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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-10-01; City Council; Minutes6 CITY OF 04 D cc 4 Minutes of: CITY COUNCIL (Regular meeting) Date of Meeting: October 1, 1968 1 . Time of Meeting: 7:OO P.M.. c- ROLL CALL: .INVOCATION was offered by Mayor .Dunnee Present ALLEGIANCE to the Flag was given. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: (a) Minutes of the regular meeting held September 17, Motion 1968, were approved as corrected. Ayes CORRESPONDENCE: li Letter dated September 23, 1968 from the .Sari Diega County Comprehensive Planning Organization, regarding the objectives of the Air Transportation Study to be -undertaken by the C.P.O. was presented, and after comments by Councilmen Jardine and Neiswender the letter was ordered filed. L22 1 2. Letter dated September 22, 1968 from Howard Demler 1565 Chestnut Ave., was presented, regarding Palomar Airport becoming a major air facility and the detri- mental effect it would have on the City, and a copy of the letter referred to Supervisor Robert C. Cozens. J:''?etter dated September 20, 1968.from Bartle krlells Associates, Municipal Financing Consultants, was acknowledged, regarding the status of the grant appli- cation submitted by the City to the Department of Housing and Urban Development for improvement of the City's Nater System. Ea I Y I ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: I kl;;? EVA RAINES, 3520 Catalina Dr. , addressed the Council concerning the traffic signal at the inter- section of Chestnut Ave. and El Camino Real. She stated the signal had been flashing for .the past thre weeks and needed immediate repair. A fatal accident occurred last evening, and another accident this even ing, however, no injuries were sustained at the last accident. The residents living in the El Camino Real subdivision area are concerned-as to the safety of their children going to and from school. The City Manager informed the Council the City was aware of the mechanical difficulty of the signal and the County of San Diego has been contacted in this presently under the jurisdiction of the County, due to the one year warranty. "regard. Mr. Flartin pointed out this signal is ma I Mayor Dunne stated he felt a:four-way signal should b installed at this intersecti,on. and requested the staf to contact the County in this regard. Further, that a Police Officer be stationed at t.his intersection until sucb .- .time as the signal is repair. Several rema'rks were voiced by members of the'audienc as to the necessity of having speed limit signs post- ed along El Camino Real ¶ and it was agreed that the County be contacted in this matter. I ! ? I I 0 " a g)g-g-y f?i= rJ I pi \E,&&-& *2p~&f"J k e 6 7 -2- -.'.~~~~"~.~~~,~~~~~~,~~~ **CJ~&"&?X" I -~ ~ i PUBLIC HEARING: IJ3-1141 I (Continued). Request for zone change from R-1 to R-3 and for a specific plan 0.n property located North of Lagu-na Drive to Knowles Avenue from Interstate 5 Freeway West to Davis Avenue. The Mayor opened the public hearing and announced this matter had been continued from the previous meeting. Mayor Dunne called for written communications and the Clerk stated there were no further communications re- ceived since the previous meeting. As there were no persons present desiring to speak on the matter, with the consent of the Council the Mayor declared the public hearing closed. I 1 A proposed ordinance was presented (#9221) adopting a specific plan for the subject property, as well as proposed ordinance #9222, reclassifying certain pro-. perty subject to the conditions of Ordinance #9221. Joe Olinghouse, City Planner, gave a brief summary relative to the ordinances, pointing out that if the property were rec.lassified in accordance with Ordinanc #9222, it would be necessary for the property owners to comply with the conditions imposed by Ordinance #9221. I Mr. Wayne Lill, City Engineer, was questioned as to whether the conditions imposed by Ordinance #9221 wer satisfactory to him as to the requirements of the subdivision ordinance, and he stated the ordinance could be. simplified by requiring that a subdivision map be filed. e The City Planner was questioned as to whether any of dependent of the other properties, and he informed the Council they could. the property owners could develop their property in- Discussion and questioning ensued relative to improve- ments being made under the subdivision ordinance , reversion back to R-1 zoning in the event the proper- ties in question were not developed in accordance with the specific plan, and as to a time limit being placed 'on the development of the properties. i By common consent it was agreed that the matter be deferred until the next regular meeting for a further report from the staff. I EN:iNEERIMG: I ~ (a) 1911 Act proceedings - Park Drive et a1 - Assess- on the sealed bids received September 27, 1968, for the construction of sanitary sewers, stating seven bid proposals were received .and the low bidder was Carlsbad Pipelines, Inc. in the amount of $129,535.70. ment District #2-1966. The City Engineer reported General discussion ensued and the following resolution was presented: CITY OF a D c .- -3- $ \ 0 ~jwd'~~.'~~~~.~~~~~~~.- 1) ZPy i -3 #-a- iir3 d S."&e I Resolution No. 1557. A RESOLUTION Of THE CITY COUNCIL1 OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, .AWARDING CONTRACT! FOR WORK OR IMPROVEMENT ORDERED BY RESOLUTION NO. 15481 OF SAID CITY COUNCIL, A.D. .2.-1966,'was adopted by title only and further reading waived. - [931 b) Report on bid proposals for A.T. & S. F. Storm Drain Project. The City Engineer reported that five bids were received and publicly opened on September 2 1968, for the construction of storm'drain facilities, and recommended that the low bid from -Don Hubbard Construction Company be accepted. It was al'so noted that a negative response had been received from the Pacific Telephone Company t0.a request for their I financial. participation in this project. Due to the fact $20,000.00 was budgeted for this project and the low bid was $19,209.00, the City.Engineer recommended acceptance of the low bi.d. .. 4 Mot i Q n Ayes Y By motion of the Council the low bid of Don Hubbard Construction Co. was accepted in the amount of Motion [651 (c) Resolution #1558 recommending amendment of the select street system by addition of certain streets. A written report .dated September 27, 1968 from the City Engineer was presented, setting forth the pro- cedure for modifying the Select Street System, and requesting authorization to modify .the city's select system as follows: (1) The addition of Chestnut Ave. as a collector stre.et from Ca.rlsbad Blvd. to Pi0 Pic0 Dr.; (2) the addition of El Camino Real as an arterial street from Palomar Airport Rd. to a point approximate- ly 0.93 miles Northerly of Palomar Airport Rd.; and (3) the addition of Palomar Airport Rd. as an arterial street from El Camino Real to a point approximately 2.21 miles Easterly of El Camino Real. $19,209.00, as recommended by the City Engineer. Ayes Following di.scussion the following resolution was introduced: Resolution #1558. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD RECOMMENDING AMENDMENT OF THE adopted by title only and further reading waived. Ayes SECECT SYSTEM BY ADDITION OFJERTAIN STREETS, was Mo'ti on PLANNING. (a) Memorandum - re: Proposed post office site. Memorandum dated September 24, 1908 from the Carlsbad Planning Commission was presented, stating the plan- ning Commission again reviewed the proposed-post office site at their meeting held September 24, 1968, which matter was referred back to the Commission for reconsideration, and after considerable discussion by motion adopted the Commission was still in agree- ment with their previous decision that the proposed site is not desirable and that the City Council con- tinue to consider any additional sites that may be recommended by the committee. ITu5_1 The Cit.y Clerk presented a petition bearing 336 sig- natures, reflecting a negative opinion of the proposed site of a new post office at the corner of Harding St. -e - .."? a Le 1 r' 07 G\ D f-b P -*-I \ -4- c 1 1 -N'x9>*.**c*xc*..- .-n=.--..ic.. . .--. -, - - *m*?azS" '181 and Chestnut Ave. I I Mayor Dunne requested the matter de'ferred until the next regular meeting of the City -Co.uncil. NEW BUSINESS: rau tarJ Agreement - re: Granting access from A/H Lag'oon to water oriented subdivision easterly of Lagoon. A memorandum dated September 26, 1968 from the City Attorney was presented, recommending approval of an Agreement between the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. an Allan 0. Kelly dated September 17, 1968 to allow Mr. Kelly access from the lagoon to a water oriented sub- division at the Easterly end.of the lagoon. The Ci-ty approval -is necessary by reason of the City's lease of the lagoon from the San Diego Gas & Electric Co. Resolution No. 1559. RESOLUTION'OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD APPROVING AGREEMENT BETWEEN ALLAN 0. KELLY AND SAN DIEGO GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY DATED SEPTEMBER 17, 1968, was adopted by title only Motion and further reading waived. .. Ayes cz7 1 (b) Report on City Audit. Nr. Wayne Carroll of Carroll & Brantley Associates, City Auditor, address- ed the Council , stating he had reviewed the Audit Report this afternoon with the Mayor, Cmn. Jardine an the City Manager, and pointed out some of the high lights of their conversation. He emphasized the necessity of curtailing all purcha.sing until after January, '1969, wherever possible. With reference to a newspaper article concerning the availability of approximately $700,000.00 in the Water Account, Mr: Carroll reported there are six separate funds in the Water Account. The City is required-to hold certain funds available for the bond holders. There are also two bond sinking funds set up, which were authorized by the Council a few years ago. Mr. Carroll informed the Council there may be certain funds available in these accounts that could be used elsewhere, however, this would take an opinion from O'Melveny & Myers. Further, of the $700,000.00, $500,000.00 is on time deposits drawing interest at 5%. Assuming some of thd funds could be made available for other use in th water system, only $280,000.00 would be available. The Mayor made reference to a letter from Mr. Carroll dated September 10, 1968, which contained several., suggested items. Following discussion of the various items, Mayor Dunne requested that the name "Auditing Committee" be changed to "Audit and Finance Commi.ttee and requested the City Attorney to check as'to the need of amending the ordinance to reflect this change Appointment tc! Audit and Finance Committee. Council- men McComas and Jardine were appointed as members of the Audit and Finance Committee. C281 d le II Y 1 Cmn. Neiswender was relieved of his duties as a mem- I ber of the Auditing Committee. 1 "%=m Q- -. e. \ LI I Y uf- waqAh> 4 m. 1 -5- .OLD BUSINESS: (a) Proposed sale of McDougal Sani.tation Company. A memorandum dated October l,,, 1968 'from the City Manager was reviewed, sett.ing forth certain facts per. taining to the proposed sale of McDougal Sanitation, Inc. to Mashburn Sanitation Co. with a recommendat'ion that the Council consent to the sale without consent to increase rates, and if the neb! owner wishes to re- open the rate question, that he present factual financial data in support of his request. c.5-51- : .. Following discussion, it was agreed that the sale be approved, that no commitment be made as to any rate increase,. and that a new Certificate of Public Neces- sity and Convenience be prepared. COMMITTEE REPORTS: Councilman McComas reported: C281 Water Systems Improvement Cornmi ttee A meeting will be held on Thursday, October 3rd, with the main ob- jective being to elect a C-hairman. Also there is a vacancy on the Committee due to the resignaiion of General Rogers. Review of existing ordinances. The Committee appoint ed to study the enforcement of some of the city's ordinances met, and a tour of the ,city was made and proved to be very enlightening. m41 Councilman Neiswender reported: United Crusade -Fund. Pledge cards were attached to the City Employees payroll check for the United Crusade Fund. Cmn. Meiswender requested the Council members to lend their.support to this community or- ganization.. Councilman Jardine reported: Parks- and Recreation Commission. The Commission will ma#e a recommendation regarding the landscaping plans for El Camino Real, and details will be enclosed in the next Council Agenda package. Reference was made to a memorandum from the Parks..and Recreation Commission dated September 25, 1968, con- cerning Bill No. H.R. 19425 for the establishment of Rancho Guajome National Historic Site, recommending that the City Council strongly support this-Bill. [681 c701 [621 By proper motion acceptance was given the recommend ation of the Parks and Recreation Commission, and the City Attorney instructed. to prepare a resolution in ., support of Bill !io, Ha R. 19425, I - - - 1 -. ". 13 Motion Ayes Motion Ayes e- ao CITY OF CA D a a -6- f 1941 Landscaping of May Co. parking facilities. A letter has been sent to Mr. Robert Getz, Vice President of the May Co., concerning the landscaping plans of the p.arking facilities. ~ ~ ~~ 1 P 9 I: - [281 Underground Utility Commission. It is the recommend- ation of the Commission that this year's funding be -carried over'until the next calendar year. A resolu- tion will have to be prepared, requesting that funds be made available in the next calendar year, and setting forth- the district. Central 5usiness District Action Commission. There is definite activity concerning a Post Office site. The second questionaire to the downtown property owners is ready for mailing. Also a tour by the Commission is being planned. w1 Appointments. E281 Mayor Dunne appointed Councilman Castro as liaison to the Carlsbad City Beautiful Committee. [941 Col. George W. Killen was appointed to the Carlsbad Parking Authority to fill the unexpired term, of Gen. W. W. Rogers. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT: r7-1 (Lf' Request for diving permit. Permission was qranted to Wilbur S. Takasato of-San Pedro, Californi io dive in the ocean within the three mile-limit off the City of Carlsbad, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth by memorandum dated Septem- ber 25, 1968, and'the Mayor authorized to execute an agreement on behalf of the City of Carlsbad. 3, , Motion 1 Ayes p1121 (b) Resolution #1560 - re: confirming report of Su.geri.ntefldent of ,Streets as to cost of .weed abatement. A report from the Superintendent of Streets pursuant to Government Code Section 39575 was presented, with a list of the properties upon which weeds and trash were abated. Resolution No. 1560.. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CONFIRMING REPORT OF STREET I SUPERINTENDENT REGARDING COST OF WEED ABATEMENT AND MAKING AND CONFIRMING ASSESSMENTS AS LIENS ON VARIOUS PARCELS, was adopted by title only and further reading waived. (c) Resolution #1561 - re:. Fox condemnation suit. The City Attorney intr0duced.a resolution authorizing condeination of a sewer easement on a small portion of Mr. John Fox's property, stati-ng Mr. Fox was willing to convey the easement, however, ownership of the cannot be..peached. ir Resolution No. 1561. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AUTHORIZING AND DI.RECTING POSES, was adopted by title only and. further reading waived.. POI property is in various other 'hands. and an agreement CONDEMNATION OF EASET4ENT FOR SEWER RIGHT OF WAY PUR- . CITY CF CAP-AG .t \ -7- 0 --w"w"x.xc -" *-J.9: e \ i 1 ... IJ 127 (6) Resolution #1562 - re: 'Abatement and removal of: abandoned, wrecked, dismantled or inoperative vehicles. The City Attorney presented the followin resolution for discussion'and cons'ideration by the ' C.ounci1 : Resolution #1562.- A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUN'CIL GARDING ABATEKENT AND REMOVAL OF ABANDONED, WRECKED , DISMANTLED OR INOPERATIVE VEHICLES'OR PARTS, was Motion adopted by title only and further reading waived. Ayes .OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD SETTING PUBLIC HEARING RE- CITY. MANAGER'S REPORT: : Landscaping of City Administration Building. The City Manager informed the Council there is some question as to whether there. will be any funds avail- able for landscaping. . Demolition of old City Hall. Demolition of the old Engineer has requested the State Division of Highway! to construct the section of the Freeway running in front of the ad.ministrati.on buildings prior to any of the other area. Proclamation. Mayor Dunne proclaimed the week of October 13th as B'nai B'rith Week throughout the City of Carlsbad. The City Manager reported he.met with officials of the School Board and other officials in the area, to discuss Proposition #9. They would like to take on a joint program by way of education to the general public. Also the problem of narcotics was discussed and they have asked that the city join in a joint study as to whether any action should be taken in Carlsbad. Improvement of Harrison Street. Cmn. Neiswender in- quired as to what progress is being made for the improvement of Harrison Street.. The City Engineer info'rmed the Council this is a 40' street, however, pdles and trees prevent the-widening of the street, and it would cost considerable money to remove the trees and acquire additional right of way for uti 1 i ty poles. Mayor Dunne requested the Engineering Department- to make a sketch of the street for the Council's review. c40 3 City Hall will take place October 72, 1968. .The Cit C801 [62-781 WI AUTHORIZATION FOR PAYMENT OF BILLS AND RATIFICATION OF PAYROLL. Authorization was given for the payment of bills for $45,569.61 and for the Water Department in the amount of $324,751.68, for the period September 17, 1968 to October 1, -1968, as certified by the Acting Director Motion of Finance and approved by the Auditing Committee. Ayes -the general expenses of the City in the amount of I CITY OF CA D -8- c 7 ~,~~’-~~~~,~~~.,.~~~,~~-.-~~,~~~~~-:~- half of Septe as certified approved by the Auditing Commiktteel ADJOURNMENT: By proper motion the meeting was adjourned at 10:20 Respectfully submitted,