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05-22-1967 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA MAY 229 1967. The regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by Mayor Pro •tem Gleckman at 7033 o'clock P.M., in the West Covina City Hallo Council- man Nichols led the Pledge of Allegiance. The invocation was given by Reverend Edgar A. Doering of the Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church. ROLL CALL Presents Mayor Pro tem Gleckman Councilmen Gillum, Nichols and Councilman 'Snyder tarrived at 7037 p.m.) Absents Mayor Krieger Others Presents George Aiassa, Cite Manager H. R. Fast, Public Service Director Lela Preston, Deputy City Clerk Harry Williams, City Attorney George Zimmerman, Assistant City Attorney Wallace Austin, Planning Associate Ray Windsor, Administrative Assistant APPROVAL OF MINUTES May 1, 1967 Approved as submitted as follows0 Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the minutes of May 1, 1967 be approved as submitted. SWIMMING POOL BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE REPORT Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: The Swimming Pool Blue Ribbon Committee was co-cha redrebyoDr. wiildbe and Mrs. Knutsen, p presented by Dr. Madden. (Dr. Madden presented a copy of the Swimming Pool Committee report to the councilmen- ggave a short speech pertaining to the committee's work and thanked his twenty-three committee.members for their support.) Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Thank you very much Dr. Madden, we the City Council know how important the actions in the future, based on this Committee's report, will be to the whole community. Also want to thank you, Council- man Gillum, for the liaison work. As we get on further in the meeting this evening, for the benefit of those that might leave early, I would like to inform you that I am going to ask the Council to set up a joint meeting with Recreation & Parks to discuss not only some of the items in their report, but at that time to discuss some of the items in the Swimming Pool Committee report, and I will ask that the meeting be held the 29th of this month. Of course, later on this evening is the only time I will know whether the Council will go for this type of proposal, but for those of you who might like to attend you might inquire whether we are dis- cussing Swimming Pools at that.time. COMMUNITY GOALS COMMITTEE PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: As you can see this was a rather large Committee, who did one of the mayor jobs, and I purposely have held off the two committee chairmen who I will get to after making the awards to the committee members. I would at this time like to present the commendations. (Presented.certificates to those present.) At this time I would like to make the this Committee - Mr. 0. RMcKenpresentationett and nErnie stothe two chairmen of . was unable to attend.) (Mr. Steele 1 Cs C. 5/22/67 Page Two COMMUNITY GOALS COMMITTEE; PRESENTATION OF CERTIFICATES m Cont°do RESOLUTION NO. 3562 Mayor Pro tem Gleckman presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA COMMENDING Co R. McKENNETT- FOR • HIS SERVICES TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA. P° (Mayor Pro tem Gleckman read the entire Resolution.) Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I might say the Mayor is sick tonight and this marks the first meeting since Harvey Krieger was elected to this council, over three years agog that he has missed. So you can imagine how sick he must be, CITY CLERK°s REPORTS PROJECT SP-67001 LOCATION° Various locations ACCEPT SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS throughout the City, ROBERT WILLIAM GRAVES, CONTRACTOR APPROVED Accept sidewalk improvements. Authorize the release of Fidelity and posit mpany Performance Bond No. 80811.25 in the amountDof $17,463.79. of Maryland Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Nichols, and carried, release of Fidelity and Deposit Company of Maryland to accept sidewalk improvements in Project SP-67001 and authorize the performance No, 8081125 in the amount of $17,463o794 Bond PROJECT SP-67009 LOCATION: North side of Cameron Park ACCEPT STREET IMPROVEMENTS at Mobeck Street (West of LOUIS S. LOPEZ Avington Avenue) APPROVED Accept street improvements, Authorize the release of The Ohio Casualty No. 1 302 186 in the amount of Insurance Company performance bond 3,321,800 Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to accept street improvements in Project SP-67009 and authorize the release of The Ohio Casualty Insurance Company performance bond No. 1 302 186.in the amount of $3,321080, RESOLUTION NO. 3577 ADOPTED The Deputy City Clerk presented: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST-COVINA ADOPTING BUDGET PROPOSAL FOR EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS ALLOCATED UNDER SECTION 2107.5 OF THE STREET AND HIGHWAY CODEo14 Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Hearing no objections, waive further reading of the body of the resolution, ® 2 C, C, 5/22/67 Page Three • CITY CLERK'S REPORTS m Continued Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that the council adopt said resolution. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger RESOLUTION NO, 3578 The Deputy City Clerk presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ADOPTED THE CITY OF WEST COVINA ADOPTING A BUDGET FOR EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS ALLOCATED FROM THE STATE HIGHWAY FUND TO CITY ( Section 2107 of Street and Highway Code)" Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Hearing no objection, waive further reading of the body of said resolution. Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Nichols, that the said resolution be adopted by the councils Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger • Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the Engineer's Report on Resolution No, 3577 and Resolution No. 3578 be approved, RESOLUTION NO. 3579 The Deputy City Clerk presented:. "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ADOPTED CITY OF WEST COVINA REQUESTING BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOS ANGELES COUNTY FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA TO ACCEPT ON BEHALF OF SAID DISTRICT A TRANSFER AND CONVEYANCE OF STORM DRAIN IMPROVEMENTS AND DRAINAGE SYSTEMS KNOWN AS TD 168, IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA,.FOR FUTURE OPERATION, MAINTENANCE, REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT." Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Hearing no objection, waive further read- ing of the bogy of the resolution. Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that -said resolution be adopted by the council. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger SCHEDULED MATTERS BIDS PROJECT SP-6632-2 STREET IMPROVEMENTS ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AD 1-66 Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman LOCATION: Lark Ellen Avenue between Vine Avenue and Walnut Creek Channel, Bids were received in the office of the City Clerk at 10:00 A.M., on Wednesday, May 17, 1967. The bids received are as follows: ® 3 C. C. 5/22/67 Page Four • i I BIDS m Continued PROJECT SP-6632m2 ® Continued SULLY -MILLER CONTRACTING CO. 10% Bid Bond 482,437.90 LEWIS S. LOPEZ 10% Bid Bond $89,526.67 GRIFFITH COMPANY OF LOS ANGELES 10% Bid Bond #92,851.98 AMAN BROTHERS 10% Bid Bond $97,414.10 Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that the bid of Sully -Miller Contracting Company of Long Beach for Project SP-6632®2 be accepted and that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to execute an agreement with the said Sully -Miller Contracting Company. Motion carried on roll call votte as -follows-, -AYES. Councilmen -Gillum, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem.Gleckman NOES: Councilman Nichols ABSENT: Mayor Krieger HEARINGS UNCLASSIFIED USE PERMIT NO. 71, REV. 2 Bo K. K. COMPANY LOCATION: Pass and Covina Road between Valley Boulevard & Francisquito Avenue REQUEST: To amend conditions 11 and 14 contained in Exhibit B, approved by Planning Commission Resolution No. 1952. Called up by Council on April 24, 1967a Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Mrs. Preston do you have the affidavit of publication relative to this hearing? Mrs. Preston Deputy City Clerk: Yes it was published on May 11, 1967. (Staff report read .b7:-Mr. W. Austin,_. Planning_..As.s.ociat.eo A.further Planning Department report was read by.the Deputy City Clerk.) -IN FAVOR La ence M. Penn ton As we have indicated the two amendments 3555 Torr.anc.e.Boulevard requested to this Permit, one is to Torrance, California allow limited use to the facility after Attorney for B..K.K. Co. 6 .m to those �erso}hewheamiPtehave oc asion to use t as pointed out at the Planning Commission in some cases where there is a definite closing time to the operation some of the trucks that come from great distance, don't get -into the facility and it is necessary to leave the trucks on the street overnight. In respect to the salvage operations, I believe they have been allowed on a limited operation scale on a special dispensation by the City on a trial basis. This is not an accumulation of salvage but rather a means to allow the people to recover the salvage during the day and taking out before closing time. The salvage is a major operation, I think, in all facilities as indicated in that report. First of all it creates a better means of compaction when you are salvaging these things which do not ordinarily compact. Secondly, it provides some opportunity to persons that may not be able to do other kinds of work to accumulate some kind of income. In respect to the emergency operation, it was intended that B.K.K. would close at 6 o'clock p.m., but certain arrangements would be made with customers who are hauling from a distance between the hours of 6 and 8 p.m., that the gates could be opened between 6 and 8 p.m. because we 4 'Ca C. 5/22/67 Page Five B. Ko K. COMPANY HEARING ® Continued have had some problems with heavy traffic or weather conditions the trucks get in shortly after 6 p.m., and it becomes a problem in turning them away. If they are commercial type haulers they are very limited in their hours that they can make their pick up in those trucks and they have a problem of having a loaded truck in the morning in those hours when they are only legally allowed to pick up . these commercial systems. And, this was the base purpose for this request. IN OPPOSITION None There being no further -Public testimony, the public portion of the hearing is closed, Councilman Snyder: Mr. Fast, with regard to the condition of salvage operation shall be allowed. There 1s no provision I believe for '.: storage or accumulation o-f salvage material and I am wondering if there should be. I have no objection to the operation but I don't think it should be stored there a long period of time, there should be someway of preventing the accumulation of stock piling. Mr. Fast: The Planning Commission made no stipulation Public Service Director in that regard other than the screening itself. However, if the council chooses to limit the maximum area that this storage occurs in, this would certainly limit the amount of accumulation of stock piling, • Councilman Snyder: I think the stock piling should be limited, but as a matter of practibility, I don't know how to do it, 7 days accumulation or what? Lawrence Pennington: First of all we don't anticipate any accumulation at all. These are probably by independent type operators - they will haul it out, The Planning Commission's idea of saying this would be screened and hidden if adequate barriers would be put up by the B.K.K. Company to protect anyone from seeing from the area..... Councilman Snyder: The salvage is by independent contractors? Lawrence Pennington: Yes, as I have indicated, by persons not able to make a living some other way because of lack of education or other disadvantages. Councilman Snyder: This provision doesn't limit it to outsiders? Lawrence Pennington: It does limit it to screening it from public view and if you accumulated a stock pile where it became in public view we would be in violation. Councilman Gillum: The gentleman made the statement that we are allowing the salvage operation under some agreement with the City now? Lawrence Pennington: There has been a limited operation, Councilman Gillum: You stated that there was an apparent agree- ment with the City to allow this. If this `s your information ... Lawrence Pennington: From the B.K.K. Company Councilman Gillum: Is this true Mr. Fast? ® 5 Co Co 5/22/67 Page Six B.K.K. COMPANY HEARING © Continued Mr. Fast: Public Service Director Not exactly. B.K.K. was allowing some salvagecperation and the City, on inspection, informed BoKoKo, who had not taken out the Unclassified Use Permit that was originally given to Home Savings & Loan, if you will recall, and immediately upon notification by us they indicated they would come in and request a change of the provision of this condition under the Unclassified Use Permit and as has been the precedent in the past, the policy by the City Council, when an application has been in the process we have not prohibited them from doing the work, We have not given B.K.K. approval to conduct salvage operations, Councilman Gillum-, Normally in this operation they separate as far as steel, aluminum, porcelain, etc., to the best of my knowledge they don't combine these materials. I am concerned with the same thing you are Dr. Snyder, the fact that these things accumulate. I can't see enough come in in one day, or three days, or a week to pay for eomeone to come -in and pick it up. I know different areas where it is stock piled for months. The limited area we have, according to the map, I am concerned with this material piling up. I can understand wh they want to take it out, but I can't understand why they didn't as for it to begin with. Apparently, as yoik Mated, it makes the com action amd things of this type easier, If this is granted I would like to see it limited to a certain number of days and also be stipulated who is allowed to do the salvage. Councilman Snyder-, They probably didn't ask for it originally because they were probably glad to get what they got. • Councilman Gillum-, One other question - on the time limit. Are you familiar with the operation, Sir? The reason I ask, I came by there Saturday night and there was a very strong odor coming from the dump and I notice it says it has to be filled after each day°s operation, even if it doesn't reach the proposed height, And I have noticed on some of the cooler evenings around midnight there is a strong odor coming from that area. I couldn't see if they had filled in, but from the strong odor I would say they had not. I am wondering if this additional time is given and it gets dark and they can't finish filling it - tEis concerns me. Lawrence Pennington. I am not exactly sure what you are talking about in filling. I think your problem is covering. I am not familiar with the day to day operation. I believe it is inspected by the City of West Covina. Councilman Gillum: I am just stating what it says m "that under no condition shall refuse disposal during the working da remain uncovered at the completion of the working day and if we extent this time until 8 p.m., and someone comes in and it gets dark, I am concerned whether they will have it coveredo Lawrence Pennington: or not something came in after everything has to be covered, cover it up but it would still shift. The existing conditions of this permit now provides that at the end of each day the trash will be covered. So whether 6 p.m., it would not do away with that, There are several hours required to have to be covered at the end of the Councilman Nichols-, I was the councilman who requested the council to call this matter up because I am greatly concerned not only with this particular application but with a number of other implications of the implementation of the Unclassified Use Permit No. 71. I would Like to call these matters to the attention of the City Council, 6 Co Co 5/22/67 Page Seven B.K.X. COMPANY HEARING m Continued Let me say,Mr. Mayor, at the outset it seems to me that it is immaterial whether Home Savings & Loan applied for the Unclassified Use Permit or somebody from outer Mongolia ® the B.K.K. Company is operating under it and it is up to the B.K.K. to know exactly what they are operating under. It is incumbent upon them to know precisely and exactly what is in that permit. It is no excuse, in my judgment, for them to allude that they in fact did not -make the original application. This council debated the issue of this Un- classified Use Permit in great detail. The staff and the Planning Commission as well spent hours and hours in developing an Unclassified Use Permit to protect the interests of this City. I maintain that this Company has not only seen fit on its owns many weeks ago, to begin salvage operations in direct violation of this permit, but in direct violation of the Unclassified Use Permit in repeated areas that are stipulated here, and they are doing it with impunity and no one is doing anything about it. Now gentlemen, it seems to me that either we, as a City Council, set down policy and expect that the policy is going to be enforced or we should just throw these things out and let people negotiate as to how things are going to operate in our community I would like to dwell for a few moments in the specifics of this situation. A requirement was made many, many months ago that a permit from the air pollution control district be obtained and there is none issued. A requirement was included in the require- ments of this City Council that a fire permit shall be obtained from the City of West Covina and a fire apparatus be maintained there, no permit has been issued. Condition 11 was a stipulated.clear re- quirement that no salvage operation shall be conducted at that site and they have been continually conducting it and when a city staff • member called their attention to this violation then and only then did they see fit to come in and ask for that which they were doing illegally anyway. And in Item 13 I would call your attention to the fact that it states that charges and fees shall be determined on a volume basis and complete and adequate records of the daily volume shall be kept and maintained by the operators and any person in West Covina can go down to that dump any day and drive in to the area and hand a dollar bill to the man who puts it in his pocket. There is no receipt issued and obviously no record kept, at least no precise record kept that could not be easily violated and as far as we know the City of West Covina is not even receiving an accurate accounting of the funds being received. Now what kind of a shoddy business operation is that? I am so ,disturbed with this operation. Another point that has been made in the reggirements here, that the company maintain its operation in a neat and -orderly and clean fashion. I have called to the council's attention before, the absolute mess during the rainy season on Azusa Avenue when they did not even try to control the disbursement of mud on Azusa Avenue and on up the hill. Now if these are examples of the conformity to the regulations set down by this City Council and if they are examples of what this company proposed to do over the years in association with this city government, then I think it is time we came to a better understanding. Certainly there are certain justifications for salvage, but why it wasn"t requested or included before, I don't know, but to go ahead and violate the law we would not tolerate at all from the citizen down the street and we should not tolerate it from any major operator in our City. Mayor Pro tem Gleckmann I was not aware of the violationGthat Councilman Nichols brings up, but I think they are serious violations and I feel this council should take some action to enforce the conditions set upon B.K.K. Company. At the same time I feel, if they are coming before us and requesting some revision and we see fit in the best interests of the City of West Covina that this be done, then I feel they are .p rfectly right in requesting this, I do _feel that with some m7- Co Ca 5/22/67 Page Eight B.K.K. COMPANY HEARING ® Continued of the comments made by Councilman Nichols and some of the questions raised by Councilman Gillum, that it behooves the B.K.K. Company to have the operators or owners here, with all due respect to yourself, in order to be able to answer some of these questions of this City Council and regardless of how this council may vote if they decide to on Conditions 11 and 14, I feel we deserve answers on some of these things brought up this evening and I don't know if you are in a position to give us the answers. If you are I would like you to step to the microphone. Lawrence Penningtone Gentlemen, I am not'in a position to answer these. I have nothing to do with the operation of the facilities_. I certainly would be in sympathy with anyone that might object to violations to the permito I was not aware of any violations to the permit. As to the next one regarding the control of mud on Azusa Avenue in rainy weather, I don't know how they could control that. I don't think they could clean off Azusa Avenue.but if they were in violation then certainly you are entitled to answers as to why they are. I was not aware that they were and would apologize for my position this evening in not being, and for the operators of B.K.K. Company for not being here. If they had been aware that there were questions to be asked.of them I am sure they would. have been here. Mayor Pro tem Gleckmano Mr. Williams what is the position of this council other than maybe requesting the enforcing officer for a report regarding the operation of this, or do we re4,uest the staff to investigate and bring a report back to the council? • Councilman Snyder,,, May I interrupt hare? Item 35 says the P9City may suspend land operations after reasonable notice and opportunity, etc,,,' would this include failing to obtain the permit from the air pollution c &troll and the fire deparstment? Councilman Nicholi,so I don°t know Councilman Snyder, but I know when we came into one of the worst rainy seasons in the area, anyone that not only works there but passes there, knows that it is a highly umbo ty e of soils that a. prudent operator it would seem to me would ave distributed some sort of agent onto tie transit roads a half a mile up from the dump areas in order that vehicles exiting from there would not carry a half mile of heavy gumbo on to the roads and make it appear to be Coney Island when you drive through over the roads in an automobile. I think this i, an area that could have registered a concern under that articular section. Mayor Preto tem Gleckmano Let me just finish my remarks to Mr. Williams, so I can get some understanding from the Cit Attorney. I wasn°t speaking ius�:-, of enforcing Condition #�5o I was more or less concerned wizn Tne position of this council insofar.as we are here primarily in discussing the amendment of Items 11 - 14 and now other violations have been brought up that may or may not have to do with conditions 11 and 14. My question to you would be is it the staff that would investigate t-fie allegations and report bz ck...o t'lis council.? Mr. Williams If you wished them investigated - yes, City Attorney you would direct the staff to investigate whatever specific allegations you wished them to investigate, and if they had any bearing or not on whether you would approve or disapprove this application. This matter could be held over until you received the report. If they are entirely separate from this you could decide this and still go ahead with the investigation of the other. Mayor Pro tem Gleckmano Pine, that is what I wanted to know. 8 Co C. 5/22/67 Page Nine B.K.K. COMPANY HEARING m Continued Councilman Gillum: I am wondering if a motion would be in order to hold this hearing open until further date and ask the staff to investigate these proposed violations and also request that the operators of B.K.K. be present at that time -to answer these question6. Councilman Snyder: I personally don't see how these other violations have anything to do with the salvage. I think they should be investigated but I think we could determine the matter of hours, Councilman Gillum: What concerns me greatly is what Mrs Nichols brought out, if these people have been having salvage operations and the city comes along and says your in violation and they run down and say they will get it changed.,.. Councilman Snyder: This happens all the time in the City. There are zoning matters that come before us to correct m incorrect uses. They are held in limbo until the hearing. This is not the first time this has happened. They are doing it with the obvious knowledge that if the council fails to approve it they have to stop it, so I don't think we should punish them on all the other things if they are true, on the basis of this one thing. It seems to me it is only sensible if there is salvage that it should be removed. I am only concerned that the salvage not be stock piled, at least to a great extent, I agree with you that the other violations should be investigated by the staff and if true, we should give no compliance. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: My only thought is this request came • from the B.K.K. Company, it is not anything that was motivated by this council other than the call up from thePlanning Commission recommendation, And I feel with these two conditions having to do with their entire operation that until such time as we discuss it with the owners and the people in it and at that time they could also shed some light on Conditions 11 m 14, that maybe their attorney has not been capable of doing because he was not informed by them. Councilman Snyder: I have no objection to holding over, I am just saying these two items are not necessary to the other items, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I think they should be discussed in totals Councilman Nichols: I concur with Dr. Snyder, but again if the matter were to come to a vote tonight I would join the council in voting to authorizing the salvage. I see no reason why it should not be allowed and should in fact make a cleaner operation overalls But I will still go back once again to what concerns me very greatly, and that relates to requests of amendments on any conditions whatsoever m the fact that we can say, if we wish and it is true, that other people are in violation in our community all the time, but here is a large organization that has received a charter for operations and I am sure in reality they know every word that is in it and despite knowing that as prudent businessmen they have gone ahead and violated its And, I for one would like to gain some assurance that these type of things would not continue. I would agree we should hold this matter over and take a general action in an effort to solve this entire matter, Councilman Snyder: I would like to comment that somebody said earlier these conditions were drawn up after long study and the reason we had long study was in the hopes we wouldn't have to have any policing operations by the City, that the conditions in themselves would alleviate, all the problems, apparently that has not been accomplished. I think any motion to hold over should include the specific allegations or violations O.C. 5/22/67. Page Ten B. K.K. COMPANY HEARING - Continued Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the matter of the application for amendment of Unclassified Use Permit No. 71 be held over until the second regular meeting - June 26th at 8 p.m., with the hearing held open. Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that the staff be instructed to provide for the council, information relative to the evident or apparent non-conformance of conditions of the Unclassified Use Permit numbers 7-9-11 and 13. Councilman Snyder: I would ask that you add to that motion that staff make recommendations as to limitations of stock piling under condition 11. Councilman Nichols: I would add that to 'my motion-- that staff prepare a recommendation to the council on the control of the stock piling regulations. Seconded by Councilman Gillum, , Councilman Nichols: My motion did not include that the operators be directed to attend - - my motion intentionally did not direct them to attend, However, I think it would be to their best interest. Mayor Pro tem Gleekman: I don't think it is necessary to put that in a motion, but I would like to • add that the particular violations B.K.K. Company is aware of right now, that in no way does this authorize them to continue this until it is heard on the'26tho I would like to add that as part of the discussion, not part of the motion. Is there any further discussion on the matter? Motion has been made and seconded. All in favor, please so indicate? Motion carried, all present were in favor, Councilman Gillum: I have a question of Mr. Aiassa. Under Section 15, it says that refuse shall have a density of less than 700 lbs/cubic yard - whose function is it to see that this is being done? Mr. Aiassa: The City Engineer, City Manager Councilman Gillum: Do we keep a record of how often this is checked? Mr. Aiassa: I think Mr. Pontow does a pretty good job City Manager on this, but I will double check on it, CITY CLERK'S REPORTS m Continued RESOLUTION NO, 3580 The Deputy- City Clerk presented: ORRIS & ANN GENTRY '°A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AD 1-66 CITY OF WEST COVINA ACCEPTING A CERTAIN ADOPTED WRITTEN INSTRUMENT ANDIDIRECTING THE ' RECORDATION THEREOF, Mayor Pro tem Gleekman: Hearing no objection, waive further reading of said resolution. Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that the council adopt said resolution., Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleekman NOES: Councilman Nichols ABSENT: Mayor Krieger. ® 10 C, Ca 5/22/67 Page Eleven C • CITY CLERK'S REPORTS ® Continued RESOLUTION NO. 3581 ALBERT and EILEEN BUGHBINDER ASSESSMENT DISTRICT AD 1-66 ADOPTED Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: The Deputy 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. " Hearing no objection, waive further reading of the body of the resolution. Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Mayor Pro tem Gleckman, that the council. adopt said resolution. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: Councilman Nichols ABSENT: Mayor Krieger RESOLUTION NO. 3582 The City Attorney presented: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA -ADGP�r:D FINDING THAT IN THE PUBLIC NECESSITt REQUIREETHE° AND ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN PROPERTY FOR STREET PURPOSES FOR LARK ELLEN AVENUE" Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Hearing no objection, waive further reading of the body of the resolution. Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that the council adopt said resolution. Motion ci� _- reed on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: Councilman Nichols ABSENT: Mayor Krieger (Mayor Pro tem Gleckman declared a 10 minute recess to 9 p.m.) PLANNING COMMISSION PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 1959 INTERPRETATION AMERICAN RED CROSS The Deputy City Clerk read Resolution No. 1959 interpretating the use by the American Red Cross. Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the council approve the Planning Commission Resolution No. 1959 regarding interpretation of the American National Red Cross use. REVIEW PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION May 17, 1967. RECREATION & PARKS So presented by Mrs. Preston, Deputy City Clerk. REVIEW RECREATION & PARK COMMISSION ACTION ® May 9, 1967 Mr. Aiassa: City Manager Mr. Mayor, I`believe you have a report on this and it appears that quite a bit is budgetary. It probably would be advisable for the council to accept the report and hold it for review ® 11 Co Co 5/22/67 Page Twelve RECREATION & PARKS m Continued during the budgetary sessions. Motion by Councilman Nichols , seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that council accept and noid for review the report of the action of the Recreation and Park Commission adjourned meeting of May 9, 1967, . Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I would like to schedule the joint meeting with the Recreation & Park Commission as quickly as possible, as I would like to some action on the Swimming Pool recommendations. Councilman Gillum: Mainly with regard to the Swimming Pool recommendations - I would also like to see something decided as soon as possible. Councilman Nichols: Mr. Mayor, is there something in the context that you feel demands Recreation and Park -Commission? clarification and discussion with the Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I think both, (Discussion followed on possible date) Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Mayor Pro t.em Gleckman, .and carried, that the meeting with the Recreation &.Park Commission be scheduled on the agenda of June 5, 1967 at 7:30 p.m. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS • None WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I have a letter given to the Mayor regarding setting up a Youth Advisory Counsel for the City of West Covina, but I don't believe the rest of the council has copies of the letter. I am going to hold this over until copies can be made. The author is in the audience - Mr, Bob Love, Jr, CITY ATTORNEY Mr. Williams: We are adopting a new zoning map and City Attorney the new zoning map will show Item 13. le:the zoning map we will appeal all ofFor theexamamendmentsnthatptinhave beennew added to the Code and there are some ninety-eight of them - all rezoning matters. (Mr. Williams then explained that because of the new zoning map he would like to take items appearing on the agenda not in the order they appear.) So to take in logical order I wouldlike to take number 15 first, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: If the council has no ob'ection, we will move to Item 15 first, ' objections) ORDINANCE NO. 996 The City Attorney presented: "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ADOPTED THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE SO AS TO REZONE CERTAIN PREMISES(ZONE CHANGE NO. 372 m CITY INITIATED)`• Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the Ordinance. 12 Co Co 5/22/67 Page Th-rteen CITY ATTORNEY m Continued ORDINANCE NO. 996 ® Continued Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that the council adopt said ordinance. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION The City Attorney presented: (Agenda Item 14) "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE TO ADOPT A NEW.ZONING MAP AND TO REPEAL CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE CODE PERTAINING THERETO. If Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the Ordinance. Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that the council accept Ordinance introduction, Motion carried on roll call vote as follows. AYESo Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger • Mr. Williams: We will now go to agenda Item No, 12 City Attorney Or-dinance introduction. For the time being there is only a map attached to the original. Mr. Austin will provide additional maps when this Ordinance is passed. A LLap also must he published. This is the prezoning of area not yet annexed and therefore we could not include it in the new zoning map, 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 TG REZONE CERTAIN PREMISES SUBJECT TO ANNEXATION ZONE CHANGE NO. 376 CITY INITIATED." Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to waive further reading of the body of the said Ordinance. Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that the council accept the said Ordinance introduction. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger RESOLUTION NO. 3583 The City Attorney presented: TODD KECK "A RESOLUTION OF THE. CITY 1803, 1809, 1802, 1808 Pioneer Drive COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DENYING A REQUEST 9OR ZONE CHANGE NO. 377 ® TOD KECK." Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Hearing no objection, waive further reading of the body of the resolution, 13 Co Co 5/22/67 Page Fourteen CITY ATTORNEY ® Continued RESOLUTION NO. 3583 (Continued) ADOPTED • Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that the council adopt said resolution. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger RESOLUTION NOo 3584 The Deputy City Clerk presented: 'A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF ADOPTED THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPOINTING A MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL AND AN ALTERNATE TO THE CITY SELECTION COMMITTEE." Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Hearing no objection, waive further reading of the body of the resolution. Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that the council adopt said resolution: Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None 6 ABSENT: Mayor Krieger FREEWAY WIDENING AGREEMENT BARRANCA AVENUE NORTHEAST QUADRANT Mro Aiassa: The staff has -submitted the report of City Manager May 19, 1967, I believe council has put an the board 9 and are here tooanswer any questionsies. The staff also has exhibits to Mayor Pro Tem.Gleckman: Does the council request that this be read into the record? (Agreed, not necessary.) Councilman Gillum: I have a question of Mro Williams. Do you happen to know what the law states theg In shutting off an on or off ramp? aDofar theashave toahave opermissss and City to close on or off ramps in the C NY? Perion of the Mr. Williams: They do not under the law. If they have City Attorney entered into a contract with the State to keep in existence there may be a breach of contract by closing. The law .does not require them to get any permission to close their own facilities. It does not require permission of the City,to have on or off ramps. They cannot close a City street without the City's permission. This is not a city street. They could do this unless the contract we have with them states they provide it and will keep it open. The contract we have, I don't think says this, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Mr. Aiassa, do you know what our present contract with the State of California says as far as on and off ramps are concerned? m 14 Co Co 5/22/67 Page Fifteen BARRANCA AVENUE NORTHEAST QUADRANT m Continued Mr. Aiassa: No, I don't know, but I can review it, City Manager Mayor Pro tem Gleckmano I would like to make this comment having looked into it. This has never, to my knowledge, been done without the City permission, in the history of the Freeway Agreements. Councilman Gillum: I have some questions on the report, Mr. Aiassa. I am curious ® the statement was made on the hook ramp interchanges, on the disadvantages "retains existing accident problem areas at this intersection on the north frontage road of the ramp". Have we had a number of accidents in this area? Mr. Zimmerman: We have some accident figures. 41 Ass°to City Engineer accidents since 1953 at the intersection of Barranca and north frontage road and they show 20 right angle accidents at the intersection of north frontage road and the existing ramps. These are both on existing configurations. Councilman Gillum: I was just curious why this was made a point m my point is I can't see where it would change that much by moving this frontage road.up, you are still going to have traffic cp�ming off the off ramp. I think one of the reports stated there was 4 00 cars per day in 1975 and this does not include the Carousel Theatre traffic m is this correct? . Mr. Fast: The projections for ADT average daily Public Service Director count m either 1975 or 1990 ® just calculated as best can be estimated under normal traffic patterns for those,days; now there are peak hour counts as well, but we are mostly concerned with average daily count when it comes to intersections. Councilman Snyder: It seems to me there is one alternate that has not been brought up and there may be a reason for it. You are talking about a par clo design which possibly could leave the frontage road in the present location and remove the on and off ramps there, and put the par clo design in the northwest portion. Is that possible? Mr. Fast: This was discussed at the last meeting. Public Service Director Generally speaking it eliminates the two most heavily traffic movements. It puts left turn movements to the most heavily traffic ways. The westbound on ramp would then be impossible to put in its configuration as shown under either alternative. Secondly, the northbound movement up Barranca which is very heavy, would then have to go through a lefthand turn. Generally speaking, the configuration of putting the pax clo on the two ramps into the northwest quadrant would end up by taking the heaviest traffic and making the most difficult movement for it. Mayor Pro Tem Gleckmano I have some comments I want to make, Since Dr. Snyder was not here at the last meeting, Councilman Snyder: I can imagine what was said, Mayor Pro tem Gleckmano Right. I am going to talk about this report that was given to use I think the idea of this council, its concept as to what we want in the City of West Covina and for the City of West Covina ® - first of all I, in no way want to correct the staff as to this report that they have given use It may be a perfect traffic report per se but at the same time I don't think this council should at this time, talk about perfect traffic procedure when it will do several things to harm the City of West Covina, 15 Co Co 5/22/67 Page Sixteen BANCA AVENUE_ NORTHEAST QUADRANT - Continued First of all, by the staff's reports you have 40 accidents presently at Barranca and the_frohtage road. 20 accidents at the intersection they claim might someday be a problem, which means they want to dump all that traffic on to Barrancao They may eliminate the 20 accidents they have at the place right now with • the intersection they are talking about changing, but they sure would compound, in my estimation, the number of accidents they would have at Barrancao Number two, I think the staff didn't have to write this report. We could have received the same report from the State Division of Highways, because the State Division of Highways is not concerned with the future of the City of West Covina, but are concerned with moving traffic on and off the Freeway, and whatever problems they. create in the City of W§st Covina, which is evident by the Vincent. Avenue interchange, and which we would only be duplicating in this respect. Number three, I think that the City of West Covina it is about time it went on record trying to invite commercial development into this City rather than discourage it. We not only lose a tremendous amount of commercial land as far as access is concerned, but we also have not taken into consideration the Carousel Theatre and Holiday Inn, which would then be denied the present access that it has been built on in the pasts by forcing the traffic to go up to Barranea and down and around to get back to the Holiday Inn or the Theatre, which in my estimation is having the Council take a stand that you may build in the City of West Covina today, but tomorrow if the State wants to cut off your access, then we will go along with them. I don't agree with that. I have looked at the figures regarding the City of West Covina as to revenue and we are far behind some of the cities near us as to progressing in the manner this City must take in order to help out the tax base of the residents of this community. Sales tax today accounts for almost 50% of the total revenue of the City of West Covina, and yet here we sit worried about a situation that is not a traffic problem in the City of West Covina, The storage space is greatly under exaggerated including a fourth lane. We have no problems at this intersections but because the State Division of Highways has come along and decided it would be better for them to remove traffic and to put traffic back on to the San Bernardino Freeway, to cut up this land and move our service road but give them the proper access they want, and create additional problem on North Barrancao I discussed with the Mayor prior to knowing that he was not _goingg to be here this evening, that i was in great disagreement with some of the remarks that he made last Monday night, I am not bringing this up because he is not here, because I wish he would be here, but he said to me, regardless of what we talk about this evening we would like to give a decision to the State Division of Highways by tomorrow as to what type of interchange we would accept at tat intersection. Now let_me just go on record as saying this, In most cases, they tell me, that once the State Division of Highways have come up with a plan and made up their minds that there is no way to get them to change it unless by an Act of God. Well, I would like to report to this councils if this is trues and the State Division of Highways want this interchange so bad that when I sat down with the Mayor to discuss this interchange with the State Division of Highways, that after 15 minutes Mr. Telford said 'that they have had reservations about this interchange and they feel at this time that whatever the City of West Covina would like to do in this particular quadrant they would go along with. And at that time, as far as I am concerned, if they were so convinced that they were being of service to the City they would not have made that statement. That is another one of the thoughts I had. Another thought that I just can't seem to understand ® with all the community goals with all the citizens 9omm eee o withtR11 tht thin n tW we are 1UJyg t�,do this pant y��r g y g proper ec ion, that w en comes that a fellow like Mr. Eichenbaum, or anybody, but the reason I 1 6 Co C. 5/22/67 Page Seventeen BAHRANCAAVENUE NORTHEAST QUADRANT o Continued bring up Mr. Eichenbaum°s name is because the Mayor brought this up at the meeting last Monday night, This man has brought nothing but quality development to the City of West Covina. There is no reason why we should try and discourage any developer Lrom coming to the City of West Covina. There is no reason why we should�go out of our way, if possible, to encourage commercial development in the particular areas where we have the land presently zoned commercial, but if we continue to give away • this land, to cut it up, and not bring more commercial into our City, we are going to find ourselves as a City Council having to go into the residential areas to create new commercial zoning to bring the revenue to this City that is not only necessary but that we would need to provide the services that the citizens of this community want. We talk about wanting a swimming pool and we can't fund it in our General Fund. Yet we turn around and we talk about raising the raxes which is a.report from the Citizens Committee, and yet the Mayor went on record that he could care less about a Precise Plan that has already been given a building permit by this City to bring in a 10 million dollar commercial development for our benefit as well as the developers. I for one, refuse to allow the surrounding cities around the City of West Covina, to grab off all the best commercial projects because we can't see further than our nose or beoduse we want to be'heros with the State Division of Highways. As far as I am concerned this should never have come about, it came about because of'a Victor Gruen study which said give us the best traffic implement that you can, And yet Victor Gruen, as well as the State Division of Highways, in every situation where we had commercial already developed, by-passed that commercial rather than going through the center to give us proper interchange, but in this particular case because the property is vacant and because the man has already started his building, the State saw fit to start condemnation, without even coming back to this City and saying we realize what we are doing here, is it alright with you. I say right now, as far as I am concerned, we have no present problem as is evident having travelled time and time again this past week on this particular quadrant, and I will not give my vote of confidence to splitting up this commercial property, as well as changing the traffic pattern of the northeast quadrant because I say the City of West Covina can only suffer for it and force more traffic on Barranca, where our real traffic_ problem is and not on the service road and that is my position, Councilman Gillum: Mr. Fast m ® it states approximately 60% of the off ramp traffic proceeds north on Barranca ® pertaining to the traffic today. Has any consideration been given to this new off ramp now that we are going to have one at Grand Avenue, as far as relieving some of this northbound traffic? Was this percentage of 60% going north on Barranca taken into consideration with an off ramp right before Barranca? Mr. Fast: Yes, we did have a license plate Public Service Director survey as well today, to show which total count were concerned on way they were going, but insofar as the any interchange, it was assuming that all interchanges as shown in the State proposal would be functioning. So therefore, the projections of total traffic per loop and per direction, contemplate the interchange on each side working as well, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Pardon me ® you just brought up something Councilman Gillum, that comes to my attention. If you will check the minutes of the last meeting you will the picture and the Mayor at find that Montgomery Ward was ,,��rought into that time he Uerned said was n �18t'R with the traffic that had to get to Montgomery Ward. Am I correct, Mr. Fast, in this report you say that 60% of the traffic goes north? Mr, Fast: Yes. From the westbound off ramp, Public Service Director Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: 60% of the traffic goes north to Covina. Councilman Snyder: It doesn't say how much goes east on the frontage road, 17 • • I Co Co 5/22/67 Page Eighteen BARRANCA AVENUE NORTHEAST QUADRANT ® Continued Councilman Gillum,. Well, there are a number of things that concern me. I know from my own personal feelings if I am driving down that Freeway and see the hotel and I have to drive off and go up and I can't get to -it, I am not going to stop. That is another thing. They are in the City and I think it is an asset to have such an establishment right as they come into the City and I was reading this thing from the Bank the other day ® stating Covina has $109,000,000 in sales tax and we are going to have 4113,000,000 if we don't watch it they are going to, pass us up one of these days. In fact the council up there has told us that if we don't want commercial they will be happy. to take it from use I cant buy the State moving the frontage road down through there and cutting up this property, no matter whose property. I just can't see it, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman,. In regards to one of your remarks ® I refuse to be JlGe1N:CcD into buying a State plan with the threat of them possibly closing an on and off ramp at Barranca, if it ever becomes a problem. I can name the State fifty interchanges that do not have as good interchange as we have at Barranca and that has three times the amount of traffic problem and to this date they have never threatened. to close the on and off ramp. I might also comment that that remark was made to Mr. Krieger and myself after the Commissioner of Roads and Mr. Telford the traffic man, left the meeting.- So it didn't make as big a dent with me as it might have with the Mayort 0 Councilman Snyder,. This hook ramp design below pprohibits a left turn onto the Freeway? Mr. Fast,. We felt from the standpoint of a singe, Public Service Director for half an hour or so, Theatre traffic from the Carousel, it would be possible to handle manually on an intermittent basis, and these could go this way. We don't think from an hour to hour basis it would be advisable. It could be done on a peak load basis, otherwise it should be prohibited, Councilman Snyder,. I don't think this hook ramp is a very good design, I don't think if we started over again we would want it, but on the _other hand the design really does more for the City of Covina and the cities north of us, than it does for use I tend to agree that if we can we shouldn't accept the State proposal and, should accept something more in the order of the hook ramp, although again it is not a good design, but it is working and it fits in with what we built there, Councilman Nichols,. Well gentlemen, I am not in basic agree- ment with any statement made here. I think from the traffic standpoint the staff°s analysis is valid. I think if we were concerned as the State is with strictly moving traffic on and off the freeway, that the State°s recommendations would be preferable, But we, as elected representatives of our City, certainly have to try in all good conscience to make decisions that in the long range are to the best interests of our City politically, economically, as well as trafficwisea I certainly have an area of concern even for the design of the aspect of throwing the service road exit on to Barranca from 350' north of the off ramp, which design is as I understand it, calculated to improve freeway off ramp traffic situations, but in truth it does change completely the pattern of access to all of those major businesses now located along the freeway, which I had not thought of seriously before. I mean multimillions of dollars, the prime development of this entire City will now no longer have a direct access from the freeway into that area.. It will involve in truth, feeding that out into Barranca and out up into the back and around again „ oo and the heavy traffic periods, peakload times, that would seem to me to create an almost intolerable situation for the natural uses along that freeway, along with the Eastland Shopping Center traffic area, where the socalled 60% of the traffic pattern flows north and that 60% becomes twice as much - I don't thihkk it is solving an problem there, I think it really does 8solve the problems far ashe Co Co 5/22/67 Page Nineteen BARRANCA AVENUE NORTHEAST QUADRANT ® Continued State of California is concerned, but I have given this a lot of thought and I really cannot see that we face such a staggering problem with the hook ramp design we have now, as less than ideal as it is now. I think • our responsibility goes far beyond just the recommendation for traffic and this is a very important vote anyway and I think I will place my vote with providing the present type of access to the existing major commercial development along that frontage road and salvage and entire parcel that is presently being recommended for a multimillion dollar development, the income from which we need desperately, and hope that my decision relative to the traffic pattern is not a thoroughly erroneous one, Finally, I would say this, if we make the wrong decision in the terms of where we are putting the street, you can't later put business into an area that will not support it any longer, but if the business comes and the developments are there and this City prospers, there still is always the possibility of correcting some sort of a relatively minor traffic problem, So I think I would rather place my vote on the side of the hook ramp design solution and traffic access for present development. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I would like to have a motion, if the council sees fit, so that we would direct the staff to notify the State per their request as soon as possible, so that they,could take the proper action regarding the legal action they have taken in this case. Councilman Gillum: I would so move. SMr. Aiassa: City Manager Mr. Mayor, the motion would have to include some type of a design...... Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I would include the existing design, this is just my thought m the existing design that we have presently. Councilman Gillum: Will you number these A and B? Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Now wait ® this only has to do with the northeast quadrant, I don't want -to -wind up:recommending-to�the State this particular plan for the entire freeway. Councilman Snyder: I think it has to include a little more than the northeast quadrant if you are going to have the hook ramp. Number one, I think it is important to have that intermittent left turn; Number two, that the on ramp in the northwest quadrant be a part of this. Councilman Gillum: I would move that we inform the State of California Highway Division that we want the interchange at the corner of Barranca and the San Bernardino Freeway on the northeast quadrant as shown on our Example B. Councilman Snyder: Second, Mr. Aiassa: Is that in a letter over the Mayor's City Manager signature? Councilman Gillum: yes, Councilman Snyder: He's going to like thatl Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I think they want a phone call too, Mr. Aiassa, m 19 m Co Co 5/22/67 Page Twenty BARRANCA AVENUE NORTHEAST QUADRANT m Continued Mr. Aiassa: Yes, we will give them one tomorrow City Manager morning. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: You have heard the motion seconded. Any other discussion? Councilman Nichols: Yes, Does that have any influence on the modifications down at Grand Avenue? Mr. Aiassa: No, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: No. Councilman Nichols: Doesn't have any influence on any of the other quadrants of the intersections? Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: No it stays the same. I think the staff understands it. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I would like to add one other thing. At the time we sign an agreement with the State, I think that is the time we would insist both that the frontage roads be returned to the City of West Covina upon completion of our agreement, and also that any opening or closing of any on or off ramp within the city limits of the City of West Covina shall be with the permission of the City of West Covina, and if the State Division of Highways doesn't see fit that this City present and future, can deal with its traffic problems and should have something to say with its on and off ramps that they are presently asking us to agree with, that they are going to put modified, etc,, that we have no business negotiating any type of agreement with the State Division of Highways, So I just put that in for the record, because I think we should be concerned with all on and off ramps once built within''tthe City of West Covina. STREET TREE REPLACEMENT PROGRAM ALTERNATIVES Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Snyder, and carried, that this item be held over to the meeting of June 12, 1967 DEL NORTE PARK LAND ACQUISITION LEASE WITH MR, HEINRICH GONNE PROPERTY FINAL ACTION Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Nichols, and carried, that these two items be held over to the meeting of May 29, 1967. TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES APRIL 28, 1967 ITEM NO. 1 CORTEZ STREET SPEED LIMIT Request staff clarification, Mr. Aiassa: The staff has recommended that the City Manager Ordinance he enacted to amend section 3191 of the Municipal Code as follows,- m ,n o C. C. 5/22/67 Page Twenty-one CITY MANAGER m Continued TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES ® CORTEZ SPEED LIMIT "Speed on Cortez Street to Hollenbeck Street 25 miles per hour,." Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I have some comments here,. Maybe you can answer them for me, Mr. Aiassaa Why is it that we have California Street, Valinda Street m all 30 miles hour, and according to this staff report it doesn't show me why this should be any different, and in some areas the speed may be 35, but we have never gone to 25 and I am just curious to know what would constitute 252 Mr, Aiassa: As I remember California ® the reason City Manager we didn't go .to 35. was they reduced it to 30, because we did have certain sections in that area that did not have full street improvements and it was down to two lanes but it was found 25 was too slow from the radar study we made,. Mayor Pro tem Gleckmana although posted for 25 miles number of houses face Cortez residential speed limit to be fighting the courts. I would Councilman Gillum: Mr. Zimmerman: Ass°t,. City Engineer I hate to have us give citations for 25 miles and have the people go to traffic court, and then have the judge say - per hour the judge rules an insufficient to meet the legal requirements for a automatically applicable. I think wgare like to see it amended to 30 miles,. qualified also. However, they faster than 25 and the citation merely wanted to make -this part Councilman Gillum: Mr. Zimmerman-, . Ass°t,. City Engineer residential density is limit. This is true on our proposal requesting Who initiated this? The Police Department requested this because the remainder of Cort-ez is automatically a 25 mile zone by Virtue of State Law and they thought this attempted to cite a dtiver for going was not supported in court, so they consistent with the rest of Cortez Street, You say by State Law - you are referring to a school zone? No. there is a law,,which Mr,. Williams and I discussed, which automatically says if the houses are close enough together, sufficient, you automatically have a 25 mile,speed all of Cortez except the one portion included in the change,. Councilman Gillum: If this is so, Mr. Williams, on Cortez, - why isn't it so on Vine or Merced? Mr. Williams-, I would have to guess, but I think City Attorney on the streets you have mentioned and some others, we have increased the state's prima facie and on other streets we have decreased the state ° s prima facie speed limit. On the basis of an eng1neering traffic survey the U may wayuuui-ease the state a s prima facie based on the number of houses or businesses- o you have the ri« hfG to either increase or decrease. Councilman Snyder: The way they do this is take a survey of how fast the cars are going and if they Committee makes a recommendation ond�ecresere going faster the Traffic Mr,. Aiassa: They take the fastest speed and then the lowest speed and average it which would probably cover most of the travelling of the average public,. Councilman Snyder-, However, I can understand the request .since the rest of Cortez is 25, why they would want this section 25, .21 C. Co 5/22/67 Page Twenty-two CITY MANAGER ® Continued TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES® CORTEZ SPEED LIMIT (Mr, Fast explained the staff report in further detail.) Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: As long as we have a situation like this, is there any place in the.sidewalk program where we have this street singled out for putting sidewalks in, if this is a problem and this is one of the basic reasons for lowering the traffic rate? What have we done and where htLve we scheduled the putting in of sidewalks and the lowering of the crown of the street, if anything? If this one is that highly travelled by children I would just as soon have it go to 20 miles an hour. ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION The City Attorney presented,* "AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTION.3191 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE SPEED LIMIT ON CORTEZ STREET." Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman -Nichols, and carried, that the council waive further reading of the body of the ordinance. Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that.the council introduce said Ordinance. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: • AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES. None ABSENTS Mayor Krieger CHAMBER OF COMMERCE QUARTERLY REPORT PERIOD ENDING. MARCH 31, 1967 Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the quarterly report for the period ending March 31, 1967, pertaining to the Chamber of Commerce, be received.with appreciation and filed, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I would like to bring up at this time that last year there were two council- men appointed to act as liaison, for the council with the Chamber of Commerce regarding the budget for the Chamber of Commerce, and at this time I am going to appoint Councilman Gillum and Councilman Snyder, as long as they have already been appointed by Mayor Krieger, to discuss the business licensing I would suggest they also serve on this committee to review the budget for the Chamber. PRECISE PLAN CRITERIA RE SUBMISSION TO PLANNING COMMISSION Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, to hold over the action on Precise Plan to the meeting of June 12,,1967, NEPOTISM Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: The request to bring this up was by Councilman Gillum, Councilman Gillum: I am sure we are all aware of this problem that has been brought forth by me pertain- ing to city governments and also the Federal Government of employees on the payroll that might be related. I would like for the council to consider an ordinance 22 C. 0. 5/22/67 Page Twenty-three NEPOTISM - Continued and I might read one that I have from the City of Arcadia. (Read the Arcadia resolution pertaining to Nepotism,) I would like the council to consider this resolution and also include in it "any appointed co.mmis.sionersBP Q I feel it is not occurring in our community at this time and I don't know that it has in the past, but I myself, would like see thJs c Mil provide rotection fe.� itself and fut e counc s and also ha of commissioners, -so un ue pressure wou not be ut upon the city because of elected or appointed offices. I'think it s something needed to protect the city, Councilman Snyder: I understand the intent of what -you are saying, but I think in some cases it is an unnecessary hardship and possibly harmful. I don't have any relatives that qualify for a job and we don't have that problem in town, but if you have some member of the council or the commission that happened to have some relative that was a top policeman and we needed a new police chief, then I think you would be doing the city harm possibly not allowing him to be able to take that job. Certainly in a civil service type job the staff ® and I am not sure your proposal would apply to him and I would hate to see it apply to him, and I don't know of any other jobs that the council appoints too, except those that go through civil service examinations and I think even if you are a relative and you go through all the examinations then we are protected by the examination system. And also supposedly protected by the press and the glare of the public that occurs, Councilman Gillum: This is very true Dr. Snyder, and I don't mean to indicate to anyone that this is happening or I am concerned at this time, but I do feel there is a need • for this type of thing in any City. It does happen in government and in many -city governments and in fact we were discussing the Irwindale situation. I believe strongly in_ it Dr. Snyder, I feel it is protection for this council and future councils and that it wouldn't put any of us or the staff maybe in a bad position. Councilman Snyder: You are saying that if anyone was on the school board they shouldn't have any relatives..... Councilman Gillum: I don't decide the school board policy, sir, Councilman Snyder: You are talking about the same -thing. Especially relatives of the third degree. I think it can do just as much h rm good. I agree with the intent but I don't think it is necessary and sI think in some cases you may do harm. Right now we have a cavil service system and the examination system for all employees. They have to pass it and if anybody has any suspicion that they are being hired because they are a relative of this commissioner or councilman, they are probably going to have to pass it higher than the next person because of public criticism, Councilman Gillum: As I understand it, the top three are taken in an examination, Councilman Snyder: Yes, but maybe you could pass some sort of a law that says a relative has to pass a higher examination...... Mr. Aiassa: City Manager Then you are being prejudiced. Councilman Nichols: This matter of nepotism came up before the City Personnel Board some months of concern and I believe ago. are familiar They are familiar with the area with the administrative policy 0�3® Co C. 5/22/67 Page Twenty-four NEPOTISM - Continued that the city manager has implemented relative to his own powers and it would seem to me that irrespective of the merits or demerits of your proposal, that the appropriate manner of procedure in this matter would be to refer it to the'Personnel Board for • further review, and I do believe they just rather shelved it rather than moving into the area. Is that correct Mr. Aia s sa ? C� Mr. Aiassa: We had a double opinion. First we had the City Manager Employees' Association for it, and then they were against it. This was the reason the Personnel Board shelved it: Councilman Nichols: Mr. Aiassa, I don't want to explore the reasons for shelving it, the point I am trying to make is it never came to a complete discussion, vote, or recommendation to the City Council. The Personnel Board is our arm that does look into these matters and does come up with recommendations. Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that the council direct the Personnel Board to make a study as broad as possible of the matter of nepotism in Municipal Governments and policies that are in force in areas that might be brought to the attention and to present its findings to us and any recommendations that it may care to make. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: How about putting a time limit on it, so this matter is not shelved ? Motion amended by Councilman. Nichols, and seconded by Councilman Snyder, to amend the motion to read to review this problem with dispatch. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Motion carried. All were in favor. GENERAL TELEPHONE HEARINGS FINAL BILL Motion has been made, and seconded, all in favor please so indicate. Mr. Aiassa: You have received a copy of the letter we City Manager received from the consultants of the General Telephone Company hearings, and we owe them a balance of $170.00 and I require council approval for $170.00, which will pay them in total for their services. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Could you tell me why we received this report so late ? I received mine this evening and this was dated May 19th? Mr. Aiassa: The reason why, - there happened to be two City Manager partners and the second partner wanted to review it and it got delayed. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Mr. Aiassa: City Manager Do you need action on this tonight, because we haven't read it. Yes . However, the letter reads " ..... (read part of the letter) Co Co 5/22/67 Page Twenty-five GENERAL TELEPHONE HEARINGS FINAL BILL Continued I would say one thing we were able to present the city's position of not splitting the city and inadequate telephone service, so we didn't have that imaginary line cutting the city right in half. They were • very effective in putting these points over. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Mr. Aias'sa: City Manager Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: your wish gentlemen? This is in conclusion for their services? Yes, there is not much more they can do. This is a bill we have to pay and all they are telling us now is that their services have been completed. What is Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that the City Manager be authorized to pay the final bill in the amount of 4170.00 to the attorneys Geisler & Watts, representing the City of West Covina in the matter of General Telephone Company hearings, Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES- Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger SCAG 1967-68 ASSESSMENT OF DUES • Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the SLAG 1967-68 assessment of dues be held over to a suitable budget session as will be determined by the City Manager. e AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION OF SUBURBAN WATER SYSTEMS FOR PERMISSION TO INCREASE RATES Mr. Aiassa: There is a point to be made here, City Manager At one time when the Suburban Water Company had proposed a rate increase we engaged the service of James Montgomery to make an analysis as to whether or not these rates were fair and equitable and Mr. Williams represented us. At that time Suburban Water Company requested an' increase of seven hundred some odd thousand dollars total, and they ended up, after our presentation at the hearing, to 068,000. Now I don°t know whether the council. would like at least a follow through to be sure the consumer is getting a fair equitable showing for the dollar paid,... Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Mr. Aiassa: City Manager ing firms as to what the application, so at least What type of action are you seeking here? If the council wants us to do what we did the last time then I should get a proposal from some consulting engineer - will charge to make an analysis of this you know what you are getting. Councilman Snyder: That is what I was going to bring up. I was here the last time and we were successful along with the attorney in preventing a rate increase_ because with the engineering data the city attorney was able to show that the rate increase was not justified, but without this engineering data the city attorney would not have been able to do this, so I think this time we should go through the same procedure and save the people of West Covina some $30,000 a year, -25= C o C. 5/22 f 67 Page Twenty-six SUBURBAN WATER SYSTEMS_® continued Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: What type of.notification does the City get prior to the time Suburban Water Company and the Public Utilities Commission meet for a hearing? • Mr, Aiassa: We have probably 3 months. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: From the time they notify us they are going to have a hearing? Mr. Aiassa: 60 to 90 days. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman; How long does it take to have an analysis made regarding this applica- tion? Mr, Aiassa: About the same time. Councilman Nichols: Are there any other municipalities covered jurisdictionally speaking by the area involved in this rate proposed? Mr. Aiassa: That would be part of my analysis. If there are, we would engage with them to bear part of the cost. Councilman Gillum: What information do they provide us with? • Mr. Aiassa: Maybe Mr. Williams is better qualified to answer, he made the presentation,.,,,. We made an analysis of actual receipts to the company as to how those receipts were credited to th-e company, We found out that actually there were several holding companies and by the time the dollar due to the water company actually reached the treasurer of that water company, these various little holding companies were draining it off and that is where the profit was being permitted, Councilman Gillum: Another question m has anyone requested a public hearing yet? Mr. Aiassa: They made an application for it. Councilman Gillum: They made an application for the last one, and I think we instituted the request for a public hearing, Mr. Aiassa: That is right. This is where the public hearing is coming, the PUC will automatically set the public hearing. Motion by Councilman Snyder, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the city manager from the water engineers regarding be instructed to bring back proposals a study of the the proposed application, rate structure and LEGISLATIVE MATTERS ® CURRENT BILLS Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded byy Copuncilman Snyder and carried, that the council support AB 2395 and ACA 74 and send a letter to our assemblymen informing them of our support, AB 444 m Council decided no action, AB 2454 Mr, Aiassa advised that the City of Pasadena wrote some information on this and the League of California Cities has taken a definite stand that this matter was ceminR lzr tomorrow and 0 26 Co C. 5/22/67 Page Twenty-seven LEGISLATIVE MATTERS m CURRENT BILLS ® Continued because of this reason he had discussed it with two councilmen and had made known to Mr. Schabarum how the cities felt on this particular bill and that no additional action was needed, • Motion by Councilman Gillum, seconded by Councilman Nichols, and carried, that the city council strongly oppose AB 902 and so inform our elective representative by mail. SB 653-654-655-656 all having to do with Joint Powers Agreement, After discussion and Mr. Williams comment -that he didn't feel this was very vital to us and in his opinion these things can be done without the amendments, council decided to take no action. Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the city council go on record in opposition to AB 2410 and direct the staff to communicate the council°s position to our representa- tive. AB 991 ® Council decided to take no action. Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the council go on record as opposing SB 489 and direct the staff to communicate our respective position to the representative. SCouncilman Snyder: While we are on this subject. We brought this up but at the last directors meeting of the League of California Cities, on the court consolidation they voted unanimously to oppose for the main reason that all jury trials would have to be held in the District Court, we voted to take no action, but they would like to see us take some action and opposition to AB 70. (Decided it should be brought up on the 29th of May, as it was not on the agenda tonight.) Councilman Snyder: Also the bill regarding the sales tax on gas to support Rapid Transit. I would like this to be brought up on May 29th. WILLIAMS COOK & MOCINE APRH STATEMENT Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, that the council authorize payment to Williams, Cook & Mocine of $2,565.50 which constitutes the April payment for professional services rendered under the General Plano Motion carried on roll call vote as follows; AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger MEMORIAL DAY FLAG CEREMONY Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: I think the council all have copies of the request and I have several questions, Mr. Aiassa, do you have any additional information other than what is on here? Mr. Aiassa: No, the only thing it is council policy we will have to put someone from staff on hand to be sure the flags are available. It is sponsored by the Boy Scouts. -27m C. C. 5/22/67 Page Twenty-eight MEMORIAL DAY FLAG CEREMONY ® continued Mayor Pro tem Gleckmano Is this an organized operation that they do throughout the whole entire valley or just requesting of our City or what? I • don't think we have enough information here to give them permission -to do what they want to do, Mr, Aiassa: All I know is the party has contacted the Mayor and the party was referred to me and I told them to put in writing what they proposed to do, Councilman Nichols: -Isn't Memorial Day the day when the Veterans have their annual flag raising at City Hall? Mr. Aiassa: Yes, we would have to work it together somehow. Mayor Pro tem Gleckmano Are they aware of this'and what is their comment? Mr. Aiassa: Yes. They commented they were going to try and use it on all public areas. I would make this one suggestion, being that the 30th is not too far off, that if the council would like, turn it over to me and I will get in touch and try and make whatever arrangements are necessary, . Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the council authorize the City Manager to handle this matter administratively and stress to the parties involved that the handling of this matter does not involve precedent or establish council policy. Mayor Pro tem Gleckmano Mr. Aiassa, would you get a memo off to the council regarding Mr, Flotten ® we have no way of knowing what has happened to him. If in anyway the council could be of assistance we would like to know, (Mr. Aiassa advised them of Mr. Flotten°s condition and agreed to keep the council posted. CITY TREASURER'S REPORT Anril, 1967 Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the City Treasurer's report for April, 1967, be accepted and filed. MAYOR'S REPORTS PROCLAMATION LAW ENFORCEMENT RECOGNITION WEEK June 5 to 9, 1967 8 Mayor Pro tem Gleckmano HOPE SUNDAY June 4, 1967 If there is no objection, I have been authorized to so proclaim, (No objection) So proclaimed, Mayor Pro tem Gleckmano I haveanother proclamation not on the agenda, that I believe we would all C. C. 5/22/67 Page Twenty-nine MAYOR°s REPORTS ® Continued agree too, Sunda June 4, 1967 asHopeSunday for the City of Hope. Hearing no objeXion, so proclaimed. • COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS Councilman Nichols: This may be considered in some circles rather unimportant, m I attended a public gathering during the past week and a very distinguished, responsible, middle aged gentleman arrived at the meeting and proceeded to announce to the assemblage that he had just received a traffic citation on the.way to the meeting because of a loud muffler in the City of West Covina.. The muffler really was not very loud. Every day I go down the streets and I hear these motor scooters -and hot rod-automobiles-goingg u and down our streets and they go by my own home on Merced at 40 to 90 miles an hour making loud noises and it goes on and on and on throughout theareas of our City with evident immunity ® evidently it is the in thing to drive -and I would.like to ask the City Manager to inquire of the Police Department why middle aged citizen -:with a little hole in their muffler get cited and are fined when we are oaied Wh these nois� youngsters on.Hondas motor scooters, hoped up or s an every ping e s . I would liketo know the Department s policy with -regard to noise abatement in general regarding motor vehicles. I would like a report made to council. Councilman Snyder: It has been mentioned to me several times and people believe this that there are people in business in the City that are getting away without a business license and we who pay, resent this. What counter check do we have on people going into is and not having a business license? Mr. Mr, Aiassa: We send Mr. Stanford out to check. We can audit the sales tax items we do this once in a while. Like the one you just mentioned about manufacturing pills m we will have to investigate that one. Councilman Snyder: But the point is we are missing a lot of revenue. Mr', Aiassa: We catch quite a few and we catch quite a few itinerants that come through the City and bootleg..,..., Councilman Snyder: I am not talking about itinerants but about people that rent onr commercial buildings by the month., etc. Mr. Aiassa: We catch those pretty regularly. We might be able to give an occupancy per ® we can tie this in with the business license program, Councilman Snyder: If someone rents a.building and they move out the new renter has to have an occupancy permit? Mr. Aiassa: Normally, if they have a meter change they do. This could be brought up in our discussion on business.licenses, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: Also I think the Chamber of Commerce might have some ideas. Councilman Snyder: I would like t0 have a staff report on a .better license program, Mr, Aiassa: The Committee is working on it. ®29m C. C. 5/22/67 Page Thirty COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS - Continued Councilman Gillum: On May 8th there was a City Project SP 67 018 which was the enactment of a 1911 Act on Workman Avenue. .At that time I voted against it. I want to make it clear that I support the 1911 Act and the reason I couldn't support the 1911 Act was that the applicant's son had brought up some areas that I thought were not answered properly. Since that time I have asked the staff to investigate these areas, such as assessments in lighting district, which he made a statement about, also assessments for weed abatement and rubbish, for which he .quoted a very large figure. I want to make it clear now that I find the City conducted itself as it should in both these areas, as .far as the lighting and we; d abatement assessments. The man was contacted in both instances and this was explained to him. I cannot change my vote, but I wanted it known that I support the 1911 Act and that the staff has answered my questions regarding this matter. Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: A resolution should be made commending Madeline Slattery for her service to the City of West Covina. Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum, and carried, that the City Clerk be directed to prepare a resolution commending Madeline Slattery. HUNTINGTON BEACH FREEWAY Mayor Pro tem Gleckman: On the Huntington Beach Freeway, which has bean a topic of conversation within our City for years and •nc seems to know where it is going - I now have information and so for clarification and for the benefit of the press, the first meeting which is a public hearing has been scheduled. This hearing will be held in the Huntington Beach High School Auditorium, 1925 Lampson Avenue, at 10 a.m. , Thursday, June 27, 1967. I would suggest that we have staff and any of the council that wishes attend that meeting. The'Mayor has indicated to me that very shortly one of the first Citizens Committees to be organized will be the Huntington Beach.Freeway. I believe the Chamber of Commerce also has done some extensive work on this. I would like to thank the council for its behavior this evening regarding my own conducting of this meeting, having been my first meeting as acting Mayor and I would like to further add that I think it is time, not because I have chaired the meeting this evening, but with some of the things that have come before this council in the past, I think it is time that once again this council look forward and take the initiative and think about action rather than committee reports. I think it is time we ask for a little bit more action rather than conversation. Saveral of the things that come to my mind regarding the commercial aspect, one is the sign ordinance. I think that has been talked about and held up and still we don't have the sign ordinance before us. I think it is time we request of our commissions - more action. .As we progress, we are going to have more meetings with our commissions to try and express our disappointments in not having more action. I also would like to reiterate the idea of this council looking forward to the idea of something Dr. S nyder and I discussed two or three years ago and that is a Blue Ribbon Commercial Committee riot to discuss the problems or give us a report on the commercial we presently have in the City, but some type of Blue Ribbon Committee to go and seek it, go out and bring in commercial to this city with the full cooperation of the Chamber of Commerce, with some type of promise to these _project's;. that we as a City invite them and encourage them to come into our City, rather than take the :attitude that you have to prove to us that there is a need, that we want you in the City of. West Covina. I think the policy has to be stated publicly and we have to take more action rather than just studies on implementation. Once again I want to thank the council for its indulgence tonight. - 30 - C..C. 5/22/67 DEMANDS Page Thirty-one Motion by Councilman. Gillum, seconded by Councilman Snyder, that the council approve demands totaling $230, 316.19 as listed on Demand Sheets C546 and B302 through . B304 and Payroll Demand Sheet. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows: AYES: Councilmen Gillum, Nichols, Snyder, Mayor Pro tem Gleckman NOES: None ABSENT: Mayor Krieger There being no further business meeting adjourned at 10: 45 p.m. , until 7: 30 p.m. , May 24, 1967, on motion made by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Gillum and carried. 0 ATTEST Deputy City Clerk • APPROVED % f MAYOR - 31 -