01/11/2011CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - JANUARY 11, 2011
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 January
11, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Walt Stanckiewitz, Mayor
Lee Ann Garcia, Mayor Pro Tern
Darcy McNaboe, Councilmember
Bernardo Sandoval, 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
John Harper, City Attorney
Sgt. Carlos Espinoza, San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department
Rick McClintock, San Bernardino County Fire Department
ABSENT: None
The City Council meeting was opened with Invocation by Ken Wolf, Calvary the Brook Church.
followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilman Bernardo Sandoval.
ITEMS TO DELETE - None
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS • None
CONSENT CALENDAR
CC-2011-01 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
MCNABOE, CARRIED 4-0, to approve the following Consent Calendar Items:
3A. Check Register No. Dated 01-11-2011
3B. Waive Full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda
3C. Approval of Minutes of 12-14-2010, 12-21-2010 & 12-27-2010
3D. Historical & Cultural Activities Committee Minutes of 11/01i2010
3E. Vacancy on the Planning Commission
PUBLIC COMMENT
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Jerry AImendarez, Superintendent Colton Joint Unified School District, introduced himself
and congratulated the newly elected officials. He extended an invitation to the City Council
members to tour the new high school facilities. He stated that he is looking forward to
working with the City.
Patricia Farley, 12513 Michigan Street, stated that she does not have buddies that will
support whatever she says without checking on it. She indicated that the whole reason she
got involved in what was going on in Grand Terrace was because she was alarmed at things
that were going on in the City in mismanagement of the City from not following the law and
incompetence at City Hall. She was desperate to find someone that knew the law, who was
not bias, and truthful and she feels that it is hard to find. She has watched people be
slandered in the City because they went to City Hall and actually got the facts. These facts
have been presented over and over again to Staff, Council Members and Planning
Commissioners. She feels that the City needs to clean house and have un-bias fair people
that listen and have the intelligence and skills to understand and the willingness and ability
to work together and solve this. She has always felt that the kids in Grand Terrace should
not have to go to Colton. She feels that the City has allowed the City to be damaged by
developers, the School District to be damaged by improper information and by not following
the law and feels that this is why there has been a problem. She is concerned about a high
school that is built on contaminated land, poor circulation and a stadium that will damage
the area that is a nice residential area. She has also found that the Blue Mountain paper is
run by a special group with a special agenda and should not be pretending to represent the
interest of the City and that it is being controlled by people with their own personal agenda.
She insists that the City put a stop to it.
Virginia Harford, 11825 Arliss Way, made a public apology to City Attorney John Harper
for the statements that she has made blaming him for something that wasn't his doing. She
also indicated that this information was brought to her attention by former Councilmember
Bea Cortes.
Don Larkin, 12168 Mt. Vernon Avenue #89, congratulated the newly elected
Councilmembers. Reported that he just returned from Afghanistan and presented the City
with the flag that flew over his base in Afghanistan. He would like people to remember that
there are wars going on and would like people to remember the sacrifice and service of the
men and women of the armed services. He suggested having a monument at the proposed
new park for the veterans of Grand Terrace.
Debra Hurst, 22950 Orangewood Court, stated that she has some questions regarding the
check register and requested an explanation of the following Voucher Numbers: # 66161,
#66177, #66190, #66222.
Nick Calero, San Bernardino County Representative for Supervisor Neil Derry, wanted to
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let everyone know about the Vision's Project. He reported that the County of San
Bernardino along with SANBAG is hosting a series of town hall style workshops and a web
survey. The purpose of this is to gather information, opinions and input on where residents
feel the County needs to go. A Vision Draft Document will give direction to the Board of
Supervisors on how to move the County forward in the years to come. Information is
available on the City's website and the County's website.
COUNCIL REPORTS - None
PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS
8A. Appointment to Fill the Vacant Seat on the City Council Which Occurred as a Result
of the November 2010 Election.
Patricia Farley, 12513 Michigan Street, stated that she has spent a lot of time, effort and
money to try and work with those that she found to be honest, smart, able to understand the
law, fair and not having their own personal agenda. She found very few people. She stated
that she supported Mayor Stanckiewtiz and Councilman Sandoval for this past election not
because they are friends of hers or because they will vote for everything that she wants
because they may not. She has a problem when people won't listen to facts and look at
documents. She is fed -up with being told how much you care and still don't do anything
with the information that was provided. She feels that this is the chance to clean up the City
with people without baggage. She feels that if the Council is concerned they will follow the
law and look at documents and will have the intelligence and the ability to do something
about it. She feels that Sylvia Robles has the skills that the City desperately needs. She feels
that the City does not have the right to appoint anyone else other than Sylvia. She feels that
Roxanne could possibly do the job as well.
DeDe Sternbere, 12215 Michigan Street, stated that she was ill and was unable to get her
application in on time to be considered to fill the vacancy on the Council.
Bobbie Forbes, 11850 Burns Avenue, stated that she is pleased to see that there are several
people that are interested in filling the vacancy on the Council. She stated that she would
like to see Doug Wilson be appointed.
Jeff -rev McConnell, 21758 Walnut Avenue, stated that the Council is interviewing applicants
for a very important job. He feels that the person that is chosen should be the one that has
the most experience. He questioned if Council or Staff verified any of the information that
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was provided on the application. He feels that the Council needs to carefully consider who
they appoint to fill the vacant seat.
Mayor Stanckiewitz drew names for the order in which the individuals will be interviewed.
The following is the order:
1.
Thomas Schwab
2.
Andrew Anaya
3.
William Hussey
4.
Fabian Carballo
5.
Roxanne Williams
6.
Lloyd Dodd
7.
Amanda Betten
8.
Doug Wilson
9.
Gene Hays
10.
Ryan Stephens
11.
Ken Stewart
12.
Herman Hilkey
13.
Sylvia Robles
It was the decision of the Council that the Mayor and Council would ask the following
questions:
Mayor Stanckiewiz - Circumstances outside the City's control can and have impacted
dramatically the City's budget. With your review of the City's budget, how the City receives
its funding and where its expenses are, what approach would you take as a Council Member
to balance the budget?
Mayor Pro Tem Garcia - What do you see the role of the City Council as a governing body?
What do you see as the roll of an individual City Council Member? What do you see as the
role of Staff?
Councilmember McNaboe - Look 10 years into the future and describe what you want the
City to look like and why. How does this fit with the City's General Plan and the Barton
Road Specific Plan?
Councilmember Sandoval - What do you see as the biggest challenges facing this city next
year?
Each individual will have two minutes to answer each question and once all of the questions
have been answered they will be given two minutes to tell the Council anything else they
would like to tell them. 0
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Each individual was interviewed by the Council.
CC-2011-02 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SANDOVAL, SECOND BY MAYOR
STANCKIEWITZ, FAILED 2-2 (MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA AND
COUNCILMEMBER MCNABOE VOTED NO, to appoint Sylvia Robles to fill the
vacant seat on the City Council.
CC-2011-03 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SANDOVAL, SECOND BY MAYOR
STANCKIEWITZ, FAILED 2-2 (MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA AND
COUNCILMEMBER MCNABOE VOTED NO), to appoint Amanda Betten to fill
the vacant seat on the City Council.
CC-2011-04 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
MCNABOE, FAILED 2-2 (MAYOR STANCKIEWITZ AND COUNCILMEMBER
SANDOVAL VOTED NO), to appoint Herman Hilkey to fill the vacant seat on the
City Council.
Councilmember McNaboe Nominated Gene Hays to Fill the Vacant Seat on the City
Council, Motion Failed Due to a Lack of a Second.
Mayor Pro Tem Garcia Nominated Roxanne Williams to Fill the Vacant Seat on the City
Council, Motion Failed Due to a Lack of a Second.
CC-2011-05 MOTION BY MAYOR STANCKIEWITZ, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
SANDOVAL, FAILED 2-2, (MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA AND
COUNCILMEMBER MCNABOE VOTED NO), to appoint Bill Hussey to fill the
Vacant Seat on the City Council.
Councilmember McNaboe Nominated Ryan Stephens to Fill the Vacant Seat on the City
Council, Motion Failed Due to a Lack of a Second.
CC-2011-06 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SANDOVAL, SECOND BY MAYOR
STANCKIEWITZ, FAILED 2-2 (MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA AND
COUNCILMEMBER MCNABOE VOTED NO), to nominate Fabian Carballo to fill
the vacant seat on the City Council.
CC-2011-07 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER SANDOVAL, SECOND BY
COUNCILMEMBER MCNABOE, CARRIED 3-1 (MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA
VOTED NO), to change the rules to allow the Council to re -nominate an individual
that has already been nominated and reconsider Gene Hays.
CC-2011-08 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MCNABOE, SECOND BY
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COUNCILEMBER SANDOVAL, CARRIED 3-1 (MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA
VOTED NO), to appoint Gene Hays to fill the vacant seat on the City Council.
CLOSED SESSION - None
Mayor Stanckiewitz adjourned the meeting at 9:37 p.m., until the next City Council Meeting which
is scheduled to be held on Thursday, January 13, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.
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MAYOR of the City of Grand Terrace
CITY CLERK of the City of Grand Terrace