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01-13-1964 - Regular Meeting - MinutesA t • MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA January 13, 1964 The regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Barnes at 7:35 P.M. in the West Covina City Hallo Councilman Heath led the Pledge of Allegiance, The invocation was given by Rev. Robert Bergman of Our Savior Lutheran Church. ROLL CALL Present: Mayor Barnes, Councilmen Towner, Jett (from 7:40 P.M.), Heath, Snyder (from 8:05 P.M.) Others Present: Mr. George Aiassa, City Manager Mr. Robert Flotten, City Clerk & Administrative Assistant Mr. Harry C. Williams, City Attorney (from 7:42 P.M.) Mr, Thomas Jo Dosh, Public Services Director Mr. Harold Joseph, Planning Director (from 8:10 P.M.) APPROVAL OF MINUTES December 2, 1963 - Approved as sumitted as follows" Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that the minutes of December 2, 1963 be approved as submitted. December 9, 1963 - Approved as submitted as follows: Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, that the Minutes of December 9, 1963 be approved as submitted, (Councilman Jett entered the chambers at 7:40 P.M.) CITY CLERKS REPORTS TRACT NO. 25770 LOCATION. North end of Gretta Accept Street and Sanitary between Merced and Vine Sewer Improvements Avenues James A. Delaney APPROVED Accept street and sanitary sewer improvements and authorize release of Ohio Casualty Insurance Company bond No. 1089398 in the amount of $11,500.00. Inspector's final report filed. Staff recommends accep- tance (Mr. Williams entered the chambers at 7:42 P.M.) Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, to accept the street and sanitary sewer improvements in Tract No. 25770 and authorize release of Ohio Casualty Insurance Company Bond No. 1089398 in the amount of $11,500.00. n U • • C, Ca 1/13/64 CITY CLERK'S REPORTS ® Continued PROJECT C-201 ACCEPT STREET AND STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS D 6 W Paving, Inc, APPROVED performance bond No, 1119443 in Notice of Completion procedure, recommends acceptance, Page Two LOCATION. Willow Lane, northwest of Willow Avenue, Accept street and sanitary sewer improvements, Authorize release of Ohio Casualty and Insurance Co, the amount of $12,582,06 subject to Inspector's final report filed, Staff Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried-, to accept the street and storm drain improvements in Project C-201 and authorize release.of Ohio Casualty and Insurance Company performance bond No, 1119443 in "the. amount of $12,582.06 subject to Notice of Completion procedure, TRACT NO, 26483 LOCATION. South of Ardilla Avenue, ACCEPT STREET IMPROVEMENTS west of Clydewood Avenue, Harold Lane APPROVED Accept street improvements and authorize release of Pacific Employers Insurance Company bond No, 01B86374 in the amount of $2j900,00, Inspector's final report filed, Staff recommends acceptance, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, to accept the street improvements in Tract No, 2.6483 and authorize release of Pacific Employers Insurance Company Bond No, 01B86374 in the amount of $2,9001,001, SANITARY SEWER DISTRICT A'11-62-2 ACCEPT SANITARY SEWER IMPROVEMENTS Aristo Construction Co, APPROVED performance bond No, B 423436 in Notice of Completion procedure, Staff recommends acceptance, LOCATION Larkwood and, other:.: streets., Accept sanitary sewer improvements and authorize the release of United Pacific Insurance Co, the"amount.of $55,251,66 subject to Inspector's final report filed, Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner. -and carried, to accept the sanitary sewer improvements in Sanitary Sewer Di.8trict A'11m62®2 and authorize the release of United Pacific Insurance Company performance bond No, B 423436 in the amount of $559251,66 subjecf t,o,. Notice of Completion procedure, REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT NO, 41 TRACT NO, 27665-27666-27416 Pickering Enterprises., Inc, : APPROVED LOCATION. Northeast of Center .Street and Valley, Councilman Heath. I believe there are numbers miseing in the report given to us, The City doesn't have to put oUt anything on this? -2- Co C, 1/13/64 Page Three REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT NO, 41 - Continued Public Services Director Mr, Dosh, No. We are going to collect. All we are doing is having the owners or developers in the Cities of,Walnut and Industry pay us and"in turn we will, pay Mr. Pickering for. building these extra sized Lines. Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, to -authorize the Mayor and the City Clerk to execute the agreement on Reimbursement Agreement No, 41, RESOLUTION NO, 2830 The City Clerk presented. - ,,ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ACCEPTING A CERTAIN WRITTEN INSTRUMENT AND DIRECTING THE RECORDATION THEREOF" (Bassett School, Sunset, etc.) Mayor Barnes, 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, Jett, Heath, Mayor Barnes Noes.- None Absent.- Councilman Snyder Said resolution was n given No, 2830, RESOLUTION NO, 2831 The City Clerk presented. - ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ACCEPTING A CERTAIN WRITTEN INSTRUMENT AND DIRECTING THE RECORDATION THEREOF"(Keys-Cameron Ave.) Mayor Barnes.- Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Beath, that said resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as.follows, Ayes; Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Mayor Barnes Noes; None • Absent.- Councilman Snyder Said resolution was given No, 2831, -3- l t Ca Co 1/13/64 t • i CITY CLERK'S REPORTS - Continued RES,.OLUT'10N N0, 2832 ADOPTED Mayor Barnes.- Page.Four The City Clerk presented. - "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF TIME CITY OF WEST COVINA ACCEPTING A CERTAIN WRITTEN INSTRUMENT.AND DIRECTING THE RECORDATION THEREOF" (Sade & Sugar - Cameron Avenue) 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, Noes.- None Absent, Councilman Snyder Jett, Heath, Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No. 2832,, RESOLUTION NOo 2833 ADOPTED Mayor Barnes. - 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"(Walker-Sanitary Sewer) Hearing no objections, 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, Noes.- None Absent.- Councilman Snyder Jett, Heath, Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No. 2833, RESOLUTION NO, 2834 .ADOPTED Mayor Barnes. - The City Clerk presented.- "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA APPROVING THE FINAL SUBDIVISION MAP OF METES AND BOUNDS SUBDIVISION N0, 135-214 AND ACCEPTING AN AGREEMENT BY THE SUBDIVIDER AND A SURETY BOND" Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution. -4- I • Co Co 1/13s64 Page Five RESOLUTION NO, 2834 e Continued Motion 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 Jett, Heath, Mayor Barnes Said resolution was given No.'2834. RESOLUTION NO, 2835 ADOPTED Mayor Barnes. The City Clerk presented. "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DECLARING ALL RUBBISH AND REFUSE UPON, AND ALL WEEDS GROWING UPON SPECIFIED STREETS AND PRIVATE PROPERTY TO BE A PUBLIC NUISANCE AND DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO REMOVE AND ABATE THE SAME UNDER AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 4, DIVISION 3, PART 2, CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE 2 OF THE GOVERNMENT CODE" Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution, Councilman Jett. In reference to the letter we received from Ned Gilbert in which he claimed the City charged him two hundred and something for cleaning off a City lot, I would like an explanation of that Councilman Heath. I would like -to add to that the lot on the northwest corner of Yaleton and the frontage road which is about three-quarters of an acre and the owner asked me why he had a bill up in the hundreds for removing the weeds on that property. It doesn't seem right if it is in the hundreds. Mayor Barnes. We can give these particular cases to Mr. Aiassa and he can check them out. City Manager, Mr. Aiassa. Fine. Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, that said resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows. Ayes. Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Mayor.Barnes Noes. None Absent. Councilman Snyder Said resolution was given No. 2835 -5- C,, C,, 1/13/64 CITL' CLERK'S REPORTS ® Continued RESOLUTION NOa 2836 9 ADOPTED Mayor Barnes., Page Six The City Clerk presented; "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ORDERING THE CITY ENGINEER TO PREPARE AN ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM, PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS, ESTIMATE AND REPORT, PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF DIVISION 14, PART 1, OF THE STREETS AND HIGHWAYS CODE, STREET LIGHTING ACT OF 1919 AS AMENDED FOR THE FURNISHING OF ELECTRIC CURRENT AND FOR THE MAINTENANCE OF CERTAIN LIGHTING FIXTURES AND APPLIANCES IN SAID CITY FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS ENDING JUNE 30, 1966-1 Hearing no objections, 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, Jett, Heath, Mayor Barnes Noes- None Absent.- Councilman Snyder Said resolution was given No,, 2836,, MAYORS REPORTS EXPEDITING MEETINGS Mayor Barnes- It was discussed in a closed session that we should expedite our meetings as much as possible,, We are going to ask the public to cooperate with us. We -do want to hear all the evidence presented by the public,, We will hear you as before but we would like to get these meetings through as soon as possible,, I think. the Council is in full agreement with this policy. PERSONNEL BOARD APPOINTMENT . Mayor Barnes-, I would like to appoint Mr,, Arthur Sanborn to our Personnel Board,, We are very unfortunate, however, to lose a very fine man, Mr,, William Fortier, who has moved out of our City to the City of Glendora,, Motion by Councilman Jett, seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that the City Attorney be directed to prepare a resolution signed by the Mayor thanking Mr,, Fortier for his services to the City and for the fine job performed by him while on the Personnel Board,, • • C, Co 1/13/64 Page'Seven MAYOR'S REPORTS - Continued CHAMBER INSTALLATION DINNER Mayor Barnes: I would like to know how many of the Council are going to attend the Chamber of Commerce Installation Dinner on the 21st, Councilman Heath: I will be going, Councilman Jett: I will be going, Councilman Towner: I won't be able to make it, Mayor Barnes: Mr, Flotten, would you notify them that Councilman Heath and his wife, Mayor Pro Tem Jett and his wife and me and my wife will attend, Also, will you check with Councilman Snyder to see if he will be attending? City Clerk, Mr, Flotten:. SCHEDULED MATTERS BIDS PROJECT T,S,6319 Traffic Signals Yes, LOCATION: Sunset and Service Bids received in the office of the City Clerk at 10:00 A,M,, January 9, 19649 as advertised. The bids received are as follows: ELECTRIC 6 MACHINERY SERVICE SHERWIN ELECTRIC SERVICE STEINY AND MITCHEL PAUL-GARDNER CORPORATION ALLEN ENGINEERING CO, FISCHBACH AND MOORE ELECTRO CONSTRUCTION CORP, DAWN ELECTRIC SERVICE City Clerk., Mr, Flotten: 10% bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond $ 109068,00 109328,00 109368,00 109977,00 109984,00 119170,00 119366,00 129254,00 (Read recommendation of the City Engineer,) Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Jett, that the contract for Project T,S,6319 be awarded to Electric and Machinery Service on the basis of their low bid of $109068,00 and that the bid bonds be returned to the unsuccessful bidders, Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Mayor Barnes Noes: None Absent: Councilman Snyder -7- Ca CQ 1/13/64 BIDS ® Continued PROJECT C-137 STREET IMPROVEMENTS Page Eight LOCATION. North side of Service between Dawley and Astell. Bids received in the office of the City Clerk at 10.00 A•M•, January 9, 1964, as advertised. Bids received are as follows. NORLUND TUSSY CORPORATION JASPER No HALEY WILLIAM KIRKLAND D 8 W PAVING E. Ho PHILIP SMITH, INC. A®1 CONCRETE W. A. WILKINSON CO. City Clerk, Mr. Flotten. $450.00 bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond 10% bid bond $ 4,263.00 4,285.50 49390000 49589,25 5,509.15 59773080 6,423.99 (Read recommendation of the City Engineer.) Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Jett, that the contract for Project C-137 be awarded to the firm of Norlund Tussy Corporation on the basis of their low bid in the amount of $4,263.00 and that the bid bonds be returned to the unsuccessful bidders, Motion passed on roll call as follows. Ayes. Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Mayor Barnes Noes. None isAbsent. Councilman Snyder • HEARINGS VARIANCE NO, 472 LOCATION. 1350 San Bernardino Road Lark Ellen Hospital between Lark Ellen and. APPROVED Vincent Avenues. and PRECISE PLAN N0, 391 Request 'to permit construction of Lark Ellen Hospital a nine -story rest home with APPROVED penthouse in Zone R®1 approved by Planning Commission Resolution No. 15039 and request for approval of precise plan for a rest home approved by Planning Commission Resolution No. 1504. Called up by Council on December 16, 1963. City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten. Notice of this public hearing appeared in the West Covina Tribune on January 29 1964 and there were 11 notices sent to property owners in the area. (Councilman Snyder entered the chambers at 8.05 P.M.) City Clerk, Mr. Flotten. (Read Planning Commission Resolutions No. 1503 and 1504.) (Mr. Joseph entered the chambers at 8.10 P.M.) • Ca C,, 1/13/64 'LARK ELLEN HOSPITAL ® Continued Mayor Barnes-, IN FAVOR Page Nine This is the time and place for the public hearing,, Mr,, Robert Donald This is designed as a senior citizen Architect project,, The roof area will be 513 North Beverly Drive decorated and made useful so it Beverly Hills will be an activity deck and observation deck. There are lobbies on every floor,, The .room composition is living room -bedroom combination with a bath and dressing room,, The parking meets the standards of the City of West Covina,, In the event the project is developed as a F,,H,,A,, Senior Citizen Project they may require additional parking so we want this green area under the same variance so this may be used for parking,, There being no further public testimony, the hearing was closed,, Councilman Jett-, Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph, Councilman Jett-, Regarding the amount of parking you show, is this sufficient? How is this parking based? Rest homes are based on one parking space for each three beds,, There are 58 parking, spaces here,, Would this be the same ratio for the type of place described here, a senior citizen home? Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph-, The people would just come there and there would be a staff to serve them and there will be very little in and out traffic,, Mayor Barnes-, Do you feel this is adequate? Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph-, We have had no experience with this and this provision has been in the code for four years,, We will see how this works out. We have been advised by Dr,, Mintz that if more parking was required he would provide more,, We agreed we would work with these people if more parking is necessary and we would, of course,, make it conform to City standards,, If this went to a hospital use at one space per bed we would adjust this administratively when the opportunity presents itself,, Councilman Jett - Did the Fire Department approve this? • Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph-, Yes,, One of the conditions caused a redrafting of the rear • of the property,, Councilman Jett; Is there a line in San Bernardino Road and one in Badillo, a water line, so you could have a flow coming from each side? Public Services Director Mr,, Dosh- Yes,, -9- 1, • • Ca Co 1/13/64 LARK ELLEN HOSPITAL Continued Page Ten Councilman Heath- Is it a requirement that a developer contact a water company to find out if there is adequate water supply to the site? Planning Director, Mr, Joseph- The Fire Chief always recommends to the developer that he contact the water company that will serve the property, This is normally handled through the developer and the Fire Chief, When the report comes to us from the Fire Department it comes on a study plan they present back to us and we copy their requirements, We will presume they have ironed.all this out prior to the report coming back to us, Councilman Heath, If this is not included in our procedures I think it should be because it's very important, City Manager, Mr, Aiassa- If there isn°t adequate water they will bring forth the adequate line to serve the development and they usually advise the developer of this, Councilman Heath- Before any zoning is granted, it is the responsibility of the developer to supply the City with a statement from 'the water company that there will be a water supply that will meet the requirements of the Fire Chief, City Manager, Mr, Aiassa- There has never been a permit granted unless that requirement has been met, We normally don°t go into a great deal of real details in some of these designs because many of them are not built, Councilman Heath- I don't think it's the responsibility of the City to dig •this information out but should be a requirement for a zoning application or variance for multiple dwelling, apartments, et cetera, that the responsibility lies on the developer as part of his application to supply a statement of water supply to the City at the time of application and it is not the City°s responsibility, Mayor Barnes- I think it might be a good policy, City Manager, Mr, Aiassa- Each one of these structures vary; each has a unique fire installation and control, How can the water company tell us that that will be adequate water in that building unless the Fire Chief goes through it and tells them what the minimum requirements are first. I think you should direct the water company to give you a master development of water for the City, Councilman Snyder - Councilman Jett - City Manager, Mr, Aiassa- This is a policy change, You have required this in the past. We can have a certified report made by the Fire Chief that this will probably serge this property, _10- C, C, 1/'13/64 Page Eleven LARK ELLEN HOSPITAL m Continued City Attorney, Mr, Williams-, I think the things you require to is aid you in your decision doesn't have to be by resolution; simply make a motion declaring your policy; that would be sufficient, Councilman Heath. Many times we have a zoning case come before us without a precise plan, The .zoning may come up a year or two before the precise plan, What would be the reason to grant zoning on an inadequate water supply? Why would you wait for the precise plan to come up? Why wouldn't you get it: at the time of zoning? City Attorney, Mr, Williams-, I think the reason is somebody has to be first and ordinarily the water supplier will not build the lines into an area before it is zoned for use but he will build them in before you allow the building to be built, Perhaps you should do this by precise plan, Councilman Heath-, Move that as a part of the appli- cation for a precise plan or variance that involves an increased use that the property owner be required to supply a statement of water availability as to volume and pressure for the projected use from the water company and approved by our Fire Chief, Councilman Towner-, It would be my opinion that the Fire Chief in making his review of this plan and his recommendations would know what the water pressure was in the area, what -the water facilities are, He is required by his job to know it and I assume that he does, Councilman Heath; Why not ask the developer as part of his precise plan to contact the water company and get the statement from them? They are the ones who will have it more accurately and up to date, Get the statement and bring it to the Fire Chief as to what the pressure and volume would be, Councilman Towner-, I would hope that our. Fire Chief when he makes recommendations on a nine -story convalescent building would know what he is talking about, Councilman Jett-, I will second Councilman Heath's motion, Councilman Towner-, I would say before we put this additional burden on developers that we ought to check with our Fire Department and have them advise us as to how much of this information they have and whether or not • it is necessary, This may be a good requirement, Before we go through . with that motion I would like very much to have it delayed over and get some kind of report from the Chief as to what kind of a problem we have here, Councilman Heath; I'll rescind my motion and we can bring this up at a later date, Councilman Jett-, I will withdraw my second. We can get a report on that and then take action on this at some future time, Co Co 1/13/64 Page Twelve LARK ELLEN HOSPITAL ® Contitiued Councilman Heath; Minneapolis Honeywell is next to this project and they were required to put up a block wall for the full length of their property. They came back and asked for a delay in that requirement until the property next door was developed and then they would find out what type of a barrier they should install, Dr, Mintz- The City of West Covina's Planning Commission made inquiry whether we had any requirement at this time and we said no, Councilman Heath- This was held off with the thinking that perhaps a planter or something could be there. Dr, Mintz- I think the landscape architect should be consulted and let him make his decision at that time which would best serve and compliment the project, Councilman Snyder- Shouldn't this be under a special use permit instead of a variance? Planning Director, Mr, Joseph- No, The idea of putting rest homes under special use permits is contained in Amendment No, 60 which has not been adopted yet, With the adoption of Amendment No, 59 there is no specific zone now for rest homes, The variance covers the use and the height as spelled out in the resolution. Motion by Councilman Heathy seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that Variance No, 472 and Precise Plan of Design No, 391 be approved subject to the recommendations of the Planning Commission, ZONE CHANGE NO, 281 David Kreedman HELD OVER LOCATION- 1943 and 2001 West Garvev Avenue, Request to reclassify from Zone R-A, R-1 and R-3 to Zone R-4 approved by Planning Commission Resolution No, 1509, City Clerk, Mro Flotten- Mayor Barnes - IN FAVOR (Read Planning Commission Resolution No, 1509,) This is the time and place for the public hearing,. Mr, Francis J, Garvey This is an irregular piece of 281 East.Workman Avenue property, a land assembly problem Covina which can be developed into a. single apartment unit. I cannot see that it presents any particular problems in terms of zoning. If there are any questions, I will be happy to try to answer them, Th,ere wing no further public testimony, the hearing was closed, ®12m \I I • C, C, 1.d13d64 "ZONE CHANGE NO., 281 m Continued Councilman Snyder-. for a portion of an interchange. Page Thirteen There is the possibility that the State may need a portion of this Were you aware of this? Mr, Francis Jo Garvey; I heard a small rumble about this at recess but I don°t think this is a particular concern of zoning, I don't know what the plans are and I know it took something like five or six years to finally decide on freeway rights of way, I am not so sure that it might not take that long to decide this, I see no reason why any applicant should be asked to wait for a label on his property until such time as various public bodies might be able to make up their minds as to whether or not they want the route, I think it would be unfair to the applicant to take this into consideration because it is not actually a fact at this time, Councilman Towner-. There is another similar problem that I foresee that does bear on the zoning and this is the fact that the precise plan which in this particular odd -shaped parcel might give some indication whether it is usable for_R-4. This precise plan is still pending before the Planning Commission, The hearing is still open, It may have some bearing on whether this property is usable as R-4. I would like, and I don't think it would delay the applicant any, to consider the two matters together and hold this up until we do get the precise plan recommenda- tions to us from the Planning Commission, Councilman Heath-. I have a feeling on that, Put yourselves in the developers shoes, Fie has a piece of property pending on zoning, rive him an indication that he is going to get the zoning and I think you will see him work out a precise plan -that can be used but 'I hardly feel you can expect him to work out another precise elan and go to the expense of engineering and so forth if he is not given at least an indication whether he is going to get zoning, I don't know where this story came from about an interchange in this area, I know something has been said about it the first year I was on the Council and that was six years ago, Mayor Barnes-. This was presented at the meeting the other night. You weren°t there, City Manager, Mr, Aiassao We haven't an answer from the consultants on this matter yet, Councilman Heath-. I wonder how many years we are going to hold up people waiting to make decisions on where to put these interchanges, I think it is very unfair to penalize the property owner because of something we haven't done and should have done years before, Mayor Barnes - Planning Director, Mr, Joseph-. How soon is this precise plan coming before the Planning Commission? Wednesday night, -13- CO Ca 1/13/64 ZONE CHANGE NO,, 281 - Continued ICouncilman Heathy Page Fourteen Are we going to hold it up for the interchange or for the precise. plan? Councilman Towner.- I certainly would not recommend holding this up until the interchange was finished or finalized but I am concerned about what appears to be a workable plan of putting together some problem pieces of property I think the Council in considering zoning on three or four separate parcels brought together and still have an unusual shape and access to streets and so on, we would, I think, be interested in seeing a precise plan as to whether or not this can be developed as R®4 property,, Councilman Heath.- I wouldgo along with holding it until the precise plan came up to see if it is a satisfactory development but I would not go along with holding up this zoning waiting for an interchange,, Councilman Snyder. - I would also like to see the precise plan showing they can put R-4 in there and have access,, Councilman Jett.- Was any attempt made to square this pie .e. of property off and make a more desirable piece of property? I would like to see how a precise plan is arranged on something like this,, Mr,, Francis J. Garvey.- The balance of the property to square it off was not available on the market at this time,, There is a precise plan and I think the only problem with the precise plan is that it exceeds the maximum limits of the Rm4 by four .or five units,, Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph. Mr,, Francis J. Garvey. - Councilman Jett. - Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph. - Councilman Towner-, City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten.- • • Councilman Jett. City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten.- Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph. - It exceeds the ground coverage by 8 0 I have no objection to holding it over to consider it with the - precise plan,, How much land is here? About one and 6 half acres. When can we expect the precise plan to come up to us? Do you want the precise plan to come up for a hearing or do you just want to see it? I would want a hearing on this,, It will come up the first meeting in February which is the loth,, There wasa variance that went along with this that related to the precise plan,, -14- 0 • • • C. Ca 1/13/64 Page Fifteen ZONE CHANGE NO, 281 - Continued City Attorney, Mr. Williams- I don't think you need the variance before you if you have the zoning and the precise plan. The variance can't be before you until the zoning and precise plan are approved. Councilman Towner: City Attorney, Mr. Williams. - can't change it. You will simply February when it does come up. City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten: City Attorney, Mr,, Williams.. The reason I propose to call up the variance was merely to hold it open. If the variance has already been noticed for some other date; you have to postpone it to the loth of I am positive that the variance is not going to come up until the 27th. On the 27th you can just continue it to the 10th. Motion by Councilman Townes seconded by Councilman Heath, and carried, that Zone Change No. 281 be held over to the meeting of February 10, 1964. Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that the closing of the hearing on Zone Change No. 281 be retracted. Councilman Heath.. Planning Director, Mr. Joseph2 Before we have this next hearing on this case could we have this changed to a use map? We will prepare a use map for your hearing. ZONE CHANGE N0. 282 LOCATION- 2308 Mossberg Avenue City Initiated between Garvey and DENIED Willow Avenues. Request to reclassify from Zone Ral to Zone R-3 denied by Planning Commission Resolution No. 1514. Appealed by Ned Gilbert on December 19, 1963, City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten- (Read Planning Commission ` Resolution No. 1514.) Mayor Barnes- This is the time and place for the public hearing. IN FAVOR Mr. Ned Gilbert- This has a disreputable building on it which has been unoccupied for over one year. It is a deep lot property. To my knowledge there has been no single family dwelling built in that immediate area since I have owned the property. I would be quite confident that there has been no single family dwelling built in the radius of that house in the last 12 years. I have been turned down by two lenders to build a house. The area is such that it doesn't lend itself for redevelopment -15- • 0 C, C, 1/13/64 Page Sixteen ZONE CHANGE NO,, 282 - Continued of single family houses on deep lots,, It is so substandard that it is not rentable at all It is not typical of the area but I would say the houses in the area range from sik or seven or eight years of age to twenty-five and thirty,, It is the oldest area in the City of West Covina,, Reference has been made that this is spot zoning,, This is Lot 18 which is contiguous to Lot 19 which is zoned Rm3, Contiguous to Lot 19 is Lot 20 which contains a four -unit building,, This property has more physical frontage on Garvey than it does on Mossberg,, The use of this property lends itself for some kind of residential. I attempted last May to split the lot,, You felt that Rm2 lot split was not the best use of the property,, Since I cannot justifiably or economically develop it as R-1. since you denied R-29 there must be a solution to this problem aside from land studies, This property is within 50 feet of the freeway,, I ask you to make a decision on turning a presently sterile property into something that can be used,, IN OPPOSITION Mr,, C,, V. Schlingmann I have lived there for about 16 2219 West Mossberg Avenue years,, I would urge the Council West Covina to continue with their line of thinking in their recommendation to the Planning Commission to hold further. hearings,, I agree with Mr, Gilbert that something should probably be done with the area,, I don't think granting to that one individual lot is going to answer the problem, It will just be a matter of a couple months and on the corner of Willow Street you will. have the same presentation to change the present zoning, The real estate developers buy this property, let it run down, Mr. Gilbert has done that and the property on Willow Street is being handled the same way, I think the whole area should have something done to it, It is an old area and needs to be redeveloped but granting a zoning to one individual small lot is not the answer. For that reason I would urge you to let the Planning Commission continue and make these studies and come up with a recommendation, Mrs,, Ferree The lots are too big for single 1125 South Willow Avenue dwellings, I think the whole West Covina thing should be looked into. It seems the whole thing should be taken care of in one blanket thing instead of one property at a time, Mr,, Roscoe Smith 2232 Mossberg Avenue West Covina think it should be done, I can't you gentlemen for all the years he this but I feel it wouldn't do any I think the entire pie -shaped area should have the zone changed, I think everybody in there would go for Rm3 zoning on that. I blame Mr,, Gilbert for getting after has been trying to get zoning on good to do just one lot, ®16® C, C, 1/13/64 Page Seventeen ZONE CHANGE NO, 282 m Continued Mr, Richard Small We have contacted all the people 2226 Merced on our side of the street and West Covina there is only one family who doesn't want to go R-3, Everybody in the area wants to go R-3o The lots are too big, REBUTTAL Mr, Ned Gilberto The only problem as far as I'm concerned is the fact that I don't know how much longer it will be possible to wait the development of this property, We don't have any opposition as such except for the gentleman accusing me of being a speculator and running down the property, I would like -to see this property zoned and I will put an apartment house on there and it doesn't preclude the subsequent development of the property in and around this particular area, There being no further public testimony, the hearing was closed, Councilman Heath-, I owned a piece of property quite similar to this in Temple City and I just bought one in Alhambra and I have just purchased another in Alhambra, The recommendation that came from the staff was to put in flag lots, I am positively opposed to flag Lots and I know it first-hand. If you look at your report you will find that the Chief of Police has said this would be a terrible problem to try to police, Flag lots have lots of problems, I know we are going to have a public hearing on the 22nd and I trust at that time that the Planning Commission will see fit to revise their thinking to eliminating flag lots and go for a different idea. One of the reasons they wanted low density was they don't have water mains to supply it, I don't think the figure to correct this is a true figure to give to the people, I think the present lines of four inches to remain is the terminus lines. You may have to put in the main feeder to these four -inch lines but I don't say you have to replace all of the lines in the area, I am afraid of what is going to come out of the Planning Commission and I don't know what is going to come out of the Council as far as a solution is concerned, I think we have a right to con- sider this mains application for R-3. It is directly abutting R®3. I would lake to go along with Mr, Gilbert on this, Councilman Snyder-, The Planning Staff didn't neces- sarily recommend flag lots, That was one of their proposals. Their recommendations were more in line with the density this area would hold and they didn't feel not only .the water problem or the school problem, the street problem, et cetera, would support a R®3 density throughout this area, It is • on this basis.I think we should make our decision and not on the basis of whether it should be flag lots or not, The staff report does not • indicate that R-3 throughout the area could be supported. It doesn't mean it couldn't support in certain areas. Rm3 but I can't make a decision any more than R®2 density on this until I see the final report at the hearing of the Planning Commission, Councilman Jett-, I think definitely the idea of the flag lot is not before us tonight, Personally, I have no objections to flag lots. I don't see where it could create any police problems. I don't think we should -17- C, C, 1/13/64 Page Eighteen ZONE CHANGE NO, 282 s Continued go into this area without a complete plan to take care of all this property, I might feel differently if the entire area was under study and there was a plan proposed for the entire area but just for one lot - I don't think I can go along with it for R-3, Councilman Towner: The study made by our Planning Department and further study by the Planning Commission was one of the most thorough I have seen produced by our City Staff and I think it was an excellent report regardless of whether we accept none, all, or some of the recommenda- tions,, Basically what that report purports to do is point out what the problems are and some of the possible solutions of these problems, It was my understanding that this public meeting on the 22nd was to give this information to the public so all the public would be fully informed and I don't know whether it is intended as a public hearing as sucho The Planning Commission wanted to get this information out to the public sc they could see what all of it was, I get the impression that there is some kind of campaign in this particular area to get R-3 zoning which I think is premature, it seems to me after the information is gathered together and after the studies are made we can then best determine what should be done with the entire area, the deep lot area, The particular application or appeal of Ned Gilbert I think should wait along with the rest of them until we have all this information gathered together and reach an over-all decision on the area, Mayor Barnes: I believe there are 91. acres in this area studied and I would hate to see 91 acres of R-3, I think it is only right and deserving that the Planning Commission should hear from these people to get their general feeling. We have 91 acres to consider and I think Mr. Gilbert°s parcel Is only a portion, I feel that we should give the area the benefit of the study in that 1 think it is most important, Councilman Heath: Do I understand that this meeting on the 22nd is only to impart to the people in the area the facts of the study or is it also to hear what the people in the area have to say? Planning Director, Mr, Joseph; We sent out 248 postcards, We read the postcard to the Planning Commission last meeting, Councilman Jett: You will recall that about a year ago we had a study made by the Fire Department regarding the water situation in this area, It was brought out very vividly at that time that if this area goes multiple dwelling we will have to bring in new water lines. There is no question about it. The existing water lines won't carry it, in my • opinion, This is information I think should be made available at this hearing so everyone involved will begin to get the over-all picture of what is involved in the event this doesnet or does go R-3 and what might be their responsibility as far as the development of the area, Councilman Heath: Is the Planning Commission going to permit people to speak at this meeting on the 22nd? C. Co 1/13/64 Page Nineteen ZONE CHANCE NO, 282 ® Continued Planning Director, Mr, Josephs We haven't discussed this with 9 the Planning Commission, This is on the agenda for Wednesday, At that time we will probably talk over procedures as to how the meeting will be handledo Councilman Heath; There are two points I want to make, If this is a public hearing it should be conducted as a public hearing where the people in the audience are permitted to submit their own opinion and submit evidence rather than what it could be, It could turn out to be nothing more than telling these people what the plan is and what the conclusions areo The second thing I think should be brought out to them is in the study of the water line,3oes the study and cost .include removal of every foot of four -inch line. If it does, I don't think it's needed, I think if you run a main down Willow and leave the present four -inch line in Mossberg and Merced, for instance, that the cost will be a lot less than the cost indicated to us and I think it would throw a different light on it, .Councilman Jett-, I think what Councilman Heath said here is substantially my thinking, that if you are going to resolve this problem then you're going to have to substantially do it with the approval of all of those people involved and they have to have something to say about it, Councilman Towner-, What this deep lot study does is make certain recommendations, This information should be given to these people before they mount their campaign to have R-3 zoning in there, People are going out saying "We want Rm3", I think it is probably apt to be disillusioning to some of them to find there are substantial problems involve I in it or there are other alternatives that may provide more satisfactory solutions to them, This is why I feel that the meeting is primarily to give these people information they need to help them decide what they want to do with their own property. I don't think that you can say that the Planning Commission is just going through a routine of deciding on the basis of some of these recommendations exactly what they are going to do in the area. I feel this is premature,, for example, for a Councilman to comment as to how he thinks the entire property should be handled without having the benefit of the full. public hearing process and the further studies recommended and suggested, Councilman Heath-, I don't agree with that because I think I have read in this study the City has made and I think if I did not express my opinion that I would be a slacker, I think we are supposed to say what we think and I will continue to say what I think, I think T have enough informa- tion out of this report where it says it should be flag lots, On how • this hearing is run, I think has a definite bearing on this case tonight, If in this so-called "Public hearing" the facts are given to • these people and they are not permitted to express their own opinions, we are the same as saying each one of you are going to have to agree with what we come up with in this report, If this is the case,that we are going to say,this is what you're getting,we might as well say to Mr, Gilbert right now that he is not going to get Rm3; he is not going to get a flag lot, or whatever this study comes up with, Mayor Barnes-, I think Mr, Gilbert should have the benefit of all these hearings, comments and recommendations, =19m E C a C � 11/ 13:/ 6 4 Page Twenty ZONE CHANGE NO, 282 - Continued Councilman Snyder: I can see more problems being gen- erated than solved by making this a single piece R-3o It seems to me it will be difficult to fit R-3 on an 80-foot lot, among other things, and I don't think what we are trying to do with this study is avoid zoning this whole area piece- meal, We want to solve the whole problem. I think the Planning Commission should get as many answers as they can from the people. Motion by Councilman ,Jett, seconded by Councilman Towner, that Zone Change No. 282 be denied. Councilman Heath.: Do you want to ask the man if he would be willing to hold this over? Councilman Towner: This is City initiated, Action on Councilman eJett's motion: Motion carried, Councilman Heath.: The Planning no more than number of dwelling units, In order to achieve ber of dwelling units the Planning Departrr:ent area retrain under R--1 zoning and that lots be division. The Department recommends that deep of flag type development. That is on Page 856 PLANNING COMMISSION Commission recommends possibly double the the double of the num- recommends that the study divided by means of sub -- lots be opened by means of the Deep Lot Study, REPORT ON PROPOSED LOCATION: :'rest side of Center Street ANNEXATION NO, 1.85 and Valley Boulevard Mr. Flotten read .report dated ,January 1.0, 1.964 as follows: "At its meeting of January 8, unanimously gave a favorable No� 185� The recommendation ment Staff Report, copies of (As follows:) 1964 the Planning Commission recommendation on Annexation was based on Planning Depart -- which are attached," "General Description the property is generally situated alorrr the north side of Valley Boulevard between Center and Nagnles Streets. The property contains approximately 60.9 . c>> eso Of the total. L4creage 8.5 acres are presently zoned R-1-6000 (County ;toning) and 52.4 acres are Zoned R-A l ''500 (County Zoning) The land uses include ti=ro chicken fal'Dis, t"tl °ee homes, and t-he remainder devoted to agriculture. The annexation is uninhabited, FIRE DEPARTMENT The Fire Departmentanticipates no particular problems rela- tive to size, shape and location. With regard to water, the • Rowland Area County Water District will, probably service the Area, Therefore .no problems are expected with ;rater services, Cost factors are not available at th:_s -t.ime, -20-- E • C. C. 1./13/64 Page Twenty -A PROPOSED ANNEXATION NO. 185 - Continued: "Police Department With e Ci,y s acquisition of the Pickering property, the Police Department expects to patrol the area and anticipates no problems with this additional increase in geography. The two areas are adjacent, however, the Police-Departmeht states that depending on how this area develops,- it may cause problems which would require additional police personnel. Engineering Department The Engineering spar ment states that there are approximately 5720 lineal, feet of Street. The existing improvements take place along Valley Blvd. and. -Nogales Street (3690 feet). Center Street and Valley View are completely unimproved. (2030 feet). The Engineering Department believes that all street improve- ments should be accomplished by future developers at no cost to the City. The City may be asked to contribute to some of the cost of future storm drains in the area but this amount cannot be determined at this time, The major portion of the cost will be paid by the developer. The land is relatively flat with a drainage course -traversing the property. Development should be relatively easy and no special problems are anticipated at this time. There are no obvious features that would cause administrative., or service problems. It is quite apparent from the above comments that the addition of the land encompassed by Annexation 185 would not prove detri= mental to the service forces of West Covina, We would, however, acquire 6000 square feet zoning." Councilman Towner: Mr. Aiassa: Councilman Towner: have we had any indication of objection from the owners? No. They requested the annexa- tion. They initiated it, How was this report prepared that was given to us tonight? Mr. Ai,assa: It came to the Council and the Council directed it to the Plan- ning Commission for their recommendation and report. The Planning Department brought the information together for the report, Councilman Towner: Valley Boulevard is excluded, is that right? Mr. Flotten: You have to take to the other side of Valley. Councilman Towner: Where does the City of Industry boundary come? - 20-A - I I Ca Ca 1/13/64 ANNEXATION NO,, 185 m Continued Councilman Heath; Councilman Snyder: Page Twenty -One Just north of the tracks,, This is possibly industrial property,, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that the report by the Planning Commission on Proposed Annexation No,, 185 be.accepted and that the proceedings for this annexation be instituted,, ANNEXATION PROCEDURE Councilman Towner: While we are on the subject of annexations, I think it would be wise for us to consider changing our procedures with respect to annexations and I would like to make a recommendation to the Council along these lines,, That the City Council sit as a group to consider the policy matters of annexations and make the ultimate decisions, of course, on annexations; that the general processing, looking for annexation potentials, handling the mechanics of it, contacting the people involved, be done by our staff,, It seems to me a very efficient and easily handled procedure and one which has worked very well in other cities, Covina, for example,, I think that it would be far more satisfactory to the City and the City Council ,if we instituted this new procedure,, It would have the benefit, too, of taking this unwarranted burden off any .particular Council. member and Council committee,, Mayor Barnes: I feel if any Councilman was approached he could still bring it to the attention of the Council and refer it to the staff and follow the same procedure. This would give the Planning Department and I -Tr,, Aiassa an idea that someone had presented something to us,, I would be in favor of this,, Councilman Towner: On the subject of initiating annexations, I agree,, Any single Councilman should be able to recommend to the Council that a Particular area.be annexed or property owners can initiate it or.,the staff can initiate it and bring it to us,, I think the first initiation should come to the Council and then we can say to go ahead or not,, Councilman Snyder: Did you have in mind making any specific person or department of the staff responsible? Councilman Towner: I think ultimately the City Manager is responsible but as far as the mechanics or procedures go on this type of ;arrangement I think we should turn it over to him and let him comeback with a recommendation • on how he would handle it withih'the staff,, Councilman Jett: When it'was presented to the Council we would sit as a committee of the whole I think that is a.good idea,, Councilman Snyder: This doesn't mean that the Council couldn't designate certain men to negotiate at certain times if it became necessary,, -21- • • • Ca Ca 1/13/64 Page Twenty -Two ANNEXATION PROCEDURE ® Continued Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, to discontinue the prior technique of handling annexations including the Annexation Committee and refer annexations to the City Manager for report back to the Council at the earliest opportunity his recommendations on procedure for having the staff handle annexation proceedings, BOWLING, BILLIARDS, POOL HALL ZONING Councilman Towner-. When I attended the last Planning Commission meeting there was a man there who had a proposal for a family type billiard parlor on Workman at Citrus, It was in some kind of zoning other than C-3. He ran into the problem that he can't put these things in other than. C®3, This is a no liquor family type recreation center that is being promoted, I think, by the equipment companies and they are changing the character of the old pool hall, The problem they ran up against is in Cm3 zoning it doesn't adapt itself to this type'of use as it is now being developed, There are some other gentlemen here also interested in the same type of development, I think basically what we have to do is consider whether or not we ought to change our ordinances to provide that these family billiard parlors can go into another type of zone, Councilman Jett-. This sounds reasonable, Mayor Barnes-. Mr, Williams, do you see any nance to include this in other zones? problem in developing the ordi- City Attorney, Mr, Williams-. I don't see any problem except perhaps a little thought needed to defining this type of.pool hall so as to distinguish it from the other type Councilman Snyder-. I never thought it was liquor that distinguished it, I thought it was'tne betting, Councilman Towner-. I understand Mr, Matzenbacher is interested in one of these developments near Love's Barbeque and the Capri Theater which seems like a logical place for this type of family type recreational center, Councilman Jett-. I think if it is properly done it could go in Cml, Mr, Matzenbacher: (Presented photograph and explained same,) Mr, Edward Singer; When we talk about a family type billiard room, we plan to have a place with nothing more than soda pop, coffee and hot chocolate; no liquor, We are trying to run a clean place and we would like to be In this town, There is only one area developed in Cm3, This .area we have chosen is a natural entertainment center with the theater and a place to eat next door, There is less trouble in the one existing pool hall we have here than there is in most of our restaurants, The police say they haven't had a bit of trouble with the existing one we have, m22® C� • C, Co 1/13i64 BOWLING, BILLIARDS, POOL HALL ZONING - Continued Councilman Snyder: Page Twenty -Three How do you handle the problem of betting? Mr, Edward Singer: You won't have trouble with people who come in steadily, I think your pool sharks are the people you don't know and these are the people You have to watch out for, I don't think we can control a dime bet on a game of parchesi but we won't allow it in our place if we know it's going on, Councilman Towner: This question is currently pending before the Planning Commission and will be considered by them on January 15, Maybe we can wait for their recommendation on it but I did want to bring it to your attention, Councilman Jett: I think this would be something that we could let the Planning Director and the City Attorney come up with something here, a recom- mendation with the possibility of putting this in C-1, City Attorney, Mr, Williams: Mayor Barnes: Councilman Snyder: It would take an ordinance amend- ment, I think as long as it is run as a family affair it would be very good, As a neighborhood family thing it might fit in Cml, City Attorney, Mr, Williams; Azusa made a change in its ordinance to accomodate this type of thing. They drew a distinction between the old type and the new type, They did it with respect of hours of operation, They opened it up for this while they still put the clamp on the old type, I think you might have two problems and one of them is amending the ordinance to allow this use generally and the other is to take care of a specific project proposed here, It may be that ,this project can be taken care of without waiting for the amendment of the ordinance in some different ordinance because it would take quite a long time, Councilman Towner: They might consult with the Planning Department after this Wednesday meeting of the Planning Commission if some technique is developed at that time, City Attorney, Mr, Williams: Yes, There might be a variance • or some such thing, • RECREATION & PARKS COMMISSION MEETING WITH W,C, SCHOOL DISTRICT City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: The Commission is having a meeting with the West Covina -23- I • Co Ca 1/13/64 RECREATION 6 PARKS ® Continued Page Twenty -Four Unified School District for January 21, 1964,, It has confirmed the 3rd with the City Council for the joint meeting at eight o'clock,, If there are no objections, I'll so notify them,, We can have a dinner meeting with them,, Mayor Barnes- I think this is agreeable with the rest of the Council,, GENERAL MATTERS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None,, WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS TRUJILLO CLAIM City Clerk, Mr,, Flotten: I have a letter from Pacific Indemnity Company,, You have copies of this,, This is regarding the claim of John E. 'Trujillo on behalf of his son Arthur Trujillo,, Tt is their recommendation you deny this claim. With your permission we will deny this claim and refer it to the insurance group for their handling. Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried, that the claim of John E. Trujillo be denied and referred to the insurance company,, STAFF LETTERS Councilman Jett.- This is in reference where the staff or some member of the staff writes letters to the constituents where they have requested information about actions taken or something of th'is nature,, For reference I refer you to the letter that was written to Mrs. Brown and 39 other petitioners on East Puente Avenue, and you have all received copies of this particular letter,, I do not object to anyone coming in and finding out any information on any action that I have taken part in but I think when letters are written concerning action of the Council that it should be left action of. the Council without pointing out those specific persons involved,, (Read portion of letter sent to Mrs,, Brown,,) Councilman Snyder: City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa: I would agree. I think they slipped up this time because they don't usually do this,, We normally don't. -24- C, C, 1/13/64 Page Twenty -Five STAFF LETTERS a Continued Councilman Jett., Move that this be the future policy on the Council. Councilman Towner., Are you limiting this only to unanimous action of the Council? Councilman Jett., Regardless of what the action of the Council is ®® if it's three to two, four to one, or unanimous ®m it is still the action of the Council and I don't think we should point out -- Councilman Towner; I think that is probably right, I think this is probably reasonable, Action on Councilman Jett's motion., Seconded by Councilman Heath and carried, CITY ATTORNEY ORDINANCE NO, 840 The City Attorney presented., ADOPTED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING THE PROVISIONS OF THE ZONING CHAPTER OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE R-3 ZONE" Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, to waive farther 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, -Jett, Heathy Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noes., None Absent., None Said ordinance was given No, 840 ORDINANCE NO, 837 The City Attorney presented., ADOPTED "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 277, Empire Financial) • Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the ordinance-, -25- I • • C,, Ca 1/13/64 'ORDINANCE NO,, 837 m Continued Page.Twenty-Six Motion by Councilman Heathy seconded by Councilman Towner, that said ordinance be adopted,, Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noes: None Absent: None Abstained: Councilman Jett Said ordinance was given No,, 837. ORDINANCE NO,, The City Attorney presented: HELD OVER "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF.THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTIONS 9219,,14 AND 9219.15 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE OF WEST COVINA RELATING TO OFF-STREET PARKING REQUIREMENTS" Councilman Heath: I have changed my opinion on this because I have studied some other cities' parking requirements and I think this is a little too steep,, Therefore, I would vote against this,, Councilman Towner: The reason I agree with this change is that the statistics prepared by the County Regional Planning Commission or possibly the Security Bank show West Covina has more cars per capita than any other City in the United States,, This information was. printed,, We have an average of 1,,6 for all dwelling units including apartments,, Mayor Barnes-, Councilman Snyder: Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph: I think it is a good thing to try. I think we need! this 'parkingo - It goes along with our present amount of cars as Mr. Towner has pointed out. We have talked to developers and they think this is a proper requirement,, Councilman Jett: I think there has to be left to the individual property owners some room in which to do the things he wants to do,, I have been thinking about this considerably and I have mixed emotions on it,, Mayor Barnes: I think it is agreeable that we points when this comes up again,, hold this over and make specific Councilman Towner: We did have the hearing on this and this information was brought out.and I was under the impression that we agreed at that time that this',was a good thing for the City of West Covina,, If you don't do this the problem is going to get worse in the future and not better,, Councilman Snyder: I feel the ordinance is in line at the present time. I have no objection to holding it over,, ®26® Co Co 1/13/64 ORDINANCE RE OFF-STREET PARKING - Continued Page Twenty -Seven Councilman Towner- Can we have this comparitive statistic brought to us so we i have the relative position as t exists today in West Covina as compared to other cities? I am sure this information was given to us before but would like it available at that meeting. City Managers Mr. Aiassa- Fine. Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried, that this ordinance regarding off-street parking be held over. ORDINANCE NO. 838 The City Attorney presented: ADOPTED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA REPEALING ORDINANCE N0, 820 AND SECTION 9202.2.15 OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE" 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 y o Towner, ,,nyder9 Mayor Barnes Noes- Councilmen Jett, Heath Absent, None Said ordinance was given No. 838. ORDINANCE N0, 839 The City Attorney presented- ADOPTED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ADOPTING AN OFFICIAL SEAL" 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 Snyder, that said ordinance be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows- Ayes- Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noes- None Absent. Nonne • Said ordinance was given No. 839. • GLENDORA NAME CHANGE Councilman Jett- Mrs D'Amelio doesn't feel the information they have given him is the kind of information that would warrant consideration. ®2im Ca Co 1/1.3/64 GLENDORA NAME CHANGE m Continued Page Twenty -Eight Councilman Jett-. Move this be held over for 30 6 days to give them this chance,, If at that time they haven't come up with something really concrete, we will go.right ahead with this,, Councilman Snyder-. I would agree with that,, • • Councilman Towner-. The suggestion we had of changing the name was to put a time limit on it of one year which would give them an opportunity to use their materials,, Since they have already changed in areas to the south, find out what happened down there, how much of a hardship it did to the people down there,, Councilman Heath-. According to the Chamber of Commerce, the people who were in opposition are now very much pleased with it,, Councilman Towner-. I know we have had another letter from the La Puente Chamber of Commerce recommending to us that we make.the change. Certainly this would be in keeping with the East San Gabriel Planning CommitteeGs recommendations over the years that we conform to the name changes. I agree that this group should be heard,, If we decide not to change it, that solves their problems and if we decide to change it we can do it under circumstances that would relieve them of their Problem gradually,, City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa; I talked to Mr. D`Amelio about four o°clock this afternoon and the merchants are going to meet in his office tomorrow and they will. make a formal presentation to the Council of their problem,, Councilman Snyder; I think somebody should get the word to them that we don't wish to defy them; that if we do change it we will attempt to do it so we can alleviate the problems that it generates,, Motion by Councilman Jett, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that the matter of the Glendora name change to Hacienda be held over for thirty days to give the opposition time to come up with concrete reasons and if they haven't come up with something really concrete at that time we will go ahead with this matter, ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION 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 280 - Gemite) 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, and carried, that said ordinance be introduced,, - :- I :7 • • C, C, 1/13/64 CITY ATTORNEY ® Continued - RESOLUTION NO, 2837 ADOPTED Mayor Barnes: Page Twenty -Nine The City Attorney presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DENYING A REQUEST FOR A VARIANCE AND A PRECISE PLAN OF DESIGN" (Gemite) Hearing no objections, 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, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noes: None Absent: None Said resolution was given No, 2837, RESOLUTION NO, 2838 ADOPTED Mayor Barnes: The City Attorney presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA GRANTING A SIGN VARIANCE" (V No, 473, Casler) Hearing nc 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, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noes: None Absent: None Said resolution was given No, 2838, WATER PROBLEM City Attorney, Mr, Williams: The contract with the State Department of Water Resources. was referred to my office for an action to validate the contract because there is a provision that states that within one year the City must obtain a decree of the Superior Court validating the contract, There is a procedure which authorizes such a court order. In the case of a water district the Upper San Gabriel District and the San Gabriel District and all other districts which have contracted with the State have brought this rather simple proceeding, Mr. Aiassa has a copy of these papers from the attorney for the San Gabriel District, The Act does not apply to cities, We are going to have to invent some way to do this which will be by a writ of mandate to make somebody do something, probably the City Clerk, We will coax him not to do it. I referred this to Mr, Burk to find out how to proceed, lie talked to the attorney of the Department of Water Resources in Sacramento, He -29- [7 Ca Co 1/13/64 WATER PROBLEM ® Continued Page Thirty confirmed the conclusion that mandate is the proper way to test validity,, He stated that the Metropolitan Water District says that the provisions are illegal,, That department hopes to reach an agreement with MWD without litigating but if we bring a suit it will probably bring this issue to a head and MWD might intervene,, The Department of Water Resources apparently suggests that we wait a few months on the mandate action so that MWD won't make it a party in our action,, It will get our contract declared illegal. We have a year from the time we signed within which to file,, The only complication I can see is whether or not this action to validate has any bearing upon our annexation proceedings with the San Gabriel Valley Municipal. Water District and whether or not you wish to instruct me to proceed without waiting even at the risk of MWD intervening or what you want to do,, Councilman Towner-, Is there a possibility of a special session of the Legis- lation amending the code or statutes to provide for cities given the right to sue? City Attorney, Mr,, Williams-, It would require a special call to do that and it is extremely unlikely that the Governor would do it,, He has indicated a great reluctance to call special sessions this year. The writ of mandate is not too impossible,, Councilman Snyder-, Within the year if we were to join the San Gabriel Vailey Water District couldn't thev validate it? City Attorney, Mr,, Williams - Councilman Snyder-, If they will. allow the annexation to proceed before the validation takes place,, They haven't anything to lose by doing this,, City Attorney, Mr,, Williams; This is the first city that has contracted with the State Department of Water,, Unless there is something pressing about this, I think we can just let it ride without hurrying. I am asking you whether it is pressing because the note from Mr. B=ark is he will prepare the pleadings and submit them to the Department of Water Resources for their approval and we will be in a position when the above issue of MWD is disposed of. This is the way we would propose to proceed, I am simple informing you of the time element,, I don't intend to do anything about it for a while,, Councilman Snyder-, Should we getan answer from the district? City Attorney, Mr,, Williams-, To my knowledge they have never • raised the validation issue,, City Manager, Kr,, Aiassa-, Councilman Snyder - They suggested that we do this,, I think we should be appraised of the problem,, $30m C, C, 1/13/64 WATER PROBLEM - Continued Page Thirty -One City Managers Mr, Aiassa: I think the only thing the San Gabriel Valley Water District mentioned is they want as many of these contracts validated as fast as possible so they can group them into their own organizational setup, I think the City Attorney should contact Mr. Tompkins to see if two months makes that much difference because it could make a difference. If the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District does not have any objection for the two -month delay and it wouldn't compli- cate our proposed annexation we should go ahead and go with it, Councilman Snyder: Move that Mr. Williams be authorized to contact Mr, Tompkins and appraise him of this difficulty in validating the contract. City Attorney, Mr, Williams: Is it true that Mr, Tompkins or the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District has said we must validate this contract before pro- ceeding with the annexation? If not, why would we throw a new element into the picture? To my knowledge they have not,., If they haven't asked for it there is no point in my telling him I can't get it,. I want to know specifically has the San Gabriel District asked for it, Councilman Snyder: They would expect if we were bringing a contract into the district when we joined that it it would be a valid contract, Councilman Jett; It was dust mentioned generally but not specifically that it would be required prior to annexation to the district, City Attorney, Mr, Williams: All right, If they said that I had better talk to them, Councilman Jett: We did discuss that provision, Councilman Towner: Is it possible that we should bring up the subject at this time with the district on our own initiative or should we wait for them to bring it up? Councilman Snyder: I think this might complicate the issue later and we should get the air clear on it, City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: I could do that with Ernest Lee, Councilman Jett: I think we should have Mr, Aiassa contact Mr, Lee on this specific point and if it becomes a legal problem let the two attorneys handle it and we will see if we can get the answer first, • City Attorney, Mr, Williams: I think if it is going to be brought up on the legal level but brought up it is going to be there is no objection to letting Mr, Aiassa move on it, Councilman Jett: Maybe we had better let Mr. Williams handle it, _31® • i CQ C,, 1/13/64 WATER PROBLEM m Continued Page Thirty -Two Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried, that Mr,, Williams be authorized to contact Mr. Toapkins and appraise him of this difficulty in validating the contract. Councilman Heath. Where do we stand on this annexation and the voting and so forth? Are we waiting for the Annexation Committee? Councilman Jett-, We have no date setting the hearing and there is not much more that we can do other than attend these meetings and keep abreast of all the changes and these things are changing almost daily,, CITY MANAGER REPORTS DANIEL, MANN, MENDENHALL & JOHNSEN Tentative Contract Councilman Heath. City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa-, There are two modifications I would like to see incorporated in this. I would like to modify the payment,, Councilman Heath-, I think the two comments brought up by Mr. Aiassa are very good and I think the contract should be changed accordingly. One is the fact about a public meeting included in the price and the other was the method of payment,, City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa-, Councilman Jett-, 60 days from the date of the it does not specify any time. They okayed these tenatively subject to Council action,, In their original proposal they said they would complete this within signing of the contract. In the contract Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried, that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to sign a contract with Daniel, Mann, Mendenhall & Johnsen with the following additions-, (1) That included in the price we be entitled to representation of Daniel, Mann, Mendenhall and Johnsen at one public hearing; (2) That the initial payment of $2,250,,00, second payment of $29500,,00 and the final payment of $2,250.00 with the acceptance of the report as the contract shows, approxi- mately a month apart; (3) That the contract be completed within 60 days from the signing of the contract,, -32- I [7 C6 CQ 1/13/64 CITY MANAGER REPORTS ® Continued VICTOR GRUEN Proposed Contract Page Thirty -Three City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa: You have never finalized this east City limits study with Victor Gruen,, It might be advisable to have a meeting with him,, Councilman Jett.- I would like to have a study with them,, I would like to see a 80-foot roadway into that area that would open up that area to our shopping centers,, City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa.- The reason Mr. Marks didn't contact Covina is he wants to have a meeting with West Covina to see what we are embarking on because he doesn't have a contract,, Councilman Snyder.- We might ask Walnut if they want to get in on the study,, Councilman Towner- I think basically we want to have the studies made and the report prepared and maybe before final adoption share it with them but I can't see bringing them into the actual study process except if it proves necessary or desirable while we are doing it,, Mayor Barnes- Mr,, Aiassa, I think it is agreeable with the Council, Would you set up a meeting with these gentlemen for possibly an hour some evening? City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa.- Fine,, BUILDING STATISTICS REPORT City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa.- You have the report,, I would like permission from the Council to submit this not only to the newspaper but also the Chamber of Commerce,, Mayor Barnes.- I think that is a good idea,, This is a terrific amount of building,, Could you give us a report on what you feel is necessary on this Planning Staff addition? Councilman Towner I think the Planning Commission has directed the Planning Department to make a thorough study of that subject and come up with a recommendation,, Councilman Jett.- I would like -to see some serious consideration to expanding the Planning Department or any of the departments at the present time,, I think before we start expanding any departments we had better take a good look at where our money is coming from,, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried,, that the Building Statistics Report be accepted and filed and copies of it be released to the Chamber of Commerce and the newspapers,, -33- C, Cc 1/13/64 CITY MANAGER REPORTS ® Continued UPPER SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WATER ASSOCIATION DUES ($100,00) Councilman Heath: Page Thirty -Four I thought I recommended this be paid, City Manager, Mr, Aiassa; Your motion didn't carry, Mr. Heath, I think the discussion that followed was whether the money you were giving to the Upper San Gabriel Valley Water Association would be tied in with the Upper San Gabriel Valley Water District, Councilman Jett; We thought in the event there was any opposition coming from that.. source we would be, in substance, helping., to finance the campaign, I can't see any reason for joining that, Councilman Heath-, I feel there is still information being given out of there that is useful to us that is pertaining to us and we can benefit by it, Secondly, don't shut the door completely on Upper San Gabriel because you may be in Upper San Gabriel before you know it when the annexation gets through with you, If you shut the door it may be tough to open it again, Councilman Jett; You say MWD said they would not take us unless we joined the Upper San Gabriel Municipal Water District and this is true but at the joint meeting with MWD and the Upper San Gabriel group I asked this specific question again, can an individual city join the Metropolitan Water District and they started this ambiguous way of going about it and I pinned them down, Legally can we join and the answer is yes, The State Legislature still controls Metropolitan Water District, They have been set up through an act and they can still take it back, Councilman Heath: My recommendation is that we do for 'the reasons I have stated, Councilman Jett.- I am not too much opposed, My only question is who is going to go to these meetings? I'm not, Councilman Heath- To get this information that goes on at their meetings we have to join this Association, Councilman Snyder.- We can get it anyway, Those are open meetings, Councilman Heath: We may end up in MWD yet through the Upper San Gabriel Valley Water District and I think we are closing the door one year too early for the sake of $100,00, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried, that we do not pay the Upper San Gabriel Valley Water Association dues this year, (Councilman Heath voted "No",) -34® I • Co Co 1-13-64 Page Thirty -Five RETIREMENT ANNUITY AMENDMENT Occidental Life Insurance Mr, Aiassa read recommendation from Personnel Board as follows: "Mr Chamlee stated the employees must now advise Occidental Life five years in advance of their retirement, and under the new recommendation made by the Insurance Company'a' notice of only two years would be required... Motion was made and seconded to accept the recommendation." Mr. Aiassa: My recommendation is to go along with the two years. I think we should - authorize the change of the contract subject to the recommendation of the Personnel Board. Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, to authorize the change of the contract with the Occidental Life Insur- ance Company subject to the recommendation of the Personnel Board. MEETING WITH MR. BONELLI Mr. Aiassa: like to have the whole Council. meeting, Mayor Barnes: Mr. Aiassa: Mayor Barnes: Councilman Towner: Mr. Aiassa: Mayor Barnes: LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA CITIES CONFERENCE Mr. Bonelli is willing to meet with the Council in February, He would It might be best that we have a night I think this is agreeable with the Council. It will probably be a Wednesday or Thursday meeting. I think that is fine. I assume before we meet with him we will have some idea of the topics of conver- sation. This will be a dinner date at night. That is agreeable. Mr. Aiassa: You all received copies of a letter from Bud Carpenter, Executive Director of the League of California Cities, This is a conference in Sacramento. (Read letter re.this_mattero) Councilman Jett: There is always some effort being brought forth to take away from the cities local control and getting it under the State. I don't know whether or not this is one of those moves, Councilman Snyder: This is why we should probably be there. Councilman Towner: As long as this is the League of California Cities you can be sure home rule is sought. -35- • C, C, 1/13/64 CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO - Continued City Manager, Mr, Aiassa! Councilman Jett! Page Thirty -Six This is on January 27 and 28, I think this is something where we should have Mr. Aiassa up there to keep an eye on this, Councilman Snyder! I think Mr. Aiassa should go, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried, that the City Manager be authorized to attend the conference in Sacramento on January 27 and 28, 1964 at the City°s expense, MEETING WITH STATE HIGHWAY PERSONNEL City Manager, Mr, Aiassa! I had a meeting with the Division of Highways representatives and it appears they would like to have a work session with the Council on Center Street some time this week if they can get their appraisers together, I told them you preferred a night meeting, They will arrange a date that is convenient for the Council, It will be Thursday or Friday, I would prefer to let the Clerk send out a written notice and it would be a one -purpose call, SITE PROBLEMS Covina Valley Unified School District Report City Manager, Mr, Aiassa! I would like to have the Council accept this report and letter from Mr, Paul B. Salmon on this meeting we had on their school site acquisition and all this, Councilman Heath! I agree it is a good report and I.agree we should accept it, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, to accept the report and letter re site problems of Covina Valley Unified School District, Councilman Heath! I would request a copy for each one of the Councilmen of their study of assessed valuation of multiple dwellings, MASTER SIDEWALK PLAN ON WORKMAN 0 City Manager, Mr, Aiassa! We have this master sidewalk plan on Workman Avenue, You have a copy of that, There is also a report from Mr. Dosho We will hold this off until the 20th, You will have to make a decision on the 20th, (Read portion of report re this matter,) Councilman Heath; Let's take care of it tonight, -36- Cg C, 1/13/64 Pape Thirty -Seven MASTER SIDEWALK PLAN ON WORKMAN - Continued Motion by Councilman Heath, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried, that the City Manager be instructed to have the County draft a resolution to include the sidewalks on the south side of Workman to be included in the 19ll Act which is now in existence in the district of Los Angeles County, CITY CLERK HOPE SUNDAY City Clerk, Mr, Flotten-. This is a request of the City of Hope .for Fiope Sunday, June 7, 1964 Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Jett, and carried, to approve the door-to-door solicitation for dope Sunday subject to all usual restrictions, ON -SALE BEER LICENSE City Clerk, Mr, Flotten-. You all have copies of the Police Chief's report on the application for an on -sale beer at 130 South Citrus, a market that will be built sometime in the future, Mayor Barnes-, I don't think we have any objections, CITY TREASURER Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried, to approve the Treasurer's report for, November,.1963, City Manager, Mr, Aiassaa :Fern Merry would .like to have the Council authorize Mable Hoffland to carry on the Treasurer's duties until Mrs, Merry gets back on ner feet, This requires acknowledgment of -the Council, Fern Merry just made this an acknowledgment to the City, Motion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that on behalf of the Council the Mayor be authorized to write a letter to Fern Sayers Merry expressing our hope for her early recovery and • best wishes and so on, MRS, VAN DAME Councilman Towner-. I understand Mrs, Van Dame had.,a fall and bruised her hip and that is why she hasn't been at Council meetings lately, I think the Mayor should write and tell her the Council asked that he write and say that we miss her, -37- C, C, 1/13/64 MRS,,, VAN DAME ® Continued IMayor Barnes: WATER REPORT Page Thirty -Eight If this is agreeable I will write a letter,to Mrs. Van Dame. Councilman Jett: The letter we were directed to write to Mr, Warne we have been working on this and really giving it some thought, When this meeting comes up with the local Planning Committee I think we should have at least two of us, more if possible, attending this meeting along with the representatives from the San Gabriel Valley Municipal District I would be willing to attend this and one representative from the City of West Covina, City Manager, Mr, Aiassa: Councilman Jett: City Manager, Mr, Aiassao The Council gave you a motion to work up a committee, Who would be willing to go along with this? You and I are supposed to start this and pick up who we can, Councilman Jett- On the additional water, according to the letter we received West Covina could have an additional 1,500 acre feet, We haven't had time to get a report back from Lee, Hill and Jewett, City Manager, Mr, Aiassao One of their engineers called late this afternoon and they recommended to the San Gabriel Valley Water District they would figure they would use reclaimed water and they weren't going to ask for any additional water, Councilman Jett: We will stay with what we contracted for,. City Manager, Mr, Aiassao We should direct you to contact Dave Wood and find out if this is going to be the policy of their Board of Directors, Councilman Heath-, Councilman Jett- 0 • Mayor Barnes: I think you should advise them of the Home Savings and Loan development, Fine, There is a meeting in Sacramento, This is one I think we should attend, I would like to see Councilman Jett authorized to attend this meeting, Councilman Jett: This is a monthly meeting of the Water Resources Committee and at this time they plan to have a report on this final recommendation from MWD and this Resolution 6440 and this is the one which MWD took away from us the privilege of getting our delivery of water up in this area ®38- 0. Ca Ca 1/13/64 WATER REPORT - Continued Page Thirty -Nine and now says that we should take delivery of our water at Devil's Canyon Power Plant No, 2, Another thing to be discussed is this final allocation and there will be discussions presented at these meetings that I think we.should have someone at every one of these meetings because MWD is making new proposals and changes almost daily and.if you don't keep abreast of them we will think we're okay and go along smoothly and all of a sudden you find out MWD has presented something that will cut your throat, You just have to keep on top of it, Councilman Towner- Do you have an opportunity to express yourself in the event they do present a proposal there? Councilman Jett. Yes, Councilman Towner- I would suggest if we do have somebody there it be somebody like Mr, Jett who has the authority to speak, Secondly, I would suggest we coordinate with the San Gabriel Valley Municipal Water District on any presentation that might be made so we have not stepped off in the opposite direction inadvertently, Councilman Jett - They attend every one of these meetings, Councilman Towner- It seems to me that Councilman Jett is capable of handling it, He has the information and the know19how,, If tie needs Mrs Aiassa, that is fine`, too, but I don't want to over burden the budget with trips back and forth, Councilman Heath-. motion in case the need arises, Councilman Towner - I don't see why he would need Mr. Aiassa but I would nut it in the I don't think that is necessary. Motion by Councilman Heaths seconded by Councilman Towner, that Mr, Jett be authorized to attend this meeting in Sacramento, Motion passed on roll call as follows. Ayes- Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder., Mayor Barnes Noes- None Absent- None PERSONNEL BOARD MEETING • Mayor Barnes- In tomorrow night's meeting with the Personnel Board do you think we need or is it desirable that we have the Employees' Association representative at.the meeting? Councilman Snyder- I think we would rather talk to the Personnel Board alone, Mayor Barnes-. I think that seems to be the consensus of the Council, -39- I • C, C, 1/13f64 PERSONNEL BOARD MEETING - Continued Councilman Towner; Page Forty 1 think you Should point out to the Employes' As-96ciation representatives we have had available to us all thv infot"ticm that the Employees" Association has presented to th* SISTER CITY PROGRAM Mayor Barnes,, If' anyone wishes to go on SUndaV, the 26th., to the Sister City program, Mrs, Hazenbush is sending in reservations tomorrow,, Is there anybody who wants to attend? Councilman Heatho I have my reservation in already. AZUSA RIGHT OF WAY Councilman Heatho The Council asked me to work on the sidewalks and the other thing was to contact Mr,, Oshin concerning the Azusa. Avenue right of way. I don't think you will have much trouble getting the right of way,, However, Mr,, Oshin has made it quite clear that he would like to have some of that property zoned on pre -zoning(, It is about 40 acres in that and he doesn't want it all, zones, He wants part of it zoned R-1 and some of it he would like zoned R-2, ten units per acre, low density, nothing more than this, Iie would possibly be talking ten acres on the east side of Azusa Avenue, possibly ten acres on the other side and all the rest R-l. Ile is considering annexation. I don't think we should hold up this man to see what Mr,, Galster is going to do,, What Mr, Oshin would like is some low density on some of his land, the ten units per, acre,, I think you should indicate at this time whether or not he should start annexation,, It is not an ultimatum by any means, He says he will work with the City in every way he can,, Mayor Barnes, Don't you. think it might be wise under our new adoption this evening on annexations that we send it to Mr. Aiassa and have the staff consider this and see what they would recommend? Councilman Towner; I would like to see annexation studies initiated, preliminary studies, indicating the feasibility of annexation and have that preliminary report and then we can go into greater detail on it,, Councilman Jett, I do, too ,, Councilman Towner, Move that the staff be directed to make preliminary feasibility studies on annexation of the Empire Savings property,, City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa, We would like an initiative from Mr. Oshin requesting this, Councilman Towner, This is part of the staffl.s report,, I am talking about a feasibility study of the annexation, the usual problems, but not getting into the details as to what kind of zoning,, This is what I have in mind,, I -40- Co Co 1/13/64 Page Forty -One AZUSA RIGHT .OF WAY - Continued would think that the staff would first contact Mr. Oshin and ask how much property is being considered as a possible annexation. The Council has directed them to consider the feasibility of annexation of this area and what problems may be involved. After we get the letter back indicating the extent of the annexation that they would possibly consider then they study it through the various City departments, such things as access, topography, fire and police problems, if any, and surrounding territory, existing County zoning, any of the other things you might consider when you consider whether or not this logically be longs and can be attached to West Covina and bring us back just that preliminary report. Councilman Heath- Aren't you going to advise the Council of the desires Mro Oshin would have? Councilman Towner- If he so indicates in his letter, yes, but it is up to him to bring that to use Councilman Heath- I can get him to write a letter. Councilman Towner: That is all right with me. I will withdraw my motion, RELATIONSHIP WITH COVINA Mayor Barnes- Many comments were in the news- papers regarding the annexations of Covina and that there was a lot of conversation between myself and Mayor Seth Colver of Covina regarding Lark Ellen and San Bernardino Road. I didn't release any articles to any newspapers other than what was said at the Council meetings and I finally contacted Mayor Colver over the weekend. He informed me that the annexation they had asked for had been brought up at our meeting along with many others, to which I agreed with Mayor Colver. He thought in his own mind that we had more or less agreed that they would continue. This evidently had been started some time ago but the information that was wrong was that it would be detrimental to our General Plan and this we should have con--' trolled when that zoning was done in the County because they took it in exactly the way it was zoned in the County. They changed nothing at this time other than the County boundaries. Mayor Colver and I have prepared a joint release that we have both agreed on, that we do not want to start another battle between the City of West Covina and the City of Covina and we looked at the maps and under the general area maps the Gentlemen's Agreement did run north on Lark Ellen Avenue. It did not extend into the northeast corner over to the west but it does sound plausible to me since Covina is already in that area with indus- trial development. As far as that northeast corner is concerned, it wouldn't do West Covina much good. Everything else has been complied with as far as I can see. • Councilman Snyder: We should be more careful because the newspapers love a fight or any hint of a fight and can blow it up out of all proportion. Mayor Barnes: We will mail a copy to the Tribune, the Sentinel and the Los Angeles Times, -41- III III co C6 103/64 CITY MANAGER REPORIS - Continued COMMISSION TRANSPORTAT10N DIVISION City Manager, Mr. Aiassa, Page Forty -Two (Read memo re :has matter.) ! think this shouid be sent to the Chamber of Commerce, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Towner, and carried,) that the memorandum re aommission Transportation Division be sent to the Chamber of Commerce,, DEMANDS Notion by Councilman Towner, seconded by Counciiman Snyder, to approve demands totalling 512V,876,43 as listed on demand sheets C358 through 062 and BJ45, This total includes fund transfers at 06,084181 ND&On passed on roil cail as follown Ayes: Councilmen Towner, Jett, Heath, Snyder, Mayor Barnes Noest None ,Absents None There being no further business, Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman jett, and carried, that this mpeting be adlourned to January 20, 1964 at eight or' ciock, The meetinp was adjourned at 1201 &M, ATTEST, CITY CLERK M A Y DIR -42®