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HomeMy WebLinkAbout11041986-cc_CCv0001.pdf xl: ) ,3 .fid 3 IS cif s 12. i fi< 7 ZORN �ry t. ifs. � r. �� 1fsi4� i u :r ft w " ,n ��tt ter f^ MINUTES of a regular meeting of the City Council, City of Redlands, hold in the Council Chambers, 212 Brookside Avenue, on November 4 1986 at:. { 3:05 P.M. _.. r L {'a PRESENT Carole Beswick, Mayor 1k� Richard N Larsen, Mayor Pro Tem Iz Charles G. DcMirjyn, Councilmember yu Tim Johnson, Councilmember Barbara C. Wormser, Councilmember John E. Holmes, City Manager r Dallas I3olmes, City Attorney lz Beatrice Sanchez, Deputy City Clerk Kevin Chaffee, Redlands Daily Facts rgie Howard A. Ellis, The Sun ABSENT None S " �, f 7 The meeting was opened with an invocation by Councilmember Wormser yf followed by the pledge: of allegiance. wrr r t lag Minutes of the regular meeting of October 21, 7986, were approved asINN submitted. Irt, Bills and salaries were, ordered paid as approved by the Pinatnce Committee.ply ue ii Vis; N PLANNIN AND COMMUNITY DL VEL©PMENT 0M Tent aLL.v Ty act No. 7.3434 - U.S.A. roperk..ies, Inc. v0��; a Councilmember Johnson moved to approve the Environmental Review Com- mittee's Negative Declaration for Tentative Tract No. 13434 for the a subdivision of 19 acres of land into 80 lots located between Vcnnrsylvania � � ly i approximately 220 feet east of Texas icy Avenue and San Bernardino Avenue R Street:, and directed staff to file and post a, "Notice of, De'tIla ationjA " in accordance with the City's guidelines. Motion seconded by Council- member ouncil.-member Wormser and carried by the following vote: is ji AYES: Councilmembers Larsen, Johnson, Wormser; Mayon- Beswick � NOES: Councilmember DeMirjyn ABSENT: Nate juts 4 yf lfflr. EPA, f'if; W INN 0233 Stating that Council finds that pursuant to Section 66473.5 of the California Government Code, Tentative Tract No. 13434 together with the provisions for its design and improvement is consistent with the City's Gneeral Plan and any applicable specific plans; thatt none of the: conditions provided in California Government Code Section 66474 t� exist on this map; and that pursuant to California Government Code ' Section 66474.6, the discharge of waste from this subdivision apparently will not result in violation of existing requirements prescribed by a= the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board pursuant to Division 7 of the California Water Code, Council.momber Johnson moved to approve Tentative Tract No. 13434 based on the findings of the Planning Commis- Sion and subject to the recommendations of all departments as contained in Planning Commission minutes dated October 14, 1986. Motion seconded as 0 by Councilmember Wormser and carried by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Larsen, Johnson, Wormser; Mayor Beswick NOES: Councilmember DeMirjyn ABSENT: None Minor Subdivision No. 166 - Rocco Construction Stating that Council finds that pursuant to Section 66474.5 of the California Government Code, Minor Subdivision No. 166 together with the provisions for its design and improvement is consistent with the City's General Pl.zn and any applicable specific plans; that none of the conditions provided in California Government Code Section 66474.6, y the discharge of waste from this subdivision apparently will not result in violation of existing requirements prescribed by the Santa Ana Regional. Water Quality Control Board pursuant to Division 7 of the o California Water Code, Councilmember DeMirjyn moved to approve Minor Subdivision No. 1.66 based on the findings of the Planning Commission and subject to the recommendaitons of all departments as contained in Planning Commission minutes dated October 14, 1986. Motion seconded by Councilmember Wormsre and carried unanimously. Aa r Minor Subdivision No. 1.15 - Al Nuno - Final Approval re. All requirements as contained in Council minutes dated June. 15, 1962, til having been complied with, the Planning Division recommends that final approval be given Minor Subdivision No. 115. on molten of Councilmember Ne Larsen, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, this recommendaiton of the Planning Division was approved unanimously. o �a Mayor_ Beswick brought to Council's attention an "Open-Space Workshop" M attended by several Commissioners and Councilmembers. From this workshop arise the idea of creating a "Quality of Life" or 'Anti-Monotnr" element 14 into the General Plan. Following discussion of these, Council by unanimous consent directed staff to return with a report o., these issuers by conducting a survey of such implementing plans. COMMUNICATIONS v School Mayor Bcswick announced a special meeting had been held the night before wo Board jointly with the. Redlands Unified School District School Board. Various ' issues of mutual interest were discussed. The School Board and Council .p agreed to meet again in January, 1987. Traffic: Councilmomber DeMirjyn voiced to Council his observation of a widespread disregard of traffic regulations. He thought the City of Redlands should take a leadership role and place an emphasis on traffic control. City Manager Holmes will discuss this with Police Chief Brickley. Litter City-wide litter from fast-food establish=ments was another concern of Councilmember DeMirjyn. He then suggested developing a tax or fee to be applied towards cleanup of litter. At this time, a petition from the Community Circus Arts Corporation regarding the Redlands Great "Y" Circus was scheduled but postponed until the 7:40 P.M. session. Council recessed at 3:35 P.M. to a Redevelopment Agency meeting and reconvened at 3:36 P.M. to a closed session for the purpose of dis- cussing personnel matters, natters covered by attorney/client privilege, ; and pending litigation. In accordance with State law, the City Attorney IN x=x prepared a confidential memo to Councilrovidin p g justification for } the closed session. Council reconvened at 7:00 P.M. gra T, i a ORAL PE'PTIIONS FROM THE FLOOR Great "Y" Mr. John Riddick Community (.arcus Arts Corporation, at this time Circus addressed Council regarding a petition for assistance with liability . ? m. insurance problems facing the. Redlands Great "Y Circus IN. 13iac?irk � explained the urgency of not being able to locate .insurance at an econom- ically feasible rate. Even though the safety record of the Circus Sm is superb, the difficulties arise form the number of performers and ii the ages of the performers (many under ton years of age) . Council. Wa expressed their appreciation of this particular financial situation which is also affecting numerous other non-profit groups. By unaniacus consent, Council then directed Community Services Director Rodriguez N. to utilize every City resource, including assistance from the League of California Cities, to assess what can be done to assist in Locating available liability insurance. PUBLIC HEARING A Annexation On September 16, 1986, a public hearing was continued to this time No. 60-A and place for further testimony regarding Annexation No. 60-A, : approximately 839 acres generally located south and east of the City limit line, south of the I-lo Freeway, west of Knoll. Drive and Goldhil.l. Lane, and generally north of hive Oak Canyon Road. Following the con- clusion of the public hearing, the City Clerk will finalize the value FW detcrminaiton of the registered voters' petition and, if necessary, proceed with plans for a special election and present a resolution11 for this purpose at the December 2, 1986, Council moeLing. kill Mayor Beswick declared the meeting open for any questions of comments concerning Annexation No. 60-A. Theresa Kwappenburg, 31265 Freya Drive, stated to Council that she is in favor of annexation mainly for the ease of having input to local government rather than the County, however., she did stress the importance of completing the specific plan before % any potential election and implementing an appropriate de:vc1opor fee structure for assisting with the future burden of growth. Next Mr. Donald Henley, Jr., 12861 Club Drove indicated he too is in aror l` of the annexation and wanted Council to know what a good lob City Manager' Ix Holmes is doing in answering any questions residents have concerning i i g this issue. There being no further comments Councilmember Wo user moved to close the public hearing on Annexation No. 60-A and directed the City Clerk to finalize the vlaue Determinaiton of the registered voters' petition. Motion seconded by Councilmember DeMirjyn and carried unanimously. 1 g Resolution Public hearing was advertised for this time and place for Resolution No. 4202 No. 4202, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redlands 4 declaring that the acquisition of certain casements by eminent domain. Resolutton of is necessary for the installation of a storm drain improvement in con- Necessity junction with an apartment complex. City Attorney Holmes informed '�- Council that it seems staff was successful in securing the easement from the property owners. He then advised Council should proceed with the public hearing and continue it because it apepars the property will not have to be condemned. Mayor Beswick then declared the meeting 14 fto open for any quesitons or comments concerning Rosolution No. 4202. Ill There being none, Councilmember Johnson moved to contanue thea public hearing to December 2, 1986. Motion seconded by Councilmember DeMirjyn and carried unanimously, UNFTNISHED BUSINESS Ordinance Ordinance No. 1970, an ordinance of the City Council of the City, of No. 1970 Redlands amending Chapter 18 of the Redlands Ordinance Code establishing , the Cultural. Arts Commisison, was given its second reading of the.: title Cultural by Deputy City Clerk Sanchez, and on motion of Councilmember DeMirjyn Arts seconded by Councilmember Johnson, further reading of the ordinance ` Convmission text was unanimoulsy waived. Oridnanco No. 1970 was adopted an motion of Councilmember DeMirjyn, seconded by Councilmember Johnson, by the following rota AYES: CourcAilmembers Larsen, DeMirjyn, Johnson, wormser; Mayor Beswick NOES: None. ABSENT: None 3V �? Mayor Beswick added that applications for the newly-formed Cultural ARts Commission will be accepted through Devember 5, 1985 She invited residents with various experiences to apply because the membership t will be made up of diversified backgrounds. It was also agreed that applications will be screened and selections made for an int.erviow • prior to appointments being made at a later meeting. 023 ONt r M Ordinance Ordinance: No. 1971, an ordinance of the City Council of the City of No. 1971 Redlands amending the Redlands oridnance Cock pertaining to the estab- lishment of the. Public Works Commission, was given its second reading ar, fes; Public Works of the title by Deputy City Clerk Sanchez, and on motion of Councilmember 1' Commission Johnson, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, further reading of they ordinance text was unanimously waived. ordinance No. 1971 was adopted on motion of Councilmember Johnson, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, by the following vote: AYES- Councilmembers Larsen, DeMirjyn, Johnson, Wormser; Mayor Beswick 5- NOES: Nome ABSENT: None v Joint A ,Joint Powers Agreement. between Redlands unified School District and Powers this City of Redlands has been reached which would overall benefit bath res Agreement the District and the City. The Recreation Commisison unanimously Supported execution of this agreement.. On motion of Councilmember School Johnson, seconded by Councilmember DeMirjyn, Council. unanimously, District authorized the Mayor and Deputy City Clerk to sign on behalf of the City a Joint Poiwers Agreement with the Redlands Unified School District k for the joint usage of tennis courts, runing tract and infield located at Redlands High School. NEW BTSfNESS z s Appointments On motion of Councilmember Larsen, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, Public Works Mr, Richard Foonstra was unanimously reappointed to a three-year term Commission on the Public Works Commission commencing November 16, 1986. , On motion of Councilmember Larsen, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, Mr. Ralph J. Solis, was unanmously appointed to the Public Works Commis- sion to complete a term which will expire November 16, 1987. x On motion of Councilmember Larsen seconded by Councilmember Wormser, Mr. Max Gonzales was unanimously appointed to the Public Works Commission to complete a term which will expire November 16, 1988. • RWater/Sewer In December 1985 the City Council approved the preparation of a detailed t Fees water rate study by James M. Montgomery Engineers and sewer rate study by Camp, Dresser and McKee. The purpose of the studies was to perform a detailed analysis of the revenue requirements for each utility and f to develop a rate and fee structure that equitably charges all classes Of customers the cost of service for each customer class. Staff assisted Vl the consultant in developing the recommended fees by direct input and detailed review of the analyses. The final draft conies were distributed to Council, the. Public Works Commisison and were available for public review since September 27, 1986 for the Sewer Rate Study and October 2, 1986 for the Water Rate Study. Additionally, the Public Works Com- mission held two regular meetings on October 1, 1986 and October 8, 1986, and a formally advertised public hearing on October 1.3, 1986, on the rate. studies. Sewer, Discussion of the Sewer Rate Study was held first. orae and visual. . Service, presentations of future projections and surveys ofsurrounding cities Charges by UtiLilies Director Corneille, Doug Ayres of Management Services �F institue, and representatives of Camp, Dresser & McKee. LN December 1984, Council adopted the Management Services lnstitue study which determined that tax revenues were subsidizing sewer and other services and recommended increases in City internal service charges. These r , charges have impacted the sewer utility by increasing overhead costs. t Two alternative approaches for increasing rates were proposed: w it Alternative A, pay as you go as recommended by Camp Dresser & McKee, requires nearly doubling the sewer rate in 1987 to the appropriate level to fully cover all operating costs, but more modorate increases � in future years. Commercial, industrial, and school rates represent ie a greater percentage increase than residential rates because the current l rate is not reflective of the quantity of wastewater these; user categories: actually discharge. 'alternate. B, Bonding is an approach that capitalizes the interest earnings on the bonds for the treatment plant and collection system and utilizes this interest to offset operating expenses for the :first three years. The approach results in a lowering of the required rate ' increases each year and a ramping of the required increase_ over the next three years. J. z v U 2 i[;; r� Sewer capital improvement charges or development connection fee increaes " are required to pay for future developments' share of the wastewater x treatment plant expansions. These fees are increased substantiaJi_y over the current fees which were not developed to fund ':major new a facilities. Mayor Beswick commented she felt Council must de=lay any increases to the Redlands School District until the beginning of their near fiscal year because such increases are not budgeted. Councilmember Larsen Ne concurred but stressed the increase must be based on a study. At this • time Mayor Beswick opened the meeting for comments from the audience. Mr. Gaspare Giacalone, 1315 Fern Avenue, inquired if the sewer system was physically inspected by engineers or a computer check? Utrlit.iys Director Corneille responded that the sewer system was inspected in 1985 during the Master Plan Study which was supplemented by a computer vv check. Mr. Bill Cunningham, 421 San Timotel Canyon Road inquired a: why the budget amount requested by staff, $1.69 million, was increased �a to $1,74 million when actually adopted? Councilmember Johnson acknow- ledged $1.69 million was requested plus supplements for the department totaling $1.74 million. Mr. Cunningham, now speaking as a School Board Member, thanked Council for thier appreciation of the School_ District's 11z,' budget with regard to any increases in the middle of their already budgeted fiscal year. Lastly, Mr. Louis Fletcher, 1910 Country Club Lane, requested Council form an ad hoc committee to determine if those arc any ways to reduce. (not increase) rates. There are many studies vµ Eli to tell. you how to increase rates but not how to reduce rates. Councilmomber Larsen expressed he would like to have a study conducted on outside the City connections and continue the study on monthly 1 billing. Following a short discussion, Councilmember Johnson recommended the following amendments to the upcoming motion: n (1) Councilmember. Johnson moved to reduce outside the City water/sower charges to (2) times themJohnson Motion failed for the lack of c moved to deltic the in Iie u tax and franchise fee from the internal service charges for the water and ;> sewer rates. Motion seconded by Councilmember DeMirjyn but friilrac: by the following vote; AYES: CouncAlmembers Johnson, DeMirjyn w NOBS: Counc.ilmembers Larsen, Wormser; Mayor Beswick Alternative Councilmember Beswick moved to adopt_ Alternative A, pay as you go, ''A'' for Sewer Service Charges with the understanding School District charges ' will be implemented no sooner than July 1, 1987. Motion seconded by Sewer Service Councilmomber Larson and carried by the following vote: Charges AYES: Councilmembers Beswick, Larsen, DeMirjyn, Wormsor NOES: Councilmember. Johnson Mayor Beswick recessed the meeting at 9:55 P.M. and reconvened at 10:00 P.M. � Present for this portion of the meeting were representati-es from James M. Montgomery Engineers, Utilities Engineer Corneille, and Mr. Doug Ayres of Management Services Institute. Mr. Corneille resorted the v City last adopted a water rate increase in February 1982. Since then, .� a there: have been inflationary cost increases in energy due to system ra" growth. Similar to the sewer utility, Council adopted the Management: Services Institute study which established internal services charU s to oast=vent_ any general fund subsidy of the water utility. Those -barges 1" increasing overhead costs, have impacted the water operating fund by Furthermore, the State Health Department has required in reasod testing, particularly for potentially hazardous and -toxic compounds in the water. 7f water rates are not increased, the water utility can expect a deficit 2 of approximately $II30,000 this fiscal year with insufficient reserves to accommodate such a deficit. In addition to ongoing operating costs, *" significant major capital improvements, such as the Hinckley Water Treatment Plant and pipeline are being constructed to serve future t development tees are proposed which will cover the debt service costs of these facilities. Cost for all capital facilities are carefully allocated so that existing users do not subsidize future_ users. The :; costs of the major caaital improvement is estimated to be $18,500,000 from fiscal year 1.986-87 to fiscal year 1989-90. Two alternatives were recommended by James M. Montgomery Engineers �r r for increasing rates. Alternative A, pay as you go, rungs both ongoing v operating costs and capital facilities other than Hinckley Water Treatment r Plant related costs from water rate and water capital improvement charge- revenues. hargerevenues. Alternative B, the Bonding approach, reduces the rate increasr= by a new debt issue that would be used to refund existing debt and also enlarge to fund projected capital projects from fiscal year 1986-87 to fiscal year 1.989-90. IN addition the bonding approach assumes that debt obligation payments are deferred until. fiscal year 1.988. A Both alternatives include increased development fees for water to cover system expansion. r: T 90 Mayor Beswick again opened the meeting for public comments Mr. Robert Beck, 22' Edgemont Drive, stated to Council that he personally has a good feeling about cost accounting and recommended the "pay as you � go" alternative as the way to go. Next Mr. Bill Cunningham, 421 San Pimoteo Canyon Road, expressed that monthly billing would be a burden Iwo F P Y g 'ate to the City and would involve added costs to the public. To go to monthly billing would be inappropriate. Mayor Beswick commented that the comments she has received are in favor of monthly billing; however, Councilmember Larsen voiced that monthly billing should be delayed because the equipment is not working correctly and the costs benefit 30 payback is not there. We Outside City Counciln,cmber Johnson stated he thought there was a problem with the Rater Study rate charged outside the City and felt a rate study is needed of what the actual cost is for water and sewer outside the City. He strongly feels the 1.5 rate is too high. Councilmember Larsen concurred that r study is warranted for outside the City rate charges. On motion of Councilmember Johnson, seconded by Councilmember Larsen, Council authorized an appropriate rate study to identify what actual costs of water and sewer services outside the City limits and then what the I rate differential should be. Motion carried by the following vote: r AYES: Councilmembers Larsen, Johnson, Wormsor; Mayor Beswick NOES: Councilmember. DeMirjyn Alternat "B" On motion of Councilmember Johnson, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, Wnter Service Council unanimously adopted Alternate B, Bonding, for Water Service Rates. Water Councilmomber Larsen then moved to delete monthly billing at this time, Billing co-examine the procedure with a possible July 1987 implementai.ton. 4"f Motion seconded by Councilmomber Johnson and carried unanimously. Ordinance Ordinance No. 1973, an ordinance of the City Council of the. City of .' No. 1973 Redlands amending Article 144 of the Redlands Oridnance Code establishing percentage of costs reasonably borne:, to be recovered, and review schedule i Sewer and for sewer and water charges, was read by title only by Deputy City Wester Clerk Sanchez, and on motion of Councilmomber DeMirjyn, seconded by Charges Councilmember Johnson, further reading of the ordinance text was unanimously waived, including the following changes to the text: Section Three effective date to be January 5, 1987; Section live to be titled Severability and Compliance with Government Code 054991"; and add 1 to Seciton five "This Council finds that the fees in this ordinance H do :not exceed the estimated reasonable cost of providing the service for which the fees are charged." , Executive On motion of Councilmember Wormser seconded by Councilmember Larsen, .,. 'Order CouncilAi unanimously directed the City Manager to prepare an Executive Order implementing the water and sewer rate increases beginning on January 5, 1987, and as follows: (a) Sewer Service Charges (Service No. S-BI) and Sewer Capital Improve- ment Charges (Service No. 5-80.50) for Alternative A pay as "# you go, shown on Table S-3 in the Camp, Dresser & McKee report on Sewer Utility Rates and Charges. 1 (b) Water Service rates (Service No. 5-75) for Alternative B, Bonding, shown in Table 5-4 and Water Capital Improvement Charges (Service No. 5-75.50) for Alternative B, Bonding, shown on Page 5-5, in the J. M. Montgomery report on Water System Financial Review and Rates. (c) Fire protection charge. (Service No. 5-75.20) shown on Table 4-8, 11.7 Frontage Charge per Foot - Water Main (Service No. S-75.60) shown C eg on Page 4-22 Water Source Acquisition Fee (Service No. 75.70) shown on Page 4 22, and Water Meter Installation Charge. (Service= �bv No. 5-76) shown on Page 4-24, in the report by T. M. Montgomcr, Water Turn-Or. Pre-Payment (Deposit) (Service No. S-77) , and Frontage Charge Per Foot - Sewer Main (Service No. 5-80.60) as shown in " the: Council. Report_. Scheduled on the agenda at this time was an extension of the cutstono S. curb contract. Item was removed from the agenda by staff. C.laj:n On motion of Councilmember. Larsen, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, the claim of Mark Markhut in the amount of $11,012.000 was unanimously VA round not to be a proper charge against the C.M y and therefore refected. 3 8 i Claim On motion of Councilmember Larsen, seconded by Council-momber Wormser, the amended claim for the Estate of Maude E. Browning in the ,approximate ° E amount of $17,500 was unanimously found not to be a proper charge against l; the City and therefore. rejected. IClaim On molten of Councilmember Larsen seconded by Councilmember Wormser, in i'S the late claim filed by Fred B. Seigle in the amount yet to to determined err 4s l was unanimously found not to be a proper charge against: the City ea,=.d f therefore rejected. ; Funds Council unanimously approved an additional $60000 be appropriatcad IN, =1 g in the Water Fund to cover legal expenses on motion of Councilmember , to water Tarsen, seconded by Councilmember Wormser. Yti;. 4 Funds l lTmyrxdat $100,000 be appropriated in the Water Source Acquisition for purchase; of water stock on motion of sr Water Stock. Councilmember Larsen, seconded by Councilmember Woralser, i Removed from the agenda at this time was the consideration of a lease of property with Mr. Joe Buoye. y7 j There being no further business at this time, the meeting adjourned ill at 10:35 P.M. ruv?fs�i�. " s z'F Mayor of the. 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