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City Council to Consider Rose Bowl Soccer Match as Part of Monday’s Consent Calendar

Published on Monday, May 23, 2022 | 6:00 am
 

The City Council will consider approving an additional displacement event in the Rose Bowl on Monday as part of Monday’s consent calendar.

If the City Council approves the event, the match will be held on June 26 in the iconic stadium.

The event would make the 24th approved displacement event scheduled for this year. 

According to the Arroyo Seco Public Lands Ordinance, only 15 displacement events — any event with an expected attendance of 20,000 people or more — can be held every year.

The ordinance can be amended from time to time to allow for additional displacement events, but requires City Council approval.

In the past, the Rose Bowl has hosted the finals of both the men’s and women’s World Cups as well as the Olympic finals in 1984, and COPA America in 2016. The stadium has also hosted the US, Brazil and Mexico national teams. 

In addition, the stadium hosted the Los Angeles Galaxy as a tenant from 1996-2002. In recent years, the Rose Bowl has hosted European club teams, specifically Barcelona, Real Madrid, Chelsea, Inter Milan, and Manchester United. 

“The additional event represents a unique opportunity that will enhance the stature of the Rose Bowl,” according to a city staff report. “The soccer match would be similar in terms of matchup and operations as past matches at the Stadium. The event would garnish significant publicity for the Rose Bowl and Pasadena leading up to the event and continue to contribute to the Rose Bowl’s reputation as a world class venue. This is particularly applicable to this soccer match as the stadium approaches the possibility of hosting the World Cup in 2026, and Olympic soccer in 2028.”

Here are the other items on Monday’s consent calendar: 

  •  A $2,030,244 contract with CJ Concrete Construction for annual sidewalk and curb ramp improvements. In April 2015, Municipal Services Committee supported a Citywide Sidewalk Improvement Program to address approximately 1.1 million square feet of damaged sidewalk at over 11 ,000 locations citywide based on an inventory survey completed in 2015. City Council has appropriated a total of $8.5 million between Fiscal Year (FY) 2016-2021 and approximately 600,000 square feet of sidewalk has been replaced. This contract will replace approximately 90,000 square feet of sidewalk panels that have a vertical displacement of two inches and above at approximately 500 locations citywide. Additionally, this contract includes concrete grinding of sidewalk panels with a vertical displacement of under two inches at over 1,000 locations citywide. Grinding rather than full replacement of concrete sidewalks where feasible is a more sustainable alternative at one-fourth the cost, allowing a greater number of locations to be repaired. 
  •  Authorize the Interim City Manager to extend contracts with PSOMAS, Anser and John L. Hunter and Associated for on-call construction management, on-call project management and national pollutant discharge elimination system. The contracts were originally for three years for a total of $1 million.
  • A $3,157,442 purchase order contract with Core and Main to furning and deliver water meter boxes and vaults with covers. Water meter boxes with covers and water meter vaults with covers protect water meters from damage while providing PWP’s crews access for maintenance, reading, ard inspection. Water meter boxes are used for meter sizes 5/8″ to 2″ while water meter vaults are used for meter sizes 3″ to 8″. Specification WD-22-05 established technical standards for a purchase order contract to furnish and deliver these materials. Pasadena Water and Power’s service territory has 38,046 service connections and each service requires a water meter. 
  • Authorization to enter into a $5.2 million purchase order contract with S&J Supply Co. to furnish and deliver cement mortar lined ductile iron pipe. Water System and Resources Plan, and other water operations-related work. Specification WD-22-06 provides for a contract to furnish and deliver cement-mortar lined ductile-iron pipe to PWP as needed to enable PWP’s Water Division construction crews to install pipelines, perform fire protection system upgrades, and other construction and maintenance activities. The contract is also critical to respond to emergency repairs. 
  •  A contract with Castle Green Condominiums to provide discounted monthly parking rates in the Schoolhouse Garage for an initial five-year term. In the mid 1980’s, following the construction of the Schoolhouse Parking Garage in Old Pasadena, the City began implementing on-street meters in the Old Pasadena District. As a consequence, Castle Green residents were no longer allowed to park overnight on street since overnight parking permits are not valid in metered areas. To mitigate Castle Green’s loss of parking, the City extended a discounted monthly parking arrangement to the Castle Green residents at the Schoolhouse Garage. During a recent review of parking agreements, staff from the Parking Division identified that an agreement for a reduced parking rate was never memorialized. This contract is designed to formally document the discounted parking rate agreement, and to gradually transition Castle Green residents to market rate.  
  • Approval of maintenance agreement between the state and the city for 710 Northern Stub between Union Street and California Boulevard. On May 2, 2022, City Council authorized the City Manager to execute a Relinquishment Agreement between the State of California and the City of Pasadena for the Relinquishment of the State Route 710 between Union Street and Columbia Street, contingent on the final environmental determination from Caltrans. A Relinquishment Approval Report will be submitted by Caltrans to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) as the basis for the relinquishment request, requesting the authority for Caltrans to relinquish the property to the City of Pasadena. The Relinquishment Agreement assigns ownership, operations, and maintenance responsibility to the City of Pasadena. To ensure continuity of service,. it is recommended that the City enter into a maintenance agreement, referred to as a Caltrans “Work for Others” Agreement. Such an agreement would allow Caltrans to maintain the SR 710 relinquished area between Union Street and California Boulevard on behalf of the City.  Since the City has not traditionally maintained this type of transportation network, a Work for Others Agreement with Caltrans would ensure continuity of maintenance and allow the City to assess resources needed, should the City want to either bring this service inhouse or contract with a third party contractor in the future. Caltrans has qualified personnel available to perform this type of maintenance on behalf of the City, and both Caltrans and the City will mutually benefit from said maintenance by enhancing the safety of the traveling public on a roadway leading from the state highway system onto the existing street network. 
  • A resolution to amend resolution 9879 to include a representation that the city will adopt, and has adopted, a youth employment plan as required by the Los Angeles County regional park and open space district to be eligible for Proposition A excess funds.  Proposition A Excess Funds are derived from investment earnings on the Proposition A funds. The eligibility of these funds are the same as the original Proposition A funding. Each County District has an equal portion of the remaining funding and can allocate as necessary. This funding has been earmarked by Supervisor Kathryn Barger as part of the funding allocated to the Fifth District to be used for the Robinson Park Pool and Pool Building project in the amount of $500,000. 
  • Second amendment to Standby Bond Purchase Agreement (SBPA) and approval of the Second Amended and Restated Fee Agreement by the Pasadena Public Financing Authority, the City of Pasadena, and Bank of the West; authorize the City Manager or the Director of Finance to execute and deliver the Second Amendment to the SBPA and the Second Restated Fee Agreement. In 2000, the City sold $32.385 million bonds to finance certain improvements to the parking facilities and public property adjacent to or beneath the then Plaza Pasadena shopping center and to finance the acquisition of the right, title, and interest of the developer under a prior lease between the developer and Pasadena Community Development Commission. The 2000 Paseo Colorado bonds were initially issued with an insurance policy from MBIA. In 2008, the City refunded the bonds and reissued them with no insurance. The existing Standby Bond Purchase Agreement has an expiration date of September 2022. The City has negotiated an extension of the Standby Bond Purchase Agreement with Bank of the West for a term of three years at an annual fee of 0.25%, the same rate currently paid, or 0.20% if the City deposits $5 million in a collateralized money market account with the bank. Staff requested a bid from the City’s main relationship bank, as well, and received a rate higher than the one offered by the Bank of the West. Staff also consulted with the City’s municipal adviser who confirmed that the offered rate by the Bank of the West is on the lowest range of similar type of liquidity facilities. 
  • Approval to Host AmericaFest on July 4. The 4th of July Celebration at the Rose Bowl Stadium has been a Pasadena tradition for the past 95 years. The goal each year has been to continue this community tradition for Pasadena and the Southern California region. RBOC staff is once again intending to partner with Pyro Spectaculars, which has been providing fireworks at the Rose Bowl Stadium for more than 40 years. As previously mentioned, the reputation of “AmericaFest” and the fireworks celebration at the Rose Bowl Stadium is due primarily to the pyrotechnics. The fee for Pyro Spectaculars is similar to the 2019 expense, in addition to adjustments for cpi due to rising expenses), which is anticipated to be approximately 120,000. It is anticipated that there will be significant parking revenues that can mitigate some of the above referenced expenses. It is anticipated that the net parking revenue may range from $150,000 – $250,000. 

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