HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1978/11/20 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE
CITY COUNCIL OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
Held Monday, 7:00 p.m. November 20, 1978
An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of Chula Vista, California, was held on the
above date beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, City Hall, 276 Fourth
Avenue.
ROLL CALL
Councilmen present: Mayor Hyde, Councilmen Cox, Gillow, Scott
Councilmen absent: Councilman Egdahl
Staff present: City Manager Lane F. Cole
' Special Guest: Assemblyman Wadie P. Deddeh
PURPOSE OF MEETING Mayor Hyde explained that the purpose of the informal session
was to meet with Assemblyman Deddeh to officially register
Council's concerns over the passage and impact of Proposition
13.
Council's concerns Mayor Hyde remarked that the Council is concerned with (1)
the distribution of State surplus money. When the Council
was advised that Proposition 13 was on the ballot, it de-
liberately pursued a program of economies in order to build
up a reserve. Because of this prudent measure, the City
was advised it would not receive any State money.
(2) Funding special districts, Mayor Hyde advised Assem-
blyman Deddeh that the Council is quite concerned over the
State's allocation of the surplus money to fund special
districts. He commented that perhaps it needed to be done
at the time but in the long run, on a permanent basis, the
Council feels that special districts should pay their own
way.
(3) Monies be made available to local governments through
sales tax - 1~ out of th~ existing tax be allocated back
to local governments based on population rather than site
collection.
(4) Councilman Cox discussed the new State law (effective
January 1, 1978) regarding houses moved into the City'which
do not have to be brought up to Code.
(5) Destruction of animals. The new law prohibits the use
of decompression chambers and allows the use of a nitrogen
chamber or injection. City Manager Cole explained that the
City will be using the nitrogen chamber rather than the in-
jection since it ~akes three persons to inject one animal -
a rather costly procedure.
Responses by Assemblyman Assemblyman Deddeh explained that the Bill on the animal
Deddeh destruction waspresented to the Assembly as a strictly
"humane" bill, and they were told that the cost of changing
the methods was so insignificant that it could not be mea-
sured.
SB 154 As to SB 154, Assemblyman Deddeh recounted the background
and time element (23 days) in which this Bill was presented
and adopted. The mandate for distribution of State surplus
money that was given the Legislature was that by passage of
Proposition 13, the people said they did not want to cut
fire, police or mental health services.
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Special districts Assemblyman Deddeh explained that a Pest-Commission was
formed by the Governor - top notch prominent people in the
State. There are between S,000 and 6,000 special districts
in the State - created by the vote of the people, not the
Legislature. These same people voted for passage of Pro-
position 13 but stated they did.not want the fire or police
districts' budgets cut. Mr. Deddeh said he feels that a
number of these special districts will be eliminated -
combined or consol idated in the near future.
Sales Tax Assemblyman Deddeh stated it was his Opinion that another
1¢ of the sales tax should be going to t,he cities - and he
will support that legislation. The 1~ sales tax gives the
417 cities in the State 1.2 billion dollars.~ He questioned
whether this was the intent of Proposition iS. or was it to
cut taxes and put this 1.2 billion back into the pockets of
the people.
Discussion of funding Council discussion followed with Assemblyman Deddeh re-
special districts garding funding the police and fire districts. Councilman
Scott commented that this has always been a charge of the
cities - a most important function of the cities -
and now the State has come in and taking charge of this.
Council Scott declared that what the cities want is less
control by the State.
Mayor Hyde agreed, adding that what is needed is ~estoration
of local control plus the opportunity of getting a fair
share of the State funds.
Assemblyman Deddeh commented that SB 1S4 was a temporary
"stop gap to get us over the hump" and the Bill will be
corrected.
Bill to lift freeze on Mr. Deddeh said he will introduce a Bill in January lifting
employees wages the freeze on wages. He indicated that it was not fair that
public employees are being made to subsidize the State of
California - that they should not be penalized as a result
of Proposition 13.
In answer to Councilman Gillow's query, Mr. Deddeh answered
that the State is experiencing a great deal' of morale pro-
blems among its employees-that he has never seen it as low
as it is now. If something is not done soon, he foresees
strikes at all levels.
Kapiloff Bill In discussion with the Council, Assemblyman Deddeh said
that he, Assemblymen Craven and Ellis voted against the
Kapiloff Bill. Senator Mills' Bill was never taken up, and
without local support, these Bills will not have a chance
of passage next year. He added that timeslate changing now
and the new trend in government {s to balance the budge~.
He expressed his concern over the '20 to 30 billion dollars
a year which the nation is borrowing to run the government.
Merging districts City Manager Cole referred to the Bill which did not pass
(The Little Hoover Commission) which could look into the
efficiencies of cities. He felt that this might have had
good results if it happened to special districts. Mr. Cole
cited an example of a sanitation district which does not
have to have contiguous boundaries: Spring Valley Sanitation
District annexed Lincoln Acres next to National City to solve
their sewer problem. He added that this was wrong - that the
area should have annexed to National City.
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Redevelopment Bill City Manager Cole expressed another concer~ of the City -
that of the redevelopmerit districts. The Bayfront Redevel-
opmemt District has plenty of money - twice as much as it
needs - because development has been held up and bonds have
been sold. Th~ Town Cen~re, Dn th~ other hand; does not
have any money. By sponsoring a Bili, the Assemblyman c~
solve this problem for the City.
Assemblyman Deddeh asked the City Manager to get him all
the details of the proposed ~egislation and he will be hap-
py to carry the Bill.
Future meeting Mayor Hyde thanked Mr. Deddeh for meeting with the Council
this evening. Assemblyman Deddeh said he would like to
continue having these meetings- at least twice.a year and
would like to meet with the Council during the Easter recess.
Adjournment Mayor Hyde adjourned the meeting at 8:00 p.m. to the meeting
of Tuesday, November 21, 1978 at 7:00 p.m.
CITY CLERK