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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1966/09/27 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Held Tuesday September 27, 1966 A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista was held at 7:00 P.M. on the above date in the Council Chambers with the following Coun- cilmen present: Councilmen Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister, McCorquodale, Sparling Absent: None Also present: City Engineer Cole, City Attorney Lindberg, Administrative Officer Ross~ Associate Planner Manganelli, Assistant Administrative Officer Stenberg, Personnel Director Foss Mayor McAtltster led the pledge of allegiance to the Flag. The invocation was given by Rev. Loren Egdahl of St. Marks Lutheran Church. APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES It was moved by Councilman Sperling, seconded by Councilman McCorquodale, and carried that the minutes for the meeting of September 20, 1966, be approved, copies having been sent to each Councilman. 6/~PUBLIC HEARING (continued) - Proposed ordinance establishing Flood Plain Zoning This being the time and place, as designated, for continuation of the hearing on the establishment of flood plain zoning, Mayor McAllister declared the hearing reopened. Mr. Paul Overton, Attorney appearing on behalf of Home Federal, suggested some changes to the proposed ordinance which he has discussed with the City Attorney. No others wishing to be heard and the Clerk having re- ceived no written communications, the Mayor declared the hearing closed. Upon the recommendation of the City Attorney, the following amendments to the proposed ordinance were approved: · It was moved by Councilman McCorquodale, seconded by Councilman Sperling, and carried that the second sentence in Section 33.45.7 be amended to read as follows: "The F-1 zone shall be applied to those areas within the City of Chula Vista conforming to the definition of the designated floodway as determined by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, based upon studies made by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers or the City Engineer." It was moved by Councilman McCorquodate, seconded by Councilman Sparling, and carried that the second sentence in Section 33.45.8 be amended to read as follows: "The F-2 zone shall be applied to those areas within the City of Chula Vista conforming to the definition of restrictive zone as determined by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, based upon studies made by the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers or the City Engineer." It was moved by Councilman Sparling, seconded by Councilman Sylvester, and carried that Section 33.45.8, sub-section 2, be amended to read as follows: "Conditional Use Permit. In approving conditional use permits in the F-2 zone, the Planning Commission shall be guided by the standards established in the F-1 zone except that sub-sections 2(a), 2(b) and 2(c) shall not be applicable unless nnusual circumstances are found to exist after a hearing by the Planning Commis- sion." ORDINANCE NO. 1020 - Establishing Flood Plain Zoning - First reading It was moved by Councilman Sparling, seconded by Councilman McCorquodale, and carried that Ordinance No. 1020, as amended, be placed on its first reading and that reading of the text be waived. The motion carried by the following vote~ to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Sparling, Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister, McCorquodale Noes: None Absent: None ORDINANCE NO. 1021 - Amending Chapter 31 of the City Code relating to towing services - First reading It was moved by Councilman McCorquodale, seconded by Councilman Sparling, and carried that Ordinance No. 1021 be placed on its first reading with dele- tion of the words "to street cleaning operations or" from the first sentence' in Section 31.61, and that reading of the text be waived. The motion carried by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen McCorquodale, Sperling, Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister Noes: None Absent: None ~REcoMMENDED CHANGES TO PROPOSED RESOLUTION ON TOW CAR POLICIES Administrative Officer Ross recommended the following changes to the proposed resolution establishing policies for the selection and designation of Tow Car Services when requested by the Police Department: That the words "ob- structing street cleaning operations or" be stricken from the first paragraph and the words "or obstructing" be inserted. That the word "trucks" be stricken from the text of Policy F, sub-section 1.f and the words "at least one truck" be inserted. That Policy F, sub-section 1.g be rewritten to read as follows: "g. Additional equipment: Trucks must be equipped with red flares, lanterns or reflectors, hand tools, crowbar, rope, broom, shovel, dustpan, fire extin- guisher (dry chemical type), portable red tail light and stop light for towed vehicles, equipment for opening locked vehicles, and safety snubber chain. Each tow company shall have at least one set of dollies readily available at all times." That the words "and attended at all times" be stricken from Policy F, sub-section 2.a and a period placed after the word "fenced". That the words "at the place of business" be stricken from Policy F, sub-section 2.b. That Policy J, pertaining to schedule of charges, be revised as follows: Sub-section 1, change "6:00 P.M. to 6:00 A.M." to "5:00 P.M. to 8:00 A.M." as the time for night rates and add "Sundays and Holidays". Delete "24 hours" from sub-section 2 and add "Night rates, Sundays and Holidays .... $2.50 additional (mileage to be computed one way only)." Change storage charge in sub-section 4 from $1.00 per day to $1.25 per day. Change the wording of sub-section 5 to "Dolly Jobs .... $15.00 plus regular tow rates for loading and unloading". Add to sub- section 6 "or 1007o additional of base rate." Add sub-section 8 to Policy F, which would read~ "opening up charges to remove personal effects, examine ve- hicle after normal business hours, Sundays and Holidays .... $2.00." An extra man, if needed, will be $7.00 per hour instead of the $5.00 per hour now listed. It was moved by Councilman Sparling, seconded by Councilman Sylvester, and carried that the above recormnended changes be incorporated in the resolu- tion establishing tow car service policies. RESOLUTION NO. 4192 - Establishing policies for the selection and designation of tow car services when requested by the Folice Department Offered by Councilman Sperling, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Sparling~ Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister, McCorquodale Noes: None Absent: None A~UI~NCE SERVICE ORDINANCE Mr. Lowell Crawford of the Crawford Ambulance Service requested that action on the proposed ambulance ordinance be held over for two weeks in order for him to obtain legal advice on the ordinance. Mr. Steve Ballard of the Bay Cities Ambulance Service stated he received a copy of the proposed ordinance on Friday, September 23. It was moved by Councilman Sylvester and seconded by Councilman Anderson that action be held over for one week. Motion failed to carry by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Sylvester, McAllister Noes: Councilmen Anderson, McCorquodale, Sparling Absent: None ORDINANCE NO. 1022 - Amending Chapter 31 of the City Code relating to emergency ambulance services - First reading It was moved by Councilman McCorquodale, seconded by Councilman Sparling, and carried that Ordinance No. 1022 be placed on its first reading and that reading of the text be waived. The motion carried by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen McCorquodale, Sparling, Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION NO. 4193 - Establishing policies for the selection and designation of emergency ambulance services when requested by the Police Department Offered by Councilman McCorquodale, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen McCorquodale, Sparling, Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister Noes: None Absent: None ORDINANCE NO. 1019 - Consenting to the establishment of a portion of Hilltop Drive, north of Main Street, as a part of the County High- way System - Second reading It was moved by Councilman Anderson, seconded by Councilman Sparling, and carried that Ordinance No. 1019 be placed on its second reading, that read- ing the text be waived and the ordinance adopted. The motion carried by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Anderson, McAllister, McCorquodale, Sparling, Sylvester Noes: None ~bsent; None RESOLUTION NO.~ 4194 - Proclaiming October 3 through October 7 as PTA week Offered by Councilman McCorquodale~ passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit~ AYES: Councilmen McCorquodale, Sparling, Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION NO. 4195 - Proclaiming White Cane Days Offered by Councilman Sparling, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Sparling, Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister, McCorquodale Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION NO. 4196 - Approving tentative map of Southwestern College Estates Subdivision, Unit No. 2 Offered by Councilman McCorquodale, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen McCorquodale, Sparling, Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION NO. 4197 - Approving contract o~ N es Street widening project Offered by Councilman Sylvester, p~ed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister, McCorquodale, Sparling Noes: None Absent: None ~'~CERTIFICATES GIVEN FOR COMPLETION OF DRIVER Ii~PROVEMENT COURSE Mayor McAllister presented certificates to Harland t{uppert, Rudy Schmoke, John Nixon and James Lincoln for having completed the Driver Improvement Course. These men will be instructors to other City employees in a proposed driver edh- cat ional program. Mr. Gary Foss, Personnel Officer, told briefly what the proposed program entails. RESOLUTION NO. 4198 - Appropriating funds for Driver Improvement In-Service Educational Program Offered by Councilman McCorquodale, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen McCorquodale, Sparling, Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister Noes: None Absent: None Councilman Anderson suggested that the course be made available to the general populace, possibly through service clubs. Mr. C. L. Snyder, of the Chula Vista Driving School, expressed opposition to giving the course to the general public, being of the opinion it would hurt his business. RESOLUTION NO. 4199 - Authorizing encroachment permit for retaining wall at 1314 Hilltop Drive Offered by Councilman Sylvester, passed and adopted by the following votes to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Sylvester, Anderson, McAtlister, McCorquodale, Sparling Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION NO. 4200 - Giving notice of intention to vacate a portion of Industrial Boulevard and setting October 25, 1966~ as the time for a hearing on the matter Offered by Councilman Sparling, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Sparling, Sylvester, Anderson, McAllister, McCorquo~ale Noes: None Absent: None REQUEST FOR WAIVER OF BUSINESS LICENSE APPROVED Administrative Officer Ross stated he has received a request from Rev. Kathryn Breese, Pastor of the First Church of Religious Science, requesting a waiver of business license fee for a Thrift and Gift Shop to be located at 307 Third Avenue, proceeds from which are to be for religious and charitable purposes. It was moved by Councilman McCorquodale, seconded by Councilman Anderson, and carried that the request be granted. ~LETTER OF APPRECIATION A letter was read from Mrs. S. J. Kodish, expressing appreciation for the City's annual report and monthly Civic Center Newsletter. REQUEST FOR CROSSWALK A letter was read from the Broadway Association recommending that the Council look with favor upon the request of Fuller Ford for a crosswalk on Broadway between "J" and "K" Streets. Matter already referred to Safety Council. ~/COMPI~INT ON GOLF COURSE Mrs. Maggie Lauderbach complained generally about the Municipal Golf Course, but was not specific. Administrative Officer Ross suggested that she present her criticisms to the Park and Recreation Con~nission for study. Mayor McAllister suggested that the next Newsletter encourage citizens to bring complaints they might have on the Municipal Golf Course before the Park and Recreation Commission. REQUEST FOR ORDINANCE CONTROLLING PARKING OF VEHICLES IN SETBACKS Mr. Sam Burnison, 1046 Cuyamaca, stated that his neighbor has parked a ten-foot van in their sideyard setback next to his property line. He requested that the Council take action to prohibit the parking of vehicles in front yards and setbacks. Mayor McAllister requested that the City Attorney study the mat- ter and bring his recommendations back to the Council. ~'/REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL AMENDMENT TO RESOLUTION COVERING TOW CAR POLICIES Mr. Ralph Paxton requested that the resolution establishing policies for the selection and designation of tow car services when requested by the Police Department be further amended by changing the wording in the last sentence o~ Policy B to read "qualifications for a two-year period" instead of the one-year period as now written. It was moved by Councilman Sparling, seconded by Councilman Sylvester, and carried that the resolution be so further amended as requested by Mr. Paxton. EXPRESSION OF APPRECIATION FOR MAKING ATTENDANCE AT CONFERENCE POSSIBLE Mrs. Anne Hedenkamp, Member of the Sister City Commission, expressed appreciation to the Council for the opportunity afforded her to represent the Sister City Commission and City of Chula Vista in Washington at the Town Af- filiation Conference. She urged the continued interest of the people of Chula Vista in international relations. COUNCIL CONFERENCE It was moved by Councilman McCorquodale, seconded by Councilman Sylves- ter, and carried that a Council Conference be held Monday, October 3, at 4:00 P.M. in the Administrative Conference Room to discuss the engaging of a pri- vate personnel consultant to embark upon a complete classification and compen- sation survey for the City. Councilman Sparling suggested that the City Attorney bring in his code of ethics ordinance for further study at that time. ~/REPORT ON ASSEMBLY INTERIM COMMITTEE MEETING City Attorney Lindberg gave a report on the meeting held by the Assem- bly Interim Committee on Municipal and County Government which met to discuss the Local Agency Formation Commission. Mr. Lindberg proposed that he prepare a written statement to the Committee on amendments the City might propose for amending legislation pertaining to the Local Agency Formation Co~ission. He was instructed to bring such a statement back to the Council at the next meet- ing for their approval. ADJOU~NT Mayor McAllister adjourned the meeting at 8:45 P.M. sine die. City Clerk