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CITY OF SOUTH PASADENA
CITY COUNCIL
AGENDA
SPECIAL MEETING
CLOSED SESSION
WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2023
5:00 P.M.
AMEDEE O. “DICK” RICHARDS JR. COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1424 MISSION STREET, SOUTH PASADENA, CA 91030
NOTICE ON PUBLIC PARTICIPATION & ACCESSIBILITY
The South Pasadena City Council Meeting will be conducted in-person from the Amedee O. “Dick” Richards, Jr. Council Chambers, located at 1424 Mission Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030.
Pursuant to Assembly Bill 361 Government Code Section 54953, subdivision (e)(3), the City Council may conduct its meetings remotely and may be held via video conference.
Public Comment regarding items on the Closed Session Meeting agenda will be taken at the beginning of the meeting. The public will be released from the meeting so that the City Council may convene Closed Session discussion of items allowed under the Government Code. Any reportable action taken in Closed Session will be reported by the City Attorney during the next Open Session meeting. A separate Zoom link will be provided for the Open Session for the public to attend.
Public Participation may be made as follows:
In-Person Hybrid – Council Chambers, 1424 Mission Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030 Via Zoom – Meeting ID: 226 442 7248
Written Public Comment – written comment must be submitted by 12:00 p.m. the day of the meeting
1. Go to the Zoom website, https://zoom.us/join and enter the Zoom Meeting information; or
2. Click on the following unique Zoom meeting link:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/2264427248?pwd=aEFuSGszQ2I5WjJkemloTms0RTlVUT09 or
3. You may listen to the meeting by calling: +1-669-900-6833 and entering the Zoom Meeting ID listed above and Passcode when prompted.
CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Jon Primuth
ROLL CALL: Mayor Jon Primuth
Mayor Pro Tem Evelyn G. Zneimer
Councilmember Jack Donovan
Councilmember Michael A. Cacciotti
Councilmember Janet Braun
South Pasadena City Council January 18, 2023
CLOSED SESSION AGENDA ITEMS
A. PUBLIC EMPLOYMENT-PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
Government Code Section 54957
Title: City Manager
B. REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATIONS
(Government Code Section 54956.8)
1. Property Address: 920 Lohman Lane
Agency Negotiator: Arminé Chaparyan, City Manager
Negotiating Party: John Letts, iTennis
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
2. Property Address: 913 Meridian Avenue
Agency Negotiator: Arminé Chaparyan, City Manager
Negotiating Party: Jim Tarvares, President of the South Pasadena Preservation Foundation Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
C. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL: EXISTING LITIGATION
(Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1))
1. American Medical Response West v. California Department of Health Care Services, et al. (SSC Case No. 34-2021-80003757)
2. Los Angeles Sunshine Coalition vs City of South Pasadena (LASC Case No. 22STCP04228)
3. Robert Crew v. City of South Pasadena (EEOC Case No. 480-2022-00265)
4. Shahid Abbas v. City of South Pasadena (LASC Case No. 22STCV19084)
5. Travelers Ins. v. So. Pasadena (LASC Case No. 22STCV22759)
6. James Cheung v. So. Pasadena (LASC Case No. 22STCP01432)
7. James Cheung v. So. Pasadena (CDCA Case No. 2:22-cv-01756-SVW-GJS)
8. City of South Pasadena v. Janet Ferguson and John Algeo (LASC Case No. 22STCV18726)
9. City of South Pasadena, et al. vs California Department of Transportation, et al. (LASC Case No. 21STCP01779)
10. Arcadia et al. v. Southern California Edison Co. (SBSC Case No. 20CV02026)
11. Cruz v. So. Pasadena (LASC Court Case No. 21STCV19706)
12. Fahren James and Victoria Patterson v. City of South Pasadena (CDCA Case No. 2:21-cv08256-DSF-KK)
13. Forbes v. So. Pasadena (LASC Case No. 22STCV30042)
14. Togi v. City of South Pasadena (LASC Case No. BC680186)
15. Coyotl + Macehualli v. So. Pasadena (LASC Court Case No. 21STCP00897) D. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL: POTENTIAL LITIGATION (INITIATING) Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(4)
Number of Potential Cases: 2
PUBLIC COMMENT
South Pasadena City Council January 18, 2023
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING
I declare under penalty of perjury that I posted this notice of agenda for the meeting to be held on January 18, 2023, on the bulletin board in the courtyard of City Hall located at 1414 Mission Street, South Pasadena, CA 91030, and on the City website as required by law, on the date listed below. 01/12/2023 /S/
Date Desiree Jimenez, CMC, Chief City Clerk