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07-25-1966 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA JULY 259 1966 s• The regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Krieger at 7030 o'clock P,,M, in the West Covina City Hallo Councilman Gillum led the Pledge of Allegiance. The invocation was gLven by Rev. William.B. Key, St. Martha's Episcopal Church,, ROLL.CALL Present-, Others Present-, Absent-, INTRODUCTIONS Mayor Krieger, Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder (from 9-.20 P.M.)9 Gle�ckman (from 7050 P.M.) i Mr. George Aiassa, City Manager Mrs,, Lela Preston, Acting Cite Clerk Mr. Harry C. Williams, City Attorney (.from 704.0 PoM.) Mr,, Herman R. Fast, Public Services Director Mr. Harold Joseph, Planning Director Mr,, Robert Flotten, City Clerk ; Mayor Krieger-, The Chair would recognize the presence • of the recently elected President of the.West Covina Unified School Board who wishes to make an intro - diction to the Council. Mr.Ken Chappell.- Thank you. I would like to tell you a little bit about what Lionise., is doing in our country In the past six years,we have had an international exchange of students from countries all over the world. It has been my good pleasure this year to have as a guest in my home for the past two weeks a young university student from Japan. He comes from Nagoya, which is a sister city of Los Angeles. I would certainly like to introduce at this time Hiroshni Suzuki, who is the guest of, my family and myself. This is a Lion°s project, and he has a gift for the Mayor. (Hiroshni Suzuki presented gift to Mayor", ktieg-er. ) APPROVAL OF MINUTES June 27, 1966 Approved as submitted as follows-. Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Mayor Krieger, and carried, that. the Minutes of June 27, 1966 be approved as submitted. (Councl.lm:a. Gillum abstained.) -1- C,, Co 7/25/66 Page Two APPROVAL OF MINUTES m Continued . July 5, 1966 Approved as amended as follows. - Mayor Krieger.- I have one amendment and two additions to these Minutes,, On Page 1 there states there a joint meeting with the Personnel Board without identification as to the members of that Board that were present that evening. I believe the Minutes should reflect those present were Ssmuel Sor°nborger and Robert Young, Arthur. Sanhorn'.and Edwin C. Faunce. On Page 21, it indicates a joint meeting with the Human Relations Commission,, I believe the Minutes should reflect the members of the Human Relations Commission present that evening were Fred Shrader, Elaine Mansell and John Overholt On Page 16 on a motion of Councilman Nichols, the vote indicated I voted for the motion,, I was opposed, and voted "No". Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the Minutes of July 5, 1966 be approved as corrected. July 11, 1966 o Approved as amended as follows - Mayor Krieger, I would like clarification from the staff on these Minutes,, On Page 7 the Minutes state on top, "Since the funds available equal $9,82.0,,00, the bid was awarded to include items one through three (a) on the basis of $99576,,00, Edgar T. Short, Jr,, low bidder,," Yet the itemization of bids in the paragraph just preceding it shows Edgar, T, Short, Jr,, at $119217,,00, which was the highest of the three bids indicated,, On the staff''s recommendation, certain items were deleted and upon the basis of those deletions, the unit price bid of Edgar T,, Short, Jr,, was the lowest unit price bid,, Is that correct? Public Services Director, Mr,, Fast.- Actually, from the standpoint of the total spread including all bid items, the items announced in the bid spread were taken directly off of the bidders' forms that they submitted. However, from the standpoint of correcting certain bids, for instance, one bidder did not cumulate his totals, so the price brought forward was not a proper total that should have been brought forward,, In another case, there was an error in another bid to the tune of $1,200.00 as opposed to $200,,00, As a result, the total spread for all bid items was not correct as you observe them because they were copied down verbatim with- out analysis of subsequent bid items, (Mr,.Williams entered the chambers at 7;40 P,,M,,) Mayor Krieger.- Was the bid of Edgar T, Short, Jr,, the only bid that qualified or •was it the lowest bid that qualified on those items included in the award? Public Services Director, Mr, Fast.- It was the lowest bidder,, The irregularity was a mistake on bid items we couldn't award in any event, because we didn't have enough money,, In the event we had chosen to come to the Council and received total authorization for all bid items, then we probably would have had to declare one bid irregular, but since the bid that was irregular in a later bid item was regular, we didn"t call it irregular,, -2- C, C, 7/26/66 'QiPPRO'VAL 'OF MINUTES - Continued Page Three • Mayor Krieger: I think it would be helpful if attached is an exhibit to these Minutes from the staff covering this item so that there can be no question raised in reviewing these Minutes as to the basis upon which the Council acted, 0 City Manager, Mr, Aiassa.: We will attach such a report to these Minutes. Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Nichols, and carried, that the Minutes of July 11, 1966 be approved As corrected with the addition of an exhibit on the particular item mentioned, CITY CLERKS REPORTS PRECISE PLAN N0, 424 ACCEPT STREET IMPROVEMENTS Mayer Construction Co,, Inc, APPROVED LOCATION: West side of North Sunset Avenue between North Garvey and Workman, Accept street improvements and authorize release of United States Fire Insurance Company bond No, 641672 in:the amount.of $39.000, Staff recommends acceptance, Motion by Councilman Nicholsq seconded by Councilman Gillumq and carried, to accept the street improvements in Precise Plan of Design No., 424 and authorize release of United States Fire Insurance Company Bond No, 641672 in.the amount of $3,000.0.0, PROJECT SP-6624 ACCEPT STREET IMPROVEMENTS Wm, Kirkland Paving LOCATION: South Sunset north of Delvale Avenue, APPROVED Review Engineer's report, Accept curb® gutter, driveway approach and street improvements, Uncurbed-unguttered program - Short Form 1911.Act, (Councilman Gleckman entered the chambers at 7:50 P,M,) Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to accept the street improvements in Project SP-6624, (Councilman Gleckman'abstained,) RESOLUTION N0, 3434 1' '79' Sot t"-I sl.11lse 4 I ve Mayor Krieger: The Acting City Clerk presented: t1A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA CON- FIRMING THE REPORT OF THE SUPERIN- TENDENT OF STREETS RELATIVE TO THE COST OF WORK DONE PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION N0, 331011 Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution, -3® C,, C, 7/25/66 RESOLUTION NO. 3434 m Continued Page Four •Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gleckman, that said resolution be approved,, Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes-, Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger Noes-, None Absent-, Councilman Snyder Said resolution was given No,, 3434,, CITY ATTORNEY ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION Zone Change 229 Teaver and Alscot Development Co, The City Attorney presented-, "AN ORDINANCE OF_THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMEND- ING ORDINANCE NO,, 780 AND THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE SO AS TO REPEAL A CONDITION" (ZC 229, Weaver and Alscot Development Company,,) Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the ordinance,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that said ordinance be introduced,, (Mayor Krieger voted "NoP.) ORDINANCE 140,, 973 Zone Change 565, Chrysler Motors ADOPTED The City Attorney presented - "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMEND- ING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE SO AS TO REZONE CERTAIN PREMISES" (ZC 365, Chrysler Motors) Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the ordinance,, Motion by Councilman Cleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that said ordinance be adopted,, Motion passed on roll call as follows-, Ayes-, Councilmen Gillum, Noes-, None Absent-, Councilman Snyder Nichols, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger Said ordinance was given No,, 973,, •ORDINANCE N0,, 914 The City Attorney presented - Truck Routes "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMEND- ING SECTION 3140 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO TRUCK ROUTES" Motion by Councilman Gleckman9 seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the ordinance,, 102 Ca Cc 7/25/66 Page Five ORDINANCE NO, 974 - Continued •Motion by Councilman Gleckman9 seconded by Councilman Gillum, 'that said ordinance be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows; Ayes; Councilmen Gillum9 Nichols9 Cleckman Noes- Mayor Krieger Absent: Councilman Snyder Said ordinance was given No. 974. RESOLUTION N0,, 3435 The City Attorney presented - West Covina So, Annex, Dist, #193 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DECLARING ITS INTENTION TO CALL A SPECIAL ANNEXATION ELECTION AND FIXING A TIME AND PLACE FOR PROTESTS BY PROPERTY OWNERS" (West Covina Southerly Annexation District No. 193) Mayor Krieger- Hearing no objections9 we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution. Motion by Councilman Gleckman9 seconded by Councilman Gillum9 that said resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as .follows- Ayes- Councilmen Gillum9 Nichols9 Gleckman9 Mayor Krieger Noes- None Absent- Councilman Snyder Said resolution was given No. 3435, RESOLUTION N0, 3436 So, Annex, Dist, No. 195 ADOPTED The City Attorney presented - "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ACKNOWLEDGING THE RECEIPT OF NOTICE OF INTENTION TO CIRCULATE A PETITION FOR ANNEXATION OF TERRI- TORY DESIGNATED AS SOUTHERLY ANNEXATION DISTRICT N0, 1959 AND AN AFFIDAVIT OF PUBLICATION THEREOF AND APPROVING THE CIRCU- LATION OF THE PETITION" Mayor Krieger- Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution. Motion by Councilman Gleckman9 seconded by Councilman Gillum9 that said resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows- Ayes- Councilmen Gillum9 Nichols, Gleckman9 Mayor Krieger Noes- None Absent- Councilman Snyder Said resolution was given No. 3436. -5- C,, C,, 7/25/66 "SCHEDULED MATTERS 0 BIDS Page Six PROJECT SP-6407-2 LOCATION- Southwest corner Azusa STREET IMPROVEMENTS and Cameron Avenues,, Bids received in office of City Clerk 10-00 A,,M,,, July 20, 1966,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that the bid of Crowell and Larson be accepted and that the Mayor and the City Clerk be authorized to execute an agreement with Crowell and Larson. Motion passed on roll call as follows- Ayes- Councilmen Gillum, Noes- None Absent- Councilman Snyder Nichols, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger PROJECT SP-6628 LOCATION- Northeast corner Hollen'- STREET IMPROVEMENTS beck and Cortez Streets,, Bids received in office of City Clerk 10-00 A,,M,,, July 20, 1966,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that 10 the bid of Sully -Miller Contracting Company as presented at the bid opening on July 20, 1966 for Project SP-6628 be accepted, and that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute the agreement. Motion passed on roll call as follows-. Ayes- Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger Noes- None Absent- Councilman Snyder HEARINGS LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT Protest hearing to the proposed NO, LAD 66-71 improvements and assessments for PROTEST HEARING street light installation, service and maintenance as provided in City Council Resolution No,, 3393,, Mayor Krieger- Mrs,, Preston, do you have the affidavits of publication and posting as required by law? Acting City Clerk, Mrs,, Preston- Yes, I do,, •Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that said affidavits be received and placed on file,, Mayor Krieger-. objections to the said improvement? Acting City Clerk, Mrs,, Preston - Mrs Preston, have you received any written protests or No, I have not,, -6- Co Ca 7/;25/66 Page Seven LIGHTING ASSESSMENT DISTRICT NO,, LAD 66-71 d Continued Mayor Krieger,, Now is the time and place set • for by law for the protest hearing in this matter,, Does anyone present have any verbal protests or objections or questions relative to this improvement? Let the record reflect there are no persons present in the audience this evening who wish to make any verbal protests or objections or who appear to have any questions relative to this improvement,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the City Council adopt the resolution confirming street lighting assessments and that the City Engineer be directed to proceed with the work,, There being no public testimony, the public portion of the head was closed,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that it is the Council's determination that there has been a finding that there have been no written or verbal protests presented to the Council in this matter,, RESOLUTION NO,, 3437 The City Attorney presented - Street Lighting "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL ADOPTED OF THE CITY' OF WEST CO'V'INA, CALIFORNIA, CONFIRMING THE REPORT OF THE CITY ENGINEER DATED JUNE 24TH, 19669 PREPARED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE 'STREET LIGHTING,. ACT OF 1919' AND REFERRED TO IN RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO,, 3393 OF SAID COUNCIL, AND THE PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS,, ESTIMATE, DIAGRAM ASSESSMENT CONTAINED IN SAID REPORT, ORDERING THE WORK AND LEVYING THE ASSESSMENT FOR SERVICES NECESSARY TO MAINTAIN AND ILLUMINATE BY ELECTRIC ENERGY THE STREET LIGHTS WITHIN SAID CITY FOR THE PERIOD OF MONTHS ENDING JUNE 309 197111 Mayor Krieger-, Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman9 seconded by Councilman Gillum, that said resolution be adopted,, Motion passed on roll call as follows-, • Ayes-, Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger Noes-, None Absents Councilman Snyder Said resolution was given No,, 3437,, -7- Co Co 7/25/66 HEARINGS m Continued 40 VARIANCE 'NO ,, 594 Columbia Savings 6 Loan Assoc,, DELETED Page Nine LOCATION- 225 North Barranca between Workman and Garvey Avenues,, Request to allow a non -conforming identification sign in Zone C®2 denied by Planning Commission Resolution No,, 1910,, Appealed by applicant on July 7, 1966" Letter received July 20, 1966 from applicant requesting withdrawal of request for appeal to City Council,, Mayor Krieger., There is a communication to the City Council from the applicant, who is the appellant, dated July 19, 1966 indicating a desire to withdraw the request for appeal,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that this matter be deleted from the agenda,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the proceedings on Variance No,, 594 be terminated at the request of the applicant,, PLANNING COMMISSION REVISIONS TO SECTIONS OF CODE Report ® Held over from June 22, RELATING TO SIDEWALKS 1966, (Maps were presented and Mr,, Joseph gave a brief summary of this matter;) Councilman Nichols., Relative to the recommendation that the City Council give the City Engineer authority to waive the requirement for sidewalks on non® select system streets when he considers it impractical to install them in accordance with the ruling of the City ordinance, I would be willing to go along with this,, However, I believe,it to be a granting of considerable discretionary authority to the City Engineer, and I would only personally vote to go along with it if in any instance where the City Engineer so waives the requirements of the code for sidewalks that the action of the City Engineer be reported routinely to the City Council,, Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph., That is done,, All tenative maps appear before the City Council,, You will have the right to review this,, Councilman Nichols On Item 2, I recall a considerable discussion on both the amount of money involved as far as when sidewalks would be required and what constituted an improvement relative to the staff°s recommendation `,,sidewalks to be provided in single family zones when construction or improvements, except swimming pools, exceed $19500 as determined by the Building Department and more than 900 of the block has sidewalks installed,," I would like to see the improvement nailed down to a structural improvement because there are other things that are as remote from the house and an improvement to the house with a swimming pool., that would cause the same kind of problem the pool would cause,, C,, Co 7/25/66 Page Ten REVISIONS TO SECTIONS OF CODE RELATING TO SIDEWALKS ® Continued jb Public Services Director, Mr,, Fast-, I would be concerned about bomb shelters, for instance, because it is a very structural item from the standpoint of code definition,, If' the Council feels these improvements.shall be limited to the main structure only, the residence, I think perhaps we had better be clear as far as that is concerned,, On the other hand, the conversion of an existing attached garage and a detached garage to replace it is not the main structure necessarily,, It was the staff°s intent that any improvement upon the property, any substantial improvement which we felt was $1,500 in a block where 30% or more had walks, would bring along with it an improvement to the property on sidewalks as well,, However, we will limit this to whatever extent the Council desires,, "A" is our current ordinance,, Mayor Krieger; Isn°t "C" an elaboration of that in terms of the mechanism of stating policy? Public Services Director, Mr,, Fast-, Yes,, Mayor Krieger-, I don't find a very good discussion as to why the Council should amend the code section so as to reduce the 50% to 30% as a separate issue,, • Planning Director, Mr,, Joseph; That is a matter of Council discretion,, Mayor Krieger-, I feel that as a matter of policy that it should be established bar law as to what constitutes a substantial improvement by valuation as probably the most easily applied test,, I also feel that as a matter of law if there are exceptions to this they ought to be spelled out in the ordinance,, As a matter of policy, I find nothing that suggests to me there should be a reduction in the percentage from the existing 50% to 30%. I feel if you are going to apply these to people coming in for building permits and suggest that they have exceeded the building evaluation that they must construct sidewalks on their property because 30% of the properties on that block has sidewalks, I feel the position would be stronger if the percentage was a higher percentage and I think there is nothing wrong with the existing percentage we have in the ordinance,, Councilman Gleckman-, I would agree with your comments regarding the 50% although I think the whole purpose behind the staff making this recommendation was to come to the ultimate conclusion of having sidewalks throughout our City and with the least amount of the City paying the way and this would be one of the ways to do it,, Sometime in the future if the 50% does not work out I might suggest at that time we might have to change policy •and go to the 30%. At this particular time I would like to keep it at 50% and spell out the improvement valuation,, I think at 50% we could include swimming pools,, Councilman Gillum-, I agree with Councilman Gleckman,, Councilman Nichols: I think there are times when it is obviously and clearly in the public interest that certain improvements occur and that the City through its elected Council must take such action to insure those ®10.® Co Co 7/25/66 Page Eleven KEVISI,ONS TO SECTIONS OF CODE RELATING TO SIDEWALKS ®'Continued 40 improvements will occur,, I think there are streets in this community that are not major streets and not a part of our sidewalk program that I cannot see why the need exists that we must tell the people on that block that they shall or shall not put sidewalks in at their own expense,, I don't see where we can rule that it is in the public interest for the health, safety, and welfare of this community to go on to my streets for example, and direct me or anybody else to put in sidewalks where those sidewalks would serve no one except people living on that street,, Councilman Gleckman-. This is only when 50% of the block have sidewalks,, 50% of the block wouldn't put in sidewalks unless there was some type of need for them because it is an added expense to them, too,, Mayor Krieger-. Mr,, Fast, as we have the ordinance on the books now, we have the 50% or more in? Public Services Director, Mr,, Fast-. Right,, Mayor Krieger-. That is the test that the staff has been using for some time now,, There seemed to be a judgment question as to the valuation or the extent of the substantial improvement,, • . City Attorney, Mr,, Williams-. In the past that has been simply a matter of whether or not it was an improvement that requires a building permit,, If it is such an improvementand does not amount to enough,to require a building permit, it doesn't come to the City and they are not required to put in a sidewalk,, Mayor Krieger; I think with the enactment of this amendment into the ordinance would accomplish as a definition and perhaps an easing of any questions in this area, not the imposition of more stringent conditions upon the public,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that revisions to the sections relating to sidewalks in the Municipal Code be amended with the recommendations one through six with the exception that in No,, 6 50% is to be substituted for 30%, as contained in the report of May 18, 1966,, (Councilman Nichols voted "Noll a ) REVIEW PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION So indicated by Mayor Krieger,, The OF JULY 20, 1966 following item was called up,, • Amendment No,, 76 City Initiated Councilman Gleckman-. I am interested in Amendment No,, 76 which was denied,, I would like this sent back to the Planning Commission on the ground that the Planning Commission did not come up with any definite recommendation other than to deny the recommendations made by the Planning Department,, There seems to be some confusion as to whether the City has an ordinance that even permits pigeons at all,, I would like to see this either called up or sent back to the Planning Commission for review again,, d110 C, Co 7/25/66 Page Twelve AMENDMENT NO, 76 ® Continued . Planning Director, Mr, Joseph-, I received a call from Mr, Erickson the following day and he asked me what was thenext step if they wanted to pursue this further, I am not aware that any appeal has been filed, Councilman Gleckman; I would like to call this matter up, Mayor Krieger; Mr, Williams, I would suggest that you submit to us a memo on the alternatives the Council may approach in this particular problem, RECREATION AND PARKS MEETING City Manager, Mr, Aiassa-, GENERAL MATTERS ORAL COMMUNICATIONS TRAFFIC COMMITTEE Mr, Alfred M. Stern 1013 West. Francisquito West Covina Mayor. Krieger-, CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF THE BLIND REQUEST Mr, Anthony Monino Vice President California Council of the Blind There is a meeting on July 26th, You have the material on that, I wish to hold my comments to later in the evening when the Traffic Committee Minutes of July 20th come up, We will hear from you when that matter comes up, I am here to make a presentation on behalf of the California Council of the Blind, Item H®1 on the agenda, Mayor Krieger-, We will hear from you when that matter comes before us later this • evening, (Councilman Snyder entered the chambers at 9-,20 P,M,) ®12- C,, Ca 7/25/66 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Continued 0 TRAFFIC COMMITTEE Mr,, Frederick Kelly 1655 South California West Covina Mayor Krieger,. ANNEXATION N0,, 200 Mr,, Si Hughes 15759 Fellowship Los Angeles Countv with the City of La any claim -or desire City of La Puente,, Mayor Krieger,. Annexation It is not he intends Reports,, Puente where for that area No,, 200 is a scheduled to make a Councilman Gleckman,. Mayor Krieger-, Page Thirteen I also would like to speak on the matter'of the Traffic Committee Minutes of July 20th,, We will hear you at that time,, I wondered if something would be covered tonight on Proposed Annexation No,, 2000 I understand there was a meeting this afternoon the City of West Covina relinquished and more or less gave us over to the The question is whether or not this matter of Proposed to be discussed on the Council's agenda tonight,, item but I will ask Councilman Gleckman whether report to the Council under Council Committee WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Yes, I do,, We will hear from you later in the evening,, LETTER FROM COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT REQUESTING MEETING SEPTEMBER 26, 1966, Mayor Krieger,. This is a regular Council meeting night. Obviously, it will be impossible for us to schedule a joint meeting. Does the Council wish the staff to suggest alternative dates to -the School District? Councilman Nichols; I see no virtue nor advantage that would accrue to this Council from holding joint meetings with Boards of Education and the City Councils of other communities,, I can see that it would be in the interest of the Covina Valley Board of Education to discuss all of .their problems with all of the various cities at one time,, Certainly, it would save them considerable time but I would not choose to discuss problems that they might have that would relate to the City of West Covina and conduct such discussions in a roundtable discussion with the city councils of other neighboring cities,, I would suggest that I would be pleased to see the Council meet with the Board of Education at a mutually convenient time but a meeting that would involve matters of common interest to that Board and this body,, -13® C, C, 7/25/66 Page _Fourteen LETTER`FROM COVINA VALLEY UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT m Continued Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the staff be directed to communicate with the Covina Valley Board Unified School District for setting up a mutually convenient meeting with tiat School District's Board of Education separate and apart from any other city councils attendance and solely between this Council and that School District, Mayor Krieger-, LETTER FROM SAN GABRIEL VALLEY SYMPHONY ASSOCIATION REQUESTING SUPPORT FOR 1966-67 CONCERT SEASON We have an open date on the 19th of September that is agreeable to all of us, City Manager, Mr, Aiassa-, This is an appropriation set up in Account 121743-3 for the amount of $250,00, There is also a note that indicates the City Council wishes, Councilman Snyder-, At one time we had an agreement that they would hold one concert in West Covina, Mayor Krieger-, With respect to this type of participation, what would it require if the procedure is different than what we have been following? City Attorney, Mr,. Williams-, Sometimes we haven't had a formal agreement but I think we have had what would amount to an agreement in that they write a letter stating what they will do, the Council says if you do it we will pay you so much, There must be a promise on their part to perform something beneficial to this City before this City agrees to pay them, Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gleckman, and carried, that the staff be directed to solicit from the San Gabriel Valley Symphony Association a written statement that would constitute their proposal for services to be rendered in return for an appropriation in the amount of $2501,00, Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gleckman, and carried, that this matter be tabled, CITY ATTORNEY RESOLUTION NO, 3439 The City Attorney presented-, Retirement Age, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL . ADOPTED OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMEND- ING THE PERSONNEL'RULES AS ADOPTED BY RESOLUTION NO, 127y OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA RELATING TO CONTINUED SERVICE AFTER REACHING° RETIREMENT AGE" Mayor Krieger-, Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution, -14- Co C, 7/25/66 Page Fifteen RESOLUTION NO, 3439 m Continued •Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that said resolution be adopted. Motion passed on roll call as follows-, Ayes-, Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger Noes-, None Absent-, None Said resolution was given No, 3439, PROCEDURE ON PUBLIC HEARINGS Councilman Gleckmang I think the City Attorney has pointed out some good reasoning behind his recommendation in his letter, I would be willing to adopt his suggestion along with the addition that is recommended as to zoning as far as the City Council may refer the matter back to the Planning Commission for rehearing, Councilman Nichols.- It might be helpful if the staff had the availability of this section to point out to some applicants in advance, Motion by. Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Nichols, and • carried, that the City Attorney be directed to proceed with the drafting of.;zone change amendments and public procedures for variances, precis:e, plans, and unclassified use permits amendments as recommended by the Planning Commission and as reviewed by the City Council in its adjourned meeting of July 5, 1966, and as incorporated in the letter of the City Attorney dated July 15, 1966, REPORT ON DEFECTIVE CONDITIONS IN SIDEWALKS CAUSED BY TREE ROOTS Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded carried, that this matter be held over of the City Council on August 8, 1966, CITY MANAGER 1966-67 SALARY ADJUSTMENTS by Councilman Gleckman, and to the next regular meeting Mayor Krieger-, We have a letter from the Chairman of the Personnel Board, attached to which are the exhibits, The consultant, Mr. Gold, is present this evening to answer any questions we may have. Does the proposed • resolution have the additional changes recommended by the Personnel Board having to do with the increase in range of the sign painter, classification of the maintenance man? City Manager, Mr, Afassa-, Yes, Councilman Nicholsg I think this is a very comprehensive piece of work, I accept it without any reservations whatsoever', -15- Co Co 7/25/66 1966-67 SALARY ADJUSTMENTS m Continued RESOLUTION NO,, 3440 Authorized Positions and Salaries ADOPTED Mayor Krieger; Page Sixteen The City Attornev presented; 9°A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMEND- ING CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION NO,, 1277 RELATING TO AUTHORIZED POSITIONS AND SALARIES" Hearing no objections, we will waive further reading of the body of the resolution,, Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that said - resolution be adopted,, Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes; Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger Noes; None Absent; None Said resolution was given No,, 3440,, ECONOMIC BASE ANALYSIS • City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa; The president of the Chamber is present tonight,, The Council has designated the date of August 1, 1966 for the joint meeting,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the Planning Commission be invited to the joint meeting on August 1, 1966,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, to receive the Economic Base Analysis Report of July 19, 1966.. JUNIOR CHAMBER or COMMERCE COMMUNITY SURVEY City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa; Mr,, Richard Stith is present this evening to answer any questions. Can the press have copies of this? Mayor Krieger; The Council has no objection,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the report be received,, Councilman Snyder; Mr,, Richard Stith 1345 South Siesta West Covina I don't see any pages or conclusions or opinions regarding the value of these responses,, Whatever your pleasure is from this point on, we will be able to do for you,, At present we have intentions of supplementing this report with conclusions,, 16 C,, C,, 7/25/66 Page Seventeen JUNIOR CHAMBER OF COMMERCE COMMUNITY SURVEY - Continued Councilman Gleckman-, Knowing the workload involved after looking at these figures, I wonder if we could get some indication as to how long it would be until we could expect some type of supplemental report as to their recommenda- tions regarding this report,, Mr,, Richard. Stith,, We have no given time period,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that this matter be held over to the meeting of August 22, 1966,, PAYMENT FOR ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES Neptune and Thomas Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, to approve the payment due to Neptune and Thomas and Associates for architectural .ervices for the new civic center as per agreement between the City of West Covina and the architect dated July 10, 1961, in the sum of $359504,,00,, Motion passed on roll call as"follows.- Ayes; Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger Noes,, None Absent,, None PROPOSED CONTRACT WITH COOPERATIVE PERSONNEL SERVICES FOR EMPLOYMENT TESTING City Manager, Mr,, Aiassao They have not had a change in their contract for five years,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to approve the proposed form of cost services contract agree- ment dated July 25, 1966 and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute said contract,, CORTEZ PARK ADDITION Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to receive and file the letter of July 8, 1966 addressed to the City of West Covina from June G,, White and Camille Garnier, Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that the •Council authorize the City Manager to attempt to extend the current lease for an additional year based upon the City°s assumption of the property .taxes in theamountof $507,66 and all other costs pertinent to the current lease and that the entire matter of this property be returned to an early Council study session agenda,, -17- C,, Co 7/26/66 'CORTEZ PARK ADDITION ® Continued Page Eighteen Mayor Krieger-. By your motion do you intend to negotiations with the lessors for have the City Manager enter into aone-year extension of the existing., lease subject to all of the conditions of the existing lease? In addition to which, the City will assume and pay taxes and absorb the weed abatement cost of $63,,00 for 1965, Councilman Nichols-. We already absorbed that,, Mayor Krieger-. Then it shouldn't be an item of negotiation, and that this matter be placed on the earliest possible study session fog°"ths.Council? Councilman Nichols-. 'Yes,, Councilman Snyder; Aren't we, in effect, giving them in the hopes they will negotiate but about $600 for a year's extension in the end they may not and we are out five hundred some odd dollars,, Councilman Nichols-. We have no choice in the matter. They can°t cancel this lease,, City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa° They can cancel the lease, but • they can't cancel the water.rights,, Councilman Nichols-, We are talking about the access and use of this parcel of land,, They say they will renew if we pick up these property taxes for one year only,, I am saying that in order that our community can have the use of this park, access to this park, that we should give ourselves a year's breathing space by renewing the lease on this basis and then immediately begin looking in terms of what we propose to do in order to -try to insure our City of continued use of this property,, Mayor Krieger-, The City Manager by the adoption of your motion will not be authorized to enter into any negotiations with the lessor for the extension of one year having any bearing on the waiver of the City°s existing water rights? Councilman Nichols-. No,, Councilman Snyder-, What in your mind is their motivation for cancelling the lease? City Manager, Mr,, Aiassa-, They want the City of West Covina to decide whether or not they want to purchase the land and utilize the land for park purposes,, •Secondly, I think it's s thorn in one of the owner.es side that she wants to eliminate,, Councilman Snyder-, You do have prior authorization from this Council to investigate the possibilities of purchasing this property,, This motion does not void that prior authority,, Action on Councilman Nichols° motion-. Motion carried,, -�� CO Co 7/25/66 Page Twenty TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES Continued 1959 I approached members of the staff to do something about the alley which at enat time culminated in a petition signed by all Droperty owners to the alley,, As a result of the alley, we obtained merely a 15mmile hour speed limit signs,, However, the traffic has increased since 1960, At the time it was indicated if signalling was installed at F°rancisquito and California it would greatly alleviate the traffic in the alley,, The signals were installed in 1962,, Traffic has doubled since 1960 in the City of West Covina and the bottleneck I outline on Francisquito toward Highway 39 definitely increases going westerly and people try to find shortcuts and will go through the alley to go up California Avenue,, The traffic report you have in your hands indicates we have been suggesting bumps be installed in the alley to enforce the speed limit and that request was denied, and the Traffic Director's recommendation for stricter enforcement of the speed limit in the alley is virtually impossible,, It is impossible to police that area,, I feel by installing the bumps it would completely eliminate the transient traffic,, There are 15 driveways leading into the alley where cars back out,, Councilman Snyder,- Are most the cars travelling in one direction? • Mr,, Alfred Sterna They are travelling in both directions,, Mr,, Frederick H,, Kel.ly I would like to second what Mr,, 1655 South California Stern says and bring out the point West Covina that there are only two alleys them,,' The alley was for in this City,, This is one of the purpose of the adjacent land owners for the purpose of ingress and egress and we find it quite difficult to ingress and egress normally,, Also, Mr,, Larson brought out to me a crime report by the Chief of Police which is increasing here,, I also would like to point out there have been incidents here at Broadmoor in the alley just a couple of weeks ago,, There also have been incidents of children using it for a lovers' lane,, There are no street lights in the alley,, All of the property owners are concerned with maintaining the value of this area,, find it difficult Something must be done with this alley,, We to maintain those bumpers it would be a normal speed limit,, If we could have a great enhancement to the adjacent owners,, property Councilman Snyder; It seems to me that the Traffic Committee's response to this request doesn°t really fit the problem if the problem is as the people speaking here tonight have stated,, Could the staff take a traffic count in this alley and find out if it is being used as a street, Certainly the statement here that they don°t want to install bumps •because they like to keep our streets comfortable does not apply to alleys because alleys aren't meant to be streets,, Public Services Director, Mr,, as the gentlemen discussed.,, problem through that area,, I change our deliberation,, Fast,- I discussed this with the Traffic Committee,, It is essentially The Committee is aware of the traffic believe a traffic count would not necessarily 20 C, Co 7/25/66 Page Nineteen CITY MANAGER - Continued SUBURBAN WATER SYSTEMS FRANCHISE REPORT Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that this report be received and placed on file,, RUPPERT PROPERTY Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, to grant the owners of the Ruppert Property an extension of time of 15 days from July 28, 1966,, STREET SWEEPER SPECIFICATIONS Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gleckman, and carried, to authorise the staff to call for bids on a street sweeper as specified in their staff report of July 14, 1966, with the specifications attached thereto,, • BID ITEM NO,, 66m10:1. WAGON UNIT FOR RECREATION AND PARK DEPARTMENT Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the Bid Item No,, 66-101, Wagon Unit for Recreation and Park Department, be submitted for bid through the Finance Director's Purchasing Office,, REVIEW BOARD MINUTES July 7, 1966 Mayor Krieger,, subject property and summarised the is obvious from the Minutes we are corner,, We are talking about three Department satisfied or not? Planning Director, Mr,, Josephs The Minutes of July 7 talk about Mr. Austin showed a map of the request for market building,, It. not talking about 'the southwest lots removed,, Was the Fire They are now satisfied with access on the approved precise plan,, Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gleckman, and carried, that the Review Board Minutes of July 79 1966 be accepted . and placed on file,, TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES July 20, 1966 Mr,, Alfred Stern My being here is the combination 1013 West Francisquito of seven years of frustration of West Covina living with an intolerable situation,, It seems as early as -19- • C, Co 7/25/66 Page Twenty -One TRAFFICCOMMITTEE MINUTES ® Continued Councilman Gleckman; Mr, Fast, the statement was made earlier there is only one other alley of this type in the City,, Not pinpointing it down to one more alley, what would you say the purpose of the existing alleys that are in the City would be? Public Services Director, Mr,, Fast.- Generally speaking, it is an access to garages because these houses front on probably a major highway or major street and we don't want access of driveways to that major street,, Councilman Gleckmans I don°t think the obligation of our City is to keep alleys unobstructed for comfortable riding qualities,, I think the gentlemen here this evening have presented a good case and I would like to see them get some relief if we canet control it trafficwise from a police standpoint,, Mayor Krieger.- Apparently the people who the Traffic Committee are concerned with in their riding comfort are not concerned with their riding comfort and apparently the riding comfort being considered by the traffic committee are people using that allevway for other purposes, • Councilman Nichols.- This is a matter that has been of long duration and I cannot help but feel that the statement in the report that a more positive approach to enforcement will be undertaken is just sort of a way to pass it off, Obviously, I think everything has been done that can be done and I think it is almost a unique problem and that something should be done and the buck should stop right here,, I was told not too long ago that design engineers can create these bumps so that they know just about what speed a.vehicle is going, to be shaken up by the bmp and what speed the vehicle can take the bump with relative ease and they can have a 15-milemanmhour bump or a 30mmilemanmhour bump or whatever size bump they want,, If that's a 15-anmhour®alley and people are using that for a raceway, I am for having a nice 15Amile®anmhour bump there about every 100 feet, City Manager, Mr, Aiassa° I would like to hold this item over to August 8th and give the staff enough time to evaluate the bump system, Councilman Snyder.- I might suggest if the staff has any alternatives to the bump, you should come forward with it, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that a bump obstruction with the idea of keeping the vehicles down to a 15®mile®an-hour maximum be installed be administratively by .the staff in the alley from Broadmoor to California just north of Francisquito Avenue, unless the staff feels that they can come up with a better recommendation; that the progress of this matter is to be reported back to the Council at their meeting of August 8, 1966, Councilman Nichols.- Mr, Stern, do you speak, to the best of your knowledge, for the property owners whose property abuts the alley? Mr, Alfred Sterns yes, This has been documented, ®21e C. C. 7/25/66 TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES ® Continued 0 Action on Councilman Gleckman°s Motion - Page Twenty -Two Motion carried. Councilman Snyder° If you put bumps in and somebody takes his transmission out on the things, do you have to put warnings about the bumps? Is the 15-mile-an-hour sign enough? City Attorney, Mr, Williams- It could be construed as a dangerous condition. It would be desirable if you put bumps in to put a sign that states ,'Bumps" or "Dips" or whatever it is-, "Danger- Bumps; 15 miles per hour limit" or words to that effect. If you don't give a warning.., there is a possibility of liability. Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gleckman, and carried, that the Traffic Committee Minutes of July 20, 1966 be accepted and placed on file with the exception of Item No. 7 in said Minutes. COVINA ANNEXATION NO,, 33 L.A.F.C,, Hearing Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the staff be authorized to represent the City at the L.A.F.C. hearing to Protest Covina Annexation No. 33. (Councilman Snyder voted "No".) HOLLINGWORTH SCHOOL MEETING August 15, 1966 (Councilman Gillum stepped from the room for a few minutes.) Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Mayor Krieger, that the City Manager and staff have authorization to spend $70.00 to notify residents in the Pickering area of our meeting of August 15, 1966 at the Hollingworth School. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes- Councilmen Nichols, Snyder, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger Noes- None Absent- Councilman Gillum STATE RELINQUISHMENT OF HIGHWAY RIGHT=OF-WAY City Manager, Mr. Aiassa- This is informational.. • (Councilman Gillum entered the Council chambers.) Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Mayor Krieger, and carried, that the report dated July 13, 1966 be received and placed on file. 22 11 C, Co 7/25/66 Page Twenty -Three CITY MANAGER o Continued FINANCING OF GENERAL PLAN UNDER FEDERAL FUNDS and DEL NORTE PARK ADDITION Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that these matters be held to the meeting of August 22, 1966, DEDICATION OF RIGHT-OF=WAY ON CAMERON AVENUE, EAST OF GLENDORA FOR BUDGETED STREET PROJECT Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that this matter be held to the meeting of August 8, 1966, CITY MANAGER'S VACATION REQUEST Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded carried, to give permission to the City weeks vacation the weeks of August 8th absence Mr, Fast to act as Acting City CITY CLERK CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF THE BLIND REQUEST FOR PERMISSION TO SOLICIT by Councilman Gillum, and Manager to take his two and 15th and appoint in his Manager, Mr, Anthony Monino This will be our third annual First Vice President variety show in this- area, The California Council, of the Blind businessmen of West Covina have been very cooperative in our former shows, We are not new in this work, We have established our status, our integrity and our sincerity in working, I am here to make this presentation to advise the Council that we certainly would continue our good work, Councilman Nichols- Has a written request come from your organization to the City in the past requesting this permission? Mr, Anthony Monino; Councilman Nichols° Yes, And the permission has been received? • Mr, Anthony Monino- Has been granted without any questions, to my knowledge, Councilman Nichols; I note in their application they state they are going to do their mlicitation by telephone and actually we are solicited all the time in this town by telephone and have no control over it at all, I wasn't aware that our City ordinances involved and could involve refusal to permit telephone solicitation, I would like to get clarification from -23- C,, Ca 7/25/66 Page Twenty -Four CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF THE BLIND REQUEST ® Continued our City Attorney as to whether our ordinances on solicitation control involve the use of the telephone,, If so, we have a whole new vista open here to try to enforce,, Councilman Gleckman; I think they are asking for our sanction as well as our permission,, Who is going to do the telephoning and what expenses are involved as far as any particular services? Mr,, Anthony Moninos We have a professional promoter to do it for us,, He doesn't get a straight percentage,, We have a cost basis program with him and we have a stipend for him,, We get the balance,, We usually wind up with about 58 o for the Council,, Councilman Snyder-, These matters are usuallv referred to the Chamber,, Since they stated this solicitation is to be from the merchants, this should be referred,, Councilman Nichols-, Is this solicitation done outside the City? Mr,, Anthony Monino-, It all depends,, The promoter • tries to get centrally located,, Mayor Kriegera Does the staff have any record of issuing during the past several years permission or a permit or authority or any formal Council action to -this organization? Acting City Clerk, Mrs,, Preston-, I believe we have issued something,, I can check that for you,, Mr,, Anthony Monino-, I don't have access to the records right now,, What might have happened is they write us a very short note stating to us that the Council or whatever has no authority to govern a telephone solicitation and that°s tantamount to a report in that community where they have been notified by us,, Councilman Nichols-, If this were a request by this group to solicit on a door-to-door basis, I could think of no more worthy group,, But, I believe that I could never go on record publicly or otherwise authorizing or implying to authorize telephone solicitation because I believe it to be an invasion of personal privacy and it is a matter of basic personal �hilosophy,, I cannot and will not authorize and encourage telephone solicitation,, • Councilman Snyder-, It has been a matter of policy in the past to refer these to the Chamber who, in turn, make recommendations back to us,, Mayor Krieger-, There is a recommendation from the Chamber,, -24® • C,, Co 7/25/66 Page Twenty -Five 'CALIFORNIA COUNCIL OF THE BLIND REQUEST ® Continued Councilman Gleckman-, House -to -house solicitation I could understand but I think we are.opening up Pandora's Box,, I have been involved with the Chamber in the past in refusing other worttay or9ganizations to get involved in what we call "boiler room activity solicitation"" Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gleckman, and carried, that the Council has reviewed this matter and does not consider that an outside telephone solicitation under the purview of this Council°s responsibility and does not consider that this application is an appropriate one for the Council to pass on; to deny the request for the permission to solicit,, RELEASE OF CLAIMS TO JOHN INPYN AND CLETUS TAYLOR, DBA JOHN9S FEED STORE City Attorney, Mr,, Williams-, They are willing to pay the amount the City wants, but nobody has been authorized to sign a release in the name of the City,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, to execute the release of claims and that the authority • be given to the City Manager in this matter,, RESOLUTION OF CITY OF MONTEREY PARK REGARDING BASIN WATER MANAGEMENT Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Nichols, and carried, that this matter be received and placed on file,, ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO,, 529 ADOPTED BY CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE DURING 1966 FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gleckman, and carried, that the City Council receive and table this matter,, ANNEXATION NO,, 192 Approve Notice of Election Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to designate Mrs,, Davis, Mrs,, Shermer, and Mrs. Scott as •outlined by the City Attorney, and the polling place -as 1356 North Lark Ellen, Valinda,, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to approve the Notice of Election for Annexation No,, 192,, -25- • • • Ca C, 7/25/66 CITY TREASURER Motion by Councilman carried, to receive month of June, 1966, MAYORS REPORTS Page Twenty-Six Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gleckman, and and file the City Treasurers Report for the POLISH MILLENNIUM DAY Mayor Kriegerg QUEEN OF THE VALLEY HOSPITAL Mayor Krieger; If there are no objections, I will proclaim July 30, 1966 (No objections voiced J So proclaimed, I believe it would be appropriate for the Council to direct a letter to the Queen of the Valley Hospital over the signature of the Mayor expressing our appreciation for their hosting our inspection of their hospital, City Manager, Mr, Aiassao CIVIC CENTER I will take care of that, Mayor Krieger The first of the two orientation meetings of the Civic Center was held last Tuesday night at the City Hall, 29 people attended of the. 34 who indicated they would attend the first meeting, All 29 were given an introduction by members of the staff on the problem, the program, and the solution, They were conducted on tours of the City Hall, the Park and Recreation Building, and the Police Department, and they were asked to indicate if they were interested in appointment to the committee, The statement was made that anyone who indicated a desire to serve on this committee would be appointed without any question as to qualification or predisposition, All 29 people following the first orientation meeting indicated their desire to be appointed to this committee and all 29 will be appointed, The second of the two orientation meetings will take place Wednesday evening at the City Hall, There have been co-chairmen appointed to head this committee, Winthrop Johnson, Judge of the Citrus Municipal Court, and Mr, John Stiles, President of the Citrus National Bank, The committee will meet as proposed twice in August, twice in September, and we are asking them to submit to the Council for its consideration by the end of September its formal findings on the matter of interest to this committee, 26 N 0 0 Co C. 7/25/66 MAYOR'S REPORTS - Continued AZUSA AVENUE PUBLICITY Page Twenty -Seven Mayor Krieger, This is at the corner of Fran® cisquito and Azusa on Friday, July 29, 1966 at 9,30 A,,M,, Supervisor Bonelli will be present. The Council is invited to participate in this. Are there two Councilmen desiring to participate in this activity? I will be there. I understand Councilman Gillum and/or Councilman Gleckman will attend, also,, COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT Councilman Gillum, We had a meeting with the people from Coldwell Banker,, They presented us with their thinking on it and we, in turn, turned this over to the staff to see if this initial proposal would create any traffic problems, any problems at all. At this time we have not had a report back,, The general feeling from the people of Coldwell Banker is that there is a good possibility we will obtain this large business in the Plaza and we are getting very good cooperation out of the Central Business District people,, ANNEXATION Councilman Nichols, You will recall the discussion at the recent annexation hearing where there were some differences of opinions as to who said what relative to the different tax rates among the citizens involved in this matter,, I have received a letter from a lady who wishes to clarify her role in the discussions that have gone on in that area and sherequests that her position in this be made a matter of public record,, Therefore, I would request that this letter be entered in the Minutes of the City Council,, (The following is a letter addressed to the West Covina City Council, dated July 19, 1966, from Mrs,, Ardis Turnbull, 16845 Harvest Moon, Valinda.) "This is to inform you and the city council that I as the petitioner to Mrs. Ruth McKinney, did not and have not quoted a tax figure of $100 a year,, In fact I have stated to the people that West Covina's city tax is 93� per assessed $100 a year,, Somewhere, someone has misconstrued my statements,, •"Upon a conversation with a neighbor about the annexation Mrs. McKinney was told to call Mr. Vold for information. "It is insignificant to me as to what Mr,, Vold had to say other than the fact that he advised Mrs,, McKinney to call and withdraw her petition which I understand is not permitted. A withdrawal must be in writing. -27- C, C, 7/25/66 ANNEXATION ® Continued Page Twenty -Eight • gaI might add that this was quite an underhanded action. And certainly unworthv of the oeoole involved, "Neither I or anyone connected with this annexation has the right to quote a tax figure for the future as they are subject to change at any time. "I would like this letter read into the minutes of your July 25, 1966 council meeting or else notify me otherwise," LA PUENTE/WEST COVINA MEETING Councilman Gleckman: This was brought up before. I would like to ask Mr. Hughes where he got his information? Voice: My source of information was Andrew Durham,, Councilman Gleckman: Your source of information is incorrect. At approximately ten •0 clock this morning I think by invitation, Mr. Fast, Mr, Joseph, and Mr, Gatch, and myself went to a neutral meeting place, La Puente City Hall, regarding our Annexation 200 and their: annexations 30 and 34 and there we were met by Mr, I-Liv.ran from LAFCO, by Gordon Gehl, the City Manager of La Puente, Sam Siegel, the City Attorney of La Puente, and Bill Joy, the Planning Director for the City of. La Puente, We proceeded to discuss the matter of our annexation and their annexations with a map being presented to us on the wall in the chambers of the City Manager that was spread on the bulletin board by the staff member of LAFCO, At that time to open the conversation, LAFCO asked the City of West Covina in what area they would be willing to compromise with the City of La Puente regarding our annexation and their two annexations, At that time I started the conversation by saying that we felt we were quite justified in our annexation and that it is quite amazing to me after the proponents in this given area decide they want to annex to West Covina that the City of La Puente then, and only then, received a similar application and I was notified at that time that the application for La Puente came within a matter of days or a week and that is one of the reasons that LAFCO has requested our application to be held over until August loth to'give this staff member evidently an opportunity to discuss with the City of La Puente and the City of West Covina just what area.of cooperation and consideration they would enter into re- garding this area. To my amazement at that time I discovered that the whole center of what I considered the City of La Puente is unincor- porated and I discussed with them why they were so concerned about an area when they have a street, one street, in fact, in the City of West Covina to expand their boundaries when they haven°t even gone ahead with trying to secure the main part of what is outlined as La Puente, and they said it was in their plans. Actually, they did not say in any manner, shape, or form that they were going on an annexation -- an extensive annexation program, but they were going to take these C, C, 7/25/66 Page Twenty -Nine LA PUENTE/ WEST COVINA MEETING - Continued annexations as they came to them with no dates or analysis, et cetera, in mind, And, of course, the staff member from LAFCO, I'm sure, and I might as well put.this in the record, I'm sure had some definite opinions and proceeded at that time to understand in what way the City of West Covina intended to service this area and why they wouldn't consider splitting this annexation with the City of La Puente and La Puente made several attempts to offer us a split in this annexation and each time they did so, I, as a member of the Annexation Committee, could not understand not only their reasoning but I did not at that time authorize anv such action on behalf of the City of West Covina as even willing to give up any part of annexation No, 200 even though they intimated to me at that time that the people living in that area for years have thought of that as La Puente, I said that, again, was a matter of opinion and maybe that is why they wanted to annex to the City of West Covina I am sure that the report that will be given by the staff member of LAFCO will not be in our favor and this is my opinion, I am making this opinion only on the basis of which we proved, in my estimation, beyond a doubt that we had adjoining area to this particular area that we had nowhere to go north, east, partially west, and the only annexation that we could go into would be south, whereas they had a tremendous area to the north, to the east, and to the west before even contemplating this particular •area but they didn't see it that way, I did give them one concession and I said at that time I would have to discuss it with this Council, that the area that is down by Baldwin Park adjoining to La Puente, that we would not try to annex and give them the opportunity to go ahead and I hope this Council doesn't get mad at me because I didn't make that a definite commitment, but I offered that if they wanted to.have some type of compromise, Mr, Si Hughes My particular interest in this is 15759 Fellowship from the very start I have been Los Angeles County working to get this area annexed to West Covina, I attended.a meeting where Mr, Joseph was present, Councilman was present, and. I: believe Mr, Fast was present, This was in the County building downtown and one of the things we were told was there was a petition which they claimed 70% of the people in that area requested or wished to be annexed to La Puente, Since that time, I have talked to our County Supervisor, I talked to a couple other members on that particular committee, and nobody has seen that petition and.this is one of the questions I would like to ask you about. Has this Council seen this petition? I have talked to people who stated they signed that petition who neither own property or are registered to vote. I think it would behoove you to look into this petition to see if it is a legitimate document or just a list of names, Councilman Gillum: It appeared at this meeting we •had with them we could have guessed what was coming for you at your meeting this morning, Mayor Krieger: Do you to make your recommendations to the meeting of August have any recommendations or do you wish to defer 8th? -29- • C, C, 7/25/66 Page Thirty 'LA PUENTE/WES'T COVINA MEETING Continued Councilman Gleckman; I would defer to August 8th because I am sure we are going to be inattendance at.that meeting on August loth, I think we could work with the staff prior to that time, DEMANDS Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Snyder, to approve demands totaling.$252,228,59 as listed on demand sheets B253 through B255, and payroll register in the amount of $100,935.27. Motion passed on roll call as follows: Ayes: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Gleckman, Mayor Krieger Noes: None Absent; None There being no further business, Motion by Councilman Gleckman, seconded by Mayor'Krieger, and carried, that this meeting adjourn at 11:30 o'clock P,M, to Monday, August 1, 1966 at 7a30 o'clock P.M,, ATTEST; CITY CLERK APPROVED MAYOR -30-