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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978/04/19 - Minutes April 19, 1978 CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA CITY COUNCIL MINUTES Regular Meeting CALL TO ORDER The regular meeting of the City Council was held at the Community Services Building, 9161 Baseline Road, Rancho Cucamonga, on Wednesday, April 19, 1978. The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by Mayor James C. Frost. ROLL CALL Present: Council members Jon D. Mikels, Michael Palombo, Charles West, Phillip D. Schlosser, and Mayor James C. Frost. City Manager, Lauren M. Wasserman, and Interim City Attorney, Sam Crowe. APPROVAL OF The minutes of April 12, 1978 and corrected minutes of MINUTES April 5, 1978 were approved. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to approve the April 12, 1978 and April 5, 1978 minutes. Motion unanimously carried. ANNOUNCEMENTS The County Flood Control Department will be presenting an overview of the city's long-range flood control needs at at meeting on Tuesday, April 25, 1978 at 7:00 p.m. in the County Library. West Valley Transit Authority meeting on Thursday, April 20, 3:00 p.m. at the Montclair City Hall. School Task Force meeting on April 20 at 5:00 p.m. in the Alta Loma School District Offices at 9350-F Baseline Road. Community meetings on Saturday, April 29 and May 20 from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Alta Loma High School to discuss the General Plan. Mr. Wasserman announced that there were two additional items to be added to the agenda: Staff Report No. 7n - Bids for Beryl Avenue 7o - Park acquisition PUBLIC HEARING An Ordinance for a weed abatement program. ITEMS ORDINANCE NO. 20 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGAADOPTING BY REFERENCE "CHAPTER 3 OF DIVISION 2 OF TITLE 2 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CODE" AND MAKING CERTAIN AMENDMENTS THERETO. The title was read by Mr. Wasserman. He then explained that this ordinance would reestablish a weed abatement program that would be administered by the Foothill Fire District. Motion: Moved by Palombo~ seconded by West to waive the entire reading. Motion unanimously carried. Discussion: None. City Council Minutes April 19, 1978 Page 2 Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to adopt the ordinance. Motion unanimously carried. An Ordinance to establish a Business License program in Rancho Cucamonga. ORDINANCE NO. 21 AN ORDINANCE LICENSING THE TRANSACTION AND CARRYING ON OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES, TRADES, PROFESSIONS, CALLINGS, AND OCCUPATIONS IN THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA FOR THE PURPOSE OF RAISING MUNICIPAL REVENUE AND PROVIDING A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF. The title was read by Mr. Wasserman. The ordinance would establish a business license program for the City of Rancho Cucamonga which would be in effect July 1, 1978 if adopted. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to waive the entire reading. Motion unanimously carried. Discussion: Mr~ Kunkel, representing the Alta Loma Chamber of Commerce, spoke. He presented a more recent revision the Chambers had made to the Business License fee schedule. His main concern was: The larger businessman could better afford the higher fee than the smaller businessman. However, the city's proposal fee schedule is lower at the higher income levels. Motion: Mr. Crowe explained to the Council they already had a motion on the floor from the previous meeting. Therefore, the previous motion carried by the following vote: AYES: Schlosser, Mikels, West, Frost NOES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAINED: Palombo An Ordinance regarding building permits for the HUD mini- repair program. ORDINANCE NO. 22 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, ADDING SUB- SECTION (k) TO SECTION 16.024 OF THE SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO BUILDING PERMIT FEES FOR THE HUD MINI- REPAIR PROGRAM BROUGHT ABOUT BY STORM DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS. The title was read by Mr. Wasserman. The purpose of the ordinance is to provide that no fees shall be charged for permits issued to property owners to repair damages due to floods or mud slides as a result of heavy rains, providing the repairs are accomplished under the HUD mini-repair program for disaster declared areas. This does not include exemptions from inspections. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to waive the entire reading. Motion unanimously carried. This ordinance had been requested by the Board of Supervisors. City Council Minutes April 19, 1978 Page 3 Motion: Previous motion on the floor to adopt ordinance No. 22 was unanimously carried. An ordinance to establish a purchasing system for the city. ORDINANCE NO. 23 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA ESTABLISHING A PURCHASING SYSTEM OF REGULATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS, AND PRO- VIDING FOR THE PURCHASE AND SALE OF SUPPLIES, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICE. Title was read by Mr. Wasserman. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to waive the entire reading. Motion unanimously carried. Harry Empey, Director of Finance and author of the ordinance, was asked to present the ordinance. Mr. Empey explained the ordinance was in compliance with the law. It sets the para- meters in relation to such things as force accounts, minimum purchases, and who will be responsible for purchasing as provided for by Section 1. Mayor Frost asked the general basis for the monetary limitations. Answer: state requirements. Will it over restrict the purchasing functions? Answer: no, it is a flexible ordinance. It is not as restrictive as some of the ordinances operating in some of the surrounding cities. Policy: it will be the policy of the City to purchase locally whenever possible. However,this was not written into the ordinance. The goal is the best price for the city. This will not always be the lowest bid. Second reading will be on the May 3 agenda. CITY MANAGER'S A Resolution reducing the speed on Carnelian Street. REPORTS RESOLUTION NO. 78-18 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE Resolution CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA TO REDUCE THE reducing speed SPEED LIMIT ON BASELINE TO 35 MPH BETWEEN on Baseline CARNELIAN STREET AND HAVEN AVENUE. This resolution will reduce the speed limit on Baseline Road between Carnelian and Haven from 45 mph to 35 mph. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to waive the entire reading. Motion unanimously carried. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to adopt resolution no. 78-18. Motion unanimously carried. Bassett Barrio Mr. Holley, Director of Community Services, was asked to Social Action present the Bassett Barrio Program. This had been held Program over from the April 5 meeting. Mr. Holley explained that a meeting had been held with the various leaders of groups in North Town and the city staff. They discovered another group had been formed and was already operating in North Town. They had the support of the com- munity; they had a building, the old Boys Club; and it was well staffed. City Council Minutes April 19, 1978 Page 4 RECOMMENDATION to the Council: That we cooperate with this program, Project HOY, Help Our Youth. One way in which the city could help would be to purchase some recreational equipment for them. It would cost $2,000 to purchase the equipment they needed. Council was asked if they had any questions since Ms. Lillian Rodriquez was present. Ms. Rodriquez came forward to address the Council. She reemphasized the point that the organization HOY needed recreational equipment desperately. She pointed out that they were operating on a very small budget and would not have the funds to purchase the recreational equipment that was needed. They did have the instructors they needed; the only thing they needed at the present time was equipment for the recreational program. Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Schlosser to authorize Mr. Holley to spend $2,000 for recreational equipment for the Project HOY. Motion unanimously carried. Cinco de This item had been deleted from the agenda. Mayo Claim Jeff Shugart addressed the Council. Because he had Shugart presented his case before, there were questions by the Council if this was now necessary. Mr. Crowe explained to the Council that there was no legal reason why Mr. Shugart could not discuss the matter before the Council again. Mr. Shugart had no other course to take but to go to the Courts for a solution. The insurance company reports showed there was no negligence on the part of the city. Mr. Shugart felt there was. The Council listened to Mr. Shugart. The Council then referred the matter back to the City Attorney for handling. Transition Request for the City Council to formally approve the Agreement Agreement with the County for Provision of Transition Services. The City will pay the County $119,000 for the following services: 1. Animal control services to be provided by the County from December 1, 1977 through March 31, 1978. 2. Building in spection services will be provided by the County through June 30, 1978. All inspections started prior to the June 30 date are to be completed to the certification of occupancy. The city will receive all building permit fees collected from December 1 through the remainder of the fiscal year. 3. The County sheriff will provide law enforcement services along with the California Highway Patrol through June 30, 1978 at no additional charge to the city. 4. The County will continue providing planning services until June 30. The City receives all planning fees collected between December 1, 1977 and June 30, 1978. 5. The City will hire a planning consultant to complete the General Plan. The County will provide during the trans- itional period services to the consultant equivalent to one-half man year plus $6,000 between December and June. City Council Minutes April 19, 1978 Page 5 The City will pay the County of San Bernardino $85,000 of the City's gas tax funds in exchange for the County providing all road maintenance, repair, and construction projects as agreed to by the City previously. It was recommended that the City Council approve the agreement between the City of Rancho Cucamonga and the County of San Bernardino for various transitional services. It was also requested that a change in the Agreement be made as follows: Section 6a -- The County agrees to perform through its Transportation Department, within the corporate limits of the City, general street maintenance, as well as, those construction projects as listed on Attachment A to the Agreement." This had been before the Council before as a Memo of Understanding, but now needed to be formalized by the Council. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Schlosser to adopt the Agreement with the County. Motion unanimously carried. Recruit Mr. Wasserman requested authorization to recruit the following Personnel personnel which would be needed by July 1, 1978, if the City were to take over the responsibilities from the County at the beginning of the fiscal year: two senior building inspectors, city engineer, engineering aide and another planning assistant. In addition, they would need to recruit a business license clerk at a salary of $960 to $1165 per month. This position would need someone that had experience in the field. These positions would be published in professional journals, local newspapers, and by sending lists to other cities. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to give authorization to Mr. Wasserman to recruit personnel as requested. Motion unanimously carried. Dust Control West End Resource Conservation District has requested that the Resolution City authorize the County to enforce County Ordinance 2069 which relates to the control of dust and soil erosion. An example of such a problem is between Arrow and freeway. RESOLUTION NO. 78-19 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING THE ENFORCEMENT OF SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY ORDIN- ANCE NO. 2069 RELATING TO SOIL CONSERVATION AND DUST CONTROL. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to waive the entire reading. Motion unanimously carried. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to adopt resolution. Discussion: None. Motion unanimously carried. Zone Request from Vanir Development for Zone Clarification. Clarification This had been referred to the Board of Supervisors about the time the City was incorporated. Because it was now in Rancho Cucamonga, the Board referred it to the City of Rancho Cucamonga's City Council. It was now before the Council for consideration. Mr. Wasserman explained that the Council should not be concerned with the future development of the property for that would be subject to the Community Director's review. They were recom- mending that the property be reverted to the C-1 standard; they wanted the restrictions removed. City Council Minutes April 19, 1978 Page 6 Palombo felt the traffic flow problems would be a problem in that area. Mikels felt the Council should not remove the zoning until Vanir had a proposed~development. Mr. Wasserman explained the Commission would be dealing with the traffic flow issue, type of development, signs, etc. The executive vice-president and general counsel for Vanir Development Company spoke on the issue. He explained they were only asking for the T-standards to be removed, then they would go to the Planning Commission for a suitable development. Unless the T-standards are removed, the Planning Commission cannot approve any development. Palombo felt he should go ahead, get the plans approved, then come to the Council for removal of the T-standards. Mikels asked if he was willing to go through the steps on an informal basis with the Planning Commission. He said they had come through it informally already. They had previously thought of a 7-11 store for the particular spot; had an agreement already filed, but the Planning Commission felt it was not appropriate for the area. Tommy Stephens from County Planning was asked by Councilman West "if the T-standards were removed, what control would the City have over the area." Answer: they had passed an ordinance that such matters would have to have the review by the Planning Director. Mr. Crowe explained that a developer could approach the matter from either end. He could first have the site plan approved by the Planning Commission, then go to the Council for removal of T-standards. Or, it could be reversed, come to the Council for removal of the T-standardsthen go to the Planning Commission for site approval. A developer probably would prefer the latter method. Palombo felt the Council should move to establish a resolution of intent to remove the T-standards upon approval of the Planning Commission of the plans. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels that the City of Rancho Cucamonga declare its intention to remove the T-standards on the property being developed by Vanir Development Company at the northeast corner of 19th and Amethyst upon approval of the Planning Commission of an alternate site plan. Discussion: Mr. Clark Bosen, one of the residents in the area spoke. He said the post office was not approved in the very beginning. He said he could see no reason for removing the T-standards; other residents felt the same. They were afraid a fast food place, all night market, or gas station might go in. Also, another problem is the flood control system in the area which is not adequate. Tommy Stephens suggested the area be zoned AP, office and professional. It might be more appropriate than the C-1 zone. Council felt the AP zone would not be what they wanted. Recommendation that the motion before the Council be adopted. The motion unanimously carried. Appeal for Appeal for Sewer Hardship Allocation by Kent Land Company. sewer hardship It was recommended that this be forwarded to the Planning Commission for consideration. City Council Minutes April 19, 1978 Page 7 Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Schlosser to forward this to the Planning Commission. Tommy Stephens said it would be best to set a date for all the hardship cases and have all the developers present at the Planning Commission meeting at one time. Ken Gland, representing the Kent Land Company, said they had been before the County Planning Department. They were referred to the Council of Rancho Cucamonga, and would like to be heard as soon as possible. Stephens said they had a list of developers for 50 hardship cases. They will set up a hearing, notify developers, then hear all cases at one time. This would be preferred rather than on an individual basis. Asked when this would be? Answer: the staff could tell him within the next few days. Motion was unanimously carried to forward this to the Planning Commission. Archibald Mr. Shone reported on the status of the tunnel on Archibald tunnel Avenue under the Ontario Airport. He said the City of Los Angeles had awarded a contract for the development of the runway at Ontario International Airport and it did not include a tunnel at Archibald. Mr. Shone also reported that Ontario City Council was considering closing Archibald and diverting traffic to Haven. Mr. Crowe said the latest results of Ontario's City Council meeting was that the night before they had passed a resolution supporting the tunnel. Mr. Crowe said he would get Mr. Shone a copy of the resolution and send it to him. Mr. Shone said FAA funds could be used for a project of this type. He suggested that we do nothing at the time being, but wait to see what Ontario does. Was suggested that Mr. Shone attend a workshop that would be coming up soon. Schlosser asked if it would do any good to voice our support. Answer: we already were on record with our support. Date Processing Request to contract with a Data Processing Service. Services Mr. Empey introduced this to the Council. He recommended that Rapid Data be selected as the company to do business with. Frost asked if we could grow into this without any major changes. Answer: It is something that we can grow into. The MDS would be too sophisticated for us at this time. Frost asked what the turn-around time was. Answer: three days maximum. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to approve the recommendation that the City select Rapid Data Services for data processing services. Motion unanimously carried. Auditing Firm Request authorization to send out letters requesting bids from auditing firms. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels. Discussion: None Motion unanimously carried. City Council Minutes Apz~l 1~i~ 1978~ page S National When we became a city, we were no longer approved for the Flood Program National Flood Insurance program. We now have to pass a resolution by the City Council for this purpose. Then next meeting there will be an ordinance presented which establishes the technical regulations for this program. RESOLUTION NO. 78-20 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, APPLYING FOR FLOOD INSURANCE AS AUTHORIZED BY THE NATIONAL FLOOD INSURANCE ACT OF 1968. Motion: Moved by Schlosser, seconded by Palombo to waive entire reading. Motion unanimously carried. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to adopt ResOlution No. 78-20. Motion unanimously carried. Beryl Avenue Mr. Shone presented bids for the Beryl Avenue reconstruction. It was felt it was necessary to get approval from City Council plus the Board of Supervisors for this project since Rancho Cucamonga would be assuming responsibility for the street. The Board of Supervisors had approved the lowest bid to Redlands Paving Incorporated in the amount of $139,785, for the reconstruction of Beryl Avenue from Banyon to 1000' north. Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Palombo to approve the bid for the reconstruction of Beryl Avenue. Motion unanimously carried Resolution A resolution for the changing of the Planning Commission for time change meeting time from 7:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Mr. Wasserman of meetings read the title. RESOLUTION NO. 78-17 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING TIME OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY PLANNING COMMISSION. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Schlosser to waive the entire reading. Motion: Moved by Palombo, seconded by Mikels to adopt Resolution 78-17. Motion unanimously carried. West felt that the City Council should also change their meeting time to be consistent with other cities and with our Planning Commissions. Motion was changed as follows: Moved by West, seconded by Schlosser to approved addition of City Council to Resolution No. 78-17. Motion unanimously carried. May 3 meeting will meet at 7:00 p.m. Heritage Park Mr. Holley presented the new Heritage Park which will be 40.46 acres. City was seeking authorization to purchase land for the new park. The owner of the prop~s~.~itew~-W~£!!!~r~g'~t~~ sell the City the land in increments over a four-year period. Motion: Moved by West, seconded by Schlosser to approve the acquisition of land for Heritage Park. Motion unanimously carried. City Council Minutes April 19, 1978 Page 9 CITY ATTORNEY Mr. Crowe presented Resolution No. 78-21 which will establish REPORTS a Development Review Board. He requested the City Council to approve the resolution since the city staff had some pending EIRs to process. The Council felt that it wanted more time to review the resolution. Mr. Wasserman said that although they would like for it to be adopted immediately, they could wait until the next meeting. Therefore, the City Council decided it should wait until the May 3 meeting. Mr. Crowe also said he needed some direction from the Council regarding the transmission lines by the May 3 meeting. The attorney needed to know what the Council wished to have included. Councilman Mikels would be meeting with Randy Bond of Southern California Edison Company the next day and would appreciate any input. CONSENT The following consent calendar items were presented for approval: CALENDAR ITEMS a. Claim for damages - Frederick Zegar be referred to City Attorney. b. Claim for James Gross be referred to the City Attorney. c. Application for alcoholic beverage license to transfer license from Stop and Go Market, 6760 Carnelian, to National Convenience Stores, Inc. d. Application for off-sale beer and wine license for the Healthy-Deli, 9668 Baseline Road. e. Bonds for City Clerk and City Treasurer to be purchased from State Farm Insurance Co. at the cost of: City Clerk- $25,000 bond, $74.00: City Treasurer - $100,000 bond, $400.00. Premiums to be renewed annually. f. Authorization for city manager to attend the League of California Cities Institute in San Diego on May 4 - 5. g. Approval of bills amounting to $14,899.11. h. Tract 9226: Accept roads located on the north side of Sixth Street between Hellman Avenue and Archibald Avenue. i. Tract 6846: Accept roads located at the southwest corner of State highway 30 and Beryl Street. j. Tract 9015: Accept roads located on the west side of Carnelian Street between Hillside Road and Banyan Street. k. Tract 9025: Accept roads located at the southwest corner of Nineteenth Street and Ramona Avenue. Motion: Moved by Mikels and seconded by Palombo to accept. Approved. Motion unanimously carried. NEW Mayor will be meeting with some people on Thursday, April 20, ~USINESS regarding the West End Multi Service Center. Chaffey College is having a meeting with Senator Jarvis on Monday, April 24, at 12:00 noon. Jarvis and the City Manager of Fontana will have a debate -- subject will be Proposition 13. Mr. Walt Moore from the audience had some business. He lives at 7165 Jasper. He presented a petition he wished to circulate regarding the traffic problems in the area. Mr. Wasserman said the staff would investigate and then get back to the Council and Mr. Moore. It will be on the May 3 agenda. ADJOURNMENT There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned to a special meeting on Tuesday, April 25, at the library Conference Room at 7:00 p.m. for a flood control meeting. Motion: Moved by Mikels, seconded by Palombo to adjourn. Unanimously carried. The meeting adjourned at 9:40 p.m. Respectfully submitted, Beverly Authelet Deputy City Clerk