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MINUTES OF THE REGULAR MEETING
ROSEMEAD CITY COUNCIL
APRIL 24, 2001
CITY OF ROS MEAD
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The regular meeting of the Rosemead City Council was called to order by Mayor Imperial 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 Councilman Taylor
The Invocation was delivered by Reverend Frank Contreras of the Open Bible Church
ROLL CALL OF OFFICERS:
Present: Councilmembers Clark, Taylor, Mayor Pro Tem Bruesch, and Mayor
Imperial
Absent: Councilman Vasquez - excused
APPROVAL OF MINUTES: - DEFERRED TO THE MAY 8, 2001 REGULAR
MEETING
PRESENTATIONS: None
1. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE - None
II. PUBLIC HEARINGS
An explanation of the procedures for the conduct of the public hearing was presented by
the City Attorney.
A. PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING ZONE VARIANCE 01-301 - APPEAL
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BRUESCH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
TAYLOR that this item be continued to the May 8, 2001 City Council meeting. Vote resulted:
Yes:
Bruesch, Taylor, Imperial, Clark
No:
None
Absent:
Vasquez
Abstain:
None
The Chairman declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
III. LEGISLATIVE
A. RESOLUTION NO. 2001-12 - CLAIMS AND DEMANDS
The following Resolution was presented to the Council for adoption.
RESOLUTION NO. 2001-12
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD
ALLOWING CERTAIN CLAIMS AND DEMANDS IN THE SUM OF
$258,873.27 NUMBERED 33613 THROUGH 33730
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MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BRUESCH, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
CLARK that the Council adopt Resolution No. 2001-12. Vote resulted:
Yes:
Taylor, Bruesch, Clark, Imperial
No:
None
Absent:
Vasquez
Abstain:
None
The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
IV. CONSENT CALENDAR (CC-A was removed for discussion purposes)
CC-B AUTHORIZATION TO REJECT CLAIM AGAINST THE CITY FROM
DALE HENDERSON
CC-C AUTHORIZATION TO REJECT CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY FROM
NGHIA TANG, ALFRED LOERA, JOSH RAMIREZ, DENISE FAVELA,
AND SEAN CUELLAR
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BRUESCH, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN
TAYLOR that the Council approve the aforementioned items on the Consent Calendar. Vote
resulted:
Yes:
Bruesch, Taylor, Imperial, Clark
No:
None
Absent:
Vasquez
Abstain:
None
The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
CC-A AUTHORIZATION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE 2001 MEDIA BUY FOR
THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY STORM WATER PROGRAM
Mayor Pro Tern Bruesch stated that since NPDES mandates that cities are responsible for
educating residents about stormwater pollution, why not use the Asian and Spanish radio stations
and newspapers. Mayor Bruesch requested that this item be deferred to allow staff time to
contact the L.A. County Department of Public Works to ascertain why public education is not
being utilized through those newspapers.
There being no objection, this item will be deferred pending further information.
V. MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION
A. SB 10 (SOTO) - SAFE ROUTES TO SCHOOL CONSTRUCTION
PROGRAM EXTENSION - SUPPORT
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BRUESCH, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
CLARK that the Council support SB 10 (Soto) and authorize the Mayor to send letters of
support. Vote resulted:
Yes:
Bruesch, Taylor, Imperial, Clark
No:
None
Absent:
Vasquez
Abstain:
None
The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
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B. SB 910 (DUNN) - HOUSING ELEMENTS: FINES, PENALTIES, AND
LAWSUITS - OPPOSE
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BRUESCH, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
CLARK that the Council oppose SB 910 (Dunn) and authorize the Mayor to send letters of
opposition. Vote resulted:
Yes:
Bruesch, Taylor, Imperial, Clark
No:
None
Absent:
Vasquez
Abstain:
None
The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
C. GOVERNOR'S MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING WITH SCE
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BRUESCH, SECOND BY
COUNCILMEMBER CLARK that the Council support the Governor's MOU with SCE and
authorize the Mayor and Council to send letters of support to the State Legislators and Governor.
Before vote could result, more discussion ensued.
Councilman Taylor asked Mr. Tripepi to relate the type of opposition encountered when
trying to find solutions to developing more power.
Frank Tripepi, City Manager, stated that the City of Industry, which has a large industrial
and business base in their community, is in the process of trying to develop a power plant on a
12-acre site. Mr. Tripepi continued that they are discovering that building a power plant is a
difficult process for a municipality. The four big out-of-state generators (Reliant Energy, Enron,
Southern and Duke Power) have pre-purchased, up to 15 years in the future, turbines and other
inventory essential to building a power plant. Mr. Tripepi stated that if a municipality wants to
build a power plant, they will have to form a partnership with one of those companies in order to
get the plant built.
Councilman Taylor remarked that it is amazing how things can be shut down when
someone tries to come up with a solution. Mr. Taylor explained that turbines are only built when
a generation plant is going to be approved. Mr. Taylor asked if SCE can build any more power
plants.
John Steelesmith, SCE, explained that when the proposals from the PUC were presented
for deregulation, SCE recommended having a holding company that the utility will then be an
affiliate of. That was to allow the holding company to be unregulated and to be able to build
other power-generating affiliates. Mr. Steelesmith continued that SCE did this with the approval
of all the regulatory procedures in the State and it became Edison Mission Energy. Mr.
Steelesmith stated that the State has been historically strict, and that in the approval process the
State conditioned that Mission Energy could not build a power plant in California. However, an
agreement has since been worked out whereby the State will now allow Mission Energy to come
back into the State and build a power plant in Bakersfield. SCE agreed to buy what was to be a
power plant project, build the plant, and run it at cost with a reasonable return approved by the
State of 11.6%. Mr. Steelesmith explained that the 11.6% is an extreme contrast compared to
what the out-of-state generators returns are.
Councilman Bruesch stated that the big four generators, in partnership with other
corporations, have 8 to 10 generation plants planned to come on-line within the next two years.
Mr. Bruesch stated that one reason those companies have pre-purchased the turbines is that
foreign manufacturers cannot produce a turbine to meet the air quality standards of California or
the U.S.
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Vote resulted:
Yes:
Bruesch, Imperial, Clark
No:
None
Absent:
Vasquez
Abstain:
Taylor
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The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
Councilman Taylor stated that he abstained because this would be a conflict of interest
once he purchases SCE stock.
VI. STATUS REPORTS - None
VH. MATTERS FROM OFFICIALS
A. REQUEST TO AMEND THE AGENDA TO INCLUDE LETTER OF
SUPPORT FOR LOS ANGELES & SAN GABRIEL WATERSHED
COUNCIL (LASGRWC) GRANT APPLICATION
Councilmember Clark requested that the Council take action on the aforementioned item
as she received this information after the posting of the agenda.
MOTION BY MAYOR PRO TEM BRUESCH, SECOND BY COUNCILMEMBER
CLARK that the Council amend the agenda to include the letter of support for aforementioned
item. Vote resulted:
Yes:
Bruesch, Taylor, Imperial, Clark
No:
None
Absent:
Vasquez
Abstain:
None
The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
B. SUPPORT OF CALFED FUNDING FOR ORGANIZATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT OF THE LOS ANGELES & SAN GABRIEL RIVERS
WATERSHED COUNCIL (LASGRWC) - #0144
MOTION BY COUNCILMEMBER CLARK, SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM
BRUESCH that the Council authorize a sending a letter of support for the Los Angeles & San
Gabriel Rivers Watershed Council's grant application to the state's CALFED Bay-Delta
Watershed Program office. Vote resulted:
Yes:
Bruesch, Imperial, Clark
No:
None
Absent:
Vasquez
Abstain:
Taylor
The Mayor declared said motion duly carried and so ordered.
Councilman Taylor stated that he voted to abstain because he had not received any prior
information about this bill until tonight.
VIII. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
Juan Nunez, 2702 Del Mar, Rosemead, stated that he had asked before if a store was
allowed to sell their goods outside of the store, such as Del Mar Foods is continuing to do. Mr.
Tripepi stated that he would meet with Mr. Nunez in the morning to discuss that issue.
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Mr. Nunez, still referring to Del Mar Foods, stated that there are many inoperable
shopping carts parked at the back of the store by Brighton Street. Mr, Nunez stated that they
could be in the public-right-of-way. Mr. Tripepi replied that staff will investigate the matter to
ascertain if the carts are on store property or on the public-right-of-way.
Mr. Nunez stated that campaign signs and other advertising signs are left up after the
event 1s over.
IX. ADJOURNMENT
There being no further action to be taken at this time, the meeting was adjourned at 8:20
p.m. The next regular meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 8, 2001, at 8:00 p.m.
Respectfully submitted:
City Clerk
APPROVED:
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