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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1981/04/01 - Minutes April 1, 1981 CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Regular Meetin~ 1. CALL TO ORDER. The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga was held in the Lion's Park Community Center, 9161 Base Line Road, on Wednesday, April 1, 1981. The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. by Mayor Phillip D. Schlosser who led in the flag salute. Present: Councilmen James C. Frost, Jori D. Mikels, Michael A. Palombo, Arthur H. Bridge, and Mayor Phiilip D. Schlosser. Also present: City Manager Lauren M. Wasserman; City Attorney Samuel Crowe; Assistant City Manager James Robinson; Community Development Director Jack Lam; and City Engineer Lloyd Hubbs. Approval of Minutes: Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Bridge to approve the minutes of March 9, and March 18, 1981. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. 2. ANNOUNCEMENTS. a. Mayor announced that there would be an executive session following the meeting to discuss pending litigation. b. Mayor Schlosser read and presented a Proclamation which declared Sunday, April 26, 1981 as March of Dimes Superwalk Day. The Proclamation was received by Grace Brazell, Phil Trijillio, and Anita Lee. c. Mr. Wasserman requested that item 5A be removed. Mr. Avakian had requested that the item be removed. 3. CONSENT CALENDAR. Councilman Mikels requested that item "b" be discussed. He said he wished to have an explanation of the differences between the ICOB and the National Plumbing Code. He said that we could proceed with the passing of the measure now. He said if there were problems, we could always come back. Either a memo or phone call from the Building Official explaining the differences would be sufficient. Councilman Palombo asked for an explanation of item "e". Mr. Lam explained that the applicant was requesting the time extension in order to do the street improve- ments after the completion of the tract to the north. The city has received the securities for the improvements. a. Approval of Warrants, Register Number 81-4-1 for $167,439.45. b. Resolution supporting State adoption of Plumbing Code published by the Inter- (1) national Conference of Building Officials. RESOLUTION NO. 81-36 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, SUPPORTING STATE OF CALIFORNIA ADOPTION OF THE PLUMBING CODE PUBLISHED BY THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF BUILDING OFFICIALS. City Council Minutes April 1, 1981 Page 2 (2) c. Approval of Resolution establishing a fund for City Beautification Fees. RESOLUTION NO. 81-37 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A FUND FOR CITY BEAUTIFICATION FEES. (3) d. Release of Bond for Minor Subdivision 77-0534. Recommend that Council re- lease the Certificate of Deposit for Minor Subdivision 77-0534, located on Hellman Avenue, north of 19th Street. Owner: June Brashear. (4) e. Request for Time Extension for 7180 Pecan Avenue. Recommend that Council approve the request for a one year extension of time for Agreement and Surety for off-site improvements for 7180 Pecan Avenue submitted by Don Scarlett. (5) f. Tract 9194 and Tract 9525. Recommend that Council approve the release of cash staking bonds for both Tract 9194 and Tract 9525 both lying north of Arrow and west of Turner. The bonds are for $240 and $300 respectively. Owner: Arnold D. Anderson. (6) g. Tract 9445. Recommend that Council approve release of cash staking bond for $5,410 for Tract 9445 located on the east side of Archibald between Wilson and Banyan. Owner: Rancho de Cucamonga. (7) h. Request to set for public hearing on April 15, 1981 an appeal of Planning Commission Conditional Approval of tentative Tract Map No. 9441. (8) i. Request to set for public hearing on April 15, 1981 an appeal of Planning Commission Conditional Approval of tentative Tract Map No. 11609. (9) J. Request to set for public hearing on May 6, 1981 a Street Name Ordinance. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Frost to approve the Consent Calendar as submitted. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS. (10) 4A. MOBILE HOME PARK TENANTS REQUEST FOR A RENT STABILIZATION BOARD. (Item had been continued from the March 18, 1981 city council meeting). Mayor Schlosser opened the meeting for public hearing. He requested that the spokesman from each group address only new information and to limit their time to a few minutes. * Harry Pate, Alta Laguna resident. * Samuel J. Rodda, resident of the Pines. * Mr. Wilder, Rialto. He helped work on organizing Rialto's rent review board ordinance. * Brad Downey, owner of Casa Volante and Sycamore Villa. He had been unable to attend the last meeting. There being no further response, the Mayor closed the public hearing. Councilman Frost asked to be briefed on the initial stages of the Rialto ordinance. Mr. Johnson presented the briefing. City Council Minutes April 1, 1981 Page 3 Councilman Mikels stated that he felt it was appropriate to look into the develop- ment of some rules and regulations regarding mediation and/or arbitration; review some alternative framework for negotiations; and to evaluate some criteria for re- view. He said it would be appropriate to have staff draft an ordinance with the help of a subco~ittee of the Council and to report at the next meeting or so. Councilman Bridge said that the Council has spent considerable amount of time and energy during the past few weeks on this. The council recognizes the problems of the tenants who are looking for solutions. He expressed what was really needed was more mobile home parks. Rent control could have a serious effect on increasing the number of parks. He said they have had the opportunity to study the Rialto, Palm Springs, and Chino plans, and have had considerable input from staff. He said that just today they were given another item to explore which would be a form of com- promise and he said he would like more time to look at this and study it. Motion: Moved by Bridge, seconded by Mikels to continue the issue to May 6 in order to give Council more time to study the issue, and with direction to staff to work with a subcommittee of the Council appointed by the Mayor to review those issues and to meet with representatives of the mobile home parks, and to meet with others who have been involved with this procedure in other cities, to develop a recormnendation with alternatives. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. Mayor Schlosser appointed Councilman Mikels and Councilman Bridge to serve on this subcommittee. Mayor Schlosser called a recess at 7;55 p.m. to allow time for the mobile home residents to clear the Council Chambers. The meeting reconvened at 8:20 p.m. with all members of Council and staff present. 4B. ZONE CHANGE NO. 80-12 - BAILMAKIAN. A request for a change of zone from A-l-5 (1 (limited agriculture, 5 acre minimum lot size) to R-l-20 (single family residential, 20,000 sq. ft. minimum lot size) for 24.36 acres of land located on the north side of Almond Road, east of Carnelian Street - APN 202-181-07. Staff report by Jack Lam. City Clerk Wasserman read title of Ordinance No. 140. ORDINANCE NO. 140 (second reading) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, REZONING ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NO. 202-181-07 FROM A-l-5 TO R-i-20,000 FOR PROPERTY LOCATED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF ALMOND ROAD, EAST OF CARNELIAN STREET. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Bridge to waive further reading. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. Mayor Schlosser opened the meeting for public hearing. There being no response, the hearing was closed. Motion: Moved by Bridge, seconded by Palombo to approve and adopt Ordinance No. 140. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Frost, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, and Schlosser. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. City Council Minutes April 1, 1981 Page 4 (12) 4C. HISTORIC LANDMARK DESIGNATION. Designation of street tree plantings on Highland Avenue between Etiwanda Avenue and East Avenue as a historic landmark. Staff report-by Bill Holley. City Clerk Wasserman read the title of Ordinance No. 141. ORDINANCE NO. 141 (second reading) AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, RECOGNIZING THE PALM AND EUCALYPTUS STREET PLANTINGS ON HIGHLAND AVENUE BETWEEN ETIWANDA AVENUE AND EAST AVENUE AS A SIGNI- FICANT HISTORIC FEATURE OF THE CITY, AND THEREFORE, DESIGNATING IT AS A CITY HISTORIC LANDMARK. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to waive further reading. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. Mayor Schlosser opened the meeting for public hearing. There being no response, the hearing was closed. Motion: Moved by Frost, seconded by Mikels to approve and adopt Ordinance No. 141. Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Frost, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, and Schlosser. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. (13) 4D. APPEAL OF TENATIVE TRACT NO. 11549 - LEWIS HOMES. A request for the development of 90 lots on property located between Etiwanda and East Avenues ~300 feet south of Summit in the R-1 (single family) zone. Staff report by Jack Lam. Item had been appealed by the City Council. Councilman Frost said that this tract, more than any other, will set the tone for development north of Highland. Mayor Schlosser opened the meeting for public hearing. Richard Lewis, Lewis Homes. He presented their position, but said they would be happy to work with staff. Councilman Bridge said that Lewis Homes were attractive, but the layout of the property was monotonous. He expressed there should be more effort in making this more attractive and different; perhaps more like a planned development. It may mean losing some of the trees in order to achieve this. Mr. Lam asked for some guidance regarding the trees since the development now tried to preserve the trees. A more creative design may require the removal of many trees. Councilman Bridge said that in twenty years those present trees will not be there, but the design of the streets will be. He felt the street design should have pre- cedent. His feeling was that that type of tree was not asatisfactory street or yard tree. Councilman Frost said that in this area we should consider changing our present policy regarding street widths. Councilman Frost said he would like to see a group made up of some councilmembers, Planning Commissioners, and Lewis staff members to go out to the pr6perty and take a look as a group and exchange ideas. Ron Tannebaum said he felt the item should be continued so that more planning could be done. Rick Elias, resident on East Avenue. He expressed that the trees should be saved. Mrs. Kathy Elias. She expressed that the lot sizes should be at least 3/4 to one acre lots. She also asked about equestrian trails since almost everyone in Etiwanda had a horse. She also felt the trees should be saved. There being no further comments from the public, the Mayor closed the public hearing. City Council Minutes April 1, 1981 Page 5 Motion: Moved by Bridge, seconded by Mikels to come back in about 30 days after Council has had more time to look into this with members of the Lewis staff. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. Councilman Frost asked if we wanted to formalize a committee to discuss alternatives. Mr. Wasserman said it was not necessary to make this a formal request. Staff will go ahead and set this up. 5. CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORTS. 5A. Request by Joseph Avakian, Yukon Disposal Service to address Council. Mr. Avakian had requested the item be removed from the Agenda. 5B. RESOLUTION OF INTENTION TO MODIFY BOUNDARY TO ASSESSMENT DISTRICT 79-1. Mr. Hubbs went over the changes that had been made to the map. He said that this action would allow staff to mail the property owners the proposed changes for the next meeting on April 15. Mayor Schlosser opened the meeting for public hearing. Vita DiVito Francesco asked if they would see the new assessment spreads at the meetin~ on the 15th. Mr. Hubbs said that they would be in the mail to all property owners tomorrow. There being no further comments from the public, the public hearing was closed. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to approve and adopt Resolution No. 81-38 and to waive the entire reading. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. City Clerk Wasserman read the title of Resolution No. 81-38. RESOLUTION NO. 81-38 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING ITS INTENT TO ORDER CERTAIN CHANGES AND MODIFICATIONS TO THE BOUNDARIES AND PROCEEDINGS FOR A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT DISTRICT. 5C. RESOLUTION CONCERNING FOOTHILL FREEWAYRIGHT-OF-WAY PROTECTION. Report by (1 Lloyd Hubbs. Councilman Mikels presented a revised resolution which he read in full. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Frost to adopt the revised resolution as presented. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. RESOLUTION NO. 81-39 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, REQUESTING ALLO- CATION OF FUNDS FOR THE PROTECTION OF FOOTHILL FREEWAY CORRIDOR RIGHTS-OF-WAY. City Council Minutes April 1, 1981 Page 6 6. CITY ATTORNEY'__SREPORTp- Mr. Crowe said he had nothing to report. · cilman Frost asked about the ancillary issue of the Coca Cola (16) ADDED ITEM~ Coun ~ussion, Council agreed to set an appeal. Company. After some ~=~ Motion: Moved by Frost, seconded by Bridge to set April 15 for hearing of the appeal of DR-81-O1 - Coca Cola Company. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. 7. ADJOURNMENT. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to adjourn. Motion carried unanimously 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 9:45 p.m. to an executive session not to reconvene. Respectfully submitted, Beverly Authelet Deputy City Clerk