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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1993/03/12 - Minutes - Adjourned March 12, 1993 CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES A~onrlled Meeting A. CAI,I, TO ORDER An adjourned meeting of the Rancho Cucamonga City Council was held on Friday, March 12, 1993 in the Rains Room of the Civic Center located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California. The meeting was called to order at 7:35 a.m. by Mayor Dennis L. Stout Present were Councilmembers: William J. Alexander, Rex Gutierrez, and Mayor Dennis L. Stout. Also present were: Jack Lam, City Manager; Assemblyman Fred Aguiar; Chief Dennis Michael, Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District; Diane O'Neal, Management Analyst II; Jim Frost, City Treasurer; Scott Taylor, Assemblyman Fred Aguiar's office; and Debra J. Adams, City Clerk. Absent were Councilmembers: Charles J. Buquet II and Diane Williams B. ITEM OF DISCUSSION Mayor Stout stated the purpose of the meeting was to discuss State Legislation and budgetary matters with Assemblyman Fred Aguiar and continued to inu'educe Assemblyman Aguiar. (0205-01 BUDGET) Assemblyman Aguiar thanked the City for having this meeting and stated he wanted to talk about the things he is doing in Sacramento. He stated he is running a graffiti bill which would increase the fine from $250 to $500 for the first offense, and then $750 for each offense thereafter. He stated it would also require the parent or guardian to be responsible for the clean- up. He felt a better name for the taggers was to call them vandals. He stated this bdl would also allow the police to go get the vandal if they failed to show up for the cleaning up. He stated local judges are supporting this bill also. He stated the bill number is AB 287. This would also allow names of 16 year olds that are arrested to be released. He mentioned he is also working on a constitutional amendment that will basically state that unfunded mandates by the State of California be nonenforceable. He stated he would be asking all local governments to give him a list of the State mandates that are unfunded that they would like to be relieved of. Councilmember Alexander asked how this would apply to AB 939. Assemblyman Aguiar stated this would affect AB 939. He felt the State should do the same thing on recycling and also felt the same should apply with the Brown Act. He stated that if the constitutional amendment does not get passed, he at least wanted the State to recognize the mandates that are affecting cities. He stated the Kopp bill is also coming back. City Council Minutes March 12, 1993 Page 2 Assemblyman Aguiar informed the Council that he is working on the budget issue and stated he is going to be working on the $2.6 billion transfer from local government to schools. He realized this would be hurting Rancho Cucam. onga. He stated the City needs to let him know how this will affect the City. Assemblyman Aguiar stated he would be pushing more and more for local control. He felt the bill for mandate relief would help local government. He felt public safety was important and that there were areas that could be worked on to protect public safety. Assemblyman Aguiar continued to inform the Council about a workers compensation reform bill and how it can save money if it is changed. Mayor Stout stated the punitive side isn't the problem, and felt it sometimes increases the problem. He stated the percentage that is caught is not much of an incentive for the kids to stop. He felt the best way to help stop graffiti is to remove it immediately. He felt there should be a state wide bill so the cans can be locked up so they cannot be stolen. He also felt the wholesale manufacturers need to pay some kind of tax that would go into a clean-up fund. He felt the manufacturers are the ones that are creating the problem. Assemblyman Aguiar stated he !eft this on his bill specifically. He felt the spray cans should be left under lock and key. He felt this could possibly be a CLOUT issue. He stated there is so much graffiti occurring that it ks hard for cities to keep up with it in order to get it done expediently. C. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC No communication was made from the public. D. ADJOURNMENT Due to lack of quorum, the meeting adjourned to informal discussion, not to reconvene. Mayor Stout left the meeting at 8:07 a.m. Respectfully submitted, Debra J. Adams, CMC City Clerk Approve, d: April 7, 1993