Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 1988 0302 CC REGMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL Moorpark, California March 2, 1988 The regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Moorpark, California was held on March 2, 1988, In the Council Chambers of City Hall of said City, located at 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California. 1. CALL TO ORDER: The meeting was called to order at 7:13 P.M. by Mayor John Galloway. 2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Mayor Galloway. 3. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilmembers Eloise Brown, Clint Harper, John Lane, Bernardo Perez, and Mayor John Galloway. 4. PROCLAMATIONS, COMMENDATIONS _ANI) SPECIAL PRESENTATIONS: None were presented. 5. REORDERING OF, AND ADDITIONS TO, THE AGENDA: Mayor Galloway asks that item number 10 -D Reorganization of the City Council be heard before the Consent Calendar on the agenda. This action was approved by consensus of Council. 6. PUBLIC COMMENTS: A. Mr. Steve Bloch, 14470 E. Cambridge St., stated he will be opening a 7- Eleven Store on Spring Road at Los Angeles Ave. in the near future. His concern is that he was not allowed to place a sign on the side of lii.s building. Ile stated that several tenants in the samee shopping center were allowed multiple signs and further stated he would be appealing the Director of Community Development's decision to not allow him to affix a sign on the side of h.is building. He asked the City Council to insure t.hal the City has a consistent sign ordinance in place. B. Paul Lawrason, 4291 Ambermeadow Street, stated he attended a conference concerning transportation system management which looks at trips generated and how cities can reduce the number of trips generated during Leak hours. He urged the City Council to look at this type of management and use it to the benefit of the City. C. Scott Montgomery, 13069 Cloverdale, stated he felt the City should acquire the necessary right. of way to widen the corner Minutes of the City Council 2 March 2, 1988 Moorpark, California at Spring Road and High Street in order to benefit traffic and public safety. He felt the cost could be reimbursed to the City by Caltrans were we to accomplish the task prior to their being able to. Additionally, concerning the downtown plan, where he felt that the pepper trees and sidewalks should be taken care of immediately and not wait for the downtown plan to be adopted. D. Thomas Thompson, 12623 Hillside Dr., representing the Moorpark Presbyterian Church. He stated the church is concerned that their property at the corner of Peach Hill Road at Spring Road will stay as designated as church property with the development of the Carlsberg property at the corner of Spring Road rand Tierra Rejada Road. E. Cynthia Hubbard -Dow, 8873 Roseland Ave., spoke concerning item number 10 -D Reorganization of the City Council. It was her feeling that Mayor John Galloway has done a very good job for the City as Mayor and that the City Council should not consider reorganization at this time. F. Ed Wheelis, 14092 Hargrove Ct., urged the City Council to give heed to what the people wanted concerning land use and circulation element update or they might not remain in office long. G. Michael Hughes, 13735 Gunsmoke, stated he was opposed to the Carlsberg property receiving a change in zoning. H. William E. Mason, 437 Shasta Ave., stated he was opposed to any new tax, in particular. Parks Assessment District, since he feels he should not be assessed until such time as the City has a downtown park. I. Vickie McGowan, 13060 View Mesa, also spoke against Reorganization of the Council as reorganization has done nothing but create bickering amongst Counc.ilmembers, which she would like to see come to an end. J. Pamela Castro, 890 Valley Road, stated that she hopes that the Reorganization of the Connci.l item on the agenda would not result in a lot of bickering. She further stated that a Reorganization of the City Coiincil has nothing to do with addressing the problems whicli currently face the City. She hoped that monies for the Monte Vista Nature Park would not be taken from the sixty -nine acre community park site and used on the Monte Vista Nature Part- K. John Roberts, 14419 E. Loyola, stated he was not in favor of the City Council reorganizing and also thanks the City for the Princeton signal completion. Councilmember Brown stated that the City will be moving forward to adopt the necessary resolutions to begin a Minutes of the City Council 3 March 2, 1988 Moorpark, California transportation system management. Councilmember Lane stated he would like to see Monte Vista Nature Park developed and further stated that he would like to see parks developed over all the City. Councilmember Harper stated he was wrong to say that Monte Vista Nature Park would not be used but now feels it will be an asset to the City and supports its being built as a park. He further stated that perhaps a portion of the high school site could be used as part of a downtown park. L. Edward Albert, 4007 Weeping Willow, stated the Monte Vista Nature Park has a wonderful view and should be developed as a park. He hoped that the City Council would take note of the informal petition which was circulated and has been presented to the City concerning the saving of this park. M. Barbara Shultz, 116 Sierra, stated she was not in favor of a Reorganization of the Council and further urged the council to be willing to work together.. She would also like to see those up on the hill work for a downtown park for the City. N. Patti Smith, 12686 Countrymeadow St., stated she felt a Reorganization of the Council would be appropriate and proper at this time. AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, item 10 -D was heard. 1.0 -D Consider Reorganization of the Council. MOTION: Councilmember Harper moved and Councilmember Perez seconded a Motion to consider Reorganization of the City Council. The voice vote resulted in Councilmembers Harper, ],an(- , and Perez voting yes and Councilmember Brown and Mayor Galloway voting no. It was Mayor Galloway's interpretation that a vote to reorganize would require a suspension of the rule and thus a super majority vote of the Council. This was not the case and he rules that the motion failed. Reading a prepared statement which ont-lined the events leading to his appointment as Mayor and chronicling the Council since that time, Mayor Galloway resigned his position as Mayor of the City Council of the City of Moorpark, handing the gavel to Mayor Pro Tem Brown. His signed letter of resignation was presented to City Clerk Maureen Wall. Councilmember Harper stated that he did not agree with Mr. Galloway's interpretation that a suspension of the rule would be required and the following motion was heard. Councilmember harper moved and Councilmember Lane seconded a motion which asked shall the decision of the presiding officer be sustained? the voice vote resulted in a yes vote by Councilmember Galloway and Mayor Brown and a no vote by Councilmembers Harper, Lane, and Perez. Therefore, the decision by the presiding officer was not sustained. Councilmember Harper indicated that hn. felt i.t was time for the Council to stop playing games since the majority of the City Council wanted to reorganize. Therefore, the Council could move ahead to take care of matters before the City. Councilmember Harper then took that Minutes of the City Council 4 March 2, 1988 Moorpark, California opportunity to nominate Councilmember. John Lane to the position of Mayor of the City Council. Councilmember John Galloway nominated Eloise Brown to the position of Mayor. On a voice vote, the first nomination as presented to Council was considered and the voi-ce vote was Councilmembers Brown, Harper, Lane, and Perez in the affirmative and Councilmember Galloway voting no. Mayor John Lane then took his seat as Mayor at the Council dais. Councilmember Brown stated that she had when offered by Councilmember Harper i.n offended at that time since she has spe benefit and further stated that she was Perez who ran as the unifying person on supported such a move to reorganize the refused the Mayoral position November of 1986 and was very at so much time for the City's disappointed in Councilmember the Council and who now council. Mayor Lane stated he was tired of the games that were being played concerning reorganization of the City Council and stated he felt the Mayor should be directly elected by the people. AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, the Council recessed, the time being 8:32 P.M. The full Council reconvened at 8:50 P.M. Councilmember Harper nominated Eloise Brown for the position of Mayor Pro Tem on the Council. The voice vote was approved with Councilmember Brown abstaining. 8. CONSENT CALENDAR: MOTION: On a motion by Councilmember Harper seconded by Councilmember Perez, the Consent Calendar, except items D. and G., was approved by an unanimous roll call vote. A. Approval of Warrant Register: Prepaid Warrants No. 6329 - 6363 $ 31,557.97 Payable Warrants No. 6364 6405 $201,525.96 B. Resolution No. 88 -453. A proposed resolution approving the mitigated negative declaration on the application of Structural Concepts of California, Inc. Staff recommendation is to approve the proposed resolution. C. Resolution No. 88 -454. A proposed resolution approving the Development Plan Permit No. DP -302 on the Application of Structural Concepts of California, Tnc. Staff recommendation is to approve the proposed resolution. E. Consider a report concerning a driveway erosion problem at 13760 Donnybrook Lane (Bradford ). Staff recommendation is to receive and file this informational report. F. Presentation of the project, schedule for the Los Angeles Avenue Widening Protect _Park Lane to Maureen Lance Staff recommendation is to receive and file this informational report. Minutes of the City Council 5 March 2, 1988 Moorpark, California H. Consider an account transfer for the purposes of retaining the services_of.t_e_mporary accounting personnel. Staff recommendation is to approve the requested acccount transfer and authorize the City Manager to execute the contract. I. Informational report concerning the Easter Craft Faire to be held at the Community Center o_n Saturday, March 12, 1988. Staff recommendation is to receive and file this report. J. Rescind contract award to Gelco_Space_for the Senior Center Project. Staff's recommendation is to receive the contract. D. Status Report on the Moorpark Avenue Rubberized Railroad Crossing. Staff recommendation is to receive and file this report. Councilmember Brown commented that she would like to see the City Engineer put more pressure where appropriate to insure that this project would be completed in a timely manner. Councilmember Harper also :Mated that Mayor Pro Tem Brown has done an excellent job in expediting a similar project previously and asked her if she would continue her efforts to insure that this project were also completed in a timely manner. G. Consider a report concerning homeowners' petition for traffic controls on Laurel Glen Drive and Williams Ranch Road. Staff recommendation is to receive and file this report. Mayor Lane stated he would like to see this matter continued for two weeks and the following Motion was heard. MOTION: Councilmember Brown moved and Councilmember Harper seconded a Motion to continue this item to the March 16, 1988 meeting of the City Council. The voice vote was unanimous. Mayor Lane further commented that he would also like to see staff contact the fire department and solicit their comments as to how they felt about tspned humps along the stretch of roadway. 9. PUBLIC HEARINGS: A. Update to the Citv's Land Use and Circulation Elements Amendment Requests Screen— Hearing Consider a request from sixteen property owners and interested parties for General Plan Land Use changes to be made part of the City's General Plan Update. Staff recommendation is to consider only four (4) of the sixteen (16) requests for land use changes. This item has been continued from the February 17, 1988 Council Meeting. Minutes of the City Council 6 March 2, 1988 Moorpark, California Patrick Richards, Director of Community Development, gave an overview of the process. Ile further indicated that the Carlsberg property would not be a part of the consideration before the City Council tonight. Mr. Harry Lieb, Moorpark Unified School District and C.T. Financial also expressed interest in being considered in the circulation and land use update. However, staff was recommending only consideration of the following four properties; properties commonly noted as Newton No. four and five, C.T. Financial, and Moorpark Ranch and Milling. Public Hearing was then opened. A.1 Ronald Tankersley, 2800 28th Street, Santa Monica, representing C.T. Financial stated that his attendance at the meeting was to give the community the opportunity to see what the concerns of the property owners were and to show what is proposed for the piece of property commonly known as C.T. Financial. He felt is was important to consider this piece of property at this time since the City has a concern with freeway ramps for the L.A. Avenue extension and perhaps this could be considered with the property. A.2 Rad L. Sutnar, 1020 N. Sari Vicente Blvd., Los Angeles, representing Moorpark Ranch & Milling Inc. stated he would like to see this property considered in the update due to its infill nature. A.3 Robert Roe, 30101 Agoura Road #200, Agoura Hills, representing Westoaks Investments stated he felt the City should be interested in East -West Circulation and that plans concerning this might involve this piece of property. Asks the Council to consider the Westoaks property in the updates. A.4 John Newton, 165 High St. Suite 204, representing five components of the General flan update stated in fact he was representing the following property owners: Steven R. Anderson, the Geislers, KaNJlic:o, Estes, and the J.B.R. property. AT THIS POINT IN THE MEETING, the Council recessed, the time being 10:30 P.M. The full Council reconvened at 10:57 P.M. And noted that this item would be continued to the March 16, 1988 meeting; however, for those public speakers interested in giving testimony now, the public hearing remained open at this time. A.5 A.A. Milligan, 143 W. 5th St., Oxnard, representing the Levy Company stated the circulat.i.on element should be considered at this time. He felt his property is located directly next to the old high school site on Casey Road and should be included if the circulation element were to be considered. A.6 Joel Kirschenstein, 2835 Townsgate Rd., Westlake Minutes of the City Council 7 March 2, 1988 Moorpark, California Village representing Moorpark Unified School District asked that the current high school site be considered for re- zoning during the General Plan update process. A.7 Jim Hartley, 5950 Gabbert ltd., stated he felt the City should be able to control growth within the City limits and additionally stated that only 4, 2 and 6 of the General Plan amendments need to be reviewed at this time. A.8 William LaPerch, 7200 Walnut Canyon Rd., felt that growth had been a source of a lot of the City's problems and that he was not in favor of considering General Plan amendments unless there would be a definite benefit to the City. A.9 Robert G. Poland, 4085 Weeping Willow Dr., was concerned with the proposed General Plan amendments suggested by the C.T. Financial property. He stated he was not in support of apartments in high density development in the area of Steeple Hill. A.10 Pat Basso, 3940 Southhampton Rd., stated she was concerned with the commercial and high density uses being proposed by C.T. Financial which is next to the greenbelt area. She presented the Council with a petition containing in excess of four hundred signatures opposed to high density development in this area. A.11 Edward Alberts, 4007 Weeping Willow Dr., stated his opposition to high density development in the Steeple Hill area. A.12 Karol Burkhardt, 3932 Southhampton, stated she was concerned that the City did not have a hillside preservation ordinance in place and was concerned with development on the C.T. Financial property. A.13 Henry Harris, 13756 Gunsmoke Rd., stated he was a Steeple Hill resident who was not in favor of high density on C.T. Financial or the Carlsberg property. A.14 Joseph G. McQuilkin, 3975 ; Southhampton Rd., stated he had moved to Moorpark because of its rural nature and would like to see the C.T. Financial property remain as low density. A.15 Eugene Frenzel, 13661 Deering Ln., stated he was not in favor of high density in the C.T. Financial or Carlsberg area. He asked the City Council to keep the City smaller to enhance the charming character of the City. By consensus of Council staff was directed to publicize a notice in the newspaper the continuation of this meeting. The ads were to be one quarter to one eighth page ads and staff was further directed to ask the newspapers to give Minutes of the City Council 8 March 2, 1988 Moorpark, California prominence to the ads. 10. COMMENTS FROM COUNCILMEMBERS: Mayor Lane thanked staff for their attention to the erosion problem on the Bradford property. A. Consider the appointment of Councilmember Perez to Council committee(s). By direction of Council, Councilmember Perez was appointed to the following committees: Budget and Finance, as an alternate to the California Contract City's Association, Calleguas Creek Steering Committee, as an alternate to the Moorpark Unified School District, as an alternate to the SCAG Transportation and Communications Committee, as an alternate to the Ventura County Animal Regulation Commission, as an alternate to the Ventura County Flood District Zone 3 Advisory Committee, and as an alternate to Water Works District No. 1. Additionally, Mayor John Lane was appointed to the Budget and Finance Committee and the Ventura County Association of Government Transportation Policy Committee with Mayor Pro Tem Brown as the alternate. B. Consider the City's appointment to the Moorpark Mosquito Abatement District (M.M.A.D.)._ Councilmember Galloway stated that he was in favor of giving an opportunity to someone else within the community to serve on this board. The following motion was heard. MOTION: Councilmember Galloway moved and Councilmember Brown seconded a Motion to nominate Mr. Bill LaPerch to the District's Board. The voice vote passed with Councilmember Harper and Mayor Lane voting no. Mayor Lane stated that he felt the present repr.esOntative had been serving the City well. C. Consider the City's appointment to_t_he_ Ventura County Arts Commission. The following motion was heard. MOTION: Councilmember Galloway moved and Councilmember Harper seconded a Motion to appoint Mrs. Helen M. Quarstrom to the commission. Voice vote was unanimous. Councilmember Galloway commented that the self- storage in the Shasta area was again causing a lighting problem and asked staff look into the matter. Minutes of the City Council 9 March 2, 1988 Moorpark, California 11. DISCUSSION /ACTION ITEMS: A. Consider a report concerniria-a "right turn on red" at the Princeton Avenue Highway 118 intersection. Staff recommendation is that Council direct staff as they deemed appropriate. This item was not heard. B. Consider proposed floor plan for Senior Citizen Center Project and design services. Staff recommendation is to approve the desired floor plan and authorize the design services. This item was continued to the March 16, 1988 meeting. C. Consider award of a Maintenance contract for North Meadows Park. Staff recommendation is to award the contract to California Landscape. Philip Newhouse, Director of Community Services, gave an overview of the staff report dated March 26, 1988. Councilmember Brown commented that she would like to see local landscape gardeners maintain the City parks and suggested that the City could insure that local landscape gardeners were aware of the hid process by placing large ads in the local newspapers. The following motion was then heard. MOTION: Councilmember Brown moved and Councilmember Harper seconded a Motion to award the contract for maintenance to California Landscape Maintenance Inc. in the amount of $7,200.00 or $1,800.00 per month for maintenance of the North Meadows Park for March 1988 through June 1988. The voice vote was unanimous. D. Lighting and LandscapinR Maintenance Assessment District (AD84 -2) : -- - -- 1. Resolution No. 88 -455. A proposed resolution initiating annual proceedings. 2. Authorize preparation of the Engineers Report. It was staff's recommendation to adopt the resolution initiating proceedings for annual assessments and authorize the preparation of the Engineer's Report. E. Parks Maintenance Assessment District (AD85 -1): 1. Resolution No. 88 -456. A proposed resolution initiating annual proceedings. Minutes of the City Council 10 March 2, 1988 Moorpark, California 2. Authorize preparation of the Engineer's Report. Staff recommendation is to adopt the resolution initiating proceedings for annual assessments and authorize the preparation of the Engineer's Report. Council considered both of these items together with Steven Kueny, City Manager, giving an overview of the report dated February 26, 1988. He also indicated that if both of the Engineer's Reports were to be done there would be a cost savings to the City. The following motion was then heard. MOTION: Councilmember Harper moved and Councilmember Perez seconded a Motion to adopt Resolution No. 88 -455 and to authorize the City Engineer to prepare the Engineer's Report for the Lighting and Landscaping Maintenance Assessment District (AD84 -2) pursuant to the proposal submitted at a cost not to exceed $4,725.00 without City Manager approval to a maximum amount of $5,000.00. Any cost above $5,000.00 would require prior approval of the City Council. The voice vote was unanimous. `flip following motion was then heard. MOTION: Councilmember Harper moved and Councilmember Perez seconded a Motion to adopt Resolution No. 88 -456 and to authorize the City Engineer to prepare the Engineer's Report for the Parks Maintenance Assessment District (AD85 -1) at a cost not to exceed $3,500.00. Any cost above $3,500.00 will require prior approval of the City Council. The voice vote was unanimous. Councilmember Galloway staged that he was only supporting the previous two actions by the Council in order to determine what the assessment might be and that he was not necessarily in support of a Parks Assessment. District for the 1988/89 fiscal year. 12. ORDINANCES: None were presented for approval. 13. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: The following items were r.equesled to he placed on future agenda: 1. Appointments to the Ad Hoc Citizens Redevelopment Committee. 2. A possible appointment to the Planning Commission and a possible appointment to the Parks and Recreation Commission. 3. Consideration of a H.illsido Preservation Ordinance. 4. Consider an initiative process regarding General Plan amendments. Minutes of the City Council 1.1 Moorpark, California 5. Consideration of Viewshed Preservation. 14. CLOSED SESSION: The following motion was heard. March 2, 1988 MOTION: Councilmember Galloway moved and Councilmember Brown seconded a Motion to go into closed session to discuss the following items: A. Personnel. B. Potential litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(c). C. Negotiation concerning acquisition of right -of -way for the Los Angeles Avenue (Highway 118) Widening Project (Gisler). D. Potential litigation pursuilut to Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(1). E. Urban West Communities vs. the City of Moorpark. F. Warmington vs. the City of Moorpark. The voice vote was unanimous, the t:i.me being 12:42 A.M. All City Council members were presented in Closed Session as were Steven Kueny, City Manager and Cheryl Kane, City Attorney. The Council reconvened in open session at 1:40 A.M. City Attorney, Cheryl Kane reported ghat Council did not discuss Potential litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(c) or Potential litigation pursuant to Government Code Section 54956.9(b)(1). She additionally reported that there was no action to report out of Closed Session 15. ADJOURNMENT By consensus, the Council adjonrnod the meeting at the hour of 1:42 a.m. ayor ATTEST: City Clerk 030288.min.36