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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978/07/19 - Minutes July 19, 1978 City of Rancho Cucamonga City Council Minutes R~gUlar Meet!n~ CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the City Council was held at the Community Service Building, 9161 Baseline Road, Rancho Cucamonga, on Wednesday, July 19, 1978. The meeting was called to order at 7:10 p.m. by Mayor James C. Frost. Present: Council members Jon D. Mikels, Michael Palombo, Phillip D. Schlosser, Mayor pro-tem Charles West, and Mayor James C. Frost. City Manager, Lauren M. Wasserman, and Interim City Attorney, Sam Crowe, Community Development Director, Jack Lam, City Engineer, Lloyd Hubbs, and Finance Director, Harry Empey. APPROVAL OF Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to approve minutes of MINUTES June 7, June 21, June 22, June 28, and July 5, 1978. Motion unanimously carried. ANNOUNCEMENTS 1. Schlosser reported on a meeting he, Councilman Mikels had attended at the Airport regarding the current status of the International Airport runway. He gave a brief report. PUBLIC HEARING Mr. Holley, Community Service Director, presented the back- ground to the Ordinance by stating that this dealt with the problems of semi-trailer trucks parking in residential Ordinance No. 35 areas, stopping and starting in early morning hours, creating Ordinance No. 34 of safety problems by blocking views when parking, cars Ordinance No. 27 being set on private property with "for sale" signs, etc. Mr. Holley then read the entire Ordinance No. 35. Mayor asked Mr. Holley to cover all three Ordinances at one time since they were related. Mr. Holley then read Ordinances No. 34 and 27 in full. Discussion: Mr. Mills of Astacia Street, Cucamonga, owner of a trailer truck in excess of three tons, said he parked his truck in his back yard and wanted to know if this would be a problem under the new Ordinances. Mr. Wasserman said no because it was on his own property. Since there was no motion because the Ordinances were read in full, they were passed on for second reading and adoption at the August 2, 1978 meeting. PUBLIC HEARING On March 15, 1978 Ordinance No. 16 had been passed to enact a franchise with the Edison Company. However, at the time, a section was omitted from the Ordinance relating to the duty of the Edison Company to relocate facilities upon change of grade or widening of streets. Since it is a provision of the Franchise Action of 1937, it should have been included. Section 6297 of the Public Utilities Code which reads : "The grantee shall remove or relocate without expense to the City any facilities installed, used and maintained under the franchise if and when made necessary by any law- ful change of grade, alignment or width of any public City Council Minutes July 19, 1978 Page 2 street, way, alley, or place, including the construction of any subway or viaduct by the City." This had been reviewed by both our City Attorney and legal counsel representing the Edison Company. Title was read by Mr. Wasserman. ORDINANCE NO. 33 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, RESCINDING ORDINANCE NO. 16 AND GRANTING TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS, A FRANCHISE TO USE AND TO CONSTRUCT AND USE, FOR TRANSMITTING AND DISTRIBUTING ELECTRICITY FOR ANY AND ALL PURPOSES, POLES, WIRES, CONDUITS AND APPURTENANCES, INCLUDING COMMUNICATION CIRCUITS NECESSARY OR PROPER THEREFORE, IN, ALONG, ACROSS, UPON, OVER AND UNDER THE PUBLIC STREETS, WAYS, ALLEYS AND PLACES WITHIN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to waive entire reading and to pass on to August 2, 1978 meeting for adoption. Motion unanimously carried. STREET LIGHT Mr. Wasserman introduced an agreement between Edison AGREEMENT and the City for street lighting services in Rancho Cucamonga. Resolution Mikels asked questions about how the residents of a No. 78-39 tract go about the process of having street lights installed when they have been paid for but not installed. Mr. Lorin Stone of the Edison Company said the City makes the decision for the amount, size and placement of lights. The installation costs are borne by the Developer. Mikels asked what happened after the Developer moved out and still no lights? Wasserman said in those cases the property owner bears the cost and the City pays for the services. Mikels asked what happens to those that have paid for installation but do not have them? Wasserman said to call the City Engineer. Mayor read title of Resolution No. 78-39. RESOLUTION NO. 78-39 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING A STREET LIGHTING AGREEMENT. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by West to waive entire reading and to adopt Resolution No. 78-39. Motion unanimously carried. AMMENDMENT TO Mr. Wasserman explained that because of the additional work CONTRACT WITH required on the General Plan -- which was at the request PLANNING CONSULTANT of the Council -- and because of additional costs FOR GENERAL PLAN encountered because of inadequate land use information which was supposed to have been made available by County Planning Department, therefore, there were additional expenses of approximately $20,161 incurred. Mr. Blayney, the consultant, was willing to absorb $10,161 leaving an additional cost to the City of $10,000. City Council Minutes July 19, 1978 Page 3 Schlosser asked why the $57,661 amount. Mr. Wasserman explained it was outlined in John Blayney's letter of July 6, 1978. Summary of that section follows: "To summarize: Original contract maximum: $37,500 Costs attributable to Sketch Plan #4 and rescheduling: $ 9,000 Costs due to inadequate land use map (would have been incurred without rescheduling): $ 1,000 Maximum budget requested: $47,500 Contract overrun to be absorbed by J. Blayney Assoc. $10,161 Estimated total cost of work: $57,661 The request from Blayney & Assoc. was that the contract be amended to set the maximu at $47,500 or the actual time and direct costs less $10,161, whichever is less." West asked if there would be additional charges? Wasserman said there may be some additional costs. Until we have the public hearing input, we really do not know how much further work will be required. It would really depend upon the Council and community. Motion: Moved by Schlosser, seconded by Palombo to approve the $10,000 from the City's contingency fund for amendment to the contract with John Blayney and Assoc. Motion unanimously carried. HEALTH Briefly, Mr. Wasserman explained the background to the INSURANCE problem. The City sought bids for health insurance for City employees. Two were considered: High McNichols from Empire Company in Upland and Tom Gray from Rancho Cucamonga. Although both policies were from Blue Cross that were considered, it appeared to the City staff that one policy from Empire appeared to be somewhat better. Thus, the City placed their business with Empire Insurance Co. Mr. Gray was protesting this before the Council. The two policies differed in the amount when the policy would pay 100% of the major medical. Empire's policy said it would pay 80% until the payments reached $4,000 then the policy would reimburse at 100%. Mr. Gray's policy said benefits of 100% would not take place until after $5,000 had been incurred. Because of the discrepancy, West felt, with the consensus of the Council, that this should go back to the staff for investigation with the Blue Cross representative as to the correct interpretation of the policies, then brought back to the next meeting of the Council. RECESS Mayor called a recess at 8:05 p.m. and reconvened at 8:15 p.m. Ail were present. City Council Minutes July 19, 1978 Page 4 ADVISORY Mr. Wasserman presented a report regarding the Advisory COMMITTEES Committees. A written staff report had been presented to each Council member. Briefly, each of the three committees would consist of five members each with two- year terms on a rotating basis. They would all meet at the same time, thus cutting down staff time. Suggestion was to have meetings at 4:30 p.m. -- perhaps rotating the meeting place. Staff representative to be include would be the City Manager or his designate. Potential areas of involvement were suggested in areas of Planning, Park and Recreation, Transportation, Public Safety, Community Goals, Capital Improvements Needs. This list is only suggestive and not complete. Discussion followed about the response from the application which had been minimal. It was decided that each Council man appoint a representative from each of the three areas to serve. City staff would send an application form to everyone who had applied to serve on the Planning Commission. West hoped this would also appear in the papers to give it more publicity. For a deadline -- August 31 was set with hopes to announce members of the Committees on September 6. It was decided to use a person's zip code as representing the Community he would be representing. Schlosser felt there should be some rather strict regula- tions for members of the Committees. For example, missing three consecutive meetings would mean automatic replacement. KINGSWAY Mr. Wasserman requested this item to be continued until CONSTRUCTION August 16. Request granted. SPECIAL Mr. Empey made the presentation to hold a special census CENSUS for Rancho Cucamonga. It was the only way the State would agree to our actual population and was needed to determine the subventions we would be allowed. In order to have a special census the City would have to provide: City maps, which would have to be mailed to Sacramento prior to the census; office space; telephones; staffing; etc. Cost to conduct the census would be $21,000. Benefit: for example -- if the population were at 42,000, it would take the City approximately one year to recover. Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to approve the special census with funds coming from the contingency fund. Motion unanimously carried. ESTABLISHING Mr. Hubbs made the presentation which was a result of chnges CHANGES IN made at the July 19, 1978 meeting. TRAFFIC REPORT Mr. Wasserman read title of Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 78-40 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ESTABLISHING THROUGH HIGHWAY AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES WITHIN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA. City Council Minutes July 19, 1978 Page 5 Motion: Moved by Mikesl, seconded by Schlosser to adopt Resolution No. 78-40. Motion unanimously carried. ADDITIONAL Mr. Wasserman made a presentation to the Council of SPACE leasing a thirty-foot mobile office building for the need REQUIREMENT of additional space at City Hall for the Community Develop- ment Department. After some discussion, Schlosser felt he wanted to look at the present set up before approval. This was the consensus of the Council, and for staff to bring the request back at the next meeting. CITY ATTORNEY Because of the backlog of work from the County in the area REPORTS of Planning, the City Attorney presented an Ordinance establishing a moratorium. It would not affect industrial, commercial, minor home imporvements and additions. Mr. Lam pointed out that there were indeed many building applications of all types backlogged from the County. Each one was like a new application to the City planners, and thus, were requiring a great deal of time in order to do a good job. There was also the problem of trying to set up a program for the community, records systems, etc. Doug Hone spoke from the audience confirming that the files on some of his projects were not correct with many inconsistencies. He did not see how the City staff could handle the backlog without taking some action of this type. The City Attorney reported he had reviewed twelve files himself and in four of them found conflicting information. Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to approve Ordinance No. 36 as an urgency Ordinance. Mikels felt that the Ordinance should contain a section for Council's review of the status. Wasserman said instead of showing this in the Ordinance, the staff would give Council monthly reports. Council felt every six weeks was adequate. Schlosser felt that an addition should be made to the Ordinance to include those who desired to build a single family home could do so. Mr. Lam felt the City could handle these without any problems. Therefore, Mr. Lam and the City Attorney went aside to write the section to be inserted. CONSENT The following consent calendar items were presented: CALENDAR a. Building and Development Plan Check Services - request from the Community Development Department. b. Tract 9157: Release Bonds in the amount of $5,800 to Kent Land Co. Tract 9080: Release Bonds in the amount of $2,000 to Griggin Development Co. City Council Minutes July 19, 1978 Page 6 c. Tract 8958: Release Performance Bond (Road) in the amount of $68,000 and Material and Labor Bond (Road) in the amount of $34,000 to Coral Investment Inc. d. Approval of Bills. e. Tract 9585: Accept roads and Release Performance Bond (Water) in the amount of $29,000 and Performance Bond (Sewer) in the amount of $25,000 to Thompson Associates Development Corp. Tract 9153: Release Performance Bond (Water) in the amount of $44,000 and Performance Bond (Sewer) in the amount of $33,000 to R & J Investors. Tract 9116: Accept roads located at the northwest corner of Hillside Road and Jasper Street - owner, Gary Miller. Tract 9287: Accept Roads located at the northeast corner of Lemon Avenue and Carnelian Street - owner Crowell/Leventhal, Inc. f. Accept Certificate of Deposit and Agreement of $3,500 by Delbert & Barbara Stonebraker. g. Accept Surety Bond and Agreement in the amount of $8,400 by Harold & Donna Sears. h. Refer claim by Pamela J. Wilson against the City to City Attorney for handling. i. Refer claim by M. Cortizo against the City to City Attorney for handling. j. Alcoholic beverage on-sale beer and wine application for David Camou for Ernie's at 7157 Amethyst Avenue. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to approve the Consent Calendar items. Motion unanimously carried. NEW BUSINESS 1. West asked about the weed clean up around the city. Mr. Wasserman said we would be making a comprehensive report at the August 2 meeting. 2. Meeting with Dr. Smith, Leonard Gorczyca regarding the Historical meeting in the City offices on Monday evening, July 24. Mikels said he would also be present. 3. Mr. Walter Scavani was present to make a plea to the Council regarding a water line broken by an elm tree which was on City property. Discussion followed. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by West to refer back to the City staff for investigation. Motion unanimously carried. RECESS Mayor called a recess at 9:45 p.m. and at 10:00 the meeting reconvened. Ail were present. City Council Minutes July 19, 1978 Page 7 CITY ATTORNEY The City Attorney read section which he had drafted at REPORT the Council's request for addition to Ordinance No. 36. Paragraph 7C is as follows: (continuation) "A residential subdivision, residential land division, parcel map or building permit where only one new residential dwelling can result. This exemption shall be on a one-time basis only. This exemption shall be subject to the approval of the Community Development Director prior to the issuance of any building permit." Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to adopt Ordinance No. 36 as an urgency Ordinance with the addition of Section 7C. Motion unanimously carried. ADJOURNMENT Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to adjourn. Motion unanimously carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:05 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Beverly Authelet Deputy City Clerk