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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Min 1998-02-23 2-9-98 I 2-23-98 Attest: Seal Beach, California February 23, 1998 I The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular adjourned session at 6:30 p.m. with Mayor Hastings calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Hastings Councilmembers Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton Absent: None Also present: Mr. Till, City Manager Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mrs. Yeo, City Clerk APPROVAL OF AGENDA Brown moved, second by Fulton, to approve the order of the agenda as presented. AYES: NOES: Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings None Motion carried I CLOSED SESSION The City Attorney announced that the Council would meet in Closed Session to discuss the items listed on the agenda, a conference with legal counsel pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b) relating to anticipated litigation, a conference with legal counsel pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(a) with regard to existing litigation, and a liability claim pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.95. By unanimous consent, the Council adjourned to Closed Session at 6:31 p.m. and reconvened at 6:57 p.m. with Mayor Hastings calling the meeting to order. The City Attorney reported the Council had discussed the three items listed on the agenda, gave direction with regard to each, and that no further action was taken. ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, to adjourn the meeting at 6:58 consent of the Council, clerk I Approved: 2-23-98 Attest: ~m$;l;t City Clerk I Seal Beach, California February 23, 1998 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular session at 7:18 p.m. with Mayor Hastings calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Hastings Councilmembers Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton Absent: None I Also present: Mr. Till, City Manager Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mr. Whittenberg, Director of Development Services Mr. Badum, Director of Public worksl City Engineer Chief Sellers, Police Department Mrs. Yeo, City Clerk APPROVAL OF AGENDA Councilmember Forsythe requested that Item "C", the Los Alamitos High School Songleaders, be moved forward before Items "A" and "B", Councilmember Campbell requested that Item "K" be removed from the Consent Calendar for separate consideration, Mayor Hastings requested that item "F" be removed, and a member of the audience requested that Item "E" be removed. Campbell moved, second by Fulton, to approve the order of the agenda as revised. AYES: NOES: Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings None Motion carried PRESENTATIONS I LOS ALAMITOS HIGH SCHOOL SONGLEADERS Mayor Hastings and Councilmember Campbell presented certificates of recognition to the Los Alamitos High School Song leaders for having won the National Championship at the United Dance Association National High School Competition held in Orlando, Florida on January 31st, 1998, having competed against one hundred schools in the event. Certificates were presented to Kairi Allen, Summer Allison, Brianna Bailey, Arnie Fasnacht, Melissa Hanning, Emily Kastner, Kami Major, Emily Neighbors, Mari Payton, Hedy Row, Julie Welch, Lindsay Wilkinson, Carin wu, and Kristen Yee, recognized alternates Lauren Evans and Lisa Lieberman, coaches Jennifer purcell, Karl Mundt, Nicole Vitz, and Los Alamitos High School teacher in charge of songleaders and cheerleaders, Judy Trujillo. PROCLAMATION - POISON PREVENTION WEEK Mayor Hastings read in full the Proclamation declaring March 2-23-98 16th through March 21st, 1998 as "Poison Prevention Week." Ms. Aku Kidane, County of Los Angeles, Department of Health Services, accepted the Proclamation with appreciation. She explained that lead poisoning is a preventable disease, there are various types of lead sources, their agency makes visits to schools, speak to teachers and parents to educate people as to the means of prevention, noted that a blood test is the only way to detect lead poisoning, and of prime importance is cleanliness. I PROCLAMATION - SAVE YOUR VISION WEEK Mayor Hastings proclaimed March 1st through March 7th, 1998 as "Save Your Vision Week." Councilmember Campbell announced the passing of Kenny Anderson, a long time Leisure World resident who would have been ninety-seven years tomorrow. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Hastings declared Oral Communications open. Mr. Leonard Wilson, Rossmoor Center, announced that the Center is hosting a special art exhibit by students from the Los Alamitos School District, about three hundred entries, the theme of the exhibit is "It Is OK To Be Different." He announced also the upcoming annual Health Fair Expo scheduled for Saturday, April 18th. Mr. Gordon Shanks, Surf Place, noted a recent luncheon hosted by the Womans Club and mentioned a comment made at that event that the Cable Foundation has been badly impacted by Comcast taking away things that have been provided the Foundation. The Manager responded that he believed what Mr. Shanks was referring to is change as opposed to loss of local programming services, the City is working through how best to handle the next ten years of PEG programming, working with the Foundation, the public, and the coordinator whose position will soon become a position working with the City rather than with Comcast, there are changes forthcoming but it would be premature to deem it to be a loss of programming or services that have existed in the past. Ms. Teri Quinlan, resident and public access producer, announced a program to be shown on March 3rd relating to the Bixby project, the program to be live, a panel, telephone access, and invited interested persons to participate. With reference to the cable contract negotiations and Cable Foundation, Ms. Quinlan stated she had posed questions that now appear to be of significance, who would be paying the rent on the public access facilities, the studio, the utility bills, who would lease the facility, the City or was Comcast still under the lease agreement with the landlord, the answers were not known and apparently the questions were not brought up, a copy of a Buena Park ordinance had been submitted that provides for a governing committee to make the cable provider accountable, there was discussion of side-letters, what happened with those is unknown, it is unknown what happened to the $75,000 that was to have coincided with the contract, if paid some of that should be going back to the Foundation. Ms. Quinlan noted her understanding that the cable contract was signed last week, within hours the Cable Foundation was given notice to vacate the offices adjacent to the studio, and although there is space in the down stairs portion of the building that would be a different type of lease arrangement, an impact on the funding and budget of the Foundation, it is now unknown where the public access coordinator will be located, the notice to the Foundation seems to be unreasonable, a poor public relations move on the part of Comcast. The Manager I I 2-23-98 I said he was not prepared to discuss the comments at this meeting, however during the cable franchise discussions the Foundation was requested to provide a report and recommendations to the committee by March 1st, at that time all of the issues raised will be considered. Ms. Quinlan noted that the notice to vacate is for ten days, that before the March 1st date, there will then be no public access office, to which the Manager said he believed something can be worked out. Mr. Ben Cunningham, Taper Drive, said he was representing Father Vidal and the parishioners of St. Anne's, and submitted a petition, believed to contain six hundred signatures, three hundred of which are residents of Seal Beach, with regard to the drainage problems on 10th Street in front of the Church and requesting remedy of this on-going problem. Mr. Cunningham acknowledged awareness of the many drainage problems currently facing the City, after meeting with the city Manager it has been learned that the problem at St. Anne's is not a priority, yet the Church has lived with this serious problem for over thirty years and have waited patiently for the elected representatives to rectify the problem. Mr. Cunningham stated that the City Manager has seen the problem, the solution was to order a study rather than implement one of the various solutions even if that be temporary, it is believed that the 10th Street problem is as important as the 12th Street problem, he would ask that the Council show the same consideration, and if the choice is not to act at this time then help will be sought from newly elected Council members. Mr. Brian Kyle, Seal Beach, said he was accompanying those speaking for St. Anne's, the problem has existed since the early 1950's, it is a major problem that needs to be addressed, it is difficult for the parishioners, especially to cross the street, there is a priority list for improvements and requested that this area be placed on the list to be resolved as soon as possible. Ms. Sue Corbin, Seal Beach, with regard to Comcast said her understanding is that they are now going to take the tapes of meetings to Fullerton for the replay, a recent tape did not get there for replay, which needs to be resolved. She again requested information regarding what the Agency owes the City's General Fund. Ms. Corbin criticized the local press for news articles, support for one candidate over another, etc., claiming there needs to be fair play, especially during an election, and suggested that there should be no waiver of reading of documents so as to provide information to the public. She recommended that repair of the 10th Street alley in the one hundred block of Main Street should be a top priority, to 10th Street, claimed that the street was not graded properly initially. Mr. Stan Anderson, Balboa Drive, businessman, and Business Association, noted the cooperation of St. Anne's in community activities, stated he is aware of the drainage situation, spoke with people, took pictures, there is flooding on the west side of the street during rains as well, it is a health hazard, improvements should be prioritized, requests to resolve the problem have been made for at least ten years, and urged the Council to visit the area and look for themselves. Mr. Sokoloff, Seal Beach, said the Main Street and pier upgrades have been linked to the spirit of reasonable accommodation of the Americans With Disabilities Act, there needs to be a designated parking space near the curb cut at the post office, and that the municipal building planned for the one hundred block next to the dry cleaning business should be designated for a public restroom for reasonable accommodation of disabled persons. There being no further comments, Mayor Hastings declared Oral Communications closed. I I 2-23-98 CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEMS "D" thru "K" Brown moved, second by Hastings, to approve the recommended action for items on the Consent Calendar as presented, except Items "E, F, and K", removed for separate consideration. D. 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 reading of the title unless specific request is made at that time for the reading of such ordinance or resolution. I G. Adopted Resolution Number 4608 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 #754, SEAL BEACH BOULEVARD/WESTMINSTER AVENUE RAILROAD CROSSING REHABILITATION." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4608 was waived. H. Approved the Cooperative Agreement with the City of Long Beach for the Marina Drive Bridge Rehabilitation, Project Number 676, and authorized the City Manager to execute said Agreement on behalf of the City. AYES: NOES: I. Approved a License Agreement with the County of Orange for acquisition of GIS (Geographic Information System) data, authorized a budget amendment to transfer $12,292 from the ENGR GIS fee to the CADD/GIS Program 001-49685-042 for same, and authorized the City Manager to execute said Agreement on behalf of the City at a cost not to exceed $12,436. I J. Adopted Resolution Number 4609 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING THE CLOSURE OF THE NORTH AND SOUTHBOUND TURN POCKETS LOCATED AT THE MAIN STREET/PACIFIC COAST HIGHWAY INTERSECTION." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4609 was waived. Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings None Motion carried ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR ITEM "E" - DEMANDS Ms. Sue Corbin, Seal Beach, made reference to the computer generated warrant list, stated that report needs to be more detailed so that people know where funds are going and for what department, a separate report should be prepared for travel to seminars and conferences, combining all costs for a total amount, those types of expenditures would be better directed to repair of sidewalks, etc. She also made comments regarding this being a Charter City, lack of reserved funds, suggesting that the Council meet with a citizens group to develop a contingency plan. I Forsythe moved, second by Hastings, to approve the regular demands numbered 18534 through 18645 in the amount of $447,509.93, payroll demands numbered 25666 through 25846 in 2-23-98 the amount of $273,529.67, and authorized warrants to be drawn on the Treasury for same. AYES: NOES: Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings None Motion carried I ITEM "F" - RESOLUTION NUMBER 4607 - GRANT APPLICATIONS - ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES At the request of Mayor Hastings, the City Manager explained that the City had the opportunity to participate in a quarter million dollar competitive grant program, which was successful, for alternative fuel vehicles and recharging stations, to Seal Beach that will mean acquisition of fifteen such vehicles that can be used as part of the police vehicle fleet, inspection and staff vehicles that would otherwise be paid for from the General Fund. The Manager noted that it will likely not be until fall when decisions will be made as to the specific type of vehicles and lease arrangements. Having participated in the recent demonstration of these vehicles, Councilman Fulton said he felt that one of the vehicles was better than the other, as was the warranty, to which he recommended that staff attempt to secure the best of both. I Brown moved, second by Hastings, to adopt Resolution Number 4607 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS TO IMPLEMENT AND CARRY OUT A PVEA FUNDED PROGRAM FOR THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLE PROGRAM." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4607 was waived. AYES: NOES: Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings None Motion carried ITEM "K" - MINUTES Councilmember Campbell corrected a typographical error in the November 24th regular adjourned meeting minutes. In reference to the second Oral Communications of the November 24th regular meeting and public comments regarding the Department of Defense budget, Councilmember Campbell inquired if a letter had been forwarded to the Department of Defence or to the Governor. The Manager said he did not recall a letter specific to that subject yet other letters have been written. with regard to mention of funding for the National Guard at the Armed Forces Reserve Center, Councilmember Campbell requested that the Manager follow up on that issue. Hastings moved, second by Fulton, to approve the minutes of the November 24th, 1997 regular adjourned and regular meetings. AYES: NOES: Brown, Campbell, Forsythe, Fulton, Hastings None Motion carried I CITY MANAGER REPORTS with regard to the 10th Street drainage, problem, the Manager reported having met with the representatives from St. Anne's Church, advised them there were no funds available to reconstruct that street however there may be some measures that could be implemented in the interim. The Mayor asked if the standing water could be pumped towards Pacific Coast Highway. The City Engineer stated that a preliminary look at the grading confirmed the flatness of that street, the trees have also lifted certain areas, it may be possible to remove and replace some of the curb and gutter in the interim 2-23-98 however the entire street needs to be regraded, using the vacuum sweeper periodically and allowing the area to dry is also a possibility. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Hastings declared Oral Communications open. Mr. Gordon Shanks, Surf Place, declared his love of Seal Beach, however cited this period of time as the height of the silly season, nine candidates in four of the five Council districts, asked that the television pan the audience for those present, and suggested that if one desires to be a Council candidate that they be present regularly. The Mayor noted that the cable broadcast directly to homes is helpful to the candidates. There being no further comments, Mayor Hastings declared Oral Communications closed. I COUNCIL CONCERNS Councilmember Campbell reported attending the Womans Club Presidents Luncheon this date, an event that recognizes those who volunteer untold hours to their respective organizations that do so much for this community. Councilmember Campbell also directed congratulations to the daughter of Rose Wenjen, College Park East, named to the National Honor Roll, and recipient of the Artists Diploma for her piano performances. Councilmember Brown commended the Womans Club as well for their recognition of the many service groups and their members. He also announced that Leisure World will be holding an open house on May 17th, a fund raising effort for the Golden Age Foundation, and extended an invitation to all to join the festivities. Councilmember Forsythe made reference to the sidewalk along the corner of Balboa Drive and Pacific Coast Highway, it had been cleared of dirt and debris, it is now covered over again, to which she suggested that a dollar figure be attached to the clean-ups and a bill sent to the property owner. Mayor Hastings suggested watching the Channel 7 News on Wednesday for an interview with Seal Collins, publisher of Surf Line, who works closely with Southern California Lifeguard Departments with regard to surf and storm information. Councilman Brown again reminded that an American Legion Post will be located on the Naval Weapons Station sometime the latter part of March, and invited those interested to contact him. I ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of to adjourn the meeting until Monday, March 9th to meet in Closed Session if deemed necessary. consent, the meeting was adjourned at 8:30 p.m. :~ the Council, at 6:30 p.m. By unanimous Approved: (!J icio clerk Beach I Attest: