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GRAND TERR CE .. - October 26, GOOD
22795 Barton Road
Grand Terrace .
California 92313-5295
Civic Center
(909)824-6621
Fax(909)783,-7629
Fax(909)783.2600. CITY OF•GRAND TERRACE.
Byron R.Matteson '
Mayor• '
CRA/CITY COUNCIL
Dan Buchanan
Mayor Pro Tem REGULAR MEETINGS
Herman Hilkey
TH
LeeAnn:Garcia 2 4 AND Thursdays - 6,:00 p,m.
Don Larkin -
Council Members •• - ' '
Thomas J.Schwab
- City Manager .. . . - .. - ." •.
Council Chainb.ers
Grand Terrace'Civic Center,,, ,
22795 Barton Road
Grand Terrace, CA,92313-5295
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
COUNCIL MEETING
AGENDA
CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS OCTOBER 26, 2000
GRAND TERRACE CIVIC CENTER 6:00 P.M.
22795 Barton Road
THE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE COMPLIES WITH THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITIES ACT OF 1990.IF YOU
REQUIRE SPECIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS MEETING, PLEASE CALL THE CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE AT(909)824-6621 AT LEAST 48 HOURS PRIOR TO THE MEETING.
IF YOU DESIRE TO ?ADDRESS THE CITY COUNCIL DURING THE MEETING,OTHER THAN UNDER PUBLIC
COMMENT,YOU ARE ASKED TO PLEASE COMPLETE A REQUEST TO SPEAK FORM AVAILABLE AT THE
ENTRANCE AND PRESENT IT TO THE CITY CLERK. SPEAKERS WILL BE CALLED UPON BY THE MAYOR AT
THE APPROPRIATE TIME.
* Call to Order-
* Invocation -
* Pledge of Allegiance-
Roll Call -
STAFF COUNCIL
AGENDA ITEMS RECOMMENDATION ACTION
CONVENE COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
1. Approval of 10-12-2000 Minutes Approve
2. Approval of Check Register CR0021 Approve
ADJOURN COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
CONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
1. Items to Delete
2. SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS-None
3. CONSENT CALENDAR
The following Consent Calendar items are expected to be routine and
noncontroversial. They will be acted upon by the Council at one time l
without discussion. Any Council Member,Staff Member,or Citizen
may request removal of an item from the Consent Calendar for
discussion.
A. Approval of Check Register No.C0021
B. Ratify 10-26-00 CRA Action Approve
C. Waive Full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda
COUNCIL AGENDA
10-26-2000 PAGE 2 OF 2
AGENDA ITEMS STAFF COUNCIL
RECOMMENDATIONS ACTION
D. Approval of 10-12-2000 Minutes Approve
E. Progress Reports:Economic Development Special Projects
&EDS Approve
F. Resolution Establishing All Way Stop Signs at the
Intersection of Brentwood Street and Thames Street
4. PUBLIC COMMENT
5. ORAL REPORTS
A. Committee Reports Accept
1. Crime Prevention Committee
a. Minutes of September 11,2000
Accept
2. Emergency Operations Committee
a. Minutes of September 5,2000
B. Council Reports
6. PUBLIC HEARINGS-None
7. UNFINISHED BUSINESS-None
8. NEW BUSINESS-None
9. CLOSED SESSION-None
ADJOURN
THE NEXT CRA/CITY COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD
ON THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 9,2000.
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AGENDA ITEM REQUESTS FOR THE 11-09-2000 MEETING
MUST BE SUBMITTED IN WRITING TO THE CITY CLERK'S
OFFICE BY NOON 11-02-2000.
PENDING C R A APPROVAL
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - OCTOBER 12, 2000
A regular meeting of the Community Redevelopment Agency, City of Grand Terrace, was held in
the Council Chambers,Grand Terrace Civic Center,22795 Barton Road,Grand Terrace,California,
on October 12, 2000 at 6:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Byron Matteson; Chairman
Dan Buchanan, Vice-Chairman
Herman Hilkey, Agency Member
Lee Ann Garcia, Agency Member
Don Larkin, Agency Member
Tom Schwab, Executive Director
John Donlevy, Assistant City Manager
Brenda,Stanfill, City Clerk
Bernie Simon, Finance Director
Patrizia Materassi, Community and Economic Development Director
Virgil Barham, Building& Safety Director
John Harper, City Attorney
Lt. Rick Carr, Sheriff's Department
ABSENT: None
APPROVAL OF SEPTEMBER 28, 2000 W UTES
CRA-2000-68 MOTION BY AGENCY MEMBER HII..KEY,SECOND BY AGENCY MEMBER
GARCIA, CARRIED 5-0, to approve the September 28, 2000 Community
Redevelopment Agency Minutes.
APPROVAL OF CHECK REGISTER CR0020
CRA-2000-69 MOTION BY VICE-CHAIRMAN BUCHANAN, SECOND BY AGENCY
_MEMBER GARCIA, CARRIED 5-0, to approve Check Register CR0020.
Chairman Matteson temporarily adjourned the Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting at 6:10
p.m.
Chairman Matteson reconvened the Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting at 7:25 p.m.
CLOSED SESSION-REAL ESTATE NEGOTIATIONS (22237 BARTON ROAD)
Chairman Matteson announced that the Agency met in closed session to discuss Real Estate
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October 12,2000
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Negotiations at 22237 Barton Road and that there was no reportable action taken.
Chairman Matteson adjourned the Community Redevelopment Agency Meeting at 8:20 p.m. until
the next CRA/City Council Meeting scheduled to be held on Thursday, October 26, 2000 at 6:00
p.m.
SECRETARY of the Community Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Grand Terrace
CHAIRMAN of the Community Redevelopment
Agency of the City of Grand Terrace
CITY OF GF'_ <<JD TERRACE i-r-MING C RA APPROVAL
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2000 CHECK REGISTER NO: CR0021
OUTSTANDING DEMANDS AS OF: OCTOBER 26, 2000
CHECK# VENDOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
13462 MANAGED HEALTH NETWORK EMPLOYEE OCTOBER, 2000 BENEFITS $76.35
13464 PAULA TAYLOR BIRTHDAY BONUS $50.00
13467 CASH BID ON 22035 TANAGER REHAB HOUSE $120,000.00 .
13468 INTERNATIONAL CITY ESCROW DEPOSIT ON PURCHASE OF EDISON LAND $50,000.00
44399 A.S.R. CONSTRUCTORS INC. CITY HALL RESTORATION/REHAB $27,843.98
44404 AIRSTREME HEATING &AIR CONDITIONING FINAL RETENTION PAYMENT-LARK REHAB $250.00
44405 ARROWHEAD CREDIT UNION BUILDING SUPPLIES-VAN BUREN REHAB $71.05
44408 DAN BUCHANAN AGENCY BOARD STIPEND $150.00 .
44409 CHJ COMPACTION TESTING-22322 VAN BUREN REHAB $1,692.25
44413 ROBERT CHAGOLLA CONSTRUCTION 12764 REED REHAB HOUSE $18,920.47
44416 DANKA OFFICE IMAGINE COMPANY COPIER USAGE, $56.10
- 44417 DATA QUICK PURCHASE PROPERTY INFORMATION DATABASE $400.00
44418 DESIGN-SCAPE ARCHITECTS, INC. ROLLINS PARK REHAB DESIGN $798.00
44420 DRUG ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM YARD MAINTENANCE - REHAB HOUSES $230.00
44424 G.A.THOMPSON CO., INC. PRINTING OF ADMINISTRATIVE CITATION FORMS $290.86
44426 LEE ANN'GARCIA AGENCY BOARD STIPEND $150.00
44427 GATEWAY 2000, INC. COMPUTER HARD DRIVE $242.44
n 44429 GRAND TERRACE LITTLE LEAGUE LARKIN AGENCY BOARD STIPEND DONATION $150.00
03 44431 HERMAN HILKEY AGENCY BOARD STIPEND $150.00
44437 BYRON MATTESON AGENCY BOARD STIPEND $150.00
a 44438 MICK HILL ENTERPRISES BLOCK WALL-22846.PALM REHAB HOUSE $6,300.00
I" 44440 NOBEL SYSTEMS SEWER MAPPING PROJECT ' $1,000.00
zZ 44447 UC REGENTS-UCR EXTENSION ACCESS 2000 CLASS-GAIL ROUSSELL $445.00
44448 RIVERSIDE HIGHLAND WATER COMPANY WATER USAGE REHAB HOUSES AUG/SEPT. $142.30
44460 STAPLES OFFICE SUPPLIES $130.46
44463 U.S. BANK TRUST N.A. ANNUAL TRUSTEE FEES $8,170.00
44465 VALLEY TIRE COMPANY CODE ENFORCEMENT VEHICLE MAINTENANCE $195.07 .
Z 44468 WASTE MANAGEMENT-PORTABLE SERVICES ROLLINS PARK PORTABLE TOILETS $443.34
0 44475 YOSEMITE WATER WATER FOR CITY FACILITIES $18.80
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CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2000 CHECK REGISTER NO: CR0021
OUTSTANDING DEMANDS AS OF: OCTOBER 26, 2000
CHECK# VENDOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
478940 U.S. BANK TRUST N.A. MONTHLY LEASE PAYMENT $23,368.12
GRAND TOTAL $261,884.59
1 CERTIFY THAT,TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,THE AFORE LISTED CHECKS FOR PAYMENT OF THE COMMUNITY
REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY LIABILITIES HAVE BEEN AUDITED BY ME AND ARE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE
EXPENDITURES FOR THE OPERATION OF THE AGENCY.
LARRY RONNOW
INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR
' ENDING CITY
CITY OF G% _AD TERRACE
COUNCIL APPROVAL
DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2000 CHECK REGISTER NO: C0021
OUTSTANDING DEMANDS AS OF: OCTOBER 26, 2000
CHECK# VENDOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
13461 PUBLIC.EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM PERS FOR PAY ROLL ENDING 09/29/00 $3,828.04
13462 MANAGED HEALTH NETWORK EMPLOYEE BENEFITS; OCTOBER, 2000 $490.65
13463 DIANA LOVE BIRTHDAY BONUS $50.00
13465 RICHARD ROLLINS BIRTHDAY BONUS $50.00
13469 SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIRS TINY TOT BOOK FAIR $833.41
13470 ASTRO JUMP BOUNCE HOUSE FOR VOLUNTEER PICNIC $149.00
13471 SO. CALIF. ASS'N OF GOVERNMENTS DUES FOR 2000-01 $764.00
13472 BASKETS AHH...LA CART VOLUNTEER OF YEAR 2000 GIFT $43.10
13473 DIANA CONDOR BIRTHDAY BONUS $50.00
13474 CANDICE JACKSON BIRTHDAY BONUS $50.00
13475 KENNETH WILSON TINY TOTS TUITION REFUND $60.60
13476 BRENT.BAILEY-E.L.S.S. CITIZEN PATROL CPR/FIRST AID TRAINING $350.00
13478 NORTHWEST TREES & PUMPKINS CHILD-CARE PUMPKIN FUND RAISER $207.00
44400 AA EQUIPMENT RENTALS CO., INC. REPAIR PARTS $357.61
44401 ACCENT PRINT & DESIGN CHILDCARE LETTERHEAD & BUSINESS CARDS $675.01
0 44402 ADDINGTON CONSULTING ENGINEERING CONTRACT ENGINEERING CONSULTING $2,000.00
C 44403 SANDRA AH SUE REIMBURSE FOR KEY DUPLICATION $67.35
Z 44405 ARROWHEAD CREDIT UNION COUNCIL, CITY MANAGER, CEDD CONFERENCE EXPI $2,800.53
n 44406 DRAGOS BARBU REIMBURSE CISCO LEVEL 2 TRAINING EXPENSE $75.00
44407 BOISE CASCADE OFFICE PRODUCTS OFFICE SUPPLIES $202.85
44408 DAN BUCHANAN CITY COUNCIL STIPEND $250.00
fl1 44410 CALIFORNIA MUNICIPAL FINANCE OFFICERS 2001 ANNUAL MEMBERSHIP-LARRY RONNOW $100.00
0
44411 CALIF. DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION STRONG MOTION/MAPPING FEES $219.14
a 44412 CALIF. DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE NEW EMPLOYEE BACKGROUND CHECKS $32.00
44414 CITY NEWSPAPER GROUP LEGAL ADS $154.00
44415 COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING SERVICES SEPTEMBER, 2000 CONSULTANT SERVICE $90.00
44416 DANKA OFFICE IMAGING COMPANY COPIER USAGE $45.90
z 44417 DATA QUICK PURCHASE PROPERTY INFORMATION DATABASE $497.09
�O 44419 DICKSON COMPANY STREET SWEEPING SERVICES $2,083.33
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CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2000 CHECK REGISTER NO: C0021
OUTSTANDING DEMANDS AS OF: OCTOBER 26, 2000
CHECK# VENDOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
44420 DRUG ALTERNATIVE PROGRAM ORIOLE/FRANKLIN LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE $125.00
44421 EVERGREEN GOPHER CONTROL CITY PARKS $120.00
44422 FEDEX DOCUMENT DELIVERY $68.14
44423 FOX OCCUPATIONAL MEDICAL PRE-EMPLOYMENT PHYSICALS $60.00
44425 G.T. AREA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CITY SHARE OCT. 2000 NEWSLETTER $478.20
44426 LEE ANN GARCIA CITY COUNCIL STIPEND $250.00
44428 GIDCUMB'S CUSTOM CABINETS MANUFACTURE/INSTALL TWO COUNTER GATES $1,125.00
44430 HARPER & BURNS LLPN SEPTEMBER, 2000 CONTRACT SERVICES $1,380.00
44431 HERMAN HILKEY CITY COUNCIL STIPEND $250.00
44432 HINDERLITER de LLAMAS &ASSOC. FY 99-00 CAFR STAT PACKAGE $100.00
44433 HYDROSCAPE PRODUCTS INC. IRRIGATION SUPPLIES $209.79
44434 INTERSTATE BRANDS CORPORATION BREAD PRODUCTS.- CHILD CARE $67.80
44435 JANI-KING OF COLTON MONTHLY CLEANING SERVICE-CHILD CARE- $759.00
44436 DON LARKIN CITY COUNCIL STIPEND $250.00
44437 BYRON MATTESON CITY COUNCIL STIPEND $250.00
44439 MUS LAWN SERVICE TERRACE PINES LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE $200.00
44440 NOBEL SYSTEMS SEWER MAPPING PROJECT $19,142.50
44441 ORBIT EMBROIDERY MAINTENANCE WORKERS SHIRTS $26.94
44442 ORIENTAL TRADING COMPANY CHILD CARE HALLOWEEN SUPPLIES $119.20
44443 OTIS ELEVATOR COMPANY MONTHLY ELEVATOR MAINTENANCE $235.72
44444 PACIFIC BELL CITY PHONE SERVICES $139.02
44445 PRIME EQUIPMENT GENERAL MAINTENANCE SUPPLIES $31.85
44446 RED WING SHOE STORE MAINTENANCE WORKER SHOES $457.71
44448 RIVERSIDE HIGHLAND WATER COMPANY CITY WATER USAGE AUG/SEPT. 2000 $8,814.31
44449 ROQUET PAVING, INC. PAVE PATCH REED/FREMONTIA $430.00
44450 S.B. COUNTY AUDITOR/CONTROLLER SEPT. 2000 BOOKING FEES $638.88
44451 S.B. COUNTY SHERIFF FY 00-01 MONTHLY CONTRACT FEE $82,426.00
44452 S.B. COUNTY VEHICLE SERVICES SUPPLIES & EQUIPMENT $25.25
44453 S.B. COUNTY WASTE SYSTEM DIV. DUMP FEES $391.57
44454 S.B. FIRE DEPARTMENT/HAZARDOUS MATERIALS HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE SERVICE $2,772.25
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CITY OF di ,,,ND TERRACE
DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2000 CHECK REGISTER NO: C0021
OUTSTANDING DEMANDS AS OF: OCTOBER 26, 2000
CHECK# VENDOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
44455 SALES GUIDES INTERNATIONAL USED OIL RECYCLING PROMO PRODUCTS $3,032.62
44456 SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY SUN 2 YR. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL $266.00
44457 SMART & FINAL IRIS COMPANY SUPPLIES FOR VOLUNTEER PICNIC $368.59
44458 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON COMPANY CITY FACILITY ELECTRICITY $3,587.11
44459 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA GAS COMPANY NATURAL GAS FOR CITY FACILITIES $194.32
44460 STAPLES OFFICE SUPPLIES $483.74 _-
44461 SYSCO FOOD/SUPPLIES FOR CHILD CARE $1,781.36
44462 TOM & KATHY'S ANY HOUR LOCK & KEY LOCK& KEY SERVICE $144.42
44464 UNDERGROUND SERVICE ALERT DIG ALERT FAX NOTIFICATION SERVICE $125.00 y
44466 VAVRINEK TRINE DAY& COMPANY QTR INVESTMENT REPORTS $3,000.00
44467 VAVRINEK TRINE DAY & COMPANY ANNUAL STREET REPORT $600.00
44469 WAXIE JANITORIAL SUPPLIES-CHILD CARE $46.79
44470 WEST GROUP CALIFORNIA CODE UPDATES $109.91
44471 WESTERN DATA ENTERPRISES COMPUTER HARD DRIVE, ZIP $650.81
44472 WESTERN EXTERMINATORS COMPANY PEST CONTROL-CITY FACILITIES $155.00
44473 WILLDAN ' PLAN CHECK SERVICES-12715 BLUE MTN CT $654.71
44474 XEROX CORPORATION COPIER USAGE $144.18 -'
44475. YOSEMITE WATER WATER FOR CITY FACILITIES $281.95
44476 YOUTH TODAY ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RENEWAL-CHILD CARE $14.97
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CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2000 CHECK REGISTER NO: C0021
OUTSTANDING DEMANDS AS OF: OCTOBER 26, 2000
CHECK# VENDOR DESCRIPTION AMOUNT
SEPTEMBER PAYROLL $110,941.42
GRAND TOTAL $264,502.64
I CERTIFY THAT,TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE,THE AFORE LISTED CHECKS FOR PAYMENT OF CITY
LIABILITIES HAVE BEEN AUDITED BY ME AND ARE NECESSARY AND APPROPRIATE EXPENDITURES FOR THE
OPERATION OF THE CITY.
LARRY RONNOW
INTERIM FINANCE DIRECTOR
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CITY OF GRAND TERRACE PENDING CITY
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES COUNCIL APPROVAL
REGULAR MEETING - OCTOBER 12, 2000
A regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace was called to order in the Council
Chambers,Grand Terrace Civic Center,22795 Barton Road,Grand Terrace,California,on October
12, 2000, at 6:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Byron Matteson, Mayor
Dan Buchanan, Mayor Pro Tern
Herman Hilkey, Councilmember
Lee Ann Garcia, Councilmember
Don Larkin, Councilmember
Tom Schwab, City Manager
John Donlevy, Assistant City Manager
Brenda Stanfill, City Clerk
Bernie Simon, Finance Director
Patrizia Materassi, Community and Economic Development Director
Virgil Barham, Building & Safety Director
John Harper, City Attorney
Lt. Rick Carr, Sheriff's Department
ABSENT: None
The meeting was opened with invocation by Councilwoman Lee Ann Garcia,followed by the Pledge
of Allegiance led by Councilman Don Larkin.
ITEMS TO DELETE
8A. DSL Contract- City Manager Schwab indicated that staff would like to delete item
8A. DSL Contract until a later date.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - None
CONSENT CALENDAR
CC-2000-158 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER HILKEY, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM
BUCHANAN, CARRIED 5-0, to approve the following consent calendar items:
3A. Approval of Check Register No. C0020
3B. Ratify 10-12-00 CRA Action
3C. Waive Full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda
3D. Approval of 09-28-00 Minutes
3E. Award Contract - Street Striping Services (C-18, Inc.)
3F. Award Contract - Street Maintenance Program (Roquet Paving, Inc.)
3G. Award Contract - Concrete Maintenance Services (Malton Construction)
COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM 1400�3D
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October 26,2000
Page 2
PUBLIC COMMENT - None
ORAL REPORTS
5A. Committee Reports
1. Historical and Cultural Activities Committee
a. Minutes of September 11, 2000
CC-2000-159 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER LARKIN,SECOND BY COUNCII.MEMBER
GARCIA,CARRIED 5-0,to accept the September 11,2000 minutes of the Historical
and Cultural Activities Committee.
Councilmember Garcia indicated that the Historical and Cultural Activities Committee is
working on the history of Grand Terrace. Currently Committee Member Ann Petta is
working on the history of Terrace Hills Middle School and Terrace View Elementary.
Anyone that has information should contact the Committee.
5B. Council Reports
Mayor Matteson,requested that Assistant City Manager Donlevy give an update on the street
sweeping situation.
Assistant City Manager Donlevy, reported that each month there will be a street sweeping
map in each edition of the "Blue Mountain Outlook" and that he is working on something
for the Community Bulletin on channel 3. The Code Enforcement Officer is following the
street sweeper and attaching a notice with all of the information that the residents need to
know with regards to street sweeping to vehicles that are parked in the streets blocking the
sweeper. He will also be going out to bid soon for a tree service to trim the trees that are in
need and also for new street sweeping signs. He stated that staff is trying to educate the
residents on street sweeping any way possible.
Mayor Matteson, requested that staff give a report on the upcoming Free Dump Day.
Assistant City Manager Donlevy, reported that Free Dump Day will be held on Saturday,
October 28, 2000. He indicated that there will be a dumpster at the Senior Center on Grand
Terrace Road from 8:00 a.m.to 12 noon. All San Bernardino County residents can use most
of the County Landfills for free.
Mayor Matteson,requested a report on the POP programs that the Sheriff's Department has
been doing.
Lt.Carr,San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department,responded that last month a POP was
done in the City. One of the programs was traffic enforcement in the morning and criminal
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suppression in the evening. Both programs were successful.
Mayor Matteson, reported that the Volunteer Appreciation BBQ will be held on Saturday,
October 14, 2000 where the City Council will prepare and serve lunch for all the volunteers
to show their appreciation.
Mayor Pro Tem.Buchanan,reported that he had an opportunity to use the fields at Pico Park
with his co-workers and expressed his appreciation on what a great town Grand Terrace is.
He also expressed his appreciation for all of the volunteers that Council will be honoring at
the BBQ and their role in keeping Grand Terrace what it is. He also commended City Staff,
the.Sheriff's Department and the Fire Department on the tremendous job that they do on
keeping Grand Terrace an outstanding residential community.
Councilmember Larkin, commended the"Sheriff's Department on the POP Program. He .
reported that ECO Day 2000 was a great event and that it had a tremendous turn-out and
commended staff for doing a good job. He indicated that it is Fire Prevention Week and that
the Fire Station will be having an open house on Saturday,October 14,2000 from 10:00 a.m.
to 2:00 p.m. He indicated that he feels that the Volunteer Appreciation BBQ is a great way
to honor all of the Volunteers. He feels that we need to focus on DSL in the community. He
wished Bernie Simon,leaving Finance Director well in his new job and thanked him for the
job well done for the City of Grand Terrace.
Councilmember Garcia,wished Bernie Simon well in his new job. She reminded everyone
that the Country Fair will be held on November 4'. She indicated that she is looking forward
to the Volunteer Appreciation BBQ and being able to thank the Volunteers for everything
that they do. She reported that ECO Day 2000 was a great event. She commended staff on
the restroom rehabilitation at Richard.Rollins Park. She indicated that there is compost
available.at the Park to all residents while it lasts.
Councilmember Hilkey, requested an update on the Rite-Aide corner.
Community'and Economic Development Director Materassi, indicated that Rite-Aide is.
holding onto the property yet they are not willing to commit. She indicated that Staff is
encouraging them to do something with the property.
fication on the report that was given with regards to
Councilmember Hilkey, requested clan
the POP.
Lt. Can, indicated that there were 16 arrests with the criminal suppression project and 133
citations with the traffic enforcement project.
Councilmember Hilkey,encouraged volunteers to attend the Volunteer Appreciation BBQ
on Saturday, October 14, 2000.
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Mayor Matteson,reported that he attended the Sheriff's Rodeo and that it was a great event.
.PUBLIC HEARING - None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7A. Brentwood Street Speed Hump Project
CC-2000-160 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER HII.KEY,SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
LARKIN, CARRIED 5-0, to, approve the installation of 3 stop signs, two speed
humps, two street lights and street/hump markings and to'appropriate$20,825 from
the Gas Tax Fund to cover the costs of their installation on Brentwood Street.
NEW BUSINESS
8B. Co-sponsorship of Halloween Haunt
CC-2000-161 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BUCHANAN, SECOND BY
COUNCILMEMBER GARCIA,CARRIED 5-0,to be a non-financial co-sponsor of
the Halloween Haunt.
CLOSED SESSION - None
ORDER OF ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Matteson adjourned the City Council Meeting at 7:25 p.m.,until the next CRA/City Council
Meeting which is scheduled to be held on Thursday, October 26, 2000 at 6:00 p.m.
CITY CLERK of the City of Grand Terrace
MAYOR of the City of Grand Terrace
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GRAND TERR C • Community and Economic Development
Department
STAFF REPORT
CRA ITEM O COUNCIL ITEM (X ) MEETING DATE: OCTOBER 26, 2000
FUNDING REQUIRED NO FUNDING REQUIRED X
SUBJECT: PROGRESS REPORTS:
- Economic Development Special Projects
- EDS
RECOMMENDATION: Review and File
" I wouldlike to share with the City Council progress made on our four special projects and
-' update the Council on Economic Development Services. Please refer to the attached map
showing our four special project areas. These areas are targeted for marketing and
development.
Special Projects:
Project Area Number One: Freeway Commercial
This area corresponds to the CM properties north of Van Buren and west of Michigan,
approximately 48.5 acres. Consultant, Jim Harrigan, with the help of Staff, has assembled
all required information for these parcels; has met with real estate.representatives to
ascertain the parcels are immediately deliverable and has reported interest shown by
developers at the last ICSC Conference in Palm Springs.
Project Area Number Two: Freeway Industrial
This area consists of former SCE properties east of the Power Plant, approximately 43
acres. As you know, the City is in escrow to purchase the property, thus "opening" to us
development opportunities! The major portion of this property is being marketed as our
High Tech Business Park.The State Infrastructure Bank has shown interest in offering 3%,
low interest loans for infrastructure. There is a possibility that IEEP may adopt the area
as a pilot project for recruitment of high tech computer and/or biotech industries. These
and other development prospects are being studied. As soon as proposals are completed,
I Staff will bring it to the Council for consideration.
22795 Barton Road • Grand Terrace, California 9231-16bVNA9X&662)� ITEM N0.
Project Area Number Three: Future Executive Housing
This property was owned by Mr. De Benedet, now deceased. It is now owned by Mr.
Paulson. It was considered by Colorado Pacific for upscale housing construction.
Environmental agencies and land cost issues have been obstacles to their development.
Staff is actively marketing the area for upscale housing while recommending the protection
of the main canyon to maintain the existing wild life corridor.
Our map, with descriptions of these projects, will be incorporated into our Web Page, City
Profiles and taken to trade shows and other economic development events Staff attends.
Besides participating in the San Bernardino Habitat Conservation Plan, Staff is working on
developing short term environmental alternatives to offset potential impacts of a project in
this area.
Special Project Number Four: Town Square at Barton Road
This is our City Center Project for cultural and economic purposes. Staff is checking into
the eligibility of this project as a "city center revitalization" under the State Infrastructure
Bank regulations. If the City is able to purchase a few properties in the area and justify an
RFP or even a major commercial subdivision of the land for a one acre plaza, senior citizen
housing and retail, significant infrastructure loans may become available and help-project
feasibility. In the case of a commercial subdivision, local Grand Terrace investors could
participate as well. The State's goal is to support economic development that generates
sustainable growth.
EDS Services:
Jim Harrigan is proceeding with the retail gap (retail void) analysis. Meanwhile, several
tasks have or are in the process of being accomplished, among them:
The Retail Recruitment Forum - Session One, was an eye opener with an
array of issues, from a complete overview of the Goods Movement and
Alameda Corridor East issue, by Ty Schuiling of SANBAG, to details of
biotech industries and cancer research development in the Inland Empire by
Teri Ooms of I EEP, to the secrets of Mr.TV Video's success. Please refer to
the minutes, attached, for information on the following topics:
• Alameda East Corridor, Inland Port Concept and the largest ports in
the world
• Triple increase of air cargo and high tech related growth in the Inland
Empire
• Opportunities to generate sustainable economic growth before we
reach a 6 million population area(2020)
• Air quality, job growth and diversity issues
• Work force exists to meet growth of warehouse and distribution
• New logistic management, instead of warehouse/distribution and its
potential benefits to the region
• Higher education in the Inland Empire
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• A Realistic look at Grand Terrace
• The Secrets of My Success, by Mr. TV Video
• EDS' Background
• Marketing vs. Advertising
• Customer Service
• Retail Consultant vs. Local Brokers
• Home Based Businesses
— Letters to all commercial property owners in Grand Terrace will be sent by
EDS offering their services and requesting land and space inventory
information during this.week.
Meetings and contacts with local businesses, leasing agents and property
owners have been made, such as La Mancha, Stater Brothers Center, Mr.
Shamolian of Town and Country Center, Val Clemens of Rite Aid, etc.
— Retail Recruitment Forum II will take place on December 5'. This will be a
forum for local businesses. Several brokers and developers have asked to
speak at the Forum.
Our goal is to generate economic development momentum; to act on different fronts to
trigger new market circumstances; attract new business to Grand Terrace and help our
existing business.
Please pencil in the next Forum- December 51, from'3 to 8pm. Your attendance would be
greatly appreciated.
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RETAIL RECRUITMENT FORUM - Session One
Presentation and Discussion
City of Grand Terrace Council Chambers
August 29, 2000
3pm - 5pm
3 to 3:50 RETAIL RECRUITMENT— IN PERSPECTIVE
Welcome and Introduction ---
Patrizia Materassi
Director of Community and Economic Development
Overview of Goods Movement and the Alameda Corridor East.
Ty Schuiling, Director of Planning and Programming
San Bernardino Association of Governments (SANBAG)
The Birth of the Inland Empire's High Tech Hub
Teri Ooms, President/CEO
Inland Empire Economic Partnership (IEEP)
(questions and Answers
3:50 — 4:00 BREAK
4:00 — 5:00 THE GRAND TERRACE RETAIL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
A Realistic look at Grand Terrace
Thomas Schwab, City Manager
A Retailer's Success Story
Joe Kohorst, Mr. TV Video
Description of Program
Patrizia Materassi
Director of Community and Economic Development
Jim Harrigan
Consultant to the City of Grand Terrace
Economic Development Systems (EDS)
Open Forum
Session Two of the Grand Terrace Retail Recruitment Forum is scheduled for
Tuesday, December 5, from 3 to 5 pm in the Council Chambers.
RETAIL RECRUITMENT FORUM — Session One
August 29, 2000
Retail Recruitment Forum - Presentation and Discussion
City of Grand Terrace Council Chambers
Grand Terrace, California
RETAIL RECRUITMENT— IN PERSPECTIVE
Welcome and Introduction —
Patrizia Materassi
Director of Community and Economic Development
Good afternoon. I would like to welcome everybody to the Grand Terrace Retail Recruitment-
Forum. I also want to welcome the visitors to Grand Terrace. My name is Patrizia Materassi
and I am the Director of Community and Economic Development for the City of Grand Terrace.
I will introduce the program and the speakers and I'll try to do this in about ten minutes. There
are five areas I want to cover. The first: why did we decide to do the Forum? The second: The
topics. Third: who is attending the Forum? Fourth: a little bit about the program, schedule and
some housekeeping announcements. Fifth: a deeper reason about why we are here together.
The major reason we are here is the kickoff meeting for our Retail Recruitment Program.
We want to introduce our retail expert, Jim Harrigan, to the community; we want to help him
gather market data and to get to know the region. In terms of the specific topics, there are two
major areas we want to cover in this Forum.'One is in regards to the future of our region and the
other is about retail. In terms of the future of our region, I'd like to start with an economic base
analysis that John E. Husing, Ph.D., did for Grand Terrace. Dr. Husing concluded that Grand
Terrace, like many other small cities, doesn't have an economic base. We depend on the region
and on the economics of the region. Dr. Husing went on to say that one of the quickest growing
sectors in the region is warehousing and distribution. However, Grand Terrace, because of our
characteristics and our small amount of available land, should really concentrate on other
growing sectors, like high tech industry or construction materials and supplies. To give you an
idea of what high tech is, we're no longer talking only about industries that make computers,.
lasers or pharmaceuticals. We are talking about "high tech", those industries that use highly
skilled labor technology. and computer technologies to produce their products. "High tech" is
really a large area. On one hand, we have all this investment we know is being done and will be
done in goods movement and truck-rail facilities that will increase warehousing, distribution and
related types of jobs. On the other hand, we have what we call intellectual capital: a lot of
engineering schools and a lot of high tech industry growing. So our questions are: What does
this mean to Grand Terrace? What will it be like in this region? Which sector will dominate,
warehouse/distribution or the high tech sector? Which sector is really going to define our
region? And I think the answers are important, because Grand Terrace will grow with the region.
We need to anticipate how those two sectors will grow.
The other question is a little bit complex and I'll try to explain. It has to do with the importance of
a job base, infrastructure and transportation to support retail. Basically, I think it comes down to
this issue: is retail another word for economic development? Or is retail the consequence of
economic development? John Husing, Ph.D, the economist, states economic development and
trade is the number of times money exchanges hands in a certain area or within an economic
region._For example: you have a lumber yard, a factory that produces furniture and a furniture
store. They are all connected. From the industry to the factory to the retailer, they are all
connected. There is a network. Another comparison is the family. In the family, if we want to go
out with our spouses, we need to have a network, right? The babysitters, the moms,' the
housekeepers, whoever is going to take care of.our kids so we can go out. The same as retail. It-
is all connected! Retailers look for those trade connections.and network when moving to a new
area.
And so, I believe that retail is- the consequence of economic development and trade
connections. The question for you is: in order for us to have retail that lasts in Grand Terrace,
should we invest in jobs, infrastructure and develop trade connections, or should we just bring in
any retail and hope it grows? I believe that we need to invest in economic development,
infrastructure and establish trade connections so that more retail will come to and last in
Grand Terrace. Retail is a consequence of economic development.
So those are the questions. That is why this Forum was developed. There is nothing better
than discussing these issues with economic development professionals. And I want to mention,
that even though we are very few here, the people who are here, are important people. We
have City Council Members, Planning Commissioners, Chamber representatives, developers,
some
ome property owners, economic development directors, planning directors and also
representatives from the real estate industry.
Now, the other thing I want to cover is our program. Our program is divided into two parts. First
on the agenda we have uRetail Recruitment in Perspective" and then we'have the "Grand
Terrace Retail Recruitment Program", with more focus on Grand Terrace. Each speaker will
speak for about ten minutes. After the speakers complete their presentations we'll have twenty
minute question and answer period .and then a ten minute break. This is the first of three
Forums. Finally, just before I introduce the speakers, I want to tell you of something I learned in
the Boy Scout Ceremonies that applies here. Boy Scouts Ceremonies foster.learning, growth,
inspiration and togetherness, in this instance, togetherness as a region. And that's the deeper
reason why we are here, to team to cooperate. So, now I'd .like to introduce our speakers: Ty
Schuiling is-the Director of Plan'ning and Programming at SANBAG. Ty deals with all the
State, Federal, and Measure I funds and puts them all together to leverage for more money for
the County. There is nobody better than Ty to give an overview on goods movement and the
Alameda-East Corridor. He has a very brilliant.analytical mind.
We then.have Teri Ooms. Teri is President and CEO of IEEP, the Inland Empire Economic
Partnership. I believe -that since Teri took over, the I Partnership is doing great Her hands-on
approach and marketing of the region are going to bring venture capital for our high tech
industry. I do believe that.
Then John Donlevy, Assistant City Manager. Tom Schwab, our City Manager, was scheduled
to speak, however, there was a family emergency so, he's sent, very proudly, John to speak to
us. John knows a lot about the city of Grand Terrace, if not perhaps more than anyone else. He
will give us an overview of the city and our obstacles, such as leakage of our retail taxes and all
the problems of bedroom communities.
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Then Joe Kohorst, by far our most successful retailer. He is very humble and says, "Well if I
can do it everybody can do it!" The reality is that he is really an exceptional retailer. We need to
have all exceptional retailers otherwise, I don't know what is going to happen.
And last- Jim Harrigan, our retail consultant. Jim is with EDS, Economic Development
Systems. He has a lot of connections, contacts, and ongoing contracts with several cities -
Pasadena, Long Beach and Palmdale, as examples. I believe he is going to be a great help to
us and start our Recruitment Program. Please thank our speakers with a round of applause I'll
give the floor to Ty .
Overview of Goods Movement and the Alameda Corridor East
Ty Schuiling
Director of Planning and Programming
San Bernardino Association of Governments (SANBAG)
Goods Movement:
Patrizia has asked me to talk on.goods movement issues and the Alameda Corridor East. I will
try to cover more than just the Alameda Corridor East because I think some of the issues and
opportunities that Grand Terrace can take advantage of go.well beyond the Alameda Corridor
East. But, by way of background, the overhead here includes a map extending from Los
Angeles area on the extreme left, through the San Gabriel Valley, in the center left, Ontario in
the middle of the map and then.on to Colton, Grand Terrace, (not named, but you can see
where it is down there) southeastern quadrant of the 215/10 Interchange and San Bernardino.
The background here is that the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach have been extremely
successful in capturing the trade from the Pacific Rim coming to the US and trade from the US
going to the Pacific Rim, competing with other ports, including the Seattle area, Oakland and so
forth in part because Los Angeles itself is such an important destination for those goods. The
ships are extremely large carrying a diverse set of commodities and often need to'come to Los
Angeles. We have such excellent rail connections to the rest of the US that Los Angeles
becomes the real entry point to the bridging of the continent. Even goods destined for the East
Coast come through the ports of LA and Long Beach. LA and Long Beach are now the largest
ports in the world in terms of land/sea interface. The only ports larger are Singapore and Hong
Kong which basically just move containers from one ship to another. These ports (LA and Long
Beach) are doing about eight million containers now and are forecast to go to more than twenty-
four million containers within the next twenty years, a tripling of their through put of those
containers Currently about half go to points from the Rocky Mountains east and they are all
going by rail. The other half stay in the western US and about 85% of those actually stay within
the greater Los Angeles area and are all moved by truck. You can see that the combination of.
economic growth just within the Los Angeles area itself, plus this incredible growth at the ports,
is putting more and more rail traffic on the major transcontinental rail lines to railroads involved
in this through the Union Pacific which of course, now includes the Southern Pacific and the
Burlington Northern Santa Fe.
It was realized a number of years ago that the capacity of the rail lines that go directly between
the ports of LA and Long Beach and the transcontinental rail lines which go to downtown Los
Angeles were woefully inadequate. And so, a huge project was put together called the Alameda
Corridor that has been funded by many different sources including .the ports and the railroads.
That's the dotted line you see on the far left, there. The Alameda Corridor is under construction
today, will be finished next year, will provide a fully grade separated rail connection between the
ports of the major transcontinental rail lines that extend east from Redondo Junction to the
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south, where it says Los Angeles, all the way over into our area, crossing the Colton Junction,
that you can see just to`the right of the end in Colton(referring to overhead). The Alameda
Corridor will have the effect of increasing rail capacity to and from the ports ten fold: Whereas in
the past, the rail lines could hold one hundred trains a week, they will be able to hold now, one
hundred trains a day! In addition, the train lengths can be increased to eight thousand feet,
because the line is fully grade separated. They don't need to worry about having to brake trains
at cross streets when they stop and things of that sort. They don't have to stop!
The San Gabriel Valley_ took leadership in first realizing that this tremendous increase in rail
traffic was going to impact them in the San,, Gabriel Valley because of many non-grade,
separated grade crossing —'their arterial streets crossing the railroads — and included in T21 the
most recently passed Federal Transportation Act Provision to build some grade separations to
mitigate the impact of the increased rail traffic. In so doing, they gave name to what we now call
the Alameda Corridor East. They named it as a fifty4wo mile corridor from downtown Los
Angeles to the Colton Junction, just north of where we sit today. We are now in the process of
expanding that definition through San Bernardino County. SANBAG has conducted a study,
similar to the one conducted by the San Gabriel Valley, to assess our own needs in light of the
mitigation that will be required to keep surface traffic moving, (cars and trucks) in light of the
fact that there will be so much gate down time at all the places where these roadways cross the
railroads. So that's the story of the Alameda Corridor East.
The Alameda Corridor East, in and of itself, isn't a great economic development opportunity. In
fact, it is an opportunity for us to spend a whole lot of money to mitigate the impacts that are
coming through us and may or may not be providing any benefit. I guess one question then, is
what advantages are there.that we can foresee in association with increased goods movement?
. And one of those is, and this is still a fledgling concept lust in it's infancy, is the Inland Port
Concept. Let me see if I can explain briefly what this means. Currently, almost all the goods
that arrive in port and are going to stay within the Los Angeles metropolitan area, arrive at the
port, are put on a truck and they are taken to distribution centers near the port and then driven
out into the greater Los Angeles basin. This consumes a lot of valuable real estate in immediate
proximity to the ports. It is very .inefficient because containers get stacked on the docks, trucks
run around on the docks looking for the appropriate container and then they drive out to a
distribution center The'container gets handled and re-Handled. What happens if, instead, on-
dock rail is provided at the ports? Then the container is off- loaded. from the ship directly onto
the.train. The train then takes that container to a distribution facility in the Inland Empire. Once
there, if it is a container.that is destined for the rest of the US, it stays on the train and keeps
going. If it's going to a destination within the Los Angeles basin, it stops there, gets reorganized
at the distribution center and gets trucked to its ultimate destination even if that means getting
trucked back into the LA Basin. In other words, coming all the way out here. and then being
hauled back. The analysis's that have been do so-far by the Federal Government, the US Dept
of Transportation and the Dept of Defense, which by the way, has an interest in this, show that it
is entirely feasible and there could be a major benefit to both the ports and the railroads.
Then you have to ask, how real is this? Is this pie in the sky or could this actually happen within
the foreseeable future? The fact is, that both railroads have been giving this consideration. And,
in fact, the ports have been contacting some of the cities that are your neighbors to talk about
the sighting of one or more of these kinds of facilities in the very near future. So this is real. We
don't know exactly where. We know where some candidate locations are - there are candidate
locations along the 1-10 corridor on the Alhambra line. There are candidates north of the City of
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San Bernardino. But these could be major economic development opportunities for the Inland
Empire. Let me go over my time for another minute or two.
Air Cargo:
The other thing that needs to be considered in this discussion is air cargo. The obvious
opportunity is the former Norton Air Force Base, now San Bernardino International Airport. Port
traffic will triple. It is forecast that air cargo will also triple. There is inadequate air cargo capacity
within this airbase and at the existing major airports, like LAX and Ontario. There ,is a
tremendous opportunity for southern California logistics, the San Bernardino International., the
March's, out here in this area. Don't forget although it represents 10/6 of the total freight volume
it represents 25% of the value. These are the goods that would clearly be involved in the high
tech industry, were it to be located in this area.
Patrizia Materassi
I would like to thank Ty for the excellent information and give the floor to Teri. After Teri speaks
we will open for questions.
The Birth of the Inland Empire's High Tech Hub
Teri Ooms
Presiden/CEO
Inland Empire Economic Partnership (IEEP)
Sustainable Grown for the Inland Empire:
Thank you. As Patrizia mentioned, my name is Teri Ooms and I'm from the Inland Empire "
Economic Partnership. First let me define Inland Empire. Our organization sees the Inland
Empire as Riverside and San Bernardino Counties in their entirety and properties in east LA
County, east of Kellogg Hill. That part of east.LA County identifies mostly with the Inland Empire
in terms of the local economy, the labor force, the types of businesses and so on, more so than
the remainder of Los Angeles County. What we're looking at is where is the Inland Empire is
going to be in the next twenty years under the sustainable communities program. What we have
been able to uncover through a variety of research sources is that the three million people that
now make up the Inland Empire will be six million by the year 2020. So that means we are
essentially going to double in population in this two County area. As you may have noticed over
the past twenty years, when we had a previous incredible growth spurt, growth placement has
not always been proportionate to the size of the region. We are 27,000 square miles of territory.
Yet, there is much Federal land, protected land and available desert land still to grow and
develop. This presents an incredible opportunity to us as well as incredible challenges. We
need to be able to manage the growth, place the population to avoid congestion, insure an
adequate housing stock, insure the availability of public schools, good schools, that will turn out_
the workforce of the future to meet the demands of the region.
Air Quality is another issue that we have to deal with, as well as increased people,
transportation, train and truck traffic, as well. But it brings incredible opportunity for us to grow
the region the way we want this region to look in twenty years. Over the past twenty years
growth has been sporadic. A lot of distribution firms have come into the area and some
manufacturing firms. It seems that we had the available land and that's why most of those types
of businesses gravitated here. Now, we are not known, or we don't have an identity, for one type
of business or one product that really has come out of the Inland Empire. There are lots of
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different things. While some people see that as a major marketing flaw, it has actually been
something.that has made us somewhat recession proof. While the rest of Southern California
suffered in the early 90's with defense downsizing and other problems of growth, this region was
the only region to consistently add jobs through that period and we continued to add amazing
amounts of jobs during the year and every year since that period of time. Now when we look at
the quality of those jobs everybody says, yes, we're increasing the number of distribution firms
so we have;low wage paying jobs. And that may be true. But we have the workforce to fill the
needs of those jobs. So another consideration is matching the workforce to the types of jobs.
What's interesting is, if we look at distribution and warehousing, it is no longer distribution and
warehousing. It- has earned a new term called logistics - logistics management. Logistics
management is becoming so sophisticated in its operation that even those ten and twelve dollar
an hour warehouse jobs now require computer experience to operate terminals to move goods
from the warehouse to the trucks, or the trains, or the planes and to package them and move
the goods on to clients. That brings additional educational infrastructure problems to question as
we move forward.
High Technology:
The other type of business growth that we need to look at and take seriously is high technology.
People still see the Inland Empire as a growing region, perhaps a region stuck twenty years
ago. Lots of people in LA County see us as the "country", a lot of agricultural land, dairy farms
and things like that. They don't realize the sophisticated, nature .of this region. We did a
comprehensive study last year and found over five hundred very high technolo-gy companies in
this two County area. We see emerging clusters in the very loosely defined bio-tech area and
software development area. These are tremendous foundations for us to grow the region and to
focus on that high tech development. Well, what does that mean as we grow? It means that as
the high tech infrastructure grows there is an increase in jobs and an increase in higher wage
jobs. That means people have more disposable income. That means we need more retail, more
1 venues. We. need more activities, more access to products and services and higher end
housing. Things that people are going to stay in this region for and spend their money on. It is all
related to economic development that has to be planned concurrently.
What we also see with the -growth of high tech development is that the employees of these types
of firms are much younger. They're twenty-one year olds with computer engineering and
computer programming degrees. They're coming out and working for companies where they are
getting signing bonuses, stock options and all sorts of things that allow them to put a down
payment on a house and buy a car. But what you also encounter with this market of twenty-one
to twenty-five year old, high °techyn people, is that they have: certain demands and certain
needs. This region has to be able to meet those needs. We are already having a crisis in one of
our communities with a high technology firm that employs these types of workers. They are very
frustrated that there are no clubs and pubs to go to after work. There are not enough restaurants
or a downtown area to be able to walk around and hop from restaurant to club and back to
restaurants. As we look at our regional planning, it has to be all encompassing. Not only do we
.look transportation and air quality, but we look at housing and we look at education. We also
look at K through twelve education because more and more folks that are coming to work in the
region and work at these higher wage paying jobs are focusing on education. Where do we want
our children to go to school? How do we perceive them getting an education here as compared
to northern California or Arizona or Nevada? This all has to be part of our regional planning and
activity.
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Higher Education in the Inland Empire:
Another reason why this area has so much potential is —there are fifteen, four-year universities
in the Inland Empire. Fifteen! That competes with LA County, beats Orange County, beats San
Diego County. Of those fifteen, seven are. research based. That means there are world-
renowned faculties and all types of disciplines making potential medical products, devices and
drugs to combat diseases. There are folks developing all types of computer equipment and the
like at these research universities. Not only is that an incredible educational opportunity to
market, but these are also our businesses of tomorrow. As these research institutions move
forward into technology transfer, these faculty members can turn their ideas into products that
are manufactured and sold. If they've been living and working in the Inland Empire we have to
make sure there is an environment with all of the resources necessary for them to grow their
business and stay here.
There are a couple success stories already. Many of you may have heard of Optivist
Technology who transitioned the proton beam for cancer treatment out of Loma Linda Medical
University Hospital. It is now a viable business. It is the development, manufacturing and
marketing to treat cancer in a way that is less invasive that radiation therapy. Health Data
Sciences Corporation developed another medical technology to aid physicians in tracking
patients. There are a few other businesses that have come out of the University of California at
Riverside. There is incredible opportunity here in the region. But our planning has to,be all
encompassing. We have to be able to meet the needs of the residents of today as well as the.
future residents and keep in mind that as our workforce of tomorrow gets trained and goes into
the workplace, that this demographic sector has a need entirely of it's own. It may not be related
to what we see today or tomorrow. But in five or ten years.it will be very integral to the success
of our planning for this region.
Questions and Answers
Patrizia Materassi
Thank you Teri for a great overview of our assets and opportunities. I'd like to open for
questions. Does anybody have any questions for the two panelists, for Ty or for Teri? Mr.
Coffin, can you please go to the podium?
Jim Coffin
I am Jim Coffin. I have a development company and a business park here in GT. My question is
regarding Norton Air. Force Base. I think it has come a long way and I would hope to see
something developed there. Do you have any good news about that?
Patrizia Materassi
Does anybody have any information on Norton?
Teri Ooms
The Joint Powers Authority manages the Norton Air Force Base, and is currently reviewing six
proposals from Master Developers to take over the base as a project, and that is the entire base
and redevelopment project area, not just the segment that they're trying to develop as a tech
park. There are several known names (I'm not sure if they've gone public yet) that are in
Southern California and several national firms that have submitted responses to the RFP to the
Joint Powers Authority. Once the Joint _Powers Authority awards the contract to a Master
Developer, I think we're going to see very immediate, significant changes at the Base.
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Part of the Base -redevelopment is a. High Technology Park. Money has been allocated to
develop a "High Tech-High" or a "High Tech.Academy" for high school,students that are looking
into technology as a career and starting their training in high school. So, that will be part of the
overall plan to develop Norton Air Force Base. Another part is industrial development, obviously
with the utilization of the air strip. There is some activity taking place there now. Some of the
hangars. are leased out - one is a blimp testing, manufacturing and repair tactility. They also
use the runway. The US Forest Service has a contract for the facility as well and their tanker
planes can be seen taking off and landing there periodically. The tankers are stored and are
used there as well. So there is some activity going on. I think now that the Master Developers
are involved you're going to see some dramatic changes in the next six to eight months.
Patrizia Materassi
I have a question for Ty. You spoke about the air cargo. You said that it may help the Inland
Empire high tech sector'. Can you explain a little bit?
Ty Schuiling
It's a question of the kind of goods that are .shipped_ by air cargo vs. other means. Air cargo
typically carries high value, low bulk goods which includes many, as example, components for
computers and other high tech applications. Things of that sort. And, it is clearly one of the very
fastest growing sectors of the freight movement industry.
Patrizia Materassi
Thank you, Ty. Does anybody else have any questions for the speakers? Yes, Tony, can you
please go to the podium?
- Tony Petta
. 1 am Tony Petta from Grand Terrace. Patrizia pointed out that Joe Kohorst, sitting there
(pointing to dais), is perhaps the most prosperous businessman in town and properly so. There
is a reason for it. I happened to know Joe when he was a Toastmaster. We are all aware that
communication is one of the leading items for success in any type of business, so I would like to
point out that the Toastmasters Club meets in this building every Friday morning at 6:30. We
meet in the Community Room and] would like to see a lot of you people there starting Friday.
All of you, can- be my guests. , In any case, the basis of any business in the community is
population. Business wants a population base and it appears that that is going to be achieved
very soon. At least from reading the newspapers we all know that, as reported, the high school.
is'going to be located very close to Grand Terrace, just south of Main Street. And we all know
that a population bases settles around the high.school. So all the open land in Highgove will be
populated very soon. The question in my mind is, how do we handle that traffic situation? I'd like
the panel to address that.
Patrizia Materassi
I just want to add to Tony's comments. Perhaps the next high school will be in Highgrove. I just
heard that from County, and there's a lot of controversy that it may or may not happen. But even
if that high school doesn't happen, Riverside has a.proposal for 1500 units in Highgrove, just
adjacent to Grand Terrace. We're going to have much more population here than we have
now, very soon. So, would anybody like to address the traffic that would perhaps, affect a small
city like Grand Terrace?
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Ty Schuiling
Traffic Mitigation:
I,can comment that SANBAG has programs in place to improve both the state highway system,.
in this case 1-215 would obviously. be your greatest interest, and to fund improvements to the
arterial roadways system. I can't promise that funding is unlimited. In fact, quite the opposite. It
is very tight, in fact. On the other hand, SANBAG has made a commitment to deliver the
widening project on 1-215 south, prior to 2010. 'The reason that hasn't proceeded more rapidly
is a series of agreements between Riverside County and the Federal Government having to do
with environmental clearance on the big interchange project that you are all aware of, to the
south of you. As soon as we are able to proceed, however, we intend to do that. We will be
working in cooperation with Riverside County. Now, I understand this does not address the
issue you raised, which is traffic on your arterial system. That is something that we work on in
conjunction with the local jurisdictions, and we'll be working with Grand Terrace to resolve that
issue as it arises.
Patrizia Materassi
Thank you, Ty. Any other questions for the panelists? OK— I have more questions. In terms of
goods movement that you mentioned, what kinds of land uses can you think of if the Alameda
Corridor East really takes place? I know that SANBAG - the County, need to match 95 million
dollars as per the Governor. If we match that amount and it really,happens, what will happen
physically in this area, like Colton and Grand Terrace? What will physically change from what
we have today?
Ty Schuiling
Freight Movement Through the Inland Empire:
First of all, the opportunity isn't with the Alameda Corridor East proper, it's with the fact that we
expect to see a tremendous amount of freight movement through this area. If the Inland Port
Concept comes to fruition, it appears that this is a place where containers will actually be
handled. Lids will be taken off, goods will repackaged and so forth. Suddenly it becomes a place
where various kinds of industry can arise because you have the raw materials arriving here from
both east and west. This is a junction and it's up to us to take advantage of that opportunity
working with, of course, the ports, railroads and cities. The Inland Port itself, is in all likelihood,
is going to be located along existing rail lines. It's probably going to be a six hundred acre
shared space between the railroads, or it might be the railroads would go it alone. That's
basically a distribution"facility that will almost certainly have some of the high tech components
that Teri described associated with distribution. But again, that's probably not the real
opportunity either. It's the manufacturing that could occur and presumably that could occur over
a somewhat wider area, not right at the inter-modal facility, the Inland Port Facility, but
throughout various parts of the east valley.
Patrizia Materassi
And do you agree as Teri says, that there are high tech logistics related to manufacturing? Here
in Grand Terrace, wehave only eighty acres of property close to the freeway. The demand for
warehousing and distribution is much, much higher than anything else — such as high tech. If
we support, and if the'code allows, and if all the warehousing distribution comes to Grand
Terrace, forty or fifty acres will create ten or fifteen jobs. "If we had different types of uses, not
only would the jobs be better, but it would be a much more effective use for the size of land we
have. I see the warehouse and distribution industry as a very big challenge, while I see high
tech as something that we should support and help.
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Ty Schuiling
Again, the real opportunity, I think, is the fact that this area is astride a conduit for tremendous
amounts of goods movement. You're where the action is and I think it is up to you to make a
determination of how best to use your land, obviously, and it probably isn't in warehousing and
distribution. It is in taking advantage of the fact that warehousing and distribution on a massive
scale, is occurring in close proximity to you. Take advantage of a spin-off of that.
Patrizia Materassi
Thank you. Again, anybody else? Yes, please come to the podium.
Kathy Walstrom
My name is Kathy Walstrom, City of Rancho Cucamonga. And because all .of you are here,
today, together, I wanted to pose a question. In the last couple of hundred years this region has
grown to the population it now has. By what you are saying, in the next twenty years we'll be
doubling the population. And because we've compared the Inland Empire with San Diego,
Orange County and, LA County, what lessons can we learn from those counties and what
opportunities. do you see for us in the, next twenty years? How we can make things better?
Teri Ooms
Sustainable Growth:
Well, one of the things that I had talked about was the need to develop what we're, calling a
sustainable community, a region that can manage itself over periods of tremendous growth. It is
an all encompassing strategy which looks at.transportation and air quality, but also housing and
education, business composition, the combination of retail and service industries to balance
.population land use, environmental impact and appropriate land for,habitat. What we have is
the advantage of knowing is that this growth is coming and the foresight with the leadership both
in public office and our cities and counties, as well as a variety of groups such as SANBAG and
RCTC and Inland Action and IEEP, that are willing to bring the parties together to lay down the
foundation for the strategic plan. I think what we've.learned from LA and Orange County and
even from some of our past growth is that it can't be haphazard. It's got to be planned. That is
the only way we're going to take advantage of the opportunities before use while mitigating
some of the disadvantages. If anybody has-the opportunity to take a look at Riverside County's
Integrated Plan and the planning process that they've undertaken, you would know it is a.
visionary project that is really is going to make a difference in the future of Riverside County.
What we're trying to do now, is bring San Bernardino County into the loop and pull the two
Counties together to look at things on a more regional approach under a sustainable community
plan. I think if we move very quickly over the next two to three years, we're going to see a
difference at the end of twenty, more so that LA and Orange County. We're not going to be
problem free. There are going to be congested areas. We're still going to have air quality issues
and we may have problems with housing. We may see prices going up. But I still think we're
going to be in a better position that LA and Orange County are today.
Patrizia Materassi
.Trade Connections and Infrastructure to Support Retail:
Any other questions from the audience? If not, I have one more question for Teri. It goes back
to my original introduction. -From the economist's side, they say retail is the consequence of
economic development. And if it is, Grand Terrace needs to invest in jobs, infrastructure and
circulation. We have to connect to the industrial clusters around us. We basically need to create
some trade in Grand Terrace because we basically don't have an economic base. And if that's
the case, do you have any ideas of what kind of retail would last in a situation like this? At the
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same time, Grand Terrace will be trying to do all we can regarding infrastructure so retail can be
supported. So do you have any ideas?
Teri Ooms
I don't see retail as being a consequence of economic development. I see it as a planned
approach that's part of economic development activity, because of the fact that as the
population grows and the business base grows, there is a need for retail. And if retail comes in
too much after the fact, we risk losing certain types of business development because of the
lack of retail support. So, it has to be planned as an overall economic development strategy to
accompany the growth. It is not a situation where everything develops and then retail is the last
mechanism to fall in place. Without a strong overall economic development plan that includes a
retail component, the rest of it might not happen, or might not happen as we want it to happen.
Patrizia Materassi
Thank you. Our division, economic development, is very young, a couple of years old. I have
people saying, "OK, you can just put a K-Mart in here and Fryers in here, or bring a MacDonalds
in here — everything is just going be fine and dandy". How would that attitude toward retail
recruitment be related to all the analysis that we just did? How can Grand Terrace profit when
we look for retail? What kind of retailers will last in Grand Terrace?
Teri Ooms
Look at the population of Grand Terrace now. Look at the wage rate where these folks are going
to work. Are they working in San Bernardino, Riverside or are they driving to LA or OC?
Looking at what these folks do for a living and then looking at the potential for local jobs and the.
income levels associated with them will help determine what retail they'll really need. I mean,
there is your basic level of services, that residents need no matter what - the grocery stores and
the drug stores and things like that. But before you get into certain types of restaurants and ' -
clubs and other types of shopping, you have to have a thorough analysis of who your population
is today and will be tomorrow. Because Grand Terrace is in a very strategic location, it's helpful
to study the traffic patterns. Who is going back and forth on the freeway? Where are they going
to and from? At what times of the day? What could we possibly do to meet the needs of those
commuters as they pass by the boundaries of our community?
Patrizia Materassi
Thank you. Anybody else, any questions? No. OK. Well, we'll have a five minute break. Please
have some coffee or other refreshment and we'll be back in five minutes.
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RETAIL RECRUITMENT FORUM — Session Two
August 29, 2000
Presentation and Discussion
City of Grand Terrace Council Chambers
Grand Terrace, California
THE GRAND TERRACE RETAIL RECRUITMENT PROGRAM
Welcome and Introduction of Session Two -
Patrizia Materassi
Director of Community and Economic Development
Ok, we'll start again. I'd like to start the second part of our program. And the first speaker is John
Donlevy. He will give us a realistic look at Grand Terrace. So, John you have the floor.
A Realistic Look at Grand Terrace -
John Donlevy
Assistant City Manager
Actually, I spoke with Tom Schwab and found out yesterday that I was going to be doing this. Tom
told me exactly what to say, but as he knows, Tm kind of a wildcat, so I'm going to give you my
,--,perspective, too. Also, for some of the businesses in town who don't know me, I have a tendency just
to tell you the way I think it is. I've worked for the City of Grand Terrace for six years now and I've
lived in the City for three years, so I'm going to give you a dual perspective. My background is
economic development; I worked five years in very vigorous redevelopment program. I also worked
for a coastal City, where I sat on the California Riviera Foundation for South Orange County that
fostered economic development.
Why ,don't I start with some of the negatives about Grand 'Terrace? Many of the things that make
Grand Terrace such a nice place to live, I think also work,against us. Many of the people in Grand
Terrace have lived here for a very long time, twenty plus years is not uncommon. Many of the people
are not really big on the idea of a mass changes occurring. We are a bedroom community, which is a
real fact of life. Many people work outside of the community. They leave here in the morning and they
get back in the evening. Our local sales tax generation is very low. In the IEEP Quarterly Newsletter,
they provide a number of statistics about the region. We place forty-second out of fifty-two cities in the
Inland Empire in sales tax generation. So that puts us right down towards the bottom. We have few
retail businesses with a mass-market appeal, which really hurts us. We do have some, but really,
many of the businesses are very small. That creates opportunity for somebody who wants to bring in
dollars from the outside. Unfortunately,,our City is also very susceptible to the whims of the State. I
think it was six or seven years ago the State really nailed us on our property tax. A fact about Grand
Terrace property tax is that only that about six cents of every dollar that people pay in property tax
comes back to the City of Grand Terrace. The other money is either distributed to outside taxing
agencies and some of it comes into our redevelopment agency. One of the things that I've noticed
about.businesses that have come into Grand Terrace looking to do development, is oftentimes we've
been burdened with what I call the cost cutter type of developer. I can't tell you how many times I've
seen people come to the counter looking for a deal, wanting to throw away all the conditions that the
City might want to put into a development. People looking to make the quick buck. I think Patrizia can
probably count on two hands how many developers have come in and really tried to cut costs. Those
things just went nowhere. And there were people, who quite frankly, weren't very serious about doing
development.
One thing about the businesses here in town is that many of them, I don't think, necessarily market
themselves to the Grand Terrace population. If you go down to one of our nice centers, such as Town
and Country, many of the businesses do not stay open very late. They just close down, which
eliminates their opportunity to market to our residents. Local support of businesses is low and I think it
is attributable to how they operate. We also have, in many cases, low investment in their properties
by the local business owners. There is kind of a minimum, minimum that many business owners do. A
good example: we've had centers — where the second largest space laid empty for literally seven or_
eight years which adds to a depression of our economics. And finally, the last negative is that v
really have a lack of a major business anchors for the centers. Okay, there are the negatives.
Grand Terrace, a Great Location:
Let me talk of the many positives about Grand Terrace. They say that there are three things that
make a good business — location — location — location. Grand Terrace is a dynamite location for
businesses to locate. You talk about the regional location of everything! Grand Terrace absolutely is
in the hub of LA, Orange, San Bernardino and Riverside Counties. We provide the seventh highest
per capita income in the Inland Empire. We have a lot of shoppers, people that can spend money.
Our residents have a huge participation in local events and local groups. Our population is about
fourteen thousand. Our Little League, as an example, had almost eleven hundred kids participating in
it. We have a huge draw from the outside. I know the Council hates hearing this, but our Little League
and our soccer groups have people from Colton that want to come here. People want to come to
Grand Terrace based on quality. We don't show up on any statistics, because we don't have the
statistics, but we are also one of the safest communities, if not the safest community, in the Inlay'
Empire, as far as violent crimes are concerned. I don't think we've had a murder, per se, in Grai:_
Terrace in over twelve years. The community is single family housing oriented. As far as development
opportunities, there are some ideal buffers that we have out.there. We have land. And we have great
land! Along the freeway we have freeway frontage. We have Barton Road, with a huge, untapped
potential for commercial development. I think Ty Shuiling from SANBAG and everybody, can attest
the truck rates are going to go up. In the past Barton Road used to be the cut through to Redlands.
But the freeway went through. Well, I think the freeway is'probably going to get jammed in the future
so we're going to see lots of people coming down Barton Road to points east. We,also have the
Highgrove and Spring Mountain Developments. As far as access to retail locations, Grand Terrace
will probably be the best. We'll actually be dealing with the issues of people coming up Barton Road,
but both Spring Mountain and the potential for Highgrove lends itself to some huge potential for
businesses in town.
A couple of plugs for the City. We do have faster processing time than a number of other cities in the
area. We have a very lean, mean .operation here. It's very easy for us to move quickly and get
decisions made on developments. And that's been seen, by Mr. Coffin, who is here. High quality
developments, and I can tell you it probably didn't take half as much time as might happen in other
communities. We also have a strong open-mindedness in the City toward developers to pursue
projects - within reason. We talked about the mistakes that other cities or counties have made as
they've grown. Grand Terrace actually has a very visionary document. It's the implementation plan for
our General Plan. It sets standards.
People want to live in Grand Terrace . I was talking with a real estate agent who said that there are
less than fifteen properties listed in Grand Terrace and most of those will turnaround in two or three
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days with multiple offers. People want to live in"Grand ;Terrace. It's a good place to .be. Grand
Terrace has a good planning document, a visionary''document, that I think is ready to be
implemented. And finally, in the positives, we have a very high level of education, a huge number of
home based businesses, and many.successful businesses. My favorite businesses here .in town are
Mr. TV, Blue Mountain Coffee House, Pasta Italia, Food Connection and I'll stop there. Why are these
successful in Grand Terrace? They advertise and draw people in. That's something! A lot of people
seem only to hear me be critical about local businesses. One of the realities is that a lot of businesses
in Grand Terrace go under simply because they don't advertise and they don't seek people to come
to their business. You have to attract people from the outside, into your business. I don't think Mr. TV
offers coupons,'but they are successful 'getting people in and also invest in the business.
Patrizia Materassi
Thank you John. I'd like to ask Joe to tell us about his business - when it started and how successful
he is.
A Retailer's Success Story -
Joe Kohorst
Mr. TV Video
I wish somebody would tell my wife, I'll tell.you that. I started the business here in town in 1985. And I
had a little video store. As a matter of fact, I wasn't even going to mention this, but I had the first
video store in the world, believe it or not. I really did. I didn't know that I did, but there wasn't such a
thing as a.video store. I had the opportunity to buy fifty movies at a real deal from RCA and so. I did.
I put them in a little glass case and told people that.if.they'bought this new fangled invention that just
came out, called a VCR, they could.take a movie home — I'm not kidding - they could put a movie in
,---'he VCR and. play it on.their TV. They couldn't believe it. I'd demonstrate it and then rented them a
,_.,,novie for free. And I didn't give them any time frame to bring the movie back. They could bring it back
whenever they wanted to watch a second one. And I didn't hire a girl to check them out because I
thought they were honest people. I put a book down with their names. They could take the movie,and
when they brought it back,-check themselves in, picked another movie and away they would go.
Believe it or not, I did that for two years before I heard that a video store opened up in Riverside. This
business was, by the way in Riverside. I started in Riverside in 1977. So I backed up a little bit there.
But to give you an idea, that store charged money for movies. I couldn't believe that you could charge
money for these things because I thought the studios would sue you. I had no idea. So, I still have
some of these movies in my, store. And it actually says on the back of them one of one hundred titles
available on video tape. Today you can get 25,000, maybe 35,000 titles. That gives you an idea. .
Whenever somebody tells me he had a store before me, I would like him to show me his movies that
say that on the back.
The Secrets of My Success:
So anyway, I decided to split up with my partner in Riverside and I opened up in Grand Terrace in
1985. 1 located in a strip center.called, I think, The Terrace Town Center. It's right by Grand Terrace
Real Estate. If,you think about that strip center, most of the buildings there are sideways to the street
— you really can't see the businesses that are in the Center. It's like a L shape, you could see the
fronts of the businesses at the back, but you couldn't see my front. I'll give you some of my trade
secrets on how we got some business going. I thought, first of all, since they can't see my sign, I
need a sign and Patrizia sure wasn't going to let me put a.big sign up in that center. So, I bought a
van ,and it barely ran, painted it white and painted my video program on the side of it - $1.99 for
Three Days. Now this is in 1985, and nobody rented for three days then, they didn't rent for two days,
they only rented it overnight. So I had something going then and I needed people to see that. I
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told Patrizia I actually delivered TV's in that van, so that's how I got away with it. I started putting
TVs on the floor of this video store. As customers were picking out movies, they would have to walk
by my TV's in order to be able to get to the next section. And it was a pretty good-price on that TV, a
low payment, $25 a month, and we delivered free —that was me — I delivered after the store closed.
So we got some pretty good business going. The first year in business, and that wasn't a full year it
was about ten .months, we did $90,000, in gross business - total. We didn't make $90,000, that was
gross receipts. I would have liked to have made $90,000! 1 did do a couple of things people would
probably think was weird , but I needed to make it safe and I needed to be open later. As John was
saying, you can't close at five o'clock. Particularly if you rent movies. But that parking lot really wasn't
as well lit as I would have liked. So I bought some floods and plugs and put them out in front. At night
I'd flip those lights on so ladies could come and rent movies in the evening and feel very comfortable _
and very safe. The lights also shone on my painted windows that said "$1.99 for Three Days". I ha(
the van and I couldn't put it just anywhere, so I sat out on the curb one night and watched the sun go
down. I watched which space, when those lights came on, appeared to be the brightest space in the
lot. Once I determined there was one particular space that was getting hit with more light than any
other space, I pushed the van over and that's where it stayed. Then I drove back and forth real
hurriedly and glanced over to see if I could see that van from both directions. It showed up pretty
good. Those are very little things and very probably silly, little things, but that does sort of get your
business rolling.
So we got going. Now we're up to $90,000. By the way, this, is an hour and a half speech, and I'm
cutting it down quite a bit. Business got pretty tough, so I decided we needed to move. It was really
tough for the banks, too. There was a bank on the corner where we are now. They were getting ready
to leave so we made a deal and I moved the store. That really didn't help an awful lot. I needed
something else, something that no one else had. This is a true store. I was going down the steps to
go find the phone number of the local Mitsubishi Rep. I knew he lived in this area. At the same time, "
he was walking up the steps to see if I'd be interested in carrying the Mitsubishi line. So, I played harp.
to get and we made a deal. Mitsubishi isn't in all stores, but in a very limited number of stores. You
have to have a pretty big store to carry the line. In fact, I have the smallest Mitsubishi store, to rimy
knowledge, in America. There are 1100 dealers. I thought there was about seven or eight hundred
dealers, but there are actually 1100. And I have the very smallest, well I should say one of probably
two or three, I don't know exactly all the other stores, but it's really small. We've worked our way up to
number thirty-nine in America out of 1100 Mitsubishi retailers and that's in a city of 14,000 people.
They don't know how we did it. I wondered how we did it. We didn't have any salesmen. My first year
in business with Mitsubishi, we bought one million dollars from them at wholesale. They couldn't
figure out how we could move that much product and I didn't have any salesman or any delivery
trucks. I borrowed my brother's pickup and neighbor's truck to deliver. I stored the merchandise in my
garage and on the floor of the store so you couldn't even walk in the store, you could only see the
very front TV. But, that store has grown an awful lot. Instead of doing $90,000, in ten months, now we
do $90,000 in ten days. That's a big jump and I want to improve that and I think I can.
To sum up, if you have good prices, if you have good service, if you are really genuine, if you try to
take care of people -- if I have a couple of minutes, I don't know if I do or not, I've got two minutes — -
My customer yesterday, I've got to tell you about her. This lady bought a dish network from me, a
small dish. We installed it on Sunday. Everything was beautiful. She called up, just raising Cain,
yesterday. She couldn't get her local stations. She wanted to know what we were going to do about
it — she called in the afternoon. We told we could have an installer call her in the evening. (I have the
very best installer there is.) She couldn't wait for the evening, she wanted to know what we could do
for her right now. She's yelling on the phone, so it has to be held back from your ear. The idea of this
is, we tried to help her, but she wouldn't help herself. She needed to call the supplier of this
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information to get those things turned on, but she wouldn't do it. So,,at nine-fifteen last night, I sent
the installer to her house; we fixed her problem. It wasn't a' problem with our install. We called and
found out they thought .she had a different zip code. They were giving her Sacramento's local
stations. We changed it for her and she was so happy. I can't think of any other businesses in
Southern California that are going to send their installer out thereat nine-fifteen. That might be why
we are still in business. In summing this up (I probably have about thirty seconds), I think you have to
develop some sort of a vision, decide where you want to go with it and how you're going to get there
and then, like Nike says, Just do it!
Description of the Retail Recruitment Program -
Patrizia Materassi
Director of Community and Economic Development
(hank you Joe. I would like to introduce now, Jim Harrigan.
Economic Development Division Background:
I'm just going to give you a brief overview of how we decided to hire a retail recruitment consultant. In
going back a little, we had a General Plan Task Force that recommended 'we diversify the City
economy. We didn't want to depend .anymore on State funding, instead we wanted to create
economic activity from within Grand Terrace. Also, we want to create a City Center. A place, or plaza
for cultural activities, entertainment and instead of youths hanging out— as they say in the parking lot
of Seven 11 - they'll have a plaza and a place to-hang out. Much better than a parking lot. Because
the City really wanted to do this, we started the Economic Development Division. We then proceeded
to hire John Husing, Ph.D. who did an economic base analysis. I've already mentioned a bit about
his recommendations. From the economic base analysis we developed an Economic Development
Strategy. It basically has four parts, the first is: Be prepared as in gathering all information. The
second one is: Get the word out. Do all the marketing, business attraction, and traditional economic
evelopment. The third is: Provide infrastructure and create conditions for business to succeed, and
the fourth is: Join the region. Try to help the region grow.
Within that strategy, one of the marketing.goals was to develop a market niche; trying to find out what
we wanted for each and every district in the City. And we did that. Now, we're going one step further
by trying to define and verify that the marketing directions we developed in the last couple of years
are good ones and that our plan is really going to be able to bring us retailers.
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Now, Jim Harrigan's role is to go further than the marketing ".niche". He will develop a list of those
retailers Grand Terrance.wants and needs and actually go out there and recruit them. The scope of
work for Jim Harrigan starts with a retail gap analysis, studying the. region and what's missing in the
region in terms of retailers and then bringing those retailers to Grand Terrace. I would like to read a
small part of the scope of work from our retail recruitment program, which qualifies what Jim will do
after he does the retail gap analysis and begins implementation: It'states: "Create and implement a
marketing promotions action plan for recruiting the target market business, attractions and
developers. This will include direct contact with potential tenants, investors, developers and their
representative brokers. Production of specific market information, per tenant requests." So, tenants
can request from our expert the market packets he will put together including.a monthly retail vacancy
roster that hopefully will be produced, updated and published by City staff; ongoing efforts to expand
ther regional prospective tenant roster,, coordination of tours and meetings with potential tenants
and/or developers, descriptions of all economic development incentives that are available through the
City and assistance through out negotiation to occupancy, as necessary. I would like Jim to add to
this, but basically that is our Retail Recruitment Program. From listing the retailers, to going one step
further from what we have'done and actually going out there and recruiting them. To do this we'll also
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need to have very close contact with our tenants, property owners, and agents and will continue to
develop those relationships and networks that will make this possible. Now, because the City doesn't
own the land it will be a long term process. If we owned the land we could use it to make deals, but
because we don't, we need to develop relationships and connections to see what kind of retailers will
fit here, so it's really a long term project. So this is our start. Jim, please feel free to ad to my
comments.
Description of the Retail Recruitment Program Continued -
Jim Harrigan
Economic Development Systems (EDS)
Consultant to the City of Grand Terrace
Thank you Patrizia. First of all I want to tell you a true story. Joe had a true story and EDS always ha'
a story, too. We're known in the industry as retail recruiters. We think of ourselves as just good
marketing people. We market either cities, for example, we market the whole City of Palmdale, or
downtowns, such as Long Beach, San Jose, etc., or districts or even just one street. Let me tell you
my story about a good marketing person. He doesn't know that we met years ago, but the gentleman
to my right, Joe Kohorst, Mr. TV Video, and I met about five years ago. We're from the Southbay, at
that time we were living in Manhattan'Beach, now we're in Redondo Beach. I went to the LA County
Fair, which I do every year. Guess who was out there hawking TV's?-He's at the fair. He gets me — I
always think of myself as a good salesman — let me assure you I'm-in the minor leagues. He's got
me, telling me about big screen TVs, which I didn't even know I wanted at that time. No less, from
Grand Terrace, California. I had to ask "Where is Grand Terrace, California?". To make a long story
short, I still don't have that big screen TV, but even now, I have Joe's card.in my card file. So one of
these days, I'm going to buy that big screen TV, Joe, and thank you.
We, Economic Development Systems, think of ourselves as good marketing people. We take " -
city, district or a downtown, put their best foot forward and through a series of steps, bringing in th
retail that should be there. As Patrizia mentioned, we have a short analysis on the front end to tell us
a couple of things. First of all, who the customer is, not only in that city but in that region. Depending
on what we find in our analysis, what the city needs, and we call that a void analysis. We're not trying
to build rocket ships here, all we're trying to find out in the analysis is what's there and based on the
demographics, what's needed. There are companies who come in and do a leakage report. I haven't
seen any for Grand Terrace yet, but my instincts tell me there is a great deal of money leaving this
community for a great many products that you could have here. And because of the size of the city, I
don't say, you're going to get all of those dollars in here, but you should get your share, at least more
than you have today. We do that analysis, we find out what that leakage is in the major categories.
We don't want to be competitive with the current retailers on the street, we want to be complimentary.
From that analysis stage we go into the implementation. We know who we are targeting and we go
after those retailers. And by retailers, I'm not only talking about traditional retailers, which would be
books, apparel, records, food — I'm also talking about entertainment and restaurants. Those are what
we call the three legs of the retail stool. Again, we know based on the demographics, what the
needs are, what should be here, and we go after them. We don't go after every retailer in those
categories, because some retailers aren't in an expansion mode. Through our analysis we also know
that they might have another store, maybe in San Bernardino or Riverside. Based on what we know
of their business, perhaps they don't want to be within a ten mile radius of another of their stores, we
eliminate them. So very quickly, but not a shotgun approach, we're narrowing the field and contacting
those retailers that should be here, again based on the demographics.
Our company has been very successful in the past nine years. We brought over a million and a half
square feet of new and exciting retail to thirty-two different cities. Grand Terrace is the ninth city that
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we are working with at the present time. We are very happy to be here and very happy to know a
person like Patrizia who let's you know where she stands and pushes you to where she thinks you
ought to be. You are very lucky to have her. Again, what we try to do is proactively bring in
businesses that should be here based on the demographics vs. the approach of just waiting to see
who shows and then may be competitive with another store or another business in the. area, or is not
an upgrade or diversification of your retail. And that's really our objective. Not-only to upgrade and
diversify the retail, but also to increase the retail. You have some undeveloped land out on 215' and I
think Tony will agree with me, that just yearns for (a maybe I'm showing my bias), but I would hope
that we could get some retail out there vs. industrial. I think a community should be balanced. But
when the City 'is, and we're discussing it with the assistant city manager, in competition, sales tax
wise, with every other city around you, you have to get your share or else the services that you need,
and I'm talking about police and fire, are going to be shortchanged. So what we have to do as a City,
is be in balance. And if the sales tax is down we have to prop that up in some way with that
undeveloped land. I think it should be-used for those that purposes.
One of the things EDS does is put together a very short profile of what we are dealing with. What we
have to offer to these retailers. It's a very concise, hard hitting demographic comparison and also an
analysis and review of the City for the retailers that we are going after. We want to compare Grand
Terrace to some of the_other cities that retailer is. already in, demographically, so he gets a warm
fuzzy feeling, that: geez, that store down at Montclair is doing quite well; the demographics in Grand
Terrace are very similar. Therefore, the retailer is already making the connection'that perhaps he
should take a leap of faith and go into this little community where his customer is but he's riot. So
that's what we do. We want to market Grand Terrace and put your best foot forward. First of all we
bring those retailers to the street, the building or undeveloped property that we want to put them in.
Get an offer, work with the local brokerage community; work with the local property owners. Put deals
together that again will upgrade and diversify and increase the retail in the City. I haven't got my high
sign yet, but I'll throw it open for questions.
Open Forum -
Patrizia Materassi
Thank you, Jim. We are open for questions. Does anybody have any questions for Jim or any
member of the panel? OK,.please go to the podium.
Brian Lee:
My name is Brian Lee. Jim Harrigan mentioned that there were certain offers that you showed to
retailers, such as the,demographics. What other types of things are there? Are there programs that
cities offer that you discuss with them as well?What types of things?
Jim Harrigan
We've worked with cities that went anywhere from sales tax rebates to grants! They turned out to be
ten year grants'and if the retailer stayed for ten years, the loan was amortized — they never had-to
pay a cent. So we've worked with cities.that had all of these kinds of "pie in the sky - frosting on the
cake" features: But if that retailer's.customer base is not there, no matter what you offer . he's not
going into business. So all these perks, as it were, might be able to swing that pendulum between
one city and the next, because again, you're going to be in competition with other cities. It might
swing that pendulum at the last minute, but if his customer base is not there, he's not going to be
looking for us, nor are we going to be looking for him, to tell you the truth.
Patrizia Materassi
Yes, Mr. Coffin
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Jim Coffin
Distribution centers that cater to building industry: it has been my experience that they all pay sales
tax. Now is the customer that purchases, the big contractors, they all pay sales tax, right? You don't
put them is the same category as retailers. Can you focus on bringing distribution and those kinds of
people and distributors that may have or distribute materials that do generate sales tax? There is a
wholesaler who moved here from Redlands and their sales tripled after they moved here. They now
earn about seventeen million dollars a year and all the people that buy from them pay sales tax
because they are electrical contractors and such. They pay sales tax when they purchase that
material. We're going to bring a wholesale plumbing supply company here. Even though they are
designated wholesale all the contractors who buy from them pay sales tax.
Jim Harrigan
Yes, I totally agree with you. In fact, we do classify those as retail. They do pay sales tax. When we
do our analysis, that part of the analysis is kind of a two way street. Does the community need, what
I'd call house owner retail, vs. that type of retail? It just comes down to what the community wants.
And we receive input, not only from the community but from City staff, and developers like yourself.
We try to get as much input as we can because we're the new kid on the block. We know nothing,
you know. We do know how to do deals, how to bring those retailers to the street, how to get them
interested in a city. But it depends on what the analysis shows, not only what the people want but
also what should be here.
Patrizia Materassi
Any more questions? Yes, Tony.
Tony Petta
This question will relate to accessibility to the city. Easy accessibility. Oftentimes Ihear a busine.
say, "I will not locate in Grand Terrace because of the accessibility to the freeway". And yet, Joe, y6u
are doing OK, with the accessibility that exists here. I do see you're advertising on television. And it's
good advertising and it seems to create an impact. Can you tell us if that's the key to getting business
here or is there something more than just advertising?
Joe Kohorst
That's a really good question and I was wondering if anyone would bring it up. I really do have an
hour and a half speech here. I didn't get to tell you that 95% of what we sell is not to Grand Terrace
residents. We do over three million dollars a year all outside of this City. We bring other cities' sales
tax dollars to our City. This is just my observation, I know nothing frankly, at all, about politics, but I
don't think we have to offer the City to any business. I think we have to offer the Inland Empire to the
business. And let the business determine what is it going to take. I advertise in Riverside. I advertise
in the Sun paper. I'm on cable TV and I get business from all over the place. We're going to Angeles
Oaks tomorrow. We went to Palm Springs this morning.
Offer them the Inland Empire. It's here for the taking. They need to become a businessmen and
figure out what it takes to get people into their store and help Grand Terrace out. We could use the
sales tax revenue.
Tony Petta
Let me clarify something Joe. Are you saying that someone from Palm Springs came to your store?1
Joe Kohorst
Yes. They hear about it from their friends. We have a tremendous word-of-mouth following.
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Tony Petta
Would that call from Palm Springs be related to TV advertising?
Joe Kohurst
Advertising vs. Marketing:
No it didn't relate directly to that. TV advertising is really not called advertising. In a way, it is really
marketing. You remind them that you are here but your real sales are either on the phone or in the
newspaper. And you get those phone calls! We get phone calls from Palm Springs. We get the
phone calls from Hemet. We get the phone calls from all over and then we use any sales technique
we can to get them to come into our store. We have great prices, great products. And they.can tell
when we're talking to them on the phone, we're real. And we are going to do exactly what we say
ve're going to do and they will like dealing with us.
Tony Petta
I guess now we are getting down to the keys of your success. You are offering something for that
customer to come to your store.
Joe.Kohorst
I hesitate to say this, but if you saw what our competition is Circuit City, Cos tco, Good Guys, the
biggest players you could imagine, and we are on a level playing field with them. The way we can win
and sell a lot of product is because of our competitors. They're so weak. If they had quality people
they could take those sales from us, but they don't. And so they can't.
I have two questions that I ask my prospective employees. You are absolutely not going to believe
these questions. I ask this of high school graduates and current Jr. 'College students. My favorite
--,Irade school principal is in the audience, and I have to tell you we have the best grade schools here,
, ,ieriod. But the high schools are a bit lacking, truthfully. So here are my two questions. This
determines if they get to work with us or not.
The first question is: Which direction is south from here? Approximately, and it doesn't have to be
accurate. Do you know what I get three or four out of ten times? You are not going to believe this.
They point down. Why would they do that? The maps are on the wall. Why are the maps in our
schools on the walls? Why are they not on the floor where they belong , so people can see where the
directions go? I can never figure these simple things out.
The second questions is: My truck gets ten miles a gallon and it holds twenty-six gallons. How far will
my truck go on a tank of gas? My average answer is 26, 000 miles. I hire at twenty-six hundred.
I'm, not kidding..So, who are my competitors? They hire those people.
Tony Petta
Customer Service:
So, you're offering something that will entice a customer to come to you. And relating to what you just
said, Joe, I was in a major store recently, I will not name the store, and they were displaying some
telephones, long distance telephones - roaming telephones. I just stopped to ask questions. The
clerk already had a couple people asking questions. When my turn came I wanted to ask some
questions because I don't own one of those telephones. He looked at his watch and said, "It's my
lunch time." Now, this relates to what you told me. Where is the service? So you are, apparently,
giving service that will attract people and I congratulate you.
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Joe Kohorst
What I really like is the phone calls, because people compliment us on.the phone like you just
wouldn't believe. So often they have to dial up, then touch one to get four to get nine and then, you
get to talk to a recording. They get to talk to us and it is refreshing. Somebody that, my God, speaks
English, understands what they are asking, knows the prices,"when it can be at,
- which is
today. It's just wonderful! They ask, where are you located? We answer: we're in that little town called
Grand Terrace, the best and easiest place to find, where the 10 and the 215 cross.
Jim Harrigan
Just as an aside, a follow-up to Tony's question. We typically will put 50% independent businesses on
a street or a district, 25% regional businesses and 25% national businesses. We don't want the street
to look like the mall down the road. We want to make sure there's a good balance so that the
nationals that bring in a large regional advertising budget, that both the regionals and tl
independents can eat from it. The last thing we want to do is make Barton, or any other street in the
cities we deal with, look like the mall. So I agree with you there's a real need for independent
businesses. I think we all have stories of how we've gotten burned by some of the large national
chains, by just non-service and how people can compete with the Walmart's of the world by just doing
something differently and making sure that they know who their customer is. There's a method to the
madness out there.
Patrizia Materassi
I have a question for Jim, not a question really, but please, explain to us how you deal with the
agents. I've received calls after we advertised the Forum. Some agents asked, is he taking our place?
So if you can explain, because we do have some agents here.
Jim Harrigan
Retail Recruitment Consultant vs. Local Brokers:
We're paid on a fee basis by the City. The worst thing that can happen is that we bring businessc --
into the City and neither the listing agent or a tenant agent makes money. We're not making money
on these transactions. What we're trying to do is stir the pot, to the point where either the listing agent
or the tenant agent can make a dollar. It all comes back to control, though, as Tony well knows.
Unless you have control over one or the other side, you aren't going to make any money. We're not
going to line people's pockets, if indeed they don't have control over one side or the other. We can
refer businesses that don't have a commercial broker. The last thing we want to do is take up a lot-of
our time doing the transaction if there is a competent broker that can do it for us, for a commission. In
fact, in our package/ proposal, our lists of references not only have City people and developers that
we use as references but also a long list of commercial real estate brokers, probably the cream of the
crop, that we've dealt with in thirty-two cities throughout California. That can attest not only to our
veracity but credibility.
Patrizia Materassi
Thank you. Any other questions? Yes, Lee Ann.
Lee Ann Garcia
What you said made me think about the independents. We have a lot of home based businesses.
John and Patrizia know. Will there be some way that we can help the people that are in town that
maybe working out of their home? People who want to grow but they need some kind of assistance.
Some of the keys that Joe was talking about as far as helping developing some of the people that are
already here in town. I think we have even some retired people that might want to start. For the
longest time I've tried to talk Tony into opening some sort of health food restaurant. He really knows
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health food. I just wondered if that was any'part of your package, because I'm sure there's a
tremendous resource there.
Jim Harrigan
Yes, well once we publish our findings, after the analysis stage, at that point, if staff would like to get
involved with some businesses that are local that could fill the bill. But the last thing we want to do is
play favorites. What we want to do is make that street as successful-as possible with the most
successful businesses we can find. That's going to assist, not only the street, but also those existing
businesses that might need a little pump up. In'other words, when the tide comes in, it just doesn't
lift the new boats in the harbor, it'll lift them all. And that's what we want to do. We want the best
businesses that we can find, in that ratio, of 50-25-25, that are going to assist the street, that are
going to make sure that those businesses are going to stay there. Retail is a tough business. And, as
Joe knows, it's very easy to go out of business in a very short period of time. What we want to do is
make sure that we insure success, not only because people are going to come into the business and
spend their money, but a business has,some success behind them and hopefully has enough dollars
to maintain their credibility on the street until they can be successful in that location. We don't want to
bring somebody in to have them go out of business in six months. That isn't going to help anybody.
And again, what we don't want is hobbyists. We work a lot of downtowns and you'll see a lot of
hobbyists there. People that come in at ten, ten-thirty, maybe eleven o'clock, they go home at four,
four-thirty., We call those hobbyists. And God love-'em, If that's what they want to do. But maybe they
shouldn't be on the main street. Maybe they should be on the secondary street or tertiary streets. So
that's what we'll propose. Maybe you have hobbyists, maybe you don't. I don't know yet. But maybe
they shouldn't be on the main street if they aren't serious about making a dollar and making a go of
that business.
Patrizia Materassi
-, Homes Based Business:
just want to make a clarification. We do have two separate areas in Grand Terrace. We have the
downtown area, Barton Road, where we want to create a City Center and bring the street alive like
Jim said and then we have the Michigan area, which is close to the freeway. That's,a place for to us
to diversify our economy and really get some retail going. This is mostly retail rather than industrial.
We do have eighty acres where we could fit both, but basically there ate two areas. Now we have not
really incorporated in our proposal, home based businesses, because we are making a more
physical, Center of the City: more,visitors, entertainment or something that creates a cultural center
with retail and then the area close to the freeway. So, we have not involved home based businesses.
Jim, we do have a lot of high tech home businesses in Grand Terrace, people that do Web Pages,
engineers and designers. Fifteen percent of our home based businesses are medical related. So, a
large proportion of our businesses, about 30%, are home based. Some of them work eight hours a
day. They just work out of their house. But they aren't necessarily ready to get out of their house. If
any of those business call and would like a business packet, we could accommodate them. However,
they're not the focus of this project. Really, the Barton Road and Michigan areas_ are. Does any body
else have any questions?
John Donlevy
You know, Patrizia, we may want to point out to Jim, one of the centers that doesn't get a lot'of
attention but personally I think is one of our more successful, is on Michigan. There are some
tremendous businesses down there that I think do pretty well. It's a good center and they market and
for the most part, do overall a pretty good business. I mentioned one business, Pasta Italia. If you do
go in, they 're doing business hand over fist. Quite frankly, the location of the business is not good for
drive by traffic. It's kind of a mixed use industrial, retail development, but you might want to go and
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talk with some of the people down there because I think that's one of our little hidden jewels of
economic development.
Patrizia Materassi
OK John, does anybody else have any questions? No one else has questions. Does anybody on the
panel want to say anything before we close?
I'd like to mention and invite you to our next Forum. Our next Forum is December 5th. By then we'll
have information gathered to share with you. You are all invited to come; it will be a Forum more
related to the tenants and the businesses. We want to change Grand Terrace. We want to make
some physical changes; we want to get things going, create economic development momentum. We'll
have the third Forum a year from now, to celebrate what we have done. So I'd like to invite everybody___ \
to come. And now, I'd like everybody to applaud the speakers and themselves.
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Thank you very much.
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RESOLUTION NO. 2000-
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
GRAND TERRACE, CALIFORNIA ESTABLISHING ALL
WAY STOP SIGNS AT THE INTERSECTION OF
BRENTWOOD STREET AT THAMES STREET
WHEREAS,due to traffic conditions affecting the welfare of the public utilizing Brentwood
Street,.and its intersection at Thames Street, it has been determined that there is a need for the
installation of All Way Stop Signs at this intersection.
NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Grand Terrace, does hereby resolve,
determine and order as follows:
Section 1. That City Staff be directed to install stop signs for a three way stop at Thames
Street and Brentwood Street.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 26'b day of October, 2000.
Mayor of the City of Grand Terrace
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace
I, BRENDA STANFILL, City Clerk of the City of Grand Terrace, do hereby certify that
Resolution No. 2000- Was introduced and adopted at a regular meeting of the City
Council of the City of Grand Terrace held on the 26'day of October, 2000 by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
Brenda Stanfill, City Clerk
Approved as to form:
City Attorney
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CITY OF GRAND TERRACE CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
CRIME PREVENTION COMMITTEE 0 C T 1 & 2000
Regular Meeting
MINUTES CITY CLERK
September 11, 2000
The Grand Terrace Crime Prevention Committee met for the regular monthly meeting at the Senior
Center, Grand Terrace, California at 1800 hours.
MEMBERS PRESENT: Chairperson Philomene Spisak, JoAnn Johnson, Dottie Raborn,
Lewis Neeb, Richard Rollins and Hugh Forbes.
MEMBERS ABSENT: Claire McElwee
CITY STAFF/SHERIFF'S DEPT Tanya Cahill, Sheriff Service Specialist(S.S.S.) And William
Freund, Detective.
GUEST PRESENT: Bob Stewart, Citizen Patrol
AGENDA: The Agenda of the meeting was reviewed by the members present
for their approval. Lewis Neeb made the motion to accept as
written with JoAnn Johnson making the second. The motion
carried unanimously.
{ MINUTES: The minutes of the meeting of August 14, 2000 were distributed to
the members present for their approval. Lewis Neeb made the
motion to accept as written with JoAnn Johnson making the
second. The motion carried unanimously.
CORRESPONDENCE: There was no correspondence reported for this meeting to the
Committee—
BUDGET: Dottie Raborn reported that the budget balance for the Committee
was now at $8,742.95 and that $364.00 was expended for Citizen
Patrol uniforms.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS: An Action Item dated September 15, 2000 to be submitted to the
City Council for it's regular meeting on September 28, 2000
requesting that the Council accept the resignation of Bitsy Bernor
and that the Council recruit for a new member for the Committee-
created by this action.
NEW BUSINESS:
1. Tanya Cahill is to get prices on tire foot-pumps for both the
Citizen Patrol vehicles and the Sheriffs Patrol vehicles regularly
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patrolling the City of Grand Terrace.
2. Tanya Cahill reported that there had been no new reports of
`swindles" within the City for the month of August.
3. The one year planning will be sustained for the Committee for the
year 2001 unless the Council should decide otherwise. Decision on
whether the program of"Grand Terrace Days" will be again held
in June of 2001 will be decided by the City Council and Stag
There being no further business to discuss the meeting was adjourned at 1910 hours.
Respectfully submitted ,
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RICHARD ROLLINS
Recording Secretary
CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
EMERGENCY OPERATIONS COMMITT pFGRA�:NDTERRACE
Regular Meeting(Special date)
MINUTES O C T 1 2000
(Tuesday) September 5, 2000
The Grand Terrace Emergency Operations Committee met for the Regular Meeting J" 914
rather than the usual Monday at the regular time in the Emergency Operations Center at 22795
Barton Road, Building 3 at Civic Center. The meeting was begun at 7:15 p.m. by John Donlevy in
the absence of both Chairperson and Vice Chairperson.
MEMBERS PRESENT were Chairperson, Sonia Aikin (met us later at the Community Room), Vic
Pfennighausen, JoAnn Johnson, Hugh Forbes and Robert Souter.
MEMBERS ABSENT- Richard Haubert and Alternate, Gary Eldridge.
CITY STAFF- Assistant City Manager and liaison, John Donlevy.
GUESTS PRESENT-Ham Operator Joe Ramos KF6LVL.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES of August 7, 2000 was postponed until next meeting. However, if
any corrections are noted they will be included in the minutes of the October meeting.
LIAISON REPORT- John rather briefly went over the importance of having the preparedness plan
and supplies available in case of a disaster. He emphasized that each Office-in-a-box contains a
binder with full instructions, not only for that "office" but for each area of need. At the end of his
report the committee moved to the Community Room.
EOC SET-UP TRAINING - The training for this meeting was a large over view of the entire
process. The committee proceeded with the entire system, including connecting and trying all of the
phones, examining each box to determine that required equipment and supplies were contained in
each. Also, white boards and maps were displayed. It was determined that each future meeting
_will concentrate on a single bog and familiarity of contents and responsibilities of that
particular area of preparedness.
EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES REPORT-None specific this time.
OLD BUSINESS
a. It was pointed out again that both the Chairperson and `ice Chairperson will be away for
the October meeting.
b. The meeting will be held in their absence and the training will go on.
NEW BUSINESS -None
ADJOURNMENT and pack away boxes at 8:37 p,m.
Respectfully sub ted,
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/ oAnn John. , Secretary
NEXT MEETING WILL BE MONDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2000 AT 7 p.m.
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