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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1962/04/10 MINUTES OF A REG'ULARMEETINC OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF Chula Vista, California Held Tuesday ~p~il 10. 1962 The Council met in the Council Chambers at the City Hall on the above dateaat 7:00 P.N. with the following Councilmen present: Councilmen McMains, McAllister, Menzel, Smith, DeGraaf Absent: None Also present: City Attorney Duberg, City Administrator Fulwiler, City Engineer Cole, Administrative Analyst Ross, City Planner Fretz Mayor Menzel led the pledge of allegiance to the Flag and asked for a moment of prayer APPROVAL OF COUNCIL MINUTES It was moved by Councilman DeGraaf, seconded by Councilman McMains and carried, that the Minutes of the Council meetings of March 13, 20, 27, and April 3rd be approved as mailed, with an amendment to the Minutes of the April 3rd meeting to show that the Council was opposed to the Port Authority Bill because it did not include the following: (1) Individual elections by the Cities (2) Equal representation on Board of Commissioners by Cities (3) Local control over the use of tidelands / uBLIc HEARING - Aland Annexation This being the time and place as advertised, for a public hearing on the proposed Aland Annexation, Mayor Menzel declared the hearing open. A letter of protest was read from the United Enterprises, Inc. There were no other written or oral protests. It was moved by Councilman DeGraaf, seconded by Councilman Smith and carried, that the hearin8 be continued one week. ~BLIC HEARING - Valley Annexation ~/ This being the time and place as advertised, for a public hearing on the proposed Valley Annexation, Mayor Nenzel declared the hearing open. A letter of protest was read from Mrs. Mary Morrison. There were no other written protests. Mr. Peter Keegan appeared to protest the annexation, and asked what additional protests percentage-wise w~uld be necessary to stop annexation. Hr. Howard Horrison asked that the hearing be continued one week in order that more written protests might be obtained. It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman Mcliains and carried, that the hearing be continued one week. ~/~PORT ON FUTURE SPACE NEEDS FOR CIVIC CENTER City Planner Fretz gave a report on future space needs for the Civic Center, and stated that a joint City-County report would be forthcoming in the near future. RESOLUTION No. 2804- Authorising application for public law funds (Law 701) Offered by Councilman Smith, passed, adopted and approved by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Smith,DeGraaf,McMains,McAllister,Menzel Noes: None Absent: None ~/F~LM GARDENS SUBDIVISION- Tentative Map City Planner Fretz explained that the Subdivider requests that the tentative map of Palm Gardens Subdivision be approved, even though annexation proceedings have not been completed. Hr. Fretz stated that the Planning Commission, because of the rural nature of the Subdivision, concluded that sidewalks were not needed. Councilman McMains recommended that sidewalks be required on Via de Laurencio. If sidewalks are to be required, the City Engineer recommended five foot walks to allow for location of fire hydrants and utility poles. A letter from the Planning Commission stated that is is now known that it will not be feasible to extend "~' Street East of Hilltop Drive to connect to Route No. 241 even though shown on the City's Master Plan of Major Streets and concludeds that "H" Street should be a major Street to First Avenue only. Councilman Smith was of the opinion a Subdivision should not be approved that would block the extension of "~' Street beyond Hilltop Drive. Hr. A1 O'Day asked if the Subdivision will block access to Hilltop Drive. Dale Horton, Subdivider stated that a road easement over his property for the extension of "~' Street does not exist. ~2~PORT F~EDA report was submitted by J. J. Friedland on the feasibility of ON BROWN the City acquiring Brown Field. RESOLUTION No. 2805 - Accepting report on Brown Field Offered by Councilman Smith, passed, adopted and approved by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Smith, DeGraaf, McMains, McAllister, Henzel Noes: None Absent: None RESOLUTION No. 2806 - Authorizing Hayor to execute the application for Brown Field Offered by Councilamn DeGreaf, passed, adopted and approved by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen DeGraaf, McMains, McAllister, Menzel, Smith Noes: None Absent: None ~. H. J. FIIEDLAND AUTHORIZED TO APPEAR BEFORE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION City Administrator Fulwilsr requested that Mr. H.J.Friedland be authorized to appear before the General Services Administration for the City on our application for acquisition of Brown Field. Mr. Friedland would go in compliance with the terms and conditions of his contract with the City. It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman DeGraaf, and carried, that Mr. H. J. Friedland will appear before the General Services Administration for the City on our application for acquisition of Brown Field. ORDINAl/CE No. 792 - Amending Driveway ordinance - second reading It was moved by Councilmen McMains, seconded by Councilman Smith and carried, that Ordinance No. 792 be placed on its second reading; that reading of the text be waived and the ordinance adopted. The motion carried by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen McMains,McAllister,Menzel,Smith,DeGraaf Noes: None Absent: None AGREEMENT WITH ENGINEERING SCIENCE CO. ONMETRO SEWER AUTHORIZED City Administrator Fulwiler asked authority to draw up, for Council approval, an agreement with Engineerin$ Science Company, engineering consultants, to perform detailed design engineering for the three metering stations which will be necessary to connect to the Metropoliten Sewer. The maxi~u~ cost estimated for the engineering was $17,800s It was moved by Councilman McAllister, seconded by Councilman NcNains and carried, that the agreement be drawn up for Council approval, as requested. ~,.FIESTA de la LUNARichard tassel appeared before the Council and stated that the Junior Chamber is circulating e petition on Third Avenue endorsing the idea of closing off a portion of Third Avenue for a Fiesta carnival. Mr. Charles Kopeland, representing the Downtown Assn. stated that the Association Board is opposed to the closing of Third Avenue for a Fiesta carnival. Upon the request of Mr. tassel, it was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman M~Allister and carried, that the license fee for the Fiesta be waived. Mr. tassel requested that a committee composed of a member of the Council and Jr. Chamber be appointed to decide upon a location for the Fiesta carnival within two blocks of the Recreation Center end report to the Council in two weeks. Mayor Menzel appointed Councilman DeGraaf & member of the Committee. ~/~CTIONAUTHORIZED TO TRANSFER OWNERSHIP OF SCHOOL PROPERTY City Administrator Fulwiler requested that the Council authorize the City Attorney to prepare for action, the necessary papers to transfer ownership of approximately two acres of the Greg Rogers School site to the City, as provided in the joint School- City agreement on the Greg Rogers School-Park pilot project. It was moved by Council- man Smith, seconded by Councilman McMains and carried, that the City Attorney be directed to prepare the necessary papers, as requested. -2- ~ETTER OF RESIGNATION A letter was read from Wm. C, Sumner tendering his resigna- tion from the Safety Council. It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Council- man De,rani and carried, that the resignation be accepted. ~/~dPPoRT OF UNIFIED PORT A letter was read from the La Mesa Chamber of Commerce, Inc. urging that the Council support the creation of a unified port district for the Port of San Diego. ~/REquEST FOR ~AILNIVAL AND BAZAAR A letter was read from the Chula Vista Post of the American Legion, asking permission to hold a carnival and bazaar on the Legion grounds May 5th and 6th. All proceeds to go to Child Welfares It was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman McMains and carried, that permission be granted providing it will not interfere with the scheduel requirements of the Little League and Pony League and their agreement with the carnival is approved by the City Attorney. ~/~T LAUNCHING FACILITY Counci!~u Smith asked for a progress report on the boat launching facility and asked that the parking area be paved so that the facility can be put to use as soon as possible. ?/-PI~INCIPAL CIVIL ENGINEER AUTHORIZED TO ~O TO CONFERENCE Upon the recommendation of City Administrator Fulwiler, it was moved by Council- man Smith, seconded by Councilman DeCraaf and carried, that Principal Civil Engineer Narshman be authorized to attend a three day conference of the Portland Cement Assn. in Chicago, September 1'7 through the 19th. ~/SENIOR GLEP~AUTHORIZED TO STAY TWO MORE WEEKS Upon the rec~endation of City Administrator Fulwiler, it was moved by Councilman McAlli~ter, seconded by Councilman McMains and carried, that the Senior Clerk in the Planning Dept. be authorized to continue working two more weeks in order to train the new replacement. A~E. NDHENT TO ZONING ORDINANCE SUGGESTED CouncilmanMcMains suggested that the zoning ordinance be amended so that interim zoning notices will be handled the same as pre- cise zoning notices. Under provisions of the present ordinance, property owners are not notified on interim zoning. REPORT ON PORT AUTHORITY City Attorney Duberg gave a report on his appearance before the Senate and Assembly Committees in Sacramento on the Port Authority Bill, and stated that he had just received a phone call from Sacramento informing him that Section 26, local control over tidelands had been deleted from the Bill. Mr. Duberg stated that under the present set-up the Co~ission will have authority to draw up a master plan for the tidelands and any lands not zoned by April 30th will be subject to this plan. At the request of the City Attorney it was moved by Councilman Smith, seconded by Councilman DeGraaf, and carried, that the City Planner and the City Engineer meet with the City Attorney to draft an emergency ordinance to zone the tidelands. Councilman McAllister voted no. ADJOU~T Mayor Menzel adjourned the meeting until April 17th at 7:00 P.M.