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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1997/10/21MINUTES OF A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA Taesday, October 21. 1997 6:05 p.m. 1. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: Council Chambers Public Services Building CALL TO ORDER Councihnembers: Moot, Padilia (arrived at 6:12 p.m.), Rindone, Salas, and Mayor Horton. Assistant City Manager, Sid W. Morris; Assistant City Attorney, Ann Y. Moore: and City Clerk, Beverly A. Authelet 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO TIlE FLAG. MOMENT OF SILENCE 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: October 7, 1997. MSC (Moot/Salas) to apprnve the minutes. Motinn carried 4-0-1 (Padilia absent). 4. SPECIAL ORDERS OF THE DAY: a. Peter C. Deddeh intr{~duced himself as the new Chief of the South Bay Branch District Attorney's Office. b. Gloria Galbraith, Friends of the Arts board member, introduced Norman Burpee and the Bonita Artists Potpourri. He presented the winners of their annual juried show. c. Gregory Shaffer presented ttl Jess Valenzuela. Dircctt~r of Pal ks and Recreation. on the City's behalf, the California Healthy Cities Project award of distinction. Linda Hamilton with the Food for All organization announced that a grant of $25,000 was awarded to the City of Chula Vista fbr the third year of the Healthy City's Project. The grant was given through a partnership between Food for All and California Healthy Cities. The purpose tlf the grant was to support community-based solutions to hunger. d. Students l?om the Chula Vista Junior High and Vista Square Elementary Schools made a presentation ~n song and invited the Council to a Community-Garden Dedication and Open House ,m Thursday, October 23, 1997, from I:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. CONSENT CALENDAR (Item 6 Intlled,' 8 wa.v c'ontimu,d) BALANCE OF THE CONSENT CALENDAR OFFERED BY MAYOR HORTON, headings read, texts waived, passed and apprnved unanimously 5-0. Minutes Ottoher 21. 1997 Page 2 5. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS: a. Letter from the City Aituruey stuting that to the best id' his knmvledge from nbserwmce of uctiuns tuken in Clused Se. ssinn nn 10/14/97 in which the City Attorney purticipaled, lhut there were nu acttuns taken which are required under the Bruwn Act tu be rep~wted. The letter was received and filed. 6. A. RESOLUTION 18797 APPROVING A DISPOSITION AND DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT AND HOME PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT WITH SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EIGHTEEN (18) UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT PROPOSED TO BE DEVELOPED AT OR AROUND 750 ADA STREET - On 3/18/97, Council approved a loan in the amount of $372,000 fi~r South Bay Community Services ~o purchase I. 16 acres at 746 and 750 Ada Street from the City. This approval inchtded an Amended and Restated Conveyance Agreement and Escrow Instructions with South Bay Community Services. Ciluncil alsll apprl~vcd a loan to South Bay Community Services in the aml,unt ill $523~965 from HOME funds fi~r the devehlpmcnt ill 18 apartments, suhiect ill later api~roval of a Disposition and Development Agreement. Staff delayed negl~t~ations on the Disposition and Development Agreement nntil Sooth Bay Community Services learned if they were awarded tax credits. In August 1997 S{luth Bay Community Services was awarded these tax credits. Staff reclmunends approval of the resohltions. (Director of Community Devch~pnlent) B. RESOLUTION 18798 APPROVING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED CONVEYANCE AGREEMENT AND ESCROW INSTRUCTIONS TO DELETE REFERENCE TO THE REQUIREMENT FOR SOUTH BAY COMMUNITY SERVICES TO DEPOSIT $41,000 WITH THE CITY BEFORE PURCHASING THE LAND C. RESOLUTION 18799 APPROPRIATING FIVE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND SIXTY-FIVE DOLLARS ($523,965) FROM THE HOME PROGRAM AND THREE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO THOUSAND NINE HUNDRED AND FORTY DOLLARS ($372,940) FROM DISPOSITION PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF LAND AT OR AROUND 750 ADA STREET FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN EIGHTEEN (18) UNIT AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT - 4/5th's w~te required. Councihnemher Rindline, who pulled the item, stated that the staff report indicated that South Bay Community Services will purchase the land at 750 Ada Street and the City ~vill retain ownership of 746 Ada Street at which a child care facility is proposed to be h~cated. He asked if staff was rethinking and suggesting that there be more than line child care facility. This was not in line ~vith Council's previous direction. Chris Sahm~one, Director of Commnnity Development, replied that the prqiect was a work prqiect by the South County Career Center Collaboration and at this point is not imminently going to go into a building. However, the County has identified the social services and public health opportunity behind the Price Club as a priority fbr them; that is an 80,000 sqnare tbot fi4cility. Potentially. the child care center could go to that site. That prqject is still a work-in-progress. We are h~oking at child care centers that are fb. irly close to each; we are not sure they are mutually exclusive because one of theIn timid be long-term serving the housing needs and the commuters: the other timid be short-term fi~r drop-in training and child care befbre and atier schooh There are diffi:rent types of child care centers. We are trying to nnderstand the complexities of that. We will have to work that issue out because they are two sites within a half mile iff each other. Councilmelnber Rindone stated that he was not opposed to this thcility as long as we don't negate the previous direction Conncil has already given. It was his understanding that the County was moving forward on their 80,000 sqnare foot facility. Even though the other prqiect hasn't moved as t~4r ahmg as we had hoped, certainly the child care component wonld be an aspect that would cl,npliment both iff those. Minutes October 21, 1997 Page 3 Mr. Salomone stated that Council's acturn tonight wonld not jeopardize lmr discussions about a child care li~cility at this site or at the other site. Councilmember Rindone questtuned the property management fee which was 5 to 6 percent of the gross rental income. He had read that the Chnla Vista vacancy rate was 2.4% which s~emed to be extremely hlw. He wondered if that was fbr a certain categury. Sherry Schott, Comnmnity Development Specialist I. stated that the stabstic was taken from the San Diego Association of Apartments as of June 1997 tbr apartments in Chula Vista that have more than 25 units. Councihnember Rindone tblt this was creating a lhlse sense of security because the rental market and what was happening in Chula Vista indicates that this was not the case. We have a hit ill units that are under 25 units. He requested that staff double check this and report back to Council on this issue. Councilmember Rindone asked if the city had to invoke its cure rights, how would the process work. If su, can the City Council be assured that we have ftdl protection of the City's intelest. Glen Googins, Deputy City Attorney, responded that in the event there was a default hy the develuper under their loan agreement with Bank of America, the first lien holder, Bank of America prior hi imtiating any kind of foreclosure proceedings against the prqject would be obligated to aftlied the C~ty as a subordinated lien holder some additional time period beyond what is even statutorily required till' notice to the debtor and lien holders. The notion would be that if the City desired to preserve ~ts interest in the prt~iect and contmne with the prqiect that it would be able to pruvide the monies to actually cure whatever the monetary default amllunt wlmld be or in theory to make an attempt to take over the prqject. Those additional cure rights are intended to slow dllwn any first Iien holder foreclosure process to give the City a chance to step in and sort things out. Balancing the interests between of not wanting to manage the prqject oursdyes with the nution that we want the pr{~lect to be financed and managed m a certain way, he believed there were appropriate protections throughout the agreement to assure that the City's investment and social purposes wonld be properly served. Councilmember Moot asked if the pr~!icct would remain aflbrdahle lilrever'? Ms. Schott responded that the prqiect was designed to b¢ aflilrdable h~r fifty live years. Councilmember Moot asked il it was lealistic to pay off a hlan over fifty-live years'? That was a very long loan. Mr. Salomone responded that when dealing with affordable housing these arc the kinds of creative methods wc see across the state being used. It is understood that afliu'dahle huusing is subsidized. Wc like the idea of the opportunity fi>r the City to recoup that. As it colncs back, the fiends come back into our afti,rdable housing thnd and can be rensed. Cooncilmember Moot stated 75% of the residential receipts gets nsed t<l pay back the luan. Was that net'? Twenty five percent of it goes back into the pr~iect. Five to six percent of the gross rental income goes to the property management fee, Does the 75 % net include the 5-6 percent tbr the property management Ms. Schott stated that alice you have paid fi~r all the expenses, ~vhat is left over of the income. Included in the expenses would have been the property management fee. Theretine, the 75 % would only reflect the amount that was the profit after the expenses were taken out. The other 2~% wtluld gll back into the property. Kathy Lembo, South Bay Community Services, stated that 100% of the residual receipts are only estimated at $6,000 a year. Traditionally, fifty percent stays in a prqject and 50% goes to the lender. We have agreed t<l 75% to the lender and 25% into the prqiect. Also included are investor tax credits. In this case, there will be $1.5 million in tax credits. The original deal has remained the same. The only thing we have waited fbr is to be approved fbr the tax credits. The tax credits in California have turned into a lottery, and they finally came up high enough on the lottery to get the tax credits. Minutes October 21~ 1997 Page 4 Ms. Lembo stated that regarding the child care, they have been having discussions with the school district and other people that we need to Ido¢lk at the child care center. What we may be looking at is something which can address the needs ot middle school youth, some kind of a community center l'ocus that cotdd be used by other people within the community. The child care center may or may not happen. That is nol in the DDA agreement. There is nothing that says anything about the child care center. That is why they were only buying the one piece of land. RESOLUTIONS 18797 THOUG!t 18799 OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER RINDONE with the understanding that this action dues m}t preclude cuntiuued cunsiderutiun nf u child care facility at one ur buth ol' these projects im Ada Sireel as well as the pulentiul prig. jeer t~r the wnrk center, headlugs read, texts wuived. pussed und uppruved unauimously 5-0. 7. RESOLUTION 18794 WAIVING THE BIDDING PROCESS AND AWARDING PURCHASE AGREEMENT TO CALIFORNIA TURF PRODUCTS FOR FOUR 84" RIDING LAWN MOWERS - The fiscal year 1997/98 Equipment Replacement Budget provides filr the purchase of time 84" riding mowers. California Turf Products has agr~t:d tl, sell the mowers (il available) ttl the City i~r $22,590 each plus tax ($24,341). The City purchased an identical mower from Calit~rnia Turf Products as part of the fiscal year 1996/97 Eqnipment Replacement program tier $27,925 phls tax 1530.090). Waiving the bidding process and purchasing the mowers at the quoted price would provide significant sawngs file the City. Staff recoimnends approval of the resolution. fDirector of Public Works and Directin' o1 Finance) Cnntim~ed frmn the meeting uf 10/14/97. 8. RESOLUTION 18795 APPROPRIATING FUNDS, ACCEPTING BIDS AND AWARDING CONTRACT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF "OXFORD STREET IMPROVEMENTS FROM FOURTH AVENUE TO FIFTH AVENUE IN THE CITY (STL-229) - This prgiect was originally filnded during the fiscal year 1996/97 Capital Improvement Program budget process. Th~ pmiect was fi~ndcd to improve pedestrian access. circulation, and alleviate a h~cal drainage problem at mid block. It is also part of the overall sidewalk safety program which prl~vidcs fi~r the constructjim {if sidewalk fitcilitics in the Montgomery area. StaIT recnmmends this item be continued tu u later dute. (Director lit Public Works) 4/Sth's vnte required. Cuutinued frnm the meeting nf 10/14/97. Item was continued t{i the October 28, [907 meetrang. 9. RESOLUTION 18800 AUTItORIZING THE MAYOR TO EXECUTE AN AMENDMENT TO THE COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL INCENTIVE AGREEMENT WITH SDG&E FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY RETROFIT PROGRAM - On 5/6/97. Council approved the Commercial Industrial lncentive Agreement. Phase lll of the retrofit program included HVAC mechanical retrofits to six major city lhcilities based on a preliminary energy study. SDG&E prQiect ,'ngineers have since conducted lhrther studies during thg technical specifications development. requiring design changes tl~ the prQiect. In addition, final bids received fi'om the three SDG&E contractors were higher than anticipated. These two factors necessitate an amendment to the agreement. Staff recomln~nds approval of the resohltion. {Director of Public Works) 10. REPORT ACCEPTING BIDS, AWARDING PURCHASE ORDER CONTRACT, AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF ONE SEWER VAN AND PIPELINE INSPECTION SYSTEM - At the Council meeting on 9/23/97, staff reclmnnended that Co:moil award the bid fBr a new Sewer Pipeline Inspection System and van to Pearpoint, Inc. A representative li'om 3-T Equipment, a competing bidder, requested that Council award them the bid. Ciluncil directed that staff reevaluate the competing bids to determine if the bid should he awarded to 3 T Equipment. Staff has rcexamined the bids and still recommends that the bid be awarded to Pearpoint, Inc. Staff reclmunends Cimncil accept the report and approve the resolution awarding the contract to Pearpoint, Inc. (Director iff Public Wtlrks and Director of Finance) Cnntinued frum the meeting nf 9/23/97. Minutes October 21, 1997 Page 5 RESOLUTION 18783 ACCEPTING BIDS, AWARDING PURCHASE ORDER CONTRACT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS FOR PURCHASE OF ONE SERVER VAN AND PIPELINE INSPECTION SYSTEM - 4/5th's w~te required. * * * END OF CONSENT CALI,.'NI)AR * * * ORAL COMMUNICATIONS · Dorothy Ozanne, 776 Mission Avenue, Chula Vista, 91910. expressed that the only method of acknowledging the extraordinary good work of our police is to pay them. She asked the City Council to find the wisdom to compensate our police officers. PLrBLIC HEARINGS AND RELATED RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES 11. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES Council previously had work sessions to discuss and dcvch~p City-wide priorities. On 9/I 1/97, Cormoil conlplet~d a final review of the priorities and identified seven City-wide priorities. This meeting is scheduled to allow the public to provide comment and input to Council regarding theil proposed lop seven priorities. A second hearing is scheduled /Br 10/28/97 to complete public testimony and then filrmally adopt the priorities. Staff recommends Council open the public hearing, take testinlony on the seven priorities, and continue tile public hearing to 10/28/97. (Budget Manager and Public lnli~rmation Coordinator) This being the tinle and place as advertised. the public hearing was opened. Addressing Council was: · John Willett, 97 Ml~ntcbello Street, Chula Vista, 91910, stated that the h~ng-tc~m valne of the goals presented will demand the fhll clmm~itmcnt of the City Council to provide leadership and direction while others will demand public/private partnership co-opaation. He stated that he supported the d'fi~rt to identify goal priorities, which were basically increasing the economic position of the City. He was concerned because very little or no mention has been nladc about iml~rovmg the Montgomery area. There being no one else desiring tt} address the Council, the public hearing was closed. Councilmember Rindone clarified a comment m the staff leport about the puhhc notice. It was expressed by Council that they wanted to have public input afier Council had arrived at their recommendations of the key goals. He was concerned about the way of trying to gather public r~sponse. One of the items indicated that a story is planned fi~r the next edition of the Chula Vista Newsletter which will be published in Dece~nber or early January. If that was the case. then the public was not going to he able to participate: in these hearings. We may want to consider trailing the second hearing on this iteln so that we don't shut out the public input. He also requested that staff consider listing the seven City Council gilaIs on the agenda liar the .i{llnt meeting with the Sweetwater Union High School District Board of Trustees. He comnlented that these seven areas were very generic and as described in the staff repnrt, he did not l~el it provided the clarity eli dirccti0n that Council thought we ',yore providing. He Mayor Horton I~lt he had a good point about the public notice m the Newsletter in that the publication doesn't come out until December or January. If its the Council's desire to elmIrene the second hearing to that date, that was okay with her. It was her understanding when we left the fired session that we had pretty nmch narlowed down the seven top priority goals. The other part that we were looking at was a broader picture of all the different topics that were discussed. Councihnenlher Padilia stated he t~It staff was fi~llowing the direction that Council had provided. tle viewed this as a process that is stilI in ewllution and not at a finished product. That wits prectsdy the r~ason why Council wanted pnblic input. He was concern¢d if we g¢t into some specific prl~iect rdatcd or specific process related issues Minutes October 21, 1997 Page 6 that the Council could easily get bogged down in the process and lose site of the goals and rnn into some policy and legal issues by precomn~itting to particular specific proposals or ideas. Regarding the public notice, he could see the steps that staff has taken just ~r tlmight's meeting in press releases and televised information daring previous council mealrags to advise the citizens that the item would be on the agenda. He was perplexed, bat hoped if we moved to another date, we could get better public participatilm. Councihnember Moot supported clmtinuing the sec{,nd public hearing. We want ~nput from the clnnmnnity. He telt it was very important that ',vc try Ill explain to the comnmnity what we did, the process we went throngh to come to this. ]'he staff report doesn't go into the time and d'ti~rt that tile Council spent in getting to where are today. We did three or fimr meetings with a substantial number of hours on this issue. We hashed out many of these issues in great detail. He suggested the fidlowing: Each Councilmen~her should be assigned a service club and asked to give a presentation to that service club of what we did, and the process we ,,vent through. There are a lot of newsletters we could submit this to. Board and Commission members should be sent a copy of our priorities and specifically request their input either in writing or at the puhIic hearing. A general flier should be placed in the libraries and other conununity lhcilities. He supported continuing this hearing tll January if necessary. He Mt the suggestion to give them all of the options that we worked on which are very well summarized, and identity fi',3m those the seven that Connell came np with. The most important part of the process is not what we did, but it is what the people respond to and what their reaction to it is. Councilmember Salas stated she agreed that October 28 was too soon to bring this back. She ~nrther stated that in addition to the Council being involved m the process. ,,re did have a lot of clmmmnity stakeholders that were present in helping us to identity these goals. Councihnember Rindone ottbred a comprnmise hy suggesting that we keep the meeting scheduled fi~r October 28, bill hold a third public hearing m January be~re final adoption. The meeting shlmld he time and date specific. M (Rindnne} to add u third public hourtug ~w the secnud Tuesday of January 1998 be~re final aduptiun and indicate that we are seektug clarificatiun aud review by the public. Euch cuuncilmember tun pursue vattorts clubs. organiz~ltions, and cummuuity gruups tu speuk tu in urder tn guther input. S (Moot) He requested that when we come back next week at the public hearing that staff be prepared to make a presentation so people who may he watching on television would have the benefit of reviewing that presentation. It might be help fill. as part of the presentation. if staff could touch on the process of what we did, how we started it. how long it lasted, and identity solne of the groups who have given its inpnt. If it was necessary, do a brief fiscal impact statement on what it would cost to get publicity out. VOTE ON MOTION: curried unanimously 5-0. 12. PUBLIC HEARING ISSUANCE OF MULTI-FAMILY HOUSING REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS On 8/6/85, Council approved authorizing the sale of not-to-exceed $24 million principal amount of multi-family housing revenue bonds (Eucalyptus Grove PrQiect) 1985 Series. The actual bond was issued fi~r $21,885,000, which enabled the developer, Morgan-Gardgner Subdivision, to build the 376 tinit multi-family housing complex at 67 East Flower Street. In March 1996, the property was sold to Wasatch Property Management, who are based in Logan, Utah. Staff reconunends approval of the resldution. (Director of Community Development) Minutes October 21, 1997 Page 7 RESOLUTION 18792 AUTHORIZING THE ISSUANCE OF MULTIFAMILY HOUSING REVENUE REFUNDING BONDS (EUCALYPTUS GROVE APARTMENTS), SERIES 1997 AND APPROVING CERTAIN ACTIONS RELATED TIIERETO Robert Wayland, City's Bond Counsd. stated there were some lhrther negotiations that were ongoing with respect to the phase-in of the rent decreases, and also potential rent increases that could possibly result fi'om this rethnding. He summarized the changes which would affect the terms of the regulatory agreement as lbllows: rents on fbrty- three. two-bedroom units were being decreased Ii'om their current levels. The proposal that has b~en agreed tt~ by staff and the prt~iect owner is to phase that in over a twdve-month period as current leases expire. In the course of that phase-in until the tbrty-three unit total is reached, one out of every two twosbedroom units will be rented to a lower income tenant at the aftin'dahle rent. With respect to the studio and one-bedrooms, there was a potential fbr rent increases. Staff was concerned that there not be rent increases witht~ut proper notice to current low income tenants. What has been agreed to is that there will be no rent increases to existing h~w-income tenants in the prt~ject for a period of ninety days. If there is to be an increase at the end of 90 days, it will be phased in over a three- month period in equal increments. Thus, it would not be untd May I, 1998 that the tifil impact of any increases lbr the studio and one-bedroom units would be tdt by any existing Iow-inctlmc tenant. This being the time and place as advertised, the public hearing was tlpcned. There being no one indicating a desire to address the Council, the public hearing was closed. Councilmelnber Moot asked why are we dlm~g this. Twelve years after $24 milltim of bonds were issued, we are now going to reissue $19 million of it. Mr. Arroyo stated that the previous agreement terminated atler ten years, so this is a request to reissue bonds to extend the timeframe, in this case up to fit~e¢n years. Councilmember Moot tMt it was impi}rtant that when we do these prl~lects that staff remember that one of the things that we try to piece together as a Council is the more basic questtires snch as: why. how, tilr what reason. What we were really trying to do was trying Io use sl)nle leverage with the owner of the prt~iect in exchange tbr giving theIn more thwlrahle rates to extend the aBbrdability. That was a worthwhile goal. RESOLUTION 18792 OFFERED BY COUNCILMEMBER MOOT, heading. read, text waived, passed and approved unanimnusly 5-0. BOARD AND COhlMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS_ None submitted. ACTION ITEMS None submitted, ITEMS PULLED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR (Item 6 was pulled. but the minutes will remain in the published agcnda order) OTHER BUSINESS 13. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT(S} Assistant City Manager Morris reminded Council of the .ioint n~eeting with Sweetwater High School District scheduled tbr Thursday. October 30th. in the Council Contblence Rl~om. Minutes October 21, 1997 Page 8 Mr. Morris announced that the San Diego Business Journal recognized the fi>llowing individnals with the "Women Who Mean Business" award: Kathy Lelnho. Barbara Bamherger. Donita Fitzgerald Mosley, and Shirley Horton. 14, MAYOR'S REPORT(S) · Ratification c~t' appointments: Child Care Comn~ission - llelga Rindone (Ill lill vacancy created hy Cimunissioner Pidgeon, whose term expired June 30, 1997): and Design Review Commission - Peter M{irllm (to fill vacancy created hy Commissioner Kelly, whose term will expire June 30. 2001 ). MSC (Ht~rtnn/Padilla) tn r~tti[y the :tppl}inttnents nf Hel~,:t Rindline and Peter Mt~rlnn. Mt~tilm c~trried 4-0-0-1 (Rindnne ~tbstaininll). · She asked staff' to come hack t{i Councd with a report abottt how we were preparing fi>r El Nino. · Since we are losing Candy Cane Lane, she suggested that we look at lighting Third Avenue with Christmas decorations. She asked stall come hack with a report with ct~sts. Mr. Ml~rris stated he had contacted Joe Marciano with Universal Studios and m~ntioned the idea to him. They have a numher of props and other items which potentially timid be hlaned or horr~wed by the City that might help in that efli~rt. There may h~ solnethin.~ that we timid do this year to c{intintte the tradition which was started by the Candy Cane Lane so we d~ln't h~se that eflilrt. 15. COUNCIL COMMENTS Cimncihnember Rindone: · Stated that there was a staff referral which he made at the last meeting about the lighting on Third Avenue. Third Avenue is very dingy, s{i maybe we can dovetail that staff ref~'rraI along with the incentive to brighten up our City with pretty Christmas lights. · He indicated to the public, because some people have asked about the proposal c~n the geographic Council districts, that the discussil,n was going it) be held by the Charter Review Commission on Monday, October 271h at 4:30 p.m. He requested that a trailer be added when the meeting is shown on television, so people who were interested in that proposal could be encouraged to attend and participate in the meeting. · He suggested that a Proclamation he issued to the residents of Candy Cane Lane filr the 4l years of producing the Christmas attraction. Cottncilmelnber Salas: · Suggested that we check into seeing if the r~sidents of Candy Cane Lane conld do it just one more year. The reason was that if we try to bring decorating Third Avenue fbrward tier this Christmas season because ill the short time fi'ame, we may nllt be able to get it all coordinated so that it is successful. Minutes October 21, 1997 Page 9 Councilmember Moot: ® Suggested that when we have a new business in our community we invite them to a council meeting and tbrmally introduce them to the City. city staff. and council. He t~lt it would he appropriate li~r th~ Mayor, with Council support, to ~:xtend an invitation to the President of B.F. Goodrich and invite him or his designated representative to come and ~rmally meet the City Council. The meeting adjourned at 8:12 p.m. ADJOURNMENT st~ttc~ B~verly A. Authelet, CMC/AAE City Clerk