09-02-2009 - Regular Meeting - MinutesMINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF WEST COVINA,'CALI'FORNIA
SEPTEMBER 2, 1970.
The adjourned regular meeting of the City Council was called to
order by Mayor Ken Chappell at 4:10 P,M. in the West Covina City
Hall Council Chambers. The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor
Chappell.
R(1T.T. r nT.T.
Present: Mayor Chappell; Councilmen Nichols, Young, Lloyd
Absent: Councilman Shearer
Others Present: George Aiassa, City Manager
H. R. Fast,:P.ublic.Service Director
Lela Preston, City Clerk
George -Wakefield; City Attorney
John Lippett, Ass°t. City.Engineer
Doug Dawson, Administrative Analyst
Terry Brandt, Administrative Analyst, Jr.
Leonard Eliot, Controller
CITY MANAGER
UMARK WATER SYSTEM Mr. Aiassa.: We -have. had .negotiations
ACQUISITION City Manager with Umark and met with
their.. representative,,
Mr. —Terry Patterson. Two
proposals have been made and are being...studied. The land is owned
by Union Tank and the.P.resident of that -Company is on vacation and
will be back the middle of this -week. I .would....like to request of
Council that this item be carried over to September 8th at 4:.30 P.M.,
and we have polled the Council and Councilman Lloyd will not be able
to attend. This meeting should not last over -a .half. hour.
Councilman Lloyd: I- am sorry that I cannot attend but I have
a scheduled, -appointment -in .Washington.
Mayor Chappell: Councilman Lloyd -do you feel you would like
to have this meeting put off until you can
attend?
.Councilman Lloyd: Well, obviously, I..would..like-to.p.artici.pate
in the consideration of .this matter, but if
you have four members present and wish to
go forward with the matter I would not want it..deferred.
(Council agreed to the meeting at 4:30 P.M. on September 8, 19.70.)
TRAFFIC COMMITTEE Mr. Aiassa: Council does have the
SPECIAL MEETING City Manager Traffic Committee report
RE TRAFFIC GUARD and._recommendation on this
AT DURNESS & SUNSET matter. We have the
AVENUES Assistant City Engineer present to answer any
questions.
Councilman Nichols: I.,.wou-ld like the:record to reflect) although
I am a. School. Administrator, no children
attending my school will. .cr.oss,.at.,tb+is inter-
section in either direction. So it is not a matter that.wi.11 affect
my school directly, but is one that I have knowledge of and this is an
intersection where traffic is very heavy. In fact the Traffic Committee
has already indicated it is scheduled for a signalization traffic
control device. It is true that 7th and 8th grade .students .use this
crossing but Sunset is the widest - if not the widest avenue - in the
`City of West Covina .where large.numbers of students are expected to
cross without any assistance or signalization. It is my opinion that
the strict following of the warrants set for the use of a Crossing
Guard, is not at all justified in this case. According to the staff
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report all but one of the conditions of the warrants are met, and
that is for the -.age of the pupils. It is my opinion that C.ounc.il
should direct staff to place- a Crossing Guard at this --inter-
section for the safety of these.children even though .they are beyond
the age limit set in the warrants covering the placing -of a crossing
guard° This is a..policy decision.by Council, the.placing or non -
placing of crossing guards, and I would hope that the Council will
direct that a Crossing Guard be placed there, at least until such
time as better controls can be installed.
Councilman Young: Mr. Aiassa, what is the cost for placing a
Crossing Guard?
Mr. Aiassa: This is not a cheap expense; we spend about
City Manager $16,000 a year for Crossing Guards and if we
do place one at Sunset and Durness we will
have to transfer .someone -from .another area.
Councilman Young : Has there- .been. a -review of the prese4�
Crossing Guard,.locations in light of thinking
of the school system changes?
Mr. Aiassa: We are constantly trying' -to reduce.the...use
City Manager of Crossing,Guards because it.is.expensive,
but les.s.expensive.in.comparison to the cost
of installing a signal light. As brought out in Council discussion
tonight,this is a C.ouncil.decisione
Councilman Young: Can .a.nyone .give .me some idea -of what the
expense would be for one crossing.gu.ard
at -this-l.ocati.on :during- the -school, year?.
Councilman :Nichols : Mr. .Mayor-..,i,f I., may,: add -a bit,of .helpful- in-
formation.. ..In. the typical elementary._school.....
there are alternate dismissal, .times, .and
crossing guards are used ranging from one and. -a half--hours..in the
morning and again in the afternoon. In the intermediate ,school
there is a single dismissal time and a:.orossing-. cluard..w.ou.ld .prob.ably
be adequate with 30 minutes in the .morning, and ..30..minutes in the
afternoon. If it is a $2 0 00-..an_ hour rate, we are talking about
approximately $400.00 for the safety, -of the children duri.ng.the
school term.
Mr. Aiassa: I would, like. to -.make ,a -suggestion, if Council
City Manager is of -the- op.i-nion .to...place a crossing guard
at this inter -section, to -return this item to
staff and they can make a study -based on the- use of..a crossing
guard and give you,a report accurately stating: the costs. This
can be given to you at..your meeting.._.of.September 8th,which will
still allow ample time for the placingof a crossing guard prior to
the start of school.
Motion by Councilman.Yo.ung,..seconded by.C.ouncilman .Lloyd, and
carried, that Council concurs in the remarks made by Council-
man Nichols and the City M.anag.er.
PUBLIC WORKS
VINE AVENUE FROM HOLLENBECK Mr. Aiassa: This -is with .regard to
STREET TO CITRUS STREET, Ci-ty.Manager an agreement with .the
CITY OF WEST COVINA-/ County..and .this matter
COUNTY AGREEMENT ha.s-been.before.Council
previously. -. We -would
like to have Council take action on this matter because .i.t-.is
incurring a ,strong interest..-in-the,annexation known as the Villas.
At one time during the past annex-ation ,atte.mpt.the.-opposition pointed
out that Vine Street was atypical city maintained street, and we
found out that a considerable portion of that street was not in the
Citybut in the County. Since that time we have asked the County
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PUBLIC WORKS - (Vine
Avenue) Cont'd.
to participate with
us in making the
necessary improvements so
this will not become
an issue in the
present annexation attempt,
Councilman Young:
Is there an engineering estimate on the
total cost of
this. -project?
Mr. Fast:
Public Servo Dir.
I do -not have
it was -in the
the information before me, but
Five -Year Program.
Mr. Aiassa: I would like toadviseCouncil that when we
City Manager brought .thIs.m_at.ter up -previously I did -
.,receive permi-ss-ion from Councilto-participate
with the Co.unty,.and .County is now agreeing ,to do this as a service
to West Covina and have moved twelve of their projects down to allow
this to be done.
Councilman Young: Would it.be appropriate to hold this to the
next meeting so we could have the approximate
cost?
Mr. Fast: I could.add-to that by saying that the estimate
Public Servo Dir. that we....are :,putti.ng i.n. this _agreement is an
estimatte.. for. all ..work- .to be done ..on. County
property and if Council were. to- ,take ..a.ction_- today- i.t ..would ..be based
upon the County participatingbased,, on : actu,al. cos.t.-on...County._pr.operty.
We cannot tell you now exactly: what. the. City co.st...-is...bu.t we ..know .
the entire project is somewhere in the area- .of...$.7.5,.00.0... The balance
of the work-in the City itself: .is-funded..by g-as.-tax...funds. In terms
of the unknown factor, . the unknown,--i.s. i.f ..Cou.n.ty-:.w.il.l, part.ic.ip.ate in
this Agreement;- and then staff :.when...pre.sen.ting the plans and
specifications to you will give you the total cost estimate and the
revenue sources.
Mr. Aiassa:. Actually this is just permission to enter an
Agreement with County for this work. -and -pro
rate the cost, rather than state- a..set..figure.
Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by Councilman Nichols 'approving
and authorizing .execution of the agreement. -between- the City. o.f West
Covina and -the, County, wherein i the. County -,will .participate. in the
improvements..of. Vine., Ave nue, -.par t-icipat ing on the basis of actual
cost. Motion carried .on r.o- l .call vote as follows:
AYES: Councilmen Nichol.s,.Young,. Lloyd, .Mayor Chappell
NOES: .None
ABSENT: Councilman Shearer
CITY CLERK
ABC APPLICATION:
Lela Preston: This is an
Ralph J. Burke
City Clerk application
dba Rockview Drive -In
Dairy
for an off -sale
551 E. Vine Avenue
beer and wine license and the
recommendation is to protest the
issue of this license.
Mayor Chappell:
Council will
take two or three -minutes to
read .the-.repor:t.:reg.ar.ding .'.'protest".
Councilman
Nichols:
After reading
the report._I would -conclude that
the recommendation of the Chief of Police is a
valid one and
would ---offer. the motion to
protest.
Seconded. by Councilman -Lloyd, and .carried.
Councilman Young: Mr. Mayor -.may the record reflect that
Councilman Young abstains from this particular
issue. I happen to be an officer of the
Presbyterian Church.
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SC.AG MEETING Mr. Aiassa. I have one other item which
City Manager- was a part of our meeting_ of
the- 24th. I have a confirma-
tion from Ray Remy of SLAG, He will meet with Council on
September 28th at 7 P.M. if this is agreeable with Council. If it
is agreeable I will so notify Mr. Remy. This meeting shouldn't take
more than 30 minutes.
Mayor Chappell: Will this allow for questions and answers
Council may have questions.
Councilman Lloyd: Again I reiterate my position,, I am the one
that seems to be somewhat of a foot dragger. as
far as SLAG is concerned, and perhaps if he could come-e.ar.l.ier. I
do think this is a very important decision we are involved in and
this is an agency which could, if we don't join, affect monies that
might accrue -to this City .from -certai.n agencies•° --
Mr. Aiassa: My thought v,as that we could give Mr. Remy
City Manager this half hour with Counci-l...to.explor.e the
areas SC;AG is providing.. If we. then find there
is need for further questions and -answers we can. set .up..a further
meeting; and this then would also give staff time to-make...a..report
and recommendation to Council -based on the .presentation .and the
Council°s thinking. The money is in the budget and the only .question
is whether we are going to join or not, Mr. Remy understands this.
Motion by Councilman Lloyd, seconded by Councilman.Young, and
carried, that Mr. Ray.Remy of SUAG organization be invited for a
presentation to Council on -September 28, 1.970, at 7 P.M.
(Mayor Chappell on behalf of the City Council then wished Mr. Aiassa
a "Happy Birthday".)
ADJOURNMENT
September 8, 1970.
ATTEST:
CITY CLERK
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Motion by Councilman Young, seconded by
Councilman Lloyd, and carried, at 4g55 P.M.
adjourned. this meeting to 4030 P.M. on
APPROVED.
MAYOR