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04/28/2005 CITY OF GRAND TERRACE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING-APRIL 28, 2005 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 April 28, 2005, at 6:00 p.m. PRESENT: Maryetta Ferr6, Mayor Bea Cortes, Mayor Pro Tern Herman Hilkey, Councilmember Lee Ann Garcia, Councilmember Jim Miller, Councilmember Tom Schwab, City Manager Brenda Stanfill, City Clerk Steve Berry, Assistant City Manager Larry Ronnow, Finance Director Jerry Glander, Building& Safety Director Lt. Hector Guerra, Sheriff s Department ABSENT: Gary Koontz, Community Development Director John Harper, City Attorney The City Council meeting was opened with Invocation by Pastor Lawrence Caraway, Grand View Baptist Church followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Mayor Pro Tem Cortes. CONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING ITEMS TO DELETE -None SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS A. Recognition-The Bluff s Restaurant Councilmember Miller presented Tom Anagnostopoulos,son of George and Despina Anagnostopoulos, a Certificate of Recognition recognizing their 35 years of service and community involvement as the Owners of The Bluff s Restaurant from January 1970 to January 2005. B. Proclamation-Women's Health Week May 8-14, 2005 Councilmember Garcia read a Proclamation proclaiming the week following Mother's Day, Sunday May 8 through Saturday May 14, 2005 as Women's Health Week in the City of Grand Terrace. Council Minutes April 28,2005 Page 2 CONSENT CALENDAR CC-2005-40 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER GARCIA,SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HILKEY, CARRIED 5-0,to approve the following consent calendar items with the removal of item 3D.: 3A. Approve Check Register Dated April 28, 2005 3B. Ratify 04-28-2005 CRA Action 3C. Waive Full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda ITEM REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR 3D. Approval of 04-14-2005 Minutes Councilmember Hilkev,requested a copy of the amended minutes from the March 10, 2005 Minutes.. CC-2005-41 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CORTES, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, CARRIED 4-0-0-1 (COUNCILMEMBER GARCIA ABSTAINED), to Approve the 04-14-2005 Minutes. PUBLIC COMMENT Councilmember Hilkev,indicated that he does not agree with the text that was added to the agenda under public comment and insisted that it be changed back to the way that it was before until there is council discussion and a decision is made by the Council. Mavor Ferre, indicated that it will be agendized on the next agenda for Council discussion. Pattv Kane, 21845 Grand Terrace Road, Space #7, stated that Barton Road going towards the Stater Bros. warehouse is really bad and that they need a lot of work. She indicated that she is the Assistant Manager at the Grand Terrace Mobile Home Park and that she is not getting any help from the Humane Society or the Colton Pound with regards to their cat problems. She thanked the Grand Terrace Police Department for all of their help and support. Bill Hays. 22114 De Berry Street, stated that there is nothing in the California Government Code that restricts or prohibits City Council from discussing anything that a citizen brings up during public comment and feels that the text on the agenda is false. He questioned why the Council didn't inform the residents in November of who the chosen developer was for the OAC. He stated that he has requested a copy Council Minutes April 28,2005 Page 3 of the public document that divulged the identity of the developers for the OAC and to date he has not received a copy. He feels that Council and staff is not being honest with the residents. He stated that he understands that six bags of stolen mail was recovered and would like details on what happened. Barnev Kamer, 11668 Bernardo Way, feels that the Council is not informing the residents of what is taking place in town. He feels that the meetings are not open and would like to see them be more open. He stated that he would like to see not only the APN Numbers on the agenda but an address or a description of the property. He stated that he is against a high rise senior housing project. Citv Manaver Schwab. stated that the City is currently working with Caltrans to replace the bridge on Barton Road which is why there hasn't been a lot of maintenance being done, however, he will have the Assistant City Manager go out and look at the streets. He stated that staff will have the Humane Society and Animal Control work with the Mobile Home Park on the cat issue. He stated that the City Attorney disagrees with Mr.Hays' interpretation of the Code with regards to public comment. If Mr.Hays makes an appropriate public records request for the ERN we will provide him a copy. He stated that the Senior Housing Project will not be a high-rise,it maybe three stories at most at the lowest piece of property,however,this building has not been designed yet. ORAL REPORTS 5A. Committee Reports 1. Crime Prevention Committee a. Minutes of 03-14-2005 CC-2005-42 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER GARCIA,SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER HILKEY, CARRIED 5-0, to accept the March 14, 2005 Minutes of the Crime Prevention Committee. 2. Emergency Operations Committee a. Minutes of 03-01-2005 CC-2005-43 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM CORTES, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER GARCIA, CARRIED 5-0, to accept the March 1, 2005 Minutes of the Emergency Operations Committee. COUNCIL REPORTS Council Minutes April 28,2005 Page 4 Mavor Pro Tem Cortes, sated that she attended events along with the Mayor and City Manager. She supports the statements of Councilmembers Garcia and Hilkey with regards to mail theft. Councilmember Hilkev, commented that the text under public comment was added without council discussion and feels that it does not match the bylaws of the City. He would be surprise if the City Attorney initiated this entirely on his own. If he did then he is generating business for himself at the expense of the City when it is not asked for. He received a report from Riverside Highland Water Company and is always impressed how public water agencies have to list everything that goes down the pipe with great detail and yet we spend $5.00 a gallon for Sparkletts or Arrowhead and you can't get a report like that from them. He along with Mayor Ferre attended the oversight committee meeting of the Colton Joint Unified School District that oversees the spending of the school bonds. They talked about the High School and how they spend the bond money that we are providing. Councilmember Garcia, stated that she is very happy to be at the meeting, she was ill and missed the last Council Meeting. She is looking forward to the wonderful events that take place in the City. She reported that the Annual Art Show hosted by the Historical and cultural Activities Committee will be held on May 1, 2005 and encouraged everyone to attend. She expressed her sorrow for the loss of Hannah Laister and feels that she will be missed. Grand Terrace Days will be held on June 4, 2005. She will be attending the Regional Council of the Southern California Association of Governments and they will be having their 40t' Celebration. She indicated that as part of her responsibilities with the League of California Cities she sits on a group called The Institute of Local Government and they put together a brochure ABC's of Open Government Laws that she wanted to share with the City Attorney. She questioned what was going on at the corner of Barton Road and Mt. Vernon. Citv Manager Schwab, stated that they were doing a traffic count on Barton Road. Councilmember Garcia,encouraged residents to ask if they see something unusual going on. Councilmember Miller, stated that he supports what Councilmember Hilkey says with regards to Public Comment and referred to a section in the Brown Act. He stated that he got off the freeway at approximately 2:30 p.m.and on Barton Road there was a transient standing and begging for money and would like to come up with a solution to that problem. He stated that we need to be on top of areas that could potentially be a problem with the West Nile Virus. He questioned what the status of the trash on the hill is. Assistant Citv Manager Berrv.stated that he will look at different ways that they can retrieve the debris on the hill. Council Minutes April 28,2005 Page 5 Councilmember Miller,he requested that staff provide a list to him of the properties that are owned by people that live out of town and rentals that we may know of. Mavor Ferre, stated that Mr. Karger requested more information other than APN numbers on the agenda and requested that staff give an explanation. Citv Manager Schwab, responded that we have always used APN Numbers as a source of identifying parcels. The APN Number is the legal parcel identifier. He stated that if the Council would like staff to include a street address if possible or description if possible they will. Mavor Ferre, questioned what Mr. Karger meant by an Open Meeting. Mr.Karaer. stated that he would like more information available on the agenda if possible. Mavor Ferre, reported that she attended the prayer breakfast put on by the Grand Terrace Woman's Club along with Mayor Pro Tern Cortes,City Manager Schwab and Assistant City Manager Berry which was a lovely event. On April 24,2005 the Grand View Baptist Church celebrated 40 years, they had a lovely dedication and was privileged that she was able to attend. On April 15th the Catholic Church in Grand Terrace dedicated their Blessed Junaferra Serra House of Formation and she attended that along with Mayor Pro Tern Cortes and City Manager Schwab. She complimented Assistant City Manager Berry on the mailer that was put together on the update on the OAC. PUBLIC HEARING-None UNFINISHED BUSINESS 7A. Response to Public Comment from March 10, 2005 Councilmember Hilkev. indicated that he requested that this item be placed on the agenda because he wants the public to know the answers to the questions that were presented at the previous meeting. He indicated that he requested the responses from the April 14, 2005 meeting as well but only the March 10, 2005 meeting was given. Councilmember Garcia.would like the specific language that talks about what has to be in closed session at the next meeting. She looks forward to having the discussion at the next meeting and that everyone on the Council wants to do the right thing for the community. Mavor Pro Tem Cortes, stated that she felt that City Manager Schwab responded to the questions that were asked at the last Council Meeting and that we should continue to do that. Council Minutes April 28,2005 Page 6 Councilmember Hilkev,stated that questions have been answered more freely. He feels that there is a serious problem with the Agenda tonight,however,it will be discussed at the next meeting. Mavor Ferr6,indicated that she has stated that any Councilmember can ask a question during their Council Report,which is stated in the Brown Act, and any member of the Council can do that. NEW BUSINESS 8A. Riverside-Corona Feeder Project Mayor Ferr6 indicated that she would be abstaining from discussion,her son does legal work for Western Municipal Water District as its General Counsel. The City Attorney has advised her that there is no conflict of interest and that she could fully participate in this matter, however,she has decided to abstain to avoid even the appearance of a conflict of interest and will therefore turn the gavel over to Mayor Pro Tern Cortes. Citv Manaeer Schwab, indicated that staff was approached by Western Municipal Water District to discuss the construction of a 60 inch water line to deliver water pumped from the Bunker Hill basin in San Bernardino to Corona. This line would bi-sect Grand Terrace with the pipeline running in Barton Road from Hilltop Drive in Colton turning south on Mt. Vernon to Main Street and on into Riverside County. Grand Terrace staff requested an engineering study to show how a waterline could be installed in our city streets and the impact to our existing utilities and improvements. Western Municipal Water District has indicated they would provide two pipe turnouts for Riverside Highland for emergency water access but the pipe would otherwise serve no beneficial purpose for the residents of Grand Terrace. It is our understanding that as a public agency Western Municipal Water District could use eminent domain to install this facility but we feel that they wish to avoid that process. The project would require Western Municipal Water District to obtain an encroachment permit from the City to do the work. Currently they are proposing to re-pave a 16 foot pass over the 10 foot trench with a slurry seal and re-stripping of the affected roadway from curb to curb. The estimate of time reported in the study under the best of conditions was 17 weeks or 4 months and more likely with delays could easily be a six month project. Due to the disruption of the two major arterials and the time involved we believe that full reconstruction of the trenched area and a street grinding with minimum 2 inch petromat overlay should be required. In addition a guarantee to repair all future trench failures due to the pipeline should also be agreed to. Council Minutes April-28,2005 Page 7 Jeffrev D. Sims.P.E. Western Municipal Water District, gave a presentation on the project and the benefits of it as well as how it will affect Grand Terrace. Citv Manager Schwab, stated that he feels the impacts to the City will be extreme in terms of the street disruption and even though they have agreed to give a couple of turn-outs to Riverside Highland Water Co. it would only be in the event of an emergency. He feels that in their Environmental Impact Report they need to mitigate things that they are going to damage. He stated that he is in full support of this project because he feels that we need to think regionally,however,we should ask for and receive a street reconstruction curb to curb. Councilmember Garcia, expressed her concern with the amount of utilities that are already underground on Barton Road. Assistant Citv Manager Berry. indicated that a disruption on Barton Road could impact the businesses in the area. Mr. Sims. stated that they would provide access to all local businesses,however,there may be a day or two disruption. Councilmember Garcia. agrees with the City Manager about thinking regionally,however, she would like to see the condition included in their Environmental Impact Report the mitigation of things that they are going to damage as well as street reconstruction curb to curb. She would like to know the exact impact to the City. Don Hough, Riverside Highland Water Co., indicated that they like to have as many emergency sources as possible. They feel that the long term benefits of this project far outweigh the work that has to be put into it for the short period of time. Councilmember Hilkev. stated that it is an expensive impressive project. Councilmember Miller,feels that his major concerns have already been brought up by staff. He feels that streets affected should be reconstructed curb to curb as requested by the City Manager. He expressed his concern with what time of year the project is done due to weather prolonging the time it takes to complete the j ob. He expressed his concern with how the businesses will be affected. Mavor Pro Tem Cortes, stated that she concurs with the rest of the Council She expressed her concern with how this project will affect the building of the new high school and the new homes that are being built in Highgrove. Citv Manager Schwab, stated that the new homes in Highgrove will be completed by then and it is their hope to have the new high school open in September 2, 2008 so it will not Council Minutes April 28,2005 Page 8 have any impact on the construction of either one of those projects. CLOSED SESSION -None Mayor Ferre adjourned the meeting at 8:03 p.m.until the next CRA/City Council Meeting which is scheduled to be held on Thursday, May 12, 2005 at 4:00 p.m. CITY CLERK of the City�f Grand Terrace MAYOVf the City of Grand Terrace