10/20/2015 ANAHEIM CITY COUNCIL REGULAR AND
REGULAR AJOURNED MEETING OF OCTOBER 20, 2015
The regular meeting of October 20, 2015 was called to order at 3:00 P.M. and adjourned to 4:00
P.M. for lack of a quorum. The regular adjourned meeting of October 20, 2015 was called to
order at 4:02 P.M. in the chambers of Anaheim City Hall located at 200 S. Anaheim Boulevard.
The meeting notice, agenda and related materials were duly posted on October 16, 2015
PRESENT: Mayor Tom Tait and Council Members: Jordan Brandman, Lucille Kring, Kris
Murray and James Vanderbilt.
STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Paul Emery, City Attorney Michael Houston and City Clerk
Linda Andal.
ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO CLOSED SESSION: None
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON CLOSED SESSION ITEMS:
William Fitzgerald suggested the City of Anaheim consider contracting with the Orange County
Sheriff's Office and the Orange County Fire Authority in lieu of having the city's own public
safety personnel, saving millions of dollars for the city and resulting in better public safety
personnel for the community.
Cynthia Ward addressed the closed session item regarding the Angel Stadium negotiations
stating that only price and terms of payment could be discussed and every other detail
regarding the stadium that had nothing to do with price and terms of payment must be
discussed in public. Important because the community was entitled to know whether or not Arte
Moreno was at the bargaining table. She also added that if Mr. Aitken was present and
reporting to the City Council about stadium negotiations, his name was required to be listed on
the agenda, per the Brown Act.
At 4:08 P.M., Mayor Tait recessed to closed session for consideration of the following items.
CLOSED SESSION ITEMS:
1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS
(Subdivision (a) of Section 54957.6 of the California Government Code)
Agency Designated Representative: Chris Chase
Name of Employee Organizations: Anaheim Police Association, Anaheim Fire
Association
2. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS
(Subdivision 54956.8 of the California Government Code)
Property: 2000 East Gene Autry Way, Anaheim, CA (Angels Stadium of Anaheim),
associated/adjacent parking lots and other property collectively identified as APNs 232-
011-02, 06, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 47, 48,50 and portions of Parcels 1
and 2 of Parcel Map No. 2006-262, recorded in the Office of the County Recorder in
Book 357, Pages 25 through 34 of Parcel Maps, Orange County, California (as depicted
on diagram available at the office of the City Clerk)
Agency Negotiator: Paul Emery
Negotiating Parties: Angels Baseball, LP, City of Anaheim
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Under Negotiation: Price and Terms of Payment Regarding Lease
INVOCATION: Reverend Joel Van Soelen, Anaheim Christian Reformed Church
FLAG SALUTE: Council Member Jordan Brandman
Council Member Brandman recognized Frank Feldhaus, a veteran of WWII and the Korean
War. He added that Mr. Feldhaus was a man actively involved in bringing the community
together and sent his condolences to the Feldhaus family
VISIT ANAHEIM COMMERCIAL: Jay Burress played a brief video that was designed to create
a buzz about the Anaheim destination, reporting that the video was given six spots on a
televised sports event recently held at the Anaheim Convention Center.
ACCEPTANCE OF OTHER RECOGNITIONS (To be presented at a later date):
Proclaiming October 7, 2015, as Opening Day, National Hockey League
(Anaheim Ducks)
Proclaiming October 18-24, 2015, as Friends of the Libraries Week
Helen Carter thanked the city for recognizing the Friends of the Anaheim Library's efforts,
raising funds to assist in various library programs, furnishing two recently rehabbed libraries and
supporting the summer reading program.
Proclaiming October 23-31, 2015, as Red Ribbon Week
PFC Painter from the Tustin Young Marines thanked Council for recognizing Red Ribbon Week,
adding that the Young Marines helped create better citizens by raising drug awareness. Greg
Painter, Unit Commander, remarked the Young Marines was a youth organization building good
citizens through veteran appreciation, community service, and drug use reduction through the
Project Alert Curriculum.
Proclaiming October 25-31, as National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week
Cecile Truong, OC Health Care Agency, introduced her staff and thanked Council for bringing
attention to lead poisoning, adding that it was still present in the county and in Anaheim and
information about sources of lead and preventive measures could be found on their website.
Proclaiming November 1, 2015, as Extra Mile Day
ADDITIONS/DELETIONS TO THE AGENDA: None
PUBLIC COMMENTS (all agenda items, except public hearings): Prior to receipt of public
comments, a brief decorum statement was provided by City Clerk, Linda Andal.
Cecil Jordan Corkern, Outreach Homeless Ministries, looked forward to seeing a solution to the
homeless situation adding that he was trying to do his part as well.
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Ann Marie Randle-Trejo, Anaheim Union High School District(AUHSD) Trustee, stated she
wanted to clarify for the record certain misleading statements on the September 15, 2015
agenda report regarding the AUHSD request for financial support. Regarding the former joint
use agreement, Mrs. Trejo explained the school district took back the scheduling of fields and
gyms because the city failed to properly supervise groups using their facilities, causing damage
to the campuses in addition to not living up to the promise of giving schools priority use during
non-school hours. She stated the $19 million in capital improvements were inflated numbers
and paving sidewalks or trimming trees was not something the city did for schools. Regarding
Anaheim Achieves, the school district paid $900,000 for the Anaheim Achieves program with a
federally funded pass-through grant and the YMCA. She added Oxford Academy was in the city
of Cypress but she pointed out 60 percent of the students that attended that Academy resided in
Anaheim. Lastly, the GRIP program was paid for by a state grant that the school district helped
write and the school district paid for community policing efforts at their own events.
Al Jabbar, AUHSD trustee, stated he was disappointed with the city's response to a request for
financial support for local schools, and felt that the students were being overlooked for political
reasons. He appreciated Mayor Tait's support and again urged the City Council to step up and
show that Anaheim schools were worthy of investment and that private corporations, such as
Disney and the Angels, who should be encouraged to do the same.
Council Member Murray responded as a point of personal privilege, that the city of Anaheim
was investing millions of dollars in public schools, more than any other city in the County of
Orange and would continue to do so emphasizing that everyone on the City Council cared about
the children of this community and she hoped for a more collegial effort going forward. Council
Member Vanderbilt also responded, stating that as far as the resolution proposed from the
school district, he and Council Member Brandman had a dialogue with Mr. Jabbar at an event
prior to the resolution being placed on the agenda and asked at that time that the discussion be
centered around the issue of joint use facilities. He pointed out that the resolution that was
submitted did not acknowledge that dialogue or the suggestion that had been proposed and
included a broader spectrum of programs to be funded when presented to Council. Mayor Pro
Tem Kring remarked she had asked a number of times for a definitive annual dollar amount the
school district was requesting from the city and talked about the time line for the budget process
and finding revenue sources.
William Fitzgerald, HOME, spoke on a number of issues, including city council members,
Anaheim police officers, racism, the homeless situation, the treatment of homeless advocates,
and YouTube videos taken of Anaheim police officers.
Julie Brunette remarked short term rentals should be regulated, there should be a limit on how
many were located in a neighborhood, and the bed tax collected should be put into a special
fund for those neighborhoods that were impacted. On another issue she indicated the
intersection of Bayless/Cerritos needed a street light, asking the Mayor and Police Chief to walk
that area with her.
Cynthia Ward addressed earlier Council comments regarding school bond taxes listed on
property tax bills stating the voters had a chance to vote on those bond issues while denied the
chance to vote on the $200 million for the Convention Center expansion. Regarding a revenue
stream to support city public schools, she suggested the city look at whether Disney was paying
the city for the shared parking revenues on the Mickey and Donald parking structure and if they
were not, suggested those revenues be put to use in the schools. She pointed to the tennis
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center as another alternative, stating that the city was required to do minor improvements per
the contract, not build a multi-million dollar wedding center also pointing out that she could find
no record that the tennis operator was giving lessons to disadvantaged kids. Addressing Item
No. 5, she remarked there was one flat rate for Disney to reimburse police officer's time at
$88/hour and she felt the cost should reflect pension and all other benefits that officers received.
Mark Daniel, resident, spoke to the homeless issue, stating they needed help physically and
psychologically, and that the city should be extending that help in any way possible. He stated
arresting homeless advocates and confiscating the belongings of the homeless only
compounded the problems.
R. Joshua Collins, homeless advocate, read a scripture as he believed this would speak to a
spiritual problem in Anaheim. He added the city should have people participating in meetings
looking for solutions to the homeless situation that were actively involved, advocated for the
homeless, and understood the dynamics in play.
Lou Noble, homeless advocate, introduced Dennis Long, who had recently been evicted from
his apartment. Dennis Long shared he was 51 and had lived in the city for 30 years and this
April he lost his job and became disabled due to a traffic accident. When officers came to evict
him, he could only take what he could carry and lost everything. He had been looking for
shelters but found none available to him and after three days of being homeless he was afraid
for the future. Mayor Tait thanked Mr. Long for having the courage to speak and asked Kristine
Ridge, Assistant City Manager to offer her assistance.
Mike Shortie, Orange resident, objected to the proposed homeless shelter to be located at 1000
Kraemer Place, stating it was in the middle of an industrial park with no facilities, no stores, no
health care in that area. He was concerned about the safety for his family as one side of the
river was Orange and the other was Anaheim, wondering who would have jurisdiction to make
sure laws were upheld and to manage the influx of homeless this shelter would attract. He had
seen the problems at Tustin/Lincoln when added security guards were needed and he did not
want to see that happen at Kraemer.
Thomas Schietwiler, resident of East Anaheim bordering north of La Palma, stated for the last
seven months his area had a continuing problem with garage sales and sign postings, which he
had submitted to the Mayor's office and to Code Enforcement Division. He added the problem
was exacerbated by the lack of code enforcement presence in the area and a reluctance to
issue citations. He requested the city's help in adopting a more aggressive enforcement
approach. Mayor Tait requested the City Manager look into this matter and report back to
Council.
Jodie Mosely stated she was here to keep the focus on west Anaheim and efforts being made to
keep crime out of parks like Twila Reid. She was supportive of many of the homeless programs,
Coast to Coast, Illumination Foundation, CityNet and the Kraemer Shelter. She added residents
needed to feel safe in their own communities and she urged Council to consider a dog park as
well as seeking successful businesses similar to the Packing House and various shopping and
entertainment venues to bring about positive impacts to west Anaheim.
Jill Kanzler, SOAR, reported on the successful Anaheim/OC Volunteer Fair, thanking Council
Members Kring and Murray for co-chairing the event. She stated students and the general
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public pledged more than 5,000 hours of volunteer time to the Big Brothers, Big Sisters, the
Bolsa Chica Conservancy, and the Illumination Foundation.
Kathryn Bandoni, Orange County Conservation Corps and Charter School, stated that OCCC
was one of 13 state-certified conservation corps in the state of California dedicated to the youth
of Orange County with a mission to serve the most at risk youth population ages 18 to 25 for
employment and educational services. Fifty percent of their clients were from Anaheim, while
the Orange County Workforce Investment Board (WIB) and Santa Ana WIB made up the rest.
The at-risk youths ranged from high school dropouts, homeless, prior gang affiliation, or current
or foster youths with 99 percent basic skills deficient. She and six corps members were here to
oppose the funding denial for the next year, remarking that in prior years NOCROP received 60
percent of the $600,000 plus grant with OCCC receiving 40 percent. She requested Council
reconsider granting funding to two providers and include OCCC to address the multiplicity of
needs of the youth population they served.
Esther Landen, OCCC program manager remarked her organization had a successful history of
serving Anaheim youth as part of an anti-gang task force for the city of Anaheim thatbegan in
1993. She spoke of the successes of the program and the high numbers of Anaheim youths
that participated and earned a high school diploma with more than 83 percent either working or
attending college. She added that OCCC awarded over$37,000 in scholarship funds to
Anaheim youths that enrolled in the WEA program which they would not have been able to
obtain through other means. Without WEA funding, OCCC would not have been able to offer
paid work experience job training that was necessary for these participants to be self-sufficient
and bring their families out of poverty, adding they were some of the hardest to serve youths in
the city. She asked that Council reconsider the workforce investment funding in their favor.
Omar Colima, resident, spoke of his success in the OCCC program, earning high school credits
to get his diploma in January and appreciative of his first work experience when no other
business would hire him. He supported the OCCC program and charter school for the future it
offered to him.
Selma Torres, resident, stated she had been in the OCCC program since 2014 and graduated
with a high school diploma in 2015. Through their program she was able to work along with
getting an education as OCCC was flexible with their schedules to ensure this happened. She
added she was a high school dropout who now had a diploma and was enrolling in Cypress
College for a better future because of receiving two scholarships from OCCC.
José Lara, resident, remarked with OCCC's help he was able to get a job when he had no high
school diploma or any previous work experience. He was attending the Charter School, stating
it was better than any traditional continuation school because the teachers actually cared about
the students. He added that he had also received an AmeriCorps scholarship through OCCC to
help with his dream of attending UC Irvine.
Elena Garcia, resident, spoke to her experience in the Orange County Conservation Corps.
She enrolled in the program ten months ago to get back into school and completed her last
quarter with straight A's. She appreciated the teachers who gave every student their full
attention and resources to accomplish the work and looked forward to earning her diploma next
January. She explained she was a mother of two and OCCC offered her the chance to earn
money as she worked towards her diploma, and she believed she now had a future in sight.
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Aisha Adnan remarked she was a refugee that had been helped through the Orange County
Conservation Corps offering English language and other services for many refugees that had no
understanding of their new country. She was working in a job that she was sure would not have
been available to her without the help of the OCCC.
Surra Al Imari stated she came to America last year from Iraq with no job experience and
through the OCCC program, had gained experience and self-confidence and was now working.
She supported the Conservation Corps for offering refugees an opportunity to fit in and have a
future.
June Hamze, resident, remarked she had seen some improvement in Twila Reid Park and
encouraged the city to bring other social activities there such as a Farmer's market, an Art
Festival, Christmas tree lighting celebration and other events and activities that would make the
park a safe place for the neighborhood. She urged the city to step up to ensure all of Anaheim's
parks were safe for neighboring families.
Henry S. Barbosa remarked he had been the president of the OCCC the last several years and
was now a volunteer member and offered comments and insights regarding the program. He
explained that if Anaheim Workforce Investment Board ("WIB") cut OCCC funding, they could
no longer serve the most economically and educationally disenfranchised youths in Anaheim.
He urged the city to grant half of the WIB funding to the OCCC to provide services to those that
needed a second chance to succeed in life. Alternatively, he suggested the Request for
Proposal be reissued for a more transparent process to be rated by independent reviewers. He
did not understand how the OCCC had been rated lower than in the past when they had
exceeded every metric and expectation of earlier grants and urged the city to continue
supporting their successful program.
Frank Zepeda, Director of Education OCCC/Charter School, remarked what brought students to
the OCCC Charter School was drug addiction, homelessness, incarceration, a whole gamut of
situations that with counseling and direct educational instruction they could reengage with the
community. These students were then able to compete in the job market and become
contributing members of society. He was lobbying for grant funds on their behalf because he
felt the Conservation Corps had a formula that worked with these youths and he hoped the City
Council recognized that fact.
Rene accused an Anaheim police officer of terrorizing the youth around the Ponderosa Park
area because of the clothes they were wearing. She urged parents to file a formal complaint if
their child was harassed. She also spoke to a police officer involved shooting on October 15th,
asking for information on the well-being of this 22 year old male on probation and the name of
the officer involved in the shooting adding that she had made a public records request for that
information as well.
Donald Dormeyer spoke to the homeless situation, recommending that instead of spending
millions of dollars to buy and remodel a building to house the homeless, the money would be
better spent directly on medical and psychiatric needs and recovery and job training programs.
He added that such an operation could be run from vacant storefronts and mobile vans to reach
the homeless where they congregated rather than creating a new and bigger problem for
Anaheim in the future. He asked where the nonqualified homeless would go when they were
turned away from the shelter. He opposed the police department setting aside five to 10 percent
of beds for those jailed at night, remarking this rewarded bad activity with a warm bed and free
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food. He was also concerned that the Canyon Center for Advanced Technology, second to the
Irvine Spectrum for attracting high wage jobs to an area, would be impacted by turning that area
into a dumping ground for the homeless.
April Allegro, Orange resident, expressed her concerns over the proposed homeless shelter on
Kraemer Place stating it would become a magnet for the homeless that would spread out into
the riverbed close to homes and parks. She asked about the public safety plan and how it
would be enforced and whether the proposed site should be environmentally reviewed because
of potential impacts. She stated it was not right to help one group at the expense of another
and believed that would be the case with the location of the Kraemer Place shelter.
Angie Armenta opposed the Kraemer Place shelter, stating her two grandchildren lived in close
proximity to the shelter and played at Olive Park, two blocks away from the riverbed. She
pointed out with the proposed plan there was no assurance of community safety, only promises
made.
Scarlette Almero, east Anaheim resident on La Palma, stated was following up on a letter she
sent for sidewalks in two sections near her home. Public Works had promised that by the
summer of 2015, grant funds would be used for a sidewalk near the bus stop at Whittier and La
Palma and an area on La Palma near the 57 Freeway, both safety issues for pedestrians. She
requested Council's assistance with Mayor Tait requesting the City Manager to apprise Ms.
Almero when those sidewalk repairs were scheduled.
Michael Chu, Orange resident, remarked he lived about a mile from the proposed homeless
shelter on North Kraemer Place and had been promised information regarding the shelter from
a community meeting held at Eastside Christian Church which was never followed up on. He
stated those in opposition were drowned out by activists that did not live in the community and
speakers were given 30 seconds to ask questions and to try to get information. The safety of
the surrounding community was an issue to Mr. Chu, wondering how a one mile no loitering
zone would be enforced for those that lived in the city of Orange. He asked the city to look at
the impacts and not push this shelter through.
Jennifer Sterling, Orange resident less than a mile from the Kraemer site, opposed the shelter
and distressed that the recent community meeting regarding the shelter provider speakers with
30 seconds to give their opinion on the issue. The community believed the riverbed would not
be a deterrent as stated by the county, but would instead be an invitation to the homeless and
the cities of Orange and Anaheim would have to regularly police the riverbed to ensure no
camping. She added that no entity appeared to have a plan to address the shelter overflow,
and that her neighborhood was afraid for the future because there was already a problem in the
riverbed impacting Orange parks, schools, and nearby communities.
David Ramos, Sycamore Street resident, urged Council to approve speed lumps on Sycamore
Street as a traffic calming measure to stop the speeding on Sycamore to Citron.
David VIII was apprised by the Mayor that the public hearing on redistricting would take place
later on the agenda. Anita Hynds was also apprised that appropriate time to speak on the short
term rentals was when the item was considered later on the agenda.
An unidentified speaker addressed Disney Corporation's influence in Anaheim politics, the
homeless situation, and Zionism influence.
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Donna Kelly, Lennar Corporation representing PT Metro, remarked Item No. 15 on the consent
calendar referenced the 2nd reading of the development ordinance approved two weeks ago,
explaining if it was approved tonight, she would request withdrawal of Item No. 21 which was an
extension to the development agendized as a matter of precaution.
Chuck Robinson, long-term resident, expressed his opposition to short term rentals, remarking
that the city allowed a nine bedroom, seven bathroom vacation rental to be built next to him,
issued a business license and essentially turned an R-1 cul-de-sac into a business zone. He
added 29 people could live in that house at any one time, onsite parking regulations had been
lifted with the moratorium, and renters could park wherever they wanted. Mayor Tait inquired if
there had been anything in the short term rental ordinance that had been rescinded with Michael
Houston responding nothing had been rescinded and the moratorium that was enacted only
prevented the application of new permits.
An unidentified speaker addressed the homeless crisis proposing the city offer real help, by way
of offering resources, creating job opportunities and job training, and allowing individuals to
regain their ego and self-worth. Investing in homeless shelters would help, but she believed
investing in long-term housing would make a significant difference in Anaheim.
Larry Larsen thanked the members of council that had supported the Anaheim Union High
School's request for a budget line item in future city budgets for public schools, remarking it was
sorely needed for all the schools and students in Anaheim. Addressing Mayor Pro Tern Kring's
request for an amount for that line item budget, he suggested two percent of the annual budget
for ten years, adding that no suggestion had ever been made that the city's public safety budget
should be impacted by this request for funding.
An unidentified speaker residing on Pebble Creek Lane in Orange spoke in opposition to the
proposed Kraemer Homeless Shelter. The site in question she felt was not adequate, that it
consisted solely of offices. She had proposed the James Musick Honor Farm as an alternative
site to the County of Orange or the abandoned bus depot in Santa Ana adjacent to the
homeless population in Santa Ana and urged Council to rethink the location.
Greg Diamond pointed out the City Council could only speak about price and terms of payment
for the Angel Stadium lease as it was identified in that manner for closed session Item No. 2,
and he hoped the City Attorney would be asked to comment on that matter as it was his
understanding that the city's negotiator, Wiley Aitken, would attend that meeting even though
his name had not been included on the agenda. Referencing the homeless situation he was
opposed to the city reinstating enforcement of the no camping in parks ordinance, and
suggested the ordinance be suspended. He also suggested the Carl Karcher property between
Lemon and Harbor Boulevard south of the 91 freeway was a better site than Kraemer Place, an
area the city purchased that could be outfitted with modular housing and offered a safe place for
the homeless to stay away from the general public. He also disagreed with Mayor Pro Tem
Kring's comments on the advantages of creating dog parks.
Mayor Pro Tern Kring, as a point of personal privilege, responded to Mr. Diamond's remarks
explaining she had been advocating for dog parks in the city since 1998 and opened the first
site in La Palma Park this spring with the second to be opened in Anaheim Hills in a few
months. She stated the La Palma dog park was successful and available for dog walkers 24/7,
with statistics revealing that crime had dropped substantially in that area. She hoped to see a
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dog park in Twila Reid Park to encourage community socializing in the same manner and
seeing crime dissipate as a result.
Ricardo Toro, Rio Vista resident, read a letter sent to Council Member Vanderbilt thanking him
for meeting with neighbors and listening to their concerns regarding the proposed homeless
shelter. The letter also requested that any future forums offered by the county use a different
format to allow a more productive and respectful participation by residents. Mr. Toro also
recommended Council Member Murray, who was actively involved in supporting the homeless
shelter, consider meeting with Rio Vista residents as well, as they were interested in hearing
details of the proposed shelter.
Brian Chuchua addressed Mayor Pro Tern Kring's comments on dog parks and their impact on
the homeless.
With no other speakers coming forward, Mayor Tait closed the public comments.
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS:
Council Member Murray remarked, for the public's benefit, that the was currently giving more
than two percent of the city budget annually to support public schools, $5.7 million annually and
more than any other Orange County school. She also pointed out that private enterprises were
also contributing millions of dollars in programmatic support and further emphasized there was
tremendous commitment on behalf of the city and she looked forward to sitting down with the
schools to see what shape and form that would take.
CITY MANAGER'S UPDATE: None
CONSENT CALENDAR: Mayor Tait removed Item No. 6 from the consent calendar for further
discussion and declared a potential conflict of interest on Item Nos. 11, 14 and 15 as his firm
had worked this past year for Verizon and for Lennar Corporation. Council Member Vanderbilt
stated he would declare a potential conflict of interest regarding Item No. 6 as he had been
substitute teaching for that school district. Mayor Pro Tern Kring then moved to waive reading in
full of all ordinances and resolutions and to adopt the balance of the consent calendar as
presented, in accordance with reports, certifications and recommendations furnished each city
council member and as listed on the consent calendar, seconded by Council Member Murray.
Roll Call Vote: Ayes—5: (Chairman Tait and Council Members: Brandman, Kring, Murray and
Vanderbilt.) Noes—0. Motion Carried
8105 1. Receive and file minutes of the Parks and Recreation Commission meetings of July 22,
2015 and August 26, 2015 and Sister City Commission meeting of August 24, 2015.
2. Approve recognitions to be presented at a later date recognizing Make A Wish
D113 Foundation on its 35th anniversary, 2015-2016 Miss Anaheim Fall Festival and Court,
Altrusa Creative Writing Project Winners and Police Chiefs Neighborhood Advisory
Council Member Peggy Kruse.
D128 3. Approve carryover expenditure appropriations, in the total amount of$48,376,718, from
fiscal year 2014/15 to fiscal year 2015/16 for projects previously approved by the City
Council but not yet completed.
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AGR-9418 4. Accept the proposal and approve an agreement with Administrative Resource Options,
in an amount not to exceed $138,594 annually, for mail management services for the
City for a three year period with up to two one-year optional renewals, and authorize the
Purchasing Agent to exercise the renewal options, in accordance with Request for
Proposal #8495.
AGR-1756.A.1 5. Approve the First Amendment to Agreement with Disneyland Resort for two additional
police officers to provide police services at the Disneyland Resort.
7. Approve and direct the City Manager to execute the Workforce Innovation and
AGR-9419 Opportunity Act and CalWORKs Agreements with various training contractors for the
AGR 9420 provision of occupational skills training and authorize the Workforce Development
AGR-9421
Manager to administer the agreements (Dialysis Training Institute, LLC; E. Cubics, LLC
dba QBICS Career College; and Smog Tech Institute, Inc.).
D175 8. Approve speed lumps on Sycamore Street between Harbor Boulevard and West Street
as a traffic calming measure.
D175 9. Approve an amendment to the seven-year Transportation Capital Improvement Program
to include the Green Alley Bio-Infiltration Project for Measure M2 funding.
AGR 4704.1 10. Approve the Final Map and Subdivision Agreement with Lyon Integral Anaheim, LLC for
Tract No. 16908 for property located at 2211 E. Orangewood Avenue.
11. Determine that the project authorized herein is categorically exempt under the California
A123 Environmental Quality Act, Section 15303 of Title 14 of the California Code of
Regulations, approve the model License Agreement to attach, install, operate, and
maintain telecommunication facilities on City of Anaheim street light poles, authorize and
direct the Public Utilities General Manager to execute the License Agreements with
wireless telecommunication providers so long as such agreements are in substantial
conformance with the agreement, as determined by the City Attorney's Office, and
authorize the Public Utilities General Manager to take such actions as are necessary,
advisable, or required to implement and administer the agreement.
Mayor Tait recorded an abstention on this item. Motion by Mayor Pro Tern Kring to approve,
seconded by Council Member Murray. ROLL CALL VOTE:AYES— 4: (Mayor Pro Tern Kring
and Council Members: Brandman, Murray and Vanderbilt). NOES—0. ABSTENTION— 1:
Mayor Tait.
D175 12. RESOLUTION NO. 2015-270 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM designating Elm Avenue from Gilmar Street to west end of Elm
Avenue and Gilmar Street from Broadway to south end of Gilmar Street as "Permit
Parking Only" street within Permit-Eligible Parking District No. 25.
D175 13. RESOLUTION NO. 2015-271 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM designating Susanne Street from Claudina Street to
Philadelphia Street, Charlotte Avenue from Claudina Street to Philadelphia Street, and
Philadelphia Street from 930 S. Philadelphia Street to 100.6 Philadelphia Street as
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"Permit Parking Only" street within Permit Eligible Parking District No. 38 ("Charlotte
Avenue").
14. RESOLUTION NO. 2015-272 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
P110 CITY OF ANAHEIM vacating portions of Westside Drive and Granville Drive as shown
on Tract No. 16589 pursuant to California Streets and Highway Code Section 8330, et
seq. - Summary Vacation (Abandonment No. ABA2015-00305).
Mayor Tait recorded an abstention on this item. Motion by Mayor Pro Tern Kring to approve,
seconded by Council Member Murray. ROLL CALL VOTE:AYES—4: (Mayor Pro Tern Kring
and Council Members: Brandman, Murray and Vanderbilt). NOES— 0. ABSTENTION— 1:
Mayor Tait.
C280 15. ORDINANCE NO. 6344 (ADOPTION)AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
AGR-3750.A ANAHEIM amending certain sections of Chapter 18.20 (Platinum Triangle Mixed Use
(PTMU) Overlay Zone) of Title 18 (Zoning) of the Anaheim Municipal Code (Introduced
at Council meeting of October 6, 2016, Item No. 25).
ORDINANCE NO. 6345 (ADOPTION) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
ANAHEIM approving that certain Amended and Restated Development Agreement No.
2005-00008C by and between the City of Anaheim and PT Metro, LLC and authorizing
the Mayor to execute said agreement for and on behalf of the City (Introduced at Council
meeting of October 6, 2016, Item No. 25).
Mayor Tait recorded an abstention on this item. Motion by Mayor Pro Tern Kring to approve,
seconded by Council Member Murray. ROLL CALL VOTE:AYES—4: (Mayor Pro Tern Kring
and Council Members: Brandman, Murray and Vanderbilt). NOES—0. ABSTENTION— 1:
Mayor Tait.
16. ORDINANCE NO. 6346 (INTRODUCTION)AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF
M142 ANAHEIM amending Section 1.05.030 of Chapter 1.05 of Title 1 of the Anaheim
Municipal Code (Personnel System-Scope)to designate Executive Managers appointed
pursuant to an employment agreement as members of the exempt service.
The consent calendar ended at 7:39 P.M.
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR:
6. Approve and direct the City Manager, or his designee, to execute a Workforce
A123 Innovation and Opportunity Act Agreement with North Orange County Regional
Occupational Program, in an amount not to exceed $673,163, to assist local
disadvantaged youth to prepare for the workforce and authorize the Workforce
Development Manager to administer the agreement.
Council Member Vanderbilt indicated he had a potential conflict of interest as he worked with
North Orange County Regional Occupation Center recently and would record an abstention on
this item and left the dais at 7:23 p.m.
John Woodhead, Director of Community Economic Department, reported the city was the
recipient of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds for programs designed to
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assist local disadvantaged youths to prepare them for further education, job training, and
successful transition into the workforce. The Workforce Investment Boards or WIBS were
responsible for the selection and funding of those youth service providers by awarding contracts
on a competitive basis and the WIB was also responsible for selecting and funding those youth
service providers by awarding contracts on a competitive basis.
Mr. Woodhead indicated the WIB used a Request for Proposal process to solicit bidders
qualified to operate such programs and received a total of five proposals, which were evaluated
and scored by four raters. The criteria used for rating the proposals were program design and
content, demonstrated ability, past performance, and cost reasonableness. A recommendation
by the Anaheim Youth Council, a WIB subcommittee, was then submitted to the Anaheim
Workforce Investment Board who approved the funding and selection of the North Orange
County Regional Occupational Program (NOCROP), the top rated proposal. Mr. Woodhead
stated that the Request for Proposal policy guidelines required that the top rated proposal be
selected for funding consideration after contract execution by the City. The agreement now
before Council would provide NOCROP up to a maximum of$673,163 to implement a
comprehensive youth services program under WIOA for program year 2015-16.
He explained that an appeal had been received on July 16th, of the youth procurement results
from the Orange County Conservation Corps (OCCC), one of the five bidders under the RFP.
Per WIB appeal rules, the WIB formed an ad hoc committee of its board members and
conducted a hearing on August 11, 2015 to hear OCCC's appeal and allow them to present
evidence. Mr. Woodhead remarked that the committee did not find any compelling evidence or
argument by OCCC to support their appeal and recommended denial. At their September 10,
2015 meeting, the WIB denied the appeal based on the Ad Hoc Committee's recommendation
and upheld the selection and funding of the NOCROP as the WIOA Youth provider for program
year 2015-16.
Mr. Woodhead further explained that under this contract there was no impact on the general
funds and that sufficient funds were available in the departmental budget for FY 2015/16, and
restricted for such programs.
Mayor Tait inquired if the City Council approved the Request for Proposal before it was
advertised with Mr. Woodhead responding the process per federal regulations was first initiated
with the Youth Council Subcommittee of the WIB, and they along with staff developed a concept
for the Request for Proposal. It was then submitted to the entire WIB board for approval and
issued. He added the City Council was the awarding body and that generally policy decisions
under WIOA were largely left to the Workforce Investment Board and it subcommittees.
Mayor Tait remarked that in the past the majority of funds, about 60 percent were awarded to
NOCROP and the Orange County Conservation Corps received about 40 percent and he felt
there was wisdom in having those two types of services involved. NOCROP served those who
were on the right track and wanted job skills and might be thinking about college, while the
Conservation Corps addressed those disadvantaged youths who had somewhat fallen off the
rails and through determination, were trying to get back on track. He did not want to take that
safety net away and was uncomfortable awarding to one entity and not the other. He suggested
sending the process back to the WIB, reevaluating the policy change of selecting one service
provider and to consider funding both entities.
Council Member Kring requested Reuben Aceves address the function that OCCC provided.
Mr. Aceves responded that the Orange County Conservation Corp did serve high risk, out of
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school youths, adding that the proposal reviewers were asked to ensure scores reflected that a
comprehensive youth program would continue to serve high risk youths, both in school and out,
as well as disabled youths. He added that the OCCC received a respectable score of 80
percent and another organization had also received 80 percent while NOCROP scored over 90
percent. He further added that the same question had been raised by one of the board
members at the September 10th meeting, and he had outlined a plan that would assure the WIB
and the community that all youths eligible to receive funding from the OCCC would continue
those services through NOCROP and no youths would be lost. Ms. Kring wondered how the
mayor's request could be implemented when the bid proposals had already been evaluated.
Mayor Tait suggested that a new Request for Proposal process be conducted. Council Member
Brandman supported that request, stating the city should be consistent with WIBS regarding the
funding apparatus and that it was the responsibility of the city as the policy body to send the
matter back to the Workforce Investment Board.
MOTION: Council Member Brandman moved to reject this recommendation and send this
matter back to the Workforce Investment Board with a new policy to consider the selection of
two providers, seconded by Council Member Murray.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES—4: (Mayor Tait and Council Members: Brandman, Kring and
Murray.) NOES—0. ABSTENTION — 1: Council Member Vanderbilt. Motion Carried.
Council Member Vanderbilt returned to the dais at 7:40 P.M.
17. Consider[re]appointing two City Council Members to the Audit Committee.
8105 APPOINTMENT: Mayor Tait
(currently held by Mayor Tait)
Mayor Tait remarked he would like to continue on the Audit Committee. Mayor Pro Tem Kring
moved to reappoint Mayor Tait to the committee, seconded by Council Member Brandman.
Mayor Tait was unanimously reappointed to the Audit Committee.
APPOINTMENT: Council Member Vanderbilt
(vacant)
Mayor Tait nominated Council Member Vanderbilt to the Audit Committee, seconded by Mayor
Pro Tem Kring. ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES—4 (Mayor Tait and Council Members: Brandman,
Kring and Murray.) NOES—0. ABSTENTION — 1: Council Member Vanderbilt. Mr. Vanderbilt
was appointed to the Audit Committee.
B105 18. Consider appointments to the Community Center Authority to complete an unexpired
term through June 30, 2019 and to the Community Services Board to complete an
unexpired term through June 30, 2019.
Community Center Authority:
Appointment:
(unscheduled vacancy of Billie Joe Wright)
Community Services Board:
Appointment:
(unscheduled vacancy of Ernesto Medrano)
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With the consent of council, this item was continued to November 3, 2015.
19. This is a public hearing regarding the formation of and boundaries for six City Council
districts to be reflected in a districting map, including, without limitation, consideration,
discussion, modification and potential action (including action directing staff to prepare
E127 an ordinance for consideration at an upcoming meeting) on the districting map
recommended in the Final Report of the Anaheim Advisory Committee on Electoral
Districts ("Committee") identified as the "Recommended Plan (Map 3)" in said
Committee report; to consider, discuss and act (including action directing staff to prepare
an ordinance for consideration at an upcoming meeting) on which four City Council
districts will hold elections in 2016 and which two City Council districts will hold elections
in 2018; and such other matters as may be related to formation of six City Council
districts.
Linda Andal, City Clerk, reported tonight was the first of three required public hearings on this
matter. Michael Houston introduced the Electoral Committee's counsel, Ben DeMayo,
indicating he was available to answer questions during the presentation. Ms. Andal also
recognized the city's demographer Justin Levitt for dedicating countless hours to the process
working with both the Committee and community members drafting district maps.
BACKGROUND: Ms. Andal reported that at the November 3, 2014 general election, Measures L
and M were placed on the ballot. Measure L passed by 68 percent which changed the electoral
method in which the voters would elect city council members from at-large to by-district
elections. Beginning with the November 2016 election, city council members would then be
required to reside in the district in which they were elected, and only those residents of that
district could elect them while the mayoral seat remained at large. Measure M passed at 54
percent and increased the city council size from five to seven members, which would also begin
with the November 2016 election and as a result of this measure, the city was now required to
create six city council district boundaries.
Ms. Andal stated the Council adopted a resolution establishing a Council appointed Advisory
Committee of five retired Superior Court Judges in April. The City Attorney's office then reached
out to 41 retired judges and from that, 14 submitted an application. At the April meeting, four
judges were randomly selected, with Justice Ed Wallin, retired appellate court justice, appointed
as the only Anaheim resident. The other four volunteer retired judges were: Stephen Sundvold,
who served as Vice Chair, James Jackman, Nancy Wieben-Stock, and Thomas Thrasher.
Ms. Andal indicated the resolution tasked the Committee with holding at least two public
meetings per month throughout the City to receive public input and was also asked to make a
recommendation on district boundaries and report back to Council by October 6th. The
Committee completed their tasks and at the October 6 meeting, Chairman Justice Wallin
presented the Final Report, which included the Recommended Map, Map 3; and Council
unanimously approved the Report.
Once the Committee was selected, Ms. Andal stated staff identified community outreach as a
significant component to this process, involving the city departments from the onset as their
operations could be affected by the creation of district boundaries. The Planning Department
provided the ability for an online interactive GIS map, available to the public for viewing
including overlays of any of the 39 maps that were considered by the Committee.
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She further advised that Ames and Associates, an outreach firm was used to develop a
comprehensive outreach plan titled "Shape Anaheim's Future," and through this process, all
information was translated into Spanish and various others requested languages, such as
Tagalog. In addition, Ms. Andal reported a designated webpage was created that included the
ability to translate all pages and documents into Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese,
offering other information including meeting agendas, minutes and meeting videos, as well as
the district mapping tool that allowed residents to create their own draft map, submit it, and work
directly with the city's demographer. The webpage also hosted all draft maps that were
submitted to the Committee including the overlay tool that allowed residents to enter their
address on any selected draft map to see in which district they would reside. The outreach was
extensive and included e-post cards which was a grass roots effort to pass forward specific
meeting information to identified communities and group leaders (in English and Spanish), press
releases, social media, utility bill inserts, newsletters and city magazines. A number of public
service announcements were also created by Anaheim residents, including Justice Wallin,
which aired on the city's local channel, Time Warner, YouTube and the city's website. A one
page Fast Facts was placed at most City Facilities and departments used field personnel to
hand out this information if questions were asked. Ms. Andal emphasized the outreach efforts
ensured all communities had access to the process and the ability to participate and join the
conversation.
Ms. Andal provided an overview of the process reporting the Committee then held its first
meeting in May and by September had held 10 meetings throughout the city resulting in over
700 in attendance and 32 maps submitted by the public. The meetings took place at City Hall,
Brookhurst Community Center, East Community Center, Ponderosa Resource Center, and
Western and Loara High Schools. Ms. Andal reported that over the course of this process, the
Committee reviewed 32 public maps, two consultant test maps and five consultant draft maps,
for a total of 39 maps, and on August 19th, the focus of their attention was centered on five
maps. On August 26th, the Committee determined certain communities of interest such as the
Colony and the Ponderosa community were best kept together and as a result decreased their
focus to three maps for further study. Finally, on September 8th, the Committee tentatively
selected Map 3, as amended (a slight technical amendment to the east border of District 5 and
District 6) and directed staff to prepare a final report. The final report was unanimously adopted
by the Committee on September 16th with Map 3 as the Recommended Plan.
Ms. Andal explained that during the mapping process, staff worked with various city
departments to determine and identify whether any boundaries would have an effect on the
city's operation and found there were none. In a slide presentation, she pointed out maps that
were used to highlight services as well as ensuring communities of interest that were raised
during the process were kept together. One map identified boundaries for each elementary
school district as many comments received related to communities of interest around local
elementary schools. Another community expressed they desire to keep both sides of the
County islands in the same district, i.e., District 2. Another slide highlighted the high schools,
the fire stations and city libraries, resulting in a library in or bordering each of the districts.
Concluding her presentation, Ms. Andel introduced the city attorney, Michael Houston to discuss
the Committee's rationale, the public hearing process, and possible city council action.
Continuing with the slide presentation, Michael Houston presented the Committee's rationale for
selecting Map 3 as the Recommended Plan. The Committee determined the Plan met a
number of traditional lawful districting criteria including criteria related to topography and
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geography, cohesiveness, contiguity and compactness of territory, and cohesion of communities
of interest. Regarding population, the Recommended Plan had a population deviation between
the more populous and the least populous district of only 1.4 percent, which was well within the
legal deviation. Specifically, he pointed out, the deviation between District 1, the most populous
district and District 3, the least population showed a deviation of 787 total population. The map
also followed major roads as dividing boundaries, using Magnolia, Euclid, East Street and State
College to form significant boundaries between districts. It also kept many communities of
interest cohesiveness such as elementary school attendance areas, the Arabic business
community along Brookhurst, the historic Colony neighborhood and residential areas such as
the Ponderosa neighborhood and other natural and manmade boundaries were honored such
as Interstate 5. In addition, he stated, compliance with Section 2 of the Federal Voting Rights
Act was met, there was only one majority Latino citizen voting age population district, District 3,
but there were also two districts where the citizen voting age population was a plurality, Districts
4 and 5, all based on census 2010 data. These districts, he remarked, was likely to have a
higher percentage today as a result of the trends and likely to increase as population growth
occurred. He added that public testimony during the Committee process indicated broad
support for this type of map as well as the breakdown of districts rather than establishing more
majority districts.
Mr. Houston pointed out that tonight was the first in a series of three public hearings with the
other two scheduled for November 17th and December 8th. During these hearings Council would
be asked to make decisions on two primary points; i.e. recommend discussion and
consideration of selecting a districting plan or map to adopt by ordinance and identifying which
of the four districts would be put on the November 2016 ballot and which two should be placed
on the November 2018 ballot. He stated if, after holding tonight's hearing, Council had a
preferred map, they could direct the city attorney to prepare an ordinance adopting that plan
which could then be introduced at the upcoming November 17th hearing, adding that he would
recommend this direction be made by a motion and vote of the Council. If direction was not
given tonight, Mr. Houston explained, additional meetings would be needed in order to comply
with state law. With respect to identifying the districts to place on the ballot, that direction
should be given after City Council had identified the preferred map, and that direction could be
given tonight or November 17th, if such an ordinance was introduced. He pointed out that such
direction should occur, at the latest, at the time an ordinance was introduced identifying a map
and the action recommended was by a separate motion after consideration of the Plan. Lastly
he remarked, Council had full discretion to identify which of four districts would be placed on the
2015 ballot and which two districts would be placed on the 2018 ballot.
Mayor Tait commented that there had not been much discussion on the timing of the districts,
which should be considered in 2016 and which should be left to 2018 and he would like to hear
from the public on that issue, possibly putting that decision off until November 17th if Council
concurred.
Mayor Tait opened the public hearing for comments.
Mark Daniels remarked Map 3 was the people's map and he hoped Council would adopt it
without any amendments. Redistricting was about the future of Anaheim and it would begin
tonight and he looked forward to the future.
Marisa! Ramirez, resident/OCCORD member, spoke about the process with a coalition of
agencies working in partnership to engage community participation and raise consciousness
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about the issues, and, to be part of the solution. In September, parents, teachers, workers and
students began collecting signatures, families gathered to speak about district boundaries
together, residents went door to door and spoke to their neighbors, and faith-based leaders
spoke to their congregations about the change that was coming to Anaheim. She presented
over 213 signatures from residents in Anaheim favoring Recommended Map 3 as the Anaheim
electoral district boundaries, adding that the coalition would continue educating residents and
encouraging participation.
Francisco Aviles Pino remarked he resided in the Rio Vista neighborhood, an area where many
families supported Measures L and M last November. He talked of his involvement in getting
those measures passed and urged Council's consideration of District 5 as one of the districts to
be considered for election in 2016. He emphasized the community was united through
representation and was why District 5 should now be considered for the ballot in 2016.
William Fitzgerald recommended a random number selection for those districts to be considered
in the 2016 election, as he felt any other method would be unfair. He spoke about his
opposition to the at-large electoral system, politics in Anaheim and its ties to big corporations.
Mayor Tait remarked he generally chose to ignore Mr. Fitzgerald's comments, but was
compelled to respond to the offensive characterization of Frank Feldhaus, a World War II and
Korean War veteran and community leader in Anaheim. Council Member Murray also clarified
that Mr. Fitzgerald's comments on public school funding was not correct, that Anaheim had
identified in its current budget, $5.7 million in funding that benefited neighborhood schools and
additional funding in the five year capital improvement plan that was adopted by Council, which
did not supersede or replace the annual funding that was currently going to Anaheim schools.
Oscar Reyes commended the judges, Linda Andal, Ben DeMayo and Justin Levitt for their
professionalism and respectfulness during this process and to the community for supporting the
Recommended Map. He asked Council to approve Recommended Map 3. Mayor Tait thanked
Mr. Reyes for his interest and efforts in creating the recommended map referred by the panel of
judges as the Reyes map, stating it was a historic event that would change how Anaheim was
governed.
Martin Lopez, resident, remarked he was amazed at how the panel of judges was able to bring
a large group of people into consensus even when at times not everyone was on the same
issue or page. He voiced his support for the Recommended Map that had overwhelming
support of the community and that addressed all the important criteria: compactness, contiguity,
and clear boundaries. He thanked everyone involved for their service and urged Council to
approve the Recommended Map and direct the city attorney to prepare an ordinance approving
same.
Bobby Donelson, Sherwood Village, supported Recommended Map 3, remarking when he saw
the clear boundaries of the map with natural breaks, he thought it made sense and that the city
would be much better off with district representation. For the 2016 ballot, he recommended the
district(s) that were not currently represented should be on the ballot. Regarding derogatory
comments applied to Disney, he supported the organization, stating they hired union workers,
and as a retired union member, he believed labor federations in the state of California had
brought about significant improvements versus states that did not support unions.
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Arturo Ferraras, Ponderosa resident, remarked his community had suggested a districting map
however when they participated in the process of selecting maps, it was clear there were others
that represented the future of Anaheim. They withdrew their map and fully supported the Reyes
Map which would give every citizen full representation and an equal voice. He asked for
Council's consideration to approve Map 3 and congratulated city staff, the Committee and Justin
Levitt for being accessible to all as they worked through this democratic process.
Ron Bengochea remarked that initially he was not in favor of district elections, but after
attending the initial meetings, he was encouraged about the process and the community that
was wholly involved, that he submitted a map that was based on geography and did not meet
the required criteria. He stated he felt the Reyes map met all criteria and he strongly
encouraged the city to approve the map and the will of the residents of Anaheim.
An unidentified person remarked a group of citizens went through the redistricting process with
great effort to create a map that would benefit the entire city.
An unidentified resident stated that as Anaheim developed and grew, the idea of reflecting the
diversity of cultures in the city was important through district representation and he urged that all
cultures come together in common goals. He expressed concern with Zionist activities and
monetary support given to various interest groups.
An unidentified speaker stated she had been an involved activist for Measures L and M, which
made district elections possible in Anaheim and spoke to the unity among different cultures and
beliefs that brought people together in support of Recommended Map 3. She expressed this
map would give the people of Anaheim a voice that many felt had not been heard. She hoped
Council would approve the map.
Greg Diamond stated originally the discussion was whether Anaheim should have districts in
which people in one district would vote for their own representative or whether people would run
from individual districts but would be voted on at large. He had worked on a map with Brian
Chuchua and others to ensure there was one map that was done fairly, adding that he was glad
to state there were other maps that were fair, as well as the Reyes Map. He spoke about the
mapping criteria and the judges' careful consideration of equality in the districts to come to a
decision on Map 3. He emphasized the map was the people's map as they went door to door
talking to everyone, making calls, and doing the research. He endorsed the city's acceptance of
this map without amendment. Regarding the 2016 ballot, he supported elections in the three
majority Latino districts, 3, 4 and 5, because the point of this process was to bring more Latinos
into politics.
With no other comments offered, Mayor Tait closed the public hearing.
MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Kring made a motion to direct staff to prepare an ordinance
approving the Recommended Plan (Map 3), seconded by Council Member Murray.
DISCUSSION: Mayor Tait thanked everyone involved, particularly the panel of judges who
volunteered their time and wisdom, Justin Levitt for his hard work, the city attorney for his
guidance and the city clerk who quarterbacked this historic process and did an incredible job.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES— 5: (Mayor Tait and Council Members: Brandman, Kring, Murray
and Vanderbilt). NOES—0. Motion Carried.
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MOTION: Mayor Tait moved to table Council action to November 17, 2015 to determine which
four council districts would hold elections in 2016 and which two districts would hold elections in
2018, seconded by Council Member Murray.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES— 5: (Mayor Tait and Council Members: Brandman, Kring, Murray
and Vanderbilt). NOES—0. Motion Carried.
20. This is a public hearing relating to extending for 186 days, the effective period of
Ordinance No. 6343, which imposes a moratorium, with certain exceptions relating to
short term rentals within the city as follows:
M142 Determine that the interim urgency ordinance extending the effective period of Urgency
Ordinance No. 6343, is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the State CEQA Guidelines
because it will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in
the environment and is not a project, as defined in Section 15378 of the State CEQA
Guidelines.
ORDINANCE NO. 6347 (ADOPTION) AN INTERIM URGENCY ORDINANCE OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM extending for one hundred eighty-six days the effective period
of urgency Ordinance No. 6343, which imposes a moratorium, with certain exceptions,
on the issuance or renewal of use permits, variances, building permits, business
licenses or any other entitlements or permits providing for the use, commencement,
establishment or operation of short-term rentals within the City of Anaheim pursuant to
California Government Code Section 65858 (A copy of the full text of the proposed
ordinance is available for review in the Office of the City Clerk).
David Belmer, Planning Director, reported tonight's public hearing pertained to the proposed
extension of Urgency Ordinance No. 6343 regarding permits for short term rentals in the city of
Anaheim. In terms of background, the city's ordinance regulating short term rentals (STRS)
dated back to May 2014, when it was first adopted after holding public workshops and
considerable analysis to deal with this emerging issue, known as vacation rentals. He stated at
the time it was adopted, the city had about 200 STRs with those numbers now reaching slightly
less than 400. He indicated that was due to an emerging shared economy through websites
such as VRBO and HOMEAWAY.com and the general popularity of vacation rentals with most
of those STRS concentrated in and around the Resort area. He added that the combination of
proliferation and concentration of the STRs together with code enforcement challenges created
a number of community concerns including their compatibility in single family residential
neighborhoods and because of those issues, Council adopted a 45 day moratorium on
September 15th with no new permits issued during that period. Mr. Belmer indicated that during
the moratorium outreach with STR owners and operators, as well as impacted residents, was
conducted with two individual workshops being held. He shared about 90 STR owners and
operators attended on October 1st and 97 residents participated on October 8th. The format for
both workshops were the same with group round table discussions that generated ideas and
suggestions as to how impacts could be mitigated and each of the round tables then reporting
the findings to the entire group, which led to a more dynamic group discussion.
Mr. Belmer believed the workshops were successful and collectively generated a significant
number of ideas and suggestions to improve the situation. What was learned from the
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workshops was there were two groups with differing opinions as to how issues should be
resolved and what the long-term future of short term rentals in Anaheim should be. The owners
and operators believed the rentals could be compatible in residential neighborhoods under
certain terms and conditions and were committed to complying with the existing ordinance
and/or amendments that might be considered providing it did not prevent their ability to operate.
He added that the owners and operators viewed enforcement as the key to ensuring the short
term rentals were compatible in residential neighborhoods.
The overwhelming consensus of the residents was that STRs were not compatible in residential
neighborhoods and their preference was to have the ordinance repealed and the existing STRs
phased out. A secondary option was to participate in good faith discussion about suggestions
and solutions that could be done through modifications of the existing ordinance or by other
measures to improve the situation. The areas of commonality, he reported, was that both
groups recognized that additional enforcement would be key, particularly more proactive
enforcement and agreement on the benefit of a three strike provision, although the owners and
operators felt that component should be used only when serious violations occurred. In
addition, both groups indicated there should be better communication between the owners and
operators and their neighbors; both suggesting that a private security firm was a way to
augment the city's code enforcement efforts, particularly during the evening hours. Further
discussion was suggested regarding a cap on the number of vacation rentals in a neighborhood
and a method to address the concentration of rentals that was currently the case.
Mr. Belmer pointed out Anaheim was not the only city dealing with this issue and in fact it was
occurring throughout the county, state and nation. Many of those cities had adopted ordinances
at the time thinking they had the best provisions as possible to try and ensure compatibility but
as their popularity had grown and issues evolved, many cities realized their ordinances should
evolve as well. He pointed out staff was researching best practices. As this point, Mr. Belmer
stated an extension to the moratorium was requested to allow for further research and outreach
and to present those recommendations to Council in the form of public workshops with the goal
of having a potential amendment to the existing ordinance before the six month moratorium had
expired.
During that six month extension, the following would occur: No new permits would be approved
or renewed; ownership changes would be considered, existing license holders would continue
to operate, and those applications that were pending would continue to be processed and
provided they could demonstrate compliance with the city's current ordinance, they could
potentially be approved. Under that moratorium, the existing operators could maintain and
improve their properties but an increase in bedrooms would be not allowed; strict enforcement
of the current ordinance would occur during the moratorium and the $200,000 budget increase
would provide for two additional code enforcement officers dedicated to STR enforcement
particularly during the evening and early morning hour. To facilitate that effort, a phone hotline
as well as email address was now created exclusively for this use to facilitate resident's
concerns. Mr. Belmer also pointed out, if approved, the six month moratorium would expire on
May 3, 2016 and required a 4/5 vote of the council.
Mayor Tait opened the public hearing for comments.
William Fitzgerald, Anaheim HOME, spoke in support of short term rentals, remarking every
neighborhood had malcontents and those malcontents would be voicing their opinion in
opposition tonight to deprive their neighbors from using their legal property rights.
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David Vill opposed short term rentals in single family neighborhoods, discussing the negative
impacts it brought to the community and the fact this license would hurt more people than it
would help.
Diana Haugen spoke in opposition to short term rentals, listing the negative impacts; i.e, feeling
unsafe with strangers coming in and out of the neighborhood, early morning noise, and the
quality of life impact to the neighborhood.
Julie King, short term rental owner/Anaheim Rental Alliance board member, submitted a study
she stated she provided to the Council yesterday. The study was conducted last year on the
local economic impact of STRs in Los Angeles for 2013, remarking it accounted for$1.4 billion
in economic activity and 12,300 job generators for L.A. and she wanted that information be part
of the record. She provided details of the study relating to spending and visitors and tourism.
She emphasized that STRs were an important component of Anaheim tourism and that new
found revenues had been generated for Anaheim and she encouraged that those revenues be
set aside for the neighborhoods and also encouraged the city to conduct a specific economic
study on Anaheim to determine the true impact to the city.
Joshua Rich explained he was a Hollywood motorcycle stuntman, and had worked on feature
films, TV and commercials for most of his working life; he also supplemented his income as
many other actors did in the industry, by renting out their homes for short periods of time while
working abroad. He stated he was not a venture capitalist attempting to exploit homes for profit,
but was simply a private homeowner trying to make a living in Hollywood, and concerned that
the ability to temporarily rent his home would be taken away.
Britta Wagner, owner of three STR properties in Anaheim and a member of the ARA, submitted
for the record an email she sent to the City Council earlier for the record. She hoped the
conversation on short term rentals would continue, adding that the workshops had provided an
opportunity for owners to suggest ideas and make recommendations towards a solution for STR
impacts. She believed the issue was with the larger homes and many bedrooms, and believed a
cap on the number of STRs in neighborhoods could help with that issue. On a personal note,
she remarked with three properties operating for six years, she had never received a complaint,
did not rent to locals or others who were looking for party homes, and had a "no party or eviction
policy".
Christi D'Antonio appreciated the opportunity to comment as a short term rental owner and
delivered for the record an email that had been sent to Council on the matter and looked
forward to a resolution of the issues and peaceful coexistence for all.
Bobby Donelson, Sherwood Village, remarked his HOA had a meeting coming up on Monday
that he hoped would eliminate short term rentals in Sherwood Village. In 2011, there were four
vacation rentals with no problems noted; however there were now 52 STRs out of 221 units
which was not good for the neighborhood. He wanted the ordinance rescinded and the short
term rentals gone, remarking they had changed the physical characteristics of the community
and it was a resort area, and no longer a neighborhood.
An unidentified speaker, representing 30 or more vacation rental owners, requested the city
review those STR owners who were in the permit process but not finalized when the moratorium
took effect, so they would not be at a disadvantage. Another important fact to consider was that
the STRs brought in $700,000 in transient occupancy tax for the first two months and the
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speaker requested that during the six month moratorium the owners, residents and the city
worked together in a positive manner to find an outcome that would benefit all the stakeholders.
Frances Noteboom, STR owner, remarked that it was difficult to see so much contention and
misguided statements made. With regard to the STR workforce, she stated all vendors were
licensed with the City. In addition, every renter was invited into their home to explain how close
the homes were to each other and to be respectful of neighbors. She added that as a resident
herself, she had offered to speak to any of the neighborhoods and neighbors and would like to
extend that offer once again. For the record, she submitted letters she had emailed to the
Council this week.
Patricia Scanlon, former employee and 54 year resident, stated she lived between two STRs,
one that advertised it could sleep 23 people by adding a second story and putting a driveway in
their back yard to accommodate the second story. Living close to the Convention Center, she
stated vendors spent the night in their cul-de-sac unloading exhibit materials making it
impossible to sleep. She added the STRs had created much unhappiness and inconvenience to
her and that two years ago, she could have sold her home for$800,000 and today it would not
be sold to a family because no family would wish to live between two hotels. She asked that
Council give that aspect of vacation rentals some thought.
Martin Lopez, Sherwood Village, emphasized his condo community went from four STRs to 57
with two or three units currently being remodeled for that same purpose. His neighborhood was
disrupted drastically and he wondered if all STT units were paying the city transient occupancy
taxes. The increase in HOA maintenance had gone up as a result, the enforcement of noise,
drinking and use of community pools did not happen as most residents did not want to confront
renters who were partying. He stated residents were demanding the HOA board members
amend the CC&R to prohibit short term rentals or owners would take legal action to defend their
own property rights. Regardless of the outcome, he stated, the expense would be costly to the
HOA and could potentially lead to special assessments. He asked the City Council end short
term rentals in the city.
Clara Turner, OCCORD, addressed the short term rental issue from a policy perspective.
Based on data gathered from websites that listed STRs, OCCORD believed there were closer to
600 vacation rentals operating in the city than the nearly 400 identified by staff. Her
organization supported the proposed extension of the moratorium adding the policy should be
stronger than the existing policy, should prohibit STRs of whole units, whole houses and whole
apartments, and should also prohibit unsupervised short term rentals of any kind. More
importantly, the ordinance should be enforceable and it should be illegal for websites to
continue listing rental units that were violating the city's code, allowing the city to take legal
action against these sites if they continued to broker transactions that were not legal. The policy
also needed options for legal recourse by residents that provided for a private right of action so
individual residents could seek injunctions or other legal actions against people who were
violating the STR ordinance in their neighborhoods.
Steve Ackerman, resident, requested the city support the supermajority of residents in the city
and direct staff to not only extend the moratorium but to also draft appropriate language to
completely abolish the short term rental program in the city. He concurred with the previous
speaker as to a ban on advertising to control illegal units and the ability for residents/neighbors
to have some legal recourse to protect neighborhoods. He urged Council to end the short term
rental program.
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Theresa Copple, submitting documents, explained she was a school teacher and an owner of
one vacation rental, and spoke of the care she took in having a well maintained property. She
indicated this past month her HOA voted to change the CC&R's and now had 77 percent in
favor of vacation rentals so she had the support of her community. She remarked this was her
family business and she would like to continue to operate this smaller-size home.
Victoria de Gomez wondered why the city was allowing businesses to operate in a residential
area and was completely opposed to vacation rentals because it disturbed the peace of
surrounding neighbors, adding that the American dream was to own a home, but not one that
had a business going on each side.
Maritza Gonzalez stated she moved into her Anaheim home six years ago to raise her children
and now found that her neighborhood was becoming an area of short term rentals with three in
operation in her cul-de-sac and one in the permit process, with a potential of bringing in 46
renters. She felt it was important that STR permits should only be issued with the approval of
the neighbors, using a petition process which the city had requested for other types of permits
or requests.
Elaine Vaughn, resident, remarked she had a short term rental across from her that allowed for
30 people in a home that had been converted into seven bedrooms and four baths. She
supported a complete ban on short term rentals in the future, citing the various impacts she and
her neighbors put up with; noise, nuisance, parking problems, and no code enforcement.
Adam Waugh remarked he and his wife use their home (but did not live there) when it was not
being rented out and had never received a complaint in the 3 1,6 years they had been operating
their vacation rentals. This was his college fund and he was appreciative of the city's efforts at
managing the short term rental program and staff's effort at finding some common ground
between the residents and the owners/operators. He added both sides wanted to avoid any late
night disturbances and wanted any issues that came up to be resolved as quickly as possible.
Luisa Lam, Sherwood Village, remarked she was surrounded by 10 short term rental units in her
condominium development and living there had become a nightmare because rental guests
treated the entire development as a resort. In her community 57 of the 220 condo units were
short term rentals and those owners had used intimidation tactics to get the rest of the residents
to concur, stating otherwise the development would be converted to Section 8 low income
housing and/or sober living or halfway housing. She urged the city to ban short term rentals in
Anaheim, the only solution that could work for its residents.
Ghianny Valencia, resident, explained as a worker at the Disneyland Hotel, she was concerned
about the long-term effect short term rentals would have on Anaheim's hotel workers by
affecting the amount of hours worked or possibly job loss. In addition these vacation rentals
had an impact on the amount of regular rental housing in the city, increasing rental costs and
impacting the local workforce.
An unidentified speaker remarked this situation was similar to the Uber vs. taxi battle and he
recognized that it was a touchy subject and was sure the city would find a solution.
Anita Hynds remarked she was here to voice her opinion after reading a Register article that the
city did not want short term rentals in Anaheim. She pointed out the city had approved a short
term rental ordinance, and owners were permitted licenses to rent those homes. In addition
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there were many real estate agents who specialized in renting short term units, and the
improvement and investments in those homes made them an attractive place for tourists. As a
short term rental owner, she had invested in the short term rental program because the city had
an ordinance in place that approved them, asking that the ordinance be amended rather than
banned.
Len Gao stated his primary income as a retiree was from a short term rental, emphasizing that
over the last four years he had received no complaints on his operation. He supported the three
strike regulation and enforcement of all regulations, asking that the city retain the STR
ordinance along with stricter enforcement.
Tony owned one vacation rental home in Anaheim for the past two years with no complaints.
He recommended the city implement stronger regulations to address all impacts and possibly
having the owner pay for each complaint. He emphasized short term rentals were doing well in
California, earning revenues for the city and the owners.
Larry Barnes stated he was completely against short term rentals in the city, supported an
extension of the moratorium, as proposed, and believed it should be extended to applications
that were filed before September 15th and not approved. He believed neighborhoods had been
transformed from homes into businesses by people that did not occupy those homes and
repeatedly rented them in a short-term basis solely for the purpose of personal profit. He added
the city had an opportunity to undo a wrong, and urged a ban on these rentals.
Jeannine Robbins, resident, stated one speaker said there were not many residents at this
hearing complaining about the rentals, and she pointed out that the Planning Department did
not notify the residents about the hearing as they had the short term rental owners until she
spoke to staff and they agreed to send out notices to residents for which the department had
addresses. She suggested a perimeter be set from the Disney resort and everything regarding
short term rentals should be sent to residents within that perimeter. She asked Council to
support the residents on this ban and if not approved, the community was prepared to put this to
a ballot and ban STRs with their votes.
An unidentified speaker stated that through three to four hours of basic research, he was able to
discover close to 60 percent of short term rental owners that were not adhering to the
requirements of the short term rental ordinance, that is: short term rental were required to stay a
minimum of three nights at the property, they may not be used for bachelor or bachelorette
parties, weddings, parties, conferences or similar events, and the maximum number of vehicles
should not exceed the number of off street parking available. Lastly, he pointed out the
ordinance stated it was a violation to advertise an unpermitted short term rental in Anaheim,
sharing the data he collected from VRBO and HomeAway showed there were at least 400
residences available in Anaheim, which means 200 were being illegally operated. He
emphasized a significant number of STRs were operating without a license, the owners were
not adhering to the ordinance regulations, and the city should be aware of these facts and take
appropriate action against those operators.
Mike Leveland, West Ord Way, stressed that short term rentals could not be monitored or
regulated and he wanted the problem gone.
Lauren Wilson, Tonya Lane, spoke in opposition of short term rentals for many reasons, with
problems occurring regionally, nationally, and in other countries. She wanted the program
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banned adding that businesses were not appropriate in residential neighborhoods and the loss
of community was overwhelming. She believed tourists would continue to visit Disneyland
whether or not there were short term rentals available and the hotels would fill the need as had
been done in the past.
Pam Donaldson, Sherwood Village, detailed the specific impacts she had seen from short term
rentals taking over her condominium community. She added there were some retired residents
in Sherwood Village and they did not have the ability to move out and she wanted the problem
to end.
Fred Cornejo, Tonya Lane, recognized that the City Council would likely extend the moratorium
today, which would make little difference to residents who were impacted by STRs. Homes
would still be rented out, in competition with hotels, and in his opinion, businesses should not be
operating in single family resident neighborhoods. He encouraged Council to consider the
rights of the residents versus businesses that were destroying communities.
Anna Maria, resident, spoke in support of the STR owners and the harassment she had
received from her neighbors. She urged the city to continue the program, terminate the owners
that were not following the rules, and come up with a solution for rental owners who followed the
regulations.
Robert Palumbo, resident, supported the moratorium and the complete repeal of the ordinance
permitting short term rentals. He talked about the specific negative impacts in his
neighborhood, with 17 to 19 people coming out of a nearby home and the challenges in trying to
live with that kind of situation.
Mayor Tait announced for technical reasons, the council meeting would be briefly recessed at
11:00 P.M. The meeting was called back to order at 11:04 P.M.
Martina Ortiz, Morgan Lane resident, talked about her personal challenges as a young mother
with short term rentals in her neighborhood. She requested that as a homeowner, she be
notified when future short term rental meetings came up, so she could attend and understand
the issues. If anything, she wanted the opportunity to become educated on the issue and for
Council to hear more than one side of the issue.
Talmadge Price stated he operated several vacation rentals in Anaheim and wanted to set the
record straight regarding previous comments on parking on his home sites. In addition, he was
here to work with residents to come up with solutions that addressed the problems people were
talking about. He noted the current code addressed many of those issues and getting owners to
use their best practices in addition to amending the code to address any new issues was the
solution. He looked for a way to coexist and work together and believed by sitting down and
addressing problems, a way to coexist could be found.
An unidentified speaker remarked he had two properties and before he purchased them, he
asked the city how the short term rental program worked and had the two properties permitted
before they were rented. He stated these rentals were his retirement and he would not be a
problem to nearby residents as he set up reasonable rules and made sure they were being
followed. As a general contractor he had invested $400,000 on each property and maintained
them to the highest degree. He did not want to lose the ability to have a business based on
other people's opinions, urging the city to enforce and/or strengthen the current regulations.
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Myrvette Juda, realtor, pointed out when an appraiser looked at a home, they looked at any
upgrades, the age of the roof, and how many tenant occupied properties versus homeowner
occupied properties there were; if there was a higher percentage of tenant occupied properties,
the property value was decreased. Now with neighborhoods where four or five homes were up
for sale, this has become a long-term problem for Anaheim. She advised, investors would come
in and buy these properties and convert them to short term rentals destroying the value of the
neighborhood. Her advice was to get rid of the short term rentals; it was bad for the city and the
residents.
Jose Moreno, James Way resident, supported the moratorium and suggested a process to get
input from residents by each member of council conducting three meetings with residents in
each of the districts that had just been approved, and ask residents what they thought about this
issue. She shared there were six or seven STRs in his neighborhood that had been purchased
on short term sales because of the recession. One home had been advertised as seven
bedrooms, that was possible by renovating a four bedroom house, and putting in bunk beds.
He emphasized that no family would purchase this home as a single family unit. He was
concerned with losing the integrity of the neighborhood and the safety of his children with 15
unknown renters going in and out of the neighborhood. He was open to listening to owners with
short term rentals, but at the end of the day, he supported keeping the integrity of the
neighborhood.
Greg Diamond remarked that as more homes were converted to short term rentals, the rents in
general increased because of the lack of housing stock and eventually it could add to the
homeless population. He felt Council had taken action too quickly on drafting a short term rental
ordinance and not enough consideration on zoning laws that prevented businesses moving into
residential neighborhoods. He added right now for a traditional bed and breakfast that was
owner occupied, a conditional use permit process was required white the STRS without being
owner occupied were allowed to operate. He suggested various scenarios, having a building
superintendent, or bonding against repeat offenses that would drag down neighbor's property
values and continual violation of nuisance laws, putting a cap on the number of bedrooms and
number of beds in a room and ensuring that regulations were enforced.
An unidentified individual stressed the importance of families who lived in the neighborhoods
before the STR businesses began operating. She trusted each one of the council members,
stating she knew they would protect her and her family as they considered the issues and heard
their comments. She was opposed to short term rentals in residential neighborhoods and
wanted families who would live there in the long term and become part of the community.
An unidentified speaker spoke against short term rentals, stating he did not understand why
businesses were allowed to operate in residential areas and the recent proliferation of the
vacation rental homes exacerbated the conditions. He would attend all the meetings, and
continue to make his point known, stating the community did not need this kind of problem.
Ryan McIntosh remarked he was a short term rental owner and managed other properties and
in the last three years enjoyed success in developing relationships with neighbors in the
community. He was concerned about the misinformation being dispensed and hoped to be able
to work with staff to find common ground together and to do the right thing. He supported the
moratorium as a time to figure out how to make this program work.
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Staff explained to Orval Miller that he could not yield his time to a speaker who had already
provided comments. Mr. Miller then stated that Mr. McIntosh, the prior speaker, had never
reached out to his neighbors and that was the misinformation Council was hearing tonight.
Mike Robbins stated that the public was asking for a ban on short term rentals and sought no
other option.
With no other comments, Mayor Tait closed the public hearing.
MOTION: Council Member Brandman moved to determine the interim urgency ordinance
extending the effective period of Urgency Ordinance No. 6343, was not subject to the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to Sections 15060(c)(2) and 15060(c)(3) of the
State CEQA Guidelines because it would not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect
physical change in the environment and was not a project, as defined in Section 15378 of the
State CEQA Guidelines and to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 6347 AN INTERIM URGENCY
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM extending for one hundred eighty-six days the
effective period of urgency Ordinance No. 6343, which imposes a moratorium, with certain
exceptions, on the issuance or renewal of use permits, variances, building permits, business
licenses or any other entitlements or permits providing for the use, commencement,
establishment or operation of short-term rentals within the City of Anaheim pursuant to
California Government Code Section 65858, seconded by Mayor Pro Tern Kring.
DISCUSSION. Mayor Tait liked the idea of shared economy and of a homeowner having
someone stay in their house or a situation like the stuntman who rented his home when he was
working elsewhere because he still lived in the home. He requested the moratorium in the first
place, because the city had received more and more complaints about STRs. He believed if
every owner followed the rules that there would still be a problem because vacation rentals
changed the fabric of a community. The extended moratorium would allow for further research
and discussion and provide data for Council to make a decision. Council Member Murray
supported the motion but wanted to make sure residents were invited to every meeting that was
conducted and their input received during the moratorium as the city considered options. She
hoped to have a solution that worked for everyone.
ROLL CALL VOTE: AYES — 5: (Mayor Tait and Council Members: Brandman, Kring, Murray
and Vanderbilt). NOES—0. Motion Carried.
Regarding Item No. 21, City Attorney Houston stated that with the approval of Agenda Item No.
15, the applicant would withdraw Item No. 21.
21. AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2005-00008
OWNER: PT Metro, LLC, Donna Kelly, 25 Enterprise, 3rd Floor, Aliso Viejo, CA 92656
AGENT: Hunsaker and Associates, Ted Frattone, 3 Hughes, Irvine, CA 92618
A123 Location: The subject property is commonly known as 1404 East KateIla Avenue (A-
Town) and consists of approximately 43.1-acres generally located west of State College
Boulevard between KateIla Avenue and Gene Autry Way in an area of the City of
Anaheim known as "The Platinum Triangle".
Project Description: Request to amend Development Agreement No. 2005-00008 to
extend the term for a period of six months until June 13, 2016. The City Council will
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consider whether the previously certified Platinum Triangle Expansion Project Final
Subsequent EIR No. 339 for the Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion Project is the
appropriate environmental determination for this request.
ACTION TAKEN BY THE PLANNING COMMISSION:
Recommended City Council approve Amendment No. 2 to DAG2005-00008 (Resolution
No. 064) VOTE: 5-0 (Commissioners Bostwick, Dalati, Henninger, Ramirez and
Seymour voted yes. Chairman Lieberman and Commissioner Caldwell were absent)
(Planning Commission meeting of September 9, 2015).
RESOLUTION NO. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF ANAHEIM determining that the Revised Platinum Triangle Expansion
Project Subsequent Environmental Impact Report No. 339 for the Revised Platinum
Triangle Expansion Project, including updated and modified Mitigation Monitoring Plan
No. 106c, and previously approved Addenda thereto, serve as the appropriate
environmental documentation and no further environmental documentation need be
prepared for the request by PT Metro, LLC to amend Development Agreement No.
2005-00008 in the form of Amendment No. 2 to Development Agreement No. 2005-
00008.
ORDINANCE NO. (INTRODUCTION) AN ORDINANCE OF THE
CITY OF ANAHEIM approving that certain Amendment No. 2 to Development
Agreement No. 2005-00008 by and between the City of Anaheim and PT Metro, LLC
and authorizing the Mayor to execute said agreement for and on behalf of the City.
REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION ACTIONS:
Relating to Closed Session Item No. 2, Michael Houston reported City Manager Paul Emery
was the Property Negotiator on behalf of the City and in the event another negotiator was
identified it would be properly noticed pursuant to the Brown Act.
COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS:
Mayor Pro Tem Kring announced the Fall Festival and Halloween Parade to be held on October
24, requested staff look into having a Farmer's Market at Twila Reid Park and spoke of the
success of the Bootcamp Games Fundraiser which raised $4,500 in support of homeless
veterans.
Council Member Vanderbilt requested staff look into adjusting the restroom hours at Twila Reid,
per a request made by the public, and make a recommendation to the City Council.
Mayor Tait stated he would adjourn this meeting in memory of Frank Feldhaus, former Anaheim
Council Member.
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ADJOURNMENT:
At 11:56 P.M., with the consent of Council, Mayor Tait adjourned the October 20, 2015 meeting
in memory of Frank Feldhaus.
Respctfully submitted,
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LindaN.N. Andal, CMC
City Clerk