HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1979/04/03 MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF~UHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA
H~ld Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. April 3, 1979
A~ regular meeting"ofthe:Cit~Council Of.the:Citybf~Chul~'Vista~' C~r~fo~nia~::Wab'~ldon
the above date beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Public Services Building,
276 Fourth Avenue.
ROLL CALL
Councilmen present: Mayor Hyde, Councilmen Cox, Egdahl, Gillow,.Scott:
Councilmen absent: None
Staff present: City Manager Cole, City Attorney Lindberg, Deputy City Manager Roben
City Engineer Lippitt, Director of Planning Peterson, Director of
Community Development Desrochers
The pledge of allegiance to the Flag was led by Mayor Hyde followed by a moment of silent
prayer.
t- APPROVAL OF MINUTES It was moved by Councilman Gillow, seconded by Councilman
Scott and unanimously carried that the minutes of the
meetings of March 22 and March 27, 1979 be approved, copies
having been sent to each Councilman.
2. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY
a. Unanimous Consent Item The San Diego Zoo and the San Diego Chamber of Commerce
Resolution No. 9544 have requested the s~pport of the City to obtain two Giant
Declaring the week of Pandas from the People's Republic of China. This resolution
April 8 - 14 "PANDA declares the week of April 8 - April 14, 1979 as "PANDA
WEEK" WEEK" and urges President Carter to help San Diego obtain
the two Pandas when he visits the People's Republic of
China.
Resolution offered Offered by Mayor Hyde, the t~Xt' w.as
passed~:Bnd,adopZed b~'th~'~o~o~n~:~of~i~iw~ty.'~.~
AYES: Mayor Hyde, Councilmen Cox, Egdahl, Gillow, Scott
Noes: None
Absent: None
3. ORAL COb~UNICATIONS
David Malcolm Mr. Malcolm spoke in support of Mr. Gersten's proposal for
683 Calma Place the E1Rancho del Rey noting the great need for affordable
Chula Vista housing in Chula Vista in addition to the completion of
"H" Street and asked for Council's reconsideration of this
p~oposal.
Mayor Hyde advised that the City has not yet replied to
Mr. Gersten's proposal and added that a letter was received
this afternoon from Mr. Gersten withdrawing said proposal~
Gene Coleman Mr. Coleman spoke regarding his deep concern for the
1670 Gotham Street Sweetwater Reservoir which recently caused flooding in the
Chula Vista Sweetwater Valley. Mr. Coleman remarked that this year
marks the seventh time in which the dam hasoverflowed and
that six of the overflows have occurred since the dam
height was raised from 90' to 110'. Mr. Coleman said tha~
part of this area is zoned for industrial, commercial and
residential use. He added that earthquake faults are
located within the proximity of the dam ~n~pose alt~at~
and urged the Council to initiate action to review flood'
plain areas in the City.
Held Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. - 2 - April 3, 1979
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS (Cont.]
On behalf of Dr. Peter Natty and himself, Mr. Coleman
requested space on the agenda for the regular Council
meeting of Tuesday April 24, 1979 for the purpose of
making a presentation relative to the role of the City
of Chula Vista in the proposed Sweetwater River Valley
F]ood Control Channel; and should the requestbe granted,
Mr. Coleman suggested that other interested parties be
invited including a representative from the Los Angeles
Office of the U. S. Army Corps of Engineers.
Concern regarding request Councilman Egdahl asked Mr. Coleman to elaborate on his
to vacate floodplain request that Council bring into effect action which would
vacate the floodplain before the 1979/80 rainfallseason.
Mr. Coleman said that additional funds are needed for
more extensive flood protection efforts to safeguard resi-
dents living within the area.
Councilman Egdahl asked if the staff is aware of any study
or evaluation of this dam by the U. S. Geologic Survey in
the past year or two. City Manager Cole said that he had
Viewed the dam on Friday, March 30, with Mr. Gary Butterfiel.
and he indicated that the federal representatives inspected
the dam during one of the heavy overflows during this last
rainfall and reported that everything was in order.
periodic seismic Deputy City Manager Robens stated that within the last few
analysis and studies years, all of the dams within the County were checked for
seismic analysis and seismic studies. He added that these
analyses and studies are done on a periodic basis to learn
of their condition.
Motion to grant request It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded by Mayor Hyde
and unanimously carried that the request, to make a presen-
tation relative to the role of the City of Chuta Vista in
the proposed Sweetwater River Valley Flood Control Channel,
be granted and limited to~ period of fifteen minutes
during the meeting'of April 24,~ 1979.
Motion for staff to It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Cox and
contact Sweetwater unanimously carried that staff contact the Sweetwater Au-
Authority thority and request a representative from their organi-
zation to address the Council during the April 24 meeting
indicating the condition of the dam at this time including
safety considerations and inspections.
4. ~RITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
a. Request for four-way Mr. Jack Juarez of 202 East Palomar Street asked that a
stop at intersection four-way stop be installed at this intersection due to
of Monserate and East the hazardous conditions for school children trying to
Palomar cross the street.
Referred to Safety It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Scott
Commission and Staff and unanimously carried that this request be referred to
the Safety Commission and staff.
b. Concern regarding Mr. Ernest Kobak, 311 East "L" Street, expressed his con-
left-turn lanes on cern regarding the left-turn lanes installed on East "L"
East "L" Street Street which resulted in a loss of on-street parking in
front of his residence.
City Manager Cole submitted a reply to Mr. Kobak's letter
hy the City Engineer.
Draft letter approved It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Egdahl
and unanimously carried that the draft letter fo~ the *
Mayor's signature be approved.
Held Tuesday - 7:0Q p.m. - 3 ~ April 3, 1979.
PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES
S. PUBLIC HEARING - This being the time and place as advertised, Mayor Hyde
BLOCK GRANT MONITORING opened the public hearing.
AND PERFORMANCE
Director of Community Development Desrochers briefly
explained the summary, distributed earlier in the ~vening
to Council, entitled Block Grant By Expenditures (as of
February 28, 1979) covering financial expenditures for the
last four years.
Connnunity Development Director Desrochers concluded that
as part of the Citizen Participation Process, the 1977
Housing and Community Development Act requires Block
Grant recipients to conduct a public hearing on the City's
Block Grant performance. The hearing provides the citizens
an opportunity to monitor and assess the program performance
and progress.
In answer. to a query from Mayor Hyde, Mr. Desrochers ad-
vised that this is the first hearing for public input and
added that the progress report has been on file in the
Library, advertising had been made in the Star-News and
notices were forwarded to various community groups.
Dale Lusk Mr. Lusk spoke on behalf of the Mueller PTA, Community
71S "I" Street Council, and the SNAP Coun~&l (Stimulating the Neighborhood
Chula Vista Awareness Process) and thanked the Council for recommending
and approving Housing Rehabilitation, Trailer Rehabilitatior
and a possible Neighborhood Center. Mr. Lusk also thanked
the Community Development Department with a special mention
to Mr. Joe Sanseverino.
Councilman Egdahl referred to background material regarding
progress on planned activities and noted that the City
has concentrated a tremendous amount of money in essentiall)
two areas which have been part of the CHIP program and
asked what determines where the monies should be allocated.
Director of Community Development Desrochers advised that
the funds must be spent in low and moderate income areas.
He continued by stating that basically the entire western
portion of the City (encompassing the area west of Third
Avenue) is eligible for funding. He added that the new
ruling from HUD is that ?S% of the funds must be allocated
to these eligible census tracts.
Councilman Egdahl noted that the Norman Park area has
received a majority of the f~mds which were available under
the CHIP program since 1975. He indicated a'c0ncern that
the City be aware of the total amounts in dollars and per-
centages spent in rather a "restricted area" and as a result
of that, whether that type of concentration is really justi-
fiable.
Public hearing closed There being no further comments, either for or against, the
hearing was declared close.
In answer to Councilman Egdahl's question as to whether
rents are being increased as a result of the improvements
which are made under the CHIP program, Director of Commu-
nity Development Desrochers advised that under the CHIP
program, the City has had five loan applications processed
which have resulted in 23 rental units being rehabilitated.
The remaining homes which were rehabilitated have been sin-
gle family owner occupants. He concluded in advising that
staff is currently working on a system to monitor the
rentals.
Held Tuesday - 7:QQ p,m. - 4 - April 3, 1979
PUBLIC HEARING AND RELATED RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES (Cont.)
Mayor Hyde concurred with Councilman Egdahl in that the
City should have some type of policing methodto check
rental units which have been rehabilitated under the CHIP
program.
Motion to ask staff to It was moved hy Councilman Egdahl, seconded by Mayor Hyde
include the Block Grant and unanimously carried to ask staff to have projects in
By Expenditures figures the narrative report identified by the expenditures which
in the narrative report have been indicated by the Block Grant By Expenditures
report up to the present time; aCcept~d.~th~. st~ff ~epo~t,
While referring to Item No. 6, Councilman Cox asked if any
effort has been made on the City's part to inquire of
Imperial Beach to learn if they are interested in utilizing
Chula Vista's centralized dispatch. City Manager Cole
advised that central dispatch does not handle the Imperial
Beach area at the present time and that the City has not
entertained the idea of including Imperial Beach in the
centralized dispatch system.
CONSENT CALENDAR It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Councilman
Cox and unanimously carried that the Consent Calendar be
approved and adopted.
6. RESOLUTION NO. 9545 In September 1978, the paramedic service was changed to
APPROVING FIRST A~NDMENT include the City of Imperial Beach and the responsibility
TO AGREEMENT WITH SAN for p~ramedic staffing of the Mobile Intensive Care Unit
DIEGO COUNTY REGARDING was transferred from Bay General Hospital to Bay Cities
PARAMEDIC SERVICES Ambulance Service. In January 1979, Bay Cities Ambulance
Service was acquired by Hartson's Ambulance Service. The
Agreement incorporates these changes.
7. RESOLUTION NO. 9546 The following trial traffic regulations which have been in
ESTABLISHING NO PARKING effect for eight months were requested to be made permanent:
ZONES ON PORTIONS OF Schedule III - PErking prohibited at all times on Oleander
OLEANDER AVENUE AND Avenue beginning at PCR at Telegraph Canyon Road, ending at
BONITA ROAD a point 300 feet south on both sides; and on BonitaROad
beginning at PCR at Otay Lakes Road, ending at a point 160
feet west on the south side.
8. RESOLUTION NO. 9547 The following trial traffic regulations which have been in
ESTABLISHING BOULEVARD effect for eight months were requested to be made permanent:
STOPS AND/OR THROUGH Schedule II - Special Stops required for the intersection of
STREETS IN THE CrTY "I" Street/Robert Avenue with traffic stopped on Robert Ave-
nue - 1 sign. At the intersection of Otay Lakes Road/Ridge-
back Road with traffic stopped on Ridgeback Road - 1 sign.
9, RESOLUTION NO. ~548 Huntmix, Inc. completed the resurfacing of '!H" Street betwee
ACCEPTING PUBLIC IMPROVE- I-5 Freeway and Third Avenue. A {inal inspection was made
}dENTS - "~' STREET RE- on March 14, 1979 and the City Engineer found all work com-
SURFACING, I-S FREEWAY pieted in accordance with the contract documents.
TO THIRD AVENUE F. A. U.
PROJECT MS 162 (1)
(End of Consent Calendar)
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES, FIRST READING
10. ORDINANCE N0. The following trial traffic regulation which has been in
ESTABLISHING A PRFMA effect for eight months is being made permanent: Schedule
FACIE SPEED LIMIT OF IX - Increasing the State Law speed limit on Edgemere Ave-
35 MILES PER HOUR ON hue beginning at Bayview Way and ending at the northerly
EDGEMERE AVENUE BETWEEN City limits from 30 MPH to 35 MPH.
RAYVIEW WAY AND THE
NORTHERLy CITY LIMITS --
FIRST READING
Held Tuesday -7:00 p.m. - S - April 3, 1979
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES, FIRST READING (Cont.)
Motion to continue the It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Cox
trial traffic regulation and unanimously carried that this item be held for a
period of at least six (6] months to await further study,
due to the construction of Brentwood Arms Condominiums
and the Council's concern of a disruption of current traf-
fic patterm as a result of the condominium complex.
10a. RESOLUTION NO. 9349 The owner of Lot "H" of South Bay Viiias Subdivision
ELECTING TO PROCEED UNDER requested vacation of the easement. Since East "J" Street
STREETS AND HIGHWAYS and Entrada Place are now improved, staff rec6mmended
CODE SECTIONS 1930 ET approval of the vacation.
SEQ IN ORDER TO SUMMARI-
LY VACATE AN UNNAMED
STREET EASEMENT NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF EAST "J"
STREET AND ENTRADA PLACE
Res61Ution offered Offered by Councilman Scott, the reading of the text was
waived by unanimous consent, passed and adopted by the
foliowing vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Scott, Cox, Egdahl, Hyde, Gillow
Noes: None
Absent: None
CONTINUED MATTERS AND SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES
11. ORDINANCE NO. 1863 The property is presently in the County and is in the prO-
AMENDING THE ZONING MAP cess of being annexed to the City. The ordinance was
TO CHANGE THE PREZONING placed on first reading at the meeting of March 27, 1979.
FOR 10.9 ACRES LOCATED
EAST OF THE 300 BLOCK
OF HILLTOP DRIVE FROM R~E
TO R-E-PUD - SECOND
READING AND ADOPTION
Ordinance placed on It was moved by Councilman Gillow that this ordinancebe
second reading and adop- placed on second ~eading and that the reading of the text
ted be waived byunanimous consent.
The motion carried bythe following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Councilmen Giltow, Scott, Cox, Hyde
Noes: None
ABstain: Councilman Egdahl
Absent: None
12. REPORT ON ELIMINATION OF In September 1977, a painted crosswalk was installed ~cross
PAINTED CROSSWALK ON "F" "F" Street at Carfelt Avenue as requested by LuCitle C~ank,
STREET AT GARRETT AVENUE 183 Third Avenue,to assist pedestrians going to the
coramercial center on "F" Street. According tolthe policy
for marked crosswalks adopted By the Council in January
1978, this particular crosswalk did not satisfy the adopted
criteria and subsequently, was not ~epainted after "F"
Street was widened. Based on a recent survey made in
January 1~79, staff reconunended that the marked crosswalk
not be. reinstailed at 'this time but that they will con-
tinue to monitor ~he intersect{on.
Motion to accept Report It was moved by MayOr Hyde, seconded by Councilman ggdahl
and unanimously carried that the reportbe accepted.
Held Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. - 6 - April 3, 1979
CONTINUED MATTERS AND SECOND READING OF ORDINANCES (Cont.)
Mr. Ernest S,. Arnold Mr. Ernest Arnold, a member of tke City Safety Commission,
897 Beech Avenue spoke on behalf of that Commis~i0n, and suggested that
Chula Vista this itembe referred back tothe Safety Commission for
a re-evaluation.
Motion to refer to the It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Councilman
Safety Commission Gillow and unanimously carried that this item be referred
back to the Safety CQ~nissi0n for :re-evaluation; and that
their report!be submitted to Council no later than May
31, 1979.
13. REPORT OF THE CITY MANAGER
a. REQUEST TO ATTEND THE The Unified Disaster Council is scheduled for Thursday,
UNIFIED DISASTER April 5, 1979 (the same time as the Redevelopment Agency
COUNCIL THURSDAY, meeting), and Mr. Cole requested Council approve his atten-
APRIL 5, 1979 dance at the Unified Disaster Council. in order that the
City be represented and advised that Assistant City Manager
Asmus will attend the Redevelopment Agency meeting' in his
stead.
Motion for City Manager It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Mayor Hyde
to attend Unified Disaster and unanimously carried that City Manager Cole attend the
Council meeting of 4/5/79 meeting of April 5, 1979 for the Unified Disaster Council.
Council Conferences A revised schedule of Council Conferences distributed to
Council earlier indicated the addition of Employee Bargain-
ing Units Salary Presentation for the April 12th Conference.
The matters which were originally scheduled for the April
12th Conference have been re-scheduled for the April 19th
Council Conference.
Motion to approve It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Scott
revised conference and unanimously carried to adopt the revised schedule of
schedule the Council Conferences submitted on April 3, 1979.
REPORTS OF THE CITY 0FFICERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS
14. RESPONSE TO MR. GERSTEN'S On February 28, 1979, Mr. Albert Getsten, principal
LETTER OF FEBRUARY 28, owner of Otay Land Company sent a letter to Council ~1~
~979 regarding the development of East "H" Street across most
of E1 Rancho del Rey in consideration of the City's
authorization of an additional 1500 to 2000 dwelling units
within the area governed by thejSpecific Plan.
Director of Planning peterson submitted a report to'the
Council noting the historical background of the E1 Rancho
del Rey plan, concluding that Mr. Gersten's proposal was
"neither desirable nor necessary" and that adherence to
the "west to east" development criteria will bring about
the orderly construction of "H" Street in time to avoid
serious traffic congestion on the major streets serving
the SoUthwestern College area.
Motion to file Item No. It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Mayor Hyde
14 and unanimously carried that this item be filed.
Letter of withdrawal Mayor Hyde announced that The Getsten Company has with-
received drawn their proposal which Council was responding to
relative to a plan to construct "~' Street contingent
upon increased density in that area.
Motion to file carried The motion to file Item No. 14 carried unanimously.
Held Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. --7 - April 3, 1979
REPORTS OF CITY OFFICERS AND DEPARTMENT HEADS (Cont.)
1S. REPORT ON PROPOSED TWO- City Engineer Lippitt reported that Palomar Street between
WAY LEFT TURN LANE ON Second and Third Avenues had the highest number of reported
PALOb~AR STREET EAST OF accidents in 1978. He recoTmnended the installation of a
THIRD AVENUE two-way left turn lane on Palomar Street from Third Ave-
nue to a point 650 feet easterly to reduce the number of
these accidents.
On March 14, 1979, the Safety Commission recommended the
installation of the two-way left turn lane on Palomar Street
Report accepted It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Councilman
Gillow and unanimously carried that the report be accepted.
MAYOR'S REPORT Mayor Hyde complemented C~ty Manager Cole and staff for
their efforts durihg ~h~]~oteh~i,~l f~ h~a~d,
Chamber of Commerqe Mayor Hyde advised tha~ a l~ter from the Chamber of
letter received Commerce has been received in support of!the Getsten pro-
supporting Getsten posal. Since this proposal has been Withdrawn, Mayor Hyde,
proposal with Council'scOncurrence, will prepare a reply indicat-
ing that this 'matter has been withdrawn.
League of California The quarterly League of California Cities Dinner is April
Cities quarterly dinner 19, 1979. A presentation by the Port District is scheduled
(Port District Master Plan) at the host city of Escondido.
League Dinner Meeting The policy adopted by Council regarding Board/Commission
Policy members attending League dinners states that the City will
finance only two Board/Commission members' dinners. At
the time this policy was adopted, League meetings were
held each month. Presently the League dinner meetings
are held on a quarterly basis.
Motion to approve six It was moved by Mayor Hyde, seconded by Councilman Scott
Commissioners to attend and unanimously carried that the City finance six Board/
quarterly dinners Commission members for the quarterly League meetings.
Council comments Mayor Hyde asked for Council comments in regard to the
requested mobile home proposal sumbitted to Council on March 28,
1979.
Motion to schedule It was moved by CounCilman Scott, seconded by Councilman
proposal of mobile homes Gillow and unanimously carried that the utilization of
during June Council mobile homes for residential development in the City be
Conference referred to staff and brought back for a Council conference
in June.
Motion for creating It was moved by Mayor Hyde, and seconded by Councilman
a formalized public Gillow to ask the City Manager to look into the propriety
housing structure of creating a formalized public housing structure within
the staff for coordinating, enforcing and planning of the
City's involvement in public housing projects - costs for
same to be born by Community Block Grant funds.
Motion carried The motion carried by the following vote, to-wit:
AYES: Mayor Hyde, Councilmen Gillow, Cox, Egdahl
Noes: Councilman Scott
Absent: None
Held Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. - 8 - April 3, 1979
COUNCIL COMMENTS
Phaseou~ procedure of Councilman Egdahl asked if staff ~as any plans of how the
CETA employees City will function with the phaseout of the CETA employees.
City Manager Cole advised that staff is presently pre-
paring a study, part of which will be available for budget
sessions.
REGIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND Councilman Scott referred to the P~TC meeting of April 2, 19
TRAINING CONSORTIUM (RETC) stating that the joint powers agreement between the City
JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT and County of San Diego will expire in July 1979. The new
agreement which the City of San Diego has prepared states
that all agencies (cities represented on RETC) will be
jointly and severally liable for any funds that may be
deemed to be inappropriate expenditures.
Motion of staff study It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Councilman
Gillow and unanimously carried that staff study the
agreement and learn exactly what the City should do, and
what options the City has, should this clause be incorpo-
rated in the final joint powers agreement.
Motion for Executive It was moved by Councilman Cox, seconded by Mayor Hyde
Session and unanimously carried that an Executive Meeting be held
at the conclusion of the Council meeting for personnel
matters.
Legislative Committee Councilman Cox advised that Senator Campbell has proposed
Report SB 186 (Rodda) an amendment to SB 186 State Senate "Bail Out" Bill CRodda)
which would require any city which proposed to reduce the
amount of funds distributed for Police and Fire protec-
tions programs for fiscal year 1979/80 below the level
of funding provided in fiscal year 1978/79 to hold a
public hearing prior to taking action on such a move.
The Senate Committee on Local Government was not in favor
of this amendment and Councilman Cox noted that the
Legislative Committee recommends that the Council go on
record in opposition to the Campbell amendment to SB 186.
Motion to oppose It was moved by Councilman Cox, seconded by Councilman
amendment to SB 186 Scott and unanimously carried that the Council oppose SB
186 with this amendment and that staff prepare a message
of opposition to local legislators.
Legislative Committee The Legislative Committee recommends that Counciloppose
Report AB 47 (Chacon) AB 47 (Chacon) as it would be an enfringement on the
decision-making powers of the Port District.
Motion to oppose AB 47 It was moved by Councilman Scott, seconded by Councilman
Gillow and unanimously carried that a letter be forward-
ed to Assemblyman Calvo noting Council's opposition to
AB 47 (Chacon).
16. MAYOR'S ECONOMIC Councilman Cox referred to his written report noting the
ADVISORY COMMITTEE following recommendations:
RECON~4ENDATIONS REGARDING
SENIOR CITIZEN HOUSING 1~ Housing for low income persons, particut:a~ly. senior
AND CONDOMINIUM CONVERSIONS citizens: "That the City relax the zoning requirements
for the senior citizen d~velopment (of the type)
proposed by Mr. Mitch Angus..."
2. Condominium Conversions: "That the City encourage any
development of multi-family dwellings through expe-
diting development proposals in existing zones and re-
viewing the appropriateness of such dwellings in other
areas of the City."
Held Tuesday - 7:00 p.m. - 9 - April 3, 1979
COUNCIL COMMENTS (Cent.3
MOtion made to It was moved by Councilman Scot~, and seconded by MayOr.
file report Hyde, that this report be filed.
-?
Mayor Hyde noted that a variance could be obtained for
a senior citizen complex such as the one proposed by Mr.
Angus.
No additional R-3 In answer to a query from Mayor Hyde, Director of Planning
zoning foreseen Peterson advised that he does not foresee a need for
additional R-3 zoning.
Substitute motion It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded by Councilman
carried Gillow and unanimously carried that this item be referred
back to the Mayor's Economic Advisory Committee with
Council's appreciation and_advise: that Coun~i~h,dees hot
concur with their recommendations, specifically rather
than changing the City ordinance to permit higher density,
interested parties should request appropriate variances for
whatever projects they may have and further it is the
Council's opinion, based on staff advice, that there is
an adequate supply of R-3 zoning in the City to accommo~
date new apartment construction but if any landowner
wished to seek R-3 zoning, they should be encouraged to
do so.
Motion regarding It was moved by Councilman Gillow, seconded by Mayor Hyde
displaced rentors and unanimously carried that staff be directed to look
into the possibility of the City preparing a one or two-
page list of possible relief programs which a displaced
tenter may qualify for indicating alternatives that may
be available, and that the City require apartment owners
to make this listing available to all displaced rentors.
EXEC._tF~tyE S~SStON The Council recessed to an Executive Session for personnel
matters at 8:50 p.m. The City Clerk was excused and City
Manager Cole was appointed Deputy City Clerk Pro Tempore.
He reported that the meeting reconvened at 9:05 p.m.
~JOURNMENT Mayor Hyde adjourned the meeting at 9:05 p.m. to the
meeting scheduled for April 10, 1979 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Council Chamber, PUblic Services Building.