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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1997 01-14 CC MINBook 79/Page 4 01/14/97 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA JANUARY 14,1997 The Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of National City was called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Waters. ROLL CALL Council members present: Beauchamp, Inzunza, Morrison, Zarate, Waters. Administrative officials present: Bouse, Campbell, Dalla, DiCerchio, Eiser, Hodges, McCabe, Morse, Myers, Post, Williams. SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND INVOCATION The meeting was opened with the salute to the flag led by City Manager Tom McCabe, followed by the invocation by Vice Mayor Zarate. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion by Inzunza, seconded by Morrison, the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 17, 1996 and the Special Meeting of January 3, 1997 be approved. Carried by unanimous vote. APPOINTMENT/VICE MAYOR ADMIN (101-20-1) Mayor Waters recommended that Councilman Beauchamp be appointed to serve as Vice -Mayor for a term expiring on November 10, 1997. ACTION: Motion by Waters, seconded by Inzunza, in favor of the Mayor's recommendation. Carried by unanimous vote. Book 79/Page 5 01/14/97 BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS INTERVIEWS AND APPOINTMENTS LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT ADV BD (101-34-1) Mayor Waters stated that the following people had been recommended to serve on the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Advisory Board and requested City Council approval: Lt. Mike Iglesias, Operations . Support, National City Police Dept.; Joan Stein, Deputy District Attorney, Chief, South Bay Branch, San Diego District Attorney's Office; Stephen Thunberg, Court Administrator, South Bay Municipal Court; Katie Filzenger, National School District; and Steve Yancey, Chamber of Commerce Crime Prevention Committee Chairman. ACTION: Motion by Inzunza, seconded by Zarate, in favor of the appointments. Carried by unanimous vote. City Clerk Dalla administered the Oath of Office to Mike Iglesias, Joan Stein, Stephen Thunberg, Katie Filzenger and Steve Yancey. NATIONAL CITY ART COMMITTEE (101-33-1) Mayor Waters recommended that Marilyn Carnes, Margaret Puhn, Delton "Rip" Reopelle, Marianne Perrault, Fred Harder, Allie Pruitt, and Fideles Ungab be appointed to the National City Art Committee. Paul Desrochers, Executive Director of the Community Development Commission was recommended as staff liaison for the Committee. ACTION: Motion by Inzunza, seconded by Zarate, in favor. Carried by unanimous vote. City Clerk Dalla administered the Oath of Office to Marilyn Carnes, Margaret Puhn, Delton "Rip" Reopelle, Fred Harder and Fideles Ungab. PRESENTATION TO MAYOR City Manager McCabe informed the City Council that he had a request from the Police Chief to address the City Council on an item. Police Chief DiCerchio reported that he became aware that a meeting of Community Leaders, Hotel and Restaurant Executives and Civil Servants had been held recently. During that meeting they presented their annual Eagle Award for the Outstanding Community Leader in San Diego to National City Mayor Book 79/Page 6 01/14/97 PRESENTATION TO MAYOR (continued) George Waters. Chief DiCerchio displayed the award to the public and presented it to Mayor Waters. Mayor Waters said he was honored to receive the award but that it belonged to the community and the City Council for the progress that has been made in the City. NON CONSENT RESOLUTIONS Motion by Morrison, seconded by Zarate, the Non Consent resolutions be read by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. DEEDS AND EASEMENTS (D97-1) 1. Resolution No. 97-1. A "RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS AND TWO QUITCLAIM DEEDS FOR THE SALE OF CITY -OWNED PROPERTY BETWEEN HOOVER AVENUE AND HARDING AVENUE." (Engineering) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommended that Council adopt the Resolution, and direct the City Clerk to transmit the executed copy of the quitclaim deeds and the escrow instructions to the Engineering Department for the recordation by the escrow company. TESTIMONY: None. ACTION: Motion by Morrison, seconded by Zarate, in favor of Resolution No. 97-1. Carried by unanimous vote. CONTRACT (C96-29) 2. Resolution No. 97-2. A "RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN ASSIGNMENT AND DELEGATION AGREEMENT WITH SOUTHERN CAL MECHANICAL AND DENAIR, INC." (Public Works) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommended that Council pass the resolution authorizing the assignment of the contract to "Dynamic Air." Book 79/Page 7 01/14/97 CONTRACT (C96-29) TESTIMONY: None. ACTION: Motion by Inzunza, seconded by Morrison, in favor of Resolution No. 97-2. Carried by unanimous vote. CONTRACT (C97-1) 3. Resolution No. 97-3. A "RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY DECLARING VERO1'EK THE MOST QUALIFIED VENDOR AND AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AGREEMENT WITH VEROTEK FOR THE METROPOLITAN AREA COMPUTER NETWORK FOR NATIONAL CITY." (National City Technology Committee) RECOMMENDATION: The National City Technology Committee recommends award of the contract to Verotek. TESTIMONY: None. ACTION: Mayor Waters announced that he had a request from staff to hold this item over and take no action at this time. Resolution No. 97-3 was pulled from the agenda with no action taken. ORDINANCES FOR ADOPTION Motion by Morrison, seconded by Inzunza, the Ordinance be adopted by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. MUNICIPAL CODE 1997 (506-2-11) LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM ADMIN (405-5-1) 4. Ordinance No. 97-2129. "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ADOPTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION CONCERNING GRADING DURING THE RAINY SEASON. APPLICANT: CALTRANS (CASE FILE NO. LCP-1996-2)." (Planning) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommended that Council adopt the Ordinance. Book 79/Page 8 01/14/97 MUNICIPAL CODE 1997 LOCAL COASTAL PROGRAM ADMIN (continued) TESTIMONY: None. ACTION: Motion by Inzunza, seconded by Morrison, in favor of Ordinance No. 97-2129. Carried by unanimous vote. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS LAFCO ADMIN (407-3-1) 5. SUBJECT: Letter from LAFCO concerning restructuring the composition of LAFCO's Cities Advisory Committee. TESTIMONY: None. ACTION: Motion by Beauchamp, seconded by Inzunza, in favor of the LAFCO request and to designate the Vice Mayor as the primary city representative to the Cities Advisory Committee and the Mayor as the alternate. Carried by unanimous vote. NEW BUSINESS NOTE: Item Nos. 6, 7, 8, and 9 were introduced together and adopted with a single motion. WARRANT REGISTER (202-1-11) 6. Warrant Register #25. Ratification of Demands in the amount of $296,361.52 (Warrant Nos. 141578 through 141715 inclusive excepting 141660). (Finance) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommended ratification of these warrants. WARRANT REGISTER (202-1-11) 7. Warrant Register #26. Ratification of Demands in the amount of $260,023.81 (Warrant Nos. 141717 through 141775 inclusive excepting none) and Certification of Payroll in the amount of $458,012.45. (Finance) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommended ratification of these warrants. Book 79/Page 9 01/14/97 WARRANT REGISTER (202-1-11) 8. Warrant Register #27. Ratification of Demands in the amount of $209,808.51 (Warrant Nos. 141777 through 141849 inclusive excepting none). (Finance) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommended ratification of these warrants. WARRANT REGISTER (202-1-11) 9. Warrant Register #28. Ratification of Demands in the amount of $251,102.44 (Warrant Nos. 141851 through 141881 inclusive excepting none) and Certification of Payroll in the amount of $441,925.76. (Finance) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommended ratification of these warrants. TESTIMONY: None. ACTION: Motion by Morrison, seconded by Zarate, in favor of the Ratification of Demands and the Certification of Payroll (Warrant Registers #25, #26, #27, and #28). Carried by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Beauchamp, Inzunza, Morrison, Zarate, Waters. Nays: None. Abstaining: None. Absent: None. PUBLIC REQUEST ADMIN (102-1-1) 10. SUBJECT: Request to block off Wilson Avenue from 19th Street to 20th Street from 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, January 25, 1997. (City Manager) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommended that Council approve the request. TESTIMONY: None ACTION: Motion by Zarate, seconded by Inzunza, in favor of the request. Carried by unanimous vote. TEMPORARY USE PERMITS 1997 (203-1-13) 11. SUBJECT: Temporary Use Permit - Samahan NG Miraculous Medal. (Building & Safety) Book 79/Page 10 01/14/97 TEMPORARY USE PERMITS 1997 (continued) RECOMMENDATION: Staff recommended that Council approve the application for a Temporary Use Permit subject to compliance with all conditions of approval and grant the request fdr a waiver of the Temporary Use Permit processing fee. TESTIMONY: Chuck Sharader, 440 L Street, Chula Vista, appearing on behalf of his parents who live on U Avenue, across the street from the park, spoke in opposition. Alicia Leavitt, 1415 Leaf Terrace, San Diego, one of the applicants, spoke in favor. Franc P. Delmonte, 1328 Stamen Street, San Diego, one of the applicants, spoke in favor and explained there would be a Mass celebrated by a visiting Bishop and a pot luck attended by many of the seniors who gather in the park every morning. Mr. DelMonte stated there would be no alcohol of any kind. Al Thornburg, 2325 Melrose Street, spoke in opposition. Russ Pinney, 2131 E. 1st Street, spoke in opposition. Rita Heuss, 2121 E. 4th Street, spoke in opposition. Aileane Roberts, 845 E. 13th Street, spoke in opposition. NOTE: Mayor Waters reported, for the record, that Mrs. Betty Marc (no address) and Mr. Paneta, 2137 E. 1st Street, wanted to go on record in opposition. ACTION: Motion by Beauchamp, seconded by Inzunza, the TUP be denied. Carried by unanimous vote. Building & Safety Director Mike Bouse advised the City Council that the applicants had spent $345.00 in processing their request. Normally the fee is not refundable but under the circumstances, he asked the City Council for guidance. ACTION: Motion by Waters, seconded by Inzunza, the processing fees be waived. Carried by unanimous vote. Book 79/Page 11 01/14/97 ZONE VARIANCES 1997 (409-1-23) 12. SUBJECT: Notice of Decision - Planning Commission Resolution No. 1-97 approving a zone variance for a nine and one-half foot gated archway and five foot high combination block wall/wrought iron fence in the front yard setback in lieu of the four foot maximum allowed at 1034 E. 22nd Street. Case File No.: Z-1996-4. Applicant: Ramon and Maria Moreno. (Planning) RECOMMENDATION: Staff concurred with the decision of the Planning Commission and recommended that the Notice of Decision be filed. TESTIMONY: None. ACTION: Motion by Morrison, seconded by Inzunza, the item be filed. Carried by unanimous vote. CITY MANAGER- No report. CITY ATTORNEY- No report. OTHER STAFF -No report. MAYOR Mayor Waters reported on the Opening Ceremonies for fishing on Loveland Lake. It was a very nice event and a long time in coming. CITY COUNCIL COUNCIL MEETINGS REGS/SCH ADMIN (102-7-1) 13. SUBJECT: Calendar of Events. (Councilwoman Zarate) TESTIMONY: Councilwoman Zarate explained that a Calendar of Events would be a tool to help everyone plan better in the future. ACTION: City Manager McCabe stated the staff would continue working to put something together. Councilman Inzunza requested the staff provide information on the cost of preparing for and setting up a regular council meeting. Book 79/Page 12 01/14/97 CONFLICT OF INTEREST REG/ADMIN (503-10-1) 14. SUBJECT: Lease of property within the redevelopment project area. (Vice Mayor Beauchamp) TESTIMONY: Vice Mayor Beauchamp stated for the record that he had notified the Mayor, as the Chairman of the Community Development Commission, that he was leasing property in the Redevelopment Project Area as his principal place of business. • ACTION: Mayor Waters said Mr. Beauchamp was complying with the requirements to publicly disclose his lease of property in the Redevelopment area, that it was a routine matter and no action was required. Vice Mayor Beauchamp thanked the City Engineer and the Assistant City Manager for training staff to deal with the traffic signals when they go into a blinking phase. As representative to the Metropolitan Transit Development Board, Vice Mayor Beauchamp reported that the three National City Transit bus routes are, once again, the top performing routes in the system. He acknowledged McDonald Transit and the fine job they are doing. Mayor Waters added that National City Transit carried 1.2 million passengers during the past year. SOLID WASTE ADMIN (911-1-8) 15. SUBJECT: Update on County trash situation. (Councilman Morrison) TESTIMONY: Councilman Morrison reported that the San Diego Solid Waste Management Authority is no longer a functioning body as of Monday January 14, 1997. Councilman Morrison expressed his belief that it is important for cities to band together, not to solve the County's trash problem, but to solve the cities' common trash problems and that the cities should continue working together toward that end. Councilman Morrison requested City Council authorization to continue working on a fact-finding mission with interested cities and others on solid waste issues and to report back with possible recommendations. Book 79/Page 13 01/14/97 SOLID WASTE ADMIN (continued) ACTION: Motion by Waters seconded by Beauchamp, in favor of Councilman Morrison continuing to be our representative. Carried by unanimous vote. Councilman Morrison reported that the community phone booth that was causing so many problems has been removed. Councilwoman Zarate announced there would be a golf tournament in March at the Torrey Pines Golf Course sponsored by the `Christmas in July' Committee. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Rita Heuss, 2121 E. 4th Street, thanked the City Council for the vote on El Toyon Park and expressed her belief that the City needs to continue working on the problems in the park. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Inzunza, seconded by Waters, to adjourn to the next Regular City Council Meeting - January 21, 1997 - 3:00 P,M. - Council Chambers, Civic Center. Carried by unanimous vote. The meeting closed at 7:36 p.m. The foregoing minutes were approved at the Regular Meeting of January 21, 1997. ADJOURNMENT (continued) Book 79/Page 14 01/14/97 7J--e-6A—re is4 ajzz,t) MAYOR CITY OF NATIONAL CITY ALL CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS ARE TAPE RECORDED. YOU MAY LISTEN TO THE TAPES IN THE CITY CLERK'S OFFICE. COPIES OF THE TAPES MAY BE PURCHASED FROM THE CITY CLERK.