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CC – Approval of Minutes 07-28-98 NOT '7 -170L;L UNTO ADC.- 7-hr rJ MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING CITY r ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL JULY 28, 1998 The regular meeting of the Rosemead City Council was called to order by Mayor Bruesch at 8:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the City Hall, 8838 E. Valley Boulevard, Rosemead, California. The Pledge to the Flag was led by Mayor Pro Tern Vasquez The Invocation was delivered by Mayor Bruesch ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS: Present: Councilmembers Clark, Imperial, Taylor, Mayor Pro Tern Vasquez, and Mayor Bruesch Absent: None APPROVAL OF MINUTES: JULY 14, 1998 -REGULAR MEETING MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER TAYLOR, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM VASQUEZ that the Minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 14, 1998, be approved as submitted. Vote resulted: Yes: Vasquez, Taylor, Clark, Imperial No: None Absent: None Abstain: Bruesch The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. PRESENTATIONS: None 1. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE VERBATIM DIALOGUE STARTS: JUAN NUNEZ: 2702 Del Mar. I want to resolve...I've spoken before that our neighborhood is going to "hell", excuse the language. But, I've had some more problems with my neighbor. Just this past weekend, they kept us awake until 3 o'clock in the morning on Friday night, until Saturday morning. Saturday night they kept me awake until noon, I mean until midnight. And, I don't know whether through the materials that I gave you as the Council, anything can be done. I understand that I can make a citizens arrest and I know that's going to rile some feathers, and I was saying to one of the deputies that I may have to protect myself by buying a weapon. For these guys aren't going to take it like that, you know,just like that. And, I don't want to be caught without anything whenever they come around. 'Cause I'm sure that they're liable to do that, the type of people they are. As I say, they've...the person that lived in the middle apartments on that property has moved to the front apartments, upper apartments. And, they just continue to do the same thing. He had been quiet now for...since about January the 1st when I first brought in those papers to the Council, or to Jeff rather - that I don't know when he gave them to the Council. But, he had been quiet, and I thought maybe the Council had been... COUNCILMAN TAYLOR: Excuse me, Mr. Nunez. January 1st? NUNEZ: A.hhh, June 1st. TAYLOR: O.K. CC:7-2898 Page g NUNEZ: At first I thought maybe through the Council they had sent some kind of a letter because it had been quiet. Not real quiet, but it had been quiet. But, like I say, this past weekend he had another blow-out or another party, you know. And, I called the station. Officer Bayer came out, but at the time he came out he said, "I can't hear anything." And, naturally, when they see a patrol car, they're not going to...it's like me sticking my hand in the cookie jar. You're not going to catch me with my hand in the cookie jar if I see somebody watching me. They'll turn the music down. I told Deputy Bayer as soon as you leave, they'll turn the music up again. He was there at about 11 o'clock. Let's see. I called at 9:20 and the music was stopped, then I cancelled the call. I called again at 10:25 and Deputy Bayer responded at 11:10. Like I said, we had the problem up until 3 o'clock in the morning. That's one of the things I wanted to bring to you. I don't know...if I say I want to...I don't want you fighting the battles for me. I just want to know what can be done about it. Like I say, I'm going to have to prepare myself with these guys because they're the type of guys that can come around and retaliate. MAYOR BRUESCH: Mr. Nunez. I have a question. Mr. Kress, is this the type thing that a individual can get a restraining order on in court? ROBERT KRESS, CITY ATTORNEY: Yes. BRUESCH: That might be your court of last resort, basically - is to go to court and get a restraining order. It's quite obvious, as you say, that every time you call and they see the Sheriff s patrol car come, the noise stops. If you feel that they have it down to a science where they're not going to be caught by the Sheriff. Your basic recourse is to go to court, get a legal paper, called a restraining order, and in that restraining order it lays out what they can and cannot do in order to obtain peace in the neighborhood. NUNEZ: I have no peace at my home, even in the daytime. In the daytime, we're awake, sometime we're watching TV or just conversing, and we can't even...you hear that "boom boom, boom, boom boom". That's the kind of music that he likes, and I have nothing against, as I mentioned, I have nothing against him listening to that kind of music, but I don't want to hear it. BRUESCH: I think you need to look into getting a restraining order. That may be the only answer that you can...because that will lay out the legal grounds upon which you can make complaints. If a restraining order is given, if a judge gives you the restraining order and they break the bonds, then they can be punished. NUNEZ: OK. I understand that, but as I say, even on that I know that he's going to try to retaliate. Because, as you notice, before he had egged my house and egged my car. BRUESCH: But the thing of it is, in that restraining order, they say no retaliation. That would break the restraining order and then that would be punishable. It would be a punishable offense. NUNEZ: There again, I don't see them doing it. I just assume that they do it because of the troubles that I'm having with them. I didn't see them egg my car. But, I'm sure they're the ones that did it. BRUESCH: I would highly suggest that you talk to a lawyer and see what you can do about getting a restraining order. I think this is not getting any better. NUNEZ: I didn't see them do it. That's another thing. I don't have no other witnesses, except ourselves. Myself and my family. You know, the people in effect right now, today, there's another person that's moved into one of the apartments there, which they had two vacancies. And, today,just at 5 o'clock I had to ask them to lower their music. I'm sure that I'm going to have some more problems with them too. They had two vacancies, they still have one vacancy, and I'm sure I'm going to have some more problems. I don't know whether this lady, that I spoke to will adhere to, when I asked her to lower her music for her own self to hear, that we don't want to hear it in my house or my property. CC:7-2&98 Pagc%2 BRUESCH: Mr. Imperial, you had a comment. COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL: Mr. Mayor. To Mr. Nunez. I've been with you as I would call the police out every time you've got a problem. NUNEZ: I have. IMPERIAL: Get a copy of that and also get yourself a recorder and record that stuff. When you go to court at least you'll have some basis for your complaint, OK. NUNEZ: Oh yeah, because the Sheriff, the Sheriff, I don't think makes a report on whatever they see or whatever they hear. IMPERIAL: Then let's find out from them what you can get from them to show that you called them out. When you go to court you'll have a recording. If you've got a tape of those people, their noise, you'll have times when they got there and the Judge will have something to go by. NUNEZ: I have all that written down. This other stuff that I have here, I haven't entered into my.... IMPERIAL: Mr. Mayor. I'd like to know from the Sheriffs Department what they can do, what is the maximum they can do - a memo from the Sheriffs Department on stuff Eke this. I went through this, I know what he's going through. NUNEZ: Because earlier, when I had had this problem too, the deputy had told me, when you have some more problems, call me. And, you see how many calls I've had on that...that I've recorded there.... IMPERIAL: You have to have some documentation on that, Juan. NUNEZ: There has to be a point that, you know, the deputies have to say that this is enough. But, I don't know... IMPERIAL: That's why enough hasn't been enough and that's why I'd like some information on this. Do they have the ability to take a decibel meter reading from the curb, for instance? If that is what...above 8 decibels, they can do something about it - at 11 o'clock at night? NUNEZ: Well, they can't. It's like you, remember, when I had that problem, oh, ten years ago maybe. That you said, "I went over there, Juan, and I never did hear anything" - until I stayed up one night and I waited for the officers and I waited there and I took them there and for some reason they didn't know that they were there and the officer went up the stairs, which is the third property from where I live and the officer called them and no answer. The door was ajar a little bit, he pushed it open a little bit, but I don't what he saw. He grabbed for his weapon and then he called them again, then somebody came to the door. And then he asked me if I wanted him arrested here. The guy said, "I'll turn my music down". I told the deputy, "Well, you're my witness, if I have to call you again, then I'm going to sign an arrest complaint for his". He moved from there within the week. At this point, Mr. Nunez introduces another topic and discussion ensues on that subject for a few moments and then returns to the above verbatim topic once again. TAYLOR: Mr. Nunez. You and I had a conversation when you turned over that documentation. NUNEZ: Yes. TAYLOR: What's transpired with the kids that were playing in the yard. Did they move? NUNEZ: No, no. They're still there. CC:7-28-98 Page 43 TAYLOR: OK. When you said that there are two that moved out, I was trying to figure out... NUNEZ: They moved from one apartment to the upper apartment. There's four apartments there. The person that I had...well, I've had problems with the people that live way out in the back also. The person that I'm talking about right now moved from the middle apartment up to...in the front there's a duplex and he moved up to the upper apartment. TAYLOR: And, he has the children that were throwing things over the fence. NUNEZ: No. Now, they've quit there because just the other day I was walking my dogs on the street there and... TAYLOR: How do you mean they've "quit" there? NUNEZ: Well, I haven't so much a problem with them anymore. I don't know whether the sheriffs speaking to them or what conspired. I haven't had much problem with that anymore. TAYLOR: Did you throw any of the toys back over the fence? NUNEZ: I did, I did. He had a basketball on my property and I threw it over and he said "Thank you", but I didn't pay any attention to it - we don't speak, you know. TAYLOR: Maybe that helped with them. NUNEZ: Well, I don't know. There are some other stuff that has been thrown into my yard by the kids - as kids do, you know. Their parents don't get after them is what I'm trying to say. They don't get after them to say, "Don't throw that stuff in there", or throw your ball in there or anything like that. BRUESCH: OK. Mrs. Clark has a question. COUNCILMEMBER CLARK: I want to follow up on the loud music and ask Lt. Heller, is it possible to send cars that are not marked out on a situation like that? The other question is can the deputies keep going out and issue an arrest. What is the ultimate that can happen to a person that keeps disturbing the peace? LT. HELLER, TEMPLE STATION: First point. Unmarked cars are not routinely in the field. CLARK: Right, that's true. HELLER: They're not asked with...responding to these kinds of complaints. Because we don't know when they're going to occur, we can't plan for that. In terms of what can happen, we've conducted rather extensive investigation and written a multipage report. That report...I'll have to find out exactly where that is within the process. The object of conducting that...by Deputy Jewett, part of the Rosemead Team, was to present that to the District Attorney and basically, I was hoping for a District Attorney call conference, where the District Attorney's office can act as a mediator between Mr. Nunez and any other party involved. CLARK: So that might be forthcoming. NUNEZ: I was told of that the other day when I spoke to Deputy Jewett. I was told that he was going to start that. But, I told him that maybe that will help and maybe it won't because this man doesn't seem to listen to anything. He'll say yes while they're there,just like when they're there and tell him turn down the music. He'll say, "I'm sorry, Sir". But, as soon as they leave, like I tell them, the deputies don't hear it. I asked Deputy Bayer the other night to go over and talk to them. He said, "Well, I don't hear any music, why should I go over and talk to them?" And, I'm not trying to tell the deputies how to do their job. CC:7-28-98 Page 84 BRUESCH: I have a question to Lt. Heller. Do you have decibel meters at your office? HELLER: I believe we do. BRUESCH: Is there anyway you could set up one of those at this site, especially on weekends to see the decibel level of the noise coming out of that piece of property? Do you need a court order to do that? HELLER: I don't believe I would need a court order to do that. I don't know if we can set it up and leave it there. I would have to look into that. TAYLOR: Mr. Mayor. I don't know where we're going to go with this. But, Mr. Nunez has got a bit of documentation of what's been going on. We're offering all kinds of recommendations and I know that we have decibel meters. The City has bought them in the past, so, they're here. And, I don't if these people are using a scanner or a watch person for the patrol car, but we have so much documentation now, and Mr. Nunez comes to this meeting and because of the treatment that he's been getting and the harassment, now we're talking about a citizen who is in a position, he thinks he has to arm himself I think somewhere along the line, we're negligent as a City. And, I'm putting it in the record now because we're not doing something and I don't know what it is. I think we better get our heads up and find out what's going on because this has been going on for what, a couple of years? NUNEZ: Well, with him, it's been about a year and nine months. I think he moved in there in October of'96. TAYLOR: But, this is something that we know everything about it and we're not getting it solved. BRUESCH: Let's do this... NUNEZ: Excuse me. As I say, the people that moved in there today, I know they moved in there today because I saw them moving in - mattresses and a refrigerator- but, she had her music on and I called her. She couldn't hear me, but I made some kind of motion so the dog, they have a little dog, so the dog would start barking, then she came to the door. So, then I called her and I asked her to please lower your music, it's too loud. Like I say, whether she'll listen to that or some of the other neighbors, because the neighbor to the back is the one that I've problems with. Also on the same property and this man that Pm talking about that now lives in the front. And then, people to the south, that are almost of the same type of people that like to play their music loud. And, I have no other... to the east to the west, I have oriental people that don't want to get mixed up. To the north of me of my property, there's some oriental people there that also don't want to get involved. In fact the other day, one of those guys was urinating in the street. He was behind the car and he was urinating, the car was facing north and he was urinating in the back of the car toward the way the traffic was coming from the south coming north. TAYLOR: This was whom? Who was this? NUNEZ: This is a friend of the guy that lives there. I don't know who he is. He was one of the visitors there. TAYLOR: I think we need to... CLARK: A visitor to the person with the "boom box", with the loud music? A visitor to the person with the loud music? NUNEZ: Visiting the person with the loud music, yes. But, I don't know who he was. He was a visitor. CC:7-28-98 Page k5 IMPERIAL: I want to go on record with Councilman Taylor in saying that you can go out and fight the world all day long, but your sanctuary is your home. And, when you put your money into that home and can't go home and get some peace of mind and some quiet, then there is one "hell" of a problem. That's why I want all the information we can get from the Sheriffs Department, see if we've been doing the ultimate that we could and if not, is there something that we can do to make it the ultimate so we can take care of these people, because they're no asset to this community. NUNEZ: My daughter said, "Dad, why don't you sell and move out of there". I don't think that's the solution because the problem still exists if I move out of there. Where am I going to go that I may not still find the same problem someplace else? I don't know. Maybe it would be the best thing for me to move out of there. But, I don't know... IMPERIAL: That doesn't solve the problem. I agree with you, Juan, that does not solve the problem. NUNEZ: Like I say, I may have to arm myself. I don't want to arm myself, but if I'm going to have to meet these guys on their own ground, I'm going to have to be ready for them. IMPERIAL: And, I would hate like "hell" to think that someday that we would have the information and you or somebody else got hurt. There's no way around it. It's been done and we could have done something. So I want us to exercise all the authority we can in that area. NUNEZ: I don't know. I hope that.... BRUESCH: OK. I have a series of four things that I'd heard that we want to act on. Number one is let's get that Sheriffs report right away. We need to have a copy of that. Mr. Nunez needs a copy of that. Number two, staff, we need to find out how we can get a decibel meter into Mr. Nunez's hands as soon as possible. TAYLOR: Mr. Mayor. That's not a good idea. Mr. Nunez should not be put in the position. BRUESCH: OK. Then let us set it up, the Sheriffs set it up. TAYLOR: Another point I'd like clarified. We can put undercover officers in any business that we want investigated. We can have an unmarked car if we requested to go down there. I mean, let's not beat around the bush. We can do these things and it needs to be done. BRUESCH: OK. This is the third point I have. You say it mainly takes place on weekends, right? NUNEZ: Well, no, daytime. A while ago, he came from...right now he's living at home. He used to stay home all day long up until probably the end of June. He used to stay home all day. Eight hours a day and he had that music when I came to you. Now he goes out in the morning and comes...a while ago he came home about probably 2:30, 3 o'clock and you hear that music - because that's what he likes. You hear that boom, boom, boom. Like I say, he can probably get some of those "walkman" or what do you call them, and get an earphone and listen to that music. But, I don't know. This is just my suggestion. Another thing... BRUESCH: Let me finish what I have to say. I have a series of four things. Number three is what you were saying - increase patrols, maybe with the capability of measuring the sound coming out of there, in that area. Make some of those patrols unmarked. Is that possible, Lt. Heller? Can we do that? And the fourth thing is, I'd like the City Attorney to forward to Mr. Nunez information on how to get restraining orders, especially in dealing with uncooperative neighbors. So the four things are: get the Sheriffs report; let's find out how we can get a decibel meter reading off that house; have increased patrols in that area, specifically with unmarked cars; and, the fourth one is information on a restraining order for Mr. Nunez - if all else fails he has a legal recourse. CC:7-25-98 Page 46 NUNEZ: May I say something on the patrol cars. The patrol cars may not be that effective because like I say, he doesn't do it...sometimes he does it more or less to antagonize. Because he'll turn it on and turn off, turn it on and turn if off. You don't know when he's going to do that. So, that may be..just like Saturday, they had party and they had the doors closed. Sure. As soon as they open the doors, it's like a bar. And I don't know, since they don't have, in the bar sometimes they have a door, an outside door, they have another door inside so when people get out the noise doesn't go all the way to the street. BRUESCH: Juan, on the increased patrols. It would be intermittent. There wouldn't be a type of a system to it. They'd stop infrequently to check up on that piece of property. NUNEZ: I've tried to ask the dispatcher to get the patrol car not to park in my property or not too close to that property so they won't see it, you know, so the officer can walk through the cars, but I don't know whether he's legally able to leave his car or not. I don't know. BRUESCH: The last thing I'd like to have done too, if we're legally able to do this. I would like to know the owner of record of that piece of property. And, if once we did that, I'd like to have a letter from the City to that owner saying that we've been having increased complaints about the noise coming from the tenants at that piece of property. NUNEZ: I have spoken to the owner on that. BRUESCH: But, the City has to send them a letter and maybe that might have a little bit more force. TAYLOR: I confirm what you're saying. Along with that I'd like to City Attorney to research what can be done to the property owner by allowing a nuisance to continue. BRUESCH: We have five things that we are going to be doing over the next two to three weeks. You should have_.is there any problem Lt. Heller about getting that Sheriffs report to us by the end of the week? HELLER: You'll have it by tomorrow morning. NUNEZ: If is a...I'm sure I can stand it for another month or two, I've stood if for a year and three-quarters. IMPERIAL: Check with all the cities and see if they have some kind of an ordinance that would help with this. Let's look at other cities, they might have an ordinance where they'll be a lot of help - it's been passed and legal and save us a lot of problems. DON WAGNER, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER: I just want to state to the Council that staff and the Sheriffs Department have worked on this matter. We've talked with Juan about this and this information that Lt. Heller is referring to is the documentation of all the calls. We do have Sheriffs logs that support Juan's information. I believe the six months we were out there 65 times, or was that in the space of a year. We were there quite a bit, Juan. Juan, let me finish, please. What we have to do when we take this to the District Attorney is make sure we have enough of a case that the District Attorney will act on it. If we take to him insufficient evidence, insufficient number of calls, he's not going to handle the case. I think that's the intent of Deputy Jewett putting together all this information and I think he's talked to you about that - to get this information together and take it to the District Attorney. Anyhow, well have that report...can we have to tomorrow? BRUESCH: Basically, what we're doing is compiling a file of information, putting together what the Sheriff is putting together so that they have enough documentation that they can go to the District Attorney. Through that you wouldn't have to go through the restraining order. The District Attorney, would probably, after looking at this, see just cause, would issue that restraining order himself We're progressing toward this, Juan. I know it's a long process, but CC:7-28-98 Page k] the worse thing that you can do is appear in court with a weak case and have the Judge or District Attorney... NUNEZ: I've been waiting a year and three-quarters. Like I say, I can handle it for another three months. Thank you. VERBATIM DIALOGUE ENDS Helen Archer, President of Rosemead Chamber of Commerce, thanked the Council and staff for supporting the Chamber's Installation Dinner. Ms. Archer invited everyone to the Chamber Breakfast this Thursday at Don Bosco High School, specifically to view the students' project that will be going into space with John Glenn. H. PUBLIC HEARINGS - None HI. LEGISLATIVE A. RESOLUTION NO. 98-28 (1997-98) - CLAIMS AND DEMANDS The following Resolution was presented to the Council for adoption. RESOLUTION NO. 98-28 (1997-98) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF $577,483.54 NUMBERED 24182 THROUGH 24278 MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM VASQUEZ, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER IMPERIAL that the Council adopt Resolution No. 98-28. Vote resulted: Yes: Vasquez, Taylor, Bruesch, Clark, Imperial No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. B. RESOLUTION NO. 98-29 (1998-99) - CLAIMS AND DEMANDS The following Resolution was presented to the Council for adoption. RESOLUTION NO. 98-29 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF $220,223.21, NUMBERED 24042 THROUGH 24169. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM VASQUEZ that the Council adopt Resolution No. 98-29. Vote resulted: Yes: Vasquez, Taylor, Bruesch, Clark, Imperial No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. CC:7-28-98 Page k8 C. RESOLUTION NO. 98-30 - ESTABLISHMENT OF TEMPLE CITY BOULEVARD AS PART OF TIIE SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES The following Resolution was presented to the Council for adoption: RESOLUTION NO. 98-30 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD CONSENTING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF TEMPLE CITY BOULEVARD AS A PART OF THE SYSTEM OF HIGHWAYS OF THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES MOTION BY COUNCILMAN IMPERIAL, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER CLARK that the Council adopt Resolution No. 98-30. Vote resulted: Yes: Vasquez, Taylor, Bruesch, Clark, Imperial No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. IV. CONSENT CALENDAR (Item CC-C was removed for discussion purposes) CC-A AUTHORIZATION TO ATTEND THE 84TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CITY MANAGER'S ASSOCIATION CONFERENCE - ORLANDO, FLORIDA, OCTOBER 25-28, 1998 CC-B ACCEPTANCE OF PARCEL MAP 25023 - 3041-3055 BURTON AVENUE CC-D AUTHORIZATION TO ATTEND 3RD ANNUAL CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY RISK MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE - SANTA BARBARA, OCTOBER 20-21, 1998 CC-E AUTHORIZATION TO SEND ROSEMEAD TEAM MEMBERS TO CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S 12TH ANNUAL ORGANIZED CRIME, GANG AND CRIMINAL INTELLIGENCE TRAINING CONFERENCE - SACRAMENTO, AUGUST 18-21, 1998 MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLARK, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER IMPERIAL that the foregoing items on the Consent Calendar be approved. Vote resulted: Yes: Vasquez, Taylor, Bruesch, Clark, Imperial No: None Absent: None Abstain: None The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered. CC-C TREE REMOVAL AT 9044 VALLEY BOULEVARD Councilman Taylor requested a report on the remaining eucalyptus trees. Mr. Taylor expressed his concern that the remaining trees may become a landscaping maintenance and liability problem for the City. CC:7-28-98 Page fl9 Mayor Bruesch stated that there is a deep watering method that will keep roots from causing sidewalk and curb damage and asked if the eight remaining trees will cause the sidewalk to uplift. Ken Rukavina, City Engineer, responded that in most cases, the trees are in a planter and there is enough space around the trees to build the sidewalk around them without any damage to the tree or sidewalks. Mayor Bruesch asked if a deep watering system could be built into the existing trees to prevent future damage. Mr. Bruesch requested a report back on establishing this system for the existing trees. Councilmember Clark stated that she agreed with Mayor Bruesch because she already had a complaint about removing the beautiful trees. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN TAYLOR, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM VASQUEZ that the Council authorize staff to direct the Contractor for the Valley Boulevard project to remove the tree. V. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION - None VI. STATUS REPORTS - None VII. MATTERS FROM OFFICIALS A. COUNCILMEMBER CLARK Requested that copies she brought be made for fellow Councilmembers of materials from the League of Cities regarding the Y to K (Year 2000) computer problem and the potential health care crisis. Ms. Clark requested that the various agencies that the City deals with be contacted to ask if they are looking into this problem. B. COUNCILMAN TAYLOR Inquired about the status of the automatic voting machine. The City Clerk responded that no new information is available at this time; however, she will continue to investigate the matter. VIII. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE - None IX. ADJOURNMENT There being no further action to be taken at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:45 p.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, August 11, 1998, at 8:00 p.m. Respectfully submitted: APPROVED: City Clerk MAYOR CC 7-28-98 Page a10