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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1987/05/28 MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA Thursday, May 28, 1987 Council Conference Room 4:20 p.m. City Hall ROLL CALL MEMBERS PRESENT: Mayor Cox; Councilmembers Nader, Moore, McCandliss, MEMBERS ABSENT: Councilman Malcolm STAFF PRESENT: City Manager Goss, City Attorney Harron, Deputy City Manager Morris Mayor Cox announced that this was a workshop session for the City Council in order for staff to provide them with a status report of the various alternative developments for the Eastern Territories Planning area. There will be no Council actions taken on this particular workshop. 1. EASTERN TERRITORIES GENERAL PLAN Director of Planning Krempl noted that this is the fourth Council Conference on this subject and discussed briefly the actions taken at the previous conferences, noting that at the third Conference, the question of a moratorium was considered. Director Krempl stated that the presentation will be done by Gary Ward from PRC Engineering, Inc. with assistance by Dave Perkins of JHK who did the transportation studies; also in the audience, Ken Holt from Engineering Science, who worked on the water and solid waste disposal issue. Director Krempl noted that neither staff nor PRC Engineering is prepared to express a preference for any of the three alternatives which will be presented this afternoon. The reason is because testing of all three scenarios must be completed during the next several months to determine the feasibility of each scenario before a final recommendation is presented to Council. Minutes 2 May 28, 1987 Council Conference Mr. Ward explained that the three alternative development scenarios are what he termed "snapshots of the year 2005" and are defined by the type of community envisioned for the Eastern Territories; it is a land use plan for the year 2005 with population and housing projection consistent with the intended character and land use plan. Mr. Ward presented maps noting the planning area for the Eastern Territories as covering approximately 35 square miles bordered by 1-805, Telegraph Canyon Road to its future intersection with the proposed Route 125, Route 125 to Route 54, San Miguel Mountain, the upper and lower Otay Reservoirs and the Otay River Valley. In the planning process, his firm utilized several principles to guide the preparation of the plans which were: physical development and preservation areas, circulation network and the phasing of new development. Mr. Ward's presentation was a s follows: Scenario 1: Residential Community Scenario 1 is predominantly a residential community which would be limited to development of employment centers; retail facilities would be comprised of neighborhood or community shopping centers. Under this scenario a substantial number of the people who reside here would work elsewhere. Route 125 will be built as a four lane divided arterial from Route 54 to Telegraph Canyon Road. The southern segment of Route 125 from Telegraph Canyon Road to the International Border would be completed at the end of the planning horizon. The population growth for this scenario would be 1.18%. Scenario 2: Mixed Land Use Residential Community Scenario 2 is a more diverse and balanced community than that described in Scenario 1. This is defined as a mixture of land uses to include in addition to residential neighborhoods, employment centers, regional commercial and retail, and possibly regionally significant higher education and other institutional facilities. In this scenario, Route 125 will be completed from Route 54 to the International Border in the mid-range (approximately up to the year 2000) time horizon, either as a four-lane divided arterial or as a freeway. There will be three major areas of employment and Orange Avenue would be what they call a "super-arterial road" perhaps having 6 lanes. In answer to Councilwoman McCandliss' question, Mr. Ward stated that the higher education or institutional facility is not noted on Scenario 1 because of its being a low-growth community with low-growth employment which would not be conducive to having a university. Minutes - 3 - May 28, 1987 Council Conference Scenario 3: Balanced Residential and Employment Community This scenario takes advantage in a pro-active manner of likely and very significant regional development potentials to create a balanced community including commercial and institutional facilities that are regionally significant. This mixture of development would include employment, particularly in the industrial categories of development in the Otay Mesa, regional commercial office and retail facilities and may include commercial recreation and public institutions such as universities and medical facilities. Scenario 3 is the most balanced community of the three scenarios. Route 125 will be completed from Route 54 to the International Border and the major regional retail and employment centers would be in the vicinity of Route 125/Orange Interchange which would be extended to EastLake in order to compliment the large-scale employment in the Otay Mesa area. It is expected there will be a 2.7% growth rate in this scenario. Council discussion followed with Mr. Ward and Mr. Tanaka ans~qering questions pertaining to the open space areas in the three scenarios; phasing of developments; infra-structures which should be in place before developments; Scenario 3 having quality houses as compared to Scenarios 1 and 2; the intensity of developments as compared in the three scenarios. Director Krempl stated that the three scenarios will nQw be tested which will include transportation studies, economics; how revenues will be generated; air quality and so forth and a report will then be submitted to Council. Councilman Nader discussed the three scenarios and the preservation of the quality of life in all. He stated that he does not want to get into a situation of intensive-orientated developments such that the employment opportunities which woul.d be created by people brought in from the outside would put pressure on the City Council to allow more residential developments than would ordinarily be allowed by those threshholds. He added that he hoped the consultants would keep this in mind as they are testing the different scenarios. Councilwoman McCandliss questioned the Consultant as to the studies: would they be valid if the Council determined that the build-out should be at a later period of time rather than 2005? Mr. Ward responded that by adjusting that timing, there would be a problem of what could occur beyond that 2005 period and the studies would not be that valid. He added that they are trying to keep all of their studies within the year 2005 range. (Mayor Cox left the meeting at this time (5:55 p.m.) Minutes - 4 - May 28, 1987 Council Conference 2. SCOPE OF WORK FOR GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROPOSAL Director of Planning Krempl explained that during the March 5, 1987 Council Conference, the Council discussed a proposal made by CROSSROADS to include performance criteria in the General Plan Update. The proposal also included a establishing a General Plan Oversight Committee to review the implementation of the performance criteria and issue a formal report with recommendations to the Planning Commission and City Council on an annual basis. In his written report to the Council, Director Krempl stated that it is the staff's recommendation to authorize them to seek proposals and a cost estimate from qualified firms to do the scope of work. Councilman Nader stated he would like to see the consultants remain in contact on an on-going basis with various people in the community who are working, on an approach to the growth management plan. He has in mind Mr. Bill Robens of CROSSROADS and noted there were other people in the community as well. Councilman Moore stated he has concerns with this because if the consultants are going to be working with individuals and having them have some impact, he would rather have the consultants keep in touch with the policymakers. Councilwoman McCandliss noted that the consultants will be working with the staff at all times who would report to the Council. City Manager Goss stated that he will be giving Council a status report as the testing goes along. 3. REPORT ON THE GENERAL PLAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Director of Planning Krempl stated that at the March 5, 1987 Council Conference, the Council directed staff to establish a General Plan Oversight Committee. This Committee would, on an annual basis review the "performance criteria" of the new projects, their implementation and progress. A nine-member Committee is recommended to be appointed for two year terms with the appointments by the Mayor and confirmation by the City Council. Staff is recommending that the Chairman of the Planning Committee be on the Committee along with a representative from each of the City's four planning areas: Central Chula Vista, Montgomery, Eastern Territories and Sweetwater/Bonita; along with representatives from each of the two school districts and a representative from the business community or development interest and an environmental representative. Minutes - 5 - May 28, 1987 Council Conference The Committee would begin the process the first of the year and report to the Council around March 1st. Councilman Nader stated he hoped the Committee members selected would not be representing special interest groups but would be representing the City as a whole. MS (McCandliss/Moore) to approve the staff recommendation. MSUC (McCandliss/Moore) to amend the motion to state that the City Council will be appointing the members of the Committee and not specifically the Mayor. The motion, as amended, carried unanimously. 4. REPORT ON CHULA VISTA GPA OCCUPATIONAL NEEDS STUDY Councilman Nader stated that he may have a potential conflict of interest on this item. He has talked to the Attorney on this and is asking for a postponement of 2 weeks in order to clarify this potential conflict. MSUC (Moore/McCandliss) to continue item number 4 to the City Council meeting of June 16. A break was called at 6:10 p.m. and the meeting reconvened at 6:15 p.m. (City Manager Goss left the meeting at this time.) 5. REVIEW OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL RESPONSE PROCEDURES BY HARTSON'S AND CHULA VISTA FIRE DEPARTMENT Director of Public Safety Winters referred to his written report to the Council in which he discussed the incident that triggered this review which occurred on October 19, 1986 concerning a bicyclist who had fallen off his bike and the attempts to call the paramedics. Director Winters noted the four calls to 911 for this particular incident; the total number of medical and fire response calls for the past six years, noting that in 1986, 3,082 calls were responded to by the Fire Department and approximately 29% of thos~ were non-life threatening in nature. Director Winters then noted the various medical calls responded to during the course of these years. He added that currently the City has a contract with Hartson's to provide both paramedics (ALS) and EMT (BLS) ambulance services and specifically, Hartson's provides one paramedic unit and one EMT unit operating 24 hours a day out of their office at Third and Whitney Streets. He is recommending that the Department retain its current procedures in the dispatching of the,Fire units to medical service calls. Minutes - 6 - May 28, 1987 Council Conference Council discussion followed regarding the bicycle accident incident with Councilwoman McCandliss questioning why Chula Vista does not receive confirmation calls after they dispatch the 911 call to Hartson's. Director Winters stated it would be an additional workload on the communications system which is overloaded now and questioned whether or not it would be necessary. They have been dealing with Hartson's since 1979 and incidents such as are very rare. Councilwoman I4cCandliss stated she would still like to see a "loop system" whereby confirmation would come back on these calls. MS (Moore/McCandliss) to accept the report and to direct staff to review the potential of closing the loop of dispatching services, the report to include the cost, timing and effort. Mr. Phillip Ayers, representing Hartson's Ambulance Service discussed the incident involved stating that a loop system would not have solved that problem; encouraged Council to visit their facility and see their updated dispatch system and the progress being made in this area; the questions that are asked of a person calling in a 911 call was devised by a doctor in Denver and is now being used extensively throughout the country; once the call comes in from the Police Department on a 911 and is dispatched to their office, they have complete charge and proceed to ask the questions of the person calling. Deputy City Manager Morris stated there is somewhat of a loop system in place in the Dispatch Center; it was in place the night of the incident. When the second call was received, Dispatch called Hartson's. Director Winters remarked that this loop system would only work when subsequent calls come into the Department. Battalion Chief Sam Lopez of the Fire Department stated that currently they are training personnel in his department to respond to the 911 calls. Mrs. Short, 839 Halecrest Drive, stated she is a registered nurse and made the fourth 911 call on this bicycle accident. The biker was laying face down in the road and bleeding heavily. He was laying there for 15 minutes; she added that the original call came from an 11 year old. Director Winters noted that on the second 911 call, the caller stated that it was not a serious accident. Minutes - 7 - May 28, 1987 Council Conference The motion to review the potential closing of the loop and review the protocal and criteria of the 911 dispatch carried unanimously by those present. 6. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None. 7. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT None. 8. MAYOR'S REPORT None. 9. COUNCIL COMMENTS None. ADJOURNMENT AT 6:45 p.m. to the meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 2 at 4 p.m. Je'fr~ie M. Fulasz, CMC' ~ City Clerk 1020C