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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1989/01/09 Monday, January 9, 1989 Southwestern College 4:05 p.m. 900 Otay Lakes Road ROLL CALL City Council: Mayor Cox; Councilmembers Malcolm, Moore, Nader, McCandliss (arrived 5:00 p.m.) Southwestern Community College District: Gordon Browning, Bill Blank, Jerry Griffith, Maria Neves-Perman, Superintendent Joseph Conte Sweetwater Union High School District: Lita David, Ruth Chapman, Nick Aguilar, Superintendent Tony Trujillo Chula Vista City Schools: Sharon Giles, Joseph Cummings, Pat Judd, Judy Schulenberg, Frank Tarantino, Superintendent Robert McCarthy Gordon Browning chaired the meeting and introductions were made. 1. SOUTHWESTERN COLLEGE EDUCATION CENTER AT SAN YSIDRO ,~' Mr. Serafin Zasueta presented slides of the new facility constructed on a 3/4 acre site at 450 West San Ysidro Blvd. It took three months to construct and was opened on September 7, 1987 with an enrollment of 625 students. The Spring semester will have approximately from 700 to 900 students. Presently, there is an 85% enrollment. Mr. Zasueta stated that they have approximately 32 courses offered to the students and that the Center is a SUCCESS. 2. SWEETWATER MARSH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE, U.S. FISH AND WILD LIFE SERVICE Mayor Cox stated that because of the Sierra Club lawsuit, Chula Vista set aside on its Bayfront a number of acres for the Sweetwater Marsh refuge. He introduced Mr. t~ark Weitzel, Refuge Manager of the Tijuana Estuary Sanctuary. Mr. Weitzel submitted brochures to the members and showed slides giving an overvie~v of the Sweetwater Marsh National Wild Life Refuge. He stated that the purpose of the Refuge was to protect the wildlife and the endangered species. Mr. Weitzel noted the location of the wetlands, the type of birds which will migrate there and the endangered plant species. Mr. Weitzel then noted the number of volunteer efforts that are made at the Nature Interpretive Center; the efforts of the NIC and the Bayfront Conservancy Trust and the research efforts. Joint Council/School Boards 3. NATURE INTERPRETIVE CENTER STAFFING Mayor Cox introduced Dr. Steve Neudecker, Executive Director of the NIC. Dr. Neudecker gave an overview of the facility and discussed the educational and public programs available. Dr. Nuedecker spoke on the goals of the Bayfront Conservancy Trust, the attendance at the Nature Interpretive Center, the relationship with the U.S. Fish and Wild Life Service and noted that the overall program at the NIC was "scientification." 4. OLYMPIC TRAINING CENTER Mr. Dave Nielsen, member of the National Olympic Training Board presented a film depicting the proposed site at EastLake for the Olympic Training Center. He briefly discussed the cost of putting this facility together and the commitment on the part of the County to raise the $15 million needed Mr. Nielsen introduced Mr. Bill Toomey, a 1968 Gold Medalist in the Olympics. Mr. Toomey stated that in 1965 he became interested in the Olympics but could not find no resources in the United States; therefore, he went to Germany where he became "a spectator" and learned about the Olympics. He urged the members to support the Training Center here in the United States to give the athletes a chance to compete in the Olympics. Mayor Cox indicated it was a great opportunity for the schools to also help in this regard. Board Member Ruth Chapman stated that years ago, as a teacher in the elementary school district, she asked for help from the College to come in and teach the children some of the physical training. She stated this was still a matter of importance to her and recommended that the College Board take this under consideration. 5. FINANCING SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION Chula Vista City Schools Business ~lanager John Linn presented charts showing the enrollment of students in the school district from the year 1971 to present noting the great increase in the enrollment. He also stated that most of the financing for the schools is now coming from Community Facility Districts. Since 1972, the schools have been collecting monies from developers fees and one school was financed from bond money. m~ nudes Joint Council/School Boards 6. GANG ACTIVITIES Tris Hubbard, Sweetwater Union High School submitted a handout which was published in one of the newspapers recently, noting the gang locations in San Diego County. He noted that the majority of the gangs are composed of either blacks or Hispanics (twenty-seven Hispanic groups and 12 black groups). Mr. Hubbard stated that recently, at the Southwest School, there was incident of three shootings on campus this past year. There is a definite increase of gang activity on all campuses and it is being noted that there is an increase of non-students coming on to the campus for altercations with other students. When that happens, the teachers are told not to get involved but to call the Police, which they do. Member Tarantino stated that even though it shows that Chula Vista has a small amount of gang activities in this City, because of the transportations, many of the gangs are coming in from other parts of the County. Councilman Noore, in response to Board Member Aguilar's statement for more cooperation from the City, stated that "none of us have enough money to do the ideal thing." He noted the excellent response time of the Chula Vista Police and indicated that some of this problem has to do with how well the schools respond to these kinds of activities locally. 7. YOUNG ADULT DANCE CLUBS Councilwoman McCandliss referred to the letter the Council received from Supervisor Susan Golding whereby she proposed financing of a teenage dance club at the Del Mar Fairgrounds. Councilwoman McCandliss asked if there was any interest on the part of the schools to promote this type of activity. Board Member Judd commented there is one being proposed in the Spring Valley area. Board Member Cummings stated he endorses the program; however, he prefers to see it in the Chula Vista area rather than at the Del Mar Fairgrounds for the young people in this community. 8. DRIVER EDUCATION City Manager John Goss reported there has been an increase in the number of traffic tickets issued in the City and questioned why the driver training was dropped in the high school. Superintendent Trujillo responded that the driver education is still required; however, driver training has been dropped. The schools received a certain amount of lobbying from private interests who teach driver training not to offer this program at the high schools. Joint Council/School Boards Councilman Moore indicated that, if Chula Vista is losing money because of a lack of driver's training in the schools, something should be done about it. Board Member Giles noted that the students need a certain number of hours of training before they can obtain a license and most of them now go out to the private driver training instructors to get that. Superintendent Conte asked Chula Vista to submit any data they may have concerning the number of tickets issued in prior years and the age of the people who were ticketed in order to show whether or not it is a teenage problem. 9. UPDATE ON CHULA VISTA GENERAL PLAN Planning Director George Krempl submitted the booklet on the General Plan briefly discussing the proposals in the plan: land use, parks and recreation, housing, safety, noise, traffic, educational needs, Montgomery planning, community planning and the sites for the proposed schools. He added that the schedule is that within the next 6 to 8 weeks there will be a meeting held with the various groups and commissions following which there will be a public hearing by the Planning Commission in March and by the City Council in April. Chula Vista is now initiating a new Task Force called Chula Vista 2000. They would like up to 200 volunteers to serve on this committee. The focus will be on six areas: recreation/parks, open space, environment, cultural arts, libraries, economic development/jobs. 10. ESTABLISH REGULAR MEETING SCHEDULE - 2 MEETINGS ANNUALLY Chairman Browning noted that on May 1, Sweetwater Union High School will host the next meeting and on October 2 Chula Vista Elementary School has volunteered to hold that meeting. ADJOURNMENT AT 5:35 p.m. M. Ful ~ity Clerk