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Home My Public Portal AboutM1999-08-11-LRA ~~8 LYNWOOD CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 11 1999 The City Council of the City of Lynwood met in Budget Workshop at Bateman Hall, 11331 Ernestine Avenue on the above date at 8:50 a.m. Mayor Sanchez presiding. Councilmember Byrd, Reyes, Richards, Sanchez answered roll call. Councilman Rea was absent. -~-~ Also present were Interim City Manager Davis, City Clerk Hooper. City Treasurer Pygatt arrived at 9:00 a.m. City Clerk Hooper announced the Agenda had been duly posted in accordance with The Brown Act. City Clerk Hooper announced the roll call was open to all Agency's. Mayor Sanchez rearranged the agenda. Item # 5: Review of Bond Proposal Regazding Tax Allocation Bonds For The Project Area A, Alameda Project Area, Water Review Bonds, and Refunding of The 1993 Series A Bonds For The City of Lynwood. Item # 4: Budget Workshop. PUBLIC ORALS None. Item 5: Review of Bond Proposal Regarding Tax Allocation Bonds For The Project Area A, Alameda Project Area, Water Revenue Bonds, And Refunding of the ,1993 Series A Bonds For The City of Lynwood. Councilman Richards requested public orals, there is one person that would like to speak. Councilman Reyes questioned if there should be any action? Interim City Manager Davis stated no action needs to be taken today. Councilman Richards is concerned with the bond process, whether they are public or private activity bonds. Also would like further discussion in closed session. Councilman Reyes disagreed, commented residents should know what there are paying. Councilman Byrd stated the community elected Council to make these kind of decisions. Interim City Manager Davis recommended discussion of Director of Public Works Wang presented a list of streets in the Redevelopment Area. Long Beach Blvd. is deteriorated and the department needs funds for the fixtures. Councilman Richards requested a list of projects with the total cost of each project, and allow the public to see it also. Interim City Manager Davis requested a list of what is needed first. Asked Council to review and if there were any questions please refer them to Mr. Wang. Councilman Richards would like the Redevelopment sites. Director of Community Development Chicots stated there aze 3 (three) sites. Councilman Richards recommended to have sites included to make sure funding is available for those sites, and the need to be specific. t t / 03 Don Backstrom vice-president of Chapman from San Francisco gave a presentation on how to raise funds. Councilman Reyes questioned the term agreement and what were interest rates last month. Mr. Backstrom responded term agreement 2026 and interest rate was 6%, but rate will be determined when the bonds are sold. Councilman Reyes stated that the City will be paying bonds for 27 years for projects being done today that will cost less. Also commented that there is no sense in floating bonds just for floating. Councilman Richards stated rates are important which are always rising, prices have nearly doubled from a few years ago. Commented that it will save the City money if the interest rate is settled, the limit is 1.25 million, also capital will cost more in the future. Also explained the purpose of Lynwood Redevelopment Bond refinancing. Floating bonds is how other cities get their projects done. After discussion, it was moved by Councilman Byrd, seconded by Councilman Richards and carried to receive and file. Item # 4: Budget Interim City Manager Davis stated this is the third budget meeting and would like to move forward towards a public hearing. Director of Administrative Services Earnest gave a presentation of the capital outlay: I. Capital Outlay Request Overview Public Works a. Vehicles b. Parking Enforcement Hand-Held Y2K Compliance and Network Administration II. Water Fund Repayment of Loans III. Cost Allocation Plan Director Earnest stated that approximately 10% of the computers are not compliant with Y2K. Peter Han -Network Administrator stated work needed to be done before the year 2000. Interim City Manager Davis stated we need to be in compliance by the year 2000. Director Wang presented his capital outlay request from Public Works. Also would like Council to consider long-term equipment, need an upgrade on software, hand-held needs to be Y2K compliant. Interim Director of Recreation & Community Services Givens st t d Bateman Hall's kitchen has the original equipment from when the building was built. It was moved by Councilmember Byrd, seconded Mayor Sanchez and carried to recess for the Parking Lot Improvement Ground Breaking ceremonies at 9:55 a.m. ~J 2 - 04p Council reconvened 11:16 a.m. Director Earnest spoke about the water fund and the 12% rate on a one (1) yeaz loan of $1.1 billion. Also spoke about the cost allocation plan which is to hire a consultant to update all the paperwork. Director Wang reminded Council that last budget meeting he did not finish his presentation and would like the opportunity to do so. Mr. Wang had a proposed personnel change summary, which is in need of additional funds to complete projects. Council had indicated that there too many projects on weekends. Mr. Wang will also be taking over the Housing to clean, license and monitor everything. Also stated that the Lynwood Shines Ambassadors will only have one (1) supervisor and four (4) ambassadors. Councilman Byrd questioned if the Engineers will be funded through C.I.P.? Mayor Sanchez stated that all the Departments aze doing a lot of work, which is very good. Also stated he is concerned with Code Enforcement. It bothers him when Code Enforcement is in the office instead of out in the field doing their work. Also stated that the community is just destroying the City. Director Wang suggested that Code Enforcement Manager Kathy Beal should go over the report. Code Enforcement Manager Beal went through the Code Enforcement Duty Survey. When out working in the field they write down the hours spent on each project like inspections, notice of violation and citations.. _- _ _ -~ Councilman Richards stated that Code Enforcement spends very little time issuing citations and inspections per compliant. Manager Beal stated that Code Enforcement checks the property for violations so that it can be corrected. Code Enforcement tries to do everything in writing so that if there is another complaint on the same property there is already a status report on the property and know exactly what has been done. Councilman Richards questioned if there is any way of segregating in commercial and residential and have a constant cycle to go through the program. If there is insufficient man power then the need arises for more people. Councilman Reyes stated of property on Euclid that needs to be cleaned quickly, that has only been getting worse through the years. Manager Beal stated that particular case is being dealt with by the City Prosecutor. Councilman Byrd stated that a lot of people come from other cities to live in Lynwood because they know they can get away with things that in other cities they can not. Councilman Reyes questioned the training of Code Enforcement? Councilman Richards suggested to restructure the hours of Code Enforcement. Would like it to be something like allocated hours. Manager Beal stated that the hours are based on the community Code Enforcement has to respond to complaints. Councilmember Reyes questioned Manager Beal, and if her experience in business license falls under Code Enforcement? In the City of Los Angeles business license is under the City Clerk's instead of Code Enforcement. 3 oil Interim City Manager stated that staff will research and come back with the information. He also thanked staff for budget preparation, and the need for a closed session. CLOSED SESSION Item #6 A: With respect to every item of business to be discussed in closed session pursuant to Section 54957:6: CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATOR Agency Negotiator: Gail L. Black Employee Organization: All Bargaining Units It was moved by Councilmember Byrd, seconded by Mayor Sanchez and carried to recess ~ to closed session at 12:00 p.m. Council reconvened at 12:55 p.m. Interim City Manager Davis reported Council met in closed session to discuss the aforementioned item and there was no reportable action. Hearing no further discussion, it was moved by Councilman Reyes, seconded by Councilman Richards and carried to adjourn at 12:56 p.m. MA R CARDO SANCHEZ CITY CLERK ANDREA L. HO~OPER a