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9. AMENDMENT TO CONTRACT WITH HISTORIC RESOURCES GROUP – F2M20-51,
C2M22-53, M2M25-43
On September 26, 2022, the City Council awarded a contract to Historic Resources Group
(HRG) for professional consulting services in the development of Phase 2 and Phase 3 of
the Historic Preservation Program in an amount not to exceed $276,480. Since the award
of the contract, HRG has completed Phase 2 (Historic Resources Survey) and has made
substantial progress on Phase 3 (Historic Preservation Ordinance). As part of the
development of the Historic Preservation Ordinance, there have been a total of five
community meetings and four Historic Preservation Commission meetings, thus far. The
amount of time HRG has spent preparing for these meetings as well as time spent working
on revisions to the Draft Historic Preservation Ordinance and preparation of supplemental
informational materials has exceeded what was included in the scope of services under
the original contract. As such, a request to amend the contract is being brought forth to
provide HRG with the resources necessary to complete the project in accordance with the
most updated schedule. The proposed amendment to the contract with HRG is an amount
not to exceed $40,860.
Recommended Action: City Council approve Amendment No. 1 to Contract No.
C2M22-53 with Historic Resources Group (HRG) for the development of a Historic
Preservation Ordinance (Phase 3 of the Historic Preservation Program) in an amount not
to exceed $40,860 for a contract total of $317,340, subject to final language and approval
by the City Attorney and the City Manager; and, direct staff to undertake the steps
necessary to finalize the Council’s action. (M2M25-43) |
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5. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE OF THE ALHAMBRA CITY COUNCIL
AMENDING CHAPTERS 3.36, 3.38, AND 3.40 CONCERNING BIDDING AND
CONTRACTING THRESHOLDS DUE TO AMENDMENTS TO CUPCCAA, AND
SECTION 9.74.060 CONCERNING FALSE ALARMS – F2M25-16, O2M25-4845
Periodically amendments are needed to the Alhambra Municipal Code (“AMC”) based
upon changes in legislation and issues arising in implementation of the AMC. This
ordinance makes amendments to the AMC in two areas. Last Fall the City Council adopted
Ordinance No. O2M24-4837 which implements the California Uniform Public Construction
Cost Accounting Act (“CUPCCAA”), allowing for more expedited contracting for public
works projects. That same ordinance also adjusted the various bidding thresholds
throughout the AMC for other types of contracts to make the thresholds uniform across
contracts. AB 2192, which went into effect January 1, 2025, increases some of the
CUPCCAA thresholds: the $60,000 threshold is raised to $75,000 and the $200,000
threshold is raised to $220,000. An adjustment to these thresholds is necessary to come
into compliance with CUPCCAA. Additionally, changes to similar thresholds for other
contracts is recommended for consistency, in the same manner that was recommended
when Ordinance No. O2M24-2837 was originally adopted. The second recommended
area for amendment to the AMC relates to false alarm fees. Under the AMC, after 3 false
home alarms within a year, fees are charged for additional responses. The code provides
that the Police Chief, may waive those fees. This level of discretion is called out elsewhere
in the code, but typically the City Council has reserved such discretion to itself. City staff
would recommend deleting the provision providing such discretion to City staff.
Recommended Action: City Council consider introducing for first reading Ordinance
No O2M25-4845: An Ordinance of the Alhambra City Council amending Chapters 3.36, 3.38,
and 3.40 concerning bidding and contracting thresholds due to amendments to CUPCCAA,
and Section 9.74.060 concerning false alarms
which the Ordinance will return at the next regular meeting for consideration and adoption by
the City Council.
CONSENT AGENDA (Item Nos. 6 – 21)
All items listed under the Consent Agenda are considered by the City Council to be routine and
will be enacted by one motion unless a citizen or Council member requests otherwise; in which
case, the item will be removed for separate consideration. |
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3. PUBLIC HEARING TO ADOPT AN ORDINANCE APPROVING ZONING TEXT
AMENDMENT AMD-24-02 MAKING GENERAL CLARIFYING UPDATES TO THE
CITY’S ZONING CODE AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AMD-25-01 AMENDING THE
CITY’S ZONING MAP; ADOPT A RESOLUTION APPROVING GENERAL PLAN MAP
AMENDMENT AMD-25-02 AMENDING THE GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP; AND
DETERMINE THIS ACTION IS EXEMPT FROM CEQA – F2M20-24, N2M25-39, O2M25-
4844, R2M25-18
This is the time and place set by Notice No. N2M25-39 for the City Council to hold a public
hearing to consider a City-initiated application for a Zoning Text Amendment AMD-24-02
amending various sections of the Alhambra Municipal Code on zoning and adding various
sections to the Municipal Code to address new State legislation, eliminate inconsistencies,
clarify ambiguous provisions, correct typographical and formatting errors, and modify use
allowances. A Zoning Map Amendment AMD-25-01 and General Plan Map Amendment
AMD-25-02 are also requested to amend the City of Alhambra Official Zoning Map and
General Plan Land Use Map, respectively, to address inconsistencies, mapping errors,
and prior recommendations of the Planning Commission. This Zoning Code clean-up
includes both proposed amendments and additions.
Proposed amendments consist of revisions to existing sections of the Alhambra Municipal
Code (AMC), while the proposed additions would incorporate entirely new sections into
the AMC. The nature of and reasoning for each proposed amendment and addition can
be classified by five general categories: 1.) Clarification; 2.) Consistency; 3.) Compliance
with State laws/Federal laws; 4.) Typographical & Formatting; and 5.) Use Allowances &
Regulations. Some of the proposed amendments and additions are a combination of these
five categories. For example, the section on Accessory Dwelling Units is proposed to be
amended to comply with State law, clarify applicable development standards, and impose
new regulations pertaining to the Accessory Dwelling Unit uses. Similarly, the addition of
a new section identifying specific standards for Firearms Sales uses will impose new use
regulations and will be consistent with Urgency Ordinance No. O2M23-4818, which
directed staff to provide the City Council with options for additional regulations for such
uses. In Attachment 1 of the staff report for this item, each proposed amendment and
addition is briefly described in a table, which includes a breakdown of the categories
applicable to each amendment or addition.
At their March 17, 2025 regular meeting, the Planning Commission reviewed the proposed
amendments and additions in Ordinance No. O2M25-4844 and Resolution No. R2M25-
18, and adopted Planning Commission Resolution No. 25-02 (Attachment 5 of the staff
report) by a vote of 9-0 (Commissioner Mojarro was absent), recommending the City
Council approve Zoning Text Amendment AMD-24-02, Zoning Map Amendment AMD-25-
01, and General Plan Map Amendment AMD-25-02, with four minor revisions to the
Zoning Text Amendment. The minor revisions recommended by the Planning Commission
are listed in Planning Commission Resolution No. 25-02 and have been incorporated into
Ordinance No. O2M25-4844.
The City reviewed the environmental impacts of this Ordinance and City Council
Resolution under the California Environmental Quality Act (Public Resources Code §§
21000, et seq. “CEQA”) and the regulations promulgated thereunder (14 Cal. Code of
Regs. §§ 15000, et seq., the “CEQA Guidelines”). This Ordinance and City Council
Resolution is not subject to further review environmental review because: (1) it will not
result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment
(14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15060(c)(2); (2) there is no possibility that this Ordinance or City
Council Resolution will have a significant effect on the environment (14 Cal. Code Regs.
§ 15061(b)(3)); and (3) the Ordinance and City Council Resolution, by itself, do not
constitute a “project” as defined in section 21065 of the Public Resources Code and the
CEQA Guidelines (14 Cal. Code Regs. § 15378). It can be seen with certainty that there
is no possibility that this Ordinance and City Council Resolution may have a significant
effect on the environment.
Recommended Action: City Council:
1. Conduct a public hearing to receive public testimony;
2. Determine which of the Planning Commission’s recommendations to include and
direct the City Attorney to introduce and give first reading by title only, waiving
further reading to the following ordinance entitled:
Ordinance No. O2M25-4844: AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ALHAMBRA ADOPTING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT AMD-24-02,
AMENDING THE ALHAMBRA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADDRESS NEW STATE
LAWS, ELIMINATE INCONSISTENCIES, CLARIFY AMBIGUOUS PROVISIONS,
CORRECT TYPOGRAPHICAL AND FORMATTING ERRORS, AND MODIFY USE
ALLOWANCES, AND ZONING MAP AMENDMENT AMD-25-01, AN AMENDMENT
TO THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA OFFICIAL ZONING MAP
which ordinance shall return for a second reading and adoption at the next City
Council meeting on April 28, 2025;
3. Adopt Resolution No. R2M25-18 entitled: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA, CALIFORNIA APPROVING GENERAL PLAN MAP
AMENDMENT AMD-25-02, AN AMENDMENT TO THE CITY OF ALHAMBRA
GENERAL PLAN LAND USE MAP
PRESENTATIONS |
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21. CONSIDERATION OF AN ORDINANCE APPROVING AN UPDATED AB 481 POLICY
AND APPROVAL OF ANNUAL MILITARY EQUIPMENT REPORT – F2M22-41, O2M25-
4843, M2M25-50
On April 25, 2022, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. O2M22-4803 approving a
Military Equipment Use Policy (“Policy”) pursuant to assembly Bill 481 (“AB 481”). In
accordance with the legislation and the Policy, a military equipment report must be
submitted to the City Council annually for each type of military equipment approved within
one year of approval, and annually thereafter for as long as the military equipment is
available for use. Alhambra’s 2024 Annual Military Equipment Report, which summarizes
equipment deployments and purchases during the 2024 calendar year and the Police
Department’s updated policy, which contains edits to equipment and munition inventory
numbers and removal of an armored personnel carrier which was initially being considered
via an Urban Area Security Initiative Grant are outlined in the Chief of Police’s staff report
dated April 14, 2025. AB 481 requires that the Council determine, based on the annual
military equipment report submitted pursuant to Section 7072, whether each type of
military equipment identified in that report has complied with the standards for approval
set forth in Government Code section 7071(d). Staff reviewed Department records and
determined there were no complaints or concerns reported on the use of the equipment
in 2024. Additionally, the Department conducted an internal audit and determined that
there were no violations of the military equipment use policy.
Recommended Action: City Council, by one motion, take the following actions:
1. Declare introduced for its first reading the following ordinance entitled:
Ordinance No. O2M25-4843: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of
Alhambra implementing AB 481 by approving an updated policy for the use of
military equipment by the Alhambra Police Department
which ordinance will return for a second reading and adoption at the next regular
Council meeting; and,
2. Approve the Alhambra Police Department’s Annual Military Equipment Report set
forth in the Chief of Police’s April 14, 2025 report per the requirements under
Assembly Bill 481. (M2M25-50) |
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