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Home My WebLink About01/07/1992 Minutes - Regular Meeting1. 2. MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY OF DIAMOND BAR JANUARY 7, 1992 CLOSED SESSION: 4:30 p.m. Litigation - Section Personnel - Section Property Acquisition 54956.9 54957.6 - Section 54956.8 CA/Arczynski reported that the Council discussed potential acquisition of property owned by the Walnut Valley Water District, generally north of Pathfinder and west of Brea Canyon Rd. as well as personnel matters. No reportable actions were taken. CALL TO ORDER: M/Kim called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m. in the Council Chambers, AQMD Auditorium, 21865 E. Copley Dr. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE: The audience was led in the Pledge of Allegiance by M/Kim. ROLL CALL: Mayor Kim, Mayor Pro Tem Papen, Councilmen Forbing, Miller and Werner. Also present were Robert L. Van Nort, 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. 3. COUNCIL COMMENTS: C/Forbing stated that an article published on Page 43 in the December issue of the Windmill addressed methods by which the public could improve their mail service and requested that residents mail the tear -out section indicating their desire for a full-service post office in D.B. rather than a sub- station as currently exists. MPT/Papen reported that in October 1991, the Council authorized $5,000 of Prop A funds to join the San Gabriel Valley Transportation Coalition to review the 30 -year L.A. County Transportation Commission financial plan, which was presented on December 19th. One of the recommendations would benefit the City by proposing that LACTC advance the timing of construction of the HOV lane on the 60 fwy. to begin immed- iately upon completion of the 57 fwy. car pool lane. She further reported that at their last meeting, LACTC approved a fully automated system for the "Green Line" which uses a different type of car from the type used for the "Blue Line" and the two are not interchangeable. She felt that this should not be permitted to happen. A number of agencies will meet with LACTC on January 22nd to request them to reopen the issue of whether or not fully automated cars should be used on the Green Line. In addition, the Green Line is over budget by approximately $100 million and if they do go ahead with the JANUARY 7, 1992 PAGE 2 project, the 60 fwy. HOV lane will be pushed back. She requested support to present a letter signed by the Mayor at the January 22nd meeting supporting that the Green and Blue Lines utilize the same type of vehicles. 4. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Al Rumpilla, 23958 Golden Springs Dr. , representing the D. B. Gadf ly Assn. , stated that s ince the November election, the doors of City Hall have started to be closed to the residents. He further stated that since the Council passed a Resolution regarding Council Conduct, he has attempted to contact the City Manager but has not received any response. In addition, he felt the City should not be closing sections of audience seating to the public. He then announced M/Kim's hot line phone number of 861-4784. CM/Van Nort responded by saying that if Mr. Rumpilla would give specifics regarding his concerns about lack of response to the public by staff, he would investigate the matter. Frank Dursa, 2533 Harmony Hill Dr., stated that since the Chamber of Commerce wants everyone to shop Diamond Bar, they should hold their retreat in the City. CM/Van Nort stated that the Chamber of Commerce would need to respond to Mr. Dursa's concern regarding the location of their retreat. Max Maxwell, 3211 Bentwood Dr., thanked M/Kim for installing a "hot line" and felt honored that M/Kim would call him back to discuss his concerns. He further asked if there would be an answer regarding the ability to tape the Council meetings by residents. In regard to Mr. Rumpilla's concern regarding closure of sections of audience seating, CM/Van Nort stated that, in cooperation with the AQMD, the City is trying to keep the audience to the left of the room. In addition, he announced that any staff member would be happy to open the seating areas to handicapped persons needing to be closer to the Council. In regard to Mr. Maxwell's question regarding individuals taping City Council meetings, CA/Arczynski stated that as long as there are no disruptions of the meeting and the tape is not used for any commercial enterprise, it does not violate any code the Council has adopted. 5. CONSENT CALENDAR: C/Forbing moved, C/Werner seconded to approve the Consent Calendar as presented. With the following Roll Call vote, motion carried: AYES: COUNCILMEN - C/Forbing, C/Miller, C/Werner, MPT/ Papen, M/Kim NOES: COUNCILMEN - None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - None JANUARY 7, 1992 PAGE 3 j 5.1 'SCHEDULE OF FUTURE MEETINGS: 5.1.1 Parks & Recreation Commission - January 9, 1992 - 7:00 p.m., City Hall, 21660 E. Copley Dr., #100 5.1.2 Traffic & Transportation Commission - January 9, 1992 - 6:30 p.m., AQMD Hearing Room, 21865 E. Copley Dr. 5.1.3 Diamond Bar Chamber of Commerce Retreat - January 9-10, 1992 - 3:00 p.m., Castle Creek Inn, Escondido 5.1.4 Planning Commission - January 13, 1992 - 7:00 p.m., AQMD Auditorium, 21865 E. Copley Dr. 5.1.5 City Council Meeting - January 21, 1992 - 6:00 p.m., AQMD Auditorium, 21865 E. Copley Dr. 5.2 WARRANT REGISTER - Warrant Register dated January 7, 1992 in the amount of $499,673.02 - Approved as submitted. 5.3 TRAFFIC & TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION MINUTES - Regular Meeting of November 14, 1991 - Received and filed. 5.4 PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION MINUTES - Regular Meeting of November 14, 1991 - Received and filed. ` 5.5 SURETY BOND EXONERATION - Approved and accepted work completed, exonerated Surety Bond No. 47-1113886 posted for grading located at 23600 Falcon View Dr., Tract No. 30577 and instructed the City Clerk to release the grading bond. 6. NEW BUSINESS: 6.1 COMPLAINT/OBSERVATION PROGRAM - CM/Van Nort stated that this matter was in response to a request by the City Council for review of a program previously discussed in the League of California Cities magazine. ;AA/Fritzal reported that the objective of the complaint/ observation program is for a timely reduction or elimina- tion of hazards and problems, which in turn would elimin- ate possible injuries. The program would utilize various public and private agencies whose employees travel within the City on a daily basis to assist the City in reporting problems. There are fourteen such agencies undertaking activities throughout the City including sheriff and fire personnel, utility companies, school districts and postal workers. The City would provide each agency with forms that could be easily checked off at the location indicat- ing the nature of the problem which would be turned in to the City daily. Urgent matters would be reported to the City or the Sheriff. The program would be non- competitive and completely voluntary. If Council directs staff to go forward with this program, an organizational meeting will be set up with those agencies. JANUARY 7, 1992 PAGE 4 Following discussion, C/Forbing moved, MPT/Papen seconded to implement the complaint/ observation program. With the following Roll Call vote, motion carried: AYES: COUNCILMEN - Miller, Werner, Forbing, MPT/Papen, M/Kim NOES: COUNCILMEN - None ABSENT: COUNCILMEN - None 7. PUBLIC BEARING: 7.1 TENTATIVE fTRACTS 47850, 47851 AND 48487 - CA/Arczynski stated that this matter requires a public hearing but the legal advertisement and notice for the hearing contained the wrong date for the hearing to be held at this time. Upon discovery of the error, staff re -advertised and noticed the hearing for January 21, 1992. 8. ANNOUNCEMENTS: C/Miller reported that during a meeting with the Chamber, he discovered that the Retreat was being funded through participation of the business community, not by the Chamber itself. The businesses who participated desire to work with the City to determine methods to encourage improvement to local business. The need to meet out of town was from their businesses emphasized osthat to get business persons away they may focus on the issues without interruption. C/Werner announced that his "hot line" phone number is 860-1757. MPT/Papen also announced that the public could reach her at 860-0444. She then stated that recommendations were made by that the City's reclaimed water consultant, Boyle Engineering, the City consider adopting Ordinances requiring that landscap- ing, greenbelts, residential common areas, commercial areas, medians and public facilities be irrigated with reclaimed water in the future. They also recommended that the City look into requiring that future industrial highrise structures be constructed with a separate piping system so that reclaimed water could be utilized for flushing toilets. AB325 was adopted a year ago requiring cities to adopt a Water Efficient Landscaping ordinance and the Department of Water Resources has proposed a model ordinance that will become mandatory December 1, 1993 unless a city adopts its own. She requested that staff review the model ordinance for adoption by the City Council in the near future. 9. ADJOURNMENT: With no further business to discuss, the meeting was adjourned JANUARY 7, 1992 PAGE 5 at 6:35 p.m. to Thursday, January 9, 1992 during the Chamber of Commerce Retreat. *YD BURG3SS, City_ Clerk ATTEST: