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Home My WebLink About1979 12-18 CC MIN63 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA December 18, 1979 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of National City was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Mayor Morgan, ROLL CALL Council members present: Camacho, Dalia, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Absent: None. Administrative officials present: Ballard, Campbell, Gunnarson, Hoffland, McCabe, McLean. 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. Frank Jordan, Highland Avenue Baptist Church. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, the minutes of the regular meeting of December 11, 1979 be approved. Carried by unanimous vote. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS Resolution No. 13,193, "RESOLUTION CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE HOLD- ING OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN NATIONAL CITY ON TUES- DAY, APRIL 8, 1980 FOR THE ELECTION OF CERTAIN OFFICERS OF SAID CITY AS REQUIRED BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RELAT- ING TO GENERAL LAW CITIES..." Moved by Morgan, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 13,193 be held over to January 8, 1980. The City Manager said this would give him time to prepare a report. Discussion. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 13,194, "RESOLUTION REQUESTING THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO TO RENDER SPECIFIED SERVICES TO SAID CITY RELAT- ING TO THE CONDUCT OF A GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN SAID CITY ON TUESDAY, APRIL 8, 1980." Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, Resolution No. 13,194 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 13,195, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING CERTAIN OF ITS MEMBERS TO FILE A WRITTEN ARGUMENT REGARDING A CITY MEASURE." The City Attorney re- commended this be held over and presented after the resolution calling the election. Resolution No. 13,196, "RESOLUTION ADOPTING REGULATIONS FOR CANDIDATES FOR ELECTIVE OFFICE PERTAINING TO MATERIALS SUBMITTED TO THE ELECTORATE AND THE COSTS THEREOF FOR ANY MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD IN NATIONAL CITY AND RESCINDING RESOLUTION 12,542." Moved by Waters, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 13,196 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 13,197, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING AN AMEND- MENT TO THE FIFTH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM TO PRO- VIDE FOR A LOCAL OPTION ACTIVITY." (See Page 65 , Paragraph 3 ). Resolution No. 13,198, "RESOLUTION ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. (19TH STREET - GRANGER AVENUE TO RACHAEL AVENUE, ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 190)." Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, Resolution No. 13,198 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 13,199, "RESOLUTION ADOPTING MAP SHOWING EXTERIOR BOUND- ARIES OF ASSESSMENT DISTRICT. (19TH STREET - GRANGER AVENUE TO RACHAEL AVENUE, ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 190)." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 13,199 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote Resolution No. 13,200, "RESOLUTIONOF INTENTION (19TH STREET - GRANGER 12/18/79 64 AVENUE TO RACHAEL AVENUE, ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. 190)." Moved by Dalla, seconded by Van Deventer, Resolution 13,200 be adopted. Carried by unan- imous vote, Resolution No. 13,201, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY AND SWEETWATER AUTHORITY FOR WATER FACILITIES REIMBURSEMENT." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 13,201 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 13,202. "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING APPROPRIATION AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS FOR THE SEWER DIVISION." Moved by Waters, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 13,202 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 13,203, "RESOLUTION PROPOSING SIXTH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVEL- OPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA." (See Page 65 , Paragraph 4 . ADOPTION OF ORDINANCES Ordinance No. 1701 (1:3,48479-4 ), "ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 18 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE (ZONING) BY ADDING THERETO SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR LAND- SCAPING NEW SINGLE-FAMILY AND TWO-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL PROJECTS; AND ADOPT- ING SLID ORDINANCE AS AN "INTERIM/EMERGENCY ZONING ORDINANCE' PURSUANT TO SECTION 65858 OF THE CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, Ordinance No. 1701 (120118J79--4) be adopted. Discus- sion. Assistant Planning Director said when application is made for a permit for single-family homes, the applicant is notified of the condi- tions for landscaping and drainange: irrigation for all slopes, hose bib for lawn area and slopes planted with some kind of easy -care ground cover to prevent erosion; anything more than that theywish to do is up to them. Fred Puhn, 425 Shell Ave., was present and stated this ordinance is great for the home owner; it enables him to finance landscaping with the loan of his home. Carried by unanimous vote. Ordinance No. 1702 (13/11,49-1), "ORDINANCE AMENDING THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE BY ADOPTING APPENDIX CHAPTER 7 RELATING TO COVERED MALL BUILDINGS." Moved by Dalla, seconded by Camacho, Ordinance No. 1702 (l2/1,9-a) be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Ordinance No. 1703 (12/I8,79-2), "ORDINANCE PROHIBITING APARTMENT CONVER- SIONS TO STOCK COOPERATIVES." The City Attorney said this is an urgency measure, a stock cooperative is another form of condominium; when the City adopted the condominium conversion ordinance, it did not include stock cooperatives. Moved by Waters, seconded by Van Deventer, Ordinance No. 1703 c /4 79--21 be adopted. -Carried by unanimous vote. PUBLIC HEARINGS The Public HEARING on SIXTH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PRO- GRAMS was held at this time. Arnold Peterson, Executive Director, Community Development Commission, was present and outlined the Sixth Year Program: Item 1 of this program asks the County for $1,000,000 from its Housing Site Acquisition Fund to acquire sites in National City for low and moderate income housing, providing the people vote in favor of this at the June 10, 1980 election; Item 2 asks the County for $150,000 fcr a treatment of the exterior of the Brick Row Building, which would complete Heritage Square (9th St. to Plaza Blvd. along "A" Ave.) Mr. Peterson said there is a greater possibility of obtaining Item 1 than Item 2, because the County does not have a classification for Item 2; Item 3 asks the County to provide $500,000 to improve "A" Avenue from Plaza Blvd. to llth St. and llth St, from "A" Ave. to National City Blvd; to construct a pro- posed 71-space public parking facility, which will serve Heritage Square, the Community Building, the Library and Kimball Park and administrative and contingency costs. No one was present in this regard. Discussion. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, the Hearing be closed and the Council accept what was presentedt2y Mr.. Peterson and adopt Sixth Year Community Development Block Grant Program. Carried by unanimous vote, 12/18/79 65 The public HEARING on AMENDMENT TO THE FIFTH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM was held at this time. Arnold Peterson, Exec. Dir., CDC, was present and said at its October 9, 1979 meeting the Council determined the cost of placing utilities underground would be burdensome to property owners along 12th St. from "A" Ave. to "D" Ave, and asked the Community Development Commission to include 2/3 of the cost in its budget for home owners, the total cost is $7,500. No one was present in this regard. Discussion. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, the HEARING be closed and the Five Year Block Grant Program Admendment be adopted. Carried by unanimcuvote. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS (CONTINUED) Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, the two resolutions held over until after the hearing be presented by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 13,197, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AND DIRECTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE FIFTH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM TO PROVIDE FOR A LOCAL OPTION ACTIVITY." Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, Resolution No, 13,197 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 13,203, "RESOLUTION PROPOSING SIXTH YEAR COMMUNITY DEVEL- OPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM, CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA." Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 13,203 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. NEW BUSINESS A petition for 1911 ACT IMPROVEMENTS to Alley and Block 52 between Roosevelt, Hoover, 12th and 13th Streets was presented. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, it be referred to City Engineer for report. Carried by unanimous vote. The claim of SUE ANN KNUDSON/PACIFIC NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY filed with the City Clerk December 11, 1979 was presented. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, it be denied and referred to the City Attorney. Carried by unanimous vote. The City Clerk's REPORT OF OPENING OF SEALED BIDS for property at SW cor- ner of Plaza Boulevard and Coolidge Avenue (one bid only was received: A. Beauchamp in the amount of $17,500) was presented. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, it be filed. Discussion. Asst. City Mgr, Ballard reported the one bid met the minimum asking bid; he is comparing it to other sales in the area and will have a recommendation at the meeting of January 8. Vice Mayor Dalia requested the record show he is abstaining because he has a business relationship with the bidder. Carried by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Nays: None. Abstaining: Dalla. The Purchasing Department's recommendation that bids be awarded for G.S. 7980-4 and 5, ONE TRUCK CAB AND CHASSIS (#4) and ONE AIR COMPRESSOR (#5) (Bids for truck cab and chasses were solicited from 15 vendors, with 2 respondents; the low bid [Pearson Ford Company at $28,084.70] was not accepted as it failed to meet bid specifications; the other bid met all specifications and is acceptable..International Harvester Company, San Diego, $28,971.92]...Bids for one air compressor were solicited from 16 vendors, with 6 respondents, 3 of which were returned "NO BID"; the low bid [Osterbauer Compressor Service for $7,414.70] failed to meet bid specifications; the next low bid met all specifications [Cal-Trac, Inc., San Diego, $7,809.32] was presented. Moved by Waters, seconded by Camacho, in favor of the recommendation. Carried by unanimous vote. The Purchasing Department's recommendation that bid be awarded for G.S. 7980 NCGC for one 14-PASSENGER VEHICLE AND WHEELCHAIR LIFT for National City Girls Club (Bids were solicited from 15 vendors with 6 respondents, 12/18/79 66 3 of which returned "NO BID"; the low bidder [United Bus Sales, Inc., Bell Gardens, California, $21,478.04] met all specifications...the low bid represents an overage of $1,705.04 from available funds for this purchase; due to this overage, the Girls' Club of National City has re- quested an additional loan of $1,705.04) was presented. Moved by Waters, seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of the bid as recommended by the Pur- chasing Department and also authorize the loan of $1,705.04 to the Girls Club as a loan and all recommendations of the City Manager be adhered to. Discussion. The City Attorney stated the loan would be repaid according to the terms outlined in their letter of December 7, 1979. Carried by unanimous vote. The City Treasurer/Finance Director's request for ratification of Warrant Register No. 23, dated December 18, 1979 (Warrants Nos. 66,909 through 66,994), in the amount of $86,490.23 was presented. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, the demands be ratified. Carried by the following vote, to -wit:. Ayes: Camacho, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters, Morgan. Nays: None. Applications for: (1) Type 41 Original, ON --SALE BEER AND WINE LICENSE, Bona Fide Public Eating Place, Dolores R. and Roberto Robledo, dba ROBERTO'S MEXICAN FOOD, 2414 Hoover Avenue; and (2) Type 41 Original, ON -SALE BEER AND WINE LICENSE, Bona Fide Eating Place, Ray Galvan, dba CASA BONITA, 1510A Sweetwater Road, were presented. The City Attorney recommended protests be filed unless applicants apply for license, sub- ject to the four conditions of Staff (A. Alcoholic beverage sales shall be incidental to food service; B. There shall be no bar or counter over which the on -sale alcholic beverages shall be served to the public; C. All live entertainment and dancing shall be prohibited; D. There shall be no sale of alcoholic beverages after midnight.) Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Dalla, in favor of the City Attorney's recom- mendation. Carried by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Dalla, Van Deventer, Waters. Nays: None. Abstaining: Morgan. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Alfred J. Fessman's request the City Council initiate action to amend the Land Use Code to DELETE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A 4' SETBACK on property fronting on Cleveland Avenue, Civic Centex Drive to 24th Street (Mr. Fessman claims he loses prospective lessees for his property on Cleveland Avenue as the lots are too small for productive use; deleting the 4' set- back would not interfere with landscaping, use of the sidewalk or traffic on the wide street.) was presented. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer it be referred to the Planning Commission for recommendations. Carried by unanimous vote. OTHER BUSINESS The Planning Commission's recommendation of approval of REVISED "SITE PLAN" for SOUTH BAY GARDEN TOWNHOMES at 225 East 26th Street (...Council approved the development of 12 condominium units at their meeting of September 11, 1979; by letter dated November 24, 1979, the proponent ad- vised that their architect had to reposition the buildings on -site and relocate the main area of common open space in order to satisfy one of the conditions imposed upon the approval of the Tentative Subdivision Map for this project..,the building design and exterior finish will re- main in accordance with that previously approved by the commission; plan revision includes: Change from two buildings "attached" to two buildings "detached"; reduction of the distance between building front and front property line from 58 to 20, and, relocation of area of common open space from the front of the parcel to the rear.) was presented. Moved by Waters, seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of the Planning Commission's recommendation of approval for the revised site plan for South Bay Garden Townhomes and staff's recommendation be adhered to. Carried by unanimous vote. 12/18/79 67 PLANNING COMMISSION - NOTICES OF DECISION Planning Commission Resolution No. 79-.89, approving an application for planned development to allow development of a 16-unit condominium project on property located at 1851 East 18th Street (PD-13-79) was presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. CITY MANAGER - No report. CITY ATTORNEY - No report. OTHER STAFF Shula Monroe, City Librarian, was present and requested Council's support for Senate Bill 958, public library funding; this will be shared 60% by the City and 40% by the State; the bill has passed the Senate Education Committee and is going to the Senate Finance Committee; a HEARING will be held January 7, 1980; if the Bill does not pass this time, the City will lose it; the City will benefit by being able to raise present per capita expenditure from $5.82 to $11.00, an opportunity to extend ser- vices, hours and add more staff. Moved by Waters, seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of the Librarian's recommendation and the City Manager be directed to write a letter in support, Discussion, Carried by unanimous vote. MAYOR Mayor Morgan recommended an amendment to the ordinance pertaining to the collection of fees for Interim School Facilities to include new R-1 and Duplexes; when the ordinance for school fees on new housing was adopted, apartments were included but not single-family homes or duplexes. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, in favor of the Mayor's recommen- dation and it be brought back as an ordinance amendment. Discussion. Delton Reopelle, Superintendent, National School District, was present and reported that enrollment has increased since last year and is expected to continue to increase. Further discussion. Carried by unanimous vote. CITY COUNCIL Councilman Van Deventer reported at a meeting of CPO yesterday the FIFTH PIPELINE was discussed and it went the way Council would like it to go; there was a move to put it on the ballot which was defeated. Councilman Van Deventer reported that at the same CPO meeting the airport at Lindbergh Field was discussed; the majority was in favor of asking to have Lindbergh Field upgraded to #1 status and smaller planes required to have additional safety equipment installed, the cost to be borne by the individual owners. Councilman Camacho recognized City Treasurer/Finance Director Ida Mae Kerr, who was present in the audience. Councilman Waters inquired about the status of Scrap Disposal. City Attorney McLean advised suit has been filed, Councilman Waters wished everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 12/18/79 68 ADJOURNMENT Moved by Camacho, seconded by Waters, the meeting be closed. Carried by unanimous vote. The meeting closed at 8:35 p.m. (----4---- CITY CLERK CITY 7NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA The foregoing minutes were approved by the City Council at their regular meeting of January 8, 1980. ElCorrections No Corrections YOR CITY OF NATION CITY, CALIFORNIA 12/18/79