HomeMy WebLinkAbout062512-special-cc_CCv0001.pdf MINUTES: of a special meeting of the City Council of the City of Redlands held in the
Council Chambers, Civic Center, 35 Cajon Street, on June 25, 2012 at 5:32
P.M.
PRESENT: Pete Aguilar, Mayor
Paul Foster, Mayor Pro Tem
Jon Harrison, Councilmember
Jerry Bean, Councilmember
Bob Gardner, Councilmember
ABSENT: None
STAFF: Enrique Martinez, City Manager; Dan McHugh, City Attorney; Sam Irwin, City
Clerk; Carl Baker, Public Information Officer; Jeff Frazier, Fire Chief; Mark
Garcia, Police Chief, Phil Mielke, Innovation and Technology Department;
Fred Mousavipour, Municipal Utilities and Engineering Director; Fred
Cardenas, Quality of Life Director; Tina Kundig, Finance Director/City
Treasurer; Tom Steele, Assistant Finance Director; Oscar Orci, Development
Services Director; Debbie Scott-Leistra, Human Resources Director
Mayor Aguilar called the meeting to order and offered those present the
opportunity to provide public comment on any item to be discussed in closed
session.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
Fees Impact — Steve Rogers read an article from the newspaper entitled Never
Do Business in California.
Builders' Perspective - John Heimann, from the Baldy View Chapter of
Building Industry Association of Southern California, Inc., asked for a delay in
implementation of fee increases due to the currently depressed economic
conditions in the Inland Empire, grandfathering of projects already in progress,
and a phased in approach to the increases.
Businessman's Perspective—Don Gee, of the Redlands Chamber of Commerce,
presented a letter for the record. He said the Chamber had formed a task force to
analyze the fee study recommendations and requested time for dialogue with
staff before the City Council votes on the proposed fee schedule.
Resident's Perspective—Bill Cunningham identified concerns about some items
on the proposed fee schedule. Specifically, he said he thought increases in fees
for dog adoption and tree trimming would have negative impacts. He said the
schedule for inspections fees didn't make sense.
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June 25,2012
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FEE STUDY WORKSHOP:
Consultant Presentation— City Treasurer Tina Kundig introduced Mike Adams,
from MGT of America, Inc., who presented a summary of the handouts
produced to answer City Council requests generated at a May 24, 2012 special
meeting fee study workshop. Many questions and discussion from the Council
centered on the methodology used in the study and the magnitude of the
increases recommended. Consensus supported subsidies rather than full cost
recovery for recreation programs, dog and bicycle licensing, tree trimming and
removal for residents and historical resource designations. Mayor Aguilar
summarized the workshop discussion by identifying the need for
implementation options to ease the impacts of any fee increases. Staff was
tasked to provide proposals for logical break points for grandfathering of
projects in progress, to provide schedule options for phased implementation of
fee increases, and to add indexing into the fee schedule. Staff was also tasked
to work with the Chamber of Commerce to specifically address the questions in
the letter they submitted. To increase confidence in the methodology used for
the fee study, the Council asked for specific examples of how some of the larger
fee increases are justified.
PUBLIC COMMENT:
None forthcoming.
ADJOURNMENT:
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 7:35 P.M. The next
regular City Council meeting is scheduled for July 3,2012.
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