02-25-1974 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
FEBRUARY 25, 1974.
The regular meeting of the City Council called to order at 7:30 P.M.
in the West Covina Council Chambers by Mayor Jim Lloyd. The Pledge
of Allegiance was led by Angelo Hernandez, Tom Bidwell of Boy Scout
Troop 822. The invocation was given by the Reverend Myrus L. Knutson
of Christ Lutheran Church.
RM.T, CALT,
Present: Mayor Lloyd; Councilmen: Young, Nichols,
Shearer, Chappell
Others Present: George Aiassa, City Manager
George Wakefield, City Attorney
Lela Preston, City Clerk
George Zimmerman, Public Service Director
Leonard Eliot, Controller
Michael Miller, Planning Director
John Lippitt, City Engineer
Wm. Fowler, Dir. of Bldg. & Safety
Craig Meacham, Ass't. Deputy Police Chief
Ora Short, Acting Fire Chief
Jeff Butzlaff, Administrative Analyst
Mark Volmart, Administrative Analyst, Jr.
Mike McDonnell, Staff Reporter - S.G.V.D.T.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
February 11, 1974. Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by
Councilman Shearer and carried, to approve
minutes.
CONSENT CALENDAR Mayor Lloyd explained the procedure of the
Consent Calendar items and asked if there
were any comments on any of the following
items:
1. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
a) BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Re adoption of an Urgency Ordinance
to protect consumers by the establish-
ment of certain requirements for
vendors of gasoline or other motor
fuel. (Council)
b) PUBLIC EMPLOYEES UNION
a Division of Teamsters
Local 986
c) PUBLIC UTILITIES
COMMISSION
• d) UNITED CEREBRAL PALSY
ASSOCIATION
.of Los Angeles County
Re Fire Captains' Grievance.
(Refer to Personnel Officer and City
Attorney)
Re establishing a list for the fiscal
year 1974-75 of existing and proposed
crossings at grade most urgently in
need�?df separation. (Refer to Public
Services Director)
Request permission to conduct fund-
raising campaigns during 1974.
(Approved in prior years. Recommend
approval)
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2. PLANNING COMMISSION
SUMMARY OF ACTION February 20, 1974. (Accept and file)
3. YOUTH ADVISORY COMM.
SUMMARY OF ACTION February 19, 1974. (Accept and file)
4. CLAIMS FOR DAMAGES FILED WITH CITY CLERK:
a) FRANK J. KALINOWSKI III Re alleged false arrest and false
407 S. Hilborn Ave., imprisonment on 11/13/73. (Deny and
West Covina refer to Insurance Carrier and City
Attorney)
b) STATE FARM MUTUAL
INSURANCE
c) MICHAEL P. NISBET
144 E. Baseline
San Dimas
5. ABC APPLICATIONS
On behalf of Daniel Wenk re traffic
accident on 2/12/74. (Deny and refer
to Insurance Carrier and City Attorney)
Re loss of sunglasses while in
custody of West Covina Police Depart-
ment on 2/7/74. (Deny and refer to
Insurance Carrier and City Attorney)
Chief of Police recommends NO PROTEST.
a) Mary. Jane Brightwell dba JERRY'S HOUSE OF SPIRITS II
720 N. Harley St..W.C. 602 S. Sunset Avenue
Jerry Ernest Tomeo
841 S. Terri Ann Dr.
West Covina
b) Sidney R. Goldman
4590 Jurupa, Apt. 19
Riverside
Robert D. Riley
8075 Garfield,
Riverside
Alphonsus E. Croteau
7166 Bradford,
Highland
6. CITY TREASURER'S REPORT
7. TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MINUTES
dba OVERTIME II
340 S. Glendora Avenue
Month of January 1974. (Receive and
file)
February 19, 1974. .(Accept and file)
Councilman Shearer: Item I -a - I believe is tied in with a
letter that we received inviting the
Mayot to attend a meeting on Wednesday
regarding gas allocation. I would
request that I -a be withdrawn from the Consent Calendar.
(Mayor Lloyd indicated he also had some remarks to make in regard
to Item I -a)
40 Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Young to
approve Consent Calendar items 1 through 7 with the exception of
Item I -a. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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Councilman Shearer: I only brought it up, Mr. Mayor,
because it is of vital concern.
The meeting I attended today of the
Mayor's Committee in Los Angeles, there was quite a bit of dis-
cussion on this. There are basically two proposals, one from the
County and one from the State. I hear from the news tonight that
the Governor has decided to act when requested by the County, which
in my opinion is the only way to go, on a Statewide/Countywide basis.
If we have havoc today I think we would have more havor if we had the
County dispensing gas on even/odd days, etc., and the various cities
not doing it.
Mayor Lloyd: I think we have to go a great deal
further than that. We have seen lines
being formed in the City of West Covina
and in other cities. Our citizenry is not only concerned, but a
better word is "terrified" of assituation that is being perpetuated
for whatever the reasons may be. I have heard comments that it is
being perpetuated by the oil companies merely to push the price up,
and I have heard that it was being perpetuated by the Administration
who has failed to act in a timely manner and it really doesn't make
any difference what the cause is, the effect is still the same and
that is the citizens of West Covina are being sorely put upon and
feel their jobs are in jeopardy and their means of livilihood is
certainly in jeopardy. There seems to be a great deal of question
whether there is or is not sufficient fuel. I am tired of waiting
for other people to go and do something and I think we have a right
to do it. .If that input is going to come from the Governor - fine;
and if he gets it done before we get it done, all the better.
If the County is going to do something that is fine too, but I
would not be adverse to the formation of some sort of an ad hoc
committee composed of citizens of West Covina to at least look at
the situation in the City of West Covina. -For instance, with regard
to the posting of prices. I think the prices should be posted and
the hours of operation made known. As itli.is people are bitterly
complaining that they must go from point to point to find out who is
open and who is not. There is no consistency of schedule.
There is no question in my mind that
gasoline at this point falls into a category similar to water,
natural gas and electricity. Inoother words, functions of
the Public Utility Commission. I realize the State has not put this
into the area of the Public Utility Commission and maybe that is
what they ought to do, but at the present moment I think some
encouragement should come from these bodies - the City Councils -
asking them to act quickly and perhaps even letting them know what
we can come up with in someway of constructive solutions. As I see
it at the present moment the solutions that are being put forth
by the State or Federal Government are not very good ones. At
present it seems to me we just let everyone operate the way they
want to.
I know I am personally affected and
personally incensed at the way it is going on. I would be glad to
hear from my fellow Councilmen.
• Councilman Nichols: Mr. Mayor, I think the concern you
express is highly commendable if for
nothing else so that our own citizens
understand that the Mayor is lining up for gasoline too, which is
a worthy commentary., Personally, I am a�,'bit hesitant to move into
this area because of what I feel is a lack of capability on the
part of the Council to put any teeth into anything it might say or
do. We have no power to regulate the business hours of establish-
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ments in the.community and.no power to regulate:the.price structure,.
we have no power to tell someone to open if..they don't choose to
open. I am afraid perhaps if we begin to publicize.our own involve-
ment in this very legitimate area of concern that our own citizenry
will assume that what we hope to do and fail to do will be because
we did not have the desire to do it. It seems to me that the wheels
that are in motion at this hour, the action that .will probably be
taken by the Board of Supervisors Wednesday will do about all that
really functionally can be done. If someone could inform me<<that we
had .some power in this area,'legislatively speaking, that I don't
envision, I certainly would be prepared to move in. If someone
could tell me there was something we.could do that would be helpful
I would be willing to move in,but to form acCommittee to look at it
might in the final analysis do more disservice to the Community and
the expectations of our citizens than if we did nothing but just
commiserate.
Mayor Lloyd: One of the things we can do in response to this
and.I have asked Mr..Shearer because of his
proximity to the situation if he would attend the
Supervisors meeting, to which we were invited to go, and I don't think
it would be out of line if we had some sort of letter or proclamation
or something saying that we are severely hit, that the citizens of
West Covina want some action, that we feel while coordination by the
County is fine it has to come from the State, as Mr. Shearer indicated.
I think the same proclamation could be forwarded to the Office of the
Governor saying that there is a crisis, that it may not be a crisis
for him but it certainly is.for us and we.want-to- see some action.
Councilman Nichols: I am": -.totally in support of that. -I
was just responding to the suggestion
for an ad hoc citizens committee.
Mayor. Lloyd: Well I think we have an obligation
to do something. Obviously,
Mr. Shearer will go, but I would like
to see a letter or proclamation or a telegram sent to these people
ahead of time saying the City Council of the City of West Covina
most urgently agrees with the implementation of a rationing plan
which will afford everyone an opportunity to fill up with gasoline.
Councilman Shearer: What about an immediate communication
of that type with the Board of
Supervisors, because as I understand
the action of the Governor as he stated tonight was that he would act
if the Board of Supervisors so requested.
I would move that the City Council
through the most expeditious manner possible communicate with the
County Board of Supervisors indicating' -that we urge them to request
that the Governor implement some sort of an equitable allocation
plan for the distribution of gasoline.
Councilman Chappell: Mr. Mayor,,I would like to add to
that, to recommend that certain
hours be recommended for stations
.to be open, so we all know they are open from say 7 to 9 or whatever
and otherwise they are not.
Mayor Lloyd:
Councilman Shearer, will you add that
to your motion?
Councilman Shearer: Yes sir.
Seconded by Councilman Chappell.
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Councilman Young: A comment, Mr. Mayor. I am very distressed at this
particular point and I am not intending to be
critical andI share the concern. I had a gasoline
martini yesterday without the olive, the reason being I had my
daughter up from Fullerton without gasoline.to get home on.and my
• other daughter had to get back to school and work and she had no gas
and I had to siphon gas out of my car to get them home. I listended
to the President's press conference .this afternoon and he advises
.that the crisis is lessening, it. -is not as severe, we.have opportuni-
ties for an apparent break in this.thing - maybe, maybe not. I am
reluctant to rush in with legislation except as a last resort,
particularly when it is dealing with the local enterprisers and not
the major distributors of the product. It could be that.we need this
thing and need it right this minute, but I am in a quandry about it,
I am reluctant to legislate except as a last resort. I am reluctant
to contribute to a panic situation which the Governor says could be
avoided if people would quit topping off. I have heard of many cases
where people sit in long lines, they fill up their car and the price is
$1.32 worth of gas at today's price of 50e,* per gallon and they are
just topping off. They really don't need gas. I would like to see us
try and weather it through for another two to four weeks. That is
the only .comment I have.
Mayor Lloyd: My attitude on that and I don't -mean to be crass
or quick but it doesn't come through to me that
either the good Governor nor the.President are
standing in line like the rest of us are. I somehow get the feeling
and probably I am being unfair to these two people, but I really don't
think they are siphoning gas out of their cars to take care of their
families. I went through a similar situation and I think at this
point we ought to tell the people in West Covina that we understand
and we are willing to do what little we can do, which is to see that
those who really have the ability to do something do something.
Councilman Young: Mayor, you may be entirely right and I am not
really opposing your position, but I think we
should also urge the people of West Covina not
to store any more gasoline than is,absolutely necessary and with that
it may assist.
Councilman Shearer: In a normal situation I would agree with
Councilman Young, but I don't think we have a
normal situation. This motion I made and the
plan the Board of Supervisors proposed and the Governor proposed,
will not interfere with the private operation, we are not asking
a service station dealer to reduce his margin of profit or anything
like that, in fact I think it is going to help him out. He will be
able to pump as much gas this.way as any other way. If we were
making inroads into his livilihood then I would definitely say
"no", but I think the dealers will benefit. For that reason I think
we should move. I think the -day -of crisis has arrived. On my way to
.work this monring at 6: 30 A.i.M. the _Gulf Station. at the corner of
Cameron and Sunset was.open and there mutt have been-35.cars strung
out the driveway and down the street, and to me if this could be
cut in half we would get those people to work maybe 30 minutes late
rather than an hour late and then we have done a service.
Councilman Young: That is one good point because there is a self-
defeating factor about what is going on. All the
extra gasoline is being burnt in that line and
the gasoline I used yesterday cruising West Covina, Covina and part
of Baldwin Park trying to find a gas station. open and then headed
home and siphoned it out, I probably wasted a gallon of gasoline.
But I haven't heard of any one not getting to work so apparently
we are squeaking by with the essential activities we have to carry on.
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Mayor Lloyd: Let me say this. One of the things that have
occurred is the Energy Commission back in
Washington has said they would cut the percentage
factor of each station's allotment and now this is one.of the problems
that has come forth, because many of the stations have been closed
• since 1972 and as a result the 20/ reduction now turnst�out to be 30 or
35/. I have heard station operators as recently as today saying they
don't understand why one operator gets no fuel and another one gets
50,000 gallons. This was quoted to me today and I don't know if that
is true or not. Is there anyone else that wishes to speak to this?
Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
(Mr. Aiassa suggested that it might be well to put the motion into
Resolution form; Council agreed.)
RESOLUTION NO. 4843- The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA REQUESTING
_ THE BOARD -OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES TO URGE THE
GOVERNOR TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION TO IMPROVE THE DISTRIBUTION OF
MOTOR VEHICLE FUEL WITHIN THE COUNTY OF LOS_ANGELES."
Motion by Councilman Shearer, 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 and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
AWARD OF BIDS
PROJECT NO. SP-73006 LOCATION: Citrus Street, Cortez
CITRUS STREET IMPROVEMENTS Street to Walnut Creek Channel.
Bids received in the Office of the
City Clerk up to 10:00 A.M., on
Wednesday, February 20, 19741 and thereafter publicly opened and
read. Council reviewed Engineer's Report dated February 22, 1974,
including list of bids received.
Motion by Councilman Young and seconded by Councilman Chappell to
accept the Engineer's Report.
Councilman Chappell: A question, Mr. Mayor. We are
talking about having citizens
in the area donate property to widen
Cortez - what is the appearance difference bet�veen.Alternate "A" and
Alternate "B"? One is to be constructed with a combination of
reinforced cpn.crete and masonry concrete block, which appears to be
• decorative. gheu>other is just a slab of concrete sitting up there?
Will there be something decorative added?
Mr. Aiassa• Yes. Mr..Zimmerman has some draw-
ings on the Board to present to you.
(Mr. :Zimmerman, explained the two drawings shown on the board.)
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Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, for the record, the low bid,
Alternate "A" is the one that utilizes both
reinforced concrete and masonry block, and is
the one that appears on paper to be more decorative and is the cheaper
bid.
• Motion carried.
Motion by Councilman Young to accept Alternate "A" bid of Masonry
Engineers, Inc., of Long Beach as presented at the bid opening on
February 20, 1974, for Project SP 73006, and authorize the Mayor and
City Clerk to execute an agreement with the said Masonry Engineers, Inc.,
for the work to be done; and reserve any excess funds for this project
for the irrigation system and landscaping and authorize the City
Engineer to start the preparations of plans and specifications.
Seconded by Councilman Chappell and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
PUBLIC WORKS
PROJECT NO. SP-73007 LOCATION: H011enbeck Street, Cameron Avenue,
PAVEMENT DESIGN ANALYSIS to James Avenue.
Council reviewed Engineer's Report dated
F.-dbruary 21, 1974.
Mr. Zimmerman: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, this is a
somewhat new technique devised by this
particular soil analyses Engineer, which has
in effect the ability to tell the quality of the pavement, so the
Engineering Department can determine moie readily whether it should be
overlane.or turnout -and the proper base put down to stand the amount
of traffic load it:i.is. likely to get. We recommend that $1700. be
authorized to perform this analysis. This projedt:r as you know, is
scheduled for construction in this year's Five Year Program of Public
Works and in the budget.
Motion by Councilman Young to authorize issuance of purchase order to
LaBelle Consultants in the amount of $1,700 for pavement design
analysis. Seconded by Councilman Shearer and carried on roll call vote
as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
Noes; None
ABSENT: None
PROJECT NO. SP-73006 LOCATION: Citrus Street, Cortez Street to
VALENCIA HEIGHTS Walnut Creek Channel.
WATER COMPANY Council reviewed Engineer's report dated
February 21, 1974.
RESOLUTION NO. 4844 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A eRESOLUTION..OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA ACCEPTING A CORPORATION GRANT
• DEED EXECUTED BY VALENCIA HEIGHTS WATER
COMPANY AND DIRECTING THE RECORDATION THEREOF."
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to waive further reading of said Resolution.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Young to adopt
said Resolution and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
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AMENDMENT NO. 118 A proposed amendment to the West Covina
CITY INITIATED Municipal Code specifically amending Article
IX relating to required off-street parking.
Recommended for approval by Planning Commission
Resolution No. 2512.
aMayor Lloyd: Madam City Clerk, do we have Proof of Publica-
tion of Notice of Hearing?
City Clerk: Yes, Mr. Mayor and no mailed notices were
.required.
Mayor Lloyd: Were there any written objections or comments?
City Clerk: None.
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, you have a report from staff dated
February 25, 1974 with a recommendation from
the Planning Commission, along with other
material.
THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENT NO. 118
CITY INITIATED. THERE BEING NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED.
COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, a question. Thehitem we have to con-
cur in is,.I believe, the amendment process - is
that correct?
Mr. Miller: You really have two actions on your agenda, one
is to approve Amendment No. 118 which is a code
amendment to Article IX zoning code, and the
other action is to ratify the Planning Commission Resolution No. 2513
which establishes the parking design standards.
Councilman Shearer:
the Council could call
Mr. Miller:
Mayor Lloyd:
My question has to do with No. 118. What
would be the process for the Planning Commission
to change, would it be by resolution, one that
up if they so choose?
Yes sir, it would be by resolution of the
Planning Commission.
Any other discussion? If not, let's have a
motion.
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and Councilmen;: the appropriate
action would be to approve and instruct the
City Attorney to prepare the necessary
Ordinance.
So moved by Councilman Shearer, seconded by
Councilman Young and carried.
RATIFICATION OF A RESOLUTION OF THE PLANNING COMMISSION OF
• PLANNING COMMISSION THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, TO
RESOLUTION NO. 2513 ESTABLISH DESIGN STANDARDS FOR OFF-STREET
PARKING FACILITIES: AND A NEGATIVE,.DECLARA-
TION OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT.
Mr. Miller: Mr. Mayor and Councilmen, the parking design
standards contained in Resolution 2513 are
those that have been studied by the Planning
Commission, the Traffic Commission and staff,
to provide a more flexible and at the same time uniform application
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mercial industrial and
of design standards for parking areas in com ,
residential areas. This will be the first resolution in the
adopting of design standards by the Planning Commission and in the
future any action taken by the Planning Commission to modify the
design standards would be brought before the City Council for
information and action, if they so desire.
THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON RATIFICATION
OF PLANNING COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 2513 REGARDING AMENDMENT NO. 118.
THERE BEING NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED. COUNCIL
DISCUSSION.
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and Councilmen, the appropriate
action is to simply approve and ratify the
action of the Planning Commission.
So moved by Councilman Shearer, seconded by
Councilman Young and
carried.
AMENDMENT NO. 119
Proposed amendments to Article IX of the West
procedures
CITY INITIATED
Covina Municipal Code to establish
for obtaining grading permits in the City of
West Covina, and the extension of the Hillside
Overlay Zone to certain portions of the City.
Recommended for approval by Planning Commission
Resolution No. 2511.
Mayor Lloyd:
Madam City Clerk, do you have Proof of
Publication of Notice of Hearing?
City Clerk:
Yes, Mr. Mayor, and no mailed notices were
required.
Mayor Lloyd: Were there any written objections or comments?
City Clerk: None.
IC
ON
THIS IS THE INITIATED. THERELACE FOR BEING NOTHE PUBLICLTESTIMONYGAMENDMENT
PUUBLICHEARING CCLOSED.
CITY
COUNCIL DISCUSSION.
Councilman Shearer: How was the figure of 50 cubic yards settled
on? The reason I ask that question to be more
specific - does this cover if a man wishes to
build a swimming pool, would he have to go through this process before
he could grade for the swimming pool?
Mr. Miller: Yes, he would have to go through that;
however, he would have to go through permit
procedures and plan check in any case at
this point in time and it could be done concurrently so the time span
would be the same no matter which way -he went.
Councilman Shearer:
I thought
anything
approved
a plan check and permit does not
mission - isn't that correct?
this Ordinance required that
over 50 cubic yards were to be
by the Planning Commission and
have to go to the Planning Com-
Mr.-Miller• It does not have to go to the Planning
Commission, that is correct; but the time
span can be co -terminus with the plan
check. The time necessary for the Planning Commission to review
a precise plan for a single family residence that wants to put in
a pool can be approximately the same that is necessary to plan
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check a pool properly and through its structural features and things
of this nature.
.Councilman Shearer: This reminds me of the little set to we had
at our last meeting about the solicitation
ordinance. That was not the intent, I don't
• believe, of this Council to be so restrictive that if someone wants
to put in a swimming pool that they would have to come in and appear
before the Planning Commission.
Mayor Lloyd: I think we talked about someone putting a
fill on top of the yard, etc.
Councilman Shearer: Yes, grading and piling up dirt. I think
if we are not careful we may overextend what
the intent of the Council is. This isn't
criticism pointed in staffs' direction, but we had an example two
weeks ago and now we are about to adopt another one that may some day
have the same backlash. Personally that was not my intent when I
voted and instructed that a grading ordinance be prepared that it
would require a man putting in a swimming pool to appear before the
Planning Commission.
Mr. Miller: If I may respond to that, the intent was not
to unduly restrict the single family home-
owner. Since I have been here, over the
past four months we have had situations in other areas other than
hillside locations where grading has taken place in excess of 50
cubic yards or in that neighborhood that have created safety hazards
especially in the rainy season in the grading out of soil to use
elsewhere or whatever, and this was really intended to control that
and not intended to control the single family homeowner that wants
to come in for a pool. I think really if that is something that
is in the minds of the Council that they want to delete, I think
a simple phrase of "providing an exception for a swimming pool
permit" would be appropriate. It would be up to the City Attorney to
advise if that would have to go back to the Planning Commission for
further consideration, but that is just a thought.
Councilman Shearer: Well, Mr. Mayor, I am only one out of five.
Councilman Young: You raised a very good question and I think
Mr. Miller has come up with a very positive
solution to that question with the clause he
suggested. Would that create an enormous burden, Mr. Wakefield?
Mr. Wakefield: No sir, I don't think so.
Councilman Young: Would that have to go back to the Planning
Commission?
Mr. "Wakefield: No sir, it is a minor change of what has been
recommended.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Miller, would that present a problem with
the Planning staff? Obviously you s&id that
• wasn't the intent but that is the way it
turned out. Would this create a problem if we put in the exemption of
a swimming pool?
Mr. Miller: No sir, it would not create a problem for us.
Councilman Shearer: What is the procedure we follow, Mr. Wakefield,
to handle that change?
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Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and Councilmen, your action would
be to instruct the City Attorney to prepare
the necessary ordinance and exempt from the
requirement of precise plan approval those excavations in connection
with the construction of swimming pools on single family residences.
So moved by Councilman Shearer, seconded by
Councilman Young and carried.
PROPOSED ADOPTION OF Said Ordinance introduced on January 28, 1974,
THE ORDINANCES and set for public hearing this date.
RELATING TO BUILDING
CODES
Mayor Lloyd: Madam City Clerk, do you have the Proof of
Publication of Notice of Public Hearing?
City Clerk: Yes, Mr. Mayor, and there were no written
notices or comments received.
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of the Council, this is
the time and -place scheduled for the public
hearing in connection with the adoption of
certain-,iuniform codes. If there is anyone in the audience that desires
to be heard either with reference to the proposed codes or express any
objections to the modifications proposed, this is the time and place
for that hearing.
While your Agenda only shows one Ordinance
there were two. They were both included in the same notice. The first
one relates to a series of codes in the building field and the second
ordinance relates to the Uniform F�i're Code.
Mayor Lloyd: Madam City Clerk, were there any written
protests received?
City Clerk: No, I have not. I believe the Building Depart-
ment sent out a mailing.
(Mr. Fowler, Director of Building & Safety,
stated the Building Department had sent out notices and received no
comments.)
THIS IS THE TIME AND PLACE FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING ON AMENDMENT NO. 119.
THERE BEING NO PUBLIC TESTIMONY PUBLIC HEARING CLOSED. COUNCIL
DISCUSSION.
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor, the ordinances have been previously
discussed and introduced. This is the time
for the adoption of the Ordinances.
.ORDINANCE NO. 1237 "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA REPEALING SECTIONS 8110, 8110.1,
8120, 8121 and 8130 OF THE WEST COVINA
MUNICIPAL CODE, ADDING SECTIONS 8110, 8110.1,
8120, 8130 and PART 4 TO CHAPTER 1-OF ARTICLE VIII THERETO, AND AMEND-
ING THE CHAPTER HEADING OF CHAPTER 1 OF ARTICLE VIII THEREOF, RELATING
TO THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM BUILDING CODE (1973 EDITION), UNIFORM
MECHANICAL CODE (1973 EDITION), UNIFORM HOUSING CODE (1973 EDITION),
UNIFORM CODE FOR THE ABATEMENT OF DANGEROUS BUILDINGS (1973 EDITION)
UNIFORM PLUMBING CODE (1973 EDITION), AND THE NATIONAL ELECTRICAL
CODE (1971 EDITION), AND MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES THEREIN TO MEET
LOCAL CONDITIONS."
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to waive further reading of said Ordinance.
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Motion by Counci.lman.Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell, to adopt
said Ordinance and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
.ABSENT: None
ORDINANCE NO. 1238 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA REPEALING SECTIONS 3200, 3201,
3202, 3203, 3204, 3205 and 3212 of the WEST
COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE AND ADDING SECTIONS 3200, 3201, 3202, 3203
THERETO RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE UNIFORM FIRE CODE (1973 EDITION),
AND MAKING CERTAIN CHANGES THEREIN REQUIRED TO MEET LOCAL CONDITIONS."
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to waive further reading of said Ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell, to adopt
said Ordinance and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS None.
CITY ATTORNEY
ORDINANCE NO. 1239 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA, ADDING PART 7 TO CHAPTER 2 OF
ARTICLE IX OF, AND AMENDING SECTION 9216.2 OF,
THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE, RELATING TO
CONDOMINIUMS, INCLUDING THE CONVERSION OF
EXISTING APARTMENTS TO CONDOMINIUMS." (Amend-
ment No. 117)
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to waive further reading of said Ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell, to adopt
said Ordinance and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RESOLUTION NO. 4845 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA AMENDING RESOLUTION NO. 4713
RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF GUIDELINES AND
PROCEDURES FOR THE EVALUATION OF THE
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ON PROPOSED PUBLIC OR
PRIVATE PROJECTS." (Recommended by Planning
Commission Resolution No. 2514)
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Young and
carried, to waive further reading of said Resolution.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell, to
adopt said Resolution and carriedon roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RESOLUTION NO. 4846 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING
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THE CANVASS OF THE GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION
TO BE HELD ON`" THE 5TH DAY OF MARCH, 1974,
TO BE MADE BY THE CITY CLERK OF THE CITY OF
WEST COVINA."
.Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Shearer and
carried, to waive full reading of said Resolution.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell, to adopt
said Resolution and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
DISABILITY RETIREMENT Mr..Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of
OF JAMES F. HINES Council, at the last
session of the legislature
an urgency legislation was adopted effective last
October that changed the procedure with respect
to the determination of disability for retirement purposes for firemen
and policemen. The statute as it is now amended requires the City
Council or its designated representatives to make the determination of
disability.. That determination was previously made by the Public
Employees Retirement System and now that burden.:is shifted to the
City Council. You have before you this evening the reports with respect
to James F. Hines, a Police Officer. If the City Council desires to make
the determination of disability on the basis of the medical reports and
the staff report which are before you, then .it would be in order to
adopt a resolution to that effect.
Mayor Lloyd:
What is the pleasure of the Council?
Councilman Shearer: For my edification, what will result as far as
Mr. Hines is concerned if we take the action to
declare his disability?
Mr. Wakefield: The application will then be filed for disability
retirement on behalf of Mr. Hines and his
disability retirement could then be effective
March 8, 19741, which is the final date for the expiration of his sick
leave and other benefits.
Mayor Lloyd: I am prepared to just go ahead and adopt the
resolution, personally. Does anyone else wish
to speak to it?
Councilman Shearer: I would agree, Mr. Mayor. We got the letter
from the Doctor, a very eminent physician in
West Covina, that says the disability factors
while may not impair his occupation in some other field do make him in
the position of not being able to carry out the normal duties of a
Police Officer and I sure would hate to second guess Dr. McColl.
RESOLUTION NO. 4847 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF WEST COVINA FINDING AND DETERMINING THAT A
CERTAIN CITY EMPLOYEE,INCAPACITATED FOR THE
PERFORMANCE OF HIS DUTIES AND SHOULD BE
RETIRED FOR DISABILITY."
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Shearer and carried,
to waive further reading of said Resolution.
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Shearer, to adopt
said Resolution.
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Councilman Chappell.: Mr. Mayor, I am wondering if we are perhaps
not overlooking one of our Commissions that
we have in our City - the Personnel Board.
They might be in a position to handle this, study it. and perhaps
rule on it. This is the first one we have had and we may have others
that may be less simple than this one and we may be setting so.me sort
of precedent in procedure .at this time by ruling on this ourselves
when we do have a Personnel Board set up.
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, I would agree with Councilman
Chappell, but in this one particular instance
Mr. Hines has been a long term case and I would
like the Council to make the recommendation directing the City Manager
and the Personnel Officer to meet with the Personnel Board and make a
recommendation to you at their next meeting.
Mayor Lloyd: What kind of a difference in recommendation
would you feel is necessary? Do you feel
there is something inadequate in the report?
Mr. Aiassa: No, this is rather a simple one, but you may
get into future ones that have complications.
Mayor Lloyd: I agree on that but since this is simple and in
order to expedite it and the man is deserving
of the disability retirement - I don't disagree
with Councilman Chappell's suggestion but in this case I would like to
see action taken tonight.
Councilman Shearer: One question. Isthere any disagreement on the
part of Mr. Hines as to whether or not he
should be declared disabled - is he in agreement
with this?
Craig Meacham: To the best of our knowledge Mr. Hines has no
Ass't. Police Chief disagreement.
Motion carried on roll
AYES: Young, Nichols,
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
call vote as follows:
Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
THE MAYOR CALLED A RECESS OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 8:30 P.M.,
FOLLOWED BY THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING AND THE PARKING
AUTHORITY MEETING. CITY COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 8:45 P.M.
CITY MANAGER
ADDENDUM TO EXISTING Mr. Aiassa: Staff has submitted a report
CONTRACT and a recommendation. We
have two old vehicles with
over 60,000 miles on in need of extensive repairs and in checking we
find it more economical to finish off our contract with Mandy -Williams
Olds by leasing two extra vehicles to be used by the Police Sergeants,
where the coordinating and backup responsibilities of the field
sergeants dictate a critical dependence on reliable vehicles.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Young, to approve
the.leasing of two additional police vehicles (1974 Oldsmobile Delta
881s) for a monthly lease rate of $327.60 amounting to a total outlay
for the balance of this year of $1,965.60 with the Mandy Williams
Agency. Motion carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Chappell
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Councilman Chappell: Mr. Mayor, I abstained because Mandy -Williams
is an account of mine.
AUTHORIZATION OF
FUNDS
• (Human Relations Comm.)
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor and members of
Council, you have a staff
report with regard to the
attendance of four Human Relations
Commissioners to attend a statewide confer-
ence in Riverside on March 1, 2 and 3, 1974.
Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by Councilman Shearer, to
authorize the amount of $240.00 to accommodate the expenses associated
with four Human Relations Commissioners attending the Statewide confer-
ence in Riverside. Mot oni:darried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
CBD PHASE II STUDY
CONFERENCE
(Informational Report)
COMPLAINT OF HELEN ADAMS
RE DOGS
(Staff Report)
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by
Councilman Shearer and carried, to receive
and file.
Councilman Nichols:
seems already resolved.
I move we receive
and file the report
in that the matter
Seconded by Councilman Shearer and carried.
DIRT STOCKPILING Mr. Aiassa: Council has a staff
CBD PROJECT AREA report; we have met with
(Informational Report) all the parties involved
except one, and we tried to outline a
feasible and acceptable program and hope
we are able to accommodate the needs of these businessmen. Staff is
working closely with them and will continue to try and resolve the
problem. The contractor has already found another site to locate some
of this dirt and we will make an effort to resign the site so it will
be known that they are still in business.
CALIFORNIA OSHA Mr. Aiassa: Councilman Shearer
CONFERENCE altered us to this
(STaff REport) conference and I had Gary Duvall and
John Lippitt from my staff attend and
it appears that we will have some very complicated record keeping for
employees and complaints, etc. I just wanted to let Council know that
we are following through on this with the help of the City Attorney.
GINGRICH PARK Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded by
Progress Report Councilman Shearer and carried, to receive
and file progress report.
Councilman Slie';arer: ' There is a paragraph in the staff report
with regard to a possible commendation
to Lester McCoy & Sons for doing some
free..work in Gingrich Park and I would move that the appropriate letter
• ,_be addressed to them over the Mayor's signature thanking them for the
grading work.
Seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried.
PROGRESS REPORT ON MEETING Mr. Aiassa: We are having a meeting
WITH MRS. CARPENTER and with them tomorrow and
MRS. ANDREWS they have made up a list of things they
want to review with us, and we will try
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and get these things resolved. You will receive a report on March llth.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Nichols and
carried, to receive and file.
• CITY MANAGER'S MR. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, I neglected
CONFERENCE to put on the agenda
for Council approval my request to
attend a 2-day City Manager's Conference
in Palm Springs. I may not be able to attend both days but I would
like permission to go for one day. I would need $100. to cover
expenses.
Councilman Chappell moved approval, seconded by Councilman Shearer and
carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell,
Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
EXTENSION OF PEP PROGRAM Mr. Aiassa: Council has a staff
report on the possible
extension of the PEP Program along with
Staff's recommendation. As Council realizes this could amount to
about $80,000 in our current budget. We are trying to seek every way
possible to be able to get money from this Agency. The project underway
now is being faded out and by the end of this year's budget we will
probably have everybody off of PEP.
MAyor Lloyd: Do we have a chance to get the funds?
Mr. Aiassa: Yes, and I am just advising Council that
we are moving on this program.
Councilman Nichols: Mr. Mayor, a question of Mr. Aiassa.
Wasn't the PEP program to be phased out
completely by the first of January of
this year?
MR. Aiassa: Yes, but there appears in the gathering
of statistics the FEderal Government
realizes that the PEP program has been
of some success and is needed.
Councilman Nichols: Yes, I understand that, but we do not now
have PEP employees on our payroll?
Mr. Aiassa: Yes.
Councilman Nichols: If the phasing out of the program was
the first of the year how do we have
PEP employees?
Mr. Aiassa: The phasing out of the program was that
we would continue to terminate so many
• each month. We were told to phase out
but we were able to do it on a gradual basis.
Councilman Nichols: How many PEP employees do we still have
being funded under TITLE I?
Mr. Eliot: The PEP program was scheduled to expire•,
on June 301 1974, with a gradual decrease
in employees as Mr. Aiassa stated, over
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this current fiscal year. We still have seven or eight employees
that would be terminated by the end of the fiscal year; however, with
the new unemployment rate rising legislation has been introduced in
Congress to institute a manpower program that will encompass not only
the continuation of PEP but the additional Federal Funding for more
manpower positicros in a more comprehensive manner. Our request at this
time is to merely file an application and bring that back to Council
in the light of what legislation does pass and for your approval at
that time.
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to approve staff developing an application for Department of
Labor funds to extend the existing PEP program through fiscal year
1974-75.
ENERGY CRISIS Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded
(STaff Report) by Councilman Chappell and carried,
to receive and file.
MAYOR'S REPORTS
PROCLAMATION Mayor Lloyd: If there are no objections
I will proclaim "Fiesta
De Mexico" the week of
March 8/16, 1974. And in connection with that I see Mr. Strachan is in
the audience and as I understand it in connection with that KNBC is
going to have a Sunday program here at City Hall during that festival -
is that correct?
Mr. Strachan: Yes, on the loth of March.
Mayor Lloyd: And they are coordinating that through
the Chamber of Commerce and will hold it
out here in the fountain area - and are
there any problems? (No problems)
Councilman Nichols: I think it would be wise to let KNBC
know however that it is only a display
for the purpose of their television
cast and the fountain goes off immediately thereafter.
Mr. Strachan: I would like to thank the Mayor for making
this possible with KNBC - we appreciate
your help.
Fiesta De Mexico WEek proclaimed,
no objections by Council.
COUNCILMEN'S REPORTS/COMMENTS
Councilman Chappell: You may or may not know I have been
appointed to a Statewide League Committee
called Public Safety. .I attended the
first meeting held in Los Angeles, International Airport at one of
the hotels. You have in front of you my report - the subject of
• Additional Expenditures relating to the Fair Labor Act. As you know
the minimum wage law is in the process of being increased and other
items are involved.
One of which is overtime and it so
happens that firemen come under this overtime provision. I.have
asked staff to break it out and show us what it will cost in West Covina
to fund this provision. Our firemen have not taken a position on this
but many Departments in the State have gome out in opposition to this
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portion of the bill. They really don't want the minimum hourly wage
passed they want to extract it from the bill itself.
We are not opposing the minimum wage as
such but opposing the 40 hours, starting at 48 and being reduced to
40, which requires paying overtime to all of our employees in the
Fire Department. As you note in 74/75 with this portion of the bill
passing it would cost the City $252,894 or 17(,' tax increase; dropping
it down to 78/79 when the 40 hours would be in effect it would cost
the City $565,760 or a 38d, tax increase to fund this overtime provi-
sion.
On the back page there is a recommended
letter to be written to Cranston and the Congressmen and also to be
used as a press release to let them know we would prefer they
eliminate the portion pertaining to overtime for fire personnel in
that particular bill. The State of California would have some fifty
million dollars increase in salaries if this bill were passed. So I
would like to move that this Council go on record in oppositicm to the
portion of the Minimum WAge Bill that pertains to overtime as it
pertains to Fire Personnel.
Seconded by Councilman Nichols.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, a question. I am concerned
when we are talking about a press release
that specifies dollars. Does the law
state that overtime over 40 hours that the overtime pay is based on
their present salary and they continue to get it plus?
Councilman Chappell:
pay and time and a?ihalf for
Councilman Shearer:
and half, so I question the
by 150%. They are already
extra pay is the overtime.
Mr. Aiassa:
Time and a half over 40 hours. Our own
Fire Department is working 56 hours now
and the first 48 hours would be regular
all over that.
Yes, I understand that. But they are
already being paid for straight time
and the b.nlyl.thing extra would be the time
calculations where the hours are multiplied
getting paid for straight time, the only
MR. Ross Bonham has been working on this.
Will you explain the figures you presented?
Councilman Shearer: You indicated there is 29,288 hours of
overtime for 74/75 and you multiplied that
by 150%. They are already being paid
straight time? (Mr. Bonham answered "yes") So the only additional
cost is time and half or does the provision of the bill say what they
are getting now that is only for 40 hours work and anything over that
is time and a half? I am concerned that the figures we publish
are representative of cost and don't overplay the point.
Mr. Bonham: One oft -the factors when addressing the
hourly wage of a'fireman is to determine,
for instance, his step increase . An
employee works 40hours and a fireman works 56. So one has to take
the fact that based on 40 hours there is a factor of roughly 23/
applied towards their hourly wage in a negative sense, so there is 23/
substracted from their hourly wage to compute how they are paid on 40
hours. These figures are based on that. Taking the average between a
captain's and a fireman's hourly wage x 150/ on time and a half and then
substracting 23/. These are the figures reflected. It sounds compli-
cated and dealing with a fireman's wage can be kind of precarious.
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The factor I took into consideration was that it would be straight
time and substracted 23/.
Councilman Shearer: So when we publish these figures they are
representative of the potential extended
additional cost?
Mr. Bonham: Conservatively.
Mayor Lloyd: I haven't received the report on this.
.I would like to have a chance to look it
over before it is passed.
Mr. Bonham: I did call the League office this morning
and both the companion bills have passed
out of the respective committees and
according to the League, to their best knowledge, it will be in the next
three weeks that these bills will go to the floor. They were passed on
February 5th.
;Councilman Nichols: Mr. Mayor, the very unique nature of the
Fire Department in my judgment negates
applying the concept of one and a half
times or double time, or whatever, to those hours in excess of 40 hours
a week which involves some sleeping time, etc. It is an entirely
different world. I don't think you can apply the concept of time and
a half at all in this area. Personally I don't think I.need further
explanation on this. On two basis I would vote,one to oppose it
in that it is a question of the legislature trying to ram something down
the Cities throats without funding it. There are already precedents
that caused some legislation passed recently requiring the State to
fund its mandates. The other point is the fact this is a unique
operation that in my opinion is not amenable to this concept of time
and a half. I don't personally need more time. If you need more time,
or other Councilmen do, we can certainly hold it over as readily as we
can vote on it tonight.
Mayor Lloyd: I would like to have more time, but it is
up to Council. You have a motion on the
floor.
(Discussion followed, Council decided the following motion would take
precedence over the previous motion.)
Councilman Nichols moved to table this to the next regular meeting of
Council. Seconded by Councilman Young and carried on roll call vote as
follows:
AYES:..Young, Nichols, SHearer, Lloyd
NOES: Chappell
ABSENT: None
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I have two items. Mr. Aiassa, sometime
ago I asked for a report on the street situation
at Holly Place. There was a staff report about two
meetings ago, I would like to know the current status of that project.
*r. Aiassa: Yes. We.received the deeds for the right-of-way
to put the improvement in, which I am advised
by Mr. Zimmerman, will be in the next week.
Councilman Shearer: Also, I attended a meeting today at the request
of the Mayor - a Committee of Mayor's and unfortu-
nately there was no quorum. So we had a nice
lunchecon and even though the Mayor of Palmdale came all the way over
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and the Mayor..of A..Valon came we just had lunch together and went hom e.
There were only.43 Mayors or representatives present and we needed a
quorum of 40. I had been asked to place in nomination on the LAFCO
Committee the name of Councilman Chappell, but due to a number of things
which I have discussed with.Councilman Chappell he has agreed against it.
The meeting was adjourned or recessed, and there was some confusion
•there because we didn't have a City Attorney present to tell us the
proper word, to the regular League of California Cities meeting on,
I believe, the 7.th of March. Councilman Chappell is planning to
attend and he�ii,s in agreement that perhaps -if his name be introduced
acceptance would not be the wisest at the.moment.
I would move that Councilman Chappell be
authorized to vote for Councilman Bonn of Long Beach for re-election
to the position.
Seconded by Councilman Young.
Mayor Lloyd: Wait a minute! I feel that we have not been
particularly well served by Mr. Bonn of Long
Beach. I have written a letter and I believe you
all have a copy of that letter? (Council advised they did not.)
As you all know one of the problems we faced on LAFCO was that
MR. Bonn had.related certain desires in matters relating to the City""of
West Covina and somehow when we got there his attitudes had changed
rather materially. You may vote for this but I am going to vote against
it. I am not satisfied that Mr. Bonn has given us good service
whatsoever.
Councilman Chappell: The only thing is the makeup of LAFCO and the way
the Directors or the people voting, at least from
the League end of it, it is done in areas and this
area out here has Joe Finkbiner, Mayor of Glendora, sitting on the
LAFCO Commission and also Oscar Yeager, Councilman from Covina as an
alternate, and in talking around and calling up various members of the
League . they are not going. to vote.. for another person in this area. It
is just one of the things they won't do, is to give one area three
representatives to LAFCO Formation and leave other sections completely
out of it. So it is like whistling in the dark to have my name sub-
mitted as a candidate because it will not get anywhere. That is the
way the operation works. We can support.somebody else. We could vote
this motion down and I can go there unassigned and pick somebody else
if there is a candidate running against him, for the reasons you
brought out, which are very valid. But I don't want to go down there
without instructions from this Council.
Mayor Lloyd: I think your point is well made and I would
certainly accept that. At the present moment if
an available candidate were to be presented I
would not be adverse if MR. Bonn did not come back on.
Councilman Shearer:. Mr. Mayor, there is need for action now because
the time to vote is March 7th and our next meeting
is March llth. The only man committed now is
Bonn. There will be nominations taken from the floor if there are 40
Mayors present.
Councilman Young: Councilman Chappell has been around a long time
and I am willing to have him go and use his
discretion.
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Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, if Councilman Chappell is
willing to go undirected and it is the
desire of the Council, I will withdraw my motion.
Mayor Lloyd: We will vote the motion down and start from
scratch. That is a very good point. Will you
be willing to go - Councilman Chappell?
Councilman Chappell: Yes, as long as you authorize me to do that.
Motion failed. All voted "no".
Motion by Councilman Shearer that Council authorize Councilman Chappell
to attend the meeting and vote his conscience. Seconded by
Councilman Young and carried.
YOUTHiADVISORY COMM. Mr. Aiassa: MR. Mayor, you had one
LIAISON more item, the liaison
with the Youth ADvisory Commission.
Mayor Lloyd: Yes, thank you very much. I am sure you reviewed
your minutes of the Youth Advisory Commission
and noted that members of the Commission have on
their own determination decided they would like to work with individual
Councilmen in regards to your agenda so they have a better feel of what
is going on in the City. I recognize and would like to say we do know
it poses some problems in getting together, but in connection with that
is there anyone that has a real problem in working with members of the
Youth Commission?
Councilman Nichols: In what respect will they work with us?
Mayor Lloyd: They will come by and review your agenda with you
once a month so they get a feelof what Council is
doing, etc. (No objections)
Mr. Aiassa: Wd will make prior arrangements with each
Councilman.
Mayor Lloyd: And I recognize it.raises a problem in getting
together but I think the benefits outweigh that
inconvenience. .
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, may I make one more comment? I would
like to re -explore .that one time that Mr. Chappell
brought up about.the disability of employees.
I discussed this with staff. .and Mr. Wakefield and of course Council
has the decision and can delegate that decision and tonight's case will
not establish a precedent because.of the seriousness of the Public
Safety Department. Our staff feels this is one category that can be
well handled by the Personnel Board because they have the time to review
the cases and when we start in with the miscellaneous employees it will
be rather complicated and time consuming. This is strictly up to
Council, but you.people are very busy.
DEMANDS Motion by Councilman Shearer to approve Demands
totalling $6111307.94 as listed on Demand Sheets
C948 through 950, C858A, B613A, and TJ0012.
Seconded by Councilman Young and carried on roll
call vote as follows: AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
CITY COUNCIL
ADJOURNMENT
0
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by
Councilman Shearer and carried, to adjourn
meeting at 9:19 P.M.
APPROVED:
MAYOR