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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/15/2000Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority 21660 E. Copley Dr., Suite 909-396-5682100 Diamond Bar, CA Notice is hereby given that, due to a lack of quorum for the May 15, 2000 Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Meeting scheduled to be held at 5:30 p.m. in Conference Room A of Diamond Bar City Hall, 21660 E. Copley Drive, Suite 100, Diamond Bar, the meeting was adjourned to 5:30 p.m., on June 19, 2000 at the same location . Tommye Cribbins Assistant City Clerk of the City of Diamond Bar Dated: May 15, 2000 TRES HERMANOS CONSERVATION AUTHORITY BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MAY 15, 2000 AGENDA t�.- Next Resolution No. THCA 2000-02 1. CALL TO ORDER: 5:30 p.m., .Conference Room A, Suite 100, Diamond Bar City Hall, 21660 E. Copley Drive, Diamond Bar, CA PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: Chairman Huff ROLL CALL: Director Herrera, Director Larson, Director Thalman, Chairman Huff, Alternate Ansari, Alternate Norton -Perry, Ex -Officio Director Winn, Alternate Ex -Officio Phillips 2. CLOSED SESSION: 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: "Public Comments" is the time reserved on each regular meeting agenda to provide an opportunity for members of the public to directly address the Authority on Consent Calendar items or matters of interest to the public that are not already scheduled for consideration on this agenda. Although the Authority values your comments, pursuant to the Brown Act, the Authority generally cannot take any action on items not listed on the posted agenda. There is a five minute maximum time limit when addressing the Authority. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR: 4.1 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF MAY 1, 2000 Recommended Action: It is recommended that the Board of Directors approve the Minutes as submitted. 5: PUBLIC HEARINGS: None. 6. OLD BUSINESS: 6.1 ADMINISTRATION OF OATH OF OFFICE — (Continued from May 1, 2000) -- Member to be sworn in: Alternate Norton -Perry. 6.2 DISCUSSION REGARDING PROPOSED REVISIONS TO BY-LAWS 7. NEW BUSINESS: 7.1 STATUS REPORT REGARDING THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000-01 8, AUTHORITY MEMBER COMMENTS: MAY 1, 2000 PAGE 2 THCA 9. ADJOURNMENT: TRES HERMANOS CONSERVATION AUTHORITY SPECIAL BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING MAY I, 2000 I� OATH OF OFFICE: Lynda Burgess, D.B. City Clerk, administered the Oath of Office to Gary Larson. Director Thalman explained that with Mr. Wickman's demise, Mr. Graham, the new Mayor of Chino Hills, felt that he needed to cut back on some of his appointments. Mr. Larson has graciously agreed to become a regular -member of THCA. Chair/Huff welcomed Director Larson. CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Huff called the Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority Board of Directors meeting to order at 5:42 p.m. in Conference Room A, Suite 100, Diamond Bar City Hall, 21660 E. Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, California. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chairman Huff. ROLL CALL: Director Larson, Director Thalman, Chairman Huff, Ex -Officio Director Winn, and Alternate Ex -Officio Phillips. Absent: Director Herrera, Alternate Ansari, Alternate Norton -Perry and Alternate Ex -Officio Phillips. Also present were: Terrence Belanger, Executive Director, Diamond Bar; Mike Montgomery, Agency Attorney; Doug LaBelle, Treasurer; Kevin Carrigan, City of Chino Hills and Dave Perez, City of Industry. Visitors Present: Russ Shipman; Victor Opincar, Boyle Engineering; Nancy Wells, Bob Purcell, Duane Thompson Chino Hills residents; Gary Neely, SCSBA. 2. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Duane Thompson, 16311 Observation Ln., Chino Hills, asked whether the Authority is trying to condemn Boy Scout Reservation property and -on whose authority is this being done? Is it not in the City of D.B.'s General Plan to put a road there? Has the City of D.B. done an Environmental Impact Report? He felt sorry for'D.B. residents having to put up with the Chino Hills traffic, but he did not feel that the residents of D.B. would say that that road (Grand Avenue) was really bad for us and let's do it again. Where is the traffic study that explains what the impact of a (Tonner Canyon) road would be on D.B. and C.H. A road through Tonner Canyon is in the C.H. General Plan but all of the related environmental information including the traffic. assumptions is dated. The environmental information does not address the dairy preserve and there has not been debate in C.H. regarding the impact to open up Tanner Canyon to Eucalyptus. Is there a tree removal plan if land is being purchased for an easement? Nancy Wells, 16370 Wrangle Ridge, Chino Hills, stated that the newspaper said that the Authority is trying to buy 720 acres of Boy Scout preserve in order to put in a dam to back up some water for a swimming pool. She asked where the money is coming from to buy the MAY 1, 2000 PAGE 2 TRES HERMANOS property, who is going to hold title to the 720 acres and once the dam is created, where will the water come from that goes behind the dam.. If the water is already existing and flowing from the property, how will that affect the natural streams that are on the Boy Scout property? She also asked for the dimensions of the reservoir and the composition of the soil. ED/Belanger stated that, on the question of a roadway, the Authority has made an offer to the Boy Scouts of America to purchase about 46 acres of right-of-way, the to ultimately construct a regional bypass corridor that would connect the SR 71 to the SR 57 between the existing Carbon Canyon Rd. and Grand Ave. in an east/west direction from Eucalyptus to the Brea Canyon Rd. interchange. This is an offer to purchase land. It is not a project to construct a roadway. An environmental impact report is not required unless and until such a road is constructed, which is anticipated to be some years in the future. The transportation study that was recently accomplished by Parsons -Brinkerhoff on behalf of SCAG studied traffic impacts that are occurring in the communities of what is know as the Four Corners area, the area bounded by SRI and SR 71 on the east, SR 57 on the west, SR 91 on the south and the SR 60 on the north and possible mitigation measures that can be undertaken over the next 15-20 years to provide meaningful traffic relief The roadway being discussed is one of the recommendations made in that report, i.e., that further study is to be undertaken. The study concluded that traffic relief could be accomplished by the creation of this addition corridor between the existing Carbon Canyon Rd. and Grand Ave. With respect to the water reservoir, an offer was made by THCA to acquire 720 acres of Boy Scout property, to ultimately create a darn with back up water to the Tres Hermans Ranch, which is located in the Cities of D.B. and C.H. and owned by the City of Industry Redevelopment Agency. The water behind the dam would be water that is currently in the J line, which runs through Tres Hermanos and the Boy Scout property. The purchase of the land is to acquire the land. At this time, there is not a specific design for the dam. There is a plan for the dam. The kind of information that would be a part of a CEQA document that would relate to actual construction of such a project would include such things as seismology, natural resources (biota) that exist within the area to be affected by the accumulation of water behind the dam as well as, any impacts that would occur downstream as a result of cutting off of water sources. Any related environmental work would be done at the time such a project is proposed for construction. 3. CONSENT CALENDAR; D/Thalman moved, Chair/Huff seconded, to approve the minutes of the Consent Calendar, as presented. Without objection, the motion was so ordered with D/Larson abstaining. 3.1 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING OF FEBRUARY 28, 2000 - approved as submitted. 4. PUBLIC HEARINGS: None 5. OLD BUSINESS: 5.1 ADMINISTRATION OF OATHS OF OFFICE - Lynda Burgess, City Clerk and Authority Secretary administered the Oath of Office to Director Herrera. MAY 1, 2000 PAGE 3 TRES HERMANOS 6. NEW BUSINESS: 6.1 STATUS OF AUTHORITY BUDGET Treasurer LaBelle reported that at the Board's May .15 meeting, he and Kevin Carrigan will provide a proposed budget document for the ensuing fiscal year as well as the amendments to the bylaws to deal with the addition of the City of Industry as a new member. The current process involves the two agencies splitting equally. in budgetary items. These documents will be included in the May 15 agenda packet. RECESS: Chair/Huffrecessed the meeting at 6:05 p.m. D/Herrera arrived at 6:10 p.m. 7. CLOSED SESSION: Property Negotiator. PROPERTY: NEGOTIATING PARTIES Scouts of America AGENCY'S NEGOTIATOR: UNDER NEGOTIATION: Government Code Section 54956.8: Conference with Real D/Larson left the meeting at 6:45 p.m. Firestone Reservation Tres Hermanos Conservation Authority and Boy Executive Director Price and terms of payment ADJOURNED CLOSED SESSION: 7:10 p.m. RECONVENE: Chair/Huffreconvened the special meeting at 7:10 p.m. Legal Counsel Montgomery announced that following discussion during the Closed Session, the Board directed the Executive Director to send the Boy Scouts of America a letter terminating the existing offer. No other action was taken. 7.2 CONSIDERATION OF FULL MEMBERSHIP OF CITY OF INDUSTRY D/Thalman moved, Chair/Huff seconded, to recommend that the City Councils of C.H. and D.B. consider ratification of Supplement No. 3 to the Joint Exercise of Powers Agreement for the Tres Hermans Conservation Authority. Without objection, the motion was so ordered. MAY 1, 2000 PAGE 4 TRES HERMANOS 8. AUTHORITY MEMBER COMMENTS: D/Herrera said she looked forward to working with the City of Industry as a full member of this body. D/Thalman said that with respect to tonight's public speakers, there is a movement afoot in Chino Hills that there should never be another construction project of any type in that City. 9. INFORMATIONAL ITEMS: None ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to come before the Board, Chairman Huff adjourned the meeting at 7:25 p.m. ATTEST: Chairman TERRENCE L. BELANGER, Executive Director