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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1975/03/12 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Held Wednesday March 12, 1975 An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California was held on the above date beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue, with the following Councilmen present: Councilmen Hobel, Hyde Scott, Hamilton and Egdahl (arrived late) Councilmen absent: None Staff present: City Manager Cole, Assistant City Manager Asmus, Assistant City Attorney Beam, Director of Public Works Robens, Director of Planning Peterson, Assistant Director of Planning Pass, Traffic Engineer Sawyerr, Senior Civil Engineer Harshman Councilman H~bel opened the meeting at 4:05 p.m. REGIONAL TR~SIT Mr. Rudy Massman, Acting Director of Trans- PLAN portation for the County submitted plats and discussed the 1934 County traffic flow map. The actual traffic pattern was the same then as is used now. Mr. Massman explained CPO's proposal of express bus corridors and light rail alternatives. Mr. Massman, answering Councilman Hyde's question, stated it was cheaper and safer to have the power lines overhead as noted in the rendering. He then discussed the following: (1) scope of the study; (2) definition of the characteristics of the light rail; (3) physical description and alternatives; (4) legal considerations; (5) evaluation procedure; (6) costs and summary; (7) recommendations. (Mayor Hamilton arrived at this time - 4:15 p.m.) Slide presentation Mr. Jaswant Keener, Regional Transportation on Land Department, showed a slide presen- tation of light rail operations in various European cities. He noted the different widths of the cars and discussed land- scaped medians (street and freeway). (Councilman Scott arrived at this time - 4:27 p.m.) Mr. Massman noted that the light rail capacity would be 11 to 1 over that of the automobile. (Councilman Egdahl arrived at this time - 4:27 p.m.) Speed Factor Councilman Hobel questioned the speed factor. Mr. Massman explained that this would be related to the number of stations and streets the cars would be allowed to cross. Adjourned Regular Meeting -2- March 12, 1975 Renderings were then presented showing typical turning movements for the cars; the legal considerations involved; existing rail rights-of-way; use of city streets; and use of the State-owned highway rights- of-way. Transit Routes Mr. Keener submitted a map explaining the alternate transit routes. Staff input Councilman Egdahl asked how long the staff would take to review this plan. Director of Public Works Robens remarked that there are some major differences in the Plan shown today from the one studied by the staff for the past several months. (Councilman Hobel left the meeting at this time) Motion for extension It was moved by Councilman Hyde, seconded of time by Councilman Egdahl and unanimously carried that CPO should be notified that the Council requests additional time - at least one week - due to the lateness of the hour in which the final draft was presented to the Council. Motion to reconsider It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded airport question by P4~uncilman Hyde and unanimously carried that the action taken by the City Council on March 11 regarding the airport issue be reconsidered. Councilman Egdahl stated that it is now clear that because of the way E1 Cajon will vote, that there will be enough votes to vote in Brown Field. At that time, he would like to see the City's representative to CPO vote for Miramar since Brown Field is the last choice of this Council. Councilman Scott indicated he would rather see Councilman Hobel (City's represen- tative on CPO) have the discretion of voting the way he wants to rather than say it should first be Lindberg Field and then Miramar. The Navy will not give up Miramar Field. Motion for direction It was moved by Mayor Hamilton, seconded on airport issue by Councilman Egdahl and unanimously carried that the City's representative to CPO be given the flexibility of voting for anything except Brown Field. Adjourned Regular Meeting -3- March 12, 1975 CPO's DRAFT The Council referred to the memo sent by Overall WORK PROGRAM the City Manager on February 28, 1975, in which he offered commentaries and staff recommendations concerning CP0's overall work program. Motion to Bpprove It was moved by Mayor Hamilton, seconded staff's recommendations by Councilman Egdahl and unanimously carried that the following staff recom- mendations be approved: 1. Staff recommends that the City Council advise C.P.O. that the Overall Work Program is generally acceptable but that the City of Chula Vista will not fully endorse any such program which fails to adequately fund an extensive local agency coordination program. 2. Staff further recommends that the City Council advise C.P.O. of this agency's concern over the minimal cooperative effort which has characterized relationships between the City of Chula Vista and the C.P.O. 3. Staff also recommends that the City Council advise C.P.O. that the Capital Improvement Program of the Draft Overall Work Program should be amended to: (A) re- flect C.P.O.'s mandated role as a coordinating body relative to projects of regional significance and (B) clearly demonstrate C.P.O.'s recognition that local agencies, within their juris- dictions, have the primary respon- sibility for local planning and public works programming. Further, that the Council requires that they (CPO) define in specific language in that document what their intentions are - in this way, the Council will know whether or not to completely oppose even getting into it or not. (Councilman Egdahl left the meeting at this time) Council discussion Director of Public Works Robens discussed with the Council the committee set up by CPO on transit plan refinements. Norman Williams, Assistant Director of Adjourned Regular Meeting -4- March 12, 1975 Planning and Olu Sawyerr, Traffic Engineer, represent the City on that Committee. Council Conference It was moved by Mayor Hamilton, seconded continued by Councilman Hyde and unanimously carried that the Conference be continued to March 19 at 4:30 p.m. to continue discussion on this item. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Hamilton adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m. to the meeting scheduled for March 19, 1975 at 4:30 p.m.