03-11-1974 - Regular Meeting - Minutes•
MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 11,.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 members of the Girl Scout Junior Troop 331,
Leader Mrs. Sue Puls, Mesa & Cortez School - Diane Krause and
Janny Krause, Pam Davis, Karen Greene, Rhonda Cokeley, Marilyn and
Pam Brady. The invocation was given by the Reverend Charles Simmons
of West Covina United Methodist Church.
ROLL CALL
Present:
Others Present:
PRESENTATIONS
Rincon Intermediate
who were among the
Award program.
Mayor Lloyd; Councilmen: Young, Nichols,
Shearer, Chappell
George Aiassa, City Manager
George Wakefield, City Attorney
Lela Preston, City Clerk
Leonard Eliot, Controller
George Zimmerman, Public Service Director
Michael Miller, Planning Director
Harry Thomas, Traffic Engineer
Jeff Butzlaff, Administrative Analyst
Jan Williams, Administrative Intern
Craig Meacham, Deputy Police Chief
Gary Duvall, Administrative Assistant
Richard Klemp, Staff Reporter - S.G.V.D.T.
Mayor Lloyd presented Resolutions of
Commendation to the South Hills High
School Varsity Football Team; and
School, Students and Physical Education Staff,
five highest.in the President's Physical Fitness
LAW EXPLORERS' POST Mayor Lloyd: This evening we have
also with us a group
from the Law Explorer's
Post of West Covina, which is headed by Judge Martin. The Presi-
dent John Harrold is here and Bill Pewen, Paul Espep and
Paul Gacindo. Mr. Harrold will say a few words about Law Explorers,'
involvement as far asour community is concerned.
Mr. John Harrold: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. On my right is my
Vice -President - Bill Pewen. First of
all I would like to thank you for coming
to our last meeting and bringing with you a member of the Youth
Advisory Commission. We would like to express a desire to work
in the future together with the organization for the benefit of all
The Law Explorers' is an organization of
students hopefully to enter the law field some day. In working
with Judge Martin.we learn what law is about and the in's and out's
of the profession and possibly decide if we indeed do want to
become lawyers. Thank you.
Mayor Lloyd: Thank you, very much. I hope that our
new member of the press will be kind
enough to mention that we have a Law
Explorers' Post in our City, because this is somewhat unique.
ADDITION TO CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Lloyd: The Cit17Clerk has presented us with one
more item which is a request from the
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Sunset School P.T.A. to hold its Candy Sale on March 11, 1974
through the 25th. If there is no'objection-by Council:'
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to add this item to'the .Consent Calendar items.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES
February 25, 1974. Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I have a
correction on Page
20 of the minutes.
There were 33 Mayor's present; and the gentleman's name was Bond.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried, to approve minutes as corrected.
CONSENT CALENDAR
items:
1. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
a) GALAXIE LITTLE LEAGUE
Mayor Lloyd explained the procedure of the
Consent Calendar items and asked if there
were any comments on any of the following
Invitation to participate in League
Parade on Opening Day - Saturday,
April 20, 1974. (Council)
b) DONALD L. BREN CO., Request that balance of permit fees
for 24 homes be honored as valid.
(Refer to Staff) -
c) LOCAL AGENCY FORMATION
COMMISSION
d) LINDA R. WHITEHEAD
528 Butterfield Road
West Covina
e) JUDITH WARD
829 De. Cerro Drive
West Covina
f) Unification Church of
New York
g) WEST COVINA CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
h) LORRAINE and ANNE CROOK
Newport Beach, Calif.
2. PLANNING COMMISSION
Notice of Public Hearing on Proposed
San Dimas Westerly Annexation No. 15,
on 3/27/74. (Refer to Staff)
Re gasoline rationing plan for the
County of Los Angeles. (Receive and
file)
Re gasoline stations staggering
hours. (Receive and file)
Request permission to solicit funds
from 3/12 - 5/12/74 for charitable
purposes and waiver of business
license fee. (Approved subject to
Staff review)
Request meeting with City Council.
(Council)
Re offer to sell 11 shares of
Covina -.Irrigating Company stock.
(Refer .to Staff)
rfa
• SUMMARY OF ACTION March 61 1974. (Accept and file)
3. RECREATION AND PARKS COMMISSION
a) SUMMARY OF ACTION February 26, 1974 (6 P.M. Adj. Reg.
Mtg.) February 26, 1974 (Reg. Mtg.)
(Accept and file')
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c( Action Items
4. PERSONNEL BOARD
a) MINUTES
• b) ACTION ITEMS
5. HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION
SUMMARY OF ACTION
6. YOUTH ADVISORY COMMISSION
SUMMARY OF ACTION
7. ABC APPLICATIONS
a) Lily B. Martinez
1565 W. Arrow. Hwy, #13-C
Upland, Calif.
b) Gas House, Inc.
Gaspar Ronda, Janet Taylor
and Rolland Taylor
18537 Arrow Highway #B111
c) Ramon J. West
29201 Kensington Dr.,
Laguna Nigel
Lloyd D. Kirk
3133 Virginia
.West Covina
Gordon D. Tinkham
18537 E. Arrow Hwy.
Covina
8. PARADE PERMIT APPLICATION
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Under City Manager's Agenda,
Items #F-8 and F-9.
February 5, 1974. (Receive and file)
Of Meeting of March 4, 1974 under City
Manager's Agenda, Items F-5, F-7.
February 28, 1974. (Accept and file)
Adj. Mtg. of 2/27/74 (Accept and file)
Chief of Police recommends NO PROTEST.
dba LA COPA
2696 E. Garvey Avenue
dba GAS HOUSE
1841 E. Garvey Avenue
dba CARAVAN LOUNGE
2804 E. Garvey Avenue
Galaxie Little League of Opening Day Parade on Saturday,
West Covina April 20, 1974 - Request approval and
waiver of application fee and $5000.
Bond. (Recommend approval subject to
staff review)
9. QUARTERLY WATER REPORT Receive and file.)
Dorothy Davis I wish to welcome the new Council
President members that will soon be taking a
San Gabriel Valley NAACP seat. Also I want to speak about
the same problem we had a year ago -
February 13, 1973, asking for a resolution on Fair Employment in
the City of West Covina. We haven't heard anything on it as yet.
• I was at the Human Relations Commission meeting and Councilman
Nichols came to the meeting and asked that a resolution be drawn
up. So far nothing has been done and I would like to get this
matter cleared up this year - whether or not you would consent to
having Fair Employment.Pactices in the City of West Covina.
I would like to have a vote on it.
Also; we have a Personnel Board in
the City of West Covina and I am asking that we have black citizens
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represented on this Hoard and also on thr� Recreat.i.on and Parks
Commission.
We have one Juvenile Officer -
Officer Snyder - I wish to get a recommendation other than just
• giving an Officer a raise with the tests that you require - he has
done a very good job and we would like to give our recommendation
for the promotion of this Officer. I know this is something
different than you might have heard before.
I also have an award for our City
Manager, George Aiassa, for his inspiration and help during our
conference here in August of 1973. It states "that this comes
from the San Gabriel Valley NAACP for inspiring hope ,and confidence,
giving assistance with understanding, and to help to sustain
integrity and dignity of black people, and if we would take more
time and worry about the that might be .in heaven instead
of the one that is local we might all be better off. (Presented
to Mr. Aiassa.)
Mayor Lloyd:
Thank you, very much, Mrs. Davis.
Mr. Aiassa, would you like to say a
few words?
Mr. Aiassa: I would like to thank Dorothy Davis,
Lola Fox and the other members of the
NAACP. I feel we have made some headway
and we are following through with the programs discussed with the
Personnel Board and the Personnel Staff, to see if we can fulfill
some of these requirements for equal opportunities.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, with regard to Item I -a.
Will staff please advise the appro-
priate Little League that I will plan
to attending the opening day ceremonies, as I am sure others will.
Also Item I-g - a request from the Chamber of Commerce for a
joint meeting, which I believe will require specific -action on our
part, so we will have to withdraw that item.
Mayor Lloyd: Item I-g will be withheld.
Councilman Chappell: Mr. Mayor, being a sponsor to the
Galaxie Little League I will
definitely be present also.
Mayor Lloyd: Are there any other comments? Items
I-d and e I would like held over to
my report - I have some recommenda-
tions on the gas situation - or would you like to discuss it now?
(No.objections to items being withheld)
Motion by Councilman Young that the Consent Calendar items be
approved with the exception of Items I-d, e and g. Seconded by
Councilman Shearer and carried on roll call vote as follows:
• AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ITEM I-g (Councilman Shearer suggested that
perhaps the setting of a date for
the joint meeting with the Chamber
of Commerce should be held over to Council's meeting of March 12th
in order to ascertain that all Councilmen could be in attendance;
Newly elected Councilman Browne indicated the suggested date of
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March 18 at 4 P.M. would be convenient for him.)
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Shearer, that
a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce be set for March 18, 1974 at
4 P.M.
Mayor Lloyd: Mr. Aiassa - will you please remind us
tomorrow evening that we adjourn to
that meeting. (Answered: Yes)
Motion carried.
Mayor Lloyd: Items I-d and e, we might discuss at
the same time, both items are with
regard to the gasoline problems. I
have spoken with all of the Council on a one to one basis with
regards to the problems of service stations, service station hours
and commensurate with the fact that the City of West Covina
obviously should not be involved in telling people when or how to
operate their businesses,as long as they choose to do business in
the City of West Covina, I think its time that we try to give some
sort of indication of relief to all of the people in the City of
West Covina, a good many of whom are very much dependent upon the
gasoline stations to get to and from work. So as a result I have
some recommendations on this.
The first item is that hours be posted
by the gas stations themselves, -whatever hours they select, but
that they post the hours of selling fuel. Secondly, that the prices
be posted so they are clearly readable from the street. Thirdly,
if there is any fuel limit, 5, 10 or 15, that be included.
Beyond that there seems to be a
sufficient amount of indication on the radio and otherwise that odd
license plantes are on the odd days and even on the even. So that
doesn't pose a problem. Beyond this I would recommend that a
system be set up with the City and if possible, Mr. Aiassa, some
liaison with the Chamber of Commerce, so that any citizen who
has the need to know where there is a service station open can call
so he doesn't have to drive all over town to find a service
station open. I would suggest that as a service to the people the
Chamber of Commerce might take it on to call -service stations and
find out the hours open of each service station that operates in
town, what their prices are and their limits, and be able to tell
people that 6 in the morning or 6 in the evening if you need a
service station one is open at such an such a location. In other
words I am not telling people they have to operate at such a time
but by letter I feel we can ask each of the service stations in
town to call into City Hall their hours, prices, etc., and we
coordinate with the Chamber of Commerce in giving this information
to the public. On weekends when the Chamber is closed we will
have some sort of answering system here at City Hall so we can
tell people where they can get fuel if the need arises.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, have you made any contact
at all with any of the operators in
• town?
Mayor Lloyd: Not specifically. I do have a listing
of some of the service stations where
our police have gone around and
ascertained what stations are open, on their own, but we have not
approached them directly on this, which I think should be done and
very quickly. Are there any comments?
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Councilman Young: I agree with the concept - you are
talking in terms of the Council acting
in an advisory capacity tonight?
I gather, is that correct?
Mayor Lloyd: I really don't know, but what I really
. want is something rather binding and
concrete and I don't know how to
achieve that.
Councilman Young: You and I discussed it Saturday on the
phone and I expressed some reluctance
about having an ordinance at this
particular moment, especially after driving around today and noting
there was no real problem about gasoline today. Of course I don't
know about tomorrow and people not being able to get gasoline on
Sunday and having to wait until Tuesday - so I like your idea about
the Chamber of Commerce seeking to coordinate and I think that could
tie in with our special phone number at City Hall which is open day
and night through the Communications Center. I think some
aggressive action or reaching out by the Chamber or City Staff would
be of great service. I think it is a great idea to have a clearing
point for this information. I cruised around for an hour.Saturday
morning looking for a tank of gas and finally found one that sold
me $3.00 worth, which got me a quarter full. So I would certainly
go along with your suggestion but not in the sense of an ordinance
but in the urging by this Council.
Councilman Nichols: I don't look favorably upon any effort
to maintain and ongoing listing of
station hours or stations that are
open, because I think as that list would become more accurate the
needs will decrease. I think when stability would set in and
stations could post their hours and limits that probably conditions
would be such that would really make it unnecessary at that point.
My experience lately has been that the hours of operation of
stations that I have tried to get into have been very erratic, it
depends on when their fuel runs low or how heavy they have been hit
on any given day, so the hours have not been the same.
I can envision a situation where a
considerable effort to contact around seventy service stations in
the city and get them to give us their hours as of that day or the
next day - I can envision the situation within a week of that
where the information would be highly inaccurate and the net result
of that would be of a citizen calling the number and becoming irate
because the information is not current. To remain current it would
require someone spending a great deal of time calling the service
stations each day to obtain the information. So I feel that the
Chamber or the City Council in the final analysis will end up with
black eyes as a result of it because of it not functioning
effectively.
In terms of the pricing and posting,
the framework of our City Ordinances limits the sizes of signs,
although I would favor that very much because my own experience
• is that some stations are charging very high prices and not
posting their prices clearly while others are, and I think probably
there are some violations of law in the pricing structure. I
would only add one word of caution, as I did to the Mayor when he
spoke to me about it, and that is that in very recent times the
Council was calling service station operators on the carpet for
extending signage in the City of West Covina. We had delegations
up here claiming they could not run their businesses because we
were restricting them in regard to signage, small signs where they
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wanted large signs and not allowing them to advertise their trailer
rentals, etc., and if we come back now and tell them to broadly
post signs we may find that they consider our actions somewhat
philosophically inconsistent. We would then have to change our
sign ordinance with regard to the enforcing of same in regard to
• the size of the signage. But despite that limitation I would favor
personally in West Covina because of the exceptional circumstances,
a short term ordinance anyway requiring all stations operated in the
City to list their prices. I would not personally want to be a part
of the vote or direction that would go any further than that in
terms of hours, etc.
Councilman Chappell: Mr. Mayor, in listening to the news
on the way over here tonight it
appears that the Governor has now
signed a law so that service stations will post their prices and
limitations with regard to how many gallons of gas you can purchase.
At our last meeting when we wrote our letter to the Supervisors
we did ask that the service stations post the times they are open
and I talked to several stations, whom I insure, and they did
think that was a good idea and would be more than wiling to post.
If we can get that out that the City Council encourages all service
stations in the City of West Covina to post the hours they are going
to be open and the days, that will help that problem. If we find
we have no stations open for those that have to leave early in the
morning or evening, we might talk to a couple of stations and ask
them to open at that time so there would be a flow of gasoline until
this thing rights itself. It appears that it is getting a little
better.
The service station people are
reasonable, we have worked with them in many areas and after the
fight on the signs they were thankful we did it because it improved
their business. So let's encourage them to post the time they are
open and the gallons and the Governor has said that they are to
post their prices, so I think we will be in good shape until this
thing blows over.
Councilman Shearer: A question of the City Attorney.
I see the City Council in the City of
Los Angeles today passed a similar
ordinance - would we have the power to enforce such a requirement
as the Mayor has indicated? I would hope we would, if we have to
go to that extreme.
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council,
back in the middle of February, the
Board of Supervisors adopted an
urgency ordinance which required the posting of prices by
service station operators in the unincorporated areas of the
County. A circular letter went out to the cities urging that they
adopt a similar ordinance. I think it is only because of the
present critical situation with respect to gasoline and its
availability that such an ordinance would be enforceable. The
Business and Professions Code regulates the kind of information
which a service station operator can post with reference to the
price and quality of gasoline which he sells. The Ordinance
which the County adopted was limited strictly to the posting of
prices and kinds of gasoline for sale. If the station had only
one grade for sale he was required to post that grade and the
price and if he had more than one grade he would post that in-
formation together with the price of those types of gasoline.
I thnk the ordinance can be enforced. Like any other ordinance
the problem of enforcement is one of manpower and the economics
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involved from the standpoint of the city in policing it. But such
an ordinance could be enforced, I believe.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I think the City Attorney
has brought up a very good point.
We have an awful lot of ordinances
• can the books that are sometimes difficult to enforce. I think the
tenure is excellent. As I said before I think we have almost a
crisis situation here. My thought on the subject would be to
perhaps communicate through the Chamber in conjunction with staff
in some manner to encourage voluntary compliance with these items
between now and two weeks from tonight with the suggestion that
the Council might at that time if we haven't seen some voluntary
compliance consider.adopting an ordinance with some enforcement
clauses in. I think these items we are talking about really serve
the service stations as well as the motorist. There is one thing
I am more concerned about which has not been brought up which would
be to include in this some well posted sign as to whether the
station at a particular point in time is in fact selling gas.
I drove around today and saw a lot of empty stations and I
couldn't tell whether they were selling gas or not, and as you are
driving down the street this presents a definite safety hazard,
trying to watch out for the gas station that is open and watching
the car in front of you. It is very confusing when you see
stations with absolutely no cars - you immediately assume it is
closed but when you approach closer you see people and you think
maybe it isn't closed. So I think first we should attempt to get
our station operators in West Covina to voluntarily comply with
these things and if they don't then move in and pass an ordinance
with some teeth in it.
Mayor Lloyd: I think that is a good idea. I do feel
I would like to see some sort of
situation of a clearing house and
since the Chamber has indicated a willingness - and I am not trying
to saddle anyone with a big job and your point Councilman Nichols is
of merit - that these people do shift around a great deal and all
the situation needs is time to correct itself - and of course we
have the questions which ask do we have the right to involve
ourselves and are we going too far, but as far as I am concerned if
there still exists any confusion in the minds of the people we
might consider this and let's ask the Chamber if they can provide
this kind of a service. I don't think it is that difficult if we
send out a letter to each.of the service station operators saying
will you please notify us,of your hours of operation, hours of
selling gas, etc., that we are really going to run into a big problem.
I don't think these people are trying to be clever, I think they
are on a catch as catch can basis and perhaps they are a bit confused
also; and since they have -,gas especially in the last few weeks
all they had to do was pump one car and they had a line of cars
immediately so they really didn't consider this to be a problem to
the public. But to the man like myself or yourself cruising
around trying to find a place open its of considerable concern, of
frustation to try and find a.station open, and then waiting in line
an hour including finding the station open.
. If we could offer any kind of a
solution, even though it may be partial, I think that really beats
the very frustrating experience of now I am down to empty and now
what do I do: In the meantimeyou are coasting up to the stops and
doing all those routine things to try and get some gas.
Councilman Nichols: I will go along with any procedure
whatsoever which does not attempt to
convey to the citizens that the Council
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by its action is providing an ongoing and accurate referral system,
which will tend to solve their gasoline problems. Because if we
do that I think we are heading for trouble.
Councilman Chappell: Mr. Mayor, the station at Azusa and the
freeway has started to use the flag
• method recommended - the green flag
indicating they have fuel and the red flag they don't and the yellow
flag for emergency vehicles that can fill up there. You can spot
that flag from a good block away and so it is effective. That might
be something when calling them, Mr. Aiassa, that you might recommend
to them.
Councilman Nichols: Of course then they have to apply for
a permit under the City's flag and
banner ordinance.
Mayor Lloyd: Could I have a motion that the
Chamber of Commerce go forward with this
and we in the City send a letter,
a duplicated form letter, to each of the stations saying we are
trying this and we seek your cooperation, will you please coordinate
with the Chamber of Commerce in giving your hours, etc. Do you
think that is possible?
Mr. Aiassa: Yes, if the Council thinks this is
worthwhile it might be well for
Mr. Strachan and myself to get together
and go over this and work out a procedure and we could try it on a
voluntary basis.
Mayor Lloyd: How long will this take?
Mr. Aiassa: About a week to get the letter out and
an answer back.
Motion by Councilman Shearer that the City staff be instructed to
work with the Chamber of Commerce to encourage the service station
operators in West Covina to comply with the items we have mentioned
in our discussion. Seconded by Councilman Young and carried.
GENERAL AGENDA ITEMS
PUBLIC WORKS
s.
LIGHTING ASSESSMENT LOCATION: Citywide.
DISTRICT NO. 71-76 (Council reviewed Engineer's report)
ASSESSMENT RATE (LAD 71-76)
Mr. Zimmerman: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, this
is the annual setting of the assessment
rate which is done regularly at"this
time. There is no increase in rates over the past year and we
recommend approval of the resolution called for in the agenda.
RESOLUTION NO. 4848 The City Attorney presented:
• ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
ORDERING THE LEVYING OF THE ASSESS-
MENTS FOR THE FOURTH YEAR (OF THE FIVE YEAR PERIOD BEGINNING
JULY 11 1971 AND ENDING JUNE 30, 1976); PURSUANT TO PROCEEDINGS
UNDER RESOLUTION OF INTENTION NO. 4389; ORDERING THE CITY CLERK
OF SAID CITY TO TRANSMIT DIAGRAM AND ASSESSMENT TO THE COUNTY
TAX COLLECTOR AND EMPOWERING SAID TAX COLLECTOR TO MAKE
COLLECTIONS OF SAID ASSESSMENTS FOR SAID FOURTH YEAR."
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PUBLIC WKS: Res. #4848 3/11/74
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 and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
FREEWAY EXCESS PARCEL LOCATION: Adjacent to .North Frontage
PURCHASE Road, easterly of Grand Avenue.
(Council reviewed Engineer's report)
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor and members of Council -
this matter was brought up by Council
and staff has submitted a report and
a recommendation.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor a question. Since we are
buying this from the Department of
Transportation, a State Agency, am I
disqualified from the discussion?
Mr. Wakefield: Yes sir.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Wakefield, would it be in order for
me to discuss the cost of building a
sign on the property which we may some
day want to do if the City purchases the property?
Mr. Wakefield: Yes, you may discuss that. It is
only the purchase of the property
from which you are disqualified.
Councilman Shearer: I am not talking about the purchase
I am concerned
obviously going
and times.....
Mayor Lloyd:
of the land, I think it is a good
deal for $10.. - if we need the land.
with the fact that once we buy the land we are
to have to put it to use and I think in these days
Attorney will you clarify
he was saying?
Excuse me, but I think you may be
running against the recommendation
of the City Attorney. Mr. City
this'? Does he have a conflict in what
Mr. Wakefield: Councilman Shearer, I think you
have a conflict insofar as the dis-
cussion of the desirability of lack
of desirability of purchasing the land from the Department of
Transportation. However, you may discuss whatever consequences
may flow from that purpose insofar as it relates to the use of the
property once acquired by the City.
Councilman Shearer: That is what I would like'to talk
• about. If I step over the bounds
will you please advise me? I don't
want to be in conflict. I think in these days and times to be
considering establishing a sign at the entrance to West Covina,
and incidentally we are already getting one sign free provided
by the Department of Transportation, and consider spending four
or five thousand dollars and obviously if we have one on the east
end of town someone will want to put one at the west end of town,
and generally the estimates of four to five .thousand end up six
to ten thousand. SoI think that is too much money to pay for a
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PUBLIC WKS . Freeway Excess Parce
Councilman Young: Mr. Mayor, a comment. I think we
shouldn't in all our austerity forever
forget about building something nice
now and then. Maybe this sign will come to be and maybe it won't;
and maybe some future time some City Council will be calledupon to
make that determination. I don't know if this parcel of land is
big enough to allow,a car to stop and eat a sandwich on or not, but
I think we should buy this piece of property for $10. and as for
myself I wouldn't be offended to kick in a few dollars to get a sign
up there advertising the City. I think it would be nice to have
something nice as you enter the City, at both ends. I see these
signs down on Badillo, I think, going into Covina and it is nice
to have the sign there and it has rocks and things and it gives
me a good feeling, it has a warmth to it. I wouldn't be
offended by it anymore than by someone wanting to build a band
shell down in Cameron Park or Cortez Park or wherever. But the
Council is going to decide that issue when it becomes an issue and
as of this moment I say let's get this land.
I move that the City Council
authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute an agreement to pur-
chase Parcel 54447-01-02 for payment of $10.00.
Seconded by Councilman Chappell and carried on roll call
vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: Shearer
FREEWAY WIDENING LOCATION: San Bernardino Freeway,
LANDSCAPING. COOPERATIVE Puente Avenue to Holt Avenue.
AGREEMENT NO. 2991 (Council reviewed Engineer's report)
STATE DEPT. OF TRANS-
PORTATION
RESOLUTION NO. 4849 The City Attorney presented:
(FAILED) "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
ATTESTING TO THE URGENCY OF THE
COMPLETION OF CERTAIN LANDSCAPING IN
WEST COVINA AND REQUESTING THE WORK
TO BE DONE BY FORCE ACCOUNT, AND DIRECTING THIS RESOLUTION TO BE
SUBMITTED TO STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION."
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Chappell, and
carried, to waive further reading of said resolution.
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Chappell to
adopt said resolution.
Councilman Chappell:
again by the
forever and
later date?
Mr. Aiassa:
State when
ever for the
A question. In passing this
resolution would there be a time that
the landscaping might be taken over
money is available or is this limiting us
ability of funds that may appear at a
bid that Mr. Kasler has he
top in these areas that we
some type put in. We will
ever after the Department
Councilman Chappell, the question
that came into focus and is rather
critical now is that in the present
has been authorized to install black
would like to see some landscaping of
have to maintain the landscaping for
of Transportation finishes the contract
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Landscape Coop. Agree. #2991
and gives us the streets back and the surplus property outside
of the fenced area. Originally it was $83,000 and through the co-
operation of the Department of Transportation they gave us an
additional $6,000, so this gives us a little break. It is rather
a lengthy area but not very wide and we are thinking of doing
something like we did on Glendora - using ornamental rock, some
shrubs.
Councilman Nichols: I think Councilman Chappell's state-
ment has a great deal of merit to it
because you always get the rebuild of
costs continuing to maintain what you have done. I think an appro-
priate addendum to this recommendation would have been a careful
analysis of the manpower needs in the long range cost of caring for
this kind of improvement and if there were a need for adding
employees, equipment, etc.; the $80,000+ figure might pale into
insignificance alongside the rest of it.
On the other hand the beautification
concept is valid. I would think it would really be more appropriate
to hold final decision on this item until staff can give us better
information on what such a commitment means in the future in cost
for maintaining.
Mayor Lloyd: Further discussion? I am amenable to
that. While I personally favor this
type of thing I recognize the ongoing
cost that can be incurred in the development of this. Will we lose
out if we don't do it right now?
Mr. Aiassa: It is critical and if we wait too long
the contractor may proceed under the
contract and put black top in.
Mr. Zimmerman, what is the time?
Mr. Zimmerman: We have been told before that the
State is very anxious to get it done.
I don't think they have a firm
commitment from the contractor, so it is somewhat debateable. We
would assume another. two weeks would be all right if we felt
confident that we could tell him the Council would make a. f inal
answer at that time.
Mayor Lloyd: I believe, with Council approval, we
can indicate that a decision will be
made in two weeks, which doesn't
indicate a yes or a no, just merely that we will make that decision.
Is that agreeable?
Mr. 'Zimmerman:
Motion on the
AYES: None
NOES: Young,
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN; Shearer
Yes, Mr. Mayor.
adoption of the resolution failed.
Nichols, Chappell, Lloyd
Motion by Councilman Chappell that this item be held over for two
weeks and a cost analysis be prepared as to what the ongoing cost
will be to maintain this land through landscaping and the replacing
of plants, watering (and I assume the irrigation system would be
included in the $89,000), and the ongoing costs after the $89,000
is used up in preparing and landscaping it. Seconded by Council-
man Young and carried.
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Councilman Young..Mr. Mayor, if no one comes forward I
would like to address the Council at
this point. First, going back to the
presentation by Mrs. Davis, (I didn't want to wait until the end
of the meeting in case she had to leave), I was a little confused
• about the statement.she made regarding the request she made about
the Fair Employment Practices Act in the City of West Covina. I do
recall meeting with Mrs. Davis a little over a year ago while I was
still Mayor. Mr. Aiassa and I met with Mrs..Davis and we did dis-
cuss the Affirmative Action Program and the hiring practices of the
City. Is that the same thing you are talking about now, Mrs. Davis?
Because I just don't recall having ignored you.
Mrs. Davis: No, I don't think you did ignore me.
Somebody instructed Councilman Nichols
to come to the Human Relations
Commission meeting and he instructed them to get the resolution
together for Fair Employment Practices for the City of 'West Covina,
and somewhere communication broke down and no one ever did follow
through with it. I asked the City Council on February 13, 1973
during Black History and Brotherhood Week would they please pass
a resolution in the City for Fair Employment Practices and maybe the
bus_;_ness people would abide by this.
Councilman Nichols.: My recollection on'this - I don't
recall I was ordered to attend that
particular meeting. As I recall I was
the Council liaison at that time and I believe that was the night
a report was made on Fair Employment Practices and there was,dis-
cussion whether or not the City of West Covina could or should enact
particular legislation in this area. I believe that my statement
at the time was that there were some areas pre-empted by state law
and that we probably could not act and there were other areas where
we might be able to act and it was my thought and feeling at that
time that the Human Relations Commission should investigate those
two areas and make a recommendation to the City Council as to what
legislation might'be appropriate for the City of West Covina. It is,
I believe, correct that somewhere from that point on it died or got
lost and did not come up to Council.
Councilman Young: Would this be an area that we should
have a legal opinion on from the City
-Attorney?
Councilman Nichols: I would suggest that probably the first
course of action would be to ask staff
to research the minutes of that
Human Relations meeting - was that the 13th of February'?
Mrs. Davis: No. The 13th of February is when I
made a request of City Council, not
the Human Relations Commission. You
attended a meeting that I attended and you spoke'. to them about
a resolution coming from them so I assumed you came to represent
the City Council.
• Councilman Nichols: No, Councilmen are assigned to the
liaison functions of the various
Commissions for usually a three month
period and then another Councilman will be and so forth. But it
was my thought at that time that it was a function the Human
Relations Commission could perform and send a recommendation up to
Council. So perhaps first we can search the minutes of that meeting
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to find out what the recommendation was and then follow up with
another request to the Human Relations Commission.
Mrs. Davis: I approached the City Council, not the
Human Relations Commission, they have
no power only through the City Council.
. Would the City Council be in favor of passing a Fair Employment
Practice program for this City particularly because we don't have
an integrated Police Department or Fire Department in this City?
Councilman Young:
Action Program so far as the
and I thought that had been
carried out now.
Mrs. Davis:
That is the source of my confusion.
That is where I thought we had worked
laboriously over an Affirmative
City's hiring practices are concerned
pretty well hammered out and is being
encorces such a ruling that we
throughout the City.
Councilman Nichols:
Mrs. Davis:
The City's hiring practice couldn't
reach out to the business community
unless the City of West Covina
have Fair Employment Practice
Mrs. Davis, are you referring to
employment in the private sector as
well?
Yes, I am not particularly talking
about the City.
Councilman Nichols: My recollection is that I said at that
time - although I was not an attorney
that I was confident that the matter
of Fair Employment Practices in the private sector were beyond the
purview of the City Council in that there were existing laws in both
State and Federal that involved those areas and the courts hold if
a higher level of government (the state for example) has passed
legislation operating in a given area that the City Council is
not privileged then to legislate in that same area.
Mrs. Davis:
How do we have a Fair Housing
resolution in this City"?
Councilman Nichols: We do not have a municipal Fair Hous-
ing Act under law that has teeth in
it. We have made public statements
that we subscribe to the laws on the books.
Mrs. Davis: Well then I would like apublic
statement from the City Council sub-
scribing to the Fair Employment Practices Act.
Motion by Councilman Nichols that the City of We.9t Covina go on
record here and now as being in full support of the laws of the
land, particularly those this evening that apply to the Fair
Employment Practices Act of the Federal Government or any sub-
sidiary or corollary State laws that may be operative in that
• area. Seconded by Mayor Lloyd.
Councilman Young: Mr. Mayor, I av going to oppose it
for the reason that when everyone
took our oath of office we swore
to that position. I don't think we need to underscore that by
another vote. I don't feel the necessity of saying "amen" every
so often to the very thing I am sworn to do.
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Councilman Chappell: I think that applies to a lot of things
we continually do - the Pledge of
Allegiance to the flag and a number of
other things we continually do. I find no fault with this Council
from time to time coming out and reminding the people in our
community that is the stand we take.
Councilman Young: As an individual I am totally in favor
of saying "yes, let's have Fair
Employment Practices, let's have Fair
Educational Practices, let's have Fair Housing Practices....
Councilman Chappell: We have done that for Fair Housing
and the School Board is responsible
for the educational end of it. This
is just another step like we did for the Housing Act.
Councilman Young: All right I will vote "yes"
Motion carried on roll
AYES: Young, Nichols,
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
call vote as follows:
Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
Mrs. Davis: May I have that in writing? Thank you.
There is just one thing I would like
to say. I am a member of the Board of
Directors of the Red Cross and I have been appointed Memberhip
Chairman for the City of West Covina, and I would like to invite
everyone to join.
THE MAYOR DECLARED A RECESS AT 8:45 P.M. COUNCIL RECONVENED AT
8:55 P.M.
CITY ATTORNEY
ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION The City Attorney presented:,
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY.OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING SECTION 9216.2 AND 9218 OF
THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE GRADING AND EXCAVA-
TION OF PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, AND INCLUDING THE
EXTENSION OF THE HILLSIDE OVERLAY ZONE." (Amendment No. 119)
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Shearer and
carried, to waive further reading of said Ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Shearer and
carried, to introduce said Ordinance.
ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION The City Attorney presented:
"AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST'COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
CODE - ARTICLE IX - RELATING TO
REQUIRED OFF-STREET PARKING.
(amendment No. 118)
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Shearer and
carried, to waive further reading of said Ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Shearer and
carried, to introduce said Ordinance.
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ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION The City Attorney presented:
"AN ORDINANCE OF T1tE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE C LTY OF WEST COVINA, CAL:I.1.-'ORN LA,
ADDING SECTION 6235.7 TO THE WEST
COVINA MUNICIPAL CODE RELATING TO THE REPRESENTATIVES OF NEWSPAPER
PUBLISHERS.
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council,
this ordinance is with reference to
the comments made by City Council
with reference to those provisions of our Municipal Code which
relate to the licensing of solicitors and also a suggestion for
simply permitting persons under 18 years of age to act as repre-
sentatives of newspapers for the purpose of soliciting subscriptions.
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Chappell and
carried to waive further reading of said Ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Chappell to
introduce said Ordinance.
Councilman Shearer: A comment, Mr. Mayor. This wasn't
really what I had in mind. We are
still imposing a requirement (and I
am sure the newspaper isn't going to like it), but we are asking
for the issuing of a letter to a young man as his authorization to go
out and solicit. If any of you are familiar with young boys you
know about two trips through the neighborhood and that letter will
be in such a form that no one will be able to read it. You don't
sign a contract for a subscription to a paper, you don't pay in
advance and I really wonder if we need to have all of this ordinance
applicable to all these type of activities where no contract is
signed, no money changes hands until you have your paper for a
month. To make this applicable even though it is through an
exemption and has to be covered by a letter - that really isn't why
I brought it up. I would like to see a complete exemption of those
types of solicitations where no contract is signed, no money
changes hands and the goods deliveredbefore paid for.
Mr. Wakefield: I don't think there is any problem so
far as our ordinance is concerned.
What I attempted to do here was
simply to tie the provision to the business license provision of the
ordinance. We do issue business licenses to newspaper publishers
and the amount of the license fee they pay is based upon the number
of employees, just as in the case of other businesses. I think
there is no reason why solicitors for newspapers, particularly
minors, or the people who deliver newspapers and collect for them
could not be exempted.
Councilman Shearer:
two weeks after it is given
he will not have it and I am
be in the same situation.
• Mr. Wakefield:
Councilman Young:
I would like to see them exempted
with a letter because I know good
and well my boy won't have his letter
to him and if anybody asked him for it
sure all the other boys in town will
employer is a nice letter. for
I will be glad to try again on this
matter if it is your desire I do so,
Mr. Mayor and Councilmen.
I think we might be making too much
of too little. The letter the
youngster will get from his
him to keep for his records and prove
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3/11/74
at a later date that he was once a newspaper carrier or solicitor
for the Tribune or some other newspaper. On the otherhand I don't
know of any instant over the years where the newsboy has gotten
into trouble for soliciting or collecting on his route and that is
the practical aspect of it in trying to regulate the areas where
there is some opportunity for abuse and trying not to infringe upon
areas of wholesome activities. I guess it doesn't really matter
which way it goes. I wouldn't be offended by a letter :if I were
a boy delivering newspapers, in fact I would have been kind of
honored by having one.
Councilman Shearer: I think the point you make that over
the years no newsboy has gotten in
trouble speaks well for the fact we
don't need to begin to have them covered because in all these
years he has been in violation and no one has saw to enforce it,
so why have a law that no one bothers to enforce, so let's just
exempt it.
Councilman Young: Well when you start exempting you
make it into some problem of due
process of equal representation or
discrimination - something like that.
Councilman Nichols: Mr. Mayor. The way this is written
if I understand it correctly, all it
states here is that this section will
authorize the licensee to issue letters; it doesn't require it.
In fact, for instance, if the Daily Tribune should not issue
letters to its carriers at a given time there is no punitive action
involved. There is nothing that says he "shall do this thing." On
the other hand there could evolve certain circumstances in the
City where outside commercial type solicitors come into the town
using youngsters and begin to create a problem where the Daily
Tribune or other local newspapers might consider it highly desirable
to identify their newspaper carriers in some way and on that basis
it might be of a great advantage. If we just exempt it, as has
been stated, any type of requirement of identification or any type
of vehicle for it, we could well run into a difficulty when one of
these situations arise again, as has happened in the past.
Mr. Wakefield - is that in fact correct, as this is worded, that it
does not require?
Mr. Wakefield: That's correct. It does not require.
Councilman Nichols: And if the licensee felt it was help-
ful or desirable, or the Council
feels it would be helpful on a
cooperative basis then at anytime that could be done.
Mr. Wakefield: Yes, that is correct.
Councilman Nichols: So in that spirit I would say this is
probably the best way to handle it.
Councilman Shearer: I didn't read it that way, but since
you have explained it I will with-
draw my objection.
Motion carried.
ORDINANCE INTRODUCTION The City Attorney presented:
,,AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
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AMENDING SECTIONS 7504, 8112.2 AND
8112.3 OF THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
CODE RELATING TO THE INSTALLATION OF
STREET LIGHTS IN CONNECTION WITH THE
DEVELOPMENT OF PROPERTY."
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Young and
• carried, to waive full reading of said ordinance.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded by Councilman Young and
carried, to introduce said ordinance.
DETERMINATION OF DISABILITY Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and
FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES members of Council,
the staff report indicates that this
item should be re -referred back to
the Personnel Board for further consideration and recommendation.
So moved by Councilman Young, seconded
by Councilman Shearer and carried.
MALONE v. CITY OF WEST
COVINA, ET AL - CASE NO.
USDC NO.CV74 256JWC RE
MAGAZINE SOLICITORS
Mr. Wakefield: This is simply a
follow up on the
previous report with reference to
this legislation. The Federal District
Court has dismissed the action as to
the City of Los Angeles, City of
West Covina and the other cities that were parties to the defendant
on the ground there was no federal question involved. This is just
an informational report, Mr. Mayor.
THE CHAIR RECESSED THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 9:06 P.M. FOR THE
PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING THE REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MEETING. CITY
COUNCIL RECONVENED AT 9:08 P.M.
CITY MANAGER
MITCHELL, SILBERBERG & Motion by Councilman Nichols, seconded
KNUPP - Consultants by Councilman Chappell, to authorize
payment of $950. to Mitchell,
Silberberg & Knupp, Consultants re
Waldon hearing. Motion carried on
roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: Young
ABSENT: None
Councilman Young: Mr. Mayor, I only voted "no" to be
consistent with an earlier position.
I really never felt that Special
Counsel was needed by the City at the hearing. Maybe I am wrong,
I didn't go to the hearing. In any event that is the reason for
my "no" vote. I am sure the fee was well.earned.
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY WATER Motion by Councilman Shearer,
COMPANY RATE INCREASE seconded by Councilman Chappell and
)Informational Report) carried, to receive and file.
• ENERGY CRISIS REPORT Mr. Aiassa: . Mr. Mayor, I would like
authorization from
Council to immediately
go into a program of reducing our operations in the nonessential
areas as we'are now consuming gasoline at approximately 550
gallons a day, seven days a week, and at this rate we will
probably be close to empty on 3/27/74. We have several plans for
consideration and implementation but I would like authorization
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from Council to allow the City Manager to use whatever remedial
plan possible to avoid depletion of gasoline by 3/27/74, and you
will be kept advised. What I would like to do is remove some
staff cars from operation and reduce the consumption of gas in
certain departments and reducethe number of cars in operation for
nonessential trips to keep the gasoline for those emergency vehicles.
Councilman Nichols: One statement was.made in here of the
possibility of sending vehicles out
into private stations for gasoline.
I assume you have discarded that as one alternative except in an
emergency situation and I want to commend you, Mr. City Manager,
and the staff, for embarking on the reduction of all but essential
activities in order to retain and preserve for the citizens of this
community the limited supply of gas being made available at
service stations in the City. I think if all city governments,
county and state, would set examples of that type and restrict
some of their own usage while the public itself is under restriction,
that the public concept of public service would rise to a height
it hasn't reached for sometime.
Councilman Shearer: A comment, Mr. Mayor. About three
weeks ago I turned in about 18/ of
the passenger vehicles in my
organization and locked them up in our yard. They can't be
driven. So other agencies are in fact doing something to try and
save gasoline. I think it goes without saying that the energy
crisis affects the city as well as any other organization and
perhaps the Council should instruct the City Manager basically not
to run out of gasoline for emergency services and how he goes about
doing it is up to him, and if he does run out then we may have some
things to say.
Councilman Young: Mr. Mayor - I think it is wonderful
that we are just cutting out non-
essentials and if the City keeps
operating without them then we have set a way for tax reductions
in the future and.still maintain the services.
Councilman Shearer: I think that term "nonessential"is
probably improper to use, I would like
to use the term "lower priority."
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, may I have a.motion of
Council concurrence?
Mayor Lloyd: I would say you have concurrence,
Mr. Aiassa. Do you have to have a
motion.
Mr. Aiassa: Yes, it helps - it..is known as the
Big Stick to my departments.
Mayor Lloyd: Let it be known to your Departments
that you have the biggest stick in
town. 5-0.
HAROLD B. WALLACE
LEAVE OF ABSENCE REQUEST
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Harold Wallace
WITH PAY without
job and
employees we have gratated additional
has happened is that Mr. Wallace has
time of his illness andhe would like
first requested a leave
pay. He is now back on the
I gave you a report of the
sick leave with pay. What
not received pay duringthe
to ask the City to advance
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him 30 days.sick leave salary as done to other employees who
paid it back over a period of time - Margaret Coulter, Joyce Jordan
Nancy Pond. All of these employees repaid all of their advance
sick leave.
Motion by Councilman Nichols to approve the request by Harold
Wallace as stated in Staff recommendation in report dated
March 8, 1974. Seconded by Councilman Young and carried.
CLAREMONT COLLEGE
WORK STUDY CONTRACT
and
PITZER COLLEGE ADMINISTRA-
TIVE INTERN PROGRAM
CONTRACT
Mr. Butzlaff:
year there would have been no
ask for an additional $1,000
Mr. Aiassa:
Mr. Aiassa: This is similar to our
last year's program
with LaVerne College and I hope this
time they don't come back and ask
for an additional $1,000.
Mr. Butzlaff, do you have anything
you want to add to the report?
Mr. Mayor and members of Council, I
will only say if we had a contract
with LaVerne College like this last
necessity for them to come back and
from Council.
This time we guarantee it.
Motion by Councilman Shearer, and seconded by Councilman Chappell
to approve the work-study contract with Claremont College and the
Administrative Internship Program with Pitzer College on the basis
that from such use of the internship budget maximum benefit is
derived, both for the student and the City. Motion carried.
RECOGNITION OF THE FOLLOWING West Covina City Employees Assoc.,
EMPLOYEES' REPRESENTATIVES: West Covina Police Officers Relief
Association and Public Employees
Union, Teamsters Local 986/West
Covina Firemen's Association
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, I will turn this matter
over to the City Attorney. There
is a written report from the
Personnel Board, Council has received copies.
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council,
the Personnel Board has recommended
that the West Covina City
Employees Association be recognized as the representative of the
so-called Miscellaneous Employees of the City on the same basis
it was recognized last year.
Councilman Chappell: Mr. Mayor, before we vote on this
we are asked by the City Manager to
have an Executive Session - I would
like to hold off on this item until we come back from the
Executive Session.
Mayor Lloyd:
Fine, and at this point I will call
the Executive Session.
COUNCIL WENT INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION AT 9:18 P.M. AND RECONVENED
IN THE COUNCIL CHAMBERS AT 10:09 P.M.
Motion by Councilman Nichols that recognition be given of
employee representatives to the West Covina City Employees Asso-
ciation; the West Covina Police Officers Relief Association; and
the Public Employees Union - Teamsters Local 986/West Covina Fire-
men's Association. Seconded by Councilman Chappell.
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Councilman Shearer: Mr.. Mayor., a quesL..ion. I w(,)la.l_Cl li.hc
to hear from the City Manager or
someone - I noticed in the original
petition by the Police Association they asked to represent the
Reserve Officers and the Personnel Board, I believe in their
minutes but I can't put my finger on it now, I read them Sunday
Afternoon, they indicated they believed this was a matter for
Council policy as it relates to part-time personnel. If the
Personnel Board indicated that perhaps there should be some dis-
cussion. Perhaps the City Manager or someone can enlighten me as
to the cons and not the pros of including these men. They are a
very vital part of our force and without them our Police Depart-
ment actually couldn't function. I believe'the statement was made
by one of the Board members that this was a Council matter.
Maybe part-time employees can't be
represented - Mr. Wakefield?
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, the
part-time employee has the right to
join any employee organization of his
choice. This was the first time, I think, that the Police Associa-
tion had applied to represent the Reserve Officers. The Personnel
Board, I think, was confused with reference to part-time employees
in general as related to employee organizations. There seemed to be
the feeling that part-time employees somehow were not entitled -to
belong or be represented by an employee organization. However,. this
is not the case. Part-time employees are entitled to join in and be
members of employee organizations just as full-time employees are.
The question from the policy standpoint is simply whether or not
Reserve Officers should or should not be represented by the Police
Association, not whether the Reserve Officers can be members of the
Police Association.
Councilman Shearer: Can the Council refuse to recognize
a bargaining unit for them, or can
the City refuse to recognize a bar-
gaining unit?
Mr. Wakefield: No, I think the fact is if they were
not represented by the Police Asso-
ciation then they would be represented
by the Miscellaneous Employees Association, which is the general
employee category of Employee Associations.
Councilman Shearer: So you said then we cannot refuse to
allow them to be represented?
Mr. Wakefield: If they are not represented by the
Police Association then they would be
represented by the Miscellaneous
Employee Association.
Councilman Shearer: I think you said "yes".
Mr. Wakefield: I said "yes".
Councilman Nichols: I would like to see us accept the
recommendation and during the course
of the coming year if the Reserve
Officers of the Police Department have a feeling about this matter
that they communicate that feeling through their own methodology
and certainly we can consider that for the future, but for myself
I certainly would not want to move into a contrary decision and
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establish recognition on this matter this evening. I am inclined
to feel because of the nature of their duties and the type of
structure, for the time being it would be best not to include them
for negotiation purposes as members of the Police Association.
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, I will be voting "no" on
• this because I feel they have made
their request. They made it through
channels of the Personnel Board and Mr. Wakefield indicated they
are entitled to be represented and the City Council cannot refuse to
allow them representation, and it seems to me the Police Association
would be the more logical place for them to be represented in rather
than the Miscellaneous Employees Association. So I will vote "no".
Councilman Nichols: That might well be true and I might
concur with you later on.
Motion carried; Councilman Shearer
voting "no".
FIRE CHIEF POSITION Mr. Aiassa: The next item would be
the position of our
Fire Chief, who has been on disability leave for approximately a
year. Mr. Wakefield.
Mr. Wakefield: Mr. Mayor and members of Council, it
is the staff recommendation that the
Fire Chief, Calvin Wetherbee, be
restored to duties for a period of 90 days; that the City Personnel
Officer be authorized to begin immediately to recruit for a Fire
Chief and that an acting temporary appointment be made to the
posi-tion of Deputy Fire Chief to replace Mr. ahort who has resigned.
So moved by Councilman Shearer, secondedby Councilman
Young and carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, there is one additional
motion needed, that the Acting Deputy
Fire Chief, Harold Schwartz, be given
an additional $125. per month for carrying on the added respon-
sibilities.
seconded by Councilman
follows: AYES: Young,
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
MITCHELL, SILBERBERG
& KNUPP
So moved by Councilman Shearer,
Chappell and carried on roll call vote as
Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
this over to the meeting of
have them present to discuss
indicated no objection.)
1974 STATE PARK BOND ACT
(Staff Report)
and
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor - if Council
has no objection, I
would like to carry
the 18th at which time I would like to
this matter with Council. (Council
RESOLUTION NO.4850 The City Attorney presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA,
ENDORSING THE METHOD OF ESTABLISHING
A PRIORITY LIST OF EXPENDITURES AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS
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FROM THE STATE BEACH, PARK, HISTORICAL AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES
BOND ACT OF 1974."
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Shearer and
carried, to waive full reading of said resolution.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Young and
carried on roll call vote as follows:
AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
PROPOSED PARK SITE Motion by Councilman Nichols to
ACQUISITION authorize staff to investigate the
(Staff Report) feasibility of acquiring surplus
School District land for park sites
and notify the Covina School District of that interest. Seconded
by Councilman Young and carried.
MAYOR'S REPORTS
PROCLAMATION Mayor Lloyd: If there are no
objections by Council,
I will proclaim "Community Health Week" March 17/24, 1974.
(No objections)
(Mayor Lloyd then called attention to the new Staff Reporter -
Harold Klemp, of the San Gabriel Valley Daily Tribune; welcomed
him and hoped he would stay longer than some of the others.)
Councilman Chappell:
Mr. Mayor, you might explain the
reason wehave a new representative.
Mayor Lloyd: Yes, the reason we have is that
Bob Christenson moved up to Editor
and Mike McDonnell moved un to
Assistant Editor. At.thi8 point
I would like to have a City plaque for both Mike McDonnell, who
has been the City Reporter, and Austin Phillips, who has been
a City Reporter and is leaving the Tribune. We would like to
commend them on their good services. May I have a motion to that
effect?
So moved by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman
Shearer and carried.
COUNCILMEN'S REPORTS/COMMENTS
Councilman Young: Only one thing. You will recall we
had quite a flap over leftturn
median between the entrance to the
City Hall and West Covina Parkway - I am glad to see that there
is a controlled leftturn signal now at West Covina Parkway and
Sunset. I would like to suggest and move that the City install
a sign which would face the southbound traffic and that sign
would say "U Turn Permitted". I realize under the State Law
unless it says "Prohibited" now it is permitted, but I realize
that it would be of an advantage to have such a sign there across
from the court house.
Seconded by Councilman Shearer.
Councilman Shearer: Doesn't the law become effective as
of July 1?
Councilman Young: I don't know.
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Councilman
Shearer:
I had that down also
to question
because at the time
we had the
objections
by Mr. Ellis -
a businessman there - he
was told a
turn would
be allowed, so
I think the City should
follow through
on that.
Motion carried.
•
Councilman Shearer: Mr. Mayor, just in case my fellow
Councilmen and including newly
elected. Councilman Browne, don't
get your letter in time because we have been having a very
hectic time the last.few weeks, with regard to opening day of
the Edgewood Bronco League, this is Saturday at 9 A.M. at
Waldermado Park and you are all invited to attend.
Mayor Lloyd: I see Mr. Corby is in the audience
and I just want to say I thought you
fellows did a very fine job on the
Police Benefit Show, it was really very well done. I attended and
enjoyed it thoroughly.
Mr. Aiassa: Mr. Mayor, there is one other item
and that is the acceptance of the
letter from Nevin Browne, who is
resigning from the Planning Commission.
Motion by Councilman Chappell to accept the resignation of
Nevin Browne from the Planning Commission and issue him the usual
perma plaqued resolution for those who are leaving City
Commissions. Seconded by Councilman Shearer and carried on roll
call vote as follows:
AYES: Young,Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
DEMANDS Motion by Councilman Shearer to
approve Demands totalling $797,780.70
as listed on Demand Sheets C951 through 954 and B60 and B614A
through 616A. Seconded by Councilman Young and carried on roll call
vote as follows: AYES: Young, Nichols, Shearer, Chappell, Lloyd
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ADJOURNMENT Motion by Councilman Shearer, seconded
by Councilman Chappell and carried,
to adjourn meeting at 10:25 P.M. to
March 12, 1974 at 7:30 P.M.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
APPROVAL:
MAYOR