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Home My WebLink About1991/06/13 - Minutes - AdjournedJune 13, 1991 CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Adiourned Meetinq A. CALL TO ORDER An adjourned meeting of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga was held on Thursday, June 13, 1991, in the Tri-Communities Conference Room of the Civic Center, located at 10500 Civic Center Drive, Rancho Cucamonga, California. The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. by Mayor Dennis L. Stout. Present were Councilmembers: William J. Alexander, Charles J. Buquet II, Diane Williams, Pamela J. Wright, and Mayor Dennis L. Stout. Also present were: Jack Lam, City Manager; Linda D. Daniels, Deputy City Manager; Jerry B. Fulwood, Deputy City Manager; Rick Gomez, Community Development Director; Brad Buller, City Planner; Joe O'Neil, City Engineer; Shintu Bose, Deputy City Engineer; Sigmund Dellhime, Management Analyst II; Walt Stickney, Associate Engineer; Bob Zetterberg, Public Works Maintenance Manager; Jerry Grant, Building Official; Joe Schultz, Community Services Director; Paula Pachon, Management Analyst II; Ingrid Blair, GIS Supervisor; Marti Higgins, Disaster Preparedness Manager; Jim Hart, Administrative Services Director; Susan Neely, Finance Officer; Duane Baker, Assistant to the City Manager; Diane O'Neal, Management Analyst II; Chief Dennis Michael, Deputy Chief Bob Corcoran, Deputy Fire Marshall Ralph Crane, and Administrative Services Officer Alex Ahumada, Rancho Cucamonga Fire Protection District; Capt. Bruce Zeiner, Rancho Cucamonga Police Department; and Debra J. Adams, City Clerk. B. ITEMS OF DISCUSSION B1. DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED FISCAL YEAR 1991/92 BUDGETS (0205-01 BUDGET) Mayor Stout stated the purpose of this meeting was to discuss the proposed fiscal year 1991/92 budgets. He proceeded by turning the meeting over to Jack Lam, City Manager, who gave the presentation concerning the budgets. City Council Minutes June 13, 1991 Page 2 General Fund Budqet Jack Lam, City Manager, told how the economic conditions as a whole have affected the City's revenue intake, and explained that what the State and County are doing have also had an affect on the City's revenue. He continued by stating that at the present time, the budget is balanced, but may need adjusting after year-end figures have been totaled after July 1st. He mentioned the fact that the census count has also had an affect on the City's revenue. He felt the City's sales tax total would go up next year because of new retail stores that had recently opened and ones that were proposed to open next year. He pointed out to the Council that the City made every effort to hold down expenditures during this fiscal year. Jack Lam, City Manager, explained to the Council that a new approach was taken to prepare this budget by taking last year's budget and ma~ing cuts to it. He added the 1991/92 budget is about 2.1 million dollars less than last year's budget and explained what cuts were made in personnel and daily operations to accomplish this. He concluded with this presentation by stating he did not think next year's budget would be much different than this one. Councilmember Wright asked if the cost allocations soon to be voted upon were included in this budget. Jack Lam stated most of them were, but that the ones to be voted upon were not included which would help revenue, but not a great deal. Councilmember Wright asked that Mr. Lam explain the cuts made to the vehicle maintenance program. Jack Lam, City Manager, explained this program to CouncilmemDer Wright as it relates to the replacing and repairing of vehicles. Mayor Stout stated he liked the way the budgets were put together and added he felt it was very easy to understand, and therefore did not have any questions for staff. He also added the figures were not a surprise to him. Councilmembers Williams and Buquet concurred. Councilmember Wright stated she felt it was the other agencies, i.e., State and County, that have got the City in the situation it is in today. Councilmember Wright asked that staff use the RDA marketing tools to help the City's financial situation by creating more revenue for the City. Mayor Stout commented he felt the City was very frugal when you compared the number of city staff versus the city's population. He added he was glad to be part of this city rather than another city that is in a worse financial position. Councilmember Buquet stated he felt the City would learn from this experience and not get in the same situation again. He added he felt the City needed to keep looking at ways to increase revenues and not stop here. He continued to compliment the prepared budget document. City Council Minutes June 13, 1991 Page 3 Jack L~m, City Manager, complimented Jim Hart, Administrative Services Director, and Susan Neely, Finance Officer, for all their hard work to put this budget together. Councilmember Alexander stated he felt the sales tax revenues were very important. He felt correspondence should keep flowing to the State regarding legislation that had an adverse affect on the City. He felt the City should encourage quality business to come into the City. Capital Funds Jack Lam, City Manager, explained what the capital funds were and turned the meeting over to Joe O'Neil, City Engineer, for a further presentation of this. Joe O'Neil, City Engineer, gave an overview of the capital projects that were proposed for fiscal year 1991/92 and stated there were 16 proposed projects. Jack Lam, City Manager, added the City will need to be patient in building more parks. He also added there are restrictions for spending capital funds. Fire District Jack Lam, City Manager, explained the Fire District's budget by presenting an overview. Chief Dennis Michael, Fire District, explained that the Mello-Roos is used to supplement the general fund budget. He stated there would be nine new firefighters added this year. RedeveloDment AqencV Jack Lam, City Manager, gave an overview of the RDA budget. He added he felt the projects started two years ago would be completed as scheduled. He mentioned the marketing that the Agency does. He told about the stores coming into the City such as Price Club, Wal Mart and a larger K-MART. Linda Daniels, Deputy City Manager, stated the City has $30,000.00 to work on an economic development program with Chaffey College which would deal with the business community. She stated it would be both commercial and industrial.' She mentioned there was $5,000.00 for new business seminars which would inform others about what the City has to offer. She stated the trade shows do the most good to let people know about the City of Rancho Cucamonga. Councilmember Wright asked what was happening with the dollars to be used for commercial improvements. City Council Minutes June 13, 1991 Page 4 Linda Daniels, Deputy City Manager, told what had happened with Perry's Market, and added letters were sent out to quite a few businesses along Foothill Boulevard, but mentioned the response was poor. Jack Lam, City Manager, also mentioned the three lawsuits the City was involved in that have financial impacts on the City: 1) booking fee matters where the City has joined other cities to fight this. He added money is budgeted if this lawsuit is lost; 2) fines and forfeitures lawsuit; and 3) no's and low's property tax lawsuit whereby the City has joined with other contract cities to fight the County. Councilmember Wright asked if the City Council would like to have one person go out consistently and market the City. Councilmember Buquet asked if options could be submitted through a memo regarding this matter before a decision is made. Mayor Stout stated he would like information on what other redevelopment agencies are doing in this regard also. Councilmember Wright stated she would like the information to include redevelopment agencies outside this area. Maintenance Districts Joe O'Neil, City Engineer, gave an overview of the Landscape Maintenance Districts. He distributed a chart to the Council and explained this. Councilmember Buquet asked if the City was working on optional water sources to be used within the Districts. Joe O'Neil, City Engineer, stated they are working on this. He stated they are specifically looking to use reclaimed water for the sports complex. Jim Hart, Administrative Services Director, asked that the Council select a date and time for the budget adoption meeting. The Council concurred on Monday, July 1, 1991, 5:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Jim Hart, Administrative Services Director, stated the Council needed to approve the expenditures as of June 30, 1991 at this meeting. Jack Lam, City Manager, suggested this come back at the June 19, 1991 meeting for this action. City Council Minutes June 13, 1991 Page 5 C. COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE PUBLIC No communications were made from' the public. D. ADJOURNMENT MOTION: Moved by Buquet, seconded by Wright to adjourn. unanimously, 5-0. .The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m. Motion carried Respectfully submitted, / / Debra J. Ad~ms, CMC City Clerk Approved: July 17, 1991