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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996/01/17 - Minutes January 17, 1996 CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Regular Meeting A. CALL TO ORDER A regular meeting of the Rancho Cucamonga City Council was held on Wednesday, January 17, 1996, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California. The meeting was called to order at 7:11 p.m. by Mayor William J. Alexander. Present were Councilmembers: Paul Biane, James Curatalo, Rex Gutierrez, Diane Williams, and Mayor William J. Alexander. Also present were: Jack Lain, City Manager; James Markman, City Attorney; Jerry B. Fulwood, Deputy City Manager; Unda D. Daniels, RDA Manager; Rick Gomez, Community Development Director; Brad Buller, City Planner; Joe O'Neil, City Engineer; Dave Blevins, Public Works Maintenance Manager; Bill Makshanoff, Building Official; Robert Dominguez, Administrative Services Director; Suzanne Ota, Community Sewices Manager; Deborah Clark, Ubrary Manager; Duane Baker, Assistant to the City Manager; Diane O'Neal, Management Analyst II; Capt. Dennis Michael, Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District; Capt. Ron Bieberdorf, Rancho Cucamonga Police Department; and Debra J. Adams, City Clerk. B. ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS No announcements or presentations were made. C. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC C1. Greg Durst stated there is a "Green Lawn" program in the City of Covina and felt Rancho Cucamonga should do something like this. He felt the brown lawns bring a neighborhood down in property value. Councilmember Gutierrez added that Mr. Durst took good care of his property and that he wanted the Council to help him get something established for the entire City to follow. C2. Charles Harrel, citizen on Serena, stated that the speed limit on Lemon was 40 miles per hour and that the residents on Lemon do not want to eliminate access to their street, just put a wrought iron fence at the end of it because of the traffic on Lemon. He asked that the Council reconsider the Planning Commission's decision. Brad Buller, City Planner, stated he would like to meet with Mr. Harrel to give him more information as to what he can do to take this back to the Planning Commission, and also added that Mr. Harrel can appeal the Planning Commiesion's decision to the City Council if it did not work out for him. City Council Minutes January 17, 1996 Page 2 D. CONSENT CALENDAR Jack Lam, City Manager, stated that Items D5 and D8 would be removed from the agenda and would come back at a future meeting. Mr. Lam added that the bid for Item D7 was before the Council and that staff is recommending approval of the execution of the contract. D1. Approval of Minutes: December 6, 1995 December 20, 1995 January 3, 1996 (Biane absent) D2. Approval of Warrants, Register Nos. 12/27/95 and 1/3/96; and Payroll ending 12/28/95 for the total amount of $881,325.77. D3. Approval to receive and file current Investment Schedule as of December 31, 1995. D4. Approval to purchase one (1) Case Model 570 LXT Skip Loader/Tool Cartier from Contractors Equipment Company of Riverside, California through a "Piggy Back/Cooperative Purchase", in the amount of $66,845.95, to be funded 100% from Account No. 72-4225-7045. DS. Approval to execute an agreement (CO 9C-001) to allow Valley Da$oball Inc. to seek a I~le sponsor for 'the Epicenter. (ITEM REMOVED FROM AGENDA) D6. Approval of the Map, Monumentalion Secu~ty, Detention Basin Maintenance Agreement and Ordedng the Annexation to Landscape Maintenance District No. 3B and Street Lighting Maintenance District Nos.~l and 6, for Parcel Map 12959, located at the southeast corner of White Oak Avenue and Arrow Route, submitted by Capellino and Associates. RESOLUTION NO. 96-005 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING MONUMENTATION SECURITY OF THE CITY OF RANCHO PARCEL MAP 12959 AND RESOLUTION NO. 96-006 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY TO LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 3B AND STREET LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 6, FOR PARCEL MAP 12959 RESOLUTION NO. 96-007 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE MAINTENANCE AGREEMENT FOR THE DETENTION BASIN LOCATED OVER PARCEL NO. 3 OF PARCEL MAP 12959 D7. Approval to award and authorization for execution of Contract (CO 96-002) for Highland Avenue Improvements and Highland Avenue and East Avenue Traffic Signals, to be funded from Account No. 12-4637- 9310. DS. Approval to execute an agrcsmc~nt (CO 90-003) v,~th Acts Oonc¢~!~ t6 pro~cle a conc¢~t 3eries at the Epicenter during Calendar Yoar 1906. (ITEM REMOVED FROM AGENDA) City Council Minutes January 17, 1996 Page 3 D9. Approval to execute Amendment No. 10 to lhe Lease Agreement (CO 92-064) of the Epicenter space for Calendar Year 1996 in the amount of $346.00 per month. MOTION: Moved by Biane, seconded by Gutierrez to approve the staff recommendations in the staff reports contained in the Consent Calendar with the exception of items D5 and D8, and Councilmember Biane abstaining from voting on the January 3, 1996 minutes. Motion carded unanimously, 5-0. No items were submitted. No items were submitted. E. CONSENT ORDINANCES ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS No items were Submitted. G. PUBLIC HEARINGS No items were submitted. H. CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORTS I. COUNCIL BUSINESS I1. CONSIDERATION FOR A 25% LIGHTING FEE REDUCTION FOR YOUTH SPORT GROUPS Jack Lam, City Manager, stated this item was placed on the agenda at the request of Councilmember Curatalo. Councilmember Curatalo presented the staff report. Mayor Alexander opened the meeting for public comment. Addressing the City Council were: Primo Morales, Rancho Little League, stated he applauded Councilmember Curatalo. He stated he felt the 25% reduction was great, but felt the fees would still put a burden on their organization. He stated he didnl think the reduction of fees that might be given to the youth sports groups should be passed on to the adult sports groups. He felt the Quakes should have to pay for their lights and water that they use at the Sports Complex. He didn't feel the Quakes were doing anything to help the community. He stated he would like the Sports Advisory Committee to come up with suggestions to help reduce the lighting fees and then report back to the Council. Councilmember Gutierrez asked how often did they have kids that could not afford to pay for the registration. City Council Minutes January 17, 1996 Page 4 Mr. Morales stated there are kids that can't afford to play, but they encourage them to play anyway. Councilmember Williams asked what the registration fee that is paid currently covers. Mr. Morales stated insurance, equipment, uniforms, field maintenance, lighting fees, etc. Councilmember Curatalo confirmed that Mr. Morales liked the idea of the 25% reduction of fees, but that he did not want this savings passed on to the adults. Mr. Morales stated yes. Mayor Alexander stated what they are looking at is if the fees are not required, would it allow more kids to play, or in other words, if the fee still exists, would it keep kids from playing. Jack Lam, City Manager, stated the f'~ures on the utilities are correct, but added that the Quakes do pay for the fields, and added they bring in over $600,000 of revenue for the City. He stated he hates to see the Quakes get a bad rap. Jim Schaeffer, Alta Loma Little League, stated he felt most of the leagues agree with Mr. Morales. He stated he felt the Quakes were using the youth to get more business, but wore not giving anything back to the community or the youth sports organizations. He stated he did not know if the $3.00 per person that Councilmember Curatalo is talking about would make that much of a difference es far as making it affordable for someone to play or not afford to play. Jane Bradshaw felt keeping the youth programs going at any cost was worth it. Sylvia Wieland stated for her sons to play senior little league the cost is outrageously high. There being no further response, public comments were closed. Councilmember Gutierrez stated he did not know if the 25% reduction of fees would really help the kids that much. He did not think it was a good idea to pass the savings onto the adults sports groups. Councilmember Williams stated she agreed with Councilmember Gutierrez and felt if the reduction would reduce a child's registration in half, she would be in favor of it, but did not really see any benefit to the kids by only reducing it by 25% because it wouldnl necessarily help more kids to be able to play sports. Mayor Alexander stated he felt staft and the sports groups could probably get together and work on some ideas to reduce the fees even further. Councilmember Biane thanked Councilmember Curatalo for bringing this up. He felt the Sports Advisory Committee is a good place to send this to in order to come up with some ideas. Councilmember Curatalo stated he was glad to see the dialogue start on this issue. Sylvia Wieland felt the Council should really lry to make the people in the community feel that they care about them. Primo Morales felt if the fee was reduced by even $3.00, it would be appreciated by all. Councilmember Williams asked if they would then reduce their fee to each child that plays by the $3.00 amount? City Council Minutes January 17, 1996 Page 5 Primo Morales stated it would have to go to the Board to decide. Hyman Gibson, Pop Warner Football, commented on the fact that the local boards of the youth sports organizations have another board that they get direction from in setting or reducing fees. He felt any reduction would assist the kids and would be appreciated. Mr. Schaefer stated he felt the boards of each of the sports groups would knock off $3.00 from their fee if the City would reduce the lighting fee by 25%. MOTION: Moved by Curatalo, seconded by Biane to send the matter to the Sports Advisory Committee for further evaluation and then bring the issue back to the entire Council. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. 12. UPDATE FROM ROUTE 30 AD HOC TASK FORCE Staff report presented by Joe O'Neil, City Engineer. ACTION: Report received and tiled. J. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING J1. It was pointed out that the Green Lawn Ordinance would be coming back to discuss at the next meeting. K. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC K1. Sylvia W~eland stated that Lisa Sun of Etiwanda High School would be traveling to Washington, D.C. and Baltimore because of her scholastic achievements and was wondering if the City can help sponsor her because of this accomplishment she has achieved The Council asked that this be discussed at the next meeting. Min. Wfeland also invited the Council to attend an Academic Rally at Etiwanda High School on March 7th at 11:00 a.m. and a Parent Forum at 6:30 on January 24th. L. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Moved by Biane, seconded by Williams to adjourn to an Executive Session to discuss L'~gation with Dodds per Government Cede Section 54956.9. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 8:35 p.m. with no action taken in Executive Session. ~pectfully~mitte~ . ~ ~Debra J. Ad~s, CMC City Clerk Approved: February 21,1996