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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1971 03-02 CC MIN27 MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY, CALIFORNIA March 2, 1971 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, Reid/ Waters, Morgan. Absent: Hogue. Administrative officials present: Deputy City Clerk Fasig, Foster, Gerschler, Assistant Fire Chief Harrold, McLean; Osburn. SALUTE TO FLAG AND INVOCATION The meeting was opened with salute to the Flag led by City Manager Osburn followed with invocation by Mayor Morgan, APPROVAL OF MINUTES Moved by Vaters, seconded by Reid, the minutes of the regular meeting of February 231 1971 be approved. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. COUNCIL COMMUNICATIONS COUNCILMAN WATERS requested the City Manager to discuss with Mr. Maley the possibility of lighting in the Park area where trenches have been dug. COUNCILMAN WATERS suggested City commissions schedule their hearings so the Council has their recommendations before a decision is made. MAYOR MORGAN said they attended the opening of a part of 805, Telegraph Canyon Road down to Main in Chula Vista; the State has led them to believe this freeway in National City would be let in April of this year but the Engineer says maybe it won't be started before next April and he is not sure it will be then; he wrote to Senator Mills to see if a law exists that when- ever they take property off the tax rolls they must use this property within five years; they have taken 300 places off of the tax rolls which has dropped, sales and gasoline taxessetc. Vice Mayor Camacho inquired if there was a way they could list the properties that had been taken by the State to deter- mine the revenue lost by the City annually and send it to Senator Mills. City Manager Osburn replied they could get the information but these proper- ties had not been reassessed since purchased by the State so the assessment would probably be 4 or 5 years old. Mayor Morgan said Vice Mayor Camacho was talking about the gasoline tax, etc. Moved by Reid, seconded by Camacho, the City ttorne and the Cit Mena er draw up a resolution or whatever has to be done and notify all of our representatives that are u there- not 'List .§.92.11.1iLLIJIALILIAILIR works from the Governor riaht down. Councilman Waters said they shoVidej-kel:-"Ibilitylaiifthe-y ever have another redevelopment project people could be relieved from taxes when they cannot develop their land. Mayor Morgan said there hadn't been anyone moved out of there that he knew of; since they started this they have been using their property. Councilman Waters said he meant the vacant land and so forth that they cannot sell because of redevelopment. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. The PROCLAMATION of "MEMBERSHIP MONTH" (March 1971) was read. Moved by Reid, seconded by Camacho, the proclamation be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote, Absent: Hogue. The PROCLAMATION of "WOMEN OP ACHIEVEMENT WEEK" (March 1-5) was read. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Reid, the puilaamAALliaLltAis2124. Carried by unan- imous vote. Absent: Hogue. Dr, Eleanor Corrigan, 527 Roosevelt Avenue, was present and thanked the Council for adopting the proclamation and said it would be presented to Thelma Hollingsworth, Tressa McCartney and Louise Pederson Thursday night at the Woman of the Year Banquet to be held at the Bahia, 6:30 p.m. Dr. Corrigan invited the Council members and their wives to the banquet. 3/2/71 28 ORAL Cc14MUNICAT IONS WAYNE BOUCk(, 3426 Plaza Boulevard, was present and said he was a little alarmed about the fact that the properties on Plaza Boulevard were not an item on the agenda; he was wondering if this was an oversight or if they could have a progress report. City Manager 0sburn said they met with the residents last Wednesday might and have another meeting scheduled for tomorrow night; Mr. Newberry of the Engineering Department is doing some work on try- ing to run a road into the rear of the houses and an estimate on the cost. Perhaps after they meet again they will have something to report to the Council. ADOPTION OF RESOLUTIONS Moved by Camacho, seconded by Waters, the resolutions be read b title. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. RESOLUTION NO. 10,286, "RESOLUTION AUTHH OR I ZI NG CAPITAL OUTLAY FUND EXPENDI- TURE." Moved by Waters, seconded by Reid, Resolution No. 101.286 be adopted. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. REPORT OF CITY ATTORNEY - None. APPROVAL OF BILLS BILLS AUDITED BY THE FINANCE COMMITTEE were presented: General Fund $19,636.97 Traffic Safety 1,110.10 Park 155.40 Drainage 763.00 Sewer 41.86 Total $21 707.33 Moved by Camacho, seconded by ,Reid, these ills be paid. Carried by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Reid, Waters, Morgan. Nays: None. Absent: Hogue. NEW BUSINESS A communication from the POLICE CHIEF stating the application for on -sale beer license by ERNEST H, & IMAGENE A. PERKINS, DBA PERK'' 'S PLACE, 929 National Avenue, considered by the Council February 16, was inadvertently referred to as an on -sale beer (public premises -no food required) license but should have read on -sale beer license was presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. An application for premises to premises transfer and 100% stock transfer of on sale general (public premises) license by ETHANOL, INC. (Harold F. Dodds, 100% stockholder), from 730 National Avenue to 719 Roosevelt Avenue was pre- sented. Moved by Waters, seconded by Camacho, the application for remises to remises transfer and 10© stock transfer of on sale eneral ublic premises) license by Ethanol, Inc. from 730 National Avenue to 719 Roosevelt Avenue be approved. Carried by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Reid, Watersl% Nays: None. Abstaining: Morgan. Absent: Hogue. A communication from the DISTRICT ENGINEEsR, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, enclosing three copies of the proposed supplemental freeway agreement on Rt. 805 between ,1 mile south of Sweetwater Road and 4th Street (covers proposed pedestrian overcrossing at 22nd Street) for consideration and execution was presented. City Manager Osburn said they needed approval to authorize the Mayor to sign the contract; it is merely adding the overcrossing in the vicinity of 22nd Street to Las Palmas Park to the freeway. Moved by Camacho; seconded by Reid, the Mayor sign this bill approving the pedestrian over- cr , at 22nd Street . Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. A communication from the DISTRICT ENGINEER, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, enclosing 3 copies of the proposed revised freeway agreement on Route 5 between the north and south City limits and stating the Federal Highway Administration 3/2/71 29 approved the proposed revision to relocate the ramp terminus from 9th Street to Plaza Boulevard subject to Plaza Boulevard being designated a one-way street eastward between Route 5 and Hoover Avenue was presented. Moved by Reid, seconded by Camacho, the communication from the Division of Highways be approved for the off ramp and the one way on 9th Street and be referred to the Cit Manager for an further recessing on the ro rty down there. Mayor Morgan said that was one way for Plaza Boulevard. Carried by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Reid, Morgan. Nays: None. Abstain- ing: Waters. Absent: Hogue. A communication from the DISTRICT ENGINEER, DIVISION OF HIGHWAYS, regarding TOPICS funding was presented. City Manager Osburn said this states the City will have to obligate its funds by June 30; we have everything obligated now but $10,000.00 and this will be presented to the Council for approval of the project before June 30. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. A communication from the CITY MANAGER recommending adoption of a resolution expressing intention to participate in the construction of Highway 54 into Tidelands, a drawing of the areas, the Port District's Resolution No. 71.37 and City of Chula Vista's Resolution No. 5940 were presented. Moved by Reid, seconded by Camacho, this communication from the City Manager be approved and the City participate in the construction of 54 into the Tidelands. Carried by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Camacho, Reid, Morgan. Nays: Waters. Absent: Hogue. A communication from the COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS regarding designation of a County Drug Abuse Coordinator was presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. A communication from the COUNTY HOARD CP SUPERVISORS regarding transportation decision making and other related issues was presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. A communication from the CITY MANAGER regarding a Legislative Bulletin was presented. City Manager Osburn said Senate Bill 141, introduced by Senator Mills, relates to adding one-half cent to the gasoline tax for a period of four years; it is estimated this one-half cent would produce $SO million annually in revenue and will be used for grade separation crossings; there is now 5 million dollars being allocated annually for grade crossings. The City Manager said the idea of building grade separations was very good; they may in the future need some themselves on 24th Street and 13th Street. Councilman Waters said Senator Mills is introducing a bill for a half -cent for additional funds for this particular project but he is trying to transfer some of this into the rapid transit program; he didn't think they should go along with this half -cent raise at this time. Moved by Waters, seconded by Reid, we don't go along with Senate Bill 141 until such time as they get a clearer thinking of Senator Mill's reasoning here. Motion failed by the following vote, to -wit: Ayes: Reid, Waters. Nays: Camacho, Morgan. Absent: Hogue. City Manager Osburn said AB 203 concerned hitchhiking; any city interested in establishing an area or having the law passed where they can prohibit hitchhiking, they should contact Chairman Knox and state their interest in the bill; this prohibits hitchhiking in a given area within the State if the municipality so desires. Moved by Waters, seconded by Reid, the o aloe with AB 2p3 rohibiting hitchhikin . City Manager Osburn said this legislation would authorize the county or the city to pass regulations or laws against hitchhiking. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. City Manager Osburn said AB 263 is a tax override for police and fire protec- tion; this would amend thelimit of $1.40 on General Law Cities to allow them to go over the $1.00 limit to pay the cost of police and fire protection, including but not limited to wages, hours and fringe benefits; this would be in addition to the existing overrides authorized for the costs of retirement systems, disaster preparedness, sewerage facilities, park and recreation facil- ities, workmen's compensation insurance, health and medical benefits and storm drai ns . The City Manager said we are only at .64 now and do not need the override at this time. Moved by Morgan, seconded by Reid, they disapprove of this legislation„ Councilman Waters asked the City Manager if he was aware 3/2/71 30 of what Police and Fire personnel/requesting in the future budget. City Manager Osburn replied anything you want to assess against the tax rate for retirement is now allowed by law. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. City Manager Osburn said AB 11 was regarding water quality control boards; the hearing on this bill has been postponed; the present bill would reduce these regional boards from 9 to 5 and the 5 would not represent desig- nated interests such as cities, counties, agriculture, industry, etc.; the amendment will be opposed by the League because it is simply part of a pro- gram designed to have the regional water quality control boards become regional environmental protection boards with authority over water quality, air pollution, shoreline development, land use, solid waste disposal and other environmental problems. The City Manager recommended they oppose this bill. Moved by Reid, seconded by Camacho, the City Manapr's recommendation be approved we op ose this. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. HEARING The HEARING ON ASSESSMENTS DER THE WEED ABATEMEIT PROGRAM was held at this time. Deputy City Clerk Fasig stated the Affidavits of Mailing and Posting were on file and protests (Emil Murphy, 5158 Marlborough St., San Diego; Alfred J. Fessman, P. O. Box 3861 National City; Juan & Angela Ayala, 3012 E. 16th St., National City; John W. Porter, 4652 Cass Street, San Diego, Attorney for Mr. Agliano, owner of property at 201 N. Highland; Dana Johnson & A. B. Beauchamp, address not given; Mrs. Nellie Fuller, 1910 Robinson Ave., San Diego; Vernon Strolz, 765 Ash Ave., Chula Vista; James P. Jenkins, 1247 Highland Ave., National City; Thomas P. Maguire, 902 E. 18th St., National City; Edwin V. Reiner, 6601 Imperial Ave., San Diego; Margaret R. & Robert C. Bell, 1013 E. 18th St., National City; John A. 1' icit a, 1310 E. 9th St . , National City; Ben Fish, San Diego; Albert C. Boyer, 393 3rd Avenue, Chula Vista; Fred A. Scheidle, 820 J Avenue, Coronado; Aldea I. Sedlack, 4760 Federal Blvd., San Diego; James P. Burcher, 800 W. Avenue, S-14, Palmdale; Domnitz & Prochazka, 4017 42nd St., San Diego, attorneys for Teamsters Local 542; Teamsters Local Union No. 542, 4602 Mercury St., San Diego; Reed V. hanglois, 501 H Street, Suite 203, Chula Vista, Attorney for Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints; Ron Harris, 845 E. 8th Street, National City; Charles W. & Barbara J. Morris, 770 Mission Avenue, Chula Vista; Robert W. Ryan, 6624 Grand, Kansas City, Missouri; Alfred D. Sloan, 2028 Valle Vista Avenue, National City; Mrs. Lucille Shaw, 2110 Valner Ct . , San Diego; Lolly Danielsen, 493 Bohemian Highway, Sebastopol; Kenneth M. & Verna I. Clancy, 2953 Kalmia St., San Diego)) were recieved; a communication from the City Manager regarding the weed abatement financial status was attached to the agenda. City Attorney McLean said the City Council had been given a report concerning the Weed Abatement Program, dated Ma ch 1, 1971, which includes a tabulation of the parcel numbers, the charges ], vied against the parcels for mowing, hauling, handwork, the total abatement harge, the administrative charge and the total proposed assessment; the C uncil has also been furnished with copies of all protests that have been received by the City Clerk's office; one group of protests were transmitted to the Council on February 26, 1971 and the other group on March 2, 1971; each member of the Council has those protests before them; the representatives of the Fire Marshal's office were present to answer any questions by the Council concerning the Abatement Program; he suggested Council open the hearing by listening to any protests from persons who desired to address the Council. Reed Langlois, 501 H Street, Chula Vista, was present and said he was First Counselor in the Stake Presi- dency of the San Diego South Stake in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and an attorney at law with offices in Chula Vista; they have 3 units of the church in National City with 100 members; their church owns a parcel of property at the approximate intersection of Euclid and Plaza and were served with an assessment for weed abatement work; he was protesting this on behalf of the church on 3 grounds: in the first place, Ord. No. 1155 under which this action was taken requires that notice be given in one of three ways; by posting, by mail, or by personal service; notice was allegedly given by posting their property which was rather inaccessible and not easy to notice if something was posted on it; it seemed to . them it was grossly unfair to use this method of posting property when it was very simple to get a letter; in the second place, the City's past practice has been to 3/2/71 31 contact representatives of the church by telephone if there was a problem about property; in the third place„ the rates charged for the work was gross- ly excessive; the way the work record reads (and he found it hard to believe that this was what actually occurred), in the column marked "number of men' they have 1 man working 6 3/4 hours at $21. an hour for a total of $141.75; they record 23 1/2 hours on 2 days at a charge of $9.25 an hour and 2 trucks for 14 hours at $35.00 an hour, all of which seems very high; in the past they sent up one of their members who has a bulldozer, skiploader and a truck and a few volunteer laborers to do this in one day; even if they had to pay full rental rates for this equipment and wages for the people he didn't thin% it would total the $856.13 they were charged; for all of these reasons they felt this was handled in an unfair way and the charge should be cancelled. James Jenkins, 1247 Highland Avenue, was present and said his complaint was practically the same as the one they just heard; his mother and he owns a lot at the corner of 17th and Palm known as 1702 Palm Avenue; this lot is 62 1/2' on Palm by 70' on 17th Street; he received a bill which doesn't tell how many men were working on the job; there must have been at least 30 or 40 but it does say 2 tricks, 10 1/2 hours at $35. an hour, $367.50 for hauling weeds; the administration charge (he assumed this was the City's charge) was $7.00 which comes to a total of $374.50; anyone knows they could hire someone to clean the weeds off of this lot for $15. or $20.; there was a posting of which he wasnrt aware; no mail was received to his recollection regarding it; it was outrageous to get a bill for $374.50 for cleaning the weeds off of a small corner lot like that; he thought the City Council acted (and so had the Planning Commission) in good faith but somewhere along the line this thing got out of proportion; he believed it was up to the Planning Commission and the City Council to see that adjustments are made properly on the property. Fred Scheidle, 820 J Avenue, Coronado, was present and said he wanted to pro- test his assessment on several grounds and he could make it somewhat brief because the first gentleman spoke clearly outlining some of his complaints that had to do with notification; in the past they received notice by letter and then after the first letter it came by telephone; they were told that off duty firemen could take care of the burning of the property and he had always had that taken care of and was very glad to; the cost was $20.00; this past year sometime in the summer his wife received a phone call and they wanted to know if they wanted the same work performed and she said "no" because the property was to be developed. At that time they were in contact with the City Planner, Planning Commission, City Manager, the City Council and other City officials in connection with the subdivision map showing this property out on the hill which is off of Valley Road east of the Morris property where 250 houses are developed; they received on January 25 a notice of weed abate- ment work which was performed on his property and a notice was posted on July 27; on this property out there nothing has been able to be posted on a stake that lasted more than 48 hours; when they surveyed that property and started grading they found that even their survey and grade stakes were takers out and at great cost they had to be replaced and the property watched to take care of it while the grading was going on; according to Ordinance No. 1155 this notice (which of course he did not receive and didn't see) was a ten day notice; on the llth day, according to this weed abatement work record, reinspection was made on August 7; a resurvey was made on August 7; the work was started on August 7; it shows one person working 13 3/4 hours at $21. an hour, 2 trucks 12 hours at $35. an hour, a total of $708.75; the administra- tion charge was $7.00, making a total of $715.75; there was little or no need to clean this land; the land constituted no fire hazard as set forth in Ordi- nance No. 1155 which in part reads "which by reason of their size, manner of growth and location constitute a fire hazard to any building, improvements, crops or other property"; this property was and is completely surrounded by paved streets and/or roads that constitute a safe and adequate fire break; this property was also crisscrossed by many clear paths made by motorcycles and motor vehicles; such waste matter other than brush was dumped on the pro- perty in very small quantities and as such was widespread, not in large heaps but several small heaps widely separated. Mr. Scheidle said City taxes on this property, which has never at any time since owned by him produced any revenue, have been approximately $90. a year; the charge of this job would amount to City taxes for 8 years; he would like to know if all of this charge was really against his property which actually was just about one-half of 3/2/71 32 that vacant part of the hill up there; the balance of the hill belonged at that time to the City of National City, the State of California and to him- self; he did not know physically where his property started and ended and he doubted very much that whoever ordered this work done and s tpervised it knew either; the question comes to his mind that if he didn't know his own proper- ty, whoever went out there and ran up this $715. bill would not know any better without its being surveyed; he would also like to know why there was a delay in billing; work was completed on the 12th of August and the bill was not made until the 25th of January; according to the ordinance notice of hearing is posted in the City Hall; how was he or any other person going to get that notice unless they come down here every week to look it over. Ben Fish, Highland and Division Street, was present and said he was assessed $286. and didn't see any notice posted on the property; the first time he knew it was posted was in January when the City Manager asked him to come down where he was as they wanted to discuss putting a street through on the north part of his property; he walked down and about 200' down from Highland Avenue they had it posted on a telephone pole instead of putting it up along Highland Avenue where you could see it; in the first place, he didn't consid- er that that was any hazard whatsoever; the City owns Division Street, they have a 40' easement there and then on in the middle of the property is a drainage channel; on the east side they also have a drainage channel and on the north side is this easement of an asphalt pavement where they used to have an auto parking place; so his property was not a fire hazard at all; he thought they would all agree that his property looked better even with the grass and some of those bushes on it than it does with asphalt; he didn ; t want to take up too much of their time, but he very strongly disapproved of his assessment. Vernon Strolz, 765 Ash Avenue, Chula Vista, was present and read his letter, dated Feb. 23, 1971, in full which protested his assessment. Mr. Strolz said he paid $65. last year, his bid this year was $120. but the City's bill was for $1138. Ray Shotwell, 1417 Highland Avenue, was present and said he had the same complaint but he was a bit on the embarrassed side to come up with his small lot and small problems; he didn; t realize that this program had gotten to so many people in such a hard financial way; on his little lot on the corner of 18th and Rachael (about 60' deep) he had 7 or 8 tumble weeds that he was growing and desperately trying to raise when all of a sudden he got a bill for $15.00 or $22.00 for having them removed; they worked pretty hard getting those up for Christmas decorations; he resented someone going up and tearing out his crop; it cost him $7.00 to notify him by mail that they have done that. Charles Morris, 770 Mission Avenue, Chula Vista, was present and said he had a piece of property on Z. 16th Street and Grove Street; his property was supposedly posted on June 24 last year; he didn't see the posting and didn't receive notification by mail until he re- ceived the bill the 25th of January for $222.50; this was for 8 1/2 hours work at $21. an hour and 4 hours hand work; it doesn't say they used any trucks; it doesn't say they used the mower but supposedly they mowed the land; he was objecting to the inadequate and illegal notification; the land was supposedly posted on the 24th of June and it was advertised supposedly in the paper on the 7th and 14th of June; in previous years he had been notified by letter; in 1962 he was overseas and had a two apartment house on the property; the City of National City (he believed it was the same inspec- tor) sent him a registered letter requiring that he either repair the place or tear it down; the property had been rented when he left the states for Japan and approximately 2 months after he left the property became vacant; he couldn't get back to the states to repair the building so he had to have it torn down at a cost of $200. (which cost him $10,500. ); he hoped the Council would look into this a little further, especially the written pro- test he submitted yesterday. James Hurcher, Palmdale, was present and said the property he was referring to was at 4341 Sweetwater Road; he was the former owner; the present owner has also protested; he was referring to a bill for $2 ,320. on 5 acres of land; he had pictures where actually if there was any weed abatement done or any hauling of material away, someone did it with an empty truck because whatever they referred to as cleaning the lot is still existing there; there are still weeds on the property; in prior years he had been notified through normal channels, registered letters, mail and so on; he was the person who had been notified; the present owner has never 33 received any notification at all; he has assured him (he was in the audience) he has never seen the property posted; $2,300. for allegedly cleaning off a lot is ridiculous because he happened -to be in the construction equipment rental business; it was his request that he be advised through some channel what methods were used in assigning the contractor to do this work. Mayor Morgan said they put this out to bid and received bids on what the contrac- tors would clean these lots up for and there were bids made at the time. Mr. Burcher inquired how many bids were received. Mayor Morgan replied they re- ceived one bid. Mr. Burcher asked if it was posted in the paper. Mayor Morgan said that was right. Mr. Burcher said the man who did the work should have had his bid challenged as they could see by the number of protests, and asked if Council could indicate whether or not they would give any considera- tion on these protests. Mayor Morgan said after the hearing they would make a decision on it. Emil Murphy, 5158 Marlborough Street, San Diego, was pres- ent and said among the others who were present and were protesting, he seemed to be one of the most fortunate ones among the unfortunate ones; his assess- ment was only $76.; the reason his assessment was low (this includes 4 lots with a frontage of 250' x 390') was that the only area in these 4 lots where the weeds will grow was at a drainage ditch and he had been negotiating with National City for the past 5 years to do something about it because they have an easement on the property; they placed in these 4 lots something like 200 and some odd loads of soil in the last 4 years; in this time the agree- ment was if and when dirt was placed on the lots, the bulldozers would in turn level the lots; there is a ditch there 30' wide and 12' deep that nothing has been done about since 1966; he had a letter with him that he wrote to Mr. Osburn saying that "during the last rain 1 was informed by one of the neighbors that approximAtely one foot or more of water was in the ditch which presently measures 12' to 15' deep; since the City has a blanket easement on this property for a drainage ditch, 1 am hoping that something might be done under the drainage project; 1 discussed this matter with Mr. Newberry and he requested I bring this matter to your attention and ask that some help be given to alleviate the present situation; I presently have access to some fill dirt and wouldlike to fill the ditch in order that we may re- move the unsanitary, unsightly and dangerous situation; I would be happy to meet with you at your convenience and discuss this with you." Mr. Murphy said he did meet later at their convenience and nothing was done about the drainage pipe that he requested; he was unable at this point to put fill dirt in the ditch because it is an easement and he couldn't get the City's permission; the water draining down through his property at the present time was coming from Paradise Hills in the San Diego area; his assessment was not as high as others but he thought this was self-explanatory; there just wasn't that much roam in these 4 lots for weeds to grow except in the area where there was a drainage problem; he met with the City Engineer several months ago and agreed at that time to place the drainage ditch in the ground and contracted someone to do this at a price of $370.; this was refused because the person who was going to do it was not a state licensed contractor; he then secured a state licensed contractor who would do this at $6.00 a foot; he later came back and changed his bid to $8.00 a foot because the City was purchasing used pipe from Imperial Beach and he claimed he could not put used pipe in there at the same price because of cleaning; he was also being asked to bring the pipe from Imperial Beach to their lot. Vice Mayor Camacho said they could go on all night; there was no doubt in his mind that there was going to be some re-evaluation to compensate for all of these prob- lems people were having; some kind of relief should be given; the City has paid $12,000. of City funds to the contractor but it wasn't fair that the City should pay to clean up their yards or lots but he felt a lot of them had to pay too much. Moved by Reid, seconded by Waters, this be referred back to the City Manager to pay this bill in full. Councilman Waters said since it was a public hearing everyone should be heard who wanted to speak. Mayor Morgan said since the City was going to pay it he was sure everyone was happy; since he had been on the Council (11 years) he had never seen anything more unjust to the people of National City. City Manager Osburn said he certainly had no objection to the City paying the bill; in fact, the bill had already been paid, but in fairness to the City, he would like to say that the cleaning bills on the lots ran less than $5,000.; they picked up all kinds of plaster, rubble, concrete, and in some instances, dead 3/2/71 34 animals were hauled to the dump; this was not all as clear-cut as it sounded. Councilman Waters asked if this program would not continue until they get a better one. City Manager Osburn said he thought this was as good a program as they could get; it was working very successfully in other cities. Coun- cilman Waters said he thought the program was a`good idea; it seemed to him that all of the people here in general were complaining basically of the way they were notified; he knew that the ordinance says they could do it this way, but he thought by registered letter was not a bad idea; it appeared to him that some people who lived out of town were not notified; wasn't it correct that in the ordinance it states that out of town people would be notified. City Manager Osburn said he didn't recall that but they would notify in the future every property owner listed on the assessor's rolls that this is being done and allow ample time to communicate with the City before any cleaning was done. Councilman Waters said Mr. Robert Williamson from the Sweetwater Union High School District contacted him today and said he noticed the charges; he said he has a working group that is looking for a jo➢? and if the City is willing to furnish the rakes and hoes, etc. they would work for $2. ©O an hour or $1.35 an hour for people who did not clean off their own lots. Mayor Morgan said the city has to put this out to bid; next year there will be another Weed Abatement Program; the Fire Department can't burn these lots and they were going to have to keep the city clean; if the people were notified and they ignored it, he would have to go along with charging whatever charges they had to; if the same thing comes up next year and if he was here, he would have to vote for the assessments, Vice Mayor Camacho suggested they set guidelines here regarding sending out registered letters and this wayyou can be assured that the resident or property owner ill receive the notice of weed abatement; then they have no other course to take than to either get it cleaned up or get charged for it. Councilman Waters suggested to the City Manager when he worked on this he could take into consideration the notice and prices, and in the event they had the same problem they had last year where only one man came in and bid on this, it would almost pay them to hire a couple of able-bodied men for the City to do the job; it would still be a lot cheaper. City Manager Osburn said this price was approved by the Council. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. NEW BUSINESS (continued) A communication from the CITY ENGINEER regarding methods of installing under- ground power, a communication from the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. and a copy of the policy of the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. were presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. The LICENSE COLLECTOR'S recommendation of approval and the Business License Clerk's report in regard to the request of the NATIONAL CYSTIC FIBROSIS RE- SEARCH FOUNDATION to solicit March 19-28 and a copy of the 1970 report were presented. Moved by Camacho, seconded by Reid, the be allowed to solicit funds here in National City. Carried by unanimous vote, Absent: Hogue. A. communication from DENNIS STOVALL, NATIONAL, CITY DeMQLAY, requesting per- mission to paint house numbers on curbs was presented. Moved by Waters, seconded by Camacho, Dennis Stovall, National City DeMoiay representative have emission topaint numbers on they sidewalk curbs accordin to our new resolution specifications. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. A communication from the CITY MANAGER regarding the request for overwidth driveway at the southeast corner of 7th Street and C Avenue which will appear on next week's agenda was presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. A communication from the CITY MANAGER stating the Auditor's Report for the Fiscal Year ending June 30, 1970 was on file was presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. 3/2/71 35 The minutes of the regular meeting of the LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES on Febru- ary 3, 1971 were presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. The minutes of the regular meeting of the CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION on Febru- ary 17, 1971 were presented. Ordered filed by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. A communication from the CITY MANAGER filing three items with the City Clerk (No Council Action Necessary): (1) Certificate of Insurance from Transit Casualty Company of St. Louis, Missouri, Policy No. GL,,A 356600 covering A. R. Pearson Truck Company, Inc., Pearson Trucking & Rigging Inc., 13105 Lakeland Rd., Santa Pe Springs, California; (2) Certificate of Insurance from Barney and Barney, llth Floor, 1010 Second Avenue, San Diego, California, covering Hartson Ambulance, Inc., 4318 47th Street, San Diego, California., Policy No. 72 C 206289 and renewal of Policy Nos. 72 WH 111033 and XEL 010359; (3) Letter from Peacock Insurance, Inc., P. O. Sox 1128, Laguna Beach, California, dated February 16, 1971, extending Travelers Insurance Co. Policy NSL-4150455 expiring February 18, 1971 to April 1, 1971, covering John G. Woolman, dba Woolman Enterprises, was presented» REPORTS CITY MANAGER 0S3URN stated each Council member had a copy of the registration date, etc. fcr the conference in Washington. CITY MANAGER OS3URN said he had two items regarding meetings on Friday: one of them is in relation to the budget of the Safe Streets Acts Program which will amount to about $32 million dollars in funds to the State this year; the meeting will be held in the State office Building, 1350 Front St., Room B-109, 9:30 a.m.; the eecona is a hearing by the Senate Committee on Elections and Reapportionment to be held from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 5, at the Travelodge Hotel on Harbor Island. DEPUTY CITY CLERK PASIG reported (a) copies of the prepared testimony and ex- hibits by the City of San Diego in the matter of the application of the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. for authority to increase rates by surcharging for additional franchise fees were received and on file in the City Clerk's office, (b) a notice of Public Hearing by the San Diego County Air Pollution Control District March 10, 1971, 9:30 a.m., Room 310, Board of Supervisors' North Chamber, County Administration Center, for the purpose of considering proposed changes in the rules and regulations of said District was received and on file, and (c) a communication from the City of San Diego enclosing executed copies of the mutual agreement regarding maintenance and repair of radar speed meters was received. Ordered filed by unanimous vote, Absent: Hogue. PLANNING DIRECTOR GERSCHI.ER presented the Planning Commission recommendation the application for a Planned Commercial Development Permit to construct a new service station at 2945 Highland Avenue (this is the reconstruction of a Mobil Service Station) be approved subject to nine conditions. Moved by Waters, seconded by Reid, the application for a Planned Commercial Develop- ment Permit to construct a naw service station at 2945 Highland Avenue be approved subject to the nine sty, ulat .onz of staff. Carried by unanimous vote. Absent: Hogue. 3/2/71 36 Moved by Waters, seconded by Reid, the meeting be closed. Carried by unani- mous vote. Absent: Hogue. The meeting closed at 8:30 p.m. i City Clerk City of National City, Calif. The foregoing minutes were approved by the City Council of National City at the regular meeting of March 9, 1971. No corrections Correction as noted below Mayor, National City, California 3/2/71