09/01/2010CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
SPECIAL MEETING - SEPTEMBER 1 2010
A special 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
September 1, 2010 at 6:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Maryetta Ferre, Mayor
Lee Ann Garcia, Mayor Pro Tern
Bea Cortes, Councilmember
Walt Stanckiewitz, Councilmember
Betsy M. Adams, City Manager
Brenda Mesa, City Clerk
Bernard Simon, Finance Director
Joyce Powers, Community & Economic Development Director
Richard Shields, Building & Safety Director
Alan Burns, Harper and Burns, LLC
Sgt. Carlos Espinoza, San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department
ABSENT: Rick McClintock, San Bernardino County Fire Department
The City Council meeting was opened with an Invocation by Mayor Pro Tern Lee Ann Garcia
followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilman Walt Stanckiewitz.
1. APPROVAL OF AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY. AGENCY AND STATER BROS. MARKETS
Councilmember Walt Stanckiewitz announced that he would be recuseing himself due to a
property interest.
Chia Bidney, 12219 Pascal, stated that she has one more item that she would like to
mitigate and that is the delivery hours. They are proposing or have as Joyce says, written in
stone that they are going to deliver from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Monday through Sunday.
She knows that the Planning Commission has delegated that the trucking company adjusts
their hours to appease the neighbors in that area and they would also like the same. They
would like for them to deliver only 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday and
leave Sunday alone. Give them a day of off.
Mike Slaton. Stater Bros. Markets, responded that their deliveries are not going to be at 9 or
I0 at night. They have 167 stores spread out over 6 counties and have some flexibility on
getting deliveries there. The worst thing you can do is have every grocery store in the world
delivering groceries from 4:00 to 6:00 when you are trying to get home. He stated that the
hours are critical, spreading the delivery time out over the hours allows them to be able to
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utilize their fleet and their help the best that they can. They will be respectful. The residents
will know the store manager and if there is an issue let them know. The goal is for them to
be a good neighbor.
Mayor Pro Tern Lee Ann Garcia, questioned if we have changed delivery hours for someone
else in the past.
Community and Economic Development Director Joyce Powers, responded that to her
knowledge they have not.
CC•2010-76 MOTION BY MAYOR FERRE, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CORTES,
CARRIED 3-0-1-0 (COUNCILMEMBER STANCKIEWITZ ABSTAINED), to
approve an Economic Development Agreement between the City, Agency and Stater
Bros. Markets.
PUBLIC COMMENT
Charles Hornsby, 22656 Brentwood Street, reminded everyone that there is a very important
meeting tomorrow night at 6:30 p.m. of the Planning Commission and one of the items is
regarding the proposed power plant that is going to be built at the same location where the
old one is being demolished. Only energy storage and battery storage is mentioned on the
agenda but the Colton School Board found it necessary to adopt a resolution on June 21,
2007 which opposes the activation and/or reactivation of any power plant near an existing
or proposed school site. It also needs to be pointed out that this is according to the site plans
that do not appear on the city website. Because of the fact that no homeowners live within
300 feet according to what he has been told, no homeowners were informed of the meeting,
which doesn't make any sense to him. He feels that every home owner that has a child that
goes to school there should have been informed. There is going to be kids there every day.
Claudia Ross, 11857 Holly Street, applaud the Council for the approval of the
Redevelopment Agreement. She stated that she is convinced that Councilmembers that are
not on board with the improvement with Grand Terrace will be just about as valuable to the
this community as hoop skirts. One of the areas where she would like the Council to focus
in moving forward in the 2 1 ' century is making public the document that Councilmember
Stankiewitz shared at the last Council Meeting with respect to the CPA Audit. She
appreciates the confidentiality of Attorney Client privilege but this audit report should be
made public. She would like to see it and she believes that all residents of the City should
have an opportunity to review it as a public document.
Bobbie Forbes, 11850 Burns Avenue, stated that she liked it better when Stater Bros.
occupied the Wherehouse. The new occupants are terrible neighbors. She stated that Stater
Bros. took care of the land and landscaping and feels that they went above and beyond. She
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contacts code enforcement with Colton and Grand Terrace and her next call is to the fire
department. She appreciates what the City is doing on Grand Terrace Road. She feels that
the focus on the neighborhood is both good and bad. Some of her neighbors are complaining
about the letters from code enforcement. She feels that there are some areas that need to be
addressed and maintained. She believes that we need the new Stater Bros. store and she also
feels that they need to be neighborhood friendly and she believes that they will be.
Mayor Ferrd adjourned the meeting at 7:35 p.m., until the next City Council Meeting which is
scheduled to be held on Tuesday, September 14, 20I0 at 6:00 p.m.
the City of Grand Terrace
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CITY CLERK of the City of Grand Terrace
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