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HomeMy WebLinkAboutcc min 1997/09/11SPECIAL MEETING/WORKSESSION OF TIlE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA Thursday. September 11, 1997 5:45 p.m. I. ROLL CALL: PRESENT: ABSENT: ALSO PRESENT: Council Conl~rence Room Administration Building CALL TO ORDER Councihnemhers: Ml>l>t (left at 7:00 p.m.), Padilia, Rindone (arrived at 5:47 p.m.), Salas, and Mayor Horton (left at 7:00 p.m.). ('ity Manager, John D. Goss: Assistant City Attorney, Anne Y. Moore (City Attorney, John M. Kaheny relieved ha at 6:30 p.m.); and City Clerk, Beverly A. Authclct. BUSINESS 2. REPORT REVIEW OF CITY COUNCIL PRIORITIES - The City Cnuncil previously held worksessions to discuss City priorities. An inti~rmation memo was sent tt~ Council on August 8, 1997 with a summary of the goals and ln'un'itics. Staff recommends that Council evaluate the intk~rmation, add or subtract prq~ects or priorities, and provide direction tt} staff. (City Manager) Council spent a gr~at deal ot time gmng over and evaluating the work pr~vitmsly donu as tbllows: · Insure Long-term Financial Stability 1. Balance budget by: · Reducing expenditures · Continnc Io bring Rcdevelopment Agency out of thg red 2. Study multi-year budget process 3. Implement three-year financial plan lnvestmment policy Examine ~lltn'¢ needs 4. Continue utilization of performance based budgeting Establish measures/standards How do wc know when we "get there"'? · ~omute Econnmic l)evelopmenl 1. Attain four-star quality holtel/resorts within city limits 2. Establish commercial/recreational/residential bayfront project 3. Tinlg~'amc tin' crouplotion ol "H" Street project 4. Establish restaurant/commercial project adjacent to Marina Minntes September 1 I, 1907 Page 2 Q= 10. II. 5. 6. 7. = Establish joint planning process with San Diego Port Commission and i,ther key stake holders fi>r Chula Vista Bayfront Hold a workshop to exphn'e revitalizing of Third Avenue (in March) Hold a workshop to look at devdoping a master plan tier Otay Valley Road Area (by April) ® Explore feasibility of expanding Auto Park in area Iff amphitheater and water park ® improve/enhance signage ® Quickly determine whether to change street name or not · Determine identity/mince of this area Hold a workshop to discuss the research of a particular area(s) ill Broadway needing revitalization (to prevent deterioration); ~)ctts iin a seemc. nt of the 4-5 nlile corridor (e.g. snuth of "L" Street: old trailer parks: bars across street fi-om public school) Review all franchises and nther agreelllcnts · SDG&E · Cox Cable · Laidlaw · Electric Utility Restructuring Promote individual economic development projects · IDEC · Solreel administration building relocation · WERC · EastLake Business Park · BECA Joint corporate yard Promote Quality of Life Indicators Air Quality - annhal report required h'om Air Pollution Control District im impact el growth on air quality Fiscal - annual report required hi ewduate impacts of growth lm city operations, capital improvements, and devdopment impact fee revenues and expenditures Police - respond to 84% of the Priority I emergency calls within 7 minutes and maintain average response time of 4.5 minutes. Respond to 62% iff Priority II urgent calls within 7 minutes and maintain average response time of 7.0 minutes Fire/EMS - respond tn calls withip 7 minutes in 85% of the cases Schools - annual report required to evaluate school district's ability to acconnnodate new growth Library - provide 500 square t~et of library space adequately equipped and staffed per 1,000 population Parks and Recreation - maintain 3 acres of neighborhood and community parkland xvith appropriate flittittles per 1,000 residents east of Interstate 805 and continue to evablare the quality and condition of the parks Water - annual report from water service agencies on impact of growth and titture water availability Sewer - sewage flows and volumes shall not exceed City Engineering Standards. Annual report from Metropolitan Sewer Authority on impact of growth on sewer capacity Minutes September II, 1997 Page 3 1. 2. 3. 10. Drainage - storm flows and volume shall not exceed City Engineering Standards. Annnal report reviewing perlilrnmnce of city's storm drain system I1. Traffic * maintain Levd of Service (LOS) "C" or better as measnred by observed average travel speed un all signalized arterial streets, except, that during peak hours, an LOS "D" can occur tbr no more than any two hours t,f the day. Those signalized intersections west of Interstate 805 that do not meet the above standard may colltinne to operate at their 1991 LOS, but shall not worscn. 12. Higher Education - (has nl,t been olficially adopted by the City Council) Evaluate and Assess Land Use and Planning Process land use phms effectively arid efficiently while implementing and protecting the City's policy interests 2. Review and update hind use pn!iects: Project Specific · Replanning EastLake III · San Miguel Ranch -next phase · Salt Creek Ranch (aka Rolling Hills Ranch) · Otay Ranch SPA I (incltlding West Coast land change of ownership) · University Area Wide · DIF Update · Prepare Master Plans lilr fire, parks, and library · Restudy Development Phasing Plan · Finalize agreement with County fbr Preserve Owner Manager Lower Sweetwater Area Plan Sunbow Update Ad.fiafistrali',*e Policies and Procedures Lo,.lk at incorf, orating performanc based budgeting process liar budget planning - to be completed prior to July I, 1997 Examine the bendits uf multi-year in' two-year budget process as an approach - to be completed prior to Jnly 1, 1997 Examine a sht>rt-tcrtn Financial Plan as a possible benefit to the City - to be completed by January 1998 4. Staff review and rcct,nlnlcnd a policy-review cycle (3 year. 4 year, whatever) - within next 3-4 months 5. Staff to dcvehll~ systematic way to prioritize individual land use requests 6. Staff work oil developing a long-term strategic economic development plan Primrote and lntluence Regional Issues Maintain a presence and/ol achieve a rifle at roeclings involving regilmal issues which have a potential impact on Chula Vista (e.g. SANDAG, Water, Trash, Brown Field, NAFTA, Jobs Training, Regional Library Bond, Regional Work/Force and Employers Center, MSCP, Sewer-wastewater. 905, Regional Transit issues, Welfare Reform Impacts). Minutes September 1 I, 1997 Page 4 PRIORITIZE GOALS It was finally d~cided that each C{mncihnember h~ given a dilt~rcnt c{ihlrcd real ker and to place a star in fi',.mt of eight prqiects they considered a pritn'ity. The r~sults arc as tillhlws: Prqjects receiving 5 stars: Bayfront Commercial/Recreational/Residential area and related issues Pr{~iects receiving 4 stars: Otay Valley Road (Auto Park) Broadway Revitalization Third Avenne Revitalization Projects receiving 3 stars: Higher Edncation Center/Environmental Institute SR-125 Prqiects receiving 2 stars: Mr. Goss asked fi~r direction from C{mncil regarding Third Avenne -- dll we hlcus {111 Third Avenue some more or do we extend our fi~cus t,3 other parts ttf Third Avenue and stretches {if Broadway. Conncilmember Minor stated that lie hloked at Third Avenne as creating a heart tlf' Chnht Vista. It appears that Third Avenne is the consensus chldce. We need tl} create a center fin' Chnla Vista. Everyone has conceptually thought of that as being Third Avenne, hnt it doesn't have to Dawn Herring, Budget Manager, stated that promoting economic development was nlost important and that the first five items were all Bayfront related prt~iects. She asked if Conncil wanted to add all the Bayfront related projects. Ciinsensus was that all these wonld Iilld in under Bayfront Commercial/Recreational/Residential. Cmtncihnember Salas expressed that this was really the number one pri{~rity taking precedent i~ver the Auto Park. Councihnember M,,ltlt stated that if you look at one through five marked. it wlmld have five stars. Each clluncihnember hit on a Bayfront issue. Conncilmember Rindone did not f~cl that we had to put these in a ntnllerical seqncnce of importance. He f~lt that Ctlnncil has taken these seven ont of the tt~p 116. What Council is stating is that these are what they want staff to fi~cus on. These seven iteills s]l{~nld be conlilltlnicated on a regnlar city clltlllci[ agenda. ACTION PLAN Ms. Herring clarified what was t, happen next: 1. want this to go to C{ltlncil fi>r fi~rmal adoption 2. idc, ntif)ing the seven pr,,~jects as the highest pri,3rities, but not in a numerical i~rder 3. hold a public hearing t{i flitreally adopt (not a filrn'ial public hearing, hut perhaps as an action ite~n) Councilmember Rindone stated that staff should write a brief synopsis {in each ,ne as to what is entailed, and then come to Council and say that we have identified these seven areas of primary fi~cus and this is how staff is reviewing this. The action should be whether Connell will accept how staff has defined these. It will be an action item to approve these seven priorities. Minutes September 11, 1997 Page 5 Ms. Herring asked what abtlut ~lnglling. Councihnember Rindone stated he wonld like to see a statement of how the process would continne to work. He t~lt that at the very least there shmdd be an annual review at a Conncil meeting where the Council would get statVs response in dealing with these sc,.'en priorities. Then Cimncil can see if they want to delete or add to the list. Conncihnember Mollt stated he would like t,, s~e these priorities incorporated in the budget and would like to see a specific discussilm as to how the budget reflects these priorities. He stated he would like to know how this budget addresses the prit~rities and idel~tifies specific areas of the budget that are addressing that. Conncihnember Rindone stated that this was an excellent idea. In Ihct. these seven priorities shonld be the engine which drives the budget next year. Ctmncilmen~bcr M,at,t asked if Council '.,,'anted to go beyond this and consider the idea of presenting the priorities at a Council meeting and asking fin' pnblic input. He sees the seven things which the Conncil has done as prqjects fi>cused on staff, but ma3, be tile public is a lot more interested in gn}wth than they are about these prt~jects. At least we should cousider the possibility ill asking the public if they had a priority that we are missing. He wonld be willing to guess that the: quality of li1~ indicators may be of more interest tn tbe public than the seven prigjeers which we have identified. Councihnemher Rindone stated that was not our task. Our task was ttl give specific direction to staff. For that Councihnemher Padilia stated he wtlnld guess that at a council meeting wherc we wtltxld advertise it in a different and unique aggressive v,'ays that we discuss adopting a resoluti,.m about these priorities which we have identified. He l~lt that there wonld be members of the pnblic who will come fi~rward with comments. Councihnember Rindone tblt that maybe we shtndd do this as an ordinance with a first and second reading. It will give th~ public re{ire time and ,.viii gix'¢ Cotlncil a chance to reflect a second tinle. Conncihnember Moot clarified his l',lior statement by saying that we have seven specific areas that we want staff to work on. We have a whole brllad range of goals and priorities which we have discussed. He sees this process as two parts: ( 1 ) presenting ttl qtatl the seven areas that Council wants them to w,.~rk on; and (2) presenting (inr whole broad gtlals and {ll21ecti','es and asking filr public input on the broad goals and ol2iectives. We have done one step in the process, bnt we need ttl clinic back and generate another docunlent that we take tn a public hearing which we ask tk~r public inpnt tm that is brclader than the seven areas. Ms. Herring stated that wc can identity ways to do that. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS * :!' * Mimt and Hortnn leli at 7:00 p.m. * * * 3. REPORT DISCUSSION ()F CITY MANAGER RECRUITMENT BROCHURE Mr. Goss presented a dlafl recruitment brochure. Each councihnember gave him suggestions on things to add and/or delete from the brodmrc. Councihnember Padilia stated that when we g~t into screening the applications and designing the assessment center and then h>oking at the backgrilund and checking re/~rcnces, it will be important that we consider options abnut bringing in a plol~'ssitlua[ clmsuhant ,.vhll designs assessment centers, networks. and does backgrounding. It is Minutes September 11, 1997 Page 6 especially critical when we get to the stage of h~l~king into the backgllmnds nf' pillenlia[ replacement. It will give Mr. Goss and his staff an opportuuity tl~ participate and present. but then step back a bit so there is nil perception that the outgoing Manager is doing their background checks. He f~lt the Human Resource Department would also benefit with some expertise and restlurces that are not as readily available to them. M r. Goss expressed that it would bc w'l~rth,lvhile to have someone else dlt tile retbrence checks. tte enclmraged all the Consoil to be participants in that process. In terms of designing assessment centers, he Mt that there wasn't anyone more qualified than our own staff. Cimncihnen~ber Sahls asked if the clmsultant wl,uId ll~l~k at every single applicatilm. Mr. Goss snggested that the clmsultant clnne into the process later. He ti:lt Cimncil shlmld do the paring down. Council will see every application. The tirst ctlt will be very clear. A lot will nnt have lhe ~xperience ti>r a city like Chnla Vista. With the ones who have the experience. it will be clear. There will probably be about 10 to 20 in this category. Councilmember Rindone i~lt that when we get down to a range ill' [0 tll 20, it ~s at that plaint when an outside ctlnsultant can help hy providing perspective and continuity. Mr. Goss stated that the next step wlmld be t{l crime logether tl} look at tile hr{lchur~'. probably within a couple of weeks. The ads will start around the end iff September to the first part of Octl~hcr. OTHER BUSINESS 4. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT(S) - handed out an article about Rohr having private talks about in terms of acqnisition. 5. MAYOR'S REPORT(S) - nlme. 6. COUNCIL COMMENTS - nlme. The meeting ac~joumed at 7:45 p.m. ADJOURNMENT Respectfidly submitted, Anthel~'et, ~ CMC/AAE City Clerk