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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1978 02-14 CC MIN70 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA FEBRUARY 14, 1978 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, Dalla, Reid, Van Deventer, Morgan. Absent: None. Administrative officials present: Campbell, Gerschler, Gill, Hoffland, McCabe, McLean. SALUTE TO THE FLAG AND INVOCATION The meeting was opened with salute to the flag led by City Manager Gill followed with invocation by City Manager Gill. APPROVAL OF MINUTES Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, the minutes of the regular meeting of February 7) 1978 be approved. Carried by unanimous vote. PRESENTATIONS AND PROCLAMATIONS City Clerk Campbell read the Mayor's proposed proclamation "BOWLING HALL OF FAME & MUSEUM WEEK," February 20-26, 1978. Moved by Reid, seconded by Camacho, the proclamation be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. OLE STUTZMAN, V.P.,S.D. Bowling Assn., accepted the proclamation and thanked Council for their support. MAYOR'S APPOINTMENTS The Mayor's proposed appointment of EDWARD LOCKWOOD and reappointment of JERRY HARRIS and ALBERT A. JERAULD to the Traffic Safety Committee and appointment of DONALD R. VAN DENOVER to the Library Board of Trustees was presented. Moved by Reid, seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of the appointments and reappointments. Carried by unanimous vote. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - None. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS Moved by Camacho, seconded by Reid, these Resolutions be presented by title only. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 12,644, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA ORDERING THE CANVASS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE HELD ON THE 7TH DAY OF MARCH, 1978, TO BE MADE BY THE CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY." Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, Resolution No. 12,644 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Resolution No. 12,645, "RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE EXECUTION OF AGREE- MENT BETWEEN REED, ROBERTS ASSOCIATES, INC. AND THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY." Moved by Reid, seconded by Camacho, Resolution No. 12,645 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. NEW BUSINESS The City Treasurer/Finance Director's request for ratification of WARRANT REGISTER NO. 30 dated February 14, 1978 in the amount of $253,719.72 (Warrants Nos. 60827 through 60883) and payroll for the period ending January 31, 1978, in the amount of $180,623.78 was presented. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Reid, this be approved. Carried, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Dalla, Reid, Van Deventer, Morgan. Nays: None. 2/14/78 71 The Director of Public Works/City Engineer's recommendation to initiate vacation of 20th Street between National Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue and adjacent alley (Roosevelt Avenue adjacent to 20th Street is to be improved under a petitioned 1911 Act Assessment District; knowing whether 20th Street is to be vacated or not will help expedite the 1911 Act project and aid in resolving related design problems. Staff recommends the Council initiate street vacation procedures on the subject street) was presented. Moved by Reid, seconded by Van Deventer, in favor of the recommendation. City Engineer Hoffland stated this afternoon a petition was received for vacation of the south half of 20th between Hoover and Roosevelt, the next block to the west; it is recommended that this be added to the street vacation. Vice Mayor Van Deventer asked if this would also be referred to Planning, City Manager Gill stated that would be part of the process. Carried, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Dalla, Reid, Van Deventer. Nays: None. Abstain: Morgan. The APPLICATION for Type 20 off -sale beer & wine license by Chun Tae Park, dba PARK'S STORE, 3110 E. 16th Street, was presented. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Reid, for approval. Carried, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Dalla, Reid, Van Deventer. Nays: None. Abstain: Morgan. A CLAIM FOR DAMAGES from Marttie S. Briggs alleging negligently main- tained drainage easement and right-of-way was presented. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Van Deventer, this be denied and referred to the City Attorney. Carried by unanimous vote. OTHER BUSINESS CITY MANAGER City Manager Gill reported the City received a request from the National School District regarding SB 201 (Subdivision Development fees) requesting the City to declare that an overcrowding condition exists in the schools; this would permit the National School District to develop fees for new subdivisions which would be collected by the City. City Manager Gill recommended that representatives of the Council and staff meet with school district representatives to further develop the City's position in this matter; at the present time there is not enough information before us to make this determination by Ordinance. Moved by Van Deventer, seconded by Camacho, in favor of the Manager's recommendation. Carried by unanimous vote. Mayor Morgan stated he would like Vice Mayor Van Deventer and the City Manager bring in a report. CITY ATTORNEY - No report. OTHER STAFF - No report. PLANNING The Planning Director's Report on BUILDING PERMIT APPLICATIONS halted by the adoption of Ordinance 1617 (Ord. 1617 requires "Planned Development Permits" for all apartment house projects) was presented. Planning Director Gerschler stated when Ord. 1617 was adopted on the 17th of January, 1978, eight building permit applications had been made and permits hadn't yet been issued; the eight cases are listed in the report (Document No.61052); a couple of these have already been taken care of; one has been exempted; one has been referred to the Planning Commission; staff is suggesting that the property at 1127-1148 "D" Avenue (DMD) be exempted on the grounds that it's also the subject to approval of the Community Development Commission and Council will be seeing those plans through those procedures; the rest of the cases were viewed under the two general rules the City Attorney has laid out (If the vested rights had accrued, there would be ground for considering exemption; or, if there were extraordinary circumstances that go beyond the intent of Ord. 1617, they could be looked at.) Planning Director 2/14/78 72 Gerschler stated as vested rights would be the general rule of thumb, the issuance of a permit and substantial construction, in reliance on the permit, would constitute vested rights and it was found in these cases that no permits had been issued and no substantial construction had been done so there were no vested rights using that rule of interpretation. Moved by Morgan, seconded by Dalla, we approve staff recommendation and file. DALLIS WIDICK, 4270 Summit Drive, La Mesa, was present and stated he submitted his plans to the City in late August to build seven units at 301 Norton Avenue; he had received a letter from the City listing those things he could do to meet all requirements and he intends to do those; the property in question has not been downzoned; they are in an area where multiple family dwellings now exist and he wished to be excluded from the new Ord. 1617. Planninc Director Gerschler stated he couldn't find any extrodinary circumstanceE of vested rights; this case seems to be much like the others. Mr. Widick stated he believes his vested rights would be the fact that he paid to have a building designer design the property, he paid for a grading plan and this would all have been accomplished several months ago had he had any idea that Ord. 1617 was being contemplated, let alone passed; the City told him before he paid for the property that he could build seven other units in addition to the unit presently on the property. Moved by Reid, seconded by Camacho, the motion be amended to exempt Mr. Widick and the permit be issued. Amendment carried, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Reid, Van Deventer. Nays: Dalla, Morgan. Motion carried by unanimous vote. MAYOR - No report. CITY COUNCIL - No report. PUBLIC HEARING The HEARING on public input on PARAMEDIC SERVICES in National City was held at this time. TOM BOHLER, 1409 E Avenue, a member of the Fire Department, was present and spoke at some length in favor of paramedic services, outlining the differences between Fire Department and private paramedic services in terms of "availability", "stability", "train- ability", "accountability", and "appropriate temperment". RUBEN RUBIO, 1729 Cleveland Avenue, was present and stated the issue boils down to who is going to have the paramedic service, private sector or the Fire Department; when the issue first came out, it was understood that the Council wasn't against the Fire Department having it, so it was taken for granted Council endorsed the Fire Department having the service; the thing that bothers him most is the nine -story senior citizen building; imagine a fire in that building if we don't have trained Fire Department paramedics; elderly people panic; we need trained Fire Department paramedics to be there at the right time to help the people. NORMAN DIGGS, 618 R Avenue, was present and stated he is a firm believer in paramedics and the City of National City really needs them; it's a necessity because of the traffic coming into the city. ROGER LIVELY„ 1441 K Avenue, was present and stated he represents the six members of his family and the City needs a program so that if one of the members of the family gets hurt there would be trained personnel available to take care of them; he hoped we can get this program through, we need it. ERNESTO HERNANDEZ, 2113 A Avenue, was present and when his brother passed away recently they had called the ambulence and the paramedics, the ambulance got there and then the paramedics; the ambulance service would not let the paramedics touch his brother. Mr. Hernandez Said paramedic service is needed. ALBERT MALONEY, 2021 L Avenue, was present and stated he would like to see the paramedics in the City under the Fire Department; he has had his heart problems and a stroke and he wants trained, professional men to take care of him if the need arises again; the Firemen have been trained in their chosen field and in discipline, which a private party couldn't match. CHARLES RIGGS, 1427 K Avenue, was present and stated he has been involved for several years with the ambulance business in the City of San Diego through the Police Department; the Police Dept. in San Diego charges a flat fee of $30.00 for ambulance service; they tried to install a floating fee based on insurance but found that it didn't work; to be brutally frank, about 50% of their fees are 2/14/78 73 uncollectable; which brings up the question as to why the City of San Diego got into the ambulance business; the private businesses would not respond to all accident calls; private ambulance service was good if you lived in certain areas Of San Diego, La Jolla, Mission Hills, Point Loma or high income, upper -middle income neighborhoods; if you lived in Southeast San Diego and certain areas of east San Diego you could not get an ambulance; the procedure in those days was that you could call the Police Department and they responded to the scene; a police officer would make the determination if a ambulance was required; if he decided it was required, he would contact the dispatcher and tell them to send an ambulance; response time was naturally slow. Mr. Riggs stated as Chairman of the Committee Paramedic Measure on the ballot he is in favor of the measure passing; who runs it is up to Council. TED BRADT, 3133 2nd Street, was present and spoke in favor of paramedic service for National City saying he would be interested in providing the service to the City; he believes private sector can provide the services as well or better than the Fire Department at less cost. Mr. Bradt quoted the number of users of ambulance service in the City, estimated cost of malpratice insurance, etc. STEVE BALLARD, 635 Landis Avenue, Chula Vista, Bay Cities Ambulance, Inc., stated he has been providing ambulance service to the South Bay for the past 21 years; the City has available to them the private sector ambulance service which can offer at a much lower cost the same level or higher level of (paramedic) service than you would get from the Fire Dept. Mr. Ballard said National City does need paramedic service and told about the (paramedic) unit he has operated in the city of Chula Vista for the past year; a second unit will go into operation in September; he has been with the paramedic program and his drivers have been driving the vehicle; he hopes to have a new class start in April and work in the City of Chula Vista with which a mutual aide program could be worked out; Mr. Ballard stated he is not willing to compete with Mr. Bradt in National City but to serve as a back-up, mutual -aid ambulance. Mr. Ballard went into some detail in regard to his experience and answered Council's questions. RUBEN RUBIO returned to the podium and asked, if the program were turned down at the polls, was there anything that would prohibit private enterprise to establish their own paramedic program? City Attorney McLean stated they would have to have Council's permission to operate within the City. Moved by Morgan, seconded by Reid, we authorize the City Manager to study and see what direction we can go whether the measure passes or fails -- Manager and staff talk to the Fire Department and the private ambulance owners and see how it will worker how much it will cost either way and how we can save lives if the measure fails. There was discussion. TOM BOHLER returned to the podium and said Council should go to the people who are experts in the field of paramedics and have the Manager and Councilmen sit down with them and weigh all the facts that will be presented and base a decision on those facts, but not to count dollars and cents which is a very foolish thing in the medical field. Motion carried, by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Reid, Van Deventer, Morgan. Nays: Camacho, Dalla. Steve Ballard and Roger Ballard answered Council's questions. There was discussion. Mayor Morgan requested Mr. Ballard and Mr. Bradt meet with the City Manager to discuss this issue. NORMAN DIGGS stated that it is obvious that there are differences on who should run the program but that it is obvious that one program is out to make a profit and as a citizen of the City he doesn't want somebody to make a profit off of him. A.M. HENRY, 1010 E. 28th Street, was present and stated he's confused, he's heard reports from various people involved in the program that there's no way private sector can provide this service. Moved by Reid, seconded by Camacho, the meeting be closed. Carried by unanimous vote. The meeting closed atfl.46\p. CITY CL'iERK CITY F NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA The foregoing minutes were approved by the City Council of the City of National City, California at the regular meeting of February 28, 1978. No corrections orrections CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA 2/14/73