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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMIN 1996 0131 CC SPCMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL Moorpark, California January 31, 1996 A Special Meeting of the City Council of the City of Moorpark was held on January 31, 1996, in the Council Chambers of said City located at 799 Moorpark Avenue, Moorpark, California. 1. CALL TO ORDER: Mayor Pro Tem Wozniak called the meeting to order at 7:12 p.m. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Councilmember Perez led the Pledge of Allegiance. 2. ROLL CALL: Present: Councilmembers Hunter, Perez, and Mayor Pro Tem Wozniak. Absent: Mayor Lawrason was announced by Mayor Pro Tem Wozniak as absent as his mother died this weekend and her funeral was today. Staff Present: Steven Kueny, City Manager; Richard Hare, Deputy City Manager; Jim Aguilera, Director of Community Development; Ken Gilbert, Director of Public Works; Mary Lindley, Assistant to the City Manager; Dirk Lovett, Assistant City Engineer; Deborah Traffenstedt, Senior Planner; Lillian Hare, City Clerk; Dorothy Vandaveer, Deputy City Clerk. 3. ACTION /DISCUSSION: A. Consider Preliminary Quality of Life Thresholds /Standards for New Growth Management Program. Staff Recommendation: Receive and file the report. Ms. Traffenstedt gave the staff report. Ms. Lindley, answered questions which had been posed by the Council at the last meeting. She said the standards being identified by the County regarding emergency response times are as follows: EMS first responder is to respond within five minutes. -� Advanced life support/ transport non -first responder is to respond in eight minutes. Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 2 January 31, 1996 Relative to library services, Ms. Lindley indicated that the Library District has suggested the Council might want to consider a threshold /standard of .5 full time library employees per 1,000 residents as recommended by the County. CONSENSUS: By consensus, the Council requested a response time analysis for Moorpark from Emergency Medical Services. Barbara Brodfuehrer, 3210 Foothill Rd., Ventura, of Ventura County Health Care Agency Emergency Medical Services (EMS), addressed the Council. She offered to do a response time study for Moorpark. CONSENSUS: By consensus, the Council determined they wanted County EMS to do a response time study for Moorpark. In answer to Mayor Pro Tem Wozniak, Ms. Brodfuehrer stated that the minimum standard for response time is that it is achieved 90% percent of the time. She said the County is trying to increase those percentages and probably would be able to achieve 93% to 95% percent. In response to Mr. Kueny, Ms. Brodfuehrer said that the County's role in determining the location of ambulance units is an indication to a care provider that ambulances need to be relocated to correct response time problems. Allen Langville of the Library Services Agency, indicated that he was appearing in place of Dixie Adeniran. In response to Mayor Pro Tem Wozniak, Mr. Langville stated that .5 full time employees per 1,000 population is a goal. He said to restore the library hours of service to previous levels, 3 full time staff members would be needed. Mayor Pro Tem Wozniak indicated that he believed the .5 number may be too high. Don Kendall, 2100 Olsen Rd., Thousand Oaks, from the Calleguas Water District, addressed the Council. He said their retailers were proactive in developing conservation programs which make this area "drought proof." He said the other reason for his belief that this area is drought proof is because of the Los Posas Basin storage project. He also indicated that the water is treated to the Vut"Z Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 3 January 31, 1996 highest standards. In response to Councilmember Perez, Mr. Kendall said that the water distributed in this area is treated at the Joseph Jensen Treatment Plant and also the Lake Bard facility. In response to Councilmember Perez's question regarding the affect of a major earthquake, Mr. Kendall responded that within the next three years Calleguas intends to have a one year supply of water stored. He said the storage will consist of water contained in the Los Posas Basin facility, injection wells in Grimes Canyon, and a water pipeline from the Bard Reservoir. Mr. Kendall said they are projecting build -out of the County to occur about the year 2030 and that there will be an adequate water supply. He said this projection of adequate water supply at build out includes the use of reclaimed water. He said reclaimed water projects are not cost effective at present but sooner or later they "make sense ". He said such projects are best developed by mutual participation. Reddy Pakala of Waterworks District No. 1, 7156 Walnut Canyon Rd., Moorpark, addressed the Council. He said the District is in a better situation now with regard to the reliability. He said they have a reclamation project under way. He said the existing treatment plant which processes 2 million gallons per day with a current capacity of 3 mgd, of which 1.5 million is tertiary would need to be expanded to 5 million gallons per day to meet the expected growth. He said six ground water wells provide 25% percent of the water and 75% percent is imported. He said he believes the reclaimed water distribution system will be complete in approximately 12 to 18 months. Mr. Pakala said he feels comfortable that the District can provide water to meet the proposed growth outlined within the City's General Plan. In response to Mr. Kueny, Mr. Pakala said there is a possibility of serving Messenger by using reclaimed water; however, it will be expensive to pump water uphill to the proposed Messenger development. He said the District does not have enough treatment capacity available for the development. He said there was a possibility of bringing water from the City of Simi Valley for the development and he believes this option would be less expensive. 00("3 Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 4 January 31, 1996 Alex Sheydayi, 800 S. Victoria Avenue, Ventura, addressed the Council as a representative of the County Flood Control District. He said the City's fifty year storm drainage standard was very conservative and could cause some problems. He said a ten year storm plan allows more retention of water in the streets. He said the County builds to the ten year storm plan. He recommended that the City support a policy that post development run off could not exceed the pre- development run off. He said he would like developers to build retention basins rather than having all water go into the drainage system. He said many of the County Flood Control channels needed to be enlarged. In response to Mr. Wozniak, Mr. Sheydayi said the Arroyo Simi is very substandard. He said it was constructed almost forty years ago to meet the needs at the time. In response to Councilmember Perez, Mr. Lovett indicated that the City's current standards did not allow developers to increase run off as a result of their construction. Mr. Kueny said the City is working with the Flood Control District to update the Walnut Canyon and not Gabbert Canyon drainage studies. In response to Mr. Kueny, Mr. Sheydayi said that the Flood Control District has not looked at all the facilities in the Moorpark area. He said they have not completed a deficiency study. Tim Kelly, 14357 E. Cambridge Street, addressed the Council. He said he believes it was a mistake to abandon Measure F. In response to Council question, Mr. Kueny indicated that no action on this item is required tonight. He said updated comments on the preliminary Quality of Life Thresholds/ Standards for New Growth Management Program will be provided to the Council at the first regular meeting in March. He said Chief Sewell will address the Council on February 21st and a representative from Moorpark Unified School District will address the Council on February 15th. Circulation will also be discussed on February 15, 1996. 0OW04 Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 5 January 31, 1996 Councilmember Perez requested that staff provide comments to Council as to what agency information being provided is outside the Council purview. CONSENSUS: By consensus, the Council determined to request that staff provide for the March 6 meeting any appropriate information needed as a result of Agency discussion. B. Consider Messenger Investment Co. (MIC) Request for General Plan Amendment to County of Ventura 2010 Regional Road Network Map. Staff Recommendation: Direct staff to provide comments for screening hearing. Ms. Traffenstedt gave the staff report. Ralph Sinclair, 6440 N. Berkley Circle, asked why Messenger Investment Company was approaching the County before the EIR was complete. He expressed his opinion that this was not the correct approach. Tim Kelly, would save County. 14357 E. Cambridge Rd., indicated that he his comments until the meeting with the Roseann Mikos, 14371 E. Cambridge Rd., said the prescreening of this project by the County is premature. She said the Happy Camp Canyon resource has not been studied thoroughly yet and the EIR process needs to be finished before the prescreening process begins. She said the County should withhold any action until after there is a decision made by the City. In response to Council question, Mr. Aguilera said this item will be heard by the County on February 6. Councilmember Wozniak said he is concerned that the application is premature and that if the Board of Supervisor's decision on February 6 is to allow Hidden Creek Ranch Partners to file a formal General Plan application, such application could be filed and processed prematurely. He also said he is concerned about the Campus Park Drive extension and why it is being considered as part of the prescreening. Councilmember Hunter indicated his concurrence with Councilmember Wozniak. He said if the City allows this UU0005 Minutes of the City Council Moorpark, California Page 6 January 31, 1996 project to take different paths, the City will lose control of it. MOTION: Councilmember Wozniak moved and Councilmember Hunter seconded a motion to draft a letter to be signed by the Mayor to request that the County Board of Supervisors defer action on prescreening until after the City's decision on the EIR and Specific Plan, but if the County will not delay the prescreening, the Council requests that the Board of Supervisors not allow a General Plan Amendment process to take place until after the City takes action on the EIR and Specific Plan, and to include in the letter any other comments by the Council this evening including the extension of Campus Park Drive which is not consistent with the City's current General Plan Circulation Element. The motion carried by roll call vote 3 -0, Mayor Lawrason absent for the vote. 4. ADJOURNMENT: MOTION: Mayor Pro Tem Wozniak adjourned the meeting in honor of the Mayor's mother, Ethel Lawrason. The time was 9 :06 p.m. MI I WMI RIKIRRVI/a ANN @,F,� i ATTEST: UUUW6