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Attest:
Seal Beach, California
October 22, 2001
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The regular adjourned
date was canceled due
attention.
meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. this
to the lack of business items tequiring
t .Clerk and
f the City of
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October 22, 2001
Seal Beach, California
The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular
session at 7:16 p.m. with Mayor Doane calling the meeting to
order with the Salute to the Flag.
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ROLL CALL
Present:
Mayor Doane
Councilmembers Boyd, Campbell, Larson, Yost
Absent:
None
Also present:
Mr. Bahorski, City Manager
Mr. Barrow, City Attorney
Mr. whittenberg, Director of Development
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Mr. Dancs, Director of Public Works/City
Engineer
Chief Sellers, Police Department
Mr. Pounds, Interim Director of
Parks and Recreation
Ms. Yotsuya, Assistant to the City Manager
Mr. Bernard, Public Works Assistant
Officer Paap, Police Department
Ms. Yeo, City Clerk
APPROVAL OF AGENDA
Councilman Yost requested that Items "D" and "S" be removed
from the Consent Calendar for separate considerationj and a
member of the audience requested Items "M" and "U" removed.
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Larson moved, second by Boyd, to approve the recommegded
action for items on the Consent Calendar as presented, except
Items "D, M, S, and U" removed for separate consideration.
AYES: Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost I
NOES: None Motion carried
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Councilmember Campbell made reference to a recent news
article relating to alleged Brown Act violations, which makes
it apparent that someone in the public is confused. She
noted that meeting with the City Manager once a week with one
other member of the Council is not a violation of the Brown
Act, the prior Manager had a policy of meeting with only the
Mayor weekly yet the other members of the Council were
desirous of similar meetings, therefore when she became Mayor
she, along with one other Councilmember, met with the Manager
each week merely to be informed, she made this practice known
to the City Attorney, the newspapers, everyone knew, if there
had been any problem the Attorney would have so advised, the
current City Manager meets with each Councilmember
individually once a week. Councilmember Campbell mentioned
too that the complaint cited meetings of the Mayor and a
Councilmember as being for no other reason than to avoid
violation of the Brown Act, there was no violation, had there
been a third councilmember in attendance there would have
been a violation. Mayor Doane announced that former Mayor
George Brown underwent quadruple bypass surgery a week ago,
he is recovering, the Council and staff is sending a card of
best wishes. Mayor Doane continued his practice of honoring
persons who have followed the motto of the 'Friends Helping
Friends Succeed' pins which he presented to Mr. Jim Klisanin,
known by all for his years of conducting the Holiday Parade,
involvement in many community activities, work as a coach,
Mr. Klisanin known for his giving to the community.
PRESENTATIONS
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PROCLAMATION
Chief Sellers read in full the Proclamation declaring the
week of October 22"d through October 28th, 2001 as "Red Ribbon
Week." The Chief introduced Officer Paap who accepted the
Proclamation on behalf of the Police Department which in turn
will be on display at McGaugh School. Chief Sellers noted
that a Red Ribbon Week kickoff assembly was held this date
with a presentation by the fourth and fifth grade choir,
Officer Paap with friends Canine and Officer Safety, a
representative from.the Naval Weapons Station, all having a
positive impact on the young people. The Chief also welcomed
members of the Leo Club who were present to distribute red
ribbons and wrist bands, and recognized the Leo's for their
participation in the drug prevention and education activities
that Red Ribbon Week stands for.
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INTRODUCTION - POLICE CHAPLAIN
Chief Sellers announced the new Police Chaplain Program for
the Department and took the privilege of introducing Pastor
Donald Shoemaker as their first Chaplain. The Chief
explained that the purpose of the program is to. provide
sworn, non-sworn, and volunteers with an additional resource
during difficult times, whether it be personal or
professional crisis, and described his own experiences with a
Police Chaplain Program. Chief Sellers noted that Pastor
Shoemaker was born in Texas, grew up in Ohio, went to school
in Indiana, has a bachelor and masters degree in divinity, a
masters degree in theology, as well as a doctorate in
ministry degree, a member of this community since 1984 at the
Grace Community Church currently serving as the Senior
Pastor. The Chief said he foresees this program expanding in
terms of the services that will be provided the Department,
local government, and the community. Dr. Shoemaker stated
that Grace Community Church takes the word community
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seriously, it is not just a title but a mission, it means
action and they are delighted to be part of this co~unity,
be a force for good, thus far they have had a numberlof ways
to be in contact with the community, his goal in recent years
has been to find a connectedness with the community.! Dr..
Shoemaker said he looks forward to being the first Police
Chaplain, to being dedicated to the community and th~
department in this way. The family of Dr. Shoemaker was
introduced, and Chief Sellers then officially pinned Dr.
Shoemaker with the Police Chaplain badge.
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PUBLIC COMMENTS
Mayor Doane declared the Public Comment period open. Ms.
Barbara Arnold, Seal Way, announced the upcoming tenth
anniversary of the performance of the Messiah, and ihvited
any interested person to become part of the community choir,
rehearsals to be each Thursday evening, alternating between
the United Methodist Church and Grace Community Churth
through December 9th at which time the performance wiil take
place at the McGaugh School Auditorium. Mr. Marty Mahrer,
College Park East, stated his comments were directedlto the
proposed widening of the 22 Freeway, and commended staff and
the consultants on the preparation of the response to the
Draft EIR for the project, the best document he has ~een in
this City. Mr. Mahrer asked however that if the wall were to
go what then happens to security, recalling the robb~ries on
Almond Avenue prior to the wall, asked that the Cityjbe
proactive on that issue, it is understood that will be
addressed at some future meeting, there are court cases that
have determined that if something happens after construction
starts that was not there prior to, that is a case, an
example was a suit by four cities against contractors who
lost the case. The other issue is the height of thelwall, in
the documents he has seen the reference is to sixteen feet,
he has been told that when something is taken down then
whatever is replaced must be 5db to the positive, that means
lowering the noise by 5 decibels, if that is the cas~ the
wall should then be twenty to twenty-two feet, it se~ms the
proponents of this project have no knowledge of what!that
means, City staff noted that the document contains language
where CalTrans or OCTA could get out of that requirement,
that situation too could be litigatous. Lastly, the!overall
document,. if it is their intent to make a decision by June of
next year and they do not mitigate everything, then what is
the City going to do, start going to court. I
Mr. Greg Miller, Sandpiper Bike Shop for twenty years, public
safety once again, said being an expert in the courtlof law
in California on roadway and bicycle safety he has seen many
different things, a great experience to be in front ~f a jury
many times, explain the truth, and win, suggesting the City
Attorney may wish to review some of his past cases. !Mr.
Miller stated there have been twenty-nine safety items
brought to attention on Seal Beach Boulevard that were not
there before the street was reconstructed. He reiterated
that a bicycle is a vehicle under the State law in !
California, the City built the road and took away the bike
lanes, when you take something away it is necessary to make
the road safe for whatever vehicles might travel that road,
current practice is that when new buildings are built they
are made earthquake proof, always trying to improve things,
again stating that the City has been presented with twenty-
nine dangerous conditions yet has done nothing to improve the
street, those conditions did not exist beforehand, removing
the bicycle lanes from the street does not give the 8ity or
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anyone the right to think that a bicycle will travel the bike
lane off the street, bicycles have the right to the road, any
road, the Council does not seem to care, it is public safety,
he is trying to save lives while the intent seems to be to
endanger the City and the public, stated a petition is being
circulated, many people have signed, even people from out of
town, because everyone uses this road, not just Seal Beach
residents. Also, if anyone 'in town wants to complain about
tree trimming or street sweeping because of taxes going up,
utility taxes, maybe there should be some take charge of the
City Council who seem to want to run businesses out of town,
the City needs the businesses to support taxes, for twenty-
one years he has brought sales tax into town, brings people
into town that would not have otherwise come to this town,
but the Council discourages business by taking away the
handicapped ramp to allow wheelchair persons to come to his
bike shop, take away bike lanes to make the street dangerous,
again, a bicycle is a vehicle under the California Code and
has a right to the road, and will travel the road, in
Huntington Beach one can see how the bicycles travel the road
and not the bike lane, yet are not getting stopped by the
police because they are in the street. This Council has
created a dangerous condition by taking the bicycle lane
away, now cars cross the double yellow line to go around the
bicycles, cars coming up on bikes have no right to go over a
double yellow line, and the safest place to ride is in the
middle of the road, if a car approaches it is not going to
run over the cyclist directly from behind, yet as soon as the
cyclist moves to the right and gives the car any kind of room
that is when an accident is going to occur, as an expert in
the law the Council should listen to what he says, and as a
speaker stated, this City is liable for these twenty-nine
dangerous conditions that were known before construction,
with photos, and he will be the first to help anyone that is
in any kind of accident. Mr. walt Miller said the City
Engineer is on record as stating that traffic circles have a
calming effect, if that is thought to be true one should take
a drive to the Long Beach traffic circle and see how calm one
remains. He claimed that traffic circles are used around the
world to speed up traffic by eliminating stop signs and
signals, the Engineer is making a false and misleading
statement to support the proposal for 5th Street and Marina
Drive, if cars are not required to stop and look, exposure
and access to businesses on the two corners and the church
will suffer, one should visualize removing four boulevard
stops and replacing them with a traffic circle, makes no
sense. Mr. Miller stated that the chosen route for cyclists
coming from the marina is Ocean Avenue, not Marina Drive, the
reason they are traveling Marina Drive now is because the
police did not want them riding by the pier, too many riders,
yet Marina spills into Coast Highway therefore they may as
well hit Coast Highway in Long Beach because the bike lanes
are there, there is no reason to go down Marina Drive as a
scenic bike route, that should be apparent, the City should
not spend their money once again excluding the bike clubs.
Seal Beach Boulevard reconstruction would never have happened
if the plans had not been developed solely by the prior and
current City Engineers without any contact with bike clubs,
citizens, or property owners, also, the City Engineer is on
record as-stating that the reduced width of Seal Beach
Boulevard exceeds the minimum traffic safety standards for
such a street, it appears he has used the regulations for a
residential street. Mr. Miller questioned if any of the
owners <or occupants of the Boulevard have ever seen a traffic
count with the average traffic speed taken before and after
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reconstruction, he personally has not during his property
ownership of twenty-seven years, there was a promise/that the
Boulevard would be monitored but no reports have been seen,
there have been no traffic counts made by the pOlice) no
speed survey, this is gross negligence, he had been told that
traffic counts before construction was between twelv~ and
seven thousand cars a day, a comparison of 12th Street to the
Boulevard, it is not a residential street, speeds between
Coast Highway and Electric were thirty-five to fifty miles an
hour, they still are. Mr. Miller said possibly this can be
summed up by a salesperson for Beachwalk Homes, to a question
as to why that person was taking down street addresses, the
response was that now that the Boulevard is a residerttial
street they want to see if other properties might wartt to
sell. Mr. Miller asked why his plans were altered by the
Council where no one has any training in architecture and
given that the plans were previously approved by thelCity
Building Department, plan check, Planning Commission, and the
California Coastal Commission in 1996 and again in 2001, his
architect is a partner in an international architectJral firm
in Oregon who has written books, is very talented, y~t this
Co~ncil decided to alter his plans, he then read a l~tter
from the City of San Clemente supporting his plans for a
proposed project there that was said to be well conc~ived, a
potential economic, aesthetic, and physical boost to!their
downtown area. To that Mr. Miller said that is what he had
in mind for Seal Beach Boulevard, his son has run a bike shop
for twenty years, and his project, in its original form,
would attract other visitor serving businesses and up-scale
three story apartments which would greatly increase the tax
base over single family residences.
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A member of American Legion Post 857 and Veterans of Foreign
Wars Post 4048 announced that a Veterans Day ceremony will be
held on Sunday, November 11th at 11:00 a.m. at Eisenhower
Park where the Mayor will be a speaker, Congressman I
Rohrabacher is expected as is Lt. Col. Haskins of the Army
National Guard and Lt. Colonel Smith of the Marine Corps.
The gentleman commended with appreciation this commu~ity and
invited all to participate in this event. Mr. Reg Clewley,
Seal Beach, said he wished to comment on the upcoming
initiative that quadruples the tax to pay for streetlsweeping
and to object that the ballots pertaining to the is~ue will
be distributed to residents of Leisure World. Mr. Ciewley
said it is unnecessary to sweep the curbs and gutters more
than every other week, it takes more than two weeks for any
harmful bacteria to accumulate according to the stat~ment
made by the City on the matter, residents of Leisure/world
should not have a vote because the outcome of the election is
not binding on them, they are at liberty to independ~ntly
determine for themselves whether they wish to contratt with
the City, or private firm, and how often they would like the
services provided, therefore the Councilmembers representing
Leisure World should have recused themselves from /
participating in the decision to place this matter on the
ballot. The ballot measure proposes nothing more thhn a
taking from the taxpayers, the Department of Public Works
knows that the existing residential schedule can be I
accomplished with only minor modification to the arterial
schedule within the existing fee revenue of $37,000,land
should the initiative to increase service be approved, the
contract could be expanded to include not only the sides of
the streets but the center of the streets, the alleys, and
the sidewalks with a follow up crew to scrub the exphnsion
joints, to be done weekly, this matter needs to be removed
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from the ballot.
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Ms. Beverly Pearce, Old Town, said she wished to comment on
items that come before the Council regarding budget, fees,
taxes, and what she has observed to be recurring issues and
problems that come before the Council on a number of
occasions having to do with businesses. She said it is known
that city government lives on property taxes, special fee
taxes, assessments, and retail sales tax that is generated by
businesses, her thought was to possibly establish some type
of business creation, retention and support committee that
would somehow draw together the people that appear before the
Council discussing the same issues over and again. Ms.
Pearce noted that property taxes are distributed to the City
by the State, the City has no say, special assessments and
fees are unpopular because people do not seem to like to pay
taxes and support their government therefore the only thing
the community can do is to assist businesses and in turn
create more sales tax, a committee such as she suggested
would not be a Chamber of Commerce, would have some Council
representation, some happy and some unhappy business members,
perhaps some members of the community as well, to discuss
solutions. She suggested that bike paths would be an
example, maybe such committee could develop a way to raise
funds through assisting businesses then in turn help others
create the things they want, all too often people know what
their wants are yet when something like proposition 13 or
special assessments come up no one wants to pay the taxes,
people want streets and roads, police response within thirty
seconds of a phone call but do not want to pay for them, all
want businesses to support local programs yet do the people
always buy their groceries or clothing in town, possibly such
a committee could help the City help itself with some
creative thinking, and some of the recurring issues would
cease. Ms. Sue Corbin, Seal Beach, made reference to the
Zoeter property contract, prior members of the Council have
said they did not know what they signed away, Section 5 of
the contract relates to 'option to purchase landlord's
interest' a grant to the tenant to purchase the landlord's
interest as long as the tenant exercises the purchase option
by July 1, 2004, yet there will now be an effort to negate
this contract, the people have a right to know this. Ms.
Corbin stated too that she believed that the Miller's are
right with regard to Seal Beach Boulevard, the City redoing
the street in front of their business, doing away with
driveways, a new City Engineer that was assigned the position
in violation of State and federal law, and made critical
remarks with regard to what she claimed to be the habits of
the Mayor. Ms. Laura Brecht, 6th Street, said about a year
ago she had stated to the Council that her Council
representative had incorrectly completed his FPPC 700
Statements, having not listed all sources of income including
the income of this wife, revisions were subsequently made to
reflect that accurately. Ms. Brecht said she recently filed
a complaint with the FPPC, the office of the District
Attorney, and the Orange County Grand Jury to which she has
been advised that an investigation has been opened, upon
further review she has determined that her representative has
also not filed FPPC forms 460 or 470, the 470 is filed
annually if there is no controlled committee and no
contributions or expenditures in the amount of $1,000 in a
calendar year, 460 is for officeholders that receive
contributions of $1,000 or more in monetary payments, loans,
and non-monetary goods or services, if contributions of
$1,000 are received then an FPPC form 410 is to be completed
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and postmarked within ten days of the contribution, neither
460 or 470 has not been completed since assuming off~ce, yet
a 410 form was filed August 17th, 2001 with the name of the
committee being Friends of Shawn Boyd. She claimed that
after the past Council meeting he and supporters published an
open letter to the residents paid for by those supporters
which is not the same as the committee name shown onjform
410, the cost of said ad is said to be approximately $1,200
according to the published advertising rate, that committee
of supporters has not been registered with the FPPC dr filed
the form 410, it would be of interest to know who his
benefactors are. Ms. Brecht concluded that as an office
holder the Council representative is responsible of knowing
the FPPC rules yet fails to follow them, also, on th~ 700
form there is a listing for Tidewater properties with an
address listed as his post office box yet does not maintain a
local business license for that listed business, he Jas
called on not having business licenses for all of his
businesses, he must follow the same rules as all cit~zens of
this City, that is all that is asked. I
Mr. Dave Bartlett requested that no credibility be attached
to the comments of a prior speaker with regard to th~ Mayor,
they are disconcerting, explaining that he had encountered
the Mayor and members of Bella Forma after the pub lid hearing
at the last meeting, they talked for a while, it is I
unfortunate when one can not socialize and things become an
issue where they are not. There being no further co~ents,
Mayor Doane declared Public Comments to be closed.
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CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTE - BOEING PROPERTY
Councilman Boyd recused himself from this discussion.
Councilman Yost noted that this issue was brought fo~th at
the last meeting, stated that when that a large parcel of
land in the City has come up for potential development and
with major consequences on the City as a whole therelhas been
a citizens advisory committee to look at the potential for
the property, potential impacts, the plans for the Boeing
property is no different, it is about one hundred acres,
there is some zoning for light industrial manufacturing, they
would like to consider rezoning of the entire parcellfor
residential, commercial, and park use, before considering
that his feeling is that there should be a committeelmade up
of residents of the entire community to look at the proposal.
He mentioned that at last meeting he had suggested using the
Planning Commission however on second thought he would
withdraw that suggestion, rather would suggest one m~mber
from each district of the City in that it affects th~
community as a whole to meet with the Boeing people to work
through potential plans, the possibilities, rewards, land
impacts in advance of a proposal coming forward, this
committee would have a termination point. Mayor Doane said
he did not disagree that public input is needed, yetlwhen
there are small ad hoc committees the public does not
participate, and the appointees do not report back to their
particular areas, his feeling is that an ad hoc committee
will not accomplish what is desired which is to havelthe
public involved and seek public acceptance of whatever is
proposed. Councilman Larson said he too agrees withlthe idea
of public input, the committee however will need to comply
with the Brown Act, how one resolves the issue of public
interest is another matter, the appointees would need to be
active. Councilman Yost agreed and stated he would be
willing to hold townhall meetings to disseminate information,
the intent is to have the community involved early in the
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process, his feeling also that Boeing would like to do that.
The Mayor suggested that the Boeing representatives be
invited to make comments. Councilman Yost said he would not
object, yet expressed his strong feeling that the same
procedure should be put in place as has been done with other
major parcels in the City, the Bixby and DWP properties as
examples, both General Plan changes, changes as to how that
land would be used, there were committees that looked at the
property ahead of time to do their best to have the community
involved, in looking at Bixby now the community should look
proactively at what is going to be there, this will be an
entry area to the City with major impacts as well as
advantages. Councilmember Campbell interjected that the
people north of the freeway, those of Rossmoor, Los Alamitos,
and College Park East did not want the Bixby project, no one
listened. Councilman Yost said his intent was to involve the
entire City.
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To a question from Council, the City Attorney advised that
the Council has the discretion to allow the Boeing
representatives to make comments, the public had an
opportunity to speak to any agenda item during public
comments. Mr. Gary Powley, project manager for Boeing
realty, expressed enthusiasm with their project and said they
look forward to working with the community and participating
in what was believed would be a townhall meeting prior to a
citizen advisory committee selection. Mr. Powley explained
that they have spent some time with Councilman Yost
evaluating many of their space and communication needs and
options, their intent is to put together a responsible plan
for future uses of the site that balances the economics,
environment, City and community objectives the same as
theirs. Mr. Powley introduced the project team that Boeing
Realty has brought together to assist them in managing this
project through its entitlements, the services of Stonecreek
Company, the president of which was present, Mr. Bartlett,
land use and entitlement consultant to support the efforts of
Stonecreek, and expressed appreciation for the opportunity to
work with the members of the Council, staff and the
community. Mayor Doane inquired as to their feelings with
regard to the citizens committee as proposed, one
representative from each of the five Council districts. Mr.
Powley confirmed their interest in working with the
community, spoke favorably of a townhall meeting with a group
of people, that would give the opportunity to set forth some
of the objectives and obtain community input which would
serve equally as well. Mayor Doane asked Councilman Yost if
he envisioned the ad hoc committee to work with Boeing to
develop agendas for townhall meetings, etc. To that
Councilman Yost said his intent was that the committee look
at the property and come up with a vision for an entry to the
community, look for potential impacts, ways this would
maximally benefit the community in a positive way, this
entry site has considerable potential value as well as
potential risks, his feeling is that there should be a best
effort to get the greatest amount of public input into the
planning process ahead of time to make it as smooth and
beneficial as possible. Councilmember Campbell noted that
anyone that the Council appoints will simply be an extension
of the ideas of the Councilmember, she has ideas for
development yet is a bedroom community and that is one of the
things that has put this City in the dire straights it is in,
her feeling is that any remaining property in the City needs
to pay its own way, it can not be revenue neutral, as an
example, the City is trying to get a street sweeping measure
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passed which is a nominal amount when considering that this
is not a low income community yet there appears to b~ a
problem with lack of support, she personally has a problem
with changing the Boeing property zoning, there needS to be
something that will make money, it could even be rev~nue
neutral, any appointee of hers will be an extension of those
opinions. Councilman Yost countered that he makes /
appointments of persons who have an interest in the community
yet no vested interest, and look at the issues from that
persons perspective, they will not reflect his ideas} rather
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Councilman Yost moved to establish a committee consisting of
five members, at-large appointments of anyone who is/thought
to have the skills and abilities to develop some ideas that
would be beneficial to the City and create an entry statement
on this one hundred acre parcel of property. Mr. po~ley
noted that the Boeing representatives present have an
interest as well in addition to the community. To the
comment by the Mayor that the Boeing land is in the District
represented by Councilman Yost, thus his special interest,
Councilman Yost confirmed that is why he would request
membership from throughout the community to look at the land
and develop a good entry statement to positively benefit the
City, and confirmed that committee suggestions or I
recommendations would come before both the Planning
Commission and City Council, the meetings would be svbject to
the Brown Act, publicly noticed, townhall meetings will be
held as well. Councilman Larson seconded the motionl
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Noting that Councilman Boyd has excused himself from voting
on this matter and so there is no misunderstanding,
Councilman Larson wanted it to be clear as to whether or not
the Councilman should be afforded the opportunity tolmake an
appointment. Councilman Yost said he did not feel that
Councilman Boyd would necessarily have to recuse himself on
taking action on establishing a committee and emphatically
agreed that District One should have arepresentativ~
appointed by that member of the Council. Councilmember
Campbell posed a question as to what happens if the tommittee
formulates ideas that neither the community nor the 80uncil
likes. The Mayor pointed out that an ad hoc committ~e has no
authority to make decisions, merely make a recommendhtion.
Councilman Yost countered that there is the possibility that
they suggest things that will positively impact the I
community, give them the opportunity, and to that
Councilmember Campbell mentioned that often people do not
have the data necessary to make decisions, an exampl~ would
be the Route 22 issue where College Park residents did not
have the benefit of the level of data necessary, there are
wants and needs and often people confuse the two, th~re is
concern with City revenue, residential as an examplejis
revenue neutral, with any property that comes up fori
development henceforth the thought must be given to how it
can benefit the City financially, being pretty does hot
necessarily bring revenue either. Mayor Doane noted/ that in
his conversations with the Boeing representatives there has
been discussion of a small portion as residential, some
manufacturing, and some revenue generating such as retail or
a hotel. Councilman Larson suggested that there sho~ld not
be a prejudgment of what will be developed or whether it will
or will not be liked, the motion on the floor is forja five
member ad hoc committee, appointments to be made by each
member of the Council including Councilman Boyd, the/members
can be selected at large, the committee will be subject to
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the Brown Act, and called for the question.
Vote on the motion:
AYES:
NOES:
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Campbell
Motion carried
Councilman Boyd was not present in the Chambers.
Stating that he had viewed this discussion on television,
Councilman Boyd requested that the City Attorney write the
Fair Political Practices Commission for a ruling as to
whether he can make an appointment to this committee. The
City Attorney agreed to do so.
CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEMS "c" thru "cc"
Yost moved, second by Boyd, to approve the recommended action
for items on the Consent Calendar as presented, except for
Items "D, M, Sand U", removed for separate consideration.
C. Approved the waiver of reading in full of
all ordinances and resolutions 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 ordinance or resolution.
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Approved regular demands numbered 34797
through 35013 in the amount of $630,354.51,
payroll demands numbered 13780 through 13935
in the amount of $172,919.99, payroll
liability account 9000703 through 9000713 in
the amount of $73,325.86, and authorized
warrants to be drawn on the Treasury for same.
F. Adopted Resolution Number 4946 entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING CUP NO. 1-10,
PERMITTING THE OPERATION OF A PERSONAL
FITNESS STUDIO AT 220 MAIN STREET, SEAL
BEACH (BELLA FORMA)." By unanimous consent,
full reading of Resolution Number 4946 was
waived.
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Adopted Resolution Number 4947 entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH DECLARING WORK TO BE COMPLETED
AS TO PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR PROJECT
#49819, ON-SITE SOLIUM HYPOCHLORITE GENERATION
SYSTEM, BEVERALY MANOR, ENTERED INTO BETWEEN
CLORTEC AND THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH." By
unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution
Number 4947 was waived.
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Approved Amendment Number 4 to Master
Funding Agreement No. C-95-991 with the
Orange County Transportation Authority to
replace Exhibit "A" with a revised list of
open projects, and authorized the Mayor to
execute same on behalf of the City.
1. Adopted Resolution Number 4948 entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH DECLARING WORK TO BE COMPLETED
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AS TO PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS FOR PROJECT
#55056, COASTLINE/CARMEL STORM DRAIN
REPLACEMENT ENTERED INTO BETWEEN BNB
ENGINEERING INC. AND THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH."
By unanimous consent, full reading of
Resolution Number 4948 was waived.
Awarded the unit price/maintenance/emergency
services contract for traffic signal maintenance
and repair to Peek Traffic Signal Maintenance,
Inc., and authorized the City Manager to e~ecute
said contract on behalf of the City. I
Awarded the unit price/maintenance/emergency
services contract for street and right-of-~ay
maintenance to PV Maintenance and authorized
the City Manager to execute said contract on behalf
of the City. I
Awarded the unit price/maintenance/emergency
services contract for traffic striping and!marking
to Orange County Striping, and authorized the City
Manager to execute said contract on behalf of the
City.
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Awarded the unit price/maintenance/emergency
services contract for Sewer lift station I
maintenance to Flo Systems, Inc., and authorized
the City Manager to execute the contract oh behalf
of the City. I
Awarded the unit price/maintenance/emergency
services contract for sewer line cleaning to
Richard L. Walker Sewer Cleaning, and authorized
the City Manager to execute the contract oh
behalf of the City. I
Awarded the unit price/maintenance/emergency
services contract for water and sewer linel
repairs to Doty Brothers Equipment Company, and
authorized the City Manager to execute the
contract on behalf of the City.
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Awarded the unit price/maintenance/emergency
services contract for sewer/cleanup servic~s
and hazardous materials sole source to United
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Pumping Services, and authorized the City ~anager
to execute the contract on behalf of the City.
Adopted Resolution Number 4949 entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH, AUTHORIZATION BY CITY COUNCIL FOR
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC WORKS TO EXECUTE "RIGHT!OF
WAY CERTIFICATION", (federally funded
transportation related projects). By unanimous
consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4949
was waived.
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T. Adopted Resolution Number 4951 entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ESTABLISHING
A RECORDS RETENTION SCHEDULE FOR POLICE RECORDS."
By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution
Number 4951 was waived.
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Adopted Resolution Number 4952 entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR
GRANT FUNDS FOR URBAN RECREATIONAL AND CULTURAL
CENTERS, MUSEUMS, AND FACILITIES FOR WILDLIFE
EDUCATION OR ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION PROGRAM
UNDER THE SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD PARKS, CLEAN WATER,
CLEAN AIR, AND COASTAL PROTECTION BOND ACT OF
2000 FOR COLLEGE PARK EAST RECREATIONAL/
COMMUNITY CENTER." By unanimous consent, full
reading of Resolution Number 4952 was waived.
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W. Requests for Proposals were received for annual
tree trimming services as follows:
Arbor Care
United Pacific Services
West Coast Arborists
$39,400
$40,425
$48,400
Awarded the contract for street tree maintenance
services to United Pacific Services, Inc., the
lowest bidder meeting the selection criteria,
said contract for a term of one year with two
optional one year extensions.
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Adopted Resolution Number 4953 entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, CONCERNING
PARTICIPATION/CONTINUATION IN THE ORANGE COUNTY
SERVICE AUTHORITY FOR ABANDONED VEHICLES AND
REPEALING RESOLUTION NUMBER 4597." By unanimous
consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4953
was waived.
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Y. Adopted Resolution Number 4954 entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH AUTHORIZING SALARY AND BENEFITS
BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 2001/2002 FISCAL
YEAR." By unanimous consent, full reading of
Resolution Number 4954 was waived.
Z. Approved an Agreement for leasing and property
management services with Bancap Commercial
Real Estate Services for a term of one year with
the option to renew the agreement for two
additional one year terms, and authorized the
Mayor to execute said Agreement on behalf of
the City.
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AA. Adopted Ordinance Number 1482 entitled "AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING ORDINANCE
NUMBER 1481, CALLING AND GIVING NOTICE OF THE
HOLDING OF A SPECIAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION TO BE
HELD IN THE CITY ON TUESDAY, MARCH 5th, 2002,
CONSOLIDATED WITH THE STATEWIDE PRIMARY
ELECTION, TO INCLUDE AN ADDITIONAL CHARTER
AMENDMENT RELATING TO DISCIPLINARY SUSPENSIONS,
ALSO AMENDING RESOLUTIONS NUMBERED 4942, 4944,
AND 4945 TO INCLUDE SAME." By unanimous
consent, full reading of Ordinance Number 1482
was waived.
BB. Adopted Ordinance Number 1483 entitled "AN
ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AMENDING
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CHAPTER 1B OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF SEAL
BEACH ADJUSTING THE VOLUNTARY CAMPAIGN
EXPENDITURE LIMIT." By unanimous consent, full
reading of Ordinance Number l483 was waived.
Bids were received for fumigation and pestJcide
abatement services as follows:
CC.
Exterminetics of
Southern California
Hydrex Pest Control
Admiral Pest Control
Western Exterminators
$ 9,890
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$10,673
$l4,985
$20,100
Awarded the contract for fumigation and pesticide
services for City buildings located at 20l land
211 - 8th Street to Exterminetics of Southern
California, the lowest responsible bidder, in the
amount of $9,890, and
Adopted Resolution Number 4955 entitled "A
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SEAL BEACH AUTHORIZING TERMITE REMEDIATION
BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 2001/2002 FISCAL YEAR."
By unanimous consent, full reading of Reso]ution
Number 4955 was waived.
AYES:
NOES:
Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost
None Motion carried
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
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ITEM "D" - DISSOLUTION - AD HOC WATER OUALITY COMMITTEE
Councilman Yost commended the members of the Water Quality
Committee for having developed a good Plan, their designated
task complete, moved to disband the Ad Hoc Water Quality
Committee. Councilman Boyd seconded the motion.
AYES:
NOES:
Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost
None Motion carried
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RESOLUTION NUMBER 4950 - NAVAL WEAPONS STATION FUTURE
Councilman Yost mentioned that his intent was to have staff
input to the issue of the future of the Naval Weapons
Station, this due in some part to the action the City of Los
Alamitos to retain a consultant to assist them with I
protection of the Armed Forces Reserve Center, this is
something that Seal Beach may also want to do given that the
Station encompasses the National wildlife Refuge, th~ City
needs to do everything it can to protect that area and to
expand the size of the Refuge if possible, how that ~ould be
done needs to be known. The City Manager presented the staff
report, explained that the Naval weapons Station is j
approximately five thousand acres, about 68.8 percent of the
total City land area, approximately nine hundred ele~en acres
makes up the wildlife Preserve, 12.5 percent of the open
space of the City. The Manager noted that staff haslbeen
made aware that there are two base closure bills proceeding
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through Congress, SB 397 and H.R. 1820, both would pursue
another round of base closures, staff has met with Mr. Del
Smith, the City'S washington representative and like~y the
best informed, in his opinion the Naval Weapons Station will
probably not be on the list because of their mission) yet
indicated that the City should get in front of the issue and
provided assistance with some of the terms of the Resolution.
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The suggestion of Mr. Smith was that if the Council wants to
oppose any potential closure of the Base that it try to deal
with some of the long standing issues such as financially
contributing to the on-going sand replenishment project in
Surfside, a financial contribution to the replacement of the
groin, improve the overall aesthetics of the Base
particularly along Pacific Coast Highway and perhaps the
bridge, and vigorously correct any environmental damages that
has been caused by Base operations. The Manager noted that
staff has proposed a course of action for Council
consideration, once the Resolution is approved it will be
forwarded to the local legislators, Mr. Smith will pursue the
issue with the federal legislators, also authorize the Mayor
to sign letters as time goes on that would support the
position of the Council.
Yost moved, second by Boyd, to adopt Resolution Number 4950
entitled "A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING THE CONTINUED USE OF THE
SEAL BEACH NAVAL WEAPONS STATION AND OPPOSING THE INCLUSION
OF THE BASE IN ANY BASE CLOSING PROCESS." By unanimous
consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4950 was waived.
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Councilman Boyd stated that he has been an advocate for some
time that as the Base goes through the Restoration Advisory
Board process and the contaminated sites are being
remediated, the City should be advocating that it does not
affect property or property owners, also that the land within
the coastal area and adjacent to the wildlife Refuge be
included as part of the Refuge, that would take some action
on the part of the Council through petition, it is important
to have the advocacy in Washington, D. C. that Mr. Smith
offers as he is very knowledgeable of the base closure
process as well as how some of the issues mentioned by staff
would be dealt with and accomplish some of the goals that
Councilman Yost set forth as part of the Resolution, it may
be important to increase the amount of time that Mr. Smith is
retained. He mentioned too that the two bills mentioned are
moving quickly, it appears they will pass, also, as that land
becomes available as clean land and with the City advocating
that it become part of the wildlife Refuge, that reduces the
potentially developable space that is within sensitive
habitats, thus if the Base should ever close it would limit
foreseeable development. Councilman Boyd noted also that the
following day the Board of Supervisors will consider second
reading of an ordinance relating to parkland deed
restrictions, this was sent to the Board by the Orange County
Harbors, Beaches and Parks Commission in November, 2000, went
before them four times, continued each time, finally had
first reading last week with second reading to take place
this week, this ties in somewhat with what is being
discussed, preserving what is known as this community, the
Base being a large part of the community therefore if the
Base should ever close in part or in whole the greater
portion thereof that is either deed restricted, as the County
is now doing, or is in the National wildlife Refuge will be
of benefit to this City.
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NOES:
Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost
None Motion carried
ITEM "M" STREET SWEEPING SERVICES
Mr. Reg Clewley, Seal Beach, said this issue was not to have
taken place until after an election that many citizens know
nothing about, none of which have yet received a ballot or
are aware of how they are expected to return that ballot.
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Mr. Clewley stated that the Public Works Department, through
the City Manager, analyzed and discovered that the existing
residential schedule could be accomplished with only Iminor
modifications to the arterial schedule and within the
existing fees of $37,000, that two thousand eight hurtdred
curb miles can be swept. He offered that if this matter had
been taken before the electorate to request doubling/of the
street sweeping fees the City could accomplish the proposed
end of bi-weekly street sweeping, if the fee increas~ is
realized the City will be sweeping every alley in th~ City,
even those that go to the beach, if passed this contract
could be expanded to include the entire street, in h~s
opinion considerable money is being asked from the r~sidents
for no reason whatsoever, debris does not accumulate lin the
center of the street nor does sufficient bacteria accumulate
at the curbs and gutters to warrant weekly street sw~eping.
He continued by saying the contract could possibly b~ a good
thing yet placing it on the Consent Calendar is j
inappropriate, his request would be to have a full reading of
this matter as to what the City is doing and why, th~
citizens would like to hear why the fees are being qtladrupled
for street sweeping when it is entirely unnecessary, Istating
that weekly sweeping could be accomplished at twice the price
rather than four times the price, alleys in the CitY!dO not
need to be swept every week, there are trucks in the alleys
every day, will the alleys then be posted for no parking
during certain hours, this will interfere with the btlsinesses
on Main Street, or will the businesses be exempt, th~ City
needs to let it be known what they are doing. with regard to
items on the agenda, Mr. Clewley said when people ar~ invited
to speak at public comments, in the past they have b~en
restricted to non-agendized items, once an item is brought up
that is on the agenda, such as a Council item, the Council
must allow the public to address these issues, as anjexample
at this meeting the Boeing issue was handled wrong in that
the public was not invited to speak to that matter. /MS. Sue
Corbin, Seal Beach, objected to the reference to meetings
that have been it is the Council that is the body th~t is the
decision maker, decisions need to be made here not elsewhere.
She mentioned that residents of the Hill area are getting
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older, retiring, some with limited incomes, Leisure World is
becoming a younger population, if they are low incom~ that is
the exemption, being a senior citizen does not mean one is
low income, but there are people in Old Town trying to raise
families with limited incomes as well. Councilman Boyd
pointed out that the item under discussion is a contract for
street sweeping, has nothing to do with the upcoming ballot
measure.
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As a result of a derogatory exchange of comments, Mayor Doane
declared a recess at 8:50 p.m. The Council reconvened at
9:00 p.m. with Mayor Doane calling the meeting to order.
The City Attorney noted allegations that the councillhas not
complied with the Brown Act, complaints however not true,
explaining that the Brown Act requires that the public have
an opportunity to speak to every item on the agenda prior to
the Council making a decision, the opportunity to speak on
each item on the agenda is provided at Public Comments, as a
courtesy to the public, even though the Brown Act does not
require it, this Council allows the public to pull items from
the Consent Calendar, the second courtesy is that the Mayor
has allowed the public to speak to the items they putled,
again, the Brown Act does not require that, the public had
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Calendar during Public Comments, two courtesies have been
extended and the Council is in full compliance with the Brown
Act therefore the allegations have no basis. To the City
Attorney, Councilman Boyd stated that if the Council held
public comments at the end of the meeting for open comments,
as in other cities, is it not so that the Council would then
be required by law to allow the public to pull an item off
the agenda and speak to the item before an action is taken by
the Council. The City Attorney confirmed that to be true,
noted that many cities have speaker identification cards for
those who wish to speak to items as they are before
considered by the Council, those cities have a public comment
period on non-agenda items at the end of the meeting, some
have two such periods as Seal Beach once did, offering that
there is a wide range of ways to comply with the Brown Act,
the way the Council currently acts is in full compliance, the
opportunity is provided at the beginning, additional
opportunities is only through the courtesy of the Chair.
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The City Manager explained that the issue before the Council
is not about the election, whether the election is successful
or not the staff has determined that it is more cost
effective to go to contract street sweeping. He noted that
the philosophy going into this was that the community could
not be asked for an increase until they could be told that
everything possible had been done to make certain things have
been done in the most efficient and cost effective manner. A
comment was made as to fleecing the taxpayer, if that in fact
was the case staff would have moved forward to weekly street
sweeping without looking at contracting out, to that he made
reference to a 1980's book relating to privatization which
said government does some things very well and some things
not so .well, the private sector has certain abilities to do
things more efficiently and effective. The Manager offered
that what is being seen is an implementation of that theory,
the analysis has shown that contract sweeping is less
expensive, it will allow the City to avoid the cost of
purchasing a $250,000 street sweeper, also to be in
compliance with the Air Quality Management District standards
for street sweeping, the City is currently in violation in
that it does not have a PM10 standard street sweeper. With
regard to the alleys, at some point, if the voters of the
community approve going to weekly street sweeping it will
include alleys, that is part of the service enhancement and a
reason this is being pursued. with regard to the voting
process, proposition 218, the Right to Vote, was passed by
the voters of the State of California which provided the
opportunity to vote whether it be pro or con on issues, the
City is complying with that State law. He noted that
Governing Magazine is going to do an article about the Seal
Beach program moving towards privatization and ability to
show that there are cost savings. In summary, the Manager
said what is being looked at is taking care of the system as
it currently exists, getting to where there is no subsidy
from the General Fund, staying within the fees, if the
election is successful then staff will return to Council with
a contract amendment to expand the level of service, however
that decision will not be made until the results of the
election are known. He noted that this is not embarking on
the cutting edge, many cities in the State, particularly Los
Angeles and Orange counties, contract for street sweeping,
usually because it is cost effective, the item under
consideration is to maintain the current system in the most
efficient and cost effective manner.
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Councilman Larson moved to award the unit price/maintenance
service contract for street sweeping to California Street
Maintenance, and authorize the City Manager to execute the
contract on behalf of the City. Councilman Boyd seconded the
motion. j
Councilman Yost noted a question from a resident that if the
City were to contract, give up its street sweeper, would the
City then be held hostage to the company, could costs
increase more than this, and is it necessary to dispose of
the sweeper. The Manager responded that it needs to/be
understood that the City sweeper is not a PM10 standard
sweeper, it is old, worn out, the City is never lock~d into a
contract, if this contractor is not desirable then there are
two options, either again look at in-house service, yet a
sweeper cost would be about $250000, or another contractor,
from a cost effective, efficiency standpoint contracting is
the better way. Councilman Yost recalled a concern of one
resident that the contractor would buy the City sweeper,
sweep the City streets with it, and then raise the fees.
Councilmember Yost did clarify however that the contractor
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uses a state of the art vacuum sweeper. Councilmember
Campbell too noted that the existing sweeper may pick up
debris but the water seems to flow back onto the street
because the sweeper leaves a large brown path behind) that
shows how inefficient the sweeper is, if the streets are to
be cleaned the proper equipment is needed.
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AYES: Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost
NOES: None Motion carried
ITEM "U" CLAIM I
Mr. Reg Clewley, Seal Beach, made reference to this claimant
having fallen on a sidewalk, sidewalks are a danger in the
community, staff is recommending that the claim be denied
which in turn will be a litigated matter, stated that is not
the appropriate way to handle such issues, rather, they
should be negotiated and settled, staff is misleading the
Council with such recommendations. Boyd moved, second by
Larson, to deny the claim for damages of Ms. Aili Leppanen.
AYES: Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost I.
NOES: None Motion carried
STATE ROUTE 22/WEST ORANGE COUNTY CONNECTION - DRAFT I
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT/STATEMENT - COMMENT LETTER -
RESOLUTION NUMBER 4956 I
The Director of Development Services presented the staff
report, this item relating to a City comment letter regarding
the adequacy of the Draft Environmental Impact Report/
Environmental Impact Statement that CalTrans and thejFederal
Highway Administration prepared for the State Route 22
project. He noted that the City received this document in
late August, in early September it was brought to Co~ncil at
which time staff was directed to conduct a review and prepare
a comment letter to the Draft documents, that was do he in
accordance with Council direction, it is felt it contains a
significant amount of information that should help g~ide the
decision making process of both Cal Trans and the Federal
Highway Administration in a direction that will lessen the
significant impacts that have been identified in theldocument
as to the impacts on this City. Also, there is a legal basis
for providing written comments whereby if the comments of the
City are ultimately ignored or rejected, providing those
comments in a timely manner protects the rights of the City
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to bring a legal action if a project is approved that the
City does not concur with. The Director explained that the
project is basically to put HOV lanes on the 22 Freeway
between the 55 and the 605 freeways, place new HOV lanes in
each direction on the 22 Freeway, an additional HOV lane in
each direction on the 405 between the 22 and the 605
freeways, one car pool lane currently exists, this would be a
second just between those two freeways, it would provide
direct freeway to freeway HOV connectors at each location
where the 22 Freeway crosses another freeway, thus the
605/405, 405/22, 22/5, and 22/55, the project would add a
continuous auxiliary lane in both directions on the 22
between Beach Boulevard and the 5 Freeway, also create a
limited access route on an abandoned Pacific Electric right-
of-way that now runs into downtown Santa Ana. The Director
mentioned that there are a number of project alternatives
that have been identified in the EIR, the first is a no build
alternative, that is mandated to be evaluated by both federal
and State environmental regulations, that alternative is
basically one that would do nothing to the freeway yet
evaluates impacts of already approved for funding
improvements on additional streets and transit improvements
within the corridor through the Regional Transportation
Improve:ment Plan, the second alternative is identified as the
TSM, Transportation Services Management, program and an
expanded bus service alternative, this too does not provide
for any direct improvements to the freeway however provides
for additional bus service on arterial streets that parallel
the freeway as well as a commuter bus line that would run on
the freeway, the full build alternative is the actual project
which is the subject of the Draft EIR/EIS, includes all of
the HOV connectors at the freeways previously mentioned, the
document also evaluates a reduced build alternative which for
Seal Beach and Rossmoor has the same impacts as the proposed
project, it eliminates the HOV connectors from the 55/22, the
22/5, and the new arterial connector down the Pacific
Electric right-of-way in Santa Ana. In reviewing the
document there were several areas of concern identified, the
first being the potential impact to the six homes along
Almond~venue in College Park East that were identified for
acquisition, the engineering staff and the design consultant
have looked at the project, three separate alternatives have
been identified that would allow the freeway to be built
within the right-of-way as it exists to design requirements
of CalTrans without having to acquire the homes, the first
would b,= the realignment of the proposed project itself, that
would basically shift the freeway about eighteen feet to the
south, closer to the Naval Weapons Station, yet it does not
impact the Weapons Station right-of-way, it would not require
an acquisition along Almond Avenue, would allow the sound
wall to remain in its current location, that would allow the
project design parameters to be modified by lengthening some
of the curves of the transition ramps from one freeway to
another, flattening them so that it is not necessary to go
north into Almond Avenue, the second would be to save the
existin9 homes by reconfiguring Almond Avenue, a suggestion
was that it was not necessary as part of the CalTrans program
to maintain the full forty foot width of Almond Avenue as it
currently exists, that it could be narrowed to eliminate
parking on the freeway side of the street, the street could
then be relocated northerly to accommodate their right-of-way
if need be and without the taking of the homes, the third
would be to again look at the Naval Weapons Station if
determi~ed that was necessary, it appears that would be about
a ten foot sliver of land for about six to eight hundred feet
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along the extreme northeast corner of the Station, the
comment letter notes that there are federal requirem~nts for
that type of evaluation to occur, the EIR document does not
make it clear that that did occur. The Director not~d that
some of the other issues identified and addressed inlthe
comment letter were the aesthetic impacts of the noise walls
along the College Park East residential community and
adjacent to the tennis club facility which eventually will be
dedicated to the City for public recreation, anotherlarea is
the aesthetic impacts on College Park East, College Park
West, Leisure World, and Rossmoor from the elevated HOV
connector ramp structures, the ramp at the 405/605, ~ccording
to the preliminary engineering plans, is about seventy feet
in height, a mile and a quarter in length, it is felt this
will cause aesthetic, noise, and glare impacts, the *amp at
the 22/405 will be about thirty feet in height, a third of a
mile in length, around fourteen feet higher than thelexisting
noise walls, another impact to College Park East wou+d be the
noise if the project is realigned and the walls moved closer
which then brings the noise sources from the freewaylcloser
to the homes, that issue was felt to not have been adequately
been described. He offered that the light and glare!impacts
from the HOV connectors are felt to be substantial,
particularly the seventy foot structure, there are potential
phasing issues that the City has identified with relation to
the Seal Beach project to widen the Seal Beach Boule~ard
overpass at the 405 Freeway and potential impacts tola number
of City public facilities located adjacent to the 405 and
Beverly Manor Road where there is a large water rese~voir, a
fueling facility that Public Works and Police Departments use
for their vehicles, there are sewer pump stations, water pump
stations, at this point it is unclear what the impacts of the
freeway widening project might have on those facilit+es. The
Director mentioned that the public comment period ends a week
from tomorrow at 5:00 p.m., comments must be received by then
otherwise they will not be required to be responded to in the
EIR document. The Director mentioned also that when! this
document came out there was a community meeting held on
September 18th in the Council Chambers, the College Park East
community was invited, the project was explained andladvised
how they could participate in the public review and yomment
process for the project, CalTrans has had two community input
sessions, which they refer to as public hearings, wh~re they
allowed time for questions to be posed to their staff, Mayor
Doane, Councilmembers Campbell and Yost, the City Mahager and
himself attended and submitted written comments at that time,
copies of which are included in the staff report. He noted
that the EQCB reviewed the draft letter under consideration,
they made some minor changes, those provided as a memorandum
with the staff report. With regard to comments madelby a
speaker, one issue was the noise wall, the impacts and
heights of that, how it reduces the noise'levels, tolthat the
Director mentioned that the comment letter addresses those
issues in detail, the other concern of the speaker w?s public
security while the wall is down and another being built, that
was discussed at the EQCB level and there is additiohal
language to address that. The Director stated the City staff
worked closely with Environmental Impact Sciences, the City
Attorney's office, and Zimmerman Engineering to put the
comment packet together, there was considerable time I and
effort devoted to this endeavor, about a hundred seventy
hours, it is felt to be a good document and provides I a fair
overview of the inadequacies, and the basic position of the
comment letter is that Cal Trans and the Federal Hig~way
Administration need to consider the comments and either
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recirculate a new document, start over, or prepare an
addendum or supplemental document and allow additional public
review and comments as it is felt that the document comes no
where near compliance with either CEQA or the National
Environmental Protection Act.
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Mayor Doane stated that the document was well done.
Councilman Boyd added his feeling that it is a very thorough
document, the public will benefit from it.
Boyd moved, second by Larson, that the staff recommendations
be adopted, to authorize the Mayor to sign the comment
letter, authorize members of the City Council to provide any
additional separate comments directly to CalTrans with a copy
to the Director of Development Services, adopt Resolution
Number 4956 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SEAL BEACH AUTHORIZING BUDGET AMENDMENTS FOR THE
2001/2002 FISCAL YEAR", receive and file the staff report,
and instruct staff to forward copies of the comment letter to
the Planning Commission and Environmental Quality Control
Board for information. By unanimous consent, full reading of
Resolution Number 4956 was waived.
AYES:
NOES:
Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost
None Motion carried
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Councilmember Campbell asked if the comment relating to
security at such time as the wall may be down pending it
being rebuilt would be added to the letter. The response of
staff was that that comment has been added into Enclosure B
of the comment letter. Councilmember Campbell made some
minor corrections, page six of the staff report, Almond Drive
be changed to read Almond Avenue, page nine, the word Patti
be spelled Patty, pages four and one hundred six of the
letter, Primrose Place changed to read Primrose Circle, and
page one hundred seven, Almond Street changed to Almond
Avenue. Councilmember Campbell commended the thoroughness of
the report and comment letter.
AYES:
NOES:
Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost
None Motion carried
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STATE COPS FUNDS 2001/2002 - ALLOCATION
Mayor Doane declared the public hearing open to consider
acceptance of the State Citizens Options for Public Safety
(COPS) program funds and the allocation thereof. The City
Clerk certified that notice of the public hearing had been
advertised as required by law, and reported no communications
received. The Police Chief presented the staff report, noted
that pursuant to Assembly Bill 3229 the Police Chief is
required to make a recommendation for expenditure of the
allocation of the grant funds, explained that the 2000/2001
funds were used to add a police officer, the recommendation
for 2001/2002 is that the funding be used to continue that
position, training and community policing overtime.
Mayor Doane invited members of the audience wishing to speak
to this item to come to the microphone and identify
themselves for the record. Ms. Sue Corbin, Seal Beach,
commended the Chief and police personnel for the community
policing program, a good use of the funds, noting also that
the Police Department has become quite professional. She
mentioned too that monies had been allocated for community
meetings, they have not yet been held, this is the type of
issue that could be a subject of discussion at them. Mr. Reg
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Clewley, Seal Beach, stated that his opposition to this item
is in no way reflective of the Chief's services to the
community. This item relates to the acceptance of I
supplemental law enforcement funding, although doing enough
already, it will allow improvement in one area or another,
yet that is not the case, the City Council enacted an
ordinance prohibiting unleashed dogs in Gum Grove Park, there
is access to the Park for handicapped persons with powered
wheelchairs yet once they are there it is unsafe because the
dogs are not on leashes, as it has been for some thirty
years, this area needs to be patrolled. Mr. Clewleylwas
informed that dogs in Gum Grove Park was not relative to the
acceptance of grant funds. There being no further cbmments,
Mayor Doane declared the public hearing closed. I
Larson moved, second by Boyd, to accept the 200l/2002 State
COPS funding of $100,087.12, that the established I
Supplemental Law Enforcement Services fund be authorized to
accept such funds, and that the Police Chief be authbrized to
expend the funds as detailed.
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AYES:
NOES:
Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Larson, Yost
None Motion carried
CITY ATTORNEY REPORT
No report was presented.
CITY MANAGER REPORT
No report was presented.
COUNCIL COMMENTS
Councilmember Campbell confirmed that the affected property
owners will be receiving a ballot relating to street Isweeping
and tree trimming services and fees. She recalled that when
her family first moved to College Park East street sJeeping
was once a week on staggered days, as a cost cuttingjmeasure
sweeping was changed to twice a month, the current fees were
established in 1988, the fees being collected now do.lnot
cover the cost, the sweeping debris tested was found to
contain contaminants, environmental regulations dictate that
it be cleaned up, there are nice homes in this City and
people want services, people are paying 1988 fees for 2001
services, the fees collected do not cover the cost, the
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balance of the cost comes from the General Fund, that means
there is less money available for other things, paving of
streets and alleys are examples, the fee proposed to Icover
the cost is nominal, about $2 per month, the intent is to
have the fee equal the service, yet next year it is likely
the fees will not cover the cost again. with regardlto tree
trimming, there are five thousand trees in the public right-
of-way, a resident questioned why he should pay for tree
trimming as he did not have a tree in the front of his house,
the fee is to maintain the five thousand trees throughout the
City, those fees too were established in late 1980's) they do
not now cover the cost, another person suggested a species of
tree that does not grow as fast, the City could not dut the
trees down and put in new ones, that is cost prohibitive.
The City has trees, wants trees, likes trees yet tre~s need
maintenance, again the intent is merely to match the Ifees to
the cost of services, this proposed fee also minimal, with
the increase of fees for services that eliminates th~ need to
take money from the General Fund that could be used I
elsewhere. How did the City get in this situation,
Councilmember Campbell stated in 1992 the State balanced
their budget by means of the cities and counties, that year
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$3 to $4 million was lost, but it was not a one time take
away, they then revised the formula to give property tax
money back yet even now the City probably loses in the area
of $4 to $5 million each year, the City could do many things
with that money, if it comes to cutting trees down they will
not be replaced. Councilman Yost said he has had contact
with Mr. Jerry Tone, the Hellman family representative, the
appraisal has been done, that will be considered by the
wildlife Conservation Board to be anticipated in the early
part of next year, once that~s before the Conservation Board
the next challenge will be to obtain funds for restoration.
with regard to the Proposition 218 ballot for street sweeping
and tree trimming, Councilman Boyd noted that that was the
State 'right to vote' initiative, thus the voters have the
right to vote before a fee is raised, this is an opportunity
for the voters to exercise that right, the residents will get
the services that they pay for. Mayor Doane mentioned having
brought to the meeting a copy of the City's policy Manual, a
document that Councilman Boyd strongly urged be established,
and noted that within the Manual there are rules of decorum
for public meetings, with regard to that he read a statement
under the title of 'Persons Addressing the Council' that
'persons making impertinent, slanderous or profane remarks or
who become boisterous while addressing the Council should be
called to order by the presiding officer, and if such conduct
continues may, at the discretion of the presiding officer, be
ordered barred from further audience before the Council
during that meeting,' he noted too that the Sergeant at Arms
is the Chief of Police or his designee who 'shall carry out
all orders given by the presiding officer for the purpose of
maintaining order and decorum at Council meetings, a
councilmember may move to require the presiding officer to
enforce the rules, if a majority of the Council shall require
him to do so.' Mayor Doane offered that the Council has the
tools and is going to maintain decorum, ninety percent of the
people act like ladies and gentlemen, yet a small minority do
not seem to know how to abide by the rules. Mayor Doane
commended the Assistant to the City Manager for preparing a
survey of other Orange County and Los Angeles County cities
as to their parameters for pUblic comments, in Orange County
eighty-six percent of the cities place oral communications at
or near the beginning of the agenda, fifty percent require
speaker cards in order to address the Council, that he would
not be in favor of, forty-three percent limit oral
communications to non-agenda items, and fifty-four percent
limit speakers to a three minute limit, Los Angeles County
percentages very similar, a few have oral communications at
the end of the meeting, therefore according to the survey
Seal Beach is not on the restrictive curve of the survey, the
Council is being quite cognizant of the rights of the people.
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CLOSED SESSION
No Closed Session was held.
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ADJOURNMENT
It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council,
to adjourn the meeting until November 13th at 6:45 p.m. By
unanimous consent, the meeting was adjourned at 9:51 p.m.
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Seal Beach, California
November 13, 2001
The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular
adjourned session at 6:31 p.m. with Mayor Doane call~ng the
meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag.
ROLLCALL
Present:
Mayor Doane
Councilmembers Campbell, Larson, Yost
Abseht:
Councilmember Boyd
Councilman Boyd was present in the conference room awaiting
the Closed Session.
Also present: Mr. Bahorski, City Manager
Mr. Steele, Assistant City Attorney
Ms. Yeo, City Clerk
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CLOSED SESSION
The Assistant City Attorney announced that the Counc~l would
meet in Closed Session to discuss the items identifi~d on the
agenda, a conference with legal counsel with regard to
anticipated litigation pursuant to Government Code S~ction
54956.9(b), and to confer with legal counsel relating to
existing litigation pursuant to Government code Sect~on
54956.9(a), Ewert versus City of Seal Beach. By unaqimous
consent, the Council adjourned to Closed Session at 6:32 p.m.
and reconvened at 6:42 p.m. with Mayor Doane Callinglthe
meeting to order. The Assistant City Attorney reported that
the Council had discussed the items identified on th~ agenda,
gave direction to staff, no reportable action was taken.
ADJOURNMENT I
It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council,
to adjourn the meeting at 6:43 p.m.
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