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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC Min 1995-05-08 4-24-95 I 5-8-95 preference of the County had been that the facility be open to the public for a specified number of years, Golden Rain countered that that could be done only if the County assumed the liability, which the County was not willing to do nor were they prepared to reimburse Golden Rain for books that are not returned. He said if the County accepts the offer to purchase, which should be known within a few days, the library would then I become part of and oparated by Leisure World, run more in the manner of a lending library, also, an effort is under way to develop a reasonably easy means of transferring reading materials into the library from other such facilities. On behalf of Leisure World, Councilman Doane complimented Mayor Brown and the members of the Friends of the Library for their efforts to secure the Leisure World library. Members of the Council welcomed and encouraged the patronage of new businesses in town, the Main street Yoqurt, the Gourmet Chocolate and Gift Basket Shop, the Guardian Angel located behind the nursery, the Daily Grind in the Seal Beach Center, the Blue Mountain Bagel Company in the Rossmoor Center, and noted that the reconstruction of the Red Lobster restaurant is progressing. ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn until Monday, May 8th at 6:15 p.m. By unanimous consent, the meeting was a~ed at 8:16 p.m. . of the C~ ci I Attest: Seal Beach, California May 8, 1995 The reqular adjourned meeting of the Seal Beach city Council scheduled for 6:15 p.m. this date was cancelled as there were no Closed Session items scheduled for discussion. I I I I 5-8-95 Seal Beach, California May 8, 1995 The City Council of the City of Seal Beach met in regular session at 7:04 p.m. with Mayor Brown callinq the meetinq to order. '" The Seal Beach Naval Weapons Station Color Guard presented the colors and led the Salute to the Flaq. AGENDA AMENDED At the request of the Mayor, Hastinqs moved, second by Laszlo, to amend the aqenda to include a "Poppy Days" proclamation. The city Attorney noted that this item was submitted after preparation of the aqenda and the dates of recoqnition are prior to the next meetinq. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastinqs, Laszlo None Motion carried ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Brown Councilmembers Laszlo Doane, Forsythe, Hastinqs, II Absent: None Also present: Mr. Bankston, City Manaqer Mr. Barrow, city Attorney Mr. Whittenberq, Director of Development Services Mrs. Yeo, city Clerk APPROVAL OF AGENDA Doane moved, second by Hastinqs, to approve the aqenda as presented. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastinqs, Laszlo None Motion carried PRESENTATIONS V-E DAY RECOGNITION Mayor Brown read in full the V-E Day proclamation recoqnizinq May 8th, 1995 as the 50th anniversary of the victory in Europe and commendinq America's armed forces in World War II for their couraqe, honor, sacrifice and dedication to their country in the cause of justice, freedom and democracy. Mayor Brown presented copies of the proclamation to representatives of various veterans qroups present, and members of the Council conveyed their personal recoqnition and appreciation to the nearly twenty veterans in the audience. PROCLAMATION - POPPY DAYS Mayor Brown proclaimed May 19th and 20th as "Poppy Days" 1995, and presented a copy of the proclamation to a representative of the American Leqion Auxiliary, Unit 327 of Leisure World. PRESENTATION - RECYCLING PROGRAM Ms. Kelly Martin from the office of Assemblywoman Doris Allen presented a California Assembly Resolution to the City commendinq the efforts of the Council, staff, and refuse contractor for the Recycle Seal Beach proqram which has diverted more than 1,218 tons of waste from landfill sites thus far, accountinq for some twenty-two percent of total waste qenerated 5-8-95 from the participatinq proqram areas, makinq Recycle Seal Beach one of the most successful curbside proqrams in the State. Mayor Brown accepted the Resolution with appreciation. PROCLAMATION - FIRE SERVICE"RECOGNITION DAY Mayor Brown read in full the proclamation desiqnatinq Saturday, May 13th, 1995 as "Fire Service Recoqnition Day". Battalion Chief Ron Blaul and four volunteer fire fiqhters accepted the proclamation with appreciation on behalf of the Oranqe County Fire Authority, and extended an invitation for the public to visit their local fire stations on May 13th. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Brown declared Oral Communications open. Mr. Dave Bartlett extended an invitation to the Council, Planninq Commission and City staff to attend the qround breakinq ceremony for the Mitchell project at 1600 Pacific Coast Hiqhway on Thursday, May 11th. Mr. Ed Simmons, Seal Beach, once aqain directed his comments to the beach, noted discussion at the last meetinq with reqard to obtaininq additional sand and further studies by Moffat & Nichol, to which he stated there are a number of people who work for the city that are quite intelliqent and knowledqeable of the beach, more so than Moffat & NiChol, they could provide input that in turn would save money, citinq specifically the loss of the most recent sand replenishment within two days of its placement. He said other thinqs on the beach need to be done as well, the restrooms are cleaned only in the early morninq, other beaches provide cleaninq of their facilities throuqhout the day, cited a requirement to have restroom facilities every quarter mile, Seal Beach has only one such facility at midpoint on the beach, and claimed that beaches in other cities are a revenue source, makinq money to offset the costs. He said there are some people who want nothinq on the beach, claimed that the crowds do not even compare with beach crowds in the 1960's, also criticized the lack of beach food concessions. He noted the donation of monies for the improvement of parks on either side of the pier, however said the benches are rusted and rottinq, the lifequard facilities have not been painted in ten years, the fencinq around the showers under the pier is deterioratinq, to which he stated that people will use the beach and abuse the City in the same manner as it looks, yet there continues to be talk of buyinq more sand. He expressed his opinion that there is presently more sand t~an there has been in years, a recent storm havinq washed tons of sand down the River, moved it to the end of the jetty, and at such time as there is a larqe surf with a south swell that sand will be moved onto the beach. He aqain stated his belief that the beach is a major source of makinq money. To a question of Council, he clarified that Dave's Other Place had once been a food concession located at Dolphin Avenue, there was a hamburqer concession at Main and Ocean as well, then asked that a comparison be made of the revenue qenerated from the three beach lots in years past to the present revenue qeneration. Councilmember Hastinqs requested that the fencinq beneath the pier be looked at. There beinq no further comments, Mayor Brown declared Oral Communications closed. COUNCIL ITEMS APPOINTMENT - ORANGE COUNTY LEAGUE - RESTRUCTURING COMMITTEE Councilmember Forsytha indicated her willinqness to represent the City on the Restrlcturinq Committee, and reported her attendance at a meetil.q of that committee last Friday, at which all of the cities were well represented. She stated three issues in particular are beinq looked at, disbursement of County assets, services and privatization, and charter revisions. She noted havinq offered her services to the charter revision I I I I I I . - ~ 5-8-95 committee, also advised that any or all of the members of the Council may attend and participate on the subcommittees. councilmember Forsythe reported that Supervisor Berqeson has come forward with a restructurinq plan that would disassemble the County qovernment as it is now known and transfer control back to local qovernments, the remaininq unincorporated areas would be annexed to the local jurisdictions, and to a suqqestion of an individual from South County that the smaller cities should consolidate, Councilmember Forsythe said she had made it clear that the smaller cities had no intention of consolidatinq with other such cities as a reqionalization concept. She advised also that a qroup similar to the Leaque committee has been formed to consider identical qoals however the appointments thereto are made by the County Supervisors, an example beinq the appointment of Lucy Dunn of the Koll Company servinq on the committee dealinq with the distribution of assets. It was the consensus of the Council to desiqnate Councilmember Forsythe as the representative to the Oranqe County Division of the Leaque, Restructurinq Supercommittee, and that Councilman Doane be desiqnated as the alternate representative. Mayor Brown urqed that the City work as closely as possible with the Leaque Supercommittee in their effort to develop a restructurinq plan. CONSENT CALENDAR - ITEMS "E" thru "P" Councilmember Laszlo requested the opportunity to comment on Item "N", a request of the Planninq Commission to initiate a public hearinq to consider a Zoninq Text Amendment relatinq to public hearinq notification to occupants within a notification area. In that certain zoninq text amendments require that notification be made to the property owners, occurrinq most often in the downtown area, he said the suqqestion of the Planninq Commissioner was that the residents of the property be notified as well. The Director of Development Services explained that the request of the Commission was to allow them to consider a text amendment that would require an additional notification over and above State requirements, which is notification to property owners, of a notice to occupants of all addresses within the notification area. He offered that the cost of such notices, mailinq, etc. will be borne by the applicant, the notification area is basically three hundred feet from the property that is the subject of the application except that minor plan revie~s, as an example, requires only a one hundred foot notification, in an area such as Colleqe Park East where there are fifty foot lots, the three hundred foot notification would include six properties on either side and qenerally the properties behind and across the street from the subject parcel, in the Old Town area notification would be to approximately twelve to fifteen lots on both sides of the subject property qiven the basic twenty-five foot lot widths, the majority of expense associated with this would be the preparation of a noticinq list where it will be necessary to visit the adjacent properties and verify the number of units and addresses thereof. . Hastinqs moved, second by Forsythe, to approve the recommended action for items on the Consent Calendar as presented. Councilman Doane was absent from the meetinq for a brief period. E. Approved the waiver of readinq in full of all ordinances and resolutions and that consent to the waiver of readinq shall be deemed to be qiven by all Councilmembers unless specific request is made at that time for the readinq of such ordinance or resolution. 5-8-95 F. Approved the minutes of the regular City Council meeting of April 24, 1995. Approved regular demands numbered 8734 through 8883, and number 8889, in the amount of $228,518.68, and payroll demands numbered 11366 through 11557 in the amou~t of $297,633.36, and authorized warrants to be drawn on the Treasury for same. H. Received and filed the staff report relating to the Omnibus Property Rights Act, S.605, authorized the Mayor to sign a letter in opposition thereto, and instructed staff to forward this item to the Planning Commission for information purposes. G. I I. Received and filed the status report relating to the City'S comments to the "Draft Bolsa Chica Development Agreement", and instructed staff to forward same to the Planning Commission and Environmental Quality Control Board for information purposes. J. Proclaimed May 22nd through May 29th, 1995 as "Beach Safe-ty Week." K. Proclaimed the week of June 4th through June 10th, 1995 as "Management Week." L. Approved the introduction and first reading of Ordinance-Number 1395 entitled "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AMENDING CHAPTER 1B OF THE CODE OF THE CITY OF SEAL BEACH RELATING TO CAMPAIGN FINANCING." By unanimous consent, full reading of Ordinance Number 1395 was waived. I M. Approved the Agreement to transfer authorization and the obligation to provide water service for Surfs ide Colony, Ltd. from the city of Huntington Beach to the City of Seal Beach, this being one phase of proposed Assessment District 94-1 (Surfside) . N. Concurred with the request of the Planning Commission to initiate a public hearing process for a Zoning Text Amendment to provide mailed notice of hearings/public hearings to occupants of all structures within a notification area. O. AYES: NOES: ABSENT: P. Declared a vacancy on the Archaeological Advisory Committee as a result of the unexcused absences of Mr. Michael Aviani, a District One Councilmember appointment. Approved the workplan for an engineering characterization study for the City Yard site as proposed by E.C.E., Inc. in the amount of $30,000 and authorized the City Manager to execute the contract. Brown, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Doane Motion carried I' I I I 5-8-95 STATUS REPORT - PIER RECONS~UCTION PROJECT The City Manager recalled that the Council had been advised at last meeting that the pier reconstruction project had begun and the anticipated reopening was May 13th, however said this past week it was discovered that another pile cap had been charred by the fire and is in need of replacement, the material to do so is in the City's inventory and if that repair is made easily the pier may open by May 17th or at the latest Friday, May 19th, also the cost of this repair falls under the insurance coverage. As to a meeting with the Department of Boating and Waterways, the Manager reported that meeting was for the purpose of discussing the Department's criteria and process for considering grant applications, the representatives were given a tour of the beach to allow a better understanding of the topography of the area, and the grant application is being prepared for submittal to the Department by about the first week of August. with regard to the loss of an approximate 18,000 cubic yards of sand during the winter storms, the Manager offered that had the additional sand not been placed in front of the berm it is the consensus of the lifeguards as well as Moffat & Nichol that the berm would have been severely breached. He confirmed that the replenishment sand is not now where it had initially been placed however it was not intended to remain there, in fact the sand is placed in such a way that it can take advantage of the wave action where it will move offshore and then reduce the power and impact of the waves as they approach shore, the major problem with the berm over th~ past two years is that the wave intensity was extremely strong and would break at the berm, where there is now more of a roll-Up effect, the replacement sand having been very effective this past winter and will continue to be. He advised that options relating to future sand replenishment will be presented for discussion with the proposed budget inasmuch as the city is working with Boating and Waterways for a grant to purchase sand offsite and quarry, Boating and Waterways also with regard to the dredging, testing, etc. of Anaheim Bay, a preliminary grant application with FEMA which is a hazard mitigation program, also the submittal of a joint grant application to FEMA in conjunction with the County Flood Control District for the pump station on Seal Beach Boulevard and Electric as well the drain at that location, and the drains in the Cove areas. with regard to dredging and/or obtaining sand that flowed down-river during the storms, the Manager confirmed that the larger quantities of sand is within the boundaries of Long Beach, noted that Long Beach is doing some dredging, moving of sand from one location to another, also contacted Seal Beach to obtain a list of sand suppliers as they are in need of acquiring more sand as well. The Manager also reported that staff is working with the Department of Boating and Waterways and the County to possibly obtain and/or move some sand in the interim pending the Army Corps sand replenishment of Surfside in about another year and a half. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Brown declared Oral Communications open. Mr. Gordon Shanks, Surf Place, inquired as to the status of a police substation in the Old Town area or at the pier. The Manager responded that discussions have taken place, preliminary plans have been prepared and are going through plan check, the proposed station will require Coastal Commission review and approval which in turn requires a negative declaration and finalization of the plans by the City Council, the Commission process taking at least thirty to forty-five days. Mr. Shanks also inquired as to when the downtown parking issue will be considered again. The Director of Development Services reported that the final draft of the Main Street Specific Plan is being prepared by the consultant, thereafter a joint study session will be scheduled with the Planning Commission and Council, 5-8-95 probably sometime late June to early JUly, further changes will then be made prior to the scheduling of public hearings. Mayor Brown said he would be providing an update report on the Leisure World library during Council Reports. Mr. Dave Potter, Seal Way, said in response to comments before the Council and a recent letter to the editor of the local newspaper stating that the groin is not needed, he wished to state that the groin is of value and is needed, his concern being that with such comments a momentum is too often built on false premises, in this case a notion that if the groin is taken out the sand will move from the north to the south side of the beach, however in fact the sand is piled against the groin on the south side which indicates that the literal current is moving from the south to the north, consequently if the groin were removed sand will continue to move northerly and all that will be seen is a wider portion of the beach in front of the lOth Street parking lot eroded away. He noted his comparison of the 1959 Moffat & Nichol conception period profile with that of 1985 where the south side was about one hundred and seventy-three feet wider at that point because. of the groin. Mr. Potter said he did not believe that a new report is needed to justify that the groin is necessary as that is stated in all past reports, his hope would be that the groin can be repaired before it deteriorates further and the sand commences to pass through it which will then require the replacement of more sand. He noted having a copy of an Army Corps manual prepared some thirty years ago, and presuming that science has not changed much, that shows the condition that exists after a groin is constructed on a beach and the direction of the literal transport. Mayor Brown mentioned having received letters from three children telling of the ocean waters being dirty in the area of the groin, which may be something that should be looked at in conjunction with any further study. There being no further comments, Mayor Brown declared Oral Communications closed. COUNCIL REPORTS To resident concerns regarding poor sound transmission of recent cablecast Council meetings, Councilmember Hastings explained that there have been problems with various electronic equipment and the microphones and effort is being made to resolve those problems. Councilman Laszlo reported the scheduling of a Seal Beach Base Preservation Committee meeting for May 17th, that being the date for release of the final base closure list, neither the Naval Weapons Station or the Armed Forces Reserve Center are anticipated to be added to that list, however the local Committee will ~.ontinue to help Long Beach in their effort to have the Naval Shipyard removed from the closure list. Mayor Brown reported that ft meeting was held recently with supervisor Silva to discuss the concerns of many citizens with regard to the damages that occurred as a result of the winter storms and flooding, the meeting was quite productive with a number of tentative solutions proposed for consideration. He noted also that a meeting is being scheduled with the Naval Weapons Station to address the runoff problem from their property, and in the near future a meeting will be scheduled to receive public input with regard to the potential solutions. Mayor Brown reported that the Golden Rain Foundation has been negotiating with the County for the purchase of the Leisure World Library however the County found that a State law prohibits them from accepting the proposal of Golden Rain, the county has now noticed the sale of the property which allows sixty days to submit bids, they have also noticed an auction of the property which is to occur three days prior to the conclusion of the sixty day bid deadline. He noted that the County has been very cooperative in this effort, negotiations are continuing on almost a daily basis dealing with such things as whether the facility can be kept as a public library or whether it will be private, etc., and it is likely that the library can be secured by the end of June. I I I I I I ~ 5-8-95 I 5-22-95 ADJOURNMENT It was the order of the Chair, with consent of the Council, to adjourn the meeting until Monday, May 22nd at 6:15 p.m. to meet in Closed Session if deemed necessary. By unanimous consent, the meeting was adjourned at 8:04 p.m. Clerk and ex-o y of Seal Beach of the APpr~ved:L~~~~~~ Attest: Seal Beach, California May 22, 1995 The city Council of the city of Seal Beach met in regular adjourned session at 6:17 p.m. with Mayor Brown calling the meeting to order. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Brown Counci1members Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo Absent: None Also present: Mr. Ba~ston, c~ty Manager Mr. Barrow, City Attorney Mrs. Yeo, city Clerk ~ ~ APPROVAL OF AGENDA with regard to a matter that arose subsequent to the preparation of the agenda, the city Attorney recommended that the agenda be amended, pursuant to Government Code Section 54957, to discuss employment for the City Manager position. Doane moved, second by Hastings, to amend the agenda as recommended. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried It was confirmed that a Closed Session would also be held at the conclusion of the meeting if needed. Laszlo moved, second by Hastings, to approve the agenda as amended. AYES: NOES: Brown, Doane, Forsythe, Hastings, Laszlo None Motion carried The City Attorney announced that the Council would meet in Closed Session to discuss the items identified on the agenda, a