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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1983 05-17 CC MIN/✓f Book 63 Page 85 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA MAY 17, 1983 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, Campbell, McCabe, McLean, Acting Planning Director 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 City Manager McCabe. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, the minutes of the regular meeting of May 10, 1983 be approved. Carried by unanimous vote. PROCLAMATIONS Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, the Proclamations be read by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. The Mayor's proposed Proclamation of "NATIONAL PUBLIC WORKS WEEK - May 22-28, 1983." was read by title. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of this Proclamation. Carried by unanimous vote. Mayor Morgan presented the Proclamation to a representative of San Diego and Imperial County Chapter of Public Works. The Mayor's proposed Proclamation of "NAVAL JUNIOR ROTC WEEK - June 12-18, 1983" was read by title. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of this Proclamation, Carried by unanimous vote. Mayor Morgan presented the Proclamation to Battalion Commander and staff, Mar Vista NJROTC. Max Vista NJROTC presented Mayor Morgan with a plaque. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS PATRICIA HESS, Del Mar Fair, was present and said Thursday, June 23 will be National City Day at the Fair and invited the Mayor and Council to participate in a parade on that day. SUZANNE HARRIS, MAAC Project, was present and spoke of the Summer Youth Employment Program, saying they are currently serving 800 youths; 20 youths will be placed in National City; 40% are coming from National City; there will be 20 slots for on-the-job training, as well as a targeted jobs credit; this is a program that will pay 80% of the wages in tax credit when someone in private industry hires a youth. Councilman Van Deventer said he has used this program for the past 10 years; private industry does not understand the program correctly; the Chamber of Commerce should look into the program. STEVE WHEELER, Personnel Administrator, was present and said the City has requested approximately 20 people this year and he anticipates getting most of them; any department is free to request a summer employee. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, the Resolutions be presented by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. 5/17/83 Book 63 Page 86 Resolution No. 14,041, "RESOLUTION APPROVING ENCROACHMENT REMOVAL AGREEMENT (106 South Belmont Avenue - Porter)." Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, Resolution No. 14,041 be adopted. Discussion. Carried, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Dalla, Van Deventer, Morgan. Nays: Waters. Vice Mayor Dalla said the City Engineer recommended this Resolution be denied, one of the reasons being the fence would probably be unsightly; the people that live there take pride in their property; the Engineer indicated at the last meeting they were going to put a chain link fence up; in fact, it's going to be a brick wall with wrought iron around the front and will tie in on the side to a chain link fence; most people put these things up and then come in for a permit; when people try to do things right by getting the permit first, they should be treated as well as those who apply for their permit after the fact. Resolution No. 14,042, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING BUDGET ADJUSTMENT FOR PURCHASE OF TRAFFIC COUNTERS." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Waters, Resolution No. 14,042 be adopted. Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,043, "RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DEFERRAL OF STREET IMPROVEMENTS AND A COVENANT RUNNING WITH THE LAND (2015 'I' Avenue - McConnell)." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 14,043 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,044, "RESOLUTION GRANTING CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT TO ALLOW THE OPERATION OF A MOBILE VETERINARY SHOT CLINIC (VACCINATIONS ONLY) AS A SEPARATE BUSINESS WITHIN THE PARKING LOT ADJACENT TO 1001 EAST PLAZA BOULEVARD, NATIONAL CITY (CUP-1983-3 - Jay W. Shrock D.V.M.)." Moved by Waters, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 14,044 be adopted. Discussion. City Attorney McLean quoted Sections f, g & h of the Resolution and said revocation (Section h) has to do with failing to meet conditions; it does not have to do with Council changing its mind after a year; if Council wishes to make a year to year rather than a yearly review for compliance with the conditions, he will write it into the condition. There was consensus to add to the Resolution Section is "This Conditional Use Permit shall expire on each anniversary thereof unless renewed by the National City City Council," Added to motion and second. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 14,045, "RESOLUTION OVERRULING PROTEST ('F' Avenue Sewer, Assessment District No. 215)." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 14,045 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote, Resolution No. 14,046, "RESOLUTION ORDERING THE WORK, DIRECTING PUBLICATION OF NOTICE INVITING BIDS AND ADOPTING SCALE OF PREVAILING WAGES ('F' Avenue Sewer, Assessment District No. 215)." Moved by Waters, seconded by Van Deventer, Resolution No. 14,046 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. ORDINANCE FOR ADOPTION Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, the Ordinance be presented by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. Ordinance No. 1793 (5/10/83-1), "ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 11 (VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC) OF THE NATIONAL CITY MUNICIPAL CODE, ADDING SECTION 11.32.101 PROVIDING FOR ANGLE PARKING ZONES WITHIN NATIONAL CITY." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, Ordinance No. 1793 (g/10/g;-1) be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. 5/17/83 Book 63 Page 87 NEW BUSINESS The City Treasurer/Finance Director's request for RATIFICATION of WARRANT REGISTER NO. 45, dated May 10, 1983, in the amount of $88,492.75 (Warrants Nos. 79923 through 79998 [79922 & 79936 voided]) and CERTIFICATION of PAYROLL for the period ending April 30, 1983, in the amount of $239,291.09, was presented. Moved by Waters, seconded by Van Deventer, the bills be paid and warrants drawn. Carried, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Nays: None. The City Treasurer/Finance Director's CONSOLIDATED CASH REPORT for the period ending April 30, 1983 was presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. The City Engineer's report on STREET LIGHTS requested by the CITIZENS' ACTION LEAGUE (A previous request from the Citizens' Action League to install street lights at 8 locations led to the following action, based upon previously established Council policy: 1. Installation of 2 street lights at 500 'Q' Ave. and Palm at 1st St.; 2. Denial of 6 street lights at llth & 'R', 7th & 'K', 5th & 'I', 1st & Laurel, 5th & 'M', 1200 Division St.; on May 10, 1983, Council directed staff to investigate other circumstances that might warrant installation of the 6 requested street lights that had been denied) was presented. ROSALIE ZARATE, 1730 E. 12th, was present and said the Engineer's report included traffic statistics on the different lights they requested; what CAL wanted was crime statistics. City Manager McCabe quoted from Police Chief Hart's report on Police Activity Statistics Regarding Eight Specific Locations in National City for January, 1982 - May 10, 1983 (See Document No. 68806) saying it reflects calls for service; they may or may not have been actual crimes. Councilman Van Deventer said he had some concern for the area at 1st & Laurel because of the high rate of burglaries, auto thefts and petty thefts. Mayor Morgan said the City cannot show favortism to any one area; if the citizens want a light district, he will vote to put it on the ballot. ELIAS RODRIGUEZ, 1440 'I' Ave., was present and said last week Council agreed to make a crime report; what they received was traffic statistics. Several copies of Chief Hart's report were given to the CAL members. Discussion. LAURA WILSON, 108 Norton, was present and said crimes are being committed around apartments; her house is lit up, but the areas around the apartments are not. Discussion re requiring apartment owners to install lights and keep trees trimmed. Moved by Morgan, seconded by Camacho, this request be filed,and referred to staff, including the attorney, to come up with an Ordinance to force apartment owners to light apartment areas and trim the trees. Further discussion. Mayor Morgan inquired if the CAL had a permit to collect money door to door. JOE ? (staff member, CAL), 420 E. 20th, was present and said he has never heard of any kind of permit necessary to go around and tell people what they are doing; when people become members, they pay membership dues; there are 3 staff people who work in National City; they knock on doors and get input from other citizens. Further discussion. In response to the question, "Can they collect money in National City without a permit?", City Attorney McLean replied it depends on the category they are in and what money they are collecting. Vice Mayor Dalla said to have the Police Dept. continue compiling statistics for each neighborhood would be too costly; we need to establish a standard. CAROL ? , 1107 E. 1st, was present and said she had heard the City was going to finance traffic counters out of reserve funds; if the City has money for traffic counters, why not safer streets? Further discussion. Councilman Van Deventer said there are areas in the City where there are too many lights; possibly we should look at the overall light structure; we need to have the Police Dept. patrol the areas where the crime rates are high; the officer in charge of the Neighborhood Watch Program should go to these areas and perhaps get Neighborhood Watch Programs started; it has to be a two-way street; the citizens have to take some of the 5/17/83 Book 63 Page 88 responsibility. (Laura Wilson said the neighbors are apathetic.) Further discussion. Moved by Dalia, the motion be amended to include approval of lights at 1st & Laurel and 7th & 'K'. Motion died for lack of second. Motion (to refer to staff) carried by unanimous vote. City Engineer Benzing said lighting is a very perceptive matter; what some people see as a dark neighborhood, others see as a light neighborhood; two elderly women at 7th & 'K' called him and asked that no further lights be installed in that area. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Waters, staff study overlighted areas and the Police Dept. work with high crime areas, and if there are problems with funding, use Revenue Sharing funds. Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Morgan, this be tabled for three weeks. Police Chief Hart was present and said the Police Dept. will go into any neighborhood where they are directed to go; the Neighborhood Watch Program is part of their daily job. Motion carried by unanimous vote. SANDAG's presentation on Series 6 Preliminary Regional Growth Forecasts (SANDAG has recently prepared a new series of population forecasts for the various cities in San Diego County, including National City) was presented. RICK ALEXANDER, Senior Regional Planner with SANDAG was present and gave a slide presentation on Series 6 Regional Growth Forecasts. The Building & Safety and Planning Departments' report on PROPOSED FENCING at 17th & Wilson, FOUR SEASONS HEATING AND AIR CONDITIONING (On May 10, 1983, Council directed staff to prepare a report on this matter; as of this date, the property owner has not submitted an application for a fence permit; if applied for, chain link fencing would be permitted on the alley side of the property, provided that it did not interfere with access to required parking and provided that it did not enclose a storage yard; fencing on the 17th St. side would have to be something other than chain link [wrought iron or concrete block]; from a practical standpoint, building any sort of fence along the alley without blocking off the required parking would be extremely difficult; the owner has been previously informed by the Planning Dept. that use of the North side of the property as a storage yard is not permitted unless a view obscuring enclosure is provided on all sides; the wrought iron gates on the Wilson Ave. side are not view obscuring and no enclosure is provided on the alley side; therefore, the current use of this yard as a storage yard is in violation of City law; the required parking area is also being used for other purposes; without any parking on the premises, trucks from the business are having to park on 17th St.) was presented. Discussion. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. In response to the question re the type of permit applied for, Acting Planning Director Post replied it was a verbal request; there was no per::: t application. The application :cr f)N SALZ BEER AND WINE LICENSE, TYPE 41, PERSON TPANS7ER of Jose J. Bergin, dba J'S RESTAURANT, 929 National City Blvd. (Planning a:Id Building Departments state no objections; Police Dept. reconr.nnd > th ,: 1.;i_cen e be protested for the following reasons: There is an undue concentration of liquor licenses within this general area; the applicant premise is located within an area that has more than a 20% higher number of reported crimes and/or arrests [most of them related to excessive use of alcoholic beverages] than other areas of the City, and continuation of this license will continue to aggravate existing police problems; applicant has not made adequate showing that public convenience or necessity require this type of service within this general area) was presented. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, this license be protested on the basis of the Police Chief's recommendation. Carried by unanimous vote. 5/17/83 J Book 63 Page 89 The CLAIM FOR DAMAGES of RAIN FOR RENT, INC., filed with the City Clerk on April 11, 1983, and resubmitted on April 29, 1983 was presented. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Dalla, this claim be denied on the basis of late filing. Carried by unanimous vote. The CLAIM FOR DAMAGES of DIAMOND CAB COMPANY, arising from an accident on May 3, 1983, and filed with the City Clerk on May 10, 1983, was presented. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, this claim be denied and referred to the City Attorney. Carried by unanimous vote. The CLAIM FOR DAMAGES of JOHNNIE L. PARKS, arising from an incident on May 10, 1983, and filed with the City Clerk on May 11, 1983, was presented. Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, this claim be denied and referred to the City Attorney. Carried by unanimous vote. OTHER BUSINESS CITY MANAGER City Manager McCabe requested an Executive Session on Personnel on completion of the agenda. CITY ATTORNEY - No report. OTHER STAFF - No reports. MAYOR Mayor Morgan spoke of the problems faced by the blind caused by people pulling into driveways and allowing their cars to overhang the sidewalk. Mayor Morgan spoke of a letter he received from Mr. King, which he referred to Planning, causing a review of flood plain zoning. Acting Planning Director Post reported on the Planning Commission hearing re flood plain and explained how some people were notified in error that they were included in the flood plain. Mayor Morgan reported he had talked to the City Manager about the damage to the streets due to storms this past winter; he recommended that $500,000 additional funds be considered at budget time for street maintenance. Mayor Morgan inquired about plans being handled in house and asked if we are still sending them out. City Manager McCabe replied only expert advice is obtained from outside. CITY COUNCIL Vice Mayor Dalla said we have this big thing about going out or doing house; there are certain exceptions where going out is not evil; a traffic signal was ap2roved last year at budget time but has still not ,• installed bec? ::>>_ it is in-house. Mayor Morgan called an Executive Session for Personnel at 5:33 p.m. Council reconvened at 5:45 p.m. ROLL CALL Council members present: Camacho, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Absent: None. ADJOURNMENT Moved by Camacho, seconded by Waters, the meeting be adjourned to 7:00 p.m., May 24, 1983. Carried by unanimous vote. The meeting closed at 5:46 p.m. Book 63 Page 90 The foregoing minutes were approved at the regular meeting of the City Council on May 24, 1983. Corrections No .erections OR CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA 5/17/83