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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1957/08/13 MINUTES OF AN ~--"'~ REGULAR ~ETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF 3HE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Held Tuesday August 13~ 1957 The Council met in the Council Chambers at City Hall on the above date at 7:00 P.~i. with the following Councilmen present: Councilmen Rader, DeGraaf, S~&th, DeWolfe Absent: Councilman Dillon Also present: City Attorney Merideth Campbell, City Administrator F. S. Fulwiler, Principal Engineer Harshman and Planning Secretary Stonehouse. Mayor DeGraaf led the salute to the Flag. APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES It was moved by Councilman t{ader, seconded by Counci]3nan DeWolfe and unanimously carried that the ~Linutes of the Council meetings for July 9 and 23rd be approved, copies having been sent to each Counci]m~an. ~/~RESENTATION BY LOUIS J. KOP~ER & ASSOCIATEB - Management Consultants Robert L. Gold, Principal Associate of ~he firm of Louis J. Kroeger & Associates, Management Consultants, gave ~a brief resume of services his firm could offer with respect to personnel management, as compared to services now received from the San Diego County Civil Service. Councilman DeWolfe stated that he would like for the City Ad~dnistrator to bring in detailed re?orts of the expenditures last year for the services of San Diego County Civil Service as a basis for comparison with the proposition by Kroeger & Associates. Mayor DeGraaf thanked Mr. Gold for his presentation and stated that the matter would be held up for further study. ORDINANCE NO. ~7~ - Setting Tax Rate for Fiscal Year 1957-58 - Adoption It was moved by Councilman DeWolfe, seconded by Councilman Rader and carried that Ordinance No. 571 be introduced and adopted. The motion carried by thc following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Rader, Smith, DeGraaf, DeWolfe NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Dillon ORDINANCE NO. 570 - Approving Pardee-Phillips No. 2 Annexation - 2nd reading It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by 'Councilman DeWolfe and carried that Ordinance No. 570 be placed on its second reading; that the reading of the text be waived and ordinance adopted. The notion carried by the follo~ring rot%to-wit: AYES: Councilman Rader, Smith, DeGraaf and DeWolfe NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Dillon ~POIN~IENT OF TWO khMBERS TO SAFETY COUNCIL Mayor DeGraaf nominated Mr. Kenneth Brown and Councilman Smith nominated Mr. Walter Byron. Mayor DeGraaf thereupon appointed Mr. Kenneth Brown, of the San Diego Gas mhd Electric Company, and Mr. Walter Byron, 225 Chuia Vista Street, to the Safety Council. ~AN DIEGO GAS & kT~ECTRIC TIDELANDS LEASE Administrator Fuiwiler stated that copies o~ the lease had been given to the City Attorney and to the F~gineering Department for study, and reco~nended that it be forwarded to the Harbor Co~mission for study. Mayor DeGraaf stated that when re- ports are received from the !lttorney and Engineering Department that they are satisfied with the provisions of the lease, it would then be forwarded to the Harbor Com~ssion for recommendation. L~ROPOSED REZONING OF BAY M~NOR SUBDIVISION FRONTING ON BROADWAY It was moved by Councilman Rader, seconded by Councilman DeWolfe, and carried that a public hearing be set for September 10, 1957~ to consider the rezon- lng of a portion of the lots in Bay Manor Subdivision fronting on Broadway, from R-1 to g-2, and that the depth of the proposed conm~er¢ial zone should be established at 60 feet from the property lins on Broadway west° SETTING ASSEBSED VALUATION OF PROPERTY PERTAINING TO HILLTOP HIGHLANDS ANNEXATION City Administrator Fo_lwiler explained that one parcel of land in the proposed Hilltop Highlands Annexation was partially outside the annexation, making it necessary to establish a valuation on that portion lying within the annexation. It was moved by Councilman Rader, seconded by Councilman DeWolfe~ and carried, that the assessed valuation of the Jenji Sato property lying within the boundaries of the proposed Hilltop Highlands Annexation be set at $3000 for annexa- tion purposes. RESOLUTION NO. 1971 - Declaring Intention of Calling an i~lection for the Purpose of Annexing Certain Property known as Hilltop Highlands Annexation. Offered by Councilman Rader, read in full, passed, adopted and approved by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Eouncilmen Rader, Smith, DeGraaf and DeWolfe NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Dillon RESOLUTION APPROVING LICENSE AGREE~LENT ',~TH M.O.D. Councilman Rader was of the opinion that the license agreement should contain a clause relieving the City of any liabi]ity in the event of an accident. City Attorney Campbell stated he would prefer seeing the license agree- ment held over so that it could be changed to include such a clause. RESOLUTION NO. 1972 - Approving Tentative Map of Vallicito Tract No. 1 Subdivision Offered by Councilman S~&th, read in full, passed, adopted and approved by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Smith, 3eGraaf, DeWolfe~ ~tadcr NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Dillon / /~Pi{ES~TATION FROM SAN DIEGO COUNTY ~ND IlUNICIPAI L~LOYI~:FS ASSOCIATI(,N, CHULA VISTa CHAPTER LOCAL 127 A letter was read from the Chula Vista Local 127 of the ~an Diego County and kunicipal Employees Association stating that a petition signed by 127 employees indicates that the employees are desirous o£ having Sociai Security integrated with the e~_isting retirement plan. Ad~nistrator Fulwiler stated that thc City Attorney had ruled that under the City Charter the city cannot contract with anyone other than the State i~etirement System for a retirement program~ and that the only m~nner in w~ich th_is could be done would be an amen~nent to the Charter placed before the electors of the city. No action taken. ~//'~REPORT OF VISTA S~AR~ HOUSING LIQUIDATION CO~.~.~ITTEE A report recommending certain rental increases for the units in Vista Square, as a step t~ward eventual liquidation, was presented. A~ministrator FUl= wiler explained the ideas behind recommending the raise. The matter was held over until further reco~aendations are received from the Vista Square Liquidation Committee. ~APPLICATION TO ~i0VL D~LLING INTO CITY A letter was read from Mr. John Liken asking permission to move a dwell- ing into the city from Cerro Gordo Street in San Diego to a lot in the 700 block of Telegraph Canyon Road. It was moved hy Councilman Rader~ seconded by Councilman DeWolfe, and carried, that the application be approved, subject to all provisions of the buildin,~ code requirements being met° RESOLUTION NO. 1973 - Acceptance of Deed for Lots A & B, Telegraph Knolls Offered by Councilman Rader, read in full, passed, adopted and approved by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Rader, Srmith, DeGraaf, DeWolfe NOES: None ABSENT: Councilman Dillon ~-,~'E" STREET REZONING Mayor DeGraaf explained that by ruling of the City Attorney no action could be taken by the Council with respect to the "E" Street rezoning until a report of the findings of the Planning Cormmission is submgtted to the City Council. Mayor DeGraaf explained that it should be on the agenda for the next meeting and placed near the top so that persons appearing need not wait through the entire meeting. !~/~THoRIZATION FOR PAYMENT OF BILL Administrator Fulwiler stated that a bill had been received amounting to $573.50 from Mr. Sho Sato of the University of C~lifornia Law School for payment o£ his services in preparing the brief for the quo waranto proceedings necessary in challenging the San Diego bay corridor. It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman DeGraaf and carried, that the bill be paid, and $573.50 appropriated from unappropriated surplus of the General Fund. The motion carried by the follo~ring vote, to-wit: AY~ Councilmen Smith, DeGraaf, DeWolfe, Rader NO~: None ABSENT: CounciLman Dillon ~/~CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS AND OlD LIBRarY SITE - CH~'iBER of Con~erce A letter was read from the Chamber of Commerce asking what action had been taken by the Council with respect to the Chamber's request for a method of collection from merchants for Christmas decorations and what action had been taken with respect to the Chamber's recommendation for clearing the title of the old library site. The Council were of the opinion that no action had been taken on the Chamber's request to add a cost to all business licenses which would revert to the Chamber for Christmas decorations because the City Attorney had ruled that it could not be done. Councilman DeWolfe suggested that the Chamber poll other cities in California and neighboring states with populations up to 1OO,OOO to determine their method of collection for decorations, and what the appropriations from City Councils amounted to. Mayor DeGraaf explained that the Council and other groups in the city are so divided in their opinions as to the disposition of the old library site that no action has been taken. t/~EQUEST FROM CHUIA VISTA BOYS CLUB FOR ADDITIONAL L;J~D A letter was read from the Boys Club of Chula Vista asking for an additional 30 feet on the north side of their property for the purpose of making suf- ficient room for a softball diamond. The Council re£erred the letter to the Vista Square Housing Liquidation Committee for study. . TERMINATION OF AGREEmeNT WITH NATIONAL CITY ON USE OF DOG POUND FACILITTPS A letter was read from the National City City Manager terminating, as directed by National City City Council, the agreement with Chula Vista for use of dog pound facilities. No action taken. / ININO r0OL IN A letter was read from the Director of Recreation, stating that the pool in the park had been drained because of the many accidents in the pool caused by refuse thrown in and children cutting their ~eet on broken glass. The Commission suggested that it might be possible to landscape the pond area to maintain scenic beauty of the park. The Council directed that a letter be sent to the Recreation Con, mission, asking what they would reco~aend to the Council as to disposition of the pool. UF~TING FILL ~TF~IAL FOE TH~ FOOT OF "G" STUfFiT A letter was read from the Harbor Com~is$ion stating that large pieces of concrete dumped at Eucalyptus Park could be better utilized as fill material for dyk- ing at the foot of "G" Street and requesting that consideration be given to dumping the material resulting from the proposed work on "H" Street at the foot of "G" rather than at the park. Principal Engineer Harsh~n stated that the contractor on "H", according to bids, can dump the m~terial in a close convenient place, if available. If nothing availabl% aoso~ding to bid~ they must d~mp ~rthing greater than 3" in diameter at the foot of "G" Street and the smaller material in the park. yCONlv~NTS FROM HARBOR CO~iISSION ON LETTER FROM SAN DIEGO AND ARIZONA EASTERN RAILWAY A letter was read from the Harbor Commission commenting on remarks made in a letter f~om SD&AA criticizing the Mohr Report with reference to railways serving the tideland area. Mayor DeGraaf stated that he had studied both the letter and the Harbor Commission comments and concurred. Councilman Smith moved, Councilman DeWolfe seconded and the motion carried that the Council accept the findings of the Harbor Con~r&ssion and consider the matter closed. ~UEST FOR VACATING OF l' L.O.T ON &OO BLOCK CA/~TER STREET The letter requesting the vacation of the southerly l' of the half-street dedication of Center Street in the ~00 block, was read and referred to the Engineering Department · REQU~ST FOR USE OF CITY EQUIPMANT - Fiesta de la Luna A letter was read asking for use of city equipment at the con~nunity fair held during the Fiesta de la Luna in September. The Council referred the letter to the City Administrator. RI~iOVAL OF TREES ON BROADWAY Mr. Norman, Superintendent of Park Department, reported the costs of removing trees on Broadway both between "I" and "J" and also from "I" south to "L"o The San Diego Gas & ~ilectric Co. would stand $450.00 of the cost on the bid submitted by Davey Tree Surgery, which made their bid lower than the others. C. H. Neilsen, if given the bene= fit of the S.D.C~J{ help would be low bidder. Council directed that the City Ad~ministrator learn whether or not the SDG&E would pay the same part i~ the bid were awarded to Neil- sen, but stated that no contract would be entered into if the property owners were not willing to install public improvements. Councilman DeWolfe moved, Councilman Smith seconded, and the motion carried, that the city concern themselves only with the 11 trees in the area prinmrily under discussion and that the City Administrator follow through on the program. ?PROTEST TO COUNCIL ACTION Mr. Schroeder, lving on the east side of Hilltop protested Council action taken earlier in the meeting, setting the valuation of that parcel of land included in Hill- top Highlands Annexation at $3,000. ~ REQUEST FOR EXE~TION OF ~Z~XIMUM WIDTH BEn,fEN CURB CUTS Mr. Beramaze, ~59 Second, asked that the Council make an exception and allow him to have his driveways closer than 18 feet apart as stipulated by ordinance. City Attorney Campbell stated that the ordinance makes no provision for exceptions. /REQUEST FOR VACATION OF EIb2 STREET, EAST OF SECOND, ~OUTH OF ~b%DRONA Mr. Marvin Burke, 15~ Madrona, asked that action be taken to vacate that portion of Elm Avenue running south of Madrona. Mayor DeGraaf cxplained previous action on such proposed vacation giving reasons why the vacation had not been expedited at that time. The Council stated that they did not wish to proceed with the vacation but that the Street Department is responsible for maintenance and will be notified of the condi= tion of the street. AD JOURN~ZNT Mayor DeG~af adjourned the meeting at 11:35 P.~. to August 27, 1957 at 7:00 k-~nn%~th P. C~mpbell,FCity Clerk City of Chula Vista, California