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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1991/09/04 - Minutes September 4, 1991 CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Reaular Meetinq A. C,a,T.T. TO ORDER A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga was held on Wednesday, September 4, 1991, in the Council Chambers of the Civic Center, located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California. The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Dennis L. Stout. Present were Councilmembers: William J. Alexander, Charles J. Buquet II, Diane Williams, Pamela J. Wright (arrived 7:02 p.m.), and Mayor Dennis L. Stout. Also present were: Jack Lam, City Manager; James Markman, City Attorney; Linda D. Daniels, Deputy City Ma~ager; Jerry B. Fulwood, Deputy City Manager; Rick Gomez, Community Development Director; Tarry Smith, Park Planning/Development Superintendent; Brad Buller, City Planner; Otto Kroutil, Deputy City Planner; Dan Coleman, Principal Planner; Larry Henderson, Principal Planner; Richard Alcorn, Code Enforcement Supervisor; Joe O'Neil, City Engineer; Paul Rougeau, Traffic Engineer; John Martin, Associate Engineer; Joe Schultz, Community Services Director; Jim Hart, Administrative Services Director; Duane Baker, Assistant to the City Manager; Susan Mickey, Management Analyst I; Chief Dennis Michael, Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District; Capt. Bruce Zeiner, Rancho Cucamonga Police Department; and Debra J. Adams, City Clerk. B, ANNOUNCEMENTS/PRESENTATIONS B1. Presentation of a Proclamation recognizing September 12, 1991 as DARE Day. Mayor Stout presented the Proclamation to Steve Brownell of the Rancho Cucamonga Police Department. Steve Brownell thanked the Mayor and also recognized representatives that were present from Alta Loma, Etiwanda and Central School Districts. He also distributed tee-shirts to the Councilmembers and invited them to attend the DARE Day celebration on Thursday, September 12, at 7:00 a.m. City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 2 (i) (2) (3) (4) (5) C. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC No communication was made from the public. , , , , , D. CONSENT C_JtT.RNDAR Jack Lam, City Manager, stated that Item D9 had a correction in the District number, that it should be Landscape Maintenance District No. 3. D1. Approval of Minutes: August 21, 1991 D2. Approval of Warrants, Register Nos. 8/14/91, 8/21/91 and 8/28/91, and Payroll ending 8/15/91 for the total amount of $2,462,915.72. D3. Approval to designate 1983 Chevrolet Malibu and 1985 Ford Crown Victoria as surplus for auction. (0604-02 SURPL PROP) D4. Approval of payment of the City's portion for professional services for the fines and forfeitures lawsuit in the amount of $1,740.00 to be paid out of account number 01-4285-6028. (0703-01 LITIGATION) (0401-21 FUND APPRO) D5. Approval to file a claim with SANBAG for Local Transportation Fund Article 3 reimbursement for Archibald Avenue Sidewalk Phase II improvements and the Tryon Street Sidewalk improvements. (0704-06 CLAIM) D6. Approval to award and execute the Heritage Park Ballfield Improvement Project contract (CO 91-060) to Marina Construction Company of Irvine in the amount of $120,733 plus a 10% contingency of $12,073, for a total of $132,806 from the Park Development Fund No. 20-4532-9104. (0511-01 AWARD) (0602-01 CONTRACT) D7. Approval to execute Real Property Improvement Contract and Lien Agreement for CUP 91-13, located on 9567 8th Street, submitted by Walter J. Neff and Steven E. Mahan. (0602-01 AGREE R I/L) RESOLUTION NO. 91-249 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING A REAL PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT AND LIEN AGREEMENT FROM WALTER J. NEFF AND STEVEN E. MAHAN AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR AND CITY CLERK TO SIGN THE SAME DS. Approval of map, execution of Improvement Agreement, Improvement Security and Ordering the Annexation to Landscape Maintenance District No. 1 and Street Lighting Maintenance District Nos. 1 and 2 for Tract 14866, located at the southeast corner of Lemon Avenue and London Avenue, submitted by the Pennhill Company. (1002-09 MAP ) (0602-01 AGREE IMPR) (0401-03 ST LT MD) (0401-03 LNSCAPE MD) City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 3 RESOLUTION NO. 91-250 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT SECURITY, AND FINAL MAP OF TRACT NO. 14866 RESOLUTION NO. 91-251 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCANONGA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY TO LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 1 AND STREET LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2 FOR TRACT 14866 D9. Approval to execute Improvement Agreement, Improvement Security and Ordering the Annexation to Landscape Maintenance District No. ~ ~ and Street Lighting Maintenance District Nos. 1 and 2 for CUP 88-28, located on the southwest corner of Foothill Boulevard and Malachite Avenue, submitted by Forrest Perry. (0602-01 AGREE IMPR) (0401-03 ST LT MD) (0401-03 LNSCAPE MD) RESOLUTION NO. 91-252 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCANONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT SECURITY FOR CUP 88-28 RESOLUTION NO. 91-253 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY TO LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. ยท ~iAND STREET LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 2 FOR CUP 88-28 D10. Approval to execute Improvement Agreement, Improvement Security and Ordering the Annexation to Street Lighting Maintenance District Nos. 1 and 4 for Church Street located between Elm Avenue - west and Elm Avenue submitted by Lewis Homes of California. (0602-01 AGREE IMPR) (0401-03 ST LT MD) RESOLUTION NO. 91-254 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCANONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT SECURITY FOR CHURCH STREET RESOLUTION NO. 91-255 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE ANNEXATION OF CERTAIN TERRITORY TO STREET LIGHTING MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NOS. 1 AND 4 FOR CHURCH STREET (6) (7) (8) (9) City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 4 (is) Dll. Approval to accept improvements, release of bonds and file a notice of completion for DR 87-34 located on the west side of Archibald Avenue south of Base Line Road. (0602-01 BOND REL) (0704-18 NOT COMPLT) RESOLUTION NO. 91-256 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR DR 87-34AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF COMPLETION FOR THE WORK D12. Approval to accept improvements, release of bonds and file a notice of completion for Parcel Map 13125 located on the southwest corner of Trademark Street and Center Avenue. (0602-01 BOND REL) (0704-18 NOT COMPLT) RESOLUTION NO. 91-257 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR PARCEL MAP 13125 AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF COMPLETION FOR THE WORK D13. Approval to accept the Rochester Avenue Parkway Beautification Project (CO 90-050) as complete, release the bonds and authorize the City Engineer to file a notice of completion. (0602-01 BOND REL) (0704-18 NOT COMPLT) RESOLUTION NO. 91-258 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING THE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS FOR ROCHESTER AVENUE PARKWAY BEAUTIFICATION PROJECT (CO 90-050) AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF COMPLETION FOR THE WORK D14. Approval to vacate a sidewalk easement located between 9415 and 9425 Palo Alto Street, at the terminus of Layton Street, and setting the date of public hearing for October 2, 1991. (1110-18 VACATE ESM) RESOLUTION NO. 91-259 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING IT INTENTION TO VACATE A SIDEWALK EASEMENT LOCATED BETWEEN 9415 AND 9425 PALO ALTO STREET, AT THE TERMINUS OF LAYTON STREET D15. Approval to vacate a recorded Offer of Dedication for a portion of Mignonette Street, setting the date of public hearing for October 2, 1991, and release of a Real Property Improvement Contract and Lien Agreement for 9260 Mignonette Street. (1110-18 VACATE ST) City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 5 RESOLUTION NO. 91-260 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO VACATE A RECORDED OFFER OF DEDICATION FOR A PORTION OF MIGNONETTE STREET FROM HELLMAN AVENUE WESTERLY INCLUDING THE PARTIAL CUE-DE-SAC - APN 202- 041-57 AND 58 RESOLUTION NO. 91-261 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, RELEASING A REAL PROPERTY IMPROVEMENT CONTRACT AND LIEN AGREEMENT FOR 9260 MIGNONETTE STREET FROM MONA F. AND STEPHEN L. BUTTERS AND RUTH U. AND BERNARD C. DAUGHERTY MOTION: Moved by Buquet, seconded by Alexander to approve the Consent Calendar as corrected. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. , , , , , E. CONSENT ORDINANCES No items submitted. , , , , , F. ADVERTISED PUBLIC HEARINGS F1. CONSIDERATION OF ORDERING THE VACATION OF A PORTION OF AN ALLEY LOCATED SOUTH OF NINTH STREET AND VINMAR TO SIERRA MADRE AVENUES (Continued from August 21, 1991) STAFF REQUESTS CONTINUANCE TO OCTOBER 2, 1991. (1110-18 VACATE ACC) MOTION: Moved by Alexander, seconded by Wright to continue the item to October 2, 1991. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. , , , , , F2. ADOPTION OF 1990 EDITION OF THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE Staff report presented by Rick Gomez, Community Development Director, who also added that copies of this had been sent to the Building Industry Association and the Chamber and that staff did not receive any comments from either of them. (0807-01 CODE BLDG) Mayor Stout opened the meeting for public hearing. Addressing the City Council was: Kent Crowley, Chamber liaison to the City of Rancho Cucamonga, stated Jerry Grant and City staff did an excellent job in working with the Chamber on this matter and thanked them for their work and cooperation. (i7) City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 6 There being no further response, the public hearing was closed. Debra J. Adams, City Clerk, read the title of Ordinance No. 311-A. ORDINANCE NO. 311-A (first reading) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 15.24 ELECTRICALCODE, OF THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA MUNICIPAL CODE; AND ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL CODE, 1990 EDITION; WITH CERTAIN AMENDMENTS, ADDITIONS, DELETIONS AND EXCEPTIONS TO SAID CODE MOTION: Moved by Buquet, seconded by Alexander to waive full reading and set second reading of Ordinance No. 311-A for September 18, 1991. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. , , , , , PUBLIC HEARINGS G1. TRAILS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN - A comprehensive implementation strategy for hiking, riding, and biking trails within the community. Staff report presented by Dan Coleman, Principal Planner, who also introduced Anthony Mendoza of J. F. Davidson & Associates and Sean Agajanian of Agajanian and Associates. (1404-08 TRAILS) Information was presented by Anthony Mendoza at this time. Mayor Stout asked if there was a dollar value placed on the current trail system. Mr. Mendoza stated this has not been done. Mayor Stout stated what he was trying to point out was what the City's trail system currently is appraised at in relation to the $75,000,000.00 it will cost for the total trail system, in order to know what was left to pay for. He stated that some of the trail system proposed for new development could be taken care of by the developer for that project. He added that when this plan was first conceived the City addressed the issue of maintenance and felt the feeder trails were glossed over. He stated with the Ordinance that was approved last year, which refers to maintenance of trails, he felt it would be proper for the Trails Implementation Plan to refer to this maintenance Ordinance or have excerpts included in the Trails Plan. Dan Coleman stated in the draft Ordinance this request could be emphasized to strengthen those requirements for feeder trail. Councilmember Buquet suggested financial information continue to be worked on for this project. Dan Coleman stated J. F. Davidson has prepared cost estimates so they could follow this very thing. City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 7 Sean Agajanian, Agajanian & Associates, made his presentation on this trails plan. Mayor Stout opened the meeting for public hearing. Addressing the City Council was: William Johnson, Building Industry Association, stated they were opposed to any new development fees that Mr. Agajanian has suggested. There being no further response, the public hearing was closed. Councilmember Williams stated she was opposed to a trail assessment district as suggested by Mr. Agajanian, and commented to the public that there is nothing in the works to create this. She stated she questioned whether the City could presently implement the total system. She felt emphasis should be put on the bike trail improvements. Councilmember Alexander stated he felt Commissioner Tolstoy of the Planning Commission had brought this up at their meeting and that he also agreed with a priority being placed on bike trails. He also added he was not in favor of an assessment district for trails. Mayor Stout stated he felt the purpose of the Trails Implementation Plan was to create a trails system for long range planning. He stated he did not think it had to be done immediately by raising a lot of funds. He stated what the City has at the present time is more than a lot of other cities have. He felt as the opportunity arises, they could implement more of the trails from the plan. He stated as sales tax revenues increase, part of that money could be set aside for maintenance of the trails. Councilmember Williams stated she felt staff should be aware of the City Council's thoughts and to try to include more trails when doing improvements. Councilmember Buquet stated he felt the City Council realized that this would be an incremental approach. He felt the City should start doing this a little at a time whenever they could. Councilmember Wright stated she, too, was against an assessment district. She was also in favor of added bike trails. She stated realistically the $75,000,000.00 would not happen. She did not think the people should be charged for this without going to a vote first to get their feelings on the matter. Mayor Stout stated he would like: The Plan to state it is a long range plan, meaning it could take many years to complete. The Plan to state that it is not the City's intent to make an assessment district to implement the Trails Plan. City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 8 The Plan to include language that the City will have ordinances regulating maintenance of feeder trails in order to make them safe for the users. The Plan should include what portion of the system will be implemented by new development, and that a large portion of the trail system is already in existence with a value placed on what is in existence. Mayor Stout added he did not think this was a Beverly Hills system, but did think it was a very nice trails plan. Councilmember Alexander stated he would like the plan to point out that by use of the trails it is a method to use a non-polluting means of travel. Mayor Stout stated the current trails are not just for equestrian purposes, but that a lot of walkers use them as well. Councilmember Buquet stated he would like for the City to start doing some financial planning for the trails system. He stated he would like to see the trails considered when planning for capital projects by using good engineering designs. He also felt long term maintenance costs should be considered. Councilmember Alexander felt the Resolution should come back because of the suggested changes involved. Mayor Stout felt the financing of this should be pointed out. Mayor Stout stated he would like to see the plan itself revised because of the things pointed out tonight, but would also like the Resolution to have language about the financing issue in black and white so the residents would know where they stand. Brad Buller, City Planner, felt this could come back on the Consent Calendar at the October 16, 1991 meeting. RESOLUTION NO. 91-262 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING THE TRAILS IMPLEMENTATION PLAN MOTION: Moved by Williams, seconded by Wright to continue the matter to the Consent Calendar at the October 16, 1991, meeting with revisions to be submitted to the Council in advance for their perusal. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. Mayor Stout stated he felt a lot of hard work had been done by staff and the consultants and commended them for that. , , , , , City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 9 H. CITY MANAGER'S S~AFF REPORTS H1. CONSIDERATION OF FORMALRESPONSE TO ROUTE 30 EXTENSION ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT/ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENT (EIR/EIS) - To consider comments by staff, the Historic Preservation, Planning, and Public Safety Commissions concerning the Draft EIR/EIS for the Route 30 Freeway Extension and authorizing the Mayor to forward same to the California Department of Transportation. Staff report presented by Larry Henderson, Principal Planner. (1403-06 EIR) (1403-06 EIS) Mayor Stout stated he strongly agreed with the information in the letter, but felt the City needed to go on record, up front, that the City wants one mile spacing for the freeway interchanges and should fight for that issue. Councilmember Buquet stated he agreed with this also. He stated he did not think the City wants to delay this or make extra costs. He felt the City should also dig in on the billboard issue and oppose that also. Councilmember Wright stated she felt the letter should include verbiage on the preservation of historic structures in the line of the freeway. Mayor Stout suggested the wording state, "The City has a strong commitment to historic preservation, and as a result of that, strongly urged the mitigation measures which are most sensitive to preserving historical treasures that are found on or near the corridor." Larry Henderson, Principal Planner, stated that Caltrans would be responding to any item the City Council addresses to them, that they wouldn't necessarily have to agree with the Council, but would address their concerns. Brad Buller, City Planner, stated his staff would work with the Mayor on the suggested letter. The Council also concurred that the City's xeriscape requirements should be mentioned in the letter to be sent out. Mayor Stout opened the meeting for public input. Addressing the City Council was: Mary Lynn Coffee, attorney, stated she had sent a letter to the City Council stating their concerns and added they would like to see the Maloof property preserved and stated so in the Draft EIR/EIS. Mayor Stout asked her if they were against the proposed freeway. Ms. Coffee stated that would be their ideal position, but felt an alternative design or realignment could save his property and would also be acceptable. Mayor Stout stated he is sympathetic to the Maloof situation. There being no further response, the public comments were closed. City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 10 (zo) Councilmember Buquet stated he, too, is sympathetic to the Maloof situation. He pointed out that this area has been designated for many years to have a freeway and felt it should go in and did not want the City to do anything to slow this process down. Councilmember Wright stated she would like to see a copy of the letter before it was sent out. MOTION: Moved by Alexander, seconded by Buquet for staff to revise the cover letter as suggested by Council and submit it to Caltrans along with the mitigation measures. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. H2. INITIAL EVALUATION OF THE PILOT CURBSIDE RECYCLING PROGRAM Staff report presented by Linda Daniels, Deputy City Manager. (1170-04 RECYCLE) Mayor Stout stated he would like to know what percentage of the trash is being collected in the target areas is being recycled in order to evaluate the success of the program. Councilmember Wright stated she would like to see what the percentage of each kind of trash is in the waste stream to begin with. Councilmember Buquet felt written feedback should be sent to the .people participating in the program as to its effectiveness. He also felt the trash companies are doing a good job at trying to recycle the garbage. He stated there should be some kind of incentive programto get people involved in the recycling program. Councilmember Williams stated some residents have contacted her to get larger bins. She stated she called the refuse companies and was told by the staff answering their phones that they did not know about the program and referred her to the City. Councilmember Buquet felt there should be some creative reminders to people to keep participating in the recycling program because he felt they do tend to forget. MOTION: Moved by Buquet, seconded by Alexander to accept staff's recommendation. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. H3. CONSIDERATION TO JOIN COUNTY'SVEHICLE ABATEMENT PROGRAM ANDRECOMMENDATION OF WEST END MEMBER TO SERVE ON SERVICE AUTHORITY Staff report presented by Otto Kroutil, Deputy City Planner. (1301-01 VEH ABAN) MOTION: Moved by Buquet, seconded by Stout to designate Councilmember Alexander as the member and Councilmember Williams as the alternate as recommended by staff. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 11 I. COUNCIL BUSINESS I1. REPORT ON FUNDING ALTERNATIVES FOR PHONES IN PARKS Staff report presented (22) by Joe Schultz, Community Services Director. (1404-05 PARK) Councilmember Buquet asked if the City has a backhoe, was there some reason why the City couldn't do the trenching themselves to run the conduit. Councilmember Williams asked why the conduit was taken out of East Beryl when it was already installed. Joe Schultz, Community Services Director, stated it was because of the renovation of the park. Councilmember Williams stated she felt there needed to be a phone in every park because of emergencies that might occur. Mayor Stout asked for the City to investigate a way we could do the work ourselves. ACTION: Council concurred to investigate all options possible to get the phones installed in every park as soon as possible. I2. REPORT ON PROPOSED SECOND PHASE FOR RESOLUTION OF DAY LABORER ISSUES Staff report and slide presentation by Duane Baker, Assistant to the City Manager. (0704-07 CODE ENFOR) Councilmember Alexander also commented on the work everyone has put in to help resolve this problem. Councilmember Wright also commented on the meetings that have taken place with the Task Force to try and resolve this matter. Mayor Stout opened the meeting for public input. Addressing the City Council were: Curt Down felt a job site was more appealing than a job center because a job site would have restrooms, you can drive off the road where there is a parking area with gravel with possibly a drinking fountain. He stated a job center is where you go and get referrals to go to work. Cheryl Williams, City Manager's Office, City of Upland, stated the City of Upland wants to work with Rancho Cucamonga on this matter. She stated it has not been discussed by their City Council yet, but would be soon, and stated they wanted to make this a regional matter for everyone to work together on. She added they are behind Rancho Cucamonga on what they were trying to do. (23) City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 12 There being no further response, public comments were closed. Councilmember Buquet stated he felt the regional approach would help towards a solution to this problem, because if it was not, Rancho Cucamonga would be like a magnet for unemployed people. He stated he did not agree with a job center concept either. He stated he was not sure the old City Yard was the location to coordinate things, but felt the City should come up with a location where the workers could come to get work. Councilmember Willjams asked what risk the City would have for facilitating the pick-up point of workers. Jerry Fulwood, Deputy City Manager, stated there would be procedures to follow, but not at any risk to the City of Rancho Cucamonga. He stated the people working on this could possibly be part-time workers or volunteers of the City. Councilmember Wright stated there needed to be something to lure the workers to the location wherever the City decides on. She felt there should be some protection for the workers so they do not get ripped off by someone who has hired them to work for them. Councilmember Alexander stated some of these day laborers are Rancho Cucamonga residents and that they should be treated like any other resident in the city. Councilmember Buquet felt Rancho Cucamonga needed to talk with policy makers of Upland and Ontario about this matter and the possibility of working together. Councilmember Alexander agreed all the neighboring cities need to work together on this. Mayor Stout expressed his concerns of dealing with social issues when there was a possibility of City employees getting laid off. He stated some of these people are illegal aliens and did not feel the City should help out by legitimizing this. He stated he did not feel the City would eliminate this problem completely. He wondered what type of evening recreation program would be set up for these people that have gotten involved in the work program. Councilmember Wright stated she and Councilmember Alexander had had those same thoughts that Mayor Stout did, but stated now she did not necessarily feel that way, and felt many of these people were residents of the City since attending previous meetings where these individuals were also in attendance. Mayor Stout stated he realized what Councilmember Wright was saying, but felt there were hundreds of others looking for work who were not citizens. Councilmember Buquet felt they should set up something to redirect the workers to another location to be picked up. He felt there has been a transition of the kind of people that are hanging around looking for work. City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 13 Councilmember Wright stated she did not think the City should assume they should pay for whatever was to be done to get this started, but that the City should look for whatever funding is available to help with this project. She added it is the presence of the numbers of the people that is intimidating, because they were not actually breaking the law. Councilmember Alexander stated the day laborers were not seeking the City's assistance, but that the Task Force was trying to help the community by helping them find work. Councilmember Buquet suggested the location west of Grove, north of Arrow, and for the City to find out the ownership of that site for a place where the workers could be picked up. Councilmember Williams agreed that the City should go forward with the program, but also felt the City should work with other cities to develop the program. MOTION: Moved by Stout, seconded by Buquet to proceed forward as recommended by staff. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. J. IDENTIFICATION OF ITEMS FOR NEIT MEETING J1. Councilmember Buquet mentioned that at the Omnitrans/SANBAG meeting earlier today, a representative from the City of San Bernardino who was their homeless coordinator, made a presentation to the SANBAG members and stated they were trying to take a regional approach to the issue to develop a strategy as to how this problem can be dealt with on a regional basis, and stated he would like to see Rancho Cucamonga participate. He stated he did not think San Bernardino County realized what Rancho Cucamonga was doing as far as the Housing Authority and Affordable Housing. He asked that this matter be on the next agenda for discussion and for our staff to have interaction with the City of San Bernardino's staff. K. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC No communication was made from the public. , , , , , City Council Minutes September 4, 1991 Page 14 L. ADJOURMMEN~ MOTION: Moved by Alexander, seconded by Williams to adjourn to Executive Session to discuss contract negotiations, personnel matters and pending litigation. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 9:48 p.m. Respectfully submitted, CMC City Clerk Approved: September 18, 1991