05-20-1963 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
MAY 20, 1963
The adjourned regular meeting of the City Council was called to order
by Mayor Barnes at 8.50 P.M. in the West Covina City Hall.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Barnes, Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder
Others Present: Mr. George Aiasssa, City Manager
Mr. Robert Flotten, City Clerk
Mr, Thomas Dosh, Public Services Director
Mr. Harold Joseph, Planning Director
Absent: Mr. Harry Co Williams, City Attorney
GENERAL MATTERS
WATER QUESTION
Mayor Barnes: I have a letter which I would like
Mr. Flotten to read dated May 16,
1963, directed to me, re the water question from Mr. Joseph Jensen. I
would like this spread in the Minutes:
"Dear Mayor Barnes:
"I knew you would be interested in having the enclosed copy
of the letter which went to Honorable Rodger 0. Ferguson,
Mayor of Monrovia, Similar letters were sent to Honorable
William H. Lancaster, Mayor of Duarte, Mr. Roy W. Judd,
President, Baldwin Park County Water District. The Honorable
City Council, City of El Monte; Honorable Hub H. Bloxham,
Mayor of Baldwin Park, Honorable Seth I. Colver, Mayor of
Covina; Honorable Stuart H. Maude, Mayor of Rosmead and Mr.
Gordon L. Oehl, City Manager, City of La Puente.
ti/s/ Joseph Jensen, Chairman"
"Dear Mayor Ferguson:
"This is in reply to your letter of April 18,addressed to the
Board of Directors of the Metropolitan Water District. Please
forgive the delay in replying.
"To set the record straight,' the Board has not formally and
explicitly granted an extension beyond April 1 to the San
Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District or to the City of
West Covina for annexation to Metropolitan under the his-
torical method of computing annexation charges. However,
putting aside any legal hair-splitting, it may be stated,
as a practical matter, that the Board has extended this
deadline although no new date has yet been set. I have
reference, for example, to letters dated March 20 which
were sent to SGVMWD and West Covina. These letters would
have been meaningless if the Board had not had an extension
in mind, as indeed it did. Copies of these communications
are enclosed.
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WATER QUESTION Continued
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ttweight to the fact that Metropolitan these, letters the Board gave great
I believe that in authorizing
opolitan had previously imposed.
the requirement on SGVMWD and'West Covina that their annex-
ation to Metropolitan on whatever terms must take place through
annexation to the Upper. San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water Dis-
trict. Manifestly, time alone made it impossible for,this con-
dition' to be met either prior to the successful anneka,tion
election of USGVMWD to Metropolitan on March 12 or before'April
1.; In addition, when on January 15, 1963, Metropolitan granted
formal annexation terms to USGVMWD, the effect of this action
was to prevent any annexations to USGVMWD until March 12, 1963,
since changes in boundaries of USGVMWD could not occur during
this annexation'processo Nonetheless, both SGVMWD and West
Covina acted in good faith to join MWD directly. Since then,
they have pursued the problem of annexation in good faith on
the basis of annexation to USGVMWD.
"Metropolitan has felt that the advantages of a solidified
and untied USGVMWD were so great that the accomplishment
of this result should be a major objective of all concerned,
"I would also like.to emphasize that, should Metropolitan's
Board formally grant such an extension, it would be giving
the SGVMWD and West Covina no more favorable terms than were
accorded the Upper San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water Dis-
trict. In fact, the historic formula for computing the An-
nexation charge will fall more heavily on these areas than
it did on the USGVMWD especially in the last 20 years of the
30-year period. Furthermore, the use of the Carroll formula
would not be especially burdensome on the SGVMWD, although
it would be unnecessarily severe on West Covina,. In any
case, it does not seem, at least to me, that either of these
two agencies should be deliberately penalized in any degree
for their inablility to effect annexation to USGVMWD before
its annexation election to Metropolitan was held.
"Metropolitan has steadfastly attempted to the best of its
ability to handle all requests for annexation to it with
the utmost fairness and consistency. We will certainly,
make every effort to adhere to this policy with regard to
any such proceedings on the part of SGVMWD or the City of,
West Covina.
"To avoid any possible misunderstanding, the Water Problems
Committee of our Board on April 8, before your letter was
received, appointed a special subcommittee .to meet with
representatives of SGVMWD and West Covina and,with repre-
sentatives of USGVMWD to'consider all aspects of this com-
plex problem, I,trust these meetings,will serve to elimi-
nate any points of contention and allow us all to work
closely and amicably together towards assuring all the
Southern California coastal plain of ample supplies of
water for our years of future growth.
/s/ Joseph Jensen, Chairman"
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WATER, QUESTION - Continued
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Councilman Heath: Mr. Jensen is taking'a
realis-tic approach to this. I attended
the meeting of the Upper San Gabriel Valley Water Association where he
spoke. He told them in plain -words that they were given plenty of'
time to join and that the other districts that are not in the Metro-
politan at the present time have progressed in good faith and there-
fore the time should be extended.
Councilman Snyder: I don't think we should'join the
Metropolican District unless we
are guaranteed the historical
method,
Councilman Towner: I think it wouldbe beneficial
to us if we could stay out of
the district and,still get State water. Mr. Ballantine has stated
on several occasions that getting our water from San Bernardino
would be cheaper than this proposal by the MWD.
Mayor Barnes: I have been told by Mr. Tompkins
that the State has directed that
the East Fork shall be constructed. I would like to see Councilman
Heath as the water director be directed to write a letter to the
State -Water Resources to find out if West Covina with our present
boundaries can join the State by application and what procedure we
have to -follow to be able to joint the State.
Councilman Towner: The Chief Counsel for the De-
partment of Water Resources is
a man by the name of Towner. He is a relative of mine. If I write
to him directly I might be able to get some information about this.
He is in Sacramento.
Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried,
that Councilman Towner be authorized to write a letter to Mr. Towner
in the Department of Water Resources in Sacramento and request from
him the following information:
(1) Can the City of West Covina apply 4or Water from
the State project without belonging to a district?
(2) Is the State Water System Project on schedule?
(3) At this time is it definite that the East Fork will
be built to Cedar Springs?
(4) What is the capacity of this line at the entrance of
Cedar Springs and any other information that would
be pertinent to our study on the decision to join.
either MWD or the State Project.
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SENATE'BILL NO, 344
Councilman Jett: I have a question in reference
• to a copy' of a letter 'we re-
ceived.from Mr, Harvey Johnson from the State Assembly;''This
letter is addressed to Mr. Dosh regarding Senate Bill"3440.. _
(Read said letter.) How come Mr. Dosh is sending a resolution
to the State Assembly? Did we approve something like this?
Mr, Aiassa Mr, Dosh was at that time
the President of the East
San Gabriel Engineering Group and their hoard went.,on.�record
and.Mro Dosh being thechairman signed the letter. This has
nothing to do with the City.
Councilman Jett: We had another party As-
sociated with the'City
who was requested to .get off the Chamber of Commerce because
it was possible he might be serving two masters. Why would
this not be the. same thing.°with Mr. Dosh?
Mr. Aiassa: Mr, Dosh is working with
the East San Gabriel Valley
Planning Committee. It cons1sts of all the officials of the
.cities in this area,, They meet; they discuss mutual problems
and recommend to the main board,
Councilman Towner: There is a considerable dif-
ference. Mr. Johnson was
not criticized for writing a letter on behalf of any committee
to the State Senate. He was criticized for and what was brought
into question.and what he chose and made his selection on was a
simple question, that he has private clients within the City
of West Covina in addition to the City of West Covina also being
his'cliente He elected to be chairman of this Traffic Study
Committee of the Chamber of Commerce and there was question
as to whether or not some of hisprivate clients, whether their
interests would be different than the interest represented by
the City and the public at large. He had a conflict of inter-
ests there. If you feel that he could have properly served two
masters, that is a choice you have to express.
Councilman Snyder: I think it also should be
pointed out that Mr. Johnson
did not have to give up this committee. Mr. Aiassa has a certain
right to criticize but he could no way legally force Mr. Johnson
off this committee. Mr. Johnson chose to spread this all over
town. This is obviously an attempt by some group to criticize
the City Manager and that is the whole basis behind it and I
think if you pursue it any further that can be brought to light.
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SENATE BILL NO. 344 - Continued
Councilman Heath;
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Let's bring it to light then,
Mayor Barnes: I think we should be fair to
everyone. Anything that bene-
fits the City of West Covina in any manners especially if it's done
by a'gentleman who is capable would be a benefit to us and we''should
accept it, 'I have no criticism but I think everyone should have the
same rights.
Councilman Snyder: One reason I quit the Chamber
Board of Directors althouith I_.
enjoyed it, I couldn't serve both the Council and the Chamber because
I found that they tended to think I was speaking for the City when 1
was there and this is not true. I think this gave me an unfair ad-
vantage that could be misused and I felt I couldn't very well serve
the Chamber and the City both effectively,
Councilman Heath: I think Mr. Johnson is in a
different position because he
is not a member of a policy making group. We are working with one
objective in mind and that is to improve the City. How you can dis-
tort the reasoning that Mrs Johnson serving on the Chamber on the
Highway Department and serving the City is a conflict of interest,
I can't see it at all.
Councilman Towner: They are not necessarily
working for the. same ob-
jective., I don't know who all of Mr. Johnson's clients are, but
suppose Mr. Schlanger was one,of his clients and Mr. Schlanger
owns property where it is proposed by the City and substantial
steps have been taken to put Center Street through. Mr. Johnson
works with the engineer for the City; he knows their policy is
to put Center Street there. He is working -- this'is completely
supposition, now -- for Mr. Schlanger and he doesn't want Center Street
Street to go through his property. Who does Mr. Johnson serve?
Does he serve Mr. Schlanger or does he serve the City? When he
-is on this Traffic Study Committec.he will be studying where these
proposed streets will go and making suggestions on the'outcome.
There is where the conflict of interest lies,
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SENATE BILL NO, 34-4. - Continued
• Mayor Barnes:
Councilman Jett:
event of a conflict of
stand -aside, I'm sure
and declare themselves,
Councilman Snyder:
hire people within our
for instance, for real
ing offices within our
within our City and .I
business out for bid,
Councilman Heath:
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I don't think the Chamber of
Commerce is a policy making body
in this instance,
I feel that every engineer we
have working for the City, in the
interest, they would be gentleman enough to
their ethics would require that they step aside
There has been a great deal made
here of the fact that we should
own City, that we should go out for bids,
estate appraisers. I think there are engineer -
City, Mr, Johnson does not have offices
am wondering why we couldn't *Put our engineering
too,
Councilman Snyder:
of political pressure, I think this
our auditing firm,.changing our real
• much point and in the same spirit,
Mayor Barnes:
DELINQUENCY CONTROL INSTITUTE
Is that a spite move?
No, It's an attempt to remove
engineering work from the field
is just as logical as changing
estate appraisers; has just as
We'll discuss this further in a
study session,
Councilman Jett: Recently one of the members of our
Police Department graduated from
the Delinquency Control Institute, I attended that graduating
ceremony.and I was proud to have one of our boys graduating when I
,,saw people there from the Philippine Islands, from Florida, from all
over the United States and from all over the world taking this par-
ticular course, I wonder if it wouldn't be appropriate for us to
pass a resolution..commending Dan Martin for this accomplishment,
Motion by.Councilman Jett, seconded by Councilman Heath, that the
City Clerk draft a resolution complimenting Daniel Martin for
accomplishments in graduating with high honors from the class of the
Delinquency Control Institute, University of Southern California
Division, Motion passed on .roll call, as follows:
Ayes: Councilmen
Noes: None
Absent.:, None
POST OFFICE
Councilman Jett:
Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes
In regards to the new post
office, we have a news release
from Congressman Cameron to the residents of Walnut re this matter,
I don't think this will.eff.ect our understanding at all. At no
time have I given, any thought to giving up the expansion of our
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POST OFFICE - Continued
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post office, In talking to Congressman Cameron we felt we had
accomplished about as much as we could and that it would be necessary
to work out a couple of other phases,before we went any farther and
we will go on from there,
CITY CLERK'S REPORTS:
TEMPORARY USE PERMIT APPLICATION
OF CROWN MERCURY COMET -SALES TO
EXHIBIT PONY ON PREMISES OF 10-1.5
EAST STATE.STREET FROM MAY 24.TO
MAY 31, 1963,
Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by'Councilman Jett: and carried,
that a temporary use permit be granted to Crown Mercury Comet Sales
to exhibit a pony on'lthe premises of 1015 East State Street from
May 24 to May 31a 1963 subject to review by the pertinent City. staff,
CLAIM FOR DAMAGES OF LEWIS
WILLIAM McCREARY
• City:ClerkC. Mr. Flotte'n' This is a claim for damages sub-
mitted by Lewis. William McCreary
having to,.do with the volunteers building the light standards for
the Little League at Cortez Park, This is not a verified claim, It
amounts to $28.,g5., I would like to refer this to the City Attorney
for:his opinion and recommendation,
Motion by.'.Councilman;,Towner, $seconded by',Councilman Heath, and .carried,
that the claim for dsmaEes.by Lewis William McCreary be referred to
the City Attorney for his opinion and recommendation,
RESOLUTION N0, 26�8
ADOPTED
Mayor Barnes:
The City Clerk presented;
"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
ORDERING A..CHANGE OF WORK IN
ASSESSMENT DISTRICT A'11-61-1,
MORRIS AVENUE AND OTHER STREETS
AND RIGHTS OF WAY AS DESCRIBED
IN.,SAID PLAN AND SPECIFICATION
AND THE WORK DESCRIBED AND SET
FORTH IN'RESOLUTION N0, 2486"
(Hearing Date 6-10-63)
Hearing no objections, we will
waive further reading of the
body of the resolution,
Maps were placed on the board and Mr. Dosh gave a brief summary of
the matter,
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'RESOLUTION NO. 2628 - Continued
• Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Jett, that said
resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes
Noes: None
Absent:. None
Said resolution was given No,'2628,
SALE OF CITY OWNED PROPERTY
Hanifan
City Clerk, Mr, Flotten: I have an offer to purchase the
property on Glendora Avenue, The
offer is $35,500. This is about $1,52 per square foot. This is net
to the City,
Councilman Snyder: Has there been any discussion of,
possibly trading this for the land
to the north to .get the land we need for Walnut Creek Parkway?
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: We have talked about it but
Mr. Bowker has never showed any
• indication whether he would deny or approve it,
Councilman Jett: I think this is at least an
indication that we are getting
some interest in the property, I would recommend that the City
Manager be 'authorized to discuss with these people the possibility
of getting the price up to what we had advertised for. This is
apparently an offer in .good faith and I think we shoul-d explore it
and see -if there is a possibility of getting them up to our price.
Motion by, Councilman Jett,,;seconded by Councilman Snyder,, and carried,
that the City Manager be authorized ,to negotiate with this party with.
the pos's'ibility of getting our price,
CITY MANAGER REPORTS
PERSONNEL
POLICE EMPLOYEES (Rund and Gareis)
,Administrative Analyst, Mr, Weeks: I have submitted a spread sheet
here and -this explains all the
injuries on the job that these two gentlemen have suffered with the
. City,
Councilman Snyder: Doctors certified that Mr,.Gareis
could return to work with
exceptions, There is no statement on`Mr,,Rund,
Mayor Barnes: I think Chief Sill made a
statement,
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PERSONNEL - Continued
Councilman Snyder:
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Are you asking for a 6-month
leave for Mr. Rund, too?
Administrative Analyst, Mr. Weeks: Yes,
Councilman Heath: Since Mro Gareis has been told
he could come back with certain
restrictions, should we figure he might be better within six months
and take this in two three-month periods?
Police Chief, Mra Sill: Gareis with the stipulation that
the doctor has made concerning
his continuous sitting, I don't know where we could put him. I
believe when he feels like he can come, back to work, I'm sure he'll
be back to work, I have no objection -..to giving him the full six
months,
Councilman Jett: Is there a possibility of him
completely overcoming this?
Police Chief, Mr, Sill: He tells me that one doctor has
told him if he, follows the
treatment prescribed by this doctor that within a year he should be
back on -his feet,
Councilman Jett: If during that six months he
himself is sure he.is ready to
come back, in accordance with.the Police Chiefs thinking, he would
do this but I see no reason in%''reviewing this every three months,
Council.-man,Snyder: I think he should have six .months
but in regards to this statement
of Dr, Ross, I think Dr, Ross should be asked to.change that and say
where Gareis is concerned whether or not he can ever..return to police
duty. If he is able to work ]but not police duty but this will mean that
least the insurance company will take care of part of these payments.
The way this statement is worded it' -appears the insurance company will
cut off .their payments -on the"15th.o!
Councilman Towner: It seems to me we could avoid
most'of the problems in .this by
filing alien claim with the Industrial Accident Commission where his
claim is pending for -any payments made for credit for -that portion of
it which may be paid to him as, a weekly temporary disability payment.
during the six months and I personally think he should credit any
permanent disability weekly-paym'dnts in case he gets them before the
six months is up, The City..would get credit for any temporary
benefits he gets, I think it's possible for us to file a lien against
his payments from the insurance company in order to assure that
recovery,
• City Manager,.Mr, Aiassa: I'll check with Mr, Williams on
that,
Motion by 'Councilman Heath,seconded by Councilman Snyder,.that Mr,
Gareis be given a 6-mont:h leave'of absence with pay in accordance
with Resolution No, 2625,
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PERSONNEL - Continued
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• Councilman Towner: Personally I disagree with the
premise that,a man should receive
more for being off the job.injured than he gets for working. The
purpose of the permanent disability payment is to give a man some
money during a period of time when he is going through a readjustment,
possibly even finding a different kind of worko That is the theory
behind it, It extends for a certain number of weeks depending upon
the extent of his disability. It is measured in percentages. It seems
to me if we are going to pay him for six months it is entirely
possible that during the six months in addition to temporary disability
payments he might also be determined to have some permanent disability
and that his condition is stabilized if that happens the insurance
company pays him a certain weekly payment which is lesser than the
temporary disability... I think we ought to also have credit for that
during the 6-month period that we are paying him full salary. As the
motion is worded now it would provide,credit for only the temporary
disability payments if he receives any during the 6-month period.
Mayor Barnes: I think it should be the full
salary and the temporary payments
reimbursed to the City,
Councilman Towner: I think it should be specified
these should be on a weekly basis,
Councilman Heath: I'll withdraw my motion,,
Councilman Snyder: I'll withdraw my second,
Councilman Towner: This may have to be cleared
ultimately with the City Attorney,
but I'll make the motion.
Motion by, Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman. Snyder, that
Officer:Gareis be provided with leave of absence with pay for a period
of six months with credit to the City_for any temporary or permanent
disab.ility.payments applicable to any weeks within that six-month
period -.that the City file a lien with the Industrial Accident Com-
mission for that portion of t.he-payment attributable to temporary or
permanent disability and that this. -procedure be cleared with the
City Attorney before it is followed. Motion passed on roll call as
follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes
Noes: None
Absent: None
City. Manager, Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Rund is appearing before the
Industrial Accident Commission. on
the 27th,, I think we should grant him at least a month so that will
put it on the 27th of.June with the provision that if he.does have a
hearing and they come out with a favorable report that he will extend
it for the six-month period for his recovery. If he has a permanent
disability, we go one wad; if.he has a temporary, it's another.
Councilman Snyder: Mr, Rund, has your doctor given
you the extent of your disability
at this time?
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PERSONNEL - Continued
• Mr, Rund:
Councilman Snyder:
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My doctor won't even let me
drive my own car,
He hasn't given you any indication
when he thinks this might change?
Mr, Rund;. No,
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: Give him a 30-day extension with
pay until June 27th and then if
there is an additional hearing �t will be covered in early June so we
will have his case pretty well reviewed by the Accident Commission
which you don't have now, 11
Councilman Snyder: I think you had better make it
two months, We don't know what
the Commission will bring forth. If he gets permanent disability
then we have another route to go. We' don't go on this route,
C.ouncilman Heath: I think granting him according
to the resolution can always be
terminated in less than six months, can't.it?
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: Then you should require that the
staff provide you with a report
from the Accident Commission so you willbe advised of what the
conditions are,
Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyderg,"that Mr,
Rund be granted a two -month leave of absence with pay subject to
the same conditions as granted to Officer Gareis and subject further
to review at the end of the .two months, Motion passed on roll"call
as follows:
Ayes.:. Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes
Noes-:,, None
Absent None
RESOLUTION NO, 2629 The City Manager presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
APPROVING THE FINAL SUBDIVISION
MAP OF TRACT NO, 276660 ACCEPTING
THE DEDICATION THEREIN OFFERED,
ACCEPTING AN AGREEMENT BY THE
SUBDIVIDER AND SURETY BONDS TO
SECURE THE SAME"
Mayor Barnes: Hearing no objections, we -will
waive further reading of the
body of the resolution,
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RESOLUTION NOo 2629 - Continued
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Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Jett, that said
resolution be adopted,, Motion passed on roll call as follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heaths Snyder, Mayor Barnes
Noes: None
Absent: None
Said resolution was given No,, 2629,
RESOLUTION NO, 2630
ADOPTED
The City Manager presented:
"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA
DEDICATING CERTAIN CITY OWNED
PROPERTY TO PUBLIC STREET
PURPOSES AND ACCEPTING SAME AS'
A PUBLIC STREET" (Ferntower. Ave. etc,)
Mayor Barnes: Hearing no objections, we will
waive further reading of the
body of the resolution,
Motion by Councilman Heath,.sIeconded by Councilman Jett, that said
resolution be adopted,.,:.Motion passed on roll call as follows:
• Ayes: Councilmen Towner,,Jett, Heath., Snyder, Mayor Barnes
Noes: None
Absent-: None
Said resolution was given No, 2.630,
TRACT N0, 280.49
(Tentative-- Brutoco)
-Public-Services Director, Mr, Dosh: (Gave brief' summary of the
matter,) I suggest the report
of the Planning Commission be amended to give us further study on
the matter, Since -we made these recommendations we have held further
conferences with the County Road Department and the four private
enginers.in'the valley and we may be giving other considerations than
we,, propaseda We still favor the existing hillside 'roadway- standards. (Maps
were .placed on the board and Mr. Dosh explained same.)
Councilman Jett: The City is going to.have to
service this area, In order to
get this equipment in and out of those places conveniently and easily,
..we have to be concerned about the parking and how we are going to get
in there,
Public Service's' Director, Mr, Dosh: Their contention is because of
the extremely steep grades and
the low density it will reduce the traffic in these general areas and
thus reduce the need for street width,
Mayor Barnes:
feet wide`and make the others 36,
be wider is Hillwar•d,
I wonder if the developer would
be willing to make Hillward 40
The only one I can see that should
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TRACT NO. 28049 - Continued
sCouncilman Snyder: I have no objection to 28 feet
for the inner street; 28 feet
for this development is probably adequate.
Councilman Heath: I think so.
Councilman Towner: It seems to me that 40, 36 and 28
is a very reasonable proposalo
Councilman Jett.: I think Hillward should be wider;
it's a collector street.
r.
totion.by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder➢ that
Tentative Map -of Tract No. 20849 be approved subject to the "recom-
mendations of the Planning Commission and that the street widths be
as follows: 40-foot street on Hillward; 36-foot street on Cameo
Vista and South Hills Drive; and 28-foot street on "A" and "B" streets.
Mr. Ted Walsh: At the time this zoning was taking
place in there all the people
the north part of this subdivision objected to traffic going throug4.
t was our contention at that time that we would do all we could to
discourage through traffic. We feel if you're going to put 40 feet
of roadway there you're inviting traffic to,go through there. I have
a report here of about 45 cities in California that don't use anything
""wider than 36'feet and 28 feet in the hillside areas. It isn't only
the four extra feet of pavement; it's the four extra feet of grading.
We are not lowering the standards. We feel we should try to discourage
traffic going aver the hill and encourage it around through and go
out Azusa.
Mayor Barnes:
Public Services b rector, Mr. Dosh:
Where will Hillward end?
It will go to the Wilderness. Park,
Councilman Snyder: I withdraw my second to the
motion.
Voice: There will be quite a bit of
traffic going to and from the
park and from "C" street southerly the street would be wider. .
Councilman Jett:
I think you'd better provide
for a lot more traffic than
you're talking about.
Councilman.Heath: I can.see their point that a
narrow street will keep them
off of it. If you narrow the street a slight bit it will cut down
on the traffic.
Councilman Jett:
I'll go on record that you will
need a wider street in there.
Councilman Heath: If there was some kind of an
off -set at that point you
wouldn't be picking up traffic from,the point south of it.
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Mr, Ted Walsh:
Councilman Heath:
Page Fourteen
It.will be designed so it will
discourage traffic from going
through this tract.
I'll withdraw my motion and
make another,
Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that
Tentative Map of Tract No, 2,8049 be approved with Hillward southerly
to "C" street be a 36-foot pavement; that Cameo Vista be 36 feet, -
that South Hills Drive be 40 feet down to where it intersects with
Cameo Vista so there will not be a break in the curbing; that "A"
and "B" streets be 28 feet; and that this be subject to the
conditions recommended by the Planning -Commission, Motion,passed
on roll call as follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Heath' Snyder, Mayor Barnes
Noes: Councilman Jett
Absent: None
M
CENTER STREET & VINCENT INTERCHANGE
Vincent Mannc:. Where are you on that?
City Manager, Mr. Aiassa: The contracts have been approved
between the State Division of
Highways and the.City of West Covina, Their Right -of -Way Department
is now preparing condemnation notice for Center Street, That is
where we are right now,
Vincent Manno: We want to know what good this
street is going to do for us in
the center, We would like to aband.am it,
Councilman Jett: I can't go along with you
gentlemen, I have been fighting
this battle for Center Street, You have heard me talk about and talk
about it and talk about it,
Vincent.Manno: Center Street is a waste of money
in my opinion, Is anything going
to be done for the Glendora Avenue? That is all I ask, If it is
going to be done, when is it going to be done? Mr. Jett knows and
most of you know that we don't have good facilities for people to
come.off the freeway to Glendora Avenue, We are the pioneers of
West Covina and I have never seen anything done and when is it going to
be done? .Give us something,' You don't give us signs, nothing at all,
I don't think it's fair tome or any other property owner on that
street,
Councilman Heath: I think your point is well taken.
I have made it plenty clear in
the Minutes of'this Council that I have absolutely no use for the new
Vincent Avenue Interchange or the Center Street operation because it's
going to hurt you more that what is --there now, The rest of the Council
is not in agreement with this. They are in favor of the Vincent Avenue
Interchange and Center Street,
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CENTER STREET & VINCENT INTERCHANGE - Continued
Councilman Snyder: I think the whole Council would
agree that we don't think Vin-
cent Avenue Interchange is perfecto There are insurmountable problems
in getting it changed now. We think Center Street is the best answer
anybody has come up with yet.
Phil Wax: Since we haven't a survey of
the area why approve Center
Street ahead of time? There may be a different solution for use Why
not wait until after your Gruen survey?
Mayor Barnes -
TRAFFIC STUDY
Mr. Aiassa:
Councilman Snyder -
We hope he comes up with solu-
tions to your problems over there.
Mr, Gruen is on a quarterly
contract and the report was
submitted to you.
We owe him $7,500; that is for
three payments.
Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, that
Mr. Gruen be paid according to the agreement of the contract, Mo-
tion passed on roll call as follows -
Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Snyder, Mayor Barnes
Noes: Councilman Jett
Absent: Councilman Heath
(Councilman Heath stepped out of the room for a few minutes during
which time the vote on the above matter was taken.)
PLANNING COMMISSION ATTENDANCE RECORD
Mr. Aiassa: I would like to have the mo-
tion that this report has been
given to the Council at your request and that it has been tabled and
filed.
Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and
carried, to accept the report of the Planning Commissioners'
attendance.
ON SALE BEER LICENSE
Councilman Heath Report
Councilman Heath -
I don't think I have a report.
What report am I suppose to
have?
Mr. Aiassa: This is the one by the Tribune
building. Mr. Flotten said
you made a request to investigate it and report back to the Council,
Mr. Flotten tells me you were designated to make the investigation'.
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ON SALE BEER LICENSE — Continued
Councilman Heath: It slipped my mind,, I'll take
care of it,, I think I just said
I wanted to look at it but not make a report,, I'll make the report,,
DEDICATION FIRE STATION NO,, 3
JULY 4, 1963
City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa: I talked to the library people
and the 4th of July is going to
cut them short and they would prefer more time,, What date would you
think is advisable? Their tentative schedule,,is about August l,, I
think a Saturday would bring more people in; the 13th, the 20th or
the 27th,,
Councilman Jett:
How about the 20th?
City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa:
That would give them plenty
of
time,,
'Councilman Heath:
Fine,,
Councilman Snyder:
There is a problem coming up
• have a Library Advisory Board
tomorrow about the library,,
We
meeting tomorrow at four,, Part of
the
agenda is the value of library
service boards and whether they should
be continued,, This is another
County agency and they don't have
to.
have them but it allows the cities
to have a certain influence on
the
running of the libraries and I
think they should be continued,,
City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa:
What time on the 20th?
Councilman Jett:
What about ten o'clock?
-Mayor Barnes:
Fine,,
SUB FIRE STATION
PUENTE AND YALETON
Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried,
to accept and place on file the report of the receipts and expenditures
on the sub fire station financing,
HILLSIDE GRADING POLICY
• Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried,
that the report on hillside grading policy be accepted and filed,,
RECREATION LEADER BUDGET FOR SUMMER SESSIONS
City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa: This has been taken care of.
This will come up at the joint
meeting,,
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS Continued
PERSONNEL
CITY MANAGER'S ONE -DAY WORKSHOP
(MAY 251 1963)
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: I would like authorization from
.the Council to attend this at
U,C.L.A. It's one day on a Saturday which will be my time, There, is
a registration fee. of $15.00, It's part of my budget,
Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Jett, that the
City Manager be authorized to attend the meeting at U,C,L,A, and
that his registration fee be paid, Motion passed on roll call as
follows:
Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath,.Snyder, Mayor Barnes
Noes: None
Absent: None
RALPHS-ZODYS MEDIAN OPENING
Ulty Manager, Mr, Aiassa: I have a written report here from
the staff, It is up to you, The
State normally makes the City Council go on record first and.they go
from there,
'Councilman Snyder:
Would they.accept a three-wa.y
signal? It seems this would be
Netter,
Public Services Director, Mr, Dosh: Another thing the State might
approve is a larger storage
left -turn slot,
Councilman Snyder: I hate to put another left -turn
slot in as busy, a place as this
is. I think maybe a three-way light with a left green arrow would
solve their problem
City Manager, Mr; Aiassa: I would like to recommend to try
to see if we can get a three -faced
signal put in at Puente and Azusa and cut that turn-off slot, Lengthen
that slot.
Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried,
that the City Manager be authorized to try to get a three -faced signal
at the intersection of Puente and Azusa and to lengthen the left -turn
slot,
LEGISLATION
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: 1194 AB, This is regarding the
_re 3FPartments. It takes
away your local control. It is`before-the Senate in the Local
Government Committee, We protested this once before. This is an
Assembly bill, It pas=sad the Assemply 41 to 35. It's going to come
out any time and if we' re going to protest it, we'd better do it now.
It is setting the 56 minimum hours,
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LEGISLATION - Continued
Page Eighteen
Motion by Councilman Jett, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried,
• that the City Manager be authorized to send a telegram to be followed
by a resolution to the Chairman of the Local Government Committee
and also to Mr. Rees,. our representative, that the City Council
urges that Bill 1194 AB be denied,
0
City Clerk, Mr, Flotten:
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa:
Mayor Barnes:
(Readletter to Mayor.Barnes.from
Phil Soto re Assembly Bill 1673,)
Senate'Bill 1056, Utility Use
axes, (Read portion of said
bill,)
I think this is very fair.
Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried,
that we,inform our Senator and the Chairman of the Committee that we
are in favor of .thi.s bill No. S.B 1056;
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: AB 2060, Business License Tax,
t�h �we should hold this off
until the 27.th, Read this and we will bring it up later,
City. Manager, Mr, Aiassa: AB 2334, Brown Act, AB 3027 is
oontie—same item, We w iold
this over,
We still have SCA 18 which is a
tax in lieu of a franchise on
telephones, I would like to follow up on it., Mr. Rees says he is
in favor of it,
AB 2238, Preference required for
aGalifornia made material and
prevailing wages for public printing and binding contracts, I think
the Council should read.this before the next meeting,
ANTIQUE FIRE ENGINE AWARD;
( SOUTH SAAN GABRIEL YOPTH
WEEK PARADE 5-11-63)
City.Manager, Mr, Aiassa:
Councilman Snyder:
Administrative Analyst, Mr -,.Weeks:
would.like to take the fire engine,
I think the Mayor should write
them'a nice letter of congratulations,
Move they be commended for winning
the plaque,
Alhambra Hi Neighbor Parade is
coming up this Saturday, They
Mayor. Barnes -
I'll try to make it,
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CITY MANAGER REPORTS - Continued
POLICY DECISIONS - SEWERS
• A° 11-61-1
Al-11-62-1
.City Manager, Mr.. Aiassa: I would like to have this report
placed o.n file. Well i bring it
-up again for your consideration on the 27th. This is the Willow area.
-Motion by Councilman Snyder, -seconded by Councilman Towner and carried,
.to receive and place on file:the report on Aall-61-1 and A811-62-1.
ORANGEWOOD PARK ACQCISITION
City -Manager,, Mr. Aiassa: We.,have met;with Sister Columba..
We submitted a written letter of
,the proposal of the,.Par:k_andRecreation:Commissio.n. They;:are now
;taking this under advisement and they, will let us know shortly. We
made no offer..
DEL NORTE PARK ADDITION
•.City Manager, Mr. Aiassa: I.,met, at the request of the
Council, with Mr.- Hini°ir.h. ` .:He
is -on the Del Norte ;Park addition. We. are going to make a proposal
'to him. He wants to.'dispose. of.the back area of the property and
will probably give us an option to..buy the front part which means
.your park would go all.: the way to the- Sunset area. It will make it
much more usable.
AZUSA..°.PROPERTY
City -Manager, Mr. Aiassa: We have met with Mr. Marshall on
the fire station. He has gone
out .for the second appraisal and I'll meet with him this week for a
re.port to the Council,-
JACKSON PROPERTY
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: We met with Mrs. Jackson avid gave
her the report that Mr. Cox has.
made and she is coming back with a counter -proposal w4ich Mr. Dosh and
I.will listen to probably this Wednesday and make a report to the
Council.
:OFFER OF TEACHING POSITION
City Manager, Mr. Aiassa: I have.been invited to become a
teacher at the L. A. State College
for.one day a week from seven at. night to ten. I have been invited to
teach a course.in government, Political Science. I talked to Harry
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Page Twenty
Williams and he said it's all right. This class will be 22 to 25
students, regular curriculum course of the University, I Am paid the
equivilent of an Associate Professor, I have taught this course up
north in other levels, It would be on Wednesday nights starting in
September, It will run for 14 sessions, I want the feeling of the
Council. The job is mine if I want it,
Councilman Nyder: I think something like this tends
to add prestige to the City, I.
don't sere how it would conflict with your City duties except you would
not be able to attend Planning Commission meetings,
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa:. There will.be about four or five
sessions that are off,
Councilman Heath: I think it's a duty of a City.
official to participate in such
things as civic organizations, League of California Cities conferences
and possibly in the form of teaching. I have no objection, It's
entirely up to you. I wouldn't say for you not to take it but I
think there's a lot of deficiencies in the operation of this City
that need taking care of first. I wouldn't tell you not to take.the
job, A job like this is a part of any leader's life. If you feel you
can adequately do your job in the City and it won't interfere with
it, this i•s your decision to make. I feel we had better straighten
up the • home town team first before we take on other duties; however, I would not object to you giving the course,if you decided to,
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: This is strictly on.my own time,,
Councilman Jett: This may be all well and good but
Mr, Aiassa I would object to you
taking this job, I think this City, the business of this City requires
every minute that you have that is available and I don't see how we
could approve.something like this, We are paying you a good salary;
you don't need the money. I am convinced that there are a lot of
things that need to be taken ca-re of in this City that are not getting
the attention they should be getting, I understand this will be on
your own time but I can't help but feel that there is preparatory work
that you would have to go into for this and there are questions in my
mind now,
Councilman.Towner: I.don't think there is any man
who puts in more hours on City
business than Mr, Aiassa, I feel it would be cramping the Manager
and the management of the City if we were to direct him to spend all
of his time in the City Hall, I think this is a means of attacking
the City Manager rather than providing better.management for the City,
I have no objection to his teaching at L. A. State College, I don't
see how we can interfer in,`a man's life to that extent,
Councilman'.Snyder: I think his being a teacher will
add prestige to the. City and I
think it could broaden: Mr, Aiassa's own scope and in the end be as
beneficial to the City as it is to the students. and to Mr. Aiassa
himself,
Mayor Barnes: I have no objection to Mr.
Aiassa teaching at L. A. State
Ob1Lege if he fee-1p that he can do this and accomplish his work here
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OFFER OF TEACHING POSITION -;Continued
in the City Hall, I think it's strictly up to him, I think if Mr.
Aiassa feels in his own mind that he has time to do it and still
keep up with his work here at.City Hall he should be allowed to do
it,
COUNCILMANIC. REPORTS
FIRE STATION AND LIBRARY
Councilman Heath: In the report from Mr, Kay, I
don't see the expenditure for
land,
City Manager, Mr, Aias.sa: That is still in court. We
can't record it until the court
releases it, We settled, It's sixteen something. He doesn't want
to put it in until it is certified from the court,
CORTEZ STREET AT THE FONTANA ENTERPRISES
Councilman Heath: I think the report answers my
• question very well. There is a
statementconeerning a temporary asphalt trough on both sides of
Citrus north of Cortez,
Councilman Snyder: Wouldn't it be wise to talk to
Mr., Zoelle that . if. we paid half of
that $220 that he put in curb and gutter?
Councilman Heath:
Public Services Director, Mr, Dosh:
I think that's a good suggestion,
We asked him about a year ago to
go along with us. We'll ask him
again,
Councilman -Heath: I would like to have the Council
like to see them clean up one. side at. use
leasteandtinsthefineantimeltalk
to Mr. Zoe lle to see if he would .put in curb and gutter if we put $110
toward it,
Move that the City Manager be
instructed to install a temporary
asphalt drain on the east,, -side of Citrus and north side of Cortez to
drain that water into the underground system at the cost of
approximate-1y $110,00 plug" labor and that the City Manager be instructed
to contact' Mr,. Z oeUe with the proposal that if we would participate
t.o the extent of $22Q,00 would he.pay the balance to install curb and
gutters on his side''0.1 the street and ask the people on the east side
if they would go fdrkc;urb and gutter at this time under the same
arrangement,
Councilman Towner: I wonder if we couldn't have
some contracts,
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CORTEZ STREET AT THE FONTANA ENTERPRISES - Continued
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: Why don't we make a pass at it
• and bring it up on the 27th7
Councilman Towner: It may be possible to put it
into the budget 'and put a full,
improvement around there with some participation,, Maybe we ought to
go the whole route if they are willing to participate,,
Councilman Heath:
All right,, I withdraw my motion,
Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried,
to direct the City Manager to make a report on this and see what the
best possible way of improving this is,
BREAKFAST MEETINGS
Councilman Jett: I think this is a waste of City
time, I think the City Manager
should have his breakfast on his own time like the rest'of us, If
he wants to have one of these meetings, fine; but he should be on the
job, at his desk at 8:30
Councilman Snyder: I think this boils down to a
confidence or lack of it in your
Manager,- I think if he is accomplishing something at it that..we
have no right to obstruct it,
Councilman Heath:It's not a lack of confidence in
the City Manager; it's the fact
that the City Manager should be available at any time when the staff
needs him, If he goes up to.8:30 in the morning, I have no objection
to this. I think it should start .on his own time, But if it goes
beyond this time. I think he should be here for the availability of
the staff,
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa.: I very seldom go over my time,.
I am usually here on time,
Councilman Jett: I think the City Manager's
Ordiin what it.requires of the Cit Mana er,' Infeel ce sthat y very specific
different from•an other employee;ythat You're no
Y you either eat your breakfast
at.home'or at a restaurant; that you have hours in the City Hall so
that if someone wants to come in and see you and talk to you -- we
are the poli,cy making body of the City; you're the administrator.
I'm trying to tell you that I think you should be down here at least
when your employees are here. I am objecting to you having these
breakfast meetings, taking Thursday off and going into town,
0 City Manager,.Mr, Aiassa:
I don't take Thursdays off, I work
those days,
Councilman_,Jett: I feel as a Councilman I am
entitled to know what is going
on in this City. I am entitled to know what you're doing. I have
"been here in the City Hall when you had a group of men from the Plaza,
when you were going to discuss something I was interested in, You
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Page Twenty -Three
didn't show me.the courtesy of asking me to stay. Twice that has
• happened, There are many many more things that I could go on about
here, This is what I.am talking about whenI say you',re not doing
your job,
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: Not.for you, Mr, Jett,
Councilman Towner: I think what Mr. Jett wants to do
is to be the City Manager,
Councilman Jett: If you spent more time in the City
Hall, Mr, Towner, you would know
things that were going on that would surprise you,
Councilman Towner: I spend the necessary time in
the City Hall but not interferring
with the normal.management of the City,
Councilman Snyder: If Mr, Jett is going to attend
all these meetings then I
request to be notified in order that there won't be any distortions
coming back of what actually happened,
Councilman Jett: I think this would be wonderful,
0 EMPLOYEES' HEALTH PLAN
Councilman Jett: I understand that the employees
are considering a different health
plan. It is the Kaiser Plan, the Blue Cross Plan or the Ross Loos
Plan, Mr, Goss tells me that no other insurance firm or health group
would be allowed to submit a bid or even discuss this, I would like
to know why,
Administrative Analyst, Mr, Weeks: I'am Chairman of the Hospitali-
zation Committee, We are under
an emergency situation now, We have our rate increase from Blue Cross,
have to come up with some decision by June 1, Nine months ago the
Insurance Committee asked for bids. We had 35 proposals, These
private insurance carriers could usually .beat the premium rate but
they would expect the City to administer the plan which would mean
about 0,000 a year for a girl's salary, This is strictly Association
participation and not the City,
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa:
You pay a flat fee of six and a
quarter,
Mayor Barnes: If the Association gets a higher
• priced insurance company and
they want the individual paid, r..gmind them.we have already set a
price. on the male and female and That this is it,
City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: They know this,
Councilman Snyder: You should ask these other two
companies if somebody needs
hospitalization under this plan, with Kaiser the only place is
Fontana and.Lo's Angeles;, Ross Loos is the Queen of Angels and you
have to use their doctors,
We
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Page Twenty -Four
• City Manager, Mr. Aiassa: A lot of employees don't go for
this. I think the Association
has to approve this.
There being no further business, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded
by Councilman Jett, and carried, that this meeting be adjourned at
12:45 A.M.
ATTEST:
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APPROVED 4 lfe
MAYOR
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