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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Min 1993-05-10 5-3-93 I 5-10-93 residential, should be required to pay a fee for each parkinq space that is lackinq, such fees placed in a fund for a lonq term solution; a lonq ranqe plan for Main street should be developed in order to identify what is desired for the area in future years. * Grandfathered parkinq should no lonqer be allowed; concurrence that all persons that have a shortaqe of parkinq should be required to pay a fee. I * Assessment of a fee for each parkinq space lackinq could drive low volume businesses from Main street and encouraqe those of hiqh volume. Mayor Forsythe expressed appreciation for the attendance and comments from all persons present at the workshop, and advised that the suqqestions will be evaluated for implementation short and lonq term. ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the city Council session to Monday, May 10th at 6:00 p.m. to meet in Closed Session. By unanimous consent of the City Council, Planninq Commission, and Environmental Quality Control Board, the meetinq was adjourned at 8:55 p.m. lerk and ex-off~c of Seal Beach I Approved: -~~~/~~~. ayo Attest: Seal Beach, California May 10, 1993 The reqular adjourned City Council session scheduled for 6:00 p.m. this date was cancelled as a result of the lack of Closed Session items for discussion. ED THIS~ day' J nne M. Yeo, Cit ity of Seal Beach , 1993. I I I I ~ 5-10-93 Seal Beach, California May 10, 1993 The City Council of the city of Seal Beach met in regular session at 7:03 p.m. with Mayor Forsythe calling the meeting to order with the Salute to the Flag. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Forsythe Councilmember Brown, Doane, Hastings, Laszlo Absent: None Also present: Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mr. Whittenberg, Director of Development Services Mrs. Yeo, City Clerk WAIVER OF FULL READING Brown moved, second by Laszlo, 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: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Forsythe declared Oral Communications open. Mr. Bill Ayres, Seal Beach, said he was speaking as the past president of A Running Experience, a non-profit organization devoted to the promotion of running and physical fitness, comprised of approximately one hundred local runners, with proceeds from events directed to local projects. He explained that the Club hosts the annual Seal Beach 10K run and walk, with approximately one hundred volunteers assisting with' the duties associated with the various events. He noted the Club reimburses the city for Public Works and Police services as well. As a result of the success of the April, 1993 event, Mr. Ayres presented a check in the amount of $1,500 to the City's Recreation and Parks Department, and expressed the intent that the monies be used to promote physical fitness. He noted that donations will also be made to the Girl Scouts and Interval House. Mr. Ken Radcliff, 4880 Hazelnut Avenue, requested that an item proposed for consideration several years ago be revisited, specifically an amendment of the city Charter requiring a two-thirds vote for a change in the land use classification of any property classified as Quasi-Public Land and any property owned by the city which is classified Public Land Use under the General Plan. There was an indicated intent to place this topic on the June 14th Council agenda. There being no further comments, Mayor Forsythe declared Oral Communications closed. AGENDA AMENDED Brown moved, second by Forsythe, to amend the agenda to consider Consent Calendar items "H" and "M" at this time, followed by agenda item "C", Resolution Number 4220. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried ITEMS "H" and "M"- PROCLAMATIONS Mayor Forsythe proclaimed May 20th and May 21st, 1993 as "Poppy Days." Ms. Joanne Freeland, President of the American Legion Auxiliary, Unit 327, Leisure World Seal Beach, accepted the proclamation with appreciation. 5-10-93 Mayor Forsythe proclaimed "Management Week" commencing June 3rd through June 7th, 1993." Mr. Bill Wilkerson, President and Chairman of the Board of the National Management Association, accepted the proclamation on behalf of the Rockwell Space Chapter. ITEM "c" - RESOLUTION NUMBER 4220 - SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION I NUMBER 48 - 143rd EVACUATION HOSPITAL - AFRC Resolution Number 4220 was presented to Council entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH SUPPORTING SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NUMBER 48." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4220 was waived. Councilman Laszlo pointed out that the Armed Forces Reserve Center is the Disaster Support Area for the Southern California Region, is prepared to activate in the event of a major disaster, the 143rd Evacuation Hospital Unit operates at that location and has erected a field hospital on the AFRC airfield. Edwin Schmidt introduced himself as a member of the California National Guard 143rd Unit and a nurse at Long Beach Memorial Hospital, and requested the support of Seal Beach to maintain the 143rd Unit at the Los Alamitos Armed Forces Reserve Center, stating the loss of this Unit would impact Southern California and not achieve the savings expected by the Federal government. He described the capabilities of the Unit and the various incidents to which it has responded in recent past. Councilman Brown said be believed the residents of Leisure World would be willing to communicate support for the 143rd Unit to the federal government. Councilman Laszlo noted an effort to call a meeting of the airfield commander, Congressional representatives Rohrabacher and Royce, Councilman Doane and himself, possibly representatives of the Los Alamitos Council to discuss the importance of retaining the 143rd Unit. Laszlo moved, second by Doane, to adopt Resolution Number I 4220. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried COUNCIL ITEMS Councilman Laszlo asked for consideration of stricter regulation of campaign financing, most specifically with regard to referendum and initiative elections, and to some degree City Council elections. He suggested an expenditure limit for Council candidates, disqualification of a member of the Council from voting on a project in the event the project proponent had contributed $250 or more to the Councilmember, identification of the contributor of amounts of $50 or more, applicable to Council elections and initiative and referendum elections as well, a limitation on expenditures for initiative and referendum elections, and an additional campaign report required to be filed about five days prior to an election. Councilman Laszlo recognized the efforts of Seal Beach resident James Goodwin for his work on this issue. It was confirmed that a concept for matching funds per candidate expenditure would not be considered. The city Attorney reported a prior supreme Court decision determined a limit could not be placed on the amount of expenditures unless there was provision for matching funds, I however offered to review more recent cases relating to campaign financing with a report back to the Council. Councilman Laszlo requested that a provision requiring petition circulators be residents of the city be looked into as well. APPOINTMENTS - AD HOC TOBACCO CONTROL COMMITTEE It was the consensus of the Council to appoint Mr. Stan Anderson, Coach's Sports Grill, and Mr. Greg Brown, Manager of Ruby'S Diner, to the Ad Hoc Tobacco Control Committee. Mention was made that some restaurants have indicated desire that the City implement a total ban of smoking. Walt's Wharf was commended for I I I 5-10-93 having implemented a smoking ban within their restaurant area on a trial basis. Mrs. Babcock, who was present in the audience, confirmed their ban to which there have been no complaints, however spoke favorably of the city not having enacted a mandatory smoking ban. It was noted that the remaining two appointments to this Committee would be placed on the next agenda. RESOLUTION NUMBER 4221 - CREATION OF THE DISNEYLAND RESORT Resolution Number 4221 was presented to Council entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH SUPPORTING THE COOPERATIVE EFFORTS OF THE CITY OF ANAHEIM AND DISNEYLAND IN THE CREATION OF THE DISNEYLAND RESORT." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4221 was waived. Brown moved, second by Laszlo, to adopt Resolution Number 4221 as presented. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEMS "E" thru "s" Doane moved, second by Brown, to approve the recommended action for items on the Consent Calendar as presented. E. Approved regular demands numbered 1967 through 2126 in the amount of $463,352.59 and payroll demands numbered 1381 through 1557 in the amount of $338,376.75 as approved by the Finance Committee, and authorized warrants to be drawn on the Treasury for same. Approved the minutes of the regular meeting of April 26, 1993. G. Adopted Ordinance Number 1366 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 15 OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, ADDING SECTION 15-24 REGARDING SEIZURE OF FIREWORKS." By unanimous consent, full reading of Ordinance Number 1366 was waived. F. H. (Action was taken on the "Poppy Days" proclamation earlier in the meeting.) I. Adopted Ordinance Number 1367 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH APPROVING ZONING TEXT AMENDMENT 93-1, DELETING SECTION 28-2407 (A) (4) (c), RELATING TO THE ADDITION OF BEDROOMS TO NONCONFORMING RESIDENCES WITH TANDEM PARKING WITHIN THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH." By unanimous consent, full reading of Ordinance Number 1367 was waived. J. Accepted the resignation of Lorraine Rice, a District Five appointee to the Archaeological Advisory Committee, and declared said position to be vacant. K. Denied the claim for recovery of personal expenditure of Richard Allen aka R. A. Weaver. L. Approved plans and specifications for Project Number 634, Improvements for the Bolsa Chica Well site, and authorized the city Manager to advertise for bids. 5-10-93 M. (Action was taken on the "Management Week" proclamation earlier in the meeting.) N. Adopted Resolution Number 4222 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH AUTHORIZING A LOAN FROM THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH GENERAL FUND TO THE SEAL BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY FOR PAYMENT OF THE SEAL BEACH REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY I s CONTRIBUTION TO THE EDUCATION REVENUE AUGMENTATION FUND" ($128,791.59). By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4222 was waived. I O. Received and filed the status report relating to the 1993 Regional Housing Needs Assessment, and instructed staff to forward same to the Planning commission for information purposes. P. Received and filed the staff report relating to proposed Rule 1504 (Backstop Rule) for local government, South Coast Air Quality Management District, and instructed staff to forward same to the Planning Commission and Environmental Quality Control Board for information purposes. Approved the Covenant and Agreement to Hold Property as One Parcel, Parcel Map 92-261, between the City of Seal Beach and Rockwell International, and authorized the Mayor to execute the Agreement on behalf of the city. Q. R. AYES: NOES: Concurred with the determination of the Planning Commission regarding the classification for Sweet Jill's Bakery, 123-1/2 Main Street, and instructed staff to schedule public hearings to consider a Zone Text Amendment regarding the definitions of "restaurant" and "walk-up/take- out restaurant." I S. Adopted Resolution Number 4223 entitled "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH ADOPTING A MEASURE M DEVELOPMENT MITIGATION PROGRAM AND A MEASURE M DEVELOPMENT PHASING AND ANNUAL MONITORING PROGRAM IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH GROWTH MANAGEMENT ELEMENT AND THE COUNTYWIDE PROVISIONS OF MEASURE M's COUNTYWIDE GROWTH MANAGEMENT PROGRAM." By unanimous consent, full reading of Resolution Number 4223 was waived. Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried PARKING ISSUES - MAIN STREET AREA I As a result of comments received at the recent workshop devoted to discussion of parking issues in the downtown area, the Director of Development Services presented a report from staff outlining a number of options for Council consideration that could be implemented on a short-term, mid-term, and long-term basis. At the conclusion of discussion, a consensus of the Council was indicated to request staff to provide additional information to implement short term actions to: 1) designate portions of the 8th Street beach lot for downtown use after 6:00 p.m., with revised parking fee structure and merchant validation program; 2) open the 8th Street lot south of Central Avenue for I I I ~,I., ........ 5-10-93 public parking after 5:00 p.m., no parking charge initially, investigate potential for parking meters; 3.) develop revised residential permit parking program, including a guest pass parking component, to encourage greater utilization of available on-site residential parking areas (i.e., garages, carports, etc.); 4) review existing on-street parking restrictions on 8th, Main and lOth streets, with goal of discouraging parking on 8th and lOth streets by business customers and/or employees; 6) investigate the potential of utilization of AB 2766 funds, parking in-lieu funds, etc., for establishment of an "Old Town" tram service, to reduce vehicle trips within the Old Town/Pacific Coast Highway area of the City; 7) work with business operators to provide additional signage regarding available parking in the alleys and restriping plans to increase the number of spaces available; and 9) investigate the potential of establishing additional bicycle parking areas at the pier and possibly the 8th/Central lot in conjunction with any proposed parking revision plans that impact Main street and/or the beach parking lots. It was requested that the lOth street lot not be opened for nighttime use given the close proximity of that lot of residential units and the potential of exiting the parking area without payment; that the lOth street lot be gated under the pier in some manner to prevent access; that beach lot parking be subject to the 10:00 p.m. curfew; that signage be developed to designate residential parking only on certain streets with direction to public parking in the beach lot; and that an effort be made to work with those businesses having posted 'no parking twenty-four hours per day' signs to free those spaces for evening use. It was noted that diagonal striping of downtown streets may not be feasible and would not be considered at this time, that bicycle lockers would not be an immediate consideration, and that bicycle parking is not compatible with Main street. COUNCIL CONCERNS Given the recent closure and renovation of the Leisure World Center market and the dependance on that market by a great number of Leisure World residents, Councilman Doane announced that Mr. Ted Shepard, Johns Food King Market, has initiated a personal grocery delivery service to Leisure World residents for a minimum $10 order. He cited Mr. Shepard's efforts as commendable and indicative of the type of people in the business community. Councilmember Hastings introduced Mr. Ellis Estes, recently from Dhaka, Bangladesh, who will soon become the Second Secretary to the Ambassador to Germany. Mayor Forsythe asked for Council consideration of a communication relating to the proposed Bolsa Chica development of 4,483 homes, received after preparation of this agenda. Doane moved, second by Brown, to place the item under consideration, citing the fact that the communication was received after preparation and posting of the agenda. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried Mayor Forsythe read the communication from the Mayor of Huntington Beach with regard to the Bolsa Chica Company attempting to obtain approval of their development plan for the unincorporated Bolsa Chica area from the County of Orange rather than the City of Huntington Beach, bypassing the discretionary power of the local jurisdiction. Mayor Forsythe requested Council approval of forwarding a letter to the Orange County Board of Supervisors expressing the concern of Seal Beach with respect to setting this precedent and limiting public input regarding this development proposal. It was suggested that the language of the letter from Huntington Beach be paraphrased to fit the response of Seal Beach, and prepared for the Mayor's 5-10-93 I 5-24-93 signature. The Mayor advised that the letter must be in the hands of the County by May 29th. Councilmember Hastings moved to direct that a letter be prepared for the signature of the Mayor and forwarded to the Orange County Board of supervisors in support of the City of Huntington Beach position. Mayor Forsythe seconded the motion. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried I ORAL COMMUNICATIONS There were no Oral Communications. CLOSED SESSION No Closed Session was held. ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the meeting until Monday, May 24th at 6:00 p.m. to meet in Closed Session. By unanimous consent, the meeting was adjourned at 8:06 p.m. Approved: _ <f1u,~ / ~~/,-. Attest: 1 Seal Beach, California May 24, 1993 The regular adjourned session scheduled for 6:00 p.m. this date was cancelled as there were no Closed Session items for discussion. .1