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Home My WebLink About1994/06/09 - Minutes June 9, 1994 CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT MINUTES CITY COUNCIL lYriCS A. CALL TO ORDER A special meeting of the Rancho Cucamonga Redevelopment Agency, Fire Protection District and City Council was held on Thursday, June 9, 1994, in the Tri-Communities Conference Room, located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California. The meeting was called to order at 5:37 p.m. by Mayor Dennis L. Stout. Present were Members: William J. Alexander, Charles J. Buquet II, Rex Gutierrez, Diane Williams, and Mayor Dennis L. Stout. Also present were: Jack Lam, City Manager;, Jerry B. Fulwood, Deputy City Manager; Linda D. Daniels, Redevelopment Manager;, Robert Dominguez, Administrative Services Director, Susan Stark, Finance Officer, Rose Colum, Accountant; Ingrid Blair, GIS Supervisor; Jim Frost, City Treasurer; Rick Gomez, Community Development Director, Joe O'Neil, City Engineer, Shintu Bose, Deputy City Engineer;, Dave Blevins, Public Works Maintenance Manager, Brad Bullet, City Planner; Gall Sanchez, Planning Commission Secretary; Bill Makshanoff, Building Official; Marti Higgins, Disaster Preparedness Manager; Deborah Clark, Library Manager, S-:,onne Ora, Community Services Manager; Paula Pachon, Management Analyst II; Duane Baker, Assistant to the City Manager, Diane O'Neal, Management Analyst II, Susan Mickey, Management Analyst I; Chief L. Dennis Michael, Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District; Chief Bruce Zeiner, Rancho Cucamonga Police Department; Lt. Joe Henry, Rancho Cucamonga Police Department; and Debra J. Adams, City Clerk. Jack Lam, City Manager, requested an Executive Session regarding the meet and confer process. MOTION: Moved by Alexander, seconded by Gutierrez to add the Executive Session to the agenda at the conclusion of the regular agenda. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. B. ITEM OF DISCUS$IO}~ BI. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 1994/95 Jack Lam, City Manager, referred to his memorandum dated May 4 regarding '~l'ransmittal of Preliminary Budgets," and slated staff needed direction on the policy issues listed on the last page. MOTION: Moved by Buquet, seconded by Williams to approve Items 1 - 4. Motion carried unanimously. 5-0. City Council/Redevelopment Agency/ Fire Protection District Minutes June 9, 1994 Page 2 Jack Lam, City Manager, explained what Item 5 entailed. Councilmember Gutierrez stated he did not want to spend the money to do this. Councilmember Alexander stated he didn't think the City had any choice. Jack Lam, City Manager, stated cities have expressed their concerns to their legislators and the League of California Cities. ACTION: The Council decided they needed more information on this before they make a decision. Jack Lam, City Manager, explained Item 6. Mayor Stout felt the City should go forward with animal control, because he was not happy with what the County was providing. He felt the money could be found to go forward with this program. Councilmember Williams felt there should be some creative way this could be done and stated she agreed with Mayor Stout. Mayor Stout stated he would not be in favor of contracting this with another humane society or some organization like that. He also did not think it should be opened at optimum staffing levels. Jack Lam, City Manager, stated Ontario has expressed interest in our animal shelter. Duane Baker, Assistant to the City Manager, stated Fontana has expressed interest also. Councilmember Buquet expressed his concerns with starting this up. He felt the City should proceed cautiously because of liability problems that might occur. He did feel something should be done with this facility instead of leaving it vacant. Councilmember Alexander felt it should possibly go to the voters to see how they felt about paying for this. He asked ff the City would have time to add the measure to meet County deadlines. Councilmember Buquet suggested that this be done through a survey through the Grapevine instead of the City having to pay for an election. Item 7 - Mayor Stout stated he was in favor of this. The entire City Council concurred. Jack Lam, City Manager, explained Item 8 commenting on the State's situation and how it will affect local agencies. He added he did not think the State would do much of anything until after November or possibly even next year. Councilmember Gutierrez asked about dropping the utility tax rate. Councilmember Buquet felt the City should stay where it is now and not make any commitments to drop the utility tax at this time. Councilmember Gutierrez asked ff the City has had a full year of collecting utility tax monies yet City Council/Redevelopment Agency/ Fire Protection District Minutes June 9, 1994 Page 3 Jack Lam, City Manager, stated no. Councilmember Buquet felt the City should hold onto the utility' tax money for now because of not knowing the State's position at this time. Jack Lam, City Manager, stated he is proud that the budget is balanced and the situation the City is in at the present time. Councilmember Gutierrez asked about waiting to start the NPDES. Jack Lam, City Manager, stated the video taping has already been done. Jack Lam, City Manager, stated the booking fee lawsuit is settled, but that the fees were going up in cost for the future. Councilmember Buquet suggested staff bring back options and other information where mentioned above. C. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC C 1. Jim Frost, City Treasurer, commented on the Ada Cooper Trust and also that he felt Mr. Lundy, who had just left, was going to eventually hit the Council up for money for the Route 66 Visitor's Bureau. D. AD.IOURNMENT MOTION: Moved by Alexander, seconded by Buquet to adjourn to an Executive Session relative to the Meet and Confer process for all Employee Groups, not to reconvene. Motion carried unanimously, 5-0. The meeting adjourned at 6:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, City Clerk Approved: