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CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Regular Meetin~
1. CALL TO ORDER.
The regular meeting of the City Council was held in the Lion's Park Community
Center, 9161 Baseline Road, Rancho Cucamonga, on Wednesday, February 20, 1980.
The meeting was called to order at 7:06 p.m. by Mayor James C. Frost who led in
the pledge to the flag.
Present: Councilmen Phillip D. Schlosser, Jon Mikels, Michael Palombo, Arthur
Bridge, and Mayor James C. Frost. Also present were staff members: City
Manager, Lauren Wasserman; Assistant City Attorney, Robert Dougherty; Community
Development Director, Jack Lam; Finance Director, Harry Empey; Community Services
Director, Bill Holley; and Assistant City Manager, Jim Robinson.
Absent: City Engineer, Lloyd Hubbs
Approval of February 6, 1980 minutes. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by
Palombo to approve the minutes as submitted. Motion carried 5-0.
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS.
a. SCAG General Assembly meeting on March 5-6.
b. Staff requested that an item be added: 6F, Resolution of Necessity for eminent
domain.
c. Staff requested item 4f be deleted from the Consent Calendar.
d. Consent Calendar 4b should be as follows:
Set public hearing date on March 5, 1980 for General Plan Amendments:
No. 80-01 for T & S Development, located S/E corner of Highland and Haven.
No. 80-02 for Lewis Homes, located S/E corner of Baseline and Haven.
No. 80-03 for Daon Company, located N/E corner of Arrow and Haven.
3. COMMISSION REPORTS.
a. Advisory Commission ~ none.
b. Historical Commission - none.
Council requested a report be made at this time regarding the recent storm
damage.
Mayor gave an overall summary of the flood problems in the City. He said this was
the first storm of any magnitude which had been handled by our own city staff. Two
years ago, the County was the agency responsible for the road maintenance. Speaking
on behalf of the Council, he complemented the staff for the Job they did despite
the lack of equipment and the many other problems they encountered.
Bridge reported that at the last Zone l'Flood Control meeting it was pointed out
that there were no further funds available to the cities for this next fiscal year
other than for maintenance and for projects already under way. We could not expect
any help from the County for flood control.
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Mr. Wasserman reported on the capability that the City had presently in dealing
with storms. He said the City had only fifty employees; many other cities had
more than that in their maintenance departments. He reported that volunteer help
was received by many organizations, and we were able to use the equipment of some
of the local project contractors (at a great deal of expense to the City). We also
had available from four to eight County maintenance employees who worked under
contract for us.
Paul Rougeau, Associate Civil Engineer, reported on the major problem areas in
the City. He said the City had two major areas which were: (1) Hellman, and
(2) Beryl.
Mr. Wasserman highlighted some of the alternatives which were available for funding
community-wide projects.
a. Seek voter approval to change the City's budgetary appropriation limit.
b. Increase appropriation limit in accordance with emergency provisions of
Proposition 4.
c. Submit a General Obligation Bond Issue to the voters.
d. Seek Tax Override approval of voters.
e. Establish Special Assessment Districts to finance essential storm drain
improvements.
At 7:45 p.m. Lloyd Hubbs, City Engineer, arrived. The meeting was turned over to
him who reported on the problems, solutions, costs for improvements, estimates of
damages, etc.
Mayor opened the meeting to the public.
Roy Royster added that even Omnitrans had problems. One of their buses stalled
during the storm.
Mr. Blasingame, 6895 Carnelian Street, said there was about five inches of water
that ran through his house. There was no way possible to get the water out.
Mayor said this was something which could be worked out with the Engineering De-
partment.
Mr. Paul Rogerson, 8724 Avalon Street, said the problems never existed until
the street was raised and new curbs put in. He felt this was the responsibility of
the City.
Mr. Bob Hatfield, 7437 Hellman Avenue, asked about the Beryl wash basin. He said
it was very narrow and if any of the eucalyptus should fall and clog the basin,
this would cause flooding of the homes on Hellman.
Mayor suggested that two councilmembers, two planning commissioners, and staff
members sit down to come up with some alternatives. Mr. Wasserman pointed out
that there was already a storm drain committee in existence with Schlosser and Bridge
as council representatives. Council concurred this selection was fine for this
purpose also.
Mayor called a recess at 8:25 p.m. At 8:35 p.m. the meeting reconvened with all
Council members present.
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4. CONSENT CALENDAR.
a. Approval of Warrants: Register No. 80-2-20 for $98,989.18.
b. Set Public Hearing date on March 5, 1980 for General Plan Amendments: (1)
No. 80-01 for T & S Development, located s/e corner of Highland and Haven.
No. 80-02 for Lewis Homes, located s/e corner of Baseline and Haven.
No. 80-03 for Daon Company, located n/e corner of Arrow and Haven.
c. Refer claim for damages by Gladys Perry in the amount of $2~000 to the City (2)
Attorney for handling.
d. Approval of Alcoholic Beverage License renewal for Soup 'N Stuff, 9923-H (3)
Archibald Avenue. (James R. and Jean A. Hyland).
e. Tracts 9402-9403: Improvement Agreement Extension. (4)
Owner: Olympus Pacific Corporation.
Recommendation: Based upon the percentage of completed improvements and the
reasons for the delays, staff recommends a six-month extension for the Agreement
for tracta 9402-9403.
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g. Parcel Map No. 5671: Acceptance of bonds and agreements. (6)
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Located on three 5+ acres of land located on the north side of Almond at the
nortk end of Carnelian.
Subdivider: Andrew Barmakian.
Performance Bond (road) $ 8,500
Labor & Material Bond ~road) $ 8,500
Recommendation: For City, Counc±l to adopt Resolution No. 80-16 approving
Parcel Map 5671 and the improvement agreement. Also) direct the City Engineer
and City Clerk to sign the map and direct Mayor and City. Clerk to sign the
agreement on behalf of the City.
RESOLUTION NO. 80-16
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA~ CALIFORNIA) A~PROVING PARCEL
MAP NUMBER 5671, (%ENTATIVE PARCEL MAP NO. 5671)
IItPROVEMENT AGREEMENT, AND II~ROVEMENT SECURITY.
h. Director Review No. 79-56: For construction of a building on the north side (8)
of Whittram east of Etiwanda Avenue. Request by; Secondo Colombero.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the City Council adopt Resolution No.
80-17 approving the agreement and direct the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the
agreement in behalf of the City.
RESOLUTION NO. 80-17
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING IMPROVE-
MENT AGREEMENT AND IMPROVEMENT SECURITY FOR
DIRECTOR REVIEW NO. 79-56.
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(9) i. Release of the following bonds:
Tract 9378: Located on the northeast corner of Hillside Road and Archibald Ave.
Owner: Regency Equestrian Estates
Labor and Material Bond (water) $ 19,500
Tract 9379: Located on the east side of Archibald Avenue at Cinch'Ring Road.
Owner: Regency Equestrian Estates
Labor and Material Bond (water) $ 10,000
Tract 9432: Located on the east side of Haven Avenue south of 19th Street.
Owner: Chevron Construction Company
Labor and Material Bond (water) $ 25,500
Labor and Material Bond (sewer) $ 16,000
Labor and Material Bond (road) $ 81,000
Tract 9433: Located on the east side of Haven Avenue south of 19th Street.
Owner: Chevron Construction Company
Labor and Material Bond (water) $ 19,500
Labor and Material Bond (sewer) $ 12,500
Labor and Material Bond (road) $ 42,000
Tract 9434: Located on the east side of Haven Avenue south of 19th Street.
Owner: Chevron Construction Company
Performance Bond (water) $ 17,000
Performance Bond (sewer) $ 17,000
Tract 9636: Located on the southwest corner of Lemon Avenue and Archibald Avenue.
Owner: Chevron Construction Company
Labor and Material Bond (water) $ 14,000
Labor and Material Bond (sewer) $ 9,000
Labor and Material Bond (road) $ 40,000
Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to approve the Consent Calendar with
the deletion of item f. Motion carried by following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels,
Palombo, Bridge, and Frost. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.
5. PUBLIC HEARINGS.
(lO)5A. An ordinance establishing the official date of service cou~nencement for the
Planning Commissioners. Staff report by Jack Lam.
The current Planning Commission was appointed on March 8, 1978. According to the
present Ordinance, Commissioners Dahl's and Garcia's terms of office will expire on
March 8, 1980. The urgency ordinance provides for an extension of the terms of office
for all Planning Commissioners and establishes June 1, 1978 as the official date of
appointment for the present Planning Commission.
Motion: Moved by Bridge, seconded by Palombo to approve the urgency Ordinance No. 13-A
and to waive the entire reading.
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The mayor opened the meeting for public hearing. There being no response, the hearing
was closed.
Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, and
Frost. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. Number and title read by Wasserman.
ORDINANCE NO. 13-A (urgency)
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING A
PROCEDURE FOR EXTENSION AND ESTABLISHING JUNE 1,
1978 AS THE OFFICIAL DATE OF SERVICE COMMENCEMENT
FOR THE RANCHO CUCAMONGA PLANNING COMMISSIONERS
AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF.
6. CITY MANAGER'S STAFF REPORTS. (i1)
6A. School Fees. Staff report by Lauren Wasserman. (Mr. Empey was to give the
report, however, he had been called out on an emergency).
It was being requested that the $17,548.00 in SB-201 funds which was being held by
the City be released immediately to the Alta Loma School District. Also, another
$30,000 paid by the Olympus Pacific Company would be released once the appropriate
agreements were signed by Olympus Pacific.
The City Attorney pointed out that we would still require the signing of the hold
harmless and indemnification agreements.
Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to release immediately the $17,584 in
SB-201 funds to the Alta Loma School District which are on deposit in a trust account
with the City. Also, it is recommended that the City pursue the signing of the
necessary legal documents required to release the remaining $30,000 which is being
held by the City.
Mayor opened the meeting to the public for comments. There being no response, the
public portion was closed.
Motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, and
Frost. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.
6B. Clarification of policy re§ardin~ issuance of permits for fireworks stands. Staff (12
report by Jim Robinson.
Mr. Robinson outlined the present procedure in selecting the groups for permits for
fireworks stands. He said staff wanted to come to Council and let them know there
were other alternatives they might want to consider in determining the groups to
receive permits for 1980. Todate we have received six requests for stands for 1980.
Mayor asked if anyone in the audience wanted to respond to this issue. There was
no response.
Mikels stated that the policy for this year was already established as outlined in
the minutes of March 21, 1979. He said unless Council wanted to change this, then
no action would be required at this time.
Motion: Moved by Schlosser, seconded by Palombo to approve permits for fireworks
for 1980 for the Sons of Italy, Miss Softball America, Alta Loma Cucamonga Jr.
Women's Club, Rotary Club, and the Alta Loma Little League. Motion carried by the
following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo, and Frost. NOES: None. ABSENT:
None. ABSTAINED: Bridge (He said he abstained as a protest to fireworks as a
policy for the City).
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February 20, 1980
Page 6
For 1981~ the Mayor suggested that Council not make any commitments since
opinion could change after the vote in the City of Chino on April 8, and to wait until
review of data from fire and police agencies of potential dangers.
(13) Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to defer any decision for future years
until a later time. Motion carried by following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels,
Palombo, Bridge, and Frost. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. ABSTAINED: None.
(14) 6C. Requmat from Arrowh,ad 3ustice Association to continue DarticiDatio~ for fiscal
~5~a~.Staff report by Lauren Wasserman.
The Arrowhead Justice Association has requested that the City declare its intent to
continue membership in the Arrowhead Justice Association for the coming fiscal year.
If the City retains its membership in the Association, approximately $745,000 would be
available to the region for various types of criminal justice grant activities. The
City's matching share for the next fiscal year is estimated at approximately $1,664.
Mr. Wasserman reported that there was some interest amongst the West End cities for
forming a separate criminal Justice planning agency. They felt that available funds
had been routed to the County without adequate consideration of any of the cities.
Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Bridge to remain in the AJA for the coming year
and direct the Mayor and City Clerk to sign the Declaration of Intent to participate
in the group for fiscal year 1980-81 with authorization to investigate other alternatives
for future years. Motion carried by following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo,
Bridge, and Frost. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.
(15) 6D. Travel funds for consultant coordination meetings. Staff report by Lauren Wasserman.
There have been times during the course of the General Plan program, as well as with
other consultant projects, when there arises a need for staff to attend out-of-town
meetings of importance with consultants and other related parties in order to assure
the best possible coordination of work.
A budget had not been established for this purpose, therefore, each travel request
must be approved by Council. Sometimes a meeting is necessary prior to a City Council
meeting in which there would not be adequate time to make such a request.
Staff was requesting that a contingency fund be established for such travel purposes.
Motion: Moved by Bridge, seconded by Schlosser to approve a travel contingency fund
in an amount not to exceed $500.00 for the purposes of travel relating to consultant
projects. Motion carried by following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge,
and Frost. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.
(16) 6E. Reversion of acreage of Tract No. 9399 and 9400 for property located the north
side of Banyan; west side of Beryl. Staff report by Jack Lam.
City Council had set February 20 for public hearing to consider the reversion issue.
Bonds have been posted and agreements signed. Therefore, Council has the option to
accept these securities and agreements or to continue with the reversion.
Bridge said he was strongly inclined to take the opinion to return this to acreage. He
also disliked abandoned lemon groves. Therefore, we would like to see the design im-
proved and asked if the desig~ ~ould be changed instead of going back to
acreage.
The City Attorney said this would require a complete redesign and to do this properly
this should be reverted to acreage and have the developer submit a new tentative map.
This, then, could be processed according to new city standards.
Lam recommended that this be referred to the Planning Commission where they could work
with the applicant in the redesign of the tracts.
The City Attorney said we are not in the tentative map stage, but at the final map
stage which has been recorded and reversion is the only way to accomplish these things.
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Mayor opened the meeting for public comments.
Dr. Baldonistated they were trying to do everything right. However, he explained
the problems they had encountered todate. This was the first day he had heard
anything about the reversion.
Nick Rocco, owner-partner, read a letter they had received from John Martin,
Rancho Cucamonga Engineering Department. He stated the letter did not make it
clear when the securities needed to be posted. They thought they were getting
everthing in two weeks early only to discover they were five days late.
Motion: Moved by Bridge, seconded by Schlosser to set March 5 for public hearing
for the purpose of considering reversion to acreage to tracts 9399 and 9400.
Motion carried by following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, and
Frost. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.
6F. Added item: Resolution of Necessity. Staff report by Robert Dougherty, (171
City Attorney.
The original Resolution of Necessity regarding the Teasdale property which was adopted
on November 15, 1978 was defective in that reference to the particular State law
authorizing condemnation was omitted. This had been discovered shortly after the
commencement of the law suit. No corrective action had been taken because it appeared
a settlement would be made by Mr. Teasdale.
It now appears that the City will have to proceed with the litigation. Therefore, a
new notice of hearing needs to be set and a new Resolution of Necessity needs to be
adopted. It is recommended that March 19, 1980 be set for the public hearing.
Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to set March 19, 1980 for public
hearing for consideration of the Resolution of Necessity for the Teasdale property.
Motion carried by following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, and
Frost. NOES: None. ABSENT: None.
7. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORTS.
Mr. Dougherty made an oral report on the Agin vs. the City of Tiburon case. This
case was now going before the Supreme Court and a plea for financial aid was
being mede to interested cities. Mr. Dougherty said the outcome of this would be
very beneficial to the City of Rancho Cucamonga in regards to its zoning. He
recommended that we help support this issue.
Motion: Moved by Bridge, seconded by Palombo to table the item until March 5 and
direct the City Attorney to contact the City of Tiburon to find out anticipated costs.
Motion carried by following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, and Frost.
NOES: None. ABSENT: None.
8. NEW BUSINESS.
a. Mr. Hubbs announced that he had just received word that an estimate of $480,000
had been made for damage during this last storm.
9. ADJOURNMENT.
Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to adjourn. Motion carried by following
vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels, Palombo, Bridge, and Frost. NOES: None. The
meeting adjourned at 10:20 p.m.
Beverly Authelet
Deputy City Clerk
February 19, 1980
CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
Joint City Council-Planning Commission Meeting
Adjourned Special Meetin8
1. CALL TO ORDER.
A special adjourned meeting of the City Council with the Planning Commission was
held in the Neighborhood Center, 9791 Arrow Highway, Rancho Cucamonga, on Tuesday,
February 19, 1980. The meeting was called to order at 7:17 p.m. by Mayor James C.
Frost.
Present: Councilmen Phillip Schlosser, Jon Mikels, Arthur Bridge, and Mayor James
C. Frost.
Planning Commissioners Laura Jones, Jorge Garcia, Peter Tolstoy, and Herman Rempel,
chairman.
Absent: Councilman Michael Palombo and Planning Commissioner Richard Dahl.
Mayor Frost introduced members of the Planning Commission and City Council.
2. PURPOSE OF MEETING.
Mayor Frost said the reason for the meeting was to evaluate the energy conservation
options available to the City as we adopt the city's first General Plan.
Mr. Lam, Community Development Director, introduced the speakers for the progrma.
3. PRESENTATIONS. (1)
The following presentations were made:
Tom Tomast, Manager, Community Assistance Group in the Office of Appropriate
Technology, discussed how the various plan elements related to energy demand. He
also gave a brief identification of how plan policies may reduce demand through
conservation or use of non-depletable energy resources.
Lance Muller, Manager, Local Action Program, California Energy Commission, discussed
energy conservation options in buildings; how buildings use energy. He also dis-
cussed energy standards for new construction under Title 24.
Richard Gaines, Solar Office, California Energy Commission, discussed basic
principals of passive and active solar energy, solar system options, and solar sub-
division design.
Fred Etzel, Sedway/Cooke, discussed energy transportation option~
Following the presentations, a discussion of energy policy options ensued.
* Art Bridge felt the City may be innovative by not requiring wide streets through-
out residential neighborhoods.
*Tom Tomasi indicated that narrow streets often encourage drivers to slow down when
traveling through residential areas.
*Richard Gaines said that public works and engineering staff members generally
are reluctant to reduce size of streets from "standard" widths.
4. ADJOURNMENT.
Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Schlosser to adjourn the meeting to the next
regular City Council meeting on Wednesday, F~bruary 20, 1980. Motion unanimously
carried.
Motion: Moved by Tolstoy, seconded by Jones to adjourn the meeting to the regular
Planning Commission meeting on Wednesday, February 27, 1980. Motion unanimously
carried.
The meeting adjourned at 11:14 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
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City Clerk