12-07-1992 - Special Meeting - MinutesM I N U T E S
SPECIAL MEETING
WEST COVINA CITY COUNCIL
December 7, 1992
The special meeting of the West Covina City Council was called to
• order at 6:50 p.m. on Monday, December 7, 1992, at the West Covina
Senior Citizens Center, 2501 E. Cortez, West Covina, by Mayor
Manners.
ROLL CALL Mayor Manners, Mayor Pro Tem Jennings,
Councilmembers McFadden, Wong
Absent: Councilmember Herfert
Others Present: Starbird, Wylie, Miller, Thomas, Glover,
Keating, Koniarsky, Parker, Greene,
Salazar, Samaniego, Yoshizaki, Collier,
Panas, Holler, Orr, Johnson, Evans,
Irwin, Janto, Urban, Perkins
LONG-RANGE FINANCIAL PLANNING - THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
City Manager Starbird stated this meeting
was the first of several study sessions
the City would be conducting out in the
community regarding Long -Range Financial
Planning. He then turned the staff
presentation over to Assistant City
Manager Wylie.
Assistant City Manager Wylie gave an
overview of what would be covered during
the meeting. He reviewed the policy
adopted by the Redevelopment Agency two
years ago. He stated that with the
economic downturn of the last two years
that we are not where the Agency had
hoped to be, however, things had been
very busy. He turned the meeting over to
Redevelopment Manager Chet Yoshizaki.
Redevelopment Manager Yoshizaki reviewed
the current economic outlook and the
trends for the future.
Assistant City Manager Wylie reviewed the
Agency's Basic Fiscal Model. He turned
the presentation over to Project Managers
Johnson and Evans.
The Project Managers reviewed the
projects the Agency currently has in
progress.
Assistant City Manager Wylie then
reviewed options for improving the
Agency's fiscal picture.
• He suggested that the Agency concentrate
on The Lakes site, Eastland, the
completion of the Auto Plaza, and the
addition of a large volume retailer in
the near term.
Recess Mayor Manners recessed the meeting at
8:20 p.m. The meeting was reconvened at
8:40 p.m.
Staff then answered Council questions.
ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
Frank Schabarum Frank Schabarum, 225 N. Orange Avenue,
commended staff on the presentation and
on holding the meetings out in the
community. He also commended staff on
the promotion of economic development in
• our City and cited the San Gabriel Valley
Commerce and Cities Consortium as one
example. He encouraged others to attend
these meetings.
Mayor Manners commended those citizens
that came out for the meeting. She
commented that staff is on the right
track in picking out "do -able" projects.
City Manager Starbird gave the dates for
upcoming Financial Plan meetings.
John Davidson John Davidson stated that no one shows up
for these meetings because Council does
whatever it wants anyway. He cited the
new trash collection system as an
example.
ATTEST:
City Clerk Janet Ber
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Mayor Manners, Councilmember McFadden and
Councilmember Wong all assured Mr.
Davidson that the Council welcomed public
comments. They stated that is the reason
for having these meetings out in the
community.
Councilmembers generally concurred that
the Redevelopment Agency's priorities
were appropriate, and that further
information would be forthcoming
regarding the overall financial picture
for the City.
Motion by Wong, seconded by Jennings, and
unanimously carried to adjourn the
meeting at 9:15 p.m.
Mayor Nan y anners