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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1980/06/17 7:00 PM MINUTES OF A REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Held Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. June 17, 1980 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, was held on the above date beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Public Services Building, 276 Fourth Avenue. ROLL CALL Councilmen present: Mayor Hyde, Councilmen Gillow, Cox, McCandliss, Scott Councilmen absent: None Staff present City Manager Cole, Assistant City Manager Asmus, City Attorney Lindberg, City Engineer Lippitt, Director of Finance Grant, Director of Parks & Recreation Hall, Community Development Director Desrochers The pledge of allegiance to the Flag was led by Mayor Hyde followed by a moment of silent prayer. 14a. REPORT ON CLASSIFICATION Mayor Hyde announced that based on the recommendation of AND SALARY STUDY - the City Manager, the Council will not take any action on ARTHUR YOUNG & COMPANY this item this evening. Motion to continue Item 14 It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Cox and until Monday, June 23 unanimously carried that with regard to Item 14, (1) the Council receive the classification study prepared by Arthur Young and Company, and (2) the Council set a meeting for June 23, 1980 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers to hear a brief presentation on the report by Arthur Young representatives and hold an executive session to discuss negotiable portions of the study. 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Councilwoman McCandliss and unanimously carried that the minutes of the meetings of June 5 and June 10, 1980 be approved, copies having been sent to each Councilman, with Mayor Hyde ab- staining on the minutes of June 10. 2. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY (None) 3. ORAL CO~qUNICATIONS Jerry Valk Mr. Valk discussed his concerns regarding adequate school 291 Camino Vista Real facilities being provided in the E1 Rancho del Rey area, Chula Vista especially with regard to the Sweetwater High School District. He recommended that Dr. Shelton of the County be contacted at 297-3618 (District Business Services) to "set the record straight on the policy of no school land, no school site, no money." 4. WRITTEN CO~qUNICATIONS a. RESIGNATION FROM HUblAN Mr. Jim Ladd submitted his resignation from the Human Re- RELATIONS £O~qlSSION lations Conunission and the United Nations Day Committee, AND UNITED NATIONS DAY effective June 12, 1980. CO~IITTEE Motion to accept resignation It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Councilman Cox and send letter of and unanimously carried that Mr. Ladd's resignation be appreciation accepted with regret and that a letter be sent to him ex- pressing appreciation for his services. b. RESIGNATION FROM Mr. Steven W. Owens, A.I.^., resigned from the Chula Vista DESIGN REVIEW Design Review Committee, effective June 20, 1980. CO~BIITTEE Motion to accept resignation It was moved by Councilman Cox, seconded by Mayor Hyde and and send letter of apprecia- unanimously carried that the resignation be accepted and a tion letter of appreciation sent to Mr. Owens. City Council Meeting -2- June 17, 1980 PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED RESOLUTIONS 5. PUBLIC HEARING - This being the time and place as advertised, Mayor Hyde CONSIDERATION AND REVIEW opened the public hearing. OF UTILITY USERS' TAX In June 1978 the Council adopted Ordinance No. 1803 to provide sufficient utility users' taxes to insure a reasonable level of revenue for the necessary operation of the City. The present tax rate on telephones is 5%; the consumption factor for units of electricity is .0025 and for gas it is .00919. Director of Finance Grant recommended that the present tax rate be maintained as accepted at budget review time. Mayor Hyde noted that citizens over the age of 62 are exempted from the tax. Public hearing closed There being no further comments, either for or against, the public hearing was declared closed. a. RESOLUTION NO. 10138 Offered by Councilman Scott, the reading of the text was ESTABLISHING THE RATE waived by unanimous consent, passed and adopted by the FOR THE UTILITY USERS' following vote, to-wit: TAX BETWEEN JULY 1, 1980 AND JANUARY 1, AYES: Councilmen Scott, Gillow, Cox, Hyde, McCandliss 1981 Noes: None Absent: None 6. PUBLIC HEARING - This being the time and place as advertised, Mayor Hyde CONSIDERATION OF THE opened the public hearing. FORMATION OF TOWN CENTRE NO. 1 STREET LIGHTING City Engineer Lippitt showed slides of the street beauti- AND LANDSCAPING MAINTE~ fication project on Third Avenue between "E" and "F" Street NANCE DISTRICT NO. 1980/81 (completed at a cost of nearly $800,000). He said the City AND LEVYING ASSESSMENT agreed to maintain the normal street improvements (i. e. FOR FY 1980/81 pavement, normal lighting expenses, street sweeping, and tree trimming) and staff was directed to create a District so the peeple in the area would pay for the maintenance of the additional items (i. e. landscaping, special street furniture and additional energy costs for street lighting). Recapitulation of costs Recapitulation of costs: Landscaping - $1,250; Contract costs and contingencies - $10,500 (low bidder); Street lighting - $600; Contingencies and reimbursement - $3,150; Total: $15,500. Procedure required Mr. Lippitt described the procedure required by the State Street and Highways Code known as the Landscaping and Lighting Act of 1972 to create the maintenance district, noting that legal protests may be made only by property owners which must be in writing prior to the close of the hearing. Modification to Mr. Lippitt discussed a letter presented to the Council assessment for six dated June 13, 1980 from Mr. Patrick Rossetti recommending parcels modifications to the assessment spread on six parcels of property in the proposed district which will reduce the amounts previously shown. Letter from Town Centre A letter was noted from the Town Centre Business and Pro- Business and Professional fessional Association supporting the District, but re¢om- Association mending that the amount of the assessment be studied with a possibility of a reduction. Public hearing closed There being no further comments, either for or against, the public hearing was declared closed. City Council Meeting -3- June 17, 1980 a. RESOLUTION NO. 10139 Offered by Councilman Scott, the reading of the text was ORDERING FORMATION waived by unanimous consent, passed and adopted by the OF TOWN CENTRE #l following vote, to-wit: STREET LIGHTING AND LANDSCAPING MAINTE- AYES: Councilmen Scott, Gillow, Cox, Hyde, McCandliss NANCE DISTRICT NO. Noes: None 1980/81 AND LEVYING Absent: None ASSESSMENT FOR FY 1980/81 Mayor Hyde noted the need and the staff recormnendation for the Redevelopment Agency to loan the District $6,000 to cover expenses during the first six months of operation. Motion for resolution It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Scott and to appropriate starter unanimously carried that the staff be asked to prepare a funds from Redevelopment resolution for consideration by the Redevelopment Agency Agency which would appropriate $6,000 as a loan to this new District for starter funding purposes. b. RESOLUTION NO. 10140 Offered by Mayor Hyde, the reading of the text was waived by ACCEPTING 8IDS AND unanimous consent, passed and adopted by the following vote, AWARDING CONTRACT to-wit: FOR THE ~INTENANCE OF TOWN CENTRE #1 AYES: Mayor Hyde, Councilwoman McCandliss, Councilmen STREET LIGHTING AND Scott, Gillow, Cox LANDSCAPING MAINTE~ Noes: None NANCE DISTRICT NO. Absent: None 1980/81 Motion to approve It was moved by Councilman Cox, seconded by Councilman Gillow District budget and unanimously carried that the Council approve the budget for the Lighting and Landscaping Maintenance District No. 1980/81 as shown in Exhibit I: ACCOUNT NO. ACCOUNT TITLE 1980/81 5251 Utilities $ 200 5298 Other Contractural Services 10,500 5351 Landscape 5upplios 1,050 5422 Other refunds 100 7. PUBLIC HEARING - This being the time and place as advertised, Mayor Hyde CONSIDERATION OF SANITARY opened the public hearing. SERVICE RATE INCREASE REQUEST Director of Finance Grant reported that Chula Vista Sanitary Service, Inc. has requested a 25% rate increase, effective July 1, 1980, for the collection and disposal of garbage, trash, rubbish, and disposable material. The proposed rates were developed to meet operating cost increases of approxi- mately 17.5% since the last rate increase in 1978 and 7.5% as a "pass through" cost to meet the landfill fee in- crease effective July 1, 1980 authorized by the County. Mr. Grant noted that in the audit review, the proposed rates will not exceed the 9% - I0% rate-of-return on in- vestment considered appropriate by the Council in previous rate reviews. Mary Timm Ms. Timm explained that the high rate of inflation and the 1484 Jade Court high cost of fuel equipment and increased land fill fees Chula Vista necessitate the rate increase in order for Chula Vista Sani- (Representing Chula Vista tary Service to continue to provide the same level of Sanitary Service) service as they have in the past. City Council Meeting -4- June 17, 1980 Ernest L. Robbins Mr. Robbins said he lives alone and has very little trash 488 Elm Avenue to set out each week. He questioned the rationale for Chula Vista having to pay the same rate as those people who have several large cans of trash and rubbish to be picked up. Public hearing closed There being no further comments, either for or against, the public hearing was closed. Dick Chase, President In answer to questions from the Council, Mr. Chase said the Chula Vista Sanitary service operated at a loss for the last few months and if Service the rate increase is not granted, they will have to go out of business. He responded to questions and discussed meter- ing the service to limit the number of containers permitted indicating this probably should be considered further at some time in a contract amendment. Motion for resolution It was moved by Councilman Cox, seconded by Mayor Hyde and implementing rate increases unanimously carried that staff be directed to bring back a resolution implementing the proposed rate increases. 8. PUBLIC HEARING - This being the time and place as advertised, Mayor Hyde CONSIDERATION OF THE opened the public hearing. CONFLICT OF INTEREST CODE FOR THE CITY OF A Conflict of Interest Code has been prepared for various CHULA VISTA EMPLOYEES commissions and employees of the City of Chula Vista as re- quired by the Political Reform Act of the State of California which incorporates by reference the model code prepared by the Fair Political Practices Commission. In answer to a question from Mayor Hyde, City Manager Cole said that he conducted a public hearing for all employees affected and there were no comments or protests either oral or written. Public hearing closed There being no further comments, either for or against, the public hearing was closed. a. RESOLUTION NO. 10141 Offered by Councilman Gillow, the reading of the text was ADOPTING THE CONFLICT OF waived by unanimous consent, pa~sed and adopted by the INTEREST CODE FOR THE following vote, to-wit: CITY OF CHULA VISTA EMPLOYEES AYES: Councilmen Gillow, Cox, Hyde, McCandliss, Scott Noes: None Absent: None 9. PUBLIC HEARING - This being the time and place as advertised, Mayor Hyde CONSIDERATION OF BUDGET opened the public hearing. FOR FISCAL YEAR 1980/81 INCLUDING THE PROPOSED The Council held a series of budget sessions and tentative USE OF $331,000 OF action was taken on the Preliminary 1980/81 Budget. GENERAL REVENUE SHARING Modifications indicated have been tabulated and the revised ENTITLEMENTS Tentative Budget has been available for public review and inspection. In addition, the Federal Revenue Sharing Act requires that a simultaneous hearing be held on the ex- penditure of Federal Revenue Sharing funds. Recommendation to continue City Manager Cole, in a written statement, reported tha~ a Public Hearing number of matters should be resolved prior to final adoption of the budget and it doe5 not appear as though some of those matters can be resolved at this meeting; therefore, he recommended that the public hearing be continued until June 24, 1980. Request for additional Mr. Cole said he received a communication from the Human funds from Human Relations Relations Conm~ission asking for additional funds in their Commission budget for membership dues in the California Association of Human Rights Organization (CAHR0) and for one member of the Commission to attend the conference in Monterey. City Comlcil Meeting -5- June 17, 1980 Concern regarding deviation Councilman Scott expressed his concern in having additions from budget procedures made to budget requests not submitted in accordance with the budget procedures and felt this request should be rejected. Mr. Ernest Arnold Mr. Arnold questioned the proceeding of approving the final 897 Beech budget prior to considering Item 19 on the agenda, which Chula Vista has a bearing on the impact of the budget if signals are to be installed on East "L" Street. Procedures clarified Mayor Hyde clarified that input will be received tonight, but the public hearing will be continued until June 24, 1980 for approval of the budget. David Poret, Member Mr. Poret reported on the request for additional funds for I~man Relations C~mmission the Human Relations Commission for membership in CAHR0. He discussed the benefits anticipated from this membership and explained that the Commission did not have this informa- tion at the time the preliminary budget was discussed, but learned of it after his attendance at a conference in 0xnard two weeks ago. Public hearing continued There being no further comments, Mayor Hyde with the con- until June 24, 1980 currence of the Council, announced that the public hearing was continued until the meeting of June 24, 1980 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Motion to deny request of It was moved by Councilman Scott and seconded by Mayor Hyde Human Relations Commission that the Council not approve the Human Relations Commission for additional funds extraordinary request for additional money. In response to a query from Mayor Hyde, Assistant City Manager Asmus said additional information on this request will be made available to the Council on ,June 24. Motion carried The motion carried by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Scott, Hyde, Cox Noes: Councilmen Gillow, McCandliss Absent: None RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES, FIRST READING 10. RESOLUTION NO. 10142 Thomas and Sherry Money have granted a drainage easement to ACCEPTING AN EASEMENT the City across Parcel 2 at the southeast corner of Third FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES Avenue and Madrona Street. FROM THOMAS AND SHERRY MONEY Resolution offered Offered by Councilman Cox, the reading of the text was waived by unanimous consent, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Cox, Hyde, McCandliss, Scott, Gillow Noes: None Absent: None 11. RESOLUTION NO. 10143 HUD has made 72 units of Section 8 Moderate Rehabilitation SUPPORTING THE APPLICA- available to the County Housing Authority. The program TION BY THE SAN DIEGO would obtain additional Section 8 Certificates for the City COUNTY HOUSING AUTHORITY and allow the City to receive credit for rental rehabilita- FOR THE SECTION 8 tion toward Housing Assistance Plan goals. MODERATE REHABILITATION PROGRAM City Council Meeting -6- June 17, 1980 Resolution offered Offered by Mayor Hyde, the reading of the text was waived by unanimous consent, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Mayor Hyde, Councilwoman McCandliss, Councilmen Scott, Gillow, Cox Noes: None Absent: None 12. RESOLUTION NO. 10144 The remodeled building to house the Senior Information and APPROVING EXTENSION OF Referral Center in Memorial Park will not be completed LEASE AGREEMENT FOR before June 30, 1980 as originally planned. It was recom- SENIOR INFORMATION AND mended that the Council approve a six months lease extension REFERRAL CENTER AND at theCenter'slpresent, lo~a~ion~a~d authorize adjustment AUTHORIZING ADJUSTMENT of FY 1980/81 budget to include $1,770 in Account No. IO0- IN FY 1980/81 BUDGET 1538-5271. REQUEST Resolution offered Offered by Councilman Scott, the reading of the text was waived by unanimous consent, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Scott, Gillow, Cox, Hyde, McCandliss Noes: None Absent: None 13. RESOLUTION NO. 10145 Bids from landscape maintenance contractors have been re- ACCEPTING BIDS, AWARDING ceived and evaluated to provide landscape maintenance for CONTRACTS, SETTING Chula Vista's Open Space Districts. It was recommended ASSESSMENTS AND ADJUSTING that bids be accepted and contract awarded to C. A. Redden BUDGET FOR OPEN SPACE (low bidder) for Open Space Districts No. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 DISTRICTS NOS. 1 THROUGH and 9; and to Environmental Care, Inc. (low bidder) for 7 AND DISTRIC? NO. 9 Open Space District No. 4. Resolution offered Offered by Councilwoman McCandliss, the reading of the text was waived by unanimous consent, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilwoman McCandliss, Councilmen Scott, Gillow, Cox, t~de Noes: None Absent: None UNANIMOUS CONSENT ITEM 13a. RESOLUTION NO. 10146 The Council has previously exempted the major reconstruction FINDING THAT THE work on the Chula Vista Municipal Golf Course from the re- DREDGING OF LAKES ON THE quirements of Section 1009 of the City Charter by Resolution CHULA VISTA MUNICIPAL No. 10051. Staff has determined that the dredging work on GOLF COURSE MAY BE the lakes of the Golf Course may be performed better or more PERFORMED BETTER AND economically under the direction of City employees. MORE ECONOMICALLY UNDER DIRECT SUPERVISION OF CITY EMPLOYEES AND WAIVING BIDDING REQUIRE- MENTS OF SECTION 1009 OF THE CITY CHARTER Resolution offered Offered by Councilman Scott, the reading of the text was waived by unanimous consent, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Scott, Gillow, Cox, Hyde, McCandliss Noes: None Absent: None City Council Meeting -7- June 17, 1980 14. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER a. REPORT ON CLASSIFICA~' This item was continued to a Council meeting scheduled for TION AND SALARY STUDY June 23, 1980 at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. (See ARTHUR YOUNG AND page I of the minutes.) COMPANY b. Council Conference Mr. Cole distributed a revised schedule of Council Conferences Schedule through August 28, 1980. c. League of California Mr. Cole presented information to the Council concerning the Cities Executive Forum League of California Cities Executive Forum for Mayors and Council Members to be held in Monterey July 23-25, 1980. REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS 15. REPORT ON BONITAFEST The Bonitafest Committee of the Bonita Business and Pro- PARADE REQUEST fessional Association has requested approval to conduct their 8th Annual Bonitafest on October 4 and 5, 1980. They also requested a waiver of permit fees, and assistance from the City in the form of equipment and services. Motion to approve request It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Mayor ~de and subject to staff conditions unanimously carried that the request be approved with normal staff conditions applied. 16. REPORT ON PERSONNEL Director of Finance Grant submitted a written report regard- CONTRACT AMENDMENTS ing the petition of the retired City employees requesting AS REQUESTED BY amendments to the City's Public Employees Retirement System RETIRED EMPLOYEES to provide a 5% cost-of-living allowance, instead of the current 2%, and to provide a "one time" increase in retire- ment allowance. Mr. Grant's in-depth analysis was submitted to the Council in which he recommended that an actuarial valuation be made to determine the exact cost to amend the City's contract at a cost of $700 for the first actuarial valuation and $100 for each additional valuation. Motion to request actuarial It was moved by Councilman Cox, seconded by Councilwoman Mc valuations - resolution to Candliss and unanimously carried that the report be accepted be brought back and that the Council request an actuarial valuation to determine the cost at 3% and 5% and for a "one time" increase with a resolution to be brought back appropriating the funds. RECESS The Council recessed at 8:28 p.m. and the meeting reconvened at 8:38 p.m. 17. REPORT ON COMPLAINT The Traffic Engineer investigated the complaint of Jack REGARDING IMPAIRED Skapin regarding impaired sight distance of the stop sign SIGHT DISTANCE ON on Naeion Avenue at Roman Way caused by palm trees near the NACION AVENUE AT intersection. He has determined that the trees do not ROM~ WAY create a traffic safety problem and recommended that the Council take no action on this matter,but direct staff to continue to monitor traffic patterns on Nacion between East "L" and East Naples Streets. Motion to accept report It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Cox and unanimously carried that the staff report be accepted. 18. REPORT ON UPDATE OF STUDY The Council directed that staff update the 1978 report which REGARDING CLOSURE OF assessed the impact of closing Fifth Avenue to through FIFTH AVENUE BETWEEN traffic between "H" and "I" Streets. The Traffic Engineer, "~' AND "I" STREETS in a written report, said the traffic volumes on the north- south streets around the Shopping Center have increased by 7.3% since 1978 which reinforces the need for the measures which would mitigate the impact of the closure as discussed in the study. It was his recommendation that the Council reaffirm the conclusions and recommendations of the 1978 study. City Council Meeting -8- June 17, 1980 In answer to a question from Mayor Hyde, City Manager Cole said he is not prepared to make a recommendation at this time as his recommendation would have to be based on cost figures, how the costs would be financed, and the time period involved. Motion to continue Item 18 It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Scott and for one week unanimously carried that this item be continued for one week and that a comment from the City Manager be made on this matter. 19. REPORT ON CHANGE IN The Council requested an update of the traffic conditions at TRAFFIC CONDITIONS ON East "L" Street/Melrose Avenue as submitted for CIP (Capital EAST "L" STREET AT Improvement Program) censideration in May 1980. The report MELROSE AVENUE SINCE from the City Engineer discusses the need for signalization THE INSTALLATION OF on East "L" Street and recommends that the Council approve STOP SIGNS ON NACION the engineering for the construction of a signal at East "L" AVENUE IN MARCH 1980 Street and Melrose Avenue and for lowering the hill east of the intersection (in the Capital Improvement Program for FY 1980/81). William Tally Mr. Tally said the access to East E1Capitan Drive is a 136 East E1Capitan Drive "painted-in booby trap" from Monserate and "L" Street, and Chula Vista that the chances of being hit are about 80%. He said he did not care what measures are taken if it will provide safety to all concerned. Bob Montgomery Mr. Montgomery, in supporting the recommendation of tho 120 Popper Tree Safety Commission for a signal at Monserate Avenue and East Chula Vista "L" Street, discussed the problem of safety with school (Principal, Cook School) children in this area. Ernest Arnold Mr. Arnold discussed the problem of excessive speed on East 897 Beech Avenue "L" Street and the numerous times this has been called to Chula Vista the attention of the Council. He suggested that the Council give serious consideration to the recommendation of the Safety Commission for a signal at Monserate in FY 1980/81. Motion to amend CIP to It was moved by Mayor Hyde and seconded by Councilman Scott provide for signal at that at the meeting of June 24 the Council amend the CIP Melrose and to lower the portion of the budget to provide for engineering studies for hill on "L" Street construction of a light at Melrose and East "L" Street and subsequent lowering of the hill east of Melrose for accomplish- ment in FY 1982. Speaking against motion Councilman Cox spoke against the motion and in favor of the signal being installed at Monserate as this would alleviate traffic at Melrose. He said the cost factors should be con- sidered at this time with the lowering of the hill done as a last resort. Motion failed The motion failed by the following vote, to-wit: Ayes: Mayor Hyde, Councilman Gillow NOES: Councilmen Cox, McCandliss, Scott Absent: None Motion for signal at It was moved by Councilman Cox and seconded by Councilwoman Monserate and East "L" McCandliss that the Council include in next year's budget Street the funding and engineering for a signal at East "L" Street and Monserate. Speaking against motion Mayor Hyde expressed his feeling that only one signal should be installed and the more appropriate intersection is at Melrose. He said the point in time has been reached when the Council should determine to cut the hill down. City Council Meeting -9- June 17, 1980 Councilman Gillow agreed and expressed his concern that if this is delayed a couple of years, the cost will be much higher. Motion carried The motion carried by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Cox, McCandliss, Scott Noes: Mayor Hyde, Councilman Gillow Absent: None Motion to add dollar amount It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Mayor Hyde and for consideration on unanimously carried that the dollar amount be put into the June 24 budget to consider at the June 24 meeting. 20° REPORT ON PROPOSED The Development Services Administrator submitted a report out- CHULA VISTA TRANSIT lining a proposal to restructure several of the existing ROUTE RESTRUCTURING CVT reutes to increase patronage and to improve on-time per- FOR FY 1980/81 formance. The Comprehensive Planning Organization has recently completed a survey of boarding/off-loading passengers which gives the City a good understanding of certain ridership characteristics important to this route evaluation and recom- mendations. He said the SCOOT Board will consider these changes on June 25, 1980. Motion to accept report It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Councilwoman McCandliss and unanimously carried that the report be accepted. 21. REPORT ON DREDGING In accordance with the City Engineer's recommendation, the OPERATIONS AT CHULA Council recently rejected bids for dredging three lakes at VISTA MUNICIPAL the Chula Vista Municipal Golf Course. The staff has revised GOLF COURSE the scope of the project which they feel will be less ex- pensive. It was recommended that the requirements of Section 1009 of the City Charter be waived because the work may be performed better and more economically by the City as out- lined in the report. Motion to accept report It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Gillow and unanimously carried that the report be accepted. MAYOR'S REPORT 22. RATIFICATION OF The Feaster Neighborhood Mobile Home Association, formed APPOINTMENT OF ALBERT under the City's Block Grant Mobile Home Rehabilitation MORRA TO WESTERN CHULA Program, was expanded to include the Mueller Neighborhood. VISTA MOBILE ~ME The Association amended its bylaws to include an additional ASSOCIATION member and changed its name to the "Western Chula Vista Mobile Home Association"~ Mayor Hyde asked Council ratifica- tion of his appointment of Albert Morra to the Association. Motion to ratify It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Councilman appointment Gillow and unanimously carried that the appointment be ratified. Report on U. S. Conference Mayor Hyde reported on his trip to the U. S. Conference of of Mayors Mayors held in Seattle, discussing the speakers, tours of improvements programs, various industries visited, and how Seattle uses Federal programs. COUNCIL COMMENTS Two Council members to be Councilman Scott commented that there will only be three absent on July 3 Council Members present on July 3 for the Redevelopment Agency meeting and suggested the meeting date be changed. City Council Meeting -10- June 17, 1980 Motion for staff to check It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilwoman Mc into alternative date for Candliss and unanimously carried that staff look into an Redevelopment Agency alternative date for the Redevelopment Agency for the meeting in July meeting of July. Concern regarding trash Councilwoman McCandliss referred to the new fees for trash fees collection and the problem with citizens who have minimum amount of trash paying the same fees as all others. Motion for staff to work It was moved by Councilwoman McCandliss, seconded by Council- with Chula Vista Sanitary man Gillow and unanimously carried that staff work with the Service to develop lower people of Chula Vista Sanitary Service to see if there is fees for low volume of not some way of having a regulated rate or a different fee trash for seniors mechanism for seniors living alone and who have a low volume of trash. Legislative Committee Report Councilman Cox reported that the bulletin from the League of SB 467 California Cities indicates SB 467 - Local Employer/Employee Relations - has passed the Assembly Public Employees and Retirement Committee. He said Council has gone on record opposing this bill and the Legislative Committee will send appropriate letters to the Assembly Ways and Means Committee reiterating this opposition. SB 1972 - Regarding Councilman Cox said SB 1972 has received a "do pass" recom- Redevelopment and the mendation from the Senate Local Government Committee on Gann Initiative June 9, and since the Council is supporting this bill, the Legislative Committee will contact Senator Mills to urge his support when the bill reaches the Senate floor. SB 1723 - Low Energy Street Councilman Cox said this bill authorizes loans of $8 million Lighting to cities converting their street lights to sodium vapor lighting and is now before the Assembly Ways and Means Committee. Since the City has been converting ali 20,000 lumen street lighting to sodium vapor and there are over 1,000 residential street lights which the City owns, the Legislative Committee recommended that the Council go on record supporting this bill. Motion for Council to It was moved by Councilman Cox, seconded by Councilman Scott Support SB 1723 and unanimously carried that the Council support SB 1723 and communicate this with the appropriate legislators. Discussion of Days Inn Councilman Cox reported on his visit to Phoenix where he saw operations the Days Inn operation in that area which is being con- sidered for Bayfront. He suggested that members of the Council go to Denver to view the Days Inn operation since it is similar to the one proposed in Chula Vista. Motion for two Council It was moved by Councilman Cox that the Council authorize up Members to go to Denver to to two members to go to Denver to look at that operation. evaluate Days Inn Mayor Hyde seconded the motion with the suggestion that operation Councilman Scott and Councilwoman McCandliss be designated as the City's representatives. Motion carried Councilman Cox agreed to ~layor Hyde's suggestions and the motion carried unanimously. Report on articles in Councilman Scott reported on two articles he saw in the Wall Wall Street Journal Street Journal: (1) Industrial development bonds being studied by Congress as there is concern regarding the bonds and their tax-free basis being abused by cities. City Council Meeting -11- June 17, 1980 (2) Mortgage revenue bond restrictions - there is some feeling in Washington to relax these restrictions and allow them through 1981. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Hyde adjourned the meeting at 9:30 p.m. to the meeting scheduled for Monday, June 23, 1980 at 7:00 p.m. and to the regular meeting on Tuesday, June 24, 1980 at 7:00 p.m. JENNIE M. FULASZ, CMC City Clerk Deputy City Clerk