HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1973/03/13 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
Held Tuesday March 13, 1973
A regular meeting of the City Council of Chula Vista, California, was held on
the above date beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Civic Center,
276 Fourth Avenue, with the following
Councilmen present: Councilmen Scott, Hobel, Hamilton, Hyde, Egdahl
Councilmen absent: None
Also present: City Manager Thomson, City Attorney Lindberg, Assistant
City Manager Bourcier, Director of Public Works Cole,
Director of Planning Peterson
APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES It was moved by Councilman Hyde, seconded by
Councilman Hobel and unanimously carried
that the minutes of the meetings of February
28 and March 6, 1973, be approved, copies
having been sent to each Councilman.
PROCLAMATION CO~4ENDING Mayor Hamilton presented Miss Renteria with
ROSEMARIE RENTERIA a proclamation con~nending her on her reign as
Queen of the American G. I. Forum.
REPORT BY COMPREHENSIVE Mr. Richard Huff, Executive Director, discussed
PLANNING ORGANIZATION four alternate sets of policies or concepts
which CPO will be evaluating for the develop-
ment of the San Diego region between now and
1995.
Mr. Stuart Shaffer presented maps and detailed
the major elements of the regional compre-
hensive ~lan: regional goals and objectives;
housing; water, sewerage and flood control
systems; open space; transportation. Mr.
Shaffer noted the policies plan for trans-
portation, briefly discussing the highway
system, transit system, forecasted impacts
of the transportation plan and continuing
planning and implementation.
Walter Jaconski Mr. Walter Jaconski spoke on the Plan evalu-
Evaluation Program ation program, noting that CPO will base the
selection of preferred policies on achievement
of goals and objectives and compatibility with
local plans. Mr. Jaconski added that repre-
sentatives of CPO will meet with this Council
again in the Spring at which time they would
lika to have the Council review the goals and
objectives and establish priorities.
Noel Smith Mr. Noel Smith, member of tho Regional Goals
Goals Committee Committee, noted the citizens of Chula Vista
serving on the various committees, and ex-
plained that the goals were set up by them
with input from the staff.
Richard t~ff Mr. Huff discussed SB 325 funds and regional
transportation for the County. He stated
that the solution to 50me of the transporta-
tion issues can only be solved if the cities
agree with them, and if they adopt something
of a regional outlook toward these goals.
SB 325 Funds Councilman Hyde questiened CPO's stand on SB 325 funds.
Mr. Huff referred to the alternatives dis-
cussed by Mr. Shaffer. The study will take
one year, and at the end of this time, they
will have a fixed idea on what type of transit
system will be most appropriate for the San
Diego area.
PUBLIC HEARING (CONTINUED) - In a report to the Council, Director of Plan-
CONSIDERATION OF APPEAL OF ning Peterson explained that the Environmental
FAIRWAY DOWNS, INC. OF PLANNING Impact Report on this project was submitted
COMMISSION DENIAL FOR CHANGE on January 19, 1973 and considered by the
OF ZONE FROM R-E-20-F TO Planning Conunission on February 26, 1973. The
R-i-10-F FOR PROPERTY LOCATED Planning Commission continued the hearing to
AT 4370 SWEETWATER ROAD, May 21, 1973, in order that the flood plan
8ONITA analysis on the Sweetwater River, currently
being conducted by the County of San Diego,
may be completed, which would provide neces-
sary information for inclusion in this Envi~
ronmental Impact Report.
Since action on the appeal cannot be taken
until the Environmental Impact Report is com-
pleted, the staff recommended continuance of
the public hearing until June 5, 1973.
Public hearing continued It was moved by Councilman Hobel and seconded
by Councilman Hyde that the public hearing
be continued to the meeting of June 5, 1973.
Mr. Peterson read a letter from San Diego
County which stated that the owners of the
property have entered into a eontract to sell
the property. This will ge to the Board of
Supervisors for approval on March 20; there-
fore, the Council can continue the bearing
for a sherter period of time.
Motion carried The motion carried by the following vote,
to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Hobel, Hyde, Egdahl,
Scott
Noes: Mayor Hamilton
Absent: None
RESOLUTION NO. 6774 - City Attorney Lindberg explained that the
APPROVING AGREEMENT BETWEEN original lease agreement was approved by the
THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND City Council on December 19, 1972. Burroughs
BURROUGHS CORPORATION AMEND- Corporation has requested four changes to the
lNG THE AGREEMENT FOR LEASE agreement; these changes were included in the
OF A B2S10 COMPUTER financing agreement with tho bank, and it was
agreed that they should be included in the
basic lease agreement.
Resolution offered Offered by Cow~cilman Hyde, the reading of
the text was waived by unanimous consent,
passed and adopted by the following vote,
to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Hyde, Egdahl, Scott,
Hobel, Hamilton
Noes: None
Absent: None
RESOLUTION NO. 6775 - City Manager Thomson reported that the sum of
PROVIDING FOR THE SPECIAL $3,393.55 was needed to carry the operation
APPROPRIATION OF FUNDS FOR of "Our House" through the month of March. It
"OUR HOUSE" would be his recommendation that this money be
taken from the Revenue Sharing Funds.
Letter from Supervisor Welsh Mayor Hamilton noted the letter received from
Supervisor Jack Welsh indicating that the mat-
ter of the County appropriating $4,000 to "Our
House" will be considered at the Board of Sup-
ervisors' meeting next week.
Motion to continue for It was moved by Councilman Scott and seconded
one week by Councilman Hyde that this matter be held
over for one week. Councilman Scott explained
that he didn't want the case of "Our House"
to be deluded when it went before the Board
of Supervisors.
City Manager John Thomson City Manager Thomson explained his meeting
with the County staff at which time they
stated they would come in with a lump sum
covering the deficit up to the end of the
grant period (September 1).
Gary Wappes, Director Mr. Wappes, in answer to Councilman Hobel's
"Our House" query, stated they are applying for money
through the Drug Abuse Fund which is a part
of the Federal Revenue Sharing funds to the
State. The County has indicated that their
contract figure for next year is negotiable.
The federal grant which "Our t~use" applied
for was sent back, and they were told to re-
submit it to the State. Mr. Wappes further
explained that they will be having a fund-
raising drive sometime in April to meet some
of the operational expenses.
Councilman Hyde conunented that the City is
committed to supporting "Our House" up to
the end of this fiscal year, and will again
budget for it next year; therefore, he was
not in favor of not granting the funds at
this time.
Motion to continue fails The motion to continue the item for one week
failed by the following vote, to-wit:
Ayes: Counctlm~n Scott, Egdahl
NOES: Councilmen Hobel, Hamilton, Hyde
Absent: None
Resolution offered Offered by Councilman Hyde, the reading of
the text was waived by unanimous consent,
passed and adopted by the following vote,
to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Hyde, Egdahl, Scott,
Hobel) Hamilton
Noes: None
Absent: None
RESOLUTION NO. 6776 - In a report to the Council, Director of
APPROVING THE RELEASE OF LIENS Public Works Cole explained that by Resolu-
IMPOSED BY CERTAIN DEFERRED tion Nos. 4861 and 5988, the Bonita Village
IMPROVEMENT AGREEMENTS BETWEEN Corporation entered into an agreement for the
THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA AND deferral of the installation of public im-
TIlE BONITA VILLAGE CORPORA- provements and ornamental street lights.
TION, APPROVED BY RESOLUTION
NO. 4861, RECORDED JANUARY 22) On March 6, 1973, the Bonita Village Corpora-
1969, AS FILE NO. 12962, AND tion deposited the sum of $9,555 to secure
RESOLUTION NO. 5988 RECORDED the installation of said improvements.
MARCH 25, 1971, AS FILE
NO. 57453
It is, therefore, requested that the liens on
these properties be released.
Resolution offered Offered by Councilman Egdahl, the reading of
the text was waived by unanimous consent,
passed and adopted by the following vote,
to-wit:
AYES: ~ouncilmen Egdahl, Scott, Hobel,
Hamilton, Hyde
Noes: None
Absent: None
RESOLUTION NO. 6777 - The following formal bids were received on
ACCEPTING BIDS AND March 6, 1973:
AWARDING CONTRACT FOR
CONSTRUCTION OF Pacific Engineers $17,406.00
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE L. R. Hubbllkrd 18,627.76
ALLEY BETWEEN "H" R. H. Werden 18,971.60
STREET AND OTIS STREET Sapper Construction Company 19,964.09
FROM BROADWAY TO SMITH
AVENUE AND IN THE ALLEY The Director of Public Works recommended that
BETWEEN FOURTH AVENUE AND the contract be awarded to the low bidder,
GLOVER AVENUE FROM "H" Pacific Engineers.
STREET TO MANKATO STREET -
1911 ACT PROCEEDINGS
Resolution offered Offered by Councilman Egdahl, the reading of
the text was waived by unanimous consent,
passed and adopted by the following vote,
to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Egdahl, Scott, Hobel,
Hamilton, Hyde
Noes: None
Absent: None
BN/[NIMOUS CONSENT ITEM:
RESOLUTION NO. 6778 - By this resolution, the City Council supports
SUPPORTING THE REQUEST "Our House in its application for a grant of
OF "OUR HOUSE" IN ITS State funds under SB 714, which will be ad-
APPLICATION FOR FUNDING ministered by the Health Care Agency of San
PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS Diego County.
OF SENATE BILL 714
Resolution offered Offered by Councilman Egdahl, the reading of
text was waived by unanimous consent, passed
and adopted by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Egdahl, Scott, tlobel,
Hamilton, Hyde
Noes: None
Absent: None
REPORT ON INSTALLATION Director of Building and Housing GradySubmit~d
OF POLICE RADIO =Written report stating f~kt there are
CO$1~IJNICakTIONS several areas in the City that have "dead
spots" in police radio communieations. To
eliminate this, a voting system net for the
Police Department is being set up. Four sites
have been selected: Loma Verde Park, Fire
Station #4, Rohr Park and Broadway Shopping
Center. The Rohr ~Park receiver will be
established with existing funds, and the other
three sites will be included in the 1973-74
budget requests.
Recurring costs Councilman Scott stated he was concerned with
the recurring costs (monthly total of $100.80),
and indicated the matter should be brought up
at budget time.
City Manager Thomson Mr. Thomson explained the need for this pro-
gram, noting that the receiver in Rohr Park
will be installed with this year's budget
saving. He indicated it was a matter of
public safety.
Motion to accept report It was moved by Councilman Hobel and seconded
by Mayor Hamilton that the report be accepted.
MotiQn carried The motion carried by the following vote,
to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Hobel, Hamilton, Hyde,
Egdahl
Noes: Councilman Scott
Absent: None
REPORT ON CONTROL City Manager Thomson submitted a detailed
OF EXCESSIVE report to the Council concerning the problem
VEHICULAR NOISE of decibel level of noise in the City. The
original request was made by the Chairman
of the Planning Commission, Leslie B. Rice,
who asked that the Council investigate the
problem, determine the local responsibilities,
and initiate proposals for more effective
State legislation.
The report included the present State and
local vehicular noise legislation, California
Vehicle Code, local ordinances, California
Administrative Code, local responsibilities
and proposals for more effective State legis-
lation.
In summary, the report stated that the most
productive course would involve the establish-
ing of restrictions in the manufacturing of
motor vehicles in those areas which are
creating noise problems.
Report accepted It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded
by Councilman Scott and unanimously carried
that the report be accepted.
REPORT ON REQUEST At the mooting of March 6, 1973, Mr. Steve
FOR RECLASSIFICATION Ballard, President of Bay Cities Ambulance,
OF AMBULANCE SERVICE - requested Council consideration of permitting
DIRECTOR OF PLANNING ambulance service in a C-O zone. Mr. Ballard
indicated that he has been negotiating for
a site at 642 Third Avenue.
Director of Planning Peterson remarked that
the staff would have no objection to placing
an ambulance service operation within the
Unclassified Use Section of the Zoning
Ordinance, with the provision that it be
excluded from the residential zones unless
it is located within a hospital complex.
An applicant would then have to file a con-
ditional use permit for a specific location
for this uso.
Emergency ordinance to It was moved by Com]cilman Scott, seconded
be brought back by Councilman Hobel and unanimously carried
that an emergency ordinance be brought back
putting ambulance services in an unclassi-
fied use category.
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REPORT ON WAIVER OF City Attorney Lindberg reported that he con-
UNDERGROUND UTILITIES, tacted Mr. Gordon Pettit, o~mer of the Bonita
BONITA VILLAGE Village Corporation, and explained Council's
direction to prepare an agreement which would
insure the ufidergrounding of utilities either
as a condition precedent to the approval of
the parcel map or by the establishment of an
assessment district.
The agreement which was to be presented at
this meeting was to be a guaranty whereby
the owner would deposit a bond in an amount
sufficient to insure the undergrounding of
the utilities.
Attorney Lindberg stated that Mr. Pettit had
refused to execute such an agreement, in-
sisting that it was unfair that he be obli-
gated to perform an undergrounding task
which would result in benefit to other
property owners.
Council discussion Discussion ensued as to the five property
owners which would benefit from the instal-
lation of the underground utilities without
being obligated to pay for the project.
Mr. Lane Cole, Director of Public Works,
explained that there would be no way to
determine the cost that would be assessed to
those property owners on the north side
of Bonita Road (across from the shopping
center) unless an undergrounding district
was formed.
William Eckhart Mr. Eckhart stated he is representing r~r.
247 "E" Street Gordon Pettit. He explained that they have
two parcels presently in escrow, so time was
of the es,ence. Mr. Pettit has indicated
tkat he would have no objection to an assess-
ment district; however, he does objeet to
having to pay the total amount (approximately
$50,000) to underground the utilities on the
south side of the road and it would benefit
the property owners on the north side.
Motion to grant waiver It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded
by Councilman Scott and unanimously carried
that, on the condition that the applicant
signs an agreement to join such a district
when it is formed, the waiver be granted,
and further, that the wheels be set in motion
to form an undergrounding district in that
MAYOR'S REPORT
League of California Mayor Hamilton reminded the Council of the
Cities Dinner Meeting League Dinner meeting to be held Thursday,
March 15, 1973, at the International Plaza
Hotel. Chula Vista will be the host city.
Request for City Clerk's Mayor Hamilton asked the City Clerk to give
opinion the Council her opinion as to how she feels
about having the League dinner meetings held
at a location other than in the host city.
Street blockage on Mayor Hamilton asked the City Manager to find
Third Avenue out what was blocking the lane of traffic on
Third Avenue at G Street. This has been
going on for a few months and he has received
several complaints on it.
Park-School Committee Meeting Councilman Scott reported on the meeting held
last Friday (March 9). One of the items
that was discussed was the area behind the
Lillian J. Rice School (seventeen acres).
Councilman Scott commented that it would be
an ideal location for a park. The proposal
was that the City develop the area, and
the school would maintain it.
Motion for staff It was moved by Councilman ScotS, seconded
investigation by Mayor Hamilton and unanimously carried
that the staff be directed to contact the
school and see about the feasibility of
having a joint school-park program for
Lillian J. Rice School.
Discussion Council discussion followed on the location
of the park site; the fact that the City would
not have to purchase the site, but be re-
sponsible for developing it. Councilman
Egdahl suggested the development plans be
done in conjunction with having the area used
by the little leagues.
Over-building of apartments Councilman Scott discussed the areas in
in Castle Park Castle Park, both in the City and in the
County, that have been "over-built with
apartments."
Motion for letter to It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded
Board of Supervisors by Councilman Hyde and unanimously carried
that a letter be sent to the Board of
Supervisors asking for a moratorium on
apartment building in the Castle Park-Otay
area, and a plan be drawn up between the
City of Chula Vista and the County; further,
that a moratorium be placed on that general
area in order to solve this problem.
EXECUTIVE SESSION It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded
by Councilman Hobel and unanimously carried
that the Council recess to Executive Session,
for personnel reasons, at the close of the
meeting.
Tax Override for ~weetwate~ Councilman Hyde stated that on April 17, 1973,
Communily Eollege District an election will be held to consider several
issues - one being approval of an existing
tax override provision £or the College
District.
Motion for supporting It was moved by Councilman Hyde~ seconded
resolution by Councilman Egdahl and ~nar~n~y carried
that a resolution be brought back indicating
endorsement by the City of Chula Vista for
the continuation of the Sweetwater ~ommunity
College District ~override on ~e ballot
for the next election.
Bus Stops Councilman Egdahl stated that most of the
buses in the City cross a signalized inter-
section then stop, blocking the traffic.
Mr. Egdahl noted specifically the inter-
section at Third Avenue and K Street.
This creates a hardship because of the left
turn pockets, the houses on the corner
have to have red curbs and then there is
a bus stop~ which results in having about
£ive houses without any parking space.
Councilman Egdahl wondered why the bus could
not stop at the curb where it had a red light,
as opposed to crossing an intersection and
making this stop.
Opinion of Public Director of Public Works Cole discussed the
Works Director operation of a "near-side" stop as opposed
to "far-side" stops. He stated there is
a danger in having the bus stop at a red
light and then have the light turn green.
Bridge over Flood Control Councilman Hyde reported that several people
O~annel in Sweetwater Valley have questioned him about the four-lane
bridge at Edgemere Avenue and Second Avenue.
At the public hearing held on the widening
of Second Avenue, the Council gave its
approval to keeping it at two lanes;
however, nothing definite was determined
about the bridge. The State and the County
are planning to widen the bridge to four
lanes, and he would like to know: (1) what
the exact plans are for it, and (2) what
is this City Council's position on this -
should it be two or four lanes?
Discussion Council discussion followed in which they
indicated that it was their understanding
that the bridge would be four lanes, and
they would not oppose this.
City Clerk to bring Mayor Hamilton directed the City Clerk to
back report bring back the action taken by the City
Council, and part of the minutes which would
clarify the action taken by the Council at
that meeting.
WRITTEN CO~BIUNICATIONS
Request for Revenue Sharing A request was received by Herbert Foelber,
funds - Chula Vista City Principal of Lauderbach School; and James
School District Poull, Chairman of the Citizens Advisory
Committee of this same school, for $2,000.
This fund~ along with a requested $12,000
from the County, would be used to establish
a Community Education Center at this school,
which would be a "total opportunity center"
for all age group~ in the neighborhood com-
munity. This will "extend the role of the
school ..... to one of identifying the
wants, needs and problems of the community
and then assisting in the development of
facilities, programs and leadership toward
the en~ of improving the entire coramunity."
Motion to refer to staff It was moved by Mayor Hamilton, seconded by
Councilman Hobel and unanimously carried
that this matter be referred to staff to
be scheduled for the Revenue Sharing review
meeting to be scheduled sixty days after
the adoption of the budget.
Councilman Egdahl noted that he would support
the motion; however, he felt the school
should not get the wrong impression that,
by approval of the motion, the Council is
favoring their request.
Letter of resignation - Mrs. Florence I. Kincaid, member of the
Florence I. Kincaid, Safety Commission, has sent in her letter
Safety Commission of resignation.
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Letter to be sent It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded
by Councilman Hobel and unanimously car-
ried that the resignation be accepted with
regret and a letter be sent to Mrs. Kincaid
thanking her for her work on this conm~ission.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Jerry Prior Mr. Prior stated he is the o~ner of the
68D H Street Barbeque Pit on H Street and discussed the
problems they are having with the closing
of the H Street b~idge. He asked that the
Council urge the State to speed up the north-
bound lane so that "some light can be re-
generated along this street." He further
asked the Council to ask the State to release
funds for Interstate 5 for future economic
development.
Motion for resolution It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded
by Councilman Egdahl and unanimously carried
that a resolution be brought back next week
requesting that the State speed up the con-
struction of Interstate 5.
Request for report Mayor Hamilton asked the Director of Public
Works to submit a report, along with the
resolution, as to the cause of the delays.
Copies to be sent Councilman Hobel requested that copies of
to Legislators the report and resolution be sent to
Assemblyman Deddeh and Senator Mills.
Cary F. Wright Mr. Wright discussed the Council's action
242 East J Street taken at the meeting of March 6, at which
there was a three to two vote to invite the
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company to
locate in Chula Vista on the bayfront.
Mr. Wright felt this was good, inasmuch as
a shipyard would broaden the tax base and
would return a larger amount in revenue to
the City than the Sports Arena. He added
that there would be no need to have a sports
arena in Chula Vista.
Mr. Wright then listed what he felt were ad-
vantages in having a shipbuilding yard versus
that ~f' a sports arena.
Agenda items at Library Mr. Wright thanked the Council for the background
dn Cduncil agenda items wh£ch are now gt the
Library every Friday afternoon.
Environmental Impact Report Mr. Wr~lht a~ked that the fina~ copy of the en-
¥ironmeStal impact report be g~ven ~o the Library
so th~ public can have one readable book.
Mayor's comments Mayor Hamilton informed Mr. Wright that the
Council never took any action to turn down
a shipbuilding yard in Chula Vista. The ac-
tion taken by the Council at the last meet-
ing was to send a letter to NASSCO reiterating
the Council's position on this matter.
Public hearing by City Attorney Lindberg stated that the
Planning Commission Planning Commission will hold a public hear-
ing on~the P-C development on March 26, 1973,
at which time all citizens are invited to
give their input.
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Mr. Burt Glibbery Mr. Glibbery submitted photographs taken of
S16 J Street the construction of J Street showing the
storm drain in the ground which he said was
not adequately covered and represented a
hazard to the motorists. Mr. Glibbery also
noted the trash that has been gathered along
this street during the past several weeks.
Mayor Hamilton explained that he has talked
to the staff and the Engineering Department
about this problem and something is being
done.
Councilman Scott noted the bad weather, pipe
breaks, sand falls, etc., commenting that
the contractor could not possibly be making
any money on this project and must, in fact,
be losing a great deal.
EXECUTIVE SESSION The Council recessed to Executive Session at
9:26 p.m. and reconvened at 10:12 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT Mayor Hamilton adjourned the meeting at 10:13
p.m. to the meeting scheduled for Wednesday,
March 14, 1973, at 3:00 p.m.
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