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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1984 04-03 CC MINBook 64 Page 109 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA APRIL 3, 1984 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of National City was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Mayor Morgan. ROLL CALL Council members present: Camacho, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Absent: None. Administrative officials present: Benzing, Bolint, Campbell, McCabe, McLean, Post. 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. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Moved by Camacho, seconded by Dalla, aDproval of the minutes of the regular and adjourned meetings of March 27, 1984 be held over to the next meeting. Carried by unanimous vote. PROCLAMATIONS Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, the Proclamations be presented by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. The Mayor's proposed Proclamation declaring the week of April 17-23, 1984 as "VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK" was presented. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of this Proclamation. Carried by unanimous vote. The Mayor's proposed Proclamation declaring April 23-28 as "WOMEN'S ACHIEVEMENT WEEK" was presented. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of this Proclamation. Carried by unanimous vote. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS RAYMOND DUKE, 1945 Wilson, was present and inquired about the National City Transit Schedule, saying the buses start out early in the morning, but the last bus runs about 6:00 or 7:00 p.m.; people who work late have no public transportation to get home; the shopping centers stay open until 9:00, but people cannot get home from the stores at that hour on the bus; perhaps one bus could run until 10:00 p.m. Discussion. Mayor Morgan asked the City Manager to make a report on this. Mayor Morgan recognized Mrs. Annie Camacho (wife of Councilman Camacho) who was present in the audience and said Mr. Camacho has been looking after the affairs of the City for 16 years and has done a great job; he will be missed. PAT AKIYAMA, President National City Swim Club, was present and asked when the Municipal Pool would be open; they have a scheduled meet for April 28-29. LISA RAMOS,was present and said they have had problems because of the pool situation; the kids on the Swim Team have been cooperative; she would like to know when the pool will be ready. Discussion. City Engineer Benzing said the contractor notified the City in mid -January that he received the materials and would be prepared to start work; Public Works and Parks & Recreation was notified to close the pool down and prepare for the contractor to begin work; the contractor called back and said there had been a delay and he would not be able to start work until February 1; he received the 4/3/84 Book 64 Page 110 materials on February 2 and started work; he was given a period of 30 working days to complete the work, and his contract time expired on March 14; the contractor's performance was poor; they have been trying to communicate with the contractor, but he does not return the calls, nor does he respond to correspondence; the City has had to take over the contract and brought in a local contractor; hopefully, they can get the necessary equip Went in ten days; if this can be done, the pool may be opened up before the Swim Meet. Discussion re holding the meet somewhere else, possibly the Navy Pool or the Chula Vista Pool at Loma Verde. The Vice President of the Swim Club -was present and said the Navy is not too willing to loan out their pool for meets; Chula Vista might loan their pool, but they prefer longer notice. Further discussion. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, the City Manager contact the Navy or Chula Vista, explain the situation and ask if they can assist us. The Treasurer of the Swim Club was present and said he works at the Naval Station; the Navy does not want to loan their pool; there is no room around their pool to accommodate the people. Further discussion. Motion carried by unanimous vote. Vice Mayor Dalla said this is the first major renovation of the pool since it opened; there has been some criticism lately for not awarding a contract to the low bidder; in this case the contract was awarded to the low bidder and he could not perform; there are times when the low bidder is not necessarily the best. ROXANNE RAPOZA (Ways and Means Chairman, Swim Club), 911 E. 7th St., was present and requested financial help for the Swim Club to pay salaries for the coaches. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Waters, the City contribute $250. Carried by unanimous vote. Councilman Van Deventer reported the Sweetwater Alumni Association has requested financial assistance from the City. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, the City contribute $250. Carried by unanimous vote. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, the Resolutions be presented by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,285, "RESOLUTION OPPOSING NEW FEDERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR DISASTER ASSISTANCE." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 14,285 be adopted. Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,286, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A 'JOBS BILL' GRANT (PUBLIC LAW 98-8) FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING & COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT." Moved by Waters, seconded by Van Deventer, Resolution No. 14,286 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,287, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TO FILE AN APPLICATION FOR A SMALL CITIES GRANT FROM THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 14,287 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,288, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF A LEASE AND OPERATING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND AMERICAN GOLF CORPORATION." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 14,288 be adopted. Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote. 4/3/84 Book 64 Page 111 OLD BUSINESS The Purchasing Agent's report on OFFICE AUTOMATION SYSTEM - OPTICAL CHARACTER READER IMPLEMENTATION IN PHASE I RATHER THAN PHASE II (Purchase of an Electronic Document Scanner was not included in Bid G.S. 8384-5; a requirement for proven compatibility of the word processing equipment to an OCR was included in the bid; therefore, purchase of such a unit should be handled by formal bid; total cost of purchase of the desired unit is $12,408; currently no funds have been appropriated for this purpose; this equipment is available for short term and long term lease with equity accrual at reasonable rates; the Dest brand does not require a full time operator or supervisor; it works automatically via communications and a paper feeding device to transfer 140 pages per hour of hard copy documents to the word processer's memory or storage; this permits input of existing documents for later revision by an operator; it should be used as needed, not as a way to empty file cabinets; a short term lease would enable us to actually use the equipment for various departments and documentation, and be fully aware of its limitations before a purchase committment was made; funds are available for lease/rental of this equipment in non - departmental -governmental purposes; staff recommends short term lease of Dest Model 202, Document Scanner at $691 per month, to be installed with Phase I implementation of our Office Automation System; budget for purchase of such equipment in FY 84-85) was presented. Discussion. Councilman Waters recommended this be brought up at the budget meeting this spring. City Attorney McLean said he would not recommend buying the equipment at this time; he would recommend a short term lease. Purchasing Agent Levens was present and answered Council's questions. Further discussion. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Waters, this be laid over to the Budget Committee meeting. Carried by unanimous vote. NEW BUSINESS The City Treasurer/Finance Director's request for RATIFICATION of WARRANT REGISTER NO. 39, dated March 27, 1984, in the amount of $162,345.49 (Warrants Nos. 83240 through 83299 [void 83240]) was presented. Moved by Waters, seconded by Camacho, the bills be paid and warrants drawn. Carried, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Nays: None. The CLAIM FOR DAMAGES of Francisco J. Ortiz, arising from an incident on February 17, 1984, and filed with the City Clerk on March 27, 1984 was presented. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, this claim be denied and referred to the City Attorney. Carried by unanimous vote. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS The reqw.-3st of the NATIONAL CITY LIONS CLUB concerning their ANNUAL 4TH OF JULY CELEBRATION (The Lions Club is requesting permission to hold a five-day celebration in Kimball Park, schedule as follows: June 30, July 1 - 12:00 p.m. to midnight; July 2 & 3 - 5:00 p.m. to midnight; July 4 - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.; the Lions Club requests Council approval for the following: 1. use of Kimball Park facilities, a plan to be submitted to the Park Dept. for approval; 2. permission to sell beer in Kimball Park during this period; 3. permission to hold a fireworks display in Kimball Park at 10:00 p.m. on July 4; 4. Temporary Use Permit [on file], request waiver of all fees; 5. temporary clocjr-; of ' n ` Ave. between 12th and 14th Streets during the celebration and setup/takedown period for the carnival operators; it is requested that the City Attorney prepare an agreement of liability for the Lions Club concerning any damage to grass, sprinklers or other park facilities which may ':e damaged as a result of their pr-grs.m) was presented. Di.scsion re parking on the grass. VINCENT RLYNOLDS (President, Lions Club), 1243 Manchester, was present and said there are a few vehicles that have to park on the grass area, but the rest can be kept off; they will do whatever the City wishes. Further discussion. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Dalla, in favor of this request. Carried by unanimous vote. 4/3/84 Book 64 Page 112 OTHER BUSINESS CITY MANAGER City Manager McCabe reported he has recommended Alex Caloza (Asst. to the Finance Director) be appointed Finance Director; Mr. Caloza has an excellent background, was appointed by the City Treasurer in March, 1979, and has indicated he would accept the position. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Dalla, in favor of the City Manager's recommendation. Carried, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters. Nays: Morgan. CITY ATTORNEY - No report. OTHER STAFF - No reports. MAYOR Mayor Morgan spoke of the difficulty the business people downtown are having regarding parking; many who work there don't make too much money, minimum wage; they've requested 7th, 9th and Plaza Blvd. between Roosevelt and 'A' be changed from 2-hour parking to 4-hour parking; this would give them a little time and it would keep people from coming in and sitting there all day; some of these people have gotten 3 or 4 tickets and it's a hardship on them. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, 7th St., 9th St. and Plaza Blvd. between 'A' Ave. and Roosevelt and the 800 block of Hoover be changed from 2-hour parking to 4-hour parkin9 immediately, and the matter be referred to the Traffic Safety Committee for study (amended motion). Discussion re the enforcement program having been implemented at the request of a lot of people and now we find that it solved some problems for some people and it created some problems for some people; just changing it may create other problems; it should be referred to the Traffic Safety Committee so they could study the matter and make an educated recommendation, including the 800 block of Hoover where a resident with no off-street parking has received 8 citations within the last few months; and the need for Traffic Safety Committee to devise permit stickers for residents. Motion carried by unanimous vote. Mayor Morgan spoke of the Treasurer of National City who has worked 35 years in that department, saying she has 399 hours (accrued vacation) and it's time to pay it because we've paid everyone else. Moved by Morgan, we authorize the paying of these vacation days that she worked. Motion died for lack of second. The Mayor said it's real bad to play favortism; the Treasurer has worked hard for the City and she's never interfered with the Council, she's never interfered with anyone; she's done an excellent job; the Manager was supposed to talk to her 2 weeks ago about it and get it going, and he hasn't worked out anything where we can go ahead with this; everybody else got it (even Harry Gill got something like 30-40-50,000 dollars when he quit); they're booting her around and he thought it was wrong and he didn't like it; he didn't care whether people talked about him or didn't agree with him; he always tried to treat them the same as he would somebody in his favor. City Manager McCabe said the City Treasurer wrote the City Council a letter some time ago asking to be paid for those hours; Council then, 2 weeks ago, referred it to him to review the records and bring back to them what he found in terms of verification of hours on the books; he has completed the process and is rea:.;y to write a report to the City Council; you should have it at the end of this weak. The Mayor asked for a verbal report. Vice Mayor Dalla and Councilman Waters requested the written report. Mayor Morgan asked for a verbal report now. City Manager McCabe said the report concerns the verification of accumulated hours that the Treasurer indicates she has to be paid off at the end of her term of office; the records of such hours are normally kept for most employees in the Personnel Office; Mrs. Kerr has kept her hours on her own; he would report that to Council, indicate what it would cost to make the payoff, indicate what the Code says, indicate what the 4/3/84 Book 64 Page 113 minutes of your Council meeting said when you made her appointment and the decision will be based on the Council's action; he had no authority to pay her or not to pay her; it's a Council action. Councilman Van Deventer said he felt that she's got something coming; we've got to come up with something; whatever she's entitled to --he didn't know if we can come up with that amount of hours or what, but whatever it is, that should come back with the report too, with some determination of what she's entitled to. Councilman Waters said the City Attorney would also have a report on elected official status and everything, what you can accumulate and what you cannot. City Attorney McLean said his understanding was that there was an assignment to the City Manager which he has just related he is fulfilling, and in the process of that assignment, he heard one person say check with the City Attorney and it's then a legal issue. Mayor Morgan said he wanted the Council and the Manager and the people here to know that the Office of the Mayor is not vacant; he was going to serve here as long as the good people of National City would elect him as Mayor. CITY COUNCIL Councilman Waters spoke to the Police Chief who was present, saying he keeps getting recommendations that there are no problems with liquor licenses here or there in the City; he would like Chief Hart to get together with a committee and come up with something to give Council a reason why certain licenses should not be permitted. Vice Mayor Dalla announced this was Councilman Camacho's last full meeting; in the past 16 years, Mr. Camacho has participated in 836 meetings; he has voted on 20,900 issues; the City is a much better place for his having served those years, and he (Mr. Dalla) is a better person for having the opportunity to serve those years with him. Councilman Camacho said it has been a great part of his life and has given him a time to grow; he has made some wonderful friends. ADJOURNMENT Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Waters, the meeting be adjourned to 4:00 p.m., April 17, 1984 (In accordance with Section 2.04.020 of the Municipal Code, there will be no meeting on April 10, 1984.) Carried by unanimous vote. The meeting closed at 4:56 p.m. r_Lis CITY ERK The foregoing minutes were approved at the regular meeting of the City Council on April 17, 1984. Corrections No Corrections MAY CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA 4/3/84_