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CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Resular Meetin8
1. CALL TO ORDER.
The regular meeting of the City Council was held in the Lion's Park Community Center,
9161 Base Line Road, Rancho Cucamonga, on Wednesday, July 2, 1980. The meeting was
called to order at 7:02 p.m. by Mayor Phillip D. Schlosser who led in the pledge to
the flag.
Present: Councilmen James C. Frost, Jon D. Mikels, Michael A. Palombo, and Mayor
Phillip D. Schlosser.
Also present: City Manager, Lauren Wasserman; Assistant City Manager, Jim Robinson;
Assistant City Attorney, Robert Dougherty; City Planner, Barry Hogan; and City
Engineer, Lloyd Hubbs.
Absent: Councilman Arthur H. Bridge and Community Development Director, Jack Lam.
Approval of Minutes: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to approve the Minutes
of June 9, 1980 and July 18, 1980. Frost requested that Bill Wieland's name be
added to the June 18 minutes, page 1, under Planning Commission appointments since
he had also been considered. Motion for approval of amended minutes was passed
by the following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Frost, Mikels, Palombo. NOES: None.
ABSENT: Bridge.
Mayor Schlosser called a special Executive Session with the City Attorney regarding
some litigation. Council adjourned to the Executive Session at 7:05 p.m. The
public meeting reconvened at 7:25 p.m. with all members of Council and staff present
except Councilman Bridge who wason~vacation.
2. ANNOUNC~4ENTS.
Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Frost to move the decision making on filling
the Planning Commission vacancy until the July 16 meeting. Motion carried 4-0-1.
3. CONSENT CALENDAR.
a. Approval of Warrants - Register No. 80-6-30 for $504,773.49.
b. Tract 9539 - Acceptance of Map, Bonds, and Agreement: (1)
(2)
Tentative approval had been received from the County on January 1, 1977. This
tract is located on the west side of Sapphire Street between Banyan Street and
Hillside Road and consists of 19 lots. A set-aside letter in the amount of
$174,000.00 to guarantee off-site improvements has been submitted along with
Improvement Agreement.
RESOLUTION NO. 80-65
A RESOLHTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING TRACT MAP
9539, IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENT, AND IMPROVEMENT SECURITY.
c. Tract 9351 - Release of Bonds and Acceptance of Substitution Bonds. Located (3)
on the west side of Sapphire Street between 19th Street and Banyan. Owner:
Mark III Homes.
Release the following bonds:
Performance Bond (road) $148,000
Labor & Material (road) 74,000
Performance Bond (water) 45,000
Labor & Material (water) 22,500
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Page 2
Accept the following substitute bonds:
Performance Bond (road) $148,000
Labor & Material (road) 148,000
(4)d. Contract for the Collection of Special Assessments - Landscape Maintenance
District.
Approval of agreement authorizing the County Auditor to assess $2.00 to pro-
perty owners to cover the cost of assessment collections on Landscape Mainten-
ance District No. 1.
(5)e. Acceptance of Signal Contract at Haven Avenue and Amber Lane and Authorization
(6) to record a Notice of Completion.
RESOLUTION NO.-80-66
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ACCEPTING THE
TRAFFIC SIGNAL WORK AT HAVEN AVENUE AND AMBER
LANE AND AUTHORIZING THE FILING OF A NOTICE OF
COMPLETION FOR THE WORK.
(7)f. Acceptance of Bonds and Agreement (Director Review No. 80-02).
Wallner Tooling was conditionally approved to install or bond for the street
construction of 7th Street by Director Review 80-02. They were informed that when
Caltrans made a decision as to the approval or denial of the on-off ramp, they
may have to install improvements on Hyssopl The following bonds are per staff
agreement with Mr. Wallner.
Performance Bond (surety) $ 16,000
Labor & Material (surety) 16,000
RESOLUTION NO. 80~67
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING IM-
PROVEMENT AGREEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT SECURITY FOR
DIRECTOR REVIEW NO. 80-02.
(8)g. Parcel Map 5545 - Replacement Bonds.
Located on the north side of Base Line west of Archibald for three lots. Owner:
Lewis Homes.
The subject Parcel Map was approved by Council on March 5, 1980 along with bonds
for the required street improvements. Subsequent design checks resulted in the
elimination of a city requested cul-de-sac for Roberds Court. Therefore, the
bond for the cul-de-sac could be eliminated.
Release of bonds:
Performance Bond (surety) $ 20,000
Labor & Material (surety) 20,000
Replacement bonds:
Performance Bond (sure~y) $ 10,000
Labor & Material (surety) 10,000
(9)h. Parcel Map 5358 - Acceptance of Map.
(10)
Located on the east side of Archibald at the north city limits. Owner: Mr.
Worth Hooper.
RESOLUTION NO. 80-68
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF I/dE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING PARCEL
MAP NUMBER 5358 (TENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 5358).
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Page 3
i. Tract 9366: Release of bonds. Located on the northwest corner of 19th Street
and Haven Avenue. Owner: Valle Verde Ltd.
Performance Bond (road) $ 78,000
j. Tract 9427: Release of bonds. Located on the north and south sides of Banyan
Street between Hermosa Avenue. Owner: Lesny/Wilshire Properties
Landscaping Bonds $ 12,000
k. Tract 9429: Release of Temporary Occupancy Permit Bond for on-site subdivision
sign located at the northwest corner of Haven and 19th Street. Owner: Valle
Verde, Ltd.
T.O.P. Bond $250.00
1. Tract 9321: Release of Temporary Occupancy Permit Bond for sales office/
garage conversion on lot 4 and on-site subdivision sign. Located at the north-
west corner of Alta Loma Drive and Sapphire Street. Owner: Crowell-Leventhal,
Inc.
T.O~P. Bond $ 2,000
Savings Passbook 250
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96g~-~mse-~ne-a~-6,~-~-smte-hee~-sn~-w~me-~eemse. (Item removed for dis-
cussion).
n. Authorization for City Council members and City Manager to attend the first
Mayors and Council Members Executive Forum, July 23-25 in Monterey.
It is recommended that the City Council authorize for as many Council members
as possible and for the City Manager to attend the first Mayors and Council
Members Executive Forum to be sponsored by the League of California Cities. The
program is aimed at providing Council members and key staff representatives with
an ongoing education concerning the responsibilities of locally elected and
appointed officials. Funds have been included in the meetings and travel budget
for this conference attendance.
o. Set July 16, 1980 for public hearing on the expenditure of Revenue Sharing Funds. (12~
It is reco~maended that the City Council set a public hearing for 3uly 16, 1980
to review the proposed expenditure of Revenue Sharing funds. The public hearing
is a federal requirement and must be preceeded by the appropriate advertising
in the local newspapers.
Councilman Palombo requested item "m" be removed for discussion.
Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Frost to approve the Consent,Calendar subject
to the Finance Committee's approval of the Warrants, Motion carried 4-0-1,
Item "m": Palombo asked where this place was; he could not seem to locate it. Staff
indicated it was in the shopping center on the southwest corner of Base Line and
Archibald, next to the Baskin and Robbins Ice Cream Store. Motion: Moved by Palombo,
seconded by Mikels to approve item "m" on the Consent Calendar. Motion carried 4-0-1.
4. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
4A. POSTPONEMENT OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS AS A CONDITION OF SUBDIVISION AND DEVELOPMENT (13)
(REVISION TO ORDINANCE NOS. 28 AND 58). Staff report by Lloyd Hubbs. (14)
At its June 18, 1980 meeting, the Council expressed concern that provisions for
postponement be more specifically defined and that other cases receive direct Council
review. Therefore, the ordinances had been further refined.
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The City Attorney recommended that this be postponed further to rework the
ordinances. He noticed several problems which would require some indepth study
to resolve.
Mayor Schlosser stated that Ordiannce Nos. 28-A and 58-B be referred back to the staff
for study.
(15~B. ZONE CHANGE NO. 80-07 AND ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT - C.H. BRUBAKER. A
request for change of zone from R-1-20,O00 to R-i-iO,O00 or more restrictive zoning
for property located on the southeast corner of Banyan and Amethyst Streets.
Staff report by Barry Hogan.
City Clerk Wasserman read title of ORDINANCE NO. 113 for first reading.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, REZONING ASSESSOR'S
PARCEL NlrMBER 1062-401-11 FROM R-1-20,O00 TO
R-l-10,000 LOCATED ON THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
BANYAN AND AMETHYST STREETS.
Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Frost to waive further reading. Motion carried
4-0-1.
The mayor opened the meeting for public hearing.
Sharon Romero asked if this were not really less restrictive. Mr. Hogan
explained that this would be the same size house; this would simply pro-
hibit the keeping of animals.
Since there were no other responses, the public hearing was closed.
Mayor Schlosser set July 16 for second reading.
(16) 4C. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING SPECIAL DRAINAGE IMPACT AREA. Staff report by Lloyd
Hubbs.
The proposed ordinance designates the area bounded by Eighth Street on the south,
Arrow Route on the north, Milliken on the east, and Haven Avenue on the west as a
special impact zone where no increases in site drainage may be created.
City Clerk Wasserman read title of ORDINANCE NO. 111 for first reading.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A
SPECIAL DRAINAGE IMPACT ZONE NORTH OF THE SANTE
FE RAILROAD TO ARROW ROUTE BETWEEN HAVEN AND
MILLIKEN AVENUES, AND REQUIRING DETAILED ENGINEERING
STUDIES AND MITIGATION MEASURES IN CONNECTION THERE-
WITH.
Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to waive further reading. Motion
carried 4-0-1.
Mayor opened the meeting for public hearing.
Marsha Storm asked what fee Ordinance No. 111 was referring to? Mr. Hubbs
stated it was referring to Ordinance No. 75, Ordinance No. 112, or what-
ever ordinance was in effect at the time.
There being no other responses, the Mayor closed the public hearing.
Council discussed Section 3 of the ordinance. The following change was made to
Section 3(1): "That the proposed project will not increase storm runoff from the
site except where acceptable drainage facilities exist to accept said runoff."
Mayor set July 16 for second reading of Ordinance No. 111.
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4D. PROPOSED INCREASE FOR INDUSTRIAL STORM DRAIN FEE. A proposal to increase (17]
storm drain fees in the area bounded by Deer Creek on the west, Day Creek on the
east, 4th Street and Foothill Boulevard. Proposed fee - $4600 per acre. Staff
report by Lloyd Hubbs.
City Clerk Wasserman read title of ORDINANCE NO. 112 for first reading.
AN ORDINANACE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING
THE INDUSTRIAL LOCAL DRAINAGE AREA, MAKING
ORDINANCE NO. 75 APPLICABLE THERETO, AND ESTA-
BLISHING A DRAINAGE FEE IN CONNECTION THEREWITH.
Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Frost to waive further reading. Motion
carried 4-0-1.
Mayor opened the meeting for public hearing. The following addressed Council in
opposition to the proposed fee:
Dan Milliken - felt it was too excessive
Buster Filpi - asked why the area did not go above Foothill? Mr. Hubbs
said that area would be studied at a later time.
Ben Wick, General Manager, Wagner Insul Company, felt this was a burden on them.
Ray Smartis, General Manager, Ontario Motor Speedway, expressed that some problems could exist for the OMS if the flow of water was increased.
Bob DeBerard - asked to have this delayed for a month since the people west of Haven have problems and this needed to be discussed further.
Since there were no other responses, the Mayor closed the public hearing.
After some council discussion, the Mayor set July 16 for second ~eading of Ordinance
No. 112.
4E. SECOND READING OF ORDINANCE NO. 110. (18)
City Manager Wasserman presented some changes to the Ordinance which were as
follows:
"Section 1. The City Manager is hereby delegated the following powers, authority,
and/or duties:
"Section 1 (4): to act as City Personnel Officer and to have the authority to
delegate such duties inherent therein to a management employee as he shall
deem appropriate, in whole or in part, by issuance of appropriate adminis-
trative orders.
"Section 4. Resolutions 79-48 and 79-49 are hereby repealed.
"Section 5. The Mayor shall sign this Ordinance and the City Clerk shall cause
the same to be published with fifteen (15) days after its passage at least once
in the Daily Report, a newspaper of general circulation published in the City
of Ontario, California, and circulated in the City of Rancho Cucamonga, California.
City Clerk Wasserman read the title of ORDINANCE NO. 110 as first reading again.
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A
COMPREHENSIVE SYSTEM OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION
AND DELEGATING ADMINISTRATION THEREOF TO THE CITY
MANAGER.
Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to waive further reading. Motion
carried 4-0-1.
Mayor Schlosser opened the meeting for public hearing. There being no response, the
hearing was closed.
The mayor set July 16 for second reading of Ordinance No. 110.
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Mayor Schlosser called a recess at 8:55 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 9:10 p.m.
with all members of the Council and staff present.
5. CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORTS.
(19) 5A. REQUEST FROM CALTRANS TO SUPPORT COMMUTER RAIL SERVICE BETWq~EN SAN BERNARDINO
AND LOS ANGELES. Staff report by Lauren Wasserman.
The mayor opened the meeting for public comments.
Bruce Chitiea asked several questions regarding Caltrans' figures.
Mayor closed the public portion of the m~eting.
Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to table the item for further con-
sideration. Motion passed by the following vote: AYES: Schlosser, M-tkels, Palombo.
NOES: Frost. ABSENT: Bridge.
Council directed staff to send a letter to Caltrans stating we wished to receive more
information and that the city officials would like to meet with a representative of
Caltrans.
6. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORTS
The City Attorney presented the following ordinances which Book Publishing Company
had requested. These were necessary before July 31 in order for Book to start
the printing process for our city code.
(20) A. AN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO THE INELIGIBILITY OF CERTAIN PERSONS FOR EMPLOYMENT
BY THE CITY.
City Clerk read title of ORDINANCE NO. 66-A for~irst reading.
A/~ ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO CUCANONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING SECTION
1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 66 PERTAINING TO THE INELI-
GIBILITY OF CERTAIN PRESONS FOR EMPLOYMENT BY
THE CITY.
Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to waive further reading. A "no"
vote was cast by Frost; therefore, the City Clerk read the Ordinance in full.
The mayor opened the meeting for public hearing. There being no response, the
hearing was closed. Mayor Schlosser set July~ 16 for second reading.
(21) B. AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ORDINANCE NOS. 14 AND 18.
City Clerk read title of ORDINANCE NO. 115 (first reading).
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, REPEALING
ORDINANCE NO. 14 AND ORDINANCE NO. 18.
Motion: Moved by Frost, seconded by Palombo to waive further reading. Motion carried
4-0-1.
Mayor Schlosser opened the meeting for public hearing. There being no response,
the hearing was closed.
Mayor set July 16 for second reading of Ordinance No. 115.
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C. AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF CITY ORDINANCES. (22
The City Clerk read the title of ORDINANCE NO. 114, (first reading).
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING GEN-
ERAL PENALTY PROVISIONS FOR VIOLATIONS OF
ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA AND
OTHER CODES ADOPTED BY REFERENCE.
Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to waive further reading. Motion
carried 4-0-1.
Mayor opened the meeting for public hearing. There being no response, the hearing
was closed. Mayor Schlosser set July 16 for second reading.
D. AN ORDINANCE SETTING UP GENERAL INTERPRETATIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF CITY (23
ORDINANCES.
The City Clerk read the title of ORDINANCE NO. 116 (first reading).
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, PROVIDING GENERAL
PROVISIONS FOR USE IN THE INTERPRETATION AND CON-
STRUCTION OF ALL ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF RANCHO
CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER
ENACTED.
Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to waive further reading. Motion
carried 4-0-1.
Mayor Schlosser opened the meeting for public hearing. There being no response,
the hearing was closed. Mayor Schlosser set July 16 for second reading.
Councilman Frost questioned the word "year" and what was meant by it. After
some discussion, Council decided to delete item (t) from Ordinance No. 116
in the definitions in Section 1.
City Clerk read the title of Ordinance No. 116 again. Motion: Moved by Mikels,
seconded by Palombo to waive further reading. Motion carried 4-0-1.
E. AGINS VERSUS TIBERON. Mr. Dougherty announced that in the Agins versus
Tiberon case, the Supreme Court had ruled in favor of the City of Tiberon.
8. ADJOURNMENT.
Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to adjourn. Motion carried 4-0-1.
The meeting adjourned at 10:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Beverly Authelet
Deputy City Clerk