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Home My WebLink About11/05/1991 Minutes - Regular MeetingMINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR NOVEMBER 5, 1991 CLOSED SESSION 5:00 P.M. Litigation, Government Code Section 54956.9 and Personnel, Section 54957.6 - No reportable action taken. 1. CALL TO ORDER: M/Forbing called the meeting to order at 6:06 p.m. in the Council Chambers, AQMD Board Room, 21865 E. Copley Dr., Diamond Bar, California. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: ROLL CALL: 2. COUNCIL COMMENTS: The audience was led in the Pledge of Allegiance by M/Forbing. Mayor Forbing, Mayor Pro Tem Kim, Councilmen Papen, Nardella and Werner. Also present were Robert L. Van Nort, City Manager; Terrence L. Belanger, Assistant City Manager; Andrew V. Arczynski, City Attorney; James DeStefano, Director of Community Development; Sid Mousavi, Public Works Director/City Engineer and Lynda Burgess, City Clerk. None offered. 3. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Al Rumpilla, 23958 Golden Springs Dr., requested the Council to poll all Commissioners to determine whether they still wish to be paid for attendance at .meetings. Mike Radlovic, representing Shepherd Machinery Co. in Industry, spoke regarding a site for the East Valley Medical Center. He requested Council support of construction of the Medical Center in Industry and indicated that the Cities of El Monte and Rosemead have endorsed this site. He further stated that the County plans to select the location within the next month. Tom Mokate, 505 Navajo Springs, reported on access, egress and parking problems for voters at Diamond Point School and requested the City's assistance in selecting a more adequate polling location in the future. Mr. Mokate further stated that he and his neighbors were very upset about the traffic problems in the City and asked for better traffic management. Frank Dursa, 2533 Harmony Hill Dr., asked Council to consider changing meeting times from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. Dr. James Lentz, District Manager for the South Coast Air Quality Management District, welcomed the City to the new AQMD facility and presented Council with AQMD pins. November 5, 1991 PAGE 2 Jim Paul, 1269 Ahtena Dr., stated that he had received a number of calls from people who had not received sample ballots and/or expressed concern over changes in customary polling locations. He further stated that according to the Deputy Voter Registrar, Area A is still considered Walnut for mailing purposes and asked the Council and the City Clerk to notify the Registrar of Voters that voters with Zip Code 91789 within the City limits should receive mail addressed to Diamond Bar, not Walnut. 4. CONSENT CALENDAR: CM/Van Nort announced that future meetings of most of the Commissions would be held in the AQMD Hearing Room and stated that the Planning Commission would not meet on Monday, November 11, 1991 due to the Veterans' Day holiday. C/Werner moved, C/Papen seconded, to approve the Consent Calendar. With the following Roll Call vote, motion carried: AYES: COUNCILMEN - Werner, Nardella, Papen, MPT/Kim, M/Forbing NOES: COUNCILMEN - None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - None 4.1 SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGS: 4.1.1 GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE - November 7, 1991 - 6:30 p.m., AQMD Hearing Room, 21865 E. Copley 4.1.2 HOLIDAY - VETERAN'S DAY - November 11, 1991 - city Offices will be closed. 4.1.3 TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION - November 14, 1991 - 6:30 p.m., AQMD Hearing Room, 21865 E. Copley 4.1.4 PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION - November 14, 1991 - 7:00 p.m., City Hall, 21660 E. Copley, f100 4.1.5 CITY COUNCIL MEETING - November 19, 1991 - 6:00 p.m., AQMD Board Room, 21865 E. Copley 4.1.6 GENERAL PLAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE - November 21, 1991 - 6:30 p.m., AQMD Hearing Room, 21865 E. Copley Dr. 4.1.7 PLANNING COMMISSION - November 25, 1991 - 7:OQ p.m., AQMD Hearing Room, 21865 E. Copley 4.2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES - Regular Meeting of October 15, 1991 - Approved as submitted. 4.3 WARRANT REGISTER - Approved Warrant Register dated November 5, 1991 in the amount of $671,843.67. 4.4 TREASURER'S REPORT - Month of September, 1991 - Received and filed. November 5, 1991 PAGE 3 4.5 TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MINUTES - Regular Meeting of September 12, 1991 - Received and filed. 4.6 PLANNING COMMISSION MINUTES - 4.6.1 Regular Meeting of September 9, 1991 - Received and filed. 4.6.2 Regular Meeting of September 23, 1991 - Received and filed. 4.7 PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES - 4.7.1 Regular Meeting of August 22, 1991 - Received and filed. 4.7.2 Regular Meeting of September 26, 1991 - Received and filed. 4.8 ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 91-66: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR SUPPORTING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF AN IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE OFFICE IN THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY. 4.9 ADOPTED RESOLUTION NO. 91-67: A RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR IN THE MATTER OF AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN A STATEWIDE PURCHASING PROGRAM. 4.10 APPROVED MEMBERSHIP OF CITIES OF LAGUNA HILLS AND LAKE FOREST IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA JOINT POWERS INSURANCE AUTHORITY - Authorized Mayor to execute the consent forms on behalf of the City as the City's delegate to the Authority. 4.11 ACCEPTED WORK PERFORMED BY NOBEST, INC. - Sidewalk con- struction on Brea Canyon Road and SR 60 and authorized the City Clerk to file the proper Notice of Completion. 5. OLD BUSINESS: 5.1 ORDINANCE NO. 4A(1989) - AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR RELATIVE TO THE LOCATION OF REGULAR MEETINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR - First reading October 29, 1991. C/Werner moved, MPT/Kim seconded to adopt Ordinance No. 4A(1989). With the following Roll Call vote, the motion carried: AYES: COUNCILMEN - Nardella, Papen, Werner, MPT/Kim, M/Forbing NOES: COUNCILMEN - None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - None 5.2 COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT - TRES HERMANOS SPECIFIC PLAN - CDD/DeStefano reported that the Council reviewed an updated Cooperative Agreement for the preparation of the Tres Hermanos Specific Plan on October 29, 1991 and November 5, 1991 PAGE 4 continued the matter to this date. This is an 800 -acre site located within Diamond Bar City Limits yet owned by the City of Industry's Redevelopment Agency. In order to facilitate the development of a new north Diamond Bar high school within the Pomona Unif ied School District and plan for future development. of ranch property, an agreement was proposed between the Cities of Diamond Bar and Industry. The agreement outlined a conceptual specific plan to authorize expenditure of up to $75,000 each for plan preparation and was approved by Industry's Redevelopment Agency on October 22, 1991. Concerns were raised at the Council meeting of October 29th regarding impacts of approval of the agreement and their effect on negotiations between Industry and the Pomona School District. He further stated that corrections had been made to the proposal prepared by the consultants which include provision for an initial scoping session or public workshop conducted by either staff or the consultants for gathering input regarding land uses expressed by various interest groups. The session may include the City of Chino Hills or San Bernardino County, the Metropolitan Water District, members of the public, the Pomona Unified School District and the City of Industry. A Conceptual Analysis of the property's potential with emphasis on the school site would be complete within six weeks of the Notice to Proceed to the consultants and the scoping session would take place approximately four weeks after the Notice. The proposal was further corrected to eliminate conflicting statements regarding the public participation process. He indicated that the process would include a scoping session early in the process, a public workshop on three alternatives prepared by the consultant in approximately the 14th week of a 16 -week process with additional scoping sessions and/or public workshops as necessary. Following approval of the agreement with the City of Industry, a specific contract would then be entered into with the consultant to begin the study. In addition, the consultant's fees were reduced to approximately $137,000 which does not include costs associated with two areas: necessary topography to be provided by the District, and traffic engineering studies to be provide by either the District - or by a separate contract with the same engineer currently working with the District. Costs for these would be divided between Industry and Diamond Bar. CA/Arczynski stated that based on concerns voiced at the last meeting, approval of this agreement would impede the process that the Pomona School District is embarking upon to establish a high school, the City received corres- pondence from the District Superintendent and that he discussed the matter with attorneys for the District who stated that the District believed the process proposed by Diamond Bar and Industry is appro-priate and that the process should facilitate the District's goals in November 5, 1991 PAGE 5 locating and constructing a high school. In response to C/Papen's inquiry, CDD/DeStefano stated that the timeline for preparation of the conceptual specific plan was approximately four months with the first six weeks dedicated to simulation of data, incorporation of the initial scoping session and conduct of a conceptual analysis. In response to C/Nardella's question, CDD/DeStefano indicated that the scoping session would be held to gather information from all interest groups which would then be assembled and provided to the consultant. C/Nardella stated that he had spoken with Superintendent Moskowitz who indicated that he was quite comfortable with the City's actions. CDD/DeStefano responded to a question by C/Werner by stating that meetings had not been anticipated with any City commission although inclusion of commission review could be incorporated if necessary. He then outlined the phases of the project. Sue Sisk, 1087 Flintlock Rd., representing the Diamond Ranch Booster Club, asked whether the site being considered by the City and the site under consideration _by the School District are the same. CA/Arczynski stated that in the District's selection process, a general area for construction of a school has been identified. Julie Murray, 5 Los Coyotes Dr., representing Diamond Ranch Booster Club, asked what would happen if there was a disagreement by the Pomona School District and the City as to the school site. M/Forbing stated that the school site can only be approved by the State of California. Gary Neely asked Council to support the School District's site for a school in north Diamond Bar. C/Nardella moved, C/Werner seconded, to approve the cooperative agreement for preparation of the Tres Hermanos Specific Plan with instruction to the consultant that the site proposed by the School District be approved. With the following Roll Call vote, motion carried: AYES: COUNCILMEN - Papen, Werner, Nardella, MPT/Kim, M/Forbing NOES: COUNCILMEN - None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - None November 5, 1991 PAGE 6 Al Rumpilla stated that he felt the City was heading in the right direction in assisting the District. In addition, he requested that he "go on record" that he objected to statements made by C/Papen. M/Forbing stated that the Council had been working with Senator Hill on legislation to enable the City of Industry to donate the 50 acres to the Pomona School District and requested everyone's support of the legislation. 6. ANNOUNCEMENTS: C/Werner thanked the AQMD for providing the use of their new facilities and meeting rooms. C/Nardella stated that he was disappointed with some members of the public who have not dealt with issues during the recent campaign but who have made personal attacks on some candidates. C/Papen encouraged the public to work with the Council in getting a high school in north Diamond Bar. 7. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to conduct, M/Forbing adjourned the meeting at 7:30 p.m. 9� 4/xdo— LYNDA BURGESS, City Clerk ---- ATTEST: Mayor