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CITY COUNCIL
REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 1998
7 :00 P.M.
Moorpark Community Center 799 Moorpark Avenue
1 . CALL TO ORDER:
2. INVOCATION:
Reverend Sandy Liddell, Moorpark United Methodist
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE:
4 . ROLL CALL:
5. PROCLAMATIONS AND COMMENDATIONS:
A. Recognition of Miss Moorpark and Miss Teen Moorpark
B. Recognition of Deputy Mark Englander, 1997 Moorpark Police
Officer of the Year
C. City Manager' s Monthly Report
Any member of the public may address the Council during the Public
Comments portion of the Agenda, unless it is a Public Hearing or a
Presentation/Action/Discussion item. Speakers who wish to address the
Council concerning a Public Hearing or Presentations/Action/ Discussion
item must do so during the Public Hearing or Presentations/
Action/Discussion portion of the Agenda for that item. Speaker cards
must be received by the City Clerk for Public Comment prior to the
beginning of the Public Comments portion of the meeting and for
Presentation/Action Discussion items prior to the beginning of the first
item of the Presentation/Action/Discussion portion of the Agenda.
Speaker Cards for a Public Hearing must be received prior to the
beginning of the Public Hearing. A limitation of three minutes shall be
imposed upon each Public Comment and Presentation/Action/Discussion item
speaker. Copies of each item of business on the agenda are on file in
the office of the City Clerk and are available for public review. Any
questions concerning any agenda item may be directed to the City Clerk
at 529-6864 .
City Council Agenda
April 15, 1998
Page 2
6. PUBLIC COMMENT:
7 . REORDERING OF, AND ADDITIONS TO, THE AGENDA:
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS:
9. PUBLIC HEARINGS:
A. Consider General Plan Amendment No. 97-1, to Amend the Land
Use and Circulation Elements; Zone Change No. 97-5, to
Establish Zone Districts and Controlling Development
Standards; and the Moorpark Downtown Specific Plan No. 95-1,
Which Includes Land Use and Zoning Maps, a Streetscape
Beautification Program, Pedestrian and Traffic Circulation
Improvements, Design Guidelines, Development Standards, and
Implementation Programs to Guide Future Development (Continued
from March 11, 1998) . Staff Recommendation: 1) Receive public
testimony; 2) Close public hearing; 3) Discuss issues and
recommendations and provide direction to staff regarding any
additional revisions to the Downtown Specific Plan; 4) Direct
staff to prepare the Final Mitigated Negative Declaration and
Mitigation Monitoring Program; 5) Direct staff to prepare a
draft resolution approving the Mitigated Negative Declaration
and Mitigation Monitoring Program, General Plan Amendment No.
97-1 and the Downtown Specific Plan No. 95-1, subject to
incorporation of required revisions; and 6) Direct staff to
prepare a draft ordinance approving Zone Change No. 97-5.
10. PRESENTATION/ACTION/DISCUSSION:
* A. Report on the Status of the Proposed Dissolution of the
Moorpark Mosquito Abatement District. Staff Recommendation:
Confirm the Council' s prior authorization for staff to file
the Moorpark Mosquito Abatement District dissolution
application with the Ventura County Local Agency Formation
Commission and direct Ad Hoc Committee to continue discussion
with the County on an agreement for future tax allocations.
B. Consider City Council Summer Recess . Staff Recommendation:
Direct staff to schedule a Council recess for either July 15
or August 5, 1998, to allow a four-week time period with no
scheduled regular or special meetings .
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* Items deemed by the City Manager to be High Priority.
City Council Agenda
April 15, 1998
Page 3
10. PRESENTATION/ACTION/DISCUSSION: (Continued)
C. Consider Appointment to Fill Three Vacancies on the Teen
Council . Staff Recommendation: Appoint three (3) members to
the Teen Council for a term to begin immediately and end June
30, 1998 .
D. Consider Resolution No. 98- Adopting Council Policies and
Rescinding Resolution No. 97-1417 . Staff Recommendation:
Adopt Resolution No. 98-
E. Consider Resolution No. 98- Amending the FY 1997/98 Budget
Allocating Funds From the Park Improvement Fund for Glenwood
Park Play Ground Equipment. Parks and Recreation Commission
Recommendation: Adopt Resolution No. 98- , amending the FY
1997/98 Budget by appropriating $31, 000 from the Park
Improvement Fund (212) - Zone 6 for playground equipment at
Glenwood Park, and authorize staff to expend the funds . (ROLL
CALL VOTE REQUIRED)
F. Consider if City Should Prepare a Ballot Measure Pertaining to
Control of City Boundaries and Open Space and Agricultural
Properties . Staff Recommendation: Direct staff as deemed
appropriate.
11 . CONSENT CALENDAR:
A. Consider Approval of Minutes of the Special City Council
Meeting of March 18, 1998 .
Consider Approval of Minutes of the Regular City Council
Meeting of March 18, 1998 .
Staff Recommendation: Approve the minutes as processed.
B. Consider Approval of Warrant Register of April 15, 1998 .
Fiscal Year 1997/98
Manual Warrants 41184 - 41189 $ 22, 025.45
Voided Warrants 41139 $ (193 . 05)
Regular Warrants 41191 - 41212 - D $ 302, 208 .27
41213 - 41298 - V $ 44, 343 . 01
Staff Recommendation: Approve the Warrant Register.
City Council Agenda
April 15, 1998
Page 4
11 . CONSENT CALENDAR: (Continued)
C. Consider Revisions to Contract for Engineering Services .
Staff Recommendation: Approve a 5.2% increase in the rates for
Engineering Services to be made effective May 1, 1998 .
D. Consider Adoption of an Update to the Noise Element of the
General Plan and Amendment of the Municipal Code to Add
Chapter 17 . 53 - Noise Ordinance, which will Implement the
Noise Element and Establish Standards and Procedures to
Control Noise in the City of Moorpark (General Plan Amendment
97-04 and Zoning Code Amendment 97-07) . Staff Recommendation:
Continue first reading of the Noise Ordinance to May 6, 1998 .
E. Consider Funding Fair Housing Services in Community
Development Block Grant (CDBG) Allocations for FY 1998/99.
Staff Recommendation: Approve $1, 600 for the Fair Housing
Institute, to be funded from FY 1998/99 CDBG Administrative
costs, leaving $22, 610 for costs to the City of administering
the CDBG program within the City.
F. Reallocation of HOME Funds ($50, 000) from FY 1996/97 . Staff
Recommendation: Approve the reallocation of $50, 000 in HOME
funds from FY 1996/97 from housing rehabilitation assistance
to down payment assistance for very low income first time home
buyers, not to exceed $12, 500 per transaction.
G. Consider Amendment to the Ventura County Free Library System
MOU. Staff Recommendation: Approve the proposed amendment to
the Ventura County Free Library MOU and direct staff to
communicate the City' s action to other participating parties .
H. Consider Request for the Exoneration of Bonds for Improvements
in the Following Tracts in Mountain Meadows: 4340, 4340-1,
4341-4, (UWC - Moorpark Investors, LTD) . Staff
Recommendation: 1) Accept the subject improvements as
complete, and 2) Authorize the City Clerk to exonerate the
bonds as set forth in the report.
I . Consider the Acceptance of Improvements and Bond Reduction for
Tract 3963-4 - Warmington Homes . Staff Recommendation: 1)
Accept the improvements as complete; 2) Authorize the City
Clerk to exonerate the Grading, Parking Area, Monumentation
bonds and the check deposit; and 3) Authorize the City Clerk
to reduce the street and drainage bonds to 10% for a one year
maintenance period, subject to the Engineering Department' s
final approval at that time.
City Council Agenda
April 15, 1998
Page 5
11 . CONSENT CALENDAR: (Continued)
J. Consider Approval of the Conceptual Design for the Retaining
Walls to be Constructed on the North Side of Los Angeles
Avenue West of South Condor Drive (Los Angeles Avenue - East) .
Staff Recommendation: Direct staff to acquire retaining wall
easements sufficient to accommodate the width of either crib
wall or inter-locking block wall construction, for the
retaining walls required for the subject project.
12 . ORDINANCES:
13. CLOSED SESSION:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to Subdivision (b)
of Section 54956. 9 of the Government Code: (Number of cases to
be discussed - 4)
B. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Initiation of litigation pursuant to Subdivision (c) of
Section 54956. 9 of the Government Code: (Number of cases to be
discussed - 4)
C. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
(Subdivision (a) of Section 54956. 9)
City of Moorpark vs . Southern California Edison, et al
D. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Property: 23 W. Los Angeles Avenue
Negotiating Parties: The City Council of the City of Moorpark
and Sunbelt Properties
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment.
E. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATOR
Property: A.P.N. 511-0-070-310
Negotiating Parties: The City Council of the City of Moorpark
and the Roe 1996 Trust
Under Negotiation: Price and terms of payment.
14 . ADJOURNMENT:
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need
assistance to participate in this meeting, please contact the City
Clerk' s Department at (805) 529-6864 . Notification 48 hours prior to
the meeting will enable the City to make reasonable arrangements to
ensure accessibility to this meeting (CFR 35. 102-35.104 ADA Title II)
STATE OF CALIPORNIA )
COUNTY OF VENTURA ) ss
CITY OF MOORPARK )
AFFIDAVIT OF POSTING
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I, Lisa Pope, declare as follows:
That I am the Deputy City Clerk of the City of Moorpark and that an agenda of the Regular Meeting
of the Moorpark City Council to be held on Wednesday, April 15, 1998, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of the Moorpark Community Center, 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California, was
posted on April 10, 1998, at a conspicuous location near the place of the meeting:
Moorpark Community Center
799 Moorpark Avenue
Moorpark, California
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on April 14, 1998.
Or(TiC PO-K
Lisa Pope, Deputy City Clerk
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