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06-10-1963 - Regular Meeting - Minutesl'. MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA June 10, 1963 The regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor° Pro Tem Jett at 7 A5 Po Ma in the West Covina City Hallo Councilman Towner led the Pledge of. Allegiance. Councilman Heath gave the invo- cation, ROLL CALL Present- Mayor Pro Tem Jett,'Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder (from 8.15 P.M.) Others Present,- Mr. Geo-rge Ai.assa, City Manager Mr. Robert Flotten, City Clerk Mr. Harry Ca Williams, City Attorney (from 7055 P.M.) Mrs. Fern Merry, City Treasurer (from 8-00 PoM.) _ Mr. Thomas Dosh, Public Services Director Mr. Harold Joseph, Planning Director Absent- Mayor Barnes APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 6, 1963 - Approved as submitted as follows- Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and car- ried, that the Minutes of May 6, 1963 be approved as submitted. May 13, 1963 - Held over as follows- Councilman Heath- I haven't had a chance tc read through these yet. Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and car- ried, that the Minutes of May 13, 1963 be held over to the next meeting, CITY CLERK'S REPORTS PROJECT C-136 LOCATION- Workman Avenue east of Accept Street Improvements Azusa Avenue Crowell & Larson APPROVED Accept street improvements con- structed under Project C-136 in Workman Avenue, subject to Notice of Completion procedure. Authorize payment of Purchase Order No. 7455 in the amount of $1,981.25. In- spector's final report filed, Notice of Completion signed. Staff recommends acceptance. Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, to accept O the street improvements in Project C-136 and authorize the payment of Purchase Order No. 7455 in the amount of $1,981.25. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Noes. None Absent. Councilman Snyder, Heath, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Mayor Barnes -1- C,, C,, 6/10/63 CITY CLERK'S REPORTS ® Continued Page Two 0 City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa: I would like to have a directive to meet with the adjoining property owners to see if we can do a participation project ®® Moody, Daniells and another property owner,, It's going to require some street improvements, participation by the City. Normally the cost is incurred by the property owners,, I think we have about 15 feet,, Public Services Director, Mr,, Dosh: Mayor Pro Tem Jett-, This property which is presently R®A has a manufacturing plant at the rear of the property. Do we have a critical traffic problem there? Public Services Director, Mr,, Dosh° I don't think it's critical,, Councilman Towner-, It appears to me this is the kind of an area where we might expect development in the not too distant future,, City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa-, Let the staff make a report for the Council on this,, Councilman Heath-, I don't think there is any dire need on this particular one,, If Awe have money to pay on street improvements I think in front of our own park on Puente Avenue would be much more worthwhile,, It is the only part of Puente which is not repaired,, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, to accept the letter and request the staff to make a report on this matter,, PRECISE PLAN N0,, 329 LOCATION: South side of Merced ACCEPT STREET IMPROVEMENTS Avenue, west of Sunset Manor Co,, Glendora Avenue,, APPROVED Accept street improvements concrete curb -gutter and pavement,, No bond to release,, Inspector's final report filed,, Staff recommends acceptance,, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, to accept the street improvements in Precise Plan No,, 329,, RESOLUTION NO. 2644 ADOPTED The City Clerk presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ACCEPTING A CERTAIN WRITTEN INSTRUMENT AND DIRECTING THE RECORDATION THEREOF" (EXECUTED BY THE SUNSET MANOR COMPANY ON NOVEMBER 2, 1962, FOR STREET AND HIGHWAY PURPOSES IMPRECISE PLAN N0,, 329, TO BE KNOWN AS MERCED AVENUE) .Mayor Pro Tem Jett: Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the,body of the resolution,, -2- C,, C,, 6/10/63 Page Three RESOLUTION NO,, 2644 ® Continued isMotion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, that said resolution be adopted,, Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Noes: None Absent: Councilman Snyder, Heath, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No,, 2644,, PRECISE PLAN NO. 329 LOCATION: Southwest corner of ACCEPT STREET IMPROVEMENTS Glendora and Merced,, Humble Oil Company APPROVED Accept street improvements,, Authorize release of Pacific Indemnity Company bond No,, 24721.6 in the amount of $8,200,,00. Inspector's final report filed. Staff recommends acceptance and release of bond. Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, to accept the street improvements on Precise Plan No,, 32.9 and authorize release of Pacific Indemnity Company bond No,, 247216 in the amount of $8,200,,00,, ® (Mr,, Williams entered the chambers at 7:55 P.M.) TRACT NO,, 27197 LOCATION; North of Cortez Street, ACCEPT STREET, SANITARY SEWER AND west of Barranca Street,, STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS Richard Millar Accept street, sanitary sewer and APPROVED storm drain improvements,, Authorize release of Western Casualty & Surety Co,, bond No,, 308830 in the amount of $12,300,,00,, Inspectors final report filed,, Staff recommends acceptance and release of bond,, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, to accept the street, sanitary sewer and storm drain improvements in Tract No,, 27197 and authorize release of Western Casualty and Surety Company Bond No,, 308830 in the amount of $12,300.00. (Mrs,, Merry entered the chambers at 8:00 P,,M,,) LETTER FROM BASSETT UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUESTING CROSSING GUARD AT DELVALE-SUNSET INTERSECTION DURING SUMMER SCHOOL SESSION AT TONOPAH SCHOOL,, Mr,, Flotten read the report from Chief Sill.re this matter,, City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa: Perhaps we could get County participation in this because it is on the fringe areas,, I would like permission to proceed on this short term but on a long term that we work it out with the County for joint participation,, m3® a C. Co 6/10/63 Page Four CITY CLERK'S REPORTS - Continued ®Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried. that the City Manager be authorized to explore the possibility of participation with the County on the winter program and to go ahead with the crossing guard for the summer program. SCHEDULED MATTERS BIDS DISTRICT A°11-62-1 LOCATION,, Nora Avenue and other SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT streets sewer district. Bids received as advertised at 10,,00 A.M., June 60 1963, in the office of the City Clerk and referred to the City Engineer for recom- mendation to the City Council at this meeting. The bids received are as follows,, CITY CONSTRUCTION CO. ZAVAS & SON MAX MILOSEVICH L.D.& M. CONSTRUCTION CO. MIKE PRLICH & SONS ® MATT J. VUKOJEVICH and JOHN KORDICH M.G.B. CONSTRUCTION CO. Correction 10% bid bond $2790988.65 10% bid bond 287a358.69 10% bid bond 3029164.55 10% bid bond 3040475.44 10% bid bond 3299587.90 3299487,48 10% bid bond 3379126.36 10% bid bond 392,030.54 Councilman Heath,, As I gather from the staff report there has been criticism against City Construction Company but there doesn't seem to be any complimentary remarks concerning them. Mayor Pro Tem Jett,, I would like to have this report of Mr. Pontow°s spread in the Minutes8 "Too City Manager & City Council "Date-, June 7, 1963 "Subject-, Sewer District; AIII-62-1 Opening of bids "Transmitted herewith are the minutes of the bid opening and the bid summary for the subject district. "All bids have been examined and corrected as shown. All legal requirements for advertising, receiving and opening the bids have been met, "Two bids were received by Special Delivery about 45 minutes after the bid opening, but on the advice of the City Attorney botch bids were returned to the respective bidders unopened. "In our investigation of the low Bidder, the City Construction Company, we have been advised of the following from-, i11 City of Los Angeles The above company has done some 1911 Act improvement work and cash contract jobs ranging in price from $2,600.00 to $70, 000. 00. In some cases they have had difficulty in com- pleting on time and have had liquidated damages assessed against them in following amounts on cash contract jobs-, -4- Ca Co 6/10/63 Page Five DISTRICT A°11-62-1 - Continued 9428 Days @ $30.00 per day 1123 Days @ $40.00 per day "Quality of 'Work„ Spotty - very good to very bad. 112) County of Los Angeles The City Construction Company has done nothing where the County itself is concerned, but have done small private Contract jobs in the County. The inspectors feel they have to spend more time with this company than with other companies. 113) City of Covina "This company has done small jobs only in the $12,000.00 range. Work has been acceptable. 19Ev.en though our investigation indicates that the low bidder has not performed a job of the magnitude of A111-62-1 and that the quality of some of their work in the past has been questioned, we have not in our opinion discovered sufficient evidence to disqualify the'City Construction Company. t4It is therefore recommended that Your Honorable Body accept the bids as corrected, adopts, the Resolution of Award, awarding the contract to the City Construction Company on. the basis of their low bid in the amount of $279,988.65 and the City Engineer be instructed to return the bid bonds to the unsuccessful bidders. "/s,` R.E.Pontow, City Engineer '°/s/Thomas J. Dosh, Public 'Service; Director" Mr. Williams,. The law is you must award to the lowest responsible bidder. You would have to find upon circumstances that would justify that this bidder is not responsible. it would appear to me, particularly since this is a 1911 Act proceeding and you make a mistake that even though this contrac- tor has had some experience that hasn't been entirely satisfactory that there isn't enough here to determine that he is not a responsible bidder and you would have to be able to find that in order to disregard this bid and go to the next one especially when there is a considerable difference between .the bids, V m afraid you would wind up in a lawsuit and a ques- tion of the validity of the bonds. It's a rather risky thing on the evi- dence before you, in my opinion, to determine that this is not a respon- sible bidder. Mr. Dosh: We have made further checks since the report just read. They have a high rating elsewhere. Appar- ently they are all right. Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, to award the • bid for District A111-62-1 Sanitary Sewer District to the City Construc- tion Company as the lowest responsible bidder in the amount of $279,988.65, and that all, bid bonds be: returned to the unsuccessful bidders. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Heath, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes: None Absent: Councilman Snyder, Mayor Barnes sm C,, C. 6/10/63 DISTRICT A111®62m1 ® Continued ® RESOLUTION NO,, 2645 ADOPTED Mayor Pro Tom Jett,, Page. Six The City Clerk presented,, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AWARD- ING CONTRACT TO IMPROVE NORA AVENUE AND.OTHER STREETS AND RIGHTS OF WAY IN THE CITY IN ACCORDANCE WITH RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO,, 2606, DISTRICT A111®62-1, THE AWARD IS TO THE CITY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY IN THE AMOUNT OF $279,988,,65" Hearing no'ob,jections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution,, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, that said resolution be adopted,, Motion passed on roll call as follows,, Ayes,, Councilmen Towner, Heath, Mayor Pro Tom Jett Noes,, None Absent,, Councilman Snyder, Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No,, 2645,, ® PROJECT M,,P,, 6302 LOCATION,, 825 South Sunset Avenue,, CONCRETE STORAGE BINS STREET DEPARTMENT Bids opened in the office of the City Clerk at 10,,00 A.M.,, June 60 1963,, The bids received are as follows,, Alternate A **VIDO SAMARZICH CO,, 10% bid bond $2,439,,42 $19660,,56 E,, C,, CONSTRUCTION CO,, 10% bid bond 49255083 298940O5 HERZ AMERICAN 10% bid bond 49286,,21 39516,,23 COUDRAY COMPANY 10% bid bond 49550.93 39154.65 REX W,, MURPHY 1.0% bid bona 4,993055 39406,,30 FRICKE-BARRINGTON $500,, bid bond 4,997,,78 39404,,69 **Bid withdrawn City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten,, We have a letter from the Vido Samarzich Company directed to the City of West Covina, Engineering Department, dated June 7, 19639 withdrawing their bids in the amounts of $2,439.42 and $1,660,,56,, City Attorney, Mr,, Williams,, Where a miscalculation is evident and the bidder calls your attention to it, he may withdraw his bid because of the error and you may disregard it but you may not consider what the bid would be if it were corrected,, In other words, he can either stand on the bid as it was submitted or withdraw it,, C,, C. 6/10/63 Page Seven PROJECT M,,P,, 6302 ® Continued Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, to award the contract for Project M,,P,, 6302, Concrete storage bins, Street Department, to E,, Co Construction Company in the amount of their alternate bid for four bins of $2,894,,05, and that all bid bonds be returned to the unsuccessful bidders,, Motion passed on roll call as follows-, Ayes-, Councilmen Towner, Heath, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes-, None Absent,. Councilman Snyder, Mayor Barnes CHANGES IN THE WORK PROPOSED TO BE DONE DISTRICT A°11-61®1 SANITARY SEWERS Hearing of protests or objections to the changes in the work to be done in Willow Avenue, Morris Avenue and other streets and rights of way Sanitary Sewer District,, Set for hearing this date by Resolution of Intention to Change Work Proposed to be Done No,, 2628 adopted by the City Council at their adjourned regular meeting of May 20, 1963,, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, that the affidavit of filing be received and filed,, 0 (Councilman Snyder entered the chambers at 8s15 P,,M,,) City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten,. We have received no protests either oral or written,, Mayor Pro Tem Jett,. Is there anyone in the audience wishing to be heard in reference to this sewer district? (There were none,,) I'll declare the hearing closed,, RESOLUTION NO,, 2646 The City Clerk presented,. ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY COUNCIL ORDERING CERTAIN MODIFICATIONS OF THE WORK TO BE DONE IN ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO. A111-61®15, WILLOW AVENUE, MORRIS AVENUE, AND OTHER STREETS AND RIGHTS OF WAYS' Mayor Pro Tem Jett,. Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body ® of the resolution,, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, that said resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows,. Ayes-, Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes,. None Absent,. Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No,, 2646,, -7- C,, C,, 6/10/63 SCHEDULED MATTERS ® Continued HEARINGS ZONE CHANGE NO,, 261 M,, E,, Jackson APPROVED Page Eight LOCATION., 2714 East Garvey Avenue between Citrus and Barranca Streets,, Request to reclassify from Zone R-A to Zone C®1 approved by Planning Commission Resolution No,, 14100 City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten., (Read Planning Commission Resolution No,, 1410(,) City Attorney, Mr,, Williams., I think it is desirable to ask for a staff report at this stage. It will orient the Council before you hear the public,, Secondly, it allows the public to hear the staff°s comments and therefore be able to speak to them when they get up,, I think it would be a good practice after you hear the Planning Commission resolutions that you hear from the Planning Director,, Councilman Heath., • Mayor Pro Tem Jett., Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph: Mayor Pro Tem Jett., I think we should do that all the time,, I think it's a good idea. I think it's a good idea,, (Gave brief summary of this matter,,) This is the time and place for the public hearing,, Mr,, Paul Egly The applicant is the owner of the 240 West Badillo total parcel,, When the bowling Covina alley came in there was no ordinance which was acceptable to allow a bowling alley use and they came in on an unclassified use permit,, We filed a variance for a motel use and in the meantime the negotiations have slowed down and we don't know whether or not they will continue so we asked the Planning.Commission to hold the variance request over until some future time when we could come in with a precise plan, but we would like to go ahead with the change of zone,, There being no further public testimony, the hearing was closed,, Motion.by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that Zone. Change No,, 261 be granted,, VARIANCE NO,, 447 Roland Barthelemy HELD OVER LOCATION., 1818 East Rowland Street, between Azusa Avenue and LaBreda Avenue,, Request to permit non -conforming sign use in Zone Cml approved by Planning Commission Resolution No,, 1405. Appealed by applicant on May 24, 1963,, City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten., (Read Planning Commission Resolution No,, 1405,,) BE C, Co 6/10/63 VARIANCE NOa 447 ® Continued • Planning Director, Mr. Joseph*, Mayor Pro Tem Jett., IN FAVOR Page Nine (Maps were presented and Mr. Joseph gave a brief summary of the mattero This is the time and place for the public hearing. Mr, Jim Cosley I am with Koons Sign Company. 21554 Covina Hills Road (Stepped to board and explained sign,,) Getting the sign in the air is less harmful to the surrounding property,, We are not objecting to 90% of the signs granted,, The only thing we ask is that we get it up to a height which would be beneficial to the applicant and which will not hurt the neighborso If the dairy does have to put their sign at that low height, it will be blocked by the building all the way down the line,, Mr,, Roland Barthelemy 494 South Glen Alan West Covina detriment to the area, I wouldn°t be staring right would be split up and have I want the sign to be seen station,, IN OPPOSITION Mr,, Frank Fleischaker 437 LaBreda Avenue West Covina It isn't that we want to create any trouble with our neighbors,, I want something clean, neat, and attractive, an asset and not a feel if we can get it up high enough, they into a sign which would be 8 by 10o This a better effect for the people in the area,, from Azusa and not blocked by the gas I would like to.know at what time of night the sign will be turned off? Mr,, Roland Barthelemy., There is no illumination on the side of the residences on the east side,, It would be closed off at nine o'clock. Mro Frank Fleischaker, I have no further objections. There being no further public testimony, the hearing was closed. Councilman Heath*, I have no objection to the 25-foot sign. Councilman Snyder*, I think 18 feet is what the code says and it is the height of the eaves of the building, What is the allowed height? Planning Director, Mr, Joseph*, Detached signs are permitted by the code but limited to 18 feet in heighto Councilman Towner*, I can certainly see justification for going to 18 feet which would be the normal code allowable height, I don't see how they are justified under the variance procedure anything higher than that here,, I certainly disagree with the 12 feeto C,, C. 6/10/63 VARIANCE NO. 447 ® Continued • Councilman Heath-, I think the man has request to get over the gas station and the other sign and since the back of not to be illuminated, I don't see where it could cause a non -conforming sign in a Cml zone subject to the Planning Commission height,, Councilman Snyder-, I would like to look at the.corner Page Ten a ,justifiable the sign of this sign is any problem,, Move that Variance Noo 447 for be approved to a height of 25 feet, Resolution subject to the change in I would like to look at the propertyo I may very w6ll go for 25 feet but before I second such a motion,, Mr,, Jim Cosley-, Where we show the building, it is 18 feet high and the sign is in front of the building,, To go there now you won't see the building sitting here,, The gas station sign itself won't have any bearing on it but when the building is built, it will be different,, Councilman Snydero I'll keep that in mind when I look at that corner,, Mayor Pro Tem Jett-, The motion fails for lack of a second,, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, that Variance No,, 447 be held over until next Monday evening so that the Council may have a chance to look at this corner,, PROPOSED AMENDMENT N0,, 59 City Initiated HELD OVER Planning Commission Resolution No,, Request to amend the West Covina Municipal Code sections as to a new residential professional classification, approved by 1414,, Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph-, You have already had recommended to you the R-A, R-19 E-29 R-3 and R-4. This is the final segment of Amendment No,, 59.which completes the R zones,, The Planning Commission's recommendation'to the City Council does the following things. It adds a significant number of new types of administrative, business and professional offices rather than the six or eight uses that were limited in the past,, We now have about 18 different uses specifically set forth and the.Commission further wishes to allow similar type uses when they are deemed to be as the ones already allowed,, They are not limiting it to .Zrcchit(OCtRq engineers, accountants, attorneys, and doctors, but all types of service professional,, They have deleted from the R®P real estate •offices and residential uses,, The height has been expanded from 35 feet to 50 feet which would permit taller office buildings; the front yard has been expanded from 15 feet to 20 feet,, The side yards are pretty much the same as they were,, The rear yard has been expanded from 15 to 20 and the off-street parking remains the same,, This is what the Planning Commission has recommended to the City Council,, • C � Co 6/10/63 PROPOSED AMENDMENT.NO. 59 - Continued Councilman Heath; Page Eleven If this is a residential pro- fessional zone, why do we de- lete residential uses? Mr. Joseph. The Planning Commission -felt that this was to be a compat- able transition type zone which would be closely associated with residential type uses and although they felt that the -type of zoning which is permitted could be associated with residential they did not want residential in here. As the R-P is presently written every -use permitted in the R-3 is allowed and because of our step-down type of zoning that means that you may put in single family homes next to office buildings and commercial parking lots, and the Planning Com- mission felt that this was not, something that they wanted to recom- mend to the City Council. Councilman Heath. This is a sneaky move on the part of the Commission, on the part of the Planning Commissioners, changed the name from commercial profes- sional, left it residential professional and gave it back to -us with a different heading on it. They have also decided to eliminate resi- dential uses when this is a residential zoning and eliminate real es- tate offices and I am sure they are going to put them in commercial zoning, It is a fairly sneaky move in my way of looking at it to try and pull a conniving trick to try to move real estate offices into a commercial zone and they know that commercial zoning is tough to get in this City. I can't see this zoning whatsoever and I would fight this zoning completely. Mr. Joseph. At your joint meeting back in October of 1962, we went over the General Plan and we listed a whole slew of things that were proposed to be allowed in this C-P zone. when the City Council in- dicated that they did not want commercial professional, the staff de- leted all the commercial aspects of it and kept it only to the office use in its statement to the Plarna,ng Commission for their consideration prior to the Planning Commission making its final recommendation to you. Mayor Pro Tem Jett., Mr, John Hiatt 322 Campana Flores Drive West Covina get office space. I don°t see why be taken out of it. This is the time and place for the public hearing. I don't know why this portion of the ordinance should be against real estate. It's tough to get commercial zoning and tough to one profession was singled out to There being no further public testimony, the hearing was closed. Councilman Towner. I, too, am interest in the reasons the Planning Commission deleted real estate offices from this amendment and I would like, in order to compare it with the other uses, have that list of uses read to use -11- C,, C. 6/10/63 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 59 - Continued Page Twelve Planning Director- Mr,, Joseph., The uses area Accountants - attorneys; doctors, dentists,, and so on; engineers; architects; licensed real estate, insurance brokers or escrow agents,, plus the R-3,, The uses proposed in the new ordinance areo Administrative business and professional offices of the following type., Accountants, advertising agencies; appraisers; architects; drafting services; attorneys; bookkeepers; stocks,, bonds, collection agencies; counselor services; doctors, and so ono employment agencies; engineers, escrow; research- surveying- telephone answering services; travel agencies; similar uses providing administrative, business and professional services,, plus public parking areas subject to the Planning Commission's review,, Councilman Towner.- I don't recall reading the Planning Commission Minutes,, Did they in this discussion point out why they considered real estate offices any different than the other uses in R-P? Planning Director- Mr,, Joseph., There was a lot of discussion on this,, On May 23,, 19639 I sent a letter to the Planning Commission before the resolution was typed up.- "Attached is the staffs draft of Amendment No,, 59,, Please •review this very carefully and call me if you have any questions regarding any of the text." I wanted to make sure the ordinance was in keeping with the Commission thinking before the final draft was typed and submitted to the City Council,, As far as the actual reasons are concerned, I would have to go back and pull them out for you,, extract them from the Minutes,, Councilman Snyder., You say there is an additional provision in here that would provide for like services which aren't necessarily named.in this list? They apparently do not consider real estate a like service for some reason,, Planning Directors Mr,, Joseph.- They didn't include it in the list,, Councilman Snyder.- It is true that in the joint session with the Planning Com- mission that we in effect decided to drop the C®P zoning classification but they were clearly told and I recall this very clearly, to go ahead and study revisions of the R-P ordinances which is what has been done. I don't believe that this was done on any sneaky motives of the Planning Commission; I think it was done on good faith to an attempt to improve the R-P ordinances as they were directed to do,, I can • understand why they left out R®3 because we have that zone and I think their attempt was to make this a transitional zone between R-1 and commercial,, Is too, am wondering why they left out real estate because it does seem like a like service,, I would certainly consider adding it to this list of uses if this is approved,, I think this is a good ordinance if we resolve this problem of real estate offices,, I do believe in leaving out the residential uses because I think that was one of the main things they were attempting to correct in improving this ordinance,, -12- Co C o 6/10/63 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 59 - Continued Councilman Heath - Page 'thirteen If this is passed, what zone will permit real estate offices? Mr. Joseph; If this ordinance is adopted exactly as written, it will be C-1. Councilman Heath. The title is residential professional zone. If we are going to"knock out residential, why not change the title to other than residential?' If we change it to other than residential we come back to the commercial pro- fessional zone. Mr. Josephz If they knocked out all the com- mercial applications except for the service type stores, the name really is insignificanto You could call it administrative professional, office professional, service pro- fessional or any other name. Councilman Heath - Where do these titles differ from what was originally presented as commercial professional? Mr. Joseph. All the commercial type of uses; coffee shops, stationery stores, office supply stores, the sale of merchandise in a retail type of activity, tobacco stores, anything that would tend, to fit in with the commercial.; were deleted by the Commission° • Councilman Heath. My feeling is that a real estate office is as much of a residen- tial professional use as time others, travel agencies, telephone an- swering services. It is well evident and has been that the.Planning Commission has a majority, not conclusively, who have no use for real estate people, don't feel they should be either on the Council or the Planning Commission, and I think if they have got something in their craw concerning real estate people„ real estate offices or anything related to real, estate they ought to be man enough to stand up and say it instead of trying to put it on a sneaky action. I can't help but think this is exactly what they are; trying to do because there is no justification for taking something out of this zone here where there are other uses in here which are more commercial' than real estate offices and then putting them into a commercial zone where all they have to do is sit back and say "we have enough commercial and we don°t need any more and therefore you can't have a real estate officeo94 It is obviouso Let's put the stuff on a line and be honest about it. Councilman Towner- I think possibly Mro heath is seeing ghosts in his own closet. I agree that there has not been shown to us any reason for deleting real estate offices out of the changed zone and I think the residential should go out and leave it as a transitional zoned I think if we adopt the or- dinance as proposed except to add the use of real estate offices we will have a satisfactory amendment to this R-P zone. Councilman Snyder. I can see one other problem and that is pharmacies in medical buildings. Mr. Joseph. This has been included. -13- Co Co 6/10/63 Page Fourteen PROPOSED AMENDMENT NOo 59 - Continued Councilman Beath: What is the reason for increasing the back yard setback? Planning. Directors Mr. .Joseph. The staff recommended this feeling_ that if it were to be a transitional zone there will be many times when the use will either back up to or' side onto single family residential uses. The idea was to advise'devel- opers that we would like them to set back a distance significant enough to separate the commercial from the non commercial. Right now single- family have to be set back 25 feet. Normally this is going to work out, fine because in almost every instance I am familiar with newer develop- ments going in they will put parking in the rear anyway. Councilman Heath, In a residential professional zones I would say it°s-a'zone which might be placed upon a residential structure which exists. If this be the case, suppose ,you have a house where you have the' standard R-1 setback, chances are if you move into an existing resi- dential home and install one of these professions that that residen- tial home will have a greater sideyard and a greater backyard set- back than is required under this zone? Planning Director, Mr. Joseph. Yes. Councilman heaths What I am trying to get at is this: That you would move one of these professions into an existing residence and the fact that •the sideyard or the backyard setback is not quite as much as speci- fied here, it requires a man to come in for a variance at extra cost and so forth. Planning Director, Mr. .Joseph: If a use is zoned for a particular purpose or if it is allowed by variance in an existing structure there would be no further require- ment for him to build in or rip out any of the additional structure because he would have what is called a non -conforming use in a con- forming building, There would be no additional requirements on the man moving anything except for the off-street parking. Councilman Snyder: City Attorney, Mr. Williams: What would happen to the present R-P? This zone would be R-Po You would just be changing the uses permitted in the zone. Any use which is there and which is deleted by the amendment would become a non. -conforming use but it would remain there° Councilman Snyder: What about precise plans which aren't built? City Attorneys Mr. Williams: The law is that any use which is actually commenced by the owner by the outlay of money and reliance upon the code at its commencement of work may continue. As to whether merely getting a precise plan approved would amount to the commencement of the use, I don't know. I rather doubt it if he has done nothing more than that. -14- C, C, 6/10/63 Page Fifteen PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO, 59 - Continued • Councilman Snyder-. I feel this is a good upgrading of the zoning if we change the name to administrative professional and add real estate offices and allied fields back into the list, I feel we should restrict residential uses from this zone, Councilman Towner-. City Attorneys Mr, Williams-. Is this an amendment to the existing R-P zone or a new section in the code? I think it would become an amendment to the existing RmP even if you change the name, Mayor Pro Tem Jett-. Would you find the section in the Minutes of the joint meeting where we discussed the Planning Commission dropping this study on the R-P zoning? I have neard no complaints about our R-P zone, I don't know who is pushing this but there is something sinister in it, Councilman Snyder-. This expands the uses of the professional zone. It is less restrictive than it was under this except that you can't use residential, • Mayor Pro Tem Jett-. This may be true but I do know that there are several properties in the City that are zoned potential R-P zoning, The owners of this property since 1955 have been led to believe that if they made an application and brought in an acceptable precise plan that they would be given RmP zoning, The Los Angeles County Tax Assessor has recognized this R-P potential zoning and accordingly has increased the tax rate for professional property, As a result these owners of these properties have had to pay a premium in taxes on the basis.of potential zoning, Now, would you read those Minutes., Mr, Joseph? Planning Director, Mr, Joseph-. (Read portions of Minutes from the Joint Meeting, 10/31/62.) Councilman Towner-. I was not present at the meeting where this was discussed and in a subsequent Planning Commission meeting I was asked my view of it and I said I didn't know what went on but I thought the Planning Commission had a duty to review zoning ordinances with a view to perfecting them or improving them; in other words, a continuous study process, It seems to me that what has happened is certainly in accord with what was studied at the Council -Planning Commission meeting and particularly in view of the comments made by Mayor Barnes and Councilman Snyder and later on by me; I think the Planning Commission has acted very justifiably, Further, I think the Planning Commission has come up with something that is acceptable to all of us, I don't think I would expect any disagreement from Mayor Barnes that we accept the proposed amendments to the ordinance with the exception regarding real estate offices and put them back into it and then we have, I think, a good workable ordinance, I don't see any particular need to change the name of it because I consider the designation residential pro- fessional as indicating not that residential is included in it but that it is a transitional zone, -15- im C, C, 6/10/63 Page Sixteen PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO, 59 —Continued Councilman Heath- The preceding two paragraphs of these Minutes of the joint meeting I think should have been read by Mro Joseph, (Read from Page 13 of the Minutes of the Joint Meeting of 10/31/62,) This was the evening that the Commissioners Hall, Bartlett and Fast, and Chairman Renwick walked out on the City Council, I think there is a relationship in knocking out the real estate and the Commission walking out Just to prevent one Councilman from speaking on this, Councilman Snyder- If we put realtors back in here, what objection could you have to this ordinance change? Councilman Heath - I don't think I would have any although I would question why we have travel agencies in here, Councilman Snyder- I question that, too, It might be a good idea to hold this until Mayor Barnes gets back, I°m sure he will have something to say about this, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that Proposed Amendment No, 59 be held over to the next regular meeting of the City Council and be placed back on Ghe agenda for • consideration, PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO, 62 Request to amend the text and map City Initiated of the zoning ordinance in West HELD OVER Covina to provide that all potential zones now shown on the zoning map shall be eliminated and that all property which is now covered by potential zoning shall be zoned according to its present zoning and the potential zone shall be deleted, approved by Planning Commission Resolution No, 1394, Held over from meeting of May 13, 1963, to this date, Councilman Heath- I think Mr. Barnes would like to be in on this, If you open the hearing I think you should hold it open or else possibly not open it tonight and wait until he is back, City Attorney, Mr, Williams- I would suggest you open the meeting, take no evidence if no one is interested in it tonight, and then continue the hearing open, Councilman Heath- I have thought of a number of things I would like to bring •forward where in the past the Council has granted zoning due to the fact that it was potential zoning. There are a lot of people who have bought land due to the fact that it has potential zoning and they have.p;aid potential prices for it because they regarded that this would go to that zone, Councilman Snyder- I was at the Planning Commission when this was considered and it was not only publicized, but they had,discussion with practically all the owners of potentially zoned property in the City and most of them didn't even know what they were talking about and no one had any objections at the Planning Commission level, ®16m C. C,, 6/10/63 Page Seventeen PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO. 62 ® Continued Planning Director,, Mr,, Josepho I had the staff in the department notify in writing every person whose property is shown on this map as being indicated by potential zones and no one objected,, City Attorney, Mr,, Williams-. If you do continue this hearing to the next meeting I think it would be desirable to have the staff give you at the time of the hearing the location of every piece of property in the City that still has potential zoning on,, There are not too many, I think the language here, that it will revert to its original basic zone without the potential, is the thing that is the most damaging here,, I think if at the same time you consider this and you consider that you will eliminate the potential, you don't have to take the other; you can initiate the zone change to firm up the potential but I do think that you are going to find that this is a bastard zone; there isn't any such thing as potential zoning,, There is nothing like this on the Master Plan; there isn't any such zone. It was a poor concept when it was doneo It hasn't been used since 1955,, There are only a few left and the only thing you may differ with is that it should stay R-A instead of becoming C®1,, If you feel that "it shouldn't revert at -the same time you eliminate this, initiate the rezoning,, I am suggesting that if you postpone this two weeks you may wish to ask the staff with respect to each one of these whether they would agree to instead of •reverting it to R®A or whatever it is to take the opposite, firm up the potential,, I would guess that there would be some that would go one way and some the other,, I don't think the vision in 1955 was near as good as your vision is today and they have made mistakes,, Councilman Heath-, as potential and your opinion is move — _C.it_v Attorney_,_ _Mro _Williams I say we should move it all up to the zone which is indicated up certain ones,, And the Planning Deparment, don't T 1-1-4. - lr C,, C,, 6/10/63 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NO,, 62 ® Continued Page Eighteen contrary to the State law which says that zoning can only be changed by certain hearings and by the adoption of an ordinance You don't have potential zones any more anyway because already the automatic amendment by a precise plan is deleted,, You still have to hold the hearings and make the zone -change exactly as if it were R®A and didn't have the potential on it,, The only thing _I think you Ire dis— agreeing with is the statement that when you take the potential off it remains zoned as it was originally zoned without the potential,, This is true,, When you take the potential off, momentarily that is the way it is zoned but on any piece and if it is true of every piece, then every piece, the moment you do this initiate the hearings to determine whether it should be zoned the thing the potential says,, Determine on each one whether or not it should be firmed up,, Councilman Heath,. Can this be done with one hearing? City Attorney, Mr,, Williams,. They could all be heard at the same time. There would have to be a separate hearing on each individual parcel,, Mayor Pro Tem Jett,. I would be reluctant to now firm up every piece that is.marked potentially that particular zone because I do think there are other uses now that would probably fit that property much better than what the designation of the potential shows,, I think we are losing faith • with the people and I think we are way out of line,, I think I would be remiss in my responsibility as a Councilman if I voted to eliminate potential zoning on a piece of property,, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that Proposed Amendment No,, 62 be held over for one month and in this month we would request a report from the City Planning staff concerning their recommendation as to whether the property remains in the present zoning or is changed to the zone specified as the potential or some other zone,, Councilman Heath,. Would it be possible to get a map marked up like that? Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph,. Copies were sent to you along with the resolution,, We can make as many additional prints as you need,, I°11 see you get one,, I want to get the motion clear in my mind,, You want the Planning Department to look at every piece of potential zone in the City and come back directly from the Department to the City Council as to our recommendation as to what the zone of this property should be if the potential zone were taken off regardless of the zone which it is now designated as being potential? Councilman Heath,. Yes; in your opinion,, If it could be that potential zone, fine9 if it could not, what would you recommend in its place,, sm- • C,, C,, 6/10/63 CITY CLERK'S REPORTS (Continued) Page Nineteen DISTRICT A111-62-2 LOCATIONo Larkwood and other SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT streets sanitary sewer district. Report of Los Angels County Health Officer, to be spread in full in Council minutes,, Accept the report and instruct the City Engineer to proceed pursuant to the provisions of Section 2808, Division 4, of the Streets and Highways Code,, City Clerk, Mr,, F'lotteno (Read Health Officer's Report dated December 13, 1962, directed to the Council re this matter,,) This is to be spread in full in the Minutes. "SUBJECT- Larkwood and other streets Sanitary Sewer District A°11-62-2a "RECOMMENDATION- It is respectfully recommended that sanitary sewers be installed in this district. "ANALYSIS-, This Department has made an investigation of the Larkwood and other streets Sanitary Sewer District A111-62-2, City of West Covina as shown on the attached map. During the course of this investigation, 128 house -to -Mouse calls were made. Of this number, 46 occupants were not at home or did not answer the door° Of the 82 prop- erty owners or tenants actually contacted, 51 or 62.1% reported having experienced trouble with their individual subsurface sewage disposal systems. They complained of the seepage pits filling up causing raw sewage to back up into they house plumbing fixtures or to overflow onto the surface of the ground. Also that frequent pumping and cleaning out of the seepage pits or the installation of new pits was necessary. The soil within the area of this proposed sanitary sewer district varies. In some sections it is mostly clay. In other localities it varies from loam to sandy loam or fine sand. These types of soil are not too con- ducive to the proper functioning of any type of individual subsurface sewage disposal system. Clay soil has poor leaching qualities. Loam and sandy loam is more suitable but still does not provide the best leaching action. In those areas, where fine sand prevails, the seepage pits silt up or cave in and cease to function properly. "In view of our survey, I, the undersigned Health Officer of the County of Los Ang6l.es.having been officially designated by the City Council of the City of West Covina to perform public health services for the City of West Covina, do hereby recommend that proceedings be instituted at once for the installation of sanitary sewers in the Larkwood and other streets Sanitary Sewer District;, A11.1-62-2, City of West Covina. This recommendation is made as an improvement necessary to the protection of public health and pursuant to, the provisions of Section 2808 of the Streets and highways Code. • "/s/ K. Ho Sutherland, M.D., Health Officert0 Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, to accept the report of the County Health Officer and to instruct the City Engineer to proceed pursuant to the provisions of Section 2808, Division 4 of the Street and Highways Code,, v19- C. C,, 6/10/63 DISTRICT A°11-62®2 - Continued • RESOLUTION NO,, 2647 ADOPTED 0 Mayor Pro Tem Jett,. Page Twenty The City Clerk presented,. "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST.COVINA DETERMINING THAT THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN SANITARY SEWERS IS NECESSARY AS A HEALTH MEASURE IN LARKWOOD STREET, THACKERY STREET AND OTHER STREETS AND RIGHTS OF WAY IN THE CITY AND IN THE UNINCORPORATED AREA OF THE COUNTY, DISTRICT A ° 11-62-2'" Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution,, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that said resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows,. Ayes,. Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes., None Absent,. Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No,, 2647,, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that the report of tie "Los Angeles County Health Officer be spread in full in the Council Minutes,, RESOLUTION NO. 2648 The City Clerk presented,. ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA APPROVING MAP OF ASSESSMENT DISTRICT A111-62m2 FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE LARKWOOD STREET, THACKERY STREET AND OTHER STREETS AND RIGHTS OF WAY SEWER DISTRICT" Mayor Pro Tem Jett,. Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution,, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that said resolution be adopted,, Motion passed on roll call as follows,. Ayes,. Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes,. None Absento Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No,, 2648,, -20- C, C. 6/10/63 CITY CLERK'S REPORTS ® Continued 0 RESOLUTION NO. 2649 ADOPTED Mayor Pro Tem Jett'. Page Twenty -One The City Clerk presented, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ADOPTING THE PROFILE AND AN IMPROVEMENT PLAN OF SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF LARKWOOD STREET, THACKERY STREET AND OTHER STREETS AND RIGHTS OF WAY IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA"(r'�%/-�a'a� Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolutions Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, that said resolution be adopted, Motion passed on roll call as follows'. Ayes'. Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes'. None Absent'. Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No, 2649, • AIR CONDITION UNIT COUNCIL CHAMBERS Councilman Heath'. Move that the City Manager be instructed to get some kind of a consultant or designer to fix this air conditioning and have it done within one month from tonight, City Attorney, Mr, Williams'. Sometimes you need to cool the room; sometimes it's cold but you need it to get the stale air out, If you had some milder fan than this that just blows you, it would circulate the air without blowing 491 air right down on us here, City Manager, Mr, Aiassa'. PLANNING COMMISSION TRACT NO, 28220 Larkin -McKim Enterprises APPROVED I'll take care of this, LOCATION-, South of Hidden Valley Drive and Hollencrest Drive, Area District IV (Rml Zone) and A®1-5 (84,46 acres), Approved by Planning Commission on May 15, 1963, Held over from meeting of May 27, 1963, to this date, Maps were presented and Mr, Joseph gave a brief summary of the matter, Councilman Snyder'. In regard to the lot sizes, personally I think the reasons given were good. Since the average lot size is still above 20,000 it seems to me we are justified in these lot sizes because of topography, -21® Co Co 6/l0/63`/ TRACT NO. 28220 - Continued Page Twenty -Two I think also the street between Hollencrest Drive and Hidden Valley Drive solves one of our main objections,, Councilman Heath- I agree with you. Mayor Pro Tem Jett. I think this somewhat eliminates the objections that we had,, Councilman Heath- If there was some way we could divert every truck possible from Hidden Valley and only let them get down on Hidden Valley where they had to get in to serve those houses, that might answer the problem,, 'Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph- They are all.60-foot streets. This plan was just handed to us tonight and•I think the Council should bear in mind that this would effect the lot sizes,, Councilman Snyder - How many lots are involved in the relocation of the street? Mr,, Ells- There were about 12 lots that had to be shuffled to bring it on through,, We may have added one or two lots under 20,000 square feet,, We probably reduced the average about 200 square feet per lot • so it is now probably 24,500 square feet, average,, . Mayor Pro Tem Jett - I think if we could get a street it would be worth the sacrifice,, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, to accept Ten_tati_ve Tract No,, 2822q with the stipulation -that no more than 41% be smaller than 20,OOO square feet and that,the additional street be included.between Hollencrest,Pr�ve aAd_Hidden Valley Drive; and that a one-foot`2ot be granted at the 'end of Hollencrest Drive and Alpine Drive and a zone change to R-1, Area District IV be initiated as a condition for the land now zoned A-1-59 plus the conditions imposed by the Planning Commission,, METES AND BOUNDS NO. 135-2to LOCATION.- Northeast corner of Charles S. Tellis - Citrus and Vanderhoof,, Tellis Motor Sales HELD OVER Area District III (Zone R-1) 0,,88+ Acres,, 2 lots proposed. Approved by Planning Commission on June 59 1963,, Mayor Pro Tem Jett. I believe we received a request from the applicant to hold this over,, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that Metes and Bounds Subdivision No,, 135-209 be held over to the next regular meeting at the applicant's request,, -22- C, C, 6/10/63 Page Twenty -Three PLANNING COMMISSION - Continued METES AND BOUNDS NO, 135-211 LOCATION. 138 North Willow Avenue, G,H, & Bessie L. Campbell APPROVED Area District I (Zone Rml) 16D463 square feet, 2 Lots proposed, Approved by Planning Commission on June 5, 1963, Mr, Flotten read conditions imposed on this subdivision by the Planning Commission, Maps were presented and Mr, Joseph gave a brief summary of the matter, Councilman Towner-, Are sidewalks required here? Public Service Director,, Mr, Dosh-, Planning Director, Mr, Joseph-, I can't answer that, Obviously it doesn't or we would have required it, I asked Mr, Klein about it and he indicated they were not required. Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, to approve Metes and Bounds Subdivision No, 135-211 subject to the conditions recommended by the Planning Commission, . REPORT ON REQUEST FOR RESOLUTION FOR TRACT N0, 28220 RE HILLSIDE DEVELOPMENT Planning Director, Mr, Joseph-, The Planning Commission made a resolution to accept modifications as per this hillside requirement as to the approved tract map shown, Mayor Pro Tem Jett-, Councilman Towner-, I think we should hold this over, I agree, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that this matter be held until next Monday night at the adjourned regular meeting in order to allow time for the writing of the resolution, PLANNING COMMISSION REQUESTS STATEMENT FROM COUNCIL RE RECREATION AREA SHOWN ON GENERAL PLAN AT CITRUS AND WALNUT CREEK WASH, Mr, Joseph gave a brief summary of this matter, Councilman Snyder-, I think in our study session with the Parks and Recreation Com- mission we indicated unanimously that we would like to see Valencia Heights Water Company that we have under lease remain a park, I feel the General Plan shows it and I think my sentiment is that I would like to see it remain a park, at least that portion under lease, All that area in the valley between the bluff and the wash should be a park, -23- C,, C,, 6/10/63 PLANNING COMMISSION - Continued Page Twenty -Four Councilman Towner.- I agree with you but I was going to add that I think you can accomplish this possibly by purchasing the property, including the existing Ridge Riders and the ball field and the property needed for a golf course and then running it on a revenue bond basis, leasing out to a concessioner on the golf course to develop, improve it and run it and bring in sufficient funds to the City to pay for all the property,, I don't know whether this is financially possible, but it's certainly worth considering,, Councilman Heath.- If you look at the dark green area that is a tremendous size park as it is and I think before we expand the park area in that site we should get parks in the other section of town. As far as the golf course is concerned, I don't know how many acres that would cover but that land at the present time has an offer on it for $35,000 an acre and I would imagine if you had a golf course the size of that light green area you would be talking about at least.ten, twelve. -acres, and that is a lot of money and I don't see how we could afford it,, Councilman Towner.- I don't either unless we can finance it out of the revenue we get from the property,, I think, too, we need other parks.in other parts of the City,, The advantage of this is using:it as a par three course in this particular spot, it is accessible to all.over the valley and would be more apt to be assured of financial success because of that location,, Councilman Heath.- To say that the man can't develop because some day we are going to buy it, I don't think that will hold water,, City Attorney, Mr,, Williams,. by inverse condemnation,, No. If we say that too,loud maybe we have already taken it Councilman Towner-, What we are concerned with is if the man comes in with plans, building permits and things like that,, Until they do that, we have room to move,, Councilman Heath-, They already have it in for zoning,, Councilman Snyder-, Why don't we make a motion suggesting that the Parks and Recreation Commission immediately look into the feasibility of a municipally operated either by concession, lease or municipally run par three golf course in that area? Councilman Heath-, Councilman Snyder-, Councilman Towner-, not we should do it,, We Is there some technique under study where we can I think the next step would be for the Council to figure where they are going to get $400,000,, They might come back and say no,, I think raising the money is the immediate question, not whether or already have a study saying we should do it,, such as lease -purchase or whatever techniques buy this? -24- C, C. 6/10/63 PLANNING COMMISSION ® Continued Page Twenty -Five • Councilman Heath.- Mr, Williams, as of the comment I heard the other night, all revenue bonds now have to be approved by the vote of the people; is this true? City Attorney, Mr,, Williamsa vote of the people but it only that authorizes revenue bonds before the legislature, Parks City Manager, Mr, Aiassa-, In general law cities, revenue bonds have to be approved by the takes majority vote, There is no law for golf courses yet, There is one don't provide revenue, Lease -option -purchase is the only other way around, Motion by.Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that the Council agree with the General Plan idea, that if possible this area be developed into recreational purposes and that the City staff be directed to examine possible means of financing and report back to the Council; that the Planning Commission be advised of our action and that we have no immediate access to funds with which to buy this property, ALSCOT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY • Mr, Glenn R, Watson.- If you remember when you approved the plans and variance for the building on Glendora, you imposed a condition which we felt was reasonable at the time that if within two years the City Council should decide that Duff Avenue should be extended through the property or if you should decide that a cul-de-sac should be built into the property that the company would dedicate the necessary property and make the improvement with the City Council reserving the right to decide on or before the expiration whether to require this or not. Plans have proceeded; the building has been delayed, Are you going to require a cul-de-sac or street across the rear of the property? This involves a matter of about three or four thousand square feet of property. We ask you if you feel that now you have planned the adjacent area of Glendora and have planned this property and if no need has been shown for the extension of Duff that the requirement be not waived but find now if you will the Duff extension or cul-de-sac is not required so the client can avoid this extra fencing and the loss of spaces and additional cost, Councilman Snydero You could go back one lot and cul-de-sac it and vacate the street, You would be trading land for land, Councilman Towner.- If we decide to do this, who pays for this? Suppose we leave the • street as is, bring the wall down on the Alscot property adjoining it, How far from the present improvements will that wall be? Public Services Director, Mr, Dosh.- I think it's just about flush, Councilman Towner-, If that wall goes along there on the Alscot property, you have an asphalt street that runs right up against the wall, m25® C,, Co 6/10/63 Page Twenty -Six ALSCOT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY m Continued • Public Services Director, Mr,, Dosh,. That's about right,, Councilman Towner,. I have questions about drainage and safety,, From a safety stand- point➢ can there be reflectors or something to advise people they are driving into a wall? Public Services Director, Mr,, Dosh,. Yes,, That isn't a problem,, Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph,. It drains in the other direction,, Councilman Snyder,. I feel we should vacate the street on the Alscot property and put the wall across there,, Secondly, I think there should be a curb across the end unless you can convince these property owners to go for this cul-de-sac on the last two lots,, Councilman Heath,. I think the simplest way is to block it off square,, Public Services Director, Mr,, Dosh,. It°s a difficult thing to keep clean as far as the street sweeper is concerned,, In the County, they will simply take the existing condition and round it out,, Even though this doesn't provide a decent turn -around, you can keep it clean,, *Councilman Snyder,. Would that be Alscot°s responsibility to round that off? Mr,, Glenn R,, Watson,. Alscot will be happy to build a curb outside of its boundary line instead of inside of its boundary line on the curve,, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that Alscot Development be instructed that the City Council finds that there is no need for the cul-de-sac within their property and that permission is granted for a block wall to be extended in a straight line along the southern boundary of their property but that they will be responsible for a radiased curb on the end of Duff in accordance with plans drawn by the City Engineer, and that there will be no extension of Duff across the property,, JULY FOURTH BELL RINGING City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten,. •Mayor Pro Tem Jett,. On July 4th there is going to be a bell ringing program,, I think they want some kind of a proclamation,, I'll designate the City Clerk to take care of this matter,, Councilman Heath,. I think you should proclaim July the 4th at eleven o'clock Bell Ringing Two Hours Within the City of West Covina,, Mayor Pro Tem Jett,. Mr,, Flotten, will you prepare a proclamation for next meeting? -26® C, C. 6/10/63 JULY FOURTH BELL RINGING- Continued City Clerk, Mr, Flotten. MULTI®FAMILY ZONING Page Twenty -Seven We'll have that for your next meeting, City Clerk, Mr, Flotteno This is scheduled for July 27, Do you intend to call a joint meeting with the Planning Commission before you get to this? Councilman Townero Mayor Pro Tem Jett,. City Clerk, Mr, Flotten,. Mayor Pro Tem Jetto • City Manager, Mr, Aiassao CITY CLERK REQUEST FROM SCOA FOR TEMPORARY USE PERMIT We were awaiting study and report from the Real Estate Board and the staff, We received a letter from the Real Estate Board, Did we answer that letter? They asked for material and we mailed it to them, Mr. Aiassa, prepare a letter for my signature asking.what action they have taken, All right, City Clerk, Mr, Flotten,. We have a request from Scoa for a temporary use permit for a family picnic on July 4 from 10000 A,M, to 7o00.P,M, which includes a free lunch, two rides for the adults and three rides for the children, The area will be barricaded and the activities will be supervised, This is on the southeast corner of their parking lot behind the nursery, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that Scoa be permitted to have a family picnic on July 4, 1963, from 10,.00 A.M. to 7000 P,M, subject to the approval of all City departments, TEMPORARY USE PERMIT APPLICATION OF •CANADIAN LEGION, POST 167, FOR THREE FIREWORKS STANDS Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that the Canadian Legion, Post 167, be given permission for the three fireworks stands subject to the review by all City departments, City Manager, Mr, Aiassao I would like to have them clear with the Police Department on traffic inlets and outlets, -27- Co Co 6/lo/63 CANADIAN LEGION REQUEST - Continued Page Twenty -Eight • Councilman Heath-, When we say "subject to the approval of all City departments", that is included,, Councilman Towner-, If they tell us everything we want, we approve it and they do it automatically,, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that "subject to the approval of all City departments' shall also include traffic control, WEST COVINA BEAUTIFUL City Clerk, Mr. Flotten-, This West all received copies of it. (Read copy of Honorable Members of the Cit signed by Robert N. Heath, P "Since its founding in 1 Covina Beautiful to work and maintaining of beaut There have been numerous has been very fruitful, versary of the City, put programship of Mrs. Name a result, West Covina Be fully request joint part will be another great st is a letter we received from Covina Beautiful. You have said letter.) The letter is directed to the Council, West Covina, California, and ^esidento )54, it has been the sole purpose of West with and help the City in the establishment Lfication throughout -the City and parks programs where the joint participation The dance, celebrating the fortieth Anni- on by West Covina Beautiful, under the b F'lett was an outstanding success. As tutiful, in its usual traditions respect- .cipation in another program which we feel op in the beautification of our Citv. In a recent survey conducted by West Covina Beautiful it has been noted that many trees in the parkways planted at the time of development or sub -division have died, leaving noticeable voids in the foliage lining our streets. With the monies received from dues, contribu- tions, and the dance, it is quite possible that West Covina Beauti- ful would be in a position to furnish between 75 to 100 trees to be planted in these voids. If West Covina Beautiful must pay for the labor of planting, it will cut down on the number of trees that can be supplied, but if the City forces can be utilized for the planting all the money can go into the purchase of trees. It is proposed that West Covina Beautiful would receive applications.from the citizens and through coordination with the Recreation and Park Department - would supply the appropriate tree according to the master tree sched- ule at the proper time for the City to plant. We feel that theini- tiative should come from the people and priority would be on the first come - first served basis. May we hear from you at the earliest • possible convenience'so that we may get this program underway'. "/s/ Robert'N. Beath, President" C,, C,, 6/10/63 WEST COVINA BEAUTIFUL - Continued 0 Councilman Towner,, apply to to qualify for their trees? Page Twenty -Nine This is on a first -come and first - serve basis,, Who do these people Councilman Heath,, They apply to West Covina Beautiful and West Covina Beautiful then comes to the staff of the Recreation and Parks Department through the City Manager and say they have the application; they have the money; and so forth. Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, that this letter from West Covina Beautiful be referred to the Parks and Recreation Commission for their recommendation. McCALL PROPERTY City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten,, (Read letter re this matter,,) Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, that this letter be referred to the City Manager who has made a study on this piece of property and should be able to tell us in a very shor t time whether or not this is a good deal and have a report for the • meeting next Monday night,, CITY ATTORNEY ORDINANCE N0,, 802 The City Attorney presented,, ADOPTED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMEND- ING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE AS ADOPTED BY THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE" Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the ordinance,, Motion by Councilman Heaths seconded by Councilman Towner, that said ordinance be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows,, Ayes,, Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes-, None Absent-, Mayor Barnes Said ordinance was given No,, 802,, • �9- C. C,, 6/10/63 CITY ATTORNEY - Continued 0 ORDINANCE NO,, 803 ADOPTED Page Thirty The City Attorney presented - "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF.WEST COVINA AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE SO AS TO REZONE CERTAIN PREMISES" (ZC No,, 249 - Handler) Motion by Councilman Towner,, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the ordinance,, Motion by Councilman Towner,, seconded by Councilman Snyder. that said ordinance be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows. - Ayes° Councilmen Towner,, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noeso Councilman Heath Absent,, Mayor Barnes Said ordinance was given No,, 803,, ORDINANCE NO,, 804 The City Attorney presented: ADOPTED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMEND- ING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE SO AS TO REZONE CERTAIN PREMISES" (ZC No,, 257 - Ardmore Development) Motion by Councilman Towner,, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the ordinance. Motion by Councilman Towner,, seconded by Councilman Heath, that said ordinance be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner,, Heath,, Snyder,, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes: None Absent: Mayor Barnes Said ordinance was given No, 804. ORDINANCE NO,, 805 ADOPTED The City Attorney presented: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CON- SENTING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PORTION OF BADILLO STREET AS A COUNTY HIGHWAY AND TO THE IMPROVEMENT THEREOF" • Motion by Councilman Towner,, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the ordinance,, -30- Co Co 6/10/63 Page Thirty -One ORDINANCE NO. 805 - Continued .Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, that said ordinance be adopted,, Motion passed on roll call as follows° Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes: None Absent: Mayor Barnes Said ordinance was given Noo 8050 RESOLUTION NO. 2650 ADOPTED Mayor Pro Tem Jett: The City Attorney presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA APPROVING PRECISE PLAN OF DESIGN NOo 346" (Sade9 et al) Hearing no objections, we will waive further.reading of the body of the resolution,, Councilman Snyder: I will vote "aye" because I feel it is going to pass anyway and there is no point in holding the man up. • Councilman Towner: I feel the same way about it. I am against this but I'll vote "aye" as it will pass anywayo Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Jett, that said resolution be adoptedo Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes: None Absent: Mayor Barnes. Said resolution was given No. 2650. RESOLUTION NO, 2651 ADOPTED Mayor Pro Tem Jett: The City Attorney presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMEND- ING CERTAIN CLASS SPECIFICATIONS ATTACHED TO RESOLUTION NO. 1277" Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution,, •Mo-tion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, that said resolution be adopted, Motion passed on -roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes: None Absent: Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given Poo 26510 ®31® C,, Co 6/10/63 CITY ATTORNEY - Continued • RESOLUTION NO. 2652 ADOPTED Mayor Pro Tem Jett, Page Thirty -Two The City Attorney presented, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA GRANTING A SIGN VARIANCE" (V No,, 446 — Mitzies Sample Shop) Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution,, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, that said resolutior be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows, Ayes, Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder., Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes, None Absent, Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No,, 2652,, RECREATION & PARKS . COMMISSION TERM OF OFFICE Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that the City Manager be instructed to write a letter for the Mayor advising the Recreation and Parks Commission members of their true dates of expiration of appointment,, • RESOLUTION NO. 2653 ADOPTED Mayor Pro Tem Jett, The City Attorney presented, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMEND- ING RESOLUTION NO. 1884"(Busching) Hearing no objections., we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution,, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Heath, that said resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows. - Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes, None Absent, Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No,, 26530 RESOLUTION NO. 2654 ADOPTED Mayor Pro Tem Jett, The City Attorney presented, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMEND- ING RESOLUTION NO,, 1883" (Whit'cher) Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution,, —32— C. C, 6/10/63 RESOLUTION NOo 2654 Continued Page Thirty -Three •Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded. by Councilman Snyder, that said resolution be adopted, Motion passed on roll call as follows'. Ayes'. Councilmen .Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes,. None Absent,, Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No, 2654, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that the City Attorney be directed to write a similar resolution on Mr, Johnson correcting the expiration date of his term, WATER QUESTION City Attorney➢ Mr, Williams,. The Realty Tax and Service Company - branch of Title Insurance and Trust Company has indicated that their charge for providing to the Metropolitan and Upper Water Districts the information on assessed value for the seven years in question would be $1,500 and I think I also indicated that the study with Metropolitan on the boundaries indicates that none of the territory which would be annexed is not • in West Covina, In other words, all of this area is within the City limits so the original thought that we hedge on in adopting the resolution that it wouldn't commit the. City in the payment of money because we were concerned there would be area outside the City benefited by this is not so, Mayor Pro Tem Jett,. Councilman Heath-, Councilman Towner'. Councilman Heath,,. I think we should hold this over, There is information that we should have before we act, If you form a contract with the State for State water it_has to be finalized by June 30, I can't personally contact Porter Towner before then. I could go ahead and write him a letter. Charge it to the City and put a person -to -person call through to him, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that Councilman Towner be authorized to make this phone call to Porter Towner at the Cityes expense, • FOREST LAWN vs, WEST COVINA City Attorney, Mr, Williams,. We received bad news this afternoon from the District Court of Appeal, The Appellate Court has ruled on Forest Lawn vs, West Covina and upheld the decision of the Superior Court in favor of Forest Lawn, If you wish to proceed further, I have read the opinion -33- Co Co 6110163 Page Thirty -Four FOREST LAWN vs,, WEST COVINA - Continued • only extremely sketchily but it appears to me it is a vulnerable opinion,, If you want to go further you can go to the Supreme Court. I think there is a fair chance in this case. Councilman Snyder, I think the Annexation Committee should be instructed to contact Mr. Blalock but also the potential owners of the ranch. I think we should appeal to the Supreme Court. Can we drop an appeal if we change our mind? City Attorneyo Mr. Williams, The expense is incurred once we prepare the brief and petition the Supreme Court. You can wait until next week before you decide whether or not you want to appeal. Councilman Heath, I would like to wait. Councilman Snyder, I think we need to know is it too late for West Covina to form any agreement with Forest Lawn,, Secondly, you know the thinking of the Council and whether any of you gentlemen have changed your mind. If any of you have, I still think we are going to get a cemetery there eventually and I think it's a shame to lose the Covina Ranch and I think we might as well have the cemetery where •we want it with reasonable degree of control and I think we can get it if we are reasonable on our side. Mayor Pro Tem Jett, I'll call Mr. Blalock tomorrow. Councilman Towner, I think we ought to let them know that there may still be some possibility with the City of West Covina. I hate to lose jurisdiction in this property that properly belongs economically, socially, and geographically in the City of West Covina and to block us off at that end of the freeway and put some other city on the freeway to and from the metropolitan area,, REQUEST OF QUEEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL FOR COURTESY BUSINESS LICENSE City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten, We have checked a number of cities around and it seems they all handle it the same way,, If they are a registered non-profit organization they are not charged a license fee. City Attorney, Mr. Williams, You can't waive the license cost because our ordinance doesn't . exempt charitable organizations,, However, if you say "issue a license", I don't think anybody is going to raise much cain about it,, Eventually the ordinance should be changed to exempt charitable organizations. —34— Co C, 6/10/63 Page Thirty -Five QUEEN OF THE VALLEY REQUEST m Continued. •Motion by Councilman Heaths, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that the Queen of the Valley Hospital be issued a license without any charge because it is a non-profit charitable origanization and that the .City Attorney be instructed to draft a revision of our ordinance to state that nonprofit charitable organizations shall not be required to buy business,licenses, • CITY CLERK BEECHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY REQUEST FOR 60 DAYS EXTENSION OF TIME FOR COMPLETION OF PROJECT.IN SEWER ASSESSMENT DISTRICT A°11®61m1, ORANGE AND PACIFIC AVENUE, City Clerk, Mr, Flotteno (Read letter re this mattero) Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that a 60-day extension of time be granted to the Beecher Construction Company for completion of project in Sewer Assessment District A-111-61m1, Orange and Pacific Avenue,. P, S, DANIELLS AND DONALD D, MOODY OFFER TO`CONTRIBUTE TOWARDS INSTALLATION OF CURBS ON WORKMAN AVENUE, City Clerk, Mr, Flotteno City Manager, Mr, Aiassao CURB PARTICIPATION (Tyrrell) (Read letter to the Council dated May 28, 1963 re this matter,) You have already taken care of this, City Clerk, Mr, Flotteno (Read letter to the Council from Edward J. Tyrrell and Hazel F, Tyrrell, 2821 East Cameron Avenue re this matter,) This completes the curb and gutter west of that subdivision, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that the City Manager be instructed to start plans and drawings for the street improvements on Cameron Avenue on the parcel owned • by Mr,.and Mrs, Tyrrell, —35— C,, Co 6110163 CITY CLERK - Continued *REQUEST OF FONTANA ENTERPRISES FOR ACCESS IN TRACT 25765, BARRANCA AND CAMERON,, City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten., Councilman Snyder., Councilman Heath., Mayor Pro Tem Jett., Page Thirty -Six (Read letter re this matter,,) I think we should have a report from the engineers on this,, I don't see any objection in giving it to him,, It°s a reasonable request,, It°s ,just relocating his existing entrance,, Councilman Snyder., I would like to see it,, I don't understand where it is,, Hold it until next Monday and get a report from the City Engineer,, City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa: All right,, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, that the request of Fontana Enterprises for access in •Tract No,, 25765, Barranca and Cameron, be held over to the next meeting of the City Council,, is GALSTER SCROLL City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten., We received the invoice for the scroll for Mr,, Galster,, The Grummons billed us $19,,10 for materials and tax,, They say they want to donate the rest for the City,, Motion by Councilman heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, that a letter be written for the Mayors signature thanking the Grummons for their participation in the Galster scroll,, City Attorney, Mr,, Williams., RESOLUTION NO,, 2655 ADOPTED Mayor Pro Tenn Jett., The newspapers should be advised,, The City Clerk presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA EXPRESSING APPRECIATION TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF THE WEST COVINA AMERICAN LITTT.,E LEAGUE FOR CONTRIBUTION OF LIGHTS FOR FIRST NIGHT LIGHTED LITTLE LEAGUE FIELD IN THE CITY" Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution,, —36— Co C,, 6/10/63 RESOLUTION NO,, 2655 - Continued Page Thirty -Seven .Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, that said resolution be adopted, Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes.- Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes: None Absent.- Mayor,Barnes Said resolution was given No. 2655. CITY PROJECT C-203 City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten.- (Read memo directed to Mr. Aiassa dated 6/6/63 from Ro E,, Pontow re this matter.) Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Jett,that a purchase order be issued to Mr. Haley in the amount of his bid, $446,,04, and that the work be performed as soon as possible. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes.- Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes° None Absent.- Mayor Barnes TRACT NO,, 19226 City Clerk, Mr. Flotten.- (Read letter re letter to the Allwon Corporation re problems encountered in the development of that tract,,) Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that the report of the City Engineer be accepted and filed. REQUEST FROM LIONS CLUB FOR FIRE ENGINE FOR JULY FOURTH PARADE City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten,. I have a memo from Gerald Weeks re the Lions Club in West Covina sponsoring a parade on July 4th and they request that the antique fire truck be entered in the parade, City Manager, Mr. Aiassa,. It is availableo Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, •that.permission be granted to enter the antique fire truck in the July 4th parade sponsored by the Lions Club,, -37- C. C, 6/10/63 CITY CLERK - Continued Page Thirty -Eight • A,B, 1491 City Manager, Mr, Aiassa,. This legislative bill needs action of the Council, .This is hotel -motel occupancy tax which would permit the City Council to levy hotel tax, (Read part..of said bill,.) Councilman Heath,. Move to send a letter objecting to this bill, Councilman Snyder,. I'm not sure where I stand in it. Why don't we take no action on this? Councilman Towner-. There may be good reason for it to provide City services at least to transients that come to -your city, but I can't think of any other reason for it except that it's a good place to find more money, I'm not so sure I oppose it, I think if it goes through it is a matter of local option anyway, I would prefer to not take any action, Mayor Pro Tem Jett; CITY MANAGER REPORTS DRAINAGE PROBLEM ON CITRUS AND CORTEZ City Manager, Mr, Aiassa,. We'll just let it ride, (Read report re this matter,) Councilman Heath; The original request was to put in a`trough instead of crushed rock, I don't think that would carry the water, Move the City staff be instructed to put in a temporary trough of blacktop on both Mr. Zoelle and Mr. Dyes' property with the intention it would last for 18 months, Councilman Towner,. I am inclined to spend less money now and put in the complete project later on, If you put in asphalt at 13� a square foot it may be something that will be washed out and not even last that long, Public Services Director, Mr, Dosh,. The cost for putting in crushed rock would be nominal, The ditch is full of water now, If we were to grade the shoulders again and threw in crushed rock it means he wouldn't have a mud hole, he . would have crushed rock at the bottom of running water. This would have to be maintained a couple hours a month, Blacktop would be semi- permanent, Councilman Snyder,. I would like to hold off for permanent improvements, Councilman Towner,. That is what I would like to see, If you want to put in the asphalt now it means we would probably spend another $150 more than if we put in crushed rock, -0 Co Co 6/10/63 Page Thirty -Nine DRAINAGE PROBLEM ON CITRUS AND CORTEZ - Continued • Councilman Heath,. For the little bit it would cost to fix it, I think it would be an asset to the Cityo Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyderq and carried, to accept.the recommendation of the staff and proceed on that ba-sis,. (Councilman Heath voted "No"o) EDGEWOOD HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION REQUEST FOR A PARK City Manager, Mr. Aiassa,. I have a letter from the property owners of the Edgewood Home Owners° Association, 1222 Randall Way, West Covina, supporting the City for the creation of a park in the northeast corner of Sunset and Francisquito. I -would suggest we recommend this to the Parks and Recreation Commission. Councilman Snyder,. about it, the better I like it. I merely made that as an off- hand remark but the more I think Councilman Heath,. It would be about $2009000. We don't have the money and I think • this group should be told that in no uncertain terms. Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Townero and carried, that this matter be referred to the Parks and Recreation - Commission,, Councilman Heath,. I think the home owners should be told at this Tuesday night meeting that we do not have any money for parks in that area; we realize there are parks needed in that area but we don't have the money and the fact that they ask for it isn't going to get the park for them. . TRAFFIC DIVISION. City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa,. I have a report from the Traffic Division and I would like.to have the Council have copies. They have made another study.of the Orange Avenue and Service Avenue dhannelization. I will bring this up on the 17tho • SAN JOSE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa,. Crossing guards under joint City and City, programs, they have been participating with the State Highway Patrol and we would like to go into a contract with them to pay us instead of the -Highway Patrol just at San Jose School. I would like permission to work an agreement with the County.for other areas where the County is involved, -39- C. C. 6/l0/63 Page Forty SAN JOSE SCHOOL CROSSING GUARDS ® Continued • Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, that the staff be authorized to negotiate a contract with the County for crossing guards at the three locations specified in the report. ROWLAND AVENUE MEDIAN STRIP City Manager, Mr. Aiassao Councilman Heath,. Council authorized the staff to put in there. This was last October. City Manager, Mr,, Aiassao ORAL COMMUNICATIONS HOUSTON Mr, John Hiatt,. planter. He wants a the edge because his I have a report for Mr. Heath on the Rowland Avenue median strip improvements from Mr. Dosh. I think if you look back in the records you'll find that the that stuff in and we had prices I'll check it out to be sure. LOCATION. Northeast Corner Vin- cent & Service Road) (Drew map on board and explained same.) We have a five-foot change in the landscape plan and run it around present building comes up here (indicating). City Attorney, Mr,, Williams. - Councilman Snyder,. He can't do it. It's R-1. He can't even think about putting that in there. I think this landscaping was the main thing that made Mr. Barnes change his mind. Mayor Pro Tem Jett.- The way I feel about it was we approved that zoning subject to certain events taking place on his part. He agreed to do these things. I would be reluctant to do anything about changing anything on there. Mr. John Hiatt.- I think that from what this man has put in and given to the City that you could lean over a little bit and help somebody who is going to help you. That is all I am going to say. • Mayor Pro Tem Jett,. It was his suggestion that he hold that lot as R-1 and make it into a park. Mr. John Hiatt.- Just let him go ahead and put in that planter box all the way around and blacktop the rest of it for parking. -40- Co Co 6/lo/63 HOUSTON m Continued Page Forty -One . Councilman Snyder, The landscaping is essentially what he stood out here and promised and what Mayor Barnes switched his vote on,, He knew he wouldn't get what you are asking for,, Councilman Towner, I think our hands are tied,, I don't think we can make such a change in a meeting like this,, You would have to go through the formality of a material change in a precise plan,, City Attorney, Mr,, Williams, MAYOR'S REPORTS APPRAISERS Mayor Pro Tem Jett, It couldn't be used for parking under Rml,, We need to approve our action on the appraisers,, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder,, and carried, that Mr. Aiassa be given permission to notify Harrison iBaker and Verne Cox that they would be used as our appraisers, and notify the other gentlemen that they have not been accepted,, WILBUR AND McCANN Mayor Pro Tem Jett, City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa, Councilman Heath, densation of what we had before,, doesn't tell us anything Councilman Snyder, We have a letter from Wilbur McCann,, This baffles me,, (Read said letter,,) He didn't do that,, He made the rough drafts and we did the details, I am very much disappointed in that report,, It is just a con - The printed matter is nice but it The idea behind that is that as they get new material, they can hand it in,, =41- v � X Co Co 6/10/63 • DEMANDS r; Page Forty —Two Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, to approve demands totalling $629632o73 as listed ontdemand'sheets B1300 C309 through C3110 This total includes fund transfers of $3,6740020 Motion passed on roll call as follows, Ayes.- Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Pro Tem Jett Noes.- None Absent.- Mayor Barnes There being no further business, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that at 1.-07 AoMo this meeting be adjourned to June 17, 1963 at 7.-30 P.M,, ATTEST, - CITY CLERK _42—