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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda Packet 1998/06/17 "I declare IInder penalty of periu~ t~at 1 am employed by the City of Chula Vista," the Office of the City CierI< "nd that. I posted this Aabenda/No:;ce on the Bulletin B~ard at Wednesday. June 17. 1998 . S . Buold;n'" end at City Hall on Council Conference Room 5 30 the Public rVI as . ,.> ~~ tJ AdnumstratlOn BUlldmg : p.m. DATED, y SIGNED~.. Soecial Meetin!!/ orksession of the City of Chula Vista City Council CALL TO ORDER 1. ROLL CALL: Councilmembers Moot_. Padilla_. Rindone_. Salas_. and Mayor Horton_. BUSINESS/BUDGET HEARINGS 2. DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE - Redevelopment Agency Budget Loan Repayment; Program Flexibility; Town Manager; Code Enforcement Program; Storm Drain System; Council Chambers Enhancements; Fleet Management Fund; Gas Tax; and Telecenter. 3. OTHER ITEMS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS This is an opportunity for the general public to address the City Council on any subject matter within the Council's jurisdiction that is not an item on this agenda for public discussion. (State law, however, generally prohibits the City Council from taking action on any issues not included on the posted agenda.) If you wish to address the Council on such a subject, please complete the "Request to Speak Under Oral Communications Foml" available in the lobby and submit it to the City Clerk prior to the meeting. Those who wish to speak, please give your name and atklress for record purposes and follow up action. OTHER BUSINESS 4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTlSl A. Scheduling of meetings. 5. MAYOR'S REPORTiSl 6. COUNCIL COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT The meeting will adjourn to a special meeting/worksession on Thursday, June 18, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, Administration Building, and thence to the regular City Council meeting on June 23, 1998 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. Notice is herehy given that the Mayor of the City of Chula Vista has called and will convene a Special Meeting/Worksession of the City Council on WednesdllY, June 17, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, Administration Building, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, California. ~ June 17, 1998 BUDGET HEARINGS 1. Development and Maintenance 1) RDA Budget Loan Repayment........ ......... .... 2) Program Flexibility........................... 3) Town Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4) Code Enforcement Program.......... .... ........ 5) Storm Drain System...... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6) Council Chambers Enhancements.... ..... ..... ... 7) Fleet Management Fund......................... 8) Gas Tax....................................... 9) Telecenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... . . .. . .... . . . 2. Other Items $300,000 $140,000 $ 20,000 $ 71,279 N/A $ 16,400 $ 2.9M $ 2.4M $ 15,000 Wednesday, June I~JJ~ ~6()/ (/ ) Soecial Meetin~/Worksession of the Cih' of Chula Vista Citv Council Council Conference Room Administration Building 1. ROLL CALL: CALL TO ORDER Councilmembers Moot.tl., Padilla..k, Rindone~salasLnd Mayor Horton~ BUSINESS/BUDGET HEARINGS 2. DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE - Redevelopment Agency Budget Loan Repayment; Program Flexibility; Town Manag~r; Code Enforcemc:nt Program; Storm Drain System; Council Chambers Enhancements; Fleet Management Fund; Gas Tax; and Telecenter. 3. OTHER ITEMS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS TIlis is an opportunity for the general public to adllress the City Council on any subject maUer within the Council's jurisdiction that is not an item on this agenda for public discussion. (Stale law, however, generally prohibits the City Council from taking action on any issues not included on the posted agendn.) If you wish to address the Council on such a subject, please complete the "Request to Speak Under Oral Communications Form" available in the lobby and submit it to the City Clerk prior to the meeting. Those who wish to speak, please give your name and address for record purposes and follow up action. OTHER BUSJ]I.'ESS 4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTfS) A. Scheduling of meetings. 5. MAYOR'S REPORTfSI 6. COUNCIL COMMENTS ADJOURNMENT The meeting will adjourn to a special meeting/worksession on Thursday, June 18, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, Administration Building, and thence to the regular City Council meeting on June 23, 1998 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. l"otice is hereb,y given that the l\1aynr of the Cit}' of Chula Vista has called and will convene a Special Meeting/Worksession (If the City Council (In Wednesday, June 17, 1998 at 5:30 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, Administration Building, 276 Fourth A venue, Chula Vista, California. Shirley H on, Mayor June 17, 1998 BUDGET HEARINGS 1. Develooment and Maintenance VI) ~) 3 ) ...\ ' /4) ./ 5) 1/6) /"1) \4) .A ~) Code Enforcement Program.. .......... ...... .... RDA Budget/Loan Repayment.. ....... ......... ... Program Flexibility.... ...... .... ... ... ... .... Town Manager.................................. Storm Drain System............................ CounciltChambers Enhancements... ...... ........ Fleet Management Fund.......... ...... ... ...... Gas Tax....................................... Telecenter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Courtesy Citation Program........ ... ..... ..... 2. Other Items V/1) $ 71,279/ $300,000 /' $140,000{,/' $20,000Y N/A~' $ 16,400~' $ 2 . 9M , $ 2.4M~ $ 15,000---- $ 73,000V Ladder Truck Response Time to Eastern Territory........ ...... ...... ... ..... $ 10,000 June 15, 1998 Supplemental Budget Report WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 1998 BUDGET MEETING VIA: The Honorable Mayor and City Council David D. Rowlands, Jr., City ManagerfJ John Lippitt, Director of Public Works ~ TO: FROM: SUBJECT: Evaluation of Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) Storm Drains Throughout the City One of the policy issues discussed in the proposed 1998-99 City Budget is the need to inspect the older CMP storm drain pipe throughout the City, and to finance improvements where needed. The City has had three known locations this year where CMP has failed, and sinkholes have resulted. These locations are at Malta Avenue, Oleander Avenue, and Corte Maria Avenue. All three culverts at these locations run between structures. Only Malta Avenue's failure resulted in a significant impact to the property. The other two failed in places that were far enough away from structures that only accessory facilities were impacted. Staff believes that it is essential that we immediately evaluate the older CMP drains to determine if problems exist rather than fmd out during the rainy season. Staff believes that we need to inspect the pipes, evaluate methods for relining and/or replacing theses pipe where needed, draft a capital improvement project (CIP) proposal, determine a fmancing means for the short term to make any necessary improvements, and develop an ongoing fmancing method for maintaining repairing and/or replacing this pipe. Staff has received an estimate from a contractor to inspect the CMP storm drains, and has received a proposal regarding purchase of a storm drain camera from the vendor who provided the new sewer van and sewer pipeline inspection system. RECOMMENDATION: That the City Council a) amend the proposed 1998-99 budget to include a loan of $85,000 from the Sewerage Facilities Replacement Fund to the Storm Drain Revenue Fund for contract inspection of the CMP storm drains; b) amend the proposed 1998- 99 budget to include $23,450 from the Sewerage Facilities Replacement Fund and a loan of $96,550 from the Sewerage Facilities Replacement Fund to the Storm Drain Revenue Fund for the purchase of a replacement sewer TV camera, new storm drain TV camera, and tractors for same; and c) direct staff to bring back a CIP project during 1998-99 with proposed funding sources and schedule, upon the completion of the TV inspection and evaluation. Supplemental Budget Report Evaluation of CMP Page 2 DISCUSSION: Insoection of the CMP Storm Drains Staff recommends contracting out the initial inspection work, which involves TV inspecting roughly 110,000 lineal feet of CMP that is 15 years of age or older. Staff received a verbal quote from one of the firms that inspected the Malta Avenue site for the City. They quoted an estimate of $.68 per lineal foot for this work, which reflects a reduced cost per linear. foot because of the large amount of linear footage included. The contractor estimates that the work could take 14 weeks, based on inspecting 1,500 lineal feet per day, and making assumptions that the locations are reasonably accessible, that the pipes are 90 - 95% free of debris, and that all of the CMP can be completely inspected. Some pipes may be damaged to the point that the camera can not pass through as a result of implosion of the pipe bottom, deep holes in portions of the bottom and other failures. Using these same assumptions and assuming the City purchases a storm drain camera, we estimate that it would take two City staff 22 weeks to perform this work, at roughly the same cost of $.68 per lineal foot (assumes using one Senior Maintenance Worker and one Maintenance Worker II), and assuming that staff would be devoted solely to this work. It would take longer for City staff because the contractor has more experience TV inspecting storm drains and has more personnel available to perform this work. Since there would be a delay in the City getting a storm drain camera and the fact that our staff would have to be pulled off sewer maintenance work to devote to this inspection work, we recommend using a contractor. There are very few firms that specialize in this type of work. Based on the estimated lineal feet and per lineal foot cost, staff recommends appropriating $85,000, which provides for a contingency of roughly 15 percent. After this initial inspection, staff recommends that ongoing inspection of CMP and other storm drains be performed by Public Works Operations crews, and that a storm drain inspection program be established, such as is done for the sewer system. Additional staffmg may be needed, which will be evaluated during the year, and may be the subject of a budget proposal for 1999-2000. In order for in-house inspection to be done, a storm drain camera and tractor will be needed. Staff recommends replacing the new sewer camera and tractor, with a more versatile camera that can be used in both sewers and storm drains, but which will require two different types of tractors. Purchase of a New TV Insoection Svstem In October 1997, the City Council awarded a purchase order contract to Pearpoint, Inc. for the purchase of a replacement sewer TV van and sewer pipeline inspection system. This system includes a TV camera mounted on a tractor. Neither the camera nor the tractor are explosion proof. The tractor is too small to effectively operate in the larger storm drains so if staff is going to inspect both sewers and storm drains, we will need a tractor for both operations. Supplemental Budget Report Evaluation of CMP Page 3 Pearpoint has offered to give the City full credit for the camera and tractor purchased, since it was just delivered and installed very recently, and sell us a new "explosion proof' camera and two "explosion proof' tractors. I An explosion proof sewer camera was not initially purchased because our initial interpretation of OSHA regulations and a cost savings associated with a non-explosion proof sewer camera resulted in the decision that an explosion proof camera was not necessary. Further research by the new Safety Risk Analyst resulted in his determination that OSHA Regulations did require that the camera be explosion proof because we cannot prove that all areas that the camera is sent into are below the Lower Flammable Limit (LFL) of 10 %. Explosion proof equipment is required when the LFL is 10% or greater. Gas detectors would be needed to establish the LFL and determine if the atmosphere is below 10%; however, it is not possible to send a gas detector with the camera through the sewer lines and storm drains. Consequently, purchase of explosion proof tractors and camera is necessary to ensure compliance with the OSHA regulations. The proposed storm drain tractor will have hydraulic adjustments for setting camera height and is steerable for maneuvering around debris. The proposed new camera will have a zoom lens for use in the larger storm drain pipes to locate problem areas. The additional cost for the explosion proof sewer camera and tractor is $23,450, which can be charged to sewer funds, and the cost for the new storm drain steerable tractor, with lights and cranes and other parts, is $96,550. Develooment of a CIP for CMP Reolacement and Relining Based on the data received from the TV inspection, Operations and Engineering staff will review the tapes and evaluate the condition of the pipes, estimate the cost for making improvements, and determine the best course of action for making repairs, and replacing or relining pipes. We have been working with the City Attorney's office and Finance regarding financing of this work. We will continue to work with them and will bring forward a financing plan with a CIP proposal for Council consideration. Options staff will be considering include going to the voters to vote on merging the Sewerage Facilities Replacement Fund and the Storm Drain Revenue Fund to allow expenditures on both sewer replacement and storm drain replacement. The City Attorney's Office will be investigating whether or not the Proposition 218 requirements apply. Other options include loans from the Sewerage Facilities Replacement Fund, to be paid back over a number of years, IWe could not keep the recently purchased camera, since it is not explosion proof. It is physically impossible to mix explosion proof tractors with non-explosion proof cameras. ~ ., ~ Supplemental Budget Report Evaluation of CMP Page 4 or increasing the Storm Drain fees to cover the cost of the CMP repairs (which would also require a vote of the electorate). FISCAL IMPACT: Funding of $181,550 would need to be loaned from the Sewerage Facilities Replacement Fund to the Storm Drain Revenue Fund for the initial inspection work and to purchase the necessary TV inspection equipment in order for staff to perform the inspections in the future. At this point, the cost of any repair work to the CMP is unknown. In the worst case, staff estimates that we may need to spend $10 million over a period of several years. Since the City currently collects approximately $450,000 annually in storm drain revenue, which is insufficient to fund work of that magnitude, staff will be evaluating loan options, fee increases, or other funding sources. An additional appropriation of $23,500 would be needed from the Sewerage Facilities Replacement Fund to fund the upgrade of the existing sewer camera and tractor. h:\homc\cngadmin\cmprcp.989 SPECIAL MEETING/WORKSHOP OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA Wednesday, June 17, 1998 5:35 p.m. Council Conference Room Administration Building CALL TO ORDER 1. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: Councilmembers: Padilla, Rindone, Salas, and Mayor Horton. ABSENT: Councilmembers: Moot ALSO PRESENT: City Manager, David D. Rowlands; city Attorney, John M. Kaheny; and Deputy city Clerk, Charline Long BUSINESS/BUDGET HEARINGS 2. DEVELOPMENT AND MAINTENANCE - Code Enforcement Program; RDA Budget/Loan Repayment; Program Flexibility; Town Manager; Storm Drain System; Council Chambers Enhancements; Fleet Management Fundi Gas TaB; Telecenter; Courtesy Citation Program; and Ladder Truck Response Time to Eastern Territory. BUILDING AND HOUSING DEPARTMENT Code Enforcement Proaram: Ken Larson, Director of Building and Housing, presented his request for $71,279 for additional staff to support an upgraded and revised Code Enforcement Program. Councilmember Rindone inquired if the cost for a hearing officer and the training of that officer would be offset by fees recovered caused by the increase in citations issued. Mr. Larson responded that the ordinance allows an individual the right of appeal, whether it is an administrative or a misdemeanor citation, for which there is a filing fee that is refundable if the appellant is successful. It is the intent of the appellate process to subsidize the hearing officer cost by the applicants that are not successful and whose fees would not be refundable. Councilmember Rindone inquired if the every other Saturday code enforcement schedule would change and how the continuous home garage sales would be affected. Mr. Larson responded that with the implementation of the Manager in October they will have code enforcement activity every Saturday, which will have a definite affect on the continuous garage sales in the area. The current code allows for two garage sale permits per year, at no cost to the individual. Individuals that conduct garage sales without permits are given friendly warnings for first time violations, repeat offenders are entered in to the database as violations against that particular property. Continuous garage sale complaints are tracked through the database and the abatement process is started at that time. Councilmernber Padilla asked what percentage of inspection activity and enforcement activity is non-problematic compared to non-reactive based on process or designs of process. Minutes June 17, 1998 Page 2 Mr. Larson replied that less than 10% are pro-active, such as neighborhood/community appearance programs. These peer-to-peer self-regulating programs have a tremendous impact on abating nuisances. As opposed to pro-active abatement that is conducted after sections of the community have been targeted by a high influx of complaints. ACTION: MSUC (Padilla/Rindone) to give conceptual approval. COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT RDA Budoet/Loan Reoavment: Chris Salomone, Director Community Development, stated the plan for paying back the general fund $427,000 will be by taking $300,000 generated by Otay Valley excess property tax and $127,000 from an old CIP concerning the trolley center and the relocation of the bowling alley. Ideally we're looking at conceptual approval on the repayment of the loan from the agency to the general fund. Councilmember Rindone asked if there is a $27 million payback to the general fund and how much of that is for the Nature Center, and what is a realistic payback estimate. Mr. Salomone replied that only $9 million is due the general fund and around 30% is for the Nature Center. A realistic payback estimate is going to require a strategy for repayment, and that is a key issue in obtaining the services of a financial advisor to assist the city in developing this strategy for repayment. Councilmember Rindone stated that with the changing economy and lower loan rates sometimes refinancing can decrease costs. Mr. Salomone agreed, indicating that the financial advisor would be looking at a number of loans that could be readjusted to current interest rates. ACTION: MSUC (Rindone/Padi11a) to give conceptual approval. proaram Flexibilitv: Chris Salomone, Community Development Director, stated his request for $140,000 was for discretionary funding. Allowing flexibility in using professional services on an as-needed basis, within the City Manager's discretionary authority. This will allow staff the opportunity to operate without returning to Council on an ad hoc basis for each individual small project. ACTION: MSUC (Padilla/Horton) to give conceptual approval. Downtown Manaaer: Chris Salomone, Community Development Director, stated his request for $20,000 to match the funds provided by the Downtown Business Association in order to increase the Downtown Manager's part-time position to a full-time manager. ACTION: MSUC (Horton/Padilla) to give conceptual approval. Minutes June 17, 1998 Page 3 PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT John Lippett, Public Works Director, presented his request for $205,000 for the storm Drain System. Originally Corrugated Metal Pipe (CMP) was used from 1949 to 1983 with a fifty-year life span. Unfortunately this is not the case and we no longer use CMP. During El Nino, we had three sink-holes and it is imperative that we inspect the existing pipes to identify what needs to be repaired or replaced. We have received an estimate from a local contractor, using video technology, to inspect 22 miles for around $85,000. After the inspection, staff would evaluate the needed repairs, and prepare a CIP for those repairs. Best estimate at this time would be around $10 million. Another need is for the city to have a state-of-the-art explosion proof TV sewer inspection system. The vendor is willing to give us full credit for our outdated existing system towards the purchase of a new system costing around $120,000; this would come from the sewer and storm drain facilities replacement fund. Staff's recommendation is to amend the proposed 1998/99 budget and add $85,000 for inspection of the CMP drains from the sewer replacement fund, and $23,450 from the sewer replacement fund and $96,550 from the storm drain fund for the purchase of the new TV inspection system. ACTION: MSUC (Padilla/Salas) to give conceptual approval. council Chambers Enhancements: John Lippitt, Public Works Director, stated his request for $16,400 to upgrade the Council Chambers 20-year old audio system by upgrading and replacing the amplifiers and the automatic microphones and installing new speakers. ACTION: MSUC (Horton/Padilla) to give conceptual approval. FINANCE DEPARTMENT City Vehicle Fleet Manaaement: Bob Powell, Finance Director, presented his report to combine the central garage fund and equipment replacement fund under one fleet management fund. ACTION: MSUC (padilla/Salas) to give conceptual approval. Recess at 6:43 p.m. The meeting reconvened at 6:50 p.m. with Mayor Horton absent. PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT Gas Tax: John Lippitt, Public Works Director, presented a report on Gas Tax of $2.4 million. In order to provide and maintain 325 miles of streets, 60 of which are four lanes represents an investment in pavement area of over $250 million. Ideally, preventive maintenance is less costly when you compare reconstruction costs at $20 a square yard, pavement overlay at $4 a square yard, and pavement preventive treatment at $1 a square yard. The budget for pavement maintenance has not increased, and it is estimated that $5 million per year for the next five years should be spent for all maintenance strategies to maintain the streets at their present level of service. The company hired to evaluate our streets, using laser technology and deflection equipment, rated the city at 79 which is the high end of fair. In order to maintain that rating, we would have to spend Minutes June 17, 1998 Page 4 around $29 million over the next five years. The gas tax revenue is estimated at $2.9 million and operating expenditures at $2.4 million, with the CIP budget of $284,000 and no funds budgeted for pavement overlay. Staff is recommending that $269,000 be spent on pavement overlays and $10,000 be spent on maintenance of medians for Telegraph Canyon Road. This represents a surplus of $279,000 in the gas tax budget. Also a total of $8 million in TransNet funding is proposed for fiscal years 2000 to 2003 for major pavement rehabilitation work. In addition to the general overlay programs, staff is recommending to use the TransNet program to fund major overlay and reconstruction work on Main Street, H Street (I-5 to Broadway), and E Street (I-5 to Broadway); those projects will total about $4.3 million. Staff will be investigating possible funding sources during the year to allocate towards pavement overlays for the 1999/2000 fiscal year budget. Councilmember Salas stated that this was not good news, especially since her impression was that the city's streets were in pretty good shape. Mr. Lippitt replied that in spending all of our Transit money, which is in the range of $2 million a year, on pavement repair and overlays would help. The trick is to catch repairs before they need to be reconstructed. ACTION: MSUC (Padilla/Salas) to give conceptual approval. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT DEPARTMENT Telecenter: Barbara Bamberger, Environmental Resource Manager, stated her request for $15,000 was to fund the Telecenter until grant money applied for comes in. The request outlined three options: (1) To close the facilities August 31, 1998. With this option, no additional impact will occur and $15,000 has already been authorized. (2) Continue operations at the Telecenter for the full fiscal year that will require an additional $45,100. (3) Bridge funding until we know of the grant awards. If the grants are awarded, they will provide enough money through the end of the fiscal year and beyond. With this option, no additional impact is necessary, and the Telecenter will be able to operate until the end of September; by then we will know about the grant money. Councilmember Salas stated that the concept for the Telecenter was innovative, but now with technology and the popularity of home computers is the Telecenter being utilized by users as was first envisioned. Ms. Bamberger replied that the occupancy rate incorporates both telecommuters as well as renters, and additionally telecommuter conference users. Occupancy rates have risen over the last five to six months to 75 to 90 users per month. Councilmember Salas inquired as to who has been managing the center since the Telecenter Director left. Ms. Bamberger stated that they are looking to hire a new Director to either close the facility or to continue marketing the facility. Councilmember Salas stated that it was bothersome to rely on grants that the timing of grants is really sensitive. Dave Rowlands, City Manager, replied that additional revenue has been found to bridge the gap through September 31, 1998 and if the grant is known to be Minutes June 17, 1998 Page 5 rejected the first part of September, the close out begins of September; there is no more general fund money at risk. does come they are safe until November, 1998. as planned at the end If the grant funding counci1member Rindone asked if they had talked to the school district. There are some avenues to explore, and he would be glad to give them some contacts. Ms. Bamberger replied that they had talked to the school districts including the community college districts and nothing workable has been identified as of yet. ACTION: MSUC (Rindone/Padi1la) to give conceptual approval for Option 3 to bridge funding until grants are approved. City Attorney John Kaheny left at 7:25 p.m. FINANCE DEPARTMENT Courtesv Citation proaram: Bob Powell, Finance Director, presented the Courtesy citation Program, requesting $73,000. The parking district was created for downtown, mainly Third Avenue; and parking meters were installed to provide an on-going revenue for the maintenance of off-street parking. User population served by this program is for short-term customer parking and long-term customer parking for professional businesses that require off-street parking. The current situation is that there are complaints by the public regarding over-zealous parking enforcement. The council in 1997 directed staff to implement a "courtesy parking program" to solve some of these_problems. That:. program entailed issuing courtesy notices for initial violations for expired parking meters. Instead of getting a citation, a courtesy notice was put on the car with violations over 15 minutes were given citations. Result of that is that there were fewer complaints, but the city lost about $82,000 in revenue. Businesses are voicing concern with sub-standard maintenance and signage for off-street parking lots. A task force was formed with the Downtown Business Association and Town Centre PAC. Problems identified by the task force were overly aggressive parking enforcement, professional businesses did not have enough space for customers and employees, a need to increase available short-term on-street parking by encouraging the use of off-street parking lots, and the need to maintain parking revenue levels to support parking lot maintenance efforts. The proposal to replace and modify the courtesy parking program with the following actions: (1) Train and develop customer friendly enforcement staff. (2) Rather than using valuable staff time to issue courtesy notices, we are recommending setting the meters at least five minutes longer on each half hour. other recommendations the task force is interested in is maintenance and signage and lighting in off-street parking lots and also recommending a program for professional businesses to purchase permits for additional time for customers with extended appointments. (3) Increase the meter charge from 15 cents to 25 cents per half-hour in order to encourage off-street parking. If these recommendations are approved, we will eliminate a half-time parking control officer, with an estimated revenue of $338,508. This is a 10% reduction as compared to current year due to the customer friendly program. ACTION: MSUC (Rindone/padi11a) to give conceptual approval. Minutes June 17, 1998 Page 6 FIRE DEPARTMENT Ladder Truck: Jim Hardesty, Fire Chief, presented his request for the acquisition of a Ladder Truck for $10,000. He stated that a problem exists in our response time to fires in the eastern part of Chula Vista. The standard response time for medium hazard responses utilizing 13 personnel is 10 minutes. The response time of the ladder truck from the F Street station to East Chula Vista, during peak traffic periods, can take up to 20 minutes. The proposed fire station master plan will be coming before Council in the next few months which will address the future ladder company in East Chula Vista for the Otay Ranch Station in Village No. 2 with completion scheduled in three to seven years. A possible interim solution would be to modify an existing apparatus telesquirt currently stationed at the J Street station. ACTION: MSUC (Rindone/Padilla) to give conceptual approval. 3. OTHER ITEMS - there were none. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None OTHER BUSINESS 4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORTlS) - None 5. MAYOR'S REPORTlS) - None 6. COUNCIL COMMENTS - None ADJOURNMENT The meeting adjourned at 7:45 p.m. Respectfully submitted, BEVERLY A. AUTHELET, CMC/AAE, City Clerk By: Charline Long, Deputy City Clerk