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Seal Beach, California
June 5, 2002
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The City Council of the. City of Seal Beach met in regular
adjourned session at 4:00 p.m. with Mayor Larson calling the
meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag.
ROLL CALL
Present:
Mayor Larson
Councilmembers Campbell, Doane, Yost
Absent:
Councilmember Antos
Mr. Antos arrived at approximately 4:06 p.m.
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Also present: Mr. Bahorski, City Manager
Mr. Whittenberg, Director of Development
Services
Mr. Dancs, Director of Public Works/City
Engineer
Chief Sellers, Police Department
Captain Schaefer, Police Department
Captain King, Police Department
Chief Cushman, Lifeguard Department
Ms. Arends-King, Director of Administrative
Services .
Mr. Vukojevic, Deputy City Engineer
Lt. pounds, Lifeguard Department
Ms. Yotsuya, Assistant to the City Manager
Ms. Yeo, City Clerk
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
By unanimous consent, the order of the agenda was approved as
submitted.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
There were no announcements.
PUBLIC COMMENTS
There were no public comments.
BUDGET WORKSHOP
Mayor Larson noted that the Council had discussed all of the
items provided by staff, some decisions have been made as to
reductions, it appears there will not be a deficit this
upcoming year, if there are additional cuts desired they can
be discussed and voted upon. Councilman Yost stated that a
member of the public provided. him with a list of potential
cuts prior to the meeting.
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The City Manager noted that the staff listened carefully to
the Council discussion at the past two workshops, the Finance
Director will be reviewing the list of cuts, prior to that
staff would request to present an option. At a meeting
attended this date it is understood that the Governor will
not be dealing with the budget until about December or
January, at this point the Council has made cuts whiCh will
balance the budget for the first year, recommendation is to
adopt the two year budget, authorize the City Manager to
implement a hiring freeze on all positions to allow the
flexibility to look at each position on a case by case basis,
that then does not require any layoffs, look at. the staffing
needs to reduce some anxiety in the work force, .that will
allow capitalizing on retirements that will occur sometime
after July, 2003, then.relook at things as changes occur, the
imbalance will remain for the second year and will be looked
at further towards the end of the first budget year, in that
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way the focus will be retained in that there remains 10me
fiscal issues to deal with, it is also known that thete will
be a position in Public Works and likely some positiohs in
the police Department. With this alternative the couhcil can
avoid making further cuts until the revenue picture wlth the
State is clearer. Councilmember Campbell pointed outl that
for this year the budget will be balanced, yet it can be seen
that next year there will be problems but nothing is being
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done to resolve the future, her preference would be to go
through the reduction list again to determine if another
round of cuts can be made. The Manager stated that is an
option, staff would request clarification on the Anim~l
Control issue, the proposal is that the no-kill sheltbr be
retained, at present the City contracts with Long Beath .for
after hours and weekend coverage, that is about sixty~two
percent of the coverage of the City for animal controi, it is
felt that the control portion of Animal Control costsl can be .
reduced significantly, at present the animal control costs.
per capita is about $7.74, it is felt that can be reduced
through contracting given the service currently being
provided through Long Beach, that may be a cut that would be
beneficial even through an effectiveness standpoint, it is
felt that the persohnel freeze and Animal Control cut; both
have some merit. Councilman Yost noted again that the budget
is balanced for the upcoming year, the following yearl a
deficit is projected, yet attrition that may result ap part
of the hiring freeze is not being counted towards that
deficit. The City Manager acknowledged that to be trhe,
again, one position likely in Public Works, possibly ~ome in
the Police Department, the problem is that initially the
Council suggested looking at reorganization of the Police
Department, just because the three percent at fifty i~ there
does not necessarily mean that someone will retire, they may
not for a variety of personal reasons, that poses a p~oblem
in trying to put together some sort of coherent plan in this
short timeframe simply because what may occur is not known,
the worst case scenario could be that the three perceht at
fifty comes in and no one retires, there are retiremehts cost
and no savings realized, nonetheless it will be an unusual
year with the shifting of personnel. It was clarified that
this budget takes into account the three percent at fifty,
noted also there is no room for error, no raises, no 9othing.
Councilmember Campbell said her concern is that the City will
lose good people, with the budget problems they may lbok to
the future and seek employment elsewhere, the ~oncernlis with
a hiring freeze for key positions. The Manager said the
caveat that he is looking for is that if there is a r~al need
then a position can be filled, however there can not be the
illusion that there is a hiring freeze yet all of thej .
positions will be filled, each position needs to be looked at
carefully as to whether it is filled or the responsibilities
shifted elsewhere. Councilman Yost said he could agr~e
provided that the Council can hear from the director bf the
department to ensure that there is no threat to publit safety
or critical services by not filling a position. Mayor Larson
indicated he would not like to delete the Sergeant position
and the only way people are going to be kept is if thE'!y have
an opportunity for promotion, if every time a sergean~
position comes up and it is frozen that opportunity no longer
exists and people will be. looking to go to other Police
Departments, it would be alright for. the Council to be
informed yet it is a good method to cover reductions.
councilmember Campbell reminded that the Council does not get
involved in personnel issues, to that Councilman Yost agreed
that the Council is not involved in the hiring and firing of
personnel however stated that the Council is involvediin
policy decisions as to what is and is not going to be
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provided and are responsible for the overall running of the
City, the City Manager does that, to that Councilmember
Campbell said then in the scope of defining policies does
that include how a policy is implemented, the response was
no. Mayor Larson recalled that each City Manager candidate
was asked if they knew that under the law it is they who run
the City however would there be any objection to keeping the
Council informed. The Manager said at some point any kind of
cut would impact service levels to some degree, he would have
no problem keeping the Council informed, to that Councilman
Yost stated according to the Charter it is the responsibility
of the Council when there are layoffs or positions are
eliminated.
with regard to vacant positions in the Police Department,
Councilman Antos said he supports officers in the field,
before filling a vacant position he w.ould like to have a
report from the Department relating to its organization to
see if there would be a way to combine some in-house
administrative type positions to free up sworn people for the
field, his feeling is that the public safety protection lies
with officers in the field that can respond to problems as
opposed to someone at a desk. Councilmember C?IDpbell offered
that there may be a reorganization of the Police Department
forthcoming in order to consolidate some of the functions and
positions to become more streamlined and efficient. She
mentioned she had again sorted the proposed reductions by
department and by amount, the larger dollar figures should be
looked at to more easily achieve the goal, some of the cuts
had a range of savings therefore the dollar value was not as
easily ascertained.
Mayor Larson suggested that the departmental list be
reviewed, to that Councilmember Campbell noted that the lists
show the cuts made by Council thus far.
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Deputy City Clerk position, $29,000 - the Manager
suggested freezing the position for the next year, look
at it for year 2003/2004 - the Clerk verified that the
position is not being cut, the filling of the position
is being delay for just one year, at that time there is
no choice;.
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The Orange County Regional Airport Authority membership
had been eliminated;
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Fireworks - it had not been eliminated - suggestion was
that $5,000 be taken from the sales tax generated from
the shopping center, there are ten thousand people that
attend the fireworks display, this needs to be done -
response of Councilman Yost was that he c.ould not make
personnel cuts and then blow $5,000 up in smoke -
A vote to keep the $5,000 for fireworks was - Campbell
yes, Antos, Doane, Larson and Yost no;
Councilmember Campbell pointed out that last week the
Council allocated 111,000 for consultant services to
tell the Agency the same thing that she and staff could
have done or make a phone call to the Orange County
Treasurer;
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Washington Lobbyist - contract renegotiated, cost for
2002/2003 will be $6,000 and $13,200 in 2003/2004,
saving in 2002/2003 will be $6,000 and $15,200 in
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Quarterly newsletter eliminated, $15,400;
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Contract accountant, proposed reduction of hours -
preference was indicated to keep the professional
accountant hours, it was noted that this person ~s a
professional CPA, employed with a firm, works on~ day
per week for Seal Beach - a majority consensus wds
indicated to maintain the current hours; !
Lifeguard Department - reduce off-season part-time
deployment from three part time during the week dnd five
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part-t1me on weekends to one seven days a week, Dange of
savings $99,000 to $49,500 - the Manager noted tHe
concern expressed at the last ~ession was that t~is
would basically leave a supervisor on duty and irt the
case of a medical call there would be insufficiertt
resources to deal with the call, coordinate assiitance,
etc., recollection is that there was a general :
reluctance to this reduction - comment was that this
would mean there would be only one person to respond to
an emergency call, they would need to make the EMS
contact, do CPR, etc. - consensus of the Council was to
not make this reduction;
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L1feguard Department Item 50 - reduce off-season I
deployment service level from three to two guard~ Monday
through Friday, five to four guards on weekends during
off-season - it is not possible to predict beach I
conditions and crowds, this item is the reduction of
part-time staff, there will be fewer guards on t~e
beach, and that relates to paying closeattentiori to the
budget - comment was that it maybe November when there
is a warm weather stretch which brings crowds to :the
beach yet there are insufficient resources which I
basically means a sign posted to .swim at your o~n risk.
situation - comment was that this would mean one/part-
time person not working off~season, suggested that if
need be reserves could be used to reinstate the I
position, suggestion too that possibly an on-cal~
program could be explored - !
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The vote to approve the reduction as set forth irl Item
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50 was - Antos, Campbell, Doane, Larson yes, Yost no,
with direction to explore an on-call program; I
Item 51, to reduce off-season deployment service Ilevels
by not deploying a guard on day/week, was deleteq with
the explanation that it is an alternative to Item 50;
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Lifeguard Department Item 22 - Tower 5 proposed summer
deployment reduction - comment was that Tower 5
basically divides up the active recreati.on area from the
swimmers, surfers, windsurfers, etc., the Tower
separates the aquatic sports area, also, most of the
three to four hundred stingray injuries occur in that
basic area - preference would be to take a guard out of
a truck rather than delete the Tower position, it is a
very active area - unanimous consent to not approve the
item 22 reduction;
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Lifeguard Department Item 3 - reduce summer deployment
by eliminating night duty on Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday - the issue is the after hours coverage - the
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coverage hours would be 8:00 a.m. until 8:00 p.m. rather
than to 10:00 p.m. - it was noted that the after hours
period is when there are likely more inexperienced
swimmers, drownings, etc. - unanimous consensus to not
approve the item 3 reduction as it is a high risk period
of time;
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Building of a new Lifeguard tower was deferred, $6,500
saving;
* Reduction of service during summer deployment by
operating the rescue boat on weekends and holidays
only - approved reduction with the understanding that
the boat will be used on occasions of high surf or
public safety reasons;
* Reduce summer deployment in Surfside from two to one
guard on weekends and holidays - consensus to leave as
currently exists;
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Lifeguard Department - proposed elimination of break
guard during summer deployment - consensus to leave as
presently exists;
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Item 41, elimination of providing surf class equipment
approved, $2,500 saving;
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Eliminated grant writing professional services, Item 34,
saving of up to $10,000;
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Closing of City Hall on Friday, open eleven hours per
day Monday through Thursday - explained that the savings
would basically only be for electricity - indication was
to keep as currently exists for the present time;
* Planning Commission - consensus to keep as presently
exists;
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Reduce Planning Commission meetings to semi-monthly -
it was noted that if there is no business to transact
present practice is to cancel the meeting - consensus to
keep as presently exists;
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Environmental Quality Control Board - retain as
presently exists;
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Archaeological Advisory Committee - noted that the
amount of proposed saving was for preparation, staff
time, etc., not member compensation - direction was to
not eliminate but call on an as needed basis - agreed
upon;
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Planning Department - records retention - prior decision
was to keep as currently exists - noted that most
records are now saved on disc - preservation of records
has been done for years, certain records may be
destroyed after going through a specific process with
approval granted by the City Attorney and City Council -
to a public claim that records have been stored in
Arizona, staff emphasized that to be incorrect;
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Police Captain position was eliminated, saving of
$183,000;
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* Item 43, the alternative to the Police Captain position
was in turn eliminated;
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Mayor Larson mentioned that the request of the qity
Manager was to handle the positions identified fn items
17, 24, 25, 7, 6, 18, and 26 through the hiring )freeze
as vacancies and needs of the City may occur - noted too
that as such vacancies occur there will be i
reorganization efforts in the Police Department;;
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Doane moved, second by Antos, to support the
attrition program - the vote of approval was
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unanimous;
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* Item 28, the Crime Prevention/Drug Education Police
Officer position elimination was previously apptoved as
conditioned - saving of $99,000;
* Item 29, being an alternative to item 28, was a]so
eliminated;
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Item 13, out source animal control services but retain
no-kill shelter services - it was stated that the City
already contracts with Long Beach for approximately
sixty-seven percent of the service hours, this becomes a
burden with Captain King leaving in that someone else
will need to pickup overseeing this function, the City
of Los Alamitos recently went to Long Beach for both
control and shelter services - it was stated that Seal
Beach animals would be housed in the local shelter as
they are now - comment was that preference would be to
not lay people off at this time, if things become
desperate however preference would likely be to
eliminate the Animal Control Officers rather than a
Police Officer - recollection that a couple of years ago
the issue was the shelter, yet there have been no
problems with Long Beach and provided that Seal Beach
animals go to the local shelter - the cost savings by
outsourcing could be $67,000 - control services would be
provided seven days per week - with regard to c~lls for
service it was explained that the communications people
would handle the calls and route them to Long Beach - on
an annual basis an average of about one animal is picked
up every three days - it was stated again, preference is
no layoffs at this point - it was noted that one Police
Officer position is vacant at this point - mention was
made of outsourcing one or one-half of a position - it
was pointed out that that was done some time back, the
service was not adequate with one position, there was no
interest in the part-time position - at that time there
was no contract with Long Beach either - suggestion was
made that sometime prior to the public hearing that
staff contact Long Beach to see if they could pickup the
two City ACO's - the response of staff was that:Long
Beach has just completed their Civil Service employees
for this year, the Seal Beach employees would not be
eligible for Long Beach - offer was made to contact Long
Beach with regard to the personnel - preference was
indicted that this item be held over until the final
budget hearings, preference also that personnel
reduction be done by way of attrition;
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Item 52, Motor Officer position - it was noted that it
is part of the position freeze as well;
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* Item 5, convert one full time parking enforcement cso
position to two part-time parking enforcement Police
Aide positions - that was a previous cut for a $20,000
saving;
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Crossing guards - indication was to retain as presently
exists - comment was that it was determined it would be
more beneficial from an organization standpoint to deal
with conversion of CSO parking enforcement rather than
be concerned with the paid crossing guards as Seniors,
as well as coverage, it could put the community at risk;
* Item 53 - Police motorcycle privilege - that was also a
no, it is a meet and confer item;
* The Cypress court liaison was eliminated;
* Public Works Department, item 11, decrease parks, beach
and pier maintenance service levels, layoffs of two crew
leaders and two maintenance workers - comment was that
that would be part of the position freeze component as
well;
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Item 34 - explore cost recovery for building berm on
beach or leave up on a permanent basis - suggestion was
made to go to an assessment district in that that is
specific to one area of the City - question from the
audience was when the water comes over the berm where
does the Council think it goes, in a flood it flows
north to Electric Avenue and PCB and from Seal Beach
Boulevard to 13th Street, two days ago the water came
over the sand all the way to the sidewalk, the water
comes over and then runs to the lowest points of Seal
Beach, the pumps can not handle the ocean;
* This is a recurring problem, the solution seems to be
that the Navy needs to assist with the sand
replenishment;
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A member of the audience noted that it was the City
Council in the 1940's that wrote off sand replenishment
for Surfside, sand was pumped in to keep the sand in
position on Bolsa Chica and all the way to Newport, the
Council signed off on that provided the City was allowed
to construct a groin underneath the pier, that did not
stop the loss of sand it merely slowed the loss down,
sand still comes around the groin, there was a provision
that the City replenish 10,000 cubic yards of sand per
year to the east beach, in recent past the City has not
been doing that, from the Moffatt and Nichols report
there was also a recommendation that the sand on the
west beach be a certain granular size, it is not felt
that the west beach meets the granular size criteria,
the recommendation for curing this problem was to have a
jetty run along the beach outside the houses which was
to curtail the wave action that takes the sand out, the
estimated cost was $2 million, another recommendation
was to extend the groin underneath the pier another
three hundred feet but that has fallen down and there is
no money to repair it, another recommendation was to
pump in another 1.3 million cubic yards of sand, again
the water that comes over the berm affects more than
Seal Way, also, a suggestion of his had been to take the
rocks from the oil island to build a mini jetty to stop
the erosion but he was informed that the rocks were to
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be given to someone else;
Councilmember Campbell suggested that a committee be
formed to develop a long term solution to the s~nd
erosion and berm problems, therefore would vote'l'against
the recommendation for item 34;
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Vote to explore cost recovery for building yearly berm
on beach or leave berm up on a permanent basis ~ Antos,
Doane, Larson, Yost yes, Campbell no; !
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* Item 12, to decrease parks, beach and pier maintenance
service levels by eliminating part-time workers 11- it was
explained that there is a budget of $30,000 for part-
time labor for the Parks crew, they assist the full time
crew in a variety of tasks, primarily do weeding,
emptying trash receptacles, and litter removal in the
parks, etc., by eliminating the part-time workers the
tasks would still need to be done however there would
not be the level of service that is currently seen -
consensus to retain item 12 as currently exists;
* Clarified that item 11 relates to the full-time
maintenance workers;
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Decrease mowing and edging services in City parks and
medians - this budget item was cut in half - mowing is
usually done bi-weekly during the growing season and
monthly during the non-growing season - it is
anticipated that a new mowing contract will be sought in
the near future which may bring forth more costf
effective prices for those services, the costs are also
going to be broken down by park in order to det~rmine
the entire maintenance costs for each park area'for the
purpose of determining service levels, it will also
serve as a performance measure for the contractor -
consensus was to not approve the reduction of item 35;
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* With regard to item 30, question was, if the City were
to receive grant funds would this budget item of $25,000
be the matching funds - the response was yes -
indication of Council was to not reduce item 30;
* Item 36 - Surfside beach cleaning - clarified this would
be the public beach portion - consensus to not cut;
* Non-essential work, item 44 inquiry was what is
considered non-essential - special events were mentioned
as an example - noted that prior direction was to pursue
cost recovery further -
Campbell moved, second by Yost, to maintain item 44 as
currently exists - vote was unatiimous;'
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Change the CIP to not fund project 50017, Signal
Uninterrupted Power Supplies for traffic signals -
consensus to cut this item, $10,000, with the exception
of receiving grant funds;
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Item 27, traffic volume study - deferred - suggestion to
do this study every two to three years;
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There were no reductions made to item 45, vandalism
repair, or item 46, portable restroom services to
Marina, Heather and Edison Parks.
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Councilman Antos made reference to a list that was provided
by a citizen relating to potential reductions in the Police
Department as part of any reorganization. The City Manager
offered that items one through five could be handled as part
of the hiring freeze, with regard to contracting with the
Sheriff's Department he mentioned that the community of
Laguna Hills received a ten percent increase of their
contract for this year, the CPI is five percent. Council
offered their comments that the City would never be able to
bring the local Department back if it was ever contracted,
loss of control as well. with regard to the Fire contract it
was noted that the South County cities are subsidizing this
contract city by about $218,000 this year. Councilman Antos
referred to the enterprise funds, undesignated fund balances,
specific to the Building Department asked if it is money in
or money out. The Manager explained that it is under
expenditures therefore it is money out, it needs to be
understood that the numbers are on a percentage sliding
scale, the $714,000 reflects an exceptional year basically
due to the Bixby project, those were revenues coming in and
revenues going out as it is believed the prior contract was
on a sixty/forty basis.
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Mayor Larson read a list of suggestions from a member of the
public that was given to Councilman Yost, that the Council
meet once a month rather than twice, that the Redevelopment
Agency be eliminated, reduce the City Planner position to
part-time, eliminate two police officer positions, and
discover the City's prorata share of Proposition 40 funds, to
that it was noted that it is believed that the Charter and
Code provides a schedule for Council meetings, a consultant
has been retained to look into the Redevelopment Agency item,
police personnel have already been discussed, no action was
taken on these suggestions. with regard to Prop 40 funds the
City Manager reported that there is a debate ongoing by the
legislators as to whether those funds would be competitive or
line item, either way there will an attempt to protect the
City, if it is competitive it will be addressed in five
categories, if not a letter will be prepared to Senator
Harmon setting forth the City's projects, the City is also
within jurisdiction of the RMC which made out quite well and
application has been made for three grants, the most
expensive being the Hellman project, also under Prop 40 the
City will get a per capita share if the program criteria is
met which is believed will be around $250,000, most of the
park playground equipment has been done with Prop 12 money.
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Councilmember Campbell stated again that the money for
fireworks is very important, considerable money has been
retained for the beach, there is nothing for College Park
East with the exception of park maintenance, the fireworks
are part of being a good neighbor to Cypress, Los Alamitos
and Rossmoor, the fireworks is the only activity in the CPE
area that everyone goes to. .The lawsuit by some of those
cities is over, the Bixby project is in, and requested that
the Council reconsider funding of the fireworks program.
Councilman Antos noted that there are other budget workshops
and the public hearing, that would provide the opportunity to
put the.fireworks funding back into the budget, Councilman
Yost said he would not mind if possibly half of those monies
could be a private match. The City Manager offered that he
believed that the list of reductions have been exhaustedly
reviewed, at this point the recommendation may be to merely'
go to the public hearing on the 24th, there will be nothing
additional to be brought forward at this time, he would
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camp~ell moved, second by Yost, to reinstate the $5,000 for
the 2002/2003 fireworks display.
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AYES:' Antos, Campbell, Larson, Yost
NOES:' Doane Motion carried
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To symbolize the budget situation, Councilman Doane teturned
to the City a large bag of various sized manila enve~opes and
bindJr clips for reuse, emphasizing that there are many
little things that can be done to economize. Councilman Yost
too ~equested that staff discontinue providing him w+th the
fullimonthly financial report, rather, send the summary
report.
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The Manager mentioned that the budget will be looked'at again
about December or January, again in July, because one of the
issuJs that remains open is the State budget, the local
budget is not something that is looked at and shelved, this
willibe looked at throughout the year. Councilman Antos
noted again that the City does not know as yet what the
Governor or the legislature mayor may not do to cities and
counties relative to take backs, there remain other things
thatiare unknown, the restaurant at the end of the pier will
comelup for a new contract, Rossmoor Center is in the process
of rebuilding, all of the Bixby development is not completed,
and Boeing will be coming in within a year or two. It was
pointed out that the Rossmoor Center is presently generating
very I little sales tax as well. Ms. Sue Corbin stated that
the public should be able to review the entire budget before
the public hearing and adoption, also suggested that a notice
be placed in the newspapers inviting people to contribute to
the fireworks display funding. Ms. Rita Brenner suggested
that; there be more speakers in the Chambers so that people
can hear what is said. She also understood that thejAgency
took'action to look at dissolving the Redevelopment Agency,
saidlthe public should have an opportunity to speak to that
and make suggestions, $11,000 should not be spent for
conshltant services to do so, indicated pleasure at hearing
that! the animal control services were not cut, agreed that as
manYiPolice officers as possible should be on the street,
suggested that there be a complete audit of the Chamber
finahces, where have their monies gone and have any monies
come:lback into the City, there should not be a car show on
Main Street, maybe at Rossmoor or Bixby, if it is not known,
the City's cable company is off of the stock market, the
cabl~ contract should be renegotiated now and the people
should have the right to vote on it because they are the ones
thatlpay the bill, and suggested a study of the $9 million
that has been expended regarding the Trailer Park, that is
money taken from the City and taxpayers. Ms. Corbin stated
the City needs to send notices and collect business license
fees; from everyone doing business in the City, businesses
shou~d not be allowed to escape, if they do not pay shut them
downj and spoke for keeping the animal control services.
With, regard to a question from the public relating to public
works projects, the City Manager explained that grant monies
are used, there are eighteen buildings citywide, they are
aging, there is grass growing in the streets, basically about
one street a year gets done, there are not sufficient
resources to take care of the problems, the backlog is about
$41 ~illion, it needs to be understood that with regard to
stre~ts if they are not caught soon they go to recon~truction
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which is about four times the expense of a slurry seal.
Councilman Yost mentioned that the city has an adopted
Pavement Management Plan which categorizes each street in the
City by its condition, amount of traffic, then ranked in
terms of when it is to be done, therefore it is an
administrative rather than political decision, the funding
source is generally Measure M monies, gas tax, and grants,
rarely any General Fund monies and certainly not in this
financial situation. To a question from Mr. Kredell the
Manager explained that elimination of the Motor Officer
position is included in the position freeze list, and the CSO
conversion has been accepted by the Council, further
explanation by the Police Captain was that it entails the
same number of hours, the same amount of enforcement, yet the
benefit package is less expensive. Mr. Kredell questioned
why any position that generates money would be eliminated,
the City should be adding officers. Mayor Larson said he
looks at police officers as keeping the peace and protecting
the public not as a revenue generating function. To the
comment of Councilmember Campbell that Rossmoor is not making
any money, Ms. Reva Olson suggested that special activities
be moved to the Rossmoor Center where there is more room and
parking, to that Councilmember Campbell explained that the
Center is presently under construction, once built and open
it will generate sales tax again, and with regard to moving
special events,there she stated that Seal Beach is unique
with its Main Street and the beach, the northerly portion of
the City does not have that, Rossmoor does not have the foot
traffic. As to sales tax generating areas at present they
are the Bixby Center, Rossmoor Center, Pacific Coast Highway,
and then Main Street. Ms. Corbin said she is still not
satisfied with Oakwood, charged that they have always kept
two sets of books, there are some apartments, the remainder
is operated as a hotel, people checking in and out and not
paying the transient occupancy tax. Staff advised that there
is TOT paid every quarter, also that there are firms that do
audits of such things. To the comment of Ms. parque
regarding streets, Councilmember Campbell acknowledged that
streets and alleys in Old Town are in need of being redone,
in College Park East people are living in $500,0000 homes
where the streets are some of the worst, a counter comment
from the audience was that the downtown streets are seventy
years old on average.
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ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Larson announced that the public hearing on the budget
will be held on June 24th. By unanimous consent, the meeting
was adjourned until June 10th at 6:30 p.m. It was the order
of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the
meeting at 5:45 p.m.
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Approved:
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Mayor
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