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CITY GF CRRLSBAD Minutes of: CITY CC'13TJCIL Date Time of of Meeting: Meeting April 7:OO P. 2;, M. 1353 of \R Name
Place of Meeting: Counzi.! Chsmhers * Member Ty
f ltil ROLL CALL was answered by Councilmen Grober, Sonneman, Ledgerwood, Melton and Coats. Also I present were City Manager Palkowski and City Attorn Smith.
INVOCATION was offered by Councilman Gro3er.
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Letter. dated dpril 15, 1959 from Rildan, Inc. stating their concern over the availability of sewer facilities for the Shopping Center, as they are in the process of developing their final Shopping Center Blans, arLd intend to start work on this project in the very near future. I
The City Manager informed the Council he would like to present another letter regarding the same matter.
Letter dated April 17, 1959 from Laura M. Steiger stating that approximately 85 acres belonging to the Steiger family, located on the Oceanside side of Vista Way, was recently annexed to the City of Carlsbad. Mrs. Steiger requested that this property be released from the City of Carlsbad, or that sewer and water facilities be made available to this property now.
After discussion by the Council it was the decision of the Council that the letter be referred to the Public Works Commission for their recommendation and re- I port, and that the City Manager be instructed to acknow4rober X
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Council's action. The Mayor requested the Public Ledgerwood X
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With the approval of the Council the Mayor proclaimed the week of April 27th through May 2nd, 1959 as
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Letter dated April 3, 1959 from Dr. Askew, Director of Public Health and Air Pollution Control Officer, requesting the Council to give further consideration to the cooperation of the City in referring to their technical staff plans of industrial installations to be built in the City of Carlsbad. By motion of the Council it was agreed that the Council comply with the request of Dr. Askew.
Letter dated April 19, 1959 from William 0. Hind, appealing the decision of the Planning Commission,
' 'denying a request for reduction of front footage on Lot 17, Terramar Unit No. 1. The Council instructed the City Clerk to set a hearing for this appeal for May 5, 1959 at 7: 30 P. M., to consider this matter, and that a notice be published of said hearing.
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Letter dated April 20, 1959 from Robert B. Nelson requesting that the Council consider the opening of a street between State and Madison Streets to better serve the business area, as this plan had previously Sonneman been studied by the Planning Cornmission. The Counci Ledgerwood requested this matter referred to the Planning Com- ~~~ ~ mission for their recommendation md Teport, I Coats
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Letter dated Apri!. 17, 1959 from the U, S. Army Engineer District, LGS Angeles Corps of Engineers, giving notice of a ~G!>I.?c hearing to be held on May 21,
1959 at l0:OO A, M., in the Community Center Build- ing in Qceanside, in relation to the Harbor at Camp Pendieton and the Apia Hedionda Lagoon. It was agreed that the Mayor. and the City Manager attend this meeting.
ORAL COMMUNXCATIOPJS
Mr. Roderick Bott, Sanitary Engineer of the Depart- ment of Health in San Diego County, and Mr. Dennis O’Leary, Director of the Water Pollution Board in San Diego, were present and discussed the general condition of the Buena Vista Lagoon.
PUBLIC HEAXNG
1. Improvement of Roosevelt Street - 1911 Act Pro- ceedings - Amendment to Resolution of Intention
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The Mayor announced that the hour of 7: 30 I?. M. had arrived, which was the time and place fixed by the 1 City Council for hearing protests or objections to the amendment to Res. #479 as proposed by Res. #533 of the City of Carlsbad, which proposed changes describe with more particularity the streets upon which the work or improvement in Assess. Dist, No. 5-1958 I is to be performed, and further describing with more I particularity the work to be performed upon each of such streets.
The Clerk certified that there were no written protests received up to the hour of 7: 30 P. M.
The City Engineer advised the Council that the propose3 change would not increase or decrease the cost of con- struction of the work described in Res, #479, and would not result in any change of boundaries of the assessment district, the work to be performed, or the streets upon which the work is to be performed. The change proposed by Res. #533 states in more detail the exact streets upon which the work is to be performed and describes with more particularlity the nature of the work to be performed upon each of said
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1. Engineering, l a. Improvement of Jefferson Street, The City 1 Manager informed the Ccuncil he had received four I petitions signed by the property owners on Jefferson , I Street, requesting that their names be wiihc‘r.mm frornl the original petition to improve 3efferso~ St:-eet, as i they were misinformed as to the cost azd the extent of the improvement, and he fell before the City pro- ceeded further with this wcrk that 8 clarifjcMo~ 1 shou1.d be made. Several of the property c:~.v:”r?p~; 012. i i
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Jefferson Street were present and voiced their 0 i 1 Opinion* Mr. West stated he owned property at the corner of
Laguna Drive and Jefferson Street, and that a large i portion of his property fronted on Jefferson Street.
, At the time the petition was presented to the people
i they were told the City would pay part of the cost, and ' that the petition now in the file is not the petition they i signed, Due to the fact that the school is considering 1 a 1 1/2 million dol.lar bond issue, and the City is
I considering a 2 1 / 2 million dollar bond issue, they
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Mr. Healey informed the Cou~~cil he had taken a traffic count of the cars using Jefferson Street within a 11 hour period, and there were 1065 cars and 279 trucks, and felt gas tax funds should be used to im- prove this street,
The Mayor informed the property owners that all of the gas tax funds available had been allocated to the improvement of Chestnut Ave. due to the hazardous condition surrounding the High School.
The question was raised as to what petition the prop- erty owners signed. Mr. Thornton from the City Engineering Department, informed the Council the petitions had been prepared by the Engineering De- partment and were given to the party circulating the petition, and they had been returned the same as they went out.
Mrs. Man, the party who circulated the petition, stated that the information was never detached from the petition, however, she did state that the City would participate in the cost of the improvement.
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The City Attorney was asked what the next procedure would be in order to stop the proceedings. The City Attorney informed the Council they could proceed with I the proceedings, as they had acted in good faith when I they accepted the petitions, until the time of the hear- i ing on the aesolution of Intention.
It was pointed out that approximately WOO0 had already been spent on Engineering fees so far. The i City Manager suggested to the Council that he meet I with the property owners on Jefferson Street to see I if a compromise could be worked out. The City Manager also informed the Council that the Gas Tax Contract could be amended if the Council chose to contribute these fund
After considerable the decision of the Council that the City Manager be Sonneman instructed to meet with the property owners in the Ledgcrwood area to see what could be worked out. Helton
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b. Tentative Map of Linda Estates.
The tentative map was presented to the Council for their review. Res. #I10 of the Planning Commission was presented, wherein they recommended approval of the tentative map subject to certain conditions. After review by the Council the following resolution was presented: I I
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f THE CXTY OF CARLSBAD ABPROV i Res. 8541, A RESOLUTICIN OF TSPE CI 0 1 :?VE MAP OF LINDA- ESTATES, was adopted by
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1 Executive Sess.ion, A motion was made to hold an
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I The meeting reconvened at 9:50 P, M.
t PLANNING:
1. Memo - Deletion of Certain properties from Master Park Plan. Memo dated April 20, 1959 from the Planning Commission in which they acknowledged re- ceipt of the memorandum from the City Council con- cerning the deletion of certain properties from the Master Park Plan, and stated that no further action had been taken by the Commission. The informed the Council that no action could the Council until 40 days had expired. The Council requested the matter placed on the agend meeting in June, 1959.
2. Memo - Reginal Master Planning, This matter had been deferred at the last meeting of the Council. Memorandum from the Planning Commission was again reviewed, wherein they recornmended favorable action by the Council. The Secretary of the Planning Com- mission was present and informed the Council the County felt that a Planning Coordinator is desirable to assist the other planning agencies, however, the coordinator would have no control Over any of the planning in Carlsbad,
After considerable discussion by the Council it was the decision of the Council that they not adhere to the request for extra personnel, and that the City Manager Sonneman
be instructed to communicate with the County and in- Ledgerwood form them that the City Council does not feel this woule Helton be feasible.
3, Conditional Use Permit - Res. #111 of the Planning Commission was read wherein they recommended an ordinance be passed to allow a temporary conditional use permit for the construction of a recreational boat landing and marina with operations relative thereto. It was agreed by the Council that a hearing be set on Grober the matter for pay 5, 1959, at 7: 30 P. M, to consider Someman the Condition/8se Permit on the westerly 1 acre of . Ledgerwood Lot 12, Block C, Thum Lands, according to Map No, Melton 2103, Wthe City of Carlsbad.
HARBOR:
1, Letter of Resignation from the Harbor Commission Grober from Patrick Zahler was accepted by the Council.
B 2. Appointment to Harbor Commission. requested this matter deferred until the meeting of the Council.
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@ I 3, Memo - Permit fees. Memorandum dated April 14
1959 from the Harbor Commission recommending that
I the City Council prepare an Ordinance setting forth 1 fees on boats using the Agua Hedionda Lagoon.
i The question was raised by the Council as to how these fees would be collected. Mr. Allen, one of the Harbor Commissioners, was preserrt and informed the Council that it was their intention to have the City Attorney in- quired from the League of California Cities as to such ordinance in other cities, and that the boat landing operators on the lagoon collect these fees and place some sort of decal on each boat.
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Mr. Glissman, one of the boat landing operators, stated that he opposed this licensing of boats, as he felt this would tend to keep the people from coming into the area; he had pioneered the boat landings in Carlsbad and knew what the people want that come ther for recreation. If we place a fee on these boats the people will stay away from the area and we need people to come to this area.
The City Attorney informed the Council that the Council is restricted from charging an admission tax, some charter cities do. After discussion by the Council a motion was made and passed that the matter be referred back to the Harbor Commission for more detailed information, I I 1
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4. Harbor Appraisal. The City Manager informed the Council the appraisal of the Harbor, which include the area from the Freeway east to the Kelly property, had been received in the amount of approximately 1 $800,000. Copies of the appraisal were given to the 1 members of the Council for study. f I
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MANAGER'S REPORT.
The City Manager informed the Council that some firm should be authorized to make the annual audit for the City. The Director of Finance suggested that Everts and Esenoff be employed to make this audit as they were familiar with the books and it would take them less time to make the audit. It was the decision of the Council that the Director of Finance be authorized to hire an auditor to audit the books for the City.
Investment of water funds. The Director of Finance was present and informed the Council there were approximately $45,000 in the Water Bond fund that could be invested and be drawing interest. The Council agreed that the City Treasurer be allowed to invest the monies in the reserve fund, and that the Treasurer be officially designated as the agent for the Council to invest these funds.
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Bids for tree trimming. Five bids were received for ke trimming of the trees and Valley Tree Service and Lange Tree Service were the low bidders at $2,200, Affidavit of Publication was presented for the Council' review. It was the decision of the Council that the bid Grober of Lange Tree Service be accepted and that the Mayor Sonneman
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Bids for addition to City Hall. One bid was received 'for the work on the addition to the City Hall in the amount of $33,75 1 . 00, which was submitted by Malven and Nicklas of Los Pageles, California, It was the
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Res. #544. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCf
OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD REJECTING ALL BIDS APaD DECLARING THAT THE WCRK CAN BE Grober PERFORMED MORE CHEAPLY BY DAY LABOR,
BE AUTHORIZED TO SUBCONTRACT, was adopted Helton by title only, and further reading was waived,
AND THAT THE PUBLIC WORKS DEPhRTMENT ~~~-~~
An Engineering firm in §an Bernardino would like to take the Council members on a tour to see some of the sewer plants designed by their firm, and would like to know when it would be convenient for the Counc to make this tam, The City Manager was instructed to contact the firm and inform them the Council would notify them when it would be convenient for them to make the inspection. ~~. Brown and Caldwell report. Several requests have been made for copies of the Brown and Caldwell re- port, and there are no copies available. The City Manager asked the Council if they wished to purchase additional copies. The City Manager was instructed to obtain an estimate of the cost of additional copies and present it to the Council.
The Fire Chief would like permission to attend a conference in Fresno on April 23, 24 and 25, 1959. The Fire Chief was granted permission to attend this conference in Fresno.
PAYMENT OF BILLS AND RATIFICATION OF PAYROLL:
Authorization was given for the payment of bills for the general expenses of the City from April 8, to April 21, 1959, in the amount of $4,519.53, a5 certi- fied by the Director of Finance and approved by the Auditing Committee,
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I Authorization was given for payment oi' bills for the Water Department from April 8, to April 21, 1959, in the amount of $21,596.24, as certified by the Director of Finance and approved by the Auditing Committee,
Ratification of the payroll was given for the first half of April, 1959, in the amount of $11,821.30, as certified by the Director of Finance and approved by the Auditing Committee.
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Executive session. The Mayor announced that the Council had accepted the resignation of T, Bruce Smit 1 as City Attorney,- and had appointed Barbara Lang Hayes as the new City Attorney, on a part time basis, effective immediately, and that T, Bruce Smith be paid for the entire month of April, The Council re- quested a resolution of Appreciation sent to T. Bruce Smith for his services. 1
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!I ii ADJGURNMENT: BY proper motion the meeting was f adjourned at 11: 30 I?, M. I llh I
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