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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1988/02/15 MINUTES OF A COMMUNITY FORUM MEETING OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA Monday, February 15, 1988 Lauderbach Community Center 7:00 p.m. 333 Oxford Street Chula Vista, CA 92011 ROLL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Cox; Councilmembers Nader, Moore, Malcolm MEMBERS ABSENT: Councilwoman McCandliss STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Goss, Assistant City Attorney Rudolf, Director of Planning Krempl, Director of Public Safety Winters, Assistant Community Development Director Gustafson, Principal Planner Pass, Senior Planner Heiter, Library Director Lane, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Lippitt, Communications Technician Albrektson, City Clerk Fulasz, Administrative Analysts Woods and Popeck 1. WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS Mayor Cox welcomed the people in the audience attending the Forum this evening and introduced the staff. 2. STATUS OF THE SPECIFIC PLAN WORK Vice-Chairman of the Montgomery Planning Committee Tony Castro gave a status report on the Montgomery Community Specific Plan and the activities of the Montgomery Planning Committee. Mr. Castro stressed the need for more community services in the Montgomery area, especially for youth activities and branch libraries. Director of Planning Krempl noted the number of parklands now designated in the Montgomery area, proposed sites for library branches, adding that the zoning of the community is necessary in order to implement a specific plan. Director Krempl invited the people to participate at all of the Montgomery Planning Committee meetings. 'Montgomery Community Forum - 2 - February 15, 1988 3. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT City Manager Goss submitted transparencies elaborating on what the City has done in the Montgomery area since it was annexed in January 1986. He presented graphs showing the overview of the services and the Capital Improvement projects noting the ~20 million deficit when the area was first annexed. Mr. Goss also discussed the policy regarding police services, the library, the survey which was answered by 512 respondents noting all City services in this area were favorable, the current CIP projects which total $659,260, the active CIP projects for 1987/88 which total $1,350,780, the active community block grant projects for 1987-88, the need for more long-range planning, the neighborhood revitalization program and its funding sources, the 1988-89 Community Development Block Grants which total $1,158,000, the 1988-89 budget schedule for the Block Grants. 4. NEIGHBORHOOD WATCH PROGRAM Director of Public Safety Winters introduced Don Reed, the Neighborhood Watch Coordinator. Mr. Reed discussed the increase in crime in this area, stating that crime prevention programs have been started in the Montgomery area and primarily in the elementary schools. He asked that the people in the audience start a Neighborhood Watch program in their neighborhoods if they don't already have one. All they need to do is call the Police Department and an Officer will come out and present the program which takes 1 to 11/2 hours. 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS Mayor Cox noted the number of handouts on the front table in the auditorium, inviting the people to pick up these brochures. Questions from the audience concerned the fact that there were very few people attending the Forum this evening and the lack of notification going out to the residents; the number of car thefts in the area and the policy policy regarding illegals who are stealing these cars; request to have police patrol athletic fields; Phase 3 of the Montgomery Specific Plan - community involvement should be requested first; a discussion of public housing and residents' the opposition to it; the need for multiple zoning in some parts of the area. Assistant Community Development Director Gustafson explained the procedure for building public housing and the County Housing Authority's process of selection of sites in the County. Councilman Moore commented that public housing does not create problems - it is the landlords and the managers of these units that create the problems. Montgomery Community Forum 3 February 15, 1988 Another question came from the audience regarding the problem of drainage in the Montgomery area. City Manager Goss noted that the recent heavy rains came during a 30 minute period of time in which most of the drainage channels in the City could not handle. Staff's review has noted a number of areas in the Montgomery area with serious drainage problems. Councilman Moore noted that staff is aware of these problems and it is a one to five or ten year plan in order to get most of them corrected. Councilman Malcolm remarked that the City of Chula Vista has spent approximately $9 million for the Telegraph Canyon Creek Flood Control Channel in order to assist the Montgomery drainage problems; this is more money than they have spent in the City itself in the last ten years. The City is also working on a number of other problems in this area; the number of after-school programs for youth activities have increased; the gyms are staying open later; the street lights have be turned back on; senior citizen housing issues have been addressed such as the Orange Tree Mobilehome Park where the City assisted the tenants in buying their spaces. Councilman Nader thanked the audience this evening, stating that he and the Councilmembers would stay after the meeting this evening to meet with them informally. He encouraged the people to go to the Montgomery Planning Committee meetings and to work with them in getting a Specific Plan. Councilman Moore agreed, stating that the Committee is representative of the area and the people should take advantage of those meetings. If the community has problems other than land use they should call or write a letter to the City Manager or the Council and those problems will be addressed. Mayor Cox stated that the Committee is doing a good job. He too, would like to see all of the public improvements put in as quickly as possible but this cannot be done it takes time. He noted how the area was at pre-election and the services that are now being provided by the City. Mayor Cox thanked the audience and the staff for their attendance this evening and invited everyone to participate in the refreshments. ADJOURNMENT AT 9:45 p.m. to the meeting scheduled for Tuesday, February 16 at 6 p.m. (Redevelopment Agency), and to the regular City Council meeting at 7 p.m. J~n~e~M~. ~lasz, CMC " ~/ City Clerk 1172C