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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1979/09/27 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR ~ETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Held Thursday - 4:00 p.m. September 27, 1979 An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of Chula Vista, California, was held on the above date beginning at 4:00 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue ROLL CALL Councilmen present: Mayor Hyde, Councilmen Gillow, Cox, McCandliss, Scott Councilmen absent: None Staff present: City Manager Cole, City Attorney Lindberg, Assistant City Manager Asmus, Development Services Administrator Robens, Director of Building and Housing Grady, City Librarian Simon, Administrative Assistant Swartfarger 1. STATUS OF CETA PROGRAM City Manager Cole explained that the program is now beginnin to wind down. During the past few months, he has been working with the various departments as to their needs and finds it difficult to make any determination, at this time, as to which positions should or should not be made permanent since there is not enough information to make reasonable and logical decisions. Therefore, it is his recommendation "not to fill any vacated CETA positions on a permanent basis at this time, or as they become vacant, and that it be looked at at the next budget session." Basis for recommendation Development Services Administrator Robens, using flip charts, presented the following statistics: As of 9/27/79, there are S8 positions on board - 103 positions are allocated. As of 9/30/79, 38 positions will be left. As of July 1, 1980, 16 positions will remain. CETA Trainees: 32 positions were requested - 28 will be filled. The maximum wage is $S39 per month. Repercussions of decision Mr. Robens discussed the City Manager's recommendation not to fill any vacated CETA position with a permanent one stating that there may he (]~ a decrease in production; (2) public response; (3) decline in the quality of the work; (4) may need to do some reorganization within the City; (S) employee morale may decline. Justification Mr. Robens discussed several factors for the recommendation which included (1) money factor; (2) inflation; (3) Gann Initiative; (4) permanency; (S) Montgomery Annexation. Areas of concern T~o areas of special concern to administration are needed CETA employees to take care of the street trees and park maintenance. In answer to Councilwoman McCandliss' query, City Manager Cole stated the recommendation also implies that no positio~ will be filled temporarily (pending the resignation of a CETA employee prior to budget time) unless there is a genuine need sho~n. Held Thursday - 4:00 p.m. - 2 - September 27, 1979 Motion to accept the It was moved by Mayor Hyde and seconded by Councilman Cox recommendation that the recommendation of the City Manager be accepted: to hire no permanent employees to fill these positions for the remainder of the fiscal year. Discussion of motion Councilman Scott expressed his concern of not hiring any people to maintain the parks. Assistant City Manager Asmus stated that City staff will be making a concerted effort during the next few weeks to get as much mileage out of the present employees as possible (CETA and permanent). If it is determined before July 1 that they cannot keep up with the maintenance, then staff will be back to Council. City Manager Cole proposed coming back to the Council in three months with a report on the street trees and park maintenance areas. Councilman Citlow suggested the three-month report include all areas not just the two problem areas. Three-month report Councilman Scott stated he would like to amend the motion requested to include getting the report in three months on the effect (of this recommendation) and also a recommendation regarding the parks and recreation employees and tree trimmers. Included in motion Mayor Hyde said he would include this in his motion; Councilman Cox agreed to the second and the motion carried unanimously. Clarification of motion Councilman Gillow clarified the motion stating it was a philosophical motion at this time - there will be no hiring but staff will continually be looking at the overall progran with a report to Council. City Manager Cole remarked that there would have to be an extraordinary need shown in order to fill a vacated positior 2. REPORT ON MURAL PAINTINGS Director of Parks and Recreation Hall reported that he AND VANDALISM contacted Mr. Pina at Southwestern College and talked to him about the murals depicting the "Year of the Child." Mr. Pina volunteered to act as a coordinator between the City staff and the art departments of the various schools in the City. Mr. Hall said he will report back to the Council in 30 to 45 days when plans are formalized. Vandalism Report Director of Parks and Recreation Hall discussed the staff's report made to the Council in August 1978 in which he reported on the amount of vandalism and recommendations to cope with the problem (publicity, rewards, etc.) Vandalism for the past year is approximately $6,600 - it is still prevalent in the same park areas as last reported. Mr. Hall suggested the Council talk to the judges and note their concerns - perhaps the judges could make the vandals work off their penalties or give stiffer penalties. Mayor Hyde suggested a closer liaison with the Mayor's Ad Hoc Crime Committee might help. Report accepted It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Gillow and unanimously carried that the report be accepted. Held Thursday - 4:00 p.m. - 3 ~ September 27, 1979 3. RESOLUTION NO. 9781 City Manager Cole noted that the mobilehome will he APPROVING PARK SECURITY located in the Greg Rogers Park. RESIDENT PROGRAM IN CONCEPT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR INSTALLATION OF A TEST SITE In his written report to Council, Director of Parks and Recreation Hall explained that the prospective security resident would provide constant surveillance of the park area and notify the police, fire or other administrative agencies of any disturbance in the park. The City would provide the site, construct a slab and driveway and fencing of the unit. Mr. Hall requested an appropriation of $3,000 for the installation of this test site. "In Concept" questioned It was the concurrence of the Council that the words "in concept" be dropped from the title of the resolution. Resolution offered Offered by Councilman Scott, the reading of the text was as amended waived by unanimous consent, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Scott, Gillow, Cox, Hyde, McCandliss Noes: None Absent: None 4. DISCUSSION OF FIFTH Mr. Lloyd Lee of the Sweetwater Authority introduced Mr. PIPELINE FOR WATER Cerry Butterfield, Manager of the Sweetwater Authority and Mr. Buck Ogden of the San Diego County Water Authority. Buck Ogden Mr. Ogden submitted a handout noting the history of water deliveries in San Diego County for the year 1975-76 stating that June was the largest month with an average of 744 cubic feet of water per second delivered; total for the year was S88 cfs or 425,900. The monthly flow in future critical years {1990 as proposed by CPO) will be a total of 460,000 (635 cfs) for the year. Using 1990 as the projected year, Mr. Ogden explained that they deliver 44% treated water and 56% raw water and based on the 1975/76 figure, they will have to deliver 202,400 cubic feet per second (280 cfs average) of treated water and 257,600 cubic feet per second of raw water (356 cfs average). Raw water With only four pipelines in service, Pipeline 3 is running to capacity with raw water at a total of 202,480 (280 cfs). The raw water system shortage will be 57,386 cubic feet per second in I990 and this shortage will be made up by Pipeline 5. Maximum months operations Mr. Ogden referred to another chart and discussed the operations and capacities of Pipelines 1, 2, 3 and 4 for both the treated and untreated water. He then noted the alignments of the various pipelines and the proposed route of Pipeline 5. Council discussion Discussion followed regarding the various water plants; routes of the pipelines; peripheral canal; recommendation of CPO; capacity in the Metropolitan Water District; cost of the project; the Central Arizona Project. CPO Recommendation Mr. Ogden declared that the fifth Pipeline is not tied in with the peripheral canal. The recommendation of CPO will be to support the fifth pipeline without tying it to th, peripheral canal. CPO October 15 meeting Mr. Lee requested Council's support of the pipeline to CPO at the meeting of October 15. Held Thursday - 4:00 p.m. - 4 - September 27, 1979 Staff recommendation City Manager C61e commented that the staff hasn't looked into this in depth but acknowledged the statements made by Mr. Ogden. Motion to support It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Mayor Hyde and unanimously carried that the Council supports Pipeline 5. Mayor Hyde noted that if a decision is not reached by CPO in the morning session (October 15), he may ask Councilmembe~ to attend the afternoon session, in case an alternative decision is to be made. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT None MAYOR'S REPORT Vacancy on Human Mayor Hyde stated that there are two vacancies on the Human Relations Commission Relations Commission. He will he making one appointment at the meeting of October 2, asking for Council ratification and requested recommendations from the Council for the second vacancy. Vacancy on the Office The vacancy was caused by the resignation of Councilman of Emergency Services Egdahl. Motion to appoint It was moved by Councilman Cox, seconded by Councilman McCandliss Scott and unanimously carried that Councilwoman McCandliss be appointed for this vacancy. Tour of San Diego Bay Mayor Hyde reported that the Port District will be conductin. a tour of San Diego Bay on October 22 from I:OC p.m to 5:00 p.m. Mayor Hyde said that he will assume all Councilmembers will attend - if they cannot, to notify the City Manager. Gann Initiative Mayor Hyde briefly discussed thc State League Conference at which the Gann Initiative was reviewed at one of the sessions. Motion for staff report It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Cox and unanimously carried that the staff be asked to familiarize themselves with this Initiative and to try to evaluate what the impact will be upon the City, advise the Council of thei opinion and then the Council will decide whether or not they want to take a position on it. City Manager indicated that staff will be talking to the Council about this on October 11 along with the financial report. Broadway/Hale/Carter Mayor Hyde commented that the Design Review Committee plans approved a certain type of tile for the Broadway store renovation; however, thc store owners have not been able to get that tile and came up with a substitute. Staff did not approve this tile and it went back to the Design Review Board which unanimously rejected it. Because of the time element thc store owners are operating under, Mayor Hyde said he would like to have thc City Manager look into this further and see if he can resolve the matter before it comes to the Council Motion for Mayor to It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Councilman expedite issue Gillow and unanimously carried that the Mayor be given the authority to expedite this. Held Thursday - 4:00 p.m. - 5 - Septemher 27, 1979 Councilwoman McCandliss stated that she reviewed the original plans of the Broadway store and asked that the Mayor "not s~ttle for a great deal less." The substitute tile, she added, doesn't seem to have the character that the original tile did. School program Councilman Cox noted that there is about $2,600 in surplus money from the summer school program and asked if the $800 for staff time was deducted from this amount. The City Manager stated it was not. Motion to recoup tt was moved by Councilman Cox, seconded by Councilman expenses Scott and unanimously carried that the City recoup what they incurred in putting on that summer school program. Police/Dictaphone Councilman Gillow referred to the City Manager's memo Equipment regarding the dictating equipment in the police vehicles. He suggested that the equipment may be placed in copper boxes or have directional microphones which would eliminate the interference. Councilman Gillow said he would look into this further. Councilman Scott said he took a three-hour ride recently and was very much impressed with the caliber of the police. Bailout Money Mayor Hyde announced that the City has received $768,000 bail out money from the State. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Hyde adjourned the meeting at 5:50 p.m. to the meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 2, 1979 at 7:00 p.m. '~ITY CLERK