03-18-1974 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMINUTES OF ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA
MARCH 18, 1974.
The adjourned regular meeting of the City Council called to order at
4 P.M. in the West Covina Council Chambers by Mayor Chester Shearer.
The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Councilman Nevin Browne.
ROLL CALL
Present: Mayor Shearer; Councilmen: Browne, Lloyd,
Chappell
Absent: Nichols
Others Present: George Aiassa, City Manager
Lela Preston, City Clerk (Arrived late)
Clarence Markham, Administrative Ass't.
Richard Klemp, Staff Reporter - S.G.V.D.T.
Mayor Shearer stated that Councilman Nichols
was ill.
At 4:03 P.M. the Mayor suggested that the
meeting adjourn to the City Manager's conference room, which would
be more convenient for the Joint Meeting with Advisory Board of the
Chamber of Commerce. Council agreed.
JOINT MEETING WITH Mayor Shearer called the meeting to order at
ADVISORY BOARD OF 4:07 P.M. The following members of the
THE CHAMBER OF Advisory Board were present:
COMMERCE H. L. Perry, President/Chairman of the Committee;
Harvey Krieger, John Q. Adams, Stan Smith,
Phil Wax.
H. L. Perry Mr. Mayor and Councilmen, nearly everyone
Chairman present was present at the last meeting we
Advisory Board had. The agreement between the City and the
Chamber of Commerce indicates that the
Executive Committee of the Chamber of Commerce will serve as the
Advisory Board for the sales promotion of the Business License Tax.
So we are coming before the Council as the Advisory Board, although
it is a little difficult as indicated last time to take off one hat
and move it aside for another hat; however, we are still members
of the Executive Committee.
I believe the last time we met it was merely
to lay the ground work as to what was the purpose of the meeting
as called for in the agreement between the City and the Chamber of
Commerce. Our responsibility as members of the Advisory Board is
to not only serve the Chamber of Commerce but also our responsibility
is to criticize the Chamber in the projects that are not worthwhile,
or where we do not conform to the conditions of the agreement.
And this is the reason we appear before the City Council.
I might also add that it also stipulates in
• the agreement that we should meet four times a year with Council
to apprise them of what is being performed and that we are adhere-
ing to the conditions of the contract.
We would be glad to answer any questions that
Council may have. -I might just point out the effective things we
have done and say we are also here for criticism, suggestions -
constructive or otherwise, with regard to retail trade promotion,
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In our promotion projects I might start off with the one weahave just
completed, the Fiesta de Mexico, and from all we can gather we have
heard nothing but praise, although I am sure we will hear some
criticism also. I think many of you attended the final luncheon
we had yesterday - Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Browne attended.
• Mayor Shearer: I will interrupt by pointing out that the
other members of Council were performing
official matters elsewhere yesterday and
that is why they were not in attendance.
Mr. Perry: Yes, we realized that. I would like to
have the members of our Advisory Board give
you a breakdown of some of the things we
have had.in our Business Development Program.
John Adams (In Summary)
Redevelopment Committee Speaking to the Redevelopment Committee
activity our primary activity has been
in conjunction with the City to enter
into contractural agreements with Williams and Mocine to complete
the work in the CBD area and to study and recommend the highest and
best use at the present time for those areas. This report will be
before the Planning Commission Wednesday night along with the pre-
liminary report on the Orange/Merced area. There have been two
meetings with those concerned, good participation and apparently a
very positive reaction in line with what Williams and Mocine
is suggesting could be done in that area. We are anticipating a
similar reaction in the West Covina Center. We have had one meeting
with the landlords and the tenants and had very positive reaction
and a good rapport. The Williams and Mocine report in part has been
funded from the Business Improvement monies. And the report
• will tell us where we are going and how to go in the balance of the
CBD area and the Orange/Merced area.
Phil. Wax
Land Use Committee The most important part of the whole
program is to establish not only
criteria but the economics of the
different areas and how to accomplish in an orderly fashion. I
think there will be some very worthy things coming out, hopefully,
as soon as possible but realistically I think it will take two years
to put the pieces together. It will require a lot of effort and we
hope the Council will not overly react to some of the areas or some
of the good and part things that will be put out, so hopefully the
City can move forward. We have some areas where the business people
are not speaking very favorably to this and it will be a little
tougher to make some of those decisions, but it is still important
that there is dialogue on all the good and bad features.
The suggestions we receive from the
various sources are all passed through the Committee and discussed
and considered, and not only by staff people, but the Chamber
Committ,.:�, s, :�r,rl it is done in an orderly fashion right up the line.
Stan Smith We have several buildings going up and
• New Business Development under construction at this time -
Committee the Ambassador Inn, Security Pacific
Bank, Alpha Beta, Roos Loos Medical
Center; and there are others under consideration. The high rise
office building at Eastland is still being planned (explained in
further detail). The Orange/Merced plan is coming along really
good. There will be a meeting on Wednesday with the Planning
Commission with reference to this plan.
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Mayor Shearer: The.Shopping Center at Amar and Valinda -
when does that start? I was by there two or
three weeks ago and didn't notice any
activity.
Mr. Strachan: That was supposed to have been started by now.
Mr. Zimmerman: Mr. Mayor, they haven't started yet.
Councilman Chappell: Do they have their building permits?
Mr. Strachan: Yes, and I understood they were ready to go
but apparently something has delayed them
temporarily but they have their building permits.
John Adams: Bill Sims isn't here but he has been our man in
the day to day contacts on Glendora and the
West Covina Center? not only recreating an
interest but hopefully will maintain that interest over a period of
several months until we had an opportunity to come before those
people and this was done on March 7 when Mr. Williams came down and
made a presentation to those people. The presentation was well
received and there will be an immediate follow up and Mr. Williams
will be making some suggestions as to what he thinks can be down now
and the long range prospective for that area.
That I believe is a quick rundown on what the
business development has been to date. Again, thanks to the money
that became available through the business license tax we were able to
participate in the economic study and conduct the seminars which we
have had and which we will continue to have. We are looking forward
to next year and we hope and feel this will be an ongoing program
looking at all of our commercial centers. We will be coming before
you with our program for next year which will hopefully carry on this
type of work in this and the other areas.
Mr. Perry: I feel also under our business development plans
would be the highway and transportation program
and we have a very active committee working
there. One of our great concerns in this City is the fact we would
like to see this City maintained as a corridor to the east rather
than drifting down to what would be called the new center they have
in one of the neighboring cities along the Pomona Freeway and also
working possibly toward the Glendora off ramp. This is all pro-
gressing but I don't think we have too much to show for that right
now. It just means constant working to encourage that development
to keep it -from going the other way.
Also along this line and which I think are
essential to any city is the item of publications. I believe you
are all aware that we have our new city maps, which have been�,pro-
vided to the City and for general circulation. We feel these
maps turned out very well. (Explained map construction, use of
maps, company who printed the maps, etc) There.is one thing
in there, Jim, it does mention the Congressional District and at
the time it was published it was the 25th Congressional District
and probably that is something we should have caught.
Mr. Strachan, I wonder if you might mention some of the spin off
on the publication of this map by Windsor Publications.
Mr. Strachan: The flyers that you see and which are going
to be a part of the Tourist Program for the
City will be provided by Windsor Publications
as a spin off of the printing of the maps. (Explained) There will
be 251000 printed. This will give us a mailing piece, not too
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expensive, yet will be a very colorful folder on West Covina. One
of the things we are interested in is the fact that Windsor
Publications also have a service, a%�-onputer arrangement whereby
they will furnish to us leads in any area of commercial development
or other type of development. (Explained in detail). They will
i pull the leads from their files and furnish to us at no expense
with complete addresses, the person to contact, etc.., and from the
standpoint of economic development it will be of great help to us.
They will also furnish to us colored slides of all the things you
see in the brochure so we will be able to give a colored presentation
of all the key selling areas as far as West Covina is concerned, a
slide presentation all at no cost to us. These are the two areas I
was extremely interested in and these things will be furnished to us
as a by-product.
Phil Wax: One of the concerns we have had in the tourist
end of it in regard to hotels and motels has
been the lack of a brochure with highlights of
the City that could be used by the hotels and motels in their
advertising.
Mr. Strachan: We had actually 26,000 maps printed, the most
heretofore has been 10,000 maps and this has
been done about every two years. Right now
they have been mailed out to the gas stations, motels and hotels,
in almost any amount they want. So this should all be of help as
a selling tool as far as West Covina is concerned.
Mr. Perry: This is pretty much of a thumb sketch of the
projects underway. If there are any questions?
We do have some recommendations we would like
. to offer.
Councilman Lloyd: Mr. Mayor, I have a question. On the
developmental situation, one of the things
that -has been presented to me .with regards
to the taxsituation on Business Licenses. Gardeners and real
estate people have -spoke to me. Have you people addressed yourselves
to that? They feel the tax is unfair and are very concerned over
what they consider-, to be a la: b'`:of; ability :to adjust. The gardeners
feel - some having only one situation in the City of West Covina
and jobs elsewhere, that they are being unfairly put on and I happen
to agree. Also some of the realtors brought up the same thing and
they want a review of the situation. I may not be speaking for the
resV=pf the Council but only for myself, would it be possible for
the Chamber to address itself to that concern by communicating with
some of these people? There may not be a solution to it but if
there is we might look at it and see if we can come up with something
equitable as far as they are concerned. Their complaints may be
unjustified, but they fact they made them, I feel is worthy of atten-
tion. Would that be an unfair request?
Mr. Perry: I don't believe it would be. I will speak on
behalf of all unless some of the others think
to the contrary. We have heard from time to
time from a few individuals that they felt maybe it is not a fair
• amount that is being added to their new business license. I might
call on Harvey Krieger with regard to the criteria used in the
establishment of the business license increase tax.
Councilman Chappell: One thing, when we passed on this taxing
situation we, as Council, asked that this be
reviewed to see if there were any inequities
at the end of the year and to see if there shouldn't be some grading
device. So I assumed you were going to take that into consideration.
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Am I wrong in this assumption?
Mr. -Krieger: On this matter when we approached the
business improvement license levy it was within
•the classifications that the City had
established historically. We did not superimpose on any licensee
a license that had not been previously established. We worked within
the classifications the City had previously established.
At the public hearings it was my recollection that both groups
appeared and presented verbal protests to their inclusion;historically
the real estate broker has always protested not only on the surtax
but on the original license levy was most vocal about being assessed
a license, not only by this City but any City, on the contention
they only had one place of business and merely because they were
putting a sign up for the sale of property in a City did not
constitute doing business. That has been repeated not only by
every City Council but by the courts that they are in fact doing
business where they put their sign up. That historically was the basis
the City had for assessing the license. Now getting to the present
matter, and that is whether or not there is an unfairness or inequity
in everybody within the classification being assessed the same addi-
tional levy. I think it speaks more to the question as to whether or
not the City wants to redefine its classifications and if the City
does wish to do that, deleting certain classifications, then I can see
certainly an application but I would think it would be more inequitable
to take a classification and exclude certain occupations from that
classification when theoritically, at least, there was a justification
for those groupings to begin with. I think those groupings did make
sense to begin with, whether they continue to make sense depends on how
you are looking at the total picture including the additional levy.
• Now then the Advisory Board would be the
proper Board, I think, for the Council to delegate that responsibility
to, for them to come back to the Council with a recommendation. This
is not the Executive Committee of the Chamber but the Advisory
Board of the City Council sitting here and if you have some
recommendations, like any other Board or ;Commission you have, I think
it is the responsibility of that Board to discharge that if that
assignment was made. But, I just wish to state as one member of the
Executive Committee, that any such recommendation._.�i_t least in my mind
would have to involve a restructuring of your classifications of
licenses, otherwise you would have opened Pandora's Box a year and a
half ago.
Councilman Lloyd: To interrupt - you and I have spoken of this,
and that was the reason we backed off at
that time, in order to get the thing underway
and done - I said then there may be some inequities however I feel
the overall program merits the thrust and drive we need at the
present moment. However, I did assure the gardeners that I would
bring that up again and I am doing so at this time.
I would therefore move that this Advisory
Committee be asked to review the equity of the situation regarding
isat least those two classifications and more if you so desire, as we
go forward with the program.
Seconded by Councilman Chappell and carried.
Councilman Nichols absent.
Mayor Shearer: Are there any further comments from Council?
Mr. Perry, I believe you had some
recommendations you wanted to advance.
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Mr. Perry: If I might say this and this is not actually
coming as a firm recommendation at this time,
but we have been discussing it. The
Chamber used to have a year which was a calendar year and because
• it was a calendar year we went to a fiscal year to closely align
ourselves with the City's budget, which is on a fiscal year basis.
Now because of the program we now have, financed mainly through the
business license tax we feel we would possibly like to go back to a
calendar year basis. This is in the discussion stage at this time;
however it would bring up the possibility of going on a six month
contract or on the possibility of an 18 months contract to bring
ourselves in line with the City. As I said,we are not offering this
as a recommendation at this time but merely for discussion.
Mayor Shearer: A question. Either way that you are talking about
would that require some additional billing of the
business license tax? Would that in anyway
affect the collection of it? I know the City Clerk has just gone
through quite a hassle on it because we had the first 6 month billing
and then another billing?
Mr. Krieger: The answer is "no". When we went into this pro-
gram the subject was brought up with your City
Manager and your City Attorney at that time,
the fact that we were out of kilter with the initiation of the plan
and we suggested either a 6 month or an 18 month contract to bring it
into line, but in the course of the discussions it was finally
resolved as a 1.2 month contract and we ended up perpetuating the pro-
blem. The problem being that the first 6 months the additional levy
started on July 1, that is how we got off on the 6 month billing and
now it is on its first annual billing, but the Chamber, as mentioned,
• was originally on a calendar year basis - January 1 to December 1 -
switched over to July 1 to June 30 to reconcile itself with the City's
budget, but from a business standpoint it would be preferable to go
back to a calendar year basis which would reconcile itself with the
business license which is January 1 to December 31. As Mr. Perry
said, that.would mean either taking the present contract with an
expiration date of June 3.0 and extending it 18 months or 6 months.
As.I have expressed to the Chamber, my own preference would be a
6 month extension of the existing contract and then enter into a
new contract on the calendar year basis. This would make more sense
to all involved, I believe, and would certainly not involve the City
Clerk in any additional billing. It isn't a money matter, it is a
calendar matter..
Councilman Lloyd: I don't see any reason why that couldn't
easily be done. We did get that fouled up.
As'I recall we were short of time and had
to work it out. Ms. Preston,`does that pose a hardship for you?
City Clerk: No, that wouldn't affect us.
Councilman Lloyd: Then I would be more than willing to lend my
support for a 6 month extension. I don't
know how the rest of the Council feels.
. Councilman Browne: Mr. Mayor, I feel somewhat of the same way.
For the sake of fiscal keeping records it
would be a more feasible way to go.
Councilman Chappell: Mr. .Mayor, if they come in with that
recommendation I would be more than willing to
extend the contract for 6 months and then
start over again on January 1. No problem. It doesn't change our
bookkeeping any and that would be the big hang up.
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Mr. Perry:
If I might ask a question, Mr. -Mayor.
Extending the existing contract would just
require a resolution of Council to extend for
6 months?
• Mr. Krieger:
The contracting parties, the Chamber and the
City, it would require that they agree to that
extension. I don't believe the Advisory
Board should make that recommendation to Council unless they are
prepared to say
that the Chamber as changed its by laws to go on a
calendar year basis because that is the only reason for doing it.
Mayor Shearer:
Also it would have to be reviewed by our City
Attorney to make sure that we are not doing
something that might offend him.
Mr. Krieger: Mr. Mayor, the City Attorney was very disposed,
as I was, the first time, to go on a 18 month
contract and that would have eliminated the
problem but it didn't work out that way.
Mr. Perry: Thank you. We will proceed accordingly and
take the necessary steps we are required to
take and then present it in a formal manner.
One other item suggested for discussion was
within the terms of the agreement it does call for four meetings a
year. Would it meet the approval of all, or is there any desire
that we hold this type of meeting at any given time?
Councilman Lloyd: What did you have in mind?
Mr. Perry: Let's say on a quarterly basis, such as
March 30, June 30, September 30 or as close to
that time as possible and possibly have the
meetings prescheduled?
Councilman Lloyd: I don't see any reason why that couldn't be
done, I don't see that it would pose a problem
for Council. The only thing I think of that
might be a problem is the one in .January or the end of December,
because that is a hectic time.
Mayor Shearer: I would like to see them on a fairly regular
routine basis, nothing that can't be flexible,
plus any special meetings that might be needed.
Mr. Perry: Originally we requested that the Council meet
at their pleasure .and I believe we did suggest
in our letter the end of March or thereabouts and our meeting today
is a result of that. So if it doesn't make any difference we will keep
pretty close to a quarterly basis and then meet on a special basis as
it is ,. r.e qu i `r-.ed'• , '�...
Mayor Shearer: Was there any other business that anyone wanted
• to bring forth as far as the Advisory Committee?
We thank you for coming in and giving us a pro-
gress report. We have a few more items on the agenda - if you care to
stay or leave?
Councilman Chappell: One question. We still want to have this type
of meeting rather than the formality at a
regular Council meeting - I like this format
much better because if we have something to discuss we can do so
easier than it can be done with the sitting arrangement as it is at
Council meetings. (Council and Committee members agreed) So we
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should not do it on a regularly scheduled Council meeting night
but only on a regularly scheduled basis.
I would also like to say it appears that there
is a tremendous amount of things going on right now. We had hoped
• that.when the Redevelopment Agency got off the ground it could be
seen that these types of things could happen and I went out on that
trip with Phil to the M-K Company and they are looking up here now
and to me it is a really important time for the City and also a very
hard working time for these gentlemen sitting here, who are not only
conducting their own businesses but giving a lot of time and effort
to these endeavors. I would like to commend them and hope they can
continue without jeopardizing their business. It is a lot of hard
work.
Mr. Adams: I had a call recently from the property next
door to All State, which is in escrow now, the
buyer had heard of our Orange/Merced study and he called me to
get a confirmation on what our economic study indicated for that
area. He was very encouraged it agreed with their study and it
confirmed his own findings that there was a shortage of office
space and there was a need for it. I don't know what plans he had
but I am sure there will be something happening there between
Ail State and the channel.
Mr..Wax: My only other comment is that we wear two hats,
as Executive Committee basically on the
business license thing and then as the
Chamber board doing things in other areas, which seems to be over-
looked somewhat. At one time we reported on the Chamber's work but
at this stage we have been trying to separate the two on the basis
. that we didn't want to have a tie saying the Chamber and this
particular Committee - so I just wondered what process we are going
to use to sit down and work out some of the problems as the Chamber
and how we can work together towards programming some of it.
Mr. Perry: I believe you have in mind many of'the projects
we have within the Chamber and it doesn't
necessarily go into a classification of
business development but yet it has its spin off, it is something
that is being done for a City but I don't think you could put it
right in the category of business development directly but
certainly indirectly anything done to benefit a City affects
business development, retail trade promotion, etc. Let me take one
item as an example, if I might. Which I think we discussed at
great length the last time - the Fair Exhibit which the Chamber of
Commerce has always taken on .as a Chamber Project but with part of
the funds provided for_ by the City.. These .are things that do not
really come in under anyone program but are constantly done by the
Chamber, and that is only one of the many projects that the
Chamber operates on. I might indicate too that we now have a
Women's Division of the Chamber of Commerce and incidentally we have
a very hard working group of ladies who I am sure will do a great
many things for the -City. I think all of these things that we do
affect all the other items that we discussed and they are all
appropriate. I think that is one of things you were alluding to.
• Mr..Wax: Yes, that is one, but my concern is as we
keep operating as the Chamber getting involved
in this other phase - the workload, etc., is
just getting too heavy for Mr. Strachan and my concern is how do we
pick up the difference in staffing and work it out budgetwise
when we are operating under two budgets - one of the Chamber and the
other is retail trade promotion, yet with the higher cost of
inflation and doing business today it is making it almost impossible
to run the Chamber office on a bare bones basis and still bring in
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the Women's Division, new programs and projects and still spend a
lot of time on the retail end of it. So I feel that somewhere we
have to figure out how to go about it..
Mayor Shearer: It would seem appropriate to me - although I
• don't know about legalwise because I am not
that familiar with it, but that some of the
portion of the $80,OOO* or whatever the figure is, should be
appropriately used to offset some of the salary of the Director and
clerical staff, because after all they are performing functions
in both areas. I really don't think there would be a legal problem
there.
•Mr. Krieger: It is presently being allocated between the
administrative functions and the business
surcharge. Commenting further, '.and this
subject matter has come up on the Executive Committee level and on
the Board level, and our first meeting several months ago was a
trial process and there will be a lot of trial and error until this
thing works and settles down. The Council is accustomed to wearing
three different hats from time to time. You wear the hat of the
Counci, and then you put on the Redevelopment hat and then the
Parking Authority hat and I don't see any inconsistency with the
Advisory Board meeting with the Council and wearing their Advisory
Board hat and saying we.are taking the Advisory Board hat off and
we are now the Executive Board of the Chamber. It is just a
mechanical process.
Mr. Perry: Mr. Mayor, to go right along with that comment,
as the Advisory Board, if we feel our program
should be expanded I feel this would be the
• proper' -time to present that with our next year's new program. I
think this would be part of our overall responsibility and if
additional monies are required this would be our responsibility to
make the presentation to Council and I think this is something
we are considering but nothing concrete at this time, it wouldn't
come before the Council until such time as we come up for a new con-
tract.
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Mayor Shearer: Thank you. Is there anything else? If not,
we will continue on with our agenda.
RESOLUTION NO.4950 The Mayor presented:
ADOPTED "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF WEST COVINA COMMENDING JOSEPH SULLIVAN„
FOR HIS OUTSTANDING SERVICES AS DEPUTY MARSHAL:
IN THE CITY OF WEST COVINA MARSHAL'S OFFICE."
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by Councilman Browne and
carried, to waive further reading of said Resolution.
Motion by Councilman Chappell, seconded by
adopt said Resolution and carried on roll
AYES: Browne, Lloyd,
NOES: None
ABSENT: Nichols
PROCLAMATIONS Mayor Shearer:
"Action for Foster Children Week" -
If
by
March
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Councilman Browne, to
call vote as follows:
Chappell, Shearer
there are no objections
Council, I will proclaim
31/April 61 1974; and
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"Mt. S.an Antonio College Day" - April 24, 1974. (No objections, so
proclaimed).
COMMISSION LIAISON
• ASPPOINTMENTS Mayor Shearer: I gave each of you a
tentative schedule for
the new appointments
and I would like to have you look it over between now and the next
.regular meeting and advise me if there is anything you would not
like to be on or if you have a preference let me know. There is one
time that perhaps does stand out. Mayor Pro tem Nichols asked that
he not be designated due to his difficulty in getting to -the meetings.
So I designated Councilman Chappell. Normally the Mayor Pro tem
would be in that position.
Councilman Chappell: Mr. Mayor, I do have one little problem. On
the first Wednesday I have myself involved in
some League meetings other than just the
Thursday night meeting and it seems that quite frequently the first
Wednesday of the month they call it, so I may miss that first
meeting. Normally, we have an alternate and if we do perhaps at the
times I have to miss that first Wednesday I could call the alternate
and see if he can make it.
Mayor Shearer: I did not designate an alternate. If you have
a problem call me and I will handle it.
EXPIRATION OF Mayor.iShearer: You also have a packet
COMMISSIONERS AND given to you in regard
BOARD MEMBERS to expiration of Commissioners and Board
APPOINTMENTS members appointments, several in June.
• I would like between now and the next few
weeks for you to be considering that and we
have in the packet letters and resumes of people who have in the
past year or so written in requesting that their names be considered.
I will call a short personnel session in just a minute to discuss
one item. Is there anything else to come before the Council?
Councilman Chappell: Yes, Mayor, I have just presented to each of
you a letter. At the time this came about I
was liaison to the Youth Advisory Commission
and they asked me to present this letter to you. It is not up for
discussion tonight, only presented to you to give you a chance to
look it over and discuss at our next regular meeting. I am
presenting that as my former responsibility of being liaison to the
Youth Advisory Commission.
Mayor Shearer: I was under the impression this was going to
be presented at the next meeting but I am glad
it arrived now. Technically terms do expire
April 1 although there are provisions in the ordinance that say
"until new members are appointed the members continue." So I would
suggest between now and the next meeting that we read this report
and be prepared on the 25th to take action with regard to the
Youth Advisory Commission.
• THE CHAIR RECESSED THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 4:48 P.M. TO CONDUCT A
PERSONNEL SESSION. COUNCIL RECONVENED AT
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ADJOURNMENT Motion made, seconded and carried to
adjourn meeting at to 4:30 P.M. on
March 25, 1974.
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