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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978/11/01 - Minutes November 1, 1978 CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Regular Meeting CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the City Council was held at the Community Service Building, 9161 Baseline Road, Rancho Cucamonga, on Wednesday, November 1, 1978. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Mayor James C. Frost, who led in the pledge to the flag. ROLL CALL Present: Council members Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo, and Mayor Frost. Absent: Charles` West. City Manager, Lauren Wasserman; Interim City Attorney, Sam Crowe; Assistant to City Manager, Jim Robinson; Community Development Director, Jack Lam; City Engineer, Lloyd Hubbs. APPROVAL OF Following changes were made to the October 18, 1978 MINUTES minutes: 1. Delete Thursday, October 19, when Blood Mobile will be at Chaffey College. 2. Delete section regarding Council officially recogni- zing appointees-elect on November 1, 1978. 3. Add to sentence under the Community Service Building modification: "and how it related to the city's Capital Improvement Program." Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to approve the corrected minutes of October 18, 1978. Motion unanimously carried. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Summary of Planning Commission activities given by Jack Lam: a. Having public hearings regarding the land-use element of General Plan. Hoped to have to Council and be adopted by the end of the year. b. First draft of the sign ordinance should be to the Council soon. c. Making plans for a Growth Management Plan to be before the Council by the first of the year. 2. First official meeting of the Community Advisory Committee will be November 9, 1978 at 5:30 p.m. in the Library Conference Room. 3. Rancho Cucamonga Historical Commission will meet November 14, 1978 in the Library Conference Room. CONSENT CALENDAR Request to remove item c "release of deposit for H & M Lumber of $18,675" for later discussion. Request to remove item e "Tract 9440: Approve a 60-day extension to January 6, 1979" for later discussion. Schlosser and Mikels had some questions regarding the warrants. City Council Minutes -2- November 1, 1978 Schlosser questioned the auto allowances versus a fixed amount for travel expenses. Also requested a summary of expenditures and income. Staff explained that computer reports would soon be coming that would give him this information. Mikels questioned expenditures listed for Project HOY. Mr. Holley explained the process of cash flow and that no city funds had actually been spent for Project HOY. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to approve the Consent Calendar as follows: a. Approval of warrants in the amount of $67,433.64. b. Approve request for Alcoholic Beverage license for off-sale general license by Thrifty Corporation at 19th and Carnelian. c. Removed. d. Tract 9337: Release bonds to Winnwood Estates Development of: Performance Bond (sewer) in the amount of $36,000. Performance Bond (water) in the amount of $50,000. e. Removed. f. Set November 15, 1978 for Public Hearing of zone change 78-01 from R-1 to A-P for property located at 9033 Baseline. Applicants - Coral Investments. Motion unanimously carried. PUBLIC HEARING City Council had requested to see covenants, contracts, and restrictions added, which had been done. Ordinance No. 46 (2nd reading) ORDINANCE NO. 46 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, REZONING ASSESSOR'S PARCEL NO. 207-031-04 (FILE NO. 87-73). Ordinance was before Council for the second reading. There was no discussion from the public. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to adopt Ordinance No. 46 establishing zone change on approximately 10 acres of land located on the southeast corner of Baseline and Carnelian from R-1-T to C-1 submitted by Ontario Savings and Loan; to waive entire reading. Title read by Mr. Wasserman. Motion unanimously carried. AGREEMENT WITH The City Council had approved an allocation of $30,000 JOHN BLAYNEY & for the preparation of the Zoning Ordinance and Zoning ASSOCIATES Map,but had requested to see the full contract before the mayor signed the agreement. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to authorize the Mayor to sign the Agreement with John Blayney & Associates for services in drawing up the Zoning Ordinance and Map. Motion unanimously carried. Mayor asked Mr. Lam to explain the process involved in adopting the General Plan. Mr. Lam gave the public a summary of what was involved in adopting the General Plan. City Council Minutes -3- Novmeber 1, 1978 DECLARATION OF Council decided to handle both impaction reports together. IMPACTION Mr. Wasserman summarized the decision of impaction as filed by the Chaffey Joint Union High School District. Chaffey High School Central School 1. Overcrowding exists due to the occupation of newly constructed homes creating an enrollment in excess of the rated capacity of the school. 2. Alta Loma High School.was constructed to accommodate 1,800 students. Current enrollment is 2,636. 3. In attempting to alleviate this problem the district installed 18 relocatable classrooms on the same site. Even with these increased facilities, the rated capacity is only 2,284 students for a normal 6-period day. 4. The district is currently operating a 10-period day schedule in order to survive these unfortunate conditions, but proper educational opportunities would permit the Alta Loma area students to have a 6-period day just like all other areas within the Chaffey Joint Union High School District. The District Board of Trustees had reviewed all practical and reasonable methods for mitigating overcrowded con- ditions. Alternatives which were considered included: a. Use of relocatable structures and trailers to the extent feasible with district finances and site space. b. Realignment of school boundaries was considered, discussed, and proposed, but found to be impractical. c. Use of all local bond and state loan revenues to the extent allowed by law. d. There are currently no classrooms used for non- instructional purposes. The Central School District decision to file notification for overcrowding was based upon: 1. In excess of 1,039 pupils on double sessions. 2. The overcrowding effects the attendance areas of all existing schools. 3. No immediate relief is possible. The District Board of Trustees of the Central School reviewed all practical and reasonsable methods for mitigating over- crowded conditions which included: a. Use of relocatable structures to the extent feasible with district finances. b. Realignment of school boundaries to balance school enrollments. c. Use of local bond and state loan revenues to finance a proposed school. These funds are currently being used to construct an elementary school and to complete con- struction at the Cucamonga Junior High School. City Council Minutes -4- November 1, 1978 d. There are currently no additional classrooms available for instructional purposes. Mr. Wasserman explained that the next step for the School Districts would be to submit how they would spend the funds that have accumulated. Staff would be meeting at 1:30 on November 3 with School Superintendents to discuss how problems can be solved and how it relates to the Growth Management Plan. Schlosser asked if the city were collecting the $700 fee. Mr. Lam said that because school districts had not filed a resolution of impaction, fees could not be collected. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to concur with the findings of the Chaffey Union High School District and Central School District of impaction, to approve Resolution No. 64 and 65, and waive the entire readings. Titles read by Mr. Wasserman. Motion unanimously carried. RESOLUTION NO. 78-64 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, CONCURRING IN THE FINDINGS OF THE CHAFFEY JOINT UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT CONDITIONS OF OVERCROWDING EXIST IN SAID DISTRICT. RESOLUTION NO. 78-65 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, CONCURRING IN THE FINDINGS OF THE CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT CONDITIONS OF OVERCROWDING EXIST IN SAID DISTRICT. DESIGNATION OF Recommendation to designate the City Clerk as the one to CITY CLERK TO prepare official summaries of ordinances for publication. WRITE SUMMARIES According to new state law, summaries of ordinances now can be published instead of the full ordinance. The law states the summary must go in five days prior to adoption and within fifteen days after adoption. (AB-3793). Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to designate the City Clerk as the one to prepare summaries of ordinances for publication according to state law. Motion unanimously carried. MOBILE HOME RENT A request had been received from residents of mobile home REVIEW REQUEST parks in the City to be heard before Council regarding a request to have Council set up some type of rent review board or rent control Mr. Wasserman said the staff was looking to the Council for guidance as to whether Council wanted to have the City involved. Motion: Mikels moved that staff should take the time to collect information regarding rent control, what other cities have done, what alternatives are available, make recom- mendations regarding any involvement by the City in a rent control process, and report back to the Council. Seconded by Schlosser and unanimously carried. City Council Minutes -5- November 1, 1978 Mr. Hearl, Chairman of the Alta Laguna Rent Increase Committee, spoke for the residents attending the Council meeting. Mr. Hearl summarized the problem residents of Alta Laguna in particular (and other mobile home parks in general) were having with rent increases. Discussion followed between Mr. Hearl and the Council. Mayor Frost emphasised to Mr. Hearl that the Council was not promising a solution, only an investigation. Mr. Crowe emphasized there had to be a comparison study of rental problems in the area. This would be a condition to adoption of any ordinance on rent control. This study would be different from the one the staff was now going to make. COMMUNITY SERVICES Item had been presented to the Council on October 18 with BUILDING MODIFI- a recommendation from the Council to defer item for CATION two weeks. Staff was requesting authorization to award an architectural and en~n~mring contract to Barmakian Wolff and Associates of Upland for the modification of the Community Service Building. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo, to approve the recommendation to award the contract to Barmakian- Wolff. Council asked Mr. Hone what present construction prices were. Mr. Hone answered they were about 1~% per month ..... and going up. Prices per foot varied. Some of his projects ran about $30 per square foot while others ran as high as $62 per square foot. Mr. Holley said other organizations had been asked to bid. They were: L. D. King; Harnish, Morgan and Causey; Ruhnau Evans Ruhnau Associates. Council asked to see the other plans. Mr. Holley had them with him and gave them to the Council members. Discussion followed over the bid process. Motion: Previous motion by Mikels, seconded by Palombo was carried by the following vote: AYES: Palombo, Mikels, Frost NOES: Schlosser ABSENT: West REMOVED CONSENT The following items that had been removed from the con- CALENDAR ITEMS sent calendar were discussed: Item "c" -- release of deposit for H & M Lumber. Council asked for item be brought back after a complete investi- gation to make sure the work had been completed. Item "e" -- Tract 9440: Mr. Hubbs was asked why this needed another extension. Mr. Hubbs explained that it was so near the time for r~o~ing which normally takes about ten days to record that it was felt an extension was needed in order to make the deadline. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to approve the 60-day extension for tract No. 9440. Motion unanimously carried. City Council Minutes -6- November 1, 1978 CITY ATTORNEY The City Attorney explained he had taken steps to proceed REPORTS with the condemnation of Baseline and Hellman without the Council's authorization since steps had to be taken immediately. Probably would be before the Council for Notice of Hearing the first meeting in December to determine the necessity for the condemnation. NEW BUSINESS 1. Mayor extended a word of appreciation in behalf of the Council to Sgt. O'Rourke from the Sheriff's Department for all they had been doing in controlling crime in Rancho Cucamonga. 2. The first official meeting of the Community Advisory Committee will be on Thursday, November 9, in the Library Conference Room. Schlosser asked if the Council would be setting up some guidelines for the Committee such as attendance rules. Also, mentioned was the fact that Joseph Stofa who had been appointed to represent Cucamonga was now living in Alta Loma. Mayor felt it was appropriate for the Council to change this now. The appointment had been made by Councilman West, and West had left a prioritized list of alternatives to this selction with the Mayor before leaving town. Motion: Moved by Schlosser, seconded by Palombo to accept Councilman West's alternate suggestion on the Advisory Committee for Cucamonga. Motion unanimously carried. Discussion continued about guidelines for the Committee. Mayor felt the meeting on the 9th of November should continue. The Council could discuss this item again at its next meeting on the 15th. Schlosser felt this could be a good item for the Advisory Committee to work on in setting up their own pro- cedures and policies. Consensus of Council agreed. 3. Mr. Fred Jefferson of Royal Oak Homes, Tract 9451 asked to be heard. His concern was that he had some bonds to be released. He had been told it was to be on this agenda only later to find out otherwise. He wanted the Council to release such bonds that evening. Mayor Frost told him the Council could not without having backup information in front of them to study first. Mr. Lam explained the problem in getting the item on the agenda. The City had not yet received letter from the County authorizing the release of bonds. The City was waiting for that letter and had expected it in time for the Council meeting. If such a letter did arrive before the next meeting, Mr. Lam assured the Council and Mr. Jefferson that the item would be on the next agenda. ADJOURNMENT Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to adjourn. Motion unanimously carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m to an Executive Session regarding a personnel matter. Executive Committee adjourned at 9:50 p.m. Beverly /l~uthe let Deputy City Clerk