12-11-1972 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
DECEMBER 11, 1972
The regular meeting of the City Council was called to order at 7:30 P.M.,,
in the West Covina Council Chambers by Mayor Robert Young. The Pledge
of Allegiance was recited; and the Reverend John L. Reid, Jr., of the
Community Presbyterian Church gave the invocation.
• ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Young; Councilmen: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd,
Chappell
Others Present: George Aiassa, City Manager
George Wakefield,.City Attorney
Lela Preston, City Clerk
Leonard Eliot, Controller
Richard Munsell, Planning Director
George Zimmerman, Public Service Director
John Lippitt, Acting City Engineer
Bert Yamasaki, Acting Planning Director
Gary Duvall, Administrative Assistant
Jeff Butzlaff, Administrative Analyst, Jr.
Tom Mayer, President - W.C.C.E.A.
APPROVAL. OF MINUTES
September. 25, 1972 Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by
November 13, 1972 Councilman Lloyd, to approve minutes.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, on the minutes of November 13, Page 39,
I believe, whether I said it or not, it is in-
correct, a statement typed says "I will hold my
questions to the preceding meeting", which should be"succeeding meeting".
Mayor Young: Is there any further discussion? The motion
comprehends minutes as corrected, I a.m sure.
Motion carried.
CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Young explained the procedure of the Consent Calendar items and
asked if there were any comments on the following items:
1. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
a) CITY OF LA PUENTE Notice of Public Hearing before Planning
Commission on December 18, 1972, re
Case Nos. EIR-17, ZC-199 and PM-3520,
located in the vicinity of California,
and Francisquito Avenues. (Refer to
City Manager's Agenda Item.# )
(Refer to discussion on Pages 3 and 36)
b) LOCAL AGENCY FORMA® Notices of Public Hearing on December 27,
a TION COMMISSION 1972, re City of Covina"s
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Southerly Annexation District 57 and Southerly
Annexation District 55. (Refer to staff for
direct action on December 26, 1972)
c) MRS . HERBERT WITTENBERG
d) GEORGE R. REILLY
CHAIRMAN
e) CALIFORNIA LEAGUE OF
CITY EMPLOYEESASSOC.,
f) CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
g) SISTERS OF IMMACULATE
HEART OF MARY
2. PLANNING COMMISSION
Urging support of West Covina Symphony
Orchestra and requesting consideration
of possible alternatives to fund
orchestra. (Receive and refer to Recreation
PageP��.andC� mission.-kRefer.:'.to.discussion on
Assessment Equalization & Standards
Committee, State Board of Equaliza-
tion re 13 point tax reform program.
(Receive and file)
Re legal opinion of Edward Faunce,
CLOCEA Counsel, concerning Board of
DirectorsImeetings on City time, and
suggestion that a third legal opinion
be obtained. (Refer to ity Attorney)(Refer
to discussion on Page 4�
Re effective date of implementation of
Proposed Parking and Business Improve-
ment Act of 1965. (Refer to City
Attorney's Agenda Item #E-1)
Request withdrawal of appeal re UUP
175 and PM 2675. (Refer to Hearings
Agenda Item #B-3)
a) SUMMARY OF ACTION December 6, 1972... (Accept and file)
(1) ZONE CHANGE APPLICATION Set for Hearing on Tuesday, December
NO. 478 - CITY INITIATED 26 1972. (Inform tional) (Refer' to disc:.
cuss ion on Page 4) .
3. RECREATION & PARKS COMMISSION
a) SUMMARY OF ACTION
�1) REFER TO CITY MANAGER's
4. PERSONNEL BOARD
a) MINUTES
b) REFER TO CITY MANAGER'S
November 28, 1972. (Accept and file)
Agenda Item #G-2 for Action Item.
October 3, 1972 meeting. (Receive and
file)
Agenda Items #G-4, G-5, and G-6 for
Action Items from December 5, 1972 .
meeting.
5. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
a") SUMMARY OF ACTION November 30, 1972. (Receive and file)
(December 28th meeting postponed to
January 4, 1973) (Refer to discussion on
Page 3)
• 6. ACCEPTANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELEASE OF BONDS
a) TRACT NO. 30402 LOCATION: Northwest of Shadow Oak Drive
DONALD L. BREN CO., .and Woodgate Drive. Authorize release
of The American Insurance Company Bond
No. 7105841 in the amount of $890.
Monuments in place. (Staff recommends
release of Bond)
b) PROJECT NO. SP-73002 LOCATION: Aroma Drive, easterly of
BRUTOCO ENGINEERING" Azusa Avenue.
& CONSTRUCTION, INC. Accept Street improvements and
authorize release of cash deposit in
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c) TRACT NO..29.126
BRUTOCO DEVELOPMENT CO.
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the amount of $10,331.70, subject to Notice of Comple-
tion procedure. (Staff recommends acceptance)
LOCATION: Aroma Drive, easterly of Azusa.Avenue.
Review.Engineer's report. Accept street and sewer
improvements and authorize release of Pass Book
Account No. 199-586 in the amount of $75,000 upon
receipt of substitute deposit. (Staff recommends;
acceptance)
Councilman Nichols: Mr. Mayor, I would request that Item 5-a be withdrawn
from the Consent Calendar. That is the minutes of the
Human Relations Commission meeting. I understand the
City.Manager will be calling an Executive Session for personnel matters, and I believe
this would be an appropriate Item that I would expect to discuss with Council at that
time.
Mayor Young: Hearing no objections, Item 5-a will be removed from
the Consent Calendar and deferred until later in the
meeting.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, Item.l-a. The recommendation is that this
be referred to the City Manager's Agenda Item # - and
I don't recall coming across that in the City Manager's
agenda. The recommendation on the Staff Report is that the staff be authorized to
represent the City at the public hearing and my question is with what position? Is
there a further report on this?
Mr. Ai.assa: Yes. Mr. Yamasaki ....
Mr..Yamasaki: Councilman Shearer, we have only had an opportunity
to look at the application rather briefly. It is an
L-shaped rather large parcel, 9 acres plus, located
on the southeast quadrant of California and Franci.squi.to. It does have exposure to
some of our residences on the north side of Francisquito just easterly of. California.
We think it has some influence on us and we are attempting to see the plans at the
La Puente City offices, but have not had an opportunity yet to do so.
Councilman Shearer: My point is the request for authorization to attend
and represent the City, I think if that is the case,
there should be some indication to Council as to what position we are going to take,
Mr. Aiassa: I. was going to discuss this under the City Manager's
agenda.
Councilman Shearer: I didn't notice an item on it but if you are going
to discuss it then I would request that this item be
withheld.
Mayor. Young: Hearing no objections Item 1-a will be deferred to
the City Manager's portion of the agenda.
Councilman Shearer: I have one other item. It seems like I. have a crusade
on one way or the other with the West Covina Symphony
Orchestra, Item 1-c, but I would like to see a copy
•of this letter sent to the Board of Directors because apparently here is a woman that
is interested in becoming a patron. She is requesting that a patron group be formed
and maybe the orchestra would like to inform her that there has been a patron group
• for a number of years. I believe all of the Council members are patrons of the
orchestra. Maybe she would like to join the organization.
Mayor. Young: Yes, we are unanimous in. our patronage.
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Can that be taken care off Mr. Aiassa? A copy of this letter from
Mrs. Wittenberg be forwarded to the President of the Symphony. Is
there anything further?
Councilman Lloyd: Yes, the California League of City
Item 1-e Employee Associations, a letter regarding
0 a legal opinion. All of a sudden it is
suggested that a third legal opinion be obtained. I certainly, and
• in all due deference to you, Mr. Mayor, believe that attorneys
should be paid but how many legal opinions are we going to need on
this thing?
Mayor Young: Could I just give you one now? This is
for free. I think this letter will be
very well handled in the hands of
Mr. Wakefield and his staff. That is my opinion.
Councilman Lloyd: I just wonder if we are really playing a
game here.
Mayor Young: I think we should go along with the
recommendation as of the moment and see
what Mr. Wakefield comes back with.
Councilman Lloyd: I accept that opinion.
Mayor Young: The letter of Mr. Faunce is obviously
a gross distortion of what Mr. Wakefield
said earlier in the letter of May 16, but
perhaps some further review will give us something at our next meet-
ing.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd that.Consent Calendar Items 1 through 6
with the exclusion of Items 1-a, 1-c, and 5-a be approved. Seconded
by Councilman Chappell and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, Item 2, under the Planning
Commission, Zone Change Application 478,there is
also the Unclassified Use Permit. Dues the
Council want._.:'. that to be called up at the same time that you are
hearing the zone change.
Councilman Lloyd: And what did you recommend?
Mr. Aiassa: We only recommended on the Zone Change
and it is the prerogative of the Council
to call up the Unclassified Use Permit.
Councilman Lloyd: I understand that but you made a
recommendation....
Mr. Aiassa: The- zone:.chauge._.has�i..tg,.:.�:ome before the
Council but the Unclassified Use Permit
does not.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Mayor Young and carried,
to call up Unclassified Use Permit No. 133, Revision No. 1.
RESOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTION
RESOLUTION NO. 4661
ADOPTED
The City Attorney presented:
"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DESIGNATING
TAXATION DISTRICTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
1973-74. "
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RESOLUTIONS FOR ADOPTION - Cont'd.
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RESOLUTION NO. 4662
The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED
"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA DESCRIBING A CERTAIN
PORTION OF THE CONSOLIDATED COUNTY FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT WHICH HAS BEEN INCLUDED
'
WITHIN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA AND DECLARING
THE SAME WITHDRAWN FROM SAID DISTRICT."
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(Locations: MB Relocation No. 1968®1
(LaPuente Road) MB Relocations No. 1970-1
(Orange Avenue); Southerly Annexation
No. 216 (south side of Francisquito W/O
Azusa Avenue)
RESOLUTION NO. 4663
"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED
CITY OF WEST COVINA APPROVING AMENDMENT
NO. IV TO THE GENERAL LAW."
RESOLUTION NO. 4664
"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED
CITY OF WEST COVINA APPOINTING JAMES ABBOTT
TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION.11
RESOLUTION NO. 4665
"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED
CITY OF WEST COVINA APPOINTING DAVID
ABRAMIS TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION."
RESOLUTION NO. 4666
"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED
CITY OF WEST COVINA APPOINTING LYNN GILES
TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION."
RESOLUTION NO. 4667
"A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED
CITY OF WEST COVINA APPOINTING LISA KRISTAL
TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION."
RESOLUTION NO. 4668 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED CITY OF WEST COVINA REAPPOINTING
KENNETH STOKES TO THE YOUTH ADVISORY
COMMISSION."
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to waive further reading of the hbdve Resolutions.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Chappell, to adopt
said Resolutions. Motion, carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
GENERAL AGENDA ITEMS: PUBLIC WORKS
TRACT NO. 19665 LOCATION: Easterly terminus of Sunset Hill
OPENING OF 1 FOOT LOT Drive between Barranca and Charvers Avenue.
AND APPROVING FINAL (Council reviewed Engineer's Report.)
MAP
MARGARET HILL
RESOLUTION NO. 4669 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA DEDICATING CERTAIN
CITY OWNED PROPERTY TO PUBLIC STREET PUR-
POSES TO BE KNOWN AS SUNSET HILL DRIVE AND
ACCEPTING SAME AS A PUBLIC STREET AND
DIRECTING THE RECOMMENDATION THEREOF."
RESOLUTION NO. 4670 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED CITY OF WEST COVINA APPROVING THE FINAL
SUBDIVISION MAP OF TRACT NO. 19665,
ACCEPTING AN AGREEMENT BY THE .SUBDIVIDER
AND SURETY BONDS TO SECURE THE SAME."
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PUB. WKS.: TRACT NO. 19665 - Cont'd. 12/1.1/72
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and
carried, to waive further reading of said Resolutions.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd, to adopt
said Resolutions. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
• ABSENT: None
CITY OF WEST COVINA (Council reviewed Engineer's report)
WATER DEPARTMENT
RESOLUTION NO. 4671 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA ADOPTING STANDARD
SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARD DRAWINGS FOR
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA WATER DEPARTMENT."
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, what
the Resolution does is to fix standards
and prescribe drawings for those water
facilities constructed either by subdividers or others and become the
property of the City.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to waive further reading of said Resolution.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Mayor Young, to adopt said
Resolution. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
PROJECT NO. SP-73005 LOCATION: Cameron Avenue, Barranca Street
RIGHT-OF-WAY APPRAISAL to Grand Avenue.
(Council reviewed Engineer's report)
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd, to
approve appraisal report submitted by Harrison R. Baker & Associates
and authorize right-of-way negotiations in accordance with this
report; and to authorize payment to Harrison R. Baker & Associates
for professional services in preparation of appraisal report in the
amount of $500. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
PROJECT NO. SP-73003 LOCATION: Sunset Avenue between Cameron
Avenue and San Bernardino Freeway.
(Council reviewdd-c;',:.Engineerr'.s report.)
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Shearer. And
carried, to receive Engineer's report for review and hold over to
meeting of December 26, 1972.
• Mayor Young: It is a little early for hearings so let's
skip on.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, before we skip on, there is an
Item B-3-UUP#175 item on for hearing, Item Ba3,Unclassified
Use Permit No. 175 for a gas station at
Merced and Sunset that the applicant has requested withdrawn:— I
would suggest that we make that announcement if we are going to allow
it to be withdrawn so if there is anyone in the audience that wanted
to talk about it they can go home because the gas station is not
going to be there.
Mayor Young: Would you like to make a motion right_:now that
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this item be withdrawn from the hearing calendar?
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Councilman Shearer: Yes, if we can do it before 8 P.M., and
since he.is withdrawing it completely and
does not intend to build a gas station,do
we have to say "you don't have to"?
. Mr. Wakefield: The purpose of a motion is simply to clear
the agenda so there is a record of
disposition.
Motion by Councilman Shearer to clear the agenda with regard to the
withdrawal of Unclassified Use Permit No. 175 and Parcel Map No. 2675
as requested by the applicant. Seconded by Councilman Nichols and
carried.
CITY ATTORNEY
ORDINANCE NO. 1210 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA ESTABLISHING A BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT AREA TO BE KNOWN AS "BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT AREA OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA",
FIXING THE BOUNDARIES THEREOF, FIXING THE
ADDITIONAL LEVY OF LICENSE TAXES TO BE
IMPOSED ON THE BUSINESSES IN SUCH AREA AND
ADDING CHAPTER 2.5 TO PART-TI OF. -THE WEST.COVINA
NICIPAL CODE ENTITLED "BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and
carried, to waive further reading of said Ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd, to adopt
said Ordinance.
Mayor Young: Is there any discussion? I will simply
reiterate that I intend to vote "no".
Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Lloyd, Chappell
NOES: Nichols, Young
ABSENT: None
Mayor Young: In connection with the Ordinance that has
just been adopted , there was some discussion
of this at the last meeting and I requested
Mr. Wakefield to present an Urgency Ordinance which would in effect
delay the implementation of the Business Improvement Act until July 1,
1973. I have had some conversation with Mrs. Preston and others as to
how the mechanics of this thing would be best and most efficiently
handled. I think you are all aware that the Chamber of Commerce
considered this subject at a recent Board meeting at which I was a
guest and the Chamber is in accord that it would be best to allow a
period of time up until July 1, 1973 to make for adequate planning
so we would be prepared to move smoothly and efficiently ahead with
the program. That is the Chamber°s position. Insofar as the City
•staff's position is concerned from what I have been able to
determine it would be preferable to retain the business: licenses._.
on a calendar year basis rather than place. therk over
to. a fiscal year basis. The Ordinance that Mr. Wakefield prepared
actually sets up the business licenses on a fiscal year basis and
starts everything off fresh in July. I don't think it will be a
great problem to change that.
I would like to suggest that we introduce
an Urgency Ordinance which would make the effective date of "the
Business Improvement Area tax -July 1, 1973 and at that time the
businesses affected be billed for one-half a year, that would be for
the remainder of 1973 and starting in January 1974 the Business
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Improvement Act and the business licenses would all be on a calendar
year basis. I think that would be the most acceptable way to deal
with this issue. The City Clerk has indicated she could insert a
notice in the billing for the licenses going out now advising them
that they could expect an additional billing for the surcharge
effective July 1. So with that in mind I do propose the Urgency
Ordinance which I suggested. I will make a motion to that effect.
• Seconded by Councilman Chappell.
Councilman Chappell: What did you say the purpose was to bill two
one-half years? As I talked to people and
as I looked at it:,it looked like our budget
year and tax time would coincide and it would be less of a problem
to have the effective date as of July 1 rather than each January 1.
You said it would be better to keep it in January, can you elaborate
on that a bit?
Mayor Young: One of the reasons is that the Business -License
itself iS a revenue producing:; ordinance and it
has been something subject to flexibility after
the budget is adopted. We have to adopt the budget and fix the tax
rate and we have almost a 6 month breather to determine whether or not
some adjustment in business licenses is in order. That is one reason.
Mrs. Preston named some others in talking with her about it wh:.-,wh I
frankly don't remember. She has been around a long time so I:`..kccepted
them. Maybe she would like to speak to it.
Mrs. Preston: We had the licenses on a fiscal year prior to
City Clerk 1959.-...At that time some of the merchants preferred
a calendar "year, becausd-' it coiricide,d:wit:h.. their .income tax
year, so we made the big switch .. on January 1, 1959. We billed a
half year from July 1 to December 31, 1958 and then did a ne* 'bil.l.ing
starting, -on a calendar year.
Councilman Chappell: Councilman Nicholsldo you remember that
happening?
Councilman Nichols: In 1959? No, I don't remember that controversy.
Mayor Young: Well/ the City is geared for the calendar year
and the licenses are set up on that basis now
and the businesses are all geared for the
calendar year. Either way we go there is obviously some disruption,
some new procedure involved, but it seems the consensus of staff is
that the balance of least disturbance is preserved by retaining the
business license schedule on the calendar year basis and commence
the surcharge as of July 1 and after that everything goes just like
it did. I don't see that it makes a particular difference one way or
the other and if this is staff's preference,I think we should honor
it.
Councilman Nichols: Would you clarify for me the matter involved in
the sample ordinance prepared at your request?
Its format, as I read it, as an Emergency
Ordinance sets a calendar year program for the business license fee.
Mayor Young: It was set on a fiscal year basis.
Councilman Nichols: Not as I read it. It says "issued for a
period of 6 months from January 1, 1973
to June 30, 1973." So as I understand it
the recommendation is to place the business license ordinance on a
fiscal year basis and from your comments made just now you say it is
better to retain the business license on a calendar year basis. So
if that is the case then the draft of the ordinance does not coincide
with your thinking at this time.
Mayor Young: That is entirely correct.
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Councilman Nichols: So we would not have then an ordinance here
before us in its form that we would be adopting
tonight?
Mayor Young: No® we would have to request a heading of an
' ordinance that would do nothing more than delay
the effective date of the Business Improvement
• Act to,July 1, 1973.
Councilman Nichols: In other words your original thinking was to
move towards a fiscal year basis for the
bus ness:'.license to coincide with the initial
implementation of the surcharge program and because of problems that
have developed in your discussions with staff you feel the same thing
could be achieved by continuing the business.license program on the
annual basis and beginning the surcharge program on a half year basis
effective July 1, 1973, through December 31, 1973, notifying licensees
at this time that in July they will be billed for one half year of the
surcharge program.
Mayor Young: Precisely.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I am still a little confused. The
businessman will send in so much money,. If
the emergency ordinance passes,he will be
billed for one-half year. Now in return I assume he gets back a
little certificate saying this is the permit for a calendar year.
Now what happens in July if the guy throws this little piece of paper
away or whatever is slipped in there and he says now wait a minute
you mailed me back in January my license that says it is good for
a year." Is there going to be some notice on that piece of paper
which says this isn't for a full year?
Mayor Young: The license is for a full year.
Councilman Shearer: Well, that is what bothers me. And he gets it -
are we clear legally when .we come back in July
and say that it was only good for 6 months?
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, the current
proposal as I understand it;by the Mayor, would
mean,that the entire additional levy that is
proposed to be made by the ordinance which has just been adopted Tor': -the
Business Improvement Area would be delayed until July 1 and at that time
the businessman would be obligated to pay the additional levy for
the Business Improvement Area for the balance of the calendar year,
from July 1, to December 31.
To answer Councilman Shearer°s question
specifically, it would be my intention to include in whatever
ordinance you adopt, a provision which specifically recites that
beginning July 1 there will be an additional levy for the Business
Improvement Area as provided for in Ordinance No. 1210. So this
could either be included in the notice that goes out, the billing to
the businessmen, or it could be done separately, but the ordinance
itself would make it clear that the additional levy would be payable
for the second half of the calendar year. for the Business Improvement
Area,Tax>.
• Councilman Shearer: So legally there would be no problem?
Mr. Wakefield: Legally there would be no problem.
Councilman Shearer: If I,as a, businessman forgot all about it
and come July, __I _-get.:.,. -bi11_ fogy° .ainother :_6O;. or
81�V t` a in3nizte, I have apiece
of..paper here that- says -I' -have' �L-1-icense= for %a•=�fQll'"calerdar year of
1973<" he:.would have no grounds other than gust being unhappy?
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Mr. Wakefield: It would be clearly spelled out in the
ordinance which--: would- be:: effe.c;tive. prior to
January 1 .....
Councilman Shearer: I know that, but who reads the ordinance?
Mayor Young: Curiously enough there is a legal maxim
and it is law and there is a handful of people
here right now but every man, woman and child
automatically in the City of West Covina and businessman right now,
is presumed to know that this ordinance we just passed has been
passed.
Councilman Shearer: Well there is only one lawyer up here and I
want to be sure that come July we don't get
flooded here with people saying "hey wait a
minute." Can we put on the license somewhere that this is only
good for one-half year?
Mr. Wakefield: Yes. The business license levy will be good
for the entire year but the license can recite
on its face that beginning July 1 an addi-
tional levy for the support of the Business Improvement Area will be
due and payable at that time.
Councilman Shearer: I would personally like to see something
like that put on it just to forestall this.
Councilman Nichols: I agree. I think it is a valid point. Six
months from now a great many people are going
to have forgotten that they owe something
else and they are going to receive a very substantial bill called a
surcharge and there will be great alarm expressed by many and much
bugging of staff members and calls, and it could be .we.11_. solved
by the simplemethod of a stamp saying "the validity of this license
after, -July 1` .dndw.'_through December 31 will be contingent upon the
payment of a surcharge incorporated in the ordinance." Then it.
is on the face of it and he has it there and he will know that it is
incumbent and he will expect that.
Mayor Young: Do we need a motion on that?
Mr. A.iassao Just direct to the City Attorney that the
license does reflect what was just said.
I think I have to agree with Councilman
Shearer because a lot of the businesses put their license up and
it is an annual license and when our License Inspector goes around
he checks them and from what Mr. Shearer is saying we can put a
sticker on it or something saying that"a surtax is due July 1, 1973
and you will be billed."
Councilman Shearer: I think it should also appear on the bill -
both places.
Mayor Young: JU!§t t.o 1.be1a r a could I suggest that we
enact the Urgency Ordinance which is needed
and then have a further notice as a directive
to provide for these two procedures that you directed, Council-
man Shearer.
• Councilman Nichols: Can the City Attorney incorporate these
changes of text that have been discussed here
and reflect that in the body of the
ordinance without any further problem in the reading of the heading
of it?
Mr. Wakefield.' Yes, I would recommend to you that the
Urgency Ordinance simply be introduced tonight
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and when it comes on your next regular agenda for final adoption you
will have the text before you. The heading of the Ordinance would be:
ORDINANCE "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
INTRODUCTION OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA DEFERRING THE
OPERATIVE DATE OF ORDINANCE NO. 1210 TO
JULY 1, 1973, AND PROVIDING FOR THE PAYMENT OF
• ONE-HALF OF THE ADDITIONAL LEVY FOR THE
SUPPORT OF THE BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREA FOR
THE BALANCE OF THE CALENDAR YEAR BEGINNING
JULY 1, 1973 THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 1973.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Shearer and
carried, to waive further reading of said Ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd, to
introduce said Ordinance.
Councilman Nichols° Mr. Mayor, a comment. I am going to vote with
Council to introduce and support this because
I think it is a step in the right direction, but
I only hope that history will not show that this moved me back into
the column of the original supporters of this issue.
Mayor Young: I think it is clear, Councilman Nichols, and I
am with you.
Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Motion by Councilman Shearer, that the City Clerk be instructed in the
preparation of both the bills and the license certificate itself that
the additional surcharge be well spelled out. Seconded by
Councilman Nichols and carried.
HEARINGS
VARIANCE APPLICATION LOCATION: 301 South Glendora Avenue in the R-C
NO. 688 (Regional -Commercial) Zone.
WICKES FURNITURE REQUEST: Approval of a Variance to allow two
free-standing 72+ or - square foot, double-faced
identification signs for a furniture store now
under construction. Denied by Planning Commission
Resolution No. 2448. Appealed by Applicant November 6, 1972.
Continued from meeting of November 27, 1972, to this date at the request
of the Applicant.
Mr. Yamasaki: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, the Planning
Acting Planning Dir., Commission at its meeting of November 1, 1972,
considered.the Variance application submitted
by Wickes for two detached signs. They were to
be ground mounted signs, 65 square feet in size. (Slides shown of
the location of Wickes Furniture, location of proposed signs at the two
main entranbes,of,::Wicket§. Slide shown of the elevations and where signs
are allowed by the Sign Ordinance. Mr. Yamasaki went to the displayed
elevation map and explained in detail.)
• As I indicated earlier there are two locations
the applicant proposed for the ground mounted signs. (Slide shown
of proposed signs, explained as to materials of signs and locations
again pointed out.) The Planning Commission's finding was that there
were sufficient signs permitted and that the Planning Director is
permitted to grant parking directional signs of adequate size to help
direct the traffic; therefore, they found that the Variance require-
ments were not met and voted denial by a 5 to 0 vote, That was
Planning Commission Resolution No. 2448.
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As indicated in the staff memorandum the
City Attorney advised there are three actions the City Council can
take at this time: 1 ® is to refer the case back to the Planning
Commission with or without review or instructions; 2 - it can uphold
the Planning Commission's denial of a Variance; 3 m the Council can
elect to hold the public hearing and to grant an equal or less than
that sign which was applied for and denied by the Planning Commission.
•That is the staff report and I will await your action as to the
appeal.
Mayor Young: Is it true that the applicant has scaled down
his request at this point? That he is making
less of a request than reviewed by the Planning
Commission?
Mr. Yamasaki:. That is correct. The applicant has approached
the staff on an alternative which would be
a single pole sign located on the corner of
Walnut,Creek Parkway and Glendora. (Slide shown of sign.) Repre-
sentatives of Wickes Company are here tonight to answer any questions
if Council so wishes.
Mayor Young: What is your pleasuresgentlemen?
Councilman Chappell: Mr. Mayor, I being\the":.Council"liaison to the
Planning Commission at the Planning Commission
meeting the time this item was heard, the
Commission went into great detail in the fact that the original
request was for signs that stood on the ground, 7' high #and they
would actually block traffic and it was'the thinking of.the Planning
Commission that this was notoa,.good type of sign at all. Whether
there was a need or no need I don't believe that was the reason
for the 5-0 vote. This is just a personal observation and it might
be considered incorrect if we were to poll all five,. But: looking at
this sign,,it sets on the ground and it is much higher than an
automobile and the two locations, especially the road by -the bank
coming out into Glendora itself, would be a real traffic hazard, and
that was basically the theme the Planning Commission acted on at the
time.
Mayor Young: Would it be your feeling that the Planning
Commission should have another shot at it
with the pole sign which obviously would net
be a traffic hazard then?
Councilman Chappell: I don't know with the type of a busy schedule that
they have - but this Council could hear it
tonight and either pass on it or deny it and
then if they want to come back to the Planning Commission later on
if we were to turn it down to ask for the pole sign - but to just
send it back without any instructions or anything. This was strongly
disapproved and that is what we have before us this evening. We do
have a revised :edit_ibn-.. now but I think we should hear it and then
at that time decide whether we want to send it back or approve it,
which is within our prerogative to go ahead and do,
Mayor Young: I have no objections to going ahead with it
except it seems this is a brand new proposal
•tonight. So if we approve it we are in
essence sitting as the Planning Commission and the K ty Council.
Councilman Lloyd, No, Mr. Mayor, I would disagree with you on
that. As long as the review we have is
equal to or less than the proposal presented
to the Planning Commission, and we are certainly not reviewing
something new on the thing, nor do I feel we are stepping on the
toes of the Planning Commission. My reaction at the moment ® I am
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favorably disposed to what they want. These men are in business and
they want to get on with the business at hand. It is very costly to
them to keep coming back. I realize that in the procedures of the
city administration it is important to insure to protect the City.
But first let's all hear what they have to say.
Mayor Young: Is that the consensus? Shall we move ahead
with the hearing? There are apparently two
votes in favor of it.
Councilman Shearer: Three. They are here.
THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR.THE PUBLIC HEARING ON VARIANCE NO. 688.
IN FAVOR
Lee Elmquist (Sworn in by the City Clerk)
1000 East Woodcrest Good Evening. I am your local Wickes Store
La Habra Heights Manager and local representative. With me
this evening besides some loyal Chamber sup-
porters is the Western Regional Manager for the Wickes Corporation, Mr.
Gerry Donegan. Mr. Roger Hall, our corporate Vice -President, had
a conflict in schedule and was not able to be here this evening
although he is vitally interested in this matter and wants me to call
him just as soon as it is over. This is my first appearance before
you gentlemen, although I am very :.familiar with City Councils and
also Redevelopment Agency procedures by way of a short background
in other communities. I have had the pleasure of serving as the
Chamber of Commerce President; Chairman of Retail Trade Boards;
Chairman of Citywide Celebrations; served on the City Managers'
Select Committee for Industrial Development; County Review Boards;
Board of Directors United Fund; Cancer Fund; and served on a lot of
church Councils and committees and therefore when I say to you I am
interested in the community and particularly now West Covina, I do
hope in the near future to make some contribution. Your CBD
program locally is certainly courageous and I feel an outstanding
endeavor which personally excites me very much and I am glad and
pleased that Wickes and myself can be a part of it.
Specifically, and in regards to this appeal
this evening, we have followed to my knowledge to the letter all the
original requests proposed by the City, the Redevelopment Agency,
Planning, etc. These have all been met, some at considerable
expense to Wickes Company and in regards to the sign ordinance, so
far we have followed them to the letter. However, I will have to
say that to a large degree our normal signage presentation that
we have on our furniture stores has been diluted quite a bit with
what has been shown so far and this is particularly true on: the
freeway side. Because the freeway,-.. , as I am sure you recognize, is
a very important and integral part of sales promotion. Nevertheless,
there is this one area of signage that we do want to talk about and
that is our appeal regarding the two detached signs which we
originally presented and thought would be acceptable to the Planning
Commission.
As was said earlier.it is our understanding
that in this appeal we may present or ask for something equal to or
less than that which was denied. As Mr. Yamasaki mentioned, we
worked with his Department on a concept that we feel would be
compatible with the surrounding area and acceptable with everyone
• concerned and also one which could overcome the problem of traffic
as envisioned by the Planning Commission. So in comparing this
revised appeal this evening we have made two major concessions and
we are actually prepared to make a third; which I will discuss.
First, we withdrew the request for two
signs and will now submit a proposal to you for one sign. Also,
we reduced the sign footage from 130 square feet down to 93 square feet
so vie reduced', the('-tatdlghage _irispact b .= 32'.'squa r_e..feet 0.:o The. one.,..
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that , .'..... we are prepared to make is that we 'are
have not requested at this time a 150' of signage
able to us on the Glendora side of the building.
sal not to put that sign up but simply trade off
the sign you saw a few minutes ago.
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entitled to and
which is avail -
It is our propo-
or substitute for
The reason we would like this white back-
ground pole sign are several fold. First of all the street pattern
at`. our building site is unusual and unique from our property
standpoint, which is perhaps not unique to others in the area.
Our front entrance is the only retail development on the Walnut
Creek Parkway street which is not a major thoroughfare and it ends
at Vincent, the other end being residential, and there is no=direct
visibility of our building on Vincent. This is important because
the northbound traffic, of which approximately 75/0 of it that�_pkoceeds
on Glendora splits off and goes down Vincent, yet Glendora is our
address. We are desirous of getting those people to know that we
are on Walnut Creek Parkway cat Glendora and would like the public
to see our building through signage. Now in attempting to deal
sensibly with this problem our objective through signage is to
alert motorists even as far back as the "Y'! intersection: wheke the
Winchell Donut Shop is, to tell them through signage to stay on
Glendora to get to the Wickes Furniture Store. That intersection
at the Y is approximately 1400 feet from our proposed sign and to
provide readable visibility for the motoring public the sign people
tell us we .need 111'.of..:.letter height for every 50,-.;feet of. ---visibility.
This calculates out to a letter height of 27" 1h._-the :s.ign that :.you saw
�aroposed , , the • letters are 2441- - about 391 shorter., -We did this, to try and
k pp, i s aar-all.-as' 'possible.,. .Also they, tell. us a -.white background
WITE �3 - e ST t t°eadability will Also, all right -a :.
There are two other businesses in our
immediate area that enjoy sdchagign-ws we are proposing and actually
we would not want to be denied the right of equal status that is
enjoyed by other businesses. Our proposed sign will have no
detrimental effect on the surrounding area. It does not interfere
with other signs or businesses. In fact we feel our entire project
certainly enhances the economic vitality of the surrounding area.
Last but not least, we are not in conflict with the General Plan for
Wes? Covina and certainly at this time I would like to answer any
questions of you gentlemen personally and give you more specifics
on the sign that you might desire.
The location of the sign would be fully
landscaped, the base would be enclosed. We have kept the pole that
supports the sign as slim and trim as possible using only that
required to support the weight of the sign. So there will be a
minimum of traffic interference. In f act�the setback should really
not have any bearing on traffic.
Mayor Young: Thank you, Mr. Elmquist. If there are
questions they will be addressed at a little
later time.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY,FOR OR AGAINST,PUBLIC
HEARING CLOSED. COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
Councilman Chappell:
Mr. Elmquist:
Councilman Shearer:
Mayor - I didn't get the height of the sign -
I may have overlooked it?
It is 2417. 31 less than the Golden State
Bank sign. That is the size of the entire
sign.
(Asked that a slide be reshown) This
revised sign is to be down in the lower left?
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Mr. Elmquist: Yes, on Glendora and Walnut Creek Parkway.
Councilman, Shearer: Which way will it be setting? You will read
it from which direction?
• Mr. Elmquist: Fac,a;ng north and south, so it will catch the
traffic on Glendora going north or going south.
Mr:; Yamasaki: Councilman Shearer - Mr. Elmquist has submitted
some slides to show you the views on Glendora
at different distances from the building, if
they will help you orient yourself.
Councilman Shearer: No, I am oriented now. I am not a sign man
and I am sure what I have to say I will have
some disagreement from Councilman Lloyd because
he is in public relations, but I can hardly see where a sign out
there will be any more visible than the 3000foot.'. sign area allowed
on the face. From the comments I have heard from a number of
people in the community I don't think Wickesfbuilding is going to
be hard to see from any point. Not being disrespectful to the
architect, but a number of people have come up to me and said - what
is that ugly building down there going up and I have said "just wait
until it is finished and then it will look different." The idea of
letting people know where the -,building is I think that it is already
identified and I fail to see how a sign at the corner will enhance
that.
(Mr. Elmquist indicated he would like to make a comment in reply;
Councilman Shearer obliged by saying he would ask Mr. Elmquist
whatever question Mr. Elmquist wanted to answer.)
Mr. Elmquist: Your first comment was the fact that our sign
on the building would be adequate. The point
is�it just basically faces our auxillary
parking lot and is not visible in fact on Vincent nor on Glendora.
It gives you that nice warm feeling that you have a sign on the
building but nobody sees it. Therefore the proposal on this location
is to catch that traffic coming and going - that this is the
location - and hopefully you can see it from that intersection at
Vincent and Glendora.
Mayor Young: Thank you, Mr. Elmquist.
Councilman Shearer: Again, I am not convinced that you need a sign
to tell you where that building is.. Unless I
can be convinced otherwise by one of my esteemed
colleagues I will go,along with the Planning Commission's recommenda-
tion to deny.
Councilman Nichols: I feel it is entirely appropriate for the
Council to hear this matter tonight and to take
action both in terms of the ordinance and in terms of the matter
before use I recognize the implication of a change, perhaps con-
ceptiiall.k--„ in going to a pole sign and probably the Mayor had some
.thought that the Planning Commission should look at it again. But,
I want to harken back to the fact that originally the Planning
Commission did -not feel that this project belongs where it is. The
•Council took -Lit upon itself to make a very major decision to direct
the Planning Commission's thinking that this did in fact belong
there. The Company applied to put it there and the City concurred
with a great great many very stringent restrictions. The cost of
the covered parking is running into thousands of dollars of extra cost.
Despite:. the illusion of the fact or thought that this building
might not win a beauty contest,,the,building is not finished yet and
there are signs that extra ':..costs..: are going into it to make it
architecturally attractive. The Company has complied with the Sign
Ordinance in all its major aspects and has shown every indication
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edch and every step of the way, at least in my judgment, that they have
desired to meet every demand the City has put on them. -Now those
people are not perfect and I am sure as their project moved along
and they reanalyzed what the City is allowing they have become con-
cerned that their very great investment may not be getting appro-
priate exposure.
The Hacienda Bank builct:'.in there and they came
back to the Planning Commission and Council and were given an exception
to put up a rather large pole sign which banks had not been given,
because of their controern for access and visibility in that same area.
This Council granted them that. When Home Savings and Loan came in
they got signage that won't wait all across the top of the City out
there and they were given that because they felt their investment
in the community wouldn't be properly identified and we are faced
again with this concern. With every major project that comes in
these individuals feel that our very,very restrictive sign
ordinance doesn't give them enough signage and if you drive around
southern California into our competing and neighboring communities,
and look at the Levitz',,Furniture building in the San Dimas area
and the huge towering sign up on the roof and the rotating flashing
lights and all of thi..s,., it seems to me that what these people are
asking for is practically so modest as to be shameful. I would say
I think what they are asking for is quite reasonable, and I suppose
I am considered one of the arch conservatives around here.
I don't have any compunction in saying that
we invited them in. The Chamber members came to the City Council,
we switched direction and said come in you meet our basic standards
and they have met them. They are trading off one sign they say they
will not ask for at all and they are asking for a standing pole
sign that we have repeatedly granted in one form or another all over
the general area. I couldn't do anything less than say I think they
are entitled to that much extra identification. Now if they come back
in 3 months from now or 6 months from now and say they changed
their mind on that other sign they are going to be up the proverbial
creek without a paddle because they are making a trade-off in my mind
and I am voting for the pole:sign and I want to say right now - as far
as I am. concerned - they are fully signed. That is my feeling and
I will support it.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Mayor, I don't know if you can qualify me
as one of the arch liberals, but in answer to
the comments Councilman Shearer made when he
alluded to the fact that I was involved in this type of business, which
indeed I am, if it were my client, which it is not, I would be rather
hasty to stand up and ask for that other sign on Center Street.
I frankly would ask for that sign there because I think that sign is
more important than the one they have.
I think the concessions they have made in
coming into this community are very noteworthy and I recognize they
are asking to do business here, but they also have indicated a great
willingness to spend their money to do business here. I remember not
very long ago when it fully dawned on me that we were about ready to
.lose this development - a certain amount of emotional involvement I
had to the effect that I didn't fully realize what we had until we
were about ready to lose it and as someone that has screamed bloody
.murder about our economic base, I said we must reverse the decision
and I remember some of the comments I made with regards to that
decision. So it then comes to me that I would be less than honest
if I did not say that what they are asking now is not very much and
if for no other reason that it brings some comfort to the Company,
then so be dt.
If it were me I would,have hung on for the
two signs. I really don't feel that �the sign in that specific area
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will in anyway debilitate or lower the standards of the area in anyway.
I think evbn the building itself "ugly" in quotes, that it may be, is
a decided improvement over many of the buildings in that area and I for
one am pleased to see it there and I don't consider it ugly.
' Councilman Chappell: In looking at this building it is large but
unless it has some identification on it it
•could be considered any type of building. It
might be Wickes or one of any number of other buildings. So I have
no quarrel -with the fact they want to identify with the location and
also the parking area at this corner. As Councilman Nichols pointed
out, they could have a sign up against the wall on that particular
street - Glendora - as our present sign ordinance is written without
a Variance. By giving up that sign and requesting this one high
enough up in the air where we will have no traffic problems, I think
this will encourage the sale of furniture. We have passed on signs
for auto dealers, banks and other businesses. This is not a small
business, it takes up the whole block and when you look at the sign
at what they call their front door and you stand down hear the
Donut stand, using that as a location, the bank buildings and several
other buildings block that sign out. So what benefit that sign is
really going to be_I don't know, other than when they put it on
television and show the front of the building,one of the high points
will be that big sign. This sign is smaller than they could have
and in a different location.
Mayor Young: You do feel a Councilman Chappell, that putting
the sign on the pole as demonstrated here does
meet the major objection that the Planning
Commission had?
Councilman Chappell: My feeling was that it was a hazard. In fact
when it was first brought up,I was rather
surprised that such a sign in my mind the way
it was presented and requested, that it wouldn't do the job they
expected it to do and when the traffic area was set up you could
tell the 71 sign was going to block the vision of traffic entering
Glendora. I certainly agreed with the Planning Commission on its
5 to 0 vote in turning it down. I am not speaking for the Planning
Commission but I would say that this sign proposed perhaps is what
they were also thinking of at that time. I am willing to make the
motion when you have finished your comments, Mr. Mayor, that this be
approved.
Mayor Young: The only thought I have -'I am certainly
supportive of this request, but I don't
particularly see why Wickes is conceding a
sign that they can legally have facing Glendora Avenue. As far as
I am concerned they can have that too, one built onto the building.
I won't be disturbed if they don't change their mind on that but
they could have that,too,and I am certainly supportive of the request
they are making.
Councilman Chappell moved that Variance No. 688 as revised be approv-
ed.
• Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor, just for the purpose of clarifi-a-
tion as I understand it, the motion is
directed to the approval of one detached pole
sign not to exceed 93 square feet on its face and not to exceed 24'
in height to be located at the approximate intersection of Walnut
Creek Parkway and Glendora.
Mayor Young: That is correct. Was that your motion,,
Councilman Chappell?
Councilman Chappell: Yes.
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Seconded by Councilman Lloyd and carried on
roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: Shearer
ABSENT: None
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Mr. Bob..Duda President of West Covina Beautiful and re-
1744 East Charlinda presenting West Covina Beautiful who was
West Covina appointed to act as the coordinators for
the Golden Jubilee celebration, at your last
Council meeting and who also guaranteed at the last meeting that
we would come back today with an outline of a proposed program.
In front of you/you have what we consider to be West Covina°s Golden
Jubilee.
At a meeting last Wednesday we had a good
turnout of various civic and service groups, also representatives
of city staff, where we discussed this proposed program. The pro-
gram is pretty well outlined in front of you and everything is
pretty well set with the exceptionofthe first weekend. The first
weekend we do have a parade in mind, which we have the 4th of July
Committee working on and who guaranteed us a parade at that time.
We have more or less designated that as City Day with the parade to
end in or around City Hall. The reason for this in my opinion and
after discussion with many people, we feel 60 to 70% of our popula-
tion have never seen City Hall. I was quite amazed in my business
in dealing with the City in making 15 to 20 calls entering from the
parking lot that it was so beautiful in front until one day we went
around taking pictures. We feel the activities for one day or one
weekend should take place around eity Hall, so they will see how
beautiful it is. This,,of course, is only a recommendation but
we do feel our citzens'shbuld._know what City Hall looks like.
Basically, the second weekend would be an
Art Weekend and the following weekend a Sports Weekend and the last
weekend to take place in one location and it has been a problem to
find a location for this group of events since we do not have an area
in West Covina to accommodate as many people as we anticipate
having there.
.._....As our honorary guests at the
Birthday Ball, which we feel should be the wind up, we do
anticipate one of our high State Government officials to attend.
He is in the process of being asked to attend and we feel certain we
may be able to get him. We feel there should be an Honorary
Committee consisting of the Mayor and Councilmen, Pete Schabarum
indicates he will serve on this Committee, Bill Lancaster and
Charles Wiggins have indicated their support. We feel there..should
be some sports figures and various others within the Community
that would help just with their name if with nothing else. We find
that West Covina Beautiful is responsible for the insurance and we
have looked into that and it will be taken care of. A theme is
thought of, we also have a plaque that we will present to you in
the near future. I think we will send one to Council and various
staff members for approval. We are also glad to hear that
Mr. Elmquist is so happy to be a part of us and I did note that he
•did take part in various community activities of this sort and I
will ask him for his card because we do need help.
We do need help and we do need civic -minded
people such as he is. We did get very good support from thoso
people that attended the meeting - the Women's Club, School District,
Rotary and quite a few others. We were a little disappointed in the
fact that some of the people did not attend. We have scheduled
meetings on a weekly basis on every Wednesday from here to until it
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Basically,,,this is our outline. We feel it
We have heard thoughts from quite a few people
that it should extend throughout the year, but we are citizens that
'work and I know my boss feels I- should -'cork a cmp,1e-&f_:h&urs�. a day
for him. We have scheduled a meeting with Mr. Zimmerman on Wednesday
morning to ask the City's cooperation in several areas. We are still
not asking for money. West Covina Beautiful to kind of kick this off
has volunteered to provide half of their treasury as a loan to this
particular Golden Jubilee Committee with the hopes of recovering it
from some of the functions that take place. I hope you gentlemen will
not ask me what half of our treasury is - we are a nonprofit
organization.
We feel there should be a theme and we have
come up with a couple, but we are not ready to present this yet.
In addition to this we .are having the Lighting
Contest Awards Presentation on Sunday afternoon from 2 to 4 and we
are inviting West Covina to come, each and everyone of them. Last
year we had it and it was quite successful. It was at my house and it
will be again this year. We do invite you to come. We are changing
our presentation this year, instead of giving a cash award we are
giving a plaque. If you have any questions or suggestions,I will be
glad to answer them.
Mayor Young: Thank you, Mr. Duda. I would like to
apologize that none of the Council could
attend your meeting Wednesday night. I was
tied up and so was each and eve me of the Council members. We are
sorry it turned out that way.
Mr. Duda: I didn't aim that at you. I had talked to
you and we understood this.
Mayor Young: I thought maybe that letter to the Editor
the other day saying "all you needed now was
the support of the City Council."
Mr, Duda: I answered that letter along the lines that I
have talked about today.
Mayor Young: Obviously you are doing a lot of work and
going along very nicely. Thank you.
,Councilman Nichols: It sounds great!
Mayor Young: And the next meeting is next Wednesday night at
Hollencrest School at 8 P.M.?
Mr. Duda: Yes.
Mayor Young: I will declare a recess at this time and I
would like to combine it with a Personnel
Session, if agreeable to Council? (Council
agreed)
COUNCIL RECESSED TO THE PERSONNEL SESSION AT 9 P.M. COUNCIL RECON-
VENED AT 9 : 30 P.M.
Mayor Young: Before proceeding with the West Covina Park-
way Alignment hearing, I will announce the
results of the Executive. Session".and if they
don't quit perhaps the City Attorney will draft appropriate
resolutions to bring this about. It has to do with salaries for the
City Manager and the City Attorney. There has been no adjustment
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in either of these salaries since January 1, 1971. The City Council
is prepared to adopt resolutions which will increase the City
Manager's salary by a total of $49.00 a month, bringing it to $2,750.
An increase under 2/0, about 1.78/0. The City Council is prepared to
adopt a resolution increasing the City Attorney's salary by a total
I& of'$25.00 per month, bringing that to a total of $1350, a month..
We do this not exactly apologetically because we feel that higher
echelon positions reach that point of having to level out, even
though other salaries go up at the rate of 5/, 7% and 8/ over two
year periods. These are among the highest compensated individuals
in the City and I think our action is more in recognition of your
fine services and less of an increase in your buying power.
Obviously the amount of money in total dollars, even on the City
Manager's side, is less than a dollar raise of the lowest wage
increase granted to the lowest paid employee of the City. So if we
still have you gentlemen, will you kindly draft resolutions,
Mr. Wakefield, to carry these matters into effect?
Mr. Wakefield: Yes, Mr. Mayor.
'WEST COVINA.PARKWAY....L.0C.ATION:.__Orange Avenue to centerline of
ALIGNMENT HEARING Glendora Avenue.
Set for hearing on this date by Council
action of October 24, 1972. Held over from
November 27, 1972. Hearing not opened.
Mayor Young: We have a staff report before us. Does
staff have anything.to add?
Mr. Zimmerman: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, we do have
Public Service Dir., a presentation to make on this. On the board
behind me you see some drawings and we also
have a slide presentation. By way of history in regard to what we
are doing now this is part of a four step plan leading to actual con-
struction of such a facility.
The first step is the showing of the street
as a line on the General Plan and the General Plan was approved
after public hearing in 1969 by the City Council. The second step
is the approval of the Master Plan of Streets, a copy of which is
shown on the board, and the Master Plan of Streets was adopted by
City Council in 1970. This calls for West Covina Parkway in the
area that we are concerned with now from the freeway at the West
Covina Hospital over to Glendora to be 110' wide. It does not
however identify the exact location of the centerline of the
street. The third step, which we are now concerned with, is the
adoption of the precise street plan. This plan will attempt to
pin down exactly the location of the right-of-way so even though
we are not in a position to construct the street at this time due
to no financing and other things, we are in a position to identify
for purposes of the Redevelopment Agency and for development of
other natures, the right-of-way line so it can be planned with
some surety. The fourth step would be the design of the street and
the laying out of right-of-way descriptions.
• The existing West Covina Parkway as shown
in that area was built in the early 1960's,mostlyIand it was built
along the channel. There was some movement at that time and as a
result there is a strip about 10' wide in areas through the Phase I
Redevelopment Area which have about a 10' strip of land available
which would have to be used for some purpose. At the time of the
layout of the street and the"Walhut Creek Channel, the Corps�of
Engineers and the Flood Control District required service routes
along each side of the channel wall, which you see there today.
In attempting to arrive at the final location the staff met with
the Chief Engineer of the L.A. County Flood District and took him
on a field tour and showed him the problem and the District has
cooperated very well with staff in working out as far as the
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relationship of the road to the channel. We also went down to the
Federal Corps of Engineers Building in downtown Los Angeles and re-
viewed the matter with them as far as the effeet on the :structural
design of the wall. We received letters from both of these Agencies
indicating that contrary to their former policy they will not
object to the City placing the near curb of the 1101 right-of-way
street -.any closer than 81 from the channel wall. This is some
251 closer to the nearest curb than it is now.
So with that we have final details to be
worked out with the Redevelopment Agency which will probably result
in some temporary connections for driveways because certainly it
looks like the Redevelopment will occur in advance of the street
reconstruction, although that, too/remains to be seen. As far as
the design of the street section we have coordinated it with the
small segment now being built in connection with the underpass at
the freeway just west of the library. We have called on the plan
for an increase in the radius of the curb so it is not as sharp
at Sunset Avenue at the Goodyear Store. We also just missed the
building of the Goodyear Store by doing this. We will also have to
widen the bridge at Service and California Street and Vincent
Avenue and other considerations of this sort of a design nature
were taken into account. Also there are provisions on the plan
fc�r possibly double left -turns at Vincent and West Covina Parkway
for eastbound traffic. Easterly of Glendora Avenue, which is the
easterly terminus of what we are considering at this time, traffic
would be expected to go southerly on Valinda Avenue.and angle
northerly perhaps on Glendora and jog over to Walnut Creek. -Parkway
and easterly to'Lark Ellen Avenue where it will shortly be able to
find its way northerly under the freeway with the new underpass
being constructed there. Far'.as.design considerati.6ns9.also for
safety purposes, : we :--feel:'.it may. be -desirable to put a. high -strength
fence on the channel wall because we will be having traffic: so close
to the wall we will want to protect: iti from the possibility of errant
cars: dropp irig J iftto,:. the channel 6. .
There are some right-of-way considerations
involved in this. The first one again going easterly from the
wesend of the present segment. There is a sign on Wescove Theatre
which one leg will be in the roadway and some adjustment will have
to be made. There will be right-of-way acquisition from the Civic
Center and all properties across the street from the Civic Center;
however, no buildings would be taken. Easterly of Sunset the
Goodyear Store - additional dedication would be required from that.
However, the building would not be affected. There is a sliver
of land between West Covina Parkway about 10, wide and the channel
that would have to be acquired -for right-of-way. G feel on the
alignment shown there that calls for location of the: curb 10 °.frdathe channel
wall a 21 dedication would be required from the Redevelopment
Agency in connection with the CBD work. However, there would be
some excess in the neighborhood of one-half acre down at California
Avenue and it may be possible to relocate the'Arco Station at that
corner and get a new service station instead of the present
facility and wind up with considerably more parking spaces.
We have some slides to show. There are
landscaping plans to screen the channel completely from the street
as it is reconstructed. We would also consider a landscape median
.being installed in the new facility and there. -would be.,l:andscaaping
called for, I am sure, in connection with the CBD Precise Plan.
Landscaping, of course, would also help screen out some of the noise
from the residences which will result.
'We have no final estimate of construction
cost and right-of-way acquisition; however, a general estimate of
the cost indicates there will be several hundred thousand dollars
of right-of-way required. A rough estimate made recently by the
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County Road Department indicates about a $600,000 construction contract
and that along with the other engineering costs and fees would indicate
something like a million dollar project. Sources of funding for that
are either the City's Gas Tax Fund, which would be a very large
project to fund by that manner, or the Federal Highway Trust Fund
program which the County administers and in that case it would have to
compete with other projects of this sort throughout the County.
If you would like,: Mr. Mayor, we can show you some slides.
(Slides requested, shown and explained.) (Tape Rev. 540-578)
Mayor Young: Madam City Clerk, do you have the affidavit
of posting?
City Clerk: Yes, Mr. Mayor.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Nichols and
carried, to receive and file.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Nichols and
carried, to receive and file report.
Mayor Young: Madam City Clerk, have there been any
written protests?
City Clerk: No, I have none.
THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON WEST COVINA
PARKWAY ALIGNMENT.
Harry Kaelin (Sworn in by City Clerk).
611 So. St. Malo First off., the title "West Covina Parkway
West Covina Alignment Hearing" I think is misleading.
"Alignment" to me means to align something
alongside of something else and this looks like a widening project.
Secondly, this proposal, whose ever -idea it was,. would take away
four businesses that I know of and several meetings ago when the
California Triangle property was brought up and I asked a question
about the traffic on West Covina Parkway - whether it was wide
enough to handle traffic for the business center put in there. I
was assured it was and now in a matter of two months or less they
want to increase it. Toluca Avenue in my belief, if my calculation
is correct, is about twice as wide as California.. California's
actual size could be increased to 600. I don't know what it is now
but according to the 1970 thing it could be increased to 601.
Orange Avenue narrows down to way less than California.in certain
areas and here they are coming up with an idea to widen not "align"
a street and I think they should think about getting the people
from the western and southern part of West Covina into the Civic
Center area rather than widening this particular street which they
already went on record of saying it was wide enough and point their
efforts towards California and Orange Avenue widening.
George McCormick (Sworn in by City Clerk)
2653 Charlinda I happen to be an attorney representing the
West Covina owners of the Bowker Properties adjacent to
this street. It really came to a head about
two months ago when the northwest corner, the small parcel he referred
to next to the IRS building, the problem little piece owned by the
Bowker family which is about 501 wide at its widest point and 215'
long. To develop it has been a problem. We finally found a tenant
for it, submitted a precise plan to the Planning Commission and at
the Planning Commission hearing it was indicated the property could
be developed in accordance with the precise plan with a few changes
recommended by the Planning Department but because of this antici-
pated alignment it couldn't be developed. At that time they were
anticipating taking a 151 strip and now it will take all of.the pro-
perty.
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The taxes, I am told, on this property are
probably $800 a year and it has been vacant for years and they have
been trying to find someone or someway of developing it. It has
come to the point now that I believe Council has to make up its mind
as to a definite time to take that property or it has to be developed.
The report is somewhat vague because it does not refer to any
definite time. It states that eventually this street will be an east/
west major thoroughfare but it does not say when or how. The only
date I see is 1990 when they expect traffic to be 28,000 cars a day.
I appreciate they have to make their estimates based on their
knowledge at this time, but from what I have been reading lately
and what appears to be a very possible serious -gasoline rationing,
the traffic might be half of what it is now.
In any event, the report as submitted I don't
think can be adopted - they admit they have no plans for constructing
the street because they have no funds. There are no funding plans
and no costs. During the recess we were discussing the use of the
flood control channel to cover it and use that for a street rather
than trying to hide it behind a fence or by trees and shrubs, but to
use it as the street. And do as I understand they have in other
areas. The development in Covina next to Badillo Street, the developer
of the Shopping Center paid himself to have it covered and used for
parking, which is utilizing something that otherwise is not doing
anything but creating a problem. If you can say at this time that
the street is going in next year or the year after next, or in 3
years, then the property owners have something to rely on. The
Bowker.s also own three of the businesses on the south side that
you will be taking too) and I am sure those tenants would also like to
have some idea of your plan, not just a generalization that West Covina
Parkway will be developed.
So we are asking you tonight to say next year,
or three years, but obviously if it is going to be 1990 or near 2000
you might as well let us develop it because by that time the taxes
you receive off of it would help buy it, I would think. That is all
I have to say at this time.
THERE BEING NO FURTHER PUBLIC TESTIMONY PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION..
Councilman Nichols.: I would like to comment upon a couple of
matters, at least as I see them. If I am in-
correct,I would hope someone would correct me.
I wouldn't want the record to reflect information that indicates that
the staff of West Covina in the last couple of months have decided to
widen Walnut Creek Parkway or that they had made misleading state-
ments such as the Parkway can carry all the traffic that can be
generated and they have now changed their minds. I think when those
questions were asked about the capability of the Parkway those
questions were in terms of the planned capacity of the Parkway and
not its present status. The general alignment of this Parkway for
widening and improving has been known since the adoption of the
General Plan and a look at the General Plan would show that the
intention was to widen the street and it has been of record for many
years now. Is that correct - Mr. Zimmerman?
Mr. Zimmerman: Yes, it is.
Councilman Nichols,. I would also like to respond to the legitimate
concerns expressed Abotit.: pT opprty.o
Those of us on Council have always been
much concerned when the City Staff proposes to us an ultimate use
street -wise -for various areas of the City. In fact we have some pro-
posed uses in the General Plan where streets don't even exist at
the present time and we have been concerned about this element of
indicating a type of use and perhaps causing a pain or discomfort
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to individuals who might own land, and yet all governments, at all
levels, have to announce in advance what they hopefully intend to do
and in many cases those announcements do occur: years and years in
advance Fm. the widening of a freeway, as an example. Dozens of
apartment owners knew that in 3 years, or 5 years, or 8 years hence
the freeway was going to be widened. So it would impose an
unrealistic burden on our staff to expect them not to be able to
plan and recommend ultimate plans until the money was in hand.
10 On the other hand I am convinced, at least as one of the
legislators in the community, that no one can tell your client
that they cannot build at that location. That is entirely as I
understand it and I would like Mr. Wakefield to correct me if I am
wrong...
If the owners of this property meet the
requirements of the law for a development at that location then the
City cannot stop them from developing there,nor,thp P.lanningrCom-
mission;.:nor anyone else can'.tell them that they cannot build there.
The moment of truth is when your client decides to build. Then in
truth the City must either do something - buy your property,
condemn it, let you build, or expect to pay more later. That is the
moment that commands action. So really the answer then is for your
client to decide in terms of the City's proposal, in terms of the
Council's action as to whether they want to throw down the gauntlet.
Do they want to come in for the building permit, for their Precise
Plan and their occupant and say now if you want to stop us buy our
land. I think that really is your course of action. Unless I am
greatly mistaken in my years of experience there is no possible way
that anyone in this City can tell your _,people that whey_ :cannot'. build
there. So go back, get your building permit and let's see how Owe play
.when that happens. Mr. Wakefield, is that essentially correct
in terms of our function in the City and on the Council?
Mr. Wakefield: Yes, Councilman Nichols, I think that is
exactly correct. As I understand it, the
Bowker Trust has submitted a precise plan for the development of
one parcel of their property and I think it is the parcel referred
to as being contiguous, to the IRS Building. That matter is
currently pending before the Planning Commission. The Planning
Commission has continued the hearing from time to time in the
expectation that a decision will be made with reference to the
precise alignment of West Covina Parkway and at that point in time
it will be up to them to decide.
Councilman Nichols: Thank you. With those things rather
clarified in terms of the two individuals
that have given testimony, I would express
my own feeling that this widening9t.he': development of the ultimate
alignment is entirely a proper thing. In fact an essential thing
in the plans the State has made, the City has made and the millions
of dollars that have, 'heen:•_tommi:tted; b.oth'. public and_prIvate' '.to develop".the Central
Area of our° City.9; and , I c_ouldn'. tr'ppls;sibly conceive, .of ,any ,way tbat,.wer could, stand still
..
,and indicate , that we'were, not .going, .tp provide_. the ,serv.c_e ,,street, off . of__. that.,
freeway to complete the plans that have been made to bring our.
City forward in the business community. I am certainly in favor
of the alignment.
Councilman. Shearer: Mr Mayor, a couple of questions of staff.
What happens if we don't adopt this? What
problem is presented to staff, the Planning
Department, Engineering Department, etc., if we just state we want
to stand still, we want to defer it until later? Is there something
imminent that this is vital, some decision making process?
Mr. Zimmerman: Yes, one of the items_has been•the development
of the small i:pareel-:next.' to;, theIRS. building.
These. pe.ople..,have,-.been(. asking,f.oa�:._somd_ time 'if
they: can _�go� ahead there sand they have been -cooperative, -in, -not pro-
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ceeding until the City could determine its needs and the other
development is the Redevelopment Area westerly of California Avenue.
There will be a need to establish a north right-of-way line for
West Covina Parkway so in the various land transactions wh.ich,occur
the proper layout of parking can be made,,within.the\.pi°eclse-'.plan not yet
approved:_for.. the . CBD, but imminent.
Councilman Shearer: Can the proposed West Covina Parkway be
constructed if the north curb - that would be
to the south of the CBD - if it is constructed
in its ultimate and the existing south curb 10 or 25' north of the
Wash, would those two allow the street in its present condition to
function with whatever is there now? Without doing any realignment
on the south or widening on the south if the north curb is placed
in accordance with your proposal tonight will that make the street
function usable?
Mr. Zimmerman: Yes. Basically it would result in almost what
you have there now because we ate -only calling
for a 2' shift in the northerly curb on this
configuration, toward the north, away from the Wash.
Councilman Shearer: So we would end up with a wider street than
we have now.
Mr. Zimmerman: Yes, slightly wider.
Councilman Shearer: That is the imminent development?
Mr. Zimmerman: Yes, that is one of the items which is
critical at this time.
Councilman Shearer: It seems to me there is no real problem then
in going ahead. The piece of property clown -,.by. the
IRS. Building, as far as I see it, would only
be necessary at such time that we get a considerable mord. -w hdfall than
one million dollars to extend West Covina Parkway on further toward
the east. And when you start talking about that it is not a million
dollars but more like several million. In the meantime it seems to me
t.hat::;the.1bg c 1, continuation would be as it is now, curving around to
Valinda.and I believe it hooks into Val.inda on the opposite side of
Glendora, and that's it. So the people.thkt own the property
can- go ahead and develop it and if at such time that the City
and subsequent Councils, in.eoine._fiature... years if ever, decide to
proceed further east then we buy it. In the meantime the owner
has the oppotttnity now.;to,. deveiop'.and use it.
With respect to the property on the south side
the . Burger Q-9:the,v ChIcken .House-: off° whatevek-it is now, axe there and then
the liquor store on California - these would continue to function.
There would be no attempt on the part of the City to buy this until
way into the future. I think the real need for the City to have a
decision is basically in connection with the Central Business
District and there would be no adverse result on anybody else if we
were to go ahead and adopt this. I would be in favor of going
• ahead with the understanding that the development of that 50'
wide piece of property, as far as I am concerned, be allowed to
go ahead irrespective of what we do tonight. If we have to come
back 5 years, 10 years or 20 years from now to buy that developed
piece of property it is going to be peanuts to what will be needed
to buy that property to the east. I won't even say "well because I
don't think I will be around that long.
Councilman Chappell: In light of what Mr. Zimmerman has told us
this evening it looks like it is important
that we make this alignment. Some other
alignments have been made in our City and build iiigs,and aparbyients-have been
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built and I think rightfully so because there is no telling when
this money will be coming about. If our Supervisor Schabarum should
call up the City Manager in the near future and say this money is
available - then .perbaps _ we could stop the construction in time other-
wise we will have to buy it after it is completed. I am in favor
of the plan as it is laid out and there are some areas that must be
aligned now because we are going to start working on it. I don't
believe prior to this we have made that alignment to the freeway.
Is that correct, Mr. Zimmerman?
Mr. Zimmerman: No, the City Council has not acted in this
area. The Planning Commission did hold a
hearing that included this entire thing.
Councilman Chappell: So this is an area that will be done almost
immediately and I think we are within our
bounds to vote on it this evening.
Mayor Young: One thing just to clarify a question
Mr. Shearer asked. There is no actual
physical realignment of that north curb of
West Covina Parkway planned in connection with the redevelopment at
this time?
Mr. Zimmerman: It would seem that the timing would work out,
according to what we know now of the timing
of the redevelopment and the timing of the
West Covina Parkway improvement, that the development would occur
first and would therefore be based essentially on the' -street -:as it
exists now, but laid out to accommodate the future construction
of the street.
Mayor Young: So that might not actually happen until the
street is ultimately reconstructed as far as
we know at the present time?
Mr. Zimmerman: That appears to be the case.
Mayor Young: Does anyone have any kind of a definitive pro-
jectioh timewise to answer Mr. McCormick's
specific question in that regard? Do we have any actual expectation
in terms of a year or a period of time that this plan,if adopted'
Will actually` be ejcecuted?:
Mr. Zimmerman: No, to my knowledge there is no such timing.
It would depend on when funds could be made
available in the normal budgeting process,
either from another Agency such as the County or the State or
withinIthe resources '.df.:'_thc-iCity,:itself
.
Mayor Young: It is not .really.:.foreseeable within the next
five years, or ten years even?
Mr. Zimmerman: Well, two things will happen which will affect
the need and perhaps move it closer to its
• 1990 ultimate traffic load. The new underpass
with the freeway will be open and this may have some traffic generat-
ing effect on it -although there are now ramps there- however traffic
• is now diverted down Cameron,basically the through traffic, so
presumably this could throw more traffic into this area. The other
one is the Central Business District Redevelopment which hopefully
will result in considerable more business activity and traffic so
the need may arise from those sources sooner than we think.
Mayor Young: A few questions of the City Attorney. If we
adopt this alignment, anywhere it crosses
over private property it becomes a cloud
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on the title of the property? Is that correct?
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor, I don't think it is entirely
accurate to call it a cloud. It is true that
the fixing of the precise alignment does
place the City in a position where as development occurs dedications
of necessary rights -of -way can be acquired. As to those properties
that exist where there are existing businesses there is no likelihood
that any change will occur until the City is prepared to actually
.redevelop the street and develop it- to its full width. In
connection with the Bowker property I think the fact is the owners
of that property have the right to develop it consistent with the
zoning now on the property subject to precise plan approval even
with the alignment adopted.
Mayor Young: Would they have the right if we adopt this
alignment, to force the City to purchase the
property right now?
Mr. Wakefield: No, the City has no obligation to purchase
the property at any particular time. If, for
example, the City were to impose a dedication
requirement which would make it impossible to develop the property
then the property owner would have a right to claim that he had been
damaged by that rgfuaaJr:�: __'=The measure of the City' s right to
require the dedication of property is based upon what the
courts have described as the test of reasonableness. It must be
reasonable in terms of the proposed development and the traffic
needs that will be developed by the development itself.
So it seems to me with reference to the
Bowker property the situation is that if the Precise Plan is
otherwise acceptable, the proposed use conforms to the uses per-
mitted within the zone, then the property owner will have the right
to either proceed to develop his property and if that right is
denied to him then the City will have the obligation to acquire.
Mayor Young: Thank you. I will join Councilman Nichols
and urge the Bowker.s � to go ahead and develop
that property. I will support the alignment.
Councilman Shearer: I.t es. Stll.l. a: little . bit. .abo.ut :.t.his_: f.eas:ibility,
the._ r-eal_i.t_y of th.is:... Obviously if the
County comes in with the money or the
Federal Government, that is one thing but if we have to finance
it out of our meager resources then I think,,as Mr. Kaelin pointed
out, there may be some much higher priority streets. ,Thd,s§. then -would be
competing' with all the other projects. If by chance, maybe we will
hit it lucky, that the CBD development is of a greater success
than we envision it in our fondest dreams and the tax increment
results in considerably more income.. than., nee-essary ,_t.o. pay..:...off t.:the. -bonds,
o:o..uld _th.e:_Age.ncy_" use -_that riloney ..t>o::.corisf.ruet "lwes-t.:.Covina;-Pa..rkwa,y?
Mr. Wakefield:
• the obligations of the
holders or by contracts
itax increment ceases to
present rate and cp back
area.
Councilman Shearer, there is no way really
that the tax increment of funding could be
available for West Covina Parkway. When
Redevelopment Agency either to the bond -
are satisfied then the a.dvaritage .of the
exist and the taxes will revert to the
to the existing taxing agencies within the
So the answer is that as long as there are
outstanding bonds or contract obligations of the Redevelopment -
Agency that have not been satisfied then the tax increment will
be available to it to meet those obligations, but once they are
satisfied then the tax increment will no longer flow t.o: the
Redevelopment Agency.
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Councilman Shearer: Even if we would determine that the development
of West Covina Parkway is essential to the
Central Business District? I was under the
impression that the tax increment could be used to provide street im-
provements, storm drains, etc., anything that was related to the
success of the Central Business District?
Mr. Wakefield: That is true. However, if you adopt the
alignment as proposed tonight then you will
have fixed the obligation of the Redevelopment
Agency insofar as dedication and street immprovements are concerned
with respect to that area which is immediately contiguous to the
redevelopment area. Now when you come to talk about portions of
West Covina Parkway that extend in either direction of the major
intersections around the Phase I Redevelopment Project Area I
really, as I sit here tonight, see no way that tax increment funds
could be used to finance the improvement of West Covina Parkway
beyond the reaches of the immediate area.
Mayor Young: Gentlemen, are you ready for a motion?
If so, it would be a motion to :adopt.. the
precise alignment of West Covina Parkway between the San Bernardino
Freeway at Orange Avenue and the...center.line-,of,Glendora'-.Avenue as
recommended,'by:--the staff -,land' -identified as Exhibit "A".
So moved by Councilman Nichols, seconded
by Councilman Shearer and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
THE MAYOR RECESSED THE ,COUNCIL MEETING AT 10:25 P.M. FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING. COUNCIL
RECONVENED AT 10:40 P.M.
CITY MANAGER
EXPIRATION OF TERMS Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by
OF MEMBERS OF JOINT Councilman Nichols and carried, to reappoint
AUTHORITY BOARD Mr. Walter H. Laband to the Governing Board
of the Los Angeles -County -West Covina Civic
Center Authority to commence on January 10, 1973
to January 10, 1977.
Mayor Young: We are also asked to acknowledge the Board of
Supervisors, appointment of Tom Lipman.
So moved by Councilman Shearer, seconded by
Councilman Nichols.
Councilman Lloyd:
Mr. Aiassa:
•
• Councilman Lloyd:
Mr. Aiassa:
A question. That is not our appointment is
it?
This is a procedure that we follow and Council
usually accepts the representative on the Joint
Authority Board - it is more of a formality.
But am I correct that we don't have any say
on that one way or the other?
You can protest it.
Councilman Lloyd: In other words the action has been taken.
(Mr. Aiassa answered "yes".)
Motion carried..
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RECOMMENDATION FROM Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by
RECREATION & PARKS Councilman Shearer, to approve the transfer
RE ORANGEWOOD.PARK..`: of $300.00 from account No. 152-69019 (Security
Park Lighting), to be utilized for laying of
asphalt slab at Orangewood Park. Motion
carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Councilman Chappell: Mr, Mayor, I have a question on this. They
are asking for asphalt - seeing the asphalt
at school grounds with the weeds growing up
through the asphalt I wonder why asphalt is still used and iwhy ye do not
itse,_ concrete which might be more lasting and in the long run less
expensive?
Mr. Aiassa: 1 think, Mr. - Chappell,1 We may . remove•-it.=aver- a per-iod
of -.time for other useea
PROPOSED ESTABLISHMENT Mayor Young: We have a staff report on this.
OF POLICY RE RESOLU-
TIONS OF COMMENDATION Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, if Council wants to
review this until the next
meeting on the, 26th, if they
haven't had time to evaluate it. This is only our staff recommendation.
It would be up to the Council.
Councilman Nichols: I notice it has the escape clause No. 6. The
first five criteria, seem adequate to me and I
am prepared to vote on it. I would offer it
as a motion.
Seconded by Councilman Chappell.
Councilman Shearer: A question, Mr. Mayor. Why in Items 5 and 6
shall it be at the discretion of the City
Manager and the City Council? If the City
Council is giving a resolution on behalf of the Council I fail to see
where the City Manager should have any discretion in it)at all.
Councilman Nichols: That is a good point.
Councilman Shearer: I would move an amendment to the motion to
strike out "City Manager" in No. 5 and 6.
Councilman Nichols: I agree with the amendment.
Councilman Chappell: I accept it.
Mr. Aiassa: You are deleting the discretion of the CitT
Manager.
Councilman Lloyd: This whole thing waters down to what accommodation
is all about. All of a sudden it is something we
are required to do, we perma plaque them and we
pump the money into it and I am not really sure
• that the City gets remotely what it is putting into it. I am
negatively oriented towards this whole thing and I would like to
see it set aside - but it is getting late. - for further discussion.
Mayor Young: I was informed once that everybody gets these
whether they deserve it or not. Councilman Lloyd
has asked for what I would consider a point of
courtesy'- how do you want to go?
Councilman Chappell: Let's call for the question and move on.
Motion failed on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Nichols, Chappell
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Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I don't want my vote to be
interpreted, as not being in favor of this.
I don't want it to die. I want it to be
resurrected at our next meeting and in the meantime the other
Councilmen can think about it and we can then lay it to.rest. My
"no" vote was only to give Councilman Lloyd a little more time to
think about it. It wasn't that I was not in favor of the
recommendation.
LABOR RELATIONS Mayor Young: You have a staff report and
ATTORNEY recommendation on the proposed
hiring of Harry Keaton of
Mitchell, Silberberg, and Knupp to represent management during the Meet
and c:;Gorffer. process with City Employee Associations. Is there
discussion?
Councilman Shearer: It appears to me we have a lot of little
pieces here. Item 4, covers Labor Relations
Attorney and Item 6 covers Salary and
Classifications. One of these days we are going to have to be talk-
ing about income versus expenditwM and I am a little concerned how
all these pieces are going to mesh in. Are we going to be in a
position as indicated in an article in the paper, to give this
negotiator some guidelines or -is he. going to say ''Here you are, go
negotiate with the employees and then come back to us"and perhdps. find
ourselves almost in the same situation as we were a year ago, the
only difference being the man was George Aiassa rather than
Harry Keaton? We had .a Memorandum of Understanding for a certain
amount and the Council came along and said "We can't afford it, this
is what we are going to give you." I am a little concerned that
we are going to hire a guy for $60. or $80., an hour. Are we going
to get our money's worth or is the final decision on raising taxes
going to lay right here? "
Councilman Nichols: We on the Council made a policy decision
that we should hire an outside negotiator
to represent the Council in the future
negotiations where we felt that was desirable. A Committee was
appointed by the City Manager in consultation with the Mayor and I
was on that Committee. We met one afternoon here at City Hall and
the people indicated here, we interviewed five or six that applied
for the position of negotiator. This is a new field, particularly
in public administration. Most of the men had very little experience
in conducting negotiations. A number of them had some experience in
public employee relations but very little expertise in hard
negotiations. We interviewed all these people and we felt
Mr. Keaton was by far the most eminently qualified, has dealt in
hard core negotiations with major unions and major industries, as
one of the really truly.: top men and he was also the top priced man
and as in many other areas,you get what you pay for. He understands
that the Council will give him direction in advance of any call upon
him for negotiation. He will be answerable to the Council and
before he is called in to any negotiating situation he will'be meet-
ing with this body so any guidelines of limitations will be expressed
to him by the Council. He will act as the Council's negotiator in
these sessions where staff feels impasses are being reached and
agreements are not forthcoming, and he has indicated that is the
framework underwhich he desires to work.
So the anticipation of the Committee in
the interview was that he would be used sparingly and at those
stages when staff level people felt the time had arrived to call
him in and it will be in close liaison with the City Council.
Councilman Lloyd: I think in the negotiations that we are faced
with as far as the employees are concerned and
contrary to some of the commentary by the Tribune,
I don't feel it is as traumatic as has been evidenced, but I do think
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we have arrived at the point where we need professionalism along the
line and Mr. Aiassa,who has negotiated in the past has given a con-
siderable amount of time and we no longer have the luxury of afford-
ing that much time which of necessity must be given to the demands
of the employees and the .thr_ee:: organizations they represent and
again rightfully so. I think in view of the problems of the
administrative work of the Redevelopment Agency and all of the
things we are now undertaking, I think we have arrived at the point
where we need a specialist . in that area and even though it will
be expensive and I cringe just as'you do at the $60. to $80. per
hour figure and I would like a bit'.stronger definition between the
$60. and $80. nevertheless I think we have an obligation to at least
try it. I am favorably disposed towards it.
Mayor Young: I like the way you say "try it". There is a lot
about this that disturbs me philosophically.
What I read in the Tribune and have read in
papers like CLOCEA and of course they are quoting what other people
have said and I have felt that this Council did a pretty good job
last year, and I think the City Manager did an excellent job and I
think the great bulk of City employees agree with that. It is the
organizations that seek to promote their own essentiality. ... .that:,perhaps
voice; disagreement although feeling in their hearts basically
satisfied but keeping the heat on, and we are going to have that
heat from here on in. I don't see how in advance we can give out
too many guidelines. I talked about it before and have suggested
let's tell our negotiator you can go as high as 5%A or 6% b4t.if.YW'-can`buy.it
for 3fo dog but I don't know how we can do that responsibly as a
legislative body. The ultimate decision is going to come back to
us and we are going to have to make it and we may find ourselves in
the same position we were in last year of having to make modifica-
tions here and there. As long as the law is written as it is that
burdeft-... falls upon us and there is not a way in the world that
we are going to escape it or pass it off to somebody else without
simply defaulting our responsibility, but I am certainly willing
to give this a try as you say.
Councilman Nichols: I surely agree with what you say. Again, I
think it pays to reiterate that this action
doesn't commit the City to even one hour really.
If the Council determines that we need his counsel or advice, or
assistance for two or three hours, or two meetings or one meeting,
that will be up to us® It is not a case of where we are turning
over a very high hourly paid individual to be used at random at
staff level in their meetings with the outsider. This is a
negotiator that the City Council will call on if we see the need.
Mayor Young: Let me interrupt to ask a question on that very
point. Is this going to'be our method of
operation, namely that Mr. Keaton is not
called in unless the Council receives a report from Mr. Aiassa
saying I better have Mr. Keaton in on this deal and Council says
"okay get him" or who has the discretion on this thing to bring
him in at will?
• Councilman Nichols: As I understood the discussions with the
Committee, and if I am wrong - Mr. Aiassa -
please correct me, the intention of Mr. Aiassa
will be to have his Assistants begin those meeting's with the
staff employees in terms of requests that they may be making for
salaries, fringe benefits, etc., and if these requests come into.
a range through their discussions that staff feels they can make a
recommendation to Council on in agreement with that group at that
level they would be prepared to do that. Mr. Aiassa has indicated
that he is complying with Council's wishes that he not personally
involve himself in these levels of negotiations. If stalemates
arise at that point staff will come to us and we will make a
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determination of our response - shall we
we make a response ourselves, or what?
intent to follow that procedure, is that
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bring in a negotiator, shall
I believe it is Mr. Aiassa's
correct?
Mr. Aiassa: Yes. The only time we would bring Mr. Keaton in
' would be when we have a final problem that has to
be resolved and Mr. Keaton wants to meet with
Council to get your thinking and he will only be retained for those
times that he is called. That would be for one or two hours at the
most in any incident that might arise. Staff will do all the
preliminary work and all the research work. As a matter of fact,we'll
meet and confer to a crisis or to a stalemate.
Mayor Young: One thing we are going to be doing is walking a
real tight rope because it is going to bother me
philosophically and I think everyone of us, if we find ourselves
in piecemeal policy announcements where it relates to one overall
problem and that is salary and fringe benefits. And if one week we
are down to a certain fringe benefit and the Council says okay we
will go along with that;obviously when we give away a fringe benefit
or negotiate away a fringe benefit we are- also negotiating..alvay .our
ability to respond to a direct salary increase to a certain degree.
Councilman Nichols: Yes, but historically you expect and we,:haye:,always
received and can_req ire the employees to indicate
what their requests are for this year, for 73-74,
for 74-75, not to come in Vith an employee demand in the salary and
fringe benefit area which is then negotiated out to an answer and
then followed:; by some additional ones. They bring their requirements
in It is a difficult area and I think we are all going
to be living through some very difficult times as we get involved in
these areas. And our own wisdom is going to be challenged certainly
in this area and I don't want to set myself up as any expert in this
area, but only to reassure you gentlemen, that this action creates
the availability of what we feel and I felt was one of the finest
experts available anywhere in this field, if at critical times we
decide we need it.
Councilman Chappell: One point here. Last year when we had Mr.
Aiassa negotiating for us the employees
felt that he had authorized or approved
certain benefits, certain pay raises, etc., then the City Council
looked at their budget, etc., etc., and did not agree with the
City Manager's recommendations and therefore in the eyes of the
employees the City Manager lost a tremendous amount of face, and it
was my thinking that this professional would make sure that the City
Manager would never be put in that position again. That he would
not be agreeing with some ideas and then City Council - we didn't
really shoot him down, but we had to raise the taxes 20(,' to come up
with what we gave them which was against all of our thinking, but
we did it because those things had to be done. This was my thought
on this professional negotiator, which means more than one or two
hours in negotiations if my thinking is correct. If it is not
then one or two hours might be sufficient.
Councilman Nichols: It may be but I only reiterate that the
• control over that will be resting with
this body. If we say we need him for ten
or twenty hours and it results in $2,000 and we get a solution
to problems as we move into them then it is money well spent, but
an overrun of this huge hourly figure will not come except through
our authorization as we move along and I think that is an element
of security in making this authorization.
Councilman Chappell: Right.
Mayor Young: I guess we need a vote here.
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Councilman Chappell: With a minimum guarantee?
Mr. Aiassa: Yes.
Mayor Young: May we have a motion on the recommendation?
Councilman Nichols: Wait - what is the minimum thing?
Mr. Aiassa: I would like to have Council authorize me and the
City Att °y todev.e3.6-p a formal contract with Mr. Harry
Keaton in this matter and bring. -forth some:.kind
of a formula for Council to understand so that I don't obligate the
Council to thousands of dollars. We will talk to him in detail as to
what We think: will be a fair amount - so you have a ceiling.
Mayor Young: I think the recommendation covers that; it is
broad enough.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to approve the Personnel Board's recommendation and refer
this matter to the City Attorney for contractural arrangement.
EDUCATIONAL RE- Mayor Young: We do have a staff report
IMBURSEMENT PROGRAM and a recommendation. What
is your pleasure, Gentlemen?
Councilman Chappell: Wouldn't this be something we would hold off
and talk about later when we go into negotia-
tion with the employees?
Councilman Lloyd: I concur.
Councilman Shearer: But we already have this. Don't we have the
Educational Reimbursement Program and this is
just a report on how to implement it?
Mr. Aiassa: Yes, we already discussed this with the
employees last year and told them we would
implement it with some type of formula and
this is establishing that. We have $2500., in the budget for it.
Mayor Young: Does that answer you, Councilman Chappell?
Councilman Chappell; Yes, but I just don't remember it.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I question the make-up of a Com-
mittee with a representative of City Council.
It seems to me this is an administrative
matter and one that should be handled within staff and riot involving a
City Councilman. I would hesitate to sit on such.a committee.
There might be a majority vote and I,would get out0voted and that
would be a blow to my ego.
Councilman Lloyd:
Councilman Shearer:
•
rMayor Young:
I agree.
I don't like the idea of one of us sitting
on an administrative committee for city
matters.
I have been out -voted by every Ad -Hoc
Committee I have been on..
Councilman Lloyd: What Councilman Shearer is saying I think
is absolutely correct. This body legislates
and sets policy. When these people want to
make a recommendation let them make a recommendation and this body
will then take it under advisement and come up with a decision.
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In other words, if I go into a situation like this I would agree with
Councilman Shearer. I would feel a bit like standing up and making my
statement and be ready to leave. That is what we are elected for. I
don't think the City Council should be at that level.
Councilman Nichols: Let me raise a question on this, if I may?
I agree with what you are saying,
.Councilman Shearer, and Councilman Lloyd.
I don't think a Councilman should sit on this Committee. On the
other hand I think if you have a Committee totally composed of
employees passing upon other employee requests ....
Councilman Lloyd: It comes back to us anyway.
Councilman Nichols: But it doesn't you see. It becomes an
administrative function and we +only. then
approve their decision and we can't go back
over the minutes to see whether this is a job related course or not,.
Or how closelyJob-ielated and start quizzing the mans. stipervisor, .'.,
on all these elements to determine the merits of the recommendation.
My only concern would be that I think you tend to get almost
automatic approval to these matters if co -employees are consistently
asked to decide. You know -Jones are you going to
approve my request'- etc. V
I think it might be meritorious to allow a
member of the Personnel Board to serve with this Committee and
kind of ride shotgun as an agent or arm of the Council, -:so we could
keep in touch. I would not want to sit on the Board as a City
Councilman at all.
Mayor Young: Well ).there seems to be a consensus for
omitting the City Councilman but leaving
the Personnel Board representative on. Is
that agreeable D can we have a motion?
Councilman Shearer: If you do that / you better add somebody
else on or you will have a six -man Committee
and you will get a tie vote.
Councilman Lloyd: We have one.from the Personnel Board, why
don't we just have one from Management
and one from the.' Employee: 'Ass.oc iat ion?
Councilman Shearer: There are three associations.
Mr. Aiassa: I would rather have another Personnel Board
member because they already feel there are
too many management on it.
Councilman Nichols: Those meetings could be coordinated in such
a fashion that they could go back to back with
meetings of the Personnel Board, couldn't they?
Mr. Aiassa: Yes. If Council doesn't want to serve on the
• Committee let's make it two members of the
Personnel Board.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Mayor, I don't know if that is agreeable.
What is the big problem in this thing anyhow?
You already have, as Councilman Shearer
pointed out, you already have policies on it. If it requires a
review send it up to the Personnel Board and if they are not happy
then let it come up to Council. The system is already there.
Mr. Aiassa: This Committee will formulate and be like a
Review Committee to validate and assure that
there is no abuse of the program. Right now
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there are a lot of employees that would like to take advantage of it
and it is rather difficult to turn them down. For example, one
fellow in the Fire Department may be going for a doctorat&'s-degree•.—
really what has that got to do with fire. The Committee will have only
so much money and they will have to pro rate it to get the greatest
advantage for the City. So we will have to say "no".
Councilman Lloyd: What's wrong with saying no?
Councilman Nichols: I don't envision a Committee getting up there
and arguing and splitting on a 3 to 3 vote.
If it functions that way then something is
wrong with the policies or something else. Let's just drop off the
City Councilman and enact this thing on the basis the:4ay it is.
Mr. Aiassa:
Okay.
Motion by Councilman Nichols to approve the recommendation except
that the Committee be reduced by one member, that member being the
City Council designated representative. Seconded by Councilman Lloyd
and carried.
CLASSIFICATION SALARY Mayor Young: You have a staff report.and.a-
SURVEY recommendation from the
Personnel Board that we
authorize staff to solicit proposals and cost estimates for a
complete classification and shlary survey.
So moved by Councilman Nichols, seconded by
Mayor Young.
Councilman Chappell: We are talking about a complete classifica-
tion study - have we done that before?
Mayor Young: It was about 1966 or 1967 when the last
complete one was done.
Mr. Aiassa: The last complete one was in 1968 and we
revised it in 1970. The Administrative
Review Committee in meeting with the City
employees came up with so many reclassification requests that we
felt it would be better to go in for a full survey.
Councilman Chappell: What are you talking about in dollars?
Mr. Duvall: About $8,000 to $10,000.
Administrative Ass't.
Councilman Lloyd: Aren't we a bit premature on a lot of this
stuff? We are supposed to come up for a
budget determination in April or May - where
are these monies coming from, Mr. Aiassa?
Mr. Aiassa: This is what I have to do find out what it
will cost and propose to you a way of funding
it.
Councilman Lloyd: Then you think you have a way to fund it?
Mr. Aiassa: Yes.
Councilman Lloyd: All right, as long as that question is
answered.
Motion carried.
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NOISE CONTROL
Mayor Young:
This is the Noise Control
ORDINANCE
Ordinance and it is suggest-
ed that it be withheld until
after the Work
Shop on February 12th. Is there
any discussion? Do we
need a motion
on this?
Councilman Shearer: I
ul like to
wo d
make a request back to staff,
a q ,
•
when a more
detailed program is available
that we be given
a copy and at that time we
decide whether we want
to go or not.
Mr. Aiassa:
Okay.
Councilman Nichols:
This Ordinance
was held over to this meeting
so there has
to be some disposition of it.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd that the Noise Control Ordinance be held
over to February 13, 1973, in order to allow staff to arrive at a
recommendation. Seconded by Councilman Chappell and carried.
CITY MANAGER'S Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor and members of
VACATION Council, I would like to
take a few days off during
the week of the 18th of December. I would like to take the 2.OthD_'121st
and 22nd off.
So moved by Councilman Chappell, seconded
by Councilman Lloyd and carried.
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, one additional item on the
Item CC-1(a) LaPuente hearing. I would like to have
authorization from Council to allow your_.:._
staff. to participate to see that it carries the proper development
standards to protect the existing West Covina residents and the
possible future annexation .of the unincorporated area around us.
This has a direct effect on us.
Councilman Nichols: What do you do if it doesn't work that way?
Mr:-Aiassa: We protest it.
Councilman Nichols: Move authorization.
Seconded by Councilman Nichols and carried.
MAYOR'S REPORTS
PROCLAMATIONS Mayor Young: I have a request to proclaim
"Bill of Rights Week",
December 9 to 15, 1972 and if
there are no objections I so proclaim. Also I have been asked to
proclaim "March of Dimes Week", January 22, 1973. No objections, I
will so proclaim.
COUNCILMEN'S :. �.,' __Councilman Chappell: At the last League
REPORTS/COMMENTS meeting, and I men-
tioned this earlier,
• there is a very important meeting this weekthata quorum has to be
present and if the Mayor cannot attend they would like a letter
Authorizing someone else to cast a vote. That is Thursday evening.
I understood you had the information, Mr. Mayor.
Mayor Young:
I cannot attend.
attend?
Mayor Pro tem/can you
Councilman•Ll'oyd:
No, I cannot.
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Mayor Young:
Councilman Chappell?
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Councilman Chappell: Yes, Mr. Mayor, but a letter has to be
written authorizing me to cast a vote.
Mayor Young: I would like to make a motion that Council-
man Chappell be designated as the representa-
tive at the Mayor's Council on December 14th
and that he be authorized to vote in place of the Mayor.
Seconded by Councilman Lloyd and carried.
Mayor Young: Mr. Aiassa, if you can help in the composing
of the letteritwould be appreciated.
Mr. Aiassa: Yes, I will compose the litter.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Mayor, I will not be here for the
meeting of December 26th. So I would like to
be kept abreast of what happens. Hopefully
I will be winging my way home from Houston, Texas.
Mayor Young:
Is there anything further?
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor, do you desire to formalize your
previous Executive Committee determinations
this evening? I have two resolution headings.
(Mayor Young asked that they be read.)
RESOLUTION NO. 4672 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED CITY OF WEST COVINA, RELATING TO THE
COMPENSATION OF THE CITY MANAGER.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and
carried, to waive full reading of said Resolution.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell,
to adopt said Resolution.
Councilman Shearer: What is the effective date on the
resolutions?
Mr. Wakefield: Effective January 1, 19730
Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RESOLUTION NO. 4673 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA RELATING TO THE
RETAINER OF THE CITY ATTORNEY.""
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to waive full reading of said Resolution.
• Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell,
to adopt said Resolution. Motion carried on roll call vote as
follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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DEMANDS Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by
Councilman Shearer, to approve demands
totaling $404,258.42 as listed on Demand
Sheets B560 ' to 563, B555A to 558A, C842A to 843A. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
• NOES: None
ABSENT: None
EXECUTIVE SESSION Mayor Young called an Executive Session
of City Council at 11:22 P.M. Council
reconvened at 12 P.M.
Mayor Young: I believe we have two resolutions relating
to the salaries of the Deputy Chief of
Police and the Recreation and Parks Director.
RESOLUTION NO.4674 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA ESTABLISHING THE
SALARY FOR THE DEPUTY CHIEF OF POLICE.,"..
RESOLUTION NO. 4675 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED CITY OF WEST COVINA ESTABLISHING THE SALARY
FOR THE DIRECTOR OF RECREATION & PARKS."
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and
carried, to waive further reading of said Resolutions.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd, to
adopt said Resolutions. Motion carried on roll call vote as
follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ORDINANCE Mayor Young: Mr. Wakefield, if you can
INTRODUCTION give us a heading for the
Introduction of an Ordinance
on Exempt Service?
The City Attorney presented:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTION 2410
OF THE MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO OFFICES
AND EMPLOYMENTS IN THE EXEMPT SERVICE."
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and
carried, to waive full reading of said Ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd to
introduce said Ordinance. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: Councilman Shearer
ABSENT: None
. Cpuncilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I voted "no" on the basis of the
time and the fact that I am not convinced.
I may change it.
ADJOURNMENT Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded,by Councilman
Chappell and carried, to adjourn meeting at 12:03 A.M.
ATTEST
CITY CLERK
APPROVAL:
MAYOR
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