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Home My Public Portal AboutM 1990-01-16 - CC36~ REGULAR MEETING JANUARY 16, 1990 The City Council of the City of Lynwood met in a regular session in the City Hall, 11330 Bullis Road on the above date at 7:30 p.m. Mayor Henning in the chair. Councilmembers Heine, Wells, Henning, answered the roll call. Councilmembers Rea and Richards were absent. !~"" Also present were City Manager Gomez, City Attorney Barbosa and ', City Clerk Hooper. City Clerk announced the agenda had been duly posed in accordance with The Brown Act. It was moved by Councilmember Wells, seconded by Councilmember Heine and carried to approve minutes of Special Meeting, December 22, 1989 as written. Minutes of Regular Meeting, December 19, 1989, to be returned at next Council meeting for review. It was moved by Mayor Henning, seconded by Councilmember Heine E,yk,~ Igy ~ and carried, to approve proclamation "Evelyn Wells Day in the City ~ of Lynwood", January 14, 1990. It was moved by Councilmember Wells, seconded by Councilmember Heine and carried, to approve the following commendations: a. "Mr & Mrs. Lloyd Lindquist - 73rd Wedding Anniversary." ~~ To be presented by Councilmember Heine. L.Iar~ui,,t b. "Brotherhood Crusade". Proclamation and Plaque presented & to Danny Bakewell and Teresa Williams. c. Special Presentation - "Lynwood High School Boys and Bps/C~'7s Girls Varsity Basketball Team". qty 1]. ~ d. Certificates of Recognition - Leticia Montano for her scholastic achievement. L'~D Corla Pierce for her superior rating in solo drama C.Pieroe presentation. Introduction was made by Rev. Morris. Councilmember Wells spoke of the achievements made by the Lynwood High School Boys and Girls Varsity Basketball Teams. ROLL CALL• AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, WELLS, HENNING NOES: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS REA, RICHARDS It was moved by Councilmember. Wells, seconded by Mayor Henning to excuse Councilmember Rea. ,._,,, ROLL CALL AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, WELLS, HENNING NOES: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS REA, RICHARDS Mayor Henning requested Commendation for Southern California Edison Representative, Gregg Woodson, at the next meeting. It was moved by Councilmember Wells, seconded by Councilmember Heine and carried to recess to the Lynwood Redevelopment Agency at 8:14 p.m. Councilmember Richards arrived at 8:15 p.m. Council reconvened at 8:24 p.m. -~ ~' + ~'~ ~ PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: AGENDA ITEMS ONLY R.Fry Robert Fry, 12501 Alpine, spoke on item 19, Funds to cover Western Waste billing for June, 1989 services. Questioned if funding was for entire year and was this an increase. Acting Director Finance Earnest explained billing was for services rendered for which Western Waste was never paid. Robert Fry also spoke on old furniture being dropped off on the streets and how bad it looks. Also questioned odd-shaped trash containers along streets that are a safety hazard to motorists. CONSENT CALENDAR; All matters listed under the Consent Calendar were acted upon by one motion affirming the action recommended on the agenda unless members of staff or Council requested specific items removed for separate action. Councilmember Heine spoke on item 17 - Approving submission of application under California Beverage container recycling and reduction act. Stated he had made arrangements to meet with Western Waste on the 26th regarding recycling program. Councilmember Wells requested item 13 - Imperial Highway Beauti- fication Wall. Mayor Henning requested item 17 - Approving submission of appli- cation under California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act; item 20 - Approval of City's participation in Southeast Cities Transportation Authority. The following action was taken: Res.90-6 RESOLUTION NO. 90-6 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD ACCEPTING AN EASEMENT FOR STREET DEDICATION ON A PORTION OF LOT 60 OF TRACT NO. 10634, IN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 165, PAGES 40 TO 42, INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY." was presented. Res.90-7 RESOLUTION NO. 90-7 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, ACCEPTING AN EASEMENT FOR STREET DEDICATION ON A PORTION OF LOTS 63 AND 64 OF TRACT NO. 10634, IN THE CITY OF LYNWOOD, COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, AS PER MAP RECORDED IN BOOK 165, PAGES 40 TO 42 INCLUSIVE OF MAPS, IN THE OFFICE OF THE COUNTY RECORDER OF SAID COUNTY." was presented. Refu~xi-~ City Council award a purchase order contract for the refurbish- Bateman Hall ment of the Bateman Hall Pools . Fool ~;lac.9~s City Council approve City-County RTD Security Services Cooperative Agreement and authorize Mayor to execute agreement. Res.90-10 RESOLUTION COUNCIL OF AND FUTURE REGULATION Res.90-11 RESOLUTION COUNCIL OF DITURE FOR presented. NO. 90-10 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY THE CITY OF LYNWOOD TO AUTHORIZE THE AMENDMENT OF PRESEN~+ SUB-RECIPIENT CONTRACTS TO COMPLY WITH NEW HUD 5, EFFECTIVE OCTOBER 1, 1988." was presented. NO. 90-11 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPROPRIATING FUNDS TO COVER EXPEN_-_ RUBBISH SERVICE AT END OF FISCAL YEAR 1988-89." was A` fi A ~ ,. ~'~` , RESOLUTION NO. 90-12 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY Res.90-12 COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPROVING THE DEMANDS AND ORDERING WARRANTS DRAWN THEREFOR." was presented. It was moved by Councilmember Wells, seconded by Councilmember Heine to adopt the resolutions and approve the items. ROLL CALL: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS'HEINE, RICHARDS, WELLS, HENNING NOES: NONE r.,, ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER REA Councilmember Wells requested item 13 - Imperial Highway Beautifi- cation Wall and stated concerns about the rising costs on the project. Suggested dealing with landscaping of property and Discussion: irrigation only and not have wall placed there. Imperial Hwy Beaut. Wall Councilmember Heine discussed project wall being an asset to the city. Public Works Director Wang discussed the projec and bidding that had been done up to the present time. Stated bids received for electrical part of the project were much higher than projected but irrigation bidding was within range of staff's estimate. Councilmember Wells discussed electrical part of project being $30,000 more than was proposed and feels maybe local vendors could do landscaping even cheaper. Suggested Council deny the project . Councilmember Heine questioned amount of architectural .fees al- ready paid. Public Works Director Wang stated approximately $12,000. r- Councilmember Heine stated he was still in favor of wall as there ~~ was a lot of traffic passing through and the back yards do not look good. Mayor Henning suggested planting trees along the area. Requested staff look into cost of trees and bring information back. Mayor Henning requested item 17 - Approving submission of application under California Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act and questioned who was to pay funds and provide the service. Public Works Director Wang explained the State offers grants to cities who participate in the recycling program. Mayor Henning voiced concerns for residents being taxed and paying for services that should be free. Councilmember Wells questioned whether residents would have to pay even though city receives grant. Public Works Director Wang stated the residents would not have to pay anything. '"'-' Councilmember Wells questioned where funding would go and dis- cussed recycling as becoming a reality by 1992. Questioned how I much was the grant request amount. I Public Works Director Wang stated the city would be requesting $20,000. After discussion, ~~ ;~k # Res.90-9 RESOLUTION NO. 90-9 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD APPROVING THE APPLICATION FOR GRANT FUNDS FOR THE "LITTER ABATEMENT AND RECYCLING ACTIVITIES" UNDER THE CALIFORNIA BEVERAGE CONTAINER RECYCLING AND LITTER REDUCTION ACT." was presented. It was moved by Councilmember Wells, seconded by Councilmember Heine to adopt the resolution. ROLL CALL: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, RICHARDS, WELLS, HENNING NOES: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER REA SCTA Disass:Mayor Henning requested item 20 - Approval of the City of Lynwood's Participation in the Southeast Cities Transportation Authority and questioned how much the Annual Assessment and Fees mentioned in the agreement, were to be. City Manager Gomez discussed the matter that each city's City Manager would be responsible for hosting lunch. Mayor Henning questioned auditing fees and salary for staff people. City Manager explained. this would only happen if bonding was involved. After discussion, ~xw'lcity It was moved by Mayor Henning, seconded by Councilmember Wells pao+i~r-i~?cr- to approve City of Lynwood's participation in the Southeast SCE Cities Transportation Authority and authorize the Mayor to execute the Joint Powers Agreement. ROLL CALL: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, RICHARDS, WELLS, HENNING NOES: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER REA DISCUSSION ITEMS: Disarm: Feasibility of City of Lynwood's acquisition of the Bowling Alley aoq~ri.~iti,rn at the Southwest corner of Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. and 8~wling A71ey Ernestine City Manager Gomez stated the city had made contact with the owners and they were willing to meet with city staff. Item will be brought back to Council as more information is available. CITY CLERK'S AGENDA: It was moved by Councilmember Henning, seconded by Councilmember J.Ha1~ Wells to appoint John Haley to the one vacancy on the Community C~nmD~v Development Block Grant Advisory Board and Commission. Blk Graff ROLL CALL: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, RICHARDS, WELLS, HENNING NOES: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER REA ARxw'1 It was moved by Councilmember Richards, seconded by Councilmember C~nnival Wells to approve request from Lynwood Lions Club to sponsor L.Ci~ carnival on January 18-22, 1990. ROLL CALL- AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, NOES: NONE ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBER REA RICHARDS, WELLS, HENNING it was moved by Councilmember Wells, seconded by Councilmemb er Richards to recess to Closed Session at 9:00 p.m. ~:~ 3~x~`x~: Council reconvened at 9:15 p.m. City Attorney Barbosa stated Council met in Closed Session to discuss Personnel Matters: a. Stephen Stewart b. John Claxton No need for action at this time. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS: py~~ "" Al Rausch, 3935 LeSage spoke on beautification wall and recycling. Crystal Adams spoke on truck parking that blocks view of those C-~~ leaving the parking lot. City Manager stated ordinances on file do not cover the situation due to the trucks being on the parking lot and not the street. Mayor Henning stated something needs to be drafted to prevent trucks and large vehicles from parking where they block the view of those coming out into traffic. Councilmember Heine stated someone should contact the truckers and notify them of the situation. Feels they would cooperate. Crystal Adams also spoke of children throwing rocks at cars from the construction site of the freeway route. Mayor Henning instructed staff to contact Caltrans. COUNCIL ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION: Councilmember Heine discussed the Alameda Corridor Task Force and meetings he had attended as voting delegate for the city. AlanechQxr. Stated he had received notice he had been removed from the committee. ~- Councilmember Richards spoke on the Alpha Beta stores merging C.Rid~: with Lucky Market . Stated Alpha Beta plans to build a new store Alpha Bsta Mtt in South Gate and if all goes well for them, they will close down the Lynwood store. Doesn't feel this is a fair situation for Lynwood residents who have supported the store down through the years. City Attorney Barbosa discussed matter and stated he would be meeting with Deputy Attorney General's Office to discuss situation facing city with the possible loss of Alpha Beta Market. Also spoke on injunction against the merger of Lucky and Alpha Beta and what it means as far as Lynwood is concerned. Councilmember Richards spoke on the Firefighter Trainee Program ~: and requested a three-year evaluation of the program. Also Fficj'~ spoke on the Alameda corridor Task Force and it's purpose. Stated tzair~eepr Joint Powers Authority was recommended by the Task Force and excluded a number of cities including Lynwood. Stated he recalled that Mr. Heine was voted as the representative to the Task Force and Mr. Richards as representative to the Joint Powers Authority. Stated he was alternate to Task Force and Mr. Heine was alternate to Joint Powers Authority. .-- Mayor Henning stated he, as Mayor, had made appointments to the M/Hanirr~: different organizations and had done so as he saw fit. Stated cx~,;~ai-ic appointments are made every year by the Mayor. Also spoke of ~: letter received from Ft. MacArthur Military Museum requesting s donation of the 155mm Cannon to their museum. Requested Parks Mil M~etm and Recreation Commission hold hearing on matter and also Coordinating Council expressing their views on the matter. Tr }. a..4... City Manager Gomez suggested Affairs Commission also be involved in the project. Mayor Henning stated there is a problem at the alley at Thorsen and Carlin being a dumping ground. Suggested something being worked out whereas the alley could be closed off somehow. There was no further business and it was moved by Councilmember Wells, seconded by Councilmember Richards to adjourn. Mayor APPROVED ~ i City Clerk