08/11/2009CITY OF GRAND TERRACE
CITY COUNCIL MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING - AUGUST 11, 2009
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 August
11, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
PRESENT: Maryetta Ferre, Mayor
Lee Ann Garcia, Mayor Pro Tern
Bea Cortes, Councilmember
Jim Miller, Councilmember
Walt Stanckiewitz, Councilmember
Brenda Mesa, City Clerk
Bernard Simon, Finance Director.'Acting City Manager
Joyce Powers, Community & Economic Development Director
Richard Shields, Building & Safety Director
John Harper, City Attorney
Lt. Tony Allen, San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department
ABSENT: John SaIvate, San Bernardino County Fire Department
The City Council meeting was opened with Invocation by Pastor Pat Bower, Calvary, The Brook
Church, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance led by Councilwoman Bea Cortes.
CONVENE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
ITEMS TO DELETE - None
SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS - None
CONSENT CALENDAR
CC-2009-100 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
CORTES, CARRIED 5-0, to approve the following Consent Calendar Items with the
Removal of Item 3A, 3C, and 3D.
3B. Waive Full Reading of Ordinances on Agenda
3E. Resolution - Change Authorized Signatures for Local Agency Investment
Fund (LAIF)
3F. Resolution - Authorize Bank Account Signers with Citibank, NA
3G. Resolution - Change Authorized Signers with California Asset Management
Program (CAMP)
3H. Resolution - Authorize Designated Bank Account Signers with Bank of
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America
3I. Resolution - Authorize Bank Account Signers with BBVA Bancomer
ITEMS REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT CALENDAR
3A. Approve Check Register Dated 08-11-2009
CC-2009-101 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER STANCKIEWITZ, SECOND BY
COUNCILMEMBER CORTES, CARRIED 5-0, to direct staff to break down each
credit card charge showing department titles on future Check Registers and approve
the following item that was removed from the Consent Calendar:
3A. Approve Check Register Dated 08-11-2009
3C. Approval of 07-28-2009 Minutes
CC-2009-102 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
MILLER, CARRIED 5-0, to approve the following item that was removed from the
Consent Calendar as amended:
3C. Approval of 07-28-2009 Minutes
CC-2009-103 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER STANCKIEWITZ, SECOND BY
COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, CARRIED 5-0, to direct staff to include all
comments in the minutes that are made by residents during Council Meetings.
3D. Resolution - Approve Final Tract Map No. 17766 (The Greystone Group,
Inc.
CC-2009-I04 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER MILLER, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
CORTES, CARRIED 5-0, to approve the following item that was removed from the
Consent Calendar with the following amendment to the Agreement:
Under item 10._Hold-Harmless Agreement, the word "hole" in the first line of that
section should be amended to "hold":
3D. Resolution - Approve Final Tract Map No. 17766 (The Greystone Group,
Inc.)
PUBLIC COMMENT
Shad Boa], 12632 Mirado Avenue, gave an update on Grand Terrace Community Day.
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REPORTS
5A. Committee Reports
1. Emergency Operations Committee
a. Minutes of July 7, 2009
CC-2009-105 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
CORTES, CARRIED 5-0, to accept the July 7, 2009 Minutes of the Emergency
Operations Committee.
5B. Council Reports
Mayor Maryetta Ferrd, requested an update on the advertising for the City Manager Position
and to give an overview of what the process will be in selecting the City Manager.
Cit LAttorney_John Harper, responded that the City Manager position was advertised and the
final filing date is August 17, 2009. To date quite a number of applications have been
received. He has not reviewed them in detail, however, there appears to be a lot of fairly
qualified candidates. He stated that he will go through the applications and eliminate those
that clearly don't meet the minimum qualifications. He will provide the Council copies of
all qualified applications for them to review and rank them on a 1-10 scale. The rankings
will be combined and he would suggest that the top 5 be interviewed.
Mayor Pro Tem Lee Ann Garcia, stated that she has noticed graffiti on the stop signs and
questioned why it is not being removed as quickly as it use to be.
Building and SafeW/Public Works Director Richard Shields, responded that staff needs to
be told that the graffiti is there so that staff can remove it. Work crews go out and remove
graffiti on a regular basis.
Mayor Pro Tern Garcia, encouraged residents to report graffiti to City Hall so it can quickly
be removed. She reported that Code Enforcement Officer Barrie Owens documents all
graffiti. She is excited about the upcoming Grand Terrace Community Day set for
September 12, 2009. She reported that the pancake breakfast will be held at the fire station
on the same day. She requested that information regarding the event be placed on the
website. She reported that on Friday, August 21, 2009 the second movie in the park will be
held at Rollins Park. She encouraged everyone to attend.
Councilmember Bea Cortes, reported that she received a couple of phones calls regarding
parking issues on Mt. Vernon and Grand Terrace Road. She requested that Building and
Safety/Public Works Director Shields give some information regarding these issues.
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Building and Safe/Public Works Director Shields, stated that there has been a couple of
complaints regarding Grand Terrace Road and the eastern driveway that goes in and out of
the Senior Center during high traffic times. He has had the traffic engineer look at the
situation and they have come up with some recommendations that he will be bringing to
Council for approval. Some of the recommendations are going to be possible red -curbing
in different areas to comply with the code regarding traffic line of sight. They are looking
into the issues that need to be corrected and should have a report to Council within a few
weeks.
Councilmember Cortes, stated that she spoke with Community and Economic Development
Director Joyce Powers regarding graffiti removal on the railroad bridge and requested that
she give an update.
Community and Economic_ Development Director Joyce Powers, stated that the City has not
been successful in convincing the railroad companies to remove the graffiti so she is
suggesting that we talk to other cities maybe a coalition can be formed to speak directly to
them. She feels that it affects the whole region it's not just a city issue.
Councilmember Cartes, stated that as soon as she compiles the information she would like
to meet with some of the Mayors of other cities that sit on SANBAG and SCAG. She
requested that Shad leave his contact information so that anyone that wants to help out with
the Grand Terrace Community Day can contact him. She thanked Acting City Manager
Bernie Simon for stepping in.
Councilmember Jim Miller, thanked Acting City Manager Bernie Simon for keeping the
Council up to date on things that are happening in the City. He thanked those who have been
working on Grand Terrace Community Day and expressed his appreciation. He also thanked
those who support him.
Councilmember Walt Stanckiewitz, reported that Market Night will be held on Monday.
August 17, 2009 in the Azure Hills parking lot. He suggested that the workshop process be
expanded to re -writing a policy and/or developing new policies that is opened up to staff and
the public. He requested that this be agendized for the next Council Meeting.
PUBLIC HEARINGS - None
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - None
NEW BUSINESS
8A. Senior Center Kitchen
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JoAnn Johnson, 12723 Mt. Vernon Avenue, expressed her feelings regarding the Senior
Center Kitchen.
CC-2009-106 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
CORTES, CARRIED 5-0, to direct staff to pursue additional research regarding the
kitchen at the Grand Terrace Senior Center.
8B. Award Contract for Community Sign Project (GTB-09-04) (Quiet Brothers Electric
Sign Service Company, Inc.)
CC-2009-107 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM GARCIA, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
STANCKIEWITZ, CARRIED 5-0, to award Bid No. 2009-04 for fabrication and
installation of the electronic message board sign and the community sign for event
banners, to Quiel Brothers Electric Sign Service Company, Inc. In the amount of
$65,850.
8C. Joint Agreement with San Bernardino County for the Senior Home Repair Program
CC-2009-108 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBERCORTES, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
STANCKIEWITZ, CARRIED 5-0, to approve a j oint agreement for the Senior Home
Repair Program - Community Development Block Grant and authorize the Mayor to
execute the Agreement.
CLOSED SESSION - None
Mayor Ferre adjourned the meeting at 6:55 p.m., in memory of Frances Greer, father of Code
Enforcement Officer Barrie Owens that passed away today, until the next City Council Meeting
which is scheduled to be held on Tuesday, August 25, 2009 at 6:00 p.m.
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