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HomeMy WebLinkAbout12011970-cc_CCv0002.pdf MIN �UTES of a regular meeting of the City Council, City of Redlands, held Council Chambers, Safety Hall, 212 Brookside Avenue, on December at 7: 00 P.M. Planning Commission Items 3: 00 P.M. Regular Agenda 7: 00 P.M. PRESENT Jack B. Cummings, Mayor Charles G. DeMirjyn, Vice Mayor Chresten M. Knudsen, councilman Ellsworth E. Miller, councilman Sam S . Sewall, Councilman Ralph P. Merritt, Jr. , City Manager Edward F. Taylor, City Attorney Peggy A. Moseley, City Clerk Erwin S . Hein, Redlands Daily Facts Chuck Palmer, San Bernardino Sun ABSENT None The meeting was opened with the pledge of allegiance, followed by invocation by Reverend Ira K. Hall of the State Street Christian Mayor Cummings welcomed an overflow crowd present in the audience M. A,,,, Handley and Herbert M. Piken zone Change No. 121 is a request for a change of zone from R-S Suburban Residential District to C-4 Highway Commercial District for approximate- ly 7 .7 acres of property located at the northeast corner of Redlands Boulevard and Palm Avenue. This request was unanimously denied by the Planning Commission at their meeting of November 10, 1970. The minutes of the Planning Commission meeting were received by each member of the City Council and included in the record as part of the evidence to be reviewed in this appeal. At this time, Mayor Cummings declared the meeting open as a public hearing, as advertised, for comments in favor of and against an appeal that Council reverse the decision of the Plan- ning Commission, submitted by Mr. and Mrs . Handley and Mr. Herbert M. Piken. on behalf of the applicant, Attorney Harry M. Dougherty introduced Developer Herbert M. Piken, who named certain interested potential occu pants of the proposed shopping center and referred to persons in the audience who support this application. Mr. Piken then introduced Plan- ning Consultant Ernest Mayer, Sr. , who made an in-depth summary of the material presented to support this application. A copy of this report was filed as part of the appeal record on file in the office of the City Clerk. Mr. Piken then introduced Mr. Dave Duchane of Long' s Drug- stores, who expressed an interest in establishing a drugstore in the area if developed. Miss Cameron Cooper of 222 South Rexford Drive, Beverly Hills, spoke in favor of the application, giving estimates of property valuation before and after the development of grocery stores in Redlands, to show that properties in the City would not be adversely affected by the develop- ment. Mr. Wade Walls of 708 Roosevelt Road made a comprehensive presentation against the zone change, including a map delineating the location of signers of the petition against the Zone Change. It showed they lived in a one-mile radius of the Palm and Redlands Boulevard site. He also gave statistics on sales tax within the City of Redlands, and explained the actual amount percentages received by the city from sales made with in the city, and also explained the relative property value tax-wise to the city under various development uses . Mr. Walls requested that Council not disregard the Planning Commission' s unanimous recommenda- tion against the change, not break faith with the residents, and not table or postpone this decision. Mrs . Lawrence Patton of 440 South Buena vista addressed Council as a long-time Redlands resident and presented a detailed analysis of the problem facing Council as she sees it, which she filed with the City Council throuch the Citv Clerk. Mrs. Patton discussed the Zoning ordi- A. Moore and Mr. Leon Armantrout also strongly recommend denial o: zone change. City Attorney Taylor explained the legal procedure appeal. He advised the Council that it could either uphold or rem the Planning Commission's decision. In the event of a reversals I matter must be referred back to the Planning Commission for reconu tion. If the Commission is upheld, the application would be fina' denied, he said. Mr. P�ken described the telephone census he had ducted over the weekend of residents in the immediate area, and si that he had spoken with seven residents, and found only one oppose the development. Mr. George Andrews and Mr. John Mahoney spoke against the zone chi Larry Myers, Vice President of Security Pacific National Bank, br: restated the effort and study that had been put into this plan, ro ated his belief concerning the need, described the changes taking in Redlands and requested Council approval of the application to Mayor Cummings also summarized four communications - three letter! a recommendation from the Traffic Commission that no vehicle traf.- change be made on Redlands Boulevard south of Cypress Avenue. Mal Cummings closed the public hearing and the Council discussed the 1 further. Vice Mayor DeMirjyn briefly described a poll he conduct4 25 residents in the immediate neighborhood. Three people were not terested, two were in favor of the change and 17 residents were of to the zone change. Following more discussion, Mr. DeMirjyn moved that Council uphold decision of the Planning Commission and deny the request for Zone No. 121. Councilman Knudsen stated "We should explain to people i Obviously it is in opposition to present codes and ordinances. R4 depend on present zoning to protect their homes" '. stated that he I homes were the best and highest use for this property-, expressed in the Planning Commission and the Planning Director and their pL a projected Redlands population of 90, 000; stressed that there wai for redevelopment in Redlands ; added that he was aware of the fini problems and City' s need for tax revenue, but that he was unwillii make these residents suffer for the financial problem; stated that City should solve the financial problem in a forthright manner; sl that there was in the order of $4, 000 difference in income to the between single family residences and Mr. Piken' s proposal; and se( the motion. Then Vice Mayor DeMirjyn stated that he would like tc his motion to state that the decision of the Planning Commission a be upheld and that Zone Change No. 121 be denied upon the basis o' following findings of fact: 1. That the establishment of the shopping center would not contra it was incompatible with their residential uses; and that they had built in the area in reliance upon the representation in the City Master Plan that no large commercial development would be placed near them. 3. That the estimated increase of income to the city from sales and property taxes from the development would not be sufficient to off- set the objections to its location in the neighborhood. Councilman Sewall added that the figures presented did not justify a need in this area, and said that he would vote AYE. Councilman Miller stated that he preferred to uphold the Planning Commission' s decision as being factually sound and good planning. The motion was adopted by the following roll call vote: AYES : Councilmen DeMirjyn, Knudsen, Miller, Sewall NOES : Mayor Cummings (for the reason that he would prefer tabling this until the ordinances are further studied) ABSENT: None Public Hearing was also advertised for this time and place on Ordinance No. 1426, an ordinance of the City of Redlands approving the establish- Lance ment of an R-1 (Single Family Residential) .District for approximately 1426 20 acres of land located on the southeast corner of Colton Avenue and ►g Dearborn Street. At this time Mayor Cummings again opened the meeting as a public hearing for any questions or comments concerning this ordi- nance. None being forthcoming, the public hearing was declared closed. ordinance No. 1426 was then adopted., with waiver of the reading of the ordinance in full, on motion of Councilman Sewall, seconded by Council- man Miller, by the following roll call vote; AYES: Councilmen DeMirjyn, Knudsen, Miller, Sewall, Mayor Cummings NOES: None ABSENT: None IVES S Due to the lateness of the hour and the number of interested persons in the Council Chambers, the Redlands Coalition presentation was moved to this place on the agenda. Mayor Cummings briefly outlined the history of the "Mayor' s Coalition" ,stating that it originated from a request made two years ago to the Council for establishment of a Human Relations Commission. After considerable study it was concluded that a Coalition was preferable to a Human Relations Commission. More than sixty citi- zens have been working every two weeks for the past three months to Lnds formulate the present material. .tion Tar. Donald Rusk, Chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee which was instrumental in Formulating this document, thanked Mayor Cummings for his support and untiring efforts in this matter, and expressed the hope that this will become an effective instrument in making a greater Redlands. Vose Danny Martinez of 600 Baldwin Avenue expressed his opinion of the manner in which the Housing 'T'ask Force of the Redlands Coalition could be of t.W"3. iWAL i 44 - ------- ­.-- ­_ __­ ­___ ­- -- for spending monies or drawing up laws . Mr. Fred Ford spoke in f of the motion. Following the unanimous approval, Mayor Cummings thanked the Coun thanked all the people present in the audience who had worked so gently on this . TRAUjgM QQ_ SS ION RECOMMENDATIONS Due to the lateness of the hour and the interested persons in att Council took under consideration Traffic commission recommendatic the intersection of Cypress Avenue and Redlands Boulevard. Direc Public Works Shone reported that in the past year twenty-three ac have occurred at Cypress Avenue and Redlands Boulevard and it is recommendation of the department that cement dividers be placed f Redlands Boulevard east and west to prevent the crossover of the Cypress line for the left turn entrance into the Baptist Church on east s Avenue & Redlands Redlands Boulevard or entrance into Sage' s on the west side of Re Boulevard Boulevard. Mr. Shone added that the $23,000 necessary for the ch Inter- Section of traffic signals is not presently available in the budget. Mr. Sandifer and Mr. Leonard Jones spoke in behalf of the Temple Bapt Church to request some assistance in this problem. Mr. Robert Pi of 624 East Cypress, complained concerning the red curbing in frc his house which would prevent the parking of guests and visitors . erend Ira K. Hall of 320 East Cypress addressed Council with a su tion that exit from the east driveway at Sage' s be designated for turn only to relieve the traffic congestion created when people a waiting to make a left turn to travel west on Cypress Avenue.` Fc ing discussion, Council elected to table this matter due to the i ficiency of funds. At the regular meeting of the Traffic Commission on November 23, the following recommendations were sent for Council consideration SECTION ONE: Pursuant to Article 678, Section 67801 (b) of the Redlands Traffic ordinance: 1. Remove twenty-foot long loading zone located on south side of Resolution Redlands Boulevard forty-one feet east of 3rd Street. No. 2845 SECTION TWO: Pursuant to Article 678, Section 67805 (a) 1. of tt. Traffic Redlands Traffic ordinance: 1. Establish no parking zone on the east side of Church Street f Citrus Avenue north to railroad tracks . SECTION THREE: Pursuant to Article 677, Section 67709 (a) of the Redlands Traffic ordinance: 1. Establish a one hour parking limit on the west side of Churcl Street from State Street extending to a point 125' south of C Avenue. Following discussion, the Council moved to accept the above recon tions, and unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2845 which implemer above recommendations, on motion of Councilman Miller, seconded b Council agreed to revise the ordinance establishing the Traffic Commis- sion in order that lay citizens may be voting members and the city em- ployees only advisory members, with the City Attorney directed to pre- pare an ordinance establishing this procedure. Ur, r-OMMI.UN.10AECOMLNDAT12 , ,, S As considered by the city council at a regular meeting thereof held on December 1, 1970 at 3:00 P.M. Present-, Councilmen DeMirjyn, Knudsen, Miller, Sewall, Mayor Cummings ; Attorneiy Bill Brunick gondition,al ,g2a Permit No. 171 - Jehovahls' Witnesses, Inc. That the request of Jehovah's Witnesses of Redlands, Inc. for a Condi- tional Use Permit in an R-S zone to construct a meeting.hall (church) on property located at the northwest corner of Ford Street and Fifth Avenue be approved subject to the recommendations of all departments as contained in Planning Commission minutes dated November 23, 1970. on motion of Councilman DeMirjyn, seconded by Councilman Knudsen, this recommendation of the Planning Commission was adopted by the City Council. Street Vacation No. 57 - Jehovah's Witad0ses, Inc. That the request of Jehovah' s Witnesses of Redlands, Inc. for vacation of that portion of Fifth Avenue (Contour Street) lying adjacent and east of the existing Redlands Freeway right-of-way line and lying nor- therly of the north line of Fifth Avenue extended between Ford Street and the Freeway right-of-way be approved as recommended in Planning Commission minutes dated November 23, 1970. on motion of Councillpan DeMirjyn, seconded by Councilman Miller, unanimous approval was given to the recommendation of the Planning Commission. Lot SPli.t, No. 424_-, Jehovah' s-wi.tnessest Inc,, That the request of Jehovah's Witnesses of Redlands, Inc. for permis- sion to split property located at the northwest corner of Ford Street and Fifth Avenue (Contour Street) 7 Lot Split No. 424 - be approved subject to the recommendations of all departments as contained in Plan- ning Commission minutes dated November 23, 1970, and reconfirming Engineering : Divis,ion item 02that applicant request closure of the north one-half of Fifth Avenue. on motion. of Councilman DeMirjyn, seconded by Councilmah, Sewall, this recommendation of the Planning Com- mission was adopted by the City Council. ATT1111—OK "M RMIMOVIS City Manager Merritt presented three requests for transfer of water stock with option B. These requests were approved unanimously on motion of Councilman DeMirjyn, seconded by Councilman Miller. Manager Merritt also brought for Council information notification of an application for an on-sale beer license at 220 Orange Street. LCATIONS Mayor Cummings acknowledged receipt of a communication from the Board est - of Parking Place Commissioners requesting that they be invited to ing future meetings called for the discussion of the City's Master Plan or e I ission- zone changes which may have an adverse affect on commercial development in downtown Redlands, thereby materially affecting future planning consideration of the Parking Place commission. r4*xy MAn.-%evizor MjPrr44-f- nntir,,p of n -r^rnia4tf-1 On motion of councilman Miller, seconded by Councilman DeMirjyn, Resolution tion No. 2844, a resolution of intention to vacate portions of a No. 2844 Street street (Fern Avenue) in the City of Redlands was unanimously adop Vacation and public hearing on this resolution set for January 5, 1971 at P.M. in the council Chambers. NEW BUSINESS On motion of Councilman Sewall, seconded by councilman Miller, Re Resolution tion No. 2841, a resolution of the City of Redlands establishing No. 2841 Tow Truck truck and storage garage rates within the City of Redlands, was u Rates mously adopted. This resolution implements Ordinance No. 1425, u was given second reading and adoption at this evening' s meeting. CITY MANAGER City Manager Merritt presented two awards to the Redlands Fire De Awards ment in gratitude for service in the recent disastrous fires, the Fire from the San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors, a token of e Department for service in connection with the Myer Canyon fire, and the secc President 's service award in appreciation for services in the rec disastrous fire in San Diego County. Resolution Resolution No. 2842, which was adopted at the last Council meetir No. 2842 included a section in which the rating of the Junior Civil Engine Salary raised from 30 to 31. This resolution was reapproved on motion c Councilman Miller, seconded by Councilman DeMirjyn. On motion of Councilman DeMirjyn, seconded by Councilman Miller, Resolution City Council authorized the City Manager to sign the necessary aq NO. 2843 ments to purchase a parcel of land which is approved for sale at Tax Deeded auction, and which is in actuality a portion of a Redlands street Property unanimously adopted Resolution No. 2843, which requests the Board Supervisors to deed this piece of property to the City of Redland Bid Call on motion of Councilman Knudsen, seconded by Councilman Sewall, a Paving ization was given for the City Clerk to advertise for bids for pa 14aterial material and equipment, bids to be opened December 15, 1970. A grant deed from Crestview Associates and C.B.R. Investment Comp Grant Deed Associates for street right-of-way in connection with Commission Crestview and Approval No. 255 was unanimously adopted on motion of Council Associates Miller, seconded by Councilman DeMirjyn, with the City Manager au ized to execute the certificate of acceptance in behalf of the Ci Transfer of $49, 730 to Legal and Capital Fund from the Parking AU Fund Fund in repayment of a loan for purchase of Parking Lot #4, was a Transfer ized on motion of Councilman DeMirjyn, seconded by Councilman Mil on motion of councilman Sewall, seconded by Councilman Knudsen, a Dearborn latitude was unanimously authorized for the City Manager in the P Reservoir of property for the expanded facilities at the Dearborn Reservoir No further business demanding attention at this time, on motion the Council adjourned at 11: 10 P.M. Next regular meeting, December 15, 1970. � aYor of the City46f Redlands erg ' 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0