10-26-1971 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMINUTES OF' Th1� F<_EGUL![... P/ EE'-111NG OF;' ':i IE C i:'a'Y COUNCIL
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
OCTOBER 26, 1971.
The .regular meeting of the City Council was called to order at
7:32 P.M., by Mayor Ken Chappell in the West Covina Council Chambers.
The Pledge of Allegiance was given; and the invocation was presented
by Father Steven Lowrance of St. Christopher's Church.
ROLL CALJJ
P.,esent: Mayor Chappell; Councilmen Shearer, Nichols,
Young, Lloyd
Others Present: George Aiassa, City Manager
George Wakefield, City Attorney
Lela Preston, City Clerk
Herman R. Fast, Ass't. City Manager
George Zimmerman, City Engineer
Richard Munsell, Planning Director
Ross Nammar, Administrative Assistant
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
October 4, 1971
(Adj. Reg. Mtg)
October 12, 1971
CONSENT CALENDAR.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by
Councilman Young and carried, approving
minutes as submitted.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by
Councilman Young and carried, approving.
minutes as submitted.
Mayor Chappell explained the procedure of the Consent Calendar and
inquired if there was anyone present that wished to speak on any
item of the Consent Calendar:
1. COMMUNICATIONS
a) Temple Beth Ami REQUEST permission for Junior. United
Synagogue Youth Group to solicit for
UNICEF on Sunday, October 31, 1971.
(Staff recommends approval)
b) Spanish Trails:Gir1 REQUEST permission to sell Girl Scout
Scout Council Calendars from November 19 through
December 13, 1971.
(Staff recommends approval)
c) Supervisor Bonelli's Re Guidelines for Uniform Traffic
Letter Control.
(Refer to Traffic Committee)
d) Mrs. Garrett's Re merger of Covina and West Covina.
Letter (Receive and File)
e) Shirley R. O°Dell Re City's display at Los Angeles
1005 S. California Ave. County Fair at Pomona.
West Covina (Refer to City Manager to work with
Chamber of Commerce)
f) American Indian REQUEST for permission to solicit
Institute funds for their "American Indian
Feather Drive". (Refer to Staff)
2. PLANNING COMMISSION
Summary of Action, October 20, 1971.
(Receive and File)
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Con'sent:Calendar Cont°do
3 RECREATION AND PARKS
Summary of`Actrona Qctober 12� 1971.
COMMISSION
(Adj. Mtg..)(Receive and File)
4 CITY,,, TREASURER REPORT
Month of SeptemberB1971m
( Receive and F
5 ADMINISTRATIVE ITEMS
a)~ Junior Women ° s Club of
Re use of ,Flagpole `:Area . at "Civic.
West Covina
Center, Sunday,; October 31, 1971, at
11:00 A.M. (St'aff,iecommends approvm
al)
b.- WY;lliams & Mocine
$1634.. and '$94 re CBD.
Statement _
(Staff recommends payment)
c). ' kaffi:c Committee
October 19, , i 971
.Jjkinutes
(Receive and File.)
6 TOPIC;S. PROJECT
Acquisition of Right_of-way at the
Center.,;Stre.et and
intersection.' °Re'.�iew Engineer's
Vincent. Avenue
report. Approve negotiations on the
basis of trading right-of-way for
street improvements.._ (City Engineer,_
recommendsapproval')
councilman Lloyd:
Mr. Mayor, Item:('d) of Communications,
I thought we might send a copy of
Mrs. Garrett°s;letter to the Covina
City Council, if Council agrees.
I would also 1ike':toJ` call up Item 38
which is Recreation and Parks
Commission. I don°:t understand the
naming' of . a .Spring and all of
that. We named.a park after
Mro Gingrich and now we are naming a Spring,after, Mr. Gingrich.
What'is involved in that?
Mr' Aiassa:
In lieu of flo�rers there were
donatin.ns made and the Money donated .._
Mrs. Gingrichthoughtit would be
nice':to.erect this Spring and
so the money was 'used for this purpose
and.we,'are,now going to dedicate it at no cost a`o the City.:
Councilman Lloyd.
Okay. May I ask ::,a.,question? How
was I to know that from this agenda?
Mr Aiass.a,�.,
It was discussed 3..or.4 months ago
and we robabl should have advised
P y:;:
Council of it again ,at this time.
Councilman Lloyd:
I assumed thi was, being done by the
City and with.funds:of the City, and,
so I don't feel. my request is un-
reasonable. I would suggest on things of this '.n'ature that we
deserve..a:"better briefing than we received on Jt
•Item
Minutes of October 19, 1971.
Noo 5 (c), Traffic Committee
In'there they ,.are°talking about
putting some sort of a no parking situation an.the west :side of
Barranca.,'I would like to see
the east side of Barrarica in the same
area ,inclu'ded in a no parking
situation.
Motion by' Councilman Nichols,
that Item 5(c): be,held"over to be dis-
cus;s.ed .concurrently with Item
Hm2 under the City`Manager°s agenda.
.Seconded>by Councilman.Young,and carried.
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Councilman Nichols: Mr. Mayor, I would only -like to add
a word of emphasis to tlie: communicate
tion under.;.It66. l . (e) .'from:
Mrs;..Shir:ley R. O'Dell, a 17 year resident of the;communitym She
has taken,,the time without any axe to grind at .-all, to communicate
her,feelings about the West Covina display at the LoAo.F'air, and I
couldn't emphasize a concurrence with her ..comments sand feelings
about;it,,•, more. In addition to that I would 1`dke to raise one
quest}oni which is a general question relative to"these.'^items that
we get correspondence on and listed in the Consent. Calendar, which
formerly the Council acted on individuallyo;The;items now listed
on.`the Consent Calendar of this nature simply indicate refer to
staff, ;refer to City Manager, etc. I believe th's6,types of letters
warrant aresponsea I believe in most.cases staff .does respond, but
I. feel it would be appropriate to reassure.Council :th)at when these
items are posted on the Consent Calendar the.reco:mmeridation goes
beyond that of refer, but says "refer and acknowledge"'. Then we
would know that these items are receiving staff response to their
questions-e' I don't believe that is a commentary that needs a
motion,,I�believe everyone on the Council'would,�conCur that this
would be helpful to us to know routinely which 1tems:'are being
acknowledged and which ones are simply being re,ferre`d®''
Mayor Chappell: Mr. Aiassa, will`<you take that into
consideration.i6.:the'..future.
Niro...,:Aassa: Yes, and Mr. Nichols we have followed
that procedure and Mr. Strachan has
received, a copy of the communication and we ,are; setting up a meeting
to see if we can rectify the problem, These types of matters we
personally involve ourselves in.
Councilman Nichols: Then it would-be.'An order to indicate
on the recommendation that it is one
to refer and acknowledge.
Mt..Aiass'a: Yes, and it will come back under the
City Manager °..s,.'agenda.
Mayor:.,Chappell: While on that. sub.3e,ct, at the last
Board of Dit -'_ meeting this
was discussed and they concurred
with her comments and they were going to do "something about it
because.they were thoroughly disappointed it .the display themselves.
Councilman Young: Mr. Mayor, just -a footnote with respect
to the letter from Mrs. Garrett that
Councilman Lloyd referred toy_.. I
don ° t'' think the letter deserves the dignity_,o'f...a.z:"Notation on the
agenda.o... I suppose the letter ha's to be sentto: us because .it was
addressed to Council, but we could receive it'in our general mail.
I wouldn't think it deserves the dignity of a reply`eithero
Mayor Chappell: If there are no objections from my
fellow Counc linen, I would like to
call up under the Planning Department
bulletin,. the unclassified use permit No. 155-,Revision 1, referring
to a mini bike trail on Azusa Avenue. The reason I am asking for it
to be called up is because I don't believe it is'`the type of project
we;had.planned on Azusa Avenue when we passed. on., the North Azusa
Avenue" Plano
Assuming the'Mayor°s request is a
motion, I will. second it,
Motion carried°
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Consent: Calendar - Cont°do
Councilman Shearer: On Item 1 (f� in case staff has for-
gotten this was investigated a year ago
and turned down: o So`°_you might pull out
your files on it.
Mr. Aiassa: Yes, we have already:had'one powwow with
theme
Mayor'..Chappell: If there are no.furthei items to be dism
cussed) may we have. a' motion?
Motion by.Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and carried,
that Consent Calendar items 1 through 6 be approved with the
exception of those being called up,
7.RESOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTION
. WEST COVINA SEWER Location: Annexations No. 213 and 214.
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
Updating
RESOLUTION NO, 4465 The City Attorney
.presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST ' COVINA REQUESTING
THE EXCLUSION FROM THE COUNTY SEWER
MAINTENANCE DISTRICT OF CERTAIN TERRITORY IN THAT DISTRICT WHICH HAS
BEEN ANNEXED TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA."
DRAINAGE ON WILLOW Location: Willow Avenue from North
AVENUE Garvey Avenue ,.southerly to Walnut
Creek Channel...
RESOLUTION NO. 4466 The City Attorney presented.
ADOPTED "°A RESOLUTION OF:.THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DECLARING ITS
INTENTION TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY
FOR DRAINAGE ON WILLOW AVENUE PENDING COMPLETION..OF THE 1970 BOND
ISSUE STORM DRAIN IN WILLOW AVENUE."
RATIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL
`:PO8IT1(NS UNDER THE
EMERGENCY EMPLOYMENT ACT Section 5 of 1971.
RESOLUTION NO. 4467 The City Attorney presented:
,ADOPTED °"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING
CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF RESOLUTION
NOo .1277 RELATING TO AUTHORIZED POSITIONS AND'SALARIESo""
Motion,by Councilman Young, seconded.by Councilman Lloyd and carried,
to waive.further reading of the body of said Resolutions.
Motion,by Councilman Young; seconded by Councilman Shearer, to adopt
said. Resolutions.
Councilman Shearer: Mr, Mayor, with regard to Resolution No.
• 4466, one statement in the second para-
graph of the staff : report says: "" o o m The
actual ;responsibility is negligiblebeta.use`the_.hawer:.torm.c�rain
will be. built in time to receive waters from the freeway -according
to F1ood.Control District scheduling°" What happens if the
schedule isn't met?
Mr. Zimmerman: The storm drain will'.be.put in under the
freeway by the Division of Highways and
the drain on the surface which now exists
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Resolutions .for.:.Adoption - Cont ° do
will not be extended so that will not service the widened freeway.
Therefore, there would be a problem with the handling of the
drainage because it would be in the pipe under the freeway and it
would not be able to reach the surface except through some proposed
outlets at surface level. It would drain approximately as it does
now but there might be some problem of water remaining in the
drain,and becoming stagnant.
Councilman Shearer: If the Flood Control does not go inthe
only problem as you see it would be the
water remaining in the pipes becoming
stagnant?
Mr. Zimmerman: Yes.
Councilman Shearer: If the Flood Control drain is put in
then you see no problem?
Mr. Zimmerman: Yes, that is correcto
Motion carried on roll call vote as follows,.
AYES: Councilmen Shearer, Nichols, Young, Lloyd, Chappell
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
CITY ATTORNEY
ORDINANCE "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
INTRODUCTION CITY OF WEST COVINA REPEALING SECTION
8147.2 .OF AND AMENDING SECTIONS 81,47.3 AND
8147.6 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE
RELATING TO ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION REQUIREMENTS."
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Young and carried,
to waive full reading of the body of said Ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Young and carried,
to introduce said Ordinance.
CO.MMUNITY.REDEVELOPMENT Mr. Wakefield., Mr. Mayor.and members of
AGENCY Council/ we have no items
under this Agency. The
first item under the City Manager's agenda is an item which
ultimately must be approved by the governing body of the Redevelopment
Agency'..::',.
CITY MANAGER
REQUEST AUTHORITY TO Mr. Aiassa: I need authorization .from
NEGOTIATE WITH the Council to negotiate
JOHN F. GRAY a financial agreement
with John F. Gray,
Financial Consultant, in connection with the Redevelopment Agency
Authority,
• Councilman Lloyd:. Mr. Mayor, a question. What kind of money
are we talking about?
Mr. Aiassa: At this point I don't know.
Councilman Lloyd: I am not fighting the system because I
believe in the Redevelopment Authority, but
how come we don't have more inpu.t than. that?
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Lloyd, if you read the motion it is for
the City .Manager to negotiate, I don't know
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CITY MANAGER m Authority to_Negotiate with John F.,G.ray
what his cost figure will be. I will bring the information back to
Council in a written agreement. Right now I could only throw out a
basic cost figure.
Councilman Lloyd: All right:,I have no objection, except when
you bring an item up I think it should
have specifics in it. If I am in error/
please tell, me.
Mr. Aiassa: The reason I brought it up is I don't
want to discuss negotiations or agreements
with anyone until I have the authorization
from Council to negotiated
Councilman Lloyd: Fine, I understand what you are saying and
I agree with that. Then what you really
want is the concurrence from the Council
for you to go forward in negotiations wherein no dollar amounts are
involved as far as we are concerned at the present moment. So the
question about finances is not germane at this time. Is that it?
Mr. Aiassa: Exactly.
Councilman Young: A point of order, Mr. Mayor. Would this
be an act of the City Council in
authorizing this negotiation, or an. act of
the Redevelopment Agency Authority?
Mr. Aiassa: Redevelopment Agency.
Councilman Young: So in order to be proper in our procedure.)
should we not convene as the Redevelopment
Agency for the purpose of granting this
authorization to negotiate?
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, I think
it is immaterial which body actually
authorizes the City Manager to negotiate
the agreement. When the agreement is negotiated and returned to you
for approval,/it will require the action of the governing body of the
Redevelopment Agency rather than the City Council to approve.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Young and carried,
that the City .Manager be authorized to communicate and negotiate with
John F. Gray, financial consultant.
TRAFFIC COMMITTEE Mr. Aiassa: This is the report that
REPORT Council had some previous
discussion on .relative to
the four-way stop signs at Service and Valinda Avenues; and
Hollingworth Street and Sentous Avenue,
Mayor Chappell:
Mr. Ai.assa, we
are being
advised that the
Immanuel Lutheran Church
had no objections
and I heard differently
Sunday, I heard
the Immanuel.
Lutheran. Church
is objecting to the removal of this stop
sign. May
we have some
:0 clarification?
Mr. Aiassa.:_:...,
Mr. Zimmerman
is Chairman
of the Traffic
Committee% he
can perhaps
clarify this.
Mr. Zimmerman: Actually I ant a member of the Traffic
Committee rather than the Chairman,
I was at the recent meetings where the
matter was discussed. At one of the meetings we had one of the
priests from St. Christopher°s Church present and also the principal
of the Lutheran Church located at the corner of Service and Valindao
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CITY MANAGER:Traffic Committee Report, - Cont°a.,
At that..time neither representative particularl. indicated any
objection to the removal, of the stop sign. That was our last contact
with.them and that was several weeks ago, so probably something has
changed since that time.
Mayor Chappell:
tion so we might put this
Mr. Aiassa,.
This was.just called to.my attention
Sunday and the gentleman that talked to me
is of the higher hierarchy of the congregam
aside and get the facts.
Mr. Mayor, this then'shou.ld be referred
back to the Traffic Committee and they can
have another meeting on it.
Motion .by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Young and carried,
that Item H®2 be referred back to the Traffic Committee.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Mayor, in the other Traffic Committee
minutes which talked about the
possibility of putting up no parking immediately on the east side of
Barranca south of the Wash to extend to the south side of the apart-
ment complex stopping at Virginia, in .reviewing the situation on
Barranca at that point, I think consideration should be given to
putting no parking on the east side of the street as well.. By doing
this we will eliminate the congestion of traffic on both sides of
the street, caused apparently by the people in the apartment house
parking their cars out in front.
Mr.Aiassa: I would suggest we refer this to the
Traffic Committee and let them reevaluate
the matter.
Councilman Lloyd: I am prepared to make a motion to return
to the Traffic Committee.
Councilman Young: Mr.. Mayor, may I say something before
Councilman Lloyd makes that motion. Why
don't we pass this particular .request as
it is in order to get it done and have a motion to study, rather
than kick the whole thing back.
Councilman Lloyd:
An excellent point.
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Lloyd., to accept
the recommendation of the Traffic Committee,
Mr. Aiassa:
Mr. Zimmerman:
of Virginia, not th.e
Councilman Lloyd:
Does this cover the east side, Mr. Zimmerman?
The item on the agenda .ready for your
approval does refer to the west side of
Barranca, fo.r' a -distance of 11.01 northerly
entire frontageo
Well) let's pass that and go for the entire
frontage.
Motion carried. All in favor.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded. by Councilman Young and carried,
that the street continuing on up in the area described past the
San Bernardino Freeway on the east side be reviewed by the Traffic
Committee for a possible no parking zone.
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, the other item is Holling,worth
Street at Sentous Avenue. Mr. Zimmerman,
can you give us a quick rundown on that item,
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Mr. Zimmerman: The intersection of Sentous and Holling-
worth down in the Galaxie Tract is half in
the County and half in the City. There was a fatal accident there
involving a bicycle and an automobile earlier this year. There was a
petition signed by more than one hundred petitioners requesting that
a four-way stop be installed at this location. The matter was
referred to the County Road Department because of the fact half of
the intersection was in the County and it was also considered by the
City Traffic Committee. The Traffic Committee recommended against
the stop signs and we have since received a report from the County
Road Department in which they indicate the same conclusion tha;t four-way
stop signs are not warranted at this location. There are existing
two-way stop signs on HollingWorth` which allows the Sentous traffic to
proceed without stopping.
Mayor Chappell: You are also recommending that these high
visibility crosswalks be put in at that
location, is that correct?
Mr. Zimmerman: Yes, we do recommend that some additional
signing and the brightly painted crosswalks
with buttons on the pavement be installed
as a further protection for school children going to and from
Hollingworth School and Rincon.
Councilman Shearer: A question. With receipt of the letter
from the County, and I am not trying to
cop out by any means, but with the negative
reply from the County.could the City put stop signs up legally?
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, the City
has no authority to erect stop signs
outside the boundaries of the City and if
half of the intersection is in unincorporated territory the consent
of the County would be required to install stop signs or any other
traffic control devices in that portion of the intersection.
Councilman Shearer: Thank you. Lest I be accused of being
a traffic -oriented person having a degree
in civil engineering, I am foremost a
father and have as much concern for the safety and welfare of children
in this community as the parents of the boy or boys involved in this
unfortunate incident° However, stop signs and traffic lights are not
the answer to all questions of this type. I think the Traffic
Committee made a very good statement to the effect that one of the
basic requirements of any kind of traffic control is that it be
understandable by the people who it is intended to control. In
other words if we put up stop signs where people cannot understand why,
then they lose respect for stop signs in other locations. It is a
proven fact that where indiscrimnate traffic controls are installed
that they lose their use and efficiency where they are warranted.
I feel from the report we have, that the accident oc:c:urre_d. prma.til_y
because of the youngsters running the stop sign. And I am
concerned, my three children cross a two-way stop sign at Vine and
Glenview, a two-way stop sign with a crosswalk. Who knows what
could possibly happen? This does not justify a stop sign at
every crosswalk at every major intersection with a minor intersection,
And it is not the cost of the stop sign, because what is being
proposed by the Traffic Committee is far more expensive than the two
stop signs. So without the County°s veto power in this matter, I
feel it would be unwise for the City to place stop signs at this
location.
Councilman Nichols: A general observation only. I concur
in the portion of the recommendation which
suggests the updating of the identity of
the crosswalk. I would like to add a thought for the benefit of staff
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CITY !IANAGER: Traffic Committee Report - Cont°d.
based on my observations of some crosswalks wherV this updating has
oecurred. Buttons have been installed and it has always been my
impression that the buttons have been placed'on the street so that
the wheels of vehicles will tend to come in contact with them and
provide an assistance to the motor vehicle operator in recognizing
a.crosswalk. If that is erroneous, I would stand to be corrected.
But I note in my travelling on roadways where buttons are placed)
th4py do not particularly add identity but they do add recognition.
One of the problems we have on these highly used crosswalks is that
the motorist is simply not conscious of the fact he is crossing
an area of intensive pedestrian use. I would suggest that the thought
be given to place additional buttons as might cause the average
vehicle crossing that area to r�ome in contact with those buttons.
If they have not recognized the crosswalk at that timelthey will likely
do so in the future. The vast majority of our internal city traffic
patterns are created by repeat vehicles. I note that the buttons
they have been placing on a number of crosswalks to create higher
identity are placed in such a fashion that a vehicle would have to
work against the average in order to contact the buttons. I feel
this is a very helpful thing, if placed properly, and will cause
people in that area to come to recognize those crosswalks for what
they are, but I feel it could be helped more by a greater intensity
of buttons along the line of the crosswalk.
Motion carried.
Mayor Chappell: One further comment while on this subject.
In my travels through the City I note
some of the ;crosswalks are very hard to
see, probably due to the fact they are wearing out. Especially along
Azusa south of Cameron, there are two crosswalks there that I see
people time and time again driving through and I.think it is because
they can't see them. A lot of these are beginning to show wear and
are hard to see.
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Zimmerman, will you make a note to
notify Mr, Wolff.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Nichols and
carried, to accept the Traffic Committee's recommendations.
RESOLUTION FOR Mr. Aiassa: We have had a death,
JAMES BRIGHAM one of our City
employees who was with
us since 1958. I think it would be appropriate that we give a
Resolution in memory and I further would.recommend that we adjourn
the meeting in memory of James Brigham.
So moved by Councilman Lloyd, seconded..
by Councilman Young.
Councilman Shearer: A question, Mr. Mayor. :I feel like
Simon Legr_ee® however)we have tonight
acted previously on a Resolution to
this deceased employee under the Recreation and Parks Commission,
to be perma plaqued and now we as the Council are redoing this.
• Mr. Aiassa: This will be the same Resolution. You are
just accepting the Resolution of the
Recreation and Parks, Commission.
Councilman Shearer: Not the way I read it and it is not the
money involved, but the idea of giving
two perma-plaqued resolutions from the
City.
Councilman Lloyd: I concur with Councilman Shearer. There
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CITY MANAGER: Resolution for James Brigham
Page Ten
is no point in giving two resolutions. Mr. Aiassa" who can give
resolutions?
Mr. Aiassa:
I believe the City Council. Mr. Wakefield?
Mr. Wakefield: Yes" the City Council has the authority to
authorize and adopt the Resolutions of the
City. Various Boards and Commissions of
the City could adopt resolutions honoring individual employees however.)
that would simply be the resolution of that individual body and
couldn't be perma plaqued without the express advice of the City
Council.
Councilman Shearer: In reading the minutes of the Recreation
and Parks Commission - and I don't want to
belabor the point" but I hate to see us
giving two resolutions" particularly in the case of a deceased
employee, and in reading the minutes I am sure they intended the
action they took - this is summarized in Item 3 - was to be a
resolution from the Recreation and Parks Commission designed by
the Recreation and Parks Department" perma plaqued and presented at
a Recreation and Parks Commission meeting" of which I personally
have no objection" but I hate to see two identical resolutions being
given to the family of the deceased and I think the City might look
a little further.
Councilman Lloyd: The way I understood it�you cannot have
this because one is a recommending body
and the only body that can make that
issuance is the Council itself. Am I correct" Mr. Wakefield?
Mr. Wakefield: Only the City Council has the authority to
adopt resolutions in the name of the City.
If there is a title of a Resolution on
your agenda and appropriately the City Council would adopt the
resolution and take such further action as it would deem.appropriateo
however individual Board or Commissions of the City could adopt a
resolution expressing appreciation of that body for the services of a
particular employee who may have worked in the Department in which
that Board or Commission is concerned. It would simply be the
resolution of that Board o:r Commission and.not the resolution of the
City Council.
Councilman Young: May I suggest/Mr.. Mayor" that item H-3
be adopted and that we then adopt a further
motion to the effect that this item
supercedes the action of the Recreation and Parks Commission. That
should solve the problem. I think it would be appropriate then to be
worked out by staff with Mrs. Plesko for the Recreation and Parks
Commission to make the presentation on behalf of the City Council.
Councilman Shearer: I think that is the preferable solution
to a rather unfortunate situation.
I think the Recreation and Parks Commission
should have this explained to them" the action we took and why we
took it and that we were not trying to upstage them or interfere with
any action by them in their expression of appreciation .
Mr. Aiassa: If this man had not been such a long time
employee/we probably would not have had
this duplication. Normally" and I would like to recommend to Council
as your City .Manager and Personnel Officer" that the Commissions give
a letter to whoever is retiring or deceased acknowledging their
services in that particular Department and only the City Council give
resolutions. The employee is hired and fired by the City Council
through the City Manager and not by the Recreation and Parks
Commission" or any of the other Commissions or Boards. I think you are
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CITY MGR: Resolution for James Brigham
Motion carried in favor of a Resolution.
RESOLUTION NO. 4468 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED CITY OF WEST COVINA EXPRESSING ITS
APPRECIATION FOR THE SERVICES OF
JAMES BRIGHAM TO THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND
• EXTENDING SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY.'
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and carried,
to waive further reading of the body of said resolution,
Motion by.Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Lloyd, to adopt
said resolution. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Councilmen Shearer, Nichols, Young, Lloyd, Chappell
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Shearer, that said
resolution be perma plaqued. Motion carried on roll call vote as
follows:
AYES: Councilmen Shearer, Nichols, Young, Lloyd, Chappell
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Lloyd, that this
action on Resolution No. 4468 supercede the action of the
Recreation and Parks Commission and further that the presentation
be arranged with the Recreation and Parks Commission. Motion
carried.
Mr. Aiassa:.
versus Council, but tell
five Commissioners.
Councilman Lloyd:
If Council -has no objections I would like
to advise the Commissions that we should
not go into resolutions by Commissions
them just to send a letter, signed by the
I so move
Councilman Young: I will second it to get it on the floor.
Why do we have to go to all that trouble?
Idon't think there is any great faux pas
established here, I don't see any reason to curtail the desire of'the
Commission. We have the review anyhow.
Mr. Aiassa: The only advantage is I am afraid that
sometimes the damage is done by a
Commission meaning well and it sometimes
causes a conflict.
Councilman Young:
I don't see that that is present here.
Mr. Aiassa: I believe they adopted the resolution and
it could have been perma plaquedo
Councilman Young: Supposing it didn't come before the City
Council we would have approved and reviewed
their action, which we did, not realizing
. that- it would be on the agenda further down, which it was and so we
corrected the situation. Why do we have to consider that a whole
pronouncement of policy? It could well have been that this further
recommendation would not have been made.
Mr. Aiassa: Well the only thing is)as I look at it, is
it will save us a lot of paperwork. The
Commissions will be advised by their staff liaison that this is what
is followed and it will save us a lot of paperwork. It simplifies it
for the administration.
Motion carried.
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CITY MANAG:ER _ Cont °do
..PARKING SUB -LEASE WITH Mr. Aiassa:
LO.S ANGELES COUNTY
We have some technicalities that will have to
counsellor's office.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Page Twelve
We are asking that this
be held over to
the.meeting of .November 80
be cle.are,d with the County -
Alexander Pacifico Gentlemen, I would like to reopen the dis-
3227 QuinnellDrive cussion on the four-way stop sign at
West Covina Sentous and Hollingworth. I would like to
ask the members of the Council a question.
First of all, are you aware because of the crowded school conditions
that many children that should be attending the Hollingworth School
are now going to Rincon? And this will probably continue because the
bond was denied and it appears there will be double sessions and
thereby more children using this crossing.
I am sure you have all been there, however
there is a considerable amount of building going on in that area.
Especially on the west side of Sentous. While I am not completely
familiar with the school system set-up)I am convinced there will be
students from the west side of Sentous crossing to the east side
to,go to Hollingworth where they have the primary grades and there
will be those crossing to go to Rincon. I would also like to pose
this question to you - gentlemen. You made mention of the.-f-act
that_West Covina could not put up signs in County territory. Is it
possible however to receive permission from the County to put up the
signs at the City of West Covina°s expense? I believe there are two
different questions here. One is arbitrarily stepping on the
County°s toes and the other is receiving permission. I -don't believe
we are really talking about the dollars and cents in this case.
Also in the report, the one put out by the
Traffic Committee, I believe you have two letters. One from the
principal of Rincon and one from the principal of Hollingworth, who
both recommend the action that w.e,as parents".request of the City
Council. I would like to reiterate the last time this came up I
made a point of statistics and I have a copy of the Traffic Committee
report and I realize we don't meet the statistics that is called for
to put up a stop sign. I believe we are supposed to have at lea.st
3 children killed before we get a stop sign. I don't believe in
statistics, in that regard. I believe we have a situation; the
situation is unhealthy and somebody must do something about .it. We,
as.pare.nts, have been doing what we think .is right and unfortunately
I just.can°t go along with the statistics as we have them. What
we.are.saying is that we must have so many people killed in order to
get.stop signs or so many nonfatal accidents before we get a stop
sigria and I just can't buy this type of reasoning. If you think
about it, I don't think you can buy it either. I would like to have
you. reopen this thing and rediscuss it, if necessary,put .it back
to \the Traffic,Committee, but we as parents are rather adamant in. our
request and we feel that something should be done other than putting
the white or yellow stripes down the line. We think that stop signs
may, m May - prevent another accident like that and as, long as it
may andthe.possibility exists, we think it should be done, It is
easy.to. sit back and discuss it,but it is hard to look at the body of
a dead child and say well maybe we should have done it and didn't.
I'would appreciate it if you would reconsider it. Legally I don't
know. where we stand,but morally I think we are obliged to do something
about it.
Evelyn G.,:.Gut ie.rrez. I don't know if you are familiar or have
3"7.40.:2orga.nfield Avenue been to the corner of Hollingworth and
Ga.la.xie Tract Sentous in person to know this, but there is
a blind spot here and the crosswalk is back
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'ORAE COMMUNICATIONS m Cont°d.
,Page Thirteen
here. To stop your car you stop behind the crosswalk and you still
have. to. ooze out on Sentous to see the oncoming traffic. There is
no police report that these kids actually went through that stop
sign. In my opinion they did stop behind the line and then oozed out
onto Sentous and that is where they got hit. Because I,myself/have
never received a traffic ticket but I got one there because I,,
16 according to the policeman�didn.°t stop behind the white line. It is,
impossible to stop behind the white line and see the traffic on
Sentous and that is the main reason we need a stop sign there .is
because of that blind hill. It is not a street where you can see
the oncoming traffic. Thank you.
Pat Mead Gentlemen, I have talked to Mr. Zimmerman
3833 Nearport on the phone and to several of you on the
Galaxie Tract phone about this because my concern. is very
deep. I took a conclusion from talking to
one man that the matter was closed before we opened it. That
possibly a crossing guard might be a good. idea or painting the
white lines - is true because the white lines are not very visible.
Are you aware, gentlemen, that .in our Galaxie Tract there are 597
homes? And in the Sunshine Tract 300 more homes? All these children
cross that street. We have Hollingworth, Rincon and Nogales High
School so that is a busy corner. And if you are there at 7.1.5 in the
morning you can see :for you,rsel.f . how busy it is. Now if any of you
have teenagers that drive that is a fantastic street for dragging.
Believe me! We need a stop sign there.
I believe if a stop sign had been there
this boy would be alive now3 because this poor boy.that killed the
child on the bike feels terrible. He didn't seethe child He was
only going 30 miles an hour. If he had to stop/it would have been
avoided. If the bus with the retarded children had to stops.i.t would
have been avoided. It turned over, 10 children were sent to the
hospital.. It could have been avoided if there had been a stop sign
there because the bus would have had to stop and then proceed. I
don't know if you have been down there, I know when you are called
and asked to attend a meeting at Hollingworth School, several of
you said - where is Hollingworth School.
Now we voted you in and I would like to
see you come down there someday. I will greet you and let's take a
good look at it before we vote it down because this is a necessity.
Also we have three more tracts going in and ,foundations have .been
laid for them. We have kindergarten children crossing that street to
go to Hollingworth, that we never had before. We now have sixth.
graders going to R.incon that never went there before. Yes, children
do funny things: they walk in front of cars o they play around, etc.,
but we are talking about lives. Please call me and I will go down
and we will observe it together. You are our councilmen. We voted
you in and we would like to see you more. Thank you.
Don Mead I don't know what your traffic survey
3803 Nearpoint report said, so I would appreciate
Galaxie Tract receiving a copy of .it so I might :read it.
We feel very strongly about this stop -sign.
In this particular area the road runs without a traffic stop sign.
from Puente Road to Valley Boulevard. In the same identical tract
just two blocks east where Morganfield runs from Valley Boulevard to
Forcastle there is one stop at Hollingworth and Morganfi.eldo I.
can't see why there should be a stop sign at that .intersection and
not at the other. I would appreciate a review of this. I know from
my experience c,,.in'.A, County and City Government that coordination
can be had,bet�aeen County and City agencies and this has been. brought
to your attention and it is my feeling that you people are there to
represent us, We feel we are an adequate proportion of people and
should have that consideration and we would appreciate your re-
considering the matter.
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS .- Con.t°d,
.Page .Fourteen
Councilman Nichols: Mr. Mayor, the respondents under Oral
Communications have asked that this item
be reopened,, I would move that this item
be reopened for further discussion at this time.
. Seconded .by Councilman Lloyd and carried.
Councilman Nichols-. I am .impressed by a couple of points that
have :been made by the people present
which were not clearly explained to my
satisfaction in the presentation of the Traffic Committee .report.
Let me say that I am familiar with the
neighborhood and the Tract and I was on the Council when we did
have a meeting at Hollingworth School and we all knew how to get
there but none of you came - it was very lonely. I understand sort
of the feeling of orphanage that you express and convey. I
appreciate that. How much we can do to counter that I don't know,
but we should. We do have your concern.
One of -the points .made .seemed to be .in
direct contradiction to the recomm.endat.icn in the report. The
condition of warrant states in Item 4 that in the opinion of the
Traffic Authority adverse physical conditions of which poor sight
is one listed and the report indicates this is not met, yet in
testimony of the citi.zenryf indications are that there is a sight
distance problem very definitely at that intersection, So I think
without belaboring the matter we have an element of opinion in
testimony that is directly contradictory to the report. So for that
reason I feel this should be referred. back to the Traffic Committee
for a further investigation.
Although I am familiar with the area and
I have driven in the area many times, just as you probably cannot
tell me a certain fact at this very hour, I cannot tell you that I
have a clear visual,impression of that intersection and therefore I
cannot have in truth the feeling that you have, so I intend to
refresh my memory of the intersection and I would. like to see
further evaluation by staff in terms of the sight distance problem.
.For that reason, I would offer a motion
to get it on the floor to bring this matter back and refer it back
to the Traffic Committee.
Seconded by Councilman Lloyd,
Councilman Young: Mr. Mayor, a. question. The pedestrian
volume warrant on ,Page 3 (a) of the
report - and :i,:nc.identally/ M.ro Mead I will
be happy to let you have my report whets we are through discussing
tonight - these are average figures, is that over a 24 'hour period
or what period, Mr. Zimmerman?
Mr. Zimmerman: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, there is
an 8 hour .restriction as the timing
during which, this particular average
occurred. The daytime is the heaviest travel, time in the area.
Councilman Young: And you average that out over the 8
hours, so then you may have school,
children and volumes of traffic
coinciding or you may not, because the average doesn't tell us a lot?
Mr. Zimmerman.- That is correct.
Councilman Young-. Is that a machine count or what?
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ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - Cont°d
Page .Fifteen
Mr. Zimmerman: The automobiles are counted by machine-,
however the children are handcountedo
Councilman Young: I am still going to continue my lobbying
for the automatic mechanical crossing -
guard, the kind where you press the
button and the lights turn redo Based on a. recent bid we established
for the Fire Station/something like that could be installed in the
neighborhood of four or five thousand dollars and would quickly
pay for itself in savings on crossing guards in a lot of locations
and would upgrade over a period of time many locations where we have
this type of problem. Where I have seen it, it is very effective
and I think we should give that serious consideration as a capital
outlay item. I am sure it will pay for itself.
Councilman Lloyd. I happen to be fundamentally for kind of
relieving the pressure situation on
parents having children going to school
and at a crossing area if a light or stop sign is indicated that it
will make them feel better,I think we ought to do it automatically.
I know that Mr. Shearer has expressed himself and would probably dis-
agree with that and perhaps with good professional reason. I may
demonstrate my lay approach to the whole thing-, however, I would
remind these people something that ought to be brought before many
people making a presentation to this Council. I would remind you
that we)too/ are parents and that we sit up here and listen to the
cries and pleas of the people that come forward to make a presenta-
tion, We are very mindful of your area, as we are of all areas in the
City. I,too., have been down there on a City Council meeting and as
Councilman Nichols indicated, it - wasp ° t -exactl.y-i:�41dly attended. I
would remind you in making a presentation to this body that we are
very strongly interested in the safety of children. There was no
presentation specifically that I remember tonight, but I am .really
tired of being admonished on the fact that if a child is killed,.it
is my f aulto I do the best I can. I approach the City Manager and
find out do we have money for whatever it may be and if there are
no more funds in the coffers then the answer is simply - we are
going to raise taxes, If that is what the majority of the people
want, which again is fine with me, I am not going to equate taxes
with the life of a child, but I think this body pays very close
attention to what is going on, We are really very receptive to
anyone who wishes to make communication with us and the only thing
I am saying is that I am speaking on a policy or philosophy area and
not to this particular situation. I have already indicated by my
second to the motion that I approve sending this back to the
Traffic Committee and I hope sincerely the Traffic Committee finds
the possibility of putting in a stop sign, as you people seek.
Councilman Young: One further point. I think irrespective
of any further findings that the Traffic
Committee might make, that it would be a
good idea to go ahead with the upgrading recommended. There are
quite a few of these rather dramatic crosswalks around and they do
arrest your attention as you drive down the street. They have them
at West Covina High School and at Cameron School. I think that
should be done. That certainly would not detract from any further
• efforts made in the area to satisfy the needso
Mayor Chappell., That is a very good point. After'we vote
on this motion, that recommendation would
be in order.
Motion carried.
Motion by Councilman Young, that the immediate recommendation of the
Traffic Committee with respect to the Sentous - Hollingworth inter-
section be carried out as rapidly as possible. Seconded by Council-
man Lloyd and carried.
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ORAL-' COMMUNICATIONS G Cont°d.
Charles L. Wheeler Last year we submitted a request to
850 W. Mission solicit funds in your City for the
Ontario American :Indian Institute which is a
• American Indian Institute school for all American Indian
children, I understand last year it
was turned down on the grounds there was a lack of information and a
lack of tangible evidence that there was a school in e.ckistence at
all. I have been in contact with. Mr. Nammar for the past 3 months
giving him new information. We opened as of September 15th this year.
We have 22 students attending at present and have 31 registered.
We hope by the end of the Christmas vacation we will receive the
rest of the students. We received communications from some of the
families stating their children could not attend because they didn't
have clothes to go there and we wrote back promptly and told them
to come anyway that we do have a source of getting clothing for them.
I actually came here not prepared
to speak. I talked to Mr. Nammar earlier this month and he told me
to give him the information and staff would review and bring it up
to Council, So I don't want a B9aye" or 0enay" until, you do have the
full information that I have given to Mr. Nammar. I would like to
stress that the operation of the school depends solely on the
contributions from the public. We have conducted Feather Drives
in your neighboring cities, La Habra, Anaheim,, Fullerton, Pasadena,
etc., where the American Indian in native costume solicits with
the feathers. This is where the funds come from for our school.
I have requested permission to be in your City from November 15th
through December 31ste I had hoped to have this before you atyour
last meeting but there was a breakdown in correspondence and we
didn't get on the last agenda.
Mayor Chappell: We have taken this and referred it to
staff so the best thing to do is continue
to coordinate with staff and they will. in
turn study it and bring it back to us with a recommendation, if
possible at our next meeting.
Mr. Wheeler: Thank you, it will be greatly appreciated.
Councilman Young: Mr Mayor m a question of Mr. Wheeler.
Has this school materially changed or
accelerated its operation in the past
12 months?
Mr. Wheeler: It has been going through a change for the
last five years. The last two years have
been the biggest boon, 'My mother,
Mrs. Wheeler, came up with the bright idea of utilizing the
American Indian in their native costumes and these kids that come
off the reservation and solicit funds it gives them a chance for
employment which otherwise they would not have. We have taken them
on tours across the United States. The biggest improvements have
been in the .last fifteen months on the property. Outside appearance.
There was a great indebtedness on the property to begin with and
some people don't understand how great of a deal it is to grab on
to something and try and get it out of debt and then proceed by
opening the school. We have given it an honest effort and opened
the school by the grace of God and we want to keep it open and see
the student attendance grow.
Councilman Young: Thank you, Mr. Wheeler.
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.Page Seventeen
Mr. Mead: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, I want
to express our gratitude to you for your
consideration. We know that you don't
get extremely high pay as Councilmen and we understand that you all
have other -businesses and endeavors and that you do give time to the
• City, and we want you to know that we appreciate your decision to
reopen this matter and give it further consideration. We thank you
very much.
Councilman Nichols: That was a very generous thing to say,
we hear it so rarely.
Mayor Chappell. Yes)indeedo Thank you.
MAYOR ° S REPORTS
PROCLAMATION Mayor Chappell: I have been asked to
proclaim B°CATHY" Week,
November 1 m 5, 1971,
If there are no objections by Council., I will so proclaim. (.No
objections.)
COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
Councilman Shearer: During our recent budget discussions we
talked about a bond election for park
improvements. We discussed the
continuation of the 10(,' property tax which was discontinued and at
that time I made the statement that I .felt park improvements should
be made through a bond issue. We have an election coming up in
April and nothing has been said since August on this matter. If
we are interested in a bond issue to be put on the April ballot,
I would suggest that staff work with the .Recreation and Parks
Commission to prepare a list of projects they feel are needed in
this City and as soon thereafter as possible that a joint meeting
be arranged with the Commission'to discuss the feasibility and
practic bility of a bond issue for park improvements.
Councilman .Nichols: I will second that motion, Mr. Mayor.
Councilman Lloyd. I don't know that I .fully understood
your motion.. One was that you wanted a
bond issue on the April ballot and the
other part was that you wanted. a meeting with. the Recreation and
Parks Commission. Is that correct?
Councilman Shearer. Yes.
Councilman Lloyd: You may call for s, meeting anytime you
would like to meet with a Board or
Commission, I don't believe it requires
a formal motion.
Councilman Shearer. Yes, I realize that but I don't want to
sit at a meeting and ask them about
things and they say we don't know, I
wanted them to work up somethingfirstsuch as is a swimming pool
a priority item, a recreation building or whatever.
Councilman Lloyd:
Okay. You just picked up my vote on it.
Councilman Young: I am with Mr. Shearer all the way on the
motion. made. I also know there is
interest in other areas such as a civic
auditorium and the like. I suppose it would be far too short of a
time to reactivate all the Blue Ribbon Committee reports - although
I do feel we should have a fresh study of goals in the area of
capital outlay improvements - but I will certainly support this motion.
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CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS
Motion carried.
Councilman Lloyd: There seems to be a great deal of
discussion about some proposed
• suggestion that we take some posture with
regards to a certain plan regarding a merger of cities. It comes as
no shock, I am sure, to all of you that I have proposed such a thing.
To carry it one step further /I noted with a certain amount of
consternation that a member or members of the City Council of Covina,
quote: °"I had no support from my own Council in suggesting this study'
And I remembered the 5-0 vote of last year which ,.in essence) said
if the Council in Covina were interested in any discussion that we
would be more than willing to discuss. I am prepared then to place
another motion before this Council, notwithstanding the many comments
made by other people and certainly by the Covina Council, about
West Covina. But I am trying to take it out of any personalities
or comments towards the City of West Covina, which I think has acted
in good faith and I would like to add, Mr. City Manager, that I
really don't �elieve deep in my heart that we are in financial
trouble. I think we are in very good shape and someone has failed
to recognize the very capable presentation in our redevelopment
situation.
I move that the West Covina Council will
consider any study plan that is reasonable in conjun<ction. with the
City Council of Covina regarding any merger of any facilities at
anytime. And that includes Fire, Police, Recreation and .Parks,
total cities, whatever they would like to discuss, I recognize we
cannot go on our own because it takes two to tango®
Seconded by Councilman Young.
Councilman Nichols: I had forgotten that it was as recent as
a year ago or a year and a half ago, bu t
at least, it was sometime during your
term of office Councilman Lloyd, that the motion was made and
adopted unanimously that the West Covina Council wanted to indicate
to the Covina Council that the West Covina Council would be receptive
to the investigation into the feasibility of merging the two cities.
I had sort of 'just been sitting out Councilman Lloyd's recent
intercessions in this area, but I have my own dander up a bit when
the Covina Council indicates that West Covina°s Council has never
shown any interest in this area. I recognize that when "big
brother" attempts to show an interest in this/there is always
this robbing the cradle type of attitude expressed or that you must
be interested only because you will gain by it and the City will
gain by it. I think that every City Council should always be
interested in anything that might result in greater efficiency and
less cost to the taxpayers. I am not at all sure just how deep an
investigation might go 'in this area, or what facilities might be
reached. Maybe it is one street sweeper or maybe it is two cities,
I don't know that. But I think West Covina should always stand
ready to talk about this typ✓of thing® So I firmly support and
advocate the concept that continued dialogue occur between our
communities towards the goal that any type of joint sharing of
• facilities or equipment might occur. So'I would third the motion
and simply say we stand ready to discuss at any level, at any depth,
depending on the feelings of the Council of Covina. If they are
not interested then they should say so, but I don't particularly
appreciate their response being "well nobody else is interested.",
I have always been interested .in this possibility for the 8 years
I have been on Council and continue to be interested in it.
What the feasibilities are or the depth might be, I don't know.
But I think this Council should continue to say we are receptive
to discussing and researching and studying these matters in these
areas at a.ny'time.
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COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS - Cont°d.
Councilman Young: We might say�for example, a good
counter-measure to the temptation to
place our Public Safety under the County
might be the combination of the Fire and Police Departments of the
two cities, which would have nothing to do with the tax base or
interference of the tax base but might well result in greater
• efficiency and continued home rule in these vital areas. Just a
thought.
Mayor Chappell: Of course)we are all aware that there are
a number of areas that we do work very
closely with Covina in exchange of
equipment and things of that nature. So it is not something new
being presented at this time, but something that has been going on
prior to the time I came on Council. We did have a motion a year
and a half ago and I don't believe our position has changed, at
least it hasn't changed from where I sit, and that motion is just
being reiterated at this time. I think it should be mentioned
though that we have been working with them on joint ventures,
and it is not just something brand new and out of the blue.
Motion carried. All voting in favor.
Councilman Young: Mr. Mayor, two things. Did we bury the
honor for the Methodist Youth
Organization and forget it?
Mr. Aiassa: No, it -is coming.
Councilman Young: I get edgy about these things. And the
other thing is that I have given the
City Attorney a suggested amendment
to the Municipal Code in furtherance of a drastic change in
Council procedure which would save us at least 42 seconds at each
meeting. I suggested we change the Municipal Code to have the
City Clerk note attendance rather than call roll at the beginning
of each meeting.
Mayor Chappell: Last Saturday I represented the Council
for the banquet of the World°s
Championship American Legion Team and.in
keeping with Council instructions presented them with a plaque
with the appropriate engraving. It was very well received and the
boys were very happy to receive the plaques because it is something
they can keep. A jacket would wear out in time and this will, not
wear out. Also,I would remind you the Chamber of Commerce is
conducting a banquet this Saturday night and Will -be'',
making some presentations. It would be nice for as many of the
Council and staff to turn out as is possible.
DEMANDS Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by
Councilman Shearer, to,approve .Demands
totalling $471,127.10 as listed on Demand
Sheets B503 through B506, total including two payroll periods.
Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Councilmen Shearer, Nichols, Young, Lloyd, Chappell
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ADJOURNMENT
ATTEST:
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman
Young and carried, to adjourn meeting at 9:04 P.M.
in memory of James Brigham, a deceased employee.
APPROVED:
MAYOR
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