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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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City Clerk