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HomeMy WebLinkAbout05/18/83MINUTES OF THE ADJOURNED REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL of the City of Hermosa Beach, California, held on Wednesday, May 18, 1983 in the Council Chamber, City Hall at the hour of 7:30 P.M. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - led by Mayor Schmeltzer ROLL CALL Present: Brutsch, Webber, Wood, Mayor Schmeltzer. Absent: Barks (excused absence) 10. FOLLOW UP REPORT REGARDING SHORT RANGE TRANSIT PLAN, MF.1IVRAND[M FROM PLANNING DIRECTOR SAPETTO, DATED MAY 13, 1983. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION LETTER DATED 5-14-83 FROM FRANCES BARNER, 1638 HERMOSA. AVENUE, HER? OSA BEACH. (Continued from May- 17, 1983 meeting) PROPOSED ACTION - To schedule a workshop meeting for a date in June, the date to be decided by staff. All interested parties, including staff, transit consultants and other persons to prepare amendments to SRTP and provide direction for a longer term transit plan. Motion Wood, second Mayor Schmeltzer This motion was withdrawn by maker with the concurrence of second. ACTION - 1) To hold a workshop in June at which substantive program changes will be developed. 2) To direct staff to start negotiations with the Coastal Commission to allow parking fees for Beach Shuttle, and to investigate increasing parking fees in the impact zone so as to create a significant financial incentive to use the Beach Shuttle parking lots. 3) Further,to direct staff to inform the Coastal Commission that it will operate the Beach Shuttle as a show of good faith through September 1, 1983, at which time it will cease operations unless negotiations have been satisfactorily concluded. 4) To direct staff to investigate the feasibility of contracting out or franchising the Beach Shuttle/ parking operation once the right to charge for parking has been established with the Coastal Commission so as to remove all financial burden from the City with strong emphasis on communicating this idea to the VDP forinvolvement and input. 5) Except as stated below, to terminate. Free;. Bus operations effective July 1, 1983. 4 Minutes 5-18-83 In recognition of the fact that some senior citizens in Hermosa Beach depend on the Free'Bus for trans- portation, and so as not to unnecessarily disrupt their lives, to continue to operate limited service (two loops in the A.M. and two loops in the P.M.) until a paratransit system for senior citizens is established, or until. December 16, 1983, whichever comes first. In order to maintain eligibility for possible alternative funding and so as not tojeopardize. funding for current year obligations, approve a short range transit plan reflecting all of the above for submittal forthwith to. the Los Angeles County Trans- portation Commission. Pursuant to Part 1 of this. motion, the submittal letter should explicitly state the City's intent to substantively amend.the plan in the near future. The Short Range Transit Planwill also• indicate that the following programs will be considered for possible implementation in FY83-84: a) An express service to the El Segundo employment centers to be operated in conjunction with other beach cities. b) A dial -a -ride for elderly and handicapped citizens. a) A potential limited service which would operate 3 •to 4 hours per day( before -and after school during the non -summer months). Feasibility of charging a fare for such service will also be investigated. Motion Webber, second Brutsch Ayes: Brutsch, Webber, Mayor Schmeltzer Noes: Wood Absent: Barks 11. ON -STREET PARKING IN THE VICINITY OF THE HERMOSA BEACH OOMO N I TY CENTER. MFIIJDRAND1W FROM CITY MANAGER GREGORY T. MEYER, DATED MAY 13, 1983. ACTION - Direct staff to prepare an ordinance to cover the proposal to provide four. -hour on -street parking meters in the vicinity of the Hermosa Beach Community Center; to bring that to the Council at the June 14, 1983 Council meeting; to notify the Community Resources Commission of this proposal; and to solicit their considera- tion and input on this proposal with that input available by June 14, 1983. Staff is asked to come back with alternate hours and times. Minutes 5-18-83 • Motion Mayor Schmeltzer, second Brutsch Ayes: Brutsch, Webber, Wood, Mayor Schmeltzer Noes: None Absent: Barks 12. SOUTH BAY CABLE NEWS REQUEST FOR SUPPORT. LETTER DATED MAY 10, 1983. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FROM GENE MARLO, SOUTH BAY CABLE NEWS. City Manager Meyer noted it was his understanding that it is Storer Cable Television's policy to make available "for free", access to the channel as long as the dissemina- tor is not for profit. Gene Marlo, #7 - 18th Street, Hermosa Beach, representing Crackerjack Productions, South Bay Cable News. Mr. Mario presented South Bay Cable News' request for City Council support either through direct financial support or financial support through its franchisee, Storer Cable. South Bay Cable intends to operate as a non-profit corporation hoping to further benefit the city at large, but do desire to use commercial sponsors. Councilmembers queried Mr. Marlo extensively on all aspects of the operation of South Bay Cable News. Mr. Mario requests support from the City Council and Storer Cable Television for local -origination programming. PROPOSED ACTION - Direct staff (Director of General Svcs.) to meet with Storer Cable Television and South Bay Cable News and come back with a recommendation of whatever the outcome of those meetings by June 14, 1983. Motion Brutsch, second Mayor Schmeltzer ACTION - To concur for a substitute motion .that the City Council authorize its Business Relations Subcommittee to approach South Bay Cable News and other interested tele- vision production organizations and to formulate a series of requests of Storer Cable Television and then to meet with, Storer Cable to negotiate those requests including the staff liaison, and to report back to the City Council the second Council meeting in July. Motion Wood, second Mayor Schmeltzer Ayes: Webber, Wood, Mayor Schmeltzer Noes: Brutsch Absent: Barks Substitute motion becomes main motion. ACTION Ayes:.. Webber, Wood, Mayor Schmeltzer Noes:- Brutsch Absent: Barks 4 Minutes 5-18-83 13. BILTNORE INITIATIVE ORDINANCE, MEt RAND1M FROM CITY ATTORNEY POST, DATED MAY 13, 1983. City Attorney Post presented staff proposal with the recommendation that the Council consider the ordinance attached to Atty. Post's memorandum. ACTION - To place the Schumacher Biltmore Initiative Ordin- ance on the ballot of the election of November 8, 1983. Motion Webber, second Wood Ayes: Brutsch, Webber, Wood, Mayor Schmeltzer Noes: None Absent: Barks. City Attorney to come back in short order with the mechanics (impartial analysis, arguments, etc.) for this ordinance. 14. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS PULLED FOR SEPARATE DISCUSSION. Item 1.b. Demands and Warrants`(this item;was pulled by Councilmember Wood and appears in consecutive order on page 1 of the City Council Minutes of May 17, 1983) 15. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND REPORTS - CITY MANAGER a) Activity Report ACTION To receive and file. Motion Mayor Schmeltzer, second Webber. So ordered. Future Agenda Items ACTION - To receive and file. Motion Mayor Schmeltzer, second Brutsch. So ordered. Recommendation to Effect Budget Cuts ACTION - To defer until lune 14, 1983. Motion Mayor Schmeltzer, second Brutsch. Status Report on Assignment Projects ACTION - To defer until June 14, 1983. Motion Mayor Schmeltzer, second Brutsch. So ordered. e) Revenue Reporting: June 1982 - April 1983 f) Expenditure Reporting: July 1982 - April 1983 0 ordered. Minutes 5-18-83 It 16. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS AND REPORTS - CITY COUNCIL a) Report from Parking Development Subcommittee, May 10th meeting with Vehicle Parking District - Brutsch. The sub -committee agreed that the VPD Committee should go back to the VPD and ask if they will support 100% of the financing for the purchase of the property behind the Community Center, commonly known as the Ilth Avenue lot. Also discussed was the feasibility of a secondary parking structure downtown and an agreement was reached that if a major hotel were built downtown that the City would work with.VPD to establish some appropriate parking. They are awaiting the outcome of VPD meeting held May .24,1983.. It was also agreed that the administration of the parking lot would be by VPD. Report from City/School Subcommittee regarding May 16th meeting - Mayor Schmeltzer A number of topics were discussed: Sobs Bill monies; School properties and their potential rezoning and sale; concept of Crossing Guard District. Committee will meet on May 28 to put together a document for presentation to Council to be followed by a public forum. PROPOSED ACTION- To direct staff to issue fee exempt preferen- tial referential parking pemits, for this program year only, to North School staff subject to verification from the :.school staff as to their employment at North School. At the end of June 29, 1983, parking permits are to be submitted back to the City. Motion Brutsch, second Mayor Schmeltzer Ayes: Brutsch, Mayor Schmeltzer Noes:. Webber, Wood Absent: Barks Motion fails ". c) Railroad Right -of -Way Subcommittee Reports - Post City Attorney Post reported that the letter that was sent to the Secretary of Commerce received a reply which states that the National Ocean Service which is part of the Department of Commerce says that the abandonment is an activity of the Federal Government which requires a consistency determination or a finding that the abandonment is consistent with the California Coastal Management Plan. The Coastal Commission has stated that the abandonment is not consistent and so the Department of Commerce says what the Interstate Minutes 5-18-83 Commerce Commission did in granting the abandonment is wrong. Also the letter from the California Coastal Commission to the Department of Commerce requests mediation by the Secretary of Commerce. The informal informa- tion Atty. Post has from the Coastal Commission indicates that the more public information there is that there is a lot of activity locally on this right- of-way, the greater likelihood that the Interstate Commerce Commission will agree to this mediation. City Attorney Post has met with the City Attorney of Redondo Beach and they are in the process of putting together the petition to the Court of Appeal on the abandonment proceeding and they are confident that it will be put together in a timely manner and feel they will be able to make a persuasive case. 17 . ORAL COMdUNI CAT IONS FROM PUBLIC - MATTERS OF AN URGENCY NATURE Delma Perry, 720 8th Street, Hermosa Beach, acknowledged her birthday greeting and addressed both Mr. Marlo's presenta-. -- fiion on behalf of South Bay Cable News and making public the'Patterson and County Civil Service letters. 18. OTHER MATTERS - CITY COUNCIL a) MINUTES OF CLOSED SESSIONS._ PROPOSED ACTION - The City Manager record the motions, the failed motions and the voting on all motions at closed sessions and keep a log on those motions. Motion Mayor Schmeltzer, second Brutsch Motion withdrawn by maker with concurrence of second. ACTION - Staff to return with a resolution which would comply with the Brown Act authorization for the keeping of minutes of closed sessions for the June 14, 1983 agenda. Motion Mayor Schmeltzer, second Brutsch. So ordered. FREE BUS ROUTE Letter from Frances Barney regarding the accusations that the Free Bus is not following the established route. Councilmember Wood asked that Ms. Noon look into the matter. SENATE BILL 910 - AIDS RESEARCH Letter from State Senator David Roberti asking for a letter of support from the City Council on his Senate Bill 910 - AIDS Research. Minutes 5-18-83 • Minutes 5-18-83 ACTION - That Mayor Schmeltzer be authorized to submit a letter to the State Senate supporting the passage of Senate Bill 910. Motion Mayor Schmeltzer, second Brutsch Ayes: Brutsch, Webber, Mayor Schmeltzer Noes: Wood Absent: Barks Behavioral Health Services, Inc. Conditional Use Permit Item 3 Council Meeting 5-17-83. City Manager Meyer requested clarification of the following conditions on Resolution 83-4600 adopted 5-17-83. 5. The windows at the West end of the building shall be eliminated. 10. Behavioral Health Services to negotiate with. the Building Director to determine adequate foliage and other screening techniques at the rear of the property with an effort to mitigate the impact of the facility on the adjacent residents with the proviso that if they are unable to reach an agreement, City Council will review the conditions. PROPOSED ACTION - Item 10 of the Behavioral Health Services, Ind. list of conditions be removed and that the Resolution be renumbered Conditions 1 through 12. Motion Wood, second Webber Ayes: Webber, Wood Noes: Brutsch, Mayor Schmeltzer Absent: Barks Motion fails ADJOURNMENT - Co the order of the Chair, this meeting was adjourned on May 18, 1983 at the hour of 9:45 P.M. to a workshop on ballot measures and budget considerations to be held on June 6, 1983 from 6:00 P.M. to 9:30 P.M. Note: There will be a workshop session on June 8, 1983 at 7:30 P.M. regarding detailed budget proposals. The next regular meeting of the City Council of Hermosa Beach will be held on June 14, 1982 at the hour of 7:30 P.M., Council Chambers, City Hall, preceded by a closed session. at 6:30 P.M. 7 Minutes 5-18-83