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CC - 05-27-86APPROVED t . CITY OF ROSEIIEAD D AT. BYQ._ i MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL MAY 27, 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 Councilman Tury. The Invocation was delivered by Reverend Charlie Corum. ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS: Present: Councilmen Bruesch, Cleveland, Taylor,.Tury and Mayor Imperial Absent: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES: MAY 13, 1986 - REGULAR MEETING MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TURY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEVELAND that the City Council Minutes of May 13, 1986 be approved. Vote resulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. I. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE A. Lee Nehlson, 2302 Falling Leaf, Rosemead, representative of the Bahai community, presented to the Mayor and the Councilmembers a copy of a book, Promise of World Peace. Mayor Imperial thanked him for the book. B. Reverend William Lambert, Pastor of the Hope Evangelical Free Church, and stated that this Church has been in the community since 1941, and at this time a distinct transition has taken place. The church has been changed from the Hope Evangelical Free Church to the First Evangelical Church of San Gabriel Valley. It will be the largest Chinese Church in Rosemead, and the largest church with the largest sanctuary in all of Los Angeles. He introduced the two new pastors of this church, Dr. Eddie Lo and Dr. Wilfred Soo. He felt that they will be a distinct asset with strong ministery to the asian community in particular in Rosemead. Mayor Imperial welcomed Dr. Lo and Dr. Soo and hoped that everyone would get to know each other better. Dr. Lo spoke on behalf of the First Evangelical Church and thanked the Council for the wonderful opportunity and stated that they were very happy to be a part of the.wonderful City of Rosemead. Dr. Lo stated that they were here to serve as a bridge between the Asian culture and the Anglo culture. He invited any or all of the Council to attend the opening of their church on Sunday, June 1st, and stated that they would be honored to have them attend. Mayor Imperial stated that if for the reason of previous en- gagements the Council cannot attend, an invitation at another time would be appreciated. PRESENTATIONS: 1985-86 ROSEMEAD HIGH SCHOOL WRESTLERS Mayor Imperial presented a Resolution of Commendation to the 1985-86 Rosemead High School Wrestling Team and to the staff of the Rosemead High School Wrestling Team for their outstanding accomplishment and contribution to the reputation of the City of Rosemead. He also presented individual proclamations to each member of the team. These members are as follows: David Almadarez, Richard Castaneda, Henry Chavez, Freddie Gomez, Wallace Gonzalez, Robert Kawamura, Marty,Kiurnjian, Richard Melick, Eddie Solis, and Joe Totsis. CM 5-27-86 Page #1 0 0 Dr. Irvine commented that the Southern Section of the CIF is only one.of the ten sections in the.State of California, and it takes in over half of the State. Over half of the high schools in the State fall into the Southern Section. Rosemead High School did,in the last wrestling season,win the CIF Championship which means that they did win as a wrestling team from Santa Maria to San Diego from the Pacific Coast to the Nevada border. They beat 475 high schools. He expressed his pride in this team, and intro- duced the Coach Louie Madrigal. Coach Louie Madrigal expressed his appreciation to the Council for having the team at the meeting, and went on to give a run-down on his team and.what trials and tribulations they went through to win the CIF Championship. He introduced each of the members of the team, and commented on each one of them and that they are not only champions in the field of wrestling but have kept up a grade point average of over 3.3.. Mayor Imperial expressed his pride in the Coach Louie Madrigal and the members of the team. PRESENTATION: Mrs. Mark Neville Mayor Imperial read a proclamation which declared the dates between June 14th to July 4th as the 21 days of America, and pre- sented it to Mrs. Mark Neville. Mrs.,Mark Neville expressed her appreciation for the procla- mation and commented on how she has always been impressed with the City of Rosemead for their spirit and patriotism. Mayor Imperial also presented a proclamation to Mrs. Mark Neville for the fantastic job she does for her country and community. The proclamation commended Mrs. Neville for her patriotism, interest in youth, and untiring dedication for the preservation of our Nation and the Constitution of the United States. Mayor Imperial felt that there was nothing that could be said to compen- sate her for all the effort she has put in for being an outstanding American. Mrs. Neville thanked the Council and the Mayor for the distinct honor, and added that America is great because of its people, the people of Rosemead. She thanked Mayor Imperial and the Councilmen for sharing in the opportunity and responsibility of building a better world in which our youth may enjoy fullfillment of their noblest hopes and ambitions. II. PUBLIC HEARING A. PUBLIC HEARING TO CONSIDER AN APPEAL REQUESTED BY HECTOR GARCIA TO PLANNING COMMISSION'S DECISION TO DENY OFF-SITE SALE OF BEER & WINE IN CONJUNCTION WITH MEAT MARKET, DBA LA LUPITA MARKET AT 3119 #F SAN GABRIEL BLVD., ROSEMEAD, CALIFORNIA Mayor.Imperial stated that inquired if there was anyone who this item. Francisco Alvarez, 3210 N. Mr. Hector Garcia, inquired why denied to Mr. Garcia, when there to sell beer and wine. the Public Hearing was open and would like to speak regarding San Gabriel Blvd., spokesman for the sale of beer and wine were are other stores that are allowed Councilman Tury stated that there already are more than enough stores that sell liquor and it has reached a saturation point. Councilman Bruesch stated that after that point is reached then the area targeted as a saturated area and there are certain regulations that the City cannot go beyond, and most of the southern section of the City is just about at that level. Mayor Imperial stated that there is nothing prohibiting him from applying for the CUP at a later date. CM 5-27-86 Page #2 Mr. Alvarez inquired how often should Mr. Garcia apply for this CUP. Mayor Imperial felt that Mr. Garcia could apply for this after about a year, and stated that there is no guarantee that it would be approved at that time either. Councilman Bruesch inquired how are people notified if there is a transfer of license available. Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that he did not think that the ABC does notify anyone. He felt that was between the licensees, and perhaps, brokers would be aware of somebody who wishes to sell their license. Councilman Tury stated that even.if the ABC should o.k. the license, the applicant still has to have a CUP approved. Robert Kress, City Attorney, stated that the licenses that are brokered and have some value are the full licenses. This is talking about the sale of beer and wine, and not really a transfer situation. There is no set limit of the number of beer and wine licenses that may be issued. John Lea, 300 E. Lincoln Avenue, Montebello, stated that they recently bought the church located at 3107 N. Gladys in Rosemead for pre-school purposes. He stated that $550,000 have been spent on the Church and remodeling of the premises, and he did not feel that it would be appropriate to have liquor sold in the market since the school would be very close. Mayor Imperial stated that Mr. Garcia has the right to re- apply for a CUP at a later date; however, Mr. Lea would be notified at that time if such were the case. Mayor Imperial inquired if there was anyone else who would care to speak regarding this matter. There being none, the Public Hearing was closed. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TURY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BRUESCH that Planning Commission's decision to deny the off-site sale of beer and wine in conjunction with a meat market at 3119 #F San Gabriel Blvd., be up-held. Vote resulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. Councilman Bruesch requested that the record show that his comments to the applicant were not trying to give them hope that there would be a license available, but rather to give them the idea that getting a license in this community would take a long, long time. He wanted him to avoid reapplying a dozen or two dozen times, when there is really not much hope in getting this type of license. III. LEGISLATIVE A. RESOLUTION NO. 86-22 - CLAIMS & DEMANDS RESOLUTION NO. 86-22 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS & DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF $259,977.69 NUMBERED 9961-9981116703 THORUGH 16777 INCLUSIVELY MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TURY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEVELAND that Resolution No. 86-22 be.adopted. Vote resulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. Councilman Taylor questioned who the Kiwaniis membership dues were for. Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that was for two quarters of his membership. CM 5-27-86 Page #3 B. RESOLUTION NO. 86-23 - SUPPORTING PROPOSITION #46 RESOLUTION NO. 86-23 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD SUPPORTING PROPOSITION #46: RESTORATION OF GENERAL OBLI- GATION BOND AUTHORITY TO THE VOTERS MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN BRUESCH that Resolution No. 86-23 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. 86-24 - SUPPORTING PROPOSITION #51 Councilman Tury requested that something be added to the Resolution that this Council is concerned about the misleading nature of the advertisements by those who oppose Proposition #51. He'felt that those advertisements which oppose Proposition #51 have very little to do with the proposition and are very mis- leading. Councilman Bruesch also agreed with the fact that the ad- vertisements were very misleading. He felt that basically Pro- position #51 puts this State on record as saying that something has to be done about liability insurance mess, and supporting Proposition #51 will make this an issue that people will be more aware of. He highly recommended that some verbage regarding the misleading advertisement be added to the Resolution. RESOLUTION NO. 86-24 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD SUPPORTING PROPOSITION #51: THE FAIR RESPONSIBILITY ACT OF 1986 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BRUESCH, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEVELAND that Resolution No. 86-24 be adopted as amended. Vote resulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. Mayor Imperial directed that copies of this Resolution be sent to all newspapers in the area. Councilman Tury stated that he had heard from a representa- tive of Senator Montoya's office that a mailing would be prepared in support of Proposition #51. D. RESOLUTION NO. 86-25 - ADOPTING 1986 SUPPLEMENTS TO STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION Councilman Tury requested a copy of the changes in the supplements. Norm Rubel, Deputy City Engineer, stated that he would get copies for the Council. RESOLUTION NO. 86-25 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ADOPTING 1986-SUPPLEMENTS TO THE STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR PUBLIC WORKS CONSTRUCTION MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BRUESCH, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TURY that Resolution No. 86-25 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-B and CC-F deferred) CC-A RENEWAL OF SIGNAL MAINTENANCE CONTRACT CC-C ACCEPTANCE OF ROAD DEED AND PERMIT TO ENTER/EGLEY STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CM 5-27-86 Page #4 0 CC-D ACCEPTANCE OF ROAD DEEDS & PERMITS TO ENTER/STEVENS STREET IMPROVEMENT PROJECT CC-E AUTHORIZATION TO ATTEND LEAGUE OF CALIFORNIA LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE IN SACRAMENTO, JUNE 9 & 10, 1986 MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TURY, 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-B CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY ON BEHALF OF MONSON CRON Councilman Taylor commented on the amount of the claim against the City which was $69 and inquired if staff had in- vestigated this claim. He felt that it was ridiculous to take this amount of a claim to attorneys and insurance adjusters. Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that staff agreed and this has been discussed with the City Attorney and he is going to prepare a system where these kinds of items can be settled by a committee that the Council would.approve to be established so that these kinds of claims do not have to be filed with Carl Warren and Company for a $69 claim. There are a couple of other cities that have started to do this, and this item will be placed on the Agenda of the next Council Meeting. Councilman Taylor requested that this item be deferred to the next meeting. As long as it is property damage then it could be handled by a committee, but if there is any type of personal injury he felt that it should be handled by the insurance adjuster and have it on the record as such. There being no objection, this item was deferred to the next meeting. CC-F APPROVAL OF LOCATION OF FIREWORK STANDS Councilman Bruesch stated that he wanted staff to be aware that there are people out there, that go by names of charitable groups and run firework stands as a profit making organization. He had seen one that was operated that way, and he wanted staff to be cautious each year that people who are running these groups are really who they say they are. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN BRUESCH, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR that the location of the firework stands be approved. Vote re- sulted: UPON ROLL CALL ALL COUNCILMEMBERS PRESENT VOTED AYE. The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. V. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION A. OPTION TO CONTINUE MEDICAL INSURANCE COVERAGE AT NO COST TO THE CITY Councilman Taylor stated that he felt this was an unusual request and he was neutral on the subject,. and he requested that staff give him a list of other cities in the L. A. County area that provide this type of coverage. Councilman Tury stated that he had requested that this item be placed on the Agenda, and since there is no cost to the City, he felt that this was something that was more of a courtesy than anything else to allow a person the option in case they are not able to get insurance elsewhere. Councilman Taylor stated that he was tempted to make it for a period of one or two years. He requested a little more infor- mation on this and wanted to know if there are any other cities that do this. CM 5-27-86 Page N5 Mayor Imperial agreed with what Councilman Tury said. He felt that if a Councilman gives of his time to the City Council for a period of five or ten or fifteen years, and then the only thing that you are requesting is a chance to. retain your insurance at no cost to the City, he would have a hard time believing that anyone would think that the City is giving them anything. Councilman Taylor stated that he was not totally opposed to it and he could see some rationale for having it, but it is something that is fairly new and he just wants some additional information to help support his decision. He is leaning in favor of it, and with the premiums being paid by the individual, that would help justify voting for it. Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that many Cities do have conversion policies where the employer gives permission for the individual to keep the insurance policy at the same group rate. Councilman Bruesch stated that the only qualms he has over this is that the employee would reimburse the employer. He requested that the final proposal would state that if the employee misses x number of payments, the priviledge would be cancelled. It should be stated very clearly that should a payment be missed, the coverage would be cancelled and you would be asked to pay the missed payments. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TURY, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN CLEVELAND that the Council establish a policy of allowing all participants the option of continuing with Health Net and making the premiums directly to the City. Vote resulted: AYES: Councilmen Bruesch, Cleveland, Tury and Mayor Imperial NAYES: None ABSENT: None ABSTAIN: Councilman Taylor Whereupon the Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. Councilman Taylor requested the information regarding other cities that have insurance policies available for terminated or retired employees. Councilman Tury stated that he would also like that infor- mation regarding what other cities are doing. Mayor Imperial directed the City Manager to get that infor- mation to all members of the City Council. B. MODERN SERVICE SUBSIDY REPORT Councilman Bruesch stated that when someone from the school had first made the request to have the bins replaced, the girl on the phone at Modern Service said that it was not for Modern Service to decide, but it is for the City to decide if bins need replacement. He stated that he thought it was part of the Con- tract with Modern Service that if a bin was leaking or damaged, it should be replaced. . Mayor Imperial stated that this problem could be easily re- solved by contacting the City Manager's office, and it would be taken care of. Councilman Taylor stated that if there is a problem like that, staff should check into it. He stated that the subsidy report was a very good report and gives backup information, and he felt that he would ask for it annually to keep the Council up-dated"on what the subsidy is up to. He stated that when the contract comes up for negotiating, this subsidy report will be a bargaining tool. C. Councilman Bruesch requested that when the Council Meeting is adjourned that it be in memory of Pauline Harrington, Mother of the Year frequently, and Jackie Holtsinger, mother of Holly Knapp. CM 5-27-86 Page #6 D. Councilman Taylor stated that the Alhambra School Dis- trict Board had set up a meeting with the Council for June 3, 1986 at 4:00 p. m., however, he had a problem with the hour of the meeting, and would not be able to attend at that time. Mayor Imperial stated that he had spoken to the City Manager regarding the 4:00 p. m. time and had requested that the time of the meeting be changed to 7:00 p.m., or 8:00 p.m. for the meeting. E. Councilman Tury stated that there are truck parking problems on the streets, and proper authorities have been spoken to,,but for some reason it does not seem to be working. He again requested that the truck parking in the City be policed. F. Councilman Tury inquired when the new trash containers are scheduled to arrive. G. Mayor Imperial directed the City Manager to have enforce- ment in the City on the weekends. He stated that both Valley Blvd., and Rosemead Blvd. look like San Isidro on weekends. Councilman Tury stated that at the old theater building they are in the parking lot and on the sidewalk every weekend. Mayor Imperial stated that Mr. Bill's Sandwich shop has been cited several times, but they keep putting that A-Frame out on the sidewalk on the weekends. He felt that someone should be out en- forcing these ordinances on the weekends. H. Mayor Imperial also requested that the Top Hat be put back on the Agenda for the Council's discussion. VII. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS A. Donald Smith, 3120 Rosemead Place, expressed his apprecia- tion to Councilmen Bruesch and the other members of the Council for the consideration being shown to the memory of Pauline Harrington. Mayor Imperial stated that the Memorial Day Services held at Savannah Cemetary were also adjourned in memory of Pauline Harring- ton. B. Bonnie Culbertson, Chamber of Commerce Manager, stated that she was happy to note that none of the businesses that the Mayor referred to were not members of the Chamber of Commerce. C. Juan Nunez, 2702 Del Mar, stated that there is a,.nlace on Garvey that is just east of Del Mar and just east of Smart and Final, and sometimes a trailer is brought in and furniture is unloaded. Sometimes the trailer is left over-night, and he wondered if that was illegal. Frank G. Tripepi, City Manager, stated that all of these items will be taken care of. There being no further business to handle, the Council Meeting was adjourned in memory of Pauline Harrington, and Jackie Holtsinger. The Meeting was adjourned to May 28, 1986 at 7:00 p. m. Respectfully submitted: APPROVED: (PO~~ City lerk QM U, J7~6 R 14. CM 5-27-86 Page #7