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Unofficial until approved by the
Alhambra City Council
MINUTES
Special Meeting
ALHAMBRA CITY COUNCI L
Council Chambers, 111 South First Street
February 27 , 2023
5 :0 0 p.m.
ROLL CALL: At 5:00 p.m., on Monday, February 27, 2023, the Alhambra City Council met in Council Chambers of the Alhambra City Hall.
PRESENT: LEE, PÉREZ , ANDRADE-STADLER
ABSENT: MALONEY , MAZA
Officials Present: City Manager Binnquist, Assistant City Manager Garcia , Deputy City Manager Stover, City Attorney Montes, City Clerk Myles
CITY CLERK REPORT - NOTICE NO. N2M 2 3- 22
The City Clerk hereby report ed that she duly gave notice of the special meeting of the City Council being held this evening pursuant to the order of the Mayor and in accordance with Section 54956 of the Government Code of the State of California.
CLOSED SESSION & CITY ATTORNEY ANNOUNCEMENT re SAME - F2M2 3 -14 City Attorney MONTES identified those items listed on this evening ’s agenda which would be discussed in Closed Session as follows:
Conference with Legal Counsel-Existing Litigation (Govt. Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)): ELITE-TRC Alhambra Community LLC; ELITE-TRC North Parcel LLC; The Corner Company, LLC v. City of Alhambra ; LASC Case No. 22STCP00217 Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation: Initiation of litigation pursuant to Govt. Code Section 54956.9(d)(4): 1 matter.
Conference with City ’s Labor Negotiator (Govt. Code Section 54957.6): Mariam Ko , Director of Human Resources re: Alhambra Police Non-Sworn Employees ’ Association
whereupon at 5:01 p.m. the City Council moved into closed session pursuant to applicable law, including the Brown Act (Government Code Sec. 54950, et seq.) for the purpose of conferring with the City Attorney.
MAZA & MALONEY: Councilmember Maloney and Councilmember Maza entered Closed Session at 5:07 p.m.
RECONVENE & CITY ATTORNEY REPORT : At 6:08 p.m. the City Council moved out of closed s ession with all members present. City Attorney MONTES made comments regarding the Ratkovich lawsuit (ELITE-TRC Alhambra Community LLC; ELITE-TRC North Parcel LLC; The Corner Company, LLC v. City of Alhambra; LASC Case No. 22STCP00217) stating that the trial court judge 2 2- 27 -23
issued her order on denying the writ and that the City of Alhambra prevailed on all of the arguments pertaining to the writ. He stated that there was one remaining cause of action for the lawsuit declaring relief should the plaintiffs chose to pursue it. He stated that at this point the Housing Accountability Act did not apply to the project, and that the City Council was correct to deny the project.
ADJOURNMENT: At 6: 0 9 p.m. there being no further business for the Council to transact, the Mayor, with the consent of the City Council, adjourn ed the meeting .
LAUREN MYLES, CMC
CITY CLERK
by
BRIANNA LAMB MCCARTHY
ASSISTANT CITY CLERK