MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRADBURY HELD ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 18, 2020  EXECUTIVE ORDER N-25-20:  Pursuant to Governor Newsom's Executive Order N-25-20, the City is allowing Council Members, Staff and the public to participate in this City Council meeting by means of a Zoom video or telephone call. Participants will be able to hear the entire proceedings (other than the Closed Session) and be able to speak during Public Comment, Public Hearing, and other authorized times. Members of the public must maintain silence and mute their microphones and telephones except during The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Bradbury was called to order by Mayor Lewis at 7:01 p.m. followed by the PRESENT: Mayor Lewis, Mayor Pro-Tem Bruny, Councilmembers Lathrop, Barakat and Hale  those times.  MEETING CALLED TO ORDER:  Pledge of Allegiance.  ROLL CALL:  ABSENT: None  STAFF: City Manager Kearney, City Attorney Reisman, City Engineer Gilbertson and Deputy City Engineer Leveillee (RKA), Councilmember Barakat made a motion to approve the agenda top proceed with City business. Mayor Pro-Tem Bruny seconded Inc compliance with the California Political Reform Act, each City Councimember has the responsibility to disclose direct or indirect potential for a personal financial impact as a result of participation in the decision-making: process concerning City Attorney Reisman stated there were none. James Finlay introduced himself as the son of Duarte City Councilmember Margaret Finlay. Mr. Finlay stated he is serving on the Board for the Duarte Unified School District. All items on the Consent Calendar are considered by the City Council to be routine and will be enacted by one motion unless ac Councilmember requests otherwise, in which case the item will be removed and considered by separate action. All Resolutions and Ordinances for Second Reading on the Consent Calendar are deemed to "waive further reading and A. Minutes = Special Meeting of June 16, 2020 B. Minutes - Regular Meeting of July 21, 2020 Resolution No. 20-515: Demands & Warrants for  and City Clerk Saldana  APPROVAL OF AGENDA:  the motion which carried unanimously.  DISCLOSURE OF ITEMS REQUIRED BY GOV.CODE SECTION 1090 & 81000  ETS SEQ,:  agenda items.  PUBLIC COMMENT: CONSENT CALENDAR:  adopt."  August 2020  Minutes CC Meeting August 18, 2020 Page 1of5    D.N Monthly Investment Report for the month of. July 2020 E.E Budget Amendment to the COPS Account for FY 19/20 Councimember Lathrop had questions regarding two checks. The first one was Check No. 16086 for the Law Office of Kathy M. Gandara and the second was Check No. 16091 for JudicateWest. Are these matters final or ongoing? City Attorney Reisman stated that the check for Kathy M. Gandara is final, the matter with Ramona Inc. (JudicateWest) is ongoing. Councimember Hale made a motion to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. Councilmember Barakat seconded the motion, which was carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Mayor Lewis, Mayor Pro-Tem Bruny, Councilmembers Lathrop, Barakat and Hale  QUESTONS REGARDING DEMANDS & WARRANTS:  MOTION TO APPROVE CONSENT CALENDAR: APPROVED:  NOES: None ABSENT: None Motion passed 5:0  APPROVAL OF CONTRACTV WITH DUDEK City Manager Kearney stated during the August 10, 2020  FORI FIRE PROTECTION CONSULTUNG  Special Meeting, the City Council directed staff to move toward retaining a consultant to provide services to develop a document that analyzes fire hazards associated with AB 68, which is the State's mandate on how cities are to treat Staff has contacted Dudek, and they are willing to perform an analysis and a draft document. Michael Huff of Dudek was online to answer any questions the Council may have. City Manager Kearney stated that the following is a summary of the scope of work (greater detail is laid out in the proposal): Conduct a review of wildfire structure loss information, Accessory Dwelling Unit law text, building code text, and other relevant related items; perform an analysis of the Accessory Dwelling Unit law in terms of its impacts on fire safety and conflicts with existing fire and building codes. The following areas will also be addressed as requested by the Review any challenges of hillside area setbacks being calculated from property lines instead of building pads; Investigate safe distances between ADUS or ADUS and other structures in hire fire severity zones where there are no sprinklers in the ADUS or main residence; Understanding the danger of fire spreading if the ADU has sprinklers but the main house does not; Understanding the 20-foot right-of-way needed to get a fire truck into the street and how that correlates with 20 feet between buildings for fire apparatus; Verifying ifa 1,200 square foot addition is added to an existing home (ie. not an ADU) would one have to add sprinklers to the existing home?  REGARDING AB 68:  accessory dwelling units.  SUMMARY OF SCOPE OF WORK:  City:  Minutes CC Meeting August 18, 2020 Page 2of5    Understanding State mandated allowances of manufactured homes in the City without significant City review and understanding if it poses any threats in a Understanding any contradictions between the State's desire to fortify high fire hazard areas though land use policies and their housing density regulations. The estimate for the current scope of work is not to exceed $10,550. The project will be billed on at time and materials basis and will not exceed the listed anticipated cost unless authorized by the City. The City has $20,000 in the Long-Term Planning Fee Fund (Account 112-20-7245) that could be used for this Itis recommended that the City Council approve the $10,550 expenditure and authorize the Mayor to sign the Agreement Councilmember Barakat inquired if new construction in Bradbury requires fire sprinklers in all zones or in just the high fire hazard area. City Engineer Gilbertson thought fire sprinklers were required for all new construction in all zones. Councilmember Barakat would like to see all new ADUS to have fire sprinklers, regardless of the setback requirements Councilmember Hale stated that it is his understanding that ADUS don't have to have fire sprinklers if the main residence doesn't have any. Can the City require fire sprinklers for any Michal Huff (Dudek) stated that he is doing work for the City of Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara put a moratorium on all new Councilmember Lathrop stated that there is no deadline in the contract for the schedule. Council directed the City Manager to Councimember Hale made a motion to authorize the Mayor to sign the Professional Services Agreement between the City of Bradbury and Dudek (Fire Protection Services Consultant) not to exceed $10,550. Councilmember Barakat seconded the motion, which was carried by the following roll call vote: AYES: Mayor Lewis, Mayor Pro-Tem Bruny, Councilmembers Lathrop, Barakat and Hale  hire fire hazard area; and  FINANCIAL. ANALYSIS:  purpose. with Dudek.  RECOMMENDATION: DISCUSSION:  new ADUS? ADUS.  work with Michael Huff on the deadline.  MOTION TO APPROVE CONTRACT WITH DUDEK FOR FIRE PROTECTION CONSULTING REGARDING AB 68:  APPROVED:  NOES: None ABSENT: None Motion passed 5:0  ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION NO: 20-16- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRADBURY  VEHICLE MILES TRAVELLED:  ADOPTING "VEHICLE MILES TRAVELLED" THRESHOLDS OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR PURPOSES OF ANALYSING TRANSPORATION IMPACTSUNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITYACT  Minutes CC Meeting August 18, 2020 Page 30 of5    City Manager Kearney turned this item over to Deputy City John Leveillee stated that due to changes in State Law, the City is required to adopt new California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) thresholds of significance for the transportation impacts for new development. For the purposes of CEQA, these changes will modify how the City evaluates new projects for transportation impacts. Specifically, the City is required to use Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) instated of Level of Service (LOS) as the metric to evaluate transportation impacts in CEQA documents such as Environmental Impact Reports. Outside of the CEQA process, the City can choose to continue to evaluate projects using the LOS metric. Based on guidance provided through an implementation process led by the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments, City staff has prepared new CEQA transportation impact thresholds for consideration by the Itis recommended that the City Council review the parameters presented for adopting Vehicle Miles Travelled (VMT) as the analytical tool in determining a project's transportation impact under CEQA; review the thresholds presented by staff to be used as part of a VMT analysis; and adopt these parameters Councimember Hale inquired if these changes are going to impact Bradbury. John Leveillee replied that it is going to Councilmember Lathrop made a motion to adopt Resolution No. 20-16: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BRADBURY ADOPTING VEHICLE MILES TRAVELLED" THRESHOLDS OF SIGNIFICANCE FOR PURPOSES OF ANALYSING TRANSPORATION IMPACTS UNDER THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT Councilmember Barakat seconded the motion which was  Engineer John Leveillee (RKA).  CITY ENGINEER'RS REPORT:  City Council.  RECOMMENDATION:  and thresholds by Resolution No. 20-16.  DISCUSSION: MOTION:  impact large developments.  carried by thet following roll call vote: AYES: Mayor Lewis, Mayor Pro-Tem Bruny, Councilmembers Lathrop, Barakat and Hale  APPROVED:  NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Motion passed 5:0  MATTERS FROM THE CITY MANAGER:  City Manager Kearney reminded everyone to complete the online AB 1234 Ethics Training by the end of September. The approval for the subdivision for 1533 Royal Oaks Drive North expires this week. No application for an extension has City Manager Kearney stated that he will be on vacation from August 27th through September 1st (4 business days).  been filed.  MATTERS FROM THE CITY ATTORNEY:  None  Minutes CC Meeting August 18, 2020 Page 4 of5    MATTERS FROM THE CITY COUNCIL: MAYOR LEWIS: MAYOR PRO-TEM BRUNY: COUNCILMEMBER LATHROP: COUNCILMEMBER BARAKAT: COUNCILMEMBER HALE: ITEMS FOR FUTURE AGENDAS: CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL PUBLIC COMMENT REGARDING CLOSED SESSION ONLY: RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION:  Nothing to report Nothing to report Nothing to report  Councilmember Barakat stated that he just received his first agenda from the San Gabriel Valley Council of Governments  (COG) and it is 800 pages long. Nothing to report None CLOSED SESSION  Mayor Lewis, Mayor Pro-Tem Bruny, Councilmembers Lathrop, Barakat, Hale, City Attorney Reisman, City Manager Kearney  None  At7:30 p.m. the City Council recessed to a Closed Session  regarding:  A. Conference with Labor Negotiator Government Code Section 54957(b)(4) Title: VCA Code Group Assistant Building Official At 7:57 pm the Regular Meeting was reconvened and City Attorney Reisman reported that the City Council met in Closed Session to evaluate the performance of the VCA Code Group. The Council instructed the City Manager as to how to proceed. At 7:59 p.m. Mayor Lewis adjourned the meeting to a Special Meeting on Monday, September 10, 2020 at 7:00 p.m.  RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION AND ANNOUNCE ANY ACTION TAKEN:  ADJOURNMENT:  DHtank  MAYOR4CITY OF BRADBURY  ATTEST:  Clauds.Dlom CITY CLERK-CITY OF BRADBURY  Minutes CC Meeting August 18, 2020 Page 5 of5 5