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Home My WebLink AboutCC Min 2005-03-14 3-14-05 Seal Beach, California March 14, 2005 The regular adjourned City Council meeting scheduled for this date was canceled due to the lack of business items in need of consideration. )/</)4da .n J}LI;I !.(il'Clerk ~ ex.::'officio clerk of the City of Seal Beach I Seal Beach, California March 14, 2005 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach regular meeting commenced at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor Yost calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Yost Councilmembers Antos, Larson, Levitt, Ybaben Also present: Mr. Bahorski, City Manager Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mr. Whittenberg, Director of Development Services Mr. Vukojevic, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Ms. Arends-King, Director of Administrative Services Sgt. Johnson, Police Department Mr. LaForge, Assistant City Engineer Mrs. Devine, City Clerk I APPROVAL OF AGENDA Antos moved, second Ybaben, to approve the order of the agenda as presented. AYES: NOES: Antos, Larson, Levitt, Ybaben, Yost None Motion carried PRESENTATIONS/PROCLAMATIONS EMPLOYEE SERVICE RECOGNITION Mayor Yost presented certificates of recognition to employees in the Police Department for their years of service to the City of Seal Beach: 10 years of service Michelle Hall and Pamela Morris. I WAVE AWARDS Ms. Robin Fort-Linke, PEG Station Manager for Seal Beach Community Television, introduced Mr. Dick Davies, President of the Seal Beach Communications Foundation and recognized the presence of Board members Mr. Peter Annios, Ms. Margene Walz, Ms. Betty Martin, and Ms. Ruby Lee. Ms. Fort-Linke noted the achievements of SBTV-3 and the volunteer producers I I I 3-14-05 recognized by the Western Region of the Alliance of Community Media, WAVE awards. This year SBTV-3 award winners were: Finalist Award - Leisure World Video Producers Club, category: Programming by/for Seniors, title: Inside Leisure World - Kate pedigo; Finalist Award - Eddie Montana and Rob Roy, category: Talk Show Entertainment, title: Studio Cafe _ Halloween Show; Finalist Award - Richard and Sally Parker and Dr. Sean Stewart, category: Documentary Profile, title: Just Another Religious Program - Dr. Sean Stewart; Winner Award Eddie Montana and Rob Roy, category: Live/Live to Tape, title: Studio Cafe - Summer Concert Show. Mayor Yost announced this year's Lifetime Achievement Award recipient and that the family of Dr. Sean Stewart was present to receive this award posthumously. The last recognition was the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) Programming Award of Excellence which was awarded to SBTV-3 for overall programming throughout the year. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Yost declared Oral Communications open. Ms. Elizabeth Kane, organizer for Seal Beach 5K and 10K Run, gave a brief report on the 2005 event scheduled for April 9th, reminded that the profits come back to the community, and provided their website and contact telephone number. Miss Rachel Yohai and Miss Samantha Adams, Girl Scout Troop 1051, announced that they will be holding a fundraiser for the Seal Beach Animal Care Center at the Girl Scout House on March 20th. Ms. Joyce Parque, Seal Beach, spoke of her top ten list of white elephants in Seal Beach, added the police department as the eleventh, yet the topic for the evening was the trailer park. Ms. Sue Corbin, Seal Beach, stated her concern was corruption and concealment in the City. Dr. Robert Goldberg, chairman of the AdHoc Street and Storm Drain Improvement Committee, invited the public to attend the next meeting on March 17th at 6:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers, the issue to be discussed is potholes, street repairs, the pavement management plan, and continued from last meeting the drainage master plan. Ms. Dawn Caviola, 10th Street, expressed concern about the local family events being canceled, she would like to see the City support the organizations sponsoring these events. Mr. Ralph Rees, 15th Street, stated his concern over the picture in the local paper regarding a vehicle accident in Los Alamitos, the driver and the DMV need to take some responsibility. Mayor Yost suggested Mr. Rees to speak to city staff. Several members of the public spoke in support of the Council actions regarding the trailer park: Ms. Laurie Wells, Welcome Lane; Ms. Katie Diaz, resident of the trailer park and former Miss Seal Beach princess; Mr. Barry Johnson, Riversea; Mr. Allen Thompson, trailer park; Mr. Dean Mancicus, trailer park; Mr. Larry Williams, trailer park; and Mr. Ken Williams, Riversea. There being no other speakers, Mayor Yost declared Oral Communications closed. CITY ATTORNEY REPORT No report was presented. CITY MANAGER REPORT No report was presented. COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilman Levitt, member of the Orange County Vector Control Board, requested a letter be sent to the city'S legislators opposing AB991 sponsored by Assemblyman Chuck DeVore, Irvine. 3-14-05 This bill would reduce the number of representatives on the Board from 35 to 7. Councilman Antos advised that he would abstain from voting on the OCTA master funding agreement amendment due to the fact that he works for Orange County and it could appear to be a.conflict of interest. Mayor Yost asked staff to have graffiti removed from the Ayers Hotel and requested that an item be placed on the next council agenda to discuss next year's community Springfest event. CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEMS "c" through "K" Councilman Antos removed item "K" for separate consideration. Larson moved, second by Antos, to approve the recommended action for items on the Consent Calendar as presented except Item "K" removed for separate consideration and to reflect the abstention of Councilmember Antos on item "G". I C. Approved the waiver of reading in full of all resolutions and ordinances and that consent to the waiver of reading shall be deemed to be given by all Councilmembers after the reading of the title unless specific request is made at that time for the reading of such resolutions and ordinances. D. Approved regular demands numbered 50202 through 50499 in the amount of $2,076,270.68, payroll demands numbered 50248 through 50305 and 50376 in the amount of $176,447.59, and authorized warrants to be drawn on the Treasury for same. E. Approved the minutes of the February 28, 2005 regular adjourned and regular meetings of the City Council. F. Adopted Resolution Number 5311 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING AMENDMENT TO 800 MHz COUNTYWIDE COORDINATED COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM JOINT AGREEMENT." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 5311 was waived. I G. Adopted Resolution Number 5312 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING AMENDMENT NO. 10 TO OCTA MASTER FUNDING AGREEMENT NO. C-95-99l," replacing Exhibit "A" with a revised list of open projects. By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolutions Number 5312 was waived. H. Authorized the implementation of the Stormwater Pollution Prevention Certificate of Excellence Program in association with the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) program, to recognize members of the community for reducing or eliminating pollution from their site. 1. Received and filed the General Fund Financial Update (single audit) report for fiscal year 2004/2005. I J. Adopted Resolution Number 5313 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING MPROP STANDARD AGREEMENT 01-MPROP- 068 RE: SEAL BEACH TRAILER PARK." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 5313 was waived. 3~14-05 / 3-28-05 AYES: NOES: Antos, Larson, Levitt, Ybaben, Yost None Motion carried ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR I ITEM "K" - ORDINANCE NUMBER 1533 - SEAL BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE- AMENDMENTS The Director of Development Services gave a brief staff report explaining that the revisions to various chapters of the 2004 adopted Municipal Code reflect changes necessary to comport with recent State and federal law, to clarify inconsistent and unclear language, address business license issues regarding disabled and senior citizens, as well as park use regulations. Antos moved, second by Larson, to approve the introduction and first reading of Ordinance Number 1533 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AMENDING VARIOUS CHAPTERS OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH MUNICPAL CODE (2004 EDITION)." The City Attorney read the title of Ordinance 1533 in full and noted second reading will be scheduled for the next regular meeting. By unanimous consent, full reading of Ordinance Number 1533 was waived. AYES: NOES: Antos, Larson, Levitt, Ybaben, Yost None Motion carried CLOSED SESSION No Closed Session was held. I ADJOURNMENT The March 28th meeting having been canceled by action of the Council at their December 13th meeting, it was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn that meeting until April 11, 2005 at 6:30 p.m. to meet in Closed Session if deemed necessary. By unanimous consent, the meeting was adjourned at 7:56 p.m. clerk Approved: tr ~jl( 4~, City C erk- Attest: I Seal Beach, California March 28, 2005 The regularly scheduled meeting for this date was canceled by action of the City Council on December 13, 2004. clerk