HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996/08/05 - Minutes - Special August 5, 1996
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Special Meetin.cl
A. CALLTO ORDER
A special meeting of the Rancho Cucamonga City Council met on Monday, August 5, 1996, in the Tri-
Communities Conference Room of the Civic Center located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga,
California. The meeting was called to order at 5:00 p.m. by Mayor William J. Alexander.
Present were Councilmembers: Paul Biane, James Curatalo, Rex Gutierrez, Diane Williams (arrived at 5:45
p.m.), and Mayor William J. Alexander.
Also present were: Jack Lam, City Manager; Jerry B. Fulwood, Deputy City Manager; Rick Gomez, Community
Development Director; Larry Henderson, Principal Planner; Gail Sanchez, Planning Commission Secretary;
Diane O'Neal, Management Analyst II; and Debra J. Adams, City Clerk.
B. ITEMS OF DISCUSSION
Jack Lam, City Manager, pointed out that Commissioner Heinz Lumpp had resigned from the Planning
Commission effective today because of a new job he would be starting which would not allow him to remain
on the Commission. He stated there is now a vacancy on the Planning Commission. Mr. Lain indicated the
letter from Commissioner Lumpp suggested that Peter Tolstoy be appointed to fill the remaining time of his
term. He pointed out the Council could decide this tonight, but that it should be done after the interviews have
taken place. He also informed the Council that Peter Tolstoy would be willing to stay on the Commission to
complete the remaining time of Mr. Lumpp's term.
B1. PLANNING COMMISSION INTERVIEWS - The following individuals were interviewed by the entire City
Council in the order listed.
5:15 p.m. Bill Bethel
5:30 p.m. Mariangela Grana
5:45 p.m. Elizabeth Habecker
6:00 p.m. LaVonna Hayashi
6:15 p.m. Kevin Hoyt
6:30 p.m, Break
6:45 p.m. Vincent Jones
7:00 p.m. Hugh Lansdell
7:15 p.m. Richard Macias
7:30 p.m. Brian O'Hare
7:45 p.m. Herman Rempel
8:00 p.m. George Rivera
8:15 p.m. Steve Wysocki
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B2. SELECTION OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBERS
Jack Lam, City Manager, stated the Council could go ahead and select Mr. Tolstoy to fill the vacated position
of Mr. Lumpp, or fill the position from the list of candidates interviewed.
Councilmember Curatalo stated he was thankful that Mr. Tolstoy would consider serving for another two years
and stated he would be in favor of him completing the time remaining of Mr. Lumpp's term.
Councilmember Biane stated he agreed with Councilmember Curatalo.
Councilmember Williams stated she also concurred with this.
Councilmember Gutierrez stated this was opened up so that all candidates could be interviewed. He stated
he felt it was fair for Mr. Tolstoy to be interviewed with the rest of the candidates. He also felt it was a very late
decision for him to reconsider filling a vacant spot. He stated this should have been a public open process for
this decision.
Mayor Alexander stated he was delighted that Mr. Tolstoy would stay on the Commission because of his
experience and the fact that there will be two new Commissioners coming aboard.
Councilmember Williams stated she is comfortable with this.
MOTION: Moved by Curatalo, seconded by Biane to appoint Peter Tolstoy to fill the unexpired term created
by Heinz Lumpp. Motion carried 4-1 (Gutierrez no).
The Council proceeded to vote their ballots for their selection of the two Planning Commission positions. After
the votes were tallied, Bill Bethel had four votes, but there was not a majority vote from the Council on another
person.
The Council discussed the candidates that had applied in order to reach a majority vote.
MOTION: Moved by Alexander, seconded by Biane to select Mr. Richard Macias to fill the second open
position. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0.
C. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC
No communication was made from the public.
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D. ADJOURNMENT
MOTION: Moved by Gutierrez, seconded by Williams to adjourn.
meeting adjourned at 9:20 p.m.
Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. The
Respectfully submitted,
eb~ra J. Adams, C~MC~
City Clerk
Approved: September 4, 1996