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City of Lafayette

Public Meeting Agenda

Lafayette City Council

Redevelopment Agency

Monday, July 27, 2009 7:00 PM

Lafayette Community Center - Manzanita Room

500 St. Mary's Road, Lafayette, California

Continued consideration of a request from Contra Costa Certified Farmers' Markets,

Inc. to use Lafayette Plaza for a farmers' market pilot program

Recommendation: Discuss and direct staff.

Convene Redevelopment Agency

Glenda Warmoth, Assistant Planner

Eden Housing Inc.'s request to amend the loan agreement to include an additional

$500,000 dedication of redevelopment agency funds to bridge funding gap for the senior

housing project located at 3246 Mt. Diablo Blvd.

Recommendation: Approve the request and direct staff to draft a modified loan agreement

increasing the Agency's contribution to the Eden senior housing project by $500,000 for

consideration at the August 10, 2009 meeting.

Adjourn Redevelopment Agency

8) STAFF REPORTS

Tony Coe, Engineering Services Manager

Updating City's Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan

Recommendation: Adopt Resolution 2009-43 updating the City's policy for installing disabled

access curb ramps, removing barriers to path of travel facilities, and amending the City's

Americans with Disabilities Act Transition Plan.

Jennifer Russell, Parks, Trails & Recreation Director

Use of Measure WW funds for the Parks, Trails & Recreation Capital Improvement

Projects

Recommendation: Discuss and direct staff.

PUBLIC HEARING

Mark Robbins, Code Enforcement Officer

Special Assessment/Recovery of Costs - Administrative Citation Issued for Multiple

LMC Violations, and costs incurred for property nuisance abatement at 3195 Condit

Road (APN 185-103-017); Joel Barcelona, Owner-of-Record, and Countrywide Home

Loans, Inc.

Lafayette City Council

July 27, 2009

Recommendation: Conduct the public hearing, consider and approve the lien and direct the

city clerk to record the special assessment against the property.

Special Assessment/Recovery of Costs

Administrative Citation Issued for Multiple

CCCBID and LMC Violations (addition to a commercial building without permits) at

284-286 Lafayette Circle (APN 243-160-012); Herbert R. Monroe Trust, Property

Owner

Recommendation: Conduct the public hearing, consider and approve the lien and direct the

city clerk to record the special assessment against the property.

Michael Cass, Assistant Planner

ZTO2-09: Interim Urgency Ordinance 587, Establishing a Temporary Moratorium on the

Establishment and Operation of Medical Marijuana Dispensaries

Recommendation: Adopt Ordinance

587.

10)

CONSENT CALENDAR

City Council Minutes

July 13, 2009

Recommendation: Approve.

B. 811 Topper Lane

Request for Fence Encroachment into the City Right-of-Way

Recommendation: Approve encroachment into the City Right-of-Way along 811 Topper Lane

and authorize the Mayor to execute an amendment to the existing encroachment agreement

with applicant.

Parks, Trails and Recreation Commission 2008-2009 Accomplishments and 2009-2010

Goals

Recommendation: Review and approve the Parks, Trails and Recreation Commission 2008-

2009 Accomplishments and 2009-20 10 Goals.

Award Contract for Lafayette Community Center Re-Roofing

Recommendation: Adopt the project plans, specifications, and working details for the

Lafayette Community Center Roof Restoration Project and award contract to the lowest bidder,

Reinhardt Roofing, in the amount of $1 19,500.

Negotiations Regarding Acquisition of Olympic Blvd. Property

APN 185-190-006-6

Recommendation: Schedule

a Closed

Session on August 10, 2009 with City negotiators to

discuss price and terms for the acquisition of the Olympic Blvd. property APN 185-190-006-6.

Policy for Smart Cell Phones for City Employees

Recommendation: Approve policy for voice and data plans for city authorized cell phones.

Authorization to Submit a Safe Routes to Transit Grant Application

Recommendation: Authorize staff to submit

a Safe Routes to Transit grant application.

Comments on Contra Costa Transit Authority's draft Countywide Bicycle and Pedestrian

Plan

Recommendation: Authorize the Mayor to sign the comment letter to the Contra Costa Transit

Authority regarding the draft Countywide Bicycle and Pedestrian Plan.

Lafayette City Council

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11) COUNCIL/COMMISSION REPORTS

Councilmember report on activities and consideration of matters a councilmember wishes to

initiate for placement on a future agenda.

12)

WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS

Request from the Department of Health & Human Services to recognize September 2009

as National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month.

Recommendation: Receive and file.

Letter dated July 16, 2009 from Jim Fitzsimmons, Lafayette Homeowners Council

Chairperson, requesting that any Downtown Strategy and Specific Plan (DSP) use of the

term "sight lines" as descriptive of scenic corridors be changed to "scenic view corridors".

Recommendation: Discuss and direct staff.

E-mail received July 21, 2009 from Gint Federas, on behalf of the Lafayette Moraga

Youth Association, requesting a proclamation recognizing the

49th

Annual Contra Costa

County Championship Swim Meeting to be held August 15 and 16.

Recommendation: Discuss and direct staff.

13) ADJOURNMENT

1, Joanne Robbins, declare under penalty of perjury that this agenda has been posted at least 72 hours in

advance at the Lafayette City Offices,

3675

Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 210, Lafayette, CA.

* Any writings or documents pertaining to an

open session

item provided to a majority of the City

Council less than 72 hours prior to the meeting, shall be made available for public inspection at the

front counter at City Hall located at

3675

Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 210, Lafayette, CA. during normal

business hours.

Lafayette City Council

July 27, 2009

City of Lafayette

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regular work hours at the Lafayette City Offices,

3675

Mt. Diablo Blvd., Suite 210. Agendas and packets shall

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as required by Section 202 of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 12132). Any person

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In accordance with State Law, the Board is generally prohibited from discussing and

making decisions regarding items not posted on the agenda. Exceptions include items of urgency that become

known to the Board after the posting of the agenda; discussion of such items requires a 4/5ths affirmative vote

by the Board.

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Any person may address the Board on any item listed on this agenda. Persons

wishing to address the Board should complete a speaker slip and submit it to the City staff. In addressing the

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in the meeting in. accordance with Council Rules of Proceedings II.D.4 in Resolution 2007-049.

Consent Calendar:

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by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless requested by a member of the Board

or a member of the public prior to the time that the Board votes on the motion to adopt.

Notice Requirements:

Lafayette Municipal Code Section 6-211 requires that the City provide public notice of

the first public hearing for any meeting that requires public notice. If there areadditional meetings, they are not

re-noticed. Be advised that it is the responsibility of any interested party to follow the continuance date or

dates, as well as to be apprised of whether project revisions have been submitted.

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public decision-making boards.