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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978/09/06 - Minutes September 6, 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 Wednedsay, September 6, 1978. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Mayor Frost. The pledge of allegiance to the flag was led by Mayor Frost. ROLL CALL Present: Council members Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo, West, and Mayor Frost. City Manager, Lauren Wasserman; Interim City Attorney, Robert Dougherty (assistant); City Engineer, Lloyd Hubbs; Community Development Director, Jack Lam. MINUTES Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by West to approve the minutes of August 16, 1978. Motion unanimously carried. ANNOUNCEMENTS a. Insurance Task Force. Mr. Wasserman outlined the duties of the Task Force which were to look into the City's liability insurance; evaluate agents; evaluate insurance companies; propose a policy for renewal. There were six people who volunteered to serve on the committee as follows: Richard Crean, Ray Royster, Curt Bonneville, Don Driftmier, Orland Bader, and Don Hardy, who will serve as the Chairman. Charles West will serve as the Council liasion. b. Advisory Committees. Item was withdrawn from the agenda. For lack of enough applicants, an extension of time was requested. Will be on the September 20 agenda. c. Historical Committee. Mikels introduced the members who were: Leonard Gorcyzca from Cucamonga, Ada Cooper from Cucamonga, Helen Kilmurry from Alta Loma; Art Bridge from Alta Loma; Chuck Frost from Etiwanda. Gorcyzca had agreed to be the Acting Chairman and Cooper the Acting Vice-Chairman. Terms of office would be two years with such terms expiring June 31, 1980. In March 1979 a permanent chairman and vice chairman would be selected from the members of the committee to serve out the term to June 1980. Mikels would be the Council representative on the RanchoCucamonga Historical commission. PUBLIC HEARINGS ORDINANCE NO. 39 Ordinance No. 39 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, Traffic Ordinance ADOPTING COMPREHENSIVE TRAFFIC CONTROL REGULATIONS. First reading Mr. Hubbs, City Engineer, summarized the ordinance. City Council Minutes September 6, 1978 Page 2 West had several sections which he questioned; one of the greatest concerns was the section dealing with parking of campers. Wasserman felt the issue would be a policy item which the Council needed to deal with. Council felt the public should be involved in such decision making as parking of campers. Council felt Ordinance should be on the September 20 agenda for a first reading with a list of "pros" and "cons" from staff regarding the camper parking. PUBLIC HEARING ORDINANCE NO. 40 Ordinance No. 40 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ASSUMING Mobilehome Park RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE inspections MOBILEHOME PARKS ACT AND RELATED REGULATIONS OF THE CALIFORNIA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE AND DESIGNATING THE ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. Mr. Wasserman explained the reason for this being on the agenda since the Council had previously passed a Resolution establishing the County as the agency assuming these responsibilities. It was now required by law that an Ordinance be adopted. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to waive further reading and to pass on to the September 20 meeting for second and final adoption. Title read by Mr. Wasserman. Motion unanimously carried. RESOLUTION RESOLUTION NO. 78-43 NO. 78-43 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY Employee OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING benefits HOLIDAYS, SICK LEAVE, AND VACATION FOR ALL CONTINUOUS FULL-TIME SALARIED EMPLOYEES. Mr. Robinson, Assistant to City Manager, presented Resolution No. 78- 43 which had been modified by the staff. The Resolution had previously been presented to the Council on August 2. Council had requested some surveys be con- ducted with other various cities and businesses in the area. The survey had been conducted with results summarized by Mr. Robinson. Discussion followed the presentation regarding the accumulation of vacation and sick leave, and the sick leave policy in general. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by West to approve Resolution 78-43 with changes made as follows: 3.C.3 -- remove this section which states "Any treatment or examination, including, but not limited to medical, dental, eye examination or psychiatric." Section 1 -- Change the maximum accumulation of vacation days from twenty to ten. Section 3 -- change the unused sick leave accumulation to 125 day limit instead of the proposed unlimited accumulation. Further comments and questions raised by Ralph D'Errico, E.P. Guerra, Chuck McKay, and Jim Johnson. Motion unanimously carried. City Council Minutes September 6, 1978 Page 3 BLOCK PARENT A request had come from the newly formed group NEIGHBORHOOD for the city to purchase some signs at a cost of WATCH PROGRAM approximately $175 for five hundred signs. The program is a community-wide volunteer effort aimed at protecting children and property. Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to approve the expenditure of $175 for the signs for the Block Parent/Neighborhood Watch Program. Motion unanimously carried. REQUEST FOR A report from the Co~unity Development Department ~DDITIONAL PERSONNEL presented by Director Jack Lam regarding additional personnel for the department. Item was a carry-over Comm. Develop. Dept. from the August 16 meeting. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Schlosser to approve the hiring schedule as set forth by the Community Development Department. Motion unanimously carried. REQUEST FROM Mr. Lam presented some background information stating WELDON DIGGS that this request had been submitted in June and was caught in the moratorium. However, there were many Minor Subdivision others in a similar situation who had had requests in W78-0324 for a much longer period of time. It was his recom- mendation that the Council not exempt this since many others would also make similar requests. Mr. Diggs spoke. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to uphold the staff's recommendation and not exempt this from the moratorium. Motion unanimously carried. RESOLUTION NO. RESOLUTION NO. 78-51 78-51 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUC~NGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING THE FEDERAL AID HIGHWAY SYSTEM. Mr. Hubbs gave a s~m~mary of the purpose of the Resolution. Vineyard/Carnelian were not a part of the original agreement, therefore, this was being added into the system. Motion: Moved by Schlosser, seconded by West to waive entire reading and adopt Resolution No. 78-51. Title read by Mr. Wasserman. Motion unanimously carried. .REQUEST FOR Mr. Holley made a presentation requesting authorization ~ENCING FOR ALTA to seek bids for 2020 linear feet of six-foot cyclone ]~0J~ fence for Alta Loma Park. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to approve the request to seek bids for the 2020 feet of chain-link fence. Motion unanimously carried. City Council Minutes September 6, 1978 Page 4 CONSENT CALENDAR Items "a" and "1" were requested by the Council to be removed for further discussion. The following Consent Calendar items for approval were: b. Property damage claim amounting to $713 to Mrs. Pamela Wilson be paid. c. Claim against the City for $26,000 by Linda Rebecca Mendias be referred to City Attorney for handling. d. Set September 20, 1978 as a Public Hearing for~the fOllOwing: Appeal by Louis R. Parks Appeal by Freda Shelley-(moved to Oct. 4, 1978). Zone Change by William Longley Zone Change by Harry Rinker e. Accept grant of easement (road) for highway and road purposes -- Jasper Street - 447350 SB. f. Request for on-sale general Alcoholic Beverage license for Mar-Rod, Inc., Deane's, 8108 San Bernardino Road. g. Tract 9255: Accept roads and release bonds located on the north side of Sixth Street between Hellman Avenue and Archibald Avenue. Performance Bond (water) in the amount of $31,000 Performance Bond (sewer) in the amount of 34,000 Lusk/Walton Cucamonga - 17550 Gilette, Irvine. h. Tract 8815: Accept roads and release bonds located on the east side of Turner Avenue between Baseline and Church. Performance Bond (water) in the amount of $38,000 Performance Bond (sewer) in the amount of 20,000 Kent Land Company - 17881 Sky Park North, Irvine. i. Claim against the City in the amount of $500,000.00 by Randy Lee Lane be referred to the City Attorney for handling. j. Accept surety bond in the amount of $5,000 and sign agreement with Ronald Gray - Plot Plan 82-81. k. Tract 9083-3: Release bond of $3,200 to Clarenece E. Minnerly. Tract 9451: Release bond of $2,200 to Royal Oak Homes. Tract 9287: Release bond of $3,200 to Crowell- Leventhal, Inc. Tract 9595: Release bond of $2,000 to Gary Miller. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by West to approve the Consent Calendar as listed. Motion unanimously carried. City Council Minutes September 6, 1978 Page 5 JOINT-USE AGREEMENT Item was removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion. Mr. Hubbs explained purpose of the Edison Company Agreement which was to recognize prior rights of the Edison Company. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to approve the Joint-Use Agreement with the Edison Company. Motion unanimously carried. APPROVAL OF BILLS Item was removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion. After some discussion on some of the items, it was moved by Palombo, seconded by West to approve the bills. Motion unanimously carried. NEW BUSINESS Schlosser brought up again the problem regarding Alta Cuesta in Red Hill. Captain Wickum explained the process which was now taking place. A speed survey was being conducted by the City Engineer which would start the next week. Once this was completed, then radar could be used. Mikels brought up the problem at 19th and Sapphire in which he had received numerous complaints. There were some curb and gutters missing in a section. Concern was expressed that this could result in another bad "washout" during the rainy season if not corrected. Mr. D'Errico said there was no lighting in his neighborhood. He was referred to the City Engineer. ADJOURNMENT Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to adjourn the meeting. Meeting was adjourned at 9:17 p.m. Motion unanimously carried. Respectfully submitted, Deputy City Clerk