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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02051974-cc_CCv0001.pdf Sam S . Sewall, Councilman R. 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 invocation by Reverend Paul M. Fitch, Jr. , of the Free Methodis The minutes of the regular meeting of the City Council of Janua 1974 were approved as submitted. Mayor. Cummings welcomed the large number of high school student citizens present in the chambers . He asked the Council candida {€ stand and introduce themselves to those in attendance. Mr . War Elliott, Mrs . Helen Blair , Mr. Wallace Sanchez and Mrs . Bertha Grace stood, as did Councilman Miller and Vice Mayor DeMirlyn, were applauded by the audience for their willingness to serve t on the Council . Candidate Riddell also attended. PUBLIC HEARINGS This being the time and place advertised for public hearing on Ordinance nance No. 1529, an ordinance of the City of Redlands amending Z No. 1529 Ordinance 1000 by the additions of Sections 25. 20 and 26 .20, r Uses to uses permitted b Conditional Use Permit. Mayor Cummings at Permitted y By C.U.P. time declared the meeting open as a public hearing for any comm questions concerning this ordinance. None being forthcoming, t public hearing was declared closed, and Ordinance No. 1529 was on motion of Councilman Knudsen, seconded by Councilman Miller , waiver of the reading of the ordinance in full, by the foilowin call vote: AYES : Councilmen DeMirjyn, Knudsen, Miller, Sewall, Mayor Cu NOES : None ABSENT: None COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS Planning Commission - 1 . Conditional Use Permit No. 214 - William Sternfeld - Time E That a time extension for Conditional Use Permit No. 214 from February 26, 1974 for property located between Stillman Avenue Sylvan Boulevard be granted, subject to the filing of an Enviro Impact Report if one is not presently on file. Council approva given on motion of Councilman Sewall, seconded by Councilman Kn by the following roll call vote: AYES : Councilmen Knudsen, Miller, Sewall, Mayor Cummings NOES : Councilman DeMirjyn, for the reason that he believes t development is not beneficial to nearby property ABSENT: None Councilman Knudsen moved that Council accept this recommendation. Councilman DeMirj'yn seconded the motion . Mayor Cummings stated that there had been no material received on this proposal. Councilman Sewall moved to table the matter to the next meeting ; motion was seconded by Councilman Miller and carried. Councilman Knudsen also briefly reported on the engineer ' s opinion concerning results of earthquake damage to the reservoir . PIONS AND PETITIONS City Manager Merritt presented three applications for waiver of -fees for use of the Redlands Bowl: !r 1. Boy Scouts of America for the Lincoln Day activities ; rwl Fee 2 . Christian Businessmen ' s Association for the Easter Sunrise Service: 3. Redlands High School for graduation practice and baccalaureate. Unanimous approval was given to this on motion of Councilman Miller, seconded by Councilman Knudsen. I City Manager Merritt reminded the Council that funds must be approved for this work. on motion of Councilman Miller, seconded by Councilman DeMirjyn, unanimous approval was given to allocating funds from the General Fund for the cost of these uses . On motion of Councilman Miller, seconded by Councilman Sewall, approval !r was given for waiver of business license fee for the Redlands Junior gess ase Academy students who plan to paint house numbers on curbings as a fund- raising endeavor , with the understanding that the size of the numbers and paint used, etc. , comply with the Public Works standards . On motion of Councilman Knudsen, seconded by Councilman Sewall, 'acts unanimous approval was given to the transfer of three Option B Water Contracts from Cook-Lane, Bock and Goerlitz. City Manager Merritt brought notice from the Alcoholic Beverage Board of two on-sale beverage license transfers , one at 220 Orange Street and the second at 1265 Brookside Avenue. This was for Council infor- mation only. City Manager Merritt read a decision from Attorney General Evelle Younger concerning the use of revenue sharing funds for legal aid to the elderly poor . The ruling stated that the public entity must retain `ue ultimate control of discretion and judgement in carrying out of the ng ocial legal services to the elderly poor . Mr. Merritt added that an opinion ,ces on the use of revenue sharing funds for social projects will shortly be given by the Attorney General. Councilman Miller -moved to remove from the table the matter of the application from the Ad Hoc Committee appointed by the Council which had come to Council on January 15, 1974 . The motion to remove was vote: AYES: Councilmen DeMirjyn and Knudsen NOES: Councilmen Miller and Sewall, Mayor Cummings ABSENT: None On the original motion, Dr- Miller moved 'to strike out the TEL-I allotment at this time and fund the other three organizations si above. Councilman Sewall again seconded. Council discussed the State Employment Office which will cooperate and possibly reduce cost, as mentioned by Mr. Merritt. The motion was then carried the following vote: AYES - Councilmen Knudsen, Miller, Sewall, Mayor Cummings NOES : Councilman DeMirjyn ABSENT: None Mayor Cummings requested that the Ad Hoc Committee be re-activa, that Reverend Ted Hurlburt be requested to call the meeting to Ad Hoc The Clerk was directed to notify Chairman Hurlburt and to Yeque! Committee Finance Director Archbold be involved because accounting of the is important and the Finance Director has the primary responsib: in disbursement of these funds . The request from the Lugonia Park Water Company that the City oi Irrigation Redlands serve the company' s irrigation customers through the C: Water Redlands water facilities was referred to the staff for a repor° Service study, unanimously, on motion of Councilman Knudsen, seconded b, Councilman Sewall . The Director of Public Works may bring this If to the Public Works Commission if be wishes . Mayor Cummings announced that the groundbreaking for the $1 .3 m Ground construction of the new Telephone Company Building on the southi Breaking corner of Citrus and Orange Streets will be at 10 :00 a.m. Thursi February 7th, and invited all interested people to attend. At 7:00 a.m. Friday, February 8th, the Loma Linda Heart Project be held at the Board of Realtors Building. Anyone wishing to p. of this service must attend without breakfast. The opening of the Sandman Motel is scheduled for 9t00 a.m. Tue: February 12th. The budget session for Zone 3 Flood Control District will be he. February 14th at 2:00 p.m. 'NEW BUSINESS Ordinance No. 1530, an ordinance of the City of Redlands amendL Ordinance Chapter 42 of the Ordinance Code and adopting the 1973 edition No. 1530 Uniform Fire Code, was given first reading of the title and laic Fire Code under the rules with public hearing set for .March 12, 1974 . Resolution No. 3096, a resolution of the City of Redlands estab. Resolution -uniform rules and regulations for non-renewal of Agricultural P. 3098 the canvass of the General Municipal Election to be held on the 5th of i.on March, 1974, be made by the City Clerk of the City of Redlands ; was 's unanimously adopted, on motion of Councilman DeMi.rjyn, seconded by Councilman Knudsen. Resolution No. 3101, a resolution declaring the interest of the Council ition of the City of Redlands to approve an amendment to the contract 3101 between the Board of Administration of the Public Employees ` Retirement PERS System and the City, which will give a 5% increase to employees act retiring between January 1 , 1971 and July 1971 was unanimously adopted, on motion of Councilman Miller , seconded by Councilman Sewall . { TAGER City Manager Merritt described a plot of land which the City owns adjacent to the Procellis of the Redlands Bowl and recommended convert- ig Lot ing it into 34 parking spaces which could be rented daily and used )pment evenings for Bowl activities , The estimated price would be $8, 700, with the funds coming from the Property Acquisition and Development Fund. Following brief discussion, on motion of Councilman Miller, seconded by Councilman Knudsen, this proposal was approved by the City Council. The City of Redlands recently amended its cable television ordinance to comply with the current F. C.C. regulations , and at this time Televents requests that, in accordance with F.C.C. policy, a copy of ration their application for certificate of compliance and materials related "'.C. to it, be filed in the City Clerk ' s Office for public inspection . This document was ordered filed in the Office of the City Clerk. It is anticipated that the F.C.C. will be issuing Televents the required certificate of compliance during the latter part of February with the construction of the CATV system to start shortly after the certificate is issued. City Manager Merritt stated that the Disposal. Department had been using ation two temporary employees on a full-time basis for the last six months 3097 due to increases in residential developments and in special hauls .. He requested that Resolution No. 3097, a resolution of the City of Ile - 3al Redlands which will amend the salary schedule and compensation plan in order to increase the full-time position of Collectors from 13 to 15, be adopted. On motion of Councilman Sewall, seconded by Councilman Miller, Resolution No. 3097 was unanimously adopted. Resolution No. 3099, a resolution of the City Council establishing ztion policies and procedures for the review of requested changes in wages, 3099 fringe benefits and working conditions for the 1974-75 fiscal year 3- budget was unanimously adopted on motion of Councilman Sewall, seconded aures by Councilman Miller . This resolution establishes March 1 as the dead Assistant to the City Manager . The agreement includes retainer Consultant Agreement from February 1, 1974 to June 30, 1974 at $100.00 per month, wi� rate of $12 .00 per hour for each period worked with a $48.00 mii The agreement is for a period of four months and may be extender -mutual agreement on a month-to-month basis . On motion of Counc Knudsen, seconded by Councilman DeMirjyn, unanimous approval ww to this contract. City Manager Merritt 'brought to Council attention the following changes in the Council meeting schedule: a. Tuesday, March 5, 1974 City Election (No Council Meeting b. Tuesday, March 12, 1974 Adjourned Council meeting with th, installation of officers and reor, tion of the Council C. Tuesday, March 19, 1974 Regular Council meeting d. Tuesday, March 26 , 1974 Civic Day, with Council meeting ii afternoon for the students Councilman Sewall stated that he had enjoyed serving as City rel ative on SCAG and regretted resigning, but that his present dut. prevented attending further meetings. He stated that there wou general assembly meeting on February 7 and 8 in Los Angeles whir should be very interesting and informative, Councilman Knudsen is the alternate, will not be able to attend due to personal bu! Mr. Schindler stated that he would try to attend. The chair accepted the resignation and thanked Mr. Sewall for h service in this capacity; he added for the benefit of the candi� in the audience that out-of-town meetings were one of the most ing responsibilities of each Councilman. Mayor Cummings stated the assignments would be re-aligned following the re-organizati� the Council on March 12 , 1974 . Vice-Mayor DeMirjyn announced that he was disturbed by report o idation of an employee by his department head; Mr. DeMirjyn mal recommendations of stepshedesired to have taken in the event accusation was proved true; he added that the matter had been to the District Attorney' s office and to the F.B .I. Mayor Cummings stated that every individual has the right to de himself. Mayor Cummings explained for those in attendance that the City since 1959 , a Personnel Advisory Board to handle complaints , pri and accusations in employee-employer conflicts . This board is of competent, knowledgeable, non-city-ordented private citizens Redlands . Many questions and comments followed - no Council ac was taken.