10-06-1992 - Regular Meeting - MinutesM I N U T E S
REGULAR MEETING
WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL
October 6, 1992
• The regular meeting of the West Covina City Council.was called to order by Mayor
Manners at 7:35 pm in the City Hall Council Chambers, 1444 W. Garvey Avenue, West
Covina. The invocation was given by Rev. Stuart York and the Pledge of Allegiance
was led by Councilmember Wong.
ROLL CALL Mayor Manners, Mayor Pro Tem Jennings, Councilmembers
Herfert, McFadden, Wong
Others Present: Starbird, Wylie, Hanna, Orr, Miller, Collier, Salazar,
Panas, Nelson, Keating, Glover, Greene, Holmes, Berry,
Thomas, Samaniego, Golden
APPROVAL OF MINUTES Motion by Herfert, seconded by Wong, and unanimously
carried to approve the minutes of the regular meeting
of July 7, 1992, as corrected.
Motion by Wong, seconded by Herfert, and unanimously
carried to approve the minutes of the regular meeting
of July 21, 1992, as corrected.
Motion by Wong, seconded by Jennings to approve the minute:
of the special meeting of August 13, 1992. Motion car-
ried with Herfert and Manners abstaining (absent from
meeting).
Motion by Wong, seconded by McFadden, and unanimously
carried to approve the minutes of the adjourned regular
meeting of September 29, 1992.
PRESENTATIONS Mayor Pro Tem Jennings presented a Certificate of
Recognition to Larry Alliet, the 1992 Little League
Volunteer of the Year for the State of California.
Mr. Charles Wilde of the Automobile Club of Southern
California presented the 1991 Pedestrian Protection Progran
Safety Award for West Covina to Dave Nelson, Transporta-
tion Engineer.
Councilmember Herfert introduced his niece, Aimee Reiner-;
the 1992 World Junior National Frisbee Champion, and
narrated a video of her competition finals.
Tim Cullinan of the West Covina Sunrise Rotary spoke
about the preparations for the upcoming Red Ribbon Week.
HEARING TECHNICAL CHANGES AND UPDATES TO THE WEST COVINA ZONING
ORDINANCE AND TECHNICAL CHANGES TO THE WOODSIDE VILLAGE
MASTER PLAN TEXT (Amendment No. 233 and Woodside Village
Master Plan Text Amendment No. 6, respectively)
Amendment No. 233 & Woodside City Clerk Berry verified the affidavit of publication.
Village Master Plan Text Mayor:Mannersi:opened--the�:hearing..and the staff report
Amendment No. 6 was presented by Planning Director Collier.
Mayor Manners opened the public testimony portion of the
• Public_Testimo� hearing and asked for comments favoring the amendments.
In Favor: none No one addressed the City Council.
Mayor Manners asked for comments in opposition to the
amendments. No one addressed the City Council; however,
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In Opposition: City Clerk Berry stated that a letter had been received
John Carmona letter from John Carmona, representing La Zona Rosa Restaurant,
protesting the removal of the Cabaret Permit Process
and review from the Police Department.
Pub Iic_Testimony—closed Mayor Manners closed the public testimony portion of the
hearing and commenced Council discussion. Mr. Collier
responded to questions and comments of Council.
Council comments Council discussed a few of the proposed changes, but
their main topic of discussion concerned the satellite
dish screening standards. Therefore, a motion was offered
by Herfert, seconded by Manners, and unanimously carried
to approve the changes recommended in the proposed
ordinance except for the satellite dish --screening 3__..L-
standards - for separate discussion.and action.
Satellite dish screening Several Councilmembers preferred the current standards
standards with,no change to the regulations, while others felt the
time period for landscape growth was reasonable. Further
discussion ensued regarding the time frame for installing
the screening technique; be it fencing, walls, or land-
scaping.
Motion by Herfert, seconded by McFadden to retain the
current 75% screening standards and adding language to
allow 60 days for the installation of the screening.
Motion carried with Jennings and Wong voting no.
City Clerk presented:
Ordinance introduced - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST
Amendment No. 233, etc. COVINA, CALIFORNIA,.'AMENDING THE WEST COVINA MUNICIPAL
CODE,.CHAPTER 5(.(AMUSEMENTS), CHAPTER 26 (ZONING), AND
THE WOODSIDE VILLAGE MASTER PLAN TEXT, REPRESENTING THE
FIRST PHASE OF A CODE CLEAN-UP PROCESS TO UPDATE, CORRECT
TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS, AND BRING CONSISTENCY AND CLARIFI-
CATION TO THE EXISTING MUNICIPAL CODE AND WOODSIDE VILLAGE
MASTER PLAN TEXT (Amendment No. 233 and Woodside Village
Master Plan Text Amendment No. 6) AS AMENDED REGARDING
THEVSATELLITE DISH SCREENING STANDARDS
Motion by Herfert, seconded by McFadden to waive
further reading of the ordinance and introduce. Motion
carried unanimously.
Councilmember Wong clarified that although .'hey.
was not in favor of the motion regarding the satellite
dish screening standards, he would not vote in opposition
to the entire-ordinance.._u '.... .._..,
HEARING CORTEZ PARK SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 4
City Clerk Berry verified the affidavit of publication.
Cortez Park Specific Plan Mayor Manners opened the hearing and the staff report
Amendment No. 4 was given by Planning Director Collier.
Mayor Manners opened the public testimony portion of the
Public —Testimony hearing and asked for comments favoring the amendment.
None No one addressed Council. Mayor Manners asked for comments
opposing•..� the amendment and again no one addressed
Public Testimonyclosed Council. She then closed the public testimony portion
----------- of the hearing.
City Clerk presented:
RESOLUTION NO. 8889 - A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, CERTIFYING
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Resolution 8889 - THE NEGATIVE DECLARATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL -IMPACT FOR
certifying Neg. Dec. CORTEZ PARK SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 4 PURSUANT TO
THE CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT OF 1970, AS
AMENDED
Resolution 8890 - RESOLUTION NO. 8890 - A RESOLUTION.'OF":THE CITY COUNCII
Cortez Park Specific OF THE CITY OF WEST COVINA, CALIFORNIA, APPROVING CORTEZ
Plan Amendment No. 4 PARK SPECIFIC PLAN AMENDMENT NO. 4
Motion by Wong, seconded by McFadden, and unanimously
carried to waive further reading.of the resolutions and
to adopt.
Recess Mayor Manners called a recess of the City Council at
9:06 pm. Council reconvened at 9:16 pm with all members
present.
AGENDA AND ORAL COMMUNICATIONS No comments offered.
CONSENT CALENDAR Written Communications (none received)
Commission Summary of Actions (receive & file)
Planning Commission 9/22/92
Human Services & Senior Citizens Comm. 9/8/92
Waste Mgt. & Environmental Quality 9/17/92
Personnel Commission 9/9/92
ABC Applications (no protests)
Santos, Hermino dba
Chino Hills
Thrifty Corporation dba
Beak, Gumsaeng dba
Placentia
NEW MANILLA ORIENTAL FOOD &
GIFT SHOP
1559 E. Amar Rd., Suite U
THRIFTY CORPORATION
1528 Amar Road, and
989 S. Glendora Avenue
LAN JAPANESE RESTAURANT
1034 West Covina Parkway
Claims for Action (deny and notify claimant)
The City Clerk's Office received a claim for personal
injuries amounting to $5,000 on.July 7, 1992 from Allan
Lee.
The City Clerk's Office received a claim for personal
injuries and property dmaage on September 9, 1992 from
Vivian R. Goyan. Amount of claim was undetermined at
time of filing.
Temporary Use Permits (receive & file)
TUP #2092-92 was issued to the BKK Landfill Corporation
for their annual picnic held on 9/20/92 at Cortez Park.
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Acceptance of Improvements and/or Release of Bonds
UUP 423 - Location: 555 Glendora Avenue
Carlson Design & Constr. Co. Staff recommends accepting sidewalk improvements and
• releasing Insurance Company of the West Bond #1200329
in the amount of $28,500.00, subject to Notice of Com-
pletion procedure.
PP 841 - Location: 522 E. Vine Avenue
Fred Hakim Staff recommends accepting sidewalk improvements and
releasing Foothill Independent Bank Certificate of
Deposit No. 441-R15695 in the amount of $26,000.00,
subject to Notice of Completion procedure.
Traffic Committee Minutes (accept and file)
Regular meeting of September 15, 1992.
City Treasurer's Report (receive & file)
Report for the month of August, 1992.
Award of Bids
1) SD 93109 - Amar Road Drainage Improvements
SD 93109 -
Recommendation is to accept the bid of Inland Con -
Inland Constructors
structors, Bloomington, in the amount of $23,994.00
as submitted at the bid opening of September 21,
1992 and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to
execute the contract.
2) SD 93114 - Repair of Eddes Drain
Recommendation is to a) transfer $12,000 from SD
SD 93114 -
93109 (160-320-3309-7900) to SD 93114 (160-320-3324=
Grego & Gordon Grbavac
7900), and b) accept the bid of Grego & Gordon
Construction
Grbavac Construction, Inc., in the amount of $8,700
as presented at the bid opening of September 22,
1992 and authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to
execute the contract.
3) GP 91304 - Reroof Cameron Youth Center
GP 91304 - Recommendation is to accept the bid of Sexton Roofing
Sexton Roofing of Glendora, in the amount of $19,900.00 plus
$3,000.00 in contingencies, and authorize the Mayor
and City Clerk to execute the contract.
4) Purchase of Semi -automatic Handguns - Bid No. 93-01
Semi -automatic Handguns - Recommendation is to award Bid No. 93-01 for the
Southwest Law Enforcement purchase of twenty-eight (28) semi -automatic handguns
Training Enterprises to Southwest Law Enforcement Training Enterprises
in the amount of $21,980.00 plus tax, for a total
of $23,793.35.
• 5) Purchase of Extended Service Contracts for
Police Vehicles
Recommendation is to a) find that Ford Motor Company
is the sole source for the extended service warranty,
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5) Police Vehicles Service Contract (continued)
Service Contracts for and b) allow the Police and Maintenance Departments
• Police Vehicles - to cooperate in the purchase of the contracts. The
Ford Motor Company costs would be $1,300 and $840, respectively, for
13 black and white police cars, and $1,450 would be
charged to the Police Department for the C.S.O.
warranty. The total for the Police Department
(tax not applicable) would be $18,350. The total
for the Maintenance Department would be $10,920.
Miscellaneous (receive and file)
a) Public Works - Construction Activity Report
Citywide construction activity for quarter ending
September, 1992. -' informational report.
b) Public Works - Acquisition of Alternative Sources
of Water Supply - Status Report
Report of various alternative sources of water supply.
c) Environmental Services - Air Quality Management Plan
Report on joint efforts of eleven cities in the
East San Gabriel Valley to produce the air quality
management plan required of cities.
CONSENT CALENDAR MOTION Motion by Jennings,seconded by McFadden,to approve all
items listed on the Consent.Calendar. Motion carried by
roll call vote:
AYES: Herfert, Jennings, McFadden, Wong, Manners
NOES: None
END OF CONSENT CALENDAR
PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES 1) SP 93103 - CURB AND GUTTER REPAIR -
APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS
Council reviewed the staff report.
SP 93103 - Motion by Jennings, seconded by Wong, and unani-
Plans & specs approved mously carried to approve the plans and specifications
for SP 93103, and authorize the City Engineer to call
for bids.
2) RECEIPT OF RIVERTECH, INC.'S ANALYSIS OF SEDIMENT
TRANSPORT AT BKK LANDFILL
Mr. Hassen Nouri, the consultant from Rivertech, Inc.,
Rivertech, Inc, report re presented a video of specific areas of concern
sediment transport at BKK located at the BKK Landfill and referred to the
Rivertech report attached to the staff report.
Further comments were offered by City Engineer Thomas
• in response to Council questions and comments.
Motion by Jennings, seconded by McFadden, and
unanimously carried to receive and file the report.
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3) SP 93115 - STREET REHABILITATION WORK (PHASE I) -
APPROVAL OF PLANS`AND SPECIFICATIONS
• Council reviewed the staff report.
SP 93115 - Motion by McFadden, seconded by Wong, and unani-
Plans & specs approved mously carried to a) establish SP 93115, and b)
approve plans and specifications for SP 93115 and
authorize the City Engineer to call for bids.
WASTE MANAGEMENT ENFORCEMENT AGENCY (LEA)
No reports scheduled for this meeting.
ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES MATERIALS RECOVERY FACILITY FINANCIAL CONSULTANT
City Manager Starbird elaborated on the staff report.and
the purpose for assessing the economic feasibility and
MRF Financial Consultant - financial benefits of the MRF by the consultant. Council
Public Financial Management discussed the variables in the analysis and desired the
consultant to review all financial mechanisms. Questions
were asked about the time frame for the study, the results
to be derived by it, and the possibility of negotiating
the consultant's fee at less than the stated amount.
Motion by Wong, seconded by Herfert, and unanimously
carried to a) appropriate $15,000.00 from the unapprop-
riated reserves of the Integrated Waste Management Fund
(Fund 129) into Account No. 129-320-2312-6120 and direct
the City Manager to negotiate a price under:the'..$15,000;
and b) approve engaging Public Financial Management, Inc.
pursuant to their proposal dated September 29, 1992 and
authorize the Mayor and City Clerk to execute the con-
sultanC services agreement.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SERVICES
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
1) CORTEZ PARK PROPERTY ACQUISITION -
421 SOUTH CITRUS STREET
Council reviewed the staff report. City Attorney
Hanna stated the liquidation damages provision on
Cortez Park Property Acquisition page 15 has been stricken and the remainder of the
at 421 S. Citrus St. provisions need to be renumbered.
Motion by Herfert, seconded by Wong, and unani-
mously carried to approve the Agreement for Purchase
and Sale of Real Property and Escrow Instructions
for the purchase of property located at 421 South
Citrus Street.
BUILDING AND SAFETY DEPARTMENT
1) GP 93305 - APPROVAL OF PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS -
OFFICE LIGHTING REPLACEMENT AT CITY HALL, POLICE
AND COMMUNICATIONS BUILDINGS
isGP 93305 - Council reviewed the staff report.
Plans & specs approved Motion by Herfert, seconded by Wong, and unani-
mously carried to approve plans and specifications
and authorize the Building and Safety Director to
call for bids.
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HUMAN SERVICES
PUBLIC SAFETY SERVICES
ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
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REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
Mayor Manners recessed the City Council at 10:26 pm to
convene the Redevelopment Agency meeting. The City
Council reconvened at 10:36 pm with all members present.
No reports scheduled for this meeting.
No reports scheduled for this meeting.
No reports scheduled for this meeting.
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION CITY MANAGER
1) INFORMATIONAL REPORT ON THE RESULTS OF MEETING WITH
RED ONION MANAGEMENT CONCERNING MANAGEMENT OF THE
WEST COVINA RESTAURANT
Report re Red Onion meeting Council reviewed the staff report.
Motion by Jennings, seconded by Wong, and unani-
mously carried to receive and file the report.
CITY ATTORNEY
City Attorney Hanna stated a closed session would be
necessary at the end of the meeting to discuss with
Council litigation matters pursuant.,tocSection 54956.9(b)
of the Government Code.
APPROVAL OF DEMANDS Motion by Jennings, seconded by Wong to approve Demands
totaling $2,527,927.56 as listed on check warrants FI
134881 through 135239. Motion carried by roll call vote:
AYES: Herfert, Jennings, McFadden, Wong, Manners
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: Herfert re SCE billing
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS Jean Arneson, 1116 Donna Beth, commented about the mud
flow of January 29, 1992 and the conclusions reached in
Jean Arneson the Rivertech analysis.
MAYOR'S REPORTS 1) Motion by Jennings, seconded by Herfert, and unani-
mously carried to approve ratification of resolution
Dr. Forest Tennant of commendation for Dr. Forest Tennant for his
distinguised Eagle Scout Award.
2) Motion by Herfert, seconded by Wong, and unanimously
Commander Ray Leavitt carried to approve a resolution of commendation for
Ray Leavitt, retiring after thirty years of service
with the West Covina Police Department.
3) 1993 4th of July Parade and Picnic
Council reviewed the report prepared by the Council
subcommittee of Mayor Manners and Councilmember Wong.
Councilmember Herfert suggested that,Council
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not appoint a Council liaison to the steering com-iti:
mittee. Council accepted his suggestion.
1993 4th of July Parade and Motion by Jennings, seconded by Herfert, and
Picnic Steering Committee unanimously carried to:
a) Appoint a 15 member Steering Committee and the
the 1992 Chair and Co -Chair for the 1993 4th of July
Parade and Pichic3as listed below:
Steering Committee
Carolyn Bekhar Lee Clark Connie Downs
Sue Dunn Vivian Garcia Rita Heieck
Carl Johnson Mike Jones Dick Lewis
Craig Meacham- Betty Smith Stu Van Horn
Corey Warshaw Tim Connor Becky Mayfield
Ron Fertig
1992 Chair and Co -Chair
Katherine Castucci Kathy Howard
b) Authorize the Mayor to appoint Carl Johnson as
interim Chair and Craig Meacham as interim Co -
Chair of the Steering Committee to set and
guide the meetings until a permanent appointment
can be made;
c) Appoint Human Services Director Gus Salazar
as staff liaison to the Steering Committee; and
d) Request that the Chamber of Commerce appoint a
liaison to the Steering Committee.
COUNCILMEMBERS' REPORTS Councilmember Herfert requested that the subject
.matter of the facility use permit for Maverick Field
Herfert be agendized for the 10/13 study session.
Closed Session Mayor Manners recessed the City Council meeting at 10:47pm
to convene a closed session pursuant to Government Code
Section 54956.9(a). Council reconvened at!11:23 pm.
ADJOURNMENT Motion by Herfert, seconded by Jennings, and unanimously
carried to adjourn the meeting at 11:23 pm to 5:30 pm
on Monday, October 12, 1992 in the Management Resource
Center.
ATTEST:
City Clerk Janet ry
Nancy M V
rs, Mayor