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Following discussion, it was moved by Councilmember Cole, seconded by Councilmember Jones, to approve the staff recommendations, with an amendment to Item 21 to direct City staff to continue to work in partnership with affected neighborhoods, communities, and Caltrans regarding the transition of the existing freeway-to-freeway to a local-to-freeway/freeway-to-local access system, to add direction to City staff to regularly provide City Council with progress updates and seek direction regarding all aspects of overall Reconnecting Pasadena program, revise the sustainability verbiage to state "toward a carbon free future", and to change the verbiage for Item H to state "access concept as the a working option".

AYES: Councilmembers Cole, Hampton, Jones, Lyon, Madison, Masuda, Vice Mayor Rivas, Mayor Gordo NOES: None

・・・・・・・ ABSENT: None

ABSTAIN: None

PUBLIC HEARINGS

HOUSING, HOMELESSNESS & PLANNING COMMITTEE: SUBMITTAL OF PUBLIC HOUSING AGENCY ANNUAL PLAN (2026) TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT (Housing Dept.)

Councilmembers Hampton and Jones left the meeting at 9:38 p.m.

Recommendation: It is recommended that the City of Pasadena (the “City”), as Successor Agency to the Pasadena Community Development Commission, after a public hearing:

Councilmember Lyon left the meeting at 9:40 p.m. ABSENT: None

Find that the recommended action in the agenda report is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA"), pursuant to State CEQA Guidelines per Section 15061(b)(3), the "Common Sense" exemption that CEQA only applies to projects that may have a significant effect on the environment; and
Approve the City's Public Housing Agency Streamlined Annual Plan (2026), as attached to the agenda report, and authorize the City Manager to execute any and all documents regarding its submittal to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

City Clerk Jomsky reported that the public hearing notice was published on March 2, 2026 in the Pasadena Press and that no correspondence was received by the City Clerk's Office for this item.

MOTION:

It was moved by Councilmember Madison, seconded by Councilmember Cole, to close the public hearing. (Motion unanimously approved) (Absent: Councilmembers Hampton, Jones, Lyon)

MOTION:

It was moved by Councilmember Madison, seconded by Councilmember Masuda, to approve the staff recommendation. (Motion unanimously approved) (Absent: Councilmembers Hampton, Jones, Lyon)