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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA
JANUARY 28, 1986
The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of National City was called to
order at 7:00 p.m. by Mayor Morgan.
ROLL CALL
Council members present: Cooper, Dalla, VanDeventer, Waters, Morgan. Absent:
None. Administrative officials present: Bolint, Campbell, Eiser, McCabe, Post,
Stafford.
SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND INVOCATION
The meeting was opened with salute to the flag led by City Manager McCabe,
followed with invocation by the Rev. Ken Nichols, Southport Christian Center.
Mayor Morgan requested a moment of silence in memory of those who died in the
Challenger Spacecraft.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Moved by Waters, seconded by Cooper, the minutes of the regular meeting of
January 14, 1986 be approved and the minutes of January 21, 1986 be held over.
Carried by unanimous vote.
APPOINTMENTS
Mayor Morgan requested that Council approve the following appointm ents:
Sweetwater Authority — Ralph Hughes; Library Board of Trustees — Zelva P. Moeser;
Traffic Safety Committee — Roy Fierro, Alex Torres and Kathlenn vanArum; Senior
Citizens Advisory Committee — Louise Barchus, Eva Cano, Rosa Enriquez, Marie
Meier, Leona Meyers, Martha Smith, Raymond Spann; Park & Recreation Advisory
Board — Marian Rutsch, Walter Popelar, J im Heinz, Armando Castanedo; Street Tree
and Parkway Committee — Richard Aranda. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by
Cooper, the appointment to the Sweetwater Authority be held over for 30 days.
Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote. Moved by Morgan, seconded by Cooper, in
favor of the Mayor's recommendations (except the Sweetwater Authority). Carried
by unanimous vote.
Vice Mayor Van Deventer said Mr. Detzer resigned from the Housing & Community
Development Commission when he was appointed to the Planning Commission;
Carolyn Kruse applied for the Housing & Community Development Commission and
he recommended Ms. Kruse be appointed to this Commission. Moved by Cooper,
seconded by Waters, Carolyn Kruse be appointed to the Housing & Community
Development Commission. Carried by unanimous vote.
Vice Mayor Van Deventer reported that Mr. Pruitt's appointm ent to a four—year term
on the Planning Commission has not been confirmed. Moved by Waters, seconded
by Dalla, Mr. Pruitt be appointed to a four—year term on the Planning Commission.
Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote.
Vice Mayor Van Deventer spoke of Mrs. Zarate's resignation from the Planning
Commission, saying we now have another opening. Ballots were distributed. The
City Clerk reported George Hood received four votes, Doris McKinney received two
votes, Donald Van Denover received two votes, Windfred Benson received one vote,
and Ronald Detzer received one vote. Moved by Waters, seconded by Van Deventer,
George Hood be appointed to the Planning Commission. Carried by unanimous vote.
PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
TRUMAN BROOKS, 3404 Bonita Rd., Chula Vista was present and spoke re the
matter of relocation of Ford Agency; they are nearing the final stages of
negotiations, trying to firm up agreements with the property owners; one of the
remaining obstacles is to relocate the auto parts store; the owner has selected a
site at the corner of Plaza & Euclid; this indivudual had selected this site seven
years ago and at that time plans were processed through the City to build his
building, but the project did not go through; there are some problems with Euclid
Ave. being put through; he and the owner met with the Planning staff and the City
Engineer to try and work out a solution to the ingress/egress problems, and they
were told they would probably need a traffic study which will take 30 days; the
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owners of the property will not give them that much time. Discussion. Mr.
Brooks continued, the owners have said now is the time to close the deal or move
on to some other location. Vice Mayor VanDeventer said Council didn't receive
this until 4:30 this afternoon and has not had a chance to review it; as far as
traffic counts, Mr. Brooks could probably go to the people that own the shopping
center to the west on Grove; they just did a traffic study not long ago; perhaps
Mr. Brooks should come back in two weeks. Mr. Brooks said the problem did not
surface until yesterday afternoon; the plans are here at the City; he would like
some suggestions from Council. Further discussion. Planning Director Post said
this project will be reviewed by the Planning Commission; there will be a public
hearing and it will be referred to the City Council. Further discussion. There
seemed to be consensus that Council could not act at this time, but Council was
not closing their minds.
FRED HLAWATSCH, 905 E. 13th St., was present and requested permission to
speak on Item 7 on the CDC agenda.
PATRICK BLAKELY, 2100 National City Blvd., was present and requested
permission to speak on an item on the CDC agenda. Vice Mayor Van Deventer
advised Mr. Blakely that the CDC meeting would follow the City Council meeting.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
The CONTINUED PUBLIC HEARING on COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK
GRANT PROGRAM, 1986-1987 (This hearing was continued from
November 26, 1985; on October 22, 1985, Council adopted guidelines for the
Community Development Block Grant Program; the Committee for Housing &
Community Development met on November 13, 1985, considered Council's guidelines
and the requests of the Paradise Valley Hospital Volunteer Service League
[$10,000 ] , and of the Operation Sam ahan Health Clinic [ $100,000 ] , and has
recommended to Council that it include one—half of the request of each in the
1986-1987 Program if sufficient funds are received; the Committee met again on
December 11, reaffirmed the recommendation of November 13, and further
recommended that a grant agreement and a note and trust deed be entered into
with Operation Samahan Health Clinic to provide for repayment of the grant to the
City of National City if the use of the facility changes from non—profit services
for lower income persons to a profit organization within a 15—year period;
repayment of the grant would be reduced by the amount of grant divided by 15 for
each year subsequent to the date of the grant) was held at this time. ARNOLD
PETERSON, Executive Director, Community Development Commission, was present
and said this is a final public hearing on the Block Grant Program for '86—'87; the
Program guidelines were set forth by Council: 1. Seniors Center — $225,000;
2. Home Improvement Loans, low income people — $150,000; 3. Ira Harbison
School Mini Park — $60,000; 4. Traffic Signals, new and upgrading of existing —
$215,000; 5. Construct curbs, gutters and sidewalks — $55,000; 6. 50/50 sidewalk
program — $60,000; 7. Landscape and beautify medians at 805 & Plaza Blvd. —
$75,000; 8. Reconstruct intersections, various locations within the City — $100,000;
Total — $940,000; the $940,000 figure represented the last year's amount which was
$1,100,000, Tess 15%; we heard at the time Council considered the guidelines, we
had letters from Operation Samahan Health Clinic requesting $100,000 and the
Committee recommended to Council $50,000 if funds are sufficient; Paradise Valley
Hospital Volunteer Service League had asked for $10,000 for special devices for
people that were in critical condition and of low income, and the Committee
recommended $5,000 if there were sufficient funds; Council recently received a
request from San Diego Residential Relations Foundation asking for $15,000 for
their program of landlord/tenant relations, as it relates to National City; it is still
up in mid —air as far as what will be funded under this program; it is clear that
there will be a 4.3% cut of the Block Grant, in addition to the 10, making it
14.3%, the 4.3 coming under the Sequestration Order that has been published in the
Federal Register; the reduction clearly is at least 14.3%; in addition, the President
has informed Congress and the public that he intends to defer $500 million of the
$3.1 billion scheduled for this program to 1987; if he does this, or isn't prevented
from doing it by Congress, the effect of that action would be 16% more in
reduction; if that event occurs, the total reduction would be approximately 30%
below the $1.1 million of last year; in addition, the President has said that he
intends to target Block Grant to the communities according to their need; under a
need test, he thinks National City would do comparitively well, but the criteria of
the test have not been disclosed. Mayor Morgan said maybe we can get $2-5
million. Mr. Peterson continued, another item the President is interested in doing
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is to shift the emphasis between the urban entitlement areas and the rural non —
entitlement areas; the shift that is proposed would be to the disadvantage of the
urban entitlement communities such as National City; in addition to the prospect of
$500 million being deferred, there are matters of criteria of need that might be
applied; there are also the matters of the shift in the ratio of entitlement/non—
entitlement that might be applied; the bottom line is that nobody knows the
amount of Block Grant Funds that National City will receive for 1986; we do know
we will get an amount of money that is close to $940,000 or Tess, depending upon
the outcome of these several proposals; therefore, the Committee's recommendation,
on the basis if there be sufficient funding that those words were applied to
Operation Samahan, Paradise Valley Hospital and might also be applied to the
Resident Relations Foundation; it's clear that we will not have sufficient funds to
fund those projects in addition to the ones totalling $940,000 that Council has set
forth in their guidelines. BOBBY CRUZ (Administrator of Samahan Medical
Center), 2743 Highland Ave., was present and asked that their request for funds be
included in the Block Grant Program on a proportionate basis; he understands about
the recent cuts; he still respectfully requests inclusion on a proporionate basis; they
are willing to take whatever amount would be available for them. JOYCE HAINES
(Director, Volunteer Services, Paradise Valley Hospital), 3143 Mt. Miguel Dr., San
Diego was present and said they will be celebrating the 2nd anniversary of the
Lifeline Program which was taken on as a project of the volunteers; at the present
time they have 32 units in their program; the units cost $500 apiece; what they
are offering to the community is an emergency response system where people who
are confined to their homes can have the security of being able to push a help
button which is tied into their emergency services department and can receive
emergency help, a lot of times allowing elderly people to be able to remain in
their homes instead of going into a nursing home facility, thus cutting some of the
costs; the reason they have asked for the funds is so they can expand their
program and offer the service to more of the people in the community; Lifeline is
a nationally recognized service; it is a reputable system; it has worked well for
them; she would really like to see the money appropriated for their program
because they do want to expand it and be able to offer the service to more
people. Councilman Cooper inquired how many units they have now. Ms. Haines
replied they have 32; it's still a small program compared with a lot of other
hospitals, but it's a good system and they would like to see it grow; they have
received donations from private individuals and from service clubs such as Altrusa
etc.; they rent the units to the subscribers for a $15/month fee which just covers
their administrative costs; they are actively looking for funds. Councilman Cooper
said he is surprised they haven't contacted the Lions Club and the Kiwanis Club.
Ms. Haines said they have, but have had no response. Councilman Cooper said he
was on the Board of the Lions Club for quite a while and he doesn't recall seeing
a request; she should send her request to the President of the club. Ms. Haines
said she would contact Mr. Cooper tomorrow. Mayor Morgan said the Block Grant
funds come from the Federal Government; when we started the Mile of Cars we
got $10 million from the Federal Government to do the Mile of Cars; it seems to
him that the City should be funding a lot of these programs; we cannot keep the
City solid financially if we take the money that comes into the City from the
Federal Government and put it all on something that doesn't create other
employment, jobs and income for the City; if you shut that off, you've shut the
whole works off; when we do these redevelopment,zredevelopment doesn't get the
money; it goes directly to the City; we are sitting on $5-6 million in reserves and
it seems like we should use some of this money to put back into the future of the
City; there is no private business that can operate very long taking all the money
that comes in and putting it into a good time; you have to put some money back
in to the future of the City; that's the only way we can build it up, to keep some
of this money where we can bring another business in for the future; in the last
two years we really haven't laid aside any money for the future of this City; there
is not one project where there's money laid aside for it; the City should fund all of
these projects here instead of taking all that from the redevelopment; leave most
of it in the redevelopment and let them lay it out where they can bring in another
$1-2 million for the future of this City; that's the only way we can survive.
Councilman Waters said looking at Item 8, we have $100,000 in reconstruction of
intersections; maybe we could take $5,000 of that for Paradise Valley Hospital and
maybe $10,000 to help out the Operation Samrahan Health Clinic; he doesn't think
that will be any real detriment to the community; reconstruction of intersections;
he thinks we can find that in our own City budget; that is in the form of a
motion.Mayor Morgan said he would second the motion. Councilman Cooper said he
would like to go a little bit further; the Samahan Medical Clinic is trying to
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rebuild their building and enlarge it and bring it up to Code, and bring it up to
where the handicapped can come in there in a wheel chair, and redo their
bathrooms so the handicapped can use them; $10,000 is not going very far toward
that; he would like to see that upped to at least $20,000; he will go along with the
$5,000 for Paradise Valley Hospita., but he would like to amend the motion to
$20,000. Moved by Waters, seconded by Van Deventer, the motion be amended to
$20,000 for Operation Samrahan Health Clinic and $5,000 for the Paradise Valley
Hospital Volunteer Group. Vice Mayor VanDeventer said he wanted to go a little bit
further relating to what we're doing; we're trying to cover a lot of projects that
were not done through the years for one reason or another; they've been
eliminated, or we've been able to stop for one reason or another; we've been
funding the school system; this is one of the last schools to fund; our traffic signal
devices in our City are so down —graded that we need every bit of money we can
into that particular function; he thinks it's an excellent way of bring the system
where our Police Dept. and Fire Dept. can operate; construct our curbs, gutters
and sidewalks; that's one that's had excellent response from the community relating
to that; same way with the 50/50 sidewalk; the landscaping and beautification of
805 & Plaza Blvd. is kind of a dreary looking — once you come off the freeway;
this will brighten it up; the reconstruction of intersections — we all know what's
that; he supports that; he thinks these organizations that have applied are worthy
of some type of funding and he would second that to $20,000; he thinks what we
will need to do in the future, as money comes forward under Block Grant in the
future, if we're going to fund these types of organizations, as the County is
dropping off funding and the City is going to get involved in it, we're going to
have to face a maximum amount of money that we will want to fund each year; if
it's going to be 5% or 10% or whatever just for those types of organizations; if
not, we're going to have this audience full with 100 applicants next year; he would
like us to take into consideration that we think on a percentage basis, a total
allocation next year that will be funded; then we will have something to go by;
this way we're taking care of everybody that's requested this time and we can
move forward. Mayor Morgan said this $225,000 in helping the senior citizens over
there, he is for that 100%; that should come out of City funds; the $150,000 for
loans should be in there; there's nothing wrong with that; Harbison School is all
right; $50,000 to Highland Ave. and $5,000 to the hospital; the rest of this money,
traffic signals, construction of curbs and sidewalks, and landscaping, all of these
funds, they have it in the City that we've built up over the years; the money has
been built up; it's got to snowball and it's rolled up to where the City has got
plenty of money; they take the money out of the redevelopment and the
redevelopment has done the job to furnish the money to buy the needs of the
people of National City; they have done that and it will come in next year and
next year; he can't figure out how the Council can sit here and take the money
out and not leave something for the future; if they would like to write to him and
tell him what project we've started that wasn't started two years ago for the
future of this City, he wants to see it. Councilman Cooper said we set aside $3/4
million not too long ago to help the gentleman who was here earlier (Mr. Brooks);
it helped him to relocate Colonial Ford; if that isn't a step forward, he doesn't
know what is; how the Mayor can sit here and say we're sitting on $6 million in
surplus money, one day Council is going to force the Mayor to show them where
the money is; he would like to see it; he can't see it in the budget and he has
talked to the Finance people, including the City Treasurer, and it's not there; the
Mayor keeps telling the public that we have $6 million in surplus; he will have to
agree with the Mayor that there are some things on here that really shouldn't be;
Council voted back in November; we okayed it at that time, and he doesn't know
why some of these things didn't come up at that time; he thinks what we're doing
tonight is a step in the right direction. Councilman Waters said if you really look
at this, in order to be a good business person, when you're a good business person
you see that everybody gets a little bit of the pie; the senior citizens get a little
bit of it, and we're even giving the school district, which they have their own
funding and can surely take care of themselves; we're taking care of that; we're
taking care of the public and their home loans, and also construction of curbs,
gutters and sidewalks; that's for everybody; that's why when he looked at the
reconstruction of intersections, and these two people made the request, he thought
we ought to help them a little bit; we still have $75,000 left over for
reconstruction of intersections; we've been very fair to everyone. Mayor Morgan
said he would approve all of these projects, but he wouldn't take it all out of
Block Grant; he would leave the money over there to set aside for the future; he
would take it out of City funds where they have funds that were developed by
having active redevelopment. Councilman Waters said when people like Paradise
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Valley Hospital want a donation of $5,000 or Samahan wanted this, you know where
we would always send them; it used to be a very good habit of the Mayor's: "Let's
not get into the habit of funding these projects; send them down to the County
where they belong"; the Mayor used to say that on a routine basis; now we're
starting to share some of the responsibility; they're part of the community, so
maybe we should take a second look; if we don't have the money, we say no; Mr.
Bilbray get on the stick and help them out; that's the way it's supposed to be.
Councilman Dalla said he would speak against the amendment, not because the
groups that are requesting money are not worthwhile, or not because they don't
provide a needed and valuable service, but because we have over the last several
years, except last year and this year, focused most of the Block Grant funds into
redevelopment related projects; the last two years are the first two that we have
started to funnel into community —wide things where everyone benefits in addition to
the business community; we have also endeavored to not commit the City to
funding a lot of social service programs because there are just too many; during
Revenue Sharing tim e we have more and more people requesting funds, the San
Ysidro Health Clinic down the street for example last year and many others; we're
going to get ourselves into a position of having to decide whether the Samahan
Clinic or the San Ysidro Health Clinic or someone else's clinic is providing the best
service or is in the most need; he suspects we're going to accom modate these
people tonight, but he thinks in the short range these people are going to go away
happy and thinking that the Council is nice people, but he thinks in the long run
we're setting ourselves up for a situation where we're going to have to bite the
bullet and start turning people down, because we're not even going to get the
;940,000, let alone the additional funds; next year, they're going to cut the funds
down and the people don't really care where the money originated; all they know is
they came to City Hall and they got it, and they're going to expect to continue to
come here and get that money, and we're not going to have it; then we're going to
be using the general tax money to fund these programs; he will have some
comments on the original motion when we get to it. Vice Mayor VanDeventer said
the reason he supports this and the organizations that have come forward, and that
he would support this ;20,000 relating to their need on this project, the reason he
feels we have to, if we're going to fund any amount of money, we're going to have
to come up with a percentage in the future; if they apply for $5,000, we give it
equally across the board in the future because they're going to be here; he thinks
the situation where we're at right now, we're still moving along on the Mile of
Cars; we just bought the motel at 26th & National City Blvd.; we have the money
for that; we have Mr. Blakely sitting here wanting the money for the piece of
property where he's at; we're still moving on with major projects; we're catching up
in the general public areas at a faster pace than we normally would be going
through the regular budget of the City. Councilman Waters said there for a while
we had the Pony Leagues, Little Leagues and all the other organizations in here
asking for donations every year, so the Council established a policy that each one
of them would get a certain amount; if we have a half dozen clinics in here every
year, we'll have to do the same thing. Amendment carried, by the following vote,
to —wit: Ayes: Cooper, VanDeventer, Waters, Morgan. Nays: Dalla. Councilman
Dalla said before the Samahan Clinic was located where they are now, they were
located at the Girls Club; he has a recollection that some time in the past, the
Council funded, through Revenue Sharing, some funds to the Girls Club, or through
the Girls Club, or through the Samahan Clinic for certain improvements and setting
up the clinic at the Girls Club, and asked Mr. Cruz if he recalled that. Mr. Cruz
replied he did not. Mayor Morgan said the City paid the whole cost of building
that building and setting up the clinic; they brought in the money to put in the
equipment they needed, but the City bought a piece of land and built the whole
thing. Councilman Dalla said he just wanted to clarify that, because we have, in
the past, had requests from Samahan; he doesn't know what the amount of the
funding was, but we did attempt, in cooperation with them, to help with the
facility; he doesn't know why, apparently it wasn't adequate or whatever, but they
moved; the City has demonstrated a commitment; this is not the first time. Mr.
Cruz said he does not recall that; he has only been serving Samahan for the past
year and a half; he did apply for Block Grants from San Diego, along with six
community clinics; the others got their requests granted, but Samahan was switched
to National City because they rightfully belong to National City; San Ysidro Health
Clinic moved here, but they have money and they don't need any funding.
Councilman Dalla said regarding the original motion, for many years we funneled
most of our money into redevelopment, but all those years we were promising the
citizens that when project "A", "B" etc. gets done, they will benefit; as recently as
a year ago, we had $3 million worth of traffic signals that needed to be installed
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or upgraded, $7 million worth of curbs, gutters and sidewalks that have never been
installed, and in fact, within one block of the Mile of Cars, there are places where
the streets aren't installed and the curbs and gutters don't exist; at some point in
time, we have to stop promising people things will get done, and start producing;
that's what we did last year and that's what he sees us doing this year with the
Block Grants; as far as the amount of funds the City puts into the various things,
ever since it opened, the City has been spending $1,250,000/year of City money to
pay off the bonds for the Plaza Bonita Shopping Center; we've already m ention the
$6-700,000 for one of the Ford dealerships; he thinks that we have to start
producing and stop promising and that's what we've done with this Block Grant; he
hopes we continue to do it; he doesn't think that demonstrates an unwillingness to
support the business community or redevelopment; he thinks it demonstrates a
willingness to start spreading it around so the whole community benefits. Mayor
Morgan said 18-20 years ago we didn't have many streets in National City, and the
we didn't have drainage; in the past 20 years we've spent between $20-30 million
on streets and drainage; we had one park at that time; now we have five parks;
we've got fenced ball fields; we have fields with lights; we built the senior high—
rise building; there has been $40-70 million put into the betterment of the City in
the past 20 years. Councilman Cooper said we should talk about the millions of
dollars being poured into the new Kimball Tower; that's for the good of the
community; that's $8 million, $3 million from the Federal Government; he thinks
we're doing a pretty good job and this Block Grant Program will help quite a bit
with the streets and the gutters; if you can go through the City and see some of
the places where they don't have sidewalks — he walks every morning, and in some
of the areas where he walks, there are no sidewalks; there are ditches where the
sidewalks should be, and we should have sidewalks, curbs and gutters. Councilman
Waters said National City is rated the tenth most active City and is the third
richest City in the County. Vice Mayor VanDeventer said if we are pro —rated
down, everything will be pro —rated down. Original motion carried by the following
vote, to —wit: Ayes: Cooper, Dalla, VanDeventer, Waters. Nays: Morgan.
Abstaining: Morgan. See Page 199, Para. 1). No one else was present to speak in
this regard. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Cooper, the Public Hearing be
closed, and all recommendations of the City Council be adhered to. Carried, by
the following vote, to —wit: Ayes: Cooper, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters. Nays:
Morgan.
ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS
CONSENT RESOLUTIONS (Resolutions Nos. 14,856 through 14,858)
Moved by VanDeventer, seconded by Cooper, the Resolutions be presented by title
only. Carried by unanimous vote. Mayor Morgan requested Resolutions Nos. 14,857
and 14,858 be considered separately. Moved by VanDeventer, seconded by Waters,
the Consent Resolutions (except 14,857 and 14,858) be adopted. Carried by
unanimous vote.
Resolution No. 14,856, "RESOLUTION DECLARING THE JOHN C. HENBERGER
COMPANY THE LOWEST RESPONSIBLE BIDDER AND AUTHORIZING THE
PURCHASING AGENT TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH THE JOHN C.
HENBERGER COMPANY." See Consent Resolutions above.
Resolution No. 14,857, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO
ENTER INTO AN AGREEMENT WITH PWNA ENGINEERS FOR CIVIC CENTER
HVAC SYSTEM, ROOF AND CANOPY." Discussion. Moved by Cooper, seconded
by VanDeventer, Resolution No. 14,857 be adopted. Discussion. Motion carried by
the following vote, to —wit: Ayes: Cooper, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters. Nays:
Morgan.
Resolution No. 14,858, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATION AND
TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR S.B. 300 (FORAN) PROJECT." Discussion. Moved by
Morgan, seconded by VanDeventer, Resolution No. 14,858 be adopted. Carried by
unanimous vote.
ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION (FIRST READING)
Moved by Waters, seconded by Dalla, the Ordinance be presented by title only.
Carried by unanimous vote.
"Ordinance of the City of National City amending Ordinance No. 1840 and Section
15.20.060 of the National City Municipal Code to amend Subsection (b) of Section
912 of the Uniform Plumbing Code." Discussion.
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Mayor Morgan said in the public hearing, Council approved the funds to do Plaza
Blvd. at 805; he voted no on the whole works; he would like to show an abstention.
City Attorney Eiser said the records could be corrected to reflect that.
NEW BUSINESS
The Finance Director's request for RATIFICATION of WARRANT REGISTER
NO. 30, dated January 21, 1986 in the amount of ;257,587.64 (Warrants Nos. 90670
through 90772 [90671 voided]), and CERTIFICATION of PAYROLL for the period
ending January 15, 1986, in the amount of $302,220.15 was presented. Moved by
Waters, seconded by Dalla, the bills be paid and warrants drawn. Mayor Morgan
said he would vote in favor of the payroll, but against the bills. Councilman
Cooper said he would abstain on Warrant No. 90741 because he has a conflict of
interest. Vice Mayor VanDeventer said he too would abstain on Warrant No. 90741.
Bills (except Warrant No. 90741) ratified by the following vote, to —wit: Ayes:
Cooper, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters. Nays: Morgan. Payroll ratified by the
following vote, to —wit: Ayes: Cooper, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Nays:
None. Warrant No. 90741 failed, by the following vote, to —wit: Ayes: Dalla,
Waters. Nays: Morgan. Abstaining: Cooper, VanDeventer.
The application for TYPE 47, ON —SALE GENERAL LIQUOR LICENSE of Stephanie
I. Kaye, dba BILLY'S, 1430 E. Plaza Blvd., Suite E (Building Dept. states no
grounds for objection; the Police Dept. states that this application raises some
questions regarding impact on police service: 1. Possible noise complaints from
residential neighbors to the east stemming from late night closing and customer
parking activity; 2. Security in parking lot area during late night hours [ vehicle
burglaries and thefts, pedestrian robberies, drunk drivers, etc. ]; 3. Called for
service due to problems associated with activities and problems relating to a full
service bar; see Document No. 73334; the Planning Dept. recommends Council
protest issuance of this liquor license until such time as a C UP is approved) was
presented. Councilman Cooper said this is in the new development that adjoins his
property so he would abstain. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, this
license be protested until they obtain a CUP. Carried, by the following vote, to —
wit: Ayes: Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters. Nays: None. Abstaining: Cooper,
Morgan.
WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
A letter from PONY BASEBALL, INC., requesting the City to PURCHASE the
INSIDE FRONT COVER of the 1986 SAN DIEGO COUNTY PONY BASEBALL
TOURNAMENT BOOKLET (The price is $250) was presented. Moved by Waters,
seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of this request. Carried by unanimous vote.
A letter from the SWEETWATER QUARTERBACK CLUB requesting a DONATION
was presented. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Waters, in favor of this
request. Carried by unanimous vote. Vice Mayor VanDeventer asked City Manager
McCabe to make sure this is the first request from the Sweetwater Quarterback
Club this year. City Manager McCabe said he would do so.
OTHER BUSINESS
The Purchasing Agent's report on INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
CITY AND PLANET INSURANCE COMPANY (Robert F. Driver Co., our liability
insurance broker, has requested that we fill out a questionnaire for the purpose of
liability insurance renewal on April 1, 1986; a new requirement this year is for the
City to sign an Indemnification Agreement; the City Attorney has recommended
that Council approval be obtained and the City Manager be authorized to sign the
Agreement; staff recommends that Council approve the Agreement and authorize
the City Manager to sign for the City) was presented. Moved by Waters, seconded
by VanDeventer, this be approved. Carried by unanimous vote.
The recommendations of the TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE from their meeting of
January 8, 1986 were presented. Moved by Cooper, seconded by Waters, this be
accepted and filed. Carried by unanimous vote.
The Finance Director's report of EXAMINATION OF THE NATIONAL CITY
TRANSIT FUND and THE RED CROSS WHEELS FUND (See Document No. 73339;
these funds are funded by Transportation Development Act Grants and require a
separate audit by the State Controller's Office; no exception was noted in the
course of the examination) was presented. Moved by Cooper, seconded by
VanDeventer, this be accepted and filed. Carried by unanimous vote.
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CITY MANAGER — No report.
CITY ATTORNEY
The City Attorney's report on ENFORCEMENT OF VEHICLE CODE REGULATIONS
ON PRIVATE PROPERTY (On January 21, Council raised a question regarding the
enforceability of Vehicle Code provisions on private property; generally, Vehicle
Code provisions regarding traffic rules and regulations apply to public streets and
highways, as opposed to private property; however, specific provisions have been
created which do make certain regulations applicable to private property as well;
see Document No. 73340) was presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote.
The City Attorney's report on LIQUOR LICENSE TRANSFERS, REQUIREMENT OF
CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (On January 14, Council raised a question as to
whether the City could require a CUP as part of the application process for
transfer of a liquor license; Mr. Eiser has researched this question and determined
that the City could not legally require a CUP as a condition of transfer of a liquor
license; see Document No. 73341) was presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote.
OTHER STAFF
Asst. City Manager Bolint referred to Council's direction that the Purchasing Agent
advertise in the Daily Transcript. Purchasing Agent Regelado was present and said
he has advertised on eight different occasions at a cost of $439.88; he has not had
a single vendor inquiry as a result of that advertising; he would like further
direction from Council. Mayor Morgan said he would like this to be brought back
on next week's agenda.
MAYOR
Mayor Morgan referred to the traffic signals at 24th & National City Blvd., and
24th & Hoover, saying traffic backs up all the way under the freeway. City
Engineer Stafford said he would check it out.
Mayor Morgan reported Mr. Kearney is out saying service stations cannot self
cigarettes and Coke; he thinks every service station sells something extra; the
public expects it. Moved by Morgan, seconded by VanDeventer, staff bring back a
report on what service stations can sell. Discussion. Note: This motion was
not voted on.
Mayor Morgan said he received a letter regarding the drain through Kimball Park
and asked if there was a plan for it. City Engineer Stafford outlined what is
planned.
Mayor Morgan said there seems to be a war going on about the drainage (9th &
Edgerton) in front of Walker Scott; he received a report from the contractor, but
it sounded bad. Councilman Dalla suggested this be put on the agenda.
Mayor Morgan spoke of the beautification of connection points between Chula Vista
and National City. Moved by VanDeventer, seconded by Cooper, this be referred to
CIP in the next budget, but staff be authorized to start working with the City of
Chula Vista. Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote.
Mayor Morgan reported he won the elephant race against Mayor Cox.
CITY COUNCIL
Vice Mayor VanDeventer asked the City Attorney for comments regarding
developer's fees, and inquired if the City Council has to approve the developer's fee
for the National School District and the Sweetwater School District. City Attorney
Eiser said there is a difference of opinion; the School Districts are claiming they
have the authority to specify the fee; the consensus of most of the cities is that
it's within the discretion of the City; there are no court decisions on it yet; there
is a dispute with the School District in Chula Vista and he's watching that
carefully. City Attorney Eiser suggested he be directed to bring back a report in
two weeks. Moved by Morgan, seconded by Waters, in favor of the City Attorney's
recommendation. It was suggested that Mr. Eiser obtain an opinion from the
Attorney General. Motion carried by unanimous vote.
Councilman Cooper said a few weeks ago, he brought the matter of pedestrian
safety to Council; since that time, two pedestrians have been injured on 8th St.;
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this is a serious problem. Moved by Cooper, seconded by Morgan, the City
Manager meet with the Police Chief and work out some kind of program to
educate drivers to stop for pedestrians; he would also like us to talk to the schools
about educating the children. Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote.
Mayor Morgan called an Executive Session for pending litigation at 8:24 p.m.
Council reconvened at 8:30 p.m.
ROLL CALL
Council members present: Cooper, Dalla, VanDeventer, Waters, Morgan. Absent:
None.
ADJOURNMENT
Moved by Waters, seconded by VanDeventer, the meeting be adjourned to 4:00 p.m.,
February 4, 1986. Carried by unanimous vote. The meeting closed at 8:31 p.m.
CITY CLE
The foregoing minutes were approved at the regular meeting of February 4, 1986.
Corrections No cor ections
MAY
CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA