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Home My WebLink Aboutcc min 1976/10/27 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF TIlE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA, CALIFORNIA Held Wednesday October 27, 1976 An adjourned regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, was held on the above date beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, City Hall, 276 Fourth Avenue, with the following Councilmen present: Councilmen Hyde, Cox, Egdahl, Hobel Councilmen absent: Mayor Hamilton Staff present: City Manager Cole, City Attorney Lindberg, Assistant City Manager Asmus, Director of Public Works Robens, Assistant Director of Public Works Lippitt, Director of Finance Grant, Director of Building and Housing Grady, Director of Community Development Desrochers, Director of Parks and Recreation Hall, Assistant to the City Manager Wittenberg, Admini- strative Aide Boyd In the absence of Mayor Hamilton, Mayor Pro Tempore Hyde presided over the meeting to con- sider project applications under the Public Works Employment Act of 1976. CITY ~kNAGER'S City Manager Cole discussed the application noting INTRODUCTORY REMARKS that the Fire Station proposal, Garden Park at South- western College and City-wide tennis court lights were not on the list. Mr. Cole added that priorities should be set on the items so that approval can be given to those items for which monies are funded. PRESENTATION BY Mr. Wittenberg, Assistant to City Manager, explained MR. WITTENBERG the regulations of the Act and the amendments~ how the money is allocated, prioritization of projects, what the City has done to this point in submitting the application, and detailing how and why County- wide figures were used in the actual point system. 1. REPORT ON PARK WAY COMMUNITY Director of Parks and Recreation Hall reported that CENTER COMPLEX PROJECT AND the architect, Victor Wulff is working on the plans APPLICATION FOR FUNDING UNDER and the project is "on track." If the money is THE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT granted, they will be ready to proceed immediately ACT OF 1976 with the project. Report accepted It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded by Councilman Cox and unanimously carried by those present that the report be accepted. 2. REPORT ON THIRD AVE~E Paul Desrochers, Director of Community Development, STREET AND ALLEY IMPROVEMENTS stated that Frank Phillips~ Civil Engineer~ is cur- PROJECT AND APPLICATION FOR rently working on the project. The initial estimate I FUNDING UNDER THE PUBLIC was $550,000; however, Mr. Phillips now states the WORKS EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1976 project will cost $700,000. This includes all side- walks and alleys except for the Griffith Company project area. If this project is approved, it would put the Downtown Redevelopment program five years ahead of schedule. Mr. Desrochers answered questions from the Council pertaining to the project, commenting that if this project is approved and the Griffith project doesn't go, the Council will be asked to approve it in a future Block Grant Act. Report accepted It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded by Councilman Cox and unanimously carried by those present that the report be accepted. Adjourned Regular Meeting -2- October 27, 1976 3. REPORT ON STORM DRAIN Director of Public Works Robens reported that this CONSTRUCTION - GROUP is a series of five storm drain projects - all of PROJECT I AND APPLICATION them recognized in the 1964 Fogg Report which identi- FOR FUNDING UNDER TItE lied the problem areas in the City. All of these PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYr,~NT projects were either totally designed or 95% designed ACT OF 1976 in the past but did not go out to bid. The five projects are: 1) Hilltop Drive and Telegraph Canyon Road box culvert 2) Sierra Way and First Avenue drainage system 3) Quintard Street storm drain, First Avenue to Second Avenue 4) Third Avenue and "I" Street storm drain system 5) Fourth Avenue storm drain, "J" Street to San Miguel Report accepted It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded by Councilman Hobel and unanimously carried by those present that the report be accepted. Tour to be scheduled With Council's concurrence, Mayor Pro Tempore Hyde asked the staff to schedule a tour (and Council Conference) of the drainage facilities in the City - preferably after a rainstorm. a. RESOLUTION NO. 8381 - Offered by Councilman Cox, the reading of the text CERTIFYING NEGATIVE was waived by unanimous consent of those present, DECLARATION AND FINDING passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRON- MENTAL IMPACT DUE TO STORM DRAIN CONSTRUCTION - AYES: Councilmen Cox, Egdahl, Hobel, Hyde GROUP PROJECT I Noes: None Absent: Mayor Hamilton 4. REPORT ON STORM DRAIN Director of Public Works Robens noted on a map and CONSTRUCTION - GROUP discussed the three projects: PROJECT II AND APPLICATION FOR FUNDING UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOYMENT 1) Claire Avenue storm drain, "H" Street to ACT OF 1976 III'I Street 2) Roca Park and "C" Street storm drain 3) Halecrest Drive storm drain, Douglas Street to Telegraph Canyon Road a. RESOLUTION NO. 8382 - Offered by Councilman Hobel, the reading of the text CERTIFYING NEGATIVE was waived by unanimous consent of those present, i DECLARATION AND FINDING passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRON- MENTAL IMPACT DUE TO AYES: Councilmen Hobel, Hyde, Cox, Egdahl STORM DRAIN CONSTRUCTION - Noes: None GROUP PROJECT II Absent: ~layor Hamilton b. RESOLUTION NO. 8383 - Director of Public Works Robens explained that the APPROVING THE AGREEMENT firm of Bement-Dainwood-Sturgeon engineers have been BETWEEN THE CITY AND hired to do the design since it has to be done from BEMENT-DAINWOOD-STURGEON scratch and completed in 60 days. In order to get FOR STORM DRAIN CONSTRUC- the funds, the project must go to construction within TION SERVICES - GROUP 90 days. The resolution will require an appropriation PROJECT II of $9,000. Adjourned Regular Meeting -3- October 27, 1976 Resolution offered Offered by Councilman Hobel, the reading of the text was waived by unanimous consent of those present, passed and adopted by the following vote, to-wit: AYES: Councilmen Hobel~ Hyde, Cox, Egdahl Noes: None Absent: Mayor Hamilton 5. REPORT ON JAY-L-JAY DRAINAGE Director of Public }Vorks Robens stated that this CHANNEL PROJECT AND APPLI- design was completed when Jay-L-Jay came in as a CATION FOR FUNDING UNDER THE subdivision and the work will be done by City staff. PUBLIC WORKS E~PLOYMENT ACT This is the worst drainage problem in the City - OF 1976 during the last rains, 31 homes were flooded out. Report accepted It was moved by Councilman Egdahl, seconded by Councilman Hobel and unanimously carried by those present that the report be accepted. a. RESOLUTION NOo 8384 - Offered by Councilman Egdahl, the reading of the CERTIFYING NEGATIVE text was waived by unanimous consent of those pre- DECLARATION AND FINDING sent, passed and adopted by the following vote, NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRON- to-wit: MENTAL IMPACT DUE TO JAY-L-JAY DRAINAGE CHANNEL AYES: Councilmen Egdahl, Hobel, Hyde, Cox Noes: None Absent: ~ayor Hamilton b. RESOLUTION NO. 8385 - Offered by Councilman Egdahl, the reading of the ACCEPTING CONDITIONAL GRANT text was waived by unanimous consent of those pre- OF EASEMENT FROM GREATER sent, passed and adopted by the following vote, WESTERN REAL ESTATE IN- to-wit: VESTMENT TRUST FOR DRAINAGE PURPOSES AYES: Councilmen Egdahl, Hobel, Hyde, Cox Noes: None Absent: Mayor Hamilton 6. REPORT ON CIVIC CENTER RENOVA- Mr. Robens discussed the Grant Application request TION AND APPLICATION FOR FUNDING for an additional $609,000 for work on the Civic UNDER THE PUBLIC WORKS EMPLOY- Center remodeling: MENT ACT OF 1976 1) Post Office/Library $180,000 2) City Hall 429,000 Council discussion followed regarding the contingency factor. Administrative Aide Boyd noted the detailed construction costs and the contingency costs. Additional architectural costs In answer to the Council's query, Mr. Robens stated that it will cost approximately $75,000 additional fees for the architect to do the City Hall remodel- ing. The actual construction work will be done by City forces. a. RESOLUTION NO. 8386 - Offered by Councilman Egdahl, the reading of the CERTIFYING NEGATIVE text was waived by unanimous consent of those pre- DECLARATION AND FINDING sent, passed and adopted by the following vote, NO SIGNIFICANT ENVIRON- to-wit: MENTAL IMPACT DUE TO CIVIC CENTER RENOVATION AYES: Councilmen Egdahl, Hobel, Hyde, Cox PROJECT Noes: None Absent: Mayor Hamilton Adjourned Regular Meeting -4- October 27, 1976 7. RESOLUTION NO. 8387 - Offered by ~layor Pro Tempore Hyde, the reading of APPROVING APPLICATION FOR the text was waived by unanimous consent of those FUNDING TO THE ECONOMIC present, passed and adopted by the following vote, DEVELOPMENT ADMINISTRATION to-wit: FOR CERTAIN SPECIFIED PRO- JECTS UNDER THE "LOCAL PUBLIC WORKS AND CAPITAL AYES: Mayor Pro Tempore Hyde, Councilmen Cox, DEVELOPMENT AND INVESTMENT Egdahl, Hobel ACT OF 1976" (Title I, PL Noes: None 94-369) Absent: Mayor Hamilton PRIORITY LIST City Manager Cole recommended the following priority list: 1) Civic Center remodeling 2) Jay-L-Jay drainage channel project 3) Parkway Community Center Complex 4) Group 1 project - Storm Drain Construction 5) Group 2 project - Storm Drain Construction Sa)Garden Park - Southwestern College 6) Third Avenue street and alley improvements 6a)City-wide Tennis Court lighting Mr. Wittenberg commented that the City is a member of the overall Economic Development Program which is the reviewing body of the normal funding process and they want the subregional committee to prioritize projects as well. Therefore, the list will be very helpful in case the City is contacted for priorities. ADJOURNMENT Mayor Pro Tempore ttyde adjourned the meeting at 5:00 p.m. to the meeting scheduled for Thursday, October 28, 1976 at 7:00 p.m. to meet with represen- tatives of the Montgomery Advisory Council Committee. City Clerk