03-26-1973 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 26, 1973.
The regular meeting of the Council called to order at 7:32 P.M.,
.A0 in the West Covina Council Chambers by Mayor Robert Young. The
Pledge of Allegiance was given, followed by the invocation by
George Zimmerman.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Young; Councilmen: Shearer, Nichols,
,Lloyd, Chappell
Others Present: George Aiassa, City Manager
George Wakefield, City Attorney
Lela Preston, City Clerk
George Zimmerman, A-ctifig Publlc,SerVices�.Director
Richard Munsell, Planning Director
Leonard Eliot, Controller
Bert Yamasaki, Community Redevelopment Co-
ordinator
John Lippitt, Acting City Engineer
Ross Bonham- Admifii`t-i�ati`& A al�st
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Gary.Duvall, Administrative A98Tftafit
Craig Meacham,,Deputy Police Chief
Lou Winters, Civil Engr. Associate
Mike MicDonnel-]�, Staff Reporter - S.G.V.D. Tribune
Jeff Butzlaff, Administrative Analyst, Jr.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
February 5, 1973
March 5, 1973
March 12, 1973
CONSENT CALENDAR
Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by
Councilman Lloyd and carried, to approve
minutes as presented.
Mayor Young explained the procedure of the
Consent Calendar items and asked if there
were comments on any of the following items:
1. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS_
a)
CHRISTINE GILBERT
Re City of Industry's proposed airport
3316 E. LaPuente Rd.,
site. (Refer to City Attorney)
West Covina
(Refer to comments on Page 4)
b)
LAFCO Notice
Re Public Hearing on 5/23/73 to adopt
spheres of influence for the Cities of
Azusa, Covina, Glendora, Irwindale,
San Dimas, Walnut and West Covina in
connection with the unincorporated areas
surrounding these cities. (Refer to
Staff)(Refer to comments on page Cand 5)
c)
MIKE HANICH
Re temporary license for a recreational
2222 W. Garvey Ave.,
vehicle sales lot adjacent to above
West Covina
address. (Refer to Staff) (Refer to comments
on page 4)
2. PLANNING COMMISSION
-SuMmary-,61
March 21, 1973. (Accept and file)
3. RECREATION & PARKS COMM.
March 13, 1973. Accept
(adj. mtg.
and f ile)
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4. HUMAN RELATIONS COMM.
March 22, 1973.
5. YOUTH.ADVI.SORY COMM.
a) SUMMARY OF ACTION
b,) YOUTH SURVEY
QUESTIONNAIRE
C) SUMMARY OF ACTION
6. CITY TREASURER'S REPORT
7. TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES
a) MINUTES - 2/20/73
b,) ITEM VIII
Page Two
3/26/73
(Accept and file,)
March 8, 1973. (Adj. Mtg.) (Accept and
file)
Request approval.
March 20, 1973. (Accept and file-)
Month of February, 1973. (Receive and
file)
(Accept and file I Items I - VII) 15fer to
discussion on page
Request for opening in Sunset Median.
(Council Action)
8. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES FILED WITH CITY CLERK
a) SHIRLEY SCHAUB Re tree falling on car and denting roof.
1217 E. Louisa Ave., (Deny and refer to Insurance Carrier)
West Covina (Refer to discussion below and on page 3)
9. A.B.C. APPLICATION Chief of Police recommends NO PROTEST.
a) LONGS DRUG STORES
727 S. Glendora Ave.,
Vest Covina
10. ACCEPTANCE OF IMPROVEMENTS AND/OR RELEASE OF BONDS
a) UNCLASSIFIED USE PERMIT LOCATION: Northwest corner of Grand
NO. 156 Avenue and Fairway Lane.
Standard Oil Co. of Accept street and storm drain im-
'California provements and authorize release of
The.American Insurance Company faith-
ful performance bond No. SCR 7106740
in the amount of $10, 500. (Staff
recommends acceptance and release)
(Refer to commentEl on Page 4)
Councilman Lloyd.. Mr. Mayor, a question regarding Item 8,
Claims for Damages. -How did a tree
fall on a car?
Mayor Young: We shouldn't talk about that, we might
be giving away liability or somethingg
Mr. Aiassa:
Mr. Zimmerman:
follow up with a report or
find out.
Mr. Zimmerman, can you explain?
Councilman Lloyd I am not prepared to
answer that witWout further review.
I would belglad to do that and either
answer it later this evening if I can
Mayor Young: I would seriously like to speak to a
point of order, Councilman Lloyclv
without intending any disrespect at
all, but I feel the issue may well be whether or not the tree fell
down, who owned the tree, where the liability might be - - I don't
think it is an appropriate subject for public discussion. We should
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perhaps go into an Executive Session - it is just a thought.
Councilman Lloyd: May we ask the City Attorney?
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, I have
seen the claim but that is all I know about
it.
Councilman Lloyd: brought i�p the point of order on the
thing and my question is simple-.Arw, I out of
order in asking the question?
Mayor Young: I didn't say you were out of order in asking
the question. I ' stated I think it would be
an inappropriate matter for public discussion
at this point and would invite the City..,.Attorney's opinion on that.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor - I will avoid the question of this
tree and this City street. It is not
infrequent that trees fall on freeways of
which I am familiar with. Sometimes it is due to wind, or diseased
trees, or a car running into the tree,, it-, is not unusual for the State
to receive claims for parts of limbs or whole trees falling on,:Some bod'
tK or
Now,that is not speaking in regard to this tree or this City street. ing.
Councilman Lloyd: I think we are hung up on a point, I don't
agree with the Mayor but it really isn't a
very big point in the first place and if it
serves to satisfy himI will withdraw my question, but -I would still
like to know what has'happened, It. is on the agenda and we are here
to discuss the items on the agenda and I didn't put it on the agenda.
Mayor Young: Well, in light ' of the comments just made by
Councilman Lloyd I feel we should have an
opinion from the City Attorney on the
propriety of discussing the details of claims when those claims are
yet pending. '
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, I think
Councilman Lloyd was correct in inquiring as to
what the facts might be, Now whether that
does or does not indicate liability on the part of the City isq.df
course,a different matter and one which would be inappropriate for
discussion when the claim is pending consideration.
Mayor Young: That is beautifully judicious - right down
the middle. .
Mr.-Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, I think I can probably answer
the question Mr. Lloy ' d is asking. This
accident took place at 1217.-East Louisa,
West Covina, and the time and date of the accident was 10/30/72,
a 1963 Ford 4-Dow.Sedan. It happened that a tree or branch had
fallen and the''crew had gone out from the City, cut up the tree,
removed'the branches and also took pictures of the entire incident.
Councilman Lloyd: That is what the report -said, so let's
drop it. I read the report, I know what
that said. He doesn't want it said,so
'I withdraw the question'. Let's go on.
Councilman Shearer: Is there a 100 day limit for filing a
claim with the City - I notice this was
in October of 1972.
Mr.Wakefield: There is a six month limit.
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Councilman Shearer:
Mr. Aiassa:
Councilman Shearer:
Mr. Mun.sell:
With regard to
know where the
is for my own
on staff know?
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Item 1 (a), I would like to
Troposed airport is, Thig
information. 'Does somebody
I
Yes, I will forward a map to you.
Thank you. With regard to :Item 1 (c),
what is the present zoning on tFiat piece
of property that the man is asking for a
business license on?
The property is currently zoned R-1.
Councilman Shearer: I have several questions on the Traffic
Committee minutes and before getting into
that which might generate some discussion,
I would like to comment regarding Item 10 (a). I don't know if
anyone recalls this particular one. 'I :EFil this is the station we
heard considerable testimony on at the time the Unclassified Use
Permit was requested tying in Gulf Oil with Holiday Inn. Quite a
point was made and when the station was built for some reason it
turned�into a Standard Station. I think this illustrates one of the
things we on Council are faced with, particularly when testimony is
given to us by developers for zoning , or an unclassified use permit,
etc., what may be the subject of testimony may not be what is built
on the ground. Of course once we have granted an unclassified use
permit for a service station the fact it isn't a Gulf Station and
it turns out to be a Standard Station is perfectly permissibLe., Ye:t
the applicant can come in and make quite a pitch for the need for this
particular station stating it is near or tied in with Holiday Inn.
Now whether that persuaded anyone on Council to vote to approve it or
not that is water under the bridge or over the dam - anyway I couldn't
pass.that up.
Item 1 of the Traffic Committee minutes,
I have a question with regarcr-tothe U-turns. The recommendation is
to allow U-turns at Vincent and North Garvey. Are there going to
be provided sheltered turning lanes at that location or does it have
to be made from the through traffic lane-?
Mr. -Zimmerman:
Yes, it is a left turn slot in the median.
Councilman Shearer: There is an item that I would like to have
withdrawn unless the rest of the Councilmen
are satisfied with the recommendation,
that is with regard to Item 4, to give me time to discuss this with
Staff regarding partial---cl—osing of the median at Grand and Virginia.
I would like to have a little more discussion. I am not necessarily
saying I disagree with the recommendation but I would like to sit
down and see some of the background information that went into this
recommendation. I would like to see it withdrawn and held over to a
later time.
I will move that the Traffic Committee
Minutes Item 4 be withdrawn.
Seconded by Councilman Lloyd and carried.
Mayor Young: I have a question on Item 1 (b). This is
on the LAFCO:public hearing to adopt spheres
of influence and I note with interest the
suggestion that the various cities involved do some preliminary work.
'I happened to be at a meeting with the Mayor of Covina recently and
was chided by him that the City of West Covina has not yet appointed
-Staff personnel to work with the Covina personnel on the that
we.dealt with previously and there was a motion by the Council. -So
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having been chided by the Mayor of Covina I would hope that we could
expedite these discussions at Staff level.
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, we were waiting for the new
City Administrator to take office and
Mr. Russell and I had 'A phone conversation
on it this week.
-Mayor.Young: The Mayor mentioned that to me, but he
seemed to have some minor thought in his
mind that we should have proceeded on the
theory that governmett never stops even in the absence of a full time
City Manager. I givedt to you for what it ig� worth. According to
Mrs. Ruth Benell..".. from LAFCO she says we can adopt our spheres of
influence ' -we can settle them ourselvesbut if we don't LAFCO will do
it for us. 'So I think we should take our best shot before LAFCO does
it for us. Anything further - gentlemen - if not a motion would be
in order.
,Motion by Councilman Lloyd that the Consent Calendar items 1 through
10 be approved with the exception of Item 4 of the Traffic Committee
minutes. Seconded by Councilman Shearer and carried on roll pall vote
as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
GENERAL AGENDA ITEMS
AWARD OF BIDS
BID NO. 73-60 LOCATION: City Hall and other City Build -
LEASING OF TELEPHONE ings.
EQUIPMENT Bids were received in the Office of the
Purchasing Agent up to 10:00 A.M.,
.Wednesday, January 17, 1973 and thereafter
publicly opened and read. (Held over from
January 22,,February 13 and 26, and March
12, 1973 to this date). Council reviewed
Controller's Report.
Mayor Young: Mr. Aiassa, is there anything further from
Staff?
Mr. Aiassa: I don't believe so. It is pretty con-
clusive.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Aiassa, I didn't fully understand your
problem with contacting General Telephone,
or did we just get a copy of the letter?
The letter I am referring to was apparently March 16 - Mr. Altomare -
what was the problem in contacting them?
Mr.Eliot: It was just a problem of making sure that
we did make contact. We don't wish to
make a big issue out of it. It was just
a case that they should be aware that we were seeking to meet with
them and they did -respond to us and we are satisfied with their
response.
Councilman Lloyd: In other words you did get together with
them and were able to do what you had to
do in the time alletted?
Mr. Eliot: Yes,sir.
Councilman Lloyd: That is all I wanted to know.
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Mayor Young: Any further comments from Council?
Councilman Lloyd: I think we have just about had it.all,
Mr. Mayor. I received a letter from one
of our cons titxtdli.t-%,�3 pointing out f-hat4qif Wd did
in a certain way there would be some dire con -
vats
sequences and while I thoroughly believe we have every obligation
to see that there is both fairness and,consideration and that all
things being equal if-, it were just between ITT and General Telephone
Company,there is no question in my mind that,I would vote for the
General Telephone Company without even taking a deep breath. No
question about the f act `,vB., have more people here in the City thz�t probably
have closer liaison and contact as far as the City is concerned and
they are more of the family, but all things are not equal. Financial-
.1y the City stands to gain in a year's time approximately $6,000 plus
the fact at the end of the 8 years we will then own the equipment vice
leasing from General Telephone - is that not true? And while the
equipment seems to be according to the report and I have no other way
of looking at it, the equipment seems to be equal - it is a solid
state system which does certain things as compared to another solid
state system which does similar things. They are so equal as to not
be questionable - am I correct about that,Mr.,Vanettes? In other
words the development of the equipment we are talking about to all
intents and purposes is of equal calibre and will give the same
service?
Mr. Vanettes: Yes sir.
Councilman Lloyd: So the statement that we received regarding
the fact that one was "state-of-the-art"
equipment is simply not true. I appreciate
what the individual was trying to do,but we as a Council have an
obligation to find equality and equity and once we have done that we
are charged with absolute responsibility and I think every member
up here has discharged that responsibility of consideration, for the
taxpayer's dollar. I have no choice but to go along with the
recommendation of the Staff and I so move.
Mayor Young:
the first,to move in this
we could anticipate being
I wondered whether or not
control we have over our
or any other supplier.
Mr. Aiassa:
Mr. Wakefield:
particular type of
as such. There is
City might control
is the truth with
Mayor Young:
Seconded by Councilman Shearer.
Mr. Lloyd,you brought up a point early in
this discussion and I keep running across
it, if we do this we will be the only City,
direction. You brought up the point that
used as a model or an advertising gimmick.
we would get a return on that or what
status as a model city for ITT equipment
This was talked overwith Mr. Wakefield
and I believe he -can acknowledge this.
Mr. Mayor and members,of Council, there
really is no effective way to control the
use of the fact that the City uses a
equipment from being advertised or publicized
no pradfkca_1'-_' way that I know of in which the
or regulate what ITT may say or do so long as it
respect to the use�Lof_;th-e equipment.
Are we on a
,Mr. Wakefield:
If I go and buy a new car ' can the de ' aler
run an ad saying "Bob Young bought 4 new car from
different status than that?
Yes, I think he may do that.
Councilman Lloyd:
Along with what,you just -said and I am
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sure ITT people are well aware of it, normally in doing business
with the Federal Government no release may be made without sub-
mitting that release back to that Agency and they have to submit
not only the pictures but the written copy and that Governmental
Agency has the right to change the copy, the thrust of the ad or
whatever it may be to achieve what they are trying to achieve. In
this case it is usually security they are presumably more worried
about but I am sure that it would not be unreasonable to assume that
ITT will accord us this opportunity.
Mr. Aiassa: I believe if Mr. Wakefield will put it
into legal language and ITT signs it I we
will do it.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I intend to vote for the motion
that I just seconded but I would like to
comment a bit on what Councilman Lloyd has
presented. I think Staff is to be commended for coming in with
proposals which did carry out our direct or indirect instructions
about a year ago - to see if there was anything that could be done
to lower the telephone bill. Now next year.if we can get them to
work on the electric bill, gas bill and water bill, we might really
have something going here.
I have to agree with Councilman Lloyd
when it get down to voting "aye" or "nay" on the situation I have
to look at the dollars and cents. As far as -I am concerned,it
a ears that both systems will give us a satisfactory level of
pp I
service based -on the new proposal from General Telephone which
comes closer to meeting the ITT proposal. I have done some rough
calculations here and over an 8 year period the City with ITT
will only gain $8,000. Howeverafter that 8 year period the
figure�goes up to $20,000 per year assuming we don't have to buy
additional equipment. So the proposal from General Telephone is
closer but to me there is enough potential savings with ITT to
warrant going with the ITT proposal.
Motion carried on roll, call vote as
f ollows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, -Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
BID NO. 73-78 Bids Received in the Office of the Pur-
REPLACEMENT SWEEPER chasing Agent up to 10:00 A.M., on
Wednesday, March 14, 1973 and thereafter
publicly opened and read. Council review-
ed Controller's report.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Mayor, I note that Wayne Sweeper is
eliminated from this and as I understand
from the things presented to me at the
League meetings we have attended and all the rest of it, Wayne
Sweeper is probably one of the leading organizations in the area
of street sweepers.
Mr. Aiassa: The Wayne Sweeper is one of the first
developed but since then we have had
five or six other competitive sweepers
such as Elgin and Mobil and sev&.ral others and most, of our bidding
is done 0 i n a competitive basis. As you knowwe are replacing the
equipment on a�depreciative funding basis. Maybe the details of
this particular sweeper can be emphasized by Mr.*Eliot but this was
a public bid.
Councilman Lloyd: I understand that the bids -�ere', based on, a
.3 yard capacity and that also Mobil plus
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Wayne has the standard of the industry at the present moment and is
4 yards?
Mr. Eliot: I will say there are 4 yar�� and 3 yard
sweepers, I don't know if there is such a
thing as an industry standard. The specs
were drawn up by our Street Department. I did inquire as to why we
were using a 3�1 yard instead of 4 because Mr. Deatth,President of
the Wayne Sweeper,did call me about it. Mr. wolffp our Street
.Superintendent, informed me that it is a safety �actor. That the
side vision driving close to the curb is much better on the 3� yard
than the 4 yard'and our need was.a 3,1-2 yard and Wayne doesn't make a
3�i yard. 3,1-2 is a minimum requirement but as a practical matter of
course,a 4 yard costs more to make than a 331-2 and that is probabiy
whyWayne didn't respond to our bid request, but we did mail them a
bid request.
Councilman Lloyd: In the past we have talked ' 4 wheel versus
3 wheel - what is this one?
Mr. Eliot: This is a 4 wheel. (Explained)
Councilman Lloyd: I certainly have no objection to whatever
the specifications called for and I have
no ability to determine in the final
ana . lysis whether it is good or bad, all Iwant is to know that we
are giving every opportunity to every person to participate. And
indeed if the 4 yard is superior then we should consider it but
obviously you have considered it and you still feel 3h is the way
to go, then I have no objection.
Mr.. Frank Brown May I make a comment? I th�pk what the
Mobil Sweepers Public Works Department is trying to do
is just like with their trucks and cars
and what have you - they are trying to standardize the equipment.
Now,we don't make a 3 wheel sweeper, we only make a 4 wheel
sweeper and a 331-2 yard.. it turns in the same radius that a 3 wheel
sweeper will turn in. If there are any other questions that I can
answer?
Councilman Lloyd: Do you build a 4 yard sweeper?
Mr. Brown: Yes, we do.
Councilman Lloyd: How do you rate the difference between
the 4 yard and the 3h yard?'
Mr. Brown: Without going into great detail we feel
the 3�_ yard is better on account of the
visibility, because when you build a 4
yard sweeper you'don't have any rear vision. A 3;, yard sweeper is
three times the safe'..- mobility of the man that is operating -the
sweeper.
Councilman Lloyd: Fine. Thank you very much.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd that the City Council approve the
NIXON-EGLI EQUIPMENT COMPANY's quotation and purchase of one Mobil
2-TE-3 sweeper for $18,271 less trade in of $500. Seconded by
Councilman Chappell and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
THE CHAIR RECESSED THE COUNCIL MEETING TO CALL THE REDEVELOPMENT
AGENCY MEETING�TO ORDER. COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 8.30 P.M.
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Dave Lassiter I am here for two reasons. As a point of
Teacher information,first of al4,,i would like to
West Covina High School inform the Council and thus the citizens of
the,.�community..,that,.-�we...a,te.,iprovidiftg fok....aur
young people in the City and'-tbe community an opportunity this summer
that I believe is rather unique. That is an opportunity to visita
number of key musical cities and an opportunity to meet with the people
in Europe, on a concert tour beginning July 14th through August 4th.
Included in this three week tour will be five days at an international
musicalewhich we will be taking part in with many students that will
sing and play instruments from all over the world. We are forming a
choir made up of students from West Covina and surrounding areas and at
this particular moment most of the students happen to be from the City
of West Covina - West Covina High School and also Edgewood High.
Mr. Kinzler, a -Director of Music at Edgewood High School will be
accompaning us on the -tour. We are calling the choir, since it is a
combined group of singers and not from any,particular school, calling
it The Golden State Singers, headquartered in West Covina, California.
Also this group will continue4, , I know
some questions have been made as to whether this is just for this tour,
and this group will continue to operate and be open to students from
Southern California ages 16 through 22. The cost of this tour is $775.
We propose to raise one-third as a group for these students which means
about $8,000 which we hope to raise through a drawing to be held at a
concert to be held June 28 at the Citrus College Auditorium. We need
from the City Council not money, and I understand you are very happy
to hear we are not asking for money, but we would like to be able to
present to the Cities we visit and the Mayors of those cities
plaques from the City of West Covina. This is usually a traditional
type of thing. They present to us a gift and we would like to present
one to these Cities. We are not going to be doing concerts in.1arge
cities such as Paris - it is our understanding the people in the
outlying villages appreciate the concerts much more and we will be
visiting these towns which really will give the students a better view
of Europe,, So we would like to be -.,able to present to these cities a
plaque from the City of West Covina. Are there any questions?
Mayor Young:
Councilman Nichols:
Mayor Young:
Mr. Lassiter:
Mayor Young:
Mr. Aiassa:
IMayor Young:
You can work with the City
pleasure, gentlemen?
Councilman Nichols:
would embark upon a project
Gentlemen, I don't know if Mr. Lassiter
has talked to others of you or not but
he has talked to me about this.
He hasn't talked to me but I think we ought
to approve it before he asks for money.
How many plaques would you have in mind?
At this point we plan to give two concerts
on the average per week which would mean
a half dozen or more plaques.
Will this create a problem - Mr. Aiassa?
I don't believe it will. I think we can,
provide six plaques.
The plaque -tiles we have our very
attractive and make a very nice presenta-
tion appropriately engraved in some fashion.
Manager's office on that. What is your
Seriously,Mr. Mayor,/ -and I may have made
light of it a moment agotbut I am much
gratified that a group of our citizens
of this magnitude and plan to fund it
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completely in the private sector through fund raising activities, and
the request to Council for a half dozen or dozen or two dozen
plaques is in fact the most minor aspect of the efforts being
undertaken to pr6vide this. I think all of us really, joking aside,
are pleased that you come to us on this basis and ask us to partici-
pate through this small token that we can offer and that you carry
it in the name of our City. You know he did not indicate this was
going to be the Chamber's thing, or West Covina High, or West Covina
Council Chora�T, but The Golden State Group, headquarters in West Covina,
so really I think they are doing the City an honor and a favor by
coming to us and asking us to participate in this way and I am pleased
and appreciate that and I concur we should participate.
Mayor'Young: I am sure you speak for all of us,
Councilman Nichols. Are there any further
comments?
Motion by Councilman Shearer that the City Council authorize as many
plaques up to a maximum of fifty that The Golden State Choir will need
on their upcoming trip. Seconded by Councilman Chappell and carried on
roll call vote: I
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd,.Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor Young:
Mr. -Lassiter:
And y,6ti-can g9,.,with_.-,. our blessing - Mr. Lassiter,
good wishes to you on your fund raising
and on the tour itself.
and present the plaques to
Thank you. We would. also like to take this
opportunity to issue a formal invitation to
the Mayor of West Covina to accompany us
the Mayors of the various villages.
Mayor Young: Thank you. Anyone else wish to address
the Council at this time?
(THE CHAIR CALLED A RECESS OF THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 8�40 P.M. COUNCIL
RECONVENED AT 8,52!!T-1_`M.)
Mayor Young: Councilman Lloyd calls to my attention that
there may have been some one else that wished
to address the Council under Oral Communica-
tions, so if there are no objections by Council I will reopen Oral
Communications.
Bill�Ellis We still have this left turn problem on
648 South Sunset the median strip. I must have been sleeping
West Covina when you passed over it. I don't know
whether you have a copy of the Traffic
Committee meeting minutes?
Mayor Young: Yes, we do. This was item 7 and we do have
a detailed report regarding that meeting
and the whole situation there and the con-
clusion being that the protected left turn U-turn at Sunset 'and --West
Covina Parkway plus the other me-,ans of access but that in particular
for the southbound Sunset traffic would be sufficient for the area that
you speak to and further that the distance is inappropriate to provide
for a left turn access g�.t the property itself without creating a
traffic hazard. These are the general conclusions of the report.
Mr. Ellis: Well a-y point out they
,,Mayor Young if I m
are showing 2701)at-Sunset Place and 2901
at West Covina Parkway and there is
approximately 8001 there - that leaves about 2401 so I don't see why
we couldn't get just a two car turn in.
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This is going to funnel all the traffic
from southbound, if they can get into the lefthand lane, into Alpha
Beta's access and make a major highway out of that parking lot.
There will be internal traffic problems that will be unbeliev.Able
because everybody will be heading for the Alpha Beta parking lot
and that is going to be an impossible situation. My people are all
unhappy about it. I have talked to the engineers and they say
engineeringwise it is feasible and all the rest of the problems are
solved but on Number 5 they are comparing apples to oranges because
they are only comparing painted medians with painted medians not
against raised medians with breaks in them. Every one of their
accident rates here are based on painted medians. There is not one
statistic here with access through raised medians.
Mayor Young: Is there any one on Staff that can react
to that particular point?
Mr. Zimmerman: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, we do
have a slide presentation which I think
could describe it if you care to go into
that detail or we can discuss the accident problem which our studies
do show are considerably greater on a road of this type with an
opening in the median than one in which the raised median is closed.
I think it is 1.3 accidents for a million vehicle miles versus 1.9
so there is a very considerable safety factor.in this type of opening.
Mr. Ellis: Your 1.94 is existing accident rate on a
painted median on a very bad road. That
has nothing to do with it. The 1.7 is
also a painted median and has nothing to do with raised medians.
You are comparing apples with oranges on your accident rates.
Mr. Zimmerman:' My understanding is that the accident
rate is between a raised median which is
closed.
Mr. Ellis: I am reading it on Page 20 of your
Traffic Committee meeting minutes.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Mayor, may I raise a point of order
on this, and I don't mean to be dis-
respectful and I am going to give you
an opportunity - Mr. Ellis - I hope if I have the concurrence of the
other Councilmen, but in our procedure here the argumentative
pressure is not added into the meeting, it serves no purpose because
we get opinion and not fact. Mr. Mayor, I would make a motion that
this item be re -referred to Staff where they can look at it and work
with Mr. Ellis and perhaps come up with some solution which would be
equitable to the problem.
Councilman Nichols: I will second it to get it on the floor
and then I have a comment. This matter
was before the Council at the last
meeting. The Council indicated a concern about.the problem as
rasied by Mr. Ellis. I inquired of the City Manager a day or two
later as to what the Staff's concerns were about this and what might
be done and the information Ireceived was "it was being taken care
of." I made an assumption, I suppose obviously somewhat erroneously,
that there was immediate consideration being given to a change order
and its opening a median turn in that area. I don't set myself up
as a traffic expert, I have a question in my own mind as to --' whether ----
it is or is not traffic wise practical to put a cut throd4lli a median
strip there between the area and the Parkway. I also am superficially
", f�'-tiie--4inlon -thaCt, 4,pkote�ated U--turn-at Walnut, Qreek;- Rark-way_would give
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ample opportunity for southbound traffic to move into 'that area and come
back up Sunset and get in atany point they wanted to. I really don't
(-e.nV-i8.age that area as a drop in area but one that attracts people
coming in intentionally to patronize certain types of businesseso
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I think the critical question before Council now is, l)- do we
accept the Staff recommendation which is based upon a review of a
week; and 2)- if we do not, in terms of the contract and the
commitment of funds for the work, can a further delay,be made? I
think the priority element is the implication of further delaying
this matter and I make that comment relative to Councilman Lloyd's
lemotion.
If the decision can be delayed further
then I think it should be delayed further so the Council can
re -refer this again to Staff and take a little more time on it. I
would really like to get an answer first of all to the question -
what is the implication of a further delay in this matter?
Mr. Zimmerman: I believe anothertwo or three weeks
could be utilized without endangering
the progress of the contract which is
now underway. The median does not have to be closed as presently
planned within the next two weeks.
Councilman Nichols: My final observation would be that this
matter came before us in an open
presentation last time and I think Council
reasonably has a right to assume that when the Traffic Committee
meeting minutes came back to us this time with a recommendation
that it had been the result of some sort of a resolution of the
problem. The result we have tonight indicates that was not the case.
I think therefore it should be delayed further and the Council should
be given a little more depth'.in-reporting in terms of what the final
recommendation is to be before it comes up before Council and has to be
',thrashed,_ out,. in_�an zijaral situation. I think a matter of
this concern should be one that really is prepared for a soluticn in
advance and at least we will anticipate a hearing situation or
anticipate a resolution. -'L..-'When a�.M;htter..*of _. thi.-�type repeatedly comes
back through the minutes with recommendations and then we end up with
concerned businessmen before the Council turning a communications
situation into a testimonial, this is not desirable. Oral Communica-
tions is supposed to be a time when people convey a concern to Council
and this type of concern can't be answered short of involvement
which is less than what the Council would like to have in Oral
Communications.
So I would hope we would either get an
agreement with the concerned businessman or the Council might be
aware in advance that no agreement was achieved.and the recommendation
of staff was anterior to the feelings of the people in.the community.
I would accept the motion to carry this matter over.
Councilman Shearer: Am I correct, the motion was to refer back
to Staff? In that case I will vote
against that motion. I feel there is
absolutely nothing to be gained in referring back to Staff. As I have
said on numerous occasions I hope that Staff always in their
recommendations and reports to the Council base it on a sound
engineering decision, or that -the Fire or Police decision is based on
sound fire or police decisions. I think the'recommendation of Staff
is based on sound engineering judgment and if we refer it back to
taff we are in effect saying work something out that is agreeable with
he people and the onlything I believe that is going to.be agreeable
is an opening there and that is in conflict with the engineering
judgment. I think if there is going to be any decision reached by this
Council other than that Which% forthe-aming; by Staff, it is going to
have to come from us and not expect the engineers� to say it is "wise
engineering decision to place a median opening in this location".
So therefore I will vote against refieri�in.9:�itbatk:,.to,-S.taff.-
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Now on the other hand if we want to have a
public hearing at a later date where Council can interject mercy,
justice, politics or whatever you want to call it to somewhat over-
ride the decision by the professional staff that is one thing. I
think in referring it back to Staff it is telling them we want you
to change your decision and I never want that situation to be, so
I will vote against the motion as it now stands. Technically we
already have accepted the recommendation of Staff to go ahead with the
plan as submitted. Are we out of order in reopening it?
Mr. Wakefield: You can reconsider it.
Councilman Chappell: We have a presentation from Staff, slides,
etc., which might make us better informed
an this project, but I am remembering
the opposition we had with the State Highway Department in the closing
of off ramps through our community - their thinking is to move traffic
down the road and our thinking is to get the traffic off the road in
our City if they so. desire. I think we may have the same'thing here
again. Our people want to move the traffic down Sunset where we Q may
really want to allow the traffic to flow into the :shopping center. '.. We
closed some streets off at Michelle down Azusa and I can understand
that, but at the moment I can't understand the importance of moving
traffic down Sunset when we are affecting the business community.
So I would like to call for the slides and the presentation that has
been prepared for us this evening which might make us a little more
informed on this subject, at least make us vote one way or the other
a little more intelligently.
Councilman Nichols: May I respond to that Councilman Chappell?
I don't want to create an inference of
bias. I have no bias either in favor of
giving additional access or in oppositi6n-'.t,6 it�.` 1, ' could'think of.,
arguments that could run in both ways. I can remember very careful
engineering studies that said "let's not have a stop sign or red light
at Grand and Barrancall and all traffic engineering studies indicated
we should not have this and then we have traffic accidents and public
pressure comes down on us and the next recommendation that comes out
of the same group of people recommends the installation of a signali.-
zation.. I think these matters do reach a point of a matter of judgment
and even after you weigh all of the soundest possible engineering
values that you may have clearwise you reach a point of decision and
sometimes there are emotional or political aspects to it that may
tip it one way or the other. I certainly understand why
Councilman Shearer reacts in terms of sound engineering principles
as well he should, as well we all should, but I am a little bit con-
cerned,that we move into a hearing situation tonight and push us on
possibly to a decision that might be premature.
For instance I had hoped Staff would come
back tonight and provide the alternatives. I believe the Staff of
this City understood two weeks ago that this was partly engineering
and partly political consideration. Perceptivity of long term city
employees would certainly indicate that - it would seem to me that when
this thing came up tonight if it was still in the area of controversy
that these r6p,,tibds and all this data would have been provided to us'
tonight. Now if the slides are here tonight to support an engineering
eiewpoint then we are seeing one side of the coin only. If the slides
an also indicate to Council the alternatives and what the implications
re so we can weigh this objectively then I would favor going on into
it tonight. If all of that information is not before us then I would
concur we have to wait two weeks and then see the slides and see the
alternate proposals and weigh it in terms of that. My own viewpoint
is can we see both sides of the coin tonight or are we seeing a
slide presentation to support a Staff recommendation? My position in
terms of the vote on the motion on the floor would relate to that, so
can we have an answer to that - does a slide presentation involve
alternativesof' ------------------------------ ----------------------------
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or, --does itv,involve A, suppbrtive presentation?
Mr. Zimmerman: The.slide presentation does show a median
opening with a driveway at the approximate
location Mr. Ellis's petition indicated and
presents probably not in a positive manner but it does show it.
*Mayor Young: I 1ik&--Councilman Shearer's idea - set it for
a public hearing and receive the evid I ence
and act on it.
Councilman Shearer: That was not my idea. I would just as soon
not do that, but I would prefer that to
sending it back to Staff and expect to put
the burden on them to reach agreement with Mr. Ellis, and I don't think
they are going to reach ' agreement with Mr. Ellis. If there is agree-
ment with Mr. Ellis it will have to be based on these other little
side issues - mercy, justice, politics, or whatever you want to call it,
and giving it back to Mr.,Zimmerman and his people is not the way to
go.
Councilman Nichols: A Public Hearing would involve Mr. Ellis and
his supporters coming out enimasse giving
testimony, it certainly would not involve
anyone else in the community but would not be a public hearing any
more than it would reinforce the position that is being clearly stated
here. I think the Council's task is one to determine whether feasibly
that opening can be achieved based on the evidence presented. The
citizens who have an honest bias will not add much to the evidence
anyway. -We have a motion on -the floor to hold the matter over and I am
prepared to vote against the motion I seconded and get on with the
slide presentation and perhaps reach a decision tonight.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Zimmerman indicated two weeks was not
a critical item and if we have a public
hearing as has been suggested we will go two
weeks and then we have to make a decision after that and then we may
have to go further than that and as Councilman Nichols says this
affects only a small group of people, the rest of the City could care
less, so a public hearing is not as applicable to them:as far as I am
concerned if you want to make the decision tonight let's get on with
it. We can make a new motion and start out from there.
Motion failed, all voting "no".
(Sl . ides shown and explained by Mr. Zimmerman as to the present
entrances, proposed entrances and the entrance requested by the
petition. Questions asked, explained and answered by Staff.)
C ouncilman Nichols: When this project is completed and the * median
strip is put down the middle will it be at
that time the capability of making a protected
U-turn southbound at Sunset and Walnut Creek Parkway?. I
Mr. Zimmerman:
Councilman Nichols.:
Mr. Zimmerman
No.
completed in September or
Councilman Nichols:
How long before that capability will exist?
We anticipate the contract for the left
turn'will be in September and it shouldbe
I a relatively short contract so it should be
October.
When would this current project be completed
the median opening?
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Mr. Zimmerman: The raised median at the Ellis driveway
on Sunset will beinstalled sometime in the
next month under the current program.
Councilman Nichols: So at:best you are indicating four to five
month lag between the completion of this
project and the installation of the median
strip and the provision of a U-turn situation at that inter'section.
Mr. 7,immerman: That is correct as far as that particular
phase is concerned. (Mr. Zimmerman continued
with the showing and explaining of slides. Stated the one change
is from the Ellis property for southbound traffic onto Sunset Avenue.
Instead of it being as it is now you would have to go up to the
Alpha Beta entrance or exit out onto West Covina Parkway and both of
those involve going through a signalized intersection, where the
safety feature is involved, existing directly from the driveway is an
unprotected movement through the heavy tralfic)
Councilman Shearer: That portion of Sunset Place - that stretch
in there how wide is that?
Mr. Zimmerman:
That will be closed under the current contract.
Councilman Shearer: What will be done with that section of the
street?
Mr. Zimmerman: There has been no decision or proposal made
yet but it is under consideration with the
RedevelopmentAgency to be included as part
of the parking lot, that will depend on the studies now being under-
taken by their Traffic Consultant.
Mayor Young: Are there easements existing for the Ellis
property so the cars can properly drive
over the Alpha Beta property and out onto
Sunset Place-, or is that just a use that is tolerated as the matter
stands? Suppose Alpha Beta decides to build a fence out to the street,
in fact.I think Broadway has one. Would there be anything to keep,
them from doing that?
Mr. Zimmerman: Mr. Mayor, there is a reciprocal parking
agreement whereby Mr. Ellis, his properties
have the right mutually to pass over the
Alpha Beta property. I believe it is a mutual easement either way it
goes. The future egress points would be the same with the exception
there would be no southbound movement out of Mr. Ellis's property
onto.Sunset Avenue.
(Continued showing and explaining slides of the current arrangement,
showing the median as presently approved by Council under the going
contract, stating there will be a raised median providing for the
sufficient length of left turn slots which our Traffic Committee
says are needed to service the Redevelopment Agency's CBD under the
heavy traffic loads that will go southbound on Sunset Avenue and
eastbound on West Covina Parkway and also the increased loads proposed
to go into the service center because of the addition of the
parking structure which will add several hundred more parking spaces
,into the Civic Center and will throw all of the load of the Court
House parking into that area instead"of into other driveways along
Sunset. Explained the slide shown purporting to be a median
location on Sunset with a slot opening stating it would be necessary
to have suf f icient room f or the proper length trans.it ion -1 and
basically eliminate the left turn slot into the Civic Center.
Explained the length of the reduced left turn pocket into the Civic
Center and the commercial property. The other approved now under
the program for TOPICS for the signal installation at West Covina
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Parkway and Sunset Avenue and on that basis 'Staff would not recommend
under any circumstances any alteration in it. The one at the Civic
Center in Staff's opinion would then be deficient, and for that reason
Staff -does not feel there is room for a left turn opening,in the
median, aside from the safety factors involved.)
Councilman Nichols: Mr. Mayor, I will stand with the Staff
recommendation on this matter. I think I
have seen enough and heard enough and
weighed enough - I don't think it is practical to break that median
up any further. I think there is going to be a delay of some four
or five months before total access but I think with the protective
U-turn anyone desiring to reach that property southbound will be
able to relach it appropkiately without a great deal of difficulty
and I think the price of that delay is worth a much better long
time circulation. Althou�h I would like to see a better access to
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that stretch of driveway and the access.into it and out of it, but
if there is no viable alternative I will accept the Staff recommenda-
tion.
Councilman Shearer: I think this question goes far beyond those
few people that have property, leases or
businesses in the area, I think the City
has not only an obligation to them but to all of the citizens that
drive up and down Sunset Avenue to provide a safe situation. We had
another item on the Traffic Agenda meeting tonight involving a
median opening at Grand and Virginia. Ther e was a recommendation
in there which would limit access because of a high number of
accidents. I think that the proposal on the board with the reduced
lane into the Civic Center g§uperimposes an additional left turn
between the two intersections and while it -would bea good access
perhaps I question the safety standpoint of it. If we provide
access to southbound turning leftpeople coming out of the driveway
wanting to go back south will present another conflict and I think
the more conflicts you introduce the more potential accidents you
have and it would be my opinion that in a year or so we would have
this matter before us again because of the number of traffic
accidents in this location. Now we can't have everything, but I
think we owe it to all the citizens to provide - Number 1, a safe
street as well as access to the property and I think access can be
provided under the proposal in a much safer situation and safer
manner than the other way,� so I will vote to go along with the Staff
recommendation.
Councilman Chappell: I look at it a little differently and I
don't know why. Can we have the slide
back again showing the left turn itself?
Arewe contending that the traffic is going to flow faster after it
leaves Sunset, that the traffic is going to start flowing very fast
and the reason it is unsafe to have a left turn section in there is
because the traffic is starting to flow so fast that the people
can't observe this type of situation? I don't see forty or fifty
cars a minutes Or even an hour making that left hand turn in there
and not being a traffic engineer like Councilman Shearer I don't quite
see this danger that we keep talking about here. 1.3 accidents per
million vehicle miles - - because you have two stop signs and you
have traffic slowed down before moving into that -area. As I say I
am not a Traffic Engineer but I do drive the streets in our town
all day long and I would say any one alert and with their eyes
open would see that. There are left hand turns all through the
business community up on Citrus and the only reason they have it
there is to get the traffic moving into their property. I find no
fault with this as a layman, as somebody who drives frequently
which to me it would be obvious there is a left hand line turn there
and as you move over into it you have a safe area to park and you
hold your car until you can make a left hand turn there. I don't
see the hang up here with a left hand turn.
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Councilman Nichols: one of the problems we do face though can be
demonstrated for instance by Sunset.Avenue
opposite Sunset School where they have
created a left turn pocket in the middle of the block for access into
the parking lot on the north end of the Inter -Community Hospital
Center. What you see is the people tend to use that same break to
get across the street andrbt using the turn pocket at all but
people coming from the other side trying to get through. I recall a
year or two ago where unfortunately the principal of the Continuation
High School attempted to use that route and was struck in the rear
of his car because he was attempting to make his turn from another
direction. When you approve a break in a median strip for one direction
the tendency for the individual is to attempt to go out the same way
and to cut through that median strip and it is not a protected situation.
Openings midblock are always somewhat hazardDds:.,and when you create
one with such a short difference between the Civic Center pocket from
the other distance I think the burden of proof really has to be on
the engineering I principles as to whether it is feasible. If this in
fact were closing off access to this property I would be much much
concerned about it. That is why I raised the points I raised, but
anyone coming down Sunset Avenue that intends to go into that area
to shop there I don't feel is greatly inconvenienced by going a few
f6et further and making a protected turn at a signalized intersection
with the capability of a U-turn and returning immediately to the area.
If that were not being provided then I would have to think about it
otherwise, but with that being provided at a delay of a few months
only it.does seem to me that the prudent .7 course without very much
penalty indeed would be to keep that median clearance there and to
provide that access either through the protected U-turn or out of
the West Covina Parkway access. Now when people come out of that
shopping area if they do desire to go southbound there are several
ways of gaining access to West Covina Parkway and back onto Sunset
and many of us who trade in the area, and indeed I do - I get my
haircut there, I buy my paint there, I am in and out of there at
least once*or twice a week and I find no trouble of getting in and
out there now on West Covina Parkway southbound.
So I think the critical element is the
access to that Center by southbound traffic on Sunset. Now the
penalty that will accrueby not having that median opening would be
by driving not more than a couple of hundred feet south and coming
into a protected slot and having the capability of making a protected
U-turn to go into that Center. I really don't feel that this is a
great penalty being attached to this center when you relate it to
the additional. safety factors:i by keeping that median closed. I
would go along with the Staff recommendation.
Mayor Young:
Mr. Zimmerman, after this is all finished
will you be able to get into the Ellis
property at Sunset Place - southbound?
Can you. make a left
there and get into it?
Mr.,Zimmerman:
Yes, there will be an entrance there to get
to all those properties - Alpha Beta, the
Shopping Center or the Ellis properties,
they are all available through that entrance by some route.
Mayor Young:
What the public has to condition itself
to is to either anticipate and turn lef t
at Sunset Place *and if they miss it they have
to overshoot by a few hundred feet and make a left U-turn at
-West Covina Parkway
and go back?
Mr. Zimmerman:
That is the case as soon as the left turn
arrow is put in. The other ' alternate would
be to go to West Covina Parkway and turn
into the property.
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Mayor Young: I think the type of business enterprise,
particularly as the Ellis property is
taking on a new posture now and it
becomes more of a specialized center, that is a place you select to
go to and you will get there, rather than a drop -in type of clientele
which I think they are leaning aw ' ay from with the present development,
this should provide adequate access to it and I am going to go along
with the Staff Report too, although I am sorry as I am sure we all
are that we can't accommodate every convenience. If we did, no
telling what kind of a hodge-podge we would have, we have nothing but
a hodge-podge throughout the City as it is. One thing I think we are
going to have probably is a minor civil war until that left turA arrow
gets in and also if that median goes in before the new parking
structure is open here northbound traffic has one whale of a time
getting.into the court house parking lot, I don't know how they will
manage it. It is too bad we couldn't coordinate things a little
better, but I guess we will muddle through it somehow.- I will
support the Staff recommendation in light of the presentation.
Councilman!Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I would like to make one further
comment and I am sure the people in favor
of the opening won't agree with it, but there
is somewhat of a philos6p4ical. approach. I think that any City and a
comment was made about Covina and Citrus Street, but I think in my
opinion more people -ate probably discouraged from shopping along
Citrus because of the traffic situation of the extreme difficulty of
getting through the area then are encouraged because of the various
things which inhibit movement of traffic. I think A -safe street, one
that people can move quickly into and out of will bring people into
the area more than it will'drive people away because once they get
there they may have to drive a little further under a safe condition
and a '--.free_*. flowing condition than one which they can safe a few
hundred feet and turn in directly. of course this can be debated
from now until the wee hours of the morning.
I will move that we again approve the Staff
recommendation with regard to the median on Sunset.
Seconded by Mayor Young and carried.on roll
call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Young
NOES: Lloyd,,Chappell
ABSENT: None
PUBLIC WORKS
TOPICS PROJECT
NO. TS-72004
T-3041(224)
INSTALLATION AND MODIFICATION OF TRAFFIC
SIGNALS AT FIVE INTERSECTIONS:
Azusa Avenue - Cortez Street
Vincent Avenue Rowland Avenue
Sunset Avenue Workman Avenue
Sunset Avenue North Garvey Avenue
Sunset Avenue West Covina Parkway
(Council reviewed Engineer's Report)
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and
carried, to approve plans and specifications and authorize the City
Engineer to call for bids at such time as the plans and
specifications are approved by the Federal Highway Administration.
TOPICS STUDY
FINAL REPORT
(Council Reviewed Engineer's Report)
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by
Councilman Lloyd and carried, to accept the final draft.of the area -
wide TOPICS Study prepared by Gruen Associates and City Staff, and
authorize the City.Engineer to submit the study to the State Division
of Highways and Federal Highway Administration for approval.
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PLANNED COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT LOCATION: East side of Azusa Avenue,,
NO. 1-1 R-3 700 ft. south of Amar Road.
CONTINENTAL MULTI -HOMES, INC. (Council reviewed Engineer's report).
RESOLUTION NO. 4702 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA ACCEPTING A CORPORATION
GRANT DEED EXECUTED BY CONTINENTAL MULTI -
HOMES, INC., AND DIRECTI ' NG THE RECORDATION
THEREOF. (Easement for Sanitary Sewer
Purposes.)
RESOLUTION NO. 4703 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED CITY OF WEST COVINA ACCEPTING A -CORPORATION
GRANT DEED EXECUTED BY CONTINENTAL MULTI -
HOMES, INC., AND DIRECTING THE RECORDATION
THEREOF. (Easement for water purposes)
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Shearer and
carried, to waive further reading of said Resolutions.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell, to
adopt said Resolutions.
Councilman Shearer: A question with regard to the wording in the
Staff Report. It states "in order for the
City to provide sanitary sewers and water....
does it mean wh ' at it says - we provide sanitary sewers or is that an
obligation of the developer?
Mr..Zimmerman: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, it perhaps
would have been better wording to say "to
provide sanitary sewer service and water
service to the property.18
Councilman Shearer: The construction of these will be the
developer's responsibility and all we are
doing is providing the easement?
Mr.,Zimmerman.: The developer will install and dedicate
them to the City.
Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols,Lloyd, Chappell,Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
SEWER ASSESSMENT DISTRICT LOCATION: Lark Hill Drive.
NO. A 111-73-1 APPROVE PLANS, SPECIFICATIONS AND
ASSESSMENT MAP;.DECLARE INTENTION
TO CONSTRUCT SANITARY SEWERS AND
SET PROTEST BEARING DATE.
(Council reviewed Engineer's Report.)
RESOLUTION NO. 4704 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF�THE CITY COUNCIL OF'THE.
CITY OF WEST COVINA ADOPTING THE PROFILE
AND IMPROVEMENT PLAN AND SPECIFICATION.
FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF CERTAIN SANITARY,
SEWERS IN LARK HILL DRIVE AND OTHER RIGHTS
OF WAY IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA."
RESOLUTION NO. 4705 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
ADOPTED CITY OF WEST COVINA APPROVING MAP OF
ASSESSMENT,DISTRICT FOR THE CONSTRUCTION
OF CERTAIN SANITARY SEWERS IN LARK HILL
DRIVE AND OTHER RIGHTS OF WAY IN THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA."
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RESOLUTION NO. 4706 "A RESOLUTION'PF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA DECLARING ITS INTENTION
TO CONSTRUCT SANITARY SEWERS IN LARK BILL
DRIVE AND OTHER RIGHTS OF WAY, DETERMINING
THAT BONDS SHALL BE ISSUED TO -REPRESENT
THE COST THEREFOR., AND THAT THE EXPENSE
THEREOF SHALL BE ASSESSED UPON A DISTRICT
AND,SETTING THE PROTEST HEARING APRIL 23,
1973.11
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and.
carried, to waive further reading of the bodies of said Resolutions.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd, to
adopt said Resolutions and carried on roll call vote:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols,.Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
CITY ATTORNEY
ORDINANCE' Mr. -Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members
INTRODUCTION of Council, there is a
(Noise) Staff Report which
recommends that further consideration of this Ordinance be deferred
pending your budgetary considerations with respect to the necessary
noise recording equipment.
Mayor Young: Is it the desire of the Council this evenin ' g
to question this Ordinance at this time or
would it be appropriate to hold?
Motion by Councilman Chappell to defer this item pending approval
of the budget for the necessary equipment. -Seconded by Councilman
Lloyd.
Councilman.Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I have quite a few questions
regarding this which I will defer. I was
wondering if it is possible for staff to set
up for my benefit at least, some sort of a demonstration.
Throughout the ordinance we talk about a 5. decibel variation
between the ambient noises and that created by a TV set or other
amplified equipment. That doesn't mean too much to me. I don't
know right now whether my voice is 2 decibels, 10 decibels or no
decibel. So to pass an ordinance that says you cannot play your TV
1-ouder than 5 decibels - now is that reasonable or unreasonable? I
would like to have demonstrated what that actually does to one's
ears. Maybe it is reasonable and maybe it is not. Can you give me
some idea of what the difference is between say 50 and 55 decibels?
Mt. Zimmerman: Yes, it would be possible at any -,appropriate
time to have a demonstration before the City
Council or any portion of the Council as you
would desire. There was demonstrations of the equipment given at the
symposium in downtown Los -Angeles which was attended by a very large
number of jurisdictions in Southern California and I am sure we
could borrow some of that equipment or get vendors to make such a
presentationi
Councilman Shearer: I would appreciate that beCause my concern
is that not all laws are necessary so whether
it is the noise of a TV set or the height
of a hedge or whatever so we don't get so restrictive that every
time my neighbor decides to have a disagreement with me he can say
"hey,your TV sot is a little too loud" and if that comes in in a 5
decibel range I think maybe we should raise. it and if 5 is a
significant situation and it is that disturbing then that is one
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thing but I would like to preceive that before voting on it.
Mayor Young: I agree with Mr. Shearer's comments even
though in some ways it is good for my
business.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Mayor, I do have a comment on this in
that I guess I was the one that asked for
this in the first place, and I would say
that Staff has been patient in trying the thing and I do agree
we should probably hold it over for ;�i_demonstration. In our society
today if we are going to live together in some relative areas of
peace and harmony we are going to have to have controls on noises that
are unacceptable to people. I don't know what those noises are but
the point -I make on it is that I do encourage this Council to
certainly review this ordinance, however I do also concur that I find
no fault with'taking our time to arrive at it but I think it is an
extremely important social function and -I remind you that we move on
other things with a great deal more alacrity and I would like to get
on with it.
Motion carried.
ORDINANCE NO. 1217 Mt. -Wakefield:
ADOPTED
the zone on the
Before the City
you may wish to
respect to their situation and what they
development will proceed according to the
this 'Ordinance was considered.
,Mr. Mayor and members of
the Council, this Ordinance
is for adoption, it changes
California Triangle property.
Council adopts this ordinance
hear from the developers with
feel is the possibility the
Precise Plan at the time
Mayor Young: Could this action be deferred, Mr. -Wakefield,
past the March 30th date?
Mr. Wakefield: I think not, simply for the reason it seems
obvious that the developers will not wish to
purchase the property under any circumstances
unless they are assured that the zone will be changed and the
development can proceed. I think in this particular instance there
is only one alternative available to the City Council, that is either
to adopt the Ordinance this evening upon the basis of the representa-
tions Of the developer that they feel the present problems that have
brought the situation to an impas�se can be resolved or if not then it
seems to me the project must necessarily fall by the wayside.
Mayor Young:
If the Ordinance is adopted and then the
project should fail for some other reason.
not related to anything we are doing what
would we do then? We
could repeal the Ordinance couldn't we?
Yes, Council could always repeal-. the
,Mr..Wakefield:
ordinance before it becomes effective at the
end of the 30th day from the date of its
adoption. So you would
have two meetings during the month of April
in which the -Ordinance
could be repealed if that is the course
you desire to take.
Mayor Young:
Does anyone on Council desire to hear from
the Cal-Park.Properties at this,time?
Councilman Nichols: I don't personally have a desire to hear
from them, but I would like the record to
reflect that the Council's action and my
vote anyway on this matter is in the sense that a legitimate package
has been put together.for development in the interests of the
merchants and citizens' of West Covina and a very salient part of this
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I
was the effort to at least offer the opportunity for our merchants
to participate in this development. And if after the vote to firm,
this zoning for it should there be any implications at all that the
proposed development with the requirements placed upon it by the
Redevelopment Agency and the Council has fallen by the wayside
because the property owner expects to retain that zoning and gain
som - e additional benefit to himself, if that is the assumption I
would personally be prepared to move immediately to zone this
property back to its current status. My vote for this zoning is in
good faith to enable the proposals made to be implemented and not to
create value for any other parties to speculate on the land at the
expense of the good faith of the City of West Covina.
The City Attorney presented:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA AMENDING THE WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE SO AS TO REZONE CERTAIN
PREMISES. ( ' Zone Change Application No. 480 -
West Covina Redevelopment Agency)"
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and
to waive full reading of the body of said Ordinance.
carried,
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Lloyd to adopt
said Ordinance. Motion carried on roll call vote:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mayor Young: For the record my vote is cast in,the same
light as Councilman Nichols'.
ORDINANCE NO. 1218 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY -OF WEST COVINA AMENDING SECTION 3140 (c')
OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, DELETING
A PORTION OF GARVEY AVENUE FROM THE TRUCK ROUTE SYSTEM."
Motion by Councilman -Shearer, seconded by Mayor Young and carried,
to waive further reading of said Ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Nichols, to
adopt said Ordinance. -Motion carried on roll call vote:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols,,Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ORDINANCE NO. 1219 Mr. Wakefield: This Ordinance is the
ADOPTED Urgency Ordinance prepared
based on the recommendation of the Redevelop-
ment Agency. It is entitled:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
0 1 F WEST COVINA PROHIBITING THE ISSUANCE OF
BUILDING PERMITS FOR ADDITIONS TO OR
ALTERATIONS IN THE EXTERIOR OF THE BUILDINGS WITHIN A PORTION OF THE
CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT AREA PENDING THE COMPLETION
OF A ZONING STUDY OF THE AREA AND DECLARING THE URGENCY THEREOF, -TO
TAKE,EFFECT IMMEDIATELY."
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Lloyd, to waive'
full reading of said Urgency Ordinance. Motion carried.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman Chappell, to adopt
said Urgency Ordinance.
Mayor Young: One question and I asked this before - you
said the deadline of this is? That is not
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in�cluded in the Ordinance?
Mt. Wakefield: That is correct, it is not included in the
Ordinance.
Motion carried on roll call vote:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RESOLUTION NO. 4707 The City Attorney presented:
.ADOPTED "A RESOLUTIONOF THE -CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA APPROVING A TENTATIVE TRACT
MAP. (Tentative Tract No. 31407)j!
Motion by Councilman -Shearer, seconded by Councilman Lloyd and carried
to waive full reading of said Resolution.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Lloyd to adopt
said Resolution. Motion carried on roll call vote:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols,,Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RESOLUTION NO. 4708 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION'OF THE CITY COUNCIL.OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA APPROVING CLASS SPECIFICATIONS
FOR SECRETARY I AND SECRETARY II POSITIONS."
RESOLUTION NO. 4709 "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
ADOPTED OF -WEST COVINA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 1277
RELATING TO CERTAIN AUTHORIZED POSITIONS AND
SALARIES."
Mr. Wakefield: The two Resolutions implement your action
at your last meeting with respect to
Secretary I and II.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to waive further reading of said Resolutions.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Mayor, I am not going to vote opposing,
it has already been approved and I voted
"no" last time and I am not going to get
involved in it.
Motion byCouncilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman -Chappell to
adopt said Resolutions. Motion carried on roll call vote:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols,.Lloyd,.Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
STATE DEPARTMENT OF Mr.�Wakefield: This item is the ' proposed
JUSTICE CRIME lease of the Crime
.LABORATORY L . EASE Laboratory located in
the Police Building to the State Department
of Criminal Justice. The lease was drafted
at.the request of the Chief of Police and the City Manager and
proposes a rent free lease of the laboratory space itself with a
charge being made for any additional space which the Department of
Criminal.Justice may require for secretary desk space or for
storage of supplies and equipment, or for filing. The consideration
to the City flows from the fact the Department of Criminal Justice
will operate the laboratory for the purpose for which it is now being
maintained by the City in conjunction with other cities in the area
and will relieve these cities of the expense of the operation itself.
Mayor Young: So the present crime laboratory specialist
we have will become am employee of the -State?
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Mr. -Wakefield: That is correct.
Councilman Chappell: A question, Mr. Mayor. On this change over
to the lease plan does that limit any
information that we might want to get from
this laboratory or maybe give us less of a priority that we now have
or take longer time to get the answers or will it remain the same?
Mr. Wakefield: I think Deputy Chief Meacham left, but my
understanding of the discussions that have
been had between the Police Department and the
State is that the service will continue at the same level and it will
really enable a regional type service to be provided by' the St;�.te
rather than the more local level that is presently provided. The volume
of the service and the requests made to the laboratory have permitted
it to furnish ... the information -on schedule and the indication is that
the schedules will be cont�in-aed,_to be maintained under the State
operation.
Mayor Young: It is still servicing this City as well as
the other cities?
Mr. Wakefield: That is correct.
Mayor Young: How large of a region is contemplated?
Mr. -Wakefield: My understanding is they will extend the
services to cities in Orange County also as
well as those in the -San Gabriel Valley.
Mayor Young: Do you know how many Municipal Courts might
be serviced by it?
Mr. -Wakefield: Citrus Court,,El Monte Court, Santa Anita
Court, Whittier Court and the Municipal Court
in Orange County that services the western
part of Orange County., I don't know the name of the Court.
Mayor Young: It * sounds like this laboratory may get into
the same situation that the Los Angeles County
Lab is in and that is simply running 6 to 8
weeks and sometimes longer, and from my point of view sometimes that
works out nicely because justice delayed is justice denied. That is
exactly what we want on occasion. I I
Councilman Nichols: Mr. Mayor, it seems to me that the interests
that you sometimes express aren't always the
public interests.
Mayor Young: That is entirely correct and it is kind of
interesting at the moment to have a drunk
driving case with a blood test and you go
and you have your results within a week as opposed to 6 or 8 weeks.
Councilman.Shearer: Mr. -Mayor, it seems to me that the item
we are asked to approve here goes far beyond
the approval of a lease. It seems to me
we are in fact with the approval of the lease giving our okay to a
change in the operation of this Crime Laboratory that we have only
had approximately one year. It may very well be the great thing
that it is reported to be but we have no information in our report
with regard to the items that have been brought out here as to why
it is advantageous to have the Department of Criminal Justice
operate.the lab in lieu of the City itself. Why it is advantageous
to spread our sphere of influence into Orange County - and I would
like to see this held over in regard to that. I think the lease is
minor compared to -this, the concept which is completely new to me
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at least.
Councilman Chappell: I agree with Councilman Shearer. My con-
cern is we went into this with other cities
in the Citrus Court area and the results I
have heard have been excellent, the timing and the return of
information, etc., and doesn't allow some attorneys to get some one
0 off free because of the time consumed. And if this does change that
thing that is not what we are a.00king for. That is not why we
originally had that lab and signed up a number of cities around here
to help pay for it. If this is just a device to cut our spending
budget somewhere and then not get the performance from it I would
like to hear about it because I am not ready to vote on this
tonight at all.
Mayor Young: There is one thing about it and that is this
service is one provided by�West Covina to a
group of local cities which is ordinarily
provided by the County and we are paying for it, whereas we could get
it free from the County but we get better service this way. When we
went into it we were hoping that we could prove ourselves and then
get the County to subsidize it because we are taking the burden off
of them.
Mr. Aiassa: I think carrying it over may be preferable.
One reason, as you know our Federal Funds
are drawing to a close and if we carry this
over to the next meeting we can give you the details. We are coming
to a closing point not only of economics but of operation.
Mayor Young: Could we have some discussion possibly with
Supervisor Schabarum? This again I suppose
would be a great thing for the County to
get some of the judicious things lifted off of it but,like you say,
it could be defeating a very valuable premise there.
Councilman Chappell. I had a discussion with the Deputy Sheriff
of Los Angeles County and passed it on to
our Police Department they were interested
in coming out and taking.it over at this time I don't know what
fouled up on it but it would be a smaller jurisdictional area than
what we are looking at now, I move that we hold it over to our
next regularly scheduled meeting for a report from Staff.
Seconded by Councilman Lloyd and carried.
REQUEST TO ATTEND Mr. -Wakefield.' Mr. Mayor and members of
LEAGUE LABOR RELATIONS Council, I ask for
INSTITUTE authorization to attend the League of
California's Labor Relations Institute in
San Francisco' on March 28-30, 1973, with
one -half -of my necessary expenses to be paid for by the City of
West Covina, not to exceed $125.00.
So moved by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by
Councilman Chappell and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols,,Lloyd,,Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Councilman Chappell: Mr. Mayor, while on this subject, the
recommendation we originally had was that
somebody fromStaff would also attend this
meeting. If someone from Staff is going,shouldn't we approve money
at this time?
Mr. Aiassa: If a Staff member goes,we have an allocation
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approved in the budget to cover this'. The reason you have to approve
Mt. Wakefield's expenses is because it is set up in the budget
similar to the various Commissions and other organization budgets,
they have a lump sum in thL��it budgets and in out budget We have
each cohf6fence that will be attended stated specifically. We ate
considering sending one Staff man to the Institute.
CITY MANAGER
WEST COVINA ALL Mr. -Wakefield: Ar.Mayor and membets
CITY BAND,CO I NTRACT of Council, there is a
contract prepared which
allthotizes the payment to the All City Band of the amount of money
which the City Council previously authorized.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Lloyd to approve
the contract.
Councilman Shearer: A question perhaps Mr. Hoover can answer it.
What are the qualifications besides being
able to play an instrument to be a member of
the band. Do they have to be a West Covina resideht'or is there an
age requirement - minimum, maximum?
Mr. Hoover We do have by-laws and it is open to
Director youngsters in the community of West Covina,
All City Band not necessarily of West Covina Schools.
We have some College students going to
Mt. SAC and Cai-Poly that are playing with
Us - from 8th grade up.to' 14th/'grade-and to 21 years of age.
Councilman Shearer: Are they required to be residents of
West Covina?
Mt. Hoover: Yes, that is the way we set it up.
Mayor'Young: That includes the parochial schools?
Mr. Hoover: Yes. *I might say that we have been
specifically invited by Disneyland and
the group is going to appear on April 8th
to play there and of course we are planning other concerts and the
4th of July Parade.
Mayor Young: I know you have heard this before but
you are well received in the community
and certainly by this Council. You ate
doing great work, keep it up.
Motion carried on roll call vote:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
"SAFETY TOWN" DISPLAY
REQUEST
Mr. Aiassa:
Councilman Lloyd: A question. Do we
have an expenditure,
of funds on this?
They will move it Up there, no expense to
the City of West Covina.
Councilman Chappell-. There Must be some W6atihg but phase when
this is used by a large hUmbek of people
and 1 would say having it at the Expo in
..,Sacramento won't do us a dart bit of good and it Might just put the
extra wear and teat on the equipment that might Make Us have to do
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some replacing sooner than we ' want to. The Chief has recommended
it but I don't know that we will get any good out of it, I wonder
if that aspect has been looked into? If the request were for the
Pomona County Fair that might be different, but I don't see us
getting any real publicity out of it at Sacramento and to haul it
all the way to Sacramento poses a lot of traffic hazards and a
tremendous amount of wear and tear on the trailer.
Councilman Nichols: The only mitigating circumstance is that
the Trailer was built with a grant from the
California office of Traffic Safety.
Mayor Young: It seems to me it would do at least as much
good as the West Covina exhibit at the
County Fair - I know we don't do it
directly but indirectly through the Chamber of Commerce and there is
exposure of the name., and Cal Expo is certainly a prominent place to
have it.
Councilman Chappell: You may have a good thought there to have
it represented for us one time at the . .
County Fair and see what we come up with.
I don't know. 'I spoke what I thought about it and I will call for
the question.
Councilman Shearer: One comment. Anyhing that could be done to
improve the quality of Cal Expo I -think would
be well done. -I attended it two summers ago
and I will never go back.
I will move approval of the request to
exhibit "Safety Town" Trailer at no cost to the City with proper
identification that this is a West Covina owned facility, at
Cal -Expo ini September'l.973.
Seconded by Councilman Lloyd.
Councilman Nichols: The Office of Traffic Safety was most
generous, we wouldn't have it at all
without their cooperation and I think we
would be terribly ungracious i ' f we didn't send it up and let them
see it after it was finished, so I would be in favor..
Councilman Chappell:
FLOOD CONTROL PROBLEMS
DUE TO RECENT RAINS
LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA
CITIES' MAYORS and
COUN6ILMENIS LEGISLA-
TIVE CONFERENCE
the funds budgeted. The
each.
Well I don't want to be ungracious or
not generous so I will vote "aye".
Otherwise I would cast my second "no"
vote of the evening.
Motion carried. All voting in favor.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by
Councilman Chappell and carried, to
receive and file informational report.
Mr. Aiassa: We are asking for Council
authorization for two
Councilmen to attend the
League of California's Mayors and
Councilmen's Legislative Conference,
May 14 - 16, 1973 in Sacramento. We have
expense requested would be -$175.00 for
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Lloyd, to
authorize the attendance of two Councilmen to the League of California's
Mayor's and Councilmen's Legislative Conference, May 14 - 16, 1973
in Sacramento, and further authorizing the expenditure of not more
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Legislative Conference
than $175.00 for each Councilman attending. Motion carried on roll
call vote:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
WEST COVINA CITY Mr. Aiassa: This is an information report
EMPLOYEES' ASSN. on the request of the West
REQUEST Covina City Employees'
Association to hold Board
meetings on City Time. It can just be received and filed.
So moved by Councilman Chappell, seconded
by Councilman Shearer and carried.
RECONSTRUCTION'OF Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by
,SUNSET AVENUE Councilman Chappell and carried, to receive
.PROJECT NO. SP-73003 and file information report.
MAYOR'-S REPORTS Mayor Young: I have received a request
to proclaim "Senior Citizens'
Month" - Month of May, 1973.
Hearing no objections I so proclaim.
COUNCILMEN'S REPORTS/ Councilman Chappell: I notice on the
COMMENTS calendar that Captain
Mark Henson is
retiring this Friday. He was a long-time Police Officer and I
move that we award him an appropriate resolution commending him for
his services while serving as a Police Officer and now retiring
as a Captain of the West Covina Police Department.
Mayor Young: This means it is to be perma-piaqued?
Councilman Chappell: . Yes.
Seconded by Councilman Lloyd and carried
on roll call vote:
AYES: Shearer, Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell, Young
NOES:, None
ABSENT: None
DEMANDS
Motion by Councilman
Lloyd to approve Demands
totalling.$353,631.71
as listed on Demand
Sheets C863-865, and
B571 - B570A. Seconded
by Councilman Shearer and carried on roll
call vote:
AYES: Shearer,
Nichols, Lloyd, Chappell,
Young
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ADJOURNMENT
Motion by Councilman
Shearer, seconded by
Councilman Lloyd and
carried, to adjourn
this meeting at 10:20
P.M., to the special
Joint meeting with the Planning Commission on
April 2, 1973 at
Ap7:30 P.M.
APPROVED:
ATTEST: MAYOR
CITY CLERK