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CC - 07-22-86,~,pp1tOVED CiTS' o y ROFF.'14BAD DATE-Z- - MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL JULY 22, 1986 AT 8:00 P. M. The Regular Meeting of the Rosemead City Council was called to order by Mayor Imperial at 8':05 p. m., in the Council Chambers of City Hall, 8838 E. Valley Boulevard, Rosemead, California. The Pledge to the Flag was led by Mayor Pro Tem Cleveland. The Invocation was delivered by Reverend Art Freund. ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS: Present: Councilmen Bruesch, Cleveland, Taylor, Tury and Mayor Imperial Absent: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES: JULY 8, 1986 - REGULAR MEETING Councilman Bruesch stated that his comment on the second page was not as he had stated and he clarified his statement. regarding a similar situation on Lower Azusa and Rosemead Blvd. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TURY that the Minutes of July 8, 1986 be approved as clarified. Vote resulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. I. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS A. Eleanor Rivas, 2516 Falling Leaf, presented the City Council with a petition signed by 40 residents of Falling Leaf Avenue who do not want the street widened. Councilman Tury stated that the staff should investigate this and return it back to the Council by the next agenda. Councilman Bruesch commented that the original idea of widening that street came from residents who live on Falling Leaf. Eleanor Rivas stated that one of the reasons that the residents do not want the street widened is because the street faces the Auto Auction and the traffic is already bad. If the street were widened it would get worse. Councilman Breusch stated that it had been brought to his attention that.the street was not a legal sized street, and he wanted that investigated. Councilman Taylor stated that this should be checked out and brought back to the Council after the staff has investigated the situation. Mayor Imperial stated that the staff has been directed to investigate this issue, and requested that Mrs. Rivas be con- tacted with the information and this item to be brought back to the City Council for the next Agenda. PRESENTATION: Linda Christianson Mayor Imperial stated that the City Council was very sorry to see Linda Christianson leave the City of Rosemead and wished her the very best in her future endeavors. A plaque.was pre- sented to Linda for over 14 years of outstanding service to the City of Rosemead, and a picture was taken with all the Council. CM 7-22-86 Page #1 III. LEGISLATIVE C~ A. ORD. NO. 588-ADOPTION OF L.A. COUNTY 1986 FIRE CODE Councilman Bruesch inquired why Sections 3100 and 3101 of the Code were amended and what exactly that means. Robert Kress, City Attorney, stated that it is being deleted because those sections prevent the sale of fireworks in the City. There are separate regulations within the Municipal Code that deal with permits and locations for the sale of safe and sane fireworks. This Section has been deleted from previous Codes. ORDINANCE NO. 588 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ADOPTING BY REFERENCE THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES FIRE CODE, 1986 EDITION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TURY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEVELAND that Ordinance No. 588 be introduced on its first reading and the reading in full be waived. Vote resulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. B. RESOLUTION NO. 86-36(85-86) CLAIMS & DEMANDS RESOLUTION NO. 86-36 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS & DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF $402,195.51 NUMBERED 10044-60/10063-65/10068,10069-72/10075/10079 AND 17103 THROUGH 17231 INCLUSIVELY MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TURY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEVELAND that Resolution No. 86-34 be adopted. Vote resulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. C. RESOLUTION NO. 86-37(86-87) CLAIMS & DEMANDS RESOLUTION NO. 86-37 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS & DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF $49,103.94 NUMBERED 10060-61/10066/10067/10073/10077-78 & 17233 THRU 17250 INCLUSIVELY MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BRUESCH that Resolution No. 86-35 be adopted. Vote resulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. IV. CONSENT CALENDAR (CC-C, CC-F and CC-G deferred) CC-A ACCEPTANCE''OF ROAD DEED EASEMENT/TOYS R US PARKING LOT CC-B RENEWAL OF DIAL A RIDE AGREEMENT CC-D CLAIM AGAINST CITY ON BEHALF OF MONSON CHIN CC-E APPROVAL OF WILLDAN ASSOCIATES PROPOSAL FOR CDBG ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES CC-H AWARD OF GRAFFITI REMOVAL CONTRACT MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR,.SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BRUESCH that the foregoing items on the Consent Calendar be approved. Vote resulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. CC-C INSTALLATION OF SIGNAL AT SAN GABRIEL BLVD., AT EMERSON PLACE Councilman Taylor stated that he concurred with the Traffic Commission's recommendation regarding this item on everything but the removal of the crosswalk at Whitmore. Mayor Imperial and Councilman Tury agreed with Councilman Taylor in that they felt that the.crosswalks should not be removed. Councilman Bruesch also stated that he had apprehensions re- garding the removal of the crosswalks. CM 7-22-86 Page =2 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TURY that the recommendation by the Traffic Commission to install a traffic signal at San Gabriel Boulevard and Emerson Place be-approved; however, the recommendation to remove the cross- walks at the suggested three locations be deleted. Vote re- sulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. CC-F RENEWAL OF CHAMBER OF COMMERCE CONTRACT FOR COMMERCIAL REHABILITATION OUTREACH SERVICES Councilman Tury inquired if there was a monthly billing that varies from month to month depending on the amount of time put in, or is there just a monthly payment. Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that they are not paid on a monthly basis, and they are paid depending on the services rendered. Councilman Tury requested that he would like to see the back-up of the payments made last year. Councilman Bruesch inquired if the maximum amount of $14,700 allotted in the Contract has ever been reached by the Chamber. Mayor Imperial stated that he could not recall that amount ever being reached. Councilman Bruesch inquired what would happen if all the CDBG funds.were cancelled. Councilman Tury stated that he assumed if all the funds were cancelled, and all the programs were cancelled then there would be no need for the services. He added that there is no guarantee that the City will pay the Chamber anything, only that they will be paid for services as rendered. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TURY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BRUESCH that the Agreement with the Chamber of Commerce for Rehabili- tation Outreach Services be approved. Vote resulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. CC-G RENEWAL OF CDBG ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES/NEIL STANTON PALMER, AIA MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TURY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEVELAND that Agreement with Neil Stanton Palmer, AIA for CDBG Architec- tural Services be approved. Vote resulted: AYES: Councilmen Bruesch, Cleveland, Tury and Mayor Imperial NAYES: Councilman Taylor ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: None Whereupon the Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. V. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION & ACTION A. Councilman Taylor inquired if there had been any informa- tion received regarding Falcon's financing. Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that he had not re- ceived any documentation regarding the financing as to this date. Councilman Tury inquired if a response had been received from Falcon regarding the letter sent to them. Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that the only letter that has been received from Falcon was regarding the clean-up work' that had been done and which application permits had been processed by the Phone Company. He felt that the letters had crossed in the mail, and was not a response to the letter from the City Attorney. CM 7-22-86 Page #3 Councilman Tury inquired if they had contacted Computran and given any information to them. Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that he was aware that Falcon has spoken to Computran; however, Miss Shapiro has been on vacation, but she should be talking to the City either the end of this week or early next week. He added that a meeting is being planned with Falcon to see where the finan- cial documents are and to pull things together.. Councilman Tury requested that this item be placed on the next Council Agenda. Councilman Bruesch commented on a July 11th reply from Falcon about fixing up their cables in Altadena and Monrovia, and stated that in the far right hand they have the number of inspections and corrections with a y. He inquired if the y meant that those corrections have been done. He wanted to understand what the symbols meant on the list. He added that if those are corrections, then the great.majority of them have been corrected. Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that the important clean-ups are in the surrounding area to Rosemead. He stated that those are the clean-ups that the City is interested in and also are the ones that the phone company was, referring to. Councilman Taylor referred to the letter which was sent by Computran to the City dated June 24, 1986 which was recorded in the Minutes of the Council Meeting of July 8, 1986, and stated there was a discrepency in what Falcon states has been completed and what information Computran has, the City has or Pacific Bell. He felt that staff would have to do some research to find out who has the right information. Mayor Imperial stated that staff was directed to come back to the Council with answers to the questions requested by the Council. VII. MATTERS FROM OFFICIALS A. HISTORIC PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM Mayor Imperial stated that he had requested that Historic Preservation Grant Program be placed on the Agenda because he wanted to know how this program could be utilized for the Dins- more Heritage House in Rosemead. and the Savannah Cemetary on Valley Boulevard which is a landmark. He felt that it was a historical monument as it was the end of the Santa Fe Trail, and that there are gravesites there that are over 250 years old. He wanted this to be checked into under the Historical Preserva- tion Grant Program for the Dinsmore House and that the Savannah Cemetary be declared a Historical Monument or site to be protected from any future problems. Councilman Bruesch commented that two years ago a meeting with the Southern California Historical Association had been held here, and the purpose of that meeting was to'take professional and amatuer historians to the Savannah Cemetary. At that time, a doctor of history was doing some original research on cemetary sites in Southern California. Councilman Bruesch thought that this doctor had stated that Savannah Cemetary site is the oldest,still operating cemetary site in Southern California. He heartily agreed that staff should find out if it can be declared a state historical monument and he also requested that staff could investigate if a grant could be applied for to spruce up the place. He wanted this to be a mini- history lesson for the children in the schools, and stated that Jeanette Larson had often told him that she would like to see some- thing done about the cemetary to be made a historical monument. He felt that this would be a fitting tribute to her name also. CM 7-22-86 Page N4 Councilman Tury stated that he agreed in concept with the Mayor and Councilman Bruesch'; however, the.application states that grant funds are open only to local government having ade- quate ownership control over historic properties for which funds are requested. He did not feel the site would qualify for the Historic Preservation Grant Program. Mayor Imperial stated that this may not be the vehicle, but he felt that this is the time to do something about making this a State Historical Monument or site. He requested the support of the whole Council in trying to prove the point that this is a historical monument. Councilman Taylor suggested that the State program be brought back to the Council, and stated that he had no problem with the recommendation that Savannah Cemetary be given the recognition that it does deserve. He thought possibly the State program might be the proper vehicle to use for this site, and suggested that staff investigate that program. Councilman Bruesch stated that when the staff does this research, it would be.appropriate to contact the Historical Society that held there semi-annual meeting here a couple of years ago. He stated that he felt that it would be helpful to speak to the professor that was here at that time, because he had original data that would prove that this cemetary is one of a kind, and this information would help strengthen the case of making the cemetary a historical monument. Mayor Imperial stated that staff was so directed. B. Councilman Bruesch commented on the data received from the Alhambra School District, and stated that where the school is placed is not where the children are coming from. He stated that children from Monterey Park are going to schools in Alhambra and visa versa. He added that in the Garvey District there are two schools in Monterey Park, but also there are two schools that are pulling a good number of children from Monterey Park. C. Councilman Bruesch requested some type of discussion regarding the Luncheon Program at Zapopan Community Center to. see if the City had the where-with-all to help provide that nutrition program for the seniors down there, and requested that staff do some research and present this information at some future Council Meeting. Mayor Imperial stated that the staff is working on it, and as soon as this information is available, there will be some conversation on it. D. Mayor Imperial stated that he had requested information on the Jeanette Larson Scholarship Award for Rosemead High School. He felt that if there is a Jeanette Larson Scholarship fund it should go to the Rosemead High School where she spent many, many hours of her life. He felt that this could be worked out and he wanted more information about it. Councilman Taylor stated that he felt that the City Attorney had prepared a good recommendation in that rather than the City having the responsibility of chosing the recipient of the scholar- ship, the teachers do that selection. Mayor Imperial stated that his intent was not that the City should chose the recipient, but only that scholarship be awarded by the Rosemead High School, and that the scholarship fund be initiated by the City. Robert Kress, City Attorney, stated that as long as the Council concurs that the City will not be making the decision of who the recipient will be, only that the City will be making a contribution directly to the High School or someone else, then the staff should be directed to investigate that. CM 7-22-86 Page #5 0 Mayor Imperial stated that the Jeanette Larson Scholarship fund should be handled by the High School and not the Library or anyone else, and he requested that be looked into. Councilman Bruesch stated that in his experience he has found it doesn't matter who controls the funds, it can be desig- nated that the funds go to an outstanding student of Rosemead High School, even an outstanding student in a specific academic area. Councilman Taylor suggested that this be referred back to staff to work out the details. Mayor Imperial stated that this was so directed. There being no further business to handle, the Council Meeting was adjourned to August 12, 1986 at 8:00 p. m. Respectfully submitted: APPROVED: Cit Clerk l MAYOR CM 7-22-86 Page N6