07/09/1998 CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING - TULY 9. 1998
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 July 9, 1998 at 6:30 p.m.
PRESENT: Byron Matteson, Mayor
Dan Buchanan, Mayor Pro Tem
Herman Hilkey, Councilmember
Jim Singley, Councilmember
Tom Schwab, City Manager
John Donlevy, Assistant City Manager
Brenda.Stanfill, City Clerk
Bernard Simon, Finance Director
Patrizia Materassi, Community and Economic Development Director
Virgil Barham, Building & Safety Director
Lt. Mike Howell, Sheriffs Department
John Harper, City Attorney
ABSENT: Lee Ann Garcia, Councilmember
The meeting was opened with invocation by Pastor Salim Elias, Azure Hills Seventh-Day
Adventist Church, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilman Singley.
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - None
CONSENT CALENDAR
CC-98-95 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SINGLEY, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO
TEM BUCHANAN, CARRIED 4-0-1-0 (COUNCELMEMBER GARCIA WAS
ABSENT), to approve the following consent calendar items:
3A. Approval of Check Register No. 063098 & 070998
3B. Ratify 07-09-98 CRA Action
3C. Waive Full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda
3D. Approval of 06-25-98 Minutes
3E. 1998-99 Appropriations Limit
3F. Resolution Supporting the Construction and Operations of a Criminal
Justice Center in the High Desert
3G. Resolution Supporting the Repeal of Booking Fees in San Bernardino
County
3H. Reject Liability Claim GTLC-98-03 (Hullinger)
3I. Authorize Staff and Council to Travel to the League of California Cities
Mayors and Councilmembers Executive Forum and Cancel the City
Council Meeting Scheduled to be held on July 23, 1998
3J. Appropriation of $19,875 for Employee Benefits for Fiscal Year 1998-
99/Adopt Salary Resolution
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PUBLIC CONIlVIENT - None
ORAL REPORTS
5A. Committee Reports - None
5B. Council Reports
Mavor Pro Tem Buchanan, reported that a request was made to the San Bernardino
County Board of Supervisors to keep CDF Fire Protection in place until after the
proposed fire district has been taken to a vote; they elected not to allow that. He stated
that AB391 would prohibit the County of San Bernardino from terminating CDF
coverage for Grand Terrace, Highland and Yucaipa while the LAFCO application is still
pending. This legislation went before the State Senate Local Government Committee last
Wednesday,,he and the City Manager from Highland attended the hearing. The Senate
Committee approved the legislation and will send it on to the next step, the Senate
Appropriations Committee. This hearing should be heard in early August. The goal of
the legistlation is to keep our fire protection at its status quo while our LAFCO
application runs its course. He congratulated Councilmember Garcia on her new baby.
Councilmember Hilkev, expressed his dissatisfaction with the billboards in Colton.
Mavor Pro Tem Buchanan, stated that he made a personal commitment to boycot those
businesses that advertise on the billboards and to let those businesses_know why he no
longer uses them.
Councilmember Hilkev, congratulated Henry and Lee Ann Garcia on their new baby,
Dallas.
Mavor Matteson, reported that there will be an Inland Empire Division League of
California Cities Meeting on July 16. He reported that he attended the Grand Terrace
Area Chamber of Commerce Installation Dinner on June 30, 1998.
PUBLIC HEARINGS
6A. Landscaping and Street Lighting District 89-1 FY 1998-99 Levy of Assessment
Mayor Matteson opened discussion to the public, there being none he returned discussion
to Council.
CC-98-96 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER HILKEY, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO
TEM BUCHANAN, CARRIED 4-0-1-0 (COUNCILMEMBER GARCIA WAS
ABSENT), ,to adopt a Resolution confirming a diagram and assessment and
providing the annual assessment levy after formation of a District for Fiscal Year
1998-99 as presented in the Engineer's Report and to direct the Finance Director
to file the Assessments with the County Auditor.
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UNFINISHED BUSINESS
7A.: Preston Street Zoning Discussion
Citv Attornev Hamer, stated for the record that the applicant is not in the audience.
It was the concensus of the Council that this project will be considered if the applicant
submits a formal application and pays the appropriate fees.
NEW BUSINESS
8A. Committee Member Reappointment
CC-98-97 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BUCHANAN, SECOND BY
COUNCILMEMBER SINGLEY, CARRIED 4-0-1-0 (COUNCILMF2%4BER
GARCIA WAS ABSENT), to reappoint the following individuals to their
;respective Committees with a term continuing to June 30, 2002 and advertise the
vacancies:
Crime Prevention Committee - Jackie Kiacz, Dottie Raborn, and Mike Fasenmyer
Historical and Cultural Activities Committee - Viola Gratson, Judy McBride,
Hannah Laister, and Rochelle Rosenkild
Park and Recreation Committee - Lenore Frost, Pat Newberry and Barry Tyler
Emergencv Operations Committee - James Monroe; and
Planning Commission
reappoint the following individuals to the Planning Commission with a term
continuing to June 30, 2002 and direct staff to prepare an Ordinance reducing the
number of Planning Commissioners from seven members to five:
Fran Van Gelder, Matthew Addinton, and Don Larkin.
CLOSED SESSION - None
ORDER OF ADJO
Mayor Matteson adjourned the City Council Meeting at 7:00 p.m., until the next CRA/City
Council Meeting which is scheduled to be held on Thursday, August 13, 1998 at 6:00 p.m.
CAT CLERK of the_0ty of:G.-and
Terrace
MAY6R of the City of Grand Terrace