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07/10/2007CITY OF GRAND TERRACE CITY COUNCIL MINUTES REGULAR MEETING - JULY 10, 2007 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 10, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. PRESENT: Maryetta Ferre, Mayor Lee Ann Garcia, Mayor Pro Tern Bea Cortes, Councilmember Jim Miller, Councilmember Dan Buchanan, Councilmember Brenda Mesa, City Clerk Steve Berry, Assistant City Manager Larry Ronnow, Finance Director Richard Shields, Building & Safety Director John Harper, City Attorney Lt. Hector Guerra, Sheriff's Department Gary Bush, San Bernardino County Fire Department ABSENT: Tom Schwab, City Manager Gary Koontz, Community Development Director _ The City Council meeting was opened with Invocation by Councilwoman Lee Ann Garcia, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilman Jim Miller. CONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AT 6:00 P.M. ITEMS TO DELETE - None SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS A. Introduction of Sheriff's Deputies Captain Tanguay, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, stated that Central Station recently has gone through some personnel changes and starting tonight she wanted to introduce to the Council and those in the audience the Deputies that have been assigned to Grand Terrace. She introduced Deputy Cory Emon and Deputy Chris Burnell. CONSENT CALENDAR CC-2007-54 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BUCHANAN, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, CARRIED 5-0, to approve the following Consent Calendar Items: Council Minutes July 10, 2007 Page 2 3A. Approve Check Register Dated July 10, 2007 3B. Waive full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda 3C. Approval of 06-12-2007 Minutes 3D. Notice of Completion - Barton Road Bike Lane Project (IPS) 3E. Unanticipated Revenue from Transfer of Solid Waste Agreement and Additional Appropriation 3F. Homeland Security Grant Funding Award FY 2006 PUBLIC COMMENT Elaine McDermott, 22452 DeBerry, expressed her concern with having a no parking sign in front of her home. She feels that it will be a burden to not be able to park in front of her own home. They have a two car garage which they can only fit one car in and four cars. They are not able to park in the alley or in the driveway. She asked the Council to reconsider the no parking or possibly modify it to exclude homeowners or issue a permit. Patricia Farley, 12513 Michigan Street, expressed her concern that there is not accurate or current information on the website. She feels that the public should have access to the agendas and staff reports at least a week prior to the meeting. She stated that the Colton Joint Unified School District Board is concerned about the AES Power Plant and she feels that if the Council really wants the high school in Grand Terrace you will take a position against a plant like that in Grand Terrace. Assistant City Manager Steve Berry, responded that he will speak to the McDermott's and with the traffic engineer to talk about the situation on DeBerry Street. REPORTS 5A. Committee Reports 1. Crime Prevention Committee a. Minutes of May 14, 2007 CC-2007-55 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CORTES, CARRIED 5-0, to accept the May 14, 2007 Minutes of the Crime Prevention Committee. Councilmember Buchanan, indicated that the Crime Prevention Committee in their minutes from the meeting on May 14, 2007 had a motion to make Richard Rollins an honorary permanent member of the Crime Prevention Committee and requested that it be agendized for a future meeting. Council Minutes July 10, 2007 Page 3 b. Appoint Regular Member (Hurst) CC-2007-56 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER BUCHANAN, to appoint Debra Hurst as a Regular Member of the Crime Prevention Committee with a term continuing to June 30, 2008. C. Change Regular Meeting Time and Location CC-2007-57 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CORTES, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, CARRIED 5-0, to change the regular meeting time and location of the Crime Prevention Committee to City Hall Second Floor Conference Room at 4:00 p.m. 2. Emergency Operations Committee a. Minutes of June 5, 2007 CC-2007-58 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BUCHANAN, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, CARRIED 5-0, to accept the June 5, 2007 Minutes of the Emergency Operations Committee. 5B. Council Reports Mayor Ferre, requested a brief report from Battalion Chief, Gary Bush and Lt. Hector Guerra, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, regarding July 4"i. San Bernardino County Fire Chief Gary Bush, stated that they had three objectives for the fourth of July which was for engines companies to provide a physical presence within the City. One engine company was patrolling the blue mountain area to make sure there were no problems there and had another engine company patrolling City Streets. They also had an investigator assigned to the City to make sure there was enforcement of the codes and ordinances of illegal fireworks and to make sure that the safe and sane fireworks were being used safely. He is happy to report that there were no fireworks related fires during the sales period for the fireworks. Their prevention efforts were very effective as well. They had a total of 14 contacts with members of the community by the investigator. They had 6 interventions, which were mostly related to minor illegal use of fireworks. They also made sure that the fireworks booth was in compliance of the operating hours. Overall they had a very quiet 4" of July. Lt. Hector Guerra, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department, indicated that they also experienced a relatively quiet 41h of July. They operated extra enforcement on the Yd as well as the 41h. During the two day period, their dispatch only received 9 calls for service from residents indicating that there were illegal fireworks being used. They made two arrests for Council Minutes July 10, 2007- Page 4 illegal fireworks and they had an additional 50 contacts with various residents around the City, most of which were advisals on fireworks safety. They were using safe and sane fireworks but went ahead and handed out fireworks safety pamphlets to insure that no one gets hurt and that fires don't get started. They encountered several large parties but nothing major. Mayor Ferre, reported that she had the opportunity to ride along with Assistant City Manager Berry from 8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. on the 4`h of July. She found that it was quiet and a lot of community members using safe and sane fireworks in the street. It was worthwhile to ride along with Assistant City Manager Berry so that she could see for herself what the City was doing. It appeared that the City was following the rules of the safe and sane fireworks. She requested that Assistant City Manager give a report on the grant for the trees. Assistant City Manager Berry, reported that staff has applied for a grant through AQMD and were awarded the ability to plant 155 trees and two years of maintenance with the group which is about $20,000.00 in donations. It will be on make a difference day, October 27, 2007. They are beginning to work on the irrigation lines. It is going to be down main street starting from Mt. Vernon almost to Michigan and from Mt. Vernon going north. They will try to make it a fun event and get the community involved. They will pre -drill the holes for the trees and provide all of the equipment. It should be a great day. Mayor Ferre, indicated that there has been graffiti on the building that houses Starbucks. She questioned what has been done so far that the City can do. Assistant City ManagerBerrY, responded that they haven't been working with the property manager. He will follow-up with them. He reported that he received a call from Union Pacific today and believes that we will see some removal of the graffiti that is there. Mayor _Ferre, reported that she attended the Crime Prevention Committee meeting last evening and it was announced that a new C.E.R.T. class is beginning and will be held on July 14, 21, and 28. The C.E.R.T. is being trained by those residents in the City that went through the first training. Mayor Pro Tern Garcia, recognized Darcy McNaboe and the Foundation of Grand Terrace for their creativity. At Grand Terrace Days they had blue scarfs that had the Grand Terrace Foundation logo along with the company that printed the scarfs. She wanted to remind everyone that there is a foundation and the purpose of the foundation is to do projects of worthwhile nature for the community. It has a separate board that is not connected with the City and none of the council is on the board. She feels that they are doing a tremendous job. She recognized Neil Derry, Southern California Edison Representative, that was in the audience. She feels that he is a good representative. She indicated that she would love to have a town clock and that she has been talking to the Foundation and the Lion's Club about Council Minutes July 10, 2007 Page 5 possibly making this happen. She complimented Roxanne Williams for her persistence in working with the different boards. It can be very difficult when you feel like no one is listening. She stated that she has stated on record that she does not want a power plant and she would have to wait until there is an item on the agenda to actually vote on it. She stated that she is sure that someone will be going to the July 11, 2007 CJUSD Board meeting. She realizes that it is hard to be a member of the public fighting for something you believe in and working and feeling like there isn't any action being taken. Air quality is going to be a major concern. The air quality is real and is killing people and she feels that we need to be diligent about it in the future. She would like the Council to consider having some type of oral or written reports that would be given by the committee members. She stated now that our SSSO is back she would like to see the Crime Stats again. She complimented Councilmember Miller on his writings in the local paper on the Union Pacific Railroad. She stated that she would like to see those types of articles on the website. The library reading program has begun and will go through August 19, 2007 for those birth to 18 years of age. She has asked staff to look into the CALTRANS adopt a highway program. The trash along the freeway is terrible. She stated that the CALTRANS adopt a highway program provides an avenue for individuals, organizations or businesses to help maintain sections of roadside within California State Highway System. Groups have the option to participate as volunteers or to higher a maintenance service provider to perform the work on their behalf. She would like to put on the website "Would you or your organization like to participate in the adopt a highway" she was thinking of the Chamber of Commerce, Boys Scouts, and the Lion's Club. This would insure that the trash remains picked up. On August 1, there is going to be a very important SANBAG Meeting. They are going to be looking at the Measure I Implementation. It will be the Strategic Implementation. She stated that she was noticing that SANBAG doesn't do minutes so you can't go back and look at them. She asked City Attorney Harper how can they have meetings and not have minutes. City Attorney John Harper, responded that it depends on the nature of the organization. The only thing that the statute ever requires is action minutes. SANBAG is subject to the Brown Act and should at least be taking action minutes. Councilmember Cortes, responded that she can find the minutes on the agenda on the website. Councilmember Garcia, feels that the 1215 gap between San Bernardino and Riverside Counties is very important and would like to see the representative fight as toughly as possible to make sure that it doesn't fall by the wayside. She feels that you can't complain if you aren't going to do something about it. She wants the residents to know that she is asking the representatives to fight as hard as possible because if we don't fight the money will be used and it won't get done. She reported that on July 181" from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. the Chamber of Commerce will be holding their summer mixer at Beauty Ahhh La Cart. Council Minute; July 10, 200, Pale G Councilmember Bea Cortes, reported that the Grand Terrace Chamber of Commerce is having their luncheon on July 17. She thanked Chief Gary Bush for promptly returning her phone calls. She also thanked Lt. Guerra for the same. The City did seem a lot safer. She feels that the fireworks lasted a lot longer than the 4"; of July. She feels that nothing happened to be alarmed of and she appreciates both agencies efforts working together. She thanked Mayor Ferre for going out in the evening with Assistant City Manager Berry for driving the City themselves. She stated that she focuses on making sure that the City of Grand Terrace is always heard. She is always speaking to the other representatives to make sure that they don't forget the City of Grand Terrace. She referred to an article in The Sun from 2001. Councilmember Jim Miller, he questioned Richard Shields, Building and Safety/Public Works Director about the status of the Honey Hill signal. Building & Safety'Public Works Director Richard Shields, responded that it has been a struggle. He reminded the Council that this was a SANBAG project that was a Tier 1, Tier 2 project that included numerous cities other than Grand Terrace. While Grand Terrace was waiting for some of the work to be done here some of the crews had to start in other cities and now they are getting close to finishing up those and are gearing up to come back to Grand Terrace to finish the signal. One of the major things that has to be done is to get a special computer box situated in the Assistant City Manager's Office, which should occur this week. Once that is in things should move along a lot quicker. There is no striping that has been completed on Barton Road and Honey Hill. He didn't want the power to be turned on without that limit line striping on there. Councilmember Miller, questioned if he has a rough guess. Budding & Safety,"Public Works Director Richard Shields, responded that he is hoping that there will be workers out there tomorrow morning. Councilmember Cortes, stated that the company that is working on the signal light has to cover all the other cities. They were ready to come to the City of Grand Terrace but because Edison hadn't done their portion they went to the other cities to work and we can't pull that contractor to come back. As soon as their schedule permits they will be back to Grand Terrace. Building &_Safetyr Public Works Director Shields, stated that there were things that needed to take place prior to the installation of the meter. The meter is installed and we should see a signal within a week or so. Councilmember Miller, reported that tomorrow night the Colton Joint Unified School District will be holding a special meeting regarding facilities. He stated that he will be at the Council Minutes July 10, 2007 Page 7 meeting to hear what is going on and would like some representation from the City. He wants to talk to some of the members of the Board about a resolution that came out a couple weeks ago. He feels that the Council is going to have to look at making a decision and agendizing the position of the Council on the peaker plant. On July 16'h the California Energy Commission is suppose to be making a decision on the whether or not they are going to be giving the credits. He stated that the Council received information on Candidate Contributions for general information. City Attorney Harper, indicated that Assistant City Manager Berry requested the information. Councilmember Miller, stated that the Candidate Contributions for candidates is governed by the Grand Terrace Municipal Code. He personally doesn't want to change it. City Attorney HgMer, stated that the questioned rose when Assistant City Manager Berry saw an article from the League of California Cities. Councilmember Miller, stated that he received some literature on graffiti coating and questioned if staff could look into trying it. Assistant City Manager Be , responded that he received the same information and that they have already ordered a sample. Councilmember Miller, questioned when the agenda goes on the webpage. City Clerk Brenda Mesa, responded that the goal is to have the agenda on the website late on Thursday or Friday if we are open. Councilmember Buchanan, questioned if staff has a develop status on the website. Assistant City Manager Berry, responded that staff is still working on it and that he doesn't expect it to be up before November or December of this year. Mayor Ferre, stated that it is her understanding that the Energy Commission has not yet issued a preliminary ruling and it is also her understanding that the public comment period for the environmental review has not begun. She feels that once the public comment begins and the commission issues a preliminary ruling, that is when the City should look into this matter and if warranted consider taking action to oppose the power or the project if the City has concerns about its negative impact on our community. She would certainly be against a project that would be harmful to the community. At this point, until we know what the ruling is and until the public comment period for the environmental review begins she feels we need to wait. Council Minutes July 10, 2007 Page 8 Councilmember Cortes, concurred. Mayor Ferre indicated that she received a public comment request from Roxanne Williams and that the Public Comment period was over and asked the Council what their pleasure is. CC-2007-59 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, CARRIED 5-0, to re -open Public Comment for Roxanne Williams comments on the Colton Joint Unified School District Resolution/AES Roxanne Williams, 22005 Tanager Street, thanked the firefighters during the 4"' of July. There were a lot of illegal fireworks on her street and as soon as the fire trucks came down their street they stopped. She feels it was very effective. She also thanked the Council for planting trees. She would like the Council to continue making positive steps forward and appreciates Councilmember Garcia's comments and maybe support. She would like the Council to agendize the item regarding the AES Highgrove Power Plant. She would like to bring to the Council's attention and the public that the Colton Joint Unified School District recent resolution 7-12. This Resolution was unanimously adopted by the members present. It authorizes the District to actively participate in providing for safe schools and environmentally safe areas near existing and proposed high school sites throughout the district. Whereas, the Board of Education of the Colton Joint Unified School District will actively participate in the public review comment period of any proposed project under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as appropriate. Whereas, all future projects proposed near any existing and proposed school sites byotherentities and their potentially significant impacts will be closely monitored. Whereas, the operating power plants are known to decrease the air quality in their immediate vicinity. Whereas, operating power plants are known to increase passenger and trucking traffic because of employment commutes and wastewater transport. Whereas, operating power plants are known to cause pollution of onsite water wells. Whereas, operating power plants need pressurized natural gas lines to operate the electricity operating machinery and by their nature, operating pressurized natural gas lines are known to pose hazardous condition to their surrounding areas. Whereas, operating power plants are known to increase the noise level in their vicinity. Now, Therefore, it be resolved by the Board of Education the District will make known, but not limited to the above five listed impacts, its concerns in oral and written comments regarding any proposed power plant project during the public review process and furthermore, the District hereby opposes the activation and or reactivation of any power plant near any existing or proposed school site. Passed and adopted. She would like the Counciimembers to be aware that this Friday, July 13, 2007, at the Air Qaulity Management District there will be a decision made. Let's not wait until there is a preliminary document, be there. PUBLIC HEARING Council Minutes July 10, 2007 Page 9 6A. An Ordinance of the City Council Amending Chapter 12.28 of the Municipal Code and Establishing Maintenance and Pruning Requirements for Trees on Local Residential, Arterial and Major Streets in the City of Grand Terrace Assistant City Manager Be , reported that the City's current ordinance regarding trees along the public -right-of-way including parkways and those trees along the city curbs is the following: 12.28.140 Maintenance and pruning. A. All maintenance and pruning shall be the responsibility of the adjacent homeowner. B. The trees and ground cover shall be maintained so as not to constitute a hazard. C. Trees on the local residential streets shall be pruned ten feet from the top of the curb. Trees on arterial and major streets shall be pruned fourteen feet from the top of the curb. Owners are encouraged to seek guidance toward proper pruning. Due to the height of the trash trucks, fire engines and street sweepers, staff would like to change the tree pruning height from ten feet to fifteen feet. After the Council received the staff report Councilmember Buchanan came up with the following language that Staff agrees with and would Iike to include in the proposed amended Ordinance: Trees and shrubbery on all local residential arterial and major streets shall be pruned in such a manner as not to encroach into or over any sidewalk or street maintaining at least eight feet of clearance from above the sidewalk and not less than fifteen feet above the top of the curb to the extent the foliage extends over any sidewalk or street. Owners are encouraged to seek guidance to proper pruning. The proposed amended Ordinance would be: C. Trees and shrubbery on all local residential arterial and major streets shall be pruned in such a manner as not to encroach into or over any sidewalk or street maintaining at lease eight feet of clearance from above the sidewalk and not less than fifteen feet above the top of the curb to the extent the foliage extends over any sidewalk or street. Owners are encouraged to seek guidance to proper pruning. Staff recommends that Council adopt the Ordinance Amending Chapter 12.28 of the Municipal Code and Establishing Maintenance and Pruning Requirements for Trees on Local Residential, Arterial and Major Streets in the City of Grand Terrace. Councilmember Garcia, questioned when someone buys a house do they know that they are responsible for maintaining the trees. Council Minutes July 10, 2007 Page ] 0 Assistant City Manager Berry, responded probably not. Councilmember Garcia, feels that this is something that needs to be improved. Tree trimming can be expensive and where she feels that this is something that needs to be done she has gotten a lot of questions from residents asking if the City will come out and trim the trees. She would like sometime in the future for the City to highlight the time that the City has gone out and trimmed trees. There are some reasons why we trim trees. Assistant City Manager Berr , stated that we will trim a tree if the branch is coming down and there is a safety issue. One thing that Grand Terrace does do that he doesn't know if any other City does is we have a contract with WCA and what we have offered to the residents, when we found a tree that is dangerous we will send them a notice of violation but also let them pay the cost of the contract service which is only $95.00 to have that tree professionally trimmed. They have the option of trimming it themselves or paying the City $95.00 and we direct the contractor to go out there. Councilmember Garcia, questioned if Edison will trim the tops of the trees if they interfere with the lines. Assistant City Manager Berry, responded in the affinnative. Mayor Ferre opened the Public Hearing for discussion. Patricia Farley, 12513 Michigan Street, is alarmed at a fifteen foot clearance. She feels that it would really bad fora lot of trees. It won't look right if you trim trees that high upon one side and not on the other and it can be damaging to the trees. She feels that there are some beautiful old trees in the City and we should not trim our trees so that dump trucks can park everywhere in the City. She hopes that Edison never trims a tree without contacting the homeowner first. She knows that they have trimmed a little bit off ofher mother's trees right by the line. People often trim palm trees badly and her mother has spent thousands for years and years to have hers done right. It is very important not to have an arbitrary thing and not to contact the homeowners. She feels that there are other alternatives besides trimming the trees to that height. Mayor Ferre returned discussion to the Council. Councilmember Buchanan, has a concern with the fifteen foot high requirement and feels that it is important that there be some reasonableness with this ordinance. There are certain types of foliage that grows over the edge of the curb that doesn't interfere with anything. Staff has indicated that there is flexibility with the ordinance and he doesn't have a problem adding some language that clarifies that it deals with hazardous situations. Council Minutes July t0, 2007 Page 11 City_ Attorney Harper, stated that at the beginning of the paragraph we could say in order to prevent interference with trash trucks, fire engines, street sweepers, trees on local, etc. Then the basis for the ordinance is the interference with those types of vehicles. Assistant City Manager BeMy, stated that staff is not looking to go out and chop every tree fifteen feet from the street to the branches. There is concern with some of the trees and the branches and the damage they can cause. Staff would like to have consistency. City Attorney Harper, stated that staff can make it a lot more general and say trees on local residential streets shall be pruned and maintained in a manner so as not to interfere with pedestrian access and with trash trucks, fire engines, and street sweepers. Councilmember Miller, would like the heights taken out of the language. Assistant City Manager Berry, questioned how high to tell a resident to trim their tree if there are no height requirements. City Attorney Harper, responded to tell them approximately the number so that it doesn't interfere. Councilmember Garcia, stated that it is going to be difficult for the code enforcement officer to go out and write a violation and tell them how to solve the problem. Assistant City Manager Berry, stated that at certain times of the year staff goes out and issues citations to probably 400 residents. It would be nice to set a certain amount. City Attorney Harper, said you can do that but you don't have to do it by ordinance. Assistant City Manager Be , is concerned with it being ambiguous. Councilmember Garcia, questioned if there can be a variance. Councilmember Buchanan, feels that the simplest thing to do would be to identify what height you need to accommodate all of the types of vehicles and write the ordinance in a way that you can't have anything below that height that interferes with the passage of vehicles. If there is foliage hanging down that doesn't interfere with the passage of vehicles you don't have to worry with the violation. If it something that does interfere with the passage of large vehicles, they need to fix it. He is sympathetic with Assistant City Manager Berry's concern. Councilmember Cortes, stated that if there is no height requirement staff will be receiving a large volume of phone calls and we don't have the staff to handle them. Council Minutes July 10, 2007 Page 12 City Attorney Harper, stated that there is nothing that precludes staff from putting in the notice saying trimming it to fifteen feet. The ordinance establishes that it can't interfere regardless of its height. The standard is that it can't interfere with pedestrian access or large vehicles. Councilmember Miller, stated that it is hard for him to believe that in California or across the country that this hasn't come up some other place. He questioned if staff has looked at other cities to see if they had any ordinance that helped them solve this type of issues. Assistant City Manager Berms, responded that they haven't done that but would be happy to and staff can bring that information back to Council. Councilmember Miller, feels that this item needs to be researched and brought back to Council at the next meeting. Councilmember Garcia, concurred with Councilmember Miller and questioned if staff feels that it will be the same 400 notices written each year. Assistant City Manager Berr , responded in the affirmative. CC-2007-60 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, CARRIED 5-0, to continue an Ordinance of the City Council Amending Chapter 12.28 of the Municipal Code and Establishing Maintenance and Pruning Requirements for Trees on Local Residential, Arterial and Major Streets in the City of Grand Terrace to the next Council Meeting that is scheduled to be held on July 24, 2007. UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None NEW BUSINESS 8A. 2007-2008 Annual Review of Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District No. 89- CC-2007-61 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CORTES, CARRIED 5-0, to adopt a Resolution ordering the City Engineer to prepare plans, specifications, cost estimates, diagrams and assessment reports, (Engineer's Report), adopt a resolution approving Engineer's Report and adopt a Resolution of Intentions. H. Funding Projects from the Remaining Balance of the 1981 Settlement Agreement between the City of Grand Terrace and the County of San Bernardino I Council Minutes July 10, 2007 Page 13 CC-2007-62 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER BUCHANAN, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, CARRIED 5-0, to direct staff to prepare a proposal for the use of the remaining balance of the 1981 Settlement Agreement between the City of Grand Terrace and the County of San Bernardino in the amount of $620,000.00 on the following items: - $375,000 for retro-fitting and refurbishing the station $40,000.00 for road grinding and petromat overlay on City Center Drive $70,000.00 for an Opticom system for all City traffic lights. This system can be used by both the Fire Department and Sheriff's Department to change the Iights from red to green in emergency situations. $80,000.00 for photo voltaic (solar power) system S25,000.00 in new furniture and appliances — S18,000.00 in off -site trailer rentals for fire personnel during construction. CLOSED SESSION - None Mayor Ferro adjourned the meeting at 7:35 p.m., until the next CRAICity Council Meeting which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. i MAYO f the City of Grand Terrace CITY CLERK of the City of Grand Terrace