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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Min 2002-07-08 7-8-02 Seal Beach, California July 8, 2002 I The regular adjourned City Council meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. was canceled due to the lack of business items for consideration. Seal Beach, California July 8, 2002 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular session at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor Larson calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Larson Councilmembers Antos, Campbell, Doane, Yost I Absent: None Also present: Mr. Bahorski, City Manager Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mr. Whittenberg, Director of Development Services Mr. Danes, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Chief Sellers, Police Department Chief Cushman, Lifeguard Department Mr. Vukojevic, Deputy City Engineer Ms. Yotsuya, Assistant City Manager Mr. Zimmerman, Consultant Ms. Yeo, City Clerk APPROVAL OF AGENDA Councilman Antos asked that his abstention vote on the Council minutes of March 25th, Item "M", be noted for the record. Campbell moved, second by Yost, to approve the order of the agenda as presented. I AYES: NOES: Antos, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost None Motion carried ANNOUNCEMENTS Councilman Doane commended the July 4th event at Heather Park, it was a success, everyone seemed to have a good time, he was pleased to attend along with former Councilman Laszlo, they were invited to judge the bicycle contest, the hard work of the committee was evident. Mayor Larson noted that the timer clock was not working. 7-8-02 PRESENTATION RESOLUTION NUMBER 5035 - COMMENDING SCOTT GRANDT - EAGLE SCOUT AWARD Mayor Larson read in full Resolution Number 5035 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, HONORING AND COMMENDING SCOTT RYAN GRANDT FOR ACHIEVING THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA EAGLE AWARD." Yost moved, second by Campbell, to adopt Resolution Number 5035 as presented. I AYES: NOES: Antos, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost None Motion carried Mayor Larson presented the commending Resolution to Scout Grandt who in turn expressed appreciation for the recognition, and extended a personal invitation to the Council to attend his Court of Honor on July 21st. SEAL BEACH HISTORICAL SOCIETY Ms. Laura Alioto, president, Seal Beach Historical Society, noted that for the past six years the Historical Society has sponsored an annual photo contest. On behalf of the Society, Ms. Alioto presented the City with the Year 2001 winning photograph to be on display at City Hall. Appreciation was expressed to President Alioto. PUBLIC COMMENTS No Public Comments were presented. COUNCIL ITEMS I APPOINTMENTS - BOARDS / COMMISSIONS - DISTRICT ONE Councilman Antos made the following appointments to represent Council District One on the various boards and commissions, gave a brief background of each individual, and description of the various board and commission functions: Archaeoloaical Advisorv Committee Requested that this appointment be held over until the next meeting. Board of Appeals Appointed Mr. Jim Dunn to the vacant position for the unspecified term. Citizens Participation Committee Appointed Mr. George Layman to the vacant position for the four year term expiring 2006, and Kathy Hamilton to the vacant position for the unexpired four year term ending 2004. Pro;ect Area Committee Appointed Ms. Margene Waltz to the vacant resident position on the project Area Committee and Virginia Burrows to the vacant business member position, both for the two year term expiring 2003. I Seal Beach Cable Communications Foundation Appointed Ms. Trisha Smissen to the vacant position for the two year term expiring 2004. Ad Hoc parkina Manaaement Committee Appointed Ms. Dale Case for the unspecified term. 7-8-02 Parks and Recreation Commission Appointed Ms. Rickey Layman to the vacant position for the three year term expiring 2005. I Environmental Oualitv Control Board Appointed Ms. Barbara Barton to the vacant position for the unexpired term ending July 2005. Ad Hoc General Plan/Local Coastal Plan Citizen Advisorv Committee Appointed Mr. John Regnier as the member and Mr. Dave Evans as the alternate member of the Ad Hoc Committee. Local Coastal Program Committee Appointed Mr. Joe Ribal to the vacant District One position on the Local Coastal Committee and Ms. Barbara Barton as the alternate, for unspecified terms. Department of Water and Power Advisory Committee Appointed Ms. Linda Devine to the vacant position for the undetermined term. Civil Service Board Appointed Mr. Terry Barton to the vacant, unexpired six year term ending 2003. Planning Commission Appointed Ms. Ellery Deaton to the vacant position for the four year term expiring 2006. I Antos moved, second by Doane, to approve the appointments as nominated. AYES: NOES: Antos, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost None Motion carried RESOLUTION NUMBER 5036 - AD HOC GENERAL PLAN/LOCAL COASTAL PLAN CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE The Director of Development Services noted that this item is returned for consideration based upon the direction of Council at last meeting and the determination to form a General Plan/Local Coastal Plan Citizens Advisory Committee, to that a Resolution has been prepared that is believed to reflect Council direction, it would be a thirteen member committee, one appointee from each of the Council, Planning Commission and Environmental Quality Control Board, each member of the Council will have two appointees, attached to the Resolution as exhibit A is the Scope of Work for the public participation program as adopted by the Council which indicates the meetings and the related topics of those meetings. I Councilman Yost inquired if this Plan will be considered by the Environmental Quality Control Board, the Planning Commission and then the Council for approval, the response of the Director was that the General Plan" and Local Coastal Plan are required to have public hearings before the Commission and the Council, the EQCB will review the environmental document which at this point is believed will be a mitigated negative declaration rather than an environmental impact report, they will review that document during the review period, make comments, and those comments will ultimately be forwarded to the Commission and Council. Councilman Yost then asked if it would be a conflict to have a member of the EQCB sit on the Committee. The City Attorney advised that 7-8-02 there is no conflict under State provisions, and offered to review and determine if there may be a conflict with the Charter. As to the four workshops, Councilmember Campbell asked when they are presumed to start and end. The Director responded that a work schedule has not been developed as yet however noted that a meeting is scheduled with the consultant the following day, once the schedule is known Council will be advised, the workshops will be tied to the schedule of the consultant and dependent upon the appointments to the committee and schedules of those individuals. He explained further that the committee is set up to review the existing document for each Element as well as the revision document, that could be four to six months, once all of the Elements are in draft form the process should go fairly quickly. Councilman Antos said he would hope that the Local Coastal Program could be on its own track rather than wait until the end, once the changes that are necessary are dealt with in the Land Use Element and if any would affect the Coastal Zone then the LCP should be able to move forward, as there are a number of projects in the downtown area that are held up because of the lack of a Local Coastal Program, therefore if the LCP can be processed through provided it is consistent with the Land Use Element it will then be consistent with the other Elements. Councilman Antos offered to serve as the Council appointed member of the committee, explaining that he is involved in planning and much of the coastal areas are in the First District. Mayor Larson noted that the committee Resolution allows each member of the Council to appoint two members, and inquired if it would be appropriate to have alternates so in effect there would be four members, the response was that that would be at the discretion of the Council, staff would have no opposition just so it is understood that the voting member would be either/or but not both. The City Attorney mentioned that staff is looking at whether or not members of the EQCB, Planning Commission, and Council can sit on this committee, noting however in the past there have been Council and board members that have served as ex-officio members of ad hoc sub-committees, his preference would be to look at the issue a bit further. Councilman Yost offered that his EQCB and Commission appointees would he his first choice in that they have the most experience with the General Plan, the history of the community, and environmental issues. Councilman Antos said if the Attorney determines that those persons could only sit as ex-officio members, he would still like to serve in that capacity. Given the fact that the Resolution cites members being appointed by the City Council, Planning Commission, and the Environmental Quality Control Board, the City Attorney recommended that both the Resolution and appointees to the ad hoc committee be held over until the next meeting. Doane moved, second by Yost, to continue this item until the next meeting. I I AYES: NOES: Antos, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost None Motion carried I CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEMS "E" thru "M" Yost moved, second by Campbell, to approve the recommended action for items on the Consent Calendar as presented, except for Item "M", removed for separate action. E. Approved the waiver of reading in full of all ordinances and resolutions and that consent to the waiver of reading shall be given by all members of the Council after reading of the title unless specific request F. I 7-8-02 is made at that time for the reading of such ordinance or resolution. Approved regular demands numbered 38073 through 38235 in the amount of $459,111.08, payroll demands numbered 16410 through 16562, and 927724 in the amount of $181,937.17, and authorized warrants to be drawn on the Treasury for same. G. Approved the Beaches of Southern California Coalition Agreement #001, between the State of California, cities of Huntington Beach, Newport Beach, Laguna Beach, San Clemente, Seal Beach, Solana Beach, Del Mar, Encinitas, Oceanside, and Imperial Beach, and the County of Orange, (enabling the City to solicit and consider corporate sponsorships and select advertising opportunities), and authorized the City Manager to execute said Agreement on behalf of the City. H. Authorized initiation of General Plan and Zone Change Amendment studies to consider alternative land uses for the existing General Commercial (C-2) and Limited Commercial (L-C) zoned areas on Seal Beach Boulevard between Pacific Coast Highway and Electric Avenue. I I AYES: NOES: I. Approved the comment letter relating to the Bellflower Oil Drill Site Draft EIR (Haynes Generating Station), authorized the Mayor to sign said letter on behalf of the City, directed that this item be forwarded to the Planning Commission, Environmental Quality Control Board and the Golden Rain Foundation for information purposes, and received and filed the staff report. J. Approved the Letter of Agreement between the Grace Community Church and the City of Seal Beach for use of the 8th Street permit parking lot by members of the church congregation for the term of July 1, 2002 through June 30, 2003. K. Adopted Resolution Number 5037 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AUTHORIZES THE SUBMITTAL OF AN APPLICATION TO THE BUREAU OF JUSTICE ASSISTANCE, OFFICE OF JUSTICE PROGRAMS, U.S. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, FOR A 2002 LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT BLOCK GRANT." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 5037 was waived. L. Denied the claim for property damages of Safeco Insurance Company on behalf of Suzanne Fritschmann, recommended that the claim be submitted to the alley improvement contractor, liability counsel and adjuster. Antos, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost None Motion carried . 7-8-02 ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM "M" - COUNCIL MINUTES Doane moved, second by Yost, to approve the minutes of the regular adjourned and regular meetings of March 25, 2002. AYES: NOES: ABSTAIN: Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost None Antos Motion carried I CITY ATTORNEY REPORT No report was presented. CITY MANAGER REPORT No report was presented. COUNCIL ITEMS Councilmember Campbell expressed appreciation to each individual who helped with the July 4th bicycle parade and chili cookoff event at Heather Park, it was a great day. Councilman Yost mentioned that the Junior Lifeguard Program started this date, and extended appreciation to the Lifeguard Department for their efforts with this Program and the job they do on the beach. Councilman Antos noted that some of his appointees to boards and commissions were present, requested that they rise and upon doing so he introduced each person. Mayor Larson announced the passing of the mother of Assemblyman Harmon, requested that the meeting be adjourned in her memory, and that a letter of regret be forwarded to the Assemblyman and his family, the request unanimously approved by the Council. ADJOURNMENT The City Attorney mentioned that a workshop is being considered for the next meeting relating to news racks, suggesting adjourning to 6:00 p.m. on that date. It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the meeting until July 22nd at 6:00 p.m. for a Council workshop. By unanimous consent, the meeting was adjourned at 7:39 p.m. I Approved: ~~ . a or /" ( ./7 '----/-:Jf7 U Attest: I