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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Min 1999-09-20 9-13-99 I 9-20-99 consent, the meeting was adjourned at 12:53 a.m. clerk Approved: /.kyor I Attest: Seal Beach, California September 20, 1999 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular adjourned session at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor Yost calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Yost Councilmembers Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Snow I Absent: None Also present: Mr. Till, City Manager Mr. Steele, Assistant City Attorney Mr. Badum, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Chief Sellers, Police Department Chief Cushman, Lifeguard Department Ms. Beard, Director of Recreation and Parks Ms. Yeo, City Clerk WAIVER OF FULL READING Boyd moved, second by Yost, to waive the 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 reading of the title unless specific request is made at that time for the reading of such ordinance or resolution. AYES: NOES: Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Snow, Yost None Motion carried I APPROVAL OF AGENDA Boyd moved, second by Yost, to approve the order of the agenda as presented. AYES: NOES: Boyd, campbell, Doane, Snow, Yost None Motion carried PUBLIC COMMENTS Mayor Yost declared Public Comments to be open. Mr. Reg Clewley, Seal Beach, claimed that this meeting is not to take 9-20-99 I place until the following Monday, it is not an adjourned nor emergency meeting, the only emergency is not on the agenda. He charged that the Manager allows his dog to run in Gum Grove park, disturbing wildlife, suggested that he has been caught but given his position has been able to pull his tickets from the pile, that he also has an aversion to paying taxes, the interest on the $75,000 loan for his home, asking if the Manager is a tax deductible foundation or organization that other residents are supposed to donate to. He claimed the Council has met on three occasions to discuss the City Manager, each time thwarted. Mr. Clewley said the agenda was out of order. Ms. Sue Corbin, Seal Beach, displayed a copy of the referendum document, invited the public to come to the meeting and sign it to stop the Bixby project. She too claimed that problems exist w~th_the Manager" spoke of his dismissal, seeking another job, abuse of authority, and in that case usually requires the payment of attorney fees. There being no further comments, Mayor Yost declared Public Comments closed. CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEMS "A" thru "0" Boyd moved, second by Yost, to approve the recommended action for items on the Consent Calendar as presented. A. Bids were received until September 15th, 1999 at 10:00 a.m. for Project Number 673, Annual Pavement Rehabilitation Program, at which time they were publicly opened by the City Clerk as follows: I Sully Miller Contracting R. J. Noble Company Excel Paving Company Sequel Contractors, Inc. $172,927.00 $173,809.12 $175,470.75 $175,737.80 I Awarded the contract for Project Number 673, Annual Pavement Rehabilitation Program, to Sully-Miller Contracting, the lowest responsible bidder, in the amount of $172,927.00 and authorized the City Manager to execute the contract on behalf of the City. B. Rejected the four bids for Project Number 751, Seal Beach Boulevard Traffic Signal Coordination, approved the revised plans, specifications, and estimates for Project Number 751, and authorized staff to re- initiate the bidding process. Adopted Resolution Number 4749 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AUTHORIZING THE ANIMAL CONTROL DEPARTMENT BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR THE 1999/2000 FISCAL YEAR." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4749 was waived. C. D. Ratified the West Orange County Water Board budget for fiscal year 1999/2000. AYES: NOES: Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Snow, Yost None Motion carried CITY ATTORNEY REPORT No report was presented. 9-20-99 CITY MANAGER REPORT No report was presented. PUBLIC COMMENTS Mayor Yost declared the Public Comment period open. Ms. Watson, Catalina Avenue, announced the upcoming, smaller Founders Day Celebration on Saturday, October 2nd, the Greenbelt festivities commencing at 2:00 p.m., this event to coincide with the sidewalk sale and the open Red Car, the Founders Day proceeds to benefit the Save Our Pool fund, citing the fact that most children who have lived in this town learned to swim at the McGaugh pool, the donation period extended until October 15th, and read the donation levels for plaque recognition. Ms. Watson announced also the Concert at Gum Grove Park this coming Sunday. Mr. Reg Clewley, Seal Beach, noted that he was previously making a statement, does not appreciate being interrupted, and demanded that in the future the timing device at the podium be used for all speakers. Be again mentioned that the Council has met three times to consider the City Manager position, that has been thwarted, and criticized the conduct and/or habits of members of the Council, and moved that the Council now go to closed session to dismiss the City Manager. Ms. Sue Corbin, Seal Beach, noted there was no closed session listed on this agenda, suggested there be a moratorium on the dismissal of employees, lawsuits will cost millions of dollars, that money is needed to fix streets and sidewalks, what is occurring is abuse of power. Ms. Cibella Willenius, College Park East, complained about the microphones. There being no further comments, Mayor Yost declared Public Comments closed. I COUNCIL COMMENTS Councilmember Campbell reported receiving a number of calls over the weekend relating to requests to sign the referendum, false statements were made by persons seeking signatures, this reflective of the signature gathering for the recall attempt. She stated she has not taken a stand on the referendum because from her viewpoint it does not go far enough, it should kill the entire project, since it does not then one must look at who is behind the referendum, the proponents are the same as the proponents of the recall and they are proponents of development, they want to void the shopping center and put more houses in its place, that is more development, that is where she has a problem with the referendum. Councilmember Campbell mentioned her last two surveys, about two years ago a survey was mailed to every house in College Park East, the response rate was twenty-one percent, about one third of the tract responded to the survey a couple of weeks ago, the people want the. least amount of development, on the other side a resident of Rossmoor said the referendum was better than nothing, to that she would agree. Ber understanding is that the referendum is costing the proponents $6,000, they have hired an attorney and people to collect signatures, question is who is paying for this. Councilmember Campbell made reference to a newspaper column this past week written by Councilman Doane which she said contains inaccuracies. She stated she has never denied having met with Bixby, a large development, absolutely not, Bixby has ten acres across from the Parasol Restaurant that is zoned commercial, the six acre tennis court was also zoned commercial, the desire was to down zone the tennis club from commercial to recreational use to protect it, in order to do that it was necessary to give something in return, the suggestion was to swap zoning, give them six acres on the Boulevard and down zone the tennis club. They met with I I 9-20-99 I Bixby, Mr. Bradshaw said if the people came up with a plan that she would need to get two other votes on the Council, to which she told him that if they came up with something she would first need to go back to the people of College Park East before it would have her vote, Bixby came up with a huge development and her group never went back to the table, so the group ended up going back to the old position of no zone changes. She said former Councilman Brown only attended the first meeting with Mr. Bradshaw, two other residents of College Park East were present at every meeting, Ms. McGuire and Mr. Mahrer, they will confirm that at no time was a large development favored, these were only discussions, anything else would need to come back to College Park East but they did not get that far. She mentioned former Councilman Laszlo who served College Park East for sixteen years, he represented the interests of the people well, and she had promised that she would work hard to have as much open space as possible, that is one of the reasons people want to live here, sellout, never, which is unlike some residents of College Park East who work for development of the Bixby property. In June, 1995 the old mixed use plan was voted down by the Planning Commission because the people did not want the project, in fact the people who spoke against it were four to one, that is a matter of public record, the Hill and Old Town representatives also voted against the project. Councilmember Campbell said there have been two elections in two years in College Park East over the project, the recall was merely an attempt by the Bixby supporters to get their own person on the Council to vote for the mixed use project. Councilmember Campbell announced that the College Park East Neighborhood Association will be sponsoring a concert in Heather Park on Saturday, September 25th at 1:00 p.m. featuring the Huntington Beach Band. Councilman Boyd mentioned that he had a chance to look at the referendum petition, the proponents calling themselves Citizens Against Excessive Traffic, to which he said he supports the right of the people to do this yet feels it is wrong, to kill this project and allow for development under the old zoning would not only contribute the same amount of traffic as the current project but more, signing the referendum actually contributes to traffic, the numbers exist in the EIR document, he would suggest caution before signing the referendum, there may be regrets as to what type of project there may eventually be, this issue may be on the March 7th ballot, suggesting that people read the referendum, understand the plan, understand the amount of public improvements the Bixby Company will be contributing, in excess of $7 million, which includes the 405 overpass widening, a concern of Leisure World residents, without the widening the traffic congestion of today will be much worse in four to five years, to wait for CalTrans to do those improvements would be an unknown time frame. Councilman Boyd announced his town hall meeting scheduled for Tuesday, September 28th at 7:00 p.m. to discuss a variety of issues. Councilman Snow made reference to a comment of a citizen that Mr. Snow does not want to vote without more research, to which he said that situation has not changed tonight as he is not going to vote or comment without more research. Mayor Yost announced the State of the City address this coming Wednesday and invited all interested parties to attend. He mentioned a press conference held this date with Congressman Rohrabacher, a representative of Assemblyman Baugh, the Corps of Engineers, and the Navy relating to the sand replenishment for Surfside, and extended appreciation to Councilman Boyd for his assistance in that regard, the intent is to find more permanent solutions for sand on the beach. I I 9-20-99 I 10-11-99 With regard to the timing device for speakers, Mayor Yost said if there is a general consensus that it be used he will do so, his preference however would be to just politely remind people that they are approaching the time limit. He explained also that the regular meeting had been adjourned until this date to consider the agenda items in a timely manner inasmuch as the regular meeting of September 27th will be canceled. I CLOSED SESSION No Closed Session was scheduled. ADJOURNMENT Councilman Boyd requested that the meeting be adjourned in memory of Vincent Rosetti who lost his life as a result of the West Anaheim Medical Center shooting. Ms. Watson, Catalina Avenue, spoke highly of Mr. Rosetti. Ms. Watson stated that there is too much violence and violent language, there can be attacks on principals but there needs to be a stop to personalizing issues and demeaning people who have been chosen to serve in office or are a member of this City, it is reprehensible, she was embarrassed last meeting when students were present, again tonight, there are innuendos, half truths, gossip, and personnel issues should not be an issue for public knowledge. To a question of Councilmember Campbell, the Director of Public Works explained that the contractor for the Street Rehabilitation Project will have fifteen days to return the contract documents, the project could possibly commence the first part of October. I It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the meeting at 7:34 p.m. in memory of Mr. Rosetti. t Clerk and the City of Approved: t Attest: Seal Beach, California October 11, 1999 I The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular session at 7:00 p.m. with Mayor Yost calling the meeting to order. At the invitation of the Mayor, the Young Adventurers led the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Yost Councilmembers Boyd, Campbell, Doane, Snow