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Home My WebLink About1981-06-15; City Council; Minutes&qj d& && && \\X .&# '&.< && *.&F *in. ' -** .. . ' .I .".I .. . I , ..I". I MEETING OF: CITY COUNCIL (Adjourned Regular Meeting). DATE OF MEETING: June 15, 1981 ' TIME OF MEETING: ' 6:OO F" - ="---- PLACE OF MEETING: Counci.1 Chambers .. CALL TO ORDER I The me.eting was called to order at 6:OO PM by Mayor Packard. i ROLL CALL was taken by the City Clerk: b Present: Mayor Pactard, Council Members Casler, Lewis, v Anear and Kulchin [29 1 1. BUDGET .. .- After a brief, introduction of the matter by the City Manager; the Finance Director, Jim Elliott, continued with the report. ' Mr. Elliott referenced wall exhibits depicting charts which detailed the comparative statement ,of. funds for the.Y,ear 1980-81, and for the Year 1981-82, as contained 'in the proposed.Budget .on Page I and P'age 11, and detailed the. contents as saying,, Mr. Elliott then referenced Page 1 'of the City Manager's 13udget Message dated June 9, i981, and explained'the original .revenue estimate, Council's' target figure, and. the.method used in.determining the Budget figure . The City Manager. continued with the Staff'Report by identify- ing' the policy issues which need consideration by. Council. The pvlicy issues. .identif 3ed were as follows: 1. ' ; 5-Year CIP - there would be insufficient funds to fi-nsnce all the. projects in the 5-Year Capital Improve- . . meni Budget. . . 2. . Sanitat.ion Fund - The' fund will begin the year w5th a deficit, and end the next fiscal year- with a larger deficit. The matter will need to be brought to Council . . at a future date for consideration of. taking corrective me.asures. . -. I - .- . 3. Recreati'on - The M,anager suggested the Council consider ' ..* adopting a goal fo:r..recreation .to become 60% self- . . , . sufficient in the next five years, 4. Swim Pool,-.In that the swimming pool would be .. .. .. \. ' completed, and would result in a new program in the' . ' -Budget, Council.would need to consider at what level they wish to operate the pool. He referenced wall ' ' exhibits showing t'hree proposed alternative aquatics budgets which' would reflect minimum to maximum usage of , '. ' .the pool. . T -. -5. Fees f0.r -Service - He suggested Council consider .. adopting .a policy whereby the City would charge for . services. He suggested the possibility that the bene-. ficiary of.the service be charged the direct costs plus 15%. for administrative overhead, and an additional 10% marginal City overhead. 6. Contingency - He indicated that when employees' salary increases, Chamber of Commerce and'Senior Citizen funding are taken from the, Contingency Fund, only $280,000 would be left. He suggested the Council consider adding to the.Contingency Fund any State funds which are not cut, and the possibility of the revenue .s,haring being placed level. ' in the C;ontingency'in order to maintain a satisfactory 1 I &* && & & yz w & $,:a $&& \r *t " CITY COUNCIL June 15, 1981 - Page 2 1 - 7. Add Back Priority List - He indicated that the programs which had been cut from this budget were listed and con- tained on'Page 5 of his Budget Memorandum. He suggested that Council not add back any items at this time, but wait t.0 see what the State Legislature does. Then, after six months, Council Members to reconsider. i Mayor Packard stated that those representatives of Community Service Organizations who wsre present to speak to Council would do so at this time. Marva'Bledsoe Chriss, Executive Director of the Womens' Resource. Center, 4070'Miss:ion Avenue, San Luis Rey, addressed Council. Ms.'Chriss briefly outlined the request of the Womens' Resource Center for funds as contained in their letter dated Marc.h 19, 1981, and requested Council consideration of same. # 1 i I Marsha ,Racklund, Executive D.irector, Carlsbad Girls' Club, 3251. Eureka Place, Carlsbad, addressed Council. Ms.. Backlund '. briefly outlined the contents of her.letter of request dated . April 23, 1981.' She then gave a brief slide presentations. ' , . showing a few.activities o:f the girls in the Girls' Club. . ' .. Mrs.. Ida Westree, President of the Board of the Girls' Club, 818 Caminito del Reposo, Carlsbad,. addressed Council. . Mrs. -WeStree further exp1a:ined the. activities of the .Girls' Club and their need for financial assistance. .. .. . Shirley Cole, Director.of Outiying Offices, Project Jove, 405 San: Dieg.0' Street, Oceanside, addressed Council. Ms. Cole . explained-t_he activities of the agency and their need for . 'finaricia~.-~ssistance. . ' ' Mr. Daniel .Martinez, 3540' Mount Everest St., San Diego, addres:sed Council. Mr. Marti.nez gave introductory remarks re- garding the activities of the Chicano Federation.. -, .. .. Mrs. '.Irma Cast.ro, Executive Director, Chicano. Federation, '527 Elm Avenue, Carlsbad, addressed Council. Mrs. Castro ex- ::' plained-the activities of the organization and the history of i the.Federation1s opening the Carlsbad office.. -.. .,.. . .. .. .I. Mr.. David Mar'tinez, Executive Director North County Centro,' Inc., 235 North Santa Fe Road, Suite 106, .S,an Marcos, addressed agency, :as well as the proposed activities of the agency in the . Council. Mr. Martinez explained the current activities- of the , City of Carlsbad, and reqpested financial assistance to ' ! . implement same; .. i .I '. Nancee H.'.Moore, Administrative Assistant with the Oceanside Communi'ty Action Corporation, -605 San Diego Street, Oceanside,' addressed Council.. Ms. Moore referenced her letter dated June 10, 1981, and.explained the contents of same regarding the actcvities of 'the organiza.tion in the City and the proposal for funding a multi-service program within the City of Carsbad. She requested Council consideration for financial assistance to the organization. * Mr. Anthony Manoguerra., Director for Professional Servi.ces, Poison Control Center,, 225 Dickinson Street, San Diego, addressed Council. Mr. Mainoguerra briefly explained the operations of the Center and their need for financial assistance due ,to the cutbacks by the: County. Mr. Don Brown of the Chamber of Commerce, addressed Council. Mr. Brown briefly referenc:ed the Agreement with the City and the Chamber's reqyest for funds in accordance with that Agreement. .. 1 t4EMERS .. c I I &V& &&"a v&& 6 u &&9 b CITY COUNCIL June 15, 1981 Page 3 y * I .. Mr. Jack Jirmnink, 1435 Chestnut Avenue, Carlsbad, addressed Council on the behalf'of the Senior Citizens' Association. Mr. Jimmink referenced the existing Agreement with the City and the request for funds submitted for Council consideration. I e 'Sharon Delphenich, Director, Project. OZ, North Coast, 1212 Oak Street, Carlsbad, addressed Council. Ms. Delphenich briefly I explained the, operations of"the organization and the req.uest for funding. . Following discussion, it was the concensus of Council that any action-on.the requests by the organizations should be delayed until such time as Council had considered the details of the proposed Budget. They also not'ed that this.would give them the opportunity to gather additional information, and to.give additional thought to the requests of each agency. Mayor Packard indicated that eacH "organization would be .. notified of the date. when Council would give further consideration .to their request. RECESS . .. Mayor Packard called a recess at 7:57 PM, and. Council reconvened at 8: 14, PM with.. all.-Counci:l Members present. .. Mayor Packaiid opened the Public Hearing and inquired .whether anyone desired to address Council regarding the Budget. .I .. Mr.. JOH A.'.Grey, 5.451 Los Robles Drive, Carlsbad, addressed Councii on. behalf of the Assoc-iation of Carlsbad Taxpayers. Mr. Grey 'identified..and explained'the policies/principles of the Association. He indicated the City is responsible for providing paying, fees, and charging fees to the newcomer in order to cover ..- -basic services, and he expressed support for the concept'of ! the costs:of providing .the demanded services. .' :. j . Mr. A. -J. Skotnicki, 3535 Bedford Circle, Carlsbad,. ' . ' addressed Counc.il. Mr. Skotnicki expressed the opinion that the : Citi ,d.oes not need a publ.ic information officer but does need a cdde'enforcement'officer.. He questioned the legality of t'rans- ferring money from 'the water fund to be us'ed for t&'e .purchase of land for the maintenance ,faci-l.ity, and expressed concern abo'ut the.1engt-h of time required for subsidizing the Redevelopment Agency. Mr. S.kotnicki concluded by suggesting that the . contingency fukd should be brought up to the' appropriate level 1 by reducing the budge.t rather than using revenue sharing funds 1 for..that. purpose. . 5 .,> ".' . . .': :, Since no one, else wished to speak, Mayor Packard closid the PubIic Hearing on the Budglet at' 8:27 PM. Council agreed to discuss the respective. policy decisions -note8 by the City Manager .at the beginning of the meeting. SANITATION FUND Council agreed that a full report on the matter should be returned to Council at a later date with complete information and reconniendation regarding methods for bringing the fund out .of its deficit si'tuation. . 1 8. I \ I I & Q .$& & &: .xAq "+a WLW' &:d && -\ __ CITY COUNCIL JUNE 15, 1981 Page 4 y &mw&m &.& * % &&& & JU w . . bi CITY COUNCIL June 15, 1981 Page 5 - y