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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1972/02/03 MINUTES OF AN ADOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Held Thursday February 3, 1972 An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council was held on the above date beginning at 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber, Civic Center, 276 Fourth Avenue with the follow- ing Councilmen present: Councilmen Scott, Hobel, Hamilton, Hyde, Egdahl Absent: None Also present: City Manager Thomson, Assistant City Attorney Blick, Director of Public Works Cole, Assistant Director of Public Works Robens, Senior Planner Williams, Street Tree Maintenance Foreman Leo Levesque GROWTH IN CON~4UNITIES Mr. George Frank Mr, Frank stated he has been working on this pre- CPO Staff Member mature development policy since its inception in July 1971. The policy, entitled, "Policies and Recommendations for Determining Regional Signifi- cance and Prematurity of Development," has three main purposes. (1) to define regional significant projects, limited to housing projects and expan- sion of public facilities such as water, sewer and road systems; (2) proposes that subjects with regional significance be reviewed by CPO for the purpose of bringing in regional consideration with the local consideration for working toward a develop- ment for approval; (3) it defines the criteria that CPO will look at to determine whether it is pre- mature or mature growth. In January, the CPO staff rewrote the report incor- porating most of the comments received from the member jurisdictions, the Subdivision Advisory Com- mittee and other comments which seemed appropriate. The staff will submit the new draft to CPO and at the same time submit it to the member jurisdictions with a letter from the CPO Po]icy Committee asking what action would specifically have to be taken in order to implement this policy. In Chula Vista, this would require two actions: (1) establish a policy in the City to st~mit ail projects of regional signif- icance to CPO for review; (2) adopt a large scale development review procedure and define large scale development and development of major impact in Chula Vista. This is only a proposal at this time. Councilman Hyde asked, if such a policy were adopted in Chula Vista, and items were submitted to CPO for review, how long would it take to receive a reply from CPO? Mr. Frank went through the possible actions that could be taken on any one proposed development plan and said the maximum time CPO would have it would be 6-7 weeks. The normal procedure would only require a month. Mr. Frank also suggested that the determination of whether a project has regional signifi- cance could be made by the City staff (Planning or Public Works) ra~her than by the City Council. The policy is totally voluntary. Mr. Frank added that within this last year, a ruling was passed that whenever any FHA financing is involved, the proposals go to CPO for review. Policy on holding capacity Councilman Hyde asked Mr. Frank if he knew any- thing about Chula Vista's resolution asking CPO to consider asking all member communities of CPO to consider not changing any additional agricul- tural land to another zoning until completion of a study of a population/holding capacity of the area. Mr. Frank said CPO has an agrigultural policy near its final stages. SANCOG-type legislation Councilman Scott asked ~. Frank if he knew of anyone in CPO or the County working on a proposal similar to SANCOG. Mr. Frank's understanding is that someone is working on a "spot bill" to be submitted to the legislature. PROPOSED STREET TREE Director of Public Works Cole presented his policy, MAINTENANCE POLICY - stating the first three items listed in the policy Third Phase are the most important: (1) Public safety; (2) Street tree health; ($) Street tree appearance. Mr. Cole's policy lists the implementation of the street tree trimming program in order of importance. Councilman Scott brought up the matter of a root prunner, aerial tower and other items requested that were cut out at the last budget session. Assistant Director of Public Works Roberts stated those items total approximately $30,000--$7,000 of which was for the root prunner. Councilman Scott indicated he would be in favor of reinstating some of these items even before budget time in the form of a special appropriation as it appears Chula Vista may soon be implementing a significant tree preservation program. Councilman Hyde supported this idea. Motion to have staff submit Councilman Scott made the motion, seconded by figures to Council Councilman Hyde and unanimously carried that the staff submit figures for Council consideration of these items. During further discussion on the items cut from last year's budget, Councilman Scott said these items were cut because the assessment figures weren't in so a study was going to he made. He also noted that Los Angeles has their tax assessment figures in be- fore budget time. Councilman Scott recommended that someone contact Assemblyman Deddeh to see if San Diego County can be put in the same category as Los Angeles so that the tax assessments are in by budget time. Ladybug, chemical controls Councilman Scott commented that Clairemont uses Ladybugs to control insects. Street Tree Maintenance Foreman Levesqu¢ stated that Ladybugs won't eat all types of insects and things (bacteria, fungus, etc.) that affect trees. He also added that to have ade- quate control of insects for a city this size would be impractical because of the vast number of Lady- bugs that would be needed. At this time, biological control instead of spraysis not advanced enough for adequate control. The method of injecting trees or the ground with sprays or poisons is now being inves- tigated. Public utilities Mr. Cole stated that utility companies have the right to protect their property, but that the City is con- tacted when trimming is going to be done. The utilities try to work with the City in this matter. - 2 - Councilman Hobel questioned why No, II, Park and Golf Course Trees, has priority over block trim- ming of secondary or neighborhood street trees (I.B. 7) and visibility for motorists (I.B. 6). Motion to change priority Councilman Hobel made the motion, seconded by on Park & Golf Course tree Councilman Scott and unanimously carried to amend trimming the policy by changing No. II, Park and Golf Course Trees, to priority No. 8 under Section I.B. NURSERY POLICY Councilman Hobel asked when would the nursery policy be available. Mr. Cole indicated that this is the next policy and will be ready for the Street Tree Committee in a month and should be before the Council in four to six weeks. Motion to accept policy Councilman Scott made the motion, seconded by Councilman Hyde and unanimously carried to accept the policy as amended. PARKWAY ON THIRD AVENUE Councilman Hyde commented that on the parkway area EXTENSION on Third Avenue were it turns into the Third Avenue extension there are 7 or 8 tree wells; he would appreciate the staff looking into this matter i making recommendations to correct it. Council~m Scott indicated that there are asphalt burns ther~ and wondered if Gas Tax funds could be used to make it a concrete island. Mr. Cole asked if the Council would consider the idea of removing the island if it weren't needed. The Mayor commented that would be better than what is there now and asked that the staff bring back several recommenda- tions. ORAL CO~UNICATIONS The Mayor noted the number of people in the audience and asked if any of them wished to come forth and speak. Dr. Richard Glenn, Dr. Glenn stated he had expected to report on the Chairman Environmental Clairemont study today and had asked the members of Control Commission the ECC to each submit a report on the study. After studying the reports, Dr. Glenn stated he felt there is a great deal of information from the Clairemont report that would be pertinent to Chula Vista. The Mayor asked that Dr. Glenn make copies of the re- port available to the Council's secretary for the Council mailing tomorrow and stated that this matter would be scheduled for the next Council Conference later this month. AIR POLLUTION CONTROL Dr. Glenn stated he has some further information DISTRICT from the Air Pollution Control District regarding the variance for San Diego Gas ~ Electric Company. Mayor Hamilton asked if Dr. Glenn had a report from the hearing and the results of the hearing that took place in Dr, Askew's office this mor~ing, to which Dr. Glenn answered no. Councilman Egdahl reported that they gave SDG&E a variance until the end of this year except for the Chula Vista plant. Dr. Glenn said, in Chula Vista there are three genera- tors in operation now and a fourth one will start operation soon, after some testing is completed. - 3 - Dr. Glenn stated new levels of standard on nox emissions were set for January 1972, that must be met; in a year or two, these levels will be lowered. As a general rule, oil burning causes more emissions than gas burning. Lowering electrical output usually lowers nox output; so that if SDG&E now has excess electrical output, they can meet the standards merely by lowering this output. Boiler Nos. 1 and 2 are considerably lower in emissions than required for the January guideline. Boiler No. 3 exceeds the limit and is unique in that it puts out less nox when burning oil rather than gas, Dr. Glenn said that if this boiler reduces its capacity and burns oil, it could possibly meet the standard. Data on boiler No. 4 is not available yet. Motion to contact SDG&E and Councilman Scott made the motion, seconded by Coun- request representation cilman Hyde and unanimously carried that San Diego Gas ~ Electric Company be requested to send a representative to the Council Conference scheduled in two weeks and that they be informed of the dis- cussions held today and minutes of previous dis- cussions be sent to them. PARKING DISTRICT Councilman ttyde reminded the Council to set for Council Conference a meeting with the Parking Place Commission to discuss a parking district. It was recommended that this matter be set for the next Council Conference after the one in two weeks. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Hamilton adjourned the meeting at 4:15 P.M. to the meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 8, 1972. Secretary to the City Council - 4 -