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HomeMy Public PortalAboutM 1990-01-29 - CC_spY 1 F ~ r~ V SPECIAL MEETING JANUARY 29, 1990 The City Council of the City of Lynwood met in a special session in the City Hall, 11330 Bullis Road on the above date at 6:01 p.m. Mayor Henning in the chair. Councilmembers Heine, Rea, Richards, Wells, Henning answered the roll call. Also present were Administrative Assistant to the City Manager Forde and City Clerk Hooper. City Clerk announced the agenda had been duly posted in accordance with The Brown Act. PUBLIC ORAL COMMUNICATIONS - AGENDA ITEMS ONLY: It was requested by the Chamber of Commerce to schedule item - Chamber of Commerce Budget - to item number 4 in order to allow Chamber President Hull time to arrive. Hearing no further response, public oral communications was closed. Res.90-13 RESOLUTION NO. 90-13 entitled: "A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD OPPOSING THE PACIFIC BELL AND GENERAL TELEPHONE PLAN TO SPLIT TEN CITIES INTO TWO AREA CODES." was presented. Discussion• Councilmember Richards stated the city should go on record immediately ttao ~~ as opposing any further splitting of the community. Feels Pacific ~~ in Bell and General Telephone have the technology to use other means city to accommodate the volume of subscribers. It was moved by Councilmember Heine, seconded by Councilmember Rea to approve resolution for discussion. Councilmember Richards stated he doesn't go along with the idea of a second area code in the city. Feels more information is needed as to the reasoning behind such an idea. Councilmember Heine stated he feels this was another step in increasing the cosct of telephone service. Stated there is no indication there would be an increase, but feels charges would come about as a unit"measure. Councilmember Wells stated she had read information that there would not be an increase in costs but feels that somewhere along the line there would be increased costs to call different area codes. Feels maybe resolution should not be approved until more information has been received. Councilmember Richards stated section 1 of the resolution should read as follows: "That the City Council of the City of Lynwood formally go on record that it is opposing any plan that would cause the city to have two separate area codes within its jurisdiction. It was moved by Councilmember Richards, seconded by Councilmember Wells to adopt resolution with the amendment. _,,, Councilmember Richards stated the resolution heading should be amended as follows: A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LYNWOOD OPPOSING THE PACIFIC BELL AND GENERAL TELEPHONE PLAN TO HAVE TWO AREA CODES WITHIN LYNWOOD'S JURISDICTION." Councilmember Heine questioned if the city could put a court order stopping the proceedings. ~~ '~ ~-. ,~ , Mayor Henning stated he would be willing to do so as this was all done without a public hearing or contact with local officials of the affected areas. Councilmember Richards suggested forming a coalition with other F'prming cities that are affected by this item to address the issue and coalition to have Pacific Bell and General Telephone officials answer other citie their questions. affected Councilmember Rea stated there should not be any division within the city and each city has to speak up for themselves. Councilmember Wells questioned why the League of California Cities and the Independent cities of which the City of Lynwood is a member, did not speak out on this issue. Councilmember Heine suggested having the City Manager poll the other cities to see what their feelings were on this issue. After further discussion, ROLL CALL• AYES: COLTNCILMEMBERS HEINE, NOES:. NONE ABSENT: NONE REA, RICHARDS, WELLS, HENNING Councilmember Richards suggested staff meet with the other affected cities and also that Pacific Bell had requested a meeting with officials of the City of Lynwood. Leighton Hull, President of Chamber of Commerce, discussed the Discussion• Chamber Budget. Stated $70,000 had been requested and $50,000 Budget for• would only fund the Chamber for approximately nine months. Camber ~ ,_. Mayor Henning stated Council had voted to fund the Chamber at $50,000. Suggestions were made for the Chamber to charge dues and the city fund them on a one on one basis. Councilmember Wells stated she could not approve a budget that would show a deficit of approximately $17,000. Councilmember Heine questioned if the $50,000 would fund Chamber operations or would it include some of the programs previously sponsored by the Chamber. Leighton Hull stated some of the programs would have to be eliminated. Stated some of the Chamber sponsored programs are self supporting and only required "seed money". Councilmember Richards discussed ways in which Chamber of Commerce could generate funds. Councilmember Heine questioned item, car show listed in Chamber Budget. Chamber Manager Bernard Lake explained the procedure involved and stated the last car show was the only one that had broken even moneywise. r-- Chamber President Hull discussed Chamber's desire to increase membership and participation of businesses in the city. Stated meeting was held to see what could be done to increase partici- pation of business owners. Stated most of them felt their Chamber dues were paid with their business license fees. Mayor Henning questioned if the meeting was the one Councilmember Rea was excused from and asked not to participate. Councilmember Rea stated Mr. Lake made statement that Council was not required to attend the monthly Chamber luncheons. ~~ .. f '., :r Mayor Henning discussed ordinance regarding Parking and Business Improvements that helped to fund the Chamber. Would see that a copy was given to Chamber so they would be knowledgeable. Councilmember Richards discussed number of affairs listed on Chamber Budget request and suggested numerous ways monies could be generated. After :_indepth discussion by Council and Chamber of Commerce, It was moved by Councilmember Richards, seconded by Councilmember Wells to advance the next quarterly payment from the city to the Chamber of Commerce. ROLL CALL: AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS HEINE, REA, RICHARDS, WELLS, HENNING NOES: NONE ABSENT: NONE It was suggested that the Chamber of Commerce and City Council hold another meeting in the near future to discuss matters and ideas that had been presented tonight. Chamber Manager Lake stated a meeting would be held at Bateman Hall by Caltrans to give update on freeway. The date is February 28, 1990. Also stated March 24, 1990, the Miss Lynwood Pageant would be held. There was no further business and it was moved by Councilmember Wells, seconded by Councilmember Richards to adjourn. Mayor APPROVED .~ City Clerk