HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1997/11/04MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA
Tuesday, November 4, 1997
4:01 p.m.
1. ROLL CALL:
PRESENT:
ABSENT:
ALSO PRESENT:
CALL TO ORDER
Council Chambers
Public Services Building
Councilmembers: Moot, Padilia, Rindone, Salas (arrived at 4:02 p.m.),
and Mayor Hotton.
Councilmembers: None
City Manager, John D. Goss; City Attorney, John M. Kaheny; and City Clerk,
Beverly A. Authelet.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG. MOMENT OF SILENCE
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: October 21, 1997.
MSUC (Moot/Padilla) to approve the minutes uf October 21, 1997.
4, SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY:
a. Oath of Office: Helga Rindone, Child Care Commission; and Peter Morlon, Design Review Commission.
City Clerk Authelet administered the Oath of Office.
b. Liz Jackson of Pacific Bay Homes presented a check in the amount of $5.4 million to the City of Chula
Vista for the development of their park in Rolling Hills.
c. Senator Wadie Deddeh presented a year-end wrap up of the recently completed 1997 legislative session in
Sacramento. He went over the bills and issues on which Chula Vista took positions of support or opposition.
CONSENT CALENDAR
(Items pulled.' none)
CONSENT CALENDAR OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER RINDONE, headings read, texts waived, passed
and approved 5-0.
5. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS:
a. Letter from the City Attorney stating that to the best of his knowledge frum observance of actions
taken in Closed Session un 10/28/97 in which the City Attorney participated, that there were no actions taken
which are required under the Brown Act tu be repnrted. The letter was received and filed.
b. Letter from Jerry LaRussa, Principal, Castle Park Middle School, requesting that the assislance given
to the children uf Chula Vista Vis-A-Vis, the after hours recreational program, be distributed equally to all
Chula Vista middle schools. Staff will address this issue as part of the Middle School Agenda Statement which
will go bel~>re Council at the meeting of 1 l/l 1/97.
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6. ORDINANCE 2714 AMENDING SCHEDULE X OF A REGISTER OF SCHEDULES
MAINTAINED BY THE CITY ENGINEER AS PROVIDED IN SECTION 10.48.020 OF THE MUNICIPAL
CODE - ESTABLISHED SPEED LIMITS IN CERTAIN ZONES AND ESTABLISHING A SPEED LIMIT
OF 35 MPH ON SOUTH GREENSVIEW DRIVE FROM CLUBHOUSE DRIVE TO HUNTE PARKWAY,
ADDING THIS LOCATION TO SCHEDULE X (second readini/and adoption) - Based on the provisions of the
California Vehicle Code Section 22357 and 22358, and pursuant to authority under the Municipal Code Section
10.48.020, the City Engineer has determined that in the interest of minimizing traffic hazards and traffic congestion,
and for the promotion of public safety, there is a need to establish a speed limit on South Greensview Drive between
Clubhouse Drive and Hunte Parkway. This street has recently been completed and opened to traffic serving major
portions of EastLake Greens. An Engineering and Traffic Survey, as required by State law, has been conducted
and it has been determined that the appropriate speed limit in this area is to be posted at 35 mph. Ordinance was
placed on second reading and adopted. (Director of Public Works)
7. RESOLUTION 18808 ACCEPTING BIDS AND AWARDING PURCHASING AGREEMENTS FOR
READY MIX CONCRETE, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, ASPHALTIC CONCRETE, EMULSIFIED ASPHALT,
CLASS II AGGREGATE BASE, DECOMPOSED GRANITE, FILL SAND, AND RIP RAP - On 10/21/97,
bids were opened fi~r the provision of various construction material tbr the Public Works Operations Division fbr
the period of I 1/1/97 through 6/30/98, with the option to extend the agreements fi.~r five additional one-year option
years. Twenty-nine requests fi~r bids were sent out with six bidders responding, one being local. Bidders could
bid on any or all of the bid items. Resolution was approved awarding the purchasing agreements to CalMat, Sim
J. Harris, H.G. Fenton Companies (East Coast Materials), and Nelson Sloan. (Director of Public Works and
Director of Finance)
8. RESOLUTION 18809 APPROVING A $15,000 SEED CAPITAL CONTRIBUTION TO THE
WESTERN REGIONAL BIOPROCESSING CENTER (WRBC) - The WRBC has been operating since August
of last year on seed capital raised from San Diego biotech companies, Cal State, University Institute, SDSU, and
the City. These funds were estimated to finance the project's f~ormation stage fi~r one year and have now been
exhausted. Council is being requested to reprogram $15,000 in 1993/94 Community Development Block Grant
funds to the WRBC seed capital fund to allow negotiations with the State Tax Franchise Board, IRS, and the
corporate sponsor to be concluded. Resolution was approved. (Director of Community Development)
* * * Erul of Consent Calendar * * *
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
· Carolyn Butler, 97 Bishop Street, Chula Vista, 91911, expressed that it was wrong to close the Parkway
Pool for the remaining five months of the year. She wanted to see it reopened. She has found the financial backers
in the community who were willing to help in keeping the pool open. She figured it would cost $5~850 per month
to keep the pool open fi~r the months of November, December, and March. She could see closing it tbr the months
of January and February because of El Nino expected this winter.
Mayor Horton directed her to contact Jess Valenzuela, Director of Parks and Recreation, and his staff with her
proposal to see if we could work something out.
PUBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES
None submitted.
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BOARD AND COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS
None submitted.
ACTION ITEMS
None submitted.
ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
(No items were pulled)
OTHER BUSINESS
9. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT(S}
® Presented a report on his trip to Japan which was sponsored by the National Government of Japan as a
study tour called the Council of Local Authorities for International Relations (CLAIR) Fellowship Exchange
Program. CLAIR is under the home ministry of the government of Japan.
Scheduling of meetings. Jeri Gulbransen stated she had been contacting service groups to see when they
had dates available for a presentation by the Council on the Council's Priorities. Councilman Rindone has been
signed up by the Chula Vista Kiwanis Club on November 11. In contacting the Bonita Sunrise Rotary, they
indicated that they had a cancellation and have an opening for Thursday, November 13, at 7:00 a.m.
Councilmember Salas stated she had the date available and could do that meeting.
® Consideration of cancelling the November 11, 1997 Council meeting fi>r Veterans Day. Bill Ayers, 44 E.
Mankato Street, Chula, Vista, 91910, stated that the veterans community lobbied several years ago to make Veterans
Day a mandatory federal holiday. He hoped that the City would adhere to that day.
Consensus of Council to cancel the Nuvember 11 meeting. The City Clerk was directed to provide appropriate
notification so that all agencies and the public would be notified of the change.
10. MAYOR'S REPORT(S)
® Announced that she would be scheduling a meeting soon tbr the University Subcommittee. Instead of
calling it the University Subcommittee, we should think about renaming it the Higher Education Subcommittee.
Councilmember Padilia had expressed an interest in working on this with her, so she accepted his invitation.
Councilmember Salas had also expressed concern about having more members of our community involved. If any
of the Councilmembers have a recommendation, she requested that they would/brward those names to her so we
can get the list together and move forward.
· Ratification of appointment to the Human Relations Commission Maria Perman (to fill vacancy created
by Commissioner Allen, whose term will expire June 30, 1998).
MSUC (Horton/Rindone) to approve the appnintment of Maria Perman.
· Consideration ofa mid-bayfront site t~>r San Diego Padres Baseball Park. Mayor Horton presented a report
regarding a site in Chula Vista that has been submitted as a possible site tbr the Padres baseball stadium.
Richard Schulman, 108B Jefferson, Chula Vista, 91910, staged that we needed to look at this logically and
rationally. He was concemed about the Mayor's surprise that somehow this leaked to the newspapers. He l~lt the
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Council was trying to keep this secret from the people of Chula Vista. He expressed that the Council was actively
interested in peoples' opinions in the Priorities, and yet when something that was going to affect the quality of lit~
in the City comes up, Council makes it clear that the people will not have a chance to vote on this. He asked if
this was the highest and best use of the area and if these costs are what the City wants to take on tbr a long term.
He stated he hasn't heard any discussion about any additional costs. There was going to be a lot of money spent
on infrastructure, on environmental issues, on public safety costs and the impact on our police department. There
will be some advantages in having the Padres in town if we are successtid, but what would we do with a 45,000
seat stadium if the Padres leti town. He was concerned that a lot of resources was being spent on the proposal
without letting the public know about it. He did not feel we could ignore our relations with the City of San Diego.
There were things that needed to be considered, and he 6~11 the important thing was, whether legally you have to
do it, that the people who were going to be aft~cted by this, particularly those who live on the west side, have an
opportunity to vote on this betbre any commitment was made.
I 1. COUNCIL COMMENTS
Councilmember Salas requested an excused absence from the meeting of November 25. She will be in Nagoya,
Japan attending the ICLEI conference which is ~tnded 100 percent by ICLEI.
MSUC (Salas/Rindone) to grant an excused absence from the November 25, 1997 Council meeting.
Councilmember Salas stated she had received a call from someone who noticed that we had taken down some of
the old Council pictures. She understood that we took them down to make room tbr more and that Public Works
was working on expanding the frame so we could put those pictures back up. She has noticed in a lot of the
communities that she has visited that every community has a rouge's gallery of their mayors from the inception of
the City. We don't have it here, so she would like to see if the Council would be interested in working with the
Chula Vista Historical Society to see if we have pictures of the past mayors going back to our incorporation of
1911. She felt there was room in the hall to hang quite a ti~w pictures. She t~lt this would be a nice touch and it
would give our City a sense of tradition and history.
Mayor Horton responded that this was something that we should be doing. Staff was looking for an area where
we could put more pictures.
The meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.
ADJOURNMENT
Respectfnlly submitted,
Be~uthelet, CMC/AAE~
City Clerk