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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1968-10-16; City Council; MinutesI CITY OFF CAPS-Y\D I \ Minutes of: CITY COUNCIL (Adjourned Regular Meeting) Date of Meeting: October 16, 1968 0 Time of Meeting: 7:OO P. M. . Place of Meeting: Council Chambers INVOCATION was offered by Mayor Dunne. .ALLEGIANCE to the Flag was given. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: [91] Mr. A. L. Adams, President of the Oceanside- Carlsbad High School Governing Board, and Mr. Alfred D. Lafleur, District Superintendent, were present to speak to the C'ouncil regarding a $4,400;000~ construc- tion bond which has been placed on the ballot of the November 5, 1968 election. Mr. A. L. Adams asked the Caslsbad High School up to full capaci?y It will also be used to purchase sites in Oceanside and Car'ls- bad for future schools. This bond is of extreme im- portance to the arsaand to the economics of the area. Mr. Alfred Lafleur answered questions of the Council. Mayor Dunne stated there was no question that the need exists and it was his feeling the Council should sup- Mayor Dunne thanked Mr. Adams and. Mr.Lafleur for coming to the meeting. CORRESPONDENCE: [74] Mayor Dunne.stated the Council had received a request for an appeal from Mr. Lawrence Terrill, who was recently dismissed from empl'oyment with the City during his six-month probationary period. It was the consensus of the Council 'that this matter is under the jurisdiction of the City Manager and that the request for an appeal be denied. .I CITY CF CY,PLmL) t I \ -3". &?.% * \ -2- "" .- -. -.""-. . -. a PUBLIC HEARING: [113] . . Request for zone Change. from R-1 to R-3 and for a specific plan on property. located North of Laguna Drive to Knowles Avenue from -Interstate 5 Free, way to Davis Avenue. Applicant: Forest J.Brady, et al. The Mayor opened the public hearing and announced thir c_ .. matter had been contin.ued from the previous meeting. Mayor Dunn'e called for written communications and the Clerk stated there were no further communications received since the last meeting. The City Clerk stated a new ordinance has been pre- pared containing the revisions specified by the Counc at their last meeting. The Planning Director went through the new Ordinance No. 9221 for the Council, and explained the changes made and the addition of Paragraph E. Mr. Olinghouse explained .that the parcels will become zoned R-3 after the specific plan and subdivision map have been prepared. Each parcel must file their own map for the development or be included with others. The specific plan does not become effective until the subdivision map has been filed. Cmn. Jardine asked if the property owners would be able to obtain the financing they will need for their projects under the provisions of this ordinance. Mr. Olinghouse stated he felt the owners would as the initiative would be up to them and not to any outside influence such as city government. . Crnn. Neiswender asked if there was a time limit established 'for development of th'is property. Cmn. Sardine stated it was fel-t that the matter was s complex that it would impair it if a time limit were i ncl uded. Mr. Harry Truax, 4125 Harbor Drive, addressed the Council, stating if this ordinance-is adopted the Council would be denying a zone change to seven ownerships and. approving it on an eighth, that being the largest parcel owned by Forest J. 8rady. Only the largest parcel would be able to meet the restric- tions, requirements and the subdivision imposition included. in this new ordinance. He suggested either they receive a specific plan restriction that they ca proceed to develop with, or they don't. He did not feel lending institutions would finance development .under these conditions to an owner of one of the smal -er parcels because of the extended period of time for such a small parcel of ground. 2 I -z - 5 il f 0 n 1. klg i .. &.%Z" 0 CITY OF G4FX25X55,D - 3 -. "ZWa".? .. ""-7 Cmn. McComas commented it would be highly unlikely that any of the smaller properties would get an R-3 zone change if they applied individually. Mr. Royce Bond, 240 Chinquapin Street, addressed the Council, stating he was the owner of one of the smaller parcels in this area. He stated he could not afford to do anything with his property at this time. The type of development required would be large two or three bedroom units, and very expensive to build. Mayor Dunne felt this is a good plan and he felt the smaller property owners would follow suit once the Brady property was developed. As there were no others wishing to speak in favor or oppositio'n of the proposed zone change, the Mayor declared the public hearing closed, and.asked for discussion .of the Council. Crnn. McComas stated he would much rather see this property developed as proposed than to see it develop- ed as R-1. He felt this would be a step up not only for the appearance of the City but for the economic values. After further discussion, Cmn.. McComas offered the following ordinance for a first reading: Ordinance No. 9221. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD. ADOPTING A SPECIFIC PLAN OF 1 PROPERTY LOCATED NORTH OF LAGUNA DRIVE TO KNGWLES AVENUE FROM INTERSTATE 5 FREEWAY WESTERLY TO DAVIS AVENUE, was given a first reading by title only and further reading waived. Jmn. McComas cffered the following resolution for adoption: Resolution No. 1554. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCII OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, ANNOUNCING FINDINGS AND DECISION REGARDING CHANGE OF ZONE CLASSIFICATION OF .CERTAIN DESIGNATED PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD FROM ZONE R-1 TO ZONE R-3, was adopted by title only and further reading waived, -1 Cmn. McComas offered the following ordinance for a first reading: Ordinance No. 9222. AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD AMENDING ORDINANCE NO. 9060, RECLASSIFYING NO. 486, was given a first reading by title only, and further reading waived. [97] ENGINEERING: Cmn. Jardine asked if there was a time schedule established for the concrete gutters for the cross waters on Valley Street that drain west from Valiey P1 ace. The City Engineer stated the work should begin within FOR R-3 PURPOSES, PORTION OF SUNNY SLOPE TRACT, MAP two weeks. , I ( i -37" l3-j Motion Ayss Motion Ayes Motion Ayes 0 "~2~~7~ e CITY OF CAMWD - 4 -' P%*>%:m*A*ecsF".- z"""""-L.*- I I+ [97] Cmn. Neiswender asked wh.en the plan for Harrison! Street would be presented. The City Engineer stated the plar! would be presented at the next meeting. PLANNING: E1051 (a) Memorandum - re: Proposed Post Office Site. .. "~ A memorandum was received by the Council from the planning Commission, dated September 24, 1968, stating they had reviewed the proposed post office site again and are still in agreement with thei,r previous deci- sion that the proposed si.te is not desirable and that the Council continue to consider any additional sites that may be recommended by the Post Office committee. I Mayor Dunne stated he had not seen any minutes of the Planning Commission in which the-post office was di.scussed. With the consent of the Council, Mayor Dunne deferred any. action on this matter until the next meeting and containing discussion of this matter. . as ked that the Council be given copies of minutes I POI' - (b) Proposed Sign Ordinance. I A new sign ordinance was presented to'the Council for Commission at their meeting of September 22, 7968.. The .following suggestions and. comments were made: approval oI This ordlnance was approved by the Planning Page 2, "Building Frontage" - a business established on a corner lot should be given an allowance. by being able to place a sign on the second si.de of the build- ing instead of the main entrance only, without the square footage being deducted from the footage allowe for the main. entrance. Page 3. "Sign". It was the feeling of th-e Council that this section was too rest.rictive as any window sign placed inside a window would be deducted from the square footage allowed for the outside sign. Some paper signs pasted up in windows are detrimental but there are some signs which are attractive and add to the business which should be allowed. It should b spelled out in the ordinance what type of signs will be allowed and what types are not. d e Mr. Royce Bond commented that under the proposed sign ordinance, most of the attractive signs are in vjola- tion and the signs which are detrimental to the City will be allowed to stay up. Mayor Dunne felt the Council should have a list of all signs in the City which are conforming and non-confor- ming. He felt more information is required before passing this ordinance. The Building Inspector stated in regard to maintenance there is not a sign in the City that would be left up under the provisions of the ordinance. , ( \ ,-. 19.: e &%e"- 0 CITY 0: cARLsaN.3 '. -. 5 - -.""".-:e- Mr. Hugh Vickery, 5192 Carlsbad Boulevard, addressed the Counci 1 and suggested the City. write a letter to each businessman in the City and ask them to send a photograph of the sign they have on display and use .th-is as. a guideline in making this sign ordinance. The Mayor thanked Mr. Vickery for his suggestion. He stated he felt the best way to determine ,whether a sign was conforming or non-conform.ing was to go and look at it. Mr. Joe Parisi, 305 Elm Avenue, addressed the Council and suggested the Council adopt a sign abatement ordi nance and appoint a commission to carry it out, where by any objectionable signs would be brought to the commission and if the commission feels the sign shoul be removed, it could be abated by this ordinance. Mayor Dunne stated the City 'is dealing with problems that were created 30 to 40 years ago. - 8- d Page 4, "Permits Required" - Mayor Dunne felt -a little more coverage was needed in this section as to how permits are to be issued. The Building Inspector stated.the procedure and fee schedule used for issuing permits is listed in the ordinance. Page 5, "General provisions". In regard to animated, moving and blinking signs, it was pointed out some of these signs are attractive and not objectionable. Mayor Dunne asked the Planning Director to make a sur- vey of all the non-conforming signs a,nd present them to the Council and list the reason why the sign is non-conforming. Page 6, "Maintenance". It was felt that ten days was too short notice to remove signs which have not been maintained. It was suggested this figure be changed to thirty days. The Council had no objection to this change. Page 7, "Non-conforming Signs". The following mora- torium on non-conforming signs was recommended: Number of years Number of years in existence to conform 7-8 years or more 5-6 years 3-4 years 2 years 1 year 3 yeaFs 4 years 5 years 6 years 7 years In the memorandum to the City Manager from the Plannin Director, dated October 11, 1968, it was estimated tha about 30% of the signs existing in Carl-sbad wou'8d be non-conforming when this sign ordinance'is adopted. Cmn. Jardine asked that the Planning Department deter- mine what change in the proposed formula would have to be imposed to bring the percentage of non-conforming signs down to 15% and 10%. ( i 198 " , i ~ I I I CITY W CA-D . . C( 4 i -6- 1 -i cj f) ;i e9 :.. - v ' AlI ar - " ~. I ~~~- - - ~~ ." ~ """_ ~.~ "."" 7"- ------- Page 9, "Item g". It was pointed out that 'poster frames of theatres are a standard size and 40 square feet is not large enough. This was ch'anged to cover the standard size of poster frames. On--Page 10, it was pointed out the square footage allowed for real estate signs was not standard. This should be changed to meet the standard size of a real estate sign. Mr. Thomas Nutt, a representative of San Diego Gas and Electric Co., addressed the Council asking that speci- be included in the ordinance on page 4, under "Duties of Building Inspector", and on pages 6 and 7, under "Obstruction, Hazards". He also asked for clearance of underground faci 1 i ties. fic reference for clearance for overhead power lines ~ Page 11, Cmn. Jardine questioned the 160 square feet as the maximum size for a marquee. He asked that this matter be checked to see what the standard size of a marquee is, as he did not feel 160' would be adequate. The Building Inspector presented some slides of signs of, the May Company Shopping Centers -in the Los Angeles area. The Building Inspector suggested a sec,tion be included in the ordinance for special uses such as regional shopping centers. Cmn. Neiswender. stated this ordinance was designed for the immediate needs of the City, not for a region- al shopping center. After further discussion, the Mayor asked that Mr. Olinghouse check on the matter of regional shopping centers and that he study the recommendations made by the Council tonight and report back at the next meet- ing. PARK AND RECREATION COMMISSION: [loo] - (a) Memorandum - re: Use of Transient Occupancy Tax Fund. A memorandum dated September 27, 1968, from the Parks and Recreation Commission to the City Council was received recommending that the Transient Occupancy: Camino Real near the May Company Shopping Center at a cost estimated to be $3,500.00. Tax Fund be used- to landscape the islands on El Mayor Dunne asked about the improvements of Holiday Park and Valley Park. Cmn. Jardine explained that the Commission is waiting for an estimate for "Phase 1" of Valley Park. The plan and cost estimate will be presented to the Council when completed. Mayor Dunne stated that money will not be available ~ !* in this fund until the tax money is received in. January, 1969. \ .. " La Q \ C;I f 'Y 'OF CAR I SEbqD -7- 77- - *Z"" . - ."""""7 ,Cmn. Neiswender stated he would like to see the plan 'After discussion, by motion of the Council, authori- .za.tion was given to use $3,500.00 from the Transient. Occupancy Tax Fund for landscaping the islands on El Camino Real in the vicinity of the May Company subject to the availabil ity of funds and with the understanding that a plan of the project will be pre- sented to the Council at the next meeting. before this project is authorized. . , .. .. TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMISSION: I L651 The minutes of the meeting of the Traffic Safe- ty Commission held September 25, 1968, were presented by the City Engineer with the recommendation that (1) Chestnut Avenue from Pi0 Pic0 Drive to Carlsbad Boulevard be a'dded to the Select Street ,System and to The General 'Plan; and (2) a .study and. report. be made on improvement of walkways on Basswood Avenue westerly of Highland Drive. After discussion, the recommendations of the Traffic Safety Commission were approved. .. . .- I. 1. NEW BUSINESS: I [Sl] - (a) Report .on bid proposals for storage shed. The City Attorney stated the Purchasing Agent has re- quested t.hat the Council reje.ct the bids received for the storage -shed as it is his feeling the City. can get lower bids. By motion of the Council, all bids for the storage shed were rejected. .. I DL! BUSINESS: I [70] Mayor Dunne asked if the Pa-rk and 'Recreation Commission has made any recommendation.s. in regard to proposed "Toby Thornton Park". Cmn. Jardine stated the Commission is still considering this matter and has no recommendation as yet. COMMITTEE REPORTS : Cmn. Castro stated he had no report, I PARK AND RECREATION: I 1871 - Cmn. Jardine reported at the last Council meeting the City Attorney was authorized to draft' a resolution for the endorsement of the bill to establish Rancho Guajome National Historic Site as a national monument. Cmn. Jardine offered the following resolutior, for adoption: .Reso'lution No. 1565. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD URGING ADOPTION OF BILL H.R.. 19425 REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF RANCHO GUAJOFlE NATIONAL HISTORIC SITE, was adopted by title only and further reading waived. .. u- 3r "2 Motion Ryes Motion Ayes Motion Ayes LI I I u- wuaqv . -8- .. .. -.""""" X.*' 24 1 Cmn. Jardine asked that copies of this resolution be sent to,the San Diego County Plann.ing Organization, the Vista City Council and Congressman Utt. [94] - .Cmn. Jardine asked the' City Manager if he had compromises that were agreed upon at the last meeting .. .. .. 'had any response from the May Company regarding the . . of the City and the May Company. Mr. Martin stated he had received a tel-ephone call from these gent?emen and he asked that they put in wr,iting ,f.he things we 'tentatively agreed"upon and mail them to the City. Cmn. Jardine asked to be notified when this material arrives. , CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT ACTION~COMMISSION:, .. office site recommendations that are currently in the [28] - Good progress is being made in regard to post 1 . works. .. .. .. There is an extended effort to substantially increase the number of responses to the questionnaire. The ' . Commission is considering having a dinner meeting to discuss the results of this qQestionnaire with the owners of businesses and/or property in the downtown area. .. A bus tour is being considered t.o visit another city itself. .. .. that has had problems such as ours and revitalized .-. . . Sub-committee: Underground Utilities Commission: . .. [106]- Mr. Harry Truax, Chairman'of the Underground Utilities District Sub-committee of the C.B.D.A.C.. , stated the Central Business District Action Commission at their last meeting approved a proposed underground utility district and recommended. to the City Council that a resolution be adopted calling a public hearing for this district. Also they forwarded a-request that the City Council. adopt a resolution which would .. ., request the San. Diego Gas -& Electrjc Company. to pre-. to this district in -the next calendar year along with those funds which would be available in the next' calendar year. Th.e proposed district as recommended to the Council is as follows: "State Street from 25 feet Southerly of the Southerly right of way line of Elm Aveilue to a point 150 feet Southerly of 8eech Avenue and extending 25 feet on each side of State Street." . The San Diego Gas & Electric Company estimate is a, the undergrounding of that portion of the power line . ' \ the alley easterly of State Street. The.telephone : serve the funds for this calendar year to be applied ~~$26,;000.@0 for the cost of undergrounding the overhead electric line through this area which would include that runs along Elm Avenue from the railroad tracks to company will underground their lines in this area at j. -2' no cost to the district or the city. '# d L1 I 7 UT L+i"!J .c d 1 az- .. . .. .. :e -., ! ,. -9- ~~-~.~-~-~~-.~~~~~~~.:~~~~-~~-~~~~~~-~ Mr. Truax stated this public hearing must be held and approved prior to the end of this calendar year or these funds that ar-e available for ,this calendar year wilt be lost. After c.onsideration, the 'following resolution was offered for adoption: .Resolution No. 1566. A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD CALLING A PUBLIC HEARING TO R,EQUIRES THE FORMATION OF AN UNDERGROUND .UTILITY THE'SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LIN'E OF ELM AVENUE TO A POINT 150 FEET SOUTHERLY OF BEECH AVENUE AND EXTENDING 25 FEET ON EACH SIDE OF STATE STREET, wa's Motion adopted by title only- and further reading waived. Ayes Cmn. Jardine stated at the next Counc'il meeting a resolution will be presented asking that the San Diego Gas & Electric Company preserve and carry forward. the calendar year 1968 funds for use i-n. 1969. Mayor Dunne asked that the.Centra1. Business District Action Commission. be advised that the Post Office site determination will be finally resolved at the next ,Council meeting. [62] - Crnn. Neiswender stated he had no committee . reports. He expressed concern over the passage of the Watson Amendment, Proposition.9. According to current polls, if the election were held today, Proposition 9 would pass. He stated a good alternative for this - would be Proposition l-A. If Proposition 9 passes', .the.result would be disas.terous to this city and every city in California. Mayor Dunne appointed Cmn. Neiswende.r to represent the Council in regard to Proposition 9. 1281 - Audit and Finance Committee: . .. Cmn. McComas stated he and C-mn. Jardine had drawn up a rough draft of what they would like the Council to make as a formal assignment as our duties. The draft will be presented at the next meeting, 1281 - Fi.re Protection Improvement Committee: .. Cmn. McComas stited the committee had met and deter-' mined.a direction toward getting a survey run. of the City by.the Pacific Fire Rating Bureau which will ultimately come up to getting a reduction in fire rates through gaining an assignment of a lower national board class rating. The' Committee will meet on October 28th at which time they will have zn answer ,from the Regional Board of the Pacific Fire Rating, Jureau. .. DETERMLNE WHETHER PUBLIC HEALTH, SAFETY, OR WELFARE DISTRICT ON STATE STREET -FROM 25 FEET SOUTHERLY- OF .. .. I .. '; . -"A-L-s..m?a~..rCI 0 cry GF- C~PI Ldd' ~04~ - - 10 - ,~~~;~~~~~~=~~~~~~~~~~-~~,..~~~~-~~~~~.~~~~"~-~.~"~"~ 6281 - Nater System Improvement Committee:,. Cmn. McComas stated that brochures asking for support of the water bond. issue were mailed Tuesday, 0ciobe.r 15, 1968, with the City's water bills. The Ch.amber of .Commerce has unanimously. -voted to support the water bond issue: Mayor Dunne stated he is, planning to meet with Gary .Mortenson, of the. Carlsbad Journal, to see if we can get out a more extensive brochure which will contain questions and answers regarding this issue. He urged the news.papers to put increasing stress on the matter as the water situation will be critical. [28] - Appointment to Central Business District Action 'Commission: Mayor Dunne appointed Harold Curry, 2095 Linda Lane,. as a member of the Central Business District Action Commission to fill the vacancy created by W. Roy Pace [85] - Quarterly News Letter. Cmn. Jardine advised the Council the quarterly News Letter will be available to mail out with the water billing in November. 1407 - City Ha17 Dedication. Information has been sent to the editor of the Western Cities Magazine relative 'to the dedication ceremonies for the City Administration facilities, and an article should appear in the magazine in the near future. [78] - Study on Narcotics. M.ayor Dunne advised the Council a joivt committee has .been appointed to study the status of the narcotic situation in the area. If the study warrants, the Mayor will ap-point a large committee to work on this matter.' 11121 - Trash and Weed Abatement Committee. Cmn. McComas announced.no meeting had been held by the committee since the last meeting of the Council. The city Ma,nager reported that work'is being done by the staff on this matter. CITY ATTORNEY'S REPORT: .. In accordance with the request 07 the Council at the previous meeting, the City Attorney introduced the fo'll'owing resoluti.ons 'for. consideration: [.54] - (a) Res:olution $1563 - re: constr.uction of four ramps and four lane undercrossing at intersectio of Interstate 5. and Cannon Road.- A RESOLUTION, OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD REOUESTING - CONSTRUCTION OF Fom RAMPS AND FOUR LANL UNDERCROSSIM AT THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 5 AND CANNON ROAD, was adopted by title only and flirther reading waived. ( \ 90: "%:&.& Motion i Ayes I LI I T. tr' W?i-L>yw t 1 .. 6' - 71 - -. 20 v- F~~~"~~-~~~"~~~-~~"~-~~ s%raYEz-m-&"LtL+p"%l**T.- [54] - (b)- Resolution 81564 - re: construction of four lane undercrossing at Chestnut Avenue and Interstate 5. A, RESOLUTION OF THE CITY C0UNCI.L OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD REQUESTING COMSTRUCTION OF FOUR LANE UNDERCROSSING AT CHESTN4T AVENUE APID INTERSTATE -5,. was adopted by title only and further reading Motion . wal'ved. .. c1121 .. .requested the hearing on the Abatement of Nrecked Vehicles be continued until the next meeting. Ayes fc) - Abatement of Wrecked Vehicles. The City Attorneb CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: , . .. [54] (a) Meeting with officials. of the State Division of Highways. The City Manager advised the Council a with members of the State Division of Highways, to dis,cuss the items contai'ned .in Resolution $1563 and #1564, and any of the members of the Council were welcome to attend this meeting. [110] (b) Disposition of Assets of the \!later . . Department. A meeting was held with Mr. Fritz Stradling, Attorney at Law, and Mr. Ed Wells of Bartle Wells Associates, to discuss the assets of the Water Department and available funds, if any There will be some answers forthcoming within the next' few days. . . meeting would be held on Thursday, October 17th, .. I 1 The .City Manager announced the death of Mr. Dick Bartle of' Bartle and Wells Associate.s, ihose death and the death of Mrs. Bartle was caused by fire. [ ] Eledtronics Firm. According.to .a newspaper article the city is still in the.running for the . .location of an electronics plant in this area. [74] Vacation Leave. The City Manager was granted two weeks vacation, commencing Friday, October 18, 1968. [34] Payment of Chamber of Commerce. Expendi'tures. Authorization was given for reimbursement of the Chamber of Commerce -expenditures in the amount of Motion $1,514.21, as recommended by Cmn, Castro. Mayor DuKne requested the funds'budgeted for the : Chamber of Commerce be checked due to the"shortage of funds until *after January 1, 1969, and the City Manager stated he would meet with members of the Chamber of Commerce and discuss this matter with them. AUTHORIZATION FOR PAYMENT OF BILLS AND RATIFICATION OF PAYROLL: Ayes "" ' . ' Authorization was given for the paymen.t of.bills for the general expenses of the city in the amount of $150,480.87, and for the Water Department in the :@ amount of $27,336.48, for the period October 1,. 1968, Ayes Commi t tee. Motion. Director of Finance and approved by the Auditing \ to October 16, 1966, as certified by the Acting r. .. .. I I 0 3%ss% ' *a CITY OF CY4GLSQAD c d 1 - 12 - 1 Ratification of the payroll was given for 'the first half of October, 1968, in the amount of $32,193.69, as certified by the Acting Director of Finance and I , approved by the Auditing Committee: ADJOURNMENT: By proper motion the meeting was adjourned at 11 :30 P.M., and the Council advised the regular meeting scheduled for November 5, 1968, would be held on November 6, 1968 at 7:OO P.M., due to the General Election on November 5, 1968. Respectfully submitted, MARGARET E. ADAMS City Clerk Byah k u&mm eco, ding Secretary .. 3oq ur; Motion Ayes