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HomeMy WebLinkAbout02161988-cc_CCv0001.pdf 0397 r 't rirCs{ f'>f'`r f0l A5, », isr ry�, "1 ,,f ss, I�sif �f i I Il'a1 tff1 rl;rr r r;"u ff1� i �i srt °rf �ar {�Sl� I ( r, iii"'f lilt} � 9 f� �1 r S fi(7f ' alt MINUTES{ of a regular meeting of the City Councilof the City of Redlands, held in the Council r �,{< Chamhers, 212 Brookside Avenue, on February 16, 1988. at 3;00 P.M. sG f PRESENT Carole Beswick, Mayor ( lsti; Barbara C. Wormser, Mayor Pro Tem =�-fs Charles G. DeMirjyn, Councilmember Tim Johnson, Councilmember I�1 ti--; William E. Cunningham, Councilmember j, John E. Holmes, City Manager ' Daniel J. McHugh, City Attorney Lorrie Poyzer, City Clerk John de Leon, The Sun Brian Bianchini, Redlands Daffy Facts fi7 ?t� ABSENT None , The meeting was called to order with an invocation by Mayor Beswick, followed by the ( pledge of allegiance. mg 1 , Minutes of the regular meeting of February 2, 1988, were approved as submitted. } Bills and salaries were ordered paid as approved by the Finance Committee. PLANNING" AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 12� Measure N—Vesting Public hearing was continued to this time and place for consideration of Measure N vesting applications. Staff recommended this matter be continued to the next meeting pry, as the applicants had not submitted the required additional information in time for this Sj Q," agenda. On behalf of his client, Mark Blankenship ;requested that their Mentone Project rq be vested at this meeting based on a new development discovered over the weekend. He indicated he had presented this new information to City Attorney McHugh earlier �s,s today. Councilmember Cunningham stated he would like to receive information prior ( tf I to a meeting in order to study it at his leisure. On motion of Councilmember Johnson, fps; KI r `t . . A seconded by Councilmember Cunningham, this request was continued to March 1, 1988, which was agreeable to Mr. Blankenship. Councilmember Johnson also asked the City Attorney to provide case law regarding what the City has to do with the money held on deposit at this time. Don ,Buhler, The Redlands project asked Council what vesting meant as it relates to allocations. Noting his project was unique, he expressed concern that obtaining building permits on a first come basis was not equitable in his situation where a building permit could not be issued until the mobilehome serial number was available. Attorney McHugh suggested the City could "hold" permits once escrow was opened for manufactured homes. Councilmember Johnson moved to continue this matter to March 15, 1988,. at " s 3:00 P.M. and directed staff to find a process or solution to this situation. Motion 1• seconded by Councilmember Wormser and carried with Councilmember DeMirjyn voting NO. Councilmember DeMirjyn felt we were morally obligated to vest al Proposition R allocations approved by Council but his motion to do that did not receive a second. � Councilmember Johnson moved that any project that had a building permit and funds had been paid prior to December 11 have a right to proceed with construction This motion was seconded by Councilmember DeMirjyn, but the motion and second were withdrawn following lengthy discussion. Mayor Beswick suggested allowing the City Attorney time to address legal questions in a memorandum and to list options for the �. interpretation of Section 17 of Measure N. Helen Michaelis also addressed Council about her tract which is located outside the City and was approved for sewer connections prior to approval of Proposition R. Slip, was a 3 directed to the City Attorney for a review of the history of her project Councilmember Wormser then moved to continue this public hearing to March 1, 1988, noting that the NO deadline for applicants to submit information to the Community Development Office, j would be February 19, 1988.. Motion seconded by Councilmember Cunningham and carried unanimously. Tract No. 10082 Representing 31 Winbledon Heights homeowners, Father Louis Heursmess presented a petition regarding the grading activity immediately east of their residences and north of Reservoir Road, Tract 10082. These homeowners are concerned about the grading which does not appear to comply with approved plans that the provisions of Measure N `e and Proposition R were not being applied to this tract, and the heavy equipment ' traversing through the residential streets. In accordance with Government Code Section 54954.3(b)(2), Councilmember Johnson moved to take up this item which arose, subsequent to the agenda being posted as specified in the Government Code. 'Motion seconded by Councilmember Cunningham and carried unanimously. Council discussed this situation at length and asked the City Engineer to communicate with the de vEAripor regarding the street use. In reference to the grading concerns, Councilmember Cunningham moved to direct staff to, within 24 hours, come to a conclusion whether ' or not the grading is in violation of approved plans and to follow up with legal action if any violation is found. Motion seconded by Counc imember DeMirjyn and carried unanimously. Council also directed staff to set up a meeting with the developer and Father Hemmers and report back to Council regarding this matter on March I, 1988. Measure N implementation - Outside Water and Sewer Service Utilities Engineer Gary Phelps reported that following the last Council mooting a resolution was prepared establishing provisions regarding outside City water and sewer service. Amendments to the proposed resolution included in the Council's packet were presented by him at this time. Arthur Hughes, an attorney representing Mentone, Ltd„ noted he had only seen the resolution a few moments ago but questioned the priority process as he felt it should be based on the date a project received an allocation. Attorney Mark Blankenship reported that all outside developers were willing to work out the, allocations if his Malibu project was exempted from vesting and Measure N. Councilmember Wormser moved to direct staff to make copies of this proposed a a resolution available through the Utilities Department to allow input and written comments, and to continue this matter to March 1, 1988, at 3:00 P.M. Motion seconded by Councilmember Cunningham and carried unanimously. i 1 Planned Residential Development Regulations 4 ' Attorney McHugh presented a memorandum covering proposed revisions of planned residential development regulations. A draft ordinance has been prepared which changes the method of reviewing these projects to a "one-step" process by removing the requirement that a conditional use permit be obtained and by eliminating the need for submission of final plans. This document was presented for information only ataAh r this time as it will have to be reviewed by the Environmental Review Committeeand Planning Commission before coming to the City Council for action. 7 R COMMUNICATIONS Donation Members of the Citizens for Open Space Committee Barbara Wormser, Kay Mason and ' Ellen Weisser presented a check for $453.25 which represented the balance of their account to the Council at 7:00 P.M. This campaign account which supported Measure 0 f G �i on the November, 1987, ballot, was to be closed at the end of the campaign and any remaining funds donated to the City for parks' use. Mayor Beswick accepted the check a„ with gratitude and thanked members of the committee for their efforts in the fall. a Development City Engineer Mutter presented a comprehensive report on the establishment of l Impact Fees development impact fees for street, traffic signals, and storm drain construction. Implementing ordinances are being prepared by the City Attorney and will be presented I to Council for their consideration in the near future. Mr. Mutter's report was submitted t in three sections: Section one is a discussion of the amount of area available for development within the City of Redlands; Section two is a discussion of the infrastructure 1 needs and costs for street, traffic signal, and storm drain construction; Section three t. is an analysis of the financing methodology for the impact fees. Council commended Mr. Mutter for a job well done. i Council recessed at 5:50 P.M. to a Redevelopment Agency meeting and reconvened at 5:51 P.M to a closed session for the purpose of discussing pending litigation. In accordance with State law, the City Attorney prepared a confidential memo to Council providing justification for the closed session. Council reconvened at 7:29 P.M. Mayor Beswick welcomed Boy Scouts from Troop 15 who were in attendance and earning their citizenship badges. ORAL PETITIONSFROM THE FLOOR' r7w Amburly .park On behalf of the Amberly Park Homeowners' Association, Helen Farnum presented items which allegedly still have not been completed by the developer Hill-Williams to the satisfaction of the homeowners. Community Development Director Shaw reviewed the meetings held with the City Attorney, Hill-Williams, the homeowners and himself. $ Several items addressed by the homeowners are not Code items and reflect a lack of f� quality on the part of the developer. He indicated that all fines have been paid by ' Hill-Williams, all Code items have been inspected by the Lits all sign-offs have been received from all departments, and the bond released. City Attorney McHugh also r responded to the allegations noting that new items keep coming up, Mayor Beswick noted that additional staff work was perhaps needed and another meeting held at which time a list in writing of concerns could be reviewed. A Councilmember will be present p at this meeting and City staff will put together a chronology of the actions taken, A i w Allocations Mr. Mark Blankenship asked Council how it was going to handle the: award of the fourth quarter's allocations for 1987 under Proposition R. Community Development Director Shaw responded that staff will review the projects under the now criteria established ga for Measure N after the vesting hearing, and reminded Mr. Blankenship that Council � had ordered that these projects receive first consideration. JOINT PQBLICVS HEARING;' Development A joint public hearing of the City Council and the Redevelopment Agency of the City £ Agrecmerit of Redlands was advertised for this time and place to consider for the purposes of redevelopment as a commercial development the disposition and sale of real property to Redlands Professional Properties, Ltd, described as County Assessor's Parcel Nos. 169--031-02 and 169-031-14. Mayor Beswick declared the meeting open as a public µ hearing and said matter was continued to March 15, 1988, as recommended by Redevelopment 5 Agency Director Quaschnick, on motion of Councilmember Johnson, seconded by J Councilmember Wormser, rev a w BIDS a Contract Award Bids were opened and publicly declared on February 4, 1988 by the City Clerk for construction of the Wastewater 'Treatment OperationslLab Building; a bid opening report ? Operations/Lab is on file in the Office of the City Clerk. At this time, it is the recommendation of the Building 'Municipal Utilities Department that the responsible bidder submitting the bid for said project which will result in the lowest cost to the City is McLaughlin Construction, Lancaster, Califonria, in the amount of $1,513,065.00 and that it is in the best interest of the City that the contract for the construction of the Wastewater Treatment Operations/Lab Building be awarded to said firm. Utilities Director Corneille reported that the Second bidder was present at this meeting to protest the low bid but that be and the City Attorney felt the protest was insufficient. Councilmember DoMirjyn moved to approve this recommendation and award the contract to McLaughlin Construction, motion seconded by Councilmember Wormser. ' 95 Bruce Canten, Vice President of Rainey Construction, presented letters showing that subcontractors were offered jobs after the bid opening who were not listed on the bid. Lawrence Greenberg stated the bid from McLaughlin Construction was not a qualified bid and explained his reasons. City Attorney McHugh explained that at this time he RP did not see a good basis to reject this bid; that until an unlisted subcontractor comes onto the job, we did not have a problem. This practice is not uncommon and the City can levy a ten percent penalty or void the contract if needed. Tlaore were no representatives from McLaughlin present although they were aware of the protest. f, k. #!rtP i _ Councilmember Cunningham questioned the need for this budding. Councilmember Johnson felt the building was needed but had reservations about the bid shopping occurring. A representative from our consultant, Carollo, reported that his firm had done a reference check on McLaughlin and did not find any problems in their background. The motion to award the contract to McLaughlin Construction was approved by the following vote: _ AYES: Councilmembers Wormser, DeMirjyn; Mayor Beswick NOES: Councilmembers Johnson, Cunningham Contract Award Bids were; opened and publicly declared on February 9, 1988, by the City Clerk for the construction of the Nevada Street Watermain, Project No. 3-8816; a bid opening Nevada Street report is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, At this time, it is the recommendation Watermain of the Municipal Utilities Department that the responsible bidder submitting the, bid for said project which will result in the lowest cost to the City is Bear Valley Paving, Big Bear Lake, California, in the amount. of $1.77,205.00 and that it is in the best interest of the City that the contract for the construction of the Nevada Street Watermain be awarded to said firm. On motion of Councilmurnber Johnson, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, this recommendation was unanimously approved. Bid Rejection Abid was opened and publicly declared on February 9, 1988, by the City Clerk for a drilling contract for the Airport and Church Street Landfill monitoring wells; a bid Monitoring opening report is on file in the Office of the City Clerk. At this time, it is the Wells recommendation of the Municipal Utilities Department and the consultants, Campr" Dresser F; McKee to reject the Beylik Drilling, Inc. bid and re-bid for the project. On motion of Councilmember DeMirjyn, seconded by Councilmember Johnson, this recommendation A was unanimously approved. Contract Award Bids were opened in the Engineering Department on February 5, 1988, for the, contract for street striping and marking. At this time, it is the recommendation of the Engineering Street Services Department that the responsible bidder submitting the bid for said pboject r Striping: which will result in the lowest cost to the City is Traffic Operations Inc., Pomona,46 1 California in the amount of $43,900.00, and that it is in the best interest of the City that the contract for street striping and marking be awarded to said firm. On motion 251 1 of Councilmember Cunningham, seconded by Councilmember DeMirjyn, this recommendation was unannnously approved. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Student Community Services Director Rodriguez reported he and Councilmember DeMirjyn met Commissioners with Mr. George Anderson, a teacher at Redlands High School, and discussed student commissioners serving on the Parks, Recreation, and Traffic Commissions. They are recommending that a student in his/her junior year in high school be appointed in January and serve a one-year term ending when the student is a senior. Council expressed its willingness to continue with student commissioners. Ordinance Ordinance No. 2023, an ordinance amending Ordinance No. 1000 of the City of Redlands No. 2023 by adopting an additional land use district map as part of the official,land use zoning u map and adopting Zone Change No. 316, a change of zone from M-1. (Industrial) District ! 1 Zone Change to C-M (Commercial Manufacturing) District for approximately 3.87 acres of land located No, 316 on the southwest corner of Tennessee Street and Park Avenue, was given its second j reading of the title by City Clerk Poyzer, and on motion of Councilmember DeMirjyn, seconded by Councilmember Johnson, further reading of the ordinance text was r unanimously waived. Ordinance No. 2023 was adopted on motion of Cour a membcar w: DeMirjyn, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, by the following vote: ' AYES: Councilmembers Wormser, DeMirjyn, Johnson, i Cunningham; Mayor Beswick NOES: None x ABSENT: None Council briefly recessed at 8:55 P.M. and reconvened at 9:04 P.M. Sewer Services In response to a discussion at the January 19, 1988, City Council meeting regarding City participation in providing local sewers in unsewered developed areas such as West Fern Avenue, Utilities Director Corneille presented a detailed report indicating what areas currently exist that are not sewered, the costs to install sewers, under what Vit= circumstances the City should become involved, current City policy, the Public Works g' Commission's recommendation to maintain the current policy, recent surveys and projects. a i; possible circumstances for the City to consider funding sewers, and possible funding x. sources. It was estimated that it would cast $4,240,000.00 to sewer all unsewered developed areas in the City. Residents from the West Fern Avenue area addressed Council and submitted letters from neighbors who are suffering dire consequences with their waste disposal systems. Council discussed this matter at longth and directed it staff to apply for Community Development Block Grant funds immediately, Council v also directed staff to investigate other funding sources and establish a criteria of need and return to Council with more information at the next meeting. 31 11401 tZ �3 NEW 13USINESS Arts Endowment Councilmember DeMirjyn moved to authorize the City Treasurer to establish an enclowment fund for cultural arts as recommended by the Cultural Arts Commission in order for the City to accept monies and/or its equivalencies for cultural arts which can then be expended on approved programs Motion seconded by Councilmember Wormser and carried unanimously. a Pee Laaninen and Gordon Shackles who reviewed a Street Sweeping City ;;nnxneex- Mutter introduced t proposed street sweeping program which would divide the City into teen sections. On to a given day, all sweepers would work in the same section, completely sweeping that section, with these, sections, the entire City would be swept in a two week period. A number of advantages were listed inherent in this proposed program and actions necessary to make this program successful. Councilmember DeMirjyn moved to At approve the change to a section street sweeping program as proposed by the Engineering Services Department, directed staff to establish a priority maintenance program on r street sweepers, and to approve the expenditure of $3,000.00 for a direct mailing to all households informing residents of this change. %lotion seconded by Councilmember s' Johnson and carried unanimously. Mayor Beswick commended the Engineering staff for their work on this project. Contract! A contract for services agreement between the Town Center Corporation, Downtown Redlands Business Improvement District, and the City of Redlands was presented at Town Center this meetings. Negotiations between the Town Confer and B.I.D. have been underway , B 1 D since June, 1067, resulting in this document which has been approved by both entities. ' Councilmember Cunningham moved to approve the contract for services agreement as k presented. Motion seconded by Councilmember Wormser and carried unanimously. to 01 Commission City Clerk Poyzer reported that there are three vacancies existing on the Redevelopment Vacancies Advisory Commission. Mrs. Pam Aday submitted her resignation on February 4, 1568. Mrs. Shirley Harry verbally communicated she did not wish to serve another term. Mr. W. Eugene Malone submitted an application indicating he would be willing to serve � another term on this commission. Vacancies also exist on the Planning Commission and . Library Board due to resignations. Ms. Poyaer will advertise for applications for the �+ �i �? openings on the Planning Commission and Library Board Advertising has already been done for the openings on the Redevelopment Advisory Commission, and at this time, " Gouncilmc.mbers will each nominate five people for interviews by Mayor Beswick and y Councilmember Cunningham. Funds Councilmember DeMirjyn moved to authorize acquisition of approximately 0 48 acres I of property for street right-of-way and the construction of Wabash Avenue between Right-of+Way the 1-10 Freeway and Seventh Avenue, County Assessor's Parcel No. 174-261.-10, at Purchase a cost of $1.60 per square foot, and authorized an appropriation of $40,000,00 from the Gas Tax Fund for this purchase. Motion seconded by Councilmember Wormser and carried unanimously. a_ Resolution Redevelopment Agency Director Quaschnick explained the proposed Owner Participation z No, 465j Agreement for the Aday Retail Building, Pamela M. and Kenneth E. Aday, owners, g Resolution No. 4351, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redlands, California, Aday Retail consenting to payment by the Redevelopment Agency of the City of Redlands, California Building' for certain public improvements pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 33445 and makin, certain determinations concerning such improvements known as the. Aday Retail Building, was unanimously adopted on motion of Councilmomber Johnson, seconded by Councilmember DoMirjyn. Claim On motion of. Councilmember Cunningham, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, the go claire of David C. Holcomb in the approximate amount of $2,500.00 was found not to Nbe a proper charge against the City and therefore unanimously rejected. a Claim, On motion of Councilmember Cunningham, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, the claim of Carole Matlock in the approximate amount of $65,000.00 was found not to be a proper charge against the City and therefore unanimously rejected. Claim On motion of Councilmember Cunningham, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, the claim of Stallion Pipeline in the amount of $6,500.00 was found not to be a proper charge, against the City and therefore unanimously rejected. Claim On motion of Counrilmember Cunningham, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, the claim of John Emery Jones in the amount of $142.857.00 was found not to be a proper charge against the City and therefore uanimously rejected. (Maim On motion of Councilmember Cunningham, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, the - claim of Michael Parking, James Baker, Karen Wilson, and Douglas Baker in an unknown R. amount was found not to be a proper charge against the City and therefore unanimously rejected. 1 ' Claim On motion of Councilmember Cunningham, seconded by Councilmember Wormser, the claim of Debra K. Medina in an unknown amount was found not to be a proper charge � against the City and therefore unanimously rejected. 040 Resolution On motion of Councilmember Cunningham, seconded by Councilmcmber Wormser, No. 4338 Resolution No. 4338, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redlands establishing traffic regulations pursuant to Title 10 of the Redlands Municipal Code and directing Traffic the installation of stop signs on Clark Street at Michigan Street, was unanimously x. adopted. Resolution On motion of Councilmcmber Cunningham, seconded by Councilmcmber Wormser, No. 4339+ Resolution No. 4339, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redlands establishing Appropriations an -appropriations limit for Fiscal Year 1987-88 pursuant to Article XIIIB of the California Limit Constitution, was unanimously adopted. Employee: Following discussion, on motion of Councilmcmber Johnson, seconded by Counchinember Position Cunningham, Council unanimously approved upgrading one Fire Safety Inspector I part-time position to a full-time position within the Fire Department for this fiscal year. This position is partially funded from fees received from Weed Abatement Administration Fill and other inspection fees. AF a Training On motion of Councils r Cunningham, seconded by Councilmcmber Wormscr, Council ; Agreement unanimously approved a training agreement for Recreation Aide training with the Colton- Redlands-Yucaipa Regional Occupational Program and authornzcd the City Manager to sign any necessary documents on the City's behalf to carry out the program. WN Funds The first 500 copies of former Library Director Phyllis Irshay's book have been sold. During the Redlands' centennial year, requests continue to be received for additional Book Printing copies of this book on the history of the A. K. Smiley Public Library. On motion of Councilmcmber Cunningham, seconded by Councilmcmber Wormser, Council unanimously approved an additional appropriation of 80,293.00 for the printing of 500 additional books, "The Pride and Glory of the Town." x Nitrogen On motion of Councilmcmber Cunningham, seconded by Councrlmamher Wormser, Council Agreement unanimously approved an agreement with John Carollo Engineers for a preliminary evaluation of nitrogen removal processes appropriate for our wastewater treatment 910 isi plant. s ' i Resolution On motion of Councilmcmber Wormser, seconded by Councilmcmber DoMirjyn, Resolution No. 4353 No. 4353, a resolution of the City Council of the City of Redlands indicating its intent E3i Arrowhead to provide for the issuance of obligations to provide assistance in financing an educational PSI" Christian facility (Arrowhead Christian Academy), was continued for further study by the City 'I'll IVI r Academy Attorney. f < RR Funds On motion of Councilmcmber Cunningham, seconded by Councilmcmber Wormser. Council ' unanimously approved an additional appropriation in the amount of $1,035.00 from the Billiard Tables Joslyn Senior Center Account to recover the billiard tablas at the Joslyn Senior Center, There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 7.0:49 P.M. MNext regular meeting, March 1, 1988. Mayor of the City of Redlands _ ATTEST: G�ity erk 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0 INN t j V T j i �