-217(b).

 

Your participation in City Council meetings is welcome and your courtesy will be appreciated.

 

COUNCIL AND STAFF RESPONSE TO INITIAL OPEN PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD OF ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:

 

 

AGENDA ITEM ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:  (Four minutes on Action Agenda items only.)

 

COUNCIL AND STAFF RESPONSE TO AGENDA ITEM ORAL COMMUNICATIONS:

 

 

JOINT MEETING WITH THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY:

 

2.      CONSIDERATION OF AN AFFORDABLE HOUSING AGREEMENT FOR 157 WEST LINDEN AVENUE AND 160 WEST ELM COURT/159 WEST LINDEN AVENUE:

 

The purpose of this report is to provide the Council and Redevelopment Agency (Agency) Board with information to consider an Affordable Housing Agreement between the City of Burbank, the Agency and the Burbank Housing Corporation (BHC), to assist the BHC with acquiring and rehabilitating 10 rental units located at 157 West Linden Avenue and 160 West Elm Court/159 West Linden Avenue (Project).

 

Since 1997, the City and Agency have partnered with the BHC to support its ongoing efforts to acquire and rehabilitate properties in focus neighborhoods.  This partnership has been an instrumental component to improving the housing stock, providing affordable housing opportunities, developing neighborhood-based Family Resource Centers and improving the overall living conditions of residents in the Elmwood, Golden State, Verdugo-Lake and Peyton-Grismer Focus Neighborhoods.

 

In 2005, the Lake-Alameda Focus Neighborhood was formally established at the direction of the Council/Agency Board.  The proposed acquisition and rehabilitation of 157 West Linden Avenue and 160 West Elm Court/159 West Linden Avenue will be the first Project in this newest focus neighborhood.  These properties are adjacent to each other, owned by separate parties and are both opportunity purchases.  The BHC entered into separate purchase agreements with these property owners for a combined purchase price of $1.945 million.  The agreements are contingent upon City and Agency Board approval of financing and an Affordable Housing Agreement.  On January 23, 2006, the BHC submitted a proposal requesting the City and Agency provide financing to acquire and rehabilitate the properties for the Project.

 

The scope of rehabilitation work will vary for each property.  The proposed rehabilitation work for both properties is estimated to cost approximately $571,875.  In general, rehabilitation of the eight rental units and the reconfiguration of the two units into a four-bedroom, single-family unit will include the following improvements:

 

�      New pitched roof (157 West Linden only);

�      Reconstruction of a concrete wall (157 West Linden Avenue only);

�      Repairs to stairs and decks (157 West Linden Avenue only);

�      Abatement of asbestos and lead-based paint (except 160 Elm Court);

�      Renovation of kitchens and bathrooms (except 160 Elm Court);

�      Upgraded heating and air conditioning systems (except 160 Elm Court);

�      Replacement of exterior doors and windows (except 160 Elm Court);

�      Upgraded electrical and plumbing systems (except 160 Elm Court);

�      Repair and painting of interior and exterior walls;

�      New carpeting; and,

�      Landscaping/site work.

 

To perform rehabilitation, it will be necessary to relocate the current residents of these properties.  Agency staff has contacted Overland Pacific Cutler, Inc., an experienced acquisition and relocation firm, to prepare a relocation plan for this Project.  The total, actual amount of relocation assistance that may be necessary to relocate the nine households has not yet been determined.  The relocation budget for the Project is estimated to be $76,000.

 

The proposed Project will be structured as a mixed-income project.  The BHC is to restrict occupancy and rent five of the units at an affordable rate to very low-income households (gross annual income not exceeding 50 percent of the Los Angeles family median income, as adjusted for household size).  The units will be rented at the lesser of Low HOME rents or Agency Very Low-Income rents.  The remaining four units are to be rented at an affordable rate to lower-income households (gross annual income not exceeding 80 percent of the Los Angeles family median income, as adjusted for household size) at the lesser of High HOME rents or Agency Low-Income rent.

 

The total estimated cost of the Project is $3,176,788.  This amount includes:  the property acquisition cost of $1,945,000; an estimated relocation budget of $76,000; an estimated rehabilitation cost of $571,875; and, indirect costs of $583,913 for the development of the Project.

 

Financial assistance for the acquisition and rehabilitation of the properties is proposed to be provided through two loans.  The loan from the City�s HOME Funds in the amount of $1,442,415 will be forgiven at the end of 55 years if all loan terms are met as outlined in the agreement.  The Agency loan of Low and Moderate-Income Funds for $1,232,217 will be amortized over a 55-year period, at three percent simple interest and repaid annually through residual receipts generated by the properties.  These loan terms are contingent on the completion of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development�s environmental review process and authorization for the use of HOME Funds.  Should the HOME Funds not be received, the total Project will be funded with Low and Moderate-Income Housing Funds.  The Agency will as necessary, be responsible to relocate the exiting tenants at the properties at a budgeted cost of $76,000.  Finally, the BHC will contribute $48,625 in equity to the Project.