HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 2000/10/23 (2) MINUTES OF AN ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
OCTOBER 23, 2000 6:30 P.M.
Mayor Horton called to order an Adjourned Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of
Chula Vista at 6:35 p.m. in the Council Conference Room, located in the Administration
Building, 276 Fourth Avenue, Chula Vista, California.
ROLL CALL:
PRESENT: Councilmembers Davis, Moot, Padilla, Salas, and Mayor Horton
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
ALSO PRESENT: City Manager Rowlands, Senior Assistant City Attorney Moore,
City Clerk Bigelow
1. CONSIDERATION OF SITES FOR THE NEW POLICE FACILITY
Mayor Horton stated that due to the number of citizens who have spoken in opposition to the use
of Friendship Park for the new police facility, she believed that staff and the consultants should
focus their attention on altemative sites. She then made the following motion.
ACTION: Mayor Horton moved to eliminate Friendship Park from further analysis and to
direct staff to look at the other sites which have been previously evaluated and
which will accommodate the facility and program as has been described by the
consultants; and for staff to reevaluate the sites already considered and report
back with recommendations utilizing the relevant criteria previously identified,
which includes proximity to the Civic Center and the Third Avenue/downtown
corridor, consolidation of government services, and cost. Councilmember Padilla
seconded the motion.
Deputy Mayor Moot stated that it would be poor fiscal policy to eliminate Friendship Park from
future consideration at this point in the process. He supported focusing on an alternate site at this
time but asked the Council to keep its options open so that the costs of other sites could be
compared to those of Friendship Park.
Councilmember Padilla stated that the Council needs to consider the better judgment of the
community, and the community wants Friendship Park preserved as passive parkland.
Councilmember Davis stated that the criteria of time and money were used to justify the taking
of the park, and there are other criteria of importance to the community. She supported the
proposed motion.
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Councilmember Salas mentioned that she had stated from the beginning that she would not
support the use of Friendship Park unless the City could mitigate the loss, and there is no place in
the urban core in which to do so.
Mayor Horton commented that the proposed motion would provide direction to staff and the
consultants to seek an alternative site close to the Civic Center that will meet the needs of the
Police Department and be acceptable to the community. She then called for a vote on the
motion.
The motion carried 4-1, with Deputy Mayor Moot opposing.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
There were none.
ADJOURNMENT
At 6:52 p.m., Mayor Horton adjoumed the meeting to the Regular Meeting of October 24, 2000.
Respectfully submitted,
Susan Bigelow, CMC/AAE, City Clerk
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